RANT: Still need to expose the facts around Fauci and the role of NIH in Wuhan

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Why Joe Biden Had To Pardon Anthony Fauci

Why Joe Biden Had To Pardon Anthony Fauci – LewRockwell
By Connor O’Keeffe Mises.org
January 25, 2025

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A federal investigation would have all but forced the media to revisit many of Fauci’s unseemly actions, failures, and possible crimes. That would have been uncomfortable for a political establishment that has embraced and celebrated Fauci for decades.

But the real danger of a high-profile Fauci investigation, from the political class’s perspective, would come if the public started to ask themselves why a bureaucrat with such a long track record of failure was embraced and celebrated by those in power. And why he enjoyed so much professional success before retiring with a net worth of more than $11 million.

Such questions could lead people to consider that maybe the decades of mistakes that transferred hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to public health agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and the crony healthcare system as a whole were not mistakes after all. That, perhaps, the federal public health apparatus is nothing more than a racket and that officials are professionally rewarded, not for keeping us safe, but for protecting and expanding that racket.

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I am for turning over all the “rocks” and see what scandals “crawl out into the sunshine”.  I’d start by getting low-level aides and secretaries in front of grad juries, immunize them, and just ask questions.  I don’t want “lawfare” on regular people who just were doing their jobs for bad people.  I want “the truth”!

“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.” Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men played by Jack Nicholson

I really do.  

We need to understand what happened so as to prevent it from happening again.

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RANT: Seems just a tad hypocricial

Saturday, January 18, 2025

https://www.amren.com/news/2025/01/vatican-cracks-down-on-illegal-entry-into-its-territory/

Posted on January 16, 2025
Vatican Cracks Down on Illegal Entry Into Its Territory
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú, Catholic News Agency, January 15, 2025

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The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed.

In a decree issued last month by the Holy See, the monetary sanctions and prison sentences for those who violate the strict security regulations of Vatican City have been considerably increased.

The document, signed by Cardinal Fernando Vérguez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, provides for monetary fines ranging from 10,000 to 25,000 euros (about $10,200 to $25,700) and prison sentences ranging from one to four years.

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Are you kidding me?

Seems very “good for thee, but not for me”.

If the childmolesting clergy wasn’t enough of a turn off, then surely this is!

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RANT: And now we all know why  Pfizer wanted the data hidden for 75 years!

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/pfizers-secret-documents-reveal-that?publication_id=548354&post_id=154381843&isFreemail=true&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

Pfizer’s secret documents reveal that their COVID vaccine actually made you 8.7% more likely to get COVID

  • Buried in the documents that Pfizer wanted hidden from public view for 75 years there was a table that revealed that their vaccine actually had negative efficacy.

Steve Kirsch

Jan 08, 2025

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Pfizer tested all participants in their Phase 3 trial for N-antibodies. The results were kept hidden from the public. It was only through court order that we finally know what the results were.

Do you think they would have kept this data secret from the public if it showed good news? Heck no!

The table showed that Pfizer only had around 50% protection if you just take the table at face value. But if you interpret the table correctly, it shows Pfizer had negative efficacy.

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And now we all know why  Pfizer wanted the data hidden for 75 years!

It ain’t because it showed why we needed their “vaccine”.

I’d like some heads on pikes!  From Pfizer, the Gooferment bureaucrats, and the politicians. Pfizer has immunity from damage suits by Federal diktat.  But DJT47 can make that go away FOREVER.

My biggest concern is what I call the “thalidomide effect” where side effects aren’t known for generations later.  Argh!

I think it’s time for public trials.  And, Pfizer should be give a corporate “death sentence”.   Like Enron, their stock value should go to zero.  If nothing else, 100% corporate tax on all past profits from this pseudo-vaccine.  

Argh!

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RANT: Yet another heart attack?

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/sports/juan-jaime-former-braves-pitcher-dead-at-37-after-heart-attack/

Juan Jaime, former Braves pitcher, dead at 37 after heart attack
By Justin Tasch 
Published Dec. 30, 2024, 2:50 p.m. ET

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Juan Jaime, a pitcher who made several appearances for the Atlanta Braves in 2014 and ’15, has died of a heart attack, according to MLB reporter Hector Gomez.

