Why Conservatives can be very wrong

For the record, I am Conservative.

It has been very easy for me to go through life oblivious to Government at all levels. One reason is that I obey the law, gainfully employed, raised a family, married to one woman, and follow Jesus. Another reason is that the machinations of Government have little impact on my everyday life. Consider the following:

The Federal Government spending = $7 T

The US GDP for 2025  = $28 T

The US Stock Market = $53 T.

So between Federal spending and Stock Market activity, which has more impact on the overall economic activity (GDP) and by extension, my life?

Now for the depressing stuff. 

I joke sometimes about people in positions of leadership who "solidly occupy the left-side of the IQ distribution curve". But, scraping away my lame attempt at humor reveals that there are about 40 million Americans trying to make a go of it with an IQ of 85 or less.

According Dr. Jordan Peterson, (and Wikipedia), the US military will not draft someone with an IQ below 83, as they cannot be trained for and be successful in any role in the military.

For much of my life I considered myself a "winner" because I was smart. Slowly my hubris faded as I realized my success was by God's Providence. Now as an old man I feel compassion for low-IQ people and concern that Conservatives are guilty of ignoring the very real plight of millions of Americans.

Of course there are shysters, like the BLM founders, the myriad of NGOs revealed by DOGE, etc. who game the system and manipulate low-IQ people. But that doesn't change the fact that low-IQ people exist and are trying to survive in an increasingly sophisticated world.

We Conservatives must shoulder the very real responsibility of our fellow man. This isn't something we can ignore while we daily check the progress of our investments.

Social media algorithms can flood our minds with the extremes of low-IQ people, causing us to be jaded, and numb. But ignoring the plight of millions of Americans is simply going to elect leftist shysters who are willing to use the simple-minded for political gain.

We Conservatives must do better.

Have you noticed the shutdown?

 On September 30th 2025, the Federal government shutdown. First thing that came to mind was a quip by President Ronald Reagan "Let's shut it down and see if anybody notices".

As is usual, no shortage of partisan wrangling about who is at fault - at the moment it is the "Schumer shutdown" - after Senate minority leader's refusal to pass a Continuing Resolution unless Trump agrees to pour $1.5 Trillion into Medicaid.

Remember when "Billion" was a relevant unit of measure?

Anyways, I don't notice the Government shutdown. Social Security works, the USPS still delivers my junk mail and ICE is still deporting illegals. 100+ Trump administration picks were confirmed - instead of being held hostage by an angry Democrat minority. Trump is dealing with Russia, Hamas, and Venezuela. The department of war is doing it's thing without pause. Trump is funding the WIC program with tariff money. Like I said, I'm not noticing the shutdown.

Trump is threatening mass government employee layoffs - would I notice then?

Interesting times.

Freedom of Speech, and Responsibility

 On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a young man filled with hate. Read the news to know more as I am going to touch on something the media won't.

Everyone has a platform. Joe Rogan. Jordan Peterson. Mother to child. Father to coworker.  Husband to wife. Friendly chat at a bar. Everyone has a platform. Everyone has a fiduciary responsibility (look it up) to their platform. Yes, the Government cannot compel our speech, but consequences compel our responsibility.

What we allow into our minds shapes us. A 22yr old man allowed hatred of Charlie into his mind. The hatred fermented into resolve. The resolve became action and now Charlie's children will grow up without their father. Likewise, the shootner's life is over, and his family devasted.

Two things should be obvious: (1) There are weak-minded people who are influenced by bad thinking and are not self-aware of how screwed up their worldview has become. (2) Those purveyors of lethal hate are responsible for the poisoning the weak minds following their platform.

I remember a debate between Douglass Murray and Dave Smith on Joe Rogan. Murray was frustrated with Dave as Dave clearly had not prepared and was simply spouting stupid stuff. Douglass early on made one statement that stuck with me (and I'm paraphrasing rather loosely)

"If you don't know what you're talking about, keep your mouth shut"

Buddhist Proverb, 

"Do not speak unless it improves the silence"

Dave, and Joe - comedians by trade, didn't understand the importance of what Douglass expressed. After all, they make noise for laughs. So began a very long podcast of Douglass educating two imbeciles - not a debate at all.

