A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIA
[This Monday’s Archive was first written in January 1985 for President Reagan’s National Security Council at the onset of his second term. It was originally posted on TTP in March 2004. It is relevant today to expose Putin’s “history” claim in his Tucker Carlson interview (2/08) is pure Kremlin propaganda as his lying excuse for invading Ukraine. The above map alone exposes the real history explained in detail below. The Soviet Union was the Russian Imperial Empire with “Marxism-Leninism” as its ideological justification. Putin wishes now to recreate that empire via fictional Russian history.]
A Short History of Russia – January 1985
TTP, March 18, 2004
At various times in her history, America has been at war with and has had as deadly enemies: the French, the English, the Spanish, the Germans, the Italians, the Mexicans, and the Japanese. All are today our friends and allies. There is nothing in the nature of things that makes it impossible for this to someday be the case with the Russians as well.
Yet it is important to understand how the Russians are not like us — how their history enabled them to transform themselves into Soviets running an Evil Empire called the Soviet Union.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE IN THREE STATES TODAY!
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: HAVING A GREAT TIME IN ALBANIA
Rebel and I, along with our friends with us, always have a great time in Albania. Here’s a pic she took of me with a stein of delicious Birra Tirana lager. You’re sure to have so much fun yourself by joining us and your fellow TTPers on our Albania Wonderland experience this April. See you in Tirana. The beer’s on me! (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #284 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
HALF-FULL REPORT 02/09/24
Well, my, my, my… what kind of explosive Black Swan do we have here? So many patriots fear there will be a Civil War II between them and the Deep State. Who would guess that a civil war has now broken out within the Deep State, two factions warring against each other like rival mafia gangs over turf control. Trés cool, n’est ce pas?
You won’t believe what informative fun this HFR is, and just riddled with great cartoons and memes. Get ready to enjoy!
THE RED-OCHERED WOMEN OF THE HIMBAS
The Himbas are a tribe of nomadic cattle herders in far northern Namibia. Himba women make a paste of butter fat and red ochre clay called “otjize,” to protect their skin from the burning African sun and braid their hair for beautification.
The Himbas’ exotic practices are not for tourists. This is the way they live as one of Africa’s most genuinely traditional peoples. Living on the move in remote roadless regions, it takes an effort to find them. But when you do, coming with an attitude of respect, you will be welcomed with smiles and hospitality in return. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #66 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
SKYE’S LINKS 02/08/24
Let’s get a better understanding of the minority that is actively working to destroy America as we know it, their opinions, and some of their tactics. It’s not pretty.
Then we’ll look at a marvelous work of fiction called the Jobs Report, some Gen-Z voter insight, and a quick explanation of Econ101.
This is the elite 1% that is destroying America. Here is the most amazing and important poll that I have ever read:
THE POLYNESIA PARADISE YOU NEVER HEARD OF
Have you ever seen the ocean turn day-glo pink? It does here naturally during a sunset (this is not photoshopped). Between Samoa and Tonga in the South Pacific is a raised coral atoll, 100 square miles of old limestone between 60 and 200 feet high: the island of Niue (new-way), and it’s is uniquely fabulous.
With no silty river runoff, the water is incredibly clear – visibility can reach over 200 feet. There are a multitude of chasms through which you clamber to these out-of-a-movie tidal pools perfect for snorkeling surrounded by colorful reef fish. The limestone cliffs encircling the coast are riddled with caves with multi-colored stalactites and stalagmites.
You can snorkel or dive with spinner dolphins and humpback whales. The big game fishing is world class – within a few hundred yards off shore. The Niueans are unfailingly friendly and welcoming, the beautiful Matavai Resort is the best bargain in the Pacific, the food and beer is inexpensive, the weather is balmy. It’s a Polynesian paradise you never heard of. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #48 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
THE SECOND TRUMP CABINET
DeSantis is gone. Christie, Bergum, Scott, and Hutchinson are all gone. And if current polling is indicative of the primary voter preferences, Haley will be out before a catastrophically embarrassing loss in her own state of South Carolina.
Therefore, President Trump is the de facto GOP candidate, and given the latest head-to-head polls, he would beat Joe Biden if the election were today.
So if Jack Smith, Judges Engoron and Chutkan, Alvin Bragg and Fani Willis, and the rest of the Deep State Bureaucracy fail to neutralize President Trump and he wins, what then?
What will a new administration, with President Trump as the 47th Chief Executive, look like, and who will man it? Here is one version of what we can expect. Here are the names of those who have demonstrated their unswerving commitment to AMERICA First and who are the top-tier choices for MAGA 2.0 to Make America Great Again. Again.
(And yes, I know I have left out the VP slot. That’s because I am privy to the president’s choice for that position but not at liberty to reveal it just yet. But don’t worry, it’s an excellent choice!)
MAIL-IN VOTER FRAUD AND THE 2024 ELECTION
A country cannot survive, let alone thrive, when the voting process itself has been tainted, thereby driving a significant portion of the citizenry to no longer trust in the electoral system. In the United States, we have generally been immune from this nightmare scenario, at least for the most part.
Yes, we have had our share of highly contested elections, most recently in 2000. But these situations have been much more the exception than the norm in the United States over the past two centuries.
Unfortunately, it has become clear that the 2020 presidential election did not reach this historically high bar due to the sheer level of fraud mail-in voters admitted to committing in the 2020 election.
Our story begins in the months leading up to the 2020 election, when several states, including all the critical swing states, changed their voting rules under the pretext that traditional in-person voting was dangerous due to the pandemic. We cannot let this happen again.
SCANDERBEG
In the city of Lezhë overlooking the Adriatic Sea, there is a memorial to Albania’s national hero, Scanderbeg (1405-1468). Born Giorgi Kastrioti in this city of northern Albania, he earned the title of “Lord Alexander” – Scanderbeg in Albanian – for his military genius in leading his Christian army against the Moslem armies of the Ottoman Empire. For 25 years (1443-1468), his 10,000 Christian Knights consistently inflicted defeat after defeat upon always much larger Moslem forces.
His victory in the Battle of Albulena in 1457, where he destroyed an Ottoman army of 70,000, killing 15,000 and taking 15,000 prisoners, so astounded all of Christendom that Pope Calixtus III appointed him Captain-General of the Holy See, and gave him the title of Athleta Christi, Champion of Christ.
By the 1500s with Scanderbeg but a memory, the Ottomans conquered Albania and Islamized it for almost 400 years. With the rise of Albanian nationalism in the late 19th century, Scanderbeg’s memory was revived. Today he is revered by Albanians who only ostensibly remain Islamic yet idolize a Christian King who devoted his life to defeating their country’s Moslem oppressors. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #247 photo ©Jack Wheeler)