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Just saw a touching propaganda ad from Walgreens featuring a tender hearted pharmacist scheming his way into an 8 year old's malleable young mind....buttering him up like a Thanksgiving Day turkey....extolling the many benefits of getting jacked up on flu and covid shots. Of course, Mom - obviously a victim of second hand stupidity - was there gleefully sanctioning the whole sordid get together. It was sweet....in a cuddly trojan horse kind of way.
The Costco flyers back page has a medical dude giving a shot to one of their large Teddy Bears! 🤬 Honestly I hate these people. What propaganda are you pushing to CHILDREN by that!!!!
I still have disdain for Costco for being mask enforcers. They literally followed me around in the store and insisted I put a mask on. I refused because my boss was hearing impaired. They finally asked if I would wear a face shield. I complied but it was totally stupid.
Nice. Filing that tactic away. Someplace. I got reprimanded and followed around at Goodwill once. If I’d had my wits about me, I would have filled a cart up to overflowing, got to checkout and realized (speaking loudly) so sorry that I didn’t have my wallet with me. Or leave the cart in front of that karen and leave. With lots of small items like men’s socks, underwear and such. Plus some puzzles that accidentally lose their lids. That could be engineered at any large box store where mini dictators, well, dictate.
Oh, boy. My imagination is running wild. Big bottle of honey. Make it crash. Hard. Honey is the absolute worse to clean up. We had one tiny packet in our camper from KFC and that stuff went EVERYWHERE. Plus a gallon broke and leaked through a floor into the basement when I was a kid and it was a monstrous mess.
Oh, boy. My imagination is running wild. Big bottle of honey. Make it crash. Hard. Honey is the absolute worse to clean up. We had one tiny packet in our camper from KFC and that stuff went EVERYWHERE. Plus a gallon broke and leaked through a floor into the basement when I was a kid and it was a monstrous mess.
Oh, boy. My imagination is running wild. Big bottle of honey. Make it crash. Hard. Honey is the absolute worse to clean up. We had one tiny packet in our camper from KFC and that stuff went EVERYWHERE. Plus a gallon broke and leaked through a floor into the basement when I was a kid and it was a monstrous mess.
I got thrown out of Costco because I wouldn’t wear a face mask or shield. The manager followed me around and even got in my face. I asked her why she wasn’t social distancing. I waited for the last day of my membership and I got a refund.
Pat, your first mistake was being in Santa Fe, its the loon haven. I mean Jeff C is continuously spanking the douche bags of Portland but I think if you put Santa Fe head to head, per capita, Santa Fe wins the crown.
They have succeeded in convincing you that a dust mask is a medical device, but my mother was a registered nurse and the only mask she ever talked about was the one used in surgery, to keep the doctor's spittle out of the patient and the patient's fluids out the doctor's mouth and nose. You watched too much Dr. Kildare when you were young.
And was Peggy able to shop at Costco mask free for the duration? No. Rules don't matter when the enforcers ignore them. I love Peggy. But. How do you reconcile what should be with reality? We aren't as free as we thought.
I think you should have offered it one of those dry cleaning plastic bags for its head, with instructions on wearing it tightly sealed and leak proof at the neck...
Does vonu have the intellect to understand wearing masks was a psyop and couldnt stop a virus but did cause mask induced exhaustion syndrome and actually hurt people? I will answer with a resounding NO!!! Does COSTCO have the right to hurt people? Perhaps you can go work for them, be a maskhole, not bother sane people on here with your childish comments? That would be a win win!
Are you still depending on ad hominem to make semi-intelligent comments?
Costco has property rights. That fact doesn't mean they exercise them to hurt people. They aren't likely to waive their property rights just to keep the child in you happy.
No Costco does not have a legal leg to stand on. Check out Peggy Hall/The Healthy American for your legal rights. The next plandemic is just around the corner.
The next time someone demands you wear a mask, ask them for their name and address, so you can be certain they will get quickly served with the lawsuit you are filing for causing you to suffer from Mask Induced Exhaustion Syndrome.
Seems like, as most retailers, it was very hit and miss. The Costco I shop at was in a town that did not have a mask mandate and they did have their person at the door asking people to put on a mask, but I just said no thanks and kept walking and nothing ever happened. Probably should drop them, but I already dumped AMZ, Target and Wal Mart, and I do love Costco chicken. Sorry y'all....
You're 'wise to the world' - and always have personal and medical freedom at the forefront of what you say and do - I've dropped Target for sure - Wal-Mart I still use...I am fortunately NOT on any medications - my supplements I buy from various retail outlets.
If I were on as many medications as I am supplements, I would be paying 0 dollars on Medicare. My bill to keep healthy outside the pharmaceutical industry is pretty big each month. *sigh*
Yes it is idiotic, but for me that was the point. In Seattle I “got away with” wearing a shield to the store - technically complying so I could buy groceries, and at least I got to breathe freely and smile at babies.
We went to a cake restaurant in Indy around that time. The waitstaff had these clear mouth shields that were snug around the chin but open under their nose. Strangest thing I ever saw. I wish I had a photo. 😆
My Costco posted our rat governor's mask mandate at the door, but to my knowledge was more concerned about seeing one's membership card than one's mask. I wore the stupid mask most times, if not always correctly. But one time my mask strap was broken. I made it throughout the store maskless. Surprisingly, nobody (customers or staff) even gave me a second glance. Until I got up to the register. Definitely got into the wrong line. Woke ponytail guy (the bagger not the register employee) wearing a mask, a shield, gloves and shielded by plexiglass, went into tantrum mode, literally screaming at me that I couldn't check out without wearing a mask. A month later the rat governor had rescinded the mandate, and the next time I went to Costco I noticed that ponytail guy was wearing a lovely apricot silk blouse, skirt, and accessories. Now without his protective gear. Definitely someone with a lot of issues. He is still employed there, having been promoted to cashier. Needless to say, I avoid his/her line.
I was in a furniture store and for the sake of the sweet employee who asked me to don to stupid thing, I did so, BELOW my nose. A customer came up to me and said I should put my mask ABOVE my nose. I said, "How about you take care of yourself and I'll take care of myself." Several employees walked up to me and thanked me.
During COVID I was shopping at a Kohl's store in Sherwood, OR. It was when masks were mandated. I was wearing one but not covering my nose. I was wandering around looking for the Big & Tall Dept and an employee came up to me and scolded me for not covering my nose. Said I would have to leave the store if I didn't comply. Then she stormed off and never offered me to assist me as I was clearly looking for a department. Nice she was so helpful. I never covered my nose either and finally found the Big & Tall Dept. That was in 2021. I haven't, and will not, return to a Kohl's store.
I walked around Barnes and noble breathing freely, doing some early Christmas shopping in 2020. I ignored the signs. When I got to the register, the young woman behind plexiglass and not breathing freely insisted I cover my mouth to pay. I slowly put all of my items on the counter (well over $100) and walked out. A few days later I took my son an hour upthe road, to a books a million in another state. I called that B&N when I got home and told the manager how much i spent somewhere else. Maybe not my finest moment, but I felt he should know. I don't think he cared.
Robyn Welch, Thank you for standing against the mask. I always thought the masks were stupid, cruel, and senseless for stopping transmission of a virus, but as time goes by I have come to increasingly appreciate that resisting those masks mattered so much more than it might have seemed. Masks were not just a temporary "inconvenience" to abide; they were a violation of the law, a cruel abuse, a profound insult to the dignity and health of the human being. They were evil. Just evil.
I often think that people in the future won't believe it, that a cashier standing behind a plexiglas shield would insist on a customer putting on a mask to pay. But I witnessed many such idiocies. I will never forget it.
I think that in general many are being unfair to those who work in customer service fields. They generally don't own the stores you are shopping in. They are employees and have to follow rules.
Those who work in these fields have to deal with rude people for all sorts of reasons on a daily basis, and they don't get paid the big bucks for the abusiveness they get and the stress they feel.
I get that but at the same time, without them enforcing the rules, none of this could’ve happened. I wasn’t rude to anyone but I certainly objected to them asking me to wear a medical device. And any employee who screams at a customer doesn’t deserve any consideration imo.
I always did keep that in mind. I was always polite and respectful of employees in that circumstance. That said, many did have choice in how they handled such incidents and they chose to behave in a way that, in my view, to put it kindly, reflects very poorly on them. I have stories. I would feel more anger towards some of these individuals than I actually do; what short circuits the anger is that I have to acknowledge, most were not bossypants and sadists, they were just duped.
What was I supposed to do? I walked around the store for 30 minutes. I wasn't skulking, trying to hide my face. No one said anything. Was I supposed to re-shelve the books? I wasn't rude to the cashier, I just asked if she was sure, I put my books on the counter and left. I called the manager later. And I called customer service. You never know what might help them see reality.
Maybe the fact that I no longer spend any $$$ there makes a tiny difference. And the people I tell who might do the same. Besides, B&N puts the LGBT books on display, that would also keep me out of there.
This was me in every store but i never wore a mask so I often walked out. Sometimes a few others removed theirs. Once a huge man cheered me on but said he had to buy things there. 😡
I think some front line retail folks, because they were ‘essential’ (but others were non-essential 🙄), developed a ‘tude about their importance and made sure we all knew who was in charge.
I wore one on my wrist and when the gal at the front said I had to wear a mask, I waved it around and walked in. No one every bothered me once I was in, and all of us heathen bare faced law breakers had a secret nod to acknowledge each other
LOL....I had some pathetic employee do the same thing the LAST time I went to Target. He kept saying, "Please protect others........blahblahblah." I kept saying, "I'm good!"
Did the same thing at Sprouts when I brought in my own basket, lovingly de-virused by the sun, and he asked if I wanted him to "sanitize" it. "Nope, I'm good."
I got thrown out of a local grocery store twice, because I refused to put a stupid face diaper on ! Of course I tried to tell the manager that those stupid things don't stop viruses. He agreed with me, but said I still had to put one on because it was the law. Then I think I tried to explain to him about the whole mandate vs constitutional law thing, but he was to blind to see the light.
back in ha sad and dusgusting era friend of mine worked at the local Costco. I dropped by o visit with him as he played cart rodeo out in the car park. He HAD to wear the mug nappie, I refused. He offered to get me inside with him on his break. I went in barefaced he of course was nappied. We walked abou the place, pushing a cart and droppong groceries into it. He warned me someone would likely come up and demand I cover my mug, and I said "I'll deal with that when/if it comes. He said they may kick you out. Fine, let them. I will NOT slap that thing across my face. One guy came up to me and advised masks are required. My response? "I have a medical exemption". That statement cannot be questioned or challenged and I knew it. They cannot even query WHAT my "exemption" might be. Illegal.
Had he been properly infirmed, he COULD have had me anyway. Since Cosco is a MEMBERSHIP entity, hey can make complying with rules like the mug mandate as a condition of access. No like at the Slaveway where it is open to all. Bu he did not. He had "dine his duty" when he confronted me, had been well rained about the "exemption" bit, and once I uttred the magick password "medical exempion" I had complid, and he knew i.
My friend was quite astonished about the game and my masery of it. He knows me as a non-confrontive and conforming sort. But my health is NOT on the table for others o conrol.
I was in a Costco in a rather rebellious, conservative California country. For a short time, you had to have a mask on to enter the store, but once inside I and rather a lot of others moved the mask under our chins. No one said anything.
Costco was the WORST about the face diaper mandates! They held onto that crap for so long…long after other Big Box stores either lifted or removed the stupid face diaper requirement. This was in SoCa/San Diego, CA.
Unfortunately if I dumped every single business that helped enforce masks I would have nowhere to shop 😕 So I try to choose the ones that were the least extreme. I dumped Target over the Trans LGBT propaganda but there are only so many stores I can go to 😕 Local stores were often just as bad because they were terrified of getting shut down 😕
Yep. Never comply. I went to the store maskless when everyone else was wearing one. They tried to get me to, I said, "no thanks," they asked if I had a religious exemption (!!! - does that make you less contageous? Hilarious) - I said, "nope." And just went about shopping. If they'd have tossed me out, they would have had to deal with the fallout, which may have included being sued.
Yeah, and I STILL will never step foot in Alvin's Island in New Smyrna Beach. They allowed me to shop through the store and then belittled me at the cash register, telling me I couldn't check out unless I put a mask on. My daughter and I left our merchandise on their stupid counter and walked out the door. I haven't been back since and never intend to darken their doors again. The thing I found the oddest during Covid was......the folk who are more "natural" in their approach to life (surfers, health food stores, etc.) were the ones living in the most fear. It was really weird!
Absolutely. We have Better Health markets and one near me refused to check out a girl that wasn’t masked early in the scamdemic. She came right after me and at the time i was compliant but after complimenting her courage i went to the parking lot. She exited shortly after without her bags and told me what happened. Now i avoid going there unless i’m desperate.
Yep! I've even gone as far as dumping companies like Native when they started texting my phone about their Woke LGTQ+LMNOP info providing funds for trans folks. I found another company who makes healthy hygiene products and who doesn't propagandize me with political bs.
Sun & Sol? My daughter found them for us. They make GREAT organic sunscreen among other products. I used it this year the week we spent at the beach. Worked GREAT! I don't know their policies either but my biggest beef is not ppl having an opinion.....it's shoving it in my face with texts and advertising. I'm not a customer to have your political opinions emblazoned all over the product info I'm purchasing. If a company wants to get political, esp flaming liberal political, they'll have to do it without my $$$!
Same, I truly miss Target as I did like shopping there but drew the line with their pride month for kids campaign. We are an odd duck where I live - our 2 main grocers are regional (HyVee) and local (Price Chopper) and don't have any big national chains, except Wal Mart, Whole wallet and Sprouts but I didn't shop at any of those even before the BS.
I quit going to Whole Wallet (lol) when they installed the hand print or finger print (I can't remember which) scan thingy....optional of course! I'm sure they are preparing for the Mark. I don't need ANYTHING in there THAT badly!
We have a few regional grocers too and I prefer them but none in our town so I have to drive about 20 minutes to get to the other ones. I usually go to a mix of places depending on location, prices, type/availability of products and corporate policy.
Agree! We do our dead-level next to shop with companies that share our values! We changed to Patriot Mobile for our phone carrier for that very reason!
I still have an analog land line but the price just keeps going up. I work from home and cell signal in my house sucks no matter what I have tried (and I don't live in a bunker, lol) Just went up again last month, I pay it through my business but still, thinking I may have to cut it. I do use it whenever I am home to call out but the only people that have that number are close friends and family as so many people text rather than call these days.
I was going to ask the same thing. Working on getting my son off our plan - they are trying to switch accounts to his wife's name as she gets a discount for being a nurse but her mom is currently primary on that account and customer svc is incompetent (ATT) and then we are going to shop carriers. Have wanted to switch for a long time but hubby spends a lot of time in rural areas for his job and likes the reliability but he just retired so it's time to get rid of woke ATT.
Hannity advertises for Pure Talk and we are looking at that, Patriot and a few other options right now. Trying to find a good price and good coverage sans all the woke garbage.
I’ve been looking at it recently. All USA made, small businesses. A parallel shopping community. They do the research and vet the business owners. Wondering if anyone is using them instead of Amazon/china????
One of our own C&C ers (Verve) met the founder at the RNC in Wisconsin recently.
I am signed up with them and they email me sometimes several times a day and most of what is advertised is not stuff we usually buy. Going to try to find some stuff to buy when Christmas shopping rolls around but we don't need more t-shirts, super high priced food, (sorry we can't afford beef at $25 a pound even though I am sure it is healthier) or $18 shampoo.
My sister (who is much better off financially than we are) gets a monthly box from Good Ranchers, https://www.goodranchers.com/shop, one of the Public Square companies, for $219 a month and if you add up the ounces, it comes to $25 a pound. Our local grocery chain just had t-bones for $7 a pound and I stocked up. There is a local farmer who had a freezer hooked to a generator in the back of his pickup and sells at the farmers market and I do buy some meat from him but can't afford to buy everything, unless we only wanted to eat meat a couple of times a week. We only have steak a couple of times a month as it is. I 'get' that local/small biz is the way to go and sure it's healthier too but just can't afford it all the time.
In July we bought a beef hind quarter (grass fed and grass finished) from a local cattle farmer who did the butchering, called me with a cut list, and then wrapped and froze it. We paid $4.99/pound and have every cut of beef you could ask for. There’s a website called eatwild.com that features a state by state directory . Click on your state and you’ll get a list of just about every local family farm in your area/state: beef, eggs, chicken, milk, and pork. Last week I found another local farm (we live in rural PA) that sells pork, chicken, and eggs. I’m now looking for a farm that sells heavy cream that isn’t adulterated with gellan gum.
They’re giving the shots, they’re vaxxing the bears 🎶 (sung to the tune of “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” … sorry for the earworm 😬😆)
Don’t know if they still have a psych test as part of the hiring process but they did a few years back. So looking for a type? Although our local Costco has generally normal people.
Agree. People assume, based on clever marketing, that Costco has ‘better’ groceries. My sister, who has a membership, took me there a couple of times, but I couldn’t find anything to buy that would make the membership fee worth it. The prices don’t seem lower to me, if they’re scrutinized objectively. And I have to say, the idea of paying an annual fee for the ‘privilege’ of shopping at a store, is a real turnoff for me. I think it merely makes people feel ‘special’ (in the club!).
