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    Gustave Courbet The desperate man (self portrait) 1852   • Common Sense Revolution: Trump Outlines Sweeping Vision For Next 4 Years (JTN) • Trump
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle March 5 2025]

    #183561
    Dr. D
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    #183562
    Dr. D
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    All star superteam: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcnsgbFxAKY Krainer, Armstrong, Luongo, all at once. Armstrong with these guys is interesting, but he’s been saying the same things.

    #183563
    Dr. D
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    “MIKE JOHNSON GOES BACK TO BURKE

    The only significant speech at the ARC Conference held by Jordan Peterson was one by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
    It presented a vision of America that leaves Peterson’s free market “neoliberalism” in the past.
    Johnson returned to the foundational values of America, and before that, of the little platoons of voluntary community which made for the foundations of the conservative idea of the state in Edmund Burke.
    In a speech which referenced Chesterton, the Founding Fathers and Pope Pius XII, Johnson set out a vision for a renewed America and a radically different Western order which is a sharp departure from the last seven decades.
    The global economic liberalism which has called itself “conservative” is being left behind.
    You can read my report on his speech and what it means for the West here:
    headline

    I do not think Mike Johnson wrote this speech, but the people who did are the people who are realigning your future. Part of this process is the intentional and determined destruction of the old order. This is a glimpse of what you can expect in its place. It pulled the rug from under all the globalist “conservatives” and made no mention at all of their “market values” and “neoconservative” ambitions of worldwide consumer-election regime change.”

    #183564
    oxymoron
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    Correct me if I am wrong but if the US first enabled a coup in 2014 in Ukraine then provided the material to allow the war to carry on as long as it did and then they come in and get ‘minerals’ in a ‘deal’ – is that not dressing up the pig of Iraq. The same result with shifted timelines.
    Oh and they get to keep NATO just looks a bit different. NATO is essentially the US presence against russia. Now if the US has private companies staying for who knows how long in Ukraine then we have US private, corporate and national interests on Russia’s doorstep.
    You can do anything with that position on the chessboard. False flag attacks on US civilians ‘working’ in Ukraine would necessitate a response. Also is Russia not the same country that is all in on digital id and went for the us playbook on covid.
    I’m sorry – still looks to me like the world is run by banks and Donald Trump aint doin’ shit any differently.
    Oh and the US still militarily occupies Australian soil

    #183565
    oxymoron
    Participant

    Klaus Schwab – Vaccines Chips Robots Digital Money
    Trump – Vaccines Chips Robots Digital Money

    #183566
    Mister Roboto
    Participant

    Merz has already refused to share power with them, leaving the CDU as pig-in-the-middle, squeezed between the failing SPD, which lost the most voter share, and the AfD and Der Linke, another firewall outcast, which, like AfD, gained voter share, especially among the under-45s.

    Die Linke or “The Left”, interestingly enough, is the closest thing there is in Germany to a successor-party to the Socialist Unity Party (formed by a Soviet-arranged shotgun marriage between the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party) that ruled East Germany during the Cold War Era.

    #183567
    zerosum
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    Problem #1; $36 Trillion debt.

    The American people refused austerity.

    They chose the Trump option:

    DOGE. Tariffs, spread the austerity pain world wide.

    My way or take the highway.

    The democrats are angry and hating, fighting and rejecting the Trump option.
    Secrets&Lies
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    Investment opportunities: LOOK. EVALUATE

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-03-04/bloomberg-brief-03-04-2025-video

    Trump Tariffs Kick In, S&P’s Worst Day of the Year; US Pauses Ukraine Aid | 03/04/2025
    Bloomberg Brief
    March 4th, 2025, 3:40 AM PST
    Equity futures hovered ahead of the market open after suffering their worst single day of the year at the start of the trading week. Bearish sentiment caused by President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico coming into effect were exacerbated by retaliation. The US paused military aid to Ukraine ahead of the European Union proposing billions of euros of in loans for Pan-European Defense. Mark Haefele of UBS says the imposition of tariffs will hurt the US economy, if they’re sustained. Stephanie Roth of Wolfe Research says the policy mix in America “can’t get much worse at this point.” “Bloomberg Brief” delivers the market news, data and analysis you need to set your agenda. (Source: Bloomberg)
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    https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1896696803975643466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1896696803975643466%7Ctwgr%5E711cbd2c7fef47503624f0b86d1f2981a980e54c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fdebt-rattle-march-5-2025%2F

    BREAKING: Head of FBI field office in New York *resigns* after the Department of Justice accused his office of hiding thousands of Epstein documents.

    James Dennehy says he was forced to resign in an email to staff.

    The resignation comes after AG Pam Bondi instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to launch an investigation into claims that the New York field office was hiding thousands of documents.

    Bondi said a source came forward claiming the field office had thousands of pages of docs.

    “I repeatedly questioned whether this was the full set of documents responsive to my request and was repeatedly assured by the FBI that we had received the full set of documents,” Bondi said.

    “Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.”

    “Despite my repeated requests, the FBI never disclosed the existence of these files. When you and I spoke yesterday, you were just as surprised as I was to learn this new information.”
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    https://x.com/LibertyLockPod/status/1896707444744888534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1896707444744888534%7Ctwgr%5E711cbd2c7fef47503624f0b86d1f2981a980e54c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fdebt-rattle-march-5-2025%2F

    I repeat: if the NY FBI head actually withheld thousands of documents on the Epstein case, as AG Bondi said, why is he allowed to resign? Why is he collecting a lifetime taxpayer pension when he should be in prison? Totally unacceptable.
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    • Common Sense Revolution: Trump Outlines Sweeping Vision For Next 4 Years (JTN)
    • Trump’s Big Speech Proves To Be Optics Nightmare For Democrats (JTN)

    • Half of Democrat Voters Are Tired Of Far-Left Politics (ZH)


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    “The Kremlin also said that Kiev must renounce its claims to Crimea and four other regions that have voted to become part of Russia.”

    • Musk Wants ‘Actions, Not Words’ From Zelensky (RT)
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    ‘Through the tear in the fantasy bubble, they see their own demise..’

    • Reality Confronts The Euro Ruling-Strata (Alastair Crooke)

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    “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”

    • Eating Crow (Stephen Karganovic)

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    • Putin Agrees To Mediate US/Iran Nuke Talks After Trump Request (ZH)

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    #183568
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blackrocks-purchase-hong-kong-owned-panama-ports-marks-victory-trumps-america-first

    BlackRock’s Purchase Of Hong Kong-Owned Panama Ports Marks Victory For Trump’s ‘America First’

    by Tyler Durden
    Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 – 02:45 AM

    President Trump may be handed a major geopolitical victory concerning the Panama Canal, as a new report indicates that a BlackRock-led consortium has agreed to purchase key ports near the canal currently operated by Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. The report follows Trump’s repeated warnings about China’s growing influence over the strategic waterway and comes one month after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the Panamanian government for allowing Beijing to expand its influence in the region.

