The Times finds Democrat-aligned groups renting fake Texans at $25 a video; Reuters finds 30,000 non-citizens on the rolls in 12 states, and experts assure us it isn't *massive*.
Michael Savage wrote Liberalism is a mental disorder, no truer words have ever been spoken.
There’s a bar that opened in Massachusetts called The Last Ditch Bar. It was 3 woke communists women that took out a “loan” for 50 thousand dollars and opened their dream bar where if you couldn’t afford it the drinks were free. Oh yah, wearing an n-95 mask is mandatory 7 days a week.
Well 2 of the 3 partners decided they didn’t want to run a bar any longer so the 3rd partner got stuck holding the bag of sh-t. One of the partners that left decided to go to clown school. The remaining partner said she is now working 4 jobs, has become homeless, is living in her truck, is behind on the bar rent and is about to be evicted. This is socialism in a nut, and I mean nut, shell.
Well because she is complaining about working 4 jobs being homeless, credit has gone to sh-t, the other 2 partners and thousands of other insane woke socialists are bashing her saying she’s a racist, capitalist pig.
Socialism is wonderful until you run out of someone else’s money (Margaret Thatcher). Funny I don’t see any liberal communists stepping up with suitcases of money to bail out the socialist bar. Maybe AOC could donate 7 or 10 shifts a week getting her old job back as a bat-back? I don’t think so!
It’s incredible how these socialists have this mental disorder. I believe it’s called suicidal empathy. America is 40 trillion dollars in debt because of these socialist ideas that no one has to work, no one has to produce anything, we’ll just print money and spread it around because we are such virtuous people. Capitalists are such pigs. God help us if these communists get back into power.
Here’s a great old fable that describes America and this movement to become a socialist society to a tee.
There once was a man who owned a wonderful goose.
Every morning, the goose laid for him a big, beautiful
egg — an egg made of pure, shiny, solid gold. Every
morning, the man collected golden eggs. And little by
little, egg by egg, he began to grow rich. But the man wanted
more. “My goose has all those golden eggs insider her,” he kept
thinking. “Why not get them all at once?” One day he couldn’t
wait any longer. He grabbed the goose and killed her. But there
were no eggs inside her! “Why did I do that?” the man cried!
I am stuck on the phrase “they got a loan”- who gave them a loan?? How in the world could they have had a business plan and collateral for a loan. Loan officer needs to go back to grocery store stocking.
Before they opened the bar they must have had credit so they went to the bank and got a loan for 50,000. I’m sure they will default on the loan. The funny thing is, isn’t getting a loan to open a business a capitalist idea? I guess if you have no intention of paying it off it’s a great socialist idea…
This is one of the mortgage companies lost so much money in 2009. People could get a loan , but they couldn’t afford to pay them back. I fear we’re on that road again.
When the re market crashed in 2009 they were no buyers for houses. For two + years I made a living listing and selling foreclosures. That was a sad market. It wasn’t just middle class people who their homes. I handled a few million dollar homes in foreclosure.
I remember reading about homes people abandoned but ripped out the appliances to resell. My friends bought a $1M place in Vegas for $400k but had to replace the appliances, kitchen cabinets and toilets. It was still a bargain.
Off this topic but equally important. During the 4 years of the unelected autopen regime, approximately 20-30 million illegals were allowed to cross the border by mayorkas. Their first stop was at NGOs waiting for them in the desert, which bused them to hotels and other facilities where they were housed and processed. Did part of that processing include filling out the Federal Post Card Application to register to vote, which only requires checking a box to claim US Citizenship? And a ballot address going to the NGO addresses in the state where the illegal was destined - mostly blue states, who will not check for citizenship documents. This process ensures "someone" will vote in the federal elections for that state.
The 30k illegal voters "discovered"? Bullshit! Its millions and millions of mail in ballots all over the country which will be fraudulently voted. The Senate and SCOTUS denied us the fixes which would have prevented these ballots from being mailed.
I'm curious about how voter registration at DMV came about, would that be federal legislation or state or require no legislation at all? Along the same line, I wonder when the change was made to allow non-citizens driver's licenses, which I think was probably at the state level? It's hard not to think it was all by design.
yes, I wondered that, myself Any sane person would take one look at that business plan and say, "what is to keep any person from crying poverty and not paying?". Especially in an establishment that serves alcohol. Seems more like a comedy skit than a business plan.
"Suicidal Empathy", first coined by a Canadian, eh. When rational thought is superseded by stupid emotion, like build homes for the homeless first and F repairing their addictions.
There was a man with a pretty little purebred cocker spaniel puppy. The puppy needed to have it's tail docked to be up to breed standard.
The man loved the puppy so much he decided to cut off just a little bit of the tail each day, rather than brutally chopping the whole thing off at once.
I read about that Bar. Every line was more shocking than the last! Good Grief!!
You didn't mention their final downfall was making Saturday nights "Mask optional" nights which blew the customers minds and they canceled them for it. 😂
I knew that, it’s part of them cancelling the woman that actually kept the bar open. This is liberalism/socialism/communism at its finest! Everyone is a victim except the person that’s actually working paying the bills. It just doesn’t work.
Classical liberalism has been replaced by a complainer's culture. They complain about everything and want to change it but they don't know what they want to change it into. They have a utopia they can't define.
This morning, before reading C & C, I was thinking about Rush Limbaugh, and how much I miss him. You could always count on him to beautifully articulate the true conservative cause, and the dangers of socialism/communism. My children were "raised" on Rush, and proudly take the mantel of"Rush babies". One of the many things I will be eternally grateful to Rush was the legacy and ongoing impact he left to so many of his fellow Americans. I thought this morning, what would Rush be saying today about the state of his beloved America?, what words of encouragement and sanity would he impart to us who groan in dismay over the mantel of deception that has descended on half the country? The golden microphone would be trumpeting loudly the exceptionalism of this American experiment in self governance for a moral people, he would call us out of our dark stupor and rally us, once again, to champion and defend our country. His voice from the past still can be heard in the halls of our minds! Never, never surrender!
