Last month, a deadly knife attack by a Syrian asylum-seeker in Soligen killed three people. The perpetrator claimed to be inspired by the Islamic State group. In June, a knife attack by an Afghan immigrant left a police officer dead and four other people wounded.

The border closures are set to last six months and are threatening to test European unity. Most of Germany’s neighbors are fellow members of the European Union, a 27-country bloc based on the principles of free trade and travel. And Germany — the EU’s economic motor in the heart of Europe — shares more borders with other countries than any other member state.

The Polish prime minister on Tuesday denounced the closures as “unacceptable” and Austria said it won’t accept migrants rejected by Germany.

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We can hardly watch news from the border.  The third world is flooding into Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California.  The administration has other priorities.  It can’t be bothered with questions about the invasion that’s taking place.  We’re being warned that the human flood that we can’t even watch is about to get a whole lot worse.  What’s going on?  I think I heard it somewhere, “If you don’t have a border, you don’t have a country.”  We’ve seen the seizures of deadly drugs.  The statistics are mind-numbing.  The news shows us that the “migrants” are wearing wristbands showing that they’ve paid the cartels for organizing this disaster.  It looks like we’re cooperating with the cartels.  Can this ever be turned around?

No, the war in Ukraine is much more important.  If the pretender can make out the words on the teleprompter, we’ll all be put in our place and realize that the war in Ukraine is the most important thing going on.  And it might be.  We’ve long-since lost track of the money that’s been sent, and not just from the U. S.  They’ve been begging all the Western nations, warning of dire consequences should Ukraine once again become a Russian possession.  You hear of the “domino effect,” and wonder whether we’re headed for world war.  

Never mind the domino effect.  We’re told that the missile systems we’re providing require American operators.  Yesterday the big headline on the Drudge Report was that Putin was readying his nuclear arsenal for attacks on Western nations.  You have to consider the source.  But it looks as though most of the concern is way off in Eastern Europe.

Every bad actor on earth knows it’s the time to move.  We certainly hope the pretender is not the one making decisions.  He’s shepherded around by people who tell him what to say, and he tries to put a little of that pretender spin on it.  You think he would dare balk at anything he’s told to say or do?  He’s in deep trouble as it is, and will need all the cooperation he can get in the months ahead.  It’s going to be gut-wrenching if the Ukrainian and Chinese dealings are ever taken up by the mainstream media.  

Elon Musk used to be a darling of the left. Then he bought Twitter. Now Mr. Musk is their whipping boy. The mainstream media is just beside themselves that free speech, wrong or right, would be allowed in the public square. It’s an outrage to the tech world and the government agencies that they can’t control information anymore. At least they control the TV networks, the newspapers and most social media concerns. They’d love to ban Musk himself. It turns out that some of these reporters were tracking his private jet and his personal calendar. He pulled the plug on their accounts. Now they’re screaming from the rooftops that he’s silencing reporters from big papers. He says they’re trying to get him assassinated.  

He keeps dropping secret Twitter information revealing that the social media company was meeting with the heads of government agencies with requests for the banishment of “disinformation.” They couldn’t allow free speech on the subject of Covid 19! They couldn’t allow mandated closures to be discussed by regular people!  

I hate to be the one to break it, but it looks like the wall has cracked and there will be enough embarrassment to go around once the inner workings are exposed.  You’ve heard it, “They’re a private company and they can do whatever they want.”  It gets a little dicey when they’re fulfilling the requests of government agencies, with regulatory power.  And they call us “fascists.”  

It won’t be any fun hearing about the corruption.  It’s just so embarrassing for the country.  It’s liable to be ruinous to the pretender. The broad outlines are available, but you wonder what this administration will do to make sure we don’t understand the full extent of it. 

Mark

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A massive group of illegal migrants Monday crossed into the U.S. waving a large Venezuelan flag and, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), attacked Border Patrol agents before being pushed back into the river as agents used crowd-control measures.

The incident, partially caught on video, saw a group of Venezuelan migrants crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, as they waved the enormous flag. Agents can be seen pushing migrants back into the river while firing pepper balls near them to control the crowd.

In a statement, CBP said a group of Venezuelans had attempted to illegally enter the U.S. while protesting along the Rio Grande’s international boundary.