Jaime was 37.

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Sorry but what was his covid vax status.

Thirty year olds don’t have “heart attacks”.

Argh!

Is anyone paying attention?

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RANT: Amazon advertised a great price and then failed to deliver; that won’t be relevant to all customers

Friday, December 20, 2024

EMAIL FROM AMAZON

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Please edit and resubmit your review

Hello Ferdinand J. Reinke,

We couldn’t post your review because it focuses on one or more of these topics:

    Sellers

    Delivery

    Packaging

    Pricing

    Availability

Why isn’t that allowed?

These aspects vary by order and won’t be relevant to all customers. That said, we want your feedback about sellers and packaging, just not in product reviews.

Please edit and resubmit your review. Before you do, make sure it meets all of our community guidelines.

Your review

Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds, Active Noise Cancellation, Hearing Aid Feature, Bluetooth Headphones, Transparency, Personalized Spatial Audio, High-Fidelity Sound, H2 Chip, USB-C Charging

I think the sale was a scam!

I took advantage of a Prime Day sale on the new AirPods. Funny that package NEVER gets delivered. All my other Amazon deliveries go off with no problem. I suspect that this was bait and switch. Advertise a great deal and then never deliver. I am…

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AMAZON sale was a scam!

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RANT: ‘Lie of the Year’?

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

https://www.theblaze.com/news/politifact-lie-year-trump-biden

PolitiFact decimated on social media after awarding ‘Lie of the Year’ to Trump 

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Has to be that Befuddled Joe wouldn’t pardon Hunter!

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RANT: Anyone want to argue that the non-profit NCAA is nothing more than the NFL “farm teams”?

Thursday, December 12, 2024

FROM 1440 https://join1440.com/

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College Football Playoffs

The field for the inaugural 12-team college football playoff was revealed yesterday, with Big Ten champion Oregon capturing the top seed. The Ducks are followed by No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Boise State, and No. 4 Arizona State, with each of the top four receiving a first-round bye.

Under the new system, the opening round will have the higher-seeded teams host games on campus: No. 5 Texas will host No. 12 Clemson; No. 6 Penn State will welcome No. 11 SMU; No. 7 Notre Dame faces No. 10 Indiana; and No. 8 Ohio State will take on No. 9 Tennessee. The biggest debate of selection day was SMU, which lost the ACC championship on a last-second field goal, nudging out Alabama.

A significant amount of money is at stake. Roughly $115M will be distributed across the conferences based on which teams advance (see details).

The first round will be held Friday, Dec. 20, and Saturday, Dec. 21. See the full schedule of bowl games here; see a playoff bracket here.

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Sorry but all this chatter about “non-profit”, “amateur athletes”, and “student athletes” is just a “Barbara Streisand” smoke screen for Gooferment Skrules to rake in big bucks from “We, The Sheeple”.

Time to divest “education” from “entertainment”.

Argh!  Now that “amateur athletes” can make big bucks from “Name, Image, and Likeness”, lets cut the <synonym for excrement> and stop fooling everyone.

This is nothing more than gambling by Gooferment institutions using Taxpayer money and defrauding those same Taxpayers at the same time.

If you use my Tax dollars, then you can’t use them for anything but “education”!  Privatize these “State Actors” away from the font of Taxpayer money.

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RANT: So if Hunter Biden can’t invoke the Fifth, then it means all his “co-conspitors” are in jeopardy

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3246790/pardon-fifth-amendment-trouble-hunter-biden/

Pardon means Fifth Amendment trouble for Hunter Biden
By Kaelan Deese
December 2, 2024 12:37 pm

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In the hours since the pardon, Republicans, along with legal experts, have elevated the significance of what the younger Biden’s pardon means for their long-standing investigations, contending that it opens up the playing field for lawmakers to question him on nearly everything he has now been pardoned from over the past 11 years.

Under the Fifth Amendment, people can refuse to answer questions if their responses might incriminate them in criminal cases. However, with all criminal liability now erased by the pardon, Hunter Biden could face contempt charges if he refuses to testify before congressional panels.

