The Lame Duck and an entire Congress full of Daffy Ducks

 

"The minions in America who don't understand money or politics, have unleashed a whole can of financial whoop ass on the rest of us. Soon, some (not many) will wake up to smell the coffee. What have we done, they might ask. You have opened Pandora's Box, and what is inside will make ALL OF US less safe, less wealthy, and less free. Maybe this is another sign of the End Times..."

I think the old term which was used (although not very PC anymore), was we are now in a Mexican Standoff. How so? The very unserious newcomers to Congress, all full of p**s and vinegar, will get very little done in the next two years. That is - unless you count Democrat lawfare, which was made famous under Joe Biden. Every nut ball idea they come up with had better have a huge backing - so huge it can overcome a Trump veto. And President Trump, now facing a hostile Congress instead of a Republican do-nothing Congress, is going to get nothing done. Not that he does not want to - he just won't be able to. 

And just the thought, the inkle by some of the new wanna be congressmen and women, that they are going to "deep six" some of the AI initiatives and data centers, sent the tech stocks heading south yesterday faster than Robins in winter. People who became used to Trump inspired 401k accounts, lost billions yesterday - and the financial bloodbath might be far from over. 

Most of us knew this was coming. Hoping that it would not but prepped ourselves for the reality that it probably would. It would have been one thing to lose the Congress to normal Democrats - but they are now few and far between. What we have now instead, are DSA Commies - all dressed up and raring to go. Their battle plan? Get Trump, impeach his cabinet, reverse everything good he has done, and bring back globalism. It will be like a nightmare from yesteryear. More taxes, more regulations, less freedom, blah, blah, blah.

Remember all that foreign investment which came pouring into this country once Trump was sworn in? Well, those days are over. People with money, who like to invest it in fertile ground, will now look elsewhere. Why? Democrats, especially DSA fools, think that money grows on trees, and they are entitled to most (if not all) of it. And billionaires who happen to live in America? They will be hunted and hounded. So much so, much of their money will vanish from America, only to find fertile ground in yonder (and freer) nations.

The minions in America who don't understand money or politics, have unleashed a whole can of financial whoop ass on the rest of us. Soon, some (not many) will wake up to smell the coffee. What have we done, they might ask. You have opened Pandora's Box, and what is inside will make ALL OF US less safe, less wealthy, and less free. Maybe this is another sign of the End Times...

   

Coming soon - the inmates running the asylum

 
                                                        

"The old saying is we get the government we deserve. Did the good folks in outstate deserve this clown car which is coming? No, we did not. We will once again, be innocent victims of having the inmates run our asylum. Only this time, it might be permanent instead of temporary." 

I have been asked a few times as of late, it we really need Minnesota split into two states. Even though we had this "blue wave" on Tuesday, that wave did not affect the entire state. The gulag of the Twin Cities - sure did. But outstate Minnesota (where the normals live) it did not. In fact, the county just north of ours, the vote total was published for the senate race. Tafoya beat Flanigan by a ratio of 2:1. I am sure if this county also published the governor totals, it would be similar.

But now, because of Barry Obama's scheme to "flood the zone" in Minneapolis with 100,000 Somali immigrants, the chance of ANY Republican ever winning a statewide election in Minnesota again are about zip. What does that mean? It means that even though the majority of Minnesota (geography wise) voted red, because of the gulag, we once again lost. And now, the inmates will be running the asylum for at least two more years. Another trifecta. And what will be on their plate this time? Instead of abortion going out through the third trimester, maybe this time it would be even longer. 

Democrat rule in the Twin Cities has taken our pristine Mary Tyler Moore city and turned it into law. Gay bath houses. Why? Because all the good and goodness has been rung out of this modern-day Sodom and Ghidorah. Don't think so? Look at what Jacob Frey recently signed (the Gay Bath House issue). The riots after the Floyd thing really cemented things. The Twin Cities have become carnal and the hub of secular humanism. Meanwhile, most of the normals in outstate avoid going into those cities like the plague.

