By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com
Due to another commitment, this blogger missed Trump’s live State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. But in watching the pundits on both sides of the aisle afterwards, highlights from the speech, as well as the instant poll results – it immediately appeared to have been an overall win for the president.
According to polls by CBS and CNN, 76% of viewers approved of the speech, with 72% appreciating Trump’s ideas on immigration, and even those in the media were “stunned by the State of the Union’s appeal to both sides”.
Although the president did take further ownership of the economy, he also attempted to insulate himself against future financial woes and conflicts at home and abroad when he said:
…and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations. If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation.
Furthermore, Trump’s statements on immigration, socialism, and late-term abortion, made his political opponents appear as vampires in the sun.
So – given all that, yours truly wanted to timestamp some perspectives and predictions for posterity by posting the following on a thread of a previous piece:
… if Trump were real, and if the past is any indicator – then watch for a narrative changing event to occur soon; very likely in the forthcoming 10 days before Trump’s next government shutdown deadline.
Usually, these false flags will simultaneously change the national conversation while providing advancement for the establishment’s agenda; whatever that may be. Mass shootings are a common “go to” because they get covered by all of the media at once and – at the same time, allow the talking heads to promote gun control measures.
But it could be any scandal, leak, indictment, or brushfire abroad that might provide political cover and/or set loose the dogs of war.
Watch. Whatever happens, or doesn’t happen, might be illuminating. We’ll see, because time reveals all things.
So the next morning, with one eye on the headlines, I decided to do some more research by perusing the full text of Trump’s SOTU speech, while cross-referencing news clips and highlight videos. In so doing, it appeared the president pulled two very smooth fast ones on his political adversaries during his address.
First, Trump inspired his opponents to stand and applaud his remarks on “family leave” before, in the same breath, excoriating their embrace of infanticide:
To help support working parents, the time has come to pass school choice for America’s children. I am also proud to be the first President to include in my budget a plan for nationwide paid family leave — so that every new parent has the chance to bond with their newborn child.
There could be no greater contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child than the chilling displays our Nation saw in recent days. Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments before birth. These are living, feeling, beautiful babies who will never get the chance to share their love and dreams with the world. And then, we had the case of the Governor of Virginia where he basically stated he would execute a baby after birth.
Secondly, the president thrashed socialist Venezuela before resolving that “America will never become socialist”; as the cameras revealed newly-elected congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders both squirming and grimacing in the audience:
Two weeks ago, the United States officially recognized the legitimate government of Venezuela, and its new interim President, Juan Guaido.
We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom — and we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South America into a state of abject poverty and despair.
Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence –- not government coercion, domination, and control. We are born free, and we will stay free. Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.
They never saw it coming.
Another aspect to Trump’s speech had to do with “choice” in that it was referenced on three occasions at the beginning of his address and four times at the close. He stated these exact sentences in order; the first three during his open and the final four at the end:
The decision is ours to make.
We must choose between greatness or gridlock, results or resistance, vision or vengeance, incredible progress or pointless destruction.
Tonight, I ask you to choose greatness.
We must choose whether we are defined by our differences — or whether we dare to transcend them.
We must choose whether we will squander our inheritance — or whether we will proudly declare that we are Americans. We do the incredible. We defy the impossible. We conquer the unknown….
This is our future — our fate — and our choice to make.
I am asking you to choose greatness.
In these statements, the word “decision” was stated once, followed by the word “choose” five times and “choice” a single time for a grand total of seven (7) references to the fork-in-the-road which precedes either “greatness or gridlock”.
Is it reality? Or reality TV?
Is there a difference?
Because, it seems, just as The Most Interesting Man in the World has parlayed his reality television experience to optically outwit his opponents from the time he descended the elevator to announce his candidacy, and right up through the current border wall stalemate – the show goes on.
In fact, if optics are everything in an electronic world, one must admit Trump is an undeniable magician; especially with the ladies. A real snake charmer in fact. First, he got his harem to show up looking like hoodless klansman and in obvious deference to his irresistible Caucasianness. Then he got them to stand and applaud right on queue.
Not bad for a night’s work. It was even entertaining after the fact.
Definitely a good show. So good in fact, an opinion writer for the Wall Street Journal called the president’s State of the Union a “masterpiece” and the “The Longest Day for Trump’s Adversaries”:
On Tuesday Mr. Trump enlarged the public’s idea of himself and his presidency, and in proportion diminished his enemies. That was his most effective stroke on Tuesday night: to make the left seem to be lost in irrelevant obsessions and guilty of misinterpreting—falsifying—America and its values.
He redrew the battleground, leading the discussion abruptly away from progressives’ preoccupations with race and sex. He redefined himself in a more civilized light and sought to lend credibility and bipartisanship to his “Make America Great Again” theme by evoking American history and summoning the better angels. He fetched back to the 20th century’s binary moral perspectives, to the victorious fight against Nazi Germany and to the Cold War against communism.
But Trump’s enemies would not go quietly into that good night. On Wednesday, the day after Trump’s State of the Union, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced a “broad investigation” of all things Trump “beyond Russia”. Schiff said the investigation would:
allow us to investigate any credible allegation that financial interests or other interests are driving decision-making of the President or anyone in the administration. That pertains to any credible allegations of leverage by the Russians or the Saudis or anyone else.
It appeared Trump’s adversaries had made their choice and, in response, the president called Schiff a “political hack” engaged in “presidential harassment” .
Now, at this point, if the reader recalls, Trump also gave the Democrats a “choice” immediately after they won the U.S. House in the November 2018 Midterm Elections. The day after, he tweeted:
If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
Therefore, also on the day after Trump’s SOTU, NBC news tweeted that the Department of Justice (DoJ), at the request of Republican Senate Judiciary Committee member Ben Sasse, was revisiting the prosecution of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein:
JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. member Sasse says the US Justice Dept. has opened an investigation into allegations that dept. attorneys may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the [Jeffrey] Epstein criminal matter was resolved.
