Reinke Faces Life

242 years ago American colonists declared independence from England, in the name of personal liberty. What would it take for Americans to once again declare independence from an oppressive government? For the colonists, it was excessive taxation without representation.

Source: Kidnappers: The Tyranny of Child Protective Services

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No warrant needed to take a child from a parent!

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Having some familiarity personally with “the system”, judges need to be held to the highest standards of fairness and impartiality.  It’s a hard thing to separate a child from the parents.  BUT sometimes it is for safety and in the child’s best interest.  We ALL are responsible for the choices we make.  Parents, especially those who are drug addicts, need to be made aware that society will not allow children to be harmed.

Now I have a tough time squaring that with “abortion rights”, but that’s a discussion for another day.

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European allies fear President Donald Trump may begin to bring American troops home from the continent as part of his “America First” agenda. They are lobbying him to boost the number of troops to combat an increasingly aggressive Russia.
— Read on www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article214324579.html

That would be great!

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Hollywood celebrities are furious over Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families, but their outrage is selective and often self-serving. In recent weeks, border separation has been the top story. Media coverage has included horrific pictures and videos of young immigrant children in anguish at being taken from their families.

Source: If Self-Serving Celebs Want to Help Vulnerable Kids, They Should Look at US Militarism & Foster Care

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Another problem with the spate of Tinseltown voices demanding action to stop Trump’s brutal family-separation policy is that these stars didn’t get up in arms when President Obama had a similarly callous policy towards illegal immigrant families.

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While the policy stinks  — there are reports of traffickers faking it  — it’s another “political” astro-turf like the “anti-war” protests.

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The April 2017 meeting between AP reporters and officials from the Justice Department and the FBI has been the subject of inquiries from congressional Republicans.

Source: Associated Press may have led FBI to Manafort storage locker – POLITICO

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So the AP acted as agents of the FBI?

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https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/officers-censured-for-bringing-embarrassment-on-navy-in-fat-leonard-scandal-1.533910

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My tech adoption generally consists of long periods of inertia punctuated with the occasional frenzy of replacement. But I’m very glad to see USB C catch on, even if it means one of those frenzies. While none of our household’s phones are yet equipped with USB C, my Asus Chromebook is, as is my GoPro camera — and I know it’s the wave of the (near-term) future.

Source: USB-C to USB-A Adapter

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“My tech adoption generally consists of long periods of inertia punctuated with the occasional frenzy of replacement.”

Since I’ve been “retired”, I’ve moved from “bleeding edge” to “being dragged along kicking and screaming”.

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New Jersey, not exactly known for giving the people living within its borders freedom, has just passed a law that declares all guns which hold more than ten rounds of ammunition “illegal.” The state is ordering people to surrender their guns or become criminals.

Source: New Jersey: ‘Surrender Your Guns Or Become A Criminal!’

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UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

Like the gun owners in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk, hopefully everyone will just ignore it.

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Source: Bearing Arms

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Isn’t this “backdoor gun confiscation”?

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As former top FBI official Peter Strzok faces congressional requests to testify, it’s worth examining his record.

Source: What did Peter Strzok do? | TheHill

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Sounds like this mess will continue on for a long time.

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SHED NO TEARS for the “millionaires tax” ballot initiative, which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down on Monday. From the outset, the initiative was a cynical ploy to get voters to do something they have repeatedly rejected — replacing

Source: The cynical ‘millionaires tax’ didn’t fool the SJC :: Jeff Jacoby

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Clearly, the politicians and bureaucrats can’t be trusted with the “power” to do anything.

Argh!

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In this video, 70 people from 70 different countries from all over the world show how they count money in their respective countries. Fascinating and more than a little mesmerizing after a while. I wonder why these different techniques developed the way that they did… (via digg ) Tags: video

Source: How people from different countries count money

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Pretty funny.  Wonder how it all developed.

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It happened again: Cops say a drug-addicted mother already on the city’s radar murdered her 5-month-old baby.On Tuesday, Joann McLeod allegedly threw her young son, Raymond Porfil Jr., against the

Source: Another dead child the city might’ve saved

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The Gooferment can’t protect the defenseless; what hope does anyone have for their “protection”?

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Over the last 12 months, the purchasing power of your dollar has dropped at the fastest rate since 2011. According to the latest data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped by 2.8% year-over-year in May .

Source: Your Incredible Shrinking Dollar

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Gee, what a surprise. The Gooferment “cooks the books” and its numbers were “spun”.  Argh!

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Childbirth is the greatest miracle of life , a truly magical moment to both, the expecting parents and the newly-born baby. However, as beautiful as the experience is, it’s also very stressful for every party involved, from the mother to the medical professionals.

Source: Woman Asks For Help When Husband Invites His Parents To The Childbirth, And The Internet Delivers The Best Solutions Ever

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I think the response about having the “football team” in was hysterical!

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“I don’t want to get beaten to death, stabbed and burnt alive,” a slight woman with long blond hair and a checked shirt says. “I want a gun to feel equal.”She is a member of one of the

Source: Gay Americans are arming themselves to stay alive

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Everyone has a basic God-given human right to defend themselves as they see fit.

Go Pink Pistols!

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I swear, if I hear one more major-network American TV debater (they pretend to be “interviewers,” but they’re not interested in helping facilitate any Trump administration “…

Source: Vin Suprynowicz » Blog Archive » Where does the ‘Canadian steel’ come from?

