Bumblebrain’s Bungles – 14mar21

George Rebane

Here’s an exercise in critical thinking that’s been circling the backwaters of my brainbone.  Most of the nation has debated Biden’s mental capacity and come down on this side or that.  And during this time a lot of new evidence keeps coming in on the policies he’s intitiated and how he’s handling his office.  So, if we are to surmise that one of four mutually independent characterizations (i.e. hypotheses) of his administration is true, how do we incorporate the newly arriving evidence to update our belief across the four Biden cases.  Let me define these as follows.

H1 – Biden is mentally fit, politically strong, and in full charge/command of his office.

H2 – Biden is mentally fit, politically weak, and is an instrument of his party’s radical leftwing.

H3 – Biden is not mentally fit for the office, is politically weak, and is an instrument of his party’s radical leftwing.

H4 – Biden is not mentally fit for office and is being prepared for an early resignation.

Assigning beliefs (probability values summing to one) to these cases, we can now examine arriving evidence – e.g. his avoiding a press conference and spontaneous encounters with the press – and update our beliefs.  Once you determine how likely it is that the evidence supports each case/hypothesis, it’s real easy to update your beliefs.  With these four cases in mind, a piece of evidence E will let you assign four likelihood ratios L1 through L4, one for each case.

From a previous discussion on the use of likelihood ratios, I draw your attention to ‘Bayes sans equations and tears’.  Each likelihood ratio is formally the belief/probability that E occurs when H is true, divided by the belief/probability that E occurs when H is false (not true).  But to use the belief updating method with likelihoods, we don’t have actually know or compute with those probabilities.  We can do a direct subjective assessment by answering the question ‘how many more times is it likely the E supports H, than not?’  Let’s take H3 as an example, and let E be the evidence of Biden’s having avoided press conferences and encounters with reporters in which he has to provide spontaneous answers.  One could easily say that L3 in this case is at least 10, that it’s ten times as likely for him to avoid the press if he were mentally unfit and his leftwing was controlling him.  However, for H1 the value of L1 from E might be 1/20, which means that as being mentally competent and in control, the likelihood of avoiding the press would be 1/20 = 0.05.  Another way, that says that it’s twenty times as likely that one of the other cases – H2, H3, H4 – would be true than H1 being true.  Anyway, you get the idea that if L is greater than one for some H, then the evidence E supports H, and if less than one, then the evidence supports some other case/hypothesis than H.  In this way, the update formula increases and decreases your post-evidence beliefs as the next new evidence comes in.

OK, so let’s update the beliefs in the above cases by considering two pieces of evidence.

E1 = Biden and his handlers avoid press potentially embarrassing press encounters that require spontaneous and/or extemporaneous answers to questions.

E2 = Biden has opened borders to invite and permit illegal aliens, some infected with C19, to be turned loose into our countryside.

For me L1 is about 1/20, meaning that a mentally competent and in control president would want to address the press more frequently than not, and get the correct word out on all the policy changes he has made.  L2 may be a bit lower since his leftwing would probably like to get him out there in front of the press to allay all the rumors that he’s a bumblebrain – so I’ll pick L2 = 1/30.  L3 is the likelihood that Biden’s leftwing judges him to be mentally compromised and therefor has not wanted him and the Democratic machine to be embarrassed in front of the press – therefore I’ll set L3 = 15, meaning that E1 strongly supports H3.  Finally, if the Dems were preparing Bumblebrain for an early out, they most certainly don’t want to either burnish his presidency or have him embarrass the Democrat leadership – therefore I’ll set L4 = 30, twice as likely for as if H3 were true.

To update our beliefs, we have to have a pre-evidence set of beliefs or prior probabilities for each H.  Let’s make the safe assumption that we start out by being ignorant of which case is actually true.  To express this quantitatively we set all the prior probabilities to be equal.  This means that P(H1) = P(H2) = P(H3) = P(H4) = 0.25 since they have to sum to one (certainty).  Here each post-evidence belief or posterior probability P(H|E) is computed by the simple formula

P(Hi|E1) = Li*P(Hi)/[sum of the products for i = 1,2,3,4]

In our case for H1 we have

P(H1|E1) = L1*P(H1)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)]

                = 0.05*0.25/[0.05*0.25+0.033*0.25+15*0.25+30*0.25] = 0.001.

