MAY 10, 2025
VOLUME 108

MAY 10, 2025
VOLUME 108

VOLUME 107
APRIL 27, 2025


VOLUME 105
APRIL 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6denkE_Cxk

APRIL 5, 2025
VOLUME 64


MARCH 30, 2025
VOLUME 104

POLITICALLY INCORRECT, CENTER-RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT NEW EVENTS.

MARCH 27, 2025
VOLUME 63

DOING ONE MORE ARTICLE ON “THE VIEW”
Not that view, my view. I couldn’t do an article on “THE VIEW”, the TV version, I couldn’t tolerate Whoopi or Joy more than like 30 seconds. Whoopi Goldberg is disgusting. Joy is just pathetically dumb.
I wanted to do another article in this format because it’s more relaxed and casual. Knee update; It’s been 12 weeks since my knee replacement and it’s doing very much better. I think I’m actually going to survive being hacked up and glued back together. I have learned a lot about this procedure and the healing process, and nothing is precise. Some people bounce back and are up and around very quickly. Others like myself take longer. (age is a critical factor) You just don’t know how you are going to do until you go through it. I’m feeling better about it every day. The little milestones are as exciting as the larger ones.
THE DAILY REPORTS FROM THE TRUMP WHITEHOUSE HAVE BECOME AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE
Just a few weeks ago, we reluctantly turned on the news and braced ourselves for the latest debacle from the Biden Whitehouse. We had to endure hours and hours of bad news and propaganda. Man, this is like walking out of a cavern into the bright sunlight. Looking back on it now, I think shooting out windows and burning Subaru cars and piles of Birkenstocks may have made me feel better about things. Hijacking truckloads of rainbow-colored hair dye would have put me over the top.
I couldn’t believe my eyes and ears when Joy Reid was fired. That was almost orgasmic. I never would have guessed I would have lived long enough to see her and Don Lemon pushed out. The power of Donald Trump and Maga is just too good to be true. But I’m lookin’ right at it and lovin’ every dang minute of it. I’m not kidding, I think Biden gave me PTSD. I keep thinking I’m going to wake up and find out all of this ain’t true.
Guys, Trump and his gang are kicking ass. I can’t wait to see what tomorrow is going to bring. Tuesday, everyone was bemoaning how the Tesla stock was taking a beating. Wednesday, Trump announce 25% tariffs on foreign made automobiles, and Thursday Tesla stocks are through the roof. Las Vegas police and the FBI announced they caught the guy that shot up the Tesla dealer and set several cars on fire. They are arresting the Tesla vandals right and left because these idiots don’t realize they are being recorded by the Tesla Sentry cameras. Fat Albert on his ATV that was ramming Tesla cars has been arrested. These people are going to realize quickly, the price for doing these deeds is just not worth it, and it will all die down. One good thing will come from all of this; the Democrats will have to own one more chapter in the insanity that now defines their party.
If God gives me one more day on this planet, the first thing I am going to do in the morning (after consuming mini shredded wheat sprinkled with grape nuts) is to wake up my computer and turn on Fox News to see what Maga is doing on Friday.
CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR “THERE GOES DA JUDGE”. IMPEACH BOASBERG NOW!
Bozo Boasberg is playing with fire. If this genius was paying attention, he would have noticed that everyone that messes with Donald Trump ends up on the “short end of the stick”. Well all I can say is FAFO. He must have a really inflated idea of how important he is. He is going to find out he is taking on a very powerful machine and he gonna lose. Do you remember when Chuck Schumer said Donald Trump doesn’t realize the deep state has six ways from Sunday to get back at you? I think that power has been transferred to the executive branch now, and Bozo hasn’t figured that out yet. Trump pretty much owns the “deep state” now. Ain’t life great?
WHO WUDDA THUNK IT?
I have to wrap up my day now friends. But seriously, did you think you would ever see this glorious time we are living in? I thank God frequently for allowing me to live long enough to witness it. We are literally living through a historical “counter revolution. I hope and pray, that MAGA can stay strong and maintain this momentum for the next 12 years. Obviously, I won’t be around to experience it, but my fellow patriots will, and that’s all that matters. God Bless America.
VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

