What's The Plan?

The Republicans can't win a fair election and they know it. Too many people are onto them.

This isn't really new. This has been the case for years. That's why they have an election playbook. Yeah, they rely on it and it works for them.

First gerrymander the shit out of every district in the country.

Then, suppress voting.

Engage in dirty tricks - campaigns based upon lies, distortions and misinformation.

Of course dark money is what funds it all.

And they have an ace up your sleeve, a kicker, in case all else fails.

In 2016, the Republicans tried something entirely new. They ran a man with no political experience - an overt racist, a world class misogynist, a man accused of pedophilia, a man with ties to organized crime, a man who failed at everything he did, a man who was not beyond working with our enemies to thwart our democratic process. A man who they hated.

And he won? Let's not go there. Let's just say he lost the popular vote by over 3,000,000 votes. Who really won was apparent to everyone with an IQ - any IQ.

The fact that they hated Trump and knew he was a Russian asset didn't get in their way. They embraced him and used him. He was a world class imbecile and they were willing to let him serve as a distraction while they pursued their own agenda.

They also thought they could control him, but instead they were contaminated by him. He's toxic. Hell, he's the anti-Christ.

In less than 4 months we will go to the polls. The Republicans know they can't win no matter how much they interfere with this election. What's a party of hacks who were willing to sell out their country and betray their oaths of office to do? What comes after treason? Basically, the Republicans are left with 3 options.

Donny and his wingnuts clearly have a plan. Simply put, start a race war - a new Civil War. Remember Charles Manson? 

Create violence and chaos on an unprecedented national level and then declare martial law to restore order to the land. In the process suspend the elections.

If you can pull this off, your election problem is over. Go directly to fascism.

Too extreme? Not to worry. Run someone else. Justin Amash was the most recent Republican to try and pull this off. His campaign died before it got started. The Republicans missed their opportunity to replace Trump on the ticket and were not up for a 3rd party challenger. But hey, it's an option.

Which brings up plan 3. Accept total loss. Go with the flow. Let Biden and the Democrats have total control. This is risky unless their failure is assured - their failure must also be total, because the heart of this plan is to taking back everything in 2024.

What would it take to insure a total loss for the Democrats in 2024? It would take a monumental national catastrophe - nothing short of a total economic collapse.

As it happens, the market crashed in March and it's been on life support from the Fed ever since. It's being artificially maintained. The Republicans are hoping to prevent its inevitable crash until after the elections.

 

Let's go back to that first plan, the fascism plan. Turns out it's a two part plan. The second part is known as Obamagate. Barr manages Obamagate. Yeah, Barr - the killer of justice.

Barr's: prevented criminal actions from going forward; instructed his staff to withdraw cases in which American traitors and foreign agents have already been convicted and/or plead guilty; repeatedly going to court to prevent Congress from getting evidence relevant to its Constitutional oversight responsibilities.

Barr is Trump's personal wrecking ball.

Obamagate is an investigation into an alleged coup involving Obama and others (the  deep state) in an attempt to  take over the country. It would be another argument for enacting martial law. It can't be done without Barr.

Moving on: if the Republicans went with plan 3, who might their candidate be? I think Liz has been thinking about running for President all along. For her, it's a matter of planning and patience.

Do the Democrats have a plan? Biden does. Joe's already running a competent campaign. He's experienced, intelligent and patriotic.

But what about the rest of the Democrats? We turned out and gave them the House in 2018.

They proceeded not to Impeach Trump after Mueller gave them a gift wrapped Impeachment package. Yep, had they done that, we wouldn't be hearing about Obamagate today.

Barr is committing Impeachable crimes weekly, if not daily. Are the House Democrats going to ignore that too? Could they at least try to protect us and prevent further damage to our rule of law? Is our Constitution worth fighting for?

We are learning now that Trump was informed about Russia placing bounties on the heads our troops - U.S. Armed Forces members deployed in the Middle East. Trump learned about it last year. He took no action against Russia. Instead he's lobbying to allow Russia back into the G8 and reduce our forces in Germany. Is treason still considered an Impeachable offense?

As a citizen I've joined with others in a larger plan. Please join us in November. We can still act, even if the politicians won't.

