By Rich Kozlovich
Well, going "Woke" and reality can be a conundrum, since reality can really bite. Disney's latest Snow White offering is crashing, and their star who made it clear she hates Trump and his supporters is crashing right along with Disney. I'm just glad Walt isn't around to see what these misfits have done to his creation. And that's the pattern of leftism. Infiltration and corruption, including foundations created by wealthy industrialists of the late 19th and 20th century. If these people were alive to see what their money has morphed into they'd be aghast at the insanity. But hey, at least they're all woke, right? Isn't that sufficient?
Trump is shutting down the Department of Education, a massively expensive failure that caterers to the teacher's unions, who have failed the children of America, and that includes the universities. Shutting down places like Harvard and Columbia would be a nice start, but what really needs to be done is ending all funding to all these universities, tax their endowment funds, and force them to become "for profit" institutions with the same rules that are imposed on all businesses.
Let them then teach any insanity they choose to teach, but not on the taxpayers dime. They can advertise their their views to the world and compete in an open market place. And if they lie in their advertisements, they need to be sued by those taken in, and prosecuted for false advertising. The answer is in the money, not all this crap about academic freedom. What they want is the freedom to leech off the people they despise, and it's time for that to stop.
Talking about money, in 2023 the world's priciest whisky went up for auction, "Macallan Adami 1926 single malt whisky, a Scotch whisky that spent 60 years aging in sherry casks." Sale price? "$2.7 million at a Sotheby's auction in London on November 18, 2023, making it the most expensive wine or spirit ever sold."
I gotta tell ya, I've never understood this. The idea of why anyone would spend almost three million dollars on a bottle of hooch. But if they have the money, and they do, that's their business, and that's okay with me, but once that's done, then what? As I see it there are three options.
- Never open it as an investment, but if you can afford to spend almost three million bucks on hooch, the investment argument seems weak to me.
- Use it to show off. Imagine that. They need a bottle of hooch to make them seem like they're something special?
- Drink it. But I don't understand how any hooch, no matter the taste, can possibly be worth about three million bucks.
Conclusion? They're nuts.
Before
Trump was elected the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission,
another commission that seriously needs to ride off into the sunset,
passed new and expansive rules regarding pregnancy that could upend the workplace.
What Elon Musk has accomplished with Twitter, now X, and DOGE is amazing and commendable. It's hard to understand the man. In spite of his positive accomplishments, I think Elon has a screw loose. What kind a person names his child X Æ A-Xii, along with others named, Nevada, Saxon, and get these names, Exa Dark Sideræl, Techno Mechanicus.
If it wasn't for his DOGE accomplishments my thoughts were if there was ever any evidence of interstellar aliens on the planet, he's it, and would clearly qualify as their ambassador. There's something seriously wrong with this guy. As for the women who've married and/or bared his children; they also must have a screw loose.
There, I've said it, I mean it, I won't take it back, and I hope he keeps up his good works! What really irritates me is all that sounds like cognitive dissonance on my part.
There's an unending meme about Trump's economic war on the world, and it's one that's long over due. Canada and Europe have all been in a real snit over Trump's policies, “How dare you do to us what we did to you long ago! What gives you the right to do to us what we're doing to you now?” Canada, European nations, as well as other nations, such as China, have long placed tariffs on American goods, and/or subsidized their businesses and industries placing them at a distinct advantage over their American counterparts.
They just don’t get it, Bretton Woods is done, but Trump gets it, and so let them whine, cry, scream, and threaten all they want, we don’t need them, they need us. Europe is doomed, the EU is doomed, and they fail to realize they’re no longer the geopolitical center of the world. It’s shifting to the Middle East, and for a while China. But China is self-immolating, it just isn’t that obvious yet to them, since they all live in a delusional echo chamber of head nodders, but Europe is heading down the drain, and America isn’t going to bail them out this time, and China's economy is in trouble. One more thing. There’s a difference between tariffs for economic reasons versus geopolitical reasons. Trump is mastering both.
