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My predictions of the Biden Presidency
5 years ago
1) Black Lives Matter and Antifa will become irrelevant at best, cracked down on at worst. With Trump out of power, those two groups are no longer politically expedient or useful. They had their use, wham bam, now piss off ma'am. The media will sweep them under a rug, just like they sweep anything under the rug that doesn't suit their purposes (like, say, blacks killed by their own kind).
2) The issues Black Lives Matter stood for won't be resolved. Those issues weren't the goal. They were the lure.
3) Biden won't actually be in charge. The guy's almost 80 and, from footage I've seen of him, isn't entirely there. We've had puppet presidents before (Woodrow Wilson after his stroke, anyone?), looks like we'll have one again. He might even resign, putting Kamala Harris in charge. Who knows, maybe that's why he was chosen in the first place.
4) Anything that goes wrong for the next 20 years will be blamed on Trump Even if the Dems are in complete control of both houses and the presidency during that time, it will Never Be Their Fault.
5) Rage Against The Machine will continue to be political whores for the left When were they anything else?
6) The US will continue to be absolutely boned Politics is like a pond: The scum rises to the top. Left wing, right wing, they're so fundamentally different that nobody with a brain can deny they're practically the same thing.
7) Covid lockdowns will become the New Normal and extended as much as possible Already some governors have been saying that people have to "adjust to the new normal", even as small business go bankrupt left and right. Remember: chaos--not stability--is the time for despots to seize power. So long as there are small businesses, this is a threat to Big Business and Big Government.
Why do I have this attitude? Because I'm old enough to remember Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, and NOW 4 years of Trump; not a trustworthy guy amongst them.
I'm Canadian. I was born in the era of Pierre Trudeau, I remember "Lyin'" Brian Mulroney (Kim Campbell was no more than a fall-girl), Jean Cretin---errrr, Chretien, "Mr. Dithers" Paul Martin, and now that disgraceful milksop Justin Trudeau (who dressed up like a characature of an East Indian once).
No, I don't trust the government.
2) The issues Black Lives Matter stood for won't be resolved. Those issues weren't the goal. They were the lure.
3) Biden won't actually be in charge. The guy's almost 80 and, from footage I've seen of him, isn't entirely there. We've had puppet presidents before (Woodrow Wilson after his stroke, anyone?), looks like we'll have one again. He might even resign, putting Kamala Harris in charge. Who knows, maybe that's why he was chosen in the first place.
4) Anything that goes wrong for the next 20 years will be blamed on Trump Even if the Dems are in complete control of both houses and the presidency during that time, it will Never Be Their Fault.
5) Rage Against The Machine will continue to be political whores for the left When were they anything else?
6) The US will continue to be absolutely boned Politics is like a pond: The scum rises to the top. Left wing, right wing, they're so fundamentally different that nobody with a brain can deny they're practically the same thing.
7) Covid lockdowns will become the New Normal and extended as much as possible Already some governors have been saying that people have to "adjust to the new normal", even as small business go bankrupt left and right. Remember: chaos--not stability--is the time for despots to seize power. So long as there are small businesses, this is a threat to Big Business and Big Government.
Why do I have this attitude? Because I'm old enough to remember Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, and NOW 4 years of Trump; not a trustworthy guy amongst them.
I'm Canadian. I was born in the era of Pierre Trudeau, I remember "Lyin'" Brian Mulroney (Kim Campbell was no more than a fall-girl), Jean Cretin---errrr, Chretien, "Mr. Dithers" Paul Martin, and now that disgraceful milksop Justin Trudeau (who dressed up like a characature of an East Indian once).
No, I don't trust the government.
1) 35,758,249. That is the number of NICS firearms checks from January to November, 2020. Not every check represents a firearms sale, but some represent multiple sales.
1a) 368,762,315. That is the total number of NICS checks since November, 1998.
1b) 331,002,651 That is the total US population as of mid 2020.
2) Ammunition has been flying off the shelves. Most dealers are essentially dry.
3) Law-abiding firearms owners increasingly believe that the law has become a joke, particularly in the widespread perspective that the election was a fraud. Their trust in the mainstream media is essentially nil.
4) This cannot, and will not, end well.
Heck, there's video of people threatening a man who had an election for Biden. He's begging to be left in peace since that was his Biden sign, and the protestors were responding that peace was White Priviledge. I'll see if I can dig it up--but even long-time democrat supporters got spooked/disgusted. Especially since a lot of the most destructive riots took place in Democrat-led cities.
No, this WILL NOT end well.
And it's on both sides. I recall a news story about somebody painting blue dots on the street in front of reported Democrat donors...
(sad sigh)