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) February 6, 2019
Of course the FBI head at that time was Robert Mueller, and Ben Sasse had written into his original letter this little gem:
The fact that federal prosecutors appear to have crafted a secret, sweetheart deal for this child rapist should enrage moms and dads everywhere
Then on Thursday, February 7, 2019 it was reported that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff had “hired officials with experience at the National Security Council” for the expanded investigations into Trump; to which the president responded:
….The Dems and their committees are going “nuts.” The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2019
A witch hunt “continuation”, indeed, because the day BEFORE Trump’s SOTU speech, it was announced Trump’s inaugural committee and campaign backers were being subpoenaed by New York Southern District prosecutors:
The subpoena escalates the inquiry into the Trump inaugural committee, which involved several of the president’s biggest campaign backers, and is one of several investigations into Mr. Trump’s associates. Special counsel Robert Mueller is separately investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, which the president and Moscow have denied, and Manhattan federal prosecutors are probing the Trump Organization, the president’s family business.
To summarize: The day before Trump’s State of the Union address, Manhattan lawyers expanded their investigation of the President. Then, during his speech, Trump said: “If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation”; as he offered his political opponents a choice between greatness or gridlock.
Then, the next day, House intelligence committee head Adam Schiff announced the expanded investigations into Trump; followed by Senate Republicans opening an investigation into accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s kid-glove treatment by Robert Mueller’s FBI; all followed by the House Intelligence Committee’s hiring of National Security Council spooks to take down Trump.
Undeniably, the U.S. Intelligence community’s operation against Trump is still going strong.
Tit for tat? Or a reality TV show starring rats?
Stay tuned. We’ll be right back.
Great observations showing the present tit for tat war that is going on between Trump and his enemies.
I’ve grown tired of waiting for Trump to show his hand, I’m almost with Stucky who says he never intended to fulfill his promises, but one thing I’ve noticed; the Liberals are self destructing before our eyes; just witness the insanity of AOC who by her New Green Deal, wants to end the airline industry to save our planet.
Or, try this one on for size:
I’m not going to say it’s now or never, I will just have to be content with waiting this out with the rest of you. Maybe the 15th will be the day all will be revealed. One thing I know; it is no longer politics, it is a war for who will determine the future of America.
Men need to start pointing out misandry.
you’re determined to raise my vocabulary,aren’t you?
never heard or seen that word b4 you posted it & i looked it up–
gyn = wimmens
andro = men
you can figure it out, Tampico, you misanthrope.
i knows misanthrope,i’ve been called one & i could easily live up to it–
careful how & when you point it out,even when u are correct it will come across as whining or being a spoil sport–
“I’m almost with Stucky who says he never intended to fulfill his promises”
Good fucking grief man, have you been in and out of consciousness the last couple years?
Drumpf is the death of the GOP (shits given: 0) and also the death of any hope for [nominal] conservatives (in that they naively voted for him AND are now fatally demoralized).
This woman is a true Socialist nut case !
Patient wait for Barr to be installed, NEXT week.
Mr. Barr didn’t work out well for Randy Weaver. Barr was heavily involved in the government position that the governments murderous snipers weren’t to be held accountable….
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum– ‘multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision’…..it’s one decision there won’t be any negotiating without the only mediator between God and man- JESUS CHRIST !
Von Clausewitz: “War is the continuation of politics by other means.”
Me: “Poly-ticks is the continuation of war by other means.”
Uh, Trump beat you to it, he said they were going to hit the pause button on war in Afghanistan and use the political option.
You know the US is bad when Americans say that they feel like they have more freedom in Communist countries like Vietnam.
Trump needs to wake the fuck and start running massive investigations on those lowlives
An anonymous commenter says:
Most definitely. And if he were going to do it, now would be the time, don’t ya think? Especially in the wake of his well-received SOTU and with senators like Rand Paul on his side sounding the alarm on Twitter:
He has to have Barr installed next week!!!
If the hammer does not start falling after that then there will be no justice that we are all praying for.
He has to have a GUNGRABBING, WARONDRUGS, BUSH-ERA RELIC INSTALLED?
What the fuck?
OMG, Uncomic pinged off the first and punned with the second wake, damn, he beat me.
It’s one thing to have eyes that cry, and quite another to have eyes that cry and know why; to be appreciated for all of the nuances, shades, and colors
It seemed like a natural role for him to play a selfish jerk in the remake of Abre Los Ojos, the prelude to The Matrix. The American meme of silly, goofy smiles killed the final scene. Instead of a climactic leap of faith, Cruz turns the scene into an Adam Sandler finale. Buzzkill. Then again, he never got the movie off the ground, he can’t act like the natural jerk he is. I guess he thought it was too much of a stretch.
Is the fuck asleep?
Your suggestion is 2-3 years late and a dollar short.
Of course the people get thrown a few crumbs, in between the AIPAC and MIC talking points.
Drumpf = MASTERFUL actor and little else.
The year in review: 98% Kabuki Theater, 2% random events- managed and spun.
Agreed, great observations. I don’t think Trump has internalized the supply vs demand aspect of immigration. He talks about legal vs illegal and criminality. But he doesn’t get what made immigration one of the big planks in the populist movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and that was the impact of unbridled immigration on LABOR. If you are a member of the productive class (ie working your ass off to get by) you should be for restricting and regulating immigration because of the impact it has on your wages, benefits and ultimately job security.
I thought that Trump, when blocked by Pelosi on giving the SOTU, should have gone to the Alamo or maybe Independence Hall in Philly. That was wrong……Trump waited and then gave the speech with all the pomp and circumstance in the House Chamber. It was glorious and as the article shows Trump was masterful at getting the commie rats to reveal themselves. Pelosi did not want him to give the speech because while a mafia princess evil commie, she is smart enough to know Trump should not be underestimated. AOC/Bernie/Schiff etc have not figured that out yet.
Remember Trump knows exactly what Obama/Hillary/DOJ/FBI/CIA et al did……eventually, it will come out and while I wish Trump would just arrest them and set up military tribunals after declaring the Dem party domestic terrorists…..the 4th Turning moves at its own pace….but it is moving.
Is he waiting for a larger portion of the population to become sufficiently enraged to (appear to) overcome the weaponized Mockingbirds chorus against him? Where’s our Two Minute Hate? We cynics know that the words “thoughtful” and “population” don’t belong in the same sentence.
Two minutes of hate is coming now that the Dems openly support child murder, open borders and the elimination of air travel. No one but the lunatic fringe supports these ideas. No one but those klansmen shown during the SOTU. Crushing them should be easy – we’ll see.
