The Morning Report 4/20/23

Good morning, kids. Well, it’s official; RFK Jr. has thrown his hat into the ring for the Democrat Party nomination. Let’s get this out of the way now before I go any further. I am in no way, shape or form endorsing him. Aside from his party affiliation which by itself is an instantaneous disqualifier, he has a lot of baggage, including a past bro-mance with, of all people, the Castros of Cuba which I touched upon in a previous column. That said, I was rightly chastised for omitting the fact that he is a radical environmentalist hell bent on eliminating fossil fuels. Here’s his complete rap sheet at the invaluable Discover the Networks, which if you have not bookmarked as the bluebook to know your enemy, you should.

Now with that out of the way – and please do not construe that to mean I want you to forget or ignore it, because I do not – let me say that ironically enough, it is his candidacy that excites me even more than Trump or DeSantis. Again, not because I am endorsing him but because of the ire and the fire he will draw from the junta, their propaganda house organs and potentially the Deep State. That would be the same Deep State whose predecessors I have now come to believe had a hand in the assassination of his uncle and quite possibly his father. To paraphrase Robert Frost, “The rot is ugly, dark and deep . . . ” But I digess.

Whether his historic blind animosity towards Big Pharma accidentally made hime a righteous crusader against it in its drive to inject everyone with the Chinese COVID concoction, or he, like we, smelled a rotten pangolin from the get go is irrelevant. He, along with Naomi Wolf, have been virtually the only voices from the Left, and sadly the Right, sounding the alarm over the past three years. Along with that, he has also correctly, or Wilton Parmenter-like done the same with the bank bailouts:

“I think that the general theme of my speech was this corrupt merger of state and corporate power which has gotten – which is turning our country into corporate kleptocracy, into a system of socialism for the rich and a cushy socialism for the rich and this kind of brutal, merciless capitalism for the poor,” Kennedy told Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of the Daily Caller and Daily Caller News Foundation. “It keeps us in a state of war and bails out banks at the same time.” 

. . . “Last month, United States government told 30 million people it was cutting their welfare checks, their food stamp checks by 90%,” Kennedy said. “It took 15 million people off of Medicare. The same month, it gave $300 million to the Silicon Valley Bank and tapped up the cost of the Ukraine war to $113 billion.”

. . . “We’ve printed ten centuries of money in the last 14 years, and that caused the inflation which raises food [prices], which is a tax on the poor. You know, we’ve raised food prices for basic foods like chicken, dairy and milk by 76% in the last two years and now we’re cutting people’s food stamps and bailing out banks the same month?” Kennedy asked. “It’s odd. It doesn’t make any sense.”

. . . “My mission over the next 18 months of this campaign and throughout my presidency will be to end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism in our country,” Kennedy said during his announcement.

Yes, there are a few things in there that make me cringe like his defense of welfare, food stamps and Medicare, but he gets it right on the SVB bailout, the debauchery of the currency as well as Ukraine. Look, if we are to be honest with each other, much of that crosses party lines and sadly, previous administrations. Plus, whether he realizes it or not, as the emphasis on that last sentence shows, he just defined fascism, or crony socialism. In fact, his verbiage is almost Trumpian. 

The other thing that is almost if not more important than what he said is where he said it. Tucker Carlson is about as big an object of hatred on the Left as Donald Trump and yet RFK Jr. eagerly sat down with him. You could for sure call it a political calculus to try and get a second look from an audience that would in years past never vote for him in a billion years. Perhaps after hearing him they’d never vote for him in a thousand years. More crucially, it shows someone who is for sure liberal if not leftist willing to not only sit down with someone on the other side but someone who does not regard the other side as a cancer to be eradicated.

Psaki-psircling back to Naomi Wolf, here is a woman who was as close to radical feminist and leftist as you can get and the past three years has seen here give a public mea culpa about her erstwhile allies. Will she change say on abortion? Will RFK Jr change on fossil fuels? Probably not. But that they are willing to debate the other side and confront their beliefs is what has been missing now going back decades, perhaps as far back as the nomination of Clarence Thomas. Ironically enough, it was Uncle Ted along with Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants who led the attempted high-tech lynching back then, and the rope has been brought out from the Left’s reliquary in the hopes of getting it around his neck one more time.

All of this being equal, I think we have gone well past the point of elections having any consequences at all, even if we are able to beat the cheat and seat Republicans. For starters, look at what Mitch McChi-Com has done: push to continue the funding of the DOJ, a de facto Democrat Gestapo that is persecuting everyone from parents all the way up to a former President

Or Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins who just helped the junta by torpedoing the attempt to halt the VA from funding abortions

All things being equal, look at their words and deeds TODAY, as we stare into the abyss of a new dark age and those of RFK Jr. 

QED.

The question is not whether RFK Jr. or reasonable folks like him will change their spots on issues with which we disagree. Likely not. The question is, are they willing to sit down with you to discuss them and given the scales that have already fallen from their eyes to one extent or another can they perhaps be persuaded to change? I’d cite Milton Friedman’s quote of making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, but as I stated, we’re beyond politics, at least in the traditional, business-as-usual sense of elections. 

