If you are if the praying persuasion, please pray for California as the votes come in for Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt! A week of vote counting is legal and all kinds of treachery abounds there. Redeem California!
I pray every night for Hilton and Pratt. My once-gorgeous state is worth saving!
However the Dem machine won't allow that. Wait for the mysterious 2am water main break, and sudden influx of "newly discovered" ballots....all for D of course.
It's not who has the most votes- but the most ballots.
It’s my original home too. I want to move back down badly. It’s just too expensive and liberal. I did see that San Luis Obispo county went for Steve Hilton, which is very good news for that beautiful area.
As a transplanted California to Washington State, I know about the iron lock Dems have on election practices so I'm praying that God will intervene and a fair process be followed this cycle. Let me also say thanks to all who participated in the lively debate here on C&C concerning the "married" homosexual issue that has even snuck into the current administration. The question boils down to this: If we expect God to bless America, America has to bless God with laws that are compatible with God's laws and authentic marriage is only between one man and one woman, (XX and XY chromosome people), therefore a sexual relationship outside of that context, hetero or homo, that is in any way endorsed by US law, is an effrontery to God. Clarence Thomas proclaimed, Obergefell v. Hodges must be reversed and I am in agreement with him.
NBC News shows a map of California color coded—almost every inland state shows red for Hilton. Virtually all the coastal counties are shades of blue, with Becerra leading in more of them than Steyer, which is something to be grateful for.
Becerra as California A.G. prosecuted independent investigative journalist David Daleiden for exposing the felony trafficking in organs and body parts from aborted babies by Planned Parenthood.
Trafficking in human organs for profit is a FELONY. Planned Parenthood committed felonies. But Becerra did not take any action against the felons. Instead he went after the journalist who investigated and REPORTED on the felonies.
And as Biden's head of HHS, Becerra pushed the Covid jab mandates -- punishing people for choosing what they would or would not allow to be injected into their own God-given bodies.
How on earth could Becerra be a better choice for anything?!
I did not mean to imply Becerra was better, or even acceptable, as you remind me. The jungle primary format concerns me—it would be completely unacceptable for Californians if both Democrats, Becerra and Steyer, were to advance to the general election.
I left the Bay Area in 1998 and it has grieved me to see how California has gone steadily down hill as the Democrats had turned it into a one-party state since then.
I saw a post on social media this morning. They showed the numbers at 36% of the vote counted and then again at 42% of the votes counted. Out of all the people listed Pratt was the only candidate that had 0 increase in votes between the 36% count and the 42% count 🤔. All the other candidates numbers had increased.
I’m in Santa Clara County and it’s split here. But conservatives are no longer being quiet and for the first time in decades, I hear loud arguments in public!
We live in California and were working on the campaign for our District 10 congressional candidate, who was challenging the incumbent. She began her race last year, and she'd previously garnered 34% of the vote when she ran in 2024. Then, out of the blue, a guy who had been a Democrat suddenly changed parties 3 months ago, had a lot of private money, and last night we saw him ace her out as the GOP candidate. I'm still fuming. This is the tactic now of the Dems. They are putting in people who just run as Republican, say the right things, but then they're going to push the Democrat agenda.
Thanks for that. So discouraging all the tricks to maintain Dems’ power like the ability to vote in opposing primaries and the top two vote getters advance, eliminating Republican candidates.
My thought is that Cali has not suffered enough. How much empathy do you think the average Californian feels for a bunch of rich folks who lost their multi-million dollar ocean view homes? Pretty close to ZERO. Or, how many who don't pay property tax directly think that the taxes are too high? Then tell me how many Californians want their share of handouts because it's fair, and millionaires and billionaires didn't earn their wealth; they stole it. Nope, the great underclass hasn't seen its tin cup dry up yet. So, they'll keep voting for the Dem/socialists until the gravy train runs out of steam.
nope - the whole state needs to fail miserably so they will chase out all democrats, not just the governor - remember the Governator - the leftists legislature cancelled every reform making him just a figure head-
I love to REconsider the "lion" image of satan and instead imagine him as a putrid pussy cat! He has NO power over the SAVED SOULS that have claimed the cleansing power of Yeshua's blood He shed for ALL humanity on the Calvary hill cross.
Notice how it says "like" a roaring lion. A lion with no teeth. We either give in and let the fear control what we do and say, or settle in for a fight that has been won long ago. But, all it takes in one word to make him flee.
Thank you, Janice. I believe that all of us will need great discernment in the coming years. It is time for us to start honing that skill.
Develop the ability to be neutral. You can recognize emotions arising and allow them to pass by. Be grateful for the information they give you.
From neutral place, ask yourself a question and notice if you "lean in" or "pull away". The body knows. Leaning in says "Truth" and leaning/pulling away says "False". Try this standing and with neutral things. Like "ice cream". Do you lean in or forward (Truth or ok) or lean back and away (False or not ok).
Practice. Then when listening to news broadcast, are you leaning in or out.
Time to start honing your Truth/lie detection skills.
