Not a thin dime Timmy - not even a penny!

"Want more money, Timmy? You should have thought about that before you let Curly and the rest of the DFL pee our HUGE surplus away in 2023. But that is on you, pal. Daddy is not going to give you any more allowance, especially for your unruly behavior. You have made this state into a national embarrassment, once again."

The arsonist who started the fire, now wants to be paid by the victims for doing so. Tim Walz, our arsonist Governor who literally burned down part of Minneapolis in 2020, now has figuratively burned down more of the state in 2025 due to his asinine sanctuary policies. And because of Tim Walz being recalcitrant with the federal government (ICE in particular), because of Walz not cooperating with the federal government, he now states that Minnesota has suffered financial "damages". Thus, the arsonist wants the victims to pay for his remiss. To that we respond, "Not a thin dime Timmy - not even a penny!"

The few remaining normals who live in this state, have had it with Tim Walz and his unhinged group of DFL comrades trying to gaslight us all the time. If not about ICE, then about the MASSIVE fraud issue in the Somali community. Both of these issues have made Minnesota even more unlivable than it has been in the past. Want more money, Timmy? You should have thought about that before you let Curly and the rest of the DFL pee our HUGE surplus away in 2023. But that is on you, pal. Daddy is not going to give you any more allowance, especially for your unruly behavior. You have made this state into a national embarrassment, once again.

Where do we go from here? The legislature gavels in today, and the one and only topic they should be discussing is our MASSIVE fraud issue. But no - the DFL will do Timmy's bidding and discuss how the federal government killed two innocent civilians. When in reality, the table was set by Walz and the DFL to have some kind of tragedy in the streets of Minneapolis. All it took was a spark and lives were lost. Own up to it Timmy - you and Frey own part (a large part) of this mess. 

But based on the past, allow me to forecast the future. Nothing will get done on the MASSIVE fraud issue. All that will happen is caterwauling from the DFL. The feds will have to come into town (in mass) to fix this thing. And as soon as the feds come in to do Timmy's work for him, the paid rioters will be back in the streets. The table will once again be set for something bad to happen. Just another spark.

To my Republican friends who sit in the MN House or Senate, good luck. You are in for days upon days of listening to gibberish tinged with loads of DFL gaslighting. You might need to stop into O'Mally's Pub on the way to session each morning. You might need an eye-opener or two just to get by.

 

 

Is Greenland really worth the spat?

"Many in Europe can't stand MAGA. To them it says America is only concerned with itself. That is wrong. Trump has explained it many times. He wants EVERY country to put itself first. Why? The world would be a better place that way. And that - is a cold hard fact." 

Why is there a family feud between the USA and Europe right now? You can throw in Canada with the Euro Zone, as Carney is more British than Canadian. The Democrats are worried sick that Donald Trump is going to queer the long-standing relationship we have had with Europe. Really? Maybe right now, at this point in history, some of the juice is not worth the squeeze. What Trump has done with our European allies is give them some truth talk. Told them to "man up" with their defense spending. Told them to get control of their borders so their out-of-control immigration system does not ruin them. Sorry - truth hurts.

In the eyes of many in Europe, we are the brat kids who are disrespecting their parents. In the eyes of many Americans, Europe has a very short memory. Like, we have saved their bacon more than once. And to make matters worse, Donald Trump thinks differently than the globalists in Europe. On just about everything. Including Greenland.

What are the facts about Greenland? First off, it is really a part of North America, and not Europe. Next, its strategic importance cannot be stressed enough. This has nothing to do with the US empire building - it has everything to do with the US establishing Greenland as an early warning site, as well as part of the Golden Dome, to ensure Russia cannot use that route for a hypersonic sneak attack. Plus, Greenland is rich in rare Earth minerals. If we don't extract them, Russia and China will. And if Russia or China make a move on Greenland, all Denmark will be able to do is watch it happen. Fact of life.

For EVERYBODYS security, Europe should be standing firm behind the US in getting Greenland part of our grid. The rare Earth minerals will help not only the US, but also NATO. The US has the technology in how to harvest them. And the oil under Greenland also would help oil starved Europe, so they would not have to buy from Russia anymore. 

Vance gave Europe the back of his hand last year. Some Marine Corp tough love. Europe whimpered and sulked after he left. Last week Rubio went to Germany and put some velvet on the brick. Softened the message - but it was still the message. Here is the bottom line, and I will say this as kindly as I can. Europe needs us more than we need Europe. Sorry, the Globalists have made Europe soft and full of DEI. Full of the love for green energy instead of the fuel which will make them strong. 

Many in Europe can't stand MAGA. To them it says America is only concerned with itself. That is wrong. Trump has explained it many times. He wants EVERY country to put itself first. Why? The world would be a better place that way. And that - is a cold hard fact. 

  

Cleaning the toilet

 

"It took years to break certain countries in our hemisphere - it will take some time to fix them. Trump is on the right path to do so. But as the say goes, in order to make an omelette you must break some eggs. And Donald Trump is not afraid to break some eggs to ensure the toilet is cleaned the right way."   

I would like to start out by saying our world is at peace, and we have Donald Trump to thank for it. But despite all of President Trump's efforts to stop warring countries from warring on each other - we still live in a troubled world. How so? We have some trouble spots which need to be tended to. It would be nice if we could convince these troubled areas to straighten up and fly right, but that might not be in the cards. To put it simply, we need to "clean the toilet", as we still have some bad actors which need to be taken care of.

Iran - This is a huge problem. The Iranian people are in the streets BEGGING us to topple their regime so life can return to normal. We seem to have half our military inventory in the area, and we are ready to strike. So is Israel. Iran needs to be cleaned out and have honest and fair elections to this once great nation can heal itself. If not, the region will never see peace. Trump wanted to negotiate with the Mullahs - but history has shown you can't negotiate with snakes. This might come to a bloody fight, which will be too bad for everybody - especially Iran.

Ukraine - President Zelenskyy recently repeated the obvious - Putin has war in his blood. What does that mean? All this peace talk was just for stalling only. As we talk, Putin's war machine continues to pound the innocents left in Ukraine. Putin goes after power grids, as he would like nothing better than to see innocents freeze to death in this brutal winter. Like a mad dog, Putin has sacrificed over half his military and armor just to fight to a draw in Ukraine. To clean out this toilet, Putin needs to go. It is as simple as that. Russia needs new leadership so it can once again be relevant.

Cuba - This island nation is close to collapse. We have seized Venezuela's oil and are keeping it from Cuba. To punish Cuba? To hurt their people? Nope - to effect regime change there also. Why? It is time. Cuba should have been resolved years ago, but the tea leaves were not in alignment as yet. Now they are. With Russia bogged down in Ukraine, and with Maduro gone from Venezuela, now might be the time. The Cuban people need to be able to live like it is 2026 instead of 1958. As part of our hemisphere, they deserve freedom.