“Well, this now makes it much easier for a GOP Senate/House to call Hunter as a witness about his and his dad’s connections to Ukraine, etc. because the pardon prevents Hunter from asserting the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself,” Mark Smith, a constitutional attorney and host of the Four Boxes Diner legal analysis show, wrote on X.

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If I was at all connected to Hunter Biden, then I’d be worried.

See he has a BIG Get Out Of Jail Free card.  Unless you have one, you’re screwed.  He’ll have to testify against you.  

(Don’t know what happens if he refuses?)

So, like when the authorities go after any organized crime, they flip the bottom run to testify against the next rung up.  Until they reach the top.

I’ve often thought that in the cases of election fraud, get the underlings, arrest them, and threaten them with prison and watch how fast they will turn states evidence against their boss.  Or bosses. 

It should be very entertaining to see whose hands are “dirty”.

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RANT: If Hunter can get a pardon, why not Ian Freeman, Snowden, Assange, and all the J6-ers?

Monday, December 2, 2024

https://www.change.org/p/free-ian-freeman-defend-financial-privacy-and-justice-6d1aedcb-2abe-4f4c-afda-8081edf9f239/psf/share?share=1&short_display_name=Fedinand&source_location=petition_page&allow_actions=true

If Hunter can get a pardon, why not Ian Freeman, Snowden, Assange, and all the J6-ers?

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RANT: Tell John Oliver that Illegals do comit crimes

Saturday, November 30, 2024

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/11/25/illegal_migrants_less_likely_to_commit_crime_guess_again_1074276.html?mc_cid=7283492361&mc_eid=0da2484634

Illegal Migrants Less Likely to Commit Crime? Guess Again.
By John R. Lott Jr., RealClearInvestigations
November 25, 2024

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In June, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five in Maryland. Police in Oklahoma tracked the accused repeat offender down with a sample of his DNA recovered from a Los Angeles home invasion in which a nine-year-old girl and her mother were assaulted. Police say he came to the U.S. illegally to escape prosecution for at least one other murder in his native El Salvador in December 2022. 

“That should never have been allowed to happen,” said Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, referring to the numerous missed red flags the case presented. His office apprehended Hernandez in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axsgzg3RyF0

RNC & ”Migrant Crime”: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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John Oliver discusses the wave of people claiming there’s a wave of “migrant crime,” where the term came from, and what we can do next. 

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When I listened to John Oliver’s show, I was admonished that there was no such thing as “migrant crime” and the term came from the evil Republicans.

Well here is one specific example that counters that argument.

Any even the liberal media has reported a lot of “migrant crime”!

Surly, this deserves an “update” when he comes back from his end-of-season break?

I hope that all the bad guys can be deported and we can get back to some peace in our country,

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RANT: Someone needs some education about the “facts of life”

Friday, November 29, 2024

https://wokespy.com/scottish-government-tells-high-court-men-can-too-get-pregnant/

Scottish Government Tells High Court Men Can Too Get Pregnant
By Josh Slocum / November 27, 2024 

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Oh, Scotland. You were once a kingdom celebrated in legend and song for your marauding men and bonnie lasses scrapping it out on the border with England as you fought to maintain your culture. Your border reivers were the forerunners of the outlaws and cowboys in the American West. You gave the world James I (of England), who gave the world the most revered translation of the Bible. 

Now, you’re in court making asses out of yourselves. And for what? “Pregnant men” and “male lesbians.” 

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Are all politicians and bureaucrats just that stupid?

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RANT: Withdraw the USA from NATO NOW!!!

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

https://palexander.substack.com/p/nato-is-saying-it-is-planning-targeted?publication_id=579356&post_id=152196936&isFreemail=false&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

NATO is saying it is planning targeted precision strikes on Russian territory; Britian and France saying they want to deploy troops; are these people insane? crazy? did they not hear Putin say if they hit Russian soil with western missiles etc. that this can activate a nuclear war? Who is doing this driving us to WW III? Who are the deranged crazy lunatics doing this?

Dr. Paul Alexander

Nov 27, 2024

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Withdraw the USA from NATO NOW!!!