I'm hopeful that the platforms enabling those defecating hate into the willing mouths of the weak-minded will be sued out of existence. Charlie's wife certainly has standing and Charlie's assassination is real harm.

Speak the truth - it matters.

Is Immigration Really Needed?

I'm pro-immigration.

But I've also seen how our immigration law has been gamed to create a form of slavery (H1b visas). And of course I watched as the Shit-stain administration threw open the southern border and let in the  garbage.

The US is on course to post a $29 Trillion dollar GDP - that is a lot of activity. China and the EU the European Union $20 T respectively, and that glop of shit on the heel of G7 nation's shoe, Russia, will likely break $2.2 T (if Trump doesn't burn them).

All the major economies are facing decline because of declining birth rates. The US is unique in that we can supplement our work force via immigration because...(Wait for it)...people want to live here.

If our GDP, i.e. lifestyle, is dependent upon a number of workers, then YES we need immigration to offset the birthrate decline.

But, what if we had another way to get the same amount of work done with far fewer people? A productivity increase an order of magnitude greater than that created by personal computing and internet.

Both the US and China are on the cusp of a robotic and AI revolution. Robotics for the mundane labor and AI for the process jobs, (most of Government), programming and development jobs, most of the medical industry, and a very high percentage of military. As this develops, we won't need lawn care/farm workers from Central America, Doctors from India, or Carol at the DMV.

Europe is dead, having been parasitized by Mohammed's goat fuckers who want to live like it is 900AD. China is just now starting the slide caused by Mao-era decisions. And the US is behind the power curve a bit because of the illegal immigration of worthless scum that we are currently supporting, and the downfall of our higher education.

“The times, they are a changin” - Bob Dylan

The first 100 days are behind us

 Let me open by saying it is good to have a cognitively capable leader for POTUS.

Let me then remind that much of the first 100 days was spent fixing screwups created by the Shit-stain administration.

I've never understood what was supposed to be so important about the first 100 days. I've been politically conscious since Carter, and only since Bush the younger has the media been making a big deal about getting out of the blocks in a 4 year race.

Putin and Zelenski are still killing each other, and only at the funeral for the worst Pope in my lifetime did Trump and Zelenski hammer out some sort of deal. All we know is that Zelenski gave a very peace-centric statement after the Trump meeting. Maybe we should give Fauci to Putin.

It is nice to see the DOJ arresting immigration law breaking judges. There's still hope that Adam Schiff will get busted for treason. Maybe the DOJ and Congress will drill down into the autopen usage.

At a lower level, far-left and general libtards are being arrested for vandalizing Teslas - nice to see the System do it's job.

DOGE scared the shit out of the Swamp - even with activist judges impeding. Sad that the savings numbers have been revised downward, but still very happy that the money laundering networks Democrats have used have been exposed. It still looking possible that Congress will make some permanent changes.

Nice to see Kristee Noem, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth fire subversive shit-weasels who had been undermining this administration's efforts.

I firmly believe Elon Musk should become America's first Autistic winner of the highest civilian award.

Democrats are still thrashing about trying to find a message. They're still irrelevant.

The mainstream media is trying to convince Americans to hate Trump by fear-mongering about the economy. But it is pretty clear that their polls are garbage, because Americans are spending.

Trump is busy renegotiating tariff-free trade with most of the world. Regardless of what you believe about tariffs, Trump is wielding the power of our $27 T economy expertly to our advantage.

I've been relaxed. Trump is doing what he promised. He is doing far, far better this time around.

Like I opened, it is good to have a real leader. I hope Americans can see that ruling via an unelected administrative system is grossly inferior. 

The Left found a weapon

 Trump has been blazing ahead at record speed while Democrats writhe about like Vampires in the sunlight.

Some smart lefty discovered a way to slow Trump down - TROs (Temporary Restraining Order). So the smart lefties went judge shopping until they found a handful of libtard Federal judges who are crazy enough to put their reputation in the line by issuing nuisance TROs and injunctions. 

