Trump powers up a historic new Manhattan Project; EPA flips green script; tariffs slam Europe; DOGE launches historic voter integrity DB; House probes Biden’s brain—first time in U.S. history.
Good morning C&C family. It’s a pleasure to share part of the day with you.
I didn’t write this, and I’m not sure who did. There are several versions, written and spoken, out there on the net, here blended together. But the thoughts define very well what Monday’s ceremonies and flags and solemn observances are all about. Rifle salutes, the playing of Taps and Amazing Grace on bagpipes will cause many to weep again over our fallen. Nevertheless, enjoy the holiday - I will! — but do take a moment to remember. As one well-known service organization says, the greatest tragedy is being forgotten.
“Memorial Day is the most expensive holiday on the calendar. It has nothing to do with the cost of travel, gifts or family gatherings. Every hot dog, every burger, every spin around the lake, or drink with friends and family....is a debt...purchased by others. This is not about all who've served, that day comes in the November. This one is in HONOR of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, in life and blood; whose moms never saw them again, whose dads wept in private, whose wives or husbands raised kids alone, and whose kids only remember them from pictures. This isn't simply a day off. This is a day to remember - that others sacrificed their futures so we can enjoy the present in freedom and security.
Remember the overwhelming cost of your Memorial Day holiday. Each and every moment spent with friends and family today was paid for with the blood and last breath of an American. From the very inception of this great nation, the gift of Today was bought and paid for with someone’s last full measure of devotion.”
I have trouble with Memorial Day. What war in our lifetime has been fought for freedom and security in America? The long string of meddlesome interventions referred to as our “Forever wars” have not been fought in defense of the United States. The hype of Memorial Day is to me is propaganda designed to glorify our unjustified attacks upon nations which are not a real threat to our country. We are waving the flag for “defending democracy”. The real end is padding the profits of the “defense industry”. It is time for us to wake up and stop our dishonest proxy wars, currently against Russia and Hamas.
I was drafted during the Vietnam Nam war. I am not proud to have been a part of that. The current neocons pushing for more and bigger war will be the death of all of us.
My husband is a US Army vet with not a dissimilar perspective to your own. He enlisted very young and did several tours in the Middle East. He started out believing his efforts were righteous before seeing the machine for what it is.
For all that have perished, believing their presence necessary and acting in good faith, they deserve to be recognized and honoured, just the same. As do you. Thank you for your service.
I was once very proud of my military service and my contribution to our country. As I have learned now, I was a very small pawn in the color revolutions and regime changes, and expansion of NATO.
You should still be proud because you acted in good faith and probably couldn’t have imagined that so many government actors and institutions were NOT acting in good faith.
It’s been hard for a lot of us. I’ve felt much regret for being so naive. I’m also old enough to remember how badly the soldiers and service members were treated upon return from Vietnam. They were blamed for a war that they did not start or control. Young men fighting old men’s war. Sadly a recurring theme.
Acting in good faith by joining the armed forces to serve their country. The only sublime ignorance was in trusting the powerful to be acting in good faith. Your anger is directed at the wrong people IMHO.
I agree with sooz. Our military men and women have always joined to protect this country. They had no idea of the deception. Thankfully we have Tulsi in the cabinet now to remind everyone what going to war is about and who profits. Thank you and your husband and all our veterans for their service.
Honoring fallen service members was part of my job, and I worked every Memorial Day during my career. I was able to take part in ceremonies in the cemeteries at Normandy, in The Netherlands, and Belgium.
My dad served in the Air Force for 29 years. He was based in Thailand twice and was in charge of maintaining our jets during the Vietnam War, he served in Korea and did TDY in the middle east. We lived in England during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missle Crisis. As a military brat I was proud of my dad's service and loved tbe gypsy military life. If he were still alive today I wonder what he would think of all the things we've learned. My older brother was drafted at 19 or 20 and shipped to Vietnam where his life was changed forever. He died at 67 an alcoholic. It still breaks my heart today and he's been gone for 13 years. Knowing what I know now I despise the money grabbing war mongers who are willing to sacrifice young lives to enrich their bank accounts. We have so many young people who have proudly been willing to risk their lives for their country. Let's make sure they are truly taking those risks for good reason and not for some political agenda. That is one if the many reasons I voted for Trump.
Regardless of the idiots who may have been charge at the specific time in history, let us NEVER never forget who gave their lives for OUR Country.
Let that fact sink in.
The very least these men and women deserve is our respect and our honored remembrance for giving us, buying us the freedoms that evil will snatch from us in a moment.
Therefore I and mine remain grateful, locked and loaded.
These is what I would say too in response to the above. Young men gave their lives for whatever the heck it was but that mattered that they died trying to do what they felt was right.
And the one before it… the patriot act took a lot of our freedom. It wasn’t that long ago it was “legal” to meeting a friend at the gate -yes as they walked off the plane-when they deplaned at the airport. Now you wait outside security and a guard watches to make sure you don’t step out of line.
This is what I would say too in response to the above. Young men gave their lives for whatever the heck it was but that mattered that they died trying to do what they felt was right.
This is what I would say too in response to the above. Young men gave their lives for whatever the heck it was but that mattered that they died trying to do what they felt was right.
I hear your objection. But, as you know, soldiers go where they're told. Get mad at the government and the leaders, not the people who were a part of the armed forces. The Civil War was fought for the benefit of the whole. Honor those soldiers. The Revolutionary war the same.
I missed it too but not surprised. we have TRAITORS on the Supremes. the sooner Roberts gets busted for Epstein THE BETTER for our country. we need a new justice.
Agree. Slavery wasn't just in America. Yet somehow the rest of the world was smart enough to get rid of it without lining up all the suckers across from each other at point blank range and ripping each other apart with lead balls. I think it's ridiculous that Lincoln is idolized. If he'd got rid of slavery without that war, yes he'd be a hero. Of course, only wartime presidents are revered, so he'd be forgotten. Humans really are stupid by and large.
Being a serf in Europe was the same as slavery. The Lord owned you and your little cottage. My ancestors were serfs. The state couldn't afford it anymore and got rid of it. In Austria Hungary, where many of our ancestors came from, serfdom was not abolished until early 1860's... then my Great Grandfather had to take out a "mortgage" to still own his little cottage, so the Lord still got paid, only the Lord didnt provide protection for the peasants anymore. Because of mortgages, and the resulting agricultural recession (For Bread with Butter) many came to American at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900's...They made America great dying in the coal mines, lumber industry, railroads, and steel mills.
And Revolutionary war was fought so that rich land owners could continue to expand westward rather than listen to the King of England who was telling them to stop traipsing into Indian territory. The Boston "massacre" was early media propaganda.
Regardless of the idiots who may have been charge at the specific time in history, let us NEVER never forget who gave their lives for OUR Country.
Let that fact sink in.
The very least these men and women deserve is our respect and our honored remembrance for giving us, buying us the freedoms that evil will snatch from us in a moment.
Therefore I and mine remain grateful, locked and loaded.
Yes indeed. Some time ago, I began to wonder why "Defending Our Freedoms" seems to require stationing troops all over the World. What are my freedoms doing in Africa?
Yes, IMO, none of the wars with the POSSIBLE exception of the Korean war, were necessary and were only fought for MIC profit and hegemonic power plays...
SMEDLEY BUTLER is the reason FDR was not overthrown by the Banksters. because they considered him a traitor to his class over the weekend, support for unions, social security, and his efforts to bring back prosperity to the working class. sound familiar?
The point is to honor the lives lost in service to our country. I don’t disagree with your assessment of the real goals of US military leaders & politicians - an important recognition of truth & wisdom needed in order to change it. Those evil goals make the recognition of the ultimate sacrifice given all the more necessary. No longer can we allow them to get away with their forever wars.
During WW II Millions of civilians were killed by our bombs, not directed at strategic targets. More civilians were killed than combatants by a wide margin.
...and our own who did not want to fight. My Uncle was a draft dodger. The Army found him, sent him to the front line to set bombs, (spinner?) and was killed two weeks later in France. He left behind a young son who never knew his father. And what about all those "Gold Star Mothers" who lost their sons. The bankers sons did not serve.
John Fogarty, Creedence, Fortunate Son. Different era, Viet Nam era, but an early call to truth - along with the seeds of 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ-22, 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 5, all required reading in high school - for a teen whose male classmate peers were just shy of draft age. As time went by realization after realization was sobering. How could others not see? ...And here we are. God bless your uncle, his widow, orphaned son and the many, many others who sacrificed and suffered in era after era, war after war. As @Bard Joseph says in this thread, <All wars are bankers wars. ... It's a racket said General Smedly Butler.>
Dresden was one one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
Churchill bombed it before Hitler was at war. In 24 hours the British killed 250,000 civilians, 80,000 children. Kurt Vonnegut the author survived as a young man. 750,000 in all yet there were no Nuremberg Trials then or mention of war crimes in our history books.
