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MARCH 26, 2022

SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

GIMMICK ALERT:   We seem to be cruising to a solid victory in November.  But, at the same time, we wonder if the Dems have anything up their unisex sleeves that could turn things around. This week gave me my first scare. Governor Gavin Newsom of California suggested that Californians be given relief from soaring gasoline prices through a tax rebate. We can rage at this fraud – not solving the energy problem but repaying Americans with their own tax money to cover their inflated prices and win votes for Democrats in November – but it may work. It will mean more borrowing for our already squeezed country, but who cares?  Let the good times roll! If Americans can go into the election getting paid back for higher energy prices, they may well vote for the guys who wrote the checks.  There's nothing happier for the average voter than getting "free" money from the government. I'm hearing stories that other blue-state governors are interested in the sham. Ah, for the good old days of big-city machines. They got us stop signs, you know.

March 26, 2022     Permalink

THE EDSEL OF PRESIDENTS – OVERNIGHT: President Biden is in Europe while a war is going on.  Okay, now that you're scared to death, take a pill. Try to watch a light movie in the morning.  

The president, and I say this with regret, is not handling things well.  From Yahoo:

President Joe Biden’s Saturday speech mentioning that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” is getting strong reactions on cable news, with the administration later saying his comment was not about changing regimes or overthrowing the government.

Biden said in his speech Saturday that Putin is “a dictator bent on rebuilding an empire” and that Ukraine will “never be a victory for Russia.” “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden continued.

A White House official later retracted those comments, clarifying that the president was not suggesting a regime change or overthrow of Russia. “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change,” the official said in an email to The Hill.

That's ridiculous. His words were perfectly clear.

President Biden’s comments “caught a lot of people off guard,” and “raised questions” about whether there’s been a change to U.S. policy toward “removing President Putin from office,” Josh Lederman of MSNBC reacted.

Fox News’s Eric Shawn later asked on air, “Do you think in that speech that the president was calling for regime change, basically signaling the Russians and the oligarchs to push Putin out?”

Fox contributor Rebecca Grant responded to Shawn, “That was a stunning remark by Biden. I think that’s unprecedented in U.S-Russian diplomatic history. That puts U.S.-Russo relations in the deep freeze. It was a huge and stunning revelation.”

“Absolutely. He did call for regime change. Let’s see if the State Department or White House tries to walk that back later or not,” Grant added.

COMMENT: When professionals play this game, they don't make that kind of mistake. But the press is being kind to Biden, which will be at our expense. Harris is unseen. That's a plus for us.

March 26, 2022     Permalink

MARCH 25, 2022

SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

UH, MAYBE THIS IS A BIT TOO FAR – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make a video appearance during Sunday’s broadcast of the Academy Awards, The Post has learned. Academy officials still are debating on whether Zelensky will indeed appear briefly on the show, sources said. It’s also not clear if he would appear live or in a taped message. Sources said the debate centers on whether the Oscars should remain apolitical as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on. The Academy declined to comment to The Post. ABC, which is broadcasting the show, is said to be in favor of Zelensky, a former actor, making a statement. ABC did not return requests for comment. Meanwhile, it’s believed that Ukranian-born actress Mila Kunis, who raised $35 million with her husband, Ashton Kutcher, for the Ukranian refugees, will make a statement during the awards show.  I may be wrong, but I somehow feel this might hit people the wrong way. War isn't a show.  People are dying.  We'd see President Zelensky, in his fatigues, and then they'd cut to the tuxedos and evening gowns of Oscar night. I pass.

March 22, 2022      Permalink

THE TRUTH COMES OUT – OVERNIGHT:  The crackpots known as "The Squad" in Congress just can't help revealing who they really are and what they actually believe.  I'm not surprised by what comes out.  From the New York Post:

It looks the Squad has a Putin problem — as in a reluctance to stand up to the Russian autocrat.

Two of the group’s core members, Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were the only two House Democrats to vote against sanctioning Russia’s oil industry, while Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in the runup to the invasion argued against providing Ukraine with aid.

And, in a now-deleted tweet, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bx./Queens) argued that Washington should “avoid sanctions” against Russia as they would “hurt the Ukrainian people” — inadvertently (we hope) echoing the line pushed by RT, the Russian TV outlet, which similarly insists sanctioning Russia is a “threat to Ukraine too.”

Omar is the worst of the bunch (on this front, anyway), as The Post’s Jon Levine reports, because her of her deep family ties to Russia. Her brother-in-law, Mohamed Keynan, was the chief of staff for former Somalian Prime Minister Hassan Khaire, known for “all but giving” (per The Post’s reporting) his country’s oil reserves to the energy company Soma Oil & Gas (backed by Russian billionaire and Putin ally Alexander Djaparidze). And Omar’s father was a Soviet-educated colonel in the Somali army during the ’80s under the Russian-backed regime of Siad Barre.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez echoed Russian talking points in a since deleted tweet.

Her excuse for her pro-Putin votes? “I don’t support broad-based sanctions on any country. They are economic warfare, and we should all oppose them like we oppose military actions. Also, as humans who are interconnected to other humans globally, we will directly or indirectly be impacted by it,” Omar tweeted.

Ilhan Omar said she opposes sanctions towards Russia but supports the BDS movement against Israel.

Funny: Omar loves to sanction Israel. She, Tlaib and the rest champion the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement that targets the Jewish state — never worrying about the impact of sanctions on Palestinians as well as innocent Israelis.

That’s the cutting edge of the progressive movement and supposed future of the Democratic Party for you: obsessed with bashing Israel, but cutting a war criminal slack.

COMMENT: The Squad is a disgrace to this country.  The members never met a dictatorship they didn't like.   They think they're the voice of the future, when they're actually the voice of the past. Think fascism.  Think Soviet Communism.  They fit right in.

March 25, 2022     Permalink