If any of you need a good laugh or an old fashioned Tucker grilling, watch the Asa Hutchinson segment. Asa was embarrassingly bad, as well as unprepared, and should've ended his campaign immediately after that.
Just watched it. Was awesome. Desantis was Strong. He presented really well. What a difference having Ron De Santis. Vivek Ramaswamny and RFK jr. Finally. serious, sane, solution based ideas. Thank God!
All based on the policies that Trump actually implemented; he led the way and now the Sea Island billionaires hate him and need their multinationalist puppets. Viviek I am okay with, he is a business guy. DeSantis? nope, never had a private sector job in his life.
He actually implemented proAmerican policies while the GOPe worked against him and you. Why does he need to be there, you know what policies he is for.
Vivek should be his VP nominee. He is whip smart, a self made billion, and bubbling with great ideas. America is not ready for a South Asian President. But as a VP. Heck yes. Isn’t Willie Browns main squeeze half Indian ? Miss Kamala, jubbler of word salads? She rejected her Jamaican father, another whip smart South Asian, who became a Professor at Stanford University.
Almost everything RFK Jr. says turns out to be true. As far as lack of support of family - that means ZERO. He's the only one in that family who is not beholden to the globalist agenda. To me, that's a great endorsement.
I’m not interested enough to listen to these ‘no chance to win’ spin their weak reasons for running. Really, they are running for the money and as a possible cabinet pick. Trump 2024!!
Not fair, Art. A lot of us have been playing close attention and among other things think Trump is the unique candidate to pull together the middle class, the peace lovers who are anti-neocon and endless war, who will overhaul the Deep State including DOJ, FBI, CIA, NSA, State; who will expose the compromised MSM for what it is, who will fight the trans and woke movements, fight against Biden policies of shifting school loan forgiveness to taxpayers, and much more. As a veteran and career in the private sector, I think Trump is the best GOP candidate but am not convinced any Republican can overcome the Democratic Party lock on those that depend on welfare, food stamps, union jobs and other people’s tax money in the form of pay for fed/state/city jobs and contracts. Democrats, like prostitutes, depend on the generosity of others. No offense to prostitutes intended.
Don’t blame me. I’ve never voted for a Dem and never will. Blame RNC McDaniel and McConnell for their lack of integrity and leadership all while not sending funds where needed most because the candidate wasn’t their pick in primary, or their stooge. All 3 Mc’s need gone and replaced with fighters.
I was very disappointed that Trump didn’t support Harmeet Dhillon for the RNC. I saw her interviewed by Dave Rubin and I think also by Megyn. Very intelligent. She was far better than Ronna and Trump had to have known that yet he claimed he was endorsing neither although I read he “privately” supported Ronna. I thought that was simply disgusting. Voted for Trump twice but now would much prefer Vivek. Very intelligent, knowledgeable in so many areas, very articulate, full of energy and actually seems to enjoy battling the Woke demons. Plus he would have huge support in India. I follow the Delhi site WION and see that he’s rapidly gaining popularity there. They greatly admire his values which they consider sacred. I also can’t imagine the democrats stealing the election from Vivek with India so closely watching. They would not accept that at all. Plus his wife is very attractive, intelligent and articulate. She’s also going to be a big help to his popularity both here and India.
One can prefer Vivek to Trump and recognize that his biggest value would be as #2 on a Trump ticket. Vivek doesn't gather a large enough tent as the lead guy.
Vivek says he won’t be widely known till the August primary debates. I agree and Vivek also has rapidly increasing popularity in India which means this election will be watched closely in India and make it very difficult, if not impossible, for the democrats to steal the election as in 2020. That’s not the case with Trump.
Mitch McConnell and the republican, multinationalist GOPe are responsible for that, not Trump. Cocaine Mitch PURPOSELY withheld MILLIONS of Trump generated PAC cash from at least four senate candidates because he hates Trump because his wife's family owns an Asian based shipping business(Foremost Group).
Of course he made it back because he didn't have to divest international business anymore. Contrast that with Bitch McConnell who is married to the Asian based Foremost Group and probably hasn't divested anything which is against the law.
Review: I watched the Pence interview. I give him one star “⭐️”. I would not recommend. 😂. For Pence’s benefit, the interview was conducted in a no 🪰 zone.
I am growing increasingly interested in Vivek, for all the reasons stated in many of the responses.
Haley is a politician through and through. She's got a great veneer, but underneath is ... well ... not much. In that way, she's very much like Obama when he was elected. And she will, I am certain, kick those who elected her to the curb very quickly.
Trump has been treated very, very, very unfairly. And his policies were successful. I'm fairly sure we would not be on the edge of WWIII if he would have been acknowledged as the winner of the 2020 election. But he is lousy at picking people for his team, and just can't seem to stop insulting people - and that destroys his ability to lead an entire country.
DeSantis has done a great job in FL, and I think he would do well as POTUS. But there is something about him that just doesn't resonate with people. If he can't connect with people, they won't follow him.
Vivek seems authentic, and I like his ideas and passion for the history of the US but I don't know if he could translate that to leadership of the US behemoth. He will be able to get the US citizenry to follow him (most of it anyway), but I'm not sure the massive egos in DC would follow his lead and would work to oppose him. I'd like to know more from legal and Constitutional experts if his thoughts on gutting the administrative state could actually work.
