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Jeff Childers's avatar

ERRATA

— Date fixed. It's the 13th. (that line is the first thing I type in the wee hours before any coffee kicks in)

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Robin Esau's avatar

I honestly do not care about relatively inconsequential mistakes you make. The scope of content and understanding you provide is EVERYTHING. Thank you for that!

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RunningLogic's avatar

I know, I tend to be pretty persnickety about details but the nitpicking in some of the comments, knowing Jeff has a demanding full time job and a family, and thus has limited time to write let alone proofread, is a little much. I appreciate the more substantive corrections but some seem almost ridiculously petty to me 😕

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Michele's avatar

Hey! it's a slippery slope! Start calling the 13th the 12th, next thing you know you'll be saying men can play women's volleyball!

(sarcasm)

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RunningLogic's avatar

😆

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LamedVav disavows all vaxes.'s avatar

Or first stop making pennies, then stop making paper money and put us all only under digital money = slavery‼️

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nancy roberts's avatar

Indeed.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

Now on to confirming Kash Patel!! Let’s Go!

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

LET'S GO.

ALL GAS, NO BRAKES, BABY!

Roll down the windows, turn up Freebird, and stick your head out the window with your tongue hanging out like a dog on a bluebird day!

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Jay Horton's avatar

Yepper!

Later Jay

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Brandon is not your bro's avatar

🌪️☄️💞

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Dr Linda's avatar

My head is spinning trying to keep up with everything going on. Thankfully C&C makes it somewhat easier.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

https://x.com/hkuppy/status/1888656447312961759?s=19

Buckle up.

How about having DOGE allow Ron Paul to audit the Federal Reserve?!

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TriTorch's avatar

USAID is a joke compared with the Fed. What they find will shake the foundations of the planet.

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Get control at the local level which is infested with Soros money and satanists masquerading around as public officials, teachers, school board and city counsel members.. Trump can't do it all by himself and needs a hand.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

However bad you think it is, it's MUCH, MUCH worse.

Even for folks like us to understand.

Basically we've been under rule by administrative state since the Wilson regime

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AnnR's avatar

The expression "this is only the tip of the iceberg" is apt. "Icebergs float on the ocean with only about 10% of their mass appearing above the ocean; the remaining 90% is concealed beneath the waves". DOGE is draining the government oceans.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

When exposing a crime is treated like committing a crime, you will know you are being ruled by CRIMINALS

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Gina C's avatar

That is historically the democrat MO... shoot the messenger, disregard the message. As their party disintegrates, feel no pain for them.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

The "ocean" is the Army of the Administrative State keeping the iceberg a float.

The State must be crushed or the icebergs will reform.

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JW's avatar

Great analogy AnnR!

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TriTorch's avatar

Here's an interesting read. According to this judge's research, the Federal Reserve was hollowed out and now only exists as a trademark owned by JP Morgan: https://tritorch.com/degradation/JPMorganIsTheFederalReserve.pdf

We live in a counterfeit Matrix reality that's designed to extract our emotional energy to feed the adversary. The devil really does hold the world in the palm of his hand:

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. —1 John 5:19

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CStone's avatar

Read it. Found myself holding my breath…..God have mercy on us. We really have had scales on our eye…..

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Wayne Kerr's avatar

Please use some discernment. Judge Anna von Reitz is nuttier than squirrel poop regarding the machinations of "Big Banking" and the Federal Reserve. I'd rather get my economic advice from Scrooge McDuck.

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Dorothy Unleashed's avatar

Nutty like Lyndon Larouche or…. Nutty doesn’t mean wrong. It usually takes someone not “normie” to have an outside of the box perspective and penetrate comfortable illusions. Nuttiness is usually required for the job of prophet of disaster, in my experience.

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TriTorch's avatar

Tell me more, I've listened a few interviews with her, and she seemed pretty sane to me. I could be wrong of course.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Thx for the link. I'll read this.

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FlatEarthFlyer's avatar

Remember the animated movie, “Monsters, Inc .”? The conspiratorial thought is that the movie reveals how child traffickers extract adrenochrome from children after frightening them to death. I’m not saying I buy that conspiracy, but on the other hand, nothing would surprise me anymore…

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God Bless America's avatar

😳

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Steveo's avatar

It's biblical and been documented. Not a surprise that evil would do that. Gives monsters inc a whole new meaning.

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Karmy's avatar

She is a sovereign citizen and not a US court judge. I looked her up.

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Fred Richmond's avatar

When and where was the bankruptcy filed?? How was it styled?

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TriTorch's avatar

Interesting question, assuming it happened, I can find nothing on it. The ‘Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ is separate agency from the FED. The FED is owned by its member banks, so it’s possible that the FRBoG is what is being referred to as going bankrupt, and JP Morgan picked up the trademark.

From: https://wallstreetonparade.com/2019/11/these-are-the-banks-that-own-the-new-york-fed-and-its-money-button/

Consider that $25.5 million in today’s dollars that was distributed by the Fed from 1932 to 1936 to just one day in 2008. On September 24, 2008 the New York Fed pounded away on its money button to pump out $110 billion to the miscreants of Wall Street. (See chart below: where Bank of New York Mellon and JPMorgan Chase are listed in capitalized letters, they were acting as intermediaries for the New York Fed to disburse Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF) money to the securities firms listed directly below each entry.) The $25.3 billion that Morgan Stanley received on just that one day is 1,000 times all the money the Fed disbursed during the 1930s.

The listing below came directly from the Federal Reserve when it was forced to hand over its Discount Window documents on March 31, 2011 after losing a multi-year court battle with the media to keep its money spigot secret.

A Sampling of Loans Made on Just One Day, September 24, 2008, by the New York Fed (Source: Federal Reserve Board of Governors)

The banks of New York and their foreign derivatives counterparties were the largest beneficiaries of the $29 trillion bailout and yet Congress has allowed the New York Fed to continue to supervise these Wall Street banking behemoths just as if the collapse in 2008 never occurred.

Unlike the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., which is considered an independent federal agency, the regional Federal Reserve banks are owned by their members banks. They are private institutions.

According to the https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/aboutthefed/annual/annual18/Financial-Statements.pdf for the New York Fed, the banks in its region owned 205,202,792 shares of stock in the New York Fed, which represented $10.26 billion of paid-in capital. This is how the New York Fed explains who its largest shareholders are:

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Jpeach's avatar

Trillions ($$) times worse than we ever could have imagined.

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Jay Horton's avatar

'cause a million or billion just ain't enough anymore....

