DRONES IN WARFARE-----AND MUSK CAN CONTROL WHAT SIDE WINS-----IS THIS CRAZY ENOUGH FOR YOU?

 

Ukraine regained significant territory after Starlink was blocked for Russian forces – US intelligence

I saw this headline after watching several videos about the increasing use of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine. 

I had no idea of the prevalence and ingenuity of the Ukrainian drone industry being used to hold Russian troops back.

From my reading this drone and military connection is a business growing and changing from month to month. I watched Ukrainian drone pilots launching, directing, and bombing targets with a couple of different drone types. Great stuff!

The big problem here, one that gets no public media attention that I have seen, is that the 10,000 satellites that Musk controls through his STARLINK business under SPACEX literally has the power to shut off service to Starlink terminals wherever and whenever he wants!

And from where does he get the money and authority to build his rockets and offload his satellites in low earth orbit? From US taxpayers. NASA historically received taxpayer funding and Congress had control. No more.

The president controls the flow of money, and he is not a benevolent dictator!

One guy, Musk, can shut down damn near the entire globe's communications. It is NUTSO!

And the public is oblivious to the danger. The nuclear launch codes are protected via a chain of secret protocols and events and multiple people needed to launch, but one weird guy has a similar power and we taxpayers keep giving him more and more billions. (I don't think that I'm the crazy guy here.)

Think about it.

PRICE OF GAS

 

I filled up my Corolla last week in California and paid $6.35 per gallon.

The average gas price in the US is $4.83 per gallon.

We pay more in California because the state taxes it and also requires some kind of cleaner-burning type of fuel. I don't know and I don't care.

For the country as a whole, the $4.83 is remarkably high and the typical family in the US is unhappy.

I predict that our federal government will resolve this price shock by requiring gasoline prices to be posted as dollars per liter.

Since 1 gallon is equal to 3.79 liters, the big gas price signs will show a much smaller number, and the average oblivious American will be relieved to see that gas prices have greatly decreased.

The $4.83/gallon will be read as $1.68 per liter. Terrific!

Trump will brag at how much he lowered gas prices and the masses will believe!

Just divide your per-gallon price by 3.79 to yield $1.68/liter.

It's coming. It is done this way in many other countries.

San Diego County Ballot Voting by Mail

 

This is the way to vote! Thank you San Diego County for mailing me a mail-in ballot for the June election, including an envelope requiring NO Postage!

This is smart, efficient, and certainly not subject to voter fraud as the president would have us believe.

I voted.

Meanwhile, the president and weak-spined Republicans in Congress work assiduously to restrict voting rights!

For shame, for shame!

I have one vote but how does my vote compare to the big money backed candidates who, in reality, get the benefit of many, many votes to my single vote.

Money, dark money must get out of our elections. It shrinks our personal one vote to obscurity. 

Graham Platner of Maine for Senate!

 

This Marine vet will win handily against Susan Collins. He is an answer to the quasi-Democratic mouthpieces on the internet who repeatedly criticize Democrats in Congress for not having clear policy goals.

I'm sooo tired of hearing that US problems are the fault of a weak Democratic leadership. And I also am tired of hearing Pelosi and her husband's bundle of millions probably acquired by her inside knowledge of government contracts used as a rough EQUIVALENT to the seemingly universal financial corruption of this administration.

Pelosi is one name. Trump's insiders profiting are MANY!

I do not excuse Pelosi. But there is no comparison of who is better at stealing between Democrats in Congress versus Republicans in Congress. I hope there will be follow-up criminal prosecutions if we get a functioning democratic republic again.

This Graham Platner is clearly elucidating his platform. He's a start. 

Medicare for all.

Unionization of workers.

Stop wasting lives and billions in conflicts that make no sense.

The Supreme Court corruption to be disrupted.

Money out of elections...Citizens United must go away.

Voters rights eliminated by gerrymandering and absurd document requirements...all to skew election results in favor of Republicans.

REPUBLICS: HOW THEY DIE

 

Republics don't exist forever without constant vigilance by the people of the republic. 

They can come into being after violent struggles or fade away if the populace permits it.

