https://www.wsj.com/articles/
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China spreads their wings:
The Iranian-Chinese Pact
Earlier this summer, Iran and China signed a joint economic and military pact, clearing the way for billions of dollars to enter the Iranian economy, which has, up until now been badly suffering, due, to a large extent, to the Trump administration’s efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic.
Iran is desperate for both currency, and for a trading partner for its vast supply of oil, which has remained in surplus due to American sanctions, alternative energy supplies, and the covid-19 crisis which has impacted travel, worldwide; and the People Republic of China is anxious to expand its presence throughout the globe. The agreement also calls for joint military cooperation between both countries, including intelligence sharing, joint research and weapons’ development, joint training and exercises.
Here to shed sunlight on this pact between two of America’s greatest foes, and what it bodes for both the United States and Israel is David Goldman
Iran is desperate for both currency, and for a trading partner for its vast supply of oil, which has remained in surplus due to American sanctions, alternative energy supplies, and the covid-19 crisis which has impacted travel, worldwide; and the People Republic of China is anxious to expand its presence throughout the globe. The agreement also calls for joint military cooperation between both countries, including intelligence sharing, joint research and weapons’ development, joint training and exercises.
Here to shed sunlight on this pact between two of America’s greatest foes, and what it bodes for both the United States and Israel is David Goldman
David P. Goldman is the author of You Will Be Assimilated: China's Plan to Sino-Form the World (2020) and How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam is Dying, Too (2011). He writes the "Spengler" column for Asia Times and contributes to The Wall Street Journal, Claremont Review of Books, Law & Liberty, First Things, Tablet Magazine and other publications. He has also written extensively on Jewish philosophy for the journal Hakirah. Previously he was global head of debt research at Bank of America and head of credit strategies at Credit Suisse. His firm Macrostrategy LLC advises institutional investors
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A dear friend and fellow memo reader sent this. More reasons to justify hating Trump.
Still don’t like your President? 🇺🇸️🤍
Do you dislike that he made cruelty to animals a FELONY? Do you dislike he gave billions to stop the opioid crisis? He destroyed ISIS, killed how many terrorists without going to war and ohh wait everyone said we’d be in World War III by now with North Korea? Largest producer of oil? Do you dislike him because he wanted to build a wall to keep criminals and drug from coming in? Do you dislike him Because he just slashed the price for medications and some cases 50% which is driving big Pharma nuts? Do you dislike that he signed a law ending the gag-order on pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving options on prescriptions? Do you dislike that he signed the Save Our Seas Act which funds 10 million per year to clean tons of plastic and garbage from the ocean? Do you dislike that he signed a bill for airports to provide breast-feeding stations for nursing moms? Do you dislike that he signed the biggest wilderness protection and conservation bill in a decade designating 375,000 acres as protected land? Do you dislike that he loves America and puts Americans first? Do you dislike that he made a gay man the ambassador of Germany and then asked him to clean up national security and unclassified as much of it as possible for transparency? Do you dislike that he’s kept almost every campaign promise (with ZERO support from Congress who work against him daily!) plus 100 more promises because Washington was much more broken than he thought? Do you dislike like that he works for free, donating his salary to different charities? Do you dislike that he’s done more for the black community than every other President? Do you dislike that he listened to senator Scott and passed Invest In Opportunity Zones to help minorities? Do you dislike that he passed prison reform, which gives people a second chance and has made quite a huge difference for the black communities? Do you dislike that he passed VA reforms to benefit the very people who served our country and defend our freedom? Do you dislike that he’s winning and signing new trade deals that benefit Americans, instead of costing us more? Do you dislike that he loves his flag and his country? Do you dislike that he calls out and has shown all of us that they ARE Fake News, and they twist the truth to control and mislead the people and he is trying to protect us from this? Do you dislike that he’s ending wars? Do you dislike that he has made a commitment to end child-trafficking and crimes against humanity and has made 1000’s of arrests already? Do you dislike he’s brought home over 40 Americans held captive, the last one from Iran? Do you dislike that he’s proven he was right about the Deep State and he was spied on? Do you dislike that he was a Billionaire before he ran for President and now is worth at least 1/3 less... because