HALF-FULL REPORT 02/28/25
Holy Moly, Sheikh Ratoli, there’s so much going on this week, it’s hard to know where to begin – but Branco’s summation of where the Dems and their media propagandists are now as good as any.
For that pinpoints it, yes? The Dems are drowning in the swamp of TDS rooting for America to lose while Trump, DOGE, and the GOP fight for America to win.
It’s a Dem Two-Fer Trap. The utter failure of their key issues to ruin America’s culture of moral decency has driven them straight into mental empoisonment:
While being paralyzed in a state of shock and awe over what T47 is doing to them:
Frankly, I haven’t got a clue of how he does it either. Okay, I’ve got 2 ½ years on him (he’s 79 in June, I’m 82 in Nov), but I work out pretty hard six days a week, take an extraordinary amount of nutritional supplements, and stick with a high-protein/high fiber/low glycemic index diet.
El Donaldo, on the other hand, gets no exercise save for riding around in a golf cart, takes no supplements that I know of, has a Big Mac/Diet Coke diet resulting in his being way overweight. And yet, there’s no way I could keep up with him – his dragon energy leaves me in the dust.
I’m in as much shock and awe as are the Dems over this, except I’m overjoyed about it while they are in demented misery, which makes me very much not sad.
Okay, so let’s see what’s causing such misery this week.
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Gotta love the bunny slippers as gym shoes.
Fox News (2/27): Here’s Why Dozens Of Lawsuits Seeking To Quash Trump’s Early Actions As President Are Failing.
The number of these Dem lawfare actions is now up to 80 with more coming. This report explains clearly why courts are systematically rejecting them, allowing DOGE and Trump’s EOs to remain in effect. One exception is his EO disallowing birthright citizenship which is headed for SCOTUS.
Red State (2/27): Please Be Nice to Us, Mr. Trump! Mexico Extradites 29 Prisoners to US—Including Murderous Drug Lord. They’ve turned over some “truly nasty characters.”
Breitbart (2/27) followed this up with: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Does Not Rule Out Strikes on Fentanyl Labs in Mexico.
This is personally rewarding to me, as it’s just what the HFR05/05/23 advocated almost two years ago:
“The Mexican government has partnered with China, as part of Communist China’s war upon America – for China is the primary fentanyl supplier to the Mexican drug cartels that smuggle it into the US. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49, killing over 70,000 Americans a year in the prime of their lives.
A must-read on this is The Fentanyl Trail: China to Mexico to American Mortuaries, in Townhall on Wednesday (5/03). The article notes:
‘If a foreign army tried to come across our border and kill tens of thousands of Americans, Congress would authorize the use of military force. It would demand that the commander in chief use that force to stop them.’
It also notes that the Sinaloa Cartel acquires fentanyl precursor chemicals from China directly or through third countries, then manufactures fentanyl in laboratories in the mountains of Sinaloa.
Wouldn’t the first things you would do as President be to 1) Finish Trump’s Wall, 2) Use a highly reinforced Border Patrol and State National Guards to catch and return to Mexico all those who get through, and 3) Send in Delta Force teams to blow up the Sinaloa mountain labs and liquidate all their personnel?
Why doesn’t the current occupant of the White House? Because he’s controlled by people who hate and want to destroy America as much as does the ruling elite of Mexico.”
Now we have a totally different White House occupant. If the Sinaloa Cartel boys were smart, they’d be shutting down those mountain labs muy pronto.
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Meanwhile, over at the Dem Looney Bin side of Capitol Hill: Dems Fight Bill To Stem Fentanyl Flow Over Border, Grieving Parents Want To Know Why. Along with every single sane and not morally depraved person in America.
Of course, leading opposition to the HALT Fentanyl Act (S.331 in the Senate, H.R.27 in the House) is a drug policy nonprofit supported by George Soros. Joining Soros in political depravity are Dem Sen dirtbags Cory Booker, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Ed Markey because the law would “slow research on fentanyl analogs and exacerbate mass incarceration among minorities.”
Can’t have that, can we, while over 70,000 Americans are dying from fentanyl overdose a year. Any pol voting No on this bill belongs in jail, not in office.
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Now for something so interesting it’s mesmerizing. From RealClearEnergy (2/25): Unleashing LNG: Trump’s Geopolitical Triumph Demands a New Realism.
On Day One (1/20), among the boatload of EOs signed by just-inaugurated T47 were several re-establishing America’s global energy dominance: US withdrawal of any and all Biden-signed UN climate change agreements; a catch-all on Unleashing American Energy which reversed Biden’s LNG export freeze; and Declaring a National Energy Emergency.
The RealClear article describes the impact of these as “a seismic recalibration of America’s role in the global energy chessboard, a clarion call to reclaim energy dominance, secure jobs, and outmaneuver international rivals.” Then engages in an in-depth discussion of Trump’s coming LNG export renaissance.
The article calls this The Triumph of American Shale:
“The U.S., already the world’s top LNG exporter at 11.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), could double capacity by 2035, hitting 30 Bcf/d with 12 new projects. This isn’t just gas—it’s leverage.
