(1970s) Ellison began working for Ampex Corporation. His projects included a database for the CIA, which he named “Oracle”.….

President Trump left the WH today for a fundraiser at Larry Ellison’s (founder of Oracle and devotee of America’s Cup Racing) home in Rancho Mirage, California. The home is called Porcupine Creek.

Here is the schedule for the next week. Buckle up, it’s busy.

President Trump will dominate the headlines

• President leaves Tuesday for a fundraiser in Rancho Mirage, California at Larry Ellison’s house. It’s a big deal. Expected to raise about 10 million dollars.
• Phoenix, AZ Wed, February 19, 2020 07:00 pm (MST)
• President flies back to Vegas to spend the night.
• Thursday Morning, President attends Graduation Ceremony for Prisoners in Vegas, signature program. If he can actually reduce the recidivism rate, it would be a major accomplishment.
• President flies to Colorado Springs for rally.
• Colorado Springs, CO Thu, February 20, 2020 05:00 pm (MST)
• President flies back to Vegas to spend the night.
• Las Vegas, NV Fri, February 21, 2020 12:00 pm (PST)
• VP Pence gives a rally in Reno, 1:15pm.
• Fly back to DC or to Mar-A-Lago? Is Baron on spring break? Melania did not come back to the WH with President after the Daytona 500. Maybe they are still in Florida? No….. if you thought we were done, you were WRONG.
• After speaking at three rallies in three days in three states, with attending a California fundraiser and Las Vegas graduation speech, Trump will have one day to rest up before he heads to India for a two-day visit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (and Melania is going to India with him)

A little bit more about Porcupine Creek. I saw this house when it was on the market. The swimming pool holds 675K gallons. Compared to our lovely swimming pool which holds 38,000 gallons….. it’s practically 20Xs the size of my “estate-size” swimming pool.

The home WAS owned by Tim and Edra Blixseth who were the founders of Yellowstone Club, exclusive Golf Resort where Obama showed up to golf the day after Trump’s inauguration. Hehe…

Playing off the profit of developing Yellowstone Club, Tim and Edra Blexsith built their own trophy home on a prime select 249 acres, with the 11th best golf course in California. The estate has an 18,430-square-foot Mediterranean-style main home, 16 bedrooms, located in the heart of the sun-drenched city of Rancho Mirage at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains. The home has hand-painted ceiling murals, an amphitheater and a resort-style pool. With eight two-bedroom guest houses, a gym, spa, an outdoor party grotto with a full-size stage, and commercial kitchens, the private home has been the scene for numerous charity events that often drew 500 or more guests.

Here’s the link for oodles of pics of the interiors: https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-porcupine-creek-2011-2#what-a-view-for-a-round-of-golf-14

But Tim and Edra had a bloody divorce and listed the property for sale at 75 million dollars.

The property didn’t sell….. lingered…… you know, that Obama economy was tough on Cali real estate. The Blexsith’s dropped the price to 55 million dollars to settle the divorce. Enter Larry Ellison…. the world’s 6th richest man at the time. Ellison snapped up the property for 42.9 million, cuz not even billionaires pay retail.

Lawrence Joseph Ellison (Larry)…….. we could write a dozen books on him…… is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is a co-founder and the executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation.

As of October 2019, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the fourth-wealthiest person in the United States and as the sixth-wealthiest in the world, with a fortune of $69.1 billion, increased from $54.5 billion in 2018. How/why do you suppose Ellison increased his holdings by 15 billion dollars in one year? Could it be because of this man?

From WIKI: Ellison is 75 years old, been married and divorced 4 times, 6’3″ tall, and was born in the Bronx to an unwed Jewish mother.^[5][6][7][8] His biological father was an Italian American United States Army Air Corps pilot. After Ellison contracted pneumonia at the age of nine months, his mother gave him to her aunt and uncle for adoption.^[8] He did not meet his biological mother again until he was 48.^[9] Raised Jewish but refused Bar-Mitzvah.

His adoptive parents moved to the burbs of Chicago. He was a member of the “fighting Illini at Champaign-Urbana for two years when his mother died. He spent the summer in California, and went back to the Univ of Chicago for one semester where he was “introduced to computer design”. He checked out in 1966, at age 22, and moved to Berkeley.

In the 1970s, Ellison began working for AMPEX. His life is a fascinating read of the wild west in Silicon Valley. Ellison was ruthless, put competitors in jail, jostled for control, accused of insider trading, paid off charities, and rode the wave. He’s an American success story. Larry Ellison collects homes, cars, yachts, tennis tournaments, planes, and people. Politically, he has endorsed Rand Paul and Marco Rubio in the past, and contributed to both Dems and Repubs.

While 2200 Oracle employees have signed a petition “demanding” Larry Ellison rescind the invitation to President Trump, ALL OF SILICON VALLEY KNOWS, they are under pressure for regulation and taxation from foreign governments. America’s tech titans have created vast wealth and mean to protect it. Nothing motivates like love of money. Greed makes strange bedfellows and the founders of Silicon Valley know that Bernie/Liz Warren/even Bloomberg will not defend them internationally, like President Trump has and will, and a socialist would never keep the economy roaring like President Trump, while they all know Bloomberg is a sell-out to China. Odd, eh?

Nonetheless, for Larry Ellison to step out and endorse Trump is a big deal.

Remember the 1970s = Ellison began working for Ampex Corporation. His projects included a database for the CIA, which he named “Oracle”.

How perfect is this? It’s going to be a big day. One for the record books. AND if you have ever had a hard time distinguishing differences between Repubs and Dems, try to imagine Bernie Sanders/Mike Bloomberg/ Liz Warren, or Amy and Pete, at the Daytona 500………. See what I mean? Live Link for the race: https://watchnewslive.tv/fox/

This is CITIZEN Trump, with Melania and Justice Clarence Thomas at the Daytona 500 in 1999.

Yes, the President and First Lady will serve as Grand Marshall’s of the Daytona 500. President Trump will be the first President to utter the words, “Gentlemen, start your engines!”

There is nothing bigger in the racing world than Daytona. The SOUND of Daytona is what race fans find inescapable. It’s a deafening roar. It’s the sound of America, running at full speed, unapologetic and free, and we haven’t had the feeling in a long time. It’s time to have some fun. The visuals of our President, in the midst of powerful race cars, LOUD, masculine, skilled, fast, is diametrically opposed to the Democrat party of namby pamby and the politically correct. Of course, any vehicle nicknamed “The Beast” would be right at home at Daytona. It started as a rumor………… on Valentine’s night.

