My Latest Thoughts

By Mike Bibb

"All warfare is based on the art of deception," Sun Tzu, 544-496 BC, Chinese military strategist.
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As the missiles fly back and forth between Iran and Israel, and chants of "We can never allow Iran to develop a nuclear bomb" fill the airwaves almost every hour of every day, to my way of thinking after we blow up their nuclear facilities can't they just get a similar device from someplace else — eBay or Bob's Bargain Basement Bombs— and attach it to one of their own rockets?

There seems to be plenty to go around. Besides, it doesn't have to be a big nuclear bomb. Israel isn't a very large country. Wouldn't several smaller ones accomplish the same thing?

By Mike Bibb

Reported image of a Craigslist ad inviting people to participate in a demonstration in Seattle, WA. on June 14, 2025. Money and food were promised to anyone attending.
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Is it really a genuine protest when the protesters are being paid $500 for a few hours work?

Isn't that sort of "Capitalistic?"

Plus, qualified protesters can earn an additional $500 if they provide video evidence of alleged free speech violations.

What a deal. A possible thousand bucks for three or four hours of participating in a community protest.

Who says Marxist type riots — aka "protests" — aren't profitable? In fact, they may be the root cause of free enterprise.

Of course, the net pay following federal and state income tax deductions, Social Security withholding and other incidentals will probably reduce the "take home" a considerable amount, but who cares?

A good protester isn't in it for the money — it's to "Save Democracy." Not because they haven't anything else to do; like, a job.

Sometimes, taking a few hours away from valuable couch time to burn Teslas and loot private businesses has to be done in order to maintain a sense of civic responsibility.

"Let Me Be Clear"
By Mike Bibb

"Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false." — Former President Joe Biden, June 4, 2025.
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Poor old Joe Biden, he's still insisting he was in charge of everything while President. With each passing day, that boast seems to be increasingly conflicting with evidence and statements from former staff members and associates.

If Joe still believes he was behind the wheel, then he's about the only one who does. Even his own wife knew better, as do other colleagues who are busily writing "tell-all" books detailing the gradual breakdown of Joe's mental acuity and personal involvement in White House affairs.

The past several years has explicitly revealed to anyone with two eyes, ears and a normal brain that while Joe may have been in the office — at least part of the time — his ability to properly function and carry out the duties and responsibilities of President was slipping.

By Mike Bibb

"Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man
Oh, my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola." — Lola, The Kinks, 1970
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When I entered the Marine Corps many decades ago and stepped off the bus onto the yellow footprints at the USMC Recruit Training Depot in San Diego, I had no idea what was to come next, other than it would involve hearing a lot of yelling, cursing, pushing and impetuously replying "Yes sir!" to whatever the Drill Instructor commanded.

Actually, there were four words young recruits were immediately expected to use — "Yes, sir!" and "No, sir!" That was about the extent of the English language we were allowed to say at the time.

By Mike Bibb

While I'm certainly in favor of anyone receiving "tax free tips and overtime pay," it sort of makes me wonder why President Trump should limit his no federal taxes on only those two forms of "income."

Why not reverse, or eliminate, income taxes on all types of earned compensation for everyone?

Like it used to be before the IRS and its legions of tax auditors and enforcers twisted the original purpose and intention of the 16th Amendment. To such an extent that now a person risks prosecution, fines and imprisonment for simply trying to keep his lawfully earned wages and salary without being compelled to hand over thirty percent of it to a government which has managed to drag all of us into a $37 trillion financial abyss.

Isn't that like throwing good money after bad — and doing it year after year? Government waste and fraud amount to billions of dollars a year. Yet, if we balk at the obviously intentional misspending, we're threatened with audits and investigations.

By Mike Bibb

Nearly everyone knew at the time that President Joe Biden's rash of last-minute Presidential pardons for members of his family and close friends was suspicious.

Question is, are they lawful?

Even more concerning, can a Presidential pardon be issued absolving a person of a past or future crime that hasn't been committed or indicted for?

Do those pardons remain in effect if they were not actually signed by the President, but by someone else using the President's Autopen signature device? This mess may develop into one of Biden's biggest scandals yet.

Finally, if the President was not cognitively aware of his actions, are the results of his efforts legally binding?

Apparently, these and other questions, are being discussed by President Trump and several of his advisors. Biden's well recognized mental flubs while President — now openly admitted to by members of the liberal press and Democrat Party — has sparked speculation that many of Joe's official duties his last year in office was carried out by his associates and family members rather than himself.

Which shouldn't be surprising considering Joe's propensity to hide the truth or fabricate colossal sized whoppers.

Joe's televised disaster during the Presidential Debate with Donald Trump last July compelled his removal by the Democrat National Committee (DNC) from seeking reelection. Conclusive evidence they had lost confidence in Joe's chances of beating Trump.

