Here is some of what we learned in November.
First, Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota's 5th District has drawn six opponents. One is democrat, John Mason. The other five are republicans, Lacy Johnson, Lucia Vogel, Alley Waterberry, Brent Whaley, and Danielle Stella. Of those six only one, Stella, has drawn any sort of national attention, although not for the best reasons.
The candidate was last seen being kicked off Twitter permanently for violating the site's regulations. She had tweeted an unproven charge against Omar which had to do with the Congresswoman passing along, "sensitive," information to Iran. According to Ms. Stella, Omar should be put on trial and if convicted, hanged. Twitter gave her the boot for, "repeatedly," violating their rules of conduct.
While having no idea what other tweets posted by the avid Trump supporter might have caught Twitter's all seeing eye, I can testify you can get on wrong side of that bad boy in a hurry. I drew a 12 hour suspension for tweeting, "Rudy, meet the bus. Bus you may now run over Rudy," in reference to the president's personal lawyer and his impending fate in the Ukrainian affair.
Of course Ms. Stella couldn't leave this affront to her free speech go unchallenged. She immediately went on Facebook with a lengthy post which in small part read, "I believe all traitors to our Country need to be tried for their many crimes. I've been outspoken about the HRC crime family, BHO (Obama), (George) Soros, and others as well."
What she didn't mention in the post is she has been busted twice this year for shoplifting. Once at a grocery and then at a Target store where she is accused of ripping off more than $2,300 worth of goods. While maintaining her innocence, The Guardian reports after her arrest at the Target she told local authorities she remembers going into the place, but nothing afterward. She blamed the black out on PTSD and told them she usually doesn't go shopping alone because of her anxiety around people.
Her day job is working as a Special Education teacher.
Second, Congressman Devin Nunes' main defense of Donald Trump--besides the whole witch hunt thing--seems to be accusing the democrats of seeking to secure nude photos of then candidate Trump from Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainians back in 2016. How this dubious act, if it actually happened, has anything to do with Trump's strong-arming the Ukrainian leadership in a weapons, but only if you give us dirt on Biden deal has mystified many.
Obviously we must remember Nunes is the same guy who sued Twitter and anonymous users over accounts named, "Devin Nunes' Cow and Devin Nunes' Mom." According to the Sacramento Bee, Nunes has filed five separate law suits this year against news media outlets, Twitter, democratic activists, and a political research company known as, Fusion GPS.
In other words if you say anything bad about the Congressman, or make him the butt of satirical posts on social media he's going to sue your ass. On the other hand, the oh so touchy, Mr. Nunes has described environmental lobbyists as, "followers of neo Marxist, socialist, Maoist, or communist ideals."
Finally, on a local note, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has named, or rather renamed a guy named Kyle Savage as a person of interest in the murder of Carina Saunders. According to the OSBI they are securing warrants to search Savage's phone records and Facebook posts from 2011 and early 2012.
According to reports at the time the Saunders' family didn't report her missing until a relative received a disturbing text from an unnamed person. Now, the OSBI is saying the text was sent by Savage to Carina Saunders' sister, Sara. It read, "I'll bury you next to Carina."
Disturbing indeed, although in all honesty, if they couldn't nail Mr. Savage for the crime back then it is tough to imagine them doing it over eight years later. The Facebook records might be one thing, but name someone, anyone, you know who is running around with a phone that old. Especially one which could implicate you in a heinous crime.
Yes it has been an eventful month, one which in some quarters would rather be forgotten. We won't though, unless we happen to be Danielle Stella trapped alone in a crowded department store. If that's the case then all bets are off.
sic vita est
11-30-19
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019
Mike Bloomberg and His Billions Enter the Race
So yesterday democrats got just what they needed in this struggle for the soul of America and the future of the separation of powers in Washington. Michael Bloomberg has decided to run for the party's nomination, thus doubling the number of white billionaires on the list of hopefuls.
First there was Tom Steyer and now the former republican mayor of New York City. Hey, there are a couple of guys the working masses can identify with. Not that it matters any more. Donald John Trump claims he is a billionaire, although he's also been known to lie sometimes, and he got elected didn't he.
Of course the truth is Trump is a carny midway barker on steroids who speaks the language of white blue collar xenophobes, Army of Northern Virginia wannabes, and those who believe if they can't own and carry any gun they want wherever they want their ability to achieve erections will cease to exist. Steyer and now, especially, Bloomberg will not have those dubious advantages.
We mustn't count Mike Bloomberg out though. The man can not only make money, but he can spend it too. During his first run for the Mayor's job in New York City he avoided the inconveniences of campaign donation laws by not accepting any. At one time early in the last presidential election cycle Trump offered up he might self finance his presidential campaign. It was, in the end, just another cheap jack lie. Bloomberg, on the other hand, spent $74 million of his own cash during his first run for mayor.
To secure a second term he personally spent $85 million. To win a threepeat he had to do a couple things. First he had to convince the city elders to let him run for a third time, since the law, at that point, mandated a two term limit for mayors. He got it done thanks to what more than a few believed was nefarious wheeling and dealing. Second, he wrote $102 million worth of checks to apparently everyone in the five boroughs.
Ah yes, the perfect democratic candidate. A guy with an ego so huge he wheedled his way into a third term while blowing $261 million of his own money over a 12 year span. All that in order to work at a job which paid him $225,000 a year.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were incensed at Bloomberg's announcement. There is a reason for them to react that way. Almost every poll over the last few months indicate a good number of democrats are either suspicious, skeptical, or dissatisfied with their health care for all plans. Most, in fact, prefer Obama's Affordable Care Act to be expanded and improved upon. A barely left of center candidate with more gold than King Midas, despite his late arrival, could out Biden, Biden, not to mention out spend him.
