George Rebane
Were we to discuss really serious topics beyond Trump’s trials and Biden’s lies, I can think of one no more important than that brought up by Victor Davis Hanson in a recent interview (here). We have extensively covered the various national and geo-strategic factors that portend to end America’s run as the world’s leading democratic republic, economy, and white hat world hegemon. However, most of our neighbors neither care nor are aware of what’s happening. As witnessed on these pages, if anything, they are more interested in Stormy Daniel’s testimony and various topical policy atrocities launched by our doddering idiot for president and Democrats at all levels of government (especially California).
This is not to say that there is no traction to the warnings issued by our more thoughtful political leaders and commentators (e.g. here) – so far, a sparsely populated bunch. Today more people are starting to take notice that there is now in the offing a likely “extinction” of the United States we have known. Letter writers (here) to serious publications like the WSJ acknowledge the current deterioration of America’s defense posture and industrial might, and are showing concern.
Material arguments summarize as follows –
- The US industrial base to make things from ships to medicines to machine tools is essentially gone.
- Our military is tragically under-manned and woke-corrupted with traditional cadres of enlistees no longer willing to join, let alone make military their career. Our country can no longer find enough people willing to fight for it.
- Our unimaginable national debt and reckless social spending programs are destroying the dollar and unseating it as the preferred currency for international commerce.
- Our open borders and illegal alien import policies are destroying the remnants of America’s public cultural cohesion with new levels of unassimilating multi-culturality never before witnessed in a sustainable and geographically compact jurisdiction.
- Our traditional allies in Europe and Asia are aware of America’s weak (non-existent?) leadership and feckless foreign policy, and are seeking alternative geo-strategic relationships that serve their national interests.
- Our electorate is split and largely ignorant of the issues facing the nation; and are in no shape to unify and support reasonably coherent policies to attempt a return to a usefully educated, economically healthy, fiscally sound, geographically secure, and culturally unified sovereign nation-state. Over half of us don’t care and want an autocratic global government run by elites, and the remainder want to return to a liberal constitutional government based on free-market capitalism.
- By passing laws, regulations, and prohibitive tax rates in a transforming neo-Marxist society, we no longer educate a sufficient cadre of high-end (STEM) workers with needed skillsets or provide them the means to produce wealth in an open-market capitalist economy.
So instead –
rebanesruminations.com 
254 responses to “‘The End is Near’”
Creepy grampa joe is bought and paid for laugh the chi coms –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/28/feds-knew-joe-biden-met-hunters-chinese-partners-on-official-trip-whistleblower-emails-show/
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Gregory: “Wow… just imagine Punchy if Trump wins this one.”
Oh, he’ll just wander off until The Machine starts up again with the anti-Trump messaging. It just goes to show you, it’s always something — if it ain’t one thing, it’s another.
A Trump victory would make for great TV news though. The mostly-peaceful Democrats will burn down scads of shopping malls, jump on police cars, loot stores in the name of freedom. It’ll be amazing.
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I expect punchy will have a really big cry if Trump wins.
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I suspect Gregory will have a big cry if Trump loses.
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Not a tear will fall here, Punch.
Might pour a double.
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Awww lookie the ponytail of ignorance’s former next president got slapped down by SCOTUS –
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-michael-avenatti-160833675.html
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“I suspect Gregory will have a big cry if Trump loses.”
Further proof (as if it were necessary) of how far off of reality Paul is.
I see there’s a Rasmussen poll out showing a majority of Dems want to dump Paul’s fav POTUS.
Now –
Who would replace him?
If it isn’t Harris, who gets to slide the knife in her back?
Right now it looks like the DNC are going with plan A and hope the “anybody but Trump” vote will have Biden propped back up in the Oval office at least through next winter.
But all sorts of fun could happen in the meantime.
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Who thought sending a fumbling senior with a bad attitude to a sea of maga red was going to end well. Even the ponytail of ignorance could have done better if he remembered where he was! LOL
De Niro’s chaotic Biden campaign conference garners mockery on social media: ‘Disaster for Democrats’
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/niros-chaotic-biden-campaign-conference-203155228.html
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They are suddenly realizing there are consequences to babbling woke shit all the time –
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/28/harvard-stung-by-controversy-adopts-policy-of-not-speaking-out/
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I expect punchy will have a really big cry if Trump wins.
I would expect that as well. Tears of joy though…..as long as The Politician of Dorian Gray still exists there remains a reason to carry on…..another day talking about the mostest, importantest person in the whole world is a day where you don’t need to slog through another tired Leonard Cohen interpretation.
Live psul…..live….!
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Thanks for bringing up the Leonard Cohen concert fish. It can be confirmed that it will be held this year at the Nevada Theatre on Nov 8 and 9. I’ll let fish know when tickets will go on sale so he can tell his friends.
