“The modern politics of division have become a banally hectoring faux morality play put on by the theater kids for the other theater kids.” —El Gato Malo on X
I think most thinking people know it. Deep down in their guts they can sense it. Most Americans are so debt ridden that they don't even have $500 in their savings to cover a small emergency. Hence the reason so many Americans are addicted to drugs, alcohol or scarfing down anti-depressants every day. They all know just how awful the situation truly is but, like me, they don't know what to do about it.
I support Mr. Trump whole heartedly. Just like JHK said, there isn't anyone else. If Trump fails we all fail. I also realize that without a willing Congress there is very little Mr. Trump can do. Trump doesn't make law. Congress does. Mr. Trump can only sign EOs and sign Congressional bills into law. Congress is populated with 535 bickering morons who have no interest in solving what ails America.
And a lot of the bickering morons didn't "win" election. The news is finally working its way out. The brainiacs have 13 states' voter rolls analyzed at this point. CO is blowing a gasket and NV is getting some very bitter medicine. The federal govt. is now involved to inspect how Tina Peters, a CO county clerk, ended up in a state prison. The tipping point? Maybe when the first SOS or Election Commission Official gets arrested. It's that bad.
"Show trial" is what happened to Tina Peters, a CO county clerk, who ended up in a state prison with a nine year sentence. A glaring example of lawfare in the banana republic of Colorado.
Trump’s election was a coup by the people. He is a reset by folks that are starting to realize how the global forces have destroyed the power of the USA. What is left of the Dem. Party is a residue of the globalizers. As the condition of the energy situation deteriorates, the remainder of the Ult-Left is going to dry up and blow away. Oil is power in the future. Trump’s drill, baby, drill attitude is going to carry on, in the short term, as the realization that real time renewable energy generation is way too limited in its capability to supply the world. He has already thrown his support to nuclear generation. JHK, in the Long Emergency, stated that nuclear generation, plus augmentation by fuel cells is where the world needs to go. Trump’s statement last week may be the initiation of the drive for nuclear power.
Jerry Pournelle, libertarian and scifi writer, said that power plants in the tropical seas alone could solve our problem, using the differential between the icy depths and warm surface. I'm not oriented towards the hard sciences, but he is or was. If he said it, it's worth looking into.
I don't care for a lot of his viewpoints, but he's a fine writer and a very intelligent man.
Trump's latest re-selection charade was yet another intentional default/loss by Neo-Libera-Con pot stirrers (always masquerading as The Opposing Party).
They've never EVER ceded control of the grand agenda, you dipshit senior voters.
In '16, Hillary was so thoroughly outed as internationally corrupt - that she was publicly cornered; hence, FORCED to stand down by the Comey letter issued to the courts late election season. No wonder she never ran for office again.
Of course, they cheated Trump in '20 - Afterall, he'd served his attention-starved Willing Patsy role, for the time, anyhow.
In '24, "They" once again played their hidden globalist hand by disingenuously drawing the most inept, barf-inducing female candidate EVER -say? wht-dafuq-wuz that bish's name again?
And they threw all in on her, like... the day before the election - Bahaha! - it don't get more obvious the fix was in than that.
The Neo -Libera-Con s FAFO'd, and realized "Joe Biden" lacked the name brand staying power to pull off a convincing challenge to Mr. Putin, and because the Russian economy didn't crash, Biden no longer had a reasonable new crop of Russian land wealth to plunder, after BIDEN was set to crash the U.S. economy while hiding behind - by then lost - triumph of Ukraine to "Build American Hegemony Back Better Again" with extra butter.
Most'll never see it, but only such a low IQ, salt-of-the-Urf American voter is too dumb to clue in to the plot by now.
Evidence of Trump's Patsy-ness? First, the COVID-19 Scamdemic - and now World-War-Weeeee!-all you-Trump-voter's-kids-plus-mine-r-gunna-die....
Stop lauding the missing trophy of a phony football game you scrubs were never gonna win in the first place.
In the mean time, Jim, the author of this Substack, and some of his slavish (or otherwise) followers seem lost in the State-religion's crib.
Maybe not blue-haired, but certainly blue-pilled.
Trump functions as their 'Daddy/Pope'. Pretty sad, even tragic, but there you go, and I seem to recall Jim saying that life is tragic. If you're going to say that it's tragic, you might as well aspire to it. Create and/or maintain the conditions into which you enter and/or remain.
I watched a pathetic woman at the grocery store the other night. She was trying to pay for her food and she kept pulling out credit card after credit card. Each time each card was denied. She went through, I think, 8 cards before she found one that had an available balance. Seriously. Ironically, she probably exited the store and loaded her groceries into a $75,000 2025 Chevy Tahoe........
We have three cars, a 2003 Ford Explorer and 2003 Dodge Neon plus our "new" car, a 2010 Nissan Versa. I don't remember the last time we had a car payment. We also are vigilant in keeping our cars properly maintained and clean.
That's just how we are. Oh! And we haven't paid credit card interest on any card in years, and we're not rich - at all.
I like it. I drive a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. I also have a 2005 Toyota Corolla (for my children). My wife drives a 2018 Camry. I also have a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. I have never purchased a new car. I always pay cash for used vehicles and I also take good care of them.
I have one credit card that I use. I pay it off every month. Instead of paying interest the CC company sends me a check for about $150.00 every 3 months. Since getting the card I have been paid probably $3,000 just for using the card and have not paid a dime in interest.
Eight credit cards. Buying necessities on credit. Foolish, foolish, foolish. As one of the much despised Boomers I was blessed with a father who said "[I]f you cannot pay for it now, you do not need it." Which was a lesson learned as a young adult enduring the Carter years.
I do not consider Boomers born in the mid to late 50s part of the much-despised generation. We were too young to be hippies but still remember the 60s. Memories of that time period do not wed us to the cultural damage early Boomers did. We are culturally different in a good way. And not all early Boomers are bad and worthy to be despised. Donald Trump was born in 1946. So hope remains…..
And in MHO President Trump appears to be attempting to "create a Schumpeter's Gale" in the American economy. The announcement of Nippon Steel in a merger with US Steel in Pittsburg is an example of "creating a Schumpeter's Gale".
Most likely it won't work because the Federal Reserve is de facto insolvent. While concurrently the Federal Government is also flat broke: Therefore to spackle over the government's insolvency, House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 Trillion. Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent is already calling on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by July to keep the federal government from defaulting on its more than $36 Trillion national debt.
In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Secretary Bessent said there is “reasonable probability” the government’s “cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted in August while Congress is scheduled to be in recess.” ["extraordinary measures" means tapping into the federal employees pension fund and federal employees workers comp. fund]
The Federal Government is flat broke and raising the debt ceiling by $4-$5 Trillion is not how to "create a Schumpeter's Gale" in the American economy. Expect a new Federal Reserve QE as interest rates rise on US Treasuries and the $Trillions in maturing long bonds are refinanced into two year notes. This will manifest an unimaginable stagflation upon the bottom 70% of US households. A 10% unemployment & 10% real inflation and Secretary Scott Bessent's insistence on continuing the borrow/spend Keynesian Economics of the past, is where to lay the blame.
Schumpeter's Gale, also known as creative destruction, refers to the economic process where new innovations replace and make obsolete older technologies and business models. This cyclical process of constant innovation and disruption, as described by Joseph Schumpeter, drives economic growth and progress while also causing temporary hardship for those whose businesses are rendered obsolete
Yes, capital centralizes as Marx said. Fewer and fewer people own more and more. New technologies help to put more and more people out of work. A good thing, Ward? It's depends on your pov. For the Elite, a very good thing. For the nations, a very bad thing.
Carl, do the PTB in DC have any choice? Discretionary spending is such a small part of the budget that it just does not make much difference trying to do DOGE style cutbacks. Contractual type obligations of the Feds overwhelms everything and as the debt gets worse, the service on the debt eats up what little is left for discretionary spending.
Discretionary spending like welfare, Medicaid, support for immigrants, Post Office, The Deep State bureaucracy, the military, USAID, etc. The political impact of any cutbacks is enormous.
Yes John you are correct: By using Scott Bessent's Keynesian economic modeling, the PTB in DC don't have any other choice. "Discretionary spending like welfare, Medicaid, support for immigrants, Post Office, The Deep State bureaucracy, the military, USAID, etc.
However, because the political impact of any federal budget cutbacks is far too enormous for Congressional correction; the unavoidable "Keynesian Debt Trap" has been sprung. Interest payments on the national debt est. FY 2026 $1 Trillion, with a deficit-to-GDP of >6.% and a national debt-to-GDP of >135% will continue to be funded by increasing the national debt, via a sorcerer central banker's smoke and mirrors trick. With new Federal Reserves Notes issued to buy new US Treasuries. [AKA Quantitative Easing.]
This new wave of QE will manifest an unimaginable stagflation upon the bottom 70% of US households. A 10% unemployment & 10% real inflation and Secretary Scott Bessent's insistence on continuing the borrow/spend Keynesian Economics of the past, is where to lay the blame. Bessent's Keynesian economic philosophies are wrong for a "Fortress North America".
To begin a "Fortress North America", President Trump needs to conjure up a "new currency of final settlement" that holders of US Treasuries will accept for interest payments on the US Treasuries, in lieu of Federal Reserve Notes.
Schumpeter's "gale of creative destruction" refers to the continuous process of innovation and disruption within capitalism, where new technologies and products emerge, rendering older ones obsolete and creating new markets and industries. This process, while driving economic growth, also leads to the destruction of established firms, jobs, and industries.
Yes, I believe two recent events were the final two nails in the coffin: (1) In 2008 TARP under GWB and Secretary Henry Paulsen ended any doubt that "crony-capitalism" was the new economic order. (2) And the "rule of law" imploded when FBI Director James Comey "exonerated" Hillary Clinton for her unlawful server and 1,000's of illegal emails. And Bill's and Hillary's impudence as she breached national security for the Clinton Initiative's kickbacks from foreign countries, to win influence in a Hillary Clinton White House.
It is gone for at least a generation or two. The indoctrination was complete with all but natural contrarians. But I think the pendulum is swinging with Gen Z. I am quite encouraged.
Ha, have you been watching the JohnAZ - Phil the Canuck diatribes going on for a couple of months. Phil absolutely understands that Canada on its own is going down, ready to split into halves due to the Red-Blue debacle. Just like the USA. I understand his resentment of that fact, but he needs to realize that consolidation is the only way out.
I believe that the only way out of the mire is the creation of a North American Union, bringing into reality what the drafters of NAFTA and USMCA wanted to do, create a union in the Western Hemisphere to effectively compete with the world for the remaining resources. North America is in pretty good shape but much more discord is going to destroy that fact.
IMHO, the future will continue to shift to more emphasis on renewable energy, not because it helps the climate, but because the decline of oil reserves is going to bite hard. If you believe in resources as a limiting factor on the world economy, the future belongs to those that figure out how to generate energy sufficient for their needs. The remainder of the world will retreat back to the pre-oil days. Right now, the “have” energy countries will dominate the immediate future, IOW those that have reserves will continue to thrive. North America is one of these, along with the Middle East, Russia, and some areas of SE Asia, South America and Africa. Power is going to grow in these areas as their ability to dole out energy is powerful.
American globalists want to “share” our part of the oil reserves with the rest of the world, and convert as much of the oil to renewables as possible. The harsh reality of The Long Emergency starting up is creating MAGA style movements to keep the reserves in North America and not share them unless economically advantageous. As more and more North Americans realize the reality of the situation, consolidation will occur.
This does not include the obvious advantage of Canada having the globally warmed Northwest passage, cutting off weeks of cruising time for shipping. The Western Hemisphere is a block to seaborne transit from Antarctica to the Arctic with one way of transporting goods through itself, the Panama Canal. The shorter route through Canada will be a great thing, once someone sets its creation as a priortity. IMHO, a huge issue for the near future, and a consolidation factor for the USA and Canada.