My draft number was nine, so I joined the navy to avoid the jungle. I thought it obvious that war wasn't worth risking my life for. My brother ended up on the ground in 'Nam, but because he could type well, ended up staying on base. But I knew great kids who died, for nothing, but thought they were doing something noble. At that age I give kids a pass for being naive, although I could see through it easily, as did many. It was striking to me how after boot camp, the kids around me had become gung-ho sailors - the techniques worked as designed. Boot camp was easy for me, but didn't change my view of the war and authority figures generally - they suck. Those easily molded in boot camp probably all got the jab, most likely.
How many who served and returned, maimed by PTSD and/or drugs, had their lives permanently changed, and not for the better. My cousin's name is on that Memorial in DC. Parents heartbroken for the rest of their lives. How many lives ruined for the likes of Lyndon Johnson?
"Those easily molded in boot camp probably all got the jab, most likely."
I know one person who told me directly that taking the jab was part of his service obligation, and he did so proudly and patriotically. I haven't heard from him in a few years, so I'm not sure how that worked out for him.
Our military is heavily over vaccinated and autism
Rates among service men and women children is higher than the general population.
The military has those stats, I’m sure. Bobby K could start there looking for the effects of vaccines in children… as all the medical records are centralized.
We had to get jabs back then in the Navy. They were't really jabs though. Shot the juice right through our skin with some type of air gun. I remember thinking I was glad they didn't use needles.
The two “major wars” of the 20th Century were fought on foreign soil, involved European nations of which we the USA, came to the aid of to help them fight those wars.
Would the USA have been in any real danger or our republic in jeopardy of collapse if we did not “participate” in the “World Wars”? That would be a NO.
Even the “bombing of Pearl Harbor”, one of the first of many “false flag events” our government did to justify the USA “going to war” with a perceived foreign enemy, was all contrived.
It was all about the oligarchical class who stood to make a lot of dinero, both in Europe and Asia, providing the arms and goods to fight these wars.
I hear your objection. But, as you know, soldiers go where they're told. Get mad at the government and the leaders, not the people who were a part of the armed forces. The Civil War was fought for the benefit of the whole. Honor those soldiers. The Revolutionary war the same.
Regardless of the idiots who may have been charge at the specific time in history, let us NEVER never forget who gave their lives for OUR Country.
Let that fact sink in.
The very least these men and women deserve is our respect and our honored remembrance for giving us, buying us the freedoms that evil will snatch from us in a moment.
Therefore I and mine remain grateful, locked and loaded.
AGREED> we MUST get beyond the propaganda. ALL WARS ARE BANKERS' WARS and they finance BOTH SIDES to be sure to prosper w blood money, no matter who "wins" . and no matter who wins, the people lose and the fatcats win.
That is the thing about heroes… those who have died while serving. They serve for everyone even those who are like you, ungrateful. I am very proud of my dad’s 30 years, all my uncles, my brother, my guys 40 years and my 32 years of service. I would do it all over again. If you can’t see what they are defending then move to China for a little while and see the difference in freedom. Say stuff this there and your freedom is gone. Say it here and my guy reminds me that we defend people like you too. God bless every single person who put down their life to defend our freedoms… I am truly grateful to them.
"What war in our lifetime has been fought for freedom and security in America?"...oh, I dunno, arguably pre-Pearl Harbor WWII, but certainly post-Pearl Harbor WWII. And I suspect many would argue that going after Bin Laden and other terrorists would be considered to be "in defense of freedom and security in America."
While we may not all agree, it would be a sad day, indeed, if serving one's country was dependent upon whether or not an individual happens to approve of a particular conflict. I, too, served in Vietnam, and while you and I may or may not be "proud" of that particular conflict, we should certainly be proud of the fact that we served when our country called upon us.
Absolutely! Our church that sits on a main road meticulously lines hundreds of flags up the road in remembrance & thanks every Memorial Day. Placing my flags in my front yard today
Thank you for sharing as I have such gratitude for the fortitude and willingness of other Americans before me to sacrifice what is greatest, regardless of the calleous selfishness of their leaders. As a young father, a tear falls when I read the line "whose kids only remember them from pictures." Thank you for the reminder.
The Sons of Union Veterans, a peaceful and patriotic group in Yakima, WA and nationwide of which I am a member, will hold a Memorial Day service in a local cemetery where veterans from the Civil War and right on through our latest conflicts are buried. I'm not sure if there are any Democrats in there but if there are, and if they died to protect our union and our way of life, we will honor them and all who gave their lives for us by holding a solemn ceremony at 10:30 am in Tahomas Cemetery, Yakima, WA. If you're from the area, please plan to be there-our youth in particular, need to see that the freedoms they enjoy now were bought at a steep, steep price. Wherever you live, make a statement by your participation in Memorial Day services and go ahead and enjoy a burger and a beer too.
I LOVE President Trump so much and voted for him BECAUSE he is for Peace and Prosperity and ENDING THE WARS so we dont have to WASTE so many lives. Ever Again.
I appreciate the sentiment. I really do. Without discounting the sacrifice of so many US soldiers and their families, it still is not the most expensive holy day. That would be Crucifixion Day.
Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”
My son is currently studying Engineering Physics (shout out to Embry Riddle!) and just told us he is thinking of switching to nuclear engineering for his masters. We told him that’s probably a great decision for someone his age. What do my fellow C&Cers think?
FWIW, he’s always been super smart, focused, and honestly required not much parenting. It’s all good, though, because our older kids more than made up for what he didn’t need. 😂
He has zero interest in the military. His brother is in the air force, my husband is former navy, and my dad was an AF fighter pilot. But he didn’t get that interest. Who knows, though? He’s 20, I’m sure there are a few surprises in store for his life.
My FIL spent 47 years as a nuclear boiler engineer, long before computers and the current technology. He graduated from Purdue. They supposedly have an excellent program.
One of the perks for him and his family was traveling all over the world and living in Germany while building their program in the 70s. My husband got to go to high school in Heidelberg and considers the times and friendships there as irreplaceable. He still keeps in contact with those friends 50 years later.
They’re all successful adults, they’ve just taken different paths. His is through Very Deep Analytical Thinking. The others are business degree and in the air force. But they’re all off our payroll and like what they’re doing and that was the parenting goal.
That would never happen in my house. We actually kicked our oldest out because he was starting to
cocoon… told him we loved him too much and what he was doing wasn’t helping him develop a successful adulthood. He’s a great kid, just not super self-motivated. One of the few things I’ve done as a parent that I am absolutely sure was the right thing to do. He’s great now, as mentioned above. Just needed to be nudged into adulthood.
Nuclear reactors are DISASTERS WAITING TO HAPPEN. The stainless tubing they use, doesn't last forever. It experiences "oxygen embrittlement" that causes leaks that contaminate everything for THOUSANDS OF YEARS! Nuclear Engineers get excess radiation that causes CANCER. Shielding is not 100%. Nuclear Engineering is a death sentence.
There is a neighborhood in Boulder Colorado near the nuclear bomb factory that is contaminated. People who live there, get Cancer and move out. Nobody will tell them it's radioactive and the reason they move out is because they die! It's the same downwind of every nuclear reactor and Trump wants more of them?????? Some are shut down because they leak radiation that lasts for THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
FDR's son interviewed the Allied leaders after the war, but Stalin refused. When he pressed him as to why, Stalin replied "ask your mother". She had refused Stalin's request to have his ambassador to the US see the body. Stalin rightly suspected he was poisoned (Churchill, a Rothschild's stooge, has been implicated.)
The newspaper in the photo is from Bisbee, Arizona during WWI. Look at the level of literacy and detailed facts displayed in a paper for a mining town of less than 10,000 population. Compare that to today’s media.
Interesting fact: the people of Bisbee formed a posse and deported 1,200 communist agitators from the town during that period.
They're not the democratic party. They're just plain old rotten democrats. They're nothing more than "the customer service desk for the administrative state." (Indeed. Another nice one, Jeff C.) Hope everyone enjoys the three-day weekend!
And what do we call the other "side" of the coin? The administration is busy building up the AI control grid while their fans clap like seals. Spending hasn't decreased, and are about to be spending $1 trillion on the pentagon (which can't pass an audit). How about propping up a failing crappy company like Boeing? Sounds a bit like socialism.
Historically, yes. Just one big Uniparty. But that Rep Party is history. The old line RINOs are dead. Trump has literally captured the Rep Party and is remaking it in his image. This is a complete reset of the political landscape in America and no one sees it yet. The Dem Party is history and will vanish and the Rep Party we have known is being disemboweled and re-invented.
Is it though? Has spending decreased? The FDA still recommending clot shots for pregnant women. Record military budget to a pentagon that can't pass an audit. The AI control grid is being assembled.
Believe me, I sympathize. No one wants retribution for the covid democide more than me. And a TRILLION $ military budget? Come on! The USG does not need a trillion $ military budget. I think that is just setting the stage and I expect that figure to change. It's part of his methodology. "100% tariffs! Oh, you agree, well let's then just do 10%." Nobody negotiates like he does.
