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Mark’s Tight Rope Act
Mark Carney is continuing his invest in Canada tour and is currently in Australia. With Iran, he is doing a tight rope act trying to please everybody.
He is supporting Trump’s attack on Iran, for now. But it has limits. He gave the following reason for his support.
“We took a position because we view the nuclear threat and the export of terrorism of Iran over decades as one of the gravest threats to international peace and security.”
He then threw in a but.
“In that limited sense we supported that aspect. That is not a blank cheque. That is not us participating. That is not us asking for something in exchange for that [support]. That is a just a straight up position.”
Mark Carney then went back to his Davos theme, in that he is simply accepting the world as it is and not as he wishes it to be.
Many in the conservative party were initially attacking him. How could he support an attack where a number of civilians have died? They were claiming that he had failed as a leader. Carney’s clarification should quell those complaints.
Mark Carney is basically distancing himself from what happens from here. It all depends on how Trump carries out the war. All Carney has done is say that he supports the reason why the attack had to happen.
If only America had a leader like Mark Carney. But unfortunately, they don’t.
That’s all I have for today.
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Trouble Days
Donald, how is the whole Iran thingy working out for you. When you started off this whole thing, at the beginning of the weekend together with Netanyahu, I thought you had a plan in place. Boy was I naïve.
The idea was sound. Get rid of the regime, or so I thought. Destabilizing the country, Iran I mean not the US and eliminating funding and weapons to the proxies such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
Now it comes out that you had no plan and no goal either apparently. Your team are stepping over themselves identifying why the attacks began. The reasons range from eliminating the regime, eliminating nuclear capability. I thought you did that with the attack a number of months ago. You also came out with a lie that Iran was six days away from developing a nuclear bomb. You also came up with a lie that Iran was close to having the capability of firing missiles at the US homeland.
Yesterday you came up with a whopper of a lie. That Iran wanted to talk to you now. Iran pretty well said that was a lie and now you’re saying that you’re not gonna talk to Iran. Which is it?
Old videos of you were coming out which are not making you look good. There’s a video of you back in 2011 saying that Obama was gonna attack Iran because he is a lousy negotiator. Also, Donald, do you remember when you said there’s no way that the US would have boots on the ground. Now you’re saying you are not ruling it out. Holy Iraq, Batman.
Donald only you are capable of snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. I had hopes for you on this one, Donald, I really did. Iran has struck back at a number of places. The Dow Jones is tanking this morning, down 1100 as I chirp this. Gas prices are up. Also, Israel is sending forces into southern Lebanon. Steve Bannon must be so proud of you right now. You know how he likes to shake things up. Well, things are pretty shaken up.
I guess you didn’t also plan on the fact that your own MAGA base is upset with you for attacking Iran. You know with this whole America first thing and all.
One more thing, Donald. The whole Epstein thing is still around. Have a nice day Donald. I wonder what fresh hell tomorrow will bring.
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Another Monday
Just another typical Monday. CNN website headline ‘ war spirals in the Middle East’. The Dow is down 300. Three US military aircraft shot down by accident. An Iranian minister asking what the justification for the bombings were. Oil prices spiking. Hezbollah attacking Israel.
Members on both sides on the political aisle, saying that Trump should’ve gone to Congress to get authorization to go to war. That one puzzles me. The surprise attack did kill close to 50 Iranian leaders who had gathered together on Saturday. Now if Trump had gone to Congress first, this would’ve been public. These leaders would never have gotten together the way they did because they would’ve had advanced warning. But that is just me.
More good news. Trump says that this could last for a month. Washington is now saying that regime change is not the goal of this war. But at the same time, Trump is telling the Iranian people to rise up and get rid of this regime.
Trump insist that Iran was six days away from having a nuclear weapon. We all know that’s not true. One bit of good news is that Putin does not appear to want to get involved in any military sort of way.
To top it all off, the Epstein files are out there and still waiting. Cue the musical theme to Jaws.
My chirps will be shorter this week and most likely just as disjointed as today given that I am in a house with two grandkids and three dogs, and they all want me to play.
That’s all I have for today.
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Right Decision?
Anyone who has been reading my chirps, knows that I am no fan of Donald Trump. But, for now, I’m not going to condemn what he did, Friday night into Saturday morning.
Ayatollah Ali Khahmenei had been the supreme leader of an extremely brutal Iranian regime for nearly 40 years. He has been the leading force behind a brutal repression of protests, which has led to the death of tens of thousands of Iranians. There’s no such thing as women’s rights in Iran.
The entire world, except for countries, such as Russia and North Korea, was in agreement that this regime have to be ended. So Trump, along with Netanyahu’s Israel, took a major step in diminishing that regime on Friday night into Saturday morning. Not only was the supreme leader killed, but a number of top Iranian leaders, including political, military, and religious were killed in coordinated attacks.
Nobody knows what will happen next. Trump is calling for the Iranian people to rise up and replace the resume. This has a better chance of happening now than it did 48 hours ago.
