Whatever is about to happen feels big, and the media is just as much in the dark as we are. Cue the freakout. Lots of delicious stuff in today's breaking news roundup, including more election arrests.
Did you see the next John Solomon comment on released info? Apparently James Comey was also leaking info. Theres a 10 year statute of limitations on intentionally leaking info. I expect the DC military presence may lead to arrests, especially if we see more developments in the leaked info conspiracy. Also the cost to "rent crowds" for protests in DC has gone way up recently, so that's an interesting disclosure.
The problem I have with all this is 1) it was a conspiracy so statute of limitations probably shouldn't apply and 2) the perps will just be forced to resign "in disgrace" with their multi million dollar book deals.
Something so monumental as a conspiracy to overthrow a presidential election needs to have consequences that effectively end the person's cushy lifestyle and make them live in shame and poverty and likely behind bars the rest of their life. This powder puff shit needs to go!
Just read Don Surber’s substack today. He connected another interesting dot. The raid on Mar a Lago was 3 years ago today. What if the indictments coming will come through Miami? Pam Bondi’s connection to FL, and all the events leading up to the past 9 years can be tied back through FL instead of DC….
I also have a feeling this is going to be bigger than Comey etc. I think since Trump mentioned the day when talking about the NGuard deployment to DC, saying that other big cities with crime issues(read democrat strongholds) might also deploy NG as needed, that that was a hint that whatever is coming could encourage civil unrest?? Just a run-on sentence from my own mind. 😂 maybe some of the biggest names involved might be arrested?
A smart prosecution team can put a case together and work around issues.
These people cannot be shamed. They are on the sociopathy spectrum. They DO understand a 2x4 to the forehead, so to speak. It's not voluntary compliance for them.
I would agree C. Sociopathy, arrogance, untouchable. It boils down to spiritual warfare. These America last America haters are guided by a false leader expecting to be handed the world wrapped with a bow.
Jesus was offered the same thing on the mountain before He embarked on his first term. He saw the lie and knew the liar and rejected the temptation. I anxiously await His second term. Until then we the people have work to do.
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Right, J Boss, it's little about "making an example" of them to dissuade others, and much more about, force-feeding crescendos of shame and humiliation down their condescending odious gullets for their arrogance in daring to cheat fellow Americans of their democratic will. ("But tell us how you really feel!")
Yeah. And the guy who runs Crowds on Demand discloses when demand is up. So everyone knows now that these people protests are not for real except for some libbie loons and old libs escaping the senior centers.
Pix from "Shallow Alto" (Palo Alto)'s "No Kings" July 4, 2025 protest with mostly the old lib seniors and pix from a nearby town with people of all ages enjoying a town parade:
But these are old hippies who did so many drugs in the 60’s and 70’s they have no brain matter left. Trust me, I watched these jerks cavort around when I was in my teens in the 70’s.
I’m 72 and I can attest that even doing a bunch of drugs in those days didn’t lead all of us to be die hard liberals. I, and many of my friends from that era, actually have become moderates or very conservative, albeit we’re probably the minority. Just sayin’, don’t write all us boomers off! Some of us are tough as nails and staunch conservatives. Part of that stems from the fact that we know we were lied to and we know how good things could be because we lived it. Trust me, you want us on your side cuz “we know stuff”!
My daughter’s hyper lefty in laws are also from that era, Navy officer family, pretty sure they never inhaled-but they believe everything leftist T.V. anchors and reporters spew. They won’t believe anything these people haven’t spewed.
Television has been a very powerful brainwashing technique.
Why can't some real conservative get a TV network?
Fox News is obviously nothing but controlled opposition bullshit. You can tell because they STILL lie about the election fraud and the mRNA death jabs.
There it is. Your last statement. The mockingbird media has been very successful. I always fantasized about having enough money to pay hackers to change the teleprompters in these lamestream media newsrooms. Change them to tell the truth. And the Chyrons at the bottom of the screen. Most people don't realize their brains are picking up what's written there, even if they aren't paying attention. It would be funny to be able to change the 4AM talking points. Since the "newsreaders" - aka "anchors" don't really pay attention to what they are reading most of the time, it would be epic! Well a girl can dream...
I actually wonder if the anti-boomer sentiment is some kind of psy-op. It seems so deliberate and timed to coincide with the "covid" hospital murders. We're repeatedly reminded that Boomers hold all the generational wealth and younger people aren't getting any until their grand/parents die. Their trailblazing and refusal to act like appropriately senile oldsters is further evidence of their ingrained selfishness. Why do the powers that aught-not-be want everyone to hate Boomers?
Yeah! This boomer can pop your skull at 2000 yds or face to face, while wearing a MAGA hat waving an American flag. Built in 1952 and can still wipe the floor with your progressive hiney!! I too, was a FORMER hippie doper.
I didn’t imply that. In fact it more often the reverse - it was the liberals who were more apt to do drugs. I know a lot of conservatives who smoked pot and a few who did harder drugs but the latter group was in the minority. It was almost without fail (back then anyway, and only in my experience) that those who had leftist, liberal views were the ones doing the harder drugs. Obviously it goes without saying, other people might have had a different experience.
I didn’t take your comment wrong, believe me. You’re one of the few who had a balanced response and I appreciate that. Just frustrated that folks lump all people in that generation into the “liberal boomers” category. They might as well claim all blondes are dumb! Sorry if you felt like my comment was directed at you!
Hippies are no different than any other group . Most are phonies , just playing the game . Eventually one's true colors come to the surface.
Don't judge a book by its cover . I . for one, have been underestimated many times over . Fortunately i never overestimated those who tried to appear much smarter than they actually are .
You’re so right! We do it too, “I” do it, too. I’m guilty of assuming 95% of all liberals are horrible, when in reality, it’s probably more like the 10% loud mouth posters. (Even here, my inclination is to say it’s more than 10%!). I’m sure the majority of democrats are just misinformed or just vote how they’ve always voted without thinking about it.
Yes. I've always been conservative even though my father was Labour (Democrat here) The only time he told me off was when I voted for prohibition on pubs in our suburb. At the time I didn't know what prohibition was, 18 and very naive. He hit the roof, being a working man who stopped in at the pub every night with his mates for a beer. 😉🤣
You’re lucky to escape that scrape alive! Don’t be messing with a working man and his pint! I’d probably have enjoyed having one with him and his mates, actually.
Me too, we had the opportunity to squash the seeds of progressive Leftism at the time. If only we had known just how much they would cheat and lie and just how low they were willing to sink into degeneracy. I never would have guessed at the time.
Partly true, but the younger generations are, IMO, even worse... instead of weed and some psychedelics (now found to often be VERY beneficial), we see massive use/abuse of junk like Ritalin, Adderall, SSRIs, benzos, Tide pods, fentanyl and crack.
They step out of their paid off homes to protest downtown then return to their comfy barcaloungers to reflect on a job well done is my guess. Gets the old juices flowing like they did back in the day when they were on campus protesting the war or Nixon.
No clem. You are missing the point. We seniors are having a very hard time finding jobs. These are paid protesters. Which part of that is unclear to all y'all. They might not even believe what they've got on their signs. But a paycheck is a paycheck and when you worked your entire life and watch the government through FraudChi and the rest of those miscreants Wipeout your savings, prevent you from seeing your sister as she's dying, wouldn't let you hug your grandbabies, it's a demoralizing situation.
Then you can't find a job, and along comes rent a protester, and well $15 is $15. And I think that's why there's so many older people out there. They're being paid.
huh? I won't even let friends include me in their Fakebook photos. No tv for me. No protesting. Got better things to do. I'm just telling Clem not to paint older people with the same brush. Some of them are truly batshit crazy. But some are just paid to protest.
Yeah Clem, gets them juices flowing like duckin’ the bullets on the campus of Kent State. Actually, the protests against the war and Nixon were righteous protests, so I have to agree with the people that think that the drugs that were consumed by these people have negatively affected their ability to think.
… but apparently doesn’t interfere with their ability to get them juices flowing
The war maybe was justified to protest but they were not protesting for the real reason. Truth has never been their strong point. It wasn't only the LSD but the music they were listening to. Most still don't get doing your own research. I'm 79..I've seen much.
I would like to know what you think the real reason should have been for the protests of the war. I was definitely against the war and I wasn’t doing drugs. I didn’t pay attention to who was in what band or even the lyrics in the song. All I cared about was whether ‘it had a good beat and was easy to dance to’. I do my own research and I got you beat in the age department, Carolyn
I liked a lot of the music of that period. At least back then, people could play their instruments which isn't often the case with much of today's computer programmed "club" music and the talking over a drum machine product called "rap".
It was Lyndon Johnson’s war. Reply from Ai: “The Vietnam War escalated significantly under President Lyndon B. Johnson, who increased U.S. military involvement after the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964. However, U.S. involvement began earlier under President Harry S. Truman and continued through subsequent administrations, including Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.” Protests against Nixon? For what?
I think the protests against Nixon were the same kind of protests that people had against every president that ever ran for Office (until maybe this one today) and that is that they lied during their campaign about what they were gonna do if they were elected president. Nixon promised to stop the war and didn’t. We got people today vocally protesting because Trump promised to stop the Ukraine war on day one and he hasn’t done it yet, but we don’t have over 58,000 American boys dying a needless death in Ukraine like we had in Vietnam. (Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of men that were physically injured and mentally mangled or the hapless Vietnamese citizens who suffered the same fate)
I’m fully aware of the history of the Vietnam war (not ‘conflict’) and how Ho Chi Minh kicked the French out of his country while America was busy killing the Koreans. I’m aware of the meetings held in the 50s, ‘53 I think, where they divided Vietnam and the United States placed their pick for president in charge of the south. The man was a Catholic and prone to stealing and killing and destroying, and the south Vietnamese people, that had previously enjoyed the victory of Ho Chi Minh against the French and the return of Vietnam to their own control, did not like this new guy. I’m aware of the fact that they were supposed to hold a general election in Vietnam in order to unite the country under one leader, but our appointed South Vietnam leader reneged on the promise, knowing that he would lose to ho Chi Minh, saying “oh I didn’t sign it”. Little prick. And that began the ‘conflict’ that cost the lives of over 58,000 American boys and an untold number of unborn that would have been fathered by them. I’m aware of the fact that America had 10,000 troops (‘advisors’) installed in South Vietnam, and that JFK had announced, the month before they blew his head off, that he was gonna withdraw these troops and he was gonna start by taking a 1000 of them out in December 1963. I’m aware of the fact that Johnson escalated the war, and that he did it the same way Bush did in Iraq, based on a lie. Nixon promised to stop the carnage,
Also Clem, one more thing. You are hallucinating if you think seniors are living in paid off homes. Some are. But the average senior is either living with a reverse mortgage, or has used their home like an ATM. I was careful about paying my mortgage down every chance I got. Still, when the covid hoax hit, I nearly lost it. My business went to zero. So there's a lot more going on than you realize.
According to AI, 63% of seniors 65 and over live in homes that are paid off. It drops significantly for people under 65, like down in the 20's percentile.
You have to specify WHICH AI, as all of them I've looked at have different numbers. CHATGPT said this - which is far lower than your number:
"As of recent data, approximately 30% to 40% of American adults over the age of 65 own their homes free and clear, meaning they have paid off their mortgage entirely.
For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey and other housing finance studies, about 37% of homeowners aged 65 and older had no mortgage debt as of the early 2020s. This percentage can vary slightly depending on the source and year of the data.
If you want the most current and precise figure, checking the latest U.S. Census Bureau reports or Federal Reserve data on household debt and homeownership would be recommended.
My Query:
What percentage of adults in America over the age of 65 have paid off their homes free and clear?
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My experience as a 74 year old with a lot of friends my age is that many got close to paying it off before covid and were destroyed in the midst of that. Many started using their equity as an ATM. I wound up having to sell my home to keep from losing it. So those stats are iffy.
To be fair, some of us old people did save enough for retirement. And built businesses, and we're ready to retire when covid hit.
Covid knocked out $90,000 of my income, not just my savings. It drop kicked me into depression for awhile. The vax and/or treatment killed my mom, my uncle, my best friend, and a dozen more friends.
Some of us don't have money because the whole covid hoax blindsided us, forced us to retire earlier than we were going to. Made us wipe out all savings. And left us without any options.
I've been interviewing for jobs for months, and I've been told I'm too old to work. I can work circles around these little whippersnappers, but they don't have any ethics anymore, so it's probably better I'm not working for them.
But still don't paint your boomers with the same brush. I was a liberal in college all it took was the Obama election to turn me into a conservative. The old saying goes "a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged" which is what FraudChi did to the world.
That's what we're also seeing in Washington DC right now by the way. Lot of the citizens there are rapidly turning into Trump supporters. As the world turns..
Beth, I am so sorry you lost your business because of the Covid fraud committed in our country and your family loss as well. It breaks my heart to hear these stories of hardworking entrepreneurs totally kneecapped by what happened. May the Lord help you, guide your steps and open just the right door for a new job for you that is perfect for you. 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you. I'm moving forward. One step at a time. On a bright note, I have no debt. So I'm in better shape than a lot of boomers. It will work out. It always does. It's about learning how to adapt and make new plans when the ones you had for decades are suddenly pulled out from under you. Oh Well! NEXT!
I'll probably start some small programs with all my materials, but I'm still interviewing for jobs. Surely there are business owners who realize boomers (if they are still fit and healthy) make great employees!
Covid cost me $200,000 and shut down my business. As a sole "entrepreneur " I got zero from the government while the rest of the country was playing bidding wars with real estate, buying rv's and generally enjoying the good life. I more than hate the people behind this. And hate is generally not a word in my vocabulary.
At age 17 in 1971 I wanted to be a hippie but my mom was too strict. I did wear short skirts and had a leather fringe purse. Does that count? NPR has never been on my agenda.
The psy-op/brainwashing is real. I've seen my older, formerly pretty conservative relatives get some TDS because all they consume is MSM. I looked at the stuff my dad had subscribed to and it was _all_ MSM propaganda. It was sad to see.
Just for the record not all of us that are older than dirt are crazy. ;-) Of course we also did not all do drugs. I walked out of more than one party in college when I began to smell the MJ.
Lisa is correct. Not all boomers are liberals folks! Some of us even did drugs in the 70’s! You’re bashing an entire generation! THAT’S WHAT THE LIBERALS DO! Knock it off!
Thank you. I'm 74. I'm as far right as you can be. But I'm healthy. I don't own a TV. I read a lot. And I get out of the house every day. My mom who passed at 100 spent her last decade glued to (yikes) Richard Madcow and MSDNC.
You can imagine our "discussions." She loved Jimmy Carter. 'nuff said.
Boomers are a huuuge diverse demographic. We can't be lumped into any generality. Even in our 20's. I was fighting with the socialists even as a 20 year old liberal. We are old. We aren't all stupid.
My opinion: If you are old and eating cat food you will do almost anything for money. If you are young and have zero ambition to do anything you will do anything for a few bucks and some excitement.
I think it's because many of them have been activists for decades. Admitting they might be wrong places their entire lives and lifework in question. And since most people are dichotomizers the nuances of getting some things wrong and some things right is just lost on them. It's hard to understand, let alone admit, that your team's convictions have changed even if your own haven't. Or worse, that you've actually been rooting for the very people you purport to be against.
Dems have only ever ONCE been truly concerned for the safety of Cops..the ones getting assaulted on Jan 6th by the FBI-incited rioters, and those brave ones who died (later) in that heroic defense of democracy
They were not concerned then either, just a opportunistic talking point to leverage rage with their propaganda. They planned and fomented what happened intentionally without the slightest regard of the safety of cops, which was easily foreseeable, if it were different they would have brought in the guard.
And ELECTION CHEATING is not a few bad ballots in isolated elections, these are practiced frauds who learn from each other and the network of Cheats do not all re-invent the wheel in their crimes. This is yet another small example of a much broader wholesale widespread targeted CHEATING operation nationwide (worldwide) at every level of "democracy".
Yes, no premediated concerns whatsoever, just used later as a verbal flagpole and can of pepperspray to be used on MAGA and Trump as soon as the air cleared and Biden was quickly certified.
And who knows, the capital policeman that died of a reported heart attack some days after Jan 6; was it just a random heart attack that happened to coincide with the 1/6 timing or could he have been “Arkancided” before he spoke up as to what he may have witnessed regarding the staged and set up?
I've LONG surmised...this isn't really Trump driving the bus. Two rival Western Globalist-vision Factions are involved in this tug of war. Group A we tend to know more about as they've run things as we've seen them for generations; tore down European Colonial Monarchism and Elevated the USA as an empire, Cultivated Communism in Russia and later in China, the New Deal, U.N. ,Progressive, Fed Reserve, WWII-A Bomb-CIA, NATO DeepState, Neo-Left Soros Schwabian perverted
wing.
Group B has long been at odds with but subdued (likely by planning at highest level) to Group A. Trump was recruited by Group B to lead the hostile takeover...this is WHY, in 2015-16 The PANIC had already set in full force and Group A went nuts to stop him and has only gotten worse. We are witnessing the takedown of Group A's model and crime organization; THE Question is; Is Group B's model of rule and realignment a (mostly) benevolent one or is it somehow just as bad or even more sinister under a veneer? As this planetary marketing shift occurs and the remodeling gets underway we are awed that the 80-120 year old Group A model falls away and collapses upon itself (as a trade center tower). What takes its place may give humanity relief or it may deliver remorse
If He is in control, then why bother to use the tools He gave you to stand up to tyrants? Just sit back and let God do our work for us. Personally, I don't think that's the way He intends us to live. I believe in free will.
I believe you all are correct. God is in control! Yet we are commanded to be good stewards of his blessings, were are commanded to “occupy” until Jesus comes, to care for others by standing up for justice for our community. Many loose heart when things are hard - we are also commanded not to despair but to know that God is in control. So the encouragement comes from the reminder of this. But, SteelJ, I wholeheartedly agree with you on the point that we are to use all of our God-given talents and blessing to be engaged in our communities and persuade those we come in contact with with truth and to hold our representatives accountable for the work they are sent to do on our behalf. We are commanded to pray even though God doesn’t really need us. (Isn’t that amazing that God wants that relationship w us?!?!?) But he wants to be glorified by his children in this world.
