Well we are in the middle of it here in California. Tubularsock received an EMERGENCY TEXT on Tubularsock’s old flip phone with a screen the size of a postage stamp which read that Tubularsock was under an emergency stay at home order.
As you may recall Tubularsock lives on the top floor with a corner office in an underground bunker overlooking Washington, D.C. from Oakland, CA. (see Bunker Tour).
Now we have been in this situation before and Tubularsock because Tubularsock is in the essential service of political blogging Tubularsock believes Tubularsock can do as he wishes and does.
But while free floating Tubularsock wears a mask which many have said that Tubularsock looks better with a mask than without and Tubularsock does an 8’ social distance because why not? Tubularsock doesn’t like people that much anyway.
Several friends chastise Tubularsock for believing in the mask and social distancing but Tubularsock seldom worries what others think of him with a very solid view of FUCK YOU to go along with it.
Now it is not that Tubularsock believes in these tactics but it is because Tubularsock has learned the hard way that if one believes one can poke a bear in the eye because it appears to be sleeping perhaps one should heed the advice and not do that.
The Corona is difficult enough to get along with why poke it?
And Tubularsock is a big believer of YOU doing what you wish just stay away from Tubularsock while you do it.
Alas, this diatribe ends with more pressing thoughts on Tubularsock’s mind. But using Tubularsock’s ability of the ancient cave dwellers pictographic abilities Tubularsock has created a small series of pictographs to summarize for non-readers current topics of interest.
And besides, it saves letters for use in later manuscripts where a larger variety of the alphabet can be used. Don’t thank Tubularsock yet.
Now with Bernie Sanders and Josh Hawley coming together pushing for a second round of $1200.00 Stimulus Checks while the rest of Congress is willing to drop help to the American people and shore up the rich again is par for the course in Washington, D.C.
So there is little surprise there.
No money for people but plenty of money for war.
Does that seem a little distorted of a belief ideal?
But Mitch won his election bid in his state of Kentucky which is one of the poorer states which NEEDS stimulus and health care which Mitch has blocked.
And yet they still vote for him! Now who’s fault is that?
And Nancy has held up and prevented stimulus checks prior to the election so as not to allow the possibility of Trump taking credit for the checks.
And now here we are ……. and oh gosh, what to do? The Christmas Recess is upon us and Congress just must go home for Christmas.
Now Sanders and Hawley have vowed to block Congress from leaving town without an up or down vote on the stimulus.
It would be so much easier if it was a vote on adding an additional three trillion dollars to improve our drone fleet. We ALWAYS have bipartisan support for money for that with little or no debate.
Killing people is easier than keeping them alive.
THINK ON THAT! The next time you vote.
Most people in the United States are petrified this year not because of Halloween the 31st but because of Halloween the 3rd.
And how could Tubularsock blame them.
Halloween on the 3rd of November is waaaaaay scarier than the traditional Halloween of ghosts and goblins. Either way you go you move closer to the grave!
The November 3rd Halloween has the ghosts of the past which have filled our news feeds with the likes of Hunter Biden and the Dump’s former China ambassador’s son, Eric Branstad as well as enough goblins to fill the Federal Reserve and the Supreme Court as well.
No, the scary part for Tubularsock is that the American public are STILL not aware that they DON’T live in a Democracy. They still don’t get it.
Ok. Let Tubularsock try this as an awakening salvo across the brow of your eighth grade civics teacher, YOU LIED TO ALL OF US!
You see, the Founding FATHERS (remember women of the time were considered more chattel than people) were afraid of the “uneducated masses” so they put “safeguards” into the Constitution like the Electoral College.
The Electoral College forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States.
That is why a person can win the popular vote (you know, democracy) but LOSE the Electoral College vote (you know, dictatorship).
If Russia or China had an electrical college can’t you just hear the gasps of dictatorial control over THEIR elections from the lips of those “Western Democracy” who pride themselves as being “democratic”?
Russia and China really don’t need an electrical college because the choice is made for them with only one choice.
