Why Iran is lovelorn for a buyer; why the National Science Board is lovelorn for a chair; and why the Loveland Frogman was lovelorn for a tail. And more.
I just want to say thanks to whomever told me to block the bots a few weeks ago! I only blocked like three usernames and the comment count on this feed halved. (Weird…)
Most readers here don't pay. The cost is $50 US per month, so it is very steep compared to other Substacks. I think JC's business model is to give it away for free the majority of the time, but to charge a high price for the "elite readers" of the paid posts. It attracts the "I wanna be an elite" types, and even if you get 100 of them annually, it is a decent income from this.
Besides which, this Substack is the chosen hang-out of a herd of extremist religious types. Not because of the writing by JC, but because they wanted a free digital clubhouse to communicate with one another and to virtue-signal by posting Scripture. They could have chosen any Substack for this purpose, but the free ones are dwindling.
I notice that there are an average of 700-1000 comments here on an unpaid post, but 50-75 comments on a paid post. Which in a reflection of the religious extremist herd flooding the free-days, while the "elites" come in on the paid-days. It seems to suit Jeff, and he can boast that he has 1000 comments per day, while bringing in the revenue he wants from the small "elite" group.
So grateful for the blocking feature. Goodbye, A.!
ps- I’m one of the paid subscribers, even on my retired social security budget.
A. I want to put my money where my mouth is (support worthy Jesus-promoting ideals), and
B. My twin and I split the cost and gave it to each other as our birthday present, which we will be repeating this August. It is an expensive but HIGHLY appreciated gift!
(Whoops - just realized I am unintentionally proving the “hang-out of a herd of extremist religious” classification, while simultaneously disproving the “reflection of the religious extremist herd flooding the free days” theory!)
Thanks for reminding me to block you too, Marlene. Life is too short to have deal with nonsense. I am sorry you are averse to reality. But that is not my responsibility.
You seem very naive, besides. Do you really not understand that writing/publishing is a business? From Substack to MSM to the general publishing industry. They all produce writing for pay, on business models.
I am going to jump in here. I consider myself a spiritual person and not a religious one. I have never gone to Bible study. I have found my own way and it is meaningful to me. I do not understand what you find so offensive. I too am wary of any extremism for I do not feel you can unite a diverse world thinking my way is the only way. An open loving heart is the way to God. My two close girlfriends are Christian and they attend church. I do not find that to challenge me in the slightest. They are two of the kindest women I know. They embrace me also even though my beliefs can differ than theirs. What I think bonds us is the fact we want a connection with God in our lives. If reading scripture challenges you, scroll past to other commentary. It is called the power of the finger! Jeff Childers is a Christian. Of course he would attract like minds. But I have found the people on here to be kind, gracious and loving. I have found your tone to be less than that and I wonder why. Is it so impossible to embrace others of a different belief system than yours?
You do not understand my points, Elizabeth, So you are jumping to conclusions which do not apply,
I already said that I am Christian. And that I hardly recognize the extremist herd on here as fellow Christians. In fact, they are more like cult followers. And several of them are very nasty to anyone outside their herd.
Seeing as I am Christian and you say you are not, I think I have a better idea of this.
Besides which, I have written and explained this here in numerous posts over the past month. The onus is not on me to repeat all of that. It costs ME the time and effort.
I have a background in Evolutionary and Depth Psychology. I recognize and have expertise in the issues of extremism, and why it is a major problem. Both in the far-leftwing WOKE-folk and in the far-rightwing religious extremists.
I might suggest that you do the background reading and studying before you think you have all the answers, That should take 8 or 10 years of effort (and expense). Then come back and debate it.
You miss the point entirely. Though you paint yourself as being very good. Perhaps that was your point here -- virtue-signaling. Showing off.
You sound like an adult Pollyanna. Which causes a lot of trouble for other honest persons, while you display your own supposed morality.
I think that many of us here could refute your idea that all of these religious extremists here are loving and kind, You obviously see only whatever confirms what you want to see.
Jim Jones of Jonestown was a religious extremist. And a Psychopath. So have many other religious extremist leaders and cult leaders of the past and present been. You need to grow up and understand reality.
Maybe Jeff could block A. I kept him busy a few days ago but not wasting my time on a Student of Psycho nonsense today. Unless Jeff blocks him, he’ll be forever commenting negatively and personally, taking up our space, time and trying his best to divide this group of very wonderful people.
04/28/26: Jeff is expensive and worth every penny he charges.
“They are filling up derelict oil tankers. They are filling up spare barrels. They are probably filling up Tupperware containers, empty swimming pools, and those little plastic cups you get at the dentist. Any day now, the Supreme Leader is going to wake up, go to the kitchen to get some milk for his Cap’n Crunch, and find that his refrigerator is completely full of light sweet crude.”
“… and those little plastic cups you get at the dentist.”
KABOOM! Laughter!
Scared the hell out of my wife. And the cat, too, if we had a cat.
For anyone reading this and wanting to know how to block certain commentors.
Click on the commentors name, that will take you to their profile. From there click on the 3 dots to the right of their name and you can block or mute them. Block is my preference.
Ah, I wrote several posts here this week about the tactic of calling someone else a bot, when you want to smear them. Because thay do not agree with you. It is getting a bit old, and boring now.
I see that you are talented in using smear tactics, just like the baddies Jeff writes about.
I am not dismissive of Christianity here; I am a balanced Christian myself. What I am dismissive of is extremism, and the religious variety which is not Christianity at all. They only think it is.
Posting Scripture to one another in their free digital clubhouse and wagging judgmental fingers at everyone else is not Christianity. It is more like cult control by domineering figures over persons who are vulnerable, and will follow these demands.
You find the same kind of group extremism in the WOKE-folk of the far-leftwing.
You don’t even know me and you have made a huge assumption about me without any information . I asked a question I would genuinely like to know the answer to.
When I said "Found one!" I was referring to the commenter who responded to your questions with a snotty answer. After I posted that, I wondered if it would be taken the wrong way, and indeed, it was. Sorry about that. But I did find one.
I think I have been over this with you before. And at the end of all my information, you make a contemptuous remark but fail to absorb what I am saying.
Actually, you have just proven that you are both comtemptible, and that you attack others for their opinions when those opinions do not match yours, That is very anti-American. Are you writing from North Korea?
You sound as if you must be either in the WOKE-folk camp, or the far-rightwing religious extremist camp. Because this is their kind of ugly comeback. Both extremes use it.
click on their name and then when it comes up click the 3 dots then block. I am blocking one on this thread who may not be a Bot but is VERY annoying! 🤣
For anyone reading this and wanting to know how to block certain commentors.
Click on the commentors name, that will take you to their profile. From there click on the 3 dots to the right of their name and you can block or mute them. Block is my preference.
It’s true - I call them bots but it’s just as likely some of them are paid agitators. And they must post sooo many comments if it lowered my comment feed total by so much to block just a few!
I’m pretty cold about it now. Wielding the Vorpal Sword as mentioned at the top of the post. I had to look it up and found a reason to use it. Metaphorically of course. 🤷🏼♀️🤔
The World Order sets up countless groups to promote any type of idea, and then sets up other groups to fanatically oppose them, but the masters have no dedication to anything except slavery." The World Order Eustace Mullins 1992
Now the time to attack imaginary "leftists" for recent events.
Yes, it's so helpful. "A." believes evangelicals are coercive, extremist, controlling, and judgmental. He knows this because he watched the movie "Marjoe" many years ago (it was released in 1972). If you respond to him (could be a her, to be fair) in some way he deems un-Christianlike, he insults. A person totally without self-awareness. Better blocked!
Click on their name/avatar, which takes you to their page. Then look for the three dots on the right side of the page, click on that and choose "block"! It really does improve the comments section.
how does one "block the bots" here (and presumably elsewhere)? In this case, saying "I missed the memo" is not just figuratively true but literally true. TIA.
