Biden's 2024 Basement Campaign

 Here's a photo of the Biden 2024 Basement Campaign Headquarters. This was spotted on the South Lawn at the White House on Sunday. Biden will be making all of his television appearances from the studio in the basement. Trump claims that he will "drop in" on Biden during the campaign.

Earth Day

 Yesterday was Earth Day. I can't remember if today is Mars Day or Venus Day. In what order are we going through the planets? I am sure that we are not working in alphabetical order. 

I celebrated Earth Day by burning my last can of Freon. It was more than forty years old. It may have actually just died of old age. I was actually surprised to discover that I had a can remaining. That's what I get for spring cleaning a storage building. I did the same thing several years ago and I got an email from an acquaintance chastising me for harming the environment. I pointed out that they drove an SUV that would seat eight and they had never ventured off the pavement in that vehicle. That was the last email that I received from them.

Why is it that all of those who lecture us about saving the environment are traveling around by private jet? What do Taylor Swift, John Kerry and Bill Gates have in common? They all travel by private jet. It's like Kerry, Gates and hundreds of other rich people gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum to tell the rest of us how we need to save the Earth. We have to do it because they are too busy telling us how to live to actually set an example. So, the task of saving the planet is left to the lower income people? Sounds like that to me.

In the ninth grade, my science teacher was James Clark, who was also a retired Air Force colonel. I enjoyed Mr. Clark's class, which was more than I can say about the next four science classes that I took. One of Mr. Clark's favorite terms was "bad science". This was science that lacked the necessary facts behind it. Turn in a paper where you had jumped to a conclusion and Mr. Clark would reward you with "Bad Science" in a top corner of your paper.

Everyone from Al Gourd to the local weather wizard on the six o'clock news likes to talk about climate change. What they forget to tell us is that the climate is and always has been continually changing. 

Let's start with "global warming' which is being phased out in favor of "climate change". When was the last time that you heard anyone discuss the gazillion-ton animal in the room, the sun? You never hear about the sun. What is it that you think heats the earth? The sun is not a static situation that never changes. What doesn't change is the refusal by the "experts" to talk about it. We will cover that on a future Sunday.

Let's talk about temperature reporting. In the last couple of centuries, we have made a lot of improvements in the tools we use to measure temperature. Yet we compare our temperature readings today with those taken with completely different instruments more than a hundred years ago. "Bad Science". Are all of the temperature measuring stations using identical equipment today? No. Are all of the stations set up exactly the same? No.  Are they all measuring the temperature at the same distance from the ground? No. Monitoring stations and standards vary from country to country, yet we consider all results equally. 

Here's my biggest complaint. If I were doing a science project and wanted to compute the average temperature of the world, I would lay out a grid and take the temperatures at equal distances around the world. Is this how it is done? Of course not. They take temperatures at random sites around the world and then average them. Bad Science!! That's like checking random bank accounts and basing tax rates on those numbers. If our current practices are not acceptable in a ninth-grade science class, why the hell are we changing everything we do based on that data?

Earth Day is celebrated by "scientists" who decided on an outcome and then tried to make the numbers justify it. It's the old "hole in the ozone layer" story. We didn't have the technology to measure that two hundred years ago. Who could tell if it was there then? "Bad Science".

Al Gourd and his other jet-setting liberal friends are worried about how much they can convince us to do to maintain THEIR standard of living. They always want us to do more. Let's look at all of Al's predictions and measure his accuracy. That's what real scientists would actually do!

Let's bring back facts. Quit comparing today's temperatures with those taken more than one hundred years ago with different equipment and measurement standards. Set up a worldwide grid for measurements and then see how the "averages" change. Let's talk about the sun! 