I find that I buy very specific things there that I know for sure are cheaper than anywhere else. The gas is usually 10-20 cents less per gallon than elsewhere also. And many of the non food items are really competitively priced too. I’ve gotten toys, clothing, household items, electronics, lots of things, at a far better price than anywhere else and their guarantee is beyond compare. But yeah, if it were only for the food, I’m not sure it’d be worth it since we’re not a large family, and I don’t have an extra fridge or freezer for the large quantities you have to buy.
I have been in pharmacies where they run ads like these and when they ask for feedback about my experience, I give them a low rating and complain about the ads 😛 The managers have sent me whiny responses that they’re not responsible, it’s corporate, so I know it touches a nerve 😬
I had my come-apart at Winn-Dixie when a PSA came on the loud speaker saying anyone could get $20 credit on their grocery purchase today; ALL they needed to do was get up to date on their “vaccines” covid, flu, & I don’t recall. I’d just had a sweet convo w/a young woman stocking the bred aisle: she’d taken 2 shots bc she her employer required shots. She stalled until the last day (looking for another job, etc) but finally succumbed. Said she bawled during the process. Later she had racing heart, & there’s issues. Her mom worked in doc office & said they were seeing the same & for her to not take another. She quit her job anyway & took that stocking shelves job until she could find something else. My heart broke for her. She wished she’d not given in. I often think of her.
So back to the announcements.
I went to pick up my 2 prescriptions … and was asked, “would you like to get $20 off your grocery purchase today?”
I replied (not my best moment), “ NO. And not just NO but hell no bc my body isn’t for sale! Don’t y’all know people are getting serious illnesses bc of that cv shot?”
I paid & left.
Told the cashier when paying for groceries what I’d done be; she said I’m with you; I sure didn’t take those shots! I complimented her.
Well, it touches a nerve because that bad review goes against the pharmacy bonuses, not against corporate.
I work retail where we HAVE to push our stupid credit cards - HARD! We once got a bad review because the customer was harrangued countless times to get our card. The poor review affected OUR STORE's standing, but did nothing to corporate.
I get that but I am hoping that it will trickle up if it happens enough. I have an ex friend who’s a pharmacist and I know corporate always pushed her to get a certain quota of flu shots but she participates in that willingly so I can’t feel too sorry for her.
"our esoteric section"* is a bit of a red flag for me, but everything else made sense, sadly...
I completely agree what our business "models" lack is authentic humanity, humor, and compassion, and what they have is an overboard amount of automation and photo-generated "joy." I'd rather have more people and face-to-face transactions in all businesses, if the whole experience hadn't become so rushed and manipulative. It's not just hard to live through, it's hard to witness.
I agree we should work at treating the cashier and the stock person and the delivery driver and so on with simple kindness and gratitude. Even when or especially when they are pushed for time and energy by faceless corporations. Eye contact and a smile still go a long way.
Mom used to quote that saying from time to time about people leading lives of quiet desperation. She was one of the first people to talk small talk with people in line and to appreciate the small touches and to find common ground with strangers in small moments. That doesn't come naturally to me, but when I make the effort I love the day so much more because of it.
I like the sentiment behind this article. People over profits...
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*"This is the metaphysical aspect of our reality, and here at Unorthodoxy, we look to discover aspects like this and how to maneuver. Become a paid member to access our esoteric section work."
This statement made me ask myself whether all the references to magic actually meant they were involved in some kind of counter-magic?
I definitely try to smile and be friendly and polite to everyone I come in contact with in stores, restaurants, any service related business or job. It’s such a “small” thing but it really can make a big difference in someone’s day, I think ❤️
Personally, I lump magic in with manipulation for selfish purposes, an egocentric rebellion against the Creator and a form of witchcraft, and I consider miracles a manifestation of God's will, not that of human will.
If God plants a desire in our hearts, and we choose to grow His Will in us, we can align with His purposes and miracles may happen.
That's how I view the topic.
Thank you Franklin O'Kanu for sharing your definition of "magic."
reflects a shallow understanding of "magic" which is comparable to metaphysics, applied intention, Placebo effect, lots of ways we can use our minds positively or negatively. Kind of like hating MONEY, which is a tool and can be misused in the wrong hands.
better to learn how to understand and use for the good. Also "when two or more are gathered together" the power of Prayer. same thing.
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them BY MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered IN MY NAME, THERE AM I AMONG THEM.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Hey Anita! Nope we’re on the same page. And you said it best, “If God plants a desire in our hearts, and we choose to grow His Will in us, we can align with His purposes and miracles may happen.”
I think this is the same thing as magic since the desires were put in our hearts thanks to God.
Now there are egotistical desires which one could consider black magic, but that’s diving too deep into things lol
*"esoteric" is the red flag for me, I believe. That is where I become cautious.
I associate "esoteric" knowledge as the purview of secret societies for the most part:
Matthew 5:14 - 15: 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house."
John 18:20
Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret."
ACTS 8:
Simon the Magician Believes
9 But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. 10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” 11 And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles[b] performed, he was amazed.
14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in the gall[c] of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.” 24 And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Ok I buy the 'corporations' are not our friends argument, but OF COURSE the motive is profit. I am self employed and have spent now 30 years working with small and some mid-sized businesses. The long hours, the personal risk, blood sweat and tears for many business owners is part and parcel of the deal. You don't go into business to lose money. If you do get a loan, likely the bank forces a personal guarantee, meaning if your business fails, you can lose your house. Demonizing the profit motive is not the answer. The emergency brake on greed is faith, morals, and community standards that help us hold our worse impulses in check. All things that the left has been working to systematically dismantle for most of my lifetime. AND I will note, these evil corporate profits have funded our IRAs, 401Ks and in the case of our parents, their pension accounts. Oh I have no love for these entities, but it is a house of cards, and if the corporations go down in flames, they will take people like me and our family with them.
True, it's a huge conundrum, as human nature (greed, self preservation, lacking personal responsibility) is part of the package. We were at a museum that included a display of sketchy ads and products from the 1800's. I am sure there were sketchy merchants in the days of Jesus when he overturned the tables at the temple. But to say we should demonize commerce in general due to bad actors (and let the government protect us and tell us what to buy and who is deemed virtuous to run a business) is the road to communism.
Incorporating shields you from legal risk (if you are sued they can't come after personal assets), but SBA loans and even most conventional small business loans require a personal guarantee unless the loan is based on a strong asset base. For instance, for manufacturing equipment that holds value, you can get a business loan just based on the business. But if you are looking for a loan to open a retail shop, or other business with a relatively high failure rate. the lender is going to want a backstop as if your business fails, they have to have the ability to sell assets to recoup the loan. I have preached for years that SBA loans are a bad deal, but for too many that is the only option if they need a loan. I am generally anti-debt in general but most entrepreneurs are one, overly optimistic, and two, don't have the personal net worth to cash flow a start up.
THIS along with the ridiculous tax rate on small biz are things I REALLY hope the new DT admin will address. wouldnt it be nice to do small loans to help small business recover from the damage of the Covid Psyop?
This article is my exact experience working in every hospital floor position as a nurse. Always understaffed. Rarely get breaks during the 12-hr shift. “Administrators” say they care, but it was always the same.
I have worked as a medical transcriptionist since ’97 and have been replaced multiple times by corporations using voice recognition. One of these times I was offered the chance to become part of the corporation workforce and was offered the opportunity to earn minimum wage, or less! I then became an IC and worked for a clinic for 10 years until I was replaced by an EHR. I’m also a patient there, and the change is disheartening to say the least. (A word to the wise, if you go to a clinic/hospital, always request a copy of the note from each visit and read it carefully. Voice “wreck” is notorious for mistakes that overworked MT editors or providers may not catch and become part of your permanent health record.)
Franklin, "reality that few people stop to question. The corporation, in essence, has become a "person" in a way that strips the actual human experience of its value." Have you heard of the concept of Babylonian Money Magic"?. It refers to the origin of holding peoples money, gold and silver in Old Testament times, and then charging them to use it, or lending it to others and charging them. It has evolved through history to become "central banking". The corporation sounds like a corollary concept.
re: "In 2023, U.S. pharmacies filled orders for 4.83 billion prescriptions. For Portlanders, that comes to fifteen prescriptions for every man, woman, and child in the country."
At the end of my dad's life, he was taking 23 VA prescription meds EVERYDAY! They murdered him.
Well if the military didn't kill us with Agent Orange, toxic anthrax shots, Gulf War Syndrome, exposure to depleted uranium, contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, traumatic brain injury from IEDs, forced covid shots...the VA is always there to finish us off by still offering the covid DeathVax to veterans with an "additional dose" for veterans 65 years and older.
My ex-husband and also another dear friend, both Viet Nam vets died from Agent Orange related illness. That war literally changed the course of my life.It was a horrible mistake perpetuated by Lyndon Johnson.
Yes, it looks and feels even worse when I write it like that...a constant reminder that we are like a disposable diaper that is used, abused, and then thrown onto the trash heap of life.
Go Kathleen! My Vietnam Vet hubs says Kudos to you! BTW, he's 77 and takes ZERO meds although the VA pushes them constantly! And he's as healthy as anyone could be!
Read a wonderful book of my daughter's written by the highest ranking VC to defect after the war, Truong Nhu Tang, "A Viet Cong Memior". He was the Minister of Finance for the National Liberation Front, the political arm of the Viet Cong. Very enlightening , sobering book. I know this will be hard for most to believe, but guess who the real bad guys were? Us. All the VC wanted was independence from foreign rule, including puppets like the ones we installed. They were not communist in any way, shape or form. The NVA were communists, and the only reason the VC allied with them is we refused to engage with them, and that left only the North if they wanted to have any chance at freedom.
And guess what again? As soon as we left , the NVA turned on the VC. They completely used them, lied to them. That's why Truong escaped. Two of his South Vietnamese brothers were imprisoned. Once again, the official story was a massive lie, start to finish.
no surprise to me that somehow another people/nation might resent being bombed into oblivion. whole villages, women, children, rice paddies, livestock being used as target practice. for what? daring to consider themselves free of US?
I cant disagree Roland, I long ago came to the realization the deep state loves funding the Mil Industrial complex, it is lucrative for all of them. However the VC (and NVA) committed horrific, brutal acts of violence on US military personnel.
No argument . My brother in law was there. That said, Truong was horribly tortured by South Vietnamese goons, no doubt CIA trained, while he was imprisoned. Permanent damage, as were other fellow inmates. Rare is the war when atrocities aren't committed on both sides. 2
The Catholic president of South Viet Nam, Ngo Dinh Diem, was assassinated by proxy by the CIA via South Vietnamese army generals, as he pled for help from the Whitehouse.
Diem had recently implemented a plan of installing police in the rural farming villages to defend the people from the VC. It might've worked, which would've been very bad for the US Military Industrial Defense profits.
Catholic President Diem was assassinated Nov. 2, 1963, less than 2 weeks before CIA-enemy JFK, who had fired the CIA Director Allen Dulles shortly before that.
Terrible. My step-Dad listens to the VA as well - "your diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure is from your exposure to agent orange while in Vietnam You'll need this Rx, this Rx, this Rx....oh, and come back every 3-6 months so we can add/adjust for the rest of your life" 😑
No instruction or guidance on nutrition's impact on his health - like cutout processed foods, filter your water, try to eat mostly non-gmo and organic, etc...
It's really hard for my parents' generation to NOT listen and rely on big pharma, big med, big media.
My dad passed away in 2021 from Covid vaxx. I still get his AARP magazines and newsletters at my house. Reading through them I realized that AARP is just the propaganda branch of big Pharma. Poor seniors don’t stand a chance.
Discount for UHC Medicare supplement, which pays the 20% traditional Medicare doesn't. Must be AARP member to receive discount. I'm shopping this year to make sure my plan is still cheaper. if not, bye bye.
Barbara - it is indeed frustrating. I only now see a functional medicine MD - of course, not covered by insurance. Note how insurance coverage steers people to the ‘conventional’ medical providers who do all this bad stuff.
Exactly. Same for childbirth options, at least when I had mine. Doulas and midwives were very difficult to get reimbursement for, but get the most interventionist hospital and doctors and they pay for that.
My parents believe everything their doctor says in spite of reading the Epoch Times. They were brought up to trust authority. After reading today about all the meds people take, I guess I am grateful they ‘only’ take 3-5ish. 🥴
Yes, I introduced my parents to The Epoch Times too! But they stopped subscribing after a year :/ Yes, I'm very grateful my Mom takes zero meds! But my veteran step-Dad has a cabinet full. And my Dad is on multi Rxs as well :(
I beleive the VA folks get kick backs from big pharma jabs and rx’s just like civilian providers. They push them so heavily on my husband, takes almost 30 minutes each visit to review and him to deny ALL jabs . His allergy to flu shots being prominently displayed in his medical record, the practitioner still tries to persuade him. His grandfather died alone on a gurney, in a hallway at the Tampa VA back in 2008, we will NEVER forget that.
I do too LS.... but I submit it is worse than that if you can imagine it. Many, perhaps most VA hospitals are staffed with what - hard core lefties. They actually hate their patients. I've seen/felt it personally. As I said earlier, always trying to pump me up with more meds and yes, now, the fucking poison "vaccines" (for shingles, the pLandemic's covid, the flu, etc etc). Forgive my french. I always tell them, cordially, where they can put their vax.
Agree completely. My husband is 100% disabled due to a service related cancer found 3 months from retirement of 30+ years. We have tried to avoid the VA as much as possible, but financially we have had to humble ourselves for routine care. To be fair we have actually found some non-jabbed workers, they always ask (behind closed doors) if he got the clot shots, thankfully he did not. However, they stilll have their checklist of jabs he ‘should’ have and they push them in robot like fashion. By the way, french forgiven, my sailor language often surfaces when discussing this evil! (Edited because I apparently I need to not type on my tablet!)
Thank you. We know several people who developed shingles within months of getting that jab. My husband got shingles out of the blue about 10 years ago, still active duty. Thankfully we caught it early and were able to treat it quickly, it wasn’t bad. At this point there are NO jabs that we will ever consider getting again.
Yes, Community Care! My husband uses that. Before this change, vets had to drive hundreds of miles to get care. Now the VA contracts with lots of medical providers so that vets can use local facilities. It is working great for us!
I was on 26 medications for a chronic, life limiting disease that ended in death. I was fired from my fancy specialist office for refusing to take more meds and wanting to try cleaning up my diet/natural remedies . I weaned all meds AMA, healed my SPMS and most related ailments. I have a couple of hold over issues that I use ONE medication for muscle spasms as needed. I will be off that med by the end of 2025 as nerves take a long time to heal. It is very possible to heal outside of big pharma. The one medication I do take is very helpful as my muscle spasms have broken bones in my foot in the past. It’s okay to use a med if a natural option doesn’t cut it while dealing with the root cause.
And - the medical establishment loaded up people with drugs via the cv hospital protocols. The film that premiered last night, Vaxxed 3: Authorized to Kill, had a segment with the families murdered in the hospitals show their lists of all the drugs people were on - most filled the entire page.
I remember when I worked in a long term care facility. Everyday I had to crush up 100s of medicine to put in a feeding tubes for people who couldn't swallow. I was always amazed at how many drugs people took. Honestly, I take that many vitamins. Praise God only 2 prescriptions.
Daniel L, I am so very sorry. Yes, it is indeed murder, in slow motion. So that they can make a bunch of $ along the way. My brother was also murdered, just more quickly…in fast motion (got the jabs, turbo cancer). I despise these evil demons.
I was taking 30 prescriptions when they almost killed me! No one knew how to get me off of them only how to put me on them. I got off the train by the grace of God.
The diseases didn’t go away, but they CAN be managed without drugs. Insanity, total insanity.
When you know the context that less than 1% of us took the clot shot last quarter, all the propaganda really is just absolutely ridiculous. I saw a headline yesterday in which part of it was stating that ignorance is partly to blame why people don't take it.....I guess I better go get one so I can't be thought of as ignorant!
Yeah. I'm often mathematically challenged....... but isn't that considered a pretty overwhelming majority ? Somebody help me with these numbers...........
Oh - WAIT ! Of course. I'm in the 99%, therefore......IGNORANT.
Covid is still a huge revenue source for the media. It kept them functioning during covid, other advertisers were locked down, so why not let the gov pay for advertising? 🤨
Wonder how much gov money, excuse me, taxpayer money, goes into Big Harma’s other advertising?
The beauty of it Eric is that once one sees it, the propaganda never works again. And I don't mean just pharma pushing poison, but any of this stuff. Marketing, advertising, public relations, press releases, propaganda, it's all the same. It's using psychological manipulation techniques to get the individual to act in someone else's interests rather than their own.
Pioneered by Freud, perfected by Bernays, then extended to drugs by the Sacklers in the 1950's. (Yes the same Sackler family that addicted the country to opioids.) It is the essence of evil as it intentionally reduces people to emotional robots to manipulated for other people's gain. I can't think of much more contrary to Christ's commands to be kind and just to others, yet we accept it as normal behavior. In a truly just society the people that engage in it would rot in prison.
Journalists are blatantly told in school that their job is not to be objective in their reporting. Their job is to be activists for a certain cause or position. As we all well know at this point!
You say it well. Once seen through, one is pretty much impervious to the psychological manipulation techniques. In fact, most ads look really stupid, and increasingly ... freakish.
I am pretty sure I lost a few friends, one in particular, we are not allowed to talk about pharma or politics. It is amazing (yet she can, but I can't) lol
God bless you for being so 'circumspect' - I have always said, it's best NOT to discuss religion or politics with someone that you are maintaining a friendship.
