Mindconnection eNL, 2025-08-17

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1. Good News: Where the Intel is Good

District of Corruption Clean-up Alert

https://x.com/TONYxTWO/status/1955729150238712266 (3:14). Thanks to Jeff Childers for this video, and also his insightful comments on it in Coffee & Covid.

Economics Alert, #1

• The trade deals just keep coming. If you haven't read about the Nvidia 15% deal, it's a whopper for our economy. "President Donald Trump will allow Nvidia and AMD to resume limited AI chip sales to China in return for a chunk of the revenue from the sales ahead of a likely US/China trade summit." [The Capitalist]. Even the left-wing media are positive on it: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/trump-nvidia-amd-china-chip-revenue-deal-implications.html
   
• John Deere is investing $20 billion over the next 10 years, in the USA. That's a huge bet for the company, considering that we were under Communist Occupation for four years and such a move during that time would have been corporate suicide. Even the left-wing media are positive on it, but instead of linking to one of them I'm linking to a reputable, ethical source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/john-deere-investing-20-billion-us-here-details
   
• "GE Appliances said it will move production of refrigerators, gas ranges, and water heaters to U.S. plants from locations in foreign countries, including Mexico and China, as part of a $3 billion expansion of its American manufacturing network." [Epoch Times]

Economics Alert, #2

Prominent members of the Communist Party, most notably Nancy "Nutcase" Pelosi and Jasmine "Moron" Crockett have been repeating the lie that the Trump tariffs have made life unaffordable in America. That  is a laugh, considering how unaffordable the commies made it during the Occupation. As usual, the commies are flat-out lying.

Household furnishings rose 0.7% and apparel rose 0.1%, while food prices remained flat and energy prices fell 1.1%. Even the Communist News Network has reported that "inflation" (a word they misuse to describe a general increase in prices) is down even during the summer travel season. Their "experts" are stymied. In general, the tariffs have not only made life more affordable already they have a tool for cooperation between nations. That astounding deal with the European Union is only one example.

I live along I-35, one of our country's main shipping corridors. I also live not far from I-70, which is another major traffic corridor. It seems to me that semi-tractor trailer traffic on both of these is at least 2X what it was this time last year. That's not a shift in transportation routes, it's a massive increase in what's being shipped. One reason we know this is because trucking firms are short on drivers and desperately trying to hire more. This can happen only when the economy is strong and growing.

Science Alert #1

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/inside-mrna-vaccines-the-movie (about 1 hour) (Still some censorship, copy and paste the URL).

Science Alert #2

So-called "trans" people (including so-called "trans children") really hate science. It obliterates their entire ideology. Here is an example:
https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/news/the-science-behind-sex-differences-in-health-and-immunity-403255  (Still some censorship, copy and paste the URL).

Idiot Alert #1

Cackling Kamala has released a book about her embarrassing Presidential campaign. One cringes at the prospect of a whole book of word salads, lies, delusional statements, and hateful statements about Trump.

Perhaps the good editors of Readers Digest will release a condensed version. It would not take much space, maybe three sentences. "The American people rejected the four years of the Communist Occupation, with its censorship, lawfare, economic insanity, flooding of fentanyl and human traffickers across our southern border, and attacks on the Bill of Rights. I think they found my cackling amusing, it was kind of my trademark. Ultimately, they chose legitimacy, the Rule of Law, and a return to common sense and America First over the policies of my demented boss and me."

Idiot Alert #2

Not sure which idiot started this, but now the communists are trying to smear President Trump for his efforts to secure Washington, DC (District of Corruption) to stop the runaway violence. They are calling him "Batman", as if that will diminish him. Batman is one of the most admired of the superheroes, which is why State Farm has several variations of a Batman ad. Just more proof that the idiot communists are completely out of touch with America and its culture.

Idiot Alert #3

Even this liberal channel interviewer calls out Hakeem Jeffries for his extreme idiocy and dishonesty:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-house-minority-leader-rep-hakeem-jeffries/vi-AA1KwcgM

Nutjob Alert #1

Nutcase Nancy again shows she is completely unhinged from reality. Trans kids? Total fiction. Here she is advocating for the irreversible mutilation of gas lighted children: https://twitter.com/i/status/1953571014358491468

Nutjob Alert #2

Why is this insane woman allowed to be on a school board? So-called diversity does not mean putting certifiable nutjobs in important roles. She belongs in a treatment  center, not on a school board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88iKxi5sns. Thanks to Jeff Childers for sharing this in his Coffee & Covid newsletter.
 

Liars Alert #1

I constantly hear this lie about "health insurance" and "our health care system", neither of which exist. Doctors do not graduate from health school, they graduate from medical school. They have an MD after their name, not an HD.

• Health care means taking care of your health, and the four pillars of that are: 1. A diet devoid of highly processed foods, and consisting mostly of whole fruits and vegetables grown in decent soil. 2. A rigorous exercise program, faithfully followed. 3. Mental health practices, which may include relaxation techniques for example, to prevent chronic stress but also challenge the mind. 4. Good hygiene, which includes keeping toxic chemicals out of your home.

