The (Daily) Vent 2

(She Sells Sanctuary. . .) ". . ." Hope you find , Sanctuary " The Cult was an 80's heavy metal band with the above track from the 1985 album "Love" At the time, it got a lot of air play. The "term" sanctuary means some place sheltered, where people can gather to avoid persecution. So is the logic for so-called "Sanctuary Cities." These are Democratic run municipalities that have high crime and crumbling infrastructure. In the aftermath of the open border policy, and Stares like Texas took the collection of illegal immigrant and sent then to Sanctuary Cities like Chicago and New York.  Immigrant crime has been a result. Central and South American gangs have been roaming loose. There have been a series of rapes and murders committed by these migrants. In cities affected, the costs for housing has risen into the billions. Meanwhile, in cities like New York, what had been star class hotels are now little more than warehouses for illegal mi

(Dissention In The Ranks ?) There is a public face to everything and that is especially true with politics. The behind-the-scenes manufacturing of the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 that kept Senators Sanders and Warren out of the Race and the endorsement of Congressman Clyburn, as well as the Big Three: media, money, and tech, put Joe Biden into the White House. However, only a few months ago and after the debate with Donald Trump, the Democrat Party cast him aside in favor of promoting Vice President Harris. Now, it is exactly three weeks to Election Day and the Biden-Harris dynamic is fraying. President Biden remains "peeved" he was callously cast aside. His selection of Harris as his running mate checked boxes but did nothing to recommend her. Currently, the Biden-Harris relationship is strained, a lack of communication between the White House and the Harris Campaign. Staffers involved seem at times to be working at cross purposes. To be sure. Biden does want Harris to win b

(MACH 1 Campaigning) Happy Columbus Day ! As is the case for many, Columbus Day can be problematic. There might be the Columbus Day Parade. the Knights of Columbus and all of the towns named after the famous Explorer. However, in keeping with left-inspired revisionist history that Columbus' discovery of the Americas and their subsequent colonization led to genocide and all the other ills that came with it. Which begs the question. Should Spanish Queen Isabella had kept her jewels and Columbus stayed home ? October 14th is also known for another anniversary. In 1947, at what would eventually be named Edwards Air Force Base, Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager, piloted the Bell X-1 past the Sound Barrier, about 767 miles per hour, or MACH 1. As an aircraft approaches the Barrier. the air literally cannot get out of the way resulting in extensive aero-dynamic drag. Overcoming that drag accelerates the aircraft through the sound barrier and when that is accomplished, a sonic "

(Correlation Of Forces. . .) Since the Russo-Ukraine War began almost three years ago, some Russian 600,000 casualties have been incurred. That is greater than any Soviet/Russian conflict, including Afghanistan, since the end of the Second World War. In what was supposed to be a few day affair back in 2021 has lasted this long with no strategic decision for with side. Ukrainian President Zelenski has a five-step plan for a terminal offensive. However, correlation of forces still favors Russia. Zelenski had presented the Biden Administration what he has been calling his "Victory Plan." Oo paper it might look like dynamite. But Russia maintains the advantage in virtually every category. Ukraine is deficient in personnel, weapons, communications, air power and so on. That being said, Zelenski has no plan to define what "victory" in the Victory Plan would actually mean. There is no defined use of assets that could alter situations on the ground that could in-connivence

{(Big Guns (or has beens)} A few days ago, the statement had been made that Donald Trump could not win a close election. The Democrat electoral advantage is such that a Democrat win is almost on automatic. One can envision a scenario where more votes might be cast for Trump, but more ballots could be collected for Harris. That would possibly be the case in a close election. So, Democrats have called on their two main champions, former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to make appearances and rally the faithful. For her part, Vice President Harris, having just completed a media tour that was problematic, and that has been recognized by the Harris Campaign. The Democrat ticket this time has lost support among traditional constituencies, namely blacks, Hispanics, and union rank and file. At a speech in Pittsburg the other day, President Obama seemed to chastise the audience that he was amazed that former President Trump has that support. That echoes the Biden comment that if you di

(In Glass Houses,. . .) Donald Trump has had many lives. People can scarcely remember that the former President was once a famous real-estate developer and then 14 years as The Apprentice . As one might recall, each season had about a dozen contestants that spent the year on various tasks, of which failure to accomplish would be a curt "you're fired" from the head of the program. At the end of the season, when almost all the players had been eliminated, it would come down to two. The winner there would get "you're hired" and go to some unspecified position within the Trump organization. The people facing Trump today are members of the Biden Administration and specifically the response to Hurricanes Helene / Milton , or rather the lack thereof. Like President Bush and Hurricane Katrina from 2005, so these two storms and the delayed reaction will bedevil Biden/Harris. However, instead of positioning equipment or fuel, no accommodation, especially in western No