Miss Alenius Monday Madness and Snarky Remarks

 Last week, it was announced that the FBI is investigating the crash of the M/V Dali into the Francis Scott Key bridge. While there are no indications that anything other than mechanical failure issues caused the collision, the FBI the is expected to put the blame on former President Donald Trump. Trump is obviously responsible for his failure to build barriers around the span after a similar incident at the Sunshine Skyway in 1980. Democrats in the House are already calling for impeachment proceedings. Dims claim that the bridge collapse is all part of a Trumpian plot. Here is their explanation. The Sunshine Skyway has one end in St. Petersburg. Trump has visited St. Petersburg. The Salvador Dali Museum is in St. Petersburg.  The ship that hit the Key bridge in Baltimore was named the Dali. According to Rep. Dan Dickhead Goldman, all of the evidence is right in front of us. Adam Schiff claims that he has all of the information on this plot and will release it after he is elected to the US Senate. I'm not waiting for the story.

As the current resident of the White House, Biden denies all responsibility, claiming instead that a local tribe of Indians tried to eat the engineers that he sent to assess the situation when he was Vice-President. Apparently, there is a MAGA reservation near the bridge.

The other day in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden suddenly remembered that an uncle of his had been consumed by cannibals in New Guinea during World War 2. He waited until he was running for President at the age of 81 to remember this story. Reporters were unable to find anyone who believed this story and who was NOT wearing a "Build Back Better" button. They did find one young man who believed the story, but his opinion was disqualified when a reporter noticed that he was wearing an "Inflation Reduction Act' tee shirt.

The State Department claims that it is trying to improve relations with Papua New Guinea to fight off the increasing Chinese influence in the area. Here's a quote from The Guardian about Joe's latest fable. “I am lost for words actually,” said Allan Bird, governor of the province of East Sepik, who was recently selected as the alternate prime minister for the opposition. “I don’t feel offended. It’s hilarious really. I am sure when Biden was a child, those are the things he heard his parents say. And it probably stuck with him all his life.” China says "Thanks, Joe!" 

Joe must have liked that story, he told it twice on the same day. I loved the second telling when he added, "For real" to the story. Biden always adds things like "for real" when he realizes that acknowledging the story as pure bullshit won't get him reelected.

Who could possibly have questioned a story like that? Of course, Biden said that Uncle Bosie flew a single engine reconnaissance plane while the plane that he crashed in was a twin-engine attack/bomber aircraft.  Joe claimed that his Uncle Bosie was shot down. The Army claims that the plane had engine problems and crashed into the Pacific. There was one survivor from the crash. Better saved than sushi? Did the cannibals have to go out in a boat and recover the bodies before dinner? Were the bodies so salty from being in the ocean that they just dried them for jerky? Inquiring minds want to know, Joe!!

Before he became President, Joe Biden reported $11 million in income from a book. I have never heard anyone, even the butt lickers in the news media, quote a Biden book. Book deals are the new payoff technique. They are just deferred bribes. I think that towards the end they were giving away a free Hunter Biden artwork with the purchase of every Biden book. They were also stocking the Biden books at Hunter's favorite porn shop. 

Most Presidential books are written by "ghost" writers. One notable exception is "Dreams from my Father" published before Obama was President. Most people of more than a room temperature IQ level consider this to have been a volume of fiction by the future Fuhrer. More important than what Obama put into the book is what he left out of the book. 

One President who did actually write his books was Richard Nixon. I recommend "In the Arena". 

The House has approved another $60 billion to be flushed into the Ukraine. That should get them to May before they will need more money for bribes and corruption.

At some point in time, Congress and Biden are going to have to decide whether they want the United States or the Ukraine to survive. Bonus points if any of them remember that a bad economy and high inflation is what brought Hitler to power.

I was going to end with the previous paragraph, but it brought up another story. In my life in the restaurant business, I would have to regularly discuss issues about service or food quality with employees after customer comments or complaints. If I talked to a waiter or waitress regarding a customer's complaint about service, they would always tell me that they had given great service. The cooks would always tell me that they had cooked the food perfectly. Neither group could understand that it was the customer's opinion that counted. It's the same way with the government. They can keep telling us that the economy is booming, but if you can't afford gas, rent and groceries it doesn't matter what they tell you. They just keep telling us that we don't know how good we have it, and nobody believes them. That's the ticket to a revolution. You can only rule with the consent of the ruled. Check a history book!!