Of course they all are being groomed so that when they are voting age they will be thoroughly indoctrinated into the big farma mindset. No thoughts of their own!
I've seen that several times. Have you seen the Pfizer commercial where the people are laughing hysterically? It's totally annoying. Even my father-in-law who is close to 80 years old hates that commercial and he was all in on the COVID shots.
Unfortunately, that's true. My sister said someone she knows got the Flu/covid shots and also gave it to her young son (probably around 5). They both ended up with flu and pneumonia. 😳🙄
😡🤮 this is pure grooming mental abuse! More! It's everywhere. Is common in every sphere of life. I think narcissism is what called down The Flood. Every man did what was right for himself, he his One and Only godlike self created in his own image. The definition of hated toward God his Creator and humanity.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. People talk about accepting Jesus as Savior and Lord, and that it's not a true conversion unless you accept Him as Lord because He is not merely a ticket to heaven.
Of course, when you think about it, confession is not just "I'm sorry that I lied, acted in anger, had sinful thoughts, etc.," even if that list includes things like rape and murder. True confession and repentance is "I placed myself at the center of my life instead of God, Who created me to love and serve Him." That list of all of our sins is really a list of the ways we rebelled against God's will for our lives and tried to live a fulfilling life apart from Him.
It's so strange here in my neck of the woods (upstate, WNY). It's like everyone has gone silent on Covid. At my recent annual GYN appt. the nurse said they are no longer recommending Covid shots and at Walmart yesterday, they had signs everywhere to get your flu shot, but NOTHING referencing Covid.
William Makis did a video on Canada not offering covid shots at all right now. It's coordinated, so is is so they can create some scarcity before coming out with their newest version of covid and flu combos?
Ah, but did you miss the fact that mom dutifully came in for her vaxxes while PREGNANT?? At the end of the commercial, as mom and son are leaving the store, she clearly has one in the oven.
I really hate to jump to conclusions from so little evidence but it seems to me the CIA is trying desperately to kill Donald Trump. Just another WAG (wild ass guess)
Yep. The chances of any woman falling in love with Routh and marrying him is slim or next to none. I bet the marriage was arranged and paper only, she as his CIA handler and provider of funds.
I figure if the CIA wanted Trump dead then he would be dead instead of two mentally challenged would-be assassins having been thwarted in their efforts. I hope the truth about these two deranged individual's motives will come out, especially what put them up to their attacks.
Not sure these guys are mentally challenged. Both seemed to be adequately proficient getting around in their lives. And in the case of Routh, even doing things most of us would not know how to do. All his travel in war zones, etc.
Has anyone read anything about Routh's experience with weapons? Does he have any training on record, (military vet, frequenting a shooting range, avid hunter, etc.)? I'm assuming he knows how to shoot, but nothing I've seen has mentioned how he gained his shooting skills. Seems pertinent.
Re: the years prior gun charge - Apparently he had a fully automatic "weapon of mass destruction". Where did he get such a thing, and what was his purpose for having it? Sounded like the charges focused on the possession of that weapon. Why didn't authorities dig a little deeper? Seems weird to me.
The idea of an amateur lone wolf White guy gun-nut taking out Trump is their ideal plot (but now 0-2)...a professional slick mercenary team or hit man taking him out is apparently too brazen? I don't get it...they're all in on Communizing and Police-Stating us and gulaging ALL OPPOSITION, starting domestic unrest--WHY NOT JUST hire in professionals? Is the prospect of CHINA-RUSSIA counter-attacking during a full on civil disorder too real for the DeeepStaters?? Next up they'll try some Somali suicide vest or car bomb....look out these KOOKSTATE Occultic NAZIs are not done yet
Seriously. There were even more recent attempts that did not work in Turkey, Slovakia, Russia, and some others in just the last few years. Not to mention entire wars that they've lost in Afghanistan and Ukraine. To say nothing of the fact they keep trying to hide what they do and people keep figuring it out. The mafia was better at covering up their crimes.
People give our agencies way too much credit. They are government agencies. Like all government agencies, they are bloated, wasteful, corrupt, and largely incompetent. The thing that saves them is that other countries' governments are even more bloated, wasteful, corrupt, and incompetent.
Fred ... You have hit the perplexing part. You would think if the CIA wanted somebody gone bye-bye, that they would have done it. But ... !!!
1) Everybody is getting gaslighted and played all the time. And also, there are likely to be factions within the CIA itself. And so there could be a mouse and cat struggle going, one side countering the other side in a larger protracted struggle. Additionally, the thought occurs to me now and then that a completed DJT assasination only benefits the crazy Marxist Woke side of the equation. But a string of failed attempts more benefits DJT and any Roll Back campaign of Woke Globalism as it blackens 'the bad guys'. (Even so, who is doing what remains a mystery ... at least to me. Plus the whole thing seems deliberatedly engineered with on purpose with a CIA look built in. So conspicuously apparent that one might think that this was not just a happy coincidence of popular discovery.
2) Long term, maybe the CIA is not so smart. It is one thing to s%^t when the public is largely in the dark. It's another thing to do the same thing when everyone now knows about 'color revolutions' and such ... and all this stuff is broadcast digitally all over the play. Also, the CIA is largely running the proxy war as much as I can figure. And they have collosally batched that one with virtually every one of their 'smart assumptions' now proven totally wrong. Also, the DOD is probably pissed at the CIA for preempting the DOD when it comes to instigating and managing the business of war ... and key to it is probably against the better judgment of the DOD.
Didn’t the CIA go Woke? So maybe they’ve been hit with incompetency. Or (and I prefer this explanation)? it’s God’s will that Trump survived. Maybe HE has plans for Trump. Throughout history, God has chosen some of the oddest people to carry out his will. Like Saul.
The CIA? Maybe Woke to some extent. But more definately way out of control in a loose cannon way and de facto usurping fundamental parts of the once constitutional government ... fundamental units like DoD and the State Department, and becoming somewhat of a law until itself. But I do think that there is now a lot of evidence of rolling some of this stuff back. And getting back to a more normal state of affairs. We'll just have to see how things pan out.
God has indeed used the oddest of people. And who would ever think that God would choose a son of a carpenter out of a backwater like Galilei? And caste in the role of Salvator Mundi? But as a rule, I am shy of making quick shot pronouncement on the doings of God. And yes, Saul ... and also the one from Tarsus. These along make guessing at God's picks a dicey business.
Cui bono? Like you said DJT is the one who benefits from the B rated assassination attempt + sequel because most of the people believe it is real and thus have great sympathy for him and think God has saved him twice. I'm not a smart person, but to me it is all obviously theatrics. If the lefties wanted him dead, they would do it in a stealthy way that would be less likely to make them look guilty, such as a vax SAD.
Well ... nobody, nor any group of men, is so smart that they should even begin to presume that they ought to be in charge of running a country let alone the entire world. And that is why Marxist central planning always fails . Or as Clint Eastwood used to say, "A man ought to know his limits." This said, you are plenty smart enough, smart enough so as to see the 'ambiguities'.
Your thinking is real close to mine and with 'aberations' everywhere to be seen. Of the first attempt, the look of that picture with the clenched raised fist? Just too perfect, too composed, and even what with the flag which just happens to show up in the right place in the upper right corner as a stunning finishing touch.
All I know is that The World is full of gaslighting and Kabuki theater, and with everyone clamboring over everyone else in some weird festival of getting over on everyone else.
As it is, there is no way on reaching any firm conclusions, no yet. And maybe not ever.
Exactly right. That first "attempt" was just too contrived, plus the re-enactment of the Biblical ritual of putting blood on the right ear - Leviticus 8:22-24. What was that all about?
Maybe the CIA is not as all powerful as they think they are. Especially when what they will is in direct opposition to the will of God.
In 1962 they had Lee Harvey Oswald. Compare pictures of Oswald with these two recent weenie men they sent to get the job done. Oswald was a strong virile man. Those are hard to come by today among the class of losers.
I agree. I am thinking that these two "attempts" were smokescreens (don't look here, look over there!), and the two "working alone" gunmen were/are patsys, playing a manipulated role in a sick game. JMHO
If they wanted him dead, he would be. they know the fallout from that. But redirecting the minions to look over here! Never ceases. Whilst we’re all focused on a fake assassination attempt, nobody seems to care about the Biden admin giving orders to abc on how that debate will go. Per the whistleblower that covered his/her/they/them/ furbie’s ass.
I also think they are hoping to limit Trump's campaigning activities by saying they can't guarantee his security. Look at how the media immediately said Trump needs to mind his words and that he should re-evaluate his venues and engagements with the public. They need to quash the enthusiasm.
But was it "faked"? They have nothing to lose by activating these type kook-hirelings every few weeks or so...and they can do it during a Trump presidency too.
Surely I don’t have to remind THIS audience that polls are rigged to give the illusion of support so that when the election is rigged again it will seem plausible. Imho, that’s why Trump does rallies…to show that he can draw thousands on a whim with little to no advertising while Comrade Kamaltoe has to pay and bus in support.
My husband has been union for 34 years. It has been maddening watching them endorse the Dems the past decade. When we watched Trump in NY yesterday embrace the labor unions as wholly as he did, it was a real moment for us. A surge of pride and hope welled up in our living room. Shame on the Teamsters for not endorsing the candidate its members do.
I think the analysis of the "why" is spot on. If the Teamsters were to come out and endorse Trump, they'd be destroyed. The current administration and state operators have shown they have no problem taking down anyone who goes against the narrative or their positions. :(
Speaking as a former Teamster member, I believe union leadership follows the money - Dem Party quid pro quos, plus the dues taken from membership via police power.
As a Teamster, I am VERY disappointed in Sean O'Brien for not stepping up! Rank and filers have spoken! I am so proud of my Brothers and Sisters, but our voices are NOT being honored 😔
While I was still teaching at Pitt, the faculty was considering unionizing and eventually settled on the United Steelworkers as their bargaining agent. I worked hard to get my colleagues to sign up for the union. In the end it passed. Then covid hit and I retired. In the fall of 2020, the new faculty union argued hard for masks and in 2021 lobbied the administration hard for vaccine mandates for students. That union has done nothing but dishonor the great heritage of the USW who did so much for workers.
I have a neighbor who recently filled up her front yard with Democrat campaign signs. She recently added a Harris/Walz sign. I desperately want to knock on her door and just say, "explain your position to me." I fully accept there are those who will simply vote against Trump. Fair enough. I think you are shooting yourself in the foot, but fine. But with this neighbor, she has all the signs about "Progress. Forward. Reproductive Rights. Trans Rights." She seems to be a true believer. I just want to know how people end up there.
I'm in a sparsely populated rural area, but the house I'm living in is "downtown" for this township and a lot of traffic whooshes by all day long. I was happy to see a few Trump signs between here and a food pantry I visit, but then this week a couple Harris-Walz yardsigns popped up... they were white letters on a black background... what's up with that?
Also, my sister who owns the house where I live freaked out when I put a Trump sign in my bedroom window. She was actually afraid someone would see it and come do destruction to her home. So I took it down. It's her window, so okay.
It's ridiculous what Trump supporters have to put up with.
That was my thought, too, Anita and we are in a pretty conservative area (though it is rapidly changing due to demographic shifts). Dems put up signs ALL THE TIME (BLM, Pro-Ukraine, Pro-LGBTQ) and never worry about any retaliation. I wonder how many conservatives just don't bother because they don't want any harassment. It really does say way more about the Left than the Right. The Left are bullies and have people willing to prove it and the Right just takes it on the chin, over and over again.
I was wondering the same thing myself. How in the world do people proudly support the Comrade Kamala ticket??
I have concluded either a) they believe sound bites and short slogans without thinking critically about what’s underlying or b) they are actually happy with open borders, violent crime, high prices, censorship, women in men’s sports, endless war, a nanny state, and abortion without limits. Because that’s what they’re supporting.
Out here in rural areas, we don't have housing for illegal immigrants so we aren't flooded with them, even though this county is supposedly a "sanctuary county" according to a map showing sanctuary cities, and counties... sigh.
I moved here from Tucson Arizona this year and it's pretty much like living a sheltered life here compared to there.
Save your breath. If she is a true believer, she will respond to the mildest, most polite question by screaming at you, spit flying. It is truly very sad to see.
truthfully, she doesn't watch TV or internet news or read it, she only knows what she hears at work and she tries to be "neutral" so she weighs all parties as being the same... sigh
That’s precisely what I don’t get: why do they want to live in a country where policies like unrestricted immigration, censorship, restrictions on speech, boys using girls’ bathrooms and playing on sports teams where girls are seriously injured, war is forever, and no one can own a gas stove.
That is exactly what I thought before the 2020 election when I would see 100 or so people gathering to hear Biden (or Obama when he stumped for him) and 10,000+ would gather to see Trump. In my mind there was no way Biden would win and yet, here we are.
I’ve shouted since 2016 POLLS ARE FAKE AND USED TO MANIPULATE US. It’s infuriating every time I hear anyone say “the polls say”. Blah blah blah. Trump and all the big conservatives STILL cite the polls and it disgusts me. Why!!! Why give one bit of merit to any of them. 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖
The use of polls as tools of election manipulation probably goes back decades now. I think most of us were slow to realize this because we still believed in the inherent honesty of most people and public institutions. But they are so in-your-face with daily headlines from State Media proclaiming “the latest trends” and so forth that they are nearly impossible to ignore. And apart from discerning individuals like most C&C readers, the vast majority of the public will be duped into believing at least some of the hype. I simply dismiss any coverage referring to polls now, reminding myself that it’s all part of the psyop to play on peoples’ emotions and divide us as a nation.
The public facing polls are manufactured. They are push polls. Their goal is to persuade people in one direction or another. Either "it's a close race" and so it shouldn't be a surprise if the Dems "pull out" a "victory" (aka, harvest and dump enough fraudulent ballots to cover the spread). Or, the Dems are so far ahead (R) voters should just stay home and not bother b/c they can't win anyway. Been saying this for years.
Just watched Tucker's interview with JD last night and Vance made this point very well. He really understands the polling/surveying business.
But, it should be obvious to everyone: if the public facing polls were real, the campaigns wouldn't need to conduct their own "internal" polling to get accurate numbers. In admitting they conduct their own internal polling, they also admit the public polls are fake.
The polls have to keep up the illusion the race is "close" so their upcoming steal can be viewed as plausible by those not paying attention. It's why the NYT is coming out and saying the results won't be known on election night.
As a retired healthcare professional my best advice is to avoid the broken, DEI infested healthcare system. And if you have to, look for independent practitioners at least 40 yrs or older! Holistic and functional medicine practices are also an option.
My lung specialist is close to retirement. He now only works 1 day a week because, as he told me, medicine has changed and not for the better. I have seen his replacement once who tried to push all the vaxes and Ozempic on me. I told him sbsolutely not.
Lol. I have the same link. >36 minutes, last 3-4 something crazy, as you describe. Other links available, will check out those you provide....entertaining stuff.
@BFM I’m just wondering how long it will be until we’re not allowed any electronic devices on planes, which will effectively mean the end of air travel. Is that a bug or a feature? The question answers itself.
Truly excellent point. However, I don't think even a real risk of your smart phone exploding would deter the brain dead mind controlled faithful from face fornicating with them during all waking hours.
The WEF wants to shut down private air travel anyway. They eventually plan to close every airport in England, except for two of them all in the name of climate change, of course they will do it to us as well if we do not stand up to them.
Is there a way that simply a signal can be sent to a device that downloads code that could then cause the battery to overheat? Does it even have to be an explosive installed since overheating batteries can and have exploded in the past. I remember we iPhones doing that a decade ago.
Whoever did these terrorists beepers and walkie-talkies…..all I can say is “BRILLIANT”!!!!!! Now blow up their laptops and cell phones and landlines!!!!!
A common household phrase here. 🤣 Also the Dr Pepper commercials where the Dr is slamming the patient's arm in the door to take his soda away and he's saying "you can trust me. I'm a Dr." 😂😯 Of course then there's the so many commercials giving ppl the illusion of control by suggesting that YOU "should ask (tell) your Dr" what drugs you want to buy!!
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name.” Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” Then Yahweh said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”
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Now it happened when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. Then Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
Exodus 34: 5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord. 6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
8 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. 9 He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”
"...who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Something to think about. America has a lot to answer for.
And again, Luke 24:16--the appearance of the risen Christ was so different that the apostles could not recognize him ("but their eyes were kept from recognizing him")
Maximus. There's a guy called Jack Pendergrass who has been researching and interviewing about this organization. He has interviews on The Imagination podcast in 2022 and 2023. I haven't listened to any of them yet, just remembered seeing them. I'd like to hear someone who has heard him to tell us about it.
Do not trust the medical establishment. Even common sense no longer dictates what should be done in many places. Money talks, Standards of Care get changed, and voila, they either kill or recklessly allow people to die because there is absolutely no accountability. If you go to the hospital for anything but a broken bone and leave with a better life, count yourself blessed.
Did have to go to hospital in June for that broken bone (distal radius fracture)--hand-wrote on consent form before surgery: no mRNA products, no blood products, if bone graft needed, no xenograft, no allograft only autograft. And noticed that surgeon copied this into his notes as well. [I asked for, and received, copies of all notes/x-rays/photographs]
Thank you for posting! I was following a local showing but to air it they require a minimum number of people to register in advance. In case it’s a no go, nice i can still watch online.
