"We Shouldn't Jump to Conclusions"
These were the words President Joe Biden used when counseling his fellow Americans "not to lapse into anger and hatred. The man who drove a vehicle into a crowd celebrating the new year in New Orleans was an American citizen, not one of Trump's dreaded undocumented visitors to our country. We shouldn't use this one errant act to conclude that he was a terrorist. By all accounts he was a devout believer in Islam. A man of faith can't be all bad. The fact that he used an electric vehicle to run over two dozen people--fourteen of whom died of their injuries--showed an appreciation for the environment that the majority of Americans haven't been able to achieve."
In contrast, President-Elect Donald cited the attack as "a failure to protect American citizens from deranged criminals. Under Biden's leadership the FBI has been busy spying on, harassing, and persecuting citizens who speak out against the awful policies spawned by so-called progressive Democrats. Parents who criticize poorly performing public schools have been labeled domestic terrorists. Individuals publicly praying for the end of the slaughter of unborn babies have been put in jail. Grandmothers who entered the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to protest the stolen 2020 election were characterized as insurrectionists and pressured into accepting unjust punishments lest they be sent to prison for a decade or more. I, myself, was subjected to prosecution for crimes invented by 'novel legal theories.' Voters voted for change. Yet, we see President Biden lamely accepting mass murder because the killer used an electric vehicle."
Biden called Trump's reaction "short-sighted. Tragic as the premature deaths of the folks in New Orleans may have been to their families and loved ones, there is no denying the fact that carbon dioxide emissions from these individuals have been terminated. If we are to save the climate we must decrease the surplus population. Preferably this would be accomplished by more civilized means like abortion, but we shouldn't totally disdain rougher ways of getting the job done. My only regret is that I won't be having another term to help pursue more civilized ways."
In related news, Oxfam, a British NGO, found that "billions of the funds the World Bank has spent on climate change-related issues cannot be accounted for. This doesn't necessarily mean the money was stolen. It's just that no one in charge of the spending can verify what exactly a lot of it was spent on. So we don't know whether any of the desired mitigation of carbon emissions will or won't take place."
World Bank CEO Ajaypal Singh Banga emphasized that "just because we cannot nail down where every dollar has gone doesn't mean no good has been done. The threat to the climate is so dire that we must not allow quibbling over money to interrupt the flow of resources into our hands. Money that we don't receive won't accomplish anything. Even if only some of the money we receive finds its way to a useful project that will still accomplish more than nothing."
Biden to Awards Cheney Medal
President Biden has bestowed the Presidential Citizens Medal on former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo) for "her selfless actions on behalf of our democracy. She was one of only two Republicans allowed to serve on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. She actively campaigned for the election of Vice-President Kamala Harris to be our nation's next president. The country is better because of her dedication and sacrifice."
"This is all very nice," Cheney responded, "but what I really need is the kind of full and unconditional pardon your son Hunter got. In just a few weeks Trump will be president. In his eyes, I'm guilty of abusing my position to aid and abet the lawfare meant to ruin him financially and put him in jail. He's not going to let me off just because I got a citizens medal."
"I hear ya, sister," Biden replied. "I may yet do that, but tempting Trump to invest his political capital in prosecuting you may be another sacrifice we'll have to make. Hunter brought in a lot of money for the family and may still bring in more if he's not in prison. Your ability to do anything of further value to me other than serve as a diversionary sacrificial lamb seems improbable."
"In a way, we're both victims of Attorney General Garland's laziness," the President added. "I wanted him to get Trump behind bars before the 2024 election, but he let things drag on for too long and now Trump not only isn't in jail, he'll be president on January 20. Garland also let his underlings prosecute Hunter when he could've just told them not to. He is the nation's top prosecutor. He has the discretion to cancel the prosecution of anyone."
Trudeau Lobbies Trump
While Trump calling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "Governor of America's 51st state" was intended as a joke, Trudeau is reportedly lobbying Trump to name him Governor of Canada.
"Look, in Canada's parliamentary system I'm toast," the Prime Minister lamented. "Polls show the Liberal Party in third place with only 16% voter support. Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are at 45%. Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats are at 21%. The Atlantic Liberal caucus of my own Party is demanding my resignation."
Atlantic caucus chair and Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois insisted "it is no longer tenable for Trudeau to continue to lead our Party. Conservative MP John Williamson said he plans to introduce a non-confidence motion. If it passes in the House of Commons it would trigger an election our Party cannot win. His previous non-confidence motions were defeated because the New Democrats stood with us. Now Singh says his Party has lost confidence in Trudeau and the Liberals and will vote to trigger a new election."
"If Canada becomes the 51st state and Trump names me governor I wouldn't have to face voters until November of 2026," Trudeau assumed. "That would give me time to renew my magic with Canada's voters."
