Politics

[spike.t]

Hamas still pays out salaries and rewards supporters

Observers are baffled at how Hamas can pay officials as Gaza is isolated and largely reduced to rubble.

www.bbc.com

 

[steve white]

The days of Socialists and Communists hiding and needing exposed by Joe McCarthy are long gone.

We now have elected officials saying in public they love their home nation more than America and European nations. Openly promoting Socialism and even Communism.

We have large swaths in cities and states held by cultures that refuse to assimilate. They often outbreed citizens at a high rate.

The Leftist cities and states excessive taxation and disastrous policies run them into the ground. And now complain how expensive it is to live in those areas and how the people that caused the pain now have all the answers for affordable housing and food. Once again, they break it and then claim to have the answers to fix it.

So eventually many of us will feel the results of them being the majority. With that majority comes their government of choice, religion and cultural norms.

So, besides complaining, what are we to do to protect our culture and assets. I do not have the answers. Of course voting is one answer.


I am a small benefactor to Hillsdale College. Perhaps do not send our kids or grandkids to learning institutions that promote the decline.

I am trying to protect financial assets against taxation and confiscation.

What else can we do? Any ideas?

Well you flung a skunk into the room. Probably a good thing. We are often behind the curve, to our own detriment.

 

[HookMeUpII]

Hamas still pays out salaries and rewards supporters

Observers are baffled at how Hamas can pay officials as Gaza is isolated and largely reduced to rubble.

www.bbc.com

Iran, for starters. I'm sure the millions we probably still send to the Taliban monthly is going for "humanitarian aid and infrastructure enhancement." (sarcasm)

 

[HookMeUpII]

In other news:

SiriusXM Has Canceled 'The Howard Stern Show'

CBS Photo Archive. Getty Images.Of all the photos I could've selected to start a post about Howard Stern, this one seems the most appropriate given both media giants pictured in it are both about to ...

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Not surprised in the least bit. Howard hasn't been worth listening to since 2005. It's amazing he made it another 20 years.

I will not miss his liberal, insufferable, and humorless political garbage he thought was funny.

The days are numbered for a lot of these woke TV and radio shows.

 

[John Wasmuth]

Fort Stewart Ga, five soldiers shot by U.S. Army Sgt. shooter in custody.

 

[spike.t]

Could RFK Jr's move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation?

The US is withdrawing $500m for vaccines for diseases like flu and Covid. Health correspondent James Gallagher asks if it's the right call.

www.bbc.com

 

[John Wasmuth]

Shooting at Georgia's Fort Stewart injures 5 soldiers; US Army sergeant in custody

Five soldiers were injured in a shooting at Fort Stewart military installation in Georgia Wednesday.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Tanks]

You can exaggerate such concerns, easy if you try. Better to look at what is happening to Germany TODAY and act in our best interests. Construct a due process any way you like, but stop the Islamic onslaught. Plenty of other like minded ideas in posts above. Personally, I am not OK with cultural suicide of the west.
Just responding to a post looking for "ideas" after all. Didn't have time for a doctoral thesis, and just thinking off top of the head to get the ball rolling.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS MENTIONED, BTW?...especially in places like Burkina Faso. Lots of wild game being wiped out there.

There are plenty of ways, which Trump is actually doing, to handle the criminal elements of immigrants and also getting rid of various visa exemptions that was implemented during the Biden administration. However, one cannot get rid of people of different viewpoints and religions without violating the Constitution.

As far as problems abroad, not our problem unless it impacts the USA now or in the future. We already learned from past experience in recent history that nation building does not work unless the educational infrastructure is there. Can't teach people with 13th century mentality today's concepts. Reason we are involved with Ukraine and various countries in the Middle East is due to our strategic interests. Sudan or Congo not so much. That's the reality, now find some rare earth minerals, abundant water or oil there, they'll be our best friend.

 

[rookhawk]

Huge problem, agreed. This actually was a big deal in terms of Powell's direction in terms of rate cuts. I don't like Powell but the labor market has been one of his biggest data points.

The retro revisions are a big deal. Hassett claimed "don't shoot the messenger." However, when you are responsible for verifying the data for accuracy, screw it up, and have to revise it for months prior...that's bad.

10 yr has tumbled the last week. Housing market is getting crushed and no one is talking about it. The 30 yr mortgages have come down from 6.80% to 6.55% in a week.

I think a rate decrease has to happen in September. We might see the 10 yr at 4% by year end and 30 yr mortgages at 6%.

