As promised, Part II of the Great Tsunami Story that we started on Saturday. This time, it's the Intelligence Community's turn. Just wait till you see this one. It is SO much better than we thought.
Something to consider. Just came back from Vegas which was SLOW. Walked to the front of the line at Bellagio buffet with no one in front---at lunchtime. Checked right in to our resort with NO ONE in front. Saw "Wizard," and 40% of the seats weren't just empty---entire sections were closed down. A friend, who is seeing the same massive slowdown in Veil, CO, said there was a shocking absence of the Latin American riches who used to spend money like crazy there, and suggested that Trump's "war" on the cartels was absolutely slicing into the Latins' ability to launder money up here. I mentioned this to a certain guy at War Room who said, "YES. Treasury is all over this."
Lived there off and on fromā63; 104 degrees at midnight after a baseball game. The resorts were flooded with customers after Covid handouts. An economist could take the marketās temperature by the number of tourists in Vegas. The water problem is a non starter for future growth.
The pool at Hoover Dam is close to falling below the level at which it is possible to generate power. The states relying on water from Lake Mead have a problem.
Some people in the know are saying that the next "Civil War" will be fought over water... with the Western States drying up like a popcorn fart, and with the Great Lakes being that largest reservoir by surface area of fresh water in the world... ~20% of the world's surface fresh water supply... conflicts between those states in need and those states in possession are inevitable!
That a big part of the problem is being caused by an evil plan, that has been in-effect for decades, should be more widely recognized and opposed (eg, at supermarket) -- see expose that begins at ~4:32 of www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAlMrHGrSs
Last there in 2008, so it's been awhile... and it was the first weekend of May.. But I have to say that the absence of Humidity makes the heat tolerable.
š¤·āāļø. I donāt know what that means either. Itās like he stopped in the middle of his explanation. Also, IMO people are tired of Vegas outrageous prices, moral decay, & low quality.
I've heard that as well for sometime. No more free parking and expensive buffets. Maybe the poster was referring to Vegas being used for money laundering???
Not a fan of activities in either location, but do think that the people who will be hurt by a big economic slowdown are not the people who are the problem...
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
Lots of talk of hot weather and water issues in this thread. Without addressing geoengineering, there will be no 'return to normal'. https://geoengineeringwatch.org/
An interesting factoid that I learned in Vegas recently from a driver, there's a law in NV that any building on the strip that is 50 years old becomes a historical landmark and cannot be torn down. He mentioned it is why Circus, Circus isn't torn down and why when other buildings are getting close to the 50 year mark they tear it down. I didn't know that and thought it was an interesting fact.
Last night I got home from a week in Sarasota Florida which seemed to be booming. Lovely Florida was absolutely packed, restaurants not returning my calls to book last minute party of 22 people, mall parking lots full and everyone happy and healthy. GO BLESS THE PATRIOTS, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Spent some time in FL, mostly in my rock and roll days (Tampa, Clearwater, Lakeland, Sarasota, Ft. Meyers. I like it but absolutely cannot handle humidity. PHX and Vegas to me are perfect---hot, but not too humid. But hat's off to people who want to live in FL.
Vegas has more 'low rollers' than 'high rollers'. Something I have been pointing out for months that Jeff just continues to ignore this year (did something happen to him earlier this year? Tone has become more "Catturd"-ish than C&C 2025.). Main Street is suffering. Main Street is not Wall Street. Main Street gets maybe a trip or two to Vegas a year if that was their thing, instead of mountains, beach, etc. But when food and fuel get wacked by high prices, vacations get trimmed/cut. Jeff is full of superlatives recently, and has been trying to downplay people on the RIGHT, by straw-manning it to the Left, as he did early in this missive. I'll stack my "conservative" cred against his or anyone else's going back to the Reagan first term. Pseudo-bashing us by labeling the arguments as "pre-packaged" is just spin. Jeff was better than that a year ago. What changed?
He is now "pre-debunking"? That sounds like something Mark Levin or Bongino or Beck would use.
We're not asking you Jeff to 'defend' a deal that hasn't been announced, but at the same time don't act defensive then. You can't have it both ways.
Trump now acts like getting Iran was always his main goal before this year. It wasn't. The facts that would be admissible in court, if you care to go lawyer, is that Trump ran on getting OUT of wars, not in MORE. Plain fact. And with what they are trying to shove into appropriation bills to tie us further to Israel, doesn't really make sense when he says he wants to bring stuff home from Europe because "America First". Money and/or Blackmail are the two most "Occam's Razor-ish" reasons for Trumps turn on issues, and disregard for Main Street.
At this point it is safest to take the narrative that Trump is controlled and will never do anything significant on Epstein or disentangling from Israel. He will be allowed to do some things on his agenda, but not all.
So now we are getting "But, but, but's" from people asking us to overlook key things in the hopes that Republicans won't get trounced in November. The current group of Democrats is the most pathetic yet, so I guess there is hope there, but Trump squandered the firey energy of many who came into the party for the first time.
What good is being the number one energy producer if Main Street is getting smacked with higher fuel and food costs??? That is real "kitchen table" for the majority of people who live paycheck to paycheck.
Readers are looking for consistency and logic and awareness. Not "pre-debunking".
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
Coming from a C&C reader from day 1 and unrelated to todayās post - Sharing because I want to shout from the rooftops because there will be no cap and gown, nor walking ceremonyā¦..
My son graduates with his Bachelors Degree today! It was 10 years in the making. Through a lot of discouragement, life event set backs and just some difficult times - he did not give up! He kept finding ways to adjust, he stopped and started again, and he just refused to give up no matter how much at times he thought it would just be easier to quit and walk away. We arenāt celebrating the degree itself as much as his tenacity to never give up and when you start something you finish strong -no matter how long it takes. That has been our family motto for 30+ years - Never give up & always finish strong! Our son did that and for THAT we are extremely proud of him and celebrate.
The cherry on top is that with the help of his amazing wife who took on a debt that wasnāt hers (they married a year ago) they buckled down and paid off his student loans! So not only does he graduate today - the debt is fully paid as of this month! They did it together! A clean start together.
And the cherry on top of the cherry is that he started a new job that utilizes his degree and he can soar from here.
Thanking the Lord Jesus for His amazing grace and mercy over my son and providing him a way to accomplish this milestone.
