Should Trump Run In 2024?

There has been a lot of speculation on this question. Here is my take on it.

Due to the disastrous Biden administration, many Democrats and their media sycophants are starting to say the things we are saying out loud. You know, things like 'ls creepy Joe really running the show?'  'ls he all there' 'The country is falling apart' or if you watch sports a common meme today is 'Let's go Brandon' (a euphemism for 'F Joe Biden'). 

Let's Go Brandon

On MSNBC, a far Left media channel as one can watch, l was shocked to hear them predict that if any Republican ran against Biden, they would win in a landslide! Of course they were quick to add that the only exception would be President Trump. If he were to run, he might just squeak by.

President Trump was the best president the US has ever had. Like you, I don't believe anything the Democrats say either. But Trump deserves a rest. He's a grandfather and he should spend time with his family. If he wants to run again, of course we should support him but he's given enough of himself. I wouldn't encourage him to run again especially when we have people like Governor De Santis who could also do a great job, has Trump's courage and would have an excellent chance at winning.

One of my all time favourite movies was Cool Hand Luke, starring one of my favourite actors, Paul Newman. He plays a prisoner down south in a state like Alabama. He tries to escape a few times but gets caught every time. He unwittingly becomes the prison hero. He competes in an egg eating competition and his prison mates are constantly pushing him to eat until he's sick. Of course they push him to keep trying to escape and take them along. At first he likes the attention. But he finally admonishes them to stop sucking off him. 

We can learn from that movie. We need to stop sucking off of President Trump. Those who encourage him to run are selfish. We sit in the comfort of our own homes and urge him to run without considering the pressure, stress, threats against his life and the lives of his family, constant law suits, all sorts of attacks, etc. that he faces daily. He's done far more than anyone to help save the USA and make the world a safer place. I would think that he has a permanent place in politics if he wants it, perhaps as an advisor behind the scenes. But I will not be one of the many Trump lovers who are encouraging him to run. 

Let's Go Brandon!

 

Calling All Trump Haters

Please note: If you are not a Trump hater, you may still read this blog!

You might recall my dire warnings after Biden became president. If you missed it, here it is. In summary, I said that the world will become a very dangerous place. I believe it has. Do you? If not, I'd love to hear from you.

To all my friends who might not have hated former President Trump but had issues with him:

What do you think now? Do you miss his brash arrogance? His annoying bragging of his successes? His red cap 'Make America Great'?  I didn't think so. But just maybe right about now, after the disaster in Afghanistan, you hopefully are getting my old point. I pleaded with you last year to look past his personality if you didn't like what you saw or heard. I told you then that world leaders are by their very nature arrogant and therefore not usually liked. But if their policies are moral then they are to be admired and supported. 

I told you then that the mainstream media has aligned itself so closely with the Left that they have become an arm of the Democratic party. Their biased reporting is dangerous and needs to be called out as such. I urged you then and continue to urge you now to do your own research. If you continue to watch CNN to 'get the facts', you will be sorely misinformed. The disaster unfolding before us in Afghanistan presents us yet another dangerous blunder by the Biden administration. Any child could have figured out that if the US wanted to pull out of Afghanistan (whether they should have or not is another discussion entirely), then the order of actions should be first to remove all US citizens, then remove American weapons and finally to remove their armed forces. Biden did the opposite, putting Americans there in extreme danger. 13 American soldiers have already been killed recently and hundreds of sympathetic Afghans have been murdered as well. Thousands are injured and are suffering. Millions more lives are at stake. The rest will be hunted down, tortured and used as hostages. This despite Biden's public promise that no American will be left behind. 

Thanks to Biden's blunder, the Taliban has overnight become the best armed terrorist entity in the world. That's what leaving billions of dollars of sophisticated weapons to our enemies does.  Did you notice that during the Trump administration the Taliban, ISIS and the rest of the terrorists were under control. I'm not saying it was a safe place to live or vacation at. I doubt that it ever will be. But now, thanks to Biden and his bumbling crew of defense ministers, woke generals (who's # 1 concern was to enlist more gays and boast of a more diverse army) and others have shaped Afghanistan to be terror central. Terror organizations like Hamas (who applauded the Taliban victory - let's keep giving them tons of money), Hezbolla and many others will be running there for training and to pickup some cool weapons. Terror states like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be quick to sponsor them. China can't wait to get their hands on the latest US weaponry and begin to reverse engineer them back at home in order to mass produce them and sell them on the black market. It's like they won the lottery. 

What are the odds of another 9/11 style attack on the US now? As I predicted, a Biden administration would make the world a dangerous place and it sure as hell has. You've got to be wilfully blind not to see it.

Here are a few points to ponder:

1. Biden suffers from dementia but is getting rich.

2. He is not running the show (although he may think that he is).

3. Who is?

4. It's ok to change your mind. Learn from your mistakes.

5. Courage must be applauded. Cognitive dissonance must be rejected. 

6. What do you think the world thinks of American leadership today? Are they laughing at us? Do they take us seriously? Do our allies trust us?

