"I forgot to get napkins. I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me." —Darializa Avila-Chevalier, primary election winner, New York’s 13th Congressional District
Happy 250th USA! Hope we're around to see birthday 251.
This problem with insanity in today's culture appears to be something that's well above and beyond something as simple as "The Democrats", or offshoots thereof. The evil behind them has very deep pockets, which also control the narratives and media today.
If this viewpoint of mine is even remotely accurate, it's looking very bumpy indeed ahead, as previous civilizations and Empires seem to mostly have a violence-related hard reset as part of the process of collapse.
22's have opportunity to serve as a currency. You can harvest food with it, protect yourself with it, long shelf life. a hunnard rounds fit in front pocket and a brick (500) only cost about about .08 cents. each.
I have lots of guns. I have lots of ammo. My .22 won't do much against the hideous tank thing my town's police department just purchased.
Besides, I don't think I would be willing to shoot a hungry woman who is caught trying to steal food from me to feed her hungry children. I'm more the type to give my food away and go hungry myself.
I suppose a gun would help in killing something to eat but I don't know if I would know what to do with a jack rabbit if I shot one for dinner.
I do feel some comfort having all of those guns and ammo but deep down I really don't think it matters all that much.
The only thing I fear is watching my loved ones suffer. I don't care if I suffer myself.
I have mixed faith about God. I do believe in intelligent creation as I have seen too many miracles of life to deny it. I don't know what God's purpose is. Does God exist to torment and torture us so we must learn valuable lessons from the torment? I do not believe God to be a benevolent old grandfather figure who loves everyone unconditionally. No, if there is a sentient God that God must be mean, cruel and coldly just.
I also grow very impatient as I watch God give so much deference to the wicked, filthy and evil at the expense and suffering of the innocent and the good.
Then again, maybe we were seeded here on earth by a superior race of aliens who are now long gone from history leaving us on our own to our own devices.
It's not a tank as you would expect with a gun turret and tank treads. It's some kind of an armored attach vehicle that is a monster. They purchased it from the US military at a very discounted rate. Not sure why they need it other than to intimidate we poor suckers who have chosen to live here.
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956.
Yeah, I get it. I hope for all our sakes we never have to experience this.
Like I said, I have the guns and the ammo and there is comfort there. I just hope I never have to be placed in a situation where I am forced to use them for anything other than some fun targe practice.
"Behind Boetie's thinking was the assumption, later spelled out in great detail by David Hume, that states cannot rule by force alone. This is because the agents of government power are always outnumbered by those they rule. To insure compliance with their dictates, it is essential to convince the people that their servitude is somehow in their own interest. They do this by manufacturing ideological systems..."
~ Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
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Kid: "Daddy? Why are there rich people?"
Dad: "What do you mean by rich? You mean like in spirit?"
Kid: "No-o-o-o-o... Like they have lots of big houses and cars and money!"
Dad: "Ohhh, you mean those kinds. Well, you see, sweetie, our society allows some people to make more money than other people, working no harder than anyone else. Society then allows those with more money to acquire more land than others. Over time, this creates the dynamic for most, if not all, problems we have in society today, from landlessness, homelessness and poverty, to social unrest, war and civilizational collapse."
Kid: "Why does society allow that?!"
Dad: "Corruption, cluelessness or both. Society uses force to uphold rules they call, 'laws', that say that one person with more money can have more land than another with less money."
Kid: "Why can't we stop that!?"
Dad: "Corruption, cluelessness or both again: This setup is upheld by people with guns and weapons, or access to them, like police, security guards and military people-- people who often don't understand this basic and very simple immoral core of our society."
Kid: " :( "
Dad: "Ya; :( "
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"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all."
~ Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
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"The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime. It has failed utterly to destroy or even minimize the horrible scourge of its own creation."
~ Emma Goldman
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"Although I admit that the outcome in a stateless society will be bad, because not only are people not angels, but many of them are irredeemably vicious in the extreme, I conjecture that the outcome in a society under a state will be worse, indeed much worse, because, first, the most vicious people in society will tend to gain control of the state (Hayek 1944, 134-52; Bailey 1988; Higgs 2004, 33-56) and, second, by virtue of this control over the state's powerful engines of death and destruction, they will wreak vastly more harm than they ever could have caused outside the state (Higgs 2004, 101-05). It is unfortunate that some individuals commit crimes, but it is stunningly worse when such criminally inclined individuals wield state powers.
~ Robert Higgs, 'If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-government'
Emma Goldman supposedly controlled the assassins of both Garfield and McKinley with sex. In the "Red Summer" following WW1 all known Bolsheviks were rounded up and deported. Goldman fought back continuously struggling against the cops as they dragged her up the gangplank of a ship going to Russia. They finally got serious and beat the living s..t out of her and threw her over the rail onto the boat. She deserved far worse.
"Goldman fought back continuously struggling against the cops..." ~ John Schrauth
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"The police have always been thugs, but they have traditionally been thugs in the service of elites. The crises of the 1960s produced an outbreak of police hooliganism directed against the citizenry... and a revolt against their own commanders and the civil authorities.
The police, in short, became self-conscious political actors seeking to defend their own interests, advance their own agenda, act under their own authority, and increase their already substantial power. Such a development is very dangerous for a wavering democracy like that of the United States."
~ Kristian Williams
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"The state has moved into many new areas as they become significant... This expanding role of the state helps prevent the rise of any significant competing forms of social organisation...
The obvious point is that most social activists look constantly to the state for solutions to social problems. This point bears labouring, because the orientation of most social action groups tends to reinforce state power... Indeed, peace movements spend a lot of effort debating which demand to make on the state... By appealing to the state, activists indirectly strengthen the roots of many social problems, the problem of war in particular...
Many people's thinking is permeated by state perspectives. One manifestation of this is the unstated identification of states or governments with the people in a country which is embodied in the words 'we' or 'us.'... Those who make such statements implicitly identify with the state or government in question. It is important to avoid this identification, and to carefully distinguish states from people..."
~ Brian Martin, 'Uprooting War'
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People will shoot the messenger. I understand that. It can be a logical fallacy, after all.
At the same time, the message, whoever's message, Emma's message, even Emma, herself, won't be for everyone, nor should they and she, respectively.
Nor should a system be for everyone, like a mode of social organization, a State, a government, a political party, a cookie-cut, a one-size-fits-all, a monoculture.
Nature might not even like it.
In the Earth's past, the ocean wasn't for everything, either.
Some creatures, for better or for worse, headed out of it and onto land.
Some even started walking on their hind legs.
And breathing oxygen.
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"John Schrauth
@sinnissippi
An old guy who believes the Constitution if followed can still make us the greatest country. A guy who wishes everyone would love their neighbor."
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Your Constitution isn't worth toilet paper if it's thrown over everyone like a glorified Truman Show.
We both like watching riots. It's just you're for the antifa and I'm for the White right. Same! Communists and Fascists both use violence so they are the same - every normie who ever lived.
Riots are interesting to watch on a screen, but I wouldn't likely engage in one, nor in unethical or otherwise counterproductive violence.
I guess it would depend on what kind of riot we were talking about.
A State-protest riot?
A Pussy Riot?
Did you ever respond to my comment under the previous threads about some ideal towns by the way? Would you like me to repost it in these threads?
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"In social theory, framing is a schema of interpretation, a collection of anecdotes and stereotypes, that individuals rely on to understand and respond to events. In other words, people build a series of mental 'filters' through biological and cultural influences. They then use these filters to make sense of the world. The choices they then make are influenced by their creation of a frame. Framing involves social construction of a social phenomenon – by mass media sources, political or social movements, political leaders, or other actors and organizations. Participation in a language community necessarily influences an individual's perception of the meanings attributed to words or phrases." ~ Wikipedia
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"In psychology and cognitive science, a schema... describes a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them. It can also be described as a mental structure of preconceived ideas, a framework representing some aspect of the world, or a system of organizing and perceiving new information, such as a mental schema or conceptual model. Schemata influence attention and the absorption of new knowledge: people are more likely to notice things that fit into their schema, while reinterpreting contradictions to the schema as exceptions or distorting them to fit. Schemata have a tendency to remain unchanged, even in the face of contradictory information." ~ Wikipedia
Higgs wrote a tour de force on the depression. It should be read by all the poor souls who believe the canard that WWII ended the depression.
Your fine quotes here endorse the idea that ideologies formed by the thought that human nature can be altered are doomed fallacies. Such ideologies always require less liberty, more authoritarianism, never the opposite.
Human nature can be altered, but not by other humans, at least depending on what we mean by alter. Some will try of course and some will resist or compromise.
I've got a pile of clothes beside my dusty sewing machine that needs various alterations, but it's summer outside.
"If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad it is not safe to permit people to be free , how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good ? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race ? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind ?"
They certainly do not believe that they will subject to the consequences and repercussions of their actions that will befall society in general. This is their mistake. When the system finally breaks the very people that provide security to these legislative elites will turn on them and these elites will be hunted down and strung up to atone for their crimes against the republic and humanity.
A few uber wealthy elites may survive living in expensive bunkers with vast food storage reserves but the rest will suffer the same fate as the masses. It is unavoidable.
250th aside, some of us have sensed for decades already that a hard reset and/or collapse (perhaps total) is waiting just over the horizon (e.g., the next sunrise), meaning at such point infrastructure services fail beyond repair and (armed) people go positively apeshit. History's prior examples of major stress points typically take decades to build up. The current descent into madness appears to be no different. Been brewing since at least the start of this century.
Anyone notice that "Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Melat Kiros, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley have one unifying characteristic?"
They are all women. Ungrateful, unsatisfied, self centered, arrogant women who have learned to milk the system and live posh, cushy lives on the back of all the hard working men in our nation. Women like this should be treated like the dogs that they are. Fed scraps from the tables under the feet of the men eating at those tables.
Until women are lined up to be cannon fodder in the same way our young men always have been, they should not be treated as equals and they certain should NOT be sitting in positions of political power like the cows named in this post. Until we men figure this out and take back that which is rightfully ours and put the loud mouthed women back in their places, the insanity will continue.
Who else is noticing that these DSA grifting parasites are mostly in the 5 main DSA grifting states of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, CA, and NY?
"I forgot to get napkins. I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me." —Darializa Avila-Chevalier, primary election winner, New York’s 13th Congressional District
It will be interesting to watch that DSA grifting parasite get wiped all over the floor soon, along with the rest of them.
However, after contemplating this long and hard (oh, those useful id*ots!), I see that ee are, indeed, and economic engineering for the world. They cant risk that, they would have a lot to lose. Then, the long rebuilding. When you have a lot of compromised people in positions of influence, and you can scour the world to place the most derelict, who hate our country, people might not notice its the demons behind the curtains- the globalists.
Dont, for a minute, confuse them w "elite"; theres none of that in them.
I saw an unsubstantiated story in the last couple days saying George Soros is scared his creation will fail in November so the GOP may keep both houses of Congress. If so, he's allegedly going to simply give up and start funding actual charities. Sure. He's spent over 80 years trying to destroy the West, and now he's going to give up if his side doesn't win?
Or Indonesia, where they have a standing KOS order against him and his family -- though that probably would be far too merciful for tbe fucking Nazi-loving bastard.
Or Gitmo. I also saw online JHK, looks like James Carville has finally thrown his hands up over recent shenanigans by his Democrat cohorts. Now there's something I never thought I'd see.
I've also heard smoke that Soros is worried, but I haven't heard the giving up part. If anything, I think he is trying even harder, which indicates that We The People have far more power right now than we realize.
He probably knows as much as you, but that's not the point of his comment. It was intended to intimidate those who dislike, disagreed, and agitated against his regime.
Who are the movers and shakers in the Democratic Party, Ben? It's not mindless, Ben, it was intentional. All part of the Bolshevik revolution they want to start and overwhelming the system with immigrants and military aged men to boot is an act of sabotage and betrayal.
Doubt that. New angle. And its about dam*ed time he use his own money for his tinkering, not ours.
In fact, this demon needs a permanent home in the deepest darkest dungeons. Forever. Confiscate all assets, every one of them, entangled or not. Even those ngos he stole our money to create havoc w are assets. Take every bit back. He got filthy rich robbing others. About time he gets his due.
Trump is trying, but he's literally fighting at least half the American population, as well as 95% of Wall Street, 90% of official Washington, and almost every government, bank, and economic system on Earth. If he fails, we die as a nation. If he succeeds, we'll probably still die, but at least we'll die on our feet, not on our knees as the Uniparty and the WEF would like.
The Party of Slavery still wants to own and control you! They’ve have destroyed everything they control, the desperation of having to illegally import illegals and barbarians from across the world to survive as a viable Political Party shows they know their policies have failed and they are racing towards oblivion!
A new People’s Party needs to be formed to compete for the People and the Republicans!
Islamists Communist spells trouble, desperation and defeat!
The sad fact is that with the US's first-past-the-post winner-take-all voting, and the anachronistic Electoral College with its Superdelegates, there is not even a theoretical chance a Third-Party candidate can be elected POTUS.
It's a systemic problem. Well proven in 1992 when Billionaire Ross Perot challenged GW Bush and Clinton on a populist platform of slashing the budget deficit. He got an amazing 19.0% of the vote* ~ but didn’t receive a plurality of voters in any state, giving him ZERO ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES.
Until America changes its method of voting in its President, its stuck with its UniParty Duopoly. A Third-Party candidate will NEVER become the POTUS.
A third-Party Candidate has never won in 160-years .
A Third-Party candidate will NEVER become the POTUS until its method of voting in the POTUS is changed. And that requires a Constitutional Amendment. Amending the Constitution requires a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress, or a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures, followed by ratification from three-fourths of the states.
Historically over 700-proposals (!)have been submitted to Congress to change the method of voting in the POTUS. None passed. The Framers set the bar is too high.
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*Jill Stein only got 0.36% of the vote in 2012 running as a Green Party candidate.
And only 1.07% in 2016.
Ralph Nadar, with his huge respect and name recognition, only got 2.7% in 2000 running as a Green.
In 2020 Howie Hawkins taking over the Green Party baton got a pathetic 0.3%.
Stein, only garnered 628,129 votes, or 0.4% of the electorate in 2024.
The Green Party has never got any traction in the US.
I look at Trump as pretty much a third party candidate. He just had to eliminate all the competition in one party, then run on their ticket. Which he did.
The jihadists and Bolsheviks are useful to each other. And both have no moral compunctions against committing mass murder to advance their holy, righteous cause (as they see it). The difference is that the jihadists are more willing to be martyrs and die themselves.
That is true, but so are christian Zionists. That is also true, but so are Western Governments as evidence by the mass murder in the Middle East that the USG,NATO/European governments enable and supports. They call this righteous, but it is morally wrong. Yes, the Jihadi's are willing to martyr themselves for their beliefs and many politicians in Western Governments and Israel want us to sacrifice ourselves for them.
There is a reason that most countries polled in December 2013 by Gallup called the United States the greatest threat to peace in the world, and why Pew found that viewpoint increased in 2017.
Since World War II, during a supposed golden age of peace, the United States military has killed or helped kill some 20 million people, overthrown at least 36 governments, interfered in at least 86 foreign elections, attempted to assassinate over 50 foreign leaders, and dropped bombs on people in over 30 countries. The United States is responsible for the deaths of 5 million people in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and over 1 million since 2003 in Iraq.
Since 2001, the United States has been systematically destroying a region of the globe, bombing Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria, not to mention the Philippines. The United States has “special forces” operating in two-thirds of the world’s countries and non-special forces in three-quarters of them.
Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen by Nicolas Davies From 2018, this article estimates 5 to 7 million people directly killed by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.
See also How Death Outlives War by Costs of War. From 2023, this report estimates 4.5 to 4.6 million people killed directly or indirectly by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen.
The U.S. government provides weapons, military training, and/or military funding to almost every dictatorship and oppressive government on earth. See my 2020 book 20 Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S.
I am not going to argue on behalf of the antics in the world by USrael. I think a growing number of American people are increasingly aware of the disconnect between self-congratulatory rhetoric and our actions on the world stage. Many are increasingly ashamed. You are agitating about the USG, not the majority of it's people who, in the majority, are quite decent people who have been going about their business raising families, trying to stay afloat and no time to dig deeper and have been silent in their ignorance. But the clue should have been the money we allocate to belligerent countries who do our government's dirty work for money, while we pontificate about "The Shining City on a Hill." We are seeing the tarnish and it stinks like Matzo ball soup.
Thank you as always James for your knowledge and insight on the true horror of the left, and how close we are to losing our Republic. Yes, we Americans understand how morally and mentally bankrupt these most vile people are, and are very concerned about how fast their movement has grown, but what makes America different from the past communist revolutions, is the fact that we are well armed, and 1000 times more trained in defending what we believe, love and have lived for our entire lives. We are AMERICANS 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 and those pink haired freaks on the left can only dream of taking down our beliefs and love for country. I know that myself and many millions of other Americans are patiently waiting for the day these most mentally unstable freaks make their move. It will be a historic day for the revival of our Republic. May God continue to bless America and those who fight for her🙏Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
What kind of fucked up God would continue to bless a nation who is supplying bombs to a mass murderer ~ knowing full well he is going to drop them on women and kids, hospitals and refugee camps?
God has abandoned the United States, Dennis. For the infanticide, the perversion codified into law, a lot of things. You expect people to act according to Christian precepts, and they can't, because they're essentially dead. Walking dead bodies. As are you.
Not so long ago such behaviors would assure a blowout. Still could if The Sane actually show up for once. If they don't, Last One Out Turn Off The Lights won't apply; there won't be any lights. The masks are off. We're There.
And the prohibition is actually that Jews who have converted to any other religion may not return permanently. There are unfortunately dozens of majority Islamic countries in the world, and there are fortunately dozens that are Christian majority. But only one Jewish state, and one that wants to retain its Jewishness.
As long as you are happy subsidising a country that despises Christians and only wants the content of their wallets and the lives of their soldiers, I guess that's fine. Seems a bit silly to talk about 'Jew hatred', though. I certainly don't hate Jews but my grandson will go to shed blood for their endless wars over my dead body.
Have you been to Israel and witnessed that yourself? I ask because I have not seen that expressed outside of mainstream media. I was in Israel once for a business trip and stayed an extra week and it coincidentally was when a huge group of Nigerian Christians were in Israel. Nigerian Christians are some of the most persecuted people on the planet and all across Nigeria are being slaughtered by jihadis. They were some of the loveliest and most devout people I ever met, and it was moving to see them praying so fervently at holy places noted in the Bible. They have something beautiful that we have lost. Anyway, I witnessed them being treated with great tenderness by the Jewish people of Israel, who know a thing or two about persecution. In addition, Christians in Israel are equal under the law to other citizens (Jews and Arabs) and freely practice their religion.
"Avila Chevalier was born and raised in Florida to working-class Dominican immigrant parents.[2] Her father is a truck driver and her mother a caseworker. Her parents are divorced.[3] She also lived in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela[4] and speaks fluent Spanish"
Nice catch on the childlessness. I recall when the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands at the same time lacked their own biological children, and thus incentive to preserve their lands for their posterity. Coming from a broken home suggests the sort of Daddy Issues JHK talks about.
I'm not aware of too many Jihadis from the Dominican Republic, however. Do you have evidence that she is Muslim and a mujaheddin?
The enmity between Jews and Islam is a fallacy. They are two sides of the same coin, and their mutual enemy is White Christians, specifically the Catholic World.
Thanks, Dennis, I like Hitchen's. I don't share all of his philosophies though. Many people assign poison, hatred's, enmity, whatever you want to call it with religion however; what is poorly understood or considered is the human element that corrupts the notion of the mystery of the faith. I do not find your rejection to be cause to not appreciate what you say or how you feel.
There's no such thing, as you really, really, really, really, really, really believe in something ~ and call that faith.
It’s an attempt to make "not knowing" sound like a higher form of "knowing.
If a person says they have "faith" ~ they are signalling that their brain is closed to further inquiry.
It’s the ultimate linguistic sleight of hand. By rebranding a lack of evidence as a "higher" form of knowledge, they’ve created a system where the less you know, the more "virtuous" you are for believing it.
Might help to actually know something about Islam.
“Allah’s Messenger said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.’”
(Sahih Bukhari 4:52:177; see also Sahih Bukhari 4:52:176; Sahih Muslim 41:6985)[1]
Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.
(Sahih Muslim 39:16, see also Sunan Abu Dawud 41:5186)[5]
On his death-bed Allah’s Messenger ( put a sheet over his-face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, “May Allah’s Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets.” (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done. (Sahih Bukhari 4:56:660)[6]
No Muslim would die but Allah would admit in his stead a Jew or a Christian in Hell-Fire.
(Sahih Muslim 37:6666)[7]
There would come people amongst the Muslims on the Day of Resurrection with as heavy sins as a mountain, and Allah would forgive them and He would place in their stead the Jews and the Christians.
(Sahir Muslim 37:6668)[8]
“Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) went out after the sun had set and he heard some sound and said: It is the Jews who are being tormented in their graves.
(Sahih Muslim 40:6861)[9]
“A group of Bani Isra’il was lost. I do not know what happened to it, but I think (that it ‘underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don’t you see when the milk of the camel is placed before them, these do not drink and when the milk of goat is placed before them, these do drink.” (Sahih Muslim 42:7135)[11]
The most famous antisemitic incident in the Sirah is the extermination of the Jewish Qurayza tribe after the Battle of the Trench. Before this incident Muhammad cursed the Jews as ‘brothers of monkeys’:
“You brothers of monkeys, has God disgraced you and brought his vengeance upon you?”[18]
Yes, Ben that would help you immensely. It wasn't just Jews Arab Muslims terrorized in the 7th century and beyond, Ben. It is well known the Jews were treated less harshly in Islamic lands than Christians. In fact they were often used for advisers and they did not want to jeopardize the tax from their merchant activities. In modern Israel they fund Islamic terrorism which is primarily Arabic, not Iranian who are the jihadists. I tend to seek out truth and reject false propaganda.
Young and full of knowledge of stuff that ain't so. But smart enough to run in places in which the Brand simply will not lose. The four seats in question are gone. Most other places have enough of the Sane to make a difference -- if they show up.
Latest democrat campaign slogan: Vote for us, we want to destroy your country, kill you, steal your stuff and indoctrinate your kids just before we cut their nuts and breasts off. Amazingly, it seems to resonate with a large number of their potential voting base.
Imagine that, Opentrees, another "lemming" indoctrinated into the Antisemitic propaganda which is what's currently feeding all the pro-Islamic Communist takeovers worldwide. Congratulations.
About as amazing as how many lemmings who threaten people who don't agree with them with eternal damnation; who send grown men into our primary schools to scare 5-year-old children with horror stories of guilt, shame, sin, fear and hell; and lecture the rest of us on morals with a straight face!!
Latest Republican campaign slogan: We have stolen most of your money and now we are coming for Your Social Security. We want your retirement. We want it all.
I didn't click it, but the extended attributes, which are several hundred characters long, tell me two things.
One, you don't know how to shorten a URL, and if you don't know that basic skill, why would anyone click it for all the tracking-cookie fun and only God knows what else?
As far as the smartest person in the blog space, I never made that claim, not once.
You, however, accuse people of being dumb and gullible for professing a belief in a higher power besides your God big government, a classic Socialist trope.
A real nasty-spirited America-hating troll of the lowest sort.
Dennis is an atheist ~ therefore he believes in big government. LOL
Dennis has a different point of view than me ~therefore he hates America. LOL
BEN logic. LOL
BTW people ARE dumb and gullible for professing a belief in a higher power.
Christians believe that God has planned everything, and that includes planning for some people to go to hell, and there's nothing you can do about it, since that would go against God's plan. Then they say "I'll pray for you".
It's as if it's a requirement of Christianity that you must be a little bit stupid.
Christains claim that a loving God created everything ~ including last weeks Venezuelan earthquake.
Christians ask for evidence of evolution while swallowing a whole book of childish fairy tales with no evidence.
Why do a Christians expect a book written by unknown authors in a variety of languages, that was translated, rewritten, edited countless times ~ is evidence for anything? It's just a book. Every statement of "Jesus said" needs to start with "my old book says that Jesus said...."
Christian athletes thank God for victory, while 10,000 children starve to death every day!
Created sick, commandeered to be well. The Christian believe that GOD made them imperfect and punishes them if they don’t get well. That sentence shows you everything that is sick about Christian beliefs.
Christians that belief the entirety of Bible are willing to sacrifice their humanity on the altar of a book that they can't even prove.
Christians believe that if you act like a Christian you won't go to hell. OK, one “God” is happy... what about the other 2,999+?
Christians say NO AMOUNT of evidence could change his mind~ atheists say that ANY amount of evidence could change his mind.
Atheism is the only true default position when it comes to the question of “God”. The only way to prove Atheism wrong is by proving that a “God” exist.
When someone gets told that he is ignorant, and then answers " I am of a different opinion" ~ That folks, is true character! He does not defend himself or try to prove that he is not the weaker. That indicates a good self-image.
I concur with every bit of today’s dissection of the odious Democratic Party. I wish it ill, and would rejoice to see it dissolved. Trouble is, the alternative in our two-party system is the odious Republican Party which, for most of my life, has actually been the more evil of the two. Yes, there are a handful of admirable Republicans in office today, but will one of them be permitted to run things?
Similarly, I concur in not wishing for this country to be ruled by Pol Pot and a Communist regime. Sadly, the viability of an extreme left here is made inevitable by the Predatory Capitalism that has caused greater wealth disparity between ever fewer alphas at the top and just about everybody else than during the unlamented Gilded Age.
The current system permits Private Equity to devour all: from the Healthcare Cartel to HVAC services and animal hospitals, cornering those markets, jacking prices to exorbitant levels and, again, transferring more wealth ever upward.
Besides wrecking household budgets, this dynamic is wiping out small businesses, which have long been the engine of our economy’s innovation and job creation.
So, sure – let’s bury the Donkeys and dance on their graves. But, unless Predatory Capitalism is reined in, the serfs will inevitably rise up and tear it all down. Trans people with rainbow flags aren’t as skilled in demolition as brawny blue collar types with sledge hammers.
Hmmm, why are immigrants coming here and Europe? What exists about Western Civilization that draws people?
Economic opportunity. Ask them yourself.
Freedom from central control. MAGA, not all of GOP, abhors the Deep State, The Dems want central control, demand it, derive their power from it, as do the RINOS. Socialism has failed these immigrants, that is why they are here. But like Californicators, they bring their socialism with them. Remember what insanity is.
I agree with you that we have come to a point here in America where there is far too much centralization of wealth in the private sector ( are publicly traded corporations still considered private ? ) , but I think that such a state of affairs was made possible by the actions and inaction's of a corrupt and over centralized government .
" They had like one damn job " (: Somebody )and they went about doing everything but . So hell yeah break up the monopolies , bust up the trusts and all that , but restructure the tax and regulatory systems so that it encourages competition at the small local shoestring start up level . Lets foster local profit staying in the communities where these small Mom and Pops reside instead of turning into some complex financial instrument traded about on Wall street by all the big money mucky mucks . Hell , most small communities across the fruited plain have already turned into the modern equivalent of 'Pottersville's ' with huge entities like freakin Blackrock and Bain and so on owning every damn thing . it sucks, soon " all restaruants really will be Taco Bell " ( quote from 'The Demolition Man ') at this rate .
For all you rock ribbed country club repubs out there , sorry but capitalism itself is neither moral or immoral , its a tool that depending upon who is using it can go either way , and its gone way too far one way ,and as I said before it sucks .
Its all about the decentralization of control ,back down to the most local level possible ,of both government and business and that is my antidote , an antidote not without some required suffering and discomfort to achieve its ends but an antidote just the same . As if there even is an antidote where nobody has to take a haircut (their really isn't, not really )
Kudos for acknowledging that this, like most issues, is not binary. Some prolific voices here pretend that, since Communism is not a good system, what we have now is just fine. It's not the least damned bit fine.
Blackrock is our Politburo and Peter Thiel is positioning himself to be our Pol Pot. The rededication to a system which promotes and supports vital communities and that you advocate is our only alternative to a miserable future. Without it, choose your poison.
Thank you , and though I am staunchly a limited government conservative type ( at least I think I am ?) I think that its fair to say that there isn't one thing in existence in our shared reality that cant be either not taken far enough or taken too far , which leaves the' just the right amount ' position where I'd want to be on everything , not that I can always be ,in reality ,because I'm certainly not perfect , but nevertheless . Hell , even the consumption of water , essential to good bodily function as it is ,has a limit that gone past is deleterious to the health of the body . I cant think of anything that cant be over or under done . Its just such a stupid obvious axiomatic universal truth that nonetheless seems to get lost or go without notice in peoples thinking for some reason . Goldilocks And The Three Bears , we learned in preschool , the golden ratio , everything has a sweet spot , "balance Angison, balance, whole life have a balance "- Mr Miyagi
Yes, Fascism or National Socialism - called by other names of course. The wind must be tempered for the shorn lamb and people can't take very much truth baldly stated.
Where is the balance going to come from since Capitalism is unbalanced by it's very nature which is unending lust for profit. Those that don't have it will be crushed and/or absorbed by them that do.
As Plato said, there must be a class of Guardians. There must be a Night Court. Failing this, the reinstitution of the Holy Vehm as found in Medieval Germany.
The US economy is fake. Economy is just another tool of those in power. It's clay, it's playdough. The biggest thieves are awarded and rewarded. They run the show, small thieves are sacrificed, the rest are kept in line with bread and circuses (less bread every day, more circuses).
Lugh, you preach that whites are supreme but then complain that the economic system should treat people equally with a benevolent government making the decisions. Which is it?
These are natural occurrence’s ,if I am blind and you are not should I demand that you pluck out your eyeballs so that we can be equal ? Sorry Lugh , I like back and forthing with you but you are always pushing this utopian claptrap that runs counter to reality IMO . If you do in fact blind yourself in the name of equity is that a net plus or a net negative for “ the collective “ ?. Not everyone is as smart , strong , good looking ,athletic , driven or unhypnotized by the world ( in an independent and objective state of mind / <this ones a big’un ) as everyone else and that is unfortunate but there is no population wide fix for the whole of humanity , salvation, redemption has to be worked out by the individual one individual at a time . You go ahead and continue to try and herd cats to your hearts content , I’ll help when I think its possible , when I think someone actually might have an inkling of whats actually at the bottom of all of it , outside of that I have no illusions about ‘turning the herd’ so that they will behave in a way that I personally think they ‘ought to “ behave . In summary , I don’t fancy myself to be a “ social conditioner “ and I understand that whatever noble ideas I might have about how people ‘ought to’ behave , I could well be missing some small but critical piece of data (unknown unknowns) that makes my ‘model ‘ for human behavior more disastrous than minding my own damn business from the git go would have been . '“Our lives are better left to chance , I might have missed the pain but I’d have had to miss the dance “ - Somebody I’m not all that fond of outside of that line of lyric .Crazy nuff for ya ?