he loves America THAT MUCH? Do you dislike that he’s making the world pay their fair share for the UN for protection? Do you dislike that he respects cops, veterans, ICE & First Responders? Do you dislike that he does not sell out America to other countries, like the leaders prior to him have done? Could it be possible that the ones who SELL OUT America to line their pockets OWN THE MEDIA AND HOLLYWOOD and hate him so much for trying to expose them and hate him for putting the PEOPLE first that they manipulate our thinking and control the information we get to steer US to hate him? These people benefit when you hate the man trying to stop them... so they won’t have to give up the wealth they have gotten and continue to get thru mass taxation and control. Wouldn’t you at least want to RESEARCH this possibility? Could 65,000 Americans already know the TRUTH... that he has done more for blacks in the last 20 years than our last 5 Presidents put together and is actually NOT a racist but you believe he is because it has been drilled into your head and yet you’ve never researched his accomplishments? You can start by watching those daily briefings he did during the lockdown (all on line) and then watching the coverage on the Main Stream Media and how they twisted it. Do you actually believe the President encouraged America to inject bleach? Did you research the effects of UV LIGHT which is used to disinfect SCHOOL BUSES and medical equipment and is also being used as a treatment for bacteria and respiratory infections by injecting it into humans (search Healight but don’t use Google... they are part of the Deep State and manipulate what we see! And they sell our info, which is why you see merchandise pop up the day after you searched for something! Use Duckduckgo)!!! They want you to believe he is stupid because if you figure out that he isn’t, they will lose billions of dollars and all their control. I know... it is hard to let go of what you believed to be true for most of your life. You are not alone. But your blind hatred of this man who is literally trying to save us from the far Left, radical Socialists is going to be detrimental to our country if you continue to support their hatred. They are teaching hatred and separation... even in families! You are not allowed to agree with “part” of their agenda and think for yourself; you must repeat their FULL belief system or name-calling and insults ensue... this is the definition of a cult! All or nothing! They despise LAW AND ORDER. Just look around you. He supports it, so we are safe and can live in a civilized society. He stands for unity and America first.
You will be amazed at how much more peace comes into your life when you turn off the fake news and turn on the true America, where we focus on what unites us, not what divides us. The media hates him from day one. Impeachment was on the table before he was elected. Impeach the mother Fuc#^*r but his rhetoric is bad? He’s never given a chance yet he’s done more in 4 years than any president with zero help from the media or democrats. Results don’t lie onto the radical left.
How dare he care so much about America. Love it or leave it.
Do your research... I have!
All of these are verifiable things Trump has done! And verifiable that the media twists his words! #MAGA2020
Enough said 🤷♀️
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What is going on makes sense if you want to destroy our republic:
a) we are reducing the effectiveness and numbers in our police forces.
b) corporate America is funding anarchists for fear they will not buy their products and will label them racists.
c) Democrat and liberal mayors cower and have abdicated their first responsibility - protect their citizens.
d) Trump is criticized for wanting the 2020 election to be dependable, the vote count accurate and not tainted by illegal voters and enormous tally delays. Democrats want the opposite because they are more interested in expanding their power and electing a flawed candidate than caring for our nation.
e) Hypocrite liberals want to keep schools closed and yet, love blacks and ignore or are indifferent to the murder of innocent black children.
f) Trump is blamed for the nation's lack of preparation for a pandemic yet,his predecessor did nothing to purchase needed ventilators, masks and other equipment in the event of a pandemic.
g) The mass media are doing everything necessary to contribute to their chosen candidate winning the election, even doing polling favorable to Biden.
And so it goes.
And:
Finally:
Police Office Seize EXPLOSIVES During Seattle Riots
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A truly brilliant and insightful op ed and very well worth read.
Are politics swinging out of control? Have we reached the resonant frequency of destruction? Oh, how we’ve swung—from the lefty Third Way of Clinton-Gore, to the righty foreign adventures of Bush-Cheney, to the progressive “Life of Julia” nanny state of Obama-Biden, to today’s confused tariff and border-wall follies of Trump-Pence. No wonder we throw the bums out every four or eight years.
The press conference was stressful. Went to Camp David to recover. More serene than White House. Think I will hide here for a while.
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A truly brilliant and insightful op ed and very well worth read.
