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#91
Politics / Re: THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATI...
Last post by CCarl - May 10, 2025, 11:47:29 AMVeteran Advocate Supports More Community Care!!
Here is his response to the proposed cuts to VA budget and personnel: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372572045112
Here is his response to the proposed cuts to VA budget and personnel: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372572045112
#92
Politics / Re: AS WORLD WAR APPROACHES
Last post by CCarl - May 06, 2025, 08:44:11 PMScott Ritter Sets The Record Straight In No Uncertain Terms.
Listen to his interview here with Judge Napolitano;
Listen to his interview here with Judge Napolitano;
#93
Politics / Re: A SKEPTIC'S VIEW
Last post by CCarl - May 05, 2025, 05:16:56 PMWho Can't Think Straight?
Thank you Mexican President!! Thank You!
She says, "Sovereignty is sacrosanct, President Trump. You work in your territory, we will work in ours."
Read more of the story here: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mexico-has-reached-deals-trump-refuses-let-us-army-hunt-cartels-mexican-soil-sheinbaum
I hope that means the Mexican President denies the Army, Special Ops Groups, and the CIA access to her country. More countries need to tell Washington DC the same.
Thank you Mexican President!! Thank You!
She says, "Sovereignty is sacrosanct, President Trump. You work in your territory, we will work in ours."
Read more of the story here: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mexico-has-reached-deals-trump-refuses-let-us-army-hunt-cartels-mexican-soil-sheinbaum
I hope that means the Mexican President denies the Army, Special Ops Groups, and the CIA access to her country. More countries need to tell Washington DC the same.
#94
Politics / Re: AS WORLD WAR APPROACHES
Last post by CCarl - May 05, 2025, 08:39:12 AMHands Are Being Dealt For A War In The Middle East
Tucker Carlson interviews Dan Caldwell, a former advisor to the Secretary of Defense. Caldwell was fired for supposedly leaking classified documents, but just what documents were leaked have not been disclosed. A ruse, no doubt. The below interview talks about the risks of a war with Iran.
Listen here;
At 2:55 Caldwell claims the Department of Defense exists mostly to enforce international diplomacy. Huh? DoD exists to protect the borders of these united States from foreign invasion, not to coerce sovereign, foreign countries around the world.
At 4:00 Caldwell mentions the threat that Iran poses to the Middle East. But he and the administration never specify just what that threat is. AND, just what threat does 86 million people and a 960,000 man active and reserve military pose to these united States [halfway around the world] with nearly 340 million people and a military force of roughly 1.3 million people as active-duty troops, and 765,000 as national guard/reserves? [BTW, the US military budget is 2.23 trillion dollars. The Iranian military budget is 16.7 billion dollars, 7.5% of America's.]
At 6:40 Tucker repeats the tired old "blame 911 on Muslim terrorists' bit. 911 was an inside job to sell Congress on 1) wars to expand the US Empire, and 2) on a Department. of Homeland Security to tighten the noose around Americans' necks domestically. Both 1 and 2 were proposed as measures to protect us, of course.
I stopped listening soon after Tucker's faux pas. Hopefully, some readers will get more out of it. Is all this really the threat of killing millions that promotes diplomacy? Or is it the use of 'diplomacy' to gather intel to promote war? What is the goal? Why does the government and the press, left and right, endlessly gaslight us?
Is Iran really a threat to the US? Given the $ numbers above, the answer is NO. Why have our war-mongering diplomacy at all? Now there is a one word answer, Israel. Israel has 9.5 million people, and a 46.5 billion dollar military budget. And Trump has already given Israel 12 billion dollars in foreign aid since he took office less than four months ago. Why does the US protect Israel like it is a State of the union? Let Israel protect itself.
What lies lurking behind all this war mongering? In spite of the money being spent the war industry also creates jobs and billions of dollars of income for military families, and for industries that support the war machinery. Truth be told, that money is possibly the only money that is keeping America's economy afloat. Without it, we will collapse. With it, the rich get richer, the military gets richer, and the poor and middle classes suffer.
