POLITICAL: It is the border, economy, and the debt, stupid!

Monday, October 23, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/its_the_border_stupid.html

It’s The Border, Stupid!
By Brian C. Joondeph

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As the 2024 presidential election nears with the world on the brink of, or already in, World War Three, America must make a serious choice in 13 months. Will America course correctly or slide into bankruptcy and irrelevancy on the world stage? Perhaps the feckless Republicans need a rallying cry.

Bill Clinton had one when he ran against ruling class scion George HW Bush. “It’s the economy stupid” was a phrase James Carville coined in 1992 when he was advising Bill Clinton in his successful run for the White House.

In 2023, it’s the economy again, but not only the economy. Our national debt is over $33 trillion, growing by $5 billion a day, with interest payments costing taxpayers almost $2 billion each day. Much of it is or was going to one of the most corrupt countries in the world, holding no vital US interest, or spent on the nonsensical “Green New Deal,” while most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

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Hopefully, “We, The Sheeple” can keep three priorities in their mind when they are voting!

Argh!

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ENCOURAGING: How to “encourage” good behavior

Sunday, October 22, 2023

https://www.quora.com/Can-you-legally-leave-the-restaurant-if-the-waiter-doesn-t-give-you-a-check-in-30-minutes

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Any restaurant manger worth his salt would attempt to accommodate a customer in this situation and at the very least give some sort of discount if not just comp the meal outright. Pissed off customers are like a virus to a restaurant and quit often lead to their deaths. The saying is if somebody is happy with their experience they’ll tell their friends but if they’re unhappy they’ll tell everyone.

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I’d go a little futher and let me share my strategy and tactics to help “the invisible hand of the marketplace” administer some “market discipline”.  If I am happy or unhappy, then I not only tell everyone but I also use social media to praise or complain.  I don’t know if my social media posts make a difference but sometimes I get a positive response from the target.

YMMV 

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RANT: Trump’s gag order

Saturday, October 21, 2023

FROM 1440

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Trump fined for violating gag order in civil fraud trial in New York.

A judge fined former President Donald Trump $5K for not removing a post on Truth Social in which Trump made inflammatory remarks toward the judge’s law clerk. Trump had been ordered to remove the post earlier this month. Trump and members of his family face a $250M lawsuit over financial fraud allegations from New York Attorney General Letitia James. 

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Why 5k$?

Argh!  

One would have been fair.

I think we should copy and paste that post all over the inet.

And, the clerk and judge should be disqualified for prejudice.

It’s obviously a political vendetta!

Argh!

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HISTORICAL: ‘if you save one life you save the world’

Saturday, October 21, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12628955/BRIAN-VINER-week-horror-hero-saved-hundreds-Jewish-children-best-humanity.html

BRIAN VINER: In a week of horror, the hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children is the best of humanity
By Brian Viner
Published: 20:18 EDT, 13 October 2023 | Updated: 20:30 EDT, 13 October 2023 

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The European premiere of One Life at the London Film Festival this week felt remarkably timely. 

James Hawes’s drama is about the best of humanity, which arrives as we continue to digest news about the worst of humanity.

More specifically, in a week in which hundreds of Jewish children have been massacred, here is a tale about hundreds of Jewish children being saved, thanks to the tireless efforts of numerous people, but above all a London stockbroker called Nicholas Winton, played in old age by Sir Anthony Hopkins and as a young man by Johnny Flynn.

The film’s title is lifted from an old Hebrew proverb which suggests that ‘if you save one life you save the world’.

Its narrative flits back and forth between the late 1930s and the late 1980s. In 1938 and 1939, we see Winton spearheading British attempts to extract children from the Czech capital Prague ahead of a German invasion that everyone knew was imminent.

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There are a number of people who stepped up at tremendous personal cost to save Jews from the Nazis prior to and during WW2.

The comparison between this week’s murders by Hamas and the actions of the Nazis makes the Nazis look “better”.  The Nazis kept their actions secret because they knew that they were wrong.  By comparison, the Hamas terrorists claim that they are doing Allah’s work without shame.  

Now let’s compare all the folks before, during, and after WW2 who were willfully ignorant or down right obstructive of saving their fellow humans to the people today who are doing something similar.

IMHO, there is NO possible excuse for what Hamas did to all these victims.  Especially the babies and children.

While I have very little power and influence, I pray for their safety and well-being and have no difficulty expression my revulsion for Hamas sympathizers.

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RANT: Does anyone in the “District of Corruption” understand that the USA is broke?

Friday, October 20, 2023

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/19/breaking-biden-author-five-aways-from-joes-duplicitous-oval-office-address-about-ukraine/

Breaking Biden’ Author: Five Takeaways from Joe’s Duplicitous Oval Office Address About Ukraine

  • President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on October 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden discussed the U.S.’s response to the Hamas-Israel conflict, humanitarian assistance in Gaza, and the continued support for Ukraine during Russia’s ongoing invasion.

Alexander Marlow  — 19 Oct 2023

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4. Joe Wants More Cash for the Military-Industrial Complex

As I document in Breaking Biden, Joe Biden and his cabinet are in league with the military-industrial complex, none more so than his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Blinken, whom I refer to as the “Secretary of Boeing,” was the managing director of the Penn Biden Center (home of Joe’s infamous classified documents) and co-founded WestExec Advisors, a boutique D.C. consultancy focused on “advising companies on geopolitical risk and emerging opportunities.” He also helped orchestrate the “Russian disinfo” hoax letter that got the Hunter Biden “Laptop from Hell” censored before the 2020 election, along with 50 of his Deep State buddies.