Later Jay

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Positively Paying It Forward's avatar

We've become the Argentina of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Chevrus's avatar

Just how many times has the Fed looked at an audit request and flatly said “NO”?!

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Carlos's avatar

Indeed

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rolandttg's avatar

1871

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yeah big pivot point. So was 16A in 13'. Between the two; game over for us mere peasants.

The income tax has created more criminals than any other single act of legislation in the history of mankind.

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John of Oregon Fame's avatar

Ryan, true dat!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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FedUpInOR's avatar

Not Soros money, OUR money deferred right into his NGO’s coffers and used against US

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yup. The tentacles are deep and wide.

Ayn Rand said it best nearly 70 years ago about our current predicament:

"When you see that in order to produce you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice-You may know that your society is doomed."

~ Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. , 1957

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Required reading.

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Billy Bob's avatar

After I stumbled upon her works and read them, my thinking was forever changed from the negative image and character I was indoctrinated.

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Jeff S's avatar

I gotta read that one of these days.

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TriTorch's avatar

True, as someone posted on Twitter:

"George Soros was paid x amount by USAID.

He didn't destroy our justice system with his money, he used ours."

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Bring back renditions for swine like Soros. Gates, Comey, Brennan, Nuland, Sullivan... etc, etc...

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

I'm partial to passing go and going for "blood eagle "

It'd be a crowd pleaser:

https://youtu.be/_xlO_5N5vYs?si=dFGUAM41MiHm24zQ

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Abiding Dude's avatar

This guy has written some really good stuff on it... check it out and go to some of his previous posts:

https://eko.substack.com/p/good-behavior?

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Based Florida Man's avatar

That's a cool substack. Excellent legal looks into this DOGE fun.

I like how he mixes his art in between every few paragraphs. Stylistic.

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TriTorch's avatar

Thanks Dude!

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Dawn of the day's avatar

Great informative read Dude!

Thank you

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Abiding Dude's avatar

You bet! :-)

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Thats badass, man

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rolandttg's avatar

Heck, they sank the Titanic (or Olympus, depending on whether or not they pulled a switcheroo) to get it passed the second time around. . WWI began right after the Fed was created ( a coincidence, I'm sure) by an illegal Christmas Eve no quorum vote. So all that said, they sure as heck are going to find a mountain of skeletons , corruption, and satanic evil in the FED.

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CaplT's avatar

The Fed Reserve won’t let anyone in by the front door and won’t let Elon near its records. It is not a gov entity.

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TriTorch's avatar

Congress supposedly has the power over them, and can abolish them should they desire via Constitutional Amendment, but it’ll never happen

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Jay Horton's avatar

Because of AIPAC?

Later Jay

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TriTorch's avatar

Among many other reasons. Congress are nothing but puppets:

Congressman Burchett: Congress, Justice & White House Compromised with Honeypots, It's An Open Sewer: https://old.bitchute.com/video/hn5Hl8lDsGzA

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Jack Bergeron's avatar

Ron Paul would end the Federal Reserve. He understands the Constitution which places the power and responsibility for coining and regulating the value of money in Congress. The rate of inflation since the time Congress gave up its power and responsibility to the FED is astronomic and clear indisputable evidence the Fed has failed in its delegated responsibility (not to mention the Great Depression and every additional financial crisis since the Fed’s inception). Why do we have pay interest for the creation of money and to whom does that interest profit go?

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TriTorch's avatar

Ron Paul needs to team up with G Edward Griffin and give 'em the hell they've more than earned.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Yes! Bring back Constitutional currency!!

Everything the Fed does can be better done by the Treasury... IF that dept is cleansed and run by an honest patriot...

(I think we just got one, we'll see)

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rolandttg's avatar

Now we're talking.

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Steveo's avatar

I would like to see doge investigate the billions, tesla, and spaceX, starlink are getting.

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Irunthis1's avatar

My guess is that Elon has receipts for every dime of federal money he got, what he spent it on, and why it was spent for the purpose of federal interests otherwise he would be a lot more reluctant to allow folks to look and see. I say bring it on. He very much likely has nothing to hide.

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Jeff S's avatar

Good point.

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MayBella82's avatar

I agree. He doesn’t need a penny of the tax payer money… and what he is getting now is a grateful nation who appreciations the hard work of him and those who work for him. I put them up there with DEVGRU.

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Steveo's avatar

I don't know why you assume he would habe receipts for everything? Also, therenare receipts for the others, which is how it's been found, it doesn't mean the hand out is legitimate. Why should a billionsire get funding for private businesses. Besides all of these standard common sense questions, did you know everything about Musk is a fraud?

https://substack.com/@marcpalasciano/note/p-154142487?r=1n82mw

https://www.businessinsider.com/who-was-elon-musk-grandfather-joshua-haldeman-technocracy-incorporated-party-2023-9

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Jamison's avatar

Because he’s doing actual work for the government??

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Steveo's avatar

So he's working in the government and for the government? Seems like a conflict of interest. Does he decide how much to award himself? If you kne anything about him, his family, his grandfather you wouldn't be so trusting of all of this.

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Beckadee's avatar

Marc Palasciano came on C&C a few months back commenting on several of Jeff's stacks. I found him to be weird as hell. Now he may have a legitimate gripe with T-Mobile but he did a sorry job or no job of trying to explain it but instead he attacked people commenting. He left out the back door. Not sure I would fill my head with his 'work'.

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Steveo's avatar

The ground work was still there. It's easy to find work by his grandfather and purchasing greenland, etc. He basically stole Tesla and if you believe he sent a tesla in orbit, I have a bridge to sell you! Even he said, "it has to be real, it looks so fake." No one has ever been to space. Nasa is a billion dollar fraudulent grift.

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Carolyn's avatar

Because he knows how to run a business. I have every receipt from after the flood in 2016. It's called "keeping the receipts to prover where the money came from and how it was spent". Always CYA!

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Lorie Bender's avatar

Watch the interview with Tucker Carlson that Elon did a few months ago. He talks about your assumption.

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Tom Wiedemeier's avatar

I have disagreed with Musk in the past. I do not know his history or his intentions. Some claim that he’s a Trojan horse ready to strike at the opportune time. This has been said of Trump as well. This may seem over simplistic to many but I keep going back to the common sense default position, if all the bad actors have their guns trained on an individual, you can bet your bottom dollar that he is over the target. This is an especially true for Trump. What he and Musk are accomplishing right now is historic and I will take it as long as the Lord allows. It is undeniably good for this country. Pray that Trump and his administration keep their eyes open. We can deal with the next bridge when we get there.

