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Just Thinking
Just Thinking
August 31, 2021 9:22 am

He had a perfectly logical explanation, Jill told him thirteen service members died and his watch only goes to twelve.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  Administrator
August 31, 2021 11:36 am

Biden is an illegitimate imposter in an illegitimate government controlled by a cabal of globalists *aka: communists. Stolen elections have consequences, Afghanistan being the largest and most egregious to date, there will be far worse ‘events’ in the near future. Arming the Taliban and bringing thousands of unvetted Afghanis here is going to usher in the new War on Terror and this time the bombings will be here.
There is no one to stop this evil, the entire government is corrupt, locally and nationally and globally. Witness Australia, a nation controlled by tyrants with their own occupying army/police attacking and killing the citizens for the crime of going outside in their yard.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/14/lockdown-fines-raised-as-australia-faces-worst-covid-situation

very old white guy
very old white guy
  Mygirl....maybe
August 31, 2021 3:46 pm

And yet not one American has stood up and invoked the second amendment and removed the bastards from office or America. The founding fathers would have been at war by now. There is nothing that one can say about the cowardice that is an American these days. People just keep eating the lies and crap that is thrown at them day after day. Where the hell is the anger? Are blm communists the only one’s who are angry? Wake up fools. The people can stop this what is needed is courage, got that one word that says it all COURAGE. Our forefathers had it why the hell don’t we?

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  very old white guy
August 31, 2021 6:59 pm

Discretion is the better part of valor, old whitey. What good, vengeful men need to do is be effective, and that means getting out of the way for now. This is not about courage. The bravery to do what daddy government says is fantastic!

Why don’t we? There is no we. Government defines us as pressed ham, and that’s what we’ve become by breeding.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 7:28 pm

I am sickened and heartbroken and very, very angry. I am disgusted and revolted with the lies, the feigned incompetance and the deliberate destruction of the country and yes, this is in every way about deliberately ‘transforming’ (aka: destroying) America so that the NWO, the Great Reset can finally be created.

EVERYTHING that this illegal cabal is doing is geared to collapsing the country, Afghanistan was no accident. It was planned, coordinated and designed to arm future and former enemies and bring those individuals inside the borders of the country where they can do the greatest harm. The Taliban now control an area that will soon be a magnet for every Jihadi to come sign up to commit Jihad while China will suck up the mineral resources and the great pipeline will be completed after twenty years of lies and murder.

The ‘new’ military contains little idiots who won’t hesitate to fire on unarmed civilians, it contains greedy generals who promote sodomy and lies while they suck up to the likes of a decrepit crone who is doing her best to turn the country into a socialist/communist state while her husband sucks up millions from insider trading to enrich himself and their clan.

The great vaccine push will continue apace, furthered by corporations and institutions who worship at the fount of Baal, the mark of the Beast comes in the vaccines and said vaccines are the playthings of eugenicists who relish the thought of mass pain and suffering. A great culling continues apace.

We are governed by madmen and psychopaths, it’s staggering to realize how many there are at all levels, in the halls of power and outside in the schools and institutions, locally and nationally and globally. The brainwashed minions are legion, slobbering in front of there smartphones and teeves, zombies in utero, waiting for the signal to attack any and all that the cabal wants destroyed.

The Remnant knows they are targeted, we know how this ends, history is replete with examples of this denouement. The time for talk is long over as is writing about the current state of affairs, we know what to do, it’s time….

anon I
anon I
  Mygirl....maybe
August 31, 2021 7:58 pm

Our extermination is about to begin. Our replacements are already here with plenty of armed foot soldiers and will have the assistance of an army of Jackbooted thugs and any high tech they might need. We are being turned into a food and mineral plantation for the NWO.

