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HALF-FULL REPORT 05/24/24

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 24, 2024

You may never have heard of rappers like Sheff G, Sleepy Hallow, or Forgiato Blow (pictured above), but black kids in the South Bronx sure have, who went giddy with excitement when they turned up at Crotona Park yesterday afternoon (5/23).

Why were they there? To show their support for a Republican billionaire who is turning out to be the greatest political genius of our day. His campaign managers thought it a little crazy – the South Bronx?? – fearing a small crowd would show up, most in protest.

Instead, an enormous crowd of 25,000 wildly cheered him to “Build The Wall!” It was sheer brilliance for him to call up Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow on the stage.

You can only imagine how panic-stricken the Woketard Dems are today. The South Bronx hasn’t voted Republican in 100 years. And Trump is taking it, overloaded by Blacks and Hispanics, by storm. All the while using their multiple-lawsuit lawfare against him to increase his popularity as FJB’s disintegrates.

What we’re seeing here is Trump has grown immensely in political stature while FJB has dwarfed himself into a senile midget. Imagine this…

SKYE’S LINKS 05/23/24

Skye May 23, 2024

Hang on to whatever you can – this is a full week! It starts with great news from Milei’s Argentina where rational economics is being demonstrated to the world, and a bill to abolish The Fed, finally, here at home! Our Second Amendment rights got another win, though with a sobering caveat, and the Trump trial circus nears its clownish end, at last. One of Fauci’s people brags about how he discarded damning evidence before FOIA requests could ‘harsh his buzz,’ and Progressives of both parties are positioning to insert quotas into every aspect of our lives even as Congress is poised to restore them in College admissions. Wha…? Meanwhile, the GOP is chasing ballots like the Progs this year. Let’s hope they can beat those who count the votes.

More of the Left are beginning to notice the obvious, which is nice (and unexpected), but the Far Left is still as extreme, and fact-averse as ever, even as Biden the Meat Puppet continues to deteriorate. Alabama has joined the Sound Money League and removed taxes on gold and silver, but is it too late? Taiwan installs kill switches into its ASML chip machines to withhold their tech from China if China invades – hopefully a deterrent to China, but not likely; Lockheed’s parking lot for F-35s is filling up because the Pentagon won’t accept them until their (dare I say, Chinese) software glitches are solved; and just like 2020, Biden’s crowds are embarrassingly small, not to say almost nonexistent. Will this year have a different outcome?

The President that we need! Milei is reducing Argentina's far more severe inflation at an amazing rate:

Argentina: Inflation Drops to 8.8%, Reaching Single Digits for First Time in 6 Months

PUTIN’S ANTI-REAGAN DOCTRINE

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 20, 2024

[This Monday's Archive was originally published on June 15, 2006. Eighteen years later, it is more true than ever.]

TTP, June 15, 2006

The most beautiful women in Europe are not in Paris. They are in a country, as Joel Wade and I discovered to our delight, called Moldova. On every street corner in the capital of Chisinau, Joel and I stood transfixed, watching one spectacularly gorgeous woman after another walk by.

Back then, in 1989, the place was stilled called the Soviet Republic of Moldavia. The Principality of Moldova had emerged independent out of the Middle Ages, only to be colonized by the Russian Empire in 1812. During the Russian Revolution in 1917, it broke free and joined Romania for safety. Stalin had his troops seize it in 1944, incorporating it within the Soviet Union as Moldavia.

It was an exciting time to be there in 1989, as Moldovans saw the USSR disintegrating and their liberty finally around the corner. By mid-1991, they had declared their independence and Moldova was once again free.

But there was a little problem. Here's the map:

THE DISGRACE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN ELITE CAMPUS

Victor Davis Hanson May 22, 2024

Anti-Israel/pro-Hamas campus protests have engulfed hundreds of college campuses. But the more coastal, blue-state, and supposedly elite the campus was, the more furious the violence that sometimes followed these demonstrations.

Even rowdier and more vicious street analogs shut down key bridges, freeways, and religious services. Protestors often defaced hallowed American monuments, national cemeteries, and iconic buildings. Visa-holders were among the worst perpetrators, adding ingratitude to their criminality.

