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I woke up to the ZMan\u2019s \u201c2022 Predictions<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 Nothing too shocking in there except he went out on a limb and said the powers that be will force Kamala Harris to resign and be replaced and then Dementia Joe will step aside for a new President.\u00a0 Now, none of this is original, many have speculated on this scenario.\u00a0 The replacement president has been either Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama depending on whom you listen to.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a bold prediction because if it doesn\u2019t happen there\u2019s not much in the way of excuses as to why you were so wrong.\u00a0 So, bravo to the ZMan for taking a bold stand.<\/p>\n

My crystal ball is broken.\u00a0 I can see nothing in the future except for some obvious trends.\u00a0 We\u2019re all going to be a lot poorer in the new year.\u00a0 And that\u2019s just obvious.\u00a0 The reins of power are in the hands of villains and idiots.\u00a0 Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, AOC and the rest of the \u201cSquad\u201d are mouth-breathing morons and everything they plan to do spells disaster for this country.\u00a0 Their energy policy will nationalize the problems that California currently suffers from.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see blackouts and rolling brownouts and the cost of gasoline, diesel, natural gas and heating oil will march steadily higher.\u00a0 The cost of food will skyrocket.\u00a0 Basically, they will eliminate the middle-class.<\/p>\n

Will all that bad news lead to voters throwing the bums out?\u00a0 Probably.\u00a0 We\u2019re bound to have the Republicans take back the House of Representatives in November.\u00a0 But will that do any good?\u00a0 The system is so broken it seems that nothing can stop this runaway train we\u2019re all trapped on.\u00a0 As usual everything is balanced on a knife\u2019s edge.\u00a0 The way I look at things there are two ways all this can go.<\/p>\n

The first scenario is that the Red States begin to take matters into their own hands and restrain the federal government from destroying our way of life.\u00a0 That is the preferable way things can go.\u00a0 It would allow for a controlled braking action to the runaway train we currently are trapped on.<\/p>\n

The second scenario is the strong man.\u00a0 For this scenario let me switch metaphors.\u00a0 Instead of the runaway train let\u2019s go with the forest fire.\u00a0 There is so much tinder lying around after the last few years of hurricanes that one lightning strike will burn the whole thing down.\u00a0 When the strong man shows up, he will be the lightning strike.\u00a0 And what comes afterwards is completely unknowable.\u00a0 Out of the French Revolution came Napoleon and from him came the formation of a united Germany and that led to World War I which led to the Soviet Union and on and on and on.\u00a0 What is certain is that our civilization has become unstable.\u00a0 The basic beliefs have been undermined by the people who run our society.\u00a0 This can be seen in the disillusionment of the present generation with marriage and raising families or even working for a living.\u00a0 And it has reached the pinnacle of dysfunction with the present madness over the concept of transgenderism.\u00a0 A society can\u2019t thrive when there isn\u2019t a foundation that provides a common basis of understanding.\u00a0 If we can\u2019t agree on what is good or evil then eventually, we will come to blows.<\/p>\n

So, there are my not so Happy New Year\u2019s non-predictions.\u00a0 More incompetence, more dysfunction and more anger.\u00a0 More tinder is building up and what is certain is that eventually the breaking point will come.\u00a0 Plan accordingly.\u00a0 Find a safe spot for you and yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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