Raúl Castro charged with murdering four Americans; DOJ unseal Chinese shipping cartel indictment with Operation Midnight in Paris; ex-prosecutor caught hiding Smith report in a bundt cake; more.
I agree Dave, What a fabulous post today from Childers to again help demonstrate how damned hard thus President is working for the American people, our country, our Constitution.
You are so right - sure, the guy is NOT perfect ( when anyone here FINDS the perfect individual who has chosen to become involved in the political process, AND run for/ win office - please LET US KNOW ! ), but the effort and organized planning that has taken place..... from a guy who could have understandably simply retired, played golf and sipped Arnold Palmers at the country club pool bar......how many would choose the life he leads at this very moment, OVER a very, VERY, comfortable retirement ?!
I agree! But it always seems funny to me how everyone seems to feel the need to say Trump is not perfect (not calling you out in particular, just noticing how often this phrase comes up, and I admit I’ve done it too). You’re right, he’s not perfect, we’ve never had any President or leader or politician or CEO or anyone like that who is perfect. Heck even all of us “regular people” aren’t perfect 😉 It is kind of a given that no human being is perfect, and yet it always seems to be a necessary caveat spoken by all Trump supporters. Why is that, I wonder? People who supported Obama or Clinton never seemed to feel the need to qualify their praise or support for those presidents with the same words.
A lot of people lack the courage to get informed, understand the situation, and take a firm position. Its easier to leave an out. Its way past time to take a firm position and stick to it. Trump is simply the best President in my lifetime, perhaps the country's lifetime given the circumstances. Im not going to waiver, Im backing him 100% and everyone should get on board, rid themselves of these evil malcontents we see on here, and the clowns like them elsewhere. They are loud, but they are a minority of Americans. Support him and let him work. The left is going to generate enough hate and delusion.
Just came on to say exactly this: why people must always quantify DJT is not perfect. Did any Dem ever say Obama’s not perfect, but he’s done all this “hope and change”, not naming anything in particular, or Biden’s not perfect, but……
PDJT is doing fantastic things, putting together a coalition that does things without leaking.
IMO, people say Trump is not perfect because if one happens to be around anyone with TDS or a standard black piller, saying anything positive about Trump results in the maximum twisted words "You just think he is perfect and worship everything he does!" I think people are just trying to head off the "You think he is perfect" when we know he isn't. But that doesn't mean he doesn't do some great things.
No one ever had to say Obama or Clinton weren't perfect because even though they did some really stupid things, if someone said something nice about them the opposing side wasn't crazy so they didn't twist whatever nice thing that was said into "You just think Obama/Clinton is perfect!"
Yeah I think you have a point there. The thing is, we can try to head it off all we want, but it won’t change their reaction or how they perceive us. We should be more bold and unapologetic about our support. And maybe we *should* start doing it back at them to see how they react 😆 “Oh you just think Kamala/Walz/Newsom/Bernie/Hakeem (or whoever) is perfect and can do no wrong 🙄 Why do you worship him/her?” 😁
I am trying to work on how to respond to these things. We are going to Ireland to see family and they are WAY left and seemingly more about our politics here in the US. We always are grilled about what is happening here and would love to turn it around on them "nicely" since i love them. LOL
I think it's because we SEE his shortcomings, RL - and feel a need to CYA before the 'hecklers' target us as foolish, stupid.....or lackeys.
Trump's shortcomings are real, no doubt - not just the gospel of the haters.....but many of us recognize and appreciate the effort he makes and the successes as well....
Probably why his detractors are so hateful, and his supporters so vehement.
He decided to stay in to increase his grift on the US people with folks cheering on the malfeasance of enriching his family's bank accounts. I LOL at the sycophantic responses while this fraud tells you to your face hes a fraud, stealing tax payers dollars for his grift. This "deal" totally obsolves his malfeasance. Does the exact same thing as President cabbage before him by obsolving him of all his current crimes and what he has yet to do...While the trained seals literally clap along to the tax payer grift! Where do you think this money for his family is coming from? Us the taxpayers! But go on believing this guy cares...He is no different than the rest of the grifters that steal from us. Absolutely pathetic you bunch of bootlickers that cannot get out of your own way to see whats truly happening with this fraud. How's that war we are winning? How is all that money and subsequent inflation going to effect us soon enough...Probably dont care because TAW right? That makes you feel good right? While millions suffer the consequences of his grift. He told us all last week he doesnt care...Believe what he says...
Pretty sure SOMEONE was going to be called POTUS, after the November 2024 election. I’ll take the results I see today, over the “WHAT-IF” of a Kamala Harris, ANY day.
That said ? I hear you, and am not entirely thrilled with the man, either - but if you are going to sit there and suggest he has accoplished nothing ( comparing him to “President Cabbage”, did you say?? ) - sorry, but once again - the “perfect politician” lives only in your musings.
My response to the what-if? Is we will never know. But I can almost verify with 💯 certainty that no way in the world would millions be cheering on us dropping bombs on browns again with cackles in there. They needed this cult of personality in there to get the millions of sheep to go along with the master plan. No way would the "middle" have went with cackles on bringing America to it's knees.
I agree there is no perfect politician. Ron Paul was pretty good as was Massie. Folks who actually stand on principle for something. However, as I see here; folks cheering on the complete takeover of our political system by billionaires. Almost all the money used against Massie was from billionaires who didn't even live in his state! Voting was just proved entirely irrelevant with seals clapping along to the complete takeover of our elections. But at least it's not one of those evil Ds right? Both parties are beholden to the Epstein class. Until people wake up to that fact, the further we fall into dystopia. We will all see it soon with this great,fantastic, phenomenal adventure this Pedo just got us into.....
and now MAGA has expanded to MWGA - removing all the bad actors enables the world to concentrate its efforts on commerce rather than wars & terrorism thus building better lives for its citizens
No nuclear Iran. Why is that so hard to understand? On top of that, the material that Iran will not allow us to confiscate can be traced to where it was mined. We all know some is from China. But, what if some (yellow cake) is of U.S. origin? Hello GITMO for Obama if that is the case.
Also if you take an average of the super low prices we had for a few months before the higher prices, it is pretty much a wash. Not any higher than they were before and maybe a bit lower than during the Biden administration on average.
Yep that is precisely correct Running Logic. It's astonishing to me how these clueless liberals can't see that. $10 a gallon gas? Well that is simply gas lighting b******* meant to be divisive not at all constructive but that's the way Liberals are. But for the record I'll take the $10 a gallon gas if it helps Trump re-establish America, make our country great again and stop all of the grifting which has been going on all around the world at the expense of the American people!
Also as far as the liberals go, they are being totally disingenuous complaining about high gas prices when 1) they have explicitly said they in the past they WANT high gas prices to discourage the use of gasoline powered vehicles and 2) the governments of Democrat controlled states have done everything possible to increase gas prices 🙄
Runninglogic-you have to remember the American mind can only hold things in their feeble minds for so long. People forget that gas prices in 2022 were through the roof-I remember paying $7 per gallon when on vacation in Palm Desert!! And I don't recall being at war with Iran at that time. But they only see what is happening now.
You must realize they are incapable of objective, rational discourse. They are only capable of subjective "feelings" about everything. Their trainers tell them it feels bad, so in order to hold onto their grift, they are indoctrinated to hate.
Am I the only one who sees the current gas prices as a necessary sacrifice akin to the sacrifices Americans had to make during WW (eleven) II? During that struggle not only gas was rationed but also sugar, butter, cooking oil, meat, nylon, rubber, items made of steel, cars, heating oil, appliances, etc. I think cutting back on non-essential travel, car pooling, walking, or riding a bike, is not too much to ask of Americans so we can destroy the evil Iranian regime. Americans have clearly grown soft and they need some skin the game.
Thank you David Clark! Exactly right. Raised by parents who lived through depression, WWII, grandparents who lived through WWI, we have become a very self-centered, drive-through-needing-immediate-pleasure, with immediate-entertainment with not real cost or sacrifice for our lives and children’s lives. That generation struggled and fought against evil, protected our country for the future generations and we have not done enough. Only in comfort and safety does such selfishness develop. God help us to see past the uncomfortableness of hard decisions that have huge impact to help protect our children’s future, our posterity.
Its amazing isn't it? Oh there was a reason... it was to pay for all the grift through the taxpayer/gov funded NGOs, yeah we paid for all the non-governmental organizations deployed to undermine the country in more ways than I can spend time typing here.
And as far as the liberals go, they are being totally disingenuous complaining about high gas prices when 1) they have explicitly said they in the past they WANT high gas prices to discourage the use of gasoline powered vehicles and 2) the governments of Democrat controlled states have done everything possible to increase gas prices 🙄
If you live in one of the Democrats dream 15-minute cities, you don’t need to drive, Nancy. My gas in San Diego is still cheaper than under Biden, and most of the cost is from our oleaginous Dem Governor Newsom, reaming is for every penny.
Yes!! From a fellow commie-fornian suffer under Newscum, please see videos from Carl Demaio, a real conservative state rep for Cal. He explains how the current cost of fuel in Cali has NOTHING to do w Iran/gulf but everything to do w a grift put in place by democrats, strangle hold on oil from our own state and fees, taxes, and more.
Seeing posts on X yesterday of Chevron posting signs at the pumps that it is Cali legislator that are to blame for driving up the current prices in Cali- that is why it is always more in Cali!
Our governor in Indiana declared a gas sales tax holiday for 30 days, then renewed it and added an gasoline excise tax holiday so that has helped somewhat.
Stop whining about the price of fuel! Those of us in California have the highest prices, due to Authoritarian/Globalists' disguised as Democrats! You having to pay a bit more for a blip of time, is not going to kill you! where were you complaints when gas prices were sky high under Obama and again under Biden (really Obama again)???? FREEDOM isn't FREE! Sacrificing a bit now, to break-up the corrupt oil cartel and stabilize prices and availability later is not much to ask for!
Don't you just love the brainy "takedowns" of your straightforward observation? If a Dem prez were doing what feckless Donald is doing, they'd shower your comment with praise. (Just be thankful you have two last, full names, instead of a single-letter surname.)
Except... "if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold.”
So long as the people killing Americans were not hired by DoW to mfg, distribute and inject a bioweapon as the democidal murder. If they did that, we will start wars and arrest 93 y.o. men to distract you from the true enemy.
Anti-Trump account folks. Says so himself in his bio. Why are you even here then if you hate him so much? Your comments will be blocked because you are here on bad faith to spread disgruntlement and lies.
I will at the end of my reading. He’s like a fungus in here popping up in all the moist places and throwing his spores. I might want to play cat bats mouse with him a few more times before finally axing him. Lol
You can wire money overseas through a number of services. I go to Kroger and wire money monthly to a Catholic priest in Kenya who is a personal friend of ours. It's not a lot of money, but it means a lot to him and to his parish. It pays for gas so that he can transport injured or ill villagers to the hospital on his motorcycle - the village's only mode of transportation. It pays for treats for the orphans at Christmas. It helps pay tuition for children who otherwise would not be able to go to school. It helps him to supply families with extra food. We give far more locally to food banks and pro-life organizations, but I don't think it's wrong to extend a hand to people outside our country. You just have to know who you can trust to make good use of the money you send. The people at the front desk at Kroger quiz us every month to make sure we are not being scammed, and I appreciate that!
This is a wonderful thing you are doing and it is what it was designed for. I would hate to see this kind of giving, like you said not a lot of money, be ended due to criminals who use this to send large amount of $$. But sadly, if we must alter the way support is sent to missionaries doing good work, it would be worth it if we can stop $$ being sent to cartels. We have to stop criminals & terrorists from exploiting this.
The $$$ you send to your Catholic priest friend in Kenya is a donation, not a ‘remittance’. Like the millions of Latinos are doing sending money to Mexico or their ‘home countries’.
I doubt that it is supporting the Kenyan economy or government.
Are you sure that money isn’t being laundered and funneled to ISIS? Asking on behalf of Jeff, who tells us the Western Union $ to Mexico is the lifeblood of the cartels and helps Chinese communists.
I understand your concerns. There have been times I question what we are doing myself. But ultimately, we do trust him. We know him personally. He keeps is up to date on the political situaion in Kenya. He often sends us photos of himself distributing food to his people, or serving the orphans simple meals at Christmas celebrations. I am always struck by how happy his people seen to be. Their smiles are joyous, despite the drought, the inflation, the poverty. Occasionally we get videos of them thanking us in broken English. I have considered that it would be adding to the evil of ISIS if we turned our backs on the innocent out of fear that the small amount of money we send is being misused.
The death and misery the US has placed on Cubans doesn't even light a candle this. People are so clueless on the history it is painful - like the US blowing up a civilian airliner for one, killing many more people than 4. Here is some additional context in this interview:
@Johnny (again, again, ad nauseum)- I am NOT clueless on the history. My brother in law escaped Cuba along with his family. Believe me when I say they keep a very close eye on how things have progressed over the decades and it's NOT America's doing.
Decades of embargoes have nothing to do with any of it? The US is literally starving them of energy. Regular, ordinary people, who the gov will turn around and say we care so much about and need to rescue them. But lets starve the hell out of them first. Monsters.
@Johnny- if Communism is so good, why wasn't the government itself taking care of their people. Put the blame where it belongs and it's not on America.
Thank you for this excellent addition of context. Judge Nap's comments, however, are sometimes off base (" . . . . this guy is 95 and this happened over 30 years ago?!") Yes, "Judge." Same as with WWII war criminals. Of course, I am not suggesting that Castro was a war criminal for shooting down a plane that invaded Cuba's air space with intent to encourage the overthrowing of Cuba's government; I am not going to judge this one way or the other. But background and context should not be ignored.
The US planned Operation Northwoods. Luckily JFK rejected it. The intent was to blow up a US civilian airliner, blame it on Cuba, then invade.
Somehow, people believe in more modern times that the government has suddenly found a conscience. The government was and is corrupt, because that is the true nature of politics. and POLITICIANS.
Arrest a 94 year old for crimes while Netanhellno, arguably the most egregiously corrupt of them all, gets rewarded with billions of US dollars.
And right now you have people who adored Massie just a year ago, and now he is evil, muslim lover, sexual deviant, oh, of course anti-semitic, nearly forgot that one......
And it looks like he just got 2020'd, and the maga (MIGA) folks are literally cheering about it. It's like covid all over again. Upside down world.
