Monday, March 3, 2025

7 Lessons from Sunday’s Insanely Long Oscars Ceremony

Hollywood in Toto  

A genuine Oscars highlight? Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal reunited to announce the Best Picture winner. The “When Harry Met Sally” stars lit up the night and rekindled warm memories of one of the best rom-coms in the modern era. 

 

It didn’t work, but the gala stuck to the script more than many expected during a Trump presidency.

"Why?

"It’s one of seven lessons shared during the agonizingly long telecast – three hours and 46 minutes, to be exact.

America Doesn’t Care About Hollywood’s Politics

"We officially shared that hard truth on Nov. 5, 2024. Hollywood rallied en masse for Vice President Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump won every swing state.

"We. Don’t. Care.

"That’s likely why Oscar producers did all they could to remove politics from the telecast. Host Conan O’Brien’s opening monologue lacked a single Trump jab. He capped the gags by embracing film as a path to unify a nation." . . .

Speaking of Hollywood: Fonda disproves the adage age brings wisdom  

"Over half a century later, Fonda proves herself to be no wiser. Recognizing that the term “woke” is divisive today, she is trying to redefine it to mean “empathy” explaining:" . . .

Douglas Murray: EUROPE Better Take This Seriously—Or They’ll Regret It

TheRoverReport "Douglas Murray talks about Munich Security Conference, where U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivered a blunt warning to European leaders: the greatest threat to Europe is not Russia, but the internal chaos caused by mass migration. He argued that open-border policies have led to severe social and security issues, yet European officials refuse to acknowledge the reality.

No One Is Ready for What Comes Next… ...   "Vance’s remarks sparked outrage among top European figures. Germany’s defense minister called his statements "unacceptable," while Chancellor Olaf Scholz went as far as accusing him of "improper behavior" and election interference. Rather than engaging with the facts, European leaders chose to attack the messenger."


"As a conservative Canadian very much under the speech tyranny of the Trudeau government, it's astounding to see the European reaction to Vance's speech. There should be nothing in it even remotely controversial. Dialogue is not something we merely suffer for the sake of a free and open society, it's the very cornerstone of it."

“Listen up. I am Jordanian, and I tell you that the two-state solution is dead, stone cold. And I’ll tell you why.



 “ 'Listen up. I am Jordanian, and I tell you that the two-state solution is dead, stone cold. And I’ll tell you why.“Listen up. I am Jordanian, and I tell you that the two-state solution is dead, stone cold. And I’ll tell you why.

"Back in 1994, when Yitzhak Rabin was ready to hand the Palestinians a state on a silver platter, who was the loudest voice against it? Benjamin Netanyahu. And what did the world call him? A radical, an enemy of peace, a warmonger. Even inside Israel, many thought he was being extreme. But was he?

"Bibi’s argument was simple: You don’t hand a state to people who openly declare that your country has no right to exist and that their ultimate goal is to wipe you off the map. That’s not a “peace process”, that’s national suicide.

"He understood the security risks. A Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) would leave Israel a mere 9 miles wide at its narrowest point. That’s nothing. That’s an easy invasion route. That’s a security nightmare. It would take minutes to cut Israel in half and massacre its people.

"But did Israel listen? Of course not. In 2000, Ehud Barak came back and sweetened the deal. He offered Arafat a state again. Thank God Arafat said no. And why did he say no? Because he never wanted a state, he wanted Israel gone.

"Fast forward to 2005. Ariel Sharon tried another approach. He said, “Fine, let’s give them a test run.” So he pulled every single Jew out of Gaza, 70,000 settlers, forcibly removed. He even went so far as to dig up Jewish graves to ensure Gaza was 100% Judenrein. No excuses left. The Palestinians had a chance to prove they could run a state.

"So what did they do? Did they build hospitals, schools, and infrastructure? Did they work on nation-building? Did they take this golden opportunity and create a thriving mini-state to prove to the world that they were ready for independence?

Nope. Instead, they turned Gaza into a terrorist launchpad. Since 2005, Gaza has been a rocket factory, a jihadist training camp, and a tunnel network straight out of a horror movie. Billions in aid poured in, and instead of building a future, Hamas built weapons to destroy Israel.

"So let’s go back to the original question: Who was right, the dreamers who kept offering the Palestinians a state or Bibi Netanyahu, who warned them this would be a disaster?

"The answer is clear. Bibi was right. The Palestinians never cared about statehood. They only cared about destroying the Jewish state.

