"Don't Believe Him"

The Nazis in the 1930's and 1940's used exactly the same propaganda tactic as is used by Trump:  repeat a lie over & over, and many people will come to believe it.  No evidence of truth required.  Our President does so almost every time he speaks.  He's a SERIAL LIAR.  Such is so obvious it's not only embarrassing, it's also painful and tragic to view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QLgLfqh6s

In the brilliant clip above, Ezra Klein explains with crystal clarity Trump's entire method of operation.  It's right-on-the-mark.  Don't miss it!

I see inklings of his supporters waking up to this scenario.  Not the smaller group of cult members, but rather the people who are fed up with the Establishment and thus voted for Trump just to vote against his opponent.  They seem to be rethinking their position, and voicing concern over his illegal and outrageous actions.  Good!

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Trump has made a great start toward his self-destruction

 1.  He continues to tout tariffs, falsely claiming the countries upon which they are imposed will foot the bill.  They won't.  The American businesses importing the goods will pay those tariffs.  In almost all cases, those costs will be passed on to consumers, you and me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2WVh-Ri8M&t=318s  [You may have to use the horizontal red line & dot to push the piece back to the start.]

2.  In addition to number 1 above, Trump & Crew's massive deportation of undocumented immigrants will have a negative effect on our economy.  People in business here hire those who emigrate to the USA.  The immigrants work for lower wages and most often take jobs not wanted by most American citizen workers.

3.  The Trump Admin claims that the citizen-birthright clause in the 14th Amendment needs to be "reinterpreted".  No, it doesn't.  It's blatantly clear:  if you're born here, you're a citizen of the USA.

4.  Trump continues to alienate allies of ours, including Canada, Mexico, Denmark and many others who do not kowtow to his threats, ridiculous proposals and lies.

5.  He is slashing social safety-net programs while ramping up ties to Oligarchs and the transfer of wealth to the Upper Crust of society.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHH-KI2yk8s&list=WL&index=75

6.  On the Environmental Front, Trump is a disaster beyond the pale.  To make things even worse, he is appointing Corporatists to run agencies (e.g., the EPA) which are despised by the new Head Honchos.  Expect more air and water pollution, as well as less cleanup of Superfund Toxic Sites.

7.  Some of the coming corruption---

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sYGSAHCoMig and

8.  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y6y1Tvy9FVc

All the above clips are short in length.  At least don't miss the last two on corruption.  They're especially short.

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Not only my opinion.  Be Well, and be a friction against the Oligarchy Machine.

With his recent ludicrous ideas, Trump is gaslighting again

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5pgB4RMOKk

When gaslighters get backed into a corner, one of the tactics they use to get free is this:  they change the subject of conversation.  Trump is a master of that tactic.

Prior to the last election, he boasted he would "bring down grocery prices" and "stop inflation".  After the election, he admitted to Mainstream Media such would be "hard to do" and "I can't guarantee anything". [See the 10-minute clip above.]  A short time after that, he changed the subject to laughable proposals about Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal.  Mainstream Media jumped onboard and let him off the hook re grocery prices, etc.

Once again, DJT has shown he's not a serious person.  Neither is he a statesman, a gentleman, or a philosophically grounded human being.  Except in the camps of dictators (or wannabe dictators), he's a laughingstock all around the world.]  [See the clip above.]

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This is highly probable: Hydrogen will not be an alternative fuel

 Here's why--- 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awN2w3sGj1w 

Sabine Hossenfelder, a German physicist, explains precisely why Hydrogen most likely will not be used as an alternative source of energy.  Because of her persuasive argument, I fully agree.  The video is only about seven minutes long, and is very convincing.

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China, Brazil, Argentina, the USA and more in relation to agriculture, tariffs, the economy and POWER

 This short video speaks for itself---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHRqR0jBt1s

The title is: 

$164 Billion Blow! China Officially Cancels U.S. Farming Trade!

 [It's less than 11 minutes long, but you do have to suffer through the beginning of a few Ads before you hit the "Skip" button.]

Agriculture, mining and forestry are the "producers" at the base of every economy's energy and monetary*** pyramid.  Agriculture is especially critical.  Watch the video at the link above to see how Power is shifting in the world economy.

***  https://steadystate.org/service-providers-in-the-trophic-theory-of-money/?blm_aid=122634

This only will get worse after Trump takes office in January.