He understands the constitution, the law, the deep state, the mechanics of government, history, tech and how poisonous Woke ideology is. I recommend watching this video from a recent “Moms for Liberty” conference with his wife and children. She’s also quite impressive. Very attractive, intelligent, articulate and totally on board with his campaign. I don’t remember if it’s in this particular video but they say they are deeply motivated to win this election for the sake of their children. They do not want their children to grow up in a society ruled by something as evil as Woke race and gender ideology plus they understand that this is a global war. All things are now global in our always online global civilization.
“Vivek found the Deep State’s Achilles Heel.” (1 min)
In the first part of this video Tucker talks of reading the New Testament in the Bible about how there are “unseen forces acting on people” in the battle of good vs evil. Reminded me of a book I once read called "The Question of God" by Armand Nicholi. He was a professor of religion at Harvard who used the book to compare the ideas of Freud, an atheist, to those of C.S. Lewis, a believer. The author said though that although Lewis was a devout Christian he also believed that God has abandoned us in "enemy occupied territory" in a part of the universe that’s Satan's domain. According to the book (p. 205) Lewis said “One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it talked so much about a Dark Power in the universe, a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death, disease and sin...we are living in a part of the universe occupied by the rebel...Enemy occupied territory...that is what this world is.”
No denying there’s a lot of evil in our fallen world. Another book I read in the late eighties and again just recently is, “The Prince of Darkness.” Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History. By Jeffrey Burton Russell. Superb book: “he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.” I don’t have a particular religion but I do consider it fascinating to read about because it helps us understand the nature of reality. If you like history you’ll be impressed by the wealth of information here. Very well done.
“The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles- -throughout history the prince of darkness, the Western world's most powerful symbol of evil, has taken many names and shapes. Jeffrey Burton Russell here chronicles the remarkable story of the devil from antiquity to the present. In recounting how past generations have personified wicked-ness, he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.”
Seva, you are by far the most well read person I know. You not only reference the book and how it relates, but remember the author and provide a link. Well done and much appreciated.
Thanks. I’ve been doing this for many years so I have a lot of information to fall back on. My mother was crippled (RA) and was always reading so that’s why I do. I live mostly internally but do like talking to people. It does seem strange to me that I’m always reading something and the internet has been great for me since there’s so much information and videos too. I love it. My health is super good, financially in good shape especially with the AI stocks now producing huge gains with no end in sight. I’m a loner but have a lot of cats for company and take care of stray cats in my northwest side neighborhood. I like my life. Now all I need is a sane and functional city, country, and world to live in. The two wild cards in our future that could bring this about are Vivek and AI. Hope springs eternal and there actually is good reason for this hope.
You don’t have to have a Vanguard account to see their funds. Go to the Vanguard site. Click on Products and Services. Then ETFs. Scroll down to “View all Vanguard ETFs” Scroll down to MGK. Click on that and you go to the fund with all the information about it. You can see their top 10 stocks there. If you scroll through all their ETFs and Mutual Funds you’ll see that the best ones all have pretty much those same stocks. Any trouble there let me know and I’ll help you. It is very easy though.
I recommend the AI stocks which are fueling a new bull market with no end in sight due to their exponential growth. The best are stocks like Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet (Google), Apple and Tesla. A good ETF is the “Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF.” (MGK). It has all these in its top 10. Up 40% YTD. A great place to make money and excellent for the long term since AI is our present and future from now on.
Market volatility due to economic breakdown and social unrest will affect it though so you need to understand AI before you get into it or you’ll just panic and run for the exit when the market goes down. If you follow AI online though and understand how amazing it is and the potential it has then you’ll stick with it. I am awed by this and believe it will be a game changer for humanity and this is what all these AI stocks are committed to. AI is not just a hot sector which can shoot up for a while but then come crashing down for whatever reason. All sectors and all areas of our society are being permeated by AI and the source of this technology are these AI stocks like Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. Minimum investment only $1.00 for MGK but you might have to put in more to open an account at Vanguard. You’d have to call them to find out about that. Good luck. Better to be rich than poor.
Future of Tesla: Optimus AI robots, Not Cars. (1 min)
Thanks. When I find something interesting or beautiful I post it for anyone else who might like it. Here’s a passage below from a book by John Gray you might like called “The Silence Of Animals: On Progress And Other Modern Myths.” Gray is one of my favorites on human nature. I used to be an atheist but this is much better. The “nothingness” here is not the nothingness of atheism but the “Absolute Nothingness” of mystics such as Meister Eckhart and Simone Weil. Gray says as humans we live by our stories that our minds constantly tell us about ourselves and about the nature of reality. I agree. Strangely enough, this gives me a lot of meaning in my life.
“Like the golden bird singing in the palm in Steven’s poem ‘Of Mere Being’, they come: at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought…The bird sings. Its feathers shine.”
“The mere being of which Stevens speaks is the pure emptiness to which our fictions may sometimes point. Emerging in ways beyond understanding, our most important fictions are a kind of fate; but not a fate that is the same for everybody. No fiction could be supreme for everyone or even a single person, for ever. The supreme fiction is not the one idea worth having, for there can be no such idea.”
“Admitting that our lives are shaped by fictions may give a kind of freedom - possibly the only kind that human beings can attain. Accepting that the world is without meaning, we are liberated from confinement in the meaning we have made. Knowing there is nothing of substance in our world may seem to rob that world of value. But this nothingness may be our most precious possession, since it opens to us the world that exists beyond ourselves.”
