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    Lawrence Alma-Tadema Women of Amphissa 1887 • Making China Dependent on Texas Oil (Scott Pinsker) • President Trump China Trip Photographs Now Availab
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle May 16 2026]

    #240731
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump-Xi Meeting After U.S. Defeat in Iran

    #240732
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Richard Wolff: Collapse – Iran Is the Graveyard of the U.S. Empire

    #240733
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Unique Russian STEALTH missile KH-69 wiped out the PATRIOT Missile System along with its Combat CREW

    #240734
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    The UK is in Mourning: RAF pilots went missing after RUSSIA struck NATO airbase in STAROKOSTIANTYNIV

    #240735
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Russian Su-57 for the First Time Shot Down Sweden’s AEW&C aircraft ‘Saab 340’ over UKRAINE

    #240736
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Power Moves East: China Teaches USA a Big Lesson | Chas Freeman

    #240737
    those darned kids
    Participant

    • Making China Dependent on Texas Oil (Scott Pinsker

    ●●●●□□□□ hahahahaha!

    )• President Trump China Trip Photographs Now Available for Review (CTH)

    ○●○●○● well, that’ll make America great

    • Very First Line Of Iran’s Latest Proposal ‘Unacceptable,’ Trump Says (ZH)

    ○●○●○● until axios says “deal ready!”

    • Vladimir Putin Travels to China May 20th (CTH

    ■□■□■□ trump gonna have xi envy ..

    )• Waging War on the Time Clock (Robert Spencer)

    ○●▪︎●○● new metaphors, please

    • CIA Head Ratcliffe Spotted In Cuba As Trump Refocuses Crosshairs (ZH)

    □●□●□ well, at least it ain’t mossad. yet…

    • CIA Director John Ratcliffe Travels to Cuba IN Hemispheric Security Push (CTH)

    ●□●□¤□ insecurity

    • Cuba Falling: There’s a Lot Going On Right Now (Sarah Anderson)• 

    ●□●□● Yankee GROW home, as in flint and des moines

    Resource Scramble (James Howard Kunstler)

    ●□○●○□ zionist filth

    • The Party of Anti-Trump Has a Self-Inflicted 2026 Problem (David Manney

    ○●○●○● empires that flail together, fail together

    )• Is Gavin Newsom Planning to Rig the California Primaries? (Margolis

    ■■□■□■ it’s the American way!

    )• Greg Gutfeld Destroys Whoopi Goldberg (Matt Margolis)• 

    ●•●○●○● is this supposed to mean something?

    Europe’s Green Deal Is Unraveling (Moutii)

    ●□●□●□ china’s isn’t………..

    #240738
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Double checking this, but China gave Trump EVERYTHING in Iran. Total sweep.

    Not only said so publicly, directly, which is un-Chinese in itself, but signed it. No hedging, no ambiguity, no someday.

    Iran must open the strait to everyone with no fees.
    Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
    Iran will get no weapons from China.
    Iran will sell no oil to China.
    Iran should probably sign a treaty.

    That’s that. 100% totally win over Iran at the table.

    On the flip side, as I’ve been saying for 60 days now (First weeks I had no idea what was going on), they’re still at it! Incredible! Every Fox News Expert wrong 70 Days:

    “Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: China JUST Said NO to Trump! Iran’s Hammer Falls on Strait of Hormuz Dialogue Works New 110K

    China said Yes! Hell Yes! But also said No, totally no. Right.

    Iran with the sunk Navy won. US with the floating Navy lost.

    The Straits, which Iran can’t leave, they totally control. Iran is totally fresh and powerful, that’s why they shoot nothing and we’re lumbering A-10s all over the country. They have all allies ready to help that’s why Russia, China, and even YEMEN, are not helping at all, and all Saudi oil is leaving the Red Sea. This is all against Israel, which is why Iran is bombing Dubai. Israel required we do this, which is why they were flattened and are happy about it. Israel is controlling Trump, which is why they just said they’re going to stop taking American money for lobbying.

