Cheney (isms) .

Cheney (isms) 

Why I vote NO ON LIZ CHENEY .

 (1)>>Liz Cheney was just kicked out of Congress . I think it's IRONIC , it shows that perhaps there is going to be a shake up in the 2022 midterms . In a turn of events that would’ve seemed impossible in the last election cycle, Harriet Hageman overwhelmingly triumphed over Cheney in the Republican primary earlier this week.Cheney’s defeat comes after she committed the cardinal sin of rebuking former President Donald Trump’s election fraud lies by voting to impeach him and participating in the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot.  (2)>>Liz Cheney is really a kinda "apostate -rino", She voted with trump 93% of the time so it seems like she hates him more personally than she does for the horrible things that he did as she agreed with most of them. I get hating trump, but let’s not praise a Cheney as a hero of democracy and the rule of law. She literally voted against the voting rights act after January 6 lol.  (3)>>THE DEMOCRATS ARE DESPERATE !!!! to replace Biden that it seems some of them are touting for Liz Cheney to run for President . Even CNN pundits were urging Democrats to switch parties to help her retain her Congressional seat !  In Wyoming people were less stupid and saw through this , voted for MAGA Ms Hageman , pro Trump supporter. In Wyoming, 70% of voters cast their ballots for Mr Trump in 2020.   Democrats have seen Biden’s 2024 prospects as rocky through much of his first term. For months, his standing within his own party had sunk so low that many were all but calling the midterms a lost cause, and pinning the blame on the president who they viewed as incapable of following through on campaign promises and his bigger legislative agenda.

January 6th HEARINGS IN LIMBO !

Liz Cheney is a rouse . The Mother Jones Magazine has a article that hit the point that she helped Donald Trump win in 2016 , as far the Jones article is concerned her role in the MAGA movement was really big . So I picked a piece out that summed up two face Cheney :

 " The reason for her rising star was straightforward: She was a Bush administration veteran who was willing to go to the mat for President Donald Trump, no matter what the naysayers said. They both had a use for each other. By the start of her second term, she was chair of the House Republican Conference. When Trump ran for re-election she offered her endorsement."

(3.1)>>Liz Cheney votes party line like, 93% of the time, and really only breaks with the party on just the issue of Trump trying to steal the election, and that's a bridge to far. It's insane. She is a BIG RINO , even worse if you look at her record . She also shared Trump’s negatives; she held extreme right-wing views, she was hostile to the press, she made racist remarks, and, like Trump, she was spectacularly unprepared for office. In a series of disastrous interviews with NBC News anchor Katie Couric in 2008, she couldn’t answer what newspapers she read, she couldn’t give a knowledgeable answer to a question about banking (while the country was in the midst of a banking crisis), and she couldn’t give a sound answer about Russia. The interviews were mocked in a widely-watched Saturday Night Live skit. Given that the presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, was elderly (72 at the time of the election) and had had some health problems, Palin’s clear lack of readiness to assume the highest office in the land hurt McCain who ultimately lost to Barack Obama. With Liz Cheney out , there is also a probability that the Jan 6 hearings are awash . Her role as vice chair of the congressional panel investigating the 2021 assault has won her national praise from Trump critics on both sides of the political aisle. Cheney relished the opportunity to sit before cameras and playact as the last patriotic Republican, a defender of the nation and its democratic values. Her performance on the January 6 committee was read by all members of her party — outside the province of certain op-ed writers whose primary audience is each other —Unbelievably, Liz is the co-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, which is almost completely composed of anti-Trump Democrats. She is not there to support Trump, but to provide influence to impeach him again.  (4)>>She maybe the final nail to  end the Hearings , as being nothing but a farce..

Dick Cheney : " War Criminal " .

 Dick Cheney calling 
Trump a threat to
Democracy .
But what example 
did he set ???

The "weapons of mass destruction" & "war on Terror" ,the ghosts of Dick Cheney haunt America . (5)>>Liz Cheney's father Dick appeared out of the blue to denounce Donald Trump as  " greatest threat to Democracy " . We should  not forget that Dick Cheney was part of the biggest lie ever spun in American history that dragged America into a 20 year war , that killed over one million people , spanning Iraq and Afghanistan . The ' War on Terror' killed over 10,000 Americans , besides the 4000 or so that died in the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11th , 2001. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has long been one of the most influential architects of Bush's invasion of Iraq. He has been quoted as saying U.S. troops would be "greeted as liberators." Years have passed since that pre-invasion quote, the country of Iraq is completely unstable, approximately 300,000 Iraqis and more than 4,000 US military personnel are dead. Innocent Iraqis were tortured and humiliated at Abu Ghraib prison while over a hundred prisoners still remain in jail at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (6)>>What's even more outrageous is Cheney was the former CEO of Halliburton. The Wall Street Journal had reported that Halliburton officials met informally with representatives of Vice President Cheney's office back in October 2002 to figure out how best to jumpstart Iraq's oil industry following a war. Cheney and Halliburton denied it. In January 2004, the Army awards Halliburton subsidiary KBR a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to rebuild the oil industry in southern Iraq.

Liz Cheney for President ??????

 (7)>>In Cheney’s fantasy world, she will lead the Trump resistance after she leaves Congress, and make the ultimate comeback by defeating the former president in 2024.That loss is likely to only heighten the importance of Cheney’s role in the Capitol attack investigation in terms of keeping her name in the mix ahead of a 2024 presidential field that she has not ruled out trying to join — if she can find a lane as a Trump spoiler without helping him . If she wants to run to be a spoiler for Trump and DeSantis, she should go for it. But she has zero chance of actually winning the presidency. She's out of step with literally everyone. The republican base worships Trump to a scary degree. And democrats won't vote for someone with her record on abortion after Dobbs. Or her record on climate change and taxes. Swing voters and independents are mostly pro-choice. She doesn't even support the things in the democratic platform that appeals to republican voters like health care and child care credits. It seems that the Democrats are sowing the idea of a Liz Cheney run for 2024 . Yes, the Democrats would want Liz to run , but I ask is this , is it really BAD that the dem's would jump parties knowing how awful Joe Biden is , push for alternative Republican over Trump ? Even running as a 'Independent ', I think will help Trump .  Liz is just the latest incarnation of the old - money RINO establishment, which is slowly dying and being replaced by true constitutional conservatism. Her father was a war-monger, and we had no legal or moral right to invade Iraq. Good luck getting the Republican nomination in ‘24, Liz or running as an independent . But, she will be back when she runs for President. The only question will be, will she run as a Democrat or Republican. BUT knowing the desperation of the Democrats , Liz will likely to receive even fewer votes in a GOP primary for the Presidency than she received in her House run. She might change her party and run as a Democrat !