Canadians are dependent on their healthcare spending taxation system and rightfully so. Consider that a union of some sort with the USA would mean a change in both countries to accommodate healthcare.
Consolidation is going to happen, and soon as the foibles of both Ottawa and the Deep State continue to piss off more and more people. Alberta is just the start.
There is some concern that Canada joining the U.S. would be a bad thing for us:
"...Democrats would benefit significantly, with the new great state of Canada serving as a kind of second California, a massive blue state that would hold dozens of House seats and create a huge Democratic advantage in the Electoral College.
Canada would be solidly blue, and we’re not just talking about the temperature..."
Not to mention that, in general, Canadians are more passive and more inclined to trust their government, even in the face of overwhelming failure. The US is making headway in exposing the rotten core of our government to those who have the fortitude to look inside. The last thing we need is 30 million new citizens with blinders on. Just like the airline instructions that say “secure your mask first before assisting others”, we need to try to save ourselves without adding dead weight to our burden.
Consolidation will never happen between the USA and Canada. Canada will never forfeit their sovereignty. Full stop. New and improved trade relationships may emerge between the two countries. That’s all.
America may attempt some neo-isolationism, but its critical resources are limited. Other than the Permian Basin, all other oil fracking basins are in decline, especially when examining barrels per well. Rare earth metals and lithium are not abundant enough in America to make America self sufficient in its quest to transition to renewables.
Takeaway: we must keep channels of communication open between nations.
Not so sure. The USA and Canada are both in the middle of an identity crisis. Both are split Blue and Red. The USA is mostly cities versus everywhere else, and actually so is Canada. In Canada, however consider that the cities vs. everyone else translates into East vs. West with Alberta taking the lead. The USA has Blue cities, even in the West, so not as much geographic separation. Sovereignty is important yes, but money and profit means more. Also, maybe even more in the future,, the access to resources, as you have mentioned.
IMO, as I have stated, I think a major re-alignment of both countries is coming with possible re-connection between areas of both. I watched a study that showed that the GDP of the heartland country and a coastal country would be about equal and that similar "trades" of both countries would knit them together more than today. Could be that the SW of the USA could re-unite with Mexico.
Phil only understands how much he despises American exceptionalism in its government and people.
He denied such until I got under his thin arrogant skin so bad he couldn't help himself.
Phil is an idiot who considers himself better than every other poster on this board including the host and he actually thinks likes make him right a subject he says he is always right.
BUT he is reacting to an untenable position as economic reality is hitting Canada big time. It is time for all folks to choose sides for the advantage of resource availability. Nationalism is going to increase as a result. Phil’s concern for sovereignty is legitimate, but not feasible. Like corporations, hard times create mergers.
Solar and Wind have been sold to the suckers for a couple of generations now. It is real time energy generation producing much less energy than the amount stored through millions of years in oil gas and coal. They are needed to supplant what we have now in fossil fuels but will never take their places.
Now, nuclear is a different story.
We need to start conserving fossil fuels now. They are used for many more things than burning up in cars.
The NIMBY aspect of solar and wind is going to start up soon. If you have driven I10 through Palm Springs or I11 through Las Vegas, you have seen what an eyesore solar and wind can be.
The spent fuel is toxic so toxic it is dangerous to transport so it sits around in lead lined concrete storage containers waiting for a man made or natural disaster to contaminate the area.
The perfect example of an impending disaster is San Clemente all the waste is stored outside on or near a major fault line right next to the pacific ocean between 20 million people in LA and San Diego right next to a southern California surfing Mecca with millions of users a year.
They need to figure out how to spin down to a stable easily dealt with uranium like chunk the same as when it was pulled from the ground.
I agree. Wind and solar are expensive Rube Goldberg machines. Build nuclear using spent fuel (formerly known as nuclear waste) and be done with it. If we had the will to do that we really could have an all electric grid!
You have a subset hereon previously huffing and puffing about Covid19 mandates, but what is the State but one giant fucking mandate. Fortress North America? You're so lost if you're serious.
Gotta love that Daddy/Pope-Trump glam-shot at the top if there was ever any question.
We cannot take Siberia from the Russia, but we can take Greenland from Denmark. If the EU tries to stop us, it's ON. Russia attacks from East, and after liberating Ireland and England, we land at Normandy Beach.
Cut Canadian companies in on the Greenlandic goods as a show of good faith.
You may soon change your tune. Once Canada becomes the 51st state (Well 50th, behind Alabama in test scores and male fertility), the US will nationalize all production of Eskimo Pies, and the entire production will be sent to the lower 50, where hungry Americans await. Canadians will receive vast shipments of Twinkies in exchange for the pies, and your broadcast media will show re-runs of "Donnie and Marie" 24/7. You will learn to love your new masters, who will brave the frozen wastes above the 49th parallel, where they will marvel at the simple antics of former Canadians, who will all, of course be shown naked from the waist up in our National Geographic magazine.
Oh, and Hockey will be outlawed, in favor of your NEW regional pastime...Philippine slap fighting. As a sop to your former "culture", you will be allowed to keep the goddamned duck on your new state flag.
As anarchists, any State citizenship is of course renounced by implication (since 'Canadian anarchist' is a bit of an oxymoron, maybe like 'anarcho-capitalist'). (And so don't take my fuck America comment too hard. And remember, it's the polity, not the people. The fertility thing was a cheap shot, true or not.)
As for ducks above the 49th., I imagine you might nevertheless enjoy (or have enjoyed) a nice kayak, row or simple float about a warm summer's misty lake in the early evening or morning to a periodic haunting tune of the occasional loon.
What the hell are Eskimo pies, by the way? Are they ice-cream bars or ice-cream sandwiches? Both? I do like the occasional ice-cream bar, but it must be of good quality and I'm unsure the Eskimo brand, if it's still around, cuts it.
A sober, stark assessment of where things stand right now. In order for the president to have a viable opportunity to fix the problem, something must be done to effectively address the mounting tide of lawsuits, injunctions, and restraining orders - the objective of which is of course to stymie the extraordinary task that the president must complete. As long as the left continues to abuse the judiciary process (with the ready assistance of leftist judges who are more than happy to usurp the power of the executive branch), the more difficult it will be for the president to effectively do his job.
Most of our elected representatives are pieces of shit that are there for personal enrichment. The rest are there to undermine from within while wearing a friendly face.
Don't insult shit. Shit's great stuff for the compost. Now if some of these pieces would willingly enter into a fine-chip woodchipper, we might have something.
Yup. And the business model on both sides of the aisle depends upon the ability to do carve-outs and such -- aka waste, fraud, and abuse. If that wasn't obvious before.
In order for the President to have a viable opportunity to fix the problem the President must have a willing Congress. We spend too much time bickering about the President when we really should be spending more time pointing fingers at our failed Congress. Congress passes laws. Congress spends the money. Congress can override a Presidential veto. Congress can pass a budget over the head of the President. Without a willing Congress the President can't do anything above and beyond EOs and EOs can be reversed the moment a new President sets foot in the White House.
Americans should be seeing red in anger over the failure that is the United States Congress. Instead they focus on Trump, Biden or Obama and keep re-electing the same corrupt game players to Congress. Then they sit their with their thumbs up their asses wondering why the President doesn't fix anything.
Cankerpuss. I’ve maintained that posts for ever. A great example is Calif. everyone seems to believe that we just need a new governor all will be fine. The fact remains. Calif needs to sweep the entire assembly and of course the governor. But that won’t happen for a multitude of reasons. Hard time are coming. In California case. Democrats created the mess we live in now. They can point to no one.
Democrats do not understand what the concept, money, means. To them the creation of money is done with printing presses or a computer by the Federal government instead of labor. They have no concept of budgeting.
John, could you please do us all a favour by posting something worth replying to?
These gross generalizations are just lazy meaningless platitudes, my friend.
Statements usually with a virtue signalling content, that have been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful and are usually not true.
BTW, I have driven I10 through Palm Springs and I11 through Las Vegas many times and disagree that solar and wind are eyesores. The bigger eyesores are to be found when you get to Arizona! LOL
Exactly Cankerpuss, the Dems have used this so well. They focus the nation’s bile at one person, Trump, and get away with it. 2020 is a perfect example, focus on Trump to get him evicted. Then we get a demented cancer patient for president representing an ignorant feckless Mob that just about tore the country apart.
Seeing some of the Ult-Left folks and thinking, “Omigod, that votes” is a legitimate observation.
The function of Congress is not to rubber stamp the agenda of the president, cankerdick, it’s to provide one source of checks and balances to his excesses.
In other words, imagine what Trump could accomplish if there was no congress or court system? Imagine what he could accomplish if there were no obstacles to his agenda. Checks and balances exist to prevent the extremism of a dictator.
Elon estimates only 15% of government spending goes to the intended purpose. $390 Billion every year goes to the 13% for welfare so they can take cruises, buy designer bags, and produce more parasitic offspring. $155 Billion per year was going to illegal immigrants. I could go on all day but eliminating this massive fraud solves everything you discussed. But first we have to put some people in prison to discourage that behavior.
Prison does not discourage many in the gangsta class they wear it as a badge of honor even to a point putting them in the ground won't discourage many of them.
It won't happen to me syndrome plays heavily into this.
We need to return to public punishment like the stocks and throwing rotted vegetables and fruits at people.
Posters with names and faces like they had on the Whitehouse lawn is a good start towards some of these objectives.
Ben, America's prison system is a huge drag on the American taxpayer and government budgets. My state recently just built a new prison for a staggering $1.5 billion. Think about that. Think about the roads that could be built, the bridges repaired, the pipes replaced with that money that is instead, going to house the dregs of society and sustain them for the rest of their ruined existence.
American justice system, like the rest of the system needs to be purged. If someone is convicted of murder and is proven guilty or has admitted guilt, instead of rotting in a prison for 30 years being sustained by the tax payers he/she should be taken out back and have a 30.06 bullet put through his/her brain. A pack of 30.06 rounds costs about $35.00. Far better than the millions that will go into sustaining his miserable existence.
Like all things, the system is corrupted and failed and few there be that want to solve or resolve the problems.
I would also support public hangings. Not the quick ones where they drop and their necks snap, no, the slow hangings where they are permitting to dangle and gasp for air for awhile. Just long enough to think about their actions before they sail off into oblivion or hell.
Might be good to go back to chain gangs to clean up the roads and neighborhoods for reduced sentences.
HUGE FENCES, tents with pink underwear, pb & j with waterthree times a day Aripio had it right make prison hot smelly and a place one wants to avoid at all costs.
The death penalty is mandated biblically for murder. Kidnapping used to be a death penalty crime. And regarding the new prison, who do you think it's for, with the quasi-Marxists coming back to power in four years? More old ladies praying in front of abortion clinics, homeschoolers refusing to comply with the latest decree, more employees being fired from their jobs for refusing to use someone's preferred pronouns. All kinds of good shit coming out way in four years. Don't forget they'll tax with a vengeance. Gotta make up for all that lost Trump time.
I have never professed to know anymore than anyone else. In fact I have admitted and will continue to admit that I know very little and the older I get the more I understand this. That being said, I have an opinion and I like to share that opinion with others and engage in friendly but informative discourse. I believe this is why our host has a comments section for his blog.
Thank you for your thoughts. You are correct, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. You will note that in second paragraph of my post I stated that the death penalty should only be administered once guilt has been proven or admitted which essentially agrees with you. So, I am not sure what you are taking issue with in my comment.
Another good post, except for the line "the Boomers living on investment accounts (figment wealth), who are now dying off anyway."
I am one of those "Boomers living on investment accounts" and no my investment account isn't "figment wealth," it's a product of a life spent working my ass off. Lots of working class people have been smart enough to invest in the markets. And there are lots of us Boomers who are supposedly "dying off anyway" who are healthy and living just fine, thank you, and plan to live a lot longer. Here's a big middle finger to your stupid comments on tens of millions of working class blokes who are a lot smarter than you think.
