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Freedom in FL's avatar

I love a Sunday bonus Coffee and Covid! Thank you

Maureen ODH's avatar

What an unexpected Sunday morning surprise, thank you Jeff… enjoyed the well written comedy 😂 among what feels like vindication for our team is finally breaking news…. 💗

Julie Ann B's avatar

It was a wonderful surprise! Thank you Jeff!

Kim's avatar

Yes, thanks Jeff!

nancy knox-bierman's avatar

ditto!! Enjoy the vacay, Childers Family!!

RunningLogic's avatar

Right?? It’s always such a delightful surprise!! 😍

GG's avatar

I woke up around 5 this morning and “had a feeling” today would be a bonus day! Sunday C&C is such a treat!

AngelaK's avatar

Never underestimate our women's intuition! 😉😎

Gram's avatar

But reading promotion of bird flu? Jeff, there is no such thing!!

Based Florida Man's avatar

It's really the new Big Thing.

Covidians will be excited to add bird flu to their list of vaxxinations.

More shots = more safer!

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Dr Linda's avatar

Maybe the main difference between Trump’s case and biden’s case is there is actual evidence in biden’s case. That must be confusing to MSM

Ann-Marie Krul's avatar

As well as an actual crime

Tio Nico's avatar

Well, yes, a thing erroneously LABELLED a crime.

The tick boxes on the 4473 Form are merely bait to either incriminate ones self or confirm compliance with a "law" that should not BE a law....

I really hope Hunter beats this ridiculous case. MJ should NOT be a Sched 1 drug, it does not meet the requirements to be included in that category at all. And for FedGov to determine that possession and/or use of that substance on Friday renders one a lawbreaker if he possesses one bolt action twenty two rifle on the following Wednesday.

If the standards established in Bruen are applied, which I am quite certain Hunter's defense WILL do, and ably, that part of the case will fold up like a cheap polyester suit. And then BATF will be forced to remove that question from the 4473.

Now, does this mean I support Hunter as a person? Nope. Don't be silly, He is one sick puppy and should surrender for treatment.

Does this mean I approve of the use of merryhootchie? Again, nope. Don't be silly again.

but FedGov have criminalised far too many things, all because they are on a wild tear to render as many folks as possible "unlawful possessors" of firearms. EVERY person they render "unlawful possessors of" is just one less Americal able to defend himself against crime.. and them.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

The only job more demanding than waking up to find out your POTUS every morning, is waking up to deny that POTUS didn't know he was POTUS when he woke up....every day.

ItsMeAgain's avatar

Another difference is HB will be found not guilty.

Fabes55's avatar

McCullough is one of my anti-COVID heroes…along with you, Jeff, of course!

DrDoug's avatar

Beware, Jeff, and followers. This "discovery" plays right in to the hands of the fear mongers who are trying to convince you that there is indeed another pandemic on the way. There are already a lot of dead chickens out there whose only crime was having a positive pcr test from the coop's poop!

Not only is the virus manufactured, but so is the story of its scary lethality and transmissability that we will be hearing .

COVID was never a pandemic. Please read the work off Sasha Latypova and Denis Rancourt to understand that fully. It is critical that we all understand this, and not fall for the next scamdemic!

banjocat's avatar

Thank you for saying this - so very important. To continue promoting "pandemic" and fake tests is supporting our own demise. People that understand they've been scammed by the long conVid but continue feeding the madness by taking these tests (includes all viral testing) makes no sense to me.

Politico Phil's avatar

That's because you are actually logical.

Gram's avatar

Yes! And read info from 4 Substack authors from prior post here today.

Jason Christoff has an educational YouTube channel and many podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/user-50904611/podcast-196-jason-christoff-how-to-sidestep-the-cabals-most-powerful-spell

Politico Phil's avatar

This is exactly right as I explained here in regards to Dr. Bossche and Dr. Martin. COVID was never a pandemic - full stop.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Did you mean climademic?!

Politico Phil's avatar

Good one. Another psy-ops being perpetrated on us by our own military.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yeah replete with pretty chemtrails

Tio Nico's avatar

and a goodly number of OTHER FedGov agencies, and bought/paid for "popular" PoohBah's Grandes sich as billy the Gates,

Chris Kanon's avatar

It's simple:

how do we diagnose COVID? not by symptoms as there are no unique symptoms for COVID, we do it with a PCR test. So then how do we diagnose bird flu? same, with a PCR test.

Again?

Gaye's avatar

Exactly! And reinforces that RNA can pandemic, it has already and will do it again. RNA cannot pandemic. Even GVB is wrong in his predictions. McCullough has recently proposed fighting mRNA problems with MORE mRNA! 🤦‍♀️

mRNowAy!!!!

JSR's avatar

He claimed they found “bird flu” in a dolphin.. ..selling his “contagion emergency kit “…

Nancy's avatar

The main red flags on him are that he sells these spreading virus stories as truth, and then profits from the fear. I believe Dr. Mike Yeadon is a true hero, who, by the way, never gets invited to testify before congress. So much theater for our consumption.

