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    I looked upon your visage and I didn’t turn to stone.
    I didn’t even have a mirrored shield!
    It’s you who’s made of ground up rock and oil, you hapless crone:
    So much for all the power you think you wield.

    #174279
    Dr D Rich
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      He also stated he was tasked with surveilling two Jewish-American citizens residing in New York City and was offered $500,000 by an IRGC official for the murder of either victim, according to the complaint

      There are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran. The Justice Department has charged an asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal associates to further Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald J. Trump,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement announcing the charges

      Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt are charged with murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Rivera and Loadholt have been arrested, while Shakeri, who the FBI described as an “asset” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is believed to be in Tehran.

      Three people have been charged in a series of alleged Iran-linked murder plots, with one of them accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, and others targeting an Iranian-American activist and two Jewish Americans living in New York, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in New York

      Was this planned?
      Was this set up to portray Muslims as criminals? What were the Mossad and IDF soldiers doing among the rioters? Why didn’t the police intervene when they destroyed cars, street furniture and flags? Why has not a single Israeli hooligan been arrested?

    In those poorly crafted statements, can anyone discern whether or not 2 Jewish folk were involved in the faux-assassination plot on Trump or were those 2 Zionists also targets of the faux assassination plot?

    #174281
    zerosum
    Participant

    John Thune senate majority leader

    #174282
    John Day
    Participant

    Heh, heh, heh …
    Melania Trump snubs Jill Biden: First Lady makes revealing first move by skipping traditional White House meeting https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14069745/melania-trump-snubs-jill-biden-white-house-meeting.html

    #174283
    zerosum
    Participant

    Traditional White House meeting/handshake with Trump-Biden demonstrated their professionalism/ expert lying skills.

    #174284
    John Day
    Participant

    Dude drinks Canadian Sapporo beer, folks. Let him sit there in the woods with his guns.
    Former DC Officer Fanone Hunkers Down In Blue Ridge Mountains; “Fully Expects” Shootout With Trump Agents
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-dc-officer-fanone-hunkers-down-blue-ridge-mountains-fully-expects-shootout-trump

    #174285
    Oroboros
    Participant

    New Perspectives on the International Gender War Scene

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    #174286
    Oroboros
    Participant

    This reminds me of John C. Lilly: Father of LSD In the Sensory Deprivation Tank

    I knew a guy who knew Lilly

    A Short Cut for Transcendental Meditation

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    John C. Lilly: Father of LSD In the Sensory Deprivation Tank

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    What if you could isolate the brain from external stimulation? Create a soundproof space where someone could float in solitude and confinement, and near-absolute sensory deprivation, for long periods of time. Could that person fall into an altered state of consciousness? Peer into the innermost spaces of their mind? Climb deeper into their imagination?

    That was John C. Lilly’s wonder in 1954, while employed at the Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Corps. He was a medical doctor trained in biophysics and psychoanalysis. During World War II, he’d investigated the physiology of high-altitude flying and invented instruments that could measure gas pressure. He thrived on research that pushed the limits of the mind. And now he was wondering how sensory deprivation would impact consciousness.

    It wasn’t exactly a new area of research. At that time, scientists were exploring the potential benefits psychedelic drugs could have on the mind, especially ones affected with mental health problems. Could an isolation tank have similar benefits, Lilly posed? And if so, what if a hallucinogen were added to the mix?

    Lilly decided to find out. He created a dark, soundproof tank, filled it with warm salt water, then blocked out all sound and light. Then he and a research colleague became the first subjects to test out this so-called “perceptional isolation,” first without psychedelics, then later, with LSD.

    #174287
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/trump-picks-tulsi-gabbard-director-of-national-intelligence/index.html
    Trump picks Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
    By Jeremy Herb and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN

    #174288
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/trump-taps-rep-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general.html
    Politics
    Trump taps Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general
    Published Wed, Nov 13 20243:28 PM ESTUpdated 2 Min Ago

    #174289
    zerosum
    Participant

    Hahahaha
    Who is controlling the narratives.

    #174290
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113477516524300359

    It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States. Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice. Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System. Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department. On the House Judiciary Committee, which performs oversight of DOJ, Matt played a key role in defeating the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, and exposing alarming and systemic Government Corruption and Weaponization. He is a Champion for the Constitution and the Rule of Law…
    3.45k ReTruths 12.6k Likes Nov 13, 2024, 12:24 PM

    #174291
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    @oroboros

    They used Lilly’s technique/observation to detach “folk” from reality at GITMO…and they only used earmuffs, blinders and mittens…in less than 12 to 24 hours.

    They being guys, our guys, like purported SecDef pick Pete Hegs(p)eth. Pete claims “combat service” at GITMO. I guess a few of those bound, immobilized, shackled GITMO prisoners fought back against the war crimes, brainwashing and psychological torture being two.

    On the national stage, we observed recently 3 National Guardsmen-persons basking in the “afterglow” of “combat operations”, namely Tim Walz, Tulsi NoNeed4LastName, Pete Hegseth without the ‘P’ and leveraging what should be an uneasy association for positive political credit.
    Yet, the Iraq War an illegal war of aggression, Afghanistan War an undeclared war of international aggression should be viewed as the Vietnam war, shamefully.
    I mean with shame publicly, politically and militarily.

    However as Pete and Tulsi and Tim and George and Barack some 21 years later an apologist for war criminals can still “make hay while the sunshines” defending those indefensible acts.

    Woe to anyone who takes the opposite tack.

    I’ll borrow the closing from Canadian Jews who are offended by an Arab song of peace.