I think the Warsh hiring signals a far-reaching restructuring of the Federal Reserve, by those who know it is an unconstitutional private bank, and should be ended. Trump is making it obsolete, the same thing as ending it. Just as he is ending the criminal syndicate in DC that has been stealing many Billions of our dollars each year. The deep state is pissed.
And if we are going to be honest, nearly everyone and their cronies in DC benefit from the endless printing money pit. It ain't going away. And to even think as the author suggested that the new ged chair and advisors are going to do away with stable coin (CBDCs) is just bananas
and now democrats are worried about credentials - hilarious after preaching DEI for a decade or more if credentials mattered Obama never would have been president
"....There’s a lot of potential there. But more, if an administration seeks leverage on powerful actors who thought their finances were opaque or hidden safely offshore, putting a fiercely loyal bulldog at the junction of Fannie/Freddie’s data firehose and ODNI’s surveillance and analysis capabilities is about as close as you can get to a purpose‑built leverage machine. I’m not saying that’s what’s happening. I’m just saying."
Jeff is right: 2+2=4. Make no mistake, these are power moves. This will consolidate unprecedented power in the office of POTUS. Whether or not this furthers the cause of liberty, we will have to wait and see. But remember, it is an axiom that once power is attained, rarely if ever is it given up. If Americans benefit from this move, it will only be by way of circumstance.
"If a conservative rancher in Montana tried to transport a cow across state lines without the proper 47-page veterinary permit, the Department of Agriculture would descend upon him with the fury of a thousand suns."
This 2016 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) article provides interesting insights about USG agencies and how they overcome public policy objections, treating oversight and moratoriums as pesky annoyances that are placed in their way by uneducated, unsophisticated people who get irrationally frightened of scientific advancements. It gets into Dual-Use, Gain-of-Function, NIH/OSTP roles, roles of foreign researchers, partnering with China, how our ethics are antiquated, etc. It discusses engineering virulent pandemic flu viruses, risks of lab leaks and carelessness, bad actors. Written four years before the very dubious 2020 pandemic that changed the world. And gives insights into many of the same minds that were involved in the 2014 history and events since 2020. And in the minds of Munster family monsters.
I find the Q&A section even more interesting than the main presentation.
Biotechnology: The Potential and Perils of Innovation
Before the advent of the washing machine, the best of his class went to apply for a managerial position in a large company. As he flew through the interviews and word of him spread, an Execitive Director discovered from the CV that his academic achievements were excellent all the way. From secondary school until postgraduate research—he had never seen such a flawless performance. He immediately called for a meeting.
The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The youth answered “none”. The director asked, “Was it your father who paid for your school fees?” The youth replied, “My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my schooling.” The director asked, “Where did your mother work?” The youth answered, “She works as a clothes cleaner.”
The director requested the youth to show his hands. The young man showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked, “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?”
The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.”
The director said, “When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me in the morning.” The boy felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he eagerly requested of his mother to let him clean her hands. A bit taken aback, his mother felt strange and naked, intrigued but with mixed feelings; she timidly showed her hands to her son.
As her boy cleaned them, she saw that tears began to fall. It was the first time he noticed how wrinkled and covered in bruises they were. Some of these were so painful that his mother shivered at the light pressure. The boy gradually came to the stark realization that he had been able to spend his life with his nose in his books due to these broken hands, and yet despite all of the knowledge and wit such persuits had gained him, he had still somehow managed to miss something so ...fundamental... something so obvious and glaring about the person nearest to him. And over...how many years, he marvelled? All of them!
It struck like lightening—it was this pair of hands that had washed the clothes seven days a week to enable him to study and pay tuition. These dark blemishes were the price that his mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence, future.
The shame overehelmed him.
After finishing, the boy scurried and went and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. Unaccustomed to the work, it was a an arduous task. After, the two sat and talked for a very long time. The next morning, the Director noticed the sleepless face, stiff movement, and tears threatening in the youth’s eyes.
He asked: “Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday?” He answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hands, and then finished cleaning all the remaining clothes, and then I really noticed and talked to her for the first time." The Director asked, “Please tell me your feelings.”
The youth said, “Number one, I know now what appreciation is and how utterly blind i I was to my mother's sheer dedication to me and the pain it wrought her. That without my mother and that pain, I would not be sitting here today. Number two, by washing her hands and those clothes last night, only now I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something clean and I am now cleaner as a result. Number three, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family and relationships, the love and sacrifices one can make for another, and how such selflessness can make all the difference in the world for another person.
The Director said, “This is what I am looking in my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would never put money or power over others as a primary goal. You are hired.”
As the years passed the young man worked very hard for everyone in repayment to his mother, and gained the admiration and respect of his subordinates along with everyone around him. Under his leadership and influence, his friends all worked diligently as a team and the company’s performance as a whole improved tremendously across the board.
His mother's hands, dedication, and love transformed him into a humble leader out in front, rather than a boss cracking a whip from behind:
Leader vs Boss:
Leaders listen > bosses tell. Leaders mentor > bosses manage. Leaders inspire > bosses intimidate. Leaders have empathy > bosses show indifference. Leader set examples > bosses set rules. Leader focus on people > bosses focus on tasks. Leaders command respect > bosses expects obedience. Leaders give credit > bosses takes credit. Leaders coach > bosses drive. Leaders generate enthusiasm > bosses inspire fear. Leaders fix what's broken > bosses place blame. Leaders show how its done > bosses know how its done. Leaders develop people > bosses use people. Leaders ask > bosses command.