You wagered that a corrupt and dysfunctional system would hold together long enough for you to skate through, leaving future generations to face the consequences. It didn’t work out.
The Boomers built on the wealth generated by the industrialization of the Second World War and the 1950s as the consumer base of the country developed. Boomers became the ME Generation of the 70s. The Boomers taught Gen X what Gen X became, an increasing group of self-centered people. The egocentrism of each generation has increased, but not the ambition. The ascent of the Deep State can be directly tied into this trend as succeeding generations have left their ambition and independence behind, being happy to give their economic liberty to the Deep State.
We live in a competitive world, where people succeed by being talented and ambitious, not depending on a government to take care of them. From what I am reading, Gen Z and A are both becoming more ambitious and partially explains the rise of MAGA, especially young men. The Fourth Turning?
Quit blaming the Boomers because you did not have the ambition to develop your own wealth base.
The fact that you resent the statement shows that you are not part of the problem. Boomers remember the lessons their parents and especially grandparents told them about the Great Depression and WW2. It changed America totally. Those conservative lessons have been lost in translation over the succeeding generations, but as the next Fourth Turning approaches, things are about to significantly change again. Hang on tight as each Turning seems to be bigger than the last.
Personally, as a Gen Xer, I blame the Boomer generation and its massive voting block for putting us into this mess. The Boomers brought us the hippies and all of those hippies ended up as Professors, lawyers and government agents. Much of this spending and debt problem comes from Boomers like Pelosi and the Turtle who inhabited government positions far longer than they should and voted themselves lucrative benefits that the taxpayers can no longer afford. There are millions of solid and decent Boomers out there entitled to what they paid into but most of the problems started in the 60s and are finally coming to a point now. Gen X is done and will fall by the wayside as the younger generations will have to step and try to resolve this madness.
Interesting. GenXers have lived in the shadow of the Boomer generation for most of their lives. The markets driven by Boomers, the jobs taken by them, it was a massive number. There was also huge competition for those jobs. Easily 5 applicants or more for each job opening.
Keep on mind the sheer number of people in the generation was in part a result of delayed family-forming caused by WW2. An event in its totality which helped created the Boomer generation. The influences though, using the generation cycles of Strauss and Howe, came from the Silent Generation. They were not-so-silent in the 1950's and 1960's. A lot of what we see today has roots not in Boomers but in the Silent Generation.
Canker, or Mr. Puss ( not really sure), your analysis of boomer history is on target. Take it from a Boomer. Boy, we sure did have fun, though. Sorry for the mess we left. We will be all gone soon. We are dropping like flies….
Pelosi and the Turtle are not Boomers.By definition a Boomer would be 60-80 years old. Peaked around 1957-'60 when over 4.25 million people were born in the USA with only half of today's population. 1957 25 births per 1000 , 2018 -12 births per 1000
Agree. Let’s begin to face reality. Debt is too big to get under control. I think? The debt is equivalent to $200,000 per taxpayer. Think about that one. These assholes in Washington have driven the bus into the ditch.
Congress did it, Glitter. Americans should be pissing razorblades in anger at their "representatives." Still most Americans point fingers at the President not understanding that the Congress spends the money and the Congress can override a Presidential veto.
All our Congress does anymore is have useless committee meetings so they can investigate this person or that person. Nothing comes of it. Nothing gets resolved. All it does is get Jasmine Crockett's ugly face on the tee vee. I challenge anyone on this thread to tell me recent legislation passed by our fucking useless Congress that has personally benefitted them. Seriously, I can't think of anything and I would like to know.
Heard it from a boss of mine as a teenager. We young workers were goofing around and he came in and shouted that if we didn't stop he'd "start pissing razorblades." That was 35 years ago. Don't know if he coined the phrase but it sure stuck with me.
The same Make Me Rich Representatives, are against Term Limits because they say we need their expertise and experience.
37 Trillion in Debt and their blocking all attempts for us to control spending and create a growth environment to grow out our the downward spiral, they are also control the Federal Judiciary Judges Funding, they have the power to work with the President and help steer us towards a sustainable future.
They in their current position are not willing to give up their power and self enrichment position to be part of the solution.
They don’t deserve reelection and the institution of Term Limits they themselves have made the best case for them.
They totally suck at their jobs! When you have to fund/payoff the press and lie to the People you don’t deserve to be a Representative of The People.
Driving into the ditch isn't an accident. In most cases the driver then robbed the passengers and fled the scene. As with USAID a huge amount is diverted and laundered before finding its way back to the bus drivers.
Think about that for a minute…. I’m slowly beginning to realize that we most probably have little chance in paying off the debt. The choices on the way out of this is way above my pay grade…
There are some extremely serious elements that are at play as Trump wrestles with fighting this ship of state.
One of the biggies you won’t ever see reported is the absolute devastation our military has experienced over the last 5+ years, right down to a scarcity of bullets. It is beyond scandalous and a national security nightmare. We have three “war fronts” currently being negotiated, Ukraine, Iran and the Middle East. Trump is - has to - play for time on all those fronts while he implements an almost Herculean Marshall Plan to rebuild and reconstitute our military. Hence, the enormous funding mechanism allowed for in the BBB.
Second is getting the tax cuts not just established but made permanent. That accomplished two things: in concert with the tariffs it will gear up the economy to overcome the looming default deadline, if even by a hair, but also, and perhaps even more importantly, put money back in people’s pockets just in time to confront the mid-term elections. If we lost either House then, all his efforts will face even greater hurdles than just the ongoing judicial insurrection.
Third, the BBB repeals all the effects of the Green New Deal which will unleash enormous economic benefit to the energy sector and thus the overall economy.
And fourth, the amount of deregulation empowered by the BBB will make free up numerous sectors for all sorts of businesses across the spectrum.
Is it perfect? Hell no. But it is only the first step, and only possible step that can move us forward.
There are a myriad of elements in the BBB all purposely and strategically designed to advance reorienting the ship of state. If we (the GOP) bungle this, it will be devastating for this country.
"the absolute devastation our military has experienced over the last 5+ years, right down to a scarcity of bullets"..........A tally of publicly known deliveries, as compiled this week by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, show that more than 20,000 unguided bombs, an estimated 2,600 guided bombs and 3,000 precision missiles — as well as aircraft, ammunition and air defenses are among the American weapons that already have been shipped since Oct 7.
I look at Trump’s actions through the lens of a massive bankruptcy reorganization. Creditors (that’s just about anyone who holds more than a dollar) will get a haircut through inflation and devaluation. Also, a lot of dead weight in the form of costly idealism gets tossed over the side. And the reorganization would also focus on restoring inherent strengths (energy, innovation, and perhaps manufacturing). It’s a tall order, but Trump has experience in such matters. I wish him luck even as I prepare for my shearing.
Well, maybe not. But,damn if I can even begin to figure out a starting place. 40% of American citizens are on some type of assistance. With your black citizens at about 80%. They will all march on the castle and hang the royals.
'You must give him a chance. There is no one else right now with no other way.' - Agree - the pendulum has begun its swing back toward rational behavior but it will be a lengthy journey as the corruption goes all the way down to the state and local levels. Everywhere these days people without a moral compass openly break the law in all sorts of ways because they know that they can. Some of the public figures (Fauci, those who treasonously accessed the autopen, etc.) need to be taken down in a big way to spur things on and to place sociopaths everywhere on notice.
Thankfully, RFK Jr. has been making major strides - earlier this week the covid vax for children and healthy pregnant women was removed from the CDC's schedule of recommended shots, and now his recent statement, 'We’re probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and ... other journals because they’re all corrupt.' - Now that's what I call progress!
I agree with you totally. It is an unbelievable daunting task. GOD has given us a 2nd chance. HE has been asked to be directly involved in what seems insurmountable odds. With GOD there is nothing impossible. HE is fulfilling HIS promises. Now each of us has to do what HE has asked us to do to heal our land. We MUST humble ourselves, repent sincerely and ask forgiveness not only for our sins but our ancestors sins as well. And I'm not talking slavery. That is only one part of many. We have to turn back to GOD and get a relationship with HIM. We have to put HIM first and stop worshipping ALL those other gods we worship..money, fame, glory, possessions, sports, celebrities, ourselves, etc. You get the picture. Follow HIS laws and stop allowing, condoning, supporting and ignoring sin. Then HE will heal our land. HE will heal our land but we HAVE to do our part. You have to stand up and say no.
I hope you are right, Carolyn, but I don't think it is going to happen that way. God gives way too much deference to the wicked and the depraved at the expense of the good and the innocent.
I'm a person of faith, a Christian, but I a finding it harder and harder to have faith in a God that continues to let the wicked and filthy thrive and the good and innocent suffer.
Thank you for your post. I do agree with all of what you have said.
God is not willing that any should perish.... That's why He appears to "tarry." He addresses that, too. It's to give as many people as possible a chance at salvation before the door closes. Because once it's closed, there is no more chance. God isn't a doormat and His grace isn't unlimited.
God is also a God of justice and mercy but mercy cannot give way to justice and justice cannot give way to mercy. Both must be satisfied. Seems to me justice gives way an awful lot to mercy. Admittedly, I am not God so what do I know. I only know what can see around me and there are an awful lot of really bad people who are living the high life at the expense of the good and the innocent.
Christianity doesn't believe in providence, the doctrine that God is taking care of the world. It says it does, but it doesn't. In Truth, if God is God, then there cannot be an eternal hell. That would not be just and since God is Justice, that being one of his names, then......
“... nobody is fooled that the grotesque psychotic deformities of US politics can be reduced to a few White House factotums lying to the news media about ‘Joe Biden’s’ cognitive abilities.”
Yes, but it is those very cognitive abilities (or serious lack thereof) in the case of the Resident) that baring stark naked to the World served a great purpose showing just how irrelevant The Office of the President is now to the operation of the Government – and about where the true power in The Indispensable Nation resides. And that would be in the Deep State embedded power structure which dutifully serves as the lap dogs of Dark State. The Deep State boys and girls hold Their auto-pens and Their eyes steely-eyed glued to their cellphones to receive Their latest instructions from the much-better-well-hidden true powers in the Shining City on a Hill – the Dark State that truly runs Indispensable-land. So much for any Reprentative Republic.
While in the case of Joe... he looked for his keys... his pants... the doorway... and where he left his last cup of ice cream. He quit looking for his dignity years ago – if he ever had any.
And the laughingly-named ‘News Media’? Come on now, we know They are nothing but pure unadulterated State Media — the heavy hand of Government and their fiction writers and censors – spewing lies, propaganda, distortions, falsehoods, and massive piles of horse manure mostly ever since that Squawking Box of Mass Programming was installed in America’s living rooms. Don’t try to count the lies you hear on television or from Anti-Social Media. Try to count the times you encounter anything resembling the truth. And look for something to do while you endure the long gaps between hearing and seeing anything truthful.
“One reality we struggle with is the doleful fact that there is no work-around for the nation’s monumental debt. Since it can’t possibly be paid off...”
Maybe we could bring back Debtors Prison. And fill it up with every Swamp Creature over the years that voted (budgeted) America into this hopeless state of National Bankruptcy. And every non-elected private banker that conjured non-existent money out of thin air and ‘lent’ it to the Government – at interest! Wow. Counterfeiting AND making interest off that. Nice!
“... Mr. Trump at least presents a sense of confident determination to get the country righted in some fashion, to recover a sense of purpose and enterprise after years of feckless, dissipative drift into the hallucinatory madness of the Left.
Yes. Like him or not, Donald Trump is our only chance for any kind of National redemption or more positive re-set. Why? Because he is not a (today’s) Democrat. And that makes him light-years of measure better than any alternative to him right now. Why? Because if and when Democrats get back into power (God forbid)... America will be back into full and vigorous retreat into the insanity of (in the words of Our Host): many years to come of feckless, dissipative drift into the hallucinatory madness of the Left.