Very sad and all at the hands of the medical establishment! Whoever was in charge of her case should be fired and charges filed! This crap has got to stop.
I remember driving to downtown Cleveland to hear Reagan campaign for his second run. All along the side if the highway were semi's and other trucks that had Teamsters for Reagan banners on them. A people's president.
I'm reaching out because I'm hoping you can get this into the hands of someone who can do something about it. The lawyers here are intimidated or part of the problem. I've tried to contact America First Legal but they do not reply.
Yesterday I posted a message concerning how over the past 3.5 decades our election system was changed into a "s_election" system. I do not know if you saw that post? A critical element of it - in Arizona - was how the AZ Secretary of State (SOS) has created and is using the Online Voter Registration Unique URL program to circumvent the county recorders requirement and mandate to verify and register voters and are packing the voter registration rolls.
Yesterday I open my email and see that two of the worst crooks in our state, SOS Adrian Fontes (un-elected but s_Elected) and corrupt Stephen Richter, Maricopa County Recorder, have undertaken a "dispute" about voter registrations. See it here:
I contend this is a standard "look here, not there" ploy to make it appear they are at odds over voter registrations and Richter is the "hero" trying to fix voter reg problems. It is complete bullshit.
They don't want anyone asking about the Online Voter Registration Unique URL Program...
For reference, here is what I posted yesterday:
Daniel L.
Daniel L.
Sep 17
·edited Sep 17
I posted this yesterday so everyone could see how the global marxists, their deep state enablers, and the uniparty have stolen our elections over about 3.5 Decades. I posted it again today so everyone can be informed and understand what they did. There is a hopeful, encouraging thought at the end....
Another MUST see movie is Reagan, an accurate account of Reagan's life and times. It will have tears streaming down your face at the end of the movie.
Consider this, we claimed victory over communism at that time but they dont fight in a four year presidential cycle, they fight with decades long planning and infiltration... see Sun Tzu's Art of War.
What we are experiencing is at least 3.5 decades of preparation to steal our country with mail in ballot fraud, programmable machines, corrupt judges and the pLandemic.
Connecting the dots:
a. Late 80s, early 90s: Permanent early voting for any reason implemented in key states.
b. 2008: Statutes such as Arizona's Revised Statute (ARS) 16-168 are created. Info in the databases violate our constitutional right to a secret vote. ARS 16-168(j) Creates a “Vendor Managed”, Statewide Database at the AZ SOS of ALL voter registrations:
• Name in Full
• Party Preference
• Date of registration
• Residence Address
• Mailing Address
• Zip code
• Telephone #
• Birth Year and Date
• Occupation if Given
• Voting History for all elections in prior 4 years
• All data relating to early voters, including ballot requests and ballot returns
On request from a county chairman or state chairman, the county recorder of a county with a
population of more than eight hundred thousand persons shall provide at no cost a daily listing of persons who have returned their early ballots. The daily listing shall be provided Mondays through Fridays, beginning with the first Monday following the start of early voting and ending on the Monday (The EVE) before the election.
c. Around 2015, in some places earlier, some later, County Supervisors implement programmable voting machines, against our will and without our Constitutional consent (see AZ Consti ART 4, Part 1, Sec 1, all sub paragraphs and specifically sub par 8) - but not enough steal in 2016 and Trump is elected against all odds and their planned manipulation of the election, to the dismay of poor, stinking, corrupt, marxist hillary and those who manage her.
d. Covid pLandemic initiated in the run-up to the 2020. Concocted "Health Emergency" allows them to change the election to almost all mail in. Mail in is massive wholesale fraud because there is never required chain of custody in the entire process nor is signature ID a valid identification process and is a 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause violation. They steal 2020 with massive mail in fraud and corrupt judges who dismiss cases on standing instead of merit.
e. In the run up to the 2022 election, corrupt Az Secretary of State Katie Hobbs implements the Online Voter Registration Unique URL Program (you can see it here, it is still live and functioning under corrupt Adrian Fontes, (the cartel lawyer who was seated unlawfully when Katie Hobbs was seated unlawfully, and Kris Mayes seated unlawfully as AG in 2022 - they covered all the bases) https://azsos.gov/elections/candidates/unique-url
This program allows NGO's to circumvent the lawful processing of voter registrations mandated to the County Recorder, allowing them and the Sec of State to pack the voter registration rolls full of illegal immigrants and other multiple personalities. Using this and the wholesale fraud of mail in ballots and programmable machines they steal 2022 and now you know why there was no "red wave" in 2022. Remember, they used corrupt judges to throw out valid election challenge lawsuits.
None of this has been deconstructed, in fact they have made it stronger, more bullet proof. This system took decades to implement under the radar.
They will use it to steal 2024 as they have no plan to return the country to us.
One other thought, hopefully happier, encouraging, four decades... about the same amount of time it took God to get Trump equipped, experienced, knowledgeable of the evil and ready for this task.
It is difficult to get any traction... there is so much bad going on. But they're going to steal 2024, no doubt about it. And the corrupt government, corrupt media, and corrupt judges will cover it all up.
Just saw a touching propaganda ad from Walgreens featuring a tender hearted pharmacist scheming his way into an 8 year old's malleable young mind....buttering him up like a Thanksgiving Day turkey....extolling the many benefits of getting jacked up on flu and covid shots. Of course, Mom - obviously a victim of second hand stupidity - was there gleefully sanctioning the whole sordid get together. It was sweet....in a cuddly trojan horse kind of way.
The Costco flyers back page has a medical dude giving a shot to one of their large Teddy Bears! 🤬 Honestly I hate these people. What propaganda are you pushing to CHILDREN by that!!!!
I still have disdain for Costco for being mask enforcers. They literally followed me around in the store and insisted I put a mask on. I refused because my boss was hearing impaired. They finally asked if I would wear a face shield. I complied but it was totally stupid.
That’s why I don’t feel bad for accidentally dropping an apple pie at self checkout 😂
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Hey, enough of the Haitian slurs! Ha, ha!
Nice. Filing that tactic away. Someplace. I got reprimanded and followed around at Goodwill once. If I’d had my wits about me, I would have filled a cart up to overflowing, got to checkout and realized (speaking loudly) so sorry that I didn’t have my wallet with me. Or leave the cart in front of that karen and leave. With lots of small items like men’s socks, underwear and such. Plus some puzzles that accidentally lose their lids. That could be engineered at any large box store where mini dictators, well, dictate.
They had a jab mandate as well. I no longer shop there.
they get donated goods and "hire" people sentenced to community service - not the biz model I want to endorse
That's awesome!
More of this! Be very apologetic of course.
Does Walgreens have apple pie? Gotta be something breakable. Soda cap wasn’t on tight? Lose cap on a jug of vinegar?
Oh, boy. My imagination is running wild. Big bottle of honey. Make it crash. Hard. Honey is the absolute worse to clean up. We had one tiny packet in our camper from KFC and that stuff went EVERYWHERE. Plus a gallon broke and leaked through a floor into the basement when I was a kid and it was a monstrous mess.
Oh, boy. My imagination is running wild. Big bottle of honey. Make it crash. Hard. Honey is the absolute worse to clean up. We had one tiny packet in our camper from KFC and that stuff went EVERYWHERE. Plus a gallon broke and leaked through a floor into the basement when I was a kid and it was a monstrous mess.
Oh, boy. My imagination is running wild. Big bottle of honey. Make it crash. Hard. Honey is the absolute worse to clean up. We had one tiny packet in our camper from KFC and that stuff went EVERYWHERE. Plus a gallon broke and leaked through a floor into the basement when I was a kid and it was a monstrous mess.
Ha
nice!
If you get another chance, please do not comply. It's the only way we can get rid of this nefarious b.s.
Agreed! I wrote about this in August, 2020:
https://www.ageofautism.com/2020/08/the-catastrophic-costs-of-complying.html
I’m making a list subversive and contrarian non compliant action.
I got thrown out of Costco because I wouldn’t wear a face mask or shield. The manager followed me around and even got in my face. I asked her why she wasn’t social distancing. I waited for the last day of my membership and I got a refund.
I was physically attacked in Trader Joe's (Santa Fe ie Woketopia) These people are nuts! Actually that gives nuts a bad name. Let's go with psychotic
Pat, your first mistake was being in Santa Fe, its the loon haven. I mean Jeff C is continuously spanking the douche bags of Portland but I think if you put Santa Fe head to head, per capita, Santa Fe wins the crown.
Does Costco not have the right to control behavior in its stores?
No.
They are forcing/coercing you to wear a MEDICAL DEVICE in order to shop at their store… which you have the right to refuse a MEDICAL DEVICE.
Geez! Where have you been the last four years?
Start following Peggy Hall- The Healthy American if you don’t get it by now.
They have succeeded in convincing you that a dust mask is a medical device, but my mother was a registered nurse and the only mask she ever talked about was the one used in surgery, to keep the doctor's spittle out of the patient and the patient's fluids out the doctor's mouth and nose. You watched too much Dr. Kildare when you were young.
Yes. It’s a device that FEDERAL LAW describes and nobody can force one on you.
And was Peggy able to shop at Costco mask free for the duration? No. Rules don't matter when the enforcers ignore them. I love Peggy. But. How do you reconcile what should be with reality? We aren't as free as we thought.
Peggy Hall's degree is in political science, not medicine.
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Haha!
If they told you to put a dirty sock on your head, would you?
(Yes, I guess you would.)
I think you should have offered it one of those dry cleaning plastic bags for its head, with instructions on wearing it tightly sealed and leak proof at the neck...
My head (and brain) aren't small enough to fit a sock over. Is yours?
Strike 1
What game are you refereeing?
And define how wearing or not wearing a mask is a behavior...............
I guess you'd have to know what behavior is to understand.
Does vonu have the intellect to understand wearing masks was a psyop and couldnt stop a virus but did cause mask induced exhaustion syndrome and actually hurt people? I will answer with a resounding NO!!! Does COSTCO have the right to hurt people? Perhaps you can go work for them, be a maskhole, not bother sane people on here with your childish comments? That would be a win win!
Are you still depending on ad hominem to make semi-intelligent comments?
Costco has property rights. That fact doesn't mean they exercise them to hurt people. They aren't likely to waive their property rights just to keep the child in you happy.
Legally, I'm sure the answer is yes.
No Costco does not have a legal leg to stand on. Check out Peggy Hall/The Healthy American for your legal rights. The next plandemic is just around the corner.
How can they force people to wear a medical device? No business or company should be able to force patrons to submit to a medical intervention.
If you can't cite it, is can't be legal. All law is written down.
are you the Vonu who used to post on the Mental Militia?
If you are talking about the one associated with Claire Wolfe.
The next time someone demands you wear a mask, ask them for their name and address, so you can be certain they will get quickly served with the lawsuit you are filing for causing you to suffer from Mask Induced Exhaustion Syndrome.
from what I have read, people died from bacterial pneumonia during the 1918 flu epidemic caused by wearing a mask, rebreathing what they had exhaled.
Exactly.
when they went face shield or else, we dumped our membership after 40 years.
Seems like, as most retailers, it was very hit and miss. The Costco I shop at was in a town that did not have a mask mandate and they did have their person at the door asking people to put on a mask, but I just said no thanks and kept walking and nothing ever happened. Probably should drop them, but I already dumped AMZ, Target and Wal Mart, and I do love Costco chicken. Sorry y'all....
You're 'wise to the world' - and always have personal and medical freedom at the forefront of what you say and do - I've dropped Target for sure - Wal-Mart I still use...I am fortunately NOT on any medications - my supplements I buy from various retail outlets.
If I were on as many medications as I am supplements, I would be paying 0 dollars on Medicare. My bill to keep healthy outside the pharmaceutical industry is pretty big each month. *sigh*
The whole face shield thing is even more idiotic, like all the little covid particles won't travel beyond the edge of it??
Yes it is idiotic, but for me that was the point. In Seattle I “got away with” wearing a shield to the store - technically complying so I could buy groceries, and at least I got to breathe freely and smile at babies.
Cute - those babies surely NEEDED your SMILING FACE!!
The entire mask mandate tyranny was simply about compliance to tyrannical mandates. Any fool with 2 brain cells left figured that out.
Kind of like the Plexiglas...we know those mean and nasty covid germs couldn't float that high.
I used to really laugh at that Plexiglas stupidity!
🤣🤣🤣
Like a surgical mask, they were intended to prevent sneezes from penetrating.
We went to a cake restaurant in Indy around that time. The waitstaff had these clear mouth shields that were snug around the chin but open under their nose. Strangest thing I ever saw. I wish I had a photo. 😆
🤣🤣🤣
They all pass through the 4 micron holes, being .04 micron in diameter.
Same here.
My Costco posted our rat governor's mask mandate at the door, but to my knowledge was more concerned about seeing one's membership card than one's mask. I wore the stupid mask most times, if not always correctly. But one time my mask strap was broken. I made it throughout the store maskless. Surprisingly, nobody (customers or staff) even gave me a second glance. Until I got up to the register. Definitely got into the wrong line. Woke ponytail guy (the bagger not the register employee) wearing a mask, a shield, gloves and shielded by plexiglass, went into tantrum mode, literally screaming at me that I couldn't check out without wearing a mask. A month later the rat governor had rescinded the mandate, and the next time I went to Costco I noticed that ponytail guy was wearing a lovely apricot silk blouse, skirt, and accessories. Now without his protective gear. Definitely someone with a lot of issues. He is still employed there, having been promoted to cashier. Needless to say, I avoid his/her line.
I was in a furniture store and for the sake of the sweet employee who asked me to don to stupid thing, I did so, BELOW my nose. A customer came up to me and said I should put my mask ABOVE my nose. I said, "How about you take care of yourself and I'll take care of myself." Several employees walked up to me and thanked me.
During COVID I was shopping at a Kohl's store in Sherwood, OR. It was when masks were mandated. I was wearing one but not covering my nose. I was wandering around looking for the Big & Tall Dept and an employee came up to me and scolded me for not covering my nose. Said I would have to leave the store if I didn't comply. Then she stormed off and never offered me to assist me as I was clearly looking for a department. Nice she was so helpful. I never covered my nose either and finally found the Big & Tall Dept. That was in 2021. I haven't, and will not, return to a Kohl's store.
I like that line. I'm stealing it.
“If you can pretend they work, then you can pretend I’m wearing one.” Gets ‘em every time. 😉
I walked around Barnes and noble breathing freely, doing some early Christmas shopping in 2020. I ignored the signs. When I got to the register, the young woman behind plexiglass and not breathing freely insisted I cover my mouth to pay. I slowly put all of my items on the counter (well over $100) and walked out. A few days later I took my son an hour upthe road, to a books a million in another state. I called that B&N when I got home and told the manager how much i spent somewhere else. Maybe not my finest moment, but I felt he should know. I don't think he cared.
Robyn Welch, Thank you for standing against the mask. I always thought the masks were stupid, cruel, and senseless for stopping transmission of a virus, but as time goes by I have come to increasingly appreciate that resisting those masks mattered so much more than it might have seemed. Masks were not just a temporary "inconvenience" to abide; they were a violation of the law, a cruel abuse, a profound insult to the dignity and health of the human being. They were evil. Just evil.
I often think that people in the future won't believe it, that a cashier standing behind a plexiglas shield would insist on a customer putting on a mask to pay. But I witnessed many such idiocies. I will never forget it.
I think that in general many are being unfair to those who work in customer service fields. They generally don't own the stores you are shopping in. They are employees and have to follow rules.
Those who work in these fields have to deal with rude people for all sorts of reasons on a daily basis, and they don't get paid the big bucks for the abusiveness they get and the stress they feel.
Please keep that in mind. 🙏
I get that but at the same time, without them enforcing the rules, none of this could’ve happened. I wasn’t rude to anyone but I certainly objected to them asking me to wear a medical device. And any employee who screams at a customer doesn’t deserve any consideration imo.
I always did keep that in mind. I was always polite and respectful of employees in that circumstance. That said, many did have choice in how they handled such incidents and they chose to behave in a way that, in my view, to put it kindly, reflects very poorly on them. I have stories. I would feel more anger towards some of these individuals than I actually do; what short circuits the anger is that I have to acknowledge, most were not bossypants and sadists, they were just duped.
What was I supposed to do? I walked around the store for 30 minutes. I wasn't skulking, trying to hide my face. No one said anything. Was I supposed to re-shelve the books? I wasn't rude to the cashier, I just asked if she was sure, I put my books on the counter and left. I called the manager later. And I called customer service. You never know what might help them see reality.
Not buying that...they could wear their mask and just STFU.
Your purchase didn't affect his salary.
Maybe the fact that I no longer spend any $$$ there makes a tiny difference. And the people I tell who might do the same. Besides, B&N puts the LGBT books on display, that would also keep me out of there.
This was me in every store but i never wore a mask so I often walked out. Sometimes a few others removed theirs. Once a huge man cheered me on but said he had to buy things there. 😡
I think some front line retail folks, because they were ‘essential’ (but others were non-essential 🙄), developed a ‘tude about their importance and made sure we all knew who was in charge.
And “he” is not the only one out there ….& they vote😩
I wore one on my wrist and when the gal at the front said I had to wear a mask, I waved it around and walked in. No one every bothered me once I was in, and all of us heathen bare faced law breakers had a secret nod to acknowledge each other
LOL....I had some pathetic employee do the same thing the LAST time I went to Target. He kept saying, "Please protect others........blahblahblah." I kept saying, "I'm good!"