Mexico - Mexico cannot be free until it is free of the cartels. That makes this toilet particularly messy to clean. We can help and help in a big way. But we first need the new president of Mexico (Sheinbaum) to put on her big girl pants and cut out the cancer which has infested her country. Mexico is no more than a drug conduit right now. They could be so much more. If Sheinbaum would ever give us the green light, this could be fixed quickly.

Venezuela - Better, now that Maduro is gone, but not great. We need to make sure that ALL of the bad apples are gone so if and when Machado or Rodriguez takes over. Once the government is stabilized and we can help with their oil reserves, Venezuela can once again be a major player in South America.

It took years to break certain countries in our hemisphere - it will take some time to fix them. Trump is on the right path to do so. But as the say goes, in order to make an omelette you must break some eggs. And Donald Trump is not afraid to break some eggs to ensure the toilet is cleaned the right way.   

He is making us stew in our own juice

 

"But now, Tim Walz has Minnesota all set up to stew in our own juice. First off, the feds are not going to give Walz one red cent for Walz's maleficence. Nada, zip. Next, even though Metro Surge may be coming to an end, ICE will not be. Between the fraud investigation as well as mopping up the remaining illegals, Minnesota, in particular Minneapolis, in particular Cedar Riverside - will be crawling with feds."

Once again, Tampon Timmy is hard at it. By playing the role of spoiler, or radical, or jerk, he has set up Minnesota, most particularly Minneapolis, for another crappy year. And with Walz, you never just get a single issue - no, with Walz we got a two for the price of one. We are known now as the fraud capital of the United States, as well as the sanctuary state which does not work well. And now that ICE as announced an immediate draw down, rather than shake hands and apologize, Walz told Trump he is going to send him a bill for the "generational harm" that ICE has done to his state. What a moron! 

Tim Walz has quite a record as governor. First in 2020, he allowed the city of Minneapolis to partially burn down as he did not know how to tell the paid rioters to cool it after the Floyd debacle. That was the first time this decade we were the laughingstock of the nation. Then, in 2023 when the Democrats controlled EVERYTHING, he was the architect behind the worst pile of legislation in Minnesota history. And now this - the fraud of biblical proportions. Nine billion dollars of wasted tax money, right under Timmy's nose.

But now, Tim Walz has Minnesota all set up to stew in our own juice. First off, the feds are not going to give Walz one red cent for Walz's maleficence. Nada, zip. Next, even though Metro Surge may be coming to an end, ICE will not be. Between the fraud investigation as well as mopping up the remaining illegals, Minnesota, in particular Minneapolis, in particular Cedar Riverside - will be crawling with feds. Why? Minneapolis is a "target rich environment". And if the paid rioters come out in force again to try and hinder ICE - get ready for another surge. Bottom line? Minneapolis is a long, long way from returning to any type of normal.

Had lunch with a friend from Michigan yesterday. We were discussing who had the worst governor, he or I. He had Gretchen Whitmer, who is a piece of work. And of course, I had Tampon Timmy, who is way beyond a piece of work. We finally decided it was a tie - we both lost as we both have zeroes for governors.

Minnesota may never be the same. Why? Trust. We have zero trust in ANY DFL commie who wins any office. What the DFL has shown us over the past few decades, in particular over this decade, is they are beyond inept - they are enemies of the state. They like to burn, destroy, steal and lie. And that is the nicest thing I can say about them. At one time they were just the loyal opposition. Now they are much worse than that.  

Why the monthly jobs reports will soon be meaningless

 

"Will there be some new jobs created? Absolutely - but they will require a niche expertise.  Understanding AI and everything which surrounds it will help quite a bit. But remember this - most businesses will trade expensive employees for much less expensive AI technology..."

The monthly jobs report for January is out. Mostly good news. But it had to be explained. Sure, there were 130,000 new jobs added. But it needed some explanation. The number was really 175,000 new jobs. But 45,000 government jobs were also eliminated. That nets out to 130,000 new jobs. Plus (more explanation was needed), many of the new jobs were construction instead of manufacturing. Why? New factories being built in our country. Soon, those construction jobs will morph into manufacturing jobs. Win for MAGA!

But there is a dark side with the jobs report coming. I have been reading many reliable sources which have been saying the same thing. White collar jobs will start going away - quickly. They will be replaced by automation. This morning there was an article by a VP at Microsoft. His view is that in eighteen months, many of the white-collar jobs will be done by automation. That would be AI. The economy will continue to hum along, but finding a white-collar job might be a daunting task.

How is this circle going to be squared in the monthly jobs report? We will still have a strong economy but might have a negative jobs report. Like month after month, we might have negative job reports. And still have a rip-roaring economy. I have said for a while now that Scott Bisset and Howard Lutnick need to prepare the public and the investment class that things might look different (with jobs) starting in 2027. And this jobs mystery will not just happen in America - it will be worldwide.

Will there be some new jobs created? Absolutely - but they will require a niche expertise.  Understanding AI and everything which surrounds it will help quite a bit. But remember this - most businesses will trade expensive employees for much less expensive AI technology that does not need to get paid, take sick leave, vacations, lunches, and also does perfect work. Competing with infallible machines is going to be a tall order for most of us. 

How is our government going to handle this, with more and more citizens being out of work later this decade? That is a great question, one for which I come up empty. A National Income, where everybody makes enough to live on for doing nothing? Maybe. Whatever it will be, it will be something we have never seen before. Or - this entire AI thing may just be a nothing burger, and things will go on as they always have. 

That is the interesting thing about the future - nobody knows until we arrive there. All we can do is enjoy the ride, no matter how bumpy or smooth it might be.  

 

Can we save the SAVE Act?

 

"Pass the SAVE Act. Having this as our law will ensure NOBODY cheats. Not Democrats, not Republicans, and most importantly - not illegals." 

Good morning, folks. I am coming to you from the land of 10,000 frauds. Actually, it is probably more than 10,000. Yesterday, I was having a flashback to many years ago when the Republicans wanted to have Voter ID in Minnesota. The Democrats hated it. Anyhow, it went to a vote, and due to some cleaver DFL sophism - it failed. Have we had voter fraud since it has failed? We might have - seems we have had fraud on just about everything else.

Why is this so hard? When just about everything we do in this country requires a valid ID, why do the Democrats CONSTANTLY buck us on the idea of having a valid ID to vote? We have heard that having a mandatory ID would disenfranchise women. It would disenfranchise minorities. It would disenfranchise illegals. WHOOPS! Hold on folks! That is the plan, man. We don't want illegals voting in American elections. 