I hope you're correct, the interest rates are stifling to Americans. On the other hand, I think "real inflation" might be higher than reported and I think "American Citizen Unemployment" is under reported. I believe this is why the Fed is pushing back on rate cuts, we have bad economic winds facing us while simultaneously we have inflationary issues.

I'm a free-market guy (a fantasy world that does not exist). If I was just a regular, non-libertarian Republican and I was Trump, I would immediately subsidize Fannie and Freddie mortgage interest rates to prop up the housing market that is showing troubling signs of free fall.

I always think like a Libertarian and a free-market guy, holding cash and waiting for natural consequences so I can swoop in and buy stuff at deep discounts. Time and again, government intervention thwarts me by creating a non-stop barrage of "too big to fail" interventions.

 

[steve white]

There are plenty of ways, which Trump is actually doing, to handle the criminal elements of immigrants and also getting rid of various visa exemptions that was implemented during the Biden administration. However, one cannot get rid of people of different viewpoints and religions without violating the Constitution.

As far as problems abroad, not our problem unless it impacts the USA now or in the future. We already learned from past experience in recent history that nation building does not work unless the educational infrastructure is there. Can't teach people with 13th century mentality today's concepts. Reason we are involved with Ukraine and various countries in the Middle East is due to our strategic interests. Sudan or Congo not so much. That's the reality, now find some rare earth minerals, abundant water or oil there, they'll be our best friend.

Sorry if it appeared I would get rid of different religions and viewpoints, BUT, I make a big distinction between those who are teaching little kids that Jews are descended from monkeys and pigs, and promoting jihad/martyrdom, etc. When one crosses the line to terrorist or seditionist activities, it is time for us to act in our own best interests as a nation. Surely you know there are those out there ready to use our own system against us, until they have the upper hand. Nobody is going to create a theocracy/authoritarian state EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE PROMOTING THE THEOCRACIES/AUTHORITARIAN STATES THEY CAME FROM. I DON'T want us to end up there--that's when liberty will be gone, and we don't have to imagine the consequences, we have plenty of historical examples.
As I say again, I am against the cultural suicide of the west....

Concerning North Africa, they are not necessarily 7th century thinkers---they are being conquered by those with 7th century agendas, at least in places like Burkina Faso. They are not the intransigent sand pile...yet.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

You can exaggerate such concerns, easy if you try. Better to look at what is happening to Germany TODAY and act in our best interests. Construct a due process any way you like, but stop the Islamic onslaught. Plenty of other like minded ideas in posts above. Personally, I am not OK with cultural suicide of the west.
Just responding to a post looking for "ideas" after all. Didn't have time for a doctoral thesis, and just thinking off top of the head to get the ball rolling.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS MENTIONED, BTW?...especially in places like Burkina Faso. Lots of wild game being wiped out there.

Well said Steve. The truth might be hard to swallow for some, but it's still the truth. The West must stand up against the Islamic terrorists that are trying to control the world. Failure can only lead to disaster.

 

[cwpayton]

There are plenty of ways, which Trump is actually doing, to handle the criminal elements of immigrants and also getting rid of various visa exemptions that was implemented during the Biden administration. However, one cannot get rid of people of different viewpoints and religions without violating the Constitution.

As far as problems abroad, not our problem unless it impacts the USA now or in the future. We already learned from past experience in recent history that nation building does not work unless the educational infrastructure is there. Can't teach people with 13th century mentality today's concepts. Reason we are involved with Ukraine and various countries in the Middle East is due to our strategic interests. Sudan or Congo not so much. That's the reality, now find some rare earth minerals, abundant water or oil there, they'll be our best friend.

yea but I think China and Russia have already hooked up on those resources.

 

[cwpayton]

Well said Steve. The truth might be hard to swallow for some, but it's still the truth. The West must stand up against the Islamic terrorists that are trying to control the world. Failure can only lead to disaster.

What I heard was desperate situations call for desperate measures, I truly believe in freedom of religion as long as it not spread by the AK- 47 { sword}, this includes the middle ages crusades , what a waste and misguided thought process. If Christ said my kingdom is not of this world. He did!

 

[Tanks]

yea but I think China and Russia have already hooked up on those resources.

We are trying.

How the US and China are fighting for Africa’s vital resources — Newsweek

AFRICA’S VAST MINERAL WEALTH is reshaping global power dynamics in the 21st century, sparking a new geopolitical contest between China and the United States.

apple.news

 

[Wheels]

Could RFK Jr's move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation?

