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America, The Joke

Posted: December 7, 2025 in Uncategorized
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If you have the time, look at what other countries, specifically those that were thought to be our Allies, are saying about the United States of America! It is not flattering, even though some of those world leaders do flatter Trump to his face! Why? Because they know they can get major concessions from him if they tell him how great he is! But when NATO gets together, they do not wait on our President anymore.

Trump, since taking office this second time, has fired most of the military leaders with the most expertise! He has replaced them with loyalists, people with no expertise in the areas of the leaders they are replacing. Point in fact, General Timothy Haugh, who was the Director of the National Security Agency, and the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command until he was dismissed by Trump. Why, because he was appointed initially by Biden, so the right did not think he would be a Trump loyalist! Cyber experts warned we were rolling out the red carpet for attacks, especially by Russia! He had over 30 years of experience, and we are weakened by his departure. He also had worked for both Democratic and Republican Presidents and was not political!

If you are paying attention, the same thing has happened to every agency and organization within Trump’s thrall! The World Health Organization, Department of Education, the Council on Homelessness, Voice of America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amongst a plethora of others! Why you ask, because they either place a light on the scams of this president, allow health organizatons to charge us more, or contain the greed of large corporations from polluting as they wish by destroying habitat, clogging our air, stream, rivers, and ocean with their waste, as Trump has weakened the rules and laws that control this kind of pollution! He has withdrawn from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, basically anything that limits big business from making more profit at the expense of our health and well-being.

Trump and his new Department of War and Hegseth are war criminals. Trump is not allowed to declare war, that is a power exclusively granted to Congress. Even if I believed that he was waging war on drug cartels by killing people and sinking boats, he is not showing cause! And let’s say that these boats, which have not got the reach to get to our shores, by the way, were captured instead of blown out of the water, would we not get a whole hell of a lot more information to be used against cartels!

I could go on, but I know when I have reached the limit of how much the more loyal of my readers will go! Just be aware that what is happening is not normal, and I have not even mentioned the masked men ripping people out of schools, their homes, jobs, and off the streets with no probable cause and sending them to foreign prisons without trial or even a hearing. That is not deportation, that is kidnapping and concentration camps!

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John Love and via the Love Chronicles

THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL

Posted: July 15, 2025 in climate change, Health and wellness, News and politics, science
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Mr. Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts to the rich, which was slated to sunset at the end of the year, will be made permanent! While also increasing spending for border security and defense!

The bill is partially paid for by significant cuts to health care and nutrition programs, like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits over the next 10 years and leave millions without health insurance!

The legislation includes restrictions on Medicaid, which provides government-sponsored health care for low-income and disabled Americans.  The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill would result in 11.8 million Americans losing health coverage under Medicaid over the next decade.

The legislation includes more than $46.5 billion for border wall construction and related expenses, $45 billion to expand detention capacity for immigrants in custody and about $30 billion in funding for hiring, training, and other resources for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But starving kids here at home, nothing for them!

It would end tax credits for new and used electric vehicles, installation of home EV charging equipment, and insulation or energy-efficient heating and cooling systems. 

The bill also ends the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which provides funding to nonprofit organizations that finance projects aimed at reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in communities. Trump has pulled us out of the Climate Accords for the second time. He has fired climate scientists, NASA scientists, and basically anyone who would disprove his own fifth-grade science across the board!

Trump or his billionaire buddy has fired or disbanded any organization that would protect you and me from big banks and corporations. He has put a non-scientist, non-doctor, anti-vaxer in charge of our nation’s health. We are already seeing a marked increase in measles because he has been gaslighting the public for years about vaccinations. The measles increase is just the tip of a very dangerous iceberg!

The list of things that The Big Beautiful Bill will not do for you and me goes on and on; the bill is enormous! But if you need to paraphrase, it enriches the already wealthy and does nada for the average American. It leaves us hungry, sick, homeless, and with no way to get help. We cannot even get help if a flood, tornado, or hurricane wreaks havoc on us. The scientists from the National Weather Service have been among those scientists I mentioned earlier that have been fired, along with the support staff and systems for early warning and help after! Trump does not believe in climate change! Actually, he does not believe in anything that puts even a small damper on making a profit, no matter what it does to the climate, our water, or our air! 

