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Today the Rebanes landed on these shores 76 years ago (here).  It was the most fortuitous and wisest move by my parents to accept America’s 1948 invitation to the Balts then ensconced in displaced persons camps all over West Germany.  It has been documented many times since by historians and journalists that the then racially biased US considered northern European refugees from USSR-invaded countries as the most desirable immigrants to fill the country’s needs for educated and skilled workers.  My father was an electrician and mom was an accomplished seamstress.

The leftwing (aka ‘mainstream’, lamestream) media confirms its continuing distortions of the news it chooses to cover.  The most recent example, now ongoing, is the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan.  According to the ultra-leftwing AP (here), Judge Dugan simply “helped a man evade immigration authorities”.  Nowhere in the report is it disclosed that “the man” was a criminal illegal alien on trial for whom ICE agents had a warrant and were waiting to arrest him outside Judge Dugan’s courtroom door.  Knowing this, Dugan took it upon herself to spirit the criminal alien and his lawyer out a courthouse side door.  The man was later caught by ICE and arrested.  Judge Dugan was suspended pending an investigation, and the usual leftwing mob quickly assembled to protest the arrest.  It was led by a Democratic politician Rep Ryan Clancy who blamed Trump for the whole thing – “The judiciary acts as a check to unchecked executive power.  And functioning democracies do not lock up judges.”  Presumably because liberal judges are above the law as the last four years have demonstrated.

[7may25 update] ‘California’s green new scam could cost your $20,000.’ (here)  The clowns in Sacramento are determined to do all they can to economically sink the state’s middle class, leaving the rich and those on the government tit the only ones who can afford to stay here.  Every statement about the benefits of their new green mandates is turning out to be a lie, and more on the way.  “Aside from higher costs, these mandates will also soon bring major energy shortfalls – the state will be 21.2% short of the power needed to fuel the grid each day – when the state’s 100% renewable energy and electric vehicle mandates are in effect. And this doesn’t include huge looming power demands for artificial intelligence, or for green appliances and HVAC mandates on homes and businesses that will take effect in the coming years.”

The benefits of the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin have been extensively covered in these pages during the Covid pandemic.  Since then big pharmas opposition to its manifold benefits have been exposed and waning.  Now Louisiana follows Tennessee, Idaho, and Arkansas to pass a bill allowing over-counter Ivermectin to be sold (here).  “Making Ivermectin over the counter will ensure access to the human form of the medication in safe dosing from a pharmacy for its varied uses, …‘Off-label’ use is a well-established practice. It is understood that many drugs, once FDA-approved, will be used to treat other conditions and diseases that were not tested for in the trial.”

Colorado’s collapse under one-party rule allows the state to join California, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois as the next double-dummy Democratic fiefdom in the tank for the lowest economic performance and freedoms available to its citizens. (here)  The Denver Gazette summarizes the results –

  • 39th in the nation for personal income growth.
  • Sixth worst regulatory burden in the nation.
  • In March, we had the second-highest unemployment rate (not an atypical month).
  • Job-growth rate of 0.17% (March 2024-March 2025), 43rd in the nation.
  • A bottom-10 destination for people moving in from other states.

Beginning in 2019 “Colorado has obstructed energy production — a major Colorado export — at an expense of the state’s economy and high-wage blue-collar jobs.” The paper added, “In all, multiple new regulations since 2018 have Colorado producing less oil and gas in 2025 than in 2019, as the country’s production has increased.”

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77 responses to “Scattershots – 4may25 (updated 7may25)”

  1. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Seen on X:
    “We have sitting Congresswomen assaulting federal agents on camera.
    I don’t ever want to hear anything about “J6ers” ever again. This is the party of anti-government extremism.”
    That’s exactly my take. You’d think that hating Western Civilization would be tiring after a while, but Democrats get up every day and do more of it.