The US, under George Bush, took the regime change approach, in Iraq, in 2003. It was costly, in terms of American lives, lost, and Iraqi lives, lost. It led to the creation of ISIS. Iran is three times the size of Iraq. Iran has just as many different factions that Iraq has. There is a potential for total chaos to break out in Iran. There is a potential for internal bloodshed, similar to what was seen in Iraq. There is also a potential that new leadership could win out in Iran that is more democratic in nature. Nobody knows.
Donald Trump being Donald Trump, most likely had ulterior motives. He wanted to move the Epstein files out of the headlines. He most likely has no long range plans as to what to do next, in Iran.
That being said, I still will not condemn what he did, for now. This would’ve had to happen eventually. As long as Iran was continuing to pursue nuclear capability, this would’ve had to happen, so it is happening now.
One thing that Trump cannot do is have American boots on the ground. If that happens, all bets are off.
That’s all I have for today.
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Iran At First Blush
Woke up this morning, turn on the TV, expecting to see news on Bill Clinton’s testimony yesterday and renewed calls for Trump to be deposed. Instead, the news was all about Israel and the US, striking Iran, and Iran striking back at various facilities in the Middle East.
Donald Trump gave a speech calling for the Iranian people to change the regime in Iran. Part of the reason for Trump’s call for regime change was to end Iran’s continuous efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Just remember that there was a nuclear weapon agreement in place negotiated by Obama, which Trump tore up. Under that agreement, Iran would’ve halted any development of nuclear capabilities.
According to rumours there were coordinated strikes on three buildings where Iranian top officials had gathered together. There was also a strike at the headquarters of the Iranian supreme leader. If true, these were all attempts to cut off the heads of the Iranian regime. If true, it is unknown how successful these coordinated attacks were.
Let’s be clear. Iran is a brutal dictatorship that has killed thousands. If the regime is replaced, who will replace them? It could end up being a military dictatorship formed by the Iranian revolutionary guard.
It is highly doubtful that there will be American boots on the ground. That happened in Iraq in 2003 and we all know how that turned out. It also happened in Afghanistan and we all know how that one turned out. Many years ago it did happen in Vietnam and again we all know how that turned out.
Reactions throughout the world has been mixed. Russia an ally of Iran is condemning it. Democrats and some Republicans are condemning it given that authority for war must be given through Congress and Trump did not seek it. Mark Carney had the following response.
“Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.”
One person who was very happy with what happened this morning is Danielle Smith. The attacks on Iran will surely increase oil prices given that Iran is a main producer of oil. Analyst are saying that in the short term oil prices could go over $100 per barrel.
This is just the first day. It is anticipated that over the next few days, US and Israel will carry out a number of strikes reducing Iranian infrastructure and attacking Iranian leadership. What happens after that nobody really knows. One thing for sure blood will be shed and unfortunately, most of it will be Iranian.
That’s all I have for today.
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We Want Melania
Well, Donald, you finally got your toadies, in the House, to get Hillary deposed. Now, it is Bill’s turn today. Bill is in the Epstein file while Hillary was not. Hillary gave you nothing, yesterday, didn’t she Donald? She is not in the Epstein file at all, and she has never met Epstein.
Bill Clinton is in the Epstein files. That is for sure. There are rumours that he may have had an affair with Ghislaine Maxwell. Would not surprise me at all if he did. But we don’t care about that. Also, all the times that Bill was mentioned was prior to the time Epstein was arrested, in Florida, near 20 years ago now. After that, he no longer associated with Epstein.
You know who are in the Epstein file though. Well yourself, of course. You are mentioned tons of times. But you know who else is in there Donald Melania is in there. There are rumours that you met Melania through Epstein. Your toadie committee opened up the gates for Melania to be deposed. It is not going to happen now we all know that, not with a Republican Congress. But unless you seriously screw up the election process, the Democrats will have control of the Congress after November. They will definitely go after Melania. They will definitely be coming after you too Donald.
Simple logic here, Donald. Hillary not in Epstein files, but she gets deposed. Melania in Epstein files. If you fight her deposition that kinda makes you look like a hypocrite doesn’t it. Then again most of the country already knows that you are a hypocrite.
This whole thing is not going away. I’m even starting to watch cable news again. You are squirming Donald. We all know you are. And we are loving it.
That’s all I have for today.
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History Repeating
Though it was not known to the public, at the time, Richard Nixon taped conversations on the phone and in his office. The Watergate break in happened on June 18, 1972. Three days later, Nixon had conversation in the oval office with his chief of staff, H R Halderman. 18 minutes of that taped conversation was deleted. It was revealed, in 1973, during the Watergate Senate hearings, that there was a taping system in place. The missing 18 minutes, played a role in Nixon’s resignation.
