Taiwan Drills Military as Concerns over China Grow

 Newsmax.com  "The F-16 screeched across the sky Wednesday before landing on a highway cut through pineapple fields in southwestern Taiwan to refuel quickly and take off again.

"The Taiwanese military exercise envisioned a Chinese attack taking out the island's main airfields, necessitating the use of rural roads as runways to carry on the fight.

"War is not imminent, but as China has grown increasingly assertive in both the East China and South China Seas, Taiwan is stepping up its defense. Across the region, the United States and its allies are deepening military cooperation and strategizing over an effective response.". . Read more: . . . 

The threat of China invading Taiwan is growing every day. What the U.S. can do to stop it. (nbcnews.com)

By Lee Hsi-min, chief of the general staff of the Republic of China (Taiwan) armed forces from 2017 to 2019, and Eric Lee, research associate at the Project 2049 Institute

..."The threat of Chinese military aggression is no longer hypothetical; gray zone operations have already begun. Should the Communist Party’s aggression continue to escalate, an all-out attack on Taiwan could become likely, with economic and military consequences that would shake the world. The question is not whether the United States should defend Taiwan during war but how to prevent war in the first place. Now is the time to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan security cooperation to ensure peace in the Taiwan Strait." 

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Report: Taliban Looking for D.C. Lobbyist to Gain Legitimacy from Biden

 Breitbart

. . . “The Taliban says it seeks international legitimacy and international support. And that will depend entirely on what it does, not just on what it says,” Blinken told TOLO News when asked if Biden will recognize the Taliban as a legitimate government. “And the trajectory of its relationship with us and with the rest of the world will depend on its actions.”

"While the Taliban have promised to be “inclusive” and tolerant of women’s rights as long as they submit to sharia law, they also appointed an FBI wanted terrorist with a $10 million bounty to be in charge of passport control for Americans and green card holders who remain hostage in the country." . . .

Fear the quality of people Democrats pick to rule us...

...and the type of people who vote for them!

 Biden Removes US Missiles from Saudi Arabia, In an Obama-Like Move to Appease Iran  ... "The wheels of insanity in the OBiden Administration are about to fall off again.  Rather than solidifying President Trump’s policy of peace in the Middle East, OBiden’s actions are likely to blow the entire region up into another OBiden mess."...

Biden Caught Telling Another Whopper, Falsely Claims His "First Job Offer" Came From a Lumber Company in Boise - Company Says it's Not True (VIDEO)  ..."And just like every story Biden tells, this one curdled within one hour.  The New York Post reached out to to Boise Cascade and there is no record of Biden’s story being true."

BIDEN EFFECT: Secretary Blinken Admits to Ongoing Hostage Situation in Afghanistan -- Americans STILL Blocked from Leaving Mazar-i-Sharif Airport . . . "Last week Blinken said the passengers trying to flee the Taliban killers didn’t have the proper paperwork.  This NEVER stopped Democrats from admitting a single illegal alien from entering the US from Central America."

"Joe Biden: America’s Dumbest Newest President"  

Joe Biden is the leader of the free world and I’m a writer of books, so far be it from me to tell him how to run his administration (if he’s running it at all, but that’s a subject for another column). But if dumb decision-making skills like this are what we have to look forward to, then my Lord we have a long four years ahead of us.

 Report - Biden Family Corruption: 'We’ve Got People' to Invest in Joe (breitbart.com)

. . . "The hedge fund was still unsuccessful, despite the appearances Joe Biden helped create to encourage investments, for example, by sending firefighters who wanted to invest, literally into the firm. Ultimately, “Paradigm’s executives searched in vain to find an overseas bank or other foreign buyer to take the business off their hands, including in the banking haven of Switzerland.”

"In the end, no entity would buy the fund from the Biden family, ending the hedge fund’s hopes of success."

POLL: Little faith that Biden Administration can repair Afghanistan debacle | Sharyl Attkisson 

"Champaign Socialist" AOC attacks the rich while attending a $30,000 gala dinner

 AOC is slammed as a hypocrite for donning a custom Aurora James dress with'TAX THE RICH' scrawled across it to the Met Gala where tickets cost $30,000 each   "Democrat Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez made an appearance at the Met Gala wearing a white gown with bright red letters spelling 'TAX THE RICH.' The congresswoman was photographed in the red carpet of the socialite event in New York City, where tickets are up to $35,000 and tables are $250,000. AOC wore an off-the-shoulder custom dress, red heels and a bag that also read 'TAX THE reach', designed by creative director Aurora James, ELLE reported.Brothers Vellies, James' luxury brand, is often worn by celebrities such as Beyoncé, Meghan Markle, Zendaya, Rihanna and Lady Gaga,"

Ted Cruz, Trump, Jr Point out the Folly of AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Dress at Met Gala ..."The irony? She’s attending an event hanging out with the rich, that costs at least $30,000 to attend. So she either paid or was gifted the ticket which raises gift/donation questions."...

