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July 13, 2024

Newsmax and Joe Biden

Newsmax was on at the gym this morning so I was watching it out of the corner of my eye from the treadmill and they started discussing Joe’s NATO press conference with a former army colonel and a former member of Trump’s foreign policy staff. They all agreed it was a “disaster.” Some of the things that stood out were the colonel stating Joe could barely feed himself tapioca and he was leading us into WW III. The colonel said Joe was petulant, unlike Trump who was decisive and deliberative, and that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine under Trump and Hamas would not have committed the atrocities on 10/7. The policy staffer (and host) all agreed with this and opined that not only does Joe need to withdraw as candidate he needs to immediately resign as president.

I obviously disagree with every bit of this, but thought it was worth posting because this is the sort of propaganda we are up against.

July 11, 2024

Just saw a story on Politico about a Biden interview

That was edited at the request of the campaign before it aired. Seems like a bit of a non-story but maybe an unforced error in any event? Here are the excerpts that were removed prior to airing:

WAUK removed a portion from the interview in which Biden said “and in addition to that, I have more Blacks in my administration than any other president, all other presidents combined, and in major positions, cabinet positions.” Host Earl Ingram had asked Biden about what’s at stake for Black voters in the election.

The station also cut a second sentence from Biden, when he was referring to former President Donald Trump’s 1989 call for the death penalty for the since-exonerated Central Park Five. “I don’t know if they even call for their hanging or not, but he — but they said that he was convicted of murder. There isn’t. He won’t even acknowledge that,” Biden said.


https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/11/radio-station-edited-biden-interview-00167676

Not familiar with Civics Media but they fired one of the hosts for violating journalistic standards.
June 19, 2024

Cirque du Soleil has a new country music show

That I’m excited to see in Dallas. I’ve enjoyed their other shows I attended in Las Vegas, though those were the adults-only type.

https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/press/news/2024/songblazers

June 2, 2024

Filter - Nice Shot

Really like this song, but a very dark subject.

On edit, thought I should warn that the song is about a suicide by a public figure that was captured on camera and is graphic.

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May 31, 2024

Good article explaining why Trump might win an appeal

https://www.vox.com/politics/353111/trump-trial-verdict-criticisms-wrongly-convicted

The criticisms of Bragg’s case are worth taking seriously. And reasonable people can believe that Thursday’s verdict was wrong.

And yet, if New York’s case against Trump wasn’t a slam dunk, it wasn’t implausible either.


This excerpt seems important because this case isn’t the one to get us over the finish line.
May 16, 2024

Abbott pardons felon who killed Austin BLM protester

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-governor-pardon-man-convicted-in-protestor-murder/3543281/

Texas is a great state. Abbott is a terrible governor. He’s shockingly bad, racing DeSantis to the bottom. They remind me of some of the worst of the Southern governors back in the day, like Lester Maddox or Orval Faubus.
April 19, 2024

Oklahoma City Bombing Documentary

Just started watching this - https://www.hbo.com/movies/an-american-bombing-the-road-to-april-19th.

Seems interesting and ties right into January 6. I was shocked that President Clinton is younger than President Biden.

April 15, 2024

This is terrible

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/2-bodies-found-rural-oklahoma-county-authorities-searched-109233222

Two Kansas women who vanished as they tried to pick up children for a birthday party two weeks ago were killed over a custody dispute involving a group of anti-government Oklahomans calling themselves “God’s Misfits,” authorities said Monday.
February 22, 2024

Hamas' brutality is unpardonable

And Hamas bears sole and complete responsibility for the ongoing war and deaths in Gaza. Every Democrat should condemn Hamas and calls for its immediate surrender.

https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787994. An excerpt:

An overview of the findings states: 'Hamas terrorists employed sadistic practices aimed at intensifying the degree of humiliation and terror inherent in sexual violence. 'Many of the bodies of sexual crime victims were found bound and shackled.

'The genitals of both women and men were brutally mutilated, and sometimes weapons were inserted into them. The terrorists did not stop at shooting, they also cut and mutilated sexual organs and other body parts with knives.'
January 4, 2024

Hamas' brutality is unpardonable

A recent post was locked because it didn’t cite a reputable news source. Here’s a largely identical story from the NY Times about the October 7 attacks and Hamas’ brutality. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html

An excerpt:

“The Times viewed photographs of one woman’s corpse that emergency responders discovered in the rubble of a besieged kibbutz with dozens of nails driven into her thighs and groin.

The Times also viewed a video, provided by the Israeli military, showing two dead Israeli soldiers at a base near Gaza who appeared to have been shot directly in their vaginas.”

There is no negotiating with rabid animals. They are hostis humanis generi, enemies of all mankind.

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