      Sean Bruyea, a veteran who served in the Gulf War and an advocate for veterans with disabilities called it “one of the most profoundly shocking incidents” he’s ever heard involving a Remembrance Day ceremony.

      The inclusion of that song does nothing to educate about the sacrifices made by Canadian veterans, he said, and goes against why many serve in the military — to ensure that the conflicts overseas “are not manifested on our own soil.”

      An Ottawa high school principal has apologized for playing an Arabic song about peace during a Remembrance Day ceremony after facing swift backlash from critics calling it inappropriate and hurtful to members of the Jewish community.

      Ottawa principal apologizes for playing Arabic song during Remembrance Day ceremony.
      Ottawa public school board confirms it is investigating the incident.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-principal-apologizes-arabic-song-remembrance-day-1.7381773

    It’s always the same pattern with these ppl.

    #174292
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senate-majority-leader-candidates-agree-trumps-demand-recess-appointments

    Senate Majority Leader Candidates Agree To Trump’s Demand For Recess Appointments

    This is where recess appointments come into play. They grant the president the ability to temporarily appoint officials without Senate approval, according to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report.

    They are outlined in the Constitution’s Recess Appointment Clause, which states that “the president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate.”

    The framers of the Constitution may have included the clause to allow the government to continue functioning when the Senate was in recess — which, during the early years of the republic, was more than half the year.

    However, recess appointments have also been used for political reasons, including to install unpopular officials who might not be confirmed by the Senate, according to the report.

    These appointments come with a time limit, though.

    “When the Senate returns, the person must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session,” Charles Cameron, a professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, told McClatchy News.
    If they are not confirmed by the Senate, the president has an option to issue another temporary appointment.

    “Yes, the same person could serve again,” Richard Semiatin, an emeritus professor of government at American University, told McClatchy News.

    Alternatively, the president could allow the position to remain vacant — in which case the highest ranking official in the department or agency would become “the acting head,” Semiatin said.

    #174293
    tboc
    Participant

    D Rich I would enjoy an afternoon’s conversation with you. Fighting the good fight is more important than winning or losing. seems like we are both still willin
    take care

    #174294
    tboc
    Participant

    when it comes to efficiency Rick Scott is THE MAN, ramrodded the biggest fraud in the history of Medicare.
    One of the tools of the Florida Department of Foresty is setting back fires. Maybe Rick learned that while he was guv of the state. Rick Scott fire control marshal of the Senate.

    One of Florida’s longest and strongest historical features is corruption. Trafficante did not reside in Tampa only for the weather.
    ooops speaking of the mob, cuba, corruption and then up pops Marco. no not the island the Rubio.

    #174295
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Honorary Blues Brother

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    #174296
    tboc
    Participant

    my favorite of Lyndon Johnson’s concepts was his definition of loyalty
    LBJ said he knew a man was loyal when he would kiss his ass at high noon in the main window of Macy’s turn to the crowd and swear he smelled roses.

    let’s wait another week and see how many still smell roses
    how about a silent wager on Tucker Carlson’s oflactory sense improving?

    the engineers site plan did not have the curve tables. had to use the radius, delta angle and arc length and rotate the arcs into alignment.
    got er done!

    #174297
    Oroboros
    Participant

    BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard announced as Director of National Intelligence under Trump, with a strong endorsement highlighting her bipartisan support and dedication to Constitutional values.

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    #174298
    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #174299
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Trump Selects Dave Mustaine of Thresh Metal Megadeath fame As Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development


    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move that surprised both Trump insiders and everyone else in the nation, the president-elect announced today his pick for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine.

    Trump announced the nomination at a press conference Wednesday flanked by the heavy metal guitarist himself.

    “What can I say — he rocks,” shrugged Trump as he flashed the sign of the horns. “Fantastic work on the fretboard, that classic Mustaine growl. Fun lyrics, but also deep at times. We all love him. Everyone loves Dave. Much better than his old band, Metallica – they should never have let him go. Huge mistake. Very sad. James Hetfield probably voted for Kamala, let’s be honest.”

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    https://babylonbee.com/news/weird-but-ok-trump-picks-dave-mustaine-for-secretary-of-housing-and-urban-development

    #174300
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Tulsi Gabbard Finally Realizes She’s Far Too Attractive To Be A Democrat

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    WASHINGTON, D.C. —

    Sources close to Gabbard say the realization was a long time in coming, but that she finally decided to switch sides after realizing that she didn’t blend in at all.

    “I’d felt very out of place for a while now,” Gabbard said as she announced she was now a Republican.

    “Everyone around me was either a creepy perv like Walz or a mummy like Pelosi or some uggo like Kamala.

    And then half of the Dems were just trans and pretending to be the other gender, honestly.

    I’m just glad to be joining the party with all the lookers, you know?

    Attractiveness experts agreed that Gabbard no longer had a place among the “sea of androgynous bags” that make up the Democrat Party.

    “We’re so glad she finally realizes how gorgeous she is,” said attractiveness expert Bubbs Bronson from Fort Wayne, Indiana. “Easy on the eyes, that’s for sure!”

    https://babylonbee.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-finally-realizes-shes-far-too-attractive-to-be-a-democrat

    #174301
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Someone is a bit over qualified?

