Melania and the Epstein Debacle

It isn’t enough for Democrat and liberal muckrakers to continue to spin the Epstein Files in order to implicate Donald Trump. Now, in an act of  desparation, they want to drag Melania Trump into this obscene display of disgusting behavior.

Where were the media and the Democrats while they controlled both Houses of Congress AND the Presidency? Does the Sound of Silence strike a chord in order to hide your hypocrisy?

Only now, since you have failed to present an alternative to the successful Trump Administration agenda which has proven to benefit Americans, do you bring up old, stale and tired talking points, hoping something will stick and hurt Republicans and Trump in the mid-terms.

American voters are not stupid in spite of the BS Chuckles and Hiccup keep spewing. And they have proven to us that they are only good at trying to deceive.and keep failing.

Now, once again, the Democrats and their media goons are trying to tangle that proverbial web in order to deceive by using the First Lady who addressed the entire Epstein scandal yesterday by giving a speech to the media.

Immediately thereafter, the media, Democrats and others took to their bullhorn to ridicule her. Of course. That is what they know; denigrate her as loud as possible rather than look in the mirror to see their own failures.

Are they so fearful to see and hear the truth when it is said by a strong woman? Rather than admit they were wrong, they criticize the messenger, in the hopes this will resonate, instead.

And in an effort to smear her reputation, they are creating memes to attempt to succeed in their deception. Right. From the party who defends ALL women.

Oh, wait! She isn't a woman who apparently deserves the same respect given to women who believe as they do. Such true misogyny by the leftists in the media and Democrats.

The first lady has been just as aggressive in her legal fights, winning Epstein-related retractions and apologies from the Daily Beast and James Carville, for their false reporting 

And thank you, Melania for calling them out; they and other anti-Trump synchophants have shown their true colors by trying to slink like snakes into their mud holes when confronted with the truth.

The Failure of No Bail Laws

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Whether you believe DeCarlo Brown Jr is an illegal immigrant or not really is not an issue. He is the individual accused, via onboard video recordings, of stabbing twenty-three year old Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutzka to death last August.

According to a motion filed April 7, Brown was evaluated December 29 at Central Regional Hospital, and the subsequent report determined he was not competent to stand trial, according to WBTV. His attorney has asked the court to delay his competency hearing by 180 days.

He allegedly atabbed his victim on a Charlotte light rail train and has been found “incapable to proceed” on state murder charges. Brown has been in federal custody in Chicago since a grand jury indicted him on October 22 for violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system causing death, which is a federal crime.

Brown has been arrested fourteen times in North Carolina for crimes ranging from assault and firearms possession to felony robbery dating back to 2007.

At the time of the senseless attack in late August, he was free on the failed liberal "cashless bail" law after a magistrate released him with a “written promise” to show up for court after placing a bogus 911 call.

"No bail" or "cashless bail" laws (also known as pretrial reform) replace money-based release with risk-based assessments, aiming to prevent detention based solely on poverty. These laws, enacted in places like Illinois, California; Maryland and New York, and many other blue states, aim to reduce jail populations by releasing defendants for many, but not all, crimes, focusing on public safety and flight risk rather than wealth.

And of course, bleeding heart liberal judges have been too lenient, taking wide latitude and interpretation, as they give repeat offenders a free pass to commit crimes again, while not holding them accountable. Expecting the criminal to return to court voluntarily on the assigned court date.

This case highlights the failure of  a liberal, compassionate conception which, instead, has proven to be a hallucinating delusion. One is daydreaming if he or she thinks a repeat offender would follow a warped reality.

Cashless and No-Bail laws have been tried and have been proven to be failures in order to create an "enlightened" society which sees good in people, while overlooking victims' rights. 

The better option would make the criminal justice system more efficient by expediting the entire process by giving justice and fairness for all concerned, by actually following the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution which guarantees a speedy trial.

It is time to recognize that another altruistic ideal by America's left belongs in the trash heap of unsuccessful and inauspicious liberal fantasies.

