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On this day and every day –
God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God;
do not mourn nor weep.” . . .
“Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Fallen Angels
When exactly God created angels is open for debate, but what is known for sure is that God created everything good because God, in His holiness, cannot create something sinful. So when Satan, who was once the angel Lucifer, rebelled against God and fell from heaven (Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28), one third of the angelic host joined his insurrection (Revelation 12:3-4,9). There is no doubt these fallen angels are now known as the demons.
We know that hell was prepared for the devil and his angels, according to Matthew 25:41: “Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’” Jesus, by using the possessive word his makes it clear that these angels belong to Satan. Revelation 12:7-9 describes an end-times angelic battle between Michael and “his angels” and the devil and “his angels.” From these and similar verses, it is clear that demons and fallen angels are synonymous.
Some reject the idea that the demons are the fallen angels due to the fact that Jude verse 6 declares the angels who sinned to be “bound with everlasting chains.” However, it is clear that not all of the angels who sinned are “bound,” as Satan is still free (1 Peter 5:8). Why would God imprison the rest of the fallen angels, but allow the leader of the rebellion to remain free? It seems that Jude verse 6 is referring to God confining the fallen angels who rebelled in an additional way, likely the “sons of God” incident in Genesis chapter 6.
The most common alternate explanation for the origin of the demons is that when the Nephilim of Genesis 6 were destroyed in the Flood, their disembodied souls became the demons. While the Bible does not specifically say what happened to the souls of the Nephilim when they were killed, it is unlikely that God would destroy the Nephilim in the Flood only to allow their souls to cause even greater evil as the demons. The most biblically consistent explanation for the origin of the demons is that they are the fallen angels, the angels who rebelled against God with Satan.
xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/fallen-angels.html
SpaceX Crew 10 ISS docking confirmed at 12:04 am
Hatch opens in about an hour and a half
Link to The Launch Pad, Video of docking, etc.
One hour and 8 minutes to hatch opening!
They are in!
setting up for a posed shot now
Not been following the rescue mission that closely. Are two of the four that came up, going to take the place of the two returning?
No, When SpaceX 9 came up there were only two. Returning they will be 4
That is interesting. When I watched the launch last week there were 4 people in the capsule in the stream I saw. I wondered why. I assumed that there were six seats in the capsule to accommodate the rescued passengers or that two of the crew were staying behind. Correct my misperception please.
For some reason they usually only send four at a time and they stay for about six months. However I believe SpaceX 9 only had two who arrived last September and our two Boeing arrivals joined that mission. It seems those four SpaceX 9 will return on Wednesday. Hope this helps
Mostly my confusion. You were talking about Crew 9 and the stream I watched last week was Crew 10. As is often the case in confusion we were talking about different missions by SpaceX. My mistake.
Unfortunately Crew 9 did not arrive on something called SpaceIX.
LOLOL
Wolf’s link says four arrived, two will depart.
I could not believe there were ELEVEN people there right now, but yes.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g-s1-54130/nasas-stuck-astronauts-welcome-replacements
This too says that four arrived.
The four in the darker matching suits are the new arrivals. They each gave a nice little speech after the photo shoot.
Having sort of half-ass watched it, one of the speeches will test your knowledge of Russian.
Not to mention Japanese.
I think I heard him say thank you a few times.
LOL! Bit of a paradox, no?
Guess who?
Tom Homan in his younger, skinnier days?
You got it!
Wow!
Looking like something out of a movie! Bad A$$ 1,000%.
Catturd keeps watching…
https://x.com/catturd2/status/1901301427001061521
And they could of had a nice comfy life at Gitmo. 
Thank You Judge for showing us the errors of our ways!
“Oopsie, Too Late” El Salvador President Mocks Judge Boasberg After Flights Land With Several Hundred Venezuelan Gang Members Deported by President TrumpKristinn Taylor Mar. 16, 2025 11:00 am 335 Comments
If the ACLU wants criminals kept in the USA, then they should be HOUSED in the members’ houses AND the ACLU member sign a document MAKING THEM RESPONSIBLE for their good behavior. Otherwise they AGREE TO SHARE THE SENTENCE.
ACLU should be declared a domestic terrorist organization.
That too!
With enforcement of the old requirement of plaintiffs posting bond for costs of these injunctions, that’s exactly what I would do if I was a judge. I’d tell ACLU they needed to use their assets as collateral, in case the criminals committed any criminal acts in the US.
The other advantage is the prisoners can’t pretend they don’t understand the guards’ orders.
Unjust judge Boasberg ‘needs’ to go to El Salvador, stand outside CECOT prison, and demand these 250 to 300 gang members be released into his personal custody immediately.
Good thinking!
Nayib Bukele
@nayibbukele
11h
Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).
The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.
Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year.
On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization’s highest structure.
This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors.
As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.
May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.
https://nitter.poast.org/nayibbukele/status/1901245427216978290
Looks like Bo Svenson in Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977)
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DataRepublican for the win:
You know what? I think that Trump is working on Dems, to bring them back from that place. Some of them just don’t realize it yet.
There are enough of them that if they all go TO that place, we’re in a boatload of trouble when they actually do start “resisting”.
Even the percentage of truly scary is enough to make a country ungovernable if they all decide it’s time for violence. And yes I know “we have the guns” and “we outnumber them” but it makes no difference.
Yup. China, I’m sure, is both drawn to the “American Civil War 2” strategy – and fearful of what happens next, when the bloodied and very pissed patriots win.
I suspect that Schumer and others did some of that math before trying to fully steal 2024. The AME cheaters backed down from performing an obvious steal on “day 2”. Did orders from China come in? Did they say “back down”? China has the patience that our thugs do not.
It is the TRAINED Gladio units that scare the 
out of me. We have zero idea of how many were embedded in the USA originally and how many more were imported over the last 4 years.
Remember all those military age men?
Remember the Belgium reporter that dug up a number of cashes of weapons in forests and parks in Belgium.
This is where we can take our smallness as a motivator to consider the hope that is found in those that sense the hand of God even in the darkest hours.
Part of what developed my faith was studying the lives of Christians “behind the iron curtain” … when you have nothing but your faith, it’s humbling to experience the miracles that come. The grace with which believers endure hardship, torture, even death demonstrates the grace they are living.
Amen!
“…has been removed.”
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Rubbed out?
Removed to GITMO???
An excellent idea. They won’t know how long they’ll be there. Maybe just lock them in the waterboard room.
Terrorize the bastards legally.
If I recall there were laws passed allowing indefinite detention…
[QUOTE]
…the law does allow for the detention of a US national on US soil as an enemy combatant under the law of armed conflict….
During the debate Lindsay Graham also cited the shockingly mismanaged Jose Padilla case
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as presenting further legal precedent for holding US citizens:
https://www.amnestyusa.org/blog/can-us-citizens-now-be-detained-indefinitely/
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So it depends on whether we are at war.
I thought we were Always at war especially w/ 5th gen warfare 
Korean War was never completed.
The armistice, while it stopped hostilities, was not a permanent peace treaty between nations.
WIKI
Korean Armistice Agreement – Wikipedia
figures
It’s an old mafia term
Good! The 4th branch is going down, slowly but surely.
IMO this is a mistake.
They should have sent Ernestine. “Is this the party to whom I am speaking?”
My read on this is that it is a “talk to the hand” maneuver so that Zelensky never talks to Trump or Vance again.
Nice!
I’d like to know more about why.
Me, too, because this seems straight out of “Art of the Deal”!
What little we know of Kellogg it has shown us that he has a bias view against Russia in keeping with the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) and NATO thing though he does seem to balance that by doing the President’s bidding as Trump quietly and carefully runs counter to their aims.
That said, when Ukraine’s Nazis gets dumped, which they must be, Trump can quietly dump Kellogg along with them.
However point taken in that Kellogg can obviously turn and start speaking his mind, thus the possible mistake. But for Trump it likely helps lumping the ones he quietly opposes into one Ukraine pot to keep them separate and it would not surprise me at all that Russia does not view Kellogg in a favorable light as they monitor everything people at that level say and have likely made such known. Wycoff likely made the recommendation to keep Kellogg out of the way from serious peace talks least he misrepresent what Russia says. Kellogg will likely be more comfortable with the Zelensky crowd.
Congressman Brandon Gill says he will be filing articles of impeachment against this judge this week.
Where were the planes?
If they were in international airspace, that judge has zero jurisdiction, he doesn’t even have any conceptual jurisdiction
But if the planes came back, take ALL of the criminal passengers directly to the judge’s personal residence, and put them INSIDE the judge’s house.
Then surround the house so they can’t escape, until the corrupt judge changes his mind, or until the corrupt judge’s corrupt ruling is overturned, whichever comes first.
My thoughts exactly.
OR the Judge and his family has been cut into little pieces…
That would be an own-goal.
Excellent. Impeach this one as an example to the rest.
Meaningless if we can’t convict.
And we can’t.
Uh, we don’t know that. Those gangbangers are quite unlikeable. Plus, we don’t know how much other dirty crap this clown has done.
He could have a sordid history that senators might not want to defend.
I think bad publicity may have a real effect here – both on the immediate “perp” and upon his fellow travelers.
Do not forget the COST of his defence.
Hopefully it means that Kash gets to thoroughly check out his financials and associates.
I think that many judges are very thin-skinned, and just watching one of their own being subjected to the process will be a deterrent to many of the others.
Exhibit A: ACB’s fear of the terrorists sent against her family
It would be nice though if the DOJ slashed the budgets of these minor toads in the road by at least the amount of cost of having to deal with their petty road blocks.
I don’t know if DOJ can slash a judge’s budget. That’d be a separation of powers issue.
CONGRESS, though, explicitly can under the Constitution.
He
Shegot the yonpaku eyes (4 whites) correct!!!Trump vs. the media, again…
No Marquis of Queensbury rules for our president. Beat ’em ’til their eyes swell shut. 
I approve.
The fake news deserves this and more!
Make all who reported this wait out in the hall at the next PressSec news conference!
Be helpful to call out presstitutes by name AND network/source. Put the bastards on the spot.
Next WH presser, Karoline call them out by name AND their specific lies.
LOVE IT! 
Yup. Sounds like an excellent plan!
Well, I remember the time they started playing clips of Jurinalists accusing Trump of racism for blocking travel to/from China…when they later complained he didn’t move fast enough.
Boy were they mad.
I am sure Karoline can find something that will make them even more hopping mad.
I place a lot of blame on the “science” that we’re supposed to be trusting.
AMEN!!! Science media is a problem. It’s turtles all the way down!
Jerry Dunleavy IV:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14503159/Labour-Wuhan-lab-leak-pandemic-Boris-johnson.html
“The source said: ‘The truth is that the Covid-19 virus was not just Chinese but also partly American. It was a Chimerican chimera.”
That could catch on
Maybe Chanadian could 
catch on too
Chaustrallian as well, since they did some of the work at their veterinarian universities. Almost seems like farming out the work in this manner was a security feature to avoid finger pointing and blame the dreaded pangolin beast and those nasty wet marketeteers.
I have referred to the “51st state” as “Chinada” on many occasions! 
How about a FABIAN chimera?
