Dakota Beacon

Since the attack on New York’s Twin Towers, America has waged war on terror. The military component knows what to do and how to do it when dealing with terrorists. They developed the doctrine, the tactics, and the training to accomplish the mission. Unfortunately, the political decision-makers have their collective heads where the sun does not shine. The political class will receive the best military advice. But, if ignored in favor of political gamesmanship, if used to besmirch and attack political opponents rather than terrorists, then the advice becomes worthless. Why should the American people volunteer their sons and daughters to a military run by an incompetent political class along with woke generals and admirals? Who wants to become a pawn for someone else’s political gain and career enhancement?

Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban now harbors al-Qaida and Isis currently being re-constituted, reorganized, and re-equipped with US material and munitions. We will hear from them soon enough within US borders.

If only about 5% of Red State Republicans take this lazy approach to voting, Democrats will win the popular vote nationwide. And every time a Republican wins the Electoral College while losing the popular vote, the Democrat media machine foments a fervor for elimination of the Electoral College.

Bottom Line

If you agree with our nation’s founders that the electoral college is the fairest way to elect a President, get your lazy butt to the polls and vote. Otherwise, future presidents will be chosen by California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois… and the rest of the states, including North Dakota, will not matter.

Because the NDGOP turned most of the legislative races over to the Odney Advertising firm over 10 years ago and gave undue influence to his firm and the former owner of the company. A political PAC has been formed called the Brighter Future Alliance which allows money to be shielded from who is behind these attacks.

When you have an outside firm doing all of this work on behalf of the party, the money flows through them along with voter-access lists. Lists that volunteers and various campaigns have spent thousands of hours and dollars building, only to be used against them. It is like the gestapo now in control. They choose to do whatever they believe is best.

One thing I am certain of, if this is not addressed satisfactorily, we will lose all faith in our elections.  When we at last have a final, true tally we can go back to normal politics and stop accusing each other of fraud and “denial”.  Then we can get back to the business of saving America.

Fact checkers – start your computers!

Evidently the corporate media, Democrat power brokers, and assorted “moderate” Republicans teeter on the verge of insanity from their hatred for former President Donald J. Trump. Their many failures to exorcise him have altered their mental state.

Earth’s atmosphere is constantly working to balance Earth’s “Energy Budget” – the amount of shortwave radiation energy from the Sun entering Earth’s atmosphere versus the amount of longwave (infrared or thermal) radiation energy reflected back into space. Earth’s “albedo,” the fraction of sunlight reflected back into space, reduces the amount of radiation that reaches the surface of Earth. NASA has, since year 2000, observed a decrease in the Earth’s albedo due to reduced global cloud cover.

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” So states the second paragraph of America’s Declaration of Independence.

Is it possible that some Americans have no problem imposing tyranny on other Americans by denying them their pursuit of happiness? A requirement for societal compliance by some people seems to outweigh the pursuit of happiness by others. Beware of social change agents!

Elections involve the right for citizens to choose, and we all know that choices have consequences! Through the democratic process, we elect our representatives. The same system gives us a chance to check those outcomes (or the lack of) with initiated measures.

This year North Dakotans have 5 ballot initiatives.

As I stated, elections have consequences not only who you elect to represent you in Bismarck, Washington, or Washburn but this election the people actually get to vote on some issues that have consequences in Constitution.

I would encourage all citizens to take a few moments away from the NFL, MLB, the harvesting of your garden or reality TV shows and get informed on the issues that are so consequential to our family’s future and get out and vote and let your voice be heard!

Some readers will recall their experiences with FEMA following the disastrous 1997 flood in the Red River Valley.  For many, FEMA left a bad taste.  We saw a lot of corruption at various levels.  Sadly, it looks like FEMA is, if anything, worse now that it was then.  As the champions of our Second Amendment observe, when you have seconds, help is only minutes away.  It's been a good long week now.  Where's FEMA?  

Tim Walz:  "I became friends with school shooters . . . "

I struggled over this piece.  On one hand, I hate to bring things down, to draw attention to the failure of a Republican candidate, but on the other, there are too many points left untouched by JD Vance in last night’s debate.  This was JD Vance's to win.  What happened?

