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Last night I was up later than usual. Why?? … because by serendipity I happened to catch Donald Trump on the Gutfeld Show. In addition to DJT, there were three of Gutfeld’s usual other guests, with all five of them just sitting around in an oval semi-circle, shooting the breeze. Obviously President Trump did most of the talking because the host, Greg Gutfeld, was asking the questions. Of the other guests Tyrus got into it the most, and even commented that one day he would be able to tell his grandchildren that Trump took his chair. (Every night that he is on the Greg Gutfeld Show, Tyrus always sits in the same chair – but not tonight.)
This show was not a campaign rally, but more like a loose discussion among friends. No notes. No teleprompter. Gutfeld directed the flow of the various discussions, and various eclectic topics were covered. Everything from The Apprentice TV show, Howard Stern now being “woke,” Evangelical voters, and of course the recent debate.
One of the most interesting topics which started off about fentanyl, evolved into how China does not have a drug problem because drug dealers get the death penalty in China.
This was not a campaign rally. It was not a Townhall, and as usual, Trump did not back off talking about any issue, and in fact took a few non-political questions from the audience.
I stayed up late and continued to watch because I was mesmerized by how Mr. Trump, just like an ordinary Joe, was trading punchlines with Gutfeld and the other guests. I was pretty amazed at Trump’s good sense of humor, his smile, and his laugh.
Whereas before I had always said that even though I would back Trump politically, because of his brusque demeanor, he would not be a guy with which I would want to sit around and have a beer with … that has now changed! I will have a beer or dinner with him any time he wants.
If you have a chance, watch yesterday’s Gutfeld Show on You-Tube. I guarantee that you will enjoy it.

9/19/24

As is pretty obvious to me the situation in Springfield, Ohio must be only the tip of the iceberg. Why else would the libs be irresponsibly irate about what has happened to the people of Springfield, Ohio, a city of about 60,000 in southwestern Ohio located approximately half-way between Columbus and Dayton.
As we all have learned just recently this small city has received about 20,000 Haitians immigrants over the last few years. As I have previously pointed out, practically speaking this bolus of Haitians could have only arrived in Springfield by plane, and this scheme must have been coordinated … but by whom? Flying about 20,000 people to just about anywhere cannot be inexpensive. Who paid for all of this? Hmmm!

From CV Vote:
“During a Tuesday morning FOX News broadcast, Bill Melugin stated that the Biden-Harris administration ‘created two new programs [CHNV and the CBP One app] to allow migrants to come into the U.S. “legally.’”
Melugin stressed that these programs allowed migrants to ‘bypass border control entirely.’
‘Per newly released CBP data, nearly 530,000 migrants have flown into the US,’ Melugin reported on X (formerly Twitter) on 9/16/24.
He noted that these migrants ‘have been paroled into the country as part of the Biden administration’s controversial CHNV [Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans] mass parole program.’

One might reasonably ask, “what could possibly go wrong?”
530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans secretly flown into the U.S. with ?? vetting! Where else have these groups of illegal-now ‘legal,’ individuals been surreptitiously stashed by the Biden-Harris mandates?

I predict that we will be hearing about other towns/cities in which thousands of CHNV individuals have been secretly placed by the Biden-Harris dictates. Even though I am not a lawyer … how is this not illegal?

9/18/24
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My friend called me immediately after the Presidential Debate had finished on 9/10. He was not happy with a lot of things concerning the debate … Trump getting fact-checked and Harris not getting fact-checked by the “moderators.” Harris not answering the questions, and Harris’s apparently successful attempt at getting under Trump’s skin. (Who actually cares how many, if any, attendees leave Trump rallies! -> boom!)
Oh well. Que sera, sera … but now there is some interesting info on the debate’s legitimacy from an ABC whistleblower.
Granted that you are not going to be reading about this in the Main-Stream-Media.
The following is from Coffee and COVID and Megyn Kelly on Sirius XM:
Thus far this whistleblower is anonymous, but has apparently worked at ABC for many years. He/or she has used some forethought to ensure that his inside info is taken seriously. He made his predictions before the 9/10 debate occurred, and his affidavit was prepared, signed, and notarized before the September 10th debate. He also anticipated that he would be challenged as to when he actually made his predictions, and so he sent a certified letter containing the affidavit to himself, postmarked September 9th, which remains unopened. He also dispatched a FedEx package with the affidavit on September 9th, delivered to his residence on September 10th, which also remains unopened. He also sent a certified letter with the affidavit to Speaker Mike Johnson on September 9th.
In other words, the whistleblowing affiant can prove he signed his prophetic affidavit before the debate. But he offered even potentially more evidence. In the affidavit’s most explosive claim, the whistleblower claimed he has recordings.”

There is a list of shenanigans listed by the affiant. Whether ABC’s deceit reaches the level of criminality has yet to be determined. ABC will, of course, deny the allegations, but I anticipate the Speaker Johnson will have a hearing to attempt to prove or disprove that that this ABC debate was stacked heavily in Harris’s favor. With the real possibility of audio recordings, it will be very difficult for the ABC lawyers to lie under oath -> BOOM!

