1 September, 2021 by Erich Dunkelberger

Well, we are officially out of Afghanistan, and ahead of schedule. President Biden’s date certain for withdrawal was 31 August and the last aircraft was wheels up at 0030 (local time) that morning. At yesterday’s press conference, Biden referred to the evacuation mission as an “extraordinary success”. Really?

The mission began with the complete abandonment of the Bagram Air Base in the middle of the night. Afghanis reporting to work at the base the next morning were asking each other the question, “Where are the Americans?”. But, we left a lot of equipment behind, from uniforms, body armor, a weapons cache that makes Fast and Furious look like amateur hour, trucks, helicopters and aircraft.

Now, the Taliban were sitting on their heels just waiting for the withdrawal of forces to assert control over the country. They began eating up the country, one province at a time. At a press conference around early August, Biden told reporters that the intelligence he had said the 300,000 man Afghan Army would be able to maintain control of the region over the 70-80,000 Taliban forces. That proved wildly wrong! In a short time, Taliban had Kabul surrounded to the point we had to send US Marine and Army units back to aid in the evacuation of our US Embassy personnel, American citizens, Afghans who had helped our military and diplomats (thus becoming enemies of the Taliban) and their families.

With Americans in control of the airport in Kabul, the Embassy was evacuated there, then flights took off out of Afghanistan. The evacuation was in full swing. At the same time, Taliban forces were establishing choke points around the airport to keep the people they were looking for from getting away. Men, women and children were being pulled out and escorted away to answer for their crimes of wanting freedom!

Planes were being loaded with Afghans wanting to leave, but little in the way of vetting was taking place. Many of us will remember the pictures of Afghani people trying to hold onto the outside hull of C-17’s at take-off and falling back to the ground. We were told that vetting would take place in neighboring countries, but those countries started balking at the numbers of refugees arriving in their countries. They stopped taking flights. The planes continued to be loaded and flown out. Tens of thousands of Afghans fled their country, but we don’t know with certainty who they are . Many arrived with no ID at all. Where are they?

Press conferences from the White House and the Pentagon asking the Taliban for assistance in allowing people through the check points. It became obvious to many that the Taliban were the ones in control. Joe Biden set the end date as 31 August. He said every American and Afghan SIV holder would get out by that date. As that date approached, the Taliban spokesman said there would be no extension. Basically, we weren’t negotiating; we had surrendered.

Then, the bomb went off, killing 11 Marines, a Navy Corpsman and an Army soldier and wounding many others, both military and civilian. Biden’s first act was to blame Trump, who had left office on 20 January. Biden signed 40 or so executive orders ending programs and plans Trump had made, including the plans for withdrawal to be completed by the end of May!

Biden’s promise to get everyone out failed. There are still Americans in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says it is now the mission of the State Department to get them out. Their estimate is around 250 people, but people on the ground are saying it is many more. There are several groups of US veterans who are still working to get them out. Last night one of the groups said they got a plane out with over 500 people aboard. More remain.

Joe Biden’s approval rating is down to 47% (yeah, right) and he has offended the families of the heroes who died over there. He has demeaned everyone who ever served in Afghanistan. If this was an “extraordinary success”, I’d hate to see this Administration’s idea of a debacle!

23 August, 2021 by Erich Dunkelberger

Currently, around 51% of Americans are fully vaccinated against the Covid virus. All this year, there has been a daily call for everyone to get the vaccine. News programs from the Sewer Stream Media, television shows, celebrities, and advertising agencies across America are involved in pushing these drugs. Cities and businesses are considering mandating the vaccine to go anywhere inside a building. Colleges and universities want to mandate it for students and staff.

None of the vaccines, to date, have completed Stage three clinical trials and all of the vaccines are authorized for emergency use only. That is until this morning, when the FDA fully approved the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine. It was announced late last week that the FDA was likely to issue approval as early as today. Immediately, health officials jumped up saying that now more people who had been hesitant to get the shot would surely get it now. They also said mandates should go ahead. Think, Papers Please! Pfizer stock opened up 2% this morning. The Pentagon briefing on the debacle in Afghanistan included announcement that a timeline for mandating military personnel to be vaccinated would be finalized soon!

Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, made the statement, “Based on the longer-term follow-up data that we submitted, today’s approval for those aged 16 and over affirms the efficacy and safety profile of our vaccine at a time when it is urgently needed.” I sure would be interested in seeing that data. Did it include the almost 500 deaths in the first 3 months of roll-out? Did it say that the trial patients were those very same patients getting the vaccine through the emergency use? The statement mentioned efficacy. Does it keep you from getting Covid? No! When you get the virus after the vaccine, are the effects as bad or worse. You can’t answer that one; how could you know. And now, you have to have a third shot! Are you going to need to take one every eight months or so?

Now that the Pfizer vaccine is fully approved, does that end the waiver for liability. If not, being fully approved means nothing. It means that approval was nothing more than a ploy to get more people vaccinated! If liability is still blocked, does that open the FDA to being sued? Now that the vaccine has a name (Comirnaty) and you need at least one more shot, what will keep Pfizer from raising the price like so many other drugs?

None of this answers the big question of concern for me. What will the side effects be five to ten years from now. Let me remind you that this is the first mRNA vaccine, with very limited study of long term effects. Basically, I don’t trust the CDC (they still haven’t explained how they test for the Delta variant) or the FDA. I am not at all sure this wasn’t just an approval in name only to get more people jabbed! I have questions. I’ll wait for more answers to change my opinion. I’ll follow the science once I see the data! Being told what to do isn’t following the science!

3 August, 2021 By Erich Dunkelberger

If you listen or read to the Sewer Stream Media ( CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS makes no difference as they all regurgitate the same phrases) or get your “news” from any of the Big Tech companies, you must know we are in the midst of of the Delta variant of Covid-19. The spread is spiking everywhere. The Delta is more highly transmissible, causing hospitals to fill fast.

However, details that have filtered through the CDC, FDA and others may tell a different story, one not reported by the above “media”. But first, let me repeat that the Covid virus IS real. Whether it was a natural virus or a manufactured one I can’t tell you. I BELIEVE it was manufactured and Fauci himself commented that it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility. But, it is a virus that has, or been partially responsible, killed people around the world. Some of the droppings from the above agencies might be enlightening. They should at least turn on the lightbulb over your head.

The agencies that we should trust with our health have been manipulating numbers throughout the pandemic. They put out for publication a daily death toll Covid caused. Around five months ago, CDC reported that, of those deaths, only 6% actually died from Covid. The other 94% died of pre-existing conditions. That’s a significant difference. At that time, my state had just reported 500,000 deaths since the beginning of the virus. Using the number reported by the CDC, 30,000 of the deaths were from Covid. Granted, every death is painful, but lies are inexcusable!

The FDA several weeks ago, said they were pulling emergency use authorization for the PCR test at the end of the year. Why are they pulling the most commonly used test for Covid? Turns out it is cycled way too many times to be a reliable test; it gives too many false positives. Imagine all those people who tested positive and had to miss work because of a false positive. Imagine having to trust the test again to be able to go back to work. I always knew that the number of cases was inflated.

Of course, the CDC revealed not long ago that the PCR test couldn’t really distinguish between Covid and the flu. In 2019, our local news was reporting flu deaths and school closures because of the flu. Those reports disappeared at the start of 2020, as if the flu had been completely eradicated, despite the 41% efficacy of the flu vaccine that year!

The world is full of viruses. Some are deadly. Others cause discomfort. Lately, the biggest viruses have been the SSM, Big Tech, the FDA and the CDC. Their cause to create hysteria have completely blown their credibility, at least for me. How about you?

