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MITT ROMNEY’S MALICIOUS ENVY

romneys-envyMitt Romney prides himself on being a thorn in President Trump's side, but he is just a gnat buzzing about the Leftmedia that now revere him.  He's become a joke but has yet to realize it.

Romney wins the prize among the pathetic group of RINOS who think they can vanquish Trump by treating him and his supporters like pond scum.  The problem with the Left and the RINOS is that they assume, with no hint of irony, that they are smart and the rest of us are not.

Actually, it is they who are blinkered to the point of blindness. Romney is the saddest of the lot, as he demonstrated on CNN day before yesterday (6/27).

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CHINA VS. AMERICA

germany-china-ussr-rulersThere can be little doubt the United States is now in a contest with China over which will be the most important country in the world.

In important respects, we are replicating the German challenge to England prior to World War I and the renewed German challenge of the 1930s, or the Soviet challenge for 45 years after World War II.

As China grows stronger and bolder, and especially as the United States fumbles its way through periods of great distraction and internal political strife, the Chinese—like Hitler—become more brazen and provoking.  Time is short to do something smart about it.

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CHINA IS OUTCOMPETING RUSSIA IN AFRICA

africa-supports-chinaRussia and China are typically lumped together as the two new challengers to the role of Western countries in Africa. They are certainly that, but they are pursuing rather differing strategies and, thus, are virtually certain to find themselves at odds in the future.

For the present, these two approaches may not be completely at odds; however, in the longer term, they are prone to be, with Russia having to accept a role subordinate to China in Africa or give up its current relationships with African countries.

That is not something President Vladimir Putin is likely to be happy about and may even become an increasing source of conflict between Moscow and Beijing.

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SKYE’S LINKS 07/01/21

2nd-amendment-sanctuary-countiesHyperdrive engaged; 61% of US Counties now have Second Amendment sanctuary laws:

Gun Sanctuary Movement Erupts, 61% of US Counties Now Protect Second Amendment

You don't have to own a gun to be an enemy of the current DC government,  If you are white, you have just become the US military's enemy. Of course, if you are white and own a gun, you are in deep kimchee.

Greenwald: What is Behind Gen. Mark Milley's Righteous Race Sermon? Look To The New Domestic War On Terror

The Left’s War on White Children. "Systemic neglect"?  It is all too real for poor white pupils that are victims of BIPOC privilege.

"White Privilege" Rhetoric May Have Contributed To "Systemic Neglect" Of White Pupils, MPs

A wise message about the fake race war - and who benefits from it:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jason-whitlock-dear-black-america-we-are-being-lied

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY – TIGER LEAPING GORGE

tiger-leaping-gorgeMany centuries ago, a tiger was plaguing the Naxi people who live in the mountains where the Yangtse River cascades off the plateau of Tibet.  He was eating the goats the Naxi needed to feed themselves.  So Naxi hunters chased the tiger into a deep narrow gorge of the Yangtse where they were sure they had him trapped.  Suddenly, the tiger sprang onto a large rock in the center of the raging river and from there leapt to the other side and escaped, never to be seen again.

Ever since, where this took place has been known as Tiger Leaping Gorge.  Here you see Tiger Leaping Rock.  I was first here in July 2002 on our overland expedition across eastern Tibet.  Last time 2015.  Maybe again? (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #141 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE TEMPLE OF ULU WATU

ulu-watu-templeBuilt 1,000 years ago on the edge of a cliff hundreds of feet above the sea on the island of Bali, the sacred temple of Ulu Watu is one of the holiest places of worship for the Balinese people. They have retained their unique form of Balinese Hinduism for millennia that incorporates their original animism, ancestor worship, and reverence for Buddhist saints or Bodhisattva. This has resulted in a spiritual warmth and gentle friendliness matched by few other places on earth. It is little wonder so many who come here consider Bali to be a worldly paradise. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #108 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA

sands-of-iwo-jimaThis is the black sand beach the US Marines stormed on February 19, 1945, beginning the legendary Battle of Iwo Jima. Overlooking the beach is Mount Suribachi, where four days later Joe Rosenthal took his iconic photo of six Marines planting the US flag on its summit.

You can come here once a year at a commemoration jointly held by the US and Japanese militaries. Guests of honor are the few Marine veterans of the battle still alive. To be here on these sands and on the summit of Suribachi, where the memorial lauds them – “On Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue” – with these heroic men is an indescribable privilege. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #23, photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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HALF-FULL REPORT 06/25/21

This was during a White House press briefing yesterday (6/24).  At 4:37am this morning (6/25), Newsweek reported Biden Whispering Video Viewed Over 3 Million Times.