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Tim Alberta Got Nothin' On Rick Wilson

Tim Alberta wrote about the Republican Party vis-à-vis Donald Trump. In "American Carnage" Tim interviews lots of prominent Republicans a la an investigative reporter.

Rick Wilson wrote "Every Thing Trump Touches Dies". He took a different approach.

Rick approaches the topic differently - more a la Gallagher.

Tim prefers using a dental pick, magnifying glasses, and oral lamp in his inquiries.

He goes straight to the horse's mouth to get his material and make his case.

Rick takes a risible "release the Kraken" approach.

Rick really doesn't like Donald Trump - ergo the title he used for his book. Rick also has a really big bone to pick with the Republican Party.

Rick is angry with Republicans for betraying Conservatism.

Rick is a Conservative ideologue. I don't believe he would agree with me on that. I think he would say he's a real Conservative.

It doesn't matter. Rick takes apart Trump and those who surround Trump. He is the ultimate sports caster giving moment to moment reports on Trump's demolition derby - the farce that's been masquerading as our Executive Branch.

Ironically, I watched "Hitler's Circle Of Evil" on Netflix while I was finishing Rick's book. This docudrama has a lot in common with ETTD.

I recommend both Alberta's and Wilson's books. I also recommend the above mentioned docudrama. There's a lot of insightful information in all three. Equally important for me, all three raise the issues of morality and ethics.

Rick goes after Trump with gusto. He has a large vocabulary and is skilled in artful/entertaining critiques. I don't often get to laugh when I read about Trump. Thank you Rick.

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The Theory Of Everything - 24 Was The Charm

I've read dozens of books since Trump was elected, all in an effort to understand what exactly is happening. I'm not comfortable with chaos and chaos is all I've had to work with.

I read books having to do with Russia, the Kochs, personal reports, political theory, bureaucracy, crime, investigation, the Constitution and whatever else seemed relevant.

I started this blog on January 1, 2017. I've written hundreds of essays. I've surrendered myself to the Spirit and accepted the responsibilities as prophet of the Church of the Holy Moly.

I simply wanted to make sense of everything. Making sense of everything was my quest. I was looking for the Holy Grail of understanding.

If Diogenes was doomed in his quest for a single honest man, how much harder was my task? How long would it take me? I was already in my 70s. What were the odds?

As it turns out, my odds were good. I found the unifying theory. It was all there neatly packaged and eloquently articulated in the 24th book I read. Yes, 24 was the charm.

24 was "Blowout" by Rachel Maddow. Who knew? Who woulda' thunk it?

The Theory of Everything has everything to do with oil and gas. Yeah, oil and gas and the industry that controls the production of oil and gas. To be more specific, it has everything to do with the people who have controlled and currently control that industry and the corporations they represent.

From its very beginning, the oil and gas industry has sought to control the oil and gas resources of this planet.

The oil and gas industry is not a geopolitical entity. It is a profit driven industry. It competes with democratic geopolitical entities such as the United States.

These private and public corporations don't like regulation and they don't like being taxed.

They want to do whatever they want without interference and without regard for the destruction they cause to our lives, our environment and our planet.

Our futures are being sacrificed for their profits.

To protect their control and their profits, they spend whatever they have to in order to buy politicians and governments.

Democracies are their number one problem. Buying a dictator is easy peasy compared to buying all the people who are elected and dependent upon voters for their re-election.

Dang those constitutional democracies and their voting citizens. Kleptocracy and dictatorship are where it's at.

So what if supporting a dictator or corrupting a politician creates misery, death, species extinction and planetary destruction.

I mean who's gonna' stand in their way? Who is there to oppose them?

Here are some simple facts to keep in mind for the purpose of this discussion:

1. The oil and gas industry is the richest industry on Earth.

2. The oil and gas industry is driven by profits.

3. Russia has some of the largest oil and gas resources in the world.

4. Russia is a kleptocracy run by a ruthless dictator.

5. Putin's criminal actions have brought Russia to the brink of economic ruin.

6. American oil and gas companies want to exploit Russia's oil and gas resources.

7. American oil and gas companies were on the verge of concluding an extremely profitable, multi-billion dollar, deal with Russia when Russia invaded Ukraine. Rex Tillerson negotiated that deal.