7. Do you believe in security through strength? I certainly do. Ronald Reagan & Donald Trump certainly did. As a result, our enemies hated them but respected and feared them and the world was a safer place. 

8. Do you think that the world is in a better place today than it was when Trump was president?

I don't have the space to list all of Biden's blunders because there are so many. From reversing Trump's US energy independence, opening the southern border and inviting millions of illegal migrants (so much for Covid restrictions) to come on over, to defunding the police and destroying small business, manufacturing and the job market in general. 

To quote the words of wisdom of our current president 'Come on, man!'

Do NOT Re-elect Justin Trudeau!

Our PM has just called for a federal election in Canada. Why did he call for one now? Covid cases are surging once again. Lockdowns, here we come again! Our western province of British Columbia (BC) is in the midst of some of the worst forest fires and heat waves in its history. Many other provinces have also suffered from the fires including my beautiful province of Ontario. Up here in cottage country just 2 hours north of Toronto, I have smelled and seen the smoke from fires from way up north. 

Voting in a federal election right now is surely not a priority in for any Canadian right now! I can't imagine finding a single Canadian who wants an election today. If you are the one, please let me know.

So why did he call it? To be fair, I'm sure it wasn't his idea. For he has no ideas. No brains=no ideas.

He was advised to do so because just after the election (end of September) the Covid government handouts are set to expire. So he needs to have the election before then while many are still collecting free money. The impacts of Covid, especially the economic ones haven't shown themselves completely just yet. Inflation is through the roof and rising fast. His extreme spending is not helping. 

Currently his Liberal party leads as a minority government. In order to really raise the whip against us and all who oppose him and his party, he needs a majority. So they hope not only to win again but this time to obtain a majority of members of parliament. 

Their selfish view to dominate indicates that he/they don't give a rat's ass about us. Never did, never will.

There are no term limits for Canadian Prime Ministers, so theoretically he could be our PM for years to come, G-d forbid!

In this post, I am begging Canadians to not re-elect him! His constant push towards Socialism and more government control scares me and should scare you. The bills he is pushing to pass, limit our freedom of speech and other freedoms as well. His long time love affair with Islam is also scary. I was no fan of his father but I will admit that at least his dad had a brain. Justin, not so much. 

We have elected him twice. Three strikes and we are out. I understand that most leaders of the other parties are nothing worth talking about but as I've stated often in the past, voting is a relative process. Meaning that we often have to vote for the least worst person. Of all the federal parties and there are quite a few these days, I feel that the Conservative party's policies align most closely with my own. Their new leader, Erin O'toole, stands out as 'lame'. He has no presence, is not in the least bit exciting, flip flops on policies and looks to me like a small 'L' liberal. But I will surely vote for him without a doubt. They are the only party that has a chance to unseat Trudeau, so voting for any other party will not necessarily help.  There are other parties that I would urge us to stay away from. The NDP and Green parties are loaded with antisemites and have far left agenda's. Others like the Bloc Quebecois want the province of Quebec to separate from the rest of Canada and are anti-Canadian. 

If you want our Government to protect you, help you financially and keep you free, do NOT vote Liberal. My local MP (member of parliament) is Ya'ara Sacks. She works for Trudeau's Liberal party. She doesn't represent me or my points of views. Either on the domestic front of the foreign policy front. If you happen to be Jewish and live in my riding, please don't re-elect her just because she is Jewish.

Party it Up!

Violent Anti-Israel Demonstration Comes to Toronto

Last night I attended an anti-Israel demonstration at downtown Toronto's city hall. I thought it was important to show a pro-Israeli presence there. While Israel continues to be attacked on all sides by rockets as well as by Israeli Arabs attacking their long time Jewish neighbours inside Israel, we must show our support of our brothers and sisters in Israel. As one of the greatest commentators of the Torah, Rashi, once said: "If not now, when? "

Turns out I walked into a wasp nest. There were tens of thousands of pro-Palis with Hamas, Hezbolla, Fatah and other terrorist groups and about 100 pro-Israelis counter demonstrating. One can see our small group in the middle, sandwiched between 2 larger groups of anti-Israel protesters. 

Here is a good aerial shot of Nathan Phillips Square in front of city hall where this all started from our local Toronto news CP24: (I'm in there somewhere.)

CP24 News video at the scene

It started peaceful enough. I was watching fellow supporters dancing with Israeli flags and listening to them sing peaceful and uplifting songs like 'Am Yisrael Chai' which means the Nation of Israel Lives. The others shouted 'From the River to the sea Palestine will be free' which means they want to destroy Israel from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean sea.