But I still think we are witness to a complete resetting of the US political landscape, as thorough as the geo-political landscape reset Trump is accomplishing internationally. Our friend Daverkb made a comment Thursday that hardly anyone saw and I think he explains precisely what is going on. I'll quote:
"daverkb
daverkb
2h
The prime focus of the administration of Donald J. Trump is to restructure the cultural, political, and most importantly, the financial basis upon which the United States transacts business as a government and a nation state.. Anything else which gets in the way or distracts from this prime existential repurposing is goint to get shoved way down the list. Saving the country from cultural and financial ruin is real Realpolitik focus of the highest order.
Now let's set the stage, as in yesterday's presser with the South African leader Ramaphosa. Gazing upon this spectacle and would have the United States already come clean about its sordid part in covid terrorism which has so far murdered millions and irreversibly damaged hundred of millions (if not more), what would we have had sitting there in the Oval Office? Would it not be two world leaders of sovereign countries sitting there with (directly or indirectly) blood dripping from their hands. And Ramaphosa could have smugly said to his counterpart, "You are no better. And maybe a thousand times worse."
The United States coming clean respective its dark darker history of the past several decades is not going to get headline priority status because the immediate peril is the country on the brink going down the drain in a leveling devastating financial ruin. Therefore, the best we can realistically expect from the government and any administration trying to save the country is partial remedy, not out right confession and cleansing. Yeah! This is a bitter pill for me. But realistically saving the country from going down the tubes is going to be the focus, not the confession booth.
Still, all this said, its the job of the American people to always shout the truth in a way which cannot be ignored. It is a moral duty to do so. Otherwise bad things happen again and again...
...It's going to be messy, real messy because really ... there are no free lunches ... and the bill for excesses, decades of excesses and excessive behavior sooner or later comes due."
I disagree with Dave's comment in regards tot he financial part of it. Financially, Trump shows no signs of challenging the central bank cartel. Time will tell of course, but the only thing I see changing financially is the adoption of digital monies, which has more dangers than good in my opinion.
That has kept me puzzled also. And I always maintain a skeptical attitude. But I have to believe something is in the works. I'm waiting to see. Clearly, a monetary reset of some kind is in order to right the USG fiscally and to reset the USD as a sound currency. The first tip off was the BIS rule change in 2023 that reclassified gold as a Tier 1 asset beginning in July 2025. I did not realize it when I heard about that change some time ago but that change is the re-monetization of gold. This is huge. Concurrent with that change and even a bit before, the central banks purchases of gold went up dramatically and continue to buy gold at that rate. Beginning in early 2025, demand for physical delivery of gold on the exchange markets went up exponentially. Both the re-monetization of gold and the world wide drift into war are going to drive gold much much higher between now and 2032.
To that point, Dave commented: "At any rate, I am guessing that it is possible to handle the debt trap situation. But! And this is a big 'but', the situation is very serious and it is likely to go into crises and thus occasion the visible reason for a monetary reset. Given what I am seeing, the folks behind Trump probably want to jettison dollar reserve currency status as being economically incompatible with the desired re-industrialization. And so, given that, maybe that is why we are seeing huge gold inflows into the United States and a push to real resource commodity extraction. These and capital inflows, also a part of the strategy."
The American people have been fed up with the Demoncrat party since Obama. It's just taken a while to overcome the voter fraud/cheat in order to see it. I keep saying it but the Dem Party has lost all legitimacy and I would bet even money the party won't even exist come 2028. They are going to get CRUSHED in the mid-terms, all the hand-wringing about stealing the election notwithstanding.
Both Parties are interesting conglomerations of interacting corporate bodies. The Reps are a hodge-podge of factions and individuals, a large herd of cats. The Dems simply appear to be nearly fully controlled and uniformly operated by an upper echelon inner circle elite with Uber-Cult-powers, plenty of rich pop-culturists, and sycophant corporate Media, who rule over a compliant, willingly brain-dead zombie hoard of lower level semi-elite, semi-educated, richly rewarded operators, officials and managers. The Money and power mad Social-Revolutionaries then mesh quite seamlessly with their ideologically activated, controlled, and purposed underling voter/activist base who themselves enjoy the Cult direction and authority, the drugs, sex, abuse, etc. while being praised and confidently assured that they are morally and intellectually superior to the Neanderthals-Infidels who desecrate society by NOT being a Cult-member and advocate
Well, I agree completely with your opening statement, particularly if you put the banksters and Committee of 300 at the top of the pyramid. Other than that, at the operational level with few exceptions they are all the same ilk and buddies behind closed doors. <Money and power mad...> and especially at the operational level <assured that they are morally and intellectually superior> The voter base, with broad exceptions but not nearly enough, are under- or ill-informed, easily swayed and manipulated. Not disagreeing in spirit, just your... details assessment. ? Not that I possess all the details, trust me. 2¢. Or less.
I saw a report that TSLA stock shows it spiking higher this year. Two reasons. 1. Elon is stepping back from his DOGE work (thanks to resistant Repubs) which does help untangle him from possible regulatory conflicts (and give him more time to focus on his operations). 2. The Tesla FSD (full self driving) feature that's now in the market is really good and dominating the field and may be licensed to others.
(maybe in the midterms we can sweep out the RINOs and make another run at DOGE)?
Yes. There's vids of people cheering how they get time back for their two hour round trip commutes by being to work on their computer or even read a book while their car drives them down the freeway. Pretty dang game-changing for those who have long drives.
I wish I could afford the truck. I’ve got thirty panels on my roof, selling power back to the grid for half of what I pay for it, so it would be like having a free truck.
Saw one in my Canuckistanian town the other day (before my clunker of a car conked out...) and felt like pulling into that parking lot to... Stick a post-it with a ❤️ under his windshield wiper. (Does that veritable tank even HAVE visible wipers?)
They are certainly a beast. If you can find it, tucker did a two day review with a buddy that uses his as a truck. Hauling 11 thousand pound trailer through woods. At 70 mph. He’s a lumberjack.
You're very fortunate to have a power company that sees value in its customers' resources. Where I live the power company is a joke. They buy back power for pennies, well under what they pay others for energy.
Electric cars and data centers are driving up our electric costs 20%. Illinois. 😭
Illinois - Here are the reasons why your electric bill will see a HUGE spike in June:
-Data centers (aka META) (photo)
-Electric vehicles
Some parts of Illinois will see their bills go up by $45 a month!
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation — the nonprofit oversight agency for grid operators reports that average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per month more this summer, Downstate Ameren Illinois says customers can expect an 18% to 22% increase in their monthly bill, or about $45 per month depending on usage.
The increased demand is from data centers, increasing adoption of electric heat pumps and the rise of electric vehicles.
Why would people install heat pumps where half the year there isn’t much heat? Wouldn’t that be less efficient than conventional heat exchange systems using fuel?
"In 1919, in his first year in office, President Woodrow Wilson (Democrat, 1919-1921) suffered a massive stroke and was laid up for a year. Some theorize his stroke could have been related to the experimental flu vaccine for the 1918 pandemic."
I never thought about this possibility but it does seem to be a legit theory.
The vaccines were given to the military. The Flu of 1918 was caused by the creation of wireless radio transmission around the world and began in an experimental army base in Kansas. Studies there showed that there was no contagion.
The odds for suddenly deaths of Presidents are pretty high.
Wilson did have a stroke in 1919 but that was not his first year in office, nor was it the first year of his 2nd term. He was elected to his first term in 1912 and reelected in 1916. Wilson served as president from early 1913 - early 1921.
Yeah, I knew he was still, more or less, healthy during his campaign for a second term. However as we well know, not all negative jab effects happen immediately so his could have been a delayed result. We will never know for sure but it does seem plausible.
We never heard about those injured by that flu jab. But I noticed it was the military who seemed to come down with the flu first, after they had been jabbed. When they were together at the Army bases, probably awaiting transport to the European Theatre.
Read the book on the USS Leviathon "Death Ship" which transported early groups of USA soldiers to Europe" All heavily jabbed with new innoculations? Many dropped dead on trains getting to that ship, more died aboard ship, and many died at the French arrival port and more on trains to the combat trenches. Families of the dead were just told KIA. A young FDR sailed on that ship in late Summer 1918 for an "inspection" junket in France as a Navy political appointee. He as a VIP was likely well-jabbed with the newest wonder jabs. On return to USA aboard Leviathon he nearly died of double pneumonia. Likely got ADE from the multi-crap-jabs resulting a couple years later with "polio" which sounds like Guillain Barre.
FDR didn’t have “polio”. Read the book “The Moth in the Iron Lung” by Forrest Maready for the fascinating true history. This book also exposes the lies behind “polio” and development of the polio shot.
Can I safely assume you're referring to: Turtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth Paperback – July 16, 2022, and not John Green's "Turtles All The Way Down" from a couple of decades earlier 🤪
Yes, polio was renamed as a few things like GBS, transverse myelitis, palsies, flaccid myelitis and more - to make it appear that cases of “polio” plummeted after the shot.
And Transverse Myelitis, and 7 other diseases. The polio numbers cratered after the jab was released because TPTB separated the 9 other diseases that were called polio into individual diseases.
MAY not have had polio - I believe it requires blood testing for diagnosis and this was rarely done. We can’t say definitively and it really doesn’t matter - his physical impairments were real.