I'm trying to provide context. Do you think the US gov would let the Cubans fly planes over our country and drop pamplets to incite riots and destablize the government? And put that in the context of decades of sanctions and attempted coups...... That isn't defending anyone, it's simply looking at it both ways, which apparently you are unable to do.
Thank you!! These people have not studied this at all. Our government was forbidding them from bringing rafters back here. Instead they were used to spy and drop propaganda on Cubans.
They were not young and they were not children. The founder self-claimed to be a CIA operative and they were not saving anyone. Read stupid Wikipedia or something please.
Countless Cubans dying of starvation due to fuel blockades by the US is a direct attack on civilians. Right out of the Genocidal entity playbook. Please feel free to show me what Cuban civilians have done to America since the 60’s to warrant a 60 year embargo
Well, I agree with you JohnnyO but I think we know that these kind of things happen only when it serves the broader agenda. Anyone who thinks this means our two-tier justice system - rules for thee but none for me - is going away is dreaming. In this case, as in Venezuela, Castro's impending arrest further facilitates the implementation of Trump's National Security Strategy which involves kicking China's influence out of our hemisphere.
As for our two-tier justice system, we should remember we STILL have murderous sociopaths walking the streets in America simply because they control so much money. When Bill Gates is charged and arrested for mass murder, then I will have hope that maybe our justice system is changing.
But I do not believe Trump is here to right the justice system for America. Trump is a billionaire oligarch and his allegiance lies with the American oligarch class.
The Bioengineered Tick Invasion Was Planned A Long Time Ago
"Bill Gates, specifically, is in the process of breeding genetically modified bugs..."
....It’s a devious cycle of destruction but it always goes the same way: create the disease, then sell the cure. And the cure is always worse than the disease.
Phil, any assassination attempt can be spun into a conspiracy. Not so much for the poor spectator killed in Butler. You call Trump an oligarch. An oligarch is someone whose wealth, usually gained by suspect means, wields the power to control nation states for great personal gain. Who are generally not known for their philanthropy or goodwill but are oppressive in nature. Trump is a self made man done the legal way. He is owned by no one. He is known to have been a generous benefactor to many employees and random people. Money wise, compared to Musk, Bezos, Gates and the likes, Trump is a pauper. I agree that we have a uniparty. You say Trump leads one faction within it. Wrong! Trump is the antithesis of the Uniparty and it’s exactly this that won him 3 elections. With a handful of exceptions, all of Congress is opposed to him. He is not DC. That’s why they Russia Collusioned him. They impeached him twice, including Republicans. They stole an election from him/us. They indicted him 4 times. And attempted to kill him numerous times. McKinley and JFK attempted the same he is doing and we know what happened to them. Trump is no friend to our government. He’s taking out the trash and they are reacting like cornered animals. God is protecting Trump. Yes, Trump is shaking up the world order. He refuses to bow to the EU, WEF, WHO and is trying to, and successfully I must say, break us free from the British Empire once and for all. I have been keeping a running tally of his accomplishments since he has been back. The list is off the charts. We have never seen a President put America and her people 1st like Trump has. I’m confident people that slander this president are either ignorant, self dealers or are in opposition to what he has and will accomplish. You say he kowtows to the “oligarchs”. I say he is working with them to restore America 1st. One of Trump’s strong points is he is VERY pragmatic. He brings everyone on board BUT is smart enough to watch his back, this time around. And if shit falls through the tracks at times, I think he thinks the good far outweighs the bad. I’m reading a lot into him. But the proof is in the pudding and so far……..it looks pretty good. You can bad mouth him when the walls start to fall. Right now, they’re going up.
Really, I don't know. Also, I cannot read Trump's mind. So...
One or more of the attempts MAY have been staged. IMO, the last attempt at the WH dinner looks staged to me. Nothing else makes sense. There is no way the shooter would expect to be able to even get to the doors of the dinner room starting from his blind position at a dead run - impossible. And with a shotgun as a weapon, yet walks right past SS security without being spotted? Come on! I'm not that naive. Smells staged for publicity sake.
Butler smells like a botched Democrat/Leftist attempt. The Clintons are top suspects. Too amateurish to be CIA. Some claim that this was staged. There is an argument for it but I don't know.
The attempt at the golf course was so poorly planned, it has nut-case written all over it.
Clearly, Trump is a lightening rod. But what do I know? All of that is only speculation on my part. Now Charlie Kirk was clearly a professional hit, complete with patsy who was quickly dispatched just like the JFK assassination.
Just because Trump is a billionaire oligarch does not mean he's not a target. The mistake people make in trying to make sense out of everything is the tendency to interpret events in terms of "Trump vs the Radical Dems/Globalists". The actual conflict is the American people/liberty vs the Uniparty. It has been this way since at least 1913.
What we are now witnessing is a civil war within the Uniparty which is primarily a civil war between two different factions of the banking cartel (and I use the term 'cartel' advisedly). Trump is representing the American oligarchical portion of the banking cartel that wants to divert the US from the cliff the Biden regime was driving us to. Do we benefit? Certainly... but only by way of circumstance. Trump and his fellow American oligarchs are still driving the American people to a total digital surveillance state empowered by AI. This is Musk and the oligarchs of Silicon Valley. They believe they need this to preserve the USG Empire and their wealth.
Their excuse is that the US is in a desperate race with China to build AI data centers. It's a lie. The US *already* has 4,000 AI data centers built out sucking up all the electricity and water tables in their area and more are on the way. China has less than 400 data centers. Do the math. What use could there be for over 4,000 data centers? Certainly not commercial. (Oops, I just saw an update. US data centers now number 5,000.)
I'll quote a buddy of mine who succinctly described what is really happening: "What we are witnessing domestically and in the Western World is a Civil War within the UniParty which is also a Civil War between predominantly two main factions within the banking cartel. The habit of mind of nearly all people is to skew the reportage by employing a Trump vs the Rad Dems/Globalists storyboard. The prevailing power structure mechanics is never framed in the context of the American people and what should be going in the pursuit of our maximum self interest (which is unalienable Rights Liberty). And this is why the state under either branch of the warring UniPart continues to build the techno-tyranny terror state unobstructed."
Oh... I forgot the question, "Israeli puppet?" It's too tempting to simply answer Yes. In reality, I think Trump's and Netanyahu's interests align. Clearly Trump wants Gaza and the Israeli genocide of the inhabitants works very conveniently for him. Gaza is projected to be a major chokepoint controlling not only the Suez Canal but also new pipelines and a shipping canal/port connecting the Persian Gulf with the Mediterranean Sea. This necessarily requires the complete removal of the Gaza inhabitants. Trump is selling this as Gaza becoming a world class resort. In regards to Persia (Iran), I tend to think they have miscalculated. This war will not end anytime soon and the US is incapable of defeating Iran just as we could not defeat Vietnam or Afghanistan. Persia is Afghanistan on steroids.
Oh JO..you are never pleased or grateful..you must be so miserable. Try thanking GOD for HIS mercies. GOD is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light. Let HIM do HIS works.
Gee, what about the concept of justice? Of course, it's ok Pelosi, Schiff, Clintons, Bush's, Obamas & Trump, to name just a few, are still walking free. But by golly, that Raul Castro has got to be charged with crimes. I guess charging him with crimes will take the attention off of Trump losing to Iran.
The US has become way too corrupt. We’ve been too lenient with criminals. President Trump is head and shoulders above all the former presidents who did not have DJT‘s bravery and intelligence. More power to him.
You're correct, Beckadee, my mistake. "His office stated that his schedule did not permit him to make the trip. This decision came shortly after Trudeau faced significant international backlash and mockery for issuing a statement that praised the late Cuban leader as a "remarkable leader", despite Castro's long history of human rights abuses."
I’m NO fan of Justin Trudeau but the unsubstantiated claim he’s the son of Castro has long passed being funny and is actually rather tiresome (full disclosure- I’m Canadian).
It was never meant to be "funny," and no, it ain't tiresome.
If a Cuban dictator's off spring was parachuted into leadership by way of hair, socks, legalized marijuana and 'last name,' the public has a right to know, don'tcha think?
You say it hasn't been substantiated.
Neither has it been unsubstantiated, and quite frankly, the odds are leaning far more into it than not.
When Pierre and Maggie were on their honeymoon in the Caribbean, there were several days where their location and itinerary were blocked out of the official government records. Where were they? Then a year+ later, they made an official trip to Cuba, where Fidel was photographed holding infant Justin, with a glowing Maggie holding on tightly to Fidel’s arm. And Maggie later reportedly admitted to having affairs during her marriage. So.
Sorry, but there is just too much circumstantial evidence of there being a Cuban in the woodpile to dismiss... The handsome likeness to Fidel is glaringly obvious, whereas Pierre is as ugly as a bowl of warmed-up sorrow... the biological propensity for male children to favor the appearance of their paternal parentage is well acknowledge for obvious reasons ... taken together with the touchy-feely relationship that Pierre and Margret had with Fidel... Please!
The conspiracy theory is impossible for the following reasons: Birth Dates: Justin Trudeau was born in December 1971. His parents, Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, did not visit Cuba and meet Fidel Castro until January 1976—more than four years later. The Brother in the Photo: The infant Castro is holding in the widely circulated 1976 photos is Justin’s youngest brother, Michel, not Justin. Family Resemblance: Justin Trudeau and his brothers bear a striking physical resemblance to their biological father, the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Its easy for these fools to make up facts, it's what they were taught in indoctrination camps known as the public school system - you know - your truth is whatever you feel like.
The Trudeaus honeymooned in the Caribbean (including at least one side trip via private plane to an “undisclosed location “), 9 months later Justin Trudeau was born.
“Justin Trudeau and his brothers bear a striking physical resemblance to their biological father, the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.”
I guess, since you didn't mention it, you are happy Trump isn't cleaning out the swamp in DC. After all, ZERO arrest plus ZERO trials equals ZERO in prison.
It has been said ZEROs like ZEROs. You people are fascinating!
This is how you know that you're in a cult. This administration is part of the worst coverup of evil, powerful people in history. There will be no justice for the Epstein class. Don't worry, you may have selective amnesia, but the millions of Independents and Libertarians who gave Trump a shot in 2024 will NOT be supporting the GOP going forward. Good luck winning any elections without the largest voting block.
“Colorado is a captured state that has been taken by the enemy. We all know the 2020 election was stolen, but who stole it? — it was China, Iran, Venezuela, Serbia, and Cuba,.. the WEF, etc the Cabal— they were trying to destroy us, and we’re going to start seeing some things in the few weeks to come that will make alot of people happy because we now have Maduro and his Bookkeeper… now that went friends with Venezuela they’re extraditing people and we’re going to see the truth come out…. thank God for Donald Trump.”
Wasn't he pardoned by Clinton? Or did they say he didn't mean to and dropped the case. Even though he admitted destroying documents, as I recall. I could be wrong
Hey Vet nor - I had to look this up. No pardon by Clinton as occurred after Clinton had left office. Pled guilty & plea deal - misdemeanor charge - two years of probation, $50,000 fine, no security clearance for 3 years & relinquished law license.
Good morning, C&C, from the beautiful Pacific Northwest! 'Twil be clear and sunny today, if the sunrise over the mountain behind our house is any indication.
😂😂😂 I had to laugh - your comment brought to mind a memory from early in our marriage. We had moved to Denver due to the Mr.'s job. While talking to my mama one day in April, she mentioned that she had not seen the sun in 5 months. My sister and I hatched a plan to surprise her with a plane ticket to Denver, where they advertise over 320 days of sunshine per year. I invited my aunt (Mama's sister) in Albuquerque to bring her family for a visit to add to the surprise. Imagine my surprise when it rained, nay, POURED, PNW-style, the entire Memorial Day weekend! We joked that she had brought the weather with her! The sun finally reappeared as I was taking her back to the airport.
Memorial day weekend was a red letter day (weekend) for us as kids and for our kids as that is the weekend the swimming pools open. And it nearly almost always rains that weekend here in MO! SO FAR, forecast is for sunny and warm on Sun and Mon this year so maybe our neighborhood kids get a chance to dive in!
Hmmm. Why would you say that FL is a miserable weather state? Interesting perspective. I Syracuse NY. CNY often ties Seattle WA for the most number of cloudy days. We would go weeks with gray skies. If there was any percentage chance of rain, it seemed that it rained!
In 1975, my brothers and sisters and I took a 6 week camping trip across the country. I was 22 at the time and my youngest brother was 13. We ere seasoned scouts and campers. We took the family van and pop trailer. We planned and raised money for a year. I that 6 weeks we had one day of rain. I had never seen so much sun in my entire life.
The other thing about me, when I lived up north was my cold weather habit of wearing long underwear from October to May, turtlenecks tops, scarfs and would seek out a heat source to sit next to. And then I would have to shovel to get to my car so I could go out to work.
In my perspective, I am so so grateful to live in SWFL. The sun is out every day. Rarely do we get the all day rain. We get hurricanes, true enough. Up north we had blizzards that you lock you in for days. And if your pipes froze that is a problem in 0-20 degree F temps. On hot sunny days, go out for my walk/ride in morning, move between air-condition car and building and I don't have to shovel it. (I was responsible for shoveling all those years up north).
Personally I'm so glad to be in Florida for weather and other reasons.
😂 The Mr. has family in AZ; whenever his aunt and her family would come up for a visit, they were looking forward to the rain. Invariably, it would be sunny their entire visit!!
I’m just south of you, and we’re desperate for rain too. It rained (lightly) here yesterday for awhile. I checked the rain gauge this morning, which sported a whopping one-tenth of an inch. I’m grateful for it, but I sure would like to experience even more gratefulness!
Yup, it’s so tiresome! I am sad to see a few others joining in though 😕 I understand the impatience but can we just celebrate the wins and stop with the “yes buts” for a change? I tend to think Jeff is right that they are slowly drawing the cord tighter and reeling in the bigger fish with the arrests and actions against the smaller ones.
It reminds me of the stereotypical Asian “tiger mom” who, when her kids say they got a 97 on a test, says, “well why didn’t you get 100?” I get pushing for excellence (and in the cases Jeff is talking about, accountability) but we can also be happy with progress and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good 😕
I'm just north of you on the Canadian side and the weather is the same. At the moment it's Cottonwood season, it's sunny and warm with fluffy cotton balls floating through the air everywhere. They get into everything, so keeping doors closed is a must unless you want a house full of them. LOL!
