“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2
Wuhan Virus -
Biden signed an executive order for mandatory mask wear on federal facilities (he then was observed on several instances violating that order). He also fired the nation’s first black Surgeon General. He also ordered the U.S. rejoin the World Health Organization, from which Trump withdrew due to its wuhan virus response (or lack thereof). In coincidental timing, the World Health Organization also released new guidelines ratcheting up the diagnostic criteria for COVID-19. These guidelines tighten up rules for determining new positive results. Basically PCR positive is no longer = Covid. You are not Covid now unless you get a second test to confirm it, and are presenting clinical symptoms. Under current reporting, any positive is reported as a positive case - and doesn’t get removed if follow-on tests show it to be a false positive. Basically, inflating the numbers.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in her first official statement as Biden’s director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “We must also confront the longstanding public health challenges of social and racial injustice and inequity that have demanded action for far too long.”. Who knew wuhan was racist.
Economy -
Biden revoked the Key stone pipeline permit. This endangers billions of dollars of infrastructure as well as ten of thousands of jobs being lost. Heck of a start out of the gate. Canada has threatened legal action as well as the consortium involved in the construction.
Airlines are looking to struggle to 2023 when the skys should be smother sailing. For example, United Airlines warned investors another difficult winter is ahead with revenues set to fall as much as 70% from 2019 levels.
Election 2020 -
Video of many NG troops facing away from biden’s convoy. A lot of discussion of the context. The video comes as the FBI conducted what amounts to a “loyalty test,” vetting the political leanings of the entire 25,000 squadron dispatched to DC and eliminating 12 members from their ranks over supposed ties to extremism following the January 6 events at the Capitol.
In stark contrast to the dark and muted ceremony in DC, Trump arrived in Florida to the welcome of thousands of enthusiastic supporters.
CW2/Domestic violence -
Antifa rioted at the Portland HQ for the democrat party. Numerous surrounding businesses were vandalized. They carried a banner saying they wanted revenge, not biden. They also burned American flags and spray-painted graffiti onto storefronts in Denver and Seattle, marched in Columbus, Ohio, and wielded shields and clubs while protesting in Sacramento. Many other cities had smaller protests. Democrats opened the bottle and now it appears they cannot put the genie back into it.
Democrats have, since at least the Vietnam War, held the military in distain. Congress slime representatives continued to make that clear, (like Rep Cohen) even though they had nearly 30,000 NG troops “protecting” the enthronement of biden. Follow-on from yesterday, it appears that the NG deliberately turned their backs to the faux president in the same way that NYC police did to mayor de Blasio. No doubt that the NG deployment was a warning to America that the left is willing to use the military it despises for its own purposes. However, the loyalty of the NG (and the rest of the rank and file military - not the perfumed princes in the pentagon) is towards the constitution - and that’s a good thing and warning to the demoncrats.
CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Prior to kicking it off its servers, Parler claims that Amazon deliberately left a security hole open, giving hackers the ability to target the social media platform’s inner workings. Parler said in a court filing on Monday that Amazon deliberately left open Amazon Route 53, a Domain Name System web service, which invited hackers, according to a report by Washington Times.
Domestic Terror -
Biden removed the travel bans from terror supporting nations, a move that can / will endanger our country from islamic fanatics.
North Korea -
In a wrap up of the Eighth Congress of the Workers Party, it is apparent that NK is looking at a major expansion of its nuclear capabilities. It is planning on updates and improvements including longer-range missiles, hypersonic missiles, and smaller, tactical nuclear warheads to supplement the larger weapons which provide the bulk on North Korean deterrence against the United States and other foreign opponents. Now with to them appears to be a much weaker president, Kim is pushing forward again.
Israel -
Biden changed the Twitter listing of the U. S. Ambassador to Israel to “U. S. Ambassador to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.” It didn’t go over well:
Israel threatened to expel the US Ambassador if President Biden didn’t change the name of the Israeli ambassador back. The State Dept changed it back shortly thereafter.
Iraq -
28 killed and 73 wounded in the double suicide vest/bomb attack in Tayaran Square, Baghdad. This is the first suicide bombing in #Baghdad since January 2018, that attack killed 27, it was also at Tayaran Square. The second bomb went off as rescuers were attempting to help wounded from the first bomb. No word on who was behind the attack, though initial word is that ISIS is the leading candidate. Iraqi joint operations command reported it pursued another suicide bomber who blew himself up rather than be captured after the Tayaran Sq. attack. The Iraqi Prime Minister is meeting with of leaders of the security and intelligence services in an emergency session at the Baghdad Operations Command headquarters
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2
Wuhan Virus -
Oregon plans to give minorities preference over whites in access to the coronavirus vaccine, which is unconstitutional.