Ouch.
According to the media, within 24 hours of Bloomberg's announcement he dedicated nearly $40 million to TV ads which began running almost immediately on places like CNN and MSNBC. Speculation is he is willing to spend any where from $1 to $5 billion of his own on a 2020 presidential campaign.
In addition he has access to the email lists built by the, "non partisan," Every Town for Gun Safety," which he founded and "Moms Demand Action," which was organized after the Sandy Hook Elementary School nightmare. "Moms Demand Action," fell under the Every Town umbrella a few years ago. They alone have 350,000 donors, six million followers, and chapters in 50 states. It is a natural, in place, grass roots base for the former mayor.
No, it isn't shaking hands in Iowa, or New Hampshire, but that's a lot of people you can get in touch with whenever you want. And, you don't even have to make crass pleas for their hard earned money, because you already have all you need.
On the flip side it is hard to imagine true progressives having any sort of reaction to Bloomberg other than loathing. He is after all, the exact type of person they and their candidates are running against, no matter how well intentioned his gun restriction initiatives are. He could end up being the wedge between the democratic left and center the Trump people have be praying for.
Mike Bloomberg was a democrat until 2001. He reregistered as a republican that year and remained with the GOP until 2007. Then, he became an independent. Last year he switched back to the democratic party. Yes, he is quite the chameleon depending on how he reads the political landscape at any given time--a genuine mercenary. Indeed, someone who is totally committed to his political success rather than a genuine doctrine.
Well, maybe none of that makes any difference these days. If we've learned anything in 21st century American politics it is all the old 20th century norms are out the window. The current President proved that with the, "Access Hollywood," tape.
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to the republic ever seen. Now with Michael Bloomberg entering the race, the only thing which comes to mind at the moment is the thought, God save us from these supposedly benevolent billionaires. We have one now in the White House and he is little more than an aged, bloated, Caligula. There is nothing which proves to me Mike Bloomberg would be any different.
sic vita est
11-25-19
First there was Tom Steyer and now the former republican mayor of New York City. Hey, there are a couple of guys the working masses can identify with. Not that it matters any more. Donald John Trump claims he is a billionaire, although he's also been known to lie sometimes, and he got elected didn't he.
Of course the truth is Trump is a carny midway barker on steroids who speaks the language of white blue collar xenophobes, Army of Northern Virginia wannabes, and those who believe if they can't own and carry any gun they want wherever they want their ability to achieve erections will cease to exist. Steyer and now, especially, Bloomberg will not have those dubious advantages.
We mustn't count Mike Bloomberg out though. The man can not only make money, but he can spend it too. During his first run for the Mayor's job in New York City he avoided the inconveniences of campaign donation laws by not accepting any. At one time early in the last presidential election cycle Trump offered up he might self finance his presidential campaign. It was, in the end, just another cheap jack lie. Bloomberg, on the other hand, spent $74 million of his own cash during his first run for mayor.
To secure a second term he personally spent $85 million. To win a threepeat he had to do a couple things. First he had to convince the city elders to let him run for a third time, since the law, at that point, mandated a two term limit for mayors. He got it done thanks to what more than a few believed was nefarious wheeling and dealing. Second, he wrote $102 million worth of checks to apparently everyone in the five boroughs.
Ah yes, the perfect democratic candidate. A guy with an ego so huge he wheedled his way into a third term while blowing $261 million of his own money over a 12 year span. All that in order to work at a job which paid him $225,000 a year.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were incensed at Bloomberg's announcement. There is a reason for them to react that way. Almost every poll over the last few months indicate a good number of democrats are either suspicious, skeptical, or dissatisfied with their health care for all plans. Most, in fact, prefer Obama's Affordable Care Act to be expanded and improved upon. A barely left of center candidate with more gold than King Midas, despite his late arrival, could out Biden, Biden, not to mention out spend him.
Ouch.
According to the media, within 24 hours of Bloomberg's announcement he dedicated nearly $40 million to TV ads which began running almost immediately on places like CNN and MSNBC. Speculation is he is willing to spend any where from $1 to $5 billion of his own on a 2020 presidential campaign.
In addition he has access to the email lists built by the, "non partisan," Every Town for Gun Safety," which he founded and "Moms Demand Action," which was organized after the Sandy Hook Elementary School nightmare. "Moms Demand Action," fell under the Every Town umbrella a few years ago. They alone have 350,000 donors, six million followers, and chapters in 50 states. It is a natural, in place, grass roots base for the former mayor.
No, it isn't shaking hands in Iowa, or New Hampshire, but that's a lot of people you can get in touch with whenever you want. And, you don't even have to make crass pleas for their hard earned money, because you already have all you need.
On the flip side it is hard to imagine true progressives having any sort of reaction to Bloomberg other than loathing. He is after all, the exact type of person they and their candidates are running against, no matter how well intentioned his gun restriction initiatives are. He could end up being the wedge between the democratic left and center the Trump people have be praying for.
Mike Bloomberg was a democrat until 2001. He reregistered as a republican that year and remained with the GOP until 2007. Then, he became an independent. Last year he switched back to the democratic party. Yes, he is quite the chameleon depending on how he reads the political landscape at any given time--a genuine mercenary. Indeed, someone who is totally committed to his political success rather than a genuine doctrine.
Well, maybe none of that makes any difference these days. If we've learned anything in 21st century American politics it is all the old 20th century norms are out the window. The current President proved that with the, "Access Hollywood," tape.