Walking towards the place at around 7 PM on a beautiful sunny evening, one could hear the yelling and horns blaring long before we got there. Pro Palestinians were coming from every corner to the event. Usually I come to these rallies with my Israeli flag but this time something told me not too. As the photos and video's display, they were on one side and we were on the other, separated with police barricades. After only 20 minutes they started to surround us. The police did their best to stand in their way but I certainly did not like to see them behind us. They were throwing bottles and pop containers at us. Let alone the vile things they were saying which of course did not surprise me. I've been to these demonstrations before. I asked a cop why are you allowing them to surround us. He said simply 'we don't have enough forces'. I knew then that the police could not protect us. Heck, they couldn't protect themselves. Why they didn't call in more police or the military if required, I don't know. I was there with a couple of friends (we usually walk downtown to see the beautiful scenery and architecture of old Toronto) on Saturday evenings.  I convinced them to stop by this rally so they did but they stayed back in the periphery of the square. I don't blame them. After about half an hour I left the pro-Israel area that was getting squeezed smaller by the minute. I found my friends and we made our way slowly out of there but every street in the area was jam packed with anti-Israeli crowds. It was total mayhem.

Had any of us carried an Israeli flag or been wearing anything that would have identified us as Jews like a kippah or a star of David, we would have been in grave danger. They were looking for blood. And eventually they found it

A few of us pro-Israeli demonstrators who stayed too long and were escorted out of the area by the police ended up being attacked. One colleague had a chain swung at him and got his head split open. There were many other injuries, broken fingers, sexual assaults and violent beatings. You can see some in the videos below. Some police were also hurt. But of course none of this made the news. 

Videos of violent attacks of pro-Israeli protesters

Where is our Mayor, Premier or Prime Minister? They are usually fighting for air time 24/7, lecturing us ad nauseam about the covid pandemic. Condemning large gatherings, etc. But when ten's of thousands of Muslims and their supporters decide to ignore the rules and worse, attack peaceful demonstrators, I hear crickets. 

Mostly I put the blame on our pathetic PM, Justin Trudeau who has been letting in some of the worst scum into our beautiful country for years now. Being French one might have hoped that he'd have learned from what is going on for years in France, where they have also been letting in some of the worst elements of Muslim society. France has been crumbling. The arab violence and blatant antisemitism is going through the roof there. Jews have been leaving in droves as they can see the writing on the walls. Their government will not protect them, if they ever have.

We are going down that same road. Sad to say that most Canadians including Jews, aren't the least bit aware of what is happening to our beautiful country! Last night set a new and dangerous precedent for our enemies in Canada's largest city. They took over downtown. Most of the news glossed over this nightmare focussing instead on road closures downtown due to 'a demonstration'. The pro-Palestinian movement in Canada (they had similar demonstrations in Vancouver) must feel very emboldened. Look for more such tragedies to occur both large and small throughout Canada and especially in Liberal Toronto.

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. 

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?

Why are so many on the Right upset that President Trump urged his supporters to March to DC?

I heard Laura Ingraham on Fox news agree with another ‘Right wing’ panelist that she wished that President Trump did not urge his supporters to march to Washington to condemn the fraudulent election. (After all it could be dangerous!)

Like so many others on the Right they obviously are missing the big picture. Which is: THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN! IT WAS A FRAUD and it was planned out in detail by the Democratic party and their friends the Leftist media. 

It’s not about Trump anymore. It’s about Democracy which absolutely relies on free and fair elections. A much larger issue and probably the most important facing the US. More than China, Russia, North Korea and Iran all combined. For without fair elections, the US is no longer a free nation. It’s no different than its enemies.

Allegedly, Kevin McCarthy (Republican House Minority leader) asked President Trump to call off his supporters because bad things were going on at the Capitol building. Trump’s alleged response was ‘I guess they cared more about the stolen election than you do’ (not verbatim). If this discussion took place, President Trump couldn’t have answered it any better.

There is no argument about those people (from both sides) who broke into the building and damaged property being charged. But after irrefutable proof that the election was stolen due to serious fraudulent actions, why in the world do people expect the President and his 75 million supporters to just stay at home and watch TV?  That expectation is insane!

Not to mention that after many months of watching how the Dems, Antifa, BLM and the Leftist media and others cheered on the dangerous riots where people were killed and millions of dollars of property damage to both private and public property for the sole reason to create chaos, instil fear and silence those on the Right, why would Trump and his supporters even worry about some possible collateral damage when undertaking the obligation to fight (yes FIGHT) to get their country back?

If I saw that our federal election was so fraudulent that one side lost directly as a result of that fraud, I too would march to Ottawa, my country’s capital. I wouldn’t even need to be prodded by my party’s leader to do so. In fact I would expect most patriotic Canadians to join me in our country’s largest demonstration should that ever happen. I am very sure that most of the Trump supporters who did protest would have also marched to DC without his asking. It’s simply the right thing to do.