What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?
January 6 Tapes?
Paging Speaker Johnson…this is your conscience calling you out on broken promises.
For all your high talk about your Christian moral background…you’re looking less and less like you have any kind of moral background.
If You are a Patriot and Don’t Loathe RINOs…
Let’s talk about RINOs, and why they are the lowest form of life in politics.
Many patriots have been involved with politics, often at the grassroots, for decades. We’ve fought, and fought, and fought and won the occasional illusory small victory.
Yet we can’t seem to win the war, even when we have BIG electoral wins.
I am reminded of something. The original Star Trek had an episode titled Day of the Dove. It was one of the better episodes from the third season, but any fan of the original series will tell you that’s a very low bar. Still, it seems to get some respect; at a time when there were about 700 episodes of Star Trek in its various incarnations out there, it was voted 99th best out of the top 100.
In sum, the plot is that an alien entity has arranged for 39 Enterprise crew, and 39 Klingons, to fight each other endlessly with swords and other muscle-powered weapons. The entity lives off of hostile emotions, you see and it wants a captive food source. (The other 400 or so Enterprise crew are trapped below decks and unable to help.) Each side has its emotions played and amplified by the alien entity; one Enterprise junior officer has false memories implanted of a brother who was killed by Klingons. The brother didn’t even exist.
Even people killed in a sword fight miraculously heal so they can go do it again.
The second best line of the episode is when Kang, the Klingon captain, notes that though they have won quite a number of small victories including capturing Engineering, can’t seem to actually finally defeat the Enterprise crew. He growls, “What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*”
Indeed. He may have been the bad guy, but his situation should sound familiar.
We are a majority in this country. We have a powerful political party in our corner. There is endless wrangling.
And yet,
What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?
In our case, that power is the RINOs in our midst. They specialize in caving when on the verge of victory. Think of Obamacare’s repeal failing…by one Republican vote. Think of the way we can never seem to get spending under control (and now our entire tax revenue goes to pay interest on the debt; anything the government actually does now is with borrowed money).
We have a party…that refuses to do what we want it to do, and that refusal is institutionalized. If you’ve been involved with GOP politics, but haven’t seen this, it’s because you refuse to see it. Or because you are part of the problem yourself. (If so, kindly gargle some red fuming nitric acid to clear the taste of shit out of your mouth, and let those not part of the problem alone so they can read this.)
We fight to elect people, who then take a dive when in office. But it’s not just the politicians in office, it’s the people behind the scenes, the leaders of the national, state and county branches of the party. Their job is to ensure that real patriots never get onto the general election ballot. They’re allowed a few failures…who can then become token conservatives who will somehow never manage to win (Jordan), or can be compromised outright (Lauren Boebert?).
That way it doesn’t actually matter who has a congressional majority. I remember my excitement when the GOP took the Senate in 1980. But all that did was empower a bunch of “moderate” puddles of dog vomit like…well for whatever reason forty years later the most memorable name is Pete Domenici. And a couple of dozen other “moderates” who simply had no interest in doing what grassroots people in their party–those same grassroots people who had worked so hard to elect them–wanted them to do.
Oh, they’ll put up a semblance of a fight…but never win. And they love it when we fight the Dems instead of fighting them. Just like that alien entity, whose motto surely was “Let’s you and him fight. It’ll be delicious!”
If you think about it, your entire political involvement has come to nothing because of these walking malignant tumors.
That should make you good and mad.
The twenty five who blocked Jordan, and the hundred people who took that opportunity to stab Jordan in the back in the secret ballot should make you good and mad.
I’ll close this with another example of RINO backstabbing, an infuriating one close to home.
In my county, the GOP chair is not a RINO. She got elected when the grassroots had had enough of the RINOs. Unfortunately the state organization is full of RINOs, and the ousted county RINOs have been trying to form a new “Republican Party” and get the state GOP to recognize them as the affiliate. I’m honestly amazed it hasn’t happened yet.
In other words those shitstains won’t just leave when they get booted out; they’ll try to destroy what they left behind. It’s an indication that they know we know how important that behind-the-scenes party power is.
So they must be destroyed. That’s the only way they’ll ever stop.
We cannot win until the leeches “on our side” get destroyed.
What power is it that feeds our battle yet starves our victory?*
We know it. What is going to be done about it?
*NOTE: The original line was actually “What power is it that supports our battle yet starves our victory.” I had mis-remembered it as feeds. When I checked it, it sure enough was “supports” and that’s what I originally quoted. On further reflection, though, I realized my memory was actually an improvement over the reality, because feeds is a perfect contrast with starves. I changed it partway through the day this originally posted, but now (since this is a re-run) it gets rendered this way from the start.
If one must do things wrong, one should do them wrong…right.
RINOs an Endangered Species?
If Only!
According to Wikipoo, et. al., the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is a critically endangered species. Apparently two females live on a wildlife preserve in Sudan, and no males are known to be alive. So basically, this species is dead as soon as the females die of old age. Presently they are watched over by armed guards 24/7.
Biologists have been trying to cross them with the other subspecies, Southern White Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceri?) without success; and some genetic analyses suggest that perhaps they aren’t two subspecies at all, but two distinct species, which would make the whole project a lot more difficult.
I should hope if the American RINO (Parasitus rectum pseudoconservativum) is ever this endangered, there will be heroic efforts not to save the species, but rather to push the remainder off a cliff. Onto punji sticks. With feces smeared on them. Failing that a good bath in red fuming nitric acid will do.
But I’m not done ranting about RINOs.
The RINOs (if they are capable of any introspection whatsoever) probably wonder why they constantly have to deal with “populist” eruptions like the Trump-led MAGA movement. That would be because the so-called populists stand for absolutely nothing except for going along to get along. That allows the Left to drive the culture and politics.
Given the results of our most recent elections, the Left will now push harder, and the RINOs will now turn even squishier than they were before.
I well remember 1989-1990 in my state when the RINO establishment started preaching the message that a conservative simply couldn’t win in Colorado. Never mind the fact that Reagan had won the state TWICE (in 1984 bringing in a veto-proof state house and senate with him) and GHWB had won after (falsely!) assuring everyone that a vote for him was a vote for Reagan’s third term.
This is how the RINOs function. They push, push, push the line that only a “moderate” can get elected. Stomp them when they pull that shit. Tell everyone in ear shot that that’s exactly what the Left wants you to think, and oh-by-the-way-Mister-RINO if you’re in this party selling the same message as the Left…well, whythefuckexactly are you in this party, you lying piece of rancid weasel shit?
Justice
It says “Justice” on the picture.
