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Will Trump return to social media on his own platform?

Up to now, Jason Miller has been an obscure staffer who made headlines mainly for scandals. He doesn't even have a Conservapedia article. But here is his story, for what it is worth: "Trump's grand return to social media: Longtime advisor reveals former president will unveil his own platform in coming months that will 'completely redefine the game'.

If I were Trump, I would have switched to Parler after Twitter did its first "fact check" back in May.[1] By the time of the "stop the steal" rally, his account would have had a giant following. Parler offered Trump a piece of the action, so I don't know why it wasn't bada bing. PeterKa (talk) 23:00, 21 March 2021 (EDT)

Why he didn't just buy into Gab or Parler and help them expand their own servers, we'll just have to wait for an explanation someday. RobSFree Kyle! 23:10, 21 March 2021 (EDT)

Our real president, Jill Biden

Joe Biden is falling down the steps of Air Force One (three times!) and sinking into incoherence. So who is really in charge these days? This article argues that it's Jill Biden. Unlike previous first ladies, Jill doesn't focus on any specific area. Instead, she speaks with authority on administration policy generally. Anyone who has read her thesis will find the idea that she is charge of anything to be a frightening thought. We don't actually know much about her thinking. The 25th Amendment was adopted to prevent this kind of "Edith Wilson situation" from happening again. Edith was the wife of President Woodrow Wilson and unconstitutionally filled in as "steward" when her husband was disabled by a stroke from October 1919 to March 1921. PeterKa (talk) 10:39, 22 March 2021 (EDT)

What about Kamala? RobSFree Kyle! 23:55, 22 March 2021 (EDT)

I've heard it said Doug Emhoff is the real President now. Kamala's husband. I hope we see a sea change in US politics soon. NishantXavierFor Christ the King

Hmm, interesting. It says here that Emhoff may have ties to the CCP... —LTMay D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well! Tuesday, 00:31, 23 March 2021 (EDT)
IMO, Susan Rice and Anita Dunn are the ranking members of the Politburo calling all the shots. Kamala is still in training to become frontman, and will probably officially take over sometime this year. RobSFree Kyle! 00:55, 23 March 2021 (EDT)
Here is a fake video of Kamala reacting to Biden repeatedly falling. Biden was pretty hard on Trump after the West Point ramp incident in 2015, so don't feel sorry for him.
The fiasco that ensued when Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with the Chinese in Anchorage suggests that nobody is at the wheel, at least as far as foreign policy goes. Liberals are too busy patting themselves on the back to treat what happened as a problem. According WaPo, "China may be right" to attack America as they did in Anchorage.
Some reports have suggested that the administration let the Anchorage talks fall apart because they don't think Biden is up to a summit with Xi. I guess blaming your incompetent secretary of state is better than blaming your president's mental decline. But those aren't the only two possibilities. PeterKa (talk) 09:21, 23 March 2021 (EDT)
It's official. Transition to the Biden/Harris administration has begun. As to foreign policy, no one has ever given much credit to any Democrat individual or administration as an expert, or for a success, going at least as far back as Charles Dawes. Democrats simply are incapable of separating foreign policy from domestic political partisanship. RobSFree Kyle! 12:31, 23 March 2021 (EDT)
Since the American Civil War and Reconstruction, Democrats have always viewed Republicans as their main enemy, and will crawl in bed with any foreign totalitarian or terrorist who opposes Republicans, as well. If there ever was a time people believed the old adage, "politics ends at the waters edge", I couldn't tell when that was. RobSFree Kyle! 12:46, 23 March 2021 (EDT)
In recent years, beginning with Hillary Clinton (a former Republican) and later the ascension of John Kerry and now Joe Biden, Democrats supposedly are foreign policy experts. But in all cases we know their foreign policy "expertise" is nothing but personal greed and opportunism. Virtually all Republican administrations in the 20th century since Harding were elected precisely because of Democrat foreign policy incompetence and disasters (Harding because Democrats failed to "make the world safe for democracy" and economic impact of running up the national debt in WWI under a gold standard where you can't print your way out of a deficit), Ike over Korea, Nixon over Vietnam, Reagan over Iran and the Soviet bloc. Democrat foreign policy disasters and incompetence always carry with it a severe economic component, like higher energy prices and inflation. RobSFree Kyle! 13:00, 23 March 2021 (EDT)
The idea of a Democrat "national security expert" is an oxymoron or contradiction in terms. FDR had Republican Secs. Knox and Stimson and Bill Donovan in charge of the military and intelligence to fight WWII, Kennedy had John McCone, Carter had Schlesinger, Clinton had Bill Cohen, and Obama had the former corrupt Republican Hillary Clinton. Democrats simply are almost genetically incapable of viewing foreign policy through a non-partisan or bipartisan lens, i.e. what is best for America. RobSFree Kyle! 13:10, 23 March 2021 (EDT)

Biden Continues to have a Challenge with Stairs on AF1. RobSFree Kyle! 22:42, 26 March 2021 (EDT)

What happens when whites become a minority

With the recent surge of illegal border crossings, we must ask what America will be like when whites are no longer the majority. In Theodore Roosevelt's time, immigrants were seen as contributing to the "melting pot" of America. But today's left rejects this assimilationist approach. It celebrates immigration, both legal and illegal, as a step toward multiculturalism. But multiculturalism is incompatible with democracy, which assumes a voting bloc of people with a common culture. When the Dems can't get a majority among Americans, they bring in people from other countries to vote for them. That's multiculturalism for you. But it is not democracy.

So what happens in multicultural states? Even those that work do not have political structures we would want to emulate. Singapore is a nice, modern city and all. But its politics is all about handing out goodies by race in order to prevent race riots. Each ethnic group votes for someone of its own ethnicity. No prospect is scarier for the city than that of a genuinely contested election.

That's the optimistic end of the multicultural scale. There is also Lebanon, where ethnic warfare between Christians, Sunnis, and Shiites has led to thuggish interventions by Syria and Iran. Separate states for separate peoples was a central cause for 19th century liberals. It was the proudest achievement of the Allies in World War I. PeterKa (talk) 07:59, 24 March 2021 (EDT)

There is no white race. It's a wholey fictitious invention. People of European stock come from at least 3 major racial backgrounds, Latin or Mediterranean (which itself is a mixed group including Arabs), Germanic, and Slavic. Any European is well aware of these racial distinctions.
The notion of a "white race" derives from the original U.S. Constitution which granted voting rights to "white males" and mandated a census every 10 years for apportionment. Unfortunately, even after passage of the 15th Amendment, the Census Bureau has continued now for 150 years to collect data and classify people by race. RobSFree Kyle! 08:13, 24 March 2021 (EDT)
In medieval times, white Europeans considered themselves to be the descendants of Noah's son Japheth while Ethiopians were descended from Ham. The best-known racial classification system was published by Linnaeus in 1767. Europæus albesc[ens] (whitish Europeans) was one his four races. PeterKa (talk) 10:22, 24 March 2021 (EDT)
Yah, that's what rationalists call "science" from the "Age of Enlightenment". Of course these enlightened rationalists today want to stick everything from the "Age of Reason" in the trash. RobSFree Kyle! 15:00, 24 March 2021 (EDT)
While there is no "white race", American whites have a fertility rate of 1.64 births per woman and the replacement level of birth is 2.1 births per woman.[2] Fertility rates are hard to get up, but Hungary has had a little success.
White Americans are less religious than American Blacks/Hispanics and have a lower fertility rate than those two groups.[3] Plus, there is the issue of legal/illegal immigration.
Across the globe this is happening with white indigenous populations.
By 2050 or sooner, the irreligious/nonreligious population will hit its peak in Europe and then subsequently decline. In the USA, the secular population will also peak by 2043 or sooner and then decline. See European desecularization in the 21st century and American atheism and Desecularization. Conservative (talk) 15:08, 24 March 2021 (EDT)
That's essentially why Hispanic migrant children are held in cages and the Biden administration refuses to send them back - they need a non-African, non-Muslim, non-Asian and Christian replacement population they hopefully can convert into loyal Democrats. The Germans did the same thing with blonde hair Polish children in World War II through the Lebensborn program. RobSFree Kyle! 15:19, 24 March 2021 (EDT)

Christianity is growing rapidly in Africa. "After a growing evangelical population in different parts of Africa put the life of minority groups and LGBTQ communities at risk, KAS decided to research evangelical movements in developing countries."[4]

In Latin America, evangelical/pentecostal Christianity has been growing at a rapid clip. "Today, 19 percent of Latin Americans identify as evangelical compared to 9 percent in 1960." [5]Conservative (talk) 16:39, 24 March 2021 (EDT)

"In Brazil, 32 percent of the population is evangelical while only 16 percent of Brazil’s elected positions are held by politicians that identify as evangelicals."[6]Conservative (talk) 17:03, 24 March 2021 (EDT)
  • The Constitution doesn't mention whites (or any other specific race). It says that a state's representation is determined by the number of "free Persons" and "three fifths of all other Persons." Slaves are also referred to as "such Persons." But there is nothing about their race. The only mention of race is in the 15th Amendment, which bans racial qualifications for voting. PeterKa (talk) 23:21, 24 March 2021 (EDT)
  • I stand corrected. But the point still stands; the Census Bureau was created to divide people by racial classifications and has been doing so nonstop ever since. RobSFree Kyle! 00:03, 25 March 2021 (EDT)
IOWs, racial classifications in the United States do not occur in nature; they are the result of government mandates and legislative actions. RobSFree Kyle! 00:16, 25 March 2021 (EDT)
SENS. TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND MAZIE HIRONO DISCUSS VOTING AGAINST ALL WHITE NOMINEES
“In multiracial societies, you don’t vote in accordance with your economic interests and social interests, you vote in accordance with race and religion.” - Lee Kwan Yew, a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990.
I didn't foresee ethnicity/"race" playing so much of a factor in American politics. It seems like we are on the cusp of a whole new, political ballgame. For awhile, class/money and ideology will still play a big part. But knows how long? I hope I am wrong, but I see a lot of potential disharmony in the future. Many Hispanics self-identify as whites, so perhaps I am wrong about this matter. And over time, intermarriage between ethnic groups could diminish the importance of racial politics. Conservative (talk) 01:32, 25 March 2021 (EDT)
I'm not white, but I agree with what Rob implied, that the best thing White People can do for their future is to have lots and lots of children. People who practice abortion and contraception a lot ultimately risk dying out, of whichever race they are. So all races should say no to such things.
According to Statista, roughly 250 million people in the USA are white: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183489/population-of-the-us-by-ethnicity-since-2000/ It was around 228 million in 2000. According to a Guardian Article from 2000, White People are not having the most babies in the world. "However, the UN's State of the World Population 1999 predicted that 98 per cent of the growth in the world's population by 2025 will occur in lesser developed regions, principally Africa and Asia. The most significant reason for this is lower birth rates in rich countries: in 61 countries, mainly the rich ones, people are no longer having enough babies to replace themselves." https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/sep/03/race.world NishantXavierFor Christ the King 10:22, 25 March 2021 (EDT)

Africa is a very religious continent (see: Religion and Africa). A study conducted by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says that Africans are among the most religious people on Earth.[7] It's population is expected to double by 2050.[8]

Pew Research said in 2019: "Africa is the only world region projected to have strong population growth for the rest of this century. Between 2020 and 2100, Africa’s population is expected to increase from 1.3 billion to 4.3 billion. Projections show these gains will come mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, which is expected to more than triple in population by 2100. The regions that include the United States and Canada (Northern America) and Australia and New Zealand (Oceania) are projected to grow throughout the rest of the century, too, but at slower rates than Africa."[9]

Many Africans are expected to emigrate to secular Europe both legally and illegally (see: Religion and migration).

It's going to be a very bad century for militant atheists!Conservative (talk) 14:42, 25 March 2021 (EDT)

Kamala walks through a border facilitiy. RobSFree Kyle! 19:24, 28 March 2021 (EDT)

They are coming for your guns

A Syrian refugee kills ten white Americans at a supermarket in Boulder. That's a hard one to blame on white supremacy. So here we go again: "White House Weighs Executive Orders on Gun Control" (NYT). The U.S. had 10,258 homicides in 2019. Of these, handguns killed 6,368, knives 1,476, and rifles 364. See "FBI Data Shows Knives Kill More People Than Rifles." Yet liberals focus on "assault rifles" and claim that stop-and-frisk is racist. That's because they don't have actually have anything against guns, just conservatives with guns who might stand in the way of the woke revolution. PeterKa (talk) 00:33, 25 March 2021 (EDT)

CNN is promoting this as "seven shootings in seven days." There have of course been a lot more than seven shootings, especially if you are counting individual murders (as CNN does). If you run the numbers I gave above, America has 197 murders (10258/52) in an average week.
Isn't more law enforcement the logical response to a crime spree? People who do not respect the law against murder are not going to follow gun control laws. With 300 million guns in circulation, no other country has anything like the level of per capita firearms that the U.S. has. Have the libs thought about how to deal with all those guns without provoking a civil war? Perhaps that's the point. This could be Waco all over again, a bad liberal idea that never dies. PeterKa (talk) 08:14, 25 March 2021 (EDT)
It's all lip service. The blowback would be tremendous and Biden knows it. In the midterms, the Democrats would be slaughtered.Conservative (talk) 08:49, 25 March 2021 (EDT)
The Dems' historic midterm loss in 1994 after Waco is what kept them from escalating earlier. PeterKa (talk) 09:10, 25 March 2021 (EDT)
The big story is "Immigrant kills 10 white people." And what do American citizens get for their compassion and generosity taking in immigrants? They lose their God-given rights. That, in a nutshell, is Democrat thinking and logic. RobSFree Kyle! 03:37, 26 March 2021 (EDT)
Oh my. Cokehead Hunter may have provided misinformation to law enforcement when purchasing a firearm. Form 4473 asks, “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?” We don't know what Hunter's answer was, but it seems unlikely that it was truthful. That his girlfriend Hallie threw the gun in the trash doesn't help. PeterKa (talk) 00:01, 26 March 2021 (EDT)
In 2017 Hunter told us he had a gun pointed at his head while buying crack at a homeless camp. Then he bought the gun. I'm not buying the line that he's a recovering addict since he got kicked out of the Navy for cocaine use. RobSFree Kyle! 03:30, 26 March 2021 (EDT)

Who's Jim Eagle?

Although polls show that 70 percent of Americans support the idea of requiring identification to vote,[10] Biden wants you to know that you are a racist if you think this way. At his first press conference, Biden explained that Republican laws that require voters to show ID are so awful that they will "make Jim Crow look like 'Jim Eagle'". Say what? The name "Jim Crow" is from a buffoonish minstrel character popular in the 1830s. Yet Biden interprets the reference to suggest that crows are mean to black people while eagles are more broadminded.

You need identification for everything these days. Is Biden suggesting that only white people carry it? Frankly, that sounds a little racist. If black people don't carry ID, perhaps that's the problem should be dealt with first. PeterKa (talk) 09:20, 26 March 2021 (EDT)

Blacks evidently can't buy liquor, get a job, or rent an apartment in large numbers. RobSFree Kyle! 16:38, 26 March 2021 (EDT)

Biden's first press conference

IMO, the takeaway from Biden's first press conference is that he has declined mentally since his last major performance, the debate with Trump in October. The press conference has traditionally been seen as the forum in which the American people get to see if their president can think on his feet. By that standard, Biden was cheating. The questions and the order they were asked in were arranged so that all Biden had to do was read from cards. Even when he was obviously reading from the wrong card, the media was too polite to notice.

Biden preposterously blamed Trump for the border crisis, as if Trump was supposed to get everything ready so Biden could just open the border on day one. Hey, Biden! The overwhelming majority of American don't want to increase immigration in any form. If we did want more immigrants, the solution would be to issue more visas. Letting undocumented foreigners surge across the border opens the door to terrorists, gangsters, disease, and child trafficking. The number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is now at a record high. They aren't walking from Honduras on their own.

The press is not doing enough for Biden as far as he is concerned. It will get access to border facilities when his "plan is underway." This is a remarkably blunt way to reject transparency. See "Kayleigh McEnany: Biden's first press conference leaves Americans with many more questions than answers." PeterKa (talk) 17:28, 26 March 2021 (EDT)

What's scary is, not that he did a bad performance, but that it took him 64 days to prepare for such a bad performance. RobSFree Kyle! 17:30, 26 March 2021 (EDT)
It's not scary. If Biden were sharper, he would get more done as far as promoting the Democrats agenda. At the same time, I don't wish ill-health on anyone and don't rejoice that Biden appears to have the beginning stages of dementia.Conservative (talk) 21:47, 26 March 2021 (EDT)
"I am going to say something outrageous," Biden told the press conference. "I have never been particularly poor at calculating how to get things done in the United States Senate. So the best way to get something done, if you hold it near and dear to you that you like to be able to, uh,......anyway. We are going to get a lot done." He had a point to make that sounded like it was pretty important to him. Then he forgot it and drifted off. Folks, this is 25th Amendment territory. Here is a video of Biden's most confused moments at the press conference, including this one. PeterKa (talk) 01:46, 27 March 2021 (EDT)
Good foreign perspective on recent events. RobSFree Kyle! 23:58, 27 March 2021 (EDT)

Time up for the filibuster?

Biden has appointed Gayle Conelly Manchin, wife of Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to the Appalachian Regional Commission. So Biden and Manchin have apparently made a deal. Manchin is getting pork for West Virginia. It's not clear what Biden gets in exchange, but presumably the end of the filibuster. There are legitimate issues with supermajority requirements and the filibuster in general. But the Democrats don't make those arguments. Instead, they argue that the filibuster is racist. This is a transparently bogus argument designed to shut down logic and reason. The Dems were big supporters of the procedure not long ago. They have turned against it because they see an opportunity to impose one-party rule. If they can federalizing elections with HR 1 and admit DC as a state, they can make sure Republicans never win another election.

Biden supported the filibuster for fifty years. In an epic defense in 2005, he claimed that ending the procedure 'upsets the constitutional design' and would 'eviscerate the Senate.' He still supported the filibuster when he ran for president in 2020. In fact, there was no issue that he was more passionate about. This and the Hyde Amendment was about all Biden ever had as far as political principle went. Yet at the press conference on March 25, Biden denounced the filibuster as a "relic of Jim Crow." Wait a minute, here. So Biden has been a racist for the last fifty years? See this National Review article.

