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Danimal28's avatar

If I may add... Don't forget about Mary McCord who is the wife of Sheldon Snook, counsel to Chief Justice John Roberts. Roberts and Eisen spend weeks of time together traveling Europe...

McCord is the nexus of all of this.

Sodom on Potomac. Simply more proof that we have lived in a dark age since 11.23.1963 with only two bright spots: Ronaldus and Trump, both of whom were shot. Nixon too, who was deep-stated out of orifice.

Liber8or's avatar

OMG...never knew that Norm Eisen and James Boasberg were BFF. It's starting to connect more dots. (and they're not good dots)

Cankerpuss's avatar

The secret combinations are deep and they permeate almost every establishment in the USA from the Federals all the way down to the School Boards. It's all interconnected. It's too great to root out in the court systems.

P. Robert Thorson's avatar

There is a "hidden hand" pulling the strings, and it's buried much deeper than either of the parties that pass for "political" processes in the U.S. Sure, NGOs and Commies and Dems and Lefties are all busily working to bring down the Republic, but so are the stooges categorized on the other side of the battle, including the Repubs, RINOs, Righties and the current Regime.

The theater created keeps eyes off the Uber-Wealthy puppet masters, who intend to bring down the Republic and install a much more compliant, efficient and draconian system where the top 1% own and direct things, the next 2% are the useful idiot bureaucrats, and the remaining 97% are slaves - think Brave New World/1984.

That is until things break down to a more local level, then it becomes a mix of war bands, Mad Max and World Made by Hand.

Night owl's avatar

Those über-wealthy puppetmasters are the Davos crowd, the globalists. We are about 4-5 years from being on a digital ID and living in a 15-min. city. Trump's folly in the ME is paving the way for energy lockdowns, which are already taking shape here in Europe, and which were part of the Davos and 2030 Agenda.

We are being led further down the garden path. It is no coincidence that the same people on the "right" who went along with Convid are also going along with the next stage of societal destruction.

Cankerpuss's avatar

The uber-wealthy puppet masters are the generational "old money." You know the kind. The Rothschilds, Morgans, Chases, Rockerfellers, Carnegies and others. These are the people that the billionaires like Bezos go to when they need a loan.

P. Robert Thorson's avatar

When I think of the puppet masters, they're the ones out of sight. We don't know who they are. The old money families are just higher up the chain of command than the newer tech bro genius public puppets. But I could be wrong - I'm way down the org chart, so what do I know?

Digital IDs are a big "next step". I'm not sure, but I think the timing of that may come after the "economic emergency" that's in the pipeline, and will be part of a digital currency to come to the rescue.

Regardless of the schedule of "the plan", I'm sure the next decade will be unreal. I'm still dumbfounded that after the Plandemic and how the globalists played 2/3 of the world's citizens with that psyop, that most are still falling for the old tricks. The political angst and Operation Epstein are irrelevant compared to the Digital Prison grid being rolled out....

Night owl's avatar

Yeah, those are the kind of guys popping up at Davos, Bilderberg, etc.

Kathy Christian's avatar

That's why Washington needs a nuke.

Cankerpuss's avatar

The only nation on this planet to ever use a nuke against another nation is the USA. The "good guys." We'll never see a nuke in Washington because everyone else is too afraid to use one. They know that if they set a nuke off in the USA the USA will turn them to glass.

JohnAZ's avatar

Everyone except the Iranians? The Mullahs have killed up to 45000 of their own people, they just do not care.

Lugh's avatar

The Yankees killed hundreds of thousands of Americans during the Northern Invasion.

tom clark's avatar

Pete Hegseth will assure the Iranians don't "win" this little skirmish, John (unless Trump fires him).

Cankerpuss's avatar

The Mullahs don't have nukes, JohnAZ. If they did don't you think they'd lob a few at Israel, their most hated enemy? Russian government has killed millions of their own citizens, they have never lobbed any nukes. China government has killed millions of its own people, they haven't lobbed any nukes at anyone. Your argument doesn't hold any water my friend.

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

Male bovine excrement as usual, my paranoid friend JohnAZ.

VanityofDuluoz's avatar

Don't tell Jonathan Pollard that.

Liber8or's avatar

Good link. I bookmarked it.

Danimal28's avatar

I have followed Sundance at that site since 2012 and he is rock solid and is still very connected to Sodom on Potomac.

MarshaLouise's avatar

Thank you for this very interesting analysis…on Mary and Andrew!

Lugh's avatar

Trump does a lot of firing and replacing. It creates the illusion that he is for radical change.

Ben R's avatar

Imagine if Richard Nixon were around now to see what has happened to the once-good Ship America!

The things he would say.

Madjack's avatar

He wouldn’t have resigned. He would have fought it. Woodward had deep state ties. “Deep throat” was FBI. It was a CIA/FBI OP.

Liber8or's avatar

This Color Revolution stuff is going to cost us $10-a-gallon gasoline and food shortages. It's always the taxpayers who pay the bill.

Alex Thrace's avatar

The whole Watergate affair was a fraud and Nixon was setup and framed by his old buddy Poppy Bush (CIA). Nixon knew who offed JFK and he might have been close to spilling the bean on that story. He is lucky Poppy didn't slip something into his evening chamomile.

Y. Andropov's avatar

"After the January 6, 2021 attack on the U. S. Capitol, McCord became legal counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force 1-6 Capitol Security Review through an appointment by the Speaker of the House. In 2023, McCord joined veteran prosecutor Andrew Weissmann as cohost of the MSNBC audio podcast "Prosecuting Donald Trump", where ongoing legal cases against the former president were discussed. During the first year, more than 100 episodes were broadcast."--Wiki

Danimal28's avatar

Go to this site and search "Mary McCord". The woman filthy corrupt and I am sure she still holds her TS-SCI security clearance.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/01/20/forget-general-milley-joe-biden-just-pardoned-lawfare-operative-mary-mccord/

Impatient's avatar

Follow the wives.

Spud Murphy's avatar

Not to mention Boasbergs fruity, faggy, little London style of Inns of Court, where he is head and both the corrupt Roberts and inbecile Ketanji Brown Jackson are members, BELOW Jeb.

Eisen and Elias will be stunned if SCOTUS decides in Trumps favour for birthright citizenship case.

Not really familiar with the whole Jewish thing in US but it seems bizzare that DJT is surrounded in a Jewish civil war, with Eisen, Elias, Boasberg, Schumer and co on one side and the creepy Kushner, Witkoff, Miller, and others on the other side.

A possible pressure point on Roberts is the adoption of two healthy Irish children in early 2000s when Irish people had to go to Russia to adopt due to shortage of Irish children. This seems very extraordinary, even in view of his wifes strong Irish connections. Not one, but two.

Letsrock's avatar

Roberts kids probably came via JE. And clearly they are JINOs.

Spud Murphy's avatar

His wife's family have a vacation house in County Limerick, Ireland, apparently owned communally, and the Roberts wete there but not so much recently. What JE mean? And JINO?

Letsrock's avatar

Jeffrey Epstein who I read sometime ago may have been connected to the questionable adoptions. Jews In Name Only.

BlasterJack's avatar

Gramsci, Chomsky and Eisen represent an evil deviancy that threatens western civilization. Overeducated, weak-minded, young skulls full of mush are defenseless to their onslaughts.

JackStrawWichita's avatar

The removal of Blondi is an encouraging development in the ongoing struggle for justice. She basically shielded the deep state players for the last year.

What is needed now is a pit bull AG who will start finally going after these usurpers. Blanche is certainly not that man and needs to be replaced ASAP.