God bless Jeff and all of you wonderful patriots who are part of the C&C family.
I would bet if we first stopped giving hard earned tax payers money to first people that don’t deserve it like illegal aliens, stop giving money to other countries, really crack down on fraud!, create a balanced budget, be conservative, we would operate with a surplus of money. There is plenty of revenue to run this country.
Every politician wants to bring home the bacon to his/her district to show they are working for their citizens and,of course,to get re-elected. Trouble is its all our bacon they are handing out.
There's a law on the books that would force the government to spend 1% less if they don't pass budget, and pass Continued Resolution for more than 12 months. Ever since it was passed, CR are shorter than a year.
Legitimate clown school too. I think a lot of people read that as a joke. It’s not. It was literally a school to learn to be a clown. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that …)
You need to look a little further into the derivative of all our debt. Clue: the rich just keep getting richer, just as they do in the socialist and communist countries. Income inequality is about in line with what is was in the gilded ages. Crony Capitalism and oligarchy aren’t working too well either in case you have not noticed.
JuJu thank you. we are only made in the image of God, the Bible doesn't say we are equal in all things. There is nothing wrong with people making different amounts of money. When people have incentive to better themselves, they work harder. Or at least they did when I was growing up.
If anyone should be upset it’s my husband and I. We do not make what we earned and deserve (in respect to worldly “deserving”.) A whole host of particular challenging circumstances in the hand we were dealt combined with the economy prevented us from being where we should be today. My husband and I worked hard early in our marriage before kids, and after kids, and ever since, he has worked harder than any man on earth, without grumbling (much 😂). We are no where equal in income to others that worked just as hard as we did. Far from it. Is that fair? 🤷🏼♀️ It doesn’t have to be.
So here I sit, happy, with a smile on my face. I have freedom. I have much compared to most other corners of the world. I don’t have to have equality.
Now, if we lose our home because of overreaching real estate taxes and a corrupt government stealing our taxes, THAT’S when my shackles get up.
But I don’t care how much my neighbors have compared to us. God didn’t choose me for those blessings. And I celebrate in the joy of those for who He did.
Philippians 4:11–12: “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
Place those verses up against the wisdom of the left today, where they try to convince everyone to believe we all deserve to be on the same level playing field and we should tear down and destroy any system that prevents that. Merit means nothing. Power and property without earning it does. I know which ideology causes ulcers, and it’s not God’s.
We’re in a similar situation and appreciate you sharing your story and how you’re reacting to it. We started building our dream house in 2008 but due to the economy tanking couldn’t finish it for 10 years because we ran out of money and couldn’t refi to get the last part done. We had two small children and had to pay two mortgages for those 10 years plus child care so we both could work. We scraped a lot, surrounded by very wealthy neighbors. It’s not “fair” but you’re exactly right, God never promised fair. He’s still God and he’s still good. We just moved the last child to college yesterday and God continues to come through when we need it to minimize their student loans. But we’re happy and have two wonderful smart kids getting an education in good majors that will help them get good jobs. 🙏
We built our house (mostly ourselves) and moved in, in July of 2002. Went to HD with my son the other day and saw the prices of everything and there is no way on earth we could ever afford to build today. I am very glad we didn't get rid of our extra building materials.
First of all, then, I exhort that petitions and prayers, requests and thanksgivings, be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
“Even as the economy gets sunnier, consumer feelings about the economy sink further into gloom” Online influencers can cause this, yes, as we see the not so sunny posts we continuously get here in our own community (side-eye…) but that’s also what happens when they make it about “equity.” The left has taught everyone to covet what their neighbor has. If they don’t have the same things, it’s “inequality” in their minds. I think it’s a combination of the two that’s creating the conflicting emotions.
I paid $12.99-14.99 per lb of bacon up to two years ago thanks to Biden. All last year it was $9.99-10.99. Just two days ago I paid $8.99/lb. That’s pricing coming down, not inflating. (Just one example of many from my receipt.)
So true - bad, negative experiences carry more weight for most people. Example, if you’re an investor you remember all the losses you experienced more than the profitable ones. Human nature unfortunately, especially strong for those that adopt victimhood & covet( great word Juju) what others have.
Well, good, but... The plain fact of the matter is that inflation is cumulative. Just because the inflation RATE comes down doesn't mean that prices will go down. Prices still go up, just not as fast as they did when the rate was higher. BUT... when the wage rate is higher than the inflation rate, things appear to be more affordable, and in some cases prices actually do go down, but that chain is very long indeed.
Maybe it was because within mere seconds of my post you replied instantly to hurriedly assure other readers that maybe we shouldn’t feel good after all. Implying that I don’t understand the complexities of the economy. So first we are bombarded that we should feel bad about the economy, and we read all sorts of, “this is my real world experience that proves we are suffering out here!” to shame us for not caring, then I share MY real world receipt showing something very different and you rush in to save the narrative. 😂🤣 No sir, no thinking involved. Just more “influencing”.
I’m not even sure Franklin is a full-fledged black piller. I often like his comments and takes, but I also deeply disagree at times. He’s one I wouldn’t block because I like his alternative views, and those are good for us to keep hearing.
He does need to lighten up though. I was teasing him. His reply to my initial post was wholly unnecessary, unless you’re trying to rein in those optimistic feelings before they get in the way!
Sometimes I post quickly because I happen to be thinking of something pertinent as I read this post. To be honest, this whole post was very depressing. I don’t want to “think” about it right now actually. Nor read the attitudes of some here.
I wasn't dissing your (original) post, merely pointing out that there's an encyclopedia of things that have to happen to make prices go DOWN while inflation is positive. Even at an inflation rate of 0.1%, we should expect prices to go up unless several other things happen in sync.
When it happens we should all be happy, but understand that most of those are one-offs.
Now, Trump's got the economy cooking so that wage rates are advancing faster than inflation (that's good), but absent several other factors, that just means stuff becomes more 'affordable' while prices still go UP.
