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I am in the process of initiating an entire economic system based on oil and gas because so much of everything we consume is made from these two sources.

I WILL LIST 12 CATEGORIES AND EVERY MONTH WILL ROTATE THESE 12 CATEGORIES OF OIL AND GAS AND ADJUST THEM ACCORDINGLY IF THEY EXCEED 5%

OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD 100% OF OIL AND GAS WILL HAVE ROTATED .

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lETS DO A REVIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. TRUMP ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT USING COMMON SENSE. THEN WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING ATTACKING GOVERNOR HARRIS. THAT IS NOT COMMON SENSE. IT IS STUPID. ONCE AGAIN HE CANNOT CONTROL HIS EGO.

ON THE OTHER HAND HIS MORE THAN HOUR LONG PRESS CONFERENCE, WHERE HE TOOK ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED THEM, WAS EXCELLENT.

SOME WERE REPITITOUS AND LONG BUT THAT IS HIS STYLE

ALSO. HIS STYLE IS HE LIVES IN A WORLD OF GOOD AND BAD AND FAILS TO UNDERSTND MOST PEOPL LIVE IN A GREY WORLD. HE ALSO LOVES TO TAG PEOPLE WITH NAMES. WELL HERE ARE TWO NAMES THAT COVER BOTH KAMALA AND WALZ.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

MOSCOW KAMALA AND WHITE WASH GANZ.

GANZ KNEW, WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR. TRUMP DID NOT EMBRACE PROPOSITION 2050, SO HE CHOSE TO LIE TO HIMSELF AND VOTERS. HE ALSO KNEW THE RNC HAD REJECTED 2050 AND THE AUTHOR HAD BEEN REMOVED.

I SUBMIT, You cannot hold public office without having a conscience. Moscow kAMALA does not own a conscience because She believes, SHE is a magician, and can stand before a mirror and turn a lie it into a fact both to HERSELF as well as voters.

SHE knew Trump rejected Proposition 2025, that the RNC has also done so and the person who drafted it was no longer involved. Yet "Moscow KAMALA" lied thinking She could get away with doing so because the unwashed would buy HER lie. Obviously if She will lie to you and HERSElf campaigning what would She do if elected?

Blackboard Kamala also believes she is a magician and can turn lies into facts. She knew Biden's health was deteriorating as well as his mental acuity. However, she denied it both to herself and you, the voter. Why did she believe she could get away with doing this? Because she wanted to become president, gain power and rule over her subjects like a monarch.

Is this the kind of president we want to rule our republic?

Let's look at Trump who, we know, lacks a presidential persona. Trump stretches the truth but when he said more were present at his inauguration he was not doing so as a magician. Yes, he stretched the truth but that is not the same as lying.

Lying is destroying truth and replacing it, not stretching it with something else. That is what Democrats have been doing for years. They have weaponized politics, turned their lying projections into imputing they are those of their opponents so they can retain power at any cost. Their projections are a shameless act of bald face lying and are unconscionable FRAUDLENT acts.

By doing so, they impute lies they tell to their opposition in the hope they can get voters to buy their version of the truth.WHTE WASH WALZ and Blackboard Kamala believe they are magicians.

Josh Shapiro and the unmaking of a vice president

The successful campaign to keep the Jewish GOVENOR of Pennsylvania off the Democratic ticket is a watershed moment for Democrats and American Jews.

By Jonathan S. Tobin

There was probably more than one reason why Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz rather than Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to be her running mate. It may well be that Shapiro rubbed Harris the wrong way in their interviews when she was auditioning potential candidates. The same factors that led Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to advise her against picking Shapiro might have influenced her. Shapiro does not have a reputation as a team player. His steady rise through Pennsylvania politics has been fueled by genuine talent as well as the sort of naked self-interested ambition that would have to be put on hold if he were to be the No. 2 in a campaign administration.

But there’s little doubt the decision to bypass a popular governor who could have played a decisive role in winning a key battleground state that Harris must have if she is to beat former President Donald Trump in November wasn’t made solely because of Shapiro’s healthy ego. As we all know, that is a quality that hardly marks him as an outlier among politicians. Instead, it was his identity as a Jew and an unabashed supporter of Israel that sparked an ultimately successful campaign among Democrats to spike the Shapiro boomlet.

His positions on Israel and the war on Hamas are not, in fact, very different from those of the other men Harris was considering, including Walz and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. They, too, support Israel’s right to exist and condemned the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, as well as expressed concern about the pro-Hamas demonstrations that have become the hallmark of a surge in American anti-Semitism during the last 10 months. And like them, Shapiro supports proposals for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict that is hopelessly out of touch with what Palestinians want; all are critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Choosing Dearborn over Pennsylvania

But only the possibility of Shapiro being a heartbeat away from the presidency caused leftist magazines like The New Republic and Slate to denounce him for being “egregiously bad on Palestine.”

As reports in The New York Times and other publications also made clear, his willingness to stand up on the issue in recent months was seen in a different light than that of other pro-Israel Democrats. The fact that he had rightly compared the pro-Hamas anti-Semites to members of the Ku Klux Klan, while Harris had voiced understanding and sympathy for them, was seen as disqualifying.

Indeed, it got so bad that when an op-ed Shapiro wrote for his college newspaper in 1993 popped up, in which he voiced skepticism about the Oslo Accords and doubted whether the Palestinians would ever choose peace, he was forced to back away it. Of course, everything he wrote at that time was subsequently proven correct. But when confronted with it, Shapiro acted as if it was a youthful indiscretion. “Something I wrote when I was 20, is that what you’re talking about? I was 20.”

