Saturday, October 26, 2024
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/brandon-smith/femas-real-purpose-suppressing-americans-and-preventing-civilian-organization/
FEMA’s Real Purpose: Suppressing Americans And Preventing Civilian Organization
By Brandon Smith Alt-Market.us
October 24, 2024
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was founded on April 1st, 1979 under the Jimmy Carter Administration during the height of a nearly decade long stagflationary crisis and the Iranian oil crisis. Under Executive Order 12127, its stated goal was to centralize all disaster related efforts under a single top-down entity. Specifically, FEMA ended the more localized Civil Defense Agency, which was focused on community based emergency response, and it federalized all disaster coordination under a single top-down system controlled by the Oval Office.
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We just witnessed a repeat of this behavior from FEMA and the affiliated agencies within their oversight. We saw local EMS being advised to prevent civilians from helping their communities. Supplies were once agaun being blocked, people with drones were being told not to help find survivors, people with helicopters are were threatened for helping save survivors and little aid reached Helene victims for weeks. Elon Musk’s Starlink was even been prevented from providing satellite internet services to affected regions until the story went national and the Department of Transportation was forced to address the problem.
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I argue that this is all deliberate. FEMA and the federal government at large are still using Operation Garden Plot-like protocols with two goals in mind…
First, they are trying to acclimate the populace to the idea that civilians can’t help themselves and that they should do nothing. They do this by constantly interfering with civilian efforts and disrupting donations. If civilians are working on their own to save US communities from calamity then they might one day realize they don’t need the Federal Government for anything. The establishment NEEDS people to believe that they can’t survive without government aid and protection. Luckily, at least in the aftermath of Helene, it seems that many communities are working on their own to fix the situation.
If civilians start doing things for themselves, the establishment machine becomes obsolete.
Second, I suspect FEMA is testing the waters to see how much they can get away with. Katrina was a clear beta-test for martial law disguised as an emergency response. Katrina was Garden Plot and Rex-84 realized. They want to see what Americans will put up with. Helene is yet another opportunity for these agencies to apply overt control and see if Americans will conform or rebel.
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Time to end FEMA, DHS, and bunch of other Federal Gooferment agencies.
People need to help each other and send the Federal Gooferment back to their offices. They just actively interfere with “We, The Sheeple” doing what they have done for eons — survive by helping each other.
Argh!
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Friday, October 25, 2024
Looking for a cross platform notepad
- Tried EVERNOTE — not free
- Using Apple NOTE app free but doesn’t share with Android
- Tried OBSIDEON — too complex
- Tried NOTATION — too complex
- Trying ANYTYPE — initial setup was easy across MAC, IOS, and ANDROID
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Friday, October 25, 2024
https://pagersdirect.net/pages/are-pagers-still-a-thing
Are pagers still a thing?
ARE PAGERS MAKING A COMEBACK…ARE THEY STILL A THING?
What???? Do Pagers even exist anymore?
Who’s still using pagers in 2024 and why?
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If you find yourself using a cell phone by itself and it works for you as most people do…That’s great, but if you are like the majority of our clients, you most likely have a specific task that a pager or pager app on a cell phone does even better than just texting or voicemail on their phone. Perhaps you have cell phone signal reception issues in your area or need another way for your IMPORTANT calls to get through and get your attention…whatever the reason, the people using pagers today have found specific niche reasons why a pager or pager app compliments their cell phone and smart watch.
Primarily, a separate pager phone number offers privacy and a means for urgent notifications that stand out above and beyond text messaging and helps differentiate a normal text or phone call from a high priority, urgent phone call.
In 2024, our clients are faced with some unique challenges and situations that didn’t exist even 5 years ago…
One example is robocalls / spam phone calls. Millions of junk phone calls are made daily. Some people are just fed up with getting calls from unknown numbers about their car warranty expiring or other scams and don’t even answer the phone when they see a number they don’t recognize. Today’s latest smartphone operating systems allow smartphones to silence calls from unknown callers and send the calls directly to voicemail. With this enabled, sometimes important calls are missed.
