Hegseth trims a fifth of the brass, Korea considers $200B in reactors, automatic Trump accounts, Iran mails us a voter guide, and the Times frets that gas might get cheaper. We are doomed. Probably.
It’s incredible, in Obama’s 1st two terms, and then in his 3rd term, he fired dozens and dozens of pro American patriotic officers, some of them he jailed, the MSM had no problem with it. But mess with their Marxist Traitor to America officers and him his, they them, she her, panties get all massively bunched up. You’ve got to love tears from the communist!
Jake I remember story after story of the firings. It was a cleansing of true American warriors from the armed services. Of coarse in 2014 Obama fired General Flynn who was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. But that wasn’t enough he had continue to go after him into Trumps administration. He destroyed the General Flynn.
I love the “and then in his 3rd term”! I knew the guy wouldn’t leave. I had the strongest gut feeling. I hope he is squashed for good out of the government before Trump leaves.
As always, good for America is bad as far as the Dems/Socialists are concerned. Low oil and gas prices, “oh no, the economy will collapse!” Voter ID, an obviously good and necessary thing to those who want fair and honest elections, is “racist” and will hurt minorities if you believe the lies of the left. And on and on and etc.
Amen, Janice. I look for your posts every time I'm on C&C, they bring great encouragement and are always right on target. Thank you and God bless you. ♥
Thank you, Janice. Your posts of the Holy Bible scripture are always so uplifting.
I do, however, have a request. Can we have more New Testament? There's always so many crosses accompanying Old Testament scripture. At this troubling time of wars and rumours of wars, I believe that we need more Jesus Christ of Nazareth and His message of peace.
**“Let’s say someone donates a bunch of tech stocks and then we have another dot-com meltdown, so that you end up with worthless stocks. How does that help the child?”**
I think the point is, if that happens it didn't hurt the child as the child didn't put any of their own money in it!
That was my same thought. No loss from a free gift when no money was invested. 🤦♀️ Sometimes the irony is so obvious, just want to smack these NYT writers.
Question: Can someone from a child's extended family donate to a Trump account? I have enough income for my needs, and I do not need to spend my SS income, which instead I would rather donate to my nieces & nephews in a prudent manner (rather than cash, which they might spend foolishly, like I would have). They, after all, will be paying for those benefits long after I am gone, and will never benefit like older generations have. It is a matter of justice.
I looked it up on the new America.gov website with the query ‘Trump accounts for kids’. It gave me 3 paragraphs of useful information, including that family members can contribute up to $5k per year. It then gave me links to where to down to manage your Trump account. There’s an app too! 2 seconds! I then looked up a question I had about Trump IRAs for adults still working for self employed Americans, full and part time. It’s planned to be operational by Jan 1 2027. This has a savers match of up to $1K per year. So cool!
Father, I hope this carve-out becomes possible. However, the government may place caps on transfer amounts. If your nieces & nephews are not infants (and eligible for Trump accounts), opening a 529 account under child’s name and donating to it (as an extended family member) is an alternative pathway that limits access until age 18. If child does not use the 529 funds for education upon reaching adulthood - there’s a carve out where beneficiary can transfer up to a lifetime maximum of $35,000 from a 529 plan to a Roth IRA account. And can do this transfer penalty-free under the SECURE 2.0 Act.
daverkb, Yes, those same thoughts occurred to me, as well. Plus, perhaps it sets the pattern for a similar arrangement for adults: guaranteed income via digital currency.
It looks like everything is going to be a continued totalitarian dominance over all of us regular folks. And I take what you are saying as a very valid concern. And what happens if radicals move in again?
Yes, we have been mitigated, and with some of the worst of mad dog Commie Globalist insanity having been rolled back. But conditions are nowhere even close to my childhood days of American-style freedom. Hell! Back then we had real silver money and no sales tax. Nobody tracked and spied on our every twitch of movement. The confiscatory IRS was pretty bad for the higher income brackets, but at least we were not continually humiliated and violated at every twist and turn.
NO. The biggest threat to these accounts that are meant to help future Americans become financially self-sufficient?
The US government will find ways to get their hands on all that wealth from these kids-turned- financially-independent-of-the-government.
In Canada years ago, the Government allowed Canadians to sock away a small percentage of their savings into accounts that the government would never tax.
Guess what happened a generation later? The Canadian Government was deeply in debt and began scheming for ways to get their hands on those accounts.
DO NOT trust the government to give you something. You ALWAYS pay a price.
Could you imagine the military advantage if you could convince your enemy to give their warriors female hormones and inject them all with mRNA /LNP concoctions to devastate their immune systems and cause a variety of debilitating illnesses and white fibrous clots in their blood vessels???
Good thing we don't have any [cough-china-cough-cough...] enemies who'd be capable of conspiring with US-funded traitors to develop and exploit such a dastardly idea...ain't it?
China and Russia didn't use gene therapy mRNA shots as far as I know... they used 'traditional vaccines' also poison but not the same as the gene therapies...
Hey! Be careful about how you talk about turning 84. In there in two weeks. And as we say standing on the first tee in the morning. Here we are still playing on the top of the grass.
🎉🎉. Those things you scroll online to fill your birthdate space, I always scroll to 1967. It was a very good year. I haven’t actually seen that year in a very long time. But I remember the good parts.
60 years in January. We’re going to Alaska in early June and then 3 weeks boondock camping in the Wyoming mountains. We’ve done that several years now. Every year is a gift. Life is good, eh?
1967 was my high school graduation year. I didn't know it at that time, but I had nearly 6 decades of wonderful things ahead of me. Life is still good, and I am grateful every day.
“Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years.” ”
It’s instructive to note that while Senator Kelly is often referred to as a veteran and an officer; he never had a command any larger than his crew mates.
I am not a fan of Mark Kelly's politics (and I commented earlier that I can't figure him out), but his military career is exemplary, with increasing levels of rank. Someone or something 'got to him' or TDS is his own version of PTSD. I dunno.
With all due respect, I can tell you that “increasing levels of rank” is not, in and of itself, any indication whatsoever of talent, intelligence, or general worth in the context of military leadership. In Kelly’s mind, Mark Milley was a fine general officer, and that fact speaks more of Kelly’s character than any rank he might have obtained. IMHO
This is so true. Some officers get promoted to get them moved out of a command they are not leading properly. Not all rank promotions are earned through merit, sadly.
In the police world, you studied a lot for at least six months to take a competitive exam for the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. You could “die on the list” with a 99% if they needed an affirmative action person who made 70%. That happened to me twice. And white women were not considered “minority“ candidates even though out of about 3,000 officers we had maybe two or three. The appointed (political) ranks to the Command Staff included Deputy superintendent, superintendent, and chief, and the Commissioner was appointed by the Mayor. Boston naturally took it to the n-th degree by appointing black women “acting” sergeants-ie.never took an exam —to the Command Staff. A real morale buster. There was an unwritten rule in the past that only lieutenants and captains could be appointed to the CS, but that changed with the lack of minorities that could actually pass the exam. They were a few, however, and they made excellent leaders, and went to great pains to distinguish themselves from the affirmative action pack. Hegseth is bringing back truth in promotion—and earning the respect of the warriors, and the hatred of the politicians. Good for him.
Ok Ok, 'increasing rank" was a reach....but it's not necessarily a contra-indicator either....let's at least agree he got commissioned, knew how to fly an A6 (the warthog) and flew several missions...."I like that in a pilot". So we're still looking for that moment or person or? that 'turned' Captain Kelly. Right now, I'm thinking an issue with his oxy mask in space.
JT....absolutely right, and I don't know what I was thinkin' (I wasn't). My best friend is an ex-A6 pilot (Whidbey NAS, WA)--don't tell him I really F'd up. Still, I give props to Kelly for his service. And, thanks for the correction.
Yes, Gabby Gifford. And they both immediately went on a crusade to remove our 2nd amendment rights. She had a severe brain injury and aphasia, and resigned to work on her recovery.
Both would love to have all of US unarmed.
The gunman- Jared Lee Loughner, who was 22 years old at the time of the attack, was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2012, and was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences plus 140 years in prison without the possibility of parole. .
The Incident - Loughner opened fire at point-blank range, killing six people—including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge—and wounding 13 others, including Giffords, who suffered a severe head wound.
The dems need someone that can "speak and appeal to the military. They also need someone from the military because they are recognized as weak in military matters, hence they find ones that can be bought off and become their mouthpiece. John Glenn, purple heart Lurch...errrr....John Kerry, and Mark Kelly come to mind.
OSC, I don't think "God speed John Glenn" would recognize today's Democrat Party. Kerry, we learned, was a fraud. Kelly flew A6s over Iraq (good work Mark).
Yes, Dems need their own 'warrior', but the question is: how did Kelly become this fucking stupid?
I don’t know. I met him when I worked at KSC when he flew his last mission. We walked in together into OPF 3 where I was starting work on Discovery. We chatted a bit and if you told me he was going to marry a liberal politician, and become crazy himself, I would not have believed it. But the dems needs a military figure. I assume they paid him enough or threatened other members of his family. Who knows? Can he really be that stupid? Can a monkey fly a $2 billion dollar space shuttle?
Oh yeah, there were bought off military politicians on the republican side such as John McCain and Dan Crenshaw. All RINO’s, all there to make sure nothing gets done and to make the republicans looks bad so the dems could obtain power again.
