RANT: Trump’s face on $250 bill may be a “Bridge Too Far”?

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Scott Bessent says it’s ‘fitting’ to put Trump’s face on $250 bill: ‘Great celebratory note’

https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/us-news/scott-bessent-says-its-fitting-to-put-trumps-face-on-250-bill-great-celebratory-note/

Scott Bessent says it’s ‘fitting’ to put Trump’s face on $250 bill: ‘Great celebratory note’
By Ryan King
Published May 31, 2026, 2:58 p.m. ET

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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cheered on plans to imprint President Trump’s face on a $250 greenback, contending that his achievements make him worthy of such an honor.

Bessent argued that it was necessary for his department to craft a $250 bill with Trump’s face and signature on it so that the Treasury can be ready if pending legislation to that effect clears Congress.

“I think it’s fitting. President Trump is the president during our 250th anniversary,” Bessent told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

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I suspect that this will push the crazies in BOTH parties to be both overjoyed and outraged. Maybe some, both at the same time. This may finally convince some people that the 25th Amendment need to be re-engineered. Maybe an age cap of say 70 on elective Federal Gooferment office?

In Tom Woods Show episode #2764 with Doug Casey ❶, they make a strong case that: (1) politics attracts people who want to control other people; and (2) that DJT47 has all the characteristics of the worst criminal psychos.

While I am not sure about how bad or how good DJT47 is or is not, I am firmly in favor of an age cap for public office. And, maybe even a ban on familial linkages to prevent “ownership” of a Senate or House seat as well as families ties to Presidents.

Crazy (Cynical) Old Ferd

❶ Doug Casey: America Is Headed for Civil War | Tom Woods Show #2764
https://youtu.be/V70-DRncsTE?si=nm9R0tysfzThDei8

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: No Gooferment bailouts for any failing corporation.

Saturday, May 2, 2026

https://nypost.com/2026/04/24/opinion/spirit-airlines-deal-threatens-another-bailout-boondoggle/

Spirit Airlines deal threatens yet another bailout boondoggle
By Stephen Moore
Published April 24, 2026, 5:13 p.m. ET

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It’s a strange conundrum: If a company gets too big and successful and dares earn too much money, the US government accuses it of being an evil monopoly and tries to break it up.

And if it loses too much money, the government swoops in and bails it out with taxpayer dollars — as we’ve seen multiple times now, from banking to the auto industry.

Rewarding failure and punishing success isn’t a very smart economic game plan.

In the latest chapter of this saga, the federal government is reportedly about to provide a half-billion-dollar taxpayer bailout to Spirit Airlines.

Aren’t you excited to learn you may become a shareholder?

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And the politicians have a long and inglorious history of picking losers.

Think of the hundreds of millions of dollars lost under President Barack Obama’s so-called stimulus, when the government turned itself into a venture capital fund and “invested” in companies like Solyndra and Fisker Auto — celebrated solar panel and electric car manufacturers that went bust after huge infusions of tax dollars.

How many times have we been told that Amtrak and the US Postal Service are about to become profitable?

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The Gooferment —  at any level — as well as any politicians and bureaucrats should not be favoring any corporation or people with “investments” from the Taxpayers’ pocket.

I still remember how upset my sainted wife was when the Gooferment bailed out GM and the bond holders got screwed.   I also remember when my favorite tax accountant got screwed when Bear Sterns was allowed to go bust but AIG was bailed out.  And remember when the Gooferment was to bail out individual mortgagees that suddenly became bailouts for the Big Banks — who promptly gave big bonuses to high-earning employees, CxOs, and directors. Sigh!  

The beauty of “capitalism” is that “the invisible hand of the marketplace” rewards those who satisfy the consumers’ needs making a profit and applies discipline to those that don’t.  All without a single Gooferment bureaucrat!