In the course of it's history, the filibuster has been used by senators of every ideology. In the 19th century, filibusters could be ended by majority vote using procedures such as appeal to the chair and suspending the rules. The "cloture" rule was adopted in 1917. This rule required a two-thirds vote to end a filibuster. The "two-track" or "silent" filibuster was created by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, a Montana Democrat, in 1970. The Senate reduced the requirement for cloture to 60 votes in 1975, right after the Dems won a sweeping victory in the post-Watergate midterms. So the current version of the filibuster has an impeccably liberal pedigree. PeterKa (talk) 09:12, 27 March 2021 (EDT)

The Manchin family has quite a sleazy track record. Daughter Heather Bresch got a job as CEO of Mylan, a Dutch pharmaceutical company, despite her fake MBA. In 2016, Mylan cornered the market on EpiPen products and the price of a pen soared from $7 to $700. See "How Mylan hiked prices of lots of other products besides lifesaving EpiPen." Nearly 70 percent of West Virginians voted for Trump in 2020. Manchin is up for reelection in 2024. PeterKa (talk) 12:33, 27 March 2021 (EDT)
Out with the filibuster means a return to the pre-Calhoun/Henry Clay/Daniel Webster era. This means also out with the Sam Rayburn unanimous consent agreements, which is the only remaining filibuster. Any motion before a body of equals has to be voted on. RobSFree Kyle! 15:52, 27 March 2021 (EDT)
For example, when voting on any legislation, there is a unanimous consent request to dispense with reading the bill and entering it into the record. If, say a 5,000 page Infrastructure bill has to be read into the record before proceeding to a vote, that could take 3 days giving time to opponernts to muster support. This will be routine, right down to the committee level. RobSFree Kyle! 16:00, 27 March 2021 (EDT)
Manchin has not changed his position on the filibuster yet. Perhaps we can interpret his wife's appointment as a payoff in exchange for Manchin's vote in favor of the covid stimulus package. PeterKa (talk) 22:08, 28 March 2021 (EDT)
The next two big votes are Infrastructure (formerly known as the Green New Deal) and Breyer's replacement on SCOTUS. Manchin evidently has committed to those votes (along with other Senate confirmed Biden appointments). RobSFree Kyle! 22:17, 28 March 2021 (EDT)

Whining post-GA voter law passage

Now Major League Baseball players want to move the All-Star Game from Atlanta. And calls are being made for film makers to stop filming in Georgia. The same economics that apply to the Super Bowl also apply (if not more so) to these "exhibition" games, so let them leave. And, it's well-known that film credits are a money loser to any state that has them, so they can leave too. Quidam65 (talk) 13:28, 27 March 2021 (EDT)

Matt Gaetz

First Politico reports, he's has become a fixture on right-wing media as a go-to defender of the former president...But after Trump’s loss...He’s effectively been demoted to being in the minority of the minority party. It’s got to be a comedown. By evening the story becomes, Gaetz Claims Former DOJ Lawyer David McGee Was Extorting Him Amid a Bizarre FBI Sting Operation. Clearly, somebody in Washington doesn't want him around. RobSFree Kyle! 04:11, 31 March 2021 (EDT)

It all sounds a little like the time FBI Director Robert Mueller set New York Governor Elliot Spitzer up with a hooker string, except that there is no suggestion so far that Gaetz is a whoremonger. The legal basis for the FBI to be involved is that the unnamed girl is 17 instead of 18? If so, the bureau is one sleazy operation these days.
Like Spitzer, Gaetz is being persecuted under White Slave Traffic Act of 1910. This law has long been notorious. It has rarely been used in recent decades. It's not quite as ridiculous as the Logan Act that was used against Michael Flynn, but it's a dirty trick nonetheless. PeterKa (talk) 23:57, 1 April 2021 (EDT)
Today's mainstream media is full of salacious accusations against Gaetz. Have you no shame, Christopher Wray? This is exactly the playbook that Mueller used against Spitzer. Is the Wray FBI a law enforcement organization or a gossip broadsheet? PeterKa (talk) 02:53, 3 April 2021 (EDT)
Gaetz won my heart the day he showed up in Congress wearing a gas mask to expose the absurdity of masking rules. But what was going on in the Tucker Carlson interview? Whether Carlson was involved or not, making insinuations doesn't help your case. As far as accusations of blackmail go, that doesn't help either. In fact, it makes people ask, "What did you do that made someone think you could be blackmailed?" Gaetz, get a lawyer already! Make it a little easier on us fans. PeterKa (talk) 02:44, 4 April 2021 (EDT)
If Crossfire Hurricane is any guide, the Biden FBI will keep the case open for years to interfere with elections, lie to courts, fake and alter evidence, and appoint a Special Prosecutor to CYA. RobSFree Kyle! 20:54, 4 April 2021 (EDT)
Being that Durham has indicted no one, the Biden FBI is free to do it again, which apparently they are doing. Get ready for the leaks and fake news cycle. And only if Biden personally intervenes, threatening to withhold funding unless the investigators are fired, will it stop. RobSFree Kyle! 20:58, 4 April 2021 (EDT)

Philippines, China clash over reef

The longstanding disputes in the South China Sea have come to boil at Whitsun Reef. Last week, this tiny reef was occupied by 220 Chinese "maritime marine" vessels. There was a similar confrontation over Scarborough Shoal in 2012. The Philippines didn't have a navy worth mentioning at that time. But they have commissioned two frigates in the last few months. Here is a Filipino perspective: "Blinken: US stands with PH after Chinese ships spotted in Juan Felipe Reef."

The islands of the South China Sea are largely uninhabitable, so this is all about the trade routes. They were unclaimed until 1933. In 2016, an international court rejected China's claims and ruled that the sea was international waters. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement in July 2020 that essentially made this ruling the U.S. position.[11]

What options does the U.S. have? First off, English-language naming conventions are created by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. It would cost us nothing to rename the South China Sea as the "West Philippine Sea," as the Filipinos already call it.[12] This is after all a body of water that lies between Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is a significant distance from the Chinese mainland. The Taiwanese have offered to let the U.S. station forces at Taiping Island, the principle island in the disputed area. If China continues down its current confrontational path, that's something we should consider.

To confront the entire world at once, as China is doing, is a puzzling strategy. Philippine President Duterte would much rather be China's friend. China is also confronting Vietnam over the Spratlies, sending fighter jets across to median line to threaten Taiwan, and boycotting Australian exports. The most serious of the recent confrontations is between China and India over the Himalayan border. (There is nothing worth fighting over in the Himalayas, besides national pride.) China against the world is a recurring theme in history. The scholars call it "anti-foreignism." Both Mao and Empress Dowager Cixi followed this strategy, so it must resonate with public opinion.

Then again, perhaps there is method to Xi Jinping's madness. This all started with the crackdown on Hong Kong. Integrating Hong Kong is a project dear to Xi's heart. Xi rose to power as a protege of Zeng Qinghong, who tried and failed to impose a communist system on Hong Kong in the 2003 "Article 23" crisis. The threat to the city has become more brutal and urgent in recent weeks. Yet with China confronting so many countries on so many different fronts, Hong Kong has nearly slipped out of the headlines. PeterKa (talk) 08:47, 1 April 2021 (EDT)

It's been common knowledge for many years the PRC plans to take Taiwan by 2021; it is also common knowledge May and October or the two best months to carry out the operation due to weather conditions. RobSFree Kyle! 16:36, 1 April 2021 (EDT)
April and October, I think you mean. For the landing scenario to work, China would have to expand its amphibious landing capabilities. There is no indication that they are doing that. There are only a few places on Taiwan that are suitable for an amphibious landing. To counter the threat of a landing, Trump approved the sale of Reaper drones to Taiwan just before he left office. The Chinese have been doing the scary invasion talk thing since Tiananmen in 1989. It is addressed to the domestic audience and tells you nothing about their real intentions. China is the midst of imposing a new election system on Hong Kong. So this is a delicate moment in terms of internal Chinese politics.
There are fourteen beaches on Taiwan that are considered suitable for a landing. The point of a landing would be to seize an airfield, so that narrows it down further. The Taiwanese focus on two beaches in Taoyuan in the north and three beaches in Tainan in the south.[13] So the four Reaper drones that the U.S. has sold to Taiwan pretty much covers it. PeterKa (talk) 10:41, 2 April 2021 (EDT)
The assault will have to be principally an airborne assault by paratroopers with amphibious landings to supply equipment, hence the role of U.S. Supercarriers to counter an airborne assault. The wildcard is Joe Biden. The deployment of the maritime militia to the South China Sea spreads out the defense of a carrier task force. RobSFree Kyle! 14:33, 2 April 2021 (EDT)
These facts lead to publication of articles like this today by lobbyists for the military-industrial complex: Let’s Get Real About US Military ‘Dominance’ American strategists need to drop the assumption that the U.S. military will be the superior force in any given situation. RobSFree Kyle! 14:43, 2 April 2021 (EDT)
The U.S. has replaced the nuclear threat with Supercarriers as its frontline deterrent policy decades ago. Since the sinking of H.M.S Sheffield in the South Atlantic by Argentina during the Falklands War by an Exocet missile in 1982, some have questioned the wastefulness and foolishness of this deterrent policy. There have been numerous technical improvements (not just in missile technology) since then, including Chinese ability to kidnap American satellites in space and return them to Earth to steal and copy American technology. RobSFree Kyle! 14:57, 2 April 2021 (EDT)

Chauvin trial update

It appears a prosecution star witness who was named yesterday as supplying drugs to George Floyd is sitting in jail right now. Doesn't look like the prosecution wants to call him now. How do you phrase this in a coherent sentence for MPR? RobSFree Kyle! 15:05, 2 April 2021 (EDT)

Vermont governor is openly racist

I think this should be added to the main page since this GOP governor is clearly not either Conservative, Libertarian or Classical Liberal and should 100% not be in the Republican Party. Note that what he did is openly-racist is not allowing “vaccinations” against SARS-CoV-2 in the state of Vermont to white people with some exemptions. Here’s the video on it by Tim Pool: https://youtu.be/Qx3lj1YCoCM

I'm sorry. You should be more specific before throwing around the racism label. What is he being racist about? Not allwong whites the vaccine, or using non-whites as guinea pigs? And how does that differ from policies all over the United States? RobSFree Kyle! 17:05, 2 April 2021 (EDT)

I should’ve been more specific; what he was racist on was/is not allowing whites access to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine based purely on having white skin, a different protected characteristic although I’m sure other policies exist like this but without being so openly racist but yes I understand that racism is just a mostly meaningless term these days thanks to the political left in the western world effectively making it meaningless... User:William Clifton 4/APRIL/2021

It'll shift. In a few years when the plandemic is fully exposed, he'll be called racist for protecting whites and using people of color as guinea pigs for an untested and dangerous vaccine. This ultimately is what happens when you open the Pandora's box of identity politics and make it your number one issue. RobSFree Kyle! 21:07, 4 April 2021 (EDT)
Liberals still think that carbon dioxide is destroying the world, but somehow it's no longer a major issue, at least not compared to "systematic racism." Someone should ask Biden if he is still a racist now like he was back when he supported the filibuster, which was only a couple of weeks ago. If not, how did he overcome racism? I think it would be a useful lesson to us all. Perhaps a twelve-step program can be developed based on his experience. PeterKa (talk) 08:33, 5 April 2021 (EDT)

Corporate America comes out against voter ID

We used to worry about corporations using political donations to get favored candidates elected. With major corporations leading an all-out offensive against America's election system, that type of concern seems quaint: "Delta, Coca-Cola blast home state Georgia's voting restrictions as 'unacceptable'." Yes, corporate America, including Major League Baseball, is taking a stand against voter identification laws. And it is ready to boycott the state of Georgia and anyone else who stands in the way. The CEOs weren't all that concerned about this issue until a week ago. They have presumably been strong armed by the Dems and the White House.

Biden has denounced Georgia's law as "Jim Crow on steroids." The Dems won elections under regular old Jim Crow, so I guess that wasn't so bad from Biden's point of view. Yet voter ID has overwhelming support in the polls. Georgia's election law is hardly unique. So what explains the level of outrage? Well, Georgia is a crucial swing state, for one thing. The Dems obviously think that defeating voting security laws is a key to winning more elections. The cynic in me says that they are planning to commit fraud on a grand scale.

Tucker Carlson is the man of the hour. In this video, he rips Biden for leading the charge to boycott Georgia, but not China. PeterKa (talk) 07:43, 3 April 2021 (EDT)

Goodbye to all the tax breaks Delta gets in its Georgia hub. Maybe they wanted to relocate anyway. RobSFree Kyle! 21:10, 4 April 2021 (EDT)
How did Biden do it? He must have threatened Delta somehow. How many times have we been told that Biden is president of all the people? That apparently does not include the ones that live in Georgia.
It seems that the initiative for these boycotts comes from woke employees. Even when they are a small minority, they can wield outsized influence if they have the support of the media and the White House. PeterKa (talk) 18:11, 5 April 2021 (EDT)

Apparently Governor Greg Abbott has learned that sporting events are money losers, given his statement that Texas will no longer seek to host special MLB events. Maybe he secretly follows this site? Quidam65 (talk) 11:49, 7 April 2021 (EDT)

Happy Resurrection Sunday!

Happy Resurrection Sunday to all of my fellow Conservapedians! DMorris (talk) 22:17, 4 April 2021 (EDT)

Chauvin and the corruption of science

What killed George Floyd? Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Andrew Baker doesn't explain it in so many words. But the logical conclusion based on his report is that Floyd died of a drug overdose, not police brutality. His blood had a fentanyl level of 11 ng/mL. According to the report, “deaths have been certified with levels of 3.” Fentanyl was only one of the drugs that Baker found in Floyd's blood. There was also norfentanyl, 4-ANPP, methamphetamine, cannabinoids, amphetamines, and morphine. I guess he was pretty intent on suicide.

Baker is careful to add, “I am not saying this killed him.” This is woke America after all. Scientists are too afraid to explain that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is too low, 410 parts per million, to warm the Earth significantly. But the media can tell us how anti-science Republicans are. See "Derek Chauvin, Human Sacrifice" by Ann Coulter. PeterKa (talk) 16:09, 5 April 2021 (EDT)

Last summer, the liberal media's line was that Floyd was an otherwise innocent black man who passed a counterfeit bill. Now we know that the incident was triggered by Floyd's drug-fuelled aggression. The story that triggered nationwide riots and demands to "defund the police" has been debunked, but the media still treats it as valid. PeterKa (talk) 00:19, 6 April 2021 (EDT)
The Washington Post has a response to Coulter. The finest reporters in America couldn't rebut her on any substantive point. Instead, they denounce the "he's no angel" argument as racist. Judges generally don't allow discussion of a defendant's criminal history because this could have a "prejudicial effect." Pace WaPo, this has nothing to do with racism. In any case, Coulter didn't make an argument of this type. PeterKa (talk) 01:55, 8 April 2021 (EDT)

Get this...

The Oregon Department of Education now claims that math is "racist" because it requires a correct answer. The liberal bigotry of lowering expectations due to race strikes again. Northwest (talk) 21:12, 6 April 2021 (EDT)

The tea leaves say....2022 will be a big Republican year

If you have ever wanted to run for election, think about it now. No support has shifted to the Dems since the last election, when the Dems retained control of the House by a narrow margin. Given historical patterns, the GOP is likely to have a turnout advantage in the midterms. A Harris candidacy in 2024 already sounds like a disaster, even if Biden is a successful president.

Only voter fraud can save the Dems now. They are certainly going give that a good try with HR 1. See "Why very early signs are good for the GOP in 2022" by Harry Enten. PeterKa (talk) 07:44, 7 April 2021 (EDT)

Is there a cheaper way to cool the climate?

What's the most cost effective way to cool the Earth? Most likely, it does not involve cutting carbon dioxide emissions. We can, for example, send soot into the atmosphere to block sunlight. We could also dump iron filings into the ocean to increase algae growth. Do either of these ideas work? The Biden administration has ended research that might give us the answer. See "Test Flight for Sunlight-Blocking Research Is Canceled." Why? "It could distract society from the goal of reducing emissions of planet-warming gases to avoid the worst effects of climate change," as the New York Times puts it. In other words, they are afraid that the idea will work. It was never about the climate. It was always about maximizing human suffering. PeterKa (talk) 09:04, 7 April 2021 (EDT)

Prayer, cheaper and more effective than anything the Dems propose. DMorris (talk) 19:22, 7 April 2021 (EDT)
When liberals think only other liberals are listening, they rejoice in their cynicism and indifference to what happens to the climate. Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's chief of staff, spilled the beans back in 2019. PeterKa (talk) 21:02, 7 April 2021 (EDT)

Mike Pence, 2024

The stars are aligning for a Mike Pence run for the presidency. Of course, the Republican field for 2024 is already crowded with Mike Pompeo and Ron DeSantis. See "EXCLUSIVE: Pence returns to MAGA world with Trump-backed political group" (Washington Examiner) and "Pence signs a seven-figure book deal, but Trump and other administration alums face a tough market in publishing" (CNN). It seems that both Trump himself and the publishing industry are anxious to be on Pence's good side. After all, Pence has already shown that he can debate circles around Harris. PeterKa (talk) 22:35, 7 April 2021 (EDT)

Matt Gaetz

I'm coming out of my hiatus from CP editing because I'm incredibly disturbed about what's going on with Matt Gaetz right now.

I don't know if he's guilty or not; there's currently not enough hard evidence to establish guilt. But there's an elephant in the room that needs to be addressed. That elephant is the leaked texts between Dilbert creator Scott Adams and Israeli consulate media director Jake Novak, published by the American Conservative on April 2. In the texts, Novak acknowledges that he was involved in soliciting money from Gaetz's father as part of efforts to free FBI agent Robert Levinson, who had been held prisoner in Iran since 2007. Novak denies that he had any knowledge of the allegations against Gaetz until Adams told him about it, and also claims that Gaetz had the images establishing extortion doctored in order to cover himself.

Then it gets even more bizarre. Among the images Gaetz took and released to the public as part of his unofficial counterclaim, is that of an alleged text from former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent demanding $25 million from Gaetz's father... sent in March of 2021, a whole year after Levinson's death was announced by his family. Of course, in the same text Kent alleges that Levinson was in fact still alive in the summer of 2020 and may still be alive today, hence the continued efforts to free him.[14]

In light of these revelations, the following questions need to be asked:

1) Was there extortion going on?

2) If the answer to question #1 is "yes," was Novak involved in the efforts to extort?

3) If the answer to question #2 is "yes," was Novak acting on behalf of the Israeli government, his employer?

4) If the answer to question #3 is "yes," what would the Israeli government have to gain from Bob Levinson, a non-Israeli, being freed?

5) Is Bob Levinson still alive?

6) If the answer to question #5 is "no," did the alleged extortion team actually believe otherwise?

7) If the answer to question #6 is "no," what else would the alleged extortion team need $25 million for?

8) Why did the alleged extortion team seek money from Matt Gaetz's father of all people?

I know I can only speculate at this time, but my gut feeling is that this is part of a wider conspiracy to destroy Gaetz's career. After all, he's a prominent critic of American foreign policy in the Middle East. He's anti-Saudi, he opposes war with Iran, he's called George W. Bush a war criminal, and he's repeatedly attacked Liz Cheney over her foreign policy positions. Oh, and did I mention that he's mentioned the corrupting influence of the petrodollar on national television? All of those things are enough to really, really upset the foreign policy establishment, which has answered to Riyadh for nearly 50 years. And then of course there's Israel, who at this point is clearly in on the whole Saudi/neocon-led conspiracy to wage the fake "War on Terror" (because "Iran, Iran, Iran!").

But, who knows? I could be wrong about the whole thing (not about the fake "War on Terror" but about the Matt Gaetz situation). But the FBI needs to get down to the bottom of this... oh, wait. Never mind.--Geopolitician (talk) 19:28, 9 April 2021 (EDT)

Cancel culture takes a swing at Tucker Carlson

Liberal activists want Tucker Carlson, the most popular cable news host in history, taken off the air for using the term "replacement." I had thought this was a pretty everyday kind of word. I'm sure neo-Nazis use it and all, but so do other people. As I understand the media commentary, Tucker would have been way better off if he had used the N word. The word "replacement" is said to be a marker of "white supremacy." No one calls themselves a white supremacist. This is a group that exists only in the minds of the liberal media. When white nationalists demonstrated in support of Confederate statues in Charlottesville, they chanted, "Jews will not replace us."

