eight minutes with the hodge twins and the subject is: no one helped the cops;
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
democracy, eu style;
The EU has interfered in the Scottish, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, and even the German election all to retain power. Ursula even sent in her spies to infiltrate the government. No sooner had Orban conceded defeat than a jubilant President Ursula von der Leyen called for the final coup de grace to national identity and sovereignty: the elimination of nations’ ability to stand against EU policies. So much for democracy..........more.........
i have no doubt that this is entirely real;
The Democrat Party plays dirty and plays for keeps.
All of Washington just learned that lesson in the most shocking fashion possible.
And Democrats just unleashed a sexual blackmail file that is even worse than you think.
Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress and ended his campaign for Governor of California after a former staffer came forward with allegations that Swalwell raped her in 2019 after she became too intoxicated to consent to sexual intercourse.
Swalwell then resigned his seat in the House of Representatives.
After the news broke, reporter Bethany Allen, formerly of Axios and Foreign Policy, admitted she knew of rumors for years about Swalwell’s conduct but never pursued them, claiming she didn’t do any reporting because it wasn’t her beat.
“I did not play it down. I very much wanted to report it myself. But MeToo stories on the Hill aren’t related to my beat, as much as I personally wish I could report them. I passed the tip along to colleagues on the Hill beat,” Allen wrote on X.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told Fox News host Jesse Watters that the real story was that Democrats keep a sexual blackmail folder in reserve to control their members and that when any of them threaten the left’s grip on power, top Democrats destroy them by leaking compromising information to the press.
“The real story here is how the Democrat Party controls its members through blackmail. It’s got a blackmail file on ALL of its politicians, and it uses them to leverage and control them until it’s time to release it,” Miller stated.
“That is how sick and twisted the Democrat Party is. That’s the next thread we’ve got to pull out here,” Miller added.............more............
i can't imagine why iran would even begin to consider 'negotiations' when the empire which has so completely demonstrated throughout their history that there is no way to treat the empire as trustworthy. they, the empire, have never kept a treaty;
Pakistan is trying desperately to hold a new round of talks in Islamabad between the US and Iran. After conflicting statements from the Trump administration, it appears that JD Vance, accompanied by his Zionist watchers — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — are headed back to Islamabad. As of 22:20 hours eastern, Iran’s lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said there will be no negotiations while the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect, stating that they are prepared to demonstrate new cards on the battlefield.
On Monday, April 20, 2026, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made several public statements (primarily via a post on X and remarks reported by state media) regarding potential negotiations with the United States. His tone was cautious, skeptical, and defiant, while still leaving the door open to diplomacy. He emphasized that any serious talks must be based on consistent, reliable behavior rather than pressure. Pezeshkian highlighted “deep historical mistrust in Iran toward US government conduct.” He accused American officials of sending “unconstructive and contradictory signals” that convey a “bitter message” — that the US is seeking Iran’s surrender.
Pezeshkian stressed that Iran will not yield to threats or bullying. He stated that “war benefits no one” and that “every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions.” However, he added that “distrust of the enemy and vigilance in interactions are undeniable necessities.” He described the ongoing US naval blockade as evidence that Washington may be “repeating previous patterns and betraying diplomacy.” Unless Donald Trump lifts the blockade and stops issuing threats, I think that Iran will not agree to a new round of talks............more..........
current events in the adventures of the black clown running chicago;
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson linked the restaurant industry to “slavery” Wednesday as he defended his push to eliminate the tipped wage, doubling down after surviving a City Council effort to block the policy.
Johnson’s remarks came after the Chicago City Council failed to override his veto of a measure that would have halted the city’s phaseout of the subminimum wage for tipped workers — a policy set to raise base pay to the full minimum wage by 2028 that is opposed by restaurant owners who warn it could drive up prices and cut jobs.
He called on Chicagoans to “challenge city council not to do stuff like take wages away from Black and Brown people,” saying that most workers in the service industry who rely on tips are minorities.
City aldermen voted last month to end the wage increase for tipped workers, but Johnson vetoed it.
Restaurant owners and associations have pushed back on the city’s phaseout of the subminimum wage, saying it will shrink their already tight profit margins. Chicago’s City Council failed to meet the 34-vote requirement to overturn the phaseout.