So this is me: shouting from the rooftops even if no one hears me š
Weāve been there. Took my husband 9 years a long time ago. (My mom was worried when I decided to marry him before he finished but he had gotten a job in the field he was going to school for and they agreed to let him continue a few classes each semester which he did, too, as well as getting so much experience!)
Congratulations to EVERYONE for a job well done! Awesome accomplishment!
Wow Sunnydaze! Congratulations!! What an amazing milestone all around. May God bless your son & his wife in their future together. May they have good health, lots of children and much happiness and joy together. And God bless you and your family Sunnydaze as well. All praise be to God for His goodness!
I am SO SO happy for them! And you. It sounds like he is a chip of your old block. What a great family. ā„ You taught him how it is done. Good job Mama and Dad. xoxo
Awww āŗļø. Thank you SadieJay! I know you know some of what our family has gone through so it means a lot that you celebrate with and for us š š
Heys alls, I've found Joe Bidet's actual family tree!
"Who is Jack Schitt?
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt?
We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!'
Well, thanks to genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt.
Awe Schitt was married to O. Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, and owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt.
The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition who was nick-named Chicken Schitt.
Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony.
The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.
Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can correct them.
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Wow, I thought those of us who read Jeffās articles were wise enough not to tune into the media, turn it off and thank Jeff for suffering on our behalf. I last saw the news on April 28, 2020 when we flew our college kiddo home from his internship in LA. Why support anxiety inducing lies?
Not going to mourn FISA going away - too much power and too easy to abuse. We'll see how it all shakes out, but right now I'm more watching what happens with the SAVE act and the big pushes for "not going to sign anything without that attached". (Not holding out any hope there, but we'll see.)
I _am_ glad to see gas prices s l o w l y coming down after the rapid rise when the Iran thing started. I really wish they'd follow the decline as quickly as they shoot up on any rumor at all.
Hearing farmers say gas price reductions donāt help; they use diesel. To help them, which will help us since so much moves in trucks, we have to RECUCE PRICE OF DIESEL.
True that. My understanding is that diesel is cheaper to produce because it needs less refining, yet it's universally more expensive at the pump. Is that taxes? Are states/feds trying to recoup the cost of road maintenance from truck drivers? With farmers as collateral damage? Seems like making it cheaper to distribute goods and operate tractors would go a long way toward juicing the economy.
In an irrelevant but related aside, there's a great book called The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. It's about the guy who invented the diesel engine (hence the name) and is a fascinating story. Recommended!
Not every refinery can handle the heavy (sour) crude that produces diesel, jet fuel, and other products. Also, the US mostly produces the light (sweet) crude, so we import to get the heavy crude, which often has a high sulfur content, requiring more processing.
Thank you, that's helpful. Is this difference in processing and sourcing enough to account for the huge price differential? Currently in southern New Mexico regular is about $3.22, while diesel is about $4.25.
There are other factors, such as proximity to the refinery, state taxes, etc. Usually in states that produce and refine oil, gas is a dollar or two lower than in others. But pumping it out of the ground here in the U.S. is much cheaper than tankering it in from, say, Venezuela.
Diesel is part of the same crack used to produce gasoline. Reduced gasoline demand results in reduced diesel supply. When you crack oil, you only get what you get. What you get varies by crude variety.
Problem is many refineries closed. They take years to get running. California a big culprit, but some closed in the Gulf area too. California relies a lot on ocean bound imports from India and South Korea for local diesel and jet fuel. And California is structurally isolated from Texas pipelines. Dems made it intentional. When you have one part of the country paying an arm and a leg for fuel, it gives air cover for other areas to charge more too. I live in PA and natgas prices continue to go up even though we have a boatload of it in western PA. Partly because it is more profitable to ship over to Europe, who stupidly ditched nuclear in Germany. (Well, not stupidly from the totalitarian standpoint. They are doing a multi-frontal attack on western society and culture. Kill industry, import Africans who won't assimilate, etc.)
Jeff, your daily column is such an important, wonderful gift to the (tens of thousands?, hundreds of thousands?, millions?) readers so thirsty for your good news first thing every morning. God bless you, and us, for being here.
āWe have reached a critical point where his advanced heart failure and severe body-wide inflammation require more physical and medical support than our family can manage alone.ā
I had to stop reading and just say, āPreach, @JeffChilders!! Preach!!ā You cannot be anymore on target than you are. Preach on, my friend, preach on!
I had to stop reading too, and say- GO JEFF! People!!! we better enjoy these next 2 years because there will never be another one like him. I love President Trump!
As a Californian, I support any investigation into Newsom. I think his wife's nonprofit is small potatoes (in the single digit millions), but look at the $$$ sent to China for Covid masks that were never received. Look at any possible connection to the Cartels. Look at Rob Bonta and who he's embroiled with. Look at the Covid funds that were raided by overseas scammers. Like MN, it could be in the billions.
Not sure her "non-profit" is that small anymore. She got a bunch of funds from the Fire Aid concert that was supposed to go to the Palisade Fire victims (it never did). She redirected a bunch of it to NGOs - (Nothing Good Operation) for "unhoused trannies" and whatever. It seems to be a fine place to begin the digging, as much of the money funneled to her came from Greasy Gavin. When you transfer money, it leaves a trail. :D
That quote from NextGov explaining NSPM-12 to the agencies is exactly why it is needed. There are too many dark corners existing in Intelligence; and that means it's too big and out of control. TAW.
I just finished watching The Recruit, about a lawyer who got quickly mired in the muck of the CIA. It was entertaining and lots of Hollywood but it made the Dark State plausible which was pretty disturbing.
Trump in an interview last night after he arrived in Ćvian-les-Bains, France for the G7.
President Trump: 'Israel has been fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people have been killed. You donāt have to knock down an apartment house every time youāre looking for somebody. Because thereās a lot of people in those apartment houses ā and theyāre not all Hezbollah. If Israel canāt do the job without killing everyone else, Syria will do the job. I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah because, to be honest with you, I think theyād do a better job of doing it. Israel was supposed to end the thing with Hezbollah fast. But itās taking them forever. Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.'