Read the book on the USS Leviathon "Death Ship" which transported early groups of USA soldiers to Europe who were all heavily jabbed with new innoculations? Many dropped dead on trains getting to that ship, more died aboard ship, many died at the French arrival port and more on trains enroute to the combat trenches. Families of those dead were just told KIA. Press silence. A young FDR sailed on that ship in late Summer 1918 for an "inspection" junket in France as a Navy political appointee. He as a VIP was likely well-jabbed with al the newest wonder shots. On return to USA aboard Leviathon he nearly died of double pneumonia. Maybe worsened by being given overdoses of aspirin which many doctors then did when faced with "Spanish" flu. FDR likely got ADE from multi-crap-novel-jabs resulting a couple years later with "polio" which we'd likely call today Guillain Barre.
MAY not have had polio - I believe it requires blood testing for diagnosis and this was rarely done. We can’t say definitively and it really doesn’t matter - his physical impairments were real.
MAY not have had polio - I believe it requires blood testing for diagnosis and this was rarely done. We can’t say definitively and it really doesn’t matter - his physical impairments were real.
Does anyone remember ever reading a news headline saying "European tariffs slam United States products"? I don't. But they went on slamming for at least 60 years, Marshall plan notwithstanding. Until right now, no one in our government cared. Administration after administration was just fine with our being the patsies.
They were paid for their complacency. Trump can’t be bought. I pray Vance and Rubio and RFK and Tulsi can’t be bought either so that our future is secure
I would not mind at all if those four were to form strong and enduring alliances. Each has much to offer and each could temper the others' weaknesses.
It is time to begin to consider not only what Trump's legacy will be but also his official legatee. Too early? Not at all. The Democrats are making a lot of noise publicly, as is their wont, but do not be fooled into thinking that they are not planning to capture the government yet again in 2028.
This is what gets uncovered: “We hold these truths to be self-evident… all men and women created by—go, you know, you know, the thing.” — Joseph Robinette Biden, March 2, 2020. 🤣
Truly the best quote ever I had to make sure it was seen twice. LOL It’s so absurdly funny I snorted on my coffee. C&C needs warning reminders to not drink and drive, er…. read.
After seeing what a real president who is not controlled by either side can do, I will never settle again for something like Biden and I hope nobody else will either. But that’s what we get when we fall asleep at the wheel.
Well, it is Comer running the investigation. How serious is it, if the Biden puppeteers aren't under oath? Last time Comer did an investigation, if I'm correct, there were strong worded letters and he wrote a book. There must be serious investigation. It all should go to a grand jury - in Wyoming or Idaho, etc. No more DC juries!!!!
A massive plant to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles is being built a few miles south of me as local governments are switching to electric vehicles. The irony is that nearly all the electricity supplying the region, including the new battery plant, is from a coal-fired power plant west of here.
I actually come to first read Janice P’s Bible verse of the day to prep my mind before reading. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many comments early 😄
I'd love to hear Old Sick Joe quote his favorite Bible verse into a microphone from memory; " Do unto others, as they.....might......oh you know, do we know......do-si-do.... we all know the thing!" "Oh,....and judge ye not while you turn the other cheek and render to Caesar what is Caesar's, one nation, under God, indivisible, with justice for all"
Good morning C&C family. It’s a pleasure to share part of the day with you.
I didn’t write this, and I’m not sure who did. There are several versions, written and spoken, out there on the net, here blended together. But the thoughts define very well what Monday’s ceremonies and flags and solemn observances are all about. Rifle salutes, the playing of Taps and Amazing Grace on bagpipes will cause many to weep again over our fallen. Nevertheless, enjoy the holiday - I will! — but do take a moment to remember. As one well-known service organization says, the greatest tragedy is being forgotten.
“Memorial Day is the most expensive holiday on the calendar. It has nothing to do with the cost of travel, gifts or family gatherings. Every hot dog, every burger, every spin around the lake, or drink with friends and family....is a debt...purchased by others. This is not about all who've served, that day comes in the November. This one is in HONOR of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, in life and blood; whose moms never saw them again, whose dads wept in private, whose wives or husbands raised kids alone, and whose kids only remember them from pictures. This isn't simply a day off. This is a day to remember - that others sacrificed their futures so we can enjoy the present in freedom and security.
Remember the overwhelming cost of your Memorial Day holiday. Each and every moment spent with friends and family today was paid for with the blood and last breath of an American. From the very inception of this great nation, the gift of Today was bought and paid for with someone’s last full measure of devotion.”
I have trouble with Memorial Day. What war in our lifetime has been fought for freedom and security in America? The long string of meddlesome interventions referred to as our “Forever wars” have not been fought in defense of the United States. The hype of Memorial Day is to me is propaganda designed to glorify our unjustified attacks upon nations which are not a real threat to our country. We are waving the flag for “defending democracy”. The real end is padding the profits of the “defense industry”. It is time for us to wake up and stop our dishonest proxy wars, currently against Russia and Hamas.
I was drafted during the Vietnam Nam war. I am not proud to have been a part of that. The current neocons pushing for more and bigger war will be the death of all of us.
My husband is a US Army vet with not a dissimilar perspective to your own. He enlisted very young and did several tours in the Middle East. He started out believing his efforts were righteous before seeing the machine for what it is.
For all that have perished, believing their presence necessary and acting in good faith, they deserve to be recognized and honoured, just the same. As do you. Thank you for your service.
I was once very proud of my military service and my contribution to our country. As I have learned now, I was a very small pawn in the color revolutions and regime changes, and expansion of NATO.
You should still be proud because you acted in good faith and probably couldn’t have imagined that so many government actors and institutions were NOT acting in good faith.
I'm not exactly ashamed, but it's been hard over the last several years as my eyes have been opened to what was really going on.
It’s been hard for a lot of us. I’ve felt much regret for being so naive. I’m also old enough to remember how badly the soldiers and service members were treated upon return from Vietnam. They were blamed for a war that they did not start or control. Young men fighting old men’s war. Sadly a recurring theme.
Thank you for your service. I am ashamed to have forgotten to say it! Thank you to “Elaine H” for the reminder!
you've been betrayed and used, so I can imagine the mixed emotions. Thank you for your service anyway!
acting in good faith to bomb the hell out of peasants on the other side of the world? acting in sublime ignorance is more like it.
Acting in good faith by joining the armed forces to serve their country. The only sublime ignorance was in trusting the powerful to be acting in good faith. Your anger is directed at the wrong people IMHO.
I agree with sooz. Our military men and women have always joined to protect this country. They had no idea of the deception. Thankfully we have Tulsi in the cabinet now to remind everyone what going to war is about and who profits. Thank you and your husband and all our veterans for their service.
I, sadly, feel the same way about my military service.
But I will always honor the fallen soldiers who gave their lives for this country.
Honoring fallen service members was part of my job, and I worked every Memorial Day during my career. I was able to take part in ceremonies in the cemeteries at Normandy, in The Netherlands, and Belgium.
I congratulate you on waking up. thats what really counts. and perhaps you can wake up others.
Thank you for your service. It was done from a heart of service. We all know a lot more than we knew then.
MM, well said. I come from an Army family and I agree.
My dad served in the Air Force for 29 years. He was based in Thailand twice and was in charge of maintaining our jets during the Vietnam War, he served in Korea and did TDY in the middle east. We lived in England during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missle Crisis. As a military brat I was proud of my dad's service and loved tbe gypsy military life. If he were still alive today I wonder what he would think of all the things we've learned. My older brother was drafted at 19 or 20 and shipped to Vietnam where his life was changed forever. He died at 67 an alcoholic. It still breaks my heart today and he's been gone for 13 years. Knowing what I know now I despise the money grabbing war mongers who are willing to sacrifice young lives to enrich their bank accounts. We have so many young people who have proudly been willing to risk their lives for their country. Let's make sure they are truly taking those risks for good reason and not for some political agenda. That is one if the many reasons I voted for Trump.
Some. Gave. All.
Regardless of the idiots who may have been charge at the specific time in history, let us NEVER never forget who gave their lives for OUR Country.
Let that fact sink in.
The very least these men and women deserve is our respect and our honored remembrance for giving us, buying us the freedoms that evil will snatch from us in a moment.
Therefore I and mine remain grateful, locked and loaded.
Amen.
These is what I would say too in response to the above. Young men gave their lives for whatever the heck it was but that mattered that they died trying to do what they felt was right.
The evil of our own country will snatch our freedoms, as we saw with the last administration.
And the one before it… the patriot act took a lot of our freedom. It wasn’t that long ago it was “legal” to meeting a friend at the gate -yes as they walked off the plane-when they deplaned at the airport. Now you wait outside security and a guard watches to make sure you don’t step out of line.
This is what I would say too in response to the above. Young men gave their lives for whatever the heck it was but that mattered that they died trying to do what they felt was right.
This is what I would say too in response to the above. Young men gave their lives for whatever the heck it was but that mattered that they died trying to do what they felt was right.
Amen.