The theme of Carlson's show was that migrants from Central America were replacing American citizens, not that Jews were replacing anyone. Liberals tell us that the world is overpopulated and that more people is a bad thing. So why do they want to bring migrants to the U.S.? See "ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about 'replacement' theory." Once a Jewish activist group, the ADL is now a subsidiary of Big Wokeness. Here it is going to bat for Biden and the Dems on an issue where there is no Jewish angle.

The Biden administration tells us that we need more immigration for "racial equity." How is this rationale different from "replacement theory"? It's just putting a positive spin on the same idea. PeterKa (talk) 11:14, 10 April 2021 (EDT)

Here is the latest on this CNN-generated controversy: "Fox has no problem with Tucker Carlson's 'replacement theory' remarks, says Lachlan Murdoch." Isn't it time for the replacement of CNN? PeterKa (talk) 00:13, 13 April 2021 (EDT)

Where did those BLM donations go?

Liberals all donated to Black Lives Matter to support the riots last summer. So where did that money go? By an amazing coincidence, BLM leaders are now flush with cash. See "Marxist BLM leader buys $1.4 million home in ritzy LA enclave." Don't go tweet about this. Twitter could ban you. PeterKa (talk) 02:21, 11 April 2021 (EDT)

What do you know? Ginning up riots and making false accusations of racism can make you a pretty penny: "Marxist Black Lives Matter Founder Didn’t Just Buy a Million Dollar Compound — She Bought FOUR High End Homes, Complete With Airplane Hangars." PeterKa (talk) 20:22, 11 April 2021 (EDT)

A spot-on observation...

It’s Time For Americans to Wake Up – A House Operating Behind a Razor Wire Fence from the People Cannot Stand

Northwest (talk) 21:53, 11 April 2021 (EDT)

Addition by Subtraction (also called: How to Improve your State Budget by seeking less)

First you have the MLB deciding to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta due to their new Voter ID laws. But as demonstrated, these "special sports events" (like the Super Bowl) actually LOSE money.

Now the film industry wants to pull out of Georgia as well. But guess what? "Film credits" (which many states offer) are just as bad on a fiscal budget as a sports event. So by having FEWER of these money-drainers, Georgia stands to IMPROVE its state and local fiscal budgets! Quidam65 (talk) 09:58, 13 April 2021 (EDT)

Is the Constitution racist?

Is "white supremacy woven into our founding documents"? That's a quote from UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. When Jen Psaki was asked if Biden "thinks our founding documents are racist," she certainly didn't deny it. She praised Thomas-Greenfield extravagantly and "let the comments speak for themselves." In short, the ambassador's views are more or less those of the administration. I got the sense that as far as Psaki is concerned, you're not allowed to criticize Thomas-Greenfield because she is a black woman. Candace Owens needs to get one of those Black woman recognition cards. See Powerline.

I hope Biden's SCOTUS nominees are asked about this. Anyone who can't distance themselves from this kind of nonsense is unqualified to sit as a justice. When Biden took the oath of office, was he swearing to uphold white supremacy? Somebody should ask. PeterKa (talk) 21:13, 18 April 2021 (EDT)

Jen "um ah" Psaki is a a national disgrace as a White House Press Secretary. Boycott Jen "um ah" Psaki!

Jem Psaki is a clown. She is a White House Press Secretary who is known for filling up her verbiage chock-full of "Ums" and "Ahs".[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Who hires a press secretary that talks so incredibly poorly? It is such a disgrace. The USA was given a beautiful language by Englishmen and Jen Psaki is butchering it. It is actually painfully grating to hear her. One day I heard her and I decided to keep my commitment to not follow U.S. politics for an extended period. So far, I have kept that commitment.

And where are the American comedians to mock her so we can be rid of her? Nowhere to be found. The entertainment industry is so pro-Biden it is disgusting.

After all is said and done, I refuse to listen to her. Boycott Jen "um ah" Psaki!Conservative (talk) 22:14, 18 April 2021 (EDT)

Lol you twits followed (and still follow) someone who was famously incoherent and rambling. Find something more significant to complain about, will you? Wilhelm Tell (talk) 02:16, 15 May 2021 (EDT)
Tread carefully, Wilhelm - incivility is not tolerated here. Northwest (talk) 02:27, 15 May 2021 (EDT)

The politics of who's happiest

Conservative women are happiest people in America, while liberal men are the unhappiest. PeterKa (talk) 23:52, 18 April 2021 (EDT)

Effet liberal "men" let their bossy women lib wives/girlfriends boss them around and henpeck them. How could they be happy? They have no machismo!Conservative (talk) 00:24, 19 April 2021 (EDT)

Something to consider for the Main Page Right section

Stanford Study Results: Facemasks are Ineffective to Block Transmission of COVID-19 and Actually Can Cause Health Deterioration and Premature Death

Northwest (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2021 (EDT)

Derek Chauvin trial

Question, Quora: If Floyd was claustrophobic, then why was he seated in his car when the police first approached him? Did he have to make a struggle against being seated in the police vehicle?"

Reply at Quora: "As a former detective and as a person who suffers from being claustrophobic, there's a stark difference from having the freedom to come and go in your own car, as opposed to being restrained with handcuffs behind your back, for an unknown period of time, in the back of a hot police car, in the middle of July." - Scott Howard (claims to be a detective)[22]

Read the above news reports, read what the alleged detective said, and watch these videos:

Floyd shouldn't have given the clerk the fake bill or taken enough drugs to make him appear high (store clerk said Floyd appeared high).

Floyd may have had clausterphobia and the police could have tried to get him into a bigger vehicle.

I saw someone being arrested and he started kicking at the police car window. The police called an ambulance and restrained the suspect by strapping him into a gurner after the ambulance arrived. The suspect was then taken away in an ambulance. If Floyd's arresting officers did not like the fact that Floyd was writhing in the police car, they would have called an ambulance, etc. etc.

Floyd could have handled the situation better and he appeared to resist arrest. Floyd's cardiovascular system could have been better and the diet he ate partially clogged up his cardiovascular system. Floyd probably knew his cardiovascular system was somewhat messed up so he should not have escalulated the situation and he should have been more compliant. When he was being put in the police car, George Floyd said he was not a "bad guy". I believe the store clerk (clerks) who said the $20 bill was a counterfeit bill and that Floyd appeared high. George Floyd was a "bad guy".

Derek Chauvin acted very poorly (knee on neck, etc.) and the other police officers could have tried to intervene (or tried harder as far as Officer Lane). Since police officers should behave according to professional/high standards and are expected to behave better than the people they are arresting, the verdict was just.Conservative (talk) 06:07, 22 April 2021 (EDT)

The I964 Watts riot started when a crowd gathered around two men being arrested. Any cop who has been to the police academy knows this. Sure, one can argue Chauvin was guilty of negligence but had he stood up and allowed Floyd to stand up in the street, it's a coin toss whose life would be in danger then. Blame the crowd, and particularly the scumbag cussing the cops out who then appears as a prosecution star witness. He did nothing to help Floyd, at all. He could have cared less. he was an opportunist looking for a chance to sneer at the police. RobSFree Kyle! 08:56, 22 April 2021 (EDT
The unfair Chauvin trial is merely the first of many politically motivated trials scheduled in 2021: dozens of trials of peaceful Capitol Jan. 6th protesters, 3 more trials in Minneapolis of police bystanders, trials of people who used self-defense during riots, and a trial of a white cop who made a mistake by shooting rather than using a taser against someone who resisted arrest. All defendants should be able to count on a fair trial. But is the right to a fair trial being eroded by Leftists?--Andy Schlafly (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2021 (EDT)
Peaceful protestors do not erect gallows in The Capitol grounds with the intention of hanging the vice president, smash there way into the building using heavy objects and carry plasticuffs with the intention to hold members of congress hostage. Or am I missing something here.--Lucianm (talk) 11:26, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
I'll trade you 2 apples for I orange. RobSFree Kyle! 12:51, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
(reply to Lucianm) I think you are missing something here. Political speech in the forms you describe are common in the United States, and maybe in Britain also. Effigies are as routine as high school sports rivalries. Flag-burning is not treasonous, or violent. Indeed, it was primarily liberals who insisted on protecting flag-burning as First Amendment speech. To hold Trump supporters in jail for months without any proof of guilt for doing something similar is hypocrisy, and unjust.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 13:05, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
"I think you are missing something here. Political speech in the forms you describe are common in the United States, and maybe in Britain also. Effigies are as routine as high school sports rivalries. Flag-burning is not treasonous, or violent. Indeed, it was primarily liberals who insisted on protecting flag-burning as First Amendment speech." If you ask me, protecting effigies and flag-burning as part of the First Amendment was a mistake, the same mistake France made with Voltaire and Diderot where they made absolutely NO attempt at prosecuting those jerks despite the fact that one of Diderot's own plays was all but a vocal explicit statement to outright assassinate the king and priesthood. Ironically enough, Voltaire, for all of his reputation as the founding father of freedom of speech, could also be listed as the founding father of cancel culture based on his actions to the Jesuit order and, heck, all Christendom as well as soon as he and his buddies got control of the French Academy via proxy, based on what Timothy Dwight and Abbe Barruell stated. Pokeria1 (talk) 15:11, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
It may take ten years, but I don't see how the Chauvin verdict can stand, short of defunding the police and turning the streets over to criminals. Alternatively, you'd have to increase police pay cause who in their right mind will become a cop nowadays? The immediate impact will be on police recruiting. The pendulum will swing back at some point in the near future, and it's time for the silent majority of African Americans to demand more protection from the police for the black-on-black crime plaguing their communities. RobSFree Kyle! 00:47, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
The verdict will not stand beyond 10 years? I don't see police departments across the USA adopting putting a knee on a suspects neck and keeping it there for an extended time if he cries out that he cannot breathe. Too many policemen use common sense for that to happen. I have some information not publicly known about Derek Chauvin and this information indicates that Derek Chauvin acts like America is a police state. Derek Chauvin will now have plenty of time to dwell on the fact that the USA is not a police state. Also, Chauvin had 19 complaints against him in 18 years. I believe he was a bad cop protected by a police union. In addition, I know someone who is a Republican and he was a high ranking policeman. He said that what Chauvin did was inappropriate, but he was not sure how he would be charged.Conservative (talk) 01:53, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
Are we even sure it was his neck? For all we know, especially given a different angle that was shown recently, he could have just as easily put him on his shoulderblade. And regardless of whether or not he was a good cop or a corrupt cop, the fact of the matter is, he was subject to an up and out kangaroo court. What's gotten to you, Conservative? You've sounded too liberal lately, and Conservapedia simply cannot afford to sound more like the leftist Wikipedia. Pokeria1 (talk) 08:23, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
The jury was intimidated by Maxine Waters and the mob. The conviction should be overturned on appeal, as Dershowitz has already argued. Although they must be aware of this and other issues with the verdict, the government, and liberals generally, are celebrating like they won the Superbowl. It's hard to see these people protecting a jury that renders a verdict they don't approve of. PeterKa (talk) 12:14, 23 April 2021 (EDT)
My prediction: Chauvin will do no more than 2 I/2 years behind bars while the case is being appealed. The judge will go easy on him in sentencing, and the appeal process to get the whole thing expunged and reinstatement for back pay will continue for several years. Meanwhile, the political ramifications of saving the country from another $2 billion in damages over the course of this summer is moot in light of the Brooklyn park, Columubs, OH, and other shootings to come.
Chauvin and the Brooklyn Park shooting are not the first cases of cops being prosecuted for accidental deaths. There was the Texas case just two years ago of the young female cop who accidentally entered the wrong apartment and killed an innocent man. All this has to be devastating to police recruiting, while training and use of force policies are "liberalized". RobSFree Kyle! 12:49, 23 April 2021 (EDT)

RobS, your prediction is wrong. MNPLS is a liberal city. The judicial system is not going to go easy on Chauvin. Perhaps Chauvin read the book The Count of Monte Cristo and he will tunnel out of prison because they only way he will get out early.Conservative (talk) 06:45, 24 April 202hT

There's always the federal courts. RobSFree Kyle! 07:17, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
The judicial system is run by the State of Minnesota, not by the city. But the state is liberal too. The Minnesota Supreme Court has a 5 to 2 liberal majority.
Here is Dershowitz making the case to overturn the Chauvin verdict. I think it's time to apply modern technology to the court system. All trials should be videotaped. The judge can go through the tape, consider objections, and take out anything prejudicial. The jury watches the tape and deliberates. No need for sequestration. As Dershowitz argues in this segment, the judge should have asked the jurors if they felt intimidated. If they did, he can pick another jury and show the same trial tape to them. PeterKa (talk) 14:08, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
They should have moved the trial to St. Cloud, Minnesota. There are less DFL bigots there and more a jury of his peers. RobSFree Kyle! 18:04, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
I lived in the Twin Cities for 9 years. Hated every minute of it. It was a nightmare surrounded by progressive idiots. This article describes the "peers" who made up the jury.
Face it, people who are proud of electing Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, and Amy Klobuchar are seriously imbalanced. RobSFree Kyle! 18:12, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
Minnesota's leftwing politics is a cult. You've never seen anything like it anywhere in the country until you see it up close. Everyone is involved and politicized, down to the smallest school child. It is mandatory. Rush Limbaugh used to joke about "being on the cutting edge of societal evolution", but going back to Hubert Humphrey, these people really believe they have a duty to be so. As does their Swedish brothers and sisters back in the mother country who are currently doing the same thing to destroy their own homeland in the name of liberalism and progress. These people were woke when woke wasn't cool. Stupidity and ignorance must be in their Nordic blood, I sometimes wonder. RobSFree Kyle! 18:59, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
You think it's bad in Minnesota (and I can vouch for that, having frequently visited relatives there)? Try visiting Atlanta, probably the closest thing America has to one-party rule. In its entire history of mayors, certainly since Democrats and Republicans were formed, only two were Republican in any way: Dennis Hammond in 1871-1872, and Nedom L. Angier in 1877-1879. That's it. Every single mayor in Atlanta beyond those two were pure Democrat, and a majority of them were left-wing. Pokeria1 (talk) 20:39, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
Minnesotans speak of their "citizen legislature", were crowds of lobbying groups, school kids, and tourists just walk through committee hearings and offices daily in an open capitol, like the "insurrectionists" in D.C. in Statuary Hall. Minnesota invented HMO's. A day did not go by in the I980's that did not hear that HMO's were wave of the future, the path to "universal coverage" (first time I ever heard the term) where non-profit collectives have cut out the middle man, i.e. insurance companies. All that needed to be done was making purchase into a collective mandatory. They were "leading the way". RobSFree Kyle! 22:19, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
Another term I heard so often it made me want to puke is "Minnesota's quality of life" (being a cheesehead, I never heard that before. I guess we had no "quality of life" in Wisconsin). And it seems Blacks had no quality of life either, then or now, despite voting loyal Democrat. Maybe by what these white progressives meant by "quality of life" was really "white privilege". RobSFree Kyle! 22:29, 24 April 2021 (EDT)

In many states -- even liberal ones -- the motion to move the trial to a different venue would have been granted at the outset to prevent unfairness.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 23:28, 24 April 2021 (EDT)

One in three U.S. adults has been arrested by age 23. Between 70 million and 100 million — or as many as one in three Americans — have some type of criminal record. 2.2 million Americans are in prison. And then there is bloated government with so many laws that the average citizen can't keep track of them. In additioin, there is over policing (There is a town near my area where police stop you for going 2 miles over the speed limit. This is a racket to generate government revenue).
The Great Society created a lot of one parent homes with unruly young people and adults. On top of this, the lack of school choice and bad public schools in cities made things worse. In addition, there is the failed war on drugs combined with a porous Mexican border.
All of these factors have caused there to be increased antipathy towards the police.Conservative (talk) 00:13, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
I worked for a company representing corporations and I visited many cities in the USA. When I was in Minneapolis/St. Paul/Minnesota, the people there reflected "Minnesota nice" (Nordic European culture mixed with MidWest American culture). And the harsh winters of Minnesota kept the riffraff out.
But now, I am reading "Why are Minneapolis and St Paul going downhill so quickly, homeless and aggressive panhandlers everywhere, increasing drug dealing and violent crime, and human waste in the streets?"[23]
It seems bad Democrat public policy and governance has caught up with Minneapolis.Conservative (talk) 00:35, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
Hard to see how Minneapolis can attract people to live there if it has 3 more trials like the Chauvin one, for the 3 bystander cops. And if those 3 trials are transferred to another venue with resulting acquittals, what will that say about the unfairness of the Chauvin trial in Minneapolis?--Andy Schlafly (talk) 00:57, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
I am pro-police, but Derek Chauvin was a bad cop. Chauvin chose to be a bad cop and he was backed by a strong police union that backed him despite having 19 complaints against him in 18 years.
Chauvins bad behavior plane eventually ran out of runway and now he is going to crash and burn. And the liberal courts in Minnesota are not going to save him.Conservative (talk) 02:14, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
Yet again, the fact that there's been new footage showing that his knee was if anything on the perp's shoulderblade instead of his neck would be indicative of him NOT being responsible for his death. And either way, are you SERIOUSLY advocating for outright lynching and mob justice? Because it sure as heck sounds like you are. I thought America was about giving people, even the worst people, a fair trial and not going all mob lynching on them. And besides, where will it stop once you promote this? Sooner or later they'll do it to good cops as well. Pokeria1 (talk) 07:30, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
Right, Pokeria1. If there is no objection to over-punishment of bad cops, then Leftists will push through and destroy good cops, too. That is already occurring.
The notion that less than 100 pounds of pressure on the shoulder of massive, ex-football player Floyd would have "positionally asphyxiated" him is a scientific absurdity. An athlete of Floyd's size can usually easily bench press 225 pounds, which is the test at the NFL combine for how many repetitions of lifting that weight can be done. [24] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aschlafly (talk)
5,300 NYC cops have joined the conga line into retirement because of budget cuts and the end of qualified immunity. [25] Supply and demand would necessitate a raise in pay for new recruits. Absent that, who's to fill the vacant spots? perhaps unemployed ex-cons as progressives open the prison gates, which is scripted as the next step. RobSFree Kyle! 16:09, 25 April 2021 (EDT)

Chauvin had his day in court. I am tired of hearing all the bellyaching. He's a bad ex-cop behind bars now. And he is going to be behind bars for probably 20-25 years or so.Conservative (talk) 18:42, 25 April 2021 (EDT)

Even if that were true, it's still pretty dang clear the verdict was outright rigged due to the jurors being intimidated by Maxine Water's mob. For goodness sakes, one of the jurors outright stated she only voted "guilty" because she didn't want to see any rioting and/or any intimidation at her house and not out of any genuine belief that he was that. And quite frankly, I expected much better from a guy who is, you know, the actual head of Conservapedia. I thought we weren't supposed to push the leftist narrative on here. Since when have you been a leftist? Pokeria1 (talk) 19:02, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
Much is made of Chauvin having I7 complaints in I9 years. Actually, less than one per year is not bad. A cop with 5 years on the force with 4 complaints is probably typically average (in fact, there are lawyers who typically solicit complaints for lawsuits and a payday). And there are not many I9 year veterans on many big city departments. Many quit for the less stressful job of being bar bouncers where they still can enjoy being part of the nightlife, drink on the job, and beat people up without a big risk to themselves. RobSFree Kyle! 19:39, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
I have private information that gives me a high degree of confidence that Derek Chauvin was a jerk and complete ass who thought we live in a police state. I also saw him put his knee on the guys neck via the video and there witnesses to that effect also. I am really happy that Derek Chauvin is behind bars. Lastly, even Derek Chauvin's wife knows he is a jerk and she divorced him after he was charged. I don't believe in divorce except for infidelity. If she left him for bad reasons and it showed bad character on her part, I would say, "Birds of feather, flock together! Derek Chauvin is a jerk! So it wouldn't surprise me if she was a jerk too.Conservative (talk) 19:46, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
Fair point. There's practically no justification for the kneeling on the neck, and I for one am getting tired of people complaining over the verdict. —LTMay D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well! Sunday, 19:54, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
Oh, you have got to be kidding me... New footage indicated that it was his shoulderblade that he put the knee on, not his neck (and it wouldn't be the first time the LSM manipulated footage anyhow. Let's not forget that ABC actually framed one of the keynote speakers for Donald Trump's campaign during CPAC as doing a Hitler salute). And besides, I know a guy on FreeRepublic who actually tested the theory of whether a knee to the neck would knock someone out, let alone kill them, did it for ten minutes, and the guy he tested it on was still alive, not even close to injured either. Now, don't get me wrong, if he's a bad cop, he's a bad cop, but last I checked, even bad cops deserve fair trials and NOT kangaroo trials. Do you REALLY think this was anything else than a kangaroo trial? ESPECIALLY when one of the Jurors outright admitted that she only voted guilty because the leftist mobs pretty much intimidated her into doing so? I don't give a darn as to whether he's a saint or a demon, the fact of the matter is, he got a kangaroo trial which is flat out unacceptable. Pokeria1 (talk) 22:12, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
We'll see what you guys say when Cahill goes easy on him and sentencing, and after he wins an Appeal when nobody cares anymore. And Chauvin's wife divorced him to protect the assets. He signed over ownership of the house to her exclusively right away without waiting for it to be divided in a divorce court. RobSFree Kyle! 20:16, 25 April 2021 (EDT)
The important rulings by the court have so far all been against Chauvin, including the refusal to transfer venue for a fair trial. A statement in favor of the defendant by the court while ruling against him does not change the ruling.
Allowing an unfair trial to wrongly convict someone is a terrible precedent which causes enormous harm. It wouldn't be surprising if many good cops leave the police force due to this.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 22:55, 25 April 2021 (EDT)

I agree that a transfer of venue was warranted for such a high profile case. On the other hand, based on the private/public information I have about Derek Chauvin, I know he was not a great respecter of the public or the law. So it's hard for me to drum up much sympathy.

