Why isn’t Trump Winning by More?
The answer is simple but also complex. I will try to break it down for you as only I can. It’s wild, Kamala is the farthest left politician ever nominated and has a douche bag of a running mate. Polling has shown a tie, or maybe a 1 percent edge either way. Its close.
1. He isn’t likable. Trump is very polarizing, you either love him, hate him, or live under a rock.
2. He keeps spewing rhetoric no one wants to hear. Rigged elections, voter fraud, mass deportations. Stop it! The election was 4 years ago, he lost. Granted their were shenanigans but folks don’t want a January 6 redux if he loses again. The deportation thing should be softened to be we are going to deport criminals here illegally. We are a nation of immigrants, I have no issue with the hard working folks, the criminals I do. However you cannot vote if you are illegally here.
3. Kamala is focusing on her agenda??? LOL sure. The media has done a good job of not asking her hard questions. However Harris is staying positive people like to hear that. Again, we are not fans of her agenda, but positivity compared to Trump is helping her.
4. Name calling, insults and personal attacks are juvenile. Its childish, you are running for President of the US. Not in a comment section of a right/left wing website. Act Presidential, you will win.
There you have it. Trump likely loses the popular vote, NY, CA and IL are too populated and any Democrat will win. The Democrat will win big. The individual swing states are what I am blogging about. I think it s odd such a liberal nominee can be tied in pretty much each swing state.
Folks its going to be close, very close. If you live in a swing state; make sure you are registered to vote. Vote! Its sounds dumb but i know of 3 republicans who either have never voted, or never registered to vote. Yup, all 3 have Trump memorabilia on their vehicles/person.
The Chief
Living with Esophageal Cancer August 2024 Update 1
The first week of chemo is now over. As before, the second day after infusion was the worst. Thankfully we have the next week off.
On deck are 25 treatments of radiation that run concurrent with more chemotherapy. Yep, five days a week for five weeks. Radiology is now part of the treatment regime. Our consultation was moved up by a week. The finding was that radiation would be possible, but surgery was not. This is the second doctor to say that surgery is not possible in this case.
The folks at the church have been very kind to us with all that is going on.
Our workers, Joe, Josh, and Zack are all doing their best to help us have a place to house guests. Up next is paint, tiling, and building the Murphy bed. The electrician and HVAC test guy are expected later in the week.
My wife also has been subjected to a bunch of new tests. Some of the results are beyond our comprehension as they involve proteins and genetics, but a new CT scan showed 10 millimeters (one centimeter) of grown in her largest tumor in two weeks (July 30 to August 14). That is about four tenths of an inch. The growth in her neck is now 3.8 cm x 2.6 cm; no wonder her breathing and food consumption has gotten so difficult. Also, tumors are wrapped around arteries branching from her heart. “… encasement of the right brachiocephalic artery as well as proximal right subclavian and right common cartid arteries which is newly apparent.”
Tuesday chemo and radiation continues …
Kamala Harris Lady of the Evening
When you ponder Kamala Harris, the lyrics to “She Works Hard for the Money” must be the first thing to pop into your head. Kamala got her start sleeping with Willie Brown, the former Speaker of the California Assembly and ex-mayor of San Francisco. Oh, King Willie was married at the time. He was 60 and she was 29.
Per her scrubbed Wikipedia article, “In 1994, Speaker of the California Assembly Willie Brown, who was then dating Harris, appointed her to the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and later to the California Medical Assistance Commission.”
Kamala had a different set of patrons than Gavin Newsom, but both were involved in San Francisco politics at the same time. As Gavin was maneuvering for the Governor’s chair, Kamala was following the track to a different statewide office, the Attorney General.
(Gavin put his gubernatorial ambitions on hold for eight years because Jerry Brown outmaneuvered him. Gavin cooled his jets as Lieutenant Governor until Brown was term limited out.)
Harris refused to be the chief law enforcement officer of California and instead only enforced laws with which she personally agreed. Most notably, she refused to defend voter approved Proposition 8 which amended California’s Constitution stating that marriage was only between one man and one woman. Harris also used the power of the State of California to prosecute “an antiabortion activist who had made secret recordings and then accused Planned Parenthood doctors of illegally selling fetal tissue.”
Harris moved from the AG Office to the US Senate.
Harris has been called the “Whore of Babylon.”
… we might just be witnessing her grand entrance on the world stage in the form of Kamala Harris – “sex-worker” to the elites – whose payment wasn’t money (so far as we know) but political advancement. It’s pretty much common knowledge that Kamala “sex-worked” her way up the political ladder from total obscurity to where she currently has a reasonable chance of becoming the most powerful political figure in the world.