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    #174302
    John Day
    Participant

    Stirred Not Shaken https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/stirred-not-shaken

    Alex Krainer is fatalistically optimistic. Up ahead: EU Collapse and the Slow Decay of Western Supremacy
    Control matrix is disintegrating in spite of frantic efforts to spring the traps shut. Our destination is emancipation!​ https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/up-ahead-eu-collapse-and-the-slow

    ​ Larry Johnson looks at Trump’s picks with scathing insight. We Will Avoid War with Russia and China, But Iran is Still on the Table
    ​ Finally, let me present you with a rumor that is circulating. We now know that prior to Biden’s debate with Trump, his team had internal polls showing that he would lose in a blowout. What to do? Four weeks ago, a good friend with connections in Republican circles told me that Biden and Trump had communicated sometime after the debate. Biden essentially promised to sabotage the election steal (he knew how he gamed the system to get 16 million mystery votes in 2020) in exchange for Trump’s assurance that he and his family would not face prosecution. Did that happen?​ https://sonar21.com/we-will-avoid-war-with-russia-and-china-but-iran-is-still-on-the-table/

    ​ John Helmer, THE WAY THE TRUMP WIND IS BLOWING MEASURED ON THE KREMLIN SCALE
    ​ Trump has made it clear: he will not rely massively on his ex-officials, even those who served under him during his first term. And this has its own logic – after all, the classic Washington establishment is unlikely to fit into Donald Trump’s new foreign policy strategy. A strategy that will not comply with a number of principles of classical American diplomacy.
    ​ First, the United States will refuse to export liberal democracy. “We have built our foreign policy on intimidation, moralizing and lecturing countries that seek to avoid cooperation with us. In contrast, China’s foreign policy is focused on building roads and bridges, as well as providing food for the poor. And I think we should follow a foreign policy based on respect… and the national interests of the United States,” U.S. Vice President–elect J.D. Vance said a year and a half ago when he criticized the appointment of the “moralizing Stephanie Sullivan” as the American ambassador to the African Union.
    ​ And Trump fully shares this approach. “The new Trump administration will try to implement a realistic foreign policy course and abandon the liberal hegemonic traditions that were characteristic of American foreign policy throughout the period after the end of the Cold War. They will try to make American policy more pragmatic and more successfully counter American rivals,” Dmitry Suslov​…
    ​..Following moralizing, another important principle of Western globalist diplomacy will be thrown into the trash: “whoever is not with us is against us.”
    ​ Unlike Russia, which professed the principle of “we work with those who are not against us” (allowing states to pursue a multi-vector policy), the West has rigidly forced Third World countries to make a choice between it and its opponents.​ https://johnhelmer.net/the-way-the-trump-wind-is-blowing-measured-on-the-kremlin-scale/

    ​Very good and detailed analysis: President Biden’s Gaza Policy Leaves the Middle East in Flames​, Juan Cole https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/12/president-bidens-gaza-policy-leaves-the-middle-east-in-flames/

    #174303
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Uniparty Establishment War On MAHA Heats Up
    ​ Washington Post notes: “The prospect of Kennedy holding any senior administration role has increasingly alarmed public health leaders and federal workers who say that he should not be allowed anywhere near the nation’s public health infrastructure.” The reason for the dread: Kennedy’s goal of liberating the federal agencies from the grip that corporate and financial interests, from Big Pharma to Big Food, have exerted over them for decades. He’s Public Enemy Number One in the eyes of the lobbyists and bureaucrats who have been complicit in the continuing degradation of American health.
    ​ Kennedy has insisted that he would do nothing to prevent access to vaccines; he only pledged to carry out the safety studies that the pharmaceutical industry has prevented the health agencies from conducting with objectivity. Thus, armed with “informed consent,” Americans could weigh the risks and make the decisions for themselves and their children without compulsion. That’s a welcomed change from the current regime of a federally decreed vaccine schedule for children, enforced via hospital and school mandates.
    ​ Ironically, the same health establishment—sounding alarms about potential harms resulting from Trump giving RFK Jr. a central role in ending the conflicts of interest determining health policy in the United States—remains utterly silent about exploding autism rates among children in recent decades, the mental health crisis and soaring rates of teens on mood-altering prescription drugs, and a new USDA study revealing that a shocking 38 percent of teens now suffer from pre-diabetes. The same crowd panicking over the alleged dangers to public health were RFK Jr. able to remove conflicts of interest in the system show absolutely no interest in determining the cause of our epidemic of chronic childhood disease in this country.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uniparty-establishment-war-maha-heats

    So many pardons to sign on Day #1… DOJ Opened Over 100 New Jan. 6 Cases Between June And Election Day​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-opened-over-100-new-jan-6-cases-between-june-and-election-day

    ​This kid was set up to do the leak, but it’s complicated. Judge Sentences Jack Teixeira To 15 Years For Ukraine Documents Leak https://www.zerohedge.com/military/judge-sentences-jack-teixeira-15-years-ukraine-documents-leak

    We’ll have somebody box up your office and take it to your house… Jack Smith To Resign In Defeat Before Trump Takes Office https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jack-smith-resign-defeat-trump-takes-office

    ​218​: 208 Trump Completes Trifecta: Republicans Keep Control Of US House​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-completes-trifecta-republicans-keep-control-us-house

    #174304
    John Day
    Participant

    ​Meryl Nass MD, Secret Ballots-Consensus decisions: Let’s look at what these innocuous terms hide and seek improvement
    ​ Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell announced a “secret ballot” to choose the next Senate Majority Leader on November 13, who will succeed him very soon. He had announced his retirement from the position, but not the Senate, about six months ago.
    ​ But there was a leak, and it turned out there was a “Whipped” ballot count already. McConnell and his Whip John Thune, and likely others, already knew how everyone would vote. The previous Whip, btw, was John Cornyn. (Read about R Whips here.). McConnell had been a Whip once, himself.
    ​ Who were the 3 candidates? Senators John Thune, John Cornyn and Trump’s pick, Rick Scott. The preliminary ballot gave Thune and McConnell, and perhaps others the opportunity to horse trade to influence this election, and whip their colleagues into shape.​ https://merylnass.substack.com/p/secret-ballots-consensus-decisions