When Gooferment seeks to frustrate the marketplace: (1) it doesn’t work since it doesn’t change the leadership, management, and workers behavior that got them into unprofitability in the first place; (2) the taxpayers become the deep pockets for further losses; and (3) continues the immorality of Gooferment theft and “training’ “We, The Sheeple” that the Gooferment knows what’s best for “us”!

Bottom line: No Gooferment bailouts for any failing corporation.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Leave bear eviction to the private sector

Saturday, January 17, 2026

https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/bear-living-under-mans-california-home-finally-leaves/

Giant bear living under LA man’s house finally leaves after 37 days — thanks to this bizarre method
By Jeremy Louwerse
Published Jan. 8, 2026, 6:18 p.m. ET

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The bear eviction finally happened Tuesday after Johnson contacted “The Bear League” — a group from Lake Tahoe that specializes in bear removal emergencies.

“We heard about Ken, we felt bad for him and flew down and got the bear out,” said Ann Bryant, the founder and executive director.

The crew jumped into action, firing paintballs into the crawl space until the bruin had enough — retreating from its den.

“The bear was gone in 20 minutes,” Bryant said.

The paintballs are filled with vegetable oil and sometimes “they hit the bear in the rump,” added Bryant — who said her organization does between six and eight bear extractions a day.

Johnson told The Post he quickly covered the crawl space with two layers of plywood and sandbags to prevent the bear from ever coming back. The Bear League also placed an “electric mat” in front of the crawlspace designed to give a small shock if stepped on.

The shock mat proved to be handy when the bear returned Wednesday but got zapped.

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Take note that the Gooferment’s efforts caught the wrong bear.  That made me laugh.  We all know that the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.  Why do they keep demonstrating it to us?

Like most private sector fee market solutions, it was quick and easy.  And, painless except to the bear who found it a PIA (pain in the ass)! Laugh!

Seriously, about the only thing the Gooferment is good at is killing things!

Argh!

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DISCOURAGING: Requiescat In Pacem Rob Reiner and wife Michele

Monday, December 15, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/12/15/us-news/rob-reiners-son-nick-in-custody-after-horrifying-murder-of-princess-bride-director-and-wife/

US News breaking
Rob Reiner’s son Nick charged with murder, held on $4M bail in slaughter of ‘Princess Bride’ director and wife Michele
By Joe Marino and Patrick Reilly
Published Dec. 15, 2025
Updated Dec. 15, 2025, 10:26 a.m. ET

# – # – # – # – #

I’m saddened by this tragedy.  While I was never a fan of Rob Reiner’s politics, I would never wish this or any “bad luck” on him.  

Like Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Bondi Beach anti-Semitism, the Brown University killings, it’s all just to horrific to hear.  Maybe during these Holy-Day observances, we should all take time to reflect how “hate” needs to be stomped down.  

I remember in the movie “Ghandhi” there was a quote about when the religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupted into nation-wide violence. Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he “will not eat until the fighting stops”. (Note to self: Watch again and capture that powerful line.)  

Maybe we all have to adopt a similar attitude: “ … … until the killing stops!”]

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SURVIVAL: Thomas Plamberger left his late girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner to freeze to death

Thursday, December 11, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/world-news/thomas-plamberger-who-left-kerstin-gurtner-on-austrian-mountain-cosigned-obit/

Boyfriend who left woman on Austrian mountain to freeze to death posted harrowing message after body was recovered
By Emily Crane
Published Dec. 10, 2025
Updated Dec. 10, 2025, 10:30 a.m. ET

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Prosecutors allege the couple set off too late and didn’t have adequate equipment, given Gurtner was wearing snowboard boots and had no emergency bivouac gear.

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Guess he never heard of the Birkenhead Drill and “women and children first”

The Birkenhead Drill, also known as “women and children first,” refers to an unofficial code of conduct established during the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead in 1852, where soldiers prioritized saving women and children over themselves in a life-threatening situation. This act of chivalry has since become a symbol of self-sacrifice and discipline in maritime emergencies.