Another example is the banning of cellphones in schools. Want a simple way to be able to get in touch with your child and let them know of an urgent message such as a schedule change or emergency at home? Perhaps just a positive emotional reinforcement such as a “Good luck, You’ve got this” on the day of a big exam. Give them an alphanumeric pager and simply send a short email to the pager’s email address.
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I found this “use case” very persuasive. I was thinking about school shootings. Schools are banning cell phones, but I don’t agree. Parents need to know their child is safe! I think of the victims — parent and child — saying “I love you”, “I’m coming for you”, even “Hide!”. Maybe I just don’t understand the problem.
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2024-09Sep-24
California Schools Must Restrict Phones Under New Law Signed by Newsom
Argh!
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
While I like the idea of having a firewall to protect me from the likes of ISPs and Applications, I tried LULU and could get through the install. Maybe I’ll try again when I have time to waste.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
https://www.lewrockwell.com/political-theatre/motto-for-catholic-protestant-and-orthodox-military-chaplains-and-military-chaplaincies-around-the-world/
Motto for Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Military Chaplains and Military Chaplaincies Around the World
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
October 15, 2024
“They murdered, they tortured, they maimed, they raped, they hated, they lied, they robbed, they plundered—but they kept the Faith.” — Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/
Thank you for visiting this website, which is a compilation of all the work that Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy has done in the last fifty (50) years plus. The purpose of this website is to provide information on the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospel, which calls for a radical alteration in thought patterns, verbal patterns, behavioural patterns, and emotional patterns.
Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, born October 9, 1940, is a priest of one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Byzantine-Melkite, in communion with the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. He has been a Catholic priest for forty years, ordained on August 9, 1981, in Damascus, Syria. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree with majors in philosophy and English from the University of Notre Dame in 1962.
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I found this quote and it shocked me. Since VietNam, I’ve always been against war as a strategy or tactic. I’ve seen the two children of a VietNam vet die prematurely from the effects of Agent Orange on their father.
The “peace movement” during Nixon’s administration was mostly and astroturfed Communist / Democrat / Leftist attack on the conservative Republicans. It was inauthentic! When the D’s came to control the Gooferment, nothing changed. And, ever since the welfare / warfare state as delivered on what Ike warned about — perpetual war for the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex. We have the deficits to show for it along with the debt and unfunded liabilities.
Maybe MLK, Gandhi, and Bob Murphy are right. Non-violence is the path to peace.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
https://internationalman.com/articles/david-stockman-on-the-battle-of-the-liars-trump-versus-harris-and-the-folly-of-uniparty-economics/
David Stockman on The Battle of The Liars… Trump Versus Harris and The Folly of UniParty Economics
by David Stockman
<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2024-10-18>>
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The Dem candidate brags about 16 million new jobs on the Harris-Biden watch and Trump claims the Greatest Economy Ever—evidenced in part by low inflation that his successor purportedly blew sky high.
Both are lying. Both ignore crucial matters of context—such as stage of the business cycle, Fed policy actions, forces arising from the $105 trillion global economy in which US growth, jobs and inflation are inextricably rooted and the fact of lag times in transmission of Washington policy into economic outcomes.
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In any event, the real culprits are the spenders and money-printers. And not surprisingly, both candidates want more of both.
Editor’s Note: The amount of money the US government spends on foreign aid, wars, the so-called intelligence community, and other aspects of foreign policy is enormous and ever-growing.
It’s an established trend in motion that is accelerating, and now approaching a breaking point. It could cause the most significant disaster since the 1930s.
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I keep banging the drum on “debt, unfunded liabilities, and Gooferment deficit spending at all levels”.
The UniParty makes picking the “lesser of two evils” a frustratingly failed strategy.
As Tom Woods says “No matter who I vote for I get John McCain”. Sadly true.
All “We, The Sheeple” can do is prepare for the eventual collapse of the dollar when the debt becomes unrepeatable. Till then remember the old military directive “get small in your hole”.