NOTES AND COMMENTS :  (1)>>Liz Cheney was just kicked out of Congress .    The immediate political fate of the three-term Wyoming Congress member had been a foregone conclusion; public polling consistently had Cheney lagging her Donald Trump-backed opponent Harriet Hageman, and the big margins — 66 to 29 percent with 95 percent of the votes reporting — also came as no surprise.The Wyoming congresswoman’s landslide loss at the polls on Tuesday was a repudiation of her single-minded pursuit of Donald Trump and of the Jan. 6 hearings which she is helping to lead. This is probably a bid sign for the Democrats in the midterms . As I will elaborate later it may turned the Jan 6th hearings into a morass with Liz at helm doing Nancy Pelosi's bidding . ALSO being paid off by CNN . She doesn't give a hit-say, she's now wealthy, worth millions of dollars. How did she get this rich? TDS broke little miss piggy, which means a lucrative offer one of the Lying, Corrupt, Propaganda networks. 'J6 Committee No Question's For Nancy Pelosi!''?''Ray Epps? Who's That? His Wife a Big Executive For Dominion.''?Her Dad and Bush's hate Trump!Trump is a skyscraper builder from NYC. They lied about finding a passport at ground zero on 9/11.You put two and two together. That is why they are afraid. That is why Bush, Obama, Clinton, Cheney, McConnell, Pelosi and all the rest have banded together to remove Trump from politics. That is why Liz Cheney out of all the people in this nation is leading a bogus commission. You are living lies. That is the cold, hard, reality. (2)>>Liz Cheney is really a kinda "apostate -rino". “RINO” — a Republican in Name Only —" but she kissed ass with the Democrats.  Trump will surely taunt her as a big RINO loser, but Cheney has no plans to end her fight against him.  Cheney also helped shape an unmistakable feature of the January 6th committee: a set of hearings backed almost exclusively by Democrats has become about the compromises and abdications of members of the Republican Party. For months, the staff often scheduled multiple depositions a day, and Cheney was a frequent presence in the room.  I guess she’s not supporting the Republican Party line, sufficiently to make some GOP happy. However, after the travesties and criminalities her father was responsible for & committed, I’m reluctant to credit her for “breaking away from the party.” However Liz was doing Pelosi's bidding which makes her less credible  with the Republican party .(3)>>THE DEMOCRATS ARE DESPERATE !!!! .  The most insane part is Democrats switching to Republican to SAVE CHENEY . It shows how much a shake up is coming to the Democratic Party , when anything to get a nudge influence a political outcome. Despite the arithmetic suggesting it doesn’t make a difference, some Wyoming Republicans still aren’t a fan of crossover voting. A bill that would’ve banned the practice in the state failed in the legislature earlier this year. . Donors from California have contributed about $1.2 million to Cheney's reelection campaign, as the Los Angeles Times reported last week. Meanwhile, in Colorado, left-leaning groups have tried to prop up extreme right-wing candidates in hopes of creating a more favorable matchup in a general election, an effort that's been condemned by big-name Colorado Democrats.Cheney wasn’t the only lawmaker calling for voters to make a temporary switch for her. An organization called Wyomingites Defending Freedom And Democracy ran two ads from Democratic Reps. (3.1)>>Liz Cheney votes party line like, 93% of the time.  AT ONE TIME  Liz Cheney was a Trump supporter . In 2016 we read stories like this " Liz Cheney among the Republicans standing by Donald Trump." She was also a Obama Birther . So it must be said Likewise she must have been bought over to turn against Trump .What is possibly the greatest conspiracy in American history and you're siding with the conspirators. of the Iraq war ? I would never vote for Liz Cheney because of her connections of her daddy and the Bush family of oil hawks . That doesn't necessarily mean nothing she says should be taken seriously, i.e. at the Jan 6 hearings. Cheney and Schiff are on the committee. Both are known liars. Both have had their pockets in the Deep State running this country right now . What she hasn’t figured out is her disapproval is an endorsement.Let's be real here: She'd find it difficult to support any Republican that isn't her. Because anyone who doesn't think exactly like she does is likely viewed as competition. And she's inexplicably still under the delusional belief she has a future with the party. (4)>>She maybe the final nail to  end the Hearings , as being nothing but a farce..  Her ouster from Congress may have changed the outcome of the J an 6th Hearings . Cheney’s efforts to hold Trump accountable for Jan. 6 likely contributed to her downfall, as irate Wyoming Republicans voted her out in Tuesday’s primary election, preferring her challenger, the Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.Where does Cheney’s loss leave Congress’ investigation of Jan. 6, particularly the work of the select committee she has helped steer? So if you believe Trump needs to be held accountable for “fight like hell” then Maxine Waters should be next for we’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business” right? Just because she wanted a guilty verdict. To me that’s also jury tampering because they were going to riot unless a guilty verdict was given. (5)>>Liz Cheney's father Dick appeared out of the blue to denounce Donald Trump as  " greatest threat to Democracy " . Dick Cheney calling Trump  is really strange .  Dick Cheney calls Trump a 'coward' in new TV ad supporting daughter's campaign .Well he is a war criminal. It is just funny they defended him the last 20 years and only now turned on him just because he criticized Trump I don't think these people have any allegiance to anything or anyone but money and themselves. They're just leeches, but leeches with connections. How much longer can they realistically push the oil thing? It's already way past it's welcome.Democrats condemn Trump all the time, using much stronger language than Cheney did. It just doesn't get any media attention, because it's a "dog bites man" story. Taking how you might feel about Cheney and Trump out of this, watching the old guard Republicans battle Trump has been fascinating. The old guard knows they're responsible but thought they could tip toe the line of a semblance of a balanced party and outright lunacy. They rolled the dice and came up snake eyes. Only if you believe Cheney’s version and while the official report cleared him of criminal liability, they all admitted they had been drinking and no body called the authorities until a few hours later. This was a coverup of a drunken Cheney shooting a guy who was retrieving the bird he had just shot. Cheney was sweeping the field while the guy was retrieving his bird. (6)>>What's even more outrageous is Cheney was the former CEO of Halliburton. Halliburton [Cheney was former CEO, made $39.5b in Iraq-War contracts] have plan for future ‘Frack now, pay later’ .The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, helped to steer through a huge contract for the reconstruction of Iraq's oil industry on behalf of his old firm, Halliburton. From ExxonMobil and Chevron to BP and Shell, the West’s largest oil companies have set up shop in Iraq. So have a slew of American oil service companies, including Halliburton, the Texas-based firm Dick Cheney ran before becoming George W. Bush’s running mate in 2000.The war is the one and only reason for this long sought and newly acquired access.Oil was not the only goal of the Iraq War, but it was certainly the central one, as top U.S. military and political figures have attested to in the years following the invasion.The Republicans are complicit in Cheney's behavior because they either looked the other way or were involved. They were not standing up against the wasteful spending of the Bush Administration. They were relishing in the profligacy when it was Republicans doing the spending, now they are outraged by spending. Therefore, they have lost all credibility to say they are against "spending."It would be as if the Democrats looked the other way at Blagojovich and then a year later tried to argue that they are the party opposed to political corruption. They would have lost credibility on the issue. In fact, they were vocally in opposition to him from the get go. Since they stood up to Blago, they have the credibility to say they are opposed to political corruption.Yes, the Iraq War was a war for oil, and it was a war with losers: the Iraqi people and all those who spilled and lost blood so that Big Oil could come out ahead.Speaking from his Wyoming ranch, Cheney said that he had planned to remain quiet about the current state of affairs in Iraq, but “thinking about those oil wells has kept me up at night.”“If Dick Cheney won’t speak for the Iraqi oil wells, who will?” he said. (7)>>In Cheney’s fantasy world, she will lead the Trump resistance . They're starting to learn this isn't their Republican Party anymore. We're taking it back from the RINOs and blatant democrat sympathizers.  Seriously the GOP became MAGA in 2016, Cheney knows this enough to have kissed Trump's ass to win reelection..she and her daddy even co-host fundraiser for Trump and RNC, “Rep. Cheney is honored to be co-hosting this event and working hard to support President Trump’s re-election,” a spokeswoman for the congresswoman told CNN. “The President’s policies are benefiting Wyoming and the nation.”"(Thump thump thump) Another bites the dust. (Thump thump thump) Another one bites the dust. And another one down and another one down and another one bites the dust.""“Our work is far from over,” she said Tuesday evening"Wrong, loser. For you it IS all over. Tutto finito."And she is actively considering a 2024 White House bid — as a Republican or independent"Go right ahead; show how you're as relevant as ¡Jeb! Jong Un Bush."But Democrats across America, major donors among them, took notice. She raised at least $15 million for her election, a stunning figure for a Wyoming political contest."Good. That's $15 million less those f00ls have to throw at other races.

