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Who are you Going to Believe, My Tweet or Your Own Eyes?

Posted: May 23, 2024 by datechguy in Blame Biden Administration, culture, politics
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One of the things that tend to irritate me is when people say something so obviously contrary to reality and expect me to play along. These tweets are a great example.

Funny how corporations magically become greedy only when the left is in power isn’t it?

Or this bit of nonsense:

Yup Donald Trump slaughtered them all and put them all in a mass grave but on January 21st 2021 like John Cleese’s Character that was turned into a Newt they all got better.

I had a Lesbian co-worker years ago who was convinced that Donald Trump would put her in a concentration camp if he was elected and the lack of being put in the concentration camp during the Trump years never convinced her otherwise.

As you can see fame is not a cure for this inability to see reality

Bill Mahar tried that same thing with Megan Kelly, it didn’t go well.

And sometimes even the most intelligent celebs made really dumb moves to sell a meme:

Seriously? Cleese is trying to sell Trump as mentally impaired when he’s running against Biden? Cripes even Bill Mahar won’t play that game.

But even with all I’ve seen the most incredible bit of BS I’ve seen pushed at me was this:

Because I do the shopping in the house and have for years and that very day I went to the soda aisle and for the first time ever saw 2 liter bottles of soda offered at 2 for $5. I grabbed a cheaper brand and went to the frozen food aisle figuring to buy some Michelina’s frozen Penne & pasta meals & maybe a fettucine alfredo as they are a cheap alternative for lunch. They’re normally a buck each but I had seen them as high as a buck and a quarter lately.

They were $1.50 each A 50% increase over the Trump years and remember these are the bottom of the line in terms of price (not in quality however they are rather tasty).

So imagine what went through my mind when I saw this:

Why on earth is this stuff effective to some? The answer comes from human nature.

People hate to admit they were wrong, to notice the crashing economy, the rampant antisemitism, our rejection around the world, the abandonment of our allies, the massive amount of illegal immigration, the emptying of our strategic petroleum reserve all of the layoffs nationally and of course the President’s inability to walk or talk or complete a speech without a long list of corrections coming out from the White House is to concede that perhaps they were wrong for either their support for Joe Biden or the opposition to Donald Trump or both.

And to make that admission is more than they can bear.

My Pastor at St. Bernard’s Parish at St. Camillus church often talks about seeing yourself in the light of truth and that part of reason why so many choose hell is they give the choice of seeing themselves in the light of truth and accepting mercy and denying that truth for all the sufferings of hell they find all the torments of the damned preferable to the uncomfortable truths about themselves.

The truth about Joe Biden in general and the party they have adopted not as a means to a political end but as their religion is too much for them to bear.

Rather sad actually.

What about the current laws? The next time someone says we need more gun control laws, tell them about Cook County, Illinois

Posted: May 19, 2024 by John Ruberry in crime, News/opinion, opinion/news, politics
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By John Ruberry

Cook County, Illinois, America’s second-most populous county, has suffered under seven-and-a-half years of a pro-criminal so-called prosecutor, state’s attorney Kim Foxx. 

Jussie Smollet’s pal–who is a George Soros-funded Democrat–apparently doesn’t want to leave office quietly. Foxx, who thankfully decided not to run for a third term.

Foxx is considering adopting a policy of not prosecuting motorists who are pulled over for moving violations, thinks like speeding and driving with expired license plates, if they are found with narcotics or illegally possessing guns.

I’ve repeatedly criticized Foxx on this blog. Among her most egregious examples of prosecutorial malfeasance is her policy of ignoring the Illinois threshold for felony theft of $300. She raised it to $1,000. A second standout of idiocy was her decision, since reversed, not to charge participants in a wild west style Chicago gunfight because they were engaged in “mutual combat.”

For decades, liberals and leftists in Illinois have said that most deadly violence in the Prairie State is caused by guns. After every mass shooting–the latest one happened last night on Chicago’s West Side–libs will decry the latest instance of “gun violence.” Of course, these guns don’t fire themselves. It’s people violence. And playing along with the progressives’ word games, the next logical step of course is more gun laws, or better yet, they believe, a ban on public ownership of firearms. 

The reaction to Foxx’s no-charges suggestion regarding guns and drugs found during traffic stops has been mostly, but not exclusively, negative. 

The media-shy Foxx–I prefer to call her a coward–directed her office issue a statement defending her foolish idea.

“Decades of data demonstrate that these stops do not enhance public safety,” it reads. “Instead, they perpetuate a cycle of mistrust and fear, especially in under-resourced communities. This draft policy is a crucial step towards rebuilding that trust.” 

What data? Where? When?

And “rebuilding that trust” means not enforcing gun laws? 

A Chicago alderperson, Sylvana Tabares, issued a commonsense retort against Foxx’s proposal. “It strips officers of an essential tool to get illegal guns off our streets,” Tabares said. “Residents are demanding we do more to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and make their neighborhoods safe. This does the opposite.”

The Republican nominee for Cook County’s state’s attorney, Robert Fioretti, says if Foxx’s no-charges- on-guns-and-drugs-found-in-traffic-stops policy is enacted, he’ll reverse it. The Democratic candidate, Eileen O’Neill Burke, hasn’t commented on Foxx’s proposal. However, O’Neill Burke–who I voted for in the Democratic Primary over a Foxx-wannabe–campaigned on reversing returning Cook County to the $300 threshold for prosecuting felony theft. I suspect EOB is against Foxx’s proposal.

Meanwhile, last week Cook County’s sheriff, the weaselly Tom Dart, also a Democrat, in statement suggested that there could be over 80,000 Illinoisans who have had their Firearm Owners Identification Cards revoked who still possess guns. Dart, at least in regard to Cook County, says he needs more money to track down these criminals. Cook County Jail, which Dart is in charge of, has seen a dramatic drop in inmates because of Illinois’ pro-criminal no-cash bail SAFE-T Act, but has not laid off any guards. I know, that’s because of union contracts.