As when I was counseling FOWG “turkeys” — Success for your generation is: (1) ruthless financial discipline — no bad debt; (2) a life long interest in learning — education — a degree — they can’t take it away from you; (3) a NON-OFFSHORABLE white collar job in order to save big bux; (4) a blue collar skill for hard times — never saw a poor plumber; (5) one or more internet based businesses — your store is always open; (6) a free time hobby that generates income; and (7) a large will-maintained network of people who can “help” you.
That’s the same advice for dealing with the UniParty’s economic disaster.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13985661/NSW-woman-gets-trapped-two-giant-boulders-dropping-iPhone.html
NSW woman gets trapped between two giant boulders after dropping her iPhone
- Woman slipped down three-metre crevice
- Rescuers had to move 500kg boulder
By Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 23:49 EDT, 21 October 2024 | Updated: 01:08 EDT, 22 October 2024
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A woman who got wedged between rocks for seven hours after she tried to retrieve her phone has been rescued.
Emergency services were called to bushland in the Hunter Valley wine region earlier this month following reports of a woman being stuck between two boulders.
The NSW woman had tried to retrieve her phone from between the rocks but had slipped, fallen down a three-metre crevice, and was hanging upside down.
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I’m not sure what the ill effects of hanging upside down trapped for SEVEN hours might be. Humans aren’t designed for that challenge.
I hate to be crass — or is it cravass — but who pays for the rescue? I’ll bet the Taxpayers.
Sigh!
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
https://www.androidauthority.com/ftc-click-to-cancel-rule-3491150/
FTC cracks down on subscription tricks with click-to-cancel rule
- From streaming services to gym memberships, the new rule will make it as easy to cancel as it was to sign up.
By Matt Horne
October 16, 2024
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TL;DR
- FTC’s new click-to-cancel rule will ensure canceling subscriptions is as easy as signing up.
- The rule targets deceptive subscription practices and applies to renewals, free trials, and continuity plans.
- Businesses will have 180 days to comply or face a fine.
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The broader rule goes on to address misleading advertising practices and provides other protections against deceptive negative option marketing. Most parts of the rule will go into effect 180 days after publication, giving businesses time to comply and avoid potential penalties.
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Why did it take them so long and why did the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah have to do it first?
What all does it cover?
Didn’t see that banks and credit cards were included.
Now what about “misleading advertising” by the media as well as politicians and bureaucrats?
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Monday, October 21, 2024
https://www.casinocitytimes.com/frank-scoblete/article/quit-when-youre-ahead-68816
casinocitytimes.com
Quit When You’re Ahead
Frank Scoblete
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When it comes to casino games? Here is the truth: You will lose after a few decisions or you’ll lose today or tonight or after a few days or finally at some time or other or after your very first bet never to get to the world of the winner.
The casino knows that too. And you should know that too if you understand how the casino structures the games to give themselves the edge.
Ultimately, life ends in a loss – the loss of you. So, enjoy your time in a sane way and don’t give yourself an impossible criterion to live up to. You have enough crazy things to live up to.
All the best in and out of the casinos!
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Pretty “inspiring” advice. But, taken to heart, it makes one not take “stuff” to seriously.
As I reach “the end of my personal trail” as the cowboys say in the old TV westerns, I’m becoming much more “philosophical’.
New tires, sure who cares. More political “Barbara streisand”, why tolerate it. Maybe this is the new me? Look forward to more rants!
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Sunday, October 20, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/07/the-big-idea-should-we-be-thinking-about-luck-differently?utm_placement=newsletter
The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?
- We tend to focus on good or bad fortune, successes and failures. But what about the fact you’re here at all?
David Spiegelhalter
Mon 7 Oct 2024 07.30 EDT
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Luck has been called “the operation of chance, taken personally”.
Luck comes in three main flavours. Philosophers have identified “circumstantial luck”, meaning being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time – such as Stephen’s family taking that particular flight. Then there’s “resultant or outcome luck”, where in a particular situation some people have good and some have bad outcomes due to factors beyond their control. Stephen had the good resultant luck of surviving.