For an “expert” to be so unprepared and leave a supposedly loved noob behind is criminal.

Requiescat In Pacem Kerstin; you deserved better.

“Leave no man behind” — attributed to the Spartans

Would have been better if he had frozen with her!

Argh!

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SECURITY: New Hampshire cold case should be a warning

Friday, December 5, 2025
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/new-hampshire-judith-lord-cold-case-solved-half-a-century-later-identifying-ernest-gable-as-killer/
 
New Hampshire cold case is solved half a century after flawed FBI report allowed killer to escape
By Nicholas McEntyre
Published Nov. 26, 2025, 1:25 a.m. ET
 

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Despite Gable being identified as a suspect, he could not be properly accused because “the case was severely hindered by a flawed forensic report issued by the FBI in 1975,” Formella said.

“At the time, microscopic hair analysis techniques led to an incorrect conclusion that the suspect could not have contributed the hairs found at the scene,” the report found.

Other evidence contradicted the analysis results, with Gable’s fingerprints being found at the scene and witnesses revealing that Lord had feared him.

During their investigation, detectives discovered Lord had been afraid of both her husband and Gable for some time because of his “persistent and unwanted advances.”

“Judith told her sister she was afraid of both her husband and her African American neighbor next door, indicating Mr. Gable, because he ‘had made remarks to her about wanting to see her nude,’” the attorney general’s report found.

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​A solved cold case that should be a warning to everyone.  Don’t stay where there are creepy neighbors.
 
And maybe this is not the only “mistake” due to the FBI incompetence?
 
#endtheFBI
 
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POLITICAL: Zohran Mamdani is a self proclaimed Communist; what are New Yorkers thinking?

Saturday, October 25, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-terror-suspect-imam-ally-once-called-america-filthy-and-sick/

Three men smiling, two in suits and one in a white thobe, in an office with bookshelves.

By

Emily Crane
Published Oct. 20, 2025, 10:28 a.m. ET

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged terror-tied imam ally, Siraj Wahhaj, once ripped the United States as “filthy” and “sick” in a hate-filled rant.

# – # – # – # – #

I don’t understand what the voters of the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk could possibly be thinking.

No man or group of men—including any group of men calling themselves “the government”—is morally entitled to initiate (that is, to start) the use of physical force, the threat of force, or any substitute for force (such as fraud) against any other man or group of men. “The Market for Liberty” Linda & Morris Tannehill (1970)

And, any reading of history will show that once you vote in “socialism” aka “communism”, it takes a violent revolution to get rid of it.   A lot of people die!

Anyone remember Mao, Pol Pot, and all the other Communist “revolutionaries” and how many dead bodies they produced.

Same thing is happening in the USA with “leftist” judges who don’t seek to protect the citizens and other innocent victims.

It has to stop IMMEDIATELY.

Paratattein (παρατάττειν) “Form the line!” — attributed to Leonidas to prepare his men for battle at Thermopylae 

Here is the line we dare not cross.

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RANT: Like click bait, it disclosed nothing.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/sports/how-erin-dolan-bet-on-herself-with-new-espn-contract/

How Erin Dolan bet on herself with new ESPN contract — and the ‘double-edged sword’ that comes with it
By Jenna Lemoncelli
Published Sep. 24, 2025, 9:27 a.m. ET

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Dolan, who joined ESPN in December of 2021, said she knew exactly what she wanted when it was time to negotiate her contract.

She did not share the exact details of the deal.

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TL;DR (Too long; don’t read)

I was interested in what she “negotiated” to “bet on herself”.  But like most click bait, it disclosed nothing.

Argh!

Wasted my valuable time.  Don’t waste yours.

Argh!