I missed it and tried to see it. Tucker needs a more reliable platform which has an actual schedule on the public airwaves. With no requirement to join Glenn Beck. Beck called me a Nazi in 2016 because I voted for Trump then. I have never listened to him since that moment. Right now, my candidate is Ron DeSantis. Hopefully the positions of DeSantis were displayed. I don’t know. Blaze TV is something I will never subscribe to. Beck tries to display his Christian bona fides. Beck is a Mormon, not a Christian. We have had too much deception and deceit already. Please, no more nonsense. Just straight speaking now. Truth, actual truth matters.
The dream team for republicans would be de Santis and Haley, two people who can actually run things, including rings around the Harris ticket (a vote for Biden being nothing more than a vote for Harris for president). Both were excellent performers in their Carlson interviews who spoke to practicalities of governance--maybe not perfect ideologically, but we really have had enough ideological incompetence for one century.
Mike Pence = Ukraine-1st = GOPe = getting paid by the multinationalists since they admitted communist China into the WTO in 2001 and cemented their MFN status.
I think it should be reminded that Trumps mere presence in life and politics - amongst the demons he and his family has had to endure - has exposed both parties for what they are. Process it and shift your viewing prisms.
Trump is too old and too intensely hated by too many to govern. I understand the desire for revenge but the democrats also know that Trump and supporters like you want revenge. Do you think they’ll just accept Trump as president? If they didn’t last time why would they this time when we’re far more fragmented now than we were then? I think it’s highly unlikely that even Vivek could govern but things would certainly get vastly worse under Trump. You don’t understand how deadly and disastrous this situation is. We could easily end up like France at any time and who knows where that would lead to.
Also, he has a lot of right leaning voters that are NEVER going to vote for him, hence the name ‘never Trump’. We need to get every right wing vote we can get and that alone disqualifies Trump. I’ve got religious right friends who won’t vote for him. I’ve got secular right leaning friends who cringe when his name is mentioned. We need a candidate that can unite the different factions of the right. I’ll vote for him, if he’s ultimately the nominee, but he’s not my choice in the primary. Trump served his purpose in 2016, but it’s not 2016 anymore.
My state showed how bad things can get if the party doesn’t unite around its ticket in 2022. Dems control everything now b/c the state GOP decided fighting among itself was the better option in 2022. We can’t allow that to happen again in 2024. That’s why I’m against Trump being the nominee. He’s so toxic with large numbers of voters. I live in a swing state. We’ve lost population due to right leaning people moving out due to draconian Covid restrictions and a lot of people have soured on Trump. Trump just isn’t the candidate that will unite the party. He’ll play in red states, but not states like mine. We aren’t CA yet, but that’s the vision our current governor has. If we act like it’s 2016 or replay 2020 again, we lose here. I don’t see Trump getting off his soapbox re: 2020. That’s a non-starter with a lot of people. Nobody likes a whiner, regardless of the reasoning.
Yes, there’s good reason. But instead of working on practical solutions to solve the problem/issues, he spent his time whining. That going to matter to people.
The number of former "left" coalition voters (black, asian, hispanic, gay-not-trans) gathering behind Trump outnumbers the number of "right" voters who hate him.
Real Clear Politics has a job approval rating of 42% for Biden. A lot of people still like him in spite of the damage he’s done to the country. This does not bode well for our future.
You underestimate how stupid people are. There are indeed many of our “fellow Americans” who believe whatever slop the msm tosses out for them to believe and according to the msm Joe is in great shape mentally and definitely deserves another 4 years to continue improving America.
They said that Trump was going to cause WWIII in his first term...it didn’t happen! Any Republican will have hell to pay in the Oval...if it’s not Trump, it’ll be some other Republican...they will NEVER let up on the GOP!
I agree that they’re waging war on us but they’d have far more support against Trump, who's been demonized for 7 years, than against Vivek who could appeal to a great many more young people and minorities than Trump could. Plus Vivek is simply a breath of fresh air in a society that is stagnant and suffocating. It just feels like this society is in an endless state of crisis. I blame the democrats for that but people are tired of it and hoping for better.
Too hated though by too many to govern and could even be assassinated by the deep state which would be great news for many. You simply ignore how hated he is due to being demonized for the past 7 years by the democrats and their media. Many now consider him a monster, another Hitler, evil incarnate, Satan in the flesh, one of the most monstrously evil men to have ever walked the earth. And you think he could govern this?
I will agree with you that the only way the Demonrats/Deep State establishment can stop him will be by assassination, which wouldn't surprise me in the least. If he wins in 2024 they know they are effed big time.
Incisive comment Michael! I have an extended family member who worked in SC politics for many years, and he summed up Nikki as "someone who sticks her finger in the air to gauge the direction of the wind, then goes that way" plus that she was a professional backstabber.
We won’t survive another 4 years of Trump. You simply don’t understand how close we are to the abyss. For whatever reason, many seem unable to understand. I used to work with immigrants from places like Vietnam, Mexico, Iraq, the Soviet Union, India and other countries. They had a far better understanding of how fragile civilization is than the average American. They were appalled and terrified by what’s happening to America.