    ​ RINOs Keep Senate As Thune Beats Rick Scott To Replace McConnell
    Thune, the Senate GOP whip and the #2 ranking member since 2019, largely managed operation of the Senate floor since McConnell suffered a concussion in 2023.
    ​ As Axios notes, Thune’s win “is a victory for the post-Trump establishment,” as he’s “not a natural, true-believer Trump guy like Rick Scott and his supporters are.”
    Several of Trump’s most prominent supporters, including Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson and RFK Jr. had endorsed Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) in the race.
    ​ John Cornyn, an underdog to Thune, ended up finishing in a close second.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rinos-keep-senate-thune-beats-rick-scott-replace-mcconnell

    ​ Charles Hugh Smith has perspective. Machiavelli’s Sage Advice to Transformational Leaders
    Machiavelli explores the psychology of power and leadership. For leaders who seek to change the polity rather than merely maintain the status quo, Mr. M. lays out the challenge facing transformational leaders in Chapter Six of The Prince:
    ​ Here we have to bear in mind that nothing is harder to organize, more likely to fail, or more dangerous to see through, than the introduction of a new system of government.
    ​ The person bringing in the changes will make enemies of everyone who was doing well under the old system, while the people who stand to gain from the new arrangements will not offer wholehearted support, partly because they are afraid of their opponents, who still have the laws on their side, and partly because people are naturally skeptical: no one really believes in change until they’ve had solid experience of it.
    ​ So as soon as the opponents of the new system see a chance, they’ll go on the offensive with the determination of an embattled faction, while its supporters will offer only half-hearted resistance, something that will put the new ruler’s position at risk too.​ https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/machiavellis-sage-advice-to-transformational

    ​ Machiavelli smiles approvingly. President Trump Announces Ban On Credit Card Interest Rates Above 10%! ​ DJT Renewed His Pledge To Get American Out Of Debt And Make America Wealthy Again​ https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1856131371003195625

    ​Cops: Musk-Good, Ramaswamy-Bad ​ “The Manhattan Project” Of Our Time: Musk And Vivek Ramaswamy To Head Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE)​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/manhattan-project-our-time-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-head-department-government-efficiency

    #174305
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ RFK Jr.: ‘Stuff’ Trump eats ‘really, like, bad’
    “Campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes onto that airplane is, like, just poison,” Kennedy added, saying that “you’re either given KFC or Big Macs.”
    Kennedy went as far to say that he considers some of the options “inedible.”
    The Hill has contacted the Trump campaign for comment.​ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4988173-kennedy-trump-campaign-food/

    ​Times of India has the full list of Trump Appointments as of this morning: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-cabinet-2-0-full-list-of-key-appointments-including-musk-ramaswamy-ratcliffe/articleshow/115236244.cms

    🙂 Trump ‘Warrior Board’ Would Purge ‘Woke Generals’ From US Military Leadership https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-warrior-board-would-purge-woke-generals-us-military-leadership

    “Keep Grinding”: Elon Musk’s America PAC Will Continue Anti-Soros Push Ahead Of Special Elections & Midterms​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fight-not-over-elon-musks-america-pac-will-continue-anti-soros-push-ahead-special

    ​ Need to make new friends… MK Bhadrakumar has insights. Russia, India are early birds as Pax Americana is ending
    ​ The point is, while the sanctions against Russia may take some time to be scrapped, their cutting edge — the fanaticism and the sound and fury with which Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen applied that intrusive diplomatic tool to dictate other countries’ economic and military relations with Russia — may now become blunt, what with all signs already pointing toward a Russian-American engagement.
    ​ The Indian side should be mindful of this transition in the power dynamic to accelerate the economic and military-technical cooperation with Russia with a medium and long-term perspective. This is one thing.
    ​ Second, we are edging toward a conversation between Trump and Putin. Do not be surprised if they decide to meet at an early date. Historically speaking, there is nothing like summitry to energise political systems with top-down culture such as the US and Russia have.​ https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-india-are-early-birds-as-pax-americana-is-ending/

    #174306
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Most positive view of Marco Rubio, from Asia Times: Rubio brings China Realism to the State Department
    Senator portrays as fierce China hawk but his deep knowledge of China’s economic success could set the stage for a Nixon-like grand bargain​ https://asiatimes.com/2024/11/rubio-brings-china-realism-to-the-state-department/

    ​Rubio’s leaked scorecard from when Trump was considering him for VP: Read the Leaked Rubio Dossier​, Trump camp details “lightweight” Marco Rubio’s liabilities https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-leaked-rubio-dossier

    Ramifications: President calls German early election plan ‘realistic’
    Germany’s biggest political parties have agreed on a timetable leading to an early election in February after Chancellor Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last week.​ (Over Ukraine funding “commitment”, with ​budget money already all-gone)
    ​ (Germany’s #2 party, shunned by all others) AfD to hold early party conference ahead of snap elections
    The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday announced that it would reschedule its national party conference in light of snap federal elections.
    ​ The AfD will now hold its confab in January rather than March, after the collapse of the current center-left governing coalition and the decision to now hold elections scheduled for September on February 23.​ https://www.dw.com/en/president-calls-german-early-election-plan-realistic/live-70763695