    Um, I’ll take the “China signed” paradigm, the other one is pure gibberish that makes no sense. Everybody wants just to do business and go back to work without all this bother.

    And again, LONDON made their play against Xi in China, forced to move too early. Xi’s own friend, top general, was rounded up, probably was designated to be the new head. So London wants to kill/rock/destabilize China, or rather, once the Straits were rocked, they had to move to capitalize on the instability, with the clock running out. That was stopped in China as well, and our White Hats – like team Trump – have been helping.

    …As we’ve very clearly been helping Russia.

    From yesterday, Israel forgotten, U.S. forgotten, Iran only attacks the Rival Banking Center:
    “Iran’s Araghchi blasts UAE for its “own special relationship with Israel.”

    UAE. Tiny country, not hitting Iran much at all. Just sitting there. Sooo…why does tiny UAE have your complete attention, dudes? Shouldn’t you be looking at the U.S.? Israel even threatened to bomb you against our will again – nothing? No comment?

    ONLY DUBAI.

    “China’s the biggest importer of oil. The US is the biggest producer.
    • Making China Dependent on Texas Oil (Scott Pinsker)

    Definitely a lot of details that matter here, but yes. And China said they were going to stop buying Iranian oil until they stop misbehaving. Why? Not the goodness of their hearts! Not morality, don’t bother with any of that when the U.S. ambushed them with no preamble or declaration of war, No: China does this because they need RELIABLE SUPPLY. London needs to create Chaos and chokepoints, TOLLBOOTHS! to PREVENT reliable supply. That’s how they control and sack China. Obviously that is not in China’s best interest which needs RELIABLE supply, and a lot more of it, as we’re doing in Venezuela. Still with the whole government intact! Still owning all the oil assets! Only Exxon is now in there fixing everything so they can pump more and the country can get Rich AF. Win-Win, which Fox News hates like cancer.

    “Right before our eyes, President Trump just “reoriented” flipped America’s entire China strategy!”
    “America can now use oil exports to keep a lid on China.It’s a win-win deal for all parties. Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska are a helluva lot more stable than Iran and/or the Middle East — which means, China’s economy will be less vulnerable”

    Whatever could Trump be thinking? He’s so chaotic. And Stupid. Guess he just likes blowing up children. Why would he want to make everyone rich and not have a 100M person pan-Asian war instead? Inconceivable. Must be 47-D chess to “Sell things”.

    Okay back to Iran, so China is shutting off Iran. Then Iran keeps the Straits closed and Trump DGAF. Who loses?

    A: EUROPE. They’re the ones doing it, and they’re the only ones hurt by it. Well, good luck and Godspeed, you Garden People! It’s the Jungle Life for me.

    “All it does is give Iran false hope when none should exist”

    This is actually true. From the outside, Iran thinks the U.S. hates the war, support for Trump has collapsed, they can just hold out for the midterms, and boot/impeach him, Iran wins. ‘Cause Fox News. The U.S. may not like the war but surprisingly MAGA is unaffected in support, Democrats already were 100% against Oxygen if Trump is for it, and the midterms have been sidelined by 20 seats, already decided. Even People like Krainer totally ignore the midterms now do not need to be won. Trump does not need to be popular or have any events occur. Polymarket is rigged (although this may take small money) as they have rated 60/40 DNC takes the SENATE, which is IMPOSSIBLE. But if you’re London, you print up money in the Treasury basement and lay $10M on Polymarket to make it appear so. Then Iran reads the odds – or Ukraine – and kills 2 MILLION citizens for you. Rinse, repeat. I can print free money and click a mouse all day – I’m not tired.

    Anyway, a media lying about such things 180 Opposite, every MINUTE, as is constantly repeated and reposted here, only gets more Iranians killed. Congratulations.

    Repeat: The Navy that is sunk LOST, the Navy that is still floating, WON. This isn’t a new thing, I’m not making this up. That’s why we have armies, because they do things and they matter. The media repeats the opposite hourly, top of their lungs, expressly to kill people, as during Covid.