Of course Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Larry Loomer, Ben Shapiro & Lindsey Graham to name a few, are already chimping out. As I predicted 6-8 weeks ago in these very comments, the Israel First crowd is now starting to turn on Trump and some in his inner circle (mostly JD Vance). That said, I was incorrect in my post as I thought these America Last traitors would wait to turn on Trump after the midterms, but looks like they are showing up early for the party. Keep in mind now, Levin, Shapiro and Graham all said they'd never support Trump for President (feel free to fact check that). That's because they all hate him. If you think shit is getting saucy now, just wait for what these back stabbing Brutus's do if/when the republicans lose the midterms and the democrats start their impeachment onslaughts. 'Et tu, Brute? https://x.com/ThePatriotOasis/status/2066824337450000876?s=20
From what I've read, the Memorandum of Understanding looks something like this (I'm sure this is no where set in stone):
1: Permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
2: The US commitment to non-interference in Iran's internal affairs and respect for the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
3: Complete lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days.
4: The US commitment to withdraw its forces from around Iran.
5: Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian arrangements.
6: Suspension of sanctions on the sale of oil, petrochemical products, and derivatives, and full access of Iran to its financial resources.
7: The necessity for the US and its allies to present reconstruction plans for Iran amounting to at least $300 billion.
8: 60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement based on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of primary, secondary, US sanctions, and UN Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions.
9: Reiteration of Iran's commitment under the NPT treaty not to produce nuclear weapons.
10: During the negotiation period, the US has committed not to add forces in the region and not to impose new sanctions.
11: Release of $24 billion of Iran's blocked funds during the 60-day final negotiation period. Half of this amount must be made available to Iran before the start of negotiations.
12: Formation of a supervisory mechanism to implement the agreement.
13: The final agreement will be approved by a UN Security Council resolution.
14: Final negotiations will not begin before the release of half of Iran's blocked funds, suspension of Iran's oil sanctions, and lifting of the naval blockade, and the final agreement will only cover the fate of enriched materials and enrichment, lifting of sanctions, and Iran's economic reconstruction plan. Discussions about Iran's missile program and support for resistance groups are definitively removed from the agenda.
Can someone point out how all of this has been beneficial to Joe & Sue taxpayer? Asking for a friend.
I stated that it's probably not set in stone and I've been as patient as any other 3 time Trump voter, so please spare me 'let the man work' speech. I've been watching this type of stepping all over your crank for a year and a half just scratching my head and waiting for a clown to jump out of the closet telling us we've all been punk'd. There are several things I'm super happy with, but a laundry list of big disappointments. I'm hoping my point isn't lost on you.
Evidently you are forgetting that GOD is involved in this. Trust HIM. GOD is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light which is truth. This is a time of revelation. Exposing who and what people truly are. Let HIM do HIS works.
Check The Leah Files on Substack for good infoā¦.she is waiting patiently to read and evaluate the terms of the MOUā¦.which she points out is NOT a permanent agreement, just a Memorandum of Understanding for 90days, or is it 60?, while they discuss terms of an agreement.
I hear the reflecting pool's algae is back, but at least the people who cleaned it got paid good money. As opposed to the many small businesses in Chicago who are getting stiffed by the Obama dead-weight.
I have a small backyard fountainā¦.fighting algae is a weekly battle. š« Hopefully there is a pool/pond contractor that can help battle the green or black enemy of clear water.
Trust me, our horse trough is a petri dish for the stuff. Obviously we can't put chemicals in it to try to fight it so we have a scrub brush which cleans it up for a few days.
That sounds plausible. In an hour or so I'll be changing the water in the trough. I'll give it a scrub and save some of the green water to put on garden plants, the fertilizer is good, hopefully this will add to the growth.
Actually, now that I think about it, a while back I read something that said copper would combat algae so I put a 10" scrap piece of copper pipe in the trough and it did seem to work, for a couple of months, but the effect seemed to fade and the algae started back even with the pipe in there; I'm not sure why.
Let Syria do it? Let the headchoppers now running Syria loose on Lebanon?
Headchoppers were favored by Obama, although he also liked drones and bombs.
As a taxpayer, I'm happy to have the war ended. I never thought that the US bombed Iran to help us, so why would I be disappointed with a ceasefire?
Every one of those missiles costs tens of thousands of dollars. And they kill innocent people.
I'm glad it has stopped. Except for Lebanon. Israel is still massacring people there and burning their houses. One million people have been driven from their homes.
I want that to stop also. But I don't want the headchoppers turned loose. They are already making the lives of Syrians miserable
This was put out by Iran and the IRGC propganda. Are we really going to trust anything that comes out of Iran and the IRGC propaganda? I wouldn't trust anything coming out the mainstream news media and I would question everything we hear and read. This is like any ICE story where the mainstream media puts out nonsense to sway public opinion before the facts come out.
Here's some accomplishments that we can see per article by Larry Schweikart: All that matters is what has materially been accomplished, and what has been accomplished is remarkable:
*For a human cost of less than the Grenada liberation or the Afghanistan withdrawal, the U.S. has rendered Iran militarily impotent. Yes, they can occasionally import a ballistic missile or two. And we have shown that at about a 99% clip we can shoot down or deactivate anything they send up.
*We have rendered their nuke production facilities completely inoperable for probably 20 years.
*We have reduced the Iranian economy to a crawl.
*We have control of the Strait of Hormuz. The USN. No one else. Over the weekend over 7 million barrels of oil transited the Strait with Uncle Samās fleet keeping them company.
*We have aligned virtually every legitimate government in the region, save, perhaps, Yemen, an ally and a cooperating party.
*We have eliminated, and continue to eliminate, virtually anyone who steps into the driverās seat who so much as breathes āDeath to America.ā And whom we donāt kill, the Israeli Defense Force kills.
*We have very significantly cut into the ChiComsā economy. They keep a tight lid on stories, but enough is seeping out now to show that while they are not yet in ādecline,ā the āgrowth trainā left the station.
*We have used the conflict to test, and show the dominance of, new, previously unseen military hardware apparently (based on the reaction of Chy-na) well ahead of anyone else in the world.
*And we have become the #1 energy exporter in the entire world.
All of these things happened without a deal memo. Meanwhile the stock market nudges 52,000 and gas prices are falling again.
There was never a āquagmire,ā and for most of the time, there wasnāt even a real conflict. It was just us beating the hell out of the mullahs then saying, āHad enough?ā Meanwhile we just did whatever we wanted to and made the rest of the world adjust to our terms.