What we need is a great awakening before it is too late, if it isn’t too late. And if it is, we still need that awakening to fend off the existential threat and even begin to dare hope of an American revival. To that, I cheer on RFK Jr. At least for now. Hopefully he doesn’t devolve into a Bernie Bro which is a possibility that can’t be ignored. But going on TuCa’s show is a good sign.

If he does gain any traction, he’ll have a target on his back from the DOJ, if he doesn’t have one on it already.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG “RIOT” & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION 

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

  • “A judge rejected a major element of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s lawsuit against House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan Wednesday, setting the stage for former Special former Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz to be deposed over Bragg’s investigation into former President Donald Trump.” Jim Jordan Scores Big Blow Against Alvin Bragg’s Lawsuit

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

THE ECONOMY, STUPID

AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

ABORTION

POLITICS 

  • Robert Spencer: “But he will not get one from the media. The Leftist establishment will never line up behind someone who points out just how ghastly and wrongheaded the COVID hysteria was. They’ll be doing everything they can to make Robert Kennedy sound like some nut, a deep disappointment to his embarrassed and wounded family. But politics is full of surprises. Maybe RFK will be able to start a few much-needed national conversations. Vaccines and fascism would be two good topics to begin with.” (too bad he is greener than the bastard child of Greta Thunberg and Kermit – jjs) RFK Officially Announces Presidential Run, Vows to End ‘Corrupt Merger of State and Corporate Power’
  • Is the country separating itself into two distinct camps? County-level census data provides revealing insights.” The Great Divorce? 2.6 Million Fled Counties That Voted For Biden
  • Suffolk County Political Research Center Director David Peleologos told USA Today that “[RFK Jr.], although a long shot at this point, starts in double digits and can’t be ignored.” Another five percent of Biden voters back Marianne Williamson, who in March became the first Democrat to enter the fray. She told Breitbart News over the weekend that Biden, who has not yet formally announced a reelection bid, “hasn’t done enough” for working-class Americans. Poll: 32% of Biden Voters Back Another Democrat or Undecided in Primary
  • Victor Davis Hanson: “The new majority of radical Democrats allows the old fogies to bask in the limelight until they drop because these codgers mask their revolutionary intentions.”The Useful Veneer of the Aging Democrat
  • Greene was asked to retract her words about Swalwell and denied the request. GOP Tennessee Rep. Mark Green, the committee chair, then refused to strike her taunt from the record, and committee Republicans thwarted Democrats’ subsequent request to appeal the ruling. Prior to Greene’s remarks, Swalwell was questioning Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about a rise in antisemitic [sic]. Marjorie Taylor Greene Roasts Eric “Fang-Fang-Bang-Bang” Swalwell to His Face for Alleged ‘Sexual Relationship’ with Suspected Chinese Spy
  • “Fetterman chaired a hearing held Tuesday by the Subcommittee on Food, Nutrition, Speciality Crops, Organics and Research within the Senate Agriculture Committee. He struggled with reading through his prepared opening statement to kick off the hearing.”Lumpy Fetterman Bumbles His Way Through Opening Statement At First Hearing Since Senate Return
  • Robert Spencer: “What appears to be going on here is that Hillary is signaling that she can be a viable replacement for Biden if he finally gives up the pretense and retires to his taxpayer-funded, walled Delaware beach house. Will we see “I’m With Her One More Time” in 2024? Stranger things have happened. Move over, Kamala Harris! The original Cackler may be on her way to a startling comeback.” Is Hillary Running? She Just Dropped a Big Hint About 2024
  • “Everything else in politics is stupid, so naturally so is the GOP pre-primary squabbling.”That Irritating Trump–DeSantis Thing
  • “With the addition of Hunter as the fourth stooge.” Joe Biden’s Three Stooges

THE UKRAINIAN “FRONT”

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM 

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

  • Commercial pilots were encouraged by their employers to retire as worldwide lockdowns and public health mandates caused demand for air travel to plummet in the spring of 2020, worsening a previous trend toward a lack of available pilots. Elevated prices for airline tickets and a rapid return in travel demand are now prompting lawmakers to consider the problem. A ‘Tsunami’ Of Commercial Pilot Retirements Is Coming, Experts Warn Congress

HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY 

  • “The next few pictures give us a glimpse at the options people have for viewing future Boca Chica launches. An Ordinary Person’s View of the Starship/Superheavy Countdown
  • “I predict Congress will fund everything, by simply printing more money as it nonchalantly continues to grow the national debt to levels unsustainable. Meanwhile, replacing the present very complex return concept — involving a lander, helicopters, an ascent rocket, and a return capsule (from Europe) — with a much cheaper and simpler option that is now on the horizon, Starship, does not seem to have occurred to any of the these government wonks.” NASA’s Mars Sample Return Project Now Over Budget

FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

HITHER & YON 

  • One does not have to be an ascetic millenarian seer recording his visions in order to intuit that we inhabit a decisive historic moment full of portents. As Hamlet said, “O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.” The Age of Insomnia
  • “We have a new battle for liberty in our own times, not perhaps with guns, but a war nonetheless.” The Shot Heard Round the World: The American Revolution Began This Day in 1775

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