Confirmed only about an hour ago, The Beast will take a lap at Daytona prior to the race. OMG!

Who do you suppose will be the lucky driver within the Secret Service? Will they being drawing straws? Cuz YOU KNOW those boys and girls at Secret Service will have some serious competition behind the scenes to be the one driving The Beast at Daytona. I mean……….. this is heaven, it’s Daytona, sacred ground for any driver.

Of COURSE the car for the most powerful man in the world should be at Daytona, it’s like a “powerful car family reunion”. Natural fit. Makes perfect sense to me!

And there will be BEER, LOTS of beer,

and Airplanes flying overhead which can carry MISSILES to destroy our enemies,

and half naked women,

and masculine men, and loud cars……….everywhere.

It is a multiple triggering event for the the media and liberals…… an overload for the MSM.

It’s positively majestic.

If the Dems want a race in 2020……….. we will be happy to give them one. The Dems cannot even compete in this sphere. Our President takes every opportunity to remind the media, they don’t represent us. They don’t understand us.

The Dems continue to come up short……. pardon the pun, and self-conscious, whiny, and bothersome.

The visual images to spring from this event will laser-etch into our memory, forevermore embedded. No, not even 5 billion of Bloomberg’s money can erase these images.

The Dems are headed for a pile-up in 2020, let’s hope. (Quick prayer for all the drivers today!)

While President Trump and our gracious Melania are headed to the Checkered FLAG! And doughnuts on the in-field.

It’s going to be a terrific day!

See you all at the starting line. Be ready to ride!!

Wave if you see a fellow Treeper!

Happy Valentine’s Day, QTreepers! Welcome to Friday and the Daily Open Thread. Special treats for Valentine’s Day! Volume UP! Expanded holiday version!

We don’t believe in political correctness at QTree. Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it. Important Guidelines are outlined here in the January 1st open thread, with an addendum on 20191110. In other words, please keep it SOMEWHAT civil. We have a new board – actually a new SITE – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation. This board will remain a REFUGE for those who need civility, either some or all of the time. We’re glad you’re joining us for Valentine’s Day. Come and Get Your Love!

QTree has grown. Have you noticed? We are the news now. It’s a wonderful thing. No, You’ll Never Find……….. another site like Q Tree. We’re the ones who loves you, and there’s no one else!

It’s Valentine’s weekend and time for a special meal, little bit of tenderness, with those you love most. Remember, when we were kids, we had to give Valentines to the WHOLE class. Play nicely. Let Your Love Flow!

Although….. there is not a whole lotta love going on in New Hampshire this week after the primary. We said goodbye to Duval Patrick, Andrew Yang, and the Governor Bennett, as they dropped out of the race. Guess that’s One Less Bell to Answer, or maybe we should just Kiss and Say Goodbye, or maybe we should just Turn Them Loose. Can we add Nervous Nancy and Cryin’ Chuck to the list? :

Of course we do get Hope Hicks back to the White House, announced this week.

Heaven Must be Missing an Angel named Hope Hicks, but When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman…… it’s hard. Yet, Hope is easy to be around. She’s happy, competent, with razor wit when it comes to protecting our President and dealing with the media. Hope is sweet, she’s kind, nice, ….. She’s Our Candy Girl. We’re just happy she is home.

Yes, the Trump White House is blessed with beautiful women who are far more than a mere pretty face. None is more spectacular than Melania. What a breath of fresh air she brings to the country.

It’s been a long time since we’ve had such an elegant First Lady, and “We Can’t Take Our Eyes Off of Her”. She’s just too good to be true, pardon the way that we stare.

SPEAK THE FIVE WORDS BOLDLY TO OUR PRESIDENT!, “I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!“ He needs our prayers and help more than ever before! ….. and unlike others, we mean it!! The moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup, I say a little prayer……..

Of course, this Valentine’s Day we’re reminded of how much we love our President. Have you seen the stock market lately, the economy, the new business starts, the employment numbers, the way the country is working more efficiently? “Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American People.” Candidate Donald J Trump

He came along and everything started to hum………….. BUT ~~~~ The best is yet to come. Yes, we’re ready for 2020! President Trump did it HIS WAY! He takes those slings and arrows for us. And our Hearts Are on Fire. The love for our country is ALIVE!

Special tribute to all the men of QTree! We love you guys. Glad you are here, rock solid, as our base. You’re still the ones that make us laugh, still the ones which are our better half….. We’re still havin’ fun, and you guys are still the ones!

Don’t you wish we could all vote tomorrow?

Remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights.
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

See you all on Saturday morning at Wheatie’s Treehouse!

Please consider this the DOJ pro/con sound off thread. PLEASE read Scott467 response comments (highlighted at the bottom) which are right up there with Wolfie’s Roller Coaster essay. Well done, Scott! It’s time to sound off!

QTreepers can follow a story faster than a sneeze. Impressive! What was a fairly boring news day following the machinations of the NH Primary, was rocked by news coming out of the DOJ.

• Jussie Smollet indicted on 6 counts by a Special Prosecutor in Chicago (which could have dominated a news cycle by itself).
• News of 4 DOJ Prosecutors, 3 of them on the Mueller Special Counsel, resigning after the dust up on Roger Stone sentencing…. sending DC media into a firestorm. (WaPost said it was a ‘break glass moment at the DOJ’, the WaPost is running out of incendiary headlines)
• News of Jessie Liu, former US Attorney to DC, nomination to the US Treasury being pulled…suddenly.
• and silence fell over the land……… something was “up”.

By late afternoon, the President gave an Oval Office presser and commented on the Roger Stone sentencing. PDJT was not happy. Then we received news from the DOJ that the sentencing recommendation was NOT what was discussed within the hierarchy, which sets up a HUGE problem. Barr acted, pulled the recommendation and four prosecutors resigned….. and the MSM went wild. Comments across media, from Nadler and Schumer implying a conspiracy within the WH/DOJ to subvert justice. Oh, they’re ready to impeach the President AGAIN. But it was just beginning…..

By 7:00pm, we had Lou Dobbs with a segment about Jessie Lu, who left the US Atty slot in DC because she was promised a plum job at US Treasury. Her nomination hearing is supposed to take place in the Senate this week…… and the nomination was pulled. Made everyone’s head spin. FLEP has great details on this, won’t bother you with them here.