It’s not either or, Uncola, it’s both and.
You gotta admit, the guy is a genius at manipulation.
Unfortunately we the people are the ones being manipulated. Same as it ever was.
To your point Mary this is being passed around the internet by Trump’s base.
“I thought I liked PRESIDENT Trump, turns out I don’t…
Tuesday night OUR PRESIDENT chose to spend his time giving a State of the Union Address that championed every thing progressives hate. He spoke about the sanctity of life, about how children are a precious gift made in the image of God. He spoke about the greatness of America and how her sacrifices around the globe have saved millions of lives and raised the living conditions of many millions more. He spoke of the hypocrisy of those who have armed guards and castle walls to hide from the American citizens they abuse, while protecting dangerous illegals and striving to keep our border left wide for their entry. And he spoke of our GOD GIVEN BIRTHRIGHT OF FREEDOM, and made the firm commitment to keep the political satanism of socialism out of our nation. He had the audacity to do this while facing a white clad wolf-pack in sheep’s clothing who despise him. Head held high, unapologetic, unafraid, undaunted, PRESIDENT Trump put his foot down and proclaimed America shall remain God honoring, safe, and free.
I thought I liked PRESIDENT Trump, turns out I don’t….I love him.”
Words fail me, Mark.
By the way, I’m working my way through the book, One Man’s War. Wasn’t it you who recommended it? It’s a hard read. The people who post here are much more talented at writing then the author but nevertheless, it’s chock full of interesting historical information.
Mary,
Yea, I did. It is an amazing story of an amazing man who perfected the art of long distance revenge killing.
Jack Hinson and his family paid a horrific price for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were victimized and brutalized by the murderous invaders. Through “payback” Hinson made over 100 families and countless men around his kills understand the cost of war…what he and his experienced, a cost that had ripped out his and his wife’s and children’s hearts, he returned that indescribable pain over and over and over.
What they did to his two son’s is beyond words. I cannot imagine what that did to him.
His revenge was, in my opinion, an inevitable bloody double edged sword cutting both ways. I say that because I believe God did not make us to do what we do to one another in war…any war.
With every kill there is a cost…with over a 100 kills…I believe poor Jack Hinson paid as much as he “paid back.”
As a lifelong Civil war buff it is a story I hope is never repeated, but I ear it will be in Civil War 2.
Civil War 2
https://archive.org/details/CivilWar2/page/n1
People have no idea what a real civil war is all about.
DD,
Most American people sheeple have no idea about anything past their spoiled soft lives.
I’m not sure if you posted this a few months back, but I was reminded of this story right here on this much esteemed blog a while back.
Mindboggling!
Thanks!
.22
If you haven’t read it, it is a poweful story.
Indeed it is. You just have to wade through a lot of background informations
That made me laugh Mary…that gun data was amazing. I guess its that eye of the beholder thing. The man was a perfectionist shootest. .22 will eat it with a spoon.
mark, I’m very curious if you knew, without peeking, that .22 Winchester Magnum was the cartridge that made Annie Oakley famous.
Oh yea I knew…my two Rugers (10-22 & ole worn down Mark 1) are almost worn out from use. Matter of fact I’m in line for two updated versions soon.
You will like this:
.22 LR for Self-Defense?
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2010/10/26/22-lr-for-self-defense/
I’ve been told some snipers prefer to use 22 rifles as a tackdriver because of the lack of recoil. In any case, fun to plink away with them because the ammo is cheap.
Don’t leave out his call for school choice. That is the stake through the heart of the vampire teacher’s union. Dhimmicrats absolutely hate the possibility of their Dindus becoming our Can dos.
MC said:
And the e-mail being passed around by Trump’s base (via Mark) says:
And, honestly, Trump provides no safe harbor for his adversaries on Twitter. None whatsoever.
No quarter was asked. None will be given.
I believe the point being made here is that justice won’t be served through Twitter?
Uncola,
I believe in evolution…of my political beliefs, fears and hopes…especially about Trump. Fairly early on you put out the three possibilities of who Trump has to be…something like:
1. A REAL NATIONALISTS/POPULIST
• Or at least ‘his’ version of one.
2. A FOIL FOR THE GLOBALISTS
• They are and will continue to play him, pop the Everything Bubble on his watch and he and the Right will take the fall for it.
3. JUST ANOTHER TROJAN HORSE
• He has agreed to take the fall for a 2020 Socialist take over or will take the Marshall Law lead to lead U.S. to NWO control.
Here are the 3 stages of my Trump Evolution:
1. GIDDY JOY
• Happiness and ecstatic relief over Hillary being defeated.
2. REALIZATION
• Of all three Trump possibilities.
3. ACCELERATED PREP
• No matter who he really is the Shit Storm is really, really coming SOON!
You said (something like) in a past post: “No one who says they know which of the three Trump really is…knows 100%, at this time. I agreed.
However, I slipped to JUST ANOTHER TROJAN HORSE when I dug into Barr’s past. To be honest I didn’t even remember him as I spent decades avoiding politics, but what he does…or doesn’t do…will be a huge tell and a huge tell soon.
” ACCELERATED PREP”
Good choice.
I was on “#3 Trojan Horse” since well before the election.
Re: Accelerated Prep- guns, food, and preps won’t save anyone without MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, and PHYSICAL FITNESS. I’m working feverishly on all three.
Yep!
Trump spoke about the sanctity of life but does he mean it? I find it hard to believe that somebody who said this “We had finished dinner. We’re now having dessert. And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen and President Xi was enjoying it…So what happens is I said we’ve just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq and I wanted you to know this. And he was eating his cake. And he was silent,” really cares about the sanctity of human life. And what about his sword dance with the head choppers in Saudi Arabia?
He’s made a firm commitment to keep socialism out of our nation but has no problem with the central committee of private bankers at the FED running the economy.
For some reason his speech brings to mind the words of my platoon sergeant: Baffle them with bullsh*t.
At National Prayer Breakfast, Trump says ‘I will never let you down’
Surely, he would not jeopardize his eternal soul, would he?
Is he jeopardizing his soul when he assists Saudi Arabia in their destruction of Yemen? Or when his Saudi friends persecute Christians? Or when he bombs Syria while enjoying a beautiful chocolate cake? Or when he stiffed small vendors after declaring bankruptcy in Atlantic City?