The agency said one of the protesters assaulted an agent with a flagpole while another threw a rock at agents, injuring one in the process. That in turn led Border Patrol to initiate crowd-control measures.

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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-migrants-wave-venezuelan-flag-crossing-us-southern-border-attack-border-patrol-agents

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Much is being made of the transfer of illegal aliens to northeastern destinations.  Is it a gimmick or might it expose the hypocrisy of the bleeding hearts?  They seem to have certain philosophies that are for other people and other places.  Never mind the MILLIONS that have poured in since the border was opened.  What are they going to do about the dozens sent to Martha’s Vineyard?  Put them on buses and send them somewhere else, that’s what.  It’s one of the quickest turn-a-rounds you’ll ever see.  The State of Texas can’t send the trespassers back across the border, but they can certainly send them to other states that seem to want an uncontrolled southern border.  

The very idea!  The governors of Texas and Florida using human beings as political pawns!

The same individuals that vouch for an open border are flabbergasted that human beings are being transported to places with no way to take care of them.  This is Florida’s and Texas’ problem!  Not any more.  Apparently Governor Newsom wants the other governors charged with kidnapping!  Chicago and Martha’s vineyard?  They can hire buses too.  That’s just what they’re doing.  

We’re being led to believe that Ukraine is winning the war with Russia.  Word is that Russian soldiers are raiding the closets of civilians so they can escape undetected.  Ukrainian forces are driving them out, dejected and miserable.  Trouble is, nothing is left behind but ruined buildings and rubble is everywhere.  Next we’ll be hearing about some new Marshall Plan to rebuild Ukraine.  What?  You don’t care about people?   We’ve sent so many billions to Ukraine we’ve lost track.  Maybe that’s what they were counting on.  Ukraine is be counted among the most corrupt nations on earth.  It has to be saved at any cost.  

Switching to the Middle East, there’s been a rash of bank robberies in Lebanon.  It turns out that depositors are threatening violence to get at their savings.  The public supports these robberies, as the robbers are just trying to access their own money.  The banks have enacted rules that prevent people from accessing their savings.  The public is none too happy.  The currency has lost 90% of its value. 

There was trouble in the American financial markets this week.  FedEx is predicting a worldwide recession, if not worse.  It lost 25% of its value this week.  All the big corporate names fell dramatically in value.  My Dad often said that he believed that the end-time chain of events might well be set off by a worldwide depression.  

Interest rates are rising, killing off the housing boom.  The government is spending money like there’s no tomorrow.  We’re being scolded for loving our country and freedom.  Trump friends and allies are being raided, and Trump himself has so many investigations and lawsuits hanging over his head you have to wonder how he sleeps.  Whenever he appears at a rally, he’s as confidently optimistic as ever and promising the problems will be fixed.  He’s also railing against the Deep State, green energy and the politicization of Federal law enforcement.  

The mainstream is particularly upset if anyone should question the last presidential election.  Never mind that every presidential election has been questioned, and the winner called illegitimate. There’s no shortage of video proof but now it’s a serious crime, like terrorism.  That’s right.  If you question government or media authority you might be a terrorist!  We knew that things were going to get silly, but this is ridiculous!  

We can’t seem to get away from the horrific crimes being committed on an almost daily basis.  It’s no secret that the perpetrators of these hideous crimes shouldn’t be out walking the street.  In most cases these most visible and heinous crimes are committed by criminals that have a long rap sheet and wouldn’t have been freed to commit more crimes in previous years.  America’s big cities are starting to look like places we’d never want to visit.  We see homeless encampments on the streets of once clean and orderly cities.  Now there’s mayhem.  Isn’t progress great?  

How bad will it get where we are?  That depends where you live.  We know that before there’s Divine intervention that humankind on earth is at risk.  Meanwhile, there’s a precipitous decline in the Western nations.  There’s all kinds of worry over Europe’s energy situation with winter on its way.  Are governments going to “cap prices?”  They’re going to pick up the difference between what people would have paid and the prevailing prices?  Europe is at odds with Russia over fuel.  They might should have thought of that before going totally green.  But it’s not over.  We’ll be lectured mercilessly about how much they care.  Then we’ll be told what we must do!  Nah.  Thanks anyway.  

Mark

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