NEWJERSEY: Repeal the 17th Amendment; like alcohol prohibiition and the “war on some drugs” it was just a mistake

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

https://savejersey.com/2023/11/is-this-really-the-best-we-can-do/

Is this really the best we can do?
November 16, 2023 Matt Rooney Election 2024 0

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Direct election of U.S. senators wasn’t always the case; it was viewed as a necessary reform. One infamous instance in the late 19th century involved our immediate neighbor to the south (Delaware) lacking representation in the U.S. Senate for two whole years owing to an epic impasse in its state legislature. Reformers believed, perhaps understandably, that the people would produce better results than the bosses and their hand-chosen state representatives.

The law of unintended consequences had other ideas. Cory Booker is no Daniel Webster, folks, as if you needed me to tell you!

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A crook, an evil queen and an empty suit (who donated his suit to the Smithsonian).

Is this the best we can do? Really?

Even for New Jersey, notorious for making questionable electoral choices, this primary constitutes a new low. We’re slumming it and it shows in the results.

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Time to get out the Constitutional Eraser and repeal a bunch of “amendments” the 16th, 17th, 25th, 26th, and 27th.

While we are at it, time to enact  term limits on ALL elective federal offices to ZERO consecutive terms in the same office.  And, let’s put some teeth in the 9th and 10th!

Argh!

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RANT: The Real Story About Al Shifa Hospital, Hamas and Israel

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

https://sonar21.com/the-real-story-about-al-shifa-hospital-hamas-and-israel/

The Real Story About Al Shifa Hospital, Hamas and Israel
15 November 2023 by Larry Johnson

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A tip of the hat to Bernard at Moon of Alabama. He has a knack for finding hidden gems and his latest is a doozy. Most of the media is peddling Israel’s Big Lie that Hamas has its headquarters and the hostages underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

Israel-Gaza war: US says Hamas has command centre under Al-Shifa hospital – BBC – November 14 2023

But Bernard then links to an astonishing article from 2014. DID YOU GET THAT? Nine years ago — July 29, 2014 to be precise — The Tablet published this: Top Secret Hamas Command Bunker in Gaza Revealed. To quote Yogi Berra, it is Deja Vu all over again. Check out what was published in The Tablet for yourself.

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Now isn’t that hoot.  The ISRAELIs built it. 

Reminds me of Bush’s claim about Iraq have WMDs.  How did we know?  Because we sold them to him.

Argh!

Trust nothing.

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DISCOURAGING: Africa IS “dependent on handouts…and philanthropic intervention.”

Monday, November 20, 2023

[TIP ‘o’ the HAT to: FARK for highlighting this one ]

https://www.fark.com/comments/13049658/165664230/I-dont-know-what-MrBeast-is-but-apparently-he-built-a-bunch-of-fresh-water-wells-in-Africa-with-his-own-money-Some-have-a-problem-with-that-because-of-reasons#c165664230

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https://www.outkick.com/mrbeast-hears-it-from-critics-wells-in-africa/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

MrBeast Is Hearing It From Critics After He Built 100 Wells In Africa…And That’s Completely Insane
by Matt Reigle November 8, 2023, 2:05 pm 

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YouTuber MrBeast is no stranger to critics, but those criticisms usually come in places you’d expect. Criticisms of his videos or his burger chain, stuff like that. What you wouldn’t expect is to see people pounce on the 25-year-old for providing drinking water to half a million people across Africa, but guess what? it happened.

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Take Saran Kaba Jones, founder and CEO of FACE Africa, for instance. According to CNN, that’s an organization that aims to improve water infrastructure and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

“I’ve been doing this for 15 years, but we’ve been struggling to continue the work because funding, awareness, and advocacy all take work,” Jones said.

That’s all true. So then she must have been pretty jazzed that MrBeast decided to use his gobs of money to help in this endeavor instead of buying another Island or filling a swimming pool with Fanta or whatever it is he does.

Nope. She told CNN this: “(O)vernight, this person comes along, who happens to be a white male figure with a huge platform, and all of a sudden, he gets all of the attention. It’s kind of frustrating, but it’s also understanding the nature of how the world is.”

Wait, wait, wait. Hold the phone here. Shouldn’t she be ecstatic that half a million people have access to water and now there’s way more attention brought to it?

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So, it’s less important that ½ MILLION should get access to clean water than he took the spotlight for doing it.

Sorry, her ego got hurt.

And, later on in the article an “aspiring politician” is upset that it appears Africa is “dependent on handouts…and philanthropic intervention.” 

Well it is.  I’ve been hearing about “poor Africans” for more than SIX DECADES.  And, I’d assert that the reason they are poor is that the politicians and bureaucrats are robbing them blind.  In conjunction with the colonial powers that like them just that way.  Gandhi showed a nation how to free themselves, but did NOT show them how to get rid of the parasitic drone class.

