Victor Davis Hanson

I don't have many "heroes", but he is on the list

https://townhall.com/columnist...wing-danger-n2630131

Does Iran Realize Its Own Growing Danger?

Iran understandably believes it is riding relatively high.

It is flush with cash. It hints it almost has the bomb -- and might use it soon.

The Iranians are bragging about their new tyrannical allies like Russia and China.

Iran boasts of now being the self-proclaimed leader of jihad on behalf of all Muslims. It gloats that it is feeding the Russian war machine by exporting its own drones.

Tehran proudly supplied and funded Hamas's savage murder of Jewish children in Israel.

It eggs on its other pawn, Hezbollah, to launch a reputed 100,000 Iranian-supplied missiles into Israel.

It constantly provokes the U.S. -- primarily by veiled threats to unleash anti-American terrorists in the Middle East and perhaps inside America itself.

But above all, Iran is giddy over the appeasing Biden administration.

Biden resurrected the unhinged Obama administration plan of empowering a "Shiite crescent" -- of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, including Hamas.

This American idea of a radical bloc would supposedly birth "creative tension" and, on autopilot, balance the dominance of our friends in Israel and the Gulf regimes with our new Iranian clients. Yet the logical result of such madness was the massacre we saw in Israel.

Biden put pro-Iranian envoy Robert Malley -- now under FBI investigation -- in charge of begging Iran to restart the disastrous Iran Deal.

The anemic Biden administration has reportedly replied only four times to some 83 Iranian attacks on Americans.

Biden lifted sanctions, allowing Iran to garner tens of billions of dollars in new oil sales -- to be routed to all of Israel's terrorist enemies.

He sought to pay ransom to Iran to get back five American hostages -- at a cost of $1.2 billion per captive and a green light for Tehran to take more.

The Biden administration restored in aggregate $1 billion in aid to the West Bank and Gaza despite the long history of radical Palestinian terrorism.

This mollification of Iran also led its appendages, Hamas and Hezbollah, to believe that if any of them started a war against Israel, then Iran would guarantee their victory, the U.S. would do nothing -- and likely force Israel to do the same nothing.

Yet a delusional Iran still is not fully aware how its loud bragging about and support for its client Hamas's barbaric killing of Jewish civilians have put it into an unprecedented, dangerous predicament.

For the first time in decades, no nation can restrain Israel from destroying Iran's pawn, Hamas -- not after it butchered 1,400 Jewish citizens. At the same time, radical Palestinians in Gaza keep celebrating the slaughter and promising more such savage mass murders.

Iran's other proxy, Hezbollah, still issues blood-curdling threats to launch missiles. But it privately knows if it hits Israel with them, Beirut will resemble something far worse than its rubble of 2006 during the last Middle East war.

The world despises Iran and now finally accepts it cannot be appeased. Arab nations neither want Gazan refugees anywhere near them nor their terrorists whom Gazans one-time voted into power.

Even Europe abhors Hamas's precivilizational butchery of Israeli civilians.

Russia, Iran's new patron, will be of little help to it -- bogged down in Ukraine and hemorrhaging under sanctions and global ostracism. Nor has Moscow forgotten its own long, violent history with Islam.

China cares only about the delivery of Middle East oil, calm sea lanes -- and injuring the U.S.

Otherwise, Beijing has no desire to risk its economy by pushing an Iranian theater war --especially when China has jailed a million Uyghur Muslims in forced labor camps.

Public opinion will force even Biden to retaliate if the two substantial American carrier groups parked in the Eastern Mediterranean are attacked by either Iranian or Hezbollah missiles. And the response will not be street-fighting block to block-in Tehran or Beirut.

Instead, it will be a medieval rain of destruction on either or both from the air.

After the Afghanistan humiliation, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese flagrant spy balloon mission over the American heartland, eight million illegal aliens waved in across the southern border and woke hysterias, Americans may have finally woken up that they dangerously -- almost fatally -- have squandered prior hard-won deterrence and must reboot.

To play its global jihadist role, Iran must always keep upping its terrorist ante and constantly louder threats.

It assumes the Middle East is business as usual -- when it is insidiously becoming just the opposite. An appeasing Biden is not driving events but being driven by them, whether he knows it or not.

The Iranians have little clue that they and their vassals are one stupid missile volley or one reckless intervention away from a devastating Western response that would not necessarily be "proportionate."

Such retaliation would be welcomed by Iran's numerous enemies, privately applauded by its small number of supposed "friends," and largely shrugged off by its even fewer allies.