Now, it seems, recognized names at CNN — one of the more staunch Biden news acolytes — has revised their previous opinions of Joe's mental situation and are admitting they knew all along Biden was slipping and not in complete control of his cranium the last four years.

They're being generous; the last 40 years would be closer to it.

Like CNN, other mainstream media outfits are also beginning to whistle a different tune. While some do not directly imply they have completely turned on the former President, they are questioning the judgement of many of his decisions and repercussions.

The COVID pandemic, its mismanagement and misinformation, and the following economic debacle are being reconsidered as one of the early Biden Administration's obvious missteps. The closing of schools, churches and business, in conjunction with the obviously ridiculous social distancing and facemask mandates and experimental vaccine injections that were only partially successful, eventually faced the reality they caused more harm than good.

Joe's convoluted reasoning that an open southern border was a good thing because it permitted the entry of millions of undocumented people from every corner of the world to freely enter our country and, supposedly, assimilate and successfully contribute to society has also shown to be a complete miscalculation.

Our country's involvement in the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict has proven to be a continuing drain on our economy and relations with European countries. The war has dragged-on much longer than Joe told us it would. As a result, maintaining military arms and financial assistance to the region hasn't been popular, even among Democrats.

Former Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson faced a similar situation in the Vietnam war during the 1960s. The combat escalated for several years until it was obvious there wasn't going to be a successful conclusion. Johnson's failing popularity compelled him not to run for reelection in 1968. Richard Nixon was elected President and began to slowly withdraw from the fight.

Whether Biden's blunders were coincidental or on purpose remains a subject of much discussion, as the press is finally beginning to acknowledge the lauded aftereffects haven't turned out as advertised. That, in fact, a growing segment of society decided in the 2024 election they no longer had sufficient confidence in Joe to risk giving him another term.

Obviously, a significant number of Democrats are included in this group. Trump didn't win by simply pulling more Republicans than Democrats supported Harris (Biden). He was successful by tallying more from both sides because voters — Dems and Repubs — were not willing to continue down the path the Democrat Party was trying to lead them.

Which brings me back to the realization that only six months after last year's election, the mainstream media seems to be willing to reevaluate some of their political positions during the Biden Administration and at least acknowledge they may have been overly zealous in their endorsements.

Actually, it appears they were downright misleading and continued until Trump exposed their antics as "Fake news" — a popular slogan often voiced by numerous officials, politicians and media outlets.

In response, Trump became Hitler 2.0, Biden went to the beach and the economy slid into the tank; a tangle of commotion reporters and talking heads gladly befriended until November 2024 came to bite them.

Of course, we now know Special Council Robert Hur informed us in October 2023 that a trial jury would likely determine Joe was "a sympathetic, well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" and would not be convicted of charges — if any were brought.

A polite way of saying Biden's brain was too far gone to even bother indicting and prosecuting. The DNC concurred and soon replaced him with Kamala Harris.

Reliving old memories, Joe is desperately trying to remain relevant in party politics. Truth of the matter he is only a side-show very few insiders are paying attention to. His name and connections are no longer a drawing card in the ring of contemporary Democratic affairs. For better or worse, younger and more progressive faces have taken his place.

Joe's 50-year public service career in Washington will probably result in a library being named after him, but that will be about the extent of his post-Presidency influence.

Most likely, it won't be a very large library. A '67 Corvette stuffed with secret government documents, records, pardons, Hunter's laptop, tax concealed overseas business transactions and an aluminum folding beach chair doesn't require much room.

Maybe, about the size of a single car garage with a copy of Joe and Kamala on a cover of Time Magazine's "2020 Person of the Year" scotch-tapped to the Pepsi soda machine outside the front entrance. Making it even more official, #46 will be noticeably stenciled above the door. Dr. Jill can narrate the three-minute tour.

Donations would be greatly appreciated — Cost of living isn't what it used to be!

Trump and #3
By Mike Bibb

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once." — Amendment XXII, U.S. Constitution, Ratified Feb. 27, 1951.
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The Constitution seems pretty clear, a person cannot serve more than eight years as President, or more than one elected term if a previous President did not complete at least two years of a term.

In other words, if a President only serves 23 months or less of a term, then the VP (now President) can run for one additional term. If a prior President completes 24-47 months of a term, the VP can run for two additional terms.

By Mike Bibb

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury . . . nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;" — 5th Amendment, United States Constitution
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In an effort to enhance the presence of the millions of undocumented migrants who were allowed to illegally enter the country under the Biden Administration, the Left's press and attorneys have taken to insisting the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects them from being expelled because they haven't been properly indicted and tried for the alleged crime.