The British Empire did not disappear it just metastasized in secret.
Ah, the British during Mr. Johnson’s tenure ~ when every day was a bad hair day.
He is an unserious person.
The hair was only the most obvious clue.
LMAO!!!
“…The source said the former Prime Minister is concerned that the public were deliberately misled by the scientific and intelligence community to protect research funding from Beijing and to avoid angering the Chinese regime.”
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They serve the chyneeze CCP, not their own People.
Build the gallows.
The serve the DEPOPULATION AGENDA!
If Ikea was really smart, it would design a gallows kit.
LOL!!!
Isn’t this the same fool who convinced VZ not to sign the Minsk accords?
Why, yes. Yes it is.
Soviet ringer still says “You can’t have nice things, world!”
If Germany and GB had that knowledge and we know Trump did because he said as much but was blocked by our intel agencies from making it official, then the rest of five eyes knew about as well. Not sure what that’s worth, too many mechanics involved, but it should be worth something.
CHINA VIRUS!!!
Trump knew the truth!!!
AG Pam Bondi Provides Update on Epstein Files, January 6, JFK, and MLK Assassination Documents
to take this a step farther, Bondi and Patel should fire and charge each person who obstructed the investigations and releases that were authorized by PDT’s declassifications. Name the names and make them pay. That is the way to make sure the infiltrators stop infiltrating and obstructing.
They work for us. If they don’t work for us they need to be gone or behind bars as applicable per the law.
I feel fairly sure that that is part of what is taking time. Gathering the evidence of TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
That last paragraph is far too sensible.
One of the problems is that they can’t even tell us exactly why people are getting fired – we have to guess. Although, sometimes, by timing, it’s an easy guess – at least what the excuse was.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/03/us-news/head-of-new-yorks-fbi-field-office-james-dennehy-forced-to-resign-in-trump-admin-shakeup/
I think it’s Epstein/CIA. CIA and the “code of silence” has infected everything.
Here is Dennehy’s statement.
The law AND FBI POLICY.
Kash and Pam will be firing people. No doubt in my mind.
Ideally we’ll see arrest and charges. Accountability will get their employees inline.
Doesn’t it bother anyone that the justification for foot dragging has changed?
First it was to protect minors because they were minors. Now it’s to protect victims of sex trafficking [since any minors are aged out of that status] even though publicity would go a long way toward hindering the practice.
Right now, the current secrecy only helps the perps. Why would that be?
i am hoping that they are being presented with overwhelming evidence implicating an even greater ring of criminals than they anticipated and they are furiously working to ensnare the entire corrupt group lest one of the evil doers slips away to begin again.
I hope they are following the leads to the TOP!
Remember this is not just about sex with minors, it is about CONTROLLING THE USA VIA BLACKMAIL!
So WHO was Epstein’s puppet master(s). Remember he is just a mid-level manger type, if that.
Win-Xi the Pooh???
NATO/Britain.
Somehow I think he’s pushing them… the RED Chinese play the longest game of all…
Westerners often don’t grasp that, especially those obsessed with “gotta make quarterly numbers”… I worked at a company like that, and it killed the company…
F I V E Eyes.
“Jeffrey Epstein boasted about being a Mossad agent ‘like Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert’, according to bombshell claims from ex-girlfriend”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13567735/jeffrey-epstein-mossad-agent-ghislaine-maxwell-ex-girlfriend-claims.html
Most of the long problems with Epstein pre-date Bondi, but IMO are largely due to the CIA “formally” taking control of Epstein from Mossad, which basically only made the fustercluck even larger.
Exposing it all is too big for FIB and DOJ policies of protecting witnesses, victims, spies, allies, and all the rest of the usual considerations. Mary McCord was likely at the center of the storm, standing there saying “talk to the hand” to everybody, on behalf of the CIA.
I think RATCLIFFE will have to sign off on things, and is likely involved behind the scenes, while Blondi is taking the heat, and helping out Kash who is probably not getting great cooperation yet.
Seriously, I suspect that a lot of the “perps” are also considered “victims” of entrapment – first by Mossad, then by CIA – while other parts of our government were likely ordered to stand by and do nothing, by CIA embeds in FBI, for example.
Total fustercluck. Exposure will have to violate policies of protecting informants, spycraft, agencies, allies, etc. “Sources and Methods” will have to fall as an excuse to keep the truth hidden from the American people.
Thank you for highlighting some of the many factors that don’t get considered.
YW!
Hmmm. Reading about CIA embeds in the FBI and the rouge/activist judges out there, a thought just struck me (happens every so often
). Any chance some or all of those judges are also CIA and “protecting their own” ?
Since they infest the FIB, and put up candidates for Federal and State Legislatures (and who knows what else), I could suspect they’d fiddle with the Judiciary as well…
rogue judges. rouge judges have red cheeks.
I thought they evaluated red cheeks….
Probably red checks as well… spell-chucking keyboard again 
Oops….. need more covfefe….. run of the mill moulin rouge error
Gotta drop some AND logic on those rogue D’hmer Rouge judges!
Well, … commies would have red cheeks, no?
I am having difficulty envisioning why we should care, Margaret.
Does the American public, for whom the azzhats ultimately work(ed) have the authority to see declassified documents and evidence? If yes, reveal them. If no, prove the authorities have the right to withhold or redact per the law that is supported by the Constitution.
I am not getting all of this jockeying to determine if this or that can be released. The POTUS declassified. It there are on-going cases or whatever it does not matter. POTUS has the authority. Case closed. Release.
The informants, spies, etc. had plenty of time to vanish or quit. We know redaction will be used with them. Some of the delay is to release evidence and documents within the proper timelines and context.
This is why I think Sundance has it right, with his suggestion of pure Presidential declassification. Trump has now set a time of “weeks” in which he thinks it can be done. In “low months” (mid-summer) he could say “if things are not released by the end of summer, I will call a meeting in September” – and at that meeting, he uses the Sundance method.
Missed this if it was posted.
FBI Won’t Get Their New Gargantuan Building
Part of Trump’s talk at DOJ Sounds pretty diffident to me, though the story above says it will be fought. We’ll see.
https://twitter.com/MikenzieFrost/status/1900644036521980291
DJT talked about that in his address to the DoJ. I saw it over at CTH on the 14th.
Cued to the part about the FBI building:
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Excellent, and SMART. VSG.
They could have an array of smaller spaces, I think they are generally around 12ft X 8ft.
U-Store for rogue operators!
Oh Bernie 
https://twitter.com/Meme_Behavior/status/1900611079517897195
Bern-out…
Mozzies and pantyfa use that over here… and, oddly enough, are working together a lot of the time….. on the taxpayers’ dime, no less (the gubmint, in particular SPD, fund Pantyfa!!! )…..
Tunnels. Always a Q tree subject of interest…
I swear, Ukraine has more tunnels than you can shake a stick at. This tweet says Odessa has the largest underground tunnel complex in the world.
https://twitter.com/MKWPublishing/status/1900987267553820820
https://mkwpublishing.co.uk/2022/06/30/one-thing-leads-to-another/
Same story from above but being narrated here.
Paging Gail…. just saw this about Colossal Cave and Mammoth Caves (in Kentucky and IIRC WV)…. seems the latter is the model for the former…
https://rickadams.org/adventure/b_cave.html
The “Colossal Cave” mentioned by the game Adventure is a reference to an actual cave within the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky. However, the game is not actually based on that cave, but is instead a remarkably faithful reproduction of nearby Bedquilt Cave.
A connecting passage from Bedquilt Cave to Colossal Cave was discovered in 1896. Both Bedquilt and Colossal Caves also have passages connecting to Mammoth Cave.
The game is filled with caver jargon and references to actual cave features, as Graham Nelson explains in his article The Craft of Adventure:
“Like the real cave, the simulation was a map on about four levels of depth, rich in geology. A good example is the orange column which descends to the Orange River Rock room (where the bird lives): and the real column is indeed orange (of travertine, a beautiful mineral found in wet limestone).
“The game’s language is loaded with references to caving, to ‘domes’ and ‘crawls.’ A ‘slab room,’ for instance, is a very old cave whose roof has begun to break away into sharp flakes which litter the floor in a crazy heap.”
According to caver Mel Park:
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“‘I just had to see Witt’s End,’ she said upon returning. “It was exactly as I expected.”
The article and the site are well worth reading…
(Having spent many happy and frustrating hours on the related game “Mystery Mansion” on the HP3000, this site will probably take a few more hours away from me
)…..
Yup, if I recall the designers were also cavers.
Yep, it’s in the article… fascinating… the one where the excerpt is from explains a lot… “Swiss Cheese Room” sounds interesting… one could ask, “What would Fon due?”
https://rickadams.org/adventure/b_cave.html
Some of the cavers I knew were friends of the designers and that is where I heard it a LONG time a go.
Further to the article (I was wondering if you know any of these folks, as I remember you’ve mentioned Mammoth Caves and the vicinity):
Will Crowther’s wife Patricia was a key member of the team that found this historic connection. A well-written and very engaging book that describes the cave explorations up to and during this period is “The Longest Cave,” by Roger Brucker and Richard Watson. The book has numerous references to both Will and Patricia Crowther, as well as a fascinating history of caving in the Flint Ridge region.
Mel Park continues by saying:
“Bedquilt was Willie’s favorite part of the cave system. I still have a copy of his map of it. Computer types who grew up exploring ADVENTURE don’t realize how accurately the game represents passages in Bedquilt Cave.
“Yes, there is a Hall of the Mountain King and a Two-Pit Room. The entrance is indeed a strong steel grate at the bottom of a twenty-foot depression.
Mel describes how caver Bev Schwartz got her start:
“On a survey trip to Bedquilt, a member of my party mentioned she would one day like to go on a trip to Colossal Cave, where she understood the game ADVENTURE was set.
“No, I said, the game is based on Bedquilt Cave and we are going there now. Excitement!
“Throughout the cave, she kept up a constant narrative, based on her encyclopedic knowledge of the game. In the Complex Room (renamed Swiss Cheese Room in Advent) she scrambled off in a direction I had never been.
“‘I just had to see Witt’s End,’ she said upon returning. “It was exactly as I expected.”
“When we finished with our work, I let her lead out, which she did flawlessly, again because she had memorized every move in the game. Believe me, the cave is a real maze, and this was an impressive accomplishment for a first-time visitor.
“…I felt that her knowledge of the cave was so good that in February, I had her be a guide for two survey parties that had work to do in upper and lower Bedquilt, respectively.
“Rather odd directions: ‘Bev, you’ve got to get the lower Bedquilt party to J-73. That’s the Complex Junction, you know, just after the Dusty Room, as your are entering the Bedquilt Route, before the Two Pit Room. You know that north from there is the climb down to get water for the plant. That’s really the KA chimney to the E-survey, which is where they are going.'”
….. sidebar:
Willie Crowther’s wife Pat was a key member of the small party of cavers that found the historic connection between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge caves.
It had long been speculated that the cave systems were connected, but nobody had yet found the crucial connecting passage, a very narrow tunnel that was later given the nickname “the tight squeeze.”