Just men made perfect or at least better. As C.S Lewis (and many others) pointed out, the major religions agree on the basics of a moral code. And I'm talking about Us, so that narrows it down to a Christian pov in case of any important differences.
Relativism will destroy us. Please don't fall into that quagmire.
Of course, That's my point. You seem to possess a child's credulity about the benevolence of predatory capitalism, notwithstanding abundant evidence to the contrary. The difference is technology: combine Palantir's knowledge of everything about you with a CBDC and you will be enslaved.
Just make sure you don't come to New York to resupply your ammo. Queen Kathy has New Yorkers undergo a background check for bullets.
Since I loathe the bitch, I'll add this here: Miss Integrity's husband got the concessions contract for the Buffalo Bills' new stadium after she gave almost a billion taxpayer dollars to the companies building the stadium. Why would she, a lefty, expect the billionaire Pegula family to pony up the funds themselves?
This week we've seen reports estimating that President Trump and his family have added roughly **$2 billion** to their wealth since returning to the White House, with a significant portion tied to cryptocurrency ventures. What's especially troubling is the lack of transparency about who is investing. If wealthy foreign interests can profit the President's crypto enterprises while simultaneously seeking favorable treatment from his administration, that presents an obvious conflict of interest that deserves serious scrutiny.
That brings me to Kunstler's question about the **$370 billion** in Inflation Reduction Act climate funding overseen by John Podesta. I have no objection whatsoever to auditing those funds. If money was improperly awarded, mismanaged, or diverted for political purposes, investigate it thoroughly. If laws were broken, hold people accountable.
What I object to is the double standard.
Republicans spent years investigating the so-called "Biden crime family." Despite extensive investigations, no evidence emerged showing Joe Biden personally profited from the corruption allegations that were so confidently promoted.
Meanwhile, we have a sitting President whose personal financial interests are intertwined with ventures that can accept investments from people whose identities are not fully transparent. That strikes me as a far more immediate ethics concern than insinuations about what *might* have happened with climate grants.
Kunstler has a gift for directing readers' attention to one hand while the other escapes scrutiny. By all means, audit every dollar of the climate program. But let's apply the same standard to the President's own financial dealings. Accountability shouldn't depend on which party is involved.
Trump is betting ON America, without money from the Treasury collected via taxation . The construct known as 'Biden ' ,betting AGAINST America , took $370 billion in tax revenue and turned it into some form of anti American slush fund or another . So while both may be considered unethical in the strictest technical sense I see miles of difference between the two examples .
Do you mind providing some link to a source that definitively shows that this was a slush fund?
This is EXACTLY my point...you guys take an accusation and run with it like it's a fact (if it's bad news about a Dem) but ignore the actual FACTs when it's something bad about Trump.
It's ok for a POTUS to make money...but it's NOT OK for them to earn money from a scheme where it has the appearance (that's putting it nicely) of "pay to play" with a quid-pro-quo aspect to it.
A good portion of funds allocated by the government are basically some form of slush fund or another . I thought that became fairly clear with things like Solyndra , shovel ready jobs and ‘Bidens ‘ Green new deal’ and his so called ‘ inflation reduction act ‘. It should be clear by now that such things are in good measure nothing but political payolla, along with revaluations about things ;Ike the SPLC and USAID , where our earned wealth is forcefully extracted and used to further consolidate these peoples tyrannicall hold over our former liberties . The content of your comments and replies reek of someone who is in the tank for the old political establishment .An establishment that at 39 trillion in debt we can no longer afford . A Republican for 30 years, until Trump mmmhmmm , so you were all good with the likes of the McConnell’s and The Cheney’s , but once someone came up to the [podium and threatened to devolve power back to its rightful heirs ,we da peeps , well that was just a bridge too far for you that is assuming you ever were Republican to begin with ,which I find highly suspect given how vigorously you seem to want to support the narrative that “ The Big Guy “ , who always got his 10% according to his bag man son dint du nuffin wrong . “ Well SOB , they fired the prosecutor “ Biden bragging at the CFR about withholding a billion in aid to Ukraine till they fired the prosecutor who was investigating the energy company his (crack head , kicked out of the Navy , got his deceased brothers widow hooked on drugs while screwing her , and filmed himself doing drugs and partaking of underage hookers son ,and other revelations on the laptop that they lied about not existing and even miss used the power of the Intel community to lend legitamacy to that lie ( 51 members of the IC said the laptop “had all the hallmarks of Russian disinfo” if I recall ) . But wait , I’m only getting started , “ we have , I believe , put together the most extensive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics “or “ I don’t need you to vote for me “- Joseph Robinnette Biden “
I tend to agree Jeff, but…… you can’t possibly believe that Biden‘s Department of Justice investigating Biden‘s corruption was legitimate? Joe Biden has been grifting off of taxpayer money in a government job since he was in his 30s, and all of hunter’s misdeeds and being placed on board of Ukrainian companies? you cannot be serious that you believe that was on the up&up? Also, Democrats are famous for funneling taxpayer money into NGO’s, which then fund the DNC and hire lots and lots of lefty government jobs & college activists. Thank every protest you’ve ever seen. Now that those are being dismantled and the SPLC has been outed as a total fraud that funded the KKK side of things in order to stir shit up, the DNC is sucking wind for donations. Act blue is dead. If the only way the Democrats could raise money was by hiding behind back doors, what is there about that party that is legit? I’m not saying that it has always been that way, but it sure has been crooked since the Clintons. On Trump and the cryptocurrency question, and I don’t know anything about it, admittedly, is Trump using tax payer money? Is he investing his own money? These are two very very different things and not two different sides of the same coin.
Alice - I appreciate a well written and thoughtful post, but I must say that you're facts are extremely one-sided. Regarding the legitimacy of the Biden investigation...what are you basing that concern on? James Comer led the committee and they called all the witnesses they wanted to. You do recall that their star witness (i.e. the FBI informant - Alexander Smirnov) ended up being arrested for providing false statements about the Biden's, right? It was determined that he was forwarding Russian misinformation. You know why Russia provides this misinformation? Because they know the GOP will use it! I'm not even sure that Comer cared if it was misinformation or not...because it was more about "investigating" than actually finding anything. This is Trump and the GOP's standard operating procedure these days...just claim something and start an investigation. Exactly what Trump wanted Zelensky to do...start an investigation about Biden. It's disgusting. Hunter Biden profited off his dad's name for sure. It was morally and ethically wrong...but it wasn't a crime. Sorry.
Joe Biden was a career politician and so...yes...he's lived off a government salary. Hey...you could say the same about General in the Military...or a Big City Fire Chief, right? There's nothing inherently wrong or illegal with this.
Regarding your questions about Trump and cryptocurrency. It's not that he made money per se...it's the fact that he's investing in something where he's made it publicly known and now foreign countries or US businessmen can contribute to it...making it profitable and it gives the appearance of quid-pro-quo. "I'll contribute $500M to the crypto if you give me a break on regulations with regards to my industry" If you've ever been involve with government contracting...or spending...you stay away from anything that gives the appearance of impropriety.
I was GOP for 30 years and it's just so disappointing to see that the GOP talked a good game, but when Trump came around and did all of the things that you complained about the Dems for decades...you excused him. Not sure why...but you did. Now...I'm an ex-GOP guy.
Jeff, I think you sound more like an ex-GOP who has Trump Derangement Syndrome. Anyone who was in the GOP for 30 years whose shining star and raison d’etre is hating Trump and his statements isn’t really a conservative. And MAGA has moved far far beyond the GOP, since they’ve always talked a lot and accomplished very little that their voters wanted. Too cozy in the overall grift system that defines DC. Also, an actual 30-year GOP guy would definitely know the corruption of Dems going back to Clinton, and here you are defending Biden (snort!!). And you’re worried about Trump going after targets?? Good heavens, do you remember Russiagate and the entirety of Hillary‘s campaign with evil Mark Elias at the head intertwined with sitting president Obama and his intelligence community, Comey and Brennan, as the primary crooks, all cozied up with Christopher Steel, the former MI6 agent? Do you remember all of that? Double impeachment for nothing. The one about Ukraine was just simply to expose Biden, taking millions in bribes from Ukraine. But the deep state was after him because they knew he would expose their corruption, and that is exactly what he has done Jeff. DOGE, USAID, profound corruption and fraud in many states adding up to trillions of dollars stolen from taxpayers? Are you awake? The Mar-a-Lago raid? The constant lawfare? The assassination attempts? Jeff, I think you have profound Trump Derangement Syndrome bc you’re ignoring all of the most important issues. The ones that threaten the American constitution and form of government from attack by domestic and foreign enemies. So maybe take off the blinders, read more and not NYT & WaPo. Read Jeff Childers and Promethean Action, Sasha Stone. Regardless, I hope you have a fantastic July 4th with family and friends as we celebrate 250 years in the greatest country ever dreamed of, a Republic if we can keep her.
Alice - I gave you a like because you were civil and presented arguments for why you believe that I'm a misled former GOP guy. That being said, for as much as I appreciate a well articulated post...if it's not grounded in truth...it completely misses the mark with me.
This is EXACTLY why I left the party! In 2016, I was ready to vote for any GOP candidate for POTUS for pretty much the reasons you stated above. BUT...then Trump dissed a Vietnam era POW. Trump, who never served himself, had the audacity to bemoan someone who nearly died doing so?
Then he publicly implored Russia to find Hillary's e-mails. Then he argued with a Gold Star family. Then he was found to have said on an audio recording that he can grab women by the puxxy. Then 27 women came forward to say that he had sexually assaulted them.
These things all happened BEFORE he was elected! Do I need to start listing the things he's done since being elected in 2016 that chase me away?
Do I think that the Dems are perfect? Nope. I just think they are a lot closer to the truth and currently more aligned to our country's great heritage and history. You guys are a cult and are driving this country off a cliff.
So...call me all the names you want, but I will never be convinced that the Dems are worse than this corrupt and incompetent administration led by Trump himself. Enjoy your 4th!
It would be hard for me to regurgitate Newsmax since I don’t watch television except for sports and movies. Wrong again root causes—on multiple substacks. TDS is really not a pejorative, it is a statement of fact. If all you can say is what Trump did wrong and none of the many wonderful things he has done, you have TDS. I only know a handful of Democrats who don’t have it.
You may not think you called me a name, but saying I have TDS amounts to the same thing. It's a label that implies my opinions are irrational or driven by emotion instead of being based on Trump's words and actions. I'd rather discuss the substance than trade labels. I provided you a rather short list of things that Trump has said or done that provoke my ire. I can say confidently that if Hillary, Obama, Bush Sr., Bush Jr. or McCain said those things...my opinion would be the same. It's not Trump...it's his actions. Why you still support him is beyond me.
Jeff----I think most people on this site would agree that grift is bad regardless of whether it is done by Rs or Dem/Marxists and I have been complaining about Mitch McConnel from KY is just as bad as the Bidens. I wonder how much money he and his Chinese connected wife have put away in a safe place for their families ?
But....my question to you is------did you complain about Biden's and almost every other Dem/Marxists grift over the years ? Did you complain about the Clinton's obvious grift in Haiti or their Foundation grift and......the sellout of Hillary and the uranium sale to the Ruskies? Even a peep?
Yes, if any grift went on with Trump's relatives, they should be dealt with but how about putting them to the back of the line and as soon as you and all of the Ds get on board with putting all of the Dem/Marxists in jail, I will be supporting any and all investigations into Trump's family. And......let the courts and a jury in the middle of fly over country be the site for the trials?
Ron - Glad you mentioned this. I was GOP for 30 years and the answer is "yes" I cared. It was when Trump arrived on the political scene where, all of a sudden, the GOP stopped caring about nefarious Russia interactions, dissing on POWs and Yellow Ribbon families, attacking election results before the elections are held ("if I lose...it's because it was rigged" circa 2016).
Let me ask you...do you think that Kunstler would have an article on Joe Biden if Joe made a BILLION dollars on crypto?
The level of hypocrisy is off the charts with this version of the GOP. I'm so tired of the "But, but, but Biden" thing when Trump's brazenly corrupt and you don't care.
BFD!!! So Trump invested in cryptocurrency, it appreciated, and me made $2blillion? Who the fuck cares? It was all revealed on his tax returns. That’s how you, and we, know about it. If he’s covering it up, he’s doing a pretty shitty job of it.
How many other Bitcoin investors out there have made $millions/$billions?? Are they corrupt too??
Are you kidding me? You love an investigation of the Biden family for things far less obvious and suspicious, but when Trump, as our POTUS, is making a billion+ dollars on an investment scheme where you can't tell who is investing...you think that no big deal.
Here's the truth...if this was about Joe Biden...you would have a 180 degree turnaround about your concern and today's article by Kunstler would have been about that not something from over 2 years ago.
Hey Catherine...I'm only revealing the truth about the fact that immediately following a week where it was revealed (i.e. Fact/Truth) that our POTUS made over a billion dollars by investing in something where we can't tell who the other investors are...Kunstler posts an article about something Biden did when in office. It's not even a specific allegation...it's just an allegation of something with zero other supporting documentation. That's projecting...if you want something about projecting.
Trump's the POTUS...he shouldn't be investing shix while in office...because it's simply and inherently giving the appearance of impropriety when it opens up the potential for others to make it lucrative for Trump because he's the POTUS and can do things for them. Quid-pro-quo.
If Biden did this...all of you would have the same concerns I have about Trump doing it. I would say the exact same thing about Biden if Biden was investing in crypto. It's wrong when it's done by either party.
Jeff, were you asleep during Jim Comer’s reveal of the money trails between the phony bank accounts and shell companies, Biden, his son, and his brother set up to launder $millions between them? All the suspicious activity reports issued by these banks? A million $ annual salary for Hunter for being on the board of Burisma for doing and knowing nothing? Don’t think for moment that Joe didn’t benefit from any of that. How about Joe’s threats to withhold $Billions of US aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire the official investigating Hunter and his dealings there.
While Democrats were busy falsely accusing Trump of cavorting with Russian hookers, Hunter Biden was smoking crack with them. Trump Pee-Pee tapes, anyone?? Oh, that’s right. They don’t exist.
I’m against corruption in government of any kind, but Comer had the receipts, yet couldn’t get the corrupt Meritless Garland Justice department to prosecute.
So, Rip Van Winkle, spare us your, “Yeah but…” arguments because of your ignorance of facts pertaining to your guy.
Yes...I followed it closely. For every accusation, the Biden's had an explanation. Further, one of Comer's key witnesses (FBI informant - Alexander Smirnov) got arrested for lying about his claim wrt the Bidens. Finally, if there were so much corruption and evidence...why no charges? Dude...you had your own AG since 2025...don't blame it on Merrick Garland. Trump's been pointing fingers and getting his AG or acting AG to investigate his political enemies with no regards to when things happened...why would this be any different?
Hunter Biden used his last name to enrich himself. That was morally and ethically wrong but it doesn't appear to be any evidence of a crime.
Just be honest about both sides of the fence. You would be outraged if Biden made a billion dollars on crypto. I was a GOP guy for 30 years and it's exactly this hypocrisy that drove me away from you.
Adam Kinzinger was pixxed off that Biden pardoned him. "I didn't do anything wrong!"
