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    Alfred Eisenstaedt The kiss (V-J Day in Times Square) 1945   • ‘Obstacles’ To Ceasefire With Israel Removed – Hamas (RT) • Steve Witkoff: The Rea
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle January 18 2025]

    #179679
    EoinW
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    Did I miss something or did Kristi Noem spend 2 minutes talking and didn’t even flirt with answering the question she was asked?

    #179680
    Germ
    Participant

    Good Morning :-))

    There’s a new category on the card aisle …

    TVASSF

    #179681
    aspnaz
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    David Lynch? Never heard of him.

    #179682
    oxymoron
    Participant

    David Lynch had a big impact on me and fir anyone not familiar – take yourself there. His furniture was remarkable and his advice. Sage

    #179683
    Dr. D
    Participant

    You know They found those two from the photo and interviewed them.

    “Biden Commutes Sentences For Nearly 2,500 Americans Convicted Of Non-Violent Drug Offenses

    We’ll have to look into them, but at last something good! Saving money AND making room for all the criminals Trump needs to arrest.

    “The FTC Suing John Deere Is a Tipping Point for Right-to-Repair” WIRED

    Also good news.

    Well that aged badly: The 2024 DNC ad where Trump dies in office and Vance creates a dystopian nightmare where Elon becomes immortal.
    Ad
    https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec155602-cb55-4940-b764-5d187aee0821_623x350.png

    What??? Your insurance would be canceled then your whole city burned down??? For the love of God, vote Newsom today! We must keep Trump out so this won’t happen!

    “first president since Ronald Reagan in 1985 to be sworn in indoors”

    If you needed more convincing they have weather control. No riots. Secret Service safety.

    “All of President Trump’s nominees are exceptional, and I believe every single one will be confirmed.”

    Remember this is Ted Cruz talking. That means all of them are barely tolerable. And their approval by Congress only reinforces how mid to awful they are.

    “The self-deportations of illegals has begun.”

    But, but, it’s impossible to deport them! It’s impossible to enforce any laws!

    Note: IF all governments are directed by fools and discredited, who remains standing? A: Stateless multinational corporations. Which we’ve seen are already trying to run things. Badly. Almost a reverse Fascism. The Black Sun and Black Rock said they wanted this.

    “He will make those declassified Crossfire Hurricane records public…”

    Note, he barely did that last time, why would I believe? Well, everything he did they just refused and countermanded direct executive orders. WHO did that? Roughly speaking the Administrative State. Top to bottom. The Bureaucracy put in since Wilson, defending their power OVER all electees and OVER the vote, all Democracies. Ever see “Yes, Minister”? So Trump fired them…Nope, they refused this and the courts helped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYqB0uTKlE

    So at that point, are you a leader if no one – literally no one – will obey all and any direct orders? A: No.

    Now, smarty-pants, what’s your solution??? What’s your next move? Shuddap the complaining about it, whatcha gonna DO about it? Cry?

    Trump took it out a level, he needs US, the PEOPLE to demand their immediate firing. And this is actually correct and the only choice according to our principles. And if we refuse to demand this, well, I guess we lose and the American experiment is over. If America isn’t in the hearts of the people, that’s that. Subtext: therefore this approach can only be to TAKE FIRE, so that we we can SEE what’s going on and who they are and choose.

    And so this has happened. Does anyone think he’s going to have the same level of trouble firing people? I mean, we’re not at firing EVERYONE yet, as we must, and what DOGE is going to point at, but he will now be able to fire SOMEONE. Then a few someones, then over time many someones. Then discuss arrests.

    The key is to get the first, the support and the precedent.

    Again, this sucks. We all hate the f—k out of it. Would you like a Civil War instead? You want to look like Donbas, are you THAT impatient and frustrated? Or is just winning okay? I mean, do you like your dog, or do you want your dog and house to look like L.A.?

    “It’s been six months since the Butler assassination attempt and we still know nothing”

    Administrative State stonewalling. So we’ll see how that goes. From everyone’s actions, he has them by the balls over this and is “blackmailing” or leveraging it. That’s fine, great, but that’s not even 1/100th. If those are the crimes we suspect, they must be all found and shot in accordance with the law.