Imagine for a moment a hypothetical situation. Envision Trump elected as President but unable to finish his term. Who then becomes President? J. D. Vance. Does anyone think for a nanosecond that attacks from the Ruling Class, both left and right, would halt? That they would proclaim “Mission Accomplished?” Don’t be silly! WE are the objects of their wrath. WE are the ones to be bullied, defeated, and silenced to the point that “we the people” will never again consider electing a rouge who threatens the establishment – the permanent political class.

If Trump goes down, we’re next. The Ruling Class will ensure there are no more Donald Trumps to upset their establishment apple cart -- ever again! “We the people” will be regulated into oblivion.

Political party nominating conventions are past, but the residue lingers. Parties typically adopt a platform in the process of nominating their presidential candidate. After receiving input from state conventions, a national platform committee puts pen to paper drafting the party’s platform.

Focusing on a vision for the nation, a political platform evolves as a formal statement of a party’s stand on various issues. As a metaphor, the position on issues comprises the “planks” that build the platform. These “planks” mirror the views of the party and its candidates. The idea is to communicate to the public what the party’s candidates would do if elected.

Duly elected delegates to the national convention must approve the platform. In a sense, the platform becomes the party’s manifesto. Once adopted, campaigning begins in earnest. But – and this is a big but – a candidate may ignore the platform.

A grave danger lurks in Kamala Harris's plans for our economy.

Finally, autumn has arrived. Well, almost. On September 22 it will officially, deliciously be autumn. Three cheers for the season! My time of year is here!

I have this ongoing love affair with autumn filled with special memories of good times and hope for the future. Finally. A magnificent autumn is here in all its glory.

This is for David Muir.

A look at one of the funniest and pithiest movies of the year.

How many ways has Trump’s opposition tried to stop him? He has been disparaged, vilified, and survived an assassination attempt. Why the opposition? Answer: He is an outsider representing Americans tired of a pompous, intrusive, and commanding bureaucratic state controlling their lives and sending their youth into endless and pointless conflicts.

The Ruling Class will do everything in its power to prevent a Trump presidency. So far nothing has worked. Certainly, the handwriting is on the wall. With a wealth of experience, Trump has every intent of gutting the deep state and freeing America from a growing authoritarianism.

What's the plan?

Weaponize (verb): To use to gain a powerful advantage; to develop for use as a weapon.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the government has weaponized federal agencies to intimidate, harass, and silence political opponents. Biden’s regime has intentionally weaponized the judicial system specifically to target political opponents while protecting deep-state friends. Retribution imposed on opponents characterizes the aim of weaponizing federal agencies.

I surmised, in my last article, that the 80% of women in the field of medicine and 58% of women in state governments were the likely “point of the spear” that skewed the results for women.  Since then, I have also come to believe that the ninth commandment’s use in referencing the “killing of the unborn” as “reproduction rights” may be part of the explanation. I would be curious to know what women think the reasons are for their skewed favoritism of socialism? Is it their envy of men themselves? That would not be very Christian… would it? And is that why Eternalists (the Marxist moniker for believers in an afterlife) are under increasing attack from seemingly all quarters?

 When we hear it from Kclaus Schwab it strikes terror in peoples' hearts.  Now we are hearing it from Kamala Harris.  We know she means it - after all, she picked the communist dictator of Minnesota, Tim Walz, as her running mate.

President Joe Biden, displeased by recent Supreme Court decisions, is proposing several changes to the court. This vexation with the court is reminiscent of Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California’s Berkeley Law School, when he said that changing the court was “the only way to keep there from being a very conservative court for the next 10-20 years.” These calls for change are for the most part simply born of political dissatisfaction. Nevertheless, proposals and assertions about the need for court change deserve to be addressed.

It isn't easy to give up on the hope that we could actually break away from the same old misgovernment.  I have a hope, however, that this time better advice will prevail and lessons may have finally been learned.  So I must support Trump in 2024.