The Physics of a Political Crack-Up
Democracy, like a suspension bridge, needs weight to give it stability. We’ve lost it.
By Andy Kessler
Are politics swinging out of control? Have we reached the resonant frequency of destruction? Oh, how we’ve swung—from the lefty Third Way of Clinton-Gore, to the righty foreign adventures of Bush-Cheney, to the progressive “Life of Julia” nanny state of Obama-Biden, to today’s confused tariff and border-wall follies of Trump-Pence. No wonder we throw the bums out every four or eight years.
Physics students learn that everything has a resonant frequency, which can cause an object to vibrate with increased amplitude and eventually out of control. This is how opera singers can shatter glass.
One real-life example is “Galloping Gertie.” On Nov. 7, 1940, a day with 35-mile-an-hour wind, Washington state’s Tacoma Narrows Bridge, then the world’s third-longest suspension bridge (after the Golden Gate and George Washington) and just four months after completion, started to twist and swing out of control. Movie footage shows what seems like a wave of energy pulsing through the bridge until, after an hour, it collapsed. Apparently, it had hit its resonant frequency.
Has U.S. politics, always bouncing to the left and to the right, reached its own resonant frequency? Impeachment hearings, looting, fighting in the streets and burning cities sure feel out of control.
Our political system was brilliantly built to last. To the three branches of government, we added freedom of speech and the press as a fourth wall of checks and balances. The two-party system forces compromise and competition for the middle. The Senate and Electoral College counterbalance urban and rural needs. There’s no question the system is flexible enough that, outside a few extreme modes—civil war, civil rights—it hasn’t come close to its resonant frequency of collapse. Sure, we get a racist George Wallace on one extreme and socialist Bernie Sanders on the other, but voters are smart enough to understand their danger and not get fooled again. American democracy is fragile but sturdy.
Until this Memorial Day. The burning of police stations and riots in the wake of the horrific murder of George Floyd tested the system’s limits. Nationwide unrest and the televised attack on the flimsy fence in front of the White House felt like a wave pounding the country, about to shatter it like glass.
Leadership failed on all sides. President Trump could have calmed nerves by giving a “healing” speech. He didn’t. During a congressional debate over police tactics in June, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the Washington Post’s Robert Costa, “I don’t think the street will accept no action on this.” The “street”? Is this 1789 Paris? The Washington Post reporter didn’t even push back. Is the speaker really saying protesters threatening violence in the streets get a direct say in legislation? This is ideology swinging too far.
For months, lawless enclaves in Seattle and outside City Hall in New York kept pumping the wave, and continuing violence in Portland, Ore., and elsewhere literally keeps the fires burning. Is Gertie galloping again?
OK, physics nerds are probably already smirking. It turns out that at the Tacoma Bridge one perspective of the filmed collapse often gets played back faster, at 24 frames per second vs. the camera’s original 16. So what certainly looks like resonant frequency gone bad actually wasn’t—it was only high wind and a poorly designed, cheaply built bridge. Physics teachers led generations of students astray.
But there was no excuse for the collapse. John Roebling and his son Washington figured out the solution in the 1860s and ’70s with their design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge (which I happen to own). Counterintuitively, the trick to suspension bridges is to make the weight of the roadway as heavy as possible. Rather than a threat to the integrity of the bridge, more weight makes it sturdier in high winds. Yeats was wrong; the center can hold.
So too with democracy. It needs weight to add stability. The U.S. used to have it: our Founders, solid education in Western civilization, a steady currency, a balanced press. Our current bridge is light without them.
We live in a time of massive change and upheaval, with retailers and malls closing, manufacturing outsourced or automated, and media outstreamed and creamed. And now Covid has piled on by shuttering hotels, restaurants, theaters, concerts and flights. Many lost jobs won’t come back.
Yet we can withstand economic turbulence if our thinking remains stable. Today’s fashionable disaster-scenario complaints about climate change, victimhood and inequality are so often overwrought, and have the effect of throwing a Molotov cocktail at our problems rather than building constructive solutions. Maybe those good old-fashioned social anchors, like strong families and religion, values and principles, were there for a reason.
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Biden Diary - Day 10
The press conference was stressful. Went to Camp David to recover. More serene than White House. Think I will hide here for a while.
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