..."Um, AOC? You grew up in Westchester, the daughter of an architect, and went to Boston College, despite your stories about the Bronx. You bartended briefly. You’re now a sitting member of Congress, making $174,000, who lives in a luxury building and drives a Tesla. You are not now a “working-class woman' ”

Yes, Ocasio-Cortez Really Wanted to Send This Message at a Ritzy Gala

AOC Unironically Wears 'Tax the Rich' Gown to Bougie Met Gala . . . "How many of you could afford to go to the Met Gala, I wonder? So while she’s profiting off her access to the super wealthy and the culture they create, she’s also sending a message that she wants to punish them for being wealthy… and they all love it. Of course, that’s not really what she means. She doesn’t mean “tax my donors until they bleed.” This is just marketing for her. What she really means is “tax the middle class” until we become a lower class. That’s always the Democrats’ plan. When they say, “tax the rich,” they’re really just targeting the suburbs. They never actually target Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerburg, or anyone else on their friends’ list—those with yachts they get invited to (or Gala events—Zuckerburg and Instagram sponsored this one)."

Photo: I believe the left calls this a "white Power" signal, does it not? Fear her voters.

Nolte: Elites Violate Mask Mandate at Grotesque Met Gala  "The maskless Met Gala once again proves that the science is clear. Masks only stop us, you and I, the little people, from spreading the coronavirus. However, America’s cherished left-wing elites are so unique and beautiful that the virus dare not spread through them.". . . 

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Joe and the Football -

The football, or Presidential Emergency Satchel, has existed since the Eisenhower administration.  The football is carried by a military aide and should accompany the president at all times.  The football gives the president the ability to order a nuclear strike regardless of his location. 

 American Thinker  "We are not talking about Joe Montana, arguably the greatest quarterback of all time (sorry, Tom).  We are talking about Joe Biden, categorically the worst president of all time.

"Joe's football weighs a hefty forty-five pounds.  It is not composed of pigskin and compressed air.  Instead black leather and aluminum hold classified papers and a satellite radio set."...

..."Relay of the order is governed by the two-man rule.  That is, it takes the approval of two authenticated individuals for the order to proceed down the chain of command.  This ensures that no one person, deranged or not, can initiate a nuclear strike.

"Well, almost.  The commander-in-chief is the exception.  The two-man rule does not apply to him."...

..."So we come to the crux of the matter.

"The crux is not whether an increasingly addled, inept, frustrated, and callous Joe Biden would order a nuclear strike.  This summer, the pressures on him have grown immensely.  The months of fall and winter promise no relief.  This president is likely close to the cracking point, if he has not already arrived.

"The crux is whether the chain of command would follow through on a strike order issued by this president?   Especially if the strike was not in response to an attack, but motivated by the need for Joe to lash out at his tormentors?

"The compliance to the insane order to abandon Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan provides a nauseating clue.  The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and everyone down the chain had to know the order would result in catastrophe, but they obeyed anyway.  Not a single soul resigned in protest.  

"Joe, of course, would not order a strike against the true enemies of the United States.  The heinous regimes of Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela have little to fear.  Who, then, would seething Joe move against?"...   Read more.

With Newsom poised to win California recall, another indication COVID politics may be starting to favor Democrats over Republicans

 Looks Like the monkey lady and the Taliban both won.

Yahoo  ..."With polls now showing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ahead by double-digit margins on the eve of California’s much-hyped recall election, voters here seem ready to reject the laissez-faire COVID-19 policies that have failed to contain huge summer surges in Republican-led states such as Florida — and vindicate the Golden State’s more careful approach to the hypercontagious Delta variant.

"Their verdict could have national implications for both Democrats and Republicans heading into the 2022 midterm elections."...

Another Resignation Rocks the White House. People Are Jumping Ship |

  News Thud

It has also been rumored that Secretary of State Antony Blinken may also be forced to resign after his testimony before Congress was a complete disaster.

"In light of the border crisis and the influx of refugees from Afghanistan the chief of staff to the Department of Homeland Security, Karen Olick has decided to resign.

"Olick plans to leave the DHS at the end the month. Mayorkas told DHS officials that Olick “has decided to resign her position and pursue new opportunities. We are grateful to Karen for her service during the critical first nine months of the new Administration.”

"Olick is leaving amid the massive flow of illegal migrants across the border and the influx of refugees from Afghanistan. The DHS has been rocked and she doesn’t feel like being the scapegoat.

"Recently, two of the FDA’s top vaccine experts, Philip Krause and Marion Gruber resigned because they did not agree with Biden’s plan for a third booster.

"Along with numerous other scientist the two wrote in a peer reviewed paper that “current evidence does not, therefore, appear to show a need for boosting in the general population, in which efficacy against severe disease remains high:'”. . .

LEAKED Audio Of Blinken May End His Political Career

OAN reporter, Jack Posobiec made breaking news that, “Republican staff have an audio recording of Tony Blinken at an East Hampton gathering the weekend that Kabul fell. In the recording, Blinken is heard making several disparaging comments about the most senior members of the Biden administration, per GOP official.”

Naivete is not a virtue

. . . "Who in his right mind actually thinks telling the friggin’ Taliban “the Afghan people deserve an inclusive government” would make a damn bit of difference to those guys?

"The only reason they’re voicing concern is because their expectations were entirely unrealistic. And if they weren’t so deeply naïve they would have known their expectations were unrealistic.

