Tinkling of sleigh bells, of hoofbeats on the rooftop, the warm crackling sounds of apple pie baking…Oh, wait, wrong script. [pickup] “…the warm crackling sounds of fire breaking out in the living room…]
This-here is the idiots guide to kick-ass soundscaping of the home for the holidays.
Soundscaping – for Effect and Fun
Having read many, many books on Disney Imagineering, plus having been around many of the studios in Los Angeles, where I ran a recording engineer college (and largely rewrote curriculum for the course and got through accreditation with it…) I feel moderately qualified to offer a few ideas. We’re going to start from scratch and assume you know nothing.
To do this, we’ll do some “minimalist soundscaping” first. We will begin working on the simplest hardware approach we can think of:
For this class project you need a “scream box” which are still in good supply after Halloween. On Amazon, try the Replaceable Voice Motion Sensor PIR Infrared Sound Player Haunted House Scream Box Speaker with USB Download Function Christmas MP3 Horror Happy Music Motion Activated Voice Player which puts a $23 dent in the holiday cheer. The unit is smaller thanits Amazon title.
The way these work is simple:
- You put in a 9 volt battery.
- You plug the unit into your computer’s USB port and it will become a (very small) .MP3 storage device.
- You then copy up to a few minutes (megs) of .MP3 over to the scream box.
- Turn off the scream box, Disconnect the USB.
- Turn the unit on again. Wave hand in front of it (it should play the first of your .MP3s),
- Having gotten this far, you can now soundscape your home with “borrowed” sound effects from YouTube. (We’ll do that in a sec.)
At the end of this short workflow, you will have a “loaded scream box” ready to install and amaze the kids.
How We Soundscaped Our Dining Room
I daresay most readers have figured out, over the years, that our wildness doesn’t end with the keyboard or mice. Our whole house has been through at least once and partially “themed.” Which is – as Elaine explains it – the art of getting the inside of a “house” to become a whole separate detached place from what’s outside. The usual reaction to our house – when most people come in the first time – is “THIS is a trailer?” Well, yes. But Pirates of the Caribbean is just a big wide-span building, too…
See, it’s the contents (and people) that turn a house into a home and better, an off-planet experience.
Our dining room is a bit of the old Trader Vic’s in mottif. This is a little washed out (hard flash was on), but you can get the vibe (and even see my new railing lower bottom of the frame) here – it’s outside the window:
Now, if you look for the scream box at this location, it’s hidden in the reeds at the right-hand bottom of the “fake rafters.”
NO ONE ever notices it, but they sure notice the mood when it begins. Music fires on motion!
And – in keeping with the Tiki/Trader’s “transport capsule” idea, we generally have an assortment of 30-60 second clips of 1960s Tiki Retro tune edits in the rotation. One time you come into the room, you’ll get 45-seconds of Martin Denny’s “Quiet Village” while the next walk through could trigger some old Arthur Lyman and (of course!) Hawaii Five-Oh by the Ventures.
Naturally, being an “old radio guy” I miss the Golden Years of Rock and Roll. So I can whip together my own “Christmas special jingles” between holiday snips from the scream box.
To get the conversions done, simply:
- Go to YouTube and find the the video that has the sound you want to “borrow.”
- Copy the URL to your clipboard.
- Then go to Y2Mate (like Y2Mate – YouTube to MP3 Converter)
- Paste in the Youtube video URL and hit convert. (It will default to .mp3 output which is what you want. Which in my example was getting the single 3:51 start of the jingle for our collection – the medium-slow Merry Christmas jingle.
- Download the file and save on your local machine.
Editing? No problem!
OK, what we have is a dandy collection of KFRC jingles from the Ellis B. Easter collection, but who cares about the overhead? We need to edit out the part we want for our little Christmas mood-o-rama.
For this we’ll download the creme of the (free) digital audio workstation (DAWs) Audacity. Go to Audacity ® | Download for Windows and use the simple 64-bit installer. If you click on MuseHub you will get into complexity that will run out of time today. Let’s keep this simple.
Once you have downloaded Audacity (and skipped the nag screen at start-up) the next step will be to navigate (mit de mousen) to your download directory. On this computer, that happens to look like this:
(If you’re really jacked on the bean this early, you will notice I am already working on 2024 taxes because Amazon has TurboTax out already…why do you think our tax attorney comes down here for Thanksgiving?)
Editing Your Audio
When you open the MP3 file, it will look like this on your screen and pay attention to the blue arrow! It points to a tool you’ll be using.