I have read that kneeling on a neck for an extended time is not a safe restraining move. I spoke to a high ranking ex-policeman's wife and she told me her husband said that what Chauvin did was not legitimate police procedure.

"I hear the train a comin'. It's rolling round the bend. And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when. I'm stuck in a Minnesota prison, and time keeps draggin' on. But that train keeps a rollin' across Minnesota state. When I was just a baby my mama told me, son. Always be a good boy, don't ever kneel on someone's neck for a long time when he says he cannot breathe. But I knelt on man's neck and watched him die. When I look at my left knee, I hang my head and cry." - Minnesota Prison Blues, John Cash.Conservative (talk) 23:56, 25 April 2021 (EDT)

You think it was racially motivated? You think one a day a I9 year veteran decided, "hey, I'm gonna kill this guy cause he's black."? RobSFree Kyle! 00:28, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Chauvin has probably arrested more black rapists, murderers, and drug dealers. But because he's such a bigot, one day he decides to kill a black man in front of a crowd of witnesses over a fake $20 bill. If true, he should have gotten off on the insanity defense. RobSFree Kyle! 00:33, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
From my private information and the information that is known to the public, I know Derek Chauvin was arrogant jerk who thought we live in a police state. And that arrogance got him in jail. I am very glad he is jail where he belongs. It's too bad something was done earlier about him.Conservative (talk) 02:00, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Just because he was an arrogant jerk on the force DOESN'T mean how he was tried was at all acceptable. Last I checked, America was about giving people a fair trial, and NOT subjecting them to a Kangaroo court. As the head of Conservapedia, you of all people ought to know better than to parrot the liberal line. It sets a very bad precedent, and will just get cops to be outright neutered, maybe even have a situation where they're forced to not gun down a woman despite her clearly aiming to kill people like what happened a little while back. You REALLY want that?! Heck, this is almost a repeat in reverse of the OJ Simpson trial, and based on your recent comments, you would probably claim OJ was innocent. Conservative, do us all a favor and leave for Wikipedia, because your behavior right now is proving you're more fit to edit there. Conservapedia was formed specifically to get away from the left-wing bias on there. Pokeria1 (talk) 05:38, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Now now, we don't need ad hominems. We all saw the tape. Some people saw a cop kill a man without motive. I saw a cop, in a compromised position, confused when he felt threatened. The hold was legal, per MPD policy. His training didn't include how to get out of it when you're kneeling in traffic with an angry mob shouting at you. He decided to wait for the EMTs which was suppose to take 3 minutes. It took 9.
The only legal question here is negligence. When a person feels threatened, and it's a 50/50 chance they may be seriously harmed or killed if they move, but they feel relatively safe if they remain in the same position, is it negligence if harm comes to another because they didn't take the 50% chance of placing themselves in harms way?
We're not talking about what the policy and training should be or what it may be changed to later. We're talking about the facts on the ground at that date and time.
And cooperation with the police would not put the alleged victim in the position they ended up in, as Floyd was offered a ride in the car. The original plan was not to have the EMTs haul him away, in whatever condition he ended up in. RobSFree Kyle! 07:42, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

God says,

  • Whosoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.

But he also makes provision for accidents:

  • For example, if two of you go into the forest together to cut wood and if, as one of you is chopping down a tree, the ax head comes off the handle and kills the other, you can run to one of those three cities and be safe. (Duet. 19:5)

And that's what this was. An accident. RobSFree Kyle! 08:04, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

RobS, I agree with you that Derek Chauvin was confused. He was very confused. He forget that he was not above the law and that he served the public. And he was oblivious to the fact that he could potentially be held to high law professional standards. Confused indeed! I trust he is far less confused in his prison cell where he belongs!Conservative (talk) 13:12, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
First law of police work: At the end of your shift, make sure you go home alive. RobSFree Kyle! 15:59, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
There are plenty of cases of altruism among the policeman/firefighters of the world throughout history.
Chauvin did not get off Floyd's neck and chose a path of willful disregard to the health of the person who was in his custody because he did not want to appear to cave in to the bystanders cries of him getting off of Floyd's neck. In short, it was a matter of pride. This yet another case of foolish pride coming before a fall. He will now have plenty of time to contemplate wising up while he is in prison.Conservative (talk) 18:33, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Yet again, it was NOT his neck, it was his fricking shoulderblade. The alternate angle shown at the trial made that very explicit. Seriously, has the conservative account been hijacked by a leftist!? Pokeria1 (talk) 18:44, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

Chauvin may have spent a portion of the time on his shoulderblade, but the witnesses testified and the video shows that Chauvin spent a considerable portion of the time on Floyd's neck. Kneeling on a guys neck when he is in the prone position for an extended time is foolhardy and reckless. In addition, police officers are trained to not have a suspect in the prone position (on their stomach) for an extended time, but rather have the person standing up, kneeling or at least lying on their side. Being in the prone position supresses lung function.Conservative (talk) 18:53, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

I suggest you read this, because there's also some holes in that claim as well: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3952818/posts?page=60#60 Specifically: "Since you have doubt, perhaps you could explain to me how you think Chauvin might have killed Floyd? Another Freeper decided to test the theory of someone's knee on their neck being fatal. He got someone to put a knee on his neck to see if it made him pass out and die, and after ten minutes, he was still alive!
"So I take it from this experiment that a knee on the side of someone's neck won't kill. So if a knee on the side of a neck won't kill someone, how exactly did Chauvin kill Saint George?"
The worst you can charge him with is manslaughter, not murder, and that's assuming Chauvin indeed was responsible for Floyd's death rather than Floyd himself.
Pokeria1 (talk) 19:26, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Bottomline: A policeman is not mandated to risk his life to save others. Chauvin followed both departmental procedures and his training. When drawing up training manuals and the procedure handbook, not all circumstances can be foreseen. It was a horrible accident, in which Chauvin, Floyd, the crowd, and Floyd's drug dealer can all be found to be at some degree of fault. This is why we have courts, and don't enforce Gen. 9:6 willy-nilly. Additionally now, Chauvin did not receive a fair trial. RobSFree Kyle! 19:35, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
George Floyd is not the human sacrifice we toss into a volcano to purge America and the Minneapolis Police Department of its sins and racist past. RobSFree Kyle! 19:38, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Let me go off on a tangent momentarily: The real crime of a thief, a liar, a murderer, or any criminal, is not the theft of property or a life so much, but hiding among the innocent and creating suspicion and mistrust. This is why we have police, to help sort things out. And like all human institutions, its imperfect and flawed. Be it a sockpuppet or a counterfeiter of $20 bills, or dope dealer who sells deadly drugs, the real crime is creating suspicion and mistrust between people of good faith while pretending to be one of them. RobSFree Kyle! 19:57, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Contrary to what Marx teaches there are not two classes of rich and poor, Black and white, etc.. The only two classes that exist are criminal (slaves of sin) and free (saved by grace). RobSFree Kyle! 20:02, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Bottomline: A mother is not mandated by society to deeply love her children. A pastor is not mandated by his church board to do everything he can do to make sure as many of his congregants go to heaven as possible. Pastors are not told they have to pray so many hours a day or read the Bible so many hours a day. If we all did the minimum requirements in life, the world would be a much poorer place.
Chauvin did not follow department rules/training and policemen testified to this matter in the trial. An ex police captain's wife told me that Chauvin did not practice standard police procedures.
Concluding argument/evidence: Police Chief Arradondo testifies against Derek Chauvin
Summary statement: Derek Chauvin is where he belongs - in prison.20:16, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
So, are you going to say OJ Simpson belongs on the streets instead of jail or Leo Frank deserves to be hanging from a tree? Because that's pretty much what it sounds like with your statement ESPECIALLY given what had been revealed as of late, namely that the jury only voted guilty because they were scared of the mob descending onto their houses and threatening them and their loved ones if they didn't. If he deserves to be in jail, fine, but at least have it be a by the book conviction and NOT the result of Maxine Waters intimidating the jury into giving the demanded conviction. Pokeria1 (talk) 20:16, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Unanimous consent request to insert for the record, Neck hold used by Minneapolis officer was approved by department policy. RobSFree Kyle! 20:38, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

I just added this above: Concluding argument/evidence: Police Chief Arradondo testifies against Derek Chauvin

His own police chief says Derek Chauvin screwed up. Conservative (talk) 20:19, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

Didn't the Chicago Police Department chief, despite speaking out against Smollet, pretty much condemn Trump as well for what is apparently an attempt at capitulating to the woke left? I'm a bit hesitant to take his statements as firm evidence against Chauvin, or especially as indication that he deserved to be subject to an up and out kangaroo court (and that's EXACTLY what it is, a kangaroo court. Even IF I felt he deserved jail time, I would STILL NOT support the verdict precisely BECAUSE it was NOT done under a fair trial, precisely BECAUSE, as even one of the alternate jurors pointed out, the only reason the jury voted that way was so they wouldn't be intimidated by any BLM members under Maxine Water's direction paying a visit to their houses and at the very least intimidating them if not do much worse.). Pokeria1 (talk) 20:25, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Now that I brought forth Derek Chauvin's own police captain testifying against him and saying he screwed up in order to further bolster my already strong arguments/evidence (See: Police Chief Arradondo testifies against Derek Chauvin), I would like to say one more thing: On behalf of all law and order conservatives who maintain that policemen are not above the law, I declare victory!Conservative (talk) 20:30, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
You know who ELSE isn't above the law? Maxine Waters, yet by making those arguments, you're essentially siding with her and saying she IS above the law, especially when she only got that verdict given to Chauvin because she intimidated the jury. Hope you live with yourself regarding that, because you just screwed law and order conservatives in the back. Pokeria1 (talk) 20:32, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
My unanimous consent request just blew Conservative's Police Chief out of the water. Either the chief doesn't know department policy, or is going against it. RobSFree Kyle! 20:42, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
Let's wait and see how many Mpls cops quit cuz the chief sold them down the river or how many new recruits his leadership will inspire. RobSFree Kyle! 20:44, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
RobS, I just read your lawofficer.com source and it makes the valid point that the Minneapolis police department should not have taught that procedure. On the other hand, my police captain testimony still trumps your source because the police captain rightly said that Chauvin was left too long handcuffed and in the prone position (the prone position reduces ability to uptake oxygen). In short, Chauvin badly screwed up.Conservative (talk) 20:57, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
okay, so at what point did he screw up? when he put him in the hold, or at some point when the decision was made to call EMT's after the hold was applied? RobSFree Kyle! 21:02, 26 April 2021 (EDT)
screw up = acted negligently. When the hold was applied the intention was to get him into the car. Sometime after about 90 seconds (I think) a decision was made among officers to call EMTs.
So we are back to the fundemental legal question: Does a policeman's failure to risk his life constitute criminal negligence? It's a similiar question to the cop at that high school shooting who didn't go inside to confront the shooter. RobSFree Kyle! 21:33, 26 April 2021 (EDT)

It was Chauvin showing callous regard for Floyd's life by keeping his knee on his neck of a man who was struggling to breathe that was making the bystanders angry. The degree of callousness was so apparent that it was readily seen by a child at the scene. Chauvin's own police chief was highly critical of Chauvin's behavior. And ultimately, a jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. And now he is in prison where he belongs.Conservative (talk) 04:20, 27 April 2021 (EDT)

He has yet to be sentenced, which occurs in 60 days. My guess is the judge will sentence somewhere right in between the maximum and minimum on the most serious charge. Before that sentence is complete, he'll win an appeal. Then it's up to the state to decide if they want to retry him. Given other circumstances two or three years down the road, when all is forgotten and other cases move to the fore - the Scot Peterson case in Florida over the Marjory Stoneman Douglas trial of an alleged negligent cop that been three years in the making, the Brooklyn Center case, the Kyle Rittenhouse case, trial of the other 3 cops, Keith Ellison being voted out of office, and the steady realization that Mpls is the new Detroit and Newark which will never recover from riots - Chauvin will begin fighting to clear his name and win back his pension. The pendulum will swing back from the insanity America has suffered at the hands of progressives since the alleged murder of George Floyd. RobSFree Kyle! 04:54, 27 April 2021 (EDT)
Anyways, President Trump or President DeSantis can pardon him on January 21, 2025 if SCOTUS hasn't intervened yet. Then he can fight to get his pension and backpay. RobSFree Kyle! 05:14, 27 April 2021 (EDT)
I don't think you understand Minnesotans or the current political atmosphere. Chauvin isn't in the deep south in the late 1800s or early 1900s. He is in progressive/liberal Minnesota in 2021. He will not win in any appeal - especially since he showed callous indifference to Floyd when he was desperate and having great difficulty breathing. Even when Floyd was unresponsive - Chauvin did not administer CPR which he was trained to do. He did not even allow the off-duty firefighter to administer CPR.
An appeal judge (or appeal judges) will look at: the testimony of the police chief; the current protocol for handling those in custody; the testimony of the medical professionals; the testimony of the bystanders and fellow officers; and finally, the live videos. And Chauvin will lose on appeal. There is the venue argument for the trial issue (the very high profile trial could have been held outside of Minneapolis), but I doubt a Minnesota appeal judge or judges will go out on a limb for Chauvin.Conservative (talk) 05:49, 27 April 2021 (EDT)
When the judge does not sentence Chauvin to the maximum, he's sending an opinion to the Appeals Court that he disagrees with the jury's finding. (And as everyone knows, a judge pays more attention to trial testimony than juries do). RobSFree Kyle! 06:15, 27 April 2021 (EDT)
You've probably heard judges say in real horrific cases, "I wish I could sentence you to more, but the law won't allow it." That's cuz statute law is like police procedures and training manuals, incapable of foreseeing all circumstances. Neither the prosecution or jury made allowance for this one-time, freak fluke circumstance. The case was politicized.
That idiot who worked out at the gym should have been prosecuted for interfering with police work and endangering safety (not made a star witness). As should have the dope dealer, along with the other three cops. Heck, the ambulance driver needs a good excuse, not for any criminal charges, but in his civil service review, for his failure to perform his duties in a timely and appropriate manner. And George Floyd himself is responsible for his actions, negligence, and stupidity, as well. There's enough blame to go around for everyone, including the idiot EMT bystander who defied police instructions.
What's missing here is actual malice. That's why Chauvin was charged with 2nd and 3rd degree. His actions are akin to killing a stranger in a bar fight - you didn't go into the bar to kill a specific individual, and when you got in the fight you didn't intend to kill him. Or driving a car down a sidewalk, sure, you acted recklessly, but you weren't aiming at any specific individual.
None of the "aggravating circumstances", doing the job you were trained to do in front of children, will show up in the sentencing. And if they remotely do, all it does is delay and add to the appeals process.
The case was politicized. The jury was tainted. Chauvin has been denied a fair trial. He won't do much more than 3 years. Fully clearing his name is somewhat questionable, depending on resources, but by this time in four years he'll be living in Arizona and working for some private security firm. RobSFree Kyle! 06:42, 27 April 2021 (EDT)
Yeah, and besides, a lot of the jury was in fact composed of Black Lives Matter activists, meaning this was FAR from a just jury. Instead of winning, us law and order conservatives up and out LOST. I think someone needs to investigate the Conservative account, since I suspect a crypto-leftist hijacked it. Pokeria1 (talk) 21:58, 4 May 2021 (EDT)

USA survived the first 100 days of Biden. More moderate Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will restrain Democrats. The 2024 midterm elections draweth nigh! Democrats will pay a price in 2024

The verdict is in: The USA survived the first 100 days of Biden. The more moderate Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will often restrain Democrats until the 2024 midterm elections. The 2024 midterm elections draweth nigh! Democrats will pay a price in 2024.

The border crisis and the attempted court packing are going to cause political backlash against the Democrats. They will do badly in the 2024 midterm elections.

Any thoughts?Conservative (talk) 07:01, 22 April 2021 (EDT)

The Democrats' court packing agenda will backfire on them. After FDR tried that in 1937, he received a bipartisan rebuke and was opposed on that issue by a majority of Americans. [26] The Democrats then lost 8 Senate seats and 72 House seats in the 1938 midterms.
Of course, the Dems are now trying to redefine court-packing by arguing that it was what Trump supposedly was doing all along. Even the Washington Post has pointed out how outright erroneous the left is. —LTMay D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well! Thursday, 08:36, 22 April 2021 (EDT)
The jury is still out on D.C. statehood (Senate packing) and H.R. I. Can the courts be trusted to overturn H.R. I? And even if so, before 2022? Meantime, reparations are intended to cut into the gains Trump made in the black community. And we also have the Green New Deal disguised as "infrastructure" coming down the pike, not to mention a persistent bout of inflation over the next several years. RobSFree Kyle! 09:05, 22 April 2021 (EDT)
Oh yah, did I mention nuclear war if the U.S. tries to intervene when China moves against Taiwan and Russia against the Ukraine simultaneously? RobSFree Kyle! 09:07, 22 April 2021 (EDT)
The good news is, we don't have to worry about Iranian nukes cause we'll all be incinerated in nuclear war with Russia and China before that ever happens. RobSFree Kyle! 09:10, 22 April 2021 (EDT)

The world is burning up. Liberals are pumped

If you believe that global warming will burn us up in ten years time, can you be optimistic about a future under Biden? According to this survey, the answer is yes: "After Trump, Young Americans Are 'More Hopeful About The Future', Poll Finds." I'm not sure how to explain this contradiction. Do liberals think that Biden can stop the Chinese and Indians from building more coal-fired plants? Now that Biden has delegated this important matter to AOC, it's as good as solved? She literally doesn't know the difference between racial justice and climate change. The "Green New Deal" is less an effort to address climate change than her answer to whatever issue is trending in the news.