Sunday Shorts, Shots and Sarcasm

 In the old days before the FBI became a branch of the Democratic Party, they would have already charged Letitia James, Fani Willis, Alvin Bragg and Jack Smith with violating Trump's civil rights. Since they are now operating as the KGB, that won't happen.

The big news this week on network TV news was that the Kennedy family has endorsed Joe Biden for President. I feel better knowing that the "trust fund folks" are supporting Biden. Since most of them are not seriously employed, they have the time to help Jill and the White House staff watch Joe and get him to the crapper on time. 

With the demise of multiple murderer O.J. Simpson, the Kardashian family should have the time to join together and endorse Joe. I heard on NPR that the Brady Bunch has scheduled a press conference next week so that they too, can endorse Dementia Joe. Biden is so excited that Karine Jean-Pierre actually said that the President can't wait to sniff and fondle Marcia Brady.

Biden wanted to try and get an endorsement from the Muppets until someone had to break the news to him that they were puppets. He took the news well and then asked, "Do you mean that Barack has his hand up their asses, too?"

You would think that with all of the technology available, they could train a dog to lead Joe Biden off a stage. Even the dog knows not to crap on stage. Plus, the dog would always be there to shake hands with Biden. No more ghost shakes!!

What's the difference between Putin and Biden? Depends?

MSNBC has already engaged in preliminary talks with attorneys about a possible bankruptcy filing if Trump wins in November. They have also contracted with several counseling firms to deal with grief issues and suicide threats.

My original slam was going to be "Morning Joe has turned into Moaning Joe". Unfortunately, Morning Joe turned into "Yelling Joe" this week. MSNBC needs to get that jerk some professional help. I'm sorry Joe, and that's either Biden or Scarborough, but changes in volume does not make statements truthful. It's not often that you see a husband-and-wife team where both need psychiatric assistance. MSNBC should buy a Powerball ticket with that kind of luck.

I saw where Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter was among those charged in the arrests at Columbia University on Thursday. Given the nature of Omar's marriage and family tree, the kid could be a sister, aunt or cousin or all of the afore mentioned. We will need some help from Ancestry to chart this one out.

At Columbia's tent village, all of the tents were the same kind. It's almost like someone is supplying all of their needs. Why doesn't Soros help the little bastards find jobs?

All of the protest chants apparently have to rhyme. It's like some kind of "hate" poetry. Is it "refugee rap"? Or would that be racist?

The evils of "groupthink" are available for view at college campuses across the land.

If students are arrested are here on a student visa, they need to be sent back home immediately. They can't come back for trial without a note that says their parents beat them.

There is talk that the House of representatives seeks to make the aid to the Ukraine a loan. Why bother? Biden forgave a larger amount of that in student loans the other day. He won't even break a sweat forgiving a loan to a country that hired his kid.

It's baseball time again and I still fall asleep at a 3-2 count for the first batter. 

I found out last week that a teacher I hated in high school passed away last year. It has been 53 years, but the old axiom that "Time heals all wounds" is still not true. 

If Biden forgiving student loans is not bribing voters, why isn't it? He's not forgiving the loan; he's transferring it to the taxpayers.  Asked what they will do with their loans forgiven, the top answer was "travel". Here's a travel tip. Go to hell you lazy little bastards! Yeah, I feel better now. 

I don't do a lot of forecasts, but if Trump wins in November at least three of the broads on "The View" will kill themselves. Joy will stupid herself to death. You are left to decide the fate of the others.

Rip Van Biden

 Biden spent three days this week in Pennsylvania. On Thursday, he secured the endorsement of the Kennedy family. Obviously, that was excluding RFK Jr. I would love to be at their Thanksgiving gathering this year if Biden loses. 

Despite the "experts" all claiming that family patriarch Joe Kennedy did not deal in illegal liquor importation during prohibition, several people involved in organized crime all claim that he did. He would need all of that money later to buy JFK a Presidency. 

My favorite Kennedy story is that after the National Enquirer published photos of Ted Kennedy having sex with a young lady in his boat, Sen. Howell Heflin from Alabama said, "I see that Senator Kennedy has changed his position on offshore drilling." 