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  2. fish Avatar
    fish

    Fortunately the Brainstem 🧠 Administration decided to put the Third World to work……
    Rumor has it that this hardworking soul blew through the stop because he was worried that he might miss the opening of Paul Raymond’s most recent Leonard Cohen regurgitation.
    https://x.com/atutruckers/status/1920187966778974670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1920187966778974670%7Ctwgr%5Eb5ba835abf444aadf380d59abc5234066702c383%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffreight-fraud-cargo-theft-deadly-collisions-ghost-carriers-are-growing-national-security

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  3. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott writes:
    “Smashed in the doors? You got videos of that?
    There were not “hundreds” attacking the police.
    My – Paul has quite the imagination.”
    Scott I challenge you to watch this video and still stand by your statement. Here are the videos you asked for:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_O91gyj9o

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  4. Scott O Avatar

    fish 8:22 – What’s the problem? That’s the way they drive in other countries. You’re just culturally insensitive. Anyway Paul claims it’s OK because ‘Mercan drivers do this more often.

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  5. Scott O Avatar

    Paul 9:38 – Maybe you should have watched it. No smashed in doors at all. There were some stupid people attacking the police maybe a couple dozen at most.
    Too bad the national guard wasn’t there like Trump wanted.
    Why was that, Paul?
    That video – BTW – was a deceptive edit that gave a very misleading timeline of when and where Trump was in relation to the crowd and what Trump said in his entire speech.
    There were almost daily riots in Portland at fed facilities with people attacking the police and they were only given a slap on the wrist or just let go.
    Anyone who was arrested for attacking the police should be tried and punished but a year in solitary with no trial is straight out of China or Russia and is inexcusable in our nation.
    Maybe some day we’ll find out just how many govt plants were in the crowd on Jan 6th and how much they contributed to the rioting, but I doubt it. We do know that the FBI has now admitted that FBI “operatives” were in the crowd and that “some” had committed “unauthorized actions”. Nice weasel words for sure.

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  6. Scott O Avatar

    Since Paul likes to watch Jan 6th video here’s one of a woman lying motionless on the ground while a police-ette wails on her with some kind of stick or club.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4NrtVAtos
    And yes – the lady died.

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  7. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “There were almost daily riots in Portland at fed facilities”
    I did like the daily fire bombings, it was kind of a festive touch.
    What the heck, let’s actually enforce the law from now on. The past is the past.
    You can imagine the uproar when some of these Democratic Congressfolks or Letitia James went to prison. In the country illegally? Out you go. We could start rolling up some of the non-profit grift-o-ramas. Dig through Fauci’s records for evil doings. Rethink a jury system where black jurors are unable to fairly judge white defendants.
    What keeps Democrats and other flavors of ‘progressives’ going is that they take advantage of regular peoples’ guilt and sense of fair play…and it goes down to the lowest levels. Lunatics on city councils and school boards, sketchy happenings in local non-profits.
    It’s all good though. Have the occasional Leonard Cohen concert and think of what excellent people you are.
    At least for now, the tide has turned a bit as it seems a lot of people are sick of their shit. Hard to say if it’ll last.

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  8. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    Go to 5:15 on the video and tell me what you see when doors and windows are smashed and the mob is entering the capital through them chanting “Get Pense”. Also videos of them entering Pelosi’s office and going through her paperwork on her desk. Were you aware of that when you supported Trumps hundreds of pardons?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_O91gyj9o
    The videos are evidence entered under oath by the way.

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    No smashed doors or windows Scott? did you watch the video? Go to 5:10 where the smash doors and windors and storm the place with the police send out the message ” We have a breach or the Capital”
    Here’s the link. Go to 5:10.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_O91gyj9o

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  10. Scott O Avatar

    Paul 1:35 – Once again we see Paul Emery, the lying weasel, make a statement. And when it proves to be not true, he changes the statement to something else and tries to pretend it’s the same statement.
    No smashed doors, Paul – and no “hundreds of people” attacking the police.
    Did you like the video of the policeperson beating a woman lying motionless on the ground? Pretty cool, huh?
    And Paul won’t/can’t explain why Trump’s offer of the natl guard was refused.

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  11. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Holy cats, this should leave a mark.
    “I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history….”
    https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1921695676032856313

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  12. Scott O Avatar

    scenes 4:23 – I wonder how fast a Dem-installed judge will move to block that?

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  13. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Did you go to the link I provided Scott?