So as much as I love reading all the comments here from this amazing C&C family, I’m had better get going!
It’s the central mystery: God’s sovereignty vs man’s free will.
Remember when armoring up to fight - with priestly worship leading the multitude - was enough to spark supernatural intervention? Yet the warriors still had to prepare & rush in to claim their victory.
I don’t know. If you believe there is more to this life and another spiritual world, then something about all this and what Trump is doing feels different. Vastly different. There is this “crackling” feeling that’s difficult to describe, but the world feels different, like something big and good is going to happen to change the world. It’s something that’s never been felt before in my lifetime and I don’t think I’m the only one…
I believe God is control of the plan and we need to continue to turn to Him, repent and ask for His Mercy. Think of the people of Ninevah. They repented and God showed His Mercy and saved them. I pray daily that President Trump and his cabinet do God’s Will on behalf of the American people. 🙏
Yes, that makes a lot of sense. To believe that the outcome of all that’s happening, if it succeeds, will be unalloyed good is naive. At the same time I’m immensely enjoying all that Jeff describes, I’ve got this niggling feeling that Armageddon is approaching.
I'm reminded of a joke that asked questions of an applicant for a big-rig driving test what he would do in various situations, which escalated from bad to worse, in the course of the questioning. Finally, informed that his EMERGENCY brakes had ALSO gone out, along with the main brakes which had gone out earlier along with the power steering, and the ability to downshift in the middle of the blizzard on the ice-covered 2-lane mountain road with no guard rails and asked "What would you do then?", he answered, "Wake up my wife."
"Why? Why would you wake up your wife?"
"Because she ain't--never--seen nothin' like the kind of massive fubar we about to have!!"
I'm going out in the backyard with Kay to watch. I don't know if we'll survive it, but we'll've never seen anything like it.
Interesting take. If true, I'll take group B, because we KNOW where group A was taking us. Continuing to ride that horse would lead straight to hell for sure. Group B might be worse, but without a viable C option, gotta pivot to B. Another thing, if you are just as bad as group A and seeking power, why fight group A rather than join it?
WHY would any sane rational person rush to DEFEND (Group A) the DeepState, Fedocracy, and for example, the Biden Crime Family reputation??? FEAR and Cult-control via propaganda and peer pressure and smug confidence that MAGA are irrational rightwing uneducated religious bigoted zealots in the Trump Cult. Even Trump Haters has NO positive person or position to now hold up as an example to stop his "Hitlerian Tyranny".
The organized monthly outbursts of nationwide protests are the only real counterweight, as the narrative languishes and expertist luster of the Dem/RINO-Party Swampocracy has dimmed, and much of their fetid Federal ecosystem is drying up before our eyes, even the Eyes of the agitated Trump-bashers and media. Outrage and sky-is falling warnings are all that can be offered.
Good points. Interesting thought though. I’ve been a follower of “the conspiracy group” since Covid opened my eyes to how large and evil a group could be to do such a thing to other humans. I now question everything (911, JFK, WW2, elections, pharmaceutical industry etc) and I believe that Trump is playing a role in what some call the great awakening- a time when all lies are revealed and truth is revered once again. A sort of restart of humanity. As a Christian, I trust God’s plan and believe we each play a part in awakening others to His love & truth - who knows maybe group B is Good & group A was evil? Good wins in the end I’m told.
...even while they fretted that there was no way they could guarantee we wouldn't trade our inherited freedoms for security because "things are so different from what the founders faced," etc. ad nauseum. It has come to pass, because they could have set down penalties for "voting your belly," making it easier to strip the vote from people who hate the Constitution.
Good for you! I don't know what you mean, or how you came to that from what I wrote, but I salute you!
What I meant by "They" were the people who designed the American system of government, who I say knew, even with all that "They" did, that "They" had not been able to guarantee "our" rights and freedoms in perpetuity. "They" knew that each new generation would have to face the temptation to "surrender it all" for promises of more safe and comfortable lives.
My point was that, in my opinion, "They" could have done more to protect the voting process from people who persistently want to vote to replace liberties with securities. (In fact, I think they did, and a "new generation" decided the protection was unnecessary.)
Hopefully no remorse…..How could it be worse than what we have seen?! And lived through , even when we did not realize what was going on under Clinton, Bush and Biden- we now KNOW
"Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall."
WP, the general tone of biblical eschatology is that things must get much worse before it gets better here on earth. The Tribulation, then the Light in the 2nd Coming. It’s the timing that is the frustrating part. We are looking for our blessed hope and not the antichrist.
I think Trump is actually the founding member of "group B".
Remember how unpolished he was in 2016? How many dumb things he said? But he had ideas that no one else was even whispering.
He faced a LOT of opposition in 2016 from the party. I remember in the summer of 2016 how Republicans were getting desperate, wondering if there was any candidate they could put forth at the last minute to keep Trump from being the Republican nominee. There was very little MAGA organization at the time.
He wasn't able to put many of his America first, anti globalist ideas into action because so many of his advisors turned out to be anti MAGA.
To be sure, at this point there are a lot of smart people that are helping him, and some of those smart people have been in political office or in government service for a long time. But I don't think there was much there at the beginning.
Group A is 100% demonic and allowed to take over and destroy as much of God's plans as we allow because we live on a "free will" planet. Other planets are not this bad because they are more controlled and do not have as much "free will".
And they do. The cabal must still be in awe that not only did people beg to be track , traced, dehumanized, dumbed down, and mind controlled, they paid for it themselves!! Can you say "smart phones.?
Yes and it is unrolling right before our eyes, with Trump supporters clapping like seals as the military gets unleashed into the streets. Our cities are strewn with crime by design so people would be begging the government to intervene. These supporters won't understand this until the boot is literally stomping on their own faces.
Palantir and biometric surveillance is coming our way.
Jeff writes: "They are reacting more strongly to this temporary law enforcement maneuver —which everyone agrees he holds the complete legal and Constitutional right to do— than nearly anything else Trump has done since he took office."
I want to go on record - not everyone agrees - as I don't.
Maybe that is not the future. If you remember John was told what was, what is and what is to come. Also remember the warning of the false jews coming into the synagogue..
And these scintillating thoughts from https://x.com/TheStormRedux expanded upon in Don Suber’s substack today:
“Christina Bobb, who was one of President Trump’s personal lawyers and was on site at Mar-a-Lago right after the FBI raid, argues that the raid gives the DOJ jurisdiction in Florida and it also removes the statute of limitations on the Grand Conspiracy case.
“I would argue that the Trump DOJ now has jurisdiction in Florida because I think that original grand jury lends itself to the argument that this was all part of the original conspiracy.
They went from the 2016 Russia fake intel… to the Russia hoax, to the Mueller report, to the Ukraine hoax, to January 6th, to Mar-a-Lago. It’s all the same. It’s all Washington, DC. It’s all the same to Mar-a-Lago…
So there’s no statute of limitations as to the issue. The raid on Mar-a-Lago coupled with the fact that the grand jury was in DC, I think clearly establishes that this was all part of the same conspiracy to get Donald Trump, which means the Trump DOJ is not going to have a hard time establishing jurisdiction in Florida.”
This sentiment appears to be the growing consensus, but it’s great to hear it from one of the brilliant legal minds in Trump’s inner circle.”
Call me shocked! James Comey leaking info? That paragon of virtue? Hah. He’s going to find the beds in prison uncomfortably short. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Traitor.
Possibly, the Guard might be to keep the peace if there is an indictment of the "Hope and Change"-guy. Remember the uproar over OJ, Rodney King, Michael Brown and St. George (Floyd)? That would/will be a powder keg.
An Obama takedown would be mainly opposed by Dems-Media as some racist enslavement of their heroic, unifying, Peace Prize Black President. The rightside Media and leadership would need to belittle the guy as being only Black-ish, an illegitimate fake of Black America and the people of color that he supposedly advocated so effectively for. The REAL Barry O. will need to be fully exposed for who and what he IS, who he really worked for, and how he REALLY views Black Americans and everyone else.
I think we're going to see what Q talked about may happen this month with regard to the military being the only way and martial law being imposed. It's going to start in DC, and it's going to spread to other cities. Just cleaning up the mess the Deep State left.
Yes! Just read the this week! @Bitsy54, have you read her latest Substack posts? She is looking for petition signers. Thanks, Dave, for suggesting her Substack writing. Very interesting. I pray she is able to move forward w her receipts! I think we have more people willing to listen today!
The many investigations and special prosecutor shows were for the purpose of collecting the evidence and hiding it, to cover up and to cover up the cover ups.
I will not return to Washington until . . . well, we have a place rented for next 4th of July. Have missed going the last five years, but just could not bring myself to set foot back in what had become such an unpleasant and difficult city. I think our 250th is worth the trip.
And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
What more, indeed? Wondered this morning how many would get the Haman reference, turns out I am enjoying being in the majority of Word readers, not the minority! Smug, know-it-all comment instantly suppressed. lol.
It’s a beautiful song. I’m sure they have a website or have it on YouTube or something. We used to sing it often at my old church in Tulsa before we moved.
"And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against their neighbor: city shall fight against city, and kingdom against kingdom." Isaiah XlX:2
The program of the World Order remains the same; Divide and Conquer.
That was hilarious. The mayor had to step in. But she is only one in a long line of DC DEI hires, going back to WAY BEFORE DEI was a thing. Imagine working for that police force and putting your life on the line, while being directed by that Dim Bulb of a chief.
Good Morning. My AWFL nearby cousin spoke to me yesterday. I helped her with an errand. We refrain from talking about current events anymore, except for the weather. Our small town has a Dollar General, and she had gone there for milk and some produce, but they were out. She doesn't like driving a half hour to a Walmart, and I don't blame her. But she was upset, and started ranting about how the food supply chain was fragile, and dairy farmers need their workers and the deportations are hurting us, and it's not going to turn out well. She is blaming Trump of course.
And with the takeover of DC her TDS is in full bloom. I'm waiting for the right time to try to explain things to her, but that may not come. She is a good woman, very hard worker, helps me out when I need it. And the other day she agreed with me that property taxes are out of control, and that Illinois is right up there with the worst. But she still thinks Pritzker is good for the state. She confided in me that their recent property tax bill for all her houses and farms came to over $56 K.
Dave, perhaps my little mantra will help deal with the frustration of an AWFL , I mentally recite this when having to deal with my snowflake daughter: Never try to teach a pig to sing. It frustrates you and annoys the pig.
I had a long car ride with my friend who tried to get her next vid jab “but Walgreens could not guarantee they would have it. When it is available it is going to be for the next strain…” I wish she could hear herself. Then she attacked RFKJr; said he likely did not even have a degree, let alone any possibility of knowing anything about health, medicine, etc. I did let her know he is an atty by degree, has litigated many pharm-related cases and his book on Fauxchi was a lesson in documentation to prove a point. But she got annoyed and I got frustrated. 😂😂😂
Of course she was annoyed. Facts are annoying to leftists. If their opinions are not constantly validated they go haywire! Sad to see such willful blindness.
And she is shopping at Dollar General? Maybe she could pay someone to shop for her. She certainly doesn't really mind shelling out $56000 a year just for property taxes. She could pay someone for being a personal shopper and help that person out.
Lol. Illinois has an average property tax rate of 1.83% of the assessed value. Which means the property has a value of $3.06 million if her taxes are $56k.
So this person sitting on $3M of property is complaining about lack of food at the Dollar Store? Good grief, it's a Dollar Store, not Whole Foods, what does she expect? That's like complaining about the clothes selection at Goodwill. It's not intended to make millionaires happy but for people on the lowest rungs of life.
When it comes to farmland, that is not outrageous. Just imagine having had a farm in the family for years/generations and having to come up with $56k dollars EVERY YEAR to keep the farm going. Well not to keep it going, just feed the government. And we wonder why people are getting out of farming and selling to investors.
Um, she was probably raised on that farm and that frugal behavior was instilled. All of her money is tied up in property (“you can’t eat farm dirt”) and the farm income likely goes to pay the taxes each year. My former in-laws have/had non-farm jobs to stay afloat.
This is one of the most Boomer responses I've ever seen. You have been so brainwashed by decades of propaganda that your reality is inverted. You think up is down, and black is white. You are arguing for sympathy for the poor, downtrodden millionaires among us. The forgotten victims. Lol.
90+% of Americans would trade positions with this woman in a heartbeat. She has "houses and farms" (plural in the poster's words) and real estate valued of at least $3 million according to tax assessment. This isn't a "burden" or a "hardship" but would be a dream come true for the overwhelming majority of Americans. Why are you making excuses for it?
Maybe the money is tied up, but whose fault is that? Sell some of it and live in a normal house like the rest of us. Then she'd have plenty of money in the bank and could shop anywhere she wants. She isn't a victim of circumstance, but a wealthy woman who chooses to play the martyr routine.
People really need to wise up and stop make excuses for this type of behavior. Just because there's some possible convoluted explanation for why she might be cash poor, doesn't make it true. Plus it's a situation entirely of her own choosing.
This really is a strikingly Boomer phenomena, and it truly does result from being propagandized. You can break out of this mindset but it takes a willingness to challenge everything you've been fed by the media for decades. People with $3M in real estate aren't suffering except in their own delusion.
Property taxes ARE the worst in Illinois. Mine are double what they should be and it has significantly and tangibly impacted our life. Pritzker was only good in making the gap between rich and poor even wider and knocking down every middle class citizen that was starting to climb up.
Florida is no better. It is double what it was 5 years ago. So is insurance on home and auto.
So tell me this - if inflation is gone, the markets are up why are food prices and gas just as high if not higher today than when biden was dictating?? I keep hearing Trump tout the great economy etc etc. Jeff just did it too. I’m not saying it’s not. But when will prices drop again???? Libtards are squealing about it too. I’m tired of these prices. It’s killing our checkbook. Something doesn’t match up. What am I missing?
Gas prices have plummeted in so many places but there is still differences due to state and local governments. In driving to Austin last week I went from paying $90 to fill up with premium ($4.59) in Chicago to paying only $56 to fill up in MO and TX (where the lowest I saw was $2.99). Everything drops by $1 gallon the minute I cross the IL border and continues to drop, and the further I get from Chicago it starts to drop by 10¢/gal almost every 10 miles.
The price of bacon and red meat has not dropped much at all, but eggs have stayed down even near me.
I feel like we are battling county and state issues and stubborn industry oligarchs that want to take advantage of the small fortune to be made by not responding to lower inflation with their pricing.
Makes sense. But we drove up through 4 states and the price of gas was the same all the way up. Food prices were no different either. I have spoke to people in 4 different states -Oregon, Washington, Michigan and Florida and they all say they haven’t seen prices drop down.
Maybe eggs went down a little bit then popped back up. Why would that be?
I am starting to think it is what you said. These companies (ALL of them) are NOT responding to lower inflation. They are choosing to leave their prices high because they can. They continue to pad their pockets rather than give the people some relief. I’m sick of it. Greed. Pure greed. It makes Trump and conservatives look like idiots too. The left get to rationalize how their puppet wasn’t bad after all cuz Trump didn’t bring prices down like he said he would. Ugh. It is a never ending battle. I’m just tired of it all I guess.
Yeah I really believe it’s being orchestrated from behind to make him look like he is failing. Without their game playing we would already be swimming in the golden era. But I also know these things take time to fix and the changes Trump is making don’t show fruition overnight.
Eggs never went back up by me. They went from $9-$15 down to $3-$5 depending on kind. Only the boutique organic and free roaming outfits are still at $7
Washington has more & higher gasoline taxes in the country. Contrast that to next door Idaho - at least a dollar cheaper per gallon. Makes a difference. Plus western WA also charges a toll to drive on major I 5 freeway - that is if you want to get anywhere. The more congested the higher the charge that changes & is posted on the e- signs.
“They are choosing to leave their prices high because they can.” I think that is why the prices stay high. Competition (your local farmer or non-corporate tradesman) could lower prices. If wages inflate with prices, I guess a working person is no worse off. But seniors living on Social Security, pensions, and savings will have a harder time.
I drive 7 miles to Wisconsin for some shopping and 50 to 60 cents cheaper per gallon gas. I won’t pay the extortion they’re demanding in Illinois. Our town roads are a mess but see no improved services for our outrageous property tax plus our schools have the worst score in the county.
I'm in Florida, too, and was just saying the same thing this weekend to a friend. I haven't had any relief in expenses. The markets may be doing fine, but hard-working individuals aren't necessarily feeling it close to home. Insurance prices are ridiculous...even when you haven't had a claim.
We’re paying for those who don’t bother to get a driver’s license or get insurance. I’ve been hit twice by uninsured and unlicensed so-called drivers. You know who they are. 🤬🤬
This, and anecdotally, I've seen way more impaired drivers over the past year. Usually we'd just get an idiot or two driving drunk during tourist season, but now we're getting hot boxers year round.
We all pay for the disasters wherever they are. My cousin's auto insurance went up in Michigan right after everyone in my neighborhood (except us) got new vehicles from flooding.
Flood insurance? Yikes. We live in a stilt house. I'm glad we do.
I live in the desert and just got an email from my insurance company that flood insurance will take 30 days before going into effect. I don’t live in a flood plain. Hmm. Do they know something I don’t know?
Our stilt house has a 24' elevation. If we had a mortgage, we'd have to have full flood insurance. Scam? You bet. We live on a barrier island on the Gulf of America. Floods? 3 in the last 4 years. We watch the water flow under our home. To make a claim it has to get into the house. Ian was 16' surge and we had a foot under the house. There's no way to get a storm surge of that magnitude. The water near our house isn't that deep for 30 miles. We have wind insurance for our Cat 5 house, but we know if we don't have flood, whichever has the damage the other gets blamed. Our great insurance gal got us to $400/year. Most people on the ground now pay $10,000 on up. The max collectible is $250,000 no matter the premium.
It's run by the government. There's your answer! Life is good.
