588 Comments
User's avatar
Jeff Childers's avatar

ERRATA

— Don’t panic. It’s Wednesday. In the we hours this morning I picked the wrong template. Fixed.

Based Florida Man's avatar

We're all in a hurry to get to Jan 20.

TiredCitizen's avatar

And God has the best sense of humor. Have people picked up on what January 20th is on the calendar?

S.P.H.'s avatar

Happy MLK day TiredCitizen.

TiredCitizen's avatar

Yep. LOVE THAT. I do wonder if BLM and Antifa will make a re-appearance (I'm not going to follow along with the line that they just packed up and went home for the next 4 years) saying they are just marching for the socialist/anti-Christian MLK

Jacquijacq's avatar

I looked up historical Jan 20- what are you referring to - the trial for Charles 1 for treason?

WP William's avatar

Bret Stephens (whoever the hell he is), and all like him, needs to be Cancelled, Non-Person'd, erased expunged, disappeared, intelligentsia-cided, and vanquished as fully as were Carthaginians, Olmecs, Neandertals, Druids, NAZIs, or whatever other term one wants to exert toward intentionally and purposefully making EXTINCT, a group of persons whose funded philosophies and professional efforts have been to oppose the rising force of Civilization and (true) progress.

What these malicious self-appointed mouthpieces of Progressive Authoritarian Elitism and tyranny meant for Trump, MAGA, Conservatives, Traditional communities, Normal persons, and modern Western Culture's institutions should NOW be used to firmly inexorably unapologetically and mercilessly be used to CRUSH them, pulverize them and their hateful ideas and influences. Let them fully reap and own what THEY have sown and it should be resolved to make no amends and build no bridges with them...how can one reach across the aisle, compromise, collaborate and compromise with such as these. They built the gallows for us...now like Haman let them put it to use.

A.J.'s avatar

Just as the British Army wiped out the Thuggee religion in India. No mercy.

WP William's avatar

now you got me,,,i need to look at this (1840s i assume?) AMEN good Fing riddance to all satanic-esque Death Cults and those "practicing" them

Vicki's avatar

Like, like, like, like!

TiredCitizen's avatar

You are being sarcastic, right?

OnTheJump's avatar

No sh¿t ...... CAN'T get here soon enough.

Dems gonna keep pissing in Trump's breakfast of corn flakes until it overflows the damn bowl.

User's avatar
Comment deleted
Dec 18, 2024
Comment deleted
Bandit's avatar

Yeah, I'm anxious about January 21st, too. It's my birthday and I don't want to be older. I'm happy where I am. 😉😊😋

Monterey's avatar

Keep fighting, Patti--WA Is worth fighting for

User's avatar
Comment deleted
Dec 19, 2024
Comment deleted
Monterey's avatar

Yes I am. And I'm still so in love with the natural beauty in this state, that I'm not going anywhere...

Tim Williams's avatar

So I shouldn’t have told my boss I’m not coming in tomorrow?!

Fred's avatar

Hahahaha! Best comment, Tim!

WP William's avatar

it was on the Internet, no way it wasn't real. have a great weekend everyone!

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

I place so much "book" on Jeff Childers that I actually had to CHECK my REAL calendar--LOL!!

Amanda Booth Bice's avatar

Dammit! I got all excited! It’s FRIDAY in Jeff’s world! It can be Friday in my world too! 😂😂😂

SadieJay's avatar

Yeah, I actually looked at my computer date. Glad it wasn't Rumpelstiltskin time.

Bobbi's avatar

I knew things were different in FL than AZ but I'm glad it wasn't some time warp and I didn't miss my Thursday doctor appointment! Some days I have to look at my pill strip to know what day it is! Thanks!

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I do the same thing with my pill strip...

Bobbi's avatar

Glad I'm not the only one!

Based Florida Man's avatar

Not ideal to eat Wed Thur Fri allotment of pills at once.

Whew!

RunningLogic's avatar

If you were looking to increase the comment count for today, Jeff, your plan worked 😆😂😁

Willing Spirit's avatar

No panic here. I guess sometimes my deficits in observation skills are helpful.

Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

Thank you for that, I actually considered I might have lost 2 days, and I had forgotten to take my Wednesday and Thursday supplements in my weekly pillminder -- for a few seconds, lol. I didn't get past the opening template before checking here to see if I was on the right timeline. Whew!

Okay, back to reading the posting.

King Cavalier II's avatar

JFC— I checked my watch, my computer and my phone. 😂🤩😂

JCrutcher's avatar

I backed out of the C&C email to check the date on my phone, then thought, hmmm, what's he getting at.

But the laugh out loud statement: '(“hüftgelenkersatzoperation,” and I am not making that up).' had me look up the definition immediately since I was on my phone reading his Substack. Don't know if I'll ever have a moment to use that new word.

nancylee's avatar

somebody please send germany some space keys for their computers.

Bandit's avatar

Spaces for their words!

Lynn46's avatar

Funny, just had to look it up. Thought it may have been a Jeff funny made up word. As for today being Friday I thought it was going to be Jeff's Friday and was not posting for the rest of the week. Whewwww!!!!

Karen Bandy's avatar

I checked the paper calendar in the kitchen! And, remembered that I was at the Chiro yesterday and had to fill in the date, the 17th on the little check in form 🤣

TW's avatar

I just figured you weren't working til after Christmas and decided I wouldn't tell my husband as he's already grumbling about working right up until candlelight service Christmas Eve. Good to know it's just normal holiday exhastion and not that you get the whole month surrounding New Years off!

rjt's avatar

Searching for Nancy?

I didn't keep the reference handy, but look in the anaesthesia literature for the outcome of surgery in older people who drink too much alcohol. Delirium is common. Some brain damage (even in non-imbibers) is not uncommon after emergency surgery.

The "wee" hours are later in Florida than Luxembourg.

Susan's avatar

Older people also don't bounce back from a broken hip, can hope that she is out of congress for good now...finally!