He is attacking our courts, federal judges, and any law organization that does not do his bidding, or goes after him for breaking the law! DANGER, DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, AMERICAN!!!

DEI, (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)

Posted: March 20, 2025 in Life, News and politics
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The Trump Administration sets out to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government and private sector! Companies like Google, Amazon, Meta, and some Wall Street banks have decided to go along with Trump and trash their DEI-related policies and pledges!

            But some have stood their ground. At Apple’s annual shareholder meeting on Feb. 25, investors rejected the measure, with 97% of votes cast against it.

Ben and Jerry’s unsurprisingly, when it comes to DEI, the ice cream company has no plans to roll back or slash its efforts!

Cosco shareholders voted against the proposal at Costco’s annual shareholder meeting on Jan. 23, with 98% votes cast against it!

DELTA AIRLINES maintained its line on DEI efforts last month. “DEI is about talent, and that’s been our focus! 

Clothing retailer Francesca’s affirmed its commitment to DEI in a LinkedIn post earlier this month. “DEI is not an abbreviation—it’s a Human Strategy, and respect and inclusion are good for business,” the post said.

JP MORGAN CHASE CEO Jamie Dimon reaffirmed the bank’s support of DEI! The bank—the largest in the U.S.—will continue its outreach to Black, Hispanic, LGBTQ+, veteran, and disabled communities, Dimon said.

Cosmetics company Lush wanted its message on DEI to be heard—and smelled—putting out three new bath bombs named Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

Microsoft has not made any moves to repeal its DEI policies, and put forward the business case for supporting diversity and inclusion practices!

Patagonia said that it will not scale back its DEI policies. “We stand firm in support of our justice, equity and antiracism policies and practices,” the outdoor apparel company said in a statement.

            I myself cannot think of any reason not to be inclusive or be afraid of DEI policies. If the most qualified or talented person is available, why would you hire someone less qualified just because they meet some outdated good ole boy strategy about what is acceptable? Me thinks Trump and his boys protest too much! Usually, the person making the most noise is trying to cover something up! You all know that is true!

The Most Dangerous Man in America

Posted: February 27, 2025 in News and politics
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If you look at Trump as a young man, he was a bully who was kicked out of his private school for just that, bullying younger kids. The military school he attended was not known for scholastic excellence but rather for its ability to handle delinquents. He was not accepted to Wharton at first; he did not have the grades for acceptance. His brother actually pulled some strings to get him in. And then his only major was real estate. His professor famously said he was the worst student ever, and his classmates said he was never prepared for class. That is why he threatened to sue anyone who released his grades. If he was the genius, he claims, why would he be ashamed of his grades. He is also famous for not paying his contractors. He would either sue or threaten to sue and pay them pennies on the dollar. He has been charged with racist actions against tenants of color by the federal govt, once in concert with his father and again with him alone. He is a convicted felon of crimes against women, and the list of women who have made complaints and charges of sexual assault is long and over many years! He has been a bully, a sexual predator, and a criminal all his life! All on the public record for you to find, not from some news media who defended itself in court by saying they were simply an entertainment company. It was understood that they should not be mistaken for an actual news outlet. Yet you elected this man, and your favorite news outlet claims not to be one! He loves and admires dictators; his narcissism needs only to be witnessed, not proved. He is the most dangerous man in America, bar none.

Trumps Tariff Wall

Posted: October 6, 2024 in Uncategorized
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Trump’s proposal to erect a Tariff wall, promising billions of dollars and a wealthier nation, is a contradiction in itself.  The following is an excerpt from a reliable source, Heather Cox Richardson.

“This is a deliberate lie. Tariffs are essentially taxes on imported products, and they are paid not by foreign countries but by American consumers. Economists warn that Trump’s tariff plan would cost a typical family an average of more than $2,600 a year, with poorer families hardest hit; spike inflation as high as 20%; result in 50,000 to 70,000 fewer jobs created each month; slow economic growth; and add about $5.8 trillion in deficits over ten years. It would tank an economy that under the Biden administration, which has used tariffs selectively to protect new industries and stop unfair trade practices, has boomed.” 

