Category Archives: Tyranny

Odds & Ends

grampslcf June 17, 2025 Comments Off

A USAID official and three government contractors pleaded guilty to a decade-long bribery scheme involving over $550 million in contracts, according to the DOJ.

Beginning in 2013, USAID official Roderick Wilson agreed with corporate executive Darryl Britt to receive bribes in exchange for Watson’s influence to award contracts to a small business named Apprio and its subcontractor Vistant.

Watson received more than $1 million in bribes to steer no-bid contracts to Apprio and Vistant.

Anybody who cares about good and effective government should be concerned about the waste, fraud, and abuse in government agencies, including USAID.

Reducing USAID’s footprint will undoubtedly save taxpayer money.

No Kings

grampslcf June 16, 2025 Comments Off

It has been quite a week for the Democratic Party. They have been exposed as protectors fo murderers, rapists, sex traffickers, etc. Now they are promoting and protecting people who commit arson, loot, try to assault police, etc.

Summer of Love

grampslcf June 12, 2025 Comments Off

The Summer of Love 2025 has started. This year, Los Angeles rather than Minneapolis is the epicenter. Despite claims to the contrary by the mayor, Los Angeles is experiencing some of the worst riots in decades. Looting and arson are present just as they were across the country in 2020. Rioters are throwing stones, bricks and anything else they can get their hands on. Just as in Minneapolis, groups of business owners are banding together to protect their livelihoods from the aggression of the shock troops unleashed and encouraged by the mayor and the governor.

Victor Davis Hanson

grampslcf June 10, 2025 Comments Off

Conservative scholar and historian Victor Davis Hanson has released a new video in which he talks about the situation in Los Angeles.

Hanson suggests that California Governor Gavin “Brylcreme” Newsom has ‘ruined’ whatever chance he had to be taken seriously as a national candidate. If Newsom is was refusing to act to keep Americans safe from violence in Los Angeles, why would he ever be able to face difficult decisions in the White House.

Thoughts

grampslcf May 20, 2025 Comments Off

There is a lot of thought about the use of Executive Orders (EO’s) within the framework of a particular administration. Of course, legislation carrying out the idea of an EO is the best final result. Otherwise, EO’s can be overturned by the next administration. However, with that underlying point made, one commenter of the political scene has defined much of the differences between this administration and the previous one.

Arrest

grampslcf May 13, 2025 Comments Off

Newark, NJ, Mayor Ras Baraka and three congressional representatives, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver attempted a political stunt at a local ICE detention facility in Newark. Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and charged with trespass.

Patel Destroys Democratic Critters

grampslcf May 10, 2025 Comments Off

Kash Patel testified before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday regarding the fiscal year 2026 budget. In prepared remarks, Patel said,

“The FBI takes its responsibility of fiscal stewardship seriously and is looking at all available options to optimize existing resources and deliver more efficiently. Over the past two months, we have commenced the process to reallocate hundreds of positions from the National Capital Region out to field offices across the country to enhance investigative capacity and provide better support to Federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial partners.”

Winning

grampslcf May 9, 2025 Comments Off

The Supreme Court (6-3) ended a lower court judge’s ruling that had paused the administration’s ban on mentally unstable people who were uncertain of their gender from serving in the military. One can easily guess who the dissenting justices were. One of them, a woman, could not define what is a woman during her confirmation hearings.

Democratic Friends Attack NYC Police

grampslcf May 8, 2025 Comments Off

Over the weekend a group of Tren de Aragua gangbangers attacked a pair of NYC police officers in Times Square. The officers were attacked while trying to stop the gang from robbing two youngsters.

Secret Vatican Agreement With China

grampslcf May 8, 2025 1 Comment

Soon the College of Cardinals will meet in Rome to select a new pope. The cardinals, many of whom were elevated to that position by the recently deceased Pope, are faced with a congregation (1.4 billion worldwide), who are increasingly skeptical of the moral character of much of the elite members of the Catholic clergy.

As a full disclaimer, let it be noted that I am a Catholic by baptism and that I attended Catholic schools for 12 years. I was taught by Jesuits for four of those years.