Bandit's avatar

You mean, she can bounce right out of Congress?!

RunningLogic's avatar

Does à Nancy (like a Bumble 😆) bounce, though?? 🤔🫢

Bandit's avatar

That scrawny ass wouldn't bounce on anything!

RunningLogic's avatar

🤣😆

Maybe with all her silicone injections though? 🤔😈

Susan's avatar

We can hope she bounces off this earth!

Frank Lee's avatar

We are reminded by some that almost every day is Jan 6.

WP William's avatar

NEVER FORGET!!! they told us....we NEVER WILL

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

Some of the biggest news items of the last day or so have related to the Jan 6 fedsurrection.

The biggest one that jumped out at me related to the scaffolding. Apparently it was put up at 6AM. No one at the capitol thought to take it down, and the FBI has been curiously incurious about who put it up. There is video of it being erected. Something tells me that the phone records of who was at the location at 6AM will not be available.

RidgeCoyote’s Howling's avatar

I always thought it was “wee” hours but as I contemplate the best use of quiet time, I like your spelling better.

Jay Horton's avatar

“Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”

― Mark Twain

Later Jay

Chevrus's avatar

Well there was A LOT of panicking !

Karmy's avatar

I ask for prayers for a successful surgery for my husband who’s due for surgery at 8:30 this morning.

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

Lord, I lift him up to you that you will speak healing over him as you give the medical team extraordinary skill and wisdom. Please give Karmy and her husband perfect peace. And may your name be glorified through every detail. In Jesus’ name.

St. Alia the Knife's avatar

Lord, Jehovah Jireh, we humbly ask for a successful surgery for Karmy's husband, for You to guide the surgeon's hand, to protect him from infection and any post-op complications, and to restore his health. In the Precious Name of Jesus, Amen and Amen.

Mrs. "the Knife"

79SmithW60's avatar

Prayers offered up for Karmy's husband, the surgical team, and for her. May the Lord guide their hands and may the Lord's arms embrace and comfort both Karmy and her husband through these times. Prayers also for recovery. Amen.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Praying for your husband!

PamelaZelie's avatar

Praying for your husband and you.

Phillip Zinni III DO FAOASM's avatar

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Praying Wisdom for Health and Faith in JESUS for Healing! Amen and AMEN!

Marsha McGrath's avatar

Asking for prayers is itself a prayer, Karmy.

Willing Spirit's avatar

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

TriTorch's avatar

Prayers sent Karmy, my best to him and the outcome

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the comfort of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to carry out for Him the custom of the Law, then he took Him into his arms and blessed God, and said,

“Now Master, You are releasing Your slave in peace,

According to Your word.

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Which You prepared in the presence of all peoples,

A Light for revelation to the Gentiles,

And for the glory of Your people Israel.”

— Luke 2:25-32 LSB

PamelaZelie's avatar

“A Light for revelation to the Gentiles …” makes my heart sing. Thank you, God.

“Reflect, today, upon that scene of Simeon taking the Child into his hands and seeing the Savior under the veil of the flesh and bones of this Infant. Seek out Christ in the same way that Simeon did and ponder the many ways that He is present to You. Know that He is near and that He wants to fill your life with His peace.”

Catholic Daily Reflections.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Spencer Klavan in today's post (The New Jerusalem substack) writes along these lines--

Robin Greer's avatar

Luke 2:36 And there was a prophetess, [a]Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in [b]years and had lived with her husband seven years after her [c]marriage, 37 and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers. 38 At that very [d]moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

I would love to add Anna and Simeon to my nativity scene. 😀

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

They would have seen Jesus long before the wise men methinks.

Robin Greer's avatar

Yes, indeed they would have.

Double Mc's avatar

Lutherans traditionally sing this after communion, and before the benediction.

My Favorite Things's avatar

Democrats blame Republicans for school shootings because we steadfastly believe Americans have the right to gun ownership. They have been blaming us for years every time there’s a shooting.

Have Democrats even considered when our society started in a dramatic decline? I’m not sure many Republicans have thought about it either. How many shootings were there when we had traditional values and American families made due with less?

Our decline started with the decimation of our cultural institutions like marriage and family. Democrats started pushing women into the workforce and children into daycare. Some of the children were only babies. These children were not raised in a loving and nurturing environment. A daycare employee will absolutely not feel the love for a child that its mother feels.

People say they “need” two incomes to survive in today’s world. I disagree. Make do with less material wealth and invest in the wealth of familial love.

Be a one car family with a landline phone. Have a smaller home with a carport. Live like people used to live in the 1950’s. I think most were happier then with less. We are suffering as a nation because we have lost touch with our traditional values.

Penny North's avatar

This is from a FB post several years ago:

“In 1990, Dr. Harris Coulter predicted a wave of violence in our schools. It's sad and shocking... but so very important. Please read this and share it!

The book 'Vaccination, Social Violence and Criminality' by Harris Coulter, Ph.D., was published in 1990. It was one of the most powerful books ever written on the subject of vaccination damage and in it he predicated a wave of violence in our schools.

The mechanism that he discussed was brain damage known to be caused by vaccination: sub-acute encephalo-meningitis. This condition was known to cause inflammation of the base of the brain and to affect personality and behavior.

Dr. Coulter, one of America's premiere medical historians, did extensive research to show that encephalitis was an acknowledged medical reaction to nearly all vaccinations. A very mild form of this could cause serious personality distortions and disorders. A review of the "epidemics" of infectious encephalitis which swept America and Europe in the 1920s reveals that those who survived such a condition would suffer from various conditions which we recognize today but were exceedingly rare at that time:

These conditions include ADD, ADHD, autism, Asperger's syndrome, allergies, anorexia, bulimia, impulsive violence, stuttering, mental retardation, dyslexia, sudden infant death syndrome (Crib death), processing disorders, the inability to feel empathy (seen in autism spectrum disorders but also in criminal behavior), bed-wetting, Tourette's, seizures, sexual identity disorders and many others. These conditions, it must be repeated, seemed to come out of nowhere and rarely occurred in those times.