The Inflation Reduction Act -- it's another con job .

Biden's 
Inflation Reduction Plan
is another swindle .

Biden's revamped Build Back Better , kicked out Child Care . You probably are wondering why? It's more about Climate Change , than giving you some change back . It just may reduce inflation ... just may be . It's also about raising taxes on the so called rich by pumping up the IRS .I have always been puzzled how our Government seems to spend  VERY LITTLE on Average Americans who work hard , pay their Taxes . Yet the current Biden Administration thinks that the average American is stupid . RIGHT NOW , our nation is at a Recession  . There is no escaping it . So Biden a few months back TRIED to pass "  (1)>>Build Back Better " . Even the title of that was cringe worth. NOW that was a hardsell to Joe Manchin who would even budge on the spending , yet the Republicans hated the tax increases .It was opposition from Manchin (D-W.Va.) that effectively sunk Democrats’ plans late last year to pass President Joe Biden’s massive social spending package, which includes provisions on child care, education, climate change and infrastructure, through an evenly-divided Senate. Manchin has not ruled out supporting a retooled and scaled-back package but negotiations on such a bill have yet to take shape. The West Virginia senator said last month that such talks would be “starting from scratch, whenever they start.”With no margin for error in the Senate, any legislation would need the support of Manchin — and every other Democratic senator — in order to pass.  (2)>>RIGHT NOW Biden's monster is back with a new title: The Inflation Reduction Act .  The title of this new plan , again gives it all away -- it's another con job.  (2.1)>>How does SPENDING MORE bring down inflation??? House Democrats passed their $1.75 trillion social spending plan , advancing the second half of President Joe Biden’s agenda and clearing a major hurdle following weeks of fraught internal debates and delayed votes. I’m not a Democrat voter but even I know that’s bullshit. After twenty years watching American politics the game is to obstruct everything no matter it’s real value. Then cry about the lack of bipartisanship when something actually passes. HONESTLY this bill is Seriously,  terrible on every level.  Its an absolute copy of  (2.2) >>Obama's 2008's  Recovery Act, which invested heavily on  (3)>>GREEN PROJECTS like solar . We can see the problems in this bill already.: Its totally aimed at getting rid of oil , However, buried in the over 700-page bill are what the Center for Biological Diversity called “poison pills” that favor the fossil fuel industry — including a provision that locks the government into permitting new drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico and off of the coast of Alaska for the next 10 years.Because of these Big Oil-friendly proposals, the fossil fuel industry isn’t opposed to the bill, as it was with last year’s Build Back Better Act. In fact, quite the opposite — Politico reported on  that the bill has “easter eggs” that “delight” the oil and gas industry, saying that it contains plenty of items that would benefit oil corporations, some of which posted record profits on Friday.“This is a climate suicide pact,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, in a statement. “It’s self-defeating to handcuff renewable energy development to massive new oil and gas extraction. The new leasing required in this bill will fan the flames of the climate disasters torching our country, and it’s a slap in the face to the communities fighting to protect themselves from filthy fossil fuels.”. (3.1)>>Expanding the IRS powers is dangerous .This is massive. I get a few things, They are increasing the IRS annual budget from 11.2 Billion by adding 8 Billion per year. That is huge.It sounds like they will be expanding audits for complex taxes. But honestly, I am sure the IRS will target low hanging fruit as well. The House version of the legislation had originally contained a line saying "nothing in this subsection is intended to increase taxes on any taxpayer with a taxable income below $400,000"—which was hardly a solid guarantee in the first place, and offered no assurance that audits for this income band would not rise. Again , promises can be broken.  In the end the little guy will get screwed by the IRS .In my experience as a tax preparer, wealthy people don't cheat on their taxes.They can afford specialized accountants and tax experts who help them legally avoid all of the taxes that they can.The lower income people cheat like a motherfucker, though.  (4)>>ON HEALTHCARE its another moniker.  I liked the part where we can only negotiate the price of TEN pharmaceuticals a year. When inflation began to take off and the president, Congress and the Federal Reserve were criticized for overstimulating the economy in response to the pandemic. We heard it again late last month when the government reported a second quarterly decline in gross domestic product, triggering dire and exaggerated predictions of recession from Republicans. And now Democrats in Congress are embracing the same fallacy as they ram through a package of climate, tax and health-care initiatives fancifully marketed as the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” But savings from other provisions in the bill won’t kick in until the future. (5)>>The Rest of the bill is more about Climate Change , expanding IRS powers , rather than giving tax paying Americans anything that will elevate inflation .