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How long before Punch™ is back with “The verdict was unanimous …..UNANIMOUS”
psul level idiocy is the nuclear rocket fuel that makes progressivism go!
….and thanks in advance for agreeing with me!
https://x.com/JonathanTurley/status/1795829624502681688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1795829624502681688%7Ctwgr%5E191388f6bdf73a5b5eddef897d8661dc8e3ba80c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F650440%2F
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 29 May 2024 at 09:03 AM
Thanks for bringing up the Leonard Cohen concert fish. It can be confirmed that it will be held this year at the Nevada Theatre on Nov 8 and 9. I’ll let fish know when tickets will go on sale so he can tell his friends.
Were I to burden them with this offer at “entertainment” I’m sure they would cease to be my friends shortly thereafter.
On a brighter note….each day brings you ever closer to meeting Leonard in person…..just sayin!
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They got creepy grampa joes number –
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/29/poll-73-of-voters-highest-on-record-say-bidens-america-is-out-of-control/
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What happens when you live in the basement –
[Progressives] could stay home, they could vote for RFK Jr. And in states like Minnesota and particularly Michigan, that could be enough to cost the president at least two swing states and potentially the presidency.… What I’m picking up is that the White House is uniquely tone-deaf and not listening to not only me, but two Democratic insiders who’ve been in past campaigns, who’ve been successful with the Obama administration, the Clinton administration. There’s a near-total freeze-out on outside advice to the detriment of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-strategist-alarmed-biden-harris-freeze-advisers-working
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They really hate citizens –
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/05/29/fed-president-kashkari-immigration-surge-keeps-inflation-and-interest-rates-sky-high/
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fishy 9:14 –
Judge Merchan:
“They can disagree on what the crime was among the three choices.”
Guarantees a reversal on appeal, but just might get them the felony conviction for now that they hope will turn the tide at election time.
I have never heard of such a ludicrous instruction to the jury in a criminal trial in all of my life. It has to be unanimous with any criminal charge.
Scott Johnson has a good article on what a mess this is:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/where-is-the-other-crime.php
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Posted by: Scott O | 29 May 2024 at 01:07 PM
Guarantees a reversal on appeal, but just might get them the felony conviction for now that they hope will turn the tide at election time.
I have never heard of such a ludicrous instruction to the jury in a criminal trial in all of my life. It has to be unanimous with any criminal charge.
Where else but Punchy World™ would someone schooled in the law think that this would fly? Merchan must be getting ready to retire. Looking forward to the CNN/MSNBC gig….and all it cost him was his self respect!
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So fish I’d like to comp you to the show. What name shall I put at the door you have so many. Pleaese advise. I’m inclined to u se your real name if that’s ok.
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I looked at the full instructions to the jury and found the part where he claims the jury need not be unanimous:
“In determining whether the defendant conspired to
promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office
by unlawful means, you may consider the following: (1) violations
of the Federal Election Campaign Act otherwise known as FECA;
(2) the falsification of other business records; or (3) violation of
tax laws.”
First of all, that trial and the jurors have zero jurisdiction over Fed law.
No one at the fed level has even charged Trump with any crime dealing with Fed election law.
This is absurd.
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Posted by: psul Emery | 29 May 2024 at 01:24 PM
So fish I’d like to comp you to the show.
Oooh….awkward! Yeah Punch….pretty sure I’m busy that night….a lovely gesture though.
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This should have gone in with the earlier quote from the instructions:
“Although you must conclude unanimously that the
defendant conspired to promote or prevent the election of any
person to a public office by unlawful means, you need not be
unanimous as to what those unlawful means were.”
Actually – yes they do. No act can be found to be “unlawful” in a court by a jury unless it is unanimous.
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Hmmm Nov 8 & 9…
Some folk will be unhappy.
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Gregory 2:03 – “Some folk will be unhappy”
Yep.
I can honestly say I’ll probably be laughing at whatever happens no matter what.
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HAHA! Missed the mark team creepy grampa joe –
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten revealed numbers on the network Wednesday showing that Americans’ opinions on former President Trump haven’t changed during his ongoing hush money trial in New York City.
“The fact is that most Americans don’t really care that much,” Enten told CNN anchor John Berman in a clip flagged by The Daily Caller, explaining why he believes public opinion hasn’t changed.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/cnn-data-guru-reveals-public-201329619.html
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Breaking news from the Daily Beast:
“Donald Trump’s chief spokesman has lashed out at new revelations about Donald Trump’s actions at the celebrity golf tournament he participated in where he met up with adult film star Stormy Daniels and had a brief sexual fling that has come back to haunt him.
In an interview with the Daily Beast’s Jose Pagliery, a celebrity athlete who wished to remain anonymous described the former president boasting about having sex with the porn star the following day and called the former president’s follow-up comments “gross.”