Funny you should mention about pardons because it was reported in Maggie Haberman's book that Trump's claimed he'll pardon anyone who was within 250' of the White House. Watch for a pardon-fest coming up.
I don't care if they're pardoned or not...there will be investigations and accountability once this corrupt bunch is out of DC. The truth needs to be revealed about how bad this is right now.
I cannot be THAT cynical and it really smacks of the "both sides do it" mantra which isn't true when it comes to depth, breadth and the level of institutional corruption that Trump has brought.
He's been firing all of the people that could hold him accountable...and that's really different.
I feel as though you are looking at a murderer and saying...that's ok...we've all broken the law. We just need to reform the entire system.
It's not only a wrong interpretation...the fact that you think it can be repaired is simply wishful thinking. It's bad because people are imperfect and there will ALWAYS be those attempting to take advantage of it.
Compared to other countries, we were doing pretty good. He's taken advantage of it.
I reported him. Let’s see what happens. How he still is on this site is suspicious in itself. I wonder if JHK is posting on this site as someone else too…
I started posting on this site about 6 weeks ago and almost immediately had very disgusting and personally critical posts in response.
I pointed this out to "JC" Penney (a fellow military officer) and he could care less. Really? You are on a site where someone is posting disgusting stuff about me, but you are only concerned about my posts that disagree with you?
This Trump era thing is beyond frustrating and intellectually amazing at the same time.
I often say that of the history of this era will be FULL of books...50% will be in the history aisle and the other 50% will be in the psychology section of the book store.
BS. That's a cop out. The point is that we should be investigating everything that appears to be suspicious to a point requiring further investigation.
Is your point that since they all do it...that we shouldn't care that Trump just reported earnings of $1.4B of an investment model that's ripe for quid-pro-quo?
I despise the "both sides do it" argument because it doesn't help resolve the issue nor do I find the concept equally applied. For example...they didn't find any corruption when they investigated Biden...so actually...the whole "both sides do it" is a misapplied concept with him.
They DID investigate the Bidens. I really didn't care too much aside from the fact that I suspected it was BS...and it was.
I was GOP for 30 years and now I'm an independent. The side I support is the truth. The truth is that if Biden earned $1.4B of profit from cryptocurrency that most of the people that visit this site would have a completely different view of it. The truth is that those people haven't looked in the mirror for years and even when I say it to their face (like you) that it won't change your mind in the least.
You honestly don't recognize that about yourself, do you? Do you think that if Biden did what Trump did with cryptocurrency that you would be ok with it?
I am ignorant about cryptocurrency and want to remain so. I do not get how someone makes 4.2 billion dollars by shifting electrons around in a blockchain computer. Please enlighten.
I'm not an expert and even the experts say it's a very complex thing. I think the important aspect of it is...that if you think something has value...it's worth something. So it's heavily based upon what people think the value is...with nothing actually to show for it...like stock in a company for example.
It's the way the world's going and I'm very uncomfortable with it.
The bottom line for me is that we shouldn't have any POTUS, regardless of party, investing in shix when they are in office.
I agree with your last, I thought they had to put things in trust while in office?
Here is one for you, think about what AI uncontrolled could do to the banking system being manipulated by either a government, central banks or a bunch of corrupt hackers. Think about the government just taking 10% of what you made at the end of the year, sight unseen.
Answer me this, when they say he earned money, when does he have time to do that? Is it him, or a company run by the family? The Biden Mob made money by manipulating its government position, how many others did. How much of the upset is caused by envy?
I’ll find you a link where the investigative reporter goes down the list…item by item of how he did it. From what I remember it was a combination of real estate, book deal, speaking engagements, university salary, etc.
I'm ok with that...but do you have a premise for what you are accusing them of? Also, can I assume that you are pushing for an investigation into Trump if you want to investigate the Clintons and Obamas? Wasn't the Whitewater thing about investigating the Clintons?
I smell fear and desperation coming from the Left. The Democrats have signed their own death warrants by aligning with the most civilization- destructive elements in history.
Where do they go from here but down, and that means taking them and all their hoped for positions of power, money and influence with them.
They have allowed the most barbaric and rabid cohorts on earth under their “big tent”, and if they think they’ll be spared they’re even more delusional that than they appear.
It came to this because they’ve been failing to convince the majority of sane, red blooded Americans that they actually have something to offer other than misery.
True Americans, robust Americans who may not be marching in the streets, but are quietly paying attention, living their lives who love this country, are still the force to be reckoned with and they are the majority, contrary to what the media and the loud mouths want you to believe. Their desperation is absolute proof of that.
The Democrats have gotten into bed with the worst of the worst, and by the grace and mercy of Almighty God may it result in the final death rattle of their party forever.
"The Democrats have signed their own death warrants by aligning with the most civilization- destructive elements in history."
It's no different than the "civil rights" movement, which was just as destructive and radical as anything the current revolutionaries are proposing and planning.
This Canadian wishes all my American neighbours a very happy Independence Day tomorrow. That the American experiment has lasted 250 years is a tribute to your people. Just ignore what John Glubb Pasha had to say about 250th anniversaries
Federalism was stabbed in 1861 and bled out in 1913, Raymond. Much good survives in the USA but we've become as centralized as the Roman Empire. Not quite France level, yet, and that keeps us alive, as when different states pursued different COVID policies.
The SCOTUS decision in Trump v Slaughter will be the undoing of the entrenched deep state apparatus of the federal government.
The aptly named Slaughter decision was God’s injection of humor into what can now take place in finally severing that behemoth’s unconstitutional boot on our neck once and for all.
Even the likes of Fauxahontas & Bernie Bro oldsters believe “what’s yours is mine” too, so this new wave of “whipper-snappers” just seem more angry & honest about it.
I read recently in another ‘Stack that republicans have been quietly backing some of these radicals to oust more “moderate” dems & while I know they’ve done the same to republican candidates, it seems a very dangerous game if there is voter apathy afoot (very common in midterms) & a small cadre of radicals seriously motivated to get out & vote. Which seems to be at least 1 reason these DSAs won in the 1st place.
They're not hiding it anymore. The spokesperson for the Maine AFL-CIO, is calling for the execution of those who oppose the degenerate Senate candidate.
"Andy O'Brien, a top Graham Platner fanboy and the face of the Maine AFL-CIO, posted Monday that a Democratic consultant who opposes Platner should be executed by firing squad after the "revolution."
JSW, such a good pickup! The unions, particularly the large ones, are neck-deep in the marxist move to overthrow the USA. You tagged the Maine AFL-CIO.
On May Day (May 1, 2026) I was at the DSA area in Boston (I visited among other marxist groups as well). The UAW was clearly and brazenly arm-in-arm with their Comrades at the DSA site in Columbus Park (on the edge of Boston's North End), wearing t-shirts declaring solidarity with DSA.
It is because of Warrior/Patriots like JHK that America is celebrating our 250th birthday. With every post he proves the adage that the Pen is mightier than the Sword.
The most important freedom we have in my estimation is Freedom of Speech because without that, nothing else is possible.
It is really fitting that our all out war today is with these dirty, rotten, Islamic-Communist-Socialist DEMOCRATS. I hope everyone is aware that these scumbags are operating in every small town and county here in NY State under the guise of the Democrat party.
In my small town and county, the Dems are vastly out-playing the dopey Republicans at every corner. I have never before seen such abject stupidity on display with the state and local GOP, such that they cannot even figure out how to use the Dems' own rhetoric and platform against them.
By the way, in NY there are some 60 legislative races throughout the state where the Dems have no opponents - the Republicans can't be bothered to put up their own candidates. How is this even possible?
Here's a Pro Tip: At the very least, the Republicans should demand that EVERY Democrat who is running for office including the Bucktooth Bimbo from Buffalo on down to the to Village and town committees, must be made to publicly denounce and renounce the Democrat Socialists (Communists) and their platform.
If they refuse to do so, the Republicans, or those with the brain power, can use the refusal to great advantage in November.
Happy July 4th to James and our fellow NY Patriots. What we have is worth fighting for. Let the fireworks begin!
The Pen is useless with the sword. Or to put it another way, the sword is a pen that writes in red. And the pen is a sword that eviscerates lies much like a surgeon's scalpel.
Happy 250th USA! Hope we're around to see birthday 251.
This problem with insanity in today's culture appears to be something that's well above and beyond something as simple as "The Democrats", or offshoots thereof. The evil behind them has very deep pockets, which also control the narratives and media today.
If this viewpoint of mine is even remotely accurate, it's looking very bumpy indeed ahead, as previous civilizations and Empires seem to mostly have a violence-related hard reset as part of the process of collapse.
Soft Landing? Uh, quite a longshot at this point.
Speaking of "long shots," I recommend keeping your firearms handy.
Mr. Thorson----firearms also require ammo------and having a lot is much better than having a little. My suggestion---stock up.
You may also want to invest in the tools to make your own of your favorite calibre.
22's have opportunity to serve as a currency. You can harvest food with it, protect yourself with it, long shelf life. a hunnard rounds fit in front pocket and a brick (500) only cost about about .08 cents. each.
No Shit...and plenty of ammo.
Hell to the yes....
I have lots of guns. I have lots of ammo. My .22 won't do much against the hideous tank thing my town's police department just purchased.
Besides, I don't think I would be willing to shoot a hungry woman who is caught trying to steal food from me to feed her hungry children. I'm more the type to give my food away and go hungry myself.
I suppose a gun would help in killing something to eat but I don't know if I would know what to do with a jack rabbit if I shot one for dinner.
I do feel some comfort having all of those guns and ammo but deep down I really don't think it matters all that much.
And lets not forget, God is a provider for his people. Stand fast. Not made for fear.
The only thing I fear is watching my loved ones suffer. I don't care if I suffer myself.
I have mixed faith about God. I do believe in intelligent creation as I have seen too many miracles of life to deny it. I don't know what God's purpose is. Does God exist to torment and torture us so we must learn valuable lessons from the torment? I do not believe God to be a benevolent old grandfather figure who loves everyone unconditionally. No, if there is a sentient God that God must be mean, cruel and coldly just.
I also grow very impatient as I watch God give so much deference to the wicked, filthy and evil at the expense and suffering of the innocent and the good.
Then again, maybe we were seeded here on earth by a superior race of aliens who are now long gone from history leaving us on our own to our own devices.
I probably will never know the truth about God.
And lets not forget, God is a provider for his people. Stand fast. Not made for fear.
I feel your pain. One might be surprised, when it comes down to it. I have surprised myself.
Certainly, doesnt hurt to be practicing some skills you might need later.
What? Your town purchased a tank? Well, that tells a story
It's not a tank as you would expect with a gun turret and tank treads. It's some kind of an armored attach vehicle that is a monster. They purchased it from the US military at a very discounted rate. Not sure why they need it other than to intimidate we poor suckers who have chosen to live here.
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956.
Yeah, I get it. I hope for all our sakes we never have to experience this.
Like I said, I have the guns and the ammo and there is comfort there. I just hope I never have to be placed in a situation where I am forced to use them for anything other than some fun targe practice.
Best,
CP
~ It's The System, Stupid ~
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"Behind Boetie's thinking was the assumption, later spelled out in great detail by David Hume, that states cannot rule by force alone. This is because the agents of government power are always outnumbered by those they rule. To insure compliance with their dictates, it is essential to convince the people that their servitude is somehow in their own interest. They do this by manufacturing ideological systems..."
~ Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
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Kid: "Daddy? Why are there rich people?"
Dad: "What do you mean by rich? You mean like in spirit?"
Kid: "No-o-o-o-o... Like they have lots of big houses and cars and money!"
Dad: "Ohhh, you mean those kinds. Well, you see, sweetie, our society allows some people to make more money than other people, working no harder than anyone else. Society then allows those with more money to acquire more land than others. Over time, this creates the dynamic for most, if not all, problems we have in society today, from landlessness, homelessness and poverty, to social unrest, war and civilizational collapse."
Kid: "Why does society allow that?!"
Dad: "Corruption, cluelessness or both. Society uses force to uphold rules they call, 'laws', that say that one person with more money can have more land than another with less money."
Kid: "Why can't we stop that!?"
Dad: "Corruption, cluelessness or both again: This setup is upheld by people with guns and weapons, or access to them, like police, security guards and military people-- people who often don't understand this basic and very simple immoral core of our society."
Kid: " :( "
Dad: "Ya; :( "
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"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all."
~ Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
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"The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime. It has failed utterly to destroy or even minimize the horrible scourge of its own creation."
~ Emma Goldman
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"Although I admit that the outcome in a stateless society will be bad, because not only are people not angels, but many of them are irredeemably vicious in the extreme, I conjecture that the outcome in a society under a state will be worse, indeed much worse, because, first, the most vicious people in society will tend to gain control of the state (Hayek 1944, 134-52; Bailey 1988; Higgs 2004, 33-56) and, second, by virtue of this control over the state's powerful engines of death and destruction, they will wreak vastly more harm than they ever could have caused outside the state (Higgs 2004, 101-05). It is unfortunate that some individuals commit crimes, but it is stunningly worse when such criminally inclined individuals wield state powers.
~ Robert Higgs, 'If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-government'
Emma Goldman supposedly controlled the assassins of both Garfield and McKinley with sex. In the "Red Summer" following WW1 all known Bolsheviks were rounded up and deported. Goldman fought back continuously struggling against the cops as they dragged her up the gangplank of a ship going to Russia. They finally got serious and beat the living s..t out of her and threw her over the rail onto the boat. She deserved far worse.
~ Extinctions & Evolutions ~
"Goldman fought back continuously struggling against the cops..." ~ John Schrauth
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"The police have always been thugs, but they have traditionally been thugs in the service of elites. The crises of the 1960s produced an outbreak of police hooliganism directed against the citizenry... and a revolt against their own commanders and the civil authorities.
The police, in short, became self-conscious political actors seeking to defend their own interests, advance their own agenda, act under their own authority, and increase their already substantial power. Such a development is very dangerous for a wavering democracy like that of the United States."
~ Kristian Williams
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"The state has moved into many new areas as they become significant... This expanding role of the state helps prevent the rise of any significant competing forms of social organisation...
The obvious point is that most social activists look constantly to the state for solutions to social problems. This point bears labouring, because the orientation of most social action groups tends to reinforce state power... Indeed, peace movements spend a lot of effort debating which demand to make on the state... By appealing to the state, activists indirectly strengthen the roots of many social problems, the problem of war in particular...
Many people's thinking is permeated by state perspectives. One manifestation of this is the unstated identification of states or governments with the people in a country which is embodied in the words 'we' or 'us.'... Those who make such statements implicitly identify with the state or government in question. It is important to avoid this identification, and to carefully distinguish states from people..."
~ Brian Martin, 'Uprooting War'
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People will shoot the messenger. I understand that. It can be a logical fallacy, after all.
At the same time, the message, whoever's message, Emma's message, even Emma, herself, won't be for everyone, nor should they and she, respectively.
Nor should a system be for everyone, like a mode of social organization, a State, a government, a political party, a cookie-cut, a one-size-fits-all, a monoculture.
Nature might not even like it.
In the Earth's past, the ocean wasn't for everything, either.
Some creatures, for better or for worse, headed out of it and onto land.
Some even started walking on their hind legs.
And breathing oxygen.
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"John Schrauth
@sinnissippi
An old guy who believes the Constitution if followed can still make us the greatest country. A guy who wishes everyone would love their neighbor."
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Your Constitution isn't worth toilet paper if it's thrown over everyone like a glorified Truman Show.
That's wisdom, old guy.