Yes, Kerry was certainly a "piece of work!" The Navy doc that treated his third "wound" said it was so minor that he refused to declare it warranted a purple heart...Kerry had to go over his head because it was his third and allowed him to leave Vietnam early and go home.
His second marriage was to Rep Gabby Giffords who was shot. She is a Democrat so that answers the question. I read once that Obama was sponsoring him to replace Biden but Biden screwed him by announcing support for Kamala before he could get Kelly nominated. Sounds true.
Another domineering woman scenario, ha.....maybe Jeff (if he reads all of this crap here, another ha) would go to his 'sources' and dig into Kelly's military and early post-military period and find out if the Chinese got to him (just kidding, hope NOT) or whether the Rogaine fucked up his brain (and was obviously unsuccessful with his hair). I dunno.
I've learned in my financial career, faking it until I made it, that it's sometimes "yes" and sometimes "no". And that being smart enough to know the right people and support them (like a good subordinate) is OK....with me.
I don’t remember hearing anything from him until after his wife Gabby Giffords was shot in the head. According to this Atlantic article he says that phrase quite often.
You’re opening to the fact that no member of the Trump family has ever served. I vote R but have respect for the military. Kelly totally lost his way like most Obama and Biden military who sucked up.
Not to pile on Kelly, but I’ve found no indication that he ever screened for command, a prerequisite to any assignment as Commanding Officer.
To be fair, it’s possible that after entering the astronaut program, he was removed from consideration for the normal progression to Naval leadership positions.
I wouldn't want to diminish Kelly's space activities, BUT....sorry, it's just not the same as combat or other active military service. My Vietnam vet husband could tell him a thing or two.
“Iran’s Revolutionary Guards woo US voters with open letter.” - I think I smell Democrat NGO. and this idiot: Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) complained, “He’s purging a generation of great leaders of the military, and it’s going to take a generation to recover from it.” if they were great, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
These are "great leaders" that have not won a war since WW2. We have a fossilized military that is way too top heavy. My understanding is that the eliminated positions were mostly unfilled anyway but at least it is a start.
Of course when Jeff summarized the letter so that we wouldn't read it, I skimmed it.
Of course it was not a call to elect Democrats. The history they provided of US actions to Iran spanned many decades of presidents, Dem and Rep. They tried to appeal to Americans as fellow believers in God, but that obviously won't work on Americans who worship weapons and money.
So no. It was not a 26 page letter extolling Democrats.
Mrs. RW, I myself am a contrarian. I believe contrarians make, and have made, significant contributions to humankind. Much of that because they exhibit independent thought. But I have learned to monitor mine because I realize it can devolve into a trap of its own making - simply put when one OPPOSES everything, one STANDS for nothing. Which is as weak as it comes.
By definition being contrarian means needing to see for yourself. It is an admirable quality. But it can develop into a habit of opposing everything. It is no longer about the issue(s) but about being in opposition. And that is not persuasive. That is where TDS comes from. Pick your battles is a very important in terms of persuasion I think.
This is true. But there is a lot of stuff that is wrong footed in the Trump administration. And a lot of people are terribly disappointed with Trump's broken promises made during the campaign rallies.
In business, the good things take care of themselves. It's the bad things, which if not addressed, that sink the ship.
I particularly am miffed at all the lying going in the administration. And if you don't see it, well ... let it be. And we will see. The midterms will tell us a lot.
Yes and no. It seems to me that what she stands for consistently is opposition to Trump, his administration, and to those here who are not inclined as she is. But that is really standing for nothing because you are just against what others stand for.
I support Trump in his opposition to the trans agenda, in his previous pro-speech stance, in his shutting of the border, and in his previous no-new-wars stance.
So no, I am not in perpetual opposition to Trump. And in this particular situation, I was opposed to being told that I should adopt Jeff's spin and not look for myself.
Well then, you might even be shell-shocked by all of 'the friendly' fire today.
1) And so, let it be said. There are the Never Trumpers and the Forever Trumpers, and they are two sides of the same coin. And the name of that coin is blindness. And let it be further said that the sighted always take it on the chin. Meanwhile the sheep and cattle go to slaughter, and not much in this world has changed over the many millennia. And my sad conclusion late in life is that most of what constitutes political rule ought better be termed Wildlife Management. And by deception.
2) Sometimes I wonder if Jeff knows his own mind? Or is unwittingly a propagandist? Very often I find that I am being asked (without asking) to buy into assertions either skewed ... and/or are misdirects by what is omitted.
(Admittedly though, this is one very difficult substack to write. And I could not do it because, a) I would not get any of my business done, and b) two, it would burn me out. Also, from personal experience at political letter writing, what Jeff writes today may not be what he writes five or ten years from now. There is a learning curve, and we all have been massively deceived as to our true conditions of our living. And finally I applaud Jeff for allowing dissent. A lot of people wouldn't.)
I think reading it would be an interesting exercise in discerning propaganda and asserting the truth to combat it. For example, I just read the first paragraph which accuses the United States of killing Iranian civilians. And all I could think was that the IRGC itself has INTENTIONALLY killed WAY more of its own people and is STILL jailing and killing any dissenters, and any civilian deaths due to American military activity were (obviously) NOT intentional. Uh BIG difference there. So case closed on point one of their propaganda.
Your "of course Jeff summarized the letter so we wouldn't read it" leads me to believe that you are assuming Jeff's motivations and intentions. And assuming they are negative in some way. So, I/we are left to believe that you view him in a negative light in general. Not sure that was your intention but it sure came across that way!!
I'll not be reading much of it, but I kind of like the subhead: "Indeed, God does not alter the affairs of a people until they alter their own affairs."
It's definitely a TL/DR letter. Iran was rolling with the 2 minute Lego videos, but their understanding of Americans fails when it comes to writing long essays.
Jeff didn't link, because he didn't want anyone reading it.
I didn’t get a sense of any “vote democrat” message at all after I read. The explanation for “death to America” was as lame as Jeff indicated. I’ll never get those minutes back….
If Jeff didn't want anyone reading it, Jeff would have simply skipped the entire subject. He has plenty of news to discuss without bringing this up. Not sure how you know his intent . . .
What utter nonsense. Everyone with a brain knows that one should study the enemy very closely. First, very often the enemy speaks truth, stuff people are adverse to hearing.
For years Iran was calling the United States the Great Satan. And for years I rolled my eyes. But guess what? Western Elites, come to find out, are up to their eyeballs in occult and the outright Satanic practices. And the duplicity, the outright evil in starting wars on false pretexts (lies by another name) is beyond question. Ditto for color revolutions. Also, very, very dark stuff like covid terrorism.
I am not calling you outright blind, but I think you cut way too much slack in trying to be 'fair and balanced' when there is no such thing and never was. In the end, we all choose our own presuppositonal world, and what we choose colors everything.
I understand there are issues with my government. I understand they go back almost to the inception. I do not, and did not, need Iranian propaganda to see it. For that reason I ain't buying nothing Iran is selling. But you feel free to purchase it wholesale.
We meddle in foreign politics to no end. We encouraged Iranians to overthrow their government. But when they address American voters that's out of bounds? American hubris knows no bounds.
We do and that is horrific. We lowered our standards considerably with the development and vast expansion of the intelligence agencies and their increasingly shady operations. Then they turned it onto US citizens. Horrific. But that being said nations have engaged in interactions with other nations since nation states began. The Middle East issues, at least in modern times, trace back to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in WWI. It left a power vacuum that the
Europeans tried to fill. That was the way it worked then - to the victory go the spoils so to speak. But they could not replace the Ottomans, probably because they were not Muslim. (Sort of anyway, what we now know ax Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan were created then too and exist to this day.) At least not then. So the League of Nations was created which morphed into the United Nations. WWII occured and a genuine genocide was had at the hands of some Europeans. Afterwards the idea was to link nations together economically to avoid another world war. So development was fostered. In the desert Middle East that pretty much meant development of oil and gas. Did the people, countries and entities that fostered development profit therefrom? Yes. Yes they did. That's how capitalism and markets work. As for Iran and meddling there. The Brits, maybe with US assistance, helped to overthrow a government and establish a government headed by the Shah of Iran. My understanding is that he was backed because his family had legitimate claims to authority. The Shah cracked down pretty hard on the supporters of the overthrown regime. But then he engaged in a program of modernization that included universal education and expanded roghts for women among other progressive measures. He was vehemently opposed by the theocratic and the rest is history. All of this was economically supported by the Shah's collaboration initially with BP and then with Ametican oil interests. Curiously the infrastructure built by American and British oil companies is the same one relied on by the Ayatollah's regime today. Would Iran have been better off had there been no US/British involvement? Only if you think sand and camels are a viable economic products. Or would the USSR have moved in? Would that be better in your estimation?
It's complicated, which is part of the problem. Westerners don't understand the dynamics. At least not Western policy-makers and voters. As far as my estimation, or your estimation, who are we to decide for them? It's their land, we need to leave them TF alone. Better for them and better for us. We could sure use the trillions we've wasted over there to fix things at home. Not to mention the thousands of American lives and millions of mideastern lives. Aside from bombs and bullets, sanctions have killed an estimated 38 million 1970-2021. You write like someone who knows that already. OK, it was published in the Lancet, but still, it's many millions.
It is complicated. And I think part of it is that leadership in their countries collaborate with leadership in our countries without leadership in either country acting in the best interest of either people. That being said when you accept the $ you invite the interference. That is true whether in family dynamics, a government's “benefits” to its citizens, or one country's “aid” to another. The lack of ethics should be obvious to all at this point. But that being said, while I have strong isolationist tendencies, we are well past that. So the necessity is to learn how to ethically interact with those different than you/us. If we can figure that out we will have peace on earth, including the Middle East. But it will not be accomplished by those who self-identify as “elite”.