Republicans reveal $200,000 DIRECT personal check from James Biden to Joe Biden they claim is evidence of Biden family's influence peddling scheme

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...peddling-scheme.html

Republicans reveal a $200,000 personal check from James Biden to Joe Biden that they say is the strongest evidence yet that the president was directly involved in his family's business dealings.

According to bankruptcy court documents obtained by the House Oversight Committee, James Biden took money from his health care business Americore and sent it directly to Joe Biden.

The documents show that in 2018, James Biden obtained $600,000 in loans from Americore.

In a video put out Friday by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., he says the documents explicitly state that James was able to receive the loans based upon 'representations' that his last name, 'Biden,' could 'open doors.'

On March 1, 2018, Americore wired a $200,000 loan into the personal bank account of James and Sara Biden.

That same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check to 'Joseph R. Biden' from his personal account for a 'loan repayment.' At the time, Joe had already left the vice presidency position.

Republicans leading the investigation into the Biden family's 'influence peddling scheme' say this personal check directly shows Joe was aware of - and included in - his family's dealings.

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That same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check to 'Joseph R. Biden' from his personal account for a 'loan repayment.' At the time, Joe had already left the vice presidency position.

Sooo, ummm, let's see the money that went from Joe to James that this "repayment" was for.

“It's Joe Biden's favorite place – his summer home in Delaware where he has decamped dozens of times during his 1,000 days as Commander-in-Chief.

As DailyMail.com revealed on Tuesday he has spent at least 300 of those days either in the country's second smallest state or on vacation.

He bought the home at a time that it appeared his political career was over – five months after his Vice-Presidency had ended he was well into his 70s and after all he had decided to forgo a 2016 run for the top job.

But now that house in the tiny town of Rehoboth Beach could turn out to be a major embarrassment as Republicans continue their push to find business links between the 46th president and his son Hunter.

DailyMail.com has discovered that then-private-citizen Biden, who had spent virtually all his adult life in public service, bought the home for slightly under $2.75million – in cash.

And making the transaction even stranger it was within weeks of a highly questionable text that Hunter had sent to Henry Zhao, an associate at Chinese oil giant CEFC asking to seal a deal worth $10 million a year.

'I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,' Hunter wrote Zhao on WhatsApp on July 30, 2017. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/12649277

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"slightly under $2.75million – in cash."

Everyone, and I mean everyone knows the Biden’s are a dirty clan. They are criminal filth.

The GOP don't seem to be doing much about all this. If all the transactions in DC were made public and easily examined, how many politicians would turn out to be somewhat honest?

We wonder how/if Joe reported the $2.75M on his 1040 forms.

Was a Form 8300 filed? I think I know the answer to that already.

quote:

Originally posted by stoic-one:

quote:

That same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check to 'Joseph R. Biden' from his personal account for a 'loan repayment.' At the time, Joe had already left the vice presidency position.

Sooo, ummm, let's see the money that went from Joe to James that this "repayment" was for.

Loans require tax reporting. While completely legal, private loans to family require interest be paid to the lender, and the lender must report it on their income tax. If the lender charges no interest, e.g. helping out a family member, the lender must still claim an imputed interest income on his taxes.

So, let's see the tax returns where Joe reported these loans to his brother and paid tax on the interest he earned.

I noticed others have already posted this story. Here is a copy of the check


https://www.breitbart.com/poli...s-mogul-joes-bagman/

Seemingly his entire life, Joe Biden’s brother James “Jim” Biden has benefitted from his brother’s political status. At various moments, he has been a campaign finance maven, a nightclub owner, and a hedge fund mastermind. Jim appears to be a man who wears many hats; but in actuality, he only wears one: Joe Biden’s brother.

One place where James clearly leveraged his proximity to power for money was with Americore Health. Near the end of the Obama administration, James Biden joined Americore, which operated hospitals in several states.

James Biden promised he could open doors and raise money from companies across the world, a including major Turkish conglomerate.

But the promised investments never materialized. In December 2019, Americore declared bankruptcy. Weeks later, the FBI raided an Americore office in Pennsylvania as part of an investigation into “white collar crimes.”

Politico reported in 2020 that Americore has been plagued with legal troubles due to mismanagement. Investors and partners in the company have sued over management, alleging false promises and the misappropriation of money. Most notably, James Biden is accused of fraudulently transferring funds from Americore “outside of the ordinary course of business.”