Frankly, it’s a bit shocking to watch the dramatic implosion of radical feminism that Kamala’s ascendency as the world’s top woman represents. All of the relentless and passionate work women across the globe have done for decades to promote women as equal in all ways to men based upon merit is going up in flames before their eyes.
“Kamala Harris — she’s the original ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl — that’s the way she got where she is. And the party’s going downhill if it’s in her hands,” Lace said.
His comment refers to a viral TikTok clip in which a woman is asked the question, “What’s one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?”
“You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang,” the woman replies, alluding to oral sex.
Fox Business guest slammed for calling Kamala Harris a ‘Hawk Tuah girl’ in sexist outburst
If Kamala rose thru the “glass ceiling” it was on her back.
Even Democrats don’t like Kamala
Biden’s out, Kamala is in. Don’t be fooled: policies won’t change. Just like Biden wasn’t the one calling the shots, Kamala Harris won’t be either. She is the new figurehead for the deep state and the maidservant of Hillary Clinton, queen of the cabal of warmongers. They will continue their efforts to engulf the world in war and taking away our liberty.
Her husband is just as bad. His previous marriage ended after getting his nanny pregnant, and then forcing the nanny to get an abortion.
Kamala is obsessed with killing the unborn but that is stating the obvious.
She is the handmaiden of evil and mistress of Moloch.
Living with Esophageal Cancer July 2024 Update 3
In something akin to a bad version of Groundhog Day, my wife is getting back on the chemo treatment routine. Friday, the port will again be installed in her chest. Tuesday, she starts chemo. It’s a yucky one with a pump to administer the drugs over several days. Once some test results come back, the drug cocktail will be adjusted.
We also get a consult with a radiology guy in about two weeks. Whether she is even able to get radiation is yet to be decided.
As for staging, per her doctor, she could be classified as either stage four or three, depending on which definition you wish to use.
The oncologist said that the cancer is incurable and mentioned palliative care. He said she may have one to two years depending on what they can do for her. Sorry, but her breathing is getting more difficult and until something changes with the large tumor in her throat, she is at risk (in my opinion). Oh, the necropsy in her large tumor is due to the tumor growing so quickly that parts of it don’t have sufficient oxygen, hence tissue is dying.
As a result of what is happening, the one-week trip to Canada in a month is cancelled; however, her dad is still driving up here.
The garage will be mostly sheet rocked by close of business on Friday. Also, parts of it have already been taped. Next week it should be possible to paint parts of the garage. The bathroom is also progressing and will also be ready for tiling in a few more days. I finished wiring for security cameras today and installed a few exterior lights. I’m glad we found some help to get the place livable before her dad arrives.
More updates as the situation warrants.
Living with Esophageal Cancer July 2024 Update 2
Last week was the PET scan. We had the results within 45 minutes of leaving the testing facility. In addition to the two tumors that we knew about from the recent CT scan, two more were found in my wife’s upper chest area. One is located near her collar bone and the other in the bronchial area. Per doctor Google, both these tumors are frequently associated with lung cancer.
Both tumors in her neck were measured larger than when the CT scan was done. Whether this is accurate or just due to different techs reading tests by different methods is unknown. The large tumor is now 2.6 cm and in the tracheal esophageal groove. This is the area immediately below the valve in your throat (epiglottis) that directs air to your lungs and food to your stomach. The groove is in between the trachea and the esophagus. This is the tumor that has changed my wife’s voice and also limits her ability to breathe. She also has some trouble swallowing liquids.
The second tumor is in the supraclavicular lymph node
The lymphatic fluid from the head and neck regions is filtered by the lymph nodes in the neck area. Specific to the right supraclavicular lymph node is the drainage of the mid-section of the chest, esophagus, and lungs, …
Supraclavicular lymph nodes
The third tumor is in the subcarinal lymph node. This is area where the airway branches into left and right lungs.
The fourth tumor is in the prevascular lymph node.
The prevascular lymph nodes (3A) are all located behind the sternum and anterior to the superior vena cava and left carotid artery.
Anatomy, Thorax, Mediastinal Lymph Nodes
The first two tumors are in the neck and the other two are in the upper thorax. As you can see most are in and around the respiratory system. The two new tumors are often associated with lung cancer.
Earlier this year (February), the CT scan of her chest was clear (the neck was not scanned by the last test).
Biopsies are scheduled for later this week.
It is clear to me that radiation is off the table, leaving chemotherapy as possible treatment. Surgery on her neck is not likely so are we really gonna fix anything or just make her comfortable?