A Ceasefire MUST Include a Path to Humanity

As of 8:00 PM EDT Tuesday, the US, Israel and its Middle East allies, entered into a two-week ceasefire with Iran, with the assistance of Pakistan, Egypt, and several other nations. It is contingent on the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with no encumbrance.

The immediate impact was a $41.00 drop in the price of oil futures from Tuesday's close of $113 a barrel, and an immediate spike on stock prices across the world.

As it was announced, the Nikkei 225 surged over 4%, with prices exceeding 56,000 in early trading. The index saw sharp gains, rising approximately 2,500 points at one point from the previous close of 53,429.

The Dow futures are up 1,308 points after an uncertain day which resulted in a drop of almost 86 points. Some breathing room for investors with this announcement.

But of course, it is early and not  actually on rock-solid ground. Any mishap would blow it all up. But it is a hopeful start.

Presently, the US has fifteen conditions on the table, while Iran has countered with ten of its own. As President Trump indicated when he stopped the clock on the countdown to the next phase of the war, it was all subject to negotiation.

For now, the ceasefire is tenuous, at best. If no one has the stupidity to allow a mishap to occur due to shaken nerves, or innate hatred, the chances for a permanent ceasefire increase exponentially with each passing day.

The military objectives have been met, with no chance for a resumption of nuclear weapons development by Iran. In addition, its missile capability has been virtually destroyed, where other gulf nations are no longer threatened.

But all sides must remember that the hopes for freedom and a return to the liberties lost are paramount to the NINETY MILLION SOULS who have lived under this tyranny for forty-seven years. With a theocratic dictatorship to fear. The removal of that fear was a HUGE promise which was made back in December.

That promise MUST be kept in order for this war to have meant something to all the victims who sacrificed their lives by hanging, or gunfire, or other means of torture and death by the IRGC and the evil Islamic regime. It must be a non-negotiable requisite to NEVER happen again for the US and its allies to demand from Iran in order to accept any deal.

A long-term ceasefire is meaningless unless a final path to humanity is realized.

Another Childhood Food Bites the Dust

This was a startling bit of news which came as a surprise. For a lot of Americans, this one is going to sting, as Coca-Cola is discontinuing Minute Maid's frozen juice concentrates in the US and Canada, ending a product line that goes back about 80 years and lived in countless family freezers.

Certainly; many Boomers were raised on Minute Maid orange juices and other frozen canned juices and drinks.

These were not just random grocery items. Minute Maid's frozen concentrates, especially orange juice and lemonade, were a genuine staple for generations of kids who remember watching a parent pry open a little paper-and-metal can, dump the icy concentrate into a pitcher, and add water before breakfast.

People Magazine reported that the lineup being phased out includes orange juice, lemonade, limeade, pink lemonade, and raspberry lemonade.

Coca-Cola's explanation is straightforward, even if longtime fans will not love it. The company explained during a press conference that it is ending the frozen products business because consumer tastes have changed, and it wants to focus on products that better match current demand. 

It makes sense: profit margins have declined over the years as Coca-Cola continued to offer this as a viable sales product. But recently, internal reports have confirmed that numbers are in the red.

The decision also reflects a bigger change in how Americans buy juice.  The Associated Press reported that Minute Maid helped make orange juice a year-round breakfast staple back in 1946, but now Coca-Cola says shoppers increasingly prefer fresh juices instead. In other words, the freezer-can format that once felt modern now looks like a relic of another grocery era.

So while Coca-Cola sees the move as a business decision, many shoppers are experiencing it as the quiet end of a childhood icon. And for anyone who grew up with that unmistakable little can in the freezer door, it really does feel like the end of an era.

Just another product from our youth which has gone by the wayside. Like Jell-O Pudding Pops, Post Alpha-Bits and Sen-Sen.

Seeing the Islamic Republic as Nazi Germany

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We can all admit that war is hell. Many people, including Pope Leo, have called for the US and Israel to stand down and return to the negotiating table to find a solution with Iran.