Yeah, accepting the $ is the fatal mistake. Charlie Kirk is a poster child for that. But it's a near-universal mistake everywhere you look. I'm all for interacting with those different. I interact with neighbors, customers, relatives, friends. But I shouldn't, and don't try to dictate how they live their lives. We should have friendly relations with any country we can, which would be pretty much all of them, if we'd stop trying to control them. 10 years ago I'd have never thought Putin and Xi would be the only names to pop into my mind as leaders who seem to act largely in the best interest of their country. No Western leader, or Sunni leader does that.
Saying countries benefited from western exploitation of foreign oil resources is a mighty big stretch leaving out a whole lot of context, and you rest your assertions on the fact that oil infrastructure still exists and that it couldn't have otherwise? That is a big assertion without a whole lot of thought or meat behind it.
Maybe we should just let other countries function on their own and see how things unfold.
Some Iranians don't like the IRGC. Some didn't like the Shah. Some Americans hate the Dems, some hate the Republicans. Are you aware of the influence of Mossad and the CIA in the demonstrations in Iraq? Have you considered you've been consuming one-sided propaganda meant to manipulate you?
Living under the IRGC is a different situation than being a Republican and living with a Democrat government. You cannot compare Iraq with Iran. Iran actually had a westernized way of life, prior to the IRGC taking control. Take a moment and look at videos from Iran in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was nothing like Iraq. And it would seem that you feel that the entirety of the Iranian diaspora is wrong? That people who once wore western clothing enjoy being ruled my mullahs and wearing hijabs (or being killed for not wearing them)??
I never said I agree with Iran's laws. But it's Iran, their country, their laws. Who am I to dictate my preferences? Iranians could cite plenty of faults of Western countries. For example, we attack other countries all the time. Iran hasn't attacked anybody for 300 years. As far as the diaspora, those who left are of course more likely to be opposed to the clerical government, so that's a biased group. If you go by interviews, that's even more biased because the media chooses to show interviews of those opposed to the current government. But, even those opposed don't favor going to war with Iran to change the regime. At least not according to the 2 AI's I asked. Try it yourself.
Nah, come on man. Like you never heard of the ruling class - somehow the Persians couldn't find the english words, but those credentialed experts, who checked the proper boxes, that fall into positions of power, and kill to gain more. The Persians should study the article The Ruling Class and the Country Class. Then clarify terms If they ever learned to speak plain English the ahem, rulers might be in trouble.
"Cheap oil will ruin the economy"; I think what the Times is really suggesting is that the cheaper oil is, the less viable "green" energy becomes. As the gap between fossil fuel and green energy costs widens, the green energy advocates realize that achieving the renewable paradise of net-zero will never be achieved. Trumps support for nuclear energy, if those plans materialize, will seal the deal.
Would be nice if the GE advocates realized that the renewable paradise of net zero will never be achieved in any case. All they would have to do is total up the "cost benefit" (lack of) of all the "green" actions so far, and add in the "benefits" to the world they "provide": folks freezing in Europe for lack of fuel, (even in TX couple winters ago!), carburetors plugged with ethanol contamination in our machinery, birds massacred by windmills, electric bills ramping up to include "renewable costs". And on, and on...
On and on is correct, mspring! Add in the environmental cost of producing and then disposing of the parts for electric cars, windmills, solar panels. Definitely far removed from green. My husband, with a degree in Nuclear Engineering and Masters in Materials Science has taught me a lot over the years about the production and disposal of these green modalities. Unfortunately solar panels are some of the least green of all when you look at their manufacturing and disposal. Efforts are improving with recycling them so possibly one day it will make sense, but do not fool yourself into thinking they’re better for the environment.
One word: taxes. I live in WA and we enjoy some of the highest prices on gasoline and diesel in the country. Ditto for OR and CA. Much of the fixed cost is state taxes. It doesn’t help that all of the west coast states are actively discouraging refineries, and in CA’s case discouraging oil production (see: Bakersfield). WA’s state supreme court also just invalidated an initiative passed by the voters that would have protected the option to use natural gas for home heating, etc.
An obvious example of a Big Government type that wants more government rather then less. Start releasing government employees. To a Big Government type that's like telling a drug addict there is no more cocain or heroine.
Today is another day of fasting in prayer to cry out to our holy God to protect the midterms in November. Join us if you wish. No instructions our father knows each one of our hearts, and what our situations are today with health and fasting. There’s a link on the bottom of this post. If you need some biblical advice, it was on got answers. Our Lord God, Almighty is Sovereign.His heart is for us not against us! Psalms 100 :3-5 Know that the Lord, he is God; it is he who has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pastor, enter into his gates with Thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise, be thankful to him and bless his name. For the Lord is good his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations” “ Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the Earth!” Enjoy being still in front of your maker today asking his favor. https://www.gotquestions.org/how-to-fast.html
Yes, I have to use talk to text because I can't use my hands very well and I did make a lot of corrections but its getting harder for me. For some reason Satan just did not want me to post these about fasting. I have them ready the day before and then both my phone's both messed up this morning and would not send the post. I started out as #2 to post this morning and you see how far down to get my phones to let me post. Its all good. Lol
Do we really still need 627 generals after Hegseth trims the number by 20%? If someone asked me to guess how many generals we had, I would have guessed high at 200—but 875—never.
Flattening out a fat and top heavy structure will eliminate a lot of waste. The government are true leaders in their ability to create meaningless jobs and create giant employee structures with layer upon layer of management and pay grades. Good to see it come tumbling down- just a bit.
But will "cheap gas" arrive in time to save the Midterms? Unless it comes in the next two weeks, probably not!
Right now, people are voting their pocketbooks and the media has been pushing HARD on the price of gas and diesel so that Lo-info voters will want to "throw the bums out"!
I think the Senate is probably safe but if the Rs lose the House, which is a distinct possibility, then we will simply be bogged down with ridiculous time wasting investigations that will dominate the news cycle, just like in 2019, after Paul Ryan and 40 Republicans deliberately threw the House to Nancy Pelosi.
The irony is that the Senate is actually where all the bills have gone to die, as John Thune carries on the "best" of Mitch McConnell's delay tactics but to his credit, and our dismay, it looks like they worked!
Obama had 308 days of oil over $100 per barrel. Trump has less than 35 days and we are in an economic boom with virtually zero unemployment. Socialism is living life as a victim under constant whining. Vote Socialist Democrat and the middle class disappears, we throw open the borders, and return to the Biden and Obama days where we apologized for being alive.
I understand all of that but I also understand that perception is more important than reality in the minds of most voters, especially those under the age of 35, who are either unwilling or unable to have substantive conversations about the actual state of the economy and all of the REAL reasons for high prices!
It's important to understand that inflation is cumulative. When the inflation RATE goes down, prices still get higher, just not as fast as they did under a higher rate.
Keep watching MS Now who had to change their name because no one was watching them. Yes, and don’t forget Biden who threw open the borders and didn’t have dementia. 🤭 The media has TDS, but you just keep on denying it. You and the rest of your democrat friends will miss the investment opportunities and that will mean more for smart investors.
I hope that you are correct but I fear that the Senate is just looking for an excuse to slow down Trump's agenda, while pretending that their hands are tied. Since the courts are fully on board with throwing TROs at every action he tries to take, it will be two more years of no progress on any of the fronts that the cross over voters wanted in 2024 and the media will HAPPILY blame that all on the GOP!
Slow down Trump's agenda? What has Congress done but stop any legislation he would have, it's all been executive orders. Rhinos have been impeding him the whole time.
Yes, great as Trump's works have been, we need to get way more of them codified into law so the (hopefully not soon) eventual democrat president can't remove them.
Blue states will keep the prices up as high as they can for as long as they can so they can blame Trump and keep their voters on the blue reservation. Gas could plummet to 5 cents per gallon today, but every blue state would keep gas above $4 a gallon and blame Trump and the republicans.
IMO, and I make no pretense that it is humble, the open letter from Iran tells us everything we need to know about how we need to cast our votes. Not the content of the letter but rather the demographic it is so obviously courting. You know the Free Palestine, sharia is grand folkx.
Most people have always voted based on their pocketbook. All politics are local, including the economy. Some airhead on Fox Business or Wall Street Journal means nothing to the regular American, but the prices at the pump and grocery store matter and strike close to home.
Vote their pocketbook just means vote their self-interest and I am okay with that. It is the ultimate free speech in a way. But I am not sure that self-interest is just a matter of gas and food prices at this juncture though. How are the hospitality workers no longer being taxed on their tips going to vote? How are the dedication dependent who have seen the cost of their meds going to vote? How are people who are now employed after being locked out of jobs going to vote? ... . I could go on and the American economy is not all sunshine and roses to be sure. But neither is it all doom and gloom.
Where I live, restaurants are slow, downtown is slow, with a few places even closing, and I live in a well to do town with tourism. The economy is not good.
An example from my own life.....a parent at school who works part time which enables them to send their kids to our homeschool blended program (3 day school week) had to take a full time job because expenses are increasing and work is slowing down. Due to this, she can't do the homeschool blended program and has enroll her kids at the local public school, which none of them want, but you know, the reality of bills and such.
I've also heard rumblings of others questioning if they can continue to afford the long drive some have to our school with gas prices being 50% more than they were a year ago.