• Medical care means taking care of a medical problem, and the three pillars of that are: 1. Cut you (surgery). 2. Poison you (drugs). Irradiate you.

Do you see any overlap? Nope, neither do I. This is why Americans spend far more on medical care than people of any other country yet are the sickest population on the planet. If we diverted our focus to health care, we could slash what we spend on medical care and be the healthiest people on the planet.

It amazes me that people will balk at the cost of real food (versus synthetic), but don't bat an eye at the cost of heart bypass surgery. Maybe that's because their medical insurance provider tells them they are "covered" (most of the surgery and related financial costs paid), but there's no health insurance to cover the cost of food.

Liars Alert #2

Ever since Comrade Soetoro (aka, Obama) illegally occupied the office of POTUS, I have found only one true statement made by any Communist Party leaders. "Obama" said, "Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock band of all time". Usually, people tell the truth pretty much all the time and you catch someone in a lie. In this case, Obama lies all the time and we caught him telling a truth. As for the other commies, that has yet to happen as far as I can tell. If they say something, it's a lie; which means if you want the real skinny on something just assume the opposite of what they are saying and you'll have it.

Shiffless Alert

Adam "Shiffless", the California Communist who led the first impeachment effort against President Trump and put out a steady stream of false accusations, baseless lies, and fake moral outrage, is now under federal investigation for defrauding, as the Patriot Journal put it, "lenders over multiple properties spanning nearly two decades". This is no fake lawfare case, it's a mortgage fraud case being conducted by the Maryland AG. Maryland is not one of the 33 free states, which means this is not a "right wing vendetta". And for that AG to investigate mortgage fraud, the evidence must already be there. It's just a matter of degree. Shiffless is going down, baby!

Health Behavior Improvement Alert

Only 54% of Americans say they drink alcohol, the lowest percentage since Gallup started polling on that question in 1939. Alcohol is a neurotoxin that easily crosses the blood-brain barrier, and it permanently reduces brain mass over time. It has numerous other health-adverse consequences. On the benefit side, many people relax with a glass of wine as if there is no other way to relax (there is). Many use it as a "social lubricant" although now that almost half the population refuses to imbibe that advantage is questionable at best.

Not only are 46% of Americans now better off for their own health, they are not endangering others with drunken driving or burdening our medical system with any of the long list of diseases caused by years of alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption is now following along the path of smoking, which was the number one killer and disabler for decades.

Depression and hopelessness is one of the major reasons that people drink. Those two factors have driven the huge rate of alcoholism in Russia. The nearly miraculous changes in the USA economy and personal freedoms have reduced the heavy burden of depression and given hope to many; exactly what is reflected in this poll:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/693362/drinking-rate-new-low-alcohol-concerns-surge.aspx

Common Sense Alert

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on 05 AUG that 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts are being canceled and redirected “because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.” [Epoch Times]. Let that sink in. Somehow, Fauci and crew conned most of the world's people into believing that an injection into their blood would somehow stop an infection from getting started in their nose. Anyone applying common sense would have rejected that silly idea immediately. So what was the "somehow" that caused so many to accept the silliness despite how obviously wrong it is? Fear. That was followed by strong censorship that blocked real information from reaching people, giving the impression that because all they heard were the lies then the lies must be true.

Lesson: Always apply common sense! That is what RFK, Jr. has done here. He gave the sadists time to drum up some kind of rational argument supporting these toxic jabs, and they were not able to do so. Now, common sense replaces utter BS and we have a safer country in which to live.

Good Person Alert, #1

This guy could have just fled. Look what he did, instead: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8ArHkS7Cwao?feature=share.

Good Person Alert, #2

A19 year old former DOGE worker was leaning against his car with a female acquaintance (some reports say she is his girlfriend), when they were approached by 10 hoodlums. The hoodlums demanded his car, wallet, etc. In such circumstances, you usually have two choices:

1. Claim the car isn't his, and run away to avoid a beating. This would have left the woman to fend for herself.

2. Give them what they want, and get a beating anyhow.

He made a third choice. Rather than run away, he faced the hoodlums to buy time for his girlfriend. He told her to get in the car, lock the doors, and call 911. She did. They beat him bloody, and were working him over when the cops arrived. The woman was unhurt.

Communism Death Alert, #1

The left-leaning Wall Street Journal recently conducted a poll, and the results showed that 63% of Americans view the "Democrat" (Communist) Party unfavorably. And that is among an audience that is predominantly liberal. Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter as a means to end censorship, the communist narrative has been crumbling and people can now see the truth. As the truth of the communists' horrendous behavior continues to circulate and become common knowledge, so will the truth about the Trump team's magnificent and beneficial accomplishments. The contrast is night versus day, which means an even deeper disgust with the communists. We basically have two demographics, now: those who subject their minds to the brainwashing of CNN, etc. and those who don't. The former tend to have Trump Derangement Syndrome and no clue about any national topic they talk about. The latter are fairly well-informed and make up their own minds, thus the negative view of the Communist Party by so many.