9/17/24
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Why did the moderators of the recent Presidential debate fact-check only Donald Trump, and not Kamala Harris?

From C&C:
The Washington Times ran a reverse-fact-check story yesterday headlined, “Data backs up Trump on crime increase, violence up under Biden-Harris administration.” So much for ABC’s debating fact-checkers?

On Tuesday night, after President Trump noted that violent crime is way up under Biden’s open-border “policy,” ABC moderator qua co-debater David Muir, fact-checked President Trump citing FBI data, and claimed that violent crime “is coming down in this country.”
ABC was wrong. It wasn’t just something the Washington Times came up with. The DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics runs an annual National Crime Victimization Survey, which contacts about a quarter-million people in 150,000 households.
The BJS Survey’s conclusions, taken directly from citizen reports, flatly contradicted the FBI’s carefully collated crime data.
Under Trump, nearly all local police departments reported their crime data to the FBI. Now, just three years later, over half of police departments don’t even bother.
A crime expert cited for the story concluded violent crime has increased overall by +37% under the Biden Administration, compared to a drop of -17% under the Trump Administration. Aggravated assaults fell by -24% under Trump, but accelerated +55% under Biden. Robbery reduced -6% under Trump, but rose +63% under Biden. Rape ran flat under Trump, but rose +42% under Biden.
In other words not only was Trump correct, but he was SPOT-ON, while ABC was lying!
Hmmm!
9/16/24

On Sunday I write about individuals who we can all admire, often because of their adherence to their beliefs.
Today’s story comes from Jason Whitlock on BlazeMedia:
“You don’t have to agree with Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins’ decision to remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, but you should respect his courage and conviction.
Cousins spent a week in the NFL’s COVID penalty box, the reserve/COVID-19 list. A Vikings backup quarterback, Kellen Mond, tested positive for COVID-19. Cousins came in close contact with Mond, and because Cousins is unvaccinated he was sent home and unable to practice with the team. The 32-year-old quarterback missed four practices.
“It was disappointing to miss practice,” Cousins said Thursday when he was finally allowed to return to practice. “In my entire college and pro career, I have not missed four practices. So to miss four practices in one week and not have COVID was frustrating, disappointing.”
Cousins told the media he remains committed to not taking the vaccine. He said he will follow the league’s burdensome protocols for unvaccinated players. This pronouncement has put him in the corporate and social media crosshairs. He will likely remain a target of the vaxx mob throughout the season. Cousins signed a two-year, $66 million contract extension last year. The big paycheck puts a big target on Cousins’ back.”

So here we have someone who is sticking up for his principles and is being punished for it, even though we know that getting the vaccine does not protect one from getting Covid.
Why does he refuse to get the experimental vaccine? Could it be related to the fact that his dad, Don Cousins, is a minister at Discovery Church in Orlando, Florida? To me, his reason is not important … what is important is that Kirk Cousins is a man of principle.
Kudos to Kirk Cousins.
9/15/24

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Years ago when Mike Pence bailed on President Trump at a critical juncture after the last Presidential election, I thought that perhaps I would never again have anything to do with Indiana. My poor opinion of Indiana was only further downgraded by the non-actions of Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana as Biden’s Secretary of Transportation.

Many years back my wife and I liked to watch American Idol and then years later, The Voice. This year it is AGT (America’s Got Talent) mainly because of Richard Goodall, a janitor from Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr. Goodall is a humble middle-aged guy, but, wow!, can he sing. Ergo, my faith in Indiana has been partially restored, as he is now in the finals.
In addition however, my other new favorite is also now from Indiana … Caitlin Clark. For those unaware, Caitlin Clark is a rookie on the WNBA’s Indianapolis Fever. Just about every morning I read about her latest accomplishments and watch her demonstrate her amazing basketball skills. And in addition, watching Caitlin Clark play live has been added to my very short bucket list.
So after listening to Richard Goodall and watching Caitlin Clark, my faith in the state of Indiana has been restored.

9/14/24
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The next time you have a chance, think about what has happened in Springfield, Ohio. Forget about the eating/non-eating of certain animals, or the potential voodoo involved, and concentrate on the real problem. How did these thousands of Haitian immigrants find their way to Springfield, Ohio? For those of you not geographically inclined, one cannot walk from Haiti to Ohio. They could have only “escaped” Haiti by sea or by air, and then they needed to land somewhere so that they could make their way to Springfield. While not impossible, it is extremely unlikely that these thousands of Haitians coincidentally all crossed into the US via our southern border, and then by serendipity all found their way to this medium sized town in Ohio.
It is much more likely that these Haitians were flown to somewhere relatively close to Springfield, and then bussed into the Springfield.
To me there are a few critical questions:
Who arranged for the presumed air/bus transportation out of Haiti and into the town of Springfield? And who paid for it?
Was Ohio Governor Mike DeWine aware of what was happening to Springfield? … or worse, did he play a pivotal role in arranging for this to happen?
Finally, were the residents of Springfield, Ohio consulted?