Devin Nunes spoke to Dobbs later about the problem of Liu and James Wolfe, Senate Intel Committee (see FLEP for video) but it instantly reminded us of the Geico Commercial……. Yeah, Jessie Liu almost had that plum job at Treasury but was faked out. OOooo, she almost had it!

By mid-evening, the NH Primary was old news. Everywhere we turned, folks were talking about the DOJ, “Are we finally getting some justice?” to “Why has it taken so long to get justice?”. Heck, I woke up in the middle of the night to let the dog out…. and people were talking about DOJ/JUSTICE on the a Blueberry Muffin Thread!! Don’t get me wrong, not complaining, we all post stuff on different threads……. it was a good thing because I found a golden nugget, The Muffin Thread is where I found this GEM from Scott467. By the time I finished reading Scott’s comment, I was wide awake, cheering. Scott nailed it. Here it is:

I just don’t know why ANY of the games are necessary. I don’t even know who all the games are FOR. They’re certainly not for OUR benefit, Sleepy Joe Public certainly isn’t keeping track of any of the palace intrigue. And the bad guys certainly don’t give a flip about the perception game.

It all reminds me of the arguments (such as they were) I used to have with Sundance about his insistence that Washington exists in a virtual alternate reality, a place where law means nothing and perception is all that counts. He could never explain it, or even try. We were just supposed to swallow it whole, like mm-mmm good dogma.

The Left doesn’t worry about ‘awakening’ the public, or public support, or even concern itself with whether the public lives or dies (preferably dies, from their perspective). They just arrest whomever they want, prosecute whomever they want, railroad whomever they want, smear whomever they want, violate whomever’s rights they want, simply because they have the power to do so and the WILL to do it. Because NOBODY is going to stop them. Like nerds with chips on their shoulders the size of Mount Everest.

But when on extremely rare occasion the ‘good guys’ are in a position to purge and wipe the slate wholly clean, they don’t. Instead, they play an elaborate game, taking YEARS, ostensibly in the effort to win public support for simply enforcing the LAW. Apparently failing to realize that they don’t need any permission to ENFORCE the freakin’ LAW.

If people are committing treason, don’t tell us about all the clues and evidence… you have the power to arrest and convict them… so DO it already. Nobody is going to stop you, just like nobody ever stopped the lawless tyrants. I know, I know, the government is filled with dirty prosecutors and judges who will see to it that the bad guys are never actually convicted. So arrest the dirty prosecutors and judges.

It’s not rocket science.

When bad people do bad things, the people granted power and authority to enforce the Law have a responsibility and an OBLIGATION to take control of the situation and ENFORCE the LAW. It doesn’t matter if the public understands SQUAT about it (they don’t, and they won’t, and they never have!). The public is simply NOT relevant to the enforcement of the LAW.

EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW.

What part of that does law enforcement NOT understand?!?

If I run a traffic light, and a cop sees me, he doesn’t go on TV and try his case in public, to win public support, so that maybe, 3 years down the road, he can issue me a traffic ticket. He USES his lawful authority to pull me over and give me a ticket right then and there. It could even happen in the middle of the night, on the highway, with NO witnesses! The public would NEVER find out about my traffic ticket, and yet I would still have to pay it, or the state would begin using its power and authority to compel me to pay it, one way or the other. They always do, because they know EXACTLY how to exercise power… when they WANT to. People in positions of power always do.

But now we’re in alternate reality land, where the people who ARE awake must be convinced that the Public who mostly couldn’t care less must be ‘awakened’ (but never actually are awakened) before the Cops can ever do their job.

The whole thing is a farce.

In fact, it’s disrespectful to the word ‘farce’ to compare the ongoing insanity to anything so noble as ‘farce’.

Our guy, Scott467.

It gets better. Scott was just getting started. Scott is tired of excuses and so are we. A few folks chimed in and pleaded for patience which is understandable. I know, I know, wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine….. we’re playing by the rules while the other side is trashing the rules. It’s frustrating. We’re ready to mop up this mess.

PGroup and Ozzie were fabulous, calm, and rational! Scott continued and by the time he was done, I was ready to nominate HIM for Atty General. PGroup commented he was in awe of the “slick move” to eradicate Jessie Liu. Scott responded brilliantly…… Watch. (Edited for space, emphasis is mine, Scott’s words are powerful, full comment here: https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/about-those-blueberry-muffins/ )

……. We the People OWN this country, it is OURS. We are NOT hostages to traitors, unless we allow ourselves to be. And if we do, that’s just sick……..A lot of wasted energy and wasted time. Justice delayed is justice denied. We don’t have to reinvent the wheel, and there’s not a single person in Washington on either side who doesn’t know how to exercise power.

The only mystery is why nobody will DO it.

But I’m not in awe, I’m in pain. Every day. And I’m in grief over the lawless ruin our country has become. That doesn’t leave much room for ‘awe’ at slick maneuvers. What is needed, what has been needed from day one, and what we all thought we were getting was a man of ACTION.

YES, I know the script, I know the great ‘hope’, I know ‘the plan’ we’re all supposed to be following (but which no one ever actually articulates). It starts to ring a little hollow after 1,100 days and counting…..

It means the Constitution was created for OUR benefit, to serve US — it was NOT created to serve the interests of TRAITORS seeking to DESTROY us. And if it should be that the Constitution was either destroyed or twisted by Traitors, such that We the People and the Republic are in danger of being lost, not only are we NOT obligated by the Constitution, but contrariwise, we have a duty far above and beyond the remains of the Constitution to do whatever is necessary to SAVE the Republic.

The Constitution didn’t start this country. This country and our People existed long before the Constitution did. The Constitution was established to protect US (We the People) FROM the very tyrannical government we now face. We are NOT obligated to self destruct, to lose the Republic to Traitors within, because lawyers have twisted the Constitution and the laws against us……

The Constitution exists to SERVE us. Not only would the president have been well within his Rights and lawful Authority to do so, but he has a Duty and Obligation and Oath of Office requiring him to do so. But 3+ years later, we’re still playing games about how to ‘trick’ people into leaving their positions of abuse in government. Meanwhile the People continue to suffer — year after year after year. Our rights remain trampled upon and the enemy continues to encroach with abandon. Traitors at the highest level in the history of our Republic remain free. The rule of Law remains dead and buried.

“SD’s Big Ugly has begun. And there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it or slow it down.” I hope so.

The thing is, we shouldn’t have to be relying on ‘hope’.

We never should have.