    “Trump selected a real estate man, like himself, for this task. Because in his view they are the best negotiators.”

    That’s true, but I’m going to stand behind you with a hammer because Gaza is really a land grab to put up expensive condos by murdering everyone. Chinatown. Prove to me that’s not what’s going on. Make me believe it. Work, really, really hard.

    Why use helicopters? Seems inefficient. Don’t we have those gravity-defying hoverdrones? Why map it at all if infinity-fast gravity drone can just zip in? It’s pointless, so explain. Make me believe.

    “US President-elect Donald Trump has said that he will make a decision on whether to enforce a ban on TikTok”

    If it’s a law he has to enforce it. Impeach him. Tiktok also IS a danger, even if this is the wrong solution. Fix that.

    “He said islanders “do not want to be Danes” either. “We want to be Greenlanders,”

    Excellent. I appreciate that. One problem: how are you going to defend yourselves? Canada? You too. Tell you what: we’ll hand out 30 million guns for free and give you a start. We won’t even miss them.

    “• Trump Must Not Flunk His Litmus Test (Paul Craig Roberts)

    You can now think of them as veterans of the Bastille. The oubliette. These are required in a war/revolution, sorry. That’s why they told you all not to show up, if you showed up anyway, you sort of volunteered. Knowing their story may have won the war, what do you think they would say? Let’s ask.

    “Faced with the risks of a trial at the hands of Democrats and the cost of attorneys, most of the falsely accused self-incriminated.

    This process is probably unavoidably legal. However, the attorneys should also be prosecuted and jailed for it. In the sense that you can argue open malice, get the directive emails, etc. At least run them through courts with the threat of prison for the next 5-10 years. That’s about equal.

    “There is no reason for the EU to drop its sanction “leverage” against Russia, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said as Hungary’s potential veto looms”

    No, by all means keep going. It’s working great so far.

    “• Biden Commutes Sentences for Nearly 2,500 Non-Violent Drug Offenders (ET)

    My thought was “Only 2,500? Are they the 2,500 MS13 members while 8,000 normal people wait?” But I’m an optimist like that. It would be way funnier to make Kamala release all drug offenders, including her own. Problem, is she’s sociopath with no conscience and wouldn’t even notice. Convicted, released; guilty, innocent: these words have no meaning for her.

    Here’s one though: make Biden release every prisoner put under Biden’s “Arrest all Black Men” crime bill. That’ll do.

    Power is the capacity to compel loyalty and obedience, under conditions of duress. Authority is the capacity to inspire loyalty and obedience, under conditions where free will obtains — Aimee Terese

    Similarly: rape and consent.

    “The slime trail of crimes he leaves”
    The Slime of Crime.

    “You left your country a wreck in every dimension: in national security, national bankruptcy, national pride, and national confidence. Go back to Delaware and sit in the dim light of your room”

    Not what I want. If crimes were committed – And I think they were – then the law requires to arrest and hang him. With the additional step in his case of open impeachment. Hey, open all the books, lay out all the evidence and let the American people decide.

    Pakistan has the option of ceasing to exist, as impossible as it seems. There is also the prophesy of nuclear happening for no reason in a place no one expects. Although that’s impossible by definition (eg there are only a few nuclear states, easy to expect them all) Pakistan is top contender. You see the map not of Pakistan but their cohesive ethnic states? Kashmir vs Pushtun? Why CAN’T they all go their own way? What DOES the central office of Pakistan confer or add for them? They’re a corrupt, useless, PITA, obviously hating hate people as much or more than here via the President.

    David Bowie was inside, talking about the “Black Sun” and other stuff. Now was he inside trying to get it out, or inside trying to support it? It’s not that simple. These scene is one of those “How much can we reveal” stuff. Now why and how was Twin Peaks made at all? I’m glad it was, but No one got it.

    “Did I miss something or did Kristi Noem spend 2 minutes talking and didn’t even flirt with answering the question she was asked?”

    You win the Prize!! She wins politician of the year! Come on dowwwwwwwn!

    #179684
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Contrary to yesterdays condescending “assertion” that “nobody cares”, apparently RIM do care and posted snippets of man’s thoughts and work.