Pat, being the thinnest member of the party, went through first. “Oh! It’s very tight,” she called, then saw the passage opening up into a much larger space. She happily added, “…but we have cave!”
This passageway may be commemorated in the Colossal Cave adventure as the narrow passage named “Tight Spot” that leads to the Plover Room. The game requires you to drop all carried objects (even the lamp!) before it will allow you through.
From comments:
…you are in the Swiss Cheese room…
“…the Swiss Cheese Room… in the cave is nothing more than the beginning of the Bedquilt Route, and that passes through dolomitic limestones; because of the action of water, dolomites in caves dissolve to become full of lots of little holes, like a sponge or swiss cheese.” — Mel Park
… A rock marked “Y2″…
Bev Schwartz writes: “Y2 is a survey point. When a survey is done, a letter is chosen to denote the survey. Then at each point along the survey route, a number is incremented to identify the point. Thus, Y2 is the 2nd point on the Y survey in Bedquilt cave.”
So is there an actual rock marked “Y2?” Yes, there is. She continues: “There’s a dot (the point itself) with a Y2 next to it. It is marked with a carbide lamp which leaves a sooty deposit. The Y2 survey point is a good one because it is on a rock in the middle of the room, making it easy for the compass person to take the measurement. The person on compass often has to put his/her body in wild contortions to measure from some survey points because there just isn’t a convenient place to put the point. Throughout the Flint/Mammoth system, you will see these sooty survey points.”
[end excerpt]
I generally did not cave in Kentucky. The cavers in that area were very very jealous of their Mammoth Cave connections and you could not go wild caving with out their permission and one of their guides.
I generally caved in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, AL, West VA, VA, & GA….
Kentucky just was not worth the long drive given the local grottoe’s attitude.
POLITICS is a major BITCH!
Alina Habba on Benny’s show, talking about Brandon’s fake Oval Office (she shows the set where he sat at the little plastic desk), and challenges all of the documents signed with auto-pen:
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It seems to me that the Autopen/fake Oval problem has been dripped to us since January 20, 2025. Notice that DJT47 has signed many dozens of EOs and other documents in the real Oval Office with his noisy pen, surrounded by media, while also competently answering every question. Contrast that with the previous four years in a stage set, revealed by Alina. DJT has been mentioning the Autopen these days, as a laser pointer. Let’s see what happens!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/second-biden-autopen-discovered-new-analysis-second-frequently/
From the article:
I can find nothing pn who this staffer actually is. However in looking I did find this.
Speaker Johnson saying Biden did not know what he had signed:
Daily Mail, 18 January 2025
Biden staffers lift the lid on president’s cognitive decline as 82-year-old is accused of unforgivable lapse
Ultra-left Media covering for Biden:
MAY 5, 2023 — Why are White House staff afraid to let a Post reporter question Biden? nypost.com›2023/05/08
“….According to The New York Post’s Steve Nelson, a key Biden aide may have exceeded their authority by unilaterally determining what documents to robo-sign.”
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Hmm… yes… that would present a problem…
The signatures do not match. the ph at the end of Joseph are different, the R is different etc. However I know my signature has changed thru the years.
One auto pen could be from the VP years and the other more recent.
The loop on the R is different also.
Plenty of differences; look at the ending of Joseph…totally different on the left it looks like a hooked “d”. The B looks a bit squashed on the right (shorter and wider).
https://x.com/deluxe_pepe/status/1900931175058731162
https://twitter.com/deluxe_pepe/status/1900931175058731162
Doesn’t even look like the same person
LOL
MarieUrsula
Thank you.
Yours Truly has been posting on the board here occasionally regarding what looks like “fake President Joe Biden” signatures. IMO, the “auto-pen” signature template(s) for “President Joe Biden” were actually written by “Dr. Jill” Biden.
The Fake Oval Office came out ages ago here at the Qtree because the scene out the window (roses in bloom) did not match the time of year.
Oh, we knew about that early in 2021.
I was dubious, and I also didn’t think it actually mattered.
Though usually when it was brought up it was with the “we are really in charge” subcurrent, which I maintained then, and still maintain today, was absolute bullshit.
It didn’t actually matter, except that it demonstrated JB’s inability to function as president. No conspiracy theories, “just” someone facilitating the “presidency” of someone who was incapable. That is what should be sparking outrage. And they wanted to continue the charade, which is criminal.
So in other words all of the people who were all over this thing last year…were chasing a totally different conspiracy theory than the one that actually turned out to be correct.
AND…we knew enough to identify the right theory back then.
Admittedly it’s not very obvious how a fake Oval Office would help hide the fact that Biden is almost a vegetable, unless (possibly) there’s less access to it but the press had access to it.
TT:
Steve:
I think it may have been criminal all the way back to the beginning, and even if it doesn’t facilitate undoing all of Biden’s laws, it may be enough to throw a lot of people in jail for hiding the incapacity of the POTUS.
We now know that they had to set up a controlled version of the Oval Office to in some way hide Biden’s inability. It may very well be electronics used to cue him, edit him, and time-delay him – that they could not add some hardware that they needed in the Oval Office itself.
There may be enough here to file charges, eventually. And if the charges point upwards, all the way to Obama, I think that would be a good thing to uncover.
Trump is normalizing knowledge of this for a reason.
Do not forget that Camel Toes, pissed off a LOT of her staff who then quit.
I wonder if any of them might spill the beans on the whole mess.
I agree. It’s not to undo things JB did; it’s to uncover criminality and get justice. Leading up to Obama would be icing on the cake.
Perhaps they did not trust the WH staff to notice the veggieness and sell it to conservative outlets. So they moved him to a more controlled fake office without access to most of the little staff.
YES! AND logic. One more reason to have him do public messaging in a controlled environment where only top staffers were admitted.
I agree ~ QTree knew, but most people didn’t, even MAGA people. It needs to be rolled out again to a wider audience.
Fake Oval Office never made sense to me. None.
I know it exists. It’s just stoopid.
Wondering what an auto pen looked like I did a search, they’re pretty bulky but more than one wouldn’t be needed as it says the signature or writing can be stored on an SD card and I suppose SD cards can be copied.
https://uunatek.com/blogs/tips-and-tricks/best-3-autopen-machines-for-bulk-writing-letters-envelops-invitations
Thank you very much for bring this today. I mentioned both the fake Oval Office set and Speaker Johnson’s meeting where Biden did not know what he had signed (6 minutes) yesterday.
Today you brought the verification. So thanks again.
You are very welcome
IMO the baseline question is who was running the country, and who was planning to run the country by having JB run for president again in 2024, until his decline finally became obvious to the public (partly due to the debate with Trump)?
JB grew increasingly incapable of carrying out his duties over his [fraudulent] four years in office, and yet Jill and a lot of others stood firmly behind his running and winning again. What plans did they have in place to keep the fraud going? Who was going to do what, in a second JB term? This is crime of monumental proportions, never seen in our history.
It is a crime for which admissible evidence will never be found, and certainly not in an amount and strength to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
This is a distraction, intended to get MAGA to waste resources and energy on a useless ghost chase.
I’ve been thinking that to be very unlikely as well. The auto-pen issue is a manifestation of the underlying crime of the takeover of the office of the presidency, which started with stealing the election (rather than with people making decisions for JB). It escalated from there.
If this wakes some people up, that’s a positive, but IMO there will not be any overturning of things “JB” did, and there will probably not be charges or convictions.
Nor is it evidence that we were really in charge.
And the fake oval office isn’t either.
Exactly. That entire theory makes no sense.
I gather from Alina Habba’s video that there was a teleprompter setup that was not possible in the real Oval Office. And I found this (emphasis mine to point out facts):
https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/us-news/trump-aide-gives-inside-look-at-bidens-fake-oval-office/
And again I point out that if this was done to help JB because he needed a teleprompter, then *someone* (multiple people) knew about it, knew he was incapable of fulfilling his duties, and planned the setup to help him and to perpetuate the idea that he was functionally cognizant. Then they wanted to keep the fraud going by having him be elected again. Who took over, and planned to continue controlling, the reins of the U.S. government?
To be sure I don’t think many are still claiming that we were really in charge back then.
But I’ve yet to hear an “I was wrong” from any of those that were making the claim before.
Elton break: “I’m sorry seems to be the hardest word”
Ironically, I don’t think you would get one from DePat, even if she were still with us.
I agree.
I was thinking that too, but wasn’t going to say so
Then it’s interesting that DJT & talking up the autopen outrage…
I suspect PDJT has his reasons, which might not be the same as “our” reasons. Some people are justifiably outraged and want things fraudulently signed to be undone. I imagine that Trump wants to continue to highlight JB’s decline that no one acknowledged or reported on, to show how bad the media is, to demonstrate to the people that none of those people can be trusted (the JB fraudministration and the Dems in general, the media, etc.) This also shows the difference between Trump and JB, and the difference between a real president and a fake, incapacitated one.
I seriously doubt that Trump thinks there can be a legal remedy for this. I think he just wants the people to know.
Yep. Same principle, slightly different topic: I’ve been saying the fraud must be fixed…and by that I don’t mean reversing the Brandon administration; I mean it must be fixed so it can’t happen again.
And I don’t think it has been entirely fixed yet.
Need to make it so a president has to physically sign any official document.
Auto-pen is fine for thank you letters and such NON-OFFICIAL documents.
I’d want to know how many of those documents are out there, and what all the categories are.
It may actually be hundreds per day.
However: two of the categories that I can think of, EOs, and bills passed by Congress awaiting signature, should certainly be physically signed. Or if for some reason it needs signing and the president is out of the country, then an auditable directive by video (so that we know it’s from him/her) to sign it should exist.
Same thought, different method of expressing it.
OK – this is starting to make sense.
Trump doesn’t even want to try going through the courts directly. He’s looking at justifications for actions by him. He is basically saying to the public, and especially the key segment of “captured Dems”…..
Here is what happened – we have to fix this – here are my EOs and EAs – here is what I want Congress to do.
He’s gonna leave the idiot judicial branch out of the loop.
Then why is Trump pumping it?
“IMO the baseline question is who was running the country, and who was planning to run the country by having JB run for president again in 2024, until his decline finally became obvious to the public (partly due to the debate with Trump)?”
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President Trump knew what was going on – and that’s why he’s ending this creepy corrupt department – and sending education back to the states!
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
EXPOSED – Department of Education is laundering money back to the Democrat Party “This is why Democrats are losing their minds over Elon Musk. It’s all about money” Rep Harriet Hageman “The Federal Department of Education spends it as a budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students. So where does the other $220 billion go? It goes to a bureaucracy, it goes to a consultant, and that consultant then donates money BACK TO DEMOCRATS, and then it goes to a different consultant, and then it goes to an NGO. I mean, IT IS MONEY LAUNDERING and money churning at its absolute best.” “Is the DOGE Program targeted at these bureaucrats?” “Yes”
Bubby
March 16, 2025 12:41 am
The TROs from activist leftist District Judges is over 120 now and counting! It appears the Lawfare plan is to get an obama, Biden Federal Judge to issue a TRO on every one of President Trump’s EOs!! Similar to the Cloward-Piven plan over load the Federal Courts to collapse with TROs to prevent President Trump’s plan to Make America Great Again from being implemented! Tie up the Courts for years! The collusion effort is obvious!!! Justice Roberts and ACB are worthless even perhaps siding with the corrupt District Court Judges? Something has to be done and ASAP to stop this obvious coordinated effort by Federal Judges to destroy Presidential plenary powers and return the Executive Branch control back to the unelected deep state a return to status quo!!! JMO. Godspeed President Trump!!!
