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“Blinken deletes tweet saying US would ‘stand with people of Hong Kong’ & posts watered-down version.”https://t.co/sB1OrUr2Po pic.twitter.com/rbfVoMi20o
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) September 17, 2021
Gen. Milley can claim that he was just doing his job all he wants, but the fact of the matter is, he emboldened the Chinese. He’s even on another call telling the Chinese that, “Democracy is messy sometimes.” That’s true, but it’s also a signal of willingness to accommodate an enemy regime. He’s at best an idiot who doesn’t understand threats (or the Chinese, apparently), and at worst a compromised traitor who attempted to lead a de facto coup by asking for the loyalty of the military outside the civilian chain of command.
Taiwan's air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 10 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone, Taiwan's defense ministry said, the day after the island announced a $9 billion boost to military spending to counter the threat from Chinahttps://t.co/6ml01XMtXc
— Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) September 17, 2021
Just doing his job?
My guess is he had no evidence for deciding to go all Alexander Haig, other than Gen. Milley has shown that he’s unusually susceptible to propaganda. He’s more interested in being Gen. George McClellan than he is in defending the Constitution or exhibiting military competence.
You’ve seen his Congressional testimony, especially when he interrupts questioning of Sec. Austin to affirmatively state that Bagram Airfield has no strategic value. He’s a guy who gets promoted because he’s good at self-promotion, and when he sensed the wind was blowing a certain way, he threw any principles out the window to save his own a–.
I agree to some extent. When a person isn’t just collecting data and putting it into a tracker, but is being consulted about policy, being cited as an authority on causation and correlations, and commenting on policies (masking, super-spreader events, etc.), then credentials begin to matter. Iowa has been okay, on the whole, but like Rebekah Jones, this woman is being quoted as an expert, and followed on Twitter as a source for news regarding forecasting outbreaks, when she has no qualifications for doing so other than inputting government data into graphing software. Otherwise, it’s just another way the media confirms its priors and manufactures “evidence” for things that aren’t supported by the data.
USC 28 – Stanford 17. Link above explains why.
STANFORD at USC (FOX, 10:30 p.m.)
Home team has won and covered last four in series.
David Shaw was on a 3-12 spread skid before covering his last three games of an exciting yet reduced 2020 schedule, then dropped 2021 opener vs. K-State.
Shaw was 1-5 as dog in 2019 but 2-1 in role LY. Shaw was 13-5 as dog from 2011-18.
Note SC just 9-14 last 23 as chalk for Helton.Tech Edge: Slight to SC, based on series home trends.
As skeptical as I am about the NY Times editorial staff, their video team and some of their international team do good work.
From the investigative team’s tweet:
A Times investigation of video evidence, along with interviews with more than a dozen of the driver’s co-workers and family members in Kabul, raises serious doubts about the U.S. version of events.
They have video evidence from his neighborhood, his NGO’s security cameras, and interviews with men who were in the car with the victim prior to the strike (when loading and unloading laptops at the NGO and filling up water containers that are consistent with the interviews. In addition, even the previous reports indicated that this was likely the case, and the likely victim of the drone strike.
This is what war crimes looks like: pic.twitter.com/3guIyZkxuT
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 10, 2021
The “one child” policy was based on the Paul Ehrlich “Population Bomb” theory that human beings’ need for resources would eventually overwhelm the supply, and create scarcity for everyone. It was part of the Malthusian school of thought. Now, of course, it created sex imbalances (because of sex selection and the cultural preference for boys), a potential pensioner / GDP ratio issue, and all sorts of other problems. Communism, eh?
The Polymatter channel has a pretty good three part series about why the Chinese are so desperate to create a hegemony now. If you want to read about what may be the beginning of the debt problem, look up Evergrande on any financial website (or in the news).
https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/tree-of-life-synagogue-disputes-joe-bidens-claim-he-visited/
It’s becoming more and more clear that President Biden only thinks of himself. The plagiarism – self-aggrandizement. All the fabricated stuff (facing danger, South Africa / Nelson Mandela, visiting the Tree of Life synagogue), self-aggrandizement. Your son / daughter died because of my poor decisions, let me tell you about me losing my son [to cancer].
I ask that you consider something worse than that he can’t remember… that he does remember, but he doesn’t care.
I’m not an apologist for this administration’s complete failure to plan for a withdrawal from Afghanistan, but there have been worse. Specifically, 1) the retreat of the Macedonians after Alexander the Great’s death resulted in a civil war, and the Greeks massacring the Macedonians settlers who revolted, and 2) the retreat of Lord Elphinstone after the First Anglo-Afghan war. The 1842 retreat is eerily similar (those who don’t study the past are doomed to repeat it?) to what happened. A technologically superior force comes in, defeats the local warlord, who retreats into the mountains and regroups. Then he begins defeating the occupying force using guerilla tactics and capturing materiel, until he overruns Kabul. Lord Elphinstone then negotiates for safe passage to Jalalabad, under the “protection” of the warlord. Accounts vary, but apparently the warlord either goes back on his promise, or doesn’t control the passes the British will take (ISIS-K?). About 4,500 British soldiers, with arms and cannons, and about 12,000 men, women, and children (mostly servants and translators and collaborators) set off for Jalalabad. 1 British combat surgeon survived (along with about three sepoys, or servants from India). The remainder were killed in daily raids, frostbite / exposure (January in Afghanistan), summarily executed, or kidnapped and sold into slavery.
As pathetic as the speeches were over the last two weeks, the media will still run cover (they already are… have you read the Washington Post?).