Did the same thing at Sprouts when I brought in my own basket, lovingly de-virused by the sun, and he asked if I wanted him to "sanitize" it. "Nope, I'm good."
I got the lecture at checkout to pull the mask to cover my nose. I haven't been back since. Don't miss it either.
I got thrown out of a local grocery store twice, because I refused to put a stupid face diaper on ! Of course I tried to tell the manager that those stupid things don't stop viruses. He agreed with me, but said I still had to put one on because it was the law. Then I think I tried to explain to him about the whole mandate vs constitutional law thing, but he was to blind to see the light.
back in ha sad and dusgusting era friend of mine worked at the local Costco. I dropped by o visit with him as he played cart rodeo out in the car park. He HAD to wear the mug nappie, I refused. He offered to get me inside with him on his break. I went in barefaced he of course was nappied. We walked abou the place, pushing a cart and droppong groceries into it. He warned me someone would likely come up and demand I cover my mug, and I said "I'll deal with that when/if it comes. He said they may kick you out. Fine, let them. I will NOT slap that thing across my face. One guy came up to me and advised masks are required. My response? "I have a medical exemption". That statement cannot be questioned or challenged and I knew it. They cannot even query WHAT my "exemption" might be. Illegal.
Had he been properly infirmed, he COULD have had me anyway. Since Cosco is a MEMBERSHIP entity, hey can make complying with rules like the mug mandate as a condition of access. No like at the Slaveway where it is open to all. Bu he did not. He had "dine his duty" when he confronted me, had been well rained about the "exemption" bit, and once I uttred the magick password "medical exempion" I had complid, and he knew i.
My friend was quite astonished about the game and my masery of it. He knows me as a non-confrontive and conforming sort. But my health is NOT on the table for others o conrol.
I was in a Costco in a rather rebellious, conservative California country. For a short time, you had to have a mask on to enter the store, but once inside I and rather a lot of others moved the mask under our chins. No one said anything.
I have a friend who works in Nor.Carolina Costco… said they never forced masks but people . What state is your Costco?
Costco was the WORST about the face diaper mandates! They held onto that crap for so long…long after other Big Box stores either lifted or removed the stupid face diaper requirement. This was in SoCa/San Diego, CA.
I recall that some years ago Cosco was liberal owned & Walmart conservative owned.
Sam Walton’s children are not as conservative at least now days.
Reading the requirements, I'm curious if Costco has a new mask requirement?? (Didn't have it in Orlando two weeks ago.)
No masking there that I know of.
Do you hate them enough to dump Costco, and all of the other rogue businesses? That is the only way forward. We did, as much is humanly possible.
Unfortunately if I dumped every single business that helped enforce masks I would have nowhere to shop 😕 So I try to choose the ones that were the least extreme. I dumped Target over the Trans LGBT propaganda but there are only so many stores I can go to 😕 Local stores were often just as bad because they were terrified of getting shut down 😕
You do the best you can do. That's all you can do.
Yep. Never comply. I went to the store maskless when everyone else was wearing one. They tried to get me to, I said, "no thanks," they asked if I had a religious exemption (!!! - does that make you less contageous? Hilarious) - I said, "nope." And just went about shopping. If they'd have tossed me out, they would have had to deal with the fallout, which may have included being sued.
Yeah, and I STILL will never step foot in Alvin's Island in New Smyrna Beach. They allowed me to shop through the store and then belittled me at the cash register, telling me I couldn't check out unless I put a mask on. My daughter and I left our merchandise on their stupid counter and walked out the door. I haven't been back since and never intend to darken their doors again. The thing I found the oddest during Covid was......the folk who are more "natural" in their approach to life (surfers, health food stores, etc.) were the ones living in the most fear. It was really weird!
I am still seeing people walk around with those stupid masks on. I try really hard not to think of them and mentally deficient.
The struggle is real!
I sometimes say “I hope you feel better soon” and hope they answer that they aren’t sick. I then have a few retorts, depending on my mood.
What kinds of masks have intelligence?
Yes. Whole Foods. Whole Freakout.
Absolutely. We have Better Health markets and one near me refused to check out a girl that wasn’t masked early in the scamdemic. She came right after me and at the time i was compliant but after complimenting her courage i went to the parking lot. She exited shortly after without her bags and told me what happened. Now i avoid going there unless i’m desperate.
yes. health food stores in Hawaii, Big Island, were THE WORST!
Wow, I thought that crap wasn't going on in your state!
Yep! I've even gone as far as dumping companies like Native when they started texting my phone about their Woke LGTQ+LMNOP info providing funds for trans folks. I found another company who makes healthy hygiene products and who doesn't propagandize me with political bs.
I’m expecting my Sun & Sol face moisturizer any day now! I hope I love it, but I have not checked their policies.
That would totally piss me off too about getting the alphabet texts!
I also dumped Native for the same reason you did. And I emailed them telling them why.
What company is that?
Sun & Sol? My daughter found them for us. They make GREAT organic sunscreen among other products. I used it this year the week we spent at the beach. Worked GREAT! I don't know their policies either but my biggest beef is not ppl having an opinion.....it's shoving it in my face with texts and advertising. I'm not a customer to have your political opinions emblazoned all over the product info I'm purchasing. If a company wants to get political, esp flaming liberal political, they'll have to do it without my $$$!
Most sunscreens have benzene in them.
Check to make sure that brand doesn't.
I walked with my feet and my money! Same with Target and Krogers(FredMeyers)! It was difficult but I couldn’t support their businesses!
Same, I truly miss Target as I did like shopping there but drew the line with their pride month for kids campaign. We are an odd duck where I live - our 2 main grocers are regional (HyVee) and local (Price Chopper) and don't have any big national chains, except Wal Mart, Whole wallet and Sprouts but I didn't shop at any of those even before the BS.
Whole wallet....funny :)
my friends and I have been calling them that for years. Went in there once when they first came to town, and serious sticker shock.
I quit going to Whole Wallet (lol) when they installed the hand print or finger print (I can't remember which) scan thingy....optional of course! I'm sure they are preparing for the Mark. I don't need ANYTHING in there THAT badly!
We have a few regional grocers too and I prefer them but none in our town so I have to drive about 20 minutes to get to the other ones. I usually go to a mix of places depending on location, prices, type/availability of products and corporate policy.
Agree! We do our dead-level next to shop with companies that share our values! We changed to Patriot Mobile for our phone carrier for that very reason!
I MISS ANOLOG!!!! 😫
I still have an analog land line but the price just keeps going up. I work from home and cell signal in my house sucks no matter what I have tried (and I don't live in a bunker, lol) Just went up again last month, I pay it through my business but still, thinking I may have to cut it. I do use it whenever I am home to call out but the only people that have that number are close friends and family as so many people text rather than call these days.
Same here. I like having a land line just as a backup but it’s getting harder and harder to justify 😕
Deb, I’ve been thinking of switching to Patriot mobile. Is the service reliable, may I ask? Thank you.
I was going to ask the same thing. Working on getting my son off our plan - they are trying to switch accounts to his wife's name as she gets a discount for being a nurse but her mom is currently primary on that account and customer svc is incompetent (ATT) and then we are going to shop carriers. Have wanted to switch for a long time but hubby spends a lot of time in rural areas for his job and likes the reliability but he just retired so it's time to get rid of woke ATT.
Yes, I live in a rural area, so I’d need some proof that we would get a reliable signal at our home.
Hannity advertises for Pure Talk and we are looking at that, Patriot and a few other options right now. Trying to find a good price and good coverage sans all the woke garbage.
Deb that is very interesting, how is reception and cost.
Have you heard of Publicsquare.com?
I’ve been looking at it recently. All USA made, small businesses. A parallel shopping community. They do the research and vet the business owners. Wondering if anyone is using them instead of Amazon/china????
One of our own C&C ers (Verve) met the founder at the RNC in Wisconsin recently.
It asks to "Login or Join." Is there a fee? I didn't want to give my info and then find there was a fee.
No fee to join
I am signed up with them and they email me sometimes several times a day and most of what is advertised is not stuff we usually buy. Going to try to find some stuff to buy when Christmas shopping rolls around but we don't need more t-shirts, super high priced food, (sorry we can't afford beef at $25 a pound even though I am sure it is healthier) or $18 shampoo.
Where are you shopping?. I can get a pound of Wagyu beef hamburger or Elk for $15 at Nebraska Bison off Public Square.
My sister (who is much better off financially than we are) gets a monthly box from Good Ranchers, https://www.goodranchers.com/shop, one of the Public Square companies, for $219 a month and if you add up the ounces, it comes to $25 a pound. Our local grocery chain just had t-bones for $7 a pound and I stocked up. There is a local farmer who had a freezer hooked to a generator in the back of his pickup and sells at the farmers market and I do buy some meat from him but can't afford to buy everything, unless we only wanted to eat meat a couple of times a week. We only have steak a couple of times a month as it is. I 'get' that local/small biz is the way to go and sure it's healthier too but just can't afford it all the time.
In July we bought a beef hind quarter (grass fed and grass finished) from a local cattle farmer who did the butchering, called me with a cut list, and then wrapped and froze it. We paid $4.99/pound and have every cut of beef you could ask for. There’s a website called eatwild.com that features a state by state directory . Click on your state and you’ll get a list of just about every local family farm in your area/state: beef, eggs, chicken, milk, and pork. Last week I found another local farm (we live in rural PA) that sells pork, chicken, and eggs. I’m now looking for a farm that sells heavy cream that isn’t adulterated with gellan gum.
Oh that’s cool! I had heard about them but have no experience with using them.
Or just drop an apple pie at the self check out
But you still use the public streets.
Strike 3
Strike 3! You're out, Vonu!
Never with a mask. I paid for them anyway
They have to shoot up the Teddy bears, they killed all the real bears at the zoo with their covid shots back in 2021.
They’re giving the shots, they’re vaxxing the bears 🎶 (sung to the tune of “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” … sorry for the earworm 😬😆)
Arrghh! First day I hadn't listened to the song and now it's back in my head!!
Sorry 😬
I used to like them but they hire the creepiest ppl!
Don’t know if they still have a psych test as part of the hiring process but they did a few years back. So looking for a type? Although our local Costco has generally normal people.
Huh the ones where I go are super nice. Must depend on the store.
There are very few healthy food options in Costco. Read the labels and the ingredient list!
Agree. People assume, based on clever marketing, that Costco has ‘better’ groceries. My sister, who has a membership, took me there a couple of times, but I couldn’t find anything to buy that would make the membership fee worth it. The prices don’t seem lower to me, if they’re scrutinized objectively. And I have to say, the idea of paying an annual fee for the ‘privilege’ of shopping at a store, is a real turnoff for me. I think it merely makes people feel ‘special’ (in the club!).
I find that I buy very specific things there that I know for sure are cheaper than anywhere else. The gas is usually 10-20 cents less per gallon than elsewhere also. And many of the non food items are really competitively priced too. I’ve gotten toys, clothing, household items, electronics, lots of things, at a far better price than anywhere else and their guarantee is beyond compare. But yeah, if it were only for the food, I’m not sure it’d be worth it since we’re not a large family, and I don’t have an extra fridge or freezer for the large quantities you have to buy.
I buy their organic foods....lots of those.
Prices on TVs, computers and appliances are quite good.
The best part about Costco is their return policy.
I get mostly things like rice, pasta, produce and eggs, plus household cleaning supplies etc. Most of the processed food anywhere is trash.
Eric! My man! I saw this ad too and it made me remember when I used to be that pharmacist back in the day. Before I knew of the dangers of vaccines 😔
No longer do I do vaccines and that add ties very similar to the following article. Things look all calm and cozy, but it’s far from that in real life: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/profits-over-people
I have been in pharmacies where they run ads like these and when they ask for feedback about my experience, I give them a low rating and complain about the ads 😛 The managers have sent me whiny responses that they’re not responsible, it’s corporate, so I know it touches a nerve 😬
From my FB page:
Overheard in the drug store.
Pharmacist: Can I offer you a flu shot today?
Lady customer: No, but I'll take a rabies shot if you got it. Life has turned me into a real bitch, and I'm 'bout to start biting people any minute.
(Okay, it was me. I was the lady. And it didn't really happen, but it might next time...😆)
Best LOL today
Well you know the childless cat lady might need one😹
I had my come-apart at Winn-Dixie when a PSA came on the loud speaker saying anyone could get $20 credit on their grocery purchase today; ALL they needed to do was get up to date on their “vaccines” covid, flu, & I don’t recall. I’d just had a sweet convo w/a young woman stocking the bred aisle: she’d taken 2 shots bc she her employer required shots. She stalled until the last day (looking for another job, etc) but finally succumbed. Said she bawled during the process. Later she had racing heart, & there’s issues. Her mom worked in doc office & said they were seeing the same & for her to not take another. She quit her job anyway & took that stocking shelves job until she could find something else. My heart broke for her. She wished she’d not given in. I often think of her.
So back to the announcements.
I went to pick up my 2 prescriptions … and was asked, “would you like to get $20 off your grocery purchase today?”
I replied (not my best moment), “ NO. And not just NO but hell no bc my body isn’t for sale! Don’t y’all know people are getting serious illnesses bc of that cv shot?”
I paid & left.
Told the cashier when paying for groceries what I’d done be; she said I’m with you; I sure didn’t take those shots! I complimented her.
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Well, it touches a nerve because that bad review goes against the pharmacy bonuses, not against corporate.
I work retail where we HAVE to push our stupid credit cards - HARD! We once got a bad review because the customer was harrangued countless times to get our card. The poor review affected OUR STORE's standing, but did nothing to corporate.
I get that but I am hoping that it will trickle up if it happens enough. I have an ex friend who’s a pharmacist and I know corporate always pushed her to get a certain quota of flu shots but she participates in that willingly so I can’t feel too sorry for her.
Running Logic! I told my pharmacist she needed to turn around the “Get your flu shot “ in July/August. She agreed. Summer is not flu season!!!
Hypothetical “Reverend Jones” would say “Drink the coolaid”(get the covid shot).😉😜🤢🤮😩
https://open.substack.com/pub/stevekirsch/p/breaking-forced-to-get-3-vaccines
OMG! How SAD! Baffled???? They're ALWAYS baffled! That term will go down in infamy.....just like "mostly peaceful."
I wonder how much UCI gets paid if she dies....🤔
I’ve been following and posting on this story too.
very thoughtful piece of work.
"our esoteric section"* is a bit of a red flag for me, but everything else made sense, sadly...
I completely agree what our business "models" lack is authentic humanity, humor, and compassion, and what they have is an overboard amount of automation and photo-generated "joy." I'd rather have more people and face-to-face transactions in all businesses, if the whole experience hadn't become so rushed and manipulative. It's not just hard to live through, it's hard to witness.
I agree we should work at treating the cashier and the stock person and the delivery driver and so on with simple kindness and gratitude. Even when or especially when they are pushed for time and energy by faceless corporations. Eye contact and a smile still go a long way.
Mom used to quote that saying from time to time about people leading lives of quiet desperation. She was one of the first people to talk small talk with people in line and to appreciate the small touches and to find common ground with strangers in small moments. That doesn't come naturally to me, but when I make the effort I love the day so much more because of it.
I like the sentiment behind this article. People over profits...
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*"This is the metaphysical aspect of our reality, and here at Unorthodoxy, we look to discover aspects like this and how to maneuver. Become a paid member to access our esoteric section work."
This statement made me ask myself whether all the references to magic actually meant they were involved in some kind of counter-magic?
I definitely try to smile and be friendly and polite to everyone I come in contact with in stores, restaurants, any service related business or job. It’s such a “small” thing but it really can make a big difference in someone’s day, I think ❤️
Anita! Great questions! Here’s an article that provide an definition of what I call “magic”:
https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-reality-of-magic
Here’s another podcast as well: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/miracles-versus-manifestations
Thanks for your response.
Personally, I lump magic in with manipulation for selfish purposes, an egocentric rebellion against the Creator and a form of witchcraft, and I consider miracles a manifestation of God's will, not that of human will.
If God plants a desire in our hearts, and we choose to grow His Will in us, we can align with His purposes and miracles may happen.
That's how I view the topic.
Thank you Franklin O'Kanu for sharing your definition of "magic."
reflects a shallow understanding of "magic" which is comparable to metaphysics, applied intention, Placebo effect, lots of ways we can use our minds positively or negatively. Kind of like hating MONEY, which is a tool and can be misused in the wrong hands.
better to learn how to understand and use for the good. Also "when two or more are gathered together" the power of Prayer. same thing.
Matthew 18:19
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them BY MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered IN MY NAME, THERE AM I AMONG THEM.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Hey Anita! Nope we’re on the same page. And you said it best, “If God plants a desire in our hearts, and we choose to grow His Will in us, we can align with His purposes and miracles may happen.”
I think this is the same thing as magic since the desires were put in our hearts thanks to God.
Now there are egotistical desires which one could consider black magic, but that’s diving too deep into things lol
*"esoteric" is the red flag for me, I believe. That is where I become cautious.
I associate "esoteric" knowledge as the purview of secret societies for the most part:
Matthew 5:14 - 15: 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house."
John 18:20
Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret."
ACTS 8:
Simon the Magician Believes
9 But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. 10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” 11 And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles[b] performed, he was amazed.