VOLUME 62
MARCH 18, 2025

REVIVING MY OLD OPINION PAGE
This blog title is reserved for allowing me to spout off, mostly how I feel about what is currently happening, not always associated with a current news event. This where I reveal my tendency to develop conspiracy theories. I have to brag a little right here, because a lot of my conspiracy theories have proven to be true over the past ten years.
MY CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE THEORY
I have been blogging for a lot of years now. I’m not sure what year I joined WordPress, but I have published over 500 articles. I have no way of knowing the exact number of articles devoted to this subject, but I have talked a lot about corruption in our government institutions, from cities all the way up to the federal level. All of my life, I can remember scandals occurring now and then, the perp or perps get caught and thrown in the slammer. It wasn’t something that happened every day, but they were dealt with rather harshly. But it seems like for the past 20 years give or take, it’s getting way more common.
When Donald Trump took office the first time, the Democrats didn’t even try to hide their nonsense anymore. It was right out in the open. I’m not going to expound on all of the crazy stuff they did, all of you know it all too well. But I was in total disbelief watching Hillary Clinton thumb her nose at the law and then have the FBI exonerate her. I still have trouble with that after eight long years. You don’t have to be a super detective to know what really happened on January 6th, 2020. I knew what happened when I watched it on the news. I told my wife, the Capitol Police are acting like tour guides. I got it immediately. It was a set up. It was so plain to see it may as well have had subtitles.
I KNEW JOE BIDEN WAS BRAIN DEAD WHEN I SAW HIM ON THE STAGE AT THE DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION.
My father had dementia, and my brother-in-law had dementia. I had other people in my life that were slipping away, if you’ve experienced it you know it when you see it. It was perfectly clear in 2019 during the convention that Joe was on his way to the 24-hour care facility. The one with the locked fences and gates. But with an army of lawyers manipulating the voting laws, and non-stop media lies, coupled with a fake pandemic, they managed to get the old half dead guy into office. The bad thing about dementia is that it never gets better, only gets worse rather quickly.
I am no lover of politicians; anyone that knows me knows that well. However, there is one good thing about politicians, they never stop talking, and they always end up spilling their guts to the wrong person. That wrong person is always more than willing to share that information. My latest theory is that someone that was close to the inner workings of the Biden Whitehouse, will get pissed off, and lay it all bare to get revenge. Then we will learn about the rampant use of the “Autopen”. My guess is that the most prolific user of the “Autopen” was Jill Biden. I think Jill Biden felt justified to stand in for Joe, based on being his wife and caretaker. The Marine band played a song for her at events that was a substitute for “Hail to the Chief” when Joe wasn’t present. How do you think that happened? Check it out below.
I just had to put up the video by Sky News for your entertainment. Even though it makes the point that Jill Biden was a little more than just the First Lady, it also revisited Kamala’s horrific excuse for a campaign. Holy cow we really dodged the bullet on that one.
IT SEEMS THE LEFT IS EITHER REALLY CONFUSED OR HAS LOST IT’S MIND COMPLETELY.
When you think about wind power, solar power, electric cars, electric stoves, electric aircraft, electric carving knives, electric scooters, etc, etc. you automatically categorize these as leftist wet dreams. The left would really like to see all carbon powered machines melted down and reproposed into shoe racks for their Birkenstocks, or electric bicycle racks, or maybe goals for soccer fields.
The left has this passion for the environment which they claim covers all things harmful to human and animal life. No caveats, it covers anything you might imagine. Especially air quality. They have created massively stringent emission controls for ICE vehicles so your lungs will not be destroyed by carbon emissions. Yet, in light of this pious, self-righteous, better than thou facade, they think nothing of setting entire cities on fire, burning automobiles, tires, oil, gasoline, and all manners of items that emit extremely toxic smoke and gasses. In a nutshell everything they say is bullshit.
Now that they have a vendetta against Elon Musk, they have no problem setting Tesla cars on fire which emit some of the most poisonous gasses known to man from the burning battery platforms. Not to mention all of the other products that make up that car. These actions and others by the left are totally contradictory to what they claim to support and try to shove down our throats constantly. So, my advice to all of you, when some leftist moron starts talking about climate, and anything else related to the environment, simply say “shut the fuck up you lying piece of shit”. Now I know you may say, why would you say something so crude? Remember who you are speaking to, and their ability to comprehend. Most lefties only have a vocabulary of less than 100 words and most of those words contain less than six letters.
Steel Pencil News Review will return soon, I didn’t want you to forget The View from St. Charles. This is my pressure release valve. Thank you for taking the time to read my rants. My readers are very special to me, I appreciate each and every one of you.
VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