We're close to the abyss because of Biden and the Globalists in both parties. Not due to Trump. I'm not a fan of his personality, but his policies are common sense and logical. Plus, IMHO we need heads to role to get this rot and corruption out of agencies. Biden and whoever is put in his position will take us into the abyss. They'd love an excuse to destroy the world. Every promise and agreement to Putin re Nato, they've broken. I'd love Vivek to win but doubt if he can. He could be number two though. If the agencies aren't cleaned up our freedoms are gone. They lie, they cheat, and they destroy.
The democrats (with Republican help) are waging a two front war: Internally they’re turning America’s War Machine on Trump and supporters. Externally on Putin and Russia. They want Putin dead, the Russian people ground into the dirt and their LGBTQIA+ Pride flag of their Woke faith to fly over the ruins of the Kremlin. They want to do to Putin and Russia what they did to Gaddafi and Libya. When Gaddafi was captured by rebels in Libya I read they sodomized him with a bayonet. Here’s a video clip where Hillary is asked about what happened to Gaddafi. She said “We came, we saw, he died.” and then laughed. I’m sure Putin and the Russian people know about things like this. They have very good reason to totally distrust our globalist, Woke ruling class. Comment on the video is also quite interesting and damning.
Clinton on Qaddafi: We came, we saw, he died. (12 sec)
“She forgot to add: "He died and we stole 150 tons of gold from the Libyan people!" Libya had accumulated this tonnage to launch a gold backed Pan-African currency. Instead, it was appropriated by the various NATO countries to 'compensate' them for the cost they incurred for their regime change. Go figure the morality of that one.”
I've disagreed with you on a number of things, but you are right in that people don't seem to realize how close we are to the abyss. Sure, I'd like "the left" to say "We hate Trump with the heat of 1,000 suns but he was duly elected and we'll let him do what he can. We won't help him, but we won't obstruct." But that is NEVER going to happen. The left would rather "rule in hell than serve in heaven".
I respect your point of view, so what is your optimal solution to this situation? What change could have been made to deflect the course of history that occurred in the situations of the immigrants you worked with?
The optimal solution to our situation is for Vivek to win and then work with Elon to see how we can maximize the incredible changes in society that AI will bring as it advances. For whatever reason, AI sails past most like water off a duck’s back. It is though going to truly be a game changer for humanity. As for the immigrants, each situation is different but in the case of Iraq we should have never invaded. The Assyrians said our invasion was like a huge tsunami that destroyed their country. As bad as things were under Saddam, they were far worse after he was gone. I’ll never forget an Assyrian at work telling me, “All of Iraq is ruined.” Truly awful. We destroyed their ancient homeland which they loved and those fortunate enough to have escaped are now scattered all over the world where they had to start their lives over again and the ones I knew in Chicago managed that quite well. The window of opportunity for them in areas like manufacturing though is rapidly closing and will not be available for Americans, new immigrants or the millions of illegals being imported for political gain by the democrats.
It’s not Trumps fault and not only are many “ignorant of our own history” but they’ve learned a Woke version of our history from CRT and the “1619 Project” taught in our schools and vigorously promoted throughout our culture by the democrats and their media. This has poisoned and devastated the social fabric of our society and I am doubtful this can be changed. I recommend reading the Grio article and watching the video about Chicago.
A disgusting article oozing with hate for white people prominently promoted by Yahoo News which is the msm which is owned and operated by our upper class, guilt-ridden, globalist, Woke white leftist ruling class which despises white people and includes the Democratic Party but goes beyond that and contains oligarchs like Larry Fink, the billionaire CEO of BlackRock, and many in others areas of our society.
The “docu-drama” about Atlanta reminded me of a of a documentary about the south side of Chicago called “The lost streets of Chicago-BBC News” about a BBC journalist taken on a tour by a young black guy in 2016. Quite horrifying and these areas are even worse now and this rot has overflowed the south side and is destroying the whole city. It was sent to me in 2017 by a Vietnamese friend at work who lives on the southwest side. I live on the northwest side. All of the immigrants I worked with from places like Vietnam, Mexico and Iraq (the Assyrians), India and the USSR were horrified by black behavior.
Sasha you are a genuine treasure. 🙏. Thank you for everything you do.
If any of you need a good laugh or an old fashioned Tucker grilling, watch the Asa Hutchinson segment. Asa was embarrassingly bad, as well as unprepared, and should've ended his campaign immediately after that.
Just watched it. Was awesome. Desantis was Strong. He presented really well. What a difference having Ron De Santis. Vivek Ramaswamny and RFK jr. Finally. serious, sane, solution based ideas. Thank God!
All based on the policies that Trump actually implemented; he led the way and now the Sea Island billionaires hate him and need their multinationalist puppets. Viviek I am okay with, he is a business guy. DeSantis? nope, never had a private sector job in his life.
Trump was afraid to show up. Pathetic. He is insane and never ran a good business that did not file bankruptcy
He actually implemented proAmerican policies while the GOPe worked against him and you. Why does he need to be there, you know what policies he is for.
Not quite. Trump is just too cocky and over arrogant. 2024 will be something completely different. Too soon to tell what might happen.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=now+for+something+completely+different+monty+python
He doesnt need to show up, I would sit the initials out too.
Vivek should be his VP nominee. He is whip smart, a self made billion, and bubbling with great ideas. America is not ready for a South Asian President. But as a VP. Heck yes. Isn’t Willie Browns main squeeze half Indian ? Miss Kamala, jubbler of word salads? She rejected her Jamaican father, another whip smart South Asian, who became a Professor at Stanford University.