Please read Scott467 full comment here: https://wqth.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/about-those-blueberry-muffins/

Well, there’s the flaming arrow of truth.

There IS an overwhelming feeling of frustration with our current double standard of justice. If we don’t discipline the toddler, the toddler demands cookies for dinner. Not being an Eeyore to call it out. Hillary/Obama buddies have gorged themselves on too many cookies. There must be consequences. We can’t ignore it nor pretend the problem does not exist. It’s time for indictments.

Think I’m over-reacting?

Good heavens, the political opposition has smeared the President of the USA, his family, and ALL of his associates, PLUS those who voted for him, for FOUR YEARS. They almost impeached our President on a false whim and didn’t even allow him to defend himself within the Congress of the United States…….

The problem with the double standard of justice and lack of objectivity in the media and in the DOJ cannot possibly become any MORE severe than our current state of affairs. Are we fearful of offending the other side? Are we waiting for the slow grind of the wheel of justice? Why are we sitting on our hands? What are we so passive and accommodating to those who are ruining our country, our culture, and our legal system?

Yeah, this is the sound-off thread.

What happens when we ignore the problem or choose not to prosecute? We get guys like this…..

While we’re waiting on New Hampshire primary results, and because there is no other news besides New Hampshire, I figured it might be time for a story.

The story is not hard to imagine. It’s a method of self-deprecation I used throughout my life, to allow others to make the decision…. after I have made a gentle suggestion. I usually throw my hands up, surrendering, “I just make the muffins, it’s really your decision”. It all started almost 40yrs ago.

I was a shallow, self-absorbed, female teenager, constantly late…. until I got fired for being late and then….. was never late again. In my foolish arrogance, I was convinced I would be come a successful executive and therefore, didn’t need to learn to cook….. I could hire a cook. My parents, Dad and Step Mom, both excellent cooks and entertained lavishly and effortlessly. They laughed at me, shook their heads and waited for the passage of time to correct my view of the world.

On a fluke, I was hired as a hostess for a hotel restaurant and promoted to manager by the end of the week. There, I learned……… every one had to eat (Imagine my surprise! Why are we so dumb when we’re young?)…….. there was money to be made in food (that was the good part)…….. being the host meant networking (I am a social creature)…….. and more power (I really liked that part)…… and finally, GOOD FOOD has strange powers of coercion (most beneficial)…… Almost overnight, food took on a whole new meaning for me. I knew I had a lot to learn but became obsessed with learning to cook and the fine art of entertaining. Kind of strange that I should end up owning a B&B, eh?

In the early years, friends and relatives were my guinea pigs as I worked my way through cookbooks. Business led me to NYC and a choice of transfer landed me in Miami at 22yrs old. In the final interview with my new boss, I asked him how he got started with new client development. Our company strongly relied upon repeat business. I knew the corporate office (I came out of the corp office in NYC) wanted their national reps to focus more on NEW business. The General Manager for all of South Florida, a mass of a man, a man’s man, thought about my question and glibly replied that he took doughnuts to all the Fire Dept Inspectors/Chiefs, thus creating friendships. Therefore, he got a peek at the drawings/specifications before anyone else.

I remembered what he said. Yet, I was a young exec, just starting out with a new apartment. I had to buy an ironing board and shoe trees, pots and pans. Doughnuts were expensive and there were 45 municipalities in my area. Do you have any idea how many doughnuts 45 fire departments can eat? I needed another option……. enter, Blueberry Muffins.

I shopped on Saturdays and cooked on Sundays, hundreds and thousands of muffins. It worked. I got to see the plans and specifications. I was “in the room”, at least, and south Florida was booming in the 1980’s.

One day, typical day, I was in the room with a Fire Dept Inspector/Chief who was on a call to the Architect in Atlanta. He waved me into his office and I put the muffin basket down on his desk. He grabbed for one, ripping apart the paper, disregarding the idea that he was on the phone with food in his mouth. He put the phone on speaker, telling the Architect that the ADT Nat Rep for Security System hardware/design was in the room. No response from the Architect. The Chief was a little intimidated by the “big” Architect in Atlanta. I could tell. Yet, the Architect in Atlanta was dismissive of my “friend” the Chief, and I didn’t like it. The building was a high rise, about 30 stories, and the architect had a bad case of “the big head”. As the conversation went on, the more condescending the Architect became.

I grew up at the knee of my Dad. There were building plans and concept models in my nursery as a baby. His team invented high speed elevators, and I was on the job site for installs at Sear’s Tower, Hancock Building, Amoco, The Superdome, etc. Their architects bounced me on their knee. Their union heads built my swing set. Let’s just say……. a pissant Architect from a swamp town like Atlanta (compared to Chicago and NYC) with a piddly-little-30-story-condo didn’t intimidate me at all. Truth was, most of all, I was mad he was not respectful to my friend. He wasn’t talking to the Chief like an Architect would talk to my Dad. He was looking down on the Chief…….. and it pissed me off.

Every set of drawings has errors. It’s a given. It would be impossible to create a set of drawings for any small home or a half-bath, let alone a 30 story building, without errors. Discovery of an error usually leads to a phone call from the engineer or contractor back to the Project Architect, as in, “What do you want to do about… XYZ?” It’s usually no problem at all, because it happens all the time. Anyone with any amount of experience in the industry knows this. How an architect reacts to the phone call speaks VOLUMES about the kind of fellow he is. For most of the conversation between the Chief and the Architect, however, I remained dutifully silent.

As the two men got ready to close the conversation, the Architect asked if the Chief had any questions. The Chief looked at me, open palmed, “You have any questions?” I nodded and moved closer to the speaker phone. Innocently… , like a little bird chirping, I asked about a few of the errors, which I CASUALLY found, that would hamper our install of the security system for each unit, fire system for the building, and CCTV. Note: these were not small errors, they were HUGE errors, and would significantly change my bid price on the project. The architect damn near came through the phone, demanding to know who I was….. Yep, spoke volumes.

In that moment, a key moment, everything moves in slow motion and we remember the fine details which reveal much. The Architect’s reaction was over the top, defensive for no reason. He was an ass with a chip on his shoulder, which obviously had nothing to do with the Chief or me. In a flash, I could tell by the look on the Chief’s face, he was used to being treated this way by Architects….. which was a bad sign. Yet, the way the Chief set his jaw, leaned forward in a primal way, was instantly protective of me….. that was a good sign of an honorable man. I was his buddy, and a young woman who brought him sweets. Beyond that, my question was valid…. and I knew it. After all, I was the bored young upstart with nothing to do late at night except look at building plans. The Chief, who was no electrical engineer but had superior working knowledge, reached for his set of plans immediately to check on my questions. All of this happened in what must have been a 3-second-pause on a long distance phone call. I opened my mouth to respond to the Architect….