MARCH 16, 2025
VOLUME 102

POLITICALLY INCORRECT, CENTER RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
GETTING HARDER TO FIND NEWS ARTICLES THAT ARE EVEN A LITTLE BIT EXCLUSIVE.
Ureka, I found one that I think is very exciting and way long overdue. There is a major legal battle that is going to take place this summer related to activist judges usurping the powers of the President.
Apparently this power the federal judges think they have stems from a lawsuit against the government way back in 1935 when the president fired the head of the FTC. According to legal experts the wording in the lawsuit was incorrect and the Supreme Court decision allowed it to stand which has been the linchpin for federal judges to usurp the powers of the President of the USA.
You can expect Pam Bondi and the Justice Department to address this issue with the Supreme Court later this year possibly this summer. If the DOJ is successful, it will end the irritation of activist judges interfering with Presidential powers.
It’s looking like we are in for an all-out battle to define who can do what to whom. Going to be interesting to watch for sure.
VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

MARCH 8, 2025
VOLUME 101

Yep, two articles ago, all of my settings I been using forever, just disappeared. I have been trying to recover them but have been unsuccessful. Thanks for your encouragement for my successful recovery, it seems to be working. My ability to do normal stuff has really improved over the past week. Two days ago, I got up enough courage to attempt to climb up into my antique military truck, and I did it. Today I did it again, started up the old girl and let it get up to operating temperature. I was actually able to operate the clutch and brakes. That is a major milestone.
I think a lot about what I see and experience. Maybe that’s what drives me to write blogs. We just went through a horrific time period with Biden and the Democrats literally attacking America daily, tweaking and twisting all of our long-held traditions and destruction of our Nation’s basic moral character. We were forced to endure that, for four long years. It was like a virtual prison. It was in fact a bit scary to ponder the idea that the Democrats would somehow make into power for another four years. I didn’t and still don’t think our country could have survived that.
Looking back on Donald Trump’s first four years it was highly successful economically but was pretty chaotic as well with the constant attacks by the Democrats. Using his first four years as a benchmark and knowing he could only hold office for four years, I admit I thought it might be a better idea to run a candidate that could string two terms together. This is why nobody is trying to recruit me for a political analyst. I had it totally wrong.
The Democrats knew that if Trump ever got back into power, there would be hell to pay after how they treated him in his first term, and how they manipulated the election in 2020. This became clear when they unleashed the barrage of lawsuits against him to try to derail his 2024 campaign. This backfired on the Democrats in a major way. The more they tried to persecute him the more popular he became. Americans hate to see anyone treated unfairly. Then they literally tried to kill him in Butler, PA. The Democrats created an all-American Icon. The voters were also sick of the way the Democrat lawmakers ran roughshod over everyone. Election day 2024 time for redemption.
Donald Trump and his team had four long years to lay out the plans for his second term. You can bet that the plan you are seeing executed right now has been planned down to the last detail. The people he picked for his cabinet were very carefully chosen to make certain there would be no detractors or outright saboteurs. He hit the senate with his cabinet picks so quickly, they barely had time to react.
If my math is correct, President Trump and his entourage have been in charge for 48 days today. The president has signed (at last count) 83 Executive orders. Donald Trump’s team know exactly what they are doing. They are going to hit the Dems with everything including the kitchen sink. They have the Democrats totally off balance, wandering around acting like fools. The party that was a pack of attack dogs in Trump’s first term look like lemmings. During Biden’s presidency, the Democrats transformed themselves into a deranged cult of miscreants.
The Democrats see the federal government as deity. It’s a form of worship. When you see the government as your god, you will do anything to protect it and to make it more and more powerful. The Republicans and Independents are Christians for the most part and have a totally different outlook on government. I find it amusing how the Democrats refer to the capitol building in D.C. as sacred. Historically invaluable yes, sacred no. I find the Democrat approach to abortion abhorrent. How can you be that invested in murdering children? They had Planned Parenthood trailers in front of their convention?? That’s sick.
So, as I see it, the Biden presidency was a true blessing. It was a form of mental cleansing the country had to endure so they were able to see the clear path forward which was Donald Trump. It was the awakening and the beginning of a counter revolution. The effectiveness of Trump’s second term was greatly enhanced by four years of Joe Biden and his band of thieves.
This is the time to work even harder when you’re on top or out front. We can’t let the Democrats out maneuver us in the midterms. We need to bolster our strength in Congress. We need to choose the President’s successor carefully so that we can hopefully dominate D.C. for at least 12 more years. I won’t be around that much longer, but I have a lot of progenies that will be. I naturally want them to live the American Dream.
I smell something lovin’ from the oven, so I’m gonna go investigate. God bless everyone and the USA.