The fuel taxes on the West Coast keep everything much more expensive. Funny how democrat voters have no idea how much per gallon they pay to the state when they go to the pump. The COW states, Ca, Or, Wa, are all run by democrats, and are sanctuary states. High fuel taxes are brutal on two income families with small children and long commutes.
We will not know how people are voting until the votes are cast and counted. I begin to wonder exactly how many political consultants and operatives there are. I suspect wa-a-a-ay too many. But at any rate their desperation is patent and obvious. There is not much better, politically, than polls with egg on their face and the victory of campaigns by those with far less $ in the coffers.
Cheap gas does not have to arrive in time for the election, the awareness that there will soon be cheap gas will be sufficient. This election is all about awareness. Awareness that the Demonic Party is responsible for inflation and thus affordability and that they will do it again. Awareness that Demonic Party policies are both anti-American and bat shit crazy. Awareness that the left/Islam combo is planning on ruling over the ashes of the destruction they intend to create.
Voters who are turning on him. What they see in their checkbooks does not add up to what trump is saying. Cheaper everything? Golden age? All of that - but their lying eyes see they can’t keep up with the costs of today. Their bank accounts are suffering. The stock market isn’t as great as it was several months ago. It drops everyday. Several are home shopping while they live with their kids after their houses sold but interest rates are almost 8% and home prices haven’t come down nearly enough to help.
It sounds good to say the economy is booming, but reality is not meeting that head on.
I still think when the rubber meets the road - all of these people who are not happy will still vote RED all the way down because the alternative is far worse. Not even a thought in their heads to vote that way.
So. I don’t believe all the crap polls and talking heads that are making it sound like horrible mid term outcomes…..nobody is switching parties and voting for the blue crap even IF they aren’t happy with everything Trump is saying.
Totally agree, Sunnydaze. I’m definitely not happy with a lot of what has been happening in HHS, with the good people getting fired, and the pharm influenced direction it’s heading once again. Having said that, it’s worlds better than what it would have been under D leadership. I’m voting a complete R ticket for the second time in my life. The D’s have gone off the deep end and unless that drastically changes, I won’t be voting D ever again. I don’t live in PA, which is one case that I may consider voting for Fetterman, unless the R candidate was good. I can’t name any other decent ones though…
I like Fetterman a lot, but I'm just wondering here....how much did he vote in lockstep with the rest of the Dems? There have been a lot of times when ALL Dems voted the same, and I guess that would include him.
Could be the case. I generally like his attitude.As I stated previously, I don’t live in PA so don’t vote for him anyway. My point was that he is the only D I can think of that hasn’t gone off the deep end. He seems to have some common sense, unlike most of them these days.
I was horrified to see just today that regular gas (CA) is $6.39 at one station I went past. However, I still hold on to the belief that it will edge downwards before long. Oil is flowing through the Straits and there obviously will be a lag time before the increased supply is reflected at the gas stations. I'm willing to be patient for awhile longer. Meanwhile, I wish Trump et al would repeatedly publicize every time they talk about gas prices exactly WHY California's Democrat dominated-Newsom infected government has policies that make our gas so high. Newsom wants so very badly to be President, and the country needs to be aware of gas prices in California under his watch. If this cretin actually were to be elected President, ALL OF YOUR GAS in all states would be priced like California.
Yes, because he has closed and driven out of the state several refineries and due to his horrible green policies, CA has to import its gas from overseas. The state is really in a bad situation.
not in New England they aren't. it is ridiculous here and all through covid they continued to rise - my daughter's rent went up every year and not just by $50 or $100 but like $400 each time - totally unaffordable and they have not come back down, and they are shitty apartments and the new ones being built are even higher.
our gas has pretty much stayed above $4/gal for some time now, now reaching closer to $5. however that won't keep me from voting for anyone but republicans, of which we are in short supply where I live so my vote really does not count at all. midterms that is.
Rent in New York under Democrat Mamdani has not gone down. The median asking rent citywide is approximately $4,080, which represents a 7.4% increase The rental inventory in NYC has decreased by nearly 9% compared to last year, contributing to the overall upward pressure on rents. Bet you can’t guess why rental inventory has decreased? Mamdani threatened landlords that the city would take apartments that were not up to his standards. Of course no one wants to build there under his leadership. Yes, local government makes a difference when it comes to cost of living. Overall, nationwide prices have dropped because a Republican President Donald Trump, sent millions of foreign invaders who came in under the Democrat Biden administration back to their homes.
Yes local govt makes a huge difference but ours is completely captured by the left. In my state it is about 70+% libtard/socialist because of the creep of trust fund hippie brats with mommy and daddy's money who invaded back in the 70's and the state has gone to shit since then. And I am not a native, but a transplant due to my husband's job. It is beautiful but I hate it here, and the winter snow is not something I want to deal with the rest of my life.
I had a client who was a colonel in the Air Force. Seemed like his main job was to put on pageants for incoming generals who visited his base. What a waste of taxpayer money, I thought.
It’s incredible, in Obama’s 1st two terms, and then in his 3rd term, he fired dozens and dozens of pro American patriotic officers, some of them he jailed, the MSM had no problem with it. But mess with their Marxist Traitor to America officers and him his, they them, she her, panties get all massively bunched up. You’ve got to love tears from the communist!
Jim, I was on active duty as a General in a four star command when it was happening. Gates did the firing but the orders came from Obama.
Jake I remember story after story of the firings. It was a cleansing of true American warriors from the armed services. Of coarse in 2014 Obama fired General Flynn who was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. But that wasn’t enough he had continue to go after him into Trumps administration. He destroyed the General Flynn.
I wish Flynn and Carson were still there advising Trump.
I agree. He needs some MAGA help because I didn’t vote for this RINO crap!😡
Bless you for your service! 🙏🙏🙏
Sir, Bless you for your service, Sir.
Be Well, Be Blessed,
Phillip
I love the “and then in his 3rd term”! I knew the guy wouldn’t leave. I had the strongest gut feeling. I hope he is squashed for good out of the government before Trump leaves.
I hear Guantanamo Bay is very nice in February.
From your lips to God's ears, Jan.
It is
Trust our gut feelings before the MSM.
My son was in the AF during Bush and Obama. He opted out at 10yrs due to the shenanigans Obama was doing to the command structure.
As always, good for America is bad as far as the Dems/Socialists are concerned. Low oil and gas prices, “oh no, the economy will collapse!” Voter ID, an obviously good and necessary thing to those who want fair and honest elections, is “racist” and will hurt minorities if you believe the lies of the left. And on and on and etc.
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The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life.
— Psalm 42:8 NAS95
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Amen, Janice. I look for your posts every time I'm on C&C, they bring great encouragement and are always right on target. Thank you and God bless you. ♥
Thank you, and you as well.
Thank you, Janice. Your posts of the Holy Bible scripture are always so uplifting.
I do, however, have a request. Can we have more New Testament? There's always so many crosses accompanying Old Testament scripture. At this troubling time of wars and rumours of wars, I believe that we need more Jesus Christ of Nazareth and His message of peace.
Thank you & God bless you.
✝️🙏🏻
**“Let’s say someone donates a bunch of tech stocks and then we have another dot-com meltdown, so that you end up with worthless stocks. How does that help the child?”**
I think the point is, if that happens it didn't hurt the child as the child didn't put any of their own money in it!
Right!! It’s ludicrous what they come up with to whine about!
That was my same thought. No loss from a free gift when no money was invested. 🤦♀️ Sometimes the irony is so obvious, just want to smack these NYT writers.
The NYT is in the propaganda game.
WEF/Transnational gangsters owned
Gee, come on, she had to scratch her head awhile. Not easy to find negative thoughts when it's free!!
Yet, she was still wrong!
Good time to buy after a bubble drop.
Question: Can someone from a child's extended family donate to a Trump account? I have enough income for my needs, and I do not need to spend my SS income, which instead I would rather donate to my nieces & nephews in a prudent manner (rather than cash, which they might spend foolishly, like I would have). They, after all, will be paying for those benefits long after I am gone, and will never benefit like older generations have. It is a matter of justice.
I looked it up on the new America.gov website with the query ‘Trump accounts for kids’. It gave me 3 paragraphs of useful information, including that family members can contribute up to $5k per year. It then gave me links to where to down to manage your Trump account. There’s an app too! 2 seconds! I then looked up a question I had about Trump IRAs for adults still working for self employed Americans, full and part time. It’s planned to be operational by Jan 1 2027. This has a savers match of up to $1K per year. So cool!
THIS!!! Use the new tool https://america.gov/
Father, I hope this carve-out becomes possible. However, the government may place caps on transfer amounts. If your nieces & nephews are not infants (and eligible for Trump accounts), opening a 529 account under child’s name and donating to it (as an extended family member) is an alternative pathway that limits access until age 18. If child does not use the 529 funds for education upon reaching adulthood - there’s a carve out where beneficiary can transfer up to a lifetime maximum of $35,000 from a 529 plan to a Roth IRA account. And can do this transfer penalty-free under the SECURE 2.0 Act.
Justice, (and Mercy), indeed.
I’ve donated monthly for my grandchildren. The person in charge (their moms) send me a link and I contribute.
I hope someone has an answer, I would like to do similar deposits.
Also, if a tree falls in the woods and no one heard it, how does that help the child?
Same stupid logic.
Not like SSA has done anywhere near my retirement portfolio
I have a lot of reservations about the government creating accounts for anything.