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What part of “the USA is broke” doesn’t “District of Corruption” understand?

Cut spending now.  And start with “foreign aid”!

“Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.”  — Ron Paul 

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DISCOURAGING: Bad human behavior endangers wildlife

Friday, October 20, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/10/14/love-locks-over-grand-canyon-are-harming-national-parks-wildlife-rangers-say/

‘Love locks’ over Grand Canyon are harming national park’s wildlife, rangers say
By Chris Oberholtz, FOX Weather 
Published Oct. 14, 2023, 6:38 a.m. ET

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“Condors are curious animals and, much like a small child, will investigate strange things they come across with their mouths,” they added.

The largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere also have an affinity for shiny objects, such as coins, metal keys and wrappers, which they could ingest if found in the canyon.

“Condors are not meant to digest metal and many times cannot pass these objects,” parks rangers said.

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It’s called LITTERING. 

And unlike Japan, people seem to think that being slobs or just inconsiderate is perfectly acceptable behavior.

Argh!

I have no solution other than not doing anything like that myself.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: There has to be a co-pay for “benefits”

Thursday, October 19, 2023

https://sharylattkisson.com/2023/10/read-man-convicted-in-67m-doctor-chase-genetic-testing-fraud-scheme/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sharyl+Attkisson+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily+Newsletter

Man convicted in $67M ‘doctor chase’ genetic testing fraud scheme
Dated: October 14, 2023 by Sharyl Attkisson

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A Florida man has been convicted in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved tricking doctors into authorizing unnecessary genetic tests. 

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There has to be a way for the recipient to pay for services.  Even if it’s just a small co-pay like 1%. The Gooferment can reimburse it even. 

I remember when I had an operation as a young child back in the 50’s that my Mom had to pay the bill and get reimbursed by the insurance.  She was lucky at the time to have “good benefits” from her job.  But she had to “tin cup” the family to to pay the bill initially.  AND everyone in the family looked over the bill.  They even asked me what I was given to eat because it was separately charged.  Laugh!  Then, Mom’s insurance paid 95% of the bill and she was stuck for the balance.  Of course, she paid everyone back from the 95%, and she scrimped to cover the difference.  The point of the story was that the consumer has to have skin in the game to prevent fraud and abuse.

And, long mandatory prison terms and the ill-gotten gains have to be clawed back.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: CDC withholds safety data and permits untested “stuff” to be used

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

https://sharylattkisson.com/2023/10/cdc-withholding-safety-data-on-bivalent-covid-shots-and-heart-inflammation/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sharyl+Attkisson+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily+Newsletter

CDC withholding safety data on bivalent Covid shots and heart inflammation
Dated: October 12, 2023 by Sharyl Attkisson

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The following is from The Vaccine Reaction.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is refusing to release information it has collected on cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane around the heart) following administration of messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 bivalent shot.

The bivalent shot has been replaced this year with a new mRNA monovalent Covid booster shot that Pfizer only tested on a small number of mice, while questions about heart inflammation following the previous bivalent shot remain unanswered.

Although the CDC has reviewed the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) reports of inflammatory heart conditions in order to meet with advisors about updates to the product, the agency refused to share the data with members of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which met on Sept. 12, 2023 to discuss Covid booster recommendations.

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These “regulatory” agencies are under the the thumb of Big Pharma.  Time for them to be shut down.  Let the injured seek restitution via the Courts.  Watch the Insurance Companies discipline Big Pharma better than any of these supposed “regulatory” agencies.

The not so Invisible Hand of the Free Market provides corrective action way faster than any Gooferment.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: George Carlin’s “Big Club” — RIP. HE TRIED TO WAKE US UP

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Wall Street Apes

@WallStreetApes

This Video Truly Can Not Be Shared Enough, George Carlin On American Education “Then everyone wonders why 17 other countries graduate more scientists than we do. Education! Politicians know that word, they use it on you. Politicians have traditionally hidden behind three things. The flag, the Bible, and children. No child left behind. Oh really? Well, it wasn’t long ago you were talking about giving kids a head start. Head start, left behind, someone’s losing fucking ground here. But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this. There’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed. It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you got. Because the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now. The real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls. They’ve got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies. So they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. But I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interest. That’s right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table to figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? They want Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now they’re coming for your social security money. They want your fucking retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you sooner or later, because they own this fucking place. It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in the big club. By the way, it’s the same big club they used to beat you over the head with all day long, when they tell you what to believe. All day long, beating you over the head in their media, telling you what to believe, what to think, and what to buy. The table is tilted, folks. The game is rigged. And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. Good, honest, hardworking people, white collar, blue collar, doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good, honest, hardworking people, continue. These are people of modest means. Continue to elect these rich cocksuckers who don’t give a fuck about them about you. They don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t care about you at all. At all. At all. You know? And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white, and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes every day. Because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

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RANT: Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Charged With Murder — I blame the Gooferment

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

https://www.amren.com/news/2023/10/twice-deported-illegal-alien-charged-with-murdering-two-men-in-tennessee/

Posted on October 16, 2023
Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Charged With Murdering Two Men in Tennessee
Joseph Mackinnon, The Blaze, October 16, 2023

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A twice-deported illegal alien from Honduras was charged with murder twice last week in Nashville, Tennessee.

Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia, 31, was first charged on Oct. 10 for the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez.

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No excuse for this.

Twice deported?

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