The same playbook is being used by Klain and others in the administration to distract from Americans being stranded in Afghanistan. https://t.co/lkZyhCw8UB pic.twitter.com/l85018WOJ2
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) August 31, 2021
The Iran deal all over again. This administration, and these clowns (Jake Sullivan was Ben Rhodes’ aide) flat out told Israel they’re entering the Iran deal again, and now want to negotiate potential non-humanitarian aid to the Taliban to “incentivize” them to behave. Idiots.
Don’t forget the $500M spent on phantom masks from China that turned out to be useless. What about lack of forest management, leading to more forest fires? What about the homeless policies that made San Francisco what it is today, that he spread to the rest of California (and Austin, TX, by the way)? What about him kneecapping charter schools at the behest of the teacher’s unions (which caused former Democrat majority leader Gloria Romero to endorse Elder)? What about him going forward with decommissioning Diablo Canyon when it’s been proven that renewables aren’t going to be able to satisfy our demand for electricity (especially if we transition to all-electric vehicles)?
He’s good at pushing political priorities, but he lacks any actual leadership skills. Unlike last time, he’s vindictive enough that no prominent Democrats put their hat in the ring to replace him.
We can discuss his messaging, which is a complete failure in my opinion, but he deserves to lose big.
If I were president, and I had put our country into the current situation in Afghanistan, I would tell America, our allies, our enemies, and the world, something like this…https://t.co/cDCXxzI9F4 pic.twitter.com/4pp5FYCizN
— Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) August 23, 2021
Now a 4* DE committed (in addition to a recent 4* safety). We might actually have a defense in the near future.
Biden was the Democratic Party pick, not an actual candidate. Using a metaphor, the eunuchs are now in charge. Everyone knows Ron Klain is the most powerful person in the free world, and Kamala is chafing that she’s not getting access to the DNC machine. Now the Democratic Party can run all its policy priorities, pork, and Squad Goals through one-party control until they are so unpopular that the whole thing collapses. Nameless party policy wonks are running the Executive, and running hog wild (as seen through the executive orders). As for actual governance, this is exactly what anyone who isn’t susceptible to media propaganda / DNC propaganda could have foreseen.
As for mid-terms, etc., we’ll see. The current split is 224-214 (3 vacancies, 2DEM, 1GOP), with redistricting meaning the GOP will lose seats in, say New York, and gain seats in other places. Here’s a helpful article.
I mean there’s momentum, but the suburban moms need to see what their collective hypnosis hath wrought. The intersectional coalition is starting to show cracks, and I’m thinking the teacher’s unions are potentially creating a wedge that a smart politician can garner a lot of minority votes through. (We want to give you school choice so you can make sure your children are learning what will make them successful, not a bunch of garbage that isn’t helping anybody, and not under conditions where they are guaranteed not to thrive).
The Senate map is bad for Republicans. I still have no idea how Warnock and Ossoff won those Georgia seats, so I’m assuming Warnock stays. If Sununu runs, he wins (+1), if not, it’s a hold; if Greitens wins the primary, I’m not sure what happens, but he WAS wrongfully accused so maybe?; I see Cortez-Masto holding onto Nevada; if Brnovich or Masters wins the primary in AZ, Kelly is toast, in my opinion (+1); I can see some PA shenanigans resulting in a PA flip of Toomey’s seat (-1); Ron Johnson and Richard Burr’s seats seem like holds to me, but they’re being heavily targeted.
NEW: @Civiqs
President Biden Job Approval by State: pic.twitter.com/DeuNEBLXPU
— PPUSA (@PollProjectUSA) August 20, 2021
Here’s a tidbit for your amusement.
Don’t underestimate Vandy’s ability to suck. At home. Last season they were 0-5 at home (1-4 ATS). They went 3-4 in 2019 (2-5 ATS). David Shaw is usually good for one upset win, and one inexplicable loss per season. So I’m going with 6 wins as the most likely outcome. I’m going with 7 wins (ASU or UCLA) based on a bit of chaos in their programs.
BERLIN — Until Sunday, Europe thought Joe Biden was an expert on foreign policy.https://t.co/zo1hUdfydn
— Matthew Kaminski (@KaminskiMK) August 17, 2021
Hmm. The media drives perception? Internationally, the Europeans read our newspapers and watch our (non-Fox) cable news and allow opinions to be assigned to them. Real people in the decision making rooms were trying to warn us about Biden’s incompetence for years, but if the media spreads the Democrats’ talking points, it’s accepted uncritically because… reasons?
Illustrating my point re: Trump’s negotiated withdrawal versus the Biden Administration’s withdrawal.
The @WSJ editors accurately, succinctly damn @POTUS @JoeBiden. When Taliban violated the Doha agreement —premised on a negotiated power sharing— the U.S. was free to keep Bagram, it’s 2500 troops and NATO’s 5000, to use air power. He could have saved thousands. He chose not to. pic.twitter.com/uIoHlWWaAn
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) August 16, 2021
If the Taliban tested us, and we got to keep Bagram Air Force Base, the evacuation could have been much faster. Instead, we gave up Bagram and a bunch of Blackhawks, A-29s, and drones.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/taliban-at-gates-of-kabul-as-afghanistan-collapses-without-us-support
The key passage:
The Taliban has largely taken Afghanistan without much of a fight, leaving the spoils of war—including military equipment and ammunition supplied by the U.S.—for the militants to further bolster their upper hand.
In the last few weeks, Afghanistan’s air force became a sticking point in negotiations between the Biden administration and Afghan officials, according to one person familiar with the talks.
The country’s mostly U.S.-provided air fleet was dependent on foreign contractors to assist with maintenance. As the U.S. withdrawal took hold, the Biden administration refused to allow contractors into the country to service the aircraft, effectively grounding some of the Afghan Air Force at the same time as the U.S. had withdrawn direct air support to Afghan forces.
Again, the Daily Beast is not exactly a conservative outlet.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-bidens-surrender-is-an-ugly-needless-disaster