This is the “selection tool”. You are now going to go over to about 3:51 which will be in the window at the red arrow, press down, and drag your mouse to the left. This will highlight the audio you want to get rid off (by hitting the delete key).
You can click the Select tool anywhere in the audio tracks area and you will be able to see the time (see the yellow arrow? Hell, no missing that, is there?).
When you get this far and push “DEL” on your keyboard the stuff left (earlier) than what you wanted is gone.
Now, all we have to do is hit the play arrow and then instantly stop and select from there to the right this time to clear out all the later stuff in the track that you don’t want.
If you are old and infirm (at 75 this will come to matter), you can roll in or out with a scrolling mouse for zoom level.
Now, we will bring the Tools pulldown menu and slide the surviving clump of audio all the way to the left to the start of the track, like so:
Last step is to take the file menu and export this as an .MP3 file so you can save it (and have it in the rotation) of your scream box.
Next you open the File menu, go down to export, select save to your computer, and set up the (default) right format (.mp3, 44100 is fine for this) and give it a name you can find later. Because you will load it as a file onto the scream box, or to the music automation software of your choice.
What we have done in this first class is to produce this:
There. Lesson #1 in Soundscaping is complete. We did it with a simple (borrowed from Ellis B. Easter’s fine work) and now you can clip and pull out all kinds of audio sounds.
And since we like the whole Pirates of the Caribbean concept, what do you think we might be able to do with Pirates of the Caribbean 2024 [FULL RIDE-THROUGH] |Magic Kingdom – Walt Disney World? Um…who us?
Shop Dust and Sweepings
We had 6.3 inches of rain since last Sunday in this part of East Texas. Needless to say, the “burn ban” based on fire risk was ended.
Only two very minor ham radio developments, but useful with my consigliere coming in just over two-weeks for that Scotch bet payoff. (Not a bad bet to lose; he does get the whole big turkey dinner with all the fixings, a prime rib while he’s here, and we’ll be doing drone ham antenna projects and maybe bring the big tower and triband beam down for repairs.
Got measuring done for another OCFD antenna – this will be a north-northeast so south-southwest affair. And fed with 450-ohm ladder line. The one side will be 107 feet, then twiddling with EZNEC to see what the other leg should be. Everywhere from nine feet out to 500, or so will be tested.
I’ve modeled a few prospects, but as we have reminded you before, really long antennas (for 160 and 80 meters) tend to get (end-firing) directional on multiples of the primary frequency. And the Big Signal comes off the long end of the wire. So if the (literally) south end of the antenna gets bigger than they north, coverage into Europe and the western Pacific will fade and useless sections of empty oceans will hear us 20-over nine.
I did buy a little doo-dad you might be interested in. There’s an inexpensive 50-watt 13 volt HF amplifier with some bandpass filtering in it for just over $100 bucks on eBay. Have one coming. The idea is simple: I have a number of small, low power (called QRP) HF radios but they each only put out about 3-4 watts.
Now, sure, my best ever is 1,500 miles-per-watt (Morse code, 20-meters, and with another FISTS member), But for more reliable communications – like Hanks 40 meter net on the Big Island in Hawaii – 5 watts is not nearly as dependable as 50 watts. From there 100 is not as big an increase.
I ought to save Hank the trouble of saying “Well, yes, except the speech processing on the Icom 7300 (and class something or other finals) make a world of difference on sideband (voice) coms…” Don’t tell him I’ve resigned myself to buying the next Icom that has a remote mounting head and which has the direct to software features of the 7300. But still, the Ten-Tec Omni VII is a joy to listen to with no noticeable digital artifacts…)
I might get to putting the new regulator board in the Omni (which still works all except for the power on/off switch. Maybe I can write that up for next week, but for this weekend, the audio and screambox training should be a big enough time sink for now…
Anyone hear from Bruno in New York lately? Hope all’s well with him…
Write when you get away,
George@Ure.net
Bruno? Bruno Tataglia?
He’s dead.
The Godfather
[Clemenza and Michael arrive to find extra guards posted outside the house]
Clemenza:
What’s with all the new faces?
Tessio:
We’ll need ’em now. After the hospital thing, Sonny got mad. We hit Bruno Tattaglia at four o’clock this morning.
Clemenza:
…Jesus Christ.
https://clip.cafe/the-godfather-1972/whats-with-all-the-new-faces/
I know almost nothing about horses, OK?