History is repeating itself, although it is much more blatant this time around. While major investigations are occurring worldwide relating to Epstein, with the latest country being Poland, and while there have been mass resignations, including those in the US, the DOJ keeps deflecting and deflecting. While 3 million files have been released. DOJ has indicated that a number of files have not been released for a variety of reasons.
There is a particular set of files that is starting to get more media attention. Robert Garcia democrat member of the House Oversight Committee, has made the following accusation
“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.”
This revolves around four interviews, conducted by the FBI, with an Epstein survivor, back in 2019. According to the interview interview, the woman. then aged 13, when the alleged incident occurred, had Trump force her head between his legs. When she bit his penis, Trump hit her.
The DOJ has a system in place where each Epstein document is given a tracking number. Regarding the interview with this woman, there are at least 50 documents missing, based on the missing tracking numbers.
This story started off last weekend with report made on NPR. MSNOW started carrying this, earlier this week. Now this is spreading through the news media like a wildfire.
Where Nixon and the 18 minutes missing tape basically involved the US this scandal is worldwide. It has already led to the arrest of Andrew formally known as prince. This one is not going away. This is far worse than the 18 minutes because DOJ has already admitted that they have held a number of documents back. Sooner or later, Trump will go down and he will be dragging a whole host of conspirators with him. This will happen to Trump, either while he is still alive, or to his reputation, if this all comes out after his demise. I truly hope it happens sooner than later.
That’s all I have for today.
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Coverup
Back in June 1972, there was a break in at the Watergate, in Washington. It was barely noticed in the media of the day. Richard Nixon, went onto a landslide election victory in November of that year. Yet, by August 1974, he was forced to resign, rather than face impeachment.
Yesterday, most of the news media, was focussed on Donald Trump’s upcoming state of the union address. MSNOW, on their 4 o’clock eastern time hour, with Nicole Wallace, spent the whole hour on an apparent cover-up by the DOJ, involving missing files and testimony by a woman who claimed that Trump sexually assaulted her many years ago.
Other news media outlets are starting to catch up on this today, but it’s still not making major headlines. But if the story gains traction, it could end up being the end of Donald Trump and resignations or worse for characters, such as Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi.
A substantial number of FBI Epstein survivor witness interviews are missing. This includes three interviews with a woman who claims that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was 13 and that Trump also hit her.
The top democrat on the oversight committee, Robert Garcia, stated
“We have a survivor that made serious allegations against the president. But there’s a series of documents, and it would appear to be possible interviews, that the FBI conducted with the survivor that are actually missing, that we don’t have access to.”
Adding fuel to the fire, Jess Michaels, an Epstein survivor herself, claims
“All of us have been looking for our victim statements, this Department of Justice is actually gaslighting the entire country.”
This is not only involves Trump. It also involves the people who are allegedly covering this up, including, as mentioned earlier, Pam Bondi and Kash Patel. Both have said that there’s nothing more to see.
Donald Trump had his moment in the sun last night, with his nearly 2 hour long state of the union address. Now he is forced to face reality again. This Epstein cover-up makes the Nixon cover up look like a little kids tea party. The Pandora’s box has opened.
That’s all I have for today.
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IST
Donald Trump is an IST. We all know he’s a sexist. This came out when he congratulated the men’s hockey team for winning the gold.
“I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that.”
He said this after saying that he would bring a military plane to fly the men’s team to the White House. Everybody in the room laughed at the expense of the women’s team. What the heck was Kash Patel doing there, anyways?
We know he’s a racist. You remember his ‘shit hole countries’ quote?
Given all the times his name is in the Epstein files. He must be a misogynist.
He is an artist in that he has turned screwing up into an art. He is bringing America down hand over fist
He certainly is not going to be on the women’s hockey team players Christmas list. But that’s OK because he’s on Epstein‘s list.
I am done with this chirp. I think you get my gist.
 Off into the mist. Back tomorrow.
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John Barron Returns
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, Donald Trump would make phone calls to talk radio, using the name John Barron, boasting about how great a guy Donald Trump was. Trump would later admit, under oath, that he had done this.
Last Friday morning, the day following the tariff setback that Trump received from the Supreme Court, C-SPAN had a call in show. A guy calling himself John Barron, and sounding suspiciously like Donald Trump, called into the show. It was a 32 second call that was cut off in disgust by the host of the show. This is what the person said during those 32 seconds.
“This is the worst decision you ever have in your life practically.”
“This is a terrible decision, and you have Hakeem Jeffries, who … he’s a dope. And you have Chuck Schumer, who can’t cook a cheeseburger. Of course these people are happy. Of course these people are happy. But true Americans will not be happy.”
The phone call has gone viral on the net since. C-SPAN claims that it was not Donald Trump. However, if it was not Trump, the guy did a perfect imitation of his voice and tone and bitterness.
If you want to see it for yourself, just google Trump makes a phone call to C-SPAN and determine for yourself whether it was Trump or not. This is gonna be another crazy week with Trump. So I figured this was a good way to start the week with this chirp.
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