Back to John Love! Tariffs over the years have always been bad for you and me, the consumer! Largely responsible for the famous Wall Street Crash and the main reason for the Great Depression! Trump is looking out for Trump, plain and simple, in everything he does. Tariffs do have their uses. They can be used to protect American jobs and manufacturing, but they must be used in specific ways, like surgery, never as a tariff wall. As was mentioned above, between the quotation marks!

Trump has told so many lies during this election campaign that even the most ardent Trump supporter cannot be unaware! Just common sense will tell you that no one brought over-the-border illegals to vote in any election. For one, it is a federal crime; two, all kinds of false documentation would be needed for each individual, requiring a vast manufacturing structure impossible to conceal. Plus, red states would be all over any such activity, and we would know about it. Actually, so would blue states; as I said, it is a federal crime; Trump lies every day, multiple times a day; it is who he is. We cannot have such a morally corrupt man in the white house. He is also not an educated man; just open your ears and listen to him speak! He only took real estate classes at Wharton and was even refused entrance for lack of grades until his brother interceded. Why do you think he has threatened to sue anyone for releasing his grades? Think about it!

Fact Check

Posted: September 29, 2024 in News and politics
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In the last few days, Donald Trump, as usual, told lies to the American people! He told the public that the Border Czar, Kamala Harris, had let into the country 13000 convicted murderers! He then added another thousand to that total the next day. So here are the facts! This number was gleaned from a report released by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement “non-detained docket” covering around 20 years. So, it included the time Trump was president! Also, they were not people being convicted of homicide by another country and then entering the U.S. They committed crimes after they got here; a lot of them are still in jail here in the U.S. The ones that are free have served their time and cannot be extradited because the country of origin will not allow it. So because of a Supreme Court ruling saying that they can only be held by Immigration for a limited time if they are no longer wanted by law enforcement, they are forced to free anyone who is not currently wanted by said law enforcement! None of this had anything to do with Kamala Harris. One, she was never the Border Czar; her mandate as Vice President was to try and meet with the countries where all these immigrants were fleeing from on a fact-finding mission to stem the origin of the problem. She had no mandate that actually included the border. As I have said before, Trump is a pathological liar, and none of what he has said about Kamala ever, really, is the truth! If you want proof it is easily obtained, just look at the report for yourself, it is not a state secret! We do not want this man for President. He is a liar; even when the truth would be more beneficial to him, he cannot help himself; he lies. Plus, he is not a moral man; the evidence that backs that up is easily found, and most times Trump is convicted by his own statements on air!

Trump’s Mental and Moral Decline

Posted: March 7, 2024 in News and politics
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The more you see Trump speaking in public, the more noticeable his mental decline. Even weeks ago, in a short statement, he thought he was running against former President Obama. Recently, he confused Nikki Haley, who is competing with him for the GOP nomination, with Nancy Pelosi! He has confused countries and the leaders of those countries, not once but several times. He has spoken in gibberish lately, and his speech bites are incomprehensible and unintelligible! His command of language has always been lacking, but now it is just scary!

He is, of course, still on about how the last election for president was stolen from him. No evidence has been found that it happened! Even his party officials and attorney general told him no interference or skullduggery had happened! He is claiming banks are all crooked now because the big banks will not loan him money, as his financial records are not accurate, and he is not able to back his loans with the financial data required. This is a man who has a party, the Republicans, in his thrall. In the first 234 years of our country, no former President had ever been indicted. In the last few months, Trump has been charged in four criminal cases. Four felony accounts for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Several recounts were done in states that favored Trump, but even more votes were uncovered for Biden, not Trump. He faces thirteen felony accounts for interfering in the election occurring in Georgia. In New York, he faces 24 felony accounts for trying to hide payments to a porn star to cover up an affair. In Florida, he faces forty felony counts for hoarding classified documents. 

This does not take into account at least 18 women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct and assault. The man, in his own words, has bragged about assaulting women!