Although he didn't directly say this, (he doesn't post), Chief Justice Roberts opined that Trump's bluster about impeaching lifetime appointed Federal judges is contrary to 200+ years of American history and that the proper way forward is through the Appellate courts. Remember that this is the guy who was going to find the leak in the Court - wonder how that is going?

Trump is smart not to abandon moral superiority by simply ignoring the Judges, but he certainly cannot be successful in 4 years moving at the glacial speed of the judiciary.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich weighed in slamming Justice Roberts for not doing his job. Newt believes Roberts could slap down these rogue Judges very quickly and set a tone for the judiciary to stay in their lane.

The Left still doesn't have a plan on how's to reconnect with voters after the Shit-stain administration. But they have figured out a way to gum up the works for Trump.

This is a crossroads for Trump and it will be interesting to see how he navigates this obvious obstruction.

Cleaning up Biden's war

Some months ago I wrote about the stupidity of the Biden administration fighting a proxy war against Russia. I was, and am pissed at the horrific loss of life caused by politicians conducting an incremental conflict. World War I death rates.

3 years have gone by and Russia is solidly entrenched in Ukraine. Russia, which is nothing more than a glop of dog shit on America's shoe. A 3rd rate military at best.

Obama, (while Biden was sleeping), drew his little stupid red lines - not really, but his incremental support for Ukraine gave Putin more than he deserved. The result is the current mess. 100% Biden's fault.

Trump is going to clean this up. Too late to gain anything worthwhile by pouring more money into Ukraine. Not clear at all that Zelenski is rational.

Time to end this war. If NATO doesn't like it - tough, enough have died.

Putin is a fool. Trump is not.

Who will step up?

 I've been paying attention to politics since Carter and Ford squared off. Now as a geezer I pay a little more attention to political strategy.

And I'm flat out mystified at the Democrat party. Are they really just going to stand on the sidelines and hope Trump explodes? Given his experience, staff, energy and the stench of his predecessor's term, I think "waiting" is retarded. Also, Trump's direction is wildly popular.

Now I know that the libtard-segment of Democrats are making really stupid noise on the irrelevant legacy media (viewed by fives of people) - but the flow of events on X clearly support Trump.

I know Trump is using Elon to drive the Swamp crazy. I know Trump used Vance to bitch slap European pencil-pushers. I'm guessing that each of the rest of Trump's cabinet will take turns making libtard heads explode.

There are probably three "Trumps" waiting in the wings. Conceivably, the Trump legacy could stretch for a generation. I have to believe somebody in the Democrat party understands this. Right?

West coast governors are obvious idiots, East coast states are shitholes, so I can't see anything Presidential on either coast. It is almost like nobody is leading the Democrat party.

Rudderless but Still Dangerous

Trump is making best use of his first 100 days.

Vivek parted company with Elon nicely - likely because Elon's/Vivek's egos forced Trump to make a choice. Sad, but a fact of life with ultra-high performing people. Trump's used to it.

Now the media focus is.. unfocused. Why? Because Trump is moving so fast that the legacy media is always 3 steps behind Trump. By the time they catch up on one issue, Trump has sprinted ahead on two more. Kind of fun to watch.

Normally the Democrats count on the legacy media to run cover for them, which gives them a chance to mislead/shape whatever policy/distraction necessary to advance their cause. Now the Democrat "resistance" is thrashing about, performing to an empty theater. The American public is enthralled with real leadership and in no mood to revisit the stench of the shit-stain(Biden) era.

Democrats are leaderless and they don't have a message that could possibly blunt Trump's momentum. Remember, Trump's momentum is on at least 3 fronts: Staff confirmations, Deportations, and DOGE. And unlike the shit-stain (Biden) years, Trump is leading the Media around - all media not just the largely irrelevant legacy media.

Trump body-slammed California governor Newsom over obvious incompetence. He nuked FEMA over the hurricane Heline response. And of course DOGE revelations are never ending. If the Epstein list is revealed, the older Democrats will be destroyed. If Obama divorces and comes out of the closet, the younger Democrats will be tarnished by association. Who in the Democrat ranks can interest normal Americans right now?