Communism Death Alert, #2

The communists have lost control of the legislative and executive branches, and their funding is in the toilet. They have dismal approval ratings. It's not just because of their spectacular failures during the Communist Occupation, but because of their chronic and blatant lying. Their solution isn't to come up with unretarded candidates and start telling the truth. Nope. Their solution is to keep elevating the retards among their ranks and to increase the absurdity of their lies. This alone tells us they are far too stupid to deserve our support in any way. Also too untrustworthy.

Communism Death Alert, #3

The Republicans now control the House, 220 to 213. There are 26 Communist seats that pundits consider "vulnerable". The Communists, in their delusional state driven by hatred and other negativity, believe they can flip 35 Republican seats despite having no vision, no plan, no money, and no brains. They will probably focus on tilting at those 35 proverbial windmills, while allowing just as many Communist seats to flip. But let's call it 30. That would mean the Republicans would have 250 seats to 183 for the Commies. Given how inept, wasteful, untrustworthy, and downright stupid the commies are, you can lay odds that they will choose their current strategy instead of one that makes sense. And we will all be better off for it.

What about the Senate? Fetterman is the only Democrat senator in the so-called Democrat Party. The others are all vulnerable to losing, and that includes the truly entrenched ones like Chuck Schumer. Oddly enough, there are 35 seats up for a change of occupant (this may be why the commies chose 35 seats in the House as their target, no logic there). Currently, the Senate is composed of 53 Republicans, 2 Independents, 1 Democrat, and 46 Communists calling themselves Democrats. With 35 seats open and disgust for the Communists at an all-time high and getting worse as each day goes by (and approval for the Republicans growing as the results continue to astound, amaze, and thrill voters), we could easily be looking at 64 Republicans, 1 Democrat, and 36 Communists calling themselves Democrats by the time of the 2026 mid-terms. Bernie Sanders, a communist, calls himself an Independent.

That would make the Communists go even more berserk, causing even more revulsion among voters. And the positive feedback cycle would continue until there are no more Communists in the House or the Senate. That depends, of course, on whether the Republicans stay on course.

Communism Death Alert, #4

Some other factors to consider:

• Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and about a dozen others are so old they fart dust. All of them got the clot shot, as far as we know. So they should be dead or retired by either 2026 or 2028.

• The truth about Obama is coming out, and once it's revealed that he is actually Barry Soetoro, and illegal alien, the Communist Party will be severely damaged.

• The new Mayor of New York is openly Communist, and he's also dumber than a box of rocks. He will fail, and do so spectacularly. This will reflect back not upon the title he has chosen but upon the policies he has chosen. The same policies the "Democrats" currently embrace. This spectacle will be a hugely repulsive factor to many voters who are currently registered Democrats.

• The Communists continually spew hatred at young men, a voting cohort they badly need. The jeans ad fiasco will come back to haunt them in time for this election.

• The Communists have been deprived of their two main money laundering schemes, which means much tinier election war chests for them.

Communism Death Alert, #5

Here is a site that is good to look at periodically: https://www.270towin.com/2026-senate-election/ (Still some censorship, copy and paste the URL).

Democracy Death Attempt Alert

Article 1 of the Constitution mandates a census every ten years. You also pick up from the context that the purpose of the census is to determine how many citizens there are to be represented. At the time the union was formed, there was a temporary agreement to accommodate slave-holders, who wanted their slaves counted but not represented: that's where "whole persons" and "three-firths" come in. From the context, it's clear that these are tax-paying citizens.

The Democrats ignore the context and insist that all "whole persons" be counted even though that makes absolutely no sense because Representatives represent citizens not residents. You could use Democrat "logic" to exclude US Diplomats (not residing in the USA), most military people, people whose jobs have them overseas, etc. Clearly, those people deserve representation.0

President Trump wants to correct the Census defect that permits counting non-citizens, thus ensuring correct representation of tax-paying citizens. This, of course, would eliminate yet another Democrat scheme to undermine democracy in this country. Notice how the Dems are always talking about their "Democracy". Because they say the opposite of reality, what this means is they are focused on eliminating democracy in the USA. One way to move toward that goal is to distort the Census. Now they are talking about the "rights" of illegal aliens and specifically the "right" to be counted in our citizen census even though they are not citizens.

The Democrat Party, which is de facto the Communist Party, hates the idea of allowing citizens to pick their own leaders and representatives. Their track record, which includes blatant lawfare, obvious inciting of assassination, skipping their own primaries or ignoring the results of them, lying about everything, and an assortment of other behaviors designed to deprive citizens of a voice, shows their utter contempt for anything remotely resembling a democratic process. The very name of their party is a lie. The Democrat Party wants democracy dead. Trump wants it very much alive, and so they want him dead too.

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8. Thought for the Day

When pushing their views, communists never use facts or logic. Instead, they rely on hyperbole, pure fiction, gross exaggerations, non-sequitors, and ad hominem attacks. What does this tell you about their views?

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