Cheers for your cheaper bacon, but that's an anecdote, not a trend.
Yeah, FIFL! So let's all dig holes in our backyards (which are subject to Land Acknowledgements) (if we're lucky enough to have one) lower ourselves into them, and die!
All media pushes the same negative narrative : times are bad & it’s Trump’s fault. Elon’s x can help fix the algorithm that continues to push fake, paid accounts.
😱 Just more evidence that pricing is regional. Thanks Prickster!! (All our taxes in this state just increased on absolutely everything, right down to my EV sticker cost, which is $100 more this year than last. Such an odd thing to punish those of us who they previously encouraged to save the planet by driving EV. 🤣)
I need to relocate to your neck of the woods. We eat about a pound of bacon every other day. 😂 nom nom nom
Do you really think these manufactured numbers prove anything? You should see the rosy economic numbers coming out of China and Russia🙈The real indicators are in the mountain of debt Americans are shouldering, the highest it has been in EVER. .
The amount of personal debt people have is by and large a matter of choices; this is an infuriating concept to lefties.
Certainly there are exceptions, but the vast majority of Americans' debt is consumer debt. And what's new in people's perceptions is they see hard times as "unfair" and look for someone else to blame.
As far as our national debt, I would challenge the average person to describe in what way that effects their daily life; they won't be able to tell you.
I AGREE!! My sister and her husband both worked and earned around the same as my husband. (I did not work most of the time while raising our children.) They had such debt she didn't know how we survived with one income. We were fine. Careful with spending but could afford modest vacations and things for our kids.
Car payments are a great example of the core problem. Two things have happened, first car manufacturere have added features, some mandated by govt (safety, emissions reqts) some by capitalistic strategies (power wdos, locks, RKE, fancy trim, full audio systems, etc). Second, we have bought into them, and the prices they command. My first new car 1978 Firebird had 3 speed stick, manual locks, windows, am/fm monaural radio, cost $2700. My recent Equinox cost $30k, but has power everything, wifi, bluetooth, multi speaker stereo, clean exhause, 30mpg...We don't "have" to get all the bennies, but we "want to", and car makers are happy to help.
The core is we want all the bennies. If we are in debt, then we should stifle those wants, buy basic transportation, used, "pre owned" or don't drive. Same applies to housing. Houses of yesteryear cost less partly because they contained less. One example: when my 30yo washer finally died, i didn't buy the $2k horizontal maxifeature washer, but another conventional for $350. It does have the low water option, a stainless tub, etc. But way less $$ and way less to go wrong.
Of course, all I just said is only part of the problem. A big chunk is inflation that the Fed tries to keep at "only" 2%. 2%/year compounded means everything will cost more every year even if nothing in them changes. While our government baseline diminishes our wealth every year, sometines Technology helps, electronics prices generally have reduced even with increased features. But even there we don't have to get the bennies. I paid $90 for last year's Samsung recently, not the $2k latest Iphone, and it does all I need it to do.
And don't forget what Obama's "Cash For Clunkers" program did to distort the used car market!! It took a whole lot of used cars out of circulation and made it more expensive and difficult to find a decent used car :/
Ahhh, they took the reliable cars you could fix yourself and replaced them with ones that have tech in them. All part of the scheme to heft us into a big pile of useless eaters with no way to be self reliant.
As far as cars go, those bennies are wildly overpriced in order to increase the margins on the vehicle. Plus now, car companies are advertising 60-72 mo payment schedules!
My first was a 4 yr old 68 Charger 440. It had power windows and an 8 track. I paid $1500 for it, but sold it when gas jumped to $0.60/gal lol
Yep! The last time we bought brand new and used financing was 2000. Every car since was paid with cash. We buy used, like new when possible. Sometimes we bought a 10-15 year old beater that was well maintained and what do you know! We got to where we needed to go! And it had all doors in tact too! We haven’t had a car payment since 2005. I stubbornly refuse. I’m too spoiled now being free of that kind of debt. If everybody did that I bet new car prices would plummet quickly. If you can’t afford it with cash, you need to look at older ones until you can. Save your money while you don’t have a payment so you can afford newer with cash next time. Instead of paying someone interest, and nearly 20-30% more on the price in the long run, earn interest on your own money instead.
All we carried for the past 20 years is a mortgage. Even that is starting to irk me and I’m looking for the exit to not have one at all.
God is pretty clear to be careful indebting ourselves to others. I didn’t listen when young. 😢 Oh to reach the young today to not make the same mistakes.
Ok this we can agree. But … this is an OLD problem and not due to the present administration.
In the fall of 2000 we bought a brand new Honda Odyssey. We paid $32,000 for it and our monthly car payment was $589. My mortgage payment was $800. 🤨 Just using the same ratios of today’s mortgage payments to car payments, car payments should be a lot higher than they are. Overall they ARE way too high as the sale prices are extreme and unaffordable without debt.
Yeah, this has been a significant problem in the making for a very, very long time.
But sure it’s easy to make a snippet about it today as if it’s somehow Trump’s fault. Patience grasshopper, he’s made all the right moves to turn this monster around, but it doesn’t turn overnight the way some people demand before giving him credit.
not too long ago that would have been a mortgage payment. Car loans were always 3-5 years. Today it is 10, where more is paid in interest, than principal. Three cheers for capitalism!
If something is free, YOU are the product. Social media is almost entirely free, and the reason is simple. You are the product, and those seeking power are the consumers. All that's needed is a steady supply of people who shift their behaviors and actions based on crap they see on their phones.
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Thank You for this nudge to the C&C group about watching this important Congressional Hearing hosted by Senator Johnson. I’m sure this will be new information for a majority of the public. Thousands of Americans and their families suffered through these deadly Covid hospital protocols. It’s the same sad story over and over of how the hospitals treated their covid patients so cruelly and ineffectively. These horrendous government policies need to change how emergencies/ pandemics are handled in the future so this murderous brutality to citizens does not re-occur. We went to the hospital for help and all we got was harm.