He could be hedging his bets. Like the ends justifying the means. Or a sinner bargaining with his perception of a deity via advanced applications of Game Theory.
But your points are valid also.
Very nice observation.
This is why I am suspicious of Trump’s morality and so-called conservatism. His combative personal manner belies his willingness to compromise or make deals with the political Establishment and their power brokers. He’s a great theatrical poseur but where does he truly stand when the political games end?
The fact doubt exists is telling in and of itself, no? Can you imagine what would happen if there were no doubt? Maybe soon? In the meantime: Tick tock…. tick tock… tick tock… until time’s up.
He asked a Congress newly filled with Progladykes who cheer the laws passed in VA and NY and a gutless Senate and an allegedy very Conservative Supreme Court who just overturned a states right to make abortion laws that favor the baby. I hope you were just being sarcastic Douglas.
I know who those people are that are laying hands on him and I would not trust them as far as I could throw them. Sorry, but I can back that up with links if you want, just not right now. I’m going to bed.
Just one small point Mary. I believe I know those people too, but they at least a full generation older than myself.
What is the average age of the persons laying those hands, 65? 70?
60 maybe but the female hand has to be Paula White. She’s 52
Supposedly, Trump recited the sinner’s prayer with Paula White in the early 2000s.
She also prayed at his inauguration and has stated the following:
Plus, it appears now Trump even lives in her house in Washington D.C.
So there’s that, too.
Baffle them with bullshit?
That sounds like most of the softball-PSYOP authors right here on this much esteemed blog. Plenty of rehashing the obvious, inane statistics, what-ifs, and “vote harder” AND LITTLE IF ANY lampposts, rope, or guillotines.
A “stable genius ” ! Ha!!
A rather relativistic observation given Trump’s obviously batshit, lunatic detractors and outright criminal opponents. It’s a matter of perception.
Beautifully done Doug. But I would add that all of this is most likely a reality TV show starring rats. Isn’t it amazing how a first term moron from JYC gets soooooo much sunshine promoting incredibly stupid ideas so far beyond the pale that Trump gets to call them out in his SOTU. Was that ever a gift from god…or a Bernays style coup cooked up in the boiler rooms of JYC Wall Street. Golf Ball Teed up. Trump just has to swing hard enough to get it down the fairway a bit.
Is this all happening inside my head?
Hollywood et al,
We are officially living in a simulation at this point. That doesnt mean that the whole universe is a simulation like some hypothesize in quantum physics and refer to it as the holographic universe.
Look into the Illuminati Card Game by Steven Jackson to see how far ago and how far along this simulation goes.
Trying to wade through Trump’s trumps (farts) is a losing battle.
I have said it before and will say it again….the trick is all in presentation and perception management.
To sell a pile of shit to the willfully ignorant as a dozen roses.
Take this recent headline for instance
https://www.fatherly.com/news/middle-class-angry-trump-tax-hike/
Huxley was a smart dude! He understood if you can keep the Mob on the hamster wheel, distracted with trivia, novelty, and nostalgia and sedated and pacified on pharmacology then they WILL believe it and fall for it EVERY single time.
this was a mistake on the part of the republicans to not start pushing for people to put pressure on state/local officials to cut spending & taxes at their respective levels of govt so that this would not happen–
however, it is not right that taxpayers in some states are subsidizing taxpayers in other states by allowing the write off of state/local taxes but taxpayers who are losing their deductions should either work to cut their taxes or sell out & move to a low tax state–
Consider too that this handful of failed Prog loving states is obviously using this tax money to support illegals and huge welfare scams. Sanctuary cities, sanctuary states with welfare and free school and medical for millions of illegals pumped in to steal congressional seats from other states is a huge and largely unrecognized issue.
I am certainly not the only one who believes paying over $10,000 per year in real estate taxes is nuts and is the problem of those people in those states. Letting some happy Prog fuque in “NYC” deduct $50K in state and local tax so he can then donate to prog fuque causes and candidates without consequence allows them to live in a Never Never Land of no consequence for their stupid ideas and stupid voting.
We are ALL part of the Union, whether we want to be or not… the Civil War fixed that centralization up real nice for the banksters…DIVIDE and CONQUER tactics working to perfection!!
Make one group of people subsidize the other, off shore the jobs to make the rest dependent upon the Nanny State!
I guess you didn’t read Admin’s article exposing this very thing early on. They sold you the loss of personal exemptions with the higher standard deductions. Admin said the elimination of personal exemptions was going to be hard to overcome with a few deductions and tax credits. Your advantage has been spread out among a whole bunch of unfortunate people who might not have a family or mortgage.
The current trend in the USA is more single households; divorced or never-married people scraping by with a few cats.
Trying to wade through Trump’s trumps (farts) is a losing battle.
Sage wisdom like this is why you’d be missed on July 6th if you choose not to attend.
My taxes went down. First refund in ten years. Usually have to pay $4-$5k and my wife and I both claim zero deductions. This year getting back almost $3k. Rate went from 28% to 24%. And with the $24,000 married filing together deduction, didn’t need to do a Schedule A. The 1040 has been shortened so much it could almost be done on a double sided large size post card.
So I call bullshit on the middle class dad’s freaking out story. My story reveals something entirely different… Chip
chip,
where do you live?the states that have large property tax bills & large state income taxes are where these people live who are getting socked because they can no longer deduct those state expenses on their federal tax return–
as it should be,imo–
Seems like Civil War 2.0 is well underway….
in one corner FEDZILLA aka the “Union” established after the first Civil War…
And in the other corner, in a tag team effort….state governments who have been mismanaged and manipulated by the same fuckers who are manipulating pretty much most other national/federal governments (through use of top down bureaucracies) :
California (5th largest economy in the world)
And
Illinois (essentially bankrupt)
Chip,
Good for you. The example from the article was for a SINGLE guy not a married couple.
“2017 taxes = $5,408 refund …
Unchanged salary, unchanged withholding…
2018 taxes = $440 owed to the IRS.
I’m middle class, single with a $83,085 income.”
Read for comprehension or set your bias aside for a moment to take it all in.
Then the “Intelligence agency’s are NOT very intelligent are they!
Do elaborate if you would please.