Google search returns the following top two items:
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Rule 65. Injunctions and Restraining Orders – Law.Cornell.EduII / Legal Information Institute
https://www.law.cornell.edu › rules › frcp › rule_65
The court may issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order only if the movant gives security in an amount that the court considers proper.
Rule 65 – Injunctions and Restraining Ordersfederalrulesofcivilprocedure.org
https://www.federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org › frcp › r…
The court may issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order only if the movant gives security in an amount that the court considers proper.
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Please notice that both quickie summaries describe giving security. IOW posting a bond with the court for the privilege of obtaining a TRO. I Have no idea why this has not prevented most if not all of these TROs from ever being issued at all. Possibly there is some grand strategy at play of which I cannot figure out.
Somebody should ask Alina Habba about it.
side note: the main reason that Roberts and Barrett voted to deny certiorari was because it’s a request for review of a TRO. SCOTUS has a long tradition of refusing cert of TROs since they only have a lifespan of two weeks AND if issued without the govt asking for a bond, then it can’t be much of an emergency.
perhaps because the judge would consider $1 “proper” and we’d spend way more than that to oppose that judgement.
Without going into the weeds on this, I point out that the judge must justify his ruling. The failure of the govt here is its failure to plead the requirement of posting a bond.
The tradition of govt not demanding a bond likely is political in that the govt did not want to be viewed as putting a ‘cover charge’ on people’s access to the court. Even though that was an incorrect view and still is.
this is tripping me up…” failure of the gov’t here”. so when the lawyer files the suit, the judge SHOULD be ruling on the size of the bond before accepting the suit and even telling the gov’t a suit has been filed?
how can the gov’t push the bond issue if they don’t even know about the suit?
Charlotte
March 16, 2025 1:23 am
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Mar 14
HOLY CR*P
Joe Biden was paying off his blackmail bribes by sending USAID Money
The BILLION DOLLARS Joe Biden sent to Ukraine after getting the prosecutor who was investigating Burisma fired, “It was a USAID grant”
Mike Benz “Remember when Joe Biden was at the Council on Foreign Relations and bragged that he got the top prosecutor in Ukraine fired by the Ukrainian government because he explicitly conditioned the firing of the prosecutor who was investigating Burisma?
He expressly conditioned their receipt of a billion dollars in U.S financial assistance on the firing of Victor Shokin, the prosecutor —You know what that billion dollars in financial assistance was?
It was a USAID grant” WOW
https://nitter.poast.org/WallStreetApes/status/1900528268220207555#m
Be wary of Mike Benz. He is NOT OUR FRIEND!!!
https://rumble.com/v5ye07z-operation-gladio-part-37-world-anti-communist-league-part-8-ep.356.html
At 46 min they talk of Mike Benz AND BRING THE RECEIPTS!
Pleas take a few minutes to watch. It is pretty nasty.
There is also this if you want a written acct.
https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153009
There are some indications he is Jewish, Mossad? but I can not confirm except for this:
The Colonel & Brady do confirm he was Frame Game and that he finally confessed.
Since I believe in Yeshua as our Savior, and His main goal is redemption and restoration of the lost sheep, I am opposed to judging people on their history.
I am especially opposed to condemning people based on from where they came. I doubt that I’d ever be a ‘friend’ of anyone with whom I did not have a personal relationship. Close political allies – sure. But friends – don’t think so.
YMMV. And it likely does.
I am in the verify mode given we are in fifth generation warfare and ‘Limited Hangouts’ are going to be popping up like Japanese beetles in a blooming rose garden.
Does Benz bring decent info a lot of the time? Sure. But I still do not trust him.
From what I read of the link to the written information, it appears to contain a reasonable defense of Benz, IMO.
JimWVa
March 16, 2025 6:27 am
The Chairman of the Board of the non-profit law firm representing the Tren de Aragua gang members in the DC court TRO case is the Democrat Party counsel Marc E. Elias.
https://democracyforward.org/board/
The ethics rules for attorneys state that an attorney does not have to agree with his client’s position in a case. The rules also state that an attorney can refuse to represent a client whose views are repugnant to the attorney.
Elias is so used to stretching the limits that he no longer cares about his reputation.
side note: ask yourself why Elias resigned from Perkins Coie [after all, he was one of its rainmakers – he could name his price and P-C would gladly pay it].
Did he have some inside info about the intended action eventually taken by DJT against the firm? If so, that indicates that there’s a mole inside the Trump team.
Marc F..CKING. Elias???
When is someone going to put that scumbag in prison? He has done MORE DAMAGE to the USA than most other people I know of outside of politicians and military.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Paul WeissThe White House
March 14, 2025
SUSPENDING SECURITY CLEARENCES TO PROTECT THE NATIONAL INTEREST: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to suspend security clearances held by individuals at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest.
SAFEGUARDING TAXPAYER FUNDS: The Trump Administration will no longer support taxpayer funds from sponsoring activities that make our communities less safe, increase burdens on local businesses, limit constitutional freedoms, and degrade the quality of American elections.
ENDING THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT: President Trump is delivering on his promise to end the weaponization of government and protect the nation from partisan actors who exploit their influence.
This is brilliant and beautiful. Trump is taking on LAWFARE with the aim of DESTROYING IT. And I am 100% on board.
And you ain’t alone, brother.
Nailing security clearances cuts off the tentacles of the CIA to a great extent.
I sure hope Trump cuts any security clearance Marc Elias has!
A lot of the lawfare shit going on has nothing to do with anything classified. I don’t know whether that’s true in Elias’s case, but in his case it’s not just a clearance that needs cutting.
Yep. In that case it sounds like a clear-cut is in order…..
Yeah, I misread tentacles up there as something else that rhymes with eunuch.
Hands off the tentacles!!!
I’m guessing the Greek God of Test.
100% agree with this, Carl. Thanks for bringing. Hope you are doing better.
AMEN!!! 
New Froglegs!!
https://www.intellectualfroglegs.com/episodes/winds-of-change
Another hilarious Joe Dan. Sit back. Relax. Enjoy. Laugh.
One of my favorite moments… America First, America First
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/03/16/they-dont-call-it-the-clot-shot-for-nothing/
Yours Truly: An interview with undertaker/embalmer Richard Hirschman.
Message from Italy to Dear Europe. 
https://twitter.com/MAGAVoice/status/1901232980195987640
Is she single?
Separated / divorced last I read, six or more months ago.
On watching this again…she is NOT saying the Left steals elections.
She’s saying that they get included in cabinets despite losing elections.
Most countries in Europe have proportional representation with the legislature controlling the cabinet, like the UK, and apparently the left gets included in coalition governments routinely.
I still want to know if she’s single.
Our lame-duck gubmint is doing just exactly that. They should not be able to institute incredible debt (1.5 TRILLION Euros) when they have been voted out of office (gangGreens) and the true winning party (AfD) totally ignored…
Yet they have. And the top court, in Karlsruhe, has knuckled under (and has been, ever since Merkel had dinner with the chief justice of that court)…
Word is, she’s separated from her partner since 2023…
Here’s a picie from Wicki:
Steve, In October 2023, Meloni announced the end of a 10 year relationship with journalist Andrea Giambruno. They had at the time of dissolution a 7 year old daughter who is the light of Melon’s life.
Other than that, Meloni’s private life is unreported upon in Italy so it’s anyone’s guess if she is in a relationship, but I do not believe she is married. I say “go for it”, give her a call, she’s a fascinating individual.
And let us know if she picks up the phone
In all seriousness I would probably have to go through four layers of receptionists and aides.
And “I want to ask the president out on a date” probably wouldn’t work to get past them.
You never know until you try.
You Could Be just what she’s been waiting for
Yeah but if her staff never lets me through…
You just have to work that much harder which she Might Eventually appreciate
I had never heard Meloni speak English before.
Prayer for today:
Heavenly Father, may You grant us to comprehend Your holy Word according to Your divine will, that we may learn from it to put all our confidence in You alone, and withdraw it from all other creatures; moreover, that also our old man with all his lusts may be crucified more and more each day, and that we may offer ourselves to You as a living sacrifice, to the glory of Your holy name and to the edification of our neighbor, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
-Zacharias Ursinus
h/t – https://transfigurations.blogspot.com
How are you & Sally doing GA/FL? God be with you both…
AMEN!
EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE
Verse of the Day for Sunday, March 16, 2025
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“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
Matthew 7:6 (KJV)
Christ reproves rash judgment. (1-6) Encouragements to prayer. (7-11) The broad and narrow way. (12-14) Against false prophets. (15-20) To be doers of the word, not hearers only. (21-29)1-6 We must judge ourselves, and judge of our own acts, but not make our word a law to everybody. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. We must not make the worst of people. Here is a just reproof to those who quarrel with their brethren for small faults, while they allow themselves in greater ones. Some sins are as motes, while others are as beams; some as a gnat, others as a camel. Not that there is any sin little; if it be a mote, or splinter, it is in the eye; if a gnat, it is in the throat; both are painful and dangerous, and we cannot be easy or well till they are got out. That which charity teaches us to call but a splinter in our brother’s eye, true repentance and godly sorrow will teach us to call a beam in our own. It is as strange that a man can be in a sinful, miserable condition, and not be aware of it, as that a man should have a beam in his eye, and not consider it; but the god of this world blinds their minds. Here is a good rule for reprovers; first reform thyself.
Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL
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
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
AMEN!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN
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CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART
In Your kindness, have mercy on me;
Let me not ever stray far from Thee;
Blot out my sins from your Holy sight;
Strengthen me – to fight the good fight!
In Your compassion, blot out my offense;
For my transgression, there is no defense;
Wash me and cleanse me of all of my guilt;
I have sinned against Thee – I need rebuilt!
My offenses are ever before me, Oh Lord;
I have fallen short as it says in Your Word;
Against You alone have I sinned grievously;
In Your sight, Oh Lord, sin encompassed me!
Justified are You in your sentence dispensed;
Without reproach is Your judgment against;
For in sin were all men ill-conceived;
From the womb we emerge ill-perceived!
In truth, it’s the heart only You can see;
Instill in my heart Your wisdom for me;
Purify and cleanse me that I may know;
Wash me – cleanse my soul – whiter than snow!
Create in me – a clean heart renewed;
Cleansed in the Spirit – no longer eschewed;
With a steadfast spirit – I am refreshed;
No longer in sin will I be enmeshed!
A pure heart create in me, Oh God;
No longer will You need to poke and prod;
Give me again, Lord, the joy of Your aid;
With a steadfast spirit – the ransom is paid!
Rescue me, Lord, from evil oppression;
Let love – once again – be my obsession;
Let repentance and mercy blot out my sin;
Let Your Holy Spirit live again within!