I agree. Grocery prices are still high. They haven’t gone up more, but they’re still double what they were 4-5 years ago. I can’t seem to get out of Walmart for under $200. The nicer grocery store in town is even more $$. We’re getting an Aldi’s in the next year and I can’t wait. It’s quite a bit cheaper. I’m in a small town so unless I want to drive 1-2 hours away it’s all we have.
I started putting all my groceries on my Costco card just to see how much I was spending each month. Mine have doubled and aren't going down. And I eat almost no red meat. A quick stop at Trader Joes is $60 for nothing . I don't know how families do it.
I hear you! I'm also looking for local food sources. I've found a local farm I like, just a few miles down the road that's reasonable. A friend's husband fishes in Alaska and they send some absolutely amazing fish my way! (VERY grateful; I love fish). I don't even eat much these days, and my monthly bills run around $800. (I do buy organic as much as possible and I eat well. Part foodie, and part health aware when it comes to food.) I read somewhere that someone said they spend about $1700 / month for their family, so maybe my costs aren't that far out of line? I'd love to know what others are spending.
Our property taxes have skyrocketed, roads and infrastructure are being ignored, and new housing construction has saturated the area.
If the county wants me to pay property taxes, they can pay the mortgage and insurance because that means they own the land, not me. It’s a freaking mafia style scam. You pay or lose the house.
Except Trump and all the big names 🙄 have said “there’s no inflation”. I keep hearing them all say it (with my own ears right from their mouth) and my mouth drops open because I’m baffled by that statement while we pay the same exact high prices we were paying under dictator installed Alzheimer patient.
The overall numbers are that inflation is down or negligible. Gas is donw X% and bread is up the same %- net zero.
There isn't much inflation over what we were paying under Biden. If prices went down, what we paid in 1970 would be what we pay now.
This is why you see numbers adjusted for inflation. The price of a good man's suit was the same as an ounce of gold in 1920- for example.
Today, you can buy that SAME suit for the price of an ounce of gold, now $3,300 or so.
Inflation never really stops. It just slows down. We are lucky if we can still pay the prices that we paid under President Cabbage. We just hope prices stabilize, but wait for it....GLOBAL prices are going way up and that will kick ours up. Trump will be blamed, but think GLOBAL fires, drought, storms, volcanoes and wars. My research shows we are about to get hit again.
Thank you for stating this. No inflation is the same as prices staying the same at those already inflated high prices. In order to have lower prices we need deflation and that is a rare event other than energy price fluctuation.
It’s all been a scam too. Why are WE, with clean records paying for other drivers claims? None of this ever makes sense. Still paying for everyone else no matter what we do.
It’s also due to the huge number of flooded cars recently. I keep seeing flooded roads/cars in the news. Someone has to pay for that. It’s also a really bad time to buy a used car…you won’t know it’s been underwater!
I’ve been wondering this too, but I’m in Oregon, so probably no relief for us for awhile. But somebody on here recommended and economist who writes a substack who explained why prices aren’t going down and it made sense, but of course I don’t remember the reason why…I’ll see if I can find it..
For excellent data on such things, John Williams on ShadowStats.com. Warning: it is dry technical reading, but fascinating if you can get into his methodology.
Yesterday I bought a bottle of liquid supplement that was priced $13.99. City, county and state taxes added on an additional $1.26! I usually don’t notice this because I don’t normally buy just one item, but it really infuriated me that I’m being charged an additional 9% on everything. Also, the “temporary” city food tax of 2% that was implemented by that doofus of a mayor 16 years ago WAS NEVER REPEALED. In fact, I think it has risen to 2.1%.
Not much. Check out shadowstats for real world data on inflation etc. and do a little YouTube browsing for a range of opinions on the economy. Melody Wright for real estate.
Property taxes, including annual vehicle property taxes in VA are bananas! We already paid multiple taxes when we purchased the vehicles IN VA and 5.5 years later we have to pay over $2k. So that means we've paid over $10,000 cumulatively. This burns me so bad!! We just own Toyotas. So we make a wise and prudent choice in vehicles, we get slammed. Fairfax County needs to be DOGEd. I will write that on my post-marked check on the date it is due. And the county is building, yet another monstrous building for who knows what.
Of course. Because HE’S rich so he’s already got his, and doesn’t give a flying fig about anyone else 😡 Why should he, when people keep him and those like him in power??
You cannot isolate single products out and claim that there hasn't been any reduction in cost, or a stabilization, because individual products can, and will be, influenced by microeconomic factors that have nothing to do with our economy.
Some of the primary coffee export nations in the world are those dealing with communism, dictators, wars, and other internal conflicts or natural disasters which are all having an impact on coffee production and exports/imports.
Not to mention, some of those countries also haven't signed tarriff deals with the US yet.
I was just listing one example for brevity. The things I buy regularly in supermarkets that are not fresh, (I buy from numerous farm markets or grow my own), are still going up in price. This may be due to tariffs and I am OK with this, but I am simply replying to the notion the cost of food is going down. It’s not.
If you live in a warmer climate like Florida or Cali, you can grow your own coffee plants super easy. Just saying! 😄
You only need about 25 plants for your years supply of coffee. They are just small shrubs. I have a couple as houseplants, but they won’t survive my winters here outside. If only I could, I’d have them all around my yard!
Nothing ever goes back down think 1970s big inflation. When I retired in 1999 we had a full breakfast for 2 for $6.48 plus tip. That same breakfast now is $40.00 + tip. Gas was $1.08
Same thing happened when the first gas price hike happened in the 2000's. Finally came down and prices everywhere didn't...or maybe by 5 cents. Then next time the gas hiked up, they jacked up the prices again. Gas goes down, prices stay the same or if you're lucky goes down 5 cents after being hiked up over $1. They figure if the people will pay it when gas is high, they will when it's low. All about the 1000% profit line, baby.
Down here in Louisiana things have come down a bit. Paid $2.49 for gas and eggs are under $3.50. Fast food prices are bad though. But local owned pizza place has inched its prices down.
Our gas went down once about a month ago to $2.80 I think it was. For ONE day. Then back up to $3.20 and up again. Then for one day it goes down to $3.10 then back up the next day. None of it makes any sense.
That's been the MO since they allowed gas on the stock market. Only these days, the difference between days is a lot more dramatic. I was under the understanding that they cannot hike the prices daily unless they just got a new shipment in for their containers. (Meaning, if a tanker fills them up on Monday and they charge $3/gal for it, they cannot raise the price until the next tanker fills them up.) But, they do it anyways...
@Geezer- I have a dear friend who has TDS. We don't talk politics. She did, however, tell me about visiting her N. VA teacher daughter and was invited to the symposium the district held about what to do if ICE shows up at school. I just looked at her and said "They're not going after people who work in schools. They're going after known violent criminals." "They are? I didn't know that." Where in God's name are people getting their information??? (I didn't have the heart to add 'yet' after my comment).
But I’ve also seen just a few stories of people who are being arrested that were living just normal lives. One was a story from a social
worker I went to college with who cried about a couple being arrested who had a shop. like a bakery. Well, I am not crying tears because I believe they need to go……. but I do believe they ARE in fact arresting people without violent criminal backgrounds.
Well especially in areas that are trying to protect illegals, the only way to find the bad ones is to go out into the community. And as a result illegals who are not otherwise doing bad things also get picked up. BTW if someone has been here for years and has made no attempt to become a US citizen my level of concern goes down.
I agree. There are legal ways to remain in the country that don’t involve becoming a citizen and don’t require as much time, money, etc. my grandfather did it and never became a citizen. It’s on them to do it and if they don’t then they should not be allowed to stay.
Kitty— I have noticed the owner of most of the Mexican restaurants in my area employs a large number of non-English speaking Hispanics. It seems his enterprise is a pipeline for employment for illegals.
Not all crimes are violent... should we ignore all non-violent crime?
Lots of good people trying to become residents or citizens here are doing it the right, legal way... why should a bunch of illegal scumbags be allowed to stay and those waiting patiently have to remain in line?
It is hard not to shake them to wake them but when you see the horrid news they watch, you understand. It is partial truths twisted in lies over and over.
Unless you know how they operate, both sides do it, the brain can't help it. They know how to manipulate the brain.
I immediately noticed the assumption that illegals are doing hard work for pennies under the table. Such a typical lefty comment. They pretend to be so virtuous wanting to allow all the illegals because they’re separating children from parents or some nonsense, then, suddenly, the truth slips out. They don’t care a fig for the lives of the illegals as long as they provide cheap labor. Geez their hypocrisy is so disgusting.
I'm gonna guess she was fine when eggs/chicken prices were sky-high and saw no issues at all with mass culling of our food-related animals. :(
I _can_ agree that the whole "drive 30 minutes just for milk/produce" isn't fun. We have some friends in that situation and they just queue up their shopping list for a semi-regular run into "the big town" for those supplies. But even their local store is 15 minutes from their house so... :)
I also agree that the supply chain is fragile. We saw that for _everything_ back in 2020 and that should be a wake-up call for everyone that we need more internal production rather than dependencies on supplies from "far away".
Why would anyone go to DG or Walmart for milk or veggies? I live in a small rural town but we have a local grocery who sells local milk/fruits/veggies. We also have local farms we buy from. Buy local.
The farmland in this part of Illinois has gone recently for 10-12K an acre. Her farms are small, 100-400 acres, and she inherited them, the main old family farm, and an adjoining farm from one of our Uncles. And one she and her sister inherited from their parents. And there is her house in town.
She is frugal and does a lot of her yard work and mowing, I can't help her anymore due to my health. The thing is she is absorbed with the fake news channels and has a warped idea of who Democrats and Republicans are. She is blinded to anything I share with her about Trump or his policies, or the bigger international events. At least she agrees about taxes being a burden to everyone.
That's what I thought it would be and I don't think that's changed in 10 or so years. I wish her well. That tax bill for dirt that's been in the family for generations is beyond ridiculous. There are permanent changes to the death tax or BEA that her heirs won't be stuck with a huge tax bill. Here's the best info I could find quickly and it's not that clear. Something that Trump did do right IMO.
I can FIX the property-tax thing, but no one has asked.
The problem is that there is NO FEEDBACK, no NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, for getting it wrong.
Under "David Nelson's Model Property-Tax Reform Plan of 2025," property-tax-assessing agencies would be required BY LAW to assess properties at True Market Value and, in LIEU of collecting assessments, to stand READY to PURCHASE properties at their assessed values within 14 days of assessment."
What will happen is, as a result of grossly inflating VALUATIONS in order to fatten their receivables, agencies will be shocked to find just how many citizens are willing to happily sell properties that the government values so much more than they do. As purchase proceeds go out and inventories accumulate, local governments will quickly become stripped of cash and have to put those now-distressed properties on the market--and FINALLY receive their WAKE-UP! CALL regarding True Market Value. The first year will be a bloodbath as they learn this hard lesson, but the following year--if they don't tighten their belts and instead try to just increase taxes to make up their losses, say by monkeying with the mil rate--will make the first one seem a stroll in a park.
Doing it the best, aka My, way will result in an equilibrium where the vast majority of people don't sell their properties to the local government because they are satisfied with the levies.
❤️ this! Hope you have a wonderful day 🙂 It’s raining here in NW Florida. My dogs are bummed. I’m going to have a lazy day reading, eating and sleeping.
Greetings! It only took me over 2 years to figure out how to read the comments. I emailed twice but never heard from them. Finally stumbled on them accidently. Not the greatest at tech. Been enjoying comments about a week, I think. You'll love it.
I'm only half way through reading this and I have already laughed more than any of Jeff's previous posts. The way he mocks the utter panic and despair of the deep state minions here and in the EU is simply non stop hilarious. That alone is worth the price of admission because laughter is the best medicine.
The deep investigation of the '20 and '22 elections we were promised (but never received) would have put that vile, corrupt, scumbag bitch out of office.
Kari Lake would be Governor.
Our current senator Gallegos, a lying skidmark POS himself, would also be out.
and speaking of election crimes - AT reports that there at least 6 democrat states where Trump received 35-40% of the vote yet there are zero republican representatives for those states - and there are several more that have only 1 or 2 republican reps. even though republicans make up 35-40% of the votes - where are the lawsuits - can you imagine the outcry if instead of republicans it was blacks or Hispanics
It seems to me that congress could take action, via a Bill... to ensure that those type of obvious corrupt practices be outlawed, and that some sort of formula or protocol could be installed that insured that the placement of congressional reps followed population party lines...
Maybe place redistricting oversight under a section of the DOJ, DHS or FEC... not that those depts are not often as corrupt and odoriferous as jasmine Crockett's thong.
Of course, many things trigger the MSM about Trump. But you have covered one, until now mostly overlooked, influence: secrecy.
Trumps admin seems to be really, really good at keeping secrets. And the press makes a living by prying secrets out of administrations.
The implication here extends to the oft referenced, inaccurately, "chaos" of Trump's leadership. During Trump 1.0, the press seemed to have an easy time finding folks who wanted to undermine Trump. That fact that such source mining has become very difficult implies that the vast majority of Trump's admin "has his back".
And that further implies Trump's admin will be very effective.
The idea that Trump 2.0 mostly does not leak is super interesting to me. The New York based transition team, and all the work that was done in vetting the appointees etc. is bearing fruit. The fact that the MSM is in the dark and are just guessing at next steps is because they became lazy. For the last two decades (and probably longer) they accepted leaks at face value and published what they were given. No corroboration or investigation, just take the leak and run with it. Its the opposite of the "teach a man to fish" saw. Give a man a fish, no matter how suspect, and he won't bother to bait his hook.
Astute observation. Everything is have seen so far tells me he has been war gaming this for, maybe, 2 years. He hit the ground running very fast, no hesitation on decisions, quick reads of the situation...it's pretty amazing to watch.
Trump 2.0 is amazing to watch indeed! If one is able to step out of the partisan muck and just watch this dispassionately, the clear planning, the obvious leadership in play (you can't coordinate this many smart, driven people without some significant leadership) seems unusual to say the least.
It must stir up a fair amount cognitive dissonance for the BlueSky crowd that are on the one hand ranting about about the Presidents dementia and his ignorant white supremacy and on the other hand to waking up nearly every day and feeling like Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in the movie The Sting.
They're overreacting to this move _because_ it's completely within the President's legal and Constitutional purview _and_ it's on top of all of the other things he's already done that are arguably contestable on something/anything grounds. And, cherry on top, because it's going to be empirically undeniable when it IS effective, and undeniably popular.
** That will demonstrate ALL blue hellscapes *could* be brought under control /but Dem rulers do not want them under control/.
** This demonstration project comes on top of having not been able to stop much? anything? of his other actions, only delay in a few areas.
** Most importantly, it comes on top of Tulsi, Kash, and the rest starting to make very clear that there is no limit anymore to the conservative endgame here. There will be no political restraint. It will go as far as the letter of the law allows.
The shadow perps are FREAKED and the legacy media is about to die. Cornered rats are dangerous, but I think we can be sure the Trump 2.0 team has a plan, and contingency plans B, C, D, and more. Pray for prudent decisions on all sides.
Agree 💯. This is not the old GOP. Trump and his administration planned this. They've been ready and are 5 steps ahead of the lazy and unintelligent left who thought they were safe in their small echo chambers. I am all for taking down the leftist traitors, their minions and traitor rinos too. MAGA!
By now we would have heard shrieking from Pelosi, had 7 press conferences by The Squad & been scolded by Schumer. Perhaps they have a notion that the jig is up.
Can you believe the audacity of the Crypt Keeper saying how appalling she found it for Trump to activate the NG? This from the woman who absolutely refused the request of the DC Police Chief to send the NG on January 6th!
Speaking of Schumer: that couple, the Baileys, he has used to promote his points is fake. A post on X, indicated they don’t exist. He made them up. No wonder Trump calls him a liar.
Re your first sentence, I must presume that you are referring to the DC business. I would wager that 99% of the public is unaware that Home Rule has been in effect since 1973...It was always treated as another "agency". Virginia, some time ago, took back the land which had been Virginia. Maryland doesn't want theirs back....too many people just like the ones living there and Maryland has their hands full with what they already have. Force Maryland to take back the previous Maryland land and reduce the city to just that.
Yeah, I think that's ultimately the solution; maybe it will be on the table if midterms go well. I read somewhere that DC would only be a few blocks, although I didn't dive deeper to confirm or get it straight in my mind. Maybe shrinking DC square footage could be a step also toward kicking more centralized agencies out and across the country, Agriculture to Nebraska, Energy to Texas, et al.; turn FBI HQ into Kash's proposed Evil Deep State Museum. Arms will need to be twisted in Congress and states. Given what we've seen so far I would expect various options are already lined up but won't leak.
I'd love to see it. Anything to decompose the Leviathan, even slightly.
How about rotating the capital from place to place? Put Congress in a trailer park or RVs, shift from state to state (they could set up in a handy sports stadium) in alphabetical order every time they call a recess. That ought to encourage them to focus on the people's work while we're paying their salaries.
These actions are accomplishing astonishing things, and laying the groundwork toward more - including consolidation of reforms through secure elections, probably the single most important goal. It has not yet been seven months, much of that without Trump's full team in place and Kash et al. still laboring under the burden of TDS DOJ staff in place and actively working against the administration and the American people.
Wrt any single issue that seems too slow, you have no idea what's going on behind the scenes, nor do I. Indictments sound fun BUT sticking the conviction with evidence supporting max penalties (especially if Jeff is correct in suspecting the evidence has been horribly corrupted precisely to /prevent/ clean indictments on clear evidence) is an entirely different assignment altogether.
It would be great to see a few more Rs realize they need to get out of the uniparty and try to represent the people they were elected to serve, but there is no easy road to change for folks who've committed to working (for good or ill) within a broken system.
I keep reminding myself how much has been accomplished in less than 7 months, more than I expected, and hoping that bodes well for the next 7, and midterms, and a few more America-loving administrations after this one.
So go after the easy ones, the ones we already know. We don't need no stinkin' list to know that Bill Gates was cavorting with Epstein multiple times. He has admitted it and his wife divorced him over it.
