W. Niederhut

There are many critical issues raised on this thread that deserve commentary, but I want to mention the subject of Obama allegedly murdering "6 million people." It's ludicrous. One statistic that I recall reading about in late 2017 is that the U.S. military killed more civilians-- so-called "collateral damage"-- during the first EIGHT MONTHS of Trump's presidency than they had killed during EIGHT YEARS under Obama. Big difference. Recall that Trump, himself, had openly chided General Mattis about measures to minimize "collateral damage" to civilians in Syria and Anbar province. Here's one reference on the subject, written only two months after Trump's 2017 inauguration. U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/world/middleeast/us-war-footprint-grows-in-middle-east.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 March 29, 2017 BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States launched more airstrikes in Yemen this month than during all of last year. In Syria, it has airlifted local forces to front-line positions and has been accused of killing civilians in airstrikes. In Iraq, American troops and aircraft are central in supporting an urban offensive in Mosul, where airstrikes killed scores of people on March 17. Two months after the inauguration of President Trump, indications are mounting that the United States military is deepening its involvement in a string of complex wars in the Middle East that lack clear endgames. Rather than representing any formal new Trump doctrine on military action, however, American officials say that what is happening is a shift in military decision-making that began under President Barack Obama. On display are some of the first indications of how complicated military operations are continuing under a president who has vowed to make the military “fight to win.” In an interview on Wednesday, Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the commander of United States Central Command, said the new procedures made it easier for commanders in the field to call in airstrikes without waiting for permission from more senior officers. “We recognized the nature of the fight was going to change and that we had to ensure that authorities were down to the right level and that we empowered the on-scene commander,” General Votel said. He was speaking specifically about discussions that he said began in November about how the fights in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State were reaching critical phases in Mosul and Raqqa. Concerns about the recent accusations of civilian casualties are bringing some of these details to light. But some of the shifts have also involved small increases in the deployment and use of American forces or, in Yemen, resuming aid to allies that had previously been suspended. And they coincide with the settling in of a president who has vowed to intensify the fight against extremists abroad, and whose budgetary and rhetorical priorities have indicated a military-first approach even as he has proposed cuts in diplomatic spending. To some critics, that suggests that much more change is to come, in difficult situations in a roiled Middle East that have never had clear solutions. Robert Malley, a former senior official in the Obama administration and now vice president for policy at the International Crisis Group, said the uptick in military involvement since Mr. Trump took office did not appear to have been accompanied by increased planning for the day after potential military victories. “The military will be the first to tell you that a military operation is only as good as the diplomatic and political plan that comes with it,” Mr. Malley said. The lack of diplomacy and planning for the future in places like Yemen and Syria could render victories there by the United States and its allies unsustainable. “From harsh experience, we know that either U.S. forces will have to be involved for the long term or victory will dissipate soon after they leave,” he said. Others fear that greater military involvement could drag the United States into murky wars and that increased civilian deaths could feed anti-Americanism and jihadist propaganda. Some insist that this has already happened. “Daesh is happy about the American attacks against civilians to prove its slogans that the Americans want to kill Muslims everywhere and not only the Islamic State’s gunmen,” a resident of the Syrian city of Raqqa wrote via WhatsApp, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. He gave only his first name, Abdul-Rahman, for fear of the jihadists. The shift toward greater military involvement extends into one of Mr. Obama’s central legacies: the prolonged American presence in Afghanistan, where more than 8,400 American soldiers and 5,924 troops from NATO and other allies remain, and where the Taliban have been resurgent. Plans have been announced to send 300 United States Marines to Helmand Province, their first deployment there since 2014. And the American commander, Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., told Congress in February that he would like another “few thousand” American and coalition troops. But the changes have also been notable in Yemen, Syria and Iraq, all home to overlapping conflicts in failed states where jihadist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have taken advantage of the chaos to step up operations. Even while being drawn more deeply into those conflicts, the Obama administration sought to limit American engagement while pushing — mostly in vain — for diplomatic solutions. It also launched frequent airstrikes to kill individual jihadists or to destroy their facilities and sent thousands of American troops back to Iraq to train and advise Iraqi forces, and also provide firepower, so they could “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State. But under Mr. Obama, the White House often spent weeks or even months deliberating certain raids and airstrikes out of concern for American service members and civilians — and often to the frustration of commanders and American allies. Mr. Trump’s tough statements before coming into office, and the rise in civilian deaths in recent American strikes, have raised questions about whether the new president has removed constraints from the Pentagon on how it wages war.

