War

Stupid, Coward, Pervert Donny…

by MyBaconPress

…just is so atrocious. (Sung to the tune of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious…”)

The Board of Peace, huh? What a… nother idea from the “mind” of the Grifter-in-Chief. For the low, low price of only one billion dollars, you, too, can be on the Board of Peace. Ooh, ah. You can tell your friends. You can say things like, “I’m a permanent member of the Board of Peace!” and your friends can take turns yawning.

FOR your billion dollars, you get to tell everyone you’re a permanent member of the Board of Peace! Why am I repeating myself? Because that appears to be the single “benefit” of paying a billion dollars to be on Donny’s Board of Peace. Fundamental structure of the board makes Donny Chairman for life and he has complete veto power over every decision the board makes.

So far, all the worst people on the planet have stepped up – but it looks like they’re on the free plan. It turns out, apparently, you can be a temporary member for free, if you’re invited. Of course, you’d have to sacrifice the glory of telling everyone you’re a permanent member of the board if you don’t pay, but you save a billion dollars. It’s a cost/benefit thing…

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Cadet Bone Spurs said US allies in Afghanistan “stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.” That’s likely to rankle our allies, most especially because the charge comes from a guy infamous for staying a LOT back, a LOT off of any front lines. He’s a coward from a long line of cowards. His family name IS his family name because his grandfather so disgraced the original family name.

Our allies lost over 1,000 soldiers in George’s stupid wars. That doesn’t sound like anyone staying back. Except Donny, of course. You won’t see him next to any battles. Ever…

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Speaking of Donny avoiding battles, Jack Smith testified before a Congressional committee, Thursday. He said he had all the evidence he needed to prove Donny instigated the January 6th insurrection. That’s probably the reason the cons wanted to have their “hearing” in private, behind closed doors. They prefer to be able to mischaracterize and demonize. It’s kind of their thing. Public hearings make that more difficult.

It’s not impossible, of course. There were plenty of sound-bites tossed into MAGA media for rotation to deceive those easily deceived or who prefer to be deceived. But because it was a public hearing, it will take some careful editing and some serious admonishments to the rank-and-file to NOT watch any video except that which is duly authorized by MAGA media. Can’t have the rubes knowing the truth, now, can we?

MAGA has done everything in their power to re-write January 6th. They desperately want people to believe it was a “day of love.” They show empty corridors – pictures of where the violence was NOT, then say, “See? Nothing going on.” Uh-huh. Now look at photos from where the attackers were.

They desperately want people to believe it was a spontaneous event. They desperately want people to believe our National Embarrassment had nothing to do with it. Re-write, re-write, re-write. If only it hadn’t been for all of those damned cameras everywhere, recording everything. If only it wasn’t for those, what, thousands of hours of video showing violence and destruction at the Capitol after Donny told them to “fight like hell…”

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On the one hand, you’d think he’d be a little more careful about optics, at least some of the time. On the other hand, game gotta recognize game. The Pedophile Protector is, well, protecting pedophiles again. Hmm, I guess that really should be “more.” The Pedophile Protector is protecting pedophiles more. He has already been – and continues to be – a fierce defender of the pedophiles in the Trump/Epstein Files.

Those pedophiles seem to include him and his friends but he also slashed funding to programs intended to battle child sex trafficking around the country, showing he understands the need to protect pedophiles he doesn’t even know – and he’s up to the task. Hell, Donny seems intent on protecting pedophiles who don’t even have any money. This guy doesn’t do ANYTHING for people who don’t have any money, but he’ll protect perverts, rich and poor alike. Wouldn’t you know? The ONE area he doesn’t see class differences.

This is from the Guardian, “The US Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of sex crimes against children under the Trump administration, which limits their ability to carry out this work.”

And this, “The sweeping cuts, enacted soon after Donald Trump began his second term as US president, are putting vulnerable children at risk and impeding efforts to bring child predators to justice, according to four prosecutors and law enforcement officers specializing in cases of child sexual exploitation, speaking on the condition of anonymity…”

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Hey, I haven’t heard, was the five-year-old the ICEholes took into custody a murderer or a raper? MAGA insists only violent criminals are being detained and deported. A five-year-old has been detained to be deported. Either that five-year-old is on a violent crime spree, or MAGA doesn’t have even the tiniest clue as to what goes on in reality – and the five-year-old was not on a violent crime spree. He was coming home from preschool, wearing bunny ears…

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If I was going to guess – and I’m about to – my guess would be that the anti-American Roberts Supremely Corrupt, Kangaroo Court of the United States will rule against The Felon in the case of Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Our national nightmare wants to take over the Fed, controlling interest rates based on his personal whim. Such a move will destabilize the dollar and, likely, cause it to fail as the world’s reserve currency. It will crash the dollar. It will be ugly. And it’s coming.

But the corrupt cons on the corrupt court don’t give two figs about destroying the economy. Their ruling will be self-serving. (Selfish is the very best word to describe any MAGA at any time. It’s the one personality characteristic one can count on from a MAGA.) The thing the court is ruling on is whether Donny can just dismiss a person despite the fact that they’re serving, not at the President’s pleasure, but based on a predefined term.

Hey, quick question: who else serves in their jobs on predefined terms? If the court rules this “President” can simply dismiss someone working in a job like that, couldn’t some other President or “President” simply dismiss someone from, say, the way High court? If terms don’t mean anything, what do terms mean?

Right now, Donny is just being his hard-headed, petulant, temper-tantrum throwing, bone-numbingly stupid self. He gains control over the Fed in May. He gets to put the stake through the heart of the dollar then, anyway. He can wait another, what, four months now? I think he’ll have to. If the court rules some people working fixed terms can, instead, be dismissed on a whim, they open the door to any people working fixed terms being dismissed on a whim, as well. Perhaps even themselves?

The point, here, is that it doesn’t really hurt Donny to wait a few more months and allowing earlier intervention could create precedent for themselves being removed by a subsequent President at a later time. I suspect they’ll rule in favor of themselves and protecting their own, phony-baloney jobs…

Martin Luther King, Jr Day…

by MyBaconPress

Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day. I’d like to try to write only positive things to honor the messages he tried to bring. Unfortunately, we still have a megalomaniac moron infesting the White House so darkness prevails, these days. Still, here are some of his messages.

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”

“A nation that continues, year after year, to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

‘Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?”
Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?”
Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?”
But conscience asks the question, “Is it right?”‘

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

That Martin Luther King, Jr was a pretty bright guy…

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Everybody is supposed to focus on Greenland so that we don’t focus on the Trump/Epstein files. So let’s focus on Greenland for a minute – then get back to the Trump/Epstein files. It seems to be a trick he can’t do, pay attention to two things at once. It’s likely he doesn’t know that other people can pay attention to two things at once. Sometimes more!

So, now, in his insane push to “own” Greenland for no good reason, he’s threatening extra tariffs on the EU. In order to force Denmark to hand over Greenland, he’s going to punish Americans with higher taxes. Lovely.