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DEBORAH E. dds's avatar

i'm always in the camp of

1. watch the actions and not the words

2. try not to black pill yourself too much because this world needs you right now.

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God Bless America's avatar

“Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.” Proverbs 20:11.

I will trust until I have a reason not too… 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Hoffmeister's avatar

No matter if Trump, Musk, or others are playing us for fools, or if Trump was actually elected this time around, or if it is all theatre, At some point in time, the people will play a role, and have to be taken into account. Trump brought the people along ( rallye's ) to the point that he had to be elected to appease the majority. Musk is winning public support thru the auditing, and the youngsters he's having do them, but again, it can all be show, IT DOESN"T MATTER - the "people" agree with what is being accomplished and want more. Until that dynamic changes, it's a carnival ride at high speed. Change the dynamic, change the end result, but make sure that the people have become compliant, or face the right of revolution - win, lose, or draw - your move.

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Sir Jeff Morency, Ph.D.'s avatar

We all live on a stage in the MATRIX, watched by the Arcons and Reptillians. What matters is that we make the correct decisions to mature ourselves and progress up the ladder toward our ultimate reward with our heavenly Father, while giving Him honor and thanks along the way.

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Fred's avatar

I imagine he would show you. He’s astute enough to know that everyone on the L would be slinging arrows. I’m not much in favor of the “all in EV” push, or even the space program, but you may have missed the fact that of all the EV manufacturers except Tesla got special treatment under CA laws.

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Fred's avatar

Tesla faced multiple lawsuits in California, including claims of racial discrimination and harassment, retaliation, and failure to provide employee records, all instigated by non-employees. It was cheaper to settle some than fight in a corrupted judicial system in CA.

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Steveo's avatar

He's also known to have a very hostile and racist work environment but he makes everyone sign documents so they can't sue, but they slippped up and one got by. I'll let you dig into that on your own. Probably another reason he left CA.

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Steveo's avatar

Doesn't change how I feel about him, or it at all. I know his background, and his family history.

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Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

Fine would you rather have the Biden crime family or the Clinton Mafia or Obama’s henchmen in charge? You go to war with the army you have, not the one you wish you had. D. Rumsfeld

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Steveo's avatar

No, absolutely not, but it doesn't mean I trust the current regime any more. I've read the end of the book, I know how all of this works out and I know they're helping bring it in.

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P Flournoy's avatar

Then tell us where you get your information.

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CStone's avatar

He’s paid by the blob to get on Conservative sites to gaslight Conservatives.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

He was asked about that during the White House conference.

He said his companies are fully open for any audits.

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Steveo's avatar

👌 and nobody ever lies in those hearings. Thank God, I feel so relieved now, phew. 🙄

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Let's keep an eye on Elon.

No problem with that.

But overall we're much ahead compared to if Trump didn't get in this time.

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Steveo's avatar

I believe like all of the others, trump was installed. His OWS was a big killer, that may br his specialty?

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TriTorch's avatar

According to Karen Kingston, Musk just called for no regulation on AI. This is the same guy who a few years ago called AI "summoning the demon" saying that "holy water will not save you", while warning the audience that it needs regulation and oversight: https://old.bitchute.com/video/sDrmHNs2D5BN

To give an example of where this is headed via conjured events:

Helicopter flies sideways into a landing jet, something only a computer could time, cue a bunch more crashes over the next few months. Suddenly flying is unsafe, pick your reason (DEI, people leaving over COVID jab, people underpeforming because they took the covid jab, corruption and demoralization in the FAA, all of the above), doesn't matter. The reins must be handed over to AI in order to make American skies safe again.

Don't worry, Musk's got this solved with Ai.

Problem. Reaction. Solution. Stranglehold.

For most, these plane crashes are legit and this is a new novel problem that's just begging for an immediate miracle solution--that, like any well timed dialectic, will arrive fully fledged and ready for production just in the nick of time.

They're too uninformed to be careful for what they wish for.

(Get control at the local level please everyone, Trump needs your help)

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Tom's avatar

Here's my view, from my career in aviation:

It's not that the collision could only be computer timed, it was bound to happen. Procedural control that places a helicopter at an assigned altitude 200 feet from an airplane on final approach, coupled with a controller who was on a short-handed shift, and the two aircraft not being on the same frequency . . . It was a recipe for disaster.

It was more a matter of letting incompetence and bad procedure remain until they bear fruit. This gives a veneer of deniability.

They then plastered the inevitable result all over the news.

As to the rest of your comment, the move to AI, and the problem-reaction-solution, etc., I fully agree. This was done for a purpose, just with more fake deniability. It was sabotage by incompetence.

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TriTorch's avatar

Thanks man, but consider this (my father was an air traffic controller so i'm not completely in the dark):

a) Sure, in those conditions, over a long enough time horizon, the a collision like that was inevitable. But that is also true with a TREE(3) of monkeys hacking on a keyboard over TREE(3) years coming up with the works of Shakespeare.

In the real world, this collision happening in the conditions in which it did is still extraordinarily rare - which is why it has never happened before

b) timing is EVERYTHING with these narratives. And the timing of this was PERFECT. It kicked off the "flying is unsafe" narrative right on cue. There is no way this was a coincidence.

If this collision happening at all is as rare as it is, then it happening right on time to create the conditions of a total upheaval and rewriting of flight, makes it exponentially more rare. Meaning it's fake and contrived.

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Tom's avatar

The long time horizon can be shortened by leaving the tower crew shorthanded on a day when you know there will be a flying exercise by the Army aviation unit that uses that route.

The extraordinary rarity then becomes a likelihood.

We can disagree on this point. It's the pushing of the narrative that is important to consider.

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Chi-town Stan's avatar

From an airline insider, take this for what it's worth. At the altitude that collision happened, the pilots of both aircraft were manually controlling their craft.

The RJ was in the final phases of what is called a circling maneuver to runway 33. It is considered a visual approach. Runway 33 is an overflow landing runway for Reagan when traffic to the main runway (01) gets to be a problem. It's only used by regional aircraft because it's too short for mainline aircraft.

There have been a raft of near misses at Reagan that haven't been publicized. Pilots report these via a reporting system run by NASA and the FAA. All identifying data on the crews making these reports is scrubbed, so it is totally anonymous. The fact that none of these were taken seriously is only now coming to light. Blame the pols who like having a major airport a short distance from their seat of power.

There's a saying in the aviation industry that major changes are usually written in blood. We're about to see that play out with this disaster.

Just sayin'.

