GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Create a “Devil’s Advocate” to speak against pardoning people

Thursday, November 13, 2025

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/trump-on-why-he-pardoned-binance-ceo-are-you-ready-i-dont-know-who-he-is/

Trump on why he pardoned Binance CEO: “Are you ready? I don’t know who he is.”
Trump family business could benefit from pardon of crypto ex-con Changpeng Zhao.
Jon Brodkin – Nov 3, 2025 2:15 PM

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President Trump says he still doesn’t know who Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao is, despite having pardoned Zhao last month.

CBS correspondent Norah O’Donnell asked Trump about the pardon in a 60 Minutes interview that aired yesterday, noting that Zhao pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. “The government at the time said that C.Z. had caused ‘significant harm to US national security,’ essentially by allowing terrorist groups like Hamas to move millions of dollars around. Why did you pardon him?” O’Donnell asked.

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After the Biden fiasco of autopen pardons, @realDonaldTrump should create a “Devil’s Advocate” to speak against pardoning people.  Maybe we could get Judge Judy to chair a TV trial with a retired judge to act as the Devil’s Advocate versus the lawyer who thinks his client deserves one.  

Put it on Pay Per View for a few buck to defer the expense.  It’d make Survivor or the Bachelor look tame by comparison.  Judge “Don’t Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It’s Raining” Judy Sheindlin could hear both sides and then issue a recommendation to the President.  Of course, that recommendation meeting could be on PPV too where the President could sign it for all to see.  

I love this idea.  (Who doesn’t love their own “baby”?  No matter how ugly.). Your comments welcome.

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RANT: Now this is what DHS should be focused on!

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/operation-dirtbag-sees-over-150-illegal-migrant-sexual-predators-nabbed-in-florida/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alert&utm_content=20251112?&utm_source=sailthru&lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3&utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts

‘Operation Dirtbag’ sees over 150 illegal migrant sexual predators nabbed in Florida, Kristi Noem announces
By Emily Crane
Published Nov. 12, 2025, 8:26 a.m. ET

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 “The fact that they were sexual deviants and perverts, and now we’ve gotten them off of our streets, it’s remarkable. And we need to do more of it.”

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Seems like they have finally hit on what “We, The Sheeple” wants. It’s what I want.

We still have to solve some “illegal immigration” problems cause by the stupidity, malfeasance, and gross incompetence of previous administrations, politicians, and bureaucrats. Especially judges, who see the violent and dangerous felons routinely reappearing in front of them.

(1) Any “illegal immigrant”, who has been here for more that a decade living a good life without welfare or any criminal record, should get a parole and a pathway to citizenship.

(2) Any “illegal immigrant”, who was brought here as a child, and has no criminal record, should get parole and a pathway to citizenship.

(3) Any politicians or bureaucrats, who hinder the efforts of DHS, should be arrested, indicted, and get a fair trial. If guilty, as a condition of sentence, should be barred from political office or Gooferment employment.

(4) Any formal statement — oral or written — in any form (e.g., twitter) — by politicians or bureaucrats — should be considered under oath and subject to perjury prosecution.

That should clean up this mess quickly.

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HEALTH: Caution Against Suppressing Fevers?

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-does-natural-medicine-caution

Why Does Natural Medicine Caution Against Suppressing Fevers?
Exploring the link between Tylenol and Autism
A Midwestern Doctor 
The Forgotten Side of Medicine
Nov 02, 2025

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Story at a Glance:

  • Over-the-counter (OTC) pain and fever medications are widely used despite having marginal efficacy and significant side effects that hospitalize hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.
  • While a widespread practice, using these medications to reduce fevers has long been controversial, both due to their toxicity and the notion that fevers are essential for health.
  • During the 1918 Influenza pandemic, one of the most critical lessons was that avoiding fever suppression was vital for protecting patients from dying.
  • While considered the “safest” option, Tylenol has a wide range of issues, including liver damage, gastrointestinal issues, blood cancers, and kidney injuries.
  • An extensive body of data connects using Tylenol during pregnancy or in infancy to the development of neurological injuries (e.g., autism).
  • Many of these tragic cases illustrate a longstanding observation within natural medicine—suppressing superficial reactions (e.g., fevers) can transform illnesses into chronic ailments that can cause far more issues.