It’s hard to believe that just over 15 months ago we were living under a president that had fully opened the gates to our country. This had devastating effects to our families, our children and our neighbors. He allowed in much more than 20 to 30 million unvetted illegal aliens. He ushered in drugs, addiction, child trafficking, a war on religion, a devalued currency, inflation, debt, poverty. I believe he ushered in this culture of political violence and assassination. He sent hundreds of billions of dollars to fight foreign wars, billions to our enemies. Our tax dollars were funding evil acts completely contrary to Christian belief.
In one day just 15 months ago, a new watchman entered the White House. After 4 years of a physical and spiritual invasion the gates were finally shut.
The watchman on the wall is an ancient story that goes back to the Old Testament. God consistently uses imperfect individuals demonstrating His power is perfected in weakness not strength. God works through willing hearts, using everyday people to achieve extraordinary purposeful outcomes, to accomplish His Divine purposes.
The Watchman On The Wall
The watchman stands on a wall. Behind him is a city with its citizens and people the warchman loves. Before him is the vastness of the outside world, a world of enemies and threats, both small and large. With a weapon in his hand, he stays awake late into the night, keeping his eyes on the horizon and the shadows, ready to give the clarion call of any approaching evil.
It is a simple image, yet it is full of meaning and complexity. For men and women of today, we see the importance of a warrior standing guard. This image from a thousand years ago once again engenders the same emotional urgency and sobriety today as it did back then.
And there are still threats. There are still enemies. And the Bible uses the image of the watchman on the wall to call us to join God in protecting those we are responsible for, today as it was then it’s our children and our families.
Ironically today like thousands of years ago we witnessed hordes of invaders at our borders, and watched as our watchmen opened the gates, they allowed an invasion of our home. The threats today are more real and more dangerous than ever. In to many cases the watchman has turned against us. I sit in amazement again and again at how history repeats itself. We still certainly need true warriors on the wall.
1. Vigilance and alertness. Just as a watchman on the wall is vigilant and alert to potential threats, we are called to remain spiritually vigilant and watchful.
The world is filled with various influences, temptations, and challenges that can divert our focus from God.
Being a watchman reminds us to stay awake and attentive, guarding our hearts and minds against anything that could compromise our faith.
2. Responsibility for others. A watchman has a responsibility to warn and protect others. Likewise, Christians have a responsibility to care for and nurture fellow believers.
This includes encouraging one another, offering support, and sharing the truth of God's Word. Being a watchman teaches us to look out for the spiritual well-being of our brothers and sisters in Christ.
3. Proclamation of truth. Watchmen announce impending danger, and Christians are called to proclaim the truth of the gospel, including the imminent return of Jesus.
In addition, we can prophetically warn of coming attacks of our spiritual enemy and the dangers of ideas that come against the knowledge of God, just as a watchman’s trumpet warns the city.
4. Discernment and discipleship. A watchman must discern between genuine threats and false alarms. Similarly, Christians need discernment to distinguish between sound doctrine and deceptive teachings.
The story of the watchmen on the wall is as relevant today as it ever was. Never forget where we were just 16 months ago. Happy Tuesday!! J.Goodrich
And our wonderful Watchman just shut down another massive grift of our taxpayer dollars through the corrupt NSF pipeline to phony NGOs, fake "scientists" and scientific ballot fillers/stuffers. Thank you Watchman Trump and may God continue to bless and protect you.
To say what dept of indoctr... errr educa...was doing was "higher education" is a false narrative. It was only left communist indoctrination from K thru MA.
The plan was to shut down the dept of education. Trump called for its elimination with an executive action in March 2025. So part of that plan was to move sections to other depts.
Im not aware of any fair elections. Unless there is some place in the USA using paper ballots, handcounted at small precincts and reported by trusted couriers under police escort ? If there are machines and mail in ballots there is not a fair election.
It didn't start with Biden and, if the Dems are ever in the White House again, it will return. These people are globalists who do not want borders....nor do they want white, even though they, themselves, are white....what kind of mind wants to destroy their own culture and "tribe"....
Dancing: I am not trying to be contrary but whoever follows DJT as POTUS will return to the tried-and-true grift and corruption we know—robbing the tax-payers to pay the criminals, while skimming and laundering as the funds pass by. Only a person with seemingly boundless wealth, an IDGAFlip attitude about re-election, and the protection of Almighty God can stand against TPTB. As I have said, God broke the mold after he created DJT.🙏🏻
I am not certain what you are saying (for or against DJY) or what you are responding to...mankind is mankind and has not changed since the day that man stood up on two legs…the battle between good and evil is as old as the world with humans is…If you are supportive of DJT, then he is what was sent and needed at this time but will not be the only one…he gives courage to those who feel that they are alone and in a corner by themselves, including many European leaders who are held hostage by the EU and the truly evil VDL….
A great commentator historian to listen to, especially how Islam invades and captures a culture - listen to William Federer. The West is in GREAT peril!
Jeff! I can’t believe you missed the opportunity to talk about Ilhan Omar’s ‘world war eleven’ speech! Maybe tomorrow because I know your take would be one for the books.
Why is she still in our country instead of being returned to her beloved s'hole somalia. How can it take years to determine if she committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother and stealing millions of taxpayer dollars by rampant fraud in s'hole michigan?
I agree! If I did something remotely illegal I’d be shackled and in prison so fast. I want her GONE. Set an example. I’m ready for some examples to be made
Seriously. She’s like one of those street interviews you see where they ask someone to name a country that starts with B and the chick says ‘Barney!’ With full confidence.
I guess it’s good that she knows that two of the letter “I” make the number 11, and didn’t say “World War ‘eye eye’” Thank goodness for the Learing Center!
My experience was a scorpion in the leg of my jeans. We had a little emergency at 2am and I jumped out of bed and threw on my jeans. I counted seven welts that tracked the thing as it fell down towards the floor. It was more effective then even the strongest cup of coffee.
oh, and one time while galloping on my horse I "captured" a bumblebee between my thigh and the saddle...my jeans protected me a bit, but the stinger still got through
And mine was chasing this enormous roach in military housing at Schofiled Barracks, HI, only to witness that bastard turn on me, charge, run up my leg between my pants and leg!!! Ive never gotten out of my pants faster! But it did pay with its life for that terrifying, defiant act. Anyone who has been to HI can attest ti the size of the roaches... and Im not just talking about the two legged democrat roaches that run that place... into the volcanic ground.
Yep! Been there, seen plenty! 😳😂. In Florida, we called them Palmetto bugs, and they are as big as those in Hawai’i! And those suckers can fly! 😱
There was one on the kitchen counter while we were in east Maui (rainforest basically), my adult son did a small freak out as the monster startled him. I cut a deal with him (my son, not the giant cocktail): I KILL the sucker before it thundered away, but son has to clean up the cream-filled center disgusting remains!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. The whole debacle was pretty doggoned 🤢. 😂
GAH! Palmetto Bugs! 😱 I've dealt with so many of them that, according to my family, I even have a specific scream when I encounter one. They call it my "roach scream" and they know to grab a shoe and get to work. 😁
It was horrifying, wife screaming, children crying as i literally chased it around our two story house, finally cornered it in the bathroom, only to have it turn and attack... and when it was all said and done immensely funny!!😂😂
Yikes! I have been bitten twice by a copperhead snake (7yrs apart) (painful!!!) - I pray I never experience a black widow, brown recluse, or scorpion sting .... Ugh - stinging insects and venomous creatures. I have no love for them - even if they do serve a purpose in God's (fallen) nature.
