Smart people know to avoid fallacies.

One of them is known as the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc.

It’s Latin for “after this, therefore because of this.”

The classic example concerns the rooster and the sunrise.

Every morning before the sun comes up, the rooster does his crazy crowing routine, waking up everyone around. Shortly after, the light begins to appear on the horizon.

If you knew nothing else, and you watched this happen over and over, you might conclude that the rooster is causing the sun to rise.

Of course, this is testable. You could kill the rooster and see what happens. The sun still comes up. But wait just a moment. Just the fact that this one rooster is dead doesn’t mean that all roosters are gone. Some rooster somewhere is crowing and causing the sun to rise. So your little experiment doesn’t disprove the theory.

What a conundrum, right?

If someone is convinced that a bird is controlling the sun, there is probably no way to convince him otherwise.

We can laugh at this example. How can someone be so dumb? Actually, this basic fallacy affects all science in all times, all places, and all subjects.

MY COMMENT: Examples: 1) Look, California’s cases are down and California bans gatherings, therefore coercive measures are controlling virus spread! 2) Countless famous people took to social media to announce they had COVID-19 but it was a mild case thanks to the vaccine, or 3) I took the vaccine and got weak, tired, and a bad headache, so I know the vaccine was working!

https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-fallacy-that-rules-the-world-5635419?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge

"President Biden has granted clemency to five crack dealers, ordering their early release for dealing the drug in recognition of Second Chance Month.

Yes, this guy...

In honor of the new government crack pipe program, here's Joe & Hunter on crack pic.twitter.com/VWCBw9svai
— obedient worker (@lmazzeiphotos) February 9, 2022

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has made zero progress on a campaign promise to release "everyone" in prison for marijuana offenses, the NY Post reports.

Biden, who wrote or cosponsored some of the nation’s harshest federal drug laws in the 1980s and ’90s, said that he chose to issue commutations to the five crack offenders because they would have been given more lenient sentences today — continuing a long-running effort dating to the Obama administration to identify and retroactively reduce such sentences.

It’s unclear why Biden chose to free none of the estimated 2,700 federal marijuana-dealing inmates, as he promised to do at a Democratic primary debate in 2019. -NY Post

MY COMMENT: "Nice way to keep your word, Joe"! Adds new meaning to the "Promises are made to be broken" mantra!

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/president-crackhead-son-frees-5-crack-dealers-ditches-promise-release-all-pot-criminals

"We now have another Democrat screwing with the 2024 election to ensure they win. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes manipulated a grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday, indicting 18 Republicans with conspiracy, fraud, and forgery for submitting a document to Congress “falsely” declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona during the 2020 presidential election. She has listed a “prior U.S. president,” presumably referring to President Trump, as an unindicted co-conspirator. Mayes blacked out the names of seven individuals she indicted, saying they would be released once they were served." MY COMMENT: Read the rest of the article below. The 4th Amendment - RIP

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/rule-of-law/democrats-indicting-18-republicans-in-arizona-for-claiming-trump-won-2020/

That makes sense. Another consideration, albeit, a remote one, is that the Speaker of the House is third in line of succession to the Presidency. Should the dummy in chief, and the cackling one somehow meet their maker, I would hate to see Jeffries ascend to the presidency.

https://rumble.com/v4r76ah-exposing-the-human-trafficking-operations-disguised-as-refugee-charities.html

America is being invaded and destroyed with the help of our leaders. Michael Yon has spent his life covering wars, so he recognized right away what was happening.

Unlock the full interview here: https://watchtcn.co/3JDDFV3

Think of how much damage will occur between now and January of next year.

So, are you saying that it is better to have a Republican Speaker of the House, simply because he calls himself a Republican, even thought he follows the script of Democrats? Why should the public vote "Republican" when there is no discernible difference? Does that not destroy the Republican brand?

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/divide_and_conquer_the_governments_propaganda_of_fear_and_fake_news

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/divide-and-conquer-governments-propaganda-fear-and-fake-news

Exactly so.

"The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a more than $60 billion bill to provide military and economic aid to Ukraine.

A solid majority of Republicans voted against the bill, which passed by a 311-112 margin. 101 Republicans voted for it, and one Republican, Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, voted "present."

