Lies vs Lies

 Beginner Ny in 2016 and continuing for at least 3 years, CNN and MSNBC reported every day about the ties between the Trump campaign and Russia to fix the 2016 election. By May of 2017, the special prosecutor knew that there was no such conspiracy. In fact, the dossier that was the primary “evidence “ of the conspiracy was a total fraud paid for by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. By August of 2017, MSNBC and CNN knew the claims of Trump Russia collusion were totally untrue. They kept reporting the lies anyway

I mention this because of the reaction today by these two networks to the Fox settlement with Dominion. Oh the horror!  Fox reported lies!  

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not in favor of tv networks reporting lies. I just can’t take the hypocrisy of the left wing networks feigned my upset at Fox when what they did was 100 times worse. 

MSNBC: Mostly Silly Needless BS Coverage

 I happened tonight to tune in for a bit to MSNBC. 

What a waste of time. As has been the case thff we last 4 times I tuned in, they were discussing ghecoverage of the 2020 election results on Fox News. Really?  Is there really an audience that wants to hear nonstop coverage of an event from over two years ago?  Even stranger is that much of the MSNBC coverage of supposed lies on FNC consists of nothing more than innuendo and half truths from the gurus on MSNBC. 

No wonder the ratings on MSNBC just continue to be in the toilet. Even their core audience must be bored with this

Those Pesky Top Secret Documents

 After something like a year of listening to the mainstream media express horror about the classified documents that were at Trump's Florida home, it's interesting to see the same media response to the classified documents that Joe Biden stored at his Delaware home after leaving office as Vice President.  It's even more instructive to compare those reactions to the minimal coverage given to Hillary Clinton's illegal storage of ALL of her email correspondence as Secretary of State on a server kept in the bathroom of a computer consultants office (which included huge numbers of classified documents).

For example, Trump had documents that were under the guard of the Secret Service.  Biden's documents were in his garage which ws normally locked but unguarded.  Clinton's were in a bathroom in a completely unguarded location.

Trump's documents were part of a file that was known to the national archives which had directed additional securityfor them.  Both Biden and Clinton did not tell the government that they had classified documents.

Trump had the power to declassify the documents and he claims that he did just that.  Neither Clinton nor 

Biden had that powerr.

The jmedia went crazy over Trump docuements and has said little about Biden's.The double standard is appalling.

Elizabeth II -- Always Dignified

 Queen Elizabeth has passed away.  The news of the Queen's demise was announced in London in typical fashion:  dignified and reserved.  I'm in my seventies, but I cannot remember any British sovereign other than Elizabeth.  During her long reign, there were all sorts of events, but her basic character always came through.  She personified dignity.

I mention all this because it pains me to compare Elizabeth to the clowns that occupy the oval office in the White House.  In the years I remember, the personal qualities of our presidents have gone downhill (if such a thing is possible.)  Sure, the first president I remember was John Kennedy who apparently spent the majority of his time in office looking for new conquests in the bedroom.  He was followed by Lyndon Johnson who in his own dignified way used to show displeasure with staff or other people by meeting with them while he was on the toilet in the bathroom.  After a short term recovery of the dignity of the presidency from Nixon to Bush, we got Bill Clinton who used the Oval Office to bed interns, etc.  George W. Bush put some dignity back into the office as did Obama.  Then came Trump who seemed like the least dignified president ever.  Of course, Joe Biden is even worse than Trump.  He's blatantly dishonest, seems to lust after young girls and is just generally disgusting.

By the end of World War II, the USA had clearly become much more powerful than the UK.  Will our leaders ever manage to pass the British monarchy when it comes to acting in an appropriate manner.  It sure doen't seem like it.

It's Funny But very Sad

 Did you see Joe Biden's big speech in Philadelphia tonight?  I doubt it.  The main networks didn't carry it.  That basically means that only true believers watched it on cable news.  And did Biden address the main issues facing the country:  the failing economy being hit by inflation of the sort not seen in four decades, soaring energy prices that are squeezing those with lower incomes, the huge wealth transfer that occurred when Biden forgave student loans for wealthy college graduates (which will have to be made up for by taxing the poor and working class Americans), the Russian, Chinese and Iranian threats to our county, etc.  OF COURSE NOT!!!!!  Biden can't talk about how he's managed these crises because he hasn't done anything to overcome these problems.  Instead, Biden spoke about saving Democracy from the threat of Republicans.  Seriously, while the Democrats' toadies in the media spend 24/7 discussing a manufactured crisis about documents that Trump had in his office guarded by the Secret Service, Biden is talking about the terrible threat to Democracy posed by Republicans who have no power to speak of in Washington.  Biden is in the White House while both the Senate and House are controlled by the Dems.  What a  joke.

I certainly hope that no one fell for this malarkey (to use one of Joey's favorite words)

The speech was so ridiculous and dishonest that all I can say in response is "Let's go Brandon"!!!!!!!!

A Republican Recession or a Democrat Economic Surge?

 The GDP for the second quarter was announced today.  It showed the second consecutive decline in output.  This time it was a decline of 0.9%.  Under the traditional definition of a recession (two consecutive quarters of declining output), the US economy is now in recession.  If you read the news articles, however, the media is saying that we aren't yet in a recession.  Huh?  That's like telling a patient that his temperature is 102 degrees but he doesn't have a fever.

The real difference is that a Democrat is president.  If we had a Republican president, all we would be hearing today is about the terrible recession facing the country.  With Biden in office, we have a recession and high inflation at the same time, and it's no problem according to the media.

It's really sad because even the financial media is reporting this as a political matter.  In the past, the financial media was mostly unbiased.  Not anymore.

Protecting Big Oil

 Here's a quick question.  Don't think about it just say whatever comes to mind first.

Which party protects the big oil companies and guarantees them huge profits?

a.  Democrats

b.  Republicans

c.  Both

d. Neither

If you've been conditioned by years of phony media stories, you likely said b. Republicans.  The truth though is that it is the Dems who are the principal protector of big oil and its profits.

Think about it.  When Trump and the Republicans were in power, federal limitations on drilling and pipelines were removed.  That brought much more oil and gas to market and the increased supply brought the price down and kept it there.  As soon as Biden and the Dems took office, the blocked a series of pipelines (which cut oil supplies by about a million barrels per day) and limited drilling locations and methods (which also cut supplies by about another million barrels per day.)  That two million barrels lost each day is about 10% of the US consumption rate.  The major reduction in oil and gas supplies created a shortage and resulted in higher and higher prices.  It's a big part of the current inflation we all suffer from.  Not everyone suffers though.  The big oil companies are selling less oil each day, but they are getting at least twice as much for the oil they are still selling.  Their profits are going through the roof thanks to the Dems and their misguided policies that hurt the average American and favor the big oil companies.

Remember this truth the next time some Dem rails against big oil.  They're lying.