The commenter @jackblog-k7m has it right when he posted, "Bring the troops home. Enough of these endless wars. Liberty, peace and prosperity at home. 800 military bases for the empire while the nation's standard of living dwindles, people over dosing everyday. but no, Iran is our biggest threat."
Tucker Carlson interviews Dan Caldwell, a former advisor to the Secretary of Defense. Caldwell was fired for supposedly leaking classified documents, but just what documents were leaked have not been disclosed. A ruse, no doubt. The below interview talks about the risks of a war with Iran.
Listen here;
At 2:55 Caldwell claims the Department of Defense exists mostly to enforce international diplomacy. Huh? DoD exists to protect the borders of these united States from foreign invasion, not to coerce sovereign, foreign countries around the world.
At 4:00 Caldwell mentions the threat that Iran poses to the Middle East. But he and the administration never specify just what that threat is. AND, just what threat does 86 million people and a 960,000 man active and reserve military pose to these united States [halfway around the world] with nearly 340 million people and a military force of roughly 1.3 million people as active-duty troops, and 765,000 as national guard/reserves? [BTW, the US military budget is 2.23 trillion dollars. The Iranian military budget is 16.7 billion dollars, 7.5% of America's.]
At 6:40 Tucker repeats the tired old "blame 911 on Muslim terrorists' bit. 911 was an inside job to sell Congress on 1) wars to expand the US Empire, and 2) on a Department. of Homeland Security to tighten the noose around Americans' necks domestically. Both 1 and 2 were proposed as measures to protect us, of course.
I stopped listening soon after Tucker's faux pas. Hopefully, some readers will get more out of it. Is all this really the threat of killing millions that promotes diplomacy? Or is it the use of 'diplomacy' to gather intel to promote war? What is the goal? Why does the government and the press, left and right, endlessly gaslight us?
Is Iran really a threat to the US? Given the $ numbers above, the answer is NO. Why have our war-mongering diplomacy at all? Now there is a one word answer, Israel. Israel has 9.5 million people, and a 46.5 billion dollar military budget. And Trump has already given Israel 12 billion dollars in foreign aid since he took office less than four months ago. Why does the US protect Israel like it is a State of the union? Let Israel protect itself.
What lies lurking behind all this war mongering? In spite of the money being spent the war industry also creates jobs and billions of dollars of income for military families, and for industries that support the war machinery. Truth be told, that money is possibly the only money that is keeping America's economy afloat. Without it, we will collapse. With it, the rich get richer, the military gets richer, and the poor and middle classes suffer.
The commenter @jackblog-k7m has it right when he posted, "Bring the troops home. Enough of these endless wars. Liberty, peace and prosperity at home. 800 military bases for the empire while the nation's standard of living dwindles, people over dosing everyday. but no, Iran is our biggest threat."
#95
Politics / Re: NATURAL RIGHTS & FREEDOM
Last post by CCarl - May 04, 2025, 09:12:06 AMHow Easy Life Can Be
Etta James introduced one of her songs to a live audience by saying, "Janis Joplin made my next song a hit. I don't know how she sang it, but I know she did it her way. I'm going to sing it for you tonight the way I wrote it. I can't do her, but I can do me."
'I can't do her, but I can do me' is the ethos everyone of us needs to live by. How much easier can life be. Philosophy 101 and Religion 101 are no longer needed. Neither are words on paper that a group of people calling themselves a legislature, forces us to obey. Just go forward in life being you.
Be wealthy or not
Be a junkie or not
Be a religious fanatic or not
Be a fashion fanatic or not
Be a food fanatic or not
Be a workaholic or not
Be an alcoholic or not
Be a grease monkey or not
Be an Olympic competitor or not
Be a bookworm or not
Be a star gazer or not
Be a star traveler or not
Be a parent or not
Be a hermit or not
You Be You . . no need to listen to the 'the man', whomever he claims to be, or whatever power he claims to have. You have Free Will, live by it.
I will add just three more words to You Be You . . . Do No Harm.
Oh . . and listen to Etta . . .