And now we have our new governor, who knew about this fraud for years and did nothing, is promising to fix this mess. Translation - asking one of the guilty onlookers to now be the fireman. Really Amy? You are going to fix this mess? And whom will you pick to be your replacement in the Senate? Omar? Or will you do something abnormal and pick somebody who is half normal? We are waiting with bated breath.

The old saying is we get the government we deserve. Did the good folks in outstate deserve this clown car which is coming? No, we did not. We will once again, be innocent victims of having the inmates run our asylum. Only this time, it might be permanent instead of temporary. 

Cashing checks with no money to back them up...

"Bottom line? Enjoy the two-year party. If after two years none of their promises are kept, the next bloodbath with be in 2028. And that bloodbath will be known as a Red Wave. Remember that old saying in politics - nothing lasts forever, nothing ever will."

  

Well, the long-awaited election is finally over. Surprised? Not really. Disappointed? Totally. All I heard last night from the victors, were checks being written with no cash to back them up. These promises by the socialists were not only full of grandeur, but they also eclipsed the old "two chickens in every pot" promise. In fact, there was so much BS being spewed by my TV last night, I had to clean out the filter - twice. But - in all fairness, one of the victors did speak truth. Newly minted Speaker Jefferies summed it all up in two words - "lawyer up". 

Now the blame game begins. Soul searching starts in earnest. The forensics will look in every nook and cranny to figure out who or whom on our side was asleep at the wheel. The fact that this is somewhat normal to get a beating during the midterms of the ruling party, will be un-noticed. For Donald Trump to say the only reason we lost is because he was not on the ballot is maybe partially true. Then what was the real reason?

Promises made, promises kept is always a good platform to have going into any type of election. But - promises made and not kept - is a killer. Was Trump responsible for the price of gas and diesel being sky high when he promised inflation would be rock bottom? Maybe a little bit for not finishing off Iran in February. Back then, we could have done it. We had support from much of the country. Midnight Hammer was historic, and to finish the job after that would have been wonderful. But for some reason, we took our boot off of Iran's neck. Tried to deal with them. And all of a sudden, we are in a forever Middle East war, and food prices and gas prices are sky high. 

The war, the tariffs (which most people did not understand), and pure hatred for Donald Trump are a big reason for much of last night's outcome. That coupled with the fact we ran both sides of Congress, and all Congress accomplished (after the BBB was passed), was lots of time away from Washington. We squandered having all the levers of power in government. Consequently, many in our base sat this one out. They were either pissed or discouraged. The Democrats, however, could smell blood in the water, and came out in droves.

Come January, the new Congress will be in power, and the lame duck Congress will go home to lick their wounds. With the new Congress will come the new fights. Not between the red team and the blue team - the new fight will be between the traditional Democrats and the DSA types. Why? The DSA types have made promises which cannot be kept. Bills they can't afford. That is where the real fight will be. 

Bottom line? Enjoy the two-year party. If after two years none of their promises are kept, the next bloodbath with be in 2028. And that bloodbath will be known as a Red Wave. Remember that old saying in politics - nothing lasts forever, nothing ever will.  

Maybe now, it is time for that national divorce

                                                  

                                            

"We tried being married to each other, and that did not work. Each day was like a page out of Shakespeare's, Taming of the Shrew. Now it is time for some well-deserved peace and harmony. Will this national divorce bring peace back to the shire? We can only hope so." 

My wife and I have been married for over 50 years. And after all that time of living with a cantankerous old cuss like me, our daily discourse is still fairly civil. We made a commitment for life, so the word "divorce" has never left our lips (as it pertains to us). That being said, if my wife and I got along like the left and right get along in this country, we would have been divorced decades ago. Full stop.

I have addressed this issue before. Many times. This country is a mess, and if DSA gets a foothold in some of our elected offices, it will be even messier. The antipathy which exists for the other side is palpable. Short of turning into the Hatfields and McCoys, it is a wonder how we have survived this long - two countries living on the same piece of land. But things can get worse - much worse. How so? Just look across the pond over in many of the Euro countries - especially France. France is about a whisker away from all out civil war. 

