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A PROVIDENTIAL PRESIDENT

trump-at-un-gen-assembly[This Monday’s Archive was originally published on September 22, 2017.  It could not be more prescient than now, as it applies with awesome clarity what we can expect from Trump 47 in the days and years to come during his second presidency.]

TTP, September 22, 2017

Remember the day for it may go down in history – September 19, 2017 – the day the leaders of the world learned America has a Providential President.

No one ever has talked to them like that – ever, not even Ronaldus Magnus. Trump’s speech to the UN was Reaganesque on steroids. The most entertaining moment came when he condemned “the socialist dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.”

 

Watch Trump’s expression in the clip below after he delivers this line:

“The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that (more…)

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – CLIMBING THE GREAT PYRAMID

jw-at-the-pyramidFifty two years ago – August 1971 – I was able to climb the Great Pyramid of Cheops all the way to the top. 450 feet high, 4,000 years old, the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World to still exist, it was my first time in Egypt and I had to give it a go.

Of course, this is illegal. So I waited near sunset and all the tourists had gone, walked around to the northwest corner hidden from most views where there was one lonely guard. I gave him 20 Egyptian pounds which made him (more…)

KAMALA OFFICIALLY UNBURDENED BY SOBRIETY

tired-kVice President Kamala Harris released a video to let followers know that with the Presidential race over, she is now completely unburdened by sobriety.

Kamala called for supporters to imagine what could be, such as getting totally blitzed on a random Tuesday — unburdened by what has been, such as not drinking two bottles of merlot and washing it down with a Dixie cup full of trash can punch.

“You guys… you guys. You’re so powerful, and pretty, and UGH! Don’t, don’t–burp–don’t, don’t ever let anyone take your power from you. Don’t you leave your power lying around, like an (more…)

HALF-FULL REPORT 11/29/24

trumpsgiving

Wow, is it ever!  What a time to be alive!  We have so much to celebrate this Thanksgiving of 2024, and so much during this week, a bonanza of good news – and funny news from the Schadenfreude News Desk as well.  Get ready for a rock and roll HFR!  Can’t resist starting with the NY Post Thanksgiving Day cover:

Trump Could Slash Deficit $1.4T By Reversing These Biden Executive Actions On Day One: Report is the story, mostly by T47 Executive Orders immediately reversing a host of Biden’s, which only require a stroke of the presidential pen, no (more…)

THE EIFFEL AT NIGHT

eiffel-at-nightThe Eiffel Tower is especially impressive at night. Taking the elevators to the first, second, and finally the third platform on top with the girders lit up against the black of night makes you gape at the herculean engineering achievement of Gustav Eiffel. It’s overwhelming that it took only 26 months to build – from the start on January 28, 1887 to the celebration of its completion on March 31, 1889.

The Eiffel was built for the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 1789 French Revolution, and of the century of scientific (more…)

THANKFUL FOR AMERICA

All my life, I have always thought it was the coolest thing on planet Earth to be an American.

I have been to well over 300 countries and distinct political jurisdictions in the world, and whenever someone asks me, “Where are you from?” it is a special thrill to be able to answer, “America – I’m an American.”

Thanksgiving is a sacred American holiday. Other countries have their special times to celebrate their uniqueness, when their citizens take pride in their country’s achievements, and all to the good.

Thanksgiving is America’s Day, the time when all Americans – all – (more…)

THE REAL HISTORY OF AMERICA’S FIRST THANKSGIVING

America’s First Thanksgiving – Plymouth Rock 1623
America’s First Thanksgiving – Plymouth Rock 1623

Today, Thursday November 28, is Thanksgiving in America.  A celebration of a bountiful Autumn harvest is an ancient tradition in many cultures.

The Romans celebrated Ieiunium Cereris, dedicated to Ceres, the goddess of agriculture. The Chinese have been celebrating Zhōngqiū Jié (Mid-Autumn Festival) for millennia. In Japan it’s Jugoya. For the Hindus of India, it’s Sharad Purnima. The Celts of the British Isles celebrated Lughnasadh which is the Harvest Thanksgiving in England and Canada now.

Today, Americans gather with their family and friends to celebrate the blessings that Providence has (more…)

MAURITANIA FISH MARKET

mauritanias-fish-market-at-seaGo down to the Atlantic coast beach of Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott at sunset, and you’ll see a very unusual fish market. A fishing boat laden with the day’s catch is ready to come ashore, but the crew is afraid the wind and surf may capsize the boat as they do, losing their catch in the process.