    ​ A November 8 video report by a 16-year-old who publishes YouTube reports under the moniker “Bender” provided extensive on-the-ground footage of a mob of armed Tel Aviv Maccabi ultras hunting victims, throwing metal poles at police vehicles, threatening journalists, and even being detained after attacking undercover police officers… ​
    ..Bender’s YouTube report provided clear documentation of the well-organized mob of Israeli hooligans roving around central Amsterdam on November 7, gathering metal pipes and wooden clubs as they hunted for victims with apparent permission from local Amsterdam authorities…
    ​..“As usual,” Bender remarked, “we are the only media present right now!”
    ​ The Maccabi hooligans were clearly unhappy with the scrappy reporter’s presence. They can be seen repeatedly giving him the middle finger while hurling rocks at him and his cameraman. At one point, multiple Israeli thugs approach the teenager in an attempt to intimidate him, demanding he “put away the camera.” When Bender and his colleague responded that they were members of the media, the Israeli assailan​ts ordered them:​ “stop… for your [own] safety.” …
    ​..Bender said that the Israeli ultras operated like a military unit on a mission inside a hostile city. “The funny thing is,” he commented, “in contrast to the Ajax hooligans, these [Israelis] stick together. A very compact group. They are not separating… They have some mean dudes. Most of those Israelis have been in the military, so they can be strong and know their tactics.”
    ​ Even after assaulting police vans and attacking officers with metal pipes, the Israeli ultras were allowed to storm through central Amsterdam without any arrests.
    ​ Eventually, the police escorted them to a bus, which was to take them back to their hotels. But as Bender documented, just as they were about to board their bus, the Israeli ultras noticed a private home with a Palestinian flag draped on its window sill. And so – in the full view of the police – the foreign thugs began pelting the house with rocks.
    ​ “The police did something that wasn’t very tactful. Here is a building full of squatters, with Palestinian flags on it,” Bender narrated. “[The Israelis] are throwing rocks at the windows​”…
    ​..Media deletes factual reports under Israeli pressure, spreads wall-to-wall disinformation
    ​ The journalistic acumen displayed by the 16-year-old Bender stood in stark contrast to the complicity of corporate media, which has dutifully parroted Israeli government propaganda painting the violent hooligans as innocent Jews assaulted by antisemitic Muslims in what amounted to a “pogrom.” …
    ​..In the days since, Western politicians and much of the media have amplified the bogus Israeli narrative, focusing overwhelmingly on retaliatory attacks by Moroccan cab drivers and Dutch Muslims, while ignoring the apparently calculated Israeli rampage which instigated the chaos.
    ​ But despite their apparent understanding that Israelis initiated the violence, officials in the Netherlands and elsewhere have instead followed the lead of the Israeli government, laying the blame entirely at the feet of mainly Arab youths who confronted the Maccabi fans.​ https://thegrayzone.com/2024/11/10/video-israeli-hooligans-attacked-police-amsterdam/

    ​ Whew! US House fails to pass anti-NGO bill that could target pro-Palestine groups
    With Trump headed back to the White House, critics say bill would empower new administration to crack down on dissent.​
    ​ It was first introduced in response to widespread campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza — during which several Palestinian solidarity groups were branded as “pro-Hamas” by pro-Israeli politicians and news outlets. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/us-legislators-to-vote-on-bill-targeting-terrorist-supporting-nonprofits

    #174307
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Alastair Crooke, The West’s very fundamental accumulating contradictions​ The West doesn’t have the financial clout to pursue global primacy – if it ever did.
    ​ The U.S. today faces its own internal structural contradictions to which Trump regularly alluded when he talked about the evaporated American real economy owing to the off-shored manufacturing base. A recent report by the RAND Organisation states starkly however, that the U.S. defence industrial base is unable to meet the equipment, technology, and munitions needs of the U.S. and its allies and partners. A protracted conflict, especially in multiple theatres, would require much greater capacity [– and a radically increased defence budget].
    ​ Trump’s industrial recuperation plan, however, of painfully high tariffs ringing American manufacturing; an end to Federal profligacy and lower taxes suggests however, a reversal into fiscal rectitude – after decades of fiscal laxity and uncontrolled borrowing. Not big military spending!​ https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/11/11/west-very-fundamental-accumulating-contradictions/

    ​ Trump Picks Mike Huckabee, Supporter of Israeli Annexation, as Ambassador to Israel
    Huckabee has previously said he believes Israel ‘has title deed to Judea and Samaria,’ referring to the Israeli-occupied West Bank​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/12/trump-picks-mike-huckabee-supporter-of-israeli-annexation-as-ambassador-to-israel/

    ​ The Israeli Army Is Allowing Gangs in Gaza to Loot Aid Trucks and Extort Protection Fees From Drivers
    Armed clans in the Rafah area are blocking trucks entering Gaza from Israel, leading some organizations to avoid sending desperately needed humanitarian aid. These incidents are occurring in an area under full IDF control​. https://archive.is/BjGI6

    ​ Crying father kisses dead baby he is carrying to bury: Look at what our team @EuroMedHR documented yesterday and today..
    Yesterday, Israel allowed a humanitarian aid truck into a shelter in the town of Beit Hanoun, amidst widespread media coverage. This morning, Israeli forces stormed the shelter, killed some civilians, forcibly displaced the rest, and set the humanitarian aid on fire. You can imagine every form of brutality, but you will never grasp the full extent of what Israel is doing. https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1856324650180968737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1856324650180968737%7Ctwgr%5Ea1f17faaa76c14e254ceb3a50a9b4d932d861060%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedcapitalism.com%2F2024%2F11%2Flinks-11-13-2024.html

    ​ US Confirms Israel Will Face No Consequences for Not Improving Aid Situation in Gaza
    Aid groups said on Tuesday that aid levels in Gaza are at the lowest point yet as Israel is enforcing a starvation blockade on northern Gaza​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/12/us-confirms-israel-will-face-no-consequences-for-not-improving-aid-situation-in-gaza/

