In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency.
“This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can’t be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won’t be done. The Founders’ Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.”
“But I tell you this: We will not go gently into that bloody collectivist good night. Indeed, we will make with our defiance such a sound as ALL history from that day forward will be forced to note, even if they despise us in the writing of it.”
This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.
Whenever the possibility presents, throw sand into the machinery…
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Massive Human Trafficking Bust Reveals High School Teacher, Disney Employees Among Suspects
https://beckernews.com/massive-human-trafficking-bust-reveals-high-school-teacher-disney-employees-among-suspects-51798/
‘There’s Something Very Troublesome About Western Govt Post COVID, Rule-Based Order’ – Sundance / April/2022
Today’s the first time I have ever checked out the Foreign Policy Corner section of RealClearWorld.com. The featured article:
After the Liberal International Order – Joseph S. Nye, Jr. / July 6, 2020 (recommend reading Nye’s background)
“If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while cooperating with a broader set of states to manage the rules-based international institutions needed to face transnational threats.”….
“The current pandemic is a case in point. A realistic goal for Biden Administration should be to establish rules-based international institutions with different membership for different issues.“
All Foreign Policy Corner pieces are from Summer 2020. ALL seem dedicated to international rules-based institutions. See below:
The Trouble With ‘Sayonara’ Foreign Policy – John McLauglin / July 2, 2020
“While attending the annual international security conference in Munich earlier this year, I heard Trump administration officials tell a skeptical audience that the United States was still leading the world. A European official turned to me and said: “They should substitute ‘v’ for ‘d,’ because it feels more often like this administration is leaving the world.”
I attempted to link to rest of article but got a “404 – page not found”
**Munich Security Conference – a annual conference founded 1963 with Henry Kissinger and Helmut Schmidt (member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany – served as the chancellor of West Germany from 74-82) at first attendance.
The Retrenchment Syndrome – H.R. McMaster Foreign Affairs / June 26, 2020
‘In the decades after the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, the simplistic but widely held belief that the war had been unjustified and unwinnable gave way to “the Vietnam syndrome” – a conviction that the United States should avoid all military interventions abroad. The mantra of “no more Vietnams” dominated foreign policy, muting more concrete discussions of what should be learned from that experience…‘
The Case for Kissinger – Jacob Heilbrunn / June 30, 2020
The National Interest – nationalinterest.org
As America continues to lurch wildly in foreign affairs, it seems safe to say that the case for Henry Kissinger is becoming stronger than ever.
… ‘The British Foreign Office referred to him at the time as “the Wizard of the Western World”… no small accomplishments for an expert on the Congress of Vienna who spent much of his early career at Harvard, where his cohort included the likes of Samuel Huntington, Stanley Hoffmann, and Zbigniew Brzeziński.’
… ‘ As the Trump administration seeks confrontation with China and jettisons the arms-control treaties that helped to constrain and regulate the dangers of a nuclear clash with Russia, Kissinger’s emphasis on the importance of maintaining order in international politics seems increasingly urgent. America is in danger of squandering its patrimony. To heed Kissinger’s counsel is not idolatry but prudent self-interest.‘
Europe Distances Itself From the U.S. – Luke McGee (CNN) / July 6, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/04/europe/trump-europe-relationship-intl/index.html
… ‘The Brussels official explains that Trump’s “break from multilateralism” on big international matters like Iran, coupled with the US taking “less responsibility in European security” has accelerated European thinking to take a step away from America and “do our own thing on the world stage.”
This characterization of a hostile US administration that goes out of its way to avoid working with Europeans is one that the EU diplomat recognizes. “The problem is, officials in DC who want to work with Europe, while in contact, don’t have the mandate from the government to engage in any serious way. They have hung on as long as they can but if we get a second Trump term, then we are in real trouble.”
Wow.
Just wow….. 😳😳😳
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/speechless.
From Lindsey Graham .gov site
Feb 16,2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) lead…congressional delegation to this weekend’s Munich Security Conference (MSC)… MSC is widely considered the world’s leading forum for international security policy…. conference brings together nearly five hundred high-level decision makers and leaders from around the world – including heads of state, ministers, leaders of international organizations and non-governmental organizations, as well as leaders from business, media, research and civil society.
The trip is still called “CODEL McCain” in honor of former Senator John McCain of Arizona, who often served as the leader of the American congressional delegation at this prestigious international conference.
This year’s mission (https://securityconference.org/en/msc-2023/):
The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) took place from February 17 to 19, 2023, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. For three days, the MSC 2023 once again offered an unparalleled platform for high-level debates on the key foreign and security policy challenges of our time. Almost one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the MSC 2023 also provided an opportunity to take stock of alliance cohesion and political commitment to the rules-based international order.
😲…… I wonder how many dozens or even hundreds of these elite organizations currently exist where our august intellectual superiors congregate to develop worldwide policies with no input from us peons, peasants and serfs 😲 ????
Truly cringe worthy!
Wow is right. Our Country is in trouble, and I don’t think we’re sovereign anymore.
I’m extremely concerned about our sovereignty as well. What have these traitors done to our nation!?!!