At this point, it’s pretty clear, there’s no good reason to do what he’s doing. He has a story or two but even his stories are stupid and they don’t hold up under even slight scrutiny. He DOES have a new angle, though. Now he’s writing the Norwegian Prime Minister and telling them that because Norway didn’t award him the Nobel Peace Prize, he no longer has to think “purely of peace.” As you read his letter, bear in mind that the Nobel Prize is awarded by a private committee, not the country.

“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” the moron had someone write, adding he could now “think about what is good and proper” for the US. Apparently, that’s war with Europe, in his twisted pea-brain…

You know what, Donny? Even if they thought you deserved it – which you do not – maybe they denied you your coveted prize because you’re being such a dick around the world and it was a crappy thing they could do back to you. You know all about that, right Donny? Doing crappy things to people who irritate you just because they irritated you is right in your wheelhouse. Game should respect game, don’t you think?

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So, MAGA rank-and-file seem to have pretty much given up on the Trump/Epstein Files. The minute they realized Donny is ALL OVER those things, they’re like, “Oh, no, our Precious!” and decided the files don’t really matter, after all. Americans and other smart people, though? Our position remains unchanged. Release the files.

At this point, truth be told, I’m starting to have a little heartburn about the fact that the victims STILL have not named names. I know there are conflicts, here. Some of the victims want to remain in the shadows, and it’s hard to blame them. Others have already come forward, though. When MTG made her promise to read the names from the House floor – a promise she can no longer keep, having stepped down – she was surrounded by some of the victims. THOSE women are clearly okay with being known.

Why haven’t each of them made a list of the men who were forced upon them when they were underage? NO, you don’t give that list to this corrupt DOJ. But you could give such a list to a reporter or AOC or Thomas Massie. I understand 47 trying to protect himself and I understand his creepy little minions working so hard to protect their Precious.

Obviously, he’s concerned that when hard evidence comes out that he was not just a participant in the trafficking ring, but one of the ringleaders, he might lose support from MAGA – and he needs fools to sing his praises and provide him cover. But have you seen these fools? He needs to have a little faith. One could release a 100-photo essay showing him raping twelve-year-old after twelve-year-old and MAGA would spring to his defense, suddenly pretending raping twelve-year-olds made one an “Alpha.”

At least now we know where cons got the idea to accuse Hillary of running a pedophile ring: they just announced what they were doing, but pretended it was Hillary. Every accusation is an admission with these clowns. But I digress.

My main point is that we have many of the victims available. THEY know who abused them. They said they were going to make lists. Where the hell are the lists? Let’s get them out there. Remember Algebra? Remember how, sometimes, it was easier to find the answer in the back of the book, then work the problem backwards to show your work? Let’s do that with the Trump/Epstein Files.

Name the names. THEN, we can work the problem backwards from the Trump/Epstein Files. Cause I gotta tell you, I don’t CARE who knew Trump, Epstein, or Maxwell and didn’t rape kids. Let’s get the names of perpetrators from the victims and skip all the drama of the DOJ slow-walking the files…

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I’m surrounded by fellow Niner fans who think it’s some kind of betrayal to support a fellow NFC West team after the Niners are eliminated. Although I know I’m in the minority, I don’t share that attitude. I figure, once the Niners are out, they’re out. Maybe the NFC West should represent, to show WHY the Niners got bumped.

First and foremost, I’m a fan of the Red and Gold but I have other teams I like, too. I also have teams I don’t like. A LOT. When I was in the Air Force, the team I got to watch was the Denver Broncos. I developed an affinity for them. When I was a child, I was raised by an LA Rams fan to BE a Rams fan. (It didn’t take.) I support the Niners, but I have fond memories of the Rams. Yes, I know they’re a rival of the Niners but the Niners aren’t a factor anymore, right?

On the other hand, f*ck the New England Patriots. I’m so sick and tired of hearing about their “greatness” and all they accomplished. They cheated. For seven years! Because in the eyes of the NFL it was better for business, they got away with it with a slap on the wrist. (It didn’t hurt that Robert Kraft, the Patriots owner, is on the committee that pays the commissioner.) Then the league buried it. They swept it under the rug and now we’re all supposed to pretend it was just “greatness.” But as we all know, now, friends don’t lie. New England cheated.

SO, the Conference Championship games are set. The Broncos will host the Patriots and the Seahawks host the Rams. The Broncos just lost their star Quarterback to a broken foot so he’s out, making the road for New England much easier. BOTH the Seahawks and the Rams are in the NFC West. According to my friends… and family… and neighbors… and my barber and strangers I chat with in line at the grocery store and the teller at the bank and people I work with and it seems everybody else, I can’t support the Rams or Seahawks because they’re in the NFC West.

But that means I’d have to pull for New England, and I will not do that…

His Contempt For Americans Is Showing…

by MyBaconPress

The Pedophile Protector got upset when someone called him a Pedophile Protector. Do you think a toaster gets upset when you call it a toaster? He’s just pretending, though. Gaslighting. Donny is doing everything in his power to protect pedophiles – allegedly including himself – by slow-walking the release of the Trump/Epstein Files.

Cadet Bone Spurs was on a photo-op at a Ford auto plant and an auto worker named TJ Sabula used the opportunity to pitch the nomenclature at Dim Leader. Donny, ever the clever word smith and inspiring orator, came back with exactly the third grade response one has come to expect from his putrid little mind: “Fuck you” and a middle finger.

Our classy and distinguished so-called 'President' demonstrating his feeling for Americans.

Sabula was suspended with pay from the plant. Someone set up a GoFundMe page to help during the suspension. As of Januray 15, the GoFundMe page had taken in $811,010 dollars! I suspect every one of those dollars had a “No, fuck you, Donny!” written on it. You either hate that evil weasel or you’re MAGA. There’s no in-between anymore…

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OMG, he’s beaming. He’s SO proud of his non-accomplishment. He hasn’t done one thing to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize – which is why he’s never won a Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee has been quite clear: No Peace Prize for Donny. He hasn’t earned it, he doesn’t deserve it.

Instead, he pressured María Corina Machado to hand over the Peace Prize she was awarded. She wants to run Venezuela, you see. Donny won’t let her because he’s so completely, absolutely jealous that she actually won the Prize and he didn’t. So, she made the same calculation everyone else makes: flatter his teeny-tiny, oh-so-fragile ego. She “gave” him her prize.

Bear in mind, as far as the Nobel committee is concerned, The Felon is merely holding Machado’s Peace Prize. It’s still hers. It’s still recorded only in her name. He just gets to hold it. Think of Michael Phelps letting you hold one of his Olympic Gold Medals. Obviously, you can hold it, but he earned it. 47 looks like he really thinks he’s done something and he claimed credit. He wrote: “María presented me with her Peace Prize for the work I have done.” I mean, just look at this beaming, pathetic loser:

The Stench and María Corina Machado.