According to the Beast report, the athlete stated, “…he was close to Trump and Daniels while they socialized at the 2006 American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe,” and that when he boasted about sleeping with a porn star, everyone knew who he was talking about.
“It was clear to me and everyone who heard him that he was talking about Stormy,” he said and claimed that Trump “encouraged other celebs to try to have sex with Daniels,” comments he called, “crass,” “gross,” and “stupid.”
“He’d say all these things like, ‘You’ve gotta bang a porn star, it’s incredible,’ and, ‘It added 20 yards to my drive today,’” he recalled.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-boasted-about-sex-with-stormy-in-tahoe-athlete-says?ref=home?ref=home
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”He’d say all these things like, ‘You’ve gotta bang a porn star, it’s incredible,’ and, ‘It added 20 yards to my drive today,’” he recalled.”
So what Punch…..we learned from demokrats during the Clinton years that you can’t get in trouble for sex…..! At least he paid Spermy instead of having people threaten the women Bill screwed
If there is a crime it’s that he paid her money….I still maintain that if Trump had given old horseface Stephanie a fist full of sugar cubes and filled her feedbag with a decent grade of oats then none of this unpleasantness would have been necessary.
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“In an interview with the Daily Beast’s Jose Pagliery, a celebrity athlete who wished to remain anonymous…” this is not evidence of affair. This is evidence of TDS.
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Paul 6:59 – “…described the former president boasting about having sex with the porn star the following day”
I’d ask Paul what this has to do with anything other than tittle-tattle for the Trump haters, but he has no answer, so I won’t bother.
We’re watching our justice system being dragged back to the days of Jim Crow by the Dems and Paul wants to pass along tabloid gossip. Typical.
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Barry, do you remember when character was a big issue with the Republicans when Clinton ran for President? Should they not apply the same standards to their own candidates?
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Barry, do you remember when character was a big issue with the Republicans when Clinton ran for President? Should they not apply the same standards to their own candidates?
Tacit acknowledgement that the Democrats don’t value and don’t nominate people with character Punch™.
Thank you. I know that as an ardent democrat that was difficult for you.
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“Barry, do you remember when character was a big issue with the Republicans when Clinton ran for President? Should they not apply the same standards to their own candidates?”
-Punchy
The character issue dogging Clinton was lying under oath in an Arkansan court.
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fish
Didn’t vote for either Clinton fish because of the sleaze factor. I assume you’re going to vote for Trump. correct me if I’m wrong.
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Posted by: psul Emery | 30 May 2024 at 10:27 AM
Didn’t vote for either Clinton fish because of the sleaze factor. I assume you’re going to vote for Trump. correct me if I’m wrong.
Doesn’t matter who you voted for….the democrats (I know you can’t admit it but you are one. Eventually you’ll come out of the closet) told us that sexual hijinks of this nature were fine.
Didn’t vote for Trump the first time, Did the 2nd time….mainly for you, I have no plans to vote for anyone this go around.
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Punchy just wants Republicans to equal the ethics of Democrats.
Well, bless his heart.
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Dennis Quaid this week better than I have heard. Yes. “Trump is an asshole, but he is my asshole.” When you have endless wars, extremely high food prices and gas, and no borders, Americans want an asshole in charge who will get shit done. Trump’s character is not a negative. Being an asshole is his superpower.
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Paul you’re a journalist. Anonymous sources don’t cut it my man. Fake news and propaganda comes from anonymous sources. You should know that
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Nothing the Dems have come up with fish that will match Trump bragging that he is a “pussy grabber”. Here’s the direct quote to refresh you:
“Unknown: “She used to be great, she’s still very beautiful.”
Trump: “I moved on her actually. You know she was down on Palm Beach. I moved on her, and I failed. I’ll admit it. I did try and fuck her, she was married.”
Unknown: “That’s huge news there.”
Trump: “No, no, Nancy. No this was [inaudible] and I moved on her very heavily in fact I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture. I moved on her like a bitch. I couldn’t get there and she was married. Then all-of-a-sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37595321
Bush: “Your girl’s hot as shit. In the purple.”
Multiple voices: “Whoah. Yes. Whoah.”
Bush: “Yes. The Donald has scored. Whoah my man.”
Trump: “Look at you. You are a pussy.”
Bush: “You gotta get the thumbs up.”
Trump: “Maybe it’s a different one.”
Bush: “It better not be the publicist. No, it’s, it’s her.”
Trump: “Yeah that’s her with the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful… I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.”
Bush: “Whatever you want.”
Trump: “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
Bush: “Yeah those legs. All I can see is the legs.”
Trump: “It looks good.”
Bush: “Come on shorty.”
Trump: “Oh nice legs huh.”
Bush: “Get out of the way honey. Oh that’s good legs. Go ahead.”