Donald Trump is the greatest threat to the republic ever seen. Now with Michael Bloomberg entering the race, the only thing which comes to mind at the moment is the thought, God save us from these supposedly benevolent billionaires. We have one now in the White House and he is little more than an aged, bloated, Caligula. There is nothing which proves to me Mike Bloomberg would be any different.
sic vita est
11-25-19
Friday, November 22, 2019
November 22, 1963: The Birth of the Conspiracy Theory Industry
Fifty-six years ago November 22 also fell on a Friday. I remember the day started out clear and mild. It was so temperate in fact I rode my bicycle to Hoover Jr. High School in Oklahoma City wearing what was then known as wheat jeans, a short sleeved shirt, and a light windbreaker along with a pair of penny loafers and white socks.
At some point during the school day a cold front blew in from the northwest. By the time school was out the sky was thick with steel gray clouds and the Oklahoma wind was stiff and brutally cold. It cut right through the jacket and everything else I had on. By the time I got home my hands were numb enough I could barely grip the handle bars.
The weather that day in OKC was a perfect metaphor for what happened to the entire nation on Nov. 22nd, 1963.
By the time my fourth hour Earth Science class was about two thirds of the way done some two bit cretin had blown away most of the head of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the President of the United States. The initial reports on TV were confused as the three TV networks babbled out on scene observations of multiple gun shots, rumors, and what more than a few of us considered crazy shit.
By the middle of my 5th hour typing class the media chaos finally focused on the awful news, the President was dead. Teen aged girls in class and in the halls began to cry. A friend of mine burst out laughing. He would later tell me, he couldn't help it, because he thought crying girls were funny.
The last class of the day was, Civics. It was a double sized room with two teachers. As the TVs played on neither of them said a word to us from the beginning of that hour until the end. After all, how could they have added to, or critiqued the most devastating lesson in American, "Civics," we had ever seen? It would be later, well after I had returned home, the news broke Dallas Police had arrested a former Marine, Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Dallas cops were careful to say Oswald was not, at the time anyway, being charged with killing Jack Kennedy. He was, however, being held for allegedly murdering one of their own, Officer J.D. Tippit on a residential street not long after the assassination. The same department though was quick to say Oswald was their chief and only suspect in the assassination of the President.
Thus began the first unhinged media frenzy I ever witnessed. Rumors and speculation filled the airwaves. An international communist plot was afoot some reported. Others, such as Walter Cronkite, openly questioned how someone like Oswald could buy a murder weapon through a mail order service without any questions being asked.
I didn't know it at the time, but I was also witnessing the genesis of a phenomenon which has since grown wildly in size and for many in profitability. Indeed, on that blustery Friday and the surreal weekend which followed The Conspiracy Theory Industry, was truly born.
All it took for those wheels to start spinning was for another loser, Jack Ruby, to kill the alleged killer on national TV in front of what seemed like every cop in Dallas--in the department's parking garage.
From that moment on everyone from Castro, to the Russians, to rogue elements of the CIA, and the U.S. mob have been blamed for the death of John Kennedy. One movie maker went so far as to suggest, Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson was behind the hit.
To this day, like so many other conspiracies, not one shred of proof has been produced which positively shows anyone, besides, Oswald was in on it. That hasn't stopped people from trying to dig up something, anything, to fulfill their suspicions.
I'm sure conspiracy theories existed long before Jack Kennedy was killed, but his death brought them out of the closet, as it were, and into what has become known as the main stream.
They have grown in size and complexity, involving everything from other notorious murders and killing sprees, moon landings, airline disasters, terrorist attacks, pizza parlor basements, presidential birth certificates, and missing computer servers. The current resident of the White House revels in them, turning some into campaign talking points. As he does chunks of his adoring crowds wear T-shirts proclaiming their belief in not only vast conspiracies, both domestic and international, but their conviction he is speaking to them through a secret code on the internet.
Yes, at times these days it seems we, as a nation, have gone full blown Twilight Zone. Nothing is as it appears. Every crack in the sidewalk is caused by the Illuminati, or the Masons, or, possibly the Deep State. Everything we want to happen, is being foiled by a dark sub rosa cabal operating beyond our reach. If you disagree you are either a dupe, or part of the conspiracy. There are no other options.
God, I wish Jack Kennedy hadn't been in Dallas this day 56 years ago. Not only because he died and didn't complete what would have been another five plus years of his presidency. Not just because there is some anecdotal evidence his policies might have avoided tens of thousands of casualties in Vietnam. But also because, Lee Oswald, and Jack Ruby gave assholes like Alex Jones, Donald Trump, and many others the excuse they needed to make boatloads of cash off how cruelly cynical and bat shit crazy they really are.
11-22-19
At some point during the school day a cold front blew in from the northwest. By the time school was out the sky was thick with steel gray clouds and the Oklahoma wind was stiff and brutally cold. It cut right through the jacket and everything else I had on. By the time I got home my hands were numb enough I could barely grip the handle bars.
The weather that day in OKC was a perfect metaphor for what happened to the entire nation on Nov. 22nd, 1963.
By the time my fourth hour Earth Science class was about two thirds of the way done some two bit cretin had blown away most of the head of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the President of the United States. The initial reports on TV were confused as the three TV networks babbled out on scene observations of multiple gun shots, rumors, and what more than a few of us considered crazy shit.
By the middle of my 5th hour typing class the media chaos finally focused on the awful news, the President was dead. Teen aged girls in class and in the halls began to cry. A friend of mine burst out laughing. He would later tell me, he couldn't help it, because he thought crying girls were funny.
