For those of you who watch YouTube talking heads, Chas Freeman, who was Nixon’s translator on his famous China trip and later ambassador to Saudi Arabia, is very good, articulate, and measured. We include the latest video below so you can get a feel for his attitude. Freeman has also become increasingly indifferent to US misbehavior:
So your humble writer woke up and took notice when reader johnnyme found these comments late in an extensive interview by the South China Morning Post:
The United States is facing a series of constitutional issues that will culminate in the November 5 election and the January 20 inauguration of the next president. Those in Beijing who have come to believe that there is no longer a viable path to peaceful reunification and that the only possible way to end China’s disunity is to use force may see this period of confusion in Washington as an opportunity to act. so. This, in my opinion, would be a fatal mistake. The civilian government in Washington may fall apart by the end of this year, but the US Armed Forces will not, and the American people will not fail to direct their anger at China if they consider it responsible for the Taiwan war.
One has to imagine that Freeman still has a lot of contacts, as well as a personal opinion. If his was just one idea, it would be easy to put down. But people with very different frames of reference express similar concerns. For example, Matt Taibbi, in his interview with Walter Kim of RFK, Jr. a speech that casts its lot with Trump, in passing he expressed doubts about whether the 2024 presidential election will take place.
We pointed out how it would not be difficult to make a brick for the 2024 election. A common focus of this concern comes from Team Dem, over the misguided efforts of Trump and his allies to oppose the 2020 results. Maybe they will be better this time. Or doubtless, sowing doubt on Kamala’s victory would harm “democracy”. The main problem with this position is that the Democrats have shown that they are very willing to put their hands on the phone, they have proven how Sanders was denied the wind on his way to win Iowa, his 125,000 votes disappeared in Brooklyn, or even the whole. a documentary based on poll workers witnessing shenanigans in California, or now with RFK, Jr., their hot-button global ploy to keep him from voting. RFK, Jr. he also alleges that party officials depend on their allies to deny him media coverage (his comparison to Ross Perot’s treatment suggests that he was illegitimate).
But despite the hand-waving about Trump’s crimes, in reality there is nothing like a brownshirt show (look at the Israeli settlers to get a real check of what it looks like), except for the official kind, that because of the threat in some states to prosecute women. abortions, even outside the state. And why should there be? Trump was ahead. Even during the Kamala fest, the Democrats did not lead. And Trump just got a vote, money, and media boost from RFK, Jr. approving him.
Also consider this report on a reliable reader’s interview with a top Democrat delegate. Even if it comes from one source, it is a series of admissions against interest. Superdelegate account summary:
Complete take –
a) the DNC meeting was not very good. The policies were not discussed – and it is now clear that there is a big deficit here. In addition, the policies that have been put forward – he specifically called price controls – have been a big disaster.
b) the whole no show special guest Beyonce or George W Bush thing was a completely inappropriate disaster and not a good look. Obviously it was supposed to be Beyonce but she was really upset by what happened earlier in the day, maybe with Kamala’s improv team.
c) Trump was already ahead in the actual polls – now he is way ahead in the RFK endorsement saga – the media polls are really wrong according to him.
d) he reiterated that Kamala’s opinion was not the brainchild of anyone at the DNC. His prediction is that he will be a disaster. There have been a lot of problems with temper tantrums this past week with teardrop assistants.
e) still believes that this will be Trump’s victory
This tweet went out soon after. The ambassador said that the speaker was indeed a participant in the meeting and that those inside were “wetting their pants”. Twitter views are not many but one would need to trace back to TikTok, where it originated, to get a better idea of whether it is viral or not. Important statement:
When I first got into politics, I thought the Democrats were a bunch of people and at the DNC this week, I thought I was in a building with the most elite and out of touch people in the world. It was like let’s have a big party and forget all our problems because the hot air is strong…I didn’t feel connected to the people I know right now who are struggling to buy groceries or pay rent. .
Former Democratic Alliance campaign worker
He is speaking without attending the DNC pic.twitter.com/rRxroTc7yy
– TestDummy (@TestDummy04) August 25, 2024
So given the potential path, and the strange fear that Democrats have instilled in many loyal people, that Trump will impose a dictatorship (and maybe engage in a bit of Pol Pot-ery), it seems very likely that the Democrats will make bricks. election than the Republicans. People who are experts in electoral law and Constitutional procedure are welcome to correct me, but as I read the Constitution, there is no way to delay the Presidential vote. So it would take as little as imposing martial law in a few key states over violence, real or manufactured or exaggerated, by Trump loyalists, to stop the vote in those states and make it impossible for the election to go ahead.
One of Lambert’s favorite situations is being in space and having to stop everything to deal with the threat they represent. I have long wondered why John Podesta was so obsessed with them. With all our amazing visual tricks, it won’t be difficult to build a more advanced and lasting World War. Students have noticed over the past few years that the number of UFO sightings has increased.
Lambert also points out that they were very focused on the US and even more so on nuclear sites. My pet peeve is that what you’re seeing is actually a US experiment with advanced visual and possibly deception technology.
Needless to say, I hate to entertain this thought. Perhaps Freeman and Taibbi smelled too much garbage. We can only hope so.