And out it came…….

“Hey, I’m just the lady who makes the blueberry muffins for the firehouse, but it seems to me… that if you did ABC……. then XYZ would be easier. And it would probably save a lot of conduit, time, cost for the client, and the install would go faster…….. and I’m guessing……. the electrical contractor would kiss you and send you a great Christmas present…….and YOUR client would be happy with the time and money saved……short pause…… but what do I know….. I’m just making muffins……. you’re the Architect and you would know best.”, paraphrasing, that’s about what I said. Dead silence on the phone line from Atlanta…….

Knowing how to WAIT for an answer, silently, the Chief broke out in a Cheshire Cat grin. He knew exactly what I was doing, and he was laughing about it. I was all of 22yrs old. I had no business getting into a pissing contest with a 45yr old Architect from Atlanta and a 60yr old Fire Chief who definitely didn’t need lil’ ole me to defend him. Yet, hard to say it, but I knew I was right. The Architect countered with an argument about length of runs, placement and design of the chase system….. I was still right.

Within 3 days, the Chief received “additions and revisions”. As we discovered more errors (because it’s bound to happen), it became a running joke between the Chief and me. I loved that man…. like an uncle. He tucked me under his wing and ensured my success. And it started with Blueberry Muffins.

Blueberry Muffins became a mainstay in my life.

Flash forward….. I left ADT, joined a brokerage firm, loved it, cashed out, moved home, started the B&B, and got married……

I found a recipe for a German Pancake which I altered and became a winner for the B&B. I grew tired of making the same dish and changed up the menu after a few years. Unknown to me, one of my best corp clients flew in with a bunch of big shots he was trying to persuade…….. The whole flight in, he talked about my Blueberry pancakes…… and I didn’t serve them that morning. Whoops! He was crushed. I had to remake breakfast…. just for those sweet boys/men/powerful men/Capitalist Gods. From then on, when the blueberries ripen, late July, I order 20 gallons of them. The plastic bins cover every kitchen counter and the whole house smells like a great big blueberry. It’s wonderful.

Again, blueberry pancakes and muffins were the key to my success.

A few years later, I was at least 8 months pregnant…………. and the subject of muffins, actually, blueberry pancakes, came up again in a key moment. I was making breakfast, minding my own business, hanging out in the kitchen. In the Dining Room were the Mayor of our little town, the State’s Econ Development Director, and four Corp Execs who were in the final stages of negotiation for a 200 million dollar facility in our town, employing hundreds. The corp execs and our town/state had worked on the project for months. The execs had become friends, and completely outfitted my soon-to-be newborn in Nittany Lion gear from their home town. In other words, I knew everyone there and knew them well. They had the site plans stretched all over the dining table, and I had a hard time serving them, weaving in and out, while they gesticulated. They were arguing……..

Problem was, the agreed upon building site was under water. We had a “500yr rain” the day before the corp execs came in and the site was flooded. They were hesitating and considering another site in a competing town. They went back and forth. The guy in charge, Corp VP was about 6’3″, and our Mayor was about 6’4″ and their egos were getting in the way. The Mayor said, “Well Captain, I don’t believe I can help you.”, which I’ve heard before from him. It meant he was ready to walk away…. and lose the project. We were stuck.

It was really none of my business.

I was familiar with the building site, as my stepson played soccer in the fields at the end of the new “industrial park”. The building site opposite the proposed site was TOO HIGH, and required an enormous amount of grading for parking and truck access (and had a reduced price because of the elevation problem). I called my first husband, who was a contractor. I asked him how much it cost to move a cubic yard of dirt, if I supplied the dirt, equipment, diesel, and labor, to move it across the street. Off the top of his head, he said $1.69/yd. I did the math on a kitchen scroll usually used for the grocery list……… and walked into the dining room with a proposed solution.

And I started……

“You know fellas, I just make the blueberry pancakes here, but it seems to me, the site across the street is too high, and this one is too low, so if you move the dirt from one to another……. I’ve done the math……. I’m coming up with about $67K on a 197 million dollar project…… so it looks good to me……. but you should check my figures…….. cuz you would know better than me……. and the City should pay for the $67K (Mayor frowned at me)…… but the cost would be recovered because price for land across the street could be increased!……….. but you guys know more about this stuff than lil’ ole me…..

It was a win for the Corp Execs as they got the land improved at no cost. Ego assuaged. It was a mild capitulation for the Mayor, but he ended up raising the price of the land across the street another $120K, making money on the NEXT deal (which was also resolved over my dining room table). My first husband got the contract to supervise the excavating and soil testing. Win-win, all around.

And it worked.

Again…….

And again………..

And again……….

It’s all about a gentle suggestion, allowing those in control to come to their own conclusions, with a little bit of coercion in the form of Blueberry Muffins or Pancakes….. and for those in the know, Chocolate Chip Cookies work just as well.

Easy peasy. Right?

Please consider this the thread for the NH Primary for Tuesday. Who do you think will win? Do you think we’ll get a result? Should we start a pool?

I’m not even sure who is still running on the Dem side. Why is Tulsi still there? Their platforms are all pretty much the same and no way to distinguish them except for minor differences.

The polling is all over the place. Is Bernie still in the lead? Is Amy surging? Is Biden on the ropes? What happened to Pete’s momentum? Why can’t Tom Steyer buy a new tie? Why won’t they let Yang talk? Why is Tulsi STILL THERE???? And oh…….. we forgot about Warren. Bet that happens to her quite a bit.

Results will begin to stream in in less than an hour as Dixville Notch citizens gather at midnight and vote en masse. This peculiarity brings media attention to Dixville Notch every four years. Good for them.

Yet, tomorrow is the BIG DAY for the Dems. The chance for Media Pundits to work their way out of the doldrums and do their favorite thing in the world……. talk about themselves. Look for them to be PERKY in the morning on CNN and MSDNC. They will probably seek to use the NH primary to change the narrative after the whippin’ they took from President Trump last week. We know they’re going to talk about President Trump all day long.

There seems to be great stress on the part of the Dems. From Politico today:

“The campaign (Trump’s campaign) doesn’t have to do anything but sit back and watch the Dems destroy themselves. It’s like a dream scenario.”