14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in the gall[c] of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.” 24 And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Right, he even said, render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's
:)
Ok I buy the 'corporations' are not our friends argument, but OF COURSE the motive is profit. I am self employed and have spent now 30 years working with small and some mid-sized businesses. The long hours, the personal risk, blood sweat and tears for many business owners is part and parcel of the deal. You don't go into business to lose money. If you do get a loan, likely the bank forces a personal guarantee, meaning if your business fails, you can lose your house. Demonizing the profit motive is not the answer. The emergency brake on greed is faith, morals, and community standards that help us hold our worse impulses in check. All things that the left has been working to systematically dismantle for most of my lifetime. AND I will note, these evil corporate profits have funded our IRAs, 401Ks and in the case of our parents, their pension accounts. Oh I have no love for these entities, but it is a house of cards, and if the corporations go down in flames, they will take people like me and our family with them.
I agree, profit is not evil, but using evil methods (like harming people with a faulty product) to get the profits is definitely evil.
True, it's a huge conundrum, as human nature (greed, self preservation, lacking personal responsibility) is part of the package. We were at a museum that included a display of sketchy ads and products from the 1800's. I am sure there were sketchy merchants in the days of Jesus when he overturned the tables at the temple. But to say we should demonize commerce in general due to bad actors (and let the government protect us and tell us what to buy and who is deemed virtuous to run a business) is the road to communism.
Agree with you.
What would be the point in incorporating if your personal property is still at risk?
Incorporating shields you from legal risk (if you are sued they can't come after personal assets), but SBA loans and even most conventional small business loans require a personal guarantee unless the loan is based on a strong asset base. For instance, for manufacturing equipment that holds value, you can get a business loan just based on the business. But if you are looking for a loan to open a retail shop, or other business with a relatively high failure rate. the lender is going to want a backstop as if your business fails, they have to have the ability to sell assets to recoup the loan. I have preached for years that SBA loans are a bad deal, but for too many that is the only option if they need a loan. I am generally anti-debt in general but most entrepreneurs are one, overly optimistic, and two, don't have the personal net worth to cash flow a start up.
THIS along with the ridiculous tax rate on small biz are things I REALLY hope the new DT admin will address. wouldnt it be nice to do small loans to help small business recover from the damage of the Covid Psyop?
comparable to Reparations ;)
The obvious solution is to avoid government in any way you can, especially the SBA.
Well said
Than you for saying. 😭 I'm very sorry for you.
This article is my exact experience working in every hospital floor position as a nurse. Always understaffed. Rarely get breaks during the 12-hr shift. “Administrators” say they care, but it was always the same.
I have worked as a medical transcriptionist since ’97 and have been replaced multiple times by corporations using voice recognition. One of these times I was offered the chance to become part of the corporation workforce and was offered the opportunity to earn minimum wage, or less! I then became an IC and worked for a clinic for 10 years until I was replaced by an EHR. I’m also a patient there, and the change is disheartening to say the least. (A word to the wise, if you go to a clinic/hospital, always request a copy of the note from each visit and read it carefully. Voice “wreck” is notorious for mistakes that overworked MT editors or providers may not catch and become part of your permanent health record.)
Franklin, "reality that few people stop to question. The corporation, in essence, has become a "person" in a way that strips the actual human experience of its value." Have you heard of the concept of Babylonian Money Magic"?. It refers to the origin of holding peoples money, gold and silver in Old Testament times, and then charging them to use it, or lending it to others and charging them. It has evolved through history to become "central banking". The corporation sounds like a corollary concept.
Usury. supposed to be outlawed.
John! My man! We’re on the same page. I recently found out about Babylon Magic and I discussed it in this podcast: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/spiritual-sundays-freedom-vs-slavery
Would love your thoughts if you get a sec !
re: "In 2023, U.S. pharmacies filled orders for 4.83 billion prescriptions. For Portlanders, that comes to fifteen prescriptions for every man, woman, and child in the country."
At the end of my dad's life, he was taking 23 VA prescription meds EVERYDAY! They murdered him.
VA: Giving veterans one more chance to die for their country.
VA might as well be the VC!! (Viet Cong for those not familiar with VC)
Well if the military didn't kill us with Agent Orange, toxic anthrax shots, Gulf War Syndrome, exposure to depleted uranium, contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, traumatic brain injury from IEDs, forced covid shots...the VA is always there to finish us off by still offering the covid DeathVax to veterans with an "additional dose" for veterans 65 years and older.
And....just in case the flu/covid shot doesn't work you get a free walkie talkie!
excellent JW!
lol, like!
Well, the vast majority of Veterans - the folks who put their lives on the line for our country - are what?? Conservative Patriots who vote.
That is not the case, as much as one might think. All the toxins impair one’s ability to think clearly!
My ex-husband and also another dear friend, both Viet Nam vets died from Agent Orange related illness. That war literally changed the course of my life.It was a horrible mistake perpetuated by Lyndon Johnson.
As did my USMC brother. I was in the air on my way to his bedside when he died at the VA hospital in Kansas City in Feb. 2018.
He volunteered for the Viet Nam war twice.
My youngest son is active duty USMC currently deployed to Eastern Europe next door to a country that rhymes with "the train."
I could tell you stories but it would probably get him unfavorably discharged.
The longer he's in, the less happy I am about the whole US Military-Intelligence-Defense complex.
So sad
Yes, it looks and feels even worse when I write it like that...a constant reminder that we are like a disposable diaper that is used, abused, and then thrown onto the trash heap of life.
Sad, but absolutely the truth.
Amen
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Go Kathleen! My Vietnam Vet hubs says Kudos to you! BTW, he's 77 and takes ZERO meds although the VA pushes them constantly! And he's as healthy as anyone could be!
Read a wonderful book of my daughter's written by the highest ranking VC to defect after the war, Truong Nhu Tang, "A Viet Cong Memior". He was the Minister of Finance for the National Liberation Front, the political arm of the Viet Cong. Very enlightening , sobering book. I know this will be hard for most to believe, but guess who the real bad guys were? Us. All the VC wanted was independence from foreign rule, including puppets like the ones we installed. They were not communist in any way, shape or form. The NVA were communists, and the only reason the VC allied with them is we refused to engage with them, and that left only the North if they wanted to have any chance at freedom.
And guess what again? As soon as we left , the NVA turned on the VC. They completely used them, lied to them. That's why Truong escaped. Two of his South Vietnamese brothers were imprisoned. Once again, the official story was a massive lie, start to finish.
Along with the Gulf of Tonkin fairy tale...LBJ the warmonger.
Jim Morrison's father was the Admiral in charge.
now we say neocon but then wasn't it Hawks and Doves?
no surprise to me that somehow another people/nation might resent being bombed into oblivion. whole villages, women, children, rice paddies, livestock being used as target practice. for what? daring to consider themselves free of US?
Yeah, well, tragic as that may be.... the American men and women who went to fight there were also cannon fodder.
And yet people will fight against Trump, perhaps the only President in 100 years who got us out of wars instead of into them. Its Astonishing.
I cant disagree Roland, I long ago came to the realization the deep state loves funding the Mil Industrial complex, it is lucrative for all of them. However the VC (and NVA) committed horrific, brutal acts of violence on US military personnel.
No argument . My brother in law was there. That said, Truong was horribly tortured by South Vietnamese goons, no doubt CIA trained, while he was imprisoned. Permanent damage, as were other fellow inmates. Rare is the war when atrocities aren't committed on both sides. 2
Johnson was a pig.
Pigs have a bad rap. His secretary called him a monster.
Yep. Yet another black pill.
The Catholic president of South Viet Nam, Ngo Dinh Diem, was assassinated by proxy by the CIA via South Vietnamese army generals, as he pled for help from the Whitehouse.
Diem had recently implemented a plan of installing police in the rural farming villages to defend the people from the VC. It might've worked, which would've been very bad for the US Military Industrial Defense profits.
Catholic President Diem was assassinated Nov. 2, 1963, less than 2 weeks before CIA-enemy JFK, who had fired the CIA Director Allen Dulles shortly before that.
The VC did not hide their hatred and death.
They were indeed brutal. The Army and Marines eventually replied in kind...
as brutal as say our army might be if we were colonized then actively invaded for 50 years or so?
Veterans haven't died for their country since 1812. They die their government, which owns them.
Conscription.
What about it?
What she says makes an impact it stops people and they ask questions!
It is pretty easy to stop the ignorant.
I say this out loud all the time now KJ. Keep saying it your voice is making a difference 😉
Jesse Waters called the jab a “Kill Shot”.
Terrible. My step-Dad listens to the VA as well - "your diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure is from your exposure to agent orange while in Vietnam You'll need this Rx, this Rx, this Rx....oh, and come back every 3-6 months so we can add/adjust for the rest of your life" 😑
No instruction or guidance on nutrition's impact on his health - like cutout processed foods, filter your water, try to eat mostly non-gmo and organic, etc...
It's really hard for my parents' generation to NOT listen and rely on big pharma, big med, big media.
My dad passed away in 2021 from Covid vaxx. I still get his AARP magazines and newsletters at my house. Reading through them I realized that AARP is just the propaganda branch of big Pharma. Poor seniors don’t stand a chance.
Dreamom3 - Years ago, I suddenly saw what AARP really is. Dumped our membership and propaganda like a hot potato. Liberal, woke, lies, 💩
Discount for UHC Medicare supplement, which pays the 20% traditional Medicare doesn't. Must be AARP member to receive discount. I'm shopping this year to make sure my plan is still cheaper. if not, bye bye.
When I became eligible last year I went with an Aetna supplement that was comparably priced without having to join AARP.
Me too! They try to hook you in at 50 but it didn't take long to see what they were pushing.
I always had them figured for Democrats. They propagandized for Obamacare like crazy.
Yup a neighbor’s copy got delivered to my house accidentally once and there was a huge headline about getting Covid shots 🙄🙄🙄
Hey, the VA is in the business of killing veterans through medication... they are ALWAYS trying to get me on more meds.
Yesterday I read that in the US the average 35 year old is on 5 medications now. That’s astonishing!
72 in 2 months and ZERO meds because I RARELY go to doctors. FORGET THEM.
This sounds exactly like my Dad & his experience with the VA. It is infuriating.
Barbara - it is indeed frustrating. I only now see a functional medicine MD - of course, not covered by insurance. Note how insurance coverage steers people to the ‘conventional’ medical providers who do all this bad stuff.
Exactly. Same for childbirth options, at least when I had mine. Doulas and midwives were very difficult to get reimbursement for, but get the most interventionist hospital and doctors and they pay for that.
Same. I pay for my concierge doctor practicing functional medicine but Medicare still picks up the diagnostics, labs and prescriptions when/if needed.
My parents believe everything their doctor says in spite of reading the Epoch Times. They were brought up to trust authority. After reading today about all the meds people take, I guess I am grateful they ‘only’ take 3-5ish. 🥴
Yes, I introduced my parents to The Epoch Times too! But they stopped subscribing after a year :/ Yes, I'm very grateful my Mom takes zero meds! But my veteran step-Dad has a cabinet full. And my Dad is on multi Rxs as well :(
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I beleive the VA folks get kick backs from big pharma jabs and rx’s just like civilian providers. They push them so heavily on my husband, takes almost 30 minutes each visit to review and him to deny ALL jabs . His allergy to flu shots being prominently displayed in his medical record, the practitioner still tries to persuade him. His grandfather died alone on a gurney, in a hallway at the Tampa VA back in 2008, we will NEVER forget that.
I do too LS.... but I submit it is worse than that if you can imagine it. Many, perhaps most VA hospitals are staffed with what - hard core lefties. They actually hate their patients. I've seen/felt it personally. As I said earlier, always trying to pump me up with more meds and yes, now, the fucking poison "vaccines" (for shingles, the pLandemic's covid, the flu, etc etc). Forgive my french. I always tell them, cordially, where they can put their vax.
Agree completely. My husband is 100% disabled due to a service related cancer found 3 months from retirement of 30+ years. We have tried to avoid the VA as much as possible, but financially we have had to humble ourselves for routine care. To be fair we have actually found some non-jabbed workers, they always ask (behind closed doors) if he got the clot shots, thankfully he did not. However, they stilll have their checklist of jabs he ‘should’ have and they push them in robot like fashion. By the way, french forgiven, my sailor language often surfaces when discussing this evil! (Edited because I apparently I need to not type on my tablet!)
Careful considering the shingles vaccine.
It has a FDA black box warning on it for developing Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
The doctor or nurse won't warn you.
Thank you. We know several people who developed shingles within months of getting that jab. My husband got shingles out of the blue about 10 years ago, still active duty. Thankfully we caught it early and were able to treat it quickly, it wasn’t bad. At this point there are NO jabs that we will ever consider getting again.
Wow 😳😡
Correct me if I am mistaken, but didn't Trump during his first term attempt to force thru improvements to the VA system?
As well as the State Dept.
He did make some improvements (I forget the details), but the VA still pushes all the shots.
he passed a rule that let vets get treatment anywhere if VA care not nearby - not sure if it's still in place
Yes, it is call Community Care. Still in place.
Yes, Community Care! My husband uses that. Before this change, vets had to drive hundreds of miles to get care. Now the VA contracts with lots of medical providers so that vets can use local facilities. It is working great for us!
Yes, the VA ran much better under Trump.
The current Secretary of Veterans Affairs is not even a veteran!
He is an Obama lackey.
I had an appointment at the VA just a few days ago. The nurse told me I needed a shingles shot.
I told her that vaccine had a FDA black box warning.
She remained silent...I suspect she did not know.
But what about the next veteran who comes after me, and may be unaware of the black box warning? No informed consent.
I was on 26 medications for a chronic, life limiting disease that ended in death. I was fired from my fancy specialist office for refusing to take more meds and wanting to try cleaning up my diet/natural remedies . I weaned all meds AMA, healed my SPMS and most related ailments. I have a couple of hold over issues that I use ONE medication for muscle spasms as needed. I will be off that med by the end of 2025 as nerves take a long time to heal. It is very possible to heal outside of big pharma. The one medication I do take is very helpful as my muscle spasms have broken bones in my foot in the past. It’s okay to use a med if a natural option doesn’t cut it while dealing with the root cause.
Congratulations on your success in regaining your health through natural means! Godspeed on the final leg of your recovery journey....well done!👏👏
I am so sorry!
And - the medical establishment loaded up people with drugs via the cv hospital protocols. The film that premiered last night, Vaxxed 3: Authorized to Kill, had a segment with the families murdered in the hospitals show their lists of all the drugs people were on - most filled the entire page.
I remember when I worked in a long term care facility. Everyday I had to crush up 100s of medicine to put in a feeding tubes for people who couldn't swallow. I was always amazed at how many drugs people took. Honestly, I take that many vitamins. Praise God only 2 prescriptions.
Daniel L, I am so very sorry. Yes, it is indeed murder, in slow motion. So that they can make a bunch of $ along the way. My brother was also murdered, just more quickly…in fast motion (got the jabs, turbo cancer). I despise these evil demons.
So very sorry for your loss.
I was taking 30 prescriptions when they almost killed me! No one knew how to get me off of them only how to put me on them. I got off the train by the grace of God.
The diseases didn’t go away, but they CAN be managed without drugs. Insanity, total insanity.
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We used to help a VA vet and he had over 70 daily meds. He was a mess. One hot day with that in his system and he was gone.
Daniel! That is so wrong! May other veterans take heed!
When you know the context that less than 1% of us took the clot shot last quarter, all the propaganda really is just absolutely ridiculous. I saw a headline yesterday in which part of it was stating that ignorance is partly to blame why people don't take it.....I guess I better go get one so I can't be thought of as ignorant!
Lemme do the math...99% refuse to take the clot shot so that means that 1% of the people are calling 99% of the people ignorant? Perfect!
Misery loves company - and nobody likes to admit that they were fooled.
Yeah. I'm often mathematically challenged....... but isn't that considered a pretty overwhelming majority ? Somebody help me with these numbers...........
Oh - WAIT ! Of course. I'm in the 99%, therefore......IGNORANT.
Covid is still a huge revenue source for the media. It kept them functioning during covid, other advertisers were locked down, so why not let the gov pay for advertising? 🤨
Wonder how much gov money, excuse me, taxpayer money, goes into Big Harma’s other advertising?
Too much
The beauty of it Eric is that once one sees it, the propaganda never works again. And I don't mean just pharma pushing poison, but any of this stuff. Marketing, advertising, public relations, press releases, propaganda, it's all the same. It's using psychological manipulation techniques to get the individual to act in someone else's interests rather than their own.
Pioneered by Freud, perfected by Bernays, then extended to drugs by the Sacklers in the 1950's. (Yes the same Sackler family that addicted the country to opioids.) It is the essence of evil as it intentionally reduces people to emotional robots to manipulated for other people's gain. I can't think of much more contrary to Christ's commands to be kind and just to others, yet we accept it as normal behavior. In a truly just society the people that engage in it would rot in prison.
My daughter has a double degree in marketing and journalism. She says she's basically trained to lie. And that's the truth.
God bless your daughter for having the wisdom to see it.
Journalists are blatantly told in school that their job is not to be objective in their reporting. Their job is to be activists for a certain cause or position. As we all well know at this point!
How does she justify such an M. O. in order to earn her "daily bread"?
You say it well. Once seen through, one is pretty much impervious to the psychological manipulation techniques. In fact, most ads look really stupid, and increasingly ... freakish.
The 4th season of Golioth on PrIme was excellent. Dealt with Opiods. I cheered at the end. Loved Billy Bob Thornton in the entire series.
This is so dreadful. People are so stupid.
I have a RN “friend” who was telling me about money she was going to make giving people their flu shots.