Instantly, all over the Internet the Man from De Mentia has a new nickname: Creepy.  Twitter is reporting #creepyjoe is trending worldwide. Google Biden+creepy+whisper and you’ll get over 800,000 hits and climbing.

Mind you, this was on top of his getting confused the day before (6/23) on gun control, and ended up essentially threatening people opposed to him with “F-15s and nuclear weapons”.

He, the Dems, and Woke Elite are losing it while we are winning.  This HFR explains how.

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THE FATHER-SON ADVENTURE: BRANDON IN AFRICA

jw-and-bh-on-safariBrandon in Africa August 1988

The Masai guide quietly stopped our Land Rover at the edge of a line of acacia trees.  We cautiously stuck our heads out of the roof to watch the scene in front of us unfold.

A draw of dry grass about a hundred feet wide with another line of acacia trees on the other side.  A trio of tawny lionesses crouching so deep in the grass you could barely see them.  To the left, a small herd of wildebeest were warily making their way up the draw, being herded by a male lion behind them.  All you could see of him was the end of his tail with a black tuft of fur sticking straight up above the grass.

The wind was right, a slight breeze wafting up the draw, so in addition to their seeing the tip of the male’s tail, the wildebeest could smell him – but not his female partners in the hunt waiting for them to get closer.  A half dozen wildebeest slowly and cautiously moved ahead of the rest until they were less than 20 yards away.  The lionesses charged in unison.

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HOW TO RID OUR SCHOOLS OF THE EVIL OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY

no-to-critical-race-theoryAs a candidate, Joe Biden’s number one promise was to “unite” America. Yet in his first months as president, his number one priority has been to divide our country by race and gender at every turn.

There is no clearer example than the Biden administration’s new effort aimed at indoctrinating America’s schoolchildren with some of the most toxic and anti-American theories ever conceived.

It is vital for Americans to understand what this initiative would do, what drives it and, most importantly, how we can stop it.  Below is my 7-step plan to rid our schools of what is psychological abuse of our children.

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WOKE INC. – HOW CORPORATE AMERICA IS POISONING OUR COUNTRY

woke-inc[Note:  Vivek Ramaswamy is an American-born self-made biotech billionaire at age 35. What this  American patriot has to say is true must-read.]

I used to think corporate bureaucracy was bad because it’s inefficient. That’s true, but it’s not the biggest problem.

Rather, there’s a new invisible force at work in the highest ranks of corporate America, one far more nefarious. It’s the defining scam of our time — one that robs you of not only your money, but your voice and your identity.

Here’s how it works: Pretend like you care about something other than profit and power, precisely to gain more of each.  All great magicians master the art of distraction — flashing lights, smoke, beautiful women on stage. Today’s captains of industry do it by promoting progressive social values.

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WHY ARE THEY WOKE?

Woke BLM ladies are so oppressed
Woke BLM ladies are so oppressed

There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession, and rioting of 2020.

Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism, or other -isms. Instead, for some, it illustrated a psychological pathology of projection: fobbing one’s own concrete prejudices onto others in order to alleviate or mask them.

Joe Biden about every two weeks lectures America on its racism. And he unleashed the bureaucracies of the federal government to root out mythical white supremacist conspiracies.

No Washington politico has compiled a longer record of racialist put downs than Joe Biden. So apparently, the more Biden hunts for a white racist under every bed, the less necessary it becomes to look in his own mirror.

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WHAT IS TO BE DONE? A BLUEPRINT FOR TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK

lenins-1902-pamphlet
Lenin’s 1902 pamphlet

“What is to be done?” That’s been the cry of revolutionaries from time immemorial: the malcontents, the aggrieved, the misfits, the morally wretched.

As we sit here, six months into the disastrous Biden administration, the question is finally becoming evident to even the most politically disinterested American.

The very fact that you still must wear a slave muzzle to enter a federal building is a visible sign of your continuing humiliation and subjugation.  Proof once more that tyranny is about insisting that you conform to the most picayune and counter-factual ukases, just to illustrate your powerlessness.

So, what is to be done?

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THE SCIENTISTS WHO DESTROYED AMERICA IN ORDER TO SPITE TRUMP

Sailing off the edge of sanity
Sailing off the edge of sanity

For the past year and a half of COVID, we have been told by those supposedly in the know, to “follow the science.”  Those who question the science are at best called names, like “deniers” or “racists”, and at worst, lose their jobs and reputations, and are banned from social media.

Last year’s outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus allowed the world to travel back in time to an age where sailors feared sailing off the edge of the world into a pit of monsters or nothingness.

How did we get to such a place where science can’t be questioned, at least science deemed incontrovertible by the government and media?

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