“I’m a black man in America calling for the reparations of black people,” Johnson said. “There is no hiding or escaping that. I’m taking a bold statement here.”.............more..........
alistair crooke has shown that he's a serious observer of events which he speaks about here;
Trump’s tariff war will be seen in retrospect to be peanuts to the threatened strike on China’s supply lines.
We are entering upon a new stage to this war on Iran. It may not be what many expect (especially in financial markets). Yesterday Trump said inter alia that Hormuz was open and that Iran had agreed never to close Hormuz again; that Iran, with the help of the U.S., has removed, or is removing, all sea mines, and that U.S. and Iran would work together to extract Iran’s highly enriched uranium (HEU). Trump wrote:
“We’re going to get it together. We’re going to go in with Iran, at a nice leisurely pace, and go down and start excavating with big machinery … We’ll bring it back to the United States very soon”.
The President said earlier on Friday that Iran had agreed to hand over Iran’s HEU stockpile.
None of these claims were true. Either Trump was confabulating (holding to fantasies, albeit believing them to be true); or he was manipulating markets. If the latter – it was a success. Oil fell and markets soared. Reportedly, 20 minutes before the claim that the Strait of Hormuz was open and would never close again, a $760 million short on oil was placed… Someone ‘made a pile’...........more.............
of course they are;
Are Insiders Trading on Trump’s Announcements?
Paul Craig Roberts
Someone is making money on Trump’s announcements. Moon of Alabama reports that 20 minutes before Trump’s announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, 7,990 Brent crude futures were sold, a bet that the oil price would fall that resulted in huge gains. Was this insider trading? Who knew Trump’s announcement before he made it? Does Trump trade on his own announcements? https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/04/no_author/trump-claims-victory-lays-grounds-to-resume-fighting/
If Israeli-American supplies of interceptor missiles are low and the radar sites destroyed, just how can the Israeli-Americans renew the attack on Iran without exposing Israel and US Navy ships to major damage? Perhaps Netanyahu doesn’t care and is relying on Washington to rebuild Israel. Iran is in the way of Greater Israel, and removing Iran as a sovereign functioning state is the agenda.
The talk about “resolving the conflict at the negotiating table” is nonsense. As long as the Zionist agenda is Greater Israel, the conflict can be resolved only by the defeat of Israel or of Iran. Peace in the Middle East requires Israel to abandon the Zionist agenda. ........more.........
pcr on the iran war 'negotiations' which really aren't for several reasons mostly based upon the empire being totally unreliable for such things;
Does Iran Comprehend Who Iran is Negotiating with and about what?
Paul Craig Roberts
Iran thinks Iran is negotiating with Trump about restrictions being imposed on Iran’s rights under the non-proliferation treaty. Iran is totally incorrect. This is a proxy issue. Iran’s real issue is with Israel, and it is about Iran’s right to exist. The Zionist agenda of Greater Israel, the foreign policy of the Netanyahu Israeli Government, requires the elimination of Iran as an organized sovereign state. Why does the Iranian government think that Iran’s continued existence is something they want to negotiate?
After the Muslim world watched Washington destroy three of the “seven countries in five years” for Israel, why cannot the Iranian government comprehend that Iran is the fourth to be destroyed, with Turkey, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia waiting their turn.
Iran cannot gain anything from negotiations. Iran can only fight for its life. If the Iranian government is incapable of comprehending this basic fact, “Turkey will be next Iran” as former Israeli prime minister Bennet said last February at a conference of Jewish organizations in the US.
After all the decades of Israeli prime ministers holding up maps of Greater Israel, originally from the Nile to the Euphrates, now from the Nile to Pakistan, how is it possible that Muslims in the Middle East do not comprehend what this means for them?
Monday, April 20, 2026
so you like california and think it a fine legal state;
California's voter system handed a mail-in ballot to a dog with a fake name and no Social Security number.
The woman who reported it spent five years trying to get someone to care.
When investigators finally showed up at her door, her first words were "Thank God" — then they handed her a felony indictment.
How California Voter Fraud Goes Unreported and Unpunished
Laura Yourex didn't stumble into this fight.