Nam marine,
Maybe we need to change the name of the “intelligence agency” like Major League Baseball has done with its “disabled list” to “injury report”….
Too offensive, you know!
More like an oxymoran!
Advertising agency, maybe?
Or
Rumor Mill?
What I find amazing is that Trump could say this,
“…I am also proud to be the first President to include in my budget a plan for nationwide paid family leave…”
And in practically the next breath say this,
“…Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country…”
Anyone that can pull that off without laughing at their own hypocrisy should not be trusted.
I suspect this has to do with the fact that the productive class is not having children because they have to go to work every day to support the useless eaters. Trump is throwing them a bone.
Drumpf = MASTERFUL actor tasked with the near-impossible: The demolition of the Republican party, from within, in broad daylight, all while dividing Americans more deeply ad effectively than Obama.
By the way, when is the last time you heard the Kenyans name mentioned in the lamestream?
A long fucking time ago.
Just like “Where’s Ruth” Ginsburg.
I missed half of the SOU but what I did see of it I found very entertaining. He is not the best orator but this might have been his best effort overall. In the end though I am starting to believe that this is all just a big dog and pony show. If no indictments have come out against the big players by now, I don’t see it happening. The next two years are just going to be grid lock and more of the same. As the Fourth Turning spins and spins.
“Grandpa, how did the World really end?”
“Gradually at first … then all of a sudden.”
The SHTF when the bankers stop trusting each other and the bond market dies. Gradually at first, then all of a sudden. The first central bank on my Dead Pool List is in Germany as it tries to keep less supportive Eastern European leaders in line.
I got the same thing from this article that I got from the SOTU. You guys have a bad case of
TRUMPHOLM SYNDROME.
go curl up in a coyote den
You have the worst of the worst cases of Red.
unfortunately flea,
we probably won’t know which one of us is correct as it’s not likely that we’ll slide off a cliff but imo even if trump can’t right the ship of state he might get us close enough to shore to swim for it when the ship runs aground–
hopefully long after we’re in the ground–
Red..
Here’s what I will concede. Maybe it’s our age but at least we state clearly where we stand. Nobody can say we are wishy washy.
Actions tell the tale, not words. The Donald’s grown exponentially as a bullshit artist but he can’t erase the sum total of his life on the grift.
I believe he never wanted to be President and have his life and business scrutinized as closely as it is now. He won by default running against one of the most hated people in the country.
His massive ego got in the way of common sense grifter survival. It will not end well for him.
Default?!?!? “…the most hated people in the country.” He ran against Full Spectrum Dominance voter fraud – perhaps 10M – (they never thought she’d lose!), and against the entire Progressive Bilateral Establishment informal Fascist Merger of The Blackmail State, Media, Academy, Tech, BigBiz, etc. ‘Murikan Sleeple must have been on an overdose of Hopium.
I’m trying to think of ways to fault your comment.
I give up.
“How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” Mark Twain
For those here who still believe in Trump I wish they could answer a few questions. Such as he rails against socialism but has no problem with the Fed setting interest rates. If he actually believed in capitalism why doesn’t he let the market set interest rates? During the campaign he mentioned that the Fed was keeping rates low to benefit Obama but now he criticizes Powell for raising rates. Aren’t these low rates just socialism for the rich and theft from savers?
He continually talks about a wall to stop illegal immigration but does he ever mention enforcing E-Verify? In fact the Washington Times reports that “Just five of the 565 companies in President Trump’s business empire are signed up to use E-Verify, the government’s best tool to weed illegal immigrants out of the workforce, according to a Washington Times analysis that suggests the president could personally be doing more on that front. ” Perhaps if those who hired illegal immigrants were subject to the law fewer illegals would come here. But Trump even commuted the sentence of a slaughter house executive whose company had hired almost 400 illegals. So the free spending “conservative” Trump wants to spend our money on a wall while leaving companies hiring illegals to face no punishment? Socialism (government protection) for the big boys and crony capitalism for the rest.
Why are so many swamp creatures in his administration? John Bolton is not only a swamp creature but a failure. He was a leading proponent of the Iraq War. How can he still have a job? This draft dodger thought the Iraq War would be a cake walk. He helped depose a counter force to Iran but now complains Iran has too much power. How can anybody believe the Trump flim flam when he appoints Bolton? And now Elliot Abramsof Iran Contra fame is back as a special envoy to Venezuela.
Unfortunately Trump is a flim flam man just like Obama, Bush, Clinton, Poppy Bush, etc. As the Who said: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Steve..
Here here.
@Steve
+1000 ?
I have no problem with a down vote but would like to know why. Maybe someone can show me how I am wrong about Trump. Can anybody dispute the information I have presented?
Steve..
They have Stockholm Syndrome.
Thanks. I remember the Obamaites were adamant that he really wanted to change things in spite of the fact that he appointed the same Goldman/MIC type swamp creatures to top positions and didn’t prosecute any bankers..
Flea,
Either that or their prideful egos will not permit them to admit they have been hoodwinked yet again.
Somebody important in history once warned us about Pride, something about it coming before the inevitable fall.
Some have to fall so far they refuse and would rather live in a perpetual state of denial, far from Reality, better yet, create their own realities.
Plato..
Stay tuned.
Mary C’s article is coming up soon. Either tonite or tomorrow.
Downvotes usually = IsraeliInternetDefenseForce
Or unbridled cognitive dissonance
You honestly expect him to take down the fed on his own? Like with an executive order or what? The only way he can do that is to expose them. You think western banking interests are going to allow this to happen? Trump would instantly know what JFK went through… Chip
If Trump were to take down the Fed wouldn’t that result in interest rates set by the market instead of a central committee of private bankers? Trump says he loves low interest rates,and without the Fed where would he get them? It would be great for savers to go back to 4.5% interest on savings accounts, but not so great for the self described King of Debt.
Taking down the FED won’t even fix the problem. GEEZ!! I thought we already had this conversation?!
Best move with down votes is to ignore them. If you write what you believe and substantiate your claims with facts then there is always going to be someone who opposes you. That’s the down vote. I don’t care how sensitive, discerning, and inoffensive you write there is always going to be someone who wants to rain on your parade, it’s just the way things are in a polarized and rhetorically amped culture.