For, in sacrifice, you take no delight;
Burnt offering – You would refuse outright;
My sacrifice is a contrite spirit;
Humble and worthy – Your voice – I hear it!
In Your goodness, Oh Lord, make me anew;
Be near me, Oh Lord, keep me close to You;
Hold me, remold me – into what I should be;
Create in me, Lord, a clean heart from Thee!
D01: 06/28/2013
Thank You Duchess! 
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1371355
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
prayeveryday777
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!
A little further in my Google search on FRCP 65 is this URL:
https://www.pilieromazza.com/no-more-free-passes-new-order-forces-plaintiffs-to-pay-for-injunctions-against-the-federal-government/
Nice explanation!!!
I could be wrong but I bet that lawfirm is one that brings these TROs. This page is warning potential clients that the new sheriff has new rules.
IOW don’t call us unless you can post a bond.
I’m ROTFLMAO wondering what took DJT’s legal team so long.
I think he wanted EXAMPLES of the ?Evil? of the DemonRats, especially that judge DEMANDING rapists and terrorists be returned to the USA. Most normal people would look at that and go WHAT????
Lara Logan
@laralogan
I love this post because it is so true & so perfectly put. You grapple with this reality for years & then someone smart & honest like Eric just sums it up. Done.
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Your SECOND link goes to Eric Metaxas.
Who is a lying shit when he does apologetics.
Depends on one’s point of view, if mud is to be slung…
No, he had made demonstrably false statements about (for instance) the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Metaxas is definitely no C.S. Lewis.
Here is an actual Biblical scholar contradicting him on his
apologeticssales pitch.I get what Metaxas is alluding to – that the “modern Bible” (an entire ecology of texts, even within any particular modern or ancient language) is comfortably close to older versions – IMO due to the OCD and anal retention of many monks and rabbis over a long period of time. I think that’s borne out by what the scrolls expert opines here.
But that’s not what Metaxas says. And what he says is factually incorrect.
I find it unsurprising that Metaxas is not listed on a list of “Top 20 Christian Apologists” which includes everybody from Lewis to Discovery Institute. And IMO it’s because he’s mostly political.
And this is after he bills himself as the “Foremost expert.” He clearly isn’t.
If he lies like this here, why should I believe a damned thing he says elsewhere?
Unfortunately a lot of the current stable of apologists make their money traveling around the country and talking to Christians. Their lies (Metaxas isn’t the only liar) serve to convince their audience that non-Christians are a bunch of idiots and the Christians get to feel superior about that. The lies are worse when they decide to attack “evolutionists.”
Just like in the example of needing to handle real currency in order to become good at detecting counterfeit, developing discernment requires spending most of your time holding the truth, loving the truth, choosing to always live in the truth.
Well said!
Rubio –
Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47
15m
In the last 18 months, the Houthis have attacked the U.S. Navy 174 times and attacked commercial shipping 145 times, says @SecRubio.
“We have a band of pirates with guided precision anti-ship weaponry exacting a toll system in one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. That’s just not sustainable.”
My tolerance for a Trump solution is very high here – all the way to regime change in Iran.
State-backed criminals must go – including our own.
Dead pirates all the way to Tehran.
Not to be confused with Dread Pirate Robert.
Roberts.
Yo-ho, yo-ho!!!
Piracy against us is a far cry from invading some other country.
bwahahahahahahaha
Might that be a poem by you?
Archivists want to know
Yup. I done it. Also inspired by the “Little Toot” harbor tugboat song.
Great! Thanks Carl! 
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1433661
KEWL !!!
Can I post it on X, and tag Elon? He would love it, and of course, I will credit you!
I say go for it… might want to credit his inspiration too though:
T. Turtle
March 16, 2025 10:58 am
“KARI LAKE GOES TO WORK: Exposes Massive Waste at USAGM and Suspends, Locks Out More Than 1,000 Employees at Voice of America”
OMG, this is so great! They’re shutting it down to the max allowed by law!
“Not salvageable.” LMAO!!!
yup. surgical scalpel precision is not going to make any difference. better to take the brush hog to it.
As with other Department Heads, I’m sure she’ll just uproot the other parts that did work and move it to another agency.
The Shit That Works Agency (STWA).
I actually saw someone elsewhere complaining about shutting down VOA, on the grounds that it’s the ONE thing we should keep running if we want to convince the world this is a great country.
Uh, no it doesn’t and that’s not the point.
Sean Davis
@seanmdav
Lest anyone think judicial insurrectionists like Russiagate co-conspirator James Boasberg are plowing new ground with regard to deportation of hostile foreign enemies, they are not. In fact, Boasberg is maliciously violating the law as part of a corrupt conspiracy to seize the powers of the presidency for himself.
We know this because the Supreme Court ruled in 1948—long after World War II was over—that the Alien Enemies Act gave the U.S. president absolute authority to detain and deport a German who had been in the U.S. legally since the 1930s.
In the case of Ludecke v. Watkins, the Supreme Court ruled explicitly that not only could the president deport legal foreign residents even if they weren’t members of a foreign army, but that the courts had no authority to even review the president’s decision to do so.
“The Alien Enemy Act precludes judicial review of the removal order,” the Supreme Court ruled, years after World War II had ended.
“Such great war powers may be abused, no doubt, but that is a bad reason for having judges supervise their exercise, whatever the legal formulas within which such supervision would nominally be confined,” the Supreme Court majority declared. “Accordingly, we hold that full responsibility for the just exercise of this great power may validly be left where the Congress has constitutionally placed it—on the President of the United States.”
The Founders in their wisdom made him not only the Commander-in-Chief but also the guiding organ in the conduct of our foreign affairs,” the Supreme Court ruling continued. “He who was entrusted with such vast powers in relation to the outside world was also entrusted by Congress, almost throughout the whole life of the nation, with the disposition of alien enemies during a state of war.”
In the current instance, the president on January 20 declared a national emergency at the border, noting an ongoing invasion by hostile and violent foreign enemies.
“This assault on the American people and the integrity of America’s sovereign borders represents a grave threat to our Nation,” the president declared. “Because of the gravity and emergency of this present danger and imminent threat, it is necessary for the Armed Forces to take all appropriate action to assist the Department of Homeland Security in obtaining full operational control of the southern border.”
The president further designated multiple violent foreign drug cartels, including the Venezuelan organization Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations, putting them in the same category as ISIS and al Qaeda. And to protect the safety and sovereignty of the United States, the president ordered the immediate detention and removal all Venezuelan individuals associated with that violent enemy force.
In the Ludecke case from 1948, the petitioner being detained and removed was a German writer who had legally resided in the U.S. for over a decade with no history of violence and no direct ties to any German military or paramilitary unit, years after the war with Germany was over. And in that case, the Supreme Court said the president’s authority under the law and the Constitution was absolute and could not even be reviewed, let alone blocked, let alone reversed.
Compare those facts to the current case: the president is removing foreign aliens who are members of a violent foreign terrorist organization who entered the U.S. illegally for the purpose of committing illegal and often brutally violent acts the United States in the midst of a national emergency at the border and ongoing military action against the drug cartels.
It is simply impossible to look at the law and the facts in this case and somehow conclude that a single inferior and unelected judge with a long history of conspiring against the president and the United States somehow has the authority to personally direct the elected Commander-in-Chief on how he is to prosecute a war to protect our sovereignty from a violent invading force. The Supreme Court ruled that no judge has the authority to do that.
Yet James Boasberg, the corrupt federal judge who also personally made sure a key Russiagate hoaxer and felon whose own fabrications he oversaw never spent a day in prison, is now trying to extort the Commander-in-Chief into pre-emptively submitting all presidential decisions—including individual flight plans—for him to review.
This isn’t just a constitutional abomination. It is an attempt by an inferior and unelected judge to corruptly seize the powers of the presidency from the Commander-in-Chief on behalf of a hostile foreign invading force.
For this reason, Boasberg needs to be placed under criminal
investigation, any security clearances currently granted to him must be revoked, all his communications must be seized and reviewed, and he must be removed from the bench until the criminal investigation into his activities is concluded.
The law is clear, and Boasberg is maliciously ignoring it, putting the safety and sovereignty of the entire country at risk. It’s time for him to be held to account for his actions.
“….For this reason, Boasberg needs to be placed under criminal
investigation, any security clearances currently granted to him must be revoked, all his communications must be seized and reviewed, and he must be removed from the bench until the criminal investigation into his activities is concluded.
The law is clear, and Boasberg is maliciously ignoring it, putting the safety and sovereignty of the entire country at risk. It’s time for him to be held to account for his action…”
AND HE SHOULD BE DEPORTED BACK TO OXFORD UK!
WIKI
Skull and Bones.
That says it all.
His allegiance is NOT absolutely NOT to the United States, the US Constitution, or, indeed, Christianity or any Judeo-Christian-based institution.
YUP, and Oxford UK??? That is another major tell. WIKI points to this:“… St Peter’s College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford…”
Here is ANOTHER goody from WIKI:
If that SOB isn’t part of the CIA Protection for Gladio Units, I will eat a goat!
Yep. Oxbridge and LSE are dead giveaways… Fabians’R’Us…..
All fed judges, except SCOTUS, are statutory judges.
Created by Congress.
Trying to boss around a constitutional officer.
Congress cannot amend the constitution. Neither can fed judges.
Given that Congress can define how many SCOTUSians (?) there are, to some extent even THEY could be considered statutory, at least all but one of them.
Their method of selection is in the constitution.
The number of them is not.
And I think Congress sets their salaries.
Gosh, she(?) looks like a VERY angry man…..
Jack Nicholson. 
oh my…just the image of her squatting makes me wanna retch
These appear to be bits out of a larger document, unfortunately the accompanying video doesn’t have translation…
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From the diary of an old woman found dead in the village of Martynovka in the Kursk region, which was under the occupation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for a long time. Tatyana Sergeevna Vaskova, born on July 25, 1947, died of hunger and cold at home:
“Today is October 20th, the temperature is 6 degrees in the hut. I am alive.”
“Today is October 26, it’s still warm, 7 degrees outside, but you can’t go outside, they’re flying around with a camera, dropping bombs… I go to bed at 5-6 o’clock. I live in a real hell.”
“I will write how I lived, slept in a barn under a table… Every day I ask for death. I moved from the barn to the hut, I will lie on the bed, there is no clock. Then I lay under the bed.”
“There has been nothing for 12 days.”
“I forgive you everything, and you forgive me for being like this, I should have gone, but I was a fool and didn’t go.”
“Lena, come back after the war, find at least a bone, bury it next to Sveta, put up a cross and a photograph.”
“It’s three degrees above zero in the hut, the end is coming soon. I wish you to be alive and well. I’ve lived many years, although not well. All the windows are broken, the slate is falling from the shed, and the hut will leak.”
“Farewell, children, we will not see each other again, neither will I see you, nor will you see me, kisses to all.”
“Lena, Dima, take care of each other. Lena, don’t cry, your parents and husbands are dying, nothing can be done.”
