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Encore of Revival: America, January 4, 2021

Happy New Year!

Trump does not display the attitude of a man who intends to lose. Biden does not display the behavior of someone who can win. The equation to predicting a Trump victory is elementary: one candidate works for what will happen after the victory he takes as already guaranteed; the other works to attain that victory. Victory goes to the one who works for it.

For some reason, the need to work for victory sails past the thinking of too many people, not the least of which include members of the media.

Not only are election news articles conclusive when reporting events—in a sweeping trend yet unseen in the West—, now they use the same terms. Republican senators and representatives are reported as making a “last-ditch” effort (hyphenated across news platforms). This leads Pacific Daily Times to develop the “morning news memo” (MNM) theorem—that reporters, anchors, newswriters, and other such wordsmiths across the news industry receive some kind of [actual or theoretical] memorandum in the morning on which identical words to copy so that their content is less original from one news outlet to another. This may not actually happen, but the theorem merely states that news content can be better understood as if it happens. Accordingly, the PDT MNM theorem suggests that the MNM word for the day was “last-ditch”, (hyphenated).

Senators and representatives, headed by posy leader apparent Ted Cruz, propose an “Electoral Commission” to investigate the legality of all electoral votes in an emergency 10-day review. That would return results by January 16, which could then allow the electoral college to be certified before the January 18 deadline. If House Democrats and the Senate agreed, Biden could win. But, Democrats don’t want such a win, suggesting that they fear the results if an “Electoral Commission” were created as a “last-ditch” (hyphenated).

Without said commission, the posy will dispute the electoral college as not “regularly given” or not “lawfully certified”. Having neglected the need to gain the confidence of his own election, and with a clear and likely path to victory for Trump, it seems as if this entire election dispute was doctored from the get go. Biden may have already found himself in a ditch—the “last-ditch” (hyphenated).

Election

‘last-ditch… baseless’
GOP senators say they will reject election results unless commission is formed – CBS News // CBS News

‘last-ditch… efforts to undermine the vote’
Dozen US senators plan to oppose Biden certification // au.finance.yahoo.com

Trump:
JANUARY 6 – WASHINGTON D.C. // Facebook

Trump:
WE WILL WIN! // Facebook

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win // CNN

Trump campaign asks Supreme Court to review Wisconsin challenge // The Hill

Sidney Powell Thinks Georgia Senate Runoff May Be ‘Rigged’ to Favor GOP // Newsweek

Rank & Defense

Military superiority made America less safe, says expert // Vox

Washington as Usual

Soc Media, Cybersecurity & Tech

Why the FTC’s anti-Facebook lawsuit stands a chance // Quartz

U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people and at night // Yahoo News

Pandemic

Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead from COVID-19 // AP

WHO says coronavirus pandemic is ‘not the big one’ the world needs to brace for // MarketWatch

God Is Near

A police officer bought a family’s Christmas dinner after a shoplifting call // CNN

 

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Cadence of Conflict: Asia, July 31, 2017

Xi Jingping told his military the same thing China has been telling its people for decades: The world needs us, our military, our might, and our expansion, otherwise there can be no peace. This proves a static ethic. From this perspective, China wants the US to remain calm and not take action in North Korea.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s president wants the US to wait while he negotiates with the North for safety in the US. South Korean people want much the same thing Filipinos want: non-dependence. South Korea’s president, South Korea’s people, and China all want the US to “get out”. Interestingly, they share this sentiment with North Korea.

The world is full of political ideologies that claim half of one thing and do half of another. The best chance at victory is to simply stay home and do good work there. In that, the South Korean people stand the greatest chance of victory. Yet, the United States stands the greatest chance of taking action for two reasons: the US is being threatened more than any other and the US is willing to take action more than any other. If the US takes out the North, they can leave and the South Koreans will get what they want. But, things rarely happen as they should.

Only two things are foreseeable: conflict and Korean unification. All the rest is conjecture.

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