tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120105722024-03-13T01:40:20.088-04:00MuccingsOpinions and rants about human nature, behavioral and social trends, mores, ethics, values, and the effect of these human qualities on our future.Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.comBlogger1154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-7442485265401925862023-12-13T09:29:00.001-05:002023-12-13T09:30:26.317-05:00Universities and the attack on religion<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The primary purpose of university presidents is to raise funds for the university. The university boards select the person that can best relate to the hot buttons of the potential donor base.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the case of Ivy League institutions (not to be confused with “mental institutions”, although I understand the confusion), the most lucrative potential donor base is comprised of leftist, mostly atheist, woke, white rich people who feel guilt about slavery. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Who better to fit that role than a black, female leftist whose academic specialty is the advance of globalism and increasing diversity, except for Jews. Enter Claudine Gay of Hahvid.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the past several years there have been numerous instances of conservative speakers being banned from university campuses. The reasons given focused around other students feeling “threatened” or concerns about violence from leftists who objected to free speech, although the excuses were never quite that transparent. Free speech was taboo for conservatives on campus.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But when it comes to promoting the extermination of Jews (or probably any religious group except Islam) free speech is protected and condoned.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Going to the nub of the matter, universities have a strong bias against religion. They believe they take the high moral road by defining the group they believe are “oppressed” (blacks, Muslims, Palestinians) and tailoring their warped sense of morality and fairness to defend and promote those groups, no matter what crimes or atrocities they commit. US urban riots, George Floyd and October 7th come to mind.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The consequence of this warped mindset is that the rule of law and traditional morality go out the window. Rioting, acts of terror, and atrocities become justifiable because they are committed by the “oppressed.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Most religions have a set of immutable moral standards. These absolutes get in the way of the leftist mindset. The leftist college president, university donors and professors, and most students don’t tolerate any constraint on addressing their version of the “oppressed.” Religious people are in their way because morality is in their way. So they create their own morality: Extremism in defense of liberation is no vice, to mangle the words that Goldwater was condemned for.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Even plagiarism by a university president has been declared A OK by the university that alleges such high standards. That is just another instance of a corrupt system not wanting to be shackled by old fashioned rules so they can promote their own agenda of “liberation.”</span></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-11287003703712394402023-10-31T19:58:00.002-04:002023-10-31T19:59:12.931-04:00“Proportionality” in the Israel/Hamas war…<p> <span style="font-size: large;">When a military/terrorist force whose Islamic ideology for decades has vowed the elimination of your nation and your race, and then slaughters 1,400 or your civilian women, children, and men, </span><em style="font-size: large;">what does “proportionality” mean?</em></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are several possible meanings of that term, with only one that fits the situation.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Definition #1:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Respond by killing only the number of people who were killed. This definition is the limitation that Palestinians and US leftists would like to impose on Israel. Anything beyond that is called “ethnic cleansing.” That is rather strange since that is exactly what the initial attacks against Israel intended to carry out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Definition #2:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Respond by eliminating ONLY the Hamas leadership or planners who carried out the attack. This is similar in effect to the first definition. It stops way short of addressing the perpetual threat to Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Definition #3:</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Give Hamas a stern warning that if they dare attack Israel again, they will be sorry. This is the “proportionality” preferred by Hamas, the Palestinians, and the Islamic nations as a whole. It is also the proportionality practiced by the Biden administration when US interests are attacked by Iranian, Syrian, or Yemen missiles.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Definition #4:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Base “proportionality” on intent as well as current and historical actions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For example, if an individual announced his hatred of you and expressed his intent to kill you, and over several years actually attempted to do so on numerous occasions, and no legal entity was available to stop his repeated attempts, what would be an appropriate action on your part? Warn him? Cut off his right thumb? Or more?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the situation Israel finds itself in. Hamas, and the Islamic doctrine and Ummah [Islamic community] generally, </span> <span style="font-size: medium;">have for decades declared their hatred of Israel and vow to wipe Israel and Jews off the face of the earth. And on numerous occasions since Israel’s founding in 1948 has attempted to do so through several wars that Israel won.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And over the last several years there have been thousands of rocket attacks coming off of Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon against Israel. The October 7th attack is when Israel's restraint was finally broken.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Given that backdrop, here is the required definition of “proportionality”:</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><strong>The elimination of all who planned, financed, equipped, carried out, and supported or continue to support the attacks against Israel , along with their sustaining infrastructure.</strong></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">THAT is the only rational definition of “proportionality” that Israel should apply and appears to be applying to the current situation. This proportionality is based on a combination of both intent and repeated and ongoing actions of the adversary.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">The apologists for Islam, Hamas, Gazans and Palestinians are wailing, gnashing their teeth and ripping their shirts over such Israeli audacity. This includes most of the media, leftist politicians along with ignorant college students who are doing the same via protests and incendiary propaganda.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">The October 31 Israel bombing of the location of known terror leaders north of Gaza City is a case in point. It just so happened to have also been a refugee center occupied by several thousand Gazans who ignored Israel’s warning to move south out of the northern Gaza war zone. Those who remain were appropriately assumed to be either Hamas fighters or willing human shields. Twenty some were killed and a hundred or more injured.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">Again we hear wailing, gnashing of teeth and ripping of shirts with cries of “ethnic cleansing” and “war crimes.”</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">War is hell. Justified proportionality is a bitch. Israel is attempting to finish what Hamas started and intended for Israel.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">__________________</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">As an aside, the Houthis, who control Yemen, have today declared war on Israel. Their motto:</span></p><blockquote><p align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;">“<i>Allahu akbar</i>, death to the United States, death to Israel, curse the Jews, victory for Islam"</span></p></blockquote><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hamas believes exactly the same.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who are the "citizens" of Gaza? They are described <a href="https://muccings.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-citizens-of-gaza.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-21762212027545025832023-10-19T09:12:00.002-04:002023-10-19T09:50:54.951-04:00The "Citizens of Gaza"<p> <span style="font-size: large;">President Biden proclaims that Israel has every right to go after Hamas, </span><em style="font-size: large;">but Israel must protect and provide aid to<strong> the citizens of Gaza.</strong></em></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Why is this such insanely bad advice? Let’s explore who the “citizens of Gaza” really are, what they believe and what they want.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Their religion</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sunni Muslim is the religion of 98 to 99% of the population based on a 2012 estimate reported by Wikiwand: </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The historic and current doctrine of Islam is to subdue or eliminate the Jews. This is a belief held by the vast majority of Islamic leaders in the world. <span style="font-size: medium;">The US government has not yet publicly accepted this fact.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> It therefore makes sense that nearly all the citizens of Gaza endorse this belief to a significant degree – many rabidly. Appeasement toward Islam has been the policy of the US government since well before 9-11. Throwing billions of dollars at hostile Islamic nations in the hopes that they will hate us less has been the US practice for decades. The US continues to insist this practice should be applied to “the citizens of Gaza.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Their government</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From Wikipedia: </span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>“The governance of the Gaza Strip since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 has been carried out by Hamas, which is often referred to as the Hamas government in Gaza.”</em></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From the CIA Factbook: </span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>“The Gaza Strip has been under the de facto governing authority of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) since 2007…”</em></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hamas came to power through intifada, aka “uprising.” Uprisings typically occur through “popular revolt”. From this fact, it is easy to conclude that “the citizens of Gaza” support Hamas, their governing authority.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Their goals</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The goal of Hamas and “the citizens of Gaza” are the same as the goals of what the Western media calls “radical Islam”: To subdue or eliminate “infidels”, aka, those who do not follow strict tenants of Islam. “Radical Islam” is the main body of Islamic doctrine both historically and currently in the Middle East. In the West, the goals are more subdued or hidden, thus the media refers to the Muslim majority in the West as “moderate Muslims.” </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Their morality</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Islamic morality differs significantly from that of Jews and Christians – from that in the West, generally. Lying and deceit to protect oneself or defend beliefs, referred to as taqiyya, is predominant and accepted practice in Islamic culture, while it is frowned upon in Judeo-Christian/Western culture. The West tends to apply our expectations of morality to Muslims usually with unexpected and devastating results.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Case study: The ‘Hospital Incident’</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The missile that hit the parking lot of the Al-Ahli hospital in north Gaza in the early morning of October 18th provides a stark example of Islamic morality.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Islamic Jihad, one of many militant/terror groups in Gaza, fired a barrage of rockets toward Israel. One rocket veered off course and landed in the hospital parking lot two miles from the launch site, spewing and igniting volatile rocket accelerant through the immediate area. The hospital building was not significantly damaged. There is overwhelming evidence that the rocket was fired from Gaza, did not destroy the hospital, and few were killed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hamas immediately spread the lie that an Israeli rocket destroyed the hospital killing 500 innocents. This incited mobs in a dozen Islamic nations to mass demonstrations and attacks on Israeli and Western embassies.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Even in the US, Muslim Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar aka AOC, instigated mob demonstrations throughout Washington DC resulting in over 500 arrests. Even a full 24 hours after indisputable facts debunked their rabid erroneous accusations, they persisted.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For people such as these, it is moral and proper for white to be called black in defense of their beliefs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is much more concerning worldwide Islamic fabrication of the hospital incident:</span></p><p><a href="https://gellerreport.com/2023/10/hamas-hospital-bombing-voice-recording-released-of-hamas-operatives-admitting-to-it-muslim-u-s-congresswomen-incite-to-jewish-genocide-latest-updates.html/" title="https://gellerreport.com/2023/10/hamas-hospital-bombing-voice-recording-released-of-hamas-operatives-admitting-to-it-muslim-u-s-congresswomen-incite-to-jewish-genocide-latest-updates.html/">https://gellerreport.com/2023/10/hamas-hospital-bombing-voice-recording-released-of-hamas-operatives-admitting-to-it-muslim-u-s-congresswomen-incite-to-jewish-genocide-latest-updates.html/</a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, these are “the citizens of Gaza” that our government wants to protect and provide $100,000,000 to “help.” How has that “help” to Iran and other Islamic nations, winning their "hearts and minds" worked out for us so far? US advice/warning to Israel to play nice with “the citizens of Gaza” is of no help at all to Israel. </span></p><p>__________________________</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As an aside, I was wondering why this hospital was initially reported as “Baptist Hospital.” Here is the reason:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The hospital has been in operation since 1882. It was founded by the </span><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Church_of_England"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Church of England</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">’s </span><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Church_Mission_Society"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Church Mission Society</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> and was later run as a medical mission by the </span><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Southern_Baptist"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Southern Baptist Conference</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> between 1954 and 1982. It returned to the </span><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Anglican_Church"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anglican Church</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> in the 1980s.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The irony never ceases to amaze.