With 80,000 Somalis hanging around, many accused of stealing a good part of $9B of taxpayer money, does anybody trust them not to cheat while voting? I guess I would feel better if they had a valid ID. And guess what? You don't need an expensive passport to get a valid ID. Try a Social Security card. Or a birth certificate. Here is the bottom line - if voting is important to you, you will get a valid ID. If you want to cheat, you will do your best to ensure the SAVE act never passes.

In Minnesota, when the Republicans tried to get Voter ID for the state, the same canard was used. "Not fair to poor people. Not fair to minorities", and blah, blah, blah. The Republicans said FREE IDs would be issued to those who could not afford one. Nope - not good enough. Voter ID was still racist. Only in America, would getting a free ID so one could legally vote, be considered racist.

Somehow, the SAVE act bill passed the House yesterday by one vote (one Democrat). Now it is on to the Senate for an uncertain future. Chucky Shumer has already called this bill "Jim Crow 2". By the way Chucky, it might be time to brush up on your history. It seems the Southern Democrats had their hands dirty on "Jim Crow One". But who cares about history? It is the Republicans who are racist. Even though the first eighteen blacks elected to Congress were all Republican.

Pass the SAVE Act. Having this as our law will ensure NOBODY cheats. Not Democrats, not Republicans, and most importantly - not illegals. 

 

In the beginning....

 

"Biden, Mayorkas, Walz, Flanagan, Ellison, Frey and the entire MN DFL are all responsible for this mess. Trump vowed to fix this and fix this he will. And once this is fixed, we will get down to fixing Walz's fraud issue." 

The headlines in today's fish wrap DFL paper is that most of Minnesota is against the way Trump is handling ICE enforcement. From our local Pravda, I would expect no less bias reporting. But then I had a thought - maybe we should map out the past to find out how we got here. 

In 2003, the City of Minneapolis decided it wanted to be a sanctuary city. Was that legal? Of course not. But that is where it all started. In the beginning. Then in 2017, the city decided it would be better to make that status more formal. So, they did. Having a sanctuary city (or state) in the middle of a republic is like having an "anti-supremacy" clause in local laws. Sorry - it does not work that way.

Then came the whopper. In July of 2025, Tim Walz and company decided to poke Donald Trump in the eye by becoming a "sanctuary state" (whatever that means). But I am getting ahead of my skies. I need to backtrack for just a minute. Joe Biden and his autopen. When Joe Biden was sworn in, one of the first things he did was flush our immigration laws down the toilet. He opened our borders. Let in everybody, without vetting or purpose. That, coupled with this sanctuary BS, is what broke the system - NOT Donald Trump. 

Donald Trump wins the election to become POTUS 47. One of his platforms (which was very popular), was to fix what Biden had broken. And what was the most broken was the border - plus the up to 20 million illegals who were wandering around the country. He had a mandate to fix this mess. Thus, his first hire once being sworn in was Tom Homan as Border Czar.

The uneducated masses as well as the paid rioters in Minneapolis are blaming Donald Trump for this mess. That is like blaming a fireman for a fire that an arsonist set. People who are honest, will agree that this mess started long before Donald Trump. Those who are dishonest will not. This is what I voted for. I want a safe city (Minneapolis) to venture in to, and I want a safe state to live in. Right now, we have neither. 

Biden, Mayorkas, Walz, Flanagan, Ellison, Frey and the entire MN DFL are all responsible for this mess. Trump vowed to fix this and fix this he will. And once this is fixed, we will get down to fixing Walz's fraud issue. 

So, when did disclosure really start???

 

Hang on - June is coming. Maybe then, this decades old mystery will be solved.

As most of us know from seeing the teaser and trailer, this coming June the next Spielberg blockbuster is set to premier. Disclosure Day is supposed to be quite the ride. Some even say that Spielberg has superior knowledge of who "they" are, and when our government will allow us to know the truth. But hold on for just a minute. I think, whomever or whatever is flying around in our skies uninvited, have been doing that for a while now. Here is my take:

World War II - the name Foo-Foo is much more than a rock band. It was the name that the allies and even some Germans gave these bright globes of light which would fly next to their aircraft. At first, they were quite a shock to see. But after a while they became almost common place. What where they? Nobody ever found out.

July 1952 - the year of the Capitol of the US was being buzzed by UFOs. Radar picked them up coming in from the Atlantic. They came to Washington, and "parked" in the sky, close to the Capitol. They wanted to be seen. Jets were scrambled, and they left, only to come back later. This went on for a few days. Was this a disclosure event? Maybe. 

Crop Circles - Started showing up all over the world. Some think they were pranks, done by two pranksters, a rope, a board and cutter. Others thought the very intricate ones were well beyond our skill level. Maybe some contained messages for us. Maybe about disclosure. To this day, many crop circles are still a mystery.

Malstrom AFB in 1967 - Wow! Talk about a message. It is no secret that whatever is flying those unidentified objects are not crazy about our nukes. In 1967, a large disk parked over a missile silo on the Malstrom AFB in Montana and was able somehow to take many of our Minuteman nukes offline. Scared the daylights out of the base personal. Was this a message? A warning? To this day, it is still a mystery.

The Pheonix Lights in March 1997 - If ever the "others" who are flying these disks wanted to really be observed, and maybe want the subject of disclosure to start, this was the time. Thousands in Arizona (mostly in Pheonix) saw this very large and very slow-moving craft showing itself to many shocked onlookers. Some think it was a mile wide and did not make a noise. My vote? This was a huge message that we are not alone. Who are the visitors? I don't have a clue, but I think many in the government might.

I have penned about this before. Ben Rich, who at one time was running Lockheed's Skunk Works, said in a presser that we have space craft which are capable of giving ET a ride home. Is there more here than meets the eye? Are we being prepped for big news about our planet not being the only inhabited one in the neighborhood? What does Spielberg know which he is not yet disclosing?

Hang on - June is coming. Maybe then, this decades old mystery will be solved. 

  

Useful idiots on display

 

"As the expression goes, what's the plan, man? The plan is simple. Make useful idiots out of as many of our youth as possible. Infest our schools with untruths and half-truths. Indoctrinate our kids rather than educating them. How is it working so far? Seen our test scores? See how schools let students out of class to go protest?"

Useful idiots. Hey - don't get mad at me! I did not come up with that tag line. Who was it? Vladimir Lenin. Ironically, he used it to describe the liberal sheeple over in Europe around the time of the Russian Revolution. Why? Because they were easily swayed, easily manipulated. Even though Lenin believed most to be idiots, they had their use to him. They were useful and they were idiots. Ergo, the name.

