Trump caps tariffs; markets surge; China buckles; Main Street wins; exec orders fly; water rules flushed; censors probed; traitors named; courts back Trump; GOP targets rogue judges; and more.
Why are there so many Eyores commenting in the last few days? Do you think God saved our great President from an assassin’s bullet only to have him crash and burn? Oh ye of little faith……
I post Jeff's C&C everywhere. Begging them to come get educated, informed, able to think on their own and break free from the anti-American globalists, their uniparty operatives and deep state institutional democracy.
We have to educate them and I can't think of a better way than to give them a dose of C&C - its not a vaccine, it really works and won't injure or kill you!
I realize this means we will hear from some of them on here as they struggle to come to grips with reality. But the folks on here are smart, when the loons spout off, we hammer them with more reality, don't be afraid to pile on with a dose of reality. It is good for them and demonstrates the vast majority of regular Americans get it.
Don't be shy about going to battle against these pathetic human beings. Their intellect is only as deep as the talking points they've been issued.
I'm careful about where I share C&C. My reasons for that care:
1. Jeff's posts would be wasted on radical leftists, except that they provide insights into Trump's strategies. Sure, anybody could look up the posts for themselves, but I'm not going to hand the [possible] conservative playbook to the other team.
2. I've spent too many minutes in my life trying to talk sense into people who aren't ready to embrace it. If I think someone is ready for a wider understanding, I will toss some tidbits their way and see if they ask for more. If not, I look for someone else.
3. I want to protect Jeff from needless attacks from the left. The fewer on the enemy team who are aware of him, the less of a target he is.
My Substack home page is filled with liberal newsletters! I was shocked to see it a few days ago. What a pile of trash! So YES Substack is shadow-banning C&C.
I understand your position but I emphatically disagree. If we don't take the time to educate them, we can continue on the path of resentment, hate and division.
And again, we should not stand by while one person takes a loon on. When you see it, engage.
I want the left to see we aren't lunatics and there is a place where they can gain information they urgently need to realize how they have been badly misinformed. If we stay in our info silos they will never get it.
Dan, I started trying with one person about 4 years ago who was a NYT, NPR, PBS, BBC, Mother Jones. Still the same. Talk about staying in a lane or is it a tunnel?
I agree, its unfortunate they are so brain warped, but, I also think many independents and liberals who haven't totally lost their minds are reachable and especially with information that is packaged as Jeff does it. I mean it is quite difficult to assail his information. I wish it was as easy as saying they just need to grow up and mature/age a bit, they will see the light... but heck some of the very worst are the oldest in the group. I'm now thinking the younger ones are the reachable ones.
Believe me I tried. I am now morally corrupt. I know some people can be swayed but she is one that will NEVER sway. She cares about climate change and abortion and is a "scientist" and her husband is in aerospace and a "genius"(he does test as one) so there is no changing. She has held grandchildren against me so I have to stay in my lane. Sadly.
I get it Colleen. You are in a very difficult situation. Do not ever allow her to define you a morally corrupt, you should (IMHO) push back hard on that. Push back on anything she says or does which is not provable in fact. Remember, your "lane", no matter the situation is to love and advise/instruct your child. You are her mother, not her friend - there's a big difference. For me, it would be an easy choice, but Im a man. I'd cut ties until or if she can become less of a delusional, indoctrinated fool. She probably went to school(s) where she was taught to hate her parents and love abortion and climate change. If she thinks murdering unborn children is okay, she is deeply indoctrinate. If she thinks climate change is real, she is deeply indoctrinated. And to her "genius" husband, if he agrees with her on either or both of those issues, he is not a genius, at all.
Dan, I want to agree with you, but all of my recent experiences tell me that some people are just not willing to have their minds changed.
I live near the coast in deep-blue Northern California. The majority of the friendships I've made over the past twenty years have been with actors, directors, technical people involved in community theater. This group is the most dramatically-deranged group of leftists you can imagine.
As an example, a few days ago a talented director with whom I've put on some great shows responded to a post I put up on FB about Tesla-burning (yes, I was trolling.. a bit) with the following. Note she's reacting here to the tariffs Trump enacted last weekend, and the stock market dip that happened Monday:
"Fuck the US citizens. burn down the country. $2 trillion lost today as the markets crash due to idiotic tariffs on every country but Russia. Biggest peacetime tax in the history of the former United States. Who give a rats ass about Tesla." [sic]
I haven't even responded to this - so far, I've chosen to let it stand for everybody to see it, although I doubt most of them would disagree with her much. Maybe I'll take a picture of her words and create a new post about it. But she's not even the most stupid or radical person in my circle of "friends" - most of them are salivating over every move Trump makes on a daily basis, posting poisonous screeds and re-posting the worst the left media has to offer.
These people are addicted to Trump/Musk hatred, and no matter how many reasonable, logical points I make in response, they're quick to label me as MAGA or an extremist or fascist (in the worst cases - few have called me that to my face).
The worst part of this is that they're mostly "smart" people. I don't spend much time hanging out with dummies, and I don't suffer fools gladly. Up until the Trump/Biden/Trump era, we all got along just fine. I held my tongue throughout most of it, until Trump's assassination attempt in July. I've been pretty vocal about the lack of "democracy" being exhibited by a party that purports to identify with saving "democracy". I think they're actually more about saving bureaucracy and certain democrats than the principle itself..
So I will sum up that in my experience, some are just never going to "get it".
Sorry for my late response. I agree, some will not get it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't "stand your ground" and state your case. You say they are "smart", have they convinced you their position is ethical, moral, based on fact rather than how they feel? Maybe in public they wont "hear you" but in private? The country is terribly divided, which is just the way the politicians want it to be. If we are divided then the Constitution hating globalists and their politicians and deep state will use that to their advantage every time. Part of it is on us, for failing to push back for literally decades while they solidified their hold on every institution and with them the power and wealth. They are not going to simply roll over and give that up. We are now in an existential fight for the country, by the grace of God, we got President Trump back in office. He is doing great things and because of it, they are fighting back ferociously. We have to be equally ferocious, perhaps more so because they have had their way for so long.
If we are going to use metaphors, I would prefer to think @POTUS is on an ice rink, like the one he built in NYC, on time and below budget.
Now he is carving exquisite lines, doing triple toe loops and hamel camels all over the corrupt who couldn't get it done and had no problem bilking everyone while they failed, and projecting their failures on everyone else.
Or maybe a Gretzky hat trick on a determined but ultimately incapable group of defenders?
Years ago in the first DJT term I ran across a video of Donald Trump in a hearing in NYC, sometime in the 1980s I think, that he attended because he was frustrated with the delays and overruns of the construction of a UN headquarters building there. I’ll never forget hearing him say that he would bring in his teams of contractors and get it done and done right. To the UN execs present he said, “You need to go back to keeping peace around the world.” Stay in the lane indeed!!
He is more like the Great Bobby Ore, Boston Bruins defenseman. He goes behind his own net, looks at all the players on the ice, takes a deep breath and then like a speeding freight train, charges down the length of the rink and "Scores!"
Stay Prayed Up! God needs to be the center of our country. That is what truly will make it great again (along with a healthy heaping spoonful of our President!)
I also share C&C in the hopes it might open at least a mind or more.
I belong to a terrific community on Locals. I was delighted to find a long time supporter of C&C in that community by virtue of her posting links to Jeff’s Substack.
The hardest audience to reach is on Facebook. 🧐😂 I still try.
Oh, sorry: Locals is a platform unto itself it teams with Rumble as free speech alternatives to others like Facebook and YouTube. The specific community is VivaBarnesLaw.Locals.com This is one of many communities on Locals. Two attorneys, one now an “escapee” from Canada, who goes by VivaFrei about everywhere and an American, Robert Barnes teamed up there. The draw for me is a Sunday evening live stream. DJT, Jr’s community was very lively before the election. He interacted with us often. General Flynn, Glen Greenwald, Alan Dershowitz and others are on this platform also.
I see Substack, Locals and X as where to be to be informed about what is really going on. C&C is my very favorite column. I follow a lot of people that I find credible and interesting on Spotify, X, Locals, Substack, Rumble and a few on Truth (DJT). I am an info junky. Really appreciate what Jeff does to provide the best insight so concisely with great wit.
Well said. Jeff always gives good reasons to back up his optimistic takes. He also notes when something has gone badly or just not our way, but tempers that with the big picture of more wins than losses. In addition, having faith that things will get better is a much more productive place to be than to always be shrieking that the sky is falling or constantly glum with an ever-present sense of foreboding. That kind of hysterical or morose view hinders action imo. It makes people hunker down in survival mode rather than actually doing something to help improve the situation or the chances of success.
That should be true, and I need to constantly ground myself in this truth. However, we are fed a steady diet of negativity by the msm, no matter what side you fall on. If the msm was optimism, people would feel good and find better outlets than sitting in front of some kind of electronic. Mind controlling msm is very addictive.
True! And in our Bible Study class this morning (on the book of Esther), we were all reminded that when things are going GREAT - (as they are now!!) - this is the time to think of those less fortunate than ourselves and to lend a hand where we are able.
Agreed...but Jeff is wrong about one thing. The Executive Order relating to Christopher Krebs is much better than the one addressing Miles Taylor. (Yeah...I admit it's a "new rope" complaint.)
It's my view of the egregiousness of the conduct. I am not aware of everything alleged against Miles Taylor; but my understanding is that he worked clandestinely against an administration he opposed and then wrote a book about it. That is bad. But the suppression of American speech by a taxpayer-funded functionary is much, much worse. I still see red!
I agree 100%! Jeff Childers has his finger on the pulse of our nation. I personally am extremely grateful for his efforts to educate & inform people who pursue the truth in a culture drowning in deception, thanks to mainstream media! 🙏
Whenever I get into one of my moods where I’m interested in the news I always read C&C because of the well informed optimism (it keeps me optimistic even when I’m not exactly feeling it)
I blocked the worst so I don’t see any of them anymore. 🤣 The comment section for me is back to how it was before: enjoyable.
I don’t mind a thoughtful and respectful dissenter, and I keep those in view, but that wasn’t what I was seeing from the majority of them who chose to be manipulative with their words, seeking only to deceive and divide.
I think some people are still used to good things being robbed from them so often that they don’t allow themselves to believe what Jeff is saying. They live in defense mode and constantly wait for the next disappointment. That cycle isn’t going to be broken in the first 100 days 😂 Nobody wants to let their guard down after the psychotic, deranged and turbulent Biden years.
Hey Juju - I saw you on Twitter a few days ago and thought to myself, "Wow! A friend!"
I avoid listening to the ignorant myself. I mean how did this Ghetto Mouth Crockett get elected? Her foul mouth and racist comments are an embarrassment to her own constituents.
And besides, they are a broken record. We already know what they are going to say.
Really? Omg, that’s cool! You sure it was me??? Why didn’t you say hi? LOL
It’s surprising because I try to keep a completely unconnected identity across the internet. 😆 I never have links to any of my accounts within my accounts - not the way most people do. I’m fully anonymous, so it’s surprising anyone randomly finds me.
DM me with your account info and I’ll follow you 😊
Didn’t some guy comment he was in love (figuratively of course) unless Vee was a guy, and then Vee wrote back that he was a guy, some joking ensued. I really don’t remember for sure either, I was on vacation and everything was a blur! 🤣 This was probably all in Jenna’s substack comments in the last week or two.
Just to give the benefit of doubt for a moment (and yes there are some bad actors), many people are impatient - rightfully so - and also fear that there is limited time to act ("but the midterms!!"). Some people are pessimists by nature.
We should realize the current situation is complicated and will take several strategies and approaches to gain successes. Wars are not won by winning 100% of battles.
In addition the "one step back, two steps forward" reality requirement drives certain folks crazy. Trump is playing a long game with a thought out set of strategies.
But look at Dems, they can't help but keep doubling, tripling, quadrupling down. They will go down with the ship (at least most of them, Nancy will find a lifeboat).
the one thing I keep trying to remind my FB people of is that LEGAL CASES TAKE TIME TO PREPARE PROPERLY. if all i's are not dotted and t's crossed. the libs will tear it apart and use the opportunity to pretend that we are just vindictive. we cannot afford to be painted that way. Jeff is correct. PATIENCE GRASSHOPPER!
although I am easily the LEAST PATIENT person on the planet, good sense must prevail here. the stakes are too high.
I use the same expression with my son - Patience Grasshopper. We invest in the market together. He has been getting excited lately. With the downward turn, he was very upset… so I made him invest some of my money. On Monday I said it to him again and gave him more money to invest. So glad I didn’t wait. He actually contacted me yesterday morning that he made 4K off a contract and invested the money. He is slowly coming over to this side. He is PHD student who knows everything… he is getting schooled by his mom :-)
I have no problem with people dissenting from something Jeff posits. I think it makes things more interesting. A lot of the time when someone disagrees with one of Jeff's points, and gives good reason, I follow up and they are correct. I love this column and appreciate Jeff's work, but that doesn't mean he's infallible. His column is opinion, and I welcome other opinions - and so does he, or he wouldn't have a comments section. Valerie saying that "they're not our people" sounds cultish.
Yes, I do like hearing both sides of an issue. No echo chambers for me. That's for the left, I am strong enough in my convictions that I can stand against a different opinion. Like you, I research and can change my mind after careful consideration and discernment.
I have no problem with that either but a lot of the dissenting lately seems to have devolved into name calling and vague, unfounded accusations. Reasoned arguments with solid logic make for a thought provoking and interesting comment section. But that can be sadly lacking with some posters.
As Jeff said, "The bottom line is: we need to get comfortable not knowing all the details. We’re learning about the plan as it unfolds. It won’t be smooth." Just like with God, we don't know all the details but will learn as time and the plan unfolds. Patience is a virtue and it is obvious as never before in politics. You are AMAZING President Trump along with your admin. The sun shineS brighter, the grass is greener, more birds are chirping, the farm animals frolicking, children laughing and our America smiling (except for the Debbie Downers but that is their personal problem). HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!!!!
If people here don't appreciate different perspectives , especially from well meaning readers, and a little humor ( even if directed at Jeff) ...... then they are coming here just to be another closed-minded club .
Maybe some people are not fans of the religious aspect on this site..... but accept it as part of the diversity of people. I would hope that the many bright minds here can tolerate or even appreciate different personalites and life experiences of other critical thinkers.
"Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall."
There were priorities - close the border, stop and identify fraud in the government, working on the debt crisis now- on and on it goes. So Oswald didn't shoot JFK and Hitler didn't die in a bunker. And Mossad has some answering to do. And the NWO doesn't stand for New World Order- can you guess what the N really stands for? And I've seen where 80% may not be released to the public because it's so dark. People will not be able to accept it. Lot of fragile people in the world and IMO it's because they don't believe in God. Satan controls this earth and we know he is evil. Or most do. April 30, 2025 will be 100 days of Trump 2.0 and I suggest the armchair quarterbacks chill out and looking at stock prices on a daily or God forbid hourly basis, is not a way to chill. Like Trump I have zero fucks for the naysayers and the glass half empty retards. Have a good one Kiddo.
they all think we are headed for a mass surveillance society. (may be true) and that Trump et al and Maga are a stalking horse. its worth reading and being aware of...
The still alive assassin (Ryan Routh) is being charged w/ attempted murder and terrorism. Buy yeah, the Crooks case is getting memory holed, and that should not be.
"Now time grows short. History will not allow the people of Shem additional centuries, or even decades, to come to their senses and realize what is going on. Just as they have been victims of massacres and genocides for centuries, the people of Shem now face the determination of the Canaanites to exterminate them utterly and finally. a goal they hope to achieve by the end of the millenium." The Curse of Canaan.... Eustace Mullins 1987
"Now time grows short. History will not allow the people of Shem additional centuries, or even decades, to come to their senses and realize what is going on. Just as they have been victims of massacres and genocides for centuries, the people of Shem now face the determination of the Canaanites to exterminate them utterly and finally. a goal they hope to achieve by the end of the millenium." The Curse of Canaan.... Eustace Mullins 1987
In my Bible study today, I was reading in Exodus when the people began to grumble about bitter water in the wilderness just 3 days after God parting the sea for them! God made the water sweet and then shortly after that, they started grumbling about lacking food. I was struck by how easily we forget what God did and start to focus on the problems rather than trust God with the process.
Cheer-leading for Trump is fine and I support most of what he is doing too...
But let's not act like lemmings, eh?
Trump's unconditional support of the mass-murder and land thefts in Gaza by the rabid Zionists is appalling. His attempts to bully Putin into submission are laughable...
Trump's tariffs, and reversal, to some may be "4D Chess"... to others, the fact is the bond market was about to collapse and another 2008-style financial crisis loomed... so he HAD to back off... and BTW... the DOW is DOWN around 1200 points as I write...
How about we don't attack people with legit opinions that may differ from others?