And I’m sure someone will post the standard joke about what the fish thinks about the situation.
But what is it?
Here’s a take, from a different context: It’s about how you do justice, not the justice that must be done to our massively corrupt government and media. You must properly identify the nature of a person, before you can do him justice.
Ayn Rand, On Justice (speaking through her character John Galt, in Atlas Shrugged):
Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification—that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly, that just as you do not pay a higher price for a rusty chunk of scrap than for a piece of shining metal, so you do not value a rotter above a hero—that your moral appraisal is the coin paying men for their virtues or vices, and this payment demands of you as scrupulous an honor as you bring to financial transactions—that to withhold your contempt from men’s vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration from their virtues is an act of moral embezzlement—that to place any other concern higher than justice is to devaluate your moral currency and defraud the good in favor of the evil, since only the good can lose by a default of justice and only the evil can profit—and that the bottom of the pit at the end of that road, the act of moral bankruptcy, is to punish men for their virtues and reward them for their vices, that that is the collapse to full depravity, the Black Mass of the worship of death, the dedication of your consciousness to the destruction of existence.
Ayn Rand identified seven virtues, chief among them rationality. The other six, including justice, she considered subsidiary because they are essentially different aspects and applications of rationality.
—Ayn Rand Lexicon (aynrandlexicon.com)
Justice Must Be Done.
Trump, it is supposed, had some documents.
Biden and company stole the country.
I’m sure enough of this that I put my money where my mouth is.
The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system. (This doesn’t necessarily include deposing Joe and Hoe and putting Trump where he belongs, but it would certainly be a lot easier to fix our broken electoral system with the right people in charge.)
Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2024 or 2026 is pointless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud in the system is not part of the plan, you have no plan.
This will necessarily be piecemeal, state by state, which is why I am encouraged by those states working to change their laws to alleviate the fraud both via computer and via bogus voters. If enough states do that we might end up with a working majority in Congress and that would be something Trump never really had.
Lawyer Appeasement Section
OK now for the fine print.
This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.
We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.
And remember Wheatie’s Rules:
1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)
Spot Prices
Last week:
Gold $2,330.20
Silver $27.54
Platinum $936.00
Palladium $1,026.00
Rhodium $5,150.00
This week, at Friday close:
Gold $2,343.90
Silver $27.94
Platinum $984.00
Palladium $1,072.00
Rhodium $5,200.00
Everything up. But this hides the real drama.
Earlier in the day on Friday, gold was over $2400 and silver touched $29. Then towards the end of the day both of them cratered, hard, ending up down for the day (gold down 25 bucks instead of up $35 or so, silver similar). But do note that silver is continuing to show signs of life.
Obligatory PSAs and Reminders
China is Lower than Whale Shit
To conclude: My standard Public Service Announcement. We don’t want to forget this!!!
Remember Hong Kong!!!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3tnH4FGbd0
中国是个混蛋 !!!
Zhōngguò shì gè hùndàn !!!
China is asshoe !!!
China is in the White House
Since Wednesday, January 20 at Noon EST, the bought-and-paid for Joseph Biden has been in the White House. It’s as good as having China in the Oval Office.
Joe Biden is Asshoe
China is in the White House, because Joe Biden is in the White House, and Joe Biden is identically equal to China. China is Asshoe. Therefore, Joe Biden is Asshoe.
But of course the much more important thing to realize:
Joe Biden Didn’t Win
乔*拜登没赢 !!!
Qiáo Bài dēng méi yíng !!!
Joe Biden didn’t win !!!
“Justice?!? I’d have better luck finding Justice in a New York courtroom!”
–little fish
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13293449/amp/DC-National-Guard-whistleblowers-say-ready-deployed-January-6-Trumps-orders-hours-held-Pentagon-bombshell-testimony-contradicting-Capitol-riot-committees-story.html
DC_Draino:
I guess this is the one Repub referred to.
Congresswoman Debbie Lesko:
Well, looks like Rep. Luna saved your butt from being reckoned among the traitors. Best get in there Monday and do the right thing — and thank her along the way.
I’ve never had the flu so bad I couldn’t show up if the fate of the entire Republic depended on it.
Well, pull your ass out of bed and go vote!
I’m sorry, but unless you are literally hospitalized, I have no sympathy for this shit. Maybe even IF you are hospitalized you should go vote.
Demoncrats would attempt to levitate a dead Congressman into the chambers to win against Americans. Repukes need to grow some balls.
do they now disallow remote voting???
IIRC, that was a Piglosi thing, which Kevin did away. Gotta show to vote.
ahhh…thanks!
Only for Republicans, most likely.
I remember a certain cancer victim showing up so he could prevent the death of Obolacare…
McShame/McStain?
Yep.
Yep.
Here are their names (posted by pat frederick yesterday):
Find your representative here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
To call: U.S. House of Representatives
Phone: 202-224-3121
Yesterday I called Lamborn something or other for voting the wrong way on this…he was my congresspuke before redistricting. I expect the only reason Ken B*ck (my congresspuke after redistricting) is not on this list is he quit. And now we hear from Lauren Boebert, who hopefully will succeed in jumping to my district.
Those women Republicans DO have balls…they’re bigger and they carry them higher.
There are some fearless female fighters on our side. 💪
Thanks for bringing this glimmer of hope.
YW!
I’ve seen headlines about this debate but I hadn’t watched it. This one-minute clip is priceless, IMO.
There’s a meme for that 😁
Good! The meme will live longer than a video clip.
That was no debate. It was a castration.
Gals like that, as well as guys, need to be heard more often.
The other day Mark Wahlberg made an appearance here, and here he is again.
I hope they make great movies and put the evil and woke producers out of business.
They will.
Good to see them take a public stand.
Just being a public voice of opposition to the repulsive rot all around them, a contrast to the rot, will make the rot all the more apparent to the public.
Never underestimate Sylvester Stallone.
His story about making “Rocky” is one of my favorites. As a pretty much unknown actor, and completely broke to the point selling his dog so it could eat, Stallone wrote the script. When he got it in front of producers, he wanted to play Rocky himself. The producers wanted a “name” actor like Burt Reynolds. They offered totally broke Stallone $360,000 for the script.
Stallone said no, he had to be in it. He held out, and eventually the producers gave him a million bucks to make the film himself. He directed it, used friends and family, and got it made for that puny budget.
Rocky received nine Oscar nominations and won three, including Best Picture. And it is still one of my favorite films of all time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomward/2017/08/29/the-amazing-story-of-the-making-of-rocky/?sh=63b82d48560b
People have wrongly associated his characters, like Rocky and Rambo, with his true self.