</span></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-12673654134802207832023-10-17T14:39:00.009-04:002023-10-17T14:46:21.193-04:00Israel Versus World Opinion<p> <span style="font-size: large;">There are several common themes lodged against Israel by Palestinian promoters around the world:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Israel is not protecting “Gaza citizens.” Many “innocent Gazans” are getting killed by Israeli bombing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Israel is not supplying resources to Gaza citizens. They’re without food, water and medical treatment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Israel won’t allow Gaza “citizens” out of Gaza.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">4. The mother of all complaints: Palestinians, not Jews, have the right to land “occupied” by Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, let’s flesh out the illogic of these complaints.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1. <em>Israel is not protecting “Gaza citizens.”</em></b> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who are the Gaza “citizens” that Biden and the other enemies of Israel want to protect? The following is from <a href="https://gellerreport.com/2023/10/most-recent-palestinian-poll-over-half-would-vote-for-hamas.html/" title="https://gellerreport.com/2023/10/most-recent-palestinian-poll-over-half-would-vote-for-hamas.html/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://gellerreport.com/2023/10/most-recent-palestinian-poll-over-half-would-vote-for-hamas.html/</span></a></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span><em>Most recent Palestinian polling data show overwhelming preference for the Hamas terror organization. 1270 adults face-face interviews, 6/7-11/23, confirm public preference for Hamas over Fatah: Hamas +10% over Fatah in “deserving to represent the people”; Hamas leader Haniyeh +23% over Fatah’s Abbas to be President.</em></span></p><p><span><em>When asked about the best thing that happened to the ‘Palestinians’ since the establishment of Israel, a quarter believed that the formation of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and their entry into armed struggle.</em></span></p><p><span><em>When asked about the recent armed confrontations between the Gaza Strip and Israel…..Hamas’s popularity was not damaged in either the West Bank or the Gaza Strip.</em></span></p><p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/16784/16784,17370,17374.html"><span><em></em></span></a></p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/16784/16784,17370,17374.html"><p><span><em></em></span></p></a><p><span><em></em></span></p><p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/16784/16784,17370,17374.html"><span><em></em></span></a></p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/16784/16784,17370,17374.html"></a><p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/16784/16784,17370,17374.html"></a><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/17374/16784,17370,17374.html"></a></p><p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/17374/16784,17370,17374.html"><span><em></em></span></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://ruamupr.com/wc/3404/13381/17374/16784,17370,17374.html"><span><em></em></span></a></p><p><span><em>The ever elusive “innocent civilian” in Gaza appears harder and harder to find.</em></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Conclusion: <em>At a minimum</em>, a majority of Palestinian citizens <span>(inclusive of Gazans) support Hamas.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Further, 99% of Gazans are Muslim. Islamic doctrine, both historic and current, promote a Palestinian state and the elimination of Jews, generally, and Israel specifically. Since Gazans are Muslim, it is easy to conclude that nearly 100% of Gazan “citizens” supported the actions of the Hamas terror raid.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2. <em>Israel is not supplying resources to Gaza citizens.</em></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Why should Israel supply resources to the “citizens” of Gaza? Hugh Fitzgerald, a writer on Jihad Watch, gives a rational answer.</span></p><blockquote><p><a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/10/sadiq-khan-makes-clear-which-side-he-is-on" title="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/10/sadiq-khan-makes-clear-which-side-he-is-on"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em>https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/10/sadiq-khan-makes-clear-which-side-he-is-on</em></span></a></p><p><span><em>The Jewish state is under no obligation to supply anything at all to the people of Gaza, who have produced Hamas, who join Hamas, who support Hamas even if they are not members.</em> </span></p><p><em><span>Why should Israel be expected to supply its enemies with any resources? Would the Americans have delivered food and water to Nazi Germany, or to militarist Japan, during World War II? Would we have supplied electricity, food, or fuel to those living in the Islamic State? Gaza has the coastal aquifer to supply some water, and it is not completely, as Sadiq Khan claims, “without water.” Gaza’s chronic lack of water is a result of three things: weak resource management, rapid population growth, and a failure to pay for WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) infrastructure. </span></em></p><p><em><span>Is Israel at fault if Gazans have so many children, and that staggering increase in population requires more water? Is Israel to blame for the mismanagement of water resources by Hamas, including its allowing raw sewage to flow, untreated, into the sea? Or should we blame Israel for the billions of dollars in aid siphoned off by a handful of Hamas leaders, with five billion dollars being stolen by just two of them, Khaled Meshaal and Mousa Abu Marzouk? Did Israel force Hamas to spend so much money on war-making rather than on the husbanding and production of water? </span></em></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One item Hugh left out of his analysis: Hamas (Gaza citizens) dug up many hundreds of feet of water pipe to build missiles air mailed to Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3. <em>Israel won’t allow Gaza “citizens” out of Gaza.</em></b></span></p><h3><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This claim is bogus on several levels.</span></span></h3><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First, the definition of “citizen” includes Hamas soldiers and sympathizers, the legitimate target of Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Second, and more significantly, virtually NONE of the Islamic nations in the neighborhood will accept Gazan refugees. Why not? Two reasons:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1) They want to be able to blame Israel for any harm that befalls them for propaganda purposes, and </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2) They want the Gazan population to remain in Gaza to bolster the efforts of Islam to establish a Palestinian state to further their goal of eliminating Israel.</span></p><h3><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Here is a typical pro-Palestinian AP headline that demonstrates this tactic:</span></h3><blockquote><h3><em>Israel bombs Gaza region where civilians were told to seek refuge</em></h3><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c">https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c</a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>4. <em>“Palestinians”, not Jews, have the right to land “occupied” by Israel.</em></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">By this logic, Florida should go back to Spain, the US southwest ought to return to Mexico, and Alaska should be returned to Russia.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And this fully ignores ancient history where Jews have occupied the lands of present day Israel for millennia.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So pick a date, any date, and one can argue that anyone standing on any given parcel for more than five minutes has perpetual rights to it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is Wikipedia’s tortured and convoluted description of the origins of “Palestine’: <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Origin_of_the_Palestinians" title="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Origin_of_the_Palestinians"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Origin_of_the_Palestinians</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">No doubt Wikipedia/al Jazeera will promote origins different from that explained by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, which makes a lot more sense as follows:</span></p><ul><li><i>What is the source of the name “Palestine?” It is not Arab; it is derived from the name “Palestina,” by which the Roman Emperor Hadrian chose to call the land after the defeat of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 135 CE. His aim was to erase “Judea.”</i></li></ul><ul><li><i>According to Palestinian historian Muhammad Y. Muslih, during the entire 400 year period of Ottoman rule (1517-1918), before the British set up the 30-year-long Palestine Mandate, “There was no political unit known as Palestine.” In Arabic, the area was known as al-Ard al-Muqadassa (the holy land), or Surya al-Janubiyya (southern Syria), but not Palestine.</i></li></ul><ul><li><i>Not a single Palestinian tribe identifies its roots in Canaan; instead, they all see themselves as proud Arabs descended from the most notable Arab tribes of the Hejaz, today’s Iraq, or Yemen. Even the Kanaan family of Nablus locates its origins in Syria. Some Palestinian clans are Kurdish or Egyptian in origin, and in Mount Hebron, there are traditions of Jewish origins.</i></li></ul><ul><li><i>This study does not deny the right of the Palestinian clans as a whole to define themselves as a Palestinian people. It would be better, however, if the Palestinian leadership were to choose a positive and constructive narrative and not a baseless one that is intended to negate that of the Jews of Israel.</i></li></ul><p align="right"><a href="https://jcpa.org/article/who-are-the-palestinians/" title="https://jcpa.org/article/who-are-the-palestinians/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://jcpa.org/article/who-are-the-palestinians/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>The common denominator of Israel’s current and perpetual problem is Islam</strong>; the Islamic doctrine and practice of Jew hatred. <span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bottom line: This is not so much about real estate as it is about the Islamic doctrine and strong aspiration to eliminate Jews. <strong> Islam: The anti-Semitic contagion of the world.</strong></span></span></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-59737383571654406132023-10-12T04:27:00.001-04:002023-10-12T04:29:03.674-04:00What is Hamas End Game?<p> <span style="font-size: large;">First, quit calling the occupants of Gaza “Arabs” or “Palestinians.” They are Muslims. True to the core practitioners of Islam, the ideology of Muhammad, the murdering pervert.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Next, understand the core of Islam: To subdue non-believers while striving to eradicate Jews first, then Christians next.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Islam is comprised of both radicals and moderates. Radicals are the most devout among Islam. They are the ones with guns, knives, and bombs, plus those who plan the schemes for their use against infidels. Moderates are the balance of Muslims who support the radicals through finance, legal, logistic and social means. Sure, some are “go along to get along” types, but most believe in their cause.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is an NPR (Islamic apologist) major headline from the internet:</span></p><blockquote><h4><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119220569/palestinians-gaza-hamas-islamic-jihad-israel">Palestinians grow frustrated with militants in Gaza, and a rift could ...</a></h4><p>Aug 26, 2022 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — When fighting erupted between <b>Israel</b> and the hard-line Palestinian militant group, Islamic Jihad, here earlier this month, the battle lasted just three days but it took a ...</p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Don’t believe any of that crap for a second.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Gaza is comprised of both radical and moderate Muslims. It is one compact organic killing machine governed by Hamas.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hamas is a proxy (tool) of Iran. Hamas is funded and coordinated by Iranian leadership.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Now, Hamas either decided to go on this killing spree alone, or it is part of a larger plan. I personally don’t believe they decided to massacre on the scale they did as a solo, one off event.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, the other, more likely, option is the Hamas massacre is part of Iran’s larger operation. It won’t end with Hamas. Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank are all primed by Iran to join the fray.</span></p><blockquote><h4><a href="https://en.mehrnews.com/news/207022/Islamic-Jihad-in-West-Bank-vows-to-join-Al-Aqsa-Storm-op">Islamic Jihad in West Bank vows to join Al-Aqsa Storm op.</a></h4><p>Today Islamic Jihad in <b>West</b> <b>Bank</b> vows to join Al-Aqsa Storm op. TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) - Abu Hamza, the spokesman of Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, announced early Thursday that the battle with the occupiers is no longer limited to the Gaza Strip.</p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is also quite likely that Russia and ally Iran have joined together to instigate this upheaval as a distraction for the US in its support of Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unless Iran has a change of heart (unlikely) expect Israel’s (and US) challenges to multiply in the region in the coming days and weeks.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Iran, Russia and Islamic mania (a shared beneficial partnership) are the perfect combination to bring havoc to any region of the world.</span></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-68145110295768597302023-10-09T09:21:00.007-04:002023-10-09T09:42:20.531-04:00Double standard against Israel<p> <span style="font-size: large;">We often hear from the left, America haters, and Israel haters the complaint of “Israeli apartheid.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I’ll say it up front: Those “folk” either have "mush" for brains (I preferred to use the "s" word) or have an agenda that is both deceived and seditious.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The great majority of the 50+ Islamic nations around the world, and the dozen or so in the immediate neighborhood of Israel are 98+ % Muslim, Those nations, and their heavily enforced Islamic doctrine, do not tolerate other beliefs. They simply don’t put up with other religions. The punishment for exposing their un-Islamic preferences is typically well beyond western sensibilities. That is the essence of hyper-bigoted, intolerant and religious xenophobia's – pick a word.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet what do we have in Israel? <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(</span><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Religion_in_Israel" title="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Religion_in_Israel"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Religion_in_Israel</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">)</span></span></p><blockquote><p><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Judaism"><span style="font-size: medium;">Judaism</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">–<i><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hiloni">Hiloni</a></i> (33.1%)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Judaism–<i><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Masortim">Masorti</a></i> (24.3%)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Judaism–<i><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Orthodox_Judaism">Dati</a></i> (8.8%)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Judaism–<i><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Haredi_Judaism">Haredi</a></i> (7.3%)</span></p><p><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Islam_in_Israel"><span style="font-size: medium;">Islam</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> (18.1%)</span></p><p><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Christianity_in_Israel"><span style="font-size: medium;">Christianity</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> (1.9%)</span></p><p><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Druze_in_Israel"><span style="font-size: medium;">Druze</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> (1.6%)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Others and unclassified (4.8%)</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Over 25% of Israel’s population is non-Jewish. Over 18% are Islamic.