Coulter seemed especially concerned about the violence emanating from such diseased brains. His evaluation of prisoners revealed that a surprisingly high number suffered from various neurological disorders such as tics, stuttering, dyslexia and other conditions that were reflective of nervous system problems.

In his book, Coulter discussed America's youngest serial killer, a young teen in the late 1800s whose mother stated it was the smallpox shot that changed her child's personality and turned him violent. Coulter's book also included a chilling interview with the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy who discussed his uncontrollable urge to kill. Bundy, a psychology major, repeatedly said his was not a personality disorder but a neurological disorder with uncontrollable impulses in his brain.

Remember, this was well before the Columbine shootings, before school violence was even a serious problem. Coulter predicted that an expanded vaccination program would reap even more violence.

The victims of these vaccines have brain damage and are often prescribed psychiatric medications that have been linked to suicide and homicide. We don't yet know enough details about the Connecticut killer, but we do know that most people responsible for school killings were on such medication.

How many more such acts of violence and murder must occur before we ask the question, "What is making these children murderously violent?" That should be our primary focus, not gun laws, poor parenting, and more secure schools.

Are these acts of violence caused by people with vaccination-induced damaged brains? The evidence for this conclusion is compelling. Our refusal to objectively investigate this only ensures continued tragedies of this nature.”

Truthseeker's avatar

Yes. I’ve read this book.

And what I can say is affected children are much more volatile today…

primary symptoms of Autism include … lack of empathy, lack of social connection, poor impulse control, poor emotional regulation and lack of overall emotional understanding, and obsessive compulsive tendencies

That’s a terrible combination - and is part of what we are seeing today …

If they evaluated the characteristics of school shooters over the last 10 years….

I believe you’d start to see a very clear pattern of behaviors that are quite consistent

And we know some kids with autism… their deficits have been caused by vaccines

So you have a much higher percent of kids today (over vaccinated, and over medicated) who are neurodiverse and vulnerable to these type of criminal and impulsive acts

I just had this conversation with my kids last night

The schools are in the middle of a serious campaign

Convincing all the school age kids- the problem is guns in this country And we should disarm America.

And what I told my kids was…. Guns do not pick themselves up and start shooting people…

A person with an addled mind shoots people….

They are actively brainwashing our kids in schools… that America should be disarmed because of all these tragic and horrible school shootings

And there’s never a single constructive conversation about mental health

Or a hard look at the root cause of what’s making children act this way….

Bobby Kennedy knows what’s going on in children’s health today and I pray… we can see progress in saving children’s brains today

Because it really has been the destruction of children’s brains for decades now.

And this is the horrific result

Margaret Allison's avatar

Penny North, I have wondered why so many children had problems talking clearly around 3-4-5 years old!? Though my 43 & 45 year olds had vaccines (not 80 or whatever), they never displayed what we are seeing!!

Robin Greer's avatar

Social media doesn't help. A person's natural bent is toward self centeredness and selfishness but with social media that bent is truly exacerbated beyond belief. And the overmedication with anti-depressants is insane and ADHD meds is out of control. Add in all the propaganda in our culture and you have a recipe for disaster.

TiredCitizen's avatar

Yours probably didn't have to have the entire 70+ shots these poor kids get now up to 12 years of age. And doctors are mixing jabs into one that are never supposed to be mixed.

Toxi🇨🇦's avatar

Couldn't be the masking for two, three years that caused that, could it?

Rhetorical

Margaret Allison's avatar

The one child was 5 when we lost my brother, her Pawpaw, and still had problems speaking. 2023. I don’t think my niece masked her children. Around 2015-2016, another little girl had problems speaking plain. She had 3 older siblings. They spoke well. So she had role models. I am not for all the medicines they throw at children for being hyperactive!

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

That only accounts for kids that are now in the 3-6 age group. My older kid had lots of problems, and she's 24 now.

TiredCitizen's avatar

Dr. Koury also published a paper linking anti-depressants to this violent behavior. it is a Substack.

MnmMom's avatar

What an evil business disguised as medical care- give a shot to supposedly prevent/protect from a communicable disease and create a new reaction (physical & emotional) that requires a lifelong need for medical help and prescriptions. 👿👺👿.

Gabriella's avatar

Does anyone have information on RhoGam shots? I saw a video a few years ago regarding harms of vaccines. A lot of the doctors and scientists in the video were European. Can’t remember the title of the video. In the first 15 min., I believe, two male scientists stated they found out that RhoGam shots contained thimerisal, which they never knew about before. I received at least 4 of these shots as my blood type is O rh negative. I have 3 children whose blood type is O positive. I received the first two after giving birth to my first two children, sons. I was given the other two during m pregnancy with my daughter and after giving birth. All three were breastfed babies, so I’m sure something was transferred to them. My kids do have a variety of asthma, allergies, ADHD, anxiety, depression, autism spectrum, bipolar. They were all born 1988 and after and also sadly got all CDC recommended shots as I had no clue about harms back then. May sons also were on antibiotics for acne when they were teenagers. Ugh! I didn’t know how bad those could be for your gut biome then either. The allopathic medical industry has really screwed us over. I wish more doctors any scientists would talk about this RhoGam injection, the ingredients, and harms it can cause. Would love to hear more about antibiotics given for acne also and the harms they cause.