Now, I am not a quitter. But I am ready to throw in the towel. I see no light in the tunnel going forward. My solution? Let's negotiate some kind of split in our land, and wherever your political leanings go, that is where you can live. Simple as that. Will there still be some disagreements between people of like minds? Sure - but not the acrimonious and acidic vernacular we have now between the blue folks and the red folks. No, I have tried to get along with the progressives, liberals and socialists. It is not working for me. The common ground between the two camps is small than anything made with nanotechnology.

No violence, no warfare is required in this divorce. Just a civil (if possible) good-bye and good luck. We can still talk, visit and phone the other side. It would be good to keep up any common interests which may still be in effect. But each of us would be citizens of the country we fit in with. At the end of the day, that is where we will each of us live. That is where each of us belong.

We tried being married to each other, and that did not work. Each day was like a page out of Shakespeare's, Taming of the Shrew. Now it is time for some well-deserved peace and harmony. Will this national divorce bring peace back to the shire? We can only hope so. 

Decoy Dan and other dastardly deeds!

 

"Tomorrow is the day. Will we be cowed with more schemes like Decoy Dan? Or will be celebrating a free and fair election (for a change). In about 48 hours we should know the tale of the tape. Will the result spell freedom and liberty for my kids and grandies, or will it start a slippery slide into the cauldron, and imprisonment, of socialism."    

Introducing Dan Sullivan. He is kind of like the real Dan Sullivan who is running for the Senate up in Alaska. The "kind of like" is his name only - sans some middle initials. He is a retired schoolteacher and was recruited to run for the Senate up in Alaska for obfuscation purposes only. His job was to take legit votes away from the Republican Dan Sullivan. What was this? Dirty tricks? An October surprise? In any event schoolteacher Dan Sullivan has been outed and now is in hiding. Was this his fifteen minutes of fame or was there something much more sinister at play here?

I was going to name this article something like, "This election is for my kids and grandkids more than it is about my generation." But voter integrity (also called voter suppression by the left) is a huge issue going forward and should be for the generations that follow us. Fair and honest elections are supposed to be just that - not some trick play like you would see in a football game. One person, one vote. Not a dead person, not a dead dog - a real live person. And that person must be a citizen on this country. That is it. It really is that simple. 

But many Democrats are like the former Al Davis of the Oakland Raiders - their motto is "just win baby -win! Or in other vernacular, win at any cost, using any means necessary. If it means using dastardly deeds, so be it. If it means marrying your brother (like Omar is alleged to have done) - so, be it. If it means letting 10 to 20 million illegals into the country just so they could vote blue - fine with the DNC. To put it simply, winning is putting party over country. ALL. THE. TIME.

Right now, our country has an overabundance of cheaters and fraudsters. The cheaters continue to cheat, and the fraudsters are slowly (very slowly) being caught and rounded up. But here is the thing - the fraudsters did not operate in the dark of night - they perpetrated their craft in the light of day - right under the noses of the cheaters and elected officials who were running our government. Did the overseers care about the billions of tax dollars which were stolen by the fraudsters? Sure did - once the fraudsters got caught and the lax governance and stewardship of this state was exposed. If the fraudsters had not been caught, the fraud would still be going on - maybe even growing.

Tomorrow is the day. Will we be cowed with more schemes like Decoy Dan? Or will be celebrating a free and fair election (for a change). In about 48 hours we should know the tale of the tape. Will the result spell freedom and liberty for my kids and grandies, or will it start a slippery slide into the cauldron, and imprisonment, of socialism.    

  

DST? White man's folly!

"No, I am in the growing class of people who don't care. I don't care if we are DST all year long, or standard time all year long. Just as long as we don't need to change our clocks twice a year. Maybe the folks in AZ have had it right all along. No changing clocks - ever." 