"Another false media narrative that got destroyed was the claim that Trump panicked and paused the tariffs because the bond market was “collapsing.” In fact, on Wednesday morning, the US Treasury held its auction of 10-year bonds, and there was overwhelming demand by investors, including foreign central banks. This was BEFORE he announced the tariff pause.
Apparently you are unaware that Gaza land was Israel's and that Israelis lived there along with Arabs until the Israeli government pulled them all out and allowed the Arabs to be self governing. Instead of taking the billions given to them and creating a nice place to live they constructed tunnels and acquired weapons to attack and kill Israelis, and kidnap mostly women children and old men, many of whom are still being held in appalling conditions. Israel really has no choice but to take back control unless they want another 10-7 to occur.
you really need to read up on the history of Israel's thuggish leadership starting wiith the Irgun and the Stern gang and read up on the Nakba. this is a disgusting creation of the British Imperialists, Zionists, and not in anyone's interests but the GLOBALISTS. know your enemy.
Just one comment -- when the land was partitioned (and the British actually supported the Arabs, BTW) it was the Arab leaders who told the other Arabs to leave Israel, and that after Israel was defeated, they would be able to come back. The Arabs who did not take their advice stayed and were treated as Israeli citizens along with the Jews. There was no Nakba except what they created for themselves.
it was NEVER Israel's land. at least not these Israelis who are the descendants of Khazarians as opposed to the Palestinians who re SEMITES< and the rightful descendants of Jesus' followers. this is why no DNA TESTS are allowed in Israel.
these are a bunch of genocidal thugs. period. I REALLY hope Trump has a plan on this one. because its splitting us wide open.
It is you that is so massively uninformed... Go back further, before the vile "Balfour Declaration" and the UN's PARTITION of PALESTINE. Palestinians owned all of what is now Israel... politics and the 'holocaust' lie/scam created the poisonous state of Israel by the UN.
Since then, Israel has operated as an APARTHEID state... brutalizing Palestinians and treating them like animals.
The OCT 7 attacks were a False Flag, known and preventable well in advance by the IDF... Israeli media Haaretz admits this. The Palestinians have fought back... wouldn't you?
Women and kids? Israel has murdered at least 50,000 women and kids in Gaza... tons of rape and kids were often targeted by IDF snipers. White phosphorous was used against Gaza civilians.
Palestine, at the time of the partition, was principally Jewish. Go back and look at the Palestinian flag from the 1920's.
As to where the Arabs came from, most of them came from Egypt. If you read Mark Twain, you will find that the land was desolate with very few people living there. Only after the Jews came and the land came alive, did the Arabs also come, since there was work for them. The first Arab to call himself a Palestinian was Yasser Arafat, who was clearly an Egyptian.
And even the Arabs have now admitted that the numbers of civilians killed was grossly exaggerated. At least 2/3 to 3/4 of those killed were men of fighting age -- e.g. Hamas. And the only reason civilians were killed is because Hamas hid among them and used them as shields.
China holds a card they have been slow playing. If they fold and cash in - it will cause a financial challenge. In 2013, China held ~ $1.3 trillion in US Treasuries (a high water mark). As of Jan 1, 2025 it was down to $760 billion. If this $760B were to be liquidated all of a sudden then markets across the world would be damaged.
Yes, it will be fine in the long run, but it will roil markets in the medium to short term. Japan, UK, Canada and Luxembourg are the other major holders of US Treasuries.
We came from a link from National Review. Pretty much a “you won’t believe these people actually exist, but here they are”. I thought the Left just made you cultists up, but nope, here you are.
I just wished he hadn't got into a tuxedo then announce that because of his tariffs the world is coming to him anxious to "kiss my a**." Oh well, nobody thought he was a choir boy anyway. Great move lowering the tariffs for 90 days and I hope many of you bought into Tessla which I encouraged you to do before the big stock boom yesterday.
Hopefully people will wake up but it's been 3 years people! I've got two sons and lots of extended family that have yet to change anything. They just accept the facts and listen to the news and believe what they want to believe. Just hard-headed there's no prayers. There's no you know. Look into no conversation!
This is why God's having me change My people and playmates! It's a great ... AA saying You got to change your old friends and old places to play because they don't. Do you any good! They just tear you down and lead you right back to alcohol! So my covid phrases now drop them if they haven't changed yet. Because I need to live I cannot be tormented by people. He will not at least have a conversation! I do this out of love but I do it out of love for myself! So I too skip the negative about Jeff cuz I love Jeff. I praise God for Jeff! Thank you. Thank you Jeff. This is great news. It's keeping I mean my sanity! Yes Jeff I will send you a bill soon. I can't join the yearly thing yet, but I can certainly buy you a coffee! God bless you. God bless everyone here that's given us such great information you see in C &C army are God's gift to me! Jeff included!, 🎁🙌👑🙌🌺🩷🦋🔥
Dishwashers next! I often have to reset my 1200.00 (spying on me-Lol!) dishwasher multiple times to get dishes clean! Deeply annoying! I miss my old Kenmore that actually got my dishes clean and was probably 20 years old...And didn't communicate with my cell phone!🙄
It’s ridiculous that everything is tied into cell phones. I want old school back where you have buttons to push and it actually works. Not giving the ability for someone to control it from afar…
Still have one hard-line Princess phone for emergencies because of no cell service. Rotary phones were artistically appealing. Cell phones have the appeal of a block of wood.
I had to go to a “touch tone” Princess phone just because of that. Ah, the French phones were beautiful! I just hope they don’t come up with telepathic communication where people can hack my thoughts! Digital has destroyed the music industry.
I do like that IKEA sheets and duvet covers have “wash in hot water” on their labels, even though they’re inexpensive products. They stand up to proper washing.
I'm a cheapskate in a lot of things, but I look around for the all cotton sheets. You can dry them on the hot setting and not get the pilling you do with polyester and poly mixes.
Mike Lindell (My Pillow) has some all cotton sheets that are pretty reasonably priced - $50 or so for a queen set.
Luckily, I still fit in clothes from 20 years ago and kept them all. Only have to do wash twice monthly as I have so many over that period of time! Lower water bills for me thank goodness.
We never had a dishwasher growing up (Bro and I were the dishwashers!).
And I've never owned one in my entire 58 years. I actually don't mind washing them. I find it relaxing while I clean and soften my hands and I gaze out the kitchen window watching nature. Old School! :)
I do that too! But only because the current dishwasher is dead and serves as an in cabinet (inconvenient) drying rack. Been that way darn near a year and will only replace once new ones sans crappy regs become available.
It’s convenient to use the dishwasher rack if I have a large gathering and I serve them on my mother’s china which can’t be washed in the dishwasher. The racks allow me to get everything washed and then I can dry and put it all away. It’s a real time saver.
My dad had an old washer that actually filled the tub with lots of water and washed a load of clothes in 25 minutes, and actually rinsed the clothes removing soap residue. I told my sister “that’s a keeper!” My LG takes 55 minutes and barely uses any water. One wonders how we have clean clothes.
Yeah I mean any idiot can fix the shower head problem. Drill baby drill. The dishwashers and washing machines? No clue how to fix that. Sometimes some of my clothes are still dry from the washer (the husband does 2 extra rinses to fix this HOW DOES THAT SAVE WATER?). And don’t get me started on the fancy drying rack next to the sink.
Also, my ice maker stopped working on my years old white Westinghouse fridge. I don’t want a new fridge. So I bought ice cube trays. problem solved. My husband keeps trying to get me to buy a new fridge. I keep making more ice cubes. 🤣
I tried to get an old fashioned basic model, but it still portions out water drips at a time, and never gets the water level high enough, even when I set it on "deep water wash." It doesn't save water OR electricity because now I do twice as many loads - that means it wastes my time, too!
For sure. One of my "young-man tests" was that he be a tool-user. One of my father's fine qualities which I wanted in a husband. And all that young man asked for was cookies and babies.
I replaced my 20 year old Kenmore washer and dryer with Speed Queen last year. I'm pretty sure they will out live me. The washer does have an "Eco" option which I do NOT use. It was their way of complying with Obama regulations, but still giving customers the right to choose!
I did not know that. I agree I never use the eco setting. My only gripe about it is that the water doesn’t start until you close the lid. I always liked pouring in the detergent and then rinsing the cap.
you can let the washer fill for a bit then lift the lid to pour in detergent and rinse the cap in the drum then close and hit pause button to restart the filling.
We’re building a house… I may have to get that brand. I have decided to switch to top load washer. Have read they don’t get as musty smelling as front loads.
I much prefer top load. It's all I've ever had. One of my daughters has a Samsung front load and it's awful. Mold and mildew all around the washer door. She has to leave the door open which is very inconvenient.
We found an appliance reconditioner who had a warehouse of old washers and dryers, stoves and such. He would take apart and clean every piece, nut and screw, replace parts and put it back together. We bought an old style washer and dryer years ago and they are still going fine. They are in the basement so we don’t care what they look like.
I had a 29-year-old washing machine that my husband had repaired twice, with the help of YouTube videos, for a total cost of less than $30. We moved cross-country and left the appliances. The one appliance I wish we had brought with us is the washing machine.
We had an old fashioned barn fan which when put in a window, would suck cooler air through the house like a jet engine. It was over 60 years old. It gave up a couple of years ago. You can’t find anything like these anymore. We put it out on the curb and I was outside when this young man picked it up. Said he liked to fix things. I expressed my sadness it didn’t work anymore. He asked that he could bring it back if he got it working. I said yes. Well, one day he brought it back and hubby was outside. The man offered it back (I suppose with some small cost) but hubby refused it. I have not forgiven hubby yet.
They make whole house fans. We had one installed in our house in the attic and it changed out the air in the house and we used it instead of an air conditioner.
Yes, absolutely. The action and the amount of water does so much better to actually clean the clothes than those newfangled machines without the auger/agitator and an inch of water. We had a Whirlpool like that previously and it was next to worthless. Speed Queen is the best!
My new washer, less then one year old, has had to have two service calls. The spin cycle goes on forever, and my laundry room is shaking. Finally got through to a Maytag rep, and she told me to keep the setting on “bulky” and to select extra rinse cycles. Apparently, that’s the only way to get enough water in the basin.
Buy a kitchen aide. Still the best on the market. Whirlpool didn’t destroy the good engineering of them. You might have an issue with other things causing your problem. From a guy that was a kitchen aide tech for a number of years. All manner of machines repaired,from labs to your dishwasher.
Wow. This is some good info. I’ve been in the market to get a new washing machine, but have been a bit frozen on choosing one because I’ve heard of the issues. Good to hear some first-hand experience!
Buy Speed Queen top loaders. They work fabulously well, better than our ancient Whirlpool toploader. There are options for hot water, double rinse, and deep fill.
Yeah and release us from Newsom’s oppressive water restrictions. And put in reservoirs to gather water when we get good rains instead of sending it out to sea.
100% agreement he has to get it done in two years. If the mid-terms don't turn out well, he'll be handcuffed his last two years, and there will be zero chance any of these positives will become law.
I'm signing up to help collect signatures in CA to demand Voter ID.... Anyone else in California willing and able to help rather than just bash our state???
As I was informed by one of the team, Trumps team is 4 or 5 deep in all areas. There are a lot of combat vets who know how to play the long game and keep the cards close to the chest.
Agreed. I’ve said it before, but being black-pilled is the easiest, laziest road. It takes no effort at all to find fault with everything. Also, it’s not good for your mental health.
It wouldn't be a shack to learn many are being compensated to worm their way into the comments. At first I ignored them but now, when I read their stuff I realize how definitely twisted they are; it's funny.
Little termites trying to nibble away our structure. This army is pretty good at pest control. i.e. Benny nn ?? It is hilarious to see them try soooo hard… naughty lil vermin! C&C Strong 💪 😉
Are you asking me if I'm paranoid? I'm afraid I'm not. I'm not sure what paranoia has to do with my statement. All I said was I wouldn't be shacked if they are compensated. Why would anyone be paranoid to consider such a possibility?
Of course, if people are being compensated they might be paranoid that people will find it out; but who cares if they are? Drivel is drivel be it bought or be it free.
I agree. It requires them to do nothing, and criticize everything. Critical thinking doesn’t mean just automatically criticizing *everything*, contrary to what some people seem to believe. I get the impression some think that knee-jerk contrariness equals intelligent analysis 😕
My dad would say if you have a problem, come with the solution. He was career military man… I learned it well and dis the same thing in my military career.
Negative and cynical people always think they’re smarter than everyone else. I avoid them. I look for balanced perspective. People who can see both positives and negatives. In the end, because there is God in this world, there is more goodness than bad. But Satan does exist…. But is often out of sight.
My own sister has taken the black pill as of late. I told her yesterday, "Quit black pilling. You're better than that " 😂 I was being serious though! Saying things like 'I feel like Trump is different this time around' etc etc. I told her to stop watching ConInc and the controlled opposition and she would feel better about things. Plus, I don't want to hear it!
My opinion from watching my black-pilled friends is that they tend to have a high level of free-floating anxiety and are looking for a place to put it, hence the black pilling and doom scrolling.
And it has to be an external thing, nothing they could possibly change themselves.
It is a reference to a scene in "The Matrix" where Neo, the main character, is offered a red pill by Morpheus. The red pill represents a choice to accept a painful but truthful reality over a blissful but false one. By swallowing the red pill, Neo can then see the Matrix for what it truly is—an artificial construct created by machines to enslave humanity.
I had to look the black pill up, and it is more recent, and represents a more fatalistic view on certain aspects of life, suggesting that no amount of effort can change predetermined outcomes.
The “pills” terminology seems to be most popular among gen X (my people) and millennials. Red= coming to know the truth, Blue= remaining in the lie, Black= nihilistic, nothing can save us view of the future, White= nothing to see here, everything is rosy. I listen to younger millennials’ podcasts like Tim Pool and Matt Christiansen and they use these pill analogies most everyday.
I don’t understand the difference between the blue pilled and the white pilled then … is it that the blue doesn’t realize it’s a lie but the white does and continues to promote it?
I try to listen to what my young adult sons are listening to. Pool talks for multiple hours a day. His views have evolved over the years. For example, about 4 years ago he swore he would never have a family and today he is married with a daughter and is a big promoter of men starting families. But, sure, it is important to look out for wolves.
Hummm, maybe the blue staunchly supports the lie because they believe the current narrative, they believe the media and The Government. White is just clueless, plain and simple is their motto. The eternal optimist.
Think of blues as the liberals. They keep their heads in the sand because they don’t want to know the truth. The lie is the easy and less stress. White (are the white hats, I believe is the reference) are the people who know what is going on and adjusting as needed. To me, they are the ones fighting the battle so they just want you to relax and stay out of the way so they can get the job done.
Blue pill IMO is what we would call a Normie view. Not necessarily rosey and Pollyanna, just believing what they hear on the news and what the government tells them.
What I don’t care for from some of the younger podcasters is when they say, “Could you double click on that?” 😳 Are they double clicking a “mouse” in their brain to dive deeper into a topic? Too much. 😂
That's for those of us of a certain age. And I love the Hollywood references. Shall we have him give up historical references, gaming references, comedic references, all other references, Uncle Wiggly? This is Jeff's writing style, and it is a cut above many I read.
There are classic movie that every generation should watch. Most of the ones that Jeff references come from them. It helps that I’m about the same age as Jeff so grew up with the best ones :-)
Then you are missing out. It’s not all bad. It’s art and art is part of a balanced culture. You have to search, but there is good. But you seem like someone that doesn’t want to enjoy something?
@UncleWiggly, respectfully, you are attempting to tell a writer how to write. Unless you have been hired by the writer as an editor, while 100% entitled to your opinion, it likely doesn't have any weight with the writer. You are free to repeat suggestions often, just don't expect a writer to change style based on reader's taste. It's more like, take it or leave it. Friendly input from decades in the biz.
It’s been at least twenty years since I watched the matrix with my then teenagers. I want to rewatch it since Jeff has referenced it many times. I actually loved the movies.
It refers to the offer made to Neo, the hero of the movie The Matrix. The theme of the movie is a world in which everyone is kept sleeping and fed a dream of a waking reality that does not exist. A few people start to wake up and to help others awaken. At a key point in the movie, Neo is offered to choose one of two pills, a black one or a red one. He is told that if he chooses the black pill, he'll return to life as it was and just go on as before; if he chooses the red pill, he'll awaken and everything will change forever. He chooses red.
No. You have that wrong. The blue pill is the one that he can take to go back to sleep. Black pill isn’t mentioned. The black came about in 2010, maybe 2011, if you take the black pill, you become eyore. “ why bother,it’s all going to end up the same, resistance is futile” in his voice. It’s used here mostly to point to our friends that think pdt is just another taker, trying to capitalize on his popularity, and nothing will really change. They would be the demoralized.
And then there's the white pill, which Michael Malice presents as the rational optimism that notes evil will eventually be exposed, stupidity will eventually fail, and there is no reason to take the black pill!