Europe, unshackled from Russia’s grip since Ukraine’s transit deal died January 1, 2025, will guzzle 20 Bcf/d by decade’s end. Asia, led by China’s 100 million metric tons per annum (MTPA) import appetite, follows suit. The American Petroleum Institute pegs this at 1.5 million jobs—welders in Louisiana, traders in Houston, US families thriving.
Conservatives see the gospel here: free markets, not green dogma, deliver prosperity. LNG exports, projected to rival oil’s $200 billion annual haul, turbocharge GDP while slashing allies’ reliance on despots. Russia’s Gazprom, bled dry at 5% of global LNG share, can’t compete with Sabine Pass’s bounty. Qatar scrambles as US shale undercuts its Hormuz Strait chokehold. This is Reagan’s ‘peace through strength’ reborn—energy as a weapon of liberty, not coercion.”
And it gets better: Geopolitical Judo: Flipping the Board
“Now, the grand play. Trump’s LNG surge isn’t just supply—it’s strategy. Europe, at 40% of exports by 2030, becomes a U.S. vassal in energy, not ideology—NATO’s glue thickens without a bullet fired. China, hooked on 20% of our LNG, trades coal smog for American molecules, a dependency Trump can tweak with tariffs or diplomacy. Russia, limping at 20 billion cubic meters to Europe, pivots to a discounted Siberia 2—China pays $8/MMBtu, not $12, bleeding Moscow dry.
Here’s an original twist: LNG as soft power. Trump could launch an “Energy Freedom Initiative”—subsidized exports to Africa’s microgrids, outpacing China’s $50 billion oil grab. Kenya’s 100 MW solar pairs with U.S. gas backups, electrifying villages without Beijing’s strings. By 2040, America owns the developing world’s energy soul—capitalism’s quiet coup.”
You can see why I think this is such a must-read, for the article discusses the caveats and cautions, risks and remedies as well. The conclusion, however, is clear:
“Trump’s LNG reversal is a conservative dream: jobs, power, liberty. By 2035, 35 Bcf/d could flow—40% to Asia, 30% to Europe—redefining energy’s map. Prices might settle at $10/MMBtu, coal withers, and Russia fades. Energy isn’t sentiment—it’s strategy, one that can shape a world where American gas lights the way.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlZ0lr1x_B8
Now as I just finished writing all this, Trump and Vance just engaged in a bullying shouting match with Zelensky in the Oval Office. So much for the Art of the Deal. I along with just about everyone else have never seen anything like this. Vance is bullying and shouting and calling Zelensky “disrespectful” when it is precisely the other way around.
This display of amygdala hijack on the part of a United States President and Vice-President is simply beyond belief disgusting. I nor does anyone have an idea of what happens now. It wasn’t that long ago when Trump called Zelensky a “dictator” and refused to call Putin the same.
Just yesterday (2/27), he walked that back, saying he had “a very good relationship with President Zelensky” and when asked why he called Zelensky “a dictator,” he joked, “Did I say that? Can’t believe I said that.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=too8OJdc8pw
Now he and his VP lose their minds in front of the world. I hope Zelensky realizes that such a total lack of emotional intelligence with the world watching means they are playing a weak hand, that obviously it is they who owe him an abject apology. Zelensky is the leader of a country being systematically demolished and slaughtered by a war criminal monster the equivalent of a 21st century Hitler – and they lose it with him not Putin!
“You’re risking World War Three!!” they shout hysterically – when it is Putin that risks it with his constant nuclear threats. And it is the Temper Tantrum Duo who risk it unable to control their emotions.
The Minerals Deal has been blown up, which frees Zelensky to make it with the EU. The EU now has to step up to the plate and arm Ukraine enough to continue drone-destroying the Russian one-trick pony economy of oil&gas.
While Trump has no choice but to follow through on global oil&gas production and sales, further destroying the Russian economy as its extraction costs alone are higher than what US oil&gas will sell for.
An extraordinary, virtually epochal embarrassment for Trump and his sidekick. This headline late today is not surprising in any way:
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
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So we’ll end, save for a closing note with this.
You know I’ve been writing about Chinese Siberia for getting close to 20 years now. The link is to my original TTP article on it in September 2006. There’ve since been a host of articles on TTP by me and others on the subject.
Now there is this new video that clearly articulates the situation in 17 minutes, entitled Putin is Terrified as China Gains Ground in Siberia.
Despite the provocative title, it’s more cautious than I would be – as it doesn’t consider the growing possibility of Russia breaking apart when Putin falls or dies. When that happens, the odds of China seizing the Russia Far East go exponential.
What makes that inevitable is the overwhelming demographical disparity – only 8 million population in the Russian Far East spread over 2.7 million square miles, the world’s lowest population density:
While right across the border are almost 100 million Chinese so lacking in all the vast abundance of natural resources Russia has.
So enjoy the video – very well done, very informative – and learn why Perrified:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9YgtRHwZZM
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Closing note. This is my last HFR until Mid-April. I will be leading a Safari in the Serengeti, followed by leading an exploration of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Thank heavens Rebel is co-leading with me!
Words cannot adequately express how appreciative I am of ace TTPer Mike Ryan manning the HFR helm while I am away. He’ll be raising the HFR bar on me, I’m sure – as he always does! Enjoy Mike’s amazing brilliance and knowledge while I’m gone. Thanks, Mike!!