This is an election in which leading Democrats believe they are going to need a united party with their left-wing activist base fully on board with the national ticket. That’s why President Joe Biden sent officials to bend their knees to Dearborn, Mich., earlier this year to the pro-Hamas mayor of the city known as America’s “jihad capital.” Shapiro being an affiliated synagogue member who attended Jewish day school and sends his own children to them, AND has a record of support for Israel dating back to his youth, made him unacceptable to that crucial wing of the party.

That put Harris in something of a dilemma.

If winning the election and “saving democracy,” from alleged threats by former President Donald Trump and the Republicans were primary goals, then Shapiro was her best bet. Naming him gave her the best chance of tipping Pennsylvania, where Trump has led for most of the year, back into the Democratic column. And his centrist approach would have expanded the Democratic coalition, giving it a better chance to win over independent voters who have also favored Trump this year.

Indeed, his gracious and respectful attitude to the victims of the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pa., last month struck a chord with both Republicans and Democrats at a time when most politicians seem determined to drive us farther apart.

Sending a message

It also would have also shored up Jewish support, both in terms of votes and campaign contributions. It’s not clear whether that would have won Harris any more Electoral College votes. But in a year when there are some signs that even the most partisan Jewish Democrats have been shocked by the way left-wing anti-Semites have been allowed to run amuck on college campuses and in the streets of U.S. cities spouting hate for Jews and Israel since Oct. 7, it would have sent a message to Jews that they still have a home in a Democratic Party, even though many in its left-wing base think that they are intersectional villains who are guilty of “white” privilege.

More than that, it would have given Harris a “Sister Souljah moment” like the one Bill Clinton seized in 1992 when he criticized a black artist for saying there was nothing wrong with blacks killing whites, and in doing so, demonstrated both his centrist bona fides and a willingness to take on extremists within his own party.

But Democrats don’t believe in Sister Souljah moments anymore. Harris, who supported a fund that bailed out Black Lives Matter rioters in 2000, had no appetite for confronting the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel wing of her party. While there are still far more votes to be won in the pro-Israel center of American politics than on the pro-Hamas left, choosing the person that leftists have now dubbed “Genocide Josh” would have guaranteed dissension inside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and riots outside of it.

Walz IS the most left-leaning of all the potential vice-presidential nominees that were finalists for the Democrats. That’s why members of the far-left congressional “Squad” and Socialist Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) celebrated Harris’s choice. Though Democrats are rebranding him as being no different from Shapiro in most respects, he’s clearly the favorite of “progressives.” He’s a supporter of the anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), imposed draconian COVID-19 lockdowns on his state and dithered for three days before finally agreeing to the anguished pleas of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to send in the National Guard to stop Black Lives Matter rioters from burning down the city.

Walz is a capable politician, and there are some Democrats who think his experience as a Midwestern high school football coach is exactly the kind of résumé line that Harris needs to balance her reputation as a San Francisco liberal. It’s also true that most Republicans breathed a sigh of relief when they heard of her decision. Putting Shapiro on the Democratic ticket might not have guaranteed them victory, but it would have made the task for Trump and the GOP in battleground states a lot harder. That would have also been the case if Harris had picked Kelly, a former astronaut and U.S. Navy combat pilot with centrist appeal.

Had Harris chosen Shapiro, it would have signaled that she was determined to steer the Democrats back into the political center on not just Israel but other issues like school choice, though Shapiro’s stand on that topic is also anathema to the Teachers Unions that hold so much sway among Democrats.

A lot has changed since 2000

Above all, the rejection of Shapiro after he was bashed by so many on the left serves as a reminder of how much the Democratic Party has changed in the last 24 years.

At this moment, August 2000 seems like a very long time ago. When then Vice President Al Gore choose Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman to be his running mate, the decision was hailed as a brilliant political move by the Democratic Party’s nominee. It both solidified the hold of moderates on the Democratic Party and marked the first time a Jew was named to a national ticket. Like Shapiro is now, Lieberman’s views were liberal on most issues. But he was also a well-respected centrist Democrat as well as an observant Jew, whose piety and plain-speaking manner was admired by people of all faiths.

As is true of almost all vice-presidential nominees, neither Lieberman nor his Republican counterpart Dick Cheney played a decisive role in determining the outcome of an election that was razor-close and decided in favor of George W. Bush by a mere 553 votes in Florida. Lieberman’s nomination was a milestone in American history that seemed to prove that Jews were accepted virtually everywhere in the United States and could aspire to the nation’s highest offices without being subjected to anti-Semitic invective.

The attacks on Shapiro illustrate that this is no longer the case.

That is not to say that Shapiro has no future in national politics. Should Harris lose this year, he will immediately be classified as among the likely Democratic presidential contenders in 2028. Perhaps political fashions will shift in the next four years in a way that will ease his path. For now, though, it’s hard to imagine the Democrats picking someone who is considered a centrist and well as seen as a throwback to an earlier era where pro-Israel Democrats were the rule and Israel-haters were the exception in the party.

Radical Islamist SHOES finallyHAVE begun dropping.

And:

Tim Walz; “A Radical Liberal Socialist” “An Unaccomplished Nobody From No Where”

Our republic NO Longer enjoys the benefits of a guard rail FROM THE MASS AND SOCIAL MEDIA and that is dangerous.