It was my understanding that there was an agreement among House Republicans that the Speaker would not move legislation that the majority opposed. Either I was wrong in that assumption, or the Speaker broke his agreement with his members.

https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1782146843989692891

"Paul went further this week - calling Johnson out for being a complete sellout and acting, once again, against the interests of Americans.

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reported to have bragged to his colleagues about how easily Speaker Johnson gave Democrats everything they wanted and asked for nothing in return," Paul noted, adding that Johnson "reached across the aisle, stiffed the Republican majority that elected him speaker, and pushed through a massive gift to the warfare corporate welfare state." in passing a massive aid package for Ukraine and Israel."

https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1782792998016761927

After listening to the first 10 minutes of this episode of the War Room, I had to turn it off. I am so disgusted with the weak, spineless, lilly livered, cowardly Republicans. Listen to the podcast to see what I am talking about.

https://listen.warroom.org/episode-3561-the-globalists-want-to-see-america-go-broke-driving-the-right-side-of-history

Tough call. Principals vs. Pragmatism. Johnson is doing everything Democratic House Speaker would do, and destroying the reason for people to vote Republican in the process. He truly epitomizes the uniparty at work. I would rather see the RINO's exposed for their vote to put a Democrat in place as speaker, and let the American public decide the fate of the RINO's in November, than what is happening now.

My only concern is that the voting process is so corrupt, that I have zero confidence in the integrity of the process. So, in the end, what difference does it make?

Have 1 million of these shirts made up, and sell them on EBAY for $1 more than your production costs (purchaser pays the postage!)

"Bob Amsterdam is an international human rights lawyer who’s been banned from Russia by Vladimir Putin. He says Ukraine is the single most repressive country he’s ever been to, a place where everyone’s terrified of the secret police. “The idea it’s a democracy is a farce.” Once again, they’re lying to you and making you pay for it."

Watch more here: https://watchtcn.co/49CDF2t


MY COMMENT: After listening to the first 1.5 minutes of Carlson's video, I had to turn it off. Listen to what he had to say about the $95 Billion Foreign Aid package that our country (with a $34 Trillion national debt) just passed under the leadership of House Speaker Mike Johnson.

https://rumble.com/v4qyjtr-exposing-ukraines-secret-police-and-mission-to-exterminate-christianity.html

Perhaps he is voting his conscience, or perhaps he is simply gullible and believes the lies of his CIA puppet masters, or perhaps he is otherwise compromised. I do not pretend to know the motivations of Mike Johnson.

But what I do know, is that he is the Democrats best friend, and they along with the RINO's in Washington will bail him out and protect his position until January 2025.

Let's take a quick look at what Mike Johnson has done (or rather hasn't done) since he become Speaker of the House in October of 2023:

1. In November 2023, after Congress passed a two-step CR with Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 appropriations deadlines, speaker Johnson stated, “I’m done with short term CRs”. On January 19,j the GOP-led House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend current federal funding levels to avoid a government shutdown, despite House Speaker Johnson having previously vowed not to pursue any more temporary spending bills.

In fact, Congress has passed four continuing resolutions since the new fiscal year began to avert a government shutdown amid an inability of the Senate and House of Representatives to agree on the contents of 12 permanent appropriations bills for the year. Leaders of both party caucuses in both houses announced a deal on Feb. 28 to pass two consolidated bills, known as “minibus” bills, comprising six appropriations bills each.

2. The Southern border remains wide open because Johnson has refused to use his leverage as House Speaker and use the power of the purse to stop the illegal flow of migrants across our border.

3. Legislation to reform FISA Section 702 and stop the FBI’s warrantless spying on innocent Americans was blocked by Johnson. The competing bills would have imposed the requirement for the government to get a warrant (as specified in the 4th amendment of the US Constitution) before spying on American citizens.

4. The CBO estimates that the Federal Budget deficit will increase by $1.6 Trillion for fiscal 2024

5. Politico is reporting that "Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), Johnson’s handpicked choice to take over the House Appropriations Committee after Rep. Kay Granger’s (R-TX) resignation in March, wants to “unlock the possibility of more earmarks”, despite the fact that House Republicans banned the practice of earmarking in 2011 after the Republican Tea Party takeover. Why? Because "earmarks give leadership a powerful tool to coerce skeptical lawmakers to endorse massive multi-trillion dollar spending packages. Lawmakers are incentivized to look the other way and disregard the fiscal responsibility planks of their campaign platforms when their districts get a cut of the loot."