    #174308
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Qatar halts Israel-Gaza ceasefire mediation over lack of ‘good faith’
    Gulf state’s government is stopping mediation efforts until warring parties show a ‘sincere willingness’ to reach a deal
    ​ Its government had concluded that the warring parties were focused on “political optics” rather than genuine security concerns, the diplomatic source said, and had tried to undermine the process “by backing out from some of the commitments”…
    ​..In a statement released on Saturday afternoon, Qatar said that widespread media reporting of a planned closure of the Hamas political office in Doha were wrong.
    The office was a useful channel of communication between “concerned parties”, Qatar said.​ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/09/hamas-may-have-to-quit-political-base-in-qatar-after-us-demand

    ​ Israeli Forces Kill at Least 37 Palestinians in Gaza​, Israeli tanks entered the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, and attacks continued in the north and south​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/11/israeli-forces-kill-at-least-37-palestinians-in-gaza/

    At Least 14 Killed as Israel Attacks Refugee Shelter in Far North Lebanon Village​, Shelter in Ain Yaaqoub was housing mostly Syrian refugees​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/11/at-least-14-killed-as-israel-attacks-refugee-shelter-in-far-north-lebanon-village/

    Israeli Drone Attack Targets Aid Distribution Center in Syria​, Highway closed after strike on center for displaced Lebanese entering Syria​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/11/israeli-drone-attack-targets-aid-distribution-center-in-syria/

    ​ US Bombs ‘Iranian-Aligned’ Targets in Syria​, Unconfirmed reports say four members of Iran-allied militias were killed
    The US military announced on Monday that it launched multiple strikes against “Iranian-aligned” targets in Syria, referring to Shia militias that are allied with Iran.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/11/us-bombs-iranian-aligned-targets-in-syria/

    #174309
    citizenx
    Participant

    “He thrived on research that pushed the limits of the mind.”

    A Short Cut for Transcendental Meditation

    At that time, scientists were exploring the potential benefits psychedelic drugs could have on the mind, especially ones affected with mental health problems.

    Only the mind can push, or limit, the mind- organically with true efficacy.
    No external alchemy required. Meditate and explore your mind with techniques of self-improvement.
    Taoism and Buddhism framework.

    Mental health problems are rooted in the mind.

    I guess a few of those bound, immobilized, shackled GITMO prisoners fought back against the war crimes, brainwashing and psychological torture being two.
    …and Barack some 21 years later an apologist for war criminals

    I was just lamenting Barrack “we tortured some folks” Obama last night- his free pass to Bush/ Cheney for ordering torture…

    I was “corrected” by a fat liberal white woman that Obama was the first ‘black’ president so he had to placate his white masters and condone the torture ordered by the presidents. Thats how fucking retarded with mind brain damage these liberals are. Yet even some around here rip on Trump being beholden to the Jewish State, while crying Antisemitism.

    Every US President is a war criminal and beholden to the Jewish State- yet Jews are not the problem.
    Kind of like mental health problems are not related to the mind…

    #174310
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Democrats Warn Abolishing Department Of Education Could Result In Kids Being Too Smart To Vote For Democrats

    “Without government, kids no learn good,” Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez warned. “You want no learn good?”

    “For decades, our Department of Education has been doing the important work of ensuring kids stay economically, civically, and socially handicapped so that they’ll be reliable Democrat voters,” said Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as he packed his office belongings into a cardboard box.

    “Now it appears our noble mission to keep children illiterate is being threatened. This could be catastrophic for the Democratic Party.”

    “He must be stopped,” continued Cardona as tears began to well up in his eyes.

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    Education experts concur that empowering states to run their own schools could result in unapproved, non-Communist ideas being taught to susceptible young minds.

    “The impact on our loyal future electorate could be devastating,” said Union boss Randi Weingarten.

    “Children might learn terrible Republican things, like math.

    Voters knowing math would be an existential threat to the Democratic party.”

    https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-warn-abolishing-department-of-education-could-result-in-kids-being-too-smart-to-vote-for-democrats

    #174311
    John Day
    Participant

    How America Is Losing The Rocket Wars Thanks Zerosum.
    ​ Smart missiles have changed war as much as smartphones have changed peace. Today we are used to having packages delivered to our door, and in the same way we get deceased. In this age when bombs deliver themselves, human bombers appear more and more anachronistic. Out of time and out of place. Today, the American military looks like Nokia circa 2010. Technically #1, but technologically beaten.​..
    ​..America has simply missed the boat on a sea change in warfare. While Russia can now beat them in peer warfare, even much poorer adversaries can beat them by firing rockets and hiding underground, a complete ‘disruption’, in consumer tech terms. Smart rockets have advanced at the same pace as smartphones, whereas jets look like a Nokia with too many buttons. This is the state of America’s military, and the giant ship is too big to turn around, even as the Al Aqsa Flood rises around them.
    ​ What we’re witnessing now, on multiple fronts, is actually a going out of business sale of the military industrial multiplex, with mass murder as mass marketing. What we’re witnessing is a fire sale of the vanities, from Ukraine to Palestine. America’s reign is ending in strategic defeat, on multiple fronts. Like the Nazis they assimilated into NATO, America will continue fighting and killing after the cause is lost, but the strategic direction of these battles was already set decades ago, and the tactical results have already been proven. This is war in the age of rockets, and America has already been strategically defeated.​ https://indi.ca/how-america-is-losing-the-rocket-wars/

