Truckers And THEIR Treason.

As we head into week three, blockades continue and lawlessness doesn't take a holiday. I don't know what some truckers are drinking or smoking but they're basically clueless: THEY don't get to decide who's prime minister or who are members of a given federal government. The collective arrogance of this lot and the nutbar quality of it all.

Some of them want to put Trudeau on trial and according to them, they have a divine right of kings to decide when mandates go. Who elected them to anything? So, in short, why don't they simply fuck off and go home.

And if that doesn't work, throw the lot of them who refuse to disperse in jail and let them cool their clearly deluded heels in the slammer for a month or two. Cause sorry bozos, mob rule won't take hold in Canada. Don't like the management at the federal, provincial, territorial or local level, then get off your ass in the next election and vote them out.

So...you can go quietly into the night, finally, or the cops and the army can crack heads. Either way, as sure as I'm breathing, you'll go. It's your choice. Do you still feel lucky?

Showdown At The Bergen Corral?

Look, I've always been a Bergen admirer, even though we didn't always agree on policy, I felt that Candice had natural leadership qualities and that she would make at least a good leader. I still think that. She's been chosen as interim and IMHO, the party is in good hands.

Now, let's address the matter of nameless cowards who've already begun sniping about her and disrupting her leadership even before she barely got out of the gate. Let's call a spade a spade: those leaks are coming from at least one MP and that person or persons need to be found, identified with proof and then summarily tossed from caucus with no chance of ever being integrated again at a later date. In short, you burn the leader now and you pay the price forever. Let that person be the next one to get the heave-ho treatment.

As for Candice, she needs to know that as interim, she must only go with winning issues that increase support among Conservatives, the unaffiliated and others for the party. Any issue that divides up the country and puts all of us against each other is to be avoided like the plague. Why do I say that? Because I know Liberals, especially Trudeau Liberals, and nothing would give them more delight than to see our party divided and fighting with each other under an interim as HimselfTM comes up with a pretext to go into an early election against Bergen. All of us need to be mindful of that because it is a distinct possibility, strategically speaking.

So, Candice, if you want to grow this party, grow our support among the unaffiliated and previously non-voting Canadians, then drop the truckers and do it now. Otherwise, this party will die from the death of a thousand cuts and handoff to the new leader in an incredibly weak position. So, in the final analysis, it's Bergen's choice and hers alone. I'm for building bridges, expanding and growing the party. Hope she is for that as well. I want her legacy to be the strongest possible handoff that's possible to the new leader. I want the baton passed off with Bergen strength, not Bergen weakness. Like I said before, only Candice can cement her legacy as leader and only she can provide the initial rocket fuel that will likely propel this party straight into power after the selection of a new leader. That must be, and likely will be the Bergen legacy.

O'Toole: Stop The Hemorrhaging.

Sir, have you no common sense? Resign already. Don't put the party and the membership through another day of this. Just go, for heaven's sake, go.

A Third Of Caucus Turns On O'Toole.

Thank God. Bring on the early leadership review if O'Toole doesn't resign quickly.

Stupid O'Toole...

Well, what about it? Did O'Toole meet with trucker leaders? You know, those truckers who did not, at the very least, punch out those demon seeds carrying the Stars and Bars and worse yet, Nazis flags!

So, what do the two sad sacks have to say about those two evil doozys? Come on Bernier and O'Toole, what exactly is your read on those disgusting and truly evil spectacles?

So far, that thundering and roaring sound you hear is not truck engines -- it's called fucking crickets.

Evil is as evil does, period. Guess even Bernier and O'Toole are smart enough not to want to have anything further to do with that? Again, so far, crickets.

This is way beyond a red line in the sand. This is Canada and it's our duty to have nothing to do with Nazi scum or racist demon seeds.

Wake up you gullible morons. Evil is royally playing you. Truckers, do something about it and do it yesterday, otherwise you are no better than those devil worshippers.

Ukraine: Why It Means War With NATO.

Totalitarian despots tend to see themselves as military geniuses of the highest order -- just think of Hitler in Russia -- but they're far from it. Putin is no exception and will fatally miscalculate from the get-go.