Trump: “It’s always good if you don’t fall out of the bus. Like Ford, Gerald Ford, remember?”
[As Mr Trump attempts to leave the vehicle he struggles with the door]
Bush: “Down below, pull the handle.”
[Mr Trump exits the bus and greets actress Arianne Zucker]
Trump: “Hello, how are you? Hi.”
Zucker: “Hi Mr Trump. How are you?”
Trump: “Nice seeing you. Terrific. Terrific. You know Billy Bush?”
Bush: “Hello nice to see you. How are you doing Arianne?”
Zucker: “I’m doing very well thank you. [Addressing Trump] Are you ready to be a soap star?”
Trump: “We’re ready. Let’s go. Make me a soap star.”
Bush: “How about a little hug for the Donald, he’s just off the bus?”
Zucker: “Would you like a little hug darling?”
Trump: “Absolutely. Melania said this was okay.”
Bush: “How about a little hug for the Bushy, I just got off the bus? Here we go, here we go. Excellent.”
[Mr Bush gesticulates towards Ms Zucker as he turns to Mr Trump]
Bush: “Well you’ve got a good co-star here.”
Trump: “Good. After you. Come on Billy, don’t be shy.”
Bush: “Soon as a beautiful woman shows up he just, he takes off. This always happens.”
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Oh yeah, It’s Billy Bush that’s referred to in this quote.
Here is the link: https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37595321
“In the footage, revealed by the Washington Post, external, Mr Trump is heard bragging to TV host Billy Bush about trying to have sex with a married woman. The clip, from 2005, was part of unaired footage ahead of Mr Trump’s appearance on US soap opera Days of Our Lives.”
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Posted by: psul Emery | 30 May 2024 at 01:23 PM
You’re fully turgid right now (well as turgid as modern pharmaceuticals can make you) aren’t you…..
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f. ole’: “You’re fully turgid right now (well as turgid as modern pharmaceuticals can make you) aren’t you…..”
Given the aphrodisiac powers of the office, I just assume you’re hearing the jealous meanderings of an old man with nothing to offer. God knows what he must think about the local musicians.
Personally, I’d rather the President had a girlfriend or three, otherwise you have someone as peculiar as Richard Nixon running the show, although he was a helluva lot smarter than anyone after him.
It does occur to me that maybe part of the problem with Trump to Team Blue is the nature of his peccadilloes. He’s not an admiral in a dress, he doesn’t lead around young men on leashes, he’s not a Wine Mom with a protest sign dreaming about the pool boy, he doesn’t grope little girls on stage, he’s not a Democratic Senate aide rogering another dude in the Senate Judiciary Hearing Room. Maybe it’s just the normalcy of the whole thing that has them up in arms. It’s as good a theory as I can marshal at the moment.
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Remarkable comment by scenes that he supports men grabbing women’s pussies, as Trump has stated he likes to do because because he is famous they submit to his regressions.
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Trump guilty on all counts-34 felonies
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Posted by: psul “Just so Incredibly Frustrated Right Now” Emery | 30 May 2024 at 02:02 PM
Remarkable comment by scenes that he supports men grabbing women’s pussies, as Trump has stated he likes to do because because he is famous they submit to his regressions.
I didn’t see that anywhere in scenes post! You apparently remain of a mind that if you say something it is immediately conjured into reality.
Maybe you should try it Punch™….get permission first of course (always)…..you might not be such a cranky, miserable old fusspot! Real women like it…again permission, sorry to repeat myself but there’s always the danger that you’ll sprint off and do something without establishing the preliminaries Punch!
You do know that there is a subset of women that actively follows and pursues wealthy men for just this result don’t you? I mean you were….rumor has it… a musician of some sort.
You’ve heard of groupies, star fuckers, female grad students etc. haven’t you?
Haven’t you?
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psul: “Trump has stated he likes to do because because he is famous they submit to his regressions.”
If by ‘submit’ you mean ‘are totally fine with’ that’s just the way the world works.
Don’t be such a sanctimonious child, it’s as if you had nothing to do with the music business. Power/money/fame gets you pretty far in this world with the wimmen.
I have to admit that your unending interest in Trump’s fairly minor-league indiscretion gives off a sorta pervy Porn Guy smell. It’s probably best to stick to real topics.
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Well, the big news is that the Repubs now have a convicted felon as their likely candidate for President.
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Posted by: psul “Finally caught his Orange Whale” Ahab | 30 May 2024 at 02:29 PM
Well, the big news is that the Repubs now have a convicted felon as their likely candidate for President.
Well I guess it sucks to be them now doesn’t it?
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MAGA hat stays on. Lol.
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“No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
The only qualifications to be President. Trump checks all the boxes.
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“MAGA hat stays on. Lol.”
To me, this just all means that he is on target. Orangeman is simply the USA’s immune system kicking in.
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