Stallone is an art collector, and a genius. This will be great.
I remember when the media tried to hype up a big “rivalry” between him and Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Side effects included a shot of Ahnuld in Twins looking at a Stallone poster and shrugging, unimpressed.) I even saw a list of things contrasting the two. Accent (Ahnuld) was listed as “Austrian”, and for Stallone, “Stallonese”. There were also counts of people killed (I think Ahnuld won that one).
Of late Stallone has produced and/or directed (not sure which) the Expendables series. These were not to be taken seriously; it was classic Hollywood satire. I saw the first one and every one of the characters in there was parodying himself…Ahnuld ripping doors off of cars to get into them (complaining the car was smaller than his shoe as he did so). And of course Chuck Norris showed up, ending a big gunfight single handedly (one round per bad guy) then telling a Norris joke (a cobra bit me…after several days of agony the cobra died).
I like The Expendables, too. They are funny.
Yep. They get sporadic play at my home too 🙂
Stallone is also the parent of an autistic child, something I can relate to…for some reason such details stick with me, even w/ my sieve-like brain of late….
https://blog.theautismsite.greatergood.com/cs-celebrities-kids-autism-10/
https://www.tuko.co.ke/404830-seargeoh-stallone-the-story-sylvester-stallones-autistic-son.html
I remember this.
I Love your take here…All of it! 😍
Thanks.
YW I just read your main comment above to Hubby (who’d told me about this studio adventure a couple days ago). Blessings!!!
Ran into this the other night….almost three hours of pure survival skills…..
How many people on this blog do you suppose have lives sufficiently empty in order to enable them to watch this?
Get real, friend.
Well, we’re all here, ain’t we?
Besides which, there is much to learn and think about just in watching bits at a time. This was life for much of the world not too long ago…..urbanites may think of farmers just watching plants grow, but there is constant work involved — and serious knowledge put into every part of it. She is in the midst of resources and diligently improves them — I’d probably starve to death.
Gotta wonder about her cameraman, though.
You take me way too seriously. 😍
You certainly generated a fun little impish thread there
Empty of giant bamboo shoots, anyway 😁
My life is sufficiently empty, and after watching a small part look forward to watching the rest. I hope that does not bother you.
The latter, never a concern. Much less a thought.
Looking forward to my empty life moving in that direction.
No, of course not.
I was just having a little fun at the expense of one of our more sensitive guys. 😆
I sent it to some family members who might be interested. Hubby & I just watched another Alone episode so we enjoy contemplating extreme survival scenarios…
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I don’t know what ‘jurisdiction’ there is to challenge.
The jurisdiction of the WHO literally extends to the property line of whatever building they rent for their HQ, so long as they are in accordance with all laws governing the jurisdiction where their HQ is located.
And that’s it.
They have zero jurisdiction anywhere.
They are not a state, they are not elected, they have no military to defend themselves or enforce anything.
They’re glorified city council members, without even a city 😂
This on steroids.
WHO is nothing more than criminals in my mind. Along with Soros, Klaus…
There is a lot to be said for, The Constitution. Along with, Just Say No. I Will Not Comply.
Bottom two… extra tp one got dragged in.
then I appoint MYSELF as TRUSTEE of the trustee of the future and nullify everything he does.
Git ’em, pat!
LOL
Can you have the rabid animal put down?
I think I can…I have appointed myself the Trustee of the Trustee after all…with every bit as much authority as he had when he appointed himself trustee of the earth’s future
Schab replaced Hitler and the Intellect went along with it as they did in 1936.
Germany looses the war and what wins the world? That guy needs to be in an orange jumpsuit with all the industry minions who always sought to rule the world.
“Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum just appointed himself as the earth’s “trustee of the future”.”
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He lives in the Officer’s quarters of one of the old, burned out WWII Nazi concentration camps, doesn’t he?
Why doesn’t someone go take care of him?
Schab was groomed by Kissinger. Wonder if he had in mind what Schab has ushered in ? They both in the category of Soros wanting to harm humanity ?
They all experienced the horror of Nazim and now intend to enslave humanity to their will and vision? They have god complexes.
Verse of the Day for Saturday, April 13, 2024
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“Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 1:13 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
January 30, 2024
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18c1Vk0Svvg
duchess01
Thank you for these, especially for the reminder to pray Psalm 91.
Prayers ongoing for you here and at Marica’s blog. Be well.
from tcth
Troublemaker10
April 13, 2024 4:10 am
No charges for unregistered gun possession?
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Police took possession of E. Jean Carroll’s unregistered gun after her testimony in Trump defamation trial
Excerpt:
During the second day of the civil trial, Carroll had told the federal court in lower Manhattan that she kept a “high standard revolver, nine chambers” at home with ammunition. “By my bed,” she said.
“I still do not have a license,” Carroll added.
John Rader, the reporting officer, said in his report that he “offered to secure the weapon at the police station’s property for safekeeping.”…..
…….Under New York state law, a person can be found guilty of criminal possession if they possess a firearm, such as a pistol, that has not been registered. The felony carries a maximum sentence of four years.
https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna147673?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From %251%24s&aoh=17129953281944&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolitics-news%2Fe-jean-carrolls-gun-was-taken-police-trump-trial-testimony-rcna147673
Trump’s fault. As it is NYC, a lawsuit is being manufactured.
it would almost be worth it (all the crap she put the President thru) to see the b*tch in jail for 4 years.
I still want to know if she and her old gal gang sent the white powder to Trumps son. Guess that investigation went nowhere
Yup..it’ll be Trumps fault
Constitutional carry…for the unstable…in honor of her horribly named cat & I was hoping it would have the “pussy gets an award” montage w/ a trucker over the phone…
“Police took possession of E. Jean Carroll’s unregistered gun after her testimony in Trump defamation trial”
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Hard to believe that lunatic didn’t trigger some kind of red flag law.
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“During the second day of the civil trial, Carroll had told the federal court in lower Manhattan that she kept a “high standard revolver, nine chambers” at home with ammunition.”
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Ah yes, the old nine-chamber ‘high standard revolver’ brand, a collector favorite 😂
“IRGC naval forces seized the 150,000 ton container ship MSC Aries, which was sailing under the flag of Portugal, in the Strait of Hormuz. The ship belongs to the Israeli oligarch Ofer.
After the Iranians boarded the ship, it was driven to the coast of Iran.”
https://t.me/intelslava/57389
&
https://t.me/intelslava/57391
( maybe designed to be a kind of retaliation for the embassy attack that wont precipitate a wider ME war )
so the separation of church and state does NOT apply when it’s moose slimes???