Neil: my S-I-L got a brown recluse spider bite on the inside of her thigh the same way you got your scorpion stings. Lesson learned: I hang up my jeans. 😳😳
Okay, get your rotten tomatoes ready. While I fully support getting rid of a bunch of woke bureaucrats who love the power and money bestowed upon them by the US Federal Government in all its largesse, I probably would have voted for the studies on the extinction of pollinators in Hawaii. Like it or not, pollinators are important. I hope we Conservatives can agree that despite the climate change craziness, there are good reasons to preserve the beauty and wonder that God has wrought. Okay, launch those tomatoes......3........2.............1
Yeah, I remember decades ago fun being made of studying zebra mussels in the great lakes. Turned out zebra mussels were a huge problem. Followed by quagga mussels with similar major, negative impact. I still like firing the 25 board members. Smart and honest replacements would know the importance of pollinators and zebra mussels, but pass on the real grift, which is massive.
Yes pollinators are crucial. Let us just get if funded through honest and transparent channels and bypassing the libtard scientists that also told us covid jabs were good for everyone.
The problem with these kinds of federal studies though, is that they a priori ignore some obvious influences – – like electromagnetic radiation. Don’t want to offend some sponsor on the congressional funding committee…
Amen! As someone with an EMF sensitivity (not as bad as some others I know) it’s quite frustrating. The blinders the government and science puts on to protect special interests has made me loose all trust in them.
Yeah, and greater reasons to fire the NSF in its entirety for pushing the bullshitism of the created crisis of climate change and other green retard fake science and bilking the taxpayers for billions upon billions to steal elections and redistribute wealth.
You act as if any good science will automatically disappear without the corrupt NSF. I submit it will be far more likely that real science will get funded. So yeah, you get a rotten tomato.
That's actually not what I meant at all. I'm happy to have let the bureaucrats go. But there are plenty of good and important studies that need to be done. We should have a better way of vetting potential studies so they are not perverted by the left wing academics so prevalent in the bureaucracy.
Yep, the lefty liars are out trying to plant a false narrative... now we get the created crisis of loss of pollinators well I'm here to tell you I have a shitload of pollinators living in my backyard!
True, Jan, but it only figures that a handful of worthy studies would seep out of a committee that comes up with worthless studies the rest of the time. I'll bet there are a couple of sane and reasonable scientists who lost their jobs out of the 25.
The thing is the studies that are worthy can still be done and funded by a different committee/department not wasting tax payer dollars. Like some NSAID projects being moved to the State Department, they aren’t killing what’s worthy of being funded by our tax dollars, (which frankly shouldn’t be much as private corps and charities can be doing it if they are that interested), but they will be funding those worthy issues differently and monitored by more trustworthy hands.
FO, firing the NSF hasn't a damn thing to do with love of creation so quit peddling that bullshit narrative. It has to do with ending a corrupt agency who abused and misused billions of our dollars. Maybe we will finally get a legitimate real science agency????
Jan: not a tomato but a comment that ‘studying’ is just the first step. Actual action rarely follows. If the funds could be tied to quantifiable results then I could agree.
I remember years ago reading that Monsanto had taken over and ruined Hawaii with their GMO stuff...Round-up will kill pollinators....maybe that would be a good start....my neighbor back in the woods used to talk about no pollinators and he used Round-up. I do not and have pollinators. He has remarried and I think that Round-up is not his chosen means to kill unwanted plants.
I kind of agree with you Jan. But after watching my " college degreed brother" work on issues like this. The incompetence and bureaucracy of studying and doing nothing really productive. Has soured me on that kind of bureaucracy everywhere.
I get better information on YouTube videos on how to regenerate the environment with biodiversity and good land management. Which brings all the pollinators back and nature does the heavy lifting.
My yard is a very good example. Plenty of biodiversity. No bare land birds butterflies pollinators frogs toads tarantulas. And other night time critters I haven't seen yet. Oh and I can't forget the worms. Nature's, excavators and fertilizers. 🌻
I immediately thought the very same about the pollinators study. There is a good deal of agriculture in Hawai’i, though sadly no nearly as much as there used to be.
Yah, this is kinda what the left gets. Blocking reasonable fiscal restraint initiatives in the courts using biased judges has been fairly effective.
Which forced the administration into something that might well be unchallengeable - just firing everyone then dragging its feet on hiring replacements.
Fuck 'em. "Experts" are the bane of society nowadays.
An expert is someone who gets paid...and the response from the expert is whatever the payer wants it to be.....sort of like the word "professional"....someone who gets paid...
I attended a New England boarding school recently awarded the dubious distinction as the #1 private school in America (by 'experts').
Glancing with increasingly 'gimletted' eyes at the alumni notes, I was shocked - and not - at the utter and complete absense of ANY details which had real meaning for life. Mostly global initiative shit, and who's taken a cruise recently.
I’m amazed by Trumps prescient decision to close the strait. American oil value and leverage increases with every day. May the Iranian leadership drown in oil.
I own some inherited gas leases. They’ve paid out a pittance over the last 5 years. This month I received a (relatively) huge check, 5 times the normal amount! (I can afford to buy a Starbucks coffee now…nah, never mind!) Regardless, American Oil and Gas is starting to zoom!
OMGosh! Jeff! 🤣😂 What would we do without you?! I am laughing so hard my face has broken…i weep for the poor folks who don’t subscribe to coffee & covid. They are missing the BEST part of anyone’s day….from ‘screaming at your spouse to haul the kiddie pool into the kitchen’ to ‘California’s would be a learning center with actual students in it’ you have me chortling & smiling ear to ear. God bless and protect you & yours forever & ever! ❤️ You are a treasure to each one of us! I’m off to chortle my day away!😂
Big bad storms yesterday all over my region, I had some early in the morning, my internet was out, missed yesterday's C&C. Then worse ones later in the day, and another internet outage. But no damaging winds, just torrential rain and scary lightning. The sun came out after the last one!
Stay safe, but sounds like you’re dealing with what your neighbors to the north had the end of March and much of April. Torrential rain in the form of t-storms, one after the other. Many parts of the lake areas near the Straits of Mackinac are still dealing with water levels threatening old dams and locks.
Same in Mid-Mo. I have lived here nearly 40 years. We get one annually (maybe more) but have had 3 in several days. None of the predicted high winds, thankfully.
I am a retired petroleum engineer and do not believe that the claims that Iran cannot shut-in their wells because they will fail. It is likely a false or misinformed narrative that the White House is spreading. Oil and gas wells are difficult to reactivate if they have pumping units or downhole electric submersible pumps on them and the producing formation is comprised of in consolidated sandstone, which is like beach sand. When wells in those type of oil/gas fields are shut-in, the sand can enter the well bore and cause the down-hole pump to plug up or stick. However, most of Iran’s fields are not this type. The vast majority of large Middle East oil fields are comprised of carbonates (I.e., limestone or dolomite), which is consolidated like permeable cement. Also, Iran likely has a high percentage of naturally flowing wells (needs confirmation) with no pumps, except in their older fields. Finally, repressurization at the well always occurs when wells are shutin because the wellbore was the low pressure withdrawal point. After the well is closed, the pressure across the entire field tries to equalize. Thus, pressure at the well location and its nearby drainage area goes up. When shut-in wells are reactivated, they typicallly return to production at higher rates if there are no downhole problems such as corroded, collapsed or stuck equipment. The White House narrative needs to be questioned.
I like Billy Bob. I like Sam Elliot. But the show has become a soap opera. Maybe it always was and I just didn't notice. Still watch. From the West through and through. Sure it's disputable whether West Texas is the West. That's Jeff's wheelhouse. I'll encourage y'all to read Empire of the Summer Moon. Let's see how "Western" we feel.
