{"id":17696,"date":"2021-01-09T08:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T15:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17696"},"modified":"2021-01-09T08:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T15:43:18","slug":"overnight-news-two-things-the-u-s-cannot-have-1-a-civil-war-2-a-chinese-communist-pawn-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17696\/overnight-news-two-things-the-u-s-cannot-have-1-a-civil-war-2-a-chinese-communist-pawn-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Two things the U.S. cannot have: 1. A civil war. 2. A Chinese Communist pawn as\u00a0president."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYou’ve seen a lot of expressions of normality bias lately: \u2018When things get back to normal.\u2019 I think you can safely tuck those notions away for a\u00a0while.\u201d<\/p><\/div>Here’s an obvious fact no one wants to think about: America has had a Praetorian Guard since the end of World War II. It was crypto \u2013 not even nukes \u2013 that birthed the security state; you can see its inception in “The Imitation Game.” Our unelected, unacknowledged guardians have, so far, kept America’s nuclear weapons from falling into enemy hands.<\/p>\n

That will change on January 20th, if China Joe Biden in inaugurated.<\/p>\n

The alternative might seem to be secession, with or without a civil war, but that doesn’t work, either. Anything that disrupts the vigilance of our defenses cannot happen.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, it seems reasonable to suppose that it won’t. If popular self-government has been an illusion in The West for 75 years, this is one more veil we should expect to see fall away from our eyes in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Is that good news or bad? Far better than the alternative, at least in the short-run.<\/p>\n

Otherwhere:<\/p>\n

The Washington Examiner:<\/strong> Poll: \u2018Civil War\u2019 expectations reach new high, 71% of Trump voters.<\/a> Most important housing story of the day, by far. Incidentally, have you figured out yet why BloodhoundBlog is back in daily operation?<\/p>\n

Redfin:<\/strong> Housing Market Update: Home Prices Up 13%, Pending Sales Rise 38%.<\/a><\/p>\n

Housing Wire:<\/strong> Economists see housing as bright spot to unemployment.<\/a><\/p>\n

Real Clear Investigations:<\/strong> A Big Move to Ban Realtor ‘Hate Speech.’ At Work. Anywhere. 24\/7.<\/a> As always, actual real estate news does not come from the real estate press. This is a nice read today \u2013 after yesterday.<\/p>\n

Jacob Sullum:<\/strong> Did Trump Commit a Crime When He Riled Up His Supporters Before They Rioted?<\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan Davidson:<\/strong> Twitter Just Nuked The Account Of The World\u2019s Biggest Critic Of Big Tech And China.<\/a><\/p>\n

American Thinker:<\/strong> Silence Will Be the Next Hate Crime.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou’ve seen a lot of expressions of normality bias lately: \u2018When things get back to normal.\u2019 I think you can safely tuck those notions away for a\u00a0while.\u201dHere’s an obvious fact no one wants to think about: America has had a Praetorian Guard since the end of World War II. 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