We both like watching riots. It's just you're for the antifa and I'm for the White right. Same! Communists and Fascists both use violence so they are the same - every normie who ever lived.
~ White, Right, Normies, Antifa, Fascists, Communists... ~
Riots are interesting to watch on a screen, but I wouldn't likely engage in one, nor in unethical or otherwise counterproductive violence.
I guess it would depend on what kind of riot we were talking about.
A State-protest riot?
A Pussy Riot?
Did you ever respond to my comment under the previous threads about some ideal towns by the way? Would you like me to repost it in these threads?
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"In social theory, framing is a schema of interpretation, a collection of anecdotes and stereotypes, that individuals rely on to understand and respond to events. In other words, people build a series of mental 'filters' through biological and cultural influences. They then use these filters to make sense of the world. The choices they then make are influenced by their creation of a frame. Framing involves social construction of a social phenomenon – by mass media sources, political or social movements, political leaders, or other actors and organizations. Participation in a language community necessarily influences an individual's perception of the meanings attributed to words or phrases." ~ Wikipedia
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"In psychology and cognitive science, a schema... describes a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them. It can also be described as a mental structure of preconceived ideas, a framework representing some aspect of the world, or a system of organizing and perceiving new information, such as a mental schema or conceptual model. Schemata influence attention and the absorption of new knowledge: people are more likely to notice things that fit into their schema, while reinterpreting contradictions to the schema as exceptions or distorting them to fit. Schemata have a tendency to remain unchanged, even in the face of contradictory information." ~ Wikipedia
Higgs wrote a tour de force on the depression. It should be read by all the poor souls who believe the canard that WWII ended the depression.
Your fine quotes here endorse the idea that ideologies formed by the thought that human nature can be altered are doomed fallacies. Such ideologies always require less liberty, more authoritarianism, never the opposite.
Human nature can be altered, but not by other humans, at least depending on what we mean by alter. Some will try of course and some will resist or compromise.
I've got a pile of clothes beside my dusty sewing machine that needs various alterations, but it's summer outside.
😆
Ponder this authoritarians.
"If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad it is not safe to permit people to be free , how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good ? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race ? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind ?"
Frederic Bastiat
They certainly do not believe that they will subject to the consequences and repercussions of their actions that will befall society in general. This is their mistake. When the system finally breaks the very people that provide security to these legislative elites will turn on them and these elites will be hunted down and strung up to atone for their crimes against the republic and humanity.
A few uber wealthy elites may survive living in expensive bunkers with vast food storage reserves but the rest will suffer the same fate as the masses. It is unavoidable.
250th aside, some of us have sensed for decades already that a hard reset and/or collapse (perhaps total) is waiting just over the horizon (e.g., the next sunrise), meaning at such point infrastructure services fail beyond repair and (armed) people go positively apeshit. History's prior examples of major stress points typically take decades to build up. The current descent into madness appears to be no different. Been brewing since at least the start of this century.
Google "mouse utopia" and give it a read.
You'll get no argument from me that with comparing humans to rodents, there are some lessons to be learned.
It's just aggravating to think that we (humans) are so far advanced that we can't do better than rats or mice.....
It looks like another example of "what could have been" is starting to be unwound....
Anyone notice that "Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Melat Kiros, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley have one unifying characteristic?"
They are all women. Ungrateful, unsatisfied, self centered, arrogant women who have learned to milk the system and live posh, cushy lives on the back of all the hard working men in our nation. Women like this should be treated like the dogs that they are. Fed scraps from the tables under the feet of the men eating at those tables.
Until women are lined up to be cannon fodder in the same way our young men always have been, they should not be treated as equals and they certain should NOT be sitting in positions of political power like the cows named in this post. Until we men figure this out and take back that which is rightfully ours and put the loud mouthed women back in their places, the insanity will continue.
Who else is noticing that these DSA grifting parasites are mostly in the 5 main DSA grifting states of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, CA, and NY?
"I forgot to get napkins. I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me." —Darializa Avila-Chevalier, primary election winner, New York’s 13th Congressional District
It will be interesting to watch that DSA grifting parasite get wiped all over the floor soon, along with the rest of them.
However, after contemplating this long and hard (oh, those useful id*ots!), I see that ee are, indeed, and economic engineering for the world. They cant risk that, they would have a lot to lose. Then, the long rebuilding. When you have a lot of compromised people in positions of influence, and you can scour the world to place the most derelict, who hate our country, people might not notice its the demons behind the curtains- the globalists.
Dont, for a minute, confuse them w "elite"; theres none of that in them.
I saw an unsubstantiated story in the last couple days saying George Soros is scared his creation will fail in November so the GOP may keep both houses of Congress. If so, he's allegedly going to simply give up and start funding actual charities. Sure. He's spent over 80 years trying to destroy the West, and now he's going to give up if his side doesn't win?
Job 1: Send George Soros to Gaza.
Add his son, too.
And Huma?
For Huma...it would be a homecoming......
Why not the whole extended family, up to and including Ms. Inevitability Herself.
Or Indonesia, where they have a standing KOS order against him and his family -- though that probably would be far too merciful for tbe fucking Nazi-loving bastard.
Bundle him up nicely and send him as a gift. Pretty ribbon and all. Rather he be converted and live, of course.
Or Gitmo. I also saw online JHK, looks like James Carville has finally thrown his hands up over recent shenanigans by his Democrat cohorts. Now there's something I never thought I'd see.
I've also heard smoke that Soros is worried, but I haven't heard the giving up part. If anything, I think he is trying even harder, which indicates that We The People have far more power right now than we realize.
We The People 🇺🇸 have all the Power, there are more than 300 Million of us vs The Tyrants and their lost Brown Shirts Sheep!
Thank God for our Founders and all the Patriots who have fought to keep us Free.
Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸 everyone one of us, even you Smoking The Drapes Num Nuts!
Enjoy our 250th Fourth of July 🇺🇸 Celebrations!
Joe Biden: "You will need F-15's to take on the government."
He forgot that all one needs to do is eliminate the electrical power to ....whatever is the problem...
Joe Biden does not understand the military.
The US military would not fire on most Americans.
This is why Democrats have been mindlessly importing military-aged fighters from foreign third-world cesspools that rape and pillage.
They will do the dirty work.
He probably knows as much as you, but that's not the point of his comment. It was intended to intimidate those who dislike, disagreed, and agitated against his regime.
Who are the movers and shakers in the Democratic Party, Ben? It's not mindless, Ben, it was intentional. All part of the Bolshevik revolution they want to start and overwhelming the system with immigrants and military aged men to boot is an act of sabotage and betrayal.
Cloward-Piven strategy: Overwhelm the system till it collapses, then impose a communist system on everyone as a way to bring order from chaos.
Joe Biden didn't and doesn't know shit from shinola.
Nice try glossing up opinion as fact.
Total unadulterated male bovine excrement.
It's all you have got, Ben my friend.
Now you are also delusional; we are not friends, so quit calling me that.
You'd have to subtract the democrat party from that 300 million.
And 20 - 40 million illegal aliens running all over.
He was probably trying to lull people into a false sense of security.
His son will continue this attack.
I'd ask if you saw it at the Babylon Bee but those articles often come true.....
The Bee suffers from the affect noted by Art Buchwald: Satire struggles to get beyond reality.
God, Art Buchwald. Still brilliant after all these years.
As I’ve long posited: the Bee is dead because so is satire.
Doubt that. New angle. And its about dam*ed time he use his own money for his tinkering, not ours.
In fact, this demon needs a permanent home in the deepest darkest dungeons. Forever. Confiscate all assets, every one of them, entangled or not. Even those ngos he stole our money to create havoc w are assets. Take every bit back. He got filthy rich robbing others. About time he gets his due.
Just for the record, I pretty much quit reading a post whenever I get to “I saw an unsubstantiated story online.”
It’s like when your alcoholic uncle starts a story by saying “a guy at the bar today told me …”
Yeah. Who cares?
And yet, here you are, commenting.
How many drunk uncles do you have? Or maybe you're the drunk uncle in your story?
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
“Yeah! That’s the ticket!” He’s also gonna ask Morgan Fairchild, whooom I dated, out to dinner. Yeah…..
I know she was involved with Alan Cranston, who was bad enough -- but Soros?!? OMG!! Who'd want to even touch somebody who'd let that pig nail her?
He played the same game in Russia and Thailand.
We should load up old George and send him over to Putin.
Bessent was the employee who brought the situation with the Pound Sterling to Soros' attention.
Bessent is on the job here on our behalf this time.
Trump is trying, but he's literally fighting at least half the American population, as well as 95% of Wall Street, 90% of official Washington, and almost every government, bank, and economic system on Earth. If he fails, we die as a nation. If he succeeds, we'll probably still die, but at least we'll die on our feet, not on our knees as the Uniparty and the WEF would like.
The press runs 90% negative news stories on Trump, many of which are outright lies.
No wonder everything is a mess.
When a greater amount of Americans get the big picture and understand the people involved and why they have such plans, anger will abound.
Such anger will unify us the way it did for the breaking away from the tyranny of The Crown.
I don't expect us to be finished.....but I do expect us to be changed in ways we could not imagine.
The only redeeming quality of this queer, islamo-fascist DSA movement is its cannibalistic nature.
The cannibalism usually doesn't start until AFTER a whole lot of innocent people get killed.
Yup. Within the party:
At first, they come for traditional (JFK) Democrats (RFK Jr., Gabbard, Manchin, Fetterman, etc.);
Then, they come for contemporary liberal Democrats (Pelosi, Schumer, Durbin, Clinton);
Then, they come for progressive Democrats (Jeffries, AOC, Booker);
Then, they turn on each other, as all Marxist revolutions do, and it becomes a Last-Man-Standing operation.
Yup.
Depends on how hungry you get.
The Party of Slavery still wants to own and control you! They’ve have destroyed everything they control, the desperation of having to illegally import illegals and barbarians from across the world to survive as a viable Political Party shows they know their policies have failed and they are racing towards oblivion!
A new People’s Party needs to be formed to compete for the People and the Republicans!
Islamists Communist spells trouble, desperation and defeat!
The sad fact is that with the US's first-past-the-post winner-take-all voting, and the anachronistic Electoral College with its Superdelegates, there is not even a theoretical chance a Third-Party candidate can be elected POTUS.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/america-isnt-really-set-up-for-third-party-presidential-bids/
It's a systemic problem. Well proven in 1992 when Billionaire Ross Perot challenged GW Bush and Clinton on a populist platform of slashing the budget deficit. He got an amazing 19.0% of the vote* ~ but didn’t receive a plurality of voters in any state, giving him ZERO ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES.
Until America changes its method of voting in its President, its stuck with its UniParty Duopoly. A Third-Party candidate will NEVER become the POTUS.
A third-Party Candidate has never won in 160-years .
A Third-Party candidate will NEVER become the POTUS until its method of voting in the POTUS is changed. And that requires a Constitutional Amendment. Amending the Constitution requires a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress, or a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures, followed by ratification from three-fourths of the states.
Historically over 700-proposals (!)have been submitted to Congress to change the method of voting in the POTUS. None passed. The Framers set the bar is too high.
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*Jill Stein only got 0.36% of the vote in 2012 running as a Green Party candidate.
And only 1.07% in 2016.
Ralph Nadar, with his huge respect and name recognition, only got 2.7% in 2000 running as a Green.
In 2020 Howie Hawkins taking over the Green Party baton got a pathetic 0.3%.
Stein, only garnered 628,129 votes, or 0.4% of the electorate in 2024.
The Green Party has never got any traction in the US.
Worse than the "Commies" for most Americans.
I look at Trump as pretty much a third party candidate. He just had to eliminate all the competition in one party, then run on their ticket. Which he did.
That is what happened, eliminated is not really the right word.
Absorbed.
I was specifically thinking about the 2016 Republican Primary when he first showed up as a self identified Republican.
He eliminated:
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
John Kasich
Ben Carson
Jeb Bush
Chris Christie
Carly Fiorina
Lindsey Graham
Mike Huckabee
Rand Paul
Rick Santorum
He absorbed their Party.
Right, and how many of these people are now puckering up and kissing his ass?
At least until he gets dethroned in three years.
Unless he runs and wins a fourth term!
Nothing is worse than commies.
It's not Islamo-fascist movement. It's a Bolshevik-totalitarianism movement marinated in mental illness.
The jihadists and Bolsheviks are useful to each other. And both have no moral compunctions against committing mass murder to advance their holy, righteous cause (as they see it). The difference is that the jihadists are more willing to be martyrs and die themselves.
That is true, but so are christian Zionists. That is also true, but so are Western Governments as evidence by the mass murder in the Middle East that the USG,NATO/European governments enable and supports. They call this righteous, but it is morally wrong. Yes, the Jihadi's are willing to martyr themselves for their beliefs and many politicians in Western Governments and Israel want us to sacrifice ourselves for them.
There is a reason that most countries polled in December 2013 by Gallup called the United States the greatest threat to peace in the world, and why Pew found that viewpoint increased in 2017.
Since World War II, during a supposed golden age of peace, the United States military has killed or helped kill some 20 million people, overthrown at least 36 governments, interfered in at least 86 foreign elections, attempted to assassinate over 50 foreign leaders, and dropped bombs on people in over 30 countries. The United States is responsible for the deaths of 5 million people in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and over 1 million since 2003 in Iraq.
Since 2001, the United States has been systematically destroying a region of the globe, bombing Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria, not to mention the Philippines. The United States has “special forces” operating in two-thirds of the world’s countries and non-special forces in three-quarters of them.
Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen by Nicolas Davies From 2018, this article estimates 5 to 7 million people directly killed by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.
See also How Death Outlives War by Costs of War. From 2023, this report estimates 4.5 to 4.6 million people killed directly or indirectly by U.S. wars since 2001 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen.
The U.S. government provides weapons, military training, and/or military funding to almost every dictatorship and oppressive government on earth. See my 2020 book 20 Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S.
https://davidswanson.org/warlist/
I am not going to argue on behalf of the antics in the world by USrael. I think a growing number of American people are increasingly aware of the disconnect between self-congratulatory rhetoric and our actions on the world stage. Many are increasingly ashamed. You are agitating about the USG, not the majority of it's people who, in the majority, are quite decent people who have been going about their business raising families, trying to stay afloat and no time to dig deeper and have been silent in their ignorance. But the clue should have been the money we allocate to belligerent countries who do our government's dirty work for money, while we pontificate about "The Shining City on a Hill." We are seeing the tarnish and it stinks like Matzo ball soup.
Thank you as always James for your knowledge and insight on the true horror of the left, and how close we are to losing our Republic. Yes, we Americans understand how morally and mentally bankrupt these most vile people are, and are very concerned about how fast their movement has grown, but what makes America different from the past communist revolutions, is the fact that we are well armed, and 1000 times more trained in defending what we believe, love and have lived for our entire lives. We are AMERICANS 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 and those pink haired freaks on the left can only dream of taking down our beliefs and love for country. I know that myself and many millions of other Americans are patiently waiting for the day these most mentally unstable freaks make their move. It will be a historic day for the revival of our Republic. May God continue to bless America and those who fight for her🙏Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
What kind of fucked up God would continue to bless a nation who is supplying bombs to a mass murderer ~ knowing full well he is going to drop them on women and kids, hospitals and refugee camps?
God has abandoned the United States, Dennis. For the infanticide, the perversion codified into law, a lot of things. You expect people to act according to Christian precepts, and they can't, because they're essentially dead. Walking dead bodies. As are you.