But perhaps the most important is “constitutive luck”, which covers all the fortunate or unfortunate circumstances of your very existence; the period of history in which you were born, your parents, background, genes and character traits. So where was Stephen’s constitutive luck? He told me that his father’s experiences in the RAF led him to insist that the family sat at the back of the plane – and the only survivors were seated at the back. He had the right parents.
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A very philosophical view of luck.
How does that jibe with my experience?
My sainted passed wife of 40 years was always “lucky”. Especially in things with wheels or balls. I, otoh, was always “unlucky”. She used to tell me to “Go away and take your bad luck with you”! And, I did. She’d hit more often than not.
I always felt she had “precognition”. She would get upset before bad things happened (i.e., father’s death; car accident; my trip ’n’ fall).
So, I’m not sure how to define “luck” but I know I don’t have that “magic touch”
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/world-news/japans-nihon-hidankyo-wins-2024-nobel-peace-prize/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3
Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
By Reuters
Published Oct. 11, 2024, 5:15 a.m. ET
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Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear weapons not to use them.
Witnesses to the only two nuclear bombs ever to be used in conflict, members of the group, also known as Hibakusha, have dedicated their lives to the struggle for a nuclear-free world.
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Using a nuclear bomb should be unthinkable. But when in a war and you’re losing, suddenly the unthinkable becomes very thinkable.
The USA Gooferment should IMMEDIATELY tell Ukraine and Israel that they will no longer supply money and weapons for their wars.
Russia, who much to my surprise, seems to be the “adult in the room” and has offered to negotiate peace.
Israel and the Arab world must come to the peace table. And. Since the Gooferment loves twisting arms so much, let that become their number 1 priority.
Finally, NATO, which has long outlived its intended purpose, should shut down and give everyone a “peace dividend”.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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Friday, October 18, 2024
I have a of points at McD’s and other places. I’d like to donate them to Western North Carolina. Victims or responders don’t care. But no way to do it. Argh!
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Friday, October 18, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/mega-millions-ticket-price-more-than-doubling-to-5/
Mega Millions ticket price more than doubling to $5 — with promise of bigger jackpots and higher odds
By Allie Griffin
Published Oct. 8, 2024, 2:50 a.m. ET
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Mega Millions tickets will more than double in cost next April from $2 to $5 a pop, lottery officials announced Monday, adding that the new price tag will come with higher cash prizes.
The price increase will come with greater odds of scoring bigger jackpots as part of a “mega overhaul” of the lottery launching in April 2025, Mega Millions said.
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Sorry, but this is just a tax on people’s hopes and dreams. And the tax collector is the biggest winner.
I’d like to see the Gooferment make some regulations to bring back “fair play”.
- No taxes on winnings.
- No repayment of welfare benefits on any “small” winnings.
- No unclaimed prizes should go the Gooferment; throw it in the next pot for drawing,
- Strict regulation on “employee compensation”.
- Strict privacy for big winners.
- And all numbers from 0 to 99.
Then, maybe it would be “fair”.
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/09/do-not-use-iphone-mirroring-corporate-mac/
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use iPhone Mirroring on a Corporate Mac
Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:31 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
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Apple’s new iPhone Mirroring feature in macOS Sequoia might seem like a convenient way to access your phone from your work computer, but security firm Sevco has uncovered a significant privacy risk that should make employees think twice before enabling this feature on company-owned Macs, at least for now.
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When executed in a Terminal window that has been granted full disk access without setting up iPhone Mirroring, the command returns a normal list of macOS applications. But when executed in that same Terminal window after setting up iPhone Mirroring, it also returns personal iOS applications and metadata.
For employees, this means that apps they use privately could become visible to their employer’s IT department without their knowledge or consent. This could potentially reveal sensitive personal information, such as dating apps, health-related apps, or VPNs used in countries with restricted internet access.
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Your employer, their network, and their tools should NEVER be used for your private purposes.
The easiest way to ensure that separation is to maintain a strict “air gap” (i.e., strictly never connecting anything by wire, bluetooth, or network wifi to something “corporate”).