Similarly computing the remaining post-evidence beliefs, we get

P(H2|E1) = L2*P(H2)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.007,

P(H3|E1) = L3*P(H3)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.331,

P(H4|E1) = L4*P(H4)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.661.

This tells us that incorporating E1 our belief in H1 and H2, that Biden is mentally competent, plummets. 

Now we go on to consider E2, the open borders evidence.  In my opinion, were Biden mentally competent and in control, H1, then he most likely would not invite an unending tsunami of illegals and turn them loose in the country.  In other words, I’d like to believe that his campaign rhetoric had some pro-American truth to it in preserving the cultural and economic make-up of our nation.  Therefore, I will set L1 = ½, saying it is twice as likely that he then would not create a crisis and flood the country in a chaotic manner.  However, for H2 I think it at least five times as likely that mentally competent or not, his radical and anti-American leftwing handlers would force the presence chaos on the border, therefore L2 = 5.  For H3, a mentally unfit Biden, the likelihood of the Democratic leftwing holding sway on the current insane border policy is much higher, say, L3 = 25.  And finally for H4, I assess that E2 would be similar here as it was for H3, therefore L4 = 25.  Doing these calculations as above, we now use the above calculated beliefs for E1 as our priors for doing the E2 calculations. We then get -  

P(H1|E2) = L1*P(H1)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.000,

P(H2|E2) = L2*P(H2)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.001,

P(H3|E2) = L3*P(H3)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.333,

P(H4|E2) = L4*P(H4)/[L1*P(H1) + L2*P(H2) + L3*P(H3) + L4*P(H4)] = 0.666.

Here we that the border chaos evidence E2 did not materially change the beliefs in Biden’s mental status that we computed with E1, the press avoidance evidence.  The probability that Biden is mentally competent and in full control of his office, H1, is zero to three decimal places.  And the belief in H2 has sunk to one seventh of what it was with E1.  Finally, the beliefs in either H3 or H4 being true have increased marginally as expected because for an incompetent Biden, the Dems’ leftwing would have created the border crisis E2 in any case.

From the above presentation, it should be clear that different people with different assessments of the evidence would reasonably come to a set of different beliefs.  The important notion here is ‘reasonably’ because that is how we have proceeded through this exercise of updating beliefs from considering two separate, but not equally impactive, pieces of evidence in assessing Biden’s mental capacity.

For those who are concerned about the validity/accuracy of such a sequence of updating beliefs that may be affected by the selected initial or prior values, not to worry.  You can always start from a position of total ignorance - a tabula rasa if you will - and assign equal probabilities to all cases.  As evidence starts coming in, no matter the sequence, the posterior belief values will quickly converge on the 'correct' values that represent your subjective view of reality.

Exercises in the reasonable updating of subjective beliefs when a collection of evidence is considered should not present a problem for the layman.  The whole thing can be set up in a spreadsheet for handy calculation as new evidence arrives that impact on a set of mutually exclusive hypotheses or representations of truth.

Comments

[The Estonian Fox]

George,

You forgot one other, although it is not in the 'world-class' bucket as H1 to H4 are.

H5 - Biden is mentally fit, wants biological males to compete in women's sports, believes that men who think they are women should have a high position in a scientific (i.e. STEM) category (cf Dr. Rachel Levine as asst sec health).

Or maybe H5 should the basis, since humans, from say 500,000 years ago, could tell the differences between men and women. Without any of these “Neandertals” having a formal education. Of course, their formal education consisted of "find something to eat; don't get eaten." Not necessarily in that order.

[George Rebane]

Efox 145pm - Well yes, silly me. Why don't you add that to the space of hypotheses and give us your work-up of what the posteriors look like? ;-)

[Don Bessee]

The socialists are running the socialist dems -

‘Most influential voice’: Warren’s network spreads throughout Biden administration
The growing roster of Warren protégés in the government illustrates the leftward shift underway in the Democratic Party's approach to policymaking.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/15/elizabeth-warren-aides-biden-administration-475653

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Where are the wails about kids in cages -

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/15/feds-bus-migrant-children-into-west-texas-town-under-cover-of-darkness/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Just keep creepy grampa joe away from the kids!

