Friday, April 30, 2021

Maybe the US Should Split Up

The US and the world are falling apart faster than I predicted. The crazed Leftists are moving at record speed to destroy the US faster that you can say 'Biden is the worst president in history'. We all know that it's not he who is running the show. Every Democrat knows this but they are so dishonest and drunk on power that they won't admit it (not  publicly anyway). 

I can't see a way forward. Can you? The trouble is that there are very few on the Left who want to. They are all conspiring to take charge forever regardless of the cost. They couldn't care less what permanent damage they cause (even to themselves). They remind me of the Islamists who are willing to commit suicide as long as they killed Israelis. That's an enemy that's the hardest to deal with because they don't care if they or their own ilk suffer as long as it's for 'the cause'. We are talking about very large numbers of people who have lost their collective minds. Including many rich and powerful people and organizations. Almost the entire mainstream media are in collusion with them as well as so many government leaders. Law and order are being scoffed at and defunded. Therein lies the real danger for the everyday citizen. So even if you want to stick your head in the sand and ignore what's going on (that's if one can even find out what is going on besides the pathetic Oscars), chances are good that sooner or later you too will be affected negatively. I'm being super polite here. What I want to say is that you will be F-ed!

While the Left is marching forward in a Nazi style march to disintegrate what was once one of the best countries in the world, the Right is mostly watching. Newsflash: Watching Sean Hannity on Fox while eating popcorn will not save the country. 

What to do? This idea is not new but I think it's time has come. Before it's too late I suggest that perhaps the US should split up. I know. You're probably thinking 'there goes that conspiracy theorist Leon again with his mishigas (crazy ideas)'. But before you write me off, consider the following.

Let's say that portions of the US that are conservative (Republican), states like Florida and its neighbours in the SE corner and in the middle, separate from the rest of the country. They can quickly establish their own true democracy, led by (hopefully) honest, smart, courageous leaders. Real patriots like Donald Trump. But I would not recommend him for the job. He needs to and deserves to retire.  Might I suggest their president could be Florida governor Ron Desantis. He seems to have all the necessary characteristics and more. His resume is astounding. Unlike Trump, he had an outstanding military career as an adviser in Iraq and a background in military law. Also unlike Trump he is an excellent communicator. He is one of the few who is standing up to the current Marxist regime. He has proven along with the residents there, that they can deal with both Covid and keep the economy open for business. Children are actually going to school! Imagine that. He refuses to put up with bonafide nutcases like AOC, Sanders and others who know nothing, yet come up with the dumbest and most dangerous ideas ever and are listened to and respected by almost every single Democrat. No one has the guts to call them out for their arrogant insanity. The emperor has no clothes!

Governor Ron Desantis of Florida

While the rest of the country is quickly flushing themselves down the toilet in every imaginable, corrupt way, the new country (no I would not call it Trumpville) would thrive.  While the left is run by power hungry, corrupt  people like Pelosi, Biden, Obama, Clinton, Gates, Zuckerberg, Soros and other disgusting people as well as outside actors and terror states like China & Iran, the Right will reinstate the policies from Trump. It will ally itself with trusted and powerful friends like Israel. But unlike Trump's 4 years, they won't be hamstrung with corrupt institutions like the CIA, State Department, FBI, IRS, mainstream media (MSM), Dept of Education, the Supreme Court and others on the supposed Right who've proven that they can't be trusted (eg. Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell). The new Left country can keep their swamp, thanks.

The States has had a good run. Nothing lasts forever. While some in the Left like those who run the big tech companies like Google et al will continue to make money, their pawns will slowly dwindle into absolute poverty as is guaranteed  to happen under any dictatorship/communist regime. Sooner or later, they too will suffer as their new country will crumble. It's hard to sell stuff to people who can't afford to buy it. Meanwhile some of the wealthy and others with like minds of those in the new Right wing country who happen to live in Left wing states will move there. Others on the Left who love the promise of 'free stuff' but are forced to do an honest day's work but find themselves in the new Right wing country will move out. Perfect!