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TriTorch's avatar

Thank you for your insight Stanley. Please watch this (5mins): https://old.bitchute.com/video/AXrXXe0ECbhM

Things may not be as they seem. I say this with personal experience.

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P Flournoy's avatar

I thought it was Vance who called for lower regulations for AI

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Steveo's avatar

I doubt that, he's all in on that, and mrna bio rx, he didnt just pop up out of the blue as the rino trump hating former aetheist, now catholic married to the hindu whonwas educated and twice employed by the clintons. He's the homo/cia peter thiels pet project.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Decent points.

Vance does have some ugly connections. And terrible (traitorous) choices in marriage.

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Inverted Pyramid's avatar

The government needs Elon more than Elon needs the government. Elon bailed out the government with the Astronauts. Elon bailed out the government with Starlink for use in the Ukrainian war. 80% of future launches will go to Elon, not because the government wants to but because Elon can do it and our government can’t. Don’t forget... our government funded Boeing for current and future space travel and Boeing failed BIG TIME!

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TriTorch's avatar

That would be nice, anyone but Musk who knows better, I hope you are right, Flournoy.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Sincere question: If such a mid air collision could only be computer timed, what about 911?

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TriTorch's avatar

Good question. The official 911 story is real as a 3 dollar bill. The television footage was faked, the buildings were taken down by either advanced DEW weaponry or enough explosives to pulverized them into dust, and were specifically designed to be demolished:

https://old.bitchute.com/video/jMDh59SW1SBx

https://old.bitchute.com/video/OF7cr0wKqrAU/

https://old.bitchute.com/video/6SffBFeDfdaG

Building 7 was likely taken down with conventional explosives.

Yet another dialectic which brought the DHS, Patriot Act (inverted satanic name), and endless wars against a bunch of nations in the middle east.

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Sir Jeff Morency, Ph.D.'s avatar

The buildings were taken down with a thermonic reaction which I did in high school. It's a chemical reaction that burns thru steel. I had to catch my high school experiment in sand or it would have burned thru thru floor.

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Tom's avatar

The satanic inversion of the names of various legislation or "operations" is something I never fully appreciated until you called it out just now, TriTorch.

There is also an element of predictive programming, or revelation of the method, e.g., Operation Stargate, or Palantir, where the names are not inverted, but instead show their intentions in a subtle manner.

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Steveo's avatar

AI and Palantir, and a communist as the DNI, what could go wrong?

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Robin Landry's avatar

You don’t think the deep state is already on this?

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c Anderson's avatar

🎯🎯🎯 nothing like a bunch of peeved deep staters, who leave their comfy “remote offices” working to justify why they are employed.

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Steveo's avatar

Who's to say he's not deep state, he's cia.

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CStone's avatar

Steveo is part of the BLOB.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Reminds me of Benn.

"Hey fellow anti-vaxxers, so good to be a pureblood.

Ukraine is great and Russia is bad."

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Melissa Leigh's avatar

The MSM media reports that Tesla contract for trucks to State Department was granted by Biden. They were the only company that put the bid in.

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Steveo's avatar

I don't know anything about any state dept truck deals but I feel like we pay for too many government vehicles. I also feel thst if he is employed by the government, he should not br accepting contracts with the government. It seems like a conflict of interest, especially considering his job is investigating the fraud of government waste?

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Kim Malinowski's avatar

Me too. I’d like to see the results juxtaposed to NASA’s results for the same thing. Well, he’s already one up. He didn’t strand anyone in space. His vehicle’s downtime for a return trip is a mere fraction of what we’ve been paying for. Dollar per dollar; NASA dosent want the comparison!

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J Boss's avatar

The value that SpaceX provides NASA compared to any other contractor is easily 5X. I work for a different NASA contractor, have for 35+ yrs. He runs SpaceX like NASA and the contractors ran the Gemini and Apollo projects. Lean, mean, and get results.

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Steveo's avatar

How did they fit all of the equipment, the rover, the crew, supplies, etc in that space shuttle? If it was the first landing, how did they film it landing on the moon? How did Nixon talk to the astronauts from a landline? Why are there so many pictures of astronauts making the hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil? Why did astronaut Petit say, " he'd go back to the moon in a second but we no longer have that technology? How dod they get through the van allen belt, when nuclear blasters couldn't?

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RunningLogic's avatar

I saw that!!! 😁

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Oh yes! 😁😁😁😁😁😁

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Jaci's avatar

How about citizens understand how we were deceived about the Federal Reserve and how the Titanic fits into it all! One sunken ship, insurance fraud and the deaths of those opposing what was voted in on a Christmas Eve that has allowed us to be slaves.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

The federal reserve exists for one reason:

As a mental intermediary for the plebs so that they don't know that "money" is simply fiat.

They don't want the peasants to understand that fiat is not currency; rather its a financial weapon.

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TriTorch's avatar

That's a crucial reason Ryan, but I think you're forgetting the most important one:

"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes it's laws" — Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild

He who controls the currency spigot, controls the root of all evil, and thus the minds of men.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Repeal the 16th amendment.

It's created more criminals than any other single law in history.

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Carolyn's avatar

I love Ron Paul! I so wish he was part of this team

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Robin Esau's avatar

That would be great! I heard one news commentator complain he's too old. Give me a break.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

And make sure to include in that... the US gold reserves!

IMO... they no longer exist!

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Repeal the 16th amendment.

It's created more criminals than any other single law in history.

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Kim Bisson's avatar

Yes please!!!

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Jay Horton's avatar

Dude, you are on a roll!

Later Jay

P.S. how about we just do away with the FED and go to Constitutional Money system!

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KATHERINE JERNIGAN's avatar

Maybe even make it bipartisan and bring Bernie onboard?

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Dr Linda's avatar

Fabulous

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Leskunque Lepew's avatar

The Fed....hmmm...are they the people that charge interest on money that Congress issues and the government prints to pay expenses?

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Chi-town Stan's avatar

If Congress authorizes it. It's not an executive agency. But one can dream.

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Jpeach's avatar

Great C&C explanations of types of injunctions. Thanks for talking me off the cliff with all these Temporary Injunctions against Trump E.O.’s. Jeff C’s scenario “ After his wife angrily waves in sign language to take that somewhere else, he reluctantly hauls his phone and pen to the dining room, thinking, in the back of his mind, dammit I could have gotten the stupid remote myself at this rate.”, put it in perspective. We’re all human, even federal judges who are intimidated their wife’s angry sign language.