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Many consider NSAIDs (ibuprofen and naproxen) amongst the most hazardous drugs in the U.S. because:

  • They are the leading cause of drug-related hospital admissions
  • Kidney damage is a significant risk. 
  • NSAIDs raise cardiovascular risks.
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding 
  • They impair healing, especially of ligaments

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My string of kidney docs —  thanks to all the changing of insurance networks during Obamacare —  have ALL warned me not to take ANY “pain treatments” without consultation.

Those pregnant women with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) are really brainwashed.  Even if DJT47 is wrong, why would you risk your baby and your own health to prove a political point.

And, we should learn from the history of medicine with the axion “first do no harm” that sometimes doing nothing is the best strategy and tactic.  Many from Eastern and Western medical traditions have urged that body can hal itself in some cases.  

Humans should be humble and realize that we can’t know it all and have to be careful when “popping pills”.

Some conditions don’t ned Big Pharma’s quick fixes.

Sigh!

“Do Your Own Research. Make Up Your Own Mind. Think For Yourself.” — Sharyl Attkisson

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VETERANS: They shall grow not old … … 

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Laurence Binyon
poem “For the Fallen” (1914)

[JR: Remember the generations of young men —  English, French, German, and American —  wiped out by aristocratic generals who didn’t care that the machine gun, artillery, tanks, and flame throwers had revolutionized “warfare”. Argh! So sad and so wasteful. Dona Nobis Pacem]

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VETERANS: Armistice Day should be remembered for the carnage of a generation of young men wasted by Gooferment supidity

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

I prefer that we revert to the old meaning of 11 November — Armistice Day.

On November 11, 1918, the armistice between the Allied nations and Germany took effect, marking the end of major hostilities. The following year, the date was remembered as Armistice Day, dedicated to honoring those who served in the “war to end all wars.”

And go back to the “end all wars” feeling that WWI generated.

“Only way to win is not to play at all” — from the movie ‘War Games’

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

“To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” — Sun Tzu’s The Art of War

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POLITICAL: Socialism interferes in the private sector—via regulations, taxes, mandates, and bureaucratic controls

Monday, November 10, 2025

https://www.cato.org/blog/democratic-socialist-plans-will-only-make-nyc-worse

November 2, 2025 8:04AM
Democratic Socialist Plans Will Only Make NYC Worse
By Michael Chapman

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The Nature of Democratic Socialism

Libertarian economists have long explained that democratic socialism does not involve outright government seizure of the means of production. Rather, it manifests through layers of government interference in the private sector—via regulations, taxes, mandates, and bureaucratic controls. Each intervention distorts market processes, producing inefficiencies and crises that, in turn, invite yet more intervention. The cycle repeats, expanding state power and eroding prosperity.

A contemporary example can be seen in the Democrats’ push to extend Obamacare subsidies, which are set to expire at year’s end. These subsidies were meant to stabilize insurance markets, yet their expiration will drive premiums upward. The government created this instability by intervening in healthcare and now seeks to intervene again—at an estimated cost of $415 billion over ten years—to “fix” the problem it caused.

This incremental approach is socialism by installments: policy by policy, the private market is replaced with a government-run one. Mamdani’s proposals fit within this framework.

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Congress is a known cesspool for producing market distortions.  Creates more opportunities for “insider trading”.   How else do so many enter broke and leave grazilionairs?

How can “We, The Sheeple” stop this ever quickening slide into Socialism / Communism?  End “Federal Gooferment Benefit” programs.  If the States want welfare, let them pass and pay for it.  No more “sugar” coming from the Feds.

Also, eliminate all “non-profit” entities —  NGO’s, “Foundations”, and “Trusts”.  

End the cycle of “political contributions” that come from “winners” of lucrative Gooferment contracts.

Political contributions Should be limited to small amounts from “inside” the representative’s district.

Time to shrink all levels of Gooferment!

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MEME: Maybe MEME’s are that powerful

Sunday, November 9, 2025

 

Maybe MEME’s are that powerful.  Gets the message across at gut level; usually humorous.

Remember the king’s new clothes?  Laugh at them and they lose their power!

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DISCOURAGING: When the Church is silent, evil advances

Saturday, November 8, 2025

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/when_the_church_whispers_why_silence_is_no_longer_an_option.html

October 26, 2025
When The Church Whispers: Why Silence Is No Longer An Option
By Christian Vezilj

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The Cost of Cowardice

When the Church is silent, evil advances. When pastors refuse to speak, laws are passed that mock God’s design. When parishioners are not guided, they vote blindly or not at all. And when Christians abandon the ballot box, they abandon the battlefield.