It’s a fixed system but the belief propaganda serves up is such that the individuals are different but the trick is that THE POLICY IS THE SAME! And has been for years so most don’t really understand the screwing that is really being dished out! A BLUE PLATE SPECIAL! BUT DISCOUNTED WITH A COVID SAUCE!
That process gave us The Orange Dump. And as much as Tubularsock dislikes The Dump, Bitch Hillary would have been worse, only hidden. Don’t get Tubularsock started!
The Orange Dump is just OUT THERE about shit and yes he’s down right scary but he jumps out at you. You see he’s a nut!
Fuckless Joe is as scary but his actions are in the shadows like Obummer and the rest of the creepy political class. They “nice-talk” you to death and still fuck you over!
Have you noticed that Neither of these jack-offs have A REAL PLAN for the future.
NONE!
“Come on man”, The Victrola is a great record playing machine! (Biden)
“Covid has turned the corner”. (Trump)
It just shows their ability to not look at reality. Where in the fuck are they.
But far more important where are YOU?
If every time you are offered up shit AND YOU EAT IT you’ll just get more.
Revolutions come when the citizens STOP eating shit!
But alas, YOUR SHIT tastes better than THEIR SHIT and so it goes.
We currently have NO LEADERSHIP but plenty of LEADERSHIT! And it is bedlam that rules the day!
With this kind of leadershit, Hunter or Don Jr. are going to be wealthy indeed!
BUT DON’T FEAR.
The Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet. Remember that The Fat Lady often takes the long way home.
And just to be on the safe side, Tubularsock has provided The Fat Lady with several Molotov Cocktails.
And sure enough, at the moment we are both rather wasted!
Here’s to ya’!
Now Tubularsock wants you to stop!
Clear your mind.
Close your eyes ………. relax.
Ready? Open Your eyes.
Now look at these two.
Now.
Keep your mind clear and open.
Can you REALLY make a case for either of them
LEADING EVEN A HORSE TO WATER?
This is an insane world that we live in and always
has been insane.
But the difference is that it has been exposed
openly
and the disfunction is blatant!
Let Tubularsock remind you what
LEADERSHIP happens to be.
What does a LEADER do?
Just in case you have forgotten.
Leaders set direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new.
Leadership is about mapping out where you need to go.
And a Leader is dynamic, exciting, and inspiring.
NOW.
Look at these two.
Ok crime stoppers what a surprise.
Just hours after an assassin murdered the son and badly wounded Federal Judge Esther Salas’ husband the “unknown assassin” turns up a short time later with a “self-inflicted” gunshot to his head before he could be arrested or questioned by authorities.
How convenient is that. And with little to go on just how was he reached so quickly?
Now as the story goes the crime was committed on a Sunday (7/19/20) afternoon in a wealthy community with the assassin disguised as a FedEx delivery person knocking on the front door.
Only one neighbor saw a “delivery person” jumping in a car and leaving the scene but was, at the time, unaware that a crime had been committed.
Talking about speedy police work, right?
And then some media immediately focused on the killer’s “dislike of feminism” that “may” be the cause of his attempted attempt to kill Federal Judge Esther Salas citing a court case that the “assumed killer” had lost in Salas’ courtroom some time ago.
You know just how deadly men take “feminism”! Going as far as killing one man and wounding another man to show just how anti-feminist one can be.
And then other media reported that because Sales’ husband was a defense attorney that maybe the assassin was after him.
Finally one finds out that Federal Judge Esther Salas had just been assigned to the
Epstein-Deutsche Bank case. Just what could that have to do with it?
Now who would even think that that case would be important enough to cause an issue? EVEN IF, the assassin had previously worked for a US/Israeli Intelligence-Linked Firm.
Isn’t justice grand. And to find an unknown assailant in record time only to find that he had killed himself. Case closed. Let’s all go back to impressive police work.
And before that Roy worked as a lawyer in Russia specializing in legal and business issues, including international financing and marketing. And to spice up his life Roy even married a Russian woman who he bragged was “part of the Russian Mafia”.
Now lets get an overview of exactly who Kroll Associates happen to be. They are known as “A Private CIA of Wall Street” for the well connected. Their executive staff are made up of former CIA, FBI, M16, and Mossad agents. All in the family of intelligence and security types who French Intelligence, according to The Washington Post, says are a front organization FOR THE CIA.