This is beautiful. I have worked for leaders and bosses. The difference in my quality of life working for leaders makes a world of difference. It makes me want to be present and a contributor to our success, because I know it’s our success not his or her success.
I doubt anyone ever worked for a leader like I did in my last job. From Appalachia SW VA. Scottish decent, son of a coal miner , who would never let him go into the mines. I never served in the military, (He did. In Germany, he pitched his division to the European championship by starting back to back games. ) but I would have followed this man up a hill , knowing I would not come back. Incredible work ethic. Hated by many, respected by all, including the very top management. All envied his integrity, his knowledge, his leadership, his compassion, his resolve, his fearlessness. Everyone came to him with their troubles, and he always let them talkI gave up many evenings and weekends, showing more loyalty to him than my wife because of how he always put the department first. Tested out at CEO intelligence, with a HS education. Made VP , came in as a blue shirt, which prompted one bitter colleague to say to his face "you did not even have to kiss anyone's ass to get that position". John Wayne without the baggage. One of a kind, and I was privaleged to be elevated to his #2. I was ferociously protective of him, and grateful for all he taught me.
BTW. 7 coworkers came to either his family night or funeral. It was out of town, but.... Family night was my birthday, and because we had dogs, stayed in a fleabag motel where I would not even use the shower. That lack of respect reminded me of a line from "Shadow Divers", a book about 2 men who dove on the Andrea Doria for the first time. The one who was a medic in Viet Nam observed after being hung out to dry by his buddies when he had bravely gone after so many, "Just because you are willing to die for your buddies does not mean they are willing to die for you".
Historians and sociologists frequently debunk this piece of internet-era pop-philosophy because it ignores data, relies on subjective terms, and misrepresents how civilizations and resilience actually function. Historically, true hard times (e.g., severe famine, plague, or systemic oppression) do not build character; they cause trauma, malnutrition, and generational setbacks. Many of history's most prosperous periods were built by complex networks of cooperation, institutions, and innovation, rather than lone "strong men." Conversely, authoritarian "strong men" have frequently driven prosperous societies directly into ruin.
"The saying is bullshit.
Hard times create scared, risk averse men and women that don’t dare dream or fight for a better future. They might still rebel, but not due to any indignity they are made to suffer, but only when you threaten their physical survival.
Think of the people who die in wars or under totalitarian regimes - society’s best, brightest, bravest and those with a heightened sense of personal and public responsibility. Those who will not roll with the punches.
And conversely those that survive are the ones who hunker down, who listen, who love Big Brother. Like my grandmother’s advice to hold no political views and to try to not stand out in any situation.
Which to a Weak Man like myself, who grew up just as the Good Times started rolling, sounds like utter perversion. It sounded like madness when she first gave me that advice as I was a kid too, so you see how early the rot started in me.
If only I had grown up in the Hard Times to be a traumatized Das Man with a depression and an alcohol problem!"
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[It doesn't hold true, of course. Hard times also create weak men, eager to be led out of those times by differently weak men who present themselves as strong. That's where Germany went wrong in the early 1930s - hard times created weak men, weak men followed a false strong man, together they created times so hard they compared unfavourably to rhenium diboride.
And do strong men create good times? Stalinist Russia, anyone? Mao's China?
Idi Amin's Uganda? Are the good times at the bottom of his freezer?
You'll also notice that the saying talks about good times, but can't be bothered with the impact of good men - or brilliant men, or wise men. Or, of course, women of any kind, but it is an old saying from a far simpler, less interconnected world.
Except… is it, though?
Is it really an old saying, some piece of wisdom handed down from ancient warriors asking each other deep questions over their campfires in the rubble of conquered cities, and proven again and again by the cycles of civilisation?
It seems, in fact, to be from a modern novel called ‘Those Who Remain,’ by a man called G. Michael Hopf, a writer of westerns and post-apocalyptic SF. That's the thing about ancient wisdom: it has always been there… but had it always been there yesterday?
If somebody tells you that these are hard times, and that you therefore need strong men to save you, I'd point you in the direction of this line from the unabashedly modern Sir Terry Pratchett:
Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grows in straight lines to make weeding easier. ]
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.
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Essentially those without disciplin become weak and spoiled, creating ruinous times for those in their orbit. As for the reference to "men" it is a reference to 'mankind' which includes women.
Look up Dwight Eisenhower quotes on leadership. I especially like the one that says “leadership is getting someone else to do what you want done”. He has several. His leadership undoubtedly saved the world.
My first thought as well. Why hire foreign interests for governmental NIH positions? As you said, especially in potentially dangerous health positions?!
What shocks me, although shouldn’t, is how the Democrats keep voting for the same people (just different names) expecting different results. As you can see by the fact that Becerra is right behind Hilton. Many are upset with the laws legislated by the CA legislature and governor, but they keep voting for the ones that will continue doing the same crap.