(Having said that…)
My twice Best Man and his wife are horse people. They live in middle Pennsylvania, and their fifty-eight acres backs up to a major state park, where riding is allowed. They have always owned at least two horses, and sometime as many as four, and have a nice barn on their farm. Their lives are about horses. Weather permitting, they ride daily.
I’m not hostile to keeping horses, just largely uninterested — so we don’t talk about horses much.
He said to me one day, “Sometimes, you just have to give the horse his head.”
Intuitively, I knew what he meant; but in case you need elucidation, he meant that as intelligent creatures, horses occasionally need to be indulged, and allowed to do whatever they want. They get cranky if constantly under tight control, and after a period of “giving him his head,” a horsee calms down, and becomes more cooperative.
If he wants to go left, you let him go left: if he wants to stop and sniff the breeze. you let him sniff he breeze. A good horseman can over-ride this if need be, but there is much serenity for both if one doesn’t.
People under your management usually know their jobs well. (Better than you do, mostly.) Yank on their reins too tightly too often, and they get cranky and uncooperative.
Every good manager I ever met knew this principle and applied it frequently.
It also works with pets, children, clients, employees, and even wives if skillfully applied. (And results in Very Bad Things if crudely or insensitively applied.
A huge… AMEN…
I get asked often when taking the dog for a walk.. which one is walking who.. its her walk.. she loves sniffing everywhere I let her.. the one enjoyable walk for her twice a day..
the story about life..
its not about what you have.. but what you do with what you have.
our home is not stressful.. if you push someone away they will eventually leave.. the same with work..the story of the young checker that went to Wal-Mart to work..a single mom struggling and the boss chewed her butt about everything..one day after her morning ass chewing.. she broke down into tears while stocking the shelves..the nice old man stocking the shelves next to her asked..what’s wrong honey.. she unloaded all the burdens and the Nice old mansaid..I am so sorry that happened to you he is not Wal-Mart quality..that nice old man was none other than Sam..he showed up went to work..no fanfare or big meetings.. she just retired from Wal-Mart ..I don’t have a clue what ever happened to the other guy..
My Friend Flicka (1955) – One Man’s Horse
https://youtu.be/-tmYD7a3Z2Y?si=sBIKM3fcMTCOCKna
He said to me one day, “Sometimes, you just have to give the horse his head.”
Now you reminded me of my brief job as a teenager in Aqueduct race track as a ” horse walker” in the early 70’s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_Racetrack
As I remember it, after a horse is taken out of the stable for a practice run, he is brought back in and has to be cooled down, by walking around the inner perimeter of the stable.
So I’m walking my horse and everything is OK, when all of a sudden another horse sticks his head out of his stable and bites me on the left shoulder.
I guess somebody didn’t “give that horse his head” and so he took it out on me. That SOB left tooth marks on my shoulder, hurt like hell, but I did punch him in the nose as payback.
Oh the memories…
As a kid I rode a lot … and horses just bonded with me and would do anything I asked of them, well except for one which I only rode once.
Was riding across a field bareback on that horse (acquaintance of my mom’s) and he decided HE wanted to go where HE wanted to go … back to the barn since it was feeding time, and he took off at a full gallop in that direction ignoring my commands.
He aimed himself directly at a barb wire fence and turned at the last minute (at full gallop) throwing me off and into the fence, thankfully I got my back to the fence and was wearing a jacket so no damage to me, but I was PISSED. I later learned that he had done that stunt before and they hadn’t been able to break him of it. In fact he would often ignore riders commands they said.
When I got back to the paddock, a pretty good hike too boot, there he was all smart and dandy and if a horse could smile he was smiling right at me. There was a riding crop for some reason on a fence post and I grabbed that thing, walked right up to him, grabbed his reins just below his chin, and unfortunately for him he was wearing a double bit (which hadn’t helped a bit when he went wild on me).
I then proceed to utilize that crop against his neck to the maximum strength I could muster … of course it wasn’t going to really hurt him, but boy he could feel it. Well he wasn’t going to put up with some whippersnapper human doing that to him, after all he had deposited me into a barb wire fence just a few minutes before. He reared up on his hind legs as high as he could … but I didn’t let go, I went right up with him.
He was going up up up … and I was going up up up, I wasn’t going to let him get away with intimidating “ME”. He managed to do that three times, mangling his mouth more and more each time until he had to have the sorest mouth, and bloodiest mouth, this side of the Appalachian Mountains. (thanks be to that double bit).
After the third time he gave up … and hung his head. His owner later told me that after that experience in the paddoc with me he NEVER treated a rider badly and ALWAYS did what the rider asked him to do.