The funny part is that Deutsche Bank just happens to be one of the leading banks in the world that launders money for the rich and powerful and has for a very long time. In truth it is a major part of their wealth management portfolio.
Oh, don’t tell anyone! It’s illegal in, ahhh, well …… just don’t tell anyone.
And golly gee when they get caught like when the New York state Department of Financial Services settled with them for their dealings with known Epstein-linked accounts, the Bank had to pay a $150 million fine ……… kind of like bus fair money compared to the billions they made in the process. That’s the rich for ya’!
So as not to bore you with too much information Tubularsock stopped following the bread crumbs when Tubularsock reached the yellow brick road made of gold bars and decided to give you an easy follow the money rendition of all of this ……………
But that isn’t as easy as one may think because once you enter the Kroll Associates connections Tubularsock found that EVERYTHING sleazy has passed through their doors and just maybe all tie together. Unfortunately it is tough to get a neat bow on the top because after all, they work in secret.
It appears from an overall view, the blackmail of wealthy and powerful men and maybe some women in the weird sex scandal of Epstein’s activities is really small and rather unimportant compared to Epstein’s money laundering operations.
Seems like the sex activities was more an extra curricular activity than the main deal going down. And we are talking about billions of dollars here that was being moved about through false bank accounts and shell companies.
The sex crap developed as fantasy-trip’n-out from the boredom of having “everything” but in truth being empty inside.
Oh well, enough psychology for today.
So lets wander down this gold bullion highway and just see if there are any of our friends that just might give us some insight in how Epstein’s operations operated when it came to MONEY.
Kroll Associates has a very strong relationship with Deutsche Bank. In fact, Jules Kroll started a credit-rating agency named the Kroll Bond Rating Agency and it has become a “revolving door” between its senior management and Deutsche Bank executives. How convenient.
Kroll Associates was being asked to investigate and perhaps protect Robert but he “fell off his boat and drown” before any protection agreement had been activated.
And then there is Kroll Associates being hired by Harvey Weinstein to “. . . to harass and cyberstalk women who had accused him of sexual assault”.
Seem that Kroll Associates are a one stop shop for all your deranged ideas and perversions.
Harvey was a one time “business partner” with Jeffrey Epstein and has been accused being involved with Jeff and Ghislaine “shared” women. And perhaps with girls as well.
Weinstein was a “frequent visitor of Epstein’s residences”.
But just to round out the significant and strategic importance of Kroll Associates it may be interesting to know that it has boasted its tie to the Bush family having Jonathan Bush (George Bush Sr.’s brother) serving on its corporate advisory board.
And Kroll Associates were employed by Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign.
And of course Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner could very well have some serious explaining to do from potential revelations in the Epstein-Deutsche Bank trial.
It may be able to explain Trumps dealing with Russian organized mobsters buying up Trump Tower Luxury Townhouses at over-market pricing.
As well as the firing of Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman by Attorney General William Barr.
Seems Berman was looking into Deutsche Bank more closely than the Epstein mess and that investigation would put more scrutiny on Trump’s finances which could expose Trump’s dealings.
Barr has now appointed “Jay Clayton — who previously represented Deutsche Bank, one of President Donald Trump’s most significant business creditors, from allegations they facilitated Russian money laundering.” (Raw Story -6/19/20)
Especially when you take in the fact that in December, 2019 Epstein “personal banker” at Deutsche Bank, Thomas Bowers, who was the chief of Deutsche Bank’s Private Wealth Management division in New York from 2012 to 2015, was found dead in his home.
Of course it was signed off as a suicide by hanging.
Sure there has been a lot of death by hanging, drowning, and gun shots to the head around Kroll Associates activities, don’t you think.
Seems like Deutsche Bank has some pretty harsh worked related penalties if you ask Tubularsock.
There has been an old wives’ tale which has been promoted Tubularsock’s entire life, so far, and it is this:
When it comes to Presidential Elections it is always the choice between THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.