Almost everything RFK Jr. says turns out to be true. As far as lack of support of family - that means ZERO. He's the only one in that family who is not beholden to the globalist agenda. To me, that's a great endorsement.
I’m not interested enough to listen to these ‘no chance to win’ spin their weak reasons for running. Really, they are running for the money and as a possible cabinet pick. Trump 2024!!
Couldn't agree more, sis!
People like you are the explanation for the depressing midterm results and why we are doomed to another four years with a Democrat president.
Not fair, Art. A lot of us have been playing close attention and among other things think Trump is the unique candidate to pull together the middle class, the peace lovers who are anti-neocon and endless war, who will overhaul the Deep State including DOJ, FBI, CIA, NSA, State; who will expose the compromised MSM for what it is, who will fight the trans and woke movements, fight against Biden policies of shifting school loan forgiveness to taxpayers, and much more. As a veteran and career in the private sector, I think Trump is the best GOP candidate but am not convinced any Republican can overcome the Democratic Party lock on those that depend on welfare, food stamps, union jobs and other people’s tax money in the form of pay for fed/state/city jobs and contracts. Democrats, like prostitutes, depend on the generosity of others. No offense to prostitutes intended.
Yeah to me it’s Trump or RFK (or both?) or bust...
Don’t blame me. I’ve never voted for a Dem and never will. Blame RNC McDaniel and McConnell for their lack of integrity and leadership all while not sending funds where needed most because the candidate wasn’t their pick in primary, or their stooge. All 3 Mc’s need gone and replaced with fighters.
I was very disappointed that Trump didn’t support Harmeet Dhillon for the RNC. I saw her interviewed by Dave Rubin and I think also by Megyn. Very intelligent. She was far better than Ronna and Trump had to have known that yet he claimed he was endorsing neither although I read he “privately” supported Ronna. I thought that was simply disgusting. Voted for Trump twice but now would much prefer Vivek. Very intelligent, knowledgeable in so many areas, very articulate, full of energy and actually seems to enjoy battling the Woke demons. Plus he would have huge support in India. I follow the Delhi site WION and see that he’s rapidly gaining popularity there. They greatly admire his values which they consider sacred. I also can’t imagine the democrats stealing the election from Vivek with India so closely watching. They would not accept that at all. Plus his wife is very attractive, intelligent and articulate. She’s also going to be a big help to his popularity both here and India.
One can prefer Vivek to Trump and recognize that his biggest value would be as #2 on a Trump ticket. Vivek doesn't gather a large enough tent as the lead guy.
Vivek says he won’t be widely known till the August primary debates. I agree and Vivek also has rapidly increasing popularity in India which means this election will be watched closely in India and make it very difficult, if not impossible, for the democrats to steal the election as in 2020. That’s not the case with Trump.
Mitch McConnell and the republican, multinationalist GOPe are responsible for that, not Trump. Cocaine Mitch PURPOSELY withheld MILLIONS of Trump generated PAC cash from at least four senate candidates because he hates Trump because his wife's family owns an Asian based shipping business(Foremost Group).
Most people should hate Trump. he is a grifter
Um, he lost 1/3 of his wealth in office and he donated his presidental salary while in office. Pay attention.
Oh, and he is paying millions to defend himself against govt lawfare against him.
Stand up and be a target like him.
Deals with the Saudi's? Proof please.
Of course he made it back because he didn't have to divest international business anymore. Contrast that with Bitch McConnell who is married to the Asian based Foremost Group and probably hasn't divested anything which is against the law.
What ever happens... these three just upped the ante and the game.
Review: I watched the Pence interview. I give him one star “⭐️”. I would not recommend. 😂. For Pence’s benefit, the interview was conducted in a no 🪰 zone.
I am growing increasingly interested in Vivek, for all the reasons stated in many of the responses.
Haley is a politician through and through. She's got a great veneer, but underneath is ... well ... not much. In that way, she's very much like Obama when he was elected. And she will, I am certain, kick those who elected her to the curb very quickly.
Trump has been treated very, very, very unfairly. And his policies were successful. I'm fairly sure we would not be on the edge of WWIII if he would have been acknowledged as the winner of the 2020 election. But he is lousy at picking people for his team, and just can't seem to stop insulting people - and that destroys his ability to lead an entire country.
DeSantis has done a great job in FL, and I think he would do well as POTUS. But there is something about him that just doesn't resonate with people. If he can't connect with people, they won't follow him.
Vivek seems authentic, and I like his ideas and passion for the history of the US but I don't know if he could translate that to leadership of the US behemoth. He will be able to get the US citizenry to follow him (most of it anyway), but I'm not sure the massive egos in DC would follow his lead and would work to oppose him. I'd like to know more from legal and Constitutional experts if his thoughts on gutting the administrative state could actually work.
He understands the constitution, the law, the deep state, the mechanics of government, history, tech and how poisonous Woke ideology is. I recommend watching this video from a recent “Moms for Liberty” conference with his wife and children. She’s also quite impressive. Very attractive, intelligent, articulate and totally on board with his campaign. I don’t remember if it’s in this particular video but they say they are deeply motivated to win this election for the sake of their children. They do not want their children to grow up in a society ruled by something as evil as Woke race and gender ideology plus they understand that this is a global war. All things are now global in our always online global civilization.