Dean B's avatar

I see Yeadon's videos on "X" from time to time and always find him to be spot on with what he speaks of. Is there a way to follow him or is it just a few privy to his information that shares it?

Politico Phil's avatar

Yeadon gets a 100% on my credibility meter. Everyone else gets a degree of skepticism, especially Dr. Bossche who I have been tempted to post about.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Geert triggers my spidey sense.

Yeadon is a rock star in my book.

Fla Mom's avatar

Mike Yeadon was fortunate in making a lot of money from Pfizer before retiring. He can say whatever he wants, as he's not trying to make a living and he's well off.

Dr. McCullough's career has been cut off in his prime, for saying doctors should practice medicine, as he did to the Texas legislature very early on in Covid. He still has bills, as do all the physicians whose licenses and board certifications have been threatened and yanked, and now they all have legal bills as well, which are not small. Note that Jeff's rationale for the $500 annual support is to pay for *one hour* of legal work. Everyone who comments here makes money one way or another. I don't understand why people criticize people whose livelihoods have been cut off for wanting to, I dunno, keep their houses and buy groceries.

Politico Phil's avatar

I agree. McCullough did come out early and continued to fight for the truth. We have to understand there is a level of ignorance here to recognize even with McCullough. We all know only so much. And someone as highly trained as McCullough has the additional challenge of overcoming everything he has been trained to accept, ie, to overcome the paradigms his training has conditioned him to accept as unassailable. The virus model is one such paradigm. Challenges to such well-established paradigms always come from outside the subject area of expertise because those that operate within the established paradigm cannot see the contradictions to those paradigms that are right in front of them. Call it confirmation bias. This is well explained in the academic work of Thomas Kuhn, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions".

My guess is that McCullough is still operating under the assumption that the natural covid virus is real and that there really is/was a pandemic. But I have not seen anything to question his ethics or motivation.

Gram's avatar

Dawn Lester, co-author of What Really Makes You Ill has a worthwhile Substack.

https://substack.com/@dawnlester

As does Dr Toby Rogers, Utobian. https://tobyrogers.substack.com/p/piping-hot-truth-biscuits-june-3

And Christine Massey, activist extraordinaire sending FOIAs for proof of viruses : https://substack.com/home/post/p-144956539

Dr Sam Bailey is a gem - https://drsambailey.substack.com/p/is-immunity-a-scientific-concept

Politico Phil's avatar

I would LOVE to see any proof of viruses. This scam is deep.

banjocat's avatar

Yeadon is authentic. McCullough, perhaps unintentionally, leads people down the wrong path. Consumption indeed - "A progressive wasting away of the body". The job of congress seems to be only to consume the body/people until nothing is left.

Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

I don’t know that it’s a wrong path. In deference to Mike Yeadon, I am not 💯 % convinced that there was no COVID 19 virus, if that is what he is saying. I think that there was/is a poorly weaponized COVID Virus (remember we have known about both human and animal COVID Viruses for decades) developed illegally in NC by Drs Barik/Dazick whomever(can’t keep the criminal players straight w/o a scorecard) & share (again illegally) with our‘friends’, or should I say Fauci’s friends (and our enemies (proving again, if any more proof was needed, that HE is our enemy— and if Obama can drone a US citizen w/o legal preliminaries, surely lil’ Anthony is a prime candidate for an encore performance). COVID was so poorly weaponized that it required nuclear grade medical and ethical & public health & coding/billing malpractice and MSM psyOps to create the appearance of a Plandemic with a case fatality rate no different than a bad flu year (which is what Mike Yeadon, PhD is really saying).*

All that to say that there is good evidence that a cocktail of cheap, safe repurposed medicines and vitamins are effective and safe for early treatment and prevention of COVID and other single stranded RNA viruses, including influenza; and since half or more of the population have been pre-bunked into being terrified of the next wave of viral infections, I don’t think that it is unethical (& actually justifiable) to develop & market a basket of said medicines. After all, we have been doing this as a culture for decades with useless OTC cold and flu meds without anyone batting an eye.

If you think w/ Mike Yeadon that this COVID was all a mass formation psychosis, then you can keep your money and just stay sick a little longer, if MY was wrong. Either way, life goes on as normally as possible after the Plandemic operation.

*And all that world wide destruction mortality, suffering and dislocation just to block the re-election of Orange Man — that is some weapons grade anti-orange racism!

Al X. Griz's avatar

Bird flu going through gain of (flight) function?

Gram's avatar

You can't gain function on a non-existent virus.

Ryan Gardner's avatar

It wouldn't matter if there was a virus or not.

They could've accomplished the same thing either way.

You're better off making that argument imo.

Ellen's avatar

They've found it in other mammals too, because they're trying to. But I agree selling those kits gives me pause.

Gram's avatar

But he is still promoting germ theory. Viruses do not exist. Period.

Flippin’ Jersey's avatar

I have asked this question for years now and no one can answer it: what is the difference between “gain of function research” and “weaponization”? GOF is just a way to hide what scientists are really doing. No, you don’t “need” to make viruses more transmissible and virulent to study them. Leave well enough alone you psychopaths.