Etta James introduced one of her songs to a live audience by saying, "Janis Joplin made my next song a hit. I don't know how she sang it, but I know she did it her way. I'm going to sing it for you tonight the way I wrote it. I can't do her, but I can do me."
'I can't do her, but I can do me' is the ethos everyone of us needs to live by. How much easier can life be. Philosophy 101 and Religion 101 are no longer needed. Neither are words on paper that a group of people calling themselves a legislature, forces us to obey. Just go forward in life being you.
Be wealthy or not
Be a junkie or not
Be a religious fanatic or not
Be a fashion fanatic or not
Be a food fanatic or not
Be a workaholic or not
Be an alcoholic or not
Be a grease monkey or not
Be an Olympic competitor or not
Be a bookworm or not
Be a star gazer or not
Be a star traveler or not
Be a parent or not
Be a hermit or not
You Be You . . no need to listen to the 'the man', whomever he claims to be, or whatever power he claims to have. You have Free Will, live by it.
I will add just three more words to You Be You . . . Do No Harm.
Oh . . and listen to Etta . . .
#96
Politics / Re: LIBERTARIANS' LISTENIN' PO...
Last post by CCarl - April 30, 2025, 10:16:12 AM130 Unlawful Executive Orders In Under 100 Days . . And Counting
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." — Ayn Rand
Read John Whitehead's full commentary here; https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/how_a_president_becomes_a_dictator_by_executive_order
130 executive orders in under 100 days.
Sweeping powers claimed in the name of "security" and "efficiency."
One President acting as lawmaker, enforcer, and judge.
No debate. No oversight. No limits.
This is how the Constitution dies—not with a coup, but with a pen. The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory—it's the architecture of a dictatorship in motion.
Where past Presidents have used executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements to circumvent Congress or sidestep the rule of law, President Trump is using executive orders to advance his "unitary executive theory" of governance, which is a thinly disguised excuse for a government by fiat. In other words, these executive orders are the mechanism by which we finally arrive at a full-blown dictatorship.
We are at Ayn Rand's rule by brute force.
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." — Ayn Rand
Read John Whitehead's full commentary here; https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/how_a_president_becomes_a_dictator_by_executive_order
130 executive orders in under 100 days.
Sweeping powers claimed in the name of "security" and "efficiency."
One President acting as lawmaker, enforcer, and judge.
No debate. No oversight. No limits.
This is how the Constitution dies—not with a coup, but with a pen. The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory—it's the architecture of a dictatorship in motion.
Where past Presidents have used executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements to circumvent Congress or sidestep the rule of law, President Trump is using executive orders to advance his "unitary executive theory" of governance, which is a thinly disguised excuse for a government by fiat. In other words, these executive orders are the mechanism by which we finally arrive at a full-blown dictatorship.
We are at Ayn Rand's rule by brute force.
#97
Obituaries / HARRINGTON, Virginia (Downs) -...
Last post by patyrn - April 29, 2025, 12:05:19 PMVirginia Harrington, age 87, passed away on April 26, 2025 at Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan, Kansas. She was born on October 3, 1937 to Emil and Inez Downs of Plains, Kansas.
On November 3, 1955, Virginia married William Eugene Harrington at the Plains Methodist Church in Plains, Kansas. They shared 50 married years together and made their home in Moline, Kansas. At the age of 42, Virginia decided to go back to school to become an LPN. She worked many years at the Howard Twilight Manor in Howard, Kansas as well as several years at Moline Elk Manor until her retirement.
Virginia enjoyed being with family and friends and enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting, tatting, and knitting.
She is survived by her children, Floyd (Joann) Harrington of Oregon and Harriet (Dennis) Horner of Elk Falls, Kansas; brothers, Ira Downs of El Reno, Oklahoma and Wallace Downs of Holly, Colorado; four grandchildren, Alec (Veronica) Harrington of California, Hunter Harrington of Japan, Max (Nichole) Horner of Missouri, and Harriet Cole of Oklahoma; seven great-grandchildren, Olivia, Landen, and Kadie Horner and Anthony, Benjamin, Teri, and Geri Minton; one great-great grandchild, Stella Mac Cloud. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Emil and Inez Downs; her husband, William Harrington; her brothers, Leil Downs and Floyd Downs; and her sister, Elsie Fuller.