“Vivek found the Deep State’s Achilles Heel.” (1 min)
Shorts. July 14, 2023
https://youtube.com/shorts/1qit8m59BkE?feature=share
“Vivek Ramaswamy Speak at Moms for Liberty National Summit.” (40 min)
Vivek Ramaswamy. July 1, 2023
https://youtu.be/UUgjcUJdwNc
In the first part of this video Tucker talks of reading the New Testament in the Bible about how there are “unseen forces acting on people” in the battle of good vs evil. Reminded me of a book I once read called "The Question of God" by Armand Nicholi. He was a professor of religion at Harvard who used the book to compare the ideas of Freud, an atheist, to those of C.S. Lewis, a believer. The author said though that although Lewis was a devout Christian he also believed that God has abandoned us in "enemy occupied territory" in a part of the universe that’s Satan's domain. According to the book (p. 205) Lewis said “One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it talked so much about a Dark Power in the universe, a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death, disease and sin...we are living in a part of the universe occupied by the rebel...Enemy occupied territory...that is what this world is.”
No denying there’s a lot of evil in our fallen world. Another book I read in the late eighties and again just recently is, “The Prince of Darkness.” Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History. By Jeffrey Burton Russell. Superb book: “he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.” I don’t have a particular religion but I do consider it fascinating to read about because it helps us understand the nature of reality. If you like history you’ll be impressed by the wealth of information here. Very well done.
“The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles- -throughout history the prince of darkness, the Western world's most powerful symbol of evil, has taken many names and shapes. Jeffrey Burton Russell here chronicles the remarkable story of the devil from antiquity to the present. In recounting how past generations have personified wicked-ness, he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.”
“The Prince of Darkness.”
Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History.
By Jeffrey Burton Russell
Seva, you are by far the most well read person I know. You not only reference the book and how it relates, but remember the author and provide a link. Well done and much appreciated.
Thanks. I’ve been doing this for many years so I have a lot of information to fall back on. My mother was crippled (RA) and was always reading so that’s why I do. I live mostly internally but do like talking to people. It does seem strange to me that I’m always reading something and the internet has been great for me since there’s so much information and videos too. I love it. My health is super good, financially in good shape especially with the AI stocks now producing huge gains with no end in sight. I’m a loner but have a lot of cats for company and take care of stray cats in my northwest side neighborhood. I like my life. Now all I need is a sane and functional city, country, and world to live in. The two wild cards in our future that could bring this about are Vivek and AI. Hope springs eternal and there actually is good reason for this hope.
If possible, please let me know some of the AI stocks you like.
You don’t have to have a Vanguard account to see their funds. Go to the Vanguard site. Click on Products and Services. Then ETFs. Scroll down to “View all Vanguard ETFs” Scroll down to MGK. Click on that and you go to the fund with all the information about it. You can see their top 10 stocks there. If you scroll through all their ETFs and Mutual Funds you’ll see that the best ones all have pretty much those same stocks. Any trouble there let me know and I’ll help you. It is very easy though.
Thanks so much, Seva! I have both Fidelity and Vanguard accounts so I’m good to go and invest for long term also. Much appreciated, Marine.
I recommend the AI stocks which are fueling a new bull market with no end in sight due to their exponential growth. The best are stocks like Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet (Google), Apple and Tesla. A good ETF is the “Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF.” (MGK). It has all these in its top 10. Up 40% YTD. A great place to make money and excellent for the long term since AI is our present and future from now on.
Market volatility due to economic breakdown and social unrest will affect it though so you need to understand AI before you get into it or you’ll just panic and run for the exit when the market goes down. If you follow AI online though and understand how amazing it is and the potential it has then you’ll stick with it. I am awed by this and believe it will be a game changer for humanity and this is what all these AI stocks are committed to. AI is not just a hot sector which can shoot up for a while but then come crashing down for whatever reason. All sectors and all areas of our society are being permeated by AI and the source of this technology are these AI stocks like Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. Minimum investment only $1.00 for MGK but you might have to put in more to open an account at Vanguard. You’d have to call them to find out about that. Good luck. Better to be rich than poor.
Future of Tesla: Optimus AI robots, Not Cars. (1 min)
Elon Musk Explains. Jun 5, 2023
https://youtube.com/shorts/zffM4nVz1ss?feature=share
Thanks. When I find something interesting or beautiful I post it for anyone else who might like it. Here’s a passage below from a book by John Gray you might like called “The Silence Of Animals: On Progress And Other Modern Myths.” Gray is one of my favorites on human nature. I used to be an atheist but this is much better. The “nothingness” here is not the nothingness of atheism but the “Absolute Nothingness” of mystics such as Meister Eckhart and Simone Weil. Gray says as humans we live by our stories that our minds constantly tell us about ourselves and about the nature of reality. I agree. Strangely enough, this gives me a lot of meaning in my life.
“Like the golden bird singing in the palm in Steven’s poem ‘Of Mere Being’, they come: at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought…The bird sings. Its feathers shine.”
“The mere being of which Stevens speaks is the pure emptiness to which our fictions may sometimes point. Emerging in ways beyond understanding, our most important fictions are a kind of fate; but not a fate that is the same for everybody. No fiction could be supreme for everyone or even a single person, for ever. The supreme fiction is not the one idea worth having, for there can be no such idea.”
“Admitting that our lives are shaped by fictions may give a kind of freedom - possibly the only kind that human beings can attain. Accepting that the world is without meaning, we are liberated from confinement in the meaning we have made. Knowing there is nothing of substance in our world may seem to rob that world of value. But this nothingness may be our most precious possession, since it opens to us the world that exists beyond ourselves.”