The GOP does the same. Trump campaigned for Lindsay friggin Graham. There is little policy difference between people like Jake Sullivan and Narco Rubio. Both are warmongering neocons
If leftist utopia looks like the photos I keep seeing of SF, LA, NYC, Minneapolis (all admittedly beautiful cities) which have been turned into junk yards and junkietowns, no thank you
1. Kevin Warsh should bring in G. Edward Griffin (author of "The creature from Jekyll Island") to speak to the Fed staff to put them on notice. But that is only if Warsh is serious and not a slow-walker. Bring in the "God Father".
2. I like 'fresh faces' to head departments. It gives them a chance to "ask the dumb question" which is a non-threatening way for new managers to ask about the "why" of something and expect more than a "because that's how it's always been done" reply.
3. On my score card, I can't keep straight who is nuttier, Frum, Bill Kristol, or David French. All are pretentious hangers-on types.
4. Let's crack down on all remittance transfers, making the receiving party be an actual person and not a business or government entity when it comes to private citizens. Wonderful things will happen.
Also read G. Edward's book "B-17. World without Cancer". It is just as good as his much more famous book, and he has a real cancer charity. Hear he is 93, and I think he is going to be at the upcoming conference in Las Vegas that Juan O Savin and David Nino Rodriguez, and hopefully Tina Peters are attending.
Thune already having doubts about new DNI. Wish they would do something about Thune but they won’t because he’s doing just what the other Repubpukes want.
hmmm ... I've been wondering a long time about the Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street cabal ... when and how does DJT tighten the screws on them?
Jeff ... "There’s a lot of potential there. But more, if an administration seeks leverage on powerful actors who thought their finances were opaque or hidden safely offshore, putting a fiercely loyal bulldog at the junction of Fannie/Freddie’s data firehose and ODNI’s surveillance and analysis capabilities is about as close as you can get to a purpose‑built leverage machine. I’m not saying that’s what’s happening. I’m just saying."
" ...how does DJT tighten the screws on them?" Since they control huge quantities of money, he merely asks them to share the loot. With him and his friends.
I am completely ignorant of National monetary policy and management, so my fingers are crossed. Much like DJT not being plucked from the entrenched Presidential grooming line "a baby in Spookland" is the only way Spookland might see some positive change. I could not be more pleased with POTUS making so much happen simultaneously Democrats cannot figure out what to most bitch about and why. They are lost in thinking; a process in which they are inept. Inevitably Democrats will make all of POTUS's progress a trampling of some minority grouping's rights. Another pleasure is seeing modern day Frankensteins brought to justice. I would love to see these law breaking lab rats be injected with the concoctions they study and manipulate.
Garrett Ziegler of Marco Polo [Hunter Biden Laptop Report fame] shared this link and the comment End the Fed last month on his Telegram channel. Might be a good place to learn about monetary policy/fed stuff. I need to read up on it too!
If you are if the praying persuasion, please pray for California as the votes come in for Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt! A week of vote counting is legal and all kinds of treachery abounds there. Redeem California!
I pray every night for Hilton and Pratt. My once-gorgeous state is worth saving!
However the Dem machine won't allow that. Wait for the mysterious 2am water main break, and sudden influx of "newly discovered" ballots....all for D of course.
It's not who has the most votes- but the most ballots.
It’s my original home too. I want to move back down badly. It’s just too expensive and liberal. I did see that San Luis Obispo county went for Steve Hilton, which is very good news for that beautiful area.
As a transplanted California to Washington State, I know about the iron lock Dems have on election practices so I'm praying that God will intervene and a fair process be followed this cycle. Let me also say thanks to all who participated in the lively debate here on C&C concerning the "married" homosexual issue that has even snuck into the current administration. The question boils down to this: If we expect God to bless America, America has to bless God with laws that are compatible with God's laws and authentic marriage is only between one man and one woman, (XX and XY chromosome people), therefore a sexual relationship outside of that context, hetero or homo, that is in any way endorsed by US law, is an effrontery to God. Clarence Thomas proclaimed, Obergefell v. Hodges must be reversed and I am in agreement with him.
As a CA escapee from Ventura County, I can vouch that SLO going red is miraculous.
NBC News shows a map of California color coded—almost every inland state shows red for Hilton. Virtually all the coastal counties are shades of blue, with Becerra leading in more of them than Steyer, which is something to be grateful for.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/california-governor-results
Becerra as California A.G. prosecuted independent investigative journalist David Daleiden for exposing the felony trafficking in organs and body parts from aborted babies by Planned Parenthood.
Trafficking in human organs for profit is a FELONY. Planned Parenthood committed felonies. But Becerra did not take any action against the felons. Instead he went after the journalist who investigated and REPORTED on the felonies.
And as Biden's head of HHS, Becerra pushed the Covid jab mandates -- punishing people for choosing what they would or would not allow to be injected into their own God-given bodies.
How on earth could Becerra be a better choice for anything?!