Lisa's avatar

It will help Trump immensely in the midterms if prosecutions will now commence for the MN fraud (Walz, Ellison, and Omar). Extra points for going after Gates and Fauci.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Trump is going to lose the Congress in the midterms. Reason? I paid $4.78 for a gallon of gasoline yesterday. What used to cost $2.38 a gallon a month ago now is double. Food prices are increasing because truck drivers are forking over $5.35 for a gallon of diesel fuel, which, by the way, is a by product of gasoline production. Trump's war in Iran is going to slow and wreck the economy.

Lisa's avatar

If the war in Iran continues much longer, then yes, the Republicans will pay a steep price in the midterms...

Cankerpuss's avatar

Naw, the political make up of the Congress has already been set. The Republicans are out and will then be paid handsomely to play the vocal opposition to the Democrats as they spend 2027 and 2028 harassing and impeaching President Trump. This war in Iran is wildly UNPOPULAR with the people. As a supporter of Trump I am dismayed at his seemingly never ending penchant to destroy his political career and legacy.

Damn the torpedoes's avatar

I don’t see how removing the biggest threat to our existence can be as unpopular you say, so I disagree. If he gets out soon, without boots on the ground, he’s good, but there needs to be accountability here for the fraud. The teams in California are going to eliminate Newsom as a candidate, as they’re already seeing arrests. People get incensed about tax dollars being stolen, and connecting that with the end of foreign aid will be like a Marco/Vance grudge match. Most importantly, the election shenanigans must be halted, so Thune needs to go. And fast!

Cankerpuss's avatar

"the biggest threat to our existence"

Are you serious? I'm 52 years old. I have never once in my life been threatened, harmed, harassed or otherwise molested by the nation or people of Iran. Period. In fact, the Iranian people I have met here in the USA have all spoken fluent english and had a love for the lives they were making in the USA. Can't say that for the Mexican and Venezuelan immigrants I have encountered.

Having lived in the USA for 52 years I cannot recall any terrorist event committed on US soil that was committed by Iran. If you have any that you can identify, I would like to know and I welcome being corrected. And don't tell me that the Iran had no right to bomb a US warship hanging around their beaches.

On the flip side, the USA has dozens of military bases in close proximity to Iran's borders. But that's okay. It's an American imperialism kind of thing, I wouldn't understand.

So the Iranians have a whacky government. Who doesn't? You can't sit there and tell me that the USA has a functional government.

You really need to understand who is truly the greatest threat to our existence. It isn't a poverty stricken, water starved, economically pathetic nation like Iran who doesn't even have nukes to lob at nearby Israel. No, the true enemy to our existence are all of the "friendly" immigrants from south of the border who have imbedded themselves in our cities and towns, voting in our elections, sucking us dry through welfare and free health care. They have a REAL impact on us and on our daily lives. Not Iran. Turn off Sean Hannity and Fox News and stop slurping down the war propaganda.

I agree with you on Thune. He is as bad as that rotting corpse known as McConnell and he is a Republican.

Paul B. Cohen's avatar

If i had a pocket-sized geiger counter for human negativity, the crackling in your presence would be deafening.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Well, do you have a pocket size geiger counter?

I'm a realist. Reality in today's world can be negative because for the most part this world is shit.

JackStrawWichita's avatar

It's almost like he's been arrested on false charges, smeared endlessly, had an election stolen from him, his family attacked endlessly, and even had two assassination attempts and no longer gives a FF what you or others think.

The legacy, which is more like the necessary reckoning that the US and the world desperately needs, is outside your understanding.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I'm just a regular joe with an opinion, JSW. I know they don't care what I think. I really don't understand you comment. Try to do better.

Lugh's avatar

Sure he does. If he didn't care, we wouldn't be about to attack Iran. Epstein owns him.

Tenquid's avatar

I voted for Trump 3 times. But now I feel like a newlywed who got the ICK for their new spouse on the honeymoon. I can't even listen to his voice anymore.

I'm not giving up on conservatism. I just prefer leaders who can set their egos aside, roll up their sleeves, and get the job done. The bluster and braggadocio wears me out. It feels unbecoming to the leader of the free world and disrespectful the American people.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I have been worn down by the constant promises to "do this" but once in power they "do that."

MarshaLouise's avatar

You realize that Trump has to toot his own horn because he has the media and their frequent Democratic guests ripping and riling against him? The positive side must be accentuated by Trump himself, since people are usually easily influenced and manipulated to accept whatever they hear. I hope that Trump’s bluster continues - or the other side wins. If you want America to win, I suggest you stay with and support Trump.

Night owl's avatar

You should consider that "conservatism" is just part of the divide-and-conquer model that allows government to keep tearing apart society.

MarshaLouise's avatar

Where in the heck is this “WILDLY unpopular” description of the Iran takedown coming from? I disagree on this. I think people are patiently biding their time for the final outcome and a USA win…coming soon.

moishe pippik's avatar

Whatever Trump plans to do, he had best hurry. The polls are bad and getting worse. The midterms rate to be a disaster for the Republicans. Will Trump be desperate enough to take a page from the Zelensky playback and attempt to prevent the election from happening? Don't bet against it.

MarshaLouise's avatar

No, Trump must get the SAVE Act passed and the correct outcome is assured.

moishe pippik's avatar

Very funny. Every legal commentator, from the most conservative to the most liberal, recognizes that the SAVE Act is blatantly unconstitutional. But, by all means, keep the hopium flowing.

Night owl's avatar

He's done quite a lot; the issue is rather that those things have been the opposite of what his base thought he would do.

Damn the torpedoes's avatar

One of them must be Walz. And he needs to start talking more than the Somali guy connecting him to the grift —the one that only got a year.

I’m hearing Lee Zeldin for AG - he’s already been confirmed for the cabinet, would he have to be reconfirmed for the AG post?

Night owl's avatar

Why would Trump go after Fauci? He still supports Warp Speed and claims the quaxxine is great.

Gary Edwards's avatar

It could be the deep state is just too powerful.

JohnAZ's avatar

The Deep State is an "octopus" with tentacles into all levels of government and the judiciary. They run this country.

paul Vincent zecchino's avatar

"I'm Danny Casolaro and I agree with this statement."

Damn the torpedoes's avatar

Wow! That is some article! Mary McCord and her husband are linked to every evil thing that has happened in DC in the past decade! There needs to be a public hanging!

Letsrock's avatar

Several public hangings.

Dutchmn007's avatar

Pam Blondie will go down in history as “Jeff Sessions 2.0”. Unfortunately the Statute of Limitations is running out on the window of time available to snare the snakes. Blondie did exactly what Sessions did: shoved a shiv in Trump’s back.

James Howard Kunstler's avatar

Name puns like Blondie are verboten here. Don’t resort to them.

MarshaLouise's avatar

Great advice. That’s not necessary and disrespectful.

Lugh's avatar

She followed his lead. The Epstein files were all important, not important at all, about to be revealed, all revealed, not existing, and a Democrat hoax as per what Trump thought he needed on a given day.

Finally due to the efforts of a few good people, they were made public, but redacted so as to be meaningless. Bondi did that so as to protect the system. The system can't reform itself. Trump is part of the system.

JohnAZ's avatar

I want to hear the reason for her demise, the real reason.. Like Noem. This cabinet had Trump's back, I do not understand what he is doing. Shades of Adm. 45. Who is next?

JohnAZ's avatar

Could be, I wonder what is the trigger for “You are fired”?

Letsrock's avatar

Didn't we all know she stunk to high heaven? What say you Trump? Over a year totally wasted. I just don't understand how/why he keeps picking such losers

Aelwed Bell's avatar

You, like millions of others, will just continue to go on hoping. You haven't had the epiphany yet that it does not matter who the President, or any cabinet members are. The actual US government, that truly runs things, will continue forward with their agenda until they destroy this country and the rest of the world with it. The illogical and destructive side of human behavior always pollutes the institutions and movements of man.

wkenn's avatar

Blanche is part of the 'deep state'. Bondi? The face of this DOJ. Blanche? The real conductor at the DOJ.