Finally:

https://www.ruthfullyyours.com/2024/08/07/middle-east-at-the-boiling-point-israel-already-told-dont-the-west-chooses-dishonor-and-gets-war-p-david-hornik/

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The Hollow Kingdom

A dispatch from London on the brink of chaos

By Christopher F. Rufo

I have spent the past week in London. The city’s transformation, which I had followed only abstractly in the newspapers, has prompted a visceral shock.

“I haven’t been to London since I was a student,” I told a group of British journalists. “What the hell happened?”

“The fact that you would ask such a question,” one responded, “is an act of racism.” The others laughed.

The unstated premise of the joke was that everyone knows what the hell happened—mass immigration—but no one is allowed to speak about it. The statistics reveal the general trend. Since my last visit nearly two decades ago, the white British population of London has declined from 60 percent to 37 percent. Meantime, the Muslim population of London has nearly doubled, and migrants from South Asia and Africa have entrenched themselves throughout the city.

Anglos have been a minority for more than a decade. What I’ve observed in the city this week has amazed me. Women’s eyes peering through the slit of black niqabs. A procession of sub-Saharan Africans traversing Westminster Bridge, waving the flags of their homelands and demanding reparations. Street corners that could be confused for Peshawar or Islamabad. Districts in which one could pass an entire day with barely a glimpse of an Englishman.

These are facts. There is nothing inherently racist or antiracist about them. The question is one of perspective. England’s progressives would have one believe that these snapshots represent the triumph of diversity. But this position appears increasingly untenable.

For good reason. England, unlike the United States, does not have a long history of assimilating others. And many of the country’s migrants—in particular, the large Muslim population—are among the most difficult populations to integrate.

From a critical perspective, the history of mass migration in Britain is a history of civil tension, punctuated by violence: riots, terrorism, murder, rape. Events of this week have brought this suppressed conflict to the surface once again.

The day after my conversation with the British journalists, England broke out in another round of riots. A first-generation Rwandan teenager had stabbed three young girls to death, prompting British nationalists and Muslim counter-protesters into the streets. The resulting clashes led to significant property damage and nearly 400 arrests. The country’s left-wing prime minister, Keir Starmer, has signaled his support for suppressing the nationalists.

A question lies buried under these events: What makes a nation? And what is the relationship between its content and its form?

It’s easy to understand why migrants from Somalia or Pakistan would select England as their destination. The political, economic, and cultural form of their home countries is a disaster. In England, by contrast, these migrants are able to secure an income, often including public benefits, and enjoy the fruits of a developed, modern, peaceful country.

The predominant theory among Western elites is that the content of mass migration—the particular people, and the culture they bring—is irrelevant. All groups are equal. Individuals are interchangeable. To think otherwise is to engage in bigotry.

This logic has a whiff of liberalism, but only in the most reductive, naïve sense. The truth is that, even if we believe in the principle that all men are created equal, this does not mean that all cultures are equal or interchangeable—far from it. The structure of a civilization is a delicate thing. Changing its citizens will, over time, change its form.

This process is underway in London. The buildings, avenues, and palaces look the same as before; there is still a parliament, a king, and the pound. But the central city feels hollowed out. The old connection between citizen and nation has been altered. The old bonds of culture have been frayed.

The situation in London recalls the Ship of Theseus, a thought experiment that asks whether, if every part of a ship is replaced, it is the same ship in the end. The answer, in our case, is a confident “no.” England without the Englishman would no longer be England. The form—parliamentary democracy, economic growth, liberal culture—might hold for a time, but eventually, it would give way, too.

To engage in violence is not the answer. But neither is the answer to pretend that this conflict, or this re-composition, does not exist. Sooner or later, Britain will have to answer some hard questions. Reality has a way of breaking through.

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In a previous memo, I wrote about Democrats and money.

They believe the more campaign funds the merrier and they seem to prove they generally raise more funds, spend more funds and, thus, win more races

The political ad market is expected to reach record spend levels this year.

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Seconds After Kamala Leaks Her VP - His Dirty Laundry Comes Spilling Out

She really can pick 'em!

Harris VP Pick Tim Walz Faces Scrutiny Over Past Actions Amid 2024 Election

By Mick Farthing

For a while, it looked as if Kamala Harris would pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her vice president running mate. But the anti-Semitic progressives must have had their way because word is that Kamala is picking another governor to be her patsy. Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has been slotted to carry Harris’ baggage through November.

This isn’t a monumental surprise, given how Minnesota is another must-win swing state. Harris’ people are probably banking on Walz’s popularity to help her win Minnesota.

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But how popular is Walz in his home state? While he might enjoy support from liberal voters, he is far from a slam dunk for Harris. The Democrat nominee has to convince Americans she won’t be as big of a disaster as her boss—even though she promises the exact same administration. But by bringing along Walz, Harris is proving her administration will be as corrupt and incompetent as the one she is currently serving in.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)… failed in 2020 to anticipate and react to riots in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd at police hands.

The violence led to the destruction of a police precinct, widespread looting, and the spread of riots nationwide.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blamed Walz for failing to respond.

In addition to this major issue, stories are surfacing of a DUI Walz committed years ago. One that hasn’t been properly addressed to the public.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who emerged Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, will likely face new scrutiny over a 1995 DUI arrest after court records emerged to suggest he had misled the public about the case.

Walz and the BLM Riots

In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is under fire for his handling of past events that are now resurfacing with a vengeance. The dual controversies include his failure to effectively manage the Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots and his past DUI arrest, both of which are casting a long shadow over his political aspirations.