Last week, House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) revealed that in 2018, James Biden sent the now-president Joe Biden a $200,000 payment. The same day , James had received a $200,000 wire transfer from Americore.

“On March 1, 2018, Americore wired a $200,000 loan into James and Sara Biden’s personal bank account — not their business bank account,” Comer explained. “And then on the very same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check from this same personal bank account to Joe Biden.”

Doing that dementia shuffle down the beach, trying to stay upright for the cameras. Not a damn care in the world


https://x.com/bennyjohnson/sta...222577008381998?s=20

Listening to Joe Rogan talking to Coleman Hughes this morning. Apparently, the Biden Administration is beginning deportations of…Venezuelans. AFAIK, only Venezuelans. The cynical among us—like me, might think that they’re being targeted for deportation because they’re fleeing Communism and, like the Cubans, would likely vote Republican.

There are a number of news stories out there, here are a couple links:

AP article

Politico

If you search for Venezuelan deportations, you’ll find a large number of stories, I couldn’t find one putting forth the Republican voting theory, but that’s the way I’m taking this action.

Texas AG Sues Biden Administration For Cutting Razor Wire At Southern Border

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...wire-southern-border

On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over federal agents cutting away razor wire barriers that had been set up along the southern border by the state government.

As Fox News reports, Paxton’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, targets the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), accusing the federal agencies of interfering with state efforts to secure the border by actively cutting away the razor wire barriers that had been set up by the state of Texas.

“By cutting Texas’s concertina wire, the federal government has not only illegally destroyed property owned by the State of Texas; it has also disrupted the State’s border security efforts, leaving gaps in Texas’s border barriers and damaging Texas’s ability to effectively deter illegal entry into its territory,” the lawsuit states.

“Texas brings this lawsuit to end this ongoing, unlawful practice which undermines its border security efforts,” the suit continues.

“This Court can and should enjoin the federal defendants from continuing to destroy and damage private property that is not theirs—without statutory authority and in violation of both state and federal law.”

Due to the Biden Administration’s deliberate refusal to enforce federal immigration laws, the state of Texas has taken upon itself numerous measures to secure its southern border with Mexico. In addition to the razor wire installed in such locations as Eagle Pass, the state has also set up a massive wall of buoys along the Rio Grande River to deter illegal aliens from crossing the river.

Last month, Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) posted a video showing Border Patrol agents cutting away a portion of razor wire, deliberately allowing through a crowd of illegals. Abbott subsequently had the ruined wire replaced.

Federal officials have tried to justify such actions by claiming that illegal aliens can still be on American soil even if they are on the other side of such barriers, and that Border Patrol will still arrest them.

When asked about the lawsuit, a DHS spokesman simply said “we do not comment on pending litigation.”

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Texas AG Sues Biden Administration For Cutting Razor Wire At Southern Border

I have a better idea. How about arresting anybody who tampers with it? Don't care if it's an illegal, a lefty, or a fed.

remember Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) ?

On Wednesday afternoon it was announced that the Capitol Police had finished their investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) pulling the fire alarm late last month during as the House was voting to avert a government shutdown. The police referred it to prosecutors "for their consideration," and DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb is now charging him with a violation of the DC code, for which he must report to Capitol Police Headquarters by October 26. This gives him one day's notice to appear.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...-fire-alarm-n2630377

https://hotair.com/headlines/2...e-fire-alarm-n587942

Bowman, a far-left “squad” member who smeared demonstrators at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as “violent insurrectionists” whose “terrorist attack” warranted a federal crackdown, will pay a $1,000 fine and serve three months of probation. The fire alarm charge will then be “dismissed from his record under an agreement with prosecutors,” according to the Associated Press.

[The judge also required Bowman to write a letter of apology to the fire department or face revocation of his probation and a six-month jail sentence. House Republican Byron Donalds scoffed at that requirement, and wondered why the courts were treating Bowman any differently than they treated the non-violent J6 intruders at the Capitol. The better analogy is why the pro-Hamas occupiers of the Cannon Building didn’t get the J6 treatment


The disruption forced the occupants to evacuate for 90 minutes as lawmakers scrambled to avoid a government shutdown in September.

Updated video of him pulling down signs on the doors. He didn't even try to open the doors... Of course we already knew that.

^^^
Bowman is a lying piece of shit- we already knew that too.

“Short staffed”





Biden-appointed prosecutor ADMITS he declined to prosecute Hunter for tax crimes because he was 'short-staffed'