CC's avatar
Apr 3Edited

Kate Bolduon has the best standing-bitch-face in television land. It hurts just to look at her.

David "JC" Penny's avatar

Good piece. In summary:

"Norm Eisen has been deeply involved in every attempt to undermine and disable Mr. Trump since 2016. ...His efforts failed.... [until he] commence[s] a new impeachment effort, in theory coinciding with the seating of a Democratic Party majority in both houses of Congress. His crowning achievement [will] be getting the morose ladies of CNN to finally a crack a smile."

It's a cult.

JohnAZ's avatar

A real question. The Left has found a single target to attack in Trump and that has facilitated their ability to stymie everything. What is happening to carry on the pro-USA activity once Trump is gone? Vance is on his way to California to try to continue to set the Left back on their heels with the gimme welfare fraud exposure. But really, what is going on post-Trump, to stop the takeover of the country by first the Deep State and the the USACP? THe "Olde GOP" is deserting the ship, showing their true colors.

wkenn's avatar

The far, far left is a huge problem. These are anti-capitalists who want the overthrow of the government to be replaced by their marxist utopia. USACP is a player, there are many more serious threats. DSA is boasting they are near 100,000 dues paying members at $15/month. They were a big player in NYC for the Mamdani takeover

Revolutionary Communist Party USA asks its members to pay dues equivalent to one day’s wages per month

USACP has a sliding scale starting at $10/month down to $2/month based on ability to pay.

There are more, just don't have the time at the moment to list them all.

Just from my last few sentences it is hopefully clear these groups self-fund. It is called 'mutual aid'. They have jobs, are zealots, and are not 'paid protestors'. some have rather well-paying jobs. All are anti-capitalist. They are decentralized. i'm still learning a lot about how they operate. Collectively they are a major threat. Learning their language is important. It might sound like one thing to the average person, it's more code for anti-capitalist in all forms.

They raise their children as marxists, just as many of them were raised by their parents. Using 'parents' is sort of a misnomer, in their utopia children belong to the collective. Parents having children is a capitalist idea, as is 'parent'. It goes real deep.

There are a number of publications, they say what they intend to do. Look up crimethinc.com , which ill figure the majority of Americans have never heard about. Minneapolis was a testing ground. Lot's of tactics tried. Now they.re sharing the knowledge gained with other 'cells' for want of a better word.

The real enemy within the country is marxism. Progressives, like the no kings crowd, don't want to overthrow the government, they just don't like DJT. Same with democrats, liberals, etc. They can be useful tools for the marxists, who do want to overthrow the country. The real marxists have nothing in common with any of the non-marxists I just named in the preceding sentences in this paragraph, they just see them as expendable for the cause if they (marxists) can tolerate them. They don't like them. Speaking of 'the cause', the real marxists expect to take casualties. Serious threat.

MarshaLouise's avatar

There’s a lot of truth, and points worthy of consideration, here,

wkenn's avatar

Thank you

I put some effort into most of the post replies I make on a number of Substacks to offer information I've found, and opinions/perspectives/thoughts I have about the events we live through daily.

Sharing them is important, and important to me. Genuine feedback is always welcome and appreciated. TY again!

MH's avatar

No mention of the Iran war today. Day 34 of the 4 day operation. There has been such great confidence that the US has annihilated Iran. For so long we have heard from the whitepillers (the ones that are taking Delusionol) that Iran's missile capacity is gone! The "blackpillers" are dismissed. Iran's missile capabilities are virtually wiped out.

Isn't it funny how US intelligence has now stated half of Iran's missile launching capabilities are still intact. Are we starting to think this was a folly yet or are we still in psychosis? Are we in anger or bargaining yet or are we still in denial?

NY Nanny's avatar

I totally support our President Trump and MAGA all the way. Nevertheless I still have my fears and worries about this damn war /excursion/whatever they call it. So many moving parts- only a genius like Trump could make this a success. Let us pray on this Good Friday, for our own resurrection.

MH's avatar

Ok good, stage 3, bargaining.

Vegan Shark's avatar

I admire President Trump's resolute persistence in the face of years' worth of lies and hostility from his enemies in Congress, the deep state, the media, and the public. Add to that whatever plots, maybe including assassination, they are brewing. The man has a spine.

But he is no genius, NY Nanny. While his domestic policies are a breath of fresh air in the asphyxiating corridors of DC, when it comes to foreign relations some perverse imp seems to take over his mind. Within three months of his second inauguration he has erased all substantial support from theoretically friendly European countries, shown himself to be under hypnotic control by Israel, and thanks to miscalculation placed the US in an appalling position in the Iran war that threatens to get completely out of hand.

At best -- at best! -- he will have to preside over the humiliating withdrawal of US armed forces and destroyed bases in the neighborhood of Iran. At worst he'll carry the weight of an economic and military disaster into the midterms and 2028.

Leon Pierce's avatar

Nah, President Trump and the US Military along with Israeli forces have this and I’m deeply grateful. The Iranian theocratic murder cult is finally getting what is needed. We will see 47 years of evil finally collapse thanks to our brave men and women. Know that the Iranian goal of jihad would continue with billions upon billions of petro dollars being used to expand their plans to destroy western civilization. We know this by their past actions, funding proxy global terrorism, consistent statements and actions of “Death to America”, assassin squads, attacks upon Israel and American interests, plans to dominate the entire Middle East oil region. Their end game of course is world domination at any cost to sit atop the world’s most evil death cult including use of the bomb. They must fall to the dust of time and a free Persian nation emerge.

Lugh's avatar

Iran is winning, wiping out half of their best jets a few days ago. They're much more advanced than our leaders were willing to admit.

MarshaLouise's avatar

You bought the fake tv stories…tsk, tsk.

Damn the torpedoes's avatar

Nobody cares about what Europeans under the control of Islam think anymore. He’s shoring up a new power base. He’s done with the UN and Brussels.

Lugh's avatar

He's a military dunce. Unless of course this war is supposed to be lost and the Middle East ruined. Order of out of Chaos. One must destroy before Israel can build.....

Night owl's avatar

It looks increasingly like he fooled most of his base, and only the neocons remain. He once claimed to be anti-neocon, which is hilarious in hindsight.

He definitely stepped in it with the attack on Iran. Or did he? That is exactly what the Davos crowd needs to push Agenda 2030 through.

Lugh's avatar

Exactly. How can Greater Israel come in to being unless Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States fall? And Greater Iran needs the same thing to connect with their people in Lebanon. Providentially, Southern Saud Arabia is full of Shiites. Tough luck for the Israelis.*

*The map of Greater Israel shows them taking the southern half of Saudi Arabia.

Paul B. Cohen's avatar

Incoming egg toward face, a double disaster for a vegan.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Why don't you engage in a thoughtful debate rather than putting out there silly euphemisms about geiger counters and face covered eggs, Paul?

Mothertrucker's avatar

I saw a short clip with Catherine Fitts theorizing that this Iran “excursion” is tied into the planned digital prison and Iran was one of the last biggest remaining holdouts.

James Howard Kunstler's avatar

Catherine A Fitts has a one track mind.

paul Vincent zecchino's avatar

Catherine Fitts graciously accepted our telephone call some years ago and generously provided her insights into a major bank and brokerage firm and university-hospital complex which defrauded our family of millions of dollars, for which homicides were committed to facilitate the Constructed Fraud.

We contacted her because her experiences, which can be read at www.dunwalke.com, greatly paralleled ours, the result of a group of politicians and business leaders, so called, behaving in manner of a crime syndicate.

There's a reason the politicians wanted the old Mafia destroyed, it's so they could assume control of its enterprises, 'and pedophiles are heavily represented among their number.'

Catherine Austin Fitts' sage counsel saved our liberty and property, and over time proved prophetic. Ms. Fitts' advice steered us clear of the cleverly contructed shoals which the system enthusiastically promotes to the naive.