We all knew that Trump was not Clinton, those were your only choices, so no matter how bad he might be- and he’s a failure in pretty much everything except for pissing off the progressive zombies-he was just a little less terrible than the American Bathory.
A man who cannot keep his family together at least until his children have grown to adulthood is not trustworthy and cannot be counted on to keep a promise about anything. Knowing that before, how can anyone be disappointed after? I would have been shocked if he had kept any of his promises based on that single judgement, but YMMV.
Trump is mostly best loved for his enemies. Many suppose their wildest hopes are imposed on him because of such shared enmity.
HSF – there are times when it is impossible to keep the family together. I have known instances where, for instance given we are talking about a man here, the wife has gone batshit crazy after the marriage happened, to the extent nothing could be done to save the situation.
Another solid piece Uncola.
I have no teevee, so out of below zero boredom, I watched the speech streaming NPR.
National Public Radio.
Although long, I did enjoy many parts of the speech (no Socialism, duh), and I thought the Donald expressed himself very well. Of course there was a lot of hollow rhetoric too, no different than Reagan (the Great Communicator), Bush, Clinton, Bush or Obama.
What really floored me was the analysis by the NPR folks after the speech, who basically said it was horrible; they sounded like CNN redux. Admittedly, I haven’t seen much of NPR since I used to watch the McNeil/Lehrer Newshour many, many years ago.
Then I saw Stacy Abrams and the Demo rebuttal. There is still hope.
That actually sounds like a catchy nickname for Abrams. “The Demo Rebuttal.”
You mean Miss Credit Card and Student Load Debt Stacy Abrams. I liked how she stood in front of a green screen and rambled on about herself and her father’s colon cancer. Then the MSM went gaga over it though everyone could see what a pathetic loser she actually is.
@ NtroP who said:
Here is an excellent takedown of NPR’s “Fact-Check deception”:
I think Trump has lost too much support to win again. Of the Frankenstein amalgamation which voted for him, 30% were the rabid fanatics you find in any group, but ~70% only voted for him because he wasn’t clinton or he was the republican, whatever. Most of the 70% has becomed disillusioned with the clusterfuck and its myriad failures/inaction/bad moves. They will only vote for him if the communist choice is exceptionally poor, falling for lesser of two evils bullshit for another round.
Time is passing, slowly passing you by
You better try to find it before it passes you by
As I watch you walking to another cold dawn
And you keep on walking
And they keep on talking
Talking all along
From where she sits, everyone stands in judgment
Everybody watching as the curtain falls down
See the lights do a long slow fade
The show goes on, and the sad-eyed sisters go walking on
Everyone watching all along
The show goes on, as the autumn’s coming
And the summer’s all gone
Still without you, the show goes on
And the summer’s all gone
Still without you, the show goes on…
– Bruce Hornsby and the Range, “The Show Goes On”
“Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.”
Lmao. Is this not the definition of orwellian doublespeak? It is painfully obvious that our nation had already crossed that “red” line in the quick sand decades ago.
“They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
George Carlin
Bravo! Great quote from Carlin…
Wonder where the terms “Get WOKE ” and “Stay Woke” might have come from…
The American Dream indeed!
First Ever Firefighter SWAT team created in Massachusetts to combat epidemic of active shooters and domestic terrorists.
https://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20190208/brockton-firefighters-get-helmets-vests-for-active-shooter-response
Good grief!
Brockton, MASSHOLECHUSETTS.
Where they find Brazilian-style cartel victims, chopped up and stuffed into contractor-sized garbage bags.
Probably a smart move.
Below is a link to an article titled —— ” Trump’s SOTU speech: Myth masquerading as reality ”
You can probably tell from the title that the writer is a libfuk. (Am providing the link for an alternate view …. you know, cuz, Diversity)
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/450899-trump-sotu-venezuela-reality/
Interesting article, Stuck. Personally, I thought it was weak in that there are far more effective ways to disassemble Trump.
In his 2nd paragraph, the author says watching Trump address the U.S. Congress is “akin to watching Chewbacca trying to play Hamlet”. Yet, he failed to mention the Star Wars Bar Scene that is now the U.S. House
In his 7th paragraph, the author conflates the “centrality of Russia” to the “seminal struggle for the future of humanity” while in his closing sentence, he states his desire that the world be “liberated” from the “hegemon erected as a monument to might is right.”
Can the author have it both ways? Is it Trump who keeps provoking Russia?
It is also interesting how comparisons keep surfacing here between today’s headlines to 1930’s Spain; including, again, in the article you just posted. Except, therein, the author compares 1930s Spain to Venezuela – and, seemingly, even referencing Trump as the fascist interloper in Latin America as Hitler and Mussolini were to Spain.
Now that is a fascinating comparison, indeed.
In light of all the recent comparisons here, I keep thinking about the Spanish Civil War and, in particular, one quote that summarizes that complicated conflict for me, personally. It is from the historian Antony Beevor’s “The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939”, chapter 21:
Yep. The more things stay the same, the more they change.
You could have titled this – Quaaludes, Postludes & Preludes: The Show Goes On.
1. Trump did not descend the elevator, he took an escalator
2. Postlude: period of time when a person taking Quaaludes thinks he is lucid enough to write a fawning assessment of Trump. e.g. “In fact, if optics are everything in an electronic world, one must admit Trump is an undeniable magician; especially with the ladies. A real snake charmer in fact. First, he got his harem to show up looking like hoodless klansman and in obvious deference to his irresistible Caucasianness. Then he got them to stand and applaud right on queue.”
3. Caucasianness, is that contagious??
4. cue!
Good catch on the escalator; although the escalator doesn’t reach his office and I doubt he took the stairs? Even so, I own that error and have already made the change on my blog.
# 3 – I think so because I had it and now my offspring do too?
# 4 – now that one I researched first and “queue” doe have the most correctness; although “cue”, in some circles, has some level of acceptableness too
Unyielding, cue is the most correct and you know it. It’s not just the vatos who use that spelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5J1mn_u0rM
EC,
RE: Cue vs. Queue
In researching it again this morning, I stand corrected. Will change it on my blog later. My bad
Always the gentleman, Unc.
