Mike Mustang

I believe what I say and believe I am right. Thus, the title of my column, Undeniably Right. Take it as you will, that I'm a conservative or I have a huge ego and believe I am always correct. Sometimes those things overlap, sometimes not.

Mike Rowse

The Banana Republic Is Being Exposed

President Trump is being indicted for additional "crimes" related to his possession of documents created during his time as President of the United States. The specific charges have not been revealed, but they don't have to be for us to know that the swamp is trying to protect itself. As an aside, the House failing to file contempt of Congress charges against FBI director Christopher Wray proves once again how deep the swamp is. Let's look at a little history regarding retention of documents.

The Presidential Records Act was put in place in response to Richard Nixon's Watergate debacle. Understand it is not a law per se, but encourages administration officials, primarily a president or vice president, to cooperate with the National Archives in providing documents or access to documents taken by the official when their term in office ends. A failure to do so in and of itself is not a criminal violation but can carry civil penalties. An individual, whether the former president or vice president or someone acting on their behalf, must abuse the possession and dissemination of those records in violation of other laws in order to be held criminally responsible. For example providing classified information to a foreign entity.

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Anheuser Busch Can't Figure It Out

I probably agree with this one

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More Dirty Tricks From Politicians

Our founding fathers knew that people were fallible especially when put in positions of power. Politics is a dirty profession and it was never meant to be a career. It was accepted as a necessary evil to perform very limited functions and with its power limited so as to prevent that which our founding fathers had escaped. Obviously it has not lasted.

Nevada's state legislature has given us another reason not to trust politicians. In the closing days of their most recent session, legislators were considering assembly bill 423. The purpose of the bill was to prevent local school boards from holding meetings at times that were inconvenient for the majority of parents who wanted to attend and participate. Especially in Clark and Washoe County, where many of the woke programs were being pushed, school board members had gotten tired of pushback from parents and were holding meetings at times when most parents were working and could not attend. The bill had unanimous bipartisan support and was touted for its focus on transparency and openness.

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The Swamp Reeks

John Durham's report is as damning as you would expect. After reading the report it appears the only people not involved in the Trump/Russia collusion were Donald Trump and the Russians. The findings in the report only confirm what many of us already knew about the corruption in our federal government. But it's what's not in the report that may be more telling, especially about John Durham.

Many of us had concerns about Durham when he refused to release his preliminary report prior to the 2020 elections. We don't really know if the outcome of the election would have been different, but it certainly raised questions about his integrity. Was he trying to give Joe Biden as much of a chance as possible by not releasing the information he had already gathered? Like many of you, my suspicion at the time was that the answer was yes.

This report, in my opinion, solidifies that fear. Durham refused to use the power of the grand jury to force testimony from some of the key players in the hoax. People can and should be compelled to testify before the grand jury and if they don't they can suffer consequences. The list of people that did not testify or suffer consequences includes James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Bill Priestap, Kevin Clinesmith, and Glenn Simpson, all key players in the fabrication.

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China's Plan to Destroy Apple and The U.S.

[Editor's Note: My apology for putting this up so late.] Let's just say I'm not surprised at this title. I'm going to listen to find out if I agree. 

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Goodbye College Athletics

I have been a sports fan my entire life. Like many Americans I love football, both professional and college, I used to love the NBA and still watch some college basketball. I was also right in line with everyone when the Olympics rolled around to support our country and the athletes that represented us. I even like track and field. But the landscape of sports is changing drastically. And not for the better.

I'm not necessarily talking about the woke policies pushed by many of our professional leagues and now many of our colleges that promote transgender participation, negatively affecting the opportunities available to biological women. Those are all things that take away from our enjoyment of sports but I'm talking about the blatant and now open influence of money in college sports. College football, much like the Olympics, wore the cloak of amateurism, those who played for the love of the game. And while there were some programs that had a definite advantage and built teams that were always competitive, there was still the opportunity for schools with smaller budgets to ride the underdog persona to competitiveness or even championships.

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The Horror Story Not Being Told

Not sure I want to listen to this one!

I listened and laughed. Oh, the horror!

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There Is No Rule of Law

I'm about to find out what Mike is telling us here.

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