Her ploy doesn’t seem to have worked, though. He gets her medal, but then he repeats his line that she doesn’t have the support. So she still doesn’t get to lead Venezuela (he hasn’t forgotten that she won the Prize and not him) and now she doesn’t even have her Nobel medal. She’s keeping the money, I presume…

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If every accusation is a MAGA confession, and MAGA is convinced Democrats are paying protestors, we can know for certain that MAGA pays protestors…

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I’ve been able to track the rise of MAGA by looking back in history at the rise of the Nazis. Checking Nazis to gauge MAGA has worked like a dream since the movement started, but MAGA hates that comparison. They’re not sure why, because they talked all through history class. They’re having trouble figuring out exactly how they’re like Nazis – because they know nothing of the Nazis. The rest of us see it as clearly as day, though. So, we mention yet another parallel to Nazis and they scream, “Waaaa!”

Tough. I’m in the, “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck” camp and MAGA very definitely looks and quacks like ducks Nazis. The parallels have been startling, truth be told. One of the main reasons the Nazis got so powerful was nobody really knew what they were about. There was very little push-back. The good news?

Americans are pushing back. We DO know what MAGA is about. We’ve seen it in history. We’re not just standing on the sidelines in shock. We’re pushing back. That’s a difference from the rise of the Nazis and it’s a big one. All of the noise. All of the cameras. All of the eye-witnesses. ICEholes complain it’s harassment. Good of them to notice. But it’s not violence, is it?

So far, that hasn’t stopped ICE from using violence. They’ve killed a bunch of mostly defenseless people. They’ve hurt and harmed many more. One ICEhole shot a guy, Kaden Rummler, 21, right in the face with a “less-lethal” projectile – ALSO an improper use of the tool. He lost an eye. Then they did it again to a guy named Britain Rodriguez, 31, who said it felt like his “eye exploded in my head.”

A spokesliar from DHS described the protestors as a mob. She lied about what they’re doing and how they’re doing it. She tried to paint a, “They deserve what they get” picture but actual pictures keep making their way into the world and we can all see for ourselves that, really, the protestors are showing great restraint in the face of abusive force.

But the pushback is one difference between the rise of the Nazis and the rise of MAGA. It’s hopeful. It’s positive. It’s making their evil work more difficult. Keep pushing. Collect names where you can (Jonathan Ross). We’ll prosecute later. We can send these evil weasels packing if we just stick to it long enough…

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Here we go, Niners. This team, this year, has been the hardest team to evaluate that I’ve come across for a long, long time. On paper, the team has lost a plethora of starters. They’ve been playing with rookies, backups, and plug-ins. On paper, they should have been booted from contention some time ago. But they keep winning. Mostly.

They lost their Week 18 tilt against the Seattle Seahawks and, let’s be real, they lost BIG. The score wasn’t so lopsided but the game itself? Seattle looked like a lean, mean, fighting machine. They knew exactly what they wanted to do and they did it. The Niners looked like they weren’t sure the game had started. The Seahawks pushed our Niners around like the Niners were second-year players. It was ugly.

The Niners face the Seahawks again this afternoon. It will be their third meeting this year. The Niners won the first game, but lost the second. Now we get a third. The thing is, the Niners have lost in the past and sometimes lost big. It’s common for them to come back the next week and thrash whatever opponent they face. This third shot at the Seahawks comes only two weeks after the second. We have a lot of current game film to study. For our part, the Niners couldn’t do ANYTHING in that game – so the ‘hawks have very little to look at.

The Seahawks beat the Niners like an adult shaking a baby but those kinds of losses often cause the Niners to bounce back with a vengeance. For their part, the Niners are playing with their second string but they’re still finding ways to win. It’s really quite astounding. Everything I know about football tells me they can’t keep doing what they’re doing, but they DO keep doing what they’re doing. I’ve decided to “settle” the matter by… watching the game.

I want the Niners to win. I’ll pick them, 24-17, but mostly that’s because I want them to win. If they do, they move on to the Conference Championship game. If they don’t, they go home. But this year, I don’t think I’ll be too disappointed with a loss. This team has already given us more than we could have asked for. It hasn’t always been pretty but they’ve done so much with so little for so long now, I’ve come to believe anything is possible. We find out today, starting at 5:00pm…

Crazy Is As Crazy Does…

by MyBaconPress

So, it seems at this point like he has dropped the whole ‘Peace Guy’ persona entirely. He has invaded one foreign, sovereign nation, Venezuela. He’s threatening another, Greenland. He’s bombing Nigeria. Now he’s saber-rattling about Iran. The ONE country, it seems, he’s reluctant to help, militarily, is Ukraine, the one country that has asked – begged – him for help. I can’t (Putin) understand (Putin) what’s keeping him (Putin) from helping in that one (Putin).

No, Nobel Peace Prize for you, Donny. We let you have the vaunted FIFA Peace Prize and you’ve crapped all over it’s hallowed tradition. And, no, you can’t even “share” María Corina Machado’s Peace Prize. I know, I know, you’ve ended, what, a hundred thousand wars? Sure, you have. But the demons you battle in your own head don’t count…

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47 said, “If we don’t take Greenland, you’re going to have Russia or China as your next-door neighbor. That’s not going to happen.” Will somebody please show him a map? Specifically, Alaska from where, we all know from that voice of wisdom, Sarah Palin, we can see Russia. They’re already our “next-door neighbor.” Dumbass…

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Donny keeps insisting that oil companies are lining up to get all that beautiful oil – somehow our oil, that we’re only storing under Venezuela – under their control. Obviously the oil companies want the stolen oil. It’s oil. But they’re not as interested in the problems of getting it, so they’re expressing hesitation.

Donny keeps insisting that oil companies are lining up to get all that beautiful oil but the CEO of ExxonMobile said, “If we look at the commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it’s un-investable.” But Donny keeps insisting that oil companies are lining up to get all that beautiful oil – so now he’s threatening to cut out ExxonMobile because they don’t see it as a dependable investment. But Donny keeps insisting that oil companies are lining up to get all that beautiful oil…

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Let’s visit an old friend, shall we? I’ve got to confess, his illegal invasion of Venezuela, coupled with the ICEhole’s murder of Renee Good served – very effectively – to push the Trump/Epstein files off of the front page. But the matter hasn’t gone away. No matter how desperately he wants it to and wishes it would go away, it hasn’t gone away.

We know Team Evil has been working hard to release pieces of paper showing as little information as possible. They claim those are the files, the pieces of paper. Most people think the “files” are the information on the paper, not the pieces of paper themselves. The 8.5 x 11 black pages aren’t cutting it. Worse, they’re releasing those pieces of paper as slowly as they can by claiming, “We’re working on it. We just read slow.”

So now Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have requested the court overseeing the release to appoint a Special Master – someone who CAN read. Massie wrote: “Attorney General Pam Bondi is egregiously violating the requirements of the ‘Epstein Files Transparency Act.’ Under her leadership, the Department of Justice is missing statutory disclosure deadlines, making excessive redactions, and illegally withholding the Department’s internal communications. Because the Department of Justice has shown it cannot be trusted with making the disclosures required by law, a Special Master should be appointed to oversee the release of the Epstein files.” See? It hasn’t gone away and it isn’t going away…

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Just a thought: racism among white men seems to be rooted in a fear, “Holy crap, what if they do to us what we’ve always done to them?” So, you could stop doing to them…

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As Iran cracks down on protestors, martyrs are being highlighted. Oddly, as the US cracks down on, um, who are they cracking down on, again? Oh, right, anybody who gets in their way for any reason, whatsoever, right. We’re getting some martyrs, too.