Argh!

I’m speechless.  

Perhaps, the Second Amendment is the way to rid oneself of the oppression of dictators.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: How come SF “homeless” can be “cleaned up” for Xi but not for thee

Sunday, November 19, 2023

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/13/nolte-democrats-will-clean-san-francisco-for-dictators-but-not-voters/

Nolte: Democrats Will Clean San Francisco for Dictators but Not Voters
John Nolte — 13 Nov 2023

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It took a Chinese dictator to get the city of San Francisco, California, cleaned up after five years of deterioration.

The Democrats who run San Francisco and California finally, Finally, FINALLY cleaned up that city’s filthy streets and removed the dystopian homeless encampments. At long last, San Francisco has been beautified in a dozen ways.

Yes, after some five years of increasingly dangerous streets littered with dirty needles, feces, trash, and filthy tents, not to mention aggressive vagrants, drug dealers, the deranged and addicted, the city took action.

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So I guess it’s not about “rights” or anything else than politics.

Argh!

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GOVERNACIDE: A “death panel” claims another life!

Saturday, November 18, 2023

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/14/baby-indi-dies-after-uks-socialised-healthcare-removes-life-support/

‘This is Murder’ — Baby Indi Dies After UK’s Socialised Health System Removed Life Support, Blocked Parents from Seeking Private Care

Kurt Zindulka1 — 4 Nov 2023

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Lila Rose, the director of the anti-abortion group Live Action, said: “Let me be clear: the British government murdered her. They denied the right of Indi’s parents to pursue other treatment for her, keeping her captive by the court-mandated medical team that decided Indi must die. The medical team violated their sacred duty to Do No Harm.

“This is murder, plain and simple. It’s a stain on the national conscience of the United Kingdom. There must be a reckoning, there must be reform, and there must be reparations for the evil acts committed by both the medical teams and the UK courts.”

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Sorry but every one laughed at Sara Palin calling out the “death panels” in socialized medicine.

What would you call this?

Who owns the child?  Certainly not the Gooferment, the Medical Profession, or the doctors.

If this baby was named Buffet, Gates, or Bezos, then you think the decisions would have been different?  

Where do the politicians and bureaucrats get off deciding life or death!

I guess “human rights” come when you can pick up a weapon and defend them.

Argh!

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VOCABULARY: “death-by-queue” caused by socialized medicine?

Friday, November 17, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/11/restoring_public_trust_in_doctors.html

November 17, 2023
Restoring Public Trust In Doctors
By Deane Waldman, M.D. 

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After unaffordability, inaccessibility is another compelling reason for distrust. What good is an assigned physician if I can’t get to see the doctor? Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA, 2010), the maximum average wait time to see a primary care physician was 99 days. After ACA went into effect, wait time increased to 122 days, causing death-by-queue. Cutting wait times requires reinserting free market forces into healthcare so that clinicians are incentivized to provide timely service and can afford to do so.

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The only solution is to get Gooferment and Big Insurance out of health care.

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INTERESTING: Dog leads to cat; rescue

Friday, November 17, 2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-67349494?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Dog leads owner to cat stuck 100ft down Cornish mine shaft
Published  —  5 days ago (EDITOR’S NOTE: 08 Nov 2023)

Daisy alerted her owner to Mowgli’s predicament

By Christine Butler & Charlotte Cox  — BBC News

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A lucky cat was rescued by firefighters after falling 100ft (30m) down a mineshaft in Cornwall – and it was all thanks to a quick-thinking dog.

After six days of searching, Mowgli’s owner Michele Rose said she had “almost given up hope” of finding her missing pet.

But she said she saw her dog Daisy “going berserk”, running in and out of woods near their home in Harrowbarrow.

Daisy’s intervention led to the rescue of her feline friend, Ms Rose said.

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Stories like this prompt two reactions on my part:

1) It’s good practice for a child rescue; and

2) What was done to prevent a child from falling in the same hole?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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RANT: Violence in Gooferment Skrules is unacceptable

Thursday, November 16, 2023

https://palexander.substack.com/p/shock-video-white-high-school-student?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=579356&post_id=138823236&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=onvra&utm_medium=email

SHOCK VIDEO: White High School Student Severely Beaten and Kicked to Death by 15 Thugs at Las Vegas School After Defending His Friend (VIDEO) (GATEWAY PUNDIT): these are feral animals, no excuse, IMO once we know the 15, I would hang them…all of them…15 blacks beat a white male to death, thats racism & Justice Department must act; if 15 whites killed a black kid, I would want same; hang them!

Dr. Paul Alexander
Nov 13, 2023

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Gooferment Skrules are training grounds for prisons.

This was a clear example of: black on white MURDER; black gangs in the school; and media bias.