Additionally, the economy is beating every indicator still such as Job creation during this time. I might add that the job creations are from the private sector not the federal government. Here's a good article to read by Daniel Street:
Trumpās Economy Booms: 115,000 Jobs Added as Democrats Plot to Destroy It All
The American economy is not just holding its ground amid global headwinds. It is surging forward with undeniable force, proving once again that President Donald J. Trumpās leadership delivers results where others failed.
In April, the U.S. labor market added 115,000 jobs, crushing economistsā forecasts and marking the second straight month of strong gains:
This momentum stands in sharp contrast to the weaker 10,000 monthly average seen throughout 2025. So far in 2026, the economy has powered ahead with an average of 76,000 new jobs per month. Even as global inflation pressures linger and the conflict with Iran tests national resolve, private-sector growth refuses to buckle.
The resilience is real, and it carries the unmistakable imprint of Trumpās pro-growth agenda. For instance, manufacturing, horribly neglected under Biden-Harris, is roaring back to life.
The economy added 12,600 factory construction jobs in April alone, fueled by trillions in fresh investments pouring into American facilities and data centers.
(These are the jobs former President Obama famously claimed were gone and were never coming back. Well, President Trump is bringing these jobs home, again.)
The first quarter of 2026 delivered the first net manufacturing job growth since 2023, with every major indicator now signaling robust expansion after years of Biden-Harris-era stagnation.
These gains come as Trump aggressively shrinks the federal bureaucracy. His administration has already cut the federal workforce by 345,000 workers. The result is the smallest federal workforce since May 1966 and the smallest it has ever been as a share of the total U.S. workforce.
I would also point out that no funds are going to be released or sanctions lifted and this isn't a deal but rather an extension of a ceasefire for 60 days. Additionally, I would check out Tousi TV on YouTube to see what is happening over there.
"And now we circle back to Bill Pulte, the dreaded man who just terrified Democrats into protesting so hard that they lapsed their favorite spy program, āplungingā the nation into āunknown territory.ā Not coincidentally, Pulte is closely tied to DOGE. His critics constantly complain about how, under Pulteās leadership, the DOGE model was extended into housing finance and related domains.
Add to that Billās preāgovernment āTwitter philanthropyā branding, where he explicitly discussed using technology and social media to expose corruption in welfare infrastructures, and later, in mortgage fraud, and you see a consistent character: Bill Pulte leans into a public identity as a techādriven, antiācorruption crusader."
I suspect that with as much fraud as there is in Medicaid and Medicare fraud, these learing centers, immigration fraud, watch out for what's coming from Pulte, with a DOGE powered inquiry into mass amounts of mortgage loan fraud.
During my fraud and computer crimes detective days, I added mortgage loan fraud cases to my portfolio of work starting in 2003, before the big meltdown of 2008. I did a consult for a local city detective and a state agent on what initially started with insider fraud involving car purchase loans. Looking over their materials, I told them yes, there's a lot of substantial money and fraud here. But the mother lode of the REAL money is in what looks like a mortgage loan fraud network, with players across our state. It turned out to be the case. I'm not talking about somebody misstating a loan from mom and pop to help out with the down payment. Back then, with no DOGE tying in these cases and building them up, it took a lot of expertise to even know where to look for evidence, obtain it, then put together cases. It still does, I suspect. We are seeing something massive here from Pulte and whichever of his proteges takes if from there.
Something to consider. Just came back from Vegas which was SLOW. Walked to the front of the line at Bellagio buffet with no one in front---at lunchtime. Checked right in to our resort with NO ONE in front. Saw "Wizard," and 40% of the seats weren't just empty---entire sections were closed down. A friend, who is seeing the same massive slowdown in Veil, CO, said there was a shocking absence of the Latin American riches who used to spend money like crazy there, and suggested that Trump's "war" on the cartels was absolutely slicing into the Latins' ability to launder money up here. I mentioned this to a certain guy at War Room who said, "YES. Treasury is all over this."
We also were just in vegas and noticed the same.
Same.
Did the hot weather have an effect?
It's always hot in the Nevada desert.
Yes indeed. In my experience, those 116-degree days tend to be more prominent in the Summer.
Lived there off and on fromā63; 104 degrees at midnight after a baseball game. The resorts were flooded with customers after Covid handouts. An economist could take the marketās temperature by the number of tourists in Vegas. The water problem is a non starter for future growth.
I was in a swimming pool.with and adult beverage at 3am. The pool was well populated and it was 89 degrees.
Albeit quite a few decades ago.
Too true, Valoree.
Last time were there in ā23 it was still over 100 at 9 pm.
How much water does it take to sustain all that glitz?
Not sorry to hear itās in decline - at least presently.
The pool at Hoover Dam is close to falling below the level at which it is possible to generate power. The states relying on water from Lake Mead have a problem.
More bodies to discover as the water level drops.
Some people in the know are saying that the next "Civil War" will be fought over water... with the Western States drying up like a popcorn fart, and with the Great Lakes being that largest reservoir by surface area of fresh water in the world... ~20% of the world's surface fresh water supply... conflicts between those states in need and those states in possession are inevitable!
There will be no water coming from the Colorado mountains because there was no snow.
That a big part of the problem is being caused by an evil plan, that has been in-effect for decades, should be more widely recognized and opposed (eg, at supermarket) -- see expose that begins at ~4:32 of www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAlMrHGrSs
Last there in 2008, so it's been awhile... and it was the first weekend of May.. But I have to say that the absence of Humidity makes the heat tolerable.
Never. Our daughter lives their with her family. The heat is never a factor...
Interesting. I wonder if people develop a higher tolerance for it over a period of time.
Yes, you do.
Treasury all over this? Can you put more meat on the bone?
š¤·āāļø. I donāt know what that means either. Itās like he stopped in the middle of his explanation. Also, IMO people are tired of Vegas outrageous prices, moral decay, & low quality.
I've heard that as well for sometime. No more free parking and expensive buffets. Maybe the poster was referring to Vegas being used for money laundering???
I believe that was his point
Not a fan of activities in either location, but do think that the people who will be hurt by a big economic slowdown are not the people who are the problem...
So, does that mean the ski slopes at Vail and Breck will be less crowded with Central and South Americans next season?? šš»
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
Lots of talk of hot weather and water issues in this thread. Without addressing geoengineering, there will be no 'return to normal'. https://geoengineeringwatch.org/
An interesting factoid that I learned in Vegas recently from a driver, there's a law in NV that any building on the strip that is 50 years old becomes a historical landmark and cannot be torn down. He mentioned it is why Circus, Circus isn't torn down and why when other buildings are getting close to the 50 year mark they tear it down. I didn't know that and thought it was an interesting fact.