I did not mean to imply Becerra was better, or even acceptable, as you remind me. The jungle primary format concerns me—it would be completely unacceptable for Californians if both Democrats, Becerra and Steyer, were to advance to the general election.
I left the Bay Area in 1998 and it has grieved me to see how California has gone steadily down hill as the Democrats had turned it into a one-party state since then.
I saw a post on social media this morning. They showed the numbers at 36% of the vote counted and then again at 42% of the votes counted. Out of all the people listed Pratt was the only candidate that had 0 increase in votes between the 36% count and the 42% count 🤔. All the other candidates numbers had increased.
The fix is in.
I’m in Santa Clara County and it’s split here. But conservatives are no longer being quiet and for the first time in decades, I hear loud arguments in public!
We live in California and were working on the campaign for our District 10 congressional candidate, who was challenging the incumbent. She began her race last year, and she'd previously garnered 34% of the vote when she ran in 2024. Then, out of the blue, a guy who had been a Democrat suddenly changed parties 3 months ago, had a lot of private money, and last night we saw him ace her out as the GOP candidate. I'm still fuming. This is the tactic now of the Dems. They are putting in people who just run as Republican, say the right things, but then they're going to push the Democrat agenda.
Thanks for that. So discouraging all the tricks to maintain Dems’ power like the ability to vote in opposing primaries and the top two vote getters advance, eliminating Republican candidates.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Will do, and as Rush Limbaugh pointed out, the longer the vote counting goes on in Blue states, the more treachery is at work.
Please 🙏🏻
My thought is that Cali has not suffered enough. How much empathy do you think the average Californian feels for a bunch of rich folks who lost their multi-million dollar ocean view homes? Pretty close to ZERO. Or, how many who don't pay property tax directly think that the taxes are too high? Then tell me how many Californians want their share of handouts because it's fair, and millionaires and billionaires didn't earn their wealth; they stole it. Nope, the great underclass hasn't seen its tin cup dry up yet. So, they'll keep voting for the Dem/socialists until the gravy train runs out of steam.
nope - the whole state needs to fail miserably so they will chase out all democrats, not just the governor - remember the Governator - the leftists legislature cancelled every reform making him just a figure head-
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Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of Yahweh are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.
— Hosea 14:9
Be of sober spirit, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.
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Thanks Janice. We all need to pray for discernment, which is in great need in these strange times.
I love to REconsider the "lion" image of satan and instead imagine him as a putrid pussy cat! He has NO power over the SAVED SOULS that have claimed the cleansing power of Yeshua's blood He shed for ALL humanity on the Calvary hill cross.
JESUS is the "Lion of Judah." There's a reason C.S. Lewis made a lion, Aslan, the Christ figure in his Narnia books.
I have never seen Satan depicted as a lion.
Did you not see Janet's Biblical reference to "the great deceiver, satan" as a lion?
That is the passage to which I was referring and YES...Yeshua is indeed the LION OF JUDAH!
Be of sober spirit, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
— 1 Peter 5:8
Notice how it says "like" a roaring lion. A lion with no teeth. We either give in and let the fear control what we do and say, or settle in for a fight that has been won long ago. But, all it takes in one word to make him flee.
Thank you, Janice. I believe that all of us will need great discernment in the coming years. It is time for us to start honing that skill.
Develop the ability to be neutral. You can recognize emotions arising and allow them to pass by. Be grateful for the information they give you.
From neutral place, ask yourself a question and notice if you "lean in" or "pull away". The body knows. Leaning in says "Truth" and leaning/pulling away says "False". Try this standing and with neutral things. Like "ice cream". Do you lean in or forward (Truth or ok) or lean back and away (False or not ok).
Practice. Then when listening to news broadcast, are you leaning in or out.
Time to start honing your Truth/lie detection skills.
I think the Warsh hiring signals a far-reaching restructuring of the Federal Reserve, by those who know it is an unconstitutional private bank, and should be ended. Trump is making it obsolete, the same thing as ending it. Just as he is ending the criminal syndicate in DC that has been stealing many Billions of our dollars each year. The deep state is pissed.
I agree and can’t wait. Abolish the Fed! Can’t happen soon enough.
I agree but I doubt that the Rothschilds will easily give up the amount of control and power their bank has over the US.
That's a dynamic that many people are unaware of... and that's almost impossible to change. Prayers up for the president and his team.
Warsh will have to burn Chatham House to the ground.
It will happen.
Under the "a picture says a thousand words" concept I share this picture of the White House from above:
https://i.imgflip.com/adfm34.jpg
DC's layout was designed at the very start of the nation.
Thats cool, took me a minute to see the key. If you turn it on its side it looks like Johnny 5 from Short Circuit
That alignment will change if the Billion Dollar Ballroom gets built.
And if we are going to be honest, nearly everyone and their cronies in DC benefit from the endless printing money pit. It ain't going away. And to even think as the author suggested that the new ged chair and advisors are going to do away with stable coin (CBDCs) is just bananas
I just hope Warsh & his lieutenants have bodyguards & security. Too many 'experts' going missing or murdered lately.