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

(1)>>" Build Back Better "  The Democrats have all but given up on BBB and taken an L for the whole package. I am not happy about it either but again the GOP can still slow walk legislation that is going to pass and regularly do during democratic administrations. Omnibuses were supposed to be the solution to that until the filibuster started being used constantly. If it was not this rule it would be another rule they would use to slow walk it. I understand what you are saying but it is not going to be possible especially in a mid term.How long has BBB been being debated on? I mean they have been talking about it for what 5-6 months and it finally got introduced into the house in September. I just do not have the faith you have that Manchin will come along as he is spending shitloads of time with mega donors and republicans almost daily while racking in the most money he has ever made in his political career. I feel like he is going to stall this out as long as he can to get all the money he can and pass some feckless piece of garbage that republicans can use against democrats in the midterms. (2)>>RIGHT NOW Biden's monster is back with a new title: The Inflation Reduction Act . Contradicting claims from Senate Democrats, a report from the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) indicates that the measures in the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) would have a marginal to negative impact on inflation.Citing from the Build Back Better Act, a proxy for the IRA, the CBO wrote that the "estimate of the deficit reduction [for the Build Back Better Act] was lowered by $11.0 billion over the 2022-2031 period." Additionally, as CBO Director Phillip Swagel noted, if the bill passes, then "in calendar year 2023, inflation would probably be between 0.1 percentage point lower and 0.1 percentage point higher under the bill than it would be under current law, CBO estimates."The Tax Foundation stated: "The bill worsens inflation, especially in the first two years, as revenue raisers take time to ramp up and the deficit increases. We find that budget deficits would increase from 2023 to 2025, potentially worsening inflation ... On balance, the long-run impact on inflation is particularly uncertain but likely close to zero." (2.1)>>How does SPENDING MORE bring down inflation??? The facts: Inflation still stands near a 40-year high and came in at 8.5 percent in July. “Prices have risen across a wide range of goods and services, leaving most Americans worse off,” The Associated Press reported this week. “Average paychecks are rising faster than they have in decades — but not fast enough to keep up with accelerating costs for such items as food, rent, autos and medical services.” Assuming, adjust all this spending in the past to today’s dollars, adjusting for inflation? Most likely not, and if so, this is a faulty analysis with no value whatsoever but to justify a superficial talking point for more pork spending . AND not spending on American tax payer needs .(2.2) >>Obama's 2008's  Recovery Act. Bailed out WALL STREET .Mr. Obama’s first legislative priority, the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, shows what can go wrong when the government spends money on a mass scale to fix an economic crisis.  $700 billion in taxpayer money to rescue Wall Street from its own chicanery and greed. To listen to the bankers and their allies in Washington tell it, you’d think the bailout was the best thing to hit the American economy since the invention of the assembly line. Not only did it prevent another Great Depression, we’ve been told, but the money has all been paid back, and the government even made a profit.  But Obama’s first move as president was not to encourage hiring and growth but to embroil the nation in a bitter brawl over health care. The dogfight over ObamaCare consumed our politics for the first year of Obama’s presidency, with the Affordable Care Act ultimately becoming law in March 2010.  (3)>>GREEN PROJECTS like solar . Biden’s plan for inflation is hiring 80,000 new IRS agents and tax rebates for Chinese solar panels. Glad the adults are back in charge.This is a revenue-neutral bill for green energy subsidies and the ACA. Why pretend its going to do anything about inflation? Shows dishonesty to call it that. As for the bill, the ACA does nothing to help working people earning over $50k, you know... the middle class. For those not qualifying for the ACA, healthcare is going up and no one is doing anything about that like they said they would (remember that?). And the subsidies for brand new elec cars and household solar panels will go mostly to the well off. Although if it lowers carbon and corporations like Amazon pay for it then who cares. But when will we balance the budget? Never i guess. (3.1)>>Expanding the IRS powers is dangerous . The IRS, despite public perception, is limited in what they are currently capable of doing by congress. The pandemic didn't help anyone taxpayers or IRS Agents (not to mention that while parts of the IRS  shut down, the audit arm did not, they just didn't open new audits for 4 months which is a whole different rant) and it's actually made it harder for the IRS to complete the existing exams.The new administration and Congress have agreed to fund more new hires (50,000 new agents is what I heard) but that may not immediately translate into more high dollar audits as the IRS also saw a lot of older senior agents retire during the pandemic. It takes 2 years (in non pandemic time) to fully train an IRS auditor. That doesn't include all the extra training that happens every time Congress changes a rule.Trust me when I say that there are IRS employees who would LOVE the opportunity to go after the high income taxpayers who are taking advantage of the tax laws. AS ALWAYS they can go after anyone.(4)>>ON HEALTHCARE .  THIS is probably the con in the Inflation Reduction Act . Negotiation of Drug prices . Democratic goal of allowing Medicare to begin to negotiate the price of certain prescription drugs.With overall inflation raging at 9 percent, the White House is eager to portray any action as an element to bring price inflation down. But how likely is it that the prescription-drug provision in this bill will make a difference?  NOW when will this kick in ? NOT  for four years at the earliest, maybe YEARS AND YEARS .  NOW there doesn't seem to be any credible reason to wait till 2026 AD , only 10 drugs !!!! BIG FUCK'EN RIP for Seniors .  Remember big Pharma has Joe in their pockets !!!Lowering prices won't start tomorrow... so let's not bother.Biden did not claim the bill would lower inflation immediately.Medicare would negotiate under the proposed bill. And there is a lot of room for negotiation. According to a recent study, drug prices in the U.S. are more than double drug prices in Canada and more than 250% higher than 32 other countries. So if Medicare can negotiate reductions in the prices of brand name drugs, this would unambiguously lower overall inflation no matter what happens to the cost of generic drugs. (5)>>The Rest of the bill is more about Climate Change . ALL most 1000 pages , 700 of the Inflation Reduction Bill is devoted to Climate Change spending .  Questions are how in the world is this going to kick off , and when ???? No, but it's the start of inertia that we can use to continue to legislate to mitigate the inevitable effects of climate change that are already locked in and avoid even more disastrous escalations.You don't pass one bill once and did fix anything? The climate, and what we do to it, is an immensely complex web of actions, inputs, and outputs.The idea that this climate bill will transform Biden’s presidency is delusional. Tt takes constant maintenance and oversight and calibration.On top of that, infrastructure across the globe needs to be hardened to to reduce the impact of climate change on existing systems.  It won’t transform the economy, nor will it have much influence on the climate. And most importantly for Biden’s approval ratings, it will not raise workers’ living standards.  Electricity, roads, housing, etc.And sadly you can't expect this to all just "be fine". It won't be. Won't be done on "time".  It's ALL PORK spending that might take decades for US manufacturing to go green.