I realize that I've over simplified this. How do we split Federal institutions like the military, the treasury etc. It won't be easy but it can be done. I'm a simple man and I certainly don't have all the answers. It might lead to a civil war or on the contrary it might avert one. At this point I just don't see another way. I think we can all agree that the divide is huge. Both sides hate each other. It's time for a divorce. The clock is ticking. As Americans and others are losing our civil liberties we have to take some drastic but sensible actions before it's too late. Do you want to be the next Rudi Guiliani and have the FBI banging at your door, serve you a political, unwarranted search warrant (excuse the pun), take what they want in the hopes of finding some minor misdeed (like they did with General Flynn) and eventually arrest you because you are on the wrong side?  Do you really think that in 4 years no more rigged, fraudulent elections will take place? I certainly don't. I think you'd be a fool to think otherwise. 

My good friend Fred put this idea in my head and I gave it some thought. I urge you to do the same. 


Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Those Insidious Search Engines

A while back I posted a detailed article about the danger of social media giants and how to combat them. Here it is: Social Media is Dangerous.

I feel that it's time for a quick update because some have gotten even worse.

Today I searched the following phrase 'fact check: is Israel an apartheid state' on the following 2 browsers (search engines):

1. Google (the most popular by far)

2. Bing (the one I use that is owned by Microsoft)

The results were as follows:

1. The first page from Google 

If you can't see the results that I posted below, feel free to do the search yourself.


Let's analyze the results above.

Note that the first search item returned was 'Israel and the apartheid analogy' from Wikipedia.

In it's first paragraph it listed a litany of crimes that 'some commentators' accuse Israel of doing, including 'treating Arab citizens as second class, occupying Palestinian territories, Israeli settlements, checkpoints, etc. 

Out of a total of 4 paragraphs, a paltry total of 3 sentences were devoted to criticisms of the analogy. They also perpetuated the myth of a Palestinian State. It's safe to say that anyone reading this one item from the well respected Wikipedia site, would conclude that Israel is an apartheid state.

The second item "Israeli apartheid factsheet' declares absolutely that Israel is an apartheid state and worse. Feel free to read it and then vomit.

The third item 'Is Israel an Apartheid State?' is quick to talk about Israel's 'ethnic cleansing and apartheid during Israel's establishment and then moves on to talk about 'Israel apartheid today'. More vomit.

The fourth item from reliable CNN talks about newly elected Democrat senator Warnock who has said many anti-Israel (read antisemitic) statements including what the item quotes 'after his visit to Israel and Palestine he said; militarization of the West Bank was reminiscent of the military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa but he doesn't claim that Israel is an apartheid state'. Now that makes a lot of sense - Not!

The last item on that first page speaks for itself.

Conclusion: Google's search engine maligns Israel and tries to brainwash people (billions of people) to believe that Israel is an apartheid state when in fact this couldn't be farther from the truth. 

Now lets examine the search results from Bing. What a difference!

2. Part of the first page from Bing. I couldn't screen capture the entire first page.















The first few items above state emphatically that Israel is not an apartheid state. 

The next 8 items which I didn't screen capture are a mixed bag. 6 are negative (they include the Wikipedia item that was positioned as the first item from Google, 2 are positive.

What counts most in any search is the order of the results returned. So the first items displayed on the first screen of results are the most important by far because most people who search for stuff online usually stop after the first screen. They rarely scroll down to see the following screens of results. It's like reading the news in a newspaper. Most people read the headlines on the first page and stop there. 

Conclusion: Bing got it right. Anyone who's done real research on this or better, has lived in Israel which has Arabs in their Supreme Court and in their Parliament know this. Of course they are obligated as a search engine to give you all the results they can find online pertinent to your search so as one scrolls down through thousands of results one can and will find all sorts of crazy items. What I don't know is if Bing is using my past search history and other internet usage to determine that I am pro-Israel and is therefore giving me the results in the order that I would want. If you happen to be an antisemite and are for some reason reading this, please do the same search on Bing and let me know if you get the same results. Thanks.

The point of this post it to make you aware of the dangers in trusting Google and numerous sites like them, to find out anything. If they get this wrong (and they certainly have) how can they be trusted to tell you anything?