13 July, 2021 By Erich Dunkelberger

Independence Day was a short week and a half ago. It was a great day! Flags were displayed proudly everywhere along with buntings on porches. Because it was on a Sunday this week, it started with church. The attendees were dressed in red, white and blue from scarves, shirts, ties. The American flag was on the screen when I walked in. After the service, a few of us went for a quick lunch, then four of us headed to a free concert celebrating God and Country in North Myrtle Beach, SC. I mention the town because any city that supports a concert for both God and Country deserves to be mentioned in this day and age! It was a fantastic afternoon, culminating with the song, “I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb”. What a way to end a show!

I start with this description as one take on the American flag. I’ve always thought of myself as fairly patriotic! The prior week, we saw the other side of the coin. A employee of the New York Times said there were a lot of American flags on display and how disturbed she was by that. Disturbed? I just shook my head. Then, we had athletes trying to win a spot in the Olympic trials disrespecting the flag. I’m sorry, but, if you win a spot on the team, aren’t you going to be wearing that flag on your uniform? Why even try out for the USA team if you dislike the country? Perhaps you should try out for the teams from China, North Korea or Iran.

Over the last few days, I’ve seen other American flags. These flags have been carried by Cubans in the streets of Havana in protests of government abuse of their citizenry, while chanting “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” Now, if you still watch the Sewer Stream Media, You probably didn’t see the American flags carried through the streets. They tend to edit things like that out. They’ll tell you that they are protesting for better Covid care or more vaccines or some such garbage. That’s a lie! The Cubans see the American flag as a symbol of Freedom! Socialism and Communism never do anything FOR the people! They do it TO the people! Their only achievement is shared misery! The Cubans are tired of the misery. They want Freedom and they want it now! My prayers are with the Cuban people! Unfortunately, Communist governments are hard tyrants!

In 2020, we saw American flags in the streets of Hong Kong too. The Communist Chinese used the Wuhan Flu as a reason to clear the streets of protesters and silence the people in quarantine! They brought their security forces in to maintain “peace” and the voices of those protesters remain silenced!

Around the world, the American flag stands for Freedom. When there is trouble, disaster or otherwise, other countries call out for the United States of America and people come to there aid, usually wearing the American flag on their uniforms! So, why would an American be disturbed by the American flag? Could it be they she belongs to those against Freedom? There are plenty of Marxists, Socialists and Communists in this country. Maybe we should take a hard look at Hong Kong and Cuba (and Venezuela) to see the tyranny unleashed by those philosophies, before it gets any more entrenched here!

As for me, I’ll continue to fly the American flag in front of my house. I’ll continue to do what I can to maintain the Freedom our Constitution guarantees. If that disturbs you, sorry, NOT SORRY! Remember, Socialism and Liberty are incompatible philosophies!

2 July, 2021 by Erich Dunkelberger

I saw a meme the other day that just had me rolling. It had the look of a media “Breaking News’ graphic and the headline read, ” US facing “massive shortage” of conspiracy theories as all of them have come true.” Now, that’s funny, but, it occurred to me, there was a ring of truth to it.

Over the last several years, the Sewer Stream Media takes information, spins it to fit an agenda they can push to benefit their friends, and calls it news. Any differing viewpoint, they quickly call a conspiracy theory and those who continue that viewpoint become extremists. They’ve used this trick over and over. One tip-off of this trick is when you see a story where all the “news” personalities from all the channels are using the exact same adjectives and the same phrases in their reporting as if they’ve all been briefed on how to report the event. That’s because, they have! It’s a story designed to divert your attention away from inconvenient facts!

Let’s take climate change, for instance. It’s an oldie, but, evidently, a goodie as it is still trotted out to this day.. In fact, its advocates are blaming it as a cause of the condo collapse in Miami, while using it to add $300+ Billion to an infrastructure bill in the House just yesterday. Since the 1970’s, because of climate change ( or global cooling/warming, etc), it’s been prophesized that we should have been under water, or frozen solid or baked to a cinder many times over by now. Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” has been debunked on so many levels that it should be embarrassing. They continue to use it though!