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And why <em>doesn’t</em> Israel have the right to have a 98+% Jewish nation? Not many seem to complain about the Islamic exclusivity of the ~50 super-majority Islamic nations of the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is ONLY ONE majority Jewish nation: Israel. And the leftists, America haters, and Israel haters complain. That is the definition of anti-Semite aka, “mush for brains.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Logic tells us Israel should go one step further.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Since the mix of religions in Israel has created so much havoc over the past decades, it seems that their current demographic mix does not work well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They need to follow the lead of their Islamic cohorts. Muslims are the least compatible in a Jewish state. Every single one, no matter how deceptively “moderate” they may seem, should be deported to one of their super-majority Islamic nations where they can feel at home.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Further, the terrorist strongholds and terror launching grounds of Gaza and the West Bank should become part of Israel. The “two state” solution is all one sided BS. 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0.5pt 2pt medium;" width="123"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Muslim Majority Countries _pew2020</span></td></tr> <tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"> <td class="xl69" height="25" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom: 0.5pt solid windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left: 0.5pt solid windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right: 0.5pt solid windowtext; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Morocco</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl70" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom: 0.5pt solid windowtext; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-left: medium none currentcolor; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right: 0.5pt solid windowtext; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">99.9</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Afghanistan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">99.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Somalia</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">99.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Iran</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">99.5</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tunisia</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">99.5</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Western Sahara</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span 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nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mayotte</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">98.6</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Maldives</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">98.4</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Niger</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">98.3</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Comoros</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">98.3</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Turkey</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">98</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Algeria</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">97.9</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Palestine</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">97.9</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Azerbaijan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">97.3</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Uzbekistan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">97.1</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Jordan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">97.1</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Djibouti</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">96.9</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Senegal</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">96.6</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Libya</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">96.6</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Pakistan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">96.5</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tajikistan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">96.4</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Egypt</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">95.3</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Gambia</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">95.3</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mali</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">94.6</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Turkmenistan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">93</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Syria</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">92.8</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">92.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bangladesh</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">90.8</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sudan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">90.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kyrgyzstan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">89.4</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Indonesia</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">87</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Oman</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">85.9</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Guinea</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">84.6</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Albania</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">82.1</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sierra Leone</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">78.5</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Brunei</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">75.1</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">United Arab Emirates</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">75</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kazakhstan</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">72</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kuwait</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">70.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bahrain</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">69.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Malaysia</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">66.1</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Qatar</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">65.2</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Burkina Faso</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">62.7</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lebanon</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">61.2</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td class="xl67" height="23" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Chad</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl68" style="border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 0.5pt medium; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">55.1</span></td></tr> <tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"> <td height="23" style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></td> <td align="center" class="xl65" style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">46.5</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-13920132239764199342023-09-30T12:40:00.001-04:002023-09-30T12:53:06.994-04:00Shallow-thinking of the highly educated<p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you have been known by a leftist as a Trump supporter, chances are the economic and social positions you have held since waaaay before Trump came down the escalator are ridiculed as "blindly following Trump."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the essence of the "Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)", a mental disorder that has not yet made its way (and never will) into the lexicon of the "feel good" leftist psychiatric profession.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Those with TDS dismiss the simple things, like the importance of secure national borders to maintain national security and reduce the flow of drugs and crime into our country.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like not invoking price and wage controls that distort and disrupt the marketplace.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like the great benefits of being energy independent, using the energy resources we already have to the fullest to keep us competitive.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like not wasting billions of dollars to subsidize the EV industry decades before our electric infrastructure can handle it, and before ALL the true life cycle costs of battery technology are understood. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like not falling all over ourselves believing humans impact climate change more than a fluttering gnats whisker while spending billions trying to reverse what our solar system was designed to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like the fad of sexual perversion, believing sex change and deviance have better outcomes than the status quo, attempting to reinvent biology and thousands of years of universal morality.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Nope. 99% of Trump, Desantis, and Haley supporters held to these ideas well before any of these candidates even thought of running for president. These candidates have merely tapped into the sentiments of these previously ignored common sense principles.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Common sense is offhandedly dismissed by those stricken with TDS. </span></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-34449287091773980612023-03-30T18:36:00.001-04:002023-03-30T19:32:48.546-04:00Are morality and Christianity blamed for triggering killers?<p><font size="4">We’ve all heard of “safe spaces” set aside by educators and employees to protect college students and employees of woke corporations from the thoughts of evil conservatives. Those are places where those easily offended by the realities of life, like traditional morality, can go so they won’t be stressed, or worse, triggered to do something they may or may not regret.</font></p><p><font size="4">Those nasty conservatives, those who promote patriotism and traditional morality, and, God-forbid, those who practice Bibilical Christian doctrine, are the evil provocateurs – bigots and worse: Haters.</font></p><p><font size="4">Is it any wonder why a perfectly normal 28-year-old transgender would be upset. She had no “safe space.” Her Christian parents possibly sent her over the edge. She had to vent somewhere. Her former Christian school was the place to take her stand.</font></p><p><font size="4">This latest Nashville school shooting reveals the culprit. The word on the leftist street is that morality is to blame, especially European based, white male controlled Christian morality is to blame for provoking mass shootings and urban riots.</font></p><p><font size="4">The culprits? Morality and laws. Laws lead to discrimination against law breakers. Morality, even apart from laws, leads to some people choosing to be immoral. Immorality leads to discrimination. Both lawbreaking and immorality result in discrimination, incarceration, shunning, and becoming social outcasts. Criminals and the amoral are stressed by that. They often become triggered and do even worse things. And who’s to blame? The “sanctimonious” culture: The folks who have the uncaring audacity to promote moral standards and laws that are intended to do the most good for the greatest number.</font></p><p><font size="4">The solution of the left? Change the culture. Ignore morality. Outlaw morality if possible. Eliminate law enforcement. Eliminate laws altogether if possible.</font></p><p><font size="4">What sick, demented thinking.</font></p><p><font size="4">Conservatives are conservative for a reason. As Eric Utter wrote in the American Thinker:</font></p><blockquote><p><strong><font size="4">Conservatives, on the other hand, wish to conserve the best of the past, and pass on the accrued wisdom and best practices of millennia past.</font></strong></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">Millenia-old morality has a purpose. Good laws have a purpose. They stand the test of time in preserving both culture and nation.</font></p><p><font size="4">Do those who hate morality and laws do so because they hate our culture and nation? Or do those who hate our culture and nation do so because they hate morality and laws?</font></p><p><font size="4">It probably doesn’t matter. They both go hand in hand.</font></p><p><font size="4">Here is a thought provoking article from American Thinker on this topic titled “Belief in traditional American values plummeting…”</font></p><p><font size="2">By </font><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/author/eric_utter/"><font size="2">Eric Utter</font></a><p><font size="2">According to a depressing new poll from The Wall Street Journal, belief in the importance of traditional American values has </font><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/importance-traditional-american-values-plummeted-us-poll-shows"><font size="2">plummeted</font></a><font size="2"> in the United States in recent decades.</font><p><font size="2">The poll queried U.S. respondents about the importance of patriotism, religious faith, having children, and other traditionally American values in their lives. Only 39% of Americans surveyed said their religious faith is very important to them, and just 38% said patriotism is very important.</font><p><font size="2">The Journal compared those numbers to the results from the first time it ran the poll in 1998…when 62% of Americans said religion was very important to them, and 70% said patriotism was. And that was during the Clinton administration!</font><p><font size="2">So, apparently, a majority of Americans no longer believe that either religion or patriotism is important.</font><p><font size="2">If that is the case, Democrats will never be out of power again. They never tire of dissing the country, its founders…and the concept of objective truth, morality…and God. ("Male and female He made them? <em>Screw that</em>, I decide if I am male or female…or any other gender, including ones I make up out of whole cloth!")</font><p><font size="2">Remarkably, the survey also purported to find that a plurality of Americans believe that the U.S. has not gone far enough in promoting equality between men and women; accepting people who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual; or promoting racial and ethnic diversity in business and universities. If we go any farther down that road, no one but members of the BIPOC LGBTQ Community will ever again be allowed to head a company or attend college.</font><p><font size="2">The results of this poll, if they are reasonably accurate depictions of Americans' values, or lack thereof, are disheartening to say the least. If, essentially, 23% of Americans lost their belief in a higher power, and 32% lost their belief in the goodness of their country in just the past 25 years…it is time to turn out the lights, as the party is unquestionably over.