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Document the evil......this is what Dwight Eisenhower did after the Holocaust....and for the same, exact reason. And yet massive swaths of people, to date, deny it anyway.....even with photographic proof.
Oh, thank you for this, and God bless Ron Johnson for putting this platform together for us so we can have our stories on record.
I wrote about this on my own 'Stack, but during lockdown, my mother was taken to the hospital with pneumonia. Her covid tests were negative. They dumped her in the covid wing anyways. No, I'm not in the mood for granting "amnesty", thank you for asking.
Agreed. As a former rural Oregonian, lots of illegal farm workers are getting drivers licenses and registering to vote. DMV employees are complicit, and nitpick actual citizens’ identification but not the « English as a second language « applicants that need their children to translate. Whatever number the Dems are scoffing at, add three zeros, enough to throw an election. If elections are not honest, those who actually pay taxes will quit funding the corruption evident in all social programs.
And even if we did it, there was no law against it when we did it and if there was a law it was a bad law so we still were not wrong if we actually did it for which there is no evidence so we are innocent. ;-)
A few years ago, under Biden, I had to go the local Social Security office. It was packed with foreigners. In the waiting area were a couple of large screens cycling through various bits of information. One view in the cycle contained information on registering to vote. Nothing wrong with that except it was in Spanish. I had plenty of time to sit and observe and I sat through several cycles on the screens. There was never an English version of the voter registration information, only Spanish. I'm sure it's nothing...rare and whatnot.
There is nothing new under the sun…When I was in 7th grade, a record company guy paid me in records (yes actual vinyl) to call in to radio stations and request certain songs. I would have to call repeatedly for hours. I racked up lots of albums.
THIS is the kick in the pants I need to spend time more wisely, trading social media with time in God's word. That is a far better way to 'get ready' so that I can 'stay ready' for whatever comes.
Truly! I closed my FB account years ago, right after they froze the account of our sitting president. Saved my peace through cov1d and political seasons. Don't miss it. 😁
This blog is as far as I go towards "Social Media." It's a great opening to the day.
I have a sibling who spends HOURS on social media. I get all kinds of stupid garbage and a few very funny things like a Chihuahua and a Pug (see my icon photo) dancing aboard a cruise ship. THAT made me LOL!
On the economy, perception is reality or biblically "as a man thinketh in his heart so is he" and the devil is really good at telling us what we think about everything. Great work Jeff to everyone else, "all is well" unless you don't believe so!
Agree. Minimum 30 k IS significant noting number of votes deciding elections. Ammunition provided to move truing up the vote issue is now in the public arena to reference.
Suicidal Empathy
Michael Savage wrote Liberalism is a mental disorder, no truer words have ever been spoken.
There’s a bar that opened in Massachusetts called The Last Ditch Bar. It was 3 woke communists women that took out a “loan” for 50 thousand dollars and opened their dream bar where if you couldn’t afford it the drinks were free. Oh yah, wearing an n-95 mask is mandatory 7 days a week.
Well 2 of the 3 partners decided they didn’t want to run a bar any longer so the 3rd partner got stuck holding the bag of sh-t. One of the partners that left decided to go to clown school. The remaining partner said she is now working 4 jobs, has become homeless, is living in her truck, is behind on the bar rent and is about to be evicted. This is socialism in a nut, and I mean nut, shell.
Well because she is complaining about working 4 jobs being homeless, credit has gone to sh-t, the other 2 partners and thousands of other insane woke socialists are bashing her saying she’s a racist, capitalist pig.
Socialism is wonderful until you run out of someone else’s money (Margaret Thatcher). Funny I don’t see any liberal communists stepping up with suitcases of money to bail out the socialist bar. Maybe AOC could donate 7 or 10 shifts a week getting her old job back as a bat-back? I don’t think so!
It’s incredible how these socialists have this mental disorder. I believe it’s called suicidal empathy. America is 40 trillion dollars in debt because of these socialist ideas that no one has to work, no one has to produce anything, we’ll just print money and spread it around because we are such virtuous people. Capitalists are such pigs. God help us if these communists get back into power.
Here’s a great old fable that describes America and this movement to become a socialist society to a tee.
There once was a man who owned a wonderful goose.
Every morning, the goose laid for him a big, beautiful
egg — an egg made of pure, shiny, solid gold. Every
morning, the man collected golden eggs. And little by
little, egg by egg, he began to grow rich. But the man wanted
more. “My goose has all those golden eggs insider her,” he kept
thinking. “Why not get them all at once?” One day he couldn’t
wait any longer. He grabbed the goose and killed her. But there
were no eggs inside her! “Why did I do that?” the man cried!
“Now there will be no more golden eggs.”
Now America will be unable to help anyone!
I am stuck on the phrase “they got a loan”- who gave them a loan?? How in the world could they have had a business plan and collateral for a loan. Loan officer needs to go back to grocery store stocking.
Before they opened the bar they must have had credit so they went to the bank and got a loan for 50,000. I’m sure they will default on the loan. The funny thing is, isn’t getting a loan to open a business a capitalist idea? I guess if you have no intention of paying it off it’s a great socialist idea…
This is one of the mortgage companies lost so much money in 2009. People could get a loan , but they couldn’t afford to pay them back. I fear we’re on that road again.
When the re market crashed in 2009 they were no buyers for houses. For two + years I made a living listing and selling foreclosures. That was a sad market. It wasn’t just middle class people who their homes. I handled a few million dollar homes in foreclosure.
I remember reading about homes people abandoned but ripped out the appliances to resell. My friends bought a $1M place in Vegas for $400k but had to replace the appliances, kitchen cabinets and toilets. It was still a bargain.
True, but now it's our own .gov that's sitting in that electric chair.
Loans freely given to those in “protected groups”
you're not supposed to notice that "protected groups" get special advantages
Yes, the Protected, Pampered and Preferred.....but I'm sure nobody notices.