Last night I got home from a week in Sarasota Florida which seemed to be booming. Lovely Florida was absolutely packed, restaurants not returning my calls to book last minute party of 22 people, mall parking lots full and everyone happy and healthy. GO BLESS THE PATRIOTS, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Spent some time in FL, mostly in my rock and roll days (Tampa, Clearwater, Lakeland, Sarasota, Ft. Meyers. I like it but absolutely cannot handle humidity. PHX and Vegas to me are perfect---hot, but not too humid. But hat's off to people who want to live in FL.
Vegas has more 'low rollers' than 'high rollers'. Something I have been pointing out for months that Jeff just continues to ignore this year (did something happen to him earlier this year? Tone has become more "Catturd"-ish than C&C 2025.). Main Street is suffering. Main Street is not Wall Street. Main Street gets maybe a trip or two to Vegas a year if that was their thing, instead of mountains, beach, etc. But when food and fuel get wacked by high prices, vacations get trimmed/cut. Jeff is full of superlatives recently, and has been trying to downplay people on the RIGHT, by straw-manning it to the Left, as he did early in this missive. I'll stack my "conservative" cred against his or anyone else's going back to the Reagan first term. Pseudo-bashing us by labeling the arguments as "pre-packaged" is just spin. Jeff was better than that a year ago. What changed?
He is now "pre-debunking"? That sounds like something Mark Levin or Bongino or Beck would use.
We're not asking you Jeff to 'defend' a deal that hasn't been announced, but at the same time don't act defensive then. You can't have it both ways.
Trump now acts like getting Iran was always his main goal before this year. It wasn't. The facts that would be admissible in court, if you care to go lawyer, is that Trump ran on getting OUT of wars, not in MORE. Plain fact. And with what they are trying to shove into appropriation bills to tie us further to Israel, doesn't really make sense when he says he wants to bring stuff home from Europe because "America First". Money and/or Blackmail are the two most "Occam's Razor-ish" reasons for Trumps turn on issues, and disregard for Main Street.
At this point it is safest to take the narrative that Trump is controlled and will never do anything significant on Epstein or disentangling from Israel. He will be allowed to do some things on his agenda, but not all.
So now we are getting "But, but, but's" from people asking us to overlook key things in the hopes that Republicans won't get trounced in November. The current group of Democrats is the most pathetic yet, so I guess there is hope there, but Trump squandered the firey energy of many who came into the party for the first time.
What good is being the number one energy producer if Main Street is getting smacked with higher fuel and food costs??? That is real "kitchen table" for the majority of people who live paycheck to paycheck.
Readers are looking for consistency and logic and awareness. Not "pre-debunking".
Excellent analysis. Best to you and yours.
Later Jay
win win
Latin Americans are all on Miami cruises!!
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
It could also be that the prices there have gotten insane the past few years. Plus, the homeless are an issue that needs addressed. Walked into a casino restroom to find a guy shaving in the ladies restroom.
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Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That both good and ill go forth?
Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?
Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the LORD.
We lift up our heart and hands
Toward God in heaven[.]
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Jeremiah had a difficult assignment, for sure!
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Coming from a C&C reader from day 1 and unrelated to todayās post - Sharing because I want to shout from the rooftops because there will be no cap and gown, nor walking ceremonyā¦..
My son graduates with his Bachelors Degree today! It was 10 years in the making. Through a lot of discouragement, life event set backs and just some difficult times - he did not give up! He kept finding ways to adjust, he stopped and started again, and he just refused to give up no matter how much at times he thought it would just be easier to quit and walk away. We arenāt celebrating the degree itself as much as his tenacity to never give up and when you start something you finish strong -no matter how long it takes. That has been our family motto for 30+ years - Never give up & always finish strong! Our son did that and for THAT we are extremely proud of him and celebrate.
The cherry on top is that with the help of his amazing wife who took on a debt that wasnāt hers (they married a year ago) they buckled down and paid off his student loans! So not only does he graduate today - the debt is fully paid as of this month! They did it together! A clean start together.
And the cherry on top of the cherry is that he started a new job that utilizes his degree and he can soar from here.
Thanking the Lord Jesus for His amazing grace and mercy over my son and providing him a way to accomplish this milestone.
So this is me: shouting from the rooftops even if no one hears me š
WOW! You are heard. Good for your son AND his wife. They will go far together.
Thank you š. She is a gem and we are so thankful for her in his life.
Truly the biggest blessing here
Weāve been there. Took my husband 9 years a long time ago. (My mom was worried when I decided to marry him before he finished but he had gotten a job in the field he was going to school for and they agreed to let him continue a few classes each semester which he did, too, as well as getting so much experience!)
Congratulations to EVERYONE for a job well done! Awesome accomplishment!
Amazing testimony as well! š Thanks for sharing this. I love when people finish strong and never give up.
Congratulations! When anyone in a family graduates or gets a degree they lift up the whole family! Celebrate! :D
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Wow Sunnydaze! Congratulations!! What an amazing milestone all around. May God bless your son & his wife in their future together. May they have good health, lots of children and much happiness and joy together. And God bless you and your family Sunnydaze as well. All praise be to God for His goodness!
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I am SO SO happy for them! And you. It sounds like he is a chip of your old block. What a great family. ā„ You taught him how it is done. Good job Mama and Dad. xoxo
Awww āŗļø. Thank you SadieJay! I know you know some of what our family has gone through so it means a lot that you celebrate with and for us š š
Congratulations!
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Sunnyāpraising God for all this. Their āfuture is so bright they will have to wear shadesā ššš»šš»šš»
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Congrats!! :) God is good!
Thank you! And yes. HE IS GOOD!
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Thatās a great accomplishment!
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Congrats to your son and best wishes to them both, for an amazing future!
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and, best, they did it without a handout check from the government(assuming!)
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(I knew it!) yay!
Praise the Lord ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø congratulations!!
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Your son (and the whole family) got a Proverbs 31 galā¤ļø congrats šØš°āļø
Yes we did! š„¹ by the grace and compassion of God.
Heys alls, I've found Joe Bidet's actual family tree!
"Who is Jack Schitt?
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt?
We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!'
Well, thanks to genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt.