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chuck kutchera's avatar

Jpeach I also appreciate Jeff’s explanation on what injunctions are. And as a side note I’d love to be in a courtroom watching Jeff in action. I’d probably get thrown out for laughing out loud.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Rep. Massie on the Jab:

https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1889695516759380045

"FDA should immediately revoke approval of these shots."

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Based Florida Man's avatar

The 2025 CDC's long list of 'vaccines' ... for BABIES.

https://x.com/MdBreathe/status/1889700162567536877/photo/1

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CStone's avatar

Sick. Evil.

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Peace's avatar

BFM - That is just the COVID vaxxes for kids. What is the number of vaxxes up to for humans up to age 18? I haven't heard the number including the Covid doses. It was 72 vaccines before age 18. I had three throughout my childhood and somehow managed to survive.

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phlyme's avatar

That’s some scary stuff.

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shayne's avatar

Thanks for posting the link. Very interersting.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Yep... one of Trump's MAJOR errors...

That, and supporting Israel... and his goofy Gaza land-grab.

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FlatEarthFlyer's avatar

Have you ever read Joan Peter’s book, “From Time Immemorial”? Great insight into the decades preceding the establishment of the State of Israel…

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Abiding Dude's avatar

No, but it sounds very interesting and I will! thank you!

file:///C:/Users/tucso/Downloads/_OceanofPDF.com_From_time_immemorial_-_Joan_Peters.pdf

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Carlos's avatar

That was our morning Press Briefing from Gainesville Fl. To Portland and the rest of the world.

Thanks Jeff, can’t hardly wait for tomorrow.

Thank YOU Sir.🙏

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Beth M's avatar

Your head is spinning?? My Portlander head had mini explosions throughout the article. Information overload for this tiny brain floating around in my skull!! 🤯🤯🫠

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Karen Bandy's avatar

🤣 It’s not our fault, the Western Oregon culture seeps into every pore and brain cell. 😉I don’t even live there anymore, I’m over the mountains, but it’s crept over!

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Gina C's avatar

Fantastic lesson on injunctions today. Feeling smarter and empowered. Thanks Jeff!

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Alan Davis's avatar

More spinning- a Temp injunction gets extended before the Preliminary injunction can be heard. Ugh

https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1890120554096582800?s=46&t=4FlWN7DfISMNXGfMIk_joQ

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Karmy's avatar

And much more entertaining!

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Thankfully, Judge O'Toole is not an activist judge. And thanks Jeff for the primer on injunctions.

And thanks to Pam Bondi for filing suit against those two crazies in New York. I'm hoping that Tom Homan has standing to arrest Governor Pritzker in Illinois who is thumbing his nose at Illinois residents and the new President.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Did you know that people seeking criminal defense lawyers in the District of Columbia are up three fold in the last month.

Sh*t's getting REAL.

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Joseph Kaplan's avatar

As a retired real estate broker I keep wondering how the listing agents are doing? Must be pretty active market building up.

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Cookie Dee's avatar

“Retired Realtor” is an oxymoron. I is one! Haha

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Joseph Kaplan's avatar

It is when you give up your license. It’s the only way. At eighty I finally had enough

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RSgva's avatar

The luxury market is booming

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phlyme's avatar

My husband is a broker. Market has been very active in the past year or so and seems to be going that way again.

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Robin Landry's avatar

Best news of the day. 👏🏻

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Based Florida Man's avatar

hellofa stat. wow!

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Patti's avatar

🤣‼️

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

🤣😂🤣👍😁

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taxpayer's avatar

I did not know that. What is your source?

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Juju's avatar
Feb 13Edited

Google searches exploded in DC for criminal defense lawyer

https://x.com/mark_r_mitchell/status/1889501267317096866

Various other X posts show sources too. Just search DC searches for defense lawyers

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

thanks JuJu. I got hung up on a call.

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Juju's avatar

Anytime. I assumed you were busy rockin it through the remaining replies and since your comments are more important than doing someone’s legwork - I stepped in for you. Second string support here … 🤣

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taxpayer's avatar

Thanks for that. I interpret it to mean that searches for "criminal defense lawyer" from IP addresses in DC are three times the proportion from IP addresses elsewhere. A big number, but not apparently a big increase.

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Juju's avatar
Feb 13Edited

Apparently the increase started Jan 28

There WAS a big increase

https://x.com/john_w_heard/status/1889675746689319086

And here is another

https://x.com/donname73501/status/1889853907909878055

But you could have very easily found these links yourself

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

yes searches. should've clarified.

however if that's the amount of searches, you can damn well assume it's a lot more people looking because they already know them or Lord knows there's enough people in DC that need to have a criminal defense attorney on retainer.

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Jamison's avatar

I saw that. They quoted the number of google searches for defense attorneys in the DC area.

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Janet's avatar

I saw it on Zerohedge this morning.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Here I'll find it. Its legit

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Skenny's avatar

Historic!!! A lawyer shortage!?!? No offense, Jeff.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

They can name their price!

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

haha. good one!

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Beckadee's avatar

Awesome!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes I was encouraged by the news about Bondi charging those arrogant lawless nitwits in NY too!

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

https://x.com/DschlopesIsBack/status/1889094894234271782?s=19

LMAO. You can't make this shit up.

The very same prosecutor that tagged Trump on a bunk process "crime" is....wait for it...under investigation for the same thing!

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Ruth H's avatar

Except that she actually lied about it and there’s receipts showing her illegal numbers.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

The smug scumbag Lardass Leticia... being frog-marched off to the calaboose...

Will be SWEET!

(Give her a "rough ride"!!)

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Janet's avatar

I want PRICKster caught and prosecuted. He can’t be too hard to find. Just sayin’.

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Kek, he definitely stands out in a crowd.

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Porge's avatar

Just look for the nearest donut shop!

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Carlos's avatar

🎶🎶🎶Leticia, 🎶you’re always on my mind 🎶Alvin 🎶right back to you 🎶

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Karen Bandy's avatar

Pritzker is a big fat pedo sex-change-operations promoter blob, I hope he gets what he deserves.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

The government: "You can't expose the corruption so quickly! "

Elon: "Hold my rocket fuel"

Whats next?:

"STOP CLEANING YOUR ROOM SO FAST, IT'S SCARING ME"

Did you know that since WW2 no president nor any of his staff OR secretaries (including the treasury secretary) has had access to the government’s payment system?

That explains a lot....

Next up; DOGE auditing the Federal Reserve. Oh my that should be fun.

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Steenroid's avatar

And this explains why calls for a line item veto was a fart in the wind.