Truthseeker's avatar

There’s data suggesting Lyme Disease was a lab leak too… so it’s not the first time … and Fort Detrick also had problems, that’s why it was closed down.

This has been going for a long time. Covid was just the largest scale.

LiveDreamRepeat's avatar

Most of us in the Lyme community fully believe it is a bio weapon. The more factual data you review on it, thr more obvious it becomes. It's a nefarious disease.

Ellen's avatar

I've posted this before but Kris Newby's book Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Bioweapons is worth reading even if you're NOT affected by lyme. Just to fully comprehend the evil of our military / government.

Fred Jewett's avatar

One lady who lives close to Fort Detrick posted that a lot of locals developed diseases in her community a few years ago. She suspects the biolab as the source.

Patrish's avatar

From Lyme CT! The lab there leaked it!

Fla Mom's avatar

No, from Plum Island, not far away.

Joanne Shannon's avatar

Two research scientists at the U. of Alberta in Canada, received grants to see if they could develop smallpox in their lab. They were successful, so now a Canadian pHarmaceutical company is developing a vaccine for it. Gee, what could go wrong!

Politico Phil's avatar

So why would they devote the investment required to develop a "vaccine" for something that does not exist except as a lab experiment? Answer: Because they planned to release their creation to begin with! This is an ADMISSION of guilt to conspire to attack the Canadian people.

OnTheJump's avatar

The story is all too familiar - create the cure, fine-tune a wonderfully infectious (and frightening) disease, let 'r loose ..... and make your fortune/devastate the world.

Whatever. It's a "pick 'em".

Money or power, power AND money....any which way you look at it - we, da people, lose.

Joanne Shannon's avatar

The Canadian government even funded the research.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

This is a prime example of SCIENCE GONE ROGUE!! It is NO LONGER 'science'--it is TERRORISM via "government".

Gram's avatar

Mind Control Expert on Weaponized Psychology & Propaganda in Covid Operations in Canada -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qaLn1Zhg5c

Ro Dann's avatar

What is GOF if viruses don’t exist

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Bioweapons created by GOF do exist.

Gram's avatar

Agree bioweapons exist, but not from GOF. From poisons, toxins, fear, stress, vaccines.

Politico Phil's avatar

The effort seems to be pointing toward the creation of synthetic (artifical) life forms that are controllable and programmable.

Gram's avatar

Humans aren't controllable and programmable enough???

Gram's avatar

You cannot 'gain' something from nothing! Viruses DO NOT exist! It's all a psyop to continue the virus lie.

Hoffmeister's avatar

A quick directed note of inquiry to your fed reps with response required checked - that let's them know we are aware - even if it's only a lowly staff member who reads it and provides a canned response - numbers count! Enuf inquiries makes them react!

JT's avatar

"Senator X appreciates your input and will take your comments and concerns into consideration."

Got a bunch of those lining my circular file!

Leskunque Lepew's avatar

But...since your inquiry did not contain a five figure ( or more) contribution...we will look into your inquiry soon.

WP William's avatar

Benevolent Bioweapon production...you never know the benign outcomes that may come out of it too

Sam's avatar

The difference between the 2 phrasings is a way for America to break the biological weapons treaty.

Sasha recently covered this topic.

Gram's avatar

You can't "gain" anything from nothing! There is no such thing as a virus! It is all a giant mind-f***! We are being poisoned -- by just about everything.

J Christoff - One Nation Under Mind Control - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJlEIoZP_4

Gabriella's avatar

This is great! Along with the link within the description of video to Jason Christoff’s testimony in the European Parliament June 2023.

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JT's avatar

Are we talking about Prometheus...or Pandora?

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

I read somewhere, might have been in C&C that the Government of our country (USA) is now nothing more than terrorists running amuck. Every day, this gets clearer and clearer. It is so mind blowing. You would think by now, I would have no mind at all, it's been blown to hell and back.

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Therefore, beloved, since you are looking for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and consider the patience of our Lord as salvation[.]

— 2 Peter 3:14-15a LSB

CStone's avatar

His Word, pouring anointing oil on my head. Every day. Cleansing my palette.

Thank you.

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Only Christ in us can cleanse. The rest is just using a dirty mop.

Maureen ODH's avatar

Mzlizzi….☕️😂😜… hair sniffing got me too

Help Needed in KS's avatar

If people want to know who Micheal Anderson is, maybe they should assign the crack team of investigators who looked into the person(s) who left cocaine in the White House.....

Free Florida Female's avatar

Or the team searching for the individual who leaked the Supreme Court Dobbs decision.

Lisa's avatar

Did they ever pin down who blew up the Nordstream pipeline?

laura-ann Knox's avatar

Mr Putin suggests it was Tucker Carlson😉

Jan's avatar

👍🏻😀😀

Fla Mom's avatar

The pipe bombs on J6.