Susan L.'s avatar

I identify with much of where you are. My children were also born 1988 and after. I am A neg blood type, and gratefully, all children were Rh neg, as well, so did not receive RhoGam. They also received all the scheduled vaccines and quite a few antibiotics for severe ear infections as well as a brief round for acne. We had a “gut” feeling about those, and did not do long courses. The children do not seem to have a lot of health or neurological problems, so I think you may be onto something about the RhoGam. My allopathic eyes have also been opened in recent years with my own cancer….have pursued alternative to standard of care..and achieving good results after 7 years of working on it. This type of cancer in recurrence (which mine is) can be ugly and aggressive and is definitely now under control (actually NED) with integrative practices…standard of care would have killed me years ago. My prayer is that we are looking at a new era of transparency in health care….and informed consent for all products and procedures promoted by the medical industry.

Elaine H's avatar

Is fen Ben in your regimen?

Susan L.'s avatar

No, but have heard about it in several alternative med talks recently. Am actually contacting my integrative doc on fenben next visit. In my case, and all cancers are different, it has taken a multi pronged approach to get it controlled. I take quite a few other supplements for maintenance right now, along with just good ole health practices. Good question, though, and worthy of pursuing good, evidence based options. I do recommend being under the care of a skilled practitioner in the integrative field.

Elaine H's avatar

Don’t be surprised if they don’t recommend it. Most people on Joe Tippins website don’t tell their doctors they are taking it until after the achieve good results.

Truthseeker's avatar

There are a group of moms who took Accutane… for acne… who are questioning if that highly toxic drug has had an impact on them then having kids on the autism spectrum

The MDs who put women of child bearing age on accutane… make the women sign a paper acknowledging that they shouldn’t get pregnant while on this medication because of significant birth defects it causes

Robin Greer's avatar

Our society lost sight of God and godly fear.

Proverbs 9:The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Mpup's avatar

Amen, a return to His Word will make miracles abound, free heart and Spirit transplants the answer.

Robin Greer's avatar

Definitely a soul issue. So many today with a seared conscience.

WP William's avatar

"Medicine" sells itself as remedying Nature's broken state as far as physical, mental, emotional, sexual health; and indeed miscarriages, pathogenic-borne diseases, birth defects, major mental disorders are real and beg for amelioration by modern medicine, intelligent technology and application. As well, physical deterioration suffered most by aging persons, inexplicable cancers among children and young people demonstrate that mankind can and should strive to cure and treat these conditions. A corrupted and perverted or strictly materialistic, Anti-theistic, approach is what leads "medicine" to gender transition "care", miscarriage-inducing drugs, and all manner of other mal-treatment and abuse. No God=Disorder

Elaine H's avatar

Although this recent shooting in Wisconsin was at a Christian school. We don’t know much yet about the killer except that it was a 15 yo female.

CitizenA's avatar

Just got an update from FOX news…

They confirm the 15 year old shooter was Natalie Rupnow.

Also - The Dane County Medical Examiner’s report identified Rupnow’s deceased victims as 14-year-old student Rubi Patricia Vergara and 42-year-old teacher Erin M. West.

CitizenA's avatar

Elaine,

If these articles are accurate the girl is Natalie Lynn Rupnow, but she called herself Samantha. (I’ll post the links below. ) One article mentioned she was on something like 4 or 5 drugs, and all but one was a psychotic (or antidepressant) drug and that she was a biological female that was trans… however those may or may not be true facts. Her pics look quite feminine.

Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow, 15, named as Madison school shooter as 'manifesto' spreads online: Live updates | Daily Mail Online

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14198619/madison-wisconsin-school-shooting-abundant-life-christian-updates.html

Samantha Rupnow trans student id as Madison Christian school shooter

https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2024/12/samantha-natalie-rupnow-trans-student-id-madison-wi-christian-school-shooter/

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Dems ignore that the mass shootings just came out of nowhere starting in the late 1960s. Funny how America was ALWAYS armed to the teeth before that, eh? Try reminding them of this and you get the zombie stare, and then probably are called a name, like racist (although what that has to do with the start of MKUltra-backed mass shootings, I have no idea).

Jaci's avatar

MK Ultra triggered

Donna in MO's avatar

Yes, moral decay and decimation of the traditional family are big factors, but I blame screens and pharma even more. I am in the grocery store in the middle of the day and see a mom with 2 in the shopping cart, both immersed in screens. I wanted to knock those things out of the kids' hands and say "what are you DOING?!" to the mom. Yet if you post such things on social media and get called 'judgey' but these poor kids looked like zombies. I worked part time when ours were little and they did go to daycare, but we were adamant that screen time be limited to an hour a day on weekdays and 2 hours a day on weekends. Yeah they cheated at friends houses and such, and we let the rules slide on a weekend here and there when we had a home improvement project underway. But bottom line, we let our kids be bored.

Robin Greer's avatar

A know an older lady who told me that if her kids told her they were bored, she would give them something to do that would "un-bored" them like chores. They quickly learned to find other things to do. Her children grew up to be very smart and enterprising.

Lynn46's avatar

Sounds like my mom in the 50s, 60s. I have no idea to this day what it means to be bored. When all else fails, read a book, take a walk or take a nap.

Freebird's avatar

Donna, they aren’t necessarily bored, they might actually use their little minds to creatively invent an amusement. My grandchildren make up stories and even imaginary friends. Smart kids…all seven of them.

Donna in MO's avatar

Oh I know, that was just what they would whine at us with when begging for more screen time. Mooooom, I'm bored! I'd say, good, that means you have to get creative. Or, to mix things up, I'd say, I'll give you something to do - here go fold the laundry/pull weeds/clean your room. Neither died of boredom, and as adults can carry on conversations with people without staring at their phones.

Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

My late law partner & best friend went nuclear when he heard my children say "I'm bored."

They learned quickly not to utter those words in his presence. Lol

(Thank you, brother. We all miss you.)

Janice's avatar

In our house of five fabulous children one of our rules re boredom…the kids knew better than to tell me they were bored bc that would elicit the response from their mom oh good! I’ve lots of chores that need to be done …kids played, read, studied and swam in the river and played cowboys in the woods…we also had a boat in the back yard for playing pirates …and went to the library often…

TiredCitizen's avatar

Yet they say nothing about the gun that killed the UHC CEO.