If there was ever a time to sit down, turn their backs, walk out, or at a minimum, take off their shoes and put their feet up, this was it.
Unbelievable. Stunned the Un-American behavior that is tolerated.take off their shoes?
My bad. Working first cup of coffee.
Should have read.
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take off their shoes andput their feet up, facing the Muzzies…IIRC, doing so is disrespectful in Muzzie world.
Appreciate calling me out on this.
i wasn’t calling you out–i was just ignorant about muzzies tbh.
good to know though.
Muzzies are ignorant about themselves.
I will never forget that time the guy threw a shoe at George Bush, and he just ducked it like a bad ass and looked at the guy like “what the fuck?”
Hilarious.
He had his moments.
Supreme lord of the world, my ass.
i think it lost a little in the translation. perhaps he meant to say UNDERworld
Good one! Gotta be it.
THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST “PRAISING ALLAH” AT THE NYC COUNCIL MEETING.
In Islam, if Allah is declared to the be “supreme lord of the world” IN A PUBLIC PLACE, it’s a pronouncement that ISLAM HAS CONQUERED THAT PLACE IN THE NAME OF ALLAH.
gees.
NYC has literally gone to hell
Shows how stupid the govt is in NYC.
I can’t watch/hear that…too disturbing…
she is soooooooooooo dumb. they can’t pay off these loans–so let’s give them more loans –like for a car, more college and God forbid–a mortgage for a home.
Pompous Little Twit (PLT), New York’s version of California’s Valley Girl, The Hoe.
i think at a minimum if any of these loan forgiveness schemes is allowed to stand, then the same rules as bankruptcies must apply. 7 years of clean credit before you can apply for another loan. (I might have just made that up…it’s early and i can’t remember if that’s the case for bankruptcies or not…lol)
It’s 7 years before you can go bankrupt again.
You can get as many loans as you want. They’ll be at higher interest and you won’t be able to get away with not repaying.
unless they’re college loans and we have another brain dead democrat as president, right?
Gosh, she can sure look stupid. Must be oozing out.
Med school…yeah right…
FIB can illegally record Americans. But FIB objects to being recorded.
brilliant!
Fed: “you refusing an interview?”
Dude: *crickets*
Fed: shrugs and leaves
And THAT is how you handle feds on your doorstep!
I have a habit. i never invite anyone into my home unknown to me. i will step out on the deck to talk to you before you even move to the stairs to come up to the deck.
That’s a good habit.
on gentleman was insistent upon coming up to talk to me easier. I said no thanks, pulled out my phone and said smile. he drove away, but i got a picture of the license plate
Feisty little thing, aren’t you? 😂 😍
I just love it when she’s in the mood.
I am.
I’ve had run ins before. some guy and his wife showed up and told me his granddad owned this land a ways back and probably even built “our” home and he’d like to come in and look around for old times sake. (we built our home) I said no–we recently built this house.
He had started to climb the stairs and wouldn’t take no for an answer so i pulled out my phone and dialed 911. i told the operator I had a man and a woman trying to enter my home.
they fled.
the cop who showed up asked for the name they gave me and when i told him, he said they lived in the area a ways back–not here but somewhere in the township. they have always been in trouble with the law and if i see the car again (which i had on my phone) call them immediately.
since then when i go out on the deck i retrieve my cheetah first
Not really related but I was on an escalator in a convention center leaving a coin show and some weasely piece of shit insisted on “helping” me by carrying my luggage. I was this close to body slamming him so hard he would have tumbled off the escalator, when he finally gave up.
This was, by the way, in Texas. Bad place to try to fuck with someone’s stuff.
It will make me seem old for thinking this way but it bothers me that FIB agents no longer dressed any different than average Joes out and about on a errand. My hinky meter would be off the charts seeing 2 guys dressed like that claiming to be govt agents.
“No, Ma’am, we’re musicians”
wtf? traitors one and all and all should be held criminally responsible for each and every act committed by any terrorist let in. they are complicit.
Like an old phonograph record skipping.
I recall one record that was so bad you could see the arm jump a quarter inch. Forward, in this particular case.
wow! i’ve never heard of 26 spontaneous disintegrations of mooring lines before…
Winston
April 13, 2024 8:13 am
No cause given.
26 barges break loose and float down Ohio River, causing damage and prompting bridge closures in Pittsburgh, officials say
13 Apr 2024
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/26-barges-break-loose-and-float-down-ohio-river-causing-damage-and-prompting-bridge-closures-in-pittsburgh-officials-say/ar-BB1ly2cv
A marina in Pittsburgh sustained extensive damage after 26 barges, most of which were loaded with dry cargo, broke loose late Friday night and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River, according to authorities.
Two Pittsburgh-area bridges about 2.5 miles apart were closed after the barges broke free.
The McKees Rocks Bridge was shut down out of “an abundance of caution,” McKees Rocks police said shortly after midnight.
[snip]
The shuttered bridges will be reopened when “it is determined that it is safe to do so,” authorities said.
The bridge closures come just two weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed when it was struck by a cargo vessel, killing six construction workers and leaving commuters and workers in limbo.
Yeah, just magically “broke loose,” all at the same time, and floated away.
Also, I own the McKees Rocks Bridge, and it is for sale, if anyone would like to buy it.
we could trade!!! I own the Brooklyn Bridge in NY!!!
what a coincidence!
LOL
It’s a deal!
IMO, THIS WAS A DELIBERATE ACT.
Yours Truly grew up in Pittsburgh. Used to own a few rental properties in the West End / Sheraden areas of Pittsburgh. Had family who lived in Sheraden. Know those areas like the back of my hand.
The West End Bridge is a MAJOR conduit between downtown Pittsburgh, the West End, and the North Side .
The McKees Rocks Bridge is a MAJOR conduit between the West End, Neville Township, Bellevue, and points northwest of downtown Pittsburgh.
The roads in these areas are mostly 2-lane, already-heavily traveled roads.
Closing the above two bridges for ANY amount of time will cause MAJOR NEGATIVE EFFECTS on the roads.
Brunot’s Island (where the RAIL LINE was also shut down) is an industrial area. Big electrical power station, a meat-processing plant, etc. MAJOR NEGATIVE IMPACT here since the rail link to Brunot’s Island is crucial. THE ONLY WAY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CAN GET ON AND OFF BRUNOT’S ISLAND IS TO USE A FERRY. EMPLOYEES WHO WORK ON BRUNOT’S ISLAND CAN ONLY GET THERE BY A WALKWAY UNDERNEATH THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AFTER PARKING THEIR CARS ON THE LAND ACROSS FROM THE ISLAND. Since the railway to the island is now closed, I don’t know how employees will get on and off the island, unless they also use the ferry.