This whole "we must have the entire Epstein list first" manufactured brouhaha is a distraction to keep us from demanding that Gates be brought to justice, NOW.
Let's see. Is there a way to make Maryland even worse, more miserable and backward?Yes. You have identified it. Add the people in DC to its population. Really, that's the last thing the Dims in Maryland want. They like things just they way they are.
I don't mind if the chimpanzee exhibit that is referred to as "DC" remains a total FUBAR...
But the judicial/court system there is so obviously biased and corrupt, it cannot be allowed to continue as is... negroes, illegals, muslims and radical lefties get a free pass... while conservatives get crucified.
IF Trump is coming after corrupt/criminal Dem politicians and officials... for indictments and prosecutions... this issue will become a VERY big deal.
Isn’t it amazing how the media never REALLY covered that little nugget? What did they do with all those homeless? Hmm.. he was able to clean up all that trash when “company was coming to visit” but how did he make that happen for the CVP-visitors but not for the taxpaying American citizen?🤔😡
True, but let's hope soon far less relevant. Many flows have been dammed or evaporated; less to steal means less to hand around for political support, which means less control, which means more opportunity for alternatives.
When this approach works, progs begging for cash to keep perpetuating the problems can be met with: Sure, we'll send in the troops; deal or no deal?
In the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams describes one warring species' leader as "sitting across the conference table, resplendent in his black, jewelled battle-shorts".
This line ALWAYS pops into my head when I see Zelensky in his little black get-up.
Lol! It is a bit of an inside joke for those who actually read the books, which started out as a trilogy, and then another book was added to the series. I just took a quick look at Wikipedia and discovered a fifth and sixth book have since been added, so I guess I need to go find copies to read!
"The novels are described as "a trilogy in five parts", having been described as a trilogy on the release of the third book, and then a "trilogy in four parts" on the release of the fourth book. The US edition of the fifth book was originally released with the legend "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy" on the cover. Subsequent re-releases of the other novels bore the legend "The [first, second, third, fourth] book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy". In addition, the blurb on the fifth book describes it as "the book that gives a whole new meaning to the word 'trilogy'".
Before his death from a heart attack on 11 May 2001, Adams was considering writing a sixth novel in the Hitchhiker's series... Adams also remarked that if he were to write a sixth installment, he would at least start with all the characters in the same place.[26] Eoin Colfer, who wrote the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's series in 2008–09, used this ... concept."
Now I need to go find Books 5 and 6 so I can finish reading "the trilogy". Maybe we can call it a double trilogy!
I was kind of quoting and adjusting the quote to fit from Pride and Prejudice where Bingley’s sister sneeringly tells Mary that her suggestion would be “Rather less like a ball” when Mary suggests an alternative to going to balls. It was a sorry attempt haha!
🤣🤣🤣 Oh, my goodness, I totally missed it! What a great call out! Here is a funny story for you:
When I worked for the DOD, my colonel walked into my office one day and saw me reading Pride & Prejudice on my lunch break. He asked if I was taking a class. I, feeling confused, said, "No, I am reading it for fun. I re-read Pride & Prejudice about once a year." He replied, "NO ONE reads Jane Austen for fun!"
I will admit it has been quite awhile since I read P&P, but I can't believe I missed the reference. Time to dig Jane Austen out and give her another read!
Actually I didn't read the books, I started out (in 1978) listening to the radio series, which were really the best medium I think, and so the books never appealed to me. When I think of quotes I can still hear the original voices saying them. Simpler times !
Trump has turned off the Info Spigot (leaks) and much of the Money Spigot (USAID and related dark funds), that fueled the Left’s takedown of America. With DC secure, let’s see some indictments, arrests and safe streets. Exciting times!
And the cherry on top of the sundae is the MIA Texas Democrat senators are returning to Texas! They say they accomplished their mission. Talk about trying to make a sow’s ear into a silk purse! TAW!!!!!
Yep! But they better be held accountable for all their shenanigans! If they think that they can just prance right back and take up where they left off, they should be greeted with a nice surprise...handcuffs! Enough of all this!
Yes, and for some reason they ALWAYS seem to get away with their crap! And then they turn around and accuse the conservatives of the very thing they are doing! It is so bizarre and mind boggling at the same time!!!
I loved how several outlets were referring to them as the Texas fugitives. Lol. Not even representative or congressional persons. I laughed so hard. 😂😂😂 This virtue signaling exercise really blew up in their faces.
They got a lot of publicity for "standing up for their voters" and with them returning, there isn't time for the threats/lawsuits to have them removed from office to take effect. The "penalties" they face are barely a slap on the wrist. Burrows wouldn't even kick them out of their committee positions, which _would_ have been something useful - and he can't because those are the people who voted him into power.
On the plus side, we may finally see "Beto" get some real consequences for his attempt to aid his defectors.
It's time for Texans to really rise up in the primaries and kick out the RINOs who voted Burrows into power and put in some _real_ representatives who will ... represent.
That is SO awesome. I can't wait to hear how they will complain about the unfair gerrymandering but which they have done in all the blue states where it's a good thing.
These idiots who didn't think through what they were doing, fled to N.Y. and Illinois in order to deny their senate a quorum for voting on redistricting Texas's House seats. And then (and this is SO great), the Texas senate announced their paychecks would not be direct deposited; they had to come back and pick up their checks in person. Plus, if they accepted money from others to help pay for their food and lodging while out of the state, they could be accused of taking bribes. And in the end, they accomplished nothing. The senate will meet, vote to redistrict Texas and create at least 5 new Republican House seats. Just like everything else they do, they don't think anything through; just like all those morons who keyed Teslas and found out that Teslas have cameras that recorded what they did.
Sorry my bad - I should have clarified that I didn’t hear “they came back.” Sorry you had to type all that, but maybe it will help someone else unaware of this situation! My second comment was sarcastic. But …. I do want to know what THEY believe they accomplished.
They got a lot of publicity, drummed up support from their base, made a lot of speeches, and ... will face next to nothing in terms of consequences. Ultimately, they delayed the vote that's going to go through, but they riled up their base.
I'm hoping, but not expecting, Texans to rise up in the primaries and kick out the RINOs who put Burrows into power and allowed this mess to happen in the first place.
They _are_ coming back for the second session. The Senate voted for the redistricting and it passed, with 9 (D)efiant "senators" walking out - not enough to break quorum.
I had not heard that; just this morning conservative news outlets were still reporting that the Dems were returning. It's not clear to me how Texas senate Republicans can meet without a quorum. Officially meeting without a quorum would be a bad breach of Roberts Rules.
Jeff, today’s post is so exciting that I’ve had to go back and re-read certain paragraphs just to make sure I haven’t imagined them. My coffee has been left standing. Wow.
This article goes into the mortgage fraud she committed over years. It’s an easy read. I basically only skimmed over the article. There’s also a text message she sent admitting that the home she claimed as her primary home was going to have someone else living in it.
Did you see the next John Solomon comment on released info? Apparently James Comey was also leaking info. Theres a 10 year statute of limitations on intentionally leaking info. I expect the DC military presence may lead to arrests, especially if we see more developments in the leaked info conspiracy. Also the cost to "rent crowds" for protests in DC has gone way up recently, so that's an interesting disclosure.
The problem I have with all this is 1) it was a conspiracy so statute of limitations probably shouldn't apply and 2) the perps will just be forced to resign "in disgrace" with their multi million dollar book deals.
Something so monumental as a conspiracy to overthrow a presidential election needs to have consequences that effectively end the person's cushy lifestyle and make them live in shame and poverty and likely behind bars the rest of their life. This powder puff shit needs to go!
Just read Don Surber’s substack today. He connected another interesting dot. The raid on Mar a Lago was 3 years ago today. What if the indictments coming will come through Miami? Pam Bondi’s connection to FL, and all the events leading up to the past 9 years can be tied back through FL instead of DC….
Mention was already made that there will be 3 federal courts in on this. 2 up north and 1 in S florida
I also have a feeling this is going to be bigger than Comey etc. I think since Trump mentioned the day when talking about the NGuard deployment to DC, saying that other big cities with crime issues(read democrat strongholds) might also deploy NG as needed, that that was a hint that whatever is coming could encourage civil unrest?? Just a run-on sentence from my own mind. 😂 maybe some of the biggest names involved might be arrested?
A smart prosecution team can put a case together and work around issues.
These people cannot be shamed. They are on the sociopathy spectrum. They DO understand a 2x4 to the forehead, so to speak. It's not voluntary compliance for them.
I would agree C. Sociopathy, arrogance, untouchable. It boils down to spiritual warfare. These America last America haters are guided by a false leader expecting to be handed the world wrapped with a bow.
Jesus was offered the same thing on the mountain before He embarked on his first term. He saw the lie and knew the liar and rejected the temptation. I anxiously await His second term. Until then we the people have work to do.
Ephesians 6:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
SPH, I get your point. More accurately Jesus is always on term. He is always Sovereign. He is Lord.
Amen!
Right, J Boss, it's little about "making an example" of them to dissuade others, and much more about, force-feeding crescendos of shame and humiliation down their condescending odious gullets for their arrogance in daring to cheat fellow Americans of their democratic will. ("But tell us how you really feel!")
Not just conspiracy, but one involving force - how many assassination attempts in 2024. ???
JUMPING UP AND DOWN, BOOM BOOM BOOM, there it is!!! Good call Boss-man!
Later Jay
Agree 100%!!!
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I agree. They should have all assets frozen and given back to the taxpayers. Enough stealing.
Yeah. And the guy who runs Crowds on Demand discloses when demand is up. So everyone knows now that these people protests are not for real except for some libbie loons and old libs escaping the senior centers.
When I lived in Commiefornia, one conservative radio host referred to the protesters as “the Bezerkly Rent a Mob” 😝
Graffiti in bathroom in that town: "LSD consumes 47 times its excess weight in brain reality." (Rolaids)
de35, please post your spam ad somewhere other than Jeff's comment section.
For C&Cers, please select the three dots, report, and list as spam...and never, ever buy crap from these spammers. It only encourages them!
I miss Mr Savage's radio shows.
I saw he has a Substack Thanks for shaking his name from the tangled branches of my memory
Thanks for the substack tip on him.
Pix from "Shallow Alto" (Palo Alto)'s "No Kings" July 4, 2025 protest with mostly the old lib seniors and pix from a nearby town with people of all ages enjoying a town parade:
https://ajvalleyheartsdelight.substack.com/p/america-250-anza-and-galvez-family
I'm baffled by the oldies out there protesting with radicals. One would think destabilizing communities could wind up hurting a retirement portfolio.
But these are old hippies who did so many drugs in the 60’s and 70’s they have no brain matter left. Trust me, I watched these jerks cavort around when I was in my teens in the 70’s.
I’m 72 and I can attest that even doing a bunch of drugs in those days didn’t lead all of us to be die hard liberals. I, and many of my friends from that era, actually have become moderates or very conservative, albeit we’re probably the minority. Just sayin’, don’t write all us boomers off! Some of us are tough as nails and staunch conservatives. Part of that stems from the fact that we know we were lied to and we know how good things could be because we lived it. Trust me, you want us on your side cuz “we know stuff”!
I represent these remarks!
My daughter’s hyper lefty in laws are also from that era, Navy officer family, pretty sure they never inhaled-but they believe everything leftist T.V. anchors and reporters spew. They won’t believe anything these people haven’t spewed.
Television has been a very powerful brainwashing technique.
Why can't some real conservative get a TV network?
Fox News is obviously nothing but controlled opposition bullshit. You can tell because they STILL lie about the election fraud and the mRNA death jabs.
There it is. Your last statement. The mockingbird media has been very successful. I always fantasized about having enough money to pay hackers to change the teleprompters in these lamestream media newsrooms. Change them to tell the truth. And the Chyrons at the bottom of the screen. Most people don't realize their brains are picking up what's written there, even if they aren't paying attention. It would be funny to be able to change the 4AM talking points. Since the "newsreaders" - aka "anchors" don't really pay attention to what they are reading most of the time, it would be epic! Well a girl can dream...
I actually wonder if the anti-boomer sentiment is some kind of psy-op. It seems so deliberate and timed to coincide with the "covid" hospital murders. We're repeatedly reminded that Boomers hold all the generational wealth and younger people aren't getting any until their grand/parents die. Their trailblazing and refusal to act like appropriately senile oldsters is further evidence of their ingrained selfishness. Why do the powers that aught-not-be want everyone to hate Boomers?
Really interesting point.
Yeah! This boomer can pop your skull at 2000 yds or face to face, while wearing a MAGA hat waving an American flag. Built in 1952 and can still wipe the floor with your progressive hiney!! I too, was a FORMER hippie doper.
No hard feelings on my part. And we are tough as old boots!
Yes we are!
I didn’t imply that. In fact it more often the reverse - it was the liberals who were more apt to do drugs. I know a lot of conservatives who smoked pot and a few who did harder drugs but the latter group was in the minority. It was almost without fail (back then anyway, and only in my experience) that those who had leftist, liberal views were the ones doing the harder drugs. Obviously it goes without saying, other people might have had a different experience.
I didn’t take your comment wrong, believe me. You’re one of the few who had a balanced response and I appreciate that. Just frustrated that folks lump all people in that generation into the “liberal boomers” category. They might as well claim all blondes are dumb! Sorry if you felt like my comment was directed at you!
" I know a lot of conservatives who smoked pot and a few who did harder drugs" I knew a lot...... So.
Later Jay
Hear! Hear! 72 years old and graduated high school in 72. Been through it all and found out what I already knew🤭.
Damn right !
Hippies are no different than any other group . Most are phonies , just playing the game . Eventually one's true colors come to the surface.
Don't judge a book by its cover . I . for one, have been underestimated many times over . Fortunately i never overestimated those who tried to appear much smarter than they actually are .
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Right on - as we used to say!!!
Judy, Oh...but it's much more fun to just paint everyone with the same big broad brush. E.g. ..."all republicans...all demorats...etc."
You’re so right! We do it too, “I” do it, too. I’m guilty of assuming 95% of all liberals are horrible, when in reality, it’s probably more like the 10% loud mouth posters. (Even here, my inclination is to say it’s more than 10%!). I’m sure the majority of democrats are just misinformed or just vote how they’ve always voted without thinking about it.
Yes. I've always been conservative even though my father was Labour (Democrat here) The only time he told me off was when I voted for prohibition on pubs in our suburb. At the time I didn't know what prohibition was, 18 and very naive. He hit the roof, being a working man who stopped in at the pub every night with his mates for a beer. 😉🤣
You’re lucky to escape that scrape alive! Don’t be messing with a working man and his pint! I’d probably have enjoyed having one with him and his mates, actually.
I was part of that, a teen in the 70's, but not the drugs. The ones I know today, don't seem to connect the dots.
I did smoke pot occasionally for a few years in my late teens and then realized at 19 how ridiculously stupid that was.
More stupid than drinking booze?
I miss the 70s.
Me too, we had the opportunity to squash the seeds of progressive Leftism at the time. If only we had known just how much they would cheat and lie and just how low they were willing to sink into degeneracy. I never would have guessed at the time.
Partly true, but the younger generations are, IMO, even worse... instead of weed and some psychedelics (now found to often be VERY beneficial), we see massive use/abuse of junk like Ritalin, Adderall, SSRIs, benzos, Tide pods, fentanyl and crack.
I agree, the Big Pharma drugs are even worse imo because doctors recommend them, in an abuse of our (now known) unwarranted trust in the “experts”.
Strongly agree... IMO, Big Pharma is a serious ENEMY of the people, as are their stooges (MDs, FDA, CDC, WHO, NIH)
RFK is not immune to their toxic influence... thus, the Covid death jabs are still being offered, to adults and kids.
FYI - lots of us from the 60's were not hippies or do drugs! We are still sharp, healthy, active and engaged with life!!! ✊️😊
Amen!
SO right.
They step out of their paid off homes to protest downtown then return to their comfy barcaloungers to reflect on a job well done is my guess. Gets the old juices flowing like they did back in the day when they were on campus protesting the war or Nixon.
No clem. You are missing the point. We seniors are having a very hard time finding jobs. These are paid protesters. Which part of that is unclear to all y'all. They might not even believe what they've got on their signs. But a paycheck is a paycheck and when you worked your entire life and watch the government through FraudChi and the rest of those miscreants Wipeout your savings, prevent you from seeing your sister as she's dying, wouldn't let you hug your grandbabies, it's a demoralizing situation.
Then you can't find a job, and along comes rent a protester, and well $15 is $15. And I think that's why there's so many older people out there. They're being paid.
Beth, at least have a bored look on your face when you get on teevee.
huh? I won't even let friends include me in their Fakebook photos. No tv for me. No protesting. Got better things to do. I'm just telling Clem not to paint older people with the same brush. Some of them are truly batshit crazy. But some are just paid to protest.
While it may be true for some, I think it's more what Peter says. Former hippies looking for one last protest.
Yeah Clem, gets them juices flowing like duckin’ the bullets on the campus of Kent State. Actually, the protests against the war and Nixon were righteous protests, so I have to agree with the people that think that the drugs that were consumed by these people have negatively affected their ability to think.
… but apparently doesn’t interfere with their ability to get them juices flowing
Peace and Love are not thoughts/wishes that I see as bad things .
The real evil lies with those that take a great idea , then make a slogan that they use to do the complete opposite of what it stands for :
"Change We Can Believe In " ........ by you know who !
The war maybe was justified to protest but they were not protesting for the real reason. Truth has never been their strong point. It wasn't only the LSD but the music they were listening to. Most still don't get doing your own research. I'm 79..I've seen much.
I would like to know what you think the real reason should have been for the protests of the war. I was definitely against the war and I wasn’t doing drugs. I didn’t pay attention to who was in what band or even the lyrics in the song. All I cared about was whether ‘it had a good beat and was easy to dance to’. I do my own research and I got you beat in the age department, Carolyn
…and I too have ‘seen’ much
I liked a lot of the music of that period. At least back then, people could play their instruments which isn't often the case with much of today's computer programmed "club" music and the talking over a drum machine product called "rap".