    So is “Traitor” really a stretch here? They’re traitors to Iran, digital soldiers that are killing Iranians by the thousands. I say DON’T do that actually. Tell the Truth instead.

    “CUBA REACHES A NEW RECORD: 1,260 POLITICAL PRISONERS”

    We’ve got at least 10 times that many. We’re #1. We had 1,000 in J6 ALONE, and tortured and refused trials to each and every one of them. ‘Merica.

    “• Greg Gutfeld Destroys Whoopi Goldberg (Matt Margolis)

    Trump has castrated America? After 20 years of the View attacking all male behavior, no matter how mild? Removing every male voter and candidate, no matter how “Allied”? No, quite clearly the View has done more to further this end than anything Trump has done. I’m shocked there’s a single man left alive at all. Certainly they’re killing every boy-child they can lay hands on.

    “A lot of plans and promises were made, without checking if they could be delivered. Europe sentenced itself. It still does.
    • Europe’s Green Deal Is Unraveling (Moutii)

    The plan was to KILL EVERYBODY. And they couldn’t even do that. (Covid). They then wouldn’t NEED the energy, since they shed the load, #Logic! And why to import other mouths while complaining of starvation, a compliant population who can all kill each other. Nothing else makes sense.

    Sanders and AOC introduced a bill to pause ALL AI data center construction. 300+ local bills filed. Half of planned 2026 data centers facing delays or cancellation. Each one brings billions to local economies.”

    Every word of this is a lie. It will use all local freshwater (that they’ll sell to you), use all electric and jack your rates, pave farmland and shut off your food, spy and control you in a prison system, and ALSO employ only 10 people per center. …Which may be fewer than were employed before they built it (might have been a farm). This is considered the height of intelligence and progress, to pave things, shut off food, and end jobs, for fascism.

    “this is the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, CEO of Google DeepMind”

    Nobel Prize winner, so must be an idiot. Scientist, so clearly trying to kill us all. No thanks. This “Appeal to Authority” does not sway me.

    “Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program Could Include Children And The Mentally Ill

    It already does, or am I crazy here? It’s the Indian-Emo extermination plan. But then, killing people using just Canadian Health Care – with a 6 month wait – wasn’t fast enough.

    No, I’m not going to claim theirs is worse than ours (it might be) but that how do you even get in the ZONE of having worse health care than America? That’s a huge ask but Canada did it.

    Woke Judge Admits “Taking A Chance” On Violent Criminal… Who Then Went On Shooting Spree

    Answer is easy: He can go if he can stay at your house, your honor. Then you fairly share the risk of “taking a chance”, and not just the poors. Why do the Woke hate the Poors so much? And women?

    “Harvard Weighs Major Crackdown On “Grade Inflation”
    The move comes after A grades surged at Harvard: about 60% of grades were A’s in the 2024–25 academic year, more than double the rate in 2006.

    The Wokes continue. This is obvious, because we need “Equality of outcome.” That’s Socialism in a nutshell. Anything else is evil and unfair. So you can have a surgeon from the bottom of his class, but got A’s anyway and you can’t tell.

    “Rep. Steve Cohen Drops Reelection Bid After Tennessee Redistricting

    This is the Old, White, Jewish, Man the DNC was fighting for against a Black, Woman, Republican.

    Here’s a good one:
    “Why Ben Shapiro’s Media Empire Is Collapsing — Not long ago, he was the king of conservative media. A lot has changed in 2026.” New York Magazine

    Because he was never real and everyone hates him? So when they shut off USAID all the paid bot followers and media props collapsed and we now know how popular he is organically. Not very. I mean, not the worst, he’d make a living, but like 1/3 as much? What does that tell you? Sideline: so “They” (another question) instantly air-dropped him in to be the new Charlie Kirk, of which there was OVERWHELMING resistance, from everyone. That not only indicates Shapiro here, but how out-of-touch “They” are, whoever that may be, that they misread the room so badly.