    Bloomberg provided more color on BlackRock’s deal to purchase the critical ports near the canal:

    The agreement was reached alongside a deal in principle for BlackRock and its Global Infrastructure Partners unit, along with Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s ports division, to acquire units that hold 80% of the Hutchison Ports group, which operates 43 ports in 23 countries, the company said Tuesday in a statement.

    The consortium will also acquire 90% of Panama Ports Co., which operates the two entryways in Balboa and Cristobal. CK Hutchison said it would receive cash proceeds of about $19 billion from the broader ports deal.

    The port deal represents the largest infrastructure deal in BlackRock’s history after it purchased Global Infrastructure Partners last year, marking a new move for the asset manager in critical infrastructure investing across developed and emerging markets.

    Trump’s concerns about Beijing’s encroachment on the canal may soon be diminished after the BlackRock deal (as we’ve previously noted). Trump has complained that China has jeopardized US national security interests in the region. Hutchison’s potential link to the Chinese Communist Party is shown above.

    Latin America Research Professor Evan Ellis with the US Army War College told Bloomberg, “Hutchison could see the writing on the wall, that strategically it was best for them as well for Panama to pursue its interests elsewhere.”

    Risa Grais-Targow, director for Latin America at Eurasia Group, said the BlackRock deal to purchase the HK-owned ports and “diminish Chinese footprint in Panama” is a massive positive.

    BlackRock told Bloomberg that the acquisition of the ports would require government approval. This might not be difficult to secure given the Panamanian government’s urgent need to ease tensions with Trump.

    #183569
    Dr. D
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    Van Der Lyin’, Boy they got great PLANS. Planning to maybe get some money in FOUR YEARS. She seems to have forgotten they’ve had the exact same plan for TWENTY-four years. Not a single soldier is trained and UK is up to 18 whole guns. And taxing people for GDP they don’t have isn’t “Creating space”. Of course they want central taxing authority with no accountability, but keep circling the carcass like a hyena because everyone has, and will continue to veto that.

    Important point, Europe may not need to WIN the war, don’t need to START the war, but they need an excuse to DEFAULT, screw every bondholder, and have the world in a position where they don’t treat them like a pariah and keep buying bonds (that will also be defaulted on later). The idea was to make US/Russia WORSE, so that even the worst continent on earth, with no human rights, was slightly better, but the U.S. doesn’t seem to want to commit suicide for their psycho ex.

    So they’re happy to start a nuclear war, and are doing that right now, everywhere, but Kursk is a good example, but you have to know what their real goals are. Pay attention to what REALLY sets them off. Saying Ze is a dictator (that is, he has no legal authority to sign over collateral), when the U.S. tells them they’re irrelevant, and so on.

    What are their ACTIONS? Daily Stormer says he’s committing the whole British army. …Then doesn’t move a muscle. O Rly? Marcron says he’s sending every jet. Hey Manny, jets are really FAST, how come they haven’t arrived yet? Must only take about an hour to fly there. Meanwhile, U.S. rumored to be closing the PORTS we operate from, therefore withdrawing from Poland. Action: Men are filling trucks. Poland sh—ing bricks as their WHOLE army, whole reality, all plans, hinge on hiding behind the U.S.

    This comes from a background reality not discussed enough because too busy. It was in Ritter’s recent interview, I’ve not tuned in in a while because it’s all the same. What Trump is saying – to US – is that “They don’t want peace”. Any of them. That is, SO LONG AS NATO EXISTS, they interact with Russia on a war footing. Never a diplomatic footing, not just as secondary, but not EVER, all the embassies are closed, Borrell “The Gardener” etc refuse to TELEPHONE.

    What does that mean? So long as the United States EXISTS, this can never be solved. So long as we are in NATO, Europe will act like ESTONIA — which is why they hired her – yapping away biting, trying to get US into the war. War, always war, nothing but war, forever amen. War WE fight, as they have no tanks, no men. THEY are the UK’s finest: the 1st Armored Tripwire Suicide Force, whose patch is a vial of strychnine. Their job is to BE MORDERED, so the U.S. will come in: thus the “Peacekeeping Force” that “Guarantees the Treaty.” …Which they will beak by shelling a nuke plant a hour later.

    How do you stop that posture and get an Attitude Adjustment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBP4yQGBU94
    WE LEAVE. That’s it. We aren’t there, they look around and have to fight their OWN wars, with the 12 guns against the entire Russian army.

    “Short history of Europe trying to conquer Russia:
    ~800 years ago: Sweden attacked Russia
    ~400 years ago, it was Poland-Lithuania
    ~300 years ago, Sweden again, with UK
    ~200 years ago, France (Napoleon) tried it
    ~175 years ago, France + UK (Crimean War)
    ~100 years ago, Russian revolution & WW1
    ~80 years ago, Hitler backed by globalists
    Now, NATO waging proxy war thru Ukraine
    But Russia is somehow the threat to Europe!”
    Spoiler alert: You Lose.

    They think we’re bluffing, because they have no choice but to believe that. But we’re not. But let’s not get on the juicy vengeance here: what’s the GOAL? The end state? EUROPE HAS TO ACT NORMALLY. We’ve made them go feral, like a rabid dog. They need to do DIPLOMACY again, which they are more than capable of, among themselves, as well as with Russia, who is NOT attacking them, never has attacked them, and is generally speaking INCAPABLE of attacking them. (Invading and occupying).

    NATO PREVENTS ALL THIS. It’s CAUSING war, and not just in the usual sense we’ve talked about before, where they need a reason to exist. This more fundamental one. No one even THINKS about peace. Ever. For any reason. First, middle, or last, and it’s Insane.

    Wars are expensive. They may hate Trump for being a capitalist, thinking about how to sell some Deal, but guess what? You MAKE money in business. People have VOLUNTARY exchange, and are happier, getting what they want, and business is 10x, 100x cheaper than wars are, so you have a 90% more Slack and headroom to live. Wow. Wot an idea: Stop Killing People. That’s it.

    Btw, sure haven’t heard that song in a long time.

    “But the Democrats have lost it, and now they barely exist anymore.”

    Online: the response to Virginia Dems voting 100% to NOT protect women AGAIN. Even after this election, losing VA itself with let’s-hide-and-make-sure-rapes-in-girls-school-bathrooms with the whole arc of history turning against “men in women’s spaces” as they say now. NOPE! Democrats don’t care WHAT you think. Here’s the bonus question: WHY? There is literally no gain, that’s not even a voting block. It makes no money. It solves nothing. They neither win, nor do the Republicans lose by it. If I were the GOP, blackmailed and running the DNC, with Epstein’s list, this is exactly what I’d do and keep doing.

    “But this is psychopathic behavior that should be common only among the fringes of ideological debate. Are all Democrats woke and crazy, or do a lot of them go along with the extremist mob because they’re too afraid to speak against their own side? Or, perhaps a lot of people that lean to the left of the political spectrum have a habit of blindly following the lemmings in front of them, even if it means going off a cliff in the end.”