Brandon is not your bro's avatar

Good morning 🌞 ☕️ . Please read Kevin McKernan et al … double stranded mRNA … even more evil in those genetic jabs . AND the ACOG still recommends them to pregnant women. God help us .🙏

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

And the VA is still offering the covid DeathVax to veterans with an "additional dose" for veterans 65 years and older.

It would be wonderful if the both of us could stop posting these comments.

If...only...sanity could rule again.

Brandon is not your bro's avatar

Never stop KJ . They have maimed and killed .

Brandon is not your bro's avatar

I will continue to tag team you 😢

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Thank you!

I will not let those murderers hide.

Dr Linda's avatar

And will continue to do so

Peregrine's avatar

Well, the motivation of the VA might be culling the oldsters to make their budget go further.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

"giving veterans one more chance to die for their country"

If they couldn't kill us with Agent Orange, toxic anthrax vaccines, Gulf War Syndrome, toxic water at Camp Lejeune, exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan...they will finally finish off the job with the covid DeathVax.

Cheyenne's avatar

The Culling....of the old, the young, the infirm, the disabled, the abled, basically the majority of the useless eaters that breathe air is their plan. See Georgia Guidestones for more details.

Watchful's avatar

It's their version of doctor assisted suicide. Cheaper than medical care. The newest way to balance the books.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Highly sus that they are pushing additional doses on the older ones.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

"giving veterans one more chance to die for their country"

Politico Phil's avatar

Where is Gov DeSantis? Why is not on the forefront protecting our vets by banning the bio-weapon in FL?????????????????????????

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

His inaction tells me all I need to know about him.

He is a coward.

Probably enlisting a focus group to give him a feel on how to proceed.

Nancy Tait's avatar

I'm a Florida resident. I voted for DeSantis. He does some admirable things and he does some things that I don't consider admirable. He did get Lapado as Surgeon General, so that was good. But early in the pandemic, before Lapado, I emailed DeSantis and requested that he look into supporting ivermectin. I got no response whatsoever, other than a generic one. The gist of the response was something to the effect of, "The governor is very busy and he'll get back to you on this sometime." That was it. DeSantis is a politician. I find politicians hard to admire. Politics is a game I could never wrap my head around.

Justfiguringitout's avatar

Do they just offer it, or is it mandated for them to get treatment. Because I actually thought they offered it still to most of the population, regardless of them being veterans.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

The veterans are offered the shot. It was not mandated to get treatment.

However, many veterans were under the impression they could lose their benefits if they refused.

The VA employees were mandated to get the death shot...also, the contractors that work for the VA were also forced.

Maggie Think of Me's avatar

My hairdresser, 33yrs old, is a Navy vet. She got one Pfizer, (required to return to work). Her husband is also a Navy vet, neither of them received ANY money from the govt during Covid. One vax nearly killed her. They were trying for another baby at the time. Yes, her VA Ob-Gyn said the vax was safe.... She was with her husband when she passed out backing out of a parking space. He started CPR and the paramedics in the ambulance took over. She was out cold... came to in the ICU at the VA hospital. She was told, "no one has ever survived that kind of event." It has been 10 months since the initial episode... She had a defibrillator installed back in September and now a pacemaker installed in November. She's been given 5 different diagnosis' since her initial event. Just saw her a month ago after her fourth procedure. She's back at work and no longer has a "diagnosis." They told her, "we don't know what is wrong with your heart, all we know is, it's something..." She's waiting on a referral to see a heart specialist outside the VA... she's hoping for someone over 60.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Yes, I still see and hear veterans asking for the covid shot and the RSV shot.

Jpeach's avatar

I’m just a small business guy but, it seems like the IG4 conversion, from multiple mRNA injections, is the predicate for VAIDS and all the diseases that cause mortality.

RunningLogic's avatar

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Ahh, thank you.

My

First thought was “advanced combat optical gunsight”

RunningLogic's avatar

I figured 😛 And you’re welcome. Makes more sense in this context doesn’t it 😁

Ed Thorrens's avatar

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.”

‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭22‬-‭25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/lam.3.22-25.NKJV

CStone's avatar

This Scripture always brings tears to my eyes. I do not even begin to understand His mercy.

Cabogirl's avatar

What the Russians should do is send thousands of eligible Russian men into Ukraine with flowers and chocolates for the Ukrainian women who now are massively single from the meat grinder military that Zelenskyy has reigned on the country. That’ll win the war peacefully and the war will end like a good love story book.

Help Needed in KS's avatar

Sounds like a Hallmark movie...

🌱Nard🙏's avatar

I will happily donate to that cause. And take pictures.

Conservative Contrarian's avatar

The Bible should be taught at home, not in public schools, unless of course we want atheists, Muslims and other people hostile to the Lord Jesus teaching the Bible. And why not teach the Koran?

Pathetic politicians are at it again.

Neil Kellen's avatar

It's a plank in their platform, not a policy. It would never pass constitutional muster if they attempted to make it law, and they know it. It is included as, primarily, messaging; it helps get out the vote.

RU's avatar

It's pushing the Overton window to the right. That's the goal. And it's a good strategy. As we can see from comments here, conservatives are not used to this sort of actual fighting and standing for something.