On the surface, that is a noble idea. But then, that was the position which Neville Chamberlain foolishly took, thinking Hitler was a man of integrity. And after forty-seven years, the Ayatollah and his Mullahs are like Hitler, proving they, too, are liars who negotiate while still going after what they want.

The Islamic Republic has used the function of diplomacy as a delay tactic while continuing to develop missiles, a navy, the IRGC, proxies in other countries, and finally, striving to obtain workable nuclear weapons, all while smiling at the negotiating table, in order to terrorize its neighbors into submission. And until now, it worked.

President Trump attempted to get Iran to cease and desist. But, the regime continued to lie and dissemble, until its negotiators thought it was able to get Trump and the US to stand down by claiming Iran had enough nuclear grade material to make eleven weapons.

As if that fear would be enough for Iran to  control the negotiations, as it did with other Presidents.

And at the same time, over the previous few months, the  regime managed to murder upwards of 30,000 protesters who wanted more rights , and freedoms, which were denied for all these years.

Ironically, this was the same method of control the Nazis used against Jews and others who protested, or who were considered defiant. Or “inferior”.

The world turned a blind eye to the Nazis until it no longer could. Similarly, it was evident that at least some could no longer stand by and allow the Islamic occupiers of Iran continue to act without consequence of their crimes.

If one looks at war as always being  wrong, without looking at ALL the facts, while you might be altruistic, you are also naive. Sometimes, there are reasons for a “just war”. Like this one.

The regime is reliving the Holocaust, where “undesirable Jews and others”, who were murdered by the Nazis in ovens and gas chambers, are now murdered by the theocratic Islamic Republic in the public square by hanging from cranes for all to witness “their crime against God”. Why could anyone ignore this crime against humanity and give a pass to these satanic monsters?

It is time to save innocents from further torture by those who have no regard for life, and by saving humanity  from those who maintain some perverse belief that killing “infidels” will get them to heaven faster. Like this one is.

You can disagree and that is your right. But answering the pleas from those who cried out for help and relief from continued torture is the more humane act.

All through history, countless groups have been subservient to those who conquered them, removing the ability for oppressed people to defend themselves. The history has been repeated by the Romans, the Huns, the British, the Nazis, the Communists  and the Islamists. Only when some came to the aid of others, where the shackles of oppression were removed.

This is history repeating itself once again, where some have seen wrong and tried to right it. The US, Israel and several Arab states are united to free the Iranian people from the tyranny they have lived under for forty-seven years. 

Once upon a time, our forefathers, who  led a revolution against a tyrant, had the help of several countries to give them an opportunity to declare independence and decide a future for themselves. The alliance to give Iranians a chance to chose a different destiny for themselves are doing the same.

But, since Iranians don’t have the means to do it themselves, we at least are giving them a fair shot. When it is over, we can celebrate and entrust Iran will be able to join the nations who will respect sanity, rather than totalitarianism and cruel theocracy, once again.

Several Bible verses offer hope for freedom from tyranny, emphasizing God’s protection, liberation from oppression, and the establishment of righteousness. Key verses include Psalm 72:14 (freedom from tyranny and torture), Isaiah 54:14 (a promise of being established in righteousness, far from oppression), and Galatians 5:1 (Christ setting us free).

Like the war to free the world  from the evils of Nazi Germany, this is what the War against the Islamic Republic is all about. It is time to recognize why it is waged and stop saying it is about US military domination. 

Soon, the world will be free of another tyrannical and evil regime.

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Watching Mamdani Stumble to His Ultimate Failure

It is becoming evident that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani doesn’t know what he is doing. He is increasingly alienating even some of his most ardent supporters on the City Council.

And that takes a lot considering many of them are equally Socialist in their beliefs.

Peeved City Council members roundly ripped Mamdani after he used one of his slick social-media videos Wednesday to call out Speaker Julie Menin by name and wrongly portray her budget proposal, an alternative to his doomsday version, as slashing billions of dollars from city agencies.

This is not the first time Mamdani has had a run-in with the City Council or its Speaker. Previously, I spoke about his altercation with Speaker Menin and key members of the Council in my commentary, Stopping  Mamdani where he criticized the Department of Health over its “Global Oppression Working Group” and whether taxpayer funds were misused.