Peggy’s Harbor, also hit by the loose barges, was pretty much destroyed. It was a great place to store sailboats and power boats. People would store their boats there in between sailing on the Ohio River, the Allegheny River, and the Monogahela River (the Allegheny and the Monogahela join in The Point in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.)
FOURTEEN of the loose barges CONTINUED to float down the Ohio River before GOING OVER THE EMSWORTH DAM, likely heavily damaging that area.
thanks for the information PAVACA!
I agree on sabotage. I’ve lived less than 30 miles from the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and less than ten from the latter, most of my life. Barge traffic is constant on both rivers unless there is a severe flood (1993), the rivers are frozen over (it happens), or we are in severe drought conditions. I’ve NEVER heard of that many barges getting loose all at once. Every now and then, one will get loose, but never what sounds like two loads. Tugs here don’t push more than a dozen just for this reason.
I guess the people on the rivers are going to have to really watch out.
latest headline i saw now blames heavy rain and flooding…
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/more-than-20-barges-break-loose-on-ohio-river-recovery-efforts-underway/
IMO, that’s in the same category as “The doctors as baffled.” Blame it on something else than what it most likely is.
Makes no sense to say, “Blame heavy rain and flooding.” Standard operating procedure for docked vessels,is to INCREASE anchorage / docking lines safety in bad weather.
something that might seem right if you didn’t know anything about the area or boats.
There’s another aspect to this situation:
The City of Pittsburgh, and the adjacent areas for about a 20-mile radius, have really never recovered from the loss of the steel mills between 1978 – 1988. The steel industry was the “life blood” of the entire area. Untold numbers of small businesses of all types “spun off” the steel industry in the area. When the mills shut down, massive amounts of the population simply moved away. There’s actually a name for it: “The Pittsburgh Diaspora.”
Add in the fact that the area has been basically a DemCommunist fiefdom for DECADES. Republicans make it their business to “go along to get along.”
Whatever goods are still being hauled on river barges on the three rivers that comprise the waterway “life blood” of the area (the Allegheny, the Monogahela, and the Ohio rivers) will now likely have to be off-loaded onto rail and truck transportation to points further down the Ohio River, then be re-loaded onto barges from there. MAJOR DISRUPTION AND LOGISTICAL HEADACHE FOR AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME.
Here’s what Yours Truly predicts:
“President Biden” will promise, at some point, that the federal government will pay for the rebuilding of the West End Bridge, the McKees Rocks Bridge, and the Emsworth Dam and Locks. Got to keep the Pittsburgh area voting DemCommunist!
What about federal money rebuilding Peggy’s Harbor? IMO, the feds won’t do a thing since it’s a private company.
Didn’t 45 get a steel mill in P-burgh fired back up during his admin?
Please
From what Yours Truly can find, this didn’t happen. The mill in question is the old Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel mill in Monessen, PA (about 20 miles from Pittsburgh.)
But hey, only 6 went over the dam so that’s good right?
Not one curious word about why in that article. Watch the water takes on new meaning.
and because of all the chemtrails before and rain that followed the eclipse…the flooding excuse looks natural–not at all planned
“Not one curious word about why in that article.”
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Who, what, when, where, how and (thinking… thinking… thinking…) nope, can’t do it.
The degree in jernolizm was too hard, so they went for the basket weaving degree.
so the gov’t doesn’t think they have to PROVE classified docs were in the boxes that got moved????
sync
April 13, 2024 10:33 am
Julie Kelly on twitter:
One thing I find amusing as a reporter on the *right* actively covering J6 and Trump related court proceedings is seeing what corporate news reporters omit from their articles.
For example, I don’t see any coverage of Jay Bratt (Jack Smith prosecutor) apparently admitting yesterday that the government does not think it will have to prove that classified records were in the boxes moved by Trump’s co-defendants.
Bratt said with one exception–a photo in the indictment that allegedly shows a classified file spilled from a box in the storage room–DOJ is not aware of the presence of classified records in any box moved or handled by Walt Nauta or Carlos De Olivera.
This is CENTRAL to the obstruction charges against both men and Trump.
I also don’t see any reports about Judge Cannon’s frustration bordering on anger about secrecy out of the DC court. For the most part, corporate media ignores the fact that the entire investigation was run out of Washington–including grand jury proceedings–then switched to Florida, the appropriate jurisdiction, at the last minute to get indictments.
Cannon told DOJ yesterday things were happening behind the scenes (DC court) she was not privy to. She denounced the “secrecy” of grand jury proceedings and materials by DOJ and DC court.
One defense attorney filed a request at DC court asking the judge to docket classified docs related grand jury materials. The court denied that request but Cannon wants to see what the court refused to make available.
Even the reporting on Nauta’s FBI interview. No outrage that the FBI once again lured a Trump confidant into a perjury trap under the guise of “helping” the government?
No outrage that the FBI did not work through the Trump legal team–as it ALREADY WAS–to notify the former president that agents planned to interrogate one of his most trusted aides not just about classified files but Trump’s personal habits and private conversations? Or that the FBI clearly was attempting to flip Nauta by playing on his loyalties to the military as a recently retired Naval officer?
Just some observations…column on hearing and recent filings up soon!
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https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/04/the-daily-chart-bidenflation-by-the-numbers.php
I’m going to try to talk my son into making a claim on the US treasury for his student loans that he paid in full within five years after graduating.
I figure he’s entitled to equal treatment.
My three kids also. We paid their undergrad they paid their advanced degrees and medical school . Except one we paid the rest of his PhD because he was to poor to pay it all off.
me too!
I think this decision was correct, despite the disgusting nature of the situation.
That disgusting image, & written insanity (“her” penis) doesn’t show for me so here’s running it through Gab…
https://www.emerald.tv/p/its-game-over-for-election-fraud?publication_id=263063&post_id=143548773&isFreemail=false&r=1g1wfl&triedRedirect=true
sure banks hand out $$ all the time to anyone who asks for it…
T. Turtle
April 13, 2024 1:19 pm
America under the FJB Administration. This one is funny…until it’s not. What happens when the 12+ Million illegals can no longer get free everything? I’m not looking forward to finding out.
“Illegal Alien Tries to Rob Bank in Ohio Using a Translator App Because He Couldn’t Figure Out How to Say “Put the Money in the Bag” (VIDEO)”
Excerpts:
This is certainly a first for us,” Chief Oliver commented to FOX 8. “In my over 20 years of law enforcement, I’ve never seen someone attempt to use a translator app as a means to commit a crime like this.”
