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Democrats are nothing if not entirely and predictably on script. A new talking point is created by someone among the party's elite, and the same day other Democrats across the nation will begin parroting that talking point like the reliable Borg drones that they are. I'm not sure who started the most recent one, but this week Democrats began calling Donald Trump and J.D. Vance "weird", and now it's being repeated by people who, in most cases, are much weirder than Trump or Vance could ever hope to be. Kamala Harris has said it, as have Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Senators Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and even our favorite super-liberal man-loving Trek star, George Takei. But as the photo above reveals, Takei should probably sit this one out. His behavior is about as weird as anyone can imagine. What exactly is he doing to those men? I can't say, but if it turns out to be something bad, you can bet he'll blame Trump.

In an article that looks like it came straight from the Pentagon, we're warned "U.S. faces most serious threat of major war in 80 years and we aren't prepared: experts". The purpose of the article seems to be to frighten Americans into giving up more of our hard-earned (and rapidly shrinking) money to give to the military industrial complex. But let's examine the bullshit being fed to us. 

The bipartisan Commission on the National Defense Strategy warned we face “the most serious and most challenging” threats in 80 years. The commissioners, who said they were unanimous in their findings, said the U.S. faces “the potential for near-term major war.”

But war with whom? They say threats loom from Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and others. But most of those threats are due to aggressive actions taken by the United States and NATO. Russia entered Ukraine only after years of warnings to NATO that they not push any closer to Moscow. NATO pushed anyway. This gang of war criminals now has military installations all along Russia's western border with missiles within easy reach of Russia's capitol city. The U.S. and NATO provoked the war, and now they make the false claim that Putin wants to invade and conquer all of Europe. It's a complete lie, but it justifies endless spending on weapons, which keeps the military industrial complex and international bankers very happy. What about China? Yes, it's a scary totalitarian nation that treats its people like soulless robots, but it's never been very big on war. Other than invading Tibet several decades ago, China has largely kept to itself militarily. It has expanded its influence through economic development programs, largely in Africa, rather than using the American tactic of bombing nations to steal resources. China would like to bring Taiwan back into the family, claiming the island nation has always been a part of China. But other than Taiwan, which the United States has pledged to protect as a way of poking China in the eye, China has posed no threat to us except economically. And much of the economic advantage they have is thanks to American politicians selling us out through various trade agreements. What about Iran? We're told it's a threat mainly because they stand up to Israeli aggression in the middle east. The U.S. government obeys Israel and supports it in terrorism and war. Israel has admitted they want to annex a huge chunk of the middle east, and Iran stands in the way. So we're fed propaganda that Iran is full of terrorists who hate America because of our "freedom". It's yet another lie to keep the war machine going. In truth, Iran is a target of the Zionists who want to claim it as their own. That, apparently, makes Iran our enemy. Last on the countries named is North Korea. It's no threat to anyone. A nation that lacks food and electricity and equips its soldiers with fake wooden rifles isn't going to start a war. They'll sit there continuing to do what they've always done: fire missiles into the sea, attempt to hack into American computer networks, and counterfeit U.S. dollars. 

The article goes on to say that American military spending is inadequate and that we must increase the budget. It doesn't mention that in 2023, the U.S. military budget accounted for approximately 36% of the world’s total military expenditure. It also doesn't mention that the U.S. military budget is larger than the combined military budgets of the next eight countries: China, India, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and South Korea. In 2018, the United States spent more on defense than China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, France, the UK, and Japan combined. But we need to spend more? Where did the money we've already spent go? Are Pentagon officials lighting cigars with hundred dollar bills? Or are they lying about the threats while funding so-called "black" projects, like directed energy weapons powerful enough to set some place on fire...some place like Lahaina, Hawaii, maybe? Or maybe they're funding the next round of bio-weapons disguised as vaccines. Who really knows? 

I do know this: the biggest threats we face come from Washington DC, not Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea. 

Venezuela just held elections, and the results have thrown the nation into turmoil. Both presidential candidates are claiming victory, and accusations of election fraud are being thrown from all sides. 

I'm not terribly concerned, which is the opposite of what the establishment wants. The fact that the CIA-influenced news media wants me to care about Venezuela's election makes me suspicious. Any time a story is shoved down our throats repeatedly by all the corporate news sources, you can bet there's an agenda behind it. Their game works: already on social media I'm seeing people taking sides on an election that they know little about and that has no bearing on their lives whatsoever. Do they know that Maduro's opponent, Edmundo González, was probably funded by the U.S. State Department, which has coveted Venezuela's massive oil reserves for decades? Probably not, but they do know what has been carefully fed to them: that Maduro is a socialist who cheated for the win. But did he cheat, or are we being told he cheated because that's the story the State Dept and the CIA want us to believe? The U.S. government wants their guy to win, even if their guy ends up being the worst dictator the world has ever seen, because they intend to steal all the natural resources Venezuela has...especially the oil. 

Is Maduro a good guy? Probably not. But neither is his opponent. Sometimes there are no good guys. But there is always truth, that elusive thing we should always try to find no matter what we're told to believe by government spooks and media propagandists.

Since today's "Notes From Clown World" was more serious than usual, and since we've just endured a weekend that exposed us to the perversion and degeneracy of the Olympics opening ceremonies, I'm closing today with this barn that I spotted outside Lexington, North Carolina. Even non-Christians should be able to see that the message on the barn is one of hope and faith. And we could all use more of that right about now.