I actually don't remember it ever happening. Usually, our side starts with the status quo somewhere in the middle-left ("we want to keep it as it is!") and then "negotiates" their way to a far-left "compromise" that results in banning individuals from praying or displaying an American flag in a public school, and 9 month and beyond "abortions."

They are learning from Trump. Take a currently "extreme" position and work from there. If they even engage you in the negotiation, you've already gained ground from the status quo.

Neil Kellen's avatar

Here is a simple example of Republican bipartisan negotiating:

Dems: give me $10.

Republicans: no.

Dems: ok, make it $7

Republicans: deal!

And Republicans think they made $3 on this deal...

RU's avatar

LOL. True. It's triggered a lot of people on the conservative side, but all Trump - and those who followed his lead, like Rufo - are doing is reversing this situation. Though in a way, I guess it makes sense. Conservatives are about conserving. Therefore a change to the status quo is "bad," even when that change is actually helping.

Sunnydaze's avatar

😂 😂 😂 Deal! Hahahaha

Angus McPherson's avatar

I actually don't think it is a good strategy, but I do understand your point. I hate starting with a compromised position. My problem is that it is deeply unserious. "Congress shall make no law" is sufficiently proscriptive to know this would be overturned 9-0 by the current SCOTUS if it ever made it that far. Put that in the platform, and I believe that you are equally unserious about other planks in the platform.

I don't care what the left makes of it. They will hate if we said "Allow all humans to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide" and denounce those who propose it as racists, or "plant phobic" or something. We need adults in the room. We live in a pluralistic society. We always have done. And the framers understood that state run religious ANYTHING leads to tyranny.

Here's a better plank that doesn't start in the center. Privatize schools and provide vouchers. Each student attending their selected school is a free market vote for that school, its quality, etc. Don't worry about standards, that will self level after an initial period of it being the wild west. That would accomplish what the TX GOP platform plank is aiming for, but in a broadly positive and culture changing way.

Politico Phil's avatar

First... The State will never give up control of the youth. Short of a collapse of the USG, they will never give up control of education.

Second... Vouchers are just another form of control. Funding is control. Rather, eliminate all individual property taxes. That would be a big relief to all families and would defund state education. Privatize all education. Further incentivize families to have children by eliminating 20% of their income from income taxes for each child they have. Sounds fair to me but of course that will never happen.

As for the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law respecting an ESTABLISHMENT of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." simply prohibits the Federal Gov't from "establishing" a State sanctioned church. American churches are to be free from Fed Gov't regulation: no law respecting any establishment of religion. This was something the founders were very familiar with in Britain where only one church was allowed to exist. In fact, the early Congress budgeted money for the printing and distribution of Bibles for the American people.

RU's avatar

IMO, it's all about narrative and what is deemed "acceptable" discourse. So, I think any way we push the window open is a good thing, and ultimately a good strategy. No, this is not going to be approved by SCOTUS. That doesn't matter. That same issue has certainly not stopped the left's "long march." It's considered a minor obstacle b/c they know it's a battle for narrative control and what society deems "acceptable" beliefs, which then leads to policy. Time to go on offense.

Our question should be: what's the furthest "right" position we can seed into society, to set the right boundary of the window as far right as possible? (But also, because we live in a pluralist society, the "extreme" voices on the right also need to be heard and considered. They've been silenced my entire life.) We certainly hear enough from those on the left, which is why our window currently extends from center-left (big gov't and high taxes) to far-left (institutionalized anti-white racism and calls for "socialized" everything).

As for serious or not - that is within the minds of those putting it forward. I suspect they are serious. (As it turned out the leftists chanting "defund the police" were actually serious.) I know us attacking them from our own side doesn't help move society's mental model rightward.

School choice is a good example of what I'm trying (poorly) to say: we've been trying for decades to get choice and vouchers, but it hasn't worked. Why? IMO, because there was nothing to the right of it being offered. So, it has been taken as the "right-most" starting point - the view of the "right wingers" - which means any society-wide negotiation by definition moves to the left from that position. That is why it's gained little-to-no traction despite 60+ years of costly, abject failure of the public school system.

The way I see it, societal level arguments aren't won with reason and logic and seriousness. People are emotional and moral animals, not rational animals. So, we have to make bold, sometimes ridiculous claims - or at least support the right to be heard for those who do - in order to shake up the status quo. We need the people furthest to the right to have a voice or we will always be arguing from the center, at best. Then, negotiate to the solution we actually want.

Final example: 8 years ago Trump said "close the border and build a wall," and people gasped in horror. The avg person said things like: we're not China or Berlin! That's racist! We should have an open border and offer asylum! And so on. He opened the window to an "extreme" view. His opposition overreacted to that. Now, 8 years later, 73% of the country wants the border closed.

Fred's avatar

But promoting unconstitutional stances will also backfire, much like the zero provisions for abortions (and I acknowledge, not a fair comparison).