We must repent, so God can bless this great nation. Be like Judas Maccabeus. 8pm every night, gather those brave men, fall to your knees and repent
How about you prove that "God" exists for starters, Kathy!
Submit your paper to all the big Journals!
Go for it. You will become rich and famous.
You will have done what NOBODY has been able to do in 2,000-years.
Calling unbelievers essentially dead, walking dead bodies is the ultimate insult!
Fuck you!
You are not fit to be my judge, my darling!
Thank you Dennis for proving my above point.
Dennis is an idiots idiot.
Top dog in the world of idiocy.
Pretends not to be a nasty piece of work while being one.
You too are not fit to be my judge, asshole!
You never contribute anything worth reading to this thread.
Except your childish insults.
That's all you've got!
And they’re called “Useful Idiots”.
I don’t believe he’s pretending 🤔
Not so long ago such behaviors would assure a blowout. Still could if The Sane actually show up for once. If they don't, Last One Out Turn Off The Lights won't apply; there won't be any lights. The masks are off. We're There.
The four Dems will get elected. No amount of "sanity" Will prevent it.
Besides democratic socialism, did you notice if there was anything else in common to the four of them?
OK, I'll bite.
All of them are jihadis, weeping for Arab-occupied Palestine, hating Jews, and with a deep antipathy towards Christianity and western values.
Five of the seven of them are childless. It appears that the hand that throws the molotov is disinclined to rock the cradle.
When the tribulation starts, they will pray for death, but they will not find it.
I stand corrected. Islam convert. Jihadism possible!
Talking of antipathy to Christianity, did you know the only Jews not allowed to settle in Israel are Christian Jews?
Their country, their rules.
And the prohibition is actually that Jews who have converted to any other religion may not return permanently. There are unfortunately dozens of majority Islamic countries in the world, and there are fortunately dozens that are Christian majority. But only one Jewish state, and one that wants to retain its Jewishness.
"Their country, their rules."
As long as you are happy subsidising a country that despises Christians and only wants the content of their wallets and the lives of their soldiers, I guess that's fine. Seems a bit silly to talk about 'Jew hatred', though. I certainly don't hate Jews but my grandson will go to shed blood for their endless wars over my dead body.
Have you been to Israel and witnessed that yourself? I ask because I have not seen that expressed outside of mainstream media. I was in Israel once for a business trip and stayed an extra week and it coincidentally was when a huge group of Nigerian Christians were in Israel. Nigerian Christians are some of the most persecuted people on the planet and all across Nigeria are being slaughtered by jihadis. They were some of the loveliest and most devout people I ever met, and it was moving to see them praying so fervently at holy places noted in the Bible. They have something beautiful that we have lost. Anyway, I witnessed them being treated with great tenderness by the Jewish people of Israel, who know a thing or two about persecution. In addition, Christians in Israel are equal under the law to other citizens (Jews and Arabs) and freely practice their religion.
Belies the notion of tolerance and suggests racism runs deep there.
What race is Christianity?
"Avila Chevalier was born and raised in Florida to working-class Dominican immigrant parents.[2] Her father is a truck driver and her mother a caseworker. Her parents are divorced.[3] She also lived in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela[4] and speaks fluent Spanish"
Nice catch on the childlessness. I recall when the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands at the same time lacked their own biological children, and thus incentive to preserve their lands for their posterity. Coming from a broken home suggests the sort of Daddy Issues JHK talks about.
I'm not aware of too many Jihadis from the Dominican Republic, however. Do you have evidence that she is Muslim and a mujaheddin?
She is a recent convert to Islam and has included that information in speeches. Google her name and Islam and you'll find it.
The enmity between Jews and Islam is a fallacy. They are two sides of the same coin, and their mutual enemy is White Christians, specifically the Catholic World.
"Religion poisons everything." - Christopher Hitchens
Never truer word spoken!
Thanks, Dennis, I like Hitchen's. I don't share all of his philosophies though. Many people assign poison, hatred's, enmity, whatever you want to call it with religion however; what is poorly understood or considered is the human element that corrupts the notion of the mystery of the faith. I do not find your rejection to be cause to not appreciate what you say or how you feel.
The mystery of faith..........
Faith is just a made-up word.
There's no such thing, as you really, really, really, really, really, really believe in something ~ and call that faith.
It’s an attempt to make "not knowing" sound like a higher form of "knowing.
If a person says they have "faith" ~ they are signalling that their brain is closed to further inquiry.
It’s the ultimate linguistic sleight of hand. By rebranding a lack of evidence as a "higher" form of knowledge, they’ve created a system where the less you know, the more "virtuous" you are for believing it.
Take care Cosmo!
Might help to actually know something about Islam.
“Allah’s Messenger said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.’”
(Sahih Bukhari 4:52:177; see also Sahih Bukhari 4:52:176; Sahih Muslim 41:6985)[1]
Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.
(Sahih Muslim 39:16, see also Sunan Abu Dawud 41:5186)[5]
On his death-bed Allah’s Messenger ( put a sheet over his-face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, “May Allah’s Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets.” (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done. (Sahih Bukhari 4:56:660)[6]
No Muslim would die but Allah would admit in his stead a Jew or a Christian in Hell-Fire.
(Sahih Muslim 37:6666)[7]
There would come people amongst the Muslims on the Day of Resurrection with as heavy sins as a mountain, and Allah would forgive them and He would place in their stead the Jews and the Christians.
(Sahir Muslim 37:6668)[8]
“Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) went out after the sun had set and he heard some sound and said: It is the Jews who are being tormented in their graves.
(Sahih Muslim 40:6861)[9]
“A group of Bani Isra’il was lost. I do not know what happened to it, but I think (that it ‘underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don’t you see when the milk of the camel is placed before them, these do not drink and when the milk of goat is placed before them, these do drink.” (Sahih Muslim 42:7135)[11]
The most famous antisemitic incident in the Sirah is the extermination of the Jewish Qurayza tribe after the Battle of the Trench. Before this incident Muhammad cursed the Jews as ‘brothers of monkeys’:
“You brothers of monkeys, has God disgraced you and brought his vengeance upon you?”[18]
Yes, Ben that would help you immensely. It wasn't just Jews Arab Muslims terrorized in the 7th century and beyond, Ben. It is well known the Jews were treated less harshly in Islamic lands than Christians. In fact they were often used for advisers and they did not want to jeopardize the tax from their merchant activities. In modern Israel they fund Islamic terrorism which is primarily Arabic, not Iranian who are the jihadists. I tend to seek out truth and reject false propaganda.
Well, you at least think you do.
Pretty much looks like you eat propaganda and projectile vomit it forth right here.
I just showed you that you are wrong by using Muslim scholars as a source, and I get an opinion back.
Young and full of knowledge of stuff that ain't so. But smart enough to run in places in which the Brand simply will not lose. The four seats in question are gone. Most other places have enough of the Sane to make a difference -- if they show up.
How long before they all become millionaires?
Latest democrat campaign slogan: Vote for us, we want to destroy your country, kill you, steal your stuff and indoctrinate your kids just before we cut their nuts and breasts off. Amazingly, it seems to resonate with a large number of their potential voting base.
Republican slogan: we want you to sacrifice everything for Israel.
Imagine that, Opentrees, another "lemming" indoctrinated into the Antisemitic propaganda which is what's currently feeding all the pro-Islamic Communist takeovers worldwide. Congratulations.
And it's amazing how many lemmings will vote for their own destruction. Maybe it's just as well.
About as amazing as how many lemmings who threaten people who don't agree with them with eternal damnation; who send grown men into our primary schools to scare 5-year-old children with horror stories of guilt, shame, sin, fear and hell; and lecture the rest of us on morals with a straight face!!
Latest Republican campaign slogan: We have stolen most of your money and now we are coming for Your Social Security. We want your retirement. We want it all.
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Who is dumb enough to click this link?
You did!
Otherwise, how did you know its dumb?
You are turning into a classic Troll in this thread, my friend!
And a stalker, who consistently breaks JHK's rules of engagement.
And thinks he is the smartest guy in the room!
I didn't click it, but the extended attributes, which are several hundred characters long, tell me two things.
One, you don't know how to shorten a URL, and if you don't know that basic skill, why would anyone click it for all the tracking-cookie fun and only God knows what else?
As far as the smartest person in the blog space, I never made that claim, not once.
You, however, accuse people of being dumb and gullible for professing a belief in a higher power besides your God big government, a classic Socialist trope.
A real nasty-spirited America-hating troll of the lowest sort.
Have a nice evening if you are able to.
Dennis is an atheist ~ therefore he believes in big government. LOL
Dennis has a different point of view than me ~therefore he hates America. LOL
BEN logic. LOL
BTW people ARE dumb and gullible for professing a belief in a higher power.
Christians believe that God has planned everything, and that includes planning for some people to go to hell, and there's nothing you can do about it, since that would go against God's plan. Then they say "I'll pray for you".
It's as if it's a requirement of Christianity that you must be a little bit stupid.
Christains claim that a loving God created everything ~ including last weeks Venezuelan earthquake.
Christians ask for evidence of evolution while swallowing a whole book of childish fairy tales with no evidence.
Why do a Christians expect a book written by unknown authors in a variety of languages, that was translated, rewritten, edited countless times ~ is evidence for anything? It's just a book. Every statement of "Jesus said" needs to start with "my old book says that Jesus said...."
Christian athletes thank God for victory, while 10,000 children starve to death every day!
Created sick, commandeered to be well. The Christian believe that GOD made them imperfect and punishes them if they don’t get well. That sentence shows you everything that is sick about Christian beliefs.
Christians that belief the entirety of Bible are willing to sacrifice their humanity on the altar of a book that they can't even prove.
Christians believe that if you act like a Christian you won't go to hell. OK, one “God” is happy... what about the other 2,999+?
Christians say NO AMOUNT of evidence could change his mind~ atheists say that ANY amount of evidence could change his mind.
Atheism is the only true default position when it comes to the question of “God”. The only way to prove Atheism wrong is by proving that a “God” exist.
When someone gets told that he is ignorant, and then answers " I am of a different opinion" ~ That folks, is true character! He does not defend himself or try to prove that he is not the weaker. That indicates a good self-image.
Dennis, your posts say it all, Socialist troll.
You have wished ill on Americans, our military and the people.
Do stop lying for once in your miserable life.
I concur with every bit of today’s dissection of the odious Democratic Party. I wish it ill, and would rejoice to see it dissolved. Trouble is, the alternative in our two-party system is the odious Republican Party which, for most of my life, has actually been the more evil of the two. Yes, there are a handful of admirable Republicans in office today, but will one of them be permitted to run things?
Similarly, I concur in not wishing for this country to be ruled by Pol Pot and a Communist regime. Sadly, the viability of an extreme left here is made inevitable by the Predatory Capitalism that has caused greater wealth disparity between ever fewer alphas at the top and just about everybody else than during the unlamented Gilded Age.
The current system permits Private Equity to devour all: from the Healthcare Cartel to HVAC services and animal hospitals, cornering those markets, jacking prices to exorbitant levels and, again, transferring more wealth ever upward.
Besides wrecking household budgets, this dynamic is wiping out small businesses, which have long been the engine of our economy’s innovation and job creation.
So, sure – let’s bury the Donkeys and dance on their graves. But, unless Predatory Capitalism is reined in, the serfs will inevitably rise up and tear it all down. Trans people with rainbow flags aren’t as skilled in demolition as brawny blue collar types with sledge hammers.
Hmmm, why are immigrants coming here and Europe? What exists about Western Civilization that draws people?
Economic opportunity. Ask them yourself.
Freedom from central control. MAGA, not all of GOP, abhors the Deep State, The Dems want central control, demand it, derive their power from it, as do the RINOS. Socialism has failed these immigrants, that is why they are here. But like Californicators, they bring their socialism with them. Remember what insanity is.
Regardless of where you stand politically,, remember that "The Long Emergency" was published over 20 years ago and remember who authored it.
TC
People here say that JHK does not know what he is talking about and his predictions are hooey.
To me, they are right on schedule, if not ahead of schedule.
Isn't "Californicators" against JHK's rules?
You think you are special?
More so than you.
Gee whiz, Dennis, can't you just be nice?
You still mad you have been kicked once or twice?
By the way Californication is a song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk
Thus it avoids the punification, and more specifically, it is not changing someone's name!
Be nice, no slop, no self-promotion, no Jew-bashing, no political puns such as "Demoncrats" or name-puns such as "Newscum."
We still see plenty of Jew bashing and nastiness.
I agree with you that we have come to a point here in America where there is far too much centralization of wealth in the private sector ( are publicly traded corporations still considered private ? ) , but I think that such a state of affairs was made possible by the actions and inaction's of a corrupt and over centralized government .
" They had like one damn job " (: Somebody )and they went about doing everything but . So hell yeah break up the monopolies , bust up the trusts and all that , but restructure the tax and regulatory systems so that it encourages competition at the small local shoestring start up level . Lets foster local profit staying in the communities where these small Mom and Pops reside instead of turning into some complex financial instrument traded about on Wall street by all the big money mucky mucks . Hell , most small communities across the fruited plain have already turned into the modern equivalent of 'Pottersville's ' with huge entities like freakin Blackrock and Bain and so on owning every damn thing . it sucks, soon " all restaruants really will be Taco Bell " ( quote from 'The Demolition Man ') at this rate .
For all you rock ribbed country club repubs out there , sorry but capitalism itself is neither moral or immoral , its a tool that depending upon who is using it can go either way , and its gone way too far one way ,and as I said before it sucks .
Its all about the decentralization of control ,back down to the most local level possible ,of both government and business and that is my antidote , an antidote not without some required suffering and discomfort to achieve its ends but an antidote just the same . As if there even is an antidote where nobody has to take a haircut (their really isn't, not really )
Kudos for acknowledging that this, like most issues, is not binary. Some prolific voices here pretend that, since Communism is not a good system, what we have now is just fine. It's not the least damned bit fine.
Blackrock is our Politburo and Peter Thiel is positioning himself to be our Pol Pot. The rededication to a system which promotes and supports vital communities and that you advocate is our only alternative to a miserable future. Without it, choose your poison.
Thank you , and though I am staunchly a limited government conservative type ( at least I think I am ?) I think that its fair to say that there isn't one thing in existence in our shared reality that cant be either not taken far enough or taken too far , which leaves the' just the right amount ' position where I'd want to be on everything , not that I can always be ,in reality ,because I'm certainly not perfect , but nevertheless . Hell , even the consumption of water , essential to good bodily function as it is ,has a limit that gone past is deleterious to the health of the body . I cant think of anything that cant be over or under done . Its just such a stupid obvious axiomatic universal truth that nonetheless seems to get lost or go without notice in peoples thinking for some reason . Goldilocks And The Three Bears , we learned in preschool , the golden ratio , everything has a sweet spot , "balance Angison, balance, whole life have a balance "- Mr Miyagi
We are all trained to believe the world is binary, because our Good Cop/Bad Cop system (the parties take turns) absolutely requires it.
Nothing would threaten it more profoundly than a Third Choice.
The universe is bi polar. The human mind is not. Shades of grey.
Would love a viable third choice to drag both parties to sanity and the center.
Yes, Fascism or National Socialism - called by other names of course. The wind must be tempered for the shorn lamb and people can't take very much truth baldly stated.
Where is the balance going to come from since Capitalism is unbalanced by it's very nature which is unending lust for profit. Those that don't have it will be crushed and/or absorbed by them that do.
As Plato said, there must be a class of Guardians. There must be a Night Court. Failing this, the reinstitution of the Holy Vehm as found in Medieval Germany.