It was Lyndon Johnson’s war. Reply from Ai: “The Vietnam War escalated significantly under President Lyndon B. Johnson, who increased U.S. military involvement after the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964. However, U.S. involvement began earlier under President Harry S. Truman and continued through subsequent administrations, including Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.” Protests against Nixon? For what?
I think the protests against Nixon were the same kind of protests that people had against every president that ever ran for Office (until maybe this one today) and that is that they lied during their campaign about what they were gonna do if they were elected president. Nixon promised to stop the war and didn’t. We got people today vocally protesting because Trump promised to stop the Ukraine war on day one and he hasn’t done it yet, but we don’t have over 58,000 American boys dying a needless death in Ukraine like we had in Vietnam. (Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of men that were physically injured and mentally mangled or the hapless Vietnamese citizens who suffered the same fate)
I’m fully aware of the history of the Vietnam war (not ‘conflict’) and how Ho Chi Minh kicked the French out of his country while America was busy killing the Koreans. I’m aware of the meetings held in the 50s, ‘53 I think, where they divided Vietnam and the United States placed their pick for president in charge of the south. The man was a Catholic and prone to stealing and killing and destroying, and the south Vietnamese people, that had previously enjoyed the victory of Ho Chi Minh against the French and the return of Vietnam to their own control, did not like this new guy. I’m aware of the fact that they were supposed to hold a general election in Vietnam in order to unite the country under one leader, but our appointed South Vietnam leader reneged on the promise, knowing that he would lose to ho Chi Minh, saying “oh I didn’t sign it”. Little prick. And that began the ‘conflict’ that cost the lives of over 58,000 American boys and an untold number of unborn that would have been fathered by them. I’m aware of the fact that America had 10,000 troops (‘advisors’) installed in South Vietnam, and that JFK had announced, the month before they blew his head off, that he was gonna withdraw these troops and he was gonna start by taking a 1000 of them out in December 1963. I’m aware of the fact that Johnson escalated the war, and that he did it the same way Bush did in Iraq, based on a lie. Nixon promised to stop the carnage,
… and then he didn’t, hence the protests
Also Clem, one more thing. You are hallucinating if you think seniors are living in paid off homes. Some are. But the average senior is either living with a reverse mortgage, or has used their home like an ATM. I was careful about paying my mortgage down every chance I got. Still, when the covid hoax hit, I nearly lost it. My business went to zero. So there's a lot more going on than you realize.
According to AI, 63% of seniors 65 and over live in homes that are paid off. It drops significantly for people under 65, like down in the 20's percentile.
You have to specify WHICH AI, as all of them I've looked at have different numbers. CHATGPT said this - which is far lower than your number:
"As of recent data, approximately 30% to 40% of American adults over the age of 65 own their homes free and clear, meaning they have paid off their mortgage entirely.
For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey and other housing finance studies, about 37% of homeowners aged 65 and older had no mortgage debt as of the early 2020s. This percentage can vary slightly depending on the source and year of the data.
If you want the most current and precise figure, checking the latest U.S. Census Bureau reports or Federal Reserve data on household debt and homeownership would be recommended.
My Query:
What percentage of adults in America over the age of 65 have paid off their homes free and clear?
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My experience as a 74 year old with a lot of friends my age is that many got close to paying it off before covid and were destroyed in the midst of that. Many started using their equity as an ATM. I wound up having to sell my home to keep from losing it. So those stats are iffy.
they're working as a rent a mob because they didn't save enough for a proper retirement, probably thought big government would bail them out
To be fair, some of us old people did save enough for retirement. And built businesses, and we're ready to retire when covid hit.
Covid knocked out $90,000 of my income, not just my savings. It drop kicked me into depression for awhile. The vax and/or treatment killed my mom, my uncle, my best friend, and a dozen more friends.
Some of us don't have money because the whole covid hoax blindsided us, forced us to retire earlier than we were going to. Made us wipe out all savings. And left us without any options.
I've been interviewing for jobs for months, and I've been told I'm too old to work. I can work circles around these little whippersnappers, but they don't have any ethics anymore, so it's probably better I'm not working for them.
But still don't paint your boomers with the same brush. I was a liberal in college all it took was the Obama election to turn me into a conservative. The old saying goes "a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged" which is what FraudChi did to the world.
That's what we're also seeing in Washington DC right now by the way. Lot of the citizens there are rapidly turning into Trump supporters. As the world turns..
Beth, I am so sorry you lost your business because of the Covid fraud committed in our country and your family loss as well. It breaks my heart to hear these stories of hardworking entrepreneurs totally kneecapped by what happened. May the Lord help you, guide your steps and open just the right door for a new job for you that is perfect for you. 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you. I'm moving forward. One step at a time. On a bright note, I have no debt. So I'm in better shape than a lot of boomers. It will work out. It always does. It's about learning how to adapt and make new plans when the ones you had for decades are suddenly pulled out from under you. Oh Well! NEXT!
I'll probably start some small programs with all my materials, but I'm still interviewing for jobs. Surely there are business owners who realize boomers (if they are still fit and healthy) make great employees!
One day at a time!
Or else, her own small business where she can serve her customers.
Covid cost me $200,000 and shut down my business. As a sole "entrepreneur " I got zero from the government while the rest of the country was playing bidding wars with real estate, buying rv's and generally enjoying the good life. I more than hate the people behind this. And hate is generally not a word in my vocabulary.
Former hippies, now NPR listeners, looking for one last protest against ‘the man’ with their neatly-lettered signs.
At age 17 in 1971 I wanted to be a hippie but my mom was too strict. I did wear short skirts and had a leather fringe purse. Does that count? NPR has never been on my agenda.
The psy-op/brainwashing is real. I've seen my older, formerly pretty conservative relatives get some TDS because all they consume is MSM. I looked at the stuff my dad had subscribed to and it was _all_ MSM propaganda. It was sad to see.
You're absolutely right, Peter.
Just for the record not all of us that are older than dirt are crazy. ;-) Of course we also did not all do drugs. I walked out of more than one party in college when I began to smell the MJ.
Lisa is correct. Not all boomers are liberals folks! Some of us even did drugs in the 70’s! You’re bashing an entire generation! THAT’S WHAT THE LIBERALS DO! Knock it off!
Thank you. I'm 74. I'm as far right as you can be. But I'm healthy. I don't own a TV. I read a lot. And I get out of the house every day. My mom who passed at 100 spent her last decade glued to (yikes) Richard Madcow and MSDNC.
You can imagine our "discussions." She loved Jimmy Carter. 'nuff said.
Boomers are a huuuge diverse demographic. We can't be lumped into any generality. Even in our 20's. I was fighting with the socialists even as a 20 year old liberal. We are old. We aren't all stupid.
Old , I would argue, is relative. Ever meet a washed up, wrung out 40 year old?
WOW ....... us old hippies standing up !! love it
they have taken one too many covid jabs.
Oh yes they have. I'm the outlier in a group of friends who think I'm a nut job 🤣
Being an outlier is great isn't it!
Once you see the truth....... there is no going back .
(hopefully )
Sure is.
We are called trueblood's Lori>
And you're still friends? Wonderful! Many aren't as lucky.
Who knows what they say behind my back 🤣🤣🤣
We are not outlier's we are trueblood's.
You need a new group of friends!
I really like them even though I disagree with them on most things.
How many are paid though, by outfits like Crowds on Demand?
Maybe the old & the young ones are ALL paid to go & scream?
I would say most.
My opinion: If you are old and eating cat food you will do almost anything for money. If you are young and have zero ambition to do anything you will do anything for a few bucks and some excitement.
You are presuming working intelligence. These are old hippies who smoked enough dope to keep them stupid for life.
And from what I observe .......... seems like a helluva lot of people who weren't hippies that didn't need to smoke to be dopes for life .
And you know that old weed smokers are stupid for life? How do you know that is truth? How many old dope smokers have you befriended for 50 years?
thousands is my best guess. I NEVER befriended dopers. But, I knew them very well. Just like tobacco smokers- some do ok. That's not the way to bet.
Well perhaps the old hippies didn’t plan properly for retirement and living off social security just doesn’t cut it anymore?
I think it's because many of them have been activists for decades. Admitting they might be wrong places their entire lives and lifework in question. And since most people are dichotomizers the nuances of getting some things wrong and some things right is just lost on them. It's hard to understand, let alone admit, that your team's convictions have changed even if your own haven't. Or worse, that you've actually been rooting for the very people you purport to be against.
Dems have only ever ONCE been truly concerned for the safety of Cops..the ones getting assaulted on Jan 6th by the FBI-incited rioters, and those brave ones who died (later) in that heroic defense of democracy
They were not concerned then either, just a opportunistic talking point to leverage rage with their propaganda. They planned and fomented what happened intentionally without the slightest regard of the safety of cops, which was easily foreseeable, if it were different they would have brought in the guard.
As always. Never true concern, always opportunism 😕
And ELECTION CHEATING is not a few bad ballots in isolated elections, these are practiced frauds who learn from each other and the network of Cheats do not all re-invent the wheel in their crimes. This is yet another small example of a much broader wholesale widespread targeted CHEATING operation nationwide (worldwide) at every level of "democracy".
Yes - It has to be stopped
No dropboxes
ID
Paper ballots
Don’t know about 1 day voting - I like to vote a few days early
Yes, no premediated concerns whatsoever, just used later as a verbal flagpole and can of pepperspray to be used on MAGA and Trump as soon as the air cleared and Biden was quickly certified.
And who knows, the capital policeman that died of a reported heart attack some days after Jan 6; was it just a random heart attack that happened to coincide with the 1/6 timing or could he have been “Arkancided” before he spoke up as to what he may have witnessed regarding the staged and set up?
And hopefully the NGOs providing bus and air fare and a daily wage are now hurting badly for funds.
"We will have World Government whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent."
Paul Warburg
Creator of the Federal Reserve.
I've LONG surmised...this isn't really Trump driving the bus. Two rival Western Globalist-vision Factions are involved in this tug of war. Group A we tend to know more about as they've run things as we've seen them for generations; tore down European Colonial Monarchism and Elevated the USA as an empire, Cultivated Communism in Russia and later in China, the New Deal, U.N. ,Progressive, Fed Reserve, WWII-A Bomb-CIA, NATO DeepState, Neo-Left Soros Schwabian perverted
wing.
Group B has long been at odds with but subdued (likely by planning at highest level) to Group A. Trump was recruited by Group B to lead the hostile takeover...this is WHY, in 2015-16 The PANIC had already set in full force and Group A went nuts to stop him and has only gotten worse. We are witnessing the takedown of Group A's model and crime organization; THE Question is; Is Group B's model of rule and realignment a (mostly) benevolent one or is it somehow just as bad or even more sinister under a veneer? As this planetary marketing shift occurs and the remodeling gets underway we are awed that the 80-120 year old Group A model falls away and collapses upon itself (as a trade center tower). What takes its place may give humanity relief or it may deliver remorse
I don’t know the answer, but I do know the One Who knows all things: God. And that is enough for me.
Yes! And He is in control! ✝️🙏🏼💟 Hallelujah and Amen.
If He is in control, then why bother to use the tools He gave you to stand up to tyrants? Just sit back and let God do our work for us. Personally, I don't think that's the way He intends us to live. I believe in free will.
I believe you all are correct. God is in control! Yet we are commanded to be good stewards of his blessings, were are commanded to “occupy” until Jesus comes, to care for others by standing up for justice for our community. Many loose heart when things are hard - we are also commanded not to despair but to know that God is in control. So the encouragement comes from the reminder of this. But, SteelJ, I wholeheartedly agree with you on the point that we are to use all of our God-given talents and blessing to be engaged in our communities and persuade those we come in contact with with truth and to hold our representatives accountable for the work they are sent to do on our behalf. We are commanded to pray even though God doesn’t really need us. (Isn’t that amazing that God wants that relationship w us?!?!?) But he wants to be glorified by his children in this world.
So as much as I love reading all the comments here from this amazing C&C family, I’m had better get going!
SteelJ I believe He is in control yet He loves us so much He put us in charge.
He gave us His blue print for life and told us how to do it.
It remains for us to step out and take action.
Like MnmMom I agree we are to be good stewards of His blessings, move out in love, and never loose heart.
As believers we win no matter what. His word promises that.
As for me I am about my Fathers business as I walk with His joy through the chaos.
We have a high calling. Seems like a great time to get busy.
It’s the central mystery: God’s sovereignty vs man’s free will.
Remember when armoring up to fight - with priestly worship leading the multitude - was enough to spark supernatural intervention? Yet the warriors still had to prepare & rush in to claim their victory.
I don’t know. If you believe there is more to this life and another spiritual world, then something about all this and what Trump is doing feels different. Vastly different. There is this “crackling” feeling that’s difficult to describe, but the world feels different, like something big and good is going to happen to change the world. It’s something that’s never been felt before in my lifetime and I don’t think I’m the only one…
I believe God is control of the plan and we need to continue to turn to Him, repent and ask for His Mercy. Think of the people of Ninevah. They repented and God showed His Mercy and saved them. I pray daily that President Trump and his cabinet do God’s Will on behalf of the American people. 🙏
Yes, that too of course. But there is definitely something “in the air.” Changes for the good I suspect…we can’t keep going the way we are…
Amen!!
I don't know where this is heading. But there's reason for hope I never thought I'd see.
🤞
Yes, that makes a lot of sense. To believe that the outcome of all that’s happening, if it succeeds, will be unalloyed good is naive. At the same time I’m immensely enjoying all that Jeff describes, I’ve got this niggling feeling that Armageddon is approaching.
I'm reminded of a joke that asked questions of an applicant for a big-rig driving test what he would do in various situations, which escalated from bad to worse, in the course of the questioning. Finally, informed that his EMERGENCY brakes had ALSO gone out, along with the main brakes which had gone out earlier along with the power steering, and the ability to downshift in the middle of the blizzard on the ice-covered 2-lane mountain road with no guard rails and asked "What would you do then?", he answered, "Wake up my wife."
"Why? Why would you wake up your wife?"
"Because she ain't--never--seen nothin' like the kind of massive fubar we about to have!!"
I'm going out in the backyard with Kay to watch. I don't know if we'll survive it, but we'll've never seen anything like it.
Interesting take. If true, I'll take group B, because we KNOW where group A was taking us. Continuing to ride that horse would lead straight to hell for sure. Group B might be worse, but without a viable C option, gotta pivot to B. Another thing, if you are just as bad as group A and seeking power, why fight group A rather than join it?
WHY would any sane rational person rush to DEFEND (Group A) the DeepState, Fedocracy, and for example, the Biden Crime Family reputation??? FEAR and Cult-control via propaganda and peer pressure and smug confidence that MAGA are irrational rightwing uneducated religious bigoted zealots in the Trump Cult. Even Trump Haters has NO positive person or position to now hold up as an example to stop his "Hitlerian Tyranny".
The organized monthly outbursts of nationwide protests are the only real counterweight, as the narrative languishes and expertist luster of the Dem/RINO-Party Swampocracy has dimmed, and much of their fetid Federal ecosystem is drying up before our eyes, even the Eyes of the agitated Trump-bashers and media. Outrage and sky-is falling warnings are all that can be offered.
Good points. Interesting thought though. I’ve been a follower of “the conspiracy group” since Covid opened my eyes to how large and evil a group could be to do such a thing to other humans. I now question everything (911, JFK, WW2, elections, pharmaceutical industry etc) and I believe that Trump is playing a role in what some call the great awakening- a time when all lies are revealed and truth is revered once again. A sort of restart of humanity. As a Christian, I trust God’s plan and believe we each play a part in awakening others to His love & truth - who knows maybe group B is Good & group A was evil? Good wins in the end I’m told.
I dunno. No leaks makes me tend to think no overlords. Hard to keep a secret when more than one is running the show.
Good and Evil, foundation of all civilizations. Believe that's why OUR Founding Fathers wanted power to remain with "We The People", IMO.
...even while they fretted that there was no way they could guarantee we wouldn't trade our inherited freedoms for security because "things are so different from what the founders faced," etc. ad nauseum. It has come to pass, because they could have set down penalties for "voting your belly," making it easier to strip the vote from people who hate the Constitution.
who is “ they “? I don’t pass off on “our “ responsibility’
Good for you! I don't know what you mean, or how you came to that from what I wrote, but I salute you!
What I meant by "They" were the people who designed the American system of government, who I say knew, even with all that "They" did, that "They" had not been able to guarantee "our" rights and freedoms in perpetuity. "They" knew that each new generation would have to face the temptation to "surrender it all" for promises of more safe and comfortable lives.
My point was that, in my opinion, "They" could have done more to protect the voting process from people who persistently want to vote to replace liberties with securities. (In fact, I think they did, and a "new generation" decided the protection was unnecessary.)
Hopefully no remorse…..How could it be worse than what we have seen?! And lived through , even when we did not realize what was going on under Clinton, Bush and Biden- we now KNOW
Yes, the "mafia" is in control but some of the "families" are fighting for leadership.
Group A is a 1984 scenario and Group B is Brave New World?
Either way, we lose freedom and rights.
Bankers have us in a polycrisis.
"Thus the Drug Trust, while maintaining the Stalinist Communist Government in Russia, simultaneously maintained a Communist back up regime in the United States, the Trotskyite Movement, in case the Stalinist regime should fall."
Eustace Mullins
Murder By Injection.
WP, the general tone of biblical eschatology is that things must get much worse before it gets better here on earth. The Tribulation, then the Light in the 2nd Coming. It’s the timing that is the frustrating part. We are looking for our blessed hope and not the antichrist.
I think Trump is actually the founding member of "group B".
Remember how unpolished he was in 2016? How many dumb things he said? But he had ideas that no one else was even whispering.
He faced a LOT of opposition in 2016 from the party. I remember in the summer of 2016 how Republicans were getting desperate, wondering if there was any candidate they could put forth at the last minute to keep Trump from being the Republican nominee. There was very little MAGA organization at the time.
He wasn't able to put many of his America first, anti globalist ideas into action because so many of his advisors turned out to be anti MAGA.
To be sure, at this point there are a lot of smart people that are helping him, and some of those smart people have been in political office or in government service for a long time. But I don't think there was much there at the beginning.
