Liberty's Refuge

Let’s Stop Pretending

grampslcf August 29, 2022 Comments Off

An insightful Steve Rose has written a piece and put into words what most of us who have been following political events in this country know. We no longer have a Democratic Party. They are the Communist Party and then intend to rule over us without any dissent. If you wish to disagree, you will be silenced by one of many methods.

These reasons include being fired from your job for spurious reasons, vaccine mandates that do not make sense, harming a snowflake’s sensibilities, believing in Christianity, etc. You may be unable to obtain legal representation against spurious charges due to the fear within the legal profession of blowback for doing so.

You may be cancelled from polite society for believing in liberty, freedom and the right to speak your mind. You will be called a conspiracy nut for espousing scientific facts in response to a debate on scientific issues. You may be killed by police responding to a fake swatting situation because you happened to have a weapon in your hand when you answered the door.

Steve Rose’s article follows without comment from me.

Is The Dark Side Stronger?

grampslcf August 29, 2022 Comments Off

Neil Oliver has delivered another excellent weekly monologue. First, Oliver walks through British officials trying to squirm out from under the results of pushing the COVID nonsense and panic. Then he swivels to the much more important issue of what the real agenda is of the people who think they rule the world unopposed.

The Blue Resurgence

grampslcf August 29, 2022 Comments Off

Go back several months and we all heard about the “red wave” coming in November. However, with every election cycle, the pollsters will come out as the clock winds down and release surveys that show the Democrats leading by huge margins or showing a resurgence that would translate into surprising wins on election day. The media will spout these polls as evidence that those on the right are out of touch with the American public. We are just over two months from the election. Has anything changed?

Biden to the Working Class…Drop Dead!

grampslcf August 26, 2022 1 Comment

The editorial team at the Washington Examiner published an opinion lashing out at Joe Biden over the proposed student loan cancellation scheme. Biden this week announced a strategy to take up to $10,000 per student — $20,000 in some cases – and relieve them of the obligation to repay that amount. The cost is estimated to be about $300 billion. This is a little over 1/6 of all student loan debt. This attempt by Biden to buy votes means that the taxpayers will be on the hook for the money.

Mar-a-Lago Background, Part 2

grampslcf August 26, 2022 Comments Off

In part 1 of this series we talked about events that occurred some time ago. In some cases these events occurred more than a decade ago. It is important to keep in mind that this was a long-term effort by totalitarians to control the country. And yes, Obama was easier to control than Hillary would have been.

It is also important to note that, in connection with Washington DC politics, there has been a fusion of the two parties into a uniParty. Exposure of this collusion threatens the very existence of the traditional GOP at this point in time. We have recently seen Mitch McConnell denigrate some the GOP candidates for the Senate simply because they are MAGA people. His leadership position and his ability to pass the torch to a candidate of his choosing are probably at risk if the MAGA candidates win.

Zuck Throws The FBI Under The Bus?

grampslcf August 26, 2022 Comments Off

An interesting interview happened to come my way. During a discussion with Joe Rogan, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked about the pre-2020 election story involving the Hunter Biden laptop. While Zuckerburg dances cautiously around the story, he does imply that the FBI told Facebook that a Russian disinformation story was about to emerge on the political scene. This happened the day before the NYPost released the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Up Yours, America

grampslcf August 25, 2022 Comments Off

Joe Biden and the Democrats just gave real Americans the middle finger. In an attempt to buy votes in the upcoming elections, Biden’s handlers had him cancel $10k to $20k in student loan debt for those who have federal government loans.

Additionally, Biden has extended the “COVID emergency payment moratorium” through the end of the year. No one with a federal student loan needs to restart paying until after the midterm election, in 2023.

Vaccine Bits

grampslcf August 24, 2022 Comments Off

Beijing (pop. 24 million) was the site of an absolutely remarkable happening. This may very well be a first in the history of communist China.

Odds & Ends

grampslcf August 23, 2022 Comments Off

Last week, the CDC Director finally stated the obvious. During an interview, Rochelle Walensky said her agency mishandled significant parts of its responsibilities during COVID. I would say that the damage that’s been done to public trust in the CDC simply cannot be overstated. It will take a very long time before trust in the CDC will be restored.

At every step along the way, the CDC has appeared inept and flatfooted, even during the Trump administration. It’s only gotten worse under Walensky’s leadership.

So where do we begin with this?

Perhaps Walensky should step down. At least that would take her out of the running for the most inept appointment of the current administration.

Mar-a-Lago Background, Part 1

grampslcf August 22, 2022 7 Comments

There is every reason to question the motives behind this raid. This is especially true when you consider the lack of attention to Hillary’s email server, the Carter Page warrants, the Russian “collusion” hoax, the utterly damning evidence on Hunter Biden’s laptop that still has not been properly pursued by investigators, and on and on.

This raid on a former President’s home is unprecedented and has all the markings of a total abuse of political power. It looks like Deep State malfeasance at its best and a complete descent into totalitarianism at its worst. Every American ought to be alarmed and outraged over this.

This will be an attempt to outline the story behind how we have gotten to where we are today in this country. And, to be clear, that story is the fact that the DOJ and the FBI are now weapons being used by the administration in power to target political opposition.