Iran has been in upheaval to one degree or another, ever since the United States overthrew the democracy there in favor of the Shah (and the oil, of course). It seems natural they’d have a martyr or two. On the other hand, the US has only been in upheaval since Donny the Dumbass seized power. He’s only been running the show (into the ground) for about a year, we already have a name or two to rally around.

Yes, your own country creating martyrs IS a badge of shame, but let us not let their tribulations and deaths be in vain. Word is, his criminal regime will fall if we can get just 3% of the population into the streets. Our current population is 345,297,879. That means we need about 10.3 million people marching – peacefully, please. The sooner we get out there, the fewer names of martyrs we’ll have to collect…

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I’ve got to say, these Forty-Niners are a rather amazing squad. They keep suffering injury after injury. They have a long list of starters sitting on the sideline. They just lost another in yesterday’s game. They won anyway. Now they’re going to play Seattle again. They played two weeks ago and it didn’t go well for the Niners.

The Niners Head Coach, Kyle Shanahan, has publicly requested a Sunday game instead of a Saturday game of the NFL. That’s pretty unusual. Normally, coaches just shrug off whatever day they’re assigned. “It is what it is.” I suspect he needs as much time as he can get to prop up what’s left of his team. Yeah, the Niners won, but they lost George Kittle to a torn Achilles tendon, the latest in a concerning, long line of soft-tissue injuries. The team leads the league in soft-tissue injuries.

There’s a story going around. Maybe a rumor? There’s a guy out there named Peter Cowan. He says he has an inkling as to why the Niners are the most injury-prone team in the entire NFL over the last decade. First he lists the injuries. It’s a pretty brutal list, and it’s long. Every Niner fan knows this team has suffered more than it’s share of injuries. We openly ask each other, “Why?” What’s going on? I mean, the injuries are a regular topic of conversation.

Cowan says he thinks the problem can be traced to an electrical substation next to the Niners practice field. He says the substation emits “low-frequency electromagnetic fields” that can “degrade collagen, weaken tendons, and cause soft-tissue damage at levels regulators call ‘safe.'” Cowan traces the pattern back to 2014, when the team started using Levi’s Stadium full time. It’s an interesting theory, if nothing else. Meanwhile, the Niner survivors are off to Seattle to face the Seahawks again…

One Fraud After Another…

by MyBaconPress

Through the years, I’ve picked up a thing or two about the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For one, it’s not that anymore. Now it’s the Dow Jones index. It tracks financial stocks, not industry. Another, and this is important, is that the Dow is not the economy. I mention that one because of this one: the Dow, specifically, is nothing more than a CEO happiness indicator.

Corporate “news” likes to trumpet increases in the Dow as if it means YOU are doing better. But you aren’t, are you? You’re struggling more than, what, ever? The Dow keeps reaching record highs and you keep finding your wallet lighter and lighter. Nobody’s telling you, but the two are absolutely related.

After the Dow changed from an industrial index to a financial index, it’s meaning changed. When it was an industrial index, it measured the health and strength of the US economy. Now? Well, now it measures how well rich people are doing. Now, every uptick of the Dow means they have more and you have less. Every. Single. Tick, tick, tick. They have more, you have less. Tick, tick, tick. Celebrate a robust Dow at your own peril…

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It’s weird to realize, but do you know who – more than anybody else – does NOT believe in Capitalism? Capitalists! Oh, you don’t believe me? Watch them. Actions speak louder than words. The story is about buying and selling. Succeed you win, mistakes, you lose. But that’s just the story. In reality, their “Capitalism” often consists of stealing and selling, not buying and selling. While it seems true that succeeding equals winning, in practice, mistakes don’t equal loss. They equal Socialism, where the population bails them out financially and gives them a second run at it. Then a third. Then a fourth. Then… well, ad infinitum.

Even Capitalists think Socialism is better than Capitalism, and you can know it if you just ignore their words and pay attention to what they do. Actions speak louder than words. I’ll tell you this: Since even Capitalists reject Capitalism, I think I will, too…

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Okay, back to this. Sorry. I’ve been watching videos of the murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis. I’ve also been listening to Team Evil describing the events surrounding the shooting of a person in Minneapolis – apparently on the same day. Question: was there a second shooting in Minneapolis on the day Renee Good was murdered? One that nobody is aware of except the lying liars of Team Evil? Because the events they’re describing? Those events have nothing, whatsoever, to do with the events shown in the videos. None.

In the shooting Team Evil is referencing, the killer was run over by a vehicle and is now recovering in the hospital. In the Good murder, the killer kills the driver, spits an epithet at her dying body, then turns around and walks away. Then he gets in a car and drives off. That’s not what “recovering in a hospital” looks like.

Also, where is this driving school the puppy killer Kristi Noem pretends is out there? She said, it’s on video, that protestors are being trained to use their vehicles to drive into ICEholes. Really? Where? By whom? More importantly, why? How much training do you suppose that takes? But since it’s clear Good’s intention was to NOT hit Ross, either she didn’t get the training, or she failed the course, right?

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I’ve heard two different concepts from Donny recently that I suspect are intended to seduce his base into thinking he’s doing something for them. The first was his proposal to stop Wall Street from buying single family homes and the second was to cap credit card interest at 10%. Both of those ideas would benefit work-a-day Joes.

But stopping Wall Street from buying single family homes would hurt their bottom line. Capping credit card interest rates would mean less money for the issuing banks. If you think Donny is going to do anything, anything at all, to hurt rich-people investments just to benefit working class people, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. (Again.) That is to say, I’ll believe it when I see it.

But it DOES prove that he knows there are things he could do to help the American people, right? He knows what to promise. That means he knows where, and how, we, the people, are hurting. Honestly, I don’t think he’ll do one thing for the working class. But at least we know he knows – so we also know, he just doesn’t care…

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I really don’t understand The Felon’s obsession with Greenland. It’s important to note: Greenlanders don’t want to be part of the US, and why would they? Why would citizens of a First World nation want to move backwards into a failing, submerging nation like the US? It would represent a giant step backwards. Compared to Europe, the US is rather primitive. Greenland becoming part of the US would be like the US pulling out all of it’s plumbing and throwing it away.

Donny says he needs Greenland for national security. Not true. The US already has a huge military presence in Greenland. We already have permission to expand that presence. Owning the island won’t make any difference. I became convinced he really just wanted the natural resources available there, but then I saw Rasmus Jarlov, the former Danish business manager in an interview saying the US already has “unlimited military access to Greenland they that don’t use and they could extract all the minerals that they wanted if they would just put up the investments, so there’s nothing they need in Greenland that they don’t already have exclusive access to.”

So if he already has the military presence he needs and he already has access to the minerals, what’s the point? Based on everything else I’ve ever seen from the guy, he wants to steal something. Maybe the problem with extracting minerals from Greenland is that they might have to pay Greenland something for them. Then again, maybe he’s just insane and he can’t stop himself from starting WW III. It’s also an excellent plan to fracture NATO and we know his master, Putin, wants that.