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RANT: Our old “friend” shrinkflation is in the news; it’s this a deceptive trade practice

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-13998363/kelloggs-cereal-mocked-extreme-lengths-hide-

Kellogg’s ridiculed for drastic efforts to hide shrinkflation: ‘Just laughing at us’
By Tilly Armstrong Assistant Consumer Editor For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:36 EDT, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 12:09 EDT, 28 October 2024

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Kellogg’s is resorting to ‘deceptive’ ways to distract shoppers from its shrinkflation tactics.

A photo shared on Reddit highlights how the brand has made its family-size Special K box taller – while actually reducing the amount of cereal inside. 

Shrinkflation is when products shrink in size or quantity while the price remains the same or even increases. 

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Unlike “price gouging” that I approve of, “shrinkflation” IMHO is a deceptive trade practice designed to fool “We, The Sheeple”.  As such, it should be actionable.  Companies should not be permitted to defraud the consumer this way.  (Other ways may be permissible?)

At the very least, the FTC should force them to rebrand their packaging.

Maybe as punishment, they should be required to put a “shrinkflation” notice prominently.

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RANT: “Click to cancel” is a good rule

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.

*** and ***

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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RANT: A tax on the poor

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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RANT: Stolen license plate reported on Nextdoor

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

  1. Police — make a report & get a copy
  2. DMV — get some documentation & new plates
  3. Insurance — make a report and change plate number
  4. 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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RANT: Stephen A. Smith is right; Guess MLB doesn’t see all the gambling sites they advertise

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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RANT: Funny how DOJ selects targets for its “rage”?

Saturday, September 28, 2024

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The Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched yet another blatant attack on state sovereignty and election integrity, this time setting its sights on Alabama.

In an outrageous move, the DOJ has filed a lawsuit against Alabama for daring to clean up its voter rolls by removing illegal noncitizens from the system ahead of the upcoming general election.

This lawsuit, spearheaded by Biden’s weaponized DOJ, accuses the state of violating the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), citing so-called “Quiet Period” provisions meant to prevent last-minute adjustments to voter registration lists.

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Jumped right on anything that removes illegal voters!

Interesting how they chose their targets.

Like the prosecution of NYC Mayor Adams, when he complained about the illegals getting dumped in his city.

Argh!

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RANT: Social Security Insurance is just a racist inter-generational Ponzi scheme that has zero chance of “success”

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Just saw you 8/11 reply to my “no tax on sosec” comment

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It’s a solid plan if they increase the current security tax on high earners, otherwise it’s an untenable solution. Seems to be some support to raise SS tax on earners above the $165k threshold and again at $250 which would keep SS solvent for a few more decades

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Raising taxes on “high earners” is just giving the Gooferment more money to waste.  

Recognizing that Social Security “Insurance” is just a racist inter-generational Ponzi scheme that has zero chance of “success” like any Ponzi scheme.  

Note that FDR chose the word “insurance” very carefully because at that time “insurance” was highly regarded as “safe”.  He knew full well that this was a fraud because there was nothing “saved” to pay benefits.  It should have been obvious to the rubes when the first (white) woman “retired” after making one tax payment into “social security insurance”.

I recently read an analysis of one case where the fellow paid in X$ (I can’t find the gripe) and received back about ½X$. That’s nominal dollars with no adjustment for inflation. He ran a simulation if the original X was invested in 50/50 Tbills and S&P500.  That portfolio would be valued at about 6X at his retirement.  He compared his Z$ monthly benefit with the 4Z$ monthly annuity he should have had.

I have also read many times that Social Security has a negative ROI of between 12 and 40+%.  

It’s a national disaster.  And, BTW it’s has about 70T$ in unfunded liabilities.  No amount of tinkering will save it.

Argh!

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Wish I could find all the things I have read about Social Security.

One time, on a bored commute into NYC for work, I computed that I’d have to live to 132 in order to “steal” back what was “stolen” from me in SSI payroll taxes.  And that was on a “nominal basis” with no adjustment for inflation.

Argh!

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RANT: Where was the predicted “heavy fog” this morning?

Friday, September 13, 2024

Where was the predicted “heavy fog” this morning? I am always amazed that “they” can’t predict weather 12 hours ahead, but “climate change, global warming, global cooling” will wipe humanity out in five, ten, twenty, fifty years! Argh!