Yeah, but unfortunately a whole lot of important info is ommitted from Jeff's (government's) takes. Like the fact that China and Russia have a lot of interest in Iran being stable, and we don't know how things may go if this continues on and Iran needs help. They likely will not just allow Iran to be destroyed by the West.
If you listen to the ladies at Promethean Action, it is the City of London corporation which is really losing in this....Russia is not hurting as the price of oil goes up...China is hurting because they own all the gas going into China....
I have been surprised that China has not sent naval tanker escorts with their tankers going to Iran for oil.
Russia too could send Naval escorts to support the LEGAL transit of all peaceful shipping (oil tankers), justified by the grossly illegal actions of a belligerent country's military/Navy.
IMHO, the US has clearly been acting in violation of long accepted international maritime law. The US has not declared war on Iran, so seizing, attacking, boarding or blockading peaceful flagged ships in territorial waters like the strait of Hormuz without a Security Council authorization is grossly illegal.
I love all the TAW retards trying to rebut a well articulated comment. Your expirenance in petroleum tears apart the 8200 hasbara lies. Thanks for a reality dose in the propaganda shit storm..Cannot for the life of me understand why retards cheer on their demise..Why do retards cheer on runaway inflation from this disaster? Just to clap TAW...Clown show freaks....All of them!
I am going to presume for arguments sake that the WH is being advised on this by people who should know: the US oil companies....what is put out may be a simplified version which can be understood by the layman....
Read the comments on any other site and you will see the total failure of most people to even see the big picture of what is going on. Everything has to be simplified because the nuances of actions get lost. People are just not interested in the big picture....we are still in the "It's all about me." mentality.
Um, false narrative. That is the pedestal on which Dems stand. Their very existence needs to be questioned. Keep priorities in check like massive fraud and their violent rhetoric.
I have to push back a little on one comment on here. If that foundation was doing a legitimate study of the extinction of pollinators, that actually is a big deal. We have a huge problem with honeybees in this country dying off. Basically no pollinators= no food. Big trouble for everything that eats.
Studies like this don't have to flow through this board. It will be "legitimately" studied elsewhere, somehow, some way. One good and worthy study out of a slew of worthless ones may be a big deal, but not enough to keep this thing alive. And if I understand it, he fired the board of the NSF. He did not disband the NSF itself.
Bipartisan cracks me up. Reminds me of how a Republican led legislature in Michigan allowed a ruthless governor and her equally rotten AG and SoS, lock down the residents for a year during 2020, and threw up their hands and said, “nothing we can do”. Then they all retired in 2022 and we got our first Democrat led Legislature in 40 years.
Kinda makes ya wonder why we R voters keep voting for people who constantly capitulate to their political "betters" (NOT!) and who just can't seem to stand up on their hind legs and kick D butt! (Maybe they are all froggy cryptids wearing suits and red ties.....)
Good morning C&C!! Pray for our President!
Good morning all! Pray without ceasing … 🙏🏻💗
Every day and every night.
Good morning Karmy.
Good morning Shayne! I hope you have a blessed day!
Pray! Pray now and loud!
Why?
I just want to say thanks to whomever told me to block the bots a few weeks ago! I only blocked like three usernames and the comment count on this feed halved. (Weird…)
So much easier to read now!
I blocked em too, after i played a little. I did notice how pleasant Sunday's comment section was....guess the trolls dont pay.
And normal Sunday readings show who is real
Most readers here don't pay. The cost is $50 US per month, so it is very steep compared to other Substacks. I think JC's business model is to give it away for free the majority of the time, but to charge a high price for the "elite readers" of the paid posts. It attracts the "I wanna be an elite" types, and even if you get 100 of them annually, it is a decent income from this.
Besides which, this Substack is the chosen hang-out of a herd of extremist religious types. Not because of the writing by JC, but because they wanted a free digital clubhouse to communicate with one another and to virtue-signal by posting Scripture. They could have chosen any Substack for this purpose, but the free ones are dwindling.
I notice that there are an average of 700-1000 comments here on an unpaid post, but 50-75 comments on a paid post. Which in a reflection of the religious extremist herd flooding the free-days, while the "elites" come in on the paid-days. It seems to suit Jeff, and he can boast that he has 1000 comments per day, while bringing in the revenue he wants from the small "elite" group.
So grateful for the blocking feature. Goodbye, A.!
ps- I’m one of the paid subscribers, even on my retired social security budget.
A. I want to put my money where my mouth is (support worthy Jesus-promoting ideals), and
B. My twin and I split the cost and gave it to each other as our birthday present, which we will be repeating this August. It is an expensive but HIGHLY appreciated gift!
(Whoops - just realized I am unintentionally proving the “hang-out of a herd of extremist religious” classification, while simultaneously disproving the “reflection of the religious extremist herd flooding the free days” theory!)
Buh bye!!
Thanks for reminding me to block you too, Marlene. Life is too short to have deal with nonsense. I am sorry you are averse to reality. But that is not my responsibility.
You seem very naive, besides. Do you really not understand that writing/publishing is a business? From Substack to MSM to the general publishing industry. They all produce writing for pay, on business models.
Bye-bye!
I am going to jump in here. I consider myself a spiritual person and not a religious one. I have never gone to Bible study. I have found my own way and it is meaningful to me. I do not understand what you find so offensive. I too am wary of any extremism for I do not feel you can unite a diverse world thinking my way is the only way. An open loving heart is the way to God. My two close girlfriends are Christian and they attend church. I do not find that to challenge me in the slightest. They are two of the kindest women I know. They embrace me also even though my beliefs can differ than theirs. What I think bonds us is the fact we want a connection with God in our lives. If reading scripture challenges you, scroll past to other commentary. It is called the power of the finger! Jeff Childers is a Christian. Of course he would attract like minds. But I have found the people on here to be kind, gracious and loving. I have found your tone to be less than that and I wonder why. Is it so impossible to embrace others of a different belief system than yours?
“A” is a bot….block it
You do not understand my points, Elizabeth, So you are jumping to conclusions which do not apply,
I already said that I am Christian. And that I hardly recognize the extremist herd on here as fellow Christians. In fact, they are more like cult followers. And several of them are very nasty to anyone outside their herd.
Seeing as I am Christian and you say you are not, I think I have a better idea of this.
Besides which, I have written and explained this here in numerous posts over the past month. The onus is not on me to repeat all of that. It costs ME the time and effort.
I have a background in Evolutionary and Depth Psychology. I recognize and have expertise in the issues of extremism, and why it is a major problem. Both in the far-leftwing WOKE-folk and in the far-rightwing religious extremists.
I might suggest that you do the background reading and studying before you think you have all the answers, That should take 8 or 10 years of effort (and expense). Then come back and debate it.
You miss the point entirely. Though you paint yourself as being very good. Perhaps that was your point here -- virtue-signaling. Showing off.
You sound like an adult Pollyanna. Which causes a lot of trouble for other honest persons, while you display your own supposed morality.
I think that many of us here could refute your idea that all of these religious extremists here are loving and kind, You obviously see only whatever confirms what you want to see.
Jim Jones of Jonestown was a religious extremist. And a Psychopath. So have many other religious extremist leaders and cult leaders of the past and present been. You need to grow up and understand reality.
I blocked the bully. Hope it worked.
Maybe Jeff could block A. I kept him busy a few days ago but not wasting my time on a Student of Psycho nonsense today. Unless Jeff blocks him, he’ll be forever commenting negatively and personally, taking up our space, time and trying his best to divide this group of very wonderful people.
A. You really need to go find other substacks to troll. Go ahead and block me. To not see your asinine comments would be great
I feel the same way, Troll.
Not to need to see your ridiculous comments would be great.
Now run along.
04/28/26: Jeff is expensive and worth every penny he charges.