And the fun part is that far too many people still haven’t been convinced that it really applies to ALL THEIR representation in the halls of government.
You no longer have to attempt to dig for corruption in office because they now do it so blatantly with NO CONSEQUENCE what so ever! Case in point, Nancy Pelosi’s Corporate giveaway including bailing out her husband’s business interests. THAT is what paid for that expensive ice cream in her freezer drawer of her $24,000.00 refrigerator, perhaps!
And yes the citizens that believes that their representative care at all about them and their needs are not bright and being non-thinkers haven’t even awakened to the FACT that the President and the Congress and the Supreme Court doesn’t even have any interest in representing them.
That is why the so called “American Dream” has become the “American Nightmare”.
AND BOTH OF THESE REQUIRE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO REMAIN ASLEEP!
That is why the so called “American Middle Class” has diminished and the American Poor and Homeless has skyrocketed in the last thirty years.
Have you noticed?
YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS. And if you don’t it may surprise you that you are dead.
Hell, just as well.
Because if you don’t know this then you can not be alive to the reality of what has been going on around you for your entire life. Even if your 8th grade civics book told you differently! WE’VE BEEN HAD!
As Tubularsock watches “people” (zombies really) cheering Trump or Biden it is utterly amazing!
If you have paid attention the “LESSER OF TWO EVILS” has boiled down to exactly what we as a nation are experiencing this election.
We have FINALLY boiled it down to CORE-EVIL.
The American broth has been totally boiled away. And there is absolutely no intelligent or even inspiring leadership ANYWHERE on the national horizon. And what do you expect?
After years of voting for the lessor we were bound to get to the bottom ……….. AND WE NOW ARE THERE!
If you are stupid enough to believe that fucking Biden is going to be better than that despicable Trump then you are soooooo fucking wrong.
These guys are just pawns of the people they represent, THE RICH!
NOT YOU DUMB FUCK!
Need proof?
Who was bailed out back when the economy tanked under the pseudo-Kneegrow Obummer?
THE BANKS.
And pretty much wiped out the Black middle class as well as fringe homeowners who needed to be backed to keep their home investments but SAVED the BANKS without anyone (ok, one guy) having to take responsibility for plundering the American economy. They got away Scott Free and EVEN got huge bonuses! And Obummer got paid off with outrageous speech fees after he left office from those BANKS he served.
He even joked with them that he was the only thing between “them and the pitchforks”! That is just how clear he was of his role in the robbery!
This was the Democraps with Step-en-Fetch-It Obummer being the good “boy” for the “good ol’ boys”.
And who was bailed out in our current economic crisis?
THE CORPORATIONS.
With pocket changed grudgingly given to the working class.
This was the Republican’ts with the White-less Orange Turd being the naughty “boy” for the “good ol‘ boys”.
And yet people are unwilling to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY and go to the streets and refuse to allow this election to proceed until a responsible leader can be found. Stop the train until we get new wheels!
Wouldn’t THAT scare the rich and powerful if the citizen awakened?
Cheers.
There are so many discussions and Think Tank papers on how to address massive non-violent protests by the authorities. Or for that matter ANY hostile situation.
And by far the most prevalent view is to deescalate any situation rather than confront it and attempt to “overpower” the confrontation.
Or bottom line NOT TO ESCALATE the confrontation.
Where that technique is used the results are FAR MORE non-violent than the SHOW OF FORCE technique which ALWAYS brings about violence from BOTH sides ending with a CALL FOR MORE protestors coming out to the next protest.
Time and time again this is the way these issues play themselves out.
And sadly because in this current crisis the police in many cities are creating MORE violence and open lawlessness than the protestors which will create a reckoning that will be violent and continuing as time goes on.
A growing direction of escalation and greater violence by ALL can only shift with intelligent leadership at the local level because on the national level the bar for intelligent thinking rests rather low with an Orange Creation with a small penis which attempts to wave it around causing his bone spurs to become inflamed and keeping him from the battle.
But he is willing to send others in his place to enforce his dream of grandeur spending his time scared and sniveling in the White House Bunker dreaming of fucking Ivanka while she is holding the Holy Bible! Go figure.
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