Pray!!
and now democrats are worried about credentials - hilarious after preaching DEI for a decade or more if credentials mattered Obama never would have been president
"....There’s a lot of potential there. But more, if an administration seeks leverage on powerful actors who thought their finances were opaque or hidden safely offshore, putting a fiercely loyal bulldog at the junction of Fannie/Freddie’s data firehose and ODNI’s surveillance and analysis capabilities is about as close as you can get to a purpose‑built leverage machine. I’m not saying that’s what’s happening. I’m just saying."
Jeff is right: 2+2=4. Make no mistake, these are power moves. This will consolidate unprecedented power in the office of POTUS. Whether or not this furthers the cause of liberty, we will have to wait and see. But remember, it is an axiom that once power is attained, rarely if ever is it given up. If Americans benefit from this move, it will only be by way of circumstance.
Here is why Warsh needs support. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/powell-could-stay-at-fed-even-after-being-removed-as-chair.html
"If a conservative rancher in Montana tried to transport a cow across state lines without the proper 47-page veterinary permit, the Department of Agriculture would descend upon him with the fury of a thousand suns."
... or if he dared to produce raw milk
This 2016 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) article provides interesting insights about USG agencies and how they overcome public policy objections, treating oversight and moratoriums as pesky annoyances that are placed in their way by uneducated, unsophisticated people who get irrationally frightened of scientific advancements. It gets into Dual-Use, Gain-of-Function, NIH/OSTP roles, roles of foreign researchers, partnering with China, how our ethics are antiquated, etc. It discusses engineering virulent pandemic flu viruses, risks of lab leaks and carelessness, bad actors. Written four years before the very dubious 2020 pandemic that changed the world. And gives insights into many of the same minds that were involved in the 2014 history and events since 2020. And in the minds of Munster family monsters.
I find the Q&A section even more interesting than the main presentation.
Biotechnology: The Potential and Perils of Innovation
Council on Foreign Relations, June 22, 2016
https://www.cfr.org/event/biotechnology-potential-and-perils-innovation
Mom's Hands, by Unknown [Rewritten]
Before the advent of the washing machine, the best of his class went to apply for a managerial position in a large company. As he flew through the interviews and word of him spread, an Execitive Director discovered from the CV that his academic achievements were excellent all the way. From secondary school until postgraduate research—he had never seen such a flawless performance. He immediately called for a meeting.
The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The youth answered “none”. The director asked, “Was it your father who paid for your school fees?” The youth replied, “My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my schooling.” The director asked, “Where did your mother work?” The youth answered, “She works as a clothes cleaner.”
The director requested the youth to show his hands. The young man showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked, “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?”
The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.”
The director said, “When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me in the morning.” The boy felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he eagerly requested of his mother to let him clean her hands. A bit taken aback, his mother felt strange and naked, intrigued but with mixed feelings; she timidly showed her hands to her son.
As her boy cleaned them, she saw that tears began to fall. It was the first time he noticed how wrinkled and covered in bruises they were. Some of these were so painful that his mother shivered at the light pressure. The boy gradually came to the stark realization that he had been able to spend his life with his nose in his books due to these broken hands, and yet despite all of the knowledge and wit such persuits had gained him, he had still somehow managed to miss something so ...fundamental... something so obvious and glaring about the person nearest to him. And over...how many years, he marvelled? All of them!
It struck like lightening—it was this pair of hands that had washed the clothes seven days a week to enable him to study and pay tuition. These dark blemishes were the price that his mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence, future.
The shame overehelmed him.
After finishing, the boy scurried and went and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. Unaccustomed to the work, it was a an arduous task. After, the two sat and talked for a very long time. The next morning, the Director noticed the sleepless face, stiff movement, and tears threatening in the youth’s eyes.
He asked: “Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday?” He answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hands, and then finished cleaning all the remaining clothes, and then I really noticed and talked to her for the first time." The Director asked, “Please tell me your feelings.”
The youth said, “Number one, I know now what appreciation is and how utterly blind i I was to my mother's sheer dedication to me and the pain it wrought her. That without my mother and that pain, I would not be sitting here today. Number two, by washing her hands and those clothes last night, only now I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something clean and I am now cleaner as a result. Number three, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family and relationships, the love and sacrifices one can make for another, and how such selflessness can make all the difference in the world for another person.
The Director said, “This is what I am looking in my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would never put money or power over others as a primary goal. You are hired.”
As the years passed the young man worked very hard for everyone in repayment to his mother, and gained the admiration and respect of his subordinates along with everyone around him. Under his leadership and influence, his friends all worked diligently as a team and the company’s performance as a whole improved tremendously across the board.
His mother's hands, dedication, and love transformed him into a humble leader out in front, rather than a boss cracking a whip from behind:
Leader vs Boss:
Leaders listen > bosses tell. Leaders mentor > bosses manage. Leaders inspire > bosses intimidate. Leaders have empathy > bosses show indifference. Leader set examples > bosses set rules. Leader focus on people > bosses focus on tasks. Leaders command respect > bosses expects obedience. Leaders give credit > bosses takes credit. Leaders coach > bosses drive. Leaders generate enthusiasm > bosses inspire fear. Leaders fix what's broken > bosses place blame. Leaders show how its done > bosses know how its done. Leaders develop people > bosses use people. Leaders ask > bosses command.
