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Victor Davis Hanson: The Logic in All the Madness
American Greatness ^ | 24 Jun, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 06/24/2024 4:21:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The Biden administration's agendas may have fundamentally changed the country for decades, if not longer—and will require tough remedies that may be almost as unpopular as the wreckage they wrought.

Most Americans believe it is unhinged to deliberately destroy the border and allow 10 million illegal aliens to enter the country without background audits, means of support, any claims to legal residency, and definable skills. And worse still, why would federal authorities be ordered to release repeat violent felons who have gone on to commit horrendous crimes against American citizens?

Equally perplexing to most Americans is borrowing $1 trillion every 90 days and paying 5-5.5% interest on the near $36 trillion in ballooning national debt. Serving that debt at current interest exceeds the size of the annual defense budget and may soon top $1 trillion in interest costs, or more than 13% of the budget.

Why would the United States suspend military aid to Israel as it tries to destroy the Hamas architects of the October 7 massacres? Why would it lift sanctions on a terrorist Iran? Why would it suppress Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack on the Jewish homeland? Why would it prevent Israel from stockpiling key munitions as it prepares to deal with the existential threats posed by Hezbollah?

Why would the Biden administration cancel key pipeline projects and put vast swaths of federal lands rich in oil and gas off limits to production, even as it further drains the strategic petroleum reserve? Why not pump rather than drain our own oil from strategic stockpiles?

Why would the Biden White House’s counsel’s office meet with Nathan Wade, the former paramour chief prosecutor in the Fani Willis Fulton County prosecution of Donald Trump? Why would the third-ranking prosecutor in the Biden Justice Department step down to lead Alvin...

(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: audiencehall; bibleprophecy; biden; bidenadmin; bidencatastrophe; bidenreich; faceofserpent; faceofsnake; lastdays; paulvi; paulviaudiencehall; prophecy; serpentface; snakeface; vdh; victordavishanson
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To: Big Red Badger

The fisheye lens (or whatever) makes it look creepier-than-usual but it’s just very ... weird (more photos in thread)


81 posted on 06/24/2024 10:04:49 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MtnClimber
the left has played chicken with the American Constitution and believes it has won, given conservatives would never enter into a destructive cycle of tit-for-tat.

In a war the aggressor sets the rules. - Rush Limbaugh

82 posted on 06/24/2024 10:16:23 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: SaveFerris
This was the warm up exercise.

Straight from the criminal drug cartel leader of Pfizer (pLIEzer) and former veterinarian Albert Bourla:

““COVID FOR ME WAS LIKE A REHEARSAL.”...

https://www.bitchute.com/video/utVDgr6qbXaK/

83 posted on 06/24/2024 10:32:26 AM PDT by 444Flyer (John 3, Revelation 20, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:16-39, Pick a side...)
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To: SaveFerris

This link which you sent me is the best. Just look for the coordinates in the right hand upper side and click on it and go to Google Satellite.
I tried to copy and paste the coordinates but couldn’t.

I hope it works for you...let me know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_VI_Audience_Hall


84 posted on 06/24/2024 11:16:41 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: MtnClimber

BTT


85 posted on 06/24/2024 12:19:51 PM PDT by GailA (Land Grabs, Poisoned Food, KILL the COWS, Bidenomics=BIDEN DEPRESSION. STAGNATION)
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To: Justa

So Russia made more money right after, but then the next month they didn’t make more money but they didn’t expect that?

No... Your President Joe Biden shot off his mouth that he was going to destroy Nordstream and his underlings Blinken and Nuland were right there with him and you know it.


86 posted on 06/24/2024 12:31:50 PM PDT by OKSooner (Trump, the first Punk President.)
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To: Liz

Powerful summary of this important VDH story. Thanks, Liz.


87 posted on 06/24/2024 1:15:44 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA isn’t a slogan it’s a matter of Americas survival.)
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To: poconopundit

Glad you liked it.


88 posted on 06/24/2024 1:28:52 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name . )
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To: SaveFerris
Matthew 24:43, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10.
89 posted on 06/24/2024 2:30:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Justa
Putin blew the pipeline to create a Force Majur to reset NG contracts so Russia could benefit from higher NG rates following the UKR invasion.

You must work for the Gubmint. Anyone with a brain knows Biden, Nuland, and other Biden stooges threatened to blow the pipeline on many occasions. If blowing its own multi-billion dollar pipeline is so profitable, why not blow all their oil fields too? Perhaps burn Moscow too?
90 posted on 06/24/2024 5:35:12 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: nickcarraway

🔝🔝🔝

👍👍👍

Luke 21:34-36

✝️🙏🛐


91 posted on 06/24/2024 5:51:19 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: 444Flyer
(This was the warm up exercise)

Yep. The United Nations are building the foundation for the Beast's temporary kingdom (IMHO). Their works are manifest.





(lurkers please click on my screen name to see my FR homepage for more information)
92 posted on 06/24/2024 5:55:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: 444Flyer

It’s almost like I’m hearing Klaus Schwab

He showed his “integrity” with COVID-19(84)


93 posted on 06/24/2024 8:58:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: everyone

Revelation 16:15
English Standard Version

15 (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

Matthew 24:43
English Standard Version

43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

1 Thessalonians 5:2
English Standard Version

2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A15%2CMatthew%2024%3A43%2C1%20Thessalonians%205%3A2%2C1%20Thessalonians%205%3A4%2C2%20Peter%203%3A10&version=ESV


94 posted on 06/24/2024 10:12:17 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“If blowing its own multi-billion dollar pipeline is so profitable, why not blow all their oil fields too? Perhaps burn Moscow too?”

Seriously? You show low comprehension of market operations. It is rarely advantageous to destroy commodity resources as preserving them allows for profit. Creating a scarcity increases the market value of the resources, therefore producing higher profits. And a catastrophic event creates Force Majur permitting terms of an existing contract to be nullified.

Russia already sells gas and oil on the grey market by transshipping thru 3rd countries. But the contracted rates and EU cooperative price-setting denies Russia full market price. So they blew their contracted supply line which was selling at a lower rate and use other pipelines, contracts and transshipping to utilize higher open market rates and the grey market both of which avoid the punitive price rates set by the EU.

As for the politicians - you listen to politicians?

But in all honesty I don’t know who blew the pipeline. Many had motivation. I always consider profit to be the highest motivation. So I see Russia blowing it rather than politicians. Why would they? For what, political clout? To have higher energy costs passed on to their people? To consume more of their national GDP? To hamper their economies? There’s very low political reward in that. Ergo, Russia blew it. And they have the Loshark sub to do it. They’ve been using it to cut undersea communication cables for years. They just F-d up when they mistook an undersea powerline for a comms cable.


95 posted on 06/25/2024 3:11:46 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: Liz

Thanks for ping Liz . I always enjoy your “stuff” .

Current and important


96 posted on 06/25/2024 9:51:46 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is ~~. tell the storm how BIG your GOD is! )
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To: MtnClimber
It didn't start with Biden Mr Hansen! It started with Lyndon Baynes Johnson in 1964. The welfare/racist society that Johnson started the decline of the republic. Mr Obama was just the icing on the cake and it is he that is still causing the havoc in this country. Mr Biden is not the worst president in US history IMHO. It was, and is, Mr Barry Soetoro!

The irony of all of this is that 100s of million citizens stood by and watched the destruction!

97 posted on 06/25/2024 11:04:39 AM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: Liz
[<>Why]

Meanwhile, back in 2020


98 posted on 06/27/2024 2:20:34 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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