[Townhall] Consider the logic of the left and it’s no wonder that many people are considering the unspeakable — whether America will devolve into actual violent conflict. But I dare speak about it at length in my brand-new book We’ll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America, which confronts this issue of systematic political violence head-on. The most important question related to the long decline of America at the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and terminally foolish ruling caste that controls our major institutions is whether we can pull out of this tailspin without bloodshed.
I sure hope so, but the risk is real and we need to confront it.
The logic of the left accepts political violence. A few years ago, one of its acolytes tried to wipe out the congressional Republican caucus on a softball field; last month, another member of the MSNBCNN target demo tried to off Justice Kavanaugh for somewhat limiting the ability of progressives to conveniently kill babies. Even the reaction to the recent molestation of the famously beer-ophilic jurist as he nibbled on a rib-eye at Morton’s in DC was indicative — this personal confrontation was celebrated by the left instead of decried. What’s the logical limit when you sign onto the idea that one can legitimately influence politics via the personal intimidation of officials placed in office by our agreed constitutional procedures? If you can get in his face, why can’t you slap it? Or put a bullet in it? If there is a boundary, the left is not setting it. Keep in mind that civil conflict is not unknown in America, Our revolution was also a civil war — one sparked by tyrants seeking to enforce gun control. The Civil War that followed four score and change years later was sparked by Democrats angry over the Republican demand that they stopped treating human beings inhumanly — a theme that continues to this day. Prior to the War Between the States was a war between the pro- and anti-slavery militias along the Missouri-Kansas borders.
In the late-sixties/early-seventies, there was an urban leftist insurgency by groups like the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers that resulted in hundreds of bombings and many killings. It was dealt with as a law enforcement matter, but in a distinctly militaristic way. The Los Angeles Police Department famously annihilated most of the Symbionese Liberation Army — whose battle cry was "DEATH TO THE FASCIST INSECT!" — in a blazing firefight in South Central that was broadcast on national TV.
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[REGNUM] After the loss of Tsaritsyn, Denikin turned to Pilsudski with a letter in which he spoke of the need to start a new period in the history of Russian-Polish relations:
“Having once met with a feeling of complete satisfaction the turn of Russian policy towards the recognition of the national rights of the Polish people, I believed that this turn marks the oblivion of past historical mistakes and the union of two kindred peoples. But I was wrong. On this difficult day for Russia, you Poles are repeating our mistakes to an even greater extent. I mean the desire to occupy purely Russian lands, not justified by the strategic situation; the introduction in them of a government that denies Russian statehood and has the character of Polonization; finally, the plight of the Russian Orthodox Church both in Poland and in the Russian lands you have occupied. It is perfectly clear to me that it is precisely now that the foundations are being laid on which international relations will be built for many years to come. And our current mistakes will be paid for in the future with abundant blood and people's impoverishment to the delight of the enemies of the Slavs. There is no need for me to prove to you that the policy of the Polish government, incomprehensible to Russian society, can give very serious support to the Germanophile trend, which previously had no basis in our country. I have no doubt that if such a trend ever prevailed, it would be fatal for the Polish Republic. This cannot be allowed. Meanwhile, the eastern Polish army, successfully advancing against the Bolsheviks and Petliurists, in the days most difficult for the Russian troops, for about 3 months, stopped the offensive, allowing the Bolsheviks to transfer up to 43 thousand bayonets and sabers to my front. that the policy of the Polish government, incomprehensible to Russian society, can give a very serious support to the Germanophile trend, which previously had no basis in our country. I have no doubt that if such a trend ever prevailed, it would be fatal for the Polish Republic. This cannot be allowed. Meanwhile, the eastern Polish army, successfully advancing against the Bolsheviks and Petliurists, in the days most difficult for the Russian troops, for about 3 months, stopped the offensive, allowing the Bolsheviks to transfer up to 43 thousand bayonets and sabers to my front. that the policy of the Polish government, incomprehensible to Russian society, can give a very serious support to the Germanophile trend, which previously had no basis in our country. I have no doubt that if such a trend ever prevailed, it would be fatal for the Polish Republic. This cannot be allowed. Meanwhile, the eastern Polish army, successfully advancing against the Bolsheviks and Petliurists, in the days most difficult for the Russian troops, for about 3 months, stopped the offensive, allowing the Bolsheviks to transfer up to 43 thousand bayonets and sabers to my front. This cannot be allowed. Meanwhile, the eastern Polish army, successfully advancing against the Bolsheviks and Petliurists, in the days most difficult for the Russian troops, for about 3 months, stopped the offensive, allowing the Bolsheviks to transfer up to 43 thousand bayonets and sabers to my front. This cannot be allowed. Meanwhile, the eastern Polish army, successfully advancing against the Bolsheviks and Petliurists, in the days most difficult for the Russian troops, for about 3 months, stopped the offensive, allowing the Bolsheviks to transfer up to 43 thousand bayonets and sabers to my front.