So they float just outside the surf line so buyers with boxes and baskets can wade out to buy the fish right off the boat, and wade back. Only when the boat is empty will the crew attempt to beach it. Just one of (more…)

GARBAGE CASE GOES OUT WITH THE GARBAGE

Was there ever anything fouler, trashier, stinkier, smellier than the six or so lawfare cases directed at President Trump during his campaign?

I’d say ‘no.’

They were politicized justice of the worst sort, the Latin Americanization of U.S. politics, where the outgoing president always has to flee the country.

Now that Trump has won the election against all odds, by the wildest of coincidences, two of these dumpster fire cases, brought on from the flimsiest of charges, have been scrapped. Everyone knows they don’t hold water.

 

According to Monday’s (11/25) New York Post:

“A judge Monday dismissed the charges (more…)

PUTIN’S ESCALATING THREATS IN UKRAINE

Russia’s strategy in executing its aggressive war against Ukraine, passing the 1,000-day mark last week (11/19(, puts the country’s economy, society, and armed forces under enormous pressure that Moscow’s militaristic propaganda cannot quite cover.

Relentless attacks, necessary for proving Russia’s control of the strategic initiative, produce Russian casualties so heavy that recruitment based on outlandish payments cannot compensate for the number of losses ( Mediazona, November 22). Public support for the war cannot be measured with any accuracy, but opinion polls show a steady increase in preferences for immediate peace talks (Levada.ru, November 6; The Moscow Times (more…)

THE MONTE PALACE GARDENS OF MADEIRA

monte-palace-gardensThe island of Madeira in the Atlantic some 320 miles west of Morocco was first discovered, uninhabited, by Portuguese explorers in 1418. It has been a part of Portugal ever since. In the 1600s it became renowned for its Madeira wine, with English wine makers settling there and exporting it to England and the American colonies. The English consul Charles Murray built a beautiful estate, “Quinta do Prazer”, Pleasure Estate, high above the capital of Funchal, which by the late 1800s was converted into the Monte Palace hotel.

100 years later, Portuguese entrepreneurs developed the property into one of the (more…)

THE IMMORALITY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Donald Trump will not be president for almost another eight weeks.

Yet Democrat politicians, both federal and local, vie to be the most strident in denouncing his plans to begin deporting millions of foreign nationals who, over the last four years, have entered the U.S. illegally. Trump pledges to focus initially only on the 400,000 to 500,000 current felons and some 1.4 million additional aliens who have ignored legal summons for their deportation.

Weekly we read of thousands of illegal immigrants arriving from areas controlled by violent Mexican cartel gangs or failed, strife-torn South American countries that have emptied their (more…)

THIS TRUMP PICK CAN SILENTLY STRANGLE THE DEEP STATE

omb-nominee-voughtThe Office of Management and Budget is a less well-known entity within the executive branch, but few are as critical for ensuring the implementation of the president’s agenda. President-elect Donald Trump has once again placed that awesome responsibility in Russ Vought’s hands.

Trump released a statement announcing Vought’s nomination as OMB director on Friday evening (11/22), noting:

“Russ did an excellent job serving in this role in my First Term – We cut four Regulations for every new Regulation, and it was a Great Success! He is an aggressive cost cutter and deregulator who will help us implement our America (more…)

THE EMPRESS WHO LOVED ACHILLES

achilles-statueOn a mountain top on the island of Corfu in 1890, Empress Elizabeth of Austria built a magnificent marble palace called the Achilleion, dedicated to her hero, the legendary Achilles of Homer’s Iliad. Here she retreated from the world, amidst the palace’s gorgeous gardens overlooking the Mediterranean abundant with larger-than-life statues of her ideal man, “who despised all mortals and did not fear even the gods.”

All of Europe knew her as Sisi. Adored by her husband Emperor Franz Joseph I, renowned as the most beautiful – and most beloved — woman of her time, she was Austria’s Empress for (more…)

BORNEO SUNSET

[This Monday’s Archive was originally published on July 26, 2007.  I thought it would be nice to take a break from all the hither and thither in Washington that everybody’s fixated upon with one of my “Histories in a Nutshell.”  Everyone has heard of Borneo, but few know something of its fascinating history. Now you’ll be among those few. Enjoy.]


TTP, July 26, 2007

Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. This is a tale of tattooed headhunters and White Rajahs, of fantastically rich sultans and weirdly demented princes, of spectacular natural wonders and their destruction, of Chinese Christians, Malay Moslems, and Javanese imperialists, of impossibly beautiful sunsets in the South China Sea.

This is a tale of Borneo. It is also a tale of Christians under siege.

 

Today, the island of Borneo is politically divided into three parts: Indonesian Borneo or Kalimantan, Malaysian Borneo comprised of Sarawak and North Borneo or Sabah, with the Sultanate of Brunei wedged between. Quite a story (more…)