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/15/migrant-girls-are-being-raped-latino-gop-lawmakers-warn-amid-biden-border-policy-shifts/

;-)

[Walt]

"Joe the Baptist"???? Too bad he won't end up like John....

"Joe the Baptist

Biden Urges Pastors and Priests to Promote Coronavirus Vaccines, Masks to MAGA Americans"
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/15/joe-biden-urges-pastors-and-priests-to-promote-coronavirus-vaccines-and-masks-to-maga-americans/

[Don Bessee]

Even mexico is not taking it -

https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigration-raids-sweep-mexico-central-184841698.html

;-)

[Walt]

Well look who's growing a pair now that Trump isn't here.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-korea-warns-biden-administration-to-avoid-causing-a-stink-if-it-wants-peace

How many trillions will Biden and his marionette string pullers
give to NK to keep them quiet?
Trump didn't give them one thin dime.

[Don Bessee]

Well at least creepy grampa joe has locked up the cartel vote with the border disaster -

Too true! -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Did the dems f up at the border kill the rest of his open borders agenda? Lets hope for the sake of the kids of citizens -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/15/dick-durbin-bidens-amnesty-plan-for-illegal-aliens-doesnt-have-support/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joe hides in the basement with a tippy cup and meanwhile the fakestream propaganda ministry is hard at work -

Politico knocked on Twitter after praising Biden for 'largely gaffe-free' start to administration
President has not held formal press conference in first seven-plus weeks of administration

https://www.foxnews.com/media/politico-praises-biden-largely-gaffe-free-white-house-debut

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Talk about killing your teams reelections -

The Washington Post is the latest mainstream media outlet to sound the alarm on the ongoing crisis at the southern border, telling readers that President Biden may face political consequences as a result.

"The Republicans will turn around and use this for a political weapon against Democrats — that we’re weak on the border, we’re not doing enough, we’re letting everybody in," Cuellar explained to the Post. "I’ve been warning the party and the administration: Don’t let this get out of hand, because all you’re going to do is you’re going to give Republicans an issue."

The Post also warned that voters may not be convinced that former President Donald Trump should be blamed for the current crisis, as White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested Monday.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-biden-border-crisis

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Making Americans poorer is creepy grampa joes policy -

https://www.foxnews.com/media/arizona-mayor-fumes-at-feds-after-news-illegal-immigrants-will-be-dropped-in-town-without-recompense

;-)

[Walt]

Now remember when Emery was defending "anonymous" sources?(I do) A mainstay of "the free press".. Here is some proof of the slant.
"The Washington Post made a massive correction Monday to a January report about a phone call between then-President Donald Trump and a Georgia elections investigator, as the liberal paper admitted multiple quotes attributed to Trump based on an anonymous source were inaccurate.

The corrected story was a hot topic on cable news and talk shows that helped spread the Post’s flawed report and media watchdogs feel it points to larger problems with agenda-driven anonymous sources and liberal outlets that rush to "confirm" them.

"This 'correction' is more than a correction, it calls into question the pervasive reliance of the liberal media on anonymous sources in order to attack and undermine Republicans," Cornell Law School professor and media critic William A. Jacobson told Fox News.

"Almost the entirety of the Russia collusion media effort was based on anonymous sources which turned out to be overblown at best, false at worst, after the Mueller Report was released," Jacobson continued. "This raises the question of whether these sources exist at all, or are fed the answers the liberal media wants to create the appearance of reporting for what in reality is a regurgitation of media talking points.""

[Walt]

OOppsss..
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-posts-find-the-fraud-correction-anonymous

[Walt]

Then this piece of bathroom buttwipe floats to the top..
"Right wing media lies"? Uh,,, see above.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/03/16/alexander-vindman-proposes-suing-conservative-media-to-deradicalize-it/

[Bill Tozer]

Morning Walt. From your 8:22 am link

“Vindman’s strategy replicates that used by left-wing pressure group Media Matters, whose “Project 2012” strategy document called for lawsuits to be brought against “Fox News and its feeders,” providing “counsel or litigation costs” to potential plaintiffs.”