You can also look at the Russian Collusion scheme the SSM tried to use against President Trump. When it went to hearings, all of the eye-witness accounts turned out to be either phony are at best 3rd party hearsay. It came out that Trump wasn’t doing anything they were blaming him for. You couldn’t say that about Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. If you did, you were told that was nothing more than a conspiracy theory and you are a extremist!

Covid was the source of a lot of back and forth over the last two years, and it still is! Did it start in a wet market with a bat or was it man-made in a lab? The latter was a conspiracy theory, but with the release of emails from Dr. Tony Fauci, it seems more fact than fiction. The vaccine is just as troubling. Are they safe or will they kill you. I have to remind people that the vaccine was never approved for use by the FDA, only for emergency use. The SSM rarely mentions that! On the other hand, why take a vaccine if it doesn’t keep you from getting Covid, as people are finding out now.

I could mention the “conspiracy theory” concerning voter fraud, but the last couple of articles I’ve written have been about that. The further the Sewer Stream Media reports falsehoods as truth and the truth as conspiracy theory, they will continue to be embarrassed, as if that’s possible for the DemSocialists. Anyway, we must continue to dig for the truth and never accept anything at face value, or the eggs will be on our faces also.

Well, the election audit in Maricopa County, Az. is very close to being finished. I’ve heard the count could be complete in a matter of days. There is some analytics to still be done. Officially, the results could be announced in two to three weeks. But, some concerns are getting out. Reports that there are a lot of ballots missing are out there. Those ballots went missing after the election, but before arriving for the audit. Obviously, this would mean chain of custody, which is mandated by law, is a joke! Does anyone remember the report of shredded ballots in a dumpster?

There are a couple of other investigations going on elsewhere. In Antrim County, Mi., it’s been proven that their voting machines could be logged into remotely. There’s no reason for them to need to be logged into remotely, but they could be… and were, twice. In Fulton County, Ga., preparations for an audit were put on hold until a judge could make a ruling on a motion to dismiss filed by lawyers on behalf of the Board of Elections supervisors. Everything at the site of the audit was under lock and key and the Sheriffs Department was supposed to be providing full-time security. The Sheriff pulled his deputies from their station and the next morning the door was found wide open. This is another chain of custody problem!

Every serious audit so far (not the ones where they just went through the same motions done during the original counts) has revealed serious issues. Algorithms that switched votes, illegal voters, missing ballots and videos of inappropriate activities on election night are just a few of them. Any one of these could cause doubt in the election process.

Now, the Attorney General of the United States wants the Department of Justice (?) to inject themselves. There already has been an exchange of words between AG Merrick Garland and those running the Arizona audit. Garland has told the people running the Maricopa County audit to stop counting. In return, lawmakers in Arizona have told Garland if they come in and touch one ballot, they will be arrested! This will become an argument dealing with the 10th Amendment, which reads: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Elections laws and their implementation are under the purview of the state legislatures. They can call for audits at their discretion. The current federal government wants to control them. Gee, I wonder why?! The “For The Corrupt Politician” Act has already passed the US House (HR1). S1 is to be brought before the Senate later this month. This bill would give control of elections to the Feds! Interesting timing for the Department of Justice(?) to step into a Constitutional issue. S1 has an uphill battle to pass the Senate! This could either push the bill over the line or backfire and lose big! We’ll see.

Six months ago, the DoJ had the opportunity to investigate voter fraud and decided to punt without benefit of any investigation. They saw no evidence of fraud. Why do they want to get involved now that evidence of how much fraud and illegal activities actually went on during the Election 2020 is about to be released? I doubt it’s to prosecute those involved!

The United States is at a crossroad. The two paths ahead of us are vastly different. It’s untenable to turn around and we can’t stay where we are. Many will refuse to go down the path to the left and many will likewise not go toward the right. What happens at this crossroad will determine if and how the country survives.