Upon his arrest, a Spanish-speaking officer communicated with Brito-Gonzalez, who revealed that he had recently lost his job and was in desperate need of money. Despite his dire financial situation, Brito-Gonzalez denied any intention of robbing the bank, claiming instead that he had merely asked the bank to give him money.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/illegal-alien-tries-rob-bank-ohio-using-translator/
This is at least the third story or headline I’ve seen today that leaves me thinking that’s not how Americans think or act. Americans know that banks don’t give out money. And if the guy was making it up, Americans know you can’t get away with that either, because it’s not how things work here.
Americans also know that you can’t stand up in a meeting and threaten death to those with whom you disagree.
The open border is bringing in people who are changing the culture of the nation. Political correctness that forces people to accept and even coddle deviancy is doing the same. That’s why MAGA and “America first” are so important.
video in the tweet
The Absolute Truth with @EmeraldRobinson
@AbsoluteWithE
BREAKING: The long awaited report from an investigation (SEB2023-25) into errors found in both the hand count & a machine count from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton Co. is officially on the agenda for a May 7th State Election Board meeting!
The investigation found violations into both the hand audit and machine count according to citizen investigator Joe Rossi.
“Ukrainian men are crossing the border illegally by the thousands to escape the war, writes the New York Times. They prefer to “risk swimming” and even drowning while crossing rivers in western Ukraine than to fight.
“Given the high level of casualties, being drafted into the army is like getting a one-way ticket to the front,” the newspaper writes, citing Ukrainian soldiers.
Romanian authorities say more than 6,000 men have swam to their banks of the Tisza River since the Russian invasion.
“But not everyone succeeds. The bodies of 22 men washed up on both banks,” said press secretary of the Mukachevo border detachment Lesya Fedorova. But, most likely, even more drowned, which is why the Tisza received the nickname “river of death.”
The exodus of draft dodgers has changed the nature of smuggling in the Carpathians, which once revolved around counterfeit cigarettes. Now it has almost completely become a business of transporting men. According to Fedorova, last year the Mukachevo border detachment dispersed 56 such groups.
Prices for border crossing assistance have risen to $10,000 per person, up from $2,000 since the invasion began. Smugglers began hiring local Roma guides to take the men abroad.
To counter this, border guards installed additional infrared cameras and footstep sensors along the border, Lieutenant Fedorova said. There are also checkpoints on the roads leading to the border.”
https://t.me/intelslava/57403
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“A new order to strengthen discipline was signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky. The reason given was numerous criminal offenses in the Ukrainian army, including:
– disobedience to commanders,
– failure to comply with an order,
– threats or violence against the boss,
– unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of deployment,
– desertion,
– evasion of military service by causing harm to oneself or in any other way,
– unauthorized abandonment of the battlefield or refusal to use weapons.”
https://t.me/intelslava/57404
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Probably need to send them another $60 B to help with their making prisoners of their own people and shipping them to the front lines to be killed.
As Lindsey McGraham said…to the last man.
This is great! Since it didn’t show for me here it is (again?) via Gab:
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Da@m, another job that I’d be perfect for… :0)
Update.
Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Threatened to Kill Bakersfield Officials Breaks Down in Tears in Court (Video)Kristinn Taylor Apr. 13, 2024 11:20 am 725 Comments
What was she thinking?
thinking doesn’t play into these scenarios.
it’s all about feelings..mostly anger and rage
You are funny love your logical thinking 🙂
She wasn’t thinking like an American. I commented on it above. This is a big problem.
Yes it is a problem 🙁
Well, that Indian’s [Patel] are somehow protected and, well, just the thing … ‘-)
If we had said something like that they would come after us .
“What was she thinking?”
_____________
What she and everyone like her is always thinking, what they have been groomed and trained and rewarded over and over for thinking (and doing), probably for their entire lives.
This wasn’t something new for her, she and everyone like her have been empowered to agitate and provoke turmoil from childhood.
What she did ‘wrong’ was to challenge the tyranny, instead of tyranny’s approved targets.
In fairness to the lunatic, if she had said the same things to any conservative, the government would be holding her up as an example for others to follow.
The only reason they are throwing the book at her is because she had the audacity to confront the Tyrannical government.
It was clearly an emotional outburst, not a real or credible threat. Charging her with 16 felonies of terrorism against public officials is beyond overkill, it’s just the State abusing their power to eradicate dissent.
It was one ‘threat’ and apparently there were 16 council members present, so the State naturally goes full-Hitler and charges her with what will amount to multiple life sentences because of a single angry emotional outburst.
That’s not America, not even close. Not even Cold War era Soviet Union was that tyrannical.
Meanwhile, gang members with tattoos all over their faces with multiple rapes and murders to their credit are set free without bail.
There is no sense of proportion, or exercise of rational judgment in the gov’t response to this lunatic woman, there is only “utterly crush any and all dissent” that is directed at the tyranny, while encouraging violence toward the public by rewarding real dangerous criminals by not even charging them.
“French frigate withdraws from operation to contain Houthis”
“………According to French media reports, the reason for the frigate leaving the dangerous region is the complete exhaustion of air defense ammunition. However, according to the ship’s commander, Jerome Henry, the return to base is due to serious attacks from the Houthis and the risk of damage to the frigate.”
“The Houthis are not shy about using drones and ballistic missiles in a very unexpected and startling manner, it has been a long time since we have dealt with this level of weapons and violence.
– said the commander of the frigate FS Alsace.”
https://en.topcor.ru/46365-francuzskij-fregat-vyhodit-iz-operacii-po-sderzhivaniju-husitov.html
Not much has changed in the French fighting methods since Hitler marched on in….
Something tells me that the ship’s commander didn’t take the Houthi’s threat seriously.
Translation: France, like all of NATO, is used to acting like the supreme bully on the block.
People are now standing up to the bullies, and the bullies tuck tail and run.
.
““The Houthis are not shy about using drones and ballistic missiles in a very unexpected and startling manner,”
_________
In my best Winnie the Pooh voice: “Oh dear…”
You already know this story. I’m just marveling over CFP’s head line. 👏
Memphis police officer gunned down in shootout with Valedictorians.
WeThePeople2016
April 13, 2024 2:50 pm
BREAKING: Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, the state’s longest-serving liberal justice, has declared she will not seek reelection next year.
@GeneralMCNews
https://t.me/GeneralMCNews/8217
really rubio????