8. Russia's invasion of Ukraine resulted in the United States placing economic sanctions on Russia that precluded American oil and gas companies from making deals with Russia.

9. American financial institutions are also interested in making deals with Russian kleptocrats.

10. The sanctions make it very difficult for Putin and his mob to launder all the money they have stolen from the Russian people.

11. Getting rid of sanctions is the key to opening up a vastly profitable Russian fossil fuel market to American oil and gas companies, and American financial institutions.

12. There was bi-partisan support for the sanctions on Russia before the 2016 elections.

13. Russia needed to get rid of the sanctions and it started pouring millions into the pockets of American politicians and the groups that supported them.

14. American oil and gas companies, and American financial institutions have also been pouring millions into the pockets of American politicians all along.

15. Ukraine is vital to the distribution of Russia's oil and gas.

16. Russia supplies many of our European allies with oil and gas.

17. Russian oil and gas flows to Europe through Ukraine.

18. Putin and the Russian kleptocrats siphon off much of the money that Russia pays to Ukrainian oil and gas middlemen.

19. Ukrainian oil and gas middlemen are part of the Russian mob.

20. Russia's desire for expansion is kept in check by the EU and NATO.

21. Turkey is a member of NATO.

22. Syria is bordered on the North by Turkey and on the East by Iraq.

23. The Middle East is rich in oil and gas natural resources.

24. Saudi Arabia is rich in oil and gas natural resources.

25. Saudi Arabia and Iran are competing for control in the Middle East.

26. Iran is allied with Syria and Yemen.

27. Saudi Arabia sits between Syria, Iraq and Iran in the North and Yemen in the South.

28. Northern Iraq is primarily Kurdish and North Eastern Syria has lots of Kurds.

29. Turkey regards the Kurds as a threat.

30. The Industrial Revolution, transformed the geopolitics on our planet.

31. Industrialized nations dominated non-industrialized nations in their attempts to secure vital natural resources.

32. The Industrial Revolution requires fossil fuels in order to continue.

33. Today's fossil fuels of choice are oil and gas. Initially it was coal.

Simply put, following the flow of oil and gas is essential to understanding geopolitics on the planet Earth. It's been this way since oil and gas replaced coal as the fuel of choice for the Industrialized nations.

Who's got the fossil fuels, who wants them, how they are transported and who opposes their use and distribution is fundamental to understanding everything.

It also helps to understand what is driving the boys who are currently controlling our oil and gas industry.

It also helps to understand how our geopolitical leaders see the world and how they strategize.

Oil and gas are converted to money. Money is the universal currency. The money boys and girls running our financial services industry want anything that interferes with their ability to profit from manipulating and laundering money stopped.

Oil and gas are the most valuable commodities on Earth, so the people controlling our oil and gas industries want anything that impedes or interferes with their producing and distributing oil and gas stopped.

They want an end to all regulation. They want to drill in deep water. They want to frack and drill everywhere. They don't care if they cause earthquakes, pollute the air and water, and jeopardize our health.

The oil and gas folks also want to eliminate any threat to their control of energy. They don't want renewable energy or electric and hydrogen powered cars.

One of the first things Ronald Reagan did after being elected President was have the Solar Panels installed by Jimmy Carter removed from the White House.

There are vast amounts of oil and gas that can be converted to money in Russia and sanctions are preventing that from happening.

Vladimir Putin wants the sanctions lifted. All his plans are stymied as long as they are in place.

The key to lifting the sanctions on Russia can be found in Ukraine. If Ukraine welcomes Russia's occupation, that would mitigate or eliminate the reason for sanctioning Russia. 

If we can pressure the Ukrainian President into surrendering to Russian intrusion by withholding the funds we promised for Ukrainian security and defense, the sanctions might be lifted.

If we send a non-government emissary to coerce the Ukraine President, all the better.

He is not as easily restricted from working with Russian mobsters. If one of those mobsters is being held awaiting extradition to the United States for crimes he committed here, all the better, because that mobster is willing to pay big money to stop from being deported.