The last class of the day was, Civics. It was a double sized room with two teachers. As the TVs played on neither of them said a word to us from the beginning of that hour until the end. After all, how could they have added to, or critiqued the most devastating lesson in American, "Civics," we had ever seen? It would be later, well after I had returned home, the news broke Dallas Police had arrested a former Marine, Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Dallas cops were careful to say Oswald was not, at the time anyway, being charged with killing Jack Kennedy. He was, however, being held for allegedly murdering one of their own, Officer J.D. Tippit on a residential street not long after the assassination. The same department though was quick to say Oswald was their chief and only suspect in the assassination of the President.
Thus began the first unhinged media frenzy I ever witnessed. Rumors and speculation filled the airwaves. An international communist plot was afoot some reported. Others, such as Walter Cronkite, openly questioned how someone like Oswald could buy a murder weapon through a mail order service without any questions being asked.
I didn't know it at the time, but I was also witnessing the genesis of a phenomenon which has since grown wildly in size and for many in profitability. Indeed, on that blustery Friday and the surreal weekend which followed The Conspiracy Theory Industry, was truly born.
All it took for those wheels to start spinning was for another loser, Jack Ruby, to kill the alleged killer on national TV in front of what seemed like every cop in Dallas--in the department's parking garage.
From that moment on everyone from Castro, to the Russians, to rogue elements of the CIA, and the U.S. mob have been blamed for the death of John Kennedy. One movie maker went so far as to suggest, Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson was behind the hit.
To this day, like so many other conspiracies, not one shred of proof has been produced which positively shows anyone, besides, Oswald was in on it. That hasn't stopped people from trying to dig up something, anything, to fulfill their suspicions.
I'm sure conspiracy theories existed long before Jack Kennedy was killed, but his death brought them out of the closet, as it were, and into what has become known as the main stream.
They have grown in size and complexity, involving everything from other notorious murders and killing sprees, moon landings, airline disasters, terrorist attacks, pizza parlor basements, presidential birth certificates, and missing computer servers. The current resident of the White House revels in them, turning some into campaign talking points. As he does chunks of his adoring crowds wear T-shirts proclaiming their belief in not only vast conspiracies, both domestic and international, but their conviction he is speaking to them through a secret code on the internet.
Yes, at times these days it seems we, as a nation, have gone full blown Twilight Zone. Nothing is as it appears. Every crack in the sidewalk is caused by the Illuminati, or the Masons, or, possibly the Deep State. Everything we want to happen, is being foiled by a dark sub rosa cabal operating beyond our reach. If you disagree you are either a dupe, or part of the conspiracy. There are no other options.
God, I wish Jack Kennedy hadn't been in Dallas this day 56 years ago. Not only because he died and didn't complete what would have been another five plus years of his presidency. Not just because there is some anecdotal evidence his policies might have avoided tens of thousands of casualties in Vietnam. But also because, Lee Oswald, and Jack Ruby gave assholes like Alex Jones, Donald Trump, and many others the excuse they needed to make boatloads of cash off how cruelly cynical and bat shit crazy they really are.
11-22-19
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
The Q Primer
There are moments when things get just too weird, when reality becomes a terrible crush of unrelenting disasters, and the very act of change--any sort of change--morphs into evil.
Thanks to the internet and some seriously screwed up minds hunting for fame and cash, personalities such as Alex Jones, among others, rush into that dark void claiming to have the answers. They are, according to them, going to explain it all to the frazzled, almost universally white, masses who are beset by this avalanche of imagined and sometimes real chaos they vehemently won't accept.
Beginning nine months after Donald Trump's inauguration cryptic posts began to appear on the anonymous and usually unmoderated imageboard 4chan. The author, or authors claimed to be disseminating secret information to Trump followers everywhere from inside the administration. They called themselves QAnon, or Q, for short. The Q was said to represent the highest security level afforded to a military, or civilian in the government.
Well why not? Trump himself is a kindred spirit. He became the first major candidate for the office of president to base a large chunk of his campaign on conspiracy theories. Not only had he kept alive the myth of Barack Obama's foreign birth before his run, but during it suggested a republican opponent's father was a serious player in the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy. That's before he even thought to start howling about Hillary Clinton's, "missing emails and computer servers"--which to this day he claims are hidden away in some dank Ukrainian basement.
There is a web site out there, established a little over a year ago which was put together by someone using the handle, QCommander. It is a multi functional site, offering to sell users Trump campaign material, Q tee shirts and coffee mugs, a link to a NRA enrollment form, "real news," and "fake news," and what it describes as a primer to Q and Q's plan.
In honor of the impeachment inquiry and to let everyone know what the "Q Newbies" are being told on line about the state of the union I have provided an abridged copy of a list designed to help those just stepping into Q's world, per the web site.
1. Who is Q? Q is about ten people in military intel and (the) Trump administration.
2. What is Q's purpose? To awaken the population to the evil global cabal elite.
3. Why is this necessary? The satanic cabal controls media, money, meds, and minds.
4. When did Q start? Q's first post was 10.28.17, but plan started years ago.
5. Can Q be trusted? You decide. Q posts keep coming true in the news.
6. Can Trump be trusted? You decide. Trump's policies all weaken the cabal.
7. Can the military be trusted? You decide. Marines are personally guarding Trump.
8. Can the media be trusted? You decide. Media tells you what to THINK. Reconcile.
9. How does Q=Trump? Q posts first then Trump confirms with tweet, "clues."
10. What are the other clues? Typos and timing intervals match Q posts.
11. Any other evidence? Q predicts things only Trump would know. Over and over.
12. Who are LARP's? Bad actors in the cabal hired to discredit Q posts and blind you.
13. Who are QAnons? Patriots that research Q posts for evidence on the Chans.
On the site the list runs to 17, but the last four simply describe different social media QAnons hang out on. one of them, 8Chan is now gone.