</font><p><font size="2">The founders knew that this was a distinct possibility at some point. John Adams famously observed, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." This is one reason "progressives" disdain them so. They disdain the very concepts of morality and religion, as they tend to put boundaries on people's behavior. A God would be competition for them, and that they cannot countenance.</font><p><font size="2">Conservatives, on the other hand, wish to conserve the best of the past and pass on the accrued wisdom and best practices of millennia past. (We are <em>not</em> reflexively against change, such as voting Democrats out of office, potentially eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts, defunding National Public Radio, proposing school choice and voucher initiatives, or <em>re</em>-funding the police.)</font><p><font size="2">It is no coincidence that testosterone and sperm levels have fallen during this same period. <em>Or that I.Q.s have declined, too. </em> It all ties together. As Andrew Breitbart averred, it is true that politics is downstream from culture. And the current cultural cesspool feeds the stream that flows through — and poisons — our political class.</font><p><font size="2">Objectively, this leads to one inescapable conclusion: sickeningly, the incessant lies that "progressive" Democrats — and their sycophantic lapdogs in the mainstream media — have told the American people…have been effective. Indoctrination works.</font><p><br></p><p><a title="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/belief_in_traditional_american_values_plummeting_new_wall_street_journal_poll_shows.html" href="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/belief_in_traditional_american_values_plummeting_new_wall_street_journal_poll_shows.html">https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/belief_in_traditional_american_values_plummeting_new_wall_street_journal_poll_shows.html</a></p><p><br></p><p align="center"><font size="6">*****</font></p><blockquote><p align="center"><font size="5">"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. </font></p><p align="center"><font size="5">It is wholly inadequate to the government <font size="5">of any other."</font></font></p><p align="center"><font size="3">Thomas Jefferson</font></p></blockquote>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-31356011224367675152023-03-07T12:15:00.001-05:002023-03-07T12:19:29.160-05:00Public/private partnerships are a tool of Wokeism<p><font size="4">During my three decades as a City Planner, the concept of Public/Private Partnerships was a vaunted tool for getting things done. That concept has gone awry on several levels.</font></p><p><font size="4">First, it has been misused to promote private interests over public interests in the area of eminent domain. Sure, sometimes private and public interests coincide. But too often those responsible for public governance are too heavily influenced by private interests and the outcome is lucrative for the private sector and sketchy for the public.</font></p><p><font size="4">The second example is the coalescence of the private social media conglomerates and the federal government. If the federal government was communist, like China (which we are not <em>supposed</em> to be), the influence of social media by that government would be legitimate. But we’re not <em>supposed</em> to have a communist government, defined as having one set of top-down values imposed on everyone. We have a government that has a wide variety of diverse views. It is wildly improper for the federal government to “partner” with corporations to promote a singular viewpoint the conflicts with strong views of at least half the nation.</font></p><p><font size="4">Then there is the idea of “government policy.” Shouldn’t the federal government encourage the private sector to promote “government policy?” No. Not when said “government policy” is considered by at least half the nation to be destructive to our culture, values, economy, morals, and the strength and global standing of our nation.</font></p><p><font size="4">The Federal Government has adopted government policies that promote and enforce the values of “wokeism.” Wokeism is comprised of the following distortions of traditional values, truths, and common sense:</font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">* Our nation’s founding was based primarily on greed and prejudice. History needs to be rewritten to reflect that evil.</font></p><p><font size="4">* White’s, and male whites in particular, are racist and evil. “People of color” (except the “white” color) are incapable of being equally racist.</font></p><p><font size="4">* Laws are based on the white European culture and should not be imposed on people of color. Institutions that enforce these laws are evil and should be eliminated or severely downsized.</font></p><p><font size="4">* The concept of “sin”, traditional “morality” and binary gender identity are relics of outmoded religion and should be suppressed. Tolerance for any preference and any behavior needs to be promoted and enforced.</font></p><p><font size="4">* Only speech that is offensive to NO ONE should be allowed. Speech that violates the above principles should be prohibited.</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4"><img width="229" height="129" align="left" style="margin: 4px 25px 3px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt=""Woke-ism fills the religion-shaped hole in people's lives" (from ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FAANJmZpP7Bw%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=5a30f09671517ef9c6a584cb5f4580697f40f50e11f934e0d8755cb4d35cd288&ipo=images">Wokeism is our new religion. Tolerance for everything is its primary dogma. </font></p><p><font size="4">While the Federal government does not yet promote or enforce all of the above, there are substantial portions of it that we call “the deep state” that either enforce some of these things, have aspirations to do so, or who partner with corporations to pave the way toward enforcement.</font></p><p><font size="4">Enough from me. Below is a link to a current article from Imprimis titled </font><a href="https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-twitter-files-reveal-an-existential-threat/" target="_blank"><font size="4">“The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat”</font></a><font size="4">. Worth your five minutes.</font></p><p><br></p><p><a title="https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-twitter-files-reveal-an-existential-threat/" href="https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-twitter-files-reveal-an-existential-threat/"><font size="5">https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-twitter-files-reveal-an-existential-threat/</font></a></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-64973079786608534922023-01-08T11:07:00.001-05:002023-01-08T11:07:05.193-05:00Leftist mindset: The cause<p><font size="4">I came across </font><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politicsdebate/comments/958vqt/the_leftist_mindset_a_theory/" target="_blank"><font size="4">this blog</font></a><font size="4"> on the topic of “The Leftist Mindset.. A Theory.” It attempts to answer the question: “Why do leftists prefer or ignore corruption?”</font><p><font size="4">The theory, in part, is this:</font><blockquote><p><em><font size="3">I think the reason that the left ignores legitimate accusations against left leaning politicians/institutions is that the only thing that is 'true', the only thing that is 'honest', according to them, is corruption - and anyone or anything being raised up as an example of or in support of the existence of genuine morality is a liar.</font></em></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><a title="https://www.reddit.com/r/politicsdebate/comments/958vqt/the_leftist_mindset_a_theory/" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politicsdebate/comments/958vqt/the_leftist_mindset_a_theory/"><font size="1">https://www.reddit.com/r/politicsdebate/comments/958vqt/the_leftist_mindset_a_theory/</font></a></p></blockquote><p><p><font size="4">I have an alternate theory. The left's preference for corruption is a <em>symptom</em>, not a cause. They don't view their behaviors as corrupt; they view their behavior as casting off the "old ways."</font></p><p><font size="4">Here are a few of the left’s priorities that lead to their practice of corruption as the rest of moral humanity sees them:</font><p><font size="4">1) They consider themselves "liberal" for a reason. Liberal in the sense that the old ways are outmoded and useless. Several of the old ways include "religion", "the Bible", and "traditional morality." Other old ways, offshoots of traditional morality, include the sense of family, physical gender, and the concept of "nation", e.g. "no borders." In the leftist/liberal mind, those factors are merely a constraint on freedom.</font><p><font size="4">2) Once they jettison these "old ways", they are free to do whatever. There is no longer the concept of "sin", "corruption", or "immorality", unless you try to impinge on their liberality by attempting to impose your "old ways" onto them.</font><p><font size="4">3) Looking deeper, the question is "why do leftists jettison the “old ways?'" We have to look at human nature for that answer. There is always, always, <em>always</em> some segment of society that insists on rebelling against commonly accepted beliefs, culture, laws, and tradition. People who rebel in this manner consider themselves as progressing, thus the label "progressive." Sometimes it seems that good results; more often it results in disaster, especially in the longer term.</font><p><br><p><font size="4">4) Then we have to ask how<img width="274" height="184" align="left" style="margin: 5px 19px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Lazy Fat Cat Sleeping On The Couch Stock Photo - Download Image Now ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.istockphoto.com%2Fphotos%2Flazy-fat-cat-sleeping-on-the-couch-picture-id510332169%3Fk%3D6%26m%3D510332169%26s%3D170667a%26w%3D0%26h%3DpPbs9NCivQDBxowENhtGiTm7Eac3YiP15CDwodCcJ3c%3D&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4a548f6489d40c90a34d17d4bd010a23a2e640ef160b809bd2e22aa33e4911fc&ipo=images"> this happened to us in the US? Again, turning to human nature, we conclude "complacency", "self-satisfaction", "greed" to varying degrees by the majority. Ignoring these things and we have what we've got. We’ve grown fat and lazy, both literally and figuratively. </font><p><font size="4">And yes, I need to lose 30 pounds.</font>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-17475859298200808202022-12-29T14:39:00.001-05:002023-01-01T12:11:08.431-05:00Governments drumming up business…<p><font size="4">I recall when I was a city planner in several local governments how effective the Parks and Recreation departments were in promoting their recreation activities and facilities. Thousands were spent in advertising to promote park and facility usage to “foster a healthy lifestyle.” </font></p><p><font size="4">And then when park and facility usage reached a certain level, that justified spending several million on additional park and facilities development. And the cycle went on. <font size="2"> (Note: I love parks and recreation facilities when someone else pays for them.)<img width="362" height="193" align="left" style="margin: 12px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Public services | Opengovguide.com" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.IRuvt6GVkGtFNw_EJ75epwHaD9%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=79df6ce458c7ae0258b09d7a7e56fe960d89dd694e5a7ac3e1a419936ddde846&ipo=images"></font></font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">Translation: Promote use of government facilities so we can justify additional expansion, bigger budgets and more power over others.</font></p><p align="center"><font size="6">****</font></p><p><font size="4">The CDC is apparently involved in a similar schtick…</font></p><h3><font color="#ffc000" size="5">CDC Pushes Teachers to Measure Commitment to ‘LGBTQ Inclusivity’ Instruction</font></h3><p><a title="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/28/cdc-pushes-teachers-to-measure-commitment-to-lgbtq-inclusivity-instruction/" href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/28/cdc-pushes-teachers-to-measure-commitment-to-lgbtq-inclusivity-instruction/">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/28/cdc-pushes-teachers-to-measure-commitment-to-lgbtq-inclusivity-instruction/</a></p><p><font size="4">Silly me. I thought the CDC’s mission was to <em>reduce</em> disease. </font></p><p><font size="4">So now they’re promoting inclusivity of the the LGBTQ++++ community - why? To reduce disease? Wait! What? </font></p><p><font size="4">CDC stands for Centers for Disease <em>Control</em>. Doing what they’re doing, it needs to be renamed to CDS: Centers for Disease <em>Spread</em>. </font></p><p><font size="4">Pervert sex <em>increases</em> and <em>spreads</em> disease, it doesn’t <em>reduce</em> it.</font></p><p><img width="261" height="174" align="left" style="margin: 2px 22px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Mayor launches pride parade with attack on Johnson's 'homophobic ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcyprus-mail.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F07%2Fpride-960x639.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=3978eda7779890fb8bd1e64d9662cc3861eccff29b45a598451f313de1674564&ipo=images"></p><p><font size="4">In lieu of discouraging pervert behavior – which is now called “homophobic” - if anything, the CDC ought to put LGBTQ+++++ on their "no sex" list – like a “no fly” list. Have them all “self report” their disease-spreading behavior like some would like us to do for not wearing a COVID mask or not taking the jab. </font></p><p><font size="4">That would cut down disease A LOT. <strong>But looks instead like the CDC’s priority is drumming up business. Then they can hire a few more Fauci wanna-be’s.</strong></font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-49189855548342255422022-12-22T15:13:00.001-05:002022-12-24T08:56:20.140-05:00Wars: Support and Opposition, Then and Now<p><font size="4">Why are so many conservatives opposed to the US support of Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion and war crimes against Ukraine?</font></p><p><font size="4">There are a number of reasons:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Many believe spending 100’s of billions adds to inflation and the national debt;</font></li><li><font size="4">Many believe if money is to be spent, a higher priority is securing our own border and solving domestic priorities</font></li><li><font size="4">Many believe that Ukraine is as corrupt as Russia and does not deserve our support; they fail to admit to shades of good and evil.</font></li><li><font size="4">Many believe the conflict is more akin to a civil war between the Ukraine region as a breakaway province of Russia and should be none of our business</font></li><li><font size="4">Many are leery of the US getting involved, spending billions over many years, and then clumsily withdrawing without anything much to show for the effort. This is the most likely outcome in Ukraine, given US policy of the past 70 years.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4">These concerns boil down to an “America First” preference among most conservatives.</font></p><p><font size="4"> It took the US being attacked at Pearl Harbor for American to become galvanized to the point of officially declaring war, first against Japan on D<font size="4">ecember 8, and then Germany <font size="4">December 11, 1941.</font></font></font></p><p><font size="4">A year prior to declaring war, </font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">the <b>America First Committee</b> (<b>AFC</b>) was the foremost </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/United_States"><font size="4">United States</font></a><font size="4"> </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Isolationist"><font size="4">isolationist</font></a><font size="4"> </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pressure_group"><font size="4">pressure group</font></a><font size="4"> against American entry into </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/World_War_II"><font size="4">World War II</font></a><font size="4">.<sup><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee#citenotedeconde1">[1]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee#citenotecole19741152">[2]</a></sup> Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at its peak.