    Well they are “Collectiveists” and on the Female leaning side, thus supporting what is “Family”: The Party. They say if you remove men from family, their power doesn’t disappear, it’s transferred up to the State. I’m sure this is true, there’s no sense of Truth, or Self, only “Who will beat me?” Who has POWER? That’s not a good reflection on things but appears to be true.

    And the pic here: all of Democrats kneeing while wearing the symbols of one of the world’s largest Slave Empires. The Ashanti. Slavers at the beginning, with Jackson, slavers to the end, with Kenti cloth and Haitians locked in camps in Ohio.

    I think reading the article, they need to be LIMITED. Restrained. And that is said to be the female dynamic, I oppose the concept but can’t find a grounds to refute it. They then RESIST, and Fight being restrained, brought into limits and order, and this too has been going on 1,000 years and as JB says, “What do you NOT see in old black and white movies?” (A: Men mistreating women) Okay, but what DO you see in those same movies? This. Men having to rein in wives and women back into a family as they go too far.

    So, how does this dynamic work? Law, Republicans, get to be the Bad Guy for 50 years by preventing the DNC from committing suicide by going crazy, going too far, establishing NO limits because – why should they??? The GOP will do it for them, then take the blame! It’s magic! You can’t judge me, you big meanie! Limits as big as, say, universal female genital mutilation they’re advocating for, forcing, or as small as pounding the gavel and having disruptor removed more or less peacefully. That’s ORDER. Rules.

    So how do you get OUT of this psychotic codependent relationship?

    As yesterday: they exist Entirely on your GOOD WILL. Your LOVE and wish to help and NOT have them kill themselves. STOP. STOP HELPING. You’re only feeding their bad behavior and addiction. Let them go. So? As we’d tried everything else for 50 years we did what Ayn Rand said and let them. We made Ayn Rand right and said, “You want this, fine: here you go. We only follow YOUR orders now, Mr. Genius.” And boy did they ever! They handed out tyrannical orders like a steam-powered Pez dispenser. No order was too stupid, too psychotic, too murderous, or too irrational to order about and arrest people for. No neighborhood was too black to burn down.

    But they’ve burned out. They’ve run out of steam, out of psychosis. They’re tired and collapse from Manic to Depressive. People finally – though barely – see them as discredited. Lunatics.

    Since we remain barely over 54% on that, I don’t know where we go. I guess a full-on nuclear war ALSO wouldn’t wake them up to their own psychosis? It’s impossible to reach the next level? I would have thought, as I’m sure we all did, we did in 1954, 1974, 2004, that the people would have had enough by then? They’d have seen the level of con going on? Nope. And not 2024 either, even after Covid. But I don’t think it’s worth killing a billion people and nuking 20 cities just to get 10% more Liberals to change their stripes. Sadly.

    You need to restore order to what? To 1954 Leave it to Beaver? No, but to the SAME THING worldwide, you see in the 3,000 year old Tao te Ching, Saxon writings, the Bible, everywhere. The FAMILY is the core atomized unit, a fractal of the state and nation. And that POWER apparently has to be run by men. Why, I’m unclear but we’ve tried this experiment like a thousand times, and that’s what happens. Men are logical and LIMIT things, order things. Emotion is limitless and boundless, and while important, that’s not going to work as the face-interaction with the world. Physical reality has limits and violence, so being unlimited in relation to it is…as we see…a fast track to pure destruction and madness.

    Someone pointed out this week about the “Patriarchy” (which has still never been defined), and the key reality here: no matter HOW oppressive, violent, murderous, psychopathic any war, any nation, any religion, any Patriarchy has ever been in all recorded history, Women NEVER take up arms against it. Ever. As I would say, obviously it would be child’s play to poison every man in the nation to death in a single afternoon, being the 51%. Instead, they’ll watch their husbands be killed, their children beaten, and take up with the marriage and household of the conquerors without complaint. Oh. Yay. But what can I say? There are virtually ZERO truisms in all history and this is one of them.

    Draw your own conclusions as to which aspect you want to interface with the world in.

    ““I think that email perhaps was misinterpreted as a performance review, but, actually, it was a pulse check review…”

    Obviously. But also: performance check is that you do ONE named thing per day? Undefined, unlimited like “I sharpened pencils?” Really? Yeah, that’s not what it’s about, it’s about AUTHORITY. About DOMINANCE. Who’s in charge. Like Zelensky. They are not submitting to DOMINANCE, so there is literally no order, but pure chaos. He first step is and has to be, establishing ORDER. Submission. Neither Ze, nor the secret state can do that. That’s what stupid symbols like the suit are all about, and why they can’t do it. It would limit their INSANITY, that is, their EGO. Europe who is the CIA (the Derp State that isn’t American but set up and paid for the EU) is refusing submission to Trump, America, the People, the Army, etc. They’re the ones writing the script for Ze and advised him to do this, one rumor was through the DNC and Susan Rice. But they are all united, undermining, burrowing, termite Derp State. Same people in D.C., Brussels, London and elsewhere.

    Note this next article, Putin say what? Is awaiting a deal on metals? Huh? That goes with my thing that Trump will get this agreement – which is inexplicably on again – then trade that paper to Putin for peace. But Putin isn’t supposed to ADMIT it. So it’s too complicated as a symbolic and long con to follow and why bother?

    “‘Through the tear in the fantasy bubble, they see their own demise..’
    • Reality Confronts The Euro Ruling-Strata (Alastair Crooke)

    Bringing up, this morning’s kerfuffle with Vance, saying “Useless has-been, non-nations who can’t field an army”.

    Britain stand up and says at the top of their lungs, “THAT’S MEEEE!!!! I’M THAT ONE YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!” (How dare you sir?) Huh? DID we say that? Maybe we meant Slovakia you freaks. Nope, UK has got their dander right UP I say! W. the literal F.

    Vance denies it and says UK is fine…for one of the little people. Trump asked Stormer if he was planning on taking Russia alone. Point needs to be driven home with a lance, apparently. An oak stake and a hammer.

    “Many of the region’s leaders, who range from moderate to intense skeptics of US President Donald Trump, have nonetheless attempted to preserve the traditional transatlantic alliance.”

    What alliance? We protect you for free, and you…pay hundred billions to NGOs so we’re invaded? WHILE paying the media to slander us if we STOP begin invaded? A MILLION Americans are killed so far, with Fentanyl, etc. Too soon? The alliance is: we obey, not only SO you don’t stab us in the back, but WHILE you are stabbing us in the back and we’re bleeding out.

    That’s why Canada today, and the most painfully, intolerable, sanctimonous, scolding from Trudeau EVER! Yesterday: they’re going to cut off all NY’s power. O Rlly? Not that they can’t, they can, but AND THEN WHAT? You fecking idjits??? You’re going tit-for-tat with a nation 10x your size that ISN’T PISSED OFF YET.

    Newsflash, Mr. Cocaine Central, WE get the electric but guess what? YOU get the MONEY. Sooooo….you dont’ like, don’t need MONEY anymore? You’re embargoing the U.S. in auto parts but now billion dollar electric too??? How’s that going to work for your exchange rate, you fools? At 69 cents?