AUGUST OPINIONS .

There are a lot of crazy stories that need to have a comment of sorts . So far,  this list has right now has stories with unusual implications . 

1. Britney Griner 😂😂😂😂

First, (1)>>Brittney Griner story. DISCLAIMER: this is assuming she actually had a vape pen when entering Russia, and since that doesn’t seem to be something disputed in the media at all, I’m assuming it’s true. I don't understand how people are seriously seeing her as a victim here. If you bring drugs into a country notoriously hostile towards your own country of origin, your race, AND drugs, you deserve what is coming to you. The fact that she has spent multiple years playing there in the offseason despite these facts, and is now apparently asking to be rescued is a real “leopards ate my face” moment for me. I have literally 0 sympathy for her at this time and unless it’s proven that the whole “weed through customs” thing is a sham, (2)>>I’m not really seeing any reason why anyone should feel bad for her, let alone a reason why our government should try and get her back. Maybe I’m wrong, or misinformed, but it seems that from the info available, she’s now lying in the bed that she herself made.Furthermore, her decision to play in Russia at all should be heavily criticized by itself;   This issue with Griner is exposing the hypocrisy that exists in this government.  Griner , I don't understand what's supposed to be so different about Brittney Griner. (3)>>There are lots of people in the US locked up for marijuana violations. There are lots of people locked up around the world for violating the laws of a foreign country while there. Why is this person so special? I hope her well and hope she gets back okay and in good health, BUT I can’t agree that I do not think she did something extremely stupid. It’s Russia, who would ever try to sneak weed into that country during these times especially?Even here in America, it is illegal to bring marijuana over internationally. I just don’t get the narrative that she is wrongfully detained. I don’t want her locked up, but we can’t act like she didn’t do something pretty stupid.Edit: I have come to agree that bring the marijuana was grade A stupid, but the consequences are extreme. Just like the top comment on this post reads, I agree with both opinions.The 40,000 Americans in prison for marijuana possession watching the US try to (4)>>free Brittney Griner by sending back a Russian arms dealer. Tulsi Gabbard -- who eviscerated Kamala Harris over her fixation with imprisoning non-violent drug offenders -- is on Fox talking about the surreal absurdity of Harris and Biden condemning Russia for imprisoning Brittney Griner as the USG continues to do the same to Americans.  Thanks for the responses lol. .As for the it was planted and those arguments, maybe? I don’t know, that is all conspiracy and I don’t wanna go down that black hole lol.

2. ALEX JONES & FREE SPEECH .

The Next Story as obvious again for comment . Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at a Texas courthouse for his defamation trial for calling the  (5)>>Sandy Hook Elementary School attack a hoax. Now lets pause there . Something in the Jones case don't make sense , here is a man who did make off the wall statements , maybe hurtful . (7)>>BUT he was not the Sandy Hook shooter . Now what am gathering is that the parents are scapegoating Jones for the shooting which he had nothing to do with from the start As we saw with online deplatforming, Alex Jones served as the test case... Now we see Alex being taken to court for people wanting 150 MILLION in damages because he had a wrong opinion about a public event.. So its bottoms down to FREE SPEECH . Jones had been censored before . After Apple, YouTube, Facebook and other companies removed or banned some of Alex Jones’ and Infowars. For my self "banning" someone for having a opinion goes against the First Amendment , yea , look Jones although he crosses the line , his own conspiracy theories are his alone , that is his right . (8)>>When YOU look at this case against Jones , the point deflected away is the school shooter , that's were the parents should be going after . The Parents are distracted to look for someone else to blame .  Jones was not alone in expressing theories of Sandy Hook . I read thousands of vary similar theories , yet none of them are being sued . (9)>>The Alex Jones trial is ALL POLITICAL , it goes back to back with the January 6th Hearings .. Even the concept of free speech isn't being hurt right now. Nobody is preventing Jones from running his show. YouTube and face book do not have the power to shut down his studios. They are just saying that they don't want him using their platform for it. Which hits another key "Free" concept Freedom of association. (10)>>Should Facebook and YouTube be forced to associate with Jones even if they truely disagree with what he says? SO gain why is he being sued ? Alex Jones revoked those sandy Hook comments years ago.Freaking joke. I cant believe a judge and prosecutor so blatantly conspiring with one another the way they are. Not a big Alex Jones fan, but this sets a dangerous precedent for speech in America.The judge is astonishing. The rule of law is supposed to be impartial and the judge was seething with hate towards Alex the entire time. Honestly, the footage of this trial is astonishing. They're trying to make an example out of the good man. There's rapists and murderers out walking the streets with slaps on the wrist and because a guy with a radio show had some wild opinions about a mass killing he might have to pay 150 million dollars for being wrong?This should be a national outrage. I barely see any prominent right wingers raising a stink over this.