As the BLM riots swept through Minnesota, Walz’s leadership came under intense scrutiny. Critics argue that his lack of decisive action allowed the chaos to escalate. Kamala Harris’s involvement didn’t help matters; she was busy soliciting bail money for arrested protesters, adding fuel to the fire. This dual-pronged approach from key political figures left many Minnesotans feeling abandoned and betrayed as their communities suffered.

A prominent critic said, “Governor Walz had a chance to protect his constituents, but instead, he chose to stand by and watch as the city burned.”

The DUI Scandal

Adding to his woes, Walz’s past DUI arrest has resurfaced, raising questions about his character and judgment. The details of the incident are murky, with conflicting claims about what transpired. This lack of clarity is only making matters worse for Walz, as voters question his integrity and ability to lead. During a congressional run in 2006, Walz seemed to lie about the arrest, claiming it was a “misunderstanding.” Did the cops misunderstand that he was driving drunk? I don’t think so.

Fallout for 2024

Why did Harris reportedly pick this man with so much baggage? Did she think people would see her in a better light compared to this governor? That’s not a winning strategy. But we are not surprised she picked a controversy-ridden politician with little credit to his record. Harris is the vice president of an administration full of incompetent people unqualified for their jobs. She is sure to continue that legacy if she becomes president.

Key Takeaways

BLM Riots: Walz was criticized for failing to control the riots, and Kamala Harris’s actions complicated the situation.

DUI Arrest: Past DUI arrest raises questions about Walz’s character, with conflicting claims damaging his credibility.

Election Impact: Both controversies are likely to influence voter perception and impact his 2024 election campaign

Source: All Breitbart

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You cannot hold public office without having a conscience. Moscow Waltz does not own a conscience because he believes, he is a magician, and he can stand before a mirror and turn a lie it into a fact both to himself as well as voters.

He knew Trump rejected Proposition 2025, that the RNC has also done so and the person who drafted it was no longer involved. Yet "Moscow Walz" lied thinking he could get away with doing so because the unwashed would buy his lie. Obviously if he will lie to you and himself campaigning what would he do if elected?

Is this the kind of president we want to rule our republic?

Let's look at Trump who we know lacks a presidential persona. Trump stretches the truth but when he said more were present at his inauguration he was not doing so as a magician. Yes, he stretched the truth but that is not the same as lying.

By doing so, they impute lies they tell to their opposition in the hope they can get voters to buy their version of the truth. Moscow Walz and Blackboard Kamala believe they are magicians.

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Josh Shapiro and the unmaking of a vice president

The successful campaign to keep the Jewish governor of Pennsylvania off the Democratic ticket is a watershed moment for Democrats and American Jews.

By Jonathan S. Tobin

But there’s little doubt that the decision to bypass a popular governor who could have played a decisive role in winning a key battleground state that Harris must have if she is to beat former President Donald Trump in November wasn’t made solely because of Shapiro’s healthy ego. As we all know, that is a quality that hardly marks him as an outlier among politicians. Instead, it was his identity as a Jew and an unabashed supporter of Israel that sparked an ultimately successful campaign among Democrats to spike the Shapiro boomlet.

His positions on Israel and the war on Hamas are not, in fact, very different from those of the other men Harris was considering, including Walz and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. They, too, support Israel’s right to exist and condemned the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, as well as expressed concern about the pro-Hamas demonstrations that have become the hallmark of a surge in American antisemitism during the last 10 months. And like them, Shapiro supports proposals for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict that is hopelessly out of touch with what Palestinians want; all are critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Choosing Dearborn over Pennsylvania

But only the possibility of Shapiro being a heartbeat away from the presidency caused leftist magazines like The New Republic and Slate to denounce him for being “egregiously bad on Palestine.” As reports in The New York Times and other publications also made clear, his willingness to stand up on the issue in recent months was seen in a different light than that of other pro-Israel Democrats. The fact that he had rightly compared the pro-Hamas antisemites to members of the Ku Klux Klan, while Harris had voiced understanding and sympathy for them, was seen as disqualifying.

This is an election in which leading Democrats believe they are going to need a united party with their left-wing activist base fully on board with the national ticket. That’s why President Joe Biden sent officials to bend their knees to Dearborn, Mich., earlier this year to the pro-Hamas mayor of the city known as America’s “jihad capital.” Shapiro being an affiliated synagogue member who attended Jewish day school and sends his own children to them, as well as has a record of support for Israel dating back to his youth, made him unacceptable to that crucial wing of the party.

That put Harris in something of a dilemma.

If winning the election and “saving democracy” from alleged threats by former President Donald Trump and the Republicans were primary goals, then Shapiro was her best bet. Naming him gave her the best chance of tipping Pennsylvania, where Trump has led for most of the year, back into the Democratic column. And his centrist approach would have expanded the Democratic coalition, giving it a better chance to win over independent voters who have also favored Trump this year.

Sending a message

Walz is no leftist, but he was definitely the most left-leaning of all the potential vice-presidential nominees that were finalists for the Democrats. That’s why members of the far-left congressional “Squad” and Socialist Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) celebrated Harris’s choice. Though Democrats are rebranding him as being no different from Shapiro in most respects, he’s clearly the favorite of “progressives.” He’s a supporter of the anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), imposed draconian COVID-19 lockdowns on his state and dithered for three days before finally agreeing to the anguished pleas of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to send in the National Guard to stop Black Lives Matter rioters from burning down the city.