Jenevive
April 13, 2024 3:37 pm
From Jack Posbiec on Twitter
Massive push is on for Marco Rubio as Trump’s VP, including big donations secured from major establishment donors, per sr GOP advisor
Thank you for all the donations pushing for Lil Marco as VP selection.
Reality, the push for Lil Marco IS DOA.
But, thank you. Thank you very much.
All your protests are belong to us now.
Better start making direct appeals to the Brazilian military to follow the Egypt / Myanmar model.
More evidence that “lack of standing” is used as an excuse.
HUGE! MI Legislators Vow To Take Case to US Supreme Court Before 2024 Election, After Biden-Appointed Judge Dismisses Suit Arguing Unconstitutional Changes To Election Laws Via Ballot Proposal Funded By George Soros
thought it was Schnecksville?
is there 2????
A precision MOAB or two has, perhaps, just been requested by Iran. Hmmmm?
Per Marica’s blog, just saw that Israel’s “Doomsday Plane” has taken off, presumably carrying Netayahu and the Israeli cabinet on board. Israeli airspace is closed.
@bennyjohnson
what is this about???
Honor Guard for presentation of colors, makes it legal.
Cry’n Lil Kinzinger wrong again.
It all Micky Mouse 😂
hussein manipulating Briben, Hoe, Blinken, and Idi Ami.,
Biden gives everyone in middle east money so they can kill each other and suck us in it.
Can anyone imagine if and when all over Europe and USA the middle eastern Muslims all begin to take sides and act it out ? Is and was that the program?
Grenell it is not Biden’s money wish it was it is our money they are trying to blow up Israel.
hussein and his minions pulling Briben’s strings.
Briben is NOT coherent enough minutes in the day to make any intelligent decisions.
Agree.
“make any intelligent decisions.”
I don’t think THAT was Ever in FJB’s/LGB’s wheel house! Traitorous leech 😡
cheering4america
April 13, 2024 5:01 pm
Reply to Bessie2003
Here’s another view:
WORLD WAR OBAMA – by Doug Ross – https://directorblue.blogspot.com/2024/04/world-war-obama.html
Earlier today I Finally got my taxes in the mail & also assisted half my kids in getting theirs done too. I despise the tyranny of confiscatory taxes, making us “free range slaves” as Gail likes to say, iirc.
https://soundmindinvesting.com/articles/promises-made-promises-broken-what-went-wrong-with-the-income-tax
“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.” – The Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed by Congress in 1909, ratified in 1913.
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“The people who have incomes subject to tax under this law can not complain that we unduly burden them. The exemption of $128,000 leaves the man with an income of $256,000 to contribute only $3,900 [1.5%] to support the General Government…” – Sen. Joseph W. Bailey of Texas (D-Texas), one of the main sponsors of the bill.
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Can you get the drift of what’s happening? A debate is taking place as to how much of a family’s income ($103,000 or $128,000) should be completely exempted from taxation. In other words, should the first $103,000 or $128,000 of family income be tax-free? They wanted to structure the tax so it wouldn’t apply to the basic level of income needed to give every American family “a proper standard of living.” The goal was to tax only “wealth and riches.”
As finally formulated, the first tax provided an exemption of $103,000. That eliminated virtually everyone at the time but the super-rich. In 1916, only four families out of every 1,000 paid any income taxes at all. And even then, the rates sound unbelievably low to today’s tax-weary ears.
Tax Rates in 1913 Dollars Tax Rates in 2019 Dollars
1% up to $20,000 1% up to $515,000
2% from $20,000 to $50,000 2% from $515,000 up to $1,285,000
3% from $50,000 to $75,000 3% from $1,285,000 up to $1,925,000
4% from $75,000 to $100,000 4% from $1,925,000 up to $2,570,000
5% from $100,000 to $250,000 5% from $2,570,000 up to $6,420,000
6% from $250,000 to $500,000 6% from $6,420,000 up to $12,840,000
7% over $500,000 7% over $12,840,000
Exemption for married couple: $4,000 Exemption for married couple: $103,000
VC here, if they stuck to those adjusted numbers most of us would likely be fine!
Bring back limited government, like Steve likes to remind us ASAP!
Good 4 minute video at link, worth the watch, imo…
Edit: The Tax Rate table didn’t retain it’s format so I’m going to Bold the 1913 info to distinguish it.
I thought the Income Tax was technically unconstitutional. The opening quote from the 16th Amendment included above implies otherwise. Does anybody know?
It was originally unconstitutional so they passed the 16th to make it constitutional.
Of course some allege it was never properly ratified.
“…some allege it was never properly ratified”
I am in that camp, or want to be, but don’t Really know the Facts here (not that that necessarily prevents me forming an opinion). I bet Gail has sauce 😮
Ed Meese admitted it. 16 & 17 need to be examined at the state legislature level.
Happy you can do taxes on your own and even help your kids 🙂
We have ours done by our accountant but this year we do not pay much. So all is good. 🙂
I’ve done mine since a teenager & ours since the first full year of marriage. We got married in June so that year we filed separately but it’s been my job ever since. Glad you don’t have to pay much but sorry you have to pay Anything at all 🙂
We pay every three months but sometimes we have to pay another chunk not this time.
Yikes. I don’t know that I’ve Ever actually had to pay, thankfully. I’d hoped that the tyrants would finally leave you alone when you’re retirement age at least 🙁
Oh my goodness, I went to their calculator to get 2024 info, which is even worse.
$20,000 in 1913 is $629,422.45 in 2024
$20,000 – $50,000 in 1913 is $629,422.45 – $1,573,556.12 in 2024
$50,000 – $75,000 in 1913 is $1,573,556.12 – $2,360,334.18 in 2024
$75,000 – $100,000 in 1913 is $2,360,334.18 – $3,147,112.24 in 2024
$100,000 – $250,000 in 1913 is $3,147,112.24 – $7,867,780.61 in 2024
$250,000 – $500,000 in 1913 is $7,867,780.61 – $15,735,561.22 in 2024
over $500,000 in 1913 is over $15,735,561.22 in 2024
Married exemption in 1913 $4,000 vs Married exemption in 2024 $125,884.49
So basically No one making UNDER $125, 884.49, filing married jointly, should have to pay ANY Tax!
Here’s the link to the calculator. I used January for 1913 & 2024 since it wouldn’t do April:
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
The worst thing about the income tax, however, is not the amount of money it extracts from the populace — it’s the fact that the government then has a right to inquire about every economic transaction a taxpayer performs, in order to determine whether it provides taxable income or deductible expense.