What Our Oceans Say about Global Warming
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/what_our_oceans_say_about_global_warming.html?fbclid=IwAR1bUxphrAb8BR5mibGoCbjp30RaUYWKMmvxdYIjzi-o8_HIAUPhN7EKIUw
Ron DeSantis fired Brenda Snipes the Broward County Elections Supervisor after Rick Scott suspended her for fraud and incompetence. Both Desantis (2018) and President Trump (2016) were almost done-in by Snipes’ ballot factory fraud. DeSantis also fired the Democrat who was Palm Beach Elections Supervisor at the same time. Both were notorious for election fraud but Snipes was far bolder and egregious.
So, DeSantis is very familiar with election fraud and ballot factories!
The UK announces it may put boots on the ground in the Ukraine, and Serbian tanks are amassing on the Kosovo border.
In the meantime, one day before the scheduled US emergency alert test, all 11 time zones of the Russian Federation are doing a simultaneous simulated nuclear attack exercise, practicing martial law, civilian moves to bunkers, and loss of 70 percent of their housing stock.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/29/russia-putin-to-stage-first-nationwide-nuclear-attack-exercise-19576216/
It was so much nicer when we got along with Putin, wasn’t it?
Open Warfare at the Hungarian Border
https://gatesofvienna.net/
If you haven’t gotten out of the cities by now, you lack all sense of self preservation.
When the credit really freezes up, and the cost of food skyrockets further, then between the illegal aliens, the hunger, and the disappearance of the rule of law, it is going to get even worse.
Mexico is finishing the wall, and paying for it, just like President Trump said it would.
Why?
Because when things truly break — they don’t want all those men who came here returning there.
They aren’t planning on allowing those folks to self-deport.
Apocalyptic.
Lara Trump’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ Cover Released Today With Massive Success – CENSORED by Apple, Spotify, and NYC Billboard! – LISTEN HERE
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/huge-lara-trumps-i-wont-back-down-cover/
*****
I Won’t Back Down
(Performed by Lara Trump)
Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP primary for US Senate in Michigan, sources tell AP
Excerpt:
Craig is positioning himself to win the support of former President Donald Trump, who has often swung Republican primaries with his endorsement. He has supported Trump for president in 2024 and wrote in a column this month for the conservative Daily Caller that with Trump in the White House, “it was a proud time to be an American.”
https://apnews.com/article/james-craig-michigan-senate-run-trump-f90308a4fb4c8cca6aa74b3208654a7b
KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
🧵THREAD: Joe Biden was the architect of the 1994 Crime Bill that sent millions of Americans to prison for doing what his son is doing right here.
Why aren’t the Bidens being prosecuted for the 459 fully documented crimes found on Hunter’s laptop?
Cont reading…👇
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1636833138415644678.html
Border…
Heading into recession…
The August 2022 USAF DEI Memo, And The Forthcoming New Woke CJCS General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., That Was Selected For Being Woke & Black Racist!!!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/12/air-force-general-who-will-replace-mark-milley-downplays-memo-he-signed-calling-for-race-based-applicant-pools/
https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/2022SAF/Officer_Source_of_Commission_Applicant_Pool_Goals_memo.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON DC 20330-1000
09 Aug 2022
MEMORANDUM FOR HQ AETC/CC
HQ USAFA/CC
SUBJECT: Officer Source of Commission Applicant Pool Goals
Diversity and inclusion are an essential part of our society and key to the success of any organization. As such, it is imperative that the composition of our Military Services better reflect our Nation´s highly talented, diverse, and eligible population. This memorandum updates Department of the Air Force officer applicant pool goals, broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender. Critically, it also continues our progress toward achieving a force more representative of our Nation, while leveraging that diversity to enhance the Air and Space Force´s ability to deter, and if necessary, deny our Nation´s competitors.
Diversity & Inclusion
Goals(*)
Male (64%)
Female (36%)
White
(67.5%)
Male (43%)
Female (24.5%)
Black/African American
(13%)
Male (8.5%)
Female (4.5%)
Asian
(10%)
Male (6.5%)
Female (3.5%)
American Indian/Native Alaskan
(1.5%)
Male (1%)
Female (.5%)
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
(1%)
Male (.5%)
Female (.5%)
Hispanic/Latino
(15%)
Male (9.5%)
Female (5.5%)
(*) Total diversity & inclusion goals equal 93%; excluding multi-racial category of 7% (4.5% Male/2.5% Female)
[WTF: Total Ethnicity: 108%???]
These goals are aspirational, aligning resources to invest in our long-term objectives and will not be used in any manner that undermines our merit-based processes. You are directed to develop a diversity and inclusion outreach plan aimed at achieving these goals no later than 30 September 2022. In addition, you will report annually on your progress outlining these initiatives your organizations are undertaking to enhance officer applicant pool diversity and inclusion.
We appreciate your continued efforts to attract and train the best and brightest talent our Nation has to offer.
One Team, One Fight!
Frank Kendall
Secretary of the Air Force
Gina Ortiz Jones
Under Secretary of the Air Force
John W. Raymond
General, USSF
Chief of Space Operations
Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
General, USAF
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
FThe DEI Agenda
FJB/LGB
FGeneral Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
FGeneral Mark Milley
FDoD
(General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. will become CJCS, due effective, October 1, 2023.)
“List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama,” compiled by (ret.) Major General Paul E. Vallely, March 17, 2014!!!
https://rense.com/general96/listof.html
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/197-military-officers-purged-by-obama/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_E._Vallely