"And this is the part most people don’t want to say out loud: This conflict was never about “occupation.” That was always a lie. The West Bank and Gaza are just convenient excuses. The real issue is Islamic jihad.

"Bibi understands this better than anyone. The people Israel has been negotiating with for decades don’t want borders. They want annihilation. It’s not about compromise. It’s about erasing Israel from the map.

"So, no, the two-state solution isn’t “dying.” It’s already dead. And it’s been dead since the first time Israel tried to make peace with people who don’t believe in peace.' ”

Victor David Hansen discusses how when Obama got into the White House he let go of every single person and put his own people in place.

 Choice Clips   Video here.  

  • "Obama replaced career professionals with ideologues. That’s why the deep state leans so far left. He knew what he was doing. Get rid of opposition, cement Democrat control. No one called it “authoritarian”This is how Democrats operate. They consolidate power while Republicans play nice. Obama built the deep state we’re still dealing with today."

. . ."OBAMA was the beginning of what Democrats hoped was the end of America as we know it. Obama uttered the words his goal was to go about “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” By any means necessary as it turns out. Obama has a corrupt soul

"Victor Davis Hanson: “We are in the middle of a cultural revolution.”

"If I said 10 years ago that in the future… nobody would believe it:

• Biological men compete in women’s sports.
• Saying there are only two genders can get you fired.
• 2.3 million people illegally enter the country each year.
• Month-long elections are 70% mail-in ballots.
• BLM and Antifa destroyed neighborhoods for 120 days, causing $2 billion in damage, mostly going unpunished.
• The FBI, DOJ, and the corporate media framed Donald Trump as a Russian agent to rig the 2016 election.
• The CIA and the corporate media claimed that Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation” to rig the 2020 election.
• The FBI and DOJ hid Hunter Biden’s laptop, containing evidence of FARA violations, money laundering, and foreign bribes, to help Joe Biden become POTUS.
• The DHS, CISA, and the White House work with Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to censor American citizens.
• The political establishment indicted their chief political rival during an election for a document dispute with NARA, a non-disclosure agreement with Stormy Daniels, and for asking Georgia’s elected officials to investigate election fraud.

"A decade ago, nobody would believe any of this would be possible. Yet, this is all happening as we live through a nation-destroying cultural revolution. Those who see these truths must denounce what is happening."  

  • Obama replaced career professionals with ideologues. That’s why the deep state leans so far left. He knew what he was doing. Get rid of opposition, cement Democrat control. No one called it “authoritarian”This is how Democrats operate. They consolidate power while Republicans play nice. Obama built the deep state we’re still dealing with today.

Report: Mexican Cartel Leaders in Fear After Trump Admin Designates Them as Terrorist Orgs

 Breitbart   

"While the threat of tariffs from Trump was credited as being behind the increase in the crackdown on drug cartels in Mexico, the outlet reported that Sheinbaum “had showed her willingness to take on the cartels” after taking office in October 2024."

"Mexican drug cartels are reportedly in fear and going into hiding, and Mexican law enforcement officials have ramped up arrests and drug busts in response to the Trump administration threatening to hit the country with tariffs.

"Several cartel members told the New York Times they had either “gone into hiding” or were in the process of “trying to figure out how to protect” their families “in case the American military” launches strikes in Mexico as a result of the Trump administration designating the crime syndicates as terrorist organizations.  

"One “high-ranking member” in the Sinaloa Cartel told the outlet that “you can’t be calm” or sleep “because you don’t know when they’ll catch you,” and other cartel members explained that they were faced with “selling off property and firing unessential personnel.”

"The New York Times reported that in response to President Donald Trump threatening to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada until the mass inflows of illegal aliens and fentanyl across the borders into the United States were stopped, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent her government “on the offensive” and has “dispatched 10,00 national guard troops to the border”:" . . .  More...

Trump’s strategic mastery: How he outmaneuvered Zelenskyy and JD Vance played the perfect hand -

 But Hollywood and Democrats in general have the wisdom of Greta Thunberg and fill the media with their ignorance, having with the goal of seeing President Trump fail. As Ronald Reagan once said, "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Associates Times  

"Both Trump and JD Vance knew exactly what Zelenskyy was going to do—he would use this opportunity, in front of the American people, to make a power play. Both Trump and Vance anticipated this" . . .


"Donald Trump has been under constant political persecution since the beginning of his first term. Over time, he has learned to be patient and calculated.

"Tonight, Zelenskyy was invited to the Oval Office. However, both Trump and JD Vance knew exactly what Zelenskyy was going to do—he would use this opportunity, in front of the American people, to make a power play. Both Trump and Vance anticipated this.

