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It’s Payback Time

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When did you first become aware of the larger world beyond your home, immediate family, your friends, your school, maybe trips to the grocery store with mom?  For me, it was during the days many referred as, “Camelot.” Now I vaguely remember the election of 1960.  My dad voted for Nixon, mom for Kennedy.  I remember them saying they cancelled each other’s vote.  That would not happen today, not without hair pulling, a divorce or worse, but I digress.  So, I remember Camelot in America, the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who together with First Lady Jackie, children Caroline and John Jr., or “John John,” presented an image of style and grace, humor and humility, the ideal American family, at least it appeared. At our school I remember JFK’s picture hanging next to the American flag.  Each day before instruction, we would stand, place our hands over our hearts and recite the Pledge, followed by the Lord’s Prayer.  Then we would sing patriotic songs conveying a sense of what America was,

Trump on a Fed Warpath

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When Trump says repeatedly, "There is no global currency," and when he tells the Saudis they must pay for their own defense, he is really telling the world the Petrodollar system is going away.  Since 1975, the Petrodollar has been the primary factor conveying value to the US dollar overseas.  It is the reason countries around the world use US dollars for international trade, even when the US is not involved.  And to obtain enough dollars to buy OPEC oil, those countries are forced to sell America a lot of cheap stuff.  It’s a form of enslavement.  And the only reason the Saudis, or any other OPEC nations (Iran and Venezuela the exceptions), price their oil in dollars is that as part of that agreement, the US pledges to protect those nations from foreign aggressors.  But if, as Trump has publicly urged now many times, the Saudis and other OPEC nations eventually protect themselves, they won't need US dollars except for what they buy from America. That means America would

What’s Up Trump’s Sleeve?

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I have written several times now how Trump “holds all the cards.”  There is nothing the DC Democrats, or those around the country, can legally do to avoid the natural course of events justice requires, or the upcoming red wave in the November midterms.  And notice that everything the Dems attempt works in reverse.  While each of the Democrat’s desperate efforts might work effectively to cement the political resolve of the radical left, meaning those who will vote Democrat regardless, recent Democrat tactics, many perceived indecent and morally repugnant, have convince more and more American voters in the middle, which is where the real midterm battle occurs, to take Trump’s invitation and walk away to vote Republican.  To make things worse for themselves, Democrat tactics are motivating those who would normally sit on the sidelines to join the red wave.  And now that beleaguered Brett Kavanaugh has finally taken his rightful seat on the US Supreme Court, and for perhaps, oh, maybe th

History in the Making, Magic in the End

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Remember last week I wrote, “Trump holds all the cards.”  Now, as we await the results (as of this writing) of the supplemental FBI background check of US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the purpose of which, as I also documented last week, is simply a hail Mary attempt by the Democrats to postpone the confirmation vote as long as possible, a few observations might be appropriate. The first observation is this: If Professor Ford really did not want her letter publicized, why did she send it to people desperate for political ammunition to fight the Kavanaugh nomination, people also known for leaking information?  Secondly, only the people in receipt of her letter possessed it.  And only those who possessed it, they being Senator Dianne Feinstein and Ford’s US House Representative, could have leaked it.  But neither elected official will admit that they, or their offices, had anything to do with leaking the letter.  Think about that.  If two people are in an elevator, and one,