Was it you who posted the thing about big tech cutting of the Australian truckers internet access? It will happen here and we will be in the dark as fr as who is being gassed or sprayed or napalmed. Ms. madcow and the gay albino won’t be reporting it either.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  anon I
August 31, 2021 9:33 pm

I didn’t post re the Aussie truckers but I have a trucker friend who just came back from delivering a massive generator to Baton Rouge. He said they had no electricity in the city and the hotel he stayed at had no electricity but they did have running water. Now Baton Rouge is nowhere near NO. The media isn’t talking about the state of affairs in LA, but he said think Puerto Rico after the hurricane.
The gov. of LA stated no electricity for NO for over a month? Think about that for a minute. I was here in Texas during the freeze, we got electricity back fairly quick and today I got a notice my rates are going up up up. Then you get the supply shortages, production shortages, transportation shortages and a host of other little items and if you add them up you see the plan is greatly progressed.
No ammo, got guns? CDC now talking ‘gun violence’ which means they need to disarm and then comes the great culling. The parts to put the grid back are on back order and if another event happens then no parts and no electricity…..spicy times.

anon I
anon I
  Mygirl....maybe
August 31, 2021 9:42 pm

I still think we are nuts to let them keep using the grid to surround and trap us.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  anon I
August 31, 2021 9:53 pm

If you examine the Holodomor or Mao’s Great Leap Forward or Lenin’s little revolutionary antics in ’21 and ’22, you begin to see a pattern. I had a conversation with a fellow and he said he’d text me. I told him don’t bother, I have a flip phone. He was stunned.
I also have manual can openers and oil lamps and non electric dependent items like hand saws. My grand parents were sharecroppers during the Depression and my mother was a German who lived through WWII as a child. I’ve had this drilled into me with my mother’s milk.

subwo
subwo
  Mygirl....maybe
September 1, 2021 3:38 am

I saw that on the Sunday Morning show. CDC equates gun violence as a disease and cites statistics? They have no dog in that fight. The FBI should be the one with the crime stats on gun violence. Next thing is black on black crime on the CDC stats.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  Mygirl....maybe
September 1, 2021 12:20 am

zombies in utero

Don’t read that every day. Nice ring.

The time for talk is long over as is writing about the current state of affairs, we know what to do, it’s time….

No, no. It’s time to lay low and be as ready as possible. The part us men folk can control is being mentally ready to do the ever loving it without mercy and will emotional continence. There is no time. Did I mention we are pressed ham and therefore not a real we? It will be times, little by little, as it has been. We aren’t a we, and we ain’t coming to save the womenfolk, fyi. All I can do is be amazed how the Christcucks can take it and take it and rationalize some shit. I listen to talk shows to gauge where the pied-pipers are and their listeners are and look at what clearance there may be. The beat goes on. It’s incredible breeding and specialization. I mean just look at the comment about Trump just better reject the hackzeen (‘clot shots’), lmfao. Projecting his own ass onto the Donald’s ass. It’s just fucking unreal and yet spectacularly mundane.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  'Reality' Doug
September 1, 2021 1:18 am

The great irony here is how you seem to think I rely on men to protect and save me. I rely on no one to rescue or save me, if I sink, I sink alone and I stand alone…by choice. I have friends and they are of like mind, I live in a rural setting and we who live here are independent to the core and we band together when necessary..

I read of folk who say they’d be deeply traumatized to kill another human being. I have no such qualms if that person is out to kill or harm me. I will catch and release a spider, I will kill a rattlesnake or rat, I do what is necessary and don’t get too involved in looking back. If I have to eat I will kill an animal but the butchering and guts and gore I’d rather leave to someone else if I can find someone to cajole into doing it.

I was married, twice. Short first marriage and much longer second marriage. For reasons I won’t get into, I got divorced and lived alone and preferred that to being with another person. Several years ago I met a wonderful man, him a widower, me divorced and neither of us were concerned about legalizing that which already was. Long story short, he died of cancer.
Since then I live alone and have no desire to acquire another partner, two minor and one major heartache was enough.

The pressed ham analogy is interesting. Odd, but interesting.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  Mygirl....maybe
September 1, 2021 10:53 am

Noted.

MrLiberty
MrLiberty
  Administrator
August 31, 2021 2:35 pm

I’m old enough to remember when treason was punishable by death…..and still mad enough to heartily endorse the idea.

very old white guy
very old white guy
  MrLiberty
August 31, 2021 3:50 pm

The people have to take care of it. If the people don’t then nothing happens. Are you really mad enough? Endorsement is not adequate, action is needed. I am an old man and many have asked me what I have done, would do, and why have I not done anything. I have, yet every time I stand I stand alone. It is a sad commentary on where I find myself.

Ghost
Ghost
August 31, 2021 9:48 am

Accidental posted link.