The cottonwoods just started blowing a couple of days ago. The A/C is out in the car, so I rolled down my window yesterday, cotttonwood fluff floated in, and I said, "Nope" and rolled it right back up! 🤣
I miss planting flowers this year. I took the year off. My wrists and elbows have become injured with the past few years to the point I’ve been incapacitated and in casts for a few months at a time - interrupting my gym time for lifting weights, all from just working a hand spade. 🥺😢 Flowers in my yard are my favorite thing to do each spring/summer. I’m trying to find perennials that flower profusely in the shade, (heavily landscaped yard,) and so far all that has survived is vinca. Everything else barely takes and doesn’t come back, doesn’t flower, or is eaten to the ground in minutes by squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks. Annuals are so much easier if you enjoy the labor, which I did!
Juju, I am so sorry! Flowers in one's yard are such a pick-me-up for the soul and mind. I hope you find something that works in your yard that is not so taxing on your body to tend.
Yes! Those are my favorite!! I usually have breathtaking carpets of them all over my yard. That’s how I ended up with tennis and golfers elbows requiring casts two years ago and caused damage to my wrists last year that are still making it difficult to pick up a glass of water this year. Spade work. And annuals require a LOT of it. I planted about 14-15 flats of them. 🤣 Now it literally hurts to dig more than six holes for six saplings. Last year I got my husband to do ALL the digging for me, but no way would he do near 500 - 600 plants like I would have. I think I got him to do about 60 tops. LOL
This year he’s overworked with 12 hour days including Saturdays too. He’s just too exhausted to work in the yard much this year, and only has Sundays free. I won’t push it. That’s why I took the year off. Learning to love the look of grass. It’s just so much prettier with a splash of hot pink rolling near it and fresh brown mulch. Ho hum … next year maybe.
So sorry Juju, planting flowers/digging in the dirt is my stress relief - my nod to aging is my knees with all that bending which has cut back some of my activity. I can't spend more than a couple of hours at a time or I can barely walk the next day. I love impatiens but our summers are dry and they need a lot of watering so I have cut back on them. And agree, finding shade perennials that bloom continuously is a big challenge. Begonias are generally more drought tolerant and I have expanded them this year, and do flower in the shade, but are still annuals. Have about a dozen Heuchera (coral bells) that come back every year and at least have a variety of colors in their foliage.
I forget how long he can serve as 'acting' before he has to be confirmed - is it before or after the midterms? One more reason to make sure we secure the House and Senate regardless.
Unfortunately Trump’s admin is starting to look more corrupt than Biden. The billions that have been won on insider trading regarding this war is incredulous. The fact that Loomer has any say in this administration says it all. The republicans are toast in the midterms
There are intelligent people starting to say it is the most corrupt administration in history - which says a lot. And there is still nearly 3 years left.
Please do tell: "Trump passed a law that the IRS can't audit his tax returns any longer." You KNOW that statement is 100% bullshit! If you don't know, you're ignorant for saying it. READ the actual FACTS of the case, please, rather than vomiting pure political propaganda. Without going deep, I'll just say, "Nice try."
Janine Melnitz is just jealous that Trump & MAGA are winning the info war with the truth, unlike her lefty narratives and propaganda. She’s probably an ex-Gov’t employee Trump fired for never going to work & collecting a paycheck on the taxpayer’s dime while vacationing in Europe. Or just a brainwashed Karen. Or both.😎
Yes it started back last June when he abruptly called the Epstein files a hoax. He started off so well… now here we are. I wouldn’t have ever believed it after he was elected that we would be in the 💩
Let's hope they are not. I'm no fan of either party, but we already know exactly what the Dems will do if they regain power. Waste all of it by impeaching Trump and stopping anything that might actually help the country. I'm not naive enough to think Trump is some kind of savior or that he and his family aren't profiting handsomely off of his time in office, though I'm not sure how that makes him any different from every President in my lifetime. At least he doesn't pretend he's not doing it. But no, I think the worst thing that could possibly happen right now is for the Dems to retake congress. I will never vote Dem again, and I voted mostly Dem for most of my life (until 2012).
Welp, as far as remittances go, the mexican government, whilst claiming to help the Biden team crack down on illegal immigration, was actually sending people here knowing they would be sending money back. It’s the method of operations. Has been for decades.
Go to any border Town from Brownsville to Tijuana and you will see tons US government welfare commodities offered for sale in their Mexican markets.
These US towns also have lines going for blocks around their post offices when the Mexicans come here to pick up their US government checks on the first of every month.
You will also see state of the art elementary schools where instruction is in Spanish because the students are all anchor babies who live on the other side of the border but are US citizens by dint of birth on US soil.
Having a bank account or not has no bearing on Mexicans sending money back home. They have stores all over that allow you to pay a certain price to wire any amount of money to any account in Mexico. I know this because I have seen the stores that do it and I have known people that do it. Restricting banking access will not end the problem
"Carmen now faces multiple charges, including theft of government property, destruction or falsification of records, concealment or removal of public records, and defamation of delicious desserts." 😂😂
She was so upset about alleged inappropriate removal and possession of classified government documents that she did exactly that herself? The leading cause of irony is TDS.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Time doesn’t change the common problems of man or the solutions to those problems. History shows, understanding what has worked and what hasn’t is the beginning of positive constructive solutions.
The Roman statesman Cato the Elder famously observed that "the average Roman doesn’t care about what the legions are doing in foreign lands. He cares about the pebble in his shoe." He used this metaphor, originally from Cicero, to explain that citizens are motivated by immediate, daily, personal problems right in front of them, rather than grand geopolitical events happening far away. The price of bread, grain, meat was first on the list.
The pebble was Cicero's metaphor for a nagging conscience, Cato's metaphor was meant for localized, personal problems. The crisis of rising prices on common items was the constant topic for government. Rising prices, inflation, later on was handled by Diocletian's with price controls. This turned into an economic disaster, all sound familiar? It opened up black markets on commonly needed things. Both metaphors using the pebble in the shoe were separate historical concepts but both have significant connecting meaning today.
I feel that pebble in my shoe today knowing I have to go (overpriced) food shopping after a long hard days work and struggle having to pay for it with a credit card. It’s difficult for me to not to ask the obvious question, what happened to no foreign wars and America first?
Hi James, I look at it a bit differently. I do think Trump is doing exactly what he said about putting America first. This is short term pain for long term happiness and well being. If Iran is the bad actor they have been for almost 50 years and has spread terror throughout the world Without a nuclear weapon, we need to imagine what they would be With one. We have to deal with this now or pay enormous and awful consequences on down the road. It’s worth it to me. Keep the faith!
Also, I agree with RunningLogic that a few prices seem to be coming down here also (in northwest Florida.) I have always shopped specials on food and was delighted to see some amazing specials on beef this week!
AND what would have happened if Pres O'Bummer hadn't sent pallets with billions in CASH to Iran to fund their terrorism.
And if O'Biden (O'Bummer) hadn't left 83 billion $ of American military equipment in Afghanistan.....
Yeah - I am thankful for the short-term pain - it think if it like the exercise idiom: "No pain, no gain!" President Trump is cleaning up! Go ahead and take out the trash! (and even: "Here - I'll help!")
And it’s not just cleaning up the foreign threats, he’s also cleaning up the corruption in our own country. If I had a choice of hard times but the cancer removed vs easier times but the same corruption continues to rob us all of what we have worked hard for, I’d take the former every time. A 4-year term isn’t nearly enough time to cleanse this country of its threats both foreign and domestic, yet what Trump is doing in under 18 months is astonishing. Enough for me to yell “hoooold, hoooold!” Our present difficulties are NOT because of anything Trump is doing, they are directly caused by Obama and Biden, and some of Clinton. By socialist ideas and greedy, power hungry elites. The clean up crew is not to blame.
My absolute favorite thing about your reply is how thoughtful it is. Not the mindless emotional claptrap and/or ad hominem attack tactics some newer commenters spew when they disagree or as you put it, see things differently.
Mr Goodrich’s comments certainly appreciated. Especially the point about history rhyming or repeating.
We have been fortunate to have been able to make our purchases with some ouches and a little belt tightening, but if it hadn’t been for a few high income years, prices would hurt our fixed income budget a whole lot more. That said, I was floored to see our local Winco brand butter under $3/lb, when just a 2-3 years ago it rose to nearly $5/lb.
I wish I was free in Florida. I have never seen prices come down in my lifetime except for a short time a year ago. I live in the communist state of WA and can’t afford to move. I’m retired and on a fixed income.
I think some people may be confused. I live alone and usually buy the same things each week at the same stores so I can easily tell if things have gone up or down. I live in Illinois and Florida and I've noticed, once again, the product size has been reduced. So rather than raise prices, they lower the quantity, which often goes unnoticed.
Hey Wendy, I’m not confused on this as I’m like you, buying the same brands and types of food. There are a few things that have come down. Others, like the beef I was talking about, are sale prices but even the sales price on the beef is $2 lower than normal.
Hi Clara - I had written something before but I guess it didn’t post. I’ll try again!
I wish you were in Florida too! There are still areas of Florida that aren’t expensive so hopefully you can do some research and move here. I’ll be thinking positively for you!
Better yet, Johnny-O, let's reopen the borders and once again and allow the millions of unvetted ILLEGAL aliens to come in. And fire up the money printing machines that Biden/Obama practically wore out running them 24/7 for 16 years. Damn, I still wonder where this inflation came from? Not! Plus, you best quit speaking badly about Trump or he'll censor you & your internet access. Hell, he might even have you arrested. Oh, wait! That WAS the Biden Administration. Remember? This was the same guy who forced you (or at least tried to force you) into injecting poison into your body. Yeah, that guy. He was so wonderful and caring that he left $50+ BILLION dollars worth of weapons in the hands of our sworn enemies in Afghanistan. What a guy. What a leader. And don't forget the child mutilation and all that insane stuff. Yet you want to nit pick the current President of the U.S.? I don't care if gas prices go to $10.00 a gallon (yes, it would be painful) nor if he unleashes more fury on the Iranian REGIME - I just don't want to go back to the Marxist/Communist (disguised as Socialist) way of "governing" that the Libtards continue to push today. God Bless America! And Bravo Team Trump!!! Unless, of course, you would rather live with less freedom & liberties.
If Iran is so dangerous, why is their team being allowed to participate in the World Cup and to come & stay in the US? Is Russia being allowed to participate as well?
@Shug- it's not the people that are our enemies- it's the regime. Just like after 9/11- we didn't go after the people. We went after the regime who made it possible. We weren't at war with Afghanistan just like we aren't at war with Iran.
Funny. I can walk and chew gum at the same time. I can worry about the pebble in my shoe and National/International ‘stuff’ at the same time too. And the things that are happening both nationally and internationally need to be done now……i.e. (insert the old bromide) “Make hay while the sun is shining”.
Right, plus I also think that people in Roman times were much less affected in their daily lives by global events than we are today. Just look at the Chinese shipping container scheme for a recent example.
I will have to respectfully disagree on this one James although the post is very good to ponder. These deeds directly affect our homeland and my tax dollars so I for one say go get them boys. I wish I could be part of what the admin is doing. I am a pitbull, won't stop and would work gratis for our country. I live very frugally and use coupons and other strategies to save on food or other items. If too expensive, I don't purchase certain items.
It’s funny, I actually have noticed some prices coming down where I live. I’m not sure why there is such a discrepancy because I know others have said their prices are still high too.
I’ve noticed it as well. My college kid is home and still my groceries are less than they were a couple of months ago. Not a huge amount, but noticeable.
Same. For example, avocados were 99 cents there for quite some time but now they’re .49/.59. I’ve seen prices on several of my regularly purchased items at Kroger and other stores come down too, either better sale prices or lower regular prices or both.
We'll never see prices like that for avocados here in NYC 😋, but they aren't going up at least. I would be swimming in guacamole and avocado toast (and getting fat too) if they ever came down that much here 😂.
I think Trump is actively extricating us from a war that has been simmering with Iran for decades. As Jim Quinn used to say (paraphrasing) - the only way to end a war is for one side to unambiguously win while the other side unambiguously loses. It's time for this war to end, which means it's time for Iran to lose. Bigly.
We live in Mexico. Several times a week, we see long lines at the Western Union office waiting to collect their remittances. These are mostly women. What none of the bleeding heart illegal immigrant supporters never mention is that the most of the men who are sending money back here have left their children fatherless. Absent a male figure, their sons are vulnerable to being recruited by the narcos. And they are. It is a disgrace that Mexico does not provide an economy that can support their citizens.
You're right! As in any socialist/marxist country, the elites do well and the ones at the other end suffer. On the bright side, though, there is an emerging middle class in Mexico. A good sign is the every-day crowded Costco.
That's a fair question. Originally, it was a challenge---learning a language, meeting new people---now we have come to love the Mexican people and their way of life. Most Mexicans, unfortunately, seem to ignore their government, I suppose because it has been corrupt for so long. The corruption in the US that is now coming to the surface may be just the tip of the iceberg. It is not as obvious as it is in Mexico, but it's there and even sadder because the US should be different than the rest of the world. People are the same all over the world.
Good things are happening though...Bush, Cheney, McCain all 😵. The US cartel was built over several years. It'll take a while to dismantle it without causing chaos
We are in San Miguel. Yes, DEEP corruption in Mexico and everyone knows it, but as we are finding out everyday now, there is DEEP corruption in the US too. One difference is that we did not know it.
Especially under the last administration we often told ourselves, if we have to live under a corrupt government we might as well move to Mexico…or whatever other country we happened to be interested in.
As for the danger of living in MX, I tell my friends to name one single metro area in the US that isn’t equally dangerous. When I think about it, same is true all over the rural west. One has to know the places to avoid and the times to be out and about, everywhere.
I completely agree with you Cindy about the people, the customs, and relaxed way of life. We honeymooned all over the central highlands towards the end of the last cartel war, and we weren’t phased one iota. I quickly grew to love being treated so respectfully everywhere we went.
How does one ignore their government? Do they not pay taxes or follow laws? What is their way of life that you like? I have been there several times and found it disconcerting on so many levels.
At least with this admin we are doing something about it now, (long overdue) where it does not appear that sheinbaum or her ilk do much about it.
I don't know about the tax structure, but my guess is that many people do not pay taxes. There's lots of under the table business. You are right about Sheinbaum. I think Trump is forcing her to cooperate; I doubt she is cooperating willingly.