If for no other reason than when your employer gets hit with a virus, ransomware, or some corporate security “tool”, then it would get your hardware in its grasp.
Argh!
Don’t forget that the employer can claim your hardware is suspect of having their data on it!
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
https://worldhealth.net/news/cheeky-discovery-predicting-risk-of-mortality/
Predicting Mortality With A Promising Cheeky Discovery
- New epigenetic clock based on easy-to-collect cheek cells accurately predicts mortality
October 2, 2024
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As with anything you read on the internet, this article should not be construed as medical advice; please talk to your doctor or primary care provider before changing your wellness routine. WHN does not agree or disagree with any of the materials posted. This article is not intended to provide a medical diagnosis, recommendation, treatment, or endorsement. Additionally, it is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
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I’d say after Covid demonstrated the regulatory capture of the FDA, CDC, and NIH, that they are the tools of Big Pharma and just another source of advertising propaganda.
Instead of DOJ applying anti-trust break up to Google, like they did with AT&T and unsuccessfully with IBM, they should focus on BigPharma and the damage it does as a cartel.
Argh!
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/10/09/media/ex-cbs-news-reporter-says-theres-precedent-for-releasing-full-transcript-when-it-came-to-donald-trump/
Media — exclusive details
Ex-CBS News reporter says there’s ‘precedent’ for releasing full interview transcript — when it came to Donald Trump
By Ariel Zilber and Alexandra Steigrad
Published Oct. 9, 2024, 7:45 p.m. ET
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CBS News remained mum Wednesday amid mounting pressure to release the full transcript of Kamala Harris’ interview with “60 Minutes” — even as a former correspondent said there’s “precedent” for the network doing so when it came to Donald Trump.
Ex-CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge — who was laid off earlier this year as she investigated the Hunter Biden laptop scandal — said the network released the full, unedited transcript of her interview with Trump when he was president in 2020.
The Republican presidential candidate has demanded CBS News publish the full interview with Harris after accusations that the Tiffany Network edited her “word salad” answers during the sit-down with Bill Whitaker.
“As Trump campaign calls on @60Minutes to release ‘full, unedited transcript’ of Kamala Harris interview… There is precedent,” Herridge posted on X on Wednesday.
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This demonstrates once again, like in the Hunter Biden laptop story, CBS and the rest of the corporate media is an arm of the Obama DNC.
Walter Cronkite, who was a shill too, at least pretended to be fair and balanced.
Argh!
No wonder the traditional media is being ignored.
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Monday, October 14, 2024
https://savejersey.com/2024/10/op-ed-americans-once-again-betrayed-by-their-own-uncle-sam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=op-ed-americans-once-again-betrayed-by-their-own-uncle-sam&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=op-ed-americans-once-again-betrayed-by-their-own-uncle-sam
savejersey.com
Op-Ed: Americans Once Again Betrayed by Their Own Uncle Sam
Dale Glading
Cross-Posted from DaleGlading.com
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It may be the greatest betrayal of Americans by their own government in U.S. history, right up there with Congress raiding the Social Security “lockbox” to pay current expenses. In that latter instance, the $2.8 trillion surplus that the Social Security Administration amassed from the mid-1980s through 2020 has been invested in interest-bearing Treasury securities. In other words, by investing in T-bills, the SSA has loaned the federal government money for its general operating budget, money that will have to repaid to cover future benefits by borrowing even more money (with interest) down the road.
Got it?
As a result of that “rob Peter now to pay Paul later” mentality, Social Security is expected to deplete its trust fund by 2037, after which benefits will have to be reduced by approximately 25% for the program to remain solvent. That means that a government program that was built upon the shoulders of Baby Boomers in the workforce is projected to collapse when those same Boomers are fully retired.
Sounds like a Ponzi scheme on steroids to me.
<< EDITOR ADDED: Absolutely!>
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Even worse, FEMA is now in no position to assist American citizens in the path of Milton because it mismanaged its $33 billion budget, only $20 billion of which is actually designated for major disaster relief. How incompetent, unconscionable, and unforgiveable is that?