In Maracopa County, Arizona, a full forensic audit of the election of 2020 is going forward. The process of the audit of 2.1 million ballots is approximately 50% done. The remainder is still a month down the road. Already, there are discrepancies that have been found. Reports of the findings will start to be released after completion of the audit. The full report will probably be a month or more later.

Georgia is fighting for an audit of its own in Fulton County. The DemSocialists are fighting to stop the whole idea. Their cries that “there’s nothing to see here” is falling on deaf ears. The more they balk at an audit, the more they raise questions. If the election was so fair and pure, why not prove it?

New Hampshire did an evaluation of their voting machines and came away with higher than anticipated errors. Pennsylvania and Michigan are looking at Arizona, anticipating their own audits. The further we go, the more fraud found could create a Constitutional crisis.

Meanwhile, in the US Senate, Leader Chuck Schumer wants to push S1 to a vote by the end of June. Called the “For the People” Act, the law would basically legalize all the dirty tricks employed by DemSocialists in 2020. It should be called the “For the Corrupt Politician” Act. If passed, this law will guarantee there will never again be a fair and free election, while creating a slush fund to help re-elect corrupt politicians!

I’ve said before that the only way we can accept further elections is to find out exactly what happened, to prove no laws were broken and to make sure nothing illegal happens in the future! There can never again be any question of our election process. S1 is definitely NOT the way to do this!

So, here we are at the crossroad! The DemSocialists will push to the left fork for more fraudulent elections, while using divisiveness to widen the chasm. It’s how they’ve won for years! Those who desire fair elections (a recent poll said around 64% think there was fraud in the last election) will push to the right fork. The direction we go will determine if we stay a Republic or become another Socialist country. I stand with the Republic!

12 May, 2021 by Erich Dunkelberger

Last Friday, most of us became aware that the computers for Colonial Pipeline were hacked by ransomware and the company shut down those computers, effectively shutting down the flow of approximately 45% of gasoline along the East Coast. Authorities began investigating, of course. Colonial Pipeline hired an independent cyber-security group to look into the matter.

Over the week-end, Joe Biden make the statement that there was no gas shortage and that prices were not going up in an effort to calm everyone. Okay, I guess it’s true there’s no shortage; it just can’t get to the gas pumps and, ultimately, the tanks of people who need gas to get to work or the grocery story, etc. On the price comment, around here, gas prices have gone up around 50 cents per gallon since 20 January. On Tuesday of this week, it rose another 30 cents in a matter of minutes.

Tuesday evening, I was doing some errands. I was going to need to get gas soon, so I decided to go ahead and fill up the tank. The first couple of places I went, there were long lines, so I went on looking. Driving the main drag of my town, everywhere I looked, there were lines, so I just pulled into line and waited. When I finally got to the pump, I saw the regular gas button had signs on them, saying out. Well, not wanting to pay the premium gas price (yet), I went on. The next station had lines and regular gas, so I waited again. Finally, I got my gas. During my efforts, I saw a lot of craziness and hope it doesn’t get worse.

I remember the gas shortages in the early 70’s. I remember the long lines. I remember those who thought they were too important to wait in line cut in front of someone else. I remember fights. I remember the “even-odd ” days where your license plate told what day you could fill up. I remember only being able to get $10 worth of gas. We’re not there yet!

Currently, one in four gas stations are out of gas in North Carolina. I’m hearing that South Carolina is in the same situation, judging by the Myrtle Beach area. Colonial Pipeline is hoping to start their computers by the end of the week. We’ll see!

The FBI says they know who is responsible, a group out of Russia. It seems they love to blame Russia. In a twist, Colonial Pipeline is still relying on the company they hired to provide answers about the ransomware. Colonial Pipeline and the cybersecurity company are keeping things close to their vests! Apparently, they don’t want to put all their eggs in the FBI basket.

I don’t blame them. There’s a lot going on right now. This would make a great diversion. There’s the full audit on the election going on in Arizona. Several other states are working toward the same goal. There’s a civil war going on in the Middle East. The border crisis continues and all our Vice President can do is stomp out of a meeting with the Mexican President! Out in the world, both China and Iran are flexing their muscles and the Biden Administration is watching.