    ​ Houthis Claim Missiles & Drones Targeted US Aircraft Carrier Near Critical Maritime Chokepoint
    ​ Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesman, wrote on X that the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted two military operations, “the first of which targeted the American aircraft carrier (Abraham) in the Arabian Sea with several cruise missiles and drones, and the other targeted two American destroyers in the Red Sea with a number of ballistic missiles and drones.”​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-claim-missiles-drones-target-us-aircraft-carrier-near-critical-maritime

    ​ American intelligence has decided to shake off the old ways​ by Marat Khairullin​ (Russian)
    Let’s speak a little bit about the good news. The Houthis shot down the 12th Reaper drone (MQ-9 Reaper). There’s a ton of information behind this short report. First of all, a Reaper costs about $50-60 million (the numbers are different everywhere) (Translator Note: Apparently, these drones were sold to the Indian government at about $129 million per unit​!). Which is expensive in itself. This is already the thirty-fifth Reaper destroyed during its service life, and we dropped three of them. Two were dropped over the Black Sea (by pouring kerosene on them and blowing on it with the engine) and one in Syria (by launching a flare at it – in a word, we mocked it as best we could). By the way, our newest Su-57 is valued at $40 million…
    ​..This is against the background of the fact that the US has only 25 air reconnaissance aircraft left (the so-called radar detection and guidance systems). And all of them are based on the Boeing 707. The average age of these machines is 60 years.​ In terms of air reconnaissance, the US has nothing else. Only space-based systems.​..
    ..The US, as a military power, is currently maximally focused on the implementation of programs for the F-35, the KC-46 tanker, the advanced B-21 bomber, and the 6th generation fighter. By the way, they are going to buy 100 B-21s starting in 2031 at a price of 650 million dollars per unit. But these are just plans. As we remember, not a single new US system has been delivered on time in the last twenty years. There are no reconnaissance aerial platforms in these plans at all. The question is – why?…
    ​..People in slippers shoot down Reaper after Reaper, and the US is still forced to send them for additional reconnaissance. Otherwise, apparently, it is not at all convenient to strike the Houthi bases.
    ​ Ours brought down two Reapers over the Black Sea. Now either Hawks or those same ancient Boeings are flying there cautiously. That is, satellite systems can not cope without additional reconnaissance.
    ​ And yet, there are no plans to replace them. What happened to America’s famous military might, which could do everything, always, and in any hole? Apparently, the US has accumulated so many problems over the years of global prosperity that they have simply despaired of solving them all. And now they are trying to concentrate on the most pressing ones. In general, they have no time for “Reapers” now.
    ​ Right before our eyes, a complete collapse of a long-term and very ambitious American UAV program is taking place, and around this, there is a modest silence.​..
    ​.. The ​Global-Hawk’s manufacturer, Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, died somewhere in the depths of Northrop, as if it never existed.
    ​ General Atomics is still fluttering along, but it too is apparently living out its last years, if not months, in the graveyard of General Dynamics companies. Incidentally, the Pentagon’s big three contractors – Northrop, Lockheed, and Dynamics – aren’t doing too well. Or, more accurately, they’re not doing well at all. And this is against the backdrop of Intel and Boeing crumbling.
    ​ In a relatively short period of time (10-15 years), the largest manufacturing and technological giants of the USA suddenly began to die en masse. Like some whales.​ https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/american-intelligence-has-decided

    Yemeni forces strike military base in Tel Aviv with hypersonic ballistic missile​ https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/11/737033/Yemen-attack-Israel-Tel-Aviv-military-base-hypersonic-ballistic-missile

    Simplicius, Ukraine Scrambles for Diplomacy as Clock Winds Down on New Russian Offensive
    As mentioned last time, in the post-Trump election victory all the powers-that-be in the world continue scrambling and jockeying to position themselves at the foot of the incoming administration’s throne. This apparently includes ‘seeding the field’ with all sorts of disinformation as a way of ‘shaping the battlefield’ to create favorable conditions for each party upon the beginning of Trump’s term.​ https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-111124-ukraine-scrambles-for

    #174312
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ The CDC Planned Quarantine Camps Nationwide
    No matter how bad you think COVID policies were, they were intended to be worse.
    ​ Consider the vaccine passports alone. Six cities were locked down to include only the vaccinated in public indoor places. They were New York City, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and Seattle. The plan was to enforce this with a vaccine passport. It broke. Once the news leaked that the shot didn’t stop infection or transmission, the planners lost public support and the scheme collapsed.
    ​ It was undoubtedly planned to be permanent and nationwide if not worldwide. Instead, the scheme had to be dialed back.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/cdc-planned-quarantine-camps-nationwide

    ​ Steve Kirsch (Yes, some did notice) Nature paper shows the COVID “vaccines” increased your risk of getting COVID
    To prevent infection of SARS-CoV-2, increasing IgA RBD mucosal antibodies is necessary. The COVID shots DECIMATED these key protective antibodies.​ https://kirschsubstack.com/p/nature-paper-shows-the-covid-vaccines

    ​Meryl Nass MD celebrates a failure-so-far. The WHO apparatus did everything it could to bring forth a pandemic treaty https://doortofreedom.org/category/world-health-organization/