This is a FB post from a friend of mine who ministers in China.
🇺🇸🙏🇨🇳 Concerning the situation with China, we need to be praying. The most dangerous 🐕🦺 dog, is a dog backed into a corner that is 😱 afraid. I spent two months in China last year, and a month in Hong Kong. I’ve been ministering in mainland China for over 19 years. The economy is the worst there I have ever seen it. The amount of unemployed people, businesses that have closed, and empty shops is astonishing. There are at least 5 possible outcomes.
1: The communist party backs down, agrees to a trade deal with President Trump loosing “face”, and making themselves look weak.
2: The world experiences another
plan-demic that would not likely originate in China.
3: The communist party decides it has nothing to lose, and starts a military war. (Wars are very profitable in many cases, they create jobs, and can be a type of government stimulus.)
4: The communist party decides to keep “face”, stand against President Trump, allowing their economy to continue into a downward spiral, hold on to power, and become more like North Korea. (Seriously affecting Chinese Christians.)
5: The communist party falls, and another government possibly better, or possibly worse takes control.
🙏 Who is willing to pray? 🙏
(In Chinese culture, "face," or (面子) mianzi, signifies a person's reputation, dignity, and social standing, and maintaining it is highly valued, influencing social interactions, business practices, government, and military. The concept of "face" shapes how people communicate, negotiate, and build relationships. It's crucial in business, politics, and personal interactions.)
Revelation chapter 9? being served. I'm sorry for those ppl who have been suffering greatly in China for many decades. I'm sorry they didn't have a Constitution like ours and only a deep swamp but also a Christian underground. Praying that many many more hear Gods sWord. Thankful for those who have come to US and heard it in Bible studies.
God is The Sovereign of all nations. He is should His great work. He is the One we must trust!
I lived in Korea for 4 years. The idea of saving face is a principle part of their society too. It's a big and fundamental part of most oriental style societies. But what it also means is that western practices like ethics and sound business practices take a back seat to doing whatever one must do to "save face". So, for example stealing intellectual property is not seen as a bad thing, especially if acknowledging it would cause someone else to lose face, so it is accepted and becomes an acceptable business practice for getting ahead.
IMHO, the most likely outcome is 1 or maybe 5.
There are 1.4 BILLION Chinese living under the total tyranny and dictatorship of the Chynese Communist Party. They are known as the "Laobaixing" (老百姓). It refers to the common or ordinary people who are not a part of the communist party. If the CCP starts a war, they might find themselves facing a billion of their starved commoners too.
PRIDE. It's called PRIDE in English. It's universal in every man and woman and it's condemned by God. Fabulously when we confess our god ego to God and returns He gives us every reason to be proud rightly because He gives us all that we are and need forever. Pride becomes humility and humility delivers as a Child of The King of all Creation. That's the contradiction of God's sWord that naturally man cannot comprehend by his own knowledge.
Why do the common people not stand up to them and fight since there are more of them than the CCP? Many will die but you either live free or die anyway.
I asked myself the same question when everyone was lining up to get the shots especially when they were mandated...and then with the censorship and weaponization of the DOJ. Many were cheering it on or just passive about it.
Dan, you could say that about all of us. We may not be guilty of a crime per se but we all have sinned. And to some extent, are we not all indocrinated?
There is Living Evil among us and certainly the worst among us are dictators with no love for their citizens, God or morals. The CCP certainly fits in that category. I just watched a podcast with Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson. Did not even know who Alex was or what was done to him by our own govt and the courts. Unbelievable story of what mankind is capable of to hurt another. Those of us in faith need to strengthen our Spiritual Armor and stand strong. Keep praying that God will lead our country and stay with us through these battles.
Certainly since Bush (yes, GW really failed us) and Ovomit our freedoms have been massively under attack - in fact every aspect of our country has been under attack. When you sit down and look at what the globalists and their sycophants at Federal and State level did to President Trump during the 4 years after they stole the 2020 election, you should quickly realize the country and we the people are in dire straits. Don't forget the pLandemic was executed in an effort to steal power around the world (not just the USA) in order to force the CCP's model of global marxism on the world. It has worked in many places, especially in the shit hole we call Europe - perhaps because they are even farther divorced, intentionally from our Creator.
God put President Trump back in the White House - there is no doubt in my mind about that. Prayer! Prayer! Prayer! to Him that His Will be done and we be instruments of His Will. And 100% support of our President Fight!, Fight!, Fight! is the answer for us - we have much responsibility - we can't just sit back and read C&C, POTUS can not do it all on his own.
And so we have to take care of our business too and that means focusing our efforts at the county level and below where we have so much constitutional power. It astonishes me how many American's do not understand the Constitutional power the founders gave to us at County level and below. That's partially because our corrupt government reps have gone out of their way to remove our knowledge and use of it to keep them all reeled in and doing what they are supposed to do: Protect our natural rights and the Constitutions at Fed and State levels.
Damn well said Dan! I think the group here are fighters and at heart, good and moral people. Trump is the closet to bringing God back to our country. Biden and Obama, no way. This win was a gift so we need to stay laser focused on doing our part. I know myself and my family are doing ours as best we can.
I think there is a different mind set there…government control of everything. Independent thought highly discouraged. The memory of Mao and the cultural revolution is still very much alive I’m guessing.
I have been lately wondering whether the tariffs, and China's response, are God's plan, using DJT to destroy the CCP. That 70-year thing which I mentioned yesterday with the Romans--waiting 70 years after a conquering to do anything serious with territory--the USSR ran 1917-89. CCP from 1921--over a century now. It's about time.
I've been wondering about the same issues with China. I noticed, however, that Japan has similar cultural ideas about saving or losing face, yet I believe they have contacted Trump to work with him. I hope if China changes its tactics and capitulates, Trump won't crow too loudly about it, but . . . . 😅
I actually think Trump would find a way for Xi to "save face" and still get a good deal for the US. I don't know what that would be, but I can't imagine the team hasn't been game playing possible outcomes for months.
I would love for the CCP to fall and China to get its country back and create itself again. It has a beautiful culture underneath the greed that’s getting swallowed up by communism, or is nearly extinct. The people of China deserve to be their own country and begin to be their own culture again. I vote for #5 if I could vote…
Thank you for posting this as very informative and very important food for thought. It is ironic though, that the Chinese so called government worries about saving face and building relationships but they treat their citizens like crap and have so many human rights violations. They are a Godless govt who ultimately are weak. Anyone can have guns, military machines and nuclear weapons, all that does is kill. Any one can kill, that is not a novel threat or approach for control. What true courage and not losing face is about is the Golden Rule and keeping the commandments and utilizing restraint and patience. China has been and continues to lose face to most in the world, they just don't have the eyes to see it. And I believe that they would send forth another plandemic as they have no love for the human race or animals for that matter. They have already lost everything that counts in this world IMHO.
Lori, China wan't primarily behind the Plandemic. It was researched and developed, both the virus AND the vacvine (and the lipid nanoparticles, 3rd level killer) and patented BY OUR GOVERNMENT. China paricipated as a patsy to deflect and cover blame for the US.
They participated and so did we. All those involved need to see the bottomless pit of Hell. I have to disagree with the last part. China was involved and so was the Wuhan Lab.
I have never been to China, but have read much about their social structure . It seems very similar to India's caste system, but without definite labels. Its all about who gets to treat who badly. No golden rule here. The goal of most is to get to the point where they are allowed to treat others with less respect than they demand. It is a culture that seriously needs Jesus and his philosophy of humility.
The CCP have already lost face. They are monsters and no one respects them and I do not fear them for they have no power under God. Sure they can kill people, not a novel concept but ultimately they are gutless cowards.
Now get rid of the Biden rules designed to make HVAC more expensive for poor people. Systems cost a lot more and don't last half as long. Stupid, hateful Democrats.
You don’t want to know the recent epa stuff that hopefully Zeldin will reverse. I’ve got a 10 year old 3.5 ton system here, heat pump. It runs R410A. That’s the refrigerant. Now got this. The epa has come up with a new refrigerant that’s even MORE environmentally friendly than the last three, but it’s flammable! Flammable refrigerant. Like propane. So now, if you develop a leak in your a coil, you could feasibly burn down your house. Don’t let that get in the way of environmental protection! ( I’m sure there is a substantial kickback going on). Anyhow, I have a compressor got to crap, so my options are 1, do the job myself, about 1000 bucks, get ten more years. Also have a small leak I have to repair. Obviously small, r410a is a very small molecule. Hire my buddy, and let him do it. Call him over, he tells me this. Because of the cost of a complete condensing unit would be more cost effective, he recommends that. But I would have to find a used one. Unfortunately the epa mandate says you can’t just buy an “ old” 410a condensing unit, you have to replace the whole system. Not making that up. With, the new explosive refrigerant. Not making this up. 7to 8 k, because he’s a good friend. So I just bought six cheap ass Chinese mini splits ( we don’t make those) at 349.00 each, with old refrigerant, and installed them myself. Are you listening, Lee? I hope so! Another epa scam. “ it’s for the ozone layer”! And the children!
Electric Nazis in WA state force people to cook by electricity. No efficient natural gas water heaters or stoves and they shame you every month by charging a special tax if you choose natural gas.
While we're at it, let's eliminate the CAFE standards for personal vehicles too. Let individuals decide how economically they want to drive their car. We might also get some safer cars to drive.
"...Honestly, I can’t believe Trump has Congressional Democrats dying to talk about insider trading. Bring it."
YES, let's open that can of worms!! Without exception, every Congress-person should be audited for "insider trading" and influence peddling. They called for it! Pour it ON!!!!!!
I look forward to the MAGA sledgehammer to destroy our current healthcare system. I am skeptical the “market place” will make it in the furry of all the other wonderful transformations underway! But I remain hopeful and I am happy to let the man work! Appreciate you Jeff!
Real rich coming from those 2 about insider trading. Honestly all of them should not be able to trade PERIOD while in office and maybe 5 years after office. All of it is crap
Pelosi is actual around #10 for top stock traders in Congress. Many are actually names many have heard of. I was sad to see Crenshaw on that list. Prior to 2020, he was one of my favorites.
Unfortunately ......... the Republicans have been feeding at the same trough as well .
That is the problem with tackling ALL the abuses within the govt ! Trump would never be able to get anyone to give their vote for any of his initiatives to clean up the system .
That is why we are not hearing about the "big cleanups" of all the BIG agencies.. and Congress and the Senate.
Only thing we get is news of 10 migrants getting picked up, or a drug bust . Very depressing to think how corrupt and compromised the Swamp is.
I have been rooting for Trump for years , and never thought he would get close to being able to run , let alone elected . It is the depth of the dark state that is still very much unknown by most of his loyal followers, including on this forum.
I know that many supporters ( even Jeff, i believe) have tried to inform everyone that it will not be easy to accomplish what we want ( completely breaking down the evil that has been destroying the US .... and the world) . "don't let up on the peddle ! " they implore their readers.
Of course Trump and his team have given us renewed hope ...... but I do not ignore what Tulsi and Kash and RFKjr have said or written in the recent past before the election. Do your own research to get some others' opinions of why their actions are not now following their strong rhetoric of before.
hint : start with Candace Owens . there are others as well . Read what RFK just said about mRNA vaccines. Tell me why he would say what he did ( look at recent Measles message by him)
I am rooting for Trumps team , maybe even more than most here . Let's just get that clear. I AM "letting them work" . But when i make a comment regarding the
(still) large presence of bad people still in the govt. it is not to be negative. It is to report what I see .
I appreciate your comment. Having said that, you cannot see everything as you are not there in all the depts interacting with them day to day. I have said many things and then have done another so none of this or the players may be bad or negative. We will be just fine. The impossible can be done. It just takes looking to Jesus to know that.
i removed my post ....which had a link to some critical opinions , especially regarding RFK endorsing vaccine for Measles.
After discussing this with a good friend...... he has convinced me that some of these "tactics" which seem to be contrary to what they previously espoused are basically what is necessary at the time.
Sometimes I just want to see the blank blank world change at "warp speed " !
Things just got soooo damn messed up, and I truly believe we were just about at a point
BTW: I have commented before similar to your comment. I understand that the process of "winning" the fight against the DS is complicated and very difficult .
That is why I point out when things people say do not jive with what they do or say later . Just reporting. Not negative. Just watching.
Jeff Childers writes with a scalpel and cuts out the tumors in the main stream media that brings healing and health to a near “sick unto death” culture that we had become. May his incisive surgeries increase in influence and impact. Thank you, Jeff.
Honestly. I've always liked ironing, but late yesterday afternoon I could have ironed another ten shirts---because I watched, with delight, the White House goings-on while I moved the iron.
I learned to love the casual soft unpressed look of linen long sleeve shirts. So chic for casual wear. 🤣🤣🤣. I actually look for used ones in the resale shops.
My mom loved to iron when I was a kid. She’d put on Oprah or something and just watch and iron. Me? I specifically buy clothes that don’t have to be ironed.... that love definitely skipped me.
As kids, we would watch game shows and soap operas while ironing during summer vacation. I still remember the sound of that ironing board whipping open in the living room. During school the rule was we three girls had to iron our own clothes. Hence the last minute frenzy before the bus showed up at the end of the lane.
My husband still irons his cotton shirts, the nicer ones, before business trade shows. Otherwise he just wears ‘wash and wear’ shirts. I haven’t touched an iron for years! I admit, it is sort of nostalgic when he opens up the ironing board and sprays hot steam.
I remember a time when the damask cloth from Christmas dinner was ironed just in time for Easter dinner—but my mother had much more ironing to do than I ever have.
I am currently out of knitting projects! But through Jan-Mar I was knitting daily, which was an excuse to watch all of the exciting White House goings-on---esp that Friday when Vol.Zel. was "schooled" by our President and our Vice President.
You mean the ones that use more energy than we can produce under the limitations of gov that REALLY lasted YEARS instead of the ones that emit LEDs and flashing constantly? The ones that you could bake with? #EasyBake and create an outdoor oven out of a cardboard box and reduce air-conditioning expense? Vs the ones the Chinese produce? That old thing from 100 years ago?
I guess what I really like is the option to choose between incandescent and the other. The government should not pick winners & losers, and should not put one guy out of work because of the latest thing. Let the market decide🇺🇸
Lights: As part of my new budget, I have been using this traditional lighting system that not only costs less than modern lighting but also never seems to need replacing. In addition to the light capabilities, it serves as an awesome source of heat. Of course, it doesn't work at night, but I need the extra sleep anyway. It is basically a healthy alternative to most of my lighting needs.
In all seriousness, during the lockdown years, I would take my Bible outside to read while I got some sun, air, and exercise. One day as I was reading, walking, breathing, and tanning, I realized I wasn't wearing my readers. As it happens, the reading glasses are only necessary under low light conditions. The more you know.
Get a high-speed camera. All artificial lights flicker to some extent, even incandescent bulbs, because we use AC power, where the voltage goes to zero 120 times per second (60 Hz) or 100 times per second (in countries that have 50 Hz power). Quality LEDs actually flicker less than incandescent bulbs!
You prefer candles and lanterns? Light bulbs haven't been around for "centuries". Cities didn't even become electrified until the late 18th century and it took much longer for rural areas.
Except when our LED light fixture burned out, we couldn't replace a bulb, we had to buy a whole new fixture. And I have some relatives who get headaches from the LED lights.
Don't replace old replaceable-bulb fixtures with bulb-less LED fixtures. Instead, get high-quality LED replacement bulbs. Phillips Ultra-Definition is my recommendation. They're not cheap, but I have yet to need to replace one; they dim well, they do not flicker, and the light is basically indistinguishable from an old-school incandescent while using much less power.
If you want to know ‘why’, you need to learn for yourself. I’ve not the time nor the inclination to do it for you (I’m not your secretary). And if you don’t want to make the effort, that’s fine by me.
I’m with you. I hate the LED lights on cars that blind me, but at home, the more natural light LED’s are fine. Or is it an issue about the electromagnetic radiation in incandescent bulbs being better for you? If so, I could totally see that argument.
Valerie - the new blinding headlights on cars sure is awful. It’s as if they did not even consider how they affect oncoming drivers. Everyone I know complains about this- even young folks.
My husband got a newish car recently (this happens rarely in our family), and his car has LED lights and he hates it. They make a strong line of demarcation between bright light and pitch dark instead of a more general glow to a bigger area.
I've replaced plenty of LED bulbs. They don't last forever or even close to the advertised lifetimes. Even so I do like them. Where else can you get the same amount of light as a 200 watt incandescent for only 28 watts?
The near-infrared that they produce can be a benefit if you have no other exposure to it. However, if you spend any amount of time outdoors or have something like a fireplace, or heat lamp somewhere in your home, that becomes irrelevant.
I stopped using Amazon at some point last year because I was spending more time driving to the UPS Store to return items than I was sleeping. Everything is of extremely poor quality and, of course, MADE IN CHINA. Amazon should put "MADE IN _____" on every item description.