Enough about the Irish mob. I think that they have just about milked the Kennedy name dry. It's been sixty years since JFK was killed, the coattails are gone. Who really gives a rat's ass about who the Kennedy family endorses?  There's nobody looking at a line of illegal immigrants lined up for government freebies who is asking "Who are the Kennedys going to endorse?" It's 2024, excepting RFK Jr., the Kennedys are irrelevant. Other than for Rip Van Biden, because in his mind it is still 1972.

But back to Jolting Joe Biden or Rip Van Biden, you pick. Who knew that in 1973, the year Biden started in the Senate, Charlie Rich released an album that would become the Biden 2024 fight song? Yes, I am talking about Behind Closed Doors. This is where Biden's defenders all claim that he is almost lifelike. He can't put together two complete sentences when he speaks to the public, but he's Abe Lincoln in private. He can't walk up a set of stairs in public, but he's a gymnast in his private residence. Does anyone really believe this bullshit?

In Pennsylvania the other day, Biden lulled listeners to sleep with his claim that his uncle had been most likely consumed by cannibals in New Guinea. Never mind that the official Army records did not agree with anything Biden said other than that his uncle was in the Army. 

In what has to be the most deceptive headline of the week, NBC reported that "Biden mischaracterizes his uncle's disappearance during World War II". Why not just tell the truth, Biden lied? Why use four letters when sixteen are available? Why use a single syllable when you can use five? Why? Because NBC is lying to us about Biden lying. Has NBC or their bastard offspring MSNBC, ever claimed that Trump mischaracterized something?  Of course not, they tell us that Trump is a liar. Only Biden "mischaracterizes." 

With apologies to Washington Irving, Biden's brain is the new Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There's just nothing going on in there. Biden is in a "Can you top this?" competition with himself. 

The news media that refuses to acknowledge that Biden is suffering from mental issues is lying to America and the rest of the world. The question that America needs to ask the news media is "Why are you lying?"

This news media distortion is straight out of the Communist playbook. TASS cannot hold a candle to MSNBC when it comes to lying for the government. The New York Times lies so often that the three sane people in New York City are talking about missing PRAVDA. Give us a break guys, at least give telling the truth a shot.

Watch the video of Biden trying to order a milkshake at a WaWa in Pennsylvania and tell me that you want this guy to have the nuclear launch codes. By the way, why aren't there crowds of people in the picture with Biden? Democrats have to stage everything for Joe. It's a big day when he walks across the room in the right direction. Maybe they just needed to close the doors at WaWa so Joe could shine?

Friday Free Shots 4.19

 After dismissing the impeachment trial of Alejandro Mayorkas as unconstitutional, Chuck Schumer should stay away from tall trees and long ropes. Not all of the voters are as understanding as your Senate friends.

Biden spent three days campaigning in Pennsylvania. They sent him back to D.C. after running out of chocolate chip ice cream. Either that or he couldn't find his way off the stage and back to Air Force One. When they finally found him, they tied him to his chair.

I keep seeing poll results that have a strong aroma of bullshit about them. Are pollsters reflecting the opinions of the electorate or trying to shape the opinions of the electorate?

Her name is Joy Reid because there is more than one way to spell "liar".

Some schmuck online the other day claimed that Trump had told more than 40,00 documented lies. I asked him to send me his data. That was Monday. Still no reply, the email must be running late. Maybe the schmuck is looking for a stamp for his email.

Speaking of lies, has anyone other than me heard from Corn Pop lately? I met him last week and he told me that he had gone to the Naval Academy with that appointment that Biden claims that he received but never used. He made admiral just before Joe did.

Trump is a native of New York City. All of those guys are famous for exaggerating and embellishing. Everything in New York is better than anywhere else in the world. If you don't believe me, ask a New Yorker. They are only abandoning "The City" now to go south to brag about New York. Yeah, right!!

Just to be fair, people from Texas are also loud and blowhards, but not quite as obnoxious as New Yorkers. Everything is bigger in Texas. If you don't believe me, ask a Texan. That reminds me of what someone wrote on the men's room wall at the Waffle House in Lakeland, Florida in 1975. Above the toilet tissue dispenser was written, "Here I sit, cheeks a flexin, giving birth, to another Texan." You have to admire a poet who takes a permanent marker to the restroom with him.