There’s a case to made for pure stupidity, too, and Donny makes it, himself. “The fact that they had a boat land there 500 years ago doesn’t mean that they own the land. [I’m] sure we had lots of boats go there also.” So, Donald Trump thinks the US had “lots of boats” going to Greenland? 500 years ago? He said it, and Joe Biden didn’t make him say it…

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Good football games yesterday. The Rams beat the Panthers and the Bears beat the Packers, both with exciting finishes. Bears/Packers was boring for three and a half quarters, then it really picked up. So next week’s schedule for the NFC is foreseeable. The Niners play the Eagles this evening. If the Niners win tonight, they travel to Seattle next week and the Rams go to Chicago. If the Eagles win tonight, the Rams travel to Seattle and the Bears host the Eagles. Either way, next week the Seattle Seahawks host an NFC West rival. That should be fun…

Who’s Paying For All Of This?

by MyBaconPress

Honestly, put yourself in their position. The oil companies, I mean. Don’t consider this question from the position of a MAGA, who only sees 47 as beautiful and perfect. Consider the question from the point of view of a corporate boardroom – a boardroom that controls billions of dollars. Donny says the US is going to “run” Venezuela. The question you’re going to ask is, how? Like he has “run” the US? When one is not blinded by MAGA, one easily sees what a mess everything is.

Now Donny’s telling them, “Go into Venezuela and spend billions of dollars rehabilitating their oil industry while we (Team Evil) provide all of that beautiful stability and long-term structure corporations love so much.” If I was the CEO of one of those companies, my answer would be something like, “Yes, sir, we’re on our way. We sure are in a hurry. Thanks, pal.” Then? I think I would sit on my hands and wait and watch.

Despite their claims, I suspect they want the oil. Just having access to it fattens their bottom lines. But the only thing anybody can say, for sure, about Venezuela is that it’s now a country that has been destabilized. Nobody can predict the future there. Investing billions into an unstable, possibly unreliable economy isn’t the kind of thing these companies usually do…

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Okay, quick question: now that we know all of this agitating has been about seizing Venezuela’s oil industry, what does that mean for all of those small boats blown up and the people murdered in the name of stopping Fentanyl?

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To me, it looked like the Minneapolis driver was waving traffic around her at the start of the video. That seems relevant. I don’t know why she was stopped sideways in the street, but it seems like the move of someone turning around. It looked (and sounded) like she was waving conflicting traffic around her, both for their convenience and so she could more safely complete her turn-around.

Then ICEholes rolled up and sprang into ICEhole action. They approached the vehicle, yelling and shouting. They attempted to access the vehicle. No warrant, no probable cause. When they attempted to open the door, the driver backed up. Then she put her vehicle in drive, turned the wheel to the right (that’s important, too) and hit the gas.

There was an ICEhole standing kind of in front of her. (He was a little off to the side.) That will be the fact Team Evil will hang it’s hat on. To me, it looked like she was steering past the ICEhole but for a moment, as a matter of physics, the car was pointed directly at the guy. That was his moment to “get even” with all of those bullies. He pointed his weapon and fired. He shot a woman in the head. She’s dead.

People are going to see this the way they want to, and I’m a people. I can’t say what she was thinking, but, to me, it didn’t LOOK like she was driving AT him. If I was on his jury, I would vote to convict…

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Well, that didn’t take long. It never does, really. MAGA has been against nation-building, regime change, “forever” wars since Iraq and Afghanistan. Especially so long as they thought those wars were started by Democrats, even though they were actually started by Bush 43. They’ve been loud about it. 47 ran on his record of “peace,” and they lapped it up.

Now that Donny has started a nation-building, regime change, “forever” war, MAGA is all in. It took them a few days. MAGA media had to put the “Ain’t he great?” B-roll on a loop for a few days, but the conditioning seems complete now, and MAGA is all in on this nation-building, regime change, “forever” war. It easy for MAGA media to manipulate the MAGA mind. The MAGA mind lacks principles, so it’s easy for them to shift from one position to it’s exact opposite in a matter of a couple of days…

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Now that son-of-a-bitch is cutting off funding for needy families – but only in so-called “blue states.” He claims fraud and cuts people off “until this can be straightened out.” Remember, his stories don’t have to be true. They’re intended for video loops in MAGA media to fool the rank and file. Really, he’s just attacking blue states. Oh, AND all of the red people living in those blue states. That is a problem with our pretended ‘red state, blue state’ dynamic. There’s red in blue and there’s blue in red. You can’t hurt JUST blue by attacking so-called “blue” states.

He doesn’t really care, of course. It’s for show. It’s an excuse to claw back American taxpayer money from the American people and put that American taxpayer money into his own pocket instead. Mostly, he has targeted children in this attack. That is, the money he’s slashing is for programs that help needy children.

Attacking children isn’t new to Donny so I presume this is easy. This IS, after all, the guy who set up and then stole from a children’s cancer charity, after all. He’s also the guy who allegedly raped and trafficked children for sexual purposes. He also violated underage teenagers by leering at them while they changed during beauty pageants. No, attacking children doesn’t seem to be out of bounds for him at all.

I don’t have to work at all to make a list of things he has done TO the American people. I can’t think of one single thing he has done FOR the American people…

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I think the vast majority of people won’t take direct action against Donny because we’re far too civilized. We’re still counting on “elections” in a corrupt society with a rising dictator. We keep hoping some help will come from some place – just swoop in and save the day – but, so far, nothing. Meanwhile, we keep hoping for him to just go away – but nobody will do anything to help him ‘just go away,’ you know?

Now, though, I think Donny may have upped the ante a bit in a rather dangerous game. He used drugs as his excuse to invade Venezuela. Now he’s blathering about drugs in other countries, too. The thing is? There really ARE drug cartels in Central and South America. They really ARE billion dollar operations. And, by definition, they play outside the rules the rest of us follow instinctively.

As a law-abiding, civilized citizen, I won’t raise a hand against Donny – even as he attacks my life on a daily basis. But the drug cartels? Give them a reason. They very well might…

What’s Important and What’s Not…

by MyBaconPress

You’ve got to hand it to MAGA media, they’re very good. Fast, you know? Pretty much as quickly as Donny’s bombs fell on Venezuela, cons had been conditioned to answer the question, “How happy are Venezuelans that Maduro is gone?” A lot of them, apparently. Not all of them, I’ve noticed, but a lot of them. No one is interested in defending Maduro. But that’s the wrong question, isn’t it?

Look, if some foreign, sovereign nation decided to swoop into Mar-a-Lardo and bundle up our national nightmare for an unplanned visit to the Hague to stand trial, the vast majority of this nation – hell, the vast majority of the world – would fall out partying and celebrating. Not everyone, of course, but the vast majority of us. Would that make it okay? See, the question conservatives should be asking is, “What right does the United States have to invade a foreign, sovereign nation without provocation?” THAT, is the right question. Oh, and just for the record? None. The proper answer is none.