Trumps going to get a pass from the public for at least 6 months because of the (shit-stain) Biden shameless closeout to his Presidency. But this first stuff is easy - the hard stuff is yet to come.

About mid-summer we will know if the American public has the stomach for real change.

My Thoughts on Reality

 I like Donald Trump as POTUS, and I despise Joe Biden. I think that sums up 51% of American voters at this time. The Biden administration is like the stench of an outhouse used by smokers with diarrhea in July.

But I guarantee that Trump is going to stink a bit too - he just isn't on the throne yet. There is campaign Trump and POTUS Trump. I'm not saying Trump is phony like Obama & Biden, because he is not, but I am saying that we need to begin to steel ourselves for reality.

Trump has assembled the best team I've seen since I started voting (Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford). They are talented but naive. Or perhaps we are naive - still giddy from the victory.

The "swamp" is still in place. The swamp didn't dry up because Trump won, in fact the swamp is more powerful than ever in part because of demented Biden's "fuck you America" actions in his final months. What a shit stain in America's undies..

My prediction is pretty simple, not scientific, based on my gut and is two time intervals - 4 and 20 years. Trump has about a 20% chance of affecting major change in the function of the US government in 4 years. That number increases to 50% at 20 years.

The fight with the swamp will be terrible and will likely destroy much of Trump's team. Senate Republicans, (50% of the swamp), are not going to quietly give up Pharma and Defense industry money, nor will they forgo reelection by fighting the various Federal employee unions. It is not evident to me that Trump has someone on his staff capable of coordinating the attack on the swamp. A frontal attack is suicidal.

However, there are some vulnerable Federal agencies that can be whacked or shuffled. They make up the 20%. Since 80% of an agency's budget is payroll, ( and harder than hell to layoff Federal employees), it is very unlikely that Trump can realize the $2 trillion reduction identified by DOGE. But maybe they will claw back some savings. At least a couple hundred pages of regulations will die.

At the end of 4 years Trump will be spent, Musk will have ships on Mars, Vivek will be helping his children with high school homework, and Tulsi's hair will be snow white. They will have attempted much, accomplished little, but changed the course of the very large ship America.

The course change will slowly set a new direction for America over the next 20 years. There are a number of "Trumps" waiting in the wings of the Republican party. The Democrats have yet to figure out how to get back to center, so I think they will struggle for another election cycle. And when they purge the Democrat party of the leftist loons, their new found centrism will continue the course set by MAGA - perhaps improving.

4 years bloody and bruised. 20 years a revived world leadership. Sober up folks.

Cannonball into the swamp

 The biggest obstacle to Trump's agenda is not the US House crazies. The Nancy Pelosi obstruction of Trump's first term will not happen.

The problem is the Senate, particularly Senate Republicans. These creatures ARE the swamp. This is the wannabe ruling class power brokers who have much to lose from Trump's team running roughshod over the Federal bureaucracy.

The first indication of trouble came with the election of S. Dakota Senator Thune. The man does not have the backbone or smarts to whip his Senate colleges into compliance. He's already caved on recess appointments. Thune is certainly better than the reptile Senator John Cornyn, but he's a far cry from MAGA supporter Senator Rick Scott.

The Senate majority leader election showed that the Senate Republicans don't want much to change. Is that a problem? I think so because a chunk of  the Biden legislation needs to be repealed. E.g. do you really want your next car to have a backdoor kill switch that authorities can use whenever without a warrant or due process? These are the same idiots that fired people for not getting vaxed, locked down schools, etc. Well that backdoor kill switch was mandated by Brandon, although I doubt he knew it.

What about the very obvious changes needed to the FDA? Do you think the non-MAGA Senate reptiles are going to give up all that Big Pharma money just because Robert Kennedy says so?

Gonna be a rough couple years IMO.

Future Cat Ladies

 Trump has won, the sun feels ever so warm, the fall colors are beautiful. "I'm thinking to myself - what a wonderful world"

But for those who were heavily invested in a Harris victory, the world is a black & white dystopia where they live in fear that the Orcs of Mordor will soon overtake them.