<sup><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee#citenoteWayneSCole19533">[3]</a></sup> The AFC principally supported </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Isolationism"><font size="4">isolationism</font></a><font size="4"> for its own sake, and its coalition included many </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Midwestern_United_States"><font size="4">Midwesterners</font></a><font size="4">, </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Conservatism"><font size="4">Republicans</font></a><font size="4">, </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Conservatism_in_the_United_States"><font size="4">conservatives</font></a><font size="4">, </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Socialists_in_the_United_States"><font size="4">socialists</font></a><font size="4">, students, and leading industrialists, but it was controversial for the </font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Antisemitism"><font size="4">anti-Semitic</font></a><font size="4"> and pro-</font><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Fascism"><font size="4">fascist</font></a><font size="4"> views of some of its most prominent speakers, leaders, and members.<sup><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee#citenoteatlaf20174">[4]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee#citenotelataf20175">[5]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee#citenotedunn666">[6]</a></sup></font></p></blockquote><p align="right"><a title="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee" href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee</a></p><p><font size="4">Today, much the same America First sentiment is common among conservatives and many Republicans. And Democrats and liberals continue to accuse “America First” conservatives of having fascist views. Not much has changed.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">The Korean War was a UN action after North Korea, along with allies Russia and China, invaded South Korea. The US provided 90% of the military personnel in defense of the south. War was never officially declared by the United States, but at least South Korea prevailed after the attack from the North.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">Vietnam was another undeclared war, ending in a hasty retreat, losing to North Vietnam which took over the South, a much worse outcome than the Korean war.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">In both the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Democrats (Truman and then Johnson) were involved in the initial troop buildups.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">Two things are noteworthy concerning the Vietnam war:</font></p><ul><li><div align="left"><font size="4">Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater lost his election bid because he promoted either getting out or being in it to win (an interesting concept that has been ignored for 70 years). The Democrats accused him of wanting to use nukes to win. </font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="4">Leftist groups, not primarily Republicans, were anti-war. Radicals fostered anti-war protests, many violent, on college campuses throughout the nation. At the same time many cities burned due to black rioters frustrated by their relative poverty. Together, these events contributed to a hasty withdrawal that ended in US defeat.</font></div></li></ul><p align="left"><img width="410" height="272" alt="Editor@pambazuka.org on Tapatalk - Trending Discussions About Your ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fe-watchman.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F07%2Fmonkey-tablet.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=84c00d5ed3806b3c9d3055f1aeee5a6b45b1eeeaf408b188ce09cfb0e2fa2ab2&ipo=images"> Politicized war policy writers</p><p align="left"><font size="4">Conflicts in the Middle East (Iraq and Afghanistan) were initiated as a result of the Islamist attacks of 9-11 during the Bush Republican presidency. After 20 years, $2 trillion and over 6,000 US service members and US contractors, it too ended in a hasty exit, this time by a Democrat, Joe Biden. And again, nothing to show for it except a greatly emboldened and strengthen Islamist fighting force.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">The US has never lost a “declared” war. All the other “special operations” (as Russia likes to call their non-declared efforts) have had mostly dismal results. </font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">In spite of Democrats being most often referred to as “the war party”, Republicans (mostly RINOs?) have had their share of war-mongering. I suspect much of Republican war motivation is due to influence of the military/industrial lobbyists who join with Democrats in calling America First conservatives “Nazis” because of their desire to build up our own nation rather than meddle in foreign money pits.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">Barry Goldwater had it right. Go in it to win or stay out.</font></p><p align="left"><font size="4">One of my favorite quotes:</font></p><blockquote><p align="left"><font size="4">“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”</font></p></blockquote><p align="left"><font size="4">Leftists and globalists will continue to attempt to discredit this truth. Let’s not be “extreme”. We might win – or even worse, we might offend someone. Let’s remain “moderate” so we get our ass kicked.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-60730464105292410332022-12-10T17:28:00.001-05:002022-12-10T17:41:34.142-05:00Response to a defender of China…<h6><font size="4"><font style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="4">I received the following comment on my previous “China/Ant”
blog from a friend who has been to China many times and believes its culture and
form of governance are <em>superior to that in the US.</em> My reply follows his
comment:</font></font></font></h6><blockquote><p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal;">Well, the author, having never been to China or lived among the Chinese, has an uneducated view about China in several regards. China’s middle class has continued to grow while ours is shrinking. </font></font></p><p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal;">The reason is because China does have entrepreneurs just as we do and those that feel more comfortable working in a group have found a home in profitable privately owned enterprises and SOE’s so they aren’t ants. I could easily move to China and get a job as an English teacher, but freedom does not mean I could teach LGBTQ+ sex or how to overthrow the government. </font></font></p><p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal;">As far as freedom is concerned I’m as free when I have visited and lived in China as I am here so I have no idea what freedom I’m missing.</font></font></p><p><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal;">I will finish by saying people should not comment upon something they have no personal experience with only relying upon the racist words of others, biased media </font>or corrupt politicians.</font></font></p><p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><br></font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">Yes, China does have a middle class and entrepreneurs - given enough leash by the central government to remain productive - <em>until they have a point of view at odds with the Party.</em> </font></p><p><font size="4">As to never having been to China, my friend is correct. I have never been to the moon, either, but I understand its atmosphere requires a space suit for human survival. My comparisons of China with the ant are not out of ignorance of China.</font></p><p><font size="4">It should be instructive for my friend that among the many issues that breed dissension between the left and right in the US, the same dissension does not exist with regard to China - with the possible exception of the Biden family and his close cohorts who are subject to corrupt Chinese influence peddling.</font></p><p><font size="4">There is a unifying set of beliefs among both left and right concerning China - to the point of near unanimity - that China is:<br>* Intolerant of human rights - well known to both sides of our political aisle.<br>* A top down, authoritarian Communist regime<br>* Rapidly building its military power and influence in the Pacific to the point of becoming a threat to world shipping in the region and the balance of power in the world<br>* Growing its trade and economic advantage by relying on espionage or other unethical means of stealing US technology.<br>* Allied with the "axis of evil" including Iran, North Korea, and supportive of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.<br></font></p><p><font size="4">All of these unanimously held concerns - also held by many foreign affairs experts who have spent many years in China - are carried out under the direction of "the Party"; to preserve and enhance the power of the Party - as unified as an ant colony.</font></p><p><font size="4">Regarding being unaware of “freedoms being missed” in China, it should be obvious that people who for centuries have been immersed in a culture of "group work" and "group think" will obviously "have no idea what freedom [they are] missing." The occasional visitor or foreign national, likewise, will be made unaware of missed freedoms to help assure the aura of freedom.<br></font></p><p><font size="4">The point of the "ant" comparison was not to disparage a people (ants are spoken of quite highly in the Bible) but to highlight the vast distinction between the culture and forms of government of China versus West. </font></p><p><font size="4">Note the use of the word "racist", by the commenter, above. This is used in exactly the same manner as the left in the US brandishes the words “racist”, “bigot” or “-phobe” of every sort against anyone who disagrees with their point of view. Why can’t we discuss differences between cultures and forms of governance without name calling?<br></font></p><p><font size="4">Other comparisons might be simpler and less offensive to those who don't appreciate ants:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">China: Top down; US: Varies between "bottom up" and "consensus."</font></li><li><font size="4">China: Much more highly controlled and regimented; the US: Much less so.</font></li><li><font size="4">China: Appearance of greater unity (real or "managed"?); US: Appearance of disagreement and great differences (much less "managed" characteristics of a democratic Republic allowing free expression well publicized and out in the open. Chinese cheer leaders consider this a liability.)</font></li><li><font size="4">China: Intolerant of any religion or ideology that the Party believes may be a threat. US: Tolerant of dissent to a fault – with the recent exception of collusion between big tech and our government to silence conservative discourse or legitimate medical opinion.<br></font></li></ul><p><font size="4">One current example of China's outsized authoritarian predisposition is their methods of suppressing COVID. The slightest outbreak leads to locked down apartment buildings and whole cities. I could imagine an ant colony doing something similar to a wayward ant or two.<br></font></p><p><font size="4">There are many instances my friend will point to where the productivity of the Chinese system is superior. And he is correct. China has demonstrated the organizational skills that enable it to excel at productivity - just like the ant that carries many times its weight<img width="296" height="178" align="left" style="margin: 12px 17px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Teacher's blog + Green schools | Teacher Network | The Guardian" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.guim.co.uk%2Fsys-images%2FGuardian%2FPix%2Fpictures%2F2013%2F3%2F20%2F1363798974037%2FAnts-carrying-008.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c6ceb8126c97049d52f7e564c0b64f2adda19ca30057b126041b9ef5510c83b9&ipo=images"> in its genetically-infused tasks. That is a compliment/asset of China but is apparently an insult to China fans.</font></p><p><font size="4">That productivity is the point of my ant analogy: The culture of a nation, like the genetics of an ant, can be a unifying force for producing great things in great quantity while remaining oblivious to the freedoms being missed.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-39419591954967057372022-12-10T10:34:00.001-05:002022-12-10T13:15:36.338-05:00Ant colonies compared to China’s Government and Culture<p><font size="4">I propose that ant colonies operate more like communism than a monarchy. And that China’s society works more like an ant colony than a monarchy.</font></p><p><font size="4">Others disagree.</font></p><p><a href="https://www.quora.com/What-political-system-most-closely-resembles-an-ant-colony" target="_blank"><font size="4">Alexander Finnegan, a self-described J.D. Law and Marxist dude</font></a><font size="4">, believes that if ants were people, they would NOT be communists, but would instead be monarchists. That’s why the queen is called “the Queen.”</font></p><p><img width="284" height="191" align="left" style="margin: 5px 14px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Dėstytojas nuovadoje: Ants and Ant tribe" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-mi_XGhoAC1U%2FWHoDw9akdLI%2FAAAAAAAAyHk%2FAOGn8hHzWmo8TLot0zMXZvI6IAb9COMbACLcB%2Fs1600%2Fistock_000010721352_small.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=532654000480831f4b2113106aae7e70b3566da5d9f80bb9338a155ed48863a1&ipo=images"></p><p><font size="4">But digging down further into WHY she is a queen while all others appear to be subservient to the queen is the challenge.</font></p><p><font size="4">WHY is she the queen? WHY are all others subservient?</font></p><p><font size="4">In the case of the ant, the reason for the way ants govern is based on millions of years of genetics.</font></p><p><font size="4">In the case of China, the form of governance is based on thousands of years of culture.</font></p><p><font size="4">“Genetics” is the macro view of behavior – a much longer time horizon. “Culture”, by comparison is the micro view – a much shorter, though still long, time horizon. But they both have the same effect on the form of governance from the perspective of the much shorter generational view of humans.</font></p><p><font size="4">Genetics (ants) and culture (China) have similar influences on their respective forms of governance. Both genetics and culture give the queen and the Party their importance and the workers their role in life – serve the queen/Party. <img width="290" height="120" align="left" style="margin: 12px 19px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" src="https://rationaloptimist.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/images-13.jpeg"></font></p><p><font size="4">But are they serving the queen or are they serving the colony? Are they serving Xi or are they serving the Party? What happens if the queen dies? The colony ends with the death of the last few worker ants because no new ants are being produced by the queen.</font></p><p><font size="4">But…</font></p><p><font size="4">While the colony ends, that is not the end of ants. If China’s Xi died, that is not the end of China or the Party. The only thing that happens is that there are no more Xi followers (maybe a few million worshippers for a time). Another leader arrives on the scene and the Chinese culture continues – just as other ant colonies continue. </font></p><p><font size="4">Compare a Chinese leader to an ant colony queen. The queen is essential to the “colony” but not essential to ants. Xi is essential to Xi followers, but not essential to the Chinese Communist Party. Ants go on. The party goes on. The driving force – the force that gives both the ant civilization and Chinese civilization their role in life – their innate, visceral (like an organisms <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Sympathetic_nervous_system" target="_blank">sympathetic nervous system</a>) – is either genetics (ants) or culture (China).</font></p><p><font size="4">The result? Both ant workers and China workers act as automatons, providing service to the colony (ants) or to the Party (China). In each scenario, they both create great civilizations, but at the price of individual autonomy, aka personal freedoms. </font></p><p><font size="4">They both reflect the near perfection in working together as a unified force to create marvelous works, maybe even better and more efficiently than individual groups with more independent agendas can do.