“They are filling up derelict oil tankers. They are filling up spare barrels. They are probably filling up Tupperware containers, empty swimming pools, and those little plastic cups you get at the dentist. Any day now, the Supreme Leader is going to wake up, go to the kitchen to get some milk for his Cap’n Crunch, and find that his refrigerator is completely full of light sweet crude.”
“… and those little plastic cups you get at the dentist.”
KABOOM! Laughter!
Scared the hell out of my wife. And the cat, too, if we had a cat.
How does one block "A" who seems to be a Bot, or at least a jealous, possibly brainless, herd-following negative Nelly extremist...
scroll past whatever you don't want to read.
Here is my comment from a week or so ago.
For anyone reading this and wanting to know how to block certain commentors.
Click on the commentors name, that will take you to their profile. From there click on the 3 dots to the right of their name and you can block or mute them. Block is my preference.
How very "Christian" of you!
Ah, I wrote several posts here this week about the tactic of calling someone else a bot, when you want to smear them. Because thay do not agree with you. It is getting a bit old, and boring now.
I see that you are talented in using smear tactics, just like the baddies Jeff writes about.
EJane....it is called TRUTH. Which seems to bother you a great deal.
Learn to handle it. Though knowing your type, I suspect you will not.
How do you define religious extremism? Like what makes them extreme?
Found one!
Wow. Just asking a question I genuinely would like to know. Yet, I get a pile on…
Because a lot of non-extremist readers here have long been fed-up with the religious extremist group that has infiltrated and tried to take over here.
I have given them an opportunity to speak up, at last.
As I said, I have been over all of this with you already. And I have posted in general about this many times.
I guess you fail to read whatever does not suit you.
Yes, indeed. Lori and her sort can be a pain the rear end. But they cannot see it. They pride themselves on supposed virtue.
I am not dismissive of Christianity here; I am a balanced Christian myself. What I am dismissive of is extremism, and the religious variety which is not Christianity at all. They only think it is.
Posting Scripture to one another in their free digital clubhouse and wagging judgmental fingers at everyone else is not Christianity. It is more like cult control by domineering figures over persons who are vulnerable, and will follow these demands.
You find the same kind of group extremism in the WOKE-folk of the far-leftwing.
You don’t even know me and you have made a huge assumption about me without any information . I asked a question I would genuinely like to know the answer to.
When I said "Found one!" I was referring to the commenter who responded to your questions with a snotty answer. After I posted that, I wondered if it would be taken the wrong way, and indeed, it was. Sorry about that. But I did find one.
I think I have been over this with you before. And at the end of all my information, you make a contemptuous remark but fail to absorb what I am saying.
So there is no point in my having to repeat that.
A must stand for ASS.
You have proven that you are, indeed, contemptible.
Bye
Actually, you have just proven that you are both comtemptible, and that you attack others for their opinions when those opinions do not match yours, That is very anti-American. Are you writing from North Korea?
You sound as if you must be either in the WOKE-folk camp, or the far-rightwing religious extremist camp. Because this is their kind of ugly comeback. Both extremes use it.
Shame on you!
You forgot to delete this comment too…
A. Is obviously a bot. Blocked.
Can you tell me how to block them too? Thanks
click on their name and then when it comes up click the 3 dots then block. I am blocking one on this thread who may not be a Bot but is VERY annoying! 🤣
Thanks...I went through and did that. I looked for anyone who is constantly annoying. :)
haha! Yes! now for peace! 🥰
Omg. That A. Is so annoying. She is a newbie on Jeff’s and so self righteous. She is my first block.
Just did it myself.
AGREED!
Lol. either a she or a he.
check out our fb group if you want. c&c junkies
Thank you for the lesson! So nice to be able to do that.
Thank you!
How do you block them?
For anyone reading this and wanting to know how to block certain commentors.
Click on the commentors name, that will take you to their profile. From there click on the 3 dots to the right of their name and you can block or mute them. Block is my preference.
So grateful for that info.
Yes a group of us have been doing the same. Except I’m not sure they are BOTS. I think they are moles to stir up strife. Either way! 👍🏻👏🏻
It’s true - I call them bots but it’s just as likely some of them are paid agitators. And they must post sooo many comments if it lowered my comment feed total by so much to block just a few!
paid agitators = worse than bots.
Yes. There will be more as mid-terms get closer.
I agree with you Lisa, but whatever they are, I’m better off without them.
yessss!
I’m pretty cold about it now. Wielding the Vorpal Sword as mentioned at the top of the post. I had to look it up and found a reason to use it. Metaphorically of course. 🤷🏼♀️🤔
Sometimes it has to be done.
🙋♀️
The World Order sets up countless groups to promote any type of idea, and then sets up other groups to fanatically oppose them, but the masters have no dedication to anything except slavery." The World Order Eustace Mullins 1992
Now the time to attack imaginary "leftists" for recent events.
Yes, it's so helpful. "A." believes evangelicals are coercive, extremist, controlling, and judgmental. He knows this because he watched the movie "Marjoe" many years ago (it was released in 1972). If you respond to him (could be a her, to be fair) in some way he deems un-Christianlike, he insults. A person totally without self-awareness. Better blocked!
I saw that movie too. Ugh
Isn’t it just the BEST?!?
Please tell me how to block the bots. It would be appreciated!
Click on their name/avatar, which takes you to their page. Then look for the three dots on the right side of the page, click on that and choose "block"! It really does improve the comments section.
Just FYI, I couldn’t do it on my phone. But I went on my computer one day and took care of business. 😂
Read my comment above if you havent been able.
How can you block these bots? I'd love to clean up my feed as well.
Tap their avatar. On their profile page find the three dots (usually upper right) and from there you can block. Enjoy the community afterwards! 😊
I employed Jeff’s Vorpal Sword on some just now. Swoop!
I’ve been doing that too. Life is too short to deal with the nonsense.
Who did you block? I would love to see the comment section halved!
How does one block? I don’t see an option to do that and I am a paid subscription.
how does one "block the bots" here (and presumably elsewhere)? In this case, saying "I missed the memo" is not just figuratively true but literally true. TIA.
It’s hard to believe that just over 15 months ago we were living under a president that had fully opened the gates to our country. This had devastating effects to our families, our children and our neighbors. He allowed in much more than 20 to 30 million unvetted illegal aliens. He ushered in drugs, addiction, child trafficking, a war on religion, a devalued currency, inflation, debt, poverty. I believe he ushered in this culture of political violence and assassination. He sent hundreds of billions of dollars to fight foreign wars, billions to our enemies. Our tax dollars were funding evil acts completely contrary to Christian belief.
In one day just 15 months ago, a new watchman entered the White House. After 4 years of a physical and spiritual invasion the gates were finally shut.
The watchman on the wall is an ancient story that goes back to the Old Testament. God consistently uses imperfect individuals demonstrating His power is perfected in weakness not strength. God works through willing hearts, using everyday people to achieve extraordinary purposeful outcomes, to accomplish His Divine purposes.
The Watchman On The Wall
The watchman stands on a wall. Behind him is a city with its citizens and people the warchman loves. Before him is the vastness of the outside world, a world of enemies and threats, both small and large. With a weapon in his hand, he stays awake late into the night, keeping his eyes on the horizon and the shadows, ready to give the clarion call of any approaching evil.
It is a simple image, yet it is full of meaning and complexity. For men and women of today, we see the importance of a warrior standing guard. This image from a thousand years ago once again engenders the same emotional urgency and sobriety today as it did back then.
And there are still threats. There are still enemies. And the Bible uses the image of the watchman on the wall to call us to join God in protecting those we are responsible for, today as it was then it’s our children and our families.
Ironically today like thousands of years ago we witnessed hordes of invaders at our borders, and watched as our watchmen opened the gates, they allowed an invasion of our home. The threats today are more real and more dangerous than ever. In to many cases the watchman has turned against us. I sit in amazement again and again at how history repeats itself. We still certainly need true warriors on the wall.