To your point, George Soros had a birthday yesterday. Glenn Beck did a little birthday celebratory monologue for him today. Enjoy.
https://x.com/glennbeck/status/1955675718555259146?s=46
Thank you for stating this the way you did. I have known this but didn't know how to articulate it.
Group A is 100% demonic and allowed to take over and destroy as much of God's plans as we allow because we live on a "free will" planet. Other planets are not this bad because they are more controlled and do not have as much "free will".
I repeat: problem. reaction. solution. mind control wants you to demand your enslavement. for safety.
And they do. The cabal must still be in awe that not only did people beg to be track , traced, dehumanized, dumbed down, and mind controlled, they paid for it themselves!! Can you say "smart phones.?
And injected themselves.
Yes and it is unrolling right before our eyes, with Trump supporters clapping like seals as the military gets unleashed into the streets. Our cities are strewn with crime by design so people would be begging the government to intervene. These supporters won't understand this until the boot is literally stomping on their own faces.
Palantir and biometric surveillance is coming our way.
Those who surrender freedom for security...
and your alternative actions to address THE CURRENT PROBLEMS are??? Forever vigilant...act forcibly when necessary
Jeff writes: "They are reacting more strongly to this temporary law enforcement maneuver —which everyone agrees he holds the complete legal and Constitutional right to do— than nearly anything else Trump has done since he took office."
I want to go on record - not everyone agrees - as I don't.
Well… Revelation does describe a one world government and world religion. So.
Many astrological references there, not sure about one world banking empire of the Federal Reserve.
Maybe that is not the future. If you remember John was told what was, what is and what is to come. Also remember the warning of the false jews coming into the synagogue..
Unless you interpret revelation a whole lot differently then just end-of-world predictions. It could be so much more than that…
It's almost here...
From your lips to God's ears. That's all I keep saying every time I read Jeff's Coffee & Covid. Pray!!!!
And these scintillating thoughts from https://x.com/TheStormRedux expanded upon in Don Suber’s substack today:
“Christina Bobb, who was one of President Trump’s personal lawyers and was on site at Mar-a-Lago right after the FBI raid, argues that the raid gives the DOJ jurisdiction in Florida and it also removes the statute of limitations on the Grand Conspiracy case.
“I would argue that the Trump DOJ now has jurisdiction in Florida because I think that original grand jury lends itself to the argument that this was all part of the original conspiracy.
They went from the 2016 Russia fake intel… to the Russia hoax, to the Mueller report, to the Ukraine hoax, to January 6th, to Mar-a-Lago. It’s all the same. It’s all Washington, DC. It’s all the same to Mar-a-Lago…
So there’s no statute of limitations as to the issue. The raid on Mar-a-Lago coupled with the fact that the grand jury was in DC, I think clearly establishes that this was all part of the same conspiracy to get Donald Trump, which means the Trump DOJ is not going to have a hard time establishing jurisdiction in Florida.”
This sentiment appears to be the growing consensus, but it’s great to hear it from one of the brilliant legal minds in Trump’s inner circle.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/donsurber/p/obama-may-pay-for-the-mar-a-lago?r=8sw74&utm_medium=ios
Call me shocked! James Comey leaking info? That paragon of virtue? Hah. He’s going to find the beds in prison uncomfortably short. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Traitor.
Possibly, the Guard might be to keep the peace if there is an indictment of the "Hope and Change"-guy. Remember the uproar over OJ, Rodney King, Michael Brown and St. George (Floyd)? That would/will be a powder keg.
Just a thought.
Later Jay
An Obama takedown would be mainly opposed by Dems-Media as some racist enslavement of their heroic, unifying, Peace Prize Black President. The rightside Media and leadership would need to belittle the guy as being only Black-ish, an illegitimate fake of Black America and the people of color that he supposedly advocated so effectively for. The REAL Barry O. will need to be fully exposed for who and what he IS, who he really worked for, and how he REALLY views Black Americans and everyone else.
former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was more honest.
I think we're going to see what Q talked about may happen this month with regard to the military being the only way and martial law being imposed. It's going to start in DC, and it's going to spread to other cities. Just cleaning up the mess the Deep State left.
And crisis actors like Musk colleague.
I’d like to see Obama be put on trial. He and Valerie Jarrett were so wrong for America & for freedom.
Why won’t ANYONE bring up OBummer’s use of stolen Social Security number?
I'm sure it will eventually come out. Susan Daniels keeps writing about it in her Substack.
Yes! Just read the this week! @Bitsy54, have you read her latest Substack posts? She is looking for petition signers. Thanks, Dave, for suggesting her Substack writing. Very interesting. I pray she is able to move forward w her receipts! I think we have more people willing to listen today!
Here's the link:
https://open.substack.com/pub/susandaniels/p/the-people-vs-barack-obama?r=1657tz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Patience Grasshopper.
Apparently it was stolen SS NUMBERS. I was thinking about that last night. Just one of so many crimes swept under the rug.
The many investigations and special prosecutor shows were for the purpose of collecting the evidence and hiding it, to cover up and to cover up the cover ups.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/12/outline-3-fbi-offered-chris-steele-1-million-to-substantiate-dossier-before-they-submitted-it-as-evidence-to-fisa-court/#more-274871
If they do arrest the "protesters" and the real traitors, I will make the trip to DC to cheer them on.
I will not return to Washington until . . . well, we have a place rented for next 4th of July. Have missed going the last five years, but just could not bring myself to set foot back in what had become such an unpleasant and difficult city. I think our 250th is worth the trip.
You won't get near the place. Nor do you want to if you know about mobs. Watch on TV and enjoy popcorn from the safety of your couch.
An understatement.
On trial, then on a plank...
"Two-term limit: first, in office, followed immediately by the one in prison."
That is historically what happens to Illinois Governors also.
Yes! Hahaha.
Yes!
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And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
— Hebrews 11:32-34 NAS95
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What more, indeed? Wondered this morning how many would get the Haman reference, turns out I am enjoying being in the majority of Word readers, not the minority! Smug, know-it-all comment instantly suppressed. lol.
Mordecai is one of my top fav biblical heros....even higher than Esther.
Humility… wisdom… what I would give to be both wise as a serpent but harmless as a dove! Mordecai epitomizes that.
I agree! Jesus helps us receive just that.
He left us great instructions on how to receive wisdom.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
I loved it!
This has been one of my scripture focuses this week. “From weakness, made strong”!
Amen! Another thought:
It strikes me that this passage empties of its power and wonder if the words “by faith” are deleted.
Absolutely, it ceases to exist for me without faith!!!
Janice, do you know the worship song “By Faith” by Keith and Kristyn Getty? here is part of it:
“By faith our fathers roamed the earth
With the power of His promise in their hearts
Of a holy city built by God's own hand
A place where peace and justice reign
By faith the prophets saw a day
When the longed-for Messiah would appear
With the pow'r to break the chains of sin and death
And rise triumphant from the grave
By faith the church was called to go
In the pow'r of the Spirit to the lost
To deliver captives and to preach good news
In every corner of the earth
We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward
'Til the race is finished and the work is done
We'll walk by faith and not by sight”
No, but I will look it up!
It’s a beautiful song. I’m sure they have a website or have it on YouTube or something. We used to sing it often at my old church in Tulsa before we moved.
"And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against their neighbor: city shall fight against city, and kingdom against kingdom." Isaiah XlX:2
The program of the World Order remains the same; Divide and Conquer.
Eustace Mullins
The World Order
This nails it “…caged monkeys throwing banana peels at tourists.” If that doesn’t describe the left all year nothing does.
LOLOL... Monkeys don't throw just banana peels. Think something "stinky"!
Yeah I immediately though of that, Jeff missed a golden brown opportunity there...
@Taiga- HAHAHAHAHA! I see what you did there.
It's a family blog!
He said he was in a hurry this morning or he might have found a creative way to make that connection. 👍
I had the exact same thought! 😆
Speaking of bananas, get a load of the DC Police Chief:
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1955292615420588495
Classic DEI hire. The one in charge doesn't know what chain of command means. No wonder the criminals are running DC.
They WERE a DEI hire and they were in charge of DEI prior to being promoted to police chief
@Cheryl- that was my thought when I first saw it..I mean her.
That was hilarious. The mayor had to step in. But she is only one in a long line of DC DEI hires, going back to WAY BEFORE DEI was a thing. Imagine working for that police force and putting your life on the line, while being directed by that Dim Bulb of a chief.
This is what the South was up against during the Reconstruction Era. Fully DEI, but it was being maintained by force by the Federal Government.
‘What does that mean?’ 🤣 anyone think DEI hire besides me?
I saw that! Her prior position was in an HR/ DEI position, no law enforcement experience.
So many dem run cities have the same..
Jeff is nice. Monkeys are known for throwing something else.
Good Morning. My AWFL nearby cousin spoke to me yesterday. I helped her with an errand. We refrain from talking about current events anymore, except for the weather. Our small town has a Dollar General, and she had gone there for milk and some produce, but they were out. She doesn't like driving a half hour to a Walmart, and I don't blame her. But she was upset, and started ranting about how the food supply chain was fragile, and dairy farmers need their workers and the deportations are hurting us, and it's not going to turn out well. She is blaming Trump of course.
And with the takeover of DC her TDS is in full bloom. I'm waiting for the right time to try to explain things to her, but that may not come. She is a good woman, very hard worker, helps me out when I need it. And the other day she agreed with me that property taxes are out of control, and that Illinois is right up there with the worst. But she still thinks Pritzker is good for the state. She confided in me that their recent property tax bill for all her houses and farms came to over $56 K.
Dave, perhaps my little mantra will help deal with the frustration of an AWFL , I mentally recite this when having to deal with my snowflake daughter: Never try to teach a pig to sing. It frustrates you and annoys the pig.
Reminds me of “ throwing pearls at swine” .
I forgot about that gem. Thank you
Thanks Betsy! I must commit that to memory.
I had a long car ride with my friend who tried to get her next vid jab “but Walgreens could not guarantee they would have it. When it is available it is going to be for the next strain…” I wish she could hear herself. Then she attacked RFKJr; said he likely did not even have a degree, let alone any possibility of knowing anything about health, medicine, etc. I did let her know he is an atty by degree, has litigated many pharm-related cases and his book on Fauxchi was a lesson in documentation to prove a point. But she got annoyed and I got frustrated. 😂😂😂
Of course she was annoyed. Facts are annoying to leftists. If their opinions are not constantly validated they go haywire! Sad to see such willful blindness.
Good one
My dad, a choral teacher, had that on a sign in his office!
Anyone who has "houses and farms", plural, doesn't really have a whole lot to complain about. It sounds like she's done very well for herself. 🙄
You caught that, too. “Houses and farms”, plural. Typical Dem wanting slave labor to keep prices down.
And she is shopping at Dollar General? Maybe she could pay someone to shop for her. She certainly doesn't really mind shelling out $56000 a year just for property taxes. She could pay someone for being a personal shopper and help that person out.
Walmart will deliver your groceries right to you for like $18 a month.
Maybe one of the deportees. Maybe she could even sponsor one. Oh sorry that would mean she’d have to pay a fair wage. Oh well
Lol. Illinois has an average property tax rate of 1.83% of the assessed value. Which means the property has a value of $3.06 million if her taxes are $56k.
So this person sitting on $3M of property is complaining about lack of food at the Dollar Store? Good grief, it's a Dollar Store, not Whole Foods, what does she expect? That's like complaining about the clothes selection at Goodwill. It's not intended to make millionaires happy but for people on the lowest rungs of life.
So many people are absolutely delusional.
When it comes to farmland, that is not outrageous. Just imagine having had a farm in the family for years/generations and having to come up with $56k dollars EVERY YEAR to keep the farm going. Well not to keep it going, just feed the government. And we wonder why people are getting out of farming and selling to investors.
Um, she was probably raised on that farm and that frugal behavior was instilled. All of her money is tied up in property (“you can’t eat farm dirt”) and the farm income likely goes to pay the taxes each year. My former in-laws have/had non-farm jobs to stay afloat.
This is one of the most Boomer responses I've ever seen. You have been so brainwashed by decades of propaganda that your reality is inverted. You think up is down, and black is white. You are arguing for sympathy for the poor, downtrodden millionaires among us. The forgotten victims. Lol.
90+% of Americans would trade positions with this woman in a heartbeat. She has "houses and farms" (plural in the poster's words) and real estate valued of at least $3 million according to tax assessment. This isn't a "burden" or a "hardship" but would be a dream come true for the overwhelming majority of Americans. Why are you making excuses for it?
Maybe the money is tied up, but whose fault is that? Sell some of it and live in a normal house like the rest of us. Then she'd have plenty of money in the bank and could shop anywhere she wants. She isn't a victim of circumstance, but a wealthy woman who chooses to play the martyr routine.
People really need to wise up and stop make excuses for this type of behavior. Just because there's some possible convoluted explanation for why she might be cash poor, doesn't make it true. Plus it's a situation entirely of her own choosing.
This really is a strikingly Boomer phenomena, and it truly does result from being propagandized. You can break out of this mindset but it takes a willingness to challenge everything you've been fed by the media for decades. People with $3M in real estate aren't suffering except in their own delusion.
It’s what helps shapes her world view , due to the A in AWFL.
Pssst! What does AWFL stand for??
Affluent, I think.
Affluent white female liberals
Code for Loyal Communist Foot Soldier
Got it! Thx
Property taxes ARE the worst in Illinois. Mine are double what they should be and it has significantly and tangibly impacted our life. Pritzker was only good in making the gap between rich and poor even wider and knocking down every middle class citizen that was starting to climb up.
Florida is no better. It is double what it was 5 years ago. So is insurance on home and auto.
So tell me this - if inflation is gone, the markets are up why are food prices and gas just as high if not higher today than when biden was dictating?? I keep hearing Trump tout the great economy etc etc. Jeff just did it too. I’m not saying it’s not. But when will prices drop again???? Libtards are squealing about it too. I’m tired of these prices. It’s killing our checkbook. Something doesn’t match up. What am I missing?
Gas prices have plummeted in so many places but there is still differences due to state and local governments. In driving to Austin last week I went from paying $90 to fill up with premium ($4.59) in Chicago to paying only $56 to fill up in MO and TX (where the lowest I saw was $2.99). Everything drops by $1 gallon the minute I cross the IL border and continues to drop, and the further I get from Chicago it starts to drop by 10¢/gal almost every 10 miles.
The price of bacon and red meat has not dropped much at all, but eggs have stayed down even near me.
I feel like we are battling county and state issues and stubborn industry oligarchs that want to take advantage of the small fortune to be made by not responding to lower inflation with their pricing.
Makes sense. But we drove up through 4 states and the price of gas was the same all the way up. Food prices were no different either. I have spoke to people in 4 different states -Oregon, Washington, Michigan and Florida and they all say they haven’t seen prices drop down.
Maybe eggs went down a little bit then popped back up. Why would that be?
I am starting to think it is what you said. These companies (ALL of them) are NOT responding to lower inflation. They are choosing to leave their prices high because they can. They continue to pad their pockets rather than give the people some relief. I’m sick of it. Greed. Pure greed. It makes Trump and conservatives look like idiots too. The left get to rationalize how their puppet wasn’t bad after all cuz Trump didn’t bring prices down like he said he would. Ugh. It is a never ending battle. I’m just tired of it all I guess.
Yeah I really believe it’s being orchestrated from behind to make him look like he is failing. Without their game playing we would already be swimming in the golden era. But I also know these things take time to fix and the changes Trump is making don’t show fruition overnight.
Eggs never went back up by me. They went from $9-$15 down to $3-$5 depending on kind. Only the boutique organic and free roaming outfits are still at $7
Washington has more & higher gasoline taxes in the country. Contrast that to next door Idaho - at least a dollar cheaper per gallon. Makes a difference. Plus western WA also charges a toll to drive on major I 5 freeway - that is if you want to get anywhere. The more congested the higher the charge that changes & is posted on the e- signs.
“They are choosing to leave their prices high because they can.” I think that is why the prices stay high. Competition (your local farmer or non-corporate tradesman) could lower prices. If wages inflate with prices, I guess a working person is no worse off. But seniors living on Social Security, pensions, and savings will have a harder time.
The difference in gas prices is mainly due to higher taxes in certain areas. And we know how Illinois loves to keep those taxes high.
I drive 7 miles to Wisconsin for some shopping and 50 to 60 cents cheaper per gallon gas. I won’t pay the extortion they’re demanding in Illinois. Our town roads are a mess but see no improved services for our outrageous property tax plus our schools have the worst score in the county.
I'm in Florida, too, and was just saying the same thing this weekend to a friend. I haven't had any relief in expenses. The markets may be doing fine, but hard-working individuals aren't necessarily feeling it close to home. Insurance prices are ridiculous...even when you haven't had a claim.
Same here. Our auto ins just went up AGAIN. We haven’t had a claim in all our 34 years of marriage!!! We are paying the highest we have ever paid 😡
We’re paying for those who don’t bother to get a driver’s license or get insurance. I’ve been hit twice by uninsured and unlicensed so-called drivers. You know who they are. 🤬🤬
This, and anecdotally, I've seen way more impaired drivers over the past year. Usually we'd just get an idiot or two driving drunk during tourist season, but now we're getting hot boxers year round.
Hopefully getting more of the illegals out will help alleviate that but it will likely take some time 😕
We all pay for the disasters wherever they are. My cousin's auto insurance went up in Michigan right after everyone in my neighborhood (except us) got new vehicles from flooding.
Flood insurance? Yikes. We live in a stilt house. I'm glad we do.
I live in the desert and just got an email from my insurance company that flood insurance will take 30 days before going into effect. I don’t live in a flood plain. Hmm. Do they know something I don’t know?