We’ve already had that. We’ve already seen its results. And now that we’ve looked into the Bowels of Hell... why would any sane person want to go back there?
The idea of America requires belief in a positive future. With Democrats, we get none of that. With Donald Trump, at least we get a maybe.
Republicans aren't the answer either RS. Since the Republicans regained power of the Senate what have they done to help or assist Mr. Trump? I honestly cannot think of anything. I hate Democrats. I truly loathe and despise Republicans.
Yeah, the Tea Party was the birth of MAGA. You are right, if the Dems retake Dc in 2026, it will be a death knell for America. It will signify that the people have learned nothing about self-reliance.
Ummm, if all the Nations are in debt, exactly who do they owe their debt to?
This is when one should remember the Larry, Mo and Curly skit about each owing each other $20.
Also, and again, if, and it was, all that money was fraudulent, and being used for fraud, does fraud not eviscerate EVERYTHING, except perhaps the initial 'loan?'
Considering President Trump is ALWAYS 5 steps ahead of these Jackasses, pretty sure the man has a plan - and if ya trust the man, then trust the plan.
Also, until the obvious ongoing judicial coup is squashed like a handful of cornflakes on the sideway by a fat kid on a pogo stick, there is NO sense bringing ANY thing of vital importance (say like Epstein, J6, the 2020 stolen election, the pipe bomber, etc.) before it, unless double jeopardy is your thing. The Jackasses who perpetuated the onslaught of ALL the WTF's would be able to walk away cuz some loop hole that no one has ever heard of just happened to fall into place at the exact right time allowing a saunter into the sunset, and by that I mean Jackasses skipping back into the darkness to repeat offend at later dates.
Yeah, just write out a check to the Fed (which is a consortium of private banks) for the debt that we owe them and that's that. Let them find an independent bank to cash it for them!
As Mayer Rothschild said, Ultimately all money is ours. That's true in the system that they created and that we signed on to with Federal Reserve Act. We throw them out and go back to system put forth in the Constitution. That's what Germany tried to do and it's real reason for WW2.
An elaboration of the original strike. Capitalism and Communism are one system, heads and tails. Should another nation, say Russia, try to break free via National Socialism or Fascism, they will again unite against them.
Russia is Fascist, though it doesn't call itself as such.
China is National Socialist, doesn't call itself such. No need. The Chinese have always been intensely racially conscious.
Or it could be done lawfully, Constitutionally and righteously.
Pay the initial loan off, call a jubilee on the rest, examine CLOSELY and THOROUGHLY exactly how and when it became fraudulent, ixnay the entire system of systems that perpetuates the constant fraud, hold those accountable who willingly, KNOWINGLY and happily ran the biggest ponzi scheme EVER, go back to a hard asset monetary system of the people, for the people, by the people via Executive Orders, and commence with Fair Trade between Nations.
Funny your word jubilee. This year is the jubilee celebration of the Catholic Church, a rollover of the “jubilee” celebration of Judaism. Every fifty years.
Yes, a total repudiation of your demonic Adam Smith type Capitalism, what to speak of our actual funny munny Rothschild system. Error piled upon error, a Tower of Babel creating generations of swine.
Don't be so certain the insane left is done in the dirty tricks department. Outside of gold bricker "Bob Menendez", none have been placed in prison for the sedition and invasion, nor have the NY FBI office Epstein files been released.
The thing about fake digital money is that it is impossible to conceal it completely. All of those untraceable disbursements doled out by the Federal apparatus had to land somewhere, a bank most likely. The NGO recipients of those funds also had to register somewhere, probably with a department of State in their state of incorporation. In a sane World, that would be sufficient information to locate and repossess any remaining monies that were thus obtained. Associated with this operation would be criminal charges against the principals of those NGOs. Sounds like a job for Kash Patel and Scott Bessent. Perhaps we will see something like this in the months to come.
On our SOS's website there is a nice button called "Business Search." I want to change the name to "Shell Company Search." The database is a cesspool of oozing corruption while she (the Secretary of State) blithely collects her $35 administative fee for every record. You can't clean-up the states' databases anymore, including the business portal (now I am suppose to have "an account" with the SOS to do a search. Really???!!!), property records, and voter roll. That is IMHO after researching for over 4 years now.
A very timely piece indeed. Trump knows congress and the judiciary(and their families) are bought and paid for to secure their decades long grift and is simply trying to grow the economy to pay the bills even though he needs 6.7% growth to pay the debt.
It is the only thing he can try to do and they are still 'injunctioning' him. Illegally.
I have never been more embarrassed of my country's 'leadership' in our institutions - everyone except the Trump administration. I cannot believe I stood a post while these a$$holes slept for many years.
Stand strong, folks, we need each other while the Left fails and tries to take us with them.
Backed him from *almost* Day One - took me a minute to catch onto him, my fealty spurred by the MSMs perpetually negative onslaught from the moment he descended the escalator. Therefore he must’ve been onto something.
Can we just all chill and let him do his thing? He’s hardly stopped in 10 years and God knows what risks he’s taking .. The man deserves GRACE from us all and I can’t any longer support negative criticism about the One Man against all odds and the World, in essence.
Let’s all just pray it goes our way while we swat down the naysayers
I'd like us to act on basics: You can't operate by spending more than you take in. A very simple concept.
The only exception is if you start a new enterprise based on careful analysis and haven't yet earned income, but expect to. And if you don't earn it within a certain timeframe, you end the enterprise.
Operating permanently by issuing debt is a loser's game. Welcome to America. What I find difficult to comprehend is how dumbed-down the public has become to not realize this.
Kevin Hassett gave a really good interview on Fox yesterday. Trump’s plan is to grow our way out of this. The grift is legion and it is deliberate. The old Saul Alinsky axiom make as much chaos as possible and then sweep in with your solution, more Marxism.
I vote for the “Fortress North America”. Sounds like the only way to survive.
It is MHO our Constitutional Republic has fallen and President Trump knows it.
I think most thinking people know it. Deep down in their guts they can sense it. Most Americans are so debt ridden that they don't even have $500 in their savings to cover a small emergency. Hence the reason so many Americans are addicted to drugs, alcohol or scarfing down anti-depressants every day. They all know just how awful the situation truly is but, like me, they don't know what to do about it.
I support Mr. Trump whole heartedly. Just like JHK said, there isn't anyone else. If Trump fails we all fail. I also realize that without a willing Congress there is very little Mr. Trump can do. Trump doesn't make law. Congress does. Mr. Trump can only sign EOs and sign Congressional bills into law. Congress is populated with 535 bickering morons who have no interest in solving what ails America.
And that is why we are screwed.
And a lot of the bickering morons didn't "win" election. The news is finally working its way out. The brainiacs have 13 states' voter rolls analyzed at this point. CO is blowing a gasket and NV is getting some very bitter medicine. The federal govt. is now involved to inspect how Tina Peters, a CO county clerk, ended up in a state prison. The tipping point? Maybe when the first SOS or Election Commission Official gets arrested. It's that bad.
"Show trial" is what happened to Tina Peters, a CO county clerk, who ended up in a state prison with a nine year sentence. A glaring example of lawfare in the banana republic of Colorado.
Trump’s election was a coup by the people. He is a reset by folks that are starting to realize how the global forces have destroyed the power of the USA. What is left of the Dem. Party is a residue of the globalizers. As the condition of the energy situation deteriorates, the remainder of the Ult-Left is going to dry up and blow away. Oil is power in the future. Trump’s drill, baby, drill attitude is going to carry on, in the short term, as the realization that real time renewable energy generation is way too limited in its capability to supply the world. He has already thrown his support to nuclear generation. JHK, in the Long Emergency, stated that nuclear generation, plus augmentation by fuel cells is where the world needs to go. Trump’s statement last week may be the initiation of the drive for nuclear power.
Jerry Pournelle, libertarian and scifi writer, said that power plants in the tropical seas alone could solve our problem, using the differential between the icy depths and warm surface. I'm not oriented towards the hard sciences, but he is or was. If he said it, it's worth looking into.
I don't care for a lot of his viewpoints, but he's a fine writer and a very intelligent man.
Trump's latest re-selection charade was yet another intentional default/loss by Neo-Libera-Con pot stirrers (always masquerading as The Opposing Party).
They've never EVER ceded control of the grand agenda, you dipshit senior voters.
In '16, Hillary was so thoroughly outed as internationally corrupt - that she was publicly cornered; hence, FORCED to stand down by the Comey letter issued to the courts late election season. No wonder she never ran for office again.
Of course, they cheated Trump in '20 - Afterall, he'd served his attention-starved Willing Patsy role, for the time, anyhow.
In '24, "They" once again played their hidden globalist hand by disingenuously drawing the most inept, barf-inducing female candidate EVER -say? wht-dafuq-wuz that bish's name again?
And they threw all in on her, like... the day before the election - Bahaha! - it don't get more obvious the fix was in than that.
The Neo -Libera-Con s FAFO'd, and realized "Joe Biden" lacked the name brand staying power to pull off a convincing challenge to Mr. Putin, and because the Russian economy didn't crash, Biden no longer had a reasonable new crop of Russian land wealth to plunder, after BIDEN was set to crash the U.S. economy while hiding behind - by then lost - triumph of Ukraine to "Build American Hegemony Back Better Again" with extra butter.
Most'll never see it, but only such a low IQ, salt-of-the-Urf American voter is too dumb to clue in to the plot by now.
Evidence of Trump's Patsy-ness? First, the COVID-19 Scamdemic - and now World-War-Weeeee!-all you-Trump-voter's-kids-plus-mine-r-gunna-die....
Stop lauding the missing trophy of a phony football game you scrubs were never gonna win in the first place.
Well said…. I would only add “bickering CORRUPT morons”.
God help us.
The LAST person I would support to solve this mess...
is Trump who will become a dictator...eventually...
if he isn't already, but just being held back from total fruition
by various political antics by his detractors.
Face it, there is no one that can fix this mess.
We are all going to eat shit and die until
Mother Nature and gravity can bring it back
to the way it's supposed to be.
Yeah, whatever, Cedric. Doom, dispair, and excessive misery. Okay.
JUST SIT THERE IN YOUR GIMP SUIT AND RAINBOW HAIR AND EXPIRE
How much do you get paid to come here with your BS doom and gloom?
~ Crib America & Its Adult Infants ~
'Mom Nature and gravity' are the only way to go.
In the mean time, Jim, the author of this Substack, and some of his slavish (or otherwise) followers seem lost in the State-religion's crib.
Maybe not blue-haired, but certainly blue-pilled.
Trump functions as their 'Daddy/Pope'. Pretty sad, even tragic, but there you go, and I seem to recall Jim saying that life is tragic. If you're going to say that it's tragic, you might as well aspire to it. Create and/or maintain the conditions into which you enter and/or remain.
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Check out the link in NancyLee's comment:
https://www.kunstler.com/p/trumps-parlous-gambit/comment/121413249
"Grown men do not need leaders." ~ Edward Abbey
That is a very dark post but, I actually agree with much of what you said.
Says the actual troll.
@ miriamnae,
That's just a starting point,
but NOT a solution.
The damage is done
and not fixable
without completely
lowering our standard of living
to where it's not worth living
I watched a pathetic woman at the grocery store the other night. She was trying to pay for her food and she kept pulling out credit card after credit card. Each time each card was denied. She went through, I think, 8 cards before she found one that had an available balance. Seriously. Ironically, she probably exited the store and loaded her groceries into a $75,000 2025 Chevy Tahoe........
We have three cars, a 2003 Ford Explorer and 2003 Dodge Neon plus our "new" car, a 2010 Nissan Versa. I don't remember the last time we had a car payment. We also are vigilant in keeping our cars properly maintained and clean.