1. Vigilance and alertness. Just as a watchman on the wall is vigilant and alert to potential threats, we are called to remain spiritually vigilant and watchful.
The world is filled with various influences, temptations, and challenges that can divert our focus from God.
Being a watchman reminds us to stay awake and attentive, guarding our hearts and minds against anything that could compromise our faith.
2. Responsibility for others. A watchman has a responsibility to warn and protect others. Likewise, Christians have a responsibility to care for and nurture fellow believers.
This includes encouraging one another, offering support, and sharing the truth of God's Word. Being a watchman teaches us to look out for the spiritual well-being of our brothers and sisters in Christ.
3. Proclamation of truth. Watchmen announce impending danger, and Christians are called to proclaim the truth of the gospel, including the imminent return of Jesus.
In addition, we can prophetically warn of coming attacks of our spiritual enemy and the dangers of ideas that come against the knowledge of God, just as a watchman’s trumpet warns the city.
4. Discernment and discipleship. A watchman must discern between genuine threats and false alarms. Similarly, Christians need discernment to distinguish between sound doctrine and deceptive teachings.
The story of the watchmen on the wall is as relevant today as it ever was. Never forget where we were just 16 months ago. Happy Tuesday!! J.Goodrich
And our wonderful Watchman just shut down another massive grift of our taxpayer dollars through the corrupt NSF pipeline to phony NGOs, fake "scientists" and scientific ballot fillers/stuffers. Thank you Watchman Trump and may God continue to bless and protect you.
Boom! 25 Faucis just got pink slips. Good f'in riddens.
💥💥💯💥💥
How long will it take some leftist judge like HUGE PILE OF DIARRHEA Boasberg to put a block on it?
expecting that any minute
Seems late already, they are getting slow.
Dan, I immediately thought the same thing. Some activist judge will reverse it and probably pay them for pain and suffering
Let’s pray he does the same with higher education! Turn off the spigot, Mr. President!
To say what dept of indoctr... errr educa...was doing was "higher education" is a false narrative. It was only left communist indoctrination from K thru MA.
I thought the prime directive for Linda McMahon was to shut down the Dept of Education. It's still there.
Not true, many of its corrupt depts have been given to responsible adults in other agencies.
The plan was to shut down the dept of education. Trump called for its elimination with an executive action in March 2025. So part of that plan was to move sections to other depts.
Someone once said: “Elections have consequences.”
Fair, and rigged ones. VA Supreme Court is hearing arguments on our rigged redistricting selection.
Im not aware of any fair elections. Unless there is some place in the USA using paper ballots, handcounted at small precincts and reported by trusted couriers under police escort ? If there are machines and mail in ballots there is not a fair election.
Using a paper punch. 😩
Texas had good news on their redistricting effort.
What he didn't say was that, once you are out of office, you are out of office and should move elsewhere and stop trying to undo the election results.
And nobody believed it ... until now
We lived it under the disaster of the O’Biden administrations.
It didn't start with Biden and, if the Dems are ever in the White House again, it will return. These people are globalists who do not want borders....nor do they want white, even though they, themselves, are white....what kind of mind wants to destroy their own culture and "tribe"....
Dancing: I am not trying to be contrary but whoever follows DJT as POTUS will return to the tried-and-true grift and corruption we know—robbing the tax-payers to pay the criminals, while skimming and laundering as the funds pass by. Only a person with seemingly boundless wealth, an IDGAFlip attitude about re-election, and the protection of Almighty God can stand against TPTB. As I have said, God broke the mold after he created DJT.🙏🏻
I am not certain what you are saying (for or against DJY) or what you are responding to...mankind is mankind and has not changed since the day that man stood up on two legs…the battle between good and evil is as old as the world with humans is…If you are supportive of DJT, then he is what was sent and needed at this time but will not be the only one…he gives courage to those who feel that they are alone and in a corner by themselves, including many European leaders who are held hostage by the EU and the truly evil VDL….
Saving this, J. Goodrich! Love this!
Best thing I’ve read this morning. Thank you for posting this.
I’m grateful every day that God is so gracious as to raise up these clarion callers.
NASB 1977 ►►
God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me.
Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up;
Thou dost understand my thought from afar.
Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And art intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, Thou dost know it all.
Thou hast enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Thy hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Where can I go from Thy Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Thy presence?
If I ascend to heaven, Thou art there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, Thou art there.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there Thy hand will lead me,
And Thy right hand will lay hold of me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
Even the darkness is not dark to Thee,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to Thee
For Thou didst form my inward parts;
Thou didst weave me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Thy works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from Thee,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth.
Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Thy book they were all written,
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Thy thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with Thee.
O that Thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak against Thee wickedly,
And Thine enemies take Thy name in vain.
Do I not hate those who hate Thee, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against Thee?
I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
Those 20 to 30 million unvetted illegal aliens are even more reason for increased interior ICE targeted actions.
Well said, thank you
Thank you
James that was beautiful.
A great commentator historian to listen to, especially how Islam invades and captures a culture - listen to William Federer. The West is in GREAT peril!
Jeff! I can’t believe you missed the opportunity to talk about Ilhan Omar’s ‘world war eleven’ speech! Maybe tomorrow because I know your take would be one for the books.
Why is she still in our country instead of being returned to her beloved s'hole somalia. How can it take years to determine if she committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother and stealing millions of taxpayer dollars by rampant fraud in s'hole michigan?
I agree! If I did something remotely illegal I’d be shackled and in prison so fast. I want her GONE. Set an example. I’m ready for some examples to be made
I am so wanting to pull that durag off her head and see what lies beneath. I am afraid however of the reeking odor that will be there.
Two heads. Unfortunately, neither head has brains in it.
A bunch of coiled vipers. I do find it interesting how she wears them as fashion accessories.
You'll have a good idea what lies beneath if you see Trump's latest post on Candace
I did not see that yet.
She has very little hair under there.
How do you know Shayne?
There are early photos, evidently shortly before or after she arrived in the US. It’s a bit terrifying.
She's actually in s'hole Minnesota, but yes, same as Michigan.
Minnesota
MN... you are thinking of an equally despicable insect: Tliab
Immediate disqualification from holding public office, IMHO!
Seriously. She’s like one of those street interviews you see where they ask someone to name a country that starts with B and the chick says ‘Barney!’ With full confidence.
Maybe she and Kamala will run in the 2028 election! Boy, the memes would write themselves!
😂🤣😂
surely you have been watching Johnny. . . a bit too much!
Ha!
Just algo reels on IG when I’m bored.😬
😂😂
That clip making the rounds was comedy gold! 🤣🤣🤣
If she can’t make sense of Roman Numerals, maybe she really DIDN’T know the difference between $30,000,000.00 and $89,000.
JK…..of course she did.
I guess it’s good that she knows that two of the letter “I” make the number 11, and didn’t say “World War ‘eye eye’” Thank goodness for the Learing Center!
Even if it was accidentally written with 1’s, as in WW11 who wouldn’t know that?
The effency of a man with a wasp in his underpants! 😳😆 You should be a stand-up comedian Jeff!
My experience was a scorpion in the leg of my jeans. We had a little emergency at 2am and I jumped out of bed and threw on my jeans. I counted seven welts that tracked the thing as it fell down towards the floor. It was more effective then even the strongest cup of coffee.
oh, and one time while galloping on my horse I "captured" a bumblebee between my thigh and the saddle...my jeans protected me a bit, but the stinger still got through
And mine was chasing this enormous roach in military housing at Schofiled Barracks, HI, only to witness that bastard turn on me, charge, run up my leg between my pants and leg!!! Ive never gotten out of my pants faster! But it did pay with its life for that terrifying, defiant act. Anyone who has been to HI can attest ti the size of the roaches... and Im not just talking about the two legged democrat roaches that run that place... into the volcanic ground.