Fauci said Thursday that it looks like new cases in the USA might actually be plateauing, despite the holiday surge we were promised by him a few months ago. But where is this more optimistic frame of mind based on? Well, the diminutive doctor admitted that he feels “liberated” by Biden. We all know the left polarized this ‘plague’. Remember, WHO just ‘fixed’ their reporting requirements, procedures that will with certainty drop the infection rate alone.
Economy -
2020 was a “personal financial disaster” for 55 percent of all Americans, approximately 12 million U.S. renters are “at least $5,850 behind in rent and utilities payments”, the Aspen Institute is projecting that up to 40 million people could be facing eviction when the rent and mortgage moratoriums finally end, and more than 70 million new claims for unemployment benefits have been filed since the COVID pandemic began.
According to STR, Inc, a hotel industry market data firm, 2020 was absolutely the worst year on record for hotels as industrywide profits fell to zero. STR’s latest report said the US hotel occupancy rate was 44% for the year, down from 66% in 2019.
Nearly 3 million Americans stopped receiving unemployment benefits through two temporary programs the week after Christmas. The U.S. economy shed 140,000 jobs last month, the first drop since millions fell off payrolls in April. Roughly 1.2 million people filed a new application for state jobless benefits two weeks ago, a level above the peak of the Great Recession. In December 2020 Congress FINALLY passed a stimulus bill of 900 Billion. Biden is proposing to more than double that amount in his plan.
The biden stimulus is taking heat from the left - especially Georgia - where in the senatorial campaign the democrats say they were promised $2000 checks - not $1400. In congress, there is leftist maneuvering to have $2000 paid every month for ‘minimum income’, this will primarily go to the racial underclasses they’ve created.
Pending congressional action, biden pushed his $15/hr min wage onto federal employment and contractors via EO. Congress will be hard pressed to make this a nation wide mandate - nearly doubling the current national minimum wage.
CW2/Domestic violence -
Probably in push back to the resumed protests now against biden et al. Twitter has suspended several popular Antifa accounts with more than 71,000 followers combined following Inauguration Day riots. BLM/Antifa went after democrat party offices as well as announcing that their protest won’t end until even biden and the current government has been ovethrown.
MY OBSERVATION - I think that the democrats in their bubble thought that they had BLM/Antifa on a leash. These riots, though not massive in numbers as last summer, are still a troubling reminder that the genie is not going to go willingly back into the bottle. Over the past months, they have been deeply organizing, first against a Trump second term and now taking that planning over to a biden regime. Trump was a push button to ignite big protests, so these leftist insurgents will need something else to motivate the masses. No doubt biden’s policies will be found to be corrupt and not far enough to the left, maintaining the riots. If/when the biden economic depression hit, even more disaffected leftists will likely grow the BLM/Antifa ranks.
CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Congressional democrats are now pushing the FBI to investigate Parler for posts that they claim instigated the Jan 6th breach of the capitol. True to form, they are weaponizing govt to attack their opponents.
Meanwhile, Parler is slowly bringing its media service back on line. This after a Carter appointed federal judge ruled against them in their suit against Amazon.
POLITICAL FRONT -
A House Republican officially filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on his second day in office. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) “President Joe Biden is unfit to hold the office of the Presidency. His pattern of abuse of power as President Obama’s Vice President is lengthy and disturbing. President Biden has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family’s pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies,” Greene said in a statement on Thursday after filing the articles.
STATING THE OBVIOUS - These charges will gain no traction under the current tyranny of the House. But it does state that there is going to be a resistance that his going to hold the left to their standards.
Numerous banks have cancelled accounts held by Trump or his corporations.
Russia -
biden administration seeking to start negotiations for a 5 year extension on the nuclear start treaty with Russia. Russia says it welcomes the move, but wants to see details.
Iraq -
ISIS claimed responsibility for 32 killed and wounded 110 in the double suicide vest/bomb attack in Tayaran Square, Baghdad yesterday. Some blow back towards the Iranian backed militias for allowing this to happen. Their purpose was to fight ISIS, but instead they have been focusing on opposing American and coalition forces in Iraq on behalf of Iran.