Biologically speaking, we're all Africans. They've even traced our "Y-chromosomal Adam" paternal ancestor to the Kalahari Desert, as I recall. I tried explaining that to an Obama-hating redneck from the Deep South several years ago. It didn't go well...

I suspected that Biden would put Harris on his ticket a few months ago, after she dropped out of the primary debates. She was consistently impressive in the debates, and she is not a bona fide progressive. Wall Street and the Democratic establishment didn't want any progressives to ascend to the White House. But let's get real, folks. Anyone who wants to make Kennedy Assassination Trutherism an issue in the 2020 election needs to remember that, as Oliver Stone put it, "Trump got rolled by the Deep State" when he blocked the full release of the JFKA records.

Perhaps they could carve a replica of Trump's buttocks on the rear of Mount Rushmore. They could make a fortune renting paint ball guns to tourists visiting Mount Rushmore's presidential posterior.

I can only shake my head in disbelief... 😟 Is it mainly a result of sheer ignorance, or of grandiosity-- narcissistic delusions of invulnerability? Sturgis Motorcycle Rally We're Goin' Hog Wild!!! https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/08/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-draws-huge-crowd-local-bar/ August 8, 2020

250,000 bikers are descending on Sturgis, South Dakota today for the 80th annual motorcycle rally up there, from August 7-16th. It's mind-boggling that the Governor of South Dakota is allowing this to happen. Many of these bikers are older guys-- a higher risk group for COVID morbidity and mortality. The tragedy of this 250K COVID vector from Sturgis probably won't be fully apparent for another 3-6 weeks, (and beyond, in their contacts.)

Isn't Acuna the place where ZZ Top drove in the old Chrysler to visit "The Mexican Blackbird" back in the day? 🤥

Del Rio must be far south of where Ron lives. It's in "Lonesome Dove" territory down on the border. Texas is so huge that you can drive all day across the state and still be deep in the heart of Texas.

Now I'm curious. Are the Yo-Semites one of the lost tribes of Israel described in the Book of Mormon? 🤥

I wonder if Dick Cavett asked McMillan about her relationship with Allen Dulles. 🤥

While you guys are staking out the parking lot behind the Grassy Knoll and the TSBD, I'll attend Clint Murchison's party, then stake out the Dallas Sheraton lobby overnight and tail GHWB throughout 11/22/63 until he catches his flight back to Houston late in the day. (My hunch is that he'll board that chartered plane down at Red Bird Airport with his CIA associates.)

Steve, Someone posted a meme about Trump's YUGE rally in Tampa, showing that the crowd was, actually, much bigger than Obama's. 🤥

Vice Presidents are often laughing stocks, but Mike Pence has taken the role to a whole new level. Campaign Bus Carrying Mike Pence Crashes Into Dump Truck https://www.comicsands.com/trump-pence-bus-dump-truck-2646843716.html

It has been awhile since I read the book and watched the series but, if I recall correctly, Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick did an excellent job covering the history of the Ludlow Massacre and the Bonus Army in The Untold History of the United States. I think Eleanor Roosevelt directly visited the second Bonus Army, and brought them meals, etc. Quite a contrast to Hoover & Co.

A protester was recently shot by an armed right wing vigilante in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as I recall. But the most popular weapon Trump's "patriots" have been using against the protesters is the automobile. In the past two months, there have been more than 60 documented incidents of these "patriots" defending the homeland by crashing their cars into George Floyd protesters. One such incident occurred right in front of the Colorado Capitol building here in Denver in May.

On the other hand, Keynes did describe a realistic long-term solution. He once said, "In the long run, we're all dead." 🤪

Here's my true story about guns and ammo this summer. (Apologies for the tangent.) My brother-in-law and nephew told me in June that they saw three gray wolves in a canyon near our old family cabin-- a place where I like to hike and fish. Wolves have been extinct in Colorado since the 1930s, but they were re-introduced here in recent years, and the Denver Post mentioned in June that people had seen wolves at Aspen's Maroon Bells-- about 40 miles from our cabin. So, I was a bit nervous about hiking and fishing in the woods up there this month. Never had to worry about a wolf pack before. What do you do-- climb a tree? I decided to buy some bullets for an old Browning pistol I reluctantly inherited, which my dad had, apparently, brought back to the U.S. from Europe after WWII. (I don't know if he had lifted it off of a dead Nazi, or confiscated it from a live one. Didn't even know he owned it until after he died.) I have never bought ammo in my life, or fired a gun. I researched the Browning, (made in Belgium) and found a Sportsman's Warehouse store that, allegedly sold the correct ammo-- ".32 CAP" (7.65 mm.) Drove to the store. Their ammo shelf was completely empty! No ammo. Not sure if it is being hoarded by guys with red hats, or what. So, I borrowed my brother-in-law's .38 special. Never took it out of the car. Fortunately, I did not encounter any wolves in the woods. The End

