America's Greatest Leader Ever Hosts Massive 4th of July Celebration - Overflow Crowds and Gratitude

Overflow Crowds Throng Highway Between Washington DC and Baltimore Maryland

Overflow Crowd in Baltimore

Today America’s Greatest Leader Ever (AGLE) presided over the definitive 4^th of July parade demonstrating that he has Made America Great Again. The outpouring of honor, respect, and gratitude from the crowd for the AGLE is unprecedented in American history.

So great was the number of participants in Washington DC that there wasn’t enough room for everyone who wanted to join in honoring the AGLE and the USA. 

Pictured above are the overflow crowds along the 65 kilometers of highway between Baltimore and the District of Colombia.  Plus additional participants in Baltimore.  

Clearly there were more people present today than at the AGLE’s Inauguration.  

A conservative estimate by Faux News put the crowd in DC and along the road to Baltimore and in Baltimore at more than 100 million people.  

According to questions asked by Faux anchors and militia volunteers all the participants were US citizens.

Американский Е́льцин (America’s Yeltsin)

слава россии!

слава США! 

слава олигархам!

Скорее всего, в США сделают то, что сделал Борис в России.

July 2018 The US - Russian Summit A Moment in History

Courtesy of The Sun, UK.   Gulf News has yet to post a video.

A great start.  Sunglasses off.   

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more.

Tulips and Bitcoin

At Least They're Real

This Tuesday self-described “no nonsense take no prisoners” Jamie Dimon lambasted Bitcoin at a New York investor conference as per press reports. 

The cryptocurrency “won’t end well,” he told an investor conference in New York on Tuesday, predicting it will eventually blow up. “It’s a fraud” and “worse than tulip bulbs.”

Indeed, at least if you buy a tulip bulb, you have something tangible.  A Bitcoin is the monetization of a wish.

Many self-described “sober investors” who buy Bitcoin offer as their “sound” rationale that governments create national currencies out of thin air without “backing” the issuance with any tangible asset and that as a result these currencies are inherently dangerous.  To avoid this “clear” danger they instead “invest” in a currency issued by a private sector entity out of thin air without “backing” by any tangible asset.  

But there are key differences that make this investment a “wise” one so they say. 

• First, aggregate issuance is limited.  
• Second, unlike a government, the private sector entity issuing Bitcoin has no legal powers or ability to support its currency’s value, instead relying on the proven performance of the “free market” for magical solutions.  A dogma that almost certainly Jamie sadly won't have time to address.

To those wise investors AA wants to offer an even more compelling opportunity: AA’s new “virtual” company that will manufacture digital electronic vehicles.  The upside is clearly unlimited as costs of manufacture and selling are low. No raw material except an odd electron here and there is used in the manufacturing process.  There are no associated shipping costs for the product.  Nor do our dealers need to hold physical inventory.

AA’s digital cars also are environmentally friendly.  There are no emissions associated with the manufacturing process or the finished product when in operation.       

Patriotic investors will be happy to note that AA is a proud participant in the current Administration’s Make America Great Again Manufacturing Program.  Our factory is based in the United States where we project that we will employ a virtual workforce of over 150,000 when full capacity is reached.  Strict sourcing standards ensure that only US electrons are used in our product.    

Disclosure: AA and a member of his direct household (Madame Arqala) hold investments in tulips between 15 and 30 bulbs planted in the elegant gardens of Chez Arqala. 

Who Knew It Was Going to Be So Complicated and/or Hard?

Apparently Not This Clueless Chap

Who knew the following were difficult, complicated, or hard?

Healthcare

North Korea

The Constitution

The Presidency

NAFTA

Taiwan and China

Walking and chewing gum

David Frum summed it up quite nicely.

All this information was cunningly concealed by being put in books and other forms of writing

So what does a chap with good genes (whose uncle was a  scientist!), who knows more than everyone else in the Government, and who doesn't trust either his  diplomats' or intelligence professionals' advice when he finally realizes something is complicated and needs answers? 

1. Well, there's Fox News, Breitbart, or Infowars for honest unbiased journalism.
2. A newly made Chinese "friend" could in ten minutes honestly explain North Korea without trying to advantage his own country's foreign interests.
3. Retreat into a fantasy world.  Actually with #1, it's more of a further descent into fantasy.

Sad.

Securing the Homeland -- Extreme Vetting Part 3

On a Winning Streak with Another Great Pick

Consistency in performance is what distinguishes a great businessman or a great political leader from mediocre ones. 

Here we are in part 3 of extreme vetting and the pattern is consistent.  You be the judge of performance.

28 March AP reported.

This week, the AP revealed Manafort's secret work for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago. Manafort did not dispute working for Oleg Deripaska but said he had represented him only in personal and business matters. He called the focus on him a "smear campaign," and said he was ready to defend his work if investigators wish to learn more about it.

The White House said Trump had not been aware of Manafort's work on behalf of Deripaska, a close Putin ally with whom Manafort, who is 67, eventually signed a $10 million annual contract beginning in 2006. "The president was not aware of Paul's clients from the last decade," said spokesman Sean Spicer. "What else don't we know? I mean, where he went to school, what grades he got, who he played with in the sandbox?"

AA's head is spinning as promised by Candidate Trump. 

Does this mean that extreme vetting is extreme only in the past five years?  Or is it a shorter period?  And I suppose there's was no  reason to ask Paul about his work in the electoral campaign of the pro-Russian candidate for President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.  Nor about the allegations raised by the current Kiev government against Mr.Manafort.  A curious lack of curiosity.

Extreme Vetting 24/7

 Sleep well, citizens, the Homeland is secure.

The Excitement is Palpable -- New Sign-In Experience Coming to GMail

Elated Crowds Cheer the News

AA was elated when he read the announcement from the good folks at Gmail--whose parent by the way sponsors free BlogSpot--that soon Gmail will have a "cleaner, simpler look" and my sign-in experience will be faster.

Not since the announcement of  Windows 10 or the new IPhone has there been such excitement at bayt AA.  What's even more joyous is that AA can simply wait for the change to occur.  No need to stand in line at the Apple Store.

It's not only a win for AA but for America. A win that I'd point out has occurred a scant 12 weeks into the new Administration.  

Securing the Homeland: Extreme Vetting Part 2

Welcoming Mr. Giuliani to Team Trump

President Trump has correctly noted the importance of extreme vetting to protect the Homeland.

One needs to make sure that those who enter the Homeland or who serve it are not dangerous individuals or those who do not have the best interest of the United States at heart.

On March 27, the NY Times carried a disturbing report on Reza Zarrab which just goes to prove the wisdom of President Trump's statement about extreme vetting.  Zarrab has been charged with facilitating millions of dollars in illicit transactions on behalf of Iran and other sanctioned entities through the use of front companies and false documentation.  He's currently facing trial in the United States. 

Reza Zarrab, a prominent Turkish gold trader who has been jailed in New York on charges of violating the United States sanctions on Iran, has added Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, to his legal team, adding intrigue to a case that has been steeped in international politicking between Turkey and the United States.

Just last month, Mr. Giuliani and another prominent lawyer, Michael B. Mukasey, traveled to meet with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as part of their efforts on behalf of Mr. Zarrab, according to a person briefed on the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the trip.

With vetting like this, the nation is clearly in good hands.  I suppose