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RANT: EVs make no sense

Monday, September 9, 2024

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/the_cold_hard_kamala_repelling_truth_about_electric_vehicles.html

americanthinker.com
The Cold, Hard, Kamala-Repelling Truth about Electric Vehicles
By Warren Beatty

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Bottom line: over the entire life cycle of an E.V., from raw materials to final disposal, driving an E.V. or plug-in E.V. produces more pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions than a comparable hybrid E.V. We truly live in a Bizarro World, where Kamala’s ideology overrides reality.

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Over and above the practicality of EVs (i.e., limited range, recharge time, battery fires, accident damage), the “costs” of mining cobalt, and other “rare earth” minerals, in terms of the “dirt” and the human working conditions is inhumane.  Anyone else seen the pictures of children mining cobalt to subsist?  As a fat old white guy retired injineer, I’m not adverse to “progress”.  I am adverse to stupidity and responding to a politically induced “global warming global cooling climate change” “the sky is falling” “let’s give the Gooferment more money to solve a problem” panic.  (If the seas are “rising”, then why are all the rich people buying waterfront property?  Are they stupid? Or do they just know the truth?). In any event, why isn’t the Gooferment allowing diesel and tiny foreign cars and truck into the country?  We know that the politicians and bureaucrats are being bribed by all the Big Industries.  If we can just have a free market, the the Gooferment could shrink to just being a referee.  Argh!  

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RANT: Why is Surprise City Attorney being paid 266,000?

Thursday, September 5, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/us-news/bananas-republic-arizona-mom-arrested-for-violating-law-against-criticizing-city-officials-at-public-meetings/

Arizona mom arrested for criticizing officials at public meeting sues for rights violation

By Natalie O’Neill 

Published Aug. 30, 2024, 5:02 p.m. ET

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Eat your heart out, North Korea.

An Arizona mom was arrested for violating a bizarre authoritarian-style city law that forbids anyone from criticizing city officials at public meetings — outraging a free speech group that now plans to sue, officials told The Post.

Rebekah Massie, 32, was speaking out against a proposed $12,000 raise for Surprise City Attorney Robert Wingo — who reportedly already earns $266,000 annually — at a city council meeting on Aug. 20, when she was cut off by Mayor Skip Hall.

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It wasn’t immediately clear how Massie could be arrested for trespassing at a meeting that was open to the public.

Surprise Police Chief Benny Pina and Mayor Skip Hall didn’t return calls from The Post Friday.

Sgt. Richard Hernandez, a public information officer for the city, told The Post a person may be charged with trespassing if they are asked by a “police officer or the owner of a property” to leave and refuse.

He said the police chief had not asked Massie to leave the meeting — but declined to elaborate on how the law applies to the incident, considering Mayor Hall doesn’t own Surprise City Hall, where the meeting took place.

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Governor of Arizona Katie Hobbs. $95,000.

Attorney General of Arizona Kris Mayes. $90,000.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. $70,000.

So why is Surprise City Attorney being paid 266,000?  That’s more than the top THREE state officials. 

And, no now seems to understand that the First Amendment applies to the States under the current Supreme Court concept of “incorporation”!

I’ve often thought that Gooferment salaries were out of line and this just proves it.

If I was an Arizona citizen, then I’d insist that no one can be paid MORE than the Governor.  Just like no one should be paid more than the President of the United States. 

Argh!

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RANT: Civil forfeiture needs to be abolished; only if people are convicted of a crime can their assets be taken

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/18/civil-asset-forfeiture-explained/74802279007/

Old legal quirk lets police take your money with little reason, critics say
Jeanine Santucci USA TODAY
Published 5:08 a.m. ET Aug. 18, 2024 Updated 11:46 a.m. ET Aug. 18, 2024

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Law enforcement was able to take the money through a controversial practice called civil asset forfeiture. Advocates against the practice say it amounts to legalized government theft, at times from ordinary, innocent Americans. 

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Civil forfeiture has been effectively eliminated in only North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico and Maine, according to the Institute for Justice. But dozens of other states have tried reforming their laws. Some have elevated the standard for burden of proof that law enforcement has to have to seize property. Others have improved the transparency of their procedures, Rulli said.