No notable environmentalist sacrifices his plane travel or lifestyle for the cause. It's a movement without saints or believers, only sinners and cynics. In their heart of hearts, perhaps they realize that the greenhouse effect is a fraud. My experience with liberals I know personally leads me to believe that they get happy when something bad happens to America or to humanity. So perhaps they are looking forward to human extinction. Michael Moore was cancelled for telling this truth in Planet of the Humans. PeterKa (talk) 03:50, 24 April 2021 (EDT)

Democrats, be afraid... Be very afraid...

GREAT NEWS! Arizona Justice Confirms Lower Court’s Ruling — FORENSIC AUDIT WILL CONTINUE — Until At Least THURSDAY!

War Room: Rachel Maddow Is Worried about what AZ Election Audit will Find — She Knows Georgia Is Next (VIDEO)

Northwest (talk) 14:14, 24 April 2021 (EDT)

Democrat attempts to dodge questioning about their attempted interference in the Arizona audit, all caught on video: “Why Are You Working So Hard to Shut the Audit Down? What Are You Hiding” – TGP Reporter Confronts AZ Secretary of State Katie Hobbs — Katie Hobbs Runs! Northwest (talk) 09:16, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
Why is it that you allow your boyfriend to destroy your tight asshole with to a rough baculum? And then you let him use his greasy Italian plumber cock to whack you right across the fucking face, what's wrong with you? Kitanishihakusoboke (talk) 16:16, 7 May 2021 (EDT)

The junta's attempts to destroy opposition

Is Mar-e-Lago next? [27]

Now the Biden junta (Merrick Garland) has all the names and cell phone numbers of all Giuliani's sources in election fraud cases, as well as in the Ukrainian, Romanian, and China collusion scandals related to Hunter Biden. FISA abuse was reported by the FISA Court two days ago as ongoing. [28] RobSFree Kyle! 14:59, 28 April 2021 (EDT)

Lisa Monaco was confirmed as deputy attorney general on April 21. I take it that this is her first big move. She was a major player in ginning up the Russia hoax. Garland sure looked like a clueless figurehead at his hearing. Being a lawyer for Trump now makes you a target. This is an attack on Trump's Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Everyone assumed that Bill Bennett Bob Bennett, Bill Clinton's personal lawyer, was dirty. If you asked why Kenneth Starr never targeted him, the answer was "attorney client privilege." PeterKa (talk) 20:54, 28 April 2021 (EDT)
A Lisa Monaco article is long overdue. Perhaps this is a good time to get it going. I got a ton of information to add. RobSFree Kyle! 21:48, 28 April 2021 (EDT)
We've definitely reached a milestone this morning. This is an effort to stomp out ALL criticism and opposition (outside the Democrat party) of the junta. Even moreso than prosecution of the Jan. 6 rioters. RobSFree Kyle! 21:51, 28 April 2021 (EDT)
By the time this scandal and abuse of power is over with and exposed, Kamala Harris will be president, and nobody will care then. RobSFree Kyle! 21:58, 28 April 2021 (EDT)
It's Impeachment 3.0, and a shocking violation of attorney-client privilege.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 22:57, 28 April 2021 (EDT)
Putin Takes Page From Biden Playbook And Charges Political Opposition With Being Terrorists, Foreign Agents. RobSFree Kyle! 02:35, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

The Biden Administration is not a junta (And the USA is not a banana republic), but it is demonstrating some lawlessness.Conservative (talk) 04:18, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

Oh, even after the Democrats pass the For the People Act to destroy elections, make the country a single party state, pack the Court, pack the Senate by adding states, surveil and arrest dissidents. I guess it's just business as usual then. RobSFree Kyle! 04:46, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

They did it for Yovanovich

I hope this is a joke. Here is today's New York Times: "Firing of U.S. Ambassador Is at Center of Giuliani Investigation." During the impeachment hearings in 2019, Yovanovich claimed that Guiliani asked Trump to fire her. So here we have another attack on Trump's constitutional rights: The right of a president to receive confidential advise. Guiliani is also accused of failing to declare his foreign agent status. Guiliani a FARA scofflaw? What about Hunter, recipient of money from China, Ukraine, Romania, etc, etc? PeterKa (talk) 05:03, 30 April 2021 (EDT)

 
Here's how it works: they seize your cell phone with 50 contacts; from there they perform FISA database searches on all 50 contacts, and so on. It appears the yet-to-be-announced 2024 Trump campaign is already under FISA surveillance, as is anyone and all their contacts connected to election fraud inquiries, as well as Biden family corruption investigations.
That's the cover story. But the fact remains they have all Giuliani phone contacts and abuse of the FISA 702 database is ongoing. All they need is a phone number or email address and they have your whole life story, past, present, and future. As Snowden said, "I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the president if I had a personal e-mail. It’s getting to the point you don’t have to have done anything wrong. You simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody, even by a wrong call, and then they can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you have ever made.” RobSFree Kyle! 05:43, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
That's what 702 FISA abuse is. With a cell number, email, or IP address, they flip open a search box and have all your contacts, bank accounts, passport records, utility bills, etc. And then they do the same thing to all your contacts. Readers here need to become familiar with parallel construction. RobSFree Kyle! 06:00, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
This is how Stormy Daniels was discovered. The Carter Page FISA warrant, under the two-hop rule, led to investigating Michael Cohen. Cohen was put away under the process of parallel construction cause the original wiretap was illegal. RobSFree Kyle! 06:06, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
Let me go into some more detail: they don't need a warrant to perform a 702 search, it is fairly routine. However, the search still needs a legal basis, i.e some ongoing investigation of a suspect's contacts. In the case of Obamagate, the 702 searches of everybody connected with the Trump business and Trump campaign were going on since at least November of 2015 and numbered over 5,000 illegal searches of innocent people. Internal auditors caught the ongoing illegal searchers. So Strzok & company needed to CYA by making them legal. The Carter Page FISA warrant in October 2016 made the illegal FISA 702 searches legal retroactively going back at least a year. RobSFree Kyle! 06:27, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
An alleged FARA violation is the cover to use the FISA database, as it was in Michael Flynn's case, Paul Manafort, and others. RobSFree Kyle! 06:33, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
This story makes it clear that the DOJ's investigation of Guiliani is payback for Guiliani's investigation of Hunter: "Biden slams Trump ally Rudy Giuliani as ‘Russian pawn’ in 2nd debate." Guiliani brought down the mob and was New York City's hero mayor after 9/11. Has Biden done anything comparable for our country? PeterKa (talk) 11:16, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
Here's how an "intelligence laundry" works: private outside contractors are not subject to FOIA, and have access to the FISA database. FusionGPS, Crowdstrike, Nellie Ohr, and the fella James Comey leaked his notes to who leaked to the NYT, all were FBI contractors with FISA access. The FBI provides Giuliani cell phone and email contacts to contractors. The contractors perform the searches and feed back the alleged "evidence" of probable cause to the FBI, as in the Steele dossier for instance, for continuing investigations. RobSFree Kyle! 14:21, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
So it is safe to say that Sidney Powell, Patrick Byrne, Ron DeSantis, their staffs, and anyone assisting the Hunter Biden Ukraine, China, and Romania investigations are all now under FISA surveillance. RobSFree Kyle! 14:35, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
Innocent low level staffers, Hope Hicks or Omarosa Manigault for example, are harassed and driven out of government because of FISA abuse. The database returns dirt on a dirty boyfriend, for example, which is used to blackmail them. The message sent to other job seekers is to stay away from the Trump campaign or Ron DeSantis' office cause your life will be destroyed if you go to work for these guys. RobSFree Kyle!
Bongino explains some of this here. RobSFree Kyle! 16:20, 30 April 2021 (EDT)
Why isn't John Kerry investigated and prosecuted for his FARA violations on behalf of Iran? FARA is what opens the door for FISA 702 (no need for a warrant) abuse. RobSFree Kyle! 23:53, 6 May 2021 (EDT)
That's like asking why Mueller prosecuted Paul Manafort, but not Tony Podesta. Tony was Manafort's Democrat partner in the Ukraine lobbying business and brother of John Podesta. PeterKa (talk) 00:29, 7 May 2021 (EDT)

May Day

Sources say Antifa plotting widespread violence for May Day. [29] RobSFree Kyle! 22:04, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

Good to see they honor the traditions of the elders. RobSFree Kyle! 22:07, 29 April 2021 (EDT)

It seems you're proven correct. —LTMay D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well! Sunday, 21:07, 1 May 2021 (EDT)

Biden neo-Nazi allies march to celebrate holocaust

Biden neo-Nazi allies in Ukraine, whom Biden just gave $125 million dollars in aid to,[30] march to celebrate mass murder by the SS Galicia Division. [31] RobSFree Kyle! 16:59, 30 April 2021 (EDT)

Samhain, the pagan holiday that never was

I rewrote the article on Halloween and created one on Samhain so as to refute the neopagan claim that Halloween descends from a pagan Irish holiday. Saint Patrick lit an Easter fire on top of the Hill of Slane to upstage the druid fire festival of Beltaine on May 1. But it seems that Samhain (Nov. 1) was not important enough for Patrick to bother with. It was the first day of winter on the Celtic calendar. It was also the date when the Feast of Tara met to approve laws and taxes. Perhaps because the church did not consider Samhain to be a threat, the bards of the High Middle Ages were free to promote it in their tales.

As for Halloween, that arose in 18th century Scotland for reasons that had nothing to do with Ireland. It owes much to an 1785 poem by Robert Burns. The whole idea of a day to wink at superstitious beliefs is inherently a very modern one. That this story remains unknown outside Scotland reflects the lack of political and economic clout of Scottish-Americans compared to that of Irish-Americans. PeterKa (talk) 19:57, 4 May 2021 (EDT)

Haiti conquers covid without masks or money

What happens when you're too poor to worry about covid? Haiti has a covid death rate of 22 per million compared to 1,800 per million for the U.S. See "One Of The World's Poorest Countries Has One Of The World's Lowest COVID Death Rates." The article doesn't really explain how this is possible. But I'm thinking that a low obesity rate and a lot of sunlight and UV are probably factors. Haiti is No. 72 in obesity while the U.S. is No. 12.[32]

Hungary has the world's highest covid death rate, 2,900 per million. Mask poster boy Czech Republic is No. 2 with 2,800 per million.[33] PeterKa (talk) 21:32, 6 May 2021 (EDT)

Trump, Trump, and more Trump

Trump has been all over the headlines in the last few days. Perhaps the media needs the ratings. Here is Trump's new "platform." After all the publicity, it's just a blog. The posts currently up are mostly about Liz Cheney. She is being removed from the No. 3 position in the House Republican party caucus. See "We're Replacing Liz Cheney With a Pro-Abort, Anti-Border Wall, Pro-Transgender, Anti-Religious Freedom Republican and We're Supposed to Be Happy?" Hey, thanks Trump!

The conservative movement needs to focus on the outrages committed by Biden and the Democrats. Why are foreigners being encouraged to cross our border illegally and given access to federally-funded health care, education, and other benefits? We need the wall and eVerify so sanctions can be imposed on employers who hire illegals. The mayors and district attorneys who are letting crime run rampant in the major cities need to be replaced with people who will support the police against the criminals and reimpose bail. Ending covid restrictions and getting back to work should be a priority as well. Step up research on nuclear reactor design. We need a new generation of nuclear power plants so that we have an answer to the Green New Deal. Bring back stop and frisk. Take the guns from the criminals, not from citizens who follow the law. Counter the left's initiative to promote voter fraud by requiring that voters show ID and upgrading voting integrity. There is an agenda for 2022. PeterKa (talk) 08:00, 7 May 2021 (EDT)

I guess this is why the liberal media is all Trump now. They don't want to talk about the Biden economy: "The Biden Economy Begins, And It Doesn’t Look Pretty." Unemployment is ticking up: "Only 266,000 jobs were created, which is 800,000 below forecasts." PeterKa (talk) 16:17, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
Hey, we can always ask China for a bailout. RobSFree Kyle! 18:19, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
Oh, what do you know? After I just went out on a limb for her, it turns out that Liz Cheney is a traitor. "Final nail in Liz's coffin? Cheney 'secretly orchestrated Washington Post op-ed by all ten living former Defense Secretaries - including her father - warning against Trump's efforts to politicize the military', new report claims." The problem with this letter is the date: January 3. That's right before Pelosi's big push for a second impeachment. I conclude that Cheney must have been coordinating with Pelosi on this issue before pro-Trump protestors entered the Capitol. If the second impeachment wasn't motivated by the protest in the Capitol, what was it about? Pelosi and the Dems wanted to vindicate their earlier efforts to impeach Trump, of course. There was some handwaving about Ukraine to justify the first impeachment. But it was basically an expression of fury to protest Trump's 2016 election victory. That's respecting the election result??? PeterKa (talk) 04:20, 8 May 2021 (EDT)
Trump tried to politicize the military? Who ordered the stand down and witchhunts to drive conservatives out? RobSFree Kyle! 05:12, 8 May 2021 (EDT)
The letter is here. It says, "And the electoral college has voted. The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived." That's an opinion that can be defended. But who are the former secretaries of defense to issue rulings of this kind? Where were they during the BLM riots? If they believe in law and order, they should have urged that the troops be sent in to suppress the riots. PeterKa (talk) 05:58, 8 May 2021 (EDT)

Analysis on job reports

So after the Biden junta seized power, the Democrats who maliciously destroyed the economy last year to hurt Trump suddenly decided to end some restrictions, hoping that some businesses re-opening will let Biden absurdly claim credit for a "rising economy". And despite this deceitful ultra-partisan scheme, the added jobs are far below expectations. —LTMay D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well! Friday, 17:58, 7 May 2021 (EDT)

Hey, here's an idea. Now that businesses are in the tank and can't afford to hire people, why not raise business taxes and the minimum wage? RobSFree Kyle! 18:10, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
Econ 101: if you miss April planting season, you're screwed for the whole year. RobSFree Kyle! 18:16, 7 May 2021 (EDT)

Warren, the light that failed

Back in the days when Joe Biden was just the senator who mistreated Anita Hill and Hunter was a conduit for cash intended to influence the "big guy," the media worshipped Senator Elizabeth Warren. She just released a book entitled Persist. That means it's once again time for the liberal media to ponder the question how they failed her in 2020. See "Elizabeth Warren’s Book Shows She Has No Idea Why Her Campaign Failed." These commentators are too polite to mention the obvious: She lied endlessly about being an American Indian. Then she promoted a dubious DNA report to support that lie. When do we get to see the lab results themselves as opposed to an interpretation by her campaign's favorite experts? If we accept the report at face value, she is somewhere around 99 percent white. We have the Cherokee Nation to thank for exposing her.

As far as liberals are concerned, the principle thing that held Warren back was that she was a woman. If the Democrats believe this, why don't they nominate more men? Are we supposed to think that they are sacrificing elections because they believe so deeply in women's rights? What a lot of nonsense! PeterKa (talk) 07:05, 9 May 2021 (EDT)

Warren, to her credit, appears to be on the correct side of the Biden junta's mistreatment and torture of political dissidents. [34] RobSFree Kyle! 15:13, 10 May 2021 (EDT)

Pulling out the crystal ball for the midterms

Biden's current approval rating of 54 percent is likely the result of undersampling Republicans. Every single poll ahead of the last election showed Biden ahead by a bigger margin than what he actually got. The pollsters are in cahoots, as my grandmother would say.

If recent special elections are anything to go by, there has been a surge in Republican support on the order of ten points. Nobody watched Biden's speech. The Dems have lost interest in politics since Trump was ousted. They won't show up in the midterms unless they can vote against him again. (Do I hear third impeachment?)

It's hard to imagine Biden ever getting better publicity than he is getting now. He's being hailed the covid miracle worker. Did he do something about covid beyond reissue Trump's policies and wear a mask? See "Based on Biden's Performance So Far, There's Trouble Ahead for Democrats."

Of the 34 Senate seats up for election in 2024, 14 lean Dem, 18 lean Republican, and two are tossups, according to The Cook Report. The toss ups are North Carolina and Pennsylvania, both of them open seats. The current lineup for this class is 14 Dems to 20 Republicans. In short, we need every Republican seat, both tossups, and at least one upset to regain control. As far as who the upset could be, the two most vulnerable Dems are Kelly in Arizona and Warnock in Georgia. PeterKa (talk) 03:07, 10 May 2021 (EDT)

Those polls are just snapshots in time. Don't underestimate people's anger about the border crisis and tax increases. And the Covid-19 pandemic could linger due to vaccine reluctance causing the herd immunity threshold to not be reached. And some of the Covid-19 frustration/anger will be directed towards Biden/Democrats if the coronavirus problem is not solved in the USA. Conservative (talk) 12:52, 10 May 2021 (EDT)

Wow. Missile defense system of Israel using American technology

This is the result of Reagan's Star Wars program - shooting down a missile with a missile - that Democrats said would never work. RobSFree Kyle! 01:05, 11 May 2021 (EDT)

See: China Developing Hypersonic Swarms To Overwhelm Missile Defenses.
America spent and spends a fortune on defense and its $27 trillion dollar debt poses a bigger threat to Amrica than China and Russia combined.
Empires usually fall from within. Conservative (talk) 01:48, 11 May 2021 (EDT)
The Star Wars program ended the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which was the prevailing doctrine of nuclear war for 30 years. RobSFree Kyle! 02:00, 11 May 2021 (EDT)
America's two ocean borders, friendly Canadian border, big landmass and a populace full of guns, is a big defense in itself. Ever see Red Dawn? Wolverines! :) Conservative (talk) 02:23, 11 May 2021 (EDT)
You're right, tho. Hypersonic missiles now have made nuclear missile defense systems obsolete. That, and swarming, low altitude (beneath the radar) drone attacks. RobSFree Kyle! 03:17, 11 May 2021 (EDT)
Weapons development is a never-ending cycle. Sonar made U-boat warfare obsolete. Star Wars made MAD obsolete. Now an anti-hypersonic missile system has to be developed. And things like Star Wars/Iron Dome have to be scaled down and multiplied to deal with cheaper, low flying swarms of drones.
You can't rely on diplomacy - World War I taught us that.
Here's an interesting quote from an article that appeared yesterday, which most readers probably can't quite digest: "If you are building skills ostensibly to protect your military from a biological attack, you’re at the same time giving your military a capacity to use these weapons ­offensively. You can’t separate the two." RobSFree Kyle! 03:32, 11 May 2021 (EDT)
New Army recruiting ad: a little girl raised by two moms operates the Patriot Missile system (complete with gay wedding, etc.) RobSFree Kyle! 16:56, 12 May 2021 (EDT)

Joe Biden may have to become more bipartisan to get Republicans to rally behind Covid-19 vaccination in order to get herd immunity

Please Read: Joe Biden may have to become more bipartisan to get Republicans to rally behind Covid-19 vaccination in order to get to herd immunity in the USA

Joe Biden may have to pull out all the stops to get to herd immunity. And that might include the dreaded word for today's Democrats - bipartisanship.Conservative (talk) 00:15, 13 May 2021 (EDT)