I missed it and tried to see it. Tucker needs a more reliable platform which has an actual schedule on the public airwaves. With no requirement to join Glenn Beck. Beck called me a Nazi in 2016 because I voted for Trump then. I have never listened to him since that moment. Right now, my candidate is Ron DeSantis. Hopefully the positions of DeSantis were displayed. I don’t know. Blaze TV is something I will never subscribe to. Beck tries to display his Christian bona fides. Beck is a Mormon, not a Christian. We have had too much deception and deceit already. Please, no more nonsense. Just straight speaking now. Truth, actual truth matters.
Sorry collection of vanity candidates for the most part; Joe Biden could do his worst and it's still doubtful that any of them could defeat him.
Only because demonrats own the voter rolls and republicans refuse to fight for them. Blame the party and yourself for not getting involved.
The dream team for republicans would be de Santis and Haley, two people who can actually run things, including rings around the Harris ticket (a vote for Biden being nothing more than a vote for Harris for president). Both were excellent performers in their Carlson interviews who spoke to practicalities of governance--maybe not perfect ideologically, but we really have had enough ideological incompetence for one century.
Was anyone’s mind changed by this? Just wondering.
I noticed he hardly ever looked Tucker in the eye. It was very strange. Agree about Vivek. He's just so assertive and has courage.
Mike Pence = Ukraine-1st = GOPe = getting paid by the multinationalists since they admitted communist China into the WTO in 2001 and cemented their MFN status.
I think it should be reminded that Trumps mere presence in life and politics - amongst the demons he and his family has had to endure - has exposed both parties for what they are. Process it and shift your viewing prisms.
I think he knocked it out of the Park.
“I, as a voter, want to see heads roll, too.”
Trump is too old and too intensely hated by too many to govern. I understand the desire for revenge but the democrats also know that Trump and supporters like you want revenge. Do you think they’ll just accept Trump as president? If they didn’t last time why would they this time when we’re far more fragmented now than we were then? I think it’s highly unlikely that even Vivek could govern but things would certainly get vastly worse under Trump. You don’t understand how deadly and disastrous this situation is. We could easily end up like France at any time and who knows where that would lead to.
Also, he has a lot of right leaning voters that are NEVER going to vote for him, hence the name ‘never Trump’. We need to get every right wing vote we can get and that alone disqualifies Trump. I’ve got religious right friends who won’t vote for him. I’ve got secular right leaning friends who cringe when his name is mentioned. We need a candidate that can unite the different factions of the right. I’ll vote for him, if he’s ultimately the nominee, but he’s not my choice in the primary. Trump served his purpose in 2016, but it’s not 2016 anymore.
My state showed how bad things can get if the party doesn’t unite around its ticket in 2022. Dems control everything now b/c the state GOP decided fighting among itself was the better option in 2022. We can’t allow that to happen again in 2024. That’s why I’m against Trump being the nominee. He’s so toxic with large numbers of voters. I live in a swing state. We’ve lost population due to right leaning people moving out due to draconian Covid restrictions and a lot of people have soured on Trump. Trump just isn’t the candidate that will unite the party. He’ll play in red states, but not states like mine. We aren’t CA yet, but that’s the vision our current governor has. If we act like it’s 2016 or replay 2020 again, we lose here. I don’t see Trump getting off his soapbox re: 2020. That’s a non-starter with a lot of people. Nobody likes a whiner, regardless of the reasoning.
Yes, there’s good reason. But instead of working on practical solutions to solve the problem/issues, he spent his time whining. That going to matter to people.
The number of former "left" coalition voters (black, asian, hispanic, gay-not-trans) gathering behind Trump outnumbers the number of "right" voters who hate him.
Real Clear Politics has a job approval rating of 42% for Biden. A lot of people still like him in spite of the damage he’s done to the country. This does not bode well for our future.
They “like” him because they are loyal apparatchiks. Political polls no longer have any statistical value
You underestimate how stupid people are. There are indeed many of our “fellow Americans” who believe whatever slop the msm tosses out for them to believe and according to the msm Joe is in great shape mentally and definitely deserves another 4 years to continue improving America.
They said that Trump was going to cause WWIII in his first term...it didn’t happen! Any Republican will have hell to pay in the Oval...if it’s not Trump, it’ll be some other Republican...they will NEVER let up on the GOP!
I agree that they’re waging war on us but they’d have far more support against Trump, who's been demonized for 7 years, than against Vivek who could appeal to a great many more young people and minorities than Trump could. Plus Vivek is simply a breath of fresh air in a society that is stagnant and suffocating. It just feels like this society is in an endless state of crisis. I blame the democrats for that but people are tired of it and hoping for better.
Sorry, but Trump will easily win the Republican nomination. And, he is the only one that can dismantle the deep state. He knows how they play now.
Too hated though by too many to govern and could even be assassinated by the deep state which would be great news for many. You simply ignore how hated he is due to being demonized for the past 7 years by the democrats and their media. Many now consider him a monster, another Hitler, evil incarnate, Satan in the flesh, one of the most monstrously evil men to have ever walked the earth. And you think he could govern this?
I will agree with you that the only way the Demonrats/Deep State establishment can stop him will be by assassination, which wouldn't surprise me in the least. If he wins in 2024 they know they are effed big time.