I hear your objection. But, as you know, soldiers go where they're told. Get mad at the government and the leaders, not the people who were a part of the armed forces. The Civil War was fought for the benefit of the whole. Honor those soldiers. The Revolutionary war the same.
Civil War was fought to prevent the Bank of England from dividing the country and controlling both halves.
And yet, they control the Federal Reserve. THEY TAKE OUR MONEY, then loan it back to with interest.
So, they STILL control us.
And did you notice, the Supremes voted that President Trump cannot touch the Federal Reserve? London even controls our Justices.
I missed that ruling.
Sad.
The Czar of Russia saved us during the Civil War by blocking the bankers with their fleet.
Won't see that in your history book.
Federal Reserve created the income tax and eliminated tariffs. We may need Trump tariffs to reverse it.
I missed it too but not surprised. we have TRAITORS on the Supremes. the sooner Roberts gets busted for Epstein THE BETTER for our country. we need a new justice.
We need many new justices, as most are cowards or compromised!
Makes you wonder why he always has that shifty eyed look on his face. His body language is revealing.
Such a pitiful bunch, that Supreme Court!
That’s an interesting take…hadn’t heard that one before. I am convinced, however, that Northern greed hid behind emancipation’s noble call.
Emancipation was a psyop.
John Brown, Uncle Tom's cabin and abolitionists were all paid by the Freemason bankers.
Slaves had it rough when the war began.
Agree. Slavery wasn't just in America. Yet somehow the rest of the world was smart enough to get rid of it without lining up all the suckers across from each other at point blank range and ripping each other apart with lead balls. I think it's ridiculous that Lincoln is idolized. If he'd got rid of slavery without that war, yes he'd be a hero. Of course, only wartime presidents are revered, so he'd be forgotten. Humans really are stupid by and large.
Being a serf in Europe was the same as slavery. The Lord owned you and your little cottage. My ancestors were serfs. The state couldn't afford it anymore and got rid of it. In Austria Hungary, where many of our ancestors came from, serfdom was not abolished until early 1860's... then my Great Grandfather had to take out a "mortgage" to still own his little cottage, so the Lord still got paid, only the Lord didnt provide protection for the peasants anymore. Because of mortgages, and the resulting agricultural recession (For Bread with Butter) many came to American at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900's...They made America great dying in the coal mines, lumber industry, railroads, and steel mills.
And Revolutionary war was fought so that rich land owners could continue to expand westward rather than listen to the King of England who was telling them to stop traipsing into Indian territory. The Boston "massacre" was early media propaganda.
Yeah.
And the big issue was the establishment of a US bank or a branch of the Bank of England. (Hamilton)
Some. Gave. All.
Regardless of the idiots who may have been charge at the specific time in history, let us NEVER never forget who gave their lives for OUR Country.
Let that fact sink in.
The very least these men and women deserve is our respect and our honored remembrance for giving us, buying us the freedoms that evil will snatch from us in a moment.
Therefore I and mine remain grateful, locked and loaded.
Amen.
Locked and Loaded indeed. God bless all our past, current and future veterans.
I agree with your last point about the 2nd amendment.
Sometimes Substack tells you that your comment wasn't posted and so you hit the post button again. And again.
Oopsie!
(Ask me how I know?)
there is a delete button..
😂 I know but you only see your "3 replies" if you re-read the voluminous comments section and manage to find your "multiple replies."
Substack is glitching in comments, on multiple stacks today.
I just had to delete a double-post on Dr. Pierre Kory's latest...
Weird stuff happening on X too.
Might be related to the million mile wide fissure recently discovered on the sun.
Or... "Melancholia".
:-)
Yes indeed. Some time ago, I began to wonder why "Defending Our Freedoms" seems to require stationing troops all over the World. What are my freedoms doing in Africa?
Ask those at the U.N.
All wars are bankers wars.
It's a racket said General Smedley Butler.
It's nice to remember our young men who are proud to serve.
Butler... A good man. Patton too.
Yes, IMO, none of the wars with the POSSIBLE exception of the Korean war, were necessary and were only fought for MIC profit and hegemonic power plays...
Yes, that does include WWII.
. . . you meant
". . . ALL of the wars. . ." not none, right?!
Yes, thanks... I corrected it.
Dementia is creeping in... I can't slow it down no matter how much tequila I drink!
Korea too.
And, only a congress can declare war, not the president.
Smedly Butler?
you should look him up - he exposed the Business Plot back in the 1930's.
He wrote the book War is a Racket. You can find it free online.
https://corbettreport.com/episode-123-meet-smedley-butler/
SMEDLEY BUTLER is the reason FDR was not overthrown by the Banksters. because they considered him a traitor to his class over the weekend, support for unions, social security, and his efforts to bring back prosperity to the working class. sound familiar?
But FDR ultimately was overthrown when he agreed to allow Truman as VP on the ticket.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/115545.Smedley_D_Butler
The point is to honor the lives lost in service to our country. I don’t disagree with your assessment of the real goals of US military leaders & politicians - an important recognition of truth & wisdom needed in order to change it. Those evil goals make the recognition of the ultimate sacrifice given all the more necessary. No longer can we allow them to get away with their forever wars.
but they weren't lost in service to our country. and until we thoroughly understand that we will still send them off to kill people all over the world
They serve the Government. Some people think the Government is the country. Propaganda is powerful.
During WW II Millions of civilians were killed by our bombs, not directed at strategic targets. More civilians were killed than combatants by a wide margin.
...and our own who did not want to fight. My Uncle was a draft dodger. The Army found him, sent him to the front line to set bombs, (spinner?) and was killed two weeks later in France. He left behind a young son who never knew his father. And what about all those "Gold Star Mothers" who lost their sons. The bankers sons did not serve.
John Fogarty, Creedence, Fortunate Son. Different era, Viet Nam era, but an early call to truth - along with the seeds of 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ-22, 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 5, all required reading in high school - for a teen whose male classmate peers were just shy of draft age. As time went by realization after realization was sobering. How could others not see? ...And here we are. God bless your uncle, his widow, orphaned son and the many, many others who sacrificed and suffered in era after era, war after war. As @Bard Joseph says in this thread, <All wars are bankers wars. ... It's a racket said General Smedly Butler.>
There are a few common themes that revealed themselves fully during covid… but they’ve been using the same playbook for decades
1. We (the masses) are the product- controlled through propaganda
2. Our children are disposable to them- seen merely as a resource to be exploited and used to their own advantage
Dresden...
Dresden was one one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
Churchill bombed it before Hitler was at war. In 24 hours the British killed 250,000 civilians, 80,000 children. Kurt Vonnegut the author survived as a young man. 750,000 in all yet there were no Nuremberg Trials then or mention of war crimes in our history books.
Because the victors Always write history.
And Tokyo, March 9th and 10th 1945
Some BIG lies told... and some BIG truths still suppressed.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/jzQWYRcv7bYl/
https://www.unz.com/article/auschwitz-six-facts-and-seven-questions/
The irony of this is we would have been tried as war criminals for those civilian bombings if we had lost the war.
My draft number was nine, so I joined the navy to avoid the jungle. I thought it obvious that war wasn't worth risking my life for. My brother ended up on the ground in 'Nam, but because he could type well, ended up staying on base. But I knew great kids who died, for nothing, but thought they were doing something noble. At that age I give kids a pass for being naive, although I could see through it easily, as did many. It was striking to me how after boot camp, the kids around me had become gung-ho sailors - the techniques worked as designed. Boot camp was easy for me, but didn't change my view of the war and authority figures generally - they suck. Those easily molded in boot camp probably all got the jab, most likely.
How many who served and returned, maimed by PTSD and/or drugs, had their lives permanently changed, and not for the better. My cousin's name is on that Memorial in DC. Parents heartbroken for the rest of their lives. How many lives ruined for the likes of Lyndon Johnson?
"Those easily molded in boot camp probably all got the jab, most likely."
I know one person who told me directly that taking the jab was part of his service obligation, and he did so proudly and patriotically. I haven't heard from him in a few years, so I'm not sure how that worked out for him.
Military were always guinea pigs for pharma.
Our military is heavily over vaccinated and autism
Rates among service men and women children is higher than the general population.
The military has those stats, I’m sure. Bobby K could start there looking for the effects of vaccines in children… as all the medical records are centralized.
It's going to be a rude awakening to eliminate the entire childhood schedule.
I fear that the medical control, eugenics, will continue with the new Mrna crap. Like new and improved marketing.
We had to get jabs back then in the Navy. They were't really jabs though. Shot the juice right through our skin with some type of air gun. I remember thinking I was glad they didn't use needles.
'Safe and effective,' just like the anthrax vaccine they doled out during the first Gulf War. I know a few people who were messed up by that shot.
The two “major wars” of the 20th Century were fought on foreign soil, involved European nations of which we the USA, came to the aid of to help them fight those wars.
Would the USA have been in any real danger or our republic in jeopardy of collapse if we did not “participate” in the “World Wars”? That would be a NO.
Even the “bombing of Pearl Harbor”, one of the first of many “false flag events” our government did to justify the USA “going to war” with a perceived foreign enemy, was all contrived.
