Archive for February, 2025

The New G (Wo)Men In Town.  Oh, And Happy Third [Eleventh] Anniversary! (February 24, 2025)

Posted in FBI, Justice, Law, World War E, World War III on February 24, 2025 by e-commentary.org

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K          “There is a new sheriff in town.  And now a new deputy.”

J          “Two political hacks.”

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K          “The dynamic duo of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel will provide a much needed overhaul and transformation of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

J          “I hate the sheriff, and I do despise the deputy.”

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K          “Chris Wray said the FBI spent about twenty-five percent of its resources on the J6 prosecution.  His last speech in office warned that China presents a tremendous threat.  What was he doing for four years about the tremendous threat?”

J          “Protecting the country.  They should have committed even more funds to the investigation and prosecution.”

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J          “And we mark the third anniversary of Putin’s War.”

K          “Biden’s War.  Will Trump embrace it or will he end it?  He has three months to resolve it before it becomes Trump’s war.”

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[See the e-commentary at World War E / World War III Is 1 [9?] Year[s] Old This Week.  Oh, And Happy Presidents’ Day! (February 20, 2023); The “New York Department Of Defense Times” Proclaims:  “War On!”  Oh, And Happy Second [Tenth] Anniversary! (February 26, 2024); Supreme Court:  K:  “Right!”  J:  “Wrong!” (March 4, 2024), Let Lawfare Continue!  And Let War With Russian Escalate! (June 3, 2024), First Monday In October:  Dos-à-dos (October 7, 2024), November 23, 1963; Three Score Years Later (November 27, 2023) and The FBI File:  The American Imprimatur Of Success (January 18, 2016).]

Bumper stickers of the week:

There is a new sheriff in town.  And now a new deputy.

I hate the sheriff, and I do despise the deputy.

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Vice President Vance’s Valentine’s Day Greetings.  Oh, And Happy Valentine’s Day! (February 17, 2025)

Posted in Europe, Foreign Policy, Free Speech, Russia, Security State, Ukraine on February 17, 2025 by e-commentary.org

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K          “Vice President Vance’s Valentine’s day speech to the Munich Security Counsel is a much needed and sobering analysis . . . and thus a seismic shock.  The text will appear in future foreign policy texts and treatises.” 

J          “Another Trump blunder delivered by his bumbling sidekick.”

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K          “The war is between the United States and Russia.  Zelenskyy is not even legitimately elected and with his band of banderites and brigands have exploited and abused their fellow Ukrainians.  Those who occupy the positions of power in Europe and the European Union have allowed themselves to be exploited and rendered themselves impotent and irrelevant.  Why should they be involved?”

J          “The Russians must be stopped.  The Ukrainians must be involved.  The Europeans must be engaged.  The U.S. must be leading.”

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[See Vice President J.D. Vance’s speech to the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025 and “Munich Bloodbath Ruptures Western Order Wide Open” by Simplicius in “Simplicius76” dated February 14, 2025.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

J.D. Vance:  “Europe must respect and tolerate free speech.”

Europe:        “J.D. Vance is not free to speak freely in Europe.”

“The issue that has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.”  Lord Acton

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USAID Exposed (February 10, 2025)

Posted in Corruption on February 10, 2025 by e-commentary.org

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K          “I still have the pictures I took of the stacks of rice sacks that are stenciled “Not For Sale” in English with “For Sale” signs in both English and the local language posted atop them.  USAID distributes the rice as bribes and then allows the local functionaries to sell the loot in the local lucre.  The merchants were not concerned about the threat of prosecution or that there were evil spirits in the camera and instead smiled and waved for me.  No one even mentioned the irony or was surprised or outraged or disgusted or even the least bit concerned.  BAU.”

J          “They fulfilled their fundamental duty.  There are probably isolated incidents of loss.  There is always some surplusage in any operation.”

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K          “Everyone says that sunshine is the great antiseptic.  The DOGE folks are unconventional, thinking and acting outside the box and performing an essential role.  The faux journalists who should be exposing the subterfuge are participating in and profiting from it.”

J          “There are established procedures and processes to challenge misinformation.  The agency did manage to get enough rice to kids.”

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Bumper stickers of the week:

Not For Sale

For Sale

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Social Security . . . In (Out of) The Hands Of The Kleptocrats (February 3, 2024)

Posted in Social Security, Trump on February 3, 2025 by e-commentary.org

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J          “Here is the secret plan.  Trump will eliminate Social Security and then keep his campaign promise and not tax Social Security payments.”

K          “That may happen.  I still say the system will implode two weeks before I file to participate.” 

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K          “We as a country must select either guns or butter.  Those in power will select guns.  We the powerless need to demand butter.  I have said before that the only way to save the American Experiment is to dispense with the American Empire.”

J          “How about a fifty percent reduction in defense spending?”

K          “I am in one hundred percent agreement.”

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J          “There should be a federal law that no one with a net worth of over four million dollars is allowed to opine in any way or vote on Social Security.”

K          “But for the First Amendment concerns and a conviction that we have too many federal laws already, I am in agreement.”

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K          “Someone noted that of the ten states where the citizens rely exclusively or primarily on Social Security for their retirement, eight or nine are Red States.”

J          “The MAGA army is now expendable.  They will be decommissioned and disbanded and discarded.”

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K          “Trump may be serious about the no tax thing.  If the promised payments continue, I could tolerate continued taxation even though it violates the original intent of the legislation.”

J          “Stay tuned.”

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[See the e-commentary at Social (In)Security And The C.P.I. (May 29, 2017), Pensions and Other Entitlements: Pt. 2 (April 28, 2008), Pensions and Other Entitlements: Pt. 1 (April 14, 2008) and Social Insecurity? (April 7, 2008).]

Bumper sticker of the week:

Social Security?

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