Column 487         December 27, 20242025 Welcome

Those of us who are fundamental American patriots are looking forward to 2025. We suffered what seemed to be a politically induced nightmare of horrors through the past four years. If we valued our government’s structure of checks and balances that our Founding Fathers provided, the Bill of Rights, and the positive spiritual/religious practices religions teach us, the past four years of living under the fist of a despicable, lucifer/dictator with a government staffed with self-serving, unelected, government agents was hell indeed.

What is amazing to me is that we’re still at the 50 percent mark for the number of people who voted for a continuation of the nightmare. This is not surprising if one looks back at history. Mankind has gone “off-the-page” in self-destructing deviations from “the path” since the time of Adam and Eve. When he has, he sees his deviations as progressive and exciting which is how cults are born!1

Yet in truth, what the woke cult members do is merely recreate a form of freedom that has no limits. They do it by banning the use of practical, very descriptive words and replacing them with terms intended to create a positive slant for the despicable actions. For instance, words describing gross misconduct such as debauchery, lecherous, pedophilia, hate, bellicose, profligate, sadistic, lying, murder, rape, theft, disrespect, deception, weakness, drunkenness, atheism, dishonesty, sexuality, equality, man, woman, slavery, and similar words are traded out with DEI, LGBTQ, equity, gay, peace, gender dystopia, and so on. Spending is now investing, socialism is freedom from responsibility with equity of outcomes, and compassion is being soft on crime. Therefore, the cultists believe that life is better when there are no limits on what previously were socially unacceptable and/or illegal behaviors. Yet history has taught us their ways are always destructive.2

Until the believers in the progressive lifestyles wake up to the damaging consequences of their ways, they will continue to attack the righteous and grow their numbers. For this reason, today’s liberal rulers are in a fight to the death to reverse the recent turn toward conservative principles by so many citizens. The numerous disciplines that Trump and his gang want to restore are to them very confining, backward, and restrictive of their power.

In days of old, new incoming administrations would quickly make the changes that negatively impact the economy and stock markets. That way, by reelection time their new policies would have had time create some positive changes and an appreciative mood by all.

The new administration is being prepared to be fully effective almost from the very first day Trump is sworn into office. This means changes will be announced quickly and continuously for months to come. Many, if not all, of the changes will draw a lot of emotional outrage from the woke cultists. Some of Trump’s changes, such as the reduction of government spending and money printing, will face little opposition. That’s because they will negatively impact the economy and the financial markets making Trump look foolish.

This is where the real test will come. What is the willingness of the people to accept short-term sacrifices on the road to long-term gains? Trump’s plan to bolster the economy’s resilience without it disintegrating is critical. On the positive side he is planning on implementing these steps:

●    Close the Border and Deport Illegals
●    Stop the Wars and Intrusions in Other Countries
●    Place Maximum Pressure on Iran
●    Restore and Improve the Efficiency of Our Military
●    Use Tarriffs for Income and Negotiations with Other Countries
●    Cancel Unnecessary Regulations
●    Cut Taxes
●    Balance the Budget
●    Drain the Swamp, Restore Rule of Law, and Fix the FBI
●    Unleash Restrictions on Natural Resources
●    Close Down the Federal Reserve
●    Fix the FDA, CDC, and NIH
●    Address Health Care Costs
●    Improve Citizens’ Health
●    Close the Department of Education
●    Cancel the Paris Climate Accords and Other un-American Agreements3

As much as MAGA conservatives are looking forward to these changes, we know governing involves compromise. We know many of the required changes are dependent on other changes already being in place. We know that Biden, with a big smile, promised Trump a smooth transition. But as January rolls around I expect to see numerous roadblocks legislated and decreed by executive order that are strictly designed to hamper Trump’s plans. This will show us that even though some of Trump’s opponents recognize how toxic their party is, they are still committed cultists.

The presidential campaign gave us a hint about what to expect. As Kamala campaigned, she never laid out her policies other than to say she agreed with Biden. Yet Trump discussed numerous policy changes he supported and planned to implement starting from day one. Therefore, Chuck Schumer’s and Obama’s woke elected representatives, the RINOs, remaining MSM cultists, and the army of deep state, unelected, mentally retarded government agents are well ahead in their strategic planning for making Trump’s changes look like they will be the end of the world.

In spite of the known opposition, starting on January 20, 2025 conservatives will be celebrating the prospects of positive change and a return to some sense of normalcy. But we can’t forget that it won’t be a walk in the park. It’s going to be a slugfest even with “control” of both chambers in the next Congress supposedly being MAGA oriented. Consequently, with virtually no overlap in the preferred policies of the woke cultists and Trump, forced compromises will be seen as losses by many conservatives and cultists alike.4

Starting out, it looks like there may be a battle over selecting a new speaker. With fireworks like that possibly being on the agenda commencing January 3, 2025, this is a strong indication we’ll continue to live in interesting times.

To your health.

Ted Slanker

Ted Slanker has been reporting on the fundamentals of nutritional research in publications, television and radio appearances, and at conferences since 1999. He condenses complex studies into the basics required for health and well-being. His eBook, The Real Diet of Man, is available online.

For additional reading:

1. The Joy Is Gone: A Liberal Hate-Fest For The Holidays by Jonathan Turley

2. The Progressive Left's Glossary Of Terms, 2024 Edition by Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann from American Greatness

3. 10 New Ideas To Make America's Economy Great Again In 2025 by Stephen Moore from PJMedia.com

4. What If Solutions That Worked In The Past No Longer Fix What's Broken? by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds blog