There's a great deal more evil afoot than many wish to realize and all that glitters is neither gold nor is it benign, despite its sweet entreaties.

Mothertrucker's avatar

That may be so but isn’t there validity in what’s she’s harping on-digital currency/social credit system part of the plan for the new world order?

MarshaLouise's avatar

My thoughts exactly.

Scott's avatar

I always viewed her as an Intelligence asset, but yeah.

Night owl's avatar

That may be the dumbest thing I have ever read about her. Her work during Convid, in particular, was stellar.

Scott's avatar

Nah, you don't understand how things work. In order for an asset to build up cred they have to say some good things and then mix in a bunch of BS. There are countless examples of this, Alex Jones being perhaps the best known example. It's called blackwashing, and I was and am skeptical of her.

dancingtime's avatar

Catherine Fitts may be a little over the top or .....on target....Promethean Action, on the other hand, says that this is about the destruction of the power of the City of London which they say is behind Iran and its government.

Mothertrucker's avatar

Why a proxy war with Iran why not cut the head of the snake?

dancingtime's avatar

Why don't you check them out? It's free if you want. Both women have been in the business for a long time, it seems. I had heard about the control on geo events before but have not yet personally grasped how and what they do. I need a tutorial.

I voted for Trump and trust him and his instincts. Who I do not trust is some of the people in the military to, at a minimum, give the straight skinny to Trump. Putting aside closet Obama supporters and promoties, the military has a tendency to pretty up the package as it goes up the chain. Trump, on the other hand, likes to hear different opinions before forming his. He is the eternal optimist.

JohnAZ's avatar

The military, yes, that is why they are slowly retiring many Biden generals. The intelligence community is the ral problem though. Trump has made a major FU, IMO, as his two intelligence folks are gone and is Tulsi next? Has Trump found out that these women are succumbing to Deep State-itis? I wish someone would tell the truth.

Ron Anselmo's avatar

View from 50K feet?

Rearranging the global energy flows to suit the overlords. The theater is necessary to present the picture differently to different populations. All will comply; they aren't smart enough to see beyond.

Why destroy so much expensive infrastructure in the process? It won't be rebuilt - not necessary - with (planned) demand destruction. Simple Economics 101.

Wealth transfer and accumulation will continue its vertical trajectory. Think Georgia Guidestones - 500M global population. The equivalent of one thousand serfs serving each one of 5000 of the anointed. Not a bad average.

Night owl's avatar

On target, Ron.

Here in Europe they are pushing EVs particularly hard now. Gas is now 2.35 a liter on average here in Germany.

EVs are of course meant to put people out of private vehicles and shift them to 15-min. cities, where they will then be locked in via digital ID and additional rules about what they can and cannot buy or do.

Cankerpuss's avatar

And all you have to do is turn off the power grid and you got them right where you want them. Total control over everyone and everything. They hate gasoline because gasoline is raw energy and provides some semblance of freedom to the people.

paul Vincent zecchino's avatar

Spot on, Night Owl. The rockefelons and their creepy GA guidestones want a world of a few serfs to clip their filthy toenails for them, while they pop grapes in their fat snouts all day.

Every week, just as old John D. Rockefelon thought himself a messiah for handing out dimes in Times Square, the globaloney Elite pouffes will hand we serfs three kernels of rice, saying, 'now there's your food allotment for the week', as they stuff caviar into every orifice of their pasty white, soft-fingered carcasses.

No, I don't particularly care for them or their satanic horseshxx.

MarshaLouise's avatar

They still need electricity for those EU EVs, no?

Lugh's avatar

Israeli man on the street interview: How many gentile slaves will each Chosenite have after the return of the Messiah. Some said a thousand, others five thousand.

paul Vincent zecchino's avatar

Spot on, Ron. Thank you for stating the truth.

Night owl's avatar

Makes sense, particularly when you consider how many Palantir and tech people Trump has in his Admin.

I see no evidence he is working against the digital prison.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Perhaps, but I doubt it. The Iran "excursion" is all about money. The oil companies weren't making enough money so they tapped Trump to lob some missiles and 'voila' now we are paying over $4 for a gallon of gasoline. Money is rolling in for someone, somewhere, especially because the USA gets the vast majority of its crude from sources OTHER THAN the Middle East.

cheese sandwich's avatar

This isn't a war for oil companies. US oil majors operate around the globe. They don't want their oil plays in the ME to be destroyed. Gulf States have invested heavily in the US economy. Wrecking their economies threatens continued investment. The US is seen as an unreliable and foolish partner. This is about regional hegemony for Israel.

Mothertrucker's avatar

If the U.S. is energy independent why is the war affecting our domestic prices?

Cankerpuss's avatar

Because oil is a globally traded commodity so anything that happens elsewhere in the globe affects our prices here at home. It's an insidious system. Necessities like oil, food and housing should never have become investments that can be traded in cesspools like Wall Street. IMO.

JohnAZ's avatar

Think about the supply of oil being so many barrels per day. Balance that with a demand of so many barrels a day to set the price. Oil has very steep S&D curves, small changes make bid differences. Now cut off the 20% from the Gulf countries and watch what happens. If you have read TLE, you should understand totally what the impact of allowing Iran control of anything would make. That is why Iran needs to be squelched. It is not a surprise to me that more missiles are going into Gulf Arab states than Israel.

cheese sandwich's avatar

Pretty much every product and service around the world is made possible at some level through oil and natural gas. All of our labor is embedded with oil and natural gas. The US is not energy independent. There are different grade of oil; the US imports a large amount of oil crude grades that are not present domestically.

Lugh's avatar

As Schwab said, the stakeholders are finally on board. Money is meaningless in a used up world. The lower tiers of the Pyramid don't know this, but those above them do. They hide behind (above the clouds) their profit seeking lesser brethren.

Inisfad's avatar

A good reason to give Fitts a bit of distance for some of her theories.

MarshaLouise's avatar

All the way, and let’s carry our cross with Trump and the warriors. Believe and pray.

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

Prayer is an act of doubt, not an act of faith, for if you truly trusted your god's plan, you wouldn't ever have to pray for anything.

“The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.” Christopher Hitchens

All these supposedly omnipotent and all-powerful GODS that are being worshipped and prayed to, are all standing by doing NOTHING.

Watching innocent people being killed while their worshippers claim their God has the power to save them all.

Either these Gods do not give a shit, or more probably they do not exist!

I see prayer as a way to get out of actually helping another human being and kidding yourself that you did something ~ when you did NOTHING.

Just how many times has the Pope prayed for peace in the Holy Land?

That's worked out very well..... yeah right!

Tenquid's avatar

Merwood, are you some sort of metaphorical atheist jihadi? It feels like you periodically stagger into our party, shouting "God is not great!" Puking anti-Christian bile all over us, only to crawl away before pulling the pin, never to return.

Do it! We'll disinfect and move on.

Inisfad's avatar

Much depends on where you are getting your information, and the underlying bias that the news source has. The amount of weaponry that Iran built was purposeful and enormous. I only believe US intelligence sources if they are supported by Tulsi Gabbard. Otherwise, they are deep state operatives.

NY Nanny's avatar

YOU NAILED IT when you wrote "much depends on where you are getting your information".

This is the problem with virtually every political discussion I have, especially with friends and relatives who are afflicted with TDS or other Liberal mental disorders.

I have one close relative who will not believe a word I say about CVD, alt health, TrUMP, Energy, etc. because she didn't hear it on Oprah or the View or from Rachel Maddow.

People who read James HK obviously do a lot of research- real research- but even so, many of us will not accept every statement as factual because it doesn't agree with our own research.

Like someone said: "Facts are stubborn things." "You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own Facts."