The ventriloquists who hold the Biden puppet on their laps:

DOWN WITH TWITTER?
The social media monopolies continue to systematically suppress conservatives. This is an excellent example: Twitter suspended Newt Gingrich’s account because he linked the Biden administration’s promotion of illegal immigration to covid:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/down-with-twitter.php

Pointing out, correctly, that illegal immigrants flooding the southern border are undoubtedly bringing covid with them is “hateful conduct,” in Twitter’s view. This is obviously ridiculous, and not only because Twitter endorses actually hateful conduct by liberals–32,000 tweets with the hashtag #RapeMelania is just one of thousands of instances. The tech monopolies apparently think they can get away with anything, now that their party is back in power in Washington.

And yet, Twitter is useful. How do I know about this latest outrage? Via Twitter, naturally, even though I am no longer on that platform. In some ways, Twitter remains indispensable.

Lol. Suspending Mollie Hemingway to pointing out that undoubtedly some of the hordes at the border are C-19 carriers is now...drumroll please.....is now hateful conduct. Hateful conduct to whom? The super spreaders??

[Bill Tozer]

‘Poll: Less than half of voters think Biden is fit to hold the office of the presidency’
Four out of 10 voters in the poll thought the president is suffering from a condition of some kind.

“The president also recently claimed that the U.S. did not have a vaccine when he entered office, despite him having received one about a month prior to taking office.”

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/poll-less-half-voters-believe-joe-biden-fit-hold-office-presidency

President Biden better rest up big time. Only ten days to prepare for his first press conference.

[RXCross]

Good job y'all of passing on Russian propaganda as if it were true as George's latest pile of crap attests. According to a report issued by The Office of Director of National Intelligence, Like 2016, Russia interfered in the 2020 elections as well. The report found that Russia's efforts were aimed at "denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US."

The report went on to say "A key element of Moscow's strategy this election cycle was its use of proxies linked to Russian intelligence to push influence narratives -- including misleading or unsubstantiated allegations against President Biden -- to US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals, including some close to former President Trump and his administration."

There was no direct attempt to change votes or hack voting systems, just brainwash the stupid.

[fish]

Posted by: RXCross | 17 March 2021 at 10:43 AM

The report found that Russia's efforts were aimed at "denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US."

You're adorable when you try and talk politics darlin!

[RXCross]

Do you just hang out waiting for me to post? That took only 4 minutes for you to respond. Stalker comes to mind..darlin. Have you thought about having a life other than being a troll? Please refer to the last line of my post, the part about 'brainwashing the stupid, 'a group to which you aptly belong. I am just trying to educate you people about what is really going on in the world outside of your caves. I report you decide or not which is usually the case.

[George Rebane]

RXC 1043am - Please cite what above in "George's latest pile of crap" supports your charge. From your comment, it appears that you have no idea what my latest post is about. For you such a deficit if fairly common as the record here shows.

And if this example is now the best you can do, I recommend that you start looking for a new sack and ISP address with which to return to these pages.

[fish]

Posted by: Whine Aunt | 17 March 2021 at 11:09 AM

You don't want me to respond to your silliness..... probably shouldn't post here Roberta! And really, you think that this is in any way labor intensive?

.....sad.

[Bill Tozer]

Well Bobbie, that explains why Biden could only attract a couple dozen people at his campaign rallies.

[fish]

Uh oh......! Looks like the Joey Fingers gang didn't see this one coming!

Americans Are Spending Their Stimulus Checks On Guns

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aaronsmith/2021/03/10/americans-are-spending-their-stimulus-checks-on-guns/?sh=6d0f820be587

[fish]

"Never underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up".... Barack Hussein Something Something

Biden’s Latest Illegal Alien Stance Sounds Just Like Something He Called ‘Inhumane’ When Trump Said It

https://lidblog.com/biden-says-stay-home/

[Barry Pruett]

I have a question for Mr. Cross. You quoted as follows: "The report went on to say 'A key element of Moscow's strategy this election cycle was its use of proxies linked to Russian intelligence to push influence narratives -- including misleading or unsubstantiated allegations against President Biden -- to US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals, including some close to former President Trump and his administration.'"