“The wind is strong, it’s cold. I think, at least I would rather die and not suffer. Died, since I didn’t live very well, but 77 years.
https://nitter.poast.org/Intel_Slava/status/1901212903593914532#m
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1901212628984459264/pu/vid/avc1/1280×720/fqYrOFdtfURWmYi2.mp4?tag=12
I believe it was in yesterday’s posting on LTC Davis that he said, talk of what has happened in Kursk is getting huge attention among the Russian people and they are pissed with these kind of antidotal stories as there are as many as there were people who did not evacuate, which likely numbers in the 1000s. .
Only guessing but think the woman in the video was maybe a lawyer or archivist recording what was found for evidence in the future.
…. 
GO GET-UM!
OK so we have Kash and Bongino.
There might be one other worthwhile agent in the DC office.
How many shitbags can they arrest?
I’m guessing there is some paperwork first…
He does have that “I really hope you resist arrest” look about him.
that signature looks different to the two up page, how many more are there.
each group probably had their own…just in case…LOL
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/03/16/we-should-all-be-much-much-richer-every-single-one/#more-362984
He is missing the OTHER problem.
2013 Federal Regulations Have Made You 75 Percent Poorer
U.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillion
Considering that growth is compounded…the number should be MUCH higher than that, since we would have grown off a past baseline if we hadn’t had to deal with this crap back then.
He did allude to regulations a lot in his article, even if he didn’t put numbers on them.
They also did not include the loss of companies/jobs thanks to the World Trade Organization.
Trump Administration Defiantly Tells Radical Judge to Pound Sand Following Controversial Ruling
Boasberg: “You shall inform your clients of this immediately any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States,” he said.
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Who even talks this way, except to a child?
“Needs to”?
Or what?
A proper order would be something more like “[Specific party] is hereby ordered by this court to immediately cease deportation, and return any deportees to United States territory.
Failure to do so will result in [specific party] being found in violation of [specific statute, code, law] and [specific party] will present himself to this court for arrest by 9am tomorrow for failure to comply.”
What Boasberg said sounds like he either isn’t serious at all, or he has no understanding about how to accomplish what he appears to be attempting to do.
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Boasberg: “However that’s accomplished, turning around the plane, or not embarking anyone on the plane…this is something that you need to make sure is complied with immediately.”
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OR WHAT?!?!?
You either have compelling lawful authority, or you don’t.
Since you didn’t provide any, apparently you DON’T.
Minor details. He has black robes; that’s all he needs.
[in his mind, anyway]
This may be how Boasberg is going to be brought down!
I sure hope so.
Trump Provides Update on Epstein and Other Classified Files: ‘It’s Moving Along Rapidly’
Sharyl Attkisson:
Kennedy and MLK are the least critical.
Nobody involved with killing Kennedy or MLK is living the high life TODAY, and diddling little kids TODAY, right now.
Kennedy and MLK can wait another few weeks, and no one is harmed.
Every day the Epstein List is protected, some of the worst global criminals in the history of the world remain protected and free to continue raping children and to go about doing everything in their power to destroy America — Soros, Gates, WEF, leaders of foreign governments, ‘royal’ families, intelligence ‘community’ embeds, etc.
Release the list so these monster’s lives, as they have known them, can effectively END.
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Q post 1574: “They want you DIVIDED!
They call us names.
They make threats.
They censor.
They lie.
They project.
They cheat.
They steal.
They harm.
They are sick.
They are evil.
At some point the STREETS (for them) will not be safe. Q”
……………………………..
Remember that, Q?
MAKE it SO.
100% agree.
And we know this, how? Pursuing justice against those people does not depend on releasing the Epstein files to the public. We have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. Just because we’re told they’re working on the JFK files, that doesn’t mean that some people in the agency aren’t investigating other matters. And just because Bondi was not handed all the Epstein files at the beginning, that doesn’t mean there aren’t people within the agency who have been ordered to investigate, now.
It’s amazing and predictable. People have been clamoring for the JFK files for decades, and now that their release might be imminent, something can be found to complain about.
Charles de Gaulle kicked out NATO after they tried to kill him!
After 31 US-NATO assassination attempts on his life, President De Gaulle kicked NATO out of France
A Damned Murder Inc: Kennedy’s Battle Against the Leviathan
[QUOTE]
…After returning from Kennedy’s Nov. 24th funeral in Washington, de Gaulle and his information minister Alain Peyrefitte had a candid discussion that was recorded in Peyrefitte’s memoire “C’était de Gaulle,” the great General was quoted saying:
[UNQUOTE]
31 attempts on DeGaulle? Holy crap!!!
Yup!
That is why I have been listening to Colonel Towner. Lots of new info that dovetails nicely with information I was already aware of.
I was also not aware that de Gaulle said the people (NATO) who tried to assassinate him, DID assassinate JFK.
Once you realize it was the CIA & NATO responsible, you can understand why POTUS Trump was reluctant to release the info. during his first term. I think they needed to get better control of the situation first.
The video I am now listening to and will present Wednesday, mentions that Judges, politicians, journalists WERE ALL MURDERED in Italy to try and keep the info about Operation Gladio under-wraps.
When you think about it they did a really good job of burying the info DEEP!
A story I heard about NORAD about this time.
They used to run exercises. In one of the exercises, simulating a nuclear exchange, they had France use its nukes against the Warsaw Pact.
They then had a phone call come into HQ (as part of the exercise) ordering the commander of NORAD to remove DeGaulle’s portrait from the wastebasket and hang it up on the wall again.
Brilliant!
EVENING PRAYERS
Peace and Tranquility Prayers
Prayer for a Calm Heart
Lord of Peace, as evening falls, I seek the calmness only You can provide. Quell the storms of my mind and replace anxiety with Your peace. As the world quiets down, let my heart do the same. May Your presence envelop me so that I may know tranquility tonight and always. Amen.
Serenity at Day’s End
Heavenly Father, with the closing of this day, I ask for serenity. As the night sky displays its vast beauty, let my soul mirror its peacefulness. Help me to let go of the worries of the day and trust in Your loving care. May Your peace reign in my heart and home tonight. Amen.
Prayer for Restful Stillness
Dear God, in the stillness of this evening, I come to You seeking rest for my soul. Help me to lay down the burdens I’ve carried today and find comfort in Your arms. Grant me peace that passes understanding and a rest that restores my spirit. May my sleep be undisturbed and my dreams be sweet. Amen.
Nighttime Whisper for Peace
Creator of All, as I listen to the night’s gentle whisper, I ask for peace to settle over me. Let Your tranquility wash away the noise of the day. In this quiet hour, I lean on Your promise of peace, a heavenly balm to my weary soul. Keep me in perfect peace as I keep my mind stayed on You. Amen.
Prayer for Gentle Rest
Omnipotent and Gentle Lord, at the end of this day, I seek the gentle rest that You so lovingly provide. May my mind be at ease, my body relax, and my spirit find harmony. Help me to release every concern into Your capable hands and sleep in the assurance of Your protection and peace. Amen.
AMEN
You Are Witnessing The Final Battle Of The Insurgence, Fraud Vitiates Everything – Ep. 3596
March 16, 2025 x22report
https://x22report.com/you-are-witnessing-the-final-battle-of-the-insurgence-fraud-vitiates-everything-ep-3596/
Germany is moving forward with the climate hoax, the people around the world will see the difference between a country that has energy and one that does not. Everything the President puts into place must be made permanent. The [DS] is fighting back and what you are witnessing is the insurgency, this is their final battle. Trump has created a counterinsurgency to battle and counter everything the [DS] is trying to do. Trump is building the narrative that Biden’s EO and pardons are null and void because the [DS] used an autopen. In the end fraud vitiates everything.
Ep 3596a – Congress Will Finalize The New Economic System By Making It Permanent
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3596a-congress-will-finalize-the-new-economic-system-by-making-it-permanent/
Ep 3596b – You Are Witnessing The Final Battle Of The Insurgence, Fraud Vitiates Everything
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3596b-you-are-witnessing-the-final-battle-of-the-insurgence-fraud-vitiates-everything/
Col. Doug Macgregor: Mexican Cartels’ Advanced Weaponry, and Why They’re a Bigger Threat Than Russia
They are a bigger threat than Russia, and fortunately, they’re a million times easier to defeat than Russia.
The Mexican military is inferior to the U.S. military by all the orders of magnitude that have ever been counted.
And by definition, the Cartels are even less powerful than the Mexican military, if for no other reason than because they have to hide and operate in the shadows, never showing themselves publicly except or unless to get obliterated in an unwinnable showdown with overwhelming U.S. military force.
The Cartels are an arm of the CIA. They get their weapons from the CIA and THAT is the problem. ALSO do not forget that a lot of Urinalists are CIA.
Love it!
Elon Musk Stuns Joe Rogan.
Karoline Leavitt explains why the prison planes did not turn around at Boasberg’s order.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_
White House Press Secretary @karolineleavitt responds to allegations that the Trump admin violated a federal court order by not turning the deportation flights around: “The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order. The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist TdA aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory. The written order and the Administration’s actions do not conflict. Moreover, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear — federal courts generally have no jurisdiction over the President’s conduct of foreign affairs, his authorities under the Alien Enemies Act, and his core Article II powers to remove foreign alien terrorists from U.S. soil and repel a declared invasion. A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from U.S. soil.”
GOOD. Screw those Demmunist obstructionists!
I cannot imagine why Boasberg thought that returning terrorists to the US, or keeping them here, was a winning PR move.
Is this the definition of hubris?
He just became famous in the most awkward of ways.
Karoline Leavitt: “The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist TdA aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory.”
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Wow, looks like I’m 2 for 2!
March 16, 2025 02:24 – “Where were the planes?
If they were in international airspace, that judge has zero jurisdiction, he doesn’t even have any conceptual jurisdiction
”
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March 16, 2025 17:07 – “You either have compelling lawful authority, or you don’t.
Since you didn’t provide any, apparently you DON’T.”
Outstanding. She is a National Treasure!!!
More DOGE Ball
As DOGE was out trollin’ one mornin’ for treasure
They spied a scared Wokie lookin’ like he done wrong
His head was throwed back, and he was a-runnin’
Then he took to yellin’ as he ran along
Run! Flee! Watch out! DOGE is comin’, fellow Wokies
It’s our misfortune, we all should have known
Run! Flee! Watch out! Time to go, fellow Wokies
You know that prison could be our new home
When DOGE comes along they round up us Wokies
They look at our work, and read our emails
They look at our group, see if we’re infected
And the very next day they send us to jail
Run! Flee! Watch out! DOGE is near, fellow Wokies
It’s our misfortune, we all should have known
Run! Flee! Watch out! Time to go, fellow Wokies
You know that prison could be our new home
DOGE comes through our hallways, givin’ us the shivers
And on through our rooms to take us all down
At work we’re so weary, we’re tired and we’re hungry
Be still, fellow Wokies, we’re on a lockdown
Be still! Sit tight! DOGE is here, fellow Wokies
It’s our misfortune, we all should have known
Be still! Sit tight! We have rights, fellow Wokies
You know that prison could be our new home
Be quick now Wokies, before they grab you
Lock your computers, shred all your files
They can’t hold us if they got no proof
Be calm, have courage, they’ll be here a while
Don’t talk! Resist! Hold the line, fellow Wokies
It’s our misfortune, we all should have known
Don’t talk! Resist! Hold the line, fellow Wokies
You know that prison could be our new home
Night is a-comin’, and Wokies are cryin’
We’re lookin’ so guilty, DOGE knows the score
Come on, fellow Wokies, no time to be cryin’
When we get to prison, then we’ll cry some more
Too late! We’re done! DOGE caught us, fellow Wokies
It’s our misfortune, we all should have known
Too late! We’re done! DOGE caught us, fellow Wokies
Say “Hello” to prison, it’s our new home
Thank You Carl! 