This is not just a political failure, it is a spiritual one. For a man who does not stand up and fight for truth is not merely passive. He is disobedient. “Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins” (James 4:17).

God did not call His people to comfort. He called them to courage. He did not promise ease; He promised presence. “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you” (Deuteronomy 31:6). That promise was not just for Joshua—it is for every believer who dares to speak truth in a hostile world.

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I firmly believe that just as a bee hive can only have one queen, so Gooferment — the gang that claims its God-give right to inflict violence on everyone within a given geographical area and sometimes outside of that area — see the Church, any church, as a rival for the loyalty of the individuals within their domain.

Further, I think that when the Roman Catholic Church allowed pedophiles to inflict harm on little children, the Gooferment was perfectly happy to let it happen and then use it to blackmail it into silence.  Gooferment Skrules were allowed to kill parochial education.  Politicians were not condemned and excommunicated for their positions on abortion and euthanasia.  And, the non-profit status was used as an additional club for their silence.

Only Black Churches and Pastors resisted that club by ignoring it.  Unfortunately, they misgudedly supported politicians that inflicted the welfare state and drugs on their neighborhoods.

Until “We, The Sheeple” wake up and take back their liberty from Gooferment, we have no savior in any other entity.

Argh!

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GOLDBUG: 8,133 metric tons if it is there

Friday, November 7, 2025

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/10/28/more-hints-at-whats-coming-in-2026/

More Hints at What’s Coming in 2026

Administrator — Posted on October 28, 2025Categories 

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In an interview last week, the U.S. Secretary of Treasury made an odd statement that was simultaneously ignored and discarded. We caught it, though, and you should again be made aware of what it foreshadows.

And what was that odd statement from Secretary Bessent?

As you undoubtedly know, the U.S. dollar has not been connected to the gold price since 1971 and the U.S. currently carries its 8,133 metric tonnes of gold at $42.22 per ounce. As such, how in the heck does a rising gold price “help the U.S. substantially”? Why does it even matter? And in this context, it’s a very odd thing for the sitting U.S. Secretary of Treasury to say.

However, what if we changed the context?

  • What if, instead, the U.S. is planning to monetize the asset side of its balance sheet?
  • What if, instead, the U.S. is planning to revalue its gold reserves in order to create a “deficit neutral” funding vehicle for its planned Bitcoin Reserve?
  • What if the U.S. Congress was considering a new bill to codify a gold revaluation as part of a Bitcoin and Sovereign Wealth Fund?
  • What if The U.S. Federal Reserve was already studying the impact of an official gold price revaluation?

Under those conditions, the seemingly odd, throwaway comment by Secretary Bessent makes a lot of sense. The higher the gold price, the more “deficit neutral” funding cash becomes available. Again, here’s the process. It’s plainly written into both bills that are currently before Congress:

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8,133 metric tons is about 259,200,000 ounces at ~4k$ per ounce is 1,036,800,000,000 or ~1T$.

Guess that could make a dent in the 33T$ national debt?  NOT!

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INSPIRATIONAL: The Stockdale Paradox: A Philosophic Principle for Tough Times

Thursday, November 6, 2025

https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/stockdale-paradox/

Brett & Kate McKay • October 27, 2025
The Stockdale Paradox: A Philosophic Principle for Tough Times

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Years later, when his plane was shot down and he was imprisoned in the infamous POW camp known as the “Hanoi Hilton,” Epictetus’s Enchiridion would become a survival manual for Stockdale and the men he led. It would also help birth a guiding principle that got Stockdale through seven and a half years — four of them in solitary confinement — of torture and debasement: what’s now called the “Stockdale Paradox.”

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Stockdale paused and said:

You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.

That single sentence became known as the Stockdale Paradox.

In practice, it meant living in two opposing realities at once: facing the brutal truth of the moment while maintaining unbreakable faith in the eventual positive outcome.

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Brutal honesty and unshakeable faith?

Not sure that if presented with a test like the Hanoi Hilton, then I could conduct myself so well.  One can only hope.  I’d pray make my “tests” small in proportion to my character.

I remember the “Perot – Stockdale” ticket.  

I can’t look into Ross Perot’s soul but I believe he was there as a “spoiler” to allow Bill Clinton to defeat both Bush and Bob Dole.  Near the end of the campaign, I remember Perot’s antics to distroy his chances of winning.  To me it was an obvious prize fighter’s “dive” because the fix was in.

It’s a shame and a national disgrace that “democracy” is really an “oligarchy”.  The Dead Old White Guys must be rolling over.

Sigh!

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