Once under that level of scrutiny, every single one of a taxpayer’s actions can be second-guessed and controlled. It’s like starting a “slippery slope” ten feet down over the edge of a sheer cliff. Simply put, any means of taxation that requires that level of paperwork is obnoxious and loathsome (looking at you, VAT!) no matter what amount of tax is collected.
Tyranny unbound, horrifyingly. AND immorality, like in Michigan where you can deduct gambling losses, marijuana related costs, & electric vehicle expenses but Not items that normal people/families have. It’s like the government is promoting & funding society’s downfall…almost like it’s on purpose/s 😡
There’s actually an interesting wrinkle regarding marijuana (or other drug) related costs….
The tax is on INCOME. Income is defined as gross receipts less cost of sales. Since the Constitutional Amendment does not authorize a gross receipts tax, they have to allow illegal drug purchases as a deduction if they regard illegal drug sales as taxable income.
IIRC, there was a SCOTUS case to that effect.
Mary Jane was legalized in MI a while back, horribly. Yeah I’m sure all those criminals are paying taxes on their ill-gotten gains 🙄
You may recall that Al Capone was finally brought low by the Feds for tax evasion, not bootlegging.
Yes, but even That doesn’t justify the existence of the IRS & their abject tyranny 🙁
I don’t think anyone in this thread is claiming it does.
It DOES, however, indicate that an income tax is an ideal way to set up a state that snoops on–and otherwise gets nosy about–its citizens.
Before the PATRIOT act (ugh, lies in advertising) chasing “drug money” and tax evasion were the two reasons commonly given to justify the government being nosy parkers in your finances, to the point where large sums of cash seems “suspicious”.
Clearly. Aren’t “large sums of ‘cash'” defined as more than $900 (or is it $600) in one move from bank accounts? That would likely be at least a monthly rent or house payment or perhaps a credit card bill if one pays in full for many/most people. Digital currency is only going to enable & expand that tyranny, imo… 🙁 I’d do the angry face here but I’m in the notifier so the >:( doesn’t usually work in the Q-Tree’s version of WordPiss, unlike some of the sister blogs…
Oh, btw, I was looking forward to your more scientific approach on the eclipse & more pics as I thought you’d said on your “lunacy” post for that Monday eclipse. I hope you’ll still share that good stuff, at some point 🙂 Your photos are amazing!
Thanks.
YW 🙂
“BREAKING: Iranian ballistic missiles now impacting in the Negev”
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/6163
&
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/6161
(videos of something in the far distance )
( not seen this confirmed anywhere else and there have been conflicting reports last couple of hours )
In my perpetual state of suspicion the news of POTATUS cutting short another vacation at the beach seems like a theatrical performance. It was already known that threats and tensions were amping up so why make news with photos about going for some R and R ?
If he thinks he looks all presidential to pack up his beach binky and head back to the WH he’s wrong. It only confirms that if he’d kept his nose out of things and hadn’t given Iran billions…ya know the thing.
FJB isn’t even in control of his own bowel movements, much less the USA.
Certainly not an Iran supporter.
BUT, Israel screwed up royally striking An Iranian Embassy, Iranian territory, last week.
Seems Iran will exact a toll, teaching Israel to think twice about striking Iran territory directly.
Or did I miss something significant, again?
Edit.
Meant to include this in initial post. This does not need to spiral out of control.
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Just found this GWP.
Edit2
99% of this is great news.
Only Iran is allowed to muck around with other countries’ embassies.
Such as, for example, OURS.
When they or anyone does, a direct, hammer like response is appropriate.
US destroys evidence of its collaboration w/ Iranian terrorists. O’Biden continues supporting enemies of America & Israel, exposing ongoing treasonous destruction of America & her Allies. The Obamanation Part III diabolically ramps up anti-Americanism & global instability! 😡
Seems like not much gets through the iron dome and what does, doesn’t pack a wallop.
. . . Former CIA Official on Possible Responses to Iran’s Attack on Israel [VIDEO]
For me. The key to Iran’s Iron Dome, is having enough Israeli rounds to meet incoming rounds.
Yea, DUH.
Seems as though this was an issue several months ago. Perhaps it was after Oct 7 AND Israel had started their offensive.
So it’s over? Saturday night war is over. Iran had a slap at Israel and now they feel okay about everything….if the Jews don’t get anymore uppity ideas?
Have read it both ways.
Iran done for now, unless Israel ups the ante. Iran not done. I’d believe the former.
We’ll see what Israel does. Iran also for that matter.
I pretty much haven’t been been paying attention to all the side factions like the Houthis and Yemen..so all the ‘extra’ drones and stuff from them is in solidarity with Iran or they have their own beef with France and US?
( if you know, not asking for an in depth explanation)
I also don’t pay a hell of a lot of attention.
Would like Israel to wipe Hamas.
Houthi’s and Yemen I think are stooges for Iran.
None of them like the US. Generally, we are the school yard bully AND worse, at times seemingly take both sides. (Israel/Hamas/Palestinians)
For the most part, I am bored with the ME.
LOL ! Great synopsis and I’m also bored with the ME games and general ME psychopathy
..and thank you
Sabbath attack?
Israel needs to stop this mess and fight use all what they have to disposal otherwise they are no more. The UN and all its minions should be responsible if Israel is wiped out. All those who scream death to America and death to Israel should go back to their perfect countries were they came from. I pray for Israel and its people all of them.
Biden Obama and the people working for them have blood on their hands.
agree with you Singing
Agreed. It’s time for Israel to put an end to it.
Can’t happen soon enough.
“Former CIA Official on Possible Responses to Iran’s Attack on Israel”
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There is no such thing as a ‘former’ CIA official.
There loyalty is with CIA just as FBI . They are lifers all intel is.
Mikey Flynn? 😉
K-Pop Star Park Bo Ram Drops Dead at 30 From Sudden Cardiac Arrest
The story says police are investigating. Then goes on to talk about suicide rates for young pop stars… I wonder if they missed the “heart attack” thing. If they missed that they’ll surely miss the vaxxx. Korea is big on the vaxxx. Although getting a late start compared to western nations as they looked around trying different solutions they ended up with quite the variety ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801590/ ) and Korea quickly rose to one of the highest vaxxx’d countries in the world.
J A B.
Different telegram here, in the next post says it’s Ramon Airport.
https://t.me/medmannews/2175
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https://t.me/medmannews/2174
We haven’t had a good glimpse of Barron’s personality before. I hope to hear more about him and from him.
DJT is entertaining and funny. Maybe Barron is the same way. 😅
DJT and Melania are great role models for Baron.