May 11, 2024
I've long warned about the collapse of American agriculture and how it is a tool for the collectivization of the U.S.
When Japan first modernized they did not do what so many other Third World nations did; they didn't concentrate on industry and military technology, but first emphasized modernizing their farming. Their theory was that they first needed to be able to feed everyone and not have to buy food from overseas. It worked; Japan became a world power and within a few years defeated the Russians in the Russo-Japanese war, the first time a non-western nation defeated a modern Western country.
I've also argued that the internationalists have sought to impose a hydraulic empire, which is a condition where the state owns and controls all the water, or in the modern incarnation the energy also. In this situation they want to control the production and distribution of food. The family farm must go in favor of a factory farm controlled and regulated by government. Then food becomes a luxury afforded to friends of the state and enemies of the state wind up starving. That was how the classic hydraulic empire worked; they cut off water to rebellious provinces and the folks there starved as their crops died. It worked that way in China and in Egypt.
Hydraulic empires never have revolutions; the ruling class remains in power unless overthrown by others in the ruling class OR by an outside power. But the leviathan in the Western World, the New World Order types, have labored to put the whole world under their system. There will likely be no foreign intervention.
There has been a long term war against American agriculture. (American farmers feed not just the nation but the whole world, I might add.) Endless regulations, ever tightening financial problems and lack of loans, inflation, high gas prices, etc. have all gone towards squeezing the small farmer out (as Stalin did to the Kulaks in Ukraine.) If we lose the small farmer the government will own and control all food - and then they own us.
Well, it's starting to happen:
US agriculture in deep decline as incomes collapse for farmers, equipment manufacturers
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If the family farm dies they will be feeding us bugs and lawn weeds and we will own nothing and be happy, or so they will force us to say.
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Famous French thinker and enlightenment N. S. Schamphor on the brief history of all mankind is quite pessimistic, though not without good grounds, noted the following: "Natural disasters and all the perversities that mankind has endured have forced people to create society. Society has multiplied the misfortunes that nature condemned them. The imperfection of society created the need to create the state, and the state aggravated the vices of society. That's the whole story of humanity. ... Society, rather, the so-called light, is nothing but a battle arena of many petty and contradictory interests, an eternal clash of vain claims that clash, fight, injure and humiliate each other, paying for yesterday's victory with the bitterness of today's defeat. About the one who prefers to live in private and stays away from this disgusting dump, ... they say that he is nothing, that he does not live, but yawns. Poor humanity ! " .
Translated from Russian
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Economics 101
1) the government does not make or produce a single product. Only businesses make things.
2) the government's sole monetary function is to take money from taxpayers, print money and redistribute that same money.
3) money taken from taxpayers in the form of taxes is simply and only a redistribution function and produces zero, nothing, nada. See #1 above.
The issue is that the government spends too much money not that taxpayers pay too little tax.
One amendment to #2 and #3: politicians use these functions to enhance their chances of being reelected. (Term limits may be the best way to reign in government spending.)
Lastly, think about what functions only the government can perform or provide versus what functions people can provide on their own.
Once you come up with a list, my guess is you'll understand why the government is bloated. For example, it's unlikely that any person can provide a military.
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What was in the vaccine for Pfizer employees and elites that was different from the shots distributed across the world?!! What did they know about the shots that they didn’t want the unwashed masses to know about!
Pfizer Whistleblower Leaks Email Showing Company Provided 'Separate' Covid Shots for Employees - Slay News
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May 10, 2024
Well finally Missouri Governor Mike Parsons does something right.
Missouri Gov. Parson Signs Bill Banning Abortion Providers From Medicaid Reimbursements
The dim-witted Republican usually fumbles the ball. I guess this time he couldn't screw up.
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Hamas has suspended negotiations with Israel now that Joe Biden has illegally suspended aid to the embattled Jewish state.
Gee; whoda seen that coming?
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Politico: Speaker Johnson Refuses to Defund Biden's Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith
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In unilaterally withholding funds to Israel to stop them from going into Rafah Joe Biden is in direct violation of the Empoundment Control Act of1974, an act that has been found Constitutional by the Supreme Court.
This was the basis for the impeachment of Donald Trump who only SUGGESTED he might withhold funds. Biden has actually done it.
Therefore Congress should impeach Joe Biden. Or do the Democrats believe this law is only applicable to Trump?
Hat tip:Tom Waeghe.
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BREAKING: ICE will begin issuing taxpayer-funded ID cards to illegal aliens this summer.
If this is the case, then WHY aren't "they" issuing Voter Registration or Voter ID's to everyone who is a LEGAL American citizen & allowed to vote????