Why O Why is the federal government funding community indoctrination centers at all, let alone to this degree? Just found out the VA democrat controlled House and Senate voted to give UVa $194 million to build a new arts building (not engineering). UVa has a $14 billion endowment.
Looks like that continual incestuous relationship between Democrats and Universities. It seems that federal money under Democrats flows in a circular fashion. As the old saying goes, "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
Now if I could somehow get Libs of TikTok or whomever in DJT's krew is looking for DEI to take a look at these entities. Pretty sure they are recipients of tax dollars.
Looks like that continual incestuous relationship between Democrats and Universities. It seems that federal money under Democrats flows in a circular fashion. As the old saying goes, "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
Voting matters. The people of Virginia voted for Democrats … now, their taxes can go to UVa. I lived in Virginia for 12 years and hated how much state taxes I paid… especially on a military retirement that I did not serve in that state. Moved out as soon as I could.
Have lived in VA for 54 years. You will never get me to believe we have ever elected a democrat governor or senator, not the current majority in the House and senate. Can you say stolen selections?
Had to get a new shower head recently. Glad I followed the YouTube video to remove the restrictor otherwise there would always be soap in my extra-full head of hair. So happy Trump is fixing that. Maybe toilets will be next?
Woke Water: We live in the land of plenty when it comes to water. We fear no draught as we labor against flooding. Instead, we thank our merciful LORD for His promise to not destroy us with water again. Though as we wade to work some days, the Thomases among us raise a doubtful eyebrow to the sky which is only lowered by the rainbow that has all 7 colors.
Despite our perpetual waterlogged state (we even have water in our air!) the regulations, being federal, apply here as well. We could be California for all it matters. We still have to flush twice at a minimum, run the washing machines an extra time, and hire hackers to jailbreak our shower heads.
I suppose one of the positive but unintentional consequences is that we now add less fluoride to our ground water. Good, Bad, or Indifferent, Praise the Lord for everything.
My sister was nice enough to buy me a new washer two years ago when mine quit after 25 years. It's a GE from Home Depot. I love it. It actually has a dial to choose the water level: Low, Medium, High, Max, or Precise Fill.
Our next washing machine will be a Speed Queen. And we're keeping our new Woke dishwasher for one year, then buying a new one that actually washes dishes instead of saving water and electricity. God bless Trump.
True, they are. Mine does have knobs/dials for all the settings, and a row of lights across the top that indicate which settings are on, and which cycles are on.
Our show head is 30 years old. We replaced it and put it back because the new one had no pressure. We had no idea that they were outlawed until recently.
Back in January (?) I put shortcuts to whitehouse.gov and DOGE.gov on my machine. And I make a practice of reading each word of each EO /memorandum (a tough slog, but somebody's got to do it). I consider this primary source research. And watching the Oval Office press opportunities on YouTube--more primary research.n Thank you,dear Lord, for this transparent administration.
Speaking of transparency, it’s funny the crazy lefties are protesting Trump as if he’s a Hitlerian fascist (and Musk too). I’ve never seen in history any fascist/totalitarian be transparent, work towards limiting their government, return more power to the people, and shrink their spending… oh, and promote peace.
Like liberty and freedom… they think bio male “trannies” have the right to win sporting competitions against girls and watch girls shower and change in locker rooms. If you are against that, you are taking away freedoms … ugh
The videos of conservatives going to the anti Trump protests and asking the liberals what their signs mean is hilarious. Jordan Sather has some great coverage here on SS.
Why are there so many Eyores commenting in the last few days? Do you think God saved our great President from an assassin’s bullet only to have him crash and burn? Oh ye of little faith……
They’re not our people and I expect they’ll get bored and go away after a while. Regular readers of C&C love Jeff’s well-supported optimism.
I post Jeff's C&C everywhere. Begging them to come get educated, informed, able to think on their own and break free from the anti-American globalists, their uniparty operatives and deep state institutional democracy.
We have to educate them and I can't think of a better way than to give them a dose of C&C - its not a vaccine, it really works and won't injure or kill you!
I realize this means we will hear from some of them on here as they struggle to come to grips with reality. But the folks on here are smart, when the loons spout off, we hammer them with more reality, don't be afraid to pile on with a dose of reality. It is good for them and demonstrates the vast majority of regular Americans get it.
Don't be shy about going to battle against these pathetic human beings. Their intellect is only as deep as the talking points they've been issued.
I'm careful about where I share C&C. My reasons for that care:
1. Jeff's posts would be wasted on radical leftists, except that they provide insights into Trump's strategies. Sure, anybody could look up the posts for themselves, but I'm not going to hand the [possible] conservative playbook to the other team.
2. I've spent too many minutes in my life trying to talk sense into people who aren't ready to embrace it. If I think someone is ready for a wider understanding, I will toss some tidbits their way and see if they ask for more. If not, I look for someone else.
3. I want to protect Jeff from needless attacks from the left. The fewer on the enemy team who are aware of him, the less of a target he is.
The “don’t cast your pearls before swine” strategy works every time.
That's been one of my hardest lessons. You can't save most of the swine.
I would've written that quote if you hadn't done it first
Exactly! Discernment!
I’m careful, too; never mind the fact that C&C appears to be shadow-banned on Facebook and even Substack itself.
My Substack home page is filled with liberal newsletters! I was shocked to see it a few days ago. What a pile of trash! So YES Substack is shadow-banning C&C.
On Substack - really?
It seems like I hardly ever see his note posts.
Yesterday’s C & C was especially good (and optimistic). I shared the post in a few stacks.
I understand your position but I emphatically disagree. If we don't take the time to educate them, we can continue on the path of resentment, hate and division.
And again, we should not stand by while one person takes a loon on. When you see it, engage.
I want the left to see we aren't lunatics and there is a place where they can gain information they urgently need to realize how they have been badly misinformed. If we stay in our info silos they will never get it.
Dan, I started trying with one person about 4 years ago who was a NYT, NPR, PBS, BBC, Mother Jones. Still the same. Talk about staying in a lane or is it a tunnel?
Michael,
I agree, its unfortunate they are so brain warped, but, I also think many independents and liberals who haven't totally lost their minds are reachable and especially with information that is packaged as Jeff does it. I mean it is quite difficult to assail his information. I wish it was as easy as saying they just need to grow up and mature/age a bit, they will see the light... but heck some of the very worst are the oldest in the group. I'm now thinking the younger ones are the reachable ones.
Think of them as in a daily bath of perpetual immersions.
Then dipped in a near armor hard shell.
Brings back memory of an old TV commercial about drug abuse.
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste!"
Yet Tell-lie-vision has been an equally responsible influence.
For the utter capture in this "Dumbing of America" past 75 years.
Given the remarkable rise in home TV sets about 1950s.
Hypnotized and molded would be the unfortunate outcome.
Many of us have joined your club with loved ones with similar fates Dan. " When you change the way you look at things..
Those things you look at will change. " Wayne Dyer.
Sleepy Sheep are on an increase.
Human Nature, like Mother Nature,
Has it's own not always explainable ways, I'm pondering.
Believe me I tried. I am now morally corrupt. I know some people can be swayed but she is one that will NEVER sway. She cares about climate change and abortion and is a "scientist" and her husband is in aerospace and a "genius"(he does test as one) so there is no changing. She has held grandchildren against me so I have to stay in my lane. Sadly.
I get it Colleen. You are in a very difficult situation. Do not ever allow her to define you a morally corrupt, you should (IMHO) push back hard on that. Push back on anything she says or does which is not provable in fact. Remember, your "lane", no matter the situation is to love and advise/instruct your child. You are her mother, not her friend - there's a big difference. For me, it would be an easy choice, but Im a man. I'd cut ties until or if she can become less of a delusional, indoctrinated fool. She probably went to school(s) where she was taught to hate her parents and love abortion and climate change. If she thinks murdering unborn children is okay, she is deeply indoctrinate. If she thinks climate change is real, she is deeply indoctrinated. And to her "genius" husband, if he agrees with her on either or both of those issues, he is not a genius, at all.
Dan, I want to agree with you, but all of my recent experiences tell me that some people are just not willing to have their minds changed.
I live near the coast in deep-blue Northern California. The majority of the friendships I've made over the past twenty years have been with actors, directors, technical people involved in community theater. This group is the most dramatically-deranged group of leftists you can imagine.
As an example, a few days ago a talented director with whom I've put on some great shows responded to a post I put up on FB about Tesla-burning (yes, I was trolling.. a bit) with the following. Note she's reacting here to the tariffs Trump enacted last weekend, and the stock market dip that happened Monday:
"Fuck the US citizens. burn down the country. $2 trillion lost today as the markets crash due to idiotic tariffs on every country but Russia. Biggest peacetime tax in the history of the former United States. Who give a rats ass about Tesla." [sic]
I haven't even responded to this - so far, I've chosen to let it stand for everybody to see it, although I doubt most of them would disagree with her much. Maybe I'll take a picture of her words and create a new post about it. But she's not even the most stupid or radical person in my circle of "friends" - most of them are salivating over every move Trump makes on a daily basis, posting poisonous screeds and re-posting the worst the left media has to offer.
These people are addicted to Trump/Musk hatred, and no matter how many reasonable, logical points I make in response, they're quick to label me as MAGA or an extremist or fascist (in the worst cases - few have called me that to my face).
The worst part of this is that they're mostly "smart" people. I don't spend much time hanging out with dummies, and I don't suffer fools gladly. Up until the Trump/Biden/Trump era, we all got along just fine. I held my tongue throughout most of it, until Trump's assassination attempt in July. I've been pretty vocal about the lack of "democracy" being exhibited by a party that purports to identify with saving "democracy". I think they're actually more about saving bureaucracy and certain democrats than the principle itself..
So I will sum up that in my experience, some are just never going to "get it".
Sorry for my late response. I agree, some will not get it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't "stand your ground" and state your case. You say they are "smart", have they convinced you their position is ethical, moral, based on fact rather than how they feel? Maybe in public they wont "hear you" but in private? The country is terribly divided, which is just the way the politicians want it to be. If we are divided then the Constitution hating globalists and their politicians and deep state will use that to their advantage every time. Part of it is on us, for failing to push back for literally decades while they solidified their hold on every institution and with them the power and wealth. They are not going to simply roll over and give that up. We are now in an existential fight for the country, by the grace of God, we got President Trump back in office. He is doing great things and because of it, they are fighting back ferociously. We have to be equally ferocious, perhaps more so because they have had their way for so long.
Sent a post to my radical daughter who said "substack is not a reliable source". 🤷♀️😩
Agree! 💯
If life was an Alpine Ski Slope....
DJT is taking us on some fast wild ass Black Diamond down hill thrill runs.
I'm smilin right behind em.
Just stay outa the Moguls.
Bumps are for Chumps!!
If we are going to use metaphors, I would prefer to think @POTUS is on an ice rink, like the one he built in NYC, on time and below budget.
Now he is carving exquisite lines, doing triple toe loops and hamel camels all over the corrupt who couldn't get it done and had no problem bilking everyone while they failed, and projecting their failures on everyone else.
Or maybe a Gretzky hat trick on a determined but ultimately incapable group of defenders?
Years ago in the first DJT term I ran across a video of Donald Trump in a hearing in NYC, sometime in the 1980s I think, that he attended because he was frustrated with the delays and overruns of the construction of a UN headquarters building there. I’ll never forget hearing him say that he would bring in his teams of contractors and get it done and done right. To the UN execs present he said, “You need to go back to keeping peace around the world.” Stay in the lane indeed!!
Hah! I haven't had ice skates on for 25 years,
but did play ice hockey when I was younger.
I am much more an aging Alpine kind of guy.
Nothing better that the view from 12,000 ft mountain top.
Nothing more majestic than being in the hallowed out valley below, looking upward at towering jagged solid rock with snow capped peaks.
( It would be a blast to drive the Zamboni on the Mid Town NY rink!)
He is more like the Great Bobby Ore, Boston Bruins defenseman. He goes behind his own net, looks at all the players on the ice, takes a deep breath and then like a speeding freight train, charges down the length of the rink and "Scores!"
He didn't build the Wolman skating arena. He made it better.
Sounds like a BASF commercial
Envisioning DJT on skates doing triple axels just made me chuckle. What would his hair do?
Probably its very own triple axel!
Im sure somebody could do a nice deep fake with the hair as one skater and he as the other in a pairs routine for the Gold medal!
I mean it is some pretty darn special hair!
🏆🏆🏆🎯🎯🎯❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
As he said, Mr Toad's Wild Ride and I am taking a ride daily! What a rush!!!
Great analogy! I never understood the appeal of moguls....
Donna, moguls can be used to execute a fast turn.
My almost 60 YO knees can't take that many turns! I'll take a fast blue run over any black diamond or mogul run all day long.
Good image. I can relate. Been there done that...
We Christians can give them a dose of Gospel as well! if you're not following and trusting Jesus, you are headed over a cliff.
Stay Prayed Up! God needs to be the center of our country. That is what truly will make it great again (along with a healthy heaping spoonful of our President!)
💯
I also share C&C in the hopes it might open at least a mind or more.
I belong to a terrific community on Locals. I was delighted to find a long time supporter of C&C in that community by virtue of her posting links to Jeff’s Substack.
The hardest audience to reach is on Facebook. 🧐😂 I still try.
Can you elaborate on the "Locals" community? Or are you meaning local to you platforms? TY
Oh, sorry: Locals is a platform unto itself it teams with Rumble as free speech alternatives to others like Facebook and YouTube. The specific community is VivaBarnesLaw.Locals.com This is one of many communities on Locals. Two attorneys, one now an “escapee” from Canada, who goes by VivaFrei about everywhere and an American, Robert Barnes teamed up there. The draw for me is a Sunday evening live stream. DJT, Jr’s community was very lively before the election. He interacted with us often. General Flynn, Glen Greenwald, Alan Dershowitz and others are on this platform also.
I see Substack, Locals and X as where to be to be informed about what is really going on. C&C is my very favorite column. I follow a lot of people that I find credible and interesting on Spotify, X, Locals, Substack, Rumble and a few on Truth (DJT). I am an info junky. Really appreciate what Jeff does to provide the best insight so concisely with great wit.
Semper - Wow. Do you ever sleep?
I am usually the first to criticize Pollyanna Optimism. Jeff's optimism is always well grounded and backed by facts. There is a big difference.
Well said. Jeff always gives good reasons to back up his optimistic takes. He also notes when something has gone badly or just not our way, but tempers that with the big picture of more wins than losses. In addition, having faith that things will get better is a much more productive place to be than to always be shrieking that the sky is falling or constantly glum with an ever-present sense of foreboding. That kind of hysterical or morose view hinders action imo. It makes people hunker down in survival mode rather than actually doing something to help improve the situation or the chances of success.
If you trust in Jesus you will always have a positive outlook. Negativity is of satan which is why the left is so glum and hateful all the time.
That should be true, and I need to constantly ground myself in this truth. However, we are fed a steady diet of negativity by the msm, no matter what side you fall on. If the msm was optimism, people would feel good and find better outlets than sitting in front of some kind of electronic. Mind controlling msm is very addictive.
True! And in our Bible Study class this morning (on the book of Esther), we were all reminded that when things are going GREAT - (as they are now!!) - this is the time to think of those less fortunate than ourselves and to lend a hand where we are able.
I believe this too.
CS Lewis called it flippancy
Agreed...but Jeff is wrong about one thing. The Executive Order relating to Christopher Krebs is much better than the one addressing Miles Taylor. (Yeah...I admit it's a "new rope" complaint.)
The biggest EO yesterday for me was doing away with water flow restricters so you can have an *enjoyable* shower! :) LOL
Well I guess we are all entitled to our own opinions still. “Better” is also kind of vague and subjective unless you explain why 🙂
Glad to know both those scumbags are feeling some heat!
It's my view of the egregiousness of the conduct. I am not aware of everything alleged against Miles Taylor; but my understanding is that he worked clandestinely against an administration he opposed and then wrote a book about it. That is bad. But the suppression of American speech by a taxpayer-funded functionary is much, much worse. I still see red!
The sky is falling
This lady explains who is really in control and it ain't MAGA
https://www.youtube.com/live/7fr1V0e7KgA?feature=shared
or this https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hBoGaQUyvDc
how dare you look clearly! and on this substack
And this.....Its all about a world wide great reset. Was never MAGA.
https://rumble.com/v6rwp5v-dot-connector-ep161-tbc-free-version.html
Dot-Connector: Ep161: Trump is instigating the ‘Great Reset’- Free Version
Agreed
Agreed!
I’ve been reading from the very inception of C&C and Jeff has earned every single drop of credibility. I trust him he’s a kindred spirit.
