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THE WAR BETWEEN TRUMP’S CHEMOTHERAPY AND BIDEN’S CANCER

Dr. Trump will see you now
Dr. Trump will see you now

Chemotherapy can be a life-saving though sometimes toxic effort to eliminate lethal cancer cells before they kill the patient. As such, it can serve as a bitter metaphor for the often-controversial efforts of the Trump administration to undo the metastasizing damage caused by the Biden administration.

The Democrats and their media, however, wish to convince America that the remedy for four years of catastrophe is worse than the catastrophe itself.

 

Take the border. It was literally destroyed over the last four years. After welcoming in some three million illegal aliens per year—none with (more…)

MONGOLIA SUNSET

ger-tent-in-mongoliaOn a grassy plain in a wide valley of the Altai Mountains in far western Mongolia, we set up a private ger camp near a nomad encampment. This was my “ger” – a Mongol nomad round tent with a wooden frame – that was my home while we learned about the nomad way of life, including, out here, hunting with eagles.  It’s hard to describe how peaceful and serene it is in this remote place – like we had a whole world to ourselves.

There are very few places left on earth where a truly nomadic life still flourishes, a (more…)

A MALTESE ODYSSEY

The Sleeping Goddess of Malta ca. 3500 BC
The Sleeping Goddess of Malta ca. 3500 BC

Preface by Jack. The Sleeping Goddess carved by the ancient megalithic people of Malta close to six thousand years ago has an entrancingly soothing beauty, symbolic of Malta itself.  Richard Bangs has been a dear friend of mine for over 40 years. In addition to being the world’s foremost river explorer, he is a gifted composer of poetic prose.  Richard will be co-leading with Rebel and me our Magic of Malta exploration this coming November. This is possibly the most beautiful concise description of Malta ever written.

There are places that murmur (more…)

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – WASHINGTON POST, APRIL 16, 1986

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This is the story on me in WaPo that chronicled my creation and implementation of The Reagan Doctrine and established my reputation in DC.  The WaPo writer was very gracious and genuinely interested in my story.  He told it straight and accurately quoted the people in the Reagan White House with whom I worked.  I had no idea, though, that the story would be so large, spread across the front page of the Style section and continuing for another full page.

Unfortunately, you need get behind the WaPo paywall to read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/04/16/jack-wheelers-adventures-with-the-freedom-fighters/7869872b-a5db-4acf-9ed9-7bc14dac9e9e/.  .  (Glimpses of Our (more…)

HALF-FULL REPORT 07/18/25

Thursday, July 17
Thursday, July 17

TTPers got a heads-up on this the day before with The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax (7/16). Things exploded last night (7/17 6:45pm) when the Wall Street Journal ran a fake letter claiming Trump wrote to Epstein in 2003. Big mistake.

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Immediately, MAGA fence-sitting ended. Last night on X: Key Influencers Rally Behind Trump After Wall Street Journal’s Epstein Hit Backfires.  Musk calls it “bogus.” Megyn Kelly: “This is the dumbest attempted hit piece I’ve ever read.”

Yet even before the WSJ hit piece was released, early yesterday polls by CNN and Quinnipiac revealed: Trump’s Popularity Grows with (more…)

THE HANI RICE TERRACES

hani-rice-terracesThe Hani people in the mountains of Yunnan have been carving out rice terraces on dozens of steep mountainsides for over a dozen centuries. After the late fall harvest, in winter they flood the terraces in preparation for spring planting. At sunrise and sunset, the light reflecting off them creates a scene of phantasmagorical surrealism. Unknowingly, the Hani have created one of humanity’s most magnificent works of natural art the world has ever seen. What you see here is only one of hundreds of terraced areas. It is a sight beyond belief. Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #156 Photo ©Jack (more…)

TRUMP MAY SMASH APART THE AXIS OF EVIL

US President Donald Trump’s very public volte face in his attitude towards Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is aimed at forcing the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine.

Another consequence, though, of the package of measures Trump announced this week is that it could end the toxic alliance of despotic regimes that has formed with the specific goal of targeting the West.

The support Russia has received from China, Iran and North Korea since Putin launched his “special military operation” in Ukraine in February 2022 has brought into sharp focus the deepening cooperation between autocratic states whose primary goal is (more…)

BIDEN’S AUTOPEN PARDONS — WHO GOT RICH SELLING THEM?