By comparison, Samaritan’s Purse operates on a $1 billion annual budget and provides far more emergency relief in a far more effective manner. According to Christianity Today, “the organization’s 160,000-square-foot warehouse and offices in North Wilkesboro, NC employ 385 people who buy, repair, maintain and retrofit millions of dollars’ worth of medical equipment, generators and water filtration systems, much of them donated. The warehouse has six emergency field hospitals ready to ship, four with tents, hospital beds, anesthesiology equipment, X-ray machines, and surgical suites – all engineered to fold into a plane’s fuselage. There are also miles of plastic tarps, mountains of clothing and boxes full of small brown teddy bears with the Samaritan’s Purse logo – a cross inside a circle.”
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And so, I suggest the following: impeach Secretary Mayorkas for a second time and turn the rest of FEMA’s annual operating budget over to Samaritan’s Purse.
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Clearly, the Federal Gooferment is a complete failure in so many many dimensions. Time to start over. Let’s dissolve “The United States” into its component parts and let the individual States figure out the problem. Just declare bankruptcy and let the chips fall where they may.
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
Some poor soul had his front plate stolen. While it might have been an (old) prank, it’s more likely a prelude to criminal acts.
The consensus was that the following actions should be taken immediately:
STOLEN PLATE REACTION
- Police — make a report & get a copy
- DMV — get some documentation & new plates
- Insurance — make a report and change plate number
- Ezpass — make a report & if you’re an expats holder change plate number
I, for one, will start checking my plates every day.
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
FROM QUORA
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Regular People & Their Amazing Stories
Posted by Richard Strachan
“”This is my ex. This right here is more valuable than gold.
This is a man who doesn’t pay a dime through the state because when my son needs new clothes, I just call him.
This is a man who buys a bundle of kids’ movies on Vudu so even I can enjoy them with my son in my own home.
A man who drops off the $45 box of pull-ups at my front door so I don’t have to load my son up and go to the store.
One who takes his son in on 10 minute notice, far more often than he should, because I have too much to get done or just need a nap.
This is a man who listens to me cry because I’m stressed out.
This is a man who tells his son not to forget mommy’s boyfriend when he lists his favorite people off the top of his head.
A man who rushes over because we got locked out of the house, or spends his evening fixing something for us.
This is a man who labeled the presents he bought his son from ‘mommy’ because mommy couldn’t get him as many.
A man who still watches my sister’s kids so our son can be with his cousins.
One who accompanies me to meet strangers from Craigslist to ensure we are safe.
This is the diaper-bag-wearing, chocolate-milk-making, selfless, protective, generous, accomplished FATHER to my son.
The amount of obstacles we’ve had to overcome to get to this point are tremendous. This was not easy; this was a choice. Stop giving excuses and come together for your children. I’m the most stubborn person I know and forgiveness came easy to us for the sake of our son. And because of that, I see my son every single day. We always welcome each other’s presence.
In case I haven’t told you lately, I’m grateful for you. Most importantly, for the motivated individual you are and how you provide Pierson with a phenomenal role model despite the foundation you once had. I love the amount of love my son will always have from you.””
Credit: Jessica Singleton
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I’ve seen lot of broken homes and this “ex” should be the exemplar that we all seek to emulate.
Makes me sad to think of what could have been.
In my own life and those of many many others.
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Saturday, October 12, 2024
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/04/comcast_fcbs_ransomware_theft/
Cybersecurity Month
About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector
- Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum
Connor Jones
Fri 4 Oct 2024 // 20:13 UTC
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Among the data types stolen were names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and the Comcast account numbers and ID numbers used internally at FBCS. The data pertains to those registered as customers at “around 2021.” Comcast stopped using FBCS for debt collection services in 2020.
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As with ALL problems, digging down for who’s at fault, eventually end at the Gooferment.
I remember n=my original Social Security card as saying in big red font all caps “NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES”.