What has changed from the days of the Russian Revolution to today? I would like to say quite a bit, but that would be an untruth. What is the truth then? We still have useful idiots around - and quite a few of them. Want to see them? Turn on the news. Carrying the same kind of signs with the same slogans on them. Like, America is a fascist state (even though most could not define what fascism is). And my favorite - we have tyranny in America. One more which is a dead giveaway - Trump is ruining our democracy. One minor problem - we don't live in a democracy. We live in a republic. Always have, hopefully, always will.

With everything so coordinated, one would think there was some kind of puppet master behind the never-ending line of useful idiots. Actually, there are two. George Soros, who has been around causing trouble for decades, and a tech giant from China named Neville Roy Singham. These two individuals, who are loaded with cash, are funding most of our demonstrations. The "Voice of the Vikings" got taken out to the woodshed for telling the truth about our demonstrators. He said many were paid. He was right. They are.

As the expression goes, what's the plan, man? The plan is simple. Make useful idiots out of as many of our youth as possible. Infest our schools with untruths and half-truths. Indoctrinate our kids rather than educating them. How is it working so far? Seen our test scores? See how schools let students out of class to go protest? Not only are we fostering an environment to produce useful idiots, but we are also making educated idiots. Ruin our schools, ruin our kids, ruin America. That is the plan, man.

The sad part is American Democrats are sitting in the bleachers, like mind numbed robots, watching this all happen. In their shallow minds, this is going to topple the Republican Party. Little do they know, that is not the plan. The plan is to rot out America, from the inside out. Make America useless and irrelevant. And then what? Revolution for the hell of it (thanks Abbie Hoffman) baby! Down with the bourgeoise and up with the proletariat! There - take that America!

   

And we can't even agree on a halftime show

"Now that the dust has settled and the halftime show is over, where does the NFL go from here? Does Roger Goodell keep trying to woo the outer fringe just to expand the fan base? Why give the entire broadcast in Spanish? Is that the path we are on?" 

Just when you thought we might be able to agree on SOMETHING in this country, along comes the NFL and books a loony bird to do the halftime show. Bad Bunny? What kind of a name is that? Of course, he had to be flaming gay to sell his brand. As soon as it was announced, the Turning Point crew said this was unsatisfactory. NOT family friendly. Not pro American. Not what good old beer drinking, family loving guys like to see at halftime. So, Turning Point put on an alternate halftime show on another channel. And so goes America.

I think it will surprise nobody if I can confess, I did not watch Bad Bunny. I turned the channel and watched the Turning Point show. Truthfully, I would have done it just a bit differently. But it was still good. And did not have to worry about tender young eyes seeing something tawdry or young years hearing things unacceptable, or unwanted. Actually, the game was such a defensive struggle in the first half (I loved it), it might have driven many younger watchers away from the TV.

But hey - watching the Super Bowl last night was a night away from hearing about Minnesota or the Guthrie kidnapping (or murder). Truthfully, Tim Walz and whomever is responsible for the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has ruined the news cycle. How so? Last Friday, when we should have been celebrating the news of the year so far, nary a peep was mentioned about the DOW hitting 50,000. That is huge news! It was a tip of the hat to the greatness of America and how Donald Trump has turned this economy around.

Now that the dust has settled and the halftime show is over, where does the NFL go from here? Does Roger Goodell keep trying to woo the outer fringe just to expand the fan base? Why give the entire broadcast in Spanish? Is that the path we are on? Having some Contemporary Christian artists mixed in with some CW artists would be good start. For the love of Pete NFL, don't put on something so wretched that it drives part of the fan base to another channel for halftime entertainment.

What might ask, is there ANYTHING we can agree on these days? Stay tuned, as by the end of the week you will see the real barn fire when both sides try to agree on ICE reforms. Failure to do so will (again) shut down the government. BTW - it will be a most interesting week. As a side note, we might also be at war with Iran by Friday. Just saying...

 

Maybe it is the water in Minneapolis...

"The lost children in Minneapolis always need a cause celeb to rally around. It just seemed like yesterday when it was Free Palestine! And that was right on the threshold of No Kings! Now it is No ICE! and Be Good. What do people in outstate protest? Nothing. We just go to work, go to school, go to church, and be good citizens. We love our cops, and we love each other. It is just as simple as that." 

There is a saying I have heard more than just a few times. Once you get outside the 494-694 beltway in the Twin Cities, life starts returning to normal. Not is not just a cliche', that is a cold hard fact. Back in the day when Minneapolis was first starting to turn into the fruit basket it is today, everything started to change as we were coming home on the freeway. Once we made the turn northward, I started to breathe deeper. Then, once we got on Highway 10, every muscle in my body started to relax. Today, unless it is a family emergency, I stay far, far away from Minneapolis.

This morning on the news, Frey Baby was holding a presser in Uptown. He announced the Uptown Art Fair was coming back to town. Big whoop. When asked about the art fair coming back, one local said, "This is great news. I love this town. I love what it stands for." Okay - I will bite - what does it stand for? Anarchy? Stage Four TDS? Turning a blind eye to graft? What is it, because I sure can't see it.

I amazes me when I ponder this question. What is it about Minneapolis which makes it the polar opposite of us folks living outside the beltway? Is it the air? The food? Or is it the water. It has to be something, as most things that us outside the beltway folks hold near and dear, the folks inside the beltway love to eschew. 

Truthfully, the folks out in the hinterland of Minnesota are basically a very good lot. Somebody had posted a picture of a billboard (might have been AI) which said, "Please keep your Minneapolis out of the rest of Minnesota." Why? Many folks I know are more closely aligned with Ozzie and Harriet, or Father knows best than the Meathead from All in the family. Meaning what? Meaning we love family, we love country, we love liberty, and mostly, we love God. Are all people in outstate like that? No, but most are.

The lost children in Minneapolis always need a cause celeb to rally around. It just seemed like yesterday when it was Free Palestine! And that was right on the threshold of No Kings! Now it is No ICE! and Be Good. What do people in outstate protest? Nothing. We just go to work, go to school, go to church, and be good citizens. We love our cops, and we love each other. It is just as simple as that. 

For those still living in Minneapolis, try drinking bottled water for a while. It might clear the cobwebs and straighten your thinking. Just saying...  

 

Who will win?

 

"Minnesota continues to be the laughingstock of the country. Some in Minnesota are relieved that this kidnapping in Arizona happened so the press would not be talking about Minnesota all the time. But the Minnesota story will continue. Why? As they say in the press business, it has legs. And who will win the arm-wrestling contest? I know who my money is on, and it is not Tampon Timmy."    

