Sunday Smiles

David Strom 2:30 PM | May 05, 2024
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I was born in 1964, so I am old enough to remember the late-60s protests (I didn't understand them, but I watched both the protests and footage from the Vietnam War on the nightly news. I remember the 1972 election well--I actually handed out McGovern bumper stickers, read Doonesbury, and watched President Nixon's farewell address. 

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I definitely knew something important had gone wrong in our country, and it bothered me. I spent a summer in New York City in 1977, and things were definitely not all right. The city was coming apart. The New York City blackout that summer showed an ugly side to a city that was also in deep financial trouble. 

Things looked grim in America. 

When Reagan was elected in 1980, I was a pretty liberal guy, and along with many liberals thought his election was a disaster, and it's easy to forget that the first two years of Reagan's term were pretty grim too. The recession that wrung inflation out of the economy was brutal, as were the high interest rates that created it. 

It was bitter medicine, but medicine it was. And by 1984 Americans saw light on the horizon--it was morning in America, and Reagan won reelection in a landslide. 

I didn't become a Republican because I admired Reagan for what he accomplished, although I did. I became a Republican because Democrats HATED him for accomplishing it. I was in college at the time and my fellow students mused about assassinating him, called him a fascist, and desperately wanted to see him impeached. 

It was some sick s**t, and repelled me. It was an easy call to become a Republican, and despite my disappointment with much of what the Republicans have done, the choice was easy and still is. If these are the choices, it's not hard to choose which side I am on. I will fight with Republicans when they do something stupid, but I will stand by them when election time comes. 

Looking around me, I see a time that, in some ways, is much better than 1977 and, in some ways, much worse. History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes. 

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The damage being done to the economy by Biden is horrific, but the underlying potential of the economy is stronger today than then. If we slashed regulations, undid all the Green New Deal stuff Biden has done, and unleashed our fossil fuel and manufacturing potential, our economy would soar. We still have the most productive workers and best engineers in the world; they are simply hamstrung, so they design things here and build them overseas.

Biden is squeezing the middle class, but unlike Europe, we still have the raw potential to create greatness. Look at SpaceX to see one version of the future--one that works. 

On the other hand, our social fabric is in tatters, and the Left is trying to burn our society down. The societal fires have been set and they are spreading, growing into a wildfire. Alphabet ideology, cultural and economic Marxism, DEI, CRT, K-12 and higher ed...the evisceration of the rule of law, the open borders...look around and you see the work of cultural arsonists who are succeeding in their task. 

For obvious reasons, I tend to write about the latter and much less about the former. The America that works is at my back because I have my eyes trained on the enemy, who are already inside the gates. I am not much of an obstacle, but every little bit helps. 

Most of you reading this are old enough to remember the bad times of the 60s and 70s or even to have fought in Vietnam. You know what America went through, saw the hollowing out of our economy and what Reagan did to help revive it, and now wonder along with me why so many people are intent on killing this great country. 

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At a basic level, it doesn't matter why, although I often write about the reasons. What matters is waking up our neighbors and inducing them to join the fight to save this country. 

It's going to be a tough fight, as I am about to show you. 

And now for something completely different:


I keep telling you about Big Tech's severe censorship frequently enough that perhaps it is becoming background noise (or background silence?). 

So let me give you a concrete example: Google just booted this Trump ad that is completely, 100%, verifiably true for unspecified "policy violations."

"Policy violations?" I can tell you exactly what the violation is: this ad is targeted at minority voters and it is probably very effective. 

Google can't have that, can they?

We keep being told that Trump and the Republicans depend on foreign "election interference" in order to stay competitive, despite the fact that all sorts of investigations keep disproving it. Did not happen. 

On the other hand, right before our eyes, we keep getting examples of domestically-based election interference. Attempts to bankrupt Trump. Attempts to put Trump in jail. Constant propaganda from the MSM. Vicious slander of anybody who supports Trump. 

And, of course, censorship. 

This censorship is pervasive and not only aimed at Trump or even Republicans. It is used to distort everything you see, hear, and read. Our freedoms are evaporating before our eyes. Big tech allies with NGOs funded by the government to censor your speech, and the intelligence community uses false information ("Russian collusion," "Russian disinformation," and a phony rise in "White supremacist violence") to smear anybody who opposes the transnational elite. 

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Look at how The Washington Post frames a story about the backlash against skyrocketing energy prices: it is "right-wing" to not go bankrupt to pay for green fantasies. 

It is infuriating, destructive, and complete propaganda intended to shape the electoral landscape. 

This is why I keep pounding on joining our VIP program. Without our VIP members, Big Tech will eventually crush us. That is their goal: silence all dissent from the Narrative™. 

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After a huge backlash--on Twitter!--Google reversed its decision. Unfortunately, few people or organizations have the clout to mobilize millions of people in outrage. 

Now, on that happy note, on to the smiles...














































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Cute cats and other stuff I can't remember

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And finally...

If you are old enough to remember...

Last Pitch:


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