The family will receive friends at visitation from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Countryside Funeral Home in Howard, Kansas. Graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025 at Elk Falls Cemetery in Elk Falls, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Pleasant Valley Manor and can be mailed to or left with the funeral home. Services have been entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.
(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)
On November 3, 1955, Virginia married William Eugene Harrington at the Plains Methodist Church in Plains, Kansas. They shared 50 married years together and made their home in Moline, Kansas. At the age of 42, Virginia decided to go back to school to become an LPN. She worked many years at the Howard Twilight Manor in Howard, Kansas as well as several years at Moline Elk Manor until her retirement.
Virginia enjoyed being with family and friends and enjoyed gardening, reading, crocheting, tatting, and knitting.
She is survived by her children, Floyd (Joann) Harrington of Oregon and Harriet (Dennis) Horner of Elk Falls, Kansas; brothers, Ira Downs of El Reno, Oklahoma and Wallace Downs of Holly, Colorado; four grandchildren, Alec (Veronica) Harrington of California, Hunter Harrington of Japan, Max (Nichole) Horner of Missouri, and Harriet Cole of Oklahoma; seven great-grandchildren, Olivia, Landen, and Kadie Horner and Anthony, Benjamin, Teri, and Geri Minton; one great-great grandchild, Stella Mac Cloud. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, Emil and Inez Downs; her husband, William Harrington; her brothers, Leil Downs and Floyd Downs; and her sister, Elsie Fuller.
The family will receive friends at visitation from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Countryside Funeral Home in Howard, Kansas. Graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025 at Elk Falls Cemetery in Elk Falls, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Pleasant Valley Manor and can be mailed to or left with the funeral home. Services have been entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.
(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)
#98
Politics / Re: A SKEPTIC'S VIEW
Last post by CCarl - April 28, 2025, 09:13:05 AMThe American Dream . . You Have To Be Asleep To Believe It
George Carlin monologue 18 years ago, with his usual off-color language.
George Carlin monologue 18 years ago, with his usual off-color language.
#99
Obituaries / Re: MOOMEY, Mary Louise (Wilso...
Last post by patyrn - April 25, 2025, 10:25:24 PMA graveside service will be held for Mary Louise Moomey on Saturday morning, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at South Lawn Cemetery in Severy, Kansas.
#100
Politics / Re: OVAL OFFICE BUFFOONERY
Last post by CCarl - April 25, 2025, 05:49:12 PMTrump Is Lock-stepping Americans Into Authoritarianism
An article from the Honorable Ron Paul M.D. is here: https://ronpaulinstitute.org/real-id-phony-security-real-authoritarianism/
It starts, "Those who hoped the second Trump Administration would reject big spending, war, and restrictions on liberty continue to be disappointed. A new disappointment came when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced her department would in May begin enforcing the REAL ID law."
So State ID's become Federal ID's. I have to ask, just where does the Constitution give the federal government the delegated authority to impose conditions on State ID's? I also have to ask, exactly where does the State Constitution says State citizens, who have no connection to the federal government, must carry a federal ID when they are not in federal jurisdiction?
The road to mass surveillance and control has become a multi-lane highway.
An article from the Honorable Ron Paul M.D. is here: https://ronpaulinstitute.org/real-id-phony-security-real-authoritarianism/
It starts, "Those who hoped the second Trump Administration would reject big spending, war, and restrictions on liberty continue to be disappointed. A new disappointment came when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced her department would in May begin enforcing the REAL ID law."
So State ID's become Federal ID's. I have to ask, just where does the Constitution give the federal government the delegated authority to impose conditions on State ID's? I also have to ask, exactly where does the State Constitution says State citizens, who have no connection to the federal government, must carry a federal ID when they are not in federal jurisdiction?
The road to mass surveillance and control has become a multi-lane highway.
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