“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.
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2
Globalism / Great Reset -
biden’s pick for asst Sec of Health, transgendered “rachel’ Levine, has vowed to make ‘hostile misgendering’ a mental illness under biden administration’s new health guidelines.
Wuhan Virus -
British PM Johnson said that there is evidence that the UK variant is also associated with a higher rate of mortality. The variant in the UK, which was first identified in September, is associated with more efficient and rapid transmission and has an unusually high number of mutations.
biden has ordered that all international travelers to the US must have a wuhan test prior to getting on the plane and quarantine for 14 days after arrival. One has to wonder if he’ll place the same standard on illegals coming across the southern border
Kalifornia is dead last as far as vaccine distribution. Meanwhile, the state continues in lockdown mode and counties cannot get a straight answer from the bureaucrats in sacramento as to the standards for re-opening as the goal posts are moved on an almost daily basis.
Biden on Friday declared that, “there’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months.” The comment came as Biden pushed Congress to enact new stimulus relief measures. This is in stark contrast to biden’s campaign rhetoric, which routinely portrayed him as having a far more detailed and robust strategy for countering the virus than President Trump.
Nearly 2,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were spoiled at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Boston after a contractor accidentally unplugged a freezer, hospital officials announced Thursday. No charges are expected to be pressed.
Economy -
Global markets were down sharply, especially in Asia as the numbers of wuhan cases continues to grow and expand in China, with the hot spots centering on capitol and other major cities - involving lockdowns of approximately 11 million people.
Current count of jobs killed by biden EOs exceeds 70,000, and he is getting push back from at least three unions that supported him as a result.
biden’s labor department is arguing that workers turned down for jobs due to preexisting conditions can still get unemployment benefits.
CW2/Domestic violence -
Following the disgraceful kicking of NG troops into a parking garage, Governors in Montana, New Hampshire and Florida have ordered their guards to be brought home because of this incident. In a very insulting appearance for propaganda, Jill biden was filmed taking a few dozen cookies to give to troops. Media fawns over fluffy beds for biden’s dogs and little time over the abusive treatment of NG. Hundreds of NG are now testing positive for wuhan after being crowed together for the inauguration debacle.
MY QUESTION - Where is the chain of command for the troops? There appears to be no central command that this stuff has to go through. Making it worse, why are they sleeping on the floors of government buildings to begin with? If there is a command group - they should be fired immediately and replaced with competent leaders that will tell these bureaucratic punks to fornicate themselves for actions like this.
biden’s press secretary refused to condemn the continued BLM/Antifa violence in Seattle and Portland. After a word salad non-answer, she moved to the next question. The Trump administration repeatedly made clear that they condemned the violence caused by BLM and antifa rioters.
Downtown Seattle business owners have had all they can take from their local government’s inexplicable failure to condemn the riots and get them under control. The last straw was the night of the inauguration, when dozens of storefronts were vandalized by rampaging antifa members—and not a peep was heard from city leaders. BLM/Antifa have effectively neutered the uberprogressive leadership of Seattle (as if that isn’t part of the definition to begin with) and have even protested at their homes.
POLITICAL FRONT -
Pelosi is expected to forward the bill of impeachment to the senate on Monday. Schumer announced that the unconstitutional ‘trial’ of President Trump will begin Feb 8th, with preparations coming over next week. Grass roots pressure seems to be reducing republican senator’s taste to support the indictment.
Strategic Developments /Deployments -
Several hundred troops were redeployed from Iraq back into eastern Syria, reversing a Trump ordered pull out.
In response to increased Russian military in the Arctic, the US is looking at multidisciplinary force projections. Russian forces have long projected power and continue to build out the world’s largest icebreaker fleet and have been building air bases and sea ports to house weapons and other operational capabilities. The Arctic is being considered to be the first line of defense of the US homeland by US Northern Command.
The National Guard Bureau is working on a plan to call for thousands of volunteers from the 25,600 Guard members in Washington, D.C., to remain on duty in the city until as late as mid-March. Guard officials announced Thursday that approximately 15,000 Air and Army National Guard troops would begin returning to their home states as early as this weekend. (NOTE: many were ordered back by their governors even sooner). The apparent purpose is to have a military presence in the city through the end of the kangaroo court impeachment proceedings by the Senate. It is said that the extension is “voluntary”.
China -
China’s passed a controversial law that gives the coast guard more freedom to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could fuel the risk of military miscalculation in the Western Pacific. This order includes ALL claimed sea - including those under dispute. China has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with several Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea. It has sent its coast guard to chase away fishing vessels from other countries, sometimes resulting in the sinking of these vessels.
MY OBSERVATION - there is a very high chance now that shooting will occur. I expect the China will target one of the smaller nations rather than face off against Japan, Korea or the US, as the likelihood of getting into a real serious incident is beyond their capabilities at the present.
Russia -
Violent protests have broken out in Moscow and other major cities (St Petersburg, Petrozavodsk, and Makhachkala to name a few). An estimated 40,000 plus are marching in Moscow with over 1000 arrests already. These protests are in support of Navalny, who is a popular opposition candidate to Putin and was just arrested/tried and prisoned in classics soviet fashion. Reports of Putin supporters assembling and marching to confront with fighting all over the place.
Iran -
In anticipation that biden will lift sanctions, it is being reported that it has double its oil production to be ready to increase exports. Iran is desperate for funds to further islamic terror across the region, funds that were dried up under Trump.
Saudi Arabia -
An armed drone launched by Houti rebels was shot down enroute to SA.