I never got to ride that fella again, but if I had I would have given him some treats and I am sure he and I would have been best friends … or at least he would have respected me.
Had oodles of fun with horses when young, on campouts over the years a couple even came over and laid down next to me at night to sleep next to me if I slept out of the tent. As much fun as I had with them and as much as I liked them, and they liked me, I didn’t want to ever own one with all the work that it takes.
I am constantly amazed at animals.. they are just like us..personalities anger love mourning..
its all there..I have a logic stories about the animals around here..
Look out G-Pops, the demoncrats are coming for the experienced (seniors) and wasting no time in booting em out the door.
Dont get me wrong – I never liked Supreme sotamyor, but pressuring the Lady to resign, so they can rush in a prog from the depths of hell, before the pedo in chief is relegated to the SHT (shit holding tank) of History, is not only act of desperation, but a really shitty way to handle such an esteemed member of the highest court in the land.
This party and its members absolutely SUCK big hairy..!
Perhaps they can write when get a modicum of Class.
The latest on this is: Some of the louder Dums (I can’t call them “Dems” on this one) are suggesting that Mr. Biden should replace Sonia with Cammy.
It is all moot, because the new Senate will be seated in 59 days. There is no way the Senate could have a nomination procedure and a confirmation hearing in 8½ weeks and there’s no way a Republican Senate is going to confirm a staggeringly unqualified clinical imbecile who fucked her way through law school and has neither practiced, nor taught law, in any arena.
The important takeaway is that there are Democratic “fools on the hill,” our actual “leaders,” who would think this a good idea and advocate for it…
If the best they can come up with is Word Salad, 78 IQ, Kamala Harris then they have a virtually no bench to draw from.
What happened to all of those supposedly brilliant female Democrats who went to Harvard and Yale for law school? Must have all been early DEI admissions is all I can conclude.
Well said William.
ATL: all the trees are brown and the skies are gray.
That is all,
E
“all the trees are brown and the skies are gray.”
And Michelle Phillips must be in her 80s, but is still cute…
big decisions today… flat bread sandwiches or dumplings???? I love dumplings.. but I have the great grand daughters..
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of All purpose flour
1 3/5 cups warm water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3.5 ounces butter
1/5 cup vegetable oil
fry them on a griddle or put them in your dumpling mold or make raviolis.. (aka dumplings)
https://www.amazon.com/Household-Automatic-Sameme-Spoon-Quick-Restaurant/dp/B0B827QCNF/ref=sr_1_23?
https://www.amazon.com/Imperia-Ravioli-Italian-Tortelli-Raviolini/dp/B003ETMCWS/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?
https://www.amazon.com/Hoypeyfiy-Russian-Dumplings-Handmade-Dumpling/dp/B0CPJ2WYK1/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?
I have several ..the hand cutters are great the first one is my favorie..I think I paid two dollars for it..
https://youtu.be/z1chyl20e1E?si=smtMq9cJeIltSkMi
that’s an experiment on plat growth and sound..( I cannot find the
many years ago there Japanese scientists did a huge study on plants and people.. with similar results with both of them..
We had a really nice man living in our spare room. he raised and worked with race horses.. when he passed on the dog mourned him leaving .. rocky the squirrel watching him share an ear of corn with its mate.. he had his little arm around her..it was an amazing sight.. animals are just like us..plants communicate and react to our actions around us..
Native American perspectives and teachings on spirituality and nature-based spirituality highlight the interconnectedness of all living things and the importance of understanding and respecting the natural world around us. This way of thinking offers important insights and lessons that can help us all live more fulfilling and harmonious lives.
I believe all native American cultures legends and stories should be part of our education.. the same with the cultures and teachings of other countries..
The Doors – Jim Morrison
When The Music’s Over
“What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down”
Big one there JC..no one can’t fix it till they decide to change their business model..
some countries are working towards that..it took nearly being destroyed before they did.
https://www.amazon.com/Passengers-Jennifer-Lawrence/dp/B01MQVG52J/ref=sr_1_1?
well I have a movie suggestion.. passengers…on prime..
what a good show..
I believe I love that movie because of the message it gives out.
happiness is what you make of what you are given ..things come and go happiness is from within..
Well Mr Ure i’ve no shoptalk for ya, but it is Sunday and I am thankful,,, as I see even the rag ‘Political’ has some good news to share,,,
this is why ‘we the people’ hired Trump, to haul garbage out,,,
when he get done frying US up some french fries,,, get to work Mr President ,,,
this is like ordering from a On-Line store and we wait for the Jan 20th delivery date.