Awe Schitt was married to O. Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, and owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt.
The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition who was nick-named Chicken Schitt.
Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony.
The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.
Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can correct them.
Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt" AKA Joe Bidet
I have to say what a crock of Schitt. But that was pretty funny! (thanks!)
Now thatās some good Schitt
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A true Schitt-Storm of a post
This is because you know Schitt from Shinola
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Me too, but inside cause it's RAINING! Yay for the perennials (flowers).
Lucky you. I am craving rain. Drydaho here.
Were they the family that lived on Schittās Creek? Or were they the other family that lived a little north, Up Schittās Creek?
I smell what youāre stepping in Larry.
All i really know is that they were up whichever of those creeks without a paddle.
they followed Larry, Daryl, and Daryl. . .
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Itās all true, 1Irish, I Schitt you not.
That's some seriously funny Schitt! š¤£
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Have always found "schitt" funny.
That was so funny I read it out loud to my husband. And I rarely use profanity! But this was humorous!
Same here!
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Must be some funny Schitt happening
What a Schittstorm. Remember when Biden told us Covid came from BatSchitt? Many of us went ApeSchitt crazy over that Schittshow.
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With that many emojis, we must be in some deep Schitt
Just donāt step in it.
Too late, now gotta wipe thr ole Schitt from āma shoe.
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Wow, I thought those of us who read Jeffās articles were wise enough not to tune into the media, turn it off and thank Jeff for suffering on our behalf. I last saw the news on April 28, 2020 when we flew our college kiddo home from his internship in LA. Why support anxiety inducing lies?
Indeed. I only watch the weather now to see which way it is being manipulated.š¤Ø
And I watch Good Morning America to see how we are being manipulatedš
Coincidentally, I turned off the radio (my only broadcast source, no tv) in September 2020. Never. Looked. Back.
Try BOT radio. They have stations all over the country.
Not going to mourn FISA going away - too much power and too easy to abuse. We'll see how it all shakes out, but right now I'm more watching what happens with the SAVE act and the big pushes for "not going to sign anything without that attached". (Not holding out any hope there, but we'll see.)
I _am_ glad to see gas prices s l o w l y coming down after the rapid rise when the Iran thing started. I really wish they'd follow the decline as quickly as they shoot up on any rumor at all.
Hearing farmers say gas price reductions donāt help; they use diesel. To help them, which will help us since so much moves in trucks, we have to RECUCE PRICE OF DIESEL.
True that. My understanding is that diesel is cheaper to produce because it needs less refining, yet it's universally more expensive at the pump. Is that taxes? Are states/feds trying to recoup the cost of road maintenance from truck drivers? With farmers as collateral damage? Seems like making it cheaper to distribute goods and operate tractors would go a long way toward juicing the economy.
In an irrelevant but related aside, there's a great book called The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. It's about the guy who invented the diesel engine (hence the name) and is a fascinating story. Recommended!
Not every refinery can handle the heavy (sour) crude that produces diesel, jet fuel, and other products. Also, the US mostly produces the light (sweet) crude, so we import to get the heavy crude, which often has a high sulfur content, requiring more processing.
Thank you, that's helpful. Is this difference in processing and sourcing enough to account for the huge price differential? Currently in southern New Mexico regular is about $3.22, while diesel is about $4.25.
There are other factors, such as proximity to the refinery, state taxes, etc. Usually in states that produce and refine oil, gas is a dollar or two lower than in others. But pumping it out of the ground here in the U.S. is much cheaper than tankering it in from, say, Venezuela.
Diesel used to be less expensive than gasoline. I can't remember when that reversal happened, but am thinking maybe in the '90s.
KBB "cost of road maintenance"? What's that? I live in MN, home of wealthy wheel alignment shop owners.
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Hey Val, just stay away from those roads! take the scenic routes. . . like the gravel roads near Preston instead of 35, 90, or 94!
Diesel is part of the same crack used to produce gasoline. Reduced gasoline demand results in reduced diesel supply. When you crack oil, you only get what you get. What you get varies by crude variety.
It did not use to be. was cheaper for long time
Exactly. Shocking more people
donāt see this.
Problem is many refineries closed. They take years to get running. California a big culprit, but some closed in the Gulf area too. California relies a lot on ocean bound imports from India and South Korea for local diesel and jet fuel. And California is structurally isolated from Texas pipelines. Dems made it intentional. When you have one part of the country paying an arm and a leg for fuel, it gives air cover for other areas to charge more too. I live in PA and natgas prices continue to go up even though we have a boatload of it in western PA. Partly because it is more profitable to ship over to Europe, who stupidly ditched nuclear in Germany. (Well, not stupidly from the totalitarian standpoint. They are doing a multi-frontal attack on western society and culture. Kill industry, import Africans who won't assimilate, etc.)
Gas dropped $0.30 a couple weeks ago here in FL and it's down another $0.20 since then. Brent Crude is at $77.67 right now which is way down.
high rise and slow decline = max profits.
They need the Save Act to digitize us all for the data center prisons.
Jeff, your daily column is such an important, wonderful gift to the (tens of thousands?, hundreds of thousands?, millions?) readers so thirsty for your good news first thing every morning. God bless you, and us, for being here.
Jeff, You are my morning coffee and ray of sunshine all rolled into one. Thank you Sir .. !!!!
ditto for me
Jeff and C&C family:
Update on Cody Hudson from his mother, Heather:
āWe have reached a critical point where his advanced heart failure and severe body-wide inflammation require more physical and medical support than our family can manage alone.ā
https://x.com/Amothersanthem/status/2066858527096787170
Please pray for Cody and his family, and if you have the means, make a donation to this family who is in dire need:
https://www.givesendgo.com/Amothersanthem
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Sending prayers
Done. Wish I had more to give.
I had to stop reading and just say, āPreach, @JeffChilders!! Preach!!ā You cannot be anymore on target than you are. Preach on, my friend, preach on!
Thank you!!
I had to stop reading too, and say- GO JEFF! People!!! we better enjoy these next 2 years because there will never be another one like him. I love President Trump!
As a Californian, I support any investigation into Newsom. I think his wife's nonprofit is small potatoes (in the single digit millions), but look at the $$$ sent to China for Covid masks that were never received. Look at any possible connection to the Cartels. Look at Rob Bonta and who he's embroiled with. Look at the Covid funds that were raided by overseas scammers. Like MN, it could be in the billions.