A federal loophole makes it easier for law enforcement agencies across the country to evade state reforms. The federal government isn’t beholden to state laws, Rulli said, so law enforcement agencies can call federal authorities in, which will seize property and split the profits with the local agencies.

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This is unConstitutional trickery that the Gooferment at all levels pulls on “We, The Sheeple”.

I find the Gooferment’s conduct immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

Hopefully you do too!

Argh!

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RANT: Any jurisdiction that does not honor a “detainer” with “no bail” should immediately lose all federal funding

Thursday, August 22, 2024

https://palexander.substack.com/p/5-five-illegal-immigrants-charged?publication_id=579356&post_id=147792523&isFreemail=false&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

5 (five) illegal immigrants charged with kidnapping Indiana teen; US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a detainer for the five men; Five illegal immigrants were arrested in Missouri early early Monday for allegedly kidnapping a teen girl in Indiana. All five men in the car were arrested and booked into the Macon County Jail.
Dr. Paul Alexander
Aug 16, 2024

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All five came into the country illegally and were being held without bail on kidnapping charges.

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Hopefully they will stay locked up util they are deported.

John Oliver said that illegal alien crime was “overstated”.  Stories like this seem to prove him wrong.

Any jurisdiction that does not honor a “detainer” with “no bail” should immediately lose all federal funding.  Ditto for State funding, but that is up to the State Gooferment.

Argh!

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RANT: Another legal trick reinforces why Shakerspear said “kill all the lawyers”

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disney-says-man-cant-sue-wifes-death-agreed-disney-terms-service-rcna166594

Disney says man can’t sue over wife’s death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service

Jeffrey J. Piccolo filed a wrongful death lawsuit after his wife, Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan, died after she consumed food containing allergens at a restaurant in Disney World.

Aug. 14, 2024, 4:54 PM EDT

By Minyvonne Burke

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Disney is trying to have a widower’s wrongful death lawsuit dismissed and sent to arbitration because the man had signed up for a Disney+ account several years ago.

Jeffrey J. Piccolo sued Disney Parks and Resorts in February, months after his wife, Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan, died after she consumed food containing allergens at a restaurant in Disney World.

Piccolo said in his complaint that he, his wife and his mother went to dinner at Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant at the resort in Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 5. They asked several times whether Tangsuan’s allergies could be accommodated, according to the complaint. Despite the server’s having assured them, Tangsuan had a severe allergic reaction and died at a local hospital, the complaint said. 

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“Let’s kill all the lawyers” is a line from William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2. The full quote is: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”. It is among Shakespeare’s most famous lines. 

First, the suit is only for 50k.  If I was on the jury, I’d question the number of zeros.  Some one made a clerical error. She’s a doctor.

Second, the Disney lawyer is trying to use an obscure factoid to absolve the restaurant of liability.

Third, the couple, knowing that she was at risk, should have been more careful.  To the point, eating out should not be a “game” of Russian roulette.  A substantive penalty should alert all restaurant operators to the risk; their insurance companies should price the risk accordingly,

Argh!

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RANT: Yet Another “news story” for my “Who Cares” wastebasket

Sunday, August 18, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/entertainment/meghan-markle-plans-to-expand-on-royal-struggles-in-explosive-tell-all-memoir-report/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3

Meghan Markle plans to expand on royal struggles in explosive tell-all memoir: report

 The Duchess of Sussex, 43, previously revealed she had battled suicidal thoughts during life as a royal in the UK, and briefly touched on her experience again earlier this month.

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Right alongside Captain Obvious, we need a “Who Cares” wastebasket.

I don’t.  Leave these “news stories” for the English presstitues like the Daily Mail or the Guardian.  

Nor do I care for old women showing off their bodies. At least young women have something entertaining for soft pron. All the women have the same assets; some surgically enhanced.  

Show me the women and men who are doing heroic or admirable feats of humanity.  Like the lady who planted a barren field with a humongous number of trees.  Or the young boy who build a windmill to irrigate the family plow and save them from starvation.  Or the man who prevent several hundred suicides by being on watch.

That’s news that is newsworthy.

Argh!

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