1) It's a Socialist agenda and enlarges the state's regulation of our lives.
2) It is a self-serving ploy designed to prop up the stock markets by a redirect of capital inflows.
3) It is un-Constitutional. Not that the government cares a whit about Constitutional compliance.
4) And if the government contributes even a penny or a dime to 'accounts', that is an illegal transfer of wealth from Peter to Paul and/or Pauline.
daverkb, Yes, those same thoughts occurred to me, as well. Plus, perhaps it sets the pattern for a similar arrangement for adults: guaranteed income via digital currency.
Hi Leo ...
It looks like everything is going to be a continued totalitarian dominance over all of us regular folks. And I take what you are saying as a very valid concern. And what happens if radicals move in again?
Yes, we have been mitigated, and with some of the worst of mad dog Commie Globalist insanity having been rolled back. But conditions are nowhere even close to my childhood days of American-style freedom. Hell! Back then we had real silver money and no sales tax. Nobody tracked and spied on our every twitch of movement. The confiscatory IRS was pretty bad for the higher income brackets, but at least we were not continually humiliated and violated at every twist and turn.
Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it.
NO. The biggest threat to these accounts that are meant to help future Americans become financially self-sufficient?
The US government will find ways to get their hands on all that wealth from these kids-turned- financially-independent-of-the-government.
In Canada years ago, the Government allowed Canadians to sock away a small percentage of their savings into accounts that the government would never tax.
Guess what happened a generation later? The Canadian Government was deeply in debt and began scheming for ways to get their hands on those accounts.
DO NOT trust the government to give you something. You ALWAYS pay a price.
I KNOW! They write the most stupid stuff🙄
Exactly, Rob!!!!!!!
"...no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals— just warriors.”
Oh my, how he warms my heart!
It's a doozy of a sentence. I hope it replaces "no shoes, no shirt, no service" 😂 I be thrilled to read that entering any establishment
Lol, it should apply to the Amazon fresh stores, the location (that closed recently) near me was staffed with nothin but weirdos, trannies, etc.
Could you imagine the military advantage if you could convince your enemy to give their warriors female hormones and inject them all with mRNA /LNP concoctions to devastate their immune systems and cause a variety of debilitating illnesses and white fibrous clots in their blood vessels???
Well sadly that’s what we have so far as injecting mRNA cuz anyone who said no got the boot.
Good thing we don't have any [cough-china-cough-cough...] enemies who'd be capable of conspiring with US-funded traitors to develop and exploit such a dastardly idea...ain't it?
Biological warfare.....
Problem is every countries leader's pushed the clot shots, so who is the enemy?
China and Russia didn't use gene therapy mRNA shots as far as I know... they used 'traditional vaccines' also poison but not the same as the gene therapies...
Same!!
I'm thinkin' there's a nice up-tempo song lyric there......
😂😂😂😂 Oh yeah!!!
JT I lol when I saw that.
Hey! Be careful about how you talk about turning 84. In there in two weeks. And as we say standing on the first tee in the morning. Here we are still playing on the top of the grass.
84. It's the new 82.
65
You mean born 1982?
BWAHAHAHAHA
On top of the grass, and still between diapers!
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😂🤣😂
Don’t worry, I’m 85 & discovered that 84 is the new 83!
Just don’t get “86’d”?😉 Just kiddin. Live Longer and Prosper. 👍🏻🇺🇸
🎉🎉. Those things you scroll online to fill your birthdate space, I always scroll to 1967. It was a very good year. I haven’t actually seen that year in a very long time. But I remember the good parts.
Ha ha. You’re just a kid. Try scrolling all the way to 1942
A friend of mine was born in 1926 and she's still doing zoom calls!
I always use a false date for anything on line.
I’m only 6 years younger than you. You would have been too young to babysit me. lol. I was married in 1967.
1968 for us. Still going strong
60 years in January. We’re going to Alaska in early June and then 3 weeks boondock camping in the Wyoming mountains. We’ve done that several years now. Every year is a gift. Life is good, eh?
1969 for us, still as strong as ever. 57 years last August 19.
60 for us in January. We were very young, mind you. 😆
1967 was a great year as it is the year of my birth!😃😂
‘The ‘68 was way better lol! Jkjk. Gen-x ftw!
1967 was my high school graduation year. I didn't know it at that time, but I had nearly 6 decades of wonderful things ahead of me. Life is still good, and I am grateful every day.
You're still in the 3rd Qtr of life.....
“Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years.” ”
Genesis 6:3 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/gen.6.3.AMP
I'm holding HIM to HIS promised Word, 120 years!
Meanwhile, I've just entered the 2nd half of play (life ;-) at 67.
Be Well, Be Blessed,
Phillip
Amen, but I'm also hoping to be doing some playing once I'm under the grass too!
It’s instructive to note that while Senator Kelly is often referred to as a veteran and an officer; he never had a command any larger than his crew mates.
And has joined the ranks of coward and traitor.
And also it’s worth noting that he’s a gigantic pile of manure.
Steaming…
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Navy=Shipwreck
Army=Soup Sandwich
I can't remember the others.
Shite works too.
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I am not a fan of Mark Kelly's politics (and I commented earlier that I can't figure him out), but his military career is exemplary, with increasing levels of rank. Someone or something 'got to him' or TDS is his own version of PTSD. I dunno.
With all due respect, I can tell you that “increasing levels of rank” is not, in and of itself, any indication whatsoever of talent, intelligence, or general worth in the context of military leadership. In Kelly’s mind, Mark Milley was a fine general officer, and that fact speaks more of Kelly’s character than any rank he might have obtained. IMHO
This is so true. Some officers get promoted to get them moved out of a command they are not leading properly. Not all rank promotions are earned through merit, sadly.
I would submit very few if them. Making general officer is political.
Yes for sure. My dad was in the Air Force for 25 years and talked about the politics involved in order to rise in rank.
In the police world, you studied a lot for at least six months to take a competitive exam for the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. You could “die on the list” with a 99% if they needed an affirmative action person who made 70%. That happened to me twice. And white women were not considered “minority“ candidates even though out of about 3,000 officers we had maybe two or three. The appointed (political) ranks to the Command Staff included Deputy superintendent, superintendent, and chief, and the Commissioner was appointed by the Mayor. Boston naturally took it to the n-th degree by appointing black women “acting” sergeants-ie.never took an exam —to the Command Staff. A real morale buster. There was an unwritten rule in the past that only lieutenants and captains could be appointed to the CS, but that changed with the lack of minorities that could actually pass the exam. They were a few, however, and they made excellent leaders, and went to great pains to distinguish themselves from the affirmative action pack. Hegseth is bringing back truth in promotion—and earning the respect of the warriors, and the hatred of the politicians. Good for him.
Ok Ok, 'increasing rank" was a reach....but it's not necessarily a contra-indicator either....let's at least agree he got commissioned, knew how to fly an A6 (the warthog) and flew several missions...."I like that in a pilot". So we're still looking for that moment or person or? that 'turned' Captain Kelly. Right now, I'm thinking an issue with his oxy mask in space.
The A6 is the Intruder, the Warthog is the A10
JT....absolutely right, and I don't know what I was thinkin' (I wasn't). My best friend is an ex-A6 pilot (Whidbey NAS, WA)--don't tell him I really F'd up. Still, I give props to Kelly for his service. And, thanks for the correction.
No worries. happens to all of us.
Isn't he married to the senator or congress woman who was shot in the head and survived?
Yes, Gabby Gifford. And they both immediately went on a crusade to remove our 2nd amendment rights. She had a severe brain injury and aphasia, and resigned to work on her recovery.
Both would love to have all of US unarmed.
The gunman- Jared Lee Loughner, who was 22 years old at the time of the attack, was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2012, and was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences plus 140 years in prison without the possibility of parole. .
The Incident - Loughner opened fire at point-blank range, killing six people—including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge—and wounding 13 others, including Giffords, who suffered a severe head wound.
Where did he get the firearm?
The dems need someone that can "speak and appeal to the military. They also need someone from the military because they are recognized as weak in military matters, hence they find ones that can be bought off and become their mouthpiece. John Glenn, purple heart Lurch...errrr....John Kerry, and Mark Kelly come to mind.
OSC, I don't think "God speed John Glenn" would recognize today's Democrat Party. Kerry, we learned, was a fraud. Kelly flew A6s over Iraq (good work Mark).
Yes, Dems need their own 'warrior', but the question is: how did Kelly become this fucking stupid?
RS Kelly is bought and paid for. Everything he has said and done in the past few years says it.
I don’t know. I met him when I worked at KSC when he flew his last mission. We walked in together into OPF 3 where I was starting work on Discovery. We chatted a bit and if you told me he was going to marry a liberal politician, and become crazy himself, I would not have believed it. But the dems needs a military figure. I assume they paid him enough or threatened other members of his family. Who knows? Can he really be that stupid? Can a monkey fly a $2 billion dollar space shuttle?
Nah. If you understand leftist women you would know, if you are a decent person you cannot live with them.
The fact that he married her proves he was never a ‘right-thinking’ man.
And sadly John McLean
Oh yeah, there were bought off military politicians on the republican side such as John McCain and Dan Crenshaw. All RINO’s, all there to make sure nothing gets done and to make the republicans looks bad so the dems could obtain power again.
Yes, Kerry was certainly a "piece of work!" The Navy doc that treated his third "wound" said it was so minor that he refused to declare it warranted a purple heart...Kerry had to go over his head because it was his third and allowed him to leave Vietnam early and go home.