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RANT: Here’s the interefernece I was referring to in my previous post

Friday, September 19, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/media/heres-the-real-reason-abc-suspended-jimmy-kimmel-live/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3

Here’s the real reason ABC has suspended ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
By Charles Gasparino
Published Sep. 18, 2025, 10:31 a.m. ET

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Jimmy Kimmel’s comments on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk weren’t just noxiously offensive and seemingly misleading — their timing was also incredibly bad: They threaten to derail Nexstar’s $6.2 billion takeover of rival broadcaster Tegna, telecom insiders tell On The Money.

The already controversial deal — which would combine two of the nation’s largest owners of local TV stations — poses significant antitrust questions and needs a close review by the Federal Communications Commission and its conservative firebrand chairman, Brendan Carr.

Kimmel’s comments made that approval even dicier. That’s why Nexstar publicly announced Thursday that its stations would no longer carry the show, telecom insiders tell On The Money. Ditto for ABC, which produces and distributes “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to broadcasters like Nexstar — and likewise has business before the FCC.

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Here’s the conflict of interests!

It was wrong when the D’s did it.  It’s still wronger when the R’s do it.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: DJT47 should find out if the Gooferment was involved in this suspension.

Friday, September 19, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-f-king-livid-over-abc-pulling-live-report/?lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3

Jimmy Kimmel reportedly ‘f–king livid’ over ABC pulling ‘Live!’ — as Trump cheers ‘great news for America’
By Anna Young
Published Sep. 17, 2025
Updated Sep. 17, 2025, 10:27 p.m. ET

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Jimmy Kimmel is reportedly “absolutely f–king livid” over ABC’s decision to ax his late-night talk show following backlash to his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination — while President Trump cheered the move as “great news for America.” 

The comedian, 57, was left fuming over the network’s Wednesday decision to suspend him and pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” after he unleashed a hateful tirade against the gunned-down conservative activist during Monday night’s monologue, sources and producers told the Daily Mail.

*** and ***

Nexstar Media Group, the major broadcast company that serves as a primary affiliate for ABC, confirmed that it would “preempt” Kimmel’s program in the wake of his remarks.

*** and ***

But after Monday’s blunder, the FCC chairman says the only reasonable step for ABC, parent company Disney, and the Emmy-nominated host is to issue a public apology — noting that the network’s “unprecedented” rejection of Kimmel by broadcasters is “an important turning point” in the media. 

“This action today by NexStar and Sinclair, frankly, it’s unprecedented,” Brendan Carr told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday. 

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Early reports indicated that Nexstar Media Group was seeking FCC approval for something.  That seems to have “disappeared”.  Was this a quid pro quo to make DJT47 happy?  If so, it’s UNACCEPTABLE.

I’m no Jimmy Kimmel fan. BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), was this “suspension” rooted in politics.  Sure seems so.  When you see some of the many examples of “trash” that the broadcast networks air, this seems “mild”.   

 What would the FCC say about George Carlin now?

As much as I dislike Kimmel, this is just WRONG.  And, he should get his show back on the air.

DJT47 should IMMEDIATELY: 

  1. Find out any and all conversations between the FCC and ANY Gooferment bureaucrat with Nexstar Media Group and ANY ABC (or Disney).
  2. Fire anyone in the Gooferment who was involved in this affair.  (The Gooferment, like Caesar’s wife must be above reproach.)  Someone MIGHT have been trying to “please the boss” and gone way too far.
  3. Invite Kimmel to the White House, like he did with Bill Mahr, to have dinner and discuss this and many other topics.
  4. If Kimmel is starting a podcast or internet show like Tucker, then DJT47 should offer to be his first guest.
  5. Everyone, who purports to support the First Amendment, should let DJT47, Nexstar Media Group, ABC / Disney know that this is just wrong.  (I will!)

What would Charlie Kirk be doing?  Certainly, not trying to shut down an opinion.  Any opinion.

Argh!

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” — often misattributed to Voltaire

Two memes sum it up!

Because Hate Speech Isn't A Thing - Imgflip

 

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