Let us not forget that the election numbers from 2024 look very similar to the election numbers in 2016…..and oddly, nothing like the election numbers in 2020….

There were very few “Irregularities” in the ’16 and ’24 election…and many “Irregularities” in the 2020 election.

Not sayin’ that there was cheating going on, but it does appear that that something caused that real change in 2020…and ONLY in 2020….Which is odd, you know?

In some ways, I think that the election of Biden will turn out to be a Good Thing….Trump was a bit of a naïf in the first term…He trusted the RNC folks to get behind him and help….they didn’t, they did their best to hinder him…..They wanted him as President almost (but not quite) as much as the Democrats….He listened to them for advice and depended on them for nominees…and trusted the GOP to be an ally……they sandbagged him instead because he upset the status quo and was going to enact changes that the GOP power brokers really didn’t want…

This time, he has had time to get his people together, he understands Washington and the politics much better, and he is less likely to be sidelined and made to deal with ineffective and useless subordinates with an agenda different from his. I doubt he trusts the RNC at all.

I fully expect that he will be much more effective, much more direct, and will likely get a LOT more done.

One can expect much crying, wailing, gnashing of teeth and such in the next few weeks. Liberal Tears are gonna flow like the Niagara River. GOP tears as well.

Most people have looked forward to for a long time…

Just sayin’

ETA: apparently they are back now?

Who besides Facebook, Google, maybe Apple, and, of course, the Federal Government is spying on us?

Seriously. Other than the fact that it was the Chinese Government rather than OUR government, or a faceless corporation (that sells the data to anyone, including the Chinese) spying, what’s the difference?

I was out at my local diner….

So the dude (Never seen him before) at one booth was (loudly) mouthing off and repeating the stuff he had (obviously) heard at CNN and MSNBC and maybe Colbert….

Almost psychotic foaming over at the thought of Donald Trump being President. It was amusing for a while but then it just became irritating.

Until the older lady at the table across the aisle leaned over and said (very loudly) in a voice that could have been heard at a rock concert:

“I hope your Trump Derangement Syndrome is terminal, you Jerk. Now shut up”

She got a round of applause.

The asshole shut his pie hole.

I may or may not have choked on my coffee.

Every friggin’ Senator, Democrats especially.

And they stayed silent.

For months, if not years.

A Soft Coup.

Effectively allowing Treason, as others took over the decision making process.

(I guess they figured Jill was a better choice that Kamala?

Anyone who knew, and stayed silent should be charged with Accessory to Treason. Democrat, Republican, Independent, all the White House staff, reporters, all of ’em.

ETA: And I include Speaker Mike Johnson, who has admitted he knew from the third week of JANUARY 2024….and did nothing to stop it. He too (and especially folks like him) should be tried for aiding and abetting Treason…tarred, feathered, and hun by the ankles from the highest tower we can find for everyone to see.

Seems that the Illegal Immigrant community is afraid of Mass Deportations planned to start in Chicago.

The fear is that the economy in some areas will fail because the illegals will hide in their homes….(Which it will until they get hungry or need work)

Reports are that some are packing up and heading south. I cannot find it in my heart to feel sorry for them.

I get that they want a better life and all that, but they, with few exceptions, did things the right way, most have not integrated into our society, but rather lived in enclaves and few have learned the language…. (which makes them “colonists”, not “immigrants”).

This has been an issue for most of my adult life, and they have been getting away with it, more or less for 5+ decades. I am glad it is changing, and that they fear for their ability to live here without becoming a part of our society.

Perhaps it is mean of me to feel this way, but I think if they had tried to become citizens then the threat of deportation would not apply. But most of them just didn’t bother.

As I said, Colonists.

I hope the authorities don’t just target Mexican/South Americans, but the illegal Indian and Muslim and Far Eastern populations as well.

If it weren’t for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all:

“Judge yourself and your actions at least as harshly as you judge others and their actions”

Franklin Smolt

What is the difference between TikTok “tracking” me on my phone and Facebook doing the same?

Why is Tik-Tok banned but not Facebook over tracking of the users?

How about Google?

Enquiring minds and all that.

People spend money when they believe the future will be better.

They don’t spend money when they think it is gonna be worse.

They build things, expand their businesses and hire more people when they believe the future is gonna be better. Individuals spend money when they think they are gonna have a better chance of being employed in the coming years. The effect kinda snowballs.. More buying makes for more hiring which makes for more people working which makes for even more spending ….and so on and so on.

The Trump Economy is starting to boom, as people ramp up expansion plans because  they think tomorrow is gonna be better than the past 4 years.

Once the boom starts, it just keeps growing until someone or something changes that confidence.

I think we have about 3 years….Then we shall see