I'd love to know the bank.....and, their loan "policies."
Off this topic but equally important. During the 4 years of the unelected autopen regime, approximately 20-30 million illegals were allowed to cross the border by mayorkas. Their first stop was at NGOs waiting for them in the desert, which bused them to hotels and other facilities where they were housed and processed. Did part of that processing include filling out the Federal Post Card Application to register to vote, which only requires checking a box to claim US Citizenship? And a ballot address going to the NGO addresses in the state where the illegal was destined - mostly blue states, who will not check for citizenship documents. This process ensures "someone" will vote in the federal elections for that state.
The 30k illegal voters "discovered"? Bullshit! Its millions and millions of mail in ballots all over the country which will be fraudulently voted. The Senate and SCOTUS denied us the fixes which would have prevented these ballots from being mailed.
I'm curious about how voter registration at DMV came about, would that be federal legislation or state or require no legislation at all? Along the same line, I wonder when the change was made to allow non-citizens driver's licenses, which I think was probably at the state level? It's hard not to think it was all by design.
Probably a Covid loan?
yes, I wondered that, myself Any sane person would take one look at that business plan and say, "what is to keep any person from crying poverty and not paying?". Especially in an establishment that serves alcohol. Seems more like a comedy skit than a business plan.
"Suicidal Empathy", first coined by a Canadian, eh. When rational thought is superseded by stupid emotion, like build homes for the homeless first and F repairing their addictions.
the bible tells us to make decisions via our brain & not our heart - so obviously something essential is also missing from their lives
great add-on Bill, thanks.
@Rudi- by Dr. Gad Saad.
I'll reply with a doggie story.
There was a man with a pretty little purebred cocker spaniel puppy. The puppy needed to have it's tail docked to be up to breed standard.
The man loved the puppy so much he decided to cut off just a little bit of the tail each day, rather than brutally chopping the whole thing off at once.
Toxic empathy.
Omg that’s horrible!
I read about that Bar. Every line was more shocking than the last! Good Grief!!
You didn't mention their final downfall was making Saturday nights "Mask optional" nights which blew the customers minds and they canceled them for it. 😂
I knew that, it’s part of them cancelling the woman that actually kept the bar open. This is liberalism/socialism/communism at its finest! Everyone is a victim except the person that’s actually working paying the bills. It just doesn’t work.
Reminds me of the photo of that snake eating its own tail.....
Ooooh that would make a great new mascot for the Democrat party. Toss the donkey.
I agree with you on the liberal mind. They spew such hate and venom. No grace given.
Classical liberalism has been replaced by a complainer's culture. They complain about everything and want to change it but they don't know what they want to change it into. They have a utopia they can't define.
Envy and discontent are core values of the left.
This morning, before reading C & C, I was thinking about Rush Limbaugh, and how much I miss him. You could always count on him to beautifully articulate the true conservative cause, and the dangers of socialism/communism. My children were "raised" on Rush, and proudly take the mantel of"Rush babies". One of the many things I will be eternally grateful to Rush was the legacy and ongoing impact he left to so many of his fellow Americans. I thought this morning, what would Rush be saying today about the state of his beloved America?, what words of encouragement and sanity would he impart to us who groan in dismay over the mantel of deception that has descended on half the country? The golden microphone would be trumpeting loudly the exceptionalism of this American experiment in self governance for a moral people, he would call us out of our dark stupor and rally us, once again, to champion and defend our country. His voice from the past still can be heard in the halls of our minds! Never, never surrender!
God bless Jeff and all of you wonderful patriots who are part of the C&C family.
Amen, Mama. Amen.
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We’re $40 trillion dollars in debt because of evil politicians spending more than the government takes in!
I would bet most of it comes from the D.O.D./ D.O.W. They can’t pass an audit and the politicians don’t seem to even care.
I would bet if we first stopped giving hard earned tax payers money to first people that don’t deserve it like illegal aliens, stop giving money to other countries, really crack down on fraud!, create a balanced budget, be conservative, we would operate with a surplus of money. There is plenty of revenue to run this country.
Every politician wants to bring home the bacon to his/her district to show they are working for their citizens and,of course,to get re-elected. Trouble is its all our bacon they are handing out.
looks like most of that is fraud which politicians, until recently, had no interest in stopping
Youcrain money....?
There's a law on the books that would force the government to spend 1% less if they don't pass budget, and pass Continued Resolution for more than 12 months. Ever since it was passed, CR are shorter than a year.
Glenn Beck also mentioned something about one of the owners going to clown school???? When you think the story can't get any crazier... lol!
Legitimate clown school too. I think a lot of people read that as a joke. It’s not. It was literally a school to learn to be a clown. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that …)
Just telling this story would probably make people laugh so hard, no costume or makeup up would be necessary.
You need to look a little further into the derivative of all our debt. Clue: the rich just keep getting richer, just as they do in the socialist and communist countries. Income inequality is about in line with what is was in the gilded ages. Crony Capitalism and oligarchy aren’t working too well either in case you have not noticed.
Who says we HAVE to have income equality?
JuJu thank you. we are only made in the image of God, the Bible doesn't say we are equal in all things. There is nothing wrong with people making different amounts of money. When people have incentive to better themselves, they work harder. Or at least they did when I was growing up.
If anyone should be upset it’s my husband and I. We do not make what we earned and deserve (in respect to worldly “deserving”.) A whole host of particular challenging circumstances in the hand we were dealt combined with the economy prevented us from being where we should be today. My husband and I worked hard early in our marriage before kids, and after kids, and ever since, he has worked harder than any man on earth, without grumbling (much 😂). We are no where equal in income to others that worked just as hard as we did. Far from it. Is that fair? 🤷🏼♀️ It doesn’t have to be.
So here I sit, happy, with a smile on my face. I have freedom. I have much compared to most other corners of the world. I don’t have to have equality.
Now, if we lose our home because of overreaching real estate taxes and a corrupt government stealing our taxes, THAT’S when my shackles get up.