I’m not sure I can stomach being “friends” with those folks anymore
I am pretty sure I lost a few friends, one in particular, we are not allowed to talk about pharma or politics. It is amazing (yet she can, but I can't) lol
God bless you for being so 'circumspect' - I have always said, it's best NOT to discuss religion or politics with someone that you are maintaining a friendship.
Ugh 🤮
I know I could not - it isn't MONEY that is the "root" of all evil - it's the LOVE of MONEY that is!!
Sounds like the kid was being groomed....
Of course they all are being groomed so that when they are voting age they will be thoroughly indoctrinated into the big farma mindset. No thoughts of their own!
If they even try to have thoughts of their own, they are put on psych meds
...then go on to shoot up a school.
Thus giving them another excuse to take everyone else’s guns away… 😕
I've seen that several times. Have you seen the Pfizer commercial where the people are laughing hysterically? It's totally annoying. Even my father-in-law who is close to 80 years old hates that commercial and he was all in on the COVID shots.
That was just weird as hell, not to mention moderately uncomfortable. The family that pharms together dies together.
Unfortunately, that's true. My sister said someone she knows got the Flu/covid shots and also gave it to her young son (probably around 5). They both ended up with flu and pneumonia. 😳🙄
And yet, they’ll probably line up to get it again next year 😕
I'm so sorry Robin. It's so utterly criminal that they prey on older folks.
Kamala laughs hysterically also
It’s so strange, it’s for RSV I think. Die laughing?
Walgreens just received $100M from BARDA... I am sure they are conducting some sort of “experiment” like a good lapdog does.
Not sure who BARDA is.
BARDA is DARPA's evil twin--no, that cannot be right, as it implies that DARPA is not evil...so....
Military Industrial Complex and the biomedical security state.
Links between BARDA, John Doerr, and Kamala
https://x.com/amy31129057/status/1835409943706677421?s=46&t=kzib1mM_Hpl9CiAi3C-fmw
https://x.com/therealjjmurray/status/1836399247534498204?s=46&t=kzib1mM_Hpl9CiAi3C-fmw
It's no wonder we have such a poorly ranked health system - our population is heavily comprised of 🐑
And a generous sprinkling of 🤡💩
So generous, it's more like a freakin' downpour.
Who still believes you can be “vaccinated” from the flu or a cold? 😭 You scientifically, medically and biologically cannot!
I think second hand stupidity is too generous of a description!
Evil has no bounds.
“they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil.”
Jer 5:28
😡🤮 this is pure grooming mental abuse! More! It's everywhere. Is common in every sphere of life. I think narcissism is what called down The Flood. Every man did what was right for himself, he his One and Only godlike self created in his own image. The definition of hated toward God his Creator and humanity.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. People talk about accepting Jesus as Savior and Lord, and that it's not a true conversion unless you accept Him as Lord because He is not merely a ticket to heaven.
Of course, when you think about it, confession is not just "I'm sorry that I lied, acted in anger, had sinful thoughts, etc.," even if that list includes things like rape and murder. True confession and repentance is "I placed myself at the center of my life instead of God, Who created me to love and serve Him." That list of all of our sins is really a list of the ways we rebelled against God's will for our lives and tried to live a fulfilling life apart from Him.
^^^ THIS ^^^
Well said!
Have you seen the ads for HPV vaccines? They are downright diabolical.
It's so strange here in my neck of the woods (upstate, WNY). It's like everyone has gone silent on Covid. At my recent annual GYN appt. the nurse said they are no longer recommending Covid shots and at Walmart yesterday, they had signs everywhere to get your flu shot, but NOTHING referencing Covid.
William Makis did a video on Canada not offering covid shots at all right now. It's coordinated, so is is so they can create some scarcity before coming out with their newest version of covid and flu combos?
Oh, interesting.
Ah, but did you miss the fact that mom dutifully came in for her vaxxes while PREGNANT?? At the end of the commercial, as mom and son are leaving the store, she clearly has one in the oven.
Yep, don’t you dare eat sushi or lunch meat or unpasteurized cheese but go ahead and put all of this garbage into your body via a shot 🙄😡
And don't change kitty litter if pregnant.
Ugh.
I really hate to jump to conclusions from so little evidence but it seems to me the CIA is trying desperately to kill Donald Trump. Just another WAG (wild ass guess)
You don’t have to jump to conclusions. You can casually stroll down the path on a beautiful sunny day to conclusions. It’s that obvious.
Yea no jumping type exertion necessary 😑😛
Yep. The chances of any woman falling in love with Routh and marrying him is slim or next to none. I bet the marriage was arranged and paper only, she as his CIA handler and provider of funds.
Actually, women can fall in love with anything. I know. I am one.
"So you're tellin' me there's a chance!"
- Lloyd Christmas
"What was all that 'one-in-a-million' talk?"
🤣🤣🤣
No, say it's not true.
Would you mind posting your financial statement? 😁
Spousal immunity?
Maybe a look into her/his bank transactions is in order. That’ll never happen, though.
I’m really hoping DeSantis can reveal the truth about all of this. I hope he has good personal security.
Credenda I agree. I wish they would keep him in jail until DeSantis finishes his investigation! Dead men don’t talk!
She's probably his handler, much like a bunch of the Hollywood setups (like Brittney Spears).
Think Fang Fang and Eric Swalwell. The professional spy-slut and her tame fool.
I figure if the CIA wanted Trump dead then he would be dead instead of two mentally challenged would-be assassins having been thwarted in their efforts. I hope the truth about these two deranged individual's motives will come out, especially what put them up to their attacks.
Not sure these guys are mentally challenged. Both seemed to be adequately proficient getting around in their lives. And in the case of Routh, even doing things most of us would not know how to do. All his travel in war zones, etc.
Some things that are confusing to me:
Has anyone read anything about Routh's experience with weapons? Does he have any training on record, (military vet, frequenting a shooting range, avid hunter, etc.)? I'm assuming he knows how to shoot, but nothing I've seen has mentioned how he gained his shooting skills. Seems pertinent.
Re: the years prior gun charge - Apparently he had a fully automatic "weapon of mass destruction". Where did he get such a thing, and what was his purpose for having it? Sounded like the charges focused on the possession of that weapon. Why didn't authorities dig a little deeper? Seems weird to me.
He's an "independent contractor"
The idea of an amateur lone wolf White guy gun-nut taking out Trump is their ideal plot (but now 0-2)...a professional slick mercenary team or hit man taking him out is apparently too brazen? I don't get it...they're all in on Communizing and Police-Stating us and gulaging ALL OPPOSITION, starting domestic unrest--WHY NOT JUST hire in professionals? Is the prospect of CHINA-RUSSIA counter-attacking during a full on civil disorder too real for the DeeepStaters?? Next up they'll try some Somali suicide vest or car bomb....look out these KOOKSTATE Occultic NAZIs are not done yet
Patsies are notoriously "lone gunman" and easy for the public to write off as "mentally challenged." In fact, it's kinda the definition of a patsy.
Really? If only Fidel Castro was still alive, we could ask him how that Bay of Pigs invasion worked out. Or those exploding cigars.
Seriously. There were even more recent attempts that did not work in Turkey, Slovakia, Russia, and some others in just the last few years. Not to mention entire wars that they've lost in Afghanistan and Ukraine. To say nothing of the fact they keep trying to hide what they do and people keep figuring it out. The mafia was better at covering up their crimes.
People give our agencies way too much credit. They are government agencies. Like all government agencies, they are bloated, wasteful, corrupt, and largely incompetent. The thing that saves them is that other countries' governments are even more bloated, wasteful, corrupt, and incompetent.
Fred ... You have hit the perplexing part. You would think if the CIA wanted somebody gone bye-bye, that they would have done it. But ... !!!
1) Everybody is getting gaslighted and played all the time. And also, there are likely to be factions within the CIA itself. And so there could be a mouse and cat struggle going, one side countering the other side in a larger protracted struggle. Additionally, the thought occurs to me now and then that a completed DJT assasination only benefits the crazy Marxist Woke side of the equation. But a string of failed attempts more benefits DJT and any Roll Back campaign of Woke Globalism as it blackens 'the bad guys'. (Even so, who is doing what remains a mystery ... at least to me. Plus the whole thing seems deliberatedly engineered with on purpose with a CIA look built in. So conspicuously apparent that one might think that this was not just a happy coincidence of popular discovery.
2) Long term, maybe the CIA is not so smart. It is one thing to s%^t when the public is largely in the dark. It's another thing to do the same thing when everyone now knows about 'color revolutions' and such ... and all this stuff is broadcast digitally all over the play. Also, the CIA is largely running the proxy war as much as I can figure. And they have collosally batched that one with virtually every one of their 'smart assumptions' now proven totally wrong. Also, the DOD is probably pissed at the CIA for preempting the DOD when it comes to instigating and managing the business of war ... and key to it is probably against the better judgment of the DOD.
Didn’t the CIA go Woke? So maybe they’ve been hit with incompetency. Or (and I prefer this explanation)? it’s God’s will that Trump survived. Maybe HE has plans for Trump. Throughout history, God has chosen some of the oddest people to carry out his will. Like Saul.
The CIA? Maybe Woke to some extent. But more definately way out of control in a loose cannon way and de facto usurping fundamental parts of the once constitutional government ... fundamental units like DoD and the State Department, and becoming somewhat of a law until itself. But I do think that there is now a lot of evidence of rolling some of this stuff back. And getting back to a more normal state of affairs. We'll just have to see how things pan out.
God has indeed used the oddest of people. And who would ever think that God would choose a son of a carpenter out of a backwater like Galilei? And caste in the role of Salvator Mundi? But as a rule, I am shy of making quick shot pronouncement on the doings of God. And yes, Saul ... and also the one from Tarsus. These along make guessing at God's picks a dicey business.
Cui bono? Like you said DJT is the one who benefits from the B rated assassination attempt + sequel because most of the people believe it is real and thus have great sympathy for him and think God has saved him twice. I'm not a smart person, but to me it is all obviously theatrics. If the lefties wanted him dead, they would do it in a stealthy way that would be less likely to make them look guilty, such as a vax SAD.
Well ... nobody, nor any group of men, is so smart that they should even begin to presume that they ought to be in charge of running a country let alone the entire world. And that is why Marxist central planning always fails . Or as Clint Eastwood used to say, "A man ought to know his limits." This said, you are plenty smart enough, smart enough so as to see the 'ambiguities'.
Your thinking is real close to mine and with 'aberations' everywhere to be seen. Of the first attempt, the look of that picture with the clenched raised fist? Just too perfect, too composed, and even what with the flag which just happens to show up in the right place in the upper right corner as a stunning finishing touch.
All I know is that The World is full of gaslighting and Kabuki theater, and with everyone clamboring over everyone else in some weird festival of getting over on everyone else.
As it is, there is no way on reaching any firm conclusions, no yet. And maybe not ever.
Exactly right. That first "attempt" was just too contrived, plus the re-enactment of the Biblical ritual of putting blood on the right ear - Leviticus 8:22-24. What was that all about?
Thanks Bluebird. Weird ... and one more things taken note of.
I don’t know...the first guy has been memory holed. No investigation, no interviews of his family...
Maybe the CIA is not as all powerful as they think they are. Especially when what they will is in direct opposition to the will of God.
In 1962 they had Lee Harvey Oswald. Compare pictures of Oswald with these two recent weenie men they sent to get the job done. Oswald was a strong virile man. Those are hard to come by today among the class of losers.
I agree. I am thinking that these two "attempts" were smokescreens (don't look here, look over there!), and the two "working alone" gunmen were/are patsys, playing a manipulated role in a sick game. JMHO
You give the CIA way too much credit.
As to your WAG, I'm thinking your posterior is doing a better job of explaining things than the so-called experts.
If they wanted him dead, he would be. they know the fallout from that. But redirecting the minions to look over here! Never ceases. Whilst we’re all focused on a fake assassination attempt, nobody seems to care about the Biden admin giving orders to abc on how that debate will go. Per the whistleblower that covered his/her/they/them/ furbie’s ass.
I also think they are hoping to limit Trump's campaigning activities by saying they can't guarantee his security. Look at how the media immediately said Trump needs to mind his words and that he should re-evaluate his venues and engagements with the public. They need to quash the enthusiasm.
Well THAT's not going to work with Trump's attitude of well, I'm 78 and I'm going to keep doing what I can with the life I have left until it's gone.
It almost seems as if they are playing villains so Trump can get reelected...
Yet, I believe that God will keep Trump alive as long as He has planned to...
and not a moment less.
I agree. The contrast between him being out there and talking to all kinds of audiences with Kamala barely doing anything is too great.
But was it "faked"? They have nothing to lose by activating these type kook-hirelings every few weeks or so...and they can do it during a Trump presidency too.
The daily "Two Minutes Hate" exercise is working as planned. A recent poll showed 28% of democrats are okay with the Trump assassination attempts.
THE PARTY of Killers with Assault Rifles
Regarding Routh’s link to the CIA, there are no coincidences .
Looks like a stellar staff.
https://www.cia.gov/about/director-of-cia/
Sure looks like it.
A good theory by Jon Rappaport
https://open.substack.com/pub/jonrappoport/p/golf-course-assassination-story-deeper-mind-control-op?r=u16ew&utm_medium=ios
Surely I don’t have to remind THIS audience that polls are rigged to give the illusion of support so that when the election is rigged again it will seem plausible. Imho, that’s why Trump does rallies…to show that he can draw thousands on a whim with little to no advertising while Comrade Kamaltoe has to pay and bus in support.
My husband has been union for 34 years. It has been maddening watching them endorse the Dems the past decade. When we watched Trump in NY yesterday embrace the labor unions as wholly as he did, it was a real moment for us. A surge of pride and hope welled up in our living room. Shame on the Teamsters for not endorsing the candidate its members do.
I think the analysis of the "why" is spot on. If the Teamsters were to come out and endorse Trump, they'd be destroyed. The current administration and state operators have shown they have no problem taking down anyone who goes against the narrative or their positions. :(
We are to stand up to these tyrants now we have the numbers behind us.
Yes. It’s why we need brave leaders. Unfortunately, too many of us are cowards.
Speaking as a former Teamster member, I believe union leadership follows the money - Dem Party quid pro quos, plus the dues taken from membership via police power.
The Teamsters management is getting money from the democrat party, have no doubt.
As a Teamster, I am VERY disappointed in Sean O'Brien for not stepping up! Rank and filers have spoken! I am so proud of my Brothers and Sisters, but our voices are NOT being honored 😔
The Trump Republican Party Freedom Coalition Versus the Democratic Party Parasites-Grifters-Communist-Authoritarian Axis of Domestic Evil
While I was still teaching at Pitt, the faculty was considering unionizing and eventually settled on the United Steelworkers as their bargaining agent. I worked hard to get my colleagues to sign up for the union. In the end it passed. Then covid hit and I retired. In the fall of 2020, the new faculty union argued hard for masks and in 2021 lobbied the administration hard for vaccine mandates for students. That union has done nothing but dishonor the great heritage of the USW who did so much for workers.
Real analysis by Martin Armstrong and his Socrates program show real life Kamala support at 10%.
!!
I have a neighbor who recently filled up her front yard with Democrat campaign signs. She recently added a Harris/Walz sign. I desperately want to knock on her door and just say, "explain your position to me." I fully accept there are those who will simply vote against Trump. Fair enough. I think you are shooting yourself in the foot, but fine. But with this neighbor, she has all the signs about "Progress. Forward. Reproductive Rights. Trans Rights." She seems to be a true believer. I just want to know how people end up there.
I'm in a sparsely populated rural area, but the house I'm living in is "downtown" for this township and a lot of traffic whooshes by all day long. I was happy to see a few Trump signs between here and a food pantry I visit, but then this week a couple Harris-Walz yardsigns popped up... they were white letters on a black background... what's up with that?
Also, my sister who owns the house where I live freaked out when I put a Trump sign in my bedroom window. She was actually afraid someone would see it and come do destruction to her home. So I took it down. It's her window, so okay.
It's ridiculous what Trump supporters have to put up with.
That was my thought, too, Anita and we are in a pretty conservative area (though it is rapidly changing due to demographic shifts). Dems put up signs ALL THE TIME (BLM, Pro-Ukraine, Pro-LGBTQ) and never worry about any retaliation. I wonder how many conservatives just don't bother because they don't want any harassment. It really does say way more about the Left than the Right. The Left are bullies and have people willing to prove it and the Right just takes it on the chin, over and over again.
Fear silences
I was wondering the same thing myself. How in the world do people proudly support the Comrade Kamala ticket??
I have concluded either a) they believe sound bites and short slogans without thinking critically about what’s underlying or b) they are actually happy with open borders, violent crime, high prices, censorship, women in men’s sports, endless war, a nanny state, and abortion without limits. Because that’s what they’re supporting.
Out here in rural areas, we don't have housing for illegal immigrants so we aren't flooded with them, even though this county is supposedly a "sanctuary county" according to a map showing sanctuary cities, and counties... sigh.
I moved here from Tucson Arizona this year and it's pretty much like living a sheltered life here compared to there.
Save your breath. If she is a true believer, she will respond to the mildest, most polite question by screaming at you, spit flying. It is truly very sad to see.