Wanted to win in Arizona; bent the knee to the left.
His second marriage was to Rep Gabby Giffords who was shot. She is a Democrat so that answers the question. I read once that Obama was sponsoring him to replace Biden but Biden screwed him by announcing support for Kamala before he could get Kelly nominated. Sounds true.
Another domineering woman scenario, ha.....maybe Jeff (if he reads all of this crap here, another ha) would go to his 'sources' and dig into Kelly's military and early post-military period and find out if the Chinese got to him (just kidding, hope NOT) or whether the Rogaine fucked up his brain (and was obviously unsuccessful with his hair). I dunno.
Haven't you learned yet that it's not WHAT you know but WHO you know.
I've learned in my financial career, faking it until I made it, that it's sometimes "yes" and sometimes "no". And that being smart enough to know the right people and support them (like a good subordinate) is OK....with me.
I don’t remember hearing anything from him until after his wife Gabby Giffords was shot in the head. According to this Atlantic article he says that phrase quite often.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/mark-kelly-hegseth-trump/687860/
His bride getting shot,offered him an escalator
$$$
He is a traitor and coward! Always will be.
You’re opening to the fact that no member of the Trump family has ever served. I vote R but have respect for the military. Kelly totally lost his way like most Obama and Biden military who sucked up.
With some people it's all about the power, of course all the money you can make doesn't hurt.
Not to pile on Kelly, but I’ve found no indication that he ever screened for command, a prerequisite to any assignment as Commanding Officer.
To be fair, it’s possible that after entering the astronaut program, he was removed from consideration for the normal progression to Naval leadership positions.
Interesting. Didn't know that. I guess command takes a personality. Kelly is short in that department.
Now THAT is as old as the hills....I just turned 82 and learned that from my mother at a very young age....
I have advised everyone I can that they should watch out for him in the next elections. He's
what the Liverals have been dreaming of - a straight, white man, with a military past who believes as they do.
(Remember, the liver is where all the bile comes from.)
I wouldn't want to diminish Kelly's space activities, BUT....sorry, it's just not the same as combat or other active military service. My Vietnam vet husband could tell him a thing or two.
“Iran’s Revolutionary Guards woo US voters with open letter.” - I think I smell Democrat NGO. and this idiot: Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) complained, “He’s purging a generation of great leaders of the military, and it’s going to take a generation to recover from it.” if they were great, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
These are "great leaders" that have not won a war since WW2. We have a fossilized military that is way too top heavy. My understanding is that the eliminated positions were mostly unfilled anyway but at least it is a start.
Haven't seen the numbers but some positions will be downgraded to Col positions.
Maybe he meant "great" in body mass?
buying their dresses at the "tent and awning company". :)
@Gary—My dad used to call it “Omar’s Tent and Awning Company”. I did not get the distinction until much later in my awareness awakening. 😂🤣
Puts "camel's nose under the tent" in a whole 'nuther light, too. :-)
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Of course when Jeff summarized the letter so that we wouldn't read it, I skimmed it.
Of course it was not a call to elect Democrats. The history they provided of US actions to Iran spanned many decades of presidents, Dem and Rep. They tried to appeal to Americans as fellow believers in God, but that obviously won't work on Americans who worship weapons and money.
So no. It was not a 26 page letter extolling Democrats.
Mrs. RW
Mrs. RW, I myself am a contrarian. I believe contrarians make, and have made, significant contributions to humankind. Much of that because they exhibit independent thought. But I have learned to monitor mine because I realize it can devolve into a trap of its own making - simply put when one OPPOSES everything, one STANDS for nothing. Which is as weak as it comes.
I guess it's contrarian to want to see something for myself, when I'm told not to look.
But when I look for myself, and I see something different than what I was told, how is that contrarian?
I see it as thinking for myself.
Mrs. RW
By definition being contrarian means needing to see for yourself. It is an admirable quality. But it can develop into a habit of opposing everything. It is no longer about the issue(s) but about being in opposition. And that is not persuasive. That is where TDS comes from. Pick your battles is a very important in terms of persuasion I think.
This is true. But there is a lot of stuff that is wrong footed in the Trump administration. And a lot of people are terribly disappointed with Trump's broken promises made during the campaign rallies.
In business, the good things take care of themselves. It's the bad things, which if not addressed, that sink the ship.
I particularly am miffed at all the lying going in the administration. And if you don't see it, well ... let it be. And we will see. The midterms will tell us a lot.
Mrs. RW stands for something consistently, is my observation.
Yes and no. It seems to me that what she stands for consistently is opposition to Trump, his administration, and to those here who are not inclined as she is. But that is really standing for nothing because you are just against what others stand for.
I support Trump in his opposition to the trans agenda, in his previous pro-speech stance, in his shutting of the border, and in his previous no-new-wars stance.
So no, I am not in perpetual opposition to Trump. And in this particular situation, I was opposed to being told that I should adopt Jeff's spin and not look for myself.
That's not me.
Mrs. RW
Well then, you might even be shell-shocked by all of 'the friendly' fire today.
1) And so, let it be said. There are the Never Trumpers and the Forever Trumpers, and they are two sides of the same coin. And the name of that coin is blindness. And let it be further said that the sighted always take it on the chin. Meanwhile the sheep and cattle go to slaughter, and not much in this world has changed over the many millennia. And my sad conclusion late in life is that most of what constitutes political rule ought better be termed Wildlife Management. And by deception.
2) Sometimes I wonder if Jeff knows his own mind? Or is unwittingly a propagandist? Very often I find that I am being asked (without asking) to buy into assertions either skewed ... and/or are misdirects by what is omitted.
(Admittedly though, this is one very difficult substack to write. And I could not do it because, a) I would not get any of my business done, and b) two, it would burn me out. Also, from personal experience at political letter writing, what Jeff writes today may not be what he writes five or ten years from now. There is a learning curve, and we all have been massively deceived as to our true conditions of our living. And finally I applaud Jeff for allowing dissent. A lot of people wouldn't.)
I think reading it would be an interesting exercise in discerning propaganda and asserting the truth to combat it. For example, I just read the first paragraph which accuses the United States of killing Iranian civilians. And all I could think was that the IRGC itself has INTENTIONALLY killed WAY more of its own people and is STILL jailing and killing any dissenters, and any civilian deaths due to American military activity were (obviously) NOT intentional. Uh BIG difference there. So case closed on point one of their propaganda.
Your "of course Jeff summarized the letter so we wouldn't read it" leads me to believe that you are assuming Jeff's motivations and intentions. And assuming they are negative in some way. So, I/we are left to believe that you view him in a negative light in general. Not sure that was your intention but it sure came across that way!!
@Mrs.RW
Spoken like a true CCP operative.
Ain't you the Glib Spirit!
I didn't see where Jeff linked to the letter, but it's at https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019
I'll not be reading much of it, but I kind of like the subhead: "Indeed, God does not alter the affairs of a people until they alter their own affairs."
It's definitely a TL/DR letter. Iran was rolling with the 2 minute Lego videos, but their understanding of Americans fails when it comes to writing long essays.
Jeff didn't link, because he didn't want anyone reading it.
Mrs. RW
A contrarian and a psychic as well, deciding that there is no link due to Jeff’s intent.
I didn’t get a sense of any “vote democrat” message at all after I read. The explanation for “death to America” was as lame as Jeff indicated. I’ll never get those minutes back….
At least you read it. Props to you for that.
Mrs. RW
If Jeff didn't want anyone reading it, Jeff would have simply skipped the entire subject. He has plenty of news to discuss without bringing this up. Not sure how you know his intent . . .
Mrs RW - you have got to be kidding
Did you read it? What conclusion do you draw?
Mrs. RW
I did not read it because I understand that they are my enemy and I am not a collaborator.
What utter nonsense. Everyone with a brain knows that one should study the enemy very closely. First, very often the enemy speaks truth, stuff people are adverse to hearing.
For years Iran was calling the United States the Great Satan. And for years I rolled my eyes. But guess what? Western Elites, come to find out, are up to their eyeballs in occult and the outright Satanic practices. And the duplicity, the outright evil in starting wars on false pretexts (lies by another name) is beyond question. Ditto for color revolutions. Also, very, very dark stuff like covid terrorism.
I am not calling you outright blind, but I think you cut way too much slack in trying to be 'fair and balanced' when there is no such thing and never was. In the end, we all choose our own presuppositonal world, and what we choose colors everything.
I understand there are issues with my government. I understand they go back almost to the inception. I do not, and did not, need Iranian propaganda to see it. For that reason I ain't buying nothing Iran is selling. But you feel free to purchase it wholesale.
We meddle in foreign politics to no end. We encouraged Iranians to overthrow their government. But when they address American voters that's out of bounds? American hubris knows no bounds.