As for QCommander, a link to his, or her Facebook page has been disabled, so who knows if Zuckerberg's people wiped him, or her clean, or if he/she, just went further underground. What we do know is all the Trump merchandise is geared to the 2020 campaign. In addition, the "real news," section, which features links to Breitbart, Sean Hannity, Gateway Pundit, and other ultra right news sources contains commentary on current issues. So, yes, it is a live site churning out videos and bullshit as fast as it can.
We also know Q was last heard from this morning at 10:42:46am CST. The post read,
"Phones were present.
FISA goes both ways.
Information warfare."
Yeah, well, I guess you had to be there or at least somewhere near Uranus for that to work.
Ladies and gentlemen, given this nonsense and the bat shit crazy fucks who believe in it, the bar is most certainly open.
11-19-19
Thanks to the internet and some seriously screwed up minds hunting for fame and cash, personalities such as Alex Jones, among others, rush into that dark void claiming to have the answers. They are, according to them, going to explain it all to the frazzled, almost universally white, masses who are beset by this avalanche of imagined and sometimes real chaos they vehemently won't accept.
Beginning nine months after Donald Trump's inauguration cryptic posts began to appear on the anonymous and usually unmoderated imageboard 4chan. The author, or authors claimed to be disseminating secret information to Trump followers everywhere from inside the administration. They called themselves QAnon, or Q, for short. The Q was said to represent the highest security level afforded to a military, or civilian in the government.
Well why not? Trump himself is a kindred spirit. He became the first major candidate for the office of president to base a large chunk of his campaign on conspiracy theories. Not only had he kept alive the myth of Barack Obama's foreign birth before his run, but during it suggested a republican opponent's father was a serious player in the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy. That's before he even thought to start howling about Hillary Clinton's, "missing emails and computer servers"--which to this day he claims are hidden away in some dank Ukrainian basement.
There is a web site out there, established a little over a year ago which was put together by someone using the handle, QCommander. It is a multi functional site, offering to sell users Trump campaign material, Q tee shirts and coffee mugs, a link to a NRA enrollment form, "real news," and "fake news," and what it describes as a primer to Q and Q's plan.
In honor of the impeachment inquiry and to let everyone know what the "Q Newbies" are being told on line about the state of the union I have provided an abridged copy of a list designed to help those just stepping into Q's world, per the web site.
1. Who is Q? Q is about ten people in military intel and (the) Trump administration.
2. What is Q's purpose? To awaken the population to the evil global cabal elite.
3. Why is this necessary? The satanic cabal controls media, money, meds, and minds.
4. When did Q start? Q's first post was 10.28.17, but plan started years ago.
5. Can Q be trusted? You decide. Q posts keep coming true in the news.
6. Can Trump be trusted? You decide. Trump's policies all weaken the cabal.
7. Can the military be trusted? You decide. Marines are personally guarding Trump.
8. Can the media be trusted? You decide. Media tells you what to THINK. Reconcile.
9. How does Q=Trump? Q posts first then Trump confirms with tweet, "clues."
10. What are the other clues? Typos and timing intervals match Q posts.
11. Any other evidence? Q predicts things only Trump would know. Over and over.
12. Who are LARP's? Bad actors in the cabal hired to discredit Q posts and blind you.
13. Who are QAnons? Patriots that research Q posts for evidence on the Chans.
On the site the list runs to 17, but the last four simply describe different social media QAnons hang out on. one of them, 8Chan is now gone.
As for QCommander, a link to his, or her Facebook page has been disabled, so who knows if Zuckerberg's people wiped him, or her clean, or if he/she, just went further underground. What we do know is all the Trump merchandise is geared to the 2020 campaign. In addition, the "real news," section, which features links to Breitbart, Sean Hannity, Gateway Pundit, and other ultra right news sources contains commentary on current issues. So, yes, it is a live site churning out videos and bullshit as fast as it can.
We also know Q was last heard from this morning at 10:42:46am CST. The post read,
"Phones were present.
FISA goes both ways.
Information warfare."
Yeah, well, I guess you had to be there or at least somewhere near Uranus for that to work.
Ladies and gentlemen, given this nonsense and the bat shit crazy fucks who believe in it, the bar is most certainly open.
11-19-19
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Day One of the Impeachment Inquiry: The Ugliness Has Just Begun
Day one of the House public impeachment inquiry is in the books and as expected both sides are claiming victory.
Indeed, the one thing we can be certain of is the proceedings didn't change anyone's mind about the guilt, or innocence of Donald J. Trump. If you think he is a two bit thug who was trying to pull off some mafia style protection racket scam, nothing Ambassador Bill Taylor, or State Department Ukrainian whiz George Kent said will dissuade you of that belief. On the other hand if you're convinced Don Trump is the greatest thing since pulp free orange juice you probably agreed with every, sometimes unhinged, rant delivered by Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes.
Nunes jumped on the conspiracy trolley early. During his opening statement he began jabbering about a Ukrainian plot to rig the 2016 election in Hillary Clinton's favor. This, according to Nunes and others, was the real scandal that year, not the Russians intervening on behalf of Big Don. To those on the uber right, Kent's calm response--there is no credible evidence the Ukrainians did anything during the 2016 election and that's right, the Russians did interfere--just means he is part of the Deep State plot to destroy the President.
In fact Nunes was not shy about explaining the impeachment process in terms that would rile up Trump's Almighty Base. He tossed around the word, "coup," a couple of times and accused democrats of attempting to invalidate the votes of the people who elected DJT three years ago. If you were listening to him and didn't know any better--and a lot of fascist wankers don't--you would think all this impeachment stuff is a brand new thing in the history of the republic designed expressly to fuck with Donald Trump.