In his great (and shortest) book, The Bridges of Toko-Ri, author James Michener wrote of a US Navy LSO who was known as Beer Barrel. He wrote of Beer Barrel that when he got drunk, he didn't know whether to claim that Texas had the biggest midgets or the smallest midgets. He's probably still on the horns of that dilemma, While I didn't find the movie as good as the book, the movie did have Grace Kelly in it. She didn't have the role of Beer Barrel.

When I worked for the Waffle House in Tampa, I dreaded the tourist season as it brought a flood of loud, rude blowhards from New York. Maybe Trump was in one night and I have forgotten. Grace, a waitress, told a guy one night "You don't have to be rude." He responded, "I'm not rude, I am from New York." There's everything that you need to know. Maybe it was Trump?

In 1971 we had a waitress who had moved to Tampa from New York City a few months earlier. One Sunday morning Fran and her family came into the Waffle House for breakfast. They lived a couple of blocks away from the restaurant. They appeared to all be dressed up, so I asked, "Are you on the way to church?" She said, "No, we are going into the city." I just looked at her and said, "Bad news, you are in the city." I had to break it to her that there was nothing going on in downtown Tampa on a Sunday in 1971 other than a few churches. They went anyway and I spent the next week listening to her complain about the size of the city. One day I just told her, "Honey, this ain't New York!" I guessed that she finally adapted!

If Trump wins in November, there will be a rash of resignations in the New York judicial system. I would expect Trump to appoint an Attorney General who would take a strong interest in how New York dispenses justice.

I am trying to get a permit to sell ammo at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. I have already lined up a fleet of semis to haul it all out there. I am looking forward to hearing Neil Diamond sing "Hot August Night" as the fires burn in downtown Chi-Town. A friend has the bulletproof vest concession. The city kept the gas mask concession for themselves. I wonder what they know?

How many highways will protesters be blocking in Chicago in August? Will protesters sky dive from the old Sears tower in protest? Will they use the illegals living at O'Hare as a welcoming committee for those delegates arriving by air?  Or are they going to send all of the illegals out to the suburbs for the week? Will there be a remake of the old Chicago Seven trial? Will the Democratic National Committee award an honorary "Commissar" commission to Mayor Brain Dead Brandon Johnson? After the whole thing is over, will they hire Lori Lightfoot to investigate how it all happened?

The Republicans are meeting in Milwaukee this year. Milwaukee is the city with the most frozen custard places. That's the only thing worth going for as far as I am concerned. If you are in Milwaukee during the Democrat convention in Chicago, you may be able to see the flames in downtown Chicago. But I am not a delegate at the RNC. Yes, I realize that you are surprised. I was disqualified after someone in the party read this blog. Sorry, Jr.

Letter to The American Spectator

I rarely have the time or the inspiration to post twice in the same day. I am making an exception for this today. I receive a morning newsletter from The American Spectator on weekdays. This morning's edition contained the story of a young man at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, NC who was suspended for asking a teacher a question using the term "illegal alien". You can find the story about the young man here: Student suspended for using term ‘illegal alien’ in English class (carolinajournal.com)

I sent the editor of the AM Spectator a letter which I am copying below.

Thu, Apr 18 at 6:06 AM

Daniel,

Your story about the Davidson County student barely scratched the surface of the actual situation there which is a microcosm of what is happening in America today. Lexington is about an hour's drive from where I live now.  I worked there in the late 1980's.

For most of the 20th Century, the textile industry dominated small towns in the South. Then our trade policies sent all of those jobs overseas. The furniture manufacturing business was king in Davidson County before the 1990's. But competition from cheap Chinese imports decimated the furniture manufacturing industry and put thousands of people out of work. This has been followed by the flood of illegal immigrants swarming over the southern part of our nation. The people who were able to get other jobs after the furniture business left then lost those jobs to cheaper illegal immigrant labor. We are sending our jobs overseas while allowing a flood of immigrants into the country for us to support. What sense does this make? The traditional culture in this part of the nation is being destroyed by the policies of the federal government. There are many among us who believe that this is not accidental.