That's just how we are. Oh! And we haven't paid credit card interest on any card in years, and we're not rich - at all.
I like it. I drive a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. I also have a 2005 Toyota Corolla (for my children). My wife drives a 2018 Camry. I also have a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. I have never purchased a new car. I always pay cash for used vehicles and I also take good care of them.
I have one credit card that I use. I pay it off every month. Instead of paying interest the CC company sends me a check for about $150.00 every 3 months. Since getting the card I have been paid probably $3,000 just for using the card and have not paid a dime in interest.
Eight credit cards. Buying necessities on credit. Foolish, foolish, foolish. As one of the much despised Boomers I was blessed with a father who said "[I]f you cannot pay for it now, you do not need it." Which was a lesson learned as a young adult enduring the Carter years.
I do not consider Boomers born in the mid to late 50s part of the much-despised generation. We were too young to be hippies but still remember the 60s. Memories of that time period do not wed us to the cultural damage early Boomers did. We are culturally different in a good way. And not all early Boomers are bad and worthy to be despised. Donald Trump was born in 1946. So hope remains…..
i’d say obviously everything she does is on a card-everything, even her Starbucks coffee
That means eight of her cards were maxed out
Yep, my point exactly.
Doesn't surprise me.
And in MHO President Trump appears to be attempting to "create a Schumpeter's Gale" in the American economy. The announcement of Nippon Steel in a merger with US Steel in Pittsburg is an example of "creating a Schumpeter's Gale".
Most likely it won't work because the Federal Reserve is de facto insolvent. While concurrently the Federal Government is also flat broke: Therefore to spackle over the government's insolvency, House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 Trillion. Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent is already calling on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by July to keep the federal government from defaulting on its more than $36 Trillion national debt.
In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Secretary Bessent said there is “reasonable probability” the government’s “cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted in August while Congress is scheduled to be in recess.” ["extraordinary measures" means tapping into the federal employees pension fund and federal employees workers comp. fund]
The Federal Government is flat broke and raising the debt ceiling by $4-$5 Trillion is not how to "create a Schumpeter's Gale" in the American economy. Expect a new Federal Reserve QE as interest rates rise on US Treasuries and the $Trillions in maturing long bonds are refinanced into two year notes. This will manifest an unimaginable stagflation upon the bottom 70% of US households. A 10% unemployment & 10% real inflation and Secretary Scott Bessent's insistence on continuing the borrow/spend Keynesian Economics of the past, is where to lay the blame.
Schumpeter's Gale, also known as creative destruction, refers to the economic process where new innovations replace and make obsolete older technologies and business models. This cyclical process of constant innovation and disruption, as described by Joseph Schumpeter, drives economic growth and progress while also causing temporary hardship for those whose businesses are rendered obsolete
FYI Cedric Ward: This link is a Google Docs link to a working manuscript of mine you may find interesting to scroll. It is an unfinished working draft of my inquiry as a self-employed sociologist/economist into THE THIRD WAVE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KOsd36mpOGRFpgrLsmNn0KNo7QwdIwgz9EZiQqVNkJ8/edit?usp=sharing
Yes, capital centralizes as Marx said. Fewer and fewer people own more and more. New technologies help to put more and more people out of work. A good thing, Ward? It's depends on your pov. For the Elite, a very good thing. For the nations, a very bad thing.
Carl, do the PTB in DC have any choice? Discretionary spending is such a small part of the budget that it just does not make much difference trying to do DOGE style cutbacks. Contractual type obligations of the Feds overwhelms everything and as the debt gets worse, the service on the debt eats up what little is left for discretionary spending.
Discretionary spending like welfare, Medicaid, support for immigrants, Post Office, The Deep State bureaucracy, the military, USAID, etc. The political impact of any cutbacks is enormous.
How 'bout we stop building million dollar bombs
to drop on other countries
and stop feeding the gluttonous military establishment?
Yes John you are correct: By using Scott Bessent's Keynesian economic modeling, the PTB in DC don't have any other choice. "Discretionary spending like welfare, Medicaid, support for immigrants, Post Office, The Deep State bureaucracy, the military, USAID, etc.
However, because the political impact of any federal budget cutbacks is far too enormous for Congressional correction; the unavoidable "Keynesian Debt Trap" has been sprung. Interest payments on the national debt est. FY 2026 $1 Trillion, with a deficit-to-GDP of >6.% and a national debt-to-GDP of >135% will continue to be funded by increasing the national debt, via a sorcerer central banker's smoke and mirrors trick. With new Federal Reserves Notes issued to buy new US Treasuries. [AKA Quantitative Easing.]
This new wave of QE will manifest an unimaginable stagflation upon the bottom 70% of US households. A 10% unemployment & 10% real inflation and Secretary Scott Bessent's insistence on continuing the borrow/spend Keynesian Economics of the past, is where to lay the blame. Bessent's Keynesian economic philosophies are wrong for a "Fortress North America".
To begin a "Fortress North America", President Trump needs to conjure up a "new currency of final settlement" that holders of US Treasuries will accept for interest payments on the US Treasuries, in lieu of Federal Reserve Notes.
https://mises.org/mises-wire/immorality-keynesian-economics
Had to look it up:
Schumpeter's "gale of creative destruction" refers to the continuous process of innovation and disruption within capitalism, where new technologies and products emerge, rendering older ones obsolete and creating new markets and industries. This process, while driving economic growth, also leads to the destruction of established firms, jobs, and industries.
Wendy. You may this interesting: This is a Google Docs link to a working manuscript of mine. It is an unfinished working draft of my inquiry as a self-employed sociologist/economist into THE THIRD WAVE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KOsd36mpOGRFpgrLsmNn0KNo7QwdIwgz9EZiQqVNkJ8/edit?usp=sharing
It fell long ago.
Yes, I believe two recent events were the final two nails in the coffin: (1) In 2008 TARP under GWB and Secretary Henry Paulsen ended any doubt that "crony-capitalism" was the new economic order. (2) And the "rule of law" imploded when FBI Director James Comey "exonerated" Hillary Clinton for her unlawful server and 1,000's of illegal emails. And Bill's and Hillary's impudence as she breached national security for the Clinton Initiative's kickbacks from foreign countries, to win influence in a Hillary Clinton White House.
I’m afraid you are correct.
It is gone for at least a generation or two. The indoctrination was complete with all but natural contrarians. But I think the pendulum is swinging with Gen Z. I am quite encouraged.
Ha, have you been watching the JohnAZ - Phil the Canuck diatribes going on for a couple of months. Phil absolutely understands that Canada on its own is going down, ready to split into halves due to the Red-Blue debacle. Just like the USA. I understand his resentment of that fact, but he needs to realize that consolidation is the only way out.
I believe that the only way out of the mire is the creation of a North American Union, bringing into reality what the drafters of NAFTA and USMCA wanted to do, create a union in the Western Hemisphere to effectively compete with the world for the remaining resources. North America is in pretty good shape but much more discord is going to destroy that fact.
IMHO, the future will continue to shift to more emphasis on renewable energy, not because it helps the climate, but because the decline of oil reserves is going to bite hard. If you believe in resources as a limiting factor on the world economy, the future belongs to those that figure out how to generate energy sufficient for their needs. The remainder of the world will retreat back to the pre-oil days. Right now, the “have” energy countries will dominate the immediate future, IOW those that have reserves will continue to thrive. North America is one of these, along with the Middle East, Russia, and some areas of SE Asia, South America and Africa. Power is going to grow in these areas as their ability to dole out energy is powerful.
American globalists want to “share” our part of the oil reserves with the rest of the world, and convert as much of the oil to renewables as possible. The harsh reality of The Long Emergency starting up is creating MAGA style movements to keep the reserves in North America and not share them unless economically advantageous. As more and more North Americans realize the reality of the situation, consolidation will occur.
This does not include the obvious advantage of Canada having the globally warmed Northwest passage, cutting off weeks of cruising time for shipping. The Western Hemisphere is a block to seaborne transit from Antarctica to the Arctic with one way of transporting goods through itself, the Panama Canal. The shorter route through Canada will be a great thing, once someone sets its creation as a priortity. IMHO, a huge issue for the near future, and a consolidation factor for the USA and Canada.
Canadians are dependent on their healthcare spending taxation system and rightfully so. Consider that a union of some sort with the USA would mean a change in both countries to accommodate healthcare.
Consolidation is going to happen, and soon as the foibles of both Ottawa and the Deep State continue to piss off more and more people. Alberta is just the start.
There is some concern that Canada joining the U.S. would be a bad thing for us:
"...Democrats would benefit significantly, with the new great state of Canada serving as a kind of second California, a massive blue state that would hold dozens of House seats and create a huge Democratic advantage in the Electoral College.
Canada would be solidly blue, and we’re not just talking about the temperature..."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/canada-new-state-electoral-college-001966
Not to mention that, in general, Canadians are more passive and more inclined to trust their government, even in the face of overwhelming failure. The US is making headway in exposing the rotten core of our government to those who have the fortitude to look inside. The last thing we need is 30 million new citizens with blinders on. Just like the airline instructions that say “secure your mask first before assisting others”, we need to try to save ourselves without adding dead weight to our burden.
Alberta will not be Blue.
Consolidation will never happen between the USA and Canada. Canada will never forfeit their sovereignty. Full stop. New and improved trade relationships may emerge between the two countries. That’s all.
America may attempt some neo-isolationism, but its critical resources are limited. Other than the Permian Basin, all other oil fracking basins are in decline, especially when examining barrels per well. Rare earth metals and lithium are not abundant enough in America to make America self sufficient in its quest to transition to renewables.
Takeaway: we must keep channels of communication open between nations.
Not so sure. The USA and Canada are both in the middle of an identity crisis. Both are split Blue and Red. The USA is mostly cities versus everywhere else, and actually so is Canada. In Canada, however consider that the cities vs. everyone else translates into East vs. West with Alberta taking the lead. The USA has Blue cities, even in the West, so not as much geographic separation. Sovereignty is important yes, but money and profit means more. Also, maybe even more in the future,, the access to resources, as you have mentioned.
IMO, as I have stated, I think a major re-alignment of both countries is coming with possible re-connection between areas of both. I watched a study that showed that the GDP of the heartland country and a coastal country would be about equal and that similar "trades" of both countries would knit them together more than today. Could be that the SW of the USA could re-unite with Mexico.
Interesting discussions, but time WILL tell.
JohnAZ,
The world's people are too stupid now
to ever do that.
You as a citizen of the world prove this with almost every post.
Good job proving yourself correct.
Phil only understands how much he despises American exceptionalism in its government and people.
He denied such until I got under his thin arrogant skin so bad he couldn't help himself.
Phil is an idiot who considers himself better than every other poster on this board including the host and he actually thinks likes make him right a subject he says he is always right.
Of course his opinion is just that an opinion.
Yep,
BUT he is reacting to an untenable position as economic reality is hitting Canada big time. It is time for all folks to choose sides for the advantage of resource availability. Nationalism is going to increase as a result. Phil’s concern for sovereignty is legitimate, but not feasible. Like corporations, hard times create mergers.
What do you mean by renewable energy? The EROI simply isn’t there for Ruinables and nut zero is already a failure
Solar and Wind have been sold to the suckers for a couple of generations now. It is real time energy generation producing much less energy than the amount stored through millions of years in oil gas and coal. They are needed to supplant what we have now in fossil fuels but will never take their places.
Now, nuclear is a different story.
We need to start conserving fossil fuels now. They are used for many more things than burning up in cars.
The NIMBY aspect of solar and wind is going to start up soon. If you have driven I10 through Palm Springs or I11 through Las Vegas, you have seen what an eyesore solar and wind can be.
No t to mention how many birds those blades kill.
The tip speed is a crazy FAST.
Nuclear energy is still a no go.