I recently read "The Parasitic Mind" by Gad Saad that provided pretty good arguments for Trump Derangement Syndrome, the woke mind virus, and the brainwashing than occurs when you submit yourself to a constrained information bubble. It made me consider my "bubble".

The wailing and gnashing of teeth on X by Harris supporters was funny for awhile. After a day though, it ceased to be humorous and it seemed as though I was watching the mentally ill - not funny at all.

Worst of all are the young women punishing Trump supporting men by not dating and withholding sex. I guess this is where their mal-educated views of human behavior are going to get a wake up - their clocks will keep ticking. Time is not on their side.

Meanwhile I'm thinking of investing in pet food stocks - especially cat food.

My Bubble

 I'm anxious about the election. I can't imagine Trump losing, but I know that a lot of libtards aren't voting for Harris as much as not Trump. TDS is very real.

I remember the 2022 midterms. I was shocked at how well the Democrats did even with Biden's abject failures, dementia,  and policies. The country appeared to be rejecting the woke mind virus, yet far-left liberals did quite well. PA voters elected a stroke victim who couldn't understand speech. I remember well the feeling that I didn't understand the mood of the country.

Here I am in 2024, days from an important election. Harris is obviously in over her head and electing her means you're OK with a puppet for 4 years. Trump, oth, is Trump - a tried and true leader. This time he has organized the "avengers" - a team of highly talented people to help him get his administration off to a good start. The choice should be clear. Should be..

I am guilty of blaming our country's woes on GenZ, but that is part of my bubble.

I think that I'm in a bubble partially of my own making. A bubble bias reinforced by X, YouTube and my extended circle. And I may be shocked at the outcome of this election.

I've already walked away from Facebook and Instagram. I never pay attention to the legacy media. I view TikTok as a Chinese psyop tool pointed at GenZ and avoid it. But I have put in the screen time on X, and it has algorithms too.

I know the sun will rise and set even if shit-for-brains Harris wins - life will go on. But I am thinking about my bubble.

Election season burnout

 The election is over - Trump has won.

I'm so tired of sifting through the pseudo-news looking for meaningful tidbits. Sometimes it seems like I'm panning gold in the outflow of a 55" sewer pipe.

The MainStream Media (ABC,CBS,CNN,NBC,MSNBC) has been working overtime to praise Kamala in the Whitehouse. She hasn't said or done anything to change her dismal pre-candidacy polling - the only thing that has changed is the liberal media coverage. Worked for awhile, but voters are starting to get serious, and Kamala is not a serious choice.

I know there are a lot of people who occupy the left side of the IQ distribution who will vote "not Trump", but they are aren't enough alone to elect her. Not even if we include the usual Democrat cheat factor. I do remember the 2022 midterms and I'm sure the "stupidest generation" (GenZ) will choose Kamala's "joy". PT Barnum has a quote about that.

So Trump is in. Normal people can rejoice. Rational people can breath a sigh of relief.

RFK's Endorsement of Trump

 I listened to the entire 45 minute speech.

 Now I understand why Robert Kennedy's supporters are so ardent and why the "seething liberal darkness" (DNC and media) worked so hard to keep him muzzled.

RFK is a combination of intellect, courage, patriotism, focus and discipline - way beyond anything the Democrats have currently.

Trump is smart, but lacks depth. Trump is brave and could've made a good UFC fighter in his youth. Trump loves America, no doubt. Trump is focused. Trump likes to "riff" during speeches - and they run too long. And ultimately, (pardon my French), a lot of the Government is fucked way beyond one man's repair - Trump needs an army of folks to get things done.

I agree wholeheartedly with RFK about Ukraine, the money influence in the FDA, NIH, CDC, and the very obvious children's health crisis. I loved how he pushed climate change to the side. I had to Google "Mitochondrial diseases" to understand his concern - and I learned something (very rare in political speeches).

I hope RFK's endorsement puts Trump in the Whitehouse. And I hope President Trump can use RFK maximally.