    This also implies there are others like him, like Bannon, Fuentes, or Kirk himself who appeared from nothing overnight, surrounded by billionaires and a staff of 300.
    toon

    JENSEN HUANG: “The amount of energy that we need for computing is probably 1,000x more than we currently have.”

    Why? You’ve only done evil with every byte of computing power since 1969. And certainly since the smartphone. Now I can’t even get car parts, or use the “Telephone”. No one picks up because it’s always spam, no one read emails because it’s all scams, no one reads text because it’s all bots. And nothing works.

    I would pay a billion dollars to give you mugs 1000x LESS computing power.

    “892 companies left New York
    $47 Billion in income gone with them
    Florida gained 341 of those companies
    Texas took 187”

    Mamdani proves you CAN tax the rich” – Triumphal Social media posts. Socialists doing it for the 150th year in a row. Yup. You can. But since Socialists don’t do any work (even Marx said this, needing to be in a Capitalist state first) then you all go broke and starve. This was supported by Seattle, which even Starbucks fled. California is long gone, but all of Hollywood fled, and so on.

    #240739
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Positive news:

    A reforesting story, complex, but to me the key thing here is ecology: that is, both the erasure and the restoration is not a story of trees, but of diversity. They impoverished the Highlands and all Scotland yes, by cutting the trees, but trees come and go. What they did was take a DIVERSE area and ecology, and turn it into a MONOCULTURE area and ecology. The people are PART of this diversity or not. The less diversity and links, the weaker, poorer, and more brittle it is. Restoring each link appears to add nothing, 2% perhaps, but cumulatively, they are x5 x7 x12 different lines, and add 25% to the area. And that is not just “trees” but in a sense, “Wealth”. Let’s say you can only grow corn somewhere, or dig oysters, there is no other economy; then the price of corn is low in that area, and the options few. If there are hundreds of options, let’s say central Germany, then there are many lines, much abundance, and more stability.

    So I see this as a Market metaphor, not to flatten the concept to dismal dollars, but because it both shows the problem and solution. Stripping out diversity, competition, socially over lifetimes, leads direct to poverty and control. Adding diversity and nothing else will lead to abundance and health. Both can happen too slowly for the human scale, 200, 400 years, so everyone finds it “normal” seeing almost no change at all, in markets, people, or landscape. But putting it back is the very reverse, and can even be faster as it has intent and will.

    This is what we say about any monopoly, rail, etc, or if you take an ecosystem and monopolize it: Banking, Insurance, cars. DATA CENTERS, above. This is what we saw overnight in Health Care. They removed the last remaining ecosystem, made a State monoculture, and it predictably collapsed into poverty and ruin overnight. But that isn’t natural, only governments can do that. On the flip side, governments can’t FIX it, or rather don’t need to: they just lift their foot off the neck of some area and the diversity instantly reappears and heals itself.

    Metaphor: only diversity: crushes cultures and people, or builds them.

    Example: “The Monroe Doctrine Is Building Chinese Solar Farms in Cuba

    So they go from being able to do, grow anything, everything, on that acre of good Cuban farmland, to nothing, only ONE thing, with only ONE buyer. State electric company. Yes, your rates, your pay will be low in that case. And your life will come to ruin. I guess one of the keys here is, if you could just drive in a solar taco truck, then just drive it off tomorrow or next year, I wouldn’t have a problem with solar farms. I hadn’t actually realized that. It’s the locking in, the digging of wires, acres of gravel, waiting for a storm that fills the whole area with toxic shattered glass.

    #240740
    those darned kids
    Participant

    #240741
    tboc
    Participant

    thank you tdk

    #240742
    EoinW
    Participant

    Just peeked in, for the first time in a while. Sad to see a great site turn into a Trump Cheerleader. I’ll forever be puzzled as to what turned TAE.

    Dr.D still writing chapters of “War And Peace”, not understanding that no one is reading any longer.

    Time to delete a bookmark. Thanks for the memories!