You really think Biden is going to do bipartisanship? COVID's what got himself elected, and there's plenty of evidence out there that the death rate was manufactured (even Candace Owens made that much clear, as did a member of the CDC back in August). And besides, going to War with China would be the most likely result thanks to those leaked emails from the NIH as well as the Chinese Military being revealed to have deliberately manufactured, which if anything is more likely to result in Biden and Fauci's execution under the charge of treason. And that's not even getting into how Obama NEVER embraced bipartisanship, and if Obama didn't, it's unlikely Biden would either. Pokeria1 (talk) 05:46, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Covid-19 is what got Donald Trump to not be reelected. What happened to Trump, could happen to Biden.
Question: Why hasn't Joe Biden gotten Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, James Lebrun, famous Hispanics, evangelical leaders, etc. etc. to promote Covid-19 vaccination? The lack of imagination in the Biden administration to overcome vaccination hesitancy is almost criminal.
Of course, we know why Joe Biden hasn't gone on a personal blitz of appearances promoting vaccination. His lack of mental acuity keeps him largely hidden from the public. See: Joe Biden's cognitive decline. Conservative (talk) 06:22, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Actually, Voter Fraud is what got Donald Trump not reelected, not COVID (though I will acknowledge that COVID played a huge role in facilitating the voter fraud). Stop parroting the leftist media, or else you'll risk turning Conservapedia into Wikipedia-lite. Pokeria1 (talk) 06:30, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Donald Trump did some things very well (combatting unemployment, etc.), but the USA Covid-19 response was not as good as the Covid-19 response of Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, etc. Trump's downplaying of the coronavirus pandemic, his lack of personal leadership on mask-wearing, etc. played a part in him not getting reelected.
Conversely, the Covid-19 pandemic and/or its effects on the economy and Democrats creating bad public policy in response to the pandemic, could get Trump reelected in 2024. Already, inflation due to massive government spending and other preventable factors, may get Donald Trump elected in 2024. Conservative (talk) 06:44, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
I suspect Joe Biden will not become more bipartisan. Maybe if the Democrats receive a shellacking in the midterms, it will force the Biden administration to become more bipartisan. But until the midterms, I suspect it's full steam ahead on partisanship.Conservative (talk) 06:49, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Yeah, considering that Japan and Czechoslovakia, the so-called leaders of masking and all of that, are now doing even WORSE despite the lockdown measures, I'd suspect that if anything we did better in the long run. And besides, speaking from personal experience, I'd argue we if anything followed guidelines far TOO well, especially when I was unable to get to a doctor a few times, not to mention my Goodwill pretty much rejected people going into cars to get donations via so-called "contactless deliveries" (even had my manager give a huge fit when one of the donor door people might have done that), and overall had too much paranoia going on (heck, at the dentist, they had to check temperatures constantly JUST to make sure someone wasn't suffering from COVID-19). Besides, have you ever considered that America's high rate of infection was because of certain high officials outright misreporting the statistics and literally counting anyone who literally had COVID in their bodies as "a COVID death"? Candace Owens indicated such was the case, and even that CDC official back in August confirmed it. Pokeria1 (talk) 06:55, 13 May 2021 (EDT)

500,000+ Americans died of coronavirus. America is not going to have a good long-term record on the coronavirus pandemic unless you compare it to India.

In light of Biden's inflationary policies, I am glad I am moving towards a pescatarian diet. I suspect beef, chicken, lamb, etc. prices to soar. The price of fish is largely not affected by grain prices. :) And fish largely do not affect dairy and egg prices. :) Conservative (talk) 07:01, 13 May 2021 (EDT)

Jimmy Carter like stagflation might return.Conservative (talk) 07:05, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Last I checked, Czechoslovakia had mass deaths due to masks recently, and Japan did badly enough that it underwent emergency lockdowns in January, that points to them doing just about as bad as us if not even WORSE (while by comparison, we haven't even locked down during that time, or had any significant deaths). Besides, Candace Owens and that CDC lady made it very clear that the 500,000+ deaths were exaggerated. Heck, that lieutenant governor's medical guy made it clear they literally count anything as a COVID death if COVID is detected in the system. Pokeria1 (talk) 07:07, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Lockdowns and masking work as well as the compliance and enforcement. There are stores I often avoid because the stores are scofflaws that ignore the law concerning the mandatory wearing of masks.
The Bible has quarrantine laws in the Mosaic laws. Quarantine (staying apart from society) works when it comes to infections.
If the United States were doing exemplary during the coronavirus pandemic, its politicians would be bragging about it. They are not bragging. In Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people, the USA is ranked 18 out of the 150+ nations in terms of the most Covid-19 deaths by Johns Hopkins University (which has a world-renowned medical school).[35]
The USA has 177.82 deaths of Covid-19 per 100,000 people according to Johns Hopkins University.[36] Japan has 8.83 Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people according to Johns Hopkins University. [37] The Japanese are more disciplined than Americans when it comes to mask-wearing and they are thinner and exercise more. The Japanese live 5-6 years longer than Americans too.[38] Conservative (talk) 11:57, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
In 2.5 weeks, my second Pfizer Covid-19 shot should largely be at its full effect. I will still wear masks and social distance in public plus wear a face shield until the pandemic is over. In the gym, I will not wear a face shield though. And obviously, I will not wear a mask and face shield while swimming.
One thing I will be happy about concerning my Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shot becoming fully activated in 2.5 weeks. I probably will not be negatively affected by ignorant/lazy/contrarian people who break the laws in my area concerning the mandatory wearing of masks. Conservative (talk) 12:18, 13 May 2021 (EDT)

Once the Covid-19 pandemic is over, I may wear a mask and face shield when I initially walk into my friend's restaurant as a joke/prank. Theoretically, once the pandemic is over, I could wear masks and a face shield into stores during the flu season. :) Conservative (talk) 12:21, 13 May 2021 (EDT)

Those high numbers were due to the CDC fudging the numbers. For goodness sakes, even a member of the CDC admitted it this past August, and has also admitted the masks do jack squat in protecting against the virus. Again, stop buying into the propaganda. Especially when, if Japan was as much of a success story as you claim, they WOULDN'T have locked down yet again back in January. Heck, the mere fact that Florida barely has any hospitalized cases, let alone deaths, compared to California or New York DESPITE being wide open and ignoring the rules against COVID-19 should be a pretty big hint that the COVID-19 death toll was bogus, especially regarding lack of lockdowns. You know, I'm starting to suspect your account is compromised. Pokeria1 (talk) 06:15, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
Do you think it will ever be over? It keeps mutating. RobSFree Kyle! 12:30, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Pfizer's vaccine is handling the mutations well plus they can develop booster shots.
I think the pandemic will become very manageable for American society and the world at some point. It is already very manageable for people who have had the Pfizer/Moderna two doses take effect (like 2-3 weeks after the second dose).
Human behavior at a societal/world level is hard to predict, so I am not sure how fast the pandemic will be over. I hope by the end of the summer or early fall as far as the USA. Experts have a spotty track record in predicting the future and this pandemic hasn't been an exception.Conservative (talk) 15:58, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
Pokeria, there is a human tendency to want to have answers to questions and to have those answers be as precise as possible.
Unfortunately, news organizations and the U.S. government are now less trustworthy.
Covid-19 affects a lot of the bodies systems and physicians are very busy people. And some doctors are better than others.
So Covid-19 deaths are going to be estimates and we will never have exact figures.
That being said, I believe that per capita the USA has had a lot more Covid-19 deaths than Japan. Conservative (talk) 10:38, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
Even if we did have a higher number than in Japan, that's only because the reported COVID cases in the USA were outright fudged, counting even people who died from automobile accidents or old age as dying from COVID. And besides, unlike Japan, we only locked down once. Pokeria1 (talk) 21:55, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
The covid death rate in Japan is 87.5 per million. It ranks No. 94 in the world. The U.S. is No. 16 with 1,770 deaths per million.[39] Japan had a 50 percent infection rate, according to one study. So I don't think it's the masks. It's more likely the low obesity rate and a diet with zinc and vitamin D. On a lighter note, the CDC has announced that you can take off the mask if you have been vaccinated. When will they get around to admitting the obvious, that the masks don't work? PeterKa (talk) 22:13, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
So why is it that Japan declared a national state of emergency and entered a second lockdown if they had less deaths than us? And besides, I'm still not entirely sure about that figure, especially when the CDC had been exposed as fudging the numbers regarding COVID deaths. And don't get me started on the Czech Republic, which most likely had even less of an obesity problem than us, yet STILL is reported as having mass deaths despite following guidelines. Pokeria1 (talk) 22:43, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

Masks plus face shields work. That is what nurses wear when interfacing with Covid-19 patients. And they are a strong 1-2 punch combination.[40]

Plus, to avoid getting Covid-19 you can: work from home; take the Pfizer vaccine which has tackled Covid-19 for God's chosen people in Israel[41]; shop at non-peak hours[42]; social distance around strangers; stay in shape; take vitamin D because it might be helpful[43]; and when you get home from shopping, you hang your clothes in a bathroom and crank an ozone machine followed by washing them.[44][45]

It would be extremely hard to get Covid-19 if you do the above. :)Conservative (talk) 22:46, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

Question: Given how powerfully the mask plus face shield combo works (compared to just wearing masks)[46], why didn't Anthony Fauci and the CDC recommend wearing masks and face shields to avoid getting Covid-19? You can buy two face shields for around $10.
Moral of the story: Never be too dependent on the government - especially for Covid-19 advice!Conservative (talk) 22:56, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
Except Florida and even Texas had significantly less infections and especially deaths despite not having ANY lockdowns or even masks. And if they worked, the Czech Republic wouldn't have suffered mass deaths recently due to wearing the masks, and Japan certainly wouldn't have declared another lockdown. If masks truly worked, Japan NEVER would have locked down a second time. And for the record, I never bought into the whole mass infection thing and just found it angering they'd lock down the churches and shut down the economy. Pokeria1 (talk) 23:10, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
Military generals use multilayered defenses. A mask is no different. It is not a cure-all, but just a helpful layer of defense.Conservative (talk) 23:19, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
In Florida and Texas, people can be outdoors more and have their windows open during the winter months when Covid-19 rates are higher. Conservative (talk) 23:24, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
July 2020, "Anyone interested in a real world case study on the extraordinary effectiveness of face masks in suppressing the spread of the coronavirus need look no farther than Prague. In this capital city of 1.3 million, among the first in Europe to decree mandatory universal mask-wearing almost four months ago, life has now returned to normal... The Czech Republic, home to about 11 million people, has one of the lowest per capita death rates in Europe. The U.S. per-capita death rate from this disease is 12 times higher."[47] Conservative (talk) 23:30, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

"Czechs lit nearly 30,000 candles at Prague Castle, the seat of the presidency, on Monday evening to pay their respects to the pandemic’s victims.

The hard-hit European Union nation of 10.7 million people has registered at least 29,711 virus-related deaths.

After observing a minute of silence, President Milos Zeman was the first to light a candle. In his brief speech, he thanked the medical personnel and anyone who has been fighting the pandemic.

Zeman said some of those people died because “we succumbed to the temptation to ease (restrictive measures) prematurely.”

He said he hoped that Czechs had learned from it. His words came at the end of a day that saw the country massively relaxing its coronavirus restrictions.

The latest easing came after new infections fell to the levels last seen in August, at which time the government failed to react fast enough to a rising number of infections, which later contributed to a record number of deaths."[48]Conservative (talk) 23:38, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

It's sad that the Czechs are in denial about the effect of masks. They would obviously have been better off if they had never tried this idea. Then they could have built up herd immunity naturally like the Swedes. Covid waited for the Czechs to relax their guard, a moment that was inevitable. Maybe the Japanese have the discipline to wear masks everywhere indefinitely. But it's not a realistic solution internationally. In hot weather, they are very uncomfortable. Yet infection rates go down when it is warm. PeterKa (talk) 00:45, 15 May 2021 (EDT)
"In hot weather, they are very uncomfortable." Are you Americans weak or something? Only whiners have problems wearing masks in India, despite the heat. Wilhelm Tell (talk) 02:21, 15 May 2021 (EDT)
You haven't been paying attention to how useless face masks (or as an increasing number of folks are calling them, "face diapers") really are, have you? Northwest (talk) 02:30, 15 May 2021 (EDT)
Indian cases have spiked dramatically since March.[49] I assume the current mask wearing fad is a reaction. They won't be able to outwait the virus. India currently has 183 covid deaths per million. PeterKa (talk) 02:52, 15 May 2021 (EDT)
Yeah, and besides, if the Czech republic had lower per capita death rates, please explain why they had a memorial service for the ones who died very recently and treated it as a disaster? That if anything sounded more like they had HIGHER per capita death rates. Besides, Rhode Island was excessively compliant with masks, as was Japan, and they STILL got mass infections. Just face it, masks don't work, nor do lockdowns. Besides, as PeterKa pointed out with medical studies, even regarding multilayered defenses, it STILL didn't help at all. Japan still locked down for a second time (while even here in America we only locked down once), Czech still suffered needlessly high deaths, even Rhode Island, despite being the most compliant with masking in America, STILL suffered from mass infections. And that's not even getting into how an internal memo from the CDC, dated April 2020, all but stated that most of the "COVID-19 deaths" in America were literally due to counting ANYONE who had even a trace of COVID-19 and dying as a COVID-19 death, even if it was from factors that obviously weren't tied to COVID-19 at all. Pokeria1 (talk) 07:14, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

NBC News

Anti-woman GOP replaces woman with a woman. RobSFree Kyle! 16:09, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

Ding dong the warmongering Republican witch is dead!
As an Admin of Conservapedia, which is hosted in the country of the USA, I welcome this development most regally. But to make sure it is not fake news, we've got to verify it carefully, to see. To see? If she. If she? If she is morally, ethically, spiritually, positively, absolutely, undeniably and politically dead!Conservative (talk) 23:11, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

Hamas launches rockets at Israel

Why has fighting broken out in Israel? "An already tense situation prompted by moves to evict Palestinian families from their homes near the Old City in Jerusalem exploded," is how CNN explains it. This explanation is preposterous. Hamas has been gathering missiles for an attack for years. It's just who they are and what they do. Why now? Hamas had to cancel an election it was expected to win, so the timing wasn't ideal from their point of view. That this attack was coordinated with Iranian attacks on U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz gives the game away. This is Iran getting even for Israel's attack on the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz back in April. From Israel's point of view, it's better to force Hamas' hand than to wait until the group is good and ready. Israel is expected to retaliate by cleaning out the Hamas leadership, giving the upper hand to Fatah, their Palestinian rivals. PeterKa (talk) 08:15, 15 May 2021 (EDT)

Fighting has broken out in Israel because Sarah had Ismael and because God brought the Jews back to Israel. The family feud fighting is never going to end until Jesus returns. Conservative (talk) 14:29, 15 May 2021 (EDT)
But Jews and Iranians are friends in the Bible. The two countries were on opposite sides of the Babylonians and thus natural allies. Hamas is being financed by Qatar, an Iranian ally and owner of Al Jazeera. PeterKa (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2021 (EDT)

Masks, again

 
Wearing a mask and face shield during a pandemic is a minor inconvenience if you compare it to having your Hiroshima home flattened by a nuclear bomb.

Numerous scientific studies have shown that mask wearing does nothing at all for the person wearing the mask. Here is the latest such study. This includes studies of healthcare workers who have been instructed on how to use the masks.[50] Do masks prevent people with the virus from spreading it to others? The fall and rise of covid in the Czech Republic suggests they can. At the same time, the Czech experience shows that the general population is not willing to make the sacrifices required for long enough to make this idea work. Americans are much worse at this. Ninety-six percent compliance in Rhode Island wasn't good enough to even slow the virus down: "Despite 96% mask compliance “every time they go out”–highest in the U.S. during the fall of 2020–Rhode Island still had an enormous fall covid-19 infection spike." PeterKa (talk) 04:38, 17 May 2021 (EDT

Wearing a mask and a face shield is the way to go. Please see: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Community Health Workers in India Before and After Use of Face Shields
There is much more protection offered by wearing a mask and face shield rather than just wearing a mask.
Many mask wearers are sloppy. For example, when I go to stores, there are workers/shoppers not putting the mask over their nose.
Face shields are cheap. You can get them for $5.00.
Anthony Fauci was derelict in his duty by not telling people about the benefits of wearing a mask and face shield.Conservative (talk) 10:46, 17 May 2021 (EDT)
The eyes are a vector for getting Covid-19 plus a face shield prevents people from touching their face/eyes/nose/lips. This is why wearing a mask and a face shield is far superior than merely wearing a mask.Conservative (talk) 10:48, 17 May 2021 (EDT)
Philippines Airlines is very smart. Philippines Airlines says All passengers must wear face shields and face masks.Conservative (talk) 10:52, 17 May 2021 (EDT)
"The Philippines have introduced a new rule forcing everyone in the country to wear a face shield, as well as a face mask, while out in public."[51]
Why does the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte require Philippine citizens to wear a mask and a face shield and the wimpy Anthony Fauci not stress wearing a mask and a face shield? The answer to this question is very obvious. Duterte has more machismo! Conservative (talk) 10:57, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

Please read: Why does the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte require Philippine citizens to wear a mask and a face shield and the wimpy Anthony Fauci not stress wearing a mask and a face shield?. Conservative (talk) 11:56, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

 
Wearing a mask and face shield during a pandemic is a minor inconvenience when you compare it to having your home set ablaze during the American Revolutionary War.
There is too much whining about wearing masks. Even though my second Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine kicks fully in next week, I will still wear a mask and face shield when shopping because the vaccines are not 100% protection. It takes seconds to put on a mask and face shield. Once the pandemic is over, I will stop wearing a mask and face shield when shopping.
Compare the minor inconvenience of wearing a mask and face shield, with WWII London and having your home flattened by aerial bombing. Or compare mask and face shield wearing during the coronavirus pandemic to the Black Plague that killed 30-60 percent of Europe.
Wearing a mask and face shield during a pandemic is nothing if you compare it to having your Hiroshima home flattened by a nuclear bomb! Wearing a mask and face shield is a minor inconvenience when you compare it to having your home set ablaze during the American Revolutionary War or the American Civil War.
Toughen up mask whiners! I am sick of hearing your bellyaching!
And remember, during the Black Plague wearing a mask and face shield wasn't even an option. Thank God for masks and face shields! Conservative (talk) 12:16, 18 May 2021 (EDT)

Cat's out of the bag

Bill Gates divorce directly related to Jeffrey Epstein case. [52] RobSFree Kyle! 18:04, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

What is this?