Oh, I know. It’s easy enough to blow off that question, “What if some foreign, sovereign nation decided to swoop into Mar-a-Lardo and bundle up our national nightmare for an unplanned visit to the Hague to stand trial?” We’re the biggest, meanest country on the block and you know no one could pull that off, so it’s easy to be smug. But that, too, is sidestepping the proper question, which is, ‘What right?’

Donny has no legal authority to take the action he took. He just did it. This is just a sidebar, but many are pointing out that the US is asserting that the US can enforce laws against Presidents of foreign nations, but simultaneously asserting that the US can NOT enforce laws against the US President. That’s just some pretty convoluted thinking, right there. But I digress.

In one action, he has instigated an illegal regime-change, nation-building, forever war – AND set the rest of the world on edge, wondering where his delusions might strike next – and MAGA seems to be all in. That part, I have to admit, blows my mind. 47 ran on “no wars.” MAGA used to throw the “no wars” thing in people’s faces – even as the US was still fighting in Afghanistan. No wars, no wars, no wars. Yeah, yeah.

Now he’s going to sacrifice American soldiers and American taxpayer money so he can illegally steal another country’s natural resources. In retrospect, he DID tell the oil companies that if they gave him lots and lots of money, they could dictate his actions vis-à-vis our government and their corporations. Apparently, they chose “Venezuela” and another oil war was on.

“No, it’s not a war,” many MAGA are saying, “it’s more of a… police action.” Oh, really? Were those police officers that invaded Venezuela? Or were they United States military troops? Wait, haven’t we heard that one before? Oh, yeah, over the war cowardly Cadet Bone Spurs worked so hard to avoid. Vietnam was ‘just a police action,’ too. 58,000 American soldiers lost their lives and countless more were injured and damaged – and that’s only our side.

All of that death and destruction over a “police action.” And now, Donny says he’s going to stay in Venezuela. He’s going to install his preferred government because when has THAT ever gone wrong? Then he’s going to “run” Venezuela – into the ground, if his past is any indicator. He actually said, “We can’t take a chance that someone else takes over Venezuela who doesn’t have the interests of Venezuelans in mind.”

What, like him? He went in to steal their natural resources and funnel the money – ALL of the money – to himself and his rich friends. How well do you suppose that’s going to serve Venezuelans? We really ARE living in the Upside Down…

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I put these two bits together because they reflect my day. The first, an issue of great weight and importance. The second, a low-level time-suck intended to bring pleasure through entertainment. I woke up to the news that 47 had bombed a foreign, sovereign nation. It cast a pall over my day. So I looked forward to a little entertainment in the evening – and got yet another bomb.

But there’s an obvious, huge difference between, “People died” and “My preferred team did not prevail in their sporting competition.” The juxtaposition was jarring. If it seems jarring here, too, well, that was my day…

So, yeah, they looked good – but that was just the uniform. Other than that, it was pretty ugly. Someone should have called the Forty-Niners and told them they had a real football game to play. Clearly, nobody did. The Niners apparently thought it was a scrimmage and didn’t show up. The Seahawks did, though. Kyle Shanahan got all stubborn again. The Seahawks are the very best at shutting down the run. So, Kyle kept trying to force the run. Oh, BOY did that not work. But Kyle kept trying.

I know, McCaffrey only carried the ball eight times, how stubborn is that? Well, considering the Niners only had the ball, like 15 times, that’s pretty stubborn. Yeah, okay, hyperbole alert, but not by much. The Niners only had 9 first downs in the whole game. How many carries is one going to get when one’s whole game is three-and-outs? McCaffrey could NOT move the ball on the ground. The recommended reaction is to throw quick, short passes until the defense softens up a little. Kyle didn’t do that or, at least, he couldn’t make it work.

When there was a hat-tip to the reality that the Niners weren’t going to run on Seattle, Kyle tried to pass from formations with the QB under center. The problem was, Seattle could blast right through our offensive line like it wasn’t even there. So after Purdy took the snap and dropped back, he kept finding Seattle players in the backfield with him. I think Purdy should have taken more snaps from the Pistol or the Shotgun to give him an extra beat. Kyle wasn’t taking my calls, though.

Okay, the truth is, the Niners should have been out of contention somewhere around Week 4 or Week 5. The team has had so many injuries, especially on Defense, it’s a bit of a wonder they were even able to field a team, let alone be playing for first place in the NFC. It WAS a terrible game and a sad portent of what the Niners playoff experience is going to be like this season – but it was an amazing season from a team that shouldn’t have been where they are (were)…

Holy Gods, What Now?!?

by MyBaconPress

But… but… he won the FIFA Peace Prize. How could he do this? I wake up each day, hoping for the same headline but, so far, it’s always something else. Usually, it’s just the normal, Team Evil insanity. I often write parts of these posts ahead of time, as they unfold. I check the news before posting, just in case I get my wish for that desired headline. You know the one, “Trump Dead At 79.” As I’ve mentioned, so far, he has disappointed me on that each and every day. Still, hope springs eternal. Sometimes, there’s something that forces me to re-write. Today was one such. I got up, got my coffee, opened the paper and…

Holy crap, that dumbass has attacked Venezuela and taken President Maduro and his wife into custody! Pam Bondi has promised Maduro and his wife “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.” Just for the record, that’s pretty much a clean sweep of promises made, promises NOT kept. He hasn’t lowered prices. He hasn’t provided better health care. He hasn’t fixed the economy. He didn’t “drain the swamp.” He IS the swamp. And now, he hasn’t even kept his promise not to get the US into unnecessary wars.

Put it down as yet another international war crime. Venezuela was/is no threat to the US. Venezuela has taken no military action against the US. There have been no formal declarations of war from either side. But the US military swooped into Venezuela, kidnapped Venezuela’s President, brought him back to the US under cover of darkness, and now intends to put him on trial.

It’s a violation of pretty much every international agreement ever put together. It’s going to take years just to figure out which international courts get jurisdiction first. Team Evil is counting on the adage that might makes right. Still, they’re wrong. They’re setting the stage for their own version of the Nuremberg Trials. I suggest they be called ‘The Caracas Trials’ in this case.

Reports say the US attacked both civilian and military targets. That’s Trump, murdering civilians in an attempt to sate his own demons. The UK was quick to step up and disavow any knowledge or participation in the crime. Putin called his puppet, too. Russia is demanding “immediate” clarification about the circumstances of the capture of Maduro. Much of Venezuela’s oil goes to China. Well, it did. I’m guessing the Chinese are going to be interested in the theft of Venezuelan oil, too. In fact, every country that has taken a position on Donny’s misadventure in Venezuela as of this writing has condemned the action.

The plan (threat) is to put Maduro and his wife on trial – ostensibly for selling drugs in the United States. Who believes that? Donny pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States during his time in office. How strongly could Donny be opposed to someone selling drugs in the US if he’s pardoning them after trying to sell 400 tons of cocaine?

The oil makes a lot more sense. The effing oil wars just never end, do they? Even after we’re able to shuffle off the yoke of addiction to oil, the oil wars continue. We don’t even need the crap. The LAST time Republicans and the oil corporations wanted to steal a bunch of oil, the US was treated to the fiction that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. He didn’t. The US knew he didn’t. International weapons inspectors swore up one side and down the other, he didn’t. Even US weapons inspectors said he didn’t have any.