A lot has changed since 2000

Above all, the rejection of Shapiro after he was bashed by so many on the left serves as a reminder of how much the Democratic Party has changed in the last 24 years.

The attacks on Shapiro illustrate that this is no longer the case.

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Radical Islamist shoe finally has begun dropping.

By Sara Fischer

Politics & Policy

Money still pouring into election ads

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

Political advertising around the 2020 election is expected to reach $6.7 billion this cycle, up 12% from initial projections of around $6 million, according to a new report. Nearly $2 billion will be spent on digital video, primarily on Facebook and Google.

Why it matters: The pandemic has forced campaigns to shift budgets from in-person campaign events, like canvassing and town halls, to digital advertising and virtual events. This has expedited a growing shift from traditional campaign marketing to dgital.

Technology

Joe Biden surges past Trump on Facebook and Google spending

Adapted from Advertising Analytics; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios

Why it matters: For a while, Trump was dominating online advertising spend on Google and Facebook, giving his campaign an unprecedented early lead in drumming up grassroots support ahead of 2020. Now, Democrats — led by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — are catching up.

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By Sara Fischer

Economy

2020 candidates are mostly focusing their advertising spending online

A phone with a dollar bill as a screen.

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

The 2020 presidential election is being fought online at a level we've never seen before, eclipsing television's traditional dominance.

Why it matters: Television is still one of the most important vehicles for candidates to message during a presidential election, especially during the general election, but its dominance is quickly being eaten by digital, and that's including digital alternatives of television, like commercials on Hulu.

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Much Ado About Nothing

By Sherwin Pomerantz

Well, everyone here has been hunkered down since the weekend waiting for the big attack by Iran and its proxies (i.e. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houtis, and even Palestinians living in Judea & Samaria/the West Bank), yet, except for a drone here and there from Lebanon …..nothing. It actually seems now that all the supplies we put in to our “safe rooms” in case we were attacked may not be needed after all. So, what happened?

Frankly a lot of things because nobody anywhere in this region except Iran really wants a regional war to break out and that is a feeling shared by other countries of influence as well.

Som observations from a lay person……

First. the United States sent two strike forces (i.e. each is an armada of warships led by an aircraft carrier or two) to the eastern Mediterranean and parked them right off Israel’s coastline. The appearance of that much naval firepower along with fighter aircraft ready to launch was a message to Iran & Co. that perhaps they better think twice before attacking us lest they suffer the wrath of the US’ show of strength, joined by the UK as well.

No doubt this made the Iranians think twice about unleashing their own firepower. They clearly remember that when they tried this the last time on April 13^th, 98% of the 300+ drones and missiles that they launched in that barrage were shot down in mid-air, and not just by us. The US, UK, France and even Jordan and Saudi Arabia joined in our defense.

Second, Russia’s Putin travelled to Tehran earlier this week to meet with the Iranian leadership as well. According to reliable press reports he told the Iranians that if they did attack Israel, they should make sure not to go after civilians in Israel but stick to military targets only. The Iranians, of course, don’t want to get the Russians angry as Russia is a huge buyer of Iranian oil and a political ally as well. Of course, the Russian instructions to Iran are also very difficult to follow technologically, as the Iranian missiles are not so accurate as to be able to differentiate targets very well. If they try to comply there will be a lot of “oops” moments for sure.

Third, Jordan’s foreign minister also paid a visit to Tehran this week, the first time there has been such a high-level Jordanian in Iran in twenty years. His purpose in going there was to make it clear to the Iranians that Jordan will not permit Iran to use its air space in order to attack another country (read: Israel). Given that the biggest physical obstacle between Iran and Israel’s eastern border is Jordan, that would make it impossible for Iran to lob missiles directly at Israel from the east, unless they go via Saudi Arabia but…….

Fourth, not to be outdone, shortly after Jordan made its point to the Iranians, the Saudis said “us too,” and took the same position as the Jordanians, warning Iran that Saudi air space is also closed to Iranian missiles aimed at a third country (again, read: Israel).

A cursory look at the map of the Middle East will show that once you eliminate the possibility of launching missiles at Israel via Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the only border left is the northern border with Lebanon whose access is only possible via Iraq and Syria. That provides a very narrow geographical window of opportunity and it is not 100% clear that Hezbollah, although it is a proxy of Iran, would be able to convince the Government of Lebanon to permit this. While their government is not very strong the people of Lebanon as a whole are not happy with the presence there of Hezbollah so this kind of permission cannot be assumed.

As a result, my guess is we will see a very very muted response from the Iranians, in spite of all their bluster over the last ten days. They will try something for sure but it may be simply a series of drones launched from Lebanon or even a missile or two that they will apologize to the Jordans about and which will be neutralized enroute.

This does, of course, still leave us with the issues on our northern border with which we have been dealing since October 8^th. It is not clear where that will end up but it would be good to be able to limit the fronts where we are fighting to two rather than the present seven.

Let’s hope that the Iranians are as smart and strategic as people give them credit for. They won’t walk away from this loving us, but defanged enemies are much easier to deal with than those who actually mean what they say and have the wherewithal to act out their threats without any restraints. And if it works out this way, once again us believers will have seen the hand of the Lord in all its glory.

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President Herzog's message to world Jewry as Israel is threatened by Iran

As Israel faces threat of attack, President Herzog sends a message to Jewish communities around the world

President Isaac Herzog today, Wednesday, sent a message to Jewish communities around the world, as Israel continues to face the ongoing threat of imminent attack from the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies across the region.