I’m sure that the tin foil hats of that era would have opposed it for either “THE MARK OF THE DEVIL” or “where is your papers please” or just the enumeration of privacy concerns. And they, like almost all Conspiracy Theorists, would have been correct. Look what a mess SSN has created.
At the root of the problem is the SSN.
Fundamentally insecure! Medicare abandoned the SSN on its own medicare cards. Never explained but probably due to fraud. Which still is a huge problem.
I suggest that the SSN be abandoned. Credit cards use a 16 digit number with error correction in it and the “secret” card code on the back. Why can’t the same be done to replace SSN.
Sure “credit reporting agencies”, banks, brokers, and all would have to retool.
So what.
No one ever voted to approve this Universal Identifier.
So let’s unvote it out.
Surely SCIENCE can come up with a better one. Maybe based on our DNA, or biometric, or maybe nothing is best.
Google and Apple now have passkeys based on their device’s “biometric”.
Even that would be better than SSN!
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FOOTNOTE: The word schtum means to remain silent. Specifically, it means not sharing any information, or telling anyone what you know. Schtum is most often used when referring to information that is harmful or sensitive in nature.
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Friday, October 11, 2024
One would think that someone would recognize that “shipping all the jobs overseas” was a fundamentally flawed strategy to bankrupt the middle class. Seems obvious to me.
DJT’s tariffs would be a step in the right direction IF AND ONLY IF it was done “gently” (so as not to ignite a trade war) and strategically (focus on the key industries need in war time). Same with mergers and acquisitions approval.
In the financial realm, TBIF (too big to fail) is TBTE (too big to exist). Balance sheets should be limited to a reasonable amount percentage relative to the national GDP.
Unfunded liabilities by any entity should be outlawed.
Also, executive compensation should be “taxed” to the extent that it exceeds what the President is paid and any other compensation should be “laddered” (i.e., vested non-transferable corporate bonds staggered in equal amounts over a long term time horizon) say thirty years to encourage long term decision making (i.e., no sacrificing long term survival for short term profitability).
Don’t tax savings or whatever it earns. Distinguish between savings, investment, and speculation.
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/paul-craig-roberts/how-can-trump-win-when-democrats-have-30-million-immigrant-invaders-to-vote-against-him/
lewrockwell.com
How Can Trump Win When Democrats Have 30 Million Immigrant-Invaders To Vote Against Him? – LewRockwell
By Paul Craig Roberts
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The Democrats Are Doing Every Possible Thing to Enable Immigrant-invaders to vote.
Democrats are passing laws to make sure that a non-citizen who just walked across the border has a vote equal to a United States native-born citizen. Immigrant-invaders are given federal IDs which entitle them to drivers’ licenses. Many jurisdictions automatically enroll driver license recipients on the voting list.
Two days ago California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill preventing local governments from requiring voters to present identification at the polls. The Democrat California government has made it a felony to prevent election fraud.
The Democrats call it Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. DEI is not for us racist white supremacy citizens, the American majority. It is for the immigrant-invaders who just walked across the border. The Democrats are the party of the immigrant-invaders, and tens of millions of dum….t white Americans will vote for the party of immigrant-invaders.
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I’m not sure how to react or respond to this assertion. It is immediately apparent that it’s true. Just look at where the illegal entrants to the USA are being housed — certainly not in Nantucket, but in every “red state”.
Clearly, the criminals need to be forcefully extracted and kicked out. That goes without saying. Also, “birthright citizenship” and “chain migration” need to be eliminated.
To preserve the Republic, the welfare / warfare state must also go.
Strict citizenship identification must be enforced. If India can do it with more people and more illiteracy, the USA can too.
It appears that the incentives of politicians and bureaucrats is not aligned with the best interest of “We, The Sheeple”. Time for a “strategic realignment”. Old (demented) Joe Biden has been in the Gooferment business for his whole life. Time for term limits for all politicians and bureaucrats.
And bureaucrats can’t have a revolving door with those that they regulate. Ditto for the military!
Argh!