Lugh's avatar

The power of life. The power of death. The power of the hyper-sonic missiles. I don't if they're doing any original research, but they are able engineers and can make whatever Russia shares with them, or whatever they shoot down from our side.

Dmarc's avatar

Check out the duration and casualty volume of US involved global conflicts post WWII and compare them to the current conflict with the Earth's #1 sponsor of terrorism. Panicans need to Trust In Trump.

MH's avatar

Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

James Howard Kunstler's avatar

That’s a dumbass cliche.

MH's avatar

I am impressed in how you managed to say so little in so few words.

dancingtime's avatar

99.9% of the people in the US have no idea what is going on in the background...they do not have all the dots to connect to get a full picture. Most people do not think evil so it is hard to consider the actual evil taking place. The answers to all questions remain "follow the money" and cui bono....There are evil string pullers out there that we still do not know about.

David "JC" Penny's avatar

Curious.... Where was the "4 day operation" announced as 4 days? A citation outside of an esoteric podcast would be useful in trying to comprehend all that follows that "fact".

Inisfad's avatar

Please link to your source where Trump advised that this would be a ‘’4 day operation’.

David "JC" Penny's avatar

I'll assume this reply to me was actually a pile-on of MH's original post. It's amazing what people will parrot without thinking, let alone checking on its veracity. It wouldn't surprise me if MH came back with a link to his own comment!

Inisfad's avatar

Again, please link your source that indicated that Iran was going to be a 4 day operation.

David "JC" Penny's avatar

Again, please read the thread. I asked for a source from MH after he wrote "No mention of the Iran war today. Day 34 of the 4 day operation." You keep asking me for the source as replies to asking MH for a source. If you want to challenge the "4 day operation" narrative, please ask for it via a reply to the guy that posted it. Not that hard.

Inisfad's avatar

Oops. Sorry! Sometimes those lines that indicate what the response is to, is confusing.

NY Nanny's avatar

That's just what I meant in my comment.

Scott's avatar

None of the above. Trump is doing a great job you just don't understand the objective. The globalist imperial system is being destroyed and Iran is the latest move. BP was founded on Iranian oil and the City of London has controlled Iran the entire time. Check out Promethean updates on YT so you can get with the program

MH's avatar

Clozapine is the gold standard anti-psychotic, and you should maybe ask your doc for info on it.

Night owl's avatar

The so-called globalists want the old infrastructure destroyed,. The New Normal and Great Reset don't see people like you driving, flying, or owning anything.

You appear to be absolutely clueless.

Scott's avatar

Time will tell who is the clueless one. From where I'm sitting Trump is dismantling the globalists and doing a great job of it. He said as much at Davos "globalism is dead." Klaus and company want everyone owing nothing and being happy. They are being shown the door. Time to get on board for the big win.

Night owl's avatar

His admin. is literally full of Palantir folk and he still pushes the Convid shots.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Time has already left your side.

cheese sandwich's avatar

LaRouche BOT identified.

Scott's avatar

Douche identified

Lugh's avatar

Crushing victories by Iran against the Invaders, probably. FORTY state of the art Israeli jets destroyed in 30 minutes by state of the art Iranian missiles, each one priced at a hundred million. That's five billion or so down the drain leaving Israel at 40% of its previous air power. The missiles lock onto the pre-determined target as they descend, no longer dependent on GPS which can be jammed. A triumph of Iranian engineering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnisFwSrts&t=5s

An Israeli supply column ambushed and wiped out in Southern Lebanon, trucks, and 300 troops. Not confirmed, at least not yet. Also many tanks have been destroyed in the last two weeks. Hezbollah has a system of tunnels with firing portals adjacent to major routes. That's what got the column.

Suzie's avatar

I believe the entire drama we have been living through in this country’s battle for survival comes down to We, the People.

What are we willing to sacrifice, our rights for safety, our common sense for lunacy, our own children’s and children’s children futures for a morsel of bread (or cheap gas) today?

If We, the People don’t think this country is worth fighting for based upon its Constitution then all bets are off.

We’re the ones who get to decide which way things will go, now and in the future.

If we’ve learned nothing from what lengths the Democrats are willing to go to subjugate us and trample upon our rights in just these last 10 years - forget the 50-100 years prior - then we deserve whatever we get.

Pnoldguy's avatar

There just aren't enough of us. The leviathan has grown to outnumber us and developed systems to put down even the smallest hint of a threat: J6

David "JC" Penny's avatar

Actually, there are enough of us, IMHO. The problem is that "progressives" yearn to tell people what to do/think whereas "conservatives" want to be left alone. When it comes to acting on those characteristics, the minority triumphs as the majority voice. And in a democracy, that's ultimately self-destructive.

Kathy Christian's avatar

You only need a few competent motivated individuals, and you only remove certain key individuals. It's pretty plain that nothing else will save the country, since more than half of our governing body is working towards its destruction.

Inisfad's avatar

Really?? There were enough of us to ensure that the result of the 2024 election.

Pnoldguy's avatar

That’s true, but voting requires little effort. Standing up by actual fighting and risking all requires a much greater commitment.

Inisfad's avatar

And yet there are people who have decided to ‘give up’ and not even make that little effort.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Suzie, I really appreciate your post and your optimistic appraisal of the current situation we currently find ourselves in. But, we are so boned in this country. The ball was rolling more than a hundred years before we were born. Our parents and grand parents were born into it and we poor saps had no say on any of this. The only way out of this is a total and complete collapse of the current system, to get it completely out of the way.

Case in point, Donald Trump. I believe the President has desires to improve the conditions of the USA but everything he does is obstructed......everywhere.......by everyone. Just as Pnoldguy says in response to your text, "there just aren't enough of us." He's right. Critically thinking people are a rare breed in the USA right now. We flock to sites like CFN because we can hobnob with those of like mindedness but in reality most people are too busy downloading porn, watching the teevee, betting on professional sports, doing drugs or working 3 jobs just to pay the rent.

The only way out is for the system to implode on itself and I don't see that happening any time soon.

Opie the Mick's avatar

100% spot on. Regardless of what motivates Trump, nothing he does will change one iota of what's to come. Been spending all my spare time in the garden rather than contemplating the mid terms.

Cankerpuss's avatar

As a gardener, I get it. I do the same. I used to listen to conservative talk radio shows like Mark Levin until he became so pro-Israel that his show was always about Israel. So I turned the radio shows off, turned off the teevee except for a few guilty pleasures like the WWE. Everyone has an agenda or an angle and most of the time that agenda and angle is the accumulation of very large amounts of wealth. I won't contribute to it anymore.

paul Vincent zecchino's avatar

A thousand upclicks. Levin was always a pedantic Bob Grant imitator who was promoted by BlimpJaw decades ago as 'F. Lee Levin.'

He yells, he screams, he takes calls rarely as BigRadio long ago discouraged callers as 'unpredictable, dangerous' and scolds about TheConStiTooooooShun!

He's a colossal bore who now bends Trump's ear.

Alex Jones - yes, that Alex Jones - tells it straight. He was fantastic during the covid psyop, having numerous guests on his show, most of whom had many letters after the 'M.D.' in their surnames, all of whom debunked the globaloney horseshxx re covid and the death dealing quackcine.

Most days here in South Florida, I listen to Cuba not for the inane, 60s vintage propaganda but for the music as well as the announcers who speak in manner of men rather than Valley Girl fairies.

Sorry to be so blunt, but as much as I can't wait to see Cuba freed from communism brought to them by eleanor roosevelt and the NYSLIMES and JFK's weakness at Bahia Cochinos, I dread the day when I tune in formerly sonorous Radio Progreso and hear, 'Shawwwwwwnnnnn Hannnitttyyyy!'

Letsrock's avatar

Cuban music is the best!

Cankerpuss's avatar

I'm ashamed to admit that years ago I bought one of Levin's and Hannity's books.