We do and that is horrific. We lowered our standards considerably with the development and vast expansion of the intelligence agencies and their increasingly shady operations. Then they turned it onto US citizens. Horrific. But that being said nations have engaged in interactions with other nations since nation states began. The Middle East issues, at least in modern times, trace back to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in WWI. It left a power vacuum that the
Europeans tried to fill. That was the way it worked then - to the victory go the spoils so to speak. But they could not replace the Ottomans, probably because they were not Muslim. (Sort of anyway, what we now know ax Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan were created then too and exist to this day.) At least not then. So the League of Nations was created which morphed into the United Nations. WWII occured and a genuine genocide was had at the hands of some Europeans. Afterwards the idea was to link nations together economically to avoid another world war. So development was fostered. In the desert Middle East that pretty much meant development of oil and gas. Did the people, countries and entities that fostered development profit therefrom? Yes. Yes they did. That's how capitalism and markets work. As for Iran and meddling there. The Brits, maybe with US assistance, helped to overthrow a government and establish a government headed by the Shah of Iran. My understanding is that he was backed because his family had legitimate claims to authority. The Shah cracked down pretty hard on the supporters of the overthrown regime. But then he engaged in a program of modernization that included universal education and expanded roghts for women among other progressive measures. He was vehemently opposed by the theocratic and the rest is history. All of this was economically supported by the Shah's collaboration initially with BP and then with Ametican oil interests. Curiously the infrastructure built by American and British oil companies is the same one relied on by the Ayatollah's regime today. Would Iran have been better off had there been no US/British involvement? Only if you think sand and camels are a viable economic products. Or would the USSR have moved in? Would that be better in your estimation?
It's complicated, which is part of the problem. Westerners don't understand the dynamics. At least not Western policy-makers and voters. As far as my estimation, or your estimation, who are we to decide for them? It's their land, we need to leave them TF alone. Better for them and better for us. We could sure use the trillions we've wasted over there to fix things at home. Not to mention the thousands of American lives and millions of mideastern lives. Aside from bombs and bullets, sanctions have killed an estimated 38 million 1970-2021. You write like someone who knows that already. OK, it was published in the Lancet, but still, it's many millions.
It is complicated. And I think part of it is that leadership in their countries collaborate with leadership in our countries without leadership in either country acting in the best interest of either people. That being said when you accept the $ you invite the interference. That is true whether in family dynamics, a government's “benefits” to its citizens, or one country's “aid” to another. The lack of ethics should be obvious to all at this point. But that being said, while I have strong isolationist tendencies, we are well past that. So the necessity is to learn how to ethically interact with those different than you/us. If we can figure that out we will have peace on earth, including the Middle East. But it will not be accomplished by those who self-identify as “elite”.
Yeah, accepting the $ is the fatal mistake. Charlie Kirk is a poster child for that. But it's a near-universal mistake everywhere you look. I'm all for interacting with those different. I interact with neighbors, customers, relatives, friends. But I shouldn't, and don't try to dictate how they live their lives. We should have friendly relations with any country we can, which would be pretty much all of them, if we'd stop trying to control them. 10 years ago I'd have never thought Putin and Xi would be the only names to pop into my mind as leaders who seem to act largely in the best interest of their country. No Western leader, or Sunni leader does that.
Saying countries benefited from western exploitation of foreign oil resources is a mighty big stretch leaving out a whole lot of context, and you rest your assertions on the fact that oil infrastructure still exists and that it couldn't have otherwise? That is a big assertion without a whole lot of thought or meat behind it.
Maybe we should just let other countries function on their own and see how things unfold.
The Iranian people have been attempting to overthrow the IRGC, whom they consider occupiers, for 47 years.
Some Iranians don't like the IRGC. Some didn't like the Shah. Some Americans hate the Dems, some hate the Republicans. Are you aware of the influence of Mossad and the CIA in the demonstrations in Iraq? Have you considered you've been consuming one-sided propaganda meant to manipulate you?
Living under the IRGC is a different situation than being a Republican and living with a Democrat government. You cannot compare Iraq with Iran. Iran actually had a westernized way of life, prior to the IRGC taking control. Take a moment and look at videos from Iran in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was nothing like Iraq. And it would seem that you feel that the entirety of the Iranian diaspora is wrong? That people who once wore western clothing enjoy being ruled my mullahs and wearing hijabs (or being killed for not wearing them)??
I never said I agree with Iran's laws. But it's Iran, their country, their laws. Who am I to dictate my preferences? Iranians could cite plenty of faults of Western countries. For example, we attack other countries all the time. Iran hasn't attacked anybody for 300 years. As far as the diaspora, those who left are of course more likely to be opposed to the clerical government, so that's a biased group. If you go by interviews, that's even more biased because the media chooses to show interviews of those opposed to the current government. But, even those opposed don't favor going to war with Iran to change the regime. At least not according to the 2 AI's I asked. Try it yourself.
It isn't our country. Get it? Let them deal with their own problems. We have enough of our own.
The Iranians actually believe most Americans are so dumb and uninformed they will eagerly suck it up and believe every word.
Nah, come on man. Like you never heard of the ruling class - somehow the Persians couldn't find the english words, but those credentialed experts, who checked the proper boxes, that fall into positions of power, and kill to gain more. The Persians should study the article The Ruling Class and the Country Class. Then clarify terms If they ever learned to speak plain English the ahem, rulers might be in trouble.
"Cheap oil will ruin the economy"; I think what the Times is really suggesting is that the cheaper oil is, the less viable "green" energy becomes. As the gap between fossil fuel and green energy costs widens, the green energy advocates realize that achieving the renewable paradise of net-zero will never be achieved. Trumps support for nuclear energy, if those plans materialize, will seal the deal.
The mental gymnastics the NYT has to go through to oppose Trump at every turn surely indicates a severe mental illness.
Apparently the net zero folkx are unfamiliar with the do-not-put-your-eggs-in-one basket rule.
No kidding....
Would be nice if the GE advocates realized that the renewable paradise of net zero will never be achieved in any case. All they would have to do is total up the "cost benefit" (lack of) of all the "green" actions so far, and add in the "benefits" to the world they "provide": folks freezing in Europe for lack of fuel, (even in TX couple winters ago!), carburetors plugged with ethanol contamination in our machinery, birds massacred by windmills, electric bills ramping up to include "renewable costs". And on, and on...
On and on is correct, mspring! Add in the environmental cost of producing and then disposing of the parts for electric cars, windmills, solar panels. Definitely far removed from green. My husband, with a degree in Nuclear Engineering and Masters in Materials Science has taught me a lot over the years about the production and disposal of these green modalities. Unfortunately solar panels are some of the least green of all when you look at their manufacturing and disposal. Efforts are improving with recycling them so possibly one day it will make sense, but do not fool yourself into thinking they’re better for the environment.
Yet the highest gas prices always seem to appear in the most democratic states. Like California.
One word: taxes. I live in WA and we enjoy some of the highest prices on gasoline and diesel in the country. Ditto for OR and CA. Much of the fixed cost is state taxes. It doesn’t help that all of the west coast states are actively discouraging refineries, and in CA’s case discouraging oil production (see: Bakersfield). WA’s state supreme court also just invalidated an initiative passed by the voters that would have protected the option to use natural gas for home heating, etc.
An obvious example of a Big Government type that wants more government rather then less. Start releasing government employees. To a Big Government type that's like telling a drug addict there is no more cocain or heroine.
I really like your "releasing government employees" term. WELL put!
Has already downsized the federal government significantly…
Today is another day of fasting in prayer to cry out to our holy God to protect the midterms in November. Join us if you wish. No instructions our father knows each one of our hearts, and what our situations are today with health and fasting. There’s a link on the bottom of this post. If you need some biblical advice, it was on got answers. Our Lord God, Almighty is Sovereign.His heart is for us not against us! Psalms 100 :3-5 Know that the Lord, he is God; it is he who has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pastor, enter into his gates with Thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise, be thankful to him and bless his name. For the Lord is good his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations” “ Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the Earth!” Enjoy being still in front of your maker today asking his favor. https://www.gotquestions.org/how-to-fast.html
AND - fasting has HUGE health benefits... the way God designed us...
It is pasture, not pastor. Talk to text? :)
Although some Pastors think of their congregation as their flock, we are actually God's flock.
Thanks for the link. I can think of a couple of things I could fast from.
Yes, I have to use talk to text because I can't use my hands very well and I did make a lot of corrections but its getting harder for me. For some reason Satan just did not want me to post these about fasting. I have them ready the day before and then both my phone's both messed up this morning and would not send the post. I started out as #2 to post this morning and you see how far down to get my phones to let me post. Its all good. Lol
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Do we really still need 627 generals after Hegseth trims the number by 20%? If someone asked me to guess how many generals we had, I would have guessed high at 200—but 875—never.
I would expect another 20% cut next year.
Arnold that would be awesome
Good.
Flattening out a fat and top heavy structure will eliminate a lot of waste. The government are true leaders in their ability to create meaningless jobs and create giant employee structures with layer upon layer of management and pay grades. Good to see it come tumbling down- just a bit.
Only way to build a bureaucracy is put more people under you. Federal, state, local, etc. Best way to move up, put more under you.
But will "cheap gas" arrive in time to save the Midterms? Unless it comes in the next two weeks, probably not!
Right now, people are voting their pocketbooks and the media has been pushing HARD on the price of gas and diesel so that Lo-info voters will want to "throw the bums out"!
I think the Senate is probably safe but if the Rs lose the House, which is a distinct possibility, then we will simply be bogged down with ridiculous time wasting investigations that will dominate the news cycle, just like in 2019, after Paul Ryan and 40 Republicans deliberately threw the House to Nancy Pelosi.
The irony is that the Senate is actually where all the bills have gone to die, as John Thune carries on the "best" of Mitch McConnell's delay tactics but to his credit, and our dismay, it looks like they worked!
Obama had 308 days of oil over $100 per barrel. Trump has less than 35 days and we are in an economic boom with virtually zero unemployment. Socialism is living life as a victim under constant whining. Vote Socialist Democrat and the middle class disappears, we throw open the borders, and return to the Biden and Obama days where we apologized for being alive.