The pace of life is slower here and that's a plus, but primarily I love the values of the Mexican people -- family is paramount. I only hope those values can be sustained in the next generations.
Most immigrants are using Western Union, despite very high fees, to send money home. They are not ACHing from their BofA accounts. Was Western Union included in the order?
Some of these measures are directed against the American people, while pretending to be something else. The Wall, for example. It’s interesting that East Germans (and Russians, too) were originally told their Wall (and Iron Curtain) was supposed to protect their societies from the West.
The Banking control Trump just signed will inevitably evolve as a way to coerce people here, like the Social Credit system in China.
Money Transmitters must be federally licensed and follow federal rules and regulations. States and federal agencies examine money transmitters routinely for possible violations and fraud. If fraud is detected, fines are imposed. In most cases, it depends on how well the examiners do their job to detect phony remittances from locations with multiple addresses and/or names.
I could be a tourist visiting the US or an illegal migrant and could walk into a grocery store and send a western union anywhere in the world. I can pay cash at the counter. I don’t see how what Trump signed changes that scenario.
As a tourist with a visa, you would have proper access to do so. If an illegal alien (not using migrant cause they aren’t), you would now need proper identification or no access. Using cash isn’t the issue, it’s having the correct identification to send money out of country and the right purpose for doing so.
It's so very satisfying to see the ship turning, even if it's a slow turn. I'm so thankful for President Trump. Maybe now the Dems are beginning to understand what they created when they stole the 2020 election.🤣😂
" Justice Department are committed to restoring a simple principle: if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold.”
Right. And remember what was said in the Day Tapes about how propaganda will be effective at getting people to hold two conflicting ideas at the same time in their head with little awareness for it.
And yet, here we are. Trump clearly wants to memory hole Covid and Epstein. Why is that? Those are two huge opportunities to show the people that justice can be delivered by its government when warranted….but nah, it’s all a hoax. I feel like I am in the Wizard of Oz….pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Ignore your own eyes and experience….believe what they tell you not your lived experience. In other words, sit down and shut up—-defer to the “experts” and authorities….we promise this time they will not kill or rape you. It’s different this time!
"Justice Department are committed to restoring a simple principle: if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold."
That's a legitimate question, Alison. Unless you follow non-mainstream news sources, you would not know. I asked AI to give me a list, here it is (with links for validation):
Here’s a concise list of American citizens killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the last five years, using the cases documented by DAWN and reported by Al Jazeera. The list includes deaths from 2022 through 2026 and totals 13 named American citizens in that period. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-citizens-killed-by-israel-soldiers-and-settlers-in-palestine/)
These sources say the killings were carried out by Israeli soldiers, settlers, or other Israeli forces, and they distinguish some cases by location or circumstances such as the West Bank, Gaza, or Lebanon. The count is based on tracked cases named by these organizations, not necessarily an official U.S. government list.
My big question is when are the arrests going to happen here at home? Crimes have been committed by Obama and Hillary and their henchmen. When will they see the inside of a prison?
One of the other things was his set-up of the MERS corporation, which made it possible for Wall Street to gamble on home mortgages.
A district attorney, I think it was in Texas, sued to stop the practice, because it cut into the power and fees that our long-time laws requiring every home transfer to be registered at the county office, in order to keep track of the properties in the county, collected. She was slammed down.
Those CDOs were being sold to the wealthy all over the world, so your mortgage might be owned by Saudi sheiks, Colombian drug lords, and/or British bankers.
Then when the whole thing collapsed in 2008, Obama and Holder came in, and made sure that the tiny little question of who actually held the mortgages was not asked, and the people in the houses were kicked out, while the bankers were bailed out with public money.
Which is why the public debt skyrocketed after 2009, although we are told it was spent on the actual public. It wasn't.
So yeah, let's see Eric Holder prosecuted. Maybe after Raul Castro and the guy in Spain and some Chinese industrialists.
I follow someone who asserts the Patriot Act protects a bunch of the criminals. I haven’t dug into it to know exactly what is in that act. I do know it gives very broad permission for surveillance of all of us. Remember that the initial crime began with Obama’s IC and DOJ spying on all of the 2016 GOP candidates.
Fear and expense may be the extent of the punishment experienced by those criminals. Hopefully bankrupting expense is in the cards.
I think this is why DJT was raised up to be President - to bring justice. He has said "I am your retribution". Blanche is bringing it.
Raul Castro is the Uncle of former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Maybe JT can visit him in prison.
I agree Dave, What a fabulous post today from Childers to again help demonstrate how damned hard thus President is working for the American people, our country, our Constitution.
You are so right - sure, the guy is NOT perfect ( when anyone here FINDS the perfect individual who has chosen to become involved in the political process, AND run for/ win office - please LET US KNOW ! ), but the effort and organized planning that has taken place..... from a guy who could have understandably simply retired, played golf and sipped Arnold Palmers at the country club pool bar......how many would choose the life he leads at this very moment, OVER a very, VERY, comfortable retirement ?!
I'll say it - Thank you, Donald !
I agree! But it always seems funny to me how everyone seems to feel the need to say Trump is not perfect (not calling you out in particular, just noticing how often this phrase comes up, and I admit I’ve done it too). You’re right, he’s not perfect, we’ve never had any President or leader or politician or CEO or anyone like that who is perfect. Heck even all of us “regular people” aren’t perfect 😉 It is kind of a given that no human being is perfect, and yet it always seems to be a necessary caveat spoken by all Trump supporters. Why is that, I wonder? People who supported Obama or Clinton never seemed to feel the need to qualify their praise or support for those presidents with the same words.
A lot of people lack the courage to get informed, understand the situation, and take a firm position. Its easier to leave an out. Its way past time to take a firm position and stick to it. Trump is simply the best President in my lifetime, perhaps the country's lifetime given the circumstances. Im not going to waiver, Im backing him 100% and everyone should get on board, rid themselves of these evil malcontents we see on here, and the clowns like them elsewhere. They are loud, but they are a minority of Americans. Support him and let him work. The left is going to generate enough hate and delusion.
Same here!
Just came on to say exactly this: why people must always quantify DJT is not perfect. Did any Dem ever say Obama’s not perfect, but he’s done all this “hope and change”, not naming anything in particular, or Biden’s not perfect, but……
PDJT is doing fantastic things, putting together a coalition that does things without leaking.
You are spot on correct, LMWC.
IMO, people say Trump is not perfect because if one happens to be around anyone with TDS or a standard black piller, saying anything positive about Trump results in the maximum twisted words "You just think he is perfect and worship everything he does!" I think people are just trying to head off the "You think he is perfect" when we know he isn't. But that doesn't mean he doesn't do some great things.
No one ever had to say Obama or Clinton weren't perfect because even though they did some really stupid things, if someone said something nice about them the opposing side wasn't crazy so they didn't twist whatever nice thing that was said into "You just think Obama/Clinton is perfect!"
Why on Earth TDS is even a thing is beyond me.
Yeah I think you have a point there. The thing is, we can try to head it off all we want, but it won’t change their reaction or how they perceive us. We should be more bold and unapologetic about our support. And maybe we *should* start doing it back at them to see how they react 😆 “Oh you just think Kamala/Walz/Newsom/Bernie/Hakeem (or whoever) is perfect and can do no wrong 🙄 Why do you worship him/her?” 😁
I am trying to work on how to respond to these things. We are going to Ireland to see family and they are WAY left and seemingly more about our politics here in the US. We always are grilled about what is happening here and would love to turn it around on them "nicely" since i love them. LOL
Thank you for saying that! It does get old 🙄
I think it's because we SEE his shortcomings, RL - and feel a need to CYA before the 'hecklers' target us as foolish, stupid.....or lackeys.
Trump's shortcomings are real, no doubt - not just the gospel of the haters.....but many of us recognize and appreciate the effort he makes and the successes as well....
Probably why his detractors are so hateful, and his supporters so vehement.
Perfectly said RL!
Good point Logic
So true!! Thank you for your comment!
You are closer to reality than you may realize.
TPTB do not allow ANYONE (including Trump) anywhere near power without their approval.
He decided to stay in to increase his grift on the US people with folks cheering on the malfeasance of enriching his family's bank accounts. I LOL at the sycophantic responses while this fraud tells you to your face hes a fraud, stealing tax payers dollars for his grift. This "deal" totally obsolves his malfeasance. Does the exact same thing as President cabbage before him by obsolving him of all his current crimes and what he has yet to do...While the trained seals literally clap along to the tax payer grift! Where do you think this money for his family is coming from? Us the taxpayers! But go on believing this guy cares...He is no different than the rest of the grifters that steal from us. Absolutely pathetic you bunch of bootlickers that cannot get out of your own way to see whats truly happening with this fraud. How's that war we are winning? How is all that money and subsequent inflation going to effect us soon enough...Probably dont care because TAW right? That makes you feel good right? While millions suffer the consequences of his grift. He told us all last week he doesnt care...Believe what he says...
Blocked for being insane and delusional. Not worthy of any more of an answer to this childish, uneducated, but indoctrinated, drivel.
And yet we feed the troll.
Well, four posters liked what he spewed here…?? Sickies or trolls. Whatever.
Pretty sure SOMEONE was going to be called POTUS, after the November 2024 election. I’ll take the results I see today, over the “WHAT-IF” of a Kamala Harris, ANY day.
That said ? I hear you, and am not entirely thrilled with the man, either - but if you are going to sit there and suggest he has accoplished nothing ( comparing him to “President Cabbage”, did you say?? ) - sorry, but once again - the “perfect politician” lives only in your musings.
My response to the what-if? Is we will never know. But I can almost verify with 💯 certainty that no way in the world would millions be cheering on us dropping bombs on browns again with cackles in there. They needed this cult of personality in there to get the millions of sheep to go along with the master plan. No way would the "middle" have went with cackles on bringing America to it's knees.
I agree there is no perfect politician. Ron Paul was pretty good as was Massie. Folks who actually stand on principle for something. However, as I see here; folks cheering on the complete takeover of our political system by billionaires. Almost all the money used against Massie was from billionaires who didn't even live in his state! Voting was just proved entirely irrelevant with seals clapping along to the complete takeover of our elections. But at least it's not one of those evil Ds right? Both parties are beholden to the Epstein class. Until people wake up to that fact, the further we fall into dystopia. We will all see it soon with this great,fantastic, phenomenal adventure this Pedo just got us into.....
Agree with much of what you say, Aaron.
....not your final comment, however.
Wasted breath. The clapping seal boomers here are legion, totally committed to DJT.
To summarize:
Israel is awesome
Iran bad
Russia bad
China super really really bad
War is good
Killing citizens of other countries in the name of "Democracy & Freedom" is totally awesome
Anyone who questions any of the administration's policies is a "woke dumbocrat"
This sounds to me uniparty rinos.
Power of the Epstein files.
and now MAGA has expanded to MWGA - removing all the bad actors enables the world to concentrate its efforts on commerce rather than wars & terrorism thus building better lives for its citizens
Well said.
No nuclear Iran. Why is that so hard to understand? On top of that, the material that Iran will not allow us to confiscate can be traced to where it was mined. We all know some is from China. But, what if some (yellow cake) is of U.S. origin? Hello GITMO for Obama if that is the case.
Like Gazans?
par of Hamas - you bet
Right. Gaza was full of 2.2M Hamas terrorists before Bibi's genocide. Gotcha.
Geneva Shmeveva.
right - they all celebrated the raping & killing
So many encouraging news stories in Jeff’s post today. Hoping everyone has shared this post 👍
Agreed 👍 100%
yes, thank him when you cannot afford to drive.
This Karen, with this stupid comment, and with the two last names earns the first block of the day.
Also if you take an average of the super low prices we had for a few months before the higher prices, it is pretty much a wash. Not any higher than they were before and maybe a bit lower than during the Biden administration on average.
Yep that is precisely correct Running Logic. It's astonishing to me how these clueless liberals can't see that. $10 a gallon gas? Well that is simply gas lighting b******* meant to be divisive not at all constructive but that's the way Liberals are. But for the record I'll take the $10 a gallon gas if it helps Trump re-establish America, make our country great again and stop all of the grifting which has been going on all around the world at the expense of the American people!
Also as far as the liberals go, they are being totally disingenuous complaining about high gas prices when 1) they have explicitly said they in the past they WANT high gas prices to discourage the use of gasoline powered vehicles and 2) the governments of Democrat controlled states have done everything possible to increase gas prices 🙄
Runninglogic-you have to remember the American mind can only hold things in their feeble minds for so long. People forget that gas prices in 2022 were through the roof-I remember paying $7 per gallon when on vacation in Palm Desert!! And I don't recall being at war with Iran at that time. But they only see what is happening now.
You must realize they are incapable of objective, rational discourse. They are only capable of subjective "feelings" about everything. Their trainers tell them it feels bad, so in order to hold onto their grift, they are indoctrinated to hate.
Which will hopefully actually help if (which is what I hope and expect to happen) gas prices go back down by fall.
Am I the only one who sees the current gas prices as a necessary sacrifice akin to the sacrifices Americans had to make during WW (eleven) II? During that struggle not only gas was rationed but also sugar, butter, cooking oil, meat, nylon, rubber, items made of steel, cars, heating oil, appliances, etc. I think cutting back on non-essential travel, car pooling, walking, or riding a bike, is not too much to ask of Americans so we can destroy the evil Iranian regime. Americans have clearly grown soft and they need some skin the game.
We also need to refine our own oil.
Thank you David Clark! Exactly right. Raised by parents who lived through depression, WWII, grandparents who lived through WWI, we have become a very self-centered, drive-through-needing-immediate-pleasure, with immediate-entertainment with not real cost or sacrifice for our lives and children’s lives. That generation struggled and fought against evil, protected our country for the future generations and we have not done enough. Only in comfort and safety does such selfishness develop. God help us to see past the uncomfortableness of hard decisions that have huge impact to help protect our children’s future, our posterity.
I agree, that is how I am looking at it too. I also think it’ll be much more temporary than the WWII sacrifices were.
Poor Nancy! Bless her heart. She forgot that Biden raised gas up to seven dollars a gallon without any reason.
Its amazing isn't it? Oh there was a reason... it was to pay for all the grift through the taxpayer/gov funded NGOs, yeah we paid for all the non-governmental organizations deployed to undermine the country in more ways than I can spend time typing here.
You and I are on the same page. Just commented the same!