Gigi Gummerson's avatar

Also, do you remember when they started shutting down all of the mental health facilities? That IMHO has also contributed to the decline of our country. Pushing SSRI’s on our children as well as other psychotic drugs is harming entire communities.

Satan's Doorknob's avatar

I would gladly live in a tent if we could turn turn back the clock to the 1950s for many things 😁

WP William's avatar

Even the elite, super wealthy of the past didn't daily immerse themselves into instantaneous putrid vile techno-filth...Yellow journalism newspapers, Commie-novelists, Hollyweird, Madison Avenue, and Corporate-Gvt. radio existed to mind screw the masses but the playboy trust-funder lifestyles of yesteryear (pre-TV and pre-Jet setting age) were comparably quite modest to today's normal average American Idiot's routine and experience. More is definitely Less most often.

WIMomof3's avatar

Madison WI is a breeding ground for liberal/feminist/trans/Godless ideology. Also home to our state university 🙃

User's avatar
Comment deleted
Dec 18, 2024Edited
Comment deleted
Donna in MO's avatar

Eh, lifetime employment also sucked people into dead end jobs for fear of losing their pensions. I do agree that over time workplace loyalty has gone the way of the dodo bird, and that job security is no longer a given, but it's due to the rapid pace of change vs your veiled reference to the 'greedy corporations' argument. 46% of people work either as a solo business or for an employer with less than 500 employees. We have choices. We are responsible for making and keeping ourselves marketable vs saying the company owes us something due to the fact we have been there X number of years. I've been self-employed for 24 years, something that would have been impossible in my parent's generation.

My Favorite Things's avatar

“In 1967, 49 percent of mothers were stay-at-home mothers. That proportion steadily dropped through the decades until 1999, when only 23 percent of moms stayed at home. Since 1999, the percentage of mothers who stayed at home began to increase again, rising by 6 points to 29 percent in 2012. The researchers note that recent declines in the labor force participation rate and rising immigration were likely factors in the increase of the stay-at-home rate. They also indicate that the rise in the proportion of mothers who stayed at home will not likely continue because most mothers surveyed would like to work part-time or full-time.”

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/beyond-bls/stay-at-home-mothers-through-the-years.htm

I also disagree with your boot 🥾 licking comment. It’s employees changing jobs to transition to upwardly 💰 jobs that creates most of the job turnover. Not corporations firing people that don’t kiss 💋 a$$. I know many people that have had the same job for years. Good employees aren’t that easy to come by and I think most business people realize that fact.

I believe most employers are happy to keep employees that are loyal to the company and work hard.

Lastly, I don’t think all of our problems are due to the disintegration of the family and the rise of fatherless, illegitimate children. I agree with some of the other commenters that vaccines have harmed ourselves and our children.

User's avatar
Comment deleted
Dec 19, 2024Edited
Comment deleted
Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

My RN wife was terminated for asking for an extra dollar an hour.

So she went next door to the hospital down the street, which was happy to give her a $10 / hr raise, and a $15k sign on bonus.

Hospital administrators are the stupidest animals on the planet.

My Favorite Things's avatar

Our conversation is over.

Fable: DON'T ARGUE WITH “DONKEYS”

The donkey said to the tiger: - "The grass is blue".

The tiger replied: - "No, the grass is green."

The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit to arbitration, and for this they went before the lion, the King of the Jungle.

Already before reaching the forest clearing, where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout:

- "His Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?".

The lion replied: - "True, the grass is blue."

The donkey hurried and continued: - "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me, please punish him."

The king then declared: - "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence."

The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating: - "The Grass Is Blue"

The tiger accepted his punishment, but sentencing before he asked the lion: - "Your Majesty, why have you punished me?, after all, the grass is green."

The lion replied: - "In fact, the grass is green."

The tiger asked: - "So why are you punishing me?".

The lion replied: - "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green.

The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that come and bother me with that question."

The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense...

There are people who, no matter how much evidence and evidence we present to them, are not in the capacity to understand, and others are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and all they want is to be right even if they are not.

When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quiet are worth more. ❤️

Based Florida Man's avatar

Here's an interview with the assassinated Russian general, Igor Kirillov.

"In August 2023, Kirillov outlined how the US and Big Pharma “rule the world” by “manufacturing biological crises”.

He also discussed how all of this evidence has been submitted to the UN many times, and gets vetoed every time by the US, because the US cannot refute the documentation.

Essentially, Kirillov found the paper trail proving that the US government, along with NGOs and oligarchs, created C19, and used it to generate trillions in profit for pharmaceutical companies via vaccine production, as well as advancing government overreach via emergency powers."

https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1869156554752073953 2.5 min vid

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Clandestine was the first person that warned about the location of the US funded biolabs in Ukraine.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Yes, I was following Clandestine before Russia entered Ukraine, and it was not long afterward that he posted the clear evidence of the US bioweapons labs and locations. This was one of the main reasons Russia was forced to take the action they did. I consider this an assassination by the real enemy, the CIA/deep state. I only hope that in the long run Putin still has all the evidence to present at a trial.

RidgeCoyote’s Howling's avatar

It seems CIA has made Ukraine its own private playground and recruitment center.

CHop's avatar

He's lucky to still be standing. Remember this guy? He disappeared after an FBI raid on his home. Then, pops up 9 months later pleading guilty child pornography charge. It doesn't take long to torture someone into confession...".6 ways to Sunday..."

ABC hasn't been seen since APRIL after FBI raid on his house https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11331805/ABC-national-security-producer-seen-APRIL-FBI-mysteriously-raided-house.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

FH's avatar

Looks like April 2022, article dated October 2022. Very interesting.

Sherry 1's avatar

People need to be put in PRISON for Covid. Unbelievable it is taking so long to get the populations of the world aware that this was MURDER and GENOCIDE to a degree never seen before. Psychos are driving the Globalist electric bus.