Our stilt house has a 24' elevation. If we had a mortgage, we'd have to have full flood insurance. Scam? You bet. We live on a barrier island on the Gulf of America. Floods? 3 in the last 4 years. We watch the water flow under our home. To make a claim it has to get into the house. Ian was 16' surge and we had a foot under the house. There's no way to get a storm surge of that magnitude. The water near our house isn't that deep for 30 miles. We have wind insurance for our Cat 5 house, but we know if we don't have flood, whichever has the damage the other gets blamed. Our great insurance gal got us to $400/year. Most people on the ground now pay $10,000 on up. The max collectible is $250,000 no matter the premium.
It's run by the government. There's your answer! Life is good.
I agree. Grocery prices are still high. They haven’t gone up more, but they’re still double what they were 4-5 years ago. I can’t seem to get out of Walmart for under $200. The nicer grocery store in town is even more $$. We’re getting an Aldi’s in the next year and I can’t wait. It’s quite a bit cheaper. I’m in a small town so unless I want to drive 1-2 hours away it’s all we have.
I started putting all my groceries on my Costco card just to see how much I was spending each month. Mine have doubled and aren't going down. And I eat almost no red meat. A quick stop at Trader Joes is $60 for nothing . I don't know how families do it.
We bought a quarter cow and a whole pig last year, I only buy chicken and it’s still $200.
I hear you! I'm also looking for local food sources. I've found a local farm I like, just a few miles down the road that's reasonable. A friend's husband fishes in Alaska and they send some absolutely amazing fish my way! (VERY grateful; I love fish). I don't even eat much these days, and my monthly bills run around $800. (I do buy organic as much as possible and I eat well. Part foodie, and part health aware when it comes to food.) I read somewhere that someone said they spend about $1700 / month for their family, so maybe my costs aren't that far out of line? I'd love to know what others are spending.
I’m just waiting for my county to be Doged 😤
Our property taxes have skyrocketed, roads and infrastructure are being ignored, and new housing construction has saturated the area.
If the county wants me to pay property taxes, they can pay the mortgage and insurance because that means they own the land, not me. It’s a freaking mafia style scam. You pay or lose the house.
ENOUGH OF THE GOVERNMENT OVERREACH AND THEFT!
Here it is. The Peter St Onge substack. Lots of good stuff on there:
https://open.substack.com/pub/profstonge/p/why-inflation-is-permanent?r=wjh43&utm_medium=ios
Inflation is not gone. It is down. So it's 2% on top of current pricing.
Except Trump and all the big names 🙄 have said “there’s no inflation”. I keep hearing them all say it (with my own ears right from their mouth) and my mouth drops open because I’m baffled by that statement while we pay the same exact high prices we were paying under dictator installed Alzheimer patient.
The overall numbers are that inflation is down or negligible. Gas is donw X% and bread is up the same %- net zero.
There isn't much inflation over what we were paying under Biden. If prices went down, what we paid in 1970 would be what we pay now.
This is why you see numbers adjusted for inflation. The price of a good man's suit was the same as an ounce of gold in 1920- for example.
Today, you can buy that SAME suit for the price of an ounce of gold, now $3,300 or so.
Inflation never really stops. It just slows down. We are lucky if we can still pay the prices that we paid under President Cabbage. We just hope prices stabilize, but wait for it....GLOBAL prices are going way up and that will kick ours up. Trump will be blamed, but think GLOBAL fires, drought, storms, volcanoes and wars. My research shows we are about to get hit again.
Sadly, it has to go negative to undue all of that mess. There's a bubble that will probably drop at some point, but until then. :(
Thank you for stating this. No inflation is the same as prices staying the same at those already inflated high prices. In order to have lower prices we need deflation and that is a rare event other than energy price fluctuation.
My auto insurance keeps rising a lot!
They will say it is due to high costs of all the claims. Almost unaffordable for my young adult children.
It’s all been a scam too. Why are WE, with clean records paying for other drivers claims? None of this ever makes sense. Still paying for everyone else no matter what we do.
It probably _is_ due to the high cost of claims, most likely involving uninsured drivers from questionable countries and/or legal driving status. :(
It’s also due to the huge number of flooded cars recently. I keep seeing flooded roads/cars in the news. Someone has to pay for that. It’s also a really bad time to buy a used car…you won’t know it’s been underwater!
I’ve been wondering this too, but I’m in Oregon, so probably no relief for us for awhile. But somebody on here recommended and economist who writes a substack who explained why prices aren’t going down and it made sense, but of course I don’t remember the reason why…I’ll see if I can find it..
For excellent data on such things, John Williams on ShadowStats.com. Warning: it is dry technical reading, but fascinating if you can get into his methodology.
Yesterday I bought a bottle of liquid supplement that was priced $13.99. City, county and state taxes added on an additional $1.26! I usually don’t notice this because I don’t normally buy just one item, but it really infuriated me that I’m being charged an additional 9% on everything. Also, the “temporary” city food tax of 2% that was implemented by that doofus of a mayor 16 years ago WAS NEVER REPEALED. In fact, I think it has risen to 2.1%.
Those temporary taxes always somehow become permanent 😡 It’s the biggest lie 😡
Prices never go back down. If expenses decrease, companies just keep the profits. That may not apply to some of the basic staples.
Not much. Check out shadowstats for real world data on inflation etc. and do a little YouTube browsing for a range of opinions on the economy. Melody Wright for real estate.
Property taxes, including annual vehicle property taxes in VA are bananas! We already paid multiple taxes when we purchased the vehicles IN VA and 5.5 years later we have to pay over $2k. So that means we've paid over $10,000 cumulatively. This burns me so bad!! We just own Toyotas. So we make a wise and prudent choice in vehicles, we get slammed. Fairfax County needs to be DOGEd. I will write that on my post-marked check on the date it is due. And the county is building, yet another monstrous building for who knows what.
It's Democrat Day today at the fair.
Good morning Mr President, Counselor and C&C family and friends.
Of course. Because HE’S rich so he’s already got his, and doesn’t give a flying fig about anyone else 😡 Why should he, when people keep him and those like him in power??
I will say food has not come down in price around here. A canister of Dunkin Donuts coffee was $20.99 a year ago, up from $14.99 in 2020, now $24.99.
You cannot isolate single products out and claim that there hasn't been any reduction in cost, or a stabilization, because individual products can, and will be, influenced by microeconomic factors that have nothing to do with our economy.
Some of the primary coffee export nations in the world are those dealing with communism, dictators, wars, and other internal conflicts or natural disasters which are all having an impact on coffee production and exports/imports.
Not to mention, some of those countries also haven't signed tarriff deals with the US yet.
I was just listing one example for brevity. The things I buy regularly in supermarkets that are not fresh, (I buy from numerous farm markets or grow my own), are still going up in price. This may be due to tariffs and I am OK with this, but I am simply replying to the notion the cost of food is going down. It’s not.
Thank you. Well said.
If you live in a warmer climate like Florida or Cali, you can grow your own coffee plants super easy. Just saying! 😄
You only need about 25 plants for your years supply of coffee. They are just small shrubs. I have a couple as houseplants, but they won’t survive my winters here outside. If only I could, I’d have them all around my yard!
Really! Never heard of people growing their own coffee.
Yep! You can get them anywhere really. I’ve gotten a few off Etsy and at garden centers. They have beautiful smelling flowers and are super easy care.
Good to know!
Thank you!! I just asked this question up above. This part does not make sense to me. Why? Why are we still seeing these prices on EVERYTHING???
Nothing ever goes back down think 1970s big inflation. When I retired in 1999 we had a full breakfast for 2 for $6.48 plus tip. That same breakfast now is $40.00 + tip. Gas was $1.08
Yup. I don’t think any price of anything will go down. You said it right.
Same thing happened when the first gas price hike happened in the 2000's. Finally came down and prices everywhere didn't...or maybe by 5 cents. Then next time the gas hiked up, they jacked up the prices again. Gas goes down, prices stay the same or if you're lucky goes down 5 cents after being hiked up over $1. They figure if the people will pay it when gas is high, they will when it's low. All about the 1000% profit line, baby.
Follow the money. Milton Friedman asked if there was ever any government (or business presumably) that wasn't run on greed? No.
The markets are rigged. Bulls make money, bears make money and hogs get slaughtered. Don't be piggish and save, save, save.
Because once they go up, they never come down. Gas is still going up here in WA state along with almost everything else.
What goes down is the value of the currency. This is really how they steal from us.
Restaurant prices are insane as well. And I’m talking small-town Oklahoma, not fancy city places.
Down here in Louisiana things have come down a bit. Paid $2.49 for gas and eggs are under $3.50. Fast food prices are bad though. But local owned pizza place has inched its prices down.
Our gas went down once about a month ago to $2.80 I think it was. For ONE day. Then back up to $3.20 and up again. Then for one day it goes down to $3.10 then back up the next day. None of it makes any sense.
Same in Ohio. Eggs are down but still higher than the huge jump in late 2024. Gas was 2.99 once or twice but I paid 3.29 today.
That's been the MO since they allowed gas on the stock market. Only these days, the difference between days is a lot more dramatic. I was under the understanding that they cannot hike the prices daily unless they just got a new shipment in for their containers. (Meaning, if a tanker fills them up on Monday and they charge $3/gal for it, they cannot raise the price until the next tanker fills them up.) But, they do it anyways...
Inflation means prices go up. No inflation means prices do not continue to rise. Deflation means prices come down.
Because companies are greedy. Don’t hold your breath for prices to go down.
Inflation is down, but 2% on top of the huge increases during the Biden years means a lot more than 2% before the big jump.
More to come with all the natural disasters all over the world...and wars. Hunga Tonga
I believe it is .2%. Big difference.
I used 2% to illustrate compounding. I don't have a clue what the real number is. Don't believe anything I hear anymore.
Same here, and gas is still over $3 a gallon in central FL....pretty much has stayed in the 3.09-3.19 range since last Jan at least.
@Geezer- I have a dear friend who has TDS. We don't talk politics. She did, however, tell me about visiting her N. VA teacher daughter and was invited to the symposium the district held about what to do if ICE shows up at school. I just looked at her and said "They're not going after people who work in schools. They're going after known violent criminals." "They are? I didn't know that." Where in God's name are people getting their information??? (I didn't have the heart to add 'yet' after my comment).
But I’ve also seen just a few stories of people who are being arrested that were living just normal lives. One was a story from a social
worker I went to college with who cried about a couple being arrested who had a shop. like a bakery. Well, I am not crying tears because I believe they need to go……. but I do believe they ARE in fact arresting people without violent criminal backgrounds.
Well especially in areas that are trying to protect illegals, the only way to find the bad ones is to go out into the community. And as a result illegals who are not otherwise doing bad things also get picked up. BTW if someone has been here for years and has made no attempt to become a US citizen my level of concern goes down.
I agree. There are legal ways to remain in the country that don’t involve becoming a citizen and don’t require as much time, money, etc. my grandfather did it and never became a citizen. It’s on them to do it and if they don’t then they should not be allowed to stay.
Were they employing illegals with records? That would be the only way they'd have known to go after them. Happened here in the Buffalo area.
no idea
Kitty— I have noticed the owner of most of the Mexican restaurants in my area employs a large number of non-English speaking Hispanics. It seems his enterprise is a pipeline for employment for illegals.
Not all crimes are violent... should we ignore all non-violent crime?
Lots of good people trying to become residents or citizens here are doing it the right, legal way... why should a bunch of illegal scumbags be allowed to stay and those waiting patiently have to remain in line?
AD your argument is not with me its with my friend. I have no issues deporting them. To me you broke the law coming here you are done.
Well... YOU said "but I do believe they ARE in fact arresting people without violent criminal backgrounds."
I think we agree that illegals are criminals.
I think ALL able-bodied illegals arrested should serve at least a year, cleaning up our parks, cities or toxic waste dumps... prior to deportation.
IMO, it should be a felony nationwide to give any illegal ANY benefit or support of ANY kind... and that includes education or child-care for kiddies.
A bit harsh... but who asked these parasites to come here? (besides Biden!)
It is hard not to shake them to wake them but when you see the horrid news they watch, you understand. It is partial truths twisted in lies over and over.
Unless you know how they operate, both sides do it, the brain can't help it. They know how to manipulate the brain.
That property bill is crazy!!
I know, I was shocked. But she and I are in two different wealth categories altogether. I'm just happy that my house is paid off.
I immediately noticed the assumption that illegals are doing hard work for pennies under the table. Such a typical lefty comment. They pretend to be so virtuous wanting to allow all the illegals because they’re separating children from parents or some nonsense, then, suddenly, the truth slips out. They don’t care a fig for the lives of the illegals as long as they provide cheap labor. Geez their hypocrisy is so disgusting.
I'm gonna guess she was fine when eggs/chicken prices were sky-high and saw no issues at all with mass culling of our food-related animals. :(
I _can_ agree that the whole "drive 30 minutes just for milk/produce" isn't fun. We have some friends in that situation and they just queue up their shopping list for a semi-regular run into "the big town" for those supplies. But even their local store is 15 minutes from their house so... :)
I also agree that the supply chain is fragile. We saw that for _everything_ back in 2020 and that should be a wake-up call for everyone that we need more internal production rather than dependencies on supplies from "far away".
Guv Big Boy- what a tool.
Today is Democrat Day at the State Fair, and Gov Turdsker will be there. And the concert tonight is Snoop Dogg.
Why does Snoop Dogg keep popping up everywhere?! Commercials, various sporting events of which he knows zero (the Olympics!), parades…!
I’m just grateful he wasn’t a *bonus* commentator at this year’s Tour did France 😂
Mom- because he's a very savvy businessman
Yes, and chronic weed smoking, like Snoop has done for decades, does not necessarily make one a dunce.
@Dude- or Willie. But the newer stuff is bad news for developing brains.
Dem Day these days is also Muslim Day.
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The word dystopia does come to mind.
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Why would anyone go to DG or Walmart for milk or veggies? I live in a small rural town but we have a local grocery who sells local milk/fruits/veggies. We also have local farms we buy from. Buy local.
What's the going rate per acre for IL farm land?
The farmland in this part of Illinois has gone recently for 10-12K an acre. Her farms are small, 100-400 acres, and she inherited them, the main old family farm, and an adjoining farm from one of our Uncles. And one she and her sister inherited from their parents. And there is her house in town.
She is frugal and does a lot of her yard work and mowing, I can't help her anymore due to my health. The thing is she is absorbed with the fake news channels and has a warped idea of who Democrats and Republicans are. She is blinded to anything I share with her about Trump or his policies, or the bigger international events. At least she agrees about taxes being a burden to everyone.
That's what I thought it would be and I don't think that's changed in 10 or so years. I wish her well. That tax bill for dirt that's been in the family for generations is beyond ridiculous. There are permanent changes to the death tax or BEA that her heirs won't be stuck with a huge tax bill. Here's the best info I could find quickly and it's not that clear. Something that Trump did do right IMO.
https://robertaufseeser.com/whats-new-with-the-estate-tax-after-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/
I can FIX the property-tax thing, but no one has asked.
The problem is that there is NO FEEDBACK, no NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, for getting it wrong.
Under "David Nelson's Model Property-Tax Reform Plan of 2025," property-tax-assessing agencies would be required BY LAW to assess properties at True Market Value and, in LIEU of collecting assessments, to stand READY to PURCHASE properties at their assessed values within 14 days of assessment."
What will happen is, as a result of grossly inflating VALUATIONS in order to fatten their receivables, agencies will be shocked to find just how many citizens are willing to happily sell properties that the government values so much more than they do. As purchase proceeds go out and inventories accumulate, local governments will quickly become stripped of cash and have to put those now-distressed properties on the market--and FINALLY receive their WAKE-UP! CALL regarding True Market Value. The first year will be a bloodbath as they learn this hard lesson, but the following year--if they don't tighten their belts and instead try to just increase taxes to make up their losses, say by monkeying with the mil rate--will make the first one seem a stroll in a park.
Doing it the best, aka My, way will result in an equilibrium where the vast majority of people don't sell their properties to the local government because they are satisfied with the levies.
Good luck with that.
Happy good morning frens! First, first time ever!
❤️ this! Hope you have a wonderful day 🙂 It’s raining here in NW Florida. My dogs are bummed. I’m going to have a lazy day reading, eating and sleeping.
Sunny right now in Daytona. Hope to get down to the Island a bit later.
Sunny in North FL too with no chem trails.
They have been “painting” our skies for two days in Savannah.
Terrible to hear. We go visit there 1x a year and go to the savannah theater, we love.
Chemtrails this morning upon waking near the western coast of Florida. I think they’re doing it at night or early morning.
That is sad 😔 to learn. I figured they would not truly ban them and leave a loophole.
You can still tell if they do it at night. The sky gets foggy.
I haven't seen any here lately.
I was very hopeful.
I’m headed that way tomorrow!
As in Ormond Beach 😁
That sounds glorious
Envious.
Enjoy! Sounds absolutely wonderful😊
Awesome, Alan, enjoy your "top of the leader board" status! And a happy good morning to you!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Nice. Mega dittos. Or should that be MAGA Dittos?
Congrats! Feels good, eh?
Way to go, Alan! It's a great feeling 🤣😂
You were so close yesterday. 🙂
Greetings! It only took me over 2 years to figure out how to read the comments. I emailed twice but never heard from them. Finally stumbled on them accidently. Not the greatest at tech. Been enjoying comments about a week, I think. You'll love it.
Yay for you, Alan🥳🏆
Yay!! Congrats! It’s a great day!! 😁
I'm only half way through reading this and I have already laughed more than any of Jeff's previous posts. The way he mocks the utter panic and despair of the deep state minions here and in the EU is simply non stop hilarious. That alone is worth the price of admission because laughter is the best medicine.
Sometimes if I am late, like today, I dive into the comments just to see what people are thinking.
Once in a while, I am surprised. Once in a while, it has very little to do with the meat of Jeff’s post. However, it’s always informative.
Definitely the best substack ever.
I LOVE his rhetoric! I can't stop laughing!!
“No duh”, I haven’t used that one since high school. 😂
I hope they investigate Katie Hobbs soon for her election crimes.
She's owned by the drug cartels, and Trump's war on them may touch her as well.
The deep investigation of the '20 and '22 elections we were promised (but never received) would have put that vile, corrupt, scumbag bitch out of office.
Kari Lake would be Governor.