Second time I read this and on the second time my coffee spewed out my mouth. 🤣🤣🤣 Truly funniest comment of the day. Lol
I did the same.
Karen, Nancy was my second today to block.
Mine too.
I agree!
And as far as the liberals go, they are being totally disingenuous complaining about high gas prices when 1) they have explicitly said they in the past they WANT high gas prices to discourage the use of gasoline powered vehicles and 2) the governments of Democrat controlled states have done everything possible to increase gas prices 🙄
If you live in one of the Democrats dream 15-minute cities, you don’t need to drive, Nancy. My gas in San Diego is still cheaper than under Biden, and most of the cost is from our oleaginous Dem Governor Newsom, reaming is for every penny.
Yes!! From a fellow commie-fornian suffer under Newscum, please see videos from Carl Demaio, a real conservative state rep for Cal. He explains how the current cost of fuel in Cali has NOTHING to do w Iran/gulf but everything to do w a grift put in place by democrats, strangle hold on oil from our own state and fees, taxes, and more.
Seeing posts on X yesterday of Chevron posting signs at the pumps that it is Cali legislator that are to blame for driving up the current prices in Cali- that is why it is always more in Cali!
Reform California- Carl Demaio- 2 weeks ago but connects some big dots about the fuel cost grift!! Must watch! https://www.youtube.com/live/7I7mns3tKzI?si=LGQdbiKX_OilGkpv
Yep- exactly right! 🎯
Our governor in Indiana declared a gas sales tax holiday for 30 days, then renewed it and added an gasoline excise tax holiday so that has helped somewhat.
Stop whining about the price of fuel! Those of us in California have the highest prices, due to Authoritarian/Globalists' disguised as Democrats! You having to pay a bit more for a blip of time, is not going to kill you! where were you complaints when gas prices were sky high under Obama and again under Biden (really Obama again)???? FREEDOM isn't FREE! Sacrificing a bit now, to break-up the corrupt oil cartel and stabilize prices and availability later is not much to ask for!
So short sighted Nancy. 🤦♀️
Your shallowness proceeds you.
How often do you have to fill up your tank?
It probably drives a 90k Tesla and tells everyone what a great person...errr I mean virtue signaler she is.
Don't you just love the brainy "takedowns" of your straightforward observation? If a Dem prez were doing what feckless Donald is doing, they'd shower your comment with praise. (Just be thankful you have two last, full names, instead of a single-letter surname.)
lol… the demons are supporting each other. Satan little minions.
Except... "if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold.”
So long as the people killing Americans were not hired by DoW to mfg, distribute and inject a bioweapon as the democidal murder. If they did that, we will start wars and arrest 93 y.o. men to distract you from the true enemy.
Working damned hard? It's actually rather easy when you've been touched by God.
Anti-Trump account folks. Says so himself in his bio. Why are you even here then if you hate him so much? Your comments will be blocked because you are here on bad faith to spread disgruntlement and lies.
Blocked him or her or they them or it
I will at the end of my reading. He’s like a fungus in here popping up in all the moist places and throwing his spores. I might want to play cat bats mouse with him a few more times before finally axing him. Lol
Blocked for terminal TDS.
Hopefully the end to Mexico's remittances as well!
I believe Walmart allows money to be sent to Mexico at their service desk for a fee. Wonder how much they take in for that service?
So does Kroger
You can wire money overseas through a number of services. I go to Kroger and wire money monthly to a Catholic priest in Kenya who is a personal friend of ours. It's not a lot of money, but it means a lot to him and to his parish. It pays for gas so that he can transport injured or ill villagers to the hospital on his motorcycle - the village's only mode of transportation. It pays for treats for the orphans at Christmas. It helps pay tuition for children who otherwise would not be able to go to school. It helps him to supply families with extra food. We give far more locally to food banks and pro-life organizations, but I don't think it's wrong to extend a hand to people outside our country. You just have to know who you can trust to make good use of the money you send. The people at the front desk at Kroger quiz us every month to make sure we are not being scammed, and I appreciate that!
This is a wonderful thing you are doing and it is what it was designed for. I would hate to see this kind of giving, like you said not a lot of money, be ended due to criminals who use this to send large amount of $$. But sadly, if we must alter the way support is sent to missionaries doing good work, it would be worth it if we can stop $$ being sent to cartels. We have to stop criminals & terrorists from exploiting this.
The $$$ you send to your Catholic priest friend in Kenya is a donation, not a ‘remittance’. Like the millions of Latinos are doing sending money to Mexico or their ‘home countries’.
I doubt that it is supporting the Kenyan economy or government.
Are you sure that money isn’t being laundered and funneled to ISIS? Asking on behalf of Jeff, who tells us the Western Union $ to Mexico is the lifeblood of the cartels and helps Chinese communists.
Blocked for being a fool, and sticking to it.
I understand your concerns. There have been times I question what we are doing myself. But ultimately, we do trust him. We know him personally. He keeps is up to date on the political situaion in Kenya. He often sends us photos of himself distributing food to his people, or serving the orphans simple meals at Christmas celebrations. I am always struck by how happy his people seen to be. Their smiles are joyous, despite the drought, the inflation, the poverty. Occasionally we get videos of them thanking us in broken English. I have considered that it would be adding to the evil of ISIS if we turned our backs on the innocent out of fear that the small amount of money we send is being misused.
God bless you, S.
THEY should be prosecuted.
Doesn’t the US Postal Service also?
Yes they do.
THEY should be prosecuted.
8 bucks
Make the death penalty popular again!
Huge deterrent to crime!
Get a legal business going!
And we need to make our own shipping containers, obviously.
I can’t believe we don’t! How hard is it to create metal boxes??
BINGO!
As long as we keep buying Chinese imports we will be buying their containers. Think about it.
No... Let's reserve that for the truly deserving... For the lesser miscreants I prefer "Let 'em live, make 'em pay"
Like Fauci?
"[T]he truly deserving" of capital punishment? Like, say, war criminals?
Hell yeah!
Yeah, a 95 year old from another country is so important for justice, while the criminals in high places still walk freely.
If those four young men, that Castro blew out of the sky, were your kids, you may feel differently.
The death and misery the US has placed on Cubans doesn't even light a candle this. People are so clueless on the history it is painful - like the US blowing up a civilian airliner for one, killing many more people than 4. Here is some additional context in this interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJf5IWVpn_M
@Johnny (again, again, ad nauseum)- I am NOT clueless on the history. My brother in law escaped Cuba along with his family. Believe me when I say they keep a very close eye on how things have progressed over the decades and it's NOT America's doing.
Decades of embargoes have nothing to do with any of it? The US is literally starving them of energy. Regular, ordinary people, who the gov will turn around and say we care so much about and need to rescue them. But lets starve the hell out of them first. Monsters.
@Johnny- if Communism is so good, why wasn't the government itself taking care of their people. Put the blame where it belongs and it's not on America.
Thank you for this excellent addition of context. Judge Nap's comments, however, are sometimes off base (" . . . . this guy is 95 and this happened over 30 years ago?!") Yes, "Judge." Same as with WWII war criminals. Of course, I am not suggesting that Castro was a war criminal for shooting down a plane that invaded Cuba's air space with intent to encourage the overthrowing of Cuba's government; I am not going to judge this one way or the other. But background and context should not be ignored.
The US planned Operation Northwoods. Luckily JFK rejected it. The intent was to blow up a US civilian airliner, blame it on Cuba, then invade.
Somehow, people believe in more modern times that the government has suddenly found a conscience. The government was and is corrupt, because that is the true nature of politics. and POLITICIANS.
Arrest a 94 year old for crimes while Netanhellno, arguably the most egregiously corrupt of them all, gets rewarded with billions of US dollars.
Yes, it is maddening.
And right now you have people who adored Massie just a year ago, and now he is evil, muslim lover, sexual deviant, oh, of course anti-semitic, nearly forgot that one......
And it looks like he just got 2020'd, and the maga (MIGA) folks are literally cheering about it. It's like covid all over again. Upside down world.
You are spot on. I have trouble forgetting "anti-semitic". It is the most over-used slander, ever. The term has completely lost its currency.
For whatever it's worth, type "maga" in Google translate under Latin and look at the English translation.
I like to say to you, stupid is as stupid does, just saying.
I'm trying to provide context. Do you think the US gov would let the Cubans fly planes over our country and drop pamplets to incite riots and destablize the government? And put that in the context of decades of sanctions and attempted coups...... That isn't defending anyone, it's simply looking at it both ways, which apparently you are unable to do.
People who don't know who really runs the world don't realize that Trump exists because of Rottchild. And everything Trump does, serves Rottchild.
Donald Trump has bombed Iran, Nigeria, Yemen, Venezuela, Iraq, Somalia, and Syria (killing innocent women, children and civilians).
Do you know what those countries all have in common?
They are remaining countries NOT on the Rottchild banking system.
You know who else is NOT on the Rottchild banking system?
Cuba.
Have you seen the videos of the Cuban people desperately begging the World for help? They have NO OIL.
No power, no hospitals, no gas, no food. Cubans are in horrible conditions and crisis and begging the World for help.
Why? Because Donald Trump ordered a blockade to prevent ships from getting oil to Cuba. He is committing the economic genocide of Cuba.
In March '26 Trump stated that Cuba is "going to fall pretty soon".
Yes because Trump is committing the economic genocide of Cuba.
Why????
WTF did Cubans do to deserve Trump KILLING Cuba???
And who benefits?
Rottchild.
Take the red pill.
Thank you!! These people have not studied this at all. Our government was forbidding them from bringing rafters back here. Instead they were used to spy and drop propaganda on Cubans.
Have you ever heard of US sanctions, bro? There is a reason all the cars are 1950'd classics.
Is there anything less capable of standing than an inverted pyramid?
Oh dang, thanks for the laugh.
They were not young and they were not children. The founder self-claimed to be a CIA operative and they were not saving anyone. Read stupid Wikipedia or something please.
There's a reason Wikipedia is not allowed to be cited in papers.
And Johnny the TDS LOSER earns the second block of the day.
You're an echo-chamber kind of guy, eh Dan? And loud & proud about it too, I see.
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FYI - Some of us come here for debate while the mentally stunted simply block all dissenting points of view.
Yep, got blocked. For which I am thankful. It'll spare me the temptation to waste my time.
That's where you and I differ. I learn from the time that it takes to be open-minded while you find it more efficient to be close-minded.
Countless Cubans dying of starvation due to fuel blockades by the US is a direct attack on civilians. Right out of the Genocidal entity playbook. Please feel free to show me what Cuban civilians have done to America since the 60’s to warrant a 60 year embargo
Well, I agree with you JohnnyO but I think we know that these kind of things happen only when it serves the broader agenda. Anyone who thinks this means our two-tier justice system - rules for thee but none for me - is going away is dreaming. In this case, as in Venezuela, Castro's impending arrest further facilitates the implementation of Trump's National Security Strategy which involves kicking China's influence out of our hemisphere.
As for our two-tier justice system, we should remember we STILL have murderous sociopaths walking the streets in America simply because they control so much money. When Bill Gates is charged and arrested for mass murder, then I will have hope that maybe our justice system is changing.
But I do not believe Trump is here to right the justice system for America. Trump is a billionaire oligarch and his allegiance lies with the American oligarch class.
The Bioengineered Tick Invasion Was Planned A Long Time Ago
"Bill Gates, specifically, is in the process of breeding genetically modified bugs..."
....It’s a devious cycle of destruction but it always goes the same way: create the disease, then sell the cure. And the cure is always worse than the disease.
https://diedsuddenlynews.substack.com/p/the-bioengineered-tick-invasion-was
and it still won't bring Cuban cigars back
I wouldn't bet on that... but on the off-chance that you're right... Damn-it!!
;)
We can dream though :)
While I favor Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 as my go to... a nice hand-rolled Cuban at a decent price would be a welcome treat. Yes! One can dream!! ;)
Phil, any assassination attempt can be spun into a conspiracy. Not so much for the poor spectator killed in Butler. You call Trump an oligarch. An oligarch is someone whose wealth, usually gained by suspect means, wields the power to control nation states for great personal gain. Who are generally not known for their philanthropy or goodwill but are oppressive in nature. Trump is a self made man done the legal way. He is owned by no one. He is known to have been a generous benefactor to many employees and random people. Money wise, compared to Musk, Bezos, Gates and the likes, Trump is a pauper. I agree that we have a uniparty. You say Trump leads one faction within it. Wrong! Trump is the antithesis of the Uniparty and it’s exactly this that won him 3 elections. With a handful of exceptions, all of Congress is opposed to him. He is not DC. That’s why they Russia Collusioned him. They impeached him twice, including Republicans. They stole an election from him/us. They indicted him 4 times. And attempted to kill him numerous times. McKinley and JFK attempted the same he is doing and we know what happened to them. Trump is no friend to our government. He’s taking out the trash and they are reacting like cornered animals. God is protecting Trump. Yes, Trump is shaking up the world order. He refuses to bow to the EU, WEF, WHO and is trying to, and successfully I must say, break us free from the British Empire once and for all. I have been keeping a running tally of his accomplishments since he has been back. The list is off the charts. We have never seen a President put America and her people 1st like Trump has. I’m confident people that slander this president are either ignorant, self dealers or are in opposition to what he has and will accomplish. You say he kowtows to the “oligarchs”. I say he is working with them to restore America 1st. One of Trump’s strong points is he is VERY pragmatic. He brings everyone on board BUT is smart enough to watch his back, this time around. And if shit falls through the tracks at times, I think he thinks the good far outweighs the bad. I’m reading a lot into him. But the proof is in the pudding and so far……..it looks pretty good. You can bad mouth him when the walls start to fall. Right now, they’re going up.
Phil, you say Trump is a billionaire oligarch. All the assassination attempts were all staged as well? And he’s an Israeli puppet too?
Really, I don't know. Also, I cannot read Trump's mind. So...
One or more of the attempts MAY have been staged. IMO, the last attempt at the WH dinner looks staged to me. Nothing else makes sense. There is no way the shooter would expect to be able to even get to the doors of the dinner room starting from his blind position at a dead run - impossible. And with a shotgun as a weapon, yet walks right past SS security without being spotted? Come on! I'm not that naive. Smells staged for publicity sake.
Butler smells like a botched Democrat/Leftist attempt. The Clintons are top suspects. Too amateurish to be CIA. Some claim that this was staged. There is an argument for it but I don't know.