But I don’t care how much my neighbors have compared to us. God didn’t choose me for those blessings. And I celebrate in the joy of those for who He did.
Philippians 4:11–12: “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
Place those verses up against the wisdom of the left today, where they try to convince everyone to believe we all deserve to be on the same level playing field and we should tear down and destroy any system that prevents that. Merit means nothing. Power and property without earning it does. I know which ideology causes ulcers, and it’s not God’s.
We’re in a similar situation and appreciate you sharing your story and how you’re reacting to it. We started building our dream house in 2008 but due to the economy tanking couldn’t finish it for 10 years because we ran out of money and couldn’t refi to get the last part done. We had two small children and had to pay two mortgages for those 10 years plus child care so we both could work. We scraped a lot, surrounded by very wealthy neighbors. It’s not “fair” but you’re exactly right, God never promised fair. He’s still God and he’s still good. We just moved the last child to college yesterday and God continues to come through when we need it to minimize their student loans. But we’re happy and have two wonderful smart kids getting an education in good majors that will help them get good jobs. 🙏
We built our house (mostly ourselves) and moved in, in July of 2002. Went to HD with my son the other day and saw the prices of everything and there is no way on earth we could ever afford to build today. I am very glad we didn't get rid of our extra building materials.
When everyone is being paid the same, nobody cares to try and do good work. If everyone around you at work is lazy, you stop working.
All this does for everyone is lack of ambition and stagnation.
If you work harder and do more you should be compensated accordingly.
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First of all, then, I exhort that petitions and prayers, requests and thanksgivings, be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
— 1 Timothy 2:1-4 LSB
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Every day!
“Even as the economy gets sunnier, consumer feelings about the economy sink further into gloom” Online influencers can cause this, yes, as we see the not so sunny posts we continuously get here in our own community (side-eye…) but that’s also what happens when they make it about “equity.” The left has taught everyone to covet what their neighbor has. If they don’t have the same things, it’s “inequality” in their minds. I think it’s a combination of the two that’s creating the conflicting emotions.
I paid $12.99-14.99 per lb of bacon up to two years ago thanks to Biden. All last year it was $9.99-10.99. Just two days ago I paid $8.99/lb. That’s pricing coming down, not inflating. (Just one example of many from my receipt.)
I have concluded that people love bad news… thus the popularity of influencers
So true - bad, negative experiences carry more weight for most people. Example, if you’re an investor you remember all the losses you experienced more than the profitable ones. Human nature unfortunately, especially strong for those that adopt victimhood & covet( great word Juju) what others have.
Pretty sure even noticing prices are down is racist ... or something LOL
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Well, good, but... The plain fact of the matter is that inflation is cumulative. Just because the inflation RATE comes down doesn't mean that prices will go down. Prices still go up, just not as fast as they did when the rate was higher. BUT... when the wage rate is higher than the inflation rate, things appear to be more affordable, and in some cases prices actually do go down, but that chain is very long indeed.
Franklinnnn, do you have your pouty face on? I’m sensing a pouty face…with a harummpppfff. Bet your arms are crossed. 😂
I can't imagine why you might think that. (I here use 'think' in the broadest imaginable sense.)
Maybe it was because within mere seconds of my post you replied instantly to hurriedly assure other readers that maybe we shouldn’t feel good after all. Implying that I don’t understand the complexities of the economy. So first we are bombarded that we should feel bad about the economy, and we read all sorts of, “this is my real world experience that proves we are suffering out here!” to shame us for not caring, then I share MY real world receipt showing something very different and you rush in to save the narrative. 😂🤣 No sir, no thinking involved. Just more “influencing”.
Jeff is teaching us to see through them.
I’m this many years old and finally ‘just beginning’ to get a ‘inkling’ of just how these black pillers work.
(You’re better at it than me….)
I’m not even sure Franklin is a full-fledged black piller. I often like his comments and takes, but I also deeply disagree at times. He’s one I wouldn’t block because I like his alternative views, and those are good for us to keep hearing.
He does need to lighten up though. I was teasing him. His reply to my initial post was wholly unnecessary, unless you’re trying to rein in those optimistic feelings before they get in the way!
Maybe they should add "I was paid for this post" to their comment. 😉
Sometimes I post quickly because I happen to be thinking of something pertinent as I read this post. To be honest, this whole post was very depressing. I don’t want to “think” about it right now actually. Nor read the attitudes of some here.
I wasn't dissing your (original) post, merely pointing out that there's an encyclopedia of things that have to happen to make prices go DOWN while inflation is positive. Even at an inflation rate of 0.1%, we should expect prices to go up unless several other things happen in sync.
When it happens we should all be happy, but understand that most of those are one-offs.
Now, Trump's got the economy cooking so that wage rates are advancing faster than inflation (that's good), but absent several other factors, that just means stuff becomes more 'affordable' while prices still go UP.
Cheers for your cheaper bacon, but that's an anecdote, not a trend.
Not worth the 30 bucks you got. Or maybe 25 cuz wage rates?
Juju cited prices. Actual prices.
Except Juju is paying less for bacon now.
Yeah, FIFL! So let's all dig holes in our backyards (which are subject to Land Acknowledgements) (if we're lucky enough to have one) lower ourselves into them, and die!
Egg prices have also come way down.
All media pushes the same negative narrative : times are bad & it’s Trump’s fault. Elon’s x can help fix the algorithm that continues to push fake, paid accounts.
I get bacon for $5/pound pretty regularly.
😱 Just more evidence that pricing is regional. Thanks Prickster!! (All our taxes in this state just increased on absolutely everything, right down to my EV sticker cost, which is $100 more this year than last. Such an odd thing to punish those of us who they previously encouraged to save the planet by driving EV. 🤣)
I need to relocate to your neck of the woods. We eat about a pound of bacon every other day. 😂 nom nom nom
🤣🤣🤣 I always say, “and on the 8th day, God made bacon”. 🤭🤭🤭🤭. Sorry Lord, you know I’m just being silly. 🙏😄
Do you really think these manufactured numbers prove anything? You should see the rosy economic numbers coming out of China and Russia🙈The real indicators are in the mountain of debt Americans are shouldering, the highest it has been in EVER. .