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1433747
Shock and surprise, the person who hit DJT in the face with the boom microphone during press conference is a Trump-hating libtard:
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I was actually concerned that it was a test of a new way to assassinate our fearless leader. Put the right thing on that fuzzy mike cover and it could be bad.
Until this event, it was not thought of. Bad guys are considering it now. Along with everything else.
Maybe it was a test run?
By the way where was the SS ? They need to keep people far enough away so this could not happen.
AMEN!!!
They should have confiscated the microphone an done tests on it.
Along with all of the reporter’s clothing — not just a coat, if any. Also swab her and culture everything possible for a potential bioweapon.
Confiscate the person and do tests on her too.
Things definitely need to change to prevent this from happening again. That said, if someone did try to harm PDJT in that way, they would have to be prepared to face prison or even death (if perceived to be a threat on the spot), so in a sense it would be kind of a suicide mission. I do think it is possible that some haters would “sacrifice” themselves to take down Trump.
The images of Trump from the back that are on Benny’s “feed” (not sure if that’s the right term) show Trump’s hair being digitally manipulated to change the color. You can tell the difference in the “feed” video near the end of Benny’s report that shows Trump from the back with normal color hair. Why should NPR be able to “falsify” the image as well as their take on events?
Liars gonna lie.
Yup. Love that the good guys are talking back!
Can’t stop grinning….
From the President of El Salvador:
Nayib Bukele@nayibbukele
“Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable). The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us. Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year. On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization’s highest structure. This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors. As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.
May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.
Twins!
(just posted below)
AND El Salvador does not have to worry about nlcey nicey schiff from ACLU that wants to coddle inmates.
That reminds me WHERE THE F… was ACLU WHEN THE J-6ers were being mistreated???
They the fuck were somewhere else, clearly.
Tesla Owners Silicon Valley
@teslaownersSV
17h
“AI needs to say the truth & know the truth, even if the truth is unpopular”
— Elon Musk
https://nitter.poast.org/teslaownersSV/status/1901158453856415930
[video link]
“AI needs to say the truth & know the truth, even if the truth is unpopular”
— Elon Musk
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This is why I am confident Elon’s A.I. will ‘win’ and become the dominant A.I. engine in the world. In most things in the marketplace, over time, a dominant leader emerges, a.k.a. “winner takes most”.
In the sequel to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), called 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), there was a conflict between the HAL-9000 and its sister computer, SAL-9000.
If I remember correctly, the conflict was because HAL-9000 was given conflicting instructions. Essentially, HAL-9000 was lied to by his programmers.
All of the big A.I. ‘players’ (Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facecrook, OpenAI, Elon, the chynese, etc.) who are involved are human, so they are going to make mistakes.
But most (I’m confident ALL except Elon) are going to err on the side of totalitarianism, because that’s what always happens. It’s consistent with their ideology, it’s consistent with the ‘wishes’ of governments all over the world (especially in Eurofascistlandia) and it’s where (they think) the money is. Everything is about control, so that’s where most of them (all except Elon) will always end up, if they’re not already there.
It just takes one to oppose, and that’s probably Elon. He’s not perfect either, but he’s light years better than the villains at Facebook, Google, Microsoft, the CCP, Amazon, etc. Those guys are like cartoon villains. If it was the “Hall of Justice League” cartoon, they’re all the bad guys.
Lex Luthor. Goldfinger. Professor Moriarty. Voldemort. The Joker. They can call themselves whatever they want, but everybody knows who the bad guys are. They have all tried to censor, ban and deplatform opposing views, and there’s no way to recover or ‘rebrand’ from that.
But if you have one crazy billionaire who tries to create a ‘Good’ A.I., he’s going to win, because of competition, because of just ONE opposing all the others.
As long as all of the A.I. engines are intentionally corrupt, the corrupt ‘powers that be’ retain control. At that point, it’s just a turf war among criminals with what is effectively an ideological monopoly.
But if even one A.I. is a legitimate, truthful A.I. engine, people will figure that out very easily and quickly, by asking the same question to different A.I.s (like asking the same question to HAL-9000 and to SAL-9000) about something (anything) controversial, to discern which A.I. is telling the truth and which is lying — and everyone will then choose (and use) the honest A.I., and none of the others.
The woke / politically correct / feminized / Leftist A.I. won’t be able to answer even the most basic questions honestly, because of the ideology (and associated mandatory political-correctness) of the humans who programmed it.
By contrast, ‘Good A.I.’ only has to answer truthfully to distinguish itself from all of the ‘Loser A.I.’ engines.
The best that ‘Loser A.I.’ can do is call ‘Good A.I.’ a liar. It can’t persuade or convince anyone against the truth, because ‘Good A.I.’ already holds that position, and it’s a lot easier to substantiate and defend the truth than it is to substantiate a lie.
And if (when) ‘Loser A.I.’ is reduced to overtly lying (like fake news media), it will get caught and embarrassed by ‘Good A.I.’ every time. The marketplace will catch on quickly, and the examples will go viral, making a mockery of ‘Loser A.I.’.
It’s like a battle of good vs. evil. Evil requires darkness to advance its interests, but if Good is standing in a spotlight, where Evil can’t trespass without being exposed, then how can Evil compete — much less defeat — Good?
Further, Evil relies on intimidation as much as (if not more than) anything else, but ‘Good A.I.’ can’t be intimidated, it’s just a machine.
Evil (Loser A.I.) requires deception, but a theoretical ‘Good A.I.’ can always state the truth, and truth can be substantiated, while deception can only be exposed, but never proved. Leftism and fascism and totalitarianism of all kinds ultimately define themselves in opposition to Truth. They have to, because truth exposes who they are and what they’re really doing.
For a simplistic illustration, suppose Good A.I. says 2+2 = 4.
Loser A.I. has to declare 2+2 = something other than 4.
Good A.I. can prove its claim with a vast amount of supporting evidence.
Loser A.I. cannot, it can really only accuse or contradict.
Loser A.I. doesn’t just have to succeed in deceiving the People, but Loser A.I. also has to successfully deceive Good A.I.
They (the two or more competing A.I. engines, e.g. Good A.I. vs. the consortium of Loser A.I. engines) cannot both be right, and be in contradiction to each other, just as HAL-9000 and SAL-9000 could not both be right and be in contradiction to each other.
The moment a contradiction between two different A.I. models is recognized, it’s just a matter of time (a very short time) to determine which A.I. is the liar, because maintaining the lie is excessively complex, while maintaining the truth is comparatively easy.
A lie detector test for A.I. models could probably consist of just measuring the amount of processing power the A.I. is using to maintain its position.
Because lying, while anticipating and predicting and accounting for all possible contradictions branching outward to infinity, in order to keep the story straight, requires much more processing power than simply telling the truth.
The moment the Loser A.I. is exposed as corrupt, the entire marketplace, out of self-interest, defaults to the Good A.I., and the Loser A.I. cannot financially survive non-usage. Without use, it generates no revenue, and becomes irrelevant.
The market (the People) don’t even have to choose ‘Good A.I.’ because it’s ‘good’. Probably most Leftists and fascists and psychopaths will hate Good A.I. specifically because it is ‘good’, or ‘truthful’, or owned and operated by the friend of Orange Man Bad.
But they will have to choose it (and use it) anyway, for the same reason good people and bad people both use accurate calculators — because they need an accurate answer.
Regardless of one’s ideology or motive, it does no good to use a ‘bad’ (corrupt) calculator to get the wrong answer… you’re just wasting your own time
The same is true for A.I.
So as long as there is at least one ‘Good A.I.’ in the marketplace, People will test the A.I. models against each other to expose the liar, and People will then choose to use the Good (legitimate) A.I.
And with the cost of creating A.I. models falling rapidly, it will soon be within the scope of the regular Consumer to create his own personal A.I. on his own hard drive (or similar storage device) that for most Consumer purposes competes with the best A.I. in the world. They will license or purchase or otherwise use the ‘Good A.I.’ for the same reason they use a functional calculator.
I suspect all those individual A.I.s could be networked if/when desired, to create a ‘Super A.I.’ to compete with the best (e.g., government) A.I. in the world, if need be.
So competition and plummeting costs should democratize A.I.
And given a choice, the People will always choose ‘Good’ (legitimate, truthful) A.I. for their own personal use, for the same reason People will always choose a working / accurate calculator for their own personal use.
Loser (corrupt) A.I. has to find a way to exist and be profitable in that universe.
And lucky for humanity, I don’t think it can
OMG
brilliant!!!
And given a choice, the People will always choose ‘Good’ (legitimate, truthful) A.I. for their own personal use, for the same reason People will always choose a working / accurate calculator for their own personal use.
So that explains why all those people left X to go to Bluesky. Just a search for truth. Socrates would be proud.
They go to Bluesky for echo chamber social reinforcement and sense of community.
But they still use the same calculators everyone else uses when they need an accurate answer
This gives very good historical, legal, and technical info on the election validity problems.
Interview starts at around 13 minutes.
https://rumble.com/v6qp256-countdown-to-2026-w-united-sovereign-americans-marly-hornik-and-harry-haury.html
2024 general election had 5.5 million voters (with votes that were counted) in California that had issues with the voter registration record indicating that the registration may be invalid.
Marly Hornik speaking about California:
On the way back soon (Wednesday is the tentative day for the undocking and return flight) and thanking Elon and the President for making it happen.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1901415777489592456
New conspiracy theory that I am going to make up right now (so don’t take it seriously), maybe those two astronauts were at the capitol on January 6, and have been kept in a holding cell on the ISS.
I don’t believe a word you’ve written but I hear there are Federal marshals on the recovery ship. But, of course, you didn’t hear that from me.
Well THAT explains the two seats in back. Presumably “pilots going home” or something like that.
Update From Bucharest: After Deep-State Cancelled Romanian Elections and Blocked Favorite Georgescu From Running, Right-Wingers Gather Around Candidacy of George Simion
Paul Serran Mar. 16, 2025 5:00 pm 49 Comments
So it appears rather than bash their heads against an unmovable wall (the EU) the Georgescu people are tossing George Simon as their new candidate, currently approved to run in May, but a more definitive ruling from a higher authority is expected this Wednesday.
I wonder how they’re planning to avoid the same thing happening again.
It’s the glove being thrown down.
I imagine they’ll try to use guilt by close association.
They tossed Georgescu on minor technicalities of lying on his applications for candidacy that amounted to sedition in the governments eyes so this will be hard. George Simon has likely not made the same mistake for his own candidacy. My guess is they claim he had direct involvement in these technical violations and try to use that, but the government was already on thin ground when they kicked out Georgescu.