    And this is because WE won’t put our heads in the noose for ENGLAND, (and DIE) England is attacking us directly from CANADA. Don’t think we don’t know. Alrightee then, we can’t stop you, go ahead. I bet trading blows with a man 10x your size won’t come out in your favor though.

    Back to Europe, we’re going on circles: $800B or a Trillion dollars. Okay? When? How many soldiers? Oh wait, you STILL can’t raise the money AND I see not a hair moved to recruit people. …Who, taking England as an example, would shoot YOU, Mr. Starmer, and not “the enemy” if you gave them guns. Soooo…all entirely theory I guess?

    MONEY ISN’T AN ARMY. YOUR MONEY MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

    Bane
    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b9/63/26/b963263da98141bd99a99079cb1d7b64.jpg

    As they just said, as Stalin said, “And the Federal Reserve has how many tank divisions?” All this “power” this …Female power, and I hate to keep saying that…it’s a second level iteration. AFTER there is society, courts, rules, etc, THEN you can leverage your “social status”, your words and symbols into people “Do What You’re Told”. But like I kept saying about the Left, all this relies on Red Policemen to OBEY Karen. Europe is acting the same. We’re IN A WAR you fools, we are at FIRST level Reality. If I don’t want to, I’ll just shoot you in a face, roll you into a ditch and think of you no more. If anyone comes after me for that killing I’ll kill them too. And the next guy, and the next, until no one’s left. Take a page from your best friend Mao:

    POWER COMES FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN.

    Those are all guns YOU DO NOT HAVE. You’re going to use OUR guns? With what guns are you going to make us use OUR guns? You morons. No. You fecking idjits, WE have the guns, WE make the rules. …Or you all die. And we think of you no more. MONEY does not get you guns. MONEY does not get you OUR guns. Go watch the Joker bank scene again. When we have the guns we SHOOT you and TAKE your money. All we’ve been lacking is a Leader who will do the bloody obvious here.

    Thankfully, neither Trump nor Putin have any notion of conquering you and dividing the spoils because it would be the work of a weekend. Nobody wants you, Europe. Nor Canada, don’t want that either. Russia doesn’t even want Ukraine. You’re not a side-piece, a trophy; you’re a liability, a drag, a drain.

    “• EU Spent More Money On Russian Energy Than Ukraine Aid Last Year (ZH)

    Guess that speaks for itself.

    #183570
    zerosum
    Participant

    Share the pain
    B.C.’s 2025 budget responds to U.S. tariffs with spending; deficit to hit $10.9B

    https://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2025/default.htm
    BUDGET 2025
    Standing strong for B.C.
    A measured plan to protect jobs and the public services people rely on, while preparing British Columbia’s economy to withstand the unpredictable impacts of unjustified tariffs.

    #183571
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    Johnny Depp IS Gustave Courbet.

    “Musk says”
    “Musk wants”

    It’s in print now. So lots of folk can see the UnelectedElongated Musk

    So everyone else but D and citz knows what’s going on and calls them balls n strikes as they see them.

    …but Donald Trump still addressed the Joint session.

    That was definitely a Victory Lap and definitely not a speech. I had a few chuckles especially when The Repubs seemed to get the same Black guy to dress in a few different costumes.

    Dbs, are you a PsychD, MSW or psychiatrist?? Coz some ppl are saying Musk’s behavior is ketamine-related? Can it be?
    Horse tranquilizer??

    #183572
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    The Trump speech

    #183573
    John Day
    Participant

    World War Or Not https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/world-war-or-not

    Tulsi Gabbard warns of only two paths for Russia and Ukraine War: “Peace or WW3” https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/03/tulsi-gabbard-warns-of-only-two-paths-for-russia-and-ukraine-war-peace-or-ww3/#google_vignette

    Moon of Alabama: Musing About Europe Without NATO
    Tonight Trump will address Congress. There are unconfirmed rumors that he will announce a U.S. exit from NATO.
    Now that would be a bummer for the Europeans…
    ..Over the last eight decades NATO and the U.S. (and until 1990 the Warsaw Pact and Russia) have largely prevented wars between European countries. The continent – where nations have been at war with each other for centuries – could easily fall back into that bad habit. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/03/musing-about-europe-without-nato.html

    ​Actually nothing new: “America Is Back” – 12 Takeaways From Trump 47’s First Major Policy Speech To Congress https://www.zerohedge.com/political/america-back-12-takeaways-trump-47s-first-major-policy-speech-congress

    Trump Halts All Military Aid To Ukraine As Zelensky Feud Intensifies https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-rejects-calls-immediate-ceasefire-wont-apologize-trump-ukraine-not-sale

    #183574
    John Day
    Participant

    Andrew Korybko, Five Takeaways From Trump’s Fateful Decision To Freeze All Military Aid To Ukraine
    Transatlantic ties, Russian-US relations, and the nature of American hegemony are all transforming before everyone’s eyes as Trump makes bold moves to force Zelensky to the peace table with Putin…
    1) Trump Is Serious About Brokering Peace …
    2) He & Putin Likely Have A Secret Agreement …
    3) But It’s Not Yet A Comprehensive One …
    4) Poland Might Have A Pivotal Role To Play: About 90% of Western military aid to Ukraine transits through Poland so Trump might ask it to stop the Europeans from using its territory to arm Ukraine during a ceasefire in exchange for post-conflict perks…
    5) The “New Détente” Is Trump’s Top Priority: Every major move that’s taken place since Trump’s call with Putin in mid-February has been predicated on advancing his grand strategic goal of a Russian-US “New Détente”, the gist of which is to revolutionize International Relations through a game-changing comprehensive partnership between them. https://korybko.substack.com/p/five-takeaways-from-trumps-fateful

    Trump was supposed to die last July, not to have all this data. Zelensky’s Lies Exposed: Did Palantir Give Trump & Vance the Real Ukraine Intel?
    Time Magazine boasted that tech giant Palantir Technologies embedded its state-of-the-art analytics AI software into Ukraine’s government operations in June 2022.
    More than half a dozen Ukrainian agencies, including its Ministries of Defense, Digital Transformation, Economy, and Education, now rely on Palantir.
    The company has access to virtually all Ukraine’s data, from real-time satellite and drone footage to financial and economic records, according to the media.
    Beyond its military AI solutions, Palantir is also tasked with “rooting out corruption” in Ukraine – effectively making it the Zelensky regime’s invisible watchdog. https://sputnikglobe.com/20250303/zelenskys-lies-exposed-did-palantir-give-trump–vance-the-real-ukraine-intel-1121614879.html

    Somebody approved this decision: Norway fuel giant ‘refuses to fill US forces’ after Trump-Zelensky dispute in White House https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/03/420436/

    The Kremlin has threatened consequences in the event of the transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
    After the EU summit in London last week, Mr. Tusk said that there was no unified position among European countries regarding Russia’s frozen assets. He said that some EU leaders did not want to seize them, fearing possible consequences for the euro and the banking system. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his readiness to transfer $2.84 billion from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7550850?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

    Trump Orders Plans Drawn Up For Russia Sanctions Relief https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-orders-plans-drawn-russia-sanctions-relief