</font></p><p><font size="4">Many folks today, like the good commie noted at the beginning, offer up the ant and China as the governance goal human society should aspire to. They believe it is the preferred direction of human evolution.</font></p><p><font size="4">The rest of us believe that life is much richer and fulfilling with individual interests, skills, and aspirations tugging and pushing one another to achieve common goals.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-52322824407520570472022-12-06T10:19:00.001-05:002022-12-06T10:32:00.668-05:00What do you wanna bet…<p><font size="4">What do you want to bet that…</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">The leftist politicians, media and judges will have more pity for the assaulting black shoplifter than for the family of the deceased grandpa. Progressives (should be called “regressives”) believe that blacks are still oppressed by whitey, they deserve a break, should not be subject to the same laws that were established by “white racists”, and should be excused from their crimes.</font></li><li><font size="4">In spite of Home Depot’s condolences to the deceased’s family, they will minimize any payout because the employee did not follow employee shoplifter protocol of letting shoplifters do their thing.</font></li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/north-carolina">NORTH CAROLINA</a><p><strong>Published</strong> December 4, 2022 8:10pm EST<h3><font size="4">North Carolina Home Depot worker, 83, dies weeks after being shoved during theft; police searching for suspect</font></h3><h4>The elderly Home Depot worker approached the suspect as he was allegedly stealing three pressure washers</h4><p>By <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/person/b/paul-best">Paul Best</a> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/">| Fox News<p><br></p><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/6314059980112"><img width="610" height="343" alt="North Carolina Home Depot employee 'brutalized' during grand larceny, police say" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/694940094001/ee3f12bf-361b-4166-b899-e8138e8cbae7/c85c3a72-335a-4325-b836-6d61b52463f1/1280x720/match/720/405/image.jpg?ve=1&tl=1">Video</a></a><p>An elderly Home Depot employee died on Thursday from injuries he sustained in October when a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/robbery-theft">theft suspect</a> shoved him while allegedly stealing three pressure washers. <p>The suspect was leaving the store’s garden area on the morning of Oct. 18 with a shopping cart full of stolen goods when the employee approached him. <p>Surveillance video released by the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement">Hillsborough Police Department</a> appears to show the suspect shoving the elderly employee to the ground and hurrying out of the store. <p>The victim died on Dec. 1 due to complications from injuries he sustained during the incident. A medical examiner ruled that his death was a homicide. <p><img alt="The suspect was allegedly stealing three pressure washers when he shoved the elderly worker while leaving the store. " src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/12/640/320/ncccccc.png?ve=1&tl=1"><p>The suspect was allegedly stealing three pressure washers when he shoved the elderly worker while leaving the store. (Hillsborough Police Department)<p>The Hillsborough Police Department is now searching <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime">for the suspect</a>, described as a Black male about 6 feet tall who fled in a white Hyundai Sonata. A temporary North Carolina tag on the vehicle was obscured. <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-south-carolina-womans-family-makes-renewed-call-answers-years-later"><strong><u>MISSING SOUTH CAROLINA WOMAN'S FAMILY MAKES RENEWED CALL FOR ANSWERS TWO YEARS LATER</u></strong></a><p>Gary Rasor, the employee, celebrated his 83rd birthday while hospitalized for his injuries. <p>"We are heartbroken by the loss of our associate Gary. He was part of our team for more than 9 years. He was an amazing friend, husband, father and grandfather, always willing to help anyone," a spokesperson for Home Depot told Fox News Digital in a statement. <p>"Right now, our top concern is supporting his family and our associates during this difficult time." <p><img alt="The elderly worker approached the alleged shoplifted and the suspect shoved him to the ground. " src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/12/640/320/Screen-Shot-2022-12-04-at-6.54.21-PM.png?ve=1&tl=1"><p>The elderly worker approached the alleged shoplifted and the suspect shoved him to the ground. (Hillsborough Police Department)<p><img alt="The victim celebrated his 83rd birthday just weeks before dying from complications with injuries he sustained in the incident. " src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/12/640/320/Screen-Shot-2022-12-04-at-6.54.01-PM.png?ve=1&tl=1"><p>The victim celebrated his 83rd birthday just weeks before dying from complications with injuries he sustained in the incident. (Hillsborough Police Department)<p>His wife previously told WNCN that her husband recognized the suspect. <p>"He knows the guy is a thief. He’s been there, he’s seen him in the store before," she told the local news outlet. "And what he told me was that sometimes the guy will buy one or two items so he has a receipt, and then he’ll add more stuff to his cart and flash the receipt."<p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a><p>Anyone with information about the suspect can email tips to andrew.jones@hillsboroughnc.gov or call at 919-296-9562. Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-37084018076806960252022-12-05T09:47:00.001-05:002022-12-05T10:19:06.014-05:00Tulsa King: How corruption infiltrates and takes over a community<p><font size="4">I had high hopes for the Tulsa King tv series with an interesting plot line. It stars Sylvester Stallone a 76 year old New York mobster banished to flyover country in Oklahoma to start a new “enterprise” after a 25 year stint in jail.</font></p><p><font size="4">I hoped it would focus on comedic struggles of a mobster overwhelmed by the mid-western sensibilities of smallish town America.</font></p><p><font size="4">But I was wrong. Instead, it is a graphic lesson of how evil and corruption spreads its tentacles into relatively virgin territory.</font></p><p><font size="4">Stallone, the ex-prison mobster is banished to Tulsa to do what mobsters need to do to enrich the Don back home in New York.<img width="299" height="169" align="left" style="margin: 8px 15px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Tulsa King's Fate Has Been Decided" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.giantfreakinrobot.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F09%2Fsylvester-stallone-tulsa-king-900x509.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=dfdbe46dbb45961300ab4cbc58b57e3297d5d9cf4fac0a6b2e507b5acd3b0b9e&ipo=images"></font></p><p><font size="4">His first instinct is to seek out the morally marginal business operators, the ones who, due to their tiny moral rudder, will be easy to influence. He likely considers the tattoo parlors, check cashing stores, and vape shops. He lands inside a “medical marijuana” business where he flips the staff through violence, attitude, and front money in doing his bidding.</font></p><p><font size="4">Along the way he finds a clean cut young black dude from a morally upright family to be his chauffer – of course enticing him with an outsized salary paid up front.</font></p><p><font size="4">By the forth episode, the young man’s dad is also lured into the mobsters corruption to see what his son is up to. By this point the mobster has at least a dozen formerly clean, if marginal, citizens as part of his entourage. </font></p><p><font size="4">The series has its humorous bits and glimmers of a compassionate attitude from Stallone. But these tidbits are overwhelmed by the gangster’s smug arrogance, overbearing demeanor, and violence he encourages and dishes out.</font></p><p><font size="4">The formula: A famous, popular star, a quirky, sometimes winsome personality, an engaging plot line – and the result is as insidious as the plot the show portrays.</font></p><p><font size="4">This show is just one of dozens of examples of how not just tv, movies, and “entertainment” gradually corrupt its audience, but how these behaviors, inherited since the stone age, infiltrate and destroy communities and nations. Human nature on full display.</font></p><p><font size="4">The very same gradual corruption of our culture by the LGBTQ+++ 3%, enabled by the emotion-driven left, has preempted sexual morality over the past 50 years.</font></p><p><font size="4">I hoped for the opposite for this show, but was wrong. Silly me.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-9055705783661459892022-10-18T11:10:00.001-04:002022-10-18T11:10:00.482-04:00The vast difference between Patriotism and Fascism<p><font size="4">The left, comprised of socialists, communists, and the woke know-nothing-do-gooders, often refer to patriots as “fascist”.</font></p><p><font size="4">Several reasons can be attributed to their corrupt interpretation:</font></p><ol><li><font size="4">Ignorance</font></li><li><font size="4">Hostility</font></li><li><font size="4">Hatred</font></li><li><font size="4">Purposeful deception to promote their leftist, big government, globalist, open borders agenda.</font></li></ol><p><font size="4">So, what are the differences between “patriotism” and “fascism”?</font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="4">Fascism defined by Merriam-Webster:</font></font></p><blockquote><p><font size="2">a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized </font><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autocratic"><font size="2">autocratic</font></a><font size="2"> government headed by a </font><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictatorial"><font size="2">dictatorial</font></a><font size="2"> leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">Patriotism defined by Merriam-Webster:</font></p><blockquote><p><strong> </strong><font size="3">love for or devotion to one's country</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="3">Patriots, also identified as “conservatives”, have a love of country in the form it was first conceived and intended: For the purpose of protecting the rights of the individual, being blind to race, and having minimal, decentralized government. Note that these are all OPPOSITE of the terms defining Fascism.</font></p><p><font size="3">If anything, the LEFT is promoting Fascism by promoting racial distinctions through public policy like affirmative action, enforcing government power and authority over the individual, and funding an autocratic government structure that suppresses and removes the rights of the opposition.</font></p><p><font size="3">The left disingenuously misrepresents “devotion to one’s country” as placing the interests of the country ahead of the individual when in fact THEY are the ones doing just that.</font></p><p><font size="3">The left ignores the founding principles of our nation, that “all men are created equal”, not that government shall force them all to become equal. The left promotes and autocratic federal government headed by a dictatorial executive branch that uses the Department of Justice as their personal fascist gestapo against their opposition. The left promotes cancelling the rights and reputation of individuals through their alliance with complicit media and large corporations.</font></p><p><font size="3">So, tell me. Which group has more Fascist tendencies?</font></p><p><img width="601" height="397" alt="Salesforce asks Europe to stop Microsoft buying LinkedIn after itself ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.RY5EyytJRWimJbuBzA7wfQHaE5%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=92c514a7c4a5339968850fa6e35d7c6a282fc87fed7cf4d40cf169cd5c77a70c&ipo=images"></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-25534923742511872732022-10-06T10:53:00.001-04:002022-10-06T10:58:29.899-04:00Tough islanders and coastal dwellers…<p><font size="4">It’s devastating to lose your home (or second home) and even worse to have loss of life due to a hurricane. Ian was one of the worst.</font></p><p><font size="4">But to blame others for their own lack of common sense is just arrogant and stupid.</font></p><p><font size="4">There are two main categories of islanders and coastal dwellers on Florida’s southwest coast:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Second home snow birds, usually somewhat wealthy.</font></li><li><font size="4">Natives who consider themselves tough guys who know best and no government agency is going to tell them what they should do.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4">In both cases they live there by choice. In both cases, they either pay through the nose for homeowners insurance or are uninsured. Huge insurance costs should be a dead giveaway about the dangers of living at these locations.</font></p><p><font size="4">There is no excuse for their remaining in their high risk area when there is a growing hurricane aimed toward their general vicinity. For two or three days prior to landfall the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that the storm would likely rapidly intensify. For two or three days prior to landfall the NHC showed landfall targets varying between the Florida panhandle and south of Tampa.</font></p><p><font size="4">So what do many “tough” coastal dwellers and islanders do? They not only remain in place, but then they complain that they were not warned. They blame “the government” for not doing the thinking that they should be doing.</font></p><p><font size="4">You can’t be stupid and be a coastal dweller or islander. The two don’t mix well.</font></p><p><font size="4">But such has become the mindset of too many Americans. Rely on government instead of ourselves, our own common sense, to tell us exactly what to do. And if we fail to do our own thinking, the government is always a handy scapegoat. </font></p><p><font size="4">Maybe we ought to hand over another several billion to one or more governmental agencies to solve this “human-caused” climate change thing that some idiots – like FJB - say caused the hurricane. That will make some tough folks and snow birds feel better.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-44431075009562106282022-09-20T14:43:00.001-04:002022-09-20T16:47:39.005-04:00Legal Affirmative Action for those who commit the most crime…<p><font size="4">There are three classes of people who commit the most crime:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Black people of color (to distinguish from people of other colors),</font></li><li><font size="4">Illegal aliens, who by definition, 100% of that class commit crime, not including other crimes they commit once here,</font></li><li><font size="4">The most devout Muslims, because they have a radically different legal system from that of the West.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4">All three classes of people have become eligible for “legal affirmative action” (LAA). LAA (as in laa laa land) can be defined as a much lower standard for a “punishable offense.” In other words, people NOT in one of those three LAA groups are subject to punishment for many more types of offenses than those in the LAA group.</font></p><p><font size="4">The left, (aka “democrats”, “socialists”, “communists”, “Antifa”, “Black Lives Matter (most)”, illegal immigrant advocacy groups, organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the willfully ignorant (which includes a goodly number of media and academia) have created a different rationale for excusing each group from the laws of the land.</font></p><p><font size="4">In spite of Blacks constituting 16% of the US population, crimes committed by Blacks were wildly disproportionately higher:</font></p><ul><li><font size="3">In 2017, 53.1% of those arrested for manslaughter were black. </font><li><font size="3">Based on a 2017 FBI crime report, 54% of the people arrested for robbery were black. </font><li><font size="3">In that same year, blacks made up 51.9% of those charged with illegal gambling. </font><li><font size="3">They also accounted for 33.5% of offenders charged with aggravated assault and 28.7% of rape arrests. </font><li><font size="3">In addition, blacks accounted for 29.8% of burglary arrests, and 43.9% of people caught carrying firearms.