    #240743
    tboc
    Participant

    Plato envisaged the philsosopher king
    secular materialists envision the death of humanity

    celebrating men whose sole purpose is finding the lowest common denominator
    that the purpose of the dissonance of the half diminished VII is resolution to a more pleasant harmony is lost on these Poor Souls who are never at peace

    #240744
    those darned kids
    Participant

    night and day:

    iimi7b5 v7 Imaj7. the half diminished chord in all its melacholy glory.

    cole porter was great america!

    #240745
    those darned kids
    Participant

    don’t go eoinW!

    at least we still yell at the clouds here. thanks, r.i.m.

    #240746
    ram
    Participant

    EoinW
    Participant

    Just peeked in, for the first time in a while. Sad to see a great site turn into a Trump Cheerleader. I’ll forever be puzzled as to what turned TAE.

    Dr.D still writing chapters of “War And Peace”, not understanding that no one is reading any longer.

    Time to delete a bookmark. Thanks for the memories!

    Don’t go! At least the moderator made the official propaganda glaringly obvious, to the point of satire really. Not much else someone can do when the goons with guns in the black suburban trucks show up.

    #240747
    tboc
    Participant

    I7, I6,Ib6, I,I,V,V, V,V
    Willie Dixon

    eoinw do you hear Judith Durham?
    hard to tell which way to go when you don’t know where you are

    #240748
    zerosum
    Participant

    Mass repatriations
    Is this a new population reduction tool or just a new label for genocide, slavery?
    ————
    Here is the information, an answer from copilot

    Mass repatriations—whether framed as “forced returns,” “mass deportations,” or “large‑scale repatriation operations”—tend to produce significant negative effects across four domains: individuals, families, communities of origin, and the deporting state. The evidence from migration research, psychology, and policy analysis is remarkably consistent: large-scale forced returns create more instability than they resolve.

    🚨 Core Negative Effects of Mass Repatriations
    1. Severe socioeconomic harm to returnees
    Many deportees return with large debts incurred to finance their migration, and repatriation leaves them unable to repay, worsening poverty and vulnerability.

    They often face difficulty finding employment, lack social networks, and experience stigma and shame in their home communities.

    2. Family separation and long-term trauma
    A large share of deported individuals have lived abroad for 10+ years and are parents or caregivers of citizen children. Deportation breaks apart families and destabilizes children’s development.

    In the U.S. context alone, 5.9 million U.S.-citizen children have at least one caregiver without legal status, making them vulnerable to sudden separation.

    Increased enforcement and fear also produce negative mental and physical health impacts on both undocumented and legally present family members.

    3. Increased violence and criminal vulnerability in countries of origin
    Forced returnees often arrive with no resources, making them targets for recruitment or extortion by criminal groups.

    Research shows that the heightened vulnerability associated with forced returns has fed into violent crime dynamics in Mexico and Central America.

    4. No clear public safety benefit for deporting countries
    Studies show deportations do not reduce crime rates in receiving countries like the U.S., because immigrants—including undocumented immigrants—tend to have lower conviction and incarceration rates than native-born populations.

    Claims that mass repatriation improves safety are not supported by evidence.

    5. Economic harm to deporting countries
    Deportations reduce employment opportunities for native-born workers by disrupting labor markets and removing workers who complement rather than compete with them.

    Mass deportation plans also threaten key sectors—such as health care, agriculture, and service industries—where immigrants form essential workforce components.

    Large-scale operations impose massive fiscal costs on governments, including arrests, detention, legal processing, and transportation. (Congressional analyses show billions in projected costs.)

    6. Widespread fear and reduced access to essential services
    Increased enforcement leads immigrant families—regardless of legal status—to avoid schools, hospitals, and public services due to fear of detection. This worsens health outcomes, reduces vaccination rates, and increases untreated illness.

    7. Destabilization of communities of origin
    Sudden influxes of deportees strain local economies, social services, and housing.

    Communities receiving large numbers of returnees face social fragmentation, increased unemployment, and pressure on already fragile institutions.

    🧩 Why mass repatriation tends to fail as a policy
    Across multiple studies, mass repatriation does not achieve its stated goals—deterrence, safety, or economic improvement. Instead, it:

    Shifts migration strategies rather than reducing migration.