She started it on purpose.
In 2020, six voter registration cards showed up at her Orange County home — for a household with two eligible voters.
So she decided to find out exactly how broken the system was..........more..........
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State. … Propaganda must always be essentially simple and repetitious. The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly… it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.”– Joseph Goebbels, German Nazi “Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment”
being a neanderthal from another era several times removed from the current one, this item below hit home really well. it seems that kids who grew up with this 'electronic' crap know how to translate the electronics. i don't, and usually run into lots of cursing and failures until i find a youth to show me how;
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE FEATURES
IN THESE NEW CARS
I WENT IN REVERSE.
AND IT PLAYED A VIDEO OF
GUY GETTING RUN OVER
caitlin commentary on our dystopian world;
Nothing about this dystopia feels natural. We all sense it deep in our marrow. We all know something has gone terribly wrong.
If you lived in an alternate reality without wars or poverty, where everyone had enough and governments did what’s in the interests of the people and the ecosystem, it would never occur to you that there was anything odd about it. It would feel completely normal. Things would be more or less how you’d expect them to be.
You can’t say the same about the present status quo. The whole thing instinctively scans as weird and counterintuitive. The more you learn about the way the world works, the more insane it all looks to you.
Have you ever had to explain war to a young child? It’s terrible. If you’re actually honest with them about what war is and why it is waged, it completely shatters their understanding of the world. They look at you like they’ve suddenly been transported into a strange alien universe where everything is backward.
Their reaction is correct. That is the sane and normal way to look at war. All the freakish mental contortions we do to try and normalize it is what’s crazy............more.........
larry johnson returns with more on iran and this is mainly on the closed straits;
The two images above show the Strait of Hormuz when it was partially opened and now, when it is closed. For a brief moment on Friday, 17 April 2026, Donald Trump told a partial truth… The Strait of Hormuz was open for business, but only for ships that coordinated with and were approved by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. That all came to a sudden end on Saturday, 18 April, following Donald Trump inflammatory statements about blockading all Iranian ports. Iran made it clear to JD Vance during the final hours of their last meeting in Islamabad that Iran’s 10-point plan is non-negotiable.
The disruption of the global supply chain caused by Iran’s blockade is not fully grasped by most people. I liken it to radiation sickness… Assume that someone survives the blast of an atomic bomb but is bombarded with radiation. It may take days or weeks for the lethal effects to cause harm to the victim. In this case, the victim is the global economic, financial and industrial system. It will take months (for partial oil recovery) to several years (for full LNG, urea, and helium normalization) for Persian Gulf exports to return to pre-war levels. This is due to a combination of physical destruction, logistical bottlenecks, security risks, and policy overhang from the 2026 Iran war (February–April 2026). Let’s review the factors that will prevent an immediate return to the exports levels that existed on 27 February............more.........
larry johnson brings you news of the war, in iran;
Well, that didn’t take too long. Friday’s false optimism about an imminent peace deal with Iran following Donald Trump’s claims that Iran had agreed to surrender to the US demands, fed wild swing to the positive side in the US stock market and crashed oil prices. Once again, it turns out that Trump was merely manipulating the financial and commodity markets and benefiting wealthy insiders.
There will be no more negotiations between the US and Iran until the US lifts its naval blockade and complies with the 10-points Iran delivered two weeks ago.
On Sunday, Iran said it would not participate in a second round of peace talks in Pakistan with the US this week due to America’s demands and ongoing naval blockade in the Gulf:
“Iran stated that its absence from the second round of talks stems from what it called Washington’s excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade, which it considers a breach of the ceasefire,” the IRNA state-run outlet said...........more......
europe is fast becoming the vision of orwell's famous book;
The illusion of Europe as a democratic peace project is fast receding.
European nations are being destroyed by war and militarism, and adding to the madness, their political class and media are driving the process with ever-increasing speed.
The fate of the continent could hardly be more tragic, given that it emerged from the ashes of World War II with the hope of being a model for international peace.
