Darkness at the break of noon

 Shadows even the silver spoon

The handmade blade, the child’s balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying (Dylan)

i must admit that i was caught off guard the other day .....no not during the fake eclipse, but when i heard FBI Chief Christopher Wray warning that China was the defining threat of our Generation....he lamented how chinese hackers are outnumbering FBI agent hacking blockers 50-1 and he criticized the CCP for stealing technology and trying to destroy the US economy.

I thought the timing was peculiar since the Pride of Ft Hamilton High School Janet Yellen had just visited Bejing for a 2nd or 3rd time in the last year ....the mushroom queen talked about welcoming healthy competition from the communist regime.

I wondered what took so long for head of the FBI to speak up.......nearly 3 1/2 years into this most destructive administration that has been on it's knees to China.....the FBI seems to have suddenly woken up and now is the one ringing the alarm bells .....my gosh....he even talked about the threats of an open border .

was he reading the tea leaves and preparing for the inevitable second coming of the Great Donn ? 

no, i don't think so.....he knows his fate is sealed and he will be fired on day 1 1/2......

it turns out this week was a procedural vote on the renewal of section 702 of the FISA Act , the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act....the same act that allows the FBI to spy on American citizens that come in contact with foreign nationals....WITHOUT a warrant........some conservative Republicans have insisted on an amendment that will force the spy agencies to obtain a warrant before spying on Americans ......seems reasonable to me.....and the fact that the Missing in Action head of the FBI came out of his groundhog hole to campaign publicly about Foreign threats to Democracy convinces me that he and his fellow spies are up to no good.

last night 19 Republicans voted NO and blocked the renewal...it is set to expire April 19th.....the news media is pouncing on the fact that these 19 Republicans blocked the renewal.....no mention though of the 209 Democrats that also voted NO.....one might think in these days of turmoil that the 19 would be applauded for not blindly voting along party lines, but instead they are painting them as dangerous soldiers of the evil Dr Trump.

Personally i think FISA sb renewed, but i also think those in power need to be kept in check.....obtaining a warrant to spy on an American Citizen is a fair and reasonable hoop that these scumbags need to jump through... Lord knows they are probably spying on this blog without permission from Alvarez.

An’ though the rules of the road have been lodged
It’s only people’s games that you got to dodge
And it’s alright, Ma, I can make it