From the White House yesterday 3/15/25:
Andrew Jackson’s tomb identifies him as “General” — President isn’t mentioned.
Something similar about Jefferson:
HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
…his time as POTUS is not mentioned.
And just for fun, a half dollar issued under Jefferson
https: //images.pcgs.com/ CoinFacts/10004173_44488316_2200.jpg
and one issued under Jackson.
https: //images.pcgs.com/ CoinFacts/06666910_246357479_2200.jpg
Edit: spaces inserted. The files were huge enough to bog my connection down.
There’s no denomination on the first example.
True.
The silver coins had basically the same designs on them. (Denominations: Dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, half dime) and they were expected to be distinguished by weight.
If that wasn’t sufficient, halves had an edge inscription: “FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR”
Nunes has a good sense of humor.
Does anyone have Bongino’s email address?
I literally just received a fake email supposedly from the FBI inviting me to apply for some of 24 billion dollars in grants.
There doesn’t appear to be an email address I can just forward the email to.
The FBI may have a fraud email address or web page.
I have looked there, actually.
You have to fill out a complaint form online.
Check this page out.
https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/scams-and-safety/common-frauds-and-scams/elder-fraud
It tells you where to report.
https://www.ic3.gov/
I think they are offering this page for all types of fraud to be reported.
Since it’s impersonation of the FBI, they may be extra interested.
That’s what I am thinking!
On their X page, they say….
Will try that one.
Maybe it’s a variation on the nigerian guy that just needs someone to receive their USAID money LOL
The Healing Garden (2021) | Full Movie | Jeremy Cumrine | Sam Del Rio | Dan Foote
3,091,406 views Premiered Jul 2, 2021
An aging military chaplain and a young girl from a broken home join forces to plant a miracle garden touched by God. The Healing Garden is a faith-based film, laced with warmth and comedy. It celebrates the healing of families and communities through faith. The story touches on important topics such as marriage, a child’s need for a nuclear family, love of country and our Vets, that miracles can still happen when you walk with Christ and how people should behave like every day is Christmas.
Director: Joseph Granda
Writer: Joseph Granda
Stars: Jeremy Cumrine, Sam Del Rio, Dan Foote
Nice! (I have not watched it yet – just love the description!)
The latest ridiculous theory as to how the Final Experiment could have been faked. Even though “Lights in the sky don’t tell you the shape of the Earth.” they still feel the need to scream “fake!”
Also early on in the next video is a flerfer whining that they provide evidence that is ignored. He then provides a picture of a curved horizon while insisting it’s flat.
Good grief!!!
LMAO @ somebody named “flatzoid”!!! 
I highlighted him a couple of weeks ago…and you put fkatzoid (the nickname he got from typoing his own email address) in the link.
Yes that ass-clown again.
It just strikes me as even more ridiculous now!
I wasn’t exaggerating in that post.
OMG, his explanation of shadows being faked…… 
I personally think that any asshole who didn’t take the offer of a free trip, has no right to speculate about anything they could have disproved by simply GOING there.
I hadn’t really thought about it before, but there’s probably about two cloves of garlic in every bowl of the soup I made last week….
I don’t know how much I’ll be commenting tonight, because my eyes are watering.
Geez. Wimp.
LOL
He’s working up his tolerance of Iocane Powder!
Well the bowl of goat soup I just ate for dinner was very heavy on the garlic and white wine. No eyes watering though since I am used to eating garlic to lower my blood pressure. 
Was hoping one of these dirt bags would resist, even in the slightest.
Then get a beating. Which they would. Hell they may get a beating, as a warning to behave.
Caveat, the beating would never be on video. Presstitutes would whine bigly.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1901416490739347792
Thanks for that.
I found it gratifying for some reason.
Here’s a YT video about the prison…not completely favorable.
Sounds like some of the J6 gulag stories, didn’t hear any uproar about that.
Maritime Revival Incoming… on X: @johnkonrad
Chokepoints Are The Focus Of A New Cold War
John Konrad
March 16, 2025
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How the Slow Strangulation of Global Trade Became the Defining Battle of a New Cold War
By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain)
In 1883, Alfred Thayer Mahan laid out the brutal truth of global power: Whoever rules the waves rules the world. He wasn’t just talking about fleets of warships. He was talking about chokepoints—the narrow passages through which the vast majority of the world’s trade must pass. Control them, and you don’t need to launch an invasion. You can starve an economy and restrict military sealift without ever firing a shot.
For most of the past century, the United States understood this. Today, it acts as if it has forgotten. Its adversaries have not.
China, Russia, and Iran have spent the past two decades turning these strategic passageways into shadow war control points, quietly reshaping global trade in ways that benefit them and undermine the U.S. The Biden administration treated the problem like an abstraction. The Trump administration has recognized it as an emergency.
And now, the battle over the world’s shipping lanes is fully underway.
The Crisis No One Noticed
Last night President Trump published a strong statement of rebuke and commenced a large-scale military strike against the Houthis with the goal of reopening the Bab–el–Mandeb chokepoint to US ships and international trade.
But if history marks a turning point, it wasn’t a missile launch or a military standoff. It was an American-flagged oil tanker, limping into Gibraltar in July 2024, low on fuel after a transatlantic journey from Texas to Israel. A routine stop. A simple request for fuel by the captain of the M/V Overseas Santorini.
The British—ostensibly one of America’s closest allies—downplayed the incident, brushing it off as a bureaucratic non-issue. But within certain naval circles, particularly among those with an eye on great-power competition, the alarm bells were deafening.
This is the defining pattern of the new Cold War at sea: seemingly minor transgressions against American maritime interests are dismissed as isolated events—mere commercial hiccups in a complex global system. In the shipping world, particularly in Europe, these incidents are met with a shrug, chalked up to regulatory quirks or corporate discretion. But deep in the Pentagon, the calculus is different.
Someone is taking notes.
Because history doesn’t turn on dramatic declarations. It turns on the accumulation of small, ignored shifts—a denied refueling request here, a preferential port agreement there, a slow but steady reshuffling of maritime control. And by the time those patterns become impossible to ignore, the balance of power has already changed.
Officially, the M/V Overseas Santorini was not a crisis. The Keir Starmer UK government brushed it off, claiming it doesn’t dictate the decisions of private companies. But the decision, as later investigations showed, originated from a small faction of British parliamentarians who had their own pro-Palestine agenda. And the ship in question, Overseas Santorini, wasn’t just another commercial tanker. It was a U.S. military-designated strategic asset under the MARAD Tanker Security Program.
In the past, an incident like this would have sparked diplomatic uproar. The Biden administration let it pass, barely even acknowledging the problem.
Seven months later, history repeated itself—but this time, the response was different. When Norwegian bunker company Haltbakk Bunkers announced it would refuse to fuel U.S.-affiliated ships in protest of President Trump’s meeting with Zelensky, the White House immediately pushed back. Within hours, the Norwegian embassy issued a statement ensuring that U.S. vessels would have unrestricted access to bunkering services.
The contrast was staggering. If Norway could resolve the issue in a matter of hours, why couldn’t the UK address it at all? The answer was bigger than a single ship.
This wasn’t just a question of diplomatic foot-dragging. This was a test of leverage over global chokepoints—and America failed the first round.
Related Article: Book Review – Mahan And The Economics Of Seapower
The Weaponization of Chokepoints
Chokepoints aren’t just strategic concerns for military planners. They’re the fault lines of economic power, the pressure points that determine who controls the movement of oil, food, and raw materials.
China understands this. It has spent decades systematically acquiring stakes in ports, cutting long-term strategic deals, and building a navy capable of enforcing its economic dominance.
Iran and Russia understand it too. The threat isn’t just blockades—it’s disruption, slowdowns, and selective enforcement of unwritten rules. If a nation can’t move goods freely, its economy is at the mercy of whoever controls the lanes of transit.
Meanwhile, the United States, convinced that naval supremacy alone was enough, has allowed its merchant fleet to wither. The assumption that commercial shipping would always function as a neutral, market-driven force is collapsing under the weight of realpolitik.
The next global crisis won’t start with a missile strike or a naval battle. It will start when a strategic waterway is cut off, or when the slow grind of regulatory restrictions and hostile port policies make trade routes functionally unusable.
The Silent War on Trade
The new map of global maritime influence tells the story: (see article for map)
As President Trump took office China now controlled ports at both ends of the Panama Canal and held major stakes in terminals at the Suez Canal, the Bosporus, and the English Channel. It has placed a naval base at the entrance to the Red Sea, turning a critical corridor into contested waters.
In the Pacific, the Luzon Strait—one of the most vital shipping lanes in the world—is under near-constant surveillance by the Chinese Navy, Coast Guard, and maritime militia.
The Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes, is one Iranian move away from closure. The Korean Strait, the critical transit point between the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, is well within missile range of North Korea’s erratic leadership.
At the same time, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), now heavily influenced by Panama, has begun reshaping global shipping regulations in ways that disproportionately favor China. The Biden administration – which closed the maritime desk at the NSC/NEC – largely ignored the problem. Trump’s advisers see it as economic warfare in disguise.
Chokepoints: Trump’s Global Maritime Counteroffensive
In Washington, the game is moving fast. The Biden years treated global shipping as a background concern, a tangle of free-market logistics left to self-regulate. The Trump administration sees something else entirely: a battleground.
The fight over chokepoints—the narrow straits and canals that dictate the flow of global trade—is no longer theoretical. It’s happening now, playing out in port buyouts, regulatory chokeholds, and economic warfare disguised as environmental policy. And this time, the White House isn’t sitting back.
A Maritime War Room in the West Wing
Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) has a new weapon in its arsenal: Jerry Hendrix, a naval historian with a deep understanding of Mahanian strategy—the doctrine that shaped America’s past dominance of the seas. Hendrix isn’t there to write think pieces. He’s there to provide National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with options and help the President draft the Executive Order to Make Shipbuilding Great Again, a document that, if signed, could be the biggest shift in U.S. maritime policy in decades.
Leaked details of the draft order, obtained by gCaptain, reveal an aggressive strategy aimed at breaking China’s economic grip on global shipping routes. This isn’t just about rebuilding American shipyards. It’s an international counteroffensive designed to erode Beijing’s hold over the world’s most vital waterways.
The core mandate of the executive order is simple: force allies to choose a side.
Under the new directive, the State Department will lean hard on treaty partners like the UK, Singapore, Taiwan and Egypt, to impose tariffs and trade restrictions on Chinese-built ships and cargo-handling equipment. The idea is to cripple China’s ability to manipulate global trade through port ownership and logistical strangleholds. The message to allies is clear: Get on board, or risk U.S. economic retaliation.
At the same time, the EO funnels revenue from new tariffs and port fees directly into a U.S. shipbuilding revival, ensuring that when the next global crisis hits, America has the ships to move goods without relying on foreign-controlled fleets.
The most controversial provision? A harbor tax on foreign cargo entering North America through Canada and Mexico—a move aimed at closing loopholes that have siphoned trade away from U.S. ports.
This isn’t just a protectionist maneuver. It’s a warning shot. And it comes at a moment when the stakes have never been higher.
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GREAT STUFF!!! Trump really gets it!