Other republicans were using what could best be called a scatter shot defense. One line of logic went, well he might have tried to lean on Ukraine for political dirt on Joe Biden, but it didn't work and they got the weapons anyway so there is no crime. Or, put another way--someone ratted me out to the cops before the hit man I hired whacked my wife, therefore I'm not guilty of attempted murder.
A couple argued since the Ukrainian president said he didn't feel threatened by the call from Trump there was obviously no intent on Trump's part to either bribe, or extort some sort of investigation out of him. Of course when President Zelensky was asked that question he was sitting right next to The Big Orange Guy and his country remains in desperate need of further American military aid. Given the circumstances he probably felt fudging the truth a tad was more a matter of national survival than some gross lapse of morality.
Finally there were accusations that neither Kent, or Taylor had actually talked to Trump about the situation, or had they personally heard the phone call in question. While technically true all the blather about second and third hand information ignores the fact Trump himself began this furor when he released a copy of what he said to Zelensky. As Trump is wont to tweet, "READ THE TRANSCRIPT!!!" Guess what you silly son of a bitch, we did. That's why there is an impeachment inquiry going on right now.
The republicans continue to claim Adam Schiff is blocking witnesses from appearing when in fact that list is a short one, containing a single name. On the other hand the number of people the administration has forbidden to testify seems to grow every day. GOP demands to confront the whistleblower face to face continue even though such demands are in of themselves illegal.
Yes, it is a wild ride at the moment and people on social media are running amok. Many of the far right are calling for Schiff to be tried for treason. A couple have even suggested nothing, but a military tribunal will do since you can't trust the judicial system. On the left more than a few are saying yesterday's hearing was a great victory and proof positive Trump is guilty.
We aren't there yet fellow political junkies, but the train has left the station.
And, as we all should know by now, the ugliness has just begun.
11-14-19
Indeed, the one thing we can be certain of is the proceedings didn't change anyone's mind about the guilt, or innocence of Donald J. Trump. If you think he is a two bit thug who was trying to pull off some mafia style protection racket scam, nothing Ambassador Bill Taylor, or State Department Ukrainian whiz George Kent said will dissuade you of that belief. On the other hand if you're convinced Don Trump is the greatest thing since pulp free orange juice you probably agreed with every, sometimes unhinged, rant delivered by Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes.
Nunes jumped on the conspiracy trolley early. During his opening statement he began jabbering about a Ukrainian plot to rig the 2016 election in Hillary Clinton's favor. This, according to Nunes and others, was the real scandal that year, not the Russians intervening on behalf of Big Don. To those on the uber right, Kent's calm response--there is no credible evidence the Ukrainians did anything during the 2016 election and that's right, the Russians did interfere--just means he is part of the Deep State plot to destroy the President.
In fact Nunes was not shy about explaining the impeachment process in terms that would rile up Trump's Almighty Base. He tossed around the word, "coup," a couple of times and accused democrats of attempting to invalidate the votes of the people who elected DJT three years ago. If you were listening to him and didn't know any better--and a lot of fascist wankers don't--you would think all this impeachment stuff is a brand new thing in the history of the republic designed expressly to fuck with Donald Trump.
Other republicans were using what could best be called a scatter shot defense. One line of logic went, well he might have tried to lean on Ukraine for political dirt on Joe Biden, but it didn't work and they got the weapons anyway so there is no crime. Or, put another way--someone ratted me out to the cops before the hit man I hired whacked my wife, therefore I'm not guilty of attempted murder.
A couple argued since the Ukrainian president said he didn't feel threatened by the call from Trump there was obviously no intent on Trump's part to either bribe, or extort some sort of investigation out of him. Of course when President Zelensky was asked that question he was sitting right next to The Big Orange Guy and his country remains in desperate need of further American military aid. Given the circumstances he probably felt fudging the truth a tad was more a matter of national survival than some gross lapse of morality.
Finally there were accusations that neither Kent, or Taylor had actually talked to Trump about the situation, or had they personally heard the phone call in question. While technically true all the blather about second and third hand information ignores the fact Trump himself began this furor when he released a copy of what he said to Zelensky. As Trump is wont to tweet, "READ THE TRANSCRIPT!!!" Guess what you silly son of a bitch, we did. That's why there is an impeachment inquiry going on right now.
The republicans continue to claim Adam Schiff is blocking witnesses from appearing when in fact that list is a short one, containing a single name. On the other hand the number of people the administration has forbidden to testify seems to grow every day. GOP demands to confront the whistleblower face to face continue even though such demands are in of themselves illegal.
Yes, it is a wild ride at the moment and people on social media are running amok. Many of the far right are calling for Schiff to be tried for treason. A couple have even suggested nothing, but a military tribunal will do since you can't trust the judicial system. On the left more than a few are saying yesterday's hearing was a great victory and proof positive Trump is guilty.
We aren't there yet fellow political junkies, but the train has left the station.
And, as we all should know by now, the ugliness has just begun.
11-14-19
Monday, November 11, 2019
Armistice Day: Those Who Served and Those Who Didn't
One hundred and one years ago this morning World War I ended with what is known as an armistice. The term is derived from two Latin words which literally mean "arms," and "a sitting." The armistice went into effect at 11am on the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918. The best guess of the number of people killed during the four plus years of the, "Great War," is 10 million military personnel on all sides and close to 7 million civilians.
The carnage was so appalling--the British alone had suffered nearly 750,000 killed--by 1919 the UK was recognizing the date as a solemn holiday. They called it, Remembrance Day. A year later the United States began observing Armistice Day. The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, among others still call it Remembrance Day. In 1954 the U.S. changed it to Veterans Day because the "war to end all wars," thing really didn't work out thanks to Herr Hitler and the Japanese, not to mention even the most optimistic of us knew there would be a lot more of them.