Here it is. The fight to the finish. What is it, Olympic arm wrestling? Not quite. This is a contest between good and evil. Or as Tim Walz has stated many times, "A contest between the (mean old) federal government and the (always innocent) people of Minnesota. In reality it is the lawful against the lawless. It is ICE acting as agents of the federal government, enforcing federal law (which has been passed in Congress by both Republicans and Democrats) being stopped in the streets by paid anarchists as well as the Democrat elected leadership in Minnesota. Who is right and who is wrong? To me this is a no-brainer.

To help move this thing along a bit, Donald Trump (the negotiator) made a huge concession to the anarchists. He will remove 700 ICE agents from the Minnesota Surge in exchange for cooperation in getting illegal criminals out of the jails and into ICE custody. That was a nice unilateral move on the part of the law keepers, but the law breakers had no desire to keep their word. No worries however - Trump kept 2,000 ICE agents on site to keep going after illegals. Normal ICE population in MN is about 150.

Those who watch how Trump negotiates understand this much - that 700 ICE drawdown was it. Until he sees some REAL progress from the anarchists, there will be no more. In other words, the feds can do this the easy way, or the hard way. For reasons which escape me, the hard left wants to make this commonsense removal just as hard as they are. Why? Gives them something to do. It sure beats working or going to school.

Walz may not realize this, but between the MASSIVE fraud in this state, as well as the ICE mess, the Democrat brand is about as popular as gum on the bottom on your shoe. But Walz does not care, as he vows NEVER to run again - for anything. Probably the only smart thing I have heard this man utter out of his mouth. But the vortex of this fraud as well as the insurrection actions of those in government who support(ed) Walz - is very strong indeed. I believe this will kill the careers of Amy, Ellison, Frey, Omar and Flanagan - and hopefully many others further on down the ladder.

Minnesota continues to be the laughingstock of the country. Some in Minnesota are relieved that this kidnapping in Arizona happened so the press would not be talking about Minnesota all the time. But the Minnesota story will continue. Why? As they say in the press business, it has legs. And who will win the arm-wrestling contest? I know who my money is on, and it is not Tampon Timmy.    

Even with the thaw, ICE is not going away

 

"There are some 40's starting to pop up in the seven-day forecast. Yippie, skippy - this long cold spell might be on the way out. But even with a February thaw, ICE is not going anywhere. If the warm weather cannot get rid of ICE, what can? Our Three Stooges acting like mature leaders for a starter."

I feel bad for Tom Homan. Talk about mission impossible! His job, which he accepted from the president, was to come to Minneapolis and "lower the temperature". To accomplish this next to impossible feat, Homan was stuck dealing with our version of the Three Stooges - Walz, Frey and Ellison. But here is the kicker - it is not ICE which is causing the problems. It is the agitators who run (ruin) this state, as well as their cadre of paid rioters.

But Trump did not pick Homan to do this job because they were poker buddies on Friday nights - he picked Tom Homan because Homan is a cop's cop. He is tough as nails. And he fully understands ICE. Our Three Stooges on the other hand, only understand Karl Marx and authoritarianism. They could not know what law and order was, even if it bit them on the leg. Oh, and when in doubt - call everybody a Nazi. That is from page one of the Three Stooges playbook.

This week, Homan sent 700 ICE agents to another venue. However, he kept 2,000 here for the "surge". That was a good faith movement on the part of Homan in return for promised cooperation in getting ICE criminals out of the MN jails and into the hands of ICE agents. It seems however, somebody forgot to give a copy of the new memo to the children rioting in the streets. They are still impeding efforts by ICE agents to do their jobs.

It is only a matter of time before one of the paid rioters takes a pot shot at an ICE Agent or tries to run one over with a car. They have been given the green light to do so by a senior member of the DNC. That would be Jerry Nadler, a Congressman from New York. When I hear crap like that coming out of that pompous blowhard, it reminds me of the powder keg we are living on in Minneapolis. This is like street theater for Jerry Rubin's, Revolution for the hell of it. Like I say, it is only a matter of time.

There are some 40's starting to pop up in the seven-day forecast. Yippie, skippy - this long cold spell might be on the way out. But even with a February thaw, ICE is not going anywhere. If the warm weather cannot get rid of ICE, what can? Our Three Stooges acting like mature leaders for a starter. And the children in the street causing havoc - it is time to grow up. You are making people our state look like boobs.   

Our future - Stacking and Cislunar?

 

"There are an amazing amount of new and exciting things going on right now. Don't be distracted by the minutia happening in our big, blue cites with the ICE riots. They will take care of themselves. The big show is what is happening in the reshaping of our hemisphere. The space race to cislunar. The sprint to see who can develop the right type of applications with AI, and how to sell them to the world."

You might need to bear with me on this one. I have been reading up and watching what the real future is for America. With all the gizmos and AI stuff, what is it really about? And what is the rush? Just for a minute we are going to move away from our new Monroe (or "Donroe") Doctrine. We are going to venture into the real Golden Age of America. Where there are trillions of dollars to be made. Be the world leader in many, many exciting new areas. But the US is not the only country who sees this same future. It can be ours, only if we are quick, nimble and brave.

Many scientists are excited about going to the Moon again. But just as many are excited about exploring and conquering what is known as the cislunar area. Then what is the cislunar area, and why does it matter? As the publican AI Solutions defines it, "Cislunar space is the volume containing the Earth, the Moon, and just beyond the Moon." Because the gravitational forces of Earth and the Moon are not strong as in near Earth orbits, orbits and trajectories will allow us to explore areas which up till now are difficult to reach. Translation - this is our gateway to the planets and the mineral rich asteroids. It is truly the first step in exploring inner space.

Right now, Elon Musk, and his SpaceX business is launching more rockets into space than the rest of the world combined. Is Musk aware of the cislunar area and why it is so important? Absolutely. Truthfully, it is probably on the backs of Musk and SpaceX that we will reach the Moon first. And populate the cislunar area with technology galore. Who will be right behind SpaceX? Probably NASA.

Okay - enough about the cislunar area - what is "stacking"? Remember at the start of Trump's second term the Stargate Project? Where an investment of 1/2 trillion dollars pledged by some of our largest tech companies? This is part of the stacking process. "Stacking" is owning the new AI frontier from soup to nuts. Stargate will be the massive data centers, each equipped with a new "mini nuke" to supply it with enough power. We will develop the AI chips, make the AI chips, do all the coding, and operate the data centers. Countries which are friendly to us, can buy AI technology in a "stacked" form from us. Will there be money to be made from selling AI in a stacked format? Oh yes - lots of money with lots of zeros.

There are an amazing amount of new and exciting things going on right now. Don't be distracted by the minutia happening in our big, blue cites with the ICE riots. They will take care of themselves. The big show is what is happening in the reshaping of our hemisphere. The space race. The sprint to see who can develop the right type of applications with AI, and how to sell them to the world.