It was all about the oligarchical class who stood to make a lot of dinero, both in Europe and Asia, providing the arms and goods to fight these wars.
The “business of war” is Big Business.
Ever notice… any ‘war on’ campaigns… the problem only gets worse…
The war on drugs
The war on cancer
The war on terror
Cause our lives have been about some “war or another” for most of our lives. 😔
yup
I hear your objection. But, as you know, soldiers go where they're told. Get mad at the government and the leaders, not the people who were a part of the armed forces. The Civil War was fought for the benefit of the whole. Honor those soldiers. The Revolutionary war the same.
Some. Gave. All.
Regardless of the idiots who may have been charge at the specific time in history, let us NEVER never forget who gave their lives for OUR Country.
Let that fact sink in.
The very least these men and women deserve is our respect and our honored remembrance for giving us, buying us the freedoms that evil will snatch from us in a moment.
Therefore I and mine remain grateful, locked and loaded.
Amen.
How does serving the Government keep evil from snatching our freedom away? It seems the Government is the most reliable freedom snatcher.
AGREED> we MUST get beyond the propaganda. ALL WARS ARE BANKERS' WARS and they finance BOTH SIDES to be sure to prosper w blood money, no matter who "wins" . and no matter who wins, the people lose and the fatcats win.
Who funded the Communist Revolution?
Pharma fund both sides. Prescott Bush funded Hitler.
That is the thing about heroes… those who have died while serving. They serve for everyone even those who are like you, ungrateful. I am very proud of my dad’s 30 years, all my uncles, my brother, my guys 40 years and my 32 years of service. I would do it all over again. If you can’t see what they are defending then move to China for a little while and see the difference in freedom. Say stuff this there and your freedom is gone. Say it here and my guy reminds me that we defend people like you too. God bless every single person who put down their life to defend our freedoms… I am truly grateful to them.
"What war in our lifetime has been fought for freedom and security in America?"...oh, I dunno, arguably pre-Pearl Harbor WWII, but certainly post-Pearl Harbor WWII. And I suspect many would argue that going after Bin Laden and other terrorists would be considered to be "in defense of freedom and security in America."
While we may not all agree, it would be a sad day, indeed, if serving one's country was dependent upon whether or not an individual happens to approve of a particular conflict. I, too, served in Vietnam, and while you and I may or may not be "proud" of that particular conflict, we should certainly be proud of the fact that we served when our country called upon us.
none. all wars are bankers wars who generally start then finance both sides. see Rockefeller, Bush crime family etc in ww2 for just a recent example
Absolutely! Our church that sits on a main road meticulously lines hundreds of flags up the road in remembrance & thanks every Memorial Day. Placing my flags in my front yard today
Flags are good for business. We have car dealerships that fly them every day.
“To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.”
🥹true
Thank you for sharing as I have such gratitude for the fortitude and willingness of other Americans before me to sacrifice what is greatest, regardless of the calleous selfishness of their leaders. As a young father, a tear falls when I read the line "whose kids only remember them from pictures." Thank you for the reminder.
The Sons of Union Veterans, a peaceful and patriotic group in Yakima, WA and nationwide of which I am a member, will hold a Memorial Day service in a local cemetery where veterans from the Civil War and right on through our latest conflicts are buried. I'm not sure if there are any Democrats in there but if there are, and if they died to protect our union and our way of life, we will honor them and all who gave their lives for us by holding a solemn ceremony at 10:30 am in Tahomas Cemetery, Yakima, WA. If you're from the area, please plan to be there-our youth in particular, need to see that the freedoms they enjoy now were bought at a steep, steep price. Wherever you live, make a statement by your participation in Memorial Day services and go ahead and enjoy a burger and a beer too.
I LOVE President Trump so much and voted for him BECAUSE he is for Peace and Prosperity and ENDING THE WARS so we dont have to WASTE so many lives. Ever Again.
Indeed. Thank you for sharing, just perfect to describe this day.
Thank you Guy! We are all proud of our fallen heroes. I will NEVER forget!
Thank you!
I appreciate the sentiment. I really do. Without discounting the sacrifice of so many US soldiers and their families, it still is not the most expensive holy day. That would be Crucifixion Day.
Powerful
Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”
— Revelation 19:6-9 NAS
For those who have an ear let them hear!!!
I love your post. Thanks for sharing.
My son is currently studying Engineering Physics (shout out to Embry Riddle!) and just told us he is thinking of switching to nuclear engineering for his masters. We told him that’s probably a great decision for someone his age. What do my fellow C&Cers think?
FWIW, he’s always been super smart, focused, and honestly required not much parenting. It’s all good, though, because our older kids more than made up for what he didn’t need. 😂
Absolutely. Regardless whether that nets him a civil career, or an aerospace career, it will put him in with the best.
A tour of duty in the Navy as a nuclear power geek would help tremendously.
While I was in, the nukes had a line of job offers even before they got out.
He has zero interest in the military. His brother is in the air force, my husband is former navy, and my dad was an AF fighter pilot. But he didn’t get that interest. Who knows, though? He’s 20, I’m sure there are a few surprises in store for his life.
Navy's Nuclear Power School...some good info here on what they teach.
https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/NNPTC/Academics/Nuclear-Power-School/
And if he wants to be an instructor at the Navy's nuclear power school.
Link:
https://www.navy.com/careers-benefits/careers/science-engineering/nupoc-instructor
I’ll pass it along to him, thanks! 100% chance he’ll already have looked into it. 😂
Pretty sure there are a lot of civilians that support the Navy's Nuclear Power program...teaching, administration, policy matters, etc.
My FIL spent 47 years as a nuclear boiler engineer, long before computers and the current technology. He graduated from Purdue. They supposedly have an excellent program.
One of the perks for him and his family was traveling all over the world and living in Germany while building their program in the 70s. My husband got to go to high school in Heidelberg and considers the times and friendships there as irreplaceable. He still keeps in contact with those friends 50 years later.
He’s already been researching the best masters programs and Purdue was definitely at the top of the list.
I can imagine how proud of him you must be. I'm sure we will hear more from him in the future.
You da BEST Kathleen Janoski.
❤️👍👏👏👏
A friend of mine did just that was on a nuclear sub
When he retired from the Navy he went to work for an company dealing with nuclear reactors
Yes, those guys have a job lined up even before they get out.
My son is a Navy nuke right now. It's a great job with lots of future opportunities as well!
Great...those guys received a great education.
Great career choice! So few are capable of working in a nuclear field.
Hope y’all had a good time here.
We did! We ended up letting him pick all the restaurants, which means they were underwhelming to us but awesome for a broke college kid.
Let him know he has people if he ever gets in a jam. We’re three miles away.
Thank you!! I do worry about that on occasion, like when those 3 kids were hit by an older guy while in a crosswalk last semester. Awful.
We have our share.
ERAU is a great engineering school! Tough but worth it.
It’s been such a good fit for him. He’s a distance runner for them too.
Is he in Prescott? That's our home town
He’s at the Daytona beach campus
Oh, I so know that delta among siblings. Good choice for your young lad.
They’re all successful adults, they’ve just taken different paths. His is through Very Deep Analytical Thinking. The others are business degree and in the air force. But they’re all off our payroll and like what they’re doing and that was the parenting goal.
There’s a guy on Jeopardy right now, says he’s a ‘Stay at Home Son’. Goodness, young bright and he chooses to live in mommy’s basement. What a waste.
That would never happen in my house. We actually kicked our oldest out because he was starting to
cocoon… told him we loved him too much and what he was doing wasn’t helping him develop a successful adulthood. He’s a great kid, just not super self-motivated. One of the few things I’ve done as a parent that I am absolutely sure was the right thing to do. He’s great now, as mentioned above. Just needed to be nudged into adulthood.
You did the right thing!
Wouldn’t be a waste if he’s there while holding down a job to save money for a home
That’s what my daughter did and her home is nice
Well said Mom! They all do it differently but as long as they do it lawfully and under their own roof, mom and dad succeeded.
Great parenting
Congratulations
Nuclear reactors are DISASTERS WAITING TO HAPPEN. The stainless tubing they use, doesn't last forever. It experiences "oxygen embrittlement" that causes leaks that contaminate everything for THOUSANDS OF YEARS! Nuclear Engineers get excess radiation that causes CANCER. Shielding is not 100%. Nuclear Engineering is a death sentence.
There is a neighborhood in Boulder Colorado near the nuclear bomb factory that is contaminated. People who live there, get Cancer and move out. Nobody will tell them it's radioactive and the reason they move out is because they die! It's the same downwind of every nuclear reactor and Trump wants more of them?????? Some are shut down because they leak radiation that lasts for THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
Mitch McConnell was/is a problem too. He clearly has not been well for a long time.
There never was an autopsy on FDR or Harding or Coolidge or JFK.
Notice a pattern?
There was an autopsy performed on JFK. It had a LOT of problems that scream COVERUP, though.
There actually was an autopsy performed on JFK.
I read "Best Evidence" 3 times.
He was illegally removed from Dallas to prevent a legal autopsy.
Other autopsy performed at the barrel of a gun by the military with much controversial results.