Az takes longer to count ballots because it takes longer to install the cheat, as the non-cheaters have them counted that night,,, gees, why can’t the libtard voters see that ?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/trump-return-justice-department-00188623
““Everyone I’ve talked to, mostly lawyers, are losing their minds,” said one DOJ attorney, who like most of the people interviewed for this article was granted anonymity to speak freely about colleagues and avoid retribution from the president-elect and his allies. “The fear is that career leadership and career employees everywhere are either going to leave or they’re going to be driven out.””
It is my unknowing opinion that Trump 1.0 was a set up for Trump 2.0 with a pause between,,, for the deepers to expose themselves, and for the normies to awaken from their slumber,, but I AM just a ‘Q’tard that sees the plan becoming into fruitation.
No Nikki or Pompeo,,,
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113455540757405917
Well, you’re getting closer to the 7300. Inch by inch…
Say that little 50w PA module looks just dandy for putting some ‘boots’ on a QRP rig. Nice that it has band filters, too. Now if you’re going to pack that up a mountain for SOTA you’re going to need a bigger battery, too. It’s always something…
I have a handul of QRP radios – heathkit hw-9 complete line and such – and sometimes the 5-watts isn’t enough so this looked worth a hundred bucks…
Cuba has had its share of difficulties lately then today. 2 earthquakes.
https://weather.com/news/news/2024-11-10-earthquake-strikes-south-of-cuba-santiago-de-cuba
I think we all will be fine,,,
even the special crowd,
Trump with special needs group
https://x.com/amuse/status/1855234961588060609
but the baby fuckers best run for the hills
I heard he appointed a new director of homeland security and going to dump smiley speaks no evil and put in Tom Homan, the former ICE head returning as Trump’s ‘border czar’ ..
starting already.. I wonder if see no evil and hear no evil will be next inline..
makes me think something big is going to happen with the democrats..
General Flynn Delivers Bone-Chilling Post-Election Warning
First, they tried to take Trump from the ballot.
Then, they tried to throw him behind bars.
And when that didn’t work, they went after his life.
But now, as The Burning Platform’s Jim Quinn details below, after two terrifying assassination attempts, General Flynn warns that it could happen again.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/general-flynn-delivers-bone-chilling-post-election-warning?utm_source=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3403
That’s my fears as well.. read something yesterday that someone was stopped again.. I am praying that heavenly father continues to protect him..
George,
Was 7 November 2024 equivalent to 3 September 1929?
We should know by the close today, but has that kind of vibe, at least for now. Really depends of whether we have one more minor up to complete one more (and a longer) trend line…
Yo G, speaking of sounds, for all you gear heads out there, this is for you. Porsched 917K, flat 12 flat out 2″ video. Music to my ears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP5Svl16Qg
Enjoy my friends, optimistic about our future…
I miss my 930 like a headache sometimes. Well, except for the maint and ins…
Has G2 made a decision yet?
Haven’t heard…and I tend not to ask on this like this. Sort of like going to as movie – his movie, he directs…the audience will be read-in when the time’s right. In the discussions here (Horse, give ’em their heads – wmorr) that’s what I’ve done with the kids. Wind ’em up good and then sit back and watch for a couple of decades…
Trump announces former WH officials Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo will not be in his next administration
President-elect Donald Trump revealed Saturday night that he will not ask former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join his administration. Trump said on his Truth Social that Haley, who ripped him when she ran against him for the GOP nomination, and Pompeo, who some supporters criticized for not backing Trump strongly enough, will not be invited to join him when he re-enters the White House in January 2025.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/09/us-news/trump-announces-former-wh-officials-nikki-haley-mike-pompeo-will-not-be-in-his-next-administration/
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Bill Barr: Prosecutors should ‘do the right thing’ and dismiss Trump cases: ‘Respect the people’s decision’
Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in President-elect Trump’s first administration, is calling on prosecutors at the state and federal levels to dismiss the pending legal cases against Trump before he takes office once again. Barr told Fox News Digital that voters were well aware of all the allegations against Trump when electing him to a second term in office on Tuesday, and that it is in the country’s best interest for prosecutors to listen to them.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-barr-prosecutors-should-do-right-thing-dismiss-trump-cases-respect-peoples-decision?intcmp=tw_pols
Run, Forest, RUN!