    Creates humanitarian crises and long-term instability.

    Imposes high fiscal and social costs on both sending and receiving countries.

    Undermines community cohesion and public health.

    The evidence overwhelmingly shows that forced mass returns generate more risk, more cost, and more instability than they resolve.
    ————
    Several countries are actively conducting or publicly planning mass repatriations (large‑scale deportations or forced returns). The most clearly documented cases in the search results involve Canada, the United States, Germany, and the Dominican Republic, all showing sharp increases in deportation activity. Below is a structured breakdown with citations.

    🌍 Countries currently doing mass repatriations (based on available data)
    🇨🇦 Canada
    Canada is conducting record-high deportations.

    In 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) carried out 18,785 forced removals, including 8,982 deportations, the highest ever recorded.

    This continues an upward trend from 2023 and 2024.

    CBSA also blocks tens of thousands of attempted entries at the border.

    🇺🇸 United States
    The U.S. is not explicitly described in the search results as planning “mass repatriation,” but the data shows rapidly rising deportation numbers.

    U.S. deportations reached a decade high in fiscal 2024, surpassing even previous peaks.

    ICE enforcement and removal operations increased ~70% year‑over‑year in some quarters.

    This indicates a shift toward more aggressive removal operations.

    🇩🇪 Germany
    Germany is increasing deportations and projecting higher totals.

    Q1 2025 saw 6,151 deportations, and if the pace continues, Germany could exceed 24,000 removals in 2025—higher than 2023 and 2024.

    This is not explicitly labeled as “mass repatriation,” but the scale and acceleration are significant.

    🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic is conducting large-scale deportations.

    Government data shows 119,000 deportees projected for 2025, a 71% increase over the same period in 2024.

    This is one of the most dramatic increases globally.

    🌍 Countries with ongoing large-scale returns (contextual, not necessarily “mass repatriation”)
    UNHCR reports that 9.8 million displaced people returned to their areas or countries of origin in 2024, including 1.6 million refugees. These are not deportations but forced or pressured returns due to conflict, instability, or policy shifts.
    This includes returns to:

    Syria

    Afghanistan

    South Sudan

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Myanmar

    These are not state-led deportations but still represent large-scale repatriation flows.
    ———–

    #240749
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.zerohedge.com/military/pentagon-blindsided-hegseth-pulls-plug-4000-troop-deployment-poland

    Pentagon ‘Blindsided’ As Hegseth Pulls Plug On 4,000-Troop Deployment To Poland
    Tyler Durden’s Photo
    by Tyler Durden
    Saturday, May 16, 2026 – 05:45 AM
    President Trump’s earlier previewed controversial troop cuts for the European continent may already be in progress, and could happen more rapidly than previously thought.

    The US Army has canceled the deployment of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to Poland, NBC reports this week. The deployment would have involved over 4,000 soldiers as well as military equipment.

    #240750

    Just peeked in, for the first time in a while. Sad to see a great site turn into a Trump Cheerleader. I’ll forever be puzzled as to what turned TAE.

    What? What ideas have people ever had in the past? My view of Trump has never changed. I don’t think. But some people’s ideas have gone so far beyond reasonable, that I feel I have no choice but to insert some balance.

    But yeah, guilty, I think Trump is better than Biden. Chastise me. Spank me.

    #240751
    ₿oogaloo
    Participant

    @EoinW
    Every day I check the TAE bookmark with a morbid curiosity about what outrageous PTDS claims will appear in the Debt Rattles. Note that the comments rarely engage with the Debt Rattles these days. Except to question them or to post videos that contradict them. Except for Dr D, who also seems to have a case of PTDS.

    I hope and pray for Ilargi’s health and the return of his critical thinking.

    #240755
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Alexander Mercouris: The Political Legitimacy Crisis Across Europe

    #240756

    Well,

    Boogaloo, Eion et al

    For the first time in a very long time, we may have what could pass for the beginning of a discussion. Boy, have I missed that here.