Many have heard this old tale when it comes to changing our clocks twice a year for no reason whatsoever. (As the fable goes), and old Indian Chief was asked his opinion on DST. His answer? "Only a foolish white man would cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket and then sew it on the top of the blanket and think he had a longer blanket." BINGO! Thank you chief, for exposing this nonsense for what it is (and was). There is a reason why Donald Trump wanted to get rid of this crap. And I am firmly in his camp on that one!

With all the other fall things I need to get done today between church and the noon kickoff for the Vikings, I need to change clocks. A lot of clocks. Sure, some change automatically - but most don't. Maybe I should start being more like my oldest daughter, whose wall clocks sure don't show any CST or DST that registers in Minnesota. Her clocks remind me of that old saying, "My clocks are not broken - they tell the right time twice a day..."

And then there is the sleep thing. My wife thought we should stay up later last night so we could sleep in later. Good plan for young people. But I get tired at night. For me, 9pm is the new midnight. In fact, these days in the darkness, making it to 9pm is a big deal for me. Thus, I went to bed when I was tired and got up at my usual time. Which because of going back to CDT, was 4:30 instead of 5:30. And because of that early rising, I just might doze off in church this morning!

I know, I know - it might be screwing with that whole circadian rhythm thing. I had to fight that issue every time I flew over one of the ponds and went through multiple time zones. No matter what I did, I always ended up with some kind of jet lag. I remember hearing some sleep doctor many years ago explaining that every time we go from normal to DST or back again, our body responds with a small dose of jet lag. Imagine that! Getting jet lag from no going anywhere! Give me a break!

No, I am in the growing class of people who don't care. I don't care if we are DST all year long, or standard time all year long. Just as long as we don't need to change our clocks twice a year. Maybe the folks in AZ have had it right all along. No changing clocks - ever. 

Help is (not) on the way...

"We have been warned about this type of event for decades. EMP, natural or not, can bring our society to a standstill. We knew how much it would cost to fix our grid to make it robust and smart. We chose to do nothing. Why? Not very glamorous, like building a bridge or something. If something bad happens, and we are looking somebody to blame, we only need look in a mirror."

There sure is a lot of noise right now on the internet about something bad just being over the horizon. Something which could knock out power so completely, that each and every household would be an island unto itself. And the prepping required to make it through this unknowing issue, ranges from three days to as much as ninety days. But what does all of this really mean?

If the power goes out for three days, for most of us it would be a walk in the park. True, most would want their power back on. But other than that, it might just be chalked up as an adventure to some. But as the days add up, much of what is in our refrigerator or freezer might need to be tossed once the power comes back on.

As the days tick off without power, from three to ninety, things start to get very serious. It is true we need one gallon of water per day per person to survive. But what about water to flush your toilet? To take a shower with? Laundry? Do dishes with? And people who did not prep enough with long term food, it would not take long for their pantries to start looking like Mother Hubbard's Cupboard - in other words - empty. 

After about a week of no electricity, no water, no heat, no internet, no garbage pickup - that sickening feeling will start to well up in the pit of your gut - help is not coming. All those government services which we have grown up with, which we are used to (maybe addicted to) - are not coming. And after a week or two, when some in the community have nothing, and nothing to lose, neighbors might become advisories. Our sense of community might devolve into primal tribalism. Survival of the fittest.

There is no scenario which one can imagine which shows any upside to losing power. In fact, it would be about the worst thing one could imagine. And if a power outage was caused by some EMP event, you can take transportation off your bingo card also. Not only would going to the store be useless (as stores would be empty), but your car would also not work to get you there. And even if it did, and you needed gas to fill it up, not of the gas stations could pump without power. Get sick? Need medical help? You know the answer to that one. Even if you are on meds, and your meds run out, what do you do? No power means one bad thing after another. 

Here is the part with some know, but many do not. We have been warned about this type of event for decades. EMP, natural or not, can bring our society to a standstill. We knew how much it would cost to fix our grid to make it robust and smart. We chose to do nothing. Why? Not very glamorous, like building a bridge or something.

If something bad happens, and we are looking somebody to blame, we only need look in a mirror. Sad but true.