Politico, via FOX, February 10, 2020

Gosh, wonder whatever gave them them that impression?

Does anyone here think our President might find a way to step all over the news cycle today? I mean….. I’m just guessing….. but what do I know….. And President Trump’s Admin has been cleaning house, vindicated after the Acquittal. President Trump has the wind at his back, gathering steam, his political enemies are on their heels…… and President Trump doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who would let an opponent get up off the mat…… but what do I know….. And President Trump has been talking incessantly about how hard the past few years have been on his family; they were treated unfairly. Does anyone think, maybe, he’s looking for a bit of payback? I’m thinking he’s ready…… but what do I know…….

Gosh, I might have to make a LOT of Blueberry Muffins today.

See you all in the morning! It will be a busy news day full of desperation and liberal tears.

Can’t wait!

Full replay for those who missed it the first time.

It’s 37 degrees in Manchester, NH, with a light rain. By rally time, it should be 31 degrees and cloudy. You guys ready for a MAGA Rally? The first Rally since President Trump’s Acquittal and the demise of the Dems in Iowa? Ready for President Trump to wade into New Hampshire and bust up the news around all remaining Dem Presidential candidates? Throw on a ski jacket and some gloves, we’re headed to New Hampshire for the “First in the Nation Primary”!

The little town of Dixville Notch is the first to report in Tuesday’s primary. Their polls open on Monday night/Midnight/Tuesday morning, where all voters gather and are tallied. THEY report first!

New Hampshire citizens take their politics seriously. This is a “Live Free or DIE” kind of a state. Rain, sleet, or snow, will not dissuade them from campaigning.

With the overwhelming disaster of the Democrats Iowa Caucus, New Hampshire is taking the chance to crap all over Iowa, as in, “Iowa picks corn, New Hampshire picks Presidents”.

The Democrats will fight it out in the NH Primary, but we all know, President Trump will have the biggest rally of them all. Supporters are already in line in Manchester.

Manchester is the biggest city in the states of NH, VT, or Maine, about 110K within the city proper and almost 500K in the metro area. Manchester is only 18 miles south of the State Capital of Concord, south of Manchester is Nashua……. and Manchester is only 53 miles, straight up I-95 from downtown Boston. Therefore, we get one continuous metro region, sprawling from Boston to south central New Hampshire.

The city is gorgeous, full of rich history, divided by the Merrimack River and lined with enormous red-brick mills which used to make the underwear and garments for your grandparents. Perfect location to the major metro of Boston, river for a water power resource and transportation of finished goods….. how many times have we seen this formula repeated all over the world?

The “Mills of Manchester” generated so much wealth, that the town of Manchester has some extraordinary architecture. Yet, the mills also welcomed “child labor” for legal immigrants coming to the USA. “Bad working conditions” and “exploitation of children and women” made Manchester a hot bed for worker protests….. Eventually, the mills were moved overseas, due to “failure to adapt to changing societal conditions” ….. where other countries exploit their women and children under similar working conditions.

The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was unrivaled in quality and quantity of production. The story of the mill is fascinating. It was the largest cotton textile plant in the world. What was accomplished here was nothing short of an industrial miracle. And they were PROUD of what they did for the nation and the world.

Here is the story, and it’s a valuable lesson for us all:

Back in 1807, Samuel Blodgett completed a system of canals and locks at Derryfield, allowing his ships to bypass the Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River. Remember, we’re in New England, coming out of mountains and back to sea level, so many of these rivers “rush” because of the fall of the land. Blodgett’s project allowed boats passing from Concord (north of Manchester) to Nashua (south of Manchester) to travel safely to Boston…… Imagine that? A big infrastructure project opened up the whole region for development!

At the time, Manchester England was a hubbub of industry in England. The new “opportunity zone” between Concord and Nashua was perfect for industry. The town of Derryfield was renamed “Manchester” in 1810.

Starting in 1810, “Benjamin Prichard and others incorporated the Amoskeag Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company. He and three brothers—Ephraim, David and Robert Stevens—had purchased land and water power rights the year before on the west bank of the Merrimack near Amoskeag Bridge, where they built a mill.” (according to Wiki) but the mill passed through several owners. In April 1826, Dr. Dean moved to the site and oversaw construction of the new Bell Mill, which was named for the bell on its roof to summon workers.

Also erected was the Island Mill, located on an island in the Merrimack. Boarding houses and stores were built, creating the factory village of Amoskeag. The three-mill complex prospered, becoming known for its excellent “sheetings, shirtings and tickings,” especially the latter. Success attracted investors. With capital of 1 million dollars, the business was incorporated on July 1, 1831, as the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. Offices were established in Boston, where the treasurer de facto ran the firm, with an agent (manager) in Manchester to oversee personnel and operation of the mills.

A full mill town was planned by the company. Consequently, most of the land on the east side was purchased in 1835, where property holdings would eventually encompass 15,000 acres (61 km²). It would also purchase all nearby water power rights to prevent competition (Imagine that? Guaranteeing access to resources necessary). A foundry and machine shop were established to make and maintain mill machinery. In 1838, Manchester was laid out and founded. In 1839, Stark Mill No. 1, an Amoskeag affiliate with 8,000 spindles, was completed, together with six blocks of boarding houses for employees. (Because employees have to live somewhere!) 

All the mills were made from the same red brick…… because the company owned the brickyard upriver in Hooksett. Smart…. own the supply chain.

Wait until you hear this one, it’s the story of America.

In 1842, the trains came to Manchester because of a need for speed of supply. Had to transport southern cotton to mills in Manchester. One customer would be Levi Strauss, whose riveted blue jeans were made with cloth from the Amoskeag Mills. The trains then connected the mills to distribute finished cloth all over the country. It’s how America grew.

Incorporated in 1846, Manchester was intended to be a model of utopian factory-city planning, as Lowell, Massachusetts, had been. (Imagine that! Elites from Boston planning Utopian cities for the minions of worker bees) William Amory, the cultured company treasurer, together with Ezekiel A. Straw, the first Amoskeag agent, influenced the style of Manchester’s urban design. It had broad avenues and squares (“reserved for public promenades”) graced by fine schools, churches, hospitals, fire stations and a library. 

According to Wikipedia: “Everything in the company town seemed influenced by the benevolent paternalistic management—including the moral and physical habits of the help. Women in particular were monitored both at work and home in accordance with the Lowell System.” Does that statement seem a little eerie to anyone here?