Abiding Dude's avatar

I hope good man Kirillov had several great assistants with comprehensive files...

Info may still come out after the CIA murdered him...

Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

What I am convinced of, is that Russia, is not our enemy (although for many years I was indoctrinated and brain washed too), but they are the enemy of the NWO global marxists and our corrupt government, both of whom want our Constitutional Republic destroyed as part of their goal to rule the world.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Assasinated, correct. Not murdered nor an act of terrorism.

Politico Phil's avatar

Not murdered? You mean he's not unwillingly deceased?

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

They always kill off the good ones.

Susan L.'s avatar

Cautionary tale….

shayne's avatar

Another reason to like the Russians. Makes me wonder who's really been lying all these years.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Although Russia did just state they had a vaccine for cancer and they’d release it for free in 2025

Gonna line up?

PeeKaye's avatar

Soonner thann I would linne up for a Big Pharma offering.

At least Russia doesnnt believe there are too manny people on earth, unlike Nihilistic progressives.

TriTorch's avatar

As the contrived third world war gears up: This goes out to all the warmongers on c(r)apitol (s)hill and the beaten and broken soldiers who have experienced first-hand-hell because of them:

I've seen my buddies ambushed on the left and on the right

And their youthful bodies riddled by the bullets of the night

Where all the rules are broken and the only law is might

With our sweat we took the bunkers, with our tears we took the pain.

With our blood we took the mountains & then gave them back again.

Still, all of us are soldiers - we're too busy to complain.

When I reach my final campground in that land beyond the sun

And the great commander asks me, "Did you fight or did you run?"

I'll stand both straight and tall stripped of medals, rank and gun

"Sir, I followed all my orders and I did the best I could

It's hard to judge the enemy and hard to tell the good

Yet there's not a man among us who would not have understood

We took the jungle village exactly like they said

We responded to their rifle fire with everything we had

And when the smoke had cleared away a 100 souls lay dead

Sir, the soldier that's alive is the only one who can fight

There's no other way to wage a war when the only one in sight

That you're sure is not an enemy, is your buddy on your right

When all the wars are over and the battle's finally won

Count me only as a soldier who never left his gun

With the right to serve my country as the only prize I've won"

As we go marching on —C Company Feat Terry Nelson, Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley

When all the wars are over and i'm nothing but a ghost

Count me only as a soldier who never left his post

With the right to serve my country as my one and only boast —tri

—-

Please send me your prayers C&C, they are desperately needed. You are in mine and my best goes out to all of you. Merry Christmas

Oh, I almost forgot: it’s soggy time:

https://substack.com/@vajramonkey/note/c-82059903

St. Alia the Knife's avatar

Lord, You know the needs of TriTorch. We pray that You will provide for those needs as only You can. We praise You and thank You for Your provisions. In Jesus mighty Name, Amen and Amen.

Mrs. "the Knife"

My Favorite Things's avatar

Tritorch,

You might love this song 🥰 Reflections of My Life by Marmalade is one of my favorites and many veterans have stated that they want it played at their funeral.

https://youtu.be/R5NdcWGrnjw?si=FSWJwfEEuHd0jF58

christopher peacock's avatar

Had no ideal this song means more 50 years later

79SmithW60's avatar

Prayers offered up for you TriTorch. The Lord knows what Graces you need. Please provide them Heavenly Father. In Jesus' Holy Name, I pray, Amen.

My Favorite Things's avatar

Tritorch,

Will keep you in my prayers ❤️🌟❤️

barbara ford's avatar

Prayers for you and thanks for your clear, spot on insights and wisdom. May God bless you in some special way today.

Deb's avatar

We will pray, TriTorch. Christmas Blessings to you.

MOMinator's avatar

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Beth Bart's avatar

Prayers and Gods gracious blessings for you Tri. 🌞☕️🙏

Marsha McGrath's avatar

Oh, lovely poem. Thanks for the moment of reflection here.

Donna in MO's avatar

Sending prayers, TriTorch. And thanks for the cute video! We NEVER had a cat that likes water other than one who used to jump in the bathtub after one of us had taken a shower and lick the water.

Carolyn's avatar

Many prayers for you.

Elaine H's avatar

Praying for you TriTorch

Davey B's avatar

Jeff, I have a suggestion for you, which I’ll come on to once I set the stage.  I live opposite a world class golf course in the UK.  At the end of August this year, the club hosted a significant ladies tournament, the Curtis Cup, which pitches a team from the UK and Ireland against the best from the US.  As part of the opening ceremony, the national anthems were played and it was the first time I’d heard the Star Spangled Banner for maybe a couple of decades.  Looking out of my kitchen window and seeing the current and veteran US team proudly placing their hands on their hearts brought a tear to my eye as I remembered what the tune represented to me, the great country the US used to be. 

Growing up, I remember the friendship the country had offered the UK, the generosity and warmth of all the Americans I had met through many visits.  You regained your swagger after Vietnam and Nixon and that allowed you to win the Cold War.  You were winners, superstars who gave us ‘I Love LA’ and ‘Born in USA’.  I think the tear was for the realisation of the loss of that country and the hope that maybe, a Trump victory would bring it back.  That HOPE was important to me and fostered almost exclusively from reading your stack.

The epochal event that was Trump’s victory is still settling in, and while I think it will beckon a golden era for the US, I’m only slightly hopeful that the tsunami that Don and Elon create when they unleash America will ripple over to UK shores.  My biggest hope is that we can ditch net zero as soon as possible.

So, my suggestion.  Time has moved on, and your Substack name Coffee and Covid seems a little out of date – we haven’t had a suddenly and unexpectedly update for a long time.  How about from 20th January, you rename it Coffee and Hope?

Thank you for all you do Jeff, yours is my favourite read on Substack, all the best to you, your family and all your readers, and may God bless America.