In his message, President Herzog spoke of the importance of the resilience of the Israeli people, of the great capabilities of the defense and security services, and of the centrality of the steadfast alliance with Israel’s allies – especially, the United States of America. The President said that the Israeli people and Jewish communities shared in the tensions and anxieties surrounding the threats of today, and noted that the concern and care between Israel and Jews around the world was mutual and deep.

Herzog began, “Dear Jewish sisters and brothers from around the world, these are difficult moments for the State of Israel and the Jewish people. These very days, we mark 10 months since the brutal massacre of October 7. It coincides with another heartbreaking moment in time, the fifth anniversary of Ariel Bibas, the little red-headed boy from Kibbutz Nir Oz who was abducted from his home by Hamas terrorists on that dark day, along with his mother, Shiri, his father, Yarden, and his baby brother, Kfir."

He contonued, “At the same time, our enemies, poisoned by hatred, blinded by radicalism and antisemitism, have vowed to attack us again. We all feel the tension, the anxiety, and the vulnerability of these moments. These feelings are natural. But my friends, rest assured. I want to state clearly, we have the capacity to confront our enemies and to defeat them. The State of Israel is blessed with many resources, most importantly incredible human resources. We have an excellent and highly motivated military, air force, intelligence services, and others. We have advanced air-defense systems. We have strong and enduring alliances that are committed to protecting not only Israel but the rules-based world ord

++++er we are fighting for, and we are so grateful to them – especially to our closest ally and friend, the United States of America, which is leading the coalition actively defending the values of life and liberty."

“But beyond all of that, we carry another most precious resource, the remarkable resilience of our people. A resilience which is rooted in the deep sense of connection and shared destiny that we have shared all across the ages. It is what has enabled us to get back up and rebuild after even the worst tragedies, and it is what we lean into right now," Herzog said.

“I want to say to our sisters and brothers everywhere that the depth of our connection and our caring is mutual. We in Israel also see the anxieties, concerns and vulnerability of Jewish communities around the world. And just as you carry us in your hearts, we carry you in our hearts too.

“Dear friends, Am Yisrael Chai,” Herzog concluded.

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Veterans Will Not Be Fooled by Tim Walz

BY Kurt Schlichter

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

WALZ WHITE OUT" .Diabolic Fraud. Mistake. Deaf Fed? VETERANS WILL NOT BUY IT.

Walz vs Shapiro was a cop out by "Blackboard/MOSCOW KAMALA to" the Facist Islamists that dictate policy in the weaponized Democrat ant-Semitic Party, plain and simple.

It proved again "Blackboard/MOSCOW" has no guts/courage to go outside the safety zone. Go along, get along "Blackboard." Don't confront just hang back and suck and gaggle.

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The basic mistake Democrats and progressives make is the poor do not create jobs, have not the financial wherewithal to build factories, etc.

Giving the wealthy a profit incentive works, They will open their pocket books, take risks etc.

This is basic common sense.

Being charitable is not a driving motivation even for capitalist risk takers.

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Judicial Watch Sues for Records on CIA Personnel Deployed for January 6, 2021 Protests

Judicial Watch announced recently it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for all records related to any shots fired inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, and records of requests for CIA support including bomb technicians and bomb-detecting dogs placed on standby or used in response to the massive protests in and around Washington, DC.

Monday, August 5, 2024

My Essay Followed By A Ton Of Information. Money IsThe Mik and Honey. Tattooed.

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My Essay:

First Blackboard President

Politicians are human and come in a variety of personalities, sizes and shapes.

However, Kamala is the first "blackboard" we ever had running for the presidency. Normally, politicians have a record of accomplishments and seek to run on them. However, in the case of Kamala, she has accomplished nothing and, like a leopard or chameleon, is seeking to erase her disastrous record of being nothing more than an understudy to Biden who has never been right on a single policy issue in his entire life.

In fact, look behind "Uncle Joe's," smile" and you will find a racist who presided over the worst smear job of any Justice until Trump nominated his conservative Justices and voted against the Civil Rights Legislation..

Trump may not have a presidential persona but he showed us 4 years of unbelievable, historical, accomplishments that lifted all boats to positive heights.

Trump created circumstances that challenged all Americans, regardless of their backgrounds, ethnicity, color, etc., the opportunity to pursue their constitutional rights to pursue happiness etc,

Not only is Trump dusting off his former policy initiatives that made America Great Again, but he is campaigning on the fact they were good enough before and better now. Unlike Kamala, Trump is not erasing but re-enlisting his policies.

Trump has confronted our most dangerous adversaries and made them stand down. What has Kamala done in this regard? Trump closed our borders. Kamala wants to keep them open. Every negative that is destroying our republic is supported by "Erase Board Kamala."

Most important of all, Trump is supportive of our most important ally in the Middle East while Kamala is unwilling to allow Israel to defend itself , preferring to curry favor with Iran.

The contrast between Kamala is so stark, so diametric to common sense it is mystifying how anyone, in his right mind, can vote for a "Blackboard."

Finally, the Republican Party is not anti-Semitic and is unwilling to support radical's depriving Jewish Students from pursuing their education.

https://townhall.com/columnists/douglas-carswell/2024/08/06/why-the-left-hates-israel-n2642995

And:

https://townhall.com/columnists/douglas-carswell/2024/08/06/why-the-left-hates-israel-n2642995

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Another market comment:

1)No one is home. Most everyone is on vacation.