When the Republicans, and in this designation today I include Democrats & Republican representatives, allow the country's military might to be gradually merged with the elected leaders, the republic is in peril.

We have seen many generals and flag officers fired without cause by this administration, then replaced by flag officers essentially swearing loyalty oaths to the president. Who controls the military will control the republic. What can follow is the decline of the republic into an autocracy, an empire, a military dictatorship...NOT a true republic.

The Roman Republic eroded in this matter with generals allying themselves, and thus their soldiers and weaponry, to the next likely Emperor. 

The US is undergoing this similar erosion now.   

POST TRUMP CATEGORIES OF TRUMP CONSPIRATORS

 

While reading about the post-WWII de-nazification process in Germany, I again see the similarity of Trump's autocracy/dictatorship/illegal activities/state-sponsored terror of civilians, etcetera, to the Hitler and Nazi activities with Trump's crimes.

I read about the tribunals set up to evaluate how industrialists, in particular the Stihl chainsaw manufacturer, whose owner/founder Mr. Stihl, joined the Nazi Party and then the SS Division. 

He utilized forced labor during the war in his factories. Post-war, what was he? A Nazi SS to be hung or imprisoned? Was he a leader? Was he innocent of war crimes? Was he a follower with no choice but to do what Hitler ordered he have built in Stihl factories?

Below are the Nazi Classification Categories.

Stihl was declared a follower, after 3 years in a camp. He eventually regained his company factories and restarted his businesses.

WHEN TRUMP FALLS AND IS PROSECUTED, his family members, co-conspirators, cabinet members, bankers, and others who broke US laws will be prosecuted. I suppose there will be a similar classification system for the assignment of how culpable certain people were in crimes against the Constitution, against human and civil rights, violent crimes, kidnappings, SEC violations, outright embezzlement and government theft, etc.

Where would you assign a person such as Bondi, Noem, Jared, Triump, some judges, and use your imagination for the many criminals involved in the creation and implementation of Trump Executive Orders and directives?

Good food for thought below:

NAZI Post-WWII Criminals:

The categorization of individuals following World War II was primarily standardized through Control Council Directive No. 38 (1946). While the Nuremberg Trials focused on "Major War Criminals," these categories were used by denazification tribunals to process millions of Germans, including prominent industrialists and managers.

Industrialists (such as those from I.G. Farben, Krupp, and Flick) were evaluated based on their level of complicity, financial support of the SS, and use of slave labor.

The Five Categories of Responsibility

Category	Title	Description & Typical Penalties
I	Major Offenders (Hauptschuldige)	Top-tier leaders who committed specific war crimes or crimes against humanity. Penalties included death, life imprisonment, or hard labor.
II	Offenders (Belastete)	Activists, militants, and "profiteers" who gained significantly from the regime. Penalties included up to 10 years in prison and confiscation of property.
III	Lesser Offenders (Minderbelastete)	Probationary group; those who supported the party but were not deeply involved in crimes. Placed under supervision for 2–3 years with restricted employment.
IV	Followers (Mitläufer)	The "fellow travelers." People who were members of the Nazi party but remained passive. They usually faced fines and temporary restrictions on holding office.
V	Exonerated Persons (Entlastete)	Those who were acquitted or could prove they actively resisted the regime. They faced no penalties and were restored to their former status.

PLEASE STOP THIS GUY. IT IS YOUR DUTY, REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.

 

I can't bear the thought of US Marines landing on the ground somewhere in Iran!

You may have seen news footage or documentaries of Ukrainian soldiers in the field waiting for Russian drones to fly over them and drop bombs on the Ukrainian troops. 

This is what will happen when Trump orders a landing of Marines in Iran. Our Marines will be sitting ducks for Iranian drones, and casualties will come rapidly and in great quantities...for nothing but the delusions of a criminal felon in the White House.

To you important people in the US, civilians and military leaders--if you have not been fired yet--stop this man!

Supporting this president because you do not want to lose your easy, gravy Congressional job is the old Faustian Bargain, the deal with the devil in exchange for your soul. 

Stop him, please, Republicans in office.

I do not want to see a single Marine fall to a drone for Trump's greed and lunacy. I love the Marine Corps too much.