After Biopsy
The biopsy came back as expected; namely, the esophageal cancer has returned. The report featured two phrases of concern. The first was “moderately to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma” and the second “adenocarcinomas from the gastrointestinal tract and lung.”
This roughly translates to the cancer is aggressive and suggests that it is taking up residence in the lungs. The lung diagnosis is consistent with the two new lymph nodes and her symptoms including shortness of breath.
After consulting doctor Google and my few friends in and around the medical field, this is my take on the situation, my wife has stage four cancer and has four to six months left on the planet. I sense that other folks feel that way too, but they are leaving the bad news delivery for the doctor to give to us next week.
Palliative care (a medicine or form of medical care that relieves symptoms without dealing with the cause of the condition) looks to be the likely offering from the doctor.
I will update as necessary.
Trump…Don’t grasp defeat from the jaws of victory!
Editor’s note: this post was submitted to me just hours before Sleepy Joe Biden withdrew from his re-election bid.
Trump has had a good couple of months. To be honest I had tired of Trump’s self-serving act and supported Ron DeSantis during the short-lived primary. The name calling, personal attacks, and insults are petty and come off as childish. It was funny with crooked Hillary, but I think this is what caused his defeat in 2020.
Blogger note: I will be supporting and voting for Trump in November.
Then I saw a different Trump; with the exception of him going after Nikki Haley pretty hard. He acted like a former president who wanted his job back. At the first debate, he never attacked Biden, just made a couple comments about his speech and him not making sense. It was brilliant…. now the democrats are the party of chaos. Then Trump was shot by a left-wing whacko. He survived and he gave a great speech. I was sitting here thinking aloud he may get damn near 400 electoral votes.
Then the old Trump once again re-appeared.
His selection of JD Vance told me what I feared most. Vance is a Trump loyalist. He will not have much of any role. He will be a yes man and a cheerleader. This was done because Mike Pence didn’t step in and try to overturn the election. Vance also called Trump a Hitler and a couple other choice words. I am sure they mended fences, but I don’t like what I see. Sometimes it’s good to hear other ideas, not close yourself in an echo chamber.
I didn’t need to hear about prime time speaking slots from Eric and Don Jr. but this is typical that family makes everything all about themselves.
I did watch Trump’s speech, it started beautifully with him telling the story about the assassination attempt and honoring the man who was killed. He told us he would do a tax cut, close the border with a fence, end the wars in Russia and Gaza, and get inflation down and interest rates down. He gave no substance, but no candidate really ever does anymore. Then Trump went full Trump talking about the stolen election and voter fraud 4 years ago.
Blogger note: Yes, I believe there was quite a bit of shenanigans that election night, from “broken water mains” to “every major swing state city stopping their count” but can we be honest, it’s been 4 years, get over it.
The worst part of this is the hair on fire conspiracies that come from it. They will say Trump will end abortions via executive order, he will stack the Supreme Court, and overturn more protections for marginalized groups, and he will overturn the constitution and become a dictator. None of this is true but our whack jobs bring out theirs.
For all the MAGA groupies: Trump is running against likely the second worst president in our history and one who appears frail, pale and lacks the ability to put together a sentence. Trump is only beating Biden by about 4-5 in each swing state. Trump is so hated by a large part of the population that even this matchup could come down to the wire. If Biden is replaced, all bets are off, anything could happen. Also vote for the entire GOP ticket, this included senators and congressman, Trump is going to need about 55 senators to get what he wants. Recall his own party fought with him a lot during his first term. It’s disturbing. I’ve seen polling where Trump is up 4-5% yet our challenger trails a far left democrat by the same margin.
The Chief
Democrats, Want to Beat the GOP into submission? Let Trump Win
Editor’s Note: This was submitted to me a few days before Trump was shot in Pennsylvania.
Hear me out on this. Face it, you know Biden is toast when David Axelrod, a group of senators, governors, and congressman are saying, “drop out, you cannot win” that it’s over.
Let Trump win.
This economy is teetering, the inflation is not stopping, Trump claims to have an answer…let him own it.
Let Trump win.
Interest rates are sky high, home prices, and car prices are insane. Americans are draining savings, and looting retirement accounts to fund basic needs. Trump says he can fix it…let him own it.
Let Trump win.
Again, I know you don’t want to hear this….
When he gets elected, don’t impeach him. You are just giving him what he wants….it’s been proven that your continued indictments and arrests of him failed to move public perception. He will be there 4 years…let it go. No 25th amendment BS either.
Let Trump win.