Trump said "I'm not opposed to the idea, but my top priority for acquiring new land right now is Greenland. Its strategic importance and low population make it a more attractive addition to our country. In any case, Congress is the body responsible for admitting new states. Given the vast size and diversity of Canada I imagine that Congress might want to admit each province as a state. The best that Trudeau could hope for might be governor of Ontario. But I predict that his ouster from Prime Minister would occur long before our Congress could act on whether to admit another state or states into our union."
In related news, the rate of medically assisted suicides in Canada continues to rise. Dr. Sonu Gaind, a psychiatry professor at the University of Toronto, observed that "the biggest increase is among people who are not seriously ill. The reason they died last year was because the government killed them at their request."
Vaccine Madness
In 1986, before vaccine makers were granted broad immunity from liability for the injuries their injections caused there were only seven vaccinations recommended for each child between birth and age 18 and none for adults or pregnant women by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Today there are more than 70 recommended vaccinations for each child, five for each pregnant woman, and over 130 for each adult up to age 79.
President-Elect Donald Trump's nominee for the Department of Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. contends "we are overloading the very youngest and most vulnerable members of society with repetitive doses of vaccines. The fact that the manufacturers of these vaccines have been relieved of all responsibility for any harm these products might do has inspired them to throw caution to the wind. A particularly troubling trend has been the increased incidence of autism from 1 in each 150 children in the year 2000 to one in each 36 children. It is my intention as Secretary of HHS to examine these drugs and inject more caution into the system."
Current CDC director Mandy Krauthamer-Cohen characterized the expanded vaccination schedules as "based on the best science available. The better explanation for the apparent increase in autism is that we are better at detecting and measuring it. Mainstream medical opinion is that Mr. Kennedy's fears are unfounded."
"Actions are more persuasive than assertions," Kennedy said. "If Ms. Krauthamer-Cohen were truly confident in the science behind these vaccines she should have no objection to repealing the immunity from liability that led to the massive expansion of the vaccination schedule. If these vaccinations are doing more good than harm the few lawsuits that might succeed would be overwhelmed by the much larger profits from vaccinations that produce far fewer harms than benefits."
Global utopian Bill Gates has a completely different objection to the way vaccines are delivered. "The problem with the current system is that any objector can opt out of being vaccinated no matter what the scientific experts prescribe for them," he complained. "Some of them can be successfully induced to do the right thing by threats to their employment, ability to travel, or even venture outside their home, but fanatics will slip through the cracks. What we need is a way to inject vaccines covertly. That's why the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given more than $2 million to Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) to develop a mosquito that can inject humans with a genetically engineered vaccine or drug. I'm pleased to say that a proof of concept test in which a mosquito successfully injected a malaria-casing parasite into test subjects. This opens the way for us to medicate everyone without needing their permission."
Meanwhile, Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) argument that a lower court jury erred in its award of $7.8 million in damages to six employees who were fired for refusing to take the experimental covid vaccine. "BART's contention that no alternative measures were as effective as the vaccine was not demonstrated to the jury's satisfaction," Alsup ruled. "Ironically, most of the evidence gathered since the firings has shown that the covid vaccines were neither safe or effective." Gates boasted that his "mosquito technology will render such legal disputes moot."
In related news, it appears that the current H5N1 bird flu strain may have leaked from a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) laboratory in Athens, Georgia. A USDA spokesperson defended the "gain-of-function" research intended to increase the lethality of the virus "as necessary so we can be ready to create a vaccine to deal with if a wild mutation into greater lethality were to evolve in a state of nature." The fact that respiratory viruses have a notoriously rapid rate of mutation that impedes the development of effective vaccines--as we saw with the covid vaccines--does not seem to deter this risky, yet likely futile research. Nevertheless, Dr. Lena Wen, former president of Planned Parenthood urged President Biden "to get millions of doses of bird flu vaccines to the American people as soon as possible." This follows her covid pandemic advice that "individuals who refuse to be vaccinated should be confined to their homes."
Contrasting Approaches for Combating Homelessness
In march of 2023 Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) dedicated $750 million in taxpayer funds to build 1200 tiny-house homes to help mitigate the homeless crisis in his state. This works out to $625,000 per house. So far, none have been built.
In North Carolina, the Amish community built 12 tiny-houses for a total cost of $300,000 in 48 hours. This worked out to a cost of $25,000 per house. All of the funds were donated by the Amish community.
Newsom assailed the comparison as "unfair. First of all, the homeless situation in North Carolina arose due to hurricane damage. The homeless crisis in California is more of a chronic nature. Second, the scale of their project was small. My proposal envisions a project a hundred times as large. Third, we will be using union labor and following public construction guidelines, not donated labor from religious kooks. Let me also point out that those who will eventually receive our tiny-homes will live in California, not North Carolina."
"California has been the dream location for where Americans would love to live for many generations," the Governor added. "I haven't ever heard of anyone yearning to live in North Carolina. To me it's more of a place that most people would be ashamed for other people to know they're from."