Yirgach's avatar

"The only way out is for the system to implode on itself and I don't see that happening any time soon."

It may not take that much for an implosion to occur. Just look at the amount of damage the Biden crew did to this country in less than 4 years. Depending on the midterms, it wouldn't take much to push it over the edge. Even a lawful emergency order from the President would set enough liberal hair on fire to touch off a counter revolution.

"Like a wrecking ball that's no longer connected to the chain." T. Waits

David "JC" Penny's avatar

"Critically thinking people are a rare breed in the USA right now. We flock to sites like CFN ..."

Hmmm. Have read the comments? Pretty sure this ain't the crowd that frequents https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ for direct sourcing of data in order to make their own decisions as opposed to sopping up and reposting rage-bait.

Lugh's avatar

Meet the midwits! The most dangerous of all since they are actually interested and think that they are schmart.

Jeff Smith's avatar

The only way out is for the system to implode on itself and I don't see that happening any time soon? Sourpuss, you sound like a Cloward Piven acolyte.

Lugh's avatar

Most people will never read another book after "graduating" from college. In other words, they never had any business being there.

Robert Italia's avatar

"There does seem to be some hidden hand in Narrative Central issuing prescribed story-lines to the networks, and that hand seems to be tinged with malice for anything and anyone seeking to rescue our country from chaos, penury, psychosis, and jihad. It looks like the hidden hand wants the country to go down in flames, and will resort to any means necessary to get it done."

They're convinced they're the "good guys"--which allows them to commit the worst of crimes (see SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY). The NO KINGS "protests" and cries of "DICTATOR!" and "TYRANT!" have been in anticipation of forthcoming tribunals--well within the president's Constitutional powers, and supported by a majority of Americans. It's why we hired Trump.

Cankerpuss's avatar

"They're convinced they're the "good guys"--which allows them to commit the worst of crimes"

Interesting comment, RI. I think the USA convinces itself that it is the good guy as it wages war in foreign nations all over the globe. Nations that, for all intents and purposes, pose no immediate threat to the USA and are usually poverty stricken. "But Terrorism!" Naw, not buying it.

Fight the Good Fight's avatar

This, exactly. That Trump has been hypnotized to an evil cause is plain for all to see.

It is evil to commit genocide or be complicit with genocide. It is evil to commit war crimes by destroying civilian infrastructures. Period. The ends do not justify the means. Ever.

Jeff Smith's avatar

You anti-Trump people are laughably, profoundly and obdurately stupid. You are mentally ill with TDS. For forty-seven years Iran has been anti-Western civilization and anti- American. What part of “Death to America” don’t you understand? There is a war going on. The only downside for Americans are temporarily higher gasoline prices. Meanwhile, Trump is riding the world of a bad actor. What do you want, a nuke hitting NY or LA to “justify” a strike?

Cankerpuss's avatar

"For forty-seven years Iran has been anti-Western civilization and anti- American."

And why, Jeff Smith, are they so anti-western civilization and anti-America? Ever stop to think about this for a second? It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that the nation of Iran is surrounded by numerous American military installations and bases? Or that America has been meddling in Iran's governmental affairs since the USA helped overthrow the Shah of Iran?

You war humpers out there amaze me. You think the USA's shit smells like peaches and cream. It's okay for us to have bases all over the world and to have nukes (the US is the only nation to actually use nukes by the way) and to bully other countries around, piss around in their elections through the CIA (see Ukraine). But if they don't like us or try to defend themselves, damnit, THEY HAVE NO RIGHT. But, but, but, "terrorism" the war humpers decry! They cause terrorism everywhere! So let's bomb them back to the stone age! Who gives a fuck about the millions of innocent civilians whose lives are devastated from the bombing. And yes, believe it or not, there are innocent Iranians in Iran who have nothing to do with any of this.

How many countries has Iran invaded? How many countries as the USA invaded? It's an American exceptionalism kind of thing, you wouldn't understand.

I'm not anti-Trump. I want Trump to succeed. I am anti-war in all of its forms. War serves only to enrich a few at the top and devastate the lives of all the rest. Most Iranian people are just regular folks like you and I who want to live out their lives in relative peace. The USA has no right to invade, attack, or destroy a sovereign nation. Period.

Cankerpuss's avatar

By the way, Iran has no nukes. If they did, don't you think they'd have lobbed a few of them at Israel, their most hated enemy, by now? Come on, you gotta stop slurping the Sean Hannity propaganda and start seeing things as they really are.

Jeff Smith's avatar

By your comments, am sure you are a Muslim.

Cankerpuss's avatar

There is only one form of war where the moral high ground can be maintained and that is in defense of one's family, property and homes. Iran hasn't invaded anyone and I don't know of any terrorist events in the 50 states that were committed by the nation of Iran. As the aggressor in almost all of America's wars the USA has acted immorally and has committed much evil. All in the name of money. You can't justify a trillion dollar defense budget if there is no war to fight. So they find some hapless country like Iran to bully and claim "terrorism" as a cause to lob missiles into their nation, destroy their properties, kill their people and destroy their economy. But hey, they are at least targeting just military installations. Do they give any consideration to how their actions devastate the lives of the innocent civilians who now have to negotiate the devastation?

I hate war in all of its forms. Period.

Not to mention the cost. $39 trillion and counting........nobody cares. "We're in debt to ourselves" they will say, as if that is a harmless thing and we shouldn't care about it.

Paul B. Cohen's avatar

Plain to see when you’re deranged.

MarshaLouise's avatar

In this case the means do justify the end, or is a nuked western world a vision you’d rather be complicit with?

Truk Leppur's avatar

Bombs make more enemies.

MarshaLouise's avatar

They’re certainly “tinged with malice” and we’ve come to expect it. Malice poopers become easily identifiable. And easy to disregard and ignore, especially those on TV.

Lugh's avatar

How many did Bukele end up killing? Probably a lot, right? There is no other way. As Churchill said in his teaching anent the Three fluids: If you won't sweat, you will weep. If you still refuse to sweat, you will bleed.

We're well past sweating and weeping.

Pnoldguy's avatar

There's no time for tribunals, he has a war to prosecute.

Night owl's avatar

Remember, Trump told us Epstein was a "hoax"

LOL.

I just read that a number of files containing Epstein's ties to Israel were also removed from the tranche that was released.

MarshaLouise's avatar

It’s coming…part of the reason for the AG change, I believe.

Gwennie's avatar

This is completely off-topic but I hope you will indulge me. Wasn't Artemis blasting into the heavens a beautiful sight? Our adventuring spirit is one of the things I liked best about us, and seeing it back in action made my spirits soar.

SheilaB's avatar

The other view of Artemis - I'm just reading it now, as it just arrived in my inbox from Professor Mark Crispin Miller.

https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/sorry-to-burst-your-bubble-if-any

Polly Frost's avatar

I live among lib lefters who have no idea who Norm Eisen is. But then, they marched for Neville Singham and didn’t know he was who they were carrying No Kings posters for. The only thing they know is that Trump is a tyrant. And they think the lack of smiling by their trusted newscasters means that they are serious and to be trusted.

Freedom 4 conservatives's avatar

In other words, your "lib lefter" neighbors are brainwashed, ignorant, stupid piles of shit who will believe anything that they are told by the bigger piles of shit in the leftist media.

Frank Boso, Jr.'s avatar

..........BUT FIRST, Trump has to get the country out of the insane IRAN war he started. The war is a giant threat to both US and world trade and could be the poorest decision of his entire Presidency.

Paul B. Cohen's avatar

He is getting us out of the insane war that Iran started in ‘79. Open your heart and your eyes.

dbriz's avatar

You back pedal a long way. Who started the insane war? This isn’t only verifiable, we admit it. Of course it took the CIA until 2013 to come clean.