    This beautiful language called cinema….and the moment it’s over people want turn it into words….despite having all they need to understand the movie.

    Brilliant.

    #179685
    zerosum
    Participant

    USA Arrogance: The meaning of ARROGANCE is an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions.
    WAR # 1: Expand NATO
    WAR # 2: Greater Israel
    WAR # 3: Cina
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    HOPE
    https://swentr.site/news/611105-trump-xi-phone-call/
    “President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!”

    • Trump Holds ‘Very Good’ Call With Xi (RT)
    “I just spoke to Chairman Xi Jinping of China,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday, adding that “the call was a very good one for both China and the USA.”

    “It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately. We discussed balancing Trade, Fentanyl, TikTok, and many other subjects,” Trump continued. “President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!”
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    • Trump Must Not Flunk His Litmus Test (Paul Craig Roberts)

    Trump’s litmus test awaits him on the Oval Office desk. The litmus test is the pardon for every one of the wrongly indicted and wrongly prosecuted January 6 Trump supporters–which means all of them–who attended the rally and were persecuted for doing so.

    To help Trump stand by his supporters, Gary Heavin is working with American Patriot Relief, a 501(c)4 foundation and has marshaled private jet airplanes to return to their homes the pardoned from prisons located at great distances from their homes. Volunteers will be waiting outside 75 prisons in 35 states to deliver the J6 patriots to their homes. In cases where imprisonment caused the loss of their homes, housing will be provided until they are back on their feet. Some have suffered so severely at the hands of the most evil regime in American history that permanent care might be needed. The project will work with other January 6 support groups such as J6 Pardon Project, American Gulag Chronicles, Stophate, J6 A Road Home, Stand In The Gap, Patriot Mail Project, Condemned USA. Gary Heavin describes the support efforts that are in place in yesterday’s appearance on Ron Paul’s program.

    https://www.givesendgo.com/FREEDOMSAMBASSADOR
    a massive effort underway to make sure that any January 6th protesters pardoned by incoming President Trump are not simply dropped into the street with no food, clothing, or shelter.
    Across the country – in nearly every state – Americans are mobilizing to help the wrongly detained American political prisoners arrested after January 6th, 2021.

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    Pardons
    The pardon covered offenses which Hunter “has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024,” a period that extends far beyond the time the gun and tax offenses took place and encompasses Hunter’s time on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.
    Citing a trove of emails and messages found on Hunter’s laptop in 2020, Republicans accused Hunter of selling access to his father, who was US vice president at the time.

    Outgoing US President Joe Biden reportedly thought about pardoning his successor, Donald Trump, before leaving office, NBC News has reported,
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    He’s, (Biden), likely to pardon himself at the last moment, and pardon a long roster of federal officials who have committed crimes with and behind him.
    One way or another, they are going to be found out, even if many manage to evade prosecution.
    But at least we are going to learn a lot more about who was pulling “Joe’s” strings, and exactly what they did, and how — including the trick of making the news media hostage to their crimes.
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    #179686
    Oroboros
    Participant

    I’m thinking of ‘upping’ my game with an upgrade myself

    Oh the Times They Are a Changin’

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    #179687
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    Biden and all of his “commendable” pardons and commutations…I keep thinking, okay, when will he add in the pre-emotive pardons for all of the Dem lackeys, HRC, etc. He might even throw one in for DJT, to try to blow some smoke to cover pardons for the Dem lackeys. Only 2 days left, so we shall see….

    #179688
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Breaking:

    “Announcement: The Babylon Bee To Shut Down As There Will Be Nothing To Make Fun Of During The Perfect Trump Administration” The Babylon Bee · Jan 17, 2025

    Well, that’s that!

    #179689
    Dr. D
    Participant

    pic
    “Obama To Divorce Michelle After Discovering She’s Actually A Woman” –BBee

    Oh. Snap.

    #179690

    I read Kunstler’s rant with interest. So many good points delivered in original entertaining English as well!

    Whilst I agree with most everything noted, I couldn’t help but comment on the big black gaping hole in his condemnation. Yes, the Gaza genocide situation. He is an ardent supporter of the Israeli Zionist agenda and does not tolerate any light being shone that way.