Bosses say "Go!"
Leaders say, "Let's go!"
This is beautiful. I have worked for leaders and bosses. The difference in my quality of life working for leaders makes a world of difference. It makes me want to be present and a contributor to our success, because I know it’s our success not his or her success.
I doubt anyone ever worked for a leader like I did in my last job. From Appalachia SW VA. Scottish decent, son of a coal miner , who would never let him go into the mines. I never served in the military, (He did. In Germany, he pitched his division to the European championship by starting back to back games. ) but I would have followed this man up a hill , knowing I would not come back. Incredible work ethic. Hated by many, respected by all, including the very top management. All envied his integrity, his knowledge, his leadership, his compassion, his resolve, his fearlessness. Everyone came to him with their troubles, and he always let them talkI gave up many evenings and weekends, showing more loyalty to him than my wife because of how he always put the department first. Tested out at CEO intelligence, with a HS education. Made VP , came in as a blue shirt, which prompted one bitter colleague to say to his face "you did not even have to kiss anyone's ass to get that position". John Wayne without the baggage. One of a kind, and I was privaleged to be elevated to his #2. I was ferociously protective of him, and grateful for all he taught me.
BTW. 7 coworkers came to either his family night or funeral. It was out of town, but.... Family night was my birthday, and because we had dogs, stayed in a fleabag motel where I would not even use the shower. That lack of respect reminded me of a line from "Shadow Divers", a book about 2 men who dove on the Andrea Doria for the first time. The one who was a medic in Viet Nam observed after being hung out to dry by his buddies when he had bravely gone after so many, "Just because you are willing to die for your buddies does not mean they are willing to die for you".
What's the difference between a leader and a manager?
A leader pulls a string while a manger pushes it.
- Ned B.
That says it all, thanks as always my man!
What a beautiful lesson.
Would any young person today be able to learn that lesson?
Would they even care??
Hard times create strong men
Strong men create good times
Good times create weak men
Weak men create hard times
Historians and sociologists frequently debunk this piece of internet-era pop-philosophy because it ignores data, relies on subjective terms, and misrepresents how civilizations and resilience actually function. Historically, true hard times (e.g., severe famine, plague, or systemic oppression) do not build character; they cause trauma, malnutrition, and generational setbacks. Many of history's most prosperous periods were built by complex networks of cooperation, institutions, and innovation, rather than lone "strong men." Conversely, authoritarian "strong men" have frequently driven prosperous societies directly into ruin.
"The saying is bullshit.
Hard times create scared, risk averse men and women that don’t dare dream or fight for a better future. They might still rebel, but not due to any indignity they are made to suffer, but only when you threaten their physical survival.
Think of the people who die in wars or under totalitarian regimes - society’s best, brightest, bravest and those with a heightened sense of personal and public responsibility. Those who will not roll with the punches.
And conversely those that survive are the ones who hunker down, who listen, who love Big Brother. Like my grandmother’s advice to hold no political views and to try to not stand out in any situation.
Which to a Weak Man like myself, who grew up just as the Good Times started rolling, sounds like utter perversion. It sounded like madness when she first gave me that advice as I was a kid too, so you see how early the rot started in me.
If only I had grown up in the Hard Times to be a traumatized Das Man with a depression and an alcohol problem!"
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[It doesn't hold true, of course. Hard times also create weak men, eager to be led out of those times by differently weak men who present themselves as strong. That's where Germany went wrong in the early 1930s - hard times created weak men, weak men followed a false strong man, together they created times so hard they compared unfavourably to rhenium diboride.
And do strong men create good times? Stalinist Russia, anyone? Mao's China?
Idi Amin's Uganda? Are the good times at the bottom of his freezer?
You'll also notice that the saying talks about good times, but can't be bothered with the impact of good men - or brilliant men, or wise men. Or, of course, women of any kind, but it is an old saying from a far simpler, less interconnected world.
Except… is it, though?
Is it really an old saying, some piece of wisdom handed down from ancient warriors asking each other deep questions over their campfires in the rubble of conquered cities, and proven again and again by the cycles of civilisation?
It seems, in fact, to be from a modern novel called ‘Those Who Remain,’ by a man called G. Michael Hopf, a writer of westerns and post-apocalyptic SF. That's the thing about ancient wisdom: it has always been there… but had it always been there yesterday?
If somebody tells you that these are hard times, and that you therefore need strong men to save you, I'd point you in the direction of this line from the unabashedly modern Sir Terry Pratchett:
Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grows in straight lines to make weeding easier. ]
A better reply to CStone should have been:
2 Timothy 3:1-7 ESV / 52:
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.
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Essentially those without disciplin become weak and spoiled, creating ruinous times for those in their orbit. As for the reference to "men" it is a reference to 'mankind' which includes women.
Good reply, thank you
TriTorch you’ve done it again! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Look up Dwight Eisenhower quotes on leadership. I especially like the one that says “leadership is getting someone else to do what you want done”. He has several. His leadership undoubtedly saved the world.