I agree 100%! Jeff Childers has his finger on the pulse of our nation. I personally am extremely grateful for his efforts to educate & inform people who pursue the truth in a culture drowning in deception, thanks to mainstream media! 🙏
^^This!^^
I posted a comment similar to yours
Jeff has been our Lighthouse in the middle of the storm (Hurricane for Floridians).
Running for more than four years and we (wife and I) greatly trust him.
Has proven himself with accurate information and the best dark sense of humor that I ever seen.
I would love to be watching him in court and comeback to his Honorable with little of his sarcasm.
C&C fans forever 🤗
Whenever I get into one of my moods where I’m interested in the news I always read C&C because of the well informed optimism (it keeps me optimistic even when I’m not exactly feeling it)
I blocked the worst so I don’t see any of them anymore. 🤣 The comment section for me is back to how it was before: enjoyable.
I don’t mind a thoughtful and respectful dissenter, and I keep those in view, but that wasn’t what I was seeing from the majority of them who chose to be manipulative with their words, seeking only to deceive and divide.
I think some people are still used to good things being robbed from them so often that they don’t allow themselves to believe what Jeff is saying. They live in defense mode and constantly wait for the next disappointment. That cycle isn’t going to be broken in the first 100 days 😂 Nobody wants to let their guard down after the psychotic, deranged and turbulent Biden years.
I like the point you’ve made.. it’s so true SM! (It’s me at times)
Hey Juju - I saw you on Twitter a few days ago and thought to myself, "Wow! A friend!"
I avoid listening to the ignorant myself. I mean how did this Ghetto Mouth Crockett get elected? Her foul mouth and racist comments are an embarrassment to her own constituents.
And besides, they are a broken record. We already know what they are going to say.
Really? Omg, that’s cool! You sure it was me??? Why didn’t you say hi? LOL
It’s surprising because I try to keep a completely unconnected identity across the internet. 😆 I never have links to any of my accounts within my accounts - not the way most people do. I’m fully anonymous, so it’s surprising anyone randomly finds me.
DM me with your account info and I’ll follow you 😊
We need to get Vee in here…I would appreciate her (his?) comments…
I recently developed the impression that Vee is male, always thought female before that. Can’t remember what changed my mind, though.
Didn’t some guy comment he was in love (figuratively of course) unless Vee was a guy, and then Vee wrote back that he was a guy, some joking ensued. I really don’t remember for sure either, I was on vacation and everything was a blur! 🤣 This was probably all in Jenna’s substack comments in the last week or two.
That might be it. I honestly don’t remember.
So perfectly stated! 👍
Just to give the benefit of doubt for a moment (and yes there are some bad actors), many people are impatient - rightfully so - and also fear that there is limited time to act ("but the midterms!!"). Some people are pessimists by nature.
We should realize the current situation is complicated and will take several strategies and approaches to gain successes. Wars are not won by winning 100% of battles.
In addition the "one step back, two steps forward" reality requirement drives certain folks crazy. Trump is playing a long game with a thought out set of strategies.
But look at Dems, they can't help but keep doubling, tripling, quadrupling down. They will go down with the ship (at least most of them, Nancy will find a lifeboat).
Trump is playing a long game at supersonic speed. !!!
the one thing I keep trying to remind my FB people of is that LEGAL CASES TAKE TIME TO PREPARE PROPERLY. if all i's are not dotted and t's crossed. the libs will tear it apart and use the opportunity to pretend that we are just vindictive. we cannot afford to be painted that way. Jeff is correct. PATIENCE GRASSHOPPER!
although I am easily the LEAST PATIENT person on the planet, good sense must prevail here. the stakes are too high.
I use the same expression with my son - Patience Grasshopper. We invest in the market together. He has been getting excited lately. With the downward turn, he was very upset… so I made him invest some of my money. On Monday I said it to him again and gave him more money to invest. So glad I didn’t wait. He actually contacted me yesterday morning that he made 4K off a contract and invested the money. He is slowly coming over to this side. He is PHD student who knows everything… he is getting schooled by his mom :-)
Ha! I love it!
Great minds... :)
🎯🎯🎯
Thank you for saying that! "Patience, Grasshopper." This administration is already operating at Mach 3, and it's *still* not fast enough for some.
Or hang themselves as so wonderfully depicted in today's picture.
I can help them…
Impatiently waiting.
I’d say D’s are currently face down in the ocean
PE - Well stated! It is a long game requiring patience and strategy.
Yeap….But SSTRUMP is going to torpedo it.
Believe me, all those that make him miserable and laugh at him are going to be the main dish.
I have no problem with people dissenting from something Jeff posits. I think it makes things more interesting. A lot of the time when someone disagrees with one of Jeff's points, and gives good reason, I follow up and they are correct. I love this column and appreciate Jeff's work, but that doesn't mean he's infallible. His column is opinion, and I welcome other opinions - and so does he, or he wouldn't have a comments section. Valerie saying that "they're not our people" sounds cultish.
Yes, I do like hearing both sides of an issue. No echo chambers for me. That's for the left, I am strong enough in my convictions that I can stand against a different opinion. Like you, I research and can change my mind after careful consideration and discernment.
I have no problem with that either but a lot of the dissenting lately seems to have devolved into name calling and vague, unfounded accusations. Reasoned arguments with solid logic make for a thought provoking and interesting comment section. But that can be sadly lacking with some posters.
I think those are two separate things, and I don't think being an "Eyore" is the same as an ad-hominem attacker or a troublemaker.
I have seen all of those things go together in the comments more often than not.
Agreed. It's the childish name-calling that we could do without. Much of which is a product of social media removing one's inhibitions.
I ignore them. Mostly. Except B 2N’s…he amuses me!
He was good practice
As Jeff said, "The bottom line is: we need to get comfortable not knowing all the details. We’re learning about the plan as it unfolds. It won’t be smooth." Just like with God, we don't know all the details but will learn as time and the plan unfolds. Patience is a virtue and it is obvious as never before in politics. You are AMAZING President Trump along with your admin. The sun shineS brighter, the grass is greener, more birds are chirping, the farm animals frolicking, children laughing and our America smiling (except for the Debbie Downers but that is their personal problem). HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!!!!
If everybody agrees with you, you're doing something wrong. Been my motto
If people here don't appreciate different perspectives , especially from well meaning readers, and a little humor ( even if directed at Jeff) ...... then they are coming here just to be another closed-minded club .
Maybe some people are not fans of the religious aspect on this site..... but accept it as part of the diversity of people. I would hope that the many bright minds here can tolerate or even appreciate different personalites and life experiences of other critical thinkers.
For me, I say Yay God!!!
Where is the assassination investigation rather than shower head victories?
Pam is too busy at Fox News studios. Seriously she should just work there instead of for the Fed.
Who is really the deep state?
FBI Director Kash Patel was removed as acting ATF director, US officials confirm.
Guess he was looking into assassination attempts.
@Brad- Yeah. I'd like to know more about that.
Bankers have us in a polycrisis.
"Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall."
Eustace Mullins
Murder By Injection.
And here we have exhibit "A". I've already heard about Routh.
Hearing about a patsy is not an investigation. Hear about Lee Harvey Oswald? Justice is not a team sport. EXHIBIT B How about the golf club shooter?
You must admit, Kiddo... the quashing of the Epstein, 911 and JFK files is a bit puzzling and requires explanation... yes?
AD, patience! What would you have said to God had He kept you wandering in the desert for 40 years? LOL! It will unfold. Hang in there.
The files are available... and promises were made for quick, unredacted release.
All I am saying is that the delay is smelly. IMO, Israel and AIPAC are involved.
its possible. but I prefer to give Trump and Bondi the benefit of the doubt.
Stop smelling!!
In due time it will come out. Maybe not all and certainly not all at once.
I'm running out of patience.
62 years is way too long to learn the truth about Dallas.
Maybe it's today. Tulsi makes an announcement.
https://x.com/dotconnectinga/status/1910388395710300549
We'll see.
There were priorities - close the border, stop and identify fraud in the government, working on the debt crisis now- on and on it goes. So Oswald didn't shoot JFK and Hitler didn't die in a bunker. And Mossad has some answering to do. And the NWO doesn't stand for New World Order- can you guess what the N really stands for? And I've seen where 80% may not be released to the public because it's so dark. People will not be able to accept it. Lot of fragile people in the world and IMO it's because they don't believe in God. Satan controls this earth and we know he is evil. Or most do. April 30, 2025 will be 100 days of Trump 2.0 and I suggest the armchair quarterbacks chill out and looking at stock prices on a daily or God forbid hourly basis, is not a way to chill. Like Trump I have zero fucks for the naysayers and the glass half empty retards. Have a good one Kiddo.
https://www.youtube.com/live/7fr1V0e7KgA?feature=shared
choking on that black pill
Welcome to the great reset.
https://www.youtube.com/live/7fr1V0e7KgA?feature=shared
I adore Catherine but both she and Whitney Webb , and Ian Carroll and possibly Candice Owens, have swallowed the Black pill.
I am not a big Fitts fan... what is the main point(s)?
they all think we are headed for a mass surveillance society. (may be true) and that Trump et al and Maga are a stalking horse. its worth reading and being aware of...
The still alive assassin (Ryan Routh) is being charged w/ attempted murder and terrorism. Buy yeah, the Crooks case is getting memory holed, and that should not be.
patience Bard, patience. The best is always worth waiting for.
Thanks Lori, this lady seems to have the full story and who is in charge and it ain't MAGA.
https://www.youtube.com/live/7fr1V0e7KgA?feature=shared
Seems being the interesting word. Seen this already. Will agree to disagree.
"Now time grows short. History will not allow the people of Shem additional centuries, or even decades, to come to their senses and realize what is going on. Just as they have been victims of massacres and genocides for centuries, the people of Shem now face the determination of the Canaanites to exterminate them utterly and finally. a goal they hope to achieve by the end of the millenium." The Curse of Canaan.... Eustace Mullins 1987
Please excuse my naivete but I do not know what you are citing above. If it is not in the Bible, I would not know it.
what authority told you that there is no investigation?
Dont follow leaders, follow parking meters
Bob Dylan
likely Con Inc.
This lady shows who is really in control. It ain't MAGA.
https://www.youtube.com/live/7fr1V0e7KgA?feature=shared
spamming doesnt help your cred.
"Now time grows short. History will not allow the people of Shem additional centuries, or even decades, to come to their senses and realize what is going on. Just as they have been victims of massacres and genocides for centuries, the people of Shem now face the determination of the Canaanites to exterminate them utterly and finally. a goal they hope to achieve by the end of the millenium." The Curse of Canaan.... Eustace Mullins 1987
In my Bible study today, I was reading in Exodus when the people began to grumble about bitter water in the wilderness just 3 days after God parting the sea for them! God made the water sweet and then shortly after that, they started grumbling about lacking food. I was struck by how easily we forget what God did and start to focus on the problems rather than trust God with the process.
Cheer-leading for Trump is fine and I support most of what he is doing too...
But let's not act like lemmings, eh?
Trump's unconditional support of the mass-murder and land thefts in Gaza by the rabid Zionists is appalling. His attempts to bully Putin into submission are laughable...
Trump's tariffs, and reversal, to some may be "4D Chess"... to others, the fact is the bond market was about to collapse and another 2008-style financial crisis loomed... so he HAD to back off... and BTW... the DOW is DOWN around 1200 points as I write...
How about we don't attack people with legit opinions that may differ from others?
MAGA!!
Another POV via The Morning Edition:
"Another false media narrative that got destroyed was the claim that Trump panicked and paused the tariffs because the bond market was “collapsing.” In fact, on Wednesday morning, the US Treasury held its auction of 10-year bonds, and there was overwhelming demand by investors, including foreign central banks. This was BEFORE he announced the tariff pause.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/09/bonds-tariff-relief/"
LOL!! Try again:
https://www.newsweek.com/bond-skyrocket-market-2057266
https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/global-markets-bonds-update-1-quotes-2025-04-09/
Apparently you are unaware that Gaza land was Israel's and that Israelis lived there along with Arabs until the Israeli government pulled them all out and allowed the Arabs to be self governing. Instead of taking the billions given to them and creating a nice place to live they constructed tunnels and acquired weapons to attack and kill Israelis, and kidnap mostly women children and old men, many of whom are still being held in appalling conditions. Israel really has no choice but to take back control unless they want another 10-7 to occur.
you really need to read up on the history of Israel's thuggish leadership starting wiith the Irgun and the Stern gang and read up on the Nakba. this is a disgusting creation of the British Imperialists, Zionists, and not in anyone's interests but the GLOBALISTS. know your enemy.
Just one comment -- when the land was partitioned (and the British actually supported the Arabs, BTW) it was the Arab leaders who told the other Arabs to leave Israel, and that after Israel was defeated, they would be able to come back. The Arabs who did not take their advice stayed and were treated as Israeli citizens along with the Jews. There was no Nakba except what they created for themselves.
Again, total bullcrap.
Post your links.
it was NEVER Israel's land. at least not these Israelis who are the descendants of Khazarians as opposed to the Palestinians who re SEMITES< and the rightful descendants of Jesus' followers. this is why no DNA TESTS are allowed in Israel.
these are a bunch of genocidal thugs. period. I REALLY hope Trump has a plan on this one. because its splitting us wide open.
Bravo. I have $5 says Lisa is a damned jew...
Either that or she is an imbecilic sheep.
It is you that is so massively uninformed... Go back further, before the vile "Balfour Declaration" and the UN's PARTITION of PALESTINE. Palestinians owned all of what is now Israel... politics and the 'holocaust' lie/scam created the poisonous state of Israel by the UN.
https://www.unz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/BreakingTheSpell-Kollerstrom.pdf
Since then, Israel has operated as an APARTHEID state... brutalizing Palestinians and treating them like animals.
The OCT 7 attacks were a False Flag, known and preventable well in advance by the IDF... Israeli media Haaretz admits this. The Palestinians have fought back... wouldn't you?
Women and kids? Israel has murdered at least 50,000 women and kids in Gaza... tons of rape and kids were often targeted by IDF snipers. White phosphorous was used against Gaza civilians.
Wake up! https://rumble.com/v5urom2-the-evidence.html
And dig this truth, from a jew, before you support any Zionist:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/2UE1jb50v0cO
Palestine, at the time of the partition, was principally Jewish. Go back and look at the Palestinian flag from the 1920's.
As to where the Arabs came from, most of them came from Egypt. If you read Mark Twain, you will find that the land was desolate with very few people living there. Only after the Jews came and the land came alive, did the Arabs also come, since there was work for them. The first Arab to call himself a Palestinian was Yasser Arafat, who was clearly an Egyptian.
And even the Arabs have now admitted that the numbers of civilians killed was grossly exaggerated. At least 2/3 to 3/4 of those killed were men of fighting age -- e.g. Hamas. And the only reason civilians were killed is because Hamas hid among them and used them as shields.
Have you ever even been to Israel?
You post absolute nonsense. Are YOU a jew?
You must get your info direct from AIPAC.
Brows a few of these interviews with some fine men:
https://www.youtube.com/@judgingfreedom
You can get a lot of truth from Unz.com as well. And Ron Unz is jewish.
No, I have zero desire to go to Israel, here's why:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/2UE1jb50v0cO
Yes, that is a jew speaking... you think HE is lying???
We will agree to disagree again AD. We would have been fine. I wish you would not worry so much.
China holds a card they have been slow playing. If they fold and cash in - it will cause a financial challenge. In 2013, China held ~ $1.3 trillion in US Treasuries (a high water mark). As of Jan 1, 2025 it was down to $760 billion. If this $760B were to be liquidated all of a sudden then markets across the world would be damaged.
worth knowing.
We will be just fine.
Yes, it will be fine in the long run, but it will roil markets in the medium to short term. Japan, UK, Canada and Luxembourg are the other major holders of US Treasuries.
Life is all about roiling. It is about staying steady and positive that makes all the difference.
See the links above... I doubt very much we would have been fine.
JMHO, and that of Reuters and Newsweek...
All opinions welcomed here... right?
Of course they are and we would have been fine. It would take much more than that to count us out!
Amen!
Amen !
We came from a link from National Review. Pretty much a “you won’t believe these people actually exist, but here they are”. I thought the Left just made you cultists up, but nope, here you are.
I’m optimistic!
Amen 🙏
I just wished he hadn't got into a tuxedo then announce that because of his tariffs the world is coming to him anxious to "kiss my a**." Oh well, nobody thought he was a choir boy anyway. Great move lowering the tariffs for 90 days and I hope many of you bought into Tessla which I encouraged you to do before the big stock boom yesterday.
TSLA is down 7%.
Ride 'em Cowboy-it's the way the stock market works so don't be discouraged my friend.
I am not discouraged... I am a gold/silver fan and have been out of the "regular" stock market for years... and yes, have given up some nice gains...
But gold is flying and silver will too, soon (JMHO)
But thanks! :-)
Don't hate em too much....one day their fallen hamster will get back on the wheel.
