Monday's video:
The coronation and pageantry plus Trump rising and Biden fading
Monday, May 08, 2023
We all work in a narco submarine, narco submarine...
(My new American Thinker post)
We can say two things about the drug cartels. First, they are deadly and second, they are very creative in reaching their customers.
Nick Beake, BBC News Europe correspondent, reported on the new submarine fleet carrying drugs to Europe. It is a remarkable story:
I'm about to climb into the first "narco-sub" known to have brought cocaine from South America to Europe.
It's 20 metres (65 ft) long, built out of fibreglass and -- remarkably -- homemade.
After clambering on top, I lift up the wonky manhole cover and descend into the hull where three men survived for 27 long days and nights, as they voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean just under the surface of the crashing waves.
It's cramped, claustrophobic and incredibly primitive.
The sunlight tries to creep in from faint cracks in the walls. There is a steering wheel, a couple of basic dials and a rusted key still wedged in the ignition.
You can understand why one prospective skipper took one look at the vessel and concluded it was a death trap.
The heat and noise would have been intense as the engine in the back of the sub burned through the 20,000 litres of fuel stored onboard.
The crew of two Ecuadorean cousins and a former Spanish boxer set out from the Brazilian rainforest and first travelled along the Amazon river.
They had energy bars, cans of sardines and plastic bags they used for toilet facilities.
That was about all they had. Apart, of course, from three tonnes of cocaine worth more than $150m (£121m).
Death trap probably. Profitable trip for sure. After all, how often do a couple of Ecuadorean cousins and a former Spanish boxer get to deliver something worth that kind of money? It reveals why so many people are willing to participate in this business – it’s risky but very lucrative.
As we try to battle the drug crisis on our border, let's remember that supply will always meet demand.
To remember the Beatles: "In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea....." Yes, the man who sailed to sea to deliver cocaine in a homemade submarine, homemade submarine.
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May 8, 1884....We remember that Pres Truman was born on this day.
May 8, 1884....
We remember that Pres Truman was born on this day....
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Sunday, May 07, 2023
Saturday, May 06, 2023
The commies of Colorado
(My new American Thinker post)
At some point, you have to call a commie a commie. In other words, if it hates capitalism, it hates capitalism. Check this out from the Colorado Education Association, the state's affiliate to the National Education Association. This is their latest resolution:
A final version of the resolution that was passed states that "CEA believes that capitalism requires exploitation of children, public schools, land, labor, and/or resources. Capitalism is in opposition to fully addressing systemic racism (the school to prison pipeline), climate change, patriarchy, (gender and LGBTQ disparities), education inequality, and income inequality."
There you have it. Don't call them well-meaning liberals, because this is communism.
The irony here is that capitalism generates the taxes that keep this CEA going. It is the parents who work in the capitalist system who make public education possible.
Worse than that, the schools are not doing their job in many parts of Colorado. Check this out:
State assessment results show significant catch-up work remains for Colorado students to perform at grade level after the pandemic, and that historically underserved populations of students, particularly English learners, were disproportionately impacted by the disruptions in learning. While many scores improved over 2021, the percent of students performing at or above grade level was down from 2019 across almost all grades and subject areas.
The sharpest drop in achievement happened in ninth-grade math, where the percentage of ninth-graders who met or exceeded expectations on the PSAT fell 8.8 percentage points from 2019.
Roughly 4 in 10 ninth-graders met expectations in math, and more than 6 in 10 meet expectations in evidence-based reading and writing. In the third grade, roughly 4 in 10 students meet expectations in both reading and math.
Not good. One would think raising the performance of students would be #1 in the minds of the CEA. Instead, the leaders of the CEA have decided to unleash their inner Marxism and declare capitalism the problem. Yes, the kids of Colorado need more Karl Marx in their lives so they can join the parade.
Like good communists, they denied that they wrote the resolution. Yes, we remember when Fidel Castro said he wasn't communist, too. It's how they do it, and the CEA knows that communism must be denied until it is implemented.
Colorado is probably too blue these days to stop this nonsense or for school choice to put the CEA out of business. Unfortunately, the parents of Colorado will have three choices: go homeschooling, go private, or move to Texas.
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Friday, May 05, 2023
Friday's video: Cinco de Mayo or The Battle of Puebla, Teacher's union in Colorado and more
Cinco de Mayo or The Battle of Puebla......Teacher's union in Colorado.....Trump-DeSantis 2024?......and other stories:
Wonder why they call Robert Kennedy a ‘racista’
(My new American Thinker post)
Here in Texas, we can't stop talking about the horrific shooting in Cleveland, close to Houston. As expected, the immigration activists jumped on Governor Greg Abbott for saying that the alleged killer is an illegal immigrant and that some of the victims were also here illegally. It created the usual back and forth about "nobody is illegal" or that the governor was exploiting the issue politically.
So I was happy to hear what Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said about all this. Let's hear it:
"Francisco Oropeza Perez-Torres has been arrested for the murder of 5 people," Kennedy wrote. "It is not anti-immigrant bigotry to demand an immigration system that keeps out criminals. In fact, letting them in stokes bigotry. As President, I will enforce a secure border, and I will expand the kind of LEGAL immigration that made our country great."
Perez-Torres allegedly killed five neighbors after one of them asked him to stop firing a rifle in his yard so his baby could sleep. According to the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office, after the conversation, Oropesa allegedly entered the neighboring home and killed five of the 10 people inside.
The victims have been identified as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25, Daniel Enrique Laso Guzman, 8, Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21, Julisa Molina Rivera, 31, and Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18.
In another tweet, Kennedy noted that it was possible to be pro-immigration and be in favor of closing the border.
That's an incredible statement coming from a Democrat. On the other hand, is it? Or is someone in the Democrat Part finally speaking some sense?
Not long ago, it would have been impossible to watch a serious Democrat on TV arguing that a man should have the right to compete against a woman or more specifically take her trophy away or rewrite records. Again, that would have been unthinkable but President Biden is surrounded by people like that who write his speeches. I certainly don't remember Joe Biden being a champion of any of this before he sold his soul to win the 2020 nomination.
Finally, a Democrat who wants to make sense. I hope that he forces Democrats to come to their senses.
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Thursday, May 04, 2023
Thursday's video: The China expansion.....Robert Kennedy and the border....Running against Senator Cruz
Thursday's video:
The China expansion.....Robert Kennedy and the border....Running against Senator Cruz
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