I have heard that Gov. DeWine has a special place in his heart for the people of Haiti, and while that is nice, if he was involved, other crucial questions arise. Who paid for all of this? Did he arbitrarily choose the town of Springfield, or was there something else that contributed to this location?
Whoever arranged for these thousands of Haitians to descend on Springfield didn’t use much forethought to enable them to adapt to the town or to have the town adapt to them. Did anyone arrange to have them learn English? Did anybody arrange for them to learn how to drive properly … BTW how did they get driver’s licenses? Were they tested? English or French?
How could the Haitians afford cars? Were they given cars? Who paid for them?
Was the effect on the local schools taken into account?
Was the effect on the health of the locals taken into consideration?
And for me the most important question : Were the people of Springfield aware of what was happening? Were the people of Springfield, or their reps, consulted?

Much much more needs to come out on the background of what led to this disaster for the people of Springfield, Ohio. Is the transporting of thousands of illegals from Haiti to Ohio legal? … Even for a Governor, or a President, or a Vice President?
Hmmm!
9/13/24
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Prior to the debate with Joe Biden, I suggested a certain tactic to Donald Trump. As it turned out he did not heed my advice nor did he need it. Subsequently, I suggested a similar tactic to the Trump campaign to be used in the Trump/Harris debate, but my advice was not considered in this debate either.
Simply put, my suggestion was for DJT to specifically mention the names of young women and girls who have been abused or murdered by illegals let into this country because of the Biden-Harris non-border policy. Since these women/girls were real people, even the ABC commentators could not dispute the reality of what happened to them.
What makes this even more interesting is a House Judiciary Committee hearing held on the same day as the debate.

From Daybreak Insider:
“The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday featuring victims of illegal alien crime, family members and victims rights advocates. During her time, Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar claimed Republicans were “exploiting people’s pain.” Her claims were immediately met with disgust by the witnesses… Testimony throughout the hearing was gut wrenching, with pleas from parents for control over the U.S.-southern border (Townhall). Townhall: SMUG Democrat tells MOMS who testify about their children’s deaths at the hand of violent illegal alien criminals that they’re being “exploited” by Republicans. You NEED to hear how they responded (X). House Judiciary GOP: 3 daughters gone too soon. Their mothers believe it’s the result of the policies of “Border Czar” Kamala Harris (X).”

I watched part of this hearing on X, and would suggest that you also watch it. It was very powerful.
Trump missed a huge opportunity by not speaking about these specific tragedies in the debate. A lost chance!
9/12/24
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The debate last night was a disappointment. To me both candidates were prepared, but prepared in different ways. Kamala had her many set phrases memorized, and dropped them in often. I can say that now I am certain that she grew up as a middle class kid, in a middle class family, in a middle class neighborhood. (She had obviously been told that she needed to appeal to the middle class, and tried to gain their favor by saying over and over that she was one of them.)
Similarly, Trump was apparently instructed to repetitively mention Kamala’s opposition to fracking, as fracking is very important to Pennsylvanians, and Pennsylvania is a critical swing state. Well played!
She was also apparently coached to be near tears at times. Whereas tears could never be a good thing for the President, near tears might establish her as compassionate to some.
On the other hand it appeared to me that Trump was coached to be Mr. Nice Guy, and he certainly was well behaved … perhaps too well behaved. I get the reasoning behind that debate philosophy, as he is behind with women voters, and his best behavior was necessary to not further swing his unfavorability with women any further to the negative.
Harris was also well coached to stay away from certain topics, such as immigration and inflation. Whenever she was asked questions concerning either of these topics, she did not answer the question, but rather was able to deflect to something else. Unfortunately, neither the moderators nor Donald Trump pressed her to actually answer the question asked. That should have been part of the moderators’ job, and DJT was too busy being nice.
I did notice something interesting when Trump and Harris were side-by-side on the TV screen – Harris’s head appeared larger. Was this just an innocent aberration? Hmmm!
In general, I do not think that as a result of this debate either candidate moved the needle in their favor. If this were a baseball game, I would say that the game is still tied at the end of the fifth inning.

9/11/0

A wise man once said, “In leadership, life and all things it’s far wiser to judge people by their deeds than their speech – their track record rather than their talk because the wolf’s could be hiding under a sheep clothing.”
If I had a chance to give Donald Trump any advice concerning tonight’s debate, I would emphasize the above, especially when it comes to energy production. VP Harris has come out in big opposition to fracking in the past, but now she says the opposite. Which Kamala to believe? Again look at what she has done and not at what she is now saying.
Everyone is aware that a lot of our present inflation is because of the Biden/Harris energy policies. One reason that everything costs more is because gas and oil cost substantially more. In the heyday of fracking during the Trump administration, gas prices were reasonable, now they are not. President Trump has vowed to push for more fracking and cheaper oil on day 1, whereas on day 1, if she is elected, Kamala will most likely double down on what she has done in the past concerning fracking.
Lindsey Graham had a recent editorial in the NYT that basically emphasized this same point to Trump … emphasize what you have done as opposed to what she says that she will do. Likewise emphasize what she has done in the past as opposed to what she is now saying that she will do.

9/10/24
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