2) A presidential year is generally positive because both parties promise everything.This Fed needs to cut rates to catch up with market rates,

3) Computers are in charge of the markets creating volatility.

4) Cutting rates raises concerns that we are heading into a recession. I do not embrace this view.

5) Finally "Blackboard Kamala's" choice of VP reinforces everything politically negative in terms of a political response to the market.

By mid Sept. the market should be finished with it's correction and stabilizing.

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Let's hear it from our bartender.

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Dear Dick,

America and Israel are working together to deter, defend against, and confront Iran as the regime threatens an attack that could spark a massive regional war.

CENTCOM Commander General Michael Kurilla, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, arrived in Israel today to coordinate a joint response with the IDF to any potential attack.

General Kurilla was responsible for the successful international cooperation that intercepted more than 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel from Iran in mid-April. Kurilla met with Israeli defense officials to coordinate strategic planning in anticipation of another expected attack by Iran and its proxies against the Israeli home front.

Also today, President Biden convened his national security team in the situation room in preparation of an attack. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his G7 counterparts on a call last night that an attack by Iran and Hezbollah against Israel could start as early as today.

And last night, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant "to reiterate ironclad U.S. support for Israel’s right to self-defense against threats posed by Iran, Lebanese Hezbollah, Houthis, and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups."

As America and Israel stand together, the secretary of Russia’s National Security Council is meeting with his counterpart in Tehran to strengthen security ties between the U.S. adversaries. Iran is also rejecting U.S., European and Arab diplomatic efforts to avoid escalations, even if it means triggering a broader war.

Israeli leaders are preparing for any eventuality. "We are preparing to fight every scenario, on every front," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a memorial ceremony yesterday. "Iran and its proxies seek to encircle us with a stranglehold of terror. We are determined to confront them on every front and in every arena – near or far. Anyone who harms us will pay a very heavy price."

America and our allies must work together to deter Iran by demonstrating that we will stand with Israel as it responds to any strikes by the Iranian regime and its proxies.

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Rejoining IDF, Ex-Envoy Michael Oren Warns: ‘We’re Fighting the Wrong War’

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren in IDF uniform. Photo: Provided

Israel’s former Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren has traded his diplomatic credentials and suits for a dog tag and combat uniform by joining an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rapid response counter-terrorism unit in a northern kibbutz, warning that the fall of the embattled north would pose the most significant threat to Israel’s central heartland.

Oren recently returned from Washington, DC, where he accompanied a delegation of displaced Israelis from the north for a series of talks and high-level meetings in the US capital. The former envoy criticized Biden administration officials for lacking adequate answers for the evacuees they met with, implying they expected the evacuees to simply accept living in close proximity to a terror threat.

“No one is going to go back to living, say, in Metulla, which is literally a war zone with 150 houses destroyed and with Hezbollah on the other side of the fence,” he said, referring to the powerful Iran-backed terrorist organization in Lebanon. Oren cited army estimates that as much as 40 percent of Israel’s evacuated north, numbering some 80,000 people, would not return home in the event of a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza.

“We now know what terrorists on the other side can do to Israelis,” he added.

Oren asserted that Israel was misdirecting its focus with the fighting in Hamas-ruled Gaza to the south, investing its manpower and resources against the wrong enemy. “We’re fighting the wrong war. We should focus our main energy on the north, which is a strategic threat. Hamas was and is a tactical threat. It’s not going anywhere.”

Hezbollah, which wields significant military and political influence across Lebanon, has been firing drones, missiles, and rockets at northern Israel daily since October, when the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began. The onslaught has forced Israelis living near the Lebanon border to flee to other parts of the country for safety.

Oren assailed the response by world leaders and global press to last week’s targeted assassinations of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and rejected claims that the killings would make hostage negotiations tougher and foil the chances for regional quiet.

“The reaction of the world was extraordinary. By eliminating two mass murderers, they’re saying Israel has jeopardized peace. You can’t make this stuff up,” Oren said. “What foils the chances for a hostage agreement [with Hamas] and for regional stability is not standing up to terror and not fighting.”

“Leaders of the United States and the world should thank Israel for eliminating the murderer of not just Israelis, and of Palestinians, but the murder of Americans,” he added.

Oren rejected claims that Israel was not operationally or logistically prepared for a full-scale war with Hezbollah, asserting that Israel had untapped resources ready for deployment. “We have conventional means that we’ve never used before, and we could use them now, like our submarine force,” he said, declining to elaborate further.

Kobi Levy, a resident of Kfar Blum who is part of the rapid response team alongside Oren, hailed the former envoy’s decision to dust off his uniform for the first time in over a decade. Oren fought in the First Lebanon War in 1982 in the Paratroopers Brigade.

According to Levy, many lawmakers and politically-affiliated groups, including the Brothers in Arms anti-government protest group, have briefly visited the kibbutz for what he termed “photo ops and empty promises.”

Oren, he said, “came with all his heart to listen. To us, the people of the north. He’s the only politician who understands exactly what the residents want.”

Levy also said that Oren wasn’t above doing whatever was needed for the team, from early morning drills to overnight guard shifts. He predicted that Oren, who also served as a deputy minister in Israel’s 19th Knesset, had a “bright future” ahead of him should he make a return to Israeli politics.

Asked if such a scenario was on the cards, Oren was coy. “Whether in a suit or a uniform, I’ve always been about service to our country and our people, and I’ll continue serving in any way I can.”