In your readings on the matter, can you point to any "misleading or unsubstantiated allegations against President Biden?" I could be mistaken, but everything that I heard about Biden during the campaign appears to be true...

[Walt]

1400 bucks will buy a fine AR in just about any CAL you like.
But good luck getting ammo. The third ammo rush is on.

[Bill Tozer]

My Gun Money came this morning.....in the bank. Thank you for contributing to the cause, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

[Walt]

GREAT!!!! TWO reasons to kick your ass to the curb!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/ca-gov-gavin-newsom-warns-recall-me-endanger-joe-bidens-agenda/
"As the effort to recall Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom continues, the embattled governor warns such a move will endanger President Joe Biden’s agenda."

[Bill Tozer]

Oh, what a surprise. Members of Antifa also instruct theirs not to talk to the press.

‘Border Officials Under ‘Gag Order,’ Barred From Speaking To Press Amid Immigration Crisis: Report’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-officials-under-gag-order-barred-from-speaking-to-press-amid-immigration-crisis-report
———————-
You promised! Liar!

‘Reporters Grill Psaki Over Lack Of Access To Border Crisis: You ‘Promised’ Truth And Transparency’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporters-grill-psaki-over-lack-of-access-to-border-crisis-you-promised-truth-and-transparency

Nobody gets to see the Wizard. Not nobody, not no how.

[Don Bessee]

Talk about a lame ass cover story that was even bad by creepy grampa joe standards -

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/03/17/julian-castro-biden-competently-managing-immigration-system-trump-left-in-tatters/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/exclusive-kobach-bidens-immigration-its-not-an-unintended-crisis-its-a-planned-event/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

But will they come out and vote for it? -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/poll-75-support-voter-id-law-including-60-of-democrats/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Getting the bulk of voters against you in a couple of months is quite the accomplishment for creepy grampa joe -

https://www.oann.com/report-73-of-voters-worried-about-migrants-spreading-covid-19/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Are the lapdogs starting to snarel a bit -

NBC reporter admits White House used COVID to limit press access, avoid tough questions for Biden
'All the reporters were known quantities,' NBC News correspondent Geoff Bennett says

https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-reporter-white-house-limited-access-covid

;-)

[Walt]

I'm pretty sure I heard it right.. The upcoming "press conference" with Dementia Joe,, "questions to be supplied in advance"...WhhaaaAAAA??????
Trump NEVER demanded that. But Joe is uh,,"special".

[George Rebane]

re 507pm - what a blessing, recalling our incompetent governor Newsom would be a twofer - you get rid an idiot and at the same time help stifle Bumblebrain's federal initiatives.

[Walt]

I wonder how his "stop the recall" petition is going?🤣

[Don Bessee]

No to vaccinated tourists but yes to a tidal wave of who knows who and shipping them inland. Does he even know what's happening in the real world?? -

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/18/biden-extends-covid-ban-on-cross-border-tourism-as-migrant-asylum-seekers-surge-into-u-s/

;-)

[Barry Pruett]

More evidence...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-stumbles-multiple-times-air-force-one-stairs

[Don Bessee]

Who would have thunk that the flood of illegals would be a covid disaster, clearly not the brainiacs in creepy grampa joes admin. Symbolism is more important to the socialist dems than the safety of American citizens. -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greg-abbott-texas-migrant-holding-facility-covid-midland

[Don Bessee]

Now they want to fly the illegal kung flu carriers in the winter to cities near the Canadian border -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-fly-latin-american-migrants-states-canadian-border

;-)

[Walt]

Yes,, they(yup even we) will kick him when he's down.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/03/20/the-brutal-memes-of-biden-on-the-stairs-are-epic-and-were-here-for-them-n346902

Enjoy Emery,, Kinda like what you were doing to Trump.

[Barry Pruett]

Those memes are funny. This one is my favorite and was sent to us by my daughter.

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1372982815109840898?s=20

Lol

[Bill Tozer]

Naked links.

https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/03/image0-4-1.png?w=1024&ssl=1

https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-8.40.37-PM.png?w=960&ssl=1

[Bill Tozer]

Biden’s bobbles.