We’re not living in a Smoot-Hawley world, and smart tariffs will benefit America. Over fifteen years ago I observed and wrote about how taking the hard stand was going bring industry back to America. First, again, Bretton Woods is over. We held the world’s hand to keep them up, and now they’re dragging us down. Tariffs, trade restrictions, and most most importantly, the lack of stability in the rest of the world is going to drive companies back, and as it turns out, foreign companies are deciding to come to America. "Rolls-Royce is reportedly preparing to increase manufacturing production in the United States to avoid tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump."
I’m 78 years old, very soon 79, and I’ve been hearing, “This isn’t the right time”, for so long I don’t remember when was the first time I heard it. But I also keep hearing, “if now isn’t the right time, when is”? And, “if Trump doesn’t do it, who will?”
“This isn’t the right time” is just kicking the can down the road, and that never seems to end. That can has been kicked far too long, way too far down that road.The right time is always ….. always …… when someone comes along who’s willing and has the guts to do it. If there are consequences, then so be it, let them happen, since there will always be consequences. If that’s true, and it is, then let them happen now so my children won’t have to face the deadly consequences of doing nothing after I’m gone.
One more thing, the idea it will take America a long time to adjust isn’t set in stone. During WWII American manufacturers went from the consequences of the Great Depression to the greatest manufacturing giant the world had ever seen, and did it overnight. American capitalism when unleashed is like a force of nature.
Challenging the internationally corrupt trade practices is only one leg of a four legged stool. The second leg is ending the thousands and thousands of destructive regulations imposed on America by a totally corrupt Deep State, and that in the works right now. It’s clear Trump understands the problem for that four legged stool. Trade agreements, regulations, spending, and taxes, and is determined to fix them.
I have a number of writers who permit me to publish their work, and one is a libertarian economist, who is usually really smart about economics, and tracks everything. But I’ve not been publishing him lately because he’s on an unending rant about how stupid Trump is about tariffs.
And again, this isn’t 1930 and the world’s economy that Smoot-Hawley
impacted no longer exists. They need us, we don’t need them, and I’m
willing to take that plunge and see just who lasts the longest. It won’t
be Canada, it won't be Europe, it won't be Mexico, and it won't be
China. I’m more than prepared see who gives out first, and it won’t be
America.
Ontario strutted big and bad threatening to shut of electricity to three states. Guess what? It didn’t take long for them to get their heads on right, as Ontario bowed to Trump in tariff war, and this will be the pattern, not the exception. We don’t need them, they need us, and it’s time we acted accordingly.
Abortion
- Chelsea Clinton: Killing the unborn necessary for America's economy - Clinton claimed that access to abortion "is not just about patient health and well-being, it is a matter of society, economic and fiscal health." This aligns with her previous comment that "American women entering the labor force from 1973 to 2009 added three and a half trillion dollars to our economy." Essentially, her argument is that abandoning motherhood and killing preborn children is justifiable so that "our economy" can grow. .......
Antisemitism
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- Chief Rabbi of Orleans Assaulted Amid Surging Antisemitism in France - French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Sunday the “poison of antisemitism” following a shocking attack on the chief rabbi of the central city of Orleans. French authorities are treating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime. Rabbi Arié Engelberg was assaulted Saturday evening while walking in the city center with his young son. Local media reported that the suspect hurled antisemitic insults at the rabbi before physically attacking him...........
- Jacques Didn’t Do It - The name of the perpetrator has not been released because he is a juvenile, but from the video it is obvious that he is not a Pierre or a Jacques. More likely a Mohammed or Muhammed.
China
- Former Congresswoman Explains CCP’s Hidden Influence in California - The former lawmaker warns that CCP influence on California’s campuses, ports, and border should be seen as a national security issue. ......
- Is Australia Set to Become a Security Threat for the United States? - China buying up much of the country, ...........Chinese influence is now powerful enough to have an electoral impact.......... The colonials had to be taught a lesson by the new Asian masters, who dwell in the multicult pot. The problem for the U.S. is that this Chinese influence in Australia is set to grow, and become a major political force. It will not be too many years before whites in Australia become a minority; Anglo Saxons who constituted 97 percent of the population at Federation in 1901, already are a minority. China demands loyalty of all its diaspora, and when things move to a kinetic conflict, it will call all of its racial tribe in Australia to take a stand for the Fatherland of world Emperor Xi, ruler of all men..................