It's got to be another CIA-sponsored QAnon conspiracy on Brighteon video:

  • "Now 20 US states have legalized the practice of liquefying dead people, dumping their flesh goo down the sewage drains, harvesting the sewage as "biosludge" and spreading it on food crops as a form of fertilizer. Welcome to 2021 in America, where the dead are liquefied and fed to the living, almost like a scene ripped right out of The Matrix. Wisconsin just legalized the practice, joining 20 other states that have also legalized this plan as a way to dispose of all the dead human bodies being produced by the covid vaccine death wave. [53] RobSFree Kyle! 05:07, 18 May 2021 (EDT)

Pardon me, but isn't that what causes madcow disease, like when they grind up chicken bones and feed it back to chickens? Of course, in 21st century America, nobody should be surprised about any legislation their elected leaders vote on. RobSFree Kyle! 05:20, 18 May 2021 (EDT)

It is not like that. I doubt if using human remains as fertilizer for plants can cause disease.
You are confusing human/animal to animals with human/animal to plants.
My guess is that the deceased had no relatives to claim the body. Many of the people who died during the pandemic were baby boomers. The baby boomers, also called the "me generation", often have poor family relationships.
Funeral homes use pre-planning as a marketing strategy. I guess they are right. If you don't buy their pre-planning, you could wind up as biosludge.Conservative (talk) 09:55, 18 May 2021 (EDT)
The comedian Dan Cook talks about an atheist who talked about being part of a tree when he died. Cook said to imagine that tree being cut down and turned into paper and the paper being used to print Bibles.[54] Conservative (talk) 12:44, 18 May 2021 (EDT)
In the 1960s they told us smoking marijuana would cause the death of Western civilization. As a lifelong boomer, I can attest our parents were correct. RobSFree Kyle! 13:02, 18 May 2021 (EDT)
Thanks for the link on Dan Cook. Somebody shared a bunch of his stuff a few years ago and I forgot his name. He's hilarious! RobSFree Kyle! 13:09, 18 May 2021 (EDT)

The subreplacement level of births of native populations is what is primarily causing cultures to be mixed with other cultures. Cheap air travel is a big factor too.

If a culture doesn't care enough about their culture to have kids, I am not going to wring my hands about it. Why should I care more about French culture or German culture or Italian culture than the French, Germans and Italians. Conservative (talk) 15:36, 18 May 2021 (EDT)

That's what Biden's border crisis is all about. Due to the falling birthrate in the U.S., Biden is essentially stealing children from Latin America as a replacement population. And there is a racist element to it, as well. If Biden wasn't stealing Spanish children, the native-born Black population would grow to a larger percentage cause they don't have the falling birthrate that whites have. RobSFree Kyle! 16:37, 18 May 2021 (EDT)
You are over racializing matters.
The business community likes the cheap labor from Latin America. And the golden rule applies. He who owns the gold rules! So for years, nothing was done to have effective border control.
Trump changed the equation somewhat via right-wing populism and its associated border controls, anti illegal immigration, etc. Conservative (talk) 21:15, 19 May 2021 (EDT)
Overracializing? Not necessarily. In Biden's case we have two bits of information from recent statements to support his racist motivation: (1) his "unlike blacks, Hispanics are incredibly diverse" statement in context, and (2) his "Hear me. By 2040 America will be minority white European" statement. That in fact was spoken to blacks, encouraging them to forge coalitions with Hispanics for the future of the Democrat party. Biden has put his hope in the future of the Democrat party (note: Democrat party, not America) on Hispanics, knowing Blacks have a higher birthrate than white Europeans. RobSFree Kyle! 23:06, 19 May 2021 (EDT)

The military's secret undercover army

Bombshell report here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Geopolitician (talk)

"carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover". Are they these guys? [55] RobSFree Kyle! 21:35, 20 May 2021 (EDT)
Who knows? All I have to say is that as long as our government is doing stuff like this, we might as well be questioning our entire so-called "reality."--Geopolitician (talk) 21:44, 20 May 2021 (EDT)
Well Ashli Babbitt was a 14 veteran and in intelligence. RobSFree Kyle! 21:57, 20 May 2021 (EDT)
Then you have to look at the timing of the release of this information in MSM, on the eve of the 1/6 Commission. With 60,000 active members, it can't possibly be kept secret in the long run (especially the bit about the Pentagon carrying out "domestic" "assignments"). The purge of conservatives from the military is nowhere near complete, and one must assume there likely are conservatives and Trump supports among this 60,000 active duty. So it can't be kept secret. This is called, "getting out ahead of the story." RobSFree Kyle! 22:03, 20 May 2021 (EDT)

The next economic downturn and the presidential race of 2024

The world-renowned investor Jim Rogers (Jim Rogers and George Soros founded the Quantum Fund) says the economic downturn will likely be worse than the last one which was in 2007/2008.[56] Rogers has been described as leaning towards the Austrian School of Economics which is a more conservative form of economics. The economists of the Austrian School of Economics have a better track record in predicting economic recessions/depressions.

Why did Rogers say the next economic downturn will be worse than the last one? Because there is a lot more government debt now.

So Joe Biden's and the Democrats big spending that is driving up the national debt, may make it harder for Biden to win in 2024 if there is an economic downturn.Conservative (talk) 00:24, 21 May 2021 (EDT)

We probably need to add a ===Monetizing the debt=== subsection to the Inflation article. I like to get ahead of events, it's easier in the long run rather than playing catch-up when a hashtag appears on Twitter, search terms become competitive, and we have incomplete or no information. RobSFree Kyle! 00:35, 21 May 2021 (EDT)
Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo (GMO), a Boston-based asset management firm, believes U.S. stocks have become an epic bubble and will burst in a collapse rivaling the crashes of 1929 and 2000.[57]
Donald Trump is the favorite to be the GOP nominee in 2024. If the economy is very bad in 2024, he could win in 2024 against Biden or whomever wins the Democrat nomination. Conservative (talk) 00:52, 21 May 2021 (EDT)
Rogers admits he is not good at timing the market, but he thinks the bubble will burst in the next couple years.[58]Conservative (talk) 00:59, 21 May 2021 (EDT)
The stockmarket has become disconnected from the American economy. Wall Street is disconnected from Main Street. Originally, a Wall Street stock was a way to gather together capital for a company to employee American people. Today's listed stocks employ people outside the United States. It has no impact on the everyday lives of American people. It is global. Yes, pension funds and stockholders can see profits, but the capital invested in the stock itself resides outside the U.S., and shareholder profit is just a marginal percentage of that value invested. RobSFree Kyle! 11:34, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
Not just a foreign trade deficit, but stockmarket investing has become a way of exporting American capital. RobSFree Kyle! 11:38, 22 May 2021 (EDT)

Media reconsiders origin of covid

Until a few weeks ago, no theory was more ridiculous than the claim that covid was a genetically engineered version of the RaTG13 virus found in an abandoned copper mine in Yunnan back in 2013. That it came from a lab leak was also a nonstarter. No, No, and more No. The epidemic was all the fault of those cute little pangolins who were supposedly being sold in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Market. The Chinese desire exotic foods, don't you know. The Cantonese in the South are famous for this. But the problem has rarely been associated with Wuhan or central China. Although the seafood market was closed at the start of the epidemic and examined carefully, nobody found any infected pangolins. Furthermore, the virus was already adapted for life in a human host even in the earliest known cases of covid. So the logic for thinking that it had made a species jump in the market no longer holds. Although the pangolin/seafood market theory was disproven long ago, the media refused to consider any other possibility.

So guess what? “It is clear that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was systematically constructing novel chimeric coronaviruses and was assessing their ability to infect human cells and human-ACE2-expressing mice,” says Richard H. Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University and leading expert on biosafety. The ACE2 receptor is one of two pathways by which covid infects humans. The NSA should check to see if China was paying the U.S. media off. See "PolitiFact retracts Wuhan lab theory ‘fact-check’" and "The theory that COVID-19 escaped from a lab may not be so far-fetched." PeterKa (talk) 10:43, 22 May 2021 (EDT)

Is this a covid hate crime to talk about in public? RobSFree Kyle! 11:25, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
I suspect that the issue that motivates Xi in these matters is Hong Kong. Xi is a protege of Zheng Qinghong, who tried and failed to impose a security law on the city in 2003. Mao Zedong's attempt to take over the city using the Red Guards in 1967 was his most notable failure in a long career. The Communists expected to win the 23 November 2019 district council elections in Hong Kong. They reassessed strategy after they lost.
"Patient zero" in Wuhan began showing symptoms on December 1, with three more cases developing on December 10. Only one of these four early cases had a connection to the Huanan Market. In SARS and previous epidemics, the Communists did everything they could to minimize what was happening. This time around, they put out fake videos of apparently healthy people suddenly collapsing, like a zombie movie was happening in Wuhan. On January 23, 2020, they shut the whole city down, something no one had realized was even an option. Historians searched for precedents. The best they could come up with was Milan during the Black Death in the 14th century. PeterKa (talk) 22:09, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
We have this citation in CP, with the external links: Timeline_of_COVID-19_Outbreak#November_2019
  • 17 November 2019 - First Wuhan coronavirus case according to Chinese Communist Party officials searching for 'patient zero',[11] possibly Huang Yanling, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;[12] Matthew Tye reports “Most people believe her to be patient zero, and most people believe she is dead.” Huang Yanling's profile was completely scrubbed from the Wuhan Institute of Virology's website;
RobSFree Kyle! 22:21, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
Then there is the story how no cell phone signals emanated from within a wing of the WIV between something like Oct. 21 and Oct. 29. Road access may have been block off outside the facility, as well because of some emergency. I could find a link. RobSFree Kyle! 22:27, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
Perhaps the virus leaked from the Wuhan lab by accident sometime in October 2019. The CCP decided to "not let a crisis go to waste" and use it a political weapon after they lost the November 23 election. When Trump signed the Hong Kong sanctions bill on November 27, no one in America was surprised. But it came as a nasty shock to the Chinese government.
Hong Kong was the great moral issue back in November 2019. It was the "revolution of our times," as the protestors put it. Between the election, covid, and Taiwan, the international media barely had space to cover Hong Kong in 2020, not even when China arrested the entire leadership of the pro-democracy movement. PeterKa (talk) 23:02, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
Yes, I think that's what's developing into a finalized narrative. They were faced with paying $350 billion in Trump tariffs already on the books, which personally, I don't believe they ever had any intention of paying. And covid was one way to dispose of Trump.
The CCP has already murdered 70 million of its own people. Staying in power is a bigger priority over the health and safety of their own people. And you can't eliminate the role local corruption played, as well. Which is also the big flaw in the party system. Nobody, from the lowest levels on up, want to inform a superior. Beijing was the last to know (mid-late December) when it already was too late. So they made the best of it to their advantage.
Biowarfare is nothing new, to either the Chinese people, or the CCP. The PRC was born in biowarfare. RobSFree Kyle! 23:05, 22 May 2021 (EDT)
Trump in April 2020 telling the world the infection probably emerged from the Wuhan Lab. RobSFree Kyle! 21:59, 23 May 2021 (EDT)
Perhaps Trump was referring to this: "Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report." (Wall Street Journal, May 23)
The weird politics of China benefitting by unleashing covid reminds me of 9/11, which ended up creating a pro-Arab, anti-Israel "progressive" wing of American politics. PeterKa (talk) 20:56, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
Well let's just assume the president has information few others have (that was the question) and he said "yes". Right there anyone listening knew the batstew flu narrative was crap. But of course, the media just went on repeating CCP/DNC talking points. RobSFree Kyle! 21:10, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
Think about this: You think it's a coincidence that official channels in the U.S. government only now are saying it's a man-made bioweapon that leaked from a lab after Congress passed covid "hate crimes" legislation because of the way some people may react? RobSFree Kyle! 21:15, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
Our news media and public perceptions and understanding is about 1.5 years behind the times right now, and not just on covid or election fraud/ RobSFree Kyle! 21:22, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
Imagine if after Pearl Harbor or 9/11, it took 1.5 years to establish that Japan or al Qaeda were behind the attacks, and Congress had to pass hate crimes legislation to protect people of Japanese and Arab ancestry from vigilantes before confirming the facts with the American public. That's what's happened over the past year and half. RobSFree Kyle! 21:25, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
Maybe this is my inner libertarian/anti-neocon speaking, but I still believe that our own government was the true mastermind of this pandemic, not the CCP. I don't care if I'm repeating CCP talking points. I just can't put anything past the foreign policy establishment anymore.--Geopolitician (talk) 22:17, 25 May 2021 (EDT)
Not in the sense you have expressed. Ongoing gain of function research is based upon the idea that "we" have to get there first before an enemy does. Similar to the Manhattan Project, the argument was that the U.S. had to develop a nuke first before Hitler did, since splitting the atom was theoretically possible. American foreign policy however, embarked upon a "shared technology" research project, naively thinking by engaging in joint research projects and "sharing" the technology with the CCP, that would promote "international cooperation" and not make the CCP feel threatened. RobSFree Kyle! 22:33, 25 May 2021 (EDT)
Bottomline: As a first step, student exchange programs with the PRC needed to end yesterday. RobSFree Kyle! 22:35, 25 May 2021 (EDT)
Just as the world has experienced costly naval and conventional arms races, nuclear arms races, the U.S. tried to avoid a biochem arms race with China by engaging in joint, shared research, without really looking at the character of the regime. RobSFree Kyle! 22:41, 25 May 2021 (EDT)
We extended the hand of good will, and they bit it. There is no going back. RobSFree Kyle! 22:46, 25 May 2021 (EDT)
For the record, I forgot about this article posted on April 6, 2020. User:RobSmith/Text of article censored by Google translate. All I remember is the ordeal I went through to get it and translate it. After that things just got caught up in other events. Its significance is, what is disclosed was widely circulated within China much earlier than April 6, 2020, while only some of it has come to light in the U.S. in recent months. RobSFree Kyle! 03:39, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Not to downplay what your article has to say, but it doesn't establish who released the virus. It doesn't matter whether or not China took advantage of the virus' emergence and intentionally let it spread. That's a separate issue from who released the virus in the first place. And at this time, I'm not convinced that it was the CCP who did that. I'm heavily leaning toward the idea that it was someone in our own government who did that.
I'm especially suspicious towards Mike Pompeo, who these days seems to be competing with Rand Paul over who's "the loudest voice in the room" on this issue. Tell me, Mike. Why are you being this loud, and only now? How could you not have known all this while you were in office? What are you trying to hide?--Geopolitician (talk) 13:47, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
I'm hesitant to consider Pompeo part of the deep state, especially when he up and out stated Trump was the next president in 2020 while still looking into the election stuff when asked about the next president. Besides, I really wouldn't underestimate China's capability of deliberately releasing a virus among its own populace if I were you. Let's not forget that China is still ultimately a Communist country, and Communist countries have been known to be extremely callous towards its own people, including mass murder. Heck, Mao Zedong committed several deliberate starvation campaigns, including the Four Pests Campaign and the Great Leap Forward, and Lenin committed deliberate starvations of his own people, in fact, deliberately starved his own people before he even became the dictator of the Soviet Union specifically to force the peasantry to adopt Marxism and cast aside their morals. Long story short, there's literally nothing you can put past the ChiComs, including massacring their own people (and Mao Zedong also implied he if anything would fully welcome nuclear war simply because there would still be plenty of survivors in China). Pokeria1 (talk) 20:25, 26 May 2021 (EDT)

consensus narrative

Here is what is becoming the consensus narrative: An accident occurred at the Wuhan lab between Oct. 21-29, 2019; patient zero was a female lab employee, who died approx Nov. 17; By about Dec. 1 other cases and its transmissibility were apparent; by mid Dec. (about Dec. 16) hospital employees became aware of the outbreak. Between mid Dec. and about Dec. 26 hospital employees realized they needed to take precautions with PPE cause they weren't getting any guidance from official channels. On Dec. 30 Taiwan (emphasis: Taiwan, not "China" as the Brookings Institute and other sources claim) notified the WHO of a deadly transmissible outbreak. Beijing never notified the WHO. Beijing became aware of the outbreak sometime around Dec. 24.
So, the consensus narrative is (a) the virus is a manufactured bioweapon, made with Dr. Fauci's assistance, that accidentally leaked from the lab. (b) Beijing took no steps to contain the leak after it became aware of it. (c) Beijing allowed the departure of some 2300 international flights from Wuhan a month after it became aware of the deadly transmissible outbreak. RobSFree Kyle! 14:49, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Incidentally, what is outlined above was known and available in Open Source by April of last year, 2020. RobSFree Kyle! 14:51, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Correction: 6 October - 11 October - No cellphone activity in a high-security portion of the Wuhan Institute of Virology indicating evacuation and a "hazardous event".[10] . RobSFree Kyle! 19:08, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
I wish and hope what you say is true. That the leaking of the virus itself was just an accident and that China's subsequent behavior was motivated by either incompetence or post-leak opportunism. However, there's a big part of me that believes the truth is in fact more sinister than that. Especially since the first American proponents of this version of the story were notorious neocons who very well may have been trying to hijack the conversation and turn it into a debate over whether we should go to war with China right now over the virus. Well, that's what happens when the foreign policy establishment wastes its credibility on things like Iraq and Syria. It becomes more difficult for people like myself to determine if they are telling the truth and not a rebranded version of the troll garbage they spewed in 2003 and 2011.--Geopolitician (talk) 16:42, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Now you're going off the deep end in paranoid conspiracy theories about the Deep State.
So we are actually digressing at the moment from the consensus narrative on the word accidentally. Here is my paranoid conspiracy theory at the moment: the CCP made a preliminary agreement in June 2019 to pay $350 billion in Trump tariffs. Details were worked out in following months. They have not paid under the terms negotiated in the original agreement, as the tariffs were to take effect about a week before the CCP closed off Wuhan and announced to the world the pandemic.
There is much more to be added about the suspicious timing of many events, including the formation of the "greatest voter fraud organization in history." But the idea Pompeo is involved is ludicrous, and American leaders traditionally do not have such a cavalier attitude toward the lives of their own people, as the CCP does, to remain in power. RobSFree Kyle! 17:10, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Jan. 15, 2020: CNBC: Trump signs ‘phase one’ trade deal with China in push to stop economic conflict. 8 days later, the original deal never had a chance to take effect under the conditions (i.e. volume of trade) that it was negotiated. RobSFree Kyle! 19:15, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Jan. 23: Wuhan closed and the world finds out about pandemic. Meanwhile, 2,300 international flights are allowed to depart Wuhan following their annual New Years family gathering holiday. Beijing is fully aware of transmissibility. RobSFree Kyle! 20:16, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
GEN. FLYNN: COVID WAS 100% PLANNED TO STEAL THE ELECTION. I'll see your MSM/Biden garbage and raise you the word of a National Security Advisor to the President and his sources any day of the week. RobSFree Kyle! 22:18, May 27, 2021 (EDT)
You know, I find it very disappointing that General Flynn is approaching this issue from that angle. Given that the reason for his persecution was that he wanted to stop the neocons from starting a war with Turkey, I would've expected him to focus more on calling out the warmongers. After all, if they are insane enough to try to start a hot war with one of our own NATO allies, they are certainly insane enough to try to start a war with China. But instead of calling out the warmongers, he's been warmongering himself. That, along with his embracing of QAnon, makes me wonder if the Deep States have gotten to him. What a shame.
Meanwhile, I don't think you understand just how grave this situation really is. Do you not realize that if the "Wuhan Lab" theory becomes the national consensus, a hot war with China will become a very real possibility? The people will become so incensed that they will demand that Biden either start a war, or be removed from office. And of course, that's exactly what the neocons want to see happen. This may well be "Saddam has WMDs" all over again, except this time the war will be against a fellow superpower that happens to have hundreds of nuclear weapons. The stakes are thus so much higher now than it was in 2003.--Geopolitician (talk) 03:20, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
If I must be blunt, it was a mistake to ally with China during the 1970s, even if it was to take down another Marxist regime (the Soviet Union). That said, it only reached that level in the 1990s with Bill Clinton. If you ask me, I would rather engage in a shooting war with China to get rid of its Marxism. Above all else, we need to get rid of Marxism. It was ultimately our fault that we let Marxism get as far as it did when various high-up corporate interests literally, and STUPIDLY if you ask me, bankrolled Vladimir Lenin's revolution in Russia, so we might as well pay for our sin by getting rid of the only major Marxist country (and yes, it IS still a Marxist country. For goodness sakes, Xi Jiping made that much clear), maybe also make SURE Marxism's fully extinct in Russia as well, to the extent that Marx's statue is toppled. You want to ally to China, I suggest you follow Edward Snowden's example and defect to China. Don't get me wrong, I'm wary of neocons as well, but I sure as heck am not willing to issue Marxist/pro-Communist talking points just to fight against the Neocons. As bad as the Neocons are, Communists are FAR worse. And I don't just mean Stalinists, either. I mean Leninists as well, even Trotskyists. Pokeria1 (talk) 03:37, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
Oh, you guys thinking is so 20th Century. We live in a new era with a different concept and doctrine of warfare (Ref: Chinese_Communist_Party#Unrestricted_warfare). We are at war. We have been attacked. Toss out your perspectives and understanding of what warfare is and adapt.
Between the American Civil War/Franco Prussian War, and the WWI there were no big wars (Russo-Japanese war excepted). Technological advances were immense, yet military doctrines remained the same. That's how you ended up with people re-enacting Pickett's Charge in front of machine guns for four years. The military strategists and thinkers refused to change from the theories about warfare that they had been taught.
See here for example, a series begun this week in a premier military industrial newsletter: Introducing ‘The China Intelligence’- Everyone needs to understand China better. Open-source intelligence can help. Opening paragraphs: "A mere decade ago, the budget of the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, was roughly $35 billion. Today, it is around $250 billion. China’s military now boasts capable long-range ballistic missiles, 5th-generation fighter aircraft, aircraft carriers, and the largest surface combatants in the world. Its forces are increasingly active in not just the Pacific but also carrying out operations far beyond...."
So the boys in the Pentagon are standing around like a bunch of WWI generals wondering what to do next. Better late than never. But one thing they learned from studying military history is the big mistakes of WWI - not incorporating technological advancement into military doctrine. Today the situation is reversed - the military drives technological advancement. The Space Shuttle, the internet, the cell phone, it was all created for one purpose and one purpose only - a military purpose. Private industry did not fund the R&D of modern technology with its everyday spinoffs The internet was created as a communications system for military purposes. Everybody knows this.
You think it's just a coincidence Redstate.com published this also this week: Eisenhower Also Predicted Fake Science, Virus Lockdowns, Big Tech, and Leftist Colleges? The article quotes what Ike said after he spoke of the military-industrial complex, which everyone has forgotten or ignored. You should read it. RobSFree Kyle! 04:16, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
We're already at war, now? That statement, combined with you previously sharing that Rumble link featuring General Flynn's recent comments? So you do believe the virus was intentionally released, then. Glad we're on the same page on that. The only difference between me and you at this point is that we're pointing our fingers at different suspects.--Geopolitician (talk) 13:15, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
As I pointed out in a below thread, the deliberate allowance of 2,300 international flights after the highest levels in Beijing were aware of transmissibility, that coupled with their failure to inform the WTO (contrary to reports that "China" informed the WTO on Dec. 30, it was in fact Taiwan. To refer to Taiwan as "China", as the Brookings Institute and other sources and media do, is part of the CCP propaganda war - or part of its Unrestricted warfare doctrine), makes discussion of an accidental lab leak moot. Infection of the planet was a conscious, deliberate, hostile act. RobSFree Kyle! 13:34, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
As far as fingerpointing, yes gain of function research was a joint project with Fauci, Peter Daszek, the CDC, the American taxpayer, et al; no, none of the American partners were part of the accidental leak at WIV in Oct. 2019, or the Politburo Standing Committee's decision to infect the planet sometime in the final week of December. RobSFree Kyle! 14:14, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
Yeah, and besides, it's the epitome of naivete that the ChiComs, or any Communists for that matter, would not be willing to deliberately infect their own populace with a virus or some other form of deadly event. Let's not forget that Vladimir Lenin was notorious for deliberately instigating starvations against his own people during his rule, heck, even BEFORE he formed the USSR, as he deliberately sabotaged relief efforts during the Volga famine with the specific intent of trying to force the peasantry to adopt Marxism. Not to mention Mao Zedong made it very clear in his "America is a Paper Tiger" speech that he was willing to have China get nuked in a nuclear war simply because 200,000 to 300,000 will survive with the implication that they'll still be there. If anything, it would be a genuine surprise if the ChiComs DIDN'T have the stomach to do such a thing. Pokeria1 (talk) 06:56, June 6, 2021 (EDT)