They, the vocal minority, wil not accept any republican who isnt part of their Cabal.
Incisive comment Michael! I have an extended family member who worked in SC politics for many years, and he summed up Nikki as "someone who sticks her finger in the air to gauge the direction of the wind, then goes that way" plus that she was a professional backstabber.
I'm also a HUGE Sasha fan ❤️
I love Vivek...he’d make a wonderful VP to Trump...then on to President in 2028
We won’t survive another 4 years of Trump. You simply don’t understand how close we are to the abyss. For whatever reason, many seem unable to understand. I used to work with immigrants from places like Vietnam, Mexico, Iraq, the Soviet Union, India and other countries. They had a far better understanding of how fragile civilization is than the average American. They were appalled and terrified by what’s happening to America.
We're close to the abyss because of Biden and the Globalists in both parties. Not due to Trump. I'm not a fan of his personality, but his policies are common sense and logical. Plus, IMHO we need heads to role to get this rot and corruption out of agencies. Biden and whoever is put in his position will take us into the abyss. They'd love an excuse to destroy the world. Every promise and agreement to Putin re Nato, they've broken. I'd love Vivek to win but doubt if he can. He could be number two though. If the agencies aren't cleaned up our freedoms are gone. They lie, they cheat, and they destroy.
The democrats (with Republican help) are waging a two front war: Internally they’re turning America’s War Machine on Trump and supporters. Externally on Putin and Russia. They want Putin dead, the Russian people ground into the dirt and their LGBTQIA+ Pride flag of their Woke faith to fly over the ruins of the Kremlin. They want to do to Putin and Russia what they did to Gaddafi and Libya. When Gaddafi was captured by rebels in Libya I read they sodomized him with a bayonet. Here’s a video clip where Hillary is asked about what happened to Gaddafi. She said “We came, we saw, he died.” and then laughed. I’m sure Putin and the Russian people know about things like this. They have very good reason to totally distrust our globalist, Woke ruling class. Comment on the video is also quite interesting and damning.
Clinton on Qaddafi: We came, we saw, he died. (12 sec)
CBS. Oct 20, 2011
https://youtu.be/mlz3-OzcExI
“She forgot to add: "He died and we stole 150 tons of gold from the Libyan people!" Libya had accumulated this tonnage to launch a gold backed Pan-African currency. Instead, it was appropriated by the various NATO countries to 'compensate' them for the cost they incurred for their regime change. Go figure the morality of that one.”
I've disagreed with you on a number of things, but you are right in that people don't seem to realize how close we are to the abyss. Sure, I'd like "the left" to say "We hate Trump with the heat of 1,000 suns but he was duly elected and we'll let him do what he can. We won't help him, but we won't obstruct." But that is NEVER going to happen. The left would rather "rule in hell than serve in heaven".
I respect your point of view, so what is your optimal solution to this situation? What change could have been made to deflect the course of history that occurred in the situations of the immigrants you worked with?
The optimal solution to our situation is for Vivek to win and then work with Elon to see how we can maximize the incredible changes in society that AI will bring as it advances. For whatever reason, AI sails past most like water off a duck’s back. It is though going to truly be a game changer for humanity. As for the immigrants, each situation is different but in the case of Iraq we should have never invaded. The Assyrians said our invasion was like a huge tsunami that destroyed their country. As bad as things were under Saddam, they were far worse after he was gone. I’ll never forget an Assyrian at work telling me, “All of Iraq is ruined.” Truly awful. We destroyed their ancient homeland which they loved and those fortunate enough to have escaped are now scattered all over the world where they had to start their lives over again and the ones I knew in Chicago managed that quite well. The window of opportunity for them in areas like manufacturing though is rapidly closing and will not be available for Americans, new immigrants or the millions of illegals being imported for political gain by the democrats.
It’s not Trumps fault and not only are many “ignorant of our own history” but they’ve learned a Woke version of our history from CRT and the “1619 Project” taught in our schools and vigorously promoted throughout our culture by the democrats and their media. This has poisoned and devastated the social fabric of our society and I am doubtful this can be changed. I recommend reading the Grio article and watching the video about Chicago.
“Take things from white people.”
Yahoo News. The Grio. July 11, 2023
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/things-white-people-140946070.html
“Alert issued after 23 armed robberies on the North, NW sides.” (30 seconds)
WGN News Chicago. July 13, 2023
https://youtu.be/2UnW1p6pN1I
A disgusting article oozing with hate for white people prominently promoted by Yahoo News which is the msm which is owned and operated by our upper class, guilt-ridden, globalist, Woke white leftist ruling class which despises white people and includes the Democratic Party but goes beyond that and contains oligarchs like Larry Fink, the billionaire CEO of BlackRock, and many in others areas of our society.
The “docu-drama” about Atlanta reminded me of a of a documentary about the south side of Chicago called “The lost streets of Chicago-BBC News” about a BBC journalist taken on a tour by a young black guy in 2016. Quite horrifying and these areas are even worse now and this rot has overflowed the south side and is destroying the whole city. It was sent to me in 2017 by a Vietnamese friend at work who lives on the southwest side. I live on the northwest side. All of the immigrants I worked with from places like Vietnam, Mexico and Iraq (the Assyrians), India and the USSR were horrified by black behavior.
“The lost streets of Chicago-BBC News.” (15 min)
BBC News. Sept 2016
https://youtu.be/tbKp8OV6F64