Anonymous
Anonymous
August 31, 2021 11:03 am

Fantastic comment. Maybe a few Humans still exist in this (((Clownworld))) of incessant lies.

Archeaopteryx Phoenix
Archeaopteryx Phoenix
  Anonymous
August 31, 2021 11:17 am

Thanks.

brian
brian
August 31, 2021 11:05 am

a hatred for the host nations they inhabit, a materialistic world-view

The global elites have a well planned, long game, to create as much chaos as possible, globally. This should not be a surprise. What ‘conservatives; do is reactionary at best and never plan on keeping or even maintaining checks on the communist overlords.

So using the useful idiots like muslims world over who are eager to cause chaos shouldn’t come as a surprise. These people have zero qualms about burning, killing, stealing, lying, doing anything that will establish their control and allow them to continue their criminal behaviours.

This is why there is massive influx of muslims. They are brought here by globalists and the muslim ideology. To flood the host countries, overwhelm their ‘social’ systems, drain their wealth, have as many anchor babies as they can and take the countries from the inside out. This will work, and is working, and these people will used to bring about a total authoritarian regime.

The global elites will deem that ALL christians, jews and conservatives are the sole problem of the world not having peace and need to be eliminated, for which the muslims and criminals will gleefully take up the challenge. When they have outlived their usefulness, the muslims will be demonized and the military will be used to eliminate them entirely. Let the your enemy destroy your enemy and mop up whats left.

The global elites want chaos and division, foster and facilitate the violence of the peons against each other. Like when Stalin was told blood was running in the streets, his reply was ‘Good’ out of chaos comes order, but not the order real conservatives expect, but authoritarian order… papers please.

None of this is new, most here KNOW this. So far the globalists do not fear us, but (hopefully) the day is coming when they will. When the patriots will say this is enough and hang those who have perpetrated this evil…

piearesquared
piearesquared
  brian
August 31, 2021 4:12 pm

Well said. I think the main reason for the Afghanistan debacle, as with so much that the global elites (NWO) do, is just to sow chaos, confusion, hatred, etc. As long as they can keep the Left and Right fighting with each other, and keep everyone confused about why things are done the way they are, then they are winning. The Left is defending Biden, even though he is so senile that he doesn’t even KNOW what is going on, let alone have any say about what is going on. The Right criticizes Biden, and then says or implies that Trump would have done so much better if he was still president, even though he is just another NWO puppet who did his part in bringing the scamdemic to fruition last year and promoting the kill shots via Operation Warp Speed (which is why he was selected to win in 2016). I think another reason for the Afghanistan debacle is to provide a distraction from news of the deaths caused by the kill shots.

anon I
anon I
  piearesquared
August 31, 2021 7:38 pm

Keeping people confused keeps them fearful and shorts out their ability to think clearly.

Rise Up
Rise Up
  piearesquared
August 31, 2021 8:08 pm

I doubt Trump knew the vaxxes were clot shots. Covid-19 virus does not exist–it’s a model from a computer program. No doctor or medical organization has isolated it. The killer vax was the goal all along. This is on Fauci and Gates and Big Pharma.

But Trump must know this by now, yet continues to promote vaccinations. If he doesn’t turn around on this issue, it’s curtains for him for any hope of 2024.

ReluctantWarrior
ReluctantWarrior
August 31, 2021 11:22 am

A picture worth a thousand words.

Ghost
Ghost
August 31, 2021 12:00 pm

I halfway expect him to resign today. I don’t see how he faces the American people without admitting he is intentionally destroying the country and selling us out.

I also expect Hunter’s artwork to get moved to the bargain bin.

Just Thinking
Just Thinking
  Ghost
August 31, 2021 12:50 pm

That would be true if anyone in the District of Corruption had any sort of moral compass. He’ll be gone when he outlives his usefulness to TPTB. As long as he (continues to) gets pinned with the blame, no one looks at the puppet masters.

Like the Clinton foundation, the money will go away only when he is removed from office, probably by the sound of the ice cream truck pulling up to the front door.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  Ghost
August 31, 2021 12:58 pm

Resign? Nope. The modus operandi of those using Alinsky’s rules for radicals as their guide for action is to double down on the lies and trot out more liars and keep pushing the narrative. Never admit wrongdoing, always blame the other person and lie, lie, lie like a cheap rug.