Maybe.......
Hopefully people will wake up but it's been 3 years people! I've got two sons and lots of extended family that have yet to change anything. They just accept the facts and listen to the news and believe what they want to believe. Just hard-headed there's no prayers. There's no you know. Look into no conversation!
This is why God's having me change My people and playmates! It's a great ... AA saying You got to change your old friends and old places to play because they don't. Do you any good! They just tear you down and lead you right back to alcohol! So my covid phrases now drop them if they haven't changed yet. Because I need to live I cannot be tormented by people. He will not at least have a conversation! I do this out of love but I do it out of love for myself! So I too skip the negative about Jeff cuz I love Jeff. I praise God for Jeff! Thank you. Thank you Jeff. This is great news. It's keeping I mean my sanity! Yes Jeff I will send you a bill soon. I can't join the yearly thing yet, but I can certainly buy you a coffee! God bless you. God bless everyone here that's given us such great information you see in C &C army are God's gift to me! Jeff included!, 🎁🙌👑🙌🌺🩷🦋🔥
Shower heads. Next, do washing machines, PLEASE!
Dishwashers next! I often have to reset my 1200.00 (spying on me-Lol!) dishwasher multiple times to get dishes clean! Deeply annoying! I miss my old Kenmore that actually got my dishes clean and was probably 20 years old...And didn't communicate with my cell phone!🙄
It’s ridiculous that everything is tied into cell phones. I want old school back where you have buttons to push and it actually works. Not giving the ability for someone to control it from afar…
Still have one hard-line Princess phone for emergencies because of no cell service. Rotary phones were artistically appealing. Cell phones have the appeal of a block of wood.
Princess phone in the dining room.
Hardwired rotary phone in the basement.
Living the good life.
I have landline as well
Except now all the land lines are also going digital 🤷♀️
I had to go to a “touch tone” Princess phone just because of that. Ah, the French phones were beautiful! I just hope they don’t come up with telepathic communication where people can hack my thoughts! Digital has destroyed the music industry.
But...but... AI . must . know . ALL.
We bought a used DW for like $30 and it is not "smart" but it sure is great! I thank God for it everyday.
Right there with you Lorita!
Washing dishes by hand works every time.
👍That’s why I’m putting off a new one as long as possible!
It's too much trouble. I stopped washing my clothes.
CHYNA made clothes are one-time use. Wash them and they don’t fit.
Very true and even bedsheets recommend cold water. Not in my castle! Boil em, bleach em and high heat to dry. lol
I do like that IKEA sheets and duvet covers have “wash in hot water” on their labels, even though they’re inexpensive products. They stand up to proper washing.
They do?? I had not idea. Thank you. You made my day.
Yes! 60 degrees Celsius (so 140 Fahrenheit), just double checked 🙂 Glad to help!
Good to know this. I’m so tired of things shrinking and having to wash in cold water!
Thanks Running, I too want sheets that can take hot water.
It creeps me out to think that sheets and towels are washed in cold water.
I agree Kathleen.
I'm a cheapskate in a lot of things, but I look around for the all cotton sheets. You can dry them on the hot setting and not get the pilling you do with polyester and poly mixes.
Mike Lindell (My Pillow) has some all cotton sheets that are pretty reasonably priced - $50 or so for a queen set.
The Jack Reacher philosophy. All he traveled with was his toothbrush.
And buys his wardrobe in thrift stores as he goes. : )
Luckily, I still fit in clothes from 20 years ago and kept them all. Only have to do wash twice monthly as I have so many over that period of time! Lower water bills for me thank goodness.
LOL!
😂
Stay strong!!
(PEEEEEEWWW!!)
And dishwashers.
We never had a dishwasher growing up (Bro and I were the dishwashers!).
And I've never owned one in my entire 58 years. I actually don't mind washing them. I find it relaxing while I clean and soften my hands and I gaze out the kitchen window watching nature. Old School! :)
Madge would be proud Kitkat.
I do that too! But only because the current dishwasher is dead and serves as an in cabinet (inconvenient) drying rack. Been that way darn near a year and will only replace once new ones sans crappy regs become available.
Same - canning jars
Same! 🙂
No dishwasher here...actually like to do them.
It gives me a sense of accomplishment.
I enjoy washing dishes by hand. Dishwashers make no sense to me.
It’s convenient to use the dishwasher rack if I have a large gathering and I serve them on my mother’s china which can’t be washed in the dishwasher. The racks allow me to get everything washed and then I can dry and put it all away. It’s a real time saver.
Yes! Make all washers great again! Not just Speed Queen (although they are still the best!)
Yup, also no stupid locking lid and when you miss a sock, you can open the lid and throw it in!
My dad had an old washer that actually filled the tub with lots of water and washed a load of clothes in 25 minutes, and actually rinsed the clothes removing soap residue. I told my sister “that’s a keeper!” My LG takes 55 minutes and barely uses any water. One wonders how we have clean clothes.
Will you buy the model that you have to put quarters into?
LOL!!! Same washer technology, just without the quarter insert device! :)
lol. I should have bought that model!!
Yeah I mean any idiot can fix the shower head problem. Drill baby drill. The dishwashers and washing machines? No clue how to fix that. Sometimes some of my clothes are still dry from the washer (the husband does 2 extra rinses to fix this HOW DOES THAT SAVE WATER?). And don’t get me started on the fancy drying rack next to the sink.
Wastes water, and electricity, and your time (most valuable of all).
LOL!!! So very true!
Also, my ice maker stopped working on my years old white Westinghouse fridge. I don’t want a new fridge. So I bought ice cube trays. problem solved. My husband keeps trying to get me to buy a new fridge. I keep making more ice cubes. 🤣
I just said that above!
I tried to get an old fashioned basic model, but it still portions out water drips at a time, and never gets the water level high enough, even when I set it on "deep water wash." It doesn't save water OR electricity because now I do twice as many loads - that means it wastes my time, too!
My washer is about 35 years old--a Maytag from the real Maytag days. Husband keeps fixing it as needed.
That's a good husband.
For sure. One of my "young-man tests" was that he be a tool-user. One of my father's fine qualities which I wanted in a husband. And all that young man asked for was cookies and babies.
Sweet!
We unwisely left ours behind when we moved 1,800 miles away.
I am jealous, in a very positive way!
I recently had to replace my Maytag and went with speed queen. Very satisfied.
I replaced my 20 year old Kenmore washer and dryer with Speed Queen last year. I'm pretty sure they will out live me. The washer does have an "Eco" option which I do NOT use. It was their way of complying with Obama regulations, but still giving customers the right to choose!
I did not know that. I agree I never use the eco setting. My only gripe about it is that the water doesn’t start until you close the lid. I always liked pouring in the detergent and then rinsing the cap.
you can let the washer fill for a bit then lift the lid to pour in detergent and rinse the cap in the drum then close and hit pause button to restart the filling.
Pre owned Speed Queen W/D set on my wish list.
We’re building a house… I may have to get that brand. I have decided to switch to top load washer. Have read they don’t get as musty smelling as front loads.
Leave the door open. 😞 With baking soda in it
I have friends that have front loaded and it does pose problems with smells
Mold gets in the door gasket. Ugh.
I much prefer top load. It's all I've ever had. One of my daughters has a Samsung front load and it's awful. Mold and mildew all around the washer door. She has to leave the door open which is very inconvenient.
True!
Use "Lestoil" in the wash: it's a petroleum product like "Goop" & gets out stains while sanitizing the machine. Fist pump: OH YEAH BABY!
Yep, Speed Queen is made in America and can be easily repaired.
Another positive!
That’s what I’m seeing. Speed Queen. However, the capacity is way less.
Really? Mine is huge.
The capacity of my Speed Queen is huge, too (Speed Queen classic).
They seem to make the most effective & efficient washers as well
We found an appliance reconditioner who had a warehouse of old washers and dryers, stoves and such. He would take apart and clean every piece, nut and screw, replace parts and put it back together. We bought an old style washer and dryer years ago and they are still going fine. They are in the basement so we don’t care what they look like.
I had a 29-year-old washing machine that my husband had repaired twice, with the help of YouTube videos, for a total cost of less than $30. We moved cross-country and left the appliances. The one appliance I wish we had brought with us is the washing machine.
We had an old fashioned barn fan which when put in a window, would suck cooler air through the house like a jet engine. It was over 60 years old. It gave up a couple of years ago. You can’t find anything like these anymore. We put it out on the curb and I was outside when this young man picked it up. Said he liked to fix things. I expressed my sadness it didn’t work anymore. He asked that he could bring it back if he got it working. I said yes. Well, one day he brought it back and hubby was outside. The man offered it back (I suppose with some small cost) but hubby refused it. I have not forgiven hubby yet.
They make whole house fans. We had one installed in our house in the attic and it changed out the air in the house and we used it instead of an air conditioner.
Speed Queen classic (it has the full to the top button that always on in our house!). It agitates and actually cleans the clothes.
I like the lower fill for small loads.
Yes, absolutely. The action and the amount of water does so much better to actually clean the clothes than those newfangled machines without the auger/agitator and an inch of water. We had a Whirlpool like that previously and it was next to worthless. Speed Queen is the best!
My new washer, less then one year old, has had to have two service calls. The spin cycle goes on forever, and my laundry room is shaking. Finally got through to a Maytag rep, and she told me to keep the setting on “bulky” and to select extra rinse cycles. Apparently, that’s the only way to get enough water in the basin.
Buy a kitchen aide. Still the best on the market. Whirlpool didn’t destroy the good engineering of them. You might have an issue with other things causing your problem. From a guy that was a kitchen aide tech for a number of years. All manner of machines repaired,from labs to your dishwasher.
Wow. This is some good info. I’ve been in the market to get a new washing machine, but have been a bit frozen on choosing one because I’ve heard of the issues. Good to hear some first-hand experience!
Best choice is a Speed Queen classic (top load with agitator and two water levels)!
I looked at those actually! But they were $$$ and I only have $$ right now for one. But I can wait and save! 😊
The Speed Queen will be worth the wait, WindsofChange!
Return it, if possible!🙃
Buy Speed Queen top loaders. They work fabulously well, better than our ancient Whirlpool toploader. There are options for hot water, double rinse, and deep fill.
And gas stoves...
And bring back the incandescent light bulbs!!💡
Yeah and release us from Newsom’s oppressive water restrictions. And put in reservoirs to gather water when we get good rains instead of sending it out to sea.
EXACTLY!!!
And laundry detergent, wishful thinking
And dishwashers that don’t get my dishes clean. No matter what!
And dishwashers!
And toilets! One flush instead of 3 would be nice.
And lightbulbs!!!!! Pllleeease!!
A double shout out to Jeff for calling out the black pillers. I've been doing that for a while, and I am proud to be in such good company.
For sure. If the Trump team only gets done a quarter of the promises, we are still far ahead compared to the alternative.
Trump speed!
Trump Cards.....The Art of The Deal.
Know when to hold em....Know when to fold em....The Gambler.
He’ll get 100% done in 2 years, you can bet on that. He has to and his track record is awesome
100% agreement he has to get it done in two years. If the mid-terms don't turn out well, he'll be handcuffed his last two years, and there will be zero chance any of these positives will become law.
I'm signing up to help collect signatures in CA to demand Voter ID.... Anyone else in California willing and able to help rather than just bash our state???
https://www.reformcalifornia.org/forms/election-integrity-signature-volunteer-sign-up
As I was informed by one of the team, Trumps team is 4 or 5 deep in all areas. There are a lot of combat vets who know how to play the long game and keep the cards close to the chest.
Agreed. I’ve said it before, but being black-pilled is the easiest, laziest road. It takes no effort at all to find fault with everything. Also, it’s not good for your mental health.
It wouldn't be a shack to learn many are being compensated to worm their way into the comments. At first I ignored them but now, when I read their stuff I realize how definitely twisted they are; it's funny.
Little termites trying to nibble away our structure. This army is pretty good at pest control. i.e. Benny nn ?? It is hilarious to see them try soooo hard… naughty lil vermin! C&C Strong 💪 😉
It wouldn't be a shock either ..... 😎
Thanks! I thought perhaps "shack" was another urban slang unknown to me.
Hahaha, thanks, if it wasn't urban slang it might be now; that got me laughin'!
LOL
Paranoid much? Give a few examples.
Are you asking me if I'm paranoid? I'm afraid I'm not. I'm not sure what paranoia has to do with my statement. All I said was I wouldn't be shacked if they are compensated. Why would anyone be paranoid to consider such a possibility?
Of course, if people are being compensated they might be paranoid that people will find it out; but who cares if they are? Drivel is drivel be it bought or be it free.
I agree. It requires them to do nothing, and criticize everything. Critical thinking doesn’t mean just automatically criticizing *everything*, contrary to what some people seem to believe. I get the impression some think that knee-jerk contrariness equals intelligent analysis 😕
Yep, exactly. Complaining and finding fault finding is literally the easiest thing for humans to do, no effort at all.
Had a VP who told his people if you don't have a solution, you don't see a problem
Same here, makes me think every time I want to complain.
My dad would say if you have a problem, come with the solution. He was career military man… I learned it well and dis the same thing in my military career.
Some skepticism and even a bit of criticism is part of a healthy discussion.
Have you heard Jeff condemn Trump's unconditional support of Israel's mass-murder and land thefts in Gaza and Lebanon?
How about his preparation for war with Iran?
How about his bombing of Yemen, killing many civilians? (War Crime)??
Am I a troll, when I suggest his massive initial tariffs was a FUBAR, and that the bond market collapse was why he backed off?
You are not a troll. Most of us see it differently than you. There are always 3 sides to a story, their side, your side and the 100% truth side.
I would hope that "Most" of you do not see Israel's mass-murder differently than I do, or Trump's preparation for war with Iran.
These things are obvious and proven... there is no room for dispute.
The tariffs can be argued. But if you look up "bond market meltdown" "Most" would be better informed.
Agree to disagree but that is ok. Time reveals all. I have faith.
Negative and cynical people always think they’re smarter than everyone else. I avoid them. I look for balanced perspective. People who can see both positives and negatives. In the end, because there is God in this world, there is more goodness than bad. But Satan does exist…. But is often out of sight.
Energy vampires for sure.
I would say that Satan is in plain sight but people have gotten away for God so they don’t recognize him.
The mental health part is not discussed enough!
And the spiritual darkness… and the demon possession
My own sister has taken the black pill as of late. I told her yesterday, "Quit black pilling. You're better than that " 😂 I was being serious though! Saying things like 'I feel like Trump is different this time around' etc etc. I told her to stop watching ConInc and the controlled opposition and she would feel better about things. Plus, I don't want to hear it!
My opinion from watching my black-pilled friends is that they tend to have a high level of free-floating anxiety and are looking for a place to put it, hence the black pilling and doom scrolling.
And it has to be an external thing, nothing they could possibly change themselves.
"Cough up the black pill." 🤣 Spit my coffee.
The best!! 😅
😂☕️
I do not know what "red pill" and "black pill" is supposed to mean. I prefer plain English and not slang.
It is a reference to a scene in "The Matrix" where Neo, the main character, is offered a red pill by Morpheus. The red pill represents a choice to accept a painful but truthful reality over a blissful but false one. By swallowing the red pill, Neo can then see the Matrix for what it truly is—an artificial construct created by machines to enslave humanity.
I had to look the black pill up, and it is more recent, and represents a more fatalistic view on certain aspects of life, suggesting that no amount of effort can change predetermined outcomes.
The “pills” terminology seems to be most popular among gen X (my people) and millennials. Red= coming to know the truth, Blue= remaining in the lie, Black= nihilistic, nothing can save us view of the future, White= nothing to see here, everything is rosy. I listen to younger millennials’ podcasts like Tim Pool and Matt Christiansen and they use these pill analogies most everyday.
I don’t understand the difference between the blue pilled and the white pilled then … is it that the blue doesn’t realize it’s a lie but the white does and continues to promote it?
I've never heard of white pill before. And Pool is a simp, controlled opposition IMO
I try to listen to what my young adult sons are listening to. Pool talks for multiple hours a day. His views have evolved over the years. For example, about 4 years ago he swore he would never have a family and today he is married with a daughter and is a big promoter of men starting families. But, sure, it is important to look out for wolves.
never heard of the white pill until your post. I must be hiding under a rock someplace, lol!
Hummm, maybe the blue staunchly supports the lie because they believe the current narrative, they believe the media and The Government. White is just clueless, plain and simple is their motto. The eternal optimist.
Think of blues as the liberals. They keep their heads in the sand because they don’t want to know the truth. The lie is the easy and less stress. White (are the white hats, I believe is the reference) are the people who know what is going on and adjusting as needed. To me, they are the ones fighting the battle so they just want you to relax and stay out of the way so they can get the job done.
Blue pill IMO is what we would call a Normie view. Not necessarily rosey and Pollyanna, just believing what they hear on the news and what the government tells them.