"When Zelenskyy began appealing to the emotions of the American people, JD Vance stepped in, accusing him of disrespecting Donald Trump. This was brilliant strategy. It’s important to understand that Zelenskyy is trying to gain access to NATO.

"Trump knew this but could not allow it to happen. If Ukraine joins NATO, the U.S. would be bound by NATO’s collective defense agreement—an attack on one is an attack on all.

"Now consider the larger implications: Ukraine and Russia despise each other. If Ukraine were to become a NATO member, any future skirmish between them would obligate the U.S. to enter into direct conflict with Russia. This would mean World War III. And if that happened, China would have to choose a side—they would almost certainly align with Russia.

"So what you witnessed tonight was a setup. Trump and JD Vance knew that the only way to achieve peace was to strategically align, at least on the surface, with Russia. Why? Because Russia would never sign a peace treaty if Ukraine were admitted into NATO.

"This is why Trump dismantled Zelenskyy’s argument. And when Zelenskyy, seeing his play failing, tried to backtrack and offer a treaty, Trump refused.

"Zelenskyy’s real intent was clear—he would not agree to peace unless security guarantees were in place. But what was he actually saying? That NATO must accept Ukraine. However, Russia would never agree to peace, knowing that NATO, their historical adversary, would surround them." . . .   
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Don’t underestimate Donald Trump. In this game of chess, he’s 10 moves ahead of everyone.

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The Mendacious Media Coverage of Zelensky’s Stunt

"This man clearly believes peace will end his brief destructive political career — and he is right. The media have consistently portrayed this character as a Churchillian statesman. It’s balderdash. Time to give this clown the hook."  David Catron

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The American Spectator   "If you want to understand why last Friday’s Oval Office press conference between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went off the rails, ignore most of what you are seeing in the corporate media. Anyone watching a video of the entire event, instead of the deceptively edited clips featured on most “news” sites, will see that neither the President nor the Vice President “ambushed” Zelensky. The first 39 minutes of the meeting were unremarkable, with President Trump attempting to be cordial despite the Ukrainian president’s Marvel Comics costume and pugnacious comportment.
"The argument erupted after a reporter suggested that Trump was “too closely aligned” with Vladimir Putin to negotiate a fair cease fire between Russia and Ukraine. The President answered, “If I didn’t align myself with both of them, you’d never have a deal.” The Vice President added that the last administration’s belligerent rhetoric had accomplished nothing positive and contended that a better path to peace was diplomacy. This set off Zelensky, who launched into a gratuitous lecture on the war, which he concluded with this disrespectful challenge: “What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What do you mean?” Vance responded thus:
"I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country. [Zelensky attempts to interrupt] Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the President for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
"The combative Ukrainian president responded to that admonition by peppering Vance with a new round of asinine questions that eventually angered President Trump enough to interrupt. Incredibly, Zelensky then began to argue with him. This upset Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova so profoundly that she was on the verge of tears. This went on for a few more minutes until Trump threw his hands up: “All right, I think we’ve seen enough. What do you think? This is going to be great television. I will say that.” Not long thereafter, Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Zelensky that he was no longer welcome in the White House.

Adam Carolla's brilliant 'hot blonde' analogy to explain to Matt Gaetz the degradation of California:

"Adam Carolla: "I always say California was like a hot blond from high school that just assume this thing would go on forever. And now she's in her mid 40s and the phone isn't ringing and guys aren't buying her drinks and sending them over to the end of the bar. You know, it's not what it was. She has crow's feet and, a little belly and a C-section scar, and she she never got educated. She never worked at anything. She has no work ethic. She she didn't do anything because LA was always like, where L.A., where else you gotta go? Other cities have to kind of work for it. We in California and then especially LA just got by in our looks for so long. But eventually it catches up to you and you never spent one night studying. LA doesn't really know how to do things. And like our representative city council like our mayor is where in Ghana doing, you know, wearing a ceremonial headdress and learning whatever dance they're learning because everything in LA is our mayor doesn't run Los Angeles. Our mayor is a sort of ceremonial figurehead. But we like the idea of a black woman who's running everything, even though she doesn't know how to run everything. At some point everything burns to the ground. And then all the idiots who vote for these people look around and go, what's going on? How come we didn't have any infrastructure? How come we weren't prepared for this? We're prepared for this because you vote for idiots who don't her aren't interested in any of this stuff." 

California run by Republicans:
Paradise California run by Democrats: Paradise lost