Oh Susanna's avatar

I'm a Christian, and I agree with you. Although I think the Bible can and should be taught as an important religious text and foundation of Western civilization, nothing more than that unless it's a private Christian school. The provision for trying to make it impossible for Democrats to be elected seems pretty sus too. I guess election fixing is only bad if the other side does it.

Fla Mom's avatar

The 'majority of counties' idea is simply an extension of our Electoral College at the national level, ensuring that the big city in a state doesn't so dominate elections that the rest of the state isn't actually represented, as the Electoral College does for big states vs. smaller ones.

RJ Rambler's avatar

Then that implies teaching other religious books and history...which would be great only...they are... But without Bible, so they aren't.

Politico Phil's avatar

There is no answer for this. EVERY society/culture is based on a commonly-held faith, a set of presuppositions that cannot be proven that inform all of life. In other words, a religion. A belief that disavows all religions is itself a religion. Humanism is the most prominent example. It disavows a "God" yet it is still a religion based on a set of presuppositions. Instead of a "God", humanism sets up "Man" as the arbiter of all "Truth", ie, Man is "God".

America was founded as a Christian culture whose faith was informed by the Bible and was explicitly the presuppositional basis for the Declaration of Independence. Early Congressional actions budgeted money for the printing and dissemination of the Bible.

America became a base of support for Christian missions to the rest of the world. A society that does not have a common faith in a "religion" descends into chaos and conflict. Today, the Marxists who have taken control of the USG have openly declared Christianity to be the enemy and have openly characterized Christians as terrorists.

The belief system that informed the creation of early American society and sustained the development of our culture has now been marginalized in society as an abhorrent and subversive faith. Christianity is now being explicitly and violently purged from American society and replaced with a hedonistic and relativistic humanism that has no absolute standard of morality and justice. The embodiment of this faith is the State. For them, the Ten Laws do not exist. Chaos is ensuing with the mass importation of tens of millions of immigrants who have no connection to the Christian morality that informed the building of American society. Conflict will be the inevitable result and indeed, it is at our door.

RJ Rambler's avatar

They war against a God they say cannot exist. They run when no one is chasing them. 🤣😑 They fight against a non existing enemy... but they KNOW.

Nancy Tait's avatar

This is a well-stated, logical, thought-provoking comment. Thank you! ❣

Oh Susanna's avatar

Sorry but I don't understand this comment? Wondering if maybe there's a typo or two in there.

Susan Seas's avatar

I think RJ is saying then they would have to tech other “religious” books also if they taught the Bible. Better to be none than adding all the others.

RJ Rambler's avatar

I'm sorry you can't read my mind. I realize my swype often doesn't match my thoughts, or does it? 😜 Hence my name "Rambler"

Tried to fix. Thanks for your interest. 😁

Politico Phil's avatar

That's not the problem. The problem is public education, State funded and controlled education, should not exist. State education is simply the means for the State to indoctrinate young minds with the Statist philosophy the State wants. That is the problem. By it's very nature, "education" is presuppositionally religious.

RU's avatar

And it's become a fund-raising and vote-buying mechanism for the political party in the US (D) that wants to make the state larger and more powerful. It's become that at the expense of the kids it's supposed to be educating. Abolish public education.

Nancy Tait's avatar

Wow! You are very good at creating a strong, logical argument. Maybe you should be writing a regular news letter, or maybe you already do. Anyway, thank you again! 😊

Politico Phil's avatar

What a thought. I don't know how Jeff does what he does in the limited amount of time he has. Truly amazing.

Nancy Tait's avatar

Yes, but you are exceptionally articulate and as I said, logical! If you had a Substack page I'd be reading it. 😊

Angus McPherson's avatar

Right. Time to privatize education.

Free Florida Female's avatar

It doesn’t need to be “taught.” It needs to be read. In elementary school in the 50’s, we started each day with the Pledge of Allegiance and a Bible verse.

RJ Rambler's avatar

And those ppl sent their children even after liberals sued against it.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Yeah I find the unconstitutional aspect of that pretty appalling. What part of no state religion did these pukes not get. Morals, you can teach, without bringing in your savior. At least in public schools. I’m not anti Christian mind you, but whose god is best comes to mind. How many wars fought and humans dead over that shit.

Neil Kellen's avatar

True enough. But also don't forget that enormous amount of good that has been done and lives that have been saved because of "that shit".

On balance, Christianity has been a massive benefit for humanity.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

I’m not denigrating Christianity. I’m a born Christian, non practicing. My point being there was reason that our founders,who were Christian, and based out government on Christianity, also made sure to mention the whole no state approved religion. Meaning to me, y’all can pray to a head of lettuce. But in public schools, because we have those now,unfortunately, if the state mandates curriculum, then religion better not be part of it. At least not mandated. I took bible lit in high school, public, it was an elective. But it wasn’t required. Because the muzzies will be right there, in two seconds, saying you better teach the Quran too. And those two religions are only 180 polar opposites. But morality? Yeah, you might bring back civics, morality, citizenship in schools.