For the record, in researching it prior, in my haste, I mistook both words as synonymous but with “queue” as the more formal usage because the ladies in white were “lined up” to applaud. Of course, I overanalyzed it. No surprise there. The change has made on my blog. You coulda been an English teacher
NO, I couldn’ve but I had some very smart English teachers. One thing that mystified me is why Stella Trambley’s bios do not include that she taught English at AHS. She was not a bad English teacher, I would be one, but she was unique. I spent a part of her class sitting on the floor next to Maria, a classmate from elementary school. Mrs. Trambley tolerated that since I was a. not a problem student b. a top scorer on tests.
Mrs. Trambley was unorthodox as far as white schools such as Austin but fairly typical for Hispanic schools like El Paso High or Jefferson. What she did for us that no other teacher did was encourage us to go see a live play at the Chamizal Theater. I didn’t know until I read her brief bio that was her passion.
If I could check the Austin records, I might find her records to verify she was there back then even if they left her name off.
Perhaps “Postludes, Preludes and a Clockwork Orange Afterglow.”
Sometimes we all fly too close to the sun.
Believe it or not, the DD NM hit me today. I didn’t get it before. My bad. Hindsight’s 20/20 only after it becomes clear. But at least I can say no one told me. Get it? My bro always says: “Every day’s a holiday. Every meal’s a feast.” Don’t you forget it.
In that case, Double D must be a triple D now. Hence DD NM.
Ya can’t all get what you want. Ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNdOtaHniQc
But, if you try sometimes, you get enough. And enough is a lot less than most people think it is.
For every action, there is a reason, and a rhyme to every moment under heaven.
You didn’t see the DD NM bidness because you are an ALLITERATOR and not an ABBREVIATOR.
Keep America beautiful, abbreviate, don’t alliter, eh?
“America was founded on liberty and independence –- not government coercion, domination, and control.”
Could I ask one last question about this speech? Does anyone actually believe that the people who founded this country would approve of the policies of Trump or any recent presidents, whether democratic or republican?
How about this from George Washington: “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world”. So what about Trump stating that we have to illegally remain in Syria to protect Israel? What about Trump in bed with the Saudis? He stands with the people of Venezuela in their quest for democracy but he also does the sword dance with the head chopping dictators of Saudi Arabia.
Someone please explain how you can support this man without saying that at least he’s better than Clinton.
@ Steve,
I do believe there are many who do.
Practically speaking, many of the same folks would say “better than Clinton” was/is enough.
Paradigms and binaries are bitches
the funny thing about our election process… is we’ll never understand how bad Hill’ on the ‘Hill could have been…
I wonder if she would have been able to even deliver an entire SOTU without some kind of medical breakdown
Random musings:
How many folks do you think are hoping this could be Trump’s Watergate?
WaPo Reporter: Bezos’ Investigators Think ‘Government Entity’ Might Have Leaked His Sexts to National Enquirer
In any case, it definitely has the potential of expanding into a huge narrative generating machine? Even given the hypocrisy of Bezos being a spook his bad self
Greenwald Slams Bezos’ Invasion Of Privacy Hypocrisy As Amazon Builds Sprawling Surveillance State For Everyone Else
Also – About the Virginia scandals: My understanding is if all resign, the Speaker of the House becomes Governor.
Isn’t it interesting how this exactly corresponds to what Trump’s opponents want to do on the national level? With Trump and Pence gone, Pelosi takes the reins.
Test run, psyop, happenstance, or reality TV?
Or not
Funny…found this after reading your last post….
Pelosi really is plotting to become POTUS (Video)
I hit Wally World up for 8 boxes of ammo today so at least I have doing something to assure my future!
I just watched an all-star panel of elite journalists on MSNBC, including the New York Times’ twice pulitzer-winning Nicholas Kristof, discuss a set of data points whereby Trump, the Saudis, and the National Enquirer colluded to take down Bozo & the Washington Post; because that’s what dictators around the world are doing, dontcha know.
Because, after all, as anyone watching the recent Superbowl would know, and overlaying the subdued voiceover of America’s most popular actor: Democracy Dies in Darkness.
It’s all so perfect, it HAS to be real, right? Especially, given the timing and all.
If so, then why do I feel like Rip Van Winkle who just woke up in Orwell’s Oceania? Why can’t I shake that Movie of the Week feeling?
OMG… I told my husband the other day the Isaiah Five Ness is startling. Your dystopian marriage of Orwell to the headless horseman gave me chillbumps.
(Irving’s fables have a certain fish out of water theme to them, do they not? Is Ichabod related to Rip? :/)
I like the tone of Douay-Reims, but I include the link only to make sure you know the site exists. Different interpretations serve the purpose of different subsects of the Biblical reading type, but to someone who grasps the potential of being able to QUOTE scripture in any version available, having such a feast of words to choose from to quote is splendid.
Woe to those who try to wake Rip Van Winkle before His time.
20 Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
21 Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.”
A serious question, old platform snitch. And others feel free to pipe up, if you are of the philosophical bent and understand my question.
I took a couple of philosophy classes in my quest for enlightenment. (A plus plus plus). During one I learned the difference in “legend” and “myth.”
Legend is a truth that explains something about our reality. Icarus’s attempts to touch the sun ended badly. That is why we aren’t allowed winged horses any longer.
Mythology can also be considered to be “truthful.” It is why we look to the Prophets and the Poets for guidance.
This site has all sorts of interesting versions of all sorts of religious texts, searchable if you know how the algorithms looking at words think. I believe you do.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+5&version=DRA
So, returning to the topic at hand: the remnant.
Are we legend or are we myth?
By the way, the abrupt ending that suggests reading time was wasted should be used sparingly.
Seriously, myth, legend and fable. Are they all in the “Truth Industry?”
(I’ve become intrigued with how you can paste some words together and come up with a whole new thing. Grace County Pastor works in the “Truth Industry” along with Jim Quinn and Marc Moran and a big, surly lumberjack looking dude with a heart of gold and a hand in his pants and even a few scraggly looking taggeralongers like me, thee and we and even ec.
At one time unicorns did exist.
The problem was the dumber monkeys kept getting themselves impaled. The comparatively smarter ones with organizational skills capable of stringing a few concepts together decided to kill off all the unicorns for the common good.
End of fairy tale.
I wondered what happened to the big dogs here. They were unicorns, huh?
not what happened–the big dogs walked backwards onto a unicorn & had their egos popped–
I suppose. But, they say the actual ruins of Troy were found because of Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey.