Agree 1000%! Of course, Greasy Gav has to whine on social media, playing the victim is his specialty. I pray he and his ilk finally get taken down.
You can't forget Canada's involvement in the whole mess!
I wonder if there is a tip line? If so, use it. She suggested, just trying to be, um, thoughtful.
Not sure her "non-profit" is that small anymore. She got a bunch of funds from the Fire Aid concert that was supposed to go to the Palisade Fire victims (it never did). She redirected a bunch of it to NGOs - (Nothing Good Operation) for "unhoused trannies" and whatever. It seems to be a fine place to begin the digging, as much of the money funneled to her came from Greasy Gavin. When you transfer money, it leaves a trail. :D
That quote from NextGov explaining NSPM-12 to the agencies is exactly why it is needed. There are too many dark corners existing in Intelligence; and that means it's too big and out of control. TAW.
I just finished watching The Recruit, about a lawyer who got quickly mired in the muck of the CIA. It was entertaining and lots of Hollywood but it made the Dark State plausible which was pretty disturbing.
Trump in an interview last night after he arrived in Ćvian-les-Bains, France for the G7.
President Trump: 'Israel has been fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people have been killed. You donāt have to knock down an apartment house every time youāre looking for somebody. Because thereās a lot of people in those apartment houses ā and theyāre not all Hezbollah. If Israel canāt do the job without killing everyone else, Syria will do the job. I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah because, to be honest with you, I think theyād do a better job of doing it. Israel was supposed to end the thing with Hezbollah fast. But itās taking them forever. Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.'
Of course Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Larry Loomer, Ben Shapiro & Lindsey Graham to name a few, are already chimping out. As I predicted 6-8 weeks ago in these very comments, the Israel First crowd is now starting to turn on Trump and some in his inner circle (mostly JD Vance). That said, I was incorrect in my post as I thought these America Last traitors would wait to turn on Trump after the midterms, but looks like they are showing up early for the party. Keep in mind now, Levin, Shapiro and Graham all said they'd never support Trump for President (feel free to fact check that). That's because they all hate him. If you think shit is getting saucy now, just wait for what these back stabbing Brutus's do if/when the republicans lose the midterms and the democrats start their impeachment onslaughts. 'Et tu, Brute? https://x.com/ThePatriotOasis/status/2066824337450000876?s=20
From what I've read, the Memorandum of Understanding looks something like this (I'm sure this is no where set in stone):
1: Permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
2: The US commitment to non-interference in Iran's internal affairs and respect for the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
3: Complete lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days.
4: The US commitment to withdraw its forces from around Iran.
5: Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian arrangements.
6: Suspension of sanctions on the sale of oil, petrochemical products, and derivatives, and full access of Iran to its financial resources.
7: The necessity for the US and its allies to present reconstruction plans for Iran amounting to at least $300 billion.
8: 60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement based on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of primary, secondary, US sanctions, and UN Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions.
9: Reiteration of Iran's commitment under the NPT treaty not to produce nuclear weapons.
10: During the negotiation period, the US has committed not to add forces in the region and not to impose new sanctions.
11: Release of $24 billion of Iran's blocked funds during the 60-day final negotiation period. Half of this amount must be made available to Iran before the start of negotiations.
12: Formation of a supervisory mechanism to implement the agreement.
13: The final agreement will be approved by a UN Security Council resolution.
14: Final negotiations will not begin before the release of half of Iran's blocked funds, suspension of Iran's oil sanctions, and lifting of the naval blockade, and the final agreement will only cover the fate of enriched materials and enrichment, lifting of sanctions, and Iran's economic reconstruction plan. Discussions about Iran's missile program and support for resistance groups are definitively removed from the agenda.
Can someone point out how all of this has been beneficial to Joe & Sue taxpayer? Asking for a friend.
You don't hate the media enough - you think you do, but you don't. https://x.com/Evans_Wroten
Go back and re-read Jeff's article. I'd wait until next week to trash the deal. We don't have any real information yet. Let the man work....
I stated that it's probably not set in stone and I've been as patient as any other 3 time Trump voter, so please spare me 'let the man work' speech. I've been watching this type of stepping all over your crank for a year and a half just scratching my head and waiting for a clown to jump out of the closet telling us we've all been punk'd. There are several things I'm super happy with, but a laundry list of big disappointments. I'm hoping my point isn't lost on you.
Yeah. It was so much better under Obama.
They both work for the Bank of England. There are no teams.
There goes the voted for Tump 3 times claim. Itās a dead giveaway away. And your supposed subtlety needs some work.
Evidently you are forgetting that GOD is involved in this. Trust HIM. GOD is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light which is truth. This is a time of revelation. Exposing who and what people truly are. Let HIM do HIS works.
That's also why people are going to be surprised what Congress looks like later on this year, despite the midterm gloom.
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Check The Leah Files on Substack for good infoā¦.she is waiting patiently to read and evaluate the terms of the MOUā¦.which she points out is NOT a permanent agreement, just a Memorandum of Understanding for 90days, or is it 60?, while they discuss terms of an agreement.
I have. Sheās on point.
Or until the 250 celebration is over. Gotta pump up the proles.
I hear the reflecting pool's algae is back, but at least the people who cleaned it got paid good money. As opposed to the many small businesses in Chicago who are getting stiffed by the Obama dead-weight.
I have a small backyard fountainā¦.fighting algae is a weekly battle. š« Hopefully there is a pool/pond contractor that can help battle the green or black enemy of clear water.
Trust me, our horse trough is a petri dish for the stuff. Obviously we can't put chemicals in it to try to fight it so we have a scrub brush which cleans it up for a few days.
It is my opinion that the algae makes good fertilizer, so I haul buckets of it out to the garden.
I may be wrong, but all that green? Smells like money!
Mrs. RW
That sounds plausible. In an hour or so I'll be changing the water in the trough. I'll give it a scrub and save some of the green water to put on garden plants, the fertilizer is good, hopefully this will add to the growth.
Or baking soda.
Actually, now that I think about it, a while back I read something that said copper would combat algae so I put a 10" scrap piece of copper pipe in the trough and it did seem to work, for a couple of months, but the effect seemed to fade and the algae started back even with the pipe in there; I'm not sure why.
Let Syria do it? Let the headchoppers now running Syria loose on Lebanon?