</font> </li></ul><p><a title="https://comparecamp.com/black-crime-statistics/" href="https://comparecamp.com/black-crime-statistics/">https://comparecamp.com/black-crime-statistics/</a></p><p><font size="4">Most victims of these crimes are also black, by the way.</font></p><p><font size="4">But wait. Blacks are discriminated against. Blacks are disadvantaged. Blacks are poorer. Blacks are in bad neighborhoods with bad schools. Give them a break. They can’t help but commit crimes.<img width="286" height="175" align="left" style="margin: 10px 14px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Startling video emerges of dozens brazenly shoplifting at 7-11 store ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Farticle-2026302-0D711EAB00000578-69_468x286.jpg&f=1&nofb=1"></font></p><p><font size="4">The solution: Subject this class of people to LAA. Lower the bar. Create a less demanding set of laws for them. Adjust the criminal justice system so that anything much less than murder will not subject them to jail time or even bail requirements. Yes, Legal Affirmative Action for these folk. That will even lower the crime rate – fewer will be charged with anything.</font></p><p><font size="4">Reward bad behavior with a myriad of free passes. That’ll get them to respect the law. Sure thing.</font></p><p><font size="4">Next, we know how to give immigrants a good civics lesson – you know, like when they were required to pass a test at Ellis Island a few years back - as they enter the US: Reward them for breaking our immigration laws (similar to trespassing and breaking and entering) with free travel, free health care, free education, and various<img width="308" height="160" align="left" style="margin: 11px 13px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="A Crack in the Wall" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.jacobinmag.com%2F2014%2F03%2F16234653%2Fmass-crossing-1.jpg&f=1&nofb=1"> government stipends. 100% of illegal aliens are criminals – but who’s counting and who cares? And is anyone keeping track of the percent of illegals committing crimes here in their first year of illegal residency? That’s kind of difficult when most large cities have LAA prohibiting law enforcement from asking or determining their immigration status.</font></p><p><font size="4">Finally we have Muslims subject to LAA. Why? Because most don’t care much for the US legal system because they have their own Islamic version: Sharia. Many Muslim enclaves throughout the nation now have their own “no go zones” declared so local law enforcement won’t hurt themselves. </font></p><p><font size="4"><img width="227" height="169" align="left" style="margin: 9px 11px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Befuddled by the Clowns: Michigan's First US No Go Zone" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LlsZDvw4ScI%2FVkspe9eDf6I%2FAAAAAAAAEsY%2F5zfkbneC7cY%2Fs1600%2FScreen-Shot-2014-02-20-at-5.38.18-PM.png&f=1&nofb=1">We shall not impose our nasty, anti-Islamic Western values and laws on Muslim communities. We must not discourage the culture, religion, or legal system of Syrian, Iranian, Pakistani, Somalian immigrants or those from the other 45 predominantly Islamic nations. Allah forbids it. Speaking of Allah, that reminds me. The pudding on the cake is thou shalt not (from the King James) accuse a Muslim of doing ANYTHING wrong or you will make the headlines on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Washington Post, New York Times or myriad of local snowflake publications condemning YOU for being an Islamophobe. Thus we have institutionalized LAA for the Muslims of this nation.</font></p><p><font size="4">These three LAA classes of folk don’t even include those who, until a few years ago were correctly labelled perverts and queers (not in the twisted sense now used by the LGBTQ+++ communities today.) Anyone who whispers that those folk might be perverts, immoral, or mentally challenged will themselves be charged with a crime.</font></p><p><font size="4">That is the ultimate Laa Laa Land – lowering the bar to ground level for select violators of laws, civility, and morality, while subjecting the rest of us to the higher standards of “the system.” </font></p><p><font size="4">These forms of discrimination will destroy our legal system and our nation.</font></p><p><img width="312" height="172" style="margin: 0px 2px 0px 141px; float: none; display: inline;" alt="Scripture for Today, 8-19-19: Good vs Evil - JESUS, OUR BLESSED HOPE" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jesus-our-blessed-hope.com%2Fuploads%2F8%2F7%2F5%2F0%2F87500100%2F8-20-19-woe-lion-of-judah-evil-good-pro-17-15_orig.png&f=1&nofb=1"></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-62788118940275356432022-08-19T21:02:00.001-04:002022-08-19T21:02:04.361-04:00How leftists and conservatives address nations problems<p><font size="4">Think about how the left addresses each of the widely discussed and growing problems of this nation. And then consider the approach of conservatives for each of these issues. You will notice that the leftist/democrat approach aggravates and worsens the problem while the conservatives approach reduces the problem.</font></p><p><font size="4">Here are a few examples:</font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Homelessness</strong></font></p><p><font size="4">Homeless encampments are mushrooming in many democrat run cities. The left promotes government programs, policies and handouts to make life for the homeless easier (it’s all about emotional “feel good” policies for leftists). These are typically comprised of:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4"> Allowing the homeless use public spaces for their tents and other living arrangements</font></li><li><font size="4">Providing food handouts</font></li><li><font size="4">Providing drug needles</font></li><li><font size="4">Not enforcing vagrancy and loitering laws</font></li><li><font size="4">Promoting (advertising) the public policies and programs that attract more homeless and disincentivize employment and independence.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4">Conservatives tend to do the opposite, primarily:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Enforcing laws against vagrancy and loitering</font></li><li><font size="4">Prohibiting use of public spaces and rights-of-way for homeless camps</font></li><li><font size="4">Providing “back to work” incentives</font></li><li><font size="4">Not facilitating and enabling drug use</font></li></ul><p><font size="4"><br></font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Drug addicts</strong></font></p><p><font size="4">Drug addiction is a worthwhile behavior for the left. It gives them more control power and influence. This is why they:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Promote open borders to let in the cartels, drug lords and tons of opiates.</font></li><li><font size="4">Distribute drug paraphernalia to addicts</font></li><li><font size="4">Defund law enforcement</font></li><li><font size="4">Have “no bail” provisions (let them out on the street) for various drug-related offenses</font></li><li> <font size="4">Promote repealing of drug laws</font> </li></ul><p><font size="4">Again, conservatives promote the opposite:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Close the borders and closely vet and monitor those who do cross over legally</font></li><li><font size="4">Increase capability to both stop the supply entering the nation and well as the distribution and use through strict enforcement.</font></li><li><font size="4">Have stricter incarceration provisions for offenders.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4"><br></font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Gun violence</strong></font></p><p><font size="4">The left prefers eliminating the 2nd amendment. Short of that they promote making various types of guns illegal (they believe the gun has a mind of its own when it decides to shoot people), limiting magazine capacity, imposing exorbitant taxes on guns and ammo, requiring a centralized nationwide permit system, requiring onerous liability requirements for firearm manufacturers, creating a “social credit” system for the right to bear arms, and prohibit the carry of guns in dozens of public venues. The left fails to acknowledge that the places with the strictest gun laws have the most gun violence.</font></p><p><font size="4">Conservatives believe that if guns were more freely carried by the general population in more places, unlawful shootings would be discouraged. More importantly, if existing laws were more effectively enforced, prosecuted, with offenders incarcerated for appropriate durations – not as nicey nice rehab, but as punishment, gun violence would be reduced. And finally, conservatives have much greater respect not only for the rule of law, but for the essential role of the family and religion in our culture. The left opposes these things.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br></font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Illegal immigrants</strong></font></p><p><font size="4">The left believes in a global authority, disdains nationhood – especially that of the United States, and thus believes in open borders and free entry of people from any and all nations. They do not believe that a national identity and culture is worth preserving. They believe “diversity is our strength” as opposed to our “outdated” national motto of “out of many, one.” Their quest for diversity denies the reality of “in unity there is strength.” And they blame the other side for our nation’s divisiveness.</font></p><p><font size="4">Conservatives want strong borders so that only those who respect our culture and laws and who would add to our nations success and prosperity would be allowed entry. It used to be that way. Conservatives respect the concept of “nation” and believe the US has a history and identity worth preserving, although many are beginning to have doubts.</font></p><p><font size="4"><strong><br></strong></font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Inflation</strong></font></p><p><font size="4">The left prefers passing laws, enlarging the federal government, creating more programs and spending hundreds of billions falsely believing that those actions will reduce inflation. They gut the fossil fuel industry through taxation, withholding permits, and halting pipeline construction. All of that eliminates our energy independence and dramatically raises energy costs for agriculture, transportation, electricity, and manufacturing while becoming more dependent on enemy nations for that resource.</font></p><p><font size="4">Conservatives would reduce the size of the federal government, reduce taxes, eliminate many cost-increasing federal regulations, and increase domestic fossil fuel production.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br></font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Energy</strong></font></p><p><font size="4">The lefts policies have eliminated the major sources of domestic energy production causing us to rely on undependable foreign sources. The left promotes the myth of “human-caused global warming”, especially the “evil” US-caused global warming. This half-baked science causes the left to invoke half-baked policies of “green energy” which is several decades ahead of feasibility. In the meantime – meantime being the next several decades – the US will be forced into an energy deficit and much much higher energy prices. As Biden’s protégé, Barack Hussein Obama, famously said, “Under my Plan … Electricity Rates Would Necessarily Skyrocket”. All the while the mining of “green energy” battery components and use of windmills are raping the landscape and killing wildlife.</font></p><p><font size="4">Conservatives would assure the US once again becomes and remains energy independent. We would continue the robust development of fossil fuels while incentivizing the development of <img width="251" height="126" align="left" style="margin: 9px 16px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="A Bipolar Disorder Metaphor: Like an Angel and Devil on My Shoulder ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthemighty.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2FThinkstockPhotos-99084483_1280x640_acf_cropped.jpg&f=1&nofb=1">alternative energy sources, including nuclear.</font></p><p><font size="4">Which side of these issues would you feel most comfortable on?</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-31798590306129170182022-08-11T17:03:00.001-04:002022-08-11T17:21:51.363-04:00No bias, no conflict of interest…sure thing…<p><font size="4">This afternoon Attorney General Merrick Garland declared that he personally approved the decision for the search warrant for Donald Trump’s home. He did not announce why.</font></p><p><font size="4">Except most can guess, and the optics smell really foul.</font><p><p><p><font size="4"><font size="4">As many might recall, Garland is one and the <font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><img width="354" height="274" align="left" style="margin: 9px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" src="https://a.scpr.org/i/9c4166b83486d7ec2e1aad74566ca48b/221219-full.jpg"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>same Garland who sought a post on the US Supreme Court, but was stymied by the Trump administration. Retributional conflict of interest much? Then in his next breath during his remarkably brief press conference he pleads with the public to not have any ill will toward the Department of Justice.</font></font></p><p><br></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">What, me persecute?</font></p><p><font size="4"><br></font></p><p><font size="4">The other foul smelling thing is the Florida judge who approved the Mar-a-Lago raid was Bruce Reinhart. Bruce helped Jeffrey Epstein through his pedophilia and sex trafficking troubles. He was also a large contributor to the 2008 Obama campaign.</font></p><p><font size="4">There are so many foul smelling aspects to this ongoing persecution. More than enough to cause one to think that they are doing all they can to assure Trump doesn’t run for President again.</font></p><p><font size="4">Trouble is, anyone who is as effective at promoting and implement similar policies as Trump will most likely receive the same treatment.</font></p><p><font size="4">Nation under siege from within!</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-12716474217582056632022-08-05T17:52:00.001-04:002022-08-05T18:05:24.707-04:00Any Way the Wind Blows…<p><font size="4">Feathers and Sails.</font></p><p><font size="4">Many of our nation’s leaders have the moral conviction of a feather. Along comes a new amoral fad and they follow it like a feather in the wind. Why? Because it’s cool. It’s popular. It gets votes from the “folks” and buyers from the fad driven marketplace. </font></p><p><font size="4">Do our leaders direct our ship of state? Hardly. Again, the “wind” is our perverse pop culture.<img align="left" style="margin: 9px 12px 9px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="The Ballad of Tay- Microsoft's Spectacular Chatbot Fail - Phrasee" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Lhv1RFYMbAdZAmCVE4-dSQAAAA%26pid%3DApi&f=1"> Our ship of state is rudderless – driven and directed only by the wind. The “sails” are our “leaders”, both corporate and governmental. These “leaders” take the entire ship of state any way the wind blows. </font></p><p><font size="4">We have few real leaders. Mostly sails and feathers.</font></p><p><font size="4">One among hundreds of examples: The Pennsylvania governor champions their gay pride event where children are taught to pole dance.</font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">“A [gay/pervert] pride event in Pennsylvania that reportedly taught children how to pole dance received a $10,000 grant championed by Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) administration.”</font></p><p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/05/pennsylvania-pride-event-taught-children-how-pole-dance-received-10000-grant-championed-gov-tom-wolfs-administration/"><font size="2">Pride Event in Pennsylvania Taught Children How to Pole Dance (breitbart.com)</font></a></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">Corporations are not any better. Disney in Florida fights governor DeSantis tooth and nail to promote their gay-pervert agenda. Yet in Muslim countries they tow the moral line.