    #183575
    John Day
    Participant

    Russia has informed the Trump administration on Tuesday that any normalization of relations with the United States must be accompanied by the lifting of sanctions against Moscow. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-tells-trump-normalizing-ties-requires-lifting-sanctions-moscow

    Ukraine Receives Large Batch of T-72 Tanks From Poland: How is Warsaw Sustaining Deliveries?
    Poland’s capacity to supply T-72s to Ukraine has continued to increase rapidly due to the sustained deliveries of M1 Abrams tanks by the United States and K2 Black Panther tanks by South Korea, which are re-equipping Polish Army units and thus facilitating the divestment of T-72s on a large scale. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/ukraine-receives-large-batch-t72-tanks-poland

    Send Sir Kier to lead the charge. Britain Announces New Western Coalition to Deploy Ground Forces to Ukraine
    British Prime Minister Kier Starmer on March 2 announced that the United Kingdom and France were ready to lead a “coalition of the willing” to to support the ongoing Ukrainian war effort against Russia, including through deployment of ground forces and aircraft to secure the country’s positions on the frontlines. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/britain-new-western-coalition-deploy-ground-forces-ukraine

    A “loan”? Payable how? EU Proposes €150BN Defense Loan As US Commitment Wavers Under Trump https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-proposes-eu150bn-defense-loan-us-commitment-wavers-under-trump

    So there is no tomorrow? EU’s von der Leyen proposes $840bn rearmament plan https://swentr.site/news/613676-eu-defense-spending-increase/

    #183576
    John Day
    Participant

    Doesn’t Britain secretly have these rights already? France and EU move to secure Ukraine minerals as US pushes for deal
    France and the European Union are mobilising to secure access to Ukraine’s valuable mineral resources, despite pressure from Washington, which is pushing for mineral deals with Kyiv as a form of repayment for military aid. https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20250301-france-and-eu-move-to-secure-ukraine-minerals-as-us-pushes-for-deal

    Can Germany Revive Its Industry Without Cheap Energy?
    Bringing energy costs down will be key to Germany’s economic recovery.
    Businesses are urging the incoming government to act swiftly and decisively to lower energy costs and boost energy security in order to help Germany regain competitiveness.
    Siemens CEO Bruch called for major investment in new gas-fired power plants. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Can-Germany-Revive-Its-Industry-Without-Cheap-Energy.html

    Tulsi Gabbard questions if Ukraine is ‘aligned’ with US values
    Gabbard was asked about last week’s heated exchange at the White House involving Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and Trump and his vice president, J.D. Vance… The incident has sparked a backlash from Trump’s critics, including several EU leaders, who have accused him of “bullying” Zelensky.
    However, according to Gabbard, anyone who has criticized Trump over his interaction with the Ukrainian leader is merely showing that they are “not committed to peace.”
    “Many of these European countries, and Zelensky himself, who claim to be standing and fighting for the cause of freedom and democracy” are actually acting contrary to these values, Gabbard stated.
    “When we actually look at what’s happening in reality in these countries, as well as with Zelensky’s government in Ukraine, it is the exact opposite,” she added. Gabbard pointed to the lack of elections in Ukraine, Kiev’s criminalization of opposition parties, the shutting down of Orthodox churches, and the complete government control over media outlets.
    “It begs the question. It’s clear they’re standing against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. But what are they actually really fighting for, and are they aligned with the values that they claim to hold in agreement with [the US], which are the values of freedom, peace and true security,” Gabbard said.
    The DNI chief further criticized Washington’s EU partners, recalling Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, where he accused European countries of implementing policies that “undermine democracy” and show that they “don’t actually believe in the voices of the people.” https://swentr.site/russia/613608-tulsi-gabbard-ukraine-us-values/

    Trump tells Americans to worry about migrants not Putin
    The US president has publicly acknowledged having positive communication and a good relationship with the Russian leader
    The American leader has dismissed concerns about his relationship to Putin, emphasizing that Washington has more pressing matters to address.
    “We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country – So that we don’t end up like Europe!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. https://swentr.site/news/613615-trump-tells-americans-not-to-worry-about-putin/

    Martin Armstrong, Romanian Uprising thanks to EU & US Interference in Their Election
    Romania is by no means a passive country. The people will protest in mass when pushed – a good thing. There was a period of serious civil unrest between 2012 and 2015, which led to political reforms against pervasive corruption. That corruption is inherent in the Romanian government to a lesser degree than in Ukraine, but it is still offensive to the people who suffer from the highest poverty levels in the European Union. More than 30% of the population lives on less than $5 per day as the politicians take their bribes and stuff their pockets. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/romania/romanian-uprising-thanks-to-eu-us-interference-in-their-election/

    #183577
    John Day
    Participant

    China & Canada Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariff War As Global Stocks Slide
    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-canada-retaliate-against-trumps-tariff-war-global-stocks-slide

    He can invade Egypt in a pinch. Israel’s Netanyahu takes stand for 14th time in his corruption trial Israeli prime minister appears 3 days weekly before court to respond to corruption charges https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israels-netanyahu-takes-stand-for-14th-time-in-his-corruption-trial-3699176

    Pro-Israel Think Tank WINEP Outed as “Dark Money” Operation Driving US Wars
    The AIPAC-aligned Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), which often refers to itself simply as The Washington Institute, was recently outed as a “dark money” think tank for its lack of transparency on donors and is continuing to push the United States to engage in conflicts overseas to Israel’s benefit. Its case raises questions about how the Israel Lobby functions through think tanks across the board, shaping U.S. foreign policy behind closed doors.
    WINEP has a long history of shaping U.S. foreign policy. It was deeply involved in the neoconservative push for regime change in Iraq, joining calls for the Clinton administration to topple Saddam Hussein as early as 1998. They also pushed for U.S. military intervention and helped justify the eventual invasion in 2003. https://www.mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-think-tank-winep-outed-as-dark-money-operation-driving-us-wars/289116/

    Israeli government approves call-up of 400,000 reserve soldiers amid uncertainty over Gaza ceasefire
    Call-up comes fears of renewed fighting in Gaza after expiry of 1st phase of Gaza ceasefire deal, according to Israeli media https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-government-approves-call-up-of-400-000-reserve-soldiers-amid-uncertainty-over-gaza-ceasefire/3497647

    Israel mulls extending service for reserve troops as renewed war looms https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjp5wazoke

    #183578
    John Day
    Participant

    Israeli premier rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire, admits use of starvation against Palestinians
    ‘I want to make one thing clear: There will be no free meals,’ Netanyahu says at weekly Cabinet meeting https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-premier-rejects-2nd-phase-of-gaza-ceasefire-admits-use-of-starvation-against-palestinians/3497930

    Outrage as Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal
    The International Criminal Court said there was reason to believe Israel had used “starvation as a method of warfare” when it issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu last year
    UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called Israel’s decision “alarming,” noting that international humanitarian law makes clear that aid access must be allowed https://www.arabnews.com/node/2592199/middle-east