Glad I listened to the full speech instead of the 20 second snippet and smear done by CNN (a pox be upon them).

The disgusting media ignorance of Islam

 https://sites.google.com/site/hobbyhintstricksideas/home/islam-class

The above is a very straightforward overview of Islam. I put this together in 2007, so some details are dated and Hamas is not covered. If you peruse this material you'll be ahead.

Right now, the British libtards are rounding up and prosecuting white people who are protesting the British government's immigration policy of allowing Muslims in and not forcing Muslims to integrate into British society. If you want an example of "fascism" this is it.

I will say this as plainly as possible: Muslims from the impoverished middle east are not capable of participating in Western democracy

Basically any strain of Islam influenced by the Hanbalite school of law is incompatible with Western democracy. These Muslims will not integrate, they will not obey non-Sharia law, and many will heed the call to strike "the Great Satan' (the US).

We have had a number of mass killings in the US carried out by Muslims. Even Britain, with it's restrictive laws, has suffered a number of mass stabbings - by Muslims.

The media is soooo stupid, (or DEI blind), that they don't realize someone can become a muslim in an instant and be "radicalized" (called up to jihad). We've seen it happen with white American males and it is very common with those from the middle east. The 17 year old who killed the girls was prime to be "converted" and given a mission.

"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli" goes the Marines theme. The US has been battling Islam for over 200 years. But there are generations now that have never been taught this.

I understand the desire to help out the "have nots", but just like with Afghanistan, Americans need to understand that these people are "have not" because of Islam and they will never change.

Harris? Really!? What a month!

 Trump survives a shooting and gets an iconic photo Op - his fist pump and "FIGHT" made history.

The DEI hire head of the Secret Service appears before Congress and plays the role of an incompetent buffoon perfectly. 

And Joe Biden finally gives up and throws his support behind  his DEI pick - VP Harris.

Now we'll all have to wait for the August Democrat convention to see if anybody actually wants Harris.

I can tell you that Tulsi Gabbard showed us all how to destroy Harris 4 years ago and I know full well Trump remembers. Remember the video short of Bambi vs Godzilla?

It is possible that Trump can do the impossible - cure TDS. All he needs to do is show the really, really, really stupid Biden supporters that he is not, as Biden said repeatedly, an "existential threat to our Democracy".

Well that was weird

 I'm a nobody and I certainly don't get paid to strategize winning an election.

BUT

I would not have put Biden in front of the American public debating Trump.

Biden was suffering from dementia back in 2020 when campaigned from his basement. Now he's having a good day when he doesn't shit himself in public.

So Trump savaged Biden - no surprise to any thinking person. I was surprised that they showed the mauling to the entire nation.

It is good that libtards finally see who they've been supporting. I realize that few libtards will change their vote, but they'll have to endure much ridicule if they use the canard "Trump lies" to excuse voting for a dementia patient.

So now there appears to be a scramble to replace the duly elected cadaver with someone capable of beating Trump. Fun times ahead.

A Rememberance

 In April of 1942, a 19 year old from Glendive Montana died on the Bataan Death march, in the Philippines. Thousands of miles away from his home. His older brother was taken prisoner less than month later when Corregidor was surrendered and spent the next 3 years and 5 months in Japanese prison camps. Two kids from the far end of Montana who joined the Army and sent their pay home to support their family destitute from the Depression.

The older brother survived the war and named his first born son after his kid brother. And I wear that name proudly.

I take this Memorial day to remember. I know the day doesn't mean something to everyone, but it does me.

It is good to remember.

Flip flop for votes

 Joe Biden is a politician.

Joe is not a leader. Joe is not a deep thinker. Joe is not loyal.  Joe doesn't care about the pain and suffering his policies cause. In fact, most days Joe is doing good not to shit his pants on national TV.

So Joe stops shipments of munitions to Israel so the Joe can pick up Muslim votes in swing states. That's what a politician does - not what a leader should do.

I am disgusted by Joe Biden's actions.

What bothers me most are the voters who think Joe is doing a good job - about 38% according to polls.