We heard anti-banker talking points from Trump during his campaign,
even though Trump has a longstanding relationship to the Rothschild family and works side-by-side with Rothschild and Goldman Sachs bankers in the White House.
Again,
the media viciously attacked Trump during his election campaign,
but if one understands that public trust in the mainstream media has collapsed in the past ten years,
then one also understands that media attacks on Trump would only cause more people to like him and vote for him.
The establishment has put a lot of effort into creating the Trump versus Leftist circus,
and they really hate the idea that a number of people are refusing to pick a side.
The Leftist Cult and the Trump Cult are similar in their refusal to accept facts and reality,
as well as their ability to double and triple down on delusions that are consistently debunked.
The difference between the Leftist Cult and the Trump Cult is mostly intent:
Leftists double and triple down on their lies because they are infatuated with collective power and they see the truth as an obstacle to the "
Greater good".
The Trump cult ignores facts and evidence on Trump because they are hyperfocused on collective defense.
The Trump Cult is trying to keep the last structures of American heritage alive;
they have simply put their faith in the wrong champion.
http://www.alt-market.com/index.php/articles/4046-the-leftist-cult-vs-the-trump-cult-similarities-and-differences
The Chinese corporations are trying to turn Africa into another Chinese continent.
Across Africa,
Chinese developers are building highways,
light rail systems,
apartment buildings,
and entire cities.
These "
Special economic zones"
are essentially enormous self-sustaining Chinese cities that have been dropped right into some of the most strategic parts of Africa.
In these "
Special economic zones",
you will find Chinese factories staffed with Chinese managers that are supervising Chinese workers that are using Chinese equipment to make their products.
Cars chug through the city on smooth Chinese roads,
Chinese cranes lift the skyline,
sewing machines hum in Chinese factories in Chinese-owned industrial parks,
tourists arrive at the Chinese-upgraded airport and commuters ride modern Chinese trains to work.
Some cities have Chinese language schools,
and some African students are given grants to go study in China.
There have been credible reports of talks between the Zambian government and China on handing over the country's national electricity company,
ZESCO to the Chinese due to the inability of Zambia to meet its loan repayment promises.
http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/the-takeover-china-is-building-enormous-self-sustaining-chinese-cities-all-over-the-african-continent
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Dec 30,
2019,
9:30 AM CST. Germany is going forward with its plan to phase out nuclear reactors by 2022 as another nuclear power plant is going offline on December 31.
This leaves Germany with six nuclear power plants that will have to close by 2022.
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011,
Germany ordered the immediate shutdown of eight of its 17 reactors,
and plans to phase out nuclear power plants entirely by 2022.
Over the past few years,
nuclear power generation in Germany has been declining with the shutdown of its nuclear plants,
while electricity production from renewable sources has been rising.
A government-appointed special commission at Europe's largest economy announced the conclusions of its months-long review and proposed that Germany shut all its 84 coal-fired power plants by 2038.
Germany,
where coal,
hard coal,
and lignite combined currently provide around 35 percent of power generation,
has a longer timetable for phasing out coal than the UK and Italy,
for example-who plan their coal exit by 2025-not only because of its vast coal industry,
but also because Germany will shut down all its nuclear power plants within the next three years.
The closure of all nuclear reactors in Germany by 2022 means that Germany might need to retain half of its coal-fired power generation until 2030 to offset the nuclear phase-out,
German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier said earlier this year.
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Germany-Aims-To-Close-All-Nuclear-Plants-By-2022.html
On Jan. 1,
California will usher in a host of largely progressive laws that will mean major changes for consumers,
workers and businesses,
big and small.
For many businesses,
the new laws will require significant changes to how they collect data on consumers and whether they pay workers overtime or provide paid sick leave,
changes that aren't required by any or most of the other 49 states.
Rebuffing the new laws could mean taking a seat outside the Golden State's booming market,
which boasts 39 million people and a gross domestic product of more than $
3 trillion.
The homegrown ride-hailing giants-who rely on fleets of workers operating as independent contractors and have more drivers in California than anywhere else-have pegged the law as an existential threat.
Trade groups representing truckers and freelance writers have filed suits against the law and are pushing for new exemptions as legislators open the 2020 session.
California's landmark data-privacy law,
passed in 2018,
will also present a new challenge for big tech companies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-new-years-day-brings-big-changes-for-businesses-11577880000
Kim Jong Un's slimy regime still has enough holiday season to ignite a ballistic missile or nuclear firework display.
At the latest North Korean communist party conclave,
Kim mouthed tough-guy phrases like taking "
Positive and offensive measures"
that usually signal confrontation with Washington and Seoul.
If Kim has had second thoughts,
why,
prospective condos on the beach and South Korean K-pop girl bands playing Pyongyang gigs definitely have more diplomatic and psychological impact than the wildest optimists imagined.
Serious,
factual events matter,
and several verifiable events in December 2019 demonstrate that thoughtful U.S. and allied North Korean denuclearization diplomacy continues,
as do efforts to address a global task with which de-nuking North Korea entwines:
strategic defense measures to counter enemy ballistic missiles.
The U.S. defense budget is a diplomatic signal to North Korea draped in economic and military power clothing.
Why?
THAAD can intercept North Korean short,
medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles.
This gives Kim Jong Un second thoughts and thus protects 50 million South Koreans from North Korean missile attack.
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinbay/2020/01/01/kim-jong-un-choose-your-future-n2558796
One of the promises President Trump made to American voters is that he would shrink the federal government.
In the wake of 9/11,
the NSC was reorganized,
with a new Director of National Intelligence replacing the head of the CIA at the NSC's helm and taking a place in the President's cabinet.
Under President Obama's watch,
the NSC grew in size and power,
with as many as 450 people assigned to it when he merged the NSC and White House staff supporting the Homeland Security Council into a single National Security Staff.
When President Trump assumed office,
he set about again reorganizing the NSC structure and chain of command in significant part to cut down on the number of people mandated to attend various meetings.
The White House National Security Council staff is being downsized sharply in a bid to improve efficiency within the policy coordinating body by consolidating positions and cutting staff.
"
The NSC is a coordinating body.
I am trying to get us back to a lean and efficient staff that can get the job done,
can coordinate with our interagency partners,
and make sure the president receives the best advice he needs to make the decisions necessary to keep the American people safe."
Betsy DeVos has cut 600 staff positions at the Department of Education,
although that's a decrease of only 14%. President Trump also relocated two resarch departments in the Department of Agriculture from Washington,
D.C. to Kansas City,
bringing them geographically closer to the agriculture they study.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/trump_making_good_on_promise_to_shrink_government.html
It is the least disruptive and preserves the Union and the Constitution,
the goal that Abraham Lincoln fought our bloodiest war to support.
In a civil war,
during which the American side will enjoy the support and firepower of the vast majority of the military,
the police,
the food and energy sectors,
most of the blue-collar class,
and over 100 million gun owners,
it's doubtful gaggles of black-masked,
androgynous incels would offer much "
Resistance."
We won the first Civil War,
and we would win a second.
Men who micturate aghast at the torment of doing their own laundry don't win wars.
Increasing numbers of conservative thinkers appear open to the idea of civil war.
To more mature readers who ponder their own capabilities for wanton bloodshed more judiciously,
I implore you to seriously reckon the ramifications upon our civilian population that civil war would entail.
Civil war in present-day America would not consist of professional armies mowing each other down across empty fields.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/can_the_union_endure.html