Yep! Been there, seen plenty! 😳😂. In Florida, we called them Palmetto bugs, and they are as big as those in Hawai’i! And those suckers can fly! 😱
There was one on the kitchen counter while we were in east Maui (rainforest basically), my adult son did a small freak out as the monster startled him. I cut a deal with him (my son, not the giant cocktail): I KILL the sucker before it thundered away, but son has to clean up the cream-filled center disgusting remains!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. The whole debacle was pretty doggoned 🤢. 😂
Eeeeeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!
I hated those palmetto bugs……just YUGE roaches!!
GAH! Palmetto Bugs! 😱 I've dealt with so many of them that, according to my family, I even have a specific scream when I encounter one. They call it my "roach scream" and they know to grab a shoe and get to work. 😁
Oh Dan, you made me laugh out loud!! Great visuals with your story!
It was horrifying, wife screaming, children crying as i literally chased it around our two story house, finally cornered it in the bathroom, only to have it turn and attack... and when it was all said and done immensely funny!!😂😂
So attested. Hickam, 4 years, 3 in on-base housing.
Yes, then you know well!!
😂😂and I thought they were BIG in Florida!!!!😂😂
Yikes! I have been bitten twice by a copperhead snake (7yrs apart) (painful!!!) - I pray I never experience a black widow, brown recluse, or scorpion sting .... Ugh - stinging insects and venomous creatures. I have no love for them - even if they do serve a purpose in God's (fallen) nature.
Neil: my S-I-L got a brown recluse spider bite on the inside of her thigh the same way you got your scorpion stings. Lesson learned: I hang up my jeans. 😳😳
Holy Crapp!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbtUC9oVThg
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah scorpions are mean little bastards but their bite seemed to go away faster than a yellow jacket. And with wasp I would swell up really bad.
Ouch!!!!
We have been there. Does this mean that you hang out clothes to dry?
I'm very sorry for your experience!
Pump it Good cracked me up!
...I know it's going to be an amazing day when I am the first to "LOVE" and comment on the amazing Jeff Childer's C&C!
"Asserting political control over science is how you get nonsense..."
Yep. That's true. Nonsense like "gender is a spectrum."
Okay, get your rotten tomatoes ready. While I fully support getting rid of a bunch of woke bureaucrats who love the power and money bestowed upon them by the US Federal Government in all its largesse, I probably would have voted for the studies on the extinction of pollinators in Hawaii. Like it or not, pollinators are important. I hope we Conservatives can agree that despite the climate change craziness, there are good reasons to preserve the beauty and wonder that God has wrought. Okay, launch those tomatoes......3........2.............1
Yeah, I remember decades ago fun being made of studying zebra mussels in the great lakes. Turned out zebra mussels were a huge problem. Followed by quagga mussels with similar major, negative impact. I still like firing the 25 board members. Smart and honest replacements would know the importance of pollinators and zebra mussels, but pass on the real grift, which is massive.
Yes pollinators are crucial. Let us just get if funded through honest and transparent channels and bypassing the libtard scientists that also told us covid jabs were good for everyone.
Precisely correct.
The problem with these kinds of federal studies though, is that they a priori ignore some obvious influences – – like electromagnetic radiation. Don’t want to offend some sponsor on the congressional funding committee…
Amen! As someone with an EMF sensitivity (not as bad as some others I know) it’s quite frustrating. The blinders the government and science puts on to protect special interests has made me loose all trust in them.
Yeah, and greater reasons to fire the NSF in its entirety for pushing the bullshitism of the created crisis of climate change and other green retard fake science and bilking the taxpayers for billions upon billions to steal elections and redistribute wealth.
You act as if any good science will automatically disappear without the corrupt NSF. I submit it will be far more likely that real science will get funded. So yeah, you get a rotten tomato.
That's actually not what I meant at all. I'm happy to have let the bureaucrats go. But there are plenty of good and important studies that need to be done. We should have a better way of vetting potential studies so they are not perverted by the left wing academics so prevalent in the bureaucracy.
Exactly this
Yep, the lefty liars are out trying to plant a false narrative... now we get the created crisis of loss of pollinators well I'm here to tell you I have a shitload of pollinators living in my backyard!
I was thinking the same thing.
True, Jan, but it only figures that a handful of worthy studies would seep out of a committee that comes up with worthless studies the rest of the time. I'll bet there are a couple of sane and reasonable scientists who lost their jobs out of the 25.
The thing is the studies that are worthy can still be done and funded by a different committee/department not wasting tax payer dollars. Like some NSAID projects being moved to the State Department, they aren’t killing what’s worthy of being funded by our tax dollars, (which frankly shouldn’t be much as private corps and charities can be doing it if they are that interested), but they will be funding those worthy issues differently and monitored by more trustworthy hands.
Geo engineering aka chemtrails, pesticides, herbicides, killing insects faster than anything else...
Probably true, but it would be helpful to have studies detailing which cause the greatest harm.
No need to self deprecate regarding your knowledge and love of creation. More of us need to say it loud and clear.
FO, firing the NSF hasn't a damn thing to do with love of creation so quit peddling that bullshit narrative. It has to do with ending a corrupt agency who abused and misused billions of our dollars. Maybe we will finally get a legitimate real science agency????
Jan: not a tomato but a comment that ‘studying’ is just the first step. Actual action rarely follows. If the funds could be tied to quantifiable results then I could agree.
I remember years ago reading that Monsanto had taken over and ruined Hawaii with their GMO stuff...Round-up will kill pollinators....maybe that would be a good start....my neighbor back in the woods used to talk about no pollinators and he used Round-up. I do not and have pollinators. He has remarried and I think that Round-up is not his chosen means to kill unwanted plants.
Remember, these studies can still be done by universities with no federal funding but tuition fees
I too love pollinators! Will save the rotten tomatoes for fertilizer.
I kind of agree with you Jan. But after watching my " college degreed brother" work on issues like this. The incompetence and bureaucracy of studying and doing nothing really productive. Has soured me on that kind of bureaucracy everywhere.
I get better information on YouTube videos on how to regenerate the environment with biodiversity and good land management. Which brings all the pollinators back and nature does the heavy lifting.
My yard is a very good example. Plenty of biodiversity. No bare land birds butterflies pollinators frogs toads tarantulas. And other night time critters I haven't seen yet. Oh and I can't forget the worms. Nature's, excavators and fertilizers. 🌻
I immediately thought the very same about the pollinators study. There is a good deal of agriculture in Hawai’i, though sadly no nearly as much as there used to be.
Your solution is simple. Biodiversity needs to be built into the agriculture.
Mono crops bare land between harvest heavy fertilization and poison kills the soil.
There are more farmers and ranchers putting into practice regenerative land management. And they are having good success.
My husband said the same thing! Protect the pollinators!
Yah, this is kinda what the left gets. Blocking reasonable fiscal restraint initiatives in the courts using biased judges has been fairly effective.
Which forced the administration into something that might well be unchallengeable - just firing everyone then dragging its feet on hiring replacements.
Fuck 'em. "Experts" are the bane of society nowadays.
I'm always skeptical when a trad-media headline has the phrase "experts say" in it.
An expert is someone who gets paid...and the response from the expert is whatever the payer wants it to be.....sort of like the word "professional"....someone who gets paid...
Prostitutes get paid ie they are experts and deserve respect.
As well you should be.
Your last two sentences. 100% correct.
I attended a New England boarding school recently awarded the dubious distinction as the #1 private school in America (by 'experts').
Glancing with increasingly 'gimletted' eyes at the alumni notes, I was shocked - and not - at the utter and complete absense of ANY details which had real meaning for life. Mostly global initiative shit, and who's taken a cruise recently.