Well, on the bright side, if you use enough Zicam, you won't have to smell anything rotten when you eat leftovers that have gone bad. 🤪 As for fiat currency and gold, my gold fund holdings are now up $100K since March. (And probably poised for a plunge.) On the flip side, my dollars are being systematically devalued. What would you do with cash right now? Real estate? Hog bellies? (I don't have a clue.)

Rob, FYI. Zicam can cause anosmia-- the loss of the sense of smell. The company selling it (Matrixx) was successfully sued in 2006 for big bucks. And the FDA advised the public against the use of Zicam in 2009, (after Obama appointed my former medical school classmate, Dr. Margaret "Peg" Hamburg, to run the FDA.) F.D.A. Warns Against Use of Popular Cold Remedy https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/health/policy/17nasal.html?auth=login-email&login=email&ref=health

And now the most moronic Never-Masker in Congress, Louis Gohmert, has tested positive for COVID. There's an Email at the Democratic Underground today from one of his staffers about Gohmert's harassment of anyone wearing masks in his office. The only good news is that Gohmert was in close contact with Bill Barr this week. 🤥

My question. If they are here, and intending to "colonize" the planet, why have they waited for at least 70 years (since Roswell) to implement Operation Conquistador? Second question. Could they really be much worse for the planet than guys like Curtis LeMay, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, or the Koch brothers? 🤥

Here's a mug shot of Mitchell Wesley Carlson, the man the Minneapolis PD has identified as Umbrella Man. He's reportedly 6'2"-- the same height as Umbrella Man in the May video. Does he look like Umbrella Man? Serious, non-rhetorical question. Mitchell Wesley Carlson Umbrella Man

Ron, I'm familiar with the narrative about the alleged Kiwanis Club luncheon in Tyler. I have yet to see any definitive evidence supporting it. In Family of Secrets, Russ Baker outlined some of the obvious inconsistencies in the official GHWB family narrative about what happened on 11/22/63, including the weird Barbara Bush "letter" (from Barbara's memoir) and the alleged flights on a friend's airplane in and around Dallas. The established facts are that GHWB was at the Dallas Sheraton on the morning of 11/22/63, and flew back to Houston later that afternoon. Here are the alleged photos of GHWB standing in front of the TSBD and in conversation with the Secret Team's black ops expert, General Ed Lansdale, in Dealey Plaza. (Lansdale was originally identified in these Dealey Plaza photos by his long time colleagues, Col. L. Fletcher Prouty and General Victor Krulak.) The guy sure looks like a dead ringer for GHWB to me. (Check out the left ear, hairline, height, and posture.)

Kirk, I'm looking forward to hearing details from the Minneapolis PD about the identity of their alleged "Aryan Cowboy" -- with some facial photos that we can compare with those of "Umbrella Man." My working theory -- based on the info Matt Allison posted two months ago--is that Umbrella Man was an agent provocateur working with the MPD to incriminate the George Floyd protesters, and trigger a police attack. Hence, the convenient gas mask. As for the goofy open umbrella on a day without rain-- was it a signal to his MPD colleagues to refrain from targeting him? As for "Mr. George Bush of the CIA" on 11/22/63, we know for certain that; 1) he stayed at the Dallas Sheraton on the night of 11/21/63, 2) that he was working under cover for the CIA at the time, 3) that J. Edgar Hoover personally de-briefed him about the FBI non-investigation of JFK's murder on 11/29/63, 4) that he could not remember where he was when JFK was shot, (yeah, right) and 5) that he called to report his own campaign aide to the police shortly after the murder, claiming that he was in Tyler, Texas, etc. I think GHWB was the guy in the two Dealey Plaza photos-- in front of the TSBD, and at the plaza with Ed Lansdale.

This doesn't pass the sniff test. 1) Why has the story of "Umbrella Man" been blacked out of the M$M for the past two months? 2) Why has the Minneapolis PD still not released any details about his name-- other than claiming that he was not Officer Jacob Pederson-- after saying nothing for two months? 3) Why was he wearing a gas mask, before the MPD started attacking the George Floyd protesters with tear gas? 4) Why was he carrying that goofy umbrella?