This is attributed to Alinsky but the author is unknown…

How to create a socialist state
Healthcare — Control healthcare and you control the people

Welfare — Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income).

Education — Take control of what people read and listen to — take control of what children learn in school.

Religion — Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools

Class Warfare — Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Debt — Increase the debt to an unsustainable level.

Gun Control — Remove the ability for the people to defend themselves from the Government.

Poverty — Increase the poverty level as high as possible. Poor people are easier to control and will keep socialists in power if they are providing everything for them to live.

These are the Rules for Radicals….

1. “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood.
2. “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone.
3. “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty.
4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.
5. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
6. “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones.
7. “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news.
8. “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new.
9. “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist.
10. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.” It is this unceasing pressure that results in the reactions from the opposition that are essential for the success of the campaign.
11. “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog.
12. “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem.
13. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.

Gomer
Gomer
August 31, 2021 12:00 pm

He had heard that all of this had happened on his “watch”.

AL Tru
AL Tru
August 31, 2021 12:48 pm

100K to 300K Afghanis coming to USA.
Ft Lee, Ft Bliss, McGuire etc
The CIA’s playhouse assets are frozen

MrLiberty
MrLiberty
August 31, 2021 2:34 pm

Far too many are assuming that he has any idea of what is going on around him. My Alzheimer’s-destroyed mother would always look at her watch, simply because it was the most familiar thing she could find to “ground” her when the rest of reality spun away in any given moment. This is a man who likely has very little short term memory left, and obvious cognitive impairment. Not excusing the folks who surround him, who cheated to get him elected, or even him (all should be charged with treason and crimes against humanity), just saying that giving him any credit for knowing what he was doing in that moment versus any other moment, is misplaced.

very old white guy
very old white guy
August 31, 2021 3:52 pm

If you are unwilling to kill your enemy your enemy will kill you. And that ain’t sunzu baloney, that is fact.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  very old white guy
August 31, 2021 7:17 pm

I remember when HSF said my tired, old arguments were of no influence ’round here—as I paraphrase from memory. Causal truth seasoned with the truth of psychological discomfort can do wonders. Sad that such an obvious fact is something to make know to what are supposed to be men. One’s own violence is not something to fear per se.

anon I
anon I
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 7:36 pm

He spews lot of bull here and his moonies suck it up. We disagree half the time but You never use cheap tactics.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  anon I
August 31, 2021 8:47 pm

Largely it’s aware haves versus aware have-nots. The trend bias should be obvious, but more will run out the clock.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 9:39 pm

Well sunshine I chew your misogynistic ass out with reckless and joyful abandon but, and tell no one, it is our little secret…outside of that little issue I generally agree with you on many topics.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  Mygirl....maybe
August 31, 2021 10:00 pm

Even though we will never be cast together in a Star Wars movie, “I know.” I’m red pill. I get you.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 11:03 pm

Like Bogie and Bacall, Ennis and Jack, Forrest and Jenny and Ren and Stempy…’we go together like peas and peanut butter.”

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
  anon I
August 31, 2021 11:02 pm

You two should get a room.

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  hardscrabble farmer
September 1, 2021 12:17 am

A room? Nay, more like a stable…Ennis and Jack

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'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  Mygirl....maybe
September 1, 2021 12:25 am

Yur asknz 4z it, MuhGal. Same, same. lol

Mygirl....maybe
Mygirl....maybe
  'Reality' Doug
September 1, 2021 12:56 am

Come on, I DID include Bogie and Bacall and Forrest and Jenny…

“Life is like a box of chocolates… a big ol’ box of chocolates where someone took a bite out of each and every stinking piece of chocolate…the rotten little shits”

Mygirl…maybe
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'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  Mygirl....maybe
September 1, 2021 10:56 am

Noted. Same MO no matter what I do, within what I am willing to do, but I doubt that would make a difference. I take enough shit from my parents even now. These social norms do not work for me and are not civilized. AWALT and that is noted most of all.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 11:01 pm

You paraphrase half as well as you tell the truth.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  hardscrabble farmer
August 31, 2021 11:57 pm

My apologies. Here is the comment in question in full:

You wallow in misanthropy. Every post you make is meant to hurl insult and objection at anything and everything anyone finds value in, but these are your choices and have no real impact on most people despite what you think.

