How the Yuan Could Take the Dollar's Crown

7/5/26:

Here's the heart of the matter. The commies want to take down the dollar. Then they can hand it over to CHINA. Get it? Trump is fixing that. Believe me, if the dollar loses its status as a reserve currency, the jig is up. That's why CHINA is so determined to do it. Not only CHINA, but their co-conspirators---in Europe and HERE. Anybody with a brain, take note.

3/11/13:

cnbc.com

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These measures taken by China would decrease the transaction costs for the country's importers and exporters says Dr Zha Xiaogang, a research fellow at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies. Speaking at a seminar in Bahrain in October, he said it would lessen China's reliance on the dollar and the big fluctuations that seriously affect its foreign trade and investment, including oil.

"The US monetary authorities are only responsible for its domestic concerns and ignore the possible spillover effects to the rest of the world," he said.

Comment:

It might be a good idea for the policy makers in DC to get their act together and soon.  These trillion dollars deficits will no longer be possible in the future.

A spectre is rising, or turnabout is fair play

The movie that has the globalists' panties in a wad.

If that's true, then it may be worth checking out.

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Comment:

Worth your time.

The corruption has gone too far

7/4/26:

So Bongino takes his July 4th vacation. He has a word for the likes of this post: "doomerism". Was I becoming a "doomer"? It surprised me that Trump evaded jail, and was reelected.  He has had a strong run, but it doesn't seem to matter.  That is, if you are inclined to listen to the doomers.  I'd rather not be a doomer. However, it is better to be ready for whatever comes. If you really believed things were going to go downhill in a permanent way, wouldn't you be preparing for it? Bongino prepares himself, but is it enough? You need to know fundamental stuff that has been forgotten.  Seems to me that nothing than can be done will be enough. You could try living off the land, but that would be a hard life. A hard life offers little in the way of vacations.

Are things so bad that it's un-fixable? As Einstein said, the mind that created the problem is not the mind that can fix it. If too many have lost their minds, what chance is there really to fix things up?  Perhaps the worst thing is the infighting among the GOP.

6/4/21: The original post is below:

Let's suppose that the government really is so corrupt that it cannot be fixed. Therefore, any attempt at a redress of grievances will lead nowhere. It will get you punished, instead.

Let's say all the ballot audits turn out to show without a doubt that the election was rigged. But instead of taking steps to fix that only leads to punishing results.

Let's say it is adjudicated until it reaches the Supreme Court, but the court does nothing.

In other words, all attempts at dealing with the situation fail, and nothing leads to any positive results, but the opposite. Then what?

If you think on this carefully, all of the above has already happened. Except the results of the audits, but do you really expect that to go anywhere? There are those that do, but when it doesn't, then what?

Trump's election was a redress of grievances, but look what is happening to him. If DeSantis takes his place, they'll do it all again. This is getting meaner and meaner. No question that this will lead to violence at some point. Wait! That already happened to Ashli Babbit. She was the only one to die of violence at an insurrection that didn't happen.

The situation has been compared to a casino, where the house always wins. But even a casino has to let the suckers win sometimes. We're at the point where the house can't stay in business if it lets the suckers win this time, because the suckers feel like the game is rigged. Even if the suckers "win" the house doesn't give up its chips.



Trump wasn't allowed a normal Presidency. If he had been, how many of these crooks would have been behind bars? Therefore, he couldn't have a normal Presidency. They impeached twice, and would have convicted, but the con-artists in the GOP couldn't run their own con if they convicted an obviously innocent man.

They have gone so far with their frauds and corruption that anything is now possible for them. It is so because the stakes have gotten that high. Didn't Hillary say that they would all hang if Trump were to win the White House?

If that was true in 2016, then it certainly is true now. The crimes have piled up so high that "somebody will have to pay for this hanging".

Yeah, but who is THAT? Biden has practically declared war on all opposition. They are getting ready for what they must sense is coming. He sounds almost as if he is trying to start a civil war.

If the house cracks down, which looks like they will, then what? Swallwell as a candidate for President said that they would use nukes. Maybe it wouldn't be nukes, but it could be something like a weapon of mass destruction.

If so, then what? What if they already did? Then what?

What’s Going On In California?

7/4/2026:

Almost 14 years ago that this post was written up. Have things changed? If it has changed, then it is for the worse. California is in a death spiral.

But Miley Cyrus can sing her songs about Party in the USA. But the party is over, kiddoes. It matters not who wins the elections. "Fat and stupid is no way to go through life, girl." Of course the song is sung by a airhead. That's the norm out there, evidently. Paging the ragin' cajun. Whaddya say, Jamesy boy?????? Still want us to eat your dust????

But ya'll have buried yourselves in your own stupidity and corruption.

7/10/12: The original post is below:

This is a disgrace. I may not live long enough to see the consequences of this extraordinary failure and that may be a blessing.