THE 1953 RECEIPTS

“The turning point was the 1953 coup d’état, an illegal American intervention aimed at preventing the nationalization of Iran’s own resources. That coup disrupted Iran’s democratic process, reinstated dictatorship, and sowed deep distrust.”

Iran literally had a functioning democracy and America torpedoed it because Iran wanted to control its own oil. That’s it. That’s the origin story. Every single problem in this relationship traces back to the moment America said “your democracy is lovely but we’d prefer a dictator who lets BP keep the profits.” And now, seventy years later, the same country is bombing them for not being democratic enough. You could not write satire this good. Reality has lapped The Onion and is now three laps ahead.”

IFLA

4-4-2026

Scotty's avatar

Ok, ok. Got it. The whole macro scene is a circus.

I’m living in a small town in western Wisconsin surrounded by Amish farms. I have to partially credit you, James, for my landing here. In my late 20’s, I made my way through a tall stack of books on decline, collapse, etc. I’m now in a place that I love, but it wasn’t easy to downsize from a million neighbors to 4000. Anonymity is out, accountability is in. It’s deeply intimate.

The macro soap opera that you cover more than any other topic these days is completely out of control. I think we all get it. It’s a ghostly, shape shifting, wild-whirling-dervish. Why do we give it so much attention at this point when theres nuttin we can do about it? It really seems like virtual reality at this point, to follow in its wake of sociopaths vying for seat in the control tower. Ain’t it just low hanging fruit? Focus on the drama at the “top” so we don’t have to be a real person out on the town, forming relationships & rebuilding something better while the big ship sinks.

Do yall have any suggestions for blogs that are focused on navigating life in a small town?

Inisfad's avatar

If there was ‘nuttin we can do about it’, we wouldn’t have Donald Trump as a president.

Lugh's avatar

The real base has moved on. If you haven't, then you ain't it.

Jeb thought he could win without the White male vote. Trump had it and is losing it, at least the upper percentile of IQ.

Scotty's avatar

& I can’t help but notice how you just conflated “we” with good old Don. That guy really seems to creepily seep into every conversation.

Here I am talking about redirecting concentration yo what’s actually happening on the block & here you are pointing to the head honcho who is hundreds if not thousands of miles away. Does this strike you as religious?

This tiny town in Wisconsin has a mayoral race underway. I say it’s time to say goodbye to the Big Mac & hello to the beautiful grass fed, grass finished burger raised by the family down the road.

Lugh's avatar

Thoreau was a vegetarian. When asked, Where do you get your strength? He pointed to a work horse and said, Were does he get his? The problem is that we can't eat grass like horses.

Thoreau died young, of "consumption" TB?

Ben R's avatar

Yes consumption is TB.

Inisfad's avatar

OK< got it. So, get involved locally. Run for the school board or some town or county office. Get involved that way. It’s certainly doable, and through your effort can change your local rules and regulations.

Scotty's avatar

When does putting any [significant] amount of trust, faith, or reliance in a figure we’re completely disconnected from amount to delusional behavior?

Inisfad's avatar

He deals with the big picture. You are talking about the local picture and that is certainly within your remit to become involved in.

Freedom 4 conservatives's avatar

How to navigate in a small town (and I've lived in them for nearly all of my adult life): learn the difference between going along and getting along. Living in a small town means being able to do the latter without having to do the former. It's a whole lot easier if you have in a place that shares more of your values. Most small towns tend to be politically moderate to conservative, family-oriented, somewhat religious, and with a decent work ethic. If you lack those traits, small town living may not be for you.

Donna Wilson's avatar

Not a blog, but I escaped from a small midwestern town. To live in such a place, it helps to have grown up there. You can move there from elsewhere and 45 years later still feel like you don't belong (my mother and the wife of the owner of the newspaper both told me so). If not from there yourself, it helps if you have relatives there. People will want to nail down who you are, who you know, etc. I hope it doesn't come down to this, but if I had to bug out I'd decamp to my former small town because I believe I'd have my best chances in a place where I and my family are known. Do NOT be weird. Pick a church and start getting involved there. Be seen around town, in the coffee shop, local restaurants, etc. DO NOT cause trouble. Don't act too damn smart. Learn the local economy and contribute to it somehow. Be friendly. Read the local newspaper. Attend community activities. If you are still working, bring a business or skill the locals will need, such as accounting, building, painting, teaching, medical, dentistry, lawn care, you get the idea. All just IMO after giving this very issue serious thought over the years. Good luck, Scotty, sounds like you're ahead of the game if you're someplace you love.

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

"Pick a church and start getting involved there."

And become dumber and dumber with your nose stuck in their ancient books of myths!

Why would anyone who is intelligent and educated get duped into believing 1st Century/Bronze Age superstition?

Myths based on ignorant men "making shit up" in order to try and understand the natural world.

Without one shred of verifiable, concrete data or experiment-based evidence of a single supernatural "God" or event?

We should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings.

Donna Wilson's avatar

Preaching to the choir, Dennis. I haven't gone over, just stating what might help a new person fit into a small town where they don't know you. Belief is optional. I have said for a long time now that I fear the day is coming when you will have to be prepared to quote scripture or die.

Lugh's avatar

You escaped? So you didn't like it? Do you like it more now - or is it just a matter of survival?

Donna Wilson's avatar

Hi, Lugh. Yes, I escaped. Small town, nothing to do, and I needed to get away. Ok place to grow up, I guess, but I had no desire to stay. Left for college and have been back only to visit. My only family still lives there. I like it less now than then, actually. Before, back in the mists of time when I was growing up there, it was a pretty self-sufficient walkable small town, with its own markets, newsstand, newspaper, bakery, butcher shop, men's clothing store, women's clothing store, furniture store, jewelry and watch repair, bar, liquor store, hardware store, gas station, drive-in fast food, theater, clinic, lawyer, etc. You get the idea. Not much of that left now--sad to see. So going back would be a matter of survival. Smaller place, family (and I) are known and liked, I'm sure you know what I mean. Water might be an issue as the town is on well water, not a river like other towns in the general area. There'd be problems, notably decreased to downright lack of medical resources, depending on the scenario. Nothing would be perfect at this stage of life, so there's that. I hope it doesn't come to having to decamp there. I'm just trying to make the most of life while I still can. Thanks for asking!

Rosemary B's avatar

I never watch CNN. My older sister loves CNN. She is television technology illiterate but she insists "rent a husband" to ensure she always has CNN. Is it some SSRI electrical connection thing going on? My sister hates republicans just like my little brother.

Nothing is ever going to change. There really is no waking up, or going back.

They won't die off because they are leading all of the simpletons to the edge as well.

We are living in sort of a civil cold war.

We have Spamberger now as our governor in Virginia - and she is spending money like water.

It is disgusting.

I love Virginia. We would move further out to the boonies, but hubbs and I are in a very comfortable situation here with healthcare providers.

Take good care of yourselves and the ones you love.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Your idiot neighbors in Virginia elected a woman to a position of power. What do you expect? Tight fiscal management and conservative thinking? Surely, you jest..........and I am NOT calling you "Shirley." :) Women, by and large, are not grounded in reality and make lousy and terrible leaders.

Yirgach's avatar

Go ask Pamela, I think she'll know.

Freedom 4 conservatives's avatar

Some years back, I left my native state that I had dearly loved because it had been gerrymandered, overrun with the leftist transplants, and turned into a de facto Socialist dictatorship. Conservatives now have no voice in the governance of that state at all, and likely never will again during my lifetime, if ever. I give it about 10 years before its "positive" inertia from before its leftist takeover runs out and the states heads toward economic collapse--it's already collapsed socially to where much of the metro parts of the state are now dangerous for ordinary citizens. As for the "comfort" comment, I equate that with the old saying, "He who trades freedom for security (or comfort) will soon have neither freedom nor security."