3. Taiwan and Ukraine , what's going on ? 

OK more elaboration on the Pelosi Visit . LET's START . It's about Ukraine again ! . OK there is a lot of connects between what is going on in Ukraine and Taiwan. THE SHOCKING TRUTH . Nancy Pelosi is drawing Taiwan into the U.S. Proxy war against Russia in Ukraine . Its not just one aspect of her visit. She also came to  (11)>>Taiwan asking [begging] for semiconductor parts that the U.S. Industry needs right now ,  Pelosi is strongly disliked by the Chinese media and officials. The visit will be seen as a failure on the part of (12)>>Qin Gang and other diplomats in the United States, which is one reason they are performing super-nationalism. Beijing’s reaction will hopefully be tightly controlled from the top leadership, especially since Pelosi has signaled the trip well in advance. If it’s not, there is a risk that midlevel officials or even military personnel could take performative actions for the sake of their own career.  (12.1)>>Taiwan also has this big ass barrier called the Taiwan Strait that makes invasion exponentially harder than what Russia had with Ukraine. Russia would have to deal with the same logistical issues with the Dnieper River if they could have ever gotten that far. Taiwan is a very large trade partner with the US (6th largest), but realistically anyone could have went. So, it’s implied, the real reason is to make a point to China. This warmongering and taking sides helps noone. A war with China is the last thing we need. It doesn't help us move towards a more peaceful world to continue this senseless military buildup in any country.The fates of Ukraine and Taiwan merit every diplomatic support but they cannot be allowed to lurch downhill towards global war or nuclear catastrophe.  Yet when Joe Biden asserted that the (13)>>US would defend Taiwan militarily, the president’s office instantly backtracked, reasserting a policy of “strategic ambiguity”. It remains the case that no one quite believes the US will go to war over Taiwan – so far.

4. The RAID at Mar- A-Lago . Questions ?

EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED .  This next story had me thinking , so let's go. The January 6th Committee under the control of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may have ordered the DOJ  , its's possible the Biden Administration knew about the  (13)>>ordered the FBI raid at Mar-A-Lago .  NOW It's about politics , at BEST  they are TRYING to PREVENT a second 2024 Trump run .  (13.1)>>The "deep state " is a leaky bucket. It seems they are doing dirt digging for the  (14)>>Jan 6th Hearings which is supposed to resume in the Fall.   Now this  warrant was signed by Jeffrey Epstein's attorney-Judge Bruce Reinhart. But if this raid isn't justified, it's horrifying. I would be very keen to see what exactly they were looking for. (And this information MUST be in the warrant, as per the constitution. They may not search just because they want to see what they can find.)I suspect the FBI will keep the warrant a secret. But does anyone know what they were looking for? Sources confirm the FBI search on Mar a Lago was related to the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought to MAL. The Democrat side is trying to get Trump in handcuffs , yes a former President in handcuffs . THEY are so afraid of Trump that they want him out of the way .It’s the next day and we still don’t have a reason or explanation for the raid. Even Andrew Cuomo is saying that’s a bad look for the FBI. AGAIN THE DEEP STATE at work. There is a less than zero chance that the DOJ (Garland) wasn't involved with this. Raiding an ex-president's residence? It would be unthinkable. The only person that wouldn't know about this would be Biden. And as much as I'd like to make a joke about him "not being all there" in this case it's more likely to keep him from looking like he's directly prosecuting his political opponents.