You are so concerned he is an agent of Russia….when Ukraine is out of soldiers…let Trump cut them off. If Ukraine falls to Russia…say you told us so!
Democrats heed my words here.
You know what is going to happen with Trump, his own party doesn’t like him. They fought him in term 1, they will fight him again. His own party wanted a brokered convention to pick between Kasich and Lyin Ted….
Let Trump win.
Trump = Chaos he is going to fire multiple cabinet members and call any and anyone a name. Be the adults in the room…get out your popcorn and enjoy the moment. Trust me, the GOP is loving you all attacking Biden 4 years after gas lighting all of us about his mental state.
Run Gavin, Whitmer, or some other far left folk in 2028….it’s likely you will win the White House. People like me grew tired of Trump. His act grates on people. He is mentally exhausting to deal with.
Change your rhetoric. Quit supporting BLM protests, protests against Israel on college campii, and general lawlessness. Drop this transgender nonsense from your platform. Once you turn 18, hell go for it….make yourself into a science project or a real life Mr. Potato Head for all I care….knock this crap off in the schools. You look like a kook fringe party with these platforms…
Speaking of kook fringe….
I honestly do not recognize the GOP anymore. To me they have become hijacked by hair on fire conspiracy theorists, election deniers, and whack jobs. If Trump were to somehow lose, the party could become a regional party only, such as the CA GOP very quickly.
The Chief
Living with Esophageal Cancer July 2024 Update
On July 9th, it would be three years since my wife was originally diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer. As you might expect from this update, something is wrong.
A few days ago, July 5th, she had a CT scan and we learned that she has two cancerous tumors in her neck.
Our first indication that something was amiss was toward the end of April when, with no explanation, the pitch of my wife’s voice changed. I would describe the change as making her voice “muddy” and similar to the classic Mickey Mouse. It also has significantly decreased in volume. She was a voice major in college and when she can’t sing, then it’s a problem. She just sang at Carnegie Hall in February and two months later she couldn’t sing anything. Big red flag.
In addition to the changes in her voice, she now is having difficulty breathing after doing mild exercise or working around the house. This symptom is scarier than the voice issue to me.
Modern medicine being what it is, she couldn’t see an ear, nose, and throat doctor without a referral. He ran a scope through her nose and down her throat and found that the right vocal cord was not working correctly. A week later, we had to take a road trip to the big city to get a CT scan.
Folks, after leaving the scan, we went to one store to shop and then stopped for a cold drink at Wendy’s. We weren’t even out of town on our return trip and had the results. Elapse time was about an hour and a half.
My wife has two tumors, the larger is 2.4 cm (about an inch) and the other is 1.2 cm (about 3/8 of an inch). One tumor is described as “necrotic mass or lymph node” and the other as “metastatic lymph nodes”. These are in the lower neck and in the area of the esophagus and trachea.
Here’s what the internet says.
necrotic mass or lymph node
Necrotic lymph nodes refer to lymph nodes that have undergone necrosis, which means that the tissue in the lymph node has died due to a lack of blood supply or severe infection. This condition can be an indicator of various underlying health issues, ranging from infections to malignancies.
Necrotic Lymph Node
Furthermore, certain types of cancers, such as lymphoma or metastatic cancer, can also lead to necrosis of the lymph nodes as the disease progresses.
Metastatic cancer is the same description as the original Esophageal Cancer three years ago.
metastatic lymph nodes
Nodal metastases refer to the spread of cancer cells from the primary tumor to nearby lymph nodes. Lymph nodes act as filters in the lymphatic system, trapping foreign substances, including cancer cells. When cancer cells invade these nodes, they can multiply, leading to the formation of secondary tumors within the lymph nodes.
Nodal Metastases
We have been assured that a “STAT” order has been placed for a PET scan and biopsy. We anticipate more tests in the next week.
Given all of the structures and functions of the human neck, we know there is a real possibility that surgery will not be an option. Also, has this cancer spread anywhere else? To us it appears that this round of cancer is fast growing.
I will provide further updates, but a few prayers would be in order. Thanks.
Supreme Court Muffs Abortion Law
The US Supreme Court reversed itself today on the issue of abortion for absolutely no reason by reversing an Idaho State law that should be a model for the other forty-nine states. The law bans abortion except in cases of life of the mother. The Court sided once again this week with the Biden Administration and against liberty. One can’t help but wonder if the Democrats threats to stack the Court have cowed some Justices into moral compromise.