Good morning C&C! Thank you all for your prayers as we travel home. Still have 8 hours to go but at least we are in Montana. It’s a biiiig state. 😂
Cats are traveling well too!
A blessed day to you all.
Please add Promethean Action’s Susan Kokinda and Barbara Boyd to your regular content - wonderful compliment to C&C. Their videos are on YouTube.
Yes, I was I was clued into them by Jeff several weeks ago.
Susan Kokinda is here on substack!
Why is a foreign national chief of something with the NIH? And especially something as potentially threatening as virus shenanigans.
My first thought as well. Why hire foreign interests for governmental NIH positions? As you said, especially in potentially dangerous health positions?!
That was my first thought as well. I KNOW we have smart and capable researchers and scientists here in the US.
It all starts with too many H1-b visas.
"Doing the jobs American's won't do."
Naturally. Right? lol
Isn't odd how most demoncrats, a la Biden, Powell, Pelosi and Schummer, simply refuse to go gently in the night?
Demons are like that.
Powell?
What shocks me, although shouldn’t, is how the Democrats keep voting for the same people (just different names) expecting different results. As you can see by the fact that Becerra is right behind Hilton. Many are upset with the laws legislated by the CA legislature and governor, but they keep voting for the ones that will continue doing the same crap.
The GOP does the same. Trump campaigned for Lindsay friggin Graham. There is little policy difference between people like Jake Sullivan and Narco Rubio. Both are warmongering neocons
Obama buying a compound just down the street from the White House
Leftists/progressives/Democrats never accept "NO!" for answer.
They are clinging to their dynasty, to pass it to the next generation.
If leftist utopia looks like the photos I keep seeing of SF, LA, NYC, Minneapolis (all admittedly beautiful cities) which have been turned into junk yards and junkietowns, no thank you
Thoughts:
1. Kevin Warsh should bring in G. Edward Griffin (author of "The creature from Jekyll Island") to speak to the Fed staff to put them on notice. But that is only if Warsh is serious and not a slow-walker. Bring in the "God Father".
2. I like 'fresh faces' to head departments. It gives them a chance to "ask the dumb question" which is a non-threatening way for new managers to ask about the "why" of something and expect more than a "because that's how it's always been done" reply.
3. On my score card, I can't keep straight who is nuttier, Frum, Bill Kristol, or David French. All are pretentious hangers-on types.
4. Let's crack down on all remittance transfers, making the receiving party be an actual person and not a business or government entity when it comes to private citizens. Wonderful things will happen.
Also read G. Edward's book "B-17. World without Cancer". It is just as good as his much more famous book, and he has a real cancer charity. Hear he is 93, and I think he is going to be at the upcoming conference in Las Vegas that Juan O Savin and David Nino Rodriguez, and hopefully Tina Peters are attending.
I have that book. (And a supply of apricot seeds!)
Excellent suggestions/ thoughts.
Thune already having doubts about new DNI. Wish they would do something about Thune but they won’t because he’s doing just what the other Repubpukes want.
Those ‘pukes’ are not now, nor have they ever been, Republicans. They ‘ran’ as Republicans, but they were always DemonicRATS.
You see, they could not win in their district as a DimDem, so they ran as a Republican, then they vote as a RAT.
" ... it's a LEVERAGE thing ... "
hmmm ... I've been wondering a long time about the Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street cabal ... when and how does DJT tighten the screws on them?
Jeff ... "There’s a lot of potential there. But more, if an administration seeks leverage on powerful actors who thought their finances were opaque or hidden safely offshore, putting a fiercely loyal bulldog at the junction of Fannie/Freddie’s data firehose and ODNI’s surveillance and analysis capabilities is about as close as you can get to a purpose‑built leverage machine. I’m not saying that’s what’s happening. I’m just saying."
" ...how does DJT tighten the screws on them?" Since they control huge quantities of money, he merely asks them to share the loot. With him and his friends.
Your picture of “White Karens” on the Left for the Tug-O-War lacks DEI?😉😂
They’re excused. They’re using their White Privilege (TM) to advocate for the under/dis/mis/mal/non-advantaged.
They’re wearing yoga pants and “libtards”?😉😂
Well they ARE the ones holding the party up
You had me worried but I’m ok now.
I am completely ignorant of National monetary policy and management, so my fingers are crossed. Much like DJT not being plucked from the entrenched Presidential grooming line "a baby in Spookland" is the only way Spookland might see some positive change. I could not be more pleased with POTUS making so much happen simultaneously Democrats cannot figure out what to most bitch about and why. They are lost in thinking; a process in which they are inept. Inevitably Democrats will make all of POTUS's progress a trampling of some minority grouping's rights. Another pleasure is seeing modern day Frankensteins brought to justice. I would love to see these law breaking lab rats be injected with the concoctions they study and manipulate.
Garrett Ziegler of Marco Polo [Hunter Biden Laptop Report fame] shared this link and the comment End the Fed last month on his Telegram channel. Might be a good place to learn about monetary policy/fed stuff. I need to read up on it too!
https://river.com/learn/how-does-money-printing-work/