    A Midwestern Doctor, New Data Exposes the Corruption Behind the COVID Response, It’s time for COVID accountability so this can never happen again
    ​ COVID-19 was arguably the worst public health disaster in history, and as more and more are now realizing, most of that could have been prevented if the medical industry had been less greedy throughout the pandemic and not put profits before people. Because of this, the unconditional trust the industry made enormous investments to create and has relied upon for decades has been shattered (e.g., a large JAMA study of 443,445 American adults found that in April 2020, 71.5% of them trusted doctors and hospitals while in January 2024, only 40.1% did)…
    ..During the pandemic, whenever Trump tried to propose any solution to COVID-19 besides a vaccine (e.g., hydroxychloroquine) both the mass media and the FDA sabotaged it—which was abhorrent as using repurposed drugs was always the only possible way to address the pandemic.
    ​ Trump nonetheless agreed to those rules (as he did not understand how unscrupulous these people were) and conducted a massive federal program to accelerate the development and deployment of the COVID-19 vaccines. However, at the last minute, Pfizer and the FDA delayed their approval until just after the election to destroy Trump’s chances of winning. This likely would have become forgotten history, but since Trump won 2024 with a coalition which wants to hold both the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry accountable for what they’ve done to the world, those previous actions in the 2020 election have nullified their ability to lobby the Trump administration to protect them. This point is really important and must not be forgotten in the coming days as fights over the future of the FDA break out.​ https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/new-data-exposes-the-corruption-behind

    ​ Walter M. Chesnut, Beyond the Spike Protein Itself: How COVID Gene Therapies Almost Certainly Accelerate Aging Via Elevated IgG
    A new study shows that elevated IgG antibody levels alone trigger aging in multiple tissues.​ https://wmcresearch.substack.com/p/beyond-the-spike-protein-itself-how

    #174313
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Dr. McCullough seems to want ​the Surgeon General​ job, and ​could serve effectively. Dr. McCullough Outlines Public Health Priorities for New Administration​, MAHA Gets Short List of Action Items on Day 1
    Some of the top public health priorities:
    Immediate and complete market removal of all COVID-19 vaccines
    Rescind 1986 Vaccine Injury Compensation Action ending liability protection for vaccine manufacturers
    Ban gain-of-function dangerous pathogen research in US laboratories and perform a sweep to be sure the deadly germs are killed and Americans are safe​ https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/dr-mccullough-outlines-public-health

    First amber find on the Antarctic continent​, Southernmost discovery of amber allows new insights into Cretaceous forests near the South Pole​ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241112122816.htm

    ​Thanks Svet. The original 1972 estimates are holding up pretty well. We just passed Peak industrial output, and are hitting peak food production. Population peaks this decade.
    Recalibration of limits to growth: An update of the World3 model https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.13442

    #174314
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Liberals Enraged At Border Czar Vowing To Secure The Border

    Tearing illegal migrants A New One

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    U.S. — Donald Trump’s appointment of key administration officials got off to a rocky start this week, as liberals became enraged at the notion of having a Border Czar who vowed to secure the border.

    With Tom Homan being placed in charge of the border, Democrats and other left-leaning people expressed outrage at Trump’s audacity in selecting a Border Czar who will perform the duties of a Border Czar.

    “Who does this guy think he is?” asked Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “Where does someone who has been appointed Border Czar get off securing the nation’s border?

    Does he know that other people who were in charge of the border did the same job while allowing anyone who wanted to come into the country to do so without being stopped? But here’s this new guy who wants to secure the border after being put in charge of securing the border. Make it make sense.”

    https://babylonbee.com/news/liberals-enraged-at-border-czar-vowing-to-secure-the-border

    #174315
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Media Whores be Walkin’ the Avenue Soon

    MSNBC ratings collapse:

    Joy Reid – down 54.6%
    Ari Melber – down 49.6%
    Chris Hayes – down 47.2%
    Alex Wagner – down 53.6%
    Morning Joe – down 39.6%
    Stephanie Ruhle – down 67%
    Andrea Mitchell – down 39.7%

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    #174316
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    @tboc

    Yours is the Gift of Discernment.
    You saw right through me.
    We lost the fight.
    It’s lost.
    How many years determine a loss?
    21?
    Fewer? More?
    The losers are ascendant.
    The curve is inverted or completely meaningless.

    ANG as DNI…
    I don’t think Tulsi or Pete or Tim realize National Guard isn’t recognized as a qualification for anything as they are so full of themselves a quality not found in abundance around the ANG.
    Of course every unit has their psychopaths and narcissists. We’re finding out what happens when the latter are considered select attributes for leadership.
    Maybe we’ve been wrong. Perhaps having blown right past the Reserve, a Regular commission in The Line is no longer the prize, disrespected ad nauseam.

    Good
    F*cking
    God.
    It’s seems if you brag about being in combat, then it counts more, somehow.

    When Tulsi demands accountability for The Bush, Obama and Trump Torture Regimes then I’ll start to take notice.
    She’ll never do it.
    There’s no foundation in her, same for Pete, ditto for Tim and plz don’t get me going again on JD The Non-Appalachian

    #174317
    Oroboros
    Participant

    I guess a BILLION just doesn’t by as much as it use to….


    $7.5 billion on EV charging stations

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    2.5+ years later: 7 stations installed
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    $42.5 billion on rural internet service


    3+ years later: Not 1 home connected

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    $1.4+ billion for campaign advertising

    Lost the election and $20 million debt

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    #174318
    tboc
    Participant

    hey Smith 174271
    i once knew a man, whom i respected, that believed he could understand The Mind of God by reading the bible. The idea was presented often in small groups and accepted as general statement of fact within the congregation as a whole.

    My intellect, my emotions and my experience all cried out “Blasphemy” each time the idea came to the front. I would remind you friend the measure you use is the measure that shall be used for you. I read your posts regarding the foundation of reality.
    i seldom use the three letter word, I Am has no need of the baggage that most who use that word assign to their concept of that state of being. Still a Jesuit at heart i guess.
    I use a four letter word. Boss. One Master is enough.

    a peace that exceeds understanding, the proof to the equation that the poor will always be with us
    The Seven Heavenly Virtues are the fortress that defend and empower empathy and compassion
    Dominus Vobiscum

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