[ZERO] One question macro-watchers have on their minds is the state of the US consumer amid increasing threats of recession. The White House and Federal Reserve offer their perspective of a healthy consumer, but that's in total aggregate. It fails to show the entire story of working-poor Americans suffering amid the worst inflation storm in forty years.
What better way to get a fresh glimpse of consumer health is via CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" interview with Craig Jelinek, CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation, on Monday, who said overall "the consumer isn't doing bad," but also mentioned, "a lot of people, right now, they're in a recession because they're just trying to survive by just buying gas and making house and rent payments."
Sounds confusing, right? But it's not. With some clarification, Jelinek said wealthier households still have "discretionary income to buy goods," which means the lower tier of consumers is perhaps tapped out.
What's important is the CEO of the second-largest retailer in the world said, "consumers are getting more cautious." It's not necessarily a sign that all consumption is about to roll over, but cracks appear in lower-tier spenders.
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Considering their flood of daily email 'bargain' listings is composed of a lot of non-essential higher end appliances, electronics, furniture and assorted materials, his company doesn't seem as focused on what he's talking about other than the usual bulk food, healthcare items, and common consumables.
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As he points out, the Costco customer is in a higher income bracket, and thus in far less distress. But the sudden, new daily ads campaign suggests that those customers, too, are being considerably more careful what they spend on and how much, and must be actively seduced into considering spending beyond essentials.
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I used to go to Sam's Club about 1.5 times a month. Now it's a bit less than once a month.
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A CEO who gets it and knows the messaging coming from the WH about the "best economy ever" is just gaslighting marlarky--They piss down our legs and tell us it's raining.
[Newton County Appeal] So, you think a gallon of gasoline is expensive?
This is what it costs to buy a gallon of....
Diet Snapple, 16 oz. for $1.29 = $10.32 per gallon. Lipton Iced Tea, 16 oz. for $1.19 = $9.52 per gallon. Gatorade, 20 oz. for $1.59 = $10.17 per gallon. Ocean Spray, 16 oz. for $1.25 = $10.00 per gallon.
Pint of milk, 16 oz. for $1.59 = $12.72 per gallon. STP Brake Fluid, 12 oz. for $3.15 = $33.60 per gallon. Vick’s NyQuil, 6 oz. for $8.35 = $178.13 per gallon. Pepto Bismol, 4 oz. for $3.85 = $123.20 per gallon.
Whiteout, 7 oz. for $1.39 = $25.42 per gallon. Scope, 1.5 oz. for $0.99 = $84.48 per gallon.
And this is the REAL KICKER...
Evian water, 9 oz. for $1.49 = $21.19 per gallon!
$21.19 FOR WATER!!!
You get the idea?? So next time you are at the gas pump, be glad your car doesn’t run on NyQuil, or Scope or Whiteout or even water.
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People do not inculcate the true value of a gallon of gasoline. Think of the $5.50 per gallon you pay for it this way. A gallon of this liquid will move your car at least (reasonably speaking) 20 miles along the road for that $5.50. Now imagine being asked to physically push your car 20 miles farther down the road. You bet your life you'd be demanding far more than $5.50 to do that work. Pushing your car 20 miles is a hell-of-a-lot of effort. Far more than 90% of humans would be even capable of doing. In fact for most humans it would take multiple days in order to push that car 20 miles. The BTUs encapsulated into that liquid is totally under appreciated. Gasoline will still be "valuable" even when its up around $100 per gallon. For those unfamiliar with oil, its NOT proven reserves, NOR is it production rates that really determines its market value, its the hidden "depletion" rate of "currently known" reserves that is kept undisclosed from the public eye that determines where future price trajectories lie. I recommend everyone becoming more familiar with the 2nd law of Thermodynamics. Entropy is highly under-appreciated. Its what underlies our understanding of what we often describe as "civilization."
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Price in 1964 was approx 0.25$/gal. Melt value of a pre '65 quarter (90% silver) is approx $3.44 @ $19.00/oz silver presently. Silver is running a bit below the recent averages. If you go with $24/oz that quarter would be worth about $4.34.
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..to which I say its not inflation but debasing the currency. It's not so much things cost more but that your money is worth less. That's what happens when the treasury prints/creates money without backing.