The amount of personal debt people have is by and large a matter of choices; this is an infuriating concept to lefties.
Certainly there are exceptions, but the vast majority of Americans' debt is consumer debt. And what's new in people's perceptions is they see hard times as "unfair" and look for someone else to blame.
As far as our national debt, I would challenge the average person to describe in what way that effects their daily life; they won't be able to tell you.
I AGREE!! My sister and her husband both worked and earned around the same as my husband. (I did not work most of the time while raising our children.) They had such debt she didn't know how we survived with one income. We were fine. Careful with spending but could afford modest vacations and things for our kids.
Not sure what numbers are “manufactured”. This is what I paid at the store two days ago. Period.
I am amazed at the amount of money people are paying as a car payment.
Car payments are a great example of the core problem. Two things have happened, first car manufacturere have added features, some mandated by govt (safety, emissions reqts) some by capitalistic strategies (power wdos, locks, RKE, fancy trim, full audio systems, etc). Second, we have bought into them, and the prices they command. My first new car 1978 Firebird had 3 speed stick, manual locks, windows, am/fm monaural radio, cost $2700. My recent Equinox cost $30k, but has power everything, wifi, bluetooth, multi speaker stereo, clean exhause, 30mpg...We don't "have" to get all the bennies, but we "want to", and car makers are happy to help.
The core is we want all the bennies. If we are in debt, then we should stifle those wants, buy basic transportation, used, "pre owned" or don't drive. Same applies to housing. Houses of yesteryear cost less partly because they contained less. One example: when my 30yo washer finally died, i didn't buy the $2k horizontal maxifeature washer, but another conventional for $350. It does have the low water option, a stainless tub, etc. But way less $$ and way less to go wrong.
Of course, all I just said is only part of the problem. A big chunk is inflation that the Fed tries to keep at "only" 2%. 2%/year compounded means everything will cost more every year even if nothing in them changes. While our government baseline diminishes our wealth every year, sometines Technology helps, electronics prices generally have reduced even with increased features. But even there we don't have to get the bennies. I paid $90 for last year's Samsung recently, not the $2k latest Iphone, and it does all I need it to do.
I just want to roll my car windows down when the car is off. Is that asking too much? 😂
@Susan- HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
People complain about the price of houses but would never consider a real starter home with 2/3 bedrooms and only one bathroom.
And don't forget what Obama's "Cash For Clunkers" program did to distort the used car market!! It took a whole lot of used cars out of circulation and made it more expensive and difficult to find a decent used car :/
Ahhh, they took the reliable cars you could fix yourself and replaced them with ones that have tech in them. All part of the scheme to heft us into a big pile of useless eaters with no way to be self reliant.
As far as cars go, those bennies are wildly overpriced in order to increase the margins on the vehicle. Plus now, car companies are advertising 60-72 mo payment schedules!
My first was a 4 yr old 68 Charger 440. It had power windows and an 8 track. I paid $1500 for it, but sold it when gas jumped to $0.60/gal lol
Yep! The last time we bought brand new and used financing was 2000. Every car since was paid with cash. We buy used, like new when possible. Sometimes we bought a 10-15 year old beater that was well maintained and what do you know! We got to where we needed to go! And it had all doors in tact too! We haven’t had a car payment since 2005. I stubbornly refuse. I’m too spoiled now being free of that kind of debt. If everybody did that I bet new car prices would plummet quickly. If you can’t afford it with cash, you need to look at older ones until you can. Save your money while you don’t have a payment so you can afford newer with cash next time. Instead of paying someone interest, and nearly 20-30% more on the price in the long run, earn interest on your own money instead.
All we carried for the past 20 years is a mortgage. Even that is starting to irk me and I’m looking for the exit to not have one at all.
God is pretty clear to be careful indebting ourselves to others. I didn’t listen when young. 😢 Oh to reach the young today to not make the same mistakes.
Oops, was a '68 Firebird!
Ok this we can agree. But … this is an OLD problem and not due to the present administration.
In the fall of 2000 we bought a brand new Honda Odyssey. We paid $32,000 for it and our monthly car payment was $589. My mortgage payment was $800. 🤨 Just using the same ratios of today’s mortgage payments to car payments, car payments should be a lot higher than they are. Overall they ARE way too high as the sale prices are extreme and unaffordable without debt.
Yeah, this has been a significant problem in the making for a very, very long time.
But sure it’s easy to make a snippet about it today as if it’s somehow Trump’s fault. Patience grasshopper, he’s made all the right moves to turn this monster around, but it doesn’t turn overnight the way some people demand before giving him credit.
not too long ago that would have been a mortgage payment. Car loans were always 3-5 years. Today it is 10, where more is paid in interest, than principal. Three cheers for capitalism!
If something is free, YOU are the product. Social media is almost entirely free, and the reason is simple. You are the product, and those seeking power are the consumers. All that's needed is a steady supply of people who shift their behaviors and actions based on crap they see on their phones.
We would all be better off without social media.
My husband says this. Nothing is free and if it appears to be free, you’re the product. Simple.
As i always add … TANSTAAFL. That was this week’s quote on the board for middle schoolers.
“There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”
Had to look it up. 🤣
Consistently, Mr. Galt speaks beautiful truth.
as opposed to what they once saw on TV🤣, where their choice was exactly 3 commercially owned channels.
They Will Bring the Photographs...
Hospital protocol victims and families are going to Washington for a historic first public roundtable devoted to what happened behind hospital walls:
https://betrayalprojectusa.substack.com/p/they-will-bring-the-photographs
"Senator Johnson’s COVID Hospital Protocols submission portal remains open through September 28. If you or someone you love experienced harmful hospital protocols, isolation, denied treatment, coercion, DNR pressure, forced ventilation, over-sedation, neglect, or the loss of basic patient rights, submit your account while the portal remains available.