    Not that we agree, but that’s what discussions are all about, right?

    To all those here who don’t like Trump (and then some), I want to ask: where were you when Biden was “in office”? Where were your protests?

    Love y”all

    #240757
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Dear RIM,

    Biden was election fraud and not helpful

    Trump 2 represented a chance for something worthwhile but turned out to be disgusting and sick and…

    The good that came from it is recognition that Israel and U.S. are evil immoral entities that if they did not exist would be an improvement for the people of this world

    #240758
    tboc
    Participant

    since i like to stir up trouble
    Just exactly when was the function of The CIA in the best interest of the republic?
    Why is it so hard to understand The Dulles boyz and the little bastard from Independence staged a coup that brought us to this point? Just because everyone went along to get along has no bearing on the reality that death of self governance has been the true goal of money since 1947. Having been at odds with ignorant simpletons who bougnt into the “National Security Secrets” since 1963 i will hold no quarter for the brooksian bullshit what about Biden, what about Trump.

    When faced with the choice between standing up for liberty and self governance or getting the old lady a new station wagon my generation went for the station wagon every time.

    See the USA in your Chevrolet.
    See Detroit in you effin Tesla.

    a single finger salute to The Captains of Industry from 1900 to 2026. Unlike Townshend, most citizens dreams are as empty as their conscience seems to be.

    “All lies and jest
    Still a man hears what he wants to hear
    and disregards the rest
    Lie la Lie, Lie la Lie, Lie la Lie Lie Lie…….” Simon – 1970

    #240759
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Ready With Overwhelming Retaliation

    #240760
    ₿oogaloo
    Participant

    @Ilargi
    Why the binary thinking? You don’t believe in the Uniparty? I despised Biden and Harris and was more favorably inclined to Trump based on what he promised (though I did not vote). But Trump has flipped on most of the key promises, the most important of which were ending the Russia-Ukraine War and no new overseas wars. Instead we get the Zionist war against Iran, which has nothing to do with a nuclear weapons program and everything to do with creating a genocidal ethnosupremacist apartheid state to rule over the Muslims. And we get summary executions on the high seas.

    Here is how I grade Trump againt his promises. On which of these do you disagree?

    Bitcoin = B
    End the Russia-Ukraine War = D
    No new wars = F
    Epstein files = D
    Onshoring manufacturing = C
    Economy = D (K shaped economy getting worse, not better, handing over power to the technocrats)
    Immigration = C (would have been much more effective to arrest the CEOs)
    DOGE = D (asking for 1.7 Trillion for the Pentagon shows that was a farce)
    MAHA = C (they have targeted food rather than pharma, and now want to give glyphosate a pass)
    FBI transparency = D
    CIA transparency = C (Gabbard mostly sidelined)
    DOJ prosecutions = D (I consider the steps against Comey, Brennan and Obama to be political theater)

    It was a big bait and switch.

    #240761
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    Jiang Xueqin’s Most Embarrassing Prediction Exposed (Larry Johnson & Nima Alkhorshid Break It Down

    #240765
    zerosum
    Participant

    “Forewarned is forearmed”
    Everybody has their mind made up.

    I’m trying to understand, figure out, find out, what the elites, deciders, influencers, are going to do that will affect my life and to be able to response to minimize any negative outcome.

    In the past, reading other peoples opinions was the only way of getting knowledge. to be able to decide what to do. (Too hot, too cold, just right).

    Now, I, ALSO, can get info from copilot Just like I did for Mass repatriations and I shared it with everyone here.

    “Forewarned is forearmed” means that having prior knowledge of a situation allows one to prepare and respond effectively.

    I assume everyone here has grey hair, as proof of their years of maturity and not just dementia.

    I wish everyone to live pain free, and enjoy life without causing any harm to others.
    🙂

    #240766
    those darned kids
    Participant

    mr biden = baby killer
    mr trump = baby killer

    mr biden = corrupt mofo
    mr trump = corrupt mofo

    mr biden = don’t give fuck about america
    mr trump = don’t give fuck about america

    mr biden = narcissistic sociopath
    mr trump = narcissistic sociopath

    see? math is easy!