Covid-19: Double masking combined with a face shield vs. merely using one mask

I realize that science is based on replicating studies, but I will share a Stanford University study:

“The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective of viral and infectious disease such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID -19...
According to the current knowledge, the virus SARS-CoV-2 has a diameter of 60 nm to 140 nm [nanometers (billionth of a meter)] [16], [17], while medical and non-medical facemasks’ thread diameter ranges from 55 µm to 440 µm [micrometers (one millionth of a meter), which is more than 1000 times larger. Due to the difference in sizes between SARS-CoV-2 diameter and facemasks thread diameter (the virus is 1000 times smaller), SARS-CoV-2 can easily pass through any facemask."[59]

The science website Nature.com:

"What does this imply for the ability of masks to impede COVID-19 transmission? The virus itself is only about 0.1 µm in diameter. But because viruses don’t leave the body on their own, a mask doesn’t need to block particles that small to be effective. More relevant are the pathogen-transporting droplets and aerosols, which range from about 0.2 µm to hundreds of micrometres across. (An average human hair has a diameter of about 80 µm.) The majority are 1–10 µm in diameter and can linger in the air a long time, says Jose-Luis Jimenez, an environmental chemist at the University of Colorado Boulder. “That is where the action is.”
In a review of observational studies, an international research team estimates that surgical and comparable cloth masks are 67% effective in protecting the wearer."[60]

Healthline.com: "Researchers found that when a cough was simulated, the double mask blocked 85.4 percent of the aerosol particles. This is compared to 51.4 percent and 56.1 percent for the cloth and surgical mask, respectively."[61]

Double masking and wearing a face shield is the way to go. Please see: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Community Health Workers in India Before and After Use of Face Shields

As far as shopping, I have been double masking and wearing a face shield for some time now. Conservative (talk) 23:03, 22 May 2021 (EDT)

It's a crying shame the incompetent bureaucrat and pansie Anthony Fauci lacks the courage to tell people to wear 2 masks and a face shield! See also: Essay: Why does the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte require Philippine citizens to wear a mask and a face shield and the wimpy Anthony Fauci not stress wearing a mask and a face shield?. Conservative (talk) 01:52, 23 May 2021 (EDT)
Just as an FYI, Malaysia had just declared an emergency lockdown, and Singapore is at least in the beginnings of a state of emergency. I heard Japan's cases are still increasing, despite mask usage, which seems to point towards face masks/face shields being ineffective at all. Logically, if they were effective, infections would permanently go DOWN, not increase. Pokeria1 (talk) 13:02, May 30, 2021 (EDT)

Conservapedia: Technical improvement suggestions as far as MediaWiki and other matters

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I would love to see this become a formidable alternative to Wikipedia. First thing I wanted to note is that the MediaWiki is outdated (1.24). It should be version 1.35. Another thing I wanted to note is why does the wiki not have a favicon? Thanks. Patriotic Gamer (talk) 16:49, 24 May 2021 (EDT)

The owner of the wiki, User:Aschlafly, likes the view counter totals at the bottom of the pages of MediaWiki 1.24.
What advantages does the MediaWiki 1.35 version have? Any advantages that would increase web traffic? Conservative (talk) 21:00, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
P.S. I would suggest making suggestions at: User talk:Aschlafly. Conservative (talk) 21:04, 24 May 2021 (EDT)
I don't know if it would explicitly have any benefits, but I figured it would be safer to use a more recent version of MediaWiki as older versions are not actively maintained or supported.
One other thing i thought about is that setting $wgAmericanDates to true in LocalSettings.php will make the wiki show American time/day format by default. I figured this would be fitting for a proudly conservative wiki. Just making suggestions. :) Patriotic Gamer (talk) 14:24, 25 May 2021 (EDT)

Before there was covid, there was Yekaterinburg

The Communist regime went on to massacre millions and send millions more to the camps. But in some sense, Yekaterinburg remained it's worst crime. Trotsky wanted a great trial of the former tsar where he could shine as the prosecutor. Lenin and Sverdlov weren't so sure that was a good idea. When the Ural Soviet volunteered for the job of executing the Romanovs in July 1918, it was rather convenient for the Bolshevik leadership in Moscow. The world was slow to absorb the horror of princes thrown down a well alive and then stoned. The Romanov daughters had so many jewels sewn into their clothes that bullets were deflected. But these riches could not save their lives or buy their freedom. Yekaterinburg fell to the Whites a few weeks later, allowing for an investigation by Nikolai Sokolov.

It seems that we have not yet found our Sokolov: "Biden Officials Shut Down State Department Investigation Into Wuhan Lab Leak Theory." I recently rewrote House of Romanov to boost our Romanov coverage. PeterKa (talk) 12:34, 26 May 2021 (EDT)

It's pretty obvious the Biden State Dept. is taking its marching orders from Beijing. The CCP put out a report about Human Rights abuses in America starting with George Floyd so now Blinken orders the BLM flag flown at all embassies. When has it ever been known the U.S. embraces a Marxist terror organization globally? RobSFree Kyle! 14:34, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
Biden has created a new covid investigative team full of Russia hoaxers and Trump haters. Sokolov's report was published in 1924, six years after the massacre. The man-made virus theory is no longer on Facebook's list of banned theories. Are we are finally allowed to say the obvious? PeterKa (talk) 21:21, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
You have to say CCP virus, not China virus. Otherwise it might be a hate crime. It's also shorter than CCP/CDC/Fauci virus, which then becomes political and sparks controversy. RobSFree Kyle! 21:46, 26 May 2021 (EDT)
If we adhere to the left's argument of hate crimes, we automatically lose. That said, I'll approve of CCP virus only because it's technically more accurate. Pokeria1 (talk) 03:40, May 28, 2021 (EDT)

MPR Headline: Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya

Fox News Host Juan Williams Announces He’s Leaving ‘The Five’. RobSFree Kyle! 22:13, May 27, 2021 (EDT)

Media feels vindicated by rise of lab leak theory

For a year, the media told us that the lab leak view of covid's origin was a conspiracy theory. Facebook banned users for even discussing it. Every alternative theory regarding the virus's origin -- pangolins, frozen food, bat eating -- was debunked long ago. But we still weren't allowed to talk about this one. Is the media eating crow? No sir-ee! They feel vindicated. See "Trump’s Supporters Are Getting the Lab-Leak Story Backwards" by David Frum. To Frum, the lab leak theory shows just how dangerous the virus really was. That means the media's scare talk was right on the money.

What Frum is missing is that the virus could have been leaked by accident while Chinese scientists were still developing and genetically engineering it. So whether it was a lab leak or not tells you nothing about how deadly it is. Lockdowns are a techniques that China developed as a response to covid. They have no medical logic. I assume the purpose was to panic the outside world so that we'd stop bothering China about tariffs, Hong Kong, the South China Sea, and other issues. If we agree that the Chinese created this problem, why would you follow the Chinese-approved methods of dealing with it? PeterKa (talk) 04:24, May 28, 2021 (EDT)

That's all water under the bridge. Here's the facts: (a) it is a bioweapon manufactured in a laboratory. It did not occur in nature. (b) It was deliberately leaked to the rest of the world when Beijing allowed 2,300 international flights to depart from Wuhan after they knew of its transmissibility. Beijng never informed the WHO.
To debate whether it was accidentally leaked from the lab in October 2019 is moot. RobSFree Kyle! 04:44, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
This is what is known in law as a hostile act. RobSFree Kyle! 04:47, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
Covid is said to be the one of the most infectious virus, second only to cholera. Everyone was always going to get infected. We need to make our peace with Farr's Law: “diseases of the epidemic class follow laws of their own; they remain nearly stationary during months, years, and, as we learn from medical history, centuries; then suddenly rise, like a mist from the earth, and shed desolation on nations – to disappear as rapidly or insensibly as they came.” 95% of people over the age of 70 survive covid, 99.5% of the people under 70 do.[62]
The Lancet showed that the seafood market was not the source of the outbreak back in January 2020. “The virus came into that marketplace before it came out of that marketplace.”[63] Over a year later, this is still big news to the mainstream media. PeterKa (talk) 08:20, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
The human species has never dealt with a synthetic virus before or a synthetic vaccine, AFAIK. So I don't know what we can learn from historical experience. It's more like we are at war with ourselves rather than trying to overcome or subdue nature. RobSFree Kyle! 09:24, May 28, 2021 (EDT)

Is Biden close to being impeached?

The fact that the Senate bill calling for both (1) a full-scale investigation into COVID's origins; and (2) the declassification of all intelligence related to said origins was passed unanimously speaks many volumes. Congress is not playing around.

This is going to be Biden's first big test regarding China. And if he messes this up, I have no doubt that Republicans will start pushing for impeachment. At that point, all eyes are on House Democrats. The Democrat majority is extremely slim, to the point that if all Republicans are onboard with impeaching Biden, then it would take just five defections (or seven, if the currently vacant seats are taken into account when calculating the absolute majority threshold) on the Democrat side to have an article of impeachment pass.--Geopolitician (talk) 13:27, May 28, 2021 (EDT)

Not sure that's going anywhere. At this point it's a coin toss who would be a better president, Kamala or Biden, and as far a the GOP goes, odds are on Biden. But a resolution like this can be used for pressure on other things, like the budget and infrastructure.
Talk of impeachment usually rebounds to talk of congress people keeping their jobs. Once a president's approval ratings sink, members of his own party don't want to be caught voting with him, and he becomes paralyzed. Gridlock sets in, which can even happen when the same party controls both Houses (witness G.W. Bush and the GOP's failure to deal with 2008 Financial panic). RobSFree Kyle! 14:02, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
When Bush said he would "chuck his principles" and approve the banking bailout, I thought, No one actually who has principles talks like that. We should have let the commercial banks go belly up and switched to credit unions, which were never in financial trouble. The bailout was organized by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. As an academic, he specialized in the Depression. So he thought a banking collapse would lead to another depression. Read your Milton Friedman! The depression was caused by contraction of the money supply by a Fed chairman who was hell-bent on staving off Weimar-style hyperinflation.
With "Operation Choke Point," the Dems have weaponized the banks against conservatives. That's the Bush legacy. Nowadays, Bush is best friends with Michelle Obama and gets fawned over by Jimmy Kimmel. PeterKa (talk) 21:29, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
It's amazing what's happened with Bush. I remember election night with friends, one guy said that he did not vote for Obama. A bunch of Democrats in unison shouted, "You voted for Bush?" We had to quietly remind them that Bush was not running for re-election, and McCain was the opponent. Honestly, I was convinced right there many of these Democrats never heard of McCain until that moment. RobSFree Kyle! 22:10, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
By default I always imagine a (D) next to John McCain's title. I keep having to remind myself that he ran as a Republican (RINO). Both nominees running against Obama -- McCain & Romney -- have the most liberal voting record of the Republican senators. Patriotic Gamer (talk) 22:47, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
I sent in an absentee ballot for McCain when he was still opposed to the banking bailout. When he came out in favor of it, I wanted my ballot back. What better issue for him than opposing the bailout? He should have called for Bernanke's impeachment. It's like McCain didn't really want to win. He entered the race to run against Hillary. Defeating Obama would mean that the media would remember him as a racist. PeterKa (talk) 22:53, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
I am so glad that MAGA has been a roaring success at taking back Republicans from globalists, neocons, and other RINOs. They're even considering and trying to start a third party now because of Liz Cheney's removal from leadership position. Patriotic Gamer (talk) 22:58, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
You're so glad the GOP is divided and fracturing? That's nice to note. RobSFree Kyle! 23:40, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
In the case of McCain, you almost have to divide his career between Cold War and post-Cold War. When he lost to Bush in 2000, he knew he had the 2008 nomination sewed up. That's when he started softening many of his stances.
In the 2000 primaries, he was very much the anti-establishment outsider. That's why he lost. For example, he opposed construction of a $500 billion Supercarrier in Senate majority leader Trent Lott's state as a wasteful boondoggle. Supercarriers are in fact very vulnerable and not really needed in the post-Cold War era. McCain was taking on the military industrial complex and DC Swamp as a "maverick" and was slapped down. So what is said about him today is not a reflection of his career. He only went berserk when he tried to join the Swamp and Deep State to run in 2008, and afterward when Trump insulted him. even the 2004 McCain-Feingold bill was very much anti-establishment.
What's the moral of the story? You can be an anti-establishment commie fighter your whole life and called a racist, but if you do a deathbed conversion in your final years, they'll say nice things about you at your funeral. RobSFree Kyle! 23:19, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
At the start of 2008, conventional wisdom said the presidential election would be Guiliani versus Hillary. So it was a year with a lot of surprises. PeterKa (talk) 01:16, May 29, 2021 (EDT)
That was just the New York media market, which wanted to reschedule the Guiliani-Hillary smackdown that was canceled in the 2000 NY Senate race. MSM headquartered in NY have no idea what's happening in the rest of the country. Guiliani never made it out of Iowa. McCain cut a deal with RNC insiders to back Hitler (Bush) with the proviso in 8 years he can play Hitler. He was the media darling and anti-Hitler in the 2000 primaries until he backed Hitler. Then he tried to disassociate himself from Hitler (any GOP nominee) and Nazism (the GOP, per MSM) by suddenly taking an interest in domestic politics with McCain-Feingold. By 2008, the scenario replayed itself, with Romney playing the anti-Hitler and promised he could get the starring role in 2012 if McCain crapped out. RobSFree Kyle! 01:51, May 29, 2021 (EDT)

Biden is not close to being impeached. The press and tech giants protect Biden and the GOP hasn't the intestinal fortitude to make it happen even if they gain a majority in Congress in the midterms. Conservative (talk) 22:56, June 6, 2021 (EDT)

HarperCollins won't publish "Trump bible"

Nobody has read this book yet. But just the title was enough to trigger outrage from liberals. See "Zondervan won't publish ‘God Bless the USA Bible,' says marketing was 'premature' after backlash" and "'God Bless the USA Bible' creates 'toxic mix,' say critics who call it a 'Trump Bible'." The USA Bible people wanted to use the NIV translation. But it turns out that Zondervan and much of Christian publishing is owned by publishing giant HarperCollins, which has now gone woke. They plan to use the KJV translation now, which is not copyrighted. Maybe they can get NKJV from Thomas Nelson or ESV from Crossway. I'm an ESV Study Bible guy myself. PeterKa (talk) 20:40, May 28, 2021 (EDT)

Yes, ESV is a very good translation for today. RobSFree Kyle! 21:03, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
Critics are supposedly worried that the book will "inflame anti-Muslim sentiments" on the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. If Muslims were worried that would be one thing. But I am pretty sure this represents liberals who wouldn't know which way Mecca is, but are eager to toady to America's enemies. PeterKa (talk) 23:48, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
The 2020 version of the NASB Bible is a disappointment to me due to it gender inclusive language that distorts the literal meaning of the text.[64] My next Bible purchase is probably going to be a ESV Bible or a NKJV Bible.[65] Conservative (talk) 23:02, June 6, 2021 (EDT)

Tick-tock, CCP flu fraud pushers...

1,000 Lawyers and 10,000 Doctors Join Together and File Lawsuit to Prosecute the “2nd Nuremburg Tribunal” Against Corona Fraud Scandal

Northwest (talk) 11:35, May 29, 2021 (EDT)

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