Visit ronjohnson.senate.gov and select the COVID Hospital Protocols survey to place your story into the record.
September 28 is a deadline for the Senate portal, but it is not the deadline for truth. Betrayal Project USA accepts hospital protocol stories throughout the year. We document the experiences of survivors and families so names, evidence, and firsthand accounts are preserved and made visible. We do it in a way that not only tells your story but honors your loved ones legacy too.
You can share your story at betrayalprojectusa.org/share-your-story at any time."
Senator Ron Johnson also testified in the Canadian "Allison Inquiry."
He was in the first day of 4 days of testimonies of vaxx injured people.
Just thought you all would wanna know.
ICYMI:
https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/p/1131-allison-inquiry-day-1
Senator Ron Johnson's statements begin at 33:29.
The first day was 7 hours of statements and testimonies.
*Tips hat
Much Love
Thank You for this nudge to the C&C group about watching this important Congressional Hearing hosted by Senator Johnson. I’m sure this will be new information for a majority of the public. Thousands of Americans and their families suffered through these deadly Covid hospital protocols. It’s the same sad story over and over of how the hospitals treated their covid patients so cruelly and ineffectively. These horrendous government policies need to change how emergencies/ pandemics are handled in the future so this murderous brutality to citizens does not re-occur. We went to the hospital for help and all we got was harm.
If you have a story please enter it on Senator Ron Johnson’s website so that it is included in the Congressional Record.
This hurts my heart so deeply.
Great news. TY for posting this Kelly. Sounds like it may turn into our own Allison Inquiry.
Document the evil......this is what Dwight Eisenhower did after the Holocaust....and for the same, exact reason. And yet massive swaths of people, to date, deny it anyway.....even with photographic proof.
Doesn't mean it shouldn't be done, though.
Oh, thank you for this, and God bless Ron Johnson for putting this platform together for us so we can have our stories on record.
I wrote about this on my own 'Stack, but during lockdown, my mother was taken to the hospital with pneumonia. Her covid tests were negative. They dumped her in the covid wing anyways. No, I'm not in the mood for granting "amnesty", thank you for asking.
Non-eligible voters may or may not be a problem, but really stupid, uninformed voters are a much bigger problem
Agreed. As a former rural Oregonian, lots of illegal farm workers are getting drivers licenses and registering to vote. DMV employees are complicit, and nitpick actual citizens’ identification but not the « English as a second language « applicants that need their children to translate. Whatever number the Dems are scoffing at, add three zeros, enough to throw an election. If elections are not honest, those who actually pay taxes will quit funding the corruption evident in all social programs.
They nitpick actual citizens to give the false impression that they are following the law and doing their jobs
Neither vote counts anyway. All are manipulated. It's an illusion to scare the proles. Vote harder.
So everything really is fake and gay… I knew it!! 😂
Literally spit my coffee on this one. Jeff missed the best headline title today. It should have been “FAKE and GAY” 😂😂😂
We didn't do it, and even if we did, it wasn't wrong, and even if it was wrong, we won't do it again.
Well, we only did that because you were right for the wrong reasons!
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I was asleep in my office when it happened.
At least you weren't asleep at the wheel!
And even if we did it, there was no law against it when we did it and if there was a law it was a bad law so we still were not wrong if we actually did it for which there is no evidence so we are innocent. ;-)
But you didn't pinky swear....SO.
A few years ago, under Biden, I had to go the local Social Security office. It was packed with foreigners. In the waiting area were a couple of large screens cycling through various bits of information. One view in the cycle contained information on registering to vote. Nothing wrong with that except it was in Spanish. I had plenty of time to sit and observe and I sat through several cycles on the screens. There was never an English version of the voter registration information, only Spanish. I'm sure it's nothing...rare and whatnot.
There is nothing new under the sun…When I was in 7th grade, a record company guy paid me in records (yes actual vinyl) to call in to radio stations and request certain songs. I would have to call repeatedly for hours. I racked up lots of albums.
Payola involved more than DJ's.
I remember doing that.....but it was because I wanted to hear the song and couldn't afford the record.....or the record player.
Not exactly related to today's column, but I know you'll find this interesting. A new experiment showed atoms don't contain light.
They ARE light.
That would mean God created the entire universe out of . . . light.
https://x.com/dr_logvinovich/status/2102776484419285164
And Yeshua IS that light!!!
Very cool!
Fiat lux... Let there be light.
The version I subscribe to says He created the light. And don't you just know there was a bang when it happened?
And the light overcomes the darkness
And if Jesus is the light of the world, is He also in the atoms? A new meaning to “I am with you always”
"God created the entire universe out of ...light"
Wouldn't that make the universe a...hologram?
That would mean God created the entire universe out of . . . "consciousness".
This gives the phrase “under the influence” a whole new meaning.
So many good zingers today! 😂👍
THIS is the kick in the pants I need to spend time more wisely, trading social media with time in God's word. That is a far better way to 'get ready' so that I can 'stay ready' for whatever comes.
And it will come, ready or not!
Truly! I closed my FB account years ago, right after they froze the account of our sitting president. Saved my peace through cov1d and political seasons. Don't miss it. 😁
This blog is as far as I go towards "Social Media." It's a great opening to the day.
I have a sibling who spends HOURS on social media. I get all kinds of stupid garbage and a few very funny things like a Chihuahua and a Pug (see my icon photo) dancing aboard a cruise ship. THAT made me LOL!
ok now estimate how many non-citizens DID NOT self-declare?
On the economy, perception is reality or biblically "as a man thinketh in his heart so is he" and the devil is really good at telling us what we think about everything. Great work Jeff to everyone else, "all is well" unless you don't believe so!
Agree. Minimum 30 k IS significant noting number of votes deciding elections. Ammunition provided to move truing up the vote issue is now in the public arena to reference.
30k is a lot of hanging chads!