    Just sayin. Nobody gets it all right all the time I guess. Still, this AE mouse needs to call him out ……

    #179691
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Solving “gender confusion” in the Public Space

    Yeh, it’s gotten that ridiculous

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    #179692
    Dr. D
    Participant

    “Gavin Newsom Rushes Into Burning Building To Inform Fire Victim Trump Is Bad “ –BBee

    However, he was not strong enough, so that man better get his own self out.

    “To Avoid Prosecution In Britain, Neil Gaiman Joins Islamic Grooming Gang “

    He started wearing brownface, so it’s all good.

    Trudy
    https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/blackface.jpg

    Yes that’s a turban, not a watermelon, if I need to point it out. He can be offensive to two races at once! And the Sikhs! A hat trick!

    SikhandYeShallFine
    https://i.imgflip.com/2588qc.jpg

    Never forget this one though. This was was AFTER the previous 20 dress up black face scandals. He ran this by this Media team, and they said all good. …They’d fit it in between standing ovations for SS Soldiers and the arresting of actual Sikhs who are truck drivers.

    #179693
    Oroboros
    Participant

    An observation on the Ritual Humiliation of the core tenets of a culture like the Empire of Lies

    Politics is downstream from Culture, Politics flows from Culture, politics reflects Culture, it doesn’t produce it.

    “Politics’ trying to produce Culture is Tyranny

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    #179700
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Regardless of the merits of the claim, the graffiti has changed quite a bit from my youth.

    In my day it would have said something like:

    “Call Sally for a good time 785-3469”

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    #179701
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Speaking of Politics & Culture

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    #179702
    Oroboros
    Participant

    A Deep Cultural Truism

    Even little kids get it before the brainwashing of Public School

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    #179703
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Cultural Devolution Produces Dependency

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    #179704
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Somethings only change slightly over time

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    #179705
    Oroboros
    Participant

    A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

    A good Meme is worth a thousand pictures

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    #179706
    Noirette
    Participant

    What is going on with Jared K. ?

    As Ceasefire Nears, Jared Kushner’s New Investments Could Boost Israeli Settlements.

    “Just before the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire deal, Donald Trump’s son-in-law doubled his stake in an Israeli firm that stands to gain from expanding Israeli settlements.”

    Jan 16, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/bv86fmw

    Albania approves luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner’s company.

    Jan 16, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/mufsvhvs

    Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners and Eagle Hills have agreed to build a luxury hotel and apartment complex in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade

    https://tinyurl.com/mufsvhvs

    Sazan Island. https://tinyurl.com/yc6my9nc

    more….Idk…

    #179707
    Dr. D
    Participant

    You know I follow local prophesy, so here’s an important one if you’re in Greece:

    https ://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zHKwE-fCJFg (didn’t show)

    Now this is the 80s and 90s, but there are a handful of others back though time.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)
    “Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower Written in 1993, it takes place in 2025 with raging fires in LA, and a new elected dictator, whose motto is “Make America Great Again”.

    #179708
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Jesse Ventura’s deep thoughts that came with the age, as he had said. Of course it is impossible to implement it but many of us have to admit, deep inside, that he has a point. Think of it what you will.

    #179709
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #179710
    WES
    Participant

    When the loss of our freedoms began:

    Remember when the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall fell?
    That is the very moment, when we started to lose our new freedoms!

    How are these two events connected together?

    As long as the threat of communiism existed, our masters had to constantly bribe us with ever greater freedoms.
    Once the Iron Curtain fell, our masters no longer felt the need to let us be free.

    Instead, our masters, have been steadily removing our freedoms, one by one.
    They have been busy imposing new laws to increase their level of control over our lives.

    Today, we live in an ever increasing government/corporate fascist dictatorship.

    #179711
    WES
    Participant

    TicTok:

    It looks like TicTok is going dark on Sunday.
    Not even Zerohedge is mentioning this event.
    Just another loss of freedom.

    #179717
    poppie
    Participant

    It was a long private conversation so no details here. Mr Kuntsler and I argued for days on the morals of zionism. It may have ended as a draw. I will read his work if Ilargi prints it. No other. And I will never mention it again.