The spent fuel is toxic so toxic it is dangerous to transport so it sits around in lead lined concrete storage containers waiting for a man made or natural disaster to contaminate the area.
The perfect example of an impending disaster is San Clemente all the waste is stored outside on or near a major fault line right next to the pacific ocean between 20 million people in LA and San Diego right next to a southern California surfing Mecca with millions of users a year.
They need to figure out how to spin down to a stable easily dealt with uranium like chunk the same as when it was pulled from the ground.
I agree. Wind and solar are expensive Rube Goldberg machines. Build nuclear using spent fuel (formerly known as nuclear waste) and be done with it. If we had the will to do that we really could have an all electric grid!
You have a subset hereon previously huffing and puffing about Covid19 mandates, but what is the State but one giant fucking mandate. Fortress North America? You're so lost if you're serious.
Gotta love that Daddy/Pope-Trump glam-shot at the top if there was ever any question.
We cannot take Siberia from the Russia, but we can take Greenland from Denmark. If the EU tries to stop us, it's ON. Russia attacks from East, and after liberating Ireland and England, we land at Normandy Beach.
Cut Canadian companies in on the Greenlandic goods as a show of good faith.
You first Chicken neck get on in there.
Festung Amerika,
I prefer fuck America.
Zaz,
You may soon change your tune. Once Canada becomes the 51st state (Well 50th, behind Alabama in test scores and male fertility), the US will nationalize all production of Eskimo Pies, and the entire production will be sent to the lower 50, where hungry Americans await. Canadians will receive vast shipments of Twinkies in exchange for the pies, and your broadcast media will show re-runs of "Donnie and Marie" 24/7. You will learn to love your new masters, who will brave the frozen wastes above the 49th parallel, where they will marvel at the simple antics of former Canadians, who will all, of course be shown naked from the waist up in our National Geographic magazine.
Oh, and Hockey will be outlawed, in favor of your NEW regional pastime...Philippine slap fighting. As a sop to your former "culture", you will be allowed to keep the goddamned duck on your new state flag.
As anarchists, any State citizenship is of course renounced by implication (since 'Canadian anarchist' is a bit of an oxymoron, maybe like 'anarcho-capitalist'). (And so don't take my fuck America comment too hard. And remember, it's the polity, not the people. The fertility thing was a cheap shot, true or not.)
As for ducks above the 49th., I imagine you might nevertheless enjoy (or have enjoyed) a nice kayak, row or simple float about a warm summer's misty lake in the early evening or morning to a periodic haunting tune of the occasional loon.
What the hell are Eskimo pies, by the way? Are they ice-cream bars or ice-cream sandwiches? Both? I do like the occasional ice-cream bar, but it must be of good quality and I'm unsure the Eskimo brand, if it's still around, cuts it.
A sober, stark assessment of where things stand right now. In order for the president to have a viable opportunity to fix the problem, something must be done to effectively address the mounting tide of lawsuits, injunctions, and restraining orders - the objective of which is of course to stymie the extraordinary task that the president must complete. As long as the left continues to abuse the judiciary process (with the ready assistance of leftist judges who are more than happy to usurp the power of the executive branch), the more difficult it will be for the president to effectively do his job.
How about the quiet part? Being undermined or worse at every turn by members of his own party?
Most of our elected representatives are pieces of shit that are there for personal enrichment. The rest are there to undermine from within while wearing a friendly face.
Don't insult shit. Shit's great stuff for the compost. Now if some of these pieces would willingly enter into a fine-chip woodchipper, we might have something.
Yup. And the business model on both sides of the aisle depends upon the ability to do carve-outs and such -- aka waste, fraud, and abuse. If that wasn't obvious before.
You voted for someone. Did you vote for “shit”?
In order for the President to have a viable opportunity to fix the problem the President must have a willing Congress. We spend too much time bickering about the President when we really should be spending more time pointing fingers at our failed Congress. Congress passes laws. Congress spends the money. Congress can override a Presidential veto. Congress can pass a budget over the head of the President. Without a willing Congress the President can't do anything above and beyond EOs and EOs can be reversed the moment a new President sets foot in the White House.
Americans should be seeing red in anger over the failure that is the United States Congress. Instead they focus on Trump, Biden or Obama and keep re-electing the same corrupt game players to Congress. Then they sit their with their thumbs up their asses wondering why the President doesn't fix anything.
Liked your post. Thanks!
"We spend too much time bickering about the President when we really should be spending more time pointing fingers at our failed Congress."
Points to the problem when the checks and balances of the three-branches of government design goes severely off the rails.
Add the tyranny of the judiciary into the mix for a twofer of dysfunctional branches.
Cankerpuss. I’ve maintained that posts for ever. A great example is Calif. everyone seems to believe that we just need a new governor all will be fine. The fact remains. Calif needs to sweep the entire assembly and of course the governor. But that won’t happen for a multitude of reasons. Hard time are coming. In California case. Democrats created the mess we live in now. They can point to no one.
Democrats do not understand what the concept, money, means. To them the creation of money is done with printing presses or a computer by the Federal government instead of labor. They have no concept of budgeting.
And republicans do?
John, could you please do us all a favour by posting something worth replying to?
These gross generalizations are just lazy meaningless platitudes, my friend.
Statements usually with a virtue signalling content, that have been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful and are usually not true.
BTW, I have driven I10 through Palm Springs and I11 through Las Vegas many times and disagree that solar and wind are eyesores. The bigger eyesores are to be found when you get to Arizona! LOL
Exactly Cankerpuss, the Dems have used this so well. They focus the nation’s bile at one person, Trump, and get away with it. 2020 is a perfect example, focus on Trump to get him evicted. Then we get a demented cancer patient for president representing an ignorant feckless Mob that just about tore the country apart.
Seeing some of the Ult-Left folks and thinking, “Omigod, that votes” is a legitimate observation.
We can’t possibly hate Congress (or the media) enough.
Would you like to remove our system of checks and balances and have an autocratic president?
No, just a viable Congress that exercises its Constitutional authority and accurately represents the people.
The function of Congress is not to rubber stamp the agenda of the president, cankerdick, it’s to provide one source of checks and balances to his excesses.
Imagine what Trump could actually accomplish if he had a veto proof majority that actually supported him?
In other words, imagine what Trump could accomplish if there was no congress or court system? Imagine what he could accomplish if there were no obstacles to his agenda. Checks and balances exist to prevent the extremism of a dictator.
So says the bend over acolyte of our current recalcitrant King.
There goes couch potato voicing his inner desires to see Canker over a barrel.
You're the barrel, sweetie.
Elon estimates only 15% of government spending goes to the intended purpose. $390 Billion every year goes to the 13% for welfare so they can take cruises, buy designer bags, and produce more parasitic offspring. $155 Billion per year was going to illegal immigrants. I could go on all day but eliminating this massive fraud solves everything you discussed. But first we have to put some people in prison to discourage that behavior.
Prison does not discourage many in the gangsta class they wear it as a badge of honor even to a point putting them in the ground won't discourage many of them.
It won't happen to me syndrome plays heavily into this.
We need to return to public punishment like the stocks and throwing rotted vegetables and fruits at people.
Posters with names and faces like they had on the Whitehouse lawn is a good start towards some of these objectives.
Ben, America's prison system is a huge drag on the American taxpayer and government budgets. My state recently just built a new prison for a staggering $1.5 billion. Think about that. Think about the roads that could be built, the bridges repaired, the pipes replaced with that money that is instead, going to house the dregs of society and sustain them for the rest of their ruined existence.
American justice system, like the rest of the system needs to be purged. If someone is convicted of murder and is proven guilty or has admitted guilt, instead of rotting in a prison for 30 years being sustained by the tax payers he/she should be taken out back and have a 30.06 bullet put through his/her brain. A pack of 30.06 rounds costs about $35.00. Far better than the millions that will go into sustaining his miserable existence.
Like all things, the system is corrupted and failed and few there be that want to solve or resolve the problems.
I would also support public hangings. Not the quick ones where they drop and their necks snap, no, the slow hangings where they are permitting to dangle and gasp for air for awhile. Just long enough to think about their actions before they sail off into oblivion or hell.
Prison for profit bad business model.
Might be good to go back to chain gangs to clean up the roads and neighborhoods for reduced sentences.
HUGE FENCES, tents with pink underwear, pb & j with waterthree times a day Aripio had it right make prison hot smelly and a place one wants to avoid at all costs.
The death penalty is mandated biblically for murder. Kidnapping used to be a death penalty crime. And regarding the new prison, who do you think it's for, with the quasi-Marxists coming back to power in four years? More old ladies praying in front of abortion clinics, homeschoolers refusing to comply with the latest decree, more employees being fired from their jobs for refusing to use someone's preferred pronouns. All kinds of good shit coming out way in four years. Don't forget they'll tax with a vengeance. Gotta make up for all that lost Trump time.
Canker...
Until it's YOU who
is indicted
and found GUILTY
for something you are
entirely INNOCENT!
But then you have been
blessed with omniscient wisdom
more than the rest of us.
Who pooped in your pudding today, Cedric?
I have never professed to know anymore than anyone else. In fact I have admitted and will continue to admit that I know very little and the older I get the more I understand this. That being said, I have an opinion and I like to share that opinion with others and engage in friendly but informative discourse. I believe this is why our host has a comments section for his blog.
Thank you for your thoughts. You are correct, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. You will note that in second paragraph of my post I stated that the death penalty should only be administered once guilt has been proven or admitted which essentially agrees with you. So, I am not sure what you are taking issue with in my comment.
Best,
CP
A trooo Christian's actual aim. I see you and smell u, Stanky Puss.
“We need to return to public punishment…”. Yes. And PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY!
Heads have to roll.
"But first we have to put some people in prison to discourage that behavior." ~ Rob
Did you type that with a straight face?
Another good post, except for the line "the Boomers living on investment accounts (figment wealth), who are now dying off anyway."
I am one of those "Boomers living on investment accounts" and no my investment account isn't "figment wealth," it's a product of a life spent working my ass off. Lots of working class people have been smart enough to invest in the markets. And there are lots of us Boomers who are supposedly "dying off anyway" who are healthy and living just fine, thank you, and plan to live a lot longer. Here's a big middle finger to your stupid comments on tens of millions of working class blokes who are a lot smarter than you think.
I’ve tricked them all. I spent mine and now broke..
Glitterpuppy
Hence, the quality of your posts.
Cedric, you have hurt my feelings.
I think he meant how our "betters" see us, not him....
OK that makes sense. Been following JHK for a long time, maybe I misread it.
You wagered that a corrupt and dysfunctional system would hold together long enough for you to skate through, leaving future generations to face the consequences. It didn’t work out.
Jim is a boomer by the way and Gary is correct on his assessment however I can see why you would be angry about the comment.
Where you equally angry when the younger generation coined covid the boomer remover?
How about when they heap all the world's problems on your generation?
The Boomers built on the wealth generated by the industrialization of the Second World War and the 1950s as the consumer base of the country developed. Boomers became the ME Generation of the 70s. The Boomers taught Gen X what Gen X became, an increasing group of self-centered people. The egocentrism of each generation has increased, but not the ambition. The ascent of the Deep State can be directly tied into this trend as succeeding generations have left their ambition and independence behind, being happy to give their economic liberty to the Deep State.
We live in a competitive world, where people succeed by being talented and ambitious, not depending on a government to take care of them. From what I am reading, Gen Z and A are both becoming more ambitious and partially explains the rise of MAGA, especially young men. The Fourth Turning?
Quit blaming the Boomers because you did not have the ambition to develop your own wealth base.
As a Gen Xer I resent that. We’re definitely the apathetic generation though, for good reason.
It’s the Millennials that drive me nuts, talk about self-centered!