Dave

AnitaB's avatar

Time has not moved on for many of us affected by Covid. Those that have lost loved ones, jobs, still fighting mandates, vaxx injuries, the list is long. I feel until there is accountability and consequences, Coffee and Covid is appropriate and I do have HOPE which is why I read this daily.

RunningLogic's avatar

I agree, and suddenly and unexpectedly deaths are still happening, just more off the radar. Turbo cancer too.

Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

RunningL, unexpected deaths are ramping up IMO. I have a friend who suddenly lost her 34 yo daughter. The daughter’s husband now suddenly lost his mom, and my friend also suddenly lost a cousin. THAT’S ONE FAMILY who is dealing with multiple sudden deaths all within the last couple of months. So sad. 😞

Robin Greer's avatar

Woman from church had a friend call her to tell her that her father dropped dead while on vacation. Know of another couple in their 50's who both recently died and they died within months of each other.

RunningLogic's avatar

Just awful 😞 A friend of mine just lost her husband to turbo cancer, he was in his 50s 😞

User's avatar
Comment deleted
Dec 18, 2024
Comment deleted
Becky's avatar

Young men have been dying suddenly in our town. The only reason it shows is that the “unexpected” deaths are happening to well-known young businessmen. To me, that means many young men unknown to me also likely are dying suddenly.

My mom’s doctor said today that the entire medical community now knows that we were “completely and unquestionably” lied to about Covid and the vaccines by the government and agencies that were supposed to protect us. Covid is not over, and never should be. As at Dachau, a “Never Again” memorial should be constructed in a highly visible place.

Elaine H's avatar

I hope if these doctors are aware that they start treating young people with protocols like Peter McCullough’s to treat the effects of the spike protein.

FH's avatar

Maybe Coffee, Covid, & Hope?

Fred's avatar

Love your comments Dave, but as the parent of a VI’d kid, still seeing the deadly C shot on the Childhood Vaccination schedule, some universities still mandating it, our own government mandating it for our loyal green card workers, topped off with so many “scientists” and “health care experts” still obfuscating the damages of the entire Covid debacle, I am not yet ready to close that chapter. (Do I get some kind of grammatical award for the longest run-on sentence? 🤷‍♀️🙆‍♀️)

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Runner-up for the Marcus Tullius Cicero award. But you needed to place your verb at the end.

Oregon Kathy's avatar

It’s not over, this is the accountability stage. We are praying that the new administration will bring justice and set new parameters so this won’t happen again

TiredCitizen's avatar

There isn't going to be an "accountability stage."

Doug's avatar

My wife and I went to a couple of local college-league baseball games this summer and it was wonderful to stand for the Anthem with my hand on my heart with everybody else there. I didn't see one person "take a knee". It made us feel great.

Doug's avatar

And the games were so much more fun to watch - we were friends with one of the players' family.

John Harms's avatar

And may America bless God!

Beckadee's avatar

Now listen to Whitney Houston sing it. I'm sure there are others who sang it just as well, but I haven't found them.

https://youtu.be/N_lCmBvYMRs?si=kqSwKeS7c4-kJYbP

Susan G's avatar

Marvin Gaye and a military band (I believe the Marine Corps) at another sporting event. Sorry I cannot provide a link.

Beckadee's avatar

The worst thing IMO is when a singer puts their spin on it. It should be sung as close as possible to the original including the music.

CitizenA's avatar

Beckadee, I soooo agree. Some singers put such a spin on it that I can hardly recognize the 🎼 tune at all. It annoys me to no end.

Sherry 1's avatar

Until the people responsible for the Covid genocide are in prison, we MUST keep fighting those who created Covid. These same NWO people are the reason Britain and many other countries are being force-fed ‘net zero’, cow fart control, lab grown meat, 15 minute cities and all the other Climate rubbish. They started it with Covid we will finish it with them in prison.

christopher peacock's avatar

How about Good vs. evil. Or Good Coffee vs.evil swine ?

Ed Thorrens's avatar

A child was born that was no other but God manifested in the flesh to save us!

JesusChrist is the same God, not a second or third in command!

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.9.6.NKJV

MMA's avatar

Am I crazy? I thought it was Wednesday!

Beth M's avatar

I must need more coffee because instead of reckoning that discrepancy I somehow accepted it and adjusted my internal clock accordingly! Wow..

Juju's avatar

🤣🤣🤣 so me

PamelaZelie's avatar

Too much spiked eggnog? Humor with love, Jeff.

Erin W's avatar

Jeff is gonna be in rough shape tomorrow morning 🤣

Ken Sherwood's avatar

OMG I panicked for a second there. 😱

Freebird's avatar

Me too! OMG it can’t be Friday!! 😂

Renea Buchholz's avatar

You might be crazy..but yes it is Wednesday

Karen Walby Ph. D.'s avatar

Jeff says it’s Wednesday at the end of his post.

Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

If only I'd read ahead and not panicked instantly! lol

Valerie's avatar

Bret Stephens is a rat trying to escape a sinking ship. He’s had no change of heart, just looking out for his own best interests. Loser.

Charlotte's avatar

Never trust a Never Trumper. Andrew McCarthy is another one.

Based Florida Man's avatar

JD Vance was. Literally calling Trump 'Hitler'.

"Vance's transformation - from self-described "never Trumper" to stalwart loyalist - makes him a relatively unusual figure in Trump's inner circle."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jd-vance-once-compared-trump-hitler-now-they-are-running-mates-2024-07-15/

Valerie's avatar

And maybe some self respect.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yeah he’s just an opportunist and is seeing which way the wind is now blowing (took him long enough though). I don’t trust him either.

Lisa P's avatar

I think his article has everything to do with J6 and what Jeff said "But Brett still doesn’t get it. January 6th is intensely important, just not the way he thinks. We’re not finished with January 6th, not by a long shot. But I digress."

Jeff is wrong in thinking Bret doesn't get it. He totally gets it and he wants everyone to forget about J6 now because of things like Liz Cheney being referred for criminal investigation. He doesn't want what's coming but it's too late.