The US attacked anyway. How many people died? How many were maimed for life? But the US marines are the US marines. It literally took us days to get to Baghdad and when we did, we found Saddam and ripped his head off. “THAT,” we warned, “will teach everybody NOT to try to sell their oil in any currency other than dollars.” Then we pretended some rusted old weapons buried in the desert qualified as “WMDs.” Then, since were there anyway, well, we took thousands and thousands of barrels of oil – gratis.

Apparently, Venezuela didn’t get the “only dollars” memo and has been selling oil in other currencies. Some of that was to get around sanctions. Some of it, I presume, is about trying to break the US stranglehold on oil sales. But Donny has already said the US will be “very strongly involved in Venezuela’s oil industry.” Keywords? VENEZUELA’S oil industry. This is street-level thuggery on an international scale.

Stay tuned. This has just started. I think Donny, as a result of his delusions and in concert with his desire to blot out the Trump/Epstein Files, has painted himself into quite the corner. The entire international community has condemned this illegal action. Donny is so stupid, he thinks attacking Venezuela will keep people from paying attention to the Trump/Epstein Files and/or the Jack Smith testimony in which Smith swore to Congress he had everything he needed to put Donny in jail.

But the Drumpfster’s international war crime didn’t even stop me from mentioning the Trump/Epstein Files or the Jack Smith testimony in the first reports of the criminal action. Reasonably intelligent people are capable of holding more than one thought at a time. Long term, I think all he has accomplished is to create yet another avenue of indictment just as soon as the world gets the chance. I hope the world gets the chance soon.

Dear world,
Donny has set the tone. Donny has dictated the way it should be done. You have a problem with a rogue world leader, disrupting and destabilizing everything? Sneak in at night at whisk his ass away for trial in your country. It’s okay. We won’t even say anything. Hell, we’ll pretend we don’t even know the guy and we never knew the guy. Just, someone, please, haul this boy away.

No such luck. Donny is a problem of the United States and it’s going to have to be the United States that solves that problem. But we had better hurry. Now that his insanity is splaying worldwide, the rest of the planet may not wait for us to get around to it…

A Promise, Re-promised…

by MyBaconPress

Zelenskyy must be feeling pretty good. Safe and secure, you know? Word is, Donny promised Zelenskyy strong, 15-year security guarantees. Oh, good. I wonder if those “guarantees” are any more solid than the original US promise of security guarantees to Ukraine for surrendering the nuclear arsenal they ended up with after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In 1994, the US, the UK, and Russia signed an agreement with Ukraine called the Budapest Memorandum. It promised respect for Ukraine’s borders, no economic or military threat against Ukraine, except in self-defense, and that the US and UK would support Ukraine in case of invasion.

When Putin first invaded, the US, kind of begrudgingly, offered weapons. Some weapons, of limited capability. The US held Ukraine to a “limited war.” I define “limited war” as a war the “limited” side gets to lose. Biden finally figured out that his strategy was poor and changed, but it was very late in the game and Ukraine had worse to face: Donny the Dumbass.

Donny started off as a Russian asset, reporting to Putin. By definition, 47 has little to no choice but to try and deliver Ukraine to Russia on Putin’s orders. Donny also started off as a self-serving grifter who doesn’t – can’t – do anything for anybody – ever – unless he gets a taste of the profits. A large taste. So Donny reneged on the deal. Now Ukraine has to renegotiate.

Maybe 47 will keep his word, maybe he won’t. As nearly as I can tell, he rarely keeps his word, so I wouldn’t bet on it. More likely, Donny will take the vig he demands from Ukraine for “security guarantees,” then turn his back on Ukraine anyway. I mean, come on, name a person or group Donny has NOT betrayed. The very best you can do is name someone Donny hasn’t betrayed yet.

Hey, is NOW a good time to remember that this is a war The Felon promised to end in one day? He said it would be easy. He was counting on his close, personal relationship with Putin. Then Putin told Trump to pound sand. Now? Nothing but excuses. People can defend him all they want but I’m sticking with the idea that if he didn’t have a plan in place, he shouldn’t have made the promises – and he REALLY should honor the agreement the US already promised…

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Here’s a paragraph from an article from ‘Military.com:’ “Historically speaking, battleships have been obsolete since at least 1921, when a simple bombing demonstration off Virginia’s coast proved the large warships are vulnerable to air attack. That vulnerability has been validated repeatedly through World War II and ever since as aircraft, submarines and cruise missiles systematically demonstrated that bigger and more expensive warships are easier to sink. They are simply not worth the costs and risks involved in building, maintaining and using in active combat.”

Hmm, battleships are outdated technology that cost WAY too much to build and maintain with WAY to little return on investment? That sounds like the dumbest choice a person could make as far as upgrading one’s navy. So, obviously, Donny has announce a new battleship. You’ll never guess the designation. It’s a ‘Trump-class battleship.” If I was going to bet today, I’d bet the thing sinks the minute it hits the water.

Cadet Bonespurs claimed the new battleships will be “the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.” Of course he did. Naturally, none of that is true. American battleships of WWII were larger and the Japanese Yamato was the largest battleship ever built. By now, Donny, of all people, should know: you can tell someone yours is the biggest, but eventually, they’re going to see it and they’ll discover the truth. There’s a reason he demands non-disclosure agreements…

Army Brigadier General Billy Mitchell tried to warn the Navy battleships were vulnerable to air attack as far back as WWI. The Navy didn’t want to hear it. Mitchell proved it by sinking a captured German warship with air-dropped bombs. The Navy didn’t want to hear it. In 1924, Mitchell famously predicted that the Japanese would launch carrier-based attacks on Pearl Harbor using aerial torpedoes against anchored and vulnerable battleships. 1924.

The Navy still didn’t want to hear it. In 1925, the Army court-martialed Mitchell for accusing military leaders of “almost treasonable administration” after they refused to heed his warnings. In 1941, Japan did exactly what Mitchell had predicted. To this day, you can still visit the USS Arizona, laying at the bottom of the bay after having been bombed by airplanes and sunk exactly as Mitchell had warned.

So, of course Donny wants to build new battleships. It’s outdated technology, easily defeated by air power. It costs huge amounts of money to build and maintain, a massive waste in view of how easily defeated they are by air power. Super expensive, nearly useless, yesterday’s technology? That’s right in the center of Donny’s bailiwick: useless, expensive, and wasteful…

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It would have been easier on the Niners had the Carolina Panthers beaten the Seattle Seahawks. But, they didn’t. The Seahawks won. The Niners had to beat the Chicago Bears to stay in the race for first place overall. The Bears are a VERY good team. The Niners have some issues this season. Nonetheless, the Niners managed the victory. It was a very good, back and forth game. At the end, it felt like the game could go either way right up until the gun sounded and the game went one way: to the Niners.

They’re playing for first place overall and that comes with a first round Bye, a chance to rest players. It can be quite the advantage. I understand why they’re putting so much into it. But it looks like they’re leaving it all out on the field, now, in these regular season games. I’m becoming concerned that what it will take to land the First Seed will cost them too much heading into the playoffs.