Love him or not, Donald Trump has put together in his cabinet, the right people and the right time to do the right things. 2025 was the year where the foundation was poured, now in 2026 and beyond is where the skyscrapers will be built (figuratively). This is the dawning of the new age (or Golden Age) of America. Hang on, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. But don't blink, or you might miss something very interesting.

 

Dancing with the devil?

 

"We need the good guys in every corner of the globe to take care of their bad guys. The United States will always be there for backup, but our days in being in the front lines need to take a rest." 

Here is my question. Is Donald Trump about ready to try and negotiate with this snake in the grass from Iran? Is he about to make the same mistake that prior presidents have made? Ali Khamenei is not to be trusted. Not one inch. As half our country is wetting their pants over the accidental killings of two people in the ICE riots, Iran mows down their countrymen by the thousands and never loses a minute's worth of sleep over it. No, Iran's rulers practice thuggery. They are not to be trusted - not even a speck.

Some might ask the question about why did we show Iran our "big stick" and then decide not to use it? I can only think of one reason. Bombs. After supplying Ukraine with ammo for years, we are short on ammo. Do we have enough in inventory to defeat Iran? Most assuredly. But then we would have even fewer bombs and missiles. And if China makes a move on Taiwan, we need as many bullets in our holster as possible.

This Friday, we are sending our top negotiators over to the region to have some face-to-face negotiations with Iran. I hope the first predicate we put forward is plain and simple - if they keep killing their own people just for protesting, the United States will pick up where Midnight Hammer left off. The second predicate will be just as simple - if Iran's proxies do as much as burp in public, we will use our velvet brick, sans the velvet. It will not be pretty for Iran nor those who serve Iran.

Donald Trump does his best when he is working on the new Monroe Doctrine - or as some say, the "Donroe Doctrine". Focus on getting Venezuela squared away, freeing Cuba, teaching Mexico about law and order, getting the Greenland agreement agreed to and inked, and then helping Canada grow up. If Donald Trump can do all of that before his term is up, they might indeed expand Mount Rushmore to include his bust.

It sure would be nice if Saudi as well as some of the others in that neighborhood could take care of business. Why does it always need to be us? Just like with Ukraine, why us? Especially, when this is a Euro problem first. Japan is ready to step into the gap when it comes to Indo-Pacific issues. We need the good guys in every corner of the globe to take care of their bad guys. The United States will always be there for backup, but our days in being in the front lines need to take a rest. 

 

First things first - no sanctuary anything

 

Republicans are also itching to have some additional language added to the DHS bill. Like, making sanctuary anything be illegal. Having mandatory voter ID to unsure illegals are not allowed to vote. More safeguards to ensure illegals are not allowed to get government benefits.

In our state which is being ever more defined as the "upside down world" (thanks Stranger Things), one might ask how we put the brakes on. Better yet, how to put the brakes on and start reversing the incredible damage the loony left has done to us. To me, this anti-ICE thing all started with sanctuary cities or sanctuary states. All of a sudden, with the state or city governments harboring federal offenders, ICE became the villain, and not the offender. Why? For reasons which I cannot fathom nor explain, cities and states love to protect the vile and lawless. Ergo, the reason for our insurrections and riots in the streets of some big blue cities.

Currently, we are in a partial shutdown. Soon to be less of a partial, but still partial. Why? The Democrats want the DHS funding withheld so they can "bake in some ICE reforms." News flash - ICE is just fine thank you. What I will tell the Democrats is this - be careful of what you wish for. Republicans are also itching to have some additional language added to the DHS bill. Like, making sanctuary anything be illegal. Having mandatory voter ID to unsure illegals are not allowed to vote. More safeguards to ensure illegals are not allowed to get government benefits.

Take Minnesota for example. Or, as some lawyer from Washington State called us yesterday, "the train wreck state." Not only should our sanctuary status be stripped away, Frey, Walz, Ellison and others need to walk the plank (figuratively). We have some VERY bad actors in this state. Up to their eyeballs in graft. Insurrectionists. Some might even call it treason. In any event, the time to clean house is long past due. Will getting rid of our bad actors and reforming all our nonsense make this state more livable? Maybe - but it will be a good start.

One more thing. Many are now putting forward an offer to help the Canadian separatist movement. Like, the US will take Alberta, and Canada can have Minnesota. Please don't send this state up to the land of Mark Carney. Yes, there are fates worse than living under Tampon Timmy. Believe it or not, living under Carney would be worse. Don't believe me? Just ask anybody from Alberta. 

 

Another mockery for the Noble Peace Prize

"The mayor of this sad city which has been nominated for this faux peace prize is Jacob Frey. A piece of work he is. He will not cooperate with the feds in getting hardened criminals (who are also illegal), into federal custody. He should be arrested and charged with obstruction. Fired. Run out of town. But no - he is lionized."

No, this is not "clickbait". No, this is not satire from the Onion nor the Babylon Bee. This is from a news source quoting The Nation publication. The Nation has written a letter to the Noble organization in Norway, formally nominating the City of Minneapolis for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Because of the "peaceful protests" that this city has promoted all winter long. Did you get that part about the "peaceful protests"? Those I have not seen. I have seen riots. I have seen insurrections. I have seen mayhem which resulted in two deaths. Plus - I have seen one of these "peaceful protesters" bite off the finger of an ICE Agent. 

The "peaceful protesters", whom many have suspected are paid by the Tides Foundation, are out in the streets, in churches, at Target Stores, or wherever - just to protest the federal government following federal law. Yes, the same law that Bill Clinton signed into law during his tenure. The same law that Barack Obama used to earn the nickname, "Deporter in Chief". The same law which Joe Biden intentionally ignored. But be that as it may - this law, that the loony left ignore when Democrats were in charge, is now radioactive because Trump is in charge. Have no doubt - this has NOTHING to do with the useful idiots loving illegal immigrants. It has everything to do with TDS.

Many of these latter-day hippies are leftovers from the Floyd riots. Or the Free Palestine protests. Or the real old protesters are the same ones who spit on our returning servicemen when they came home from Viet Nam. I had my own close encounter (while in uniform) with three of these mutts in the San Francisco airport in 1971. What is my point? Always the same minions who are looking for a cause celeb to create havoc. Why? They, no matter their age, are still unruly children. 

The mayor of this sad city which has been nominated for this faux peace prize is Jacob Frey. A piece of work he is. He will not cooperate with the feds in getting hardened criminals (who are also illegal), into federal custody. He should be arrested and charged with obstruction. Fired. Run out of town. But no - he is lionized. He is honored by the chattering class as a true working-class hero. Why did the city of Minneapolis elect him? Because in Minnesota, we elect idiots. Time after time after time.