VikingMom's avatar

Lots of rumors floating around that Nasty Nancy is not doing well at all...it does seem odd that neither she, nor anyone in her family, has issued any statements since her "incident" almost a week ago!

Carrie's avatar

Elderly hip fractures carry a high mortality rate

Fred's avatar

Lots of hip fractures can be fixed without a total hip replacement. If she had a THR, the injury was significant.

Margaret Allison's avatar

My mom is 99 and broke her hip a few weeks before turning 90! I thought the same thing about hip fractures and she recovered nicely with a walker.

Maggie Think of Me's avatar

She was closer to Jesus than Nancy... He sustained her!

Margaret Allison's avatar

She honored her parents. The only commandment with a promise!

Heterodox Introvert's avatar

If she doesn't make it, much like, say, oh I dunno, Damar Hamlin maybe, she may be replaced with a look-alike. And nary a whisper from anyone close to the case. Nah. Crazy conspiracy theory.

*edit - Whoops. I swear I hadn't scrolled as far as @Sunnydaze's comment. Great minds... *snort

wily_coyote-genius's avatar

20% of geriatric hip surgeries, die within the first year after the surgery.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

One can hope in this case, especially since they will be required to do any care on her sotted self keeping her drunk the whole time. Generally they won’t even do that surgery if you’re a drunken wreck.

Sunnydaze's avatar

Rumors are just rumors. Sometimes I think they purposely stay silent so we all guess with our theories based on a logical conclusion what’s really happening -then they blurt out the truth and make us look like fools for being so wrong.

Remember Demar Hamlin - NFL player for Buffalo Bills? We all just knew he was dead and they were putting in an imposter because we knew it was jab related and they were trying to hide it. He’s playing each week and they show him on tv all the time (on purpose I’m sure 🙄). So, not dead, and recovered fully it appears. We look like idiots for all of our claims.

I’m not getting sucked into a Pelosi theory now. Who knows what the hell they are hiding? I’m sure they hid the truth of Hamlin and now they’re hiding the truth of Pelosi and we’ll never actually know the truth of what it is.

TiredCitizen's avatar

I completely agree. Just like the Q crap that so many fell for. It was a classic socialist psyop that led people to DC on 1/6 falling right into the trap laid for them.

Charlotte's avatar

I came here to comment on the dangers of full anesthesia. There are different types and certain ones are better with the elderly than others. I did a deep dive for my father many years ago before his surgery, but he still suffered from hallucinations afterwards. I actually think getting surgery on the American base in Germany was inferior to getting it done in Italy, but maybe she wanted to protect herself from the press.

Jean V's avatar

My guess is that the doctors at Landstuhl, the big military hospital in Germany, don’t do very many hip replacement surgeries on older patients. Most of their patients are military age and their families.

Erin Montgomery's avatar

At her age, a fall down a flight of stairs, needing a hip replacement, probably should have a brain scan for a brain bleed or stroke.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

And probably not saturated with alcohol.

carily myers's avatar

I, honestly, don't think she'll come back.

sadie's avatar

How do they get an elderly drunk thru detox while recovering from surgery?

char's avatar

Charlotte could you guide me --a place to begin researching please. Trusted site these days. Appreciate

char's avatar

I would like to know your research please. Anesthesia messed my body and brain at 32. Again at 41.Just the thought of needing again at some point is worrisome. Unsure where to learn. Thank you

Erin Montgomery's avatar

Many years working in Radiology- trauma CT and MRI.

char's avatar

Similar. However does not help learning about types of anesthesia. Back 'when' everything considered a miracle. New techs still do not realize the dangers of dye. Improved? Perhaps , still unsafe for many.

The Real Mary Rose's avatar

It may not be long before I can say, "ding dong." You know the rest. :D

Cathy's avatar

Only the good die young. She’s got lots of time left

shayne's avatar

Her husband got a nasty bang on the head and now she's broken her hip. I reckon they'll both be heading for the nursing home soon, hopefully a nursing home full of aged Republicans.

A.J.'s avatar

Wouldn't it be an irony if during or after her surgery in a US Army Hospital in Germany she got a hot lot injection booster of the bioweapon given current Veterans Administration recommendations for her age group, regardless of what her medical digital records show or any medical directives if she's avoided those injections to date. She did, afterall, enable and personally profit from the fear porn psy-op since 2020 to push those bioweapons.

shayne's avatar

Crossed my mind too. Give her, her boosters while she's under.

Cynthia's avatar

Hmm, who else thinks Ukraine's assassin probably had some help from a 3-letter agency in the US?

char's avatar

Cant like. Needs sad or angry face.

Connie Benn's avatar

I’m hoping it’s Wednesday, otherwise I dragged the trash out to the curb for no reason.

Renea Buchholz's avatar

4 years of word salads from both president and vice president. I am tired of salad. We need meat and potatoes. So ready for a different menu.🥩🥓🥔

Chris Koopman's avatar

Being confused about the date, I asked my husband to test me on my cognitive orientation. He asked me the first question always asked “Who is the president?” We both laughed and decided that that was a trick question 😂😂😂

Timothy Wallace's avatar

Bit of a non sequitur, but this is a goodie just in time for a good ole Christmas dinner fracas. I've noticed that you can easily identify a bona fide Dem party cult member by asking them how many police officers do they think died on J6. If your friend, or family member says anything other than 'none' you've got a positive result and you decide where to go from there. Note: ChatGTP provides the correct answer, which is "none".

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Actually the police ( not sure which branch) are responsible for the death of their fellow officer, who suffered a stroke in the morning, and yet they dragged his stroking self around with them all day instead of getting the care he needed,which most assuredly would have saved his life. And then out of nowhere, he’s hit in the head with a fire extinguisher? There aren’t enough death sentences to go around!

RunningLogic's avatar

Ooh I like that idea 😬