The man is a racist. There are instances where he ordered all black employees to be removed from his own casino floor so he and his wife would not have to look at them! He has been sued, not once, but twice by the federal govt, for his actions in his real estate business against selling or renting to people of color.

All of this is well documented; you can find any of this for yourself. So why would anyone want this man to represent America or anyone with any moral fiber whatsoever? This man should be shunned by anyone who represents justice, morality, or fair play! This should be extended to a party willing to look away while these things are done because he can help them gain the power they crave! Power gained in this manner should tell you how corrupt the governing force they represent is going to be!

The Menace

Posted: October 13, 2022 in News and politics
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Yes, I am talking about Donald Trump! The January six insurrection and what we now know. The big lie about the last Presidential election. The people the man idolizes; Putin, Kim Jong-un, Alex Jones, to name a few he has publicly fawned over! 

The secret documents debacle! The fact that he had them at all or that we now know he moved them after receiving a subpoena to give them up! The fact that he said publicly that he owned them or that he declassified them with his mind should give any sane person pause. 

The women, do I need to mention the dozens of women he has sexually molested? Again! One or two against a rich man, ok, maybe they are motivated by money. But when the numbers reach 26 as they do in Trump’s case, some for actual rape, one of a tender age! Then you have to start to take these allegations seriously. If you do not, then there is something seriously wrong!

How about the fact that he hides his grades from the public! Or why he had to go to a military school. It was because he got kicked out of private school for grades and being a bully to younger kids! Look it up. The military school was not known for scholastics but more as a place to put incorrigibles. He was turned down because of his grades when he applied to Wharton. His brother pulled strings, in that case, to get him in. Even then, one of his professors said he was the most ignorant person he had ever seen in his class. Ill-prepared and arrogant! 

It is almost a certainty the man is a crook. He has is accused of overvaluing property to access loans, then undervaluing them to the IRS for taxes. He has been in court many times for non-payment to contractors for work done! His major scam was to threaten to take them to court so they would agree to take pennies on the dollar as they could not afford to fight him in court!

Racism! Well, it is documented that people of color had to remove themselves from his casino when he and his wife would visit. He has made public remarks overheard by many about people of color, brown, black, red, and Jewish people. He has been sued more than once by the federal govt for his racist policies selling and renting properties! 

The man is a habitual liar. Anything he thinks should have been bigger, grander, or just more, he claims it was. It is estimated that he has told over 30,000 lies in four years! So even if we cut that in half, still a bucket full by any standard! Commentators and fact-checkers have described the scale of his deceit as “unprecedented” in American politics. The consistency of these falsehoods became a distinctive part of his business and political identity! 

I know you have heard most of this from me before. But there is an election coming up. We need to stand up for decency, yes, democracy itself, in the upcoming elections. Against anyone who supports such a person, against anyone who does not see the evil for what it is, for anyone who does not recognize in history who and what this man resembles! 

Honor, Truth, Integrity, a Lost Art?

Posted: September 1, 2022 in News and politics
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Trump’s misleading or outright lies total over 30,000 over his four years in office. If you cut that in half to account for inaccuracies in reporting or misrepresentation, you still have a staggering 15,000 lies! My accounting finds most of the lies to be just that, lies. Trump lies even when the truth would help his cause! He has lied his entire life and does so without thought as an automatic response to any question! Crowds are always larger than facts show them to be! He always knows more than any expert on any subject. He does not read well, as is evident in many speeches where he has a teleprompter but utters incomprehensible sentences. He has demonstrated a lack of historical knowledge, and does not know where countries are located, sometimes not even what continent they are on! And this is all done in public speeches he had time to prepare for that you and I could watch!

Trump has demonstrated his racism time and time again. Long before he became a politician, he was sued by the federal government, not once, but twice, for his role in refusing to rent or sell to people of color! He has said, in public, that black and brown people are naturally too ignorant to be in business or to vote for him! The wording is not exact, as I got lazy and did not look this up again. My point is you can find the man on video telling lies that are easily refuted, making fun of the disabled, and name-calling his black, or in most cases, anyone who disagrees with him, like a grade school bully!