Eventually the labor movements came to town. Immigrants from Sweden, Greece, Ireland, Canada had arrived in Manchester, each settling in a particular part of the city. Divisions in culture stoked the flames (Sound familiar to anyone?)

The company, worried about labor movements within the company in the wake of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, attempted to prevent unionizing activities and promoted the “Americanization” of the workforce through benevolence activities and the construction of Textile Field (now Gill Stadium) in 1913. Child labor was not uncommon—Lewis Hine‘s photographs of child laborers at Amoskeag in 1909 have become famous—nor were injuries and fatalities rare in the mills.” Lewis Hines photos of children of Amoskeag, taken in 1909, became famous and tugged at the heartstrings of parents.

Amoskeag peaked by World War I, supplying the federal government with military-related materiel. It employed up to 17,000 workers in 74 textile departments, with 30 mills weaving 50 miles (80 km) of cloth per hour. It’s an extraordinary feat, even by today’s standards. It was the might of American Manufacturing.

Statistics:

• Number of looms—24,200
• Number of spindles—662,000
• Length of cotton & worsted cloth woven per annum — 237,000,000 yards (217,000,000 m)
• Number of bags woven per annum—1,500,000
• Number of turbine water wheels—30
• Power furnished by wheels — 16,290 hp (12,147 kW)
• Number of boilers—185
• Rated horsepower of boilers—27,750
• Number of steam engines—12
• Power furnished by engines — 15,100 hp (11,260 kW)
• Number of steam turbines—5
• Power furnished by turbines — 26,678 hp (19,894 kW)
• Number of alternating current generators—14
• Power developed by generators — 41,175 hp (30,704 kW)
• Number of electric motors—583
• Power of motors — 27,702 hp (20,657 kW)
• Oil consumed per annum—75,000 US gal

Size:

• Floor space in buildings — 5,844,340 sq ft (542,957 m²)
• Floor space in buildings — 137 acres (0.6 km²)

At the end of WWI, the USA had a recession, decreasing need for cloth from the mills. Then Parker Straw, agent and grandson of Ezekiel A. Straw (Notice the controlling interest is still in the same family), posted a notice that as of February 13, 1922, all departments would receive a pay reduction of 20 percent, with running hours increased from 48 to 54 hours per week. The United Textile Workers of America persuaded millworkers to strike when the new arrangements were to take effect. They did, and the city’s entire economy suffered. 

By the time Amoskeag got back to work, many customers were lost…… (Think of China right now). New energy and oil allowed cloth to be manufactured closer to where it was grown, which saved shipping costs. In the south, the looms were newer, some were automatic, and wages were lower. Plus, southern states did not tax inventory, as New Hampshire did. Suddenly, there was competition for Amoskeag….. when the Great Depression began.

Again, the Unions brought about the demise. “Violent strikes in 1933 and 1934 required the intervention of the New Hampshire State Militia. When the picketing ended and work resumed, vengeful agitators sabotaged machines and products. The stricken business closed mill buildings one by one, laying off scores of employees when few jobs existed.”

On Christmas Eve, 1935, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company abruptly closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy. A damaging flood the following year ended any chance of revival. Per order of the presiding judge, the vast complex was liquidated.

Today, the Mills of Amogskeag have been converted into office and restaurant space, home to Software companies, and even a branch of SNHU. Rehab and rejuvenation was slow but New Hampshire is coming back, even after the extraordinary hit from opioids.

Currently, the Governor of New Hampshire is Christopher Sununu, son of John Sununu, stalwart Republican and red-pilled Trump Supporter. Chris Sununu has done a wonderful job as Governor and is traveling TODAY with VP Pence aboard Air Force 2 as they barnstorm the state ahead of tomorrow’s primary.

Expect to see Chris Sununu this evening at the MAGA Rally in Manchester!

I recall many years ago……… 2016………. a Trump Rally in New Hampshire…… where we had lines of tail lights 4 miles long………. trying to get into the Trump Rally.

And now he has a record to run on! We’ll be there!

Please consider this our Dem Debate thread.

The Dems are in complete disarray, we have no confidence in the Iowa results. Allegedly we have Pete at 564 and Bernie at 562, but Bernie won the “popular vote” by over 2,000. Note that Bernie won the popular vote over Hillary in 2016 as well, and Hillary didn’t complain about popular vote back then. Hmmmmm.

Dem Congressmen and pundits are calling for Tom Perez to resign because, “The Dem Party is in chaos”. James Carville is about to lose his mind. And Karl Rove told us 79 districts had MORE total votes in the 3rd round than the 1st round, which is impossible……. unless someone cheated.

Bottom line, Trump won Iowa. We also have a MAGA/KAG Rally on Monday night with a New Hampshire Primary on Tuesday.

Let’s hope the chaos in the Dem Party lasts the rest of the year.

We’ve talked about it for a long time. It all comes back to Ukraine! And the Greg Rubini thread dovetails perfectly. In Maidan, over 40 policemen were also killed. A government doesn’t kill their own police. Take a look at the whole thread as it all fits together.

Watch.

The 1.8 BILLION (remember that number) was sent from USA to Ukraine to stabilize THEIR banking system back in 2014.
Funds were deposited into PrivatBank, major stockholder was Kolomoisky, also hidden major owner of Burisma.

Guess what?
Money disappeared.
Chief Prosecutor for Ukraine, Shokin, was investigating missing money when the money trail led to Hunter Biden.
During investigation, Shokin wrote letter to George Kent (one of the witnesses in Shampeachment) inquiring about the missing 1.8 billion. George Kent wrote back (we’ve seen the letter from Kent), we’re not worried about it all – all funds, every dollar, accounted for.
Made no sense, right?

Theory is that Kolomoisky was using the money to wage a private war with Russia.
A war that was NOT approved by Congress.
Obama Admin using Ukraine as a proxy in war with Russia.
Kolomoisky, through money laundering, using IMF money, was heading up the war.
At one point, for instance, Kolomoisky had a single battalion with over 2K men, and thousands more in reserve.
CUZ THERE WAS NO UKRAINE military and Ukraine had no money.

Note: Kolomoisky was made GOVERNOR, by Poroshenko (the State Dept favorite guy) of the “state/province” of the region bordering Russia.
Previously —- Kolomoisky was on a US Travel ban, because he was a bad guy….. accused of murder, beheadings, killing rivals with a chainsaw, hiring thugs to intimidate biz rivals with baseball bats, iron bars, etc.
Magically, his travel ban was lifted when Hunter Biden took a job on the Board of Directors.