“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” – Seneca

And you are still welcome to visit if you choose. Or invite us to your home and show us how much better you have managed to perfect your world.

Source:

THE FOURTH OF JULY

.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
  'Reality' Doug
September 1, 2021 12:12 am

Sounds pretty accurate.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 6:56 pm

The non-consummate high-T zombies who complete themselves with cybernetic patriotism are not going to be able to function as pretend heroes. The ones that can will be so reasonable to talk to. I could not make a better narrative crisis for a subhuman if I tried. Delicious. This is not news. Vietnam was completely inappropriate, and they signed up anyway. The pretend do-gooders with high-T will have to reinvent themselves mentally or remain psychological drool. Mother nature takes her time, but she never cuts corners.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 7:05 pm

This is standard practice, AP. Ghoooz will infiltrate any incorporated organization. They just need the global police state to exist. Having war is strength training for police state muscle. Islam is the broom of the Ghoooz. The fact that muzzies kept the Promised Land for themselves is a complication. If a caliphate is made, Ghoooz will infiltrate it. US vs. Soviet Union, US vs. CCP, West vs. Islam. They want to recruit goy into their machinery, and they are doing a great job of it. They can simply get away with more as the American decline matures. I’ll try again, AP. If you can judge a tree by its fruits, most white people are NOT YOUR PEOPLE. They are the greatest enemy because they are from the same culture and gene pool. I really don’t mind eliminating the competition. I’d like to be fruitful and multiply and have my place my way. You will frazzle yourself trying to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. The key reason why white men are in trouble is defector white men. White men were on top and could not be dislodged except by disloyalty. Some perverts and misfits are born everywhere sooner or later. They were not purged according to real white man standards. It’s that goddamn simple.

Ahmed Rothschild
Ahmed Rothschild
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 9:47 pm

We watch and wait…it is too late. Knowing fate is great. Make thyself a crate.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
August 31, 2021 10:14 pm

To be fair it is survival of the fittest and if a people no longer possesses the will to live, then it’s off to the ash heap of history.

Our kind clearly prefer to whinge and whine and bitch and complain about their lot rather than to take any kind of action. You can lead a horse to water and all that jazz.

I’ve spent the past week trying to save one of my cows- it looked like death was certain on Thursday last week and today she’s back up and eating and on the way to recovery. She wanted to live, for her calf, maybe even for the herd, but it was her determination that made it possible, her will to survive regardless of how hopeless it looked.

You either have it or you do not.
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falconflight
falconflight
  hardscrabble farmer
August 31, 2021 10:31 pm

Since the beginning of time.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  falconflight
September 1, 2021 10:57 am

UNTIL JESUS!!! Sin no more!

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 10:48 pm

AP, it seems you have read Kevin MacDonald. I am on a mini buying spree since I believe it’s now or never. I am looking at something published by Counter Cur. and want to buy direct. My Girl would have a conniption if I gave the title, and I don’t like to advertise my bidness anyway.

Do you think it’s legit to buy from Counter Cur. B&N has it, and I prefer them to Amazon (women, lol). There’s another book I want to get that’s only on Amazon, if you can effing believe it.

Anyone have experience with buying from Counter Cur.? I hope I’m not too late on this thread. If it seems I am, I will try again on a hot post.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
  'Reality' Doug
August 31, 2021 10:54 pm

Alibris.

Or email me, I bet I have whatever title you’re looking for.

'Reality' Doug
'Reality' Doug
  hardscrabble farmer
September 1, 2021 12:10 am

Kind offer. Thanks. I will treat myself to new if I can. It’s a small joy, but one I can take. Might as well show support to the author or CC. I don’t understand how CC is selling such books in San Fran with Gov. Gruesome and all. I haven’t made a final decision, hitting the hay soon.

You got any thoughts on K. MacDonald or F. R. Devlin you want to share? I would not expect you to read such things. I find most willing-to-go-there alt-right analysis to be narrative time with a smattering of facts, but what the hell. Maybe I can catch up on my reading when I’m eating my seed corn or conserving energy from hunger. I have some things to do before I can read, or I just will, but the time is a ticking. My mental and physical health is my guide, so I just chug along, pointlessly or not. lol