While I’m not sure I want hangings, clearly this requires punishment to communicate that it’s not tolerated.

All 15 should be treated as adults.  With long prison time.

And, this can’t be an isolated incident.  The school must be shutdown and the staff dismissed.

Argh!

Gooferment Skrules are the root of the problem.

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INTERESTING: The individual choices that played a role in the Titanic disaster

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

https://www.boredpanda.com/interesting-history-uncovered-pics/

History
Nov 12, 2023
50 Fascinating History Facts And Pics You May Not Have Been Shown At School
Gabija PalšytėRokas LaurinavičiusGabija Palšytė and Rokas Laurinavičius

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#26 Charles Joughin, The Chief Baker Aboard The Titanic, Emerged As An Improbable Survivor Of The Tragic Sinking Of The Ship

During the British Titanic inquiry, he faced questioning by Mr. Cotter, a part of the investigative effort to determine the circumstances of the ship’s demise. Here is an excerpt from his interrogation: Mr. Cotter: “What did you do with the children when you put them into the boat?” Joughin: “Handed them into the boat or dropped them in.” Mr. Cotter: “Threw them in?” Joughin: “Threw them in.” Mr. Cotter: “And what did you do with the mother?” Joughin: “We wanted to throw her in, and I think she preferred to try and step in.” Mr. Cotter: “What happened?” Joughin: “She missed her footing.” Mr. Cotter: “You said that you never went into your boat. Why did you not go, seeing that you were in charge?” Joughin: “I would have set a bad example if I had jumped into the boat. None of the men felt inclined to get into the boat.” Mr. Cotter: “When you found your boat had gone you said you went down below. What did you do when you went down below?” Joughin: “I went to my room for a drink.” Mr. Cotter: “Drink of what?” Joughin: “Spirits.” The Commissioner: “Does it very much matter what it was?” Mr. Cotter: “Yes, my Lord, this is very important because I am going to prove, or rather my suggestion is, that he then saved his life. I think his getting a drink had a lot to do with saving his life.” Despite his responsibilities in assisting women and children into lifeboats, Joughin repeatedly returned to his cabin for alcoholic drinks. As the final lifeboats left, he remained composed and rode the sinking Titanic down to the icy waters. In general, a person under the influence of alcohol is more susceptible to freezing to death due to vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels, which causes blood to move away from vital organs toward the skin’s surface, increasing the risk of hypothermia. However, the frigid temperature of the North Atlantic Sea that night, approximately -2 degrees Celsius (26.4 degrees Fahrenheit), was cold enough to constrict Joughin’s blood vessels, offsetting the effects of the alcohol. Joughin reported feeling relatively calm in the water and experienced no pain. Joughin spent two hours in the water before managing to climb onto an overturned lifeboat. He was later rescued by a passing lifeboat. This incredible tale of survival underscores the extraordinary circumstances and individual choices that played a role in the Titanic disaster.

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I’m not sure what lessons one can take from this.  Other than, luck has a lot to do with survival!

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ECONOMICS: The “rich” can move to avoid taxes; what about the “little” people

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

https://jeffjacoby.com/27330/jeff-bezos-moves-to-florida-leaving-washington

Jeff Bezos moves to Florida, leaving Washington — and its rising tax burden — behind
by Jeff Jacoby  — The Boston Globe  — November 8, 2023

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But as the Tax Foundation’s lead researcher, Jared Walczak, immediately observed, Bezos is almost certainly going to save money — a lot of money — once he is no longer subject to Washington’s tax laws.

To begin with, Washington has a new capital gains tax, which was upheld by the state’s highest court in March. The tax takes a 7 percent bite of all investment gains above $250,000. In 2020 and 2021, when Bezos sold several million shares of Amazon stock, the proceeds totaled $15.7 billion. Assuming he disposed of stock he had owned since Amazon went public in 1997, Walczak calculated, Bezos “saved nearly $1.1 billion in taxes by selling those shares before the new state capital gains tax went into effect.” By relocating to Florida, he ensures that future stock sales will likewise remain untouched by Washington’s new capital gains levy.

That’s not all.

Washington had no estate tax during the years when Bezos was building Amazon into a commercial giant, but that changed after 2005. Now Washington has the steepest death tax in the nation, with a top rate of 20 percent on estates worth more than $9 million. Florida, on the other hand, has no estate tax at all. For a man with a personal fortune of more than $160 billion, the move from Washington to Florida could be worth $30 billion or more to his heirs.

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The “rich” can move to avoid taxes; what about the “little” people … …

… … who can’t afford to move.  Don’t think that the taxes are only on the “rich”.  Inflation ensures that everyone is hit.  Maybe not equally, but enough to hurt.  And, they have no choice but to stand and take it.

Argh!

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