"Yet this is the department in charge of US foreign policy and diplomacy.

"No wonder we got rick-rolled by Iran, taken advantage of by NATO, hoodwinked by China and blindsided by the Taliban.". . . 

What the Biden surrender has wrought

 

Obama's Defense Secretary: US Should Prepare Itself for More Attacks in Wake of Biden's Afghan Retreat (thefederalistpapers.org)

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan exit strategy could lead to future terror attacks against the U.S. as the Taliban now again rules the country after two decades of U.S. occupation"...

Michael Moore Praises Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal, ‘Grace, Precision And Safety’…   Video

Taliban Death Squads Track Down And Kill 4 Afghan Counterterrorism Agents, Pulling Out Their Fingernails Before Shooting Them…

A senior manager working at the headquarters of the NDS told The Sunday Times that the Taliban took possession of laptops and paperwork from the headquarters after taking Kabul on August 15.     Bidens tend to lose laptops

 Now U.S. intelligence officials are warning that America's chaotic withdrawal from that war is inspiring terrorist groups abroad. CBS News 

'The Great American Walkout' Begins, Targets Biden's Overreaching Vaccine Mandate

  The Federalist  "A call has been issued for Americans to take a stand against vaccine mandates by walking out of their jobs or schools.

"On Thursday, President Joe Biden said he would draft executive orders forcing all employers with more than 100 workers to institute vaccine mandates, as well as imposing them on federal workers and federal contractors.

"According to a news advisory provided to The Western Journal, “The Great American Walkout” kicked off Saturday with a San Diego news conference “to announce the launch of a nationwide peaceful protest of Police Officers, Fire Fighters, Medics, Educators and Parents who are all greatly concerned with President Biden and multiple other state Governor’s recent calls for nationwide COVID-19 vaccine mandates.' ”. . . More at the link.

Texas Set to Defy Joe Biden, Finalizing Plans to Build 700 Miles of Wall at Southern Border

The Western Journal   "Texas is expected to award a contract this week to begin construction of a barrier along its southern border with Mexico.

"In an early-September statement on its website, the Texas Facilities Commission announced that a design firm and an engineering firm had been selected to oversee the project’s construction, The Texas Tribune reported last week.

"That statement noted that the contract is expected to be awarded by mid-September — or sometime this week.

" 'The Texas Facilities Commission, which oversees state contracts, said in a statement it anticipates awarding the border wall project with more than $1 billion in available funding by mid-September,” the Washington Examiner reported.

“ 'The commissioners must vote on the decision before the contract for a program manager can be awarded, and the final monetary amount has not yet been determined. The program manager will handle the budget and determine where to build.' ”. . . 

Wokeness: An Evil of Our Age

 

What skulls full of mush wrought

Victor Davis Hanson; American Greatness

Even the Chinese apparat could not invent a more evil, more macabre way to destroy the United States.  

. . . "The effort to force war-weary Czarist Russia to reform into a constitutional monarchy ended up being kidnapped by a small but lethal clique of Leninist Bolsheviks. What ensued was the destruction of Russian life—and millions of corpses—over the next 70 years. Ditto Mao Zedong’s various murderous resets culminating in the cannibalistic “Cultural Revolution.” Mao’s final tab was 60-70 million deaths of his fellow Chinese. 

"French, Russian, and Chinese wokists all toppled statues, canceled out the nonbelievers, wiped away history, tore down monuments, and declared themselves the purest of all generations in their year zero—before getting down to the business of dividing up the spoils and settling scores.

"Most of these bloodbaths started out with the supposedly noble idea of delivering social justice, equity, and fairness before they inevitably went deadly and feral. We should be just as worried about our own woke pandemic.". . . 

Leftists Destroy Statues Because Scorched Earth Is Their Only Option (thefederalist.com)  “Who even is this guy?” one Wisconsin protester asked, staring down at the toppled statue of Hans Christian Heg, an abolitionist leader who fought and died for the Union in the Civil War.

So much more on this here.

Do what the Fauch says and you'll be fine

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Lara Logan drops dynamite Fox News segment on Biden's sweeping vaccine mandates - American Thinker  

Ms. Logan began the show reporting on new directives to OSHA not to report on COVID vaccine side-effects.  She then segued into recent reports from the U.K. and Israel that report on serious problems with the vaccines.

One feature of the segment that conservatives will appreciate is the montages from other channels, like MSNBC and CNN.  Their "commentators" are so crazed that it's surreal.  These un-American fools actually think Biden "didn't go far enough."

The Biden Mandates are a civil rights issue, and they should appall lovers of freedom.  Do watch Lara: 

(If YouTube takes down the video, you can also find it at FoxNews.com after you sit through a commercial or two.)

 Fauci Calls for 'Many, Many More' Vaccine Mandates (westernjournal.com)  ..."The White House’s chief medical adviser said the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19 is the fault of those who do not listen to experts such as himself."...

Political Cartoons (townhall.com)

Kamala Harris Blusters ‘Protect The Vaccinated,’ Gets Mocked: ‘What The Hell Is It Even For?’ | The Daily Wire