That reminds me.  I'm going back over the book "What's the matter with Kansas?", but that book was talking about the wrong state.  These liberals have a lot of gall to write about anything critical about conservatism when they should take a good look in the mirror at themselves and one of their own bluest of the blue states.

An Aesop Fable for ya

7/3/26:

It is only fair that I report a little something on my health. After all, I brought it up. It seems that things are mostly unchanged from before. It is still being watched. This word came up in the report: "borderline". It seems like another step is needed, but it isn't clear which way to go.

The other part of the health issue tied to this post is largely a matter of rehab. That part is under way. It appears to be somewhat promising.

My health is not the reason for this post, however. It is about James Carville. It seems that he feels no longer part of the Democrat party. Or something to that effect.

Now for the real reason for this post:

James Carville and the rest of the Democrat party, are like the little birdie that fell out of the nest. They are "in the shit", and maybe they are wondering how to get out of the shit. However, it is not always good to get out of the shit, as the moral says.

The "shit" is what they got themselves into once they aligned with communists. Now that it has turned on them, those that don't agree with how things are now developing find themselves in a quandary. When you are in a quandary, you have to wonder how to get out of the shit you got yourself into. How do the Democrats do anything like that? If they really split with commies, neither of them have a chance. So how does Carville and the rest get themselves out of this shit???

In order to get out of the shit, they'll have to do something that they don't want to do. That's the conundrum. My suggestion: For once in your lives, stop lying. That might help. For if they are really in the shit, and like to get out of it, they might ask for help. But if Carville was not serious about his regrets, then none of what he said can be taken seriously. Either way is not good for them. Now that part may be real.

6/23/26: The original post follows:

A revelation came upon me this fine morning... But it isn't an Aesop Fable. Nope. Can't back that up. But it is a Fable worth telling. An little, old snippet of wisdom that folks may want to consider.

Before I get into that, first let's say we got something of a problem right now. It will take something, which I won't name now, in order to get through it ok. Once I tell the little Fable, I'll tell ya what that "something" is.

Another part of this story relates to our addiction to convenience. That means almost everybody. Nobody seems to want to be inconvenienced in the slightest. This relates to the "something". That missing "something" is related to the addiction to the convenience.

Convenience is like a drug. It is very addictive. But it has consequences. One of those consequences is something I am dealing with RIGHT NOW. Hence the revelation.

And now for the FABLE....

There was a little birdie that just hatched. It was up in a tree. The little birdie fell out of its nest. Where it fell was into a freshly laid dump from a cow. The dung was still warm, so the little birdie didn't freeze to death. So the little birdie was safe. However, not for long. Along came a bear, and found the little birdie in the cow plop, and picked it out of the plop, and ate the little birdie.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

It's not always bad to get into the shit, and not always good to get out of it.

The origination of this FABLE is unknown. But the lesson is the revelation I had. You see, all my life, I have been addicted to the easy way. The easy way is convenient. But I am not alone. I suspect this entire civilization of the West is addicted to convenience.  People want to be done with Iran.  But it is not that easy to just walk away.  It will take something that might hurt a little.

What does this have to do with the little birdie? It's the moral of the story. What is lacking is necessity for GUTS. The exercise of GUTS is painful. If it wasn't painful, it wouldn't need GUTS. The habit of convenience addiction makes you morally WEAK.

What does this have to do with our society? We have a problem with Iran and Russia. Also China. In order to deal with this problem, we need some GUTS. The convenient thing would be to walk out on Iran. The convenient thing would be to walk out on Ukraine. The convenient thing would be to walk out on our responsibilities.

For better or for worse, we got into the shit in Iran. It won't necessarily be good to get out of it now by just cutting and running.

Bad things happened afterwards. It happened in Vietnam. It happened in Afghanistan. It can happen again. It must not be allowed to happen. It won't take much INCONVENIENCE to put up with high gasoline prices for a little while. It won't take much INCONVENIENCE to help out the Ukrainians PROVIDED that such assistance would be helpful in OUR INTERESTS. I think a deal could be made with Ukraine to get drones for the Patriot system.

We can get out of the shit in Iran with a victory. But if we get out of Iran with a bad result, we are going to be in a world of shit eventually because of it.

As for me personally, I have to be inconvenienced for awhile dealing with something that has developed with my health. If I won't be inconvenienced in slightest in order to deal with this, I will probably die soon.  If I suck it up, I can probably live a little while longer.  Hence the revelation that brought this post to life.

Let those with a brain take heed.

Great scene from a great movie

So, the character says he will never be on the wrong side again. But he gets tricked later on, and this is what gets William Wallce captured. So, his father noted what he said in this scene, and found a way to trick him so that Wallace could be eliminated. What came later was another scene in which he confronts his father about the trick that got Wallace captured.

His father replies, "you let yourself be deceived". Indeed, that is how deception works. If you let yourself be deceived, then it will happen. Deception depends upon that happening.

Easy to promise to not do (or not do) something, but much harder to actually accomplish it.