Politico Phil's avatar

Not to make too fine but nevertheless important point, the Constitution does not say "no state approved religion". As I commented above: 'As for the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law respecting an ESTABLISHMENT of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." simply prohibits the Federal Gov't from "establishing" a State sanctioned church. American churches are to be free from Fed Gov't regulation: no law respecting any establishment of religion. This was something the founders were very familiar with in Britain where only one church was allowed to exist. In fact, the early Congress budgeted money for the printing and distribution of Bibles for the American people.'

Congress did in fact promote Christianity in civil society. Now we are in the unfortunate position where our own Gov't is promoting Marxism and hedonism in civil society, which is in itself a religion.

Fla Mom's avatar

Yours is a good argument for getting rid of government schools, to toss that failed experiment, and go back to the way we were in our first many decades of national life.

Neil Kellen's avatar

One way to help bring morality back is to teach about all the good that Christianity has done.

I fully agree - no state religion.

And when anyone brings up the evils done in the name of God, I will always counter that because others seem to be afraid to do so. We CANNOT let exceptions define the rule.

Politico Phil's avatar

Quite frankly, it's not unConstitutional. You can't find it in there. It is not a question of keeping religion out of education. That's an impossibility. It's only a question of whose religion will be taught to your child. By definition, all education is religious. All education assumes a starting point, a set of presuppositions or beliefs that inform our interpretation of reality and human behavior. In other words, a worldview. So the only question is, whose worldview will be taught to these young minds?

RU's avatar

This is an interesting viewpoint. What's being tacitly taught really is a simplistic scientistic religion, isn't it? It has a set of doctrines, rituals, and sacraments. It has a one-size-fits-all solution for every problem. It has its priests and hierarchy. It cannot be challenged w/o one being considered a heretic.

No wonder the central planners, statists, socialists, commies, etc. always come after legitimate, historical religions. They're a challenger to their own pseudo-religious cult. Hmmm...thanks for sharing this.

Politico Phil's avatar

This is exactly on point and needs no caveats. And now the Marxists/humanists are coming for us. American culture has long had a "civil religion" that is an abhorrent combination of humanist philosophy under a veneer of pious, self-justifying pseudo-Christianity that relies on the label "Judeo-Christian" society... an oxy-moron if there ever was one. Jesus made it clear in the Gospels that His Biblical religion has no truck with Judaism. Now that veneer has been shed and the evil of Marxism is fully revealing itself in control of the USG.

Jan's avatar

Christians and churches should be able to have political discussions and plead their case as a whole in our country too. I went to 2 large Iraq anti war marches and people asked why no churches were there visibly. Why? Because the government effectively silenced them because of taxes. Making overt politics a no no affecting tax status but it’s spread to other no nos as well. That should be no excuse to not step up, however IMHO. Politics has gotten us almost solely into this TOTAL disaster. But not talking about it has infected every level down to local Bible studies of most mainstream churches. The current situation has destroyed any reasonable talk. Why I don’t attend one since 2020.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Funny how most ngos helping the illegal invasion are churches!

Jan's avatar

Noticed. Disgusting reality. I guess they hide behind NGO status. But change often happens on the ground in the corners where good people can exchange thoughts on what they see and want to make a difference. These ngos are corrupt and often simply money launderers. I don’t give to any of those, including the Red Cross. The bending to politics during Covid drove me out. I believe in a congregational togetherness to further love and grace. It doesn’t even have to be a church or Christian if it does because love is an action. Grace is an action. Forgiveness is an action. Best, Janet

Fla Mom's avatar

The tax exemption thing turned many pastors and flocks into cowards and slaves.

The understanding of the critical role of pastors and churches in politics was well understood at our founding and has been almost lost.

RJ Rambler's avatar

A good study of religions and history is very important. You might try looking at important difference in little lesser known Christian groups and who they say they are rather than the propaganda against them. Catholicism is just like Pharisees gone off the map. Hugganots Puritans and others are those who took proven Spiritual Biblical texts at its Word. Contradictions are ignored on one side and misunderstood historically on the other. Twists and turns by 'authorities' are for the purpose of enslaving. Truth sets one FREE. You'll know the difference when you've found it.

cat's avatar

I agree. It taints some of the other things they want.

Politico Phil's avatar

"...unless of course we want atheists, Muslims and other people hostile to the Lord Jesus teaching the Bible..."

Right?! How does that even make sense? It doesn't. But someone's religion is the basis for all education. The actual, obscured problem here is that the State should NOT be involved in education AT ALL.

My Favorite Things's avatar

Don’t forget Satanists. They’re already pushing for after school clubs.

Carolyn's avatar

They do teach it as well as their customs

Peter GL's avatar

when I was in school we had a weekly class about religion. Non christians were excused from attendance, and one of the teacher's name was fittingly "Theologian"

Sam's avatar

In Utah the Mormons have seminary classes, but the buildings for kids to go to it are built off campus.

If parents want their kids reading the Bible then send them to Bible classes or teach at home.

Exactly right. If the Bible is acceptable then so should the Torah, koran and whatever Jehovah witnesses use.

Politico Phil's avatar

Compulsory public education is the actual problem here from which everything else stems.