Then again, I’ve been underestimating this team all season long. Players keep getting injured and each injury brings a feeling of, “Well, that’s it!” So far, though, that hasn’t been it. They just keep plugging along and winning games. Next week, the Niners host those self-same Seahawks in Santa Clara. It’s yet another must-win for the Niners.

If they DO win, they earn the number one seed. They get to skip the first round and rest. THEN, for as long as they can remain in the playoffs, ALL of their games would be in Levi Stadium – up to and including the Stupor Bowl, should they get that far. That would be fun and good for the team, not having to travel at all throughout the playoffs.

If the Niners lose to the Seahawks, they’re still in the playoffs. They just get a lower seed and they WILL have to travel. Oh, AND they’ll have to play in every round and they lose their chance to rest players. I really hope the Niners win. It should be a great game. Hey, what can I say? Escapism is more important, these days, than it used to be…

An Awful Lot Of Stupid…

by MyBaconPress

It’s the law, right? The Epstein files must be released by Friday, 12/19. Today, 12/20, some of the files have been released, though heavily redacted. Democrats are pointing out that what was released and how it was released is not in compliance with the law. Cons are insisting this is the most transparent presidency in history, clearly proving they do not know the meaning of the word, ‘transparent.’ Here’s a hint: if Team Evil was being transparent, the world would be able to read the words in the files. Pretty simple, really.

Based on Donny’s behavior around all of this mess, I believe – and I mean I genuinely believe – Donald J. Trump raped or caused to be raped underage, adolescent girls. There is simply NO other explanation for the way he hides and obfuscates the information the FBI collected. I suppose he’s free to sue me for saying so, but the first thing I’ll demand in discovery is the entire Epstein data cache. Unredacted. But, for clarity, it’s just a personal belief. Sure, it’s one I think I share with millions, perhaps billions, of people on planet Earth, but it’s just a personal belief.

I wonder if anybody is surprised he released a pile of useless information that does nothing to move the case forward. Over 550 pages were completely redacted, just a series of black lines. Yeah, that’s helpful. The part the confuses me the most about his reticence to release the files is the why.

Look, if you’re not MAGA, you already know who and how he is. You already really don’t like him and you can’t wait for him to go away. You don’t NEED him to die, but if that’s the only way to get rid of him, you’re hoping and praying, daily, for Divine Intervention. If you ARE MAGA, you don’t care that he rapes kids. Hell, you’d drive your daughter to his house and leave her there – or even hold her down – if your Precious asked you to.

I might expect some pushback on that last sentence but MAGA’S moral malignancy is already clearly apparent for any and all to see. You happily killed family members when he wanted to pretend Covid-19 was a hoax. Why wouldn’t you sacrifice your daughter or grand-daughter to the darkest whims of your Precious? Yet, here he is, cowering in his hidey-hole, afraid someone might notice the reality of him…

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Okay, really? The Trump-Kennedy Center? That’s just disgusting. Maybe ‘putrid’ is a better word. I DID throw up in my mouth a little when I heard. He infested the Kennedy Center when he stole his way into the White House and the board was all hand picked by him. Primary criteria? Soothe and nurture his tiny, fragile ego. It’s the same job description as every person who surrounds him. So, when he said he wanted his name on the Kennedy Center, they put his name on the Kennedy Center. Keep the baby from having a tantrum.

I think he killed the Kennedy Center for the foreseeable future. I mean, the only performers that will show up are MAGA has-beens or never-weres. Who wants to see that? Once he goes away – and at this point, that can’t be soon enough – we’ll have to have the place fumigated. Maybe we should bring in some medicine men to exorcise the demons. Probably, we’ll just have to knock the place down. He just ruins everything…

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Because we’re following Donny, we’re moving from putrid to petty. I’d say he acts like a three year old but that’s an insult to three-year olds. He put bronze plaques under photos of the previous presidents – except Biden, of course, whose “portrait” is a signature done by Autopen, because one can NOT be petty enough. I thought that was bad but then, as usual, he out-pettied even himself. The plaques are supposed to be blurbs about each President. A normal human would have said something nice about the guy and moved on. Not these. Keywords? “Normal human.”

Apparently, these are attacks on the people who have held the job before him. Petty, minuscule-minded attacks that, in summary, leave him described as the best President ever, despite ALL of the mountains of evidence to the contrary. But, look, Donny trying to convince somebody – anybody – that he is in any way competent or qualified to do this, or any, job while stroking his own ego just as hard as he can is nothing new. That’s just 47. But, quick question.

How much did all of that cost? Bronze plaques and gaudy golden fixtures are disgusting to look at and not cheap. I keep wondering, how can he have the highest deficit in the history of the nation when he hasn’t been spending on the American people? Where’s the money going? No, I don’t think he has spent a trillion dollars on plaques and gold fixtures. But that just begs the question: where is all of that money going? He’s putting it somewhere, by God…

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47 didn’t even WANT to give that speech. Maybe that was why he seemed so angry. He had other, FAR less useful things to focus his attention on. His whole bit was about how awesome he is and how successful he’s been and how much better than everyone else he is and what a great job he’s done and oh, yeah, how great he is and you can, too, afford your life because he said so and he’s great and you’re not so just Shut The Facts Up! (I confess, I’m not sure that ‘Facts’ is the F word that goes there.) I mean, for such a resounding success, he sure sounded angry.

Susan Wiles made him do it, at least according to him. He didn’t really have anything to say so he just rolled out mostly a greatest hits speech and repeated many of his favorite lies. By the way, I read in ‘The Daily Beast’ where they reported he “fired off mistruth after mistruth.” More euphemism. Why? Why not just call them what they are: lies? What’s so hard about that? Donny lied and lied. It’s easier to read and it’s easier to understand. But I digress.

One of the lies he told was about a “warrior dividend.” He promised some troops were going to receive checks in the amount of $1,776 dollars. He said it was coming from his tariff dividend, which he has promised to various groups at various times but not one of them has seen a dime because, despite his lying claims, the tariffs are a disaster. But worse, that money that he promised HE was going to send from the tariffs was already authorized by Congress from your tax dollars.

It’s a housing allowance for some service members who don’t live in base housing. Congress authorized the money earlier this year. Donny has rebranded the money as some largess that came from him. Ho hum, just another lie from the Father of Lies.

In fact, Paul Simon summed up Trump’s entire speech in a song called ‘the Boxer’ years ago when he wrote: “Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie.” Perhaps not Simon’s best poetry, but succinct and dead on years before Donny became the problem he is for the world. THAT is some quality insight, right there…

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Could someone please explain to me how Venezuela “took away” oil from America? What did they do, hide it underground in Venezuela just to pump it back out again later? Is that moron REALLY trying to convince the rubes that war is okay because Venezuela STOLE our oil? I simply can NOT believe that the recipient of the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize is going to lie his way into a foreign war – and for the ridiculously stupid reason of stealing their oil, an outdated energy source we should no longer be using. It’s a stupid act for a stupid reason endorsed by a stupid person. That’s an awful lot of stupid…