Bet a dollar to a donut that this firing will enjoined by some judge.
I’m amazed by Trumps prescient decision to close the strait. American oil value and leverage increases with every day. May the Iranian leadership drown in oil.
I own some inherited gas leases. They’ve paid out a pittance over the last 5 years. This month I received a (relatively) huge check, 5 times the normal amount! (I can afford to buy a Starbucks coffee now…nah, never mind!) Regardless, American Oil and Gas is starting to zoom!
🤣 enjoy your coffee
Amen. TAW because GAW.
❤️
Prescient is a good word, but the wrong choice here. These neoclowns didn't have a plan. They thought a new regime would be in power
OMGosh! Jeff! 🤣😂 What would we do without you?! I am laughing so hard my face has broken…i weep for the poor folks who don’t subscribe to coffee & covid. They are missing the BEST part of anyone’s day….from ‘screaming at your spouse to haul the kiddie pool into the kitchen’ to ‘California’s would be a learning center with actual students in it’ you have me chortling & smiling ear to ear. God bless and protect you & yours forever & ever! ❤️ You are a treasure to each one of us! I’m off to chortle my day away!😂
And song titles!
A bit too cheeky for me this morning.
Jeff can never be too cheeky:}
Big bad storms yesterday all over my region, I had some early in the morning, my internet was out, missed yesterday's C&C. Then worse ones later in the day, and another internet outage. But no damaging winds, just torrential rain and scary lightning. The sun came out after the last one!
Send some of that rain down our way here in the FL panhandle. We haven't had any measurable rain at our location for four months.
Stay safe, but sounds like you’re dealing with what your neighbors to the north had the end of March and much of April. Torrential rain in the form of t-storms, one after the other. Many parts of the lake areas near the Straits of Mackinac are still dealing with water levels threatening old dams and locks.
Yikes! Stay safe.
Same in Mid-Mo. I have lived here nearly 40 years. We get one annually (maybe more) but have had 3 in several days. None of the predicted high winds, thankfully.
The ones near Columbia and Jeff City headed NE toward me across the river.
Being from NM I have ask what rain is since we hardly ever see it. Supposed to rain here Friday and Saturday but the forecast are usually wrong.
Same where I live. Woke to the sound of chain saws… some rural parts are going on 14 hours of no power.
I am a retired petroleum engineer and do not believe that the claims that Iran cannot shut-in their wells because they will fail. It is likely a false or misinformed narrative that the White House is spreading. Oil and gas wells are difficult to reactivate if they have pumping units or downhole electric submersible pumps on them and the producing formation is comprised of in consolidated sandstone, which is like beach sand. When wells in those type of oil/gas fields are shut-in, the sand can enter the well bore and cause the down-hole pump to plug up or stick. However, most of Iran’s fields are not this type. The vast majority of large Middle East oil fields are comprised of carbonates (I.e., limestone or dolomite), which is consolidated like permeable cement. Also, Iran likely has a high percentage of naturally flowing wells (needs confirmation) with no pumps, except in their older fields. Finally, repressurization at the well always occurs when wells are shutin because the wellbore was the low pressure withdrawal point. After the well is closed, the pressure across the entire field tries to equalize. Thus, pressure at the well location and its nearby drainage area goes up. When shut-in wells are reactivated, they typicallly return to production at higher rates if there are no downhole problems such as corroded, collapsed or stuck equipment. The White House narrative needs to be questioned.
Way more interesting than another season of Landman. Thank you.
That funeral episode was one emotionally resonant episode though.
I like Billy Bob. I like Sam Elliot. But the show has become a soap opera. Maybe it always was and I just didn't notice. Still watch. From the West through and through. Sure it's disputable whether West Texas is the West. That's Jeff's wheelhouse. I'll encourage y'all to read Empire of the Summer Moon. Let's see how "Western" we feel.
Todd: agree. I have had to skip shows with Taylor Sheridan at the helm. He ruined Yellowstone, imo. Will investigate the book suggestion. Thanks!
No problemo if you'uns is your preferred pronoun.
Thank you. Blows my mind that peole blindly believe their government in a time of war.
Well, one undeniable fact is that shut in wells don’t produce, and therefore, their income production is zilch.
Yeah, but unfortunately a whole lot of important info is ommitted from Jeff's (government's) takes. Like the fact that China and Russia have a lot of interest in Iran being stable, and we don't know how things may go if this continues on and Iran needs help. They likely will not just allow Iran to be destroyed by the West.
If you listen to the ladies at Promethean Action, it is the City of London corporation which is really losing in this....Russia is not hurting as the price of oil goes up...China is hurting because they own all the gas going into China....
I have been surprised that China has not sent naval tanker escorts with their tankers going to Iran for oil.
Russia too could send Naval escorts to support the LEGAL transit of all peaceful shipping (oil tankers), justified by the grossly illegal actions of a belligerent country's military/Navy.
IMHO, the US has clearly been acting in violation of long accepted international maritime law. The US has not declared war on Iran, so seizing, attacking, boarding or blockading peaceful flagged ships in territorial waters like the strait of Hormuz without a Security Council authorization is grossly illegal.
https://rsdi.ae/en/publications/the-international-law-of-the-sea-the-straits-of-hormuz-and-regional-security
https://factually.co/fact-checks/military/international-law-naval-blockades-ship-seizures-peacetime-us-precedents-9f4fb7
I love all the TAW retards trying to rebut a well articulated comment. Your expirenance in petroleum tears apart the 8200 hasbara lies. Thanks for a reality dose in the propaganda shit storm..Cannot for the life of me understand why retards cheer on their demise..Why do retards cheer on runaway inflation from this disaster? Just to clap TAW...Clown show freaks....All of them!
I am going to presume for arguments sake that the WH is being advised on this by people who should know: the US oil companies....what is put out may be a simplified version which can be understood by the layman....
Read the comments on any other site and you will see the total failure of most people to even see the big picture of what is going on. Everything has to be simplified because the nuances of actions get lost. People are just not interested in the big picture....we are still in the "It's all about me." mentality.
Thanks!
Um, false narrative. That is the pedestal on which Dems stand. Their very existence needs to be questioned. Keep priorities in check like massive fraud and their violent rhetoric.
If this is all you have to add, good grief.
I have to push back a little on one comment on here. If that foundation was doing a legitimate study of the extinction of pollinators, that actually is a big deal. We have a huge problem with honeybees in this country dying off. Basically no pollinators= no food. Big trouble for everything that eats.
Yes and if I am not mistaken glyphosate has been implicated? Why the powers that be fail to understand the bigger picture is beyond me and infuriating
Follow the money...
Love of money is root of all evil
Studies like this don't have to flow through this board. It will be "legitimately" studied elsewhere, somehow, some way. One good and worthy study out of a slew of worthless ones may be a big deal, but not enough to keep this thing alive. And if I understand it, he fired the board of the NSF. He did not disband the NSF itself.
House Bill 821 makes me embarrassed to be an Ohioan.
At least your not an Illinoisan.
or a Minnesnowtan!
Not the fame I was looking for.
* You're. I can't believe I let that slip.
Bipartisan cracks me up. Reminds me of how a Republican led legislature in Michigan allowed a ruthless governor and her equally rotten AG and SoS, lock down the residents for a year during 2020, and threw up their hands and said, “nothing we can do”. Then they all retired in 2022 and we got our first Democrat led Legislature in 40 years.
Kinda makes ya wonder why we R voters keep voting for people who constantly capitulate to their political "betters" (NOT!) and who just can't seem to stand up on their hind legs and kick D butt! (Maybe they are all froggy cryptids wearing suits and red ties.....)
This is what we pay them to do?
You had me at the TEMU soft serve analogy. 🤣🤣🤣