RE: legend vs. myth
Perhaps legends are mostly true with some fabrications thrown in for good measure. Whereas myths are essentially fantasies containing elements of truth.
And given the vain imaginings of mankind, it could be time determines both.
It would be very entertaining for that to happen as Trump, Pence, Bolton, etc plot the same thing for Venezuela. Pelosi for Trump and Guaido for Maduro. Reads like a plot from the Twilight Zone. Should we get the popcorn ready?
ITS A COOK BOOK!!!!
Just last night I said to Nick, “Why was Soylent Green people? Overpopulation or lack of food sources?”
He wasn’t sure. We have lots of nice venison and local herds of happy cattle. No Soylent Green around here.
Twilight Zone, indeed. The guy in Mark’s video above claimed Pelosi was going overseas to meet with NATO bosses before she took over the country. Good thing Trump stopped her before reopening the government in time for his State of the Union speech.
And how about Mr. Clean on Capitol Hill? He was downright defiant. I haven’t seen that kind of aggression since he played in the 1991 Rose Bowl. One wonders if he’s still making plays? If so, defensive or offensive?
Popcorn sounds good.
The picture makes the video look damn near prophetic. Maybe it is all a simulation after all.
Look at that face. I know it sounds mean to even say it, but how can you look at that visage and not see a troubled spirit?
This is a photo of a random woman in an insane asylum circa 1890. She looks slightly healthier than Ms. Jayapal. Am I the only person who sees this?
Although there may be many aspects to Animal Husbandry that is learned, by and large, physiognomy is no doubt in our
jeansgenes.And thanks to you, every time I say “sanpaku eyes”, whoever’s with me gets them; especially when I say it in public places. It’s the little things
Warning: Understand BEZOS-BUBB before proceeding.
http://mileswmathis.com/bezos.pdf
this article could just as easily go over on the ocasio thread but since the ahole who is the subject of the article pounds on trump & there’s more of you here i’ll put it here–
i believe that it is an illustration of what is wrong with our politics in this country–
john dingell died yesterday at the age of 92–many of you are saying who the hell is john dingell?
dingell was one of the longest serving congressmen in history,serving from 1955 to 2014,representing the outskirts of the detroit area as a democrat —
but that’s only part of the story,as he stepped into the office when the previous occupant died–the man who preceded dingell in office was his father,who was elected in 1932 with franklin d roosevelt and died in office–if memory serves,his father introduced a bill that would have been the 1st obamacare–
fast forward to 2014 when dingell retired–who do you think took his seat?naw,not his son,but close–his 2nd wife now holds the seat–that means the seat has now been held by the same family since 1933,or 86 years–how many of you guys or your dads are 86?
while the dingells are not the only family to become a political dynasty,i know of no other family that has held a single seat for such a long period of time,do any of you?
so far as i know,dingell had only one redeeming quality,he was one of the most hardcore gun rights supporters in congress–which brings me to my next point–
a certain george h w bush,now deceased, wrote the forward to dingell’s autobiography,writing about how great it is to compromise & lamenting modern politics where there is so much rancor–
bush apparently liked things better when the republicans were given some crumbs & a photo op when a big bill was passed as long as they were good boys and sat in the back of the congressional dining room–
as i wrote above,dingell was a hardcore gun rights supporter & once wrote a letter TO the batf in which he called them jack booted thugs–does jack booted thugs sound familiar?it should if you’ve been watching for awhile–
a few years after dingell said what he said about the batf the natl rifle association used the term in a fund raising letter,do any of you remember the political firestorm that erupted?
do you remember the above referenced mr bush huffily resigning his nra membership because of the extremist position of the most pussified gun rights organization in the country?
but later when the furor calmed down, mr bush was content to go back to hanging out with the original author of the term–
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?e=Y2hhcmxlc3dlc3RsYWtlQGVhcnRobGluay5uZXQ%3D&s=5c5d91e6fe1ff67e4d76ca08
Trump to the libtarded is like O’Barry was to conservatives. The only difference, of course, is that the left always follows through with their plans
Steel thinks Trump is No. 1, during this fast paced hard hitting rant!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wA1qaID20
Massive Swamp Draining, Fed Takeover, 16th Amendment Rescinded:Robert David Steele
72,607 views
Good grief!
It’s Q… in person… on crack cocaine!
Couldn’t sleep last night…he he he…thought I’d toss a turd into the anti- Trump punchbow…
I do like listening to Steele he is a WILD MAN!
Doug – your articles are generating consistently large numbers of comments. That is most welcome. The comments are also covering a great number of topics – which is a testament to what you have put together. I thought this was an excellent piece, and though I have not commented, it is because it is not in my wheelhouse.
Thanks for the efforts. Now, what we need is a major piece from Stuck, complete with his pics, to augment what you and others are doing.
Thank you, Llpoh. I appreciate it very much. Agreed on the Stuchenmeister. He definitely has his hands full, but he’s still checking in and that’s better than nothing. For sure. We’ll take what we can get until he regales us with another epic wonder
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/11/ice-dem-efforts-restrict-beds-release-criminal/
https://www.ebony.com/news/dem-presidential-candidate-calls-100b-slavery-reparations/
Cool…I use some extra cash!
THE IRISH SLAVE TRADE – THE FORGOTTEN “WHITE” SLAVES
“The Irish slave trade began when James II sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies. By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.
Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.
From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.”
The prez can’t get 5.7 Biyon but this gal thinks she can get me a chunk of the 100 Biyon? Uncle LeBron James (his white name) was a slave. I will definitely contribute a portion to TBP when I get the moolah.
Aw dang, the thread is sputtering.
Today marks the 7th Anniversary of the Doomstead Diner Blog & Forum, chronicling the causes and effects of Collapse.
Come celebrate with us with a fabulous Surf & Turf FEAST for this auspicious occasion!
Thanks again to members of The Burning Platform who participated in the 2019 Collapse Survey, which we have begun the process of parsing the data on. There’s a LOT of it. The Survey is still open though if you haven’t yet dropped on your opinions on the progress of Collapse.
http://www.doomsteaddiner.net/blog/2019/02/12/7-years-of-collapse-dynamics-on-the-doomstead-diner/
RE
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/26/dossier-shows-democrat-russian-collusion-no-proof-/