MARCH 2, 2025
VOLUME 99

Our family produced several natural born artists that possessed multiple talents. Only one chose to follow his talent as a vocation. He has been working in the movie industry his entire life and is recognized as one of the top animators and story board artists. He just happens to be my nephew (my sister's son) We grew up together as a very close family. He developed and produced three well known cartoon series that were shown on Nickelodeon for several years. He is currently working on a feature length animated movie.
Even though he is my nephew, he is really more like my little brother. We remain close even though we live in adjoining states. We talk on the phone usually once a week, and of course art and family usually dominate our conversations.
During our last conversation, we discussed artificial intelligence. He and I both have very similar feelings about it, so the following opinions and observations should be considered mutual.
Mitch has created numerous characters for his projects. Those characters are strictly products of his imagination and creativity. In other words, those characters although just images on the screen, Inbody a little bit of their creator. They came from his mind, created from his energy. The likelihood of another artist creating the same exact character on the other side of the world is not even remotely possible.
So, as AI grows and develops, I think it's inevitable the human involvement in creativity begins to shrink. I think it's sad to think that someday, young people may not have the opportunity that my nephew had to be part of a world of creativity, to be able to produce entertainment strictly from imagination and talent.
I have seen the power of computers and robotic machines and it's a bit scary. I recently watched a YouTube presentation of a shop that has a large array of computer driven robots, and they are producing metal body panels for automobiles in minutes from raw flat sheets of metal. You might say ; "what's the big deal? Auto manufacturers have been stamping metal panels in minutes for years. The big deal is these machines are miniscule compared to the large hydraulic presses, and a form doesn't have to be made to put into the press. These robots simply make the parts from scratch. There is no "tooling" required, they just command the robot to make a different part. So again, you are taking the human being out of the equation, you no longer need machinists, welders, millwrights, crane operators and etc. Just a robot, and a programmer. This is brand new territory; we are going to a place we have never been before.
Admittedly I'm nowhere near being an expert on AI. Here is what I have heard the experts say, As AI learns a task, it can actually figure out how to improve its performance on its own. They say it can analyze data such as computer programming and figure out how to improve it and even begin writing programs on its own. If I understand correctly what I am hearing, you could upload dozens of novels, or movie scripts and AI could actually learn to write on its own. I jokingly told my nephew it looks like AI is already at work, the plot on the average TV show looks like an old story line that has simply been modified. I think most of what we see on TV is regurgitated crap. That said, maybe AI could come up with some better stuff. Seriously, could we see a time in the future when a human tells a computer to write a story about a fictitious event and the computer churns it out in an hour?
This is sounding to me like humans are voluntarily making themselves irrelevant to a large degree. Are computers going to be calling the shots in government, creating art, and humans are going to be manual labor? I'm serious, how far does this go? Does it get to the point that it can't be turned off? Can it get to the point humans can no longer control it?
What makes this more likely to happen, is humans historically love to create machines that do their work for them. I have owned several homes with swimming pools. Pools require a lot of maintenance to keep them beautiful and inviting. One of the mundane tasks that takes a lot of time is vacuuming. I am seeing this new "crawler" vacuum that even climbs the walls of the pool and sticks it's nose out of the water and cleans the perimeter tiles. This machine learns the shape of your pool and cleans every square inch. How great is that? This is simply an illustration of how lazy we are and how quickly we are willing to hand off our responsibilities to machines.
The bottom line is that being 84 years old in mid-April, it's highly unlikely that I will see any significant results of this. My world is not likely to be seriously impacted by any of this stuff. However, it is highly interesting me, and stirs my imagination. If any of my readers have real-world experience with AI, I would love to hear from you.
In closing, I will treat you to a sample of my nephew's creativity.