    Israel’s Smotrich calls for ‘opening gates of hell’ on Gaza after halt of humanitarian aid
    “The decision we made last night to completely halt humanitarian aid to Gaza until Hamas is destroyed or completely surrenders and all our hostages are returned is an important step in the right direction,” Smotrich, the leader of the Religious Zionism Party, said in a statement.
    Describing the move as the “threshold of the gates of hell,” he added: “Now we need to open those gates as quickly and lethally as possible on the cruel enemy, until absolute victory.”
    The first six-week phase of the ceasefire agreement, which took effect on 19 January, officially ended at midnight on Saturday. However, Israel has not agreed to move forward to the second phase of the deal to bring an end to the war in Gaza. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250302-israels-smotrich-calls-for-opening-gates-of-hell-on-gaza-after-halt-of-humanitarian-aid/

    Israel Preparing ‘Hell Plan’ for Gaza That Would Cut Electricity and Water
    Israel is also preparing for the full-scale resumption of its genocidal war within 10 days if Hamas doesn’t accept its terms https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/03/israel-preparing-hell-plan-for-gaza-that-would-cut-electricity-and-water/

    Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli decision to block humanitarian aid to Gaza as ‘blackmail’ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2592180/saudi-arabia

    #183579
    John Day
    Participant

    Putin Agrees to Mediate U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks
    Despite the order for stricter enforcement of sanctions, President Trump has signaled a willingness to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran.
    “I would much prefer a Verified Nuclear Peace Agreement, which will let Iran peacefully grow and prosper. We should start working on it immediately,” President Trump posted on social media platform Truth Social, a day after restoring the “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran.
    Commenting on the possibility that Russia could mediate or help broker possible U.S. and Iran negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to questions sent by Bloomberg that “Russia believes that the United States and Iran should resolve all problems through negotiations” and that Russia “is ready to do everything in its power to achieve this.” https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Putin-Agrees-to-Mediate-US-Iran-Nuclear-Talks.html

    Israeli military launches airstrikes near Syria’s Tartus city
    The group’s director, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP that the explosion occurred at a military base near the port.
    The Israeli occupation military confirmed in a statement that its forces “struck a military site where weapons belonging to the previous Syrian regime were stored in the area of Qardaha.”
    The official Syrian news agency SANA also mentioned that three people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor region. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-military-launches-airstrikes-near-syria-s-tartus-cit

    Pepe Escobar, Why Chinese models are stunning Americans in the tech catwalk
    It’s now common knowledge that DeepSeek’s development was not a product of Silicon Valley labs showered with billions of dollars of research funds. Liang Wenfeng himself revealed it: “I won’t lie, our AI was created on the basis of Soviet developments – the OGAS system of Academician Glushkov.”
    The wonders of History: a Soviet marvel auctioned off for a pittance, $15,000 in 1995 possibly because it was considered worthless, is now the backbone of China’s new digital revolution.
    Physics heavyweight Quantum Bird, formerly with the CERN in Geneva, is adamant: “The Americans lost the plot. It’s all about models employing less computing power and less data. Nvidia high-performance GPUs costing $40,000 consume too much energy…”
    ..This July 2024 interview with Liang Wenfeng, originally published in China by An Yong, remains essential to understand what’s behind the Chinese drive to totally redefine the rules of tech innovation…
    Liang Wenfeng is adamant: “We’re done following. It’s time to lead.” He sees competition in crystal clear terms: “I focus on whether something can elevate social efficiency (italics mine) and whether we can increase our strength in the value chain (…) It’s an honor (italics mine) to give back.”
    As Chinese scholar Quan Le has noted, Liang Wenfeng’s “intention of enhancing personal and collective creativity, thus directly benefitting the society, is not at all on the same epistemological level” of a “mindless consumerism society”. It’s about the common good, not about a Wall Street killing. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/02/28/why-chinese-models-are-stunning-americans-in-tech-catwalk/

    Trump Pulls the Plug on Chevron’s Venezuela Play
    The U.S. Treasury just gave Chevron Corp. a short 30-day eviction notice from Venezuela, cutting off its ability to pump and sell crude from the sanctioned country. The decision, following Trump’s vow to reverse Biden’s oil concessions to Nicolás Maduro and the cancellation of a sanction waiver just days ago, is a seismic shift that could slam both Venezuela’s already fragile economy and U.S. refiners relying on its heavy crude.
    The standard wind-down period is 6 months, according to Bloomberg.
    For Chevron, this is a hard stop after years of carefully maneuvering U.S. sanctions. The oil giant was responsible for about 20% of Venezuela’s total production, providing a rare source of economic stability and desperately needed hard currency. https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Trump-Pulls-the-Plug-on-Chevrons-Venezuela-Play.html

    “Everything Is Going To Come Out”: AG Pam Bondi Says She Received “Truckload” Of Hidden Epstein Documents From SDNY https://www.zerohedge.com/political/everything-going-come-out-ag-pam-bondi-says-she-received-truckload-hidden-epstein

    #183580
    John Day
    Participant

    “This Is Really Gonna Get Me Assassinated”: Musk Issues Warning Over Exposing DC Corruption
    “It’s more than just insider trading. The stock portfolio stuff is quite trackable, but it’s a lot more than insider trading,” said Musk.
    “The way they’re acquiring wealth?” Rogan asked.
    …pause…
    “Correct,” replied Musk.
    “And what other methods,” asked Rogan.
    “I mean this is really gonna get me assassinated,” Musk replied. “It’s like, I’m not lengthening my lifespan by explaining this stuff, to say the least. I mean, I was supposed to go back to DC. How am I going to survive? This is fucking going to kill me for sure,” Musk continued.
    “In fact, I do think like this… it’s like, I actually have to be careful that I don’t push too hard on the corruption stuff because it’s going to get me killed.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/really-gonna-get-me-assassinated-musk-warns-he-cant-push-too-hard-corruption-stuff

    FBI Refuses To Produce Evidence On Seth Rich Laptop
    Despite claiming to be “the most transparent administration in history”, the DOJ under Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI under new director Kash Patel have issued a response indicating they will fail to follow through on the release of evidence concerning murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich. According to Texas-based attorney Ty Clevenger, the FBI and DOJ will not be disclosing records in response to his lawsuit made following a FOIA request by the March 10th deadline they were due. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-03-03/fbi-refuses-produce-evidence-seth-rich-laptop

    Measles and Native Populations
    Measles epidemics became particularly deadly when introduced to immunologically naive populations. Notable outbreaks include:
    Faroe Islands (1846): 75% of the population infected, over 170 deaths.
    Hawaii (1848): 30% mortality among Indigenous Hawaiians.
    Fiji (1875): One-third of the population perished after exposure to measles through colonial contact. https://historyofvaccines.org/history/measles/overview

    Measles Mortality in the Armies of the Early 20th Century
    Measles mortality in soldiers was largely (>80%) due to secondary bacterial pneumonia but this could be highly seasonal, as seen in US Army recruits at Columbus Barracks 1911–13.The UK Highland Division had a lethal (65 deaths / 529 cases, 12%) measles epidemic 1914–15 but this was highly variable within different battalions. https://jmvh.org/article/measles-mortality-in-the-armies-of-the-early-20th-century/