The US is withdrawing $500m for vaccines for diseases like flu and Covid. Health correspondent James Gallagher asks if it's the right call.

www.bbc.com

The BBC article is fundamentally flawed. The flu vaccine does not have a mRNA delivery system. Only Covid does in America.

The problem most people have with the Covid vaccine has nothing to do with the antigen. It is all about the mRNA delivery system that hasn’t been throughly tested. Researchers like Dr Robert Malone who holds the early patents on mRNA In vaccines has said it is dangerous. There definitely needs to be more testing.

 

[Aaron N]

The BBC article is fundamentally flawed. The flu vaccine does not have a mRNA delivery system. Only Covid does in America.

The problem most people have with the Covid vaccine has nothing to do with the antigen. It is all about the mRNA delivery system that hasn’t been throughly tested. Researchers like Dr Robert Malone who holds the early patents on mRNA In vaccines has said it is dangerous. There definitely needs to be more testing.

Im pretty sure the covid vaccine was the largest clinical trial in history. To say it hasn’t been throughly tested isn’t really all that true. Billions of doeses have been administered

 

[Wheels]

Im pretty sure the covid vaccine was the largest clinical trial in history. To say it hasn’t been throughly tested isn’t really all that true. Billions of doeses have been administered

I think you are correct on that

 

[rookhawk]

I think you are correct on that

The Covid-19 vaccine was and is an experimental vaccine granted immunity from liability and a emergency use authorization. That isn't tinfoil hat talk, that is the legal description that the FDA and CDC applied to it.

Because of its categorization, it did not go through the same testing rigor as a normal vaccine and instead was fast-tracked.

It was illegally administered because most people that received the vaccine were not given access to the legally required data to provide informed consent. Most vaccination locations did not have the adverse reactions data sheets to present to the patient for review. Most of the VARS reports were ignored and not conveyed to medical professionals.

The emergency use authorization would have been revoked if at any time during the pandemic there was an already tested and FDA approved alternative therapy. That is why the CDC and FDA were so obsessed with swatting down any alternative therapies. I'm not saying ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine worked to diminish symptoms, I'm just saying that if studies were recognized that they did have efficacy, the experimental vaccine authorization would have been revoked.

The short and long term consequences of the mRNA vaccines continue to roll in via new studies and meta analysis...not good. Doctors and patients were denied essential information in order to make rational health decisions. Hardly the "largest clinical trial in history" if you meant to suggest it was safe and effective, more accurately the "largest miscarriage of health science in history".

 

[spike.t]

Fkn great....won't be coming to usa as can't afford this for my wife......not only for sci etc but cruises we used to do out of florida.....

US demands $15,000 deposit for visa applicants from Malawi and Zambia

The 12-month pilot programme targeting Malawi and Zambia aims to curb visa overstays, the US says.

www.bbc.com

Holy crap!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1952818172358242527

This kind of puts it into perspective...

 

[Aaron N]

The Covid-19 vaccine was and is an experimental vaccine granted immunity from liability and a emergency use authorization. That isn't tinfoil hat talk, that is the legal description that the FDA and CDC applied to it.

Because of its categorization, it did not go through the same testing rigor as a normal vaccine and instead was fast-tracked.

It was illegally administered because most people that received the vaccine were not given access to the legally required data to provide informed consent. Most vaccination locations did not have the adverse reactions data sheets to present to the patient for review. Most of the VARS reports were ignored and not conveyed to medical professionals.

The emergency use authorization would have been revoked if at any time during the pandemic there was an already tested and FDA approved alternative therapy. That is why the CDC and FDA were so obsessed with swatting down any alternative therapies. I'm not saying ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine worked to diminish symptoms, I'm just saying that if studies were recognized that they did have efficacy, the experimental vaccine authorization would have been revoked.

The short and long term consequences of the mRNA vaccines continue to roll in via new studies and meta analysis...not good. Doctors and patients were denied essential information in order to make rational health decisions. Hardly the "largest clinical trial in history" if you meant to suggest it was safe and effective, more accurately the "largest miscarriage of health science in history".

I’m in no way saying that I agreed with how it was rolled out. What I’m saying is that there have been enough doses administered to the general population that its effect should be fairly well studied by now. Getting unbiased data one way or the other is the challenge. But I wouldn’t make my health decisions based on what old brain worm Kennedy says.