NOTES AND COMMENTS: (1)>>Britney Griner story. She's a poster child for "woke" America. She is literally a female black gay ACAB athlete.  I think 'she' is 'trans' , she don't sound like a woman , but she sounds like a man on hormones .The kind of people the left have wet dreams about and want to make President. Democrats just eat it up and the woke public is in love with her. That's why Biden is fighting so hard to go up to bat for her even though she has nothing to offer society other trashing our country on twitter and kneeling during the national Anthem. The Russian Federation invited Brittney Griner to play basketball in Yekaterinburg shortly after her domestic violence conviction and resulting suspension from the WNBA. She has transported hashish oil in cartridges used in her pen vaporizer into and throughout the federation for at least six years - a fact well known by Russian security services. Her arrest WAS politically motivated but she is not innocent. This comment is based on this POST which includes citations and sources.You may not know, but when Brittney's not playing basketball in the WNBA she works for a Russian oligarch named Iskander Makhmudov. The billionaire, with very close ties to Putin, pays Griner more than $1 million each year, provides her luxury penthouse, a car, and driver, chartered flights to games, and even hired her WNBA coach's husband to coach her Russian basketball team. Putin's associates approached Griner shortly after she was arrested for assaulting her then-fiancée and suspended by the WNBA for both the attack and failure to pay alimony and child support. As a result, Brittney's loyalty is bought and paid for by Makhmudov and by extension Putin (2)>>.I’m not really seeing any reason why anyone should feel bad for her, let alone a reason why our government should try and get her back. Maybe I’m wrong. I think everyone knows that this is Russia fucking with the US what many dislike is the preferential treatment she's getting from the press as if other US citizens didn't get fucked for similar issues.The other part is the political division. She's currently a hot button issue for the Biden admin and the obvious hypocrisy of MSM giving her attention but at the same time not giving much of a shit for Marc Hilliard Fogel who got slapped with 14 years for half an ounce but no one is negotiating for his release much less willing to trade an illegal arms dealer for him.So while I do believe the majority want her to be released a lot are annoyed (and rightfully so) by the general hypocrisy from the administration and MSM on this one.(3)>>There are lots of people in the US locked up for marijuana violations. It pees me off! There are people in jail for illegal drugs across this country. Bull crap. She’s not above any law.Ironically, it is the celebrity outcry and demand for intervention that puts her in jeopardy. Russia is leveraging that to their advantage. If she were an ordinary citizen, she'd probably get minimum fine and release.This case is very interesting and we will get more facts when she gets back, however as a New Subscriber glad someone has the courage to speak like this about it because there is another American in Russia, who is a teacher.(who may be pregnant)When the American embassy had her at the airport, to come back home, the Russian police picked her up and she has been in prison since. You asked why??? The Bill of Rights does not follow Americans to foreign countries, nor will the US government intervene with the host country on their behalf. Try and bring some weed into Japan, and if you're caught, you're looking at years behind bars. No matter if it's a small amount for personal use back home. In Japan, anything over about an ounce means you intended to sell it, and the punishment is accordingly lengthy.(4)>>free Brittney Griner by sending back a Russian arms dealer. Yeah it's ridiculous. Trading a hands down arms trafficking American serial killer enabling dirtbag we put who knows how many millions of dollars to capture for a weed smoking pro BB player and former marine attending a wedding is completely unacceptable. Just imagine what all the other fascist State players will be considering if this goes through. Next thing America sees are dozens of higher profile American arrests in multiple countries asking for their very worst native criminals to be exchanged. (5)>>Sandy Hook Elementary School attack a hoax.A defamation trial absolutely would open the door for arguing whether Sandy Hook was actually a hoax. Truth of the allegedly defamatory statement is an affirmative defense. However, Alex and his legal team notably did not raise this defense. Rather, they admitted that he was wrong and that Sandy Hook actually occurred and, instead, argued (among other things) that he engaged in statements of opinion rather than facts. The notion that there was no opportunity for Alex, on one of the biggest public stages, to affirmatively prove the existence of Sandy Hook is objectively wrong.Now, aside from Alex not raising a defense of truth (without which evidence of whether Sandy Hook was a hoax is irrelevant), he completely shirked his discovery responsibilities, resulting in the default judgment entered against him. So yes, this specific trial is not about whether Sandy Hook happened; it’s just about damages now. But that door was open to Alex from the outset and he failed to walk through. (7)>> BUT he was not the Sandy Hook shooter. Regardless of what you think about AJ, there is no doubt that what the govt said happened at Sandy Hook does not match actual video footage of what happened. From huge discrepancies of the timeline in police reports, to the censored reports, to the State passing an actual law to prevent FOIA requests on everything from 911 calls, to autopsy results. Like 9/11, something happened, but the media and govt worked together to shape a narrative that may or may not be what actually happened, but if they’re telling the truth, why the need for a coverup? For anyone interested in an independent journalistic look at the way this was handled, watch “We need to talk about Sandy Hook” on bitchute. I can't pretend to know what happened, but there certainly appears to be a cover up of some sort. It's like in the Uvalde Texas shooting, obviously mistakes were made, but what, are they going to sue everyone who discusses that?As we all know, it's entirely obvious what's going on. The mainstream media has more damaging lies than anyone and no one applies this standard to them.Journalists everywhere should be outraged about this ruling. (8)>> When YOU look at this case against Jones , the point deflected away is the school shooter . You have these Sandy Hook parents up there crying like Alex was the one who killed their child. The mom was up there and kept repeating "you keep saying it didn't happen, you WON'T STOP SAYING IT, WHY WON'T YOU STOP SAYING IT"? Anyone who listens to the Alex Jones Show knows that he's admitted he was wrong for years now and that he NEVER claims it didn't happen anymore. It's 100% theatrics and it's really gross and I feel terrible for Alex. He doesn't deserve this. I understand the parents are traumatized by the murder of their child, but to take it out on Alex and say that he owes them 150 million dollars in damages? Get real. We all know what the agenda is here and who's funding the lawyers.We should all pray for Alex because he's being made a scapegoat for entirely political reasons. The deep-state thinks if they can shut him down, that they can put an end to all opposing viewpoints. If Alex gets taken to the cleaners, this will be the end of free speech in America as we know it.