Rudy can also get help and guidance from Trump's former campaign manager who was had worked with Ukrainian mobsters to get Russian puppets elected and put in control of Ukraine. Paul has an incentive to do anything he can to further Trump's wishes since he is currently in prison and hoping for a pardon.

Paul knew who to steer Rudy to and instructed Rudy on how to approach the Russian mob. Firtash funded some of his own associates and they actually hired Rudy, who was Trump's personal attorney at the time. It helped that these boys were already known to Trump and others in his administration.

This all exploded when Firtash's thugs were arrested at the airport getting ready to board a plane to Vienna. They were eating lunch with Rudy in the airport immediately prior to their planned for departure.

Rudy was working with these guy to get our former ambassador to Ukraine removed. Ambassador Yovanovich was competent, honest and loyal to the U.S. 

She would not go along with any plan to either extort the Ukrainian President into acceding to Putin's wishes or launch a bogus investigation to smear Joe Biden, who Trump was worried about as his main political adversary in 2020.

Trump had also ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry, European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland and special envoy Kurt Volker to work with Rudy to get Yovanowich removed. Those boys actually referred to themselves as the Three Amigos.

Trump also got Mike Pence, William Barr, Mike Pompeo and Mick Mulvaney involved in coercing Ukrainian President Zelensky to investigate Biden. Barr even went to Italy to pressure the Italian President to investigate Biden.

Oh my! It's easy to get lost in this maze of crime and treachery. Let's jump over to Turkey.Turkey is not as confusing. Mike Flynn, who was Trump's National Security Adviser, was arrested and convicted of crimes related to secret work he was doing for Erdogan.

Robert Mueller successfully prosecuted both Manafort and Flynn. Their crimes were uncovered during his investigation of Russian interference during our 2016 elections.

This is all documented in "The Mueller Report".

Flynn was working to get a Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, sent back to Turkey because Erdogan believed Gulen was responsible for orchestrating a coup to remove Erdogan from power.

Caving in to Turkey by withdrawing our troops from Syria and abandoning our allies, the Kurds, gave Russia effective control of Syria and allowed Erdogan to kill or drive Kurds from Syria's border.

There is no country in the Middle East that can stand up to us militarily. We are the world's foremost nuclear power. Our concern in the Middle East was motivated by the oil and gas resources in the area.

Now the world's second largest nuclear power has replaced us in the Middle East without firing a shot. Putin wants to control the world's oil and gas supplies. He want's to break the back of the EU and destroy NATO in the process.

Toward that end, he has found the perfect opportunist - a failed businessman who has resorted to crime and treason to stave off bankruptcy - a two bit punk - an imbecile motivated by greed - a narcissistic psychopath who cares for no one.

In the interest of brevity, I am glossing over all this. There is simply too much information to process and present in a single blog post.

What can be said in a single sentence is that underneath all this insanity, crime and intrigue is the desire to extract, process and transport oil and gas unimpeded by legitimate geopolitical and environmental concerns.

Thank you Rachel Maddow for providing us with a thoughtful, intelligent book that is simple to understand.

The men who control our oil and gas industry are fracturing our planet in an effort to extract the oil and gas they so desire.

Maximizing profits doesn't justify the destruction these men cause. Enabling brutal dictators in pursuit of those profits in inexcusable.

Maybe oil and gas were buried deep inside the Earth for a reason.

Rachel's eloquence is beyond my ability to summarize adequately. I have chosen 3 sentences to quote.

"Russia's Resource Curse has become a malignant tumor spreading through the rest of the world." Chapter 27, "ALL THEY HAVE IS THIS", Page 336

"The real genius of the oil and gas industry is the magic trick it does - again and again - in which it uses the hugely remunerative prospect of oil and gas profits to hypnotize otherwise sentient landowners and lawmakers and even whole countries into plighting their troth to the drillers."
Chapter 28, "CONSTITUENCY TRUMPS EVERYTHING", Page 347

"That's how we get the twin engines of petroleum powered governance, which suck the life out of democracies everywhere: corruption, in which the industry effectively owns politicians; and capture, in which the industry effectively owns the whole government."
Chapter 28, "CONSTITUENCY TRUMPS EVERYTHING", Page 347

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