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I didn’t know that “Canadian” steel is from China?

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Editor’s Note: Following the publication of this article, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold the voter removal process described below. The decision deals a blow to election integrity not just in Ohio but throughout the country.

Source: Supreme Court Hands Vote Suppressors Another Tool

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If you need a photo id for the plane, then why is it “suppression” to require it to vote?

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Polio has been reported in Venezuela, a crisis-wracked country where the disease had been eradicated decades ago, the Pan-American Health Organization reports.

Source: Polio makes comeback in Venezuela after decades

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Sounds like an emergency relief effort should be undertaken immediately.

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Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.com, Listen to education officials’ demands for more money and it’s easy to believe Illinois grossly underspends on K-12 education. A $7.2 billion funding lawsuit to double state contributions to classroom spending, a $40,000 minimum wage demand for teachers, and lawmakers’ rejection of limits to school district borrowing might bolster that impression.

Source: Admin Over Adolescents: 7 Ways Illinois’ Bureaucracy Is Siphoning Money From Classrooms

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It’s always the “administrative” and pensions!

And the unions make it extra bad.

Argh!

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A new report says that one reason has to do with white people’s perceptions that they’re losing financial dominance as people of color are making gains.

Source: Why More White Americans Are Opposing Government Welfare Programs : Code Switch : NPR

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Interesting.  Even if they’d benefit, they oppose it.  Racism?  I think not; perhaps because the nation is broke?  Perhaps, because welfare kills any ambition and any chance of a better life?  Perhaps, NPR is a leftist media outlet that survives on the Gooferment dole!

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“Though New York City has one of the most segregated schools systems in the country,” writes Elizabeth Harris of The New York Times, until now, Mayor Bill de Blasio “was all but silent on the issue.” He was “reluctant even to use the word ‘segregation.’” Now the notion that the liberal mayor belongs in the same basket as Southern governors in the ’50s and ’60s like Orval Faubus of Arkansas and Ross Barnett of Mississippi seems a bit of a stretch.

Source: Is Mayor diBlasio

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A stunning observation!

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Longtime former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, James A. Wolfe, was indicted and arrested Thursday night on charges of giving false statements to FBI agents in 2017 about repeated contacts with three reporters, according to the Washington Examiner .

Source: Leaker Crackdown Begins: Top Senate Staffer Arrested In Leak Probe; NYT Journo’s Records Seized

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While I don’t think “leaking” is the honorable thing to do, that being said reporters and their materials are essential to free press.

Too bad I never get on juries!

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Have you noticed, fellow truth-seekers, how the information we are pursuing seems to be coming at us in fits and starts these days? How some investigations begin, are stalled, and others long forgotten return to the public eye? As we attempt to decipher and interpret revelations about behind-the-scenes sexual abuse and pedophelia among the powerful elite in our society, we might do well to imagine a larger, more coherent process taking place that adheres to the well-worn phrase: timing is everything.

Source: Owner of the Lolita Express and Orgy Island

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No doubt, Jeffrey Epstein has dirt on many friends in high places, like the aforementioned Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and even Donald Trump, who is known to have visited Epstein’s island. Perhaps this is where FBI interests lie, or perhaps it is in gathering information about people who are not in the public eye. Is it possible that the FBI is leveraging Epstein to continue to get enough information to eventually prosecute people who are higher up the totem pole? One would hope so, although there are certainly less promising conclusions one could draw on the strength of this piece of information alone.

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Why aren’t the patrons of the Lolita Express and Orgy Island listed on the front page of every paper and news website?

One set of rules for everyone?  Don’t make me laugh!

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The Texas Bullion Depository officially opened for business this week. The creation of the facility represents a power-shift away from the federal government, and sets the foundation to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

Source: Texas Bullion Depository Open for Business

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The Texas Bullion Depository will create a mechanism to challenge the federal government’s monopoly on money and provides a blueprint for other states to follow. If the majority of states controlled their own supply of gold, and people began using precious metals in daily transactions, it could conceivably make the Federal Reserve completely irrelevant.

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That’s going to take some time, but it becomes an interesting way create a “store of value”.

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There’s a saying that ignorance of the law is no defense, which I get. I really do.Yet at some point, there has to be a line. If men and women can be arrested when they’re clearly trying to not break the law, then what hope does any law-abiding citizen have? There’s a theory that the average person goes through life committing something like three felonies per day. I don’t know how accurate that is, but I have little difficulty believing that we break laws all the time without realizing it.

Source: Reason #6831 Why Gun Registration Is Evil – Bearing Arms

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“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” —Cardinal Richelieu

Same thing with all the gun laws.  The Constitution (of no account) is specifically clear.  The right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

How is this not “infringement”?

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VFP concludes its ad, just above an iconic photograph of protesting G.I.s holding a banner emblazoned with, “We won’t fight another rich man’s war,” by saying that if the Burns/Novick series is “crowned with an Emmy, this defective history of the Vietnam era will become required viewing for generations of young Americans – a seductive, but false, interpretation of events.”

Source: Veterans’ Group Says ‘No’ to Emmy for PBS Vietnam War Series – Antiwar.com Original

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Seems like a valid criticism of the politicians that got us into the mess and the terrible toll in human lives it took and is taking.  Unfortunately, most get their news and history from the media so it’s got to be brutally correct.

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