(9)>> The Alex Jones trial is ALL POLITICAL. And let's be honest here do you really believe that the parents who sued Alex Jones even knew about Alex Jones or watched his show? I bet you anything they didn't as a matter of fact he claimed and it's on video when he shut the hand of one of the victim's fathers that he asked them to watch the show and that they have never seen it before. So if they've never seen it who were the ones that came to them with the information that he was supposedly saying that their kids death was a fake? First he didn't even specifically name names and second the only way they know about him is probably because some globalist lawyer approached them with this lawsuit promising them money and so they went along with it. Honestly they should be ashamed of themselves and I hate to talk shit about people who had their kids die I really do cuz I'm a parent myself but I'm not going to go and use my dead kid to go and make money off of somebody who may or may not have questions something. Even if he did question it outright that is his right to do so under the first amendment. (10)>>Should Facebook and YouTube be forced to associate with Jones even if they truely disagree with what he says?And so what he's not allowed to question shit? He wasn't the only one questioning things as a matter of fact there were freaking conspiracy theories floating around about that shit before he even brought it up where do they people think he got it from? And who gives a fuck if he question it I don't think those people should get any money I'm sorry their kids died but they don't deserve money for that. Does that mean all the 911 victims deserve money and their families for anybody who ever questioned it? Every other tragedy throughout the history of our country do they all deserve money? Because almost every tragedy has been questioned at one point. (11)>>Taiwan asking [begging] for semiconductor parts .Edit: They also control 90% of the most advanced semi-conductor market, and general semi-conductor market overall, if that has anything to do with it.US congressional speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has been so blatantly provocative it seems little more than a midterm election stunt. She declares it “essential that America and her allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats”. China’s gross overreaction is a classic example of precipitate escalation. (12)>>Qin Gang and other diplomats in the United States. Chinese Ambassador to the US Qin Gang said that. Russia's war against Ukraine "is not good for China". He also rejected that China knew about Russia's preparations for war: "If China had known of the inevitable crisis, we would have done everything possible to prevent it".唇亡齿寒 means that Taiwan and Ukraine share a common lot and a common danger and a common fate. The two are interconnected. It literally means 'if the lips flee, the teeth will be cold'. Well, kind of. 成语 (a type of idiomatic expression) are notoriously difficult to translate to English.  NOW A LIKELY [ Thanks NANCY ] invasion of Taiwan would mean the end of the US system of alliances in the Western Pacific, which is unthinkable to the US political establishment. Domestically speaking, the US's "strategic ambiguity" policy toward Taiwan has become much less ambiguous in the past few years.it's funny because a lot of ppl don't know / forget that Taiwan is really the OG China. KMT was the party that threw out the emperors and founded Republic of China in early 1900s. KMT was the guys who fought off the Japanese for Chinese during WWII. They had everything going well for them on paper in terms of defeating the CCP (including financial backings from the US) during the chinese civil war.  (12.1)>>Taiwan also has this big ass barrier called the Taiwan Strait. China Taiwan is not irredentism. Taiwan used to claim all of China and wanted to retake it for decades until in the 90s they realized that shit is never happening.Taiwan having real aspirations to retake mainland still and considering it the rightful ruler of all China in the 80s is a historical fact whether your feelings are hurt by it or not. (13)>>US would defend Taiwan militarily. Defending Taiwan would be suicide for America . The U.S. does not have enough strength to send over aircraft carriers , bombers etc. Right now , the American might has been stretched thin by the previous wars against terror . War is not what the Average American citizens want . My personal take is that war is unlikely, simply because the Chinese and American economies are far too intertwined. A sudden disruption of global trade/supply chains because of war would wreck markets and business across the globe, at least in the short term. China is more dependent on global trade than the US is, and, in an event where global commerce is disrupted, the Chinese I think would be the first to blink. America’s policy of strategic ambiguity was born during the Cold War, when it was a simple fact that the United States enjoyed overwhelming military dominance against China in the waters and airways of the western Pacific. Even though Taiwan was 100 miles from China and thousands of miles from the United States, U.S. dominance in advanced air and naval weaponry meant that we almost surely could have come to Taiwan’s defense and prevailed.(13)>>ordered the FBI raid at Mar-A-Lago . Curiously Trump has a problem with "moles" and "informants" who may have tipped off the FBI . Mainstream  news source According to Newsweek, two “senior government officials” have said the Monday search of Mr Trump’s rooms at Mar-a-Lago — the mansion turned private club where he spends most of his year — came after a confidential FBI source provided agents with information on “what classified documents [Mr Trump] was still hiding and ... the location of those documents”. Its probably not anyone we know. Its probably some low level aide who no one notices is in the room, that gets treated like shit, cleans up after him and got fed up (or grew a conscience). Its not lije he ecer does anything for himself. An aide would have packed / moved & carried the boxes. They mentioned an aide added a lock on the door. Michael Cohen did mention something interesting. He said if they did need trump's safe open & asked someone to do it, only one guy had access to open it (assuming they didn't break in). He might have been the same one  installed the lock where the files were. The name was an old one-hit-wonder from awhile back. Theory time: Trump bragged to someone either in his political circle or to a friendly visitor about the documents he had and waved them around in front of the person before putting them back in his desk, making it possible for the informant to tell the FBI exactly what docs he had and where they are.And knowing him and what he cares about, he probably probably said something like "Can you imagine how much Putin/MBS/KJU would pay for that knowledge?!". He may have even just been saying it in passing as a hypothetical/joke (or maybe not). But I bet the informant ran straight to the FBI and told them everything.I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn down the line that it was Graham, Cruz, or McCarthy. Someone who deep down was never a true believer in Trump but just aligned with him because of the power of Trump's base.(13.1)>>The "deep state " is a leaky bucket. How stupid do they think Americans are? And the Biden administration has the audacity to tell us that they didn’t know that the former president’s home was being raided by a swarm of 30-plus agents. The Jan 6th Hearings are so concerned that they had to raid the closed-for-the-season Mar-A-Lago, haul out a bunch of boxes full of Trump’s presidential records, and break into one of his (empty) safes.Trump is the most investigated living person on the planet. If he did in fact break the law and remove critical documents ???hat being said, it's all on the background of Hillary with a server and staff bleach bit-ing phones, Hunter laptop denial, Hillary being directly tied to the Russian collusion hoax, the FBI field office director in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case essentially being found for entrapment and then promoted to the DC field office, I could go on and on. These are the same Democrats who’ve been saying publicly that Trump would be the easiest Republican candidate to defeat in 2024, maybe even the only one, after the catastrophe after another . They’ve been trying to take Trump off the board at least as far back as 2016, with the Russian collusion hoax.(14)>>Jan 6th Hearings which is supposed to resume in the Fall.  With plans to issue their findings in the form of reports and more hearings, the committee is racing to FIND  new evidence along the way.All with a kangaroo court setup produced by a big time TV producer. It seems like we've been hearing "the next show is going to drop" from liberal rumors. Those promises proliferate through the media and the implication is "it's even worse than what you thought!". All front page, wall to wall coverage of these liberal pipe dreams. But then something happens and the whole thing falls apart whilst also exposing abuse of people in power of his political opposition abusing the system to get him.So even if he is absolved of any accusations the damage is done; more frustrating is there are still liberals that parrot completely disproven accusations like Russian Collusion. The extent that Trump has been a target of the left and the precedent they have broken in the name of "get him" is reckless and each and every time it will get easier to do.

Each are related to each other .

Sometimes the truth is far too simple and unimpressive for conspiracy theorists to believe. They want to think someone's driving this runaway bus but in reality everyone's just riding shotgun with no one steering.