I believe they are hypnotized by the tel-lie-vision… and they won’t come out if it until they are told to
plus she works with woke co-workers...
truthfully, she doesn't watch TV or internet news or read it, she only knows what she hears at work and she tries to be "neutral" so she weighs all parties as being the same... sigh
Cult Member
That’s precisely what I don’t get: why do they want to live in a country where policies like unrestricted immigration, censorship, restrictions on speech, boys using girls’ bathrooms and playing on sports teams where girls are seriously injured, war is forever, and no one can own a gas stove.
And that's why they want Trump's rallies forced inside where the size of the crowd is limited.
That is exactly what I thought before the 2020 election when I would see 100 or so people gathering to hear Biden (or Obama when he stumped for him) and 10,000+ would gather to see Trump. In my mind there was no way Biden would win and yet, here we are.
I’ve shouted since 2016 POLLS ARE FAKE AND USED TO MANIPULATE US. It’s infuriating every time I hear anyone say “the polls say”. Blah blah blah. Trump and all the big conservatives STILL cite the polls and it disgusts me. Why!!! Why give one bit of merit to any of them. 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖
Stop!!!
The use of polls as tools of election manipulation probably goes back decades now. I think most of us were slow to realize this because we still believed in the inherent honesty of most people and public institutions. But they are so in-your-face with daily headlines from State Media proclaiming “the latest trends” and so forth that they are nearly impossible to ignore. And apart from discerning individuals like most C&C readers, the vast majority of the public will be duped into believing at least some of the hype. I simply dismiss any coverage referring to polls now, reminding myself that it’s all part of the psyop to play on peoples’ emotions and divide us as a nation.
There was a time when exit polls were done, when there wasn't all the early, absentee, and mail in balloting for days, weeks, months.
They had to go, because they could actually tell a different story than all these projection polls.
🎯 🎯
The public facing polls are manufactured. They are push polls. Their goal is to persuade people in one direction or another. Either "it's a close race" and so it shouldn't be a surprise if the Dems "pull out" a "victory" (aka, harvest and dump enough fraudulent ballots to cover the spread). Or, the Dems are so far ahead (R) voters should just stay home and not bother b/c they can't win anyway. Been saying this for years.
Just watched Tucker's interview with JD last night and Vance made this point very well. He really understands the polling/surveying business.
But, it should be obvious to everyone: if the public facing polls were real, the campaigns wouldn't need to conduct their own "internal" polling to get accurate numbers. In admitting they conduct their own internal polling, they also admit the public polls are fake.
The media lies about EVERYTHING, WHY would ANYONE believe the polls ?
Literally everything🎯
The polls have to keep up the illusion the race is "close" so their upcoming steal can be viewed as plausible by those not paying attention. It's why the NYT is coming out and saying the results won't be known on election night.
As a retired healthcare professional my best advice is to avoid the broken, DEI infested healthcare system. And if you have to, look for independent practitioners at least 40 yrs or older! Holistic and functional medicine practices are also an option.
My lung specialist is close to retirement. He now only works 1 day a week because, as he told me, medicine has changed and not for the better. I have seen his replacement once who tried to push all the vaxes and Ozempic on me. I told him sbsolutely not.
I have avoided the 'healthcare system' my entire life.
I haven't had a scheduled doctor visit since my pediatrician when I was about four.
The only prescription meds I have ever taken were some pain pills,
which did not work at all, after having four teeth extracted, and penicillin
which I will never take again. I have not taken an aspirin in 20 years.
You’re a very wise man!
Trump on Gutfeld last night (Sept18).
Didn't think I could love Trump more, but after watching him yesterday, I most certainly do.
I love seeing him smile so happily!
He was fantastic on Gutfield and Tyrus was a hoot. Had us smiling the entire hour.
The Left must be just SQUIRMING in their seats.........at least, I hope so !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6NAwzGtxAg
Thank you for the link. I only saw a still of Trump's winning smile up until now.
I love to see him this happy.
You're welcome. That link is only a portion of the broadcast, it seems - I saved what might be the entire show, yet to watch.
Good viewing, eh ?
Cheers!
I found a link to the whole show I think.
I'm still listening to it. But I think this is the whole thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2T1iKxisc
Okay, I'm editing this comment. At the 32:3 minute mark, the video switches to what looks like a Chinese knitting advert. Weird.
But various pieces of the whole thing are found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeOeIRPuTuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsIiSMVBx4&list=PLV1DMlyrTfqM7FCiZaOVdeIUjCmH0N1uW&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6NAwzGtxAg&list=PLV1DMlyrTfqM7FCiZaOVdeIUjCmH0N1uW&index=4
Lol. I have the same link. >36 minutes, last 3-4 something crazy, as you describe. Other links available, will check out those you provide....entertaining stuff.
.. well, for US, lol. Lefties no like. 🤣
Thanks for tipping off this episode. I just looked at it and it IS really nice to see him smile like that! The poor guy, I’m so happy he can. ❤️
I DVR'd it and have watched it 3 times. I needed a boost!
Haven't watched FOX since 2020 but will make an exception for this clip.
I heard his speech this morning in NY was even better!
I felt the same way when I saw him on Gutfeld. He’s funny, gracious, and kind.
@HealthRanger
If Israel put explosives in 5,000 pagers, could they have also put explosives in the Twin Towers? Or the port in Beirut? Asking for a friend...
@BFM I’m just wondering how long it will be until we’re not allowed any electronic devices on planes, which will effectively mean the end of air travel. Is that a bug or a feature? The question answers itself.
Truly excellent point. However, I don't think even a real risk of your smart phone exploding would deter the brain dead mind controlled faithful from face fornicating with them during all waking hours.
I call it living in the rectangle
They WANT us to have cell phones. They want to track everything we do.
I know. That is why we never have owned a so called smart phone, and don't carry the one flip phone we own most of the time. We survive just fine.
The WEF wants to shut down private air travel anyway. They eventually plan to close every airport in England, except for two of them all in the name of climate change, of course they will do it to us as well if we do not stand up to them.
To quote a certain Swedish child....HOW DARE YOU !! :)
I'm guessing it was a direct energy weapon. But who knows.
Do they work under the sea?
Agree
Is there a way that simply a signal can be sent to a device that downloads code that could then cause the battery to overheat? Does it even have to be an explosive installed since overheating batteries can and have exploded in the past. I remember we iPhones doing that a decade ago.
That's why you aren't allowed to ship lithium batteries via airmail. They have to be sent via ground mail.
Good question!
Just another reason why I leave my cell phone at home, and in a place well away from me.
I also wonder.
https://markoshinskie8de.substack.com/p/911-and-the-scamdemic
Maybe their capabilities help us understand why all major presidential candidates seem to support Israel.
AIPAC has more ability to meddle in our elections
than Russia, Russia, Russia could ever dream of.
Israel is a terrorist state, committing genocide against an innocent people.
Nice. Search " Dancing Israelis".
Whoever did these terrorists beepers and walkie-talkies…..all I can say is “BRILLIANT”!!!!!! Now blow up their laptops and cell phones and landlines!!!!!
The same pagers are used by medical staff in that area.
A lot of the pagers detonated at belt level, right in children's faces.
My first reaction was and remains , this is pure EVIL. War is ALWAYS EVIL.
reasoning with the israeli fanatics is as useless as trying to reason with covidiots.
If one takes these claims to the United Nations, then nothing ever happens as usa will veto any penalty for Our Greatest Ally.
They get away with anything. And, that's why there's forever trouble in the middle east.
Israel hasn't denied it. Israel has a history of being underhanded and sneaky and has no problems killing innocent civilians, including women and children. In Gaza IDF has deliberately targeted civilians, mostly women and children. See article posted by Rise and Stand just above: https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-did-not-intercept-hezbollah-pagers-that-exploded-it-made-them?topStoryPosition=1
This article says Israel MADE the pagers! https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-did-not-intercept-hezbollah-pagers-that-exploded-it-made-them?topStoryPosition=1
Holy cannoli.
Our own "intelligence" is behind 9/11.
Building 9 is what started me thinking. The engineers and architects agree that none of it is plausible from a purely physics standpoint.
WTC 7.
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I think it was those pesky airplanes that brought those buildings down and those weren’t being flown by Jews...
WTC #7 fell down like an old Vegas Casino Implosion.
Chuckle, chuckle!
“Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways.”
Psalms 119:2-3 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.119.2-3.NKJV
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
Today's post reminded me of those infomercials where the announcer keeps saying, "But wait, there's more."
A common household phrase here. 🤣 Also the Dr Pepper commercials where the Dr is slamming the patient's arm in the door to take his soda away and he's saying "you can trust me. I'm a Dr." 😂😯 Of course then there's the so many commercials giving ppl the illusion of control by suggesting that YOU "should ask (tell) your Dr" what drugs you want to buy!!
THEY GAVE YOU CLEAR CLUES STUPID!
Good one!
US takes last place on health outcomes?
Share this incredible discussion with RFK Jr, Calley Means, and Charlie Kirk on MAHA — Make America HEALTHY Again.
Vote Trump so this stands a chance!
http://lists.doortofreedom.org/lists/lt.php?tid=LhpUUVsHDVUMUBkJVAcBS1BXAQMdUgYHCR8CVwEFVABTVwBVCFVFDA0GVwUAAQNLBgIBCB0EVFcNH1oEXltPWVNTV1QKAAEDAFUNTAEEAVcBWwdTHQMFB1wfV1EBUE8BV1NRTgwGXwELBANRAFZQUA
Interesting that the Commonwealth study shows the lowest-spending nations, Australia and Netherlands, have the best results. It also notes that Norway, who had top results in the prior (2021) report, is no longer included. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-2024
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name.” Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” Then Yahweh said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”
. . .
Now it happened when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. Then Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
— Exodus 33:17-23; 34:29-30 LSB
Holy, holy, holy . . .
Made me start singing: "He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock and covers me there with His hand, and covers me there with His hand."
Ooo I forgot about that song. Will need to go play it on the piano today!
God's Autobiography:
Exodus 34: 5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord. 6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
8 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. 9 He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”
"...who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Something to think about. America has a lot to answer for.
And again, Luke 24:16--the appearance of the risen Christ was so different that the apostles could not recognize him ("but their eyes were kept from recognizing him")
Perfect follow-up to yesterday.
Only the one who follows where He leads will see His back.
As the old saying goes, if it weren't for "Social media citizen journalists." we wouldn't have any journalists at all.
I think that's a Lincoln quote
Great investigative reporting on Maximus!
Maximus. There's a guy called Jack Pendergrass who has been researching and interviewing about this organization. He has interviews on The Imagination podcast in 2022 and 2023. I haven't listened to any of them yet, just remembered seeing them. I'd like to hear someone who has heard him to tell us about it.
Do not trust the medical establishment. Even common sense no longer dictates what should be done in many places. Money talks, Standards of Care get changed, and voila, they either kill or recklessly allow people to die because there is absolutely no accountability. If you go to the hospital for anything but a broken bone and leave with a better life, count yourself blessed.
Did have to go to hospital in June for that broken bone (distal radius fracture)--hand-wrote on consent form before surgery: no mRNA products, no blood products, if bone graft needed, no xenograft, no allograft only autograft. And noticed that surgeon copied this into his notes as well. [I asked for, and received, copies of all notes/x-rays/photographs]
VAXXED 3: Authorized to Kill Airs FREE Oct 4:
https://vaxxed3.childrenshealthdefense.org/
saw it last night. It is powerful and while tremendously disturbing there are solutions offered and some lighter moments
Thank you for posting! I was following a local showing but to air it they require a minimum number of people to register in advance. In case it’s a no go, nice i can still watch online.
I'm glad you posted this as I didn't have the motivation last night to drive across town to watch.
https://open.substack.com/pub/stevekirsch/p/breaking-forced-to-get-3-vaccines
I read/watched this yesterday from Vigilant Fox and it had me in tears almost immediately and praying earnestly for her
https://open.substack.com/pub/vigilantfox/p/horrific-vaccine-injury-leaves-23?
Very sad and all at the hands of the medical establishment! Whoever was in charge of her case should be fired and charges filed! This crap has got to stop.
Hematologist was a graduate of university of Tehran
Amen
I remember driving to downtown Cleveland to hear Reagan campaign for his second run. All along the side if the highway were semi's and other trucks that had Teamsters for Reagan banners on them. A people's president.
How is it that this Routh yo-yo has gotten Deep State Hall Passes, while average citizens get prosecuted for the smallest infractions??
Routh is on the payroll.
CIA asset
Good morning @JeffChilders.
I'm reaching out because I'm hoping you can get this into the hands of someone who can do something about it. The lawyers here are intimidated or part of the problem. I've tried to contact America First Legal but they do not reply.
Yesterday I posted a message concerning how over the past 3.5 decades our election system was changed into a "s_election" system. I do not know if you saw that post? A critical element of it - in Arizona - was how the AZ Secretary of State (SOS) has created and is using the Online Voter Registration Unique URL program to circumvent the county recorders requirement and mandate to verify and register voters and are packing the voter registration rolls.
Yesterday I open my email and see that two of the worst crooks in our state, SOS Adrian Fontes (un-elected but s_Elected) and corrupt Stephen Richter, Maricopa County Recorder, have undertaken a "dispute" about voter registrations. See it here:
https://www.westernjournal.com/nearly-100000-voters-registered-without-proof-citizenship-flaw-impact-upcoming-elections/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal
I contend this is a standard "look here, not there" ploy to make it appear they are at odds over voter registrations and Richter is the "hero" trying to fix voter reg problems. It is complete bullshit.
They don't want anyone asking about the Online Voter Registration Unique URL Program...
For reference, here is what I posted yesterday:
Daniel L.
Daniel L.
Sep 17
·edited Sep 17
I posted this yesterday so everyone could see how the global marxists, their deep state enablers, and the uniparty have stolen our elections over about 3.5 Decades. I posted it again today so everyone can be informed and understand what they did. There is a hopeful, encouraging thought at the end....
Another MUST see movie is Reagan, an accurate account of Reagan's life and times. It will have tears streaming down your face at the end of the movie.
Consider this, we claimed victory over communism at that time but they dont fight in a four year presidential cycle, they fight with decades long planning and infiltration... see Sun Tzu's Art of War.
What we are experiencing is at least 3.5 decades of preparation to steal our country with mail in ballot fraud, programmable machines, corrupt judges and the pLandemic.
Connecting the dots:
a. Late 80s, early 90s: Permanent early voting for any reason implemented in key states.
b. 2008: Statutes such as Arizona's Revised Statute (ARS) 16-168 are created. Info in the databases violate our constitutional right to a secret vote. ARS 16-168(j) Creates a “Vendor Managed”, Statewide Database at the AZ SOS of ALL voter registrations:
• Name in Full
• Party Preference
• Date of registration
• Residence Address
• Mailing Address
• Zip code
• Telephone #
• Birth Year and Date
• Occupation if Given
• Voting History for all elections in prior 4 years
• All data relating to early voters, including ballot requests and ballot returns
On request from a county chairman or state chairman, the county recorder of a county with a
population of more than eight hundred thousand persons shall provide at no cost a daily listing of persons who have returned their early ballots. The daily listing shall be provided Mondays through Fridays, beginning with the first Monday following the start of early voting and ending on the Monday (The EVE) before the election.
c. Around 2015, in some places earlier, some later, County Supervisors implement programmable voting machines, against our will and without our Constitutional consent (see AZ Consti ART 4, Part 1, Sec 1, all sub paragraphs and specifically sub par 8) - but not enough steal in 2016 and Trump is elected against all odds and their planned manipulation of the election, to the dismay of poor, stinking, corrupt, marxist hillary and those who manage her.
d. Covid pLandemic initiated in the run-up to the 2020. Concocted "Health Emergency" allows them to change the election to almost all mail in. Mail in is massive wholesale fraud because there is never required chain of custody in the entire process nor is signature ID a valid identification process and is a 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause violation. They steal 2020 with massive mail in fraud and corrupt judges who dismiss cases on standing instead of merit.
e. In the run up to the 2022 election, corrupt Az Secretary of State Katie Hobbs implements the Online Voter Registration Unique URL Program (you can see it here, it is still live and functioning under corrupt Adrian Fontes, (the cartel lawyer who was seated unlawfully when Katie Hobbs was seated unlawfully, and Kris Mayes seated unlawfully as AG in 2022 - they covered all the bases) https://azsos.gov/elections/candidates/unique-url
This program allows NGO's to circumvent the lawful processing of voter registrations mandated to the County Recorder, allowing them and the Sec of State to pack the voter registration rolls full of illegal immigrants and other multiple personalities. Using this and the wholesale fraud of mail in ballots and programmable machines they steal 2022 and now you know why there was no "red wave" in 2022. Remember, they used corrupt judges to throw out valid election challenge lawsuits.
None of this has been deconstructed, in fact they have made it stronger, more bullet proof. This system took decades to implement under the radar.
They will use it to steal 2024 as they have no plan to return the country to us.
One other thought, hopefully happier, encouraging, four decades... about the same amount of time it took God to get Trump equipped, experienced, knowledgeable of the evil and ready for this task.
Yeah, this news story isn't getting a lot of coverage, despite it being quite eye popping.
It is difficult to get any traction... there is so much bad going on. But they're going to steal 2024, no doubt about it. And the corrupt government, corrupt media, and corrupt judges will cover it all up.
Thank you. I saved your comment for later.
Are you in touch with / following / member of Arizona Free Enterprise Club?
Https://AZfree.org
(ck out sections at 3 dots upper rt corner including news on lawsuits, developments)
Contact Darla@azfree.org
Thank you LW. I will reach out to Darla.