As IF Times

Source: The Daily 202: Trump’s pick to run DOJ criminal division worked for Russia bank – The Washington Post

Nine months after the shocking national election that ushered Donald Trump into the White House, the media are stuck in the mental loop of Russia, Russia, Russia, unable to focus on any other issue other than the impossibility of a Trump election without outside help.  Since then, it’s been comical as every person in the Trump corner is connected in some way to the Evil Empire a la Kevin Bacon, by six degrees of separation.   In fact, the fascination has become an unhealthy obsession even as the general public’s eyes glaze over at the newest Russia revelation link.

It’s as if we were exposed to the painful My Pillow commercials on a continuous loop.  But even though the commercials are as annoying as small children on airplanes, they must sell enough of the pillows to justify the constant running of the ads.  The same goes for the Russia story.  As much as the entire narrative has been all hat and no horse from the get go, there must be some willing consumers of this on-going onslaught of peoples’ intelligence.

It appears to be following the strategy employed by the Global Warming crowd: if you repeat it enough times, it will gradually acquire the stature of truth. No hysteria or hyperbole is too fanciful for the purveyors of the narrative.  Rational conclusions are discarded in favor of beliefs akin to a cult like fervor.  Even though CNN has been exposed and discredited for fostering fake narratives, the Washington Post continues their drumbeat of anti Trump articles, so much so, that it has become a one topic source…like the cartoon network.

The on going incredulity of the Trump win is reminiscent of the conspiracy theories surrounding the Seahawks’ loss to the Patriots in the Super Bowl a few seasons ago.  Was it rigged? Who got paid off?  How could a sure win turn into a deflating loss?  As a Hawks fan, I’m over it and have moved on.  For the Trump conspiracy crowd, they should do the same.

Source: Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement – The New York Times

Since the election of Donald Trump, the media world has become a never ending  low budget TV melodrama.  Every day brings some new alleged transgression against another segment of mankind on the part of the Donald.  Apparently, no one is safe from his crazy and depraved policies.  Every utterance brings forth indignant wails akin to keening at an Irish funeral. Personalities from all quarters of the media take their obligatory turns at denouncing every breath that Trump takes.

The latest round of chest beating and wailing is coming from the usual  and expected places after the announcement of the decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement on global warming so beloved by his predecessor.  The cacophony of baleful moaning makes one’s eyes spin like pinwheels because of their abject stupidity.

Consider the critics: If there was ever an all star team of disingenuous double talkers, hypocrites, drama queens and just plain bald face liars, then these are all among the top candidates.  Only Joe Izuzu is missing.   We’re talking Ben Rhodes, John Kerry, Dan Rather,  Al Gore, CNN and of course the previous President who signed on to the agreement.  Let’s not forget the famous climate intellectual,  Leo Decaprio.  And of course, the ACLU thinks this is racist.  Can’t make that stuff up.  All of those mentioned have advanced degrees in hyperbole and they couldn’t communicate at all without the hysterical exclamation point.

The narrative goes that to withdraw from this agreement is tantamount to no less than a death sentence for the world.  Nobody points out that the expiry date tipping point forecast by such as Al Gore, has already passed.  If that is to be believed, then it makes no difference what happens now.

Few will admit to a naïve public that the Paris accord was not an environmental agreement to restrict warming, but rather an economic one designed to transfer wealth from the US to other countries.  It’s essentially an income redistribution scheme so loved by socialists, in the guise of climate alarmism.  Few things are as effective as pictures of sad polar bears on dwindling ice floes to capture the sentiment of those naively being sold this fairy tale.  A radically rational viewpoint on this can be viewed here.

Some may be old enough to recall the hysteria half a century ago about the ‘imminent’ calamity of world overpopulation.  Now, years later, the earth still spins and its population has probably doubled.  There’s no money in restricting births….but there is money in taxing a larger population.  They’ve got that figured out.