Since then, Veterans Day has morphed into a moment to honor the veterans of all the military services, whether they served during a war, or not. In other words if you were in the army fixing flats in a Fort Dix motor pool in 1955 this is as much your day as it is some trooper who almost got his ass shot off, in let's say Iraq. When it comes to those who actually did get their asses shot off sometime, somewhere we observe their sacrifices on Memorial Day in May.
It has been estimated that between 42 and 50 million Americans have served in the nation's military since the founding of the country. That's a lot, although it isn't even close to the number who haven't. In fact throughout our history there has been a tradition of Americans doing everything they can to avoid going into the military during both war and peace.
Way back when, before he was President two different times, Grover Cleveland took a pass on the Civil War when he hired a substitute to take his place in the first ever war time draft. It is unknown if the guy survived, but his odds weren't good. It is estimated 360,000 Union troops died during the conflict.
On the other hand at least Cleveland's anonymous stand in got money up front for his service. When political luminaries Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Dick Cheney came of age their cash went straight into the coffers of universities rather than the pockets of the poor high school grads, drop outs, and immigrants who took their places during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam was America's first war televised live. You really didn't need to have an imagination to visualize it. And in response to all the terrible images huge numbers of high school graduates started scrambling to get out of it. Despite savage left wing condemnation the much maligned American Establishment responded to the middle class fear and loathing immediately. After all, it wasn't like the NVA was closing in on the beaches of Oahu even if some parties needed to keep people thinking they were.
If you had the grades, the money, or the right doctor the ways to avoid the nightmare in southeast Asia were myriad. The situation became so weird a friend of mine who I played varsity football with for four years was given a deferment by a physician. The Doc diagnosed him with a debilitating allergy to dirt. Knowing that, the idea of Don Trump getting a deferment for disappearing bone spurs doesn't seem that far fetched.
There is no shame, in my opinion, for those who chose not to be in the military. Unless, of course, they are a Dick Cheney type. You know, a guy who did everything he could not to serve during a war, but spent most of his political career making sure others had to.
Conversely, I do appreciate those who did serve. Yes, even that guy fixing flats at Fort Dix. Without them who knows where we'd be?
That said, I just wish we would get back to the original idea of Armistice Day. That would be remembering those who died in the, "war to end all wars," and more importantly, that precious moment on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when sanity and peace conquered mass violence.
11-11-19
The carnage was so appalling--the British alone had suffered nearly 750,000 killed--by 1919 the UK was recognizing the date as a solemn holiday. They called it, Remembrance Day. A year later the United States began observing Armistice Day. The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, among others still call it Remembrance Day. In 1954 the U.S. changed it to Veterans Day because the "war to end all wars," thing really didn't work out thanks to Herr Hitler and the Japanese, not to mention even the most optimistic of us knew there would be a lot more of them.
Since then, Veterans Day has morphed into a moment to honor the veterans of all the military services, whether they served during a war, or not. In other words if you were in the army fixing flats in a Fort Dix motor pool in 1955 this is as much your day as it is some trooper who almost got his ass shot off, in let's say Iraq. When it comes to those who actually did get their asses shot off sometime, somewhere we observe their sacrifices on Memorial Day in May.
It has been estimated that between 42 and 50 million Americans have served in the nation's military since the founding of the country. That's a lot, although it isn't even close to the number who haven't. In fact throughout our history there has been a tradition of Americans doing everything they can to avoid going into the military during both war and peace.
Way back when, before he was President two different times, Grover Cleveland took a pass on the Civil War when he hired a substitute to take his place in the first ever war time draft. It is unknown if the guy survived, but his odds weren't good. It is estimated 360,000 Union troops died during the conflict.
On the other hand at least Cleveland's anonymous stand in got money up front for his service. When political luminaries Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Dick Cheney came of age their cash went straight into the coffers of universities rather than the pockets of the poor high school grads, drop outs, and immigrants who took their places during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam was America's first war televised live. You really didn't need to have an imagination to visualize it. And in response to all the terrible images huge numbers of high school graduates started scrambling to get out of it. Despite savage left wing condemnation the much maligned American Establishment responded to the middle class fear and loathing immediately. After all, it wasn't like the NVA was closing in on the beaches of Oahu even if some parties needed to keep people thinking they were.
If you had the grades, the money, or the right doctor the ways to avoid the nightmare in southeast Asia were myriad. The situation became so weird a friend of mine who I played varsity football with for four years was given a deferment by a physician. The Doc diagnosed him with a debilitating allergy to dirt. Knowing that, the idea of Don Trump getting a deferment for disappearing bone spurs doesn't seem that far fetched.
There is no shame, in my opinion, for those who chose not to be in the military. Unless, of course, they are a Dick Cheney type. You know, a guy who did everything he could not to serve during a war, but spent most of his political career making sure others had to.
Conversely, I do appreciate those who did serve. Yes, even that guy fixing flats at Fort Dix. Without them who knows where we'd be?
That said, I just wish we would get back to the original idea of Armistice Day. That would be remembering those who died in the, "war to end all wars," and more importantly, that precious moment on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when sanity and peace conquered mass violence.
11-11-19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Alina Fitzpatrick: Apparently Suspicious Circumstances
There are apparently suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.
From Medical Examiner, Chai S. Choi's report regarding the demise of 17 year old Alina Fitzpatrick in November, 2011.
That was a pretty easy guess by Dr. Choi when you consider his report also said Alina Fitzpatrick's nude body had wide spread bruising and abrasions which he determined happened just before the time of her death. In addition her head had multiple abrasions, hemorrhaging and swelling caused by blunt force trauma and a gag had been stuffed into her mouth.