And unless those numbers are inflation-adjusted, Obama had 308 days of oil over $140 per barrel (adjusted).
I understand all of that but I also understand that perception is more important than reality in the minds of most voters, especially those under the age of 35, who are either unwilling or unable to have substantive conversations about the actual state of the economy and all of the REAL reasons for high prices!
and the price of everything other than oil has doubled since Obama.
Indeed. Most of that happened 2021-2024.
It's important to understand that inflation is cumulative. When the inflation RATE goes down, prices still get higher, just not as fast as they did under a higher rate.
We are not in an economic boom. At all.
Keep watching MS Now who had to change their name because no one was watching them. Yes, and don’t forget Biden who threw open the borders and didn’t have dementia. 🤭 The media has TDS, but you just keep on denying it. You and the rest of your democrat friends will miss the investment opportunities and that will mean more for smart investors.
Viking Mom, we only are engaging in "time wasting investigations" if we pay attention to their shenanigans.
If we can keep the Senate, the House will just be neutered and useless ..... Trump can keep things going, the same way we have these past 1.5 yrs.
I hope that you are correct but I fear that the Senate is just looking for an excuse to slow down Trump's agenda, while pretending that their hands are tied. Since the courts are fully on board with throwing TROs at every action he tries to take, it will be two more years of no progress on any of the fronts that the cross over voters wanted in 2024 and the media will HAPPILY blame that all on the GOP!
Slow down Trump's agenda? What has Congress done but stop any legislation he would have, it's all been executive orders. Rhinos have been impeding him the whole time.
Yes, great as Trump's works have been, we need to get way more of them codified into law so the (hopefully not soon) eventual democrat president can't remove them.
Yes! It all depends on voter turnout so please vote!
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Blue states will keep the prices up as high as they can for as long as they can so they can blame Trump and keep their voters on the blue reservation. Gas could plummet to 5 cents per gallon today, but every blue state would keep gas above $4 a gallon and blame Trump and the republicans.
Don't forget the EU, Globalists and the WEF. All are fighting for Trump to lose so they're helping to keep oil high too.
IMO, and I make no pretense that it is humble, the open letter from Iran tells us everything we need to know about how we need to cast our votes. Not the content of the letter but rather the demographic it is so obviously courting. You know the Free Palestine, sharia is grand folkx.
True!
If ppl are voting based on gas prices we are in a dismal mess!!
Most people have always voted based on their pocketbook. All politics are local, including the economy. Some airhead on Fox Business or Wall Street Journal means nothing to the regular American, but the prices at the pump and grocery store matter and strike close to home.
Vote their pocketbook just means vote their self-interest and I am okay with that. It is the ultimate free speech in a way. But I am not sure that self-interest is just a matter of gas and food prices at this juncture though. How are the hospitality workers no longer being taxed on their tips going to vote? How are the dedication dependent who have seen the cost of their meds going to vote? How are people who are now employed after being locked out of jobs going to vote? ... . I could go on and the American economy is not all sunshine and roses to be sure. But neither is it all doom and gloom.
I agree, but how long are their memories of who made that happen for them?
Therein lies the problem, no?
Where I live, restaurants are slow, downtown is slow, with a few places even closing, and I live in a well to do town with tourism. The economy is not good.
An example from my own life.....a parent at school who works part time which enables them to send their kids to our homeschool blended program (3 day school week) had to take a full time job because expenses are increasing and work is slowing down. Due to this, she can't do the homeschool blended program and has enroll her kids at the local public school, which none of them want, but you know, the reality of bills and such.
I've also heard rumblings of others questioning if they can continue to afford the long drive some have to our school with gas prices being 50% more than they were a year ago.
The fuel taxes on the West Coast keep everything much more expensive. Funny how democrat voters have no idea how much per gallon they pay to the state when they go to the pump. The COW states, Ca, Or, Wa, are all run by democrats, and are sanctuary states. High fuel taxes are brutal on two income families with small children and long commutes.
Wanna bet when the cheap gas finally arrives, the loons will take credit for it?
We will not know how people are voting until the votes are cast and counted. I begin to wonder exactly how many political consultants and operatives there are. I suspect wa-a-a-ay too many. But at any rate their desperation is patent and obvious. There is not much better, politically, than polls with egg on their face and the victory of campaigns by those with far less $ in the coffers.
Cheap gas does not have to arrive in time for the election, the awareness that there will soon be cheap gas will be sufficient. This election is all about awareness. Awareness that the Demonic Party is responsible for inflation and thus affordability and that they will do it again. Awareness that Demonic Party policies are both anti-American and bat shit crazy. Awareness that the left/Islam combo is planning on ruling over the ashes of the destruction they intend to create.
Will the Dems find an activist Judge that will prohibit the lowering of gas prices until after the mid-terms???
I know a bunch of Trump
Voters who are turning on him. What they see in their checkbooks does not add up to what trump is saying. Cheaper everything? Golden age? All of that - but their lying eyes see they can’t keep up with the costs of today. Their bank accounts are suffering. The stock market isn’t as great as it was several months ago. It drops everyday. Several are home shopping while they live with their kids after their houses sold but interest rates are almost 8% and home prices haven’t come down nearly enough to help.
It sounds good to say the economy is booming, but reality is not meeting that head on.
I still think when the rubber meets the road - all of these people who are not happy will still vote RED all the way down because the alternative is far worse. Not even a thought in their heads to vote that way.
So. I don’t believe all the crap polls and talking heads that are making it sound like horrible mid term outcomes…..nobody is switching parties and voting for the blue crap even IF they aren’t happy with everything Trump is saying.
Totally agree, Sunnydaze. I’m definitely not happy with a lot of what has been happening in HHS, with the good people getting fired, and the pharm influenced direction it’s heading once again. Having said that, it’s worlds better than what it would have been under D leadership. I’m voting a complete R ticket for the second time in my life. The D’s have gone off the deep end and unless that drastically changes, I won’t be voting D ever again. I don’t live in PA, which is one case that I may consider voting for Fetterman, unless the R candidate was good. I can’t name any other decent ones though…
I like Fetterman a lot, but I'm just wondering here....how much did he vote in lockstep with the rest of the Dems? There have been a lot of times when ALL Dems voted the same, and I guess that would include him.
Could be the case. I generally like his attitude.As I stated previously, I don’t live in PA so don’t vote for him anyway. My point was that he is the only D I can think of that hasn’t gone off the deep end. He seems to have some common sense, unlike most of them these days.
I was horrified to see just today that regular gas (CA) is $6.39 at one station I went past. However, I still hold on to the belief that it will edge downwards before long. Oil is flowing through the Straits and there obviously will be a lag time before the increased supply is reflected at the gas stations. I'm willing to be patient for awhile longer. Meanwhile, I wish Trump et al would repeatedly publicize every time they talk about gas prices exactly WHY California's Democrat dominated-Newsom infected government has policies that make our gas so high. Newsom wants so very badly to be President, and the country needs to be aware of gas prices in California under his watch. If this cretin actually were to be elected President, ALL OF YOUR GAS in all states would be priced like California.
Yes, because he has closed and driven out of the state several refineries and due to his horrible green policies, CA has to import its gas from overseas. The state is really in a bad situation.
Really? Rents are cheaper because Trump took out the trash. https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/02/rents-hit-four-year-low-as-president-trump-continues-affordability-push/
not in New England they aren't. it is ridiculous here and all through covid they continued to rise - my daughter's rent went up every year and not just by $50 or $100 but like $400 each time - totally unaffordable and they have not come back down, and they are shitty apartments and the new ones being built are even higher.
our gas has pretty much stayed above $4/gal for some time now, now reaching closer to $5. however that won't keep me from voting for anyone but republicans, of which we are in short supply where I live so my vote really does not count at all. midterms that is.
Good Grief! Save yourself .....Get out of New England!
Working on that. Retirement for my husband is a little less than 2 years away and then we are going to GTFO! Daughter is leaving next summer.
Rent in New York under Democrat Mamdani has not gone down. The median asking rent citywide is approximately $4,080, which represents a 7.4% increase The rental inventory in NYC has decreased by nearly 9% compared to last year, contributing to the overall upward pressure on rents. Bet you can’t guess why rental inventory has decreased? Mamdani threatened landlords that the city would take apartments that were not up to his standards. Of course no one wants to build there under his leadership. Yes, local government makes a difference when it comes to cost of living. Overall, nationwide prices have dropped because a Republican President Donald Trump, sent millions of foreign invaders who came in under the Democrat Biden administration back to their homes.
Yes local govt makes a huge difference but ours is completely captured by the left. In my state it is about 70+% libtard/socialist because of the creep of trust fund hippie brats with mommy and daddy's money who invaded back in the 70's and the state has gone to shit since then. And I am not a native, but a transplant due to my husband's job. It is beautiful but I hate it here, and the winter snow is not something I want to deal with the rest of my life.
It doesn't matter how informed you are or are not of politics. Gas and goods are going up, and the economy isn't great.
I had a client who was a colonel in the Air Force. Seemed like his main job was to put on pageants for incoming generals who visited his base. What a waste of taxpayer money, I thought.
Agreed, but that’s our perspective. For the colonel who wants to be a general, the ass-kissing is mandatory. Not sure even Hegseth can fix that.
The New York Times, proud supporter of the DNC for 75 years.
Is cheaper gas our October surprise?!! Yes please and thank you for the amazing President Trump. Don't forget to vote Red in November 🇺🇸🦅