For the meantime, Oren was happy to be the “oldest guy by far” in the rapid response squad. “I knew that if I wanted to advocate for the north, I needed to see it firsthand,” he said.

That experience has led him to discover things he would never otherwise have known. One example he gave is the lack of financial support for Kfar Blum, which was not evacuated by the IDF and therefore receives no compensation. More than 60 percent of the kibbutz’s residents have self-evacuated, including Levy’s own family which evacuated only last week over fears of a reprisal after last week’s double assassination. The kibbutz, once known for being the cultural center of the north with several music festivals, has hosted thousands of soldiers passing through in the past ten months of war, and authorities have yet to pick up the tab, Oren said. “They do it with love of course, but even just the water bill is a tremendous burden on this community.”

“I’m deeply impressed by the people here and their commitment to the north and to Israel,” he said.

“I’m not being sentimental; they are the embodiment of the Zionist ideal,” Oren added. “But the sense is that they’ve been forgotten.”

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Three Ways to Confront Iran

Impose tariffs on countries that violate sanctions, hold Tehran accountable for Hezbollah’s attacks, and set real red lines on nuclear weapons.

By Lindsey Graham

Iran and its proxies have intensified their attacks on Israel and on U.S. interests in the Middle East, beginning with Hamas’s barbaric incursion of Oct. 7. Much of the blame belongs to the Biden-Harris administration for deciding not to enforce sanctions against Tehran. When President Trump left office, Iran was exporting 300,000 barrels of oil a day. By October 2023, that figure was up to 1.4 million barrels a day. That generates money to fund Iran’s top export: terrorism.

For too long, the U.S. has at best played defense when it comes to Iran. It’s time to go on offense. To that end, I have introduced a series of bills:

I call my first proposal the terrorism tariff. If a nation buys oil or gas from Iran, the U.S. would levy a tariff on all imports from that country. By buying cheap Iranian oil, China, India and others are enriching the ayatollahs, cheating the market, and blatantly violating sanctions. My proposal would make these countries choose between cheap Iranian oil and normal business with the U.S. This idea originated after many discussions with Mr. Trump, who has used tariffs with great effect to change bad behavior.

The second proposal is a resolution declaring that any Hezbollah attack on Israel is an Iranian attack on Israel. This was the position President John F. Kennedy took in the Cuban Missile Crisis—any attack emanating from Cuba would be considered an attack by the Soviet Union on the U.S.

Hezbollah is getting more provocative, and the U.S. and Israel need to recognize that the problem doesn’t begin in Lebanon. Iranian oil refineries should be on the target list if Hezbollah or other Iranian proxies continue to attack Israel. If Iran’s rulers believe we are serious about destroying or diminishing their capability to refine oil, their behavior will change.

My third proposal lays out definitive red lines for Iran’s nuclear program. If Iran crosses these lines, the U.S. would be authorized to use military force against Iran. Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is its most potent threat. The ayatollahs continue to deny it, but when they chant “death to Israel” and “death to America,” they mean it—and we should take them seriously.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said recently that Iran has narrowed its nuclear breakout time—how long it would take to produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make a bomb—to a week or two. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence published an assessment that found “Iran continues to increase the size of its uranium stockpile, increase its enrichment capacity, and develop, manufacture, and operate advanced centrifuges. Tehran has the infrastructure and experience to quickly produce weapons-grade uranium at multiple facilities, if it chooses to do so.” I encourage every American to read that report, and I urge my congressional colleagues to read the classified version. It will put this threat into chilling perspective.

Under my proposal, if it is determined that Iran holds uranium enriched to weapons-grade level, possesses a nuclear warhead, or has obtained a delivery vehicle capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that threatens the national security interests of the U.S., then the president would be authorized to take military action.

It is hard to imagine a worse disaster for the world than if the ayatollahs acquire nuclear capability. It would throw the Middle East into a nuclear arms race and put us all on the road to Armageddon.

Until the Iranians understand what they can’t do, they will continue to sow chaos. We must define red lines for Iran and enforce them.

The only thing the Iranian regime will respect is strength. The Biden-Harris administration has been profoundly weak, and its posture toward Iran has been a catastrophic failure. Israel isn’t alone in paying the price.

We live in dangerous times. The best way to prevent further bloodshed and upheaval in the Middle East and protect America is to stand up to the Iranian regime. Together, these three legislative proposals will send an unambiguous message to Iran that the old way of doing business is over.

Mr. Graham, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from South Carolina.

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Biden was axed because he ws told donors had cut off his fundin.ie pulled his plug.. The coup has the finger prints of Pelosi, Obama and even Hollywood's Clooney.

Yes, they cut off his hominy and grits which Democrats place over a rational message and policy they plan to implement in order to govern.

In the Democrat Party money is the milk and honey.

As for Walz, he simply drives the nail deeper into the radical timber "Blackboard" Kamala cannot avoid. It is tattooed into her soul and very being.

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Former Top Obama Adviser Throws More Cold Water on Kamala Harris' Candidacyyyyyyy

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Middle East and Other Musings

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Tim Walz; “A Radical Liberal Socialist” “An Unaccomplished Nobody From No Where”

Veterans Will Not Be Fooled by Tim Walz

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

WALZ WHITE OUT" .Diabolic Fraud. Mistake. Deaf Fed? VETERANS WILL NOT BUY IT.

Monday, August 5, 2024

My Essay Followed By A Ton Of Information. Money IsThe Mik and Honey. Tattooed.

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