The vast majority wore masks, not to protect from infection but to hide their identities. It is received wisdom, however, that those who wear masks do so for obvious reasons: so authorities cannot identify and punish those who commit crimes (e.g. the Klan, antifa, bank robbers, criminal gangs), or so that anonymity can help incite mob furor, given that participants feel that their vehemence increases once it cannot be traced.

More mundanely, why don’t the students simply identify themselves, insist they want their “resistance” to be known, and then hope their arrests will be proof of their courage to galvanize like-minded people to join them?

Why? One, because the students are sunshine and careerist revolutionaries. They see no inconsistency between shouting “Death to Israel,” “Global Intifada,” or “River to the Sea” one day and then the next, applying for a top spot at Goldman Sachs, a tony university, or a federal bureaucracy. Jacobin professors protest like it is 1793, but when politely arrested, they collapse into fetal positions and scream hysterically that consequences cannot follow their illegality, given they are privileged, superior intellects and moralists, with titles and degrees no less.

RUINING YOUR LIFE IN TEN EASY STEPS

Mark Deuce May 21, 2024

In the police world, human calamity is our bread and butter. Someone figured out that the average cop sees about twenty times the pain and suffering an ordinary person sees in life. Decades of rolling up on various calls with people in a figurative or literal pool of their own blood have taught me some things about how humans fail. I thought I would sit down and try to figure out, from my education and experience, ten key ways it happens, and pass that on to people. Someone needs to learn from this other than we cops. Maybe a young person needs this list. Maybe you need it. As with a beer, take what you need out of it.

Have anger issues

Behind arrests, broken relationships, divorces, or lost jobs is often someone losing their temper. One of the first and most important lessons a child learns, sometimes adversely, from Mom, Dad, or a teacher is that you don’t get to say or do whatever you want, whenever you want. At least it used to be. Nowadays, many a police call starts off when someone’s food order, drink, purchase, or other isn’t as requested and people get unhinged. Instead of calming down and delivering almost the same critique in a calm voice, they choose to scream and inject tons of “F Words.” Communication ceases, hands may get thrown, cops get called, people get hurt or sued, and we’re off to the races. I know I have complained about the cops having their hands tied, so perhaps if jail doesn’t scare you, the prospect of someone harming you, or those with you, should.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT’S HELICOPTER CRASHED. GOD, BAD LUCK, THE MOSSAD?

Andrea Widburg May 21, 2024

News broke a few hours ago that the helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, has crashed in the mountainous, wooded terrain of Eastern Azerbaijan, with a search ongoing for the crash site.

Sometimes bad things happen, but when the President of Iran’s helicopter crashes, and his foreign minister was on the copter, too, one wonders if it's more than coincidence. People are already wondering whether this was an accident or something more.

It’s no secret that Iran is a worldwide state funder of terrorism. Along with Qatar, it’s the money behind both Hezbollah and Hamas, which are fighting Israel from the East and the North. Violence in the Middle East would be dramatically diminished if Iran’s bankroll were cut off. The same is true for the military support it provides in terms of weapons, training, and strategy.

But it’s not just Israel that’s a target of Iranian malevolence. Since 1979, Iran’s battle cry has been “Death to America.” The official government policy is that it is in an existential war with the United States. Israel is the “Little Satan,” while America is the “Great Satan.”

STRATEGIC MILITARY SEALIFT IS CRITICAL

Brent Ramsey May 22, 2024

Strategic sealift is an essential element of the U.S. military’s logistics system. Sealift provides weaponry, fuel, ammunition, and other support needed for warfighting on the battlefield. Roughly 90% of all needed supplies and equipment travel by sea.