The attempt at the golf course was so poorly planned, it has nut-case written all over it.
Clearly, Trump is a lightening rod. But what do I know? All of that is only speculation on my part. Now Charlie Kirk was clearly a professional hit, complete with patsy who was quickly dispatched just like the JFK assassination.
Just because Trump is a billionaire oligarch does not mean he's not a target. The mistake people make in trying to make sense out of everything is the tendency to interpret events in terms of "Trump vs the Radical Dems/Globalists". The actual conflict is the American people/liberty vs the Uniparty. It has been this way since at least 1913.
What we are now witnessing is a civil war within the Uniparty which is primarily a civil war between two different factions of the banking cartel (and I use the term 'cartel' advisedly). Trump is representing the American oligarchical portion of the banking cartel that wants to divert the US from the cliff the Biden regime was driving us to. Do we benefit? Certainly... but only by way of circumstance. Trump and his fellow American oligarchs are still driving the American people to a total digital surveillance state empowered by AI. This is Musk and the oligarchs of Silicon Valley. They believe they need this to preserve the USG Empire and their wealth.
Their excuse is that the US is in a desperate race with China to build AI data centers. It's a lie. The US *already* has 4,000 AI data centers built out sucking up all the electricity and water tables in their area and more are on the way. China has less than 400 data centers. Do the math. What use could there be for over 4,000 data centers? Certainly not commercial. (Oops, I just saw an update. US data centers now number 5,000.)
I'll quote a buddy of mine who succinctly described what is really happening: "What we are witnessing domestically and in the Western World is a Civil War within the UniParty which is also a Civil War between predominantly two main factions within the banking cartel. The habit of mind of nearly all people is to skew the reportage by employing a Trump vs the Rad Dems/Globalists storyboard. The prevailing power structure mechanics is never framed in the context of the American people and what should be going in the pursuit of our maximum self interest (which is unalienable Rights Liberty). And this is why the state under either branch of the warring UniPart continues to build the techno-tyranny terror state unobstructed."
Oh... I forgot the question, "Israeli puppet?" It's too tempting to simply answer Yes. In reality, I think Trump's and Netanyahu's interests align. Clearly Trump wants Gaza and the Israeli genocide of the inhabitants works very conveniently for him. Gaza is projected to be a major chokepoint controlling not only the Suez Canal but also new pipelines and a shipping canal/port connecting the Persian Gulf with the Mediterranean Sea. This necessarily requires the complete removal of the Gaza inhabitants. Trump is selling this as Gaza becoming a world class resort. In regards to Persia (Iran), I tend to think they have miscalculated. This war will not end anytime soon and the US is incapable of defeating Iran just as we could not defeat Vietnam or Afghanistan. Persia is Afghanistan on steroids.
Oh JO..you are never pleased or grateful..you must be so miserable. Try thanking GOD for HIS mercies. GOD is fulfilling HIS promises of exposing things done in the dark to the light. Let HIM do HIS works.
Whataboutism is wearing and lacks critical thing. Nothing but deflection.
I guess you can’t comprehend connections.
The American political diversion game. Its all they know how to do.
Who would be surprised if the four pilots were CIA?
We can't believe anything our govt tells us - it's been lying to us for our entire lives.
It’s about sending a signal.
Like incinerating 168 innocent schoolgirls in a TRIPLE-TAP attack in Minab?
I guess you already forgot about Fauci, Epstein cartel, "lock her up", Obama, etc.
Yeah, protesting just to protest. Enjoy your theatre.
You focus on the mention of his age? Wow, you are grasping for anything. The Perverted Pyramid seems more accurate.
Gee, what about the concept of justice? Of course, it's ok Pelosi, Schiff, Clintons, Bush's, Obamas & Trump, to name just a few, are still walking free. But by golly, that Raul Castro has got to be charged with crimes. I guess charging him with crimes will take the attention off of Trump losing to Iran.
It's stunning this is even a topic of discussion.
If you said something to debate, I'm all for it. I only commented about your plucking out a meaningless aspect to the subject.
The US has become way too corrupt. We’ve been too lenient with criminals. President Trump is head and shoulders above all the former presidents who did not have DJT‘s bravery and intelligence. More power to him.
100%.
Maybe they could be cell mates.
It's will be extremely interesting to see who Uncle Raul puts on his visitors list... LOL!
I bet Justin goes to Uncle Raul's funeral, just like daddy Fidel went to Pierre's.
And Justin went to daddy Fidel's.
I'm seeing where he didn't but I bet he wanted to attend.
You're correct, Beckadee, my mistake. "His office stated that his schedule did not permit him to make the trip. This decision came shortly after Trudeau faced significant international backlash and mockery for issuing a statement that praised the late Cuban leader as a "remarkable leader", despite Castro's long history of human rights abuses."
Justin upset daddy dead.
I’m NO fan of Justin Trudeau but the unsubstantiated claim he’s the son of Castro has long passed being funny and is actually rather tiresome (full disclosure- I’m Canadian).
I actually think it's highly probable he's Fidel's son.
It was never meant to be "funny," and no, it ain't tiresome.
If a Cuban dictator's off spring was parachuted into leadership by way of hair, socks, legalized marijuana and 'last name,' the public has a right to know, don'tcha think?
You say it hasn't been substantiated.
Neither has it been unsubstantiated, and quite frankly, the odds are leaning far more into it than not.
Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/gatekeepers-tuesday-march-17-2026
You may be ok with this type of "leadership" politicking, but I certainly am not.
Seriously, look where "Canada" is right now because "it's 2015."
SMH.
Amen.
As you say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are several more:
https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1789688345645228060
https://x.com/crist_vi/status/2055382767735632030
And here’s a picture of 5’9” Pierre Trudeau, Justin’s alleged biological father:
https://x.com/jouler8/status/1849294510326796333
When Pierre and Maggie were on their honeymoon in the Caribbean, there were several days where their location and itinerary were blocked out of the official government records. Where were they? Then a year+ later, they made an official trip to Cuba, where Fidel was photographed holding infant Justin, with a glowing Maggie holding on tightly to Fidel’s arm. And Maggie later reportedly admitted to having affairs during her marriage. So.
From the looks of it, somebody besides Pierre was definitely tapping Mrs Trudeau.
Appears you got Jaquelines elbows up
Sorry, but there is just too much circumstantial evidence of there being a Cuban in the woodpile to dismiss... The handsome likeness to Fidel is glaringly obvious, whereas Pierre is as ugly as a bowl of warmed-up sorrow... the biological propensity for male children to favor the appearance of their paternal parentage is well acknowledge for obvious reasons ... taken together with the touchy-feely relationship that Pierre and Margret had with Fidel... Please!
I love ”Pierre is as ugly as a bowl of warmed-up sorrow”! 🤗
I didn't know any other way to describe that degree of ugliness and despair... :)
It's not meant to be just funny, I believe it to be true.
Both are shit so there you go.
I'm Canadian and have absolutely no doubt, pictures don't lie. It's very obvious for those who have eyes to see.
A quick "fact check" given all the comments:
The conspiracy theory is impossible for the following reasons: Birth Dates: Justin Trudeau was born in December 1971. His parents, Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, did not visit Cuba and meet Fidel Castro until January 1976—more than four years later. The Brother in the Photo: The infant Castro is holding in the widely circulated 1976 photos is Justin’s youngest brother, Michel, not Justin. Family Resemblance: Justin Trudeau and his brothers bear a striking physical resemblance to their biological father, the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Cool story bro
Whered'ya get your "facts?"
😂
Its easy for these fools to make up facts, it's what they were taught in indoctrination camps known as the public school system - you know - your truth is whatever you feel like.
She just earned a block.
Somebody ask Katy Perry so we can put this to bed! 😂🤣
The Trudeaus honeymooned in the Caribbean (including at least one side trip via private plane to an “undisclosed location “), 9 months later Justin Trudeau was born.
“Justin Trudeau and his brothers bear a striking physical resemblance to their biological father, the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.”
Ok.
"Justin Trudeau and his brothers bear a striking physical resemblance to their biological father, the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau."...
You are apparently way over due for your eye exam.
There is a significant amount of circumstantial evidence.
The year of action. And Pam Bondi teed up much of what has been accomplished recently in the year of preparation.
https://a.co/d/05UaeA39 "BETRAYAL: Clinton, Castro & The Cuban Five"
Great book about this true story.
and another true mind blowing story linked to Cuba is-"True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy"
https://a.co/d/0fYkKePt
I guess, since you didn't mention it, you are happy Trump isn't cleaning out the swamp in DC. After all, ZERO arrest plus ZERO trials equals ZERO in prison.
It has been said ZEROs like ZEROs. You people are fascinating!
This is how you know that you're in a cult. This administration is part of the worst coverup of evil, powerful people in history. There will be no justice for the Epstein class. Don't worry, you may have selective amnesia, but the millions of Independents and Libertarians who gave Trump a shot in 2024 will NOT be supporting the GOP going forward. Good luck winning any elections without the largest voting block.
https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/the-us-indicted-raul-castro-for-deterring?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I wonder when he will get around to the murderers of Rachel Corrie?
You're so right. Proof of the Lord's unmysterious ways. It's just so obvious. DJT is the Anointed One. And he has the Apostle Todd.
From Peter Ticktin, attorney for Tina Peters.
“Colorado is a captured state that has been taken by the enemy. We all know the 2020 election was stolen, but who stole it? — it was China, Iran, Venezuela, Serbia, and Cuba,.. the WEF, etc the Cabal— they were trying to destroy us, and we’re going to start seeing some things in the few weeks to come that will make alot of people happy because we now have Maduro and his Bookkeeper… now that went friends with Venezuela they’re extraditing people and we’re going to see the truth come out…. thank God for Donald Trump.”
https://rumble.com/v7a8zkm-tina-peters-attorney-we-have-maduro-and-his-bookeeper-things-are-coming-out.html
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The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
— Psalm 93:1-2 NAS95
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Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed.
Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise.
Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired.
Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected.
Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.
Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich.
Be someone filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which you’ll be thankful.
Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly shines.
Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to be.
~Ralph Marston
By your fruits shall ye be known.
RE national-level anti-corruption campaigns: DOJ, do Ukraine next. Please!
RE stealing classified federal documents: DOJ, do Sandy Berger next. Pretty please!
Ahh, yes, didn't Berger take docs from the National Archives?
Yes, he stuffed stolen documents into his socks and clothing!
Wasn't he pardoned by Clinton? Or did they say he didn't mean to and dropped the case. Even though he admitted destroying documents, as I recall. I could be wrong
Hey Vet nor - I had to look this up. No pardon by Clinton as occurred after Clinton had left office. Pled guilty & plea deal - misdemeanor charge - two years of probation, $50,000 fine, no security clearance for 3 years & relinquished law license.
Ah, thanks. I wasnt sure what happened with that. As I said.
Seems like a light touch
Doesn’t seem like nearly enough punishment to fit this crime. I hope the plea deal netted some bigger fish that is worth it.
That last one had to be painful…& appropriate!
Stuffed down his pants!!!
or up his arse.
I think he might be dead now. But Lori here is willing to pile up her dogs droppings on his grave. An act I approve of. 😁👍🏻.
Good morning, C&C, from the beautiful Pacific Northwest! 'Twil be clear and sunny today, if the sunrise over the mountain behind our house is any indication.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Here in Houston it’s rainy and will be for the foreseeable future. You need to come get your weather and take it back home. 😂
😂😂😂 I had to laugh - your comment brought to mind a memory from early in our marriage. We had moved to Denver due to the Mr.'s job. While talking to my mama one day in April, she mentioned that she had not seen the sun in 5 months. My sister and I hatched a plan to surprise her with a plane ticket to Denver, where they advertise over 320 days of sunshine per year. I invited my aunt (Mama's sister) in Albuquerque to bring her family for a visit to add to the surprise. Imagine my surprise when it rained, nay, POURED, PNW-style, the entire Memorial Day weekend! We joked that she had brought the weather with her! The sun finally reappeared as I was taking her back to the airport.
We did move back to the PNW, obviously. 😂
Mrs. "the Knife"
Memorial day weekend was a red letter day (weekend) for us as kids and for our kids as that is the weekend the swimming pools open. And it nearly almost always rains that weekend here in MO! SO FAR, forecast is for sunny and warm on Sun and Mon this year so maybe our neighborhood kids get a chance to dive in!
Raining and cold up here in northern Illinois for the weekend. Normal operating system. Then we will go right to 85 and humid.
Yep, same, digging this cool weather for as long as it lasts!
We always blame the out of state visitors for our extreme weather. FL is a miserable weather state. 😆
Hmmm. Why would you say that FL is a miserable weather state? Interesting perspective. I Syracuse NY. CNY often ties Seattle WA for the most number of cloudy days. We would go weeks with gray skies. If there was any percentage chance of rain, it seemed that it rained!
In 1975, my brothers and sisters and I took a 6 week camping trip across the country. I was 22 at the time and my youngest brother was 13. We ere seasoned scouts and campers. We took the family van and pop trailer. We planned and raised money for a year. I that 6 weeks we had one day of rain. I had never seen so much sun in my entire life.
The other thing about me, when I lived up north was my cold weather habit of wearing long underwear from October to May, turtlenecks tops, scarfs and would seek out a heat source to sit next to. And then I would have to shovel to get to my car so I could go out to work.
In my perspective, I am so so grateful to live in SWFL. The sun is out every day. Rarely do we get the all day rain. We get hurricanes, true enough. Up north we had blizzards that you lock you in for days. And if your pipes froze that is a problem in 0-20 degree F temps. On hot sunny days, go out for my walk/ride in morning, move between air-condition car and building and I don't have to shovel it. (I was responsible for shoveling all those years up north).
Personally I'm so glad to be in Florida for weather and other reasons.
It’s the humidity that would get me.
@Janet- We have horrific humidity here in Western NY. Horrific.
Yes the combination of heat and humidity for a good part of the year is what I don’t like. At least here it’s only for a couple of months.
My sister and her husband took a 3 month trip across the country, Mary Pat.
We are all native Californians.
When she came back, she told me that it rained back east. Did I mention she is my little sister?
I scoffed at her claim. Rain in the summer? Who ever heard of that?
Kids!
And now I live in the midwest, and complain if we go a week without rain.
Mrs. RW
@Mary Pat- I'm in Lewiston. Yup.