Taxpayer-funded ID program for illegal immigrants expected to begin this summer
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Fact Check: Biden Claimed Inflation was 9% as he Entered Office - Truth Paints a Much Different Story
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I banged out this little ditty to the tune of Camptown Races for Occupy Wall Street some years ago. It's now slighly modified for the campus protests (didn't take much. With apologies to Stephan Foster:
The camptown ladies sing this song
doo-dah, doo-dah
it's getting late and I've lost my bong
oh-da-doo-dah-day!
Gonna raise all night,
gonna protest all day
I got no money, I'm a leftist hag
and the bourgeois pigs will pay!
The hippies treat me like a whore
doo-dah, doo-dah
They're all worked up by Michael Moore
Oh-da-doo-dah-day!
Gonna raise hell all night,
gonna protest all day
I got no money, I'm a leftist hag
and the bourgeois pigs will pay!
We've got no showers or t.v.
doo-dah, doo-dah
But we do have crabs and some t.b.
oh-the-doo-dah-day!
Gonna raise all night,
gonna protest all day
I got no money, I'm a leftist hag
and the bourgeois pigs will pay!
We stink, we're loud, and quite irate
doo-dah, doo-dah
we all demand a Marxist state!
oh-da-do-dah-day!
Gonna raise hell all night,
gonna protest all day
I got no money, I'm a leftist hag
and the bourgeois pigs will pay!
We have no money to pay the rent
doo-dah, doo-dah
so we hang out here inside a tent
oh-da-do-dah-day!
we'd rather live here like some slobs
doo-dah, doo-dah
then waste our time on real jobs
oh-da-do-dah-day!
We only want what we deem fair
doo-dah, doo-dah
free food and schools and free healthcare
oh-da-do-dah-day!!
so we hang around and smoke our dope
doo-dah, doo-dah
though desperately we need some soap
oh-da-do-dah-day
Out here peddling our behinds
doo-da, doo-da
saying it's all for Palestine
oh the doodah day
fired up on pot and booze
doo-dah,doo-dah
Chanting how we hate the Jews
oh the do-dah day
Gonna raise hell all night,
gonna protest all day
I got no money, I'm a leftist hag
and the bourgeois pigs will pay!
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Ice capped land around the world would include Greenland. The predominant calving glaciers are the Jacobshaven glacier flowing into the Davis Strait to the West and the Petermann glacier flowing into the Arctic Ocean.
Penetrating radar surveys by the U.S. National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have determined that Greenland is virtually a bowl with subglacial lakes and channels. This melt water is produced due to Iceland’s magma chamber extending beneath the interior of Greenland. The NSIDC’s surveys also identified that at the bottoms of these two glaciers there are gravel beds cut through rock during the Ice Ages when the ice was thicker and the greater weight ground down the walls and bottom. These gravel beds are flow passages which connect to the ocean waters at and below sea level. The mass of ice on the interior has already displaced its equivalent mass (Archimedes Principal). For all intents and purposes the ice sheets of Greenland’s interior behave much as free-floating sea ice.
Antarctica is also very seismic and steam builds the ice sheets from below plus provides melt water to lubricate the movement of the ice sheets. Antarctic researchers have identified that East Antarctica pulses up and down due to seismic movement, effectively pumping "rivers of ice” through the mountain passes of the Transantarctic Mountain Range. The ice produced from seismic/
As the ice sheets calve off of West Antarctica, the continuous strong circumpolar winds pin the icebergs against the Antarctic Peninsula and they stack up into ice hummocks.
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Why is there so much propaganda? Maybe this is a clue?
Section 1078 of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239) - Smith Mundt CONFRONT PROPAGANDA
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‘Sec. 501. (a) The Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors are authorized to use funds appropriated or otherwise made available for public diplomacy information programs to provide for the preparation, dissemination, and use of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, the Internet, and other information media, including social media, and through information centers, instructors, and other direct or indirect means of communication.
‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors may, upon request and reimbursement of the reasonable costs incurred in fulfilling such a request, make available, in the United States, motion pictures, films, video, audio, and other materials disseminated abroad pursuant to this Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.), or the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa et seq.). Any reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph shall be credited to the applicable appropriation account of the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as appropriate. The Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall issue necessary regulations–
‘(A) to establish procedures to maintain such material;
‘(B) for reimbursement of the reasonable costs incurred in fulfilling requests for such material; and
‘(C) to ensure that the persons seeking release of such material have secured and paid for necessary United States rights and licenses.
‘(2) With respect to material disseminated abroad before the effective date of section 1078 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013–
‘(A) the Secretary and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall make available to the Archivist of the United States, for domestic distribution, motion pictures, films, videotapes, and other material 12 years after the initial dissemination of the material abroad; and
‘(B) the Archivist shall be the official custodian of the material and shall issue necessary regulations to ensure that persons seeking its release in the United States have secured and paid for necessary United States rights and licenses and that all costs associated with the provision of the material by the Archivist shall be paid by the persons seeking its release, in accordance with paragraph (4).
