Encore of Revival: America, February 5, 2018

Machines are trying to take over. They aren’t winning. And, they aren’t mechanical machines made of steel and iron alloys—or in GM’s case also aluminum. These are machines of “big money”. Some of them are political, some of them are from the entertainment industry, others are in the business world.

Ultimately, the machines run round and round by creating problems, then solving them.

Nestle has been taking water from Springhill in Osceola County, Michigan for nearly two decades. Locals have battled with the water-relocating giant almost as long; the State often comes to Nestle’s defense. We’ll see how much longer that lasts. The current battle seems to include no third-party scientific research, only claims by locals that water levels are lowering vs claims by Nestle that Nestle isn’t hurting anything and that local water costs would rise without Nestle—which is at the same time accused of causing the water shortage in the first place. It’s almost a self-inditing argument in Nestle’s defense. Now, Nestle wants to take more water.

Then, there’s Uma. Perhaps “Kill Bill” should have been renamed to include something about a guy named “Harvey”, at least if the title reflected the emotions of “what the movie advertisements called a ‘roaring rampage of revenge'” from what happened on set and behind the scenes. To this point, Symphony has not focused on Weinstein stories because, so far, they didn’t seem to include news. Uma’s story in the New York Times, however, introduces the video of her injury during a stunt she was intimidated into doing. After 15 years, she finally got her hands on the video. Uma just might mark the beginning of Vol. 2 in brining down scandal-filled Hollywood.

Then, there’s the machine that’s after Trump. According to the president, it’s a disgrace, people should be ashamed, and Congress will do what Congress will do, which is fine. Bias against Trump is “yuge”. In one man-on-the-street video by Campus Reform, people react negatively to State of the Union comments—until they realize they were made by Obama. Democrats and the mainstream media can’t halt the assault against Trump as long as that widespread bias against Trump exists in such a large segment of the voting population. But, that bias is driving the anti-Trump machine to uncover more and more dirt—not on Trump, but dirt—on Democrats.

While Nestle seems to solve problems it causes, the Left caused the problems it’s solving. As for Hollywood, the movies describe it best.

Fight the Machine

This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry | NY Times

Tiny Michigan town in water fight with Nestle | AFP

Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has no right to in drought-stricken California, state says | Independent

Nestlé: Water is always a public right | SumOfUs

State of the Union

Viewers approve of Trump’s first State of the Union address – CBS News poll | CBS News

CBS Poll Results From Trump’s Speech Are In: Democrats Are In Trouble | Daily Wire

SHOCK: New Poll Shows Dems’ Mammoth Congressional Lead for 2018 Has Disappeared | Daily Wire

Nearly 46 Million Viewers Watch President Trump’s State of the Union Address | Nielsen

Russianewsgategate

Republican memo likely to be released Thursday -Trump administration official | Yahoo – Reuters

Trump Jr. suggests Russia investigation akin to ‘McCarthyism,’ says Dems are ‘left of commie’ | ABC News

The House Just Released the Nunes Memo. Here’s What It Says | TIME

The Nunes Memo Should Be Just the Start | National Review

Disputed GOP-Nunes memo released with Trump’s approval | CNN

‘Nunes memo’ published after Trump declassifies controversial document | Guardian

Trump

Students Hate Quotes from Trump’s State of the Union, Until Realizing They Are Obama’s | Breitbart

Whoopi: ‘I Can’t’ Say Trump’s Name | CNN

Business Trends

Analysis: Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year | Chicago Tribune

CBO: With GOP tax cuts, federal debt will nearly equal size of the US economy | WA Examiner

The number of people using Facebook daily in North America dropped for the first time | CNBC

U.S. Oil Production Tops 10 Million Barrels A Day for First Time Since 1970 | WSJ

Egypt says 4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo | AP

Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers | WSJ