😂 The Mr. has family in AZ; whenever his aunt and her family would come up for a visit, they were looking forward to the rain. Invariably, it would be sunny their entire visit!!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Perhaps you could come visit the Phoenix area this summer and bring some rain with you...I would greatly appreciate it.
We were just talking about visiting the Mr.'s sister this summer - I will see what I can do!! 😂
Mrs. "the Knife"
That’s hilarious!
That is hilarious!! 😆 The best laid plans…! 😁
Send it up to the Panhandle!!! We are as dry as a popcorn fart !
I’m just south of you, and we’re desperate for rain too. It rained (lightly) here yesterday for awhile. I checked the rain gauge this morning, which sported a whopping one-tenth of an inch. I’m grateful for it, but I sure would like to experience even more gratefulness!
😂My friend, I would if I could
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Now cue the comment section police telling us all we’re “off topic” and are ruining the comments for everyone 😑🙄
RL, Looks like there are a few "new names" to block for sh*t posting. Some people are so doom & gloom, they just can't be happy about ANY win.
Yup, it’s so tiresome! I am sad to see a few others joining in though 😕 I understand the impatience but can we just celebrate the wins and stop with the “yes buts” for a change? I tend to think Jeff is right that they are slowly drawing the cord tighter and reeling in the bigger fish with the arrests and actions against the smaller ones.
Don’t you just cringe when the “yes buts” just keep flowing…..😵💫
It reminds me of the stereotypical Asian “tiger mom” who, when her kids say they got a 97 on a test, says, “well why didn’t you get 100?” I get pushing for excellence (and in the cases Jeff is talking about, accountability) but we can also be happy with progress and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good 😕
They can freaking scroll on by if they don’t like it. We are a community here. 🙄
Exactly!
Double dittos! Y'all have me laughing, which is the best way to start the day!
Mrs. "the Knife"
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You know the news is good when we all relax together and discuss the weather. Lololol ❤️
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Amen to that!
Mrs. "the Knife"
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We’re probably “off topic” more than on, which is what I love about this group!
Good morning! Enjoy the sunshine! Here it’s grey, cool and cloudy.
In the last couple of weeks we have gone from low to mid 80s to the low 50s, and now back up into the 70s. Spring in the PNW, whatcha gonna do? 😆
Mrs. "the Knife"
I'm just north of you on the Canadian side and the weather is the same. At the moment it's Cottonwood season, it's sunny and warm with fluffy cotton balls floating through the air everywhere. They get into everything, so keeping doors closed is a must unless you want a house full of them. LOL!
We have those too, though it’s not quite as bad here.
The cottonwoods just started blowing a couple of days ago. The A/C is out in the car, so I rolled down my window yesterday, cotttonwood fluff floated in, and I said, "Nope" and rolled it right back up! 🤣
Mrs. "the Knife"
We've gotten down into the 40's, maybe lower. Then 70-80 degrees. (ID) Love this weather!
Same here! It’s been very changeable but that’s also typical for the Midwest.
Same in MO, and loving it - perfect weather for getting yard work done, and the last of the flowers planted - 'no sweat'!
I miss planting flowers this year. I took the year off. My wrists and elbows have become injured with the past few years to the point I’ve been incapacitated and in casts for a few months at a time - interrupting my gym time for lifting weights, all from just working a hand spade. 🥺😢 Flowers in my yard are my favorite thing to do each spring/summer. I’m trying to find perennials that flower profusely in the shade, (heavily landscaped yard,) and so far all that has survived is vinca. Everything else barely takes and doesn’t come back, doesn’t flower, or is eaten to the ground in minutes by squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks. Annuals are so much easier if you enjoy the labor, which I did!
I’m so sorry! 😞 I hope you can get back to it next year 🙏
Juju, I am so sorry! Flowers in one's yard are such a pick-me-up for the soul and mind. I hope you find something that works in your yard that is not so taxing on your body to tend.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Have you tried Impatiens? Those love the shade here in Florida.
Yes! Those are my favorite!! I usually have breathtaking carpets of them all over my yard. That’s how I ended up with tennis and golfers elbows requiring casts two years ago and caused damage to my wrists last year that are still making it difficult to pick up a glass of water this year. Spade work. And annuals require a LOT of it. I planted about 14-15 flats of them. 🤣 Now it literally hurts to dig more than six holes for six saplings. Last year I got my husband to do ALL the digging for me, but no way would he do near 500 - 600 plants like I would have. I think I got him to do about 60 tops. LOL
This year he’s overworked with 12 hour days including Saturdays too. He’s just too exhausted to work in the yard much this year, and only has Sundays free. I won’t push it. That’s why I took the year off. Learning to love the look of grass. It’s just so much prettier with a splash of hot pink rolling near it and fresh brown mulch. Ho hum … next year maybe.
So sorry Juju, planting flowers/digging in the dirt is my stress relief - my nod to aging is my knees with all that bending which has cut back some of my activity. I can't spend more than a couple of hours at a time or I can barely walk the next day. I love impatiens but our summers are dry and they need a lot of watering so I have cut back on them. And agree, finding shade perennials that bloom continuously is a big challenge. Begonias are generally more drought tolerant and I have expanded them this year, and do flower in the shade, but are still annuals. Have about a dozen Heuchera (coral bells) that come back every year and at least have a variety of colors in their foliage.
It’s definitely better running weather than what we had the few days before! 🥵
Same in PA🌥️
Pa gal here. We keep swinging between summer and winter.
It's been in the 90's here 😒
And then the HVAC in my building at work went down. 😭
Miserable. And here I was thinking that it was going to be a mild summer!
Ugh that’s the worst! 😭☹️ Hope they get it fixed very soon!
Supposed to rain off and on for a week here in the Bluegrass State, and I am happy for it!
Just got to our second home in Coeur d’Alene, Mrs. Knife, and I completely agree! A beautiful morning!
We love the Coeur d’Alene area. Looked at some houses there in 2021 for my mama.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Best deep dive on the Cuban political underbelly I've ever read.Todd Blanche is the new Dirty Harry - he takes no mess.
Still cannot accept how corrupt the Biden DOJ was, cake recipes? GTFOH.
Point of order: The Democratic Party establishment and its political leaders are not interested in Justice. They are interested in the judicial system agreeing with them, no matter what. https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/fighting-and-dying-for-segregation
I forget how long he can serve as 'acting' before he has to be confirmed - is it before or after the midterms? One more reason to make sure we secure the House and Senate regardless.
Donna, a quick check says Blanche can serve 210 days, and possibly longer if a permanent AG is not confirmed.
What are hid chances of getting "approved" by the Senate to be director? My guess is it will never happen. I do wonder who might be nominated.
He could just keep extending Todd’s reign by nominating the best of the best that the Senate will keep refusing. Lol
Here is some more context direly missing:
https://www.youtube.com/live/xJf5IWVpn_M?si=sZOzB8fF-LEzgSjr
Unfortunately Trump’s admin is starting to look more corrupt than Biden. The billions that have been won on insider trading regarding this war is incredulous. The fact that Loomer has any say in this administration says it all. The republicans are toast in the midterms
There are intelligent people starting to say it is the most corrupt administration in history - which says a lot. And there is still nearly 3 years left.
No "intelligent people" say that. Hacks, paid phonies and imbeciles say that.
Cue the morons who only listen to neocon news....
I heard Biden passed a law that the IRS can't audit his tax returns any longer.
Oh wait, that was Trump.
You guys are so spineless its sickening.
Please do tell: "Trump passed a law that the IRS can't audit his tax returns any longer." You KNOW that statement is 100% bullshit! If you don't know, you're ignorant for saying it. READ the actual FACTS of the case, please, rather than vomiting pure political propaganda. Without going deep, I'll just say, "Nice try."
Funny, you start with "intelligent people starting to say", then jump immediately to "cue the morons". Never a winning strategy, Johnny..
That's not a law. It was a concession on the IRS's part. The president can't pass laws.
Add haters and brainwashed fools.
Wait until the impeachment hearings start!
Janine, you know Blue Sky would love you on their platform
Janine Melnitz is just jealous that Trump & MAGA are winning the info war with the truth, unlike her lefty narratives and propaganda. She’s probably an ex-Gov’t employee Trump fired for never going to work & collecting a paycheck on the taxpayer’s dime while vacationing in Europe. Or just a brainwashed Karen. Or both.😎
I know the truth hurts but yo can get back on the short bus anytime
Janine - I wrote back in May 2025 that the Trump admin was looking like Kamala — almost a year ago and here we are saying the same thing: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/trump-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-like
Yes it started back last June when he abruptly called the Epstein files a hoax. He started off so well… now here we are. I wouldn’t have ever believed it after he was elected that we would be in the 💩
Let's hope they are not. I'm no fan of either party, but we already know exactly what the Dems will do if they regain power. Waste all of it by impeaching Trump and stopping anything that might actually help the country. I'm not naive enough to think Trump is some kind of savior or that he and his family aren't profiting handsomely off of his time in office, though I'm not sure how that makes him any different from every President in my lifetime. At least he doesn't pretend he's not doing it. But no, I think the worst thing that could possibly happen right now is for the Dems to retake congress. I will never vote Dem again, and I voted mostly Dem for most of my life (until 2012).
Agree but the coalition that elected Trump is fractured. The dems are definitely worse but Trump needs to do a 180.
Sure, you keep thinkin that Karen.
The stupid no-bid Wall is another one. While we donate the entire Rio Grande to Mexico. Absurd!
Thanks for sharing this.
Good morning C&C! Thank the Lord daily for your blessings. Such positive affirmations make you happier. Have a wonderful day.
Good morning!! Have a wonderful and blessed day as well!
Thank you RL!
Good morning, Karmy! "Count your blessings, name them one by one..." Heard this song in my head whilst reading your comment. Have a wonderful day!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Good morning Mrs! I heard the same song in my head too! Bing Crosby in White Christmas.
Good morning to you, Karmy! Blessings on your day as well!
Welp, as far as remittances go, the mexican government, whilst claiming to help the Biden team crack down on illegal immigration, was actually sending people here knowing they would be sending money back. It’s the method of operations. Has been for decades.
Get these stinking illegals out of our country.
Go to any border Town from Brownsville to Tijuana and you will see tons US government welfare commodities offered for sale in their Mexican markets.
These US towns also have lines going for blocks around their post offices when the Mexicans come here to pick up their US government checks on the first of every month.
You will also see state of the art elementary schools where instruction is in Spanish because the students are all anchor babies who live on the other side of the border but are US citizens by dint of birth on US soil.
Shutting down the remittance pipeline will be massive.
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Having a bank account or not has no bearing on Mexicans sending money back home. They have stores all over that allow you to pay a certain price to wire any amount of money to any account in Mexico. I know this because I have seen the stores that do it and I have known people that do it. Restricting banking access will not end the problem
Doesn't "remittances" cover wire transfers?
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"Carmen now faces multiple charges, including theft of government property, destruction or falsification of records, concealment or removal of public records, and defamation of delicious desserts." 😂😂
“Madam, put down the Bundt cake, and slowly step away from your desk” She will be good at hiding a shiv in her prison food.
OMG I'm still laughing. Thanks for the highlight of the day. . .
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😂 yep!! Without a doubt
So good! Absolutely delicious!
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She was so upset about alleged inappropriate removal and possession of classified government documents that she did exactly that herself? The leading cause of irony is TDS.
I laughed hard at the "defamation of delicious desserts" line, too!
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Time doesn’t change the common problems of man or the solutions to those problems. History shows, understanding what has worked and what hasn’t is the beginning of positive constructive solutions.
The Roman statesman Cato the Elder famously observed that "the average Roman doesn’t care about what the legions are doing in foreign lands. He cares about the pebble in his shoe." He used this metaphor, originally from Cicero, to explain that citizens are motivated by immediate, daily, personal problems right in front of them, rather than grand geopolitical events happening far away. The price of bread, grain, meat was first on the list.
The pebble was Cicero's metaphor for a nagging conscience, Cato's metaphor was meant for localized, personal problems. The crisis of rising prices on common items was the constant topic for government. Rising prices, inflation, later on was handled by Diocletian's with price controls. This turned into an economic disaster, all sound familiar? It opened up black markets on commonly needed things. Both metaphors using the pebble in the shoe were separate historical concepts but both have significant connecting meaning today.
I feel that pebble in my shoe today knowing I have to go (overpriced) food shopping after a long hard days work and struggle having to pay for it with a credit card. It’s difficult for me to not to ask the obvious question, what happened to no foreign wars and America first?
Hi James, I look at it a bit differently. I do think Trump is doing exactly what he said about putting America first. This is short term pain for long term happiness and well being. If Iran is the bad actor they have been for almost 50 years and has spread terror throughout the world Without a nuclear weapon, we need to imagine what they would be With one. We have to deal with this now or pay enormous and awful consequences on down the road. It’s worth it to me. Keep the faith!
Also, I agree with RunningLogic that a few prices seem to be coming down here also (in northwest Florida.) I have always shopped specials on food and was delighted to see some amazing specials on beef this week!
AND what would have happened if Pres O'Bummer hadn't sent pallets with billions in CASH to Iran to fund their terrorism.
And if O'Biden (O'Bummer) hadn't left 83 billion $ of American military equipment in Afghanistan.....
Yeah - I am thankful for the short-term pain - it think if it like the exercise idiom: "No pain, no gain!" President Trump is cleaning up! Go ahead and take out the trash! (and even: "Here - I'll help!")
God clean up America and then God bless America!
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Good points!!
Right on!!!
We just purchased 1/4 of beef ~$1100@ $3.50/# locally. Best price since Trump 45!
Wow! And where is locally? Hubs and I have been shopping for best deals. 🤔
45 miles north of Philly Pa.
Congrats! Woooo-hooo!
And it’s not just cleaning up the foreign threats, he’s also cleaning up the corruption in our own country. If I had a choice of hard times but the cancer removed vs easier times but the same corruption continues to rob us all of what we have worked hard for, I’d take the former every time. A 4-year term isn’t nearly enough time to cleanse this country of its threats both foreign and domestic, yet what Trump is doing in under 18 months is astonishing. Enough for me to yell “hoooold, hoooold!” Our present difficulties are NOT because of anything Trump is doing, they are directly caused by Obama and Biden, and some of Clinton. By socialist ideas and greedy, power hungry elites. The clean up crew is not to blame.
My absolute favorite thing about your reply is how thoughtful it is. Not the mindless emotional claptrap and/or ad hominem attack tactics some newer commenters spew when they disagree or as you put it, see things differently.