Truthfully, the Nobel Peace Prize has been a mockery ever since it was awarded to Barack Obama for (drum roll please) - what he might do. Seriously, not for anything he did, but what he might do in the future. Ergo, we are where we are right now. Living in the upside-down make-believe world of nonsense.   

Hello February - did you bring your better angels?

"We really need to start acting like adults in the room. This insurrection in our streets, in churches, at Target Stores - needs to stop. Governors and mayors who defy federal law need to be arrested and charged. This has gone way, way too far and gone on too long. Now two people who did not need to die, have died. Why? Playing with fire."

Well, we got January done so far in 2026. What a mess. Europe is a mess, Canada is a bigger mess, and even our beloved country is a mess. Just like Barack Obama set the stage for a really tough four years for Donald Trump, Joe Biden set the stage for an even tougher four years for Donald Trump's second term. But even with that Trump is soldiering on. Let's check on some things Trump has on his "to-do" list.

Iran - Sorry Charlie the Mullah - time for you to go. Trump has modified the old Teddy Roosevelt saying of "Walk softly but carry a big stick." Trump likes the big stick all right, but he also likes to walk not so softly. Trump has his pieces in place off the coast of Iran should they not get the hint and leave their country. If need be, Trump can use his carrier strike force along with Air Force assets and rain down you know what on the Revolutionary Guard as well as the Mullah club. Killing tens of thousands of innocent Iranians in the streets crossed Trump's red line. This should be resolved one way or the other in February.

Canada - Dear Mark Carney, we are not the enemy. Sorry our president had to have some tough truth talk with you. Your country DOES exist because of America. And playing footsie with Xi of China is like petting a rattlesnake. Is this the future you really want? By the way, better check on your country. Alberta is ready to bolt, and Saskatchewan might be close behind. What does that mean? Many western Canadians want to be free. They don't want to be subjects of another globalist after the Trudeau regime. Ripping Trump and America at Davos was foolish. I look for repentance by Carney very soon - maybe even in February.

Europe - What in the Sam Hill is going on with you people? Now you want more nukes, supplied by the UK and France to offset the Russian threat? Because you think the US will leave you high and dry if push comes to shove? You have bigger fish to fry. First off, listen to Trump. Your out-of-control immigration policies have almost ruined many of your countries - especially Sweeden. And like Canada, please don't play footsie with Xi of China. No good can come from this. NATO is solid, Russia is waning, and we are still your friend. But know this - Trump is not Biden. Trump stays awake and does pay attention. Want a solid future? Then listen to daddy.

US - We really need to start acting like adults in the room. This insurrection in our streets, in churches, at Target Stores - needs to stop. Governors and mayors who defy federal law need to be arrested and charged. This has gone way, way too far and gone on too long. Now two people who did not need to die, have died. Why? Playing with fire. The head of the Minneapolis Police Union told the New York Post if his cops were allowed to cooperate with ICE, those two people who died probably would not have been killed. This one will hurt. Democrats have to start acting like Americans again, instead of the enemy within. Time to grow up folks - the world is watching.

Will February bring better angels? I sure hope so. Right now, with things being so out of control, one might think we are on the verge of hearing the trumpets blow. Meaning? The final days. If that is the case, we really need to up our game. Time might not be our friend.  

     

Time to say good-bye? Maybe good riddance?

 

"It is high time to kick some dirt over this walking dead organization before it really starts to stink. We don't need it - for anything. In fact, I will go out on a limb and say this - if every country in this world had M (fill in the blank) G A, this world would be a much better and more peaceful place."

Gasp! Please tell me it is not true! The United Nations, the zit in NYC, is running out of other people's money! In fact, according to the statist who heads up this bloated and useless organization, if more money (and lots of it) does not come in by July, the UN might have to shutter the doors and windows and close up shop. But wait! If we don't have the UN to step in and stop wars, who would it be? Seems like Donald Trump is doing that job, and the UN is not.

I remember back in the old days when the UN really acted like its charter. Well, sort of. The UN would send in the blue helmeted soldiers to help broker a peace and stop a war from spreading. Well - that did not last long. The organization, which was started from the ashes of both World War II and the League of Nations had a great charter. It was truly going to be the savior of humanity. No more world wars, no more ground wars in Europe. Whoops - forgot about Ukraine. We can see how effective the UN was in getting Russia kicked out of Ukraine.

And what about China? What if they invade a sovereign country like Taiwan? I know, I know - the UN will do nothing. Not even write a nasty letter. In fact, the UN has become so feckless, that their cause celeb now is climate. Even with that, the world's greatest climate polluter is China. And what has the UN done to fix that? Again, nada.

One might be moved to ask the very difficult question of Secretary- General Antonio Guterres - what in the Sam Hill does the UN do these days? I know that Trump (unlike Biden) has been pulling US money out of the UN where it appears to be nothing more than a money pit. Of course, the UN is now blaming US for their financial woes. Keep in mind, many other countries are behind in their dues. Maybe they too, are getting some "buyer's remorse" on this POS organization.

It is high time to kick some dirt over this walking dead organization before it really starts to stink. We don't need it - for anything. In fact, I will go out on a limb and say this - if every country in this world practiced M (fill in the blank) G A, this world would be a much better and more peaceful place.

One more thing. Tens of thousands of Iranian civilians have been mowed down by their government while protesting. The UN has done NOTHING to stop it. I guess the US will again have to be the world's cop and go in and teach the Mullahs a lesson. The Saudis have told Rubio do it sooner than later. We warned the Mullahs - FAFO. I guess it might be time to find out.

 

Unhinged, unfit and unwell

"Walz was asked if we are in a civil war in Minnesota, and he bristled at the question. Well - are we? This is not how civilized people act Mr. Walz. And thanks to you, Frey and Ellison for throwing gas on the fire, our once fine city looks like a rugby match instead of a cozy place to live."

Hopeless Walz thinks our state is cool because we have so many "bad asses". How about if I restructure that moronic statement by simply stating that our state is cold because we have so many asses who act badly? And now, our latest bogey man (ICE) is responsible for kids not going to school, people not going to work, the sun not coming out, and not having enough fresh bananas at the store. Putting it another way, our state, and to an extent the rest of the country, has become unhinged, unfit and unwell.

America, what in the world has happened to you? Please don't follow the lead of the Democrats as they continue to be the party of double standards. Whereas ICE was "cool" back in the days of Barry Obama, millions were deported, and dozens died in ICE encounters, nobody ever heard a peep about "reigning ICE in". Now ICE is looked upon as eviler than Russians, Iranians, Cubans, North Koreans and Chinese all rolled into one.