</font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">“After picking a political fight with Florida over the state’s Parental Rights in Education Law, and declaring itself an LGBTQ ally to boot, Disney is reportedly censoring gay and transgender content on the version of the Disney+ streaming service that it launched in the [Middle East Muslim] region in June.”</font></p><p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/08/05/disney-wont-say-gay-in-middle-east-censors-lgbtq-content-in-gulf-countries-while-fighting-florida-law/"><font size="2">Disney Won't Say Gay in Middle East: Censors LGBTQ Content in Gulf Countries While Fighting Florida Law (breitbart.com)</font></a></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">Even parents, whether dedicated, moral and upstanding or drug addicted derelicts, will support and defend the criminal or perverted behaviors of their offspring. “He’s a good kid” they exclaim of their drug addict, shoplifting, or transvestite child. They jettison any moral conviction they might have held to pander to their kin.</font></p><p><font size="4">Other family members behave the same. Dick Chaney’s daughters are one example. Daughter Mary is a lesbian. Daughter Liz is a RINO. <img width="372" height="343" align="left" style="margin: 9px 12px 9px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="Korzybski Files: Quote of the Day, Month, Year, Decade, Century...Etc ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.static.flickr.com%2F144%2F401340996_40b6ff6f30.jpg&f=1&nofb=1">Liz supports gays to defend her sister. How noble.</font></p><blockquote><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/view-host-joy-behar-says-165834518.html"><font size="2">‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Says Liz Cheney Only Supports Gay Marriage Because it Affects Her Family: ‘Typical Republican Move’ (yahoo.com)</font></a></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">How shallow our “Christian” beliefs have been. How fickle our moral actions really are.</font></p><p><font size="4">Sails and feathers. Any way the wind blows.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-44286445104564066262022-07-22T13:40:00.001-04:002022-07-22T13:40:10.206-04:00Miscellaneous Tom Foolery by the left and their ignorant, amoral followers…<p><font size="4">Everything from releasing criminals, to excusing “mental illness”, to open borders, to endless genders reflect the mindset of leftists and their brainless, amoral followers.</font></p><p><font size="4">New York leftists adopted a law that caused the release of an attempted assassin of a political candidate on his own recognizance – justified by being suspected of being “mentally ill.” “Mental illness” is our new “get out of jail free” card. The major problem with that approach is that every deviant, hostile, criminal behavior has a term developed by the psychiatric profession that classifies that behavior as a “mental illness” – the get out of jail free” card.<img width="234" height="132" align="left" style="margin: 15px 13px 8px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt=" Learn English Words - TOMFOOLERY - Meaning, Vocabulary Lesson with ..." src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FLrZG_HEgBKk%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1"></font></p><p><font size="4">California, Washington, Oregon, New York and most large cities have District Attorneys who love releasing known felons into the wild, mental illness or not.</font></p><p><font size="4">Oh, and defund or just don’t support the actions of police. That is one other method to allow the lawless to do their thing without consequences. You might as well be a cop in Tehran with a Christian cross on your cap than to be a cop in any large American city.</font></p><p><font size="4">A nation with borders? That’s too much to ask of leftists and their brain dead followers. Borders are too mean. Anyone who likes national borders is called a bigoted nationalist. Heck, if you promote the success of your own nation you must be a Nazi Fascist.</font></p><p><font size="4">Next in my litany of absurdities is gender confusion. Just yesterday I filled out a medical form that had the following options for “gender”:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Male</font></li><li><font size="4">Female</font></li><li><font size="4">Male identifies as female</font></li><li><font size="4">Female identifies as male</font></li><li><font size="4">Queer+</font></li><li><font size="4">Bi-sexual</font></li><li><font size="4">Other</font></li><li><font size="4">Choose not to answer</font></li></ul><p><font size="4">So, there you have it. Given a few more minutes a few more absurdities could be listed. You can easily think of others. Reversing energy independence is one, but that’s too easy.</font></p><p><font size="4">The common denominators of all the above are:</font></p><ul><li><font size="4">Rebellion against traditional morality</font></li><li><font size="4">Pandering to the lowest common denominator in society</font></li><li><font size="4">Believing in a utopian society via promotion of globalism – belief that we can all be kumbaya (naïve idealism and a sort of precious, touchy-feely, hand-holding spirit of rosy-eyed unity) and ignore human nature – the genesis of open borders and abhorring nationalism.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4">The dissolution of a commonly held Judeo-Christian morality is at the heart of these trends. Diversity is now superior to unity – as long as your diversity is amoral and anti-American. </font></p><p><font size="4">It’s a strange strange world we live in, Master Brandon.</font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-6114901896857492002022-07-05T11:23:00.001-04:002022-07-05T16:08:58.576-04:00Can we have anarchy and fascism at the same time?<div><p><font size="4">Our public officials and media<font size="4"> don't want to know or admit to the cause of violence in our streets, schools and cities. Instead they blame it on the gun, the cops, the pressure cooker, or the errant car driven into the crowd.</font></font><p><font size="4"><font size="4">Instead of identifying the root causes, they broad brush their response and take rights and freedoms away from EVERYONE. Take away the gun, the bullets, the magazines. S<font size="4"><font size="4">ubject everyone to the draconian measures airport body searches because of 19 Muslims.</font></font></font></font><p><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">Meanwhile we ignore the root causes because we might offend someone. </font></font></font></font><p><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">Aberrant behavior, whether extremist religion, extremist political ideology, lack of moral teaching at home and at school, disrespect for the rule of law at all levels of government and society, and ultimately, disregard for a consensus belief in a just God and a generally agreed upon set of behaviors that are a part of that belief: These are all part of our nation's steep slide. </font></font></font></font><p><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">We've normalized every perverse belief and behavior and can't agree on a common code anymore. It’s now not only OK to be a pervert, but God help the person who is critical of perversion.</font></font></font></font><p><font size="4">It’s now mainstream to promote vile rap music lyrics – the lyrics the promote cop killing and have “f---“ multiple times in every verse - because we don’t want to offend the black “artists” who write and speak it and the huge drug imbued fan base that eats it up.</font><p><font size="4">And whatever else we do, don’t offend the Muslim who believes in the only religion on the planet that coerces unbelievers to follow their ideology through threat, intimidation and terror.</font><p><font size="4">We believe in “diversity” more than “unity.” What else should we expect from that flipped switch except what we got?</font><p><font size="4">Searching the web for a photo that would match this topic I Googled “anarchy” and came upon dozens of books on Amazon on this topic. Among them was this: <a href="ABC's of Anarchy: Heagney, Brian: 9781453687819: Amazon.com: Books" target="_blank">“ABC’s of Anarchy”</a> promoting anarchy to toddlers. Here is a quote:</font><blockquote><p><font size="2">“I want to tell you about anarchism because anarchism is the only thing that can give you liberty and well-being and bring peace and joy to the world.”</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">The book earned 4.3 stars. Seeing this I felt like I was in the twilight zone.</font><p><img width="270" height="135" align="left" style="margin: 8px 13px 8px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="See the source image" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.b2b36141708262feec1f67438eb52d10?rik=LBxDXXYXlWUrMA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwallpapersdsc.net%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2017%2f10%2fAnarchy-High-Definition-Wallpapers.jpg&ehk=q5uhQPiNeadqhMEYoIdSfuzgGtxa4VmbBNPLedaASoE%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0"><p><font size="4">A consensus belief in a common morality is now considered too restrictive and confining for many. And most of the rest of the population believe that is A-ok. Most don’t agree in a common or traditional morality anymore. Perversion and violence are accepted norms to allow everyone to express themselves. And those who don’t accept this new “tolerance” are called “bigots.” And many formerly faithful churches are “going along to get along.”</font><p><font size="4">Those who believe as I do, that there are God-given norms of behavior that society and governments should promote, are now in a small and shrinking minority.</font><p><font size="4">Our nation is headed into an anarchist and fascist direction. By that I mean that <strong>anything goes and the rule of law is selectively enforced against those who object to this new “standard.”</strong> </font><p><font size="4">I didn’t know it was possible to have anarchy and fascism at the same time, but we are headed in that direction.</font></p></div>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12010572.post-24877992840985113042022-06-01T12:42:00.001-04:002022-06-01T13:02:19.594-04:00Broad brushing law enforcement misses the mark…<p><font size="4">Remember your days in school when someone in class was acting up? Teachers had various methods of restoring order. Sometimes she wasn’t quite sure who it was, or didn’t want to call out the actual offender – but instead punished the whole class hoping to apply some form of “peer pressure.”</font></p><p><font size="4">News flash! That technique might have worked on a group of 5th graders but it is NOT an appropriate method to apply to the US population at large.</font></p><p><font size="4">Yet that “broad brush” approach to solving a behavioral problem among a few individuals misses the mark in two ways:</font></p><p><font size="4">1) It unfairly punishes the vast majority of citizens who follow the rules, and</font></p><p><font size="4">2) It does not focus on those few (in the case of the US population fewer than 0.1% of the total population) who are the offenders in the examples provided below.</font></p><p><font size="4">The elementary school disciplinary technique of punishing the whole class while ignoring the perps does not work when applied to a whole nation.</font></p><p><font size="4">Three examples come to mind: Airport security, school security and flying flags. </font></p><p><font size="4"><em>In the case of airport security</em>, we understood which tiny segment of our population was involved in hijacking aircraft. We knew the personalities and predispositions of those who actually hijacked aircraft. They were those who practiced the fundamentalist Islamic faith, they were of Middle Eastern decent, and they were typically males between 18 and 40 years of age. <img width="311" height="356" align="left" style="margin: 12px 9px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline;" alt="See the source image" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/dc/6a/f5/dc6af5e966bc7e1b764bb5a721bf015c--airport-security-woman-humor.jpg"></font></p><p><font size="4">Yet what did we do? We subjected EVERYONE who flew in planes to be subject to invasive body searches. ENVERYONE! It’s as if everyone who used a plane for transportation was a threat, fully ignoring those who we knew actually were a threat. Why?</font></p><p><font size="4"><em>In the case of school security</em>, we understand which tiny segment of our population is involved in school shootings. We know personalities and predispositions of those who actually carried out school shootings. They were those less than 18 years of age, male, troubled, posting threatening messages on social media, often bullied, and from broken or abusive homes. How difficult is it for individuals fitting that profile to be tagged, monitored and denied the sale of weapons?</font></p><p><font size="4">Yet what do we do? Many propose to subject EVERYONE who owns a gun or thinking of owning a gun to gun ownership and gun use <em>prohibitions</em>. EVERYONE! It’s as if everyone who owns a gun for protection or sport or hobby is a threat, fully ignoring those who we know actually ARE a threat. Why?</font></p><p><font size="4">Why? Why, in these two examples, do politicians choose the broad brush approach, painting EVERYONE as potential hijackers or school shooters instead of identifying those who actually are?</font></p><p><font size="4">This third example might provide a clue.</font></p><p><font size="4"><em>In the case of homeowners flying flags in local communities</em>, the legal right to fly a flag offers some peculiar and unpleasant realities. The examples provided apply only to those situations tested by the law. Of course one could fly anything in a homeowners association if no one complains.</font></p><p><font size="4">So here is the example: </font></p><p><font size="4">Flags are a form of speech subject to the first amendment. So basically a flag depicting ANYTHING, a sports team, ISIS, the CRIPS, any nation, as well as the US flag, are all theoretically allowed under the law. But HOA’s typically limit <em>formal written</em> permission of flags to the US flag only. But we know other flags are flown without those “rules” being enforced. Why? Because if they <em>were</em> enforced the association would probably lose in court. </font></p><p><font size="4">Why would the association lose? Because such enforcement would discriminate against a class of people and abridge their free speech. You can’t discriminate against Satanists who might want their own flag.</font></p><p><font size="4">You can’t “profile” and discriminate against a person who practices a fundamentalist Islamic faith from a Middle Eastern country who is male between 18 and 40 years of age.</font></p><p><font size="4">Does this same “excuse” apply to refusal to “profile “ kids less than 18 years of age, male, troubled, posting threatening messages on social media, often bullied, and from broken or abusive homes? Would that be considered discrimination against a “class” of people who fit that profile? After all, most troubled kids would probably not even <em>consider</em> shooting up their school.</font></p><p><font size="4">So instead of assuring that kids who fit that profile are denied weapons and referred to a barely existing mental health system, we have those who insist on applying the “broad brush” and prohibit <em>everyone</em> from possessing weapons.</font></p><p><font size="4">That, in a nutshell, is another terrible excuse to apply the “broad brush” that considers every evil to be entitled to first amendment protections. That is the area where more thinking and refinement of the limits of the first amendment is appropriate. </font></p><p><font size="4">Just overly simplistically banning guns is another mindless, poorly consider approach to addressing school shootings that “misses the mark.”<img width="343" height="193" align="right" style="margin: 11px 0px 5px 13px; float: right; display: inline;" alt="See the source image" src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evDNMhTCOK8/maxresdefault.jpg"></font></p><p><font size="4">Rationally and logically, keeping guns in the hands of those who are intent on SAVING LIVES to defend against those with guns who are intent on TAKING LIVES is much preferred over making those intent on saving lives defenseless. </font></p><p><font size="4"><strong>Those intent on taking lives do not care if the weapon, whatever it is, was obtained legally or illegally or if a sign is posted prohibiting weapons on school property.</strong></font></p>Gerardo Moochiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541992059443099894noreply@blogger.com0