The US economy is fake. Economy is just another tool of those in power. It's clay, it's playdough. The biggest thieves are awarded and rewarded. They run the show, small thieves are sacrificed, the rest are kept in line with bread and circuses (less bread every day, more circuses).
Right on schedule, the clown shows up with his sour grapes take on life.
Do you get nastier after your Chemo is applied, or are you always this nasty?
Does it bother you that an American Jew came up with Chemo that is currently extending your life?
Asking for a friend.
Lugh, you preach that whites are supreme but then complain that the economic system should treat people equally with a benevolent government making the decisions. Which is it?
These are natural occurrence’s ,if I am blind and you are not should I demand that you pluck out your eyeballs so that we can be equal ? Sorry Lugh , I like back and forthing with you but you are always pushing this utopian claptrap that runs counter to reality IMO . If you do in fact blind yourself in the name of equity is that a net plus or a net negative for “ the collective “ ?. Not everyone is as smart , strong , good looking ,athletic , driven or unhypnotized by the world ( in an independent and objective state of mind / <this ones a big’un ) as everyone else and that is unfortunate but there is no population wide fix for the whole of humanity , salvation, redemption has to be worked out by the individual one individual at a time . You go ahead and continue to try and herd cats to your hearts content , I’ll help when I think its possible , when I think someone actually might have an inkling of whats actually at the bottom of all of it , outside of that I have no illusions about ‘turning the herd’ so that they will behave in a way that I personally think they ‘ought to “ behave . In summary , I don’t fancy myself to be a “ social conditioner “ and I understand that whatever noble ideas I might have about how people ‘ought to’ behave , I could well be missing some small but critical piece of data (unknown unknowns) that makes my ‘model ‘ for human behavior more disastrous than minding my own damn business from the git go would have been . '“Our lives are better left to chance , I might have missed the pain but I’d have had to miss the dance “ - Somebody I’m not all that fond of outside of that line of lyric .Crazy nuff for ya ?
But who would provide the guidelines for the judgments of the Holy Vehm? Perhaps robots - but who would program them?
Just men made perfect or at least better. As C.S Lewis (and many others) pointed out, the major religions agree on the basics of a moral code. And I'm talking about Us, so that narrows it down to a Christian pov in case of any important differences.
Relativism will destroy us. Please don't fall into that quagmire.
So you figure Black Rock and Theil are fixing to kill millions of Americans like PolPot?
I do not think so.
Both systems are about wealth and power - total control. Enjoy your slavery.
Name one system that has NOT been about wealth and power, or government vs. the people, ever?
Of course, That's my point. You seem to possess a child's credulity about the benevolence of predatory capitalism, notwithstanding abundant evidence to the contrary. The difference is technology: combine Palantir's knowledge of everything about you with a CBDC and you will be enslaved.
Best comment of the thread.
"and its gone way too far one way and as I said before it sucks." Right on!
The Anti-Life or How Capitalism Will Die (with Math)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-_W1qVE9Ks
The entire US economy is being sucked up into the realm of the ultra-rich.
Ever been to South America, Dennis?
Some of the poorest people on the planet live in abject poverty, and a couple of miles away, it looks like La Jolla, Brentwood, or Bel Air.
Not a capitalist system, and yet winners and losers.
So bad it is almost a caste system.
This paradigm exists from Mexico to Ushuaia.
Ever been anywhere in Asia, Dennis?
Same damn thing: another system and not CAPITALIST!
You keep harping about things you have no clue about.
It’s called corruption. Bad people will do bad things and if they have “power “ it’s worse.
I have three words for the whack-job lefties:
Bring It On.
Also, AMF (which does not stand for Adios My Friend).
Just make sure you don't come to New York to resupply your ammo. Queen Kathy has New Yorkers undergo a background check for bullets.
Since I loathe the bitch, I'll add this here: Miss Integrity's husband got the concessions contract for the Buffalo Bills' new stadium after she gave almost a billion taxpayer dollars to the companies building the stadium. Why would she, a lefty, expect the billionaire Pegula family to pony up the funds themselves?
The same here in CA regarding ammo. Background check every time you purchase.
But not for voting
The irony.
Nevada
Yes, I know several people that travel to Nevada and purchase at Cabbalas.
Depends on the shop.
There are some shops where, if you pay cash, there is no background nonsense for Ammo.
Not that I’ve found in CA. I always pay in cash; same routine.
Small-town shops, specifically.
LOL!
You just can't make this shtuff up.
Thanks.
That background check is only for white people, I'm sure.
$$$$
? Tell us, please.. I legitimately don't know..
Thank you Miss Gwennie, but I couldn't possibly explain that to a lady.
I now regret including it.
The A is for Adios, but the remainder must be supplied elsewhere.
Semper Fi.
I guess I will continue to wallow in ignorance, then. God bless you, OG, for your service to our country.
Drastic ends for those that attempt Evil’s outcomes is the only solution. There is no negotiation with Satan.
This week we've seen reports estimating that President Trump and his family have added roughly **$2 billion** to their wealth since returning to the White House, with a significant portion tied to cryptocurrency ventures. What's especially troubling is the lack of transparency about who is investing. If wealthy foreign interests can profit the President's crypto enterprises while simultaneously seeking favorable treatment from his administration, that presents an obvious conflict of interest that deserves serious scrutiny.
That brings me to Kunstler's question about the **$370 billion** in Inflation Reduction Act climate funding overseen by John Podesta. I have no objection whatsoever to auditing those funds. If money was improperly awarded, mismanaged, or diverted for political purposes, investigate it thoroughly. If laws were broken, hold people accountable.
What I object to is the double standard.
Republicans spent years investigating the so-called "Biden crime family." Despite extensive investigations, no evidence emerged showing Joe Biden personally profited from the corruption allegations that were so confidently promoted.
Meanwhile, we have a sitting President whose personal financial interests are intertwined with ventures that can accept investments from people whose identities are not fully transparent. That strikes me as a far more immediate ethics concern than insinuations about what *might* have happened with climate grants.
Kunstler has a gift for directing readers' attention to one hand while the other escapes scrutiny. By all means, audit every dollar of the climate program. But let's apply the same standard to the President's own financial dealings. Accountability shouldn't depend on which party is involved.
Trump is betting ON America, without money from the Treasury collected via taxation . The construct known as 'Biden ' ,betting AGAINST America , took $370 billion in tax revenue and turned it into some form of anti American slush fund or another . So while both may be considered unethical in the strictest technical sense I see miles of difference between the two examples .
Do you mind providing some link to a source that definitively shows that this was a slush fund?
This is EXACTLY my point...you guys take an accusation and run with it like it's a fact (if it's bad news about a Dem) but ignore the actual FACTs when it's something bad about Trump.
It's ok for a POTUS to make money...but it's NOT OK for them to earn money from a scheme where it has the appearance (that's putting it nicely) of "pay to play" with a quid-pro-quo aspect to it.
A good portion of funds allocated by the government are basically some form of slush fund or another . I thought that became fairly clear with things like Solyndra , shovel ready jobs and ‘Bidens ‘ Green new deal’ and his so called ‘ inflation reduction act ‘. It should be clear by now that such things are in good measure nothing but political payolla, along with revaluations about things ;Ike the SPLC and USAID , where our earned wealth is forcefully extracted and used to further consolidate these peoples tyrannicall hold over our former liberties . The content of your comments and replies reek of someone who is in the tank for the old political establishment .An establishment that at 39 trillion in debt we can no longer afford . A Republican for 30 years, until Trump mmmhmmm , so you were all good with the likes of the McConnell’s and The Cheney’s , but once someone came up to the [podium and threatened to devolve power back to its rightful heirs ,we da peeps , well that was just a bridge too far for you that is assuming you ever were Republican to begin with ,which I find highly suspect given how vigorously you seem to want to support the narrative that “ The Big Guy “ , who always got his 10% according to his bag man son dint du nuffin wrong . “ Well SOB , they fired the prosecutor “ Biden bragging at the CFR about withholding a billion in aid to Ukraine till they fired the prosecutor who was investigating the energy company his (crack head , kicked out of the Navy , got his deceased brothers widow hooked on drugs while screwing her , and filmed himself doing drugs and partaking of underage hookers son ,and other revelations on the laptop that they lied about not existing and even miss used the power of the Intel community to lend legitamacy to that lie ( 51 members of the IC said the laptop “had all the hallmarks of Russian disinfo” if I recall ) . But wait , I’m only getting started , “ we have , I believe , put together the most extensive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics “or “ I don’t need you to vote for me “- Joseph Robinnette Biden “
You are trying to talk sense to someone who has none.
I agree with your point that Trump is preferable to Biden. Some might argue, though, that "good corruption" and "bad corruption" are both corruption.
Having just listened to Sour Grapes Jake Tapper, I now know why so many of the leftist turds are so afflicted with TDS.
What an absolute sorry POS that guy is.
https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/1882/shownotes
Go down to Trump and the grift and be prepared to laugh.
How do these people square it with the big guy and his 10% or the Hunter Biden art scam, none of these boosters ever addressed or admitted to?
I tend to agree Jeff, but…… you can’t possibly believe that Biden‘s Department of Justice investigating Biden‘s corruption was legitimate? Joe Biden has been grifting off of taxpayer money in a government job since he was in his 30s, and all of hunter’s misdeeds and being placed on board of Ukrainian companies? you cannot be serious that you believe that was on the up&up? Also, Democrats are famous for funneling taxpayer money into NGO’s, which then fund the DNC and hire lots and lots of lefty government jobs & college activists. Thank every protest you’ve ever seen. Now that those are being dismantled and the SPLC has been outed as a total fraud that funded the KKK side of things in order to stir shit up, the DNC is sucking wind for donations. Act blue is dead. If the only way the Democrats could raise money was by hiding behind back doors, what is there about that party that is legit? I’m not saying that it has always been that way, but it sure has been crooked since the Clintons. On Trump and the cryptocurrency question, and I don’t know anything about it, admittedly, is Trump using tax payer money? Is he investing his own money? These are two very very different things and not two different sides of the same coin.
Alice - I appreciate a well written and thoughtful post, but I must say that you're facts are extremely one-sided. Regarding the legitimacy of the Biden investigation...what are you basing that concern on? James Comer led the committee and they called all the witnesses they wanted to. You do recall that their star witness (i.e. the FBI informant - Alexander Smirnov) ended up being arrested for providing false statements about the Biden's, right? It was determined that he was forwarding Russian misinformation. You know why Russia provides this misinformation? Because they know the GOP will use it! I'm not even sure that Comer cared if it was misinformation or not...because it was more about "investigating" than actually finding anything. This is Trump and the GOP's standard operating procedure these days...just claim something and start an investigation. Exactly what Trump wanted Zelensky to do...start an investigation about Biden. It's disgusting. Hunter Biden profited off his dad's name for sure. It was morally and ethically wrong...but it wasn't a crime. Sorry.
Joe Biden was a career politician and so...yes...he's lived off a government salary. Hey...you could say the same about General in the Military...or a Big City Fire Chief, right? There's nothing inherently wrong or illegal with this.
Regarding your questions about Trump and cryptocurrency. It's not that he made money per se...it's the fact that he's investing in something where he's made it publicly known and now foreign countries or US businessmen can contribute to it...making it profitable and it gives the appearance of quid-pro-quo. "I'll contribute $500M to the crypto if you give me a break on regulations with regards to my industry" If you've ever been involve with government contracting...or spending...you stay away from anything that gives the appearance of impropriety.
I was GOP for 30 years and it's just so disappointing to see that the GOP talked a good game, but when Trump came around and did all of the things that you complained about the Dems for decades...you excused him. Not sure why...but you did. Now...I'm an ex-GOP guy.
Jeff, I think you sound more like an ex-GOP who has Trump Derangement Syndrome. Anyone who was in the GOP for 30 years whose shining star and raison d’etre is hating Trump and his statements isn’t really a conservative. And MAGA has moved far far beyond the GOP, since they’ve always talked a lot and accomplished very little that their voters wanted. Too cozy in the overall grift system that defines DC. Also, an actual 30-year GOP guy would definitely know the corruption of Dems going back to Clinton, and here you are defending Biden (snort!!). And you’re worried about Trump going after targets?? Good heavens, do you remember Russiagate and the entirety of Hillary‘s campaign with evil Mark Elias at the head intertwined with sitting president Obama and his intelligence community, Comey and Brennan, as the primary crooks, all cozied up with Christopher Steel, the former MI6 agent? Do you remember all of that? Double impeachment for nothing. The one about Ukraine was just simply to expose Biden, taking millions in bribes from Ukraine. But the deep state was after him because they knew he would expose their corruption, and that is exactly what he has done Jeff. DOGE, USAID, profound corruption and fraud in many states adding up to trillions of dollars stolen from taxpayers? Are you awake? The Mar-a-Lago raid? The constant lawfare? The assassination attempts? Jeff, I think you have profound Trump Derangement Syndrome bc you’re ignoring all of the most important issues. The ones that threaten the American constitution and form of government from attack by domestic and foreign enemies. So maybe take off the blinders, read more and not NYT & WaPo. Read Jeff Childers and Promethean Action, Sasha Stone. Regardless, I hope you have a fantastic July 4th with family and friends as we celebrate 250 years in the greatest country ever dreamed of, a Republic if we can keep her.
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Alice - I gave you a like because you were civil and presented arguments for why you believe that I'm a misled former GOP guy. That being said, for as much as I appreciate a well articulated post...if it's not grounded in truth...it completely misses the mark with me.
This is EXACTLY why I left the party! In 2016, I was ready to vote for any GOP candidate for POTUS for pretty much the reasons you stated above. BUT...then Trump dissed a Vietnam era POW. Trump, who never served himself, had the audacity to bemoan someone who nearly died doing so?
Then he publicly implored Russia to find Hillary's e-mails. Then he argued with a Gold Star family. Then he was found to have said on an audio recording that he can grab women by the puxxy. Then 27 women came forward to say that he had sexually assaulted them.
These things all happened BEFORE he was elected! Do I need to start listing the things he's done since being elected in 2016 that chase me away?
Do I think that the Dems are perfect? Nope. I just think they are a lot closer to the truth and currently more aligned to our country's great heritage and history. You guys are a cult and are driving this country off a cliff.
So...call me all the names you want, but I will never be convinced that the Dems are worse than this corrupt and incompetent administration led by Trump himself. Enjoy your 4th!
She “presented” you with a wall of social media talking points - in a single paragraph - Not civilly, hurling the Orwellian TDS-pejorative.
It would be hard for me to regurgitate Newsmax since I don’t watch television except for sports and movies. Wrong again root causes—on multiple substacks. TDS is really not a pejorative, it is a statement of fact. If all you can say is what Trump did wrong and none of the many wonderful things he has done, you have TDS. I only know a handful of Democrats who don’t have it.
I didn’t call you names Jeff. Happy 4th, enjoy !🇺🇸
You may not think you called me a name, but saying I have TDS amounts to the same thing. It's a label that implies my opinions are irrational or driven by emotion instead of being based on Trump's words and actions. I'd rather discuss the substance than trade labels. I provided you a rather short list of things that Trump has said or done that provoke my ire. I can say confidently that if Hillary, Obama, Bush Sr., Bush Jr. or McCain said those things...my opinion would be the same. It's not Trump...it's his actions. Why you still support him is beyond me.