I will tell you what has changed (besides the fact that Donald Trump was elected again) - civil disobedience has gone from passive to radioactive. You know, the Hopeless Walz "bad ass" thing. We have allowed the Antifa crowd, the anarchists, the latter-day hippies to treat our LEOs like crap - especially our federal LEOs. What do the miscreants really want? They want open borders. They want mass amnesty. They want another monolithic voting block of Democrat and socialist voters. And just like a prairie fire (or a Minneapolis Floyd fire), the insurrection is spreading. First from Minnesota, then onward to any other blue city or state.

Many of the bleeding hearts around town keep asking the question, "Why does ICE need to kill innocent law-abiding citizens?" Here is the answer, short and sweet - they don't want to kill anybody. Period. No LEO does. But the two people who have died at the hands of ICE have put themselves in harm's way. Argue if you must, but that is a cold hard fact. Stay home, don't obstruct the LEOs and everybody stays safe. I am not saying that anybody deserved to die, but common sense is always the best safeguard. When common sense goes out the window, the chance of having a tragedy goes up fast.

Walz was asked if we are in a civil war in Minnesota, and he bristled at the question. Well - are we? This is not how civilized people act Mr. Walz. And thanks to you, Frey and Ellison for throwing gas on the fire, our once fine city looks like a rugby match instead of a cozy place to live. Maybe having everybody trying to act like a "bad ass" was not such a good idea, Hopeless. Just saying... 

Minnesota Strong? Or Minnesota Wrong.

"Time to grow up Minnesota. Now you want famous Amy as your next governor. That will be a very large mistake. But who cares? The latter-day hippies have wrecked this state beyond repair. Now, similar to California, the U-Haul trailers will be headed south in record numbers. Who will remain here? The loud and clamorous anarchists, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."   

Good morning. I am coming to you again, live and direct, from the embarrassment capital of the nation - maybe even the world. In this land called Minnesota, where black is white, wrong is right, and day is often called night, this state has the ability to grab the national headlines day after day after day. And for what purpose one might ask. For doing the wrong things at all the wrong times. BUT - in the eyes of the sheeple who live in the dark, dark, blue (so dark blue it is almost black) Twin Cities, they who still live there have proclaimed this state to be "Minnesota Strong". Why? Good question.

The 'Resist" movement, which has been a thing with the latter-day hippies ever since Donald Trump won the last election, has been supplanted now with a new moniker - Minnesota Rebel Alliance. These are children who are "down with the struggle", because in their juvie eyes, the struggle is real. But here is the reality check from some of the normals who are still stuck in this gulag - Minnesota Strong is nothing more than Minnesota Wrong, and those who adhere to Minnesota Strong are (as Linen called them) - useful idiots.

Thanks to the Tides Foundation (Soros money), the fertile ground in the Twin Cities has allowed the widest and wildest mayhem we have seen since the Floyd riots. As the ruling elite told us after Floyd, "it is good to let them (the anarchists) burn off some steam". But again, the cold hard facts need to come into the light. Buckle up kiddos, because this one might hurt.

ICE is on the side of the angels - or at least the Supreme Court. How do I know? In 2012 President Obama (then the "Deporter in Chief") sued Arizona to allow ICE to lawfully deport illegal aliens. The court sided with Barry. Might have been the only good thing Obama did while in office.

In any event, for the latter-day-hippies and Antifa to continue to obstruct ICE from doing its job, puts them at odds with SCOTUS. Let me put this in language where everybody, especially those obstructing can understand. We are NOT Minnesota Strong - we are Minnesota WRONG. It is time for Tom Homan to put the nice guy image away for a while and start kicking butt and taking names. It is time for Minnesota to start acting like a state again, and not a penal colony where the guards are on vacation and the cages are left open.

Time to grow up Minnesota. Now you want famous Amy as your next governor. That will be a very large mistake. But who cares? The latter-day hippies have wrecked this state beyond repair. Now, similar to California, the U-Haul trailers will be headed south in record numbers. Who will remain here? The loud and clamorous anarchists, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.   

 

Again, war or peace in Persia?

"But then comes that nagging question once again. What about the day after? Who is going to be in charge of Iran? Certainly not us. Will it be Reza Pahlavi? The eldest son of the late Shah?" 

Ancient Persia, now known as Iran, is once again in the spotlight. I would have thought that after the Midnight Hammer pounding that Israel and the US gave to Iran, they would have put their tails between their legs and headed for the hills. But no - not this crowd. As hundreds of thousands of their citizens have taken to the streets to demand a change in government, the Revolutionary Guard, along with some paid Arab mercenaries, have decided to make many of the protesters into target practice. President Trump warned them not to do it, but since when do the Mullahs ever listen to us?

With the number of Iranians killed in the streets (by their own government) estimated now to be in the tens of thousands, it might be time for Iran to pay the piper (so to speak). With an "armada" (Trump's term) of US ships (including the USS Lincoln) off the coast of Iran, some help from Great Britian, and probable help from Israel, the writing might be on the wall. Have targets in Iran been identified? Count on it. My feeling is this will be more than just a pin prick event. It will decimate the Revolutionary Guard and extinguish the Mullahs.

But then comes that nagging question once again. What about the day after? Who is going to be in charge of Iran? Certainly not us. Will it be Reza Pahlavi? The eldest son of the late Shah? Does anybody in the Shah's family have the backing of the people right now? If not the eldest son, there are also three daughters and one younger son. Or - move on from both the Mullahs as well as the Shah's family. As we can see from Venezuela, getting somebody who has the backing of the people AND is friendly to the US at the same time is a daunting job.

I think the surgical yet complete attack on Iran is a done deal. Why? Trump's credibility is on the line. The Iranian people remember clearly the last time they took to the streets when Obama was president. The help they got from us was nada. Zip. And many died or were tossed in prison. Trump does not want that legacy. He wants to be known as Iran's liberator. He wants Iran as an ally once again, just like when the Shah was in charge. 

Some might ask, how is it that the newly minted chairman of the Board of Peace is going to wage war on another country. Many remember that in Venezuela we did not lose a soul, but the Venezuelans and Cubans guarding Maduro were not so lucky. My view is this - sometimes to obtain peace, a bit of upfront war might be necessary. A peaceful Iran in the Middle East might be worth the risk of a limited war. Just like a more peaceful Caribbean might have been worth the risk we took in getting Maduro out of country.

Stay tuned on the Iran situation. What will happen will happen sooner rather than later. Why do I think that? We need the Lincoln back on station in the Indo-Pacific as a stopper to any move China might make in Taiwan. Oh, what a world we now live in...