Our current senator Gallegos, a lying skidmark POS himself, would also be out.
Yes. We need to regain control of AZ.
And then we're comin for NV and NM.
New Mexico is a lost cause.
and speaking of election crimes - AT reports that there at least 6 democrat states where Trump received 35-40% of the vote yet there are zero republican representatives for those states - and there are several more that have only 1 or 2 republican reps. even though republicans make up 35-40% of the votes - where are the lawsuits - can you imagine the outcry if instead of republicans it was blacks or Hispanics
Sounds like gerrymandering by Dems has been successful in those states.
Michigan. They just kept counting til the senator was a D.
It seems to me that congress could take action, via a Bill... to ensure that those type of obvious corrupt practices be outlawed, and that some sort of formula or protocol could be installed that insured that the placement of congressional reps followed population party lines...
Maybe place redistricting oversight under a section of the DOJ, DHS or FEC... not that those depts are not often as corrupt and odoriferous as jasmine Crockett's thong.
I'm a 3rd generation Arizonan, and that state of my state has me in a bad state! 💔
Maricopa County is a cesspool of corruption...
Pima County is a lost cause.
Very true. I'm in Yavapai, which is generally pretty good, but slipping.
Of course, many things trigger the MSM about Trump. But you have covered one, until now mostly overlooked, influence: secrecy.
Trumps admin seems to be really, really good at keeping secrets. And the press makes a living by prying secrets out of administrations.
The implication here extends to the oft referenced, inaccurately, "chaos" of Trump's leadership. During Trump 1.0, the press seemed to have an easy time finding folks who wanted to undermine Trump. That fact that such source mining has become very difficult implies that the vast majority of Trump's admin "has his back".
And that further implies Trump's admin will be very effective.
So, yeah, the MSM is panicking.
I am SO enjoying this.
I agree but would change “makes a living by” to “derives power from”
I would change ‘prying’ to ‘buying’ but good point, regardless.
Also true.
The idea that Trump 2.0 mostly does not leak is super interesting to me. The New York based transition team, and all the work that was done in vetting the appointees etc. is bearing fruit. The fact that the MSM is in the dark and are just guessing at next steps is because they became lazy. For the last two decades (and probably longer) they accepted leaks at face value and published what they were given. No corroboration or investigation, just take the leak and run with it. Its the opposite of the "teach a man to fish" saw. Give a man a fish, no matter how suspect, and he won't bother to bait his hook.
On the nose!!! Thank you for saying this so well! I was thinking lazy laundry service, but I like your presentation better 👍
Astute observation. Everything is have seen so far tells me he has been war gaming this for, maybe, 2 years. He hit the ground running very fast, no hesitation on decisions, quick reads of the situation...it's pretty amazing to watch.
Trump 2.0 is amazing to watch indeed! If one is able to step out of the partisan muck and just watch this dispassionately, the clear planning, the obvious leadership in play (you can't coordinate this many smart, driven people without some significant leadership) seems unusual to say the least.
It must stir up a fair amount cognitive dissonance for the BlueSky crowd that are on the one hand ranting about about the Presidents dementia and his ignorant white supremacy and on the other hand to waking up nearly every day and feeling like Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in the movie The Sting.
Me too!!
They're overreacting to this move _because_ it's completely within the President's legal and Constitutional purview _and_ it's on top of all of the other things he's already done that are arguably contestable on something/anything grounds. And, cherry on top, because it's going to be empirically undeniable when it IS effective, and undeniably popular.
** That will demonstrate ALL blue hellscapes *could* be brought under control /but Dem rulers do not want them under control/.
** This demonstration project comes on top of having not been able to stop much? anything? of his other actions, only delay in a few areas.
** Most importantly, it comes on top of Tulsi, Kash, and the rest starting to make very clear that there is no limit anymore to the conservative endgame here. There will be no political restraint. It will go as far as the letter of the law allows.
The shadow perps are FREAKED and the legacy media is about to die. Cornered rats are dangerous, but I think we can be sure the Trump 2.0 team has a plan, and contingency plans B, C, D, and more. Pray for prudent decisions on all sides.
Agree 💯. This is not the old GOP. Trump and his administration planned this. They've been ready and are 5 steps ahead of the lazy and unintelligent left who thought they were safe in their small echo chambers. I am all for taking down the leftist traitors, their minions and traitor rinos too. MAGA!
Does anyone else wonder what they have on Mayor Bowser?
I nearly fell over when I watched her on Fox yesterday sounding so cooperative! More TAW!
I agree. She sounded reasonable and sane. I was shocked.
By now we would have heard shrieking from Pelosi, had 7 press conferences by The Squad & been scolded by Schumer. Perhaps they have a notion that the jig is up.
Those folks are in meetings with their lawyers before the indictments drop.
Can you believe the audacity of the Crypt Keeper saying how appalling she found it for Trump to activate the NG? This from the woman who absolutely refused the request of the DC Police Chief to send the NG on January 6th!
Speaking of Schumer: that couple, the Baileys, he has used to promote his points is fake. A post on X, indicated they don’t exist. He made them up. No wonder Trump calls him a liar.
I 100% agree
Re your first sentence, I must presume that you are referring to the DC business. I would wager that 99% of the public is unaware that Home Rule has been in effect since 1973...It was always treated as another "agency". Virginia, some time ago, took back the land which had been Virginia. Maryland doesn't want theirs back....too many people just like the ones living there and Maryland has their hands full with what they already have. Force Maryland to take back the previous Maryland land and reduce the city to just that.
Yeah, I think that's ultimately the solution; maybe it will be on the table if midterms go well. I read somewhere that DC would only be a few blocks, although I didn't dive deeper to confirm or get it straight in my mind. Maybe shrinking DC square footage could be a step also toward kicking more centralized agencies out and across the country, Agriculture to Nebraska, Energy to Texas, et al.; turn FBI HQ into Kash's proposed Evil Deep State Museum. Arms will need to be twisted in Congress and states. Given what we've seen so far I would expect various options are already lined up but won't leak.
I'd love to see it. Anything to decompose the Leviathan, even slightly.
What I’d love is for the capital of the USofA to be moved. Somewhere closer to the middle of the country. Get it away from the coast, either coast.
How about rotating the capital from place to place? Put Congress in a trailer park or RVs, shift from state to state (they could set up in a handy sports stadium) in alphabetical order every time they call a recess. That ought to encourage them to focus on the people's work while we're paying their salaries.
lol, can you imagine!? Oh the humanity!!!❤️🔥🤣
Maybe Kash could focus on justice for Epstein victims instead of things that sound cool but accomplish nothing.
These actions are accomplishing astonishing things, and laying the groundwork toward more - including consolidation of reforms through secure elections, probably the single most important goal. It has not yet been seven months, much of that without Trump's full team in place and Kash et al. still laboring under the burden of TDS DOJ staff in place and actively working against the administration and the American people.
Wrt any single issue that seems too slow, you have no idea what's going on behind the scenes, nor do I. Indictments sound fun BUT sticking the conviction with evidence supporting max penalties (especially if Jeff is correct in suspecting the evidence has been horribly corrupted precisely to /prevent/ clean indictments on clear evidence) is an entirely different assignment altogether.
Trump's full team is still not in place: at the rate Congress is approving his. nominees we will have another President before they are all confirmed.
It would be great to see a few more Rs realize they need to get out of the uniparty and try to represent the people they were elected to serve, but there is no easy road to change for folks who've committed to working (for good or ill) within a broken system.
I keep reminding myself how much has been accomplished in less than 7 months, more than I expected, and hoping that bodes well for the next 7, and midterms, and a few more America-loving administrations after this one.
So go after the easy ones, the ones we already know. We don't need no stinkin' list to know that Bill Gates was cavorting with Epstein multiple times. He has admitted it and his wife divorced him over it.
This whole "we must have the entire Epstein list first" manufactured brouhaha is a distraction to keep us from demanding that Gates be brought to justice, NOW.
Mrs. RW
Let's see. Is there a way to make Maryland even worse, more miserable and backward?Yes. You have identified it. Add the people in DC to its population. Really, that's the last thing the Dims in Maryland want. They like things just they way they are.
I don't mind if the chimpanzee exhibit that is referred to as "DC" remains a total FUBAR...
But the judicial/court system there is so obviously biased and corrupt, it cannot be allowed to continue as is... negroes, illegals, muslims and radical lefties get a free pass... while conservatives get crucified.
IF Trump is coming after corrupt/criminal Dem politicians and officials... for indictments and prosecutions... this issue will become a VERY big deal.
We already know that some of those could be cleaned up. We saw that when Newsom cleaned up CA for the visiting Chinese. :)
Isn’t it amazing how the media never REALLY covered that little nugget? What did they do with all those homeless? Hmm.. he was able to clean up all that trash when “company was coming to visit” but how did he make that happen for the CVP-visitors but not for the taxpaying American citizen?🤔😡
For the left, control cancels cash flow.
True, but let's hope soon far less relevant. Many flows have been dammed or evaporated; less to steal means less to hand around for political support, which means less control, which means more opportunity for alternatives.
When this approach works, progs begging for cash to keep perpetuating the problems can be met with: Sure, we'll send in the troops; deal or no deal?
In the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams describes one warring species' leader as "sitting across the conference table, resplendent in his black, jewelled battle-shorts".
This line ALWAYS pops into my head when I see Zelensky in his little black get-up.
When I see him, I marvel that he mastered playing the piano with his schmeckle...
lol schmeckle , what a word 😆
Or schwanzstucker, if you prefer. (Young Frankenstein)
Yeah, the infamous Schlong Symphony.
🤣
My grandmother’s word for it was a “wangy-dangy.” Not even sure where it’s origins would be from….
Is the piano-playing thing for real?
You asked for it...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZP2EUxdgo-s
And... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8dSNKVdlgs&list=RDb8dSNKVdlgs&start_radio=1
He is one twisted sister... sad that Vlad has not vaporized that corrupt maggot!
Thanks, Dude, but I don’t wanna see that! 😝
I wish I hadn't.
That little turd's expiration date has long passed...
There is a video. It’s disgustingly real…🤢
Ewww!
Who knew there were so many slang words ! 😝
https://search.brave.com/search?q=slang+for+penis&source=ios&summary=1&conversation=9c1e9fa19fe51b670e20be
Awesome reference to THHGTTG! Did you read all 4 books of the trilogy?
Mrs. "the Knife"
EDIT: I just discovered that a fifth and sixth book were added to the "trilogy", completely re-defining the term "trilogy"!
I’m puzzled, though, by four books in a trilogy. 🧐
Lol! It is a bit of an inside joke for those who actually read the books, which started out as a trilogy, and then another book was added to the series. I just took a quick look at Wikipedia and discovered a fifth and sixth book have since been added, so I guess I need to go find copies to read!
Mrs. "the Knife"
P.S. And edit my comment!
It’s in line with the humor of the books- out of context and juxtaposed.
It’s rather less a trilogy then…
From Wikipedia:
"The novels are described as "a trilogy in five parts", having been described as a trilogy on the release of the third book, and then a "trilogy in four parts" on the release of the fourth book. The US edition of the fifth book was originally released with the legend "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy" on the cover. Subsequent re-releases of the other novels bore the legend "The [first, second, third, fourth] book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy". In addition, the blurb on the fifth book describes it as "the book that gives a whole new meaning to the word 'trilogy'".
Before his death from a heart attack on 11 May 2001, Adams was considering writing a sixth novel in the Hitchhiker's series... Adams also remarked that if he were to write a sixth installment, he would at least start with all the characters in the same place.[26] Eoin Colfer, who wrote the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's series in 2008–09, used this ... concept."
Now I need to go find Books 5 and 6 so I can finish reading "the trilogy". Maybe we can call it a double trilogy!
Mrs. "the Knife"
I was kind of quoting and adjusting the quote to fit from Pride and Prejudice where Bingley’s sister sneeringly tells Mary that her suggestion would be “Rather less like a ball” when Mary suggests an alternative to going to balls. It was a sorry attempt haha!
🤣🤣🤣 Oh, my goodness, I totally missed it! What a great call out! Here is a funny story for you:
When I worked for the DOD, my colonel walked into my office one day and saw me reading Pride & Prejudice on my lunch break. He asked if I was taking a class. I, feeling confused, said, "No, I am reading it for fun. I re-read Pride & Prejudice about once a year." He replied, "NO ONE reads Jane Austen for fun!"
I will admit it has been quite awhile since I read P&P, but I can't believe I missed the reference. Time to dig Jane Austen out and give her another read!
Mrs. "the Knife"
Actually I didn't read the books, I started out (in 1978) listening to the radio series, which were really the best medium I think, and so the books never appealed to me. When I think of quotes I can still hear the original voices saying them. Simpler times !
That sounds awesome! I didn't realize they started as a radio series.
Mrs. "the Knife"
"I keep on trying to find the field again." Douglas Adams
https://youtube.com/shorts/BXsXKdhWAiY
I need a Jynnan Tonnyx, stat!
Trump has turned off the Info Spigot (leaks) and much of the Money Spigot (USAID and related dark funds), that fueled the Left’s takedown of America. With DC secure, let’s see some indictments, arrests and safe streets. Exciting times!
Absolutely.
Except to Ukraine and Israel.
Two cesspools of corruption and authoritarian evil.
WTF?!!??
And the cherry on top of the sundae is the MIA Texas Democrat senators are returning to Texas! They say they accomplished their mission. Talk about trying to make a sow’s ear into a silk purse! TAW!!!!!
Yep! But they better be held accountable for all their shenanigans! If they think that they can just prance right back and take up where they left off, they should be greeted with a nice surprise...handcuffs! Enough of all this!
Fingers crossed on that. I’m so tired of Dems pushing the limits of civility, agreed upon rules, and common sense.
Yes, and for some reason they ALWAYS seem to get away with their crap! And then they turn around and accuse the conservatives of the very thing they are doing! It is so bizarre and mind boggling at the same time!!!
Reminds me of a few rotten kids I knew when I was a kid.
I couldn’t agree more
I loved how several outlets were referring to them as the Texas fugitives. Lol. Not even representative or congressional persons. I laughed so hard. 😂😂😂 This virtue signaling exercise really blew up in their faces.
Shaking my head! They accomplished their mission. I an astounded by how ignorant these people are
They got a lot of publicity for "standing up for their voters" and with them returning, there isn't time for the threats/lawsuits to have them removed from office to take effect. The "penalties" they face are barely a slap on the wrist. Burrows wouldn't even kick them out of their committee positions, which _would_ have been something useful - and he can't because those are the people who voted him into power.
On the plus side, we may finally see "Beto" get some real consequences for his attempt to aid his defectors.
It's time for Texans to really rise up in the primaries and kick out the RINOs who voted Burrows into power and put in some _real_ representatives who will ... represent.
And the maps were redrawn without them.
That is SO awesome. I can't wait to hear how they will complain about the unfair gerrymandering but which they have done in all the blue states where it's a good thing.
For oh, at least 30 years now, it has been clear that there are “two sets of rules” for left and right.
Oh I hadn’t heard this! What exactly was their mission and what did they actually accomplish?
These idiots who didn't think through what they were doing, fled to N.Y. and Illinois in order to deny their senate a quorum for voting on redistricting Texas's House seats. And then (and this is SO great), the Texas senate announced their paychecks would not be direct deposited; they had to come back and pick up their checks in person. Plus, if they accepted money from others to help pay for their food and lodging while out of the state, they could be accused of taking bribes. And in the end, they accomplished nothing. The senate will meet, vote to redistrict Texas and create at least 5 new Republican House seats. Just like everything else they do, they don't think anything through; just like all those morons who keyed Teslas and found out that Teslas have cameras that recorded what they did.
Sorry my bad - I should have clarified that I didn’t hear “they came back.” Sorry you had to type all that, but maybe it will help someone else unaware of this situation! My second comment was sarcastic. But …. I do want to know what THEY believe they accomplished.
I think they've said that they "got the message out." Of course, the message they intended isn't the one the rest of us perceived. LOL
These tactics have always worked for them in the past. They are probably shocked that it’s no longer working!
It was a virtue signaling mission. 😉
They got a lot of publicity, drummed up support from their base, made a lot of speeches, and ... will face next to nothing in terms of consequences. Ultimately, they delayed the vote that's going to go through, but they riled up their base.
I'm hoping, but not expecting, Texans to rise up in the primaries and kick out the RINOs who put Burrows into power and allowed this mess to happen in the first place.
Right? They just learn phrases and words and randomly apply them. They have no nuisance
I just read they came back and then left again ?? And the vote went through without them. 🤔 Is this true or was that fake news?
They _are_ coming back for the second session. The Senate voted for the redistricting and it passed, with 9 (D)efiant "senators" walking out - not enough to break quorum.
It's a done deal. Enough were there for a quorum and it passed.
Thanks for the update!
I had not heard that; just this morning conservative news outlets were still reporting that the Dems were returning. It's not clear to me how Texas senate Republicans can meet without a quorum. Officially meeting without a quorum would be a bad breach of Roberts Rules.
As usual, C&C leaves me very excited to see what happens. I love feeling excited after reading about national news instead of doomed.
Jeff, today’s post is so exciting that I’ve had to go back and re-read certain paragraphs just to make sure I haven’t imagined them. My coffee has been left standing. Wow.
I reread as well, almost every day. I wish he would include more photos and cartoons.
LOL—couldn’t agree more….glad I’m not a java juicer—LOL!
Yes!! (By the way, I love your Substack name 👍 A favorite movie and a favorite scene, great symbolism!)
Gift-Wrapped for DOJ (Part 4): Why Letitia James May Be Prosecutable Under RICO
Interesting read: https://whitecollarfraud.com/2025/06/01/gift-wrapped-for-doj-part-4-why-letitia-james-may-be-prosecutable-under-rico/
Well, she conspired with others to go after Trump with false charges, I'd say that would qualify.
Dave,
This article goes into the mortgage fraud she committed over years. It’s an easy read. I basically only skimmed over the article. There’s also a text message she sent admitting that the home she claimed as her primary home was going to have someone else living in it.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I sure hope so!!