Hungary’s divisive elections this week, which saw the government of Viktor Orban ousted from power, were dominated by political and financial pressures exerted by the EU leadership on Budapest owing to Orban’s steadfast rejection of Brussels’ warmongering towards Russia. Hungarians cast their vote amid turmoil caused by Brussels and the energy blackmail of the NATO-backed Kiev regime. There are concerns that other EU nations, such as Slovakia, will face a similar assault on their democratic process if they do not conform to the elite agenda of making everything about an existential confrontation with Russia.
European citizens are enduring an economic crisis that has been brought on by NATO and the EU’s proxy war with Russia. Fuel, energy, food, and other living costs are going through the roof as a direct result of war and militarism. First, the energy supplies from Russia were cut off through government-led sanctions. Now, Trump’s aggression against Iran has hit energy supplies from the Persian Gulf, leaving Europe doubly exposed.............more.........
Sunday, April 19, 2026
a reminder in case you've forgotten some of it;
Recent years have demonstrated just how confused Western societies are about the value of freedom. So herewith a little reminder of some simple truths about what it means to live in a free society:
In a free society…
your right to speak in public does not depend on the permission of a Ministry for Truth.
your right to speak in public does not depend on whether or not someone feels upset or out of sorts because of your words.
the government cannot cancel your civil rights or put you under house arrest in order to protect your health.
the government cannot fire you, fine you, stop you from getting public transport, or exclude you from hospitality venues, just because you refuse a medication the government thinks you really should take.
you cannot have your bank account frozen because you participated in a protest against the government or engaged in a form of political activism that the government happens to dislike.
you cannot be locked out of the banking system or deprived of a credit card just because your political opinions differ from those of the banking establishment
you cannot be harassed on a daily basis because you have chosen to keep your breathing unobstructed.
you cannot be forced by a school to expose your children to whatever type of sex education the Minister for Education has deemed, in their “wisdom,” is necessary for everyone.
you are not frequently shouted down or “canceled” at institutions of higher education or other public venues, by mobs who find your views disagreeable.
you are not charged with a “hate offense” because you suggested biological men should not participate in female athletic contests.
you are not controlled in your spending habits by a central bank technocrat who can turn your cash flow on and off with the flick of a switch.
caitlin is wondering how come all you kids don't gang up on the nasty ones;
If there were a thousand people living on an island, and one of them began making life miserable for everyone else, there would soon be 999 people living on the island.
How strange, then, that a few oligarchs and empire managers get to push around an entire planet full of humans.
I mean, right now we’re all sitting around hoping a few sociopaths in Washington and Tel Aviv don’t collapse the global economy with their reckless warmongering against Iran. There are so many of us and so few of them, and yet everyone’s sitting around going “Golly gosh I sure hope I’ll be able to afford food in the next few months, hopefully the orange guy acts sane and normal for a while so my family gets to eat.”
These are not gods sitting on Mount Olympus exerting omnipotent control over our fate from on high. These are ordinary men with ordinary flesh and bone bodies, walking upon the same earth we walk on. They have soft skin and internal organs. Their heads must remain firmly attached to their necks if they’re to continue to draw breath..........more.........
i wonder what these folk are gonna do when it backfires. robbers and murders running unnoticed, and not stopped, by the ones who would have stopped them, if they had a gun, let alone the laws being ignored, like protection of private property: the confiscated guns;
Less than a year after promising they weren’t “coming for anyone’s guns,” Rhode Island lawmakers just filed 18 gun control bills — including one that would criminalize possession of firearms purchased lawfully before their last ban even takes full effect.
Remember last year, when Rhode Island Democrats rammed through a sweeping ban on modern sporting rifles — the ones they love to mislabel “assault weapons” — and swore up and down they weren’t coming for anyone’s guns? They were just regulating future sales, they said. Law-abiding owners had nothing to worry about.
Yeah. About that.
At a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing, Ocean State lawmakers dropped 18 gun control bills in a single package. Not sales restrictions. Not waiting periods. Full-on possession bans. On firearms Rhode Islanders already own. Legally. Before the prior ban has even fully kicked in.
This is exactly what gun rights advocates have been screaming about for decades. And it’s precisely what the gun control crowd has been telling us would never happen.
What’s actually in the package
The 18-bill slate is a greatest-hits album of every Democrat’s wishlist:.........more..........
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