Things are rough, but, as I said, we’re not at the “70s gas shortage” stage yet. Hopefully, things will get straightened out before it gets crazier and the gas trucks start rolling again. No matter what happens, don’t lose your focus on everything that’s going on!

21 April, 2021 by Erich Dunkelberger

After a trial that lasted two weeks, the verdict was rendered in the Derrick Chauvin case yesterday. During the trial, both prosecution and defense made points for the jurors to consider. There was a lot of information to mull over. After closing arguments, the jury spent around 24 hours in deliberations. Actually, it was less than that, as the judge delayed the reading of the verdict until late afternoon. Just after 5PM, the verdict was read: guilty of all charges. The question remains; was this justice or mob rule?

Last year, Minneapolis, Mn. was plagued by riots, looting and arson, doing much damage to the city. This had to be on the minds of every resident of the city, including the jury members. If BLM didn’t get what they demanded (justice or otherwise), the same thing or worse would happen again. After the trial began, protests were already heating up. Add to this environment a sitting Congresswoman and the current President of the United States injecting their views of the “proper” decision. Rep. Maxine Waters actually incited the crowds to higher levels of violence! The latter incident caused the judge presiding over the case to blast Waters, implying this could be used as a reason for appeal of the case, should Chauvin be found guilty. I’m sure the jurors were aware of some or all of this information and it probably weighed heavy on their minds.

Now, I don’t have all the information of the case. I saw snippets of the trial and read more about it. I don’t know if Chauvin was innocent or guilty. My opinion on that doesn’t matter. The decision was up to the jury to make. And, make it they did. The verdict was guilty of all three charges! Sentencing will take place in eight weeks. Chauvin was cuffed and taken to a prison to wait for that day.

Was the verdict based solely on the evidence or did the thunderous noise of state and federal officials calling for conviction, much of it within days of George Floyd’s death, play a part? Could they really expect that their identities would be protected and their safety and that of their families be guaranteed? The question will always linger. Was it justice or mob rule?

17 April, 2021 by Erich Dunkelberger

I received an email in my inbox this afternoon and the first line in the body made the statement that 27% of Americans felt less patriotic. It gave four criteria that they used to determine this figure. Do I fly the American flag? Proudly, yes! Daily, and it’s lit at night! Do I proclaim my pride in country loudly? If you don’t hear it, you’re not listening! Do I display other American symbols, gear, etc.? Yes, inside the house and outside. Do you support the Second Amendment? Absolutely! The email went on to try to sell me something that I could live without, so I deleted it. But, it did make me think about that opening statement. How accurate could that be?

I consider myself pretty patriotic. Most of my friends are likewise. We participate in Conservative affairs through numerous groups. We volunteer for Conservative candidates and pay attention to positions our elected officials take and let them know when we disagree. Most importantly, we are aware! Most of us want our country back!

I have acquaintances from the left. Most of them don’t have a clue what is going on aside from what they are told by the Propaganda arm of the DNC, commonly referred to as the Sewer Stream Media. Yellow journalism is several steps above the drivel spewed by those who call themselves news outlets! Everyone of them reads from the same script handed down to them by their handlers. You hear the same phrases in the same order for the same action, no matter what outlet you use.

I’d be hard pressed to find any from the left who are less patriotic. Those on the left actively pushing for Socialism were never patriotic to start with. Socialism is the complete opposite of American Patriotism. Socialism is shared misery. America prefers shared opportunities. Has Socialism ever raised anyone out of poverty? Capitalism has! Before anybody starts with how greedy Capitalism is, Capitalism and avarice are NOT synonymous!

The email’s opening statement can’t be accurate or it is worded very poorly. When I look around, I don’t see less patriotism. I see more frustration. I see more aggravation. I see more annoyance. I see more determination to take back our country. We want America First again! Isn’t that the epitome of Patriotism?