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I must be older than a few of y'all.
My gas cost 16.9 cents (GA) in 1969-70.
I used to walk the ditches picking up soda bottles all after school for the 2 cents return deposit. For my well used and bondo'ed to hell and back Ford Falcon 1963 6cly with a large big seat ☺
Which was used for Friday night date night, driving/parking and $1 for 2 hamburgers and a Large Coke.☺
Using a popular website inflation calculator.
What was 16.9 (17 cents) then for gas, today, should only be paying $1.26 a gallon
What was 12 cent for a tall Coke in 1970 should only be $0.89
Overall, I walk away having read the Hendrix article thinking the LSD's know Gas prices are killing them in the Voter Polls. So deflect the facts with unrelated facts.
[Facebook] Tomorrow we are going to a very interesting place.
A family inherited a farm in Kurland, by the family legend, after the battles, when family returned in 1945, yard was all full of big unexploded ordnance and the only way for the farmer to get rid of that was to dump it all in a huge bomb crater and cover with ground. On top of that was planted an apple tree, so no one will dig there.
The family which inherited the place want to develop the yard, apple tree was cut down and they contacted the police on the matter of unexploded ordnance under that tree. Police replayed that they can not help on the matter, as the ordnance is not yet found. After a moment police gave a call and told to contact Legenda Military Archaeology/Latvia, told that these are the only guys who can help on the matter. Therefore we are hearing out tomorrow to see what's there.
In that place should be another crater full of steel and might be buried around a dozen soldiers. Such craters in the yards of farms were found by us before, photos below show one crater like this from two years ago, human remains, horse, parts of T-34, unexploded ordnance and other war rubbish.
Hopefully tomorrow there will be good enough cell coverage and we would be able to do a LIVE stream in less than 24 hours.
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...I'm a member of several eastern Europe/Baltic military archaeology pages on Social Media(TM) - it is stunning to see how many finds are still popping up on a regular basis. The fighting and devastation were almost uniformly so bad that when it was over there was sometimes little or no organized effort to ID the lost or clear things up - piles were often shoved into holes or ravines, and that was that.
Without exception (on the pages I see, anyways) these groups are very respectful in identifying and handling any remains, no matter what side they were on.
[AndMagazine] We have already seen multiple political opponents of the Biden regime targeted by the White House and the Attorney General. Now the Gateway Pundit is predicting that the Democrats may intend to arrest former President Trump in October prior to the fall elections. Sources talking to AND Magazine have reported they are hearing the same thing from inside the January 6th committee and that thousands of other Americans who were in D.C. on January 6, 2021, will be arrested as well.
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BTW, that's how the Romans formally ended their republic. Prosecuting the former rulers and followers. Why do you think they told Caesar to not cross the Rubicon with his legions?
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Arresting Trump will be the spark they cannot possibly misunderstand. I think far too many of the progressive democrats now fear the looming anger of the American people. But do they have the gumption to provoke outright, massive, political violence? I have my doubts. They saw the Covid opportunity to jump=start the revolution a generation too soon I think.
The Marxist long-march through the institutions is well underway, but needs another decade or more to erase our embedded cultural/historic memories from the middle cohort of American society. This will fail, God willing, but ruthless, legal culling of the elites who brought this must follow.
If the LSD pull such a Political Coup, then they likely have failed to take into account the 55+ year old age group that has no problem acting as defenders of the US Republic.
QUESTIONS?
1. Will they even have the power after NOV. 2022 Mid-Terms?
2. Do they have enough RINO's to help pull it off another coup?
3. I wonder who will be the 1st to publish the LSD's Coup members list of home, safe house hiding addresses and/or Restaurant/dining out locations? All Just like they did to certain SCOTUS justices.
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Fuck legal culling. I don't know why all of you are still with the "kill with kindness" or let the "law " take care of it. Neither 1 of these practices have worked and the POS have turned all the letter agencies into weapons against the people they are supposed to protect and serve. Fuck everyone one of the sob's up there and I would not give a shit if I seen their asses hanging from poles.
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The J6 Committee has a fatal flaw in that they actually devour believe their own bullshit propaganda.
Take that 'grab the steering wheel' testimony. They had to have some idea it was false - but they went with it anyway and so did the media - a provable lie. Yet they still swear it's true.
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I doubt Trump's driven any sort of vehicle in decades (or many other of the 'elite' politicians, for that matter); that's how I knew that particular lie was just that.