Jeff----I think most people on this site would agree that grift is bad regardless of whether it is done by Rs or Dem/Marxists and I have been complaining about Mitch McConnel from KY is just as bad as the Bidens. I wonder how much money he and his Chinese connected wife have put away in a safe place for their families ?
But....my question to you is------did you complain about Biden's and almost every other Dem/Marxists grift over the years ? Did you complain about the Clinton's obvious grift in Haiti or their Foundation grift and......the sellout of Hillary and the uranium sale to the Ruskies? Even a peep?
Yes, if any grift went on with Trump's relatives, they should be dealt with but how about putting them to the back of the line and as soon as you and all of the Ds get on board with putting all of the Dem/Marxists in jail, I will be supporting any and all investigations into Trump's family. And......let the courts and a jury in the middle of fly over country be the site for the trials?
Ron - Glad you mentioned this. I was GOP for 30 years and the answer is "yes" I cared. It was when Trump arrived on the political scene where, all of a sudden, the GOP stopped caring about nefarious Russia interactions, dissing on POWs and Yellow Ribbon families, attacking election results before the elections are held ("if I lose...it's because it was rigged" circa 2016).
Let me ask you...do you think that Kunstler would have an article on Joe Biden if Joe made a BILLION dollars on crypto?
The level of hypocrisy is off the charts with this version of the GOP. I'm so tired of the "But, but, but Biden" thing when Trump's brazenly corrupt and you don't care.
Your Media diet is suspect.
Look in the mirror. I'm here aren't I? Giving you every opportunity to prove that what I believe is wrong or not factual.
Go for it. I'm ready. I was GOP for 30 years and left the party because you guys are slurping up the right wing propaganda so hard.
Please...I'll debate you on any topic. No fear here. The truth shall set one of us free...
BFD!!! So Trump invested in cryptocurrency, it appreciated, and me made $2blillion? Who the fuck cares? It was all revealed on his tax returns. That’s how you, and we, know about it. If he’s covering it up, he’s doing a pretty shitty job of it.
How many other Bitcoin investors out there have made $millions/$billions?? Are they corrupt too??
Are you kidding me? You love an investigation of the Biden family for things far less obvious and suspicious, but when Trump, as our POTUS, is making a billion+ dollars on an investment scheme where you can't tell who is investing...you think that no big deal.
Here's the truth...if this was about Joe Biden...you would have a 180 degree turnaround about your concern and today's article by Kunstler would have been about that not something from over 2 years ago.
Hey Jeff. stop projecting who you are onto a man you dont even know. fking idiot.
Hey Catherine...I'm only revealing the truth about the fact that immediately following a week where it was revealed (i.e. Fact/Truth) that our POTUS made over a billion dollars by investing in something where we can't tell who the other investors are...Kunstler posts an article about something Biden did when in office. It's not even a specific allegation...it's just an allegation of something with zero other supporting documentation. That's projecting...if you want something about projecting.
Trump's the POTUS...he shouldn't be investing shix while in office...because it's simply and inherently giving the appearance of impropriety when it opens up the potential for others to make it lucrative for Trump because he's the POTUS and can do things for them. Quid-pro-quo.
If Biden did this...all of you would have the same concerns I have about Trump doing it. I would say the exact same thing about Biden if Biden was investing in crypto. It's wrong when it's done by either party.
Jeff, were you asleep during Jim Comer’s reveal of the money trails between the phony bank accounts and shell companies, Biden, his son, and his brother set up to launder $millions between them? All the suspicious activity reports issued by these banks? A million $ annual salary for Hunter for being on the board of Burisma for doing and knowing nothing? Don’t think for moment that Joe didn’t benefit from any of that. How about Joe’s threats to withhold $Billions of US aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire the official investigating Hunter and his dealings there.
While Democrats were busy falsely accusing Trump of cavorting with Russian hookers, Hunter Biden was smoking crack with them. Trump Pee-Pee tapes, anyone?? Oh, that’s right. They don’t exist.
I’m against corruption in government of any kind, but Comer had the receipts, yet couldn’t get the corrupt Meritless Garland Justice department to prosecute.
So, Rip Van Winkle, spare us your, “Yeah but…” arguments because of your ignorance of facts pertaining to your guy.
Yes...I followed it closely. For every accusation, the Biden's had an explanation. Further, one of Comer's key witnesses (FBI informant - Alexander Smirnov) got arrested for lying about his claim wrt the Bidens. Finally, if there were so much corruption and evidence...why no charges? Dude...you had your own AG since 2025...don't blame it on Merrick Garland. Trump's been pointing fingers and getting his AG or acting AG to investigate his political enemies with no regards to when things happened...why would this be any different?
Hunter Biden used his last name to enrich himself. That was morally and ethically wrong but it doesn't appear to be any evidence of a crime.
Just be honest about both sides of the fence. You would be outraged if Biden made a billion dollars on crypto. I was a GOP guy for 30 years and it's exactly this hypocrisy that drove me away from you.
Then of course there is the fact that Biden pardoned his entire family in advance for “things they didn’t do”. Bad look.
The only time I felt Bush the Younger had an ounce of integrity was when he refused Cheney’s demand that he pardon Scooter Libby.
Adam Kinzinger was pixxed off that Biden pardoned him. "I didn't do anything wrong!"
Funny you should mention about pardons because it was reported in Maggie Haberman's book that Trump's claimed he'll pardon anyone who was within 250' of the White House. Watch for a pardon-fest coming up.
I don't care if they're pardoned or not...there will be investigations and accountability once this corrupt bunch is out of DC. The truth needs to be revealed about how bad this is right now.
It’s been this bad for a long time. The best thing about Trump is it’s no longer a secret.
The reforms are very unlikely to come from the political system.
I cannot be THAT cynical and it really smacks of the "both sides do it" mantra which isn't true when it comes to depth, breadth and the level of institutional corruption that Trump has brought.
He's been firing all of the people that could hold him accountable...and that's really different.
I feel as though you are looking at a murderer and saying...that's ok...we've all broken the law. We just need to reform the entire system.
It's not only a wrong interpretation...the fact that you think it can be repaired is simply wishful thinking. It's bad because people are imperfect and there will ALWAYS be those attempting to take advantage of it.
Compared to other countries, we were doing pretty good. He's taken advantage of it.
Isn't this against your rules, JHK?
Delete his comment and ban this guy.
Or your rules are not worth used toilet paper!
I reported him. Let’s see what happens. How he still is on this site is suspicious in itself. I wonder if JHK is posting on this site as someone else too…
It's the same with JohnAZ.
He has broken the rules several times just on this thread (Californicaters).
Even attacked me personally for my not believing in his God.
Claiming I am a "God Hater".
I tried blocking him ~ but here he is again!
Dennis, by your own "standards," you should have been permabanned years ago.
I started posting on this site about 6 weeks ago and almost immediately had very disgusting and personally critical posts in response.
I pointed this out to "JC" Penney (a fellow military officer) and he could care less. Really? You are on a site where someone is posting disgusting stuff about me, but you are only concerned about my posts that disagree with you?
This Trump era thing is beyond frustrating and intellectually amazing at the same time.
I often say that of the history of this era will be FULL of books...50% will be in the history aisle and the other 50% will be in the psychology section of the book store.
It's so disappointing that my remarks get more pushback from this site than your racial ones.
Yawn....they all do it.
BS. That's a cop out. The point is that we should be investigating everything that appears to be suspicious to a point requiring further investigation.
Is your point that since they all do it...that we shouldn't care that Trump just reported earnings of $1.4B of an investment model that's ripe for quid-pro-quo?
I despise the "both sides do it" argument because it doesn't help resolve the issue nor do I find the concept equally applied. For example...they didn't find any corruption when they investigated Biden...so actually...the whole "both sides do it" is a misapplied concept with him.
I think you despise “the both sides do it” arguments because your side gets implicated as well.
They DID investigate the Bidens. I really didn't care too much aside from the fact that I suspected it was BS...and it was.
I was GOP for 30 years and now I'm an independent. The side I support is the truth. The truth is that if Biden earned $1.4B of profit from cryptocurrency that most of the people that visit this site would have a completely different view of it. The truth is that those people haven't looked in the mirror for years and even when I say it to their face (like you) that it won't change your mind in the least.
You honestly don't recognize that about yourself, do you? Do you think that if Biden did what Trump did with cryptocurrency that you would be ok with it?
You're just wrong.
No, in that he is actually correct.
I am ignorant about cryptocurrency and want to remain so. I do not get how someone makes 4.2 billion dollars by shifting electrons around in a blockchain computer. Please enlighten.
I'm not an expert and even the experts say it's a very complex thing. I think the important aspect of it is...that if you think something has value...it's worth something. So it's heavily based upon what people think the value is...with nothing actually to show for it...like stock in a company for example.
It's the way the world's going and I'm very uncomfortable with it.
The bottom line for me is that we shouldn't have any POTUS, regardless of party, investing in shix when they are in office.
I agree with your last, I thought they had to put things in trust while in office?
Here is one for you, think about what AI uncontrolled could do to the banking system being manipulated by either a government, central banks or a bunch of corrupt hackers. Think about the government just taking 10% of what you made at the end of the year, sight unseen.
Answer me this, when they say he earned money, when does he have time to do that? Is it him, or a company run by the family? The Biden Mob made money by manipulating its government position, how many others did. How much of the upset is caused by envy?
It would not take AI or corrupt hackers for the banking system to be crashed.
This could happen tomorrow with a failure in the US's decrepit electrical grid.
Just another component of the great American collapse.
No, the blockchain currency is actually hosted in an encrypted file.
The only way it can be lost is if the file is corrupted, which usually takes more than a power outage.
I’ll find you a link where the investigative reporter goes down the list…item by item of how he did it. From what I remember it was a combination of real estate, book deal, speaking engagements, university salary, etc.
Indeed, let's also look at the Clintons and the Obamas while we're at it.
I'm ok with that...but do you have a premise for what you are accusing them of? Also, can I assume that you are pushing for an investigation into Trump if you want to investigate the Clintons and Obamas? Wasn't the Whitewater thing about investigating the Clintons?
pssst you said this already.
I smell fear and desperation coming from the Left. The Democrats have signed their own death warrants by aligning with the most civilization- destructive elements in history.
Where do they go from here but down, and that means taking them and all their hoped for positions of power, money and influence with them.
They have allowed the most barbaric and rabid cohorts on earth under their “big tent”, and if they think they’ll be spared they’re even more delusional that than they appear.
It came to this because they’ve been failing to convince the majority of sane, red blooded Americans that they actually have something to offer other than misery.
True Americans, robust Americans who may not be marching in the streets, but are quietly paying attention, living their lives who love this country, are still the force to be reckoned with and they are the majority, contrary to what the media and the loud mouths want you to believe. Their desperation is absolute proof of that.
The Democrats have gotten into bed with the worst of the worst, and by the grace and mercy of Almighty God may it result in the final death rattle of their party forever.
Amen, Suzie!
"The Democrats have signed their own death warrants by aligning with the most civilization- destructive elements in history."
It's no different than the "civil rights" movement, which was just as destructive and radical as anything the current revolutionaries are proposing and planning.
"the grace and mercy of Almighty God" ~ EG the Venezuelan earthquake!
"the grace and mercy of Almighty God" ~ as in the earthquake in Venezuela.
They have been neutralized by Trump - an agent of a hostile foreign nation. They aren't particularly smart you see....
Unfortunately, I think you're giving America's electorate far too much credit.
Democrat awfulness, not love of country, is why (IMO) Republicans are getting elected.
Over time, the Dims will learn to moderate that awfulness to get their feet in the door again.
This Canadian wishes all my American neighbours a very happy Independence Day tomorrow. That the American experiment has lasted 250 years is a tribute to your people. Just ignore what John Glubb Pasha had to say about 250th anniversaries
Federalism was stabbed in 1861 and bled out in 1913, Raymond. Much good survives in the USA but we've become as centralized as the Roman Empire. Not quite France level, yet, and that keeps us alive, as when different states pursued different COVID policies.
Happy belated Canada d-eh!
The SCOTUS decision in Trump v Slaughter will be the undoing of the entrenched deep state apparatus of the federal government.
The aptly named Slaughter decision was God’s injection of humor into what can now take place in finally severing that behemoth’s unconstitutional boot on our neck once and for all.
"God’s injection of humor" ~ as in the earthquake in Venezuela.
What a funny God, eh!
Even the likes of Fauxahontas & Bernie Bro oldsters believe “what’s yours is mine” too, so this new wave of “whipper-snappers” just seem more angry & honest about it.
I read recently in another ‘Stack that republicans have been quietly backing some of these radicals to oust more “moderate” dems & while I know they’ve done the same to republican candidates, it seems a very dangerous game if there is voter apathy afoot (very common in midterms) & a small cadre of radicals seriously motivated to get out & vote. Which seems to be at least 1 reason these DSAs won in the 1st place.
Burning down their 15-minute cities.
They're not hiding it anymore. The spokesperson for the Maine AFL-CIO, is calling for the execution of those who oppose the degenerate Senate candidate.
"Andy O'Brien, a top Graham Platner fanboy and the face of the Maine AFL-CIO, posted Monday that a Democratic consultant who opposes Platner should be executed by firing squad after the "revolution."
https://x.com/SteveRob/status/2071696173535006850
JSW, such a good pickup! The unions, particularly the large ones, are neck-deep in the marxist move to overthrow the USA. You tagged the Maine AFL-CIO.
On May Day (May 1, 2026) I was at the DSA area in Boston (I visited among other marxist groups as well). The UAW was clearly and brazenly arm-in-arm with their Comrades at the DSA site in Columbus Park (on the edge of Boston's North End), wearing t-shirts declaring solidarity with DSA.
I publicly dare Mr. O’Brien to try it. It's exactly the go-ahead we need to disinfect our nation.
It is because of Warrior/Patriots like JHK that America is celebrating our 250th birthday. With every post he proves the adage that the Pen is mightier than the Sword.
The most important freedom we have in my estimation is Freedom of Speech because without that, nothing else is possible.
It is really fitting that our all out war today is with these dirty, rotten, Islamic-Communist-Socialist DEMOCRATS. I hope everyone is aware that these scumbags are operating in every small town and county here in NY State under the guise of the Democrat party.
In my small town and county, the Dems are vastly out-playing the dopey Republicans at every corner. I have never before seen such abject stupidity on display with the state and local GOP, such that they cannot even figure out how to use the Dems' own rhetoric and platform against them.
By the way, in NY there are some 60 legislative races throughout the state where the Dems have no opponents - the Republicans can't be bothered to put up their own candidates. How is this even possible?
Here's a Pro Tip: At the very least, the Republicans should demand that EVERY Democrat who is running for office including the Bucktooth Bimbo from Buffalo on down to the to Village and town committees, must be made to publicly denounce and renounce the Democrat Socialists (Communists) and their platform.
If they refuse to do so, the Republicans, or those with the brain power, can use the refusal to great advantage in November.
Happy July 4th to James and our fellow NY Patriots. What we have is worth fighting for. Let the fireworks begin!
"Bucktooth Bimbo from Buffalo" — that's a nice new one. Schwing, NY Nanny!!
Thank you JHK for your kind words. I will treasure them always!
You already lost. I’m glad you know it.
It’s sad to watch your race fade away.
The Pen is useless with the sword. Or to put it another way, the sword is a pen that writes in red. And the pen is a sword that eviscerates lies much like a surgeon's scalpel.
"And the pen is a sword that eviscerates lies much like a surgeon's scalpel." ~ Lugh
Was that purposeful? The President of Iran is a surgeon.