Much has been written about the enormous scandal involving the Biden administration’s cover-up of Joe Biden’s dementia.

His senility was obvious when he ran for president in 2020, but was covered up by the manufactured COVID pandemic. He was even then an easily manipulated fool/tool of the far left from the moment he took control of the presidency.

Now we know that he was never an acting president.   He was the radical left’s frontman.

What is pathetic is that his handlers ever thought for even one moment that putting him before the public was wise.  The man was a disaster of monumental proportions.  Consider that satanic, scarlet speech he spewed (more…)

SCOUNDREL’S VIEW OF MOUNT EVEREST

You’re looking face on Everest’s West Ridge, the border of Tibet and Nepal. On the right is the Southwest Face in Nepal, on the left is the North Face in Tibet.

Called Scoundrel’s View because this is a better view than trekkers to Everest Base Camp see (a viewpoint called Kala Patthar), you have to make another trek up the Ngozumpa glacier (longest in the Himalayas) in the Gokyo valley, where above the fifth Gokyo lake at 16,400 feet you get to call yourself a “scoundrel” for seeing what Everest trekkers don’t.

High on the Northeast Ridge on the left (more…)

THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN HOAX

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Yesterday (7/15), as you can watch above, Epstein’s lawyer Alan Dershowitz explained to Chris Cuomo why there is no “Client List” the media and folks like Tucker Carlson are freaking out about.  The day before (7/14), he said the same thing to Greta van Susteren on Newsmax, calling the Epstein freakout a “nothing burger”:

“Whatever redacted or sealed materials in the Epstein case are under the federal courts’ jurisdiction to release, not Attorney General Pam Bondi or the Department of Justice. They don’t have the authority to release this redacted material or the sealed material.

 

Yes, there are (more…)

LISTEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE MUST FOCUS ON PRIORITIES TO SAVE OUR NATION

On Sunday (7/13), we relived that horrific yet awesome moment one year ago, when God’s Millimeter Miracle saved our President’s life, then captured by the most iconic photo of our day, he stood defiantly to challenge us all to Fight! Fight! Fight! to save and preserve our country.

We must rise to that challenge.

 

Politics and governing are generally not complicated. It is often shaded to appear complicated or confusing by those looking to push their own agendas, cash in, or both.

The politics and governing of today are filled with irrefutable certainties. 24 hours in a day; about (more…)

THE LAND OF THE DRAGON’S BLOOD TREE

dragons-blood-treeThis is the Dragon’s Blood Tree, Dracaena cinnabari. It can be found in only one place on earth, a remote island called a Lost World for its uniqueness, the “most alien-looking place on our planet.”

Although it’s known as the most alien, strangest, weirdest, and bizarre place you can go to, it’s also completely safe and incredibly beautiful. Anybody who comes here returns saying, “You have to see it to believe it.” What is this place?

It’s the World Heritage Site of the island of Socotra, the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean,” 240 miles off the coast of (more…)

BREAKING VLAD

NY Post today, July 15, 2025
NY Post today, July 15, 2025

Hooray! President Donald Trump’s decision to send “billions of dollars” worth of weapons to Ukraine via NATO could prove a game-changer in Kyiv’s 40-month-old war against Russian aggression.

POTUS  on Monday (7/14) also announced 100% “secondary tariffs” targeting Moscow if it fails to agree to a cease-fire within 50 days.

It’s a terrific combination.

Russia’s been stepping up its attacks civilian areas, while the sanctions could break Russia’s economy.

 

Trump didn’t provide details on the precise types of weapons for Kyiv, but he did say it’ll get a “full complement” of “the best” (more…)

WHY THE LEFT FROM NORMAL DEMS TO ANTIFA HAVE LOST THEIR COLLECTIVE MINDS

left-their-mindsAcross the political left, from orthodox Democrats to Antifa in the streets, the opposition to President Trump has lost its collective mind.

A selection of examples:

* The House minority leader and now-self-styled tough guy, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, poses with a baseball bat to show how dangerous he is in opposing Trump’s budget bill.

* Jeffries harangued Congress for eight hours; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker went on for 25 — both to no effect.

* Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hit the rally trail in private jets to rail about oligarchs, (more…)