Headchoppers were favored by Obama, although he also liked drones and bombs.
As a taxpayer, I'm happy to have the war ended. I never thought that the US bombed Iran to help us, so why would I be disappointed with a ceasefire?
Every one of those missiles costs tens of thousands of dollars. And they kill innocent people.
I'm glad it has stopped. Except for Lebanon. Israel is still massacring people there and burning their houses. One million people have been driven from their homes.
I want that to stop also. But I don't want the headchoppers turned loose. They are already making the lives of Syrians miserable
Mrs. RW
Headchoppers R' Us. The only answer is opposition to Greater Israel led by Iran.
Every line of this is BS.
Thankfully Jeffās analyses make more of an impact on my thinking than another readerās
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This was put out by Iran and the IRGC propganda. Are we really going to trust anything that comes out of Iran and the IRGC propaganda? I wouldn't trust anything coming out the mainstream news media and I would question everything we hear and read. This is like any ICE story where the mainstream media puts out nonsense to sway public opinion before the facts come out.
Here's some accomplishments that we can see per article by Larry Schweikart: All that matters is what has materially been accomplished, and what has been accomplished is remarkable:
*For a human cost of less than the Grenada liberation or the Afghanistan withdrawal, the U.S. has rendered Iran militarily impotent. Yes, they can occasionally import a ballistic missile or two. And we have shown that at about a 99% clip we can shoot down or deactivate anything they send up.
*We have rendered their nuke production facilities completely inoperable for probably 20 years.
*We have reduced the Iranian economy to a crawl.
*We have control of the Strait of Hormuz. The USN. No one else. Over the weekend over 7 million barrels of oil transited the Strait with Uncle Samās fleet keeping them company.
*We have aligned virtually every legitimate government in the region, save, perhaps, Yemen, an ally and a cooperating party.
*We have eliminated, and continue to eliminate, virtually anyone who steps into the driverās seat who so much as breathes āDeath to America.ā And whom we donāt kill, the Israeli Defense Force kills.
*We have very significantly cut into the ChiComsā economy. They keep a tight lid on stories, but enough is seeping out now to show that while they are not yet in ādecline,ā the āgrowth trainā left the station.
*We have used the conflict to test, and show the dominance of, new, previously unseen military hardware apparently (based on the reaction of Chy-na) well ahead of anyone else in the world.
*And we have become the #1 energy exporter in the entire world.
All of these things happened without a deal memo. Meanwhile the stock market nudges 52,000 and gas prices are falling again.
There was never a āquagmire,ā and for most of the time, there wasnāt even a real conflict. It was just us beating the hell out of the mullahs then saying, āHad enough?ā Meanwhile we just did whatever we wanted to and made the rest of the world adjust to our terms.
Additionally, the economy is beating every indicator still such as Job creation during this time. I might add that the job creations are from the private sector not the federal government. Here's a good article to read by Daniel Street:
Trumpās Economy Booms: 115,000 Jobs Added as Democrats Plot to Destroy It All
The American economy is not just holding its ground amid global headwinds. It is surging forward with undeniable force, proving once again that President Donald J. Trumpās leadership delivers results where others failed.
In April, the U.S. labor market added 115,000 jobs, crushing economistsā forecasts and marking the second straight month of strong gains:
This momentum stands in sharp contrast to the weaker 10,000 monthly average seen throughout 2025. So far in 2026, the economy has powered ahead with an average of 76,000 new jobs per month. Even as global inflation pressures linger and the conflict with Iran tests national resolve, private-sector growth refuses to buckle.
The resilience is real, and it carries the unmistakable imprint of Trumpās pro-growth agenda. For instance, manufacturing, horribly neglected under Biden-Harris, is roaring back to life.
The economy added 12,600 factory construction jobs in April alone, fueled by trillions in fresh investments pouring into American facilities and data centers.
(These are the jobs former President Obama famously claimed were gone and were never coming back. Well, President Trump is bringing these jobs home, again.)
The first quarter of 2026 delivered the first net manufacturing job growth since 2023, with every major indicator now signaling robust expansion after years of Biden-Harris-era stagnation.
These gains come as Trump aggressively shrinks the federal bureaucracy. His administration has already cut the federal workforce by 345,000 workers. The result is the smallest federal workforce since May 1966 and the smallest it has ever been as a share of the total U.S. workforce.
I would also point out that no funds are going to be released or sanctions lifted and this isn't a deal but rather an extension of a ceasefire for 60 days. Additionally, I would check out Tousi TV on YouTube to see what is happening over there.
Morning all
šš»hi from Northern VA
"And now we circle back to Bill Pulte, the dreaded man who just terrified Democrats into protesting so hard that they lapsed their favorite spy program, āplungingā the nation into āunknown territory.ā Not coincidentally, Pulte is closely tied to DOGE. His critics constantly complain about how, under Pulteās leadership, the DOGE model was extended into housing finance and related domains.
Add to that Billās preāgovernment āTwitter philanthropyā branding, where he explicitly discussed using technology and social media to expose corruption in welfare infrastructures, and later, in mortgage fraud, and you see a consistent character: Bill Pulte leans into a public identity as a techādriven, antiācorruption crusader."
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I suspect that with as much fraud as there is in Medicaid and Medicare fraud, these learing centers, immigration fraud, watch out for what's coming from Pulte, with a DOGE powered inquiry into mass amounts of mortgage loan fraud.
During my fraud and computer crimes detective days, I added mortgage loan fraud cases to my portfolio of work starting in 2003, before the big meltdown of 2008. I did a consult for a local city detective and a state agent on what initially started with insider fraud involving car purchase loans. Looking over their materials, I told them yes, there's a lot of substantial money and fraud here. But the mother lode of the REAL money is in what looks like a mortgage loan fraud network, with players across our state. It turned out to be the case. I'm not talking about somebody misstating a loan from mom and pop to help out with the down payment. Back then, with no DOGE tying in these cases and building them up, it took a lot of expertise to even know where to look for evidence, obtain it, then put together cases. It still does, I suspect. We are seeing something massive here from Pulte and whichever of his proteges takes if from there.
"...every other Middle East conflict weāve ever stumbled into...". "Stumbled"!? As in, we started wars by accident?
"I accidentally fell and dropped bombs on Libya."
I'm trying to remember if we had any conflicts we "stumbled into" before 1948?
This is all planned. Even the current Iran one.