Lugh's avatar

We just need more cheap, coolie labor. The arrogant Whites demand benefits. It's Communism I tell you, it's Communism!

JohnAZ's avatar

Lugh

Why do we need more cheap labor. AI is going to chew up what few Manual labor jobs that are left. You need to get it, socialism is going to make the gimme state come on like gangbusters as the elite are not going to hire more coolies.

The Left uses the open border to get votes, they do not have a clue what it is going to do to the labor pool, nor do they care.

Freedom 4 conservatives's avatar

We've wasted a year for the DOJ's Deep State actors burrowed into its bureaucracy to be ousted, and for the DOJ to get busy indicting all of the leftist scum "sanctuary" politicians and bureaucrats who have openly felony-violated 8 U.S. Code §1324, concerning harboring illegal aliens. This no minor law--it has very tough teeth, even including potential execution of people convicted of aiding, abetting, and hiding from detection an illegal alien who causes or has caused the death of another person.

This rigid enforcement of this one law is the way for President Trump and the DOJ to exact a threefold win against the Democrat scum Party of Chaos. First, it would effectively remove from power likely more than a dozen Democrat state Governors, numerous Democrat mayors, and hundreds to thousands of bureaucrats and NGO troublemakers. Second, it would plainly demonstrate that tolerance of illegal aliens in the United States is OVER--a viewpoint that a large voting majority of the American public supports. Third, it would remove much of what is left of any political or economic support of illegal aliens, and the result would be millions of illegal aliens self-deporting in the months approaching the midterm elections.

Now, of course, the Democrats would likely mass thumb their noses at DOJ efforts to enforce 8 U.S. Code §1324 in this manner. THAT would give President Trump a valid reason to declare an emergency and to institute Martial Law with regard to enforcement of federal law, particularly in the Democrat-run jurisdictions where resistance to enforcement of 8 U.S. Code §1324 would be the most vehement (and likely violent). As for the leftist media propagandists, to the extent that they have gone beyond reporting and/or even opining on the story to actively trying to participate in the crime, some of them could also face prosecution under the 8 U.S. Code §1324.

I encourage people, including JHK, to carefully read 8 U.S. Code §1324. I consider it one of the sharpest "tips of the spear" to take down the anti-American Socialist/Fascist/Communist horde of parasites that calls itself the 2025 Democrat Party of Chaos.

Oh, and regarding Iran, et al, what's left of the Iran regime is getting desperate and stupid. That makes them profoundly dangerous (not like they weren't before), and--sadly--they will likely be stupid enough to perpetrate a serious terrorist act in the U.S. That would likely lead to another justifiable reason for President Trump to declare an emergency and Martial Law to remove the Islamic extremist threat from U.S. soil once and for all. And, to all of the various Iran sympathizers posting their crap on here, I say this: Iran started this war in 1979--I'm old enough to remember all of that. I'm tickled to death that we finally have a President willing to fuck that regime up in the way that it should have been fucked up 46 years ago, but wasn't.

Cankerpuss's avatar

"I'm tickled to death that we finally have a President willing to fuck that regime up in the way that it should have been fucked up 46 years ago, but wasn't."

You're a war-humper. You need to change your moniker to "freedom 4 me, NOT 4 you."

The USA has no right to invade, attack, destroy another foreign nation. Especially because a whacky government might perpetrate a serious terrorist act in the USA.

You ever stop and wonder why Iran and a great deal of the world hates the USA? It's not because we are wealthy. It might have something to do with the fact that the USA through its CIA has been fucking around with everyone's business and that the USA has invaded and installed military bases in more than one hundred sovereign nations throughout the world.

JohnAZ's avatar

Iran hates the USA because when they try to follow their version of the Quran and convert the world to Islam using coercion and force, the USA says No. Like any other adolescent mentality, it drives them nuts.

dbriz's avatar

I seriously doubt you have personally ever been approached by an Iranian or any other Muslim and been either coerced or threatened into accepting the Koran or Islam. I seriously doubt you know personally anyone who has.

Jeff Smith's avatar

Dennis, ask that same question to the families that lost someone on 9/11.

dbriz's avatar
Apr 6Edited

Ask the relatives who lost someone when Israel attacked the USS Liberty. Who avenged them?

You reference the attack by citizens of our friends in Saudi Arabia? The one Iran had nothing to do with?

The attack where Iran helped us in searching for the attackers?

Jeff Smith's avatar

Dennis, what religion do they have in common?

JohnAZ's avatar

Ask the countries around the Gulf and Israel how they feel about Iran right now. They realize what the Iranians want and fully support Trump.

dbriz's avatar
Apr 5Edited

So what? You mean ask the dictator’s around the Gulf.

I would love to see a poll of the average Mideast citizen in any country in the region but Israel and see how much they love Trump. And I’m not too sure about Israel since they too censor everything coming out of there.

JohnAZ's avatar

I have seen Fox and You Tube interviews with Iranian ex-pats that support and cheer on Trump in this war.

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

It's amazing no matter how many people westerners kill, starve, and rob, they imagine Iran is somehow worse and more dangerous.

Like any other adolescent mentality, it drives them nuts.

cheese sandwich's avatar

GOP controls both Houses, the Supreme Court and Presidency and all you got was another war in the Middle East.

Freedom 4 conservatives's avatar

The GOP has thin control of the House and basically does not control the Senate with the filibuster still in use. As to the judiciary, it is infested with leftist traitor judges in nearly all of the lower Federal Courts--and they can tie up litigation for years before the SCOTUS even sees the cases. And we don't "have another war" in the Middle East, we have a war in the Middle East that has been going on for 46 years--America just chose to take the easy way out rather than finish that war as it should have been 46 years ago.

Paul B. Cohen's avatar

Correct, and that’s exactly what Trump said about Iran back then and ever since.

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

It's amazing no matter how many people the US kill, starve, and rob; they still imagine Iran is somehow worse and more dangerous.

Lugh's avatar

Don't forget the Haman/Esther war thousands of years ago. They still want payback for that, too.

Cankerpuss's avatar

The GOP can change the filibuster any time it wants to do so. The filibuster is not law, it is procedural policy of the US senate. Don't hide behind the filibuster bull shit, F4C. The Republicans won't do anything about it because they don't want to do anything about it.

cheese sandwich's avatar

With all sincerity, this is coping.

Scott's avatar

The GOP? Worthless and nearly entirely not MAGA. And we don't have "another war in the ME" that is the MSM and DS narrative.

cheese sandwich's avatar

Ok, you're right. What's going on with Iran isn't a war, it is a policing action, just like the Korean War, err uh. *Rolls eyes*

Paul B. Cohen's avatar

A cheese sandwich ain’t got no ears.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Another silly euphemism. Please do better Paul. I'm begging you.

JohnAZ's avatar

Cankerpuss, you are starting to sound like Dennis Merwood or Phil, not nice. You opinion is yours to express, but you have no right to call down others for theirs.

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

Fuck your opinions, John. They suck!

Jeff Smith's avatar

Dennis, you are showing signs of mental illness.

Ben R's avatar
Apr 4Edited

Another one with zero mirrors in the house.

Hey Dennis, how's that blood pressure?

126/68!

Rosemary B's avatar

We have drifted away from our creator, Our God.

The message from the space craft yesterday stated a very secular "we firmly felt the power of your perseverance during every second of that burn. Humanity has once again shown what we are capable of, and it’s your hopes for the future that carry us now on the journey around the moon.”

Never mind our Heavenly Father, or prayers for divine intervention :-P

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

Oh, no! Please! No! Not Hell!

Not the Lake of Eternal Fire!

Lord, I believe! I believe!

I'm saved now, praise Jesus! I'm Saved!

Thank you, God, thank you!

Madjack's avatar

Unfortunately at this point I am betting on the deep state. Trump might have been the last peaceful modality to co-opt them