OPINION: They’ve lost the plot

 On the day the Justice Department arrested several men for trying to smuggle NVIDIA chips into China, the president announced the United States would permit NVIDIA to sell its advanced graphics processing units to China.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (December 18, 2025)

CAN’T FIX STUPID“We are the world’s number one bully. … America is indeed … the great hand of Satan … the great Satan.” – Democrat Representative Hank Johnson, who first came to national attention for suggesting that the island of Guam might capsize“These boats carry not fentanyl.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (December 11, 2025)

OPINION: Biden’s immigration debacle is the media’s, too

 The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting – covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Would you even know a psyop if it hit you in the face – and other things to muse on this week

 While traveling in Europe this week I decided to investigate what some of the newspapers here are reporting about the drama happening in American politics.It’s as one-sided across the pond as it is in the United States, only they possibly know even less than the American people do.

OPINION: If young people want more affordability, they should get jobs

 Polls show that the age group of Americans most worried about “affordability” are the 20- and 30-somethings. That’s young millennials and Gen Z.Why are they so financially stressed out?

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (December 11, 2025)

MORE CROOKED THAN THE BRAZOS“Our police officers will not coordinate with ICE or any federal agency around immigration law enforcement.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (December 4, 2025)

OPINION: Thankfulness

 In 2006, a few days before Christmas, doctors announced my wife had six months to live.She had, they said, a rare form of cancer that had spread to her lungs. There was really nothing that could be done.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: While no one thinks it could happen in the US, you didn’t believe the insanity over the past five years could happen either – IT DID!

 With politics being at the forefront of most “thinking” people’s minds these days it seems there is much to lose if we are not paying attention.