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Janet's avatar

I was just thinking about that. Now we know.

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AM Schimberg's avatar

I can't wait!

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Ed Thorrens's avatar

Are you afraid? Are you stressed ??

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭27‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Tom's avatar

"Do not be anxious about anything" is a commandment.

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Ed Thorrens's avatar

Thank you for the reminder!!!

Yes, it’s a commandment.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.”

— Luke 16:14-15 LSB

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Roger Beal's avatar

See Deuteronomy 15:6 for the origin of those Pharasaical (and Khazarian) beliefs.

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

I was so relieved Tulsi got confirmed and think that bodes well for RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing today!

——

C&C Army: I have a VERY important missive for you, especially since so many of you are in Florida (but anyone in the US or even world can participate):

I just published what may be my most important video since Tess Lawrie’s reading of “Mistakes Were NOT Made”:

• “Lament of the Vaxx-Injured” (Video: Cody Hudson): https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/lament-of-the-vaxx-injured-video

This features vaxx-injured Cody Hudson delivering a devastatingly poignant reading of my poem “Lament of the Vaxx-Injured.”

I believe it has the power to pierce even the hardest of hearts.

Most importantly, it can help save the lives of vaxx victims as we are asking people to share it with Florida senators and Governor DeSantis in an effort to pass Cody’s Law.

We only have until February 28 to get ONE senator to cosponsor the bill, and so far, *not a single one* has been brave enough to step up. We hope this will change that.

You will find a list of select Florida senators as well as their X handles at the end of the post.

Here is the X post for reposting:

https://x.com/MargaretAnnaAl1/status/1890035414058344924

PLEASE share wildly and help us light the Internet on fire! 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you for helping us get this out to the world and helping us save lives 🙏

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TriTorch's avatar

Looking forward to listening Ms. Alice, best to you and your mom.

Lament for Torn Out Pages

The crowned virus was never our king and still half the world knelt before it. It was never dangerous and still half the world feared and fled it. It held no power over us and still half the world tore out full chapters of their future, and cast those pages as an offering before it.

The danger of the crowned virus was never more than an invisible notion: no more threatening than climate change or middle eastern terrorism. But just like these forbearers because it went unseen it was everywhere: in every corner, on every surface, in every breath; and it was also nowhere. It was simultaneously disease and death and neither. It was capable of anything and nothing, depending on your point of view.

Like terrorism and climate change, it was a virus of the mind.

And so the future for all was splintered and shattered on the rocks of destiny over a lowly notion of danger, and all of those cast out pages, once brimming with promise and potential, are instead teaming with dread, conformity, gullibility & cowardice masquerading as virtue, and irreparable arrested development.

The deformities now written on these sacred pages cannot be unwritten, and this mournful consequence shall ripple down the corridors of time, permanently altering the future, as if this mind virus were forever spreading within the family tree of mankind.

If we fail to learn from this experience then our failure will be total as nothing good will have come from it. However, if we seize this experience as the lesson we need in order to ensure that we will never again allow this madness to occur, then maybe, just maybe, with so much at stake, we will have gained more than we’ve lost, or at least will have broken even.

As we stand amid the mass destruction propagated by the mere idea of an unseen danger, we hold our delicate future in our hands. Where will we go from here, and what will we take with us?

Yes, the world and the what might have been were conquered by an invisible idea and battling this phantom proved as fruitful as boxing shadows on the wall. But now that we know the ropes, and if we’ve managed to gain and keep the right kind of wisdom, the next time we will see it coming and we will be ready.

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Beautiful and empowering, TriTorch!!

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shayne's avatar

"and still half the world tore out full chapters of their future" WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

I so hope you're right, but humanity has a history of not learning from their past experiences.

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Beckadee's avatar

Humanity is just a work in progress. Tennessee Williams

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CStone's avatar

Wow…….just So. Sad.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Well said, Torch!

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Carlos's avatar

Done ✅

Emailed all of them.

As a comment, two nights ago, I witnessed someone having to be rushed to the hospital.

32 years old with almost 200 high blood pressure.

His answer after he came back was….

I never had any issues or symptoms before, it started after my 3th Pfizer vaccine.

I feel so sad for him and all of the people that someway were coerced into this extermination process.

We will never forget and we will keep asking for accountability.

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Jaci's avatar

We, as a nation, must study the Rockefeller medicine info and stop following doctors who do harm without consequences! Taking pills does not heal. They just mask the problem on the way to creating more problems. Shooting unknown ingredients into one’s body is just plain stupid! Covid was hyped up fear mongering! It says in the Bible, “Fear not”, 365 times! Many didn’t heed!

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Thank you for emailing all of them, Carlos—fantastic work. And for sharing that heartbreaking story 💔

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Carlos's avatar

We really are all in this together, half of our own families took it…so now we are just waiting to hear.

All we can do is pray and pray and pray for them and ultimately for us.

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Patti's avatar

I live in communist state of Washington. I tagged my elected idiots and shared on X ❤️

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Sir Jeff Morency, Ph.D.'s avatar

I live there, too. The government is run by people that flunked out of my Engineering classes at the university. They changed their majors to poly sci so they could graduate.

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AnnB's avatar

Beautifully created video on such a devastating episode in our history. Thank you. I have shared

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Thank you, AnnB. That means a lot to us 🙏

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Leslie Murphree's avatar

Posted on Facebook. Praying it stays up & is seen & felt by many ❤️

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Thank you so much, Leslie!

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Sharon's avatar

RFK was just confirmed!

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Irunthis1's avatar

Thanks for sharing. Very beautifully read by Cody. You can feel his pain. 😢

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Steveo's avatar

Not sure if you're aware of it or not but Tulsi is a WEF toung global leader, a member of bernie institute (bernie sanders socialist group) a member of the congressional progressive caucus, you know, with all the lunatics like aoc, omar, etc. She also supports fisa 702 warrantless searches, build back bdtter, green new deal, and many other. So we now have a marxist conmunist as the dni.

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Carlos's avatar

Nice to hear from someone perfect.

But, I willing to give here a chance after all that she is being through.

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Steveo's avatar

Who said I was perfect. I just fon't tuen on the bokb tube and believ what they're spewing. I always find it interesting peoples feelings get hurt when you tell them the truth. How many times do you need to get burned/lied to by the government to figure out what it's all about.

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Carlos's avatar

We are about to find out.

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L.L. Horn's avatar

My guess is that she has changed her mind and not part of that stuff anymore.