Instead, Mamdani is focused on his primary agenda which has become more clear as he moves the city toward a more anti-Semitic and Socialist mirror of other American cities like Dearborn or Minneapolis. 

This latest brouhaha erupted as Menin and City Council members released their official response earlier Wednesday to Mamdani’s $127 billion proposed 2027 budget.

Their alternate spending plan argued Mamdani’s projected $5.4 billion budget shortfall could be bridged with a mix of re-estimated revenues, savings and creative funding sources, and without resorting Hizzoner’s preferred method of taxing the rich.

A unnamed council source said Mamdani risked burning bridges with lawmakers over standard disagreements during budget negotiations.

“Speaker Menin did her job, and the mayor responded with a wild personal attack, and that’s going to affect his relationship with the entire council moving forward,” the source said.

Mamdani is reportedly preparing to hire a slew of additional staffers who could cost taxpayers $10 million, after previously claiming the city was facing a critical budget deficit. 

The New York Post reported Wednesday that Mamdani plans to hire at least 79 more workers to support his "pet projects."

As for the relationship between Mamdani and Governor Krazy Kat Hochul, they continue  to maintain a pragmatic, productive alliance focused on shared priorities like affordable housing and child care expansion. Despite ideological differences, particularly on taxing the wealthy, they have established a collaborative working relationship with intense, ongoing communication between their teams.

The partnership is seen as a crucial, closely monitored alignment between the moderate state executive and the progressive city administration. 

He is counting on her willingness to continue to support his aggressive Socialist agenda. But she is looking at her own political  survival as she is deep into her own re-election campaign; and she knows her support for Mamdani does not play well with voters outside of New York City.

He has already destroyed any chance for a constructive relationship with the City Council. Will he be able to salvage his relationship with Krazy Kat as her chances to be re-elected continue to waffle?

By the end of June, the questions will all be answered.

Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before

Yesterday, we witnessed an event we haven't seen since Apollo 17, launched on December 7, 1972, where humans last were sent to the Moon. It was a twelve-day mission, launched on a 363-foot Saturn V rocket, which had been the most powerful vehicle of the time.

In comparison, the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule stand 322 feet (98 meters) tall when fully stacked, roughly equivalent to a 30-story building. It is shorter than the 363-foot Apollo-era Saturn V, but is the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA.

The crew, which by itself is historic and consists of four astronauts manning the ten-day mission around the Moon: Commander Reid Wisenan, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. This crew includes the first woman (Koch), the first Black astronaut (Glover), and the first non-US citizen (Hansen) to fly to the Moon.

The ten-day trip will not involve a moon landing at this time; however, it will feature the farthest humanity ever traveled beyond Terra Firma. These heroes will travel around the Moon, about 4,700 miles behind the Moon, easily breaking the previous 158-mile mark set by the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft during its lunar journey in 1970.

Similar to Apollo 13, the mission will use a free-return trajectory, a type of orbital path in which a spacecraft travels from a primary body (like Earth) to a secondary body (like the Moon) and returns to the primary body using gravity alone, requiring no additional propulsion. This maneuver uses the Moon’s gravity to slingshot the spacecraft back toward Earth, typically forming a figure-8 shape.

The knowledge we have learned since the earliest days of the space age is astounding, and much of it will be applied in this flight. As humans, across many nations, we have achieved many successes in space and suffered several tragedies. But humanity's quest for knowledge is is a goal which cannot be diminished.

These four people will learn more about our Solar System during this trip, than all people who ever lived who gazed at the stars and wondered what was beyond. They will look out into the deep reaches of space, well beyond the safety of Earth and Moon to see what no one saw before from that distance.

Fiction showed us in 1966 what humanity would witness in the twenty-third century. Over the next ten days, four people will actually take the first look what is clearly out there from a distance never before traveled.

Godspeed Artemis for a great journey to the beyond and for a safe return to tell us what you saw.