The fact that you resent the statement shows that you are not part of the problem. Boomers remember the lessons their parents and especially grandparents told them about the Great Depression and WW2. It changed America totally. Those conservative lessons have been lost in translation over the succeeding generations, but as the next Fourth Turning approaches, things are about to significantly change again. Hang on tight as each Turning seems to be bigger than the last.
Fourth Turning 2034 = TSHTF.
Personally, as a Gen Xer, I blame the Boomer generation and its massive voting block for putting us into this mess. The Boomers brought us the hippies and all of those hippies ended up as Professors, lawyers and government agents. Much of this spending and debt problem comes from Boomers like Pelosi and the Turtle who inhabited government positions far longer than they should and voted themselves lucrative benefits that the taxpayers can no longer afford. There are millions of solid and decent Boomers out there entitled to what they paid into but most of the problems started in the 60s and are finally coming to a point now. Gen X is done and will fall by the wayside as the younger generations will have to step and try to resolve this madness.
Interesting. GenXers have lived in the shadow of the Boomer generation for most of their lives. The markets driven by Boomers, the jobs taken by them, it was a massive number. There was also huge competition for those jobs. Easily 5 applicants or more for each job opening.
Keep on mind the sheer number of people in the generation was in part a result of delayed family-forming caused by WW2. An event in its totality which helped created the Boomer generation. The influences though, using the generation cycles of Strauss and Howe, came from the Silent Generation. They were not-so-silent in the 1950's and 1960's. A lot of what we see today has roots not in Boomers but in the Silent Generation.
Interesting points. Thank you.
yup!
Canker, or Mr. Puss ( not really sure), your analysis of boomer history is on target. Take it from a Boomer. Boy, we sure did have fun, though. Sorry for the mess we left. We will be all gone soon. We are dropping like flies….
Pelosi and the Turtle are not Boomers.By definition a Boomer would be 60-80 years old. Peaked around 1957-'60 when over 4.25 million people were born in the USA with only half of today's population. 1957 25 births per 1000 , 2018 -12 births per 1000
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/06/12/how-many-people-were-born-the-year-you-were-born/111928356/
You are so smart I think you are AI, Mr. Ritardo. Ohhh, the irony.
I think he meant "inflated money" with the "figment wealth" comment.
Right.
Ken, i believe JHK was referring to the value of the wealth accumulated, the value of your portfolio.
His stand on the financialization of the country has been obvious. The value of portfolios has fallen over time.
Good point.
JHK probably has gold, for a long time. Counter-inflationary. Opposite of fiction wealth.
Which is why the Grifters must face a tribunal for intentionally trying to destroy the country.
Put them on trial and then when found guilty put them in the stocks and pummel them with reeking rotted vegetables.
For those with the stain of treason on them line them up and give them high speed lead poisoning.
As the loudmouth Democrat Maxine Waters said "Make them feel unwelcome wherever they go."
God help her if I ever see here in public, I will give her a heaping helping of you are not welcome here and give James Brown back his stolen wig!
LMAO. Stolen wig… priceless
I looked up a picture of Maxine Waters and when I saw, I then understood the James Brown quip. Absolutely hilarious.
I fail to see how the big beautiful bill is doing anything to reduce the mountainous government debt.
Agree. Let’s begin to face reality. Debt is too big to get under control. I think? The debt is equivalent to $200,000 per taxpayer. Think about that one. These assholes in Washington have driven the bus into the ditch.
Congress did it, Glitter. Americans should be pissing razorblades in anger at their "representatives." Still most Americans point fingers at the President not understanding that the Congress spends the money and the Congress can override a Presidential veto.
All our Congress does anymore is have useless committee meetings so they can investigate this person or that person. Nothing comes of it. Nothing gets resolved. All it does is get Jasmine Crockett's ugly face on the tee vee. I challenge anyone on this thread to tell me recent legislation passed by our fucking useless Congress that has personally benefitted them. Seriously, I can't think of anything and I would like to know.
"pissing razorblades in anger"
LOL! Love it!
Heard it from a boss of mine as a teenager. We young workers were goofing around and he came in and shouted that if we didn't stop he'd "start pissing razorblades." That was 35 years ago. Don't know if he coined the phrase but it sure stuck with me.
I'm still thinking.
The same Make Me Rich Representatives, are against Term Limits because they say we need their expertise and experience.
37 Trillion in Debt and their blocking all attempts for us to control spending and create a growth environment to grow out our the downward spiral, they are also control the Federal Judiciary Judges Funding, they have the power to work with the President and help steer us towards a sustainable future.
They in their current position are not willing to give up their power and self enrichment position to be part of the solution.
They don’t deserve reelection and the institution of Term Limits they themselves have made the best case for them.
They totally suck at their jobs! When you have to fund/payoff the press and lie to the People you don’t deserve to be a Representative of The People.
Let’s torch the charlatans
If our job performance was anywhere near comparable to congress, we all would be in the clinker for embezzlement
Driving into the ditch isn't an accident. In most cases the driver then robbed the passengers and fled the scene. As with USAID a huge amount is diverted and laundered before finding its way back to the bus drivers.
$200000 per taxpayer? That is much more than the life savings of most of the public.
Think about that for a minute…. I’m slowly beginning to realize that we most probably have little chance in paying off the debt. The choices on the way out of this is way above my pay grade…
Yep
Yeah. WAY more.
$200,000 per taxpayer? That's so last week. Debt clock says $323,000.00
https://usdebtclock.org/'
Is that per person? I must have dozed off…..
Glitterpuppy
$200k is not even close
it's zillions more than that
the number is not possible
to comprehend when
EVERYTHING is included
like all the quadrillions of
derivatives floating around space.
And all this time I thought a quadrillion was a duck….
There are some extremely serious elements that are at play as Trump wrestles with fighting this ship of state.
One of the biggies you won’t ever see reported is the absolute devastation our military has experienced over the last 5+ years, right down to a scarcity of bullets. It is beyond scandalous and a national security nightmare. We have three “war fronts” currently being negotiated, Ukraine, Iran and the Middle East. Trump is - has to - play for time on all those fronts while he implements an almost Herculean Marshall Plan to rebuild and reconstitute our military. Hence, the enormous funding mechanism allowed for in the BBB.
Second is getting the tax cuts not just established but made permanent. That accomplished two things: in concert with the tariffs it will gear up the economy to overcome the looming default deadline, if even by a hair, but also, and perhaps even more importantly, put money back in people’s pockets just in time to confront the mid-term elections. If we lost either House then, all his efforts will face even greater hurdles than just the ongoing judicial insurrection.
Third, the BBB repeals all the effects of the Green New Deal which will unleash enormous economic benefit to the energy sector and thus the overall economy.
And fourth, the amount of deregulation empowered by the BBB will make free up numerous sectors for all sorts of businesses across the spectrum.
Is it perfect? Hell no. But it is only the first step, and only possible step that can move us forward.
There are a myriad of elements in the BBB all purposely and strategically designed to advance reorienting the ship of state. If we (the GOP) bungle this, it will be devastating for this country.
BBB? WTF?
Big Beautiful Bill
Bill who?
Big beautiful bill I think
Big Beautiful Bill
Are we governed by the better business bureau?
No but the chamber of commerce has huge sway on policy.
"the absolute devastation our military has experienced over the last 5+ years, right down to a scarcity of bullets"..........A tally of publicly known deliveries, as compiled this week by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, show that more than 20,000 unguided bombs, an estimated 2,600 guided bombs and 3,000 precision missiles — as well as aircraft, ammunition and air defenses are among the American weapons that already have been shipped since Oct 7.
I look at Trump’s actions through the lens of a massive bankruptcy reorganization. Creditors (that’s just about anyone who holds more than a dollar) will get a haircut through inflation and devaluation. Also, a lot of dead weight in the form of costly idealism gets tossed over the side. And the reorganization would also focus on restoring inherent strengths (energy, innovation, and perhaps manufacturing). It’s a tall order, but Trump has experience in such matters. I wish him luck even as I prepare for my shearing.
Yep. Mr. Trump doesn't seem to be that interested in reducing the debt.
Right now...it is like flying a helicopter, lots to do at once so as to get where you want to go without crashing the thing.
Well, maybe not. But,damn if I can even begin to figure out a starting place. 40% of American citizens are on some type of assistance. With your black citizens at about 80%. They will all march on the castle and hang the royals.
True. It’s the ole “ we gotta spend more to reduce the debt” trick
Like the auto pen in chief’s Orwellian named Inflation Reduction Act.
It always seems to do the opposite.
Affordable health care act.
The creepy Kenyan lied from beginning to end about everything.
Orwell. You got that right.
It isn't. That's the problem.
'You must give him a chance. There is no one else right now with no other way.' - Agree - the pendulum has begun its swing back toward rational behavior but it will be a lengthy journey as the corruption goes all the way down to the state and local levels. Everywhere these days people without a moral compass openly break the law in all sorts of ways because they know that they can. Some of the public figures (Fauci, those who treasonously accessed the autopen, etc.) need to be taken down in a big way to spur things on and to place sociopaths everywhere on notice.
Thankfully, RFK Jr. has been making major strides - earlier this week the covid vax for children and healthy pregnant women was removed from the CDC's schedule of recommended shots, and now his recent statement, 'We’re probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and ... other journals because they’re all corrupt.' - Now that's what I call progress!
Yes! Very encouraging. He's not totally corrupt as I feared.
One teardrop in the ocean, I’m afraid
I agree with you totally. It is an unbelievable daunting task. GOD has given us a 2nd chance. HE has been asked to be directly involved in what seems insurmountable odds. With GOD there is nothing impossible. HE is fulfilling HIS promises. Now each of us has to do what HE has asked us to do to heal our land. We MUST humble ourselves, repent sincerely and ask forgiveness not only for our sins but our ancestors sins as well. And I'm not talking slavery. That is only one part of many. We have to turn back to GOD and get a relationship with HIM. We have to put HIM first and stop worshipping ALL those other gods we worship..money, fame, glory, possessions, sports, celebrities, ourselves, etc. You get the picture. Follow HIS laws and stop allowing, condoning, supporting and ignoring sin. Then HE will heal our land. HE will heal our land but we HAVE to do our part. You have to stand up and say no.
Trump didn't put his hand on the Bibles when being sworn in. A very, very bad sign for those with eyes to see.
I hope you are right, Carolyn, but I don't think it is going to happen that way. God gives way too much deference to the wicked and the depraved at the expense of the good and the innocent.
I'm a person of faith, a Christian, but I a finding it harder and harder to have faith in a God that continues to let the wicked and filthy thrive and the good and innocent suffer.
Thank you for your post. I do agree with all of what you have said.
God is not willing that any should perish.... That's why He appears to "tarry." He addresses that, too. It's to give as many people as possible a chance at salvation before the door closes. Because once it's closed, there is no more chance. God isn't a doormat and His grace isn't unlimited.
God is also a God of justice and mercy but mercy cannot give way to justice and justice cannot give way to mercy. Both must be satisfied. Seems to me justice gives way an awful lot to mercy. Admittedly, I am not God so what do I know. I only know what can see around me and there are an awful lot of really bad people who are living the high life at the expense of the good and the innocent.
Christianity doesn't believe in providence, the doctrine that God is taking care of the world. It says it does, but it doesn't. In Truth, if God is God, then there cannot be an eternal hell. That would not be just and since God is Justice, that being one of his names, then......
Carolyn,
Why is God always considered
to be a HE?
And why do you think there is a god?
Here's how pitiful the human mind is:
Ask yourself: What's on the outside
of the universe.
Okay, what's on the outside of that?
Your mind can't conceive of that,
so how do you have the audacity
to have faith in something your
mind can't conceive, such as a 'god'?
Percolate on that.
The only power any God has is the power humans give them.
Having access to God doesn't mean having access to reality.
'My God has ALL the answers. ''
"Okay, tell me one of the answers.''