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Steveo's avatar

Seems a lot of people in this admi have "changed their minds" as they're mostly democrats. I doubt seriously staunch communists change their minds, thats very deep in them. Imagine Marx, Stalin, etc changing their minds. Nope.

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FedUpInOR's avatar

What is in the bill?

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Does it revoke the liability protections of Big Pharma?

If not... more work to be done. If/when liability protection goes down... Big Pharma will be badly mauled...

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Nothing can do that while the PREP Act is in effect, unfortunately. That's why I gave that to Tulsi as her first assignment yesterday:

https://substack.com/@margaretannaalice/note/c-93004445

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Well done. A note to RFK Jr and Pam Bondi might be in order too?

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Thank you, Abiding Dude. And yes, I was just getting ready to tag RFK Jr. :-)

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Conservative Contrarian's avatar

Since time is relative I look forward to soon being able to declare Deep State Died Suddenly!

Of course, to make sure it stays dead one of the important elements of DOGE will be restructuring government accountability to where it is totally transparent.

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Tonya's avatar

Scaling down the government to a much smaller size might help with transparency.

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Conservative Contrarian's avatar

You are sing my favorite song.

A few minutes ago, on X, I saw this:

"REP. BRIAN MAST: "They didn't realize that PEPFAR was one of the many programs that did prove to be life saving. So the funding was restored.", concerning a USAID program.

It seems we are not learning anything. Ok, say that's a nice program, what about all the other nice programs? All of the corruption started with nice programs.

With representatives like that nothing will really change, it just slows it down a little. Very frustrating!

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RunningLogic's avatar

I’m past the point where I think our government has the responsibility to fund any worldwide programs, however “life-saving.”

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

Elon said if you’re not ever adding anything back, you’re not cutting enough.

He was talking about engineering and getting rid of unnecessary systems rather than just making them more efficient, but it looks like he’s doing it to govt too.

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Carlos's avatar

That’s the promise.

We will see.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Thanks for the detailed explanation of the different types of injunctions with their specificities and ramifications, Jeff! Very interesting!

—“Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.”

Oh so people weren’t just *imagining* that prices had gone up and they were having a hard time making ends meet?? 🙄 Huh, who’d have thought? 🙄 Bunch of lying gaslighters 😡😡😡

I’m hopeful about Tulsi being approved for the nomination, it would be great to see some house cleaning there!

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Janet's avatar

I saw one chart that ferreted out the truth. All job growth was in government jobs and immigration populations.

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Deb's avatar

Yep! Our pocketbook all knew they were lying about the economy. And now, it is all Trump’s fault that prices are still high and haven't come down! Such hypocrites!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Gas prices have been lower than in a long time in my area. I’m guessing there will be some easing of prices, hopefully soon. If they’d stop killing so many chickens that would help a lot too I’m sure 😑

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Carlos's avatar

After all, we did believe our own lying eyes.

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Uncle Juan's avatar

Good morning everyone!! It is the day the Lord hath made!! We will be glad and rejoice in it!

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Carlos's avatar

Good Morning America 🇺🇸

May The Lord Bless your day and your soul always.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

Trying to inform all my friends and family of all these explanations to what is happening is exhausting! 😂 I send them the links to C&C. Some have become subscribers but most can’t keep up with the everyday articles.

I make it a priority to read Jeff’s stuff. I’m baffled at the ones who don’t care. They are the reason we are in this mess! People who didn’t care!!! It’s frustrating. How do you get them to care after what we’ve just witnessed for years?!!!

Oh well. Onward and upward!

Loving the flood of good news everyday. 😊

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Juju's avatar

They won’t care until the mainstream news outlets report the truth. They need “permission” to care because deep down regardless what they say they don’t trust their own analytical skills and they don’t want to risk becoming the target of ridicule.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

The fear of ridicule and the need to go with the crowd (bahhh! anyone?) really dictate some people's lives sadly.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

My hair dresser didn't know who Tulsi Gabbard was. Simply unbelievable. Not sure I trust her with my locks any more.🤔

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RunningLogic's avatar

She probably is very knowledgeable about your hair but not about a lot of other things 😕 I’ve found that lots of people just aren’t interested in informing themselves, or want to know anything outside their area of expertise or their hobbies 😕

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

You're undoubtedly right but I find that degree of "checking out" hard to fathom. And these people vote! But I've asked myself why we connected and perhaps it's because I can teach/guide her (in many ways, not just political). This person is a (nice) challenge. I'll learn much.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Oh I agree, I can’t fathom it either 😕 But some people prefer their own comfort and not having to take a stand 😕

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YM's avatar

She should because Tulsi has fabulous hair.

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nancylee's avatar

well none of us cared until we did. keep dripping away at them, in kindness and trust they will, eventually maybe wake up. free will is a thing. and comes with consequences.

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Carlos's avatar

They will, but unfortunately until it hurts them more.

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RunningLogic's avatar

It kind of bugs me how so many people can’t be bothered—and yet when those of us who work and fight (and I realize that some are doing more than others due to differences in time and expertise, but everyone can at least do SOMETHING!) get results that benefit them, they’re more than happy to enjoy those benefits 😕 But they put their heads in the sand and blithely go on with their lives instead of lifting a finger to help 😕

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Fabes55's avatar

Jeff, if you could have assured me law professors would explain legal concepts as easily and entertainingly as you did with TROs, I might have become a lawyer.

I became an engineer instead!

Great entry today.

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Beth M's avatar

True, unless you're unfortunate enough to be from Portland, like me, it still finds a way to drift annoyingly over ones head. 🤭

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Jeff S's avatar

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2' (1592) act 4, sc. 2, l.

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LamedVav disavows all vaxes.'s avatar

Kill the lawyers so people cannot fight back - is what shakespear meant!!!

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

Except for Jeff. 😍

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My Favorite Things's avatar

MANNERS

When did manners become passé?

Loud, profanity laced conversations at restaurants, off-color remarks when first meeting someone, ramming a shopping cart into someone at the store are just a few things on our pet peeve list.

Let’s have a primer, shall we? After all, as the proverb says, “Manners maketh the man.” Emily Post spoke of the three principles of etiquette — consideration, respect and honesty. There are many places to learn how to conduct oneself, but we can remember learning these things even before we went to kindergarten.

Listen. Keep your hands to yourself. Cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough. Say ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ Share.

Don’t yell. Take turns. Do not interrupt. Be kind.

Put down your electronics when speaking to someone, or when listening. Open doors for others. Look people in the eye when speaking to them. Stand when shaking hands, and shake firmly, but not strongly.