There is no viable alternative to sea transport. The distances are too great and the vast tonnages of military weapons and support equipment dictate transportation by sea. What is logistics, and why is it important? Let’s hear from some historical figures on the importance of logistics:

“Logistics [is] … as vital to military success as daily food is to daily work.” —Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (USN)

“Amateurs worry about strategy. Dilettantes worry about tactics. Professionals worry about logistics.” —Unknown

“You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” —General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“I don’t know what the hell this logistics is that [Gen.] Marshall is always talking about, but I want some of it.” —Admiral E.J. King (USN)

“My logisticians are a humorless lot. … They know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.” —Alexander the Great

All humor aside, the importance of sea transport of our military assets to war cannot be overemphasized.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY MEMORIAL DAY SKYDIVE

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 24, 2024

My skydiving buddy Chris Wentzel and I made this flag jump on Memorial Day years ago to pay tribute to those in our military who gave their lives for America. I’m on the right, Chris on the left. The jump was performed at the Skydive Perris drop zone in Perris, California. It’s only fitting I post this on TTP in honor of those whom we memorialize in gratitude on this Memorial Day weekend. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #207 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

FROM SKYE TO SKYE

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 23, 2024

Skinigin Village, Loch Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. The Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland is considered by many the most magically entrancing place in all Scotland. From charming fishing villages like here to gorgeously dramatic scenery to famous distilleries like Talisker, you come here for a few days and don’t want to leave the serenity of Skye that captures you.

There could not be a more beautifully opportune place from which to offer my appreciation and gratitude to TTP’s very own Skye, who provides us with his extraordinarily insightful Links and commentary every Thursday. Skye has been one of my dearest friends for well over half a century. I treasure his friendship and am so grateful for his continuing contribution to TTP. So, From Skye to Skye, thanks, compadre! (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #294, photo ©Jack Wheeler)

THE EYELASH AT DAWN

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 22, 2024

The first of The Seven Pearls of Shing is called Mijnon or The Eyelash. It’s at 5,300 ft in the Fann Mountains of Western Tajikistan. At dawn, the air is still and crystal clear as is the water. The surface of the lake becomes a mesmerizing mirror with the early light reflecting the vertical cliffs above while penetrating to the translucent lake bed below. It is an epic example of the boundless beauty of our world.

Yet Tajikistan is only one of the “Stans” of Central Asia, an ultimate of the world’s mysterious, remote, and wondrous places. There are four others: Kazakhstan, Kyrghistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. A number of your fellow TTPers have been there with me and can tell you what a fabulously life-memorable adventure it is to explore all five.

We’ll be there again sometime soon. Be with us with your loved one, your children, or grandchildren and you’ll all have an experience to treasure for all of your lives. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #263 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

THE TIGERS OF SAMARKAND

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 21, 2024

The magnificent Sher-Dor Madrassa, built in the early 1600s, is part of the Registan public square complex of the ancient Silk Road oasis of Samarkand. “Sher-Dor” means “Adorned with Tigers” in Persian – flaunting Islamic blasphemy of living beings in art. Here is the mosaic depiction of a tiger chasing a deer and on its back a rising sun deity with a human face. This is honoring the pre-Islamic history of Samarkand that goes back almost 3,000 years.

It was centuries old when Alexander conquered it in 329 BC. For a thousand years as Central Asia’s great entrepot on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean, it was a cosmopolitan center for Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and Nestorian Christianity. Incorporated into the Islamic world in the 700s, sacked by Genghiz Khan in 1220, rebuilt by the time Marco Polo in 1272 described it as “a large and splendid city,” Tamerlane made it his capital in 1370.

Colonized by Czar Alexander II in the 1860s within the Russian Imperial Empire, and by the Soviets in the 1920s within the Uzbek SSR, Samarkand is flourishing today in independent Uzbekistan. Come with me to explore Samarkand and so many other wonders of "The Heart of Central Asia" soon. It will be like a dream come true. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #208 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

THE FAIRY TALE CASTLE OF SEGOVIA

Dr. Jack Wheeler May 20, 2024

This is Spain’s most famous and beloved castle, high on a rocky promontory above the city of Segovia some 60 miles northwest of Madrid. The site of a Celtic settlement, Roman trading post, and Arab wooden fort, when the Reconquista of the Christian knights removed the Islamic invaders from their land in the early 1200s, the building of the idyllic fairy tale castle you see began.