Neil Kellen's avatar

Lefties will bray about Hunter's conviction - See! No bias! All fair!

Hunter will likely be given a slap on the wrist and maybe some probation after being found guilty of what will deceitfully be called "paperwork violation", while very serious felonies will be ignored.

Trump will likely be given more years than an illegal alien gang member who gruesomely murders a family for, MAYBE, a paperwork violation that has been torturously twisted from misdemeanor to multiple felonies.

I still don't know what felony Trump committed. What he was convicted of are misdemeanors. Those misdemeanors become felonies when committed to enable another felonious crime. Ok, I get that logic. But what is that other felonious crime? Or is this a case of "Well, he could have!"?

My Favorite Things's avatar

One huge difference is there was absolutely no need for Stormy to testify at Trump’s trial. Her testimony was only used to put Trump in a bad light to the jurors. The judge required that prosecutors prove Hunter was addicted to drugs so testimony was required.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Their claim was he did all 34 misdemeanors to cover up the fact he was extorted by some pig, and that would affect the election if it came out. It’s rather sick if you think about too much.

Neil Kellen's avatar

um...being extorted is not a crime, neither is covering up being extorted (assuming that your premise is true, which it probably isn't). Extorting is a crime. So why wasn't the pig charged? Why wasn't the "lawyer" who facilitated it, and stole in the process, charged?

And, affecting the outcome of elections is exactly what politicians are supposed to do.

And, there is LONG list of politicians who have done the same, and much worse.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

I’m just telling you their claim. He was escorted by her,she admitted multiple times they never had sex, and it was just a way to get some coin. So she threatened. He paid. End of story. But the federal govt has a lot of power over NYS, and they flexed it. The whole thing was a complete sham, and on her deathbed, the pig will admit she was by the Feds to create the whole fucking thing.

Neil Kellen's avatar

Yes it was a complete sham.

Cohen paid, that is correct. I'm not sure if Trump knew about the nature of the payments. Which also are not illegal.

I know I am trying to make sense of something that is non-sensical. And whether stated or not via facebook posts, the verdict was pre-ordained.

All of the crazy legal crap occurring in NY will drive people and businesses away.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Extorted. Sure would be nice to be able to edit.

AngelaK's avatar

I read that she is now being rewarded in our perverse culture with an Australian comedy tour. 🙄

In decades gone by such a woman in such a profession would have been scorned and ostracized from polite society. How spiritually, morally. and mentally sick we have become.

AngelaK's avatar

And what about witch Hillary and her 'campaign expenses' for the despicably unethical and depraved commission of the bogus Russian dossier'?

Oh that's right. she just got a fine.

Fla Mom's avatar

Did she even get that?

MaryAnn's avatar

This YT video, Yale law prof explaining the Trump verdict, is excellent. No political bias, no legalese, not long.

https://youtu.be/u23t__ysVjU

Maureen ODH's avatar

🎯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Fred Jewett's avatar

I look upon the decision to send F-16s to Ukraine as another way to funnel money to the military industrial complex (MIC) and further the bankrupting of America. To send complex weapons to an unskilled foreign government who immediately trashes them is not productive. Those in the MIC knew this would happen.

MaryAnn's avatar

Ukraine is now our offshore rustyard for useless MIC inventory.

Tuco's Child's avatar

A new classic is born:

"Needless to say, flying F-16s isn’t like driving a golf cart. It’s hard even if you’re sober"

😂😂😂😂😂

Fred Jewett's avatar

God Bless Dr. Peter McCullough for taking the proactive step of researching bird flu origins early before the pandemic is unleashed.

In another great substack article yesterday A Midwestern Doctor unleashed a scathing uncovering of Fauci's medical abuses while in government employ and the government medical overseers in general.

What will it take to make the government work for the people again? Will Trump accomplish it or is he on the deep state payroll? Will western people rise up and demand government overhaul? Is civil war required?

Karl's avatar

Regarding Michael Anderson: we must keep in mind that it took the FBI, the CIA and the MSN five years to find TRUTH in Hunter‘s laptop.

nancylee's avatar

to even find the laptop which they had in their possession.

AngelaK's avatar

Meanwhile, I clearly recall (from the somewhat unbiased Daily Mail), that in an interview right after the discovery of the laptop, Hunter was asked if it was his. He responded "Probably"!!!

It wasn't what they wanted to hear, so it disappeared from public knowledge and the brainwashing mantra of "Russian disinformation" became the propaganda.

MaryAnn's avatar

Re Biden’s laptop: I have followed Garrett Ziegler/MarcoPolo (he was an aide in the Trump WH) on Telegram for a couple of years. That young man explored every bit and pixel on that computer and documented with links all the corruption proudly displayed by “the smartest man” Joepedo ever knew. Ziegler published a soft cover book of his research which is now headed for a second printing. He is being sued by Hunter and was verbally accosted by Hunter’s current ‘companion’. He has clearly touched a nerve.

Ahmed’s Stack of Subs's avatar

“Given the stakes, it’s weird that nobody can track this guy down.”

not at all similar to the guy who left something at dnc hq on j6. 🙄