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FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection
The brass on the seventh floor at FBI headquarters in Washington have been in a daze and wary of a housecleaning since Donald Trump was reelected president on Tuesday, inside sources say. The Washington Times learned through several anonymous bureau sources that senior agency executives were “stunned” and “shell-shocked” by Mr. Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. “You know the fit test? How they let the standards slack on the fit test?” said the first FBI source, referring to the agency’s physical fitness requirements. “Everyone’s going to have a real problem when they’re running for the door.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/7/fbi-brass-stunned-shell-shocked-donald-trump-reele/
I’m going to go out on a limb here, and guess the political futures of neocons and RINOs are already moving asymptotically toward “nonexistent…”
“Everyone’s going to have a real problem when they’re running for the door.”
I believe you may be correct lol.. getting them out the door..
oh heck thats a simple fix.. just toss a box of Krispy kreme doughnuts through the door..then stand aside for the stampede… with all the whistle blowers that have come forward it isn’t the whole agency just a few that have been corrupted at the top.. if what has been taught in schools is correct then for every whistle blower there’s ten thousand in agreement but to scared to come forward..if that evaluation is correct then the heads of agencies had lost the respect of almost everyone working under their command..since those that have attempted had ties back to DC..phew
Trump confirms NYer Elise Stefanik will be his enforcer to the UN
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s offer to be his enforcer as United Nations ambassador, The Post can reveal. The 40-year-old upstate Republican, who helped force out two Ivy League presidents with her sharp questioning on campus antisemitism, will the lead Trump’s “America first” message in Turtle Bay.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/10/us-news/trump-offers-rep-elise-stefanik-ambassador-to-united-nations-post-report/
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Ukraine hit with chilling warning by Trump advisor – as Zelensky told ‘you’re on your own’
A senior advisor to Donald Trump issued Volodymyr Zelensky a stark warning about negotiations with Russia. Bryan Lanza, a Republican strategist with strong ties to Trump, advised Zelensky to give up Crimea, a strategic peninsula territory that was annexed by Russia in 2014, and to come to the negotiation table with a “realistic vision for peace.”
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/154306/zelensky-donald-trump-crimea-russia
Amen on that one..we should never have pushed this war from the beginning. my heart goes out to all the innocent people that have been affected by it.
The Most Feared and Least Known Political Operative in America
Susie Wiles, the people who know her the best believe, is a force more sensed than seen. Her influence on political events, to many who know what they’re watching, is as obvious as it is invisible. The prints leave not so much as a smudge. It’s a shock when she shows up in pictures. Even then it is almost always in the background. She speaks on the record hardly ever, and she speaks about herself even less.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/26/susie-wiles-trump-desantis-profile-00149654
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Trump Advisers Ramp Up Work on Mass Deportation Push
Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are drawing up plans to carry out his mass deportation pledge, including discussing how to pay for it and weighing a national emergency declaration that would allow the incoming administration to repurpose military assets to detain and remove migrants.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-plan-348eaa91?st=56N5g1
Left-wing media finally admits it: Trump vanquished the Bushes, Clintons, Bidens, and Obamas…
President Trump now stands as the most powerful leader in the world—and not just because he’s the incoming President of the United States. He’s a political force of nature. A human tsunami, devouring everything in his path, from the old guard to the newer faces of US politics. With one monumental swing—the 2024 election—Trump took down the four “political mafia” families that have plagued Americans for decades.
https://revolver.news/2024/11/left-wing-media-finally-admits-it-trump-vanquished-the-bushes-clintons-bidens-and-obamas/
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Trump Takes AZ, Completes Sweep Of All Swing States; CNN Says Victory Was So Massive He “Broke History”
President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona, completing a sweep of all seven battleground States in the 2024 election. The Associated Press called the race at 9:21 p.m. ET on Nov. 9. With this win, Trump’s total electoral college count moves to 312 to Vice President Kamala Harris’s 226. “When was the last time a party gained in so many different places?” Enten asked, explaining that “You have to go all the way to back to 1992 when Bill Clinton improved on Michael Dukakis’ performance in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia.” “Donald Trump’s performance on Tuesday was the best for a Republican presidential candidate in exit poll history,” Enten further urged, adding “He literally goes all the way back through history and breaks history.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-takes-az-completes-sweep-all-swing-states-cnn-says-victory-was-so-massive-he-broke
MIC DROP: RFK Jr. shuts down smug journalist’s fallacious appeal to authority.
Journalist: “You’re a lawyer and an activist. You’re not a doctor or a scientist.”
RFK Jr: “Trusting the experts is a function of religion and totalitarianism… In democracy, we question everybody.”
https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/1855211408478110074