Suspicious indeed.
Tragically for the Fitzpatrick family, Choi told the OKC cops none of the injuries were severe enough to kill her. He also told them her heart blood contained 0.96 micrograms of meth per milliliter. It was enough that it might, or might not have been fatal. Ultimately he ruled the cause of death as, "unknown."
Normally in a town the size of Oklahoma City finding the naked body of a pretty 17 year old high school student dumped in an empty lot would have stoked the local media into a frenzy. Unfortunately they were already there--in a frenzy that is. Less than a month before another teenaged girl's body was had been found on the opposite side of the metro.
Carina Saunders was not just murdered, but decapitated and her hands and feet were missing. In addition, the Bethany, OK cops who were in charge of the investigation--while utterly incompetent when it came to stuff like basic police work--were more than happy to keep the media informed of every last detail of the case. That included the names and occupations, as they were, of persons of interest, potential witnesses, informants, and finally suspects.
While media outlets in town were breathlessly reporting the lurid details of Saunders' life style and gruesome end thanks to the good ol' boys in Bethany, Oklahoma City cops were keeping a low profile when it came to the death of Alina Fitzpatrick. By the time Choi's report became available in January, 2012 information about her case and the public's interest were quickly waning.
And it wasn't just public interest that was fading. As soon as Choi suggested, Alina Fitzpatrick might have OD'd, the OKC PD seemed to shrug off the investigation of her death. So much so when asked about her case in mid January, a police spokeswoman, Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow told the local paper that while the department was keeping an open file on the case they were no longer investigating it as a homicide.
You could almost picture the fictional Lt. Frank Drebin saying, Yes, yes, just another meth OD, nothing to see here, keep moving.
There was a brief push back to Wardlow's statement. It's probably because she didn't know the reporter for The Oklahoman she spoke to, through sheer coincidence, had a personal connection with the Fitzpatrick family.
It didn't take long for another spokesperson, Captain Dexter Nelson to issue a new statement which was a none to convincing effort to smooth over the situation. He jabbered that homicides and suspicious deaths were investigated in the same way and yeah, there was still an ongoing investigation, and obviously Alina Fitzpatrick had been with the wrong crowd who were committing felonies, yada, yada, yada. In the end he said the Oklahoma City police were going to need the public's help in solving the case because they had exhausted all their leads.
Obviously they didn't get it because the murder of Alina Fitzpatrick is still unsolved.
She would have been 25 this year. According to her obituary she had dreamed of becoming a nurse. One likes to think she would have made her dream come true, but we'll never know will we? Just as we'll never know who dumped her body out in that lot in far east OKC.
sic vita est
11-6-19
From Medical Examiner, Chai S. Choi's report regarding the demise of 17 year old Alina Fitzpatrick in November, 2011.
That was a pretty easy guess by Dr. Choi when you consider his report also said Alina Fitzpatrick's nude body had wide spread bruising and abrasions which he determined happened just before the time of her death. In addition her head had multiple abrasions, hemorrhaging and swelling caused by blunt force trauma and a gag had been stuffed into her mouth.
Suspicious indeed.
Tragically for the Fitzpatrick family, Choi told the OKC cops none of the injuries were severe enough to kill her. He also told them her heart blood contained 0.96 micrograms of meth per milliliter. It was enough that it might, or might not have been fatal. Ultimately he ruled the cause of death as, "unknown."
Normally in a town the size of Oklahoma City finding the naked body of a pretty 17 year old high school student dumped in an empty lot would have stoked the local media into a frenzy. Unfortunately they were already there--in a frenzy that is. Less than a month before another teenaged girl's body was had been found on the opposite side of the metro.
Carina Saunders was not just murdered, but decapitated and her hands and feet were missing. In addition, the Bethany, OK cops who were in charge of the investigation--while utterly incompetent when it came to stuff like basic police work--were more than happy to keep the media informed of every last detail of the case. That included the names and occupations, as they were, of persons of interest, potential witnesses, informants, and finally suspects.
While media outlets in town were breathlessly reporting the lurid details of Saunders' life style and gruesome end thanks to the good ol' boys in Bethany, Oklahoma City cops were keeping a low profile when it came to the death of Alina Fitzpatrick. By the time Choi's report became available in January, 2012 information about her case and the public's interest were quickly waning.
And it wasn't just public interest that was fading. As soon as Choi suggested, Alina Fitzpatrick might have OD'd, the OKC PD seemed to shrug off the investigation of her death. So much so when asked about her case in mid January, a police spokeswoman, Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow told the local paper that while the department was keeping an open file on the case they were no longer investigating it as a homicide.
You could almost picture the fictional Lt. Frank Drebin saying, Yes, yes, just another meth OD, nothing to see here, keep moving.
There was a brief push back to Wardlow's statement. It's probably because she didn't know the reporter for The Oklahoman she spoke to, through sheer coincidence, had a personal connection with the Fitzpatrick family.
It didn't take long for another spokesperson, Captain Dexter Nelson to issue a new statement which was a none to convincing effort to smooth over the situation. He jabbered that homicides and suspicious deaths were investigated in the same way and yeah, there was still an ongoing investigation, and obviously Alina Fitzpatrick had been with the wrong crowd who were committing felonies, yada, yada, yada. In the end he said the Oklahoma City police were going to need the public's help in solving the case because they had exhausted all their leads.
Obviously they didn't get it because the murder of Alina Fitzpatrick is still unsolved.
She would have been 25 this year. According to her obituary she had dreamed of becoming a nurse. One likes to think she would have made her dream come true, but we'll never know will we? Just as we'll never know who dumped her body out in that lot in far east OKC.
sic vita est
11-6-19
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