The flood of immigrants in the large cities in the North is news because those of you living there have been sheltered by a government that you continue to vote into power. People who are residents of Texas will tell you the same thing.

After your Tampa trip to watch the ponies run, you should consider a visit to North Carolina. You need to see what long term exposure to illegal immigration looks like. I would be more than happy to take you on a quick tour of the area. We can go to Lexington in Davidson County, and you can see the situation firsthand. A trip to the Tuesday morning flea market in Lexington would be a learning experience for you. From there, we can go to nearby Chatham County and see what has happened to Siler City. Yes, Siler City is more than a city from the Andy Griffith Show. It now looks more like Mexico than North Carolina. The small-town culture of the South is being intentionally destroyed by federal government policies.

In the small towns of the South, the government is tearing down statues and renaming military bases, streets and buildings. They are bringing in illegal immigrants to flood the population. It sure looks like a conspiracy to a lot of people here.

There's an American Spectator article, if not a book, in the story here.

Thanks,

Gilbert Jones 

" Ich bin ein Berliner "

 " Ich bin ein Berliner " 

On June 26, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was in West Berlin and he spoke those words in a speech. That speech is widely (even in my political circles) regarded as one of the best speeches ever made by JFK. Those words translate as "I am a Berliner." Kennedy's purpose was to show that we all had a stake in what was happening in Berlin.

"I am a Berliner." April 2024

Same words, different meaning. I am not writing about the city of Berlin. I am writing about Uri Berliner, a senior editor and 25-year veteran of National Public Radio. Last week, Uri wrote an opinion piece about how NPR has lost their way in America. He cited the staff in his office in Washington as being proof that NPR has become a distribution point for leftist swill. In that office, according to voter registration records, there are 87 Democrats and not a single Republican. One would need to go to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to match those numbers.

The other day NPR announced that they had suspended Berliner for five days without pay. NPR claims that they suspended Berliner for speaking out without getting approval first. You could bet that if he had published a complimentary piece, he would not have been suspended. So, today we are all Berliners, like Uri. We all want to see our tax money spent wisely and fairly. This is simply not the situation at NPR. 

NPR is like every other government agency. It is filled with liberals who seek power through government regulations. Turn on the news. Everything coming out of Washington is about new rules from the government. We used to pass laws in this country. Now, our lives are regulated by a bunch of unelected power-hungry bureaucrats. You need look no further than the headlines to see that we have become the Soviet Union that we once opposed.

 The person who needs to be removed immediately is their new CEO who suspended Berliner. In a news report today, she stated that she wished that she had been able to talk with Berliner about his thoughts and ideas. So, this leftist bimbo suspended a 25-year veteran editor without ever talking to him. You just can't make up stuff that is this stupid! If this is her best move to begin her new position, it's not a good signal for the future.

One would think that a taxpayer funded operation would at least pretend to try to cover both sides. The arrogant liberal bastards at NPR don't even bother with the appearance of fake balanced viewpoints. It is bad enough that we pay the salary of Karine Jean-Pierre, the chick with the Jiffy Pop hair, we shouldn't be on the hook for this crap from NPR.

Right now, those pompous punks are in a coffee shop somewhere in Washington asking each other, "Why don't we get more support from people?" If they would just put down their latte and look at their content, they might grasp the obvious. Those schmucks are insulting half of the taxpayers who pay their way.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn is reported to be working on legislation to end taxpayer support of NPR. Not wanting to be the last to join the crowd, I fired off an e-mail to Sen. Ted Budd just before writing this piece asking him to support this legislation.

This should also serve as a warning notice to PBS about their content. They are the official television network of the Democratic National Committee. I think that both PBS and NPR need to remove the "Public" from their brand names and the government needs to remove our tax dollars from their budgets. If there is an actual need for their programming, a for-profit network will pick up that slack.

I am a Berliner.

Postscript: Last night after completing this post, I learned that Uri Berliner had resigned from NPR. I am still a Berliner.