    #179718
    poppie
    Participant

    But if you have a zionist friend that likes to start the calendar at whatever point looks bad for palestine. Ask them how many terrorist attacks were there prior to Londons Mandate For Palestine in 1920.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine

    #179719
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    @poppie

    But if you have Zionist friend that likes to start the calendar at whatever point looks bad for Palestine. Ask them how many terrorist attacks were there prior to London’s Mandate For Palestine in 1920.

    James Kunstler’s cherry picking start dates that support his repellant opinion doesn’t come as much of a surprise. He probably includes some false or misleading purported facts into his argument as well, not to mention a few true facts that get routinely omitted. That’s the expected behavior of people when they’re wrong. They hide it any way they can. If they stand stand to lose something by admitting the truth, they lie about it. That’s humans for ya. The only solution with any chance of success is to just keep calling them out and keep rubbing their noses in the facts. Think of it as a war of attrition against bullshit.

    #179720
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #179721
    zerosum
    Participant

    Reaching the Debt Ceiling result in no more/increase of spending.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/her-last-official-act-yellen-warns-us-will-hit-debt-ceiling-one-day-after-trump
    In Her Last Official Act, Yellen Warns US Will Hit Debt Ceiling One Day After Trump Inauguration
    And speaking of debt issuance suspension, total US debt will now remain frozen at around $36.2 trillion for the next ~6 months, until the next debt deal is reached, at which point the debt issuance will “catch up” to where it was supposed to be, and surge by almost $2 trillion overnight.
    While nothing new to those familiar with the periodic song and dance when the US enters its debt ceiling crunch, Yellen advised that the Treasury’s extraordinary measures would begin by redeeming a portion of, and suspending full investments in, the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. It will also suspend additional investments of amounts credited to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.
    Those funds will be made whole after Congress acts on the debt ceiling, Yellen said.
    She gave no indication how long the accounting measures and Treasury’s cash balance would last.

    https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/yellen%20last%20letter%20to%20congress.jpg?itok=6ORHsjrS
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    #179722
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    You first have to get to first…..organically I suppose.
    Oh God
    Why did I read it when I promised myself not to?

    Here’s Glenn Greenwald nuancing for, of course, Tulsi Forelock Gabbard.
    Damn, I didn’t mean nuancing. I meant preapologizing for The White Forelock’s 702 Nuance.
    Don’t be disappointed just yet.
    Give it a chance.
    Never be a negative nabob of negativity becoz I heard yesterday some guy thinks pessimism is tantamount to propaganda…paraphrased of course.

    Shit’s getting deep in ‘Har’.

    #179723
    zerosum
    Participant

    Ding,Ding,Ding,Ding
    Let Doge shutdown the government, and those laid-off can get Unemployment Insurance.
    🙂

    #179724
    aspnaz
    Participant

    Elon Musk lying about being a brilliant video game player ,,, how insecure and weak. He’s an insecure crook, but he will fix your government. Who is he working for?

    #179725
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #179726
    WES
    Participant

    Dr. D. Rich:

    We both know there are many folks who are better qualified for various positions in government than the current nominated folks are.

    I think the problem we both run up against is that Washington/Ottawa are cities full of corrupt criminals who like nothing better to do, than to run honest folks out of town on the rails.
    Only like thinking criminals, are welcomed!

    So, if somebody is way better qualified for a government position, they are also probably smart enough to know that there is no personal upside for them or their family and love ones.
    You won’t enjoy trying to work with these government swamp creatures.
    They all want to drowned you in the swamp!

    So rightly, good people steer well clear of swamps like Washington/Ottawa for all the right reasons!

    Since politics is a blood sport, a rational normal person will say life is too short to put up with such sh*t!

    So we are sadly left with only the hammer wielding phyco monkeys to chose from.

    As my Father used to say, the only honest politician is a broke one!

    #179729
    zerosum
    Participant

    I expect Democrats senators to vote for the unqualified.

    #179758
    John Day
    Participant

    @aspnaz: My son in law, a video-gamer, said the same thing last week, about a video of Musk obviously faking his play on a new and difficult/complex video game. He was a novice, claiming to be an advanced master of the game, which was painfully obvious.

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