Since Roe v Wade was reversed, both political parties have been weighing the ramifications. Of course, the Republicans have been having the biggest “buyer’s remorse” over this decision. Many were advocating a nationwide fifteen week ban on abortion. Such a law would codify Roe into Federal Law and allow millions of babies to be slaughtered each year. Such a law would codify abortion as a form of birth control.
Sorry, but I thought the Court found no place for abortion in the Constitution. So why are they finding one now and siding with the Biden Administration? Ditto for Republicans. Why say on the one hand that it’s not in the Constitution and on the other that the Federal government has a right to pass a law. This is insanity.
The solution is to find that life begins at the beginning and should be protected from the beginning to the end. Clearly our culture is not willing to reject eugenics as a national policy.
Christians Fumble at Gay Pride Event
Consider this my after-action report on the recent gay pride event in Bonner Ferry.
Let’s start with a few facts.
Initial reports that 13 churches in town were coming together to host the counter event at the county fairgrounds were untrue. The actual number that I could confirm was more like three or four. Organizers—members of the local Bushnell clan—has reportedly planned for up to 1,000 people to show up. FYI that is almost half the population of the city. In reality, the reports that I received were that attendance was around 300.
Attendance at the gay pride event, per my estimates were as follows: about 20 on Friday night and Saturday, the daytime number was on the order of fifty to sixty. I was not present for the Saturday evening, adults only event.
Saturday was all about the children. They brought in a traveling roadshow of circus freaks from Washington State (Spokane and neighboring areas).
By circus freaks I mean drag queens and such that were grooming children to accept and participate in the deviant lifestyles that these folks embrace. On a Facebook post, I described seeing this as witnessing parents bring their children before Molech and then making them walk through the fire.
The protesters, A.K.A. our guys, were few in number and many were from outside the area. On Friday night, I would say we had eight to ten and Saturday we were able to field twelve to fourteen. Not everybody was there simultaneously.
I would describe our side as fractured in a myriad of ways.
Friday night: I showed up to hand out flyers (Bible tracts), another guy was giving out bottled water to all takers (he also donated food to the gay pride people earlier in the day as he wanted to be immunized of being called “hateful”), about five guys from another town showed up with large signs which looked like Romans on a campaign march, another guy brought a wireless mike so he could “street preach”, and a few others mostly stood around and watched.
Saturday: I was there with my flyers, another group of four was talking amongst themselves and then would read Bible passages out loud, another group of young men were actively talking to a few women attending the event (they later pulled out hymnals and sang a few songs), another guy brought a boom box type PA system to preach, the street preacher from the previous day attended the picnic and then was planning to preach during the evening session, and a few other folks also were of the crowd.
This being north Idaho, anytime conservatives gather, spies attempt to infiltrate groups. One person was pointed out to me by one of the groups in attendance as such a person. I agree that he didn’t fit in; however, whether he was from law enforcement, a plant from the rainbow mafia, or just weird I was not sure. He did his best to interact with each and every one there to protest.
Another divide was whether protesters should be confronting everyone like the preaching folks or just be passive and seek opportunities to strike up a conversation with attendees.
A big divide was obvious in terms of messaging and communication. The big failure by Christians was invoking “Jesus” and “love” in the same paragraph. Many gay folks gleefully were proclaiming that Jesus loved them and thus were perplexed as to why we were there and opposing them. Such talk derailed the gospel “sharing” that was attempted by Christians protesting at the event. When your idea of the gospel is “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life” and the person that you are sharing with agrees, it knocks the wheel off the Campus Crusade method of evangelism. This tactic by the gay folks, knocked Christians off offense and put them on defense with no response.
This brings to mind one of Walter Martin’s early chapters in Kingdom of the Cults where he spends a whole chapter on vocabulary and defining terms. When you don’t take the time to do that, you talk past each other and never communicate the Gospel to others.
The difference of course is that the gay folks claim that God accepts them without any need to repent. It echoes Paul in the book of Romans when he rhetorically asks if we should sin more so grace may abound.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6: 1-2
Paul goes on to say you cannot sin and serve God simultaneously. Living to sin (lust) leads to eternal damnation not everlasting life.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (v 12)
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (v 22-23)
We need some training and planning before attempting this again. Too bad the professional clergy won’t touch this issue. As proven with Covid, they would rather shelter in place. As one group called our town’s clergy, “Hirelings, not shepherds.”
Lastly, what do we do with the folks that sat the whole thing out? Clearly, they are part of the problem too.
Perhaps, when dealing with defining “love” we might want to ask, “Which Jesus are we talking about?”
Somehow agreeing with to Doobie Brother that “Jesus is just alright with me” may be part of the problem.