    For measles, R0 is often cited to be 12-18, which means that each person with measles would, on average, infect 12-18 other people in a totally susceptible population. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28757186/

    #183581
    John Day
    Participant

    Meryl Nass MD, Can measles vaccine cause measles? Yes, but hopefully a milder case of spots
    Did you know that 38% of the 194 cases of measles that were sequenced by CDC in the 2015 outbreak were vaccine strains? https://merylnass.substack.com/p/can-measles-vaccine-cause-measles

    Texas Has Not Pinpointed Source Of Measles Outbreak: Official https://www.zerohedge.com/political/texas-has-not-pinpointed-source-measles-outbreak-official

    If I were unvaccinated and had not had measles, and was in an area with an outbreak, I would promptly get a measles vaccination.
    RFK Jr. tells parents to consider MMR vaccine amid outbreak https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5174115-rfk-jr-mmr-vaccine-measles-outbreak-texas/

    #183582
    John Day
    Participant

    Celia Farber, RFK Jr. Declares Anti-Semitism “Comparable To History’s Most Deadly Plagues,” With Universities As “Greenhouses.”
    I Give Up * [* This “I Give Up,” Is A Turn Of Phrase Not To Be Taken As Final Word, But A Measure Of Transient Mind State.] [Ok?] https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-declares-anti-semitism-comparable

    Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Is Ready for His Close Up Confirmation Hearings for the NIH Nominee Begin March 5
    President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has received a great deal of press attention due to Bhattacharya’s role as a leading critic of the Covid-era policies of former NIH director, Dr. Anthony Fauci. https://thekennedybeacon.substack.com/p/dr-jay-bhattacharya-is-ready-for

    ​ School lunches got worse? I always brought a bag or lunchbox as a kid. Is The US Last In The Lunch Line?
    A few decades ago, many U.S. school cafeterias prepared meals from scratch for hundreds of students each day. As years passed, some kitchen staff watched fresh ingredients like flour and eggs disappear, replaced by boxes of pre-packaged, processed foods.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/us-last-lunch-line

    #183583
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Reverse engineering Q:
    Is Trump, genuinely, in favor of restoring Nord Stream 2 flow, that would allow cheep energy supply to, mainly, Germany, and stopping the “we-are-here-to-help” US LNG export?

    There was a talk about US investor (National pastime activity of creating chain of middleman) being included in restoration.
    so the some form of skimming to benefit the US would be set in place.

    #183584
    jb-hb
    Participant

    https://i0.wp.com/www.barnhardtmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2979.jpg?w=540&ssl=1

    https://i0.wp.com/www.barnhardtmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2962-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1

    #183585
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    @ oxymoron

    Regarding Trump foreign policy in Ukraine…
    I agree with you. I suspected that I would be at odds with many elements of Trump’s foreign policy. However, if we can stop the needless killing, and move towards elections happening in Ukraine…well, it’s a step in the right direction.

    #183586
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    Russia did expand in the 1700s under Catherine the Great:
    she governed at a time when the Russian Empire was expanding rapidly by conquest and diplomacy. In the south, the Crimean Khanate was annexed following victories over the Bar Confederation and the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War. With the support of Great Britain, Russia colonised the territories of New Russia along the coasts of the Black and Azov Seas. In the west, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth—ruled by Catherine’s former lover, King Stanisław August Poniatowski—was eventually partitioned, with the Russian Empire gaining the largest share. In the east, Russians became the first Europeans to colonise Alaska, establishing Russian America. (from Wikipedia)

    #183587
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    There is a lot of hullabaloo out there about RFK Jr “flip-flopping” on the measles (MMR) vaccine. There are a lot of mis-leading phrases — including the sub-title of the published op-Ed. (Note: authors generally don’t choose their headlines nor subtitles — editors do that.). I decided to actually read what RFK Jr wrote:

    https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/robert-f-kennedy-jr-measles-outbreak-call-action-all-us

    Despite the strong link between MMR vaccine and autism, it is considered a very effective vaccine. Some “in the know” practitioners simply recommend that it be given after the brain has developed sufficiently so that an autism regression is highly unlikely. For some parents, they want the reassurance that their kid be vaccinated. (Of course, those parents likely already vaccinated their kids according to the CDC schedule.). RFK Jr, in the op-Ed, also validates the position that good nutrition is a viable way to deal with measles, and that it is up to parents to choose the course of action against measles for their kids. So…the secretary of HHS just equated publicly vaccination with good nutrition regarding measles. This is AMAZING! In my memory, it has never happened before! So — then why is it that so much of the “no-vax” crowd is railing against RFK Jr? Because he suggested that the MMR is effective against measles? Well…it is effective. It is just difficult to know which young recipients will be adversely affected by the vaccine itself, with lifelong implications when, with good nutrition, the same child could have had a few days of discomfort with measles and zero long term effects.

    #183588
    jb-hb
    Participant

    https://i0.wp.com/www.barnhardtmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2969-1.jpg?w=568&ssl=1

    #183589
    zerosum
    Participant

    Tackling Problem #1, $36 trillions

    Bubble solutions:

    Golden $5M Green Card
    Revenues from Tariffs
    Distribution/diversify a portion of the deficit to importers
    Balance the budget, Cut the deficit to avoid bankruptcy.
    Make bankers/lenders happy.

    #183590
    those darned kids
    Participant

    all them measles, all right now..

    #183591
    those darned kids
    Participant

    today is ash wednesday, a friendly reminder from the good lord to have your five bullet points ready when saint peter greets you at the gates.

    #183592
    jb-hb
    Participant

    Was that the State of the Union last night? Every network was calling it “Trump is going to address Congress” and a few Youtube channels called it The State of The Union. Hey ABC, NBC, CNN… what?

    Democrats:

    “Elon is stealing grandma’s money!!!!!!”

    …because Social Security turned out to be a gigantic scam, only about to collapse because of massive fraud, and we can keep paying grandma by removing the fraud???

    Ergo, Elon is killing Grandma, naturally! ipso facto! Stuff like that!

    Democrats:

    Trump’s inflation!!!!!!

    Possessive = metaphysical-level truth, amirite?

    You psychos killed all the chickens. That’s why eggs are up. You did it right before Trump was sworn in SO YOU COULD SAY “Trump’s eggs! So expensive!!!!”

    Inflation comes from GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND SPENDING. It always did. It always has. It has never happened for any other reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Naturally, if someone finds TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS of spending that should not be happening and says they will stop it…. TRUMP MUST BE CAUSING MOAR INFLATION!!!!!!!!!!

    What the FUCK?

    These are the Democrats two “salient” points right now? “save” Medicaid by continuing to collapse it with massive fraud??? Getting rid of fraud/theft is fraud/theft?