Don’t make fun of anyone. Use kind words. Give compliments.

At the table, chew with your mouth closed. Don’t talk with your mouth full. Don’t slurp.

Respect other people’s privacy.

Most of those were things we should be teaching our children.

For adults, dress appropriately. Be mindful of your language. Put your phone away.

Say ‘excuse me.’ Learn people’s names.

Step outside to answer a call. Use a turn signal. Push your chair in when you leave the table or desk.

Knock before entering. Help someone who is clearly struggling, like someone trying to reach something on a high shelf at the store.

Learn to say you are sorry.

**from a 📰 newspaper article.

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Michele's avatar

"Put down your electronics when speaking to someone, or when listening."

LOL

Only when the grid goes down, will this happen.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

For some, but I believe that many do care about the feelings of the people that are with them and respect those feelings. Some people just don’t think about others.

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Michele's avatar

I believe many WOULD care about the feelings of others with them if they could lift/turn their head from the screens long enough to realize that it's an actual living, breathing, feeling human there, and not a mere distraction from whatever is on the Thought Replacement Machine. Most seem hypnotized, to me.

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PRice's avatar

Good luck rolling back human behavior to previous centuries.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

I think we should try to teach manners by example. I hold doors open for people, say please and thank you along with practicing other niceties. It makes others feel valued. Some cultures don’t practice these things and I have had them tell me how good it made them feel to be treated as a valued human being.

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Jeff S's avatar

When I say, "Thank you," to people under 40, they usually respond by saying, "No problem," instead of, "You're welcome." It drives me nutz.

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Jean V's avatar

Lately, I've been hearing "Of course" instead of You're Welcome.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

I think that’s more of a southern thing. It could be they learned it from their relatives. At least they did something nice for you which earned your gratitude.

I’ve had numerous older people say that to me for years now. They are just trying to reassure you that you’re not an inconvenience to them.

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Michele's avatar

Or "No worries"

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PRice's avatar

Yes, good points. I do the same because that's how I was raised.

But people get used to whatever they're encouraged to do. So, for example, this century's female entitlement behavior won't be affected in the least by others' behavioral examples.

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CStone's avatar

Oh? I don’t know about that.

Young women are watching the Trump Family. They are watching how respectful Barron Trump is, and how classy the family acts. The softness of the First Lady’s voice and the respect and humor she shows towards her husband.

It just may influence the youth of this nation.

We shall see.

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PRice's avatar

Not a chance. Unaccountable entitlement is baked into the 21st century female behavioral cake now.

Take Rep. Nancy Mace's clueless cringe behavior recently:

- All the bad things that happened to her weren't her fault. She still hasn't put it together that there are bad people in the world, and it's up to her to keep those people out of her life. Who taught her otherwise?

- Somehow being the first woman to graduate from The Citadel entitled her to a trouble-free life thereafter. No acknowledgement that she's a shining example of how DEI has damaged women, which in turn damages men. Ask any young man who is working at substandard wages how DEI has damaged them.

- No acknowledgement that her problems are something for her to work out. Why publicly broadcast her private life failures, as if her display of unaccountability somehow benefits other women?

- All she's really done is wasted most of her reproductive capacity. She better turn her life around quickly because her biological clock is running out.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

Price,

I don’t feel that most women feel entitled. I think television exacerbates bad behavior to make it seem more prevalent than it actually is. Most women that I know are warm, thoughtful people. Think about the women that you know. Aren’t they generally decent people?

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PRice's avatar

See reply to CStone.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

Price,

You neglected to answer my question. So in your mind, one woman’s actions apply to all. Obviously, your mother, other female relatives, colleagues and friends are all females that feel entitled.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Being "seen" and valued is critical for all of us. I have to wonder how much bad behavior is a lack of this.

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Pat,

I agree with you. That’s why it’s important for us to lead by example. It’s almost like Paying it Forward.

Once a person is treated politely, and sees how nice it feels, they are more apt to treat someone else politely. It makes life more pleasant.

I think it feels good to be thoughtful of others. Why not hold a door open for someone nearby, instead of letting it shut in their face?

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RJ Rambler's avatar

This could make it very hard for ppl to quickly identify or claim the label of autistic just teaching and practicing ediquette. I never understood how discombobulating it is to not be able to recognize gender and age until these end times. Now I know what it's like to be autistic.

FYI I have two high functional spectrum adult children so respectfully mind your criticism.

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My Favorite Things's avatar

I’m not sure what your point is 🙂 BTW just because someone is autistic doesn’t mean that they can’t learn basic manners. It’s insulting to them to say that they can’t.

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George's avatar

Great list…although saying sorry people might think your from the 51st state

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Beth M's avatar

Or, one could simply say, "Sorry, I'm from Portland" and that explains everything

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George,

I’m currently reading an antique etiquette book written in 1900. It’s amazing how things have changed. The book greatly emphasizes how to make people comfortable and the importance of treating others well. It’s actually a feel good type read. But it’s a fantasy to think that nowadays anyone will be so respectful of others -especially with the internet which seems to easily bring out the worst in many people.

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Dr Linda's avatar

Thank you for the education regarding injunctions. I feel better knowing a little more.

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Asa Plinch's avatar

"Yesterday, Bernie, that Rat Fink, unsentimentally voted against Tulsi’s confirmation, despite her support for him last time around. Mitch McConnell also voted against her."

I am more convinced than ever that the DNC has some dirt on Bernie.

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nancylee's avatar

I am more convinced than ever, that he is possessed by demons. and I say that sadly as I greatly admired his first presidential run.

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Juliann's avatar

Amen. I believe that most of DC is demonic.

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Janet's avatar

I’ll go with this.

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RunningLogic's avatar

His wild eyed screed against the onesies seemed to be pretty solid confirmation of that 😛

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

The demons of duplicity and greed.

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Parachutepants's avatar

Didn’t one of the large union bodies support Trump, and the union heads support Biden?

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Juju's avatar

Yep

And my husband’s union reflected the same. The members were all “oh hell no” and voted for Trump. But the National and local heads plastered all over their journals and newsletters to support Harris and why. Heavily elaborate articles and full of fear mongering. We were horrified that they’d do that knowing what we knew of her and the present Democrat party.

Now we sit here wondering what will be in their next newsletters after this “sheetshow.” Will they really expect any of us to vote for the remaining clowns? Do they really believe Trump won’t support labor unions? They are not all bad, only the largest most politically corrupt ones are, but the rest of us have worked quite well in the spirit they were meant to.

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RSgva's avatar

Or somebody does.

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