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Biden & Crew apparently believe almost anything said by the extremist Netanyahu

 https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/26/michael_casey_resigns_over_gaza

Watch/listen to why a fifteen-year USA diplomat resigned from the State Department.  Several others also have done likewise, but we don't hear about it from the Mainstream/Corporate Media.

Casey was a frontline diplomat in the Israel-Gaza conflict.  He wrote numerous reports to the Upper Crust of the State Dept. detailing the war crimes of the Israeli military.  They were ignored.  Details are at the link above.

Israel continues to attack children, hospitals, schools, refugee shelters, ambulances, journalists, and basic infrastructure.  Biden & Crew continue their "ironclad support".  The tiny amount of humanitarian aid (food, water, medical supplies) which sometimes is allowed to get through to Gaza is grossly inadequate. People in Gaza are starving, dying from lack of medical care, and often being maimed or killed outright still to this day.  Where's compassion?

The entire scenario is a stain not only on Biden's Administration, but also on our country.  Yes, some are protesting and speaking out against this immoral Gaza policy, but not nearly enough.  Some world Leaders are boycotting Israel, but not enough.  What the Israeli Gov't is doing in Gaza is textbook genocide, and our Gov't is complicit in the execution of it.  There's a high probability that when Trump takes office, he'll make things even worse.

Watch the video at the link above, and then ask:  are the deaths of innocent people in Gaza simply "collateral damage"?  Keep in mind that genuine collateral damage is accidental.  The deaths in Gaza are are not such.  They are brought about on purpose.  The Israeli military knows children are in the hospitals, schools, shelters, etc., being attacked.  The excuse for the killing appears to be:  Hamas is hiding there, so we have no choice.  Really?!  There is, of course, always a choice in such matters.  No sane, ethical person would use such an excuse to murder innocent children.

Every government in the world should be shunning Netanyahu and boycotting Israel.  They should be doing so because millions of their citizens are demanding such actions.

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Not only my opinion.  Be Well, and be a friction against the Machine.

Here's what happens when capitalism is deregulated

Enron

Remember the 2005 Documentary, Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room?  [It's currently available on Amazon Prime, & probably elsewhere as well.]  Remember Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling?  Remember the criminal fraud?  Remember how many people lost their pensions?  Remember the concealment of Enron debt?  Remember the rolling blackouts in California due to the fraudulent manipulation of available energy by Enron "Traders", and the high price of electricity?  Remember how several Enron Executives each secured a Golden Parachute retirement just before the company bankruptcy?  It's all detailed in this riveting film.

Enron was founded in 1985 at the height of the Reagan-Thatcher Neoliberal DEREGULATION ERA.  The Execs in high positions soon developed totally bizarre financial derivatives/instruments/systems for Trading fossil energy.  Later, they appeared to be making massive profits for the company...because they were hiding massive debt.  The whole ponzi-like house-of-cards eventually collapsed.  The lives of hundreds of thousands of people (not only thousands of Enron employees, but employees in other companies, and consumers) were damaged significantly.

The 2007-09 Crash

Remember the 2015 film which dramatized the (commonly called) 2008 Crash, The Big Short with Christian Bale as Dr. Michael Burry?  Weird (and unregulated) private financial derivatives*** caused a financial meltdown felt around the world.  Real estate companies, banks, Wall Street Traders, bond rating agencies, and others all contributed to creating the fiasco.  The groundwork for it all developed during the Clinton Administration CORPORATE DEMOCRATS ERA and the Dubya Bush DEREGULATION ERA.  Millions of people were severely impacted.

***During the Bill Clinton Administration/Presidency, an attempt was made by Brooksley Born (Head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission - CFTC - and an American Hero) to have such derivatives regulated by the CFTC.  Wall Street, Alan Greenspan, Larry Summers, and many other Clinton Admin officials fiercely and savagely opposed her efforts, and they won.  Too bad for Main Street, again.  Even today OTC financial derivatives are barely regulated, especially those used by securities & insurance firms.

Bottom Line

When combined with various public functions and facilities in a Mixed Economy, and when closely regulated, I believe Capitalism is a valuable economic system.  Unregulated, or even deregulated just a bit, Capitalism is a monumental disaster and an extreme danger to Main Street.  History supports such a contention.  Too bad for Main Street that the incoming Trump Crew is planning to push for unprecedented deregulation.  Too bad, indeed.

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