A Ukraine invasion is no longer an if, it's now an almost inevitable when. Here's why. Putin wants Ukraine out of the western orbit and he wants that yesterday. He knows that can no longer be accomplished politically by the vote so military action is his only option.

Here's my take: when it comes, it will be a Blitzkrieg attack on three fronts: forces crossing into Ukraine from Russia, Belarus and Crimea. They will likely attempt a pincer movement to quickly overrun Kyiv.

An easy enough in but probably with an unexpected number of Russian conscript casualties. Putin thinks he has Biden on the run politically, and he's right but that's not seeing the forest for the trees.

That's not the real deal. Since 2020, Ukraine is a NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner and that's big news. When military push back comes from the West, the UK will take the lead given the especially close relations between London and Kyiv.

After all, it's MI6 who broke the news of the puppet players Russia plans to install in office once Ukraine has been taken.

It's no coincidence that Britain has already sent anti-tank weapons while the United States limits itself to ammunition. 

In the end, it's London that will call all the shots in the defensive response and just like in two world wars, America will inevitably follow with the rest of NATO bringing up the rear.

So...Putin better be careful what he plans for: a quick win on the ground will sooner or later turn into the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and we all know how that one ended for The Kremlin.

How ironic will it be for him when Putin's misadventures in Ukraine ultimately lead to his political demise in Mockba.

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CNN: Will Biden Bounce Back?

OK, let's take this one on what with both Biden and Harris' numbers tanking badly. First off, 22 is a mid-term election, which by its very nature, is more often than not a PROTEST vote. Translation: that means voters are largely dissatisfied with how it went and opt for the opposing party. That likely means Democrats losing many House seats and probably Senate control. No mystery there, just a traditional track record.

Now to Biden. Remember how in the campaign Biden was supposed to be a one-term president? Exactly...Lord Acton got it right at the individual level meaning that once in power, the average Joe suddenly grows into the idea of a solid eight years. So, right out of the blocks and looking to 24, Biden is no LBJ.

Just look at the historic track record of other presidents who were exactly where Biden is now in their first year in office and then got re-elected as chief executive. Think Reagan, Clinton and Obama. With that in mind, I don't expect Biden to create an opening.

Then there's the WSJ Schoen and Stein piece: you know, Hill's third run for the presidency with Bill cheering her on. Well, let's get it out there that Hillary and Bill make Machiavelli look like a rank amateur -- I mean, look up prepositioning in the dictionary and you'll find WJC and HRC. That's just the nature of the beast, looking for a leveraged opportunity.

Sure, the Dems have tacked left under Biden and that's been met with mixed reviews, to put it kindly. But being Bernie and AOC-lite ain't exactly like a political death sentence. Much depends on the economy which will dictate the incumbent's faith, perhaps à la Carter and perhaps not. Right now, the economy continues to tank while hiring goes up. Talk about a bifurcation and God only knows how it'll break in the voting booths.

The Clintons already have two problems coupled with a tremendous asset: they're unabashedly centrist and that will move the needle but HRC is also yesterday's news, just like Trump. Right now, both are convinced they respectively are a lead-pipe cinch for a huge political comeback. Maybe, maybe not.

Is the United States really thirsting for retreads on both the left and right? Independents will likely get to decide. And then there's the elephant in the room that Albright positively nailed: women, or at least a considerable number of them, going out of their way to vote Republican to deny Hillary the prize. My late Mom used to refer to that subsection and type as "catty bitches" and trust me, there are plenty of them around, yes, even in 2022. 

Take from all of the above that  HRC is no EMK -- she won't be challenging Biden any time soon. Now, if Biden clears the decks, then it's a go but not being nice with the White House isn't a solid political strategy. That, at the very least, gets Biden's back up and makes him ready for battle. Hill should know better. 

In my world, America is continually evolving and mostly for the better. Why should politics be any different? To Democrats I say, find younger, centrist, principled leadership and to Republicans, get your heads examined if you're still hard-core for Trump. 2024: in a nutshell, a political adventure with a reliable outcome almost no one can predict.

May God bless the United States of America!