    And the normies “caught in the middle” continue to see anything happening in the political realm as abstract, consequence-free apart from how it creates social landmines. Therefore NEITHER side should “get political”

    “Getting Political” consisting such things as…. Its’ a good thing Elon and Trump are stopping trillions of dollars from being stolen. Like, if the Dems steal it or the Reps stop the stealing, same thing, you just need to not be extreme by saying categorically that the stealing should stop. Why can’t you just be a moderate?

    You shouldn’t say things with total certainty like theft of trillions must be stopped. That’s BAD to say things with total certainty. Don’t you know that’s wrong? You cannot make judgments on things and feel or express certainty. Certainly not moral or factual certainty! That’s the ick. Teacher said for decades. (curiously silent if something Leftist is said – leftists expressing certainty or exercising power is not ick. One weird trick.)

    #183593
    citizenx
    Participant

    Ed Abbey-

    Kill your T.V.

    Kari Lake-

    “Dismantle Leftist propaganda…”

    Ok by me.

    ..

    But that leaves Trump with no resistance; not sure that’s a good thing.

    Healthy balance is a positive for everyone.

    Another perspective-
    Trump IS the resistance.
    At least to the ‘no balance’ Democrats Tyranny on display these past years.
    Putin was the resistance stopping the West from raping Russia, and stopping Rus Oligarchs from raping Russia. Putin is still fighting that, everyday in Ukraine. Russia, thanks to Putin, rebounded and seems quite healthy and balanced- still fighting, still resisting NATO…

    Russia Russia Russia ! = Putin is literally Hitler
    USA USA USA ! = Trump is literally Hitler
    Nyet, No, BS

    Trump- “free speech is back, woke dei is dead, there are 2 sexes XX XY…”
    Leftists tremble at free speech…

    Just look at the collective body language insanity from the Dems last night- any and all resistance to them is a massive Win at this point in the War. They did start A Total War Blitzkrieg against humanity just a few short years ago…

    Dems voting 100% to NOT protect women AGAIN.

    Democrats can’t and will not ‘define a woman’.
    Democrats support and encourage mentally ill tranny men to literally beat the shit out of women in the boxing ring and all women’s sports. Psychos

    “Smash the patriarchy and let tranny men smash women”

    What a rally cry for retarded Leftists.

    ..

    Correct me if I am wrong…– still looks to me like the world is run by banks and Donald Trump aint doin’ shit any differently.
    Oh and the US still militarily occupies Australian soil

    Ok, you’re wrong. That was difficult.
    Trump is doing many things ‘differently’, cry harder ?
    Don’t blame Trump for Aussie going full cuck, did you enjoy the covid tyranny down under?

    Take your own govt police state back before you blame others.
    Jewish bankers still run the world, agreed.

    So everyone else but D and citz knows what’s going on and calls them balls n strikes as they see them.

    Hahahahha, everyone else ?
    Your girls lost.
    I enjoy free speech and no Tyranny for starters.
    What would you complain about if you had nothing to complain about?
    Freedom?

    #183601
    citizenx
    Participant

    dr D.richy-

    That was definitely a Victory Lap and definitely not a speech.

    Retard alert !
    A monumental well deserved Victory lap, and definitely a speech.
    I thought it was a great speech.

    speech /spēch/ noun
    -The faculty or act of speaking.
    -The faculty or act of expressing or describing thoughts, feelings, or perceptions by the articulation of words.
    -What is spoken or expressed, as in conversation; uttered or written words. seditious speech.

    ….

    Cracker alert !

    I had a few chuckles especially when The Repubs seemed to get the same Black guy to dress in a few different costumes.

    No they were not all Al Green.
    All black people look the same to you?

    Cracker Jacks still handing out “Drs licenses” to Crackers like you ?

    #183602
    Dr D Rich
    Participant
      “…when saint peter greets you at the gates.”

    When is weekly now

    #183603
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    Every Monday by 11:59 PM per ElongatedOpm Musk’s latest order.

    At least it’s tacit admission that Musk isn’t omniscient as D seems to think. Now omnipresent, that appears to be the case.

    #183604
    those darned kids
    Participant

    “Don’t blame Trump for Aussie going full cuck, did you enjoy the covid tyranny down under?”

    so, this is troubling, and no one will answer it.

    if mr trump knew covid was a nsc run operation which started officially on feb. 4th, 2020, ¿why did he not tell us the truth?

    if mr trump didn’t understand what was happening, ¿is he going to be fooled again?

    #183605
    citizenx
    Participant

    Random cogent comment from another worth reading-

    “This is what I saw last night, too. If you’ve ever dealt with a person with a serious mental illness, and you cannot reach them in their walled off safe space, perhaps rocking back and forth, and shut down completely, you knew what you saw last night. Mentally unstable people.

    I used to watch Mark Dice et al say that “liberalism is a mental disorder”, and figured that was a bit of hyperbole. I now agree. They’re off the rails. Useless to free people, useless to their voters, just rocking in chairs and holding hands in grips that’d make Trump wince.

    It’s group therapy time for those sad sacks. They looked so bad last night that I cringed for them. A deathly pallor and ridiculous posing, appearing to have been ordered to behave that way. Defeated, great look, lol. They just herd up, no initiative, no capacity at all.

    They just sat there shrouded in a musty pink and that deathly pallor in silence. Like infective red algae silently oozing into some pristine freshwater systems. Toxic and poss lethal to your health. ”

    Fascinating to see so many small minded people in total denial- just hurtling rocks at Trump/ Vance/ Musk…as if they are to blame for the disastrous Dem policies and their own failure.

    I truly LOVE the fact that the Dems are in such denial, no self reflection, no remorse, no apologies…just hissing and crying ‘racist, phobic, sexist, fascist, ignorant…’

    They don’t get it, they are incapable of getting it…and they just dig their own holes into their own legacy graves… They tried to take everyone down with their insanity. Total rejection and they are incapable of self realization.

    It’s glorious to see their fall into disgrace after all the shit they have pulled… “How did that work out for you assholes ?”

    Keep digging drD.rich… “what a fool believes…”

    For you and Kamala-

    She had a place in his life
    He never made her think twice
    As he rises to her apology
    Anybody else would surely know
    He’s watching her go

    But what a fool believes he sees
    No wise man has the power to reason away
    What seems to be
    Is always better than nothing
    And nothing at all keeps sending him…

    #183606
    citizenx
    Participant

    so, this is troubling, and no one will answer it.

    JFC….
    keep blaming Trump
    keep blaming Trump
    keep blaming Trump

    You perfectly exemplify the profound mental illness…can you not conceive it was a massive psy-op to enslave us all? It literally pushed Trump out of office, and then they went full speed ahead…

    We all got played by the bio-lab weapon initially… it’s called SHOCK AND AWE for good reason.
    Shock the shit out of society, in this case the world, then go for broke Tyranny, they nearly succeeded.

    ok now keep blaming Trump….. It’s not like Biden mandated the worthless vax, fired and censored people, then blamed everyone not vaxd for the pandemic right? RIGHT? Pandemic of the unvaccinated remember ? Who did that?

    Why don’t YOU answer that fuck face?
    Trump just reinstated everyone fired with back pay….I think he realizes he was played non-stop his first term.

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