White pills are hopelessly optimistic.
What I don’t care for from some of the younger podcasters is when they say, “Could you double click on that?” 😳 Are they double clicking a “mouse” in their brain to dive deeper into a topic? Too much. 😂
I like Tim Pool - I don't listen but follow his X posts.
Blue pill.
Lol! I would say blue. They just think the thoughts of Rachel Maddow.
I love all the references he does, and ones I don’t know- I could look up- so far I know most. Just another layer to his most excellent writing!
Ah, thanks for this. I haven’t seen “The Matrix” and made up my own definition for red pilling. But this one is much better…
There are three of them… all of them are great… same characters (and actors playing them) so it flows well.
Well done
Thank you. Hey Jeff, please give up the Hollywood references.
"Tis but a flesh wound" was a classic that made me laugh out loud. (That one is Monty Python, if you were wondering)
Sometimes I look things up I'm not familiar with. Example, that Wild Toad Ride.
That's for those of us of a certain age. And I love the Hollywood references. Shall we have him give up historical references, gaming references, comedic references, all other references, Uncle Wiggly? This is Jeff's writing style, and it is a cut above many I read.
I like his style. What I do not know, I look up and learn something new!!!
A ride at Walt Disney World
https://allears.net/2020/07/24/the-wild-history-behind-mr-toads-wild-ride-at-walt-disney-world/
Thanks I looked it up earlier!
I disagree…Hollywood for better or worse is part of our culture…and not always for the worse…
Hollywood movies have made a huge impact on culture...both good and bad.
I consider most of what comes out of Hollywood to be mindless entertainment, just like the "news".
There are classic movie that every generation should watch. Most of the ones that Jeff references come from them. It helps that I’m about the same age as Jeff so grew up with the best ones :-)
Then you are missing out. It’s not all bad. It’s art and art is part of a balanced culture. You have to search, but there is good. But you seem like someone that doesn’t want to enjoy something?
@UncleWiggly, respectfully, you are attempting to tell a writer how to write. Unless you have been hired by the writer as an editor, while 100% entitled to your opinion, it likely doesn't have any weight with the writer. You are free to repeat suggestions often, just don't expect a writer to change style based on reader's taste. It's more like, take it or leave it. Friendly input from decades in the biz.
It’s been at least twenty years since I watched the matrix with my then teenagers. I want to rewatch it since Jeff has referenced it many times. I actually loved the movies.
Does it have an excess of violence in it? I can’t do violence in movies, seen too much of the real kind…
It does but not realistic violence. I haven’t felt like any of it could happen in real life. It is more like a sci-fi movie.
It refers to the offer made to Neo, the hero of the movie The Matrix. The theme of the movie is a world in which everyone is kept sleeping and fed a dream of a waking reality that does not exist. A few people start to wake up and to help others awaken. At a key point in the movie, Neo is offered to choose one of two pills, a black one or a red one. He is told that if he chooses the black pill, he'll return to life as it was and just go on as before; if he chooses the red pill, he'll awaken and everything will change forever. He chooses red.
No. You have that wrong. The blue pill is the one that he can take to go back to sleep. Black pill isn’t mentioned. The black came about in 2010, maybe 2011, if you take the black pill, you become eyore. “ why bother,it’s all going to end up the same, resistance is futile” in his voice. It’s used here mostly to point to our friends that think pdt is just another taker, trying to capitalize on his popularity, and nothing will really change. They would be the demoralized.
You are correct, I was wrong. Thanks for waking me up. 🥰
(I really liked my misremembered story a lot, though . . . 😥 )
And then there's the white pill, which Michael Malice presents as the rational optimism that notes evil will eventually be exposed, stupidity will eventually fail, and there is no reason to take the black pill!
I think you meant the choice between the blue pill and the red pill. But I haven’t seen the movie!
It’s pretty common language.
And to confuse you more, blue pilled. Watch the Matrix, that will help to understand the lingo.
Does he want bobble-head agreement all the time? Boring.
This is a FB post from a friend of mine who ministers in China.
🇺🇸🙏🇨🇳 Concerning the situation with China, we need to be praying. The most dangerous 🐕🦺 dog, is a dog backed into a corner that is 😱 afraid. I spent two months in China last year, and a month in Hong Kong. I’ve been ministering in mainland China for over 19 years. The economy is the worst there I have ever seen it. The amount of unemployed people, businesses that have closed, and empty shops is astonishing. There are at least 5 possible outcomes.
1: The communist party backs down, agrees to a trade deal with President Trump loosing “face”, and making themselves look weak.
2: The world experiences another
plan-demic that would not likely originate in China.
3: The communist party decides it has nothing to lose, and starts a military war. (Wars are very profitable in many cases, they create jobs, and can be a type of government stimulus.)
4: The communist party decides to keep “face”, stand against President Trump, allowing their economy to continue into a downward spiral, hold on to power, and become more like North Korea. (Seriously affecting Chinese Christians.)
5: The communist party falls, and another government possibly better, or possibly worse takes control.
🙏 Who is willing to pray? 🙏
(In Chinese culture, "face," or (面子) mianzi, signifies a person's reputation, dignity, and social standing, and maintaining it is highly valued, influencing social interactions, business practices, government, and military. The concept of "face" shapes how people communicate, negotiate, and build relationships. It's crucial in business, politics, and personal interactions.)
Revelation chapter 9? being served. I'm sorry for those ppl who have been suffering greatly in China for many decades. I'm sorry they didn't have a Constitution like ours and only a deep swamp but also a Christian underground. Praying that many many more hear Gods sWord. Thankful for those who have come to US and heard it in Bible studies.
God is The Sovereign of all nations. He is should His great work. He is the One we must trust!
I lived in Korea for 4 years. The idea of saving face is a principle part of their society too. It's a big and fundamental part of most oriental style societies. But what it also means is that western practices like ethics and sound business practices take a back seat to doing whatever one must do to "save face". So, for example stealing intellectual property is not seen as a bad thing, especially if acknowledging it would cause someone else to lose face, so it is accepted and becomes an acceptable business practice for getting ahead.
IMHO, the most likely outcome is 1 or maybe 5.
There are 1.4 BILLION Chinese living under the total tyranny and dictatorship of the Chynese Communist Party. They are known as the "Laobaixing" (老百姓). It refers to the common or ordinary people who are not a part of the communist party. If the CCP starts a war, they might find themselves facing a billion of their starved commoners too.
PRIDE. It's called PRIDE in English. It's universal in every man and woman and it's condemned by God. Fabulously when we confess our god ego to God and returns He gives us every reason to be proud rightly because He gives us all that we are and need forever. Pride becomes humility and humility delivers as a Child of The King of all Creation. That's the contradiction of God's sWord that naturally man cannot comprehend by his own knowledge.
Why do the common people not stand up to them and fight since there are more of them than the CCP? Many will die but you either live free or die anyway.
I asked myself the same question when everyone was lining up to get the shots especially when they were mandated...and then with the censorship and weaponization of the DOJ. Many were cheering it on or just passive about it.
Hi Lori,
Brutal dictatorship, show me the man I will show you his crime incarceration or death sentence. Slave labor. Uneducated and indoctrinated.
Dan, you could say that about all of us. We may not be guilty of a crime per se but we all have sinned. And to some extent, are we not all indocrinated?
There is Living Evil among us and certainly the worst among us are dictators with no love for their citizens, God or morals. The CCP certainly fits in that category. I just watched a podcast with Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson. Did not even know who Alex was or what was done to him by our own govt and the courts. Unbelievable story of what mankind is capable of to hurt another. Those of us in faith need to strengthen our Spiritual Armor and stand strong. Keep praying that God will lead our country and stay with us through these battles.
Certainly since Bush (yes, GW really failed us) and Ovomit our freedoms have been massively under attack - in fact every aspect of our country has been under attack. When you sit down and look at what the globalists and their sycophants at Federal and State level did to President Trump during the 4 years after they stole the 2020 election, you should quickly realize the country and we the people are in dire straits. Don't forget the pLandemic was executed in an effort to steal power around the world (not just the USA) in order to force the CCP's model of global marxism on the world. It has worked in many places, especially in the shit hole we call Europe - perhaps because they are even farther divorced, intentionally from our Creator.
God put President Trump back in the White House - there is no doubt in my mind about that. Prayer! Prayer! Prayer! to Him that His Will be done and we be instruments of His Will. And 100% support of our President Fight!, Fight!, Fight! is the answer for us - we have much responsibility - we can't just sit back and read C&C, POTUS can not do it all on his own.
And so we have to take care of our business too and that means focusing our efforts at the county level and below where we have so much constitutional power. It astonishes me how many American's do not understand the Constitutional power the founders gave to us at County level and below. That's partially because our corrupt government reps have gone out of their way to remove our knowledge and use of it to keep them all reeled in and doing what they are supposed to do: Protect our natural rights and the Constitutions at Fed and State levels.
Damn well said Dan! I think the group here are fighters and at heart, good and moral people. Trump is the closet to bringing God back to our country. Biden and Obama, no way. This win was a gift so we need to stay laser focused on doing our part. I know myself and my family are doing ours as best we can.
If you live in CA:
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I think there is a different mind set there…government control of everything. Independent thought highly discouraged. The memory of Mao and the cultural revolution is still very much alive I’m guessing.
Then they as a people and govt are much more ignorant than I thought.
The government is profanely evil, the people, the Laubaixeng, are intentionally kept destitute and brutally enslaved.
HIghly discouraged is being way too nice, look at how they have put down any protests by their subjects. .
From a Chinese viewpoint, yes, those are the choices. The leadership of China are atheists, correct? Of those choices I would pray for number 5.
Praying for God's will be done and that it is number 5 too...
Sadly it will most probably be #4
Wait and see what God will do! Nothing is too hard for Him.
I will pray for #5 - as well for the suffering of all the people.
Me too, Cheryll
I have been lately wondering whether the tariffs, and China's response, are God's plan, using DJT to destroy the CCP. That 70-year thing which I mentioned yesterday with the Romans--waiting 70 years after a conquering to do anything serious with territory--the USSR ran 1917-89. CCP from 1921--over a century now. It's about time.
I think you are on to something there. Brings to mind Armstrong's explanation of cycles.
I will be praying.
I lift the Chinese people and their government to the LORD, God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, Who is Sovereign over ALL the earth.
You are a great person BKMS. Jesus told us to pray for our enemies. I am not there yet. Keep on praying.
Sometimes I pray for God to take them out… but mostly I ask that His will be done because I trust Him and know that He will repay.
I've been wondering about the same issues with China. I noticed, however, that Japan has similar cultural ideas about saving or losing face, yet I believe they have contacted Trump to work with him. I hope if China changes its tactics and capitulates, Trump won't crow too loudly about it, but . . . . 😅
I actually think Trump would find a way for Xi to "save face" and still get a good deal for the US. I don't know what that would be, but I can't imagine the team hasn't been game playing possible outcomes for months.
I would love for the CCP to fall and China to get its country back and create itself again. It has a beautiful culture underneath the greed that’s getting swallowed up by communism, or is nearly extinct. The people of China deserve to be their own country and begin to be their own culture again. I vote for #5 if I could vote…
Thank you for this. The people of China are not our enemies. Praying for relief for them and President Trump as he navigates this territory.
Praying now
Thank you for posting this as very informative and very important food for thought. It is ironic though, that the Chinese so called government worries about saving face and building relationships but they treat their citizens like crap and have so many human rights violations. They are a Godless govt who ultimately are weak. Anyone can have guns, military machines and nuclear weapons, all that does is kill. Any one can kill, that is not a novel threat or approach for control. What true courage and not losing face is about is the Golden Rule and keeping the commandments and utilizing restraint and patience. China has been and continues to lose face to most in the world, they just don't have the eyes to see it. And I believe that they would send forth another plandemic as they have no love for the human race or animals for that matter. They have already lost everything that counts in this world IMHO.
Lori, China wan't primarily behind the Plandemic. It was researched and developed, both the virus AND the vacvine (and the lipid nanoparticles, 3rd level killer) and patented BY OUR GOVERNMENT. China paricipated as a patsy to deflect and cover blame for the US.
They participated and so did we. All those involved need to see the bottomless pit of Hell. I have to disagree with the last part. China was involved and so was the Wuhan Lab.
I have never been to China, but have read much about their social structure . It seems very similar to India's caste system, but without definite labels. Its all about who gets to treat who badly. No golden rule here. The goal of most is to get to the point where they are allowed to treat others with less respect than they demand. It is a culture that seriously needs Jesus and his philosophy of humility.
China (CCP) absolutely will not voluntarily lose face. They would rather go to war even if they lose.
The CCP have already lost face. They are monsters and no one respects them and I do not fear them for they have no power under God. Sure they can kill people, not a novel concept but ultimately they are gutless cowards.
Logical concerns to be sure!
Here is an interesting podcast suggesting what Trump sees as China’s move and how he will sue it to foil the Federal Reserve
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redpill-project-waking-up-the-world/id1525937762?i=1000702953814
Now get rid of the Biden rules designed to make HVAC more expensive for poor people. Systems cost a lot more and don't last half as long. Stupid, hateful Democrats.
You don’t want to know the recent epa stuff that hopefully Zeldin will reverse. I’ve got a 10 year old 3.5 ton system here, heat pump. It runs R410A. That’s the refrigerant. Now got this. The epa has come up with a new refrigerant that’s even MORE environmentally friendly than the last three, but it’s flammable! Flammable refrigerant. Like propane. So now, if you develop a leak in your a coil, you could feasibly burn down your house. Don’t let that get in the way of environmental protection! ( I’m sure there is a substantial kickback going on). Anyhow, I have a compressor got to crap, so my options are 1, do the job myself, about 1000 bucks, get ten more years. Also have a small leak I have to repair. Obviously small, r410a is a very small molecule. Hire my buddy, and let him do it. Call him over, he tells me this. Because of the cost of a complete condensing unit would be more cost effective, he recommends that. But I would have to find a used one. Unfortunately the epa mandate says you can’t just buy an “ old” 410a condensing unit, you have to replace the whole system. Not making that up. With, the new explosive refrigerant. Not making this up. 7to 8 k, because he’s a good friend. So I just bought six cheap ass Chinese mini splits ( we don’t make those) at 349.00 each, with old refrigerant, and installed them myself. Are you listening, Lee? I hope so! Another epa scam. “ it’s for the ozone layer”! And the children!
I can vouch for the mandatory new EPA standards being outrageously more price, especially the new refrigerant!! 😡
The cost of gas is punitive and costly here in Eastern WA, too.
Electric Nazis in WA state force people to cook by electricity. No efficient natural gas water heaters or stoves and they shame you every month by charging a special tax if you choose natural gas.
I had no idea--that's unbelievable.
Oh, you noticed that it’s gone up a dollar a gallon in the last month?😡
Oregon’s gas is slated to go up a dollar too, plus we’ll pay a tax on tires.
😡
Hi neighbor in E.Wa
Hi Patti!
Amen to that! We replaced our unit about a year ago, but were warned the rules would change again by 2030 and we would need to buy again. Ridiculous!
Avista electric went up like crazy in E. Washington this winter. And we didn’t even have a cold one. Made me so 😡
And there was just an article yesterday saying that Avista was going to go up more to recover their losses.
Here you go. This is how the green Nazis tyrannically state governments work. No heat for you. https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/inslee-signs-natural-gas-bill-into-law-critics-say-it-comes-at-expense-of-customers/3956123
While we're at it, let's eliminate the CAFE standards for personal vehicles too. Let individuals decide how economically they want to drive their car. We might also get some safer cars to drive.
"...Honestly, I can’t believe Trump has Congressional Democrats dying to talk about insider trading. Bring it."
YES, let's open that can of worms!! Without exception, every Congress-person should be audited for "insider trading" and influence peddling. They called for it! Pour it ON!!!!!!
I want Congress bound by the same laws they pass on us.
yep. Including ObamaCare.
I look forward to the MAGA sledgehammer to destroy our current healthcare system. I am skeptical the “market place” will make it in the furry of all the other wonderful transformations underway! But I remain hopeful and I am happy to let the man work! Appreciate you Jeff!
YYYEEESSS! 🎯 Absolutely this! I think everything they pass should be tried out on them first and for a full year before it’s inflicted on the people.
I want to do away with their massive pensions. I am willing to believe that many of these lawmakers are in it just for the perks.
And Schiff of all people. I'm sure HE and Pelosi and Schumer know all about insider trading.
They are going to regret opening their mouth.
Fingers crossed
Oh I hope so!!
Real rich coming from those 2 about insider trading. Honestly all of them should not be able to trade PERIOD while in office and maybe 5 years after office. All of it is crap
Exactly. And term limits.
Nancy Pelosi knows all about that.
Pelosi is actual around #10 for top stock traders in Congress. Many are actually names many have heard of. I was sad to see Crenshaw on that list. Prior to 2020, he was one of my favorites.