Interesting that Officer Tibbit who was shot by the mob was JFKs perfect double.
FDR's son interviewed the Allied leaders after the war, but Stalin refused. When he pressed him as to why, Stalin replied "ask your mother". She had refused Stalin's request to have his ambassador to the US see the body. Stalin rightly suspected he was poisoned (Churchill, a Rothschild's stooge, has been implicated.)
Yes and they all forget that Ronald Reagan was old and accused of dementia too - remember the rumors of Nancy and her psychic running the Presidency?
Remember Iran Contra? Ollie North took the blame.
Ollie was complicit, though 41 clearly was behind it.
Yes! It seems like a lifetime ago.
But those that "take the blame" get rewarded with lucrative "paid analyst contributor" roles on CNN or Fox as punishment.
I come to C&C for the curated information and stay for the dripping sarcasm. Thank you. ♥️
Same! Jeff is the best.
Same! Jeff is the best.
The newspaper in the photo is from Bisbee, Arizona during WWI. Look at the level of literacy and detailed facts displayed in a paper for a mining town of less than 10,000 population. Compare that to today’s media.
Interesting fact: the people of Bisbee formed a posse and deported 1,200 communist agitators from the town during that period.
The highest Literacy levels were in the 13 Colonies
Guess they all had a bible too with which to learn.
They're not the democratic party. They're just plain old rotten democrats. They're nothing more than "the customer service desk for the administrative state." (Indeed. Another nice one, Jeff C.) Hope everyone enjoys the three-day weekend!
The Democratic Party has gone full Global Communist. Not a single vote in Congress for anything pro American.
And what do we call the other "side" of the coin? The administration is busy building up the AI control grid while their fans clap like seals. Spending hasn't decreased, and are about to be spending $1 trillion on the pentagon (which can't pass an audit). How about propping up a failing crappy company like Boeing? Sounds a bit like socialism.
Agree, but Republicans are only marginally better.
Historically, yes. Just one big Uniparty. But that Rep Party is history. The old line RINOs are dead. Trump has literally captured the Rep Party and is remaking it in his image. This is a complete reset of the political landscape in America and no one sees it yet. The Dem Party is history and will vanish and the Rep Party we have known is being disemboweled and re-invented.
I like the Patriot Party.
Maybe... renamed? The better to distance oneself from...? Total speculation.
That would be a good thing. Been wondering how they might pull that off
Is it though? Has spending decreased? The FDA still recommending clot shots for pregnant women. Record military budget to a pentagon that can't pass an audit. The AI control grid is being assembled.
Believe me, I sympathize. No one wants retribution for the covid democide more than me. And a TRILLION $ military budget? Come on! The USG does not need a trillion $ military budget. I think that is just setting the stage and I expect that figure to change. It's part of his methodology. "100% tariffs! Oh, you agree, well let's then just do 10%." Nobody negotiates like he does.
But I still think we are witness to a complete resetting of the US political landscape, as thorough as the geo-political landscape reset Trump is accomplishing internationally. Our friend Daverkb made a comment Thursday that hardly anyone saw and I think he explains precisely what is going on. I'll quote:
"daverkb
daverkb
2h
The prime focus of the administration of Donald J. Trump is to restructure the cultural, political, and most importantly, the financial basis upon which the United States transacts business as a government and a nation state.. Anything else which gets in the way or distracts from this prime existential repurposing is goint to get shoved way down the list. Saving the country from cultural and financial ruin is real Realpolitik focus of the highest order.
Now let's set the stage, as in yesterday's presser with the South African leader Ramaphosa. Gazing upon this spectacle and would have the United States already come clean about its sordid part in covid terrorism which has so far murdered millions and irreversibly damaged hundred of millions (if not more), what would we have had sitting there in the Oval Office? Would it not be two world leaders of sovereign countries sitting there with (directly or indirectly) blood dripping from their hands. And Ramaphosa could have smugly said to his counterpart, "You are no better. And maybe a thousand times worse."
The United States coming clean respective its dark darker history of the past several decades is not going to get headline priority status because the immediate peril is the country on the brink going down the drain in a leveling devastating financial ruin. Therefore, the best we can realistically expect from the government and any administration trying to save the country is partial remedy, not out right confession and cleansing. Yeah! This is a bitter pill for me. But realistically saving the country from going down the tubes is going to be the focus, not the confession booth.
Still, all this said, its the job of the American people to always shout the truth in a way which cannot be ignored. It is a moral duty to do so. Otherwise bad things happen again and again...
...It's going to be messy, real messy because really ... there are no free lunches ... and the bill for excesses, decades of excesses and excessive behavior sooner or later comes due."
I disagree with Dave's comment in regards tot he financial part of it. Financially, Trump shows no signs of challenging the central bank cartel. Time will tell of course, but the only thing I see changing financially is the adoption of digital monies, which has more dangers than good in my opinion.
That has kept me puzzled also. And I always maintain a skeptical attitude. But I have to believe something is in the works. I'm waiting to see. Clearly, a monetary reset of some kind is in order to right the USG fiscally and to reset the USD as a sound currency. The first tip off was the BIS rule change in 2023 that reclassified gold as a Tier 1 asset beginning in July 2025. I did not realize it when I heard about that change some time ago but that change is the re-monetization of gold. This is huge. Concurrent with that change and even a bit before, the central banks purchases of gold went up dramatically and continue to buy gold at that rate. Beginning in early 2025, demand for physical delivery of gold on the exchange markets went up exponentially. Both the re-monetization of gold and the world wide drift into war are going to drive gold much much higher between now and 2032.
To that point, Dave commented: "At any rate, I am guessing that it is possible to handle the debt trap situation. But! And this is a big 'but', the situation is very serious and it is likely to go into crises and thus occasion the visible reason for a monetary reset. Given what I am seeing, the folks behind Trump probably want to jettison dollar reserve currency status as being economically incompatible with the desired re-industrialization. And so, given that, maybe that is why we are seeing huge gold inflows into the United States and a push to real resource commodity extraction. These and capital inflows, also a part of the strategy."
We will see, won't we?
They just reversed the shot for pregnant women, I believe.
It's only been 4 months and changes so far are monumental. I suspect we will see a good audit soon.
The American people have been fed up with the Demoncrat party since Obama. It's just taken a while to overcome the voter fraud/cheat in order to see it. I keep saying it but the Dem Party has lost all legitimacy and I would bet even money the party won't even exist come 2028. They are going to get CRUSHED in the mid-terms, all the hand-wringing about stealing the election notwithstanding.
Both Parties are interesting conglomerations of interacting corporate bodies. The Reps are a hodge-podge of factions and individuals, a large herd of cats. The Dems simply appear to be nearly fully controlled and uniformly operated by an upper echelon inner circle elite with Uber-Cult-powers, plenty of rich pop-culturists, and sycophant corporate Media, who rule over a compliant, willingly brain-dead zombie hoard of lower level semi-elite, semi-educated, richly rewarded operators, officials and managers. The Money and power mad Social-Revolutionaries then mesh quite seamlessly with their ideologically activated, controlled, and purposed underling voter/activist base who themselves enjoy the Cult direction and authority, the drugs, sex, abuse, etc. while being praised and confidently assured that they are morally and intellectually superior to the Neanderthals-Infidels who desecrate society by NOT being a Cult-member and advocate
Well, I agree completely with your opening statement, particularly if you put the banksters and Committee of 300 at the top of the pyramid. Other than that, at the operational level with few exceptions they are all the same ilk and buddies behind closed doors. <Money and power mad...> and especially at the operational level <assured that they are morally and intellectually superior> The voter base, with broad exceptions but not nearly enough, are under- or ill-informed, easily swayed and manipulated. Not disagreeing in spirit, just your... details assessment. ? Not that I possess all the details, trust me. 2¢. Or less.
So perfect!
I saw a report that TSLA stock shows it spiking higher this year. Two reasons. 1. Elon is stepping back from his DOGE work (thanks to resistant Repubs) which does help untangle him from possible regulatory conflicts (and give him more time to focus on his operations). 2. The Tesla FSD (full self driving) feature that's now in the market is really good and dominating the field and may be licensed to others.
(maybe in the midterms we can sweep out the RINOs and make another run at DOGE)?
If I didn’t already own a Tesla (which admittedly I love), I’d run out and buy one just to support Elon. Blessed and fortunate that I can.
Yes. There's vids of people cheering how they get time back for their two hour round trip commutes by being to work on their computer or even read a book while their car drives them down the freeway. Pretty dang game-changing for those who have long drives.
Or hate long drives
I wish I could afford the truck. I’ve got thirty panels on my roof, selling power back to the grid for half of what I pay for it, so it would be like having a free truck.
#MeToo!
Saw one in my Canuckistanian town the other day (before my clunker of a car conked out...) and felt like pulling into that parking lot to... Stick a post-it with a ❤️ under his windshield wiper. (Does that veritable tank even HAVE visible wipers?)
They are certainly a beast. If you can find it, tucker did a two day review with a buddy that uses his as a truck. Hauling 11 thousand pound trailer through woods. At 70 mph. He’s a lumberjack.