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  14. Scott O Avatar

    Paul 5:06 – “Did you go to the link I provided Scott?”
    Of course – and it did NOT show “…hundreds of
    Trumpers smashed in the doors of the Capital attacking police”
    You made up a story and you were caught and then you lied about it.
    End of discussion – I’m not going to have a go-around with a weasel.
    And Paul – are you going to tell us why the natl guard was not there to prevent all of this when Trump wanted to have them there? He offered them but Pelosi wanted mayhem – and she got it.

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  15. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So then according to you Scott the link I provided didn’t show our elected representatives herded to safety by police and a batch of invaders in Pelosi’s office going through her stuff and sitting at her desk?

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    How about this video Scott showing a police officer being crushed by rioters as they illegally smashed the door and broke into the Capital
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/jan/10/police-officer-crushed-in-doorway-by-rioters-during-capitol-breach-video

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  17. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The ad nauseum reptation of and sad obsession from years ago is a clear sign of pre-dementia.
    😉

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  18. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – you are seriously mentally ill.
    Get some help.
    Stop telling lies and stop fabricating stories about what others think and/or say.
    I mean it – Paul you are messed up.

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  19. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Don
    How long ago were the “almost daily riots in Portland at fed facilities” that Scott referred to?

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  20. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: psul@6:29PM
    Hey, I’ll take that. I have Grok.
    How long ago were the almost daily riots at the courthouse in Portland?
    The almost daily riots at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, primarily occurred in 2020, following the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. These protests and riots were most intense from late May through August 2020, with nightly demonstrations targeting the courthouse, often involving vandalism, arson, and clashes with federal officers. Some sources note that protests continued into September and October 2020, though with reduced frequency and intensity. A key period of de-escalation began around July 30, 2020, after an agreement between Oregon Governor Kate Brown and federal authorities led to the withdrawal of federal agents, with state and local police taking over security.
    As of today, May 11, 2025, the peak of these almost daily riots was approximately 4 years and 9 months ago (late May to August 2020). Sporadic incidents occurred later, such as on New Year’s Eve 2020 and March 11, 2021, but the consistent nightly riots were largely concentrated in that summer period.

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  21. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    The reality is that we have a President that issued pardons to those who broke into the capitol with the purpose of disrupting the election process so that he could reverse a legal election.

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  22. Scott O Avatar

    “…so that he could reverse a legal election.”
    Yes – a “legal” election.
    And Biden is the best Biden EVER! And sharp as a tack!
    Hilarious.

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  23. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “The reality is that we have a President that issued pardons to those who broke into the capitol with the purpose of disrupting the election process”
    true
    “so that he could reverse a legal election.”

    utter bollocks that you’ve made up in some sweaty BarcaLounger fantasy

    Of course, the amount of cheating that went on by the Democrats really is pretty remarkable. It’s the kind of one-party state you can design when you own MSM, voting mechanisms, bureaucracy, about a million crazy-corrupt non-profits.
    The hilarious thing is that it worked out for the best. We got 4 years of a complete and utter idiot in the form of ‘Biden’ and his auto-signing machine. Four years of lawfare against Trump to get his anger pump primed. And here we are.
    The God-Emperor is tanned, rested, ready, and pissed off. We might save Western Civilization yet regardless of the machinations of the ‘progressives’ and the giant machine they carry water for.
    Godspeed Donald Trump.

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  24. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    A bit more insurrection.
    “A Massachusetts police union is calling for charges against a City Councilmember who allegedly assaulted local and federal officers — and incited a caught-on-video chaotic protest of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of an accused violent criminal.”
    https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/chaotic-video-shows-massachusetts-ice-arrest-being-disrupted-by-unruly-crowd-leading-to-2-arrests/
    One thing about the Trump election is that it made it darned obvious that ‘progressives’ never had any intention to control borders.
    Instead, you see an outright fetish for illegal aliens. You have to wonder if it’s a new form of toxoplasmosis.

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  25. Mr. Maroon Avatar
    Mr. Maroon

    Thank God we got Trump back! He’s no idiot.
    https://tinyurl.com/bwe4even

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