Unfortunately ......... the Republicans have been feeding at the same trough as well .
That is the problem with tackling ALL the abuses within the govt ! Trump would never be able to get anyone to give their vote for any of his initiatives to clean up the system .
That is why we are not hearing about the "big cleanups" of all the BIG agencies.. and Congress and the Senate.
Only thing we get is news of 10 migrants getting picked up, or a drug bust . Very depressing to think how corrupt and compromised the Swamp is.
Just telling it as i see it ..........
I agree to disagree. Name a President in recent history and the admin that has done more in a short time than this one.
I have been rooting for Trump for years , and never thought he would get close to being able to run , let alone elected . It is the depth of the dark state that is still very much unknown by most of his loyal followers, including on this forum.
I know that many supporters ( even Jeff, i believe) have tried to inform everyone that it will not be easy to accomplish what we want ( completely breaking down the evil that has been destroying the US .... and the world) . "don't let up on the peddle ! " they implore their readers.
Of course Trump and his team have given us renewed hope ...... but I do not ignore what Tulsi and Kash and RFKjr have said or written in the recent past before the election. Do your own research to get some others' opinions of why their actions are not now following their strong rhetoric of before.
hint : start with Candace Owens . there are others as well . Read what RFK just said about mRNA vaccines. Tell me why he would say what he did ( look at recent Measles message by him)
I am rooting for Trumps team , maybe even more than most here . Let's just get that clear. I AM "letting them work" . But when i make a comment regarding the
(still) large presence of bad people still in the govt. it is not to be negative. It is to report what I see .
I appreciate your comment. Having said that, you cannot see everything as you are not there in all the depts interacting with them day to day. I have said many things and then have done another so none of this or the players may be bad or negative. We will be just fine. The impossible can be done. It just takes looking to Jesus to know that.
i removed my post ....which had a link to some critical opinions , especially regarding RFK endorsing vaccine for Measles.
After discussing this with a good friend...... he has convinced me that some of these "tactics" which seem to be contrary to what they previously espoused are basically what is necessary at the time.
Sometimes I just want to see the blank blank world change at "warp speed " !
Things just got soooo damn messed up, and I truly believe we were just about at a point
of no return .
I don't even know what you are talking about that I said someone is not my equal or does not follow my belief. Good grief.
BTW: I have commented before similar to your comment. I understand that the process of "winning" the fight against the DS is complicated and very difficult .
That is why I point out when things people say do not jive with what they do or say later . Just reporting. Not negative. Just watching.
We got one right here that Jeff was talking about! Doom and gloom. Haven’t noticed this name before. He is going on my list with Benny2N.
me ?
Jeff Childers writes with a scalpel and cuts out the tumors in the main stream media that brings healing and health to a near “sick unto death” culture that we had become. May his incisive surgeries increase in influence and impact. Thank you, Jeff.
Honestly. I've always liked ironing, but late yesterday afternoon I could have ironed another ten shirts---because I watched, with delight, the White House goings-on while I moved the iron.
Where do you live? I have 3 linen dresses and 3 linen shirts that have your name on them!
I learned to love the casual soft unpressed look of linen long sleeve shirts. So chic for casual wear. 🤣🤣🤣. I actually look for used ones in the resale shops.
Now we 're talking.
Linen wrinkles as soon as you put it on anyway!
Those are the wrinkles of status. Poly linen-look alikes don't wrinkle. Besides, I don't like the idea of wearing petroleum.
🤣
I made that mistake!
My mom loved to iron when I was a kid. She’d put on Oprah or something and just watch and iron. Me? I specifically buy clothes that don’t have to be ironed.... that love definitely skipped me.
As kids, we would watch game shows and soap operas while ironing during summer vacation. I still remember the sound of that ironing board whipping open in the living room. During school the rule was we three girls had to iron our own clothes. Hence the last minute frenzy before the bus showed up at the end of the lane.
My husband still irons his cotton shirts, the nicer ones, before business trade shows. Otherwise he just wears ‘wash and wear’ shirts. I haven’t touched an iron for years! I admit, it is sort of nostalgic when he opens up the ironing board and sprays hot steam.
Ironing husband! Now that’s what I call “hot”! 😆
🤣 🔥 😆
My mom taught me to iron by ironing my dad’s handkerchiefs!
That’s a blast from the past, such ladies and gentlemen.
My mom tought me to fold my dad's handkerchiefs that she had just ironed.
Can I send you my shirts?
For my husband, for love. For you, my friend, for a price. My time comes at a cost.
As it should. I loved to iron as a kid. I got paid a nickel for each item or 50 cents an hour. From my parents. Oh the good old days
😂
dang! enjoy. Stay well.
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Haha. I used to have a pile of stuff I would refuse to iron after wrestling with them as long as I could stand it. Then, into the basket of rejects.
I remember a time when the damask cloth from Christmas dinner was ironed just in time for Easter dinner—but my mother had much more ironing to do than I ever have.
Back in the day, I had a pile like that... for awhile they went to the dry cleaners then I don't know what happened to them 🤷🏻♀️🤣
lol
Ironing is the way for us to erase wrinkles, rather than make them.
Ha! I was knitting while riveted with his masterful Oval Office event. Better than movies!
I am currently out of knitting projects! But through Jan-Mar I was knitting daily, which was an excuse to watch all of the exciting White House goings-on---esp that Friday when Vol.Zel. was "schooled" by our President and our Vice President.
Only democrats could come up with 13,000 words for a shower head but can’t define a woman.
Excellent!
LOL!! So true!
LOVE it!!
It falls in line with their pronoun philosophy though.
They are so proficient at word salad!
Glad to hear about the shower heads. 🚿
Now, let’s bring back incandescent light bulbs, please!
You mean the ones that use more energy than we can produce under the limitations of gov that REALLY lasted YEARS instead of the ones that emit LEDs and flashing constantly? The ones that you could bake with? #EasyBake and create an outdoor oven out of a cardboard box and reduce air-conditioning expense? Vs the ones the Chinese produce? That old thing from 100 years ago?
I guess what I really like is the option to choose between incandescent and the other. The government should not pick winners & losers, and should not put one guy out of work because of the latest thing. Let the market decide🇺🇸
I like heat & light in one😄
I’m not really following your meaning.
Satire. Some. But also reality. I like them for certain things and LEDs bother me in ways I don't even understand.
Lights: As part of my new budget, I have been using this traditional lighting system that not only costs less than modern lighting but also never seems to need replacing. In addition to the light capabilities, it serves as an awesome source of heat. Of course, it doesn't work at night, but I need the extra sleep anyway. It is basically a healthy alternative to most of my lighting needs.
In all seriousness, during the lockdown years, I would take my Bible outside to read while I got some sun, air, and exercise. One day as I was reading, walking, breathing, and tanning, I realized I wasn't wearing my readers. As it happens, the reading glasses are only necessary under low light conditions. The more you know.
I have read they flicker at a frequency that causes environmental stress to people and animals, animals being more susceptible.
Autistic kids can be affected also.
Get a high-speed camera. All artificial lights flicker to some extent, even incandescent bulbs, because we use AC power, where the voltage goes to zero 120 times per second (60 Hz) or 100 times per second (in countries that have 50 Hz power). Quality LEDs actually flicker less than incandescent bulbs!
It’s not “the look” it’s my eyes! And my sleep cycle. And I just hate getting rid of something that worked for centuries, for something unproved. 🤓🤪💡
You prefer candles and lanterns? Light bulbs haven't been around for "centuries". Cities didn't even become electrified until the late 18th century and it took much longer for rural areas.
So from the 18th to the 21st —isn’t that two centuries (approximately)?💡😂
Some people just love to nitpick.
Math is hard.
Yes, I do. I use candles all the time. Wake with the sun and sleep early.
Except when our LED light fixture burned out, we couldn't replace a bulb, we had to buy a whole new fixture. And I have some relatives who get headaches from the LED lights.
Don't replace old replaceable-bulb fixtures with bulb-less LED fixtures. Instead, get high-quality LED replacement bulbs. Phillips Ultra-Definition is my recommendation. They're not cheap, but I have yet to need to replace one; they dim well, they do not flicker, and the light is basically indistinguishable from an old-school incandescent while using much less power.
However, I'll grant that cheap LEDs can be awful.
All LEDs are bad.
Why?
IMO, the only thing wrong with quality LED bulbs is the lack of infrared, which is an artifact of the power that incandescent lights waste.
Now infrared light is important for health, but it's possible to plenty of it from other sources without wasting all that power for lighting.
If you want to know ‘why’, you need to learn for yourself. I’ve not the time nor the inclination to do it for you (I’m not your secretary). And if you don’t want to make the effort, that’s fine by me.
Roman Shapoval is big on this matter.
My daughter has several LED can ceiling fixtures that burned out and it costs a small fortune to replace.
Yep! Two new light fixtures in our laundry room in 5 years. No replacing bulbs 😡
Our health is more valuable than replacing light bulbs more often.
I meant we can only buy LED and when the bulbs go out you have to replace the whole fixture. We have had to twice in 5 years.
I’m with you. I hate the LED lights on cars that blind me, but at home, the more natural light LED’s are fine. Or is it an issue about the electromagnetic radiation in incandescent bulbs being better for you? If so, I could totally see that argument.
Valerie - the new blinding headlights on cars sure is awful. It’s as if they did not even consider how they affect oncoming drivers. Everyone I know complains about this- even young folks.
My husband got a newish car recently (this happens rarely in our family), and his car has LED lights and he hates it. They make a strong line of demarcation between bright light and pitch dark instead of a more general glow to a bigger area.
I've replaced plenty of LED bulbs. They don't last forever or even close to the advertised lifetimes. Even so I do like them. Where else can you get the same amount of light as a 200 watt incandescent for only 28 watts?
There are actual health benefits from using incandescent light bulbs.
The near-infrared that they produce can be a benefit if you have no other exposure to it. However, if you spend any amount of time outdoors or have something like a fireplace, or heat lamp somewhere in your home, that becomes irrelevant.
What brand do you buy? I’d really like to know because we change them often.
Thanks for looking! I don’t mind LED except the cost and constant changing.
bad for your health.
lol. I know, so do all of us:{
Trilby…um, I think you need to read up on this topic.
Remember when Sam Walton was running Walmart and Made In America signs were hung throughout the stores? Today:
- Walmart is the single largest importer of Chinese-made goods into the USA.
- Walmart buys less than 5% of their goods from US manufacturers (https://www.americanmanufacturing.org/press-release/fact-sheet-walmarts-made-in-america-pledge/).
If you ask me, Trump's focus on China's unfair trade practices is long overdue.
After Sam died
I stopped using Amazon at some point last year because I was spending more time driving to the UPS Store to return items than I was sleeping. Everything is of extremely poor quality and, of course, MADE IN CHINA. Amazon should put "MADE IN _____" on every item description.
Yes, China lies, cheat and steals...
BUT... did they force our corporations to offshore our mfg to them?
Or did they pursue massive additional profits rather than be concerned with the health of our Nation?
Now... stealing of our intellectual property, and currency manipulation... and other such actions... yes, China has much to be blamed for.
Why O Why is the federal government funding community indoctrination centers at all, let alone to this degree? Just found out the VA democrat controlled House and Senate voted to give UVa $194 million to build a new arts building (not engineering). UVa has a $14 billion endowment.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/northwestern-cornell-universities-face-federal-funding-freeze-amid-civil-rights-probes-5839079?
And WHY IS NPR STILL FUNDED???
Cut the strings!
100%! National Socialist Propaganda Radio (NSPR) needs to try to survive on its own... which it won't. And the world will be a much better place.
All those colleges need to be taxed on that money. 🧐
Looks like that continual incestuous relationship between Democrats and Universities. It seems that federal money under Democrats flows in a circular fashion. As the old saying goes, "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
Now if I could somehow get Libs of TikTok or whomever in DJT's krew is looking for DEI to take a look at these entities. Pretty sure they are recipients of tax dollars.
https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/peds-staff-resources/education/dei?authuser=0
Just get on X, post it with “@Libsoftiktok” at the end
it is truly a disgusting liaison.
Stop it! Now!
Looks like that continual incestuous relationship between Democrats and Universities. It seems that federal money under Democrats flows in a circular fashion. As the old saying goes, "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
Voting matters. The people of Virginia voted for Democrats … now, their taxes can go to UVa. I lived in Virginia for 12 years and hated how much state taxes I paid… especially on a military retirement that I did not serve in that state. Moved out as soon as I could.
Have lived in VA for 54 years. You will never get me to believe we have ever elected a democrat governor or senator, not the current majority in the House and senate. Can you say stolen selections?
Had to get a new shower head recently. Glad I followed the YouTube video to remove the restrictor otherwise there would always be soap in my extra-full head of hair. So happy Trump is fixing that. Maybe toilets will be next?
Our new dishwasher is “Woke” when it comes to using water. We are going to wait a year and buy one that actually works.
🤣🤣🤣 woke appliances! Great new descriptor
Instead of "delicates" the washer and dryer have a specific pronoun.
Woke Water: We live in the land of plenty when it comes to water. We fear no draught as we labor against flooding. Instead, we thank our merciful LORD for His promise to not destroy us with water again. Though as we wade to work some days, the Thomases among us raise a doubtful eyebrow to the sky which is only lowered by the rainbow that has all 7 colors.
Despite our perpetual waterlogged state (we even have water in our air!) the regulations, being federal, apply here as well. We could be California for all it matters. We still have to flush twice at a minimum, run the washing machines an extra time, and hire hackers to jailbreak our shower heads.
I suppose one of the positive but unintentional consequences is that we now add less fluoride to our ground water. Good, Bad, or Indifferent, Praise the Lord for everything.
🤣 ours too! 🤣
And washing machine water levels!
My sister was nice enough to buy me a new washer two years ago when mine quit after 25 years. It's a GE from Home Depot. I love it. It actually has a dial to choose the water level: Low, Medium, High, Max, or Precise Fill.
Speed Queen is also a great washer/dryer company. Made in the USA! With knobs instead of LED lights on a touch screen.
Love my Speed Queen!
Our next washing machine will be a Speed Queen. And we're keeping our new Woke dishwasher for one year, then buying a new one that actually washes dishes instead of saving water and electricity. God bless Trump.
True, they are. Mine does have knobs/dials for all the settings, and a row of lights across the top that indicate which settings are on, and which cycles are on.
It’s like the low-flow toilets. Is it really saving water if you have to flush 2x or more??
Our show head is 30 years old. We replaced it and put it back because the new one had no pressure. We had no idea that they were outlawed until recently.
All true, but there are videos showing how to remove the restrictors therefore allowing more water flow.
Back in January (?) I put shortcuts to whitehouse.gov and DOGE.gov on my machine. And I make a practice of reading each word of each EO /memorandum (a tough slog, but somebody's got to do it). I consider this primary source research. And watching the Oval Office press opportunities on YouTube--more primary research.n Thank you,dear Lord, for this transparent administration.
Speaking of transparency, it’s funny the crazy lefties are protesting Trump as if he’s a Hitlerian fascist (and Musk too). I’ve never seen in history any fascist/totalitarian be transparent, work towards limiting their government, return more power to the people, and shrink their spending… oh, and promote peace.
Right?? 🙄 They no longer seem to have any idea what words actually mean after manipulating them for so long 🙄
Like liberty and freedom… they think bio male “trannies” have the right to win sporting competitions against girls and watch girls shower and change in locker rooms. If you are against that, you are taking away freedoms … ugh
The videos of conservatives going to the anti Trump protests and asking the liberals what their signs mean is hilarious. Jordan Sather has some great coverage here on SS.
I love those!!
They know not what they say.... Sigh.
And showing his signature on each one! Waiting for the auto pen signatures to come back around full circle
“The bottom line is: we need to get comfortable not knowing all the details. We’re learning about the plan as it unfolds.”
We lowly tax-paying working citizens have never been included in DC details.
I’m perfectly happy with President Trump cooking. He will nail all the bastards to the wall, and I’m here for it!
Bobby too. Let him work. He's in a trough of alligators.
Norm Eisen is a traitorous color revolution agent. He is behind much of the lawfare to impede or imprison Trump. Why did Justice Roberts live with him for a week? https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/norm-eisen-color-revolution-playbook
Yes, there are some truly treasonous people in the country.
Barrett is very smelly too...
Journalist Julie Kelly says she has been threatened.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1910039878446072027?t=qhsRRWISf5G4CKxjQquxkg&s=19
I like Kelly, and this is very likely true.
But if so, Barrett needs to resign. (So does compromised/controlled scumbag Roberts)
If she was threatened, she should either shoot her mouth off and report it to DOJ or just resign.
I'm sure she has. Julie Kelly just made it public.
Did she buy those 2 adopted Haitians kids from the Clintons?
Outstanding read, thank you 🙏
Ask Roberts what country he illegally adopted his children.