    #240767
    those darned kids
    Participant

    oh, AND THE PREP ACT IS STILL IN EFFECT

    #240768

    “Communities receiving large numbers of returnees face social fragmentation, increased unemployment, and pressure on already fragile institutions.”

    Good grief.

    I think copilot has its digital tongue in its digital cheek.

    #240769
    zerosum
    Participant

    Do you want to generate images of your personal A.I.?
    Be creative with …

    https://image-generator.com/

    #240770
    zerosum
    Participant
    #240771
    zerosum
    Participant

    The Chinese report that Trump didn’t touch a single piece of food served at the welcome dinner. He ate dishes prepared by the White House chefs. Moreover, he didn’t touch any food prepared by the Chinese side during his entire visit. It is said that this was done to prevent the possibility of any micro- and nanotechnologies being introduced into the food. Even the staff serving Trump was replaced by Secret Service bodyguards. At first glance, it was a grand banquet of the century, full of toasts and laughter; but behind the scenes, a silent battle of wits was unfolding. Every dish, every drop of water was a carefully planned life-or-death struggle. https://t.me/CyberspecNews/107544

    Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | May 16 2026 20:09 utc | 202
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    Heh; to be really gauche and medieval about it, they should have brought along a food taster with their entourage.
    And a couple paramedics to stand behind them in case of poisoning.
    All right in front of their hosts, of course.

    Posted by: George the Zeroth | May 16 2026 20:59 utc | 212

    New York Post correspondent Emily Goodin reported that American officials took away the delegation’s badges, burner phones, and pins and “threw them in a trash bin” before anyone was allowed to board the plane. “Nothing of Chinese origin was allowed on the plane,” she wrote in her X-post https://t.me/vicktop55/44367

    Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | May 16 2026 20:57 utc | 211
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    #240772
    Formerly T-Bear
    Participant

    Reply to RIM at 240750 and 240756
    Chancing censorship:
    I am 3 yers and som 4 months older than the petty oligarch occupying (and damaging) the iconic White House, the working administrative edifice provided by the American people. Incidently I was exactly 90 days ypunger than the excretion #46; pure terror should that be mt future.

    Trump #47 entered his second term after winning three elections () should actual results be truly examined (I have no doubts). He entered a very angry man, a man out of balance, a man with of diminished self control and that combination and the renewed pressures of office coupled with a lifelong insulation of wealth to the rigours of learning and facing aversion and the experience so derived . His mind in short, shorted out and those characterised by age related dementia have become prominently evident and troublesome for a great part of those who had supported his candidacy against the ignorant bitch the democrats offered. With the concentration of powers the office holds, the access to ordering nuclear actions cannot remain trusted to occupant #s 45/47 without certification of mental state. I would also add Trump has a lifelong exposure to heavy metal contact and the effects of gold are showing the same as lead. This is not simply political, it is existential for the continuation of the country

    sorry this not well edited on posting

    #240773
    zerosum
    Participant

    I cannot do anything about it, (just like the US could not stop it.)
    https://indianexpress.com/article/world/strait-of-hormuz-ship-seized-indian-cargo-vessel-sunk-iran-us-tensions-10689957/?utm_source=copilot.com

    Chaos in Hormuz: Ship seized, Indian vessel sunk as Iran tightens grip on global oil

    #240774
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    Here we go again?

    A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people in Democratic Republic of Congo

    Between 2014 and 2016, 28,600 people were infected and 11,325 people died during the largest Ebola outbreak in history, according to the World Health Organization. That started in the West African nation of Guinea then spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and several other countries outside the region.


    https://www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g-s1-122494/a-new-ebola-outbreak-has-already-killed-87-people

    #240775
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    During the time of that “largest Ebola outbreak in history”, there was one “outbreak” in the USA in 2014, with 4 cases and one fatality, for the Zaire strain of Ebola which is considered to be more deadly than the current outbreak’s Bundibugyo strain.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034123003581

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