Then you have a political party that makes excuses, tells lies to cover Trump’s lies, and makes stuff up. True, both major parties do that, but the GOP has turned lying into an excepted political standard! Any Republican who dares to tell evident truths not approved by Trump is quickly demoted within the party and voted out of office. That is partially our fault, as we vote based on lies we could easily find the truth about; we do not want to because the facts do not fit our skewed views! That is not democracy by any standard.

I used to be a Republican. But the party I joined just before going to Nam as a Marine is not today’s party. Even then, I never voted a straight party ticket, but now I cannot find anything redeeming in a party I once belonged!

We have to get back to education as a priority! I have no university degrees. I am a product of automotive trade schools, factory training, and eventually teaching advanced automotive engine, computer systems, and five gas analysis with a dyno. I had a family, a mortgage, and after two tours in Nam and years overseas, some undiagnosed PTSD. I finally came to my senses and started going to school, but I needed the schooling to be immediate and make me money, as I now was a daddy, and as I said, a mortgage, two 4×4 trucks, a family car, a dirt and street bike, a boat, and lots of toys! But I did eventually start taking college-level classes and have always been a heavy reader! But, for a few years, instead of going to college, I raced motorcycles in the desert, became the crew chief of a winning race boat, and even fitted out my 4×4 to race, so money had to be made and play time had to be curtailed.

I love science, and I took political science classes in college and got high marks. That does not make me a person who is a professional! But I do try and look at both sides of a political dispute with an open mind. I admit I am a Trump hater, but that was so long before he entered politics. He was a bully, even in his teen years; you can find all kinds of information if you want to know the truth about the man, including his long and sordid reputation with women and young girls!

So when I see people almost worshipping a man who has a disgusting reputation, both in business and his personal life, hides his grades and taxes, well, anyone should be able to see the writing on the wall! And now he is going to run for President again! Come on! But that is for another day, as we now have an FBI investigation!

What Would You Do?

Posted: July 25, 2022 in News and politics
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So you are driving down the road, and your President is having a fit in the car, trying to grab the steering wheel and lunging at a secret service agent because he wanted to go back to the White House after the Stop the Steal rally and take his place as President again. So even though the agents this happened to told several people this story, they now deny it happened. It was reported that after Trump was taken back to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., he had a fit and through his lunch up against the wall! So the two agents involved are Trump loyalists, but then why would they tell this story in the first place! They would not have. And the text messages would not have disappeared for that time frame either! I mean, what an unbelievable farce that was! Just one example of many of a man who is not entirely sane!

Donald Trump admitted that after he flew to Iraq aboard Air Force One, he wanted to give himself the Medal of Honor — the country’s highest award for military valor in action — but was told he wasn’t allowed to! This is a man who definitely suffers from a narcissistic mental disorder. Just think about it logically for just a second. Is this the kind of thinking you want in a world leader! I think not!

Trump has at least 19 accusations of sexual assault. If you read the accounts, they have one thing in common in almost all instances. There was no conversation, just a grab, a kiss, or even a rape, without consent, or even flirting beforehand! It was always sudden and without remorse of any kind. Two cases were for actual rape, and one of those was an underage girl at a Jeffrey Epstein party. The other is a full-grown woman in a department store. From his mouth direct from the transcript live on air from the Billy Bush interview; Trump: “Yeah, that’s her. With the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Bush: Whatever you want.Trump: Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.” 

Again, how do you want this man representing you and your country to the world? This man hides his grades while claiming to be a genius. Trump hides his taxes, and it is known he misrepresents his holdings and may get his financial backing from Russian oligarchs. Hence his fight to keep his finances and taxes a secret. How much influence do foreign investors have over such a man? You need to know before you walk up to a ballot box and check off his name! He is famous for not paying his contractors or making them sue to get their money and paying pennies on the dollar for services rendered! He has a track record of racism and has been sued by the federal gov’t twice over this kind of action in his business practices.

I do not understand with the information available how you, or anyone, could entertain the idea of letting this man anywhere near the reins of power! I do not think he should be allowed to roam free, and I am not the only one to think that! I ask in the title, what would you do?

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