Deep State
- The Trump Administration Goes to War against Bureaucratic Tyranny - “This town is now as nervous as it’s ever been.” That’s Congressman Chip Roy’s assessment of the mood in Washington, D.C., since President Trump’s return to the White House. It’s one of several dozen refreshingly blunt descriptions of American politics in Ned Ryun’s new documentary based on his book, American Leviathan. The documentary is available to anyone with an Internet connection, and it is nothing short of a declaration of war on the administrative state.............
Democrats
- Democrats Have A Manhood Problem, In More Ways Than One - Almost no one believes the absurd tenets of transgender ideology. They pretend to believe because everyone around them is also pretending to believe. Democrats have a penis problem. Specifically, their problem is that they think a woman can have one. It is Democrat Party dogma that “trans women are women.” The results of implementing this doctrine have been predictable, from males dominating female athletes to female prisoners having to share cells with male rapists to girls losing their privacy in bathrooms.............
- 3 Battleground Senate Democrats Retire—What Does It Mean for 2026? “People retiring ... is usually an indicator that they feel like that they’re in for a fight, and they just don’t have the fight left in them,”.......
- California Goes Red? Nearly 50% of CA Voters Considering Voting for Republican Gov - Nearly 50 percent of likely California voters revealed that they are considering voting for a Republican candidate to be the next governor of the state in 2026, according to a recent poll...
- Here's How You Know Things Are Terrible in California
- Podcaster Gavin Newsom Launches Methane Satellites as California Borrows Money for Health Care
- AOC Tries to Broaden her Appeal within Democrat Base Spoiling for a Fight - Bernie Sanders stepped onto a stage in downtown Denver, surrounded by tens of thousands of cheering supporters in what he described as the biggest rally he had ever addressed. ...........
- Bernie's astroturf rally
- Sanders and AOC: 100 Years of Socialism
- Even Bernie Won’t Endorse AOC for Senate
- Leftists are finally embracing their Inner Fascist - The far left has always engaged in the politics of projection, but now the truth is coming out with their latest fascistic actions. Have you ever wondered why the far left is so obsessed with fascism and National Socialism to the point that they regularly project these pejoratives on the pro-freedom community? ..........
Economics
- Another One: Car Maker Shifting Production to USA - British engineering giant Rolls-Royce is reportedly preparing to increase manufacturing production in the United States to avoid tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump..........
Immigration
- Trump Directs DOJ to ‘Seek Sanctions’ Against Immigration Lawyers - President Donald Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to punish immigration lawyers and law firms that are gaming courthouse rules and migration laws. In a memo to Bondi and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Trump explained “lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate” the nation’s laws “or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable.”......
Media
- You Can’t Hate The Fake News Media Enough - My family and I were lucky enough to be invited to the White House this week for the signing of the Executive Order on dismantling the worthless Department of Education...........
- The Gaslighting Is Not Working - In the grand theater of American politics—where narratives are spun faster than a carnival Tilt-A-Whirl—you’d think the Left’s daily barrage of so-called scandals would’ve finally dented President Donald Trump’s public standing........
Middle East
- Waltz: Trump Administration Seeking ‘Full Dismantlement’ of Iran’s Nuclear Program - National security adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump was working towards “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program..........
- Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges - A court has formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges......
- Are Turkish President Recip Erdoğan's days numbered? -Last week, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Islamist president, arrested a political rival. That sparked several days of protest, and, today, it’s seemingly culminated with protestors invading the presidential palace. The big question is whether this ends with a brutal response or the end of Erdoğan’s reign.......
- Israel presses ground offensive in Gaza - Israel’s military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory............
Once American capitalism is unleashed it becomes a force of nature no nation on Earth can match. That’s why it’s important to dismantle all these foreign schemes, especially with China.
On March 16, John F. Di Leo published this piece, Tariffs and the Moral High Ground, laying out an argument to justify America taking on the world over trade, and did it very impressively I might add, and then failed, with the, "it's not the right time", meme. I see that pattern playing out so often.