Wowsa- Will look for it.
That truck really is a BEAST.
You're very fortunate to have a power company that sees value in its customers' resources. Where I live the power company is a joke. They buy back power for pennies, well under what they pay others for energy.
Electric cars and data centers are driving up our electric costs 20%. Illinois. 😭
Illinois - Here are the reasons why your electric bill will see a HUGE spike in June:
-Data centers (aka META) (photo)
-Electric vehicles
Some parts of Illinois will see their bills go up by $45 a month!
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation — the nonprofit oversight agency for grid operators reports that average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per month more this summer, Downstate Ameren Illinois says customers can expect an 18% to 22% increase in their monthly bill, or about $45 per month depending on usage.
The increased demand is from data centers, increasing adoption of electric heat pumps and the rise of electric vehicles.
Yikes
Why would people install heat pumps where half the year there isn’t much heat? Wouldn’t that be less efficient than conventional heat exchange systems using fuel?
"In 1919, in his first year in office, President Woodrow Wilson (Democrat, 1919-1921) suffered a massive stroke and was laid up for a year. Some theorize his stroke could have been related to the experimental flu vaccine for the 1918 pandemic."
I never thought about this possibility but it does seem to be a legit theory.
The vaccines were given to the military. The Flu of 1918 was caused by the creation of wireless radio transmission around the world and began in an experimental army base in Kansas. Studies there showed that there was no contagion.
The odds for suddenly deaths of Presidents are pretty high.
Sally Fallon Morell's book?
Wilson did have a stroke in 1919 but that was not his first year in office, nor was it the first year of his 2nd term. He was elected to his first term in 1912 and reelected in 1916. Wilson served as president from early 1913 - early 1921.
He was re-elected in 1916; He Kept us Out of The War was the bullshit campaign tagline.
Yeah, I knew he was still, more or less, healthy during his campaign for a second term. However as we well know, not all negative jab effects happen immediately so his could have been a delayed result. We will never know for sure but it does seem plausible.
His first term began in 1913, not 1919.
True, his wife didn't run for his second term. The results are the same tho.
We never heard about those injured by that flu jab. But I noticed it was the military who seemed to come down with the flu first, after they had been jabbed. When they were together at the Army bases, probably awaiting transport to the European Theatre.
Read the book on the USS Leviathon "Death Ship" which transported early groups of USA soldiers to Europe" All heavily jabbed with new innoculations? Many dropped dead on trains getting to that ship, more died aboard ship, and many died at the French arrival port and more on trains to the combat trenches. Families of the dead were just told KIA. A young FDR sailed on that ship in late Summer 1918 for an "inspection" junket in France as a Navy political appointee. He as a VIP was likely well-jabbed with the newest wonder jabs. On return to USA aboard Leviathon he nearly died of double pneumonia. Likely got ADE from the multi-crap-jabs resulting a couple years later with "polio" which sounds like Guillain Barre.
No other way, No other truth, No life without JESUSCHRIST!
“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—”
John 14:16 NKJV
Amen, brother!
FDR didn’t have “polio”. Read the book “The Moth in the Iron Lung” by Forrest Maready for the fascinating true history. This book also exposes the lies behind “polio” and development of the polio shot.
https://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/10/31/roosevelt.polio.reut/
Turtles All The Way Down describes the lies behind all jabs since polio. Fascinating read.
Can I safely assume you're referring to: Turtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth Paperback – July 16, 2022, and not John Green's "Turtles All The Way Down" from a couple of decades earlier 🤪
And thanks for the recommendation!
Yes, written anonymously.
I got duped by that.
Keep reading and reading, thinking what does this have to do with covid.
I'm kinda slow.
I accidentally ordered the wrong one first so now I have both! Even just the first chapter lays it all out well.
I believe that it is now known as Guillian Barr syndrome.
Yes, polio was renamed as a few things like GBS, transverse myelitis, palsies, flaccid myelitis and more - to make it appear that cases of “polio” plummeted after the shot.
After reading that book and other descriptions of “polio” I came to believe that ALS is another rename.
I read that docs were not allowed to diagnose polio after the vaccine came out, lest they lose their license. Familiar tactics!
Bingo Sandra!
Due to use of DDT.
Polio disappeared when it was outlawed in US.
Not only DDT. Also the arsenic based medicines of the time, and another pesticide chemical called Paris Green.
I had Never heard this. Ugly trick of statistic and terminology to deceive.
And Transverse Myelitis, and 7 other diseases. The polio numbers cratered after the jab was released because TPTB separated the 9 other diseases that were called polio into individual diseases.
Several modern "heterodox" experts have come to that conclusion. I have to admit I don't know the basis of their conclusions.
MAY not have had polio - I believe it requires blood testing for diagnosis and this was rarely done. We can’t say definitively and it really doesn’t matter - his physical impairments were real.
Read the book on the USS Leviathon "Death Ship" which transported early groups of USA soldiers to Europe who were all heavily jabbed with new innoculations? Many dropped dead on trains getting to that ship, more died aboard ship, many died at the French arrival port and more on trains enroute to the combat trenches. Families of those dead were just told KIA. Press silence. A young FDR sailed on that ship in late Summer 1918 for an "inspection" junket in France as a Navy political appointee. He as a VIP was likely well-jabbed with al the newest wonder shots. On return to USA aboard Leviathon he nearly died of double pneumonia. Maybe worsened by being given overdoses of aspirin which many doctors then did when faced with "Spanish" flu. FDR likely got ADE from multi-crap-novel-jabs resulting a couple years later with "polio" which we'd likely call today Guillain Barre.
MAY not have had polio - I believe it requires blood testing for diagnosis and this was rarely done. We can’t say definitively and it really doesn’t matter - his physical impairments were real.
And the fact that the public was deceived and his disabilities were hidden was real also.
@Jacqueline- Roosevelt had more money than God. Pretty sure he was diagnosed properly.
Thanks for the recommendation!
That’s an excellent book. Highly recommend it to everyone.
Lead arsenate poisoning?
Great book! “The Moth in the Iron Lung” by Forrest Maready.
MAY not have had polio - I believe it requires blood testing for diagnosis and this was rarely done. We can’t say definitively and it really doesn’t matter - his physical impairments were real.
I have never posted a Bible verse before, but this one from today’s readings is worth sharing in my opinion:
Gospel John 15:18-21
Jesus said to his disciples:
"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you,
'No slave is greater than his master.'
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,
because they do not know the one who sent me."
Does anyone remember ever reading a news headline saying "European tariffs slam United States products"? I don't. But they went on slamming for at least 60 years, Marshall plan notwithstanding. Until right now, no one in our government cared. Administration after administration was just fine with our being the patsies.
They were paid for their complacency. Trump can’t be bought. I pray Vance and Rubio and RFK and Tulsi can’t be bought either so that our future is secure
I would not mind at all if those four were to form strong and enduring alliances. Each has much to offer and each could temper the others' weaknesses.
It is time to begin to consider not only what Trump's legacy will be but also his official legatee. Too early? Not at all. The Democrats are making a lot of noise publicly, as is their wont, but do not be fooled into thinking that they are not planning to capture the government yet again in 2028.
Unbelievable. Crazy to think what might be uncovered in who's running all these politicians.
This is what gets uncovered: “We hold these truths to be self-evident… all men and women created by—go, you know, you know, the thing.” — Joseph Robinette Biden, March 2, 2020. 🤣
Truly the best quote ever I had to make sure it was seen twice. LOL It’s so absurdly funny I snorted on my coffee. C&C needs warning reminders to not drink and drive, er…. read.
After seeing what a real president who is not controlled by either side can do, I will never settle again for something like Biden and I hope nobody else will either. But that’s what we get when we fall asleep at the wheel.
Well, it is Comer running the investigation. How serious is it, if the Biden puppeteers aren't under oath? Last time Comer did an investigation, if I'm correct, there were strong worded letters and he wrote a book. There must be serious investigation. It all should go to a grand jury - in Wyoming or Idaho, etc. No more DC juries!!!!
A massive plant to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles is being built a few miles south of me as local governments are switching to electric vehicles. The irony is that nearly all the electricity supplying the region, including the new battery plant, is from a coal-fired power plant west of here.
Comment, then read, it's the early person's way.
I actually come to first read Janice P’s Bible verse of the day to prep my mind before reading. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many comments early 😄
I'd love to hear Old Sick Joe quote his favorite Bible verse into a microphone from memory; " Do unto others, as they.....might......oh you know, do we know......do-si-do.... we all know the thing!" "Oh,....and judge ye not while you turn the other cheek and render to Caesar what is Caesar's, one nation, under God, indivisible, with justice for all"
😆🤣🤣🤣*snort
...
Still chuckling...
Also, reply to a comment with something totally unrelated in hopes that it will get seen, like I am doing here.
Time to revisit this video: Do You Know the Thing?
https://youtu.be/n2lTIh536jY?si=ppiGx5ejx1HSzgno
OMG....had to send that video to everyone!
Anthony, don't be outing the tactics of us C&C addicts!!