Is it just me or did anyone else notice Biden’s contradictory statement last week? President Joe Biden said we will care for all unaccompanied minors arriving at our borders and no more ripping babies from the arms of their mothers.

Hmm, how can an unaccompanied minors be ripped from the arms of their mothers when they are unaccompanied (not with their mothers, parents, or legal guardian)? Must be a new definition of ‘unaccompanied’ or maybe I am just ignorant. :)

What the press has neatly avoided through the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations is that a federal judge ruled that minors cannot be with their parents while incarcerated. Must be separated. Same principle argued here that IF one is popped for DUI or any crime that throws you in jail, the minor children are not thrown in jail with their parents. Somehow, for some yet to be explained reason, the Federal judge’s ruling has been overlooked for years.

Well, the Dems should be celebrating the fact that unaccompanied minors are no longer being ripped from the arms of their mothers....or folks who claim to be the child’s parents. :)

[Don Bessee]

Worse than anyone had thought it would be -

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/21/exclusive-biden-spending-millions-per-day-to-halt-border-wall-construction/

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/21/exclusive-biden-begins-immediate-catch-and-release-of-migrant-families-without-court-dates/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Ya sure right creepy grampa joe had a plan, it just was not his -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/operation-warp-speed-doc-90-of-biden-vaccine-rollout-plan-was-same-as-trumps

;-)

[fish]

Posted by: Don Bessee | 21 March 2021 at 01:39 PM

”Senile figurehead gets bumrushed at southern border!”

Now here’s Bob with the weather....

Really.....did anyone other than Punch “He’s Cruisin” Emery expect anything different?

[Don Bessee]

Not even pretending to have a process just a loud come on in -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-in-rio-grande-valley-releasing-illegal-crossers-into-us-without-court-date

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Ya as soon as they get the stair lift installed on AF one -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/21/joe-biden-some-point-i-will-visit-border/#

;-)

[Walt]

This week's "Baghdad Bob". You Lying rat bastard!
"“Our message has been straightforward and simple, and it’s true. The border is closed. We are expelling families, we are expelling single adults, and we’ve made a decision that we will not expel young, vulnerable children,” Mayorkas answered. “I think we are executing on our plans and, quite frankly, when we are finished doing so, the American public will look back on this and say we’ve secured our border and we upheld our values and our principles as a nation.”"

Has the somebitch seen this?
https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/breaking-catch-and-release-resumes-in-south-texas-mayor-says-biden-order-reinstates-policy/

"McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Biden administration has re-implemented the Obama-era “catch and release” method of dealing with undocumented migrants caught along the South Texas border with Mexico.

The move has caused volunteer groups in South Texas to scramble to try to help test for coronavirus all new undocumented migrant arrivals who are paroled into the United States before they board buses to other cities, officials tell Border Report."

Even the press has been banished from talking to the border agents.
Can't report on the flood, when your kept far and away from it.

[Don Bessee]

It bears repeating -

Biden response to border crisis 'isn't incompetence', but 'is by design', Tom Homan tells Mark Levin
Former ICE acting director claims president 'sold out this country' to progressives

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-border-crisis-response-not-incompetence-tom-homan

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The districts socialist blmers are blocking security for DOD senior housing and aiding those mutha mullahs! Likely aided by the congressional jihadi caucus. -

Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army post in the U.S. capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, two senior U.S. intelligence officials said.

They said communications intercepted by the National Security Agency in January showed that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed mounting “USS Cole-style attacks” against the Army post, referring to the October 2000 suicide attack in which a small boat pulled up alongside the Navy destroyer in the Yemeni port of Aden and exploded, killing 17 sailors.

Discussions about the Fort McNair proposal began two years ago, but the recent intelligence gathered by the NSA has prompted Army officials to renew their request for the restrictions.

The intercepted chatter was among members of the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and centered on potential military options to avenge the U.S. killing of the former Quds leader, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad in January 2020, the two intelligence officials said.

They said Tehran’s military commanders are unsatisfied with their counterattacks so far, specifically the results of the ballistic missile attack on Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq in the days after Soleimani’s killing. No U.S. service members were killed in that strike

https://apnews.com/article/national-security-iran-only-on-ap-army-1285df40348182e1b74dc403607c5928

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