"My God doesn't have to tell YOU." "Na na na naa naa Neener neener nee ner"
“... nobody is fooled that the grotesque psychotic deformities of US politics can be reduced to a few White House factotums lying to the news media about ‘Joe Biden’s’ cognitive abilities.”
Yes, but it is those very cognitive abilities (or serious lack thereof) in the case of the Resident) that baring stark naked to the World served a great purpose showing just how irrelevant The Office of the President is now to the operation of the Government – and about where the true power in The Indispensable Nation resides. And that would be in the Deep State embedded power structure which dutifully serves as the lap dogs of Dark State. The Deep State boys and girls hold Their auto-pens and Their eyes steely-eyed glued to their cellphones to receive Their latest instructions from the much-better-well-hidden true powers in the Shining City on a Hill – the Dark State that truly runs Indispensable-land. So much for any Reprentative Republic.
While in the case of Joe... he looked for his keys... his pants... the doorway... and where he left his last cup of ice cream. He quit looking for his dignity years ago – if he ever had any.
And the laughingly-named ‘News Media’? Come on now, we know They are nothing but pure unadulterated State Media — the heavy hand of Government and their fiction writers and censors – spewing lies, propaganda, distortions, falsehoods, and massive piles of horse manure mostly ever since that Squawking Box of Mass Programming was installed in America’s living rooms. Don’t try to count the lies you hear on television or from Anti-Social Media. Try to count the times you encounter anything resembling the truth. And look for something to do while you endure the long gaps between hearing and seeing anything truthful.
“One reality we struggle with is the doleful fact that there is no work-around for the nation’s monumental debt. Since it can’t possibly be paid off...”
Maybe we could bring back Debtors Prison. And fill it up with every Swamp Creature over the years that voted (budgeted) America into this hopeless state of National Bankruptcy. And every non-elected private banker that conjured non-existent money out of thin air and ‘lent’ it to the Government – at interest! Wow. Counterfeiting AND making interest off that. Nice!
“... Mr. Trump at least presents a sense of confident determination to get the country righted in some fashion, to recover a sense of purpose and enterprise after years of feckless, dissipative drift into the hallucinatory madness of the Left.
Yes. Like him or not, Donald Trump is our only chance for any kind of National redemption or more positive re-set. Why? Because he is not a (today’s) Democrat. And that makes him light-years of measure better than any alternative to him right now. Why? Because if and when Democrats get back into power (God forbid)... America will be back into full and vigorous retreat into the insanity of (in the words of Our Host): many years to come of feckless, dissipative drift into the hallucinatory madness of the Left.
We’ve already had that. We’ve already seen its results. And now that we’ve looked into the Bowels of Hell... why would any sane person want to go back there?
The idea of America requires belief in a positive future. With Democrats, we get none of that. With Donald Trump, at least we get a maybe.
Republicans aren't the answer either RS. Since the Republicans regained power of the Senate what have they done to help or assist Mr. Trump? I honestly cannot think of anything. I hate Democrats. I truly loathe and despise Republicans.
Cankerpuss
The folks you refer to are RINOs, and more Leftist that some of the Dems. Do you despise MAGA which is the majority of the GOP today.
IMHO, trump should declare a new party to get rid of the Bush RINOs.
I don't despise MAGA. In fact, I am MAGA myself.
Without a Congress doing its job, MAGA will pass into the ash bin of history just like the "Tea Party" did. Remember that movement?
Yeah, the Tea Party was the birth of MAGA. You are right, if the Dems retake Dc in 2026, it will be a death knell for America. It will signify that the people have learned nothing about self-reliance.
Roundball Shaman
Oh, Please!
Think a bit better
Wow.
Ummm, if all the Nations are in debt, exactly who do they owe their debt to?
This is when one should remember the Larry, Mo and Curly skit about each owing each other $20.
Also, and again, if, and it was, all that money was fraudulent, and being used for fraud, does fraud not eviscerate EVERYTHING, except perhaps the initial 'loan?'
Considering President Trump is ALWAYS 5 steps ahead of these Jackasses, pretty sure the man has a plan - and if ya trust the man, then trust the plan.
Also, until the obvious ongoing judicial coup is squashed like a handful of cornflakes on the sideway by a fat kid on a pogo stick, there is NO sense bringing ANY thing of vital importance (say like Epstein, J6, the 2020 stolen election, the pipe bomber, etc.) before it, unless double jeopardy is your thing. The Jackasses who perpetuated the onslaught of ALL the WTF's would be able to walk away cuz some loop hole that no one has ever heard of just happened to fall into place at the exact right time allowing a saunter into the sunset, and by that I mean Jackasses skipping back into the darkness to repeat offend at later dates.
There IS a plan.
Trump's the man.
And in the end, God wins.
*Tips hat
Much Love
Yeah, just write out a check to the Fed (which is a consortium of private banks) for the debt that we owe them and that's that. Let them find an independent bank to cash it for them!
As Mayer Rothschild said, Ultimately all money is ours. That's true in the system that they created and that we signed on to with Federal Reserve Act. We throw them out and go back to system put forth in the Constitution. That's what Germany tried to do and it's real reason for WW2.
We are definitely in different times now.
MUCH has happened since.
Cases in point - DOGE, ELON, SPACE and the GOLDEN DOME.
WWII was a banksters war, each side funded by the same fraudulent entities, as ALL wars have been, for power, control and wealth.
THIS war, the war that we are in right now, is the fight of good over evil.
To take back our sovereignty, our control, and our lives, for NO ONE is above another EVER!
Also, we're winning, so there's that.
You can feel it in the air and ya know [they're[ all sleeping with one eye open.
We won't be fooled again!
*Tips hat
Much Love
An elaboration of the original strike. Capitalism and Communism are one system, heads and tails. Should another nation, say Russia, try to break free via National Socialism or Fascism, they will again unite against them.
Russia is Fascist, though it doesn't call itself as such.
China is National Socialist, doesn't call itself such. No need. The Chinese have always been intensely racially conscious.
“What’s the point of having a divine plan when any schmuck with a 2-dollar prayer book can fuck up your plan?” - George Carlin
Amen!
We could print a new currency. One of total made up reserves. Pay @ them” off with the bogus dough.
Or it could be done lawfully, Constitutionally and righteously.
Pay the initial loan off, call a jubilee on the rest, examine CLOSELY and THOROUGHLY exactly how and when it became fraudulent, ixnay the entire system of systems that perpetuates the constant fraud, hold those accountable who willingly, KNOWINGLY and happily ran the biggest ponzi scheme EVER, go back to a hard asset monetary system of the people, for the people, by the people via Executive Orders, and commence with Fair Trade between Nations.
Wild, right?
*Reads ALL of President Trump's EO's
Huh.
Funny your word jubilee. This year is the jubilee celebration of the Catholic Church, a rollover of the “jubilee” celebration of Judaism. Every fifty years.
Interestingly enough, the British Monarchy also has jubilees.
Do you remember President Trump's trip there in 2017?
Along with so many other places he went?
VERY interesting trip indeed.
Some call it his world tour, others call it the Capitulation Tour. I lean towards the 'others' - 100%
How much was the loan for to the British from the US for WWII?
Then all those fraudulent interest charges - daily, weekly, compounded, etc.??
There is a video of that trip that is WELL WORTH watching...
https://rumble.com/v3gx680-the-greatest-show-on-earth-2023.html
Oh ya, and the Vatican is in there too.
*Tips hat
Much Love
Yes, a total repudiation of your demonic Adam Smith type Capitalism, what to speak of our actual funny munny Rothschild system. Error piled upon error, a Tower of Babel creating generations of swine.
No just reinstitute the gold standard or silver standard.
Gold would surge to around 15k- 20k an ounce silver to $60 an ounce.
I'm good with that!
Yup.
TOTALLY thinkin' silver is gonna go MUCH higher than that my Friend, considering there is only so much of it and it IS used in many, many things.
Damn "speculators" lied to The People about that issue as well!
Don't be so certain the insane left is done in the dirty tricks department. Outside of gold bricker "Bob Menendez", none have been placed in prison for the sedition and invasion, nor have the NY FBI office Epstein files been released.
The thing about fake digital money is that it is impossible to conceal it completely. All of those untraceable disbursements doled out by the Federal apparatus had to land somewhere, a bank most likely. The NGO recipients of those funds also had to register somewhere, probably with a department of State in their state of incorporation. In a sane World, that would be sufficient information to locate and repossess any remaining monies that were thus obtained. Associated with this operation would be criminal charges against the principals of those NGOs. Sounds like a job for Kash Patel and Scott Bessent. Perhaps we will see something like this in the months to come.
Pamcashbongino does not seem up to that task.
I am losing faith in Pam she seems more interested in getting on teevee than doing the job.
The smartest thing to do is have no faith in any of them. Because in the end, you'll be very disappointed.
No faith in anything or anyone what a dreary world to live in.
Bongo can never go back to Patriot broadcasting. He has no credibility anymore. What is he? Any idea? Puerto Rican/Italian?
Thats easy American.
In their defense, what happens to them when Trump is gone.
This is not for the weak of heart, not even for the strong of heart.
One must be fearless and how many people are truly fearless?
What happens to the rest of us?
Trump was right they are going after him so they can go after us.
We are all considered in the way and useless eaters.
Little do the ones claiming to care about Carbon know they are also useless eaters.
There is a reason the Georgia guide stones were blown up.
On our SOS's website there is a nice button called "Business Search." I want to change the name to "Shell Company Search." The database is a cesspool of oozing corruption while she (the Secretary of State) blithely collects her $35 administative fee for every record. You can't clean-up the states' databases anymore, including the business portal (now I am suppose to have "an account" with the SOS to do a search. Really???!!!), property records, and voter roll. That is IMHO after researching for over 4 years now.
A very timely piece indeed. Trump knows congress and the judiciary(and their families) are bought and paid for to secure their decades long grift and is simply trying to grow the economy to pay the bills even though he needs 6.7% growth to pay the debt.
It is the only thing he can try to do and they are still 'injunctioning' him. Illegally.
I have never been more embarrassed of my country's 'leadership' in our institutions - everyone except the Trump administration. I cannot believe I stood a post while these a$$holes slept for many years.
Stand strong, folks, we need each other while the Left fails and tries to take us with them.
Backed him from *almost* Day One - took me a minute to catch onto him, my fealty spurred by the MSMs perpetually negative onslaught from the moment he descended the escalator. Therefore he must’ve been onto something.
Can we just all chill and let him do his thing? He’s hardly stopped in 10 years and God knows what risks he’s taking .. The man deserves GRACE from us all and I can’t any longer support negative criticism about the One Man against all odds and the World, in essence.
Let’s all just pray it goes our way while we swat down the naysayers
We need to formulate plans on how to remove the various obstacles from his path.
How to get rid of AIPAC and other lobbyists?
How to prompt the ICC to deal with the genocide in Gaza?
How to make congress accountable to all the citizens of America?
Trump is addressing many issues on the home front and internationally, but he needs our help and support in clearing the obstacles.
I agree but Congress needs to step up. I mean come ON - we will win midterms if they back Trump’s agenda and stop fearing Success
I'd like us to act on basics: You can't operate by spending more than you take in. A very simple concept.
The only exception is if you start a new enterprise based on careful analysis and haven't yet earned income, but expect to. And if you don't earn it within a certain timeframe, you end the enterprise.
Operating permanently by issuing debt is a loser's game. Welcome to America. What I find difficult to comprehend is how dumbed-down the public has become to not realize this.
Welcome back Bill
Hope all is well with you and yours.
Kevin Hassett gave a really good interview on Fox yesterday. Trump’s plan is to grow our way out of this. The grift is legion and it is deliberate. The old Saul Alinsky axiom make as much chaos as possible and then sweep in with your solution, more Marxism.
I pray that it works.
Yes Marxism in all its forms still mucking everything up on purpose.
There is only one way to get rid of Marxists.
Bullets. Marxists don't respond to anything else.
Good old Honda Accord!