Mr Goodrich’s comments certainly appreciated. Especially the point about history rhyming or repeating.
We have been fortunate to have been able to make our purchases with some ouches and a little belt tightening, but if it hadn’t been for a few high income years, prices would hurt our fixed income budget a whole lot more. That said, I was floored to see our local Winco brand butter under $3/lb, when just a 2-3 years ago it rose to nearly $5/lb.
I notice that too! Butter dropped from $6-$7/lb down to the $3 range once again.
Juju, this is brilliant. Exactly so!!!
I wish I was free in Florida. I have never seen prices come down in my lifetime except for a short time a year ago. I live in the communist state of WA and can’t afford to move. I’m retired and on a fixed income.
I think some people may be confused. I live alone and usually buy the same things each week at the same stores so I can easily tell if things have gone up or down. I live in Illinois and Florida and I've noticed, once again, the product size has been reduced. So rather than raise prices, they lower the quantity, which often goes unnoticed.
Yes, that's been happening forever. I remember noticing that back in 2000 or so.
Hey Wendy, I’m not confused on this as I’m like you, buying the same brands and types of food. There are a few things that have come down. Others, like the beef I was talking about, are sale prices but even the sales price on the beef is $2 lower than normal.
Hi Clara - I had written something before but I guess it didn’t post. I’ll try again!
I wish you were in Florida too! There are still areas of Florida that aren’t expensive so hopefully you can do some research and move here. I’ll be thinking positively for you!
If I can convince my kids who rent my house to move. I grew up in the South and when we vacationed there during COVID we loved it!
I’ll be thinking positively for you - and your kids!
Agree with your take, Free!
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Prices are coming down? Consumer inflation index was the highest in April that it has been in years. Bravo team Trump. Let's do more wars!
Better yet, Johnny-O, let's reopen the borders and once again and allow the millions of unvetted ILLEGAL aliens to come in. And fire up the money printing machines that Biden/Obama practically wore out running them 24/7 for 16 years. Damn, I still wonder where this inflation came from? Not! Plus, you best quit speaking badly about Trump or he'll censor you & your internet access. Hell, he might even have you arrested. Oh, wait! That WAS the Biden Administration. Remember? This was the same guy who forced you (or at least tried to force you) into injecting poison into your body. Yeah, that guy. He was so wonderful and caring that he left $50+ BILLION dollars worth of weapons in the hands of our sworn enemies in Afghanistan. What a guy. What a leader. And don't forget the child mutilation and all that insane stuff. Yet you want to nit pick the current President of the U.S.? I don't care if gas prices go to $10.00 a gallon (yes, it would be painful) nor if he unleashes more fury on the Iranian REGIME - I just don't want to go back to the Marxist/Communist (disguised as Socialist) way of "governing" that the Libtards continue to push today. God Bless America! And Bravo Team Trump!!! Unless, of course, you would rather live with less freedom & liberties.
If Iran is so dangerous, why is their team being allowed to participate in the World Cup and to come & stay in the US? Is Russia being allowed to participate as well?
@Shug- it's not the people that are our enemies- it's the regime. Just like after 9/11- we didn't go after the people. We went after the regime who made it possible. We weren't at war with Afghanistan just like we aren't at war with Iran.
Funny. I can walk and chew gum at the same time. I can worry about the pebble in my shoe and National/International ‘stuff’ at the same time too. And the things that are happening both nationally and internationally need to be done now……i.e. (insert the old bromide) “Make hay while the sun is shining”.
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Right, plus I also think that people in Roman times were much less affected in their daily lives by global events than we are today. Just look at the Chinese shipping container scheme for a recent example.
I will have to respectfully disagree on this one James although the post is very good to ponder. These deeds directly affect our homeland and my tax dollars so I for one say go get them boys. I wish I could be part of what the admin is doing. I am a pitbull, won't stop and would work gratis for our country. I live very frugally and use coupons and other strategies to save on food or other items. If too expensive, I don't purchase certain items.
It’s funny, I actually have noticed some prices coming down where I live. I’m not sure why there is such a discrepancy because I know others have said their prices are still high too.
I’ve noticed it as well. My college kid is home and still my groceries are less than they were a couple of months ago. Not a huge amount, but noticeable.
😂 I remember those days! Why has my grocery bill doubled lately??? Oh yeah son is home. LOL But so worth it 💗
I noticed Aldi prices, on some of their goods, have dropped.
Same. For example, avocados were 99 cents there for quite some time but now they’re .49/.59. I’ve seen prices on several of my regularly purchased items at Kroger and other stores come down too, either better sale prices or lower regular prices or both.
Yes, avocados were 60 cents here yesterday.
We'll never see prices like that for avocados here in NYC 😋, but they aren't going up at least. I would be swimming in guacamole and avocado toast (and getting fat too) if they ever came down that much here 😂.
Not do much where I live, I scour the offerings.
We who live near big blue cities struggle the most. I never lose sight that it’s not the same everywhere else.
True. Sometimes that gets lost.
Morning JG ^^
Good morning Randall!!
The average citizens of Tehran have the similar major concerns.
Funding the I-Guards 1 million different styles of missiles and etc.
A drink of clean water and pebbles in shoes take important center stage!
I think Trump is actively extricating us from a war that has been simmering with Iran for decades. As Jim Quinn used to say (paraphrasing) - the only way to end a war is for one side to unambiguously win while the other side unambiguously loses. It's time for this war to end, which means it's time for Iran to lose. Bigly.
There’s no money in it.
Now it’s ALL happening all over the place, so fast that it is almost breathtaking. It’s happening locally, nationally and internationally.
I pray that Barry and his cohorts are very, very afraid.
Which is very different from our almost instantaneous reception of news from faraway places.
We live in Mexico. Several times a week, we see long lines at the Western Union office waiting to collect their remittances. These are mostly women. What none of the bleeding heart illegal immigrant supporters never mention is that the most of the men who are sending money back here have left their children fatherless. Absent a male figure, their sons are vulnerable to being recruited by the narcos. And they are. It is a disgrace that Mexico does not provide an economy that can support their citizens.
After the take earmarked for corruption, there's just not that much left in the kitty for the economy. "It's nobody's fault, really."
You're right! As in any socialist/marxist country, the elites do well and the ones at the other end suffer. On the bright side, though, there is an emerging middle class in Mexico. A good sign is the every-day crowded Costco.
Cindy, why would you live in such a country that supports and endorses drug cartels and is so dangerous?
That's a fair question. Originally, it was a challenge---learning a language, meeting new people---now we have come to love the Mexican people and their way of life. Most Mexicans, unfortunately, seem to ignore their government, I suppose because it has been corrupt for so long. The corruption in the US that is now coming to the surface may be just the tip of the iceberg. It is not as obvious as it is in Mexico, but it's there and even sadder because the US should be different than the rest of the world. People are the same all over the world.
Good things are happening though...Bush, Cheney, McCain all 😵. The US cartel was built over several years. It'll take a while to dismantle it without causing chaos
So much more corruption in Mexico.
There’s a large community of retired Americans living in San Miguel de Allende near Queretaro.
We are in San Miguel. Yes, DEEP corruption in Mexico and everyone knows it, but as we are finding out everyday now, there is DEEP corruption in the US too. One difference is that we did not know it.
Especially under the last administration we often told ourselves, if we have to live under a corrupt government we might as well move to Mexico…or whatever other country we happened to be interested in.
As for the danger of living in MX, I tell my friends to name one single metro area in the US that isn’t equally dangerous. When I think about it, same is true all over the rural west. One has to know the places to avoid and the times to be out and about, everywhere.
I completely agree with you Cindy about the people, the customs, and relaxed way of life. We honeymooned all over the central highlands towards the end of the last cartel war, and we weren’t phased one iota. I quickly grew to love being treated so respectfully everywhere we went.
Amen!
How does one ignore their government? Do they not pay taxes or follow laws? What is their way of life that you like? I have been there several times and found it disconcerting on so many levels.
At least with this admin we are doing something about it now, (long overdue) where it does not appear that sheinbaum or her ilk do much about it.
I don't know about the tax structure, but my guess is that many people do not pay taxes. There's lots of under the table business. You are right about Sheinbaum. I think Trump is forcing her to cooperate; I doubt she is cooperating willingly.
What is it about their way of life you like?
The pace of life is slower here and that's a plus, but primarily I love the values of the Mexican people -- family is paramount. I only hope those values can be sustained in the next generations.
Most immigrants are using Western Union, despite very high fees, to send money home. They are not ACHing from their BofA accounts. Was Western Union included in the order?
That’s what I thought also.
Some of these measures are directed against the American people, while pretending to be something else. The Wall, for example. It’s interesting that East Germans (and Russians, too) were originally told their Wall (and Iron Curtain) was supposed to protect their societies from the West.
The Banking control Trump just signed will inevitably evolve as a way to coerce people here, like the Social Credit system in China.
Sending any money overseas is covered I believe.
Money Transmitters must be federally licensed and follow federal rules and regulations. States and federal agencies examine money transmitters routinely for possible violations and fraud. If fraud is detected, fines are imposed. In most cases, it depends on how well the examiners do their job to detect phony remittances from locations with multiple addresses and/or names.
I could be a tourist visiting the US or an illegal migrant and could walk into a grocery store and send a western union anywhere in the world. I can pay cash at the counter. I don’t see how what Trump signed changes that scenario.
If they ask for identification, as required, it can make it more difficult.
As a tourist with a visa, you would have proper access to do so. If an illegal alien (not using migrant cause they aren’t), you would now need proper identification or no access. Using cash isn’t the issue, it’s having the correct identification to send money out of country and the right purpose for doing so.
It's so very satisfying to see the ship turning, even if it's a slow turn. I'm so thankful for President Trump. Maybe now the Dems are beginning to understand what they created when they stole the 2020 election.🤣😂
Extraordinary Roundup today, Jeff. I am walking from darkness to light everyday, when I read your Roundups. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Is Fauci next.
" Justice Department are committed to restoring a simple principle: if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold.”
LOCK 'ER UP
Kabuki theatre. The masses are eating it up. Fauci who? Epstein who?
Even Biden was too old for trial.
The spy plane was on a "humanitarian mission" to kill Castro.
Bill Gates who?
Mrs. RW
Right. And remember what was said in the Day Tapes about how propaganda will be effective at getting people to hold two conflicting ideas at the same time in their head with little awareness for it.
And yet, here we are. Trump clearly wants to memory hole Covid and Epstein. Why is that? Those are two huge opportunities to show the people that justice can be delivered by its government when warranted….but nah, it’s all a hoax. I feel like I am in the Wizard of Oz….pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Ignore your own eyes and experience….believe what they tell you not your lived experience. In other words, sit down and shut up—-defer to the “experts” and authorities….we promise this time they will not kill or rape you. It’s different this time!
"Justice Department are committed to restoring a simple principle: if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold."
(Unless you are Israel.)
Unless you are Bill Gates, or Fauci, or Baric, or Bourla.
Mrs. RW
Which Americans has Israel killed?
"Which Americans has Israel killed?"
That's a legitimate question, Alison. Unless you follow non-mainstream news sources, you would not know. I asked AI to give me a list, here it is (with links for validation):
Here’s a concise list of American citizens killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the last five years, using the cases documented by DAWN and reported by Al Jazeera. The list includes deaths from 2022 through 2026 and totals 13 named American citizens in that period. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-citizens-killed-by-israel-soldiers-and-settlers-in-palestine/)
## Named cases, 2022–2026
- Omar Assad, killed in January 2022. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in May 2022. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Mohammad Khdour, killed in February 2024. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Tawfiq Ajaq, killed in January 2024. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Jacob Flickinger, killed in April 2024. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed in September 2024. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Amer Rabee, killed in April 2025. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Sayfollah Musallet, killed in July 2025. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-congress-demand-state-department-investigation-into-killing-of-13-american-citizens-by-israeli-forces/)
- Khamis Ayyad, killed in July 2025. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-citizens-killed-by-israel-soldiers-and-settlers-in-palestine/)
- Nasrallah Abu Siyam, killed in February 2026. [dawnmena](https://dawnmena.org/u-s-citizens-killed-by-israel-soldiers-and-settlers-in-palestine/)
## Notes on scope
These sources say the killings were carried out by Israeli soldiers, settlers, or other Israeli forces, and they distinguish some cases by location or circumstances such as the West Bank, Gaza, or Lebanon. The count is based on tracked cases named by these organizations, not necessarily an official U.S. government list.
My big question is when are the arrests going to happen here at home? Crimes have been committed by Obama and Hillary and their henchmen. When will they see the inside of a prison?
Back in September, the 3 Horsemen of the Apocalypse were invited to a White House dinner.
Bill Gates, Bourla, and Zuckerberg.
And Fauci is still a free man.
I read the other day that Obama has ‘lawyered up’. I can well imagine that ALL of them are quaking in their boots.
It’s a-comin’
They need to make sure & go after that slug Eric Holder as well! The gun runner, among other things.
One of the other things was his set-up of the MERS corporation, which made it possible for Wall Street to gamble on home mortgages.
A district attorney, I think it was in Texas, sued to stop the practice, because it cut into the power and fees that our long-time laws requiring every home transfer to be registered at the county office, in order to keep track of the properties in the county, collected. She was slammed down.
Those CDOs were being sold to the wealthy all over the world, so your mortgage might be owned by Saudi sheiks, Colombian drug lords, and/or British bankers.
Then when the whole thing collapsed in 2008, Obama and Holder came in, and made sure that the tiny little question of who actually held the mortgages was not asked, and the people in the houses were kicked out, while the bankers were bailed out with public money.
Which is why the public debt skyrocketed after 2009, although we are told it was spent on the actual public. It wasn't.
So yeah, let's see Eric Holder prosecuted. Maybe after Raul Castro and the guy in Spain and some Chinese industrialists.
Don't hold your breath.
Mrs. RW
I love it!
Go back and read what Jeff said bout sealed indictments again.
I follow someone who asserts the Patriot Act protects a bunch of the criminals. I haven’t dug into it to know exactly what is in that act. I do know it gives very broad permission for surveillance of all of us. Remember that the initial crime began with Obama’s IC and DOJ spying on all of the 2016 GOP candidates.
Fear and expense may be the extent of the punishment experienced by those criminals. Hopefully bankrupting expense is in the cards.