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May 09, 2024
SS is scheduled to run out of fund in 2035 so why is Biden planning to pay benefits to refugees from Ukraine?
Biden Signed H.R. 7691 Qualifying Refugees From Ukraine SS benefits.
According to the text of H.R. 7691, the key eligibility requirements for Ukrainian parolees to receive benefits under this Act are:
1. They must be a citizen or national of Ukraine, or a person who last habitually resided in Ukraine.[1]
2. They must have been paroled into the United States between February 24, 2022 and September 30, 2023, OR paroled after September 30, 2023 if they are:
a) The spouse or child of someone paroled between Feb 24, 2022 - Sept 30, 2023, OR
b) The parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver of an unaccompanied Ukrainian child paroled between Feb 24, 2022 - Sept 30, 2023.[1][3]
3. Their parole status must not have been terminated by the Department of Homeland Security.[1][3]
4. They must meet all other program eligibility requirements, such as income, resources, age, disability status, etc. for the specific benefit programs.[3]
The Act specifically allows these paroled Ukrainians to receive resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and other refugee benefits, as well as services for unaccompanied children, without having their sponsor's income and resources counted against them.[1][3]
Sources
[1] Text - H.R.7691 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Additional Ukraine ... https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7691/text
[2] [PDF] H. R. 7691 - GovInfo https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr7691eh/pdf/BILLS-117hr7691eh.pdf
[3] President Signs H.R. 7691, the "Additional Ukraine Supplemental ... https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_052122.html
[4] Green Card Provisions Dropped from Ukraine Bill https://cis.org/Law/Green-Card-Provisions-Dropped-Ukraine-Bill
[5] CBO Estimate for H.R. 7691, Additional Ukraine Supplemental ... https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58100
CBO Estimate for H.R. 7691, Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022
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So Biden is suspending military aid to Israel for the IDF going into Rafah.
U.S. Pauses Bomb Shipment to Israel In Protest Over Rafah Operation
Here Biden shows his true colors. He's wanted Israel to loseall along.
I hope American Jews remember this come November. Who had Israel's back? Not Joe Biden.
Isn't withholding foreign aidwhat the Democrats impeached Trump over? This aid was already earmarked for Israel.
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Why can't we find one honorabloe man to be our House Speaker? Look at the POS we just gotrid of:
Former Speaker McCarthy is Now a Campaign Manager for BLM/DEI Candidates
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House Republicans have shown their true colors, voting overwhelmingly to Keep Mike the Tiny Johnson as Squeeker
FTA:
Overall, the vote was 359-43 in favor of tabling the motion to vacate, with seven voting present. While 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats joined together in the vote to table the matter, 11 Republicans and 32 Democrats opposed the motion to table.
"It’s a new paradigm in Congress."
The 11 Republicans who opposed tabling the motion included Reps. Greene, Massie, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Alex Mooney of West Virginia, Barry Moore of Alabama; Victoria Spartz of Indiana. Chip Roy of Texas; Paul Gosar of Arizona, Eli Crane of Arizona, Eric Burlison of Missouri, and Andy Biggs of Arizona.
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CHANGE IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE PEOPLE ENDURE SUFFERING RATHER THAN FACE THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT CHANGE BRINGS
The fundamental aspect of human behavior and societal dynamics, highlights the tendency of people to endure suffering and injustice rather than risk the uncertainty and disruption of challenging established systems or institutions.
Throughout history, individuals and societies have often found themselves subjected to various forms of oppression, inequality, and injustice. Despite the inherent desire for freedom and justice, many people choose to tolerate these hardships rather than take action to address them. This phenomenon can be attributed to a variety of factors, including fear of reprisal, inertia, complacency, and a belief in the stability or inevitability of the status quo.
Thus, people are inclined to accept and adapt to their circumstances, even when those circumstances are unfavorable or oppressive. This inclination towards endurance may stem from a sense of resignation, a lack of awareness of alternative options, or a belief that change is either impossible or too costly to pursue.
Furthermore, the implication is that there is a threshold beyond which suffering becomes intolerable, prompting individuals or groups to finally take action to challenge the existing order. This threshold may be reached through a culmination of grievances, a catalyzing event, or a shift in public consciousness.
These facts serve as a reminder of the complexities of human behavior and the challenges inherent in effecting meaningful change. It suggests that the inertia of established norms and systems can be a formidable obstacle to progress, requiring significant effort, courage, and collective action to overcome.
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The cost of buying a home in the US rises to $2,750/month, the second highest ever recorded, according to Reventure.
Prior to the pandemic in 2022, the average home in the US would cost $1,400/month.
In other words, it is now 100% MORE expensive to buy a home in 2024 compared to 2020.
Even at the peak of the 2008 Financial Crisis, the average home payment peaked at $1,550/month.
The average US family would need to spend 44% of their PRE-TAX income to buy a home today.
What do new homebuyers do now?
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