When are the next round of negotiations for those jail guards’ contracts?

Now back to guns. I’m going to state the obvious. Before suggesting new firearm laws, let’s first enforce the existing ones.

John Ruberry regularly blogs from Cook County at Marathon Pundit.

My Trump Running Mate List, My Dark Horse: John Kennedy

Posted: May 17, 2024 by datechguy in election 2024, elections, politics
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This is final part of my of my series on my list of the best choices for Trump as a running mate:

  • Choice one: Ron DeSantis is here.
  • Choice two: Ted Cruz is here
  • Choice Three Sarah Huckabee Sanders is here

Today I select my dark horse choice. Somebody who is no nobody’s radar who I think would be a great surprise pick. Before I officially name him (although if you read the title of the post you know) let me remind everyone there are two things that any person who wants to make this list needs to qualify.

  1. Can’t be from the same state I’m going to be slightly loose with this because “can’t be from the same state” can mean either:
    • Not born in the same state OR
    • Not living in the same state at the time of the election
  2. Must be hated by the left almost if not more than him because if he was to take a “deep state” running mate or a person like Nikki Haley he might as well, as I’ve noted before hang a target on his back with the words “assassinate me” in bright luminescent paint.

My dark horse choice, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana

Of all the choices I have submitted this is the least likely. Senator Kennedy doesn’t have a national following, except perhaps online, he is from a state that couldn’t get more solid for Trump and at age 72 would actually give the left an advantage in terms of the age of the VP.

But Kennedy has a lot going for him

  1. His folky disarming manor disguises an incredible intellect that can analyze a situation in a flash
  2. His ability to find the key point in a situation as demonstrated in hearing after hearing would be invaluable for any administration.
  3. His style would both be effective on the stump while not overshadowing Donald Trump (an attribute that the Trump campaign would love).
  4. Based on his hearing performances I presume he has a first rate staff that can come with him in the job.
  5. Because he is not considered a strong presidential candidate on his own there is not likely to be intrigue against him as VP
  6. Can you imagine him on a debate stage with Kamala Harris? It would be criminal slaughter.

And again because of his age a selection of Kennedy would not be a defacto endorsement of any potential presidential candidate for 2028 which would be an incentive for all those potential candidates to not stab Trump in the back during a 2nd term.

If there is a weakness of all the candidates I’ve listed he is the weakest in terms of “Hated by the left so much they won’t kill Trump.” No doubt they left despises him and his manner might make them briefly consider it, but only briefly because I suspect if Trump died in office he would not only be an effective president but one who would give the left fits.

I suspect even the most idiotic leftist would figure this out before deciding to try to knock off Trump.

again he is a dark horse so I don’t think it’s likely he would be picked, but I suspect he would be a whole lot of fun.

My Trump Running Mate List, Choice Three: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Posted: May 16, 2024 by datechguy in election 2024, elections, politics
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This is part three of my series on my list of the best choices for Trump as a running mate:

  • Choice one: Ron DeSantis is here.
  • Choice two: Ted Cruz is here

Today we go for our 3rd choice on the list of possible running mates for Donald Trump. To remind everyone there are two things that any person who wants to make this list needs to qualify.

  1. Can’t be from the same state I’m going to be slightly loose with this because “can’t be from the same state” can mean either:
    • Not born in the same state OR
    • Not living in the same state at the time of the election
  2. Must be hated by the left almost if not more than him because if he was to take a “deep state” running mate or a person like Nikki Haley he might as well, as I’ve noted before hang a target on his back with the words “assassinate me” in bright luminescent paint.

Choice three is Sarah Huckabee Sanders Governor of Arkansas.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders might be a surprise to some to be on my list here. Unlike Ron DeSantis or Ted Cruz she has neither served in congress nor run for the White House in the past. She has only served in her current position since 2023, and as an actual pol has a resume that could be said to be inferior even to Barack Obama at the time of his election and of course she would not be considered a “glamorous” choice as a woman on the ticket.

All of this is deceptive, Sarah Huckabee Sanders would not only make a Trump ticket stronger than any other woman being considered but brings an invaluable skill set and a type of experience that most candidates simply do not have.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders had to deal with the most hostile press that here has been. She had to be the point woman for a president who the media has hated more than any other and she had to do it on a daily basis. She not only handed the press well and with class but she did so even as she was being pilloried by Saturday Night Live. She became the face of the Trump administration as much as any person other than Trump could be and she was a calm and reassuring face.

Moreover she was cool under fire both before the press and when attacked elsewhere such as at the Whitehouse Correspondence Dinner and when she was kicked out of a restaurant with her party for the crime of dining while openly conservative.

Of course she had help, growing up the daughter of a governor and working on his campaign for president was an education. She understands office and running for it, and as demonstrated by her first year as governor of Arkansas knows how to govern.

Yet she clearly puts her children first as a mother should and her willingness to make plan solid decisions is something that mothers across the country can relate to.

And God help the democrats if they go after her looks again, the number of votes it will drive her way is incalculable.

Can you picture her on a debate stage with Harris? Both DeSantis & Cruz might be hit for humiliating a woman but that charge would ring hollow with Sanders

And as for our two requirements, being from Arkansas qualifies and boy is she hated by the left, both for serving in his White House and being unflappable against the best of their attacks. It of course helps that she is a solid Christian in reality as opposed to being called “devout” by the press.

I suspect that is the thing the press hates about her the most.

Finally she again is assassination insurance squared, not only would they get a devout Christian who knows how to deal with the media but the left would go nuts if the first woman president was a conservative republican.

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