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-13913071/pete-rose-mlb-ban-blasted-stephen-smith.html
Stephen A. Smith issues scathing verdict on Pete Rose’s MLB ban after baseball icon’s death aged 83
- Pete Rose is considered a baseball legend but is not in the Hall of Fame
By Jake Nisse and Oliver Salt
Published: 16:01 EDT, 1 October 2024 | Updated: 07:15 EDT, 2 October 2024
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Stephen A. Smith has blasted Pete Rose’s MLB ban following the baseball icon’s death at the age of 83, saying that ‘murderers have been let off quicker’ than he has.
Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader, was handed a lifetime ban in 1989 after he was found to have bet on the Cincinnati Reds as both a player and manager of the team.
That meant that the baseball icon was never inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame before his death, and ESPN’s Smith raged against the treatment Rose was shown on Tuesday morning.
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MLB is a bunch of hypocrites.
All sports are now advertising gambling sites.
“Lifetime” is a long time. This was the sports equivalent of a death sentence,
I’m sure no MLB executive ever gambles on baseball.
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
https://palexander.substack.com/p/urgent-see-this-list-of-places-that?publication_id=579356&post_id=149946265&isFreemail=false&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true
157 million $ White House finds today (without congress) for Lebanon for essential needs but can’t for Helene victims?
& congress too won’t come back, so says Speaker Mike Johnson, he will not call them back from break? so WH can give Lebanon our tax money without congress (& sell-out ‘no money for our border security’ Speaker Johnson will not call them back) but NEEDS congress for Helene $? wtf
Dr. Paul Alexander
Oct 07, 2024
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So, we could give bitches our money without congress, but WH needs congress to come back to get money for Helene for North Carolina and Speaker Johnson is playing with himself as he says congress is not coming back for one month; if Johnson needed money for Ukraine he would bring congress back for that as he prior did; so WH and speaker Johnson and congress are spooning each other as they collectively fuck the survivors of hurricane Helene…the congress, Speaker Johnson, and The White House (Harris et al.) are screwing the American people and damaging the survivors of Helene and now we have another hurricane Milton on its heels now at a category 5 rating (180 mph).
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Yeah, when it suits them, they can “find” all sorts of money for their pet projects.
Vote them all out.
Argh!
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/09/29/us-news/shocking-video-shows-entire-bridge-washed-away-by-hurricane-helen-floodwater/?ICID=ref_fark
Shocking video shows entire bridge washed away by Hurricane Helene floodwater: ‘Get out of the way!’
By Angeli Gabriel, FOX Weather
Published Sep. 29, 2024, 9:22 a.m. ET
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Watch a Tennessee bridge collapse into the Nolichucky River on Saturday, when the river surged with floodwater caused by remnants of Hurricane Helene.
After Helene made landfall in the Big Bend of Florida Thursday night, the Category 4 hurricane drenched parts of the Southeast with torrential rains and dangerous floodwaters.
New video shows one of the affected areas was East Tennessee, where the Nolichucky River rose and produced a powerful current that picked up trees and other debris downstream.
The power of this current was evident when Kisner Bridge on Highway 107 in the town of Afton collapsed into the Nolichucky, which had risen high enough to reach the bridge.
“Get Out Of The Way!” said Landon Duckett, who filmed the video, to a man standing close to the river as the middle of the bridge collapsed.
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Yeah, a “little rain”! Was it a 100 year flood? Hugo came through Charlotte in 1989 and it was a disaster. So that’s only 35 years ago. How short our memories are. If I was in FEMA, after Hugo, I would have asked for a survey of the bridges that were most at risk of flooding damage or in such poor repair that they could be expected to fail. Then, I’d offer to share in a percentage of the repair or replacement. We all know it’s cheaper to fix something than waiting for disaster to strike. Not like they were spending the money in Hawaii or East Palestine. I’d suggest that all Federal “Foreign Aid” be suspended until “we” (a) the care of our infrastructure and (b) eleminate the National Debt. Let’s see how much “We, The Sheeple” want to send overseas for relief by reinstitution private charity like the Care Packages after WW2.
“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
America First.
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