For centuries it was the palace residence of the Kings and Queens of Castille. It was here, on December 13, 1474, that Isabella, daughter of King John II, was enthroned as the Queen of Castille. When her husband Ferdinand, whom she married in 1469, became King of Aragon in 1475, they jointly ruled a unified Spain. As we learned in our early school years, it was Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille who sponsored Columbus’ discovery of the Americas in 1492.

Today, the Castle of Segovia is a World Heritage Site, serving as a museum of the history of Castille and National Archive of Spain. Immaculately preserved and maintained, it’s a thrilling experience to explore. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #266 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

POLLS SHOW BIDEN STILL HAS SIZABLE LEAD AMONG THOSE WHO WILL BE COUNTING THE BALLOTS

ToThePoint May 24, 2024

U.S. — Though some recent data has indicated large percentages of voters are breaking toward former President Donald Trump, new polls show President Joe Biden still has a sizeable lead among people who will be counting the ballots.

Despite continuing to build what at times has appeared to be a massive lead, Trump reportedly still struggles to make gains among the small number of people who are in charge of counting votes in November.

"For whatever reason, he just can't seem to gain traction with people counting the ballots," said political analyst Blake Rumsey of the Institute of Collecting Information. "Even though he has made significant gains among multiple demographics and voting blocks, our polling of people who count the votes shows Biden still holding an obvious lead. Honestly, I don't even know if it's possible for Trump to win that group. They seem pretty devout."

When reached for comment regarding the new poll results, one ballot counter confirmed the data's accuracy. "Yeah, we're all pretty much in the tank for Biden," said the vote counter who requested to have his identity kept anonymous. "I would think that would have been pretty obvious with the way things went in 2020, but yeah. As one of the many hardcore leftists placed specifically in this position to influence the outcomes of elections, I can say confidently that I am voting for Joe Biden. And my vote means a lot, if you get what I mean. We make up the winner. That's what I mean."

At publishing time, the Biden campaign had put in a request to have the Federal Election Commission hire several million undocumented migrants to serve as extra ballot counters in November.

HALF-FULL REPORT 05/17/24

Mike Ryan May 17, 2024

China and Russia Decide Their Future

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Putin's recent trip to Beijing holds great significance and has implications for Russia-China relations, as well as the global stage. China welcomed Putin with open arms, hosting top officials at the conference table.

Notable members of the Russian delegation include new Defense Minister Belousov, military personnel such as Shoigu, and business leaders like Oleg Deripaska, Igor Sechin, and Herman Gref. The delegation's composition suggests a focus on bolstering economic and financial cooperation with China, possibly due to the damaging effects of sanctions.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is pushing Russia and China into an economic partnership that could significantly impact the availability of advanced weaponry and prolong the war. The rapid development of AI-based weaponry and production systems, governed by compliant individuals and leaders absolved of personal responsibility, could lead to large-scale global failures.

The importance of nurturing the human element in autonomous systems cannot be understated, as relying solely on rule-based systems may lead to more disastrous occurrences.

The continuing meeting between Russian and Chinese high-ranking military and economic officials may yield an outcome similar to the Covid vaccination program, due to the automatic speed and nature of the AI systems being implemented worldwide. Automation makes errors faster and deeper, and China and Russia may not bounce back from the strategies they are devising this week in Beijing.

The International Rules-Based Order and the Fourth Industrial Revolution just collided. Come on over to this week’s HFR and take a look.

SKYE’S LINKS 05/16/24

Skye May 16, 2024

Happy Thursday, folks. This week is a short list starting with grave warnings from two of the Supreme Justices about the First Amendment; then a witch-trial witness testifying about visions in the courtroom, followed by a pathological liar – so, business as usual in Biden’s justice system. Biden, himself, stabs an ally in the back and protects our mutual enemy in an attempt to win votes in Michigan. Again, the new normal. But there’s good news about institutions backing off of DEI; and RFK Jr. has clearly proven himself other than moderate, making him Biden’s problem, not Trump’s. Then there’s some gloomy economic news; some common sense from an alleged alien; and we end with a laugh. Jump in!

Justices Thomas and Alito on the state of America:

Supreme Court Justices Thomas And Alito Issue Warnings About State Of America

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