Recall: Maidan uprising happened November of 2013-Feb of 2014. This ALL happened because Ukraine was being pushed to join NATO/EU, and Russia was threatening to turn off supply of LNG in the middle of winter. USA tried to take advantage of situation and place Ukraine in NATO basket, putting weapons right on the Russian border. The USA/NATO/EU under Obama offers Ukraine a sweet deal. Leader of Ukraine, Yanukovych rejected the deal, as Russia offered to rework Ukraine loans.

THAT pi$$ed off the State Dept. Recall Victoria Nuland’s conversation “F$ck the EU”. And thus began the Maidan uprising….. with enormous suspicion about WHO started it (Suspicion falls to a man named Eric Ciaramella, as he was attached to Biden, spoke Russian/Ukrainian fluently, but he CAME FROM CIA, via Brennan).

Victoria Nuland made 5 trips to Ukraine between November ’13-February ’14. We have video of her passing out cookies to the protesters, encouraging them to overthrow their government. We have video of McCain and Senator Chris Murphy encouraging protesters —- from the Oliver Stone Documentary, Ukraine on Fire: The True Story, listed in our QTREE Ukraine Master Time Line (it’s available on Amazon).

Eventually, Yanukovych was overthrown and retreats to Russia. State Dept gets their guy in, Poroshenko. REMEMBER, Yanukovych was the Party of Regions guy which Manafort helped get elected. (Good reason to target Manafort, eh?)
Hunter Biden joins board of Burisma in April of 2014
Travel ban lifted for Kolomoisky (how did that happen?)
September of 2014, the 1.8 BILLION of IMF money is deposited into PrivatBank and disappeared. IMF money = US Taxpayer money (mostly)

PrivatBank was NATIONALIZED in December of 2016 (right after Trump’s election) Coincidence? IMF wouldn’t lend money to Ukraine because of “oligarchic structure” in Ukraine, but once bank was nationalized, IMF was more comfortable. Biden’s last trip to Ukraine was about January 10th, 2017….. why? Around January 17th-19th, ONE DAY before Trump’s inauguration, Mykola Zlochevsky, front man for Burisma, was cleared in Ukraine and makes a $250K donation to the USA Atlantic Council. In May of 2017, Atlantic Council holds their “Energy Conference” in Monaco, where Mykola had been exiled while waiting to be cleared. Burisma sponsored the Energy Conference (nice vacation in Monaco for the “inter-agency consensus”). Hunter Biden was there, and so was Rick Perry.

For years, all during “Muh Russia”, John Kerry and other Obama officials travel the world talking to diplomats, indicating Trump will be impeached and out of office……. soon…….. Flash forward to 2019.

July 24th, 2019: Mueller testifies to Congress, illustrating the complete failure of the Mueller Report and the scam of “Muh Russia”.

The NEXT DAY – Trump has phone call with Zelinsky on July 25th, mentions Crowdstrike, “think you’re surrounding yourself with some of same people”, Hunter Biden, etc…. puts a pause on the funds.
Seems like they are unrelated, but what if they are all related?

(surrounding yourself with same people) Zelinsky was a comedian before running for office. His television show was popular, ………on a network owned by…….Kolomoisky.
(Hunter Biden/Crowdstrike) We learn from the Arkansas court on the case of Biden’s baby momma, they reached a settlement at the last minute for child support. YETTTTT the arrangement can change if they find evidence of additional income. Court doc filed by momma’s investigators, page 6, states…… PrivatBank and Burisma involved in funding CROWDSTRIKE, Atlantic Council (in Ukraine), “rogue operations by USDOS”, FVEYEs……. did I mention Crowdstrike?

OMB email, from the actual guy who was responsible for releasing the funds, says USA is waiting on an “obligatory action”. What could that be? Was it that Trump wanted a CNN interview? Announcement of an investigation? Or something more serious…….?

May of 2019, IMF says they are ready to resume loans to Ukraine once Zelinsky government gets settled. Coincides with May 23 meeting in White House and Trump meeting with Senators just returning from Ukraine.

July 25th, 2019, Zelinsky/Trump phone call. SAME DAY, the IMF has a presser, announces readiness to proceed with billions in loans, will be in Ukraine to talk to them on Sept 10th.

We KNOW the IMF was on the ground in Kiev on Sept 10th, 2019
We KNOW Zelinsky met with Kolomoisky on the evening of September 10th, 2019.
Special Forces RAIDED PrivatBank on September 11th……. of 2019.
Seized all records.
(We have it all)
Head of OMB, the guy who actually released the funds, Email to himself includes a CNBC article about the raid of PrivatBank on Sept 11th (Here’s a Reuter’s article: https://in.reuters.com/article/ukraine-privatbank/police-raid-offices-and-seize-documents-of-ukraines-privatbank-idINL5N26244O
USA release of funds on Sept 11th
IMF released funds as well.

Whole thing, whole impeachment thing, MAYBE “Muh Russia” as well, was about hiding a failed proxy war with Russa, involving an illegal war, waged by Obama ADMIN, with no approval from Congress.

It all makes sense now.
Remember when Biden threatened the gov’t of Ukraine to fire prosecutor? And Ukraine said, “You can’t do that”, and Biden said, “Call the President, go ahead”
Well, it wouldn’t make sense for Obama to hold a billion dollars because of a need to save a corrupt Hunter Biden……. it had to be something bigger.

Shokin was investigating, following the money, the original 23 million was transferred from Ukraine to Cyprus, to Latvia, to the UK. The UK bank immediately froze the money. Shokin was digging…… when he received a letter from Latvia Anti-Corruption Money Laundering Agency…… about concerns of Hunter Biden being involved. Shokin kept digging.

Shokin traced money back to Cyprus, to 43 Shell Companies owned by Kolomoisky, which had “Loans” (the most effective way to launder money), in the amount of…….

…… take a guess….. I’ll wait……. 1.8 Billion dollars…… Coincidence?

THAT’s why Biden had to stop the investigation, THAT’s why the Obama Admin was desperate to fire Shokin, THAT’s why the Dept of State covered for Hunter Biden. It wasn’t just about Hunter Biden.

The money trail let straight back to the Obama Administration….. fighting an illegal war in Ukraine, responsible for 15K dead Ukrainians, far worse than Iran/Contra. We have an excessive amount of evidence leading up to this point. Without an official investigation, it will remain covered-up and the details will be hidden from the American people.