[Red State] It’s no secret that the Biden administration has made a mess of things — and it’s not just Joe. Kamala can’t get a coherent sentence out of her mouth and has done precisely nothing about the border crisis. Pete Buttigieg is apparently unbothered by continuing supply chain issues, and it seems that no one at the FDA is worried about babies being able to eat since it’s still difficult to find baby formula on store shelves (I know; I checked last night). In the midst of this chaos, while all of us have been focused on just getting by, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra has been busy installing allies in various regulatory agencies and working to massively expand the size and reach of the federal government — and his own power base — essentially in the shadows.
He’s being driven out of the shadows now, partly thanks to the US Chamber of Commerce, which "launched an extensive campaign to expose and defeat Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra’s ideologically driven agenda to radically change the nature of America’s financial services industry" on June 28. In a press release, the Chamber alleges that "If [Chopra is] allowed to proceed, his agenda would harm consumer choice and innovation."
Elizabeth Warren and her lefty colleagues have been working on radically changing the nature of our financial services industry for years, and while the Chamber and business groups have repeatedly sounded the alarm, this campaign is definitely taking it to the next level. What makes Chopra and his actions any different from what we’ve already seen? According to the Chamber:
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Mr. Chopra was appointed to his previous position by President Trump — he didn’t bat 100% on his personnel choices, we see once again. It must be quite a shock for the administration to find themselves attacked because of him now.
Glad to see the Chamber of Commerce stepping up — the letter they sent out is a doozy.
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Wrath of Khan: "From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."
I don't understand what is driving Liz Cheney to this extent... Did Trump shoot he poodle or something?
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Trump is not a globalist. He does not kowtow to China. His philosophy is America First and that gets in the way of her sponsors making billions of dollars. That's why they all hate him. Mix that with daddy issues, kinda like Meghan McCain, and you have an especially virulent hatred.
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In Liz's case, because the hatred keeps her from thinking logically and pragmatically about her own career, it is self-destructive and she has done much more harm to herself than to Trump.
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First Contact: And he piled upon the whale's white hump, the sum of all the rage and hate felt by his whole race. If his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it.
[Just the News] Many observers believe leaking this information is tied to the Biden administration's efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
As President Biden prepares to visit Israel and Saudi Arabia next week, experts and former officials are warning that an often-overlooked issue risks undermining efforts to increase cooperation among U.S. allies in the Middle East.
That issue is anonymous U.S. officials consistently leaking information to the media about alleged covert Israeli operations against Iran, from targeted killings to explosions at nuclear sites.
"It's a sign of extraordinary incompetence and unprofessionalism from Biden and his foreign policy team," said Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst who also served as a senior staffer on both the House Intelligence Committee and the National Security Council. "It's outrageous they would leak this kind of information."
Unnamed officials recently told CNN that Israel has ramped up its covert attacks in Iran and is largely keeping the U.S. in the dark.
A month earlier, an American intelligence official leaked to the New York Times that Israel told Washington it was behind the assassination of top officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an Iranian military force and a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
The leak infuriated Israeli officials, who often share intelligence with American counterparts.
"It mainly harms trust," Ram Ben Barak, who heads the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of Israel's parliament, said at the time.
"We have very many close relationships and a lot of cooperation between us, which all depend on trust, and when it is violated in some way then it damages future cooperation," he added. "I hope the Americans investigate the leak and figure out where it came from and why it occurred."
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer explained on the podcast "Diplomatically Incorrect" that the Biden administration seems to be trying to distance itself from Israel by putting the blame on Jerusalem and keeping Washington out of it.
"That's very disturbing because that would only encourage attacks against Israelis," he said. "The fear of potential American action against Iran or other actors, that actually deters aggression. For the United States to think they're going to stabilize the situation by distancing themselves from Israel not only endangers Israeli citizens and officials but it actually also makes the chance of an attack much higher."
Interpreting these leaks as a "message to Israel that the U.S. disagrees with the action that was taken," Derner said, "And essentially what that means is they are trying to curtail Israel's freedom of operation" to combat Iranian aggression.
Such leaks have been occurring for years, indicating the problem is entrenched within America's national security bureaucracy, not just among political appointees. During the Obama administration, anonymous U.S. officials told media outlets about Israeli military plans to strike Iran's nuclear facilities. During the Trump administration, officials confirmed Israel bombed Iranian targets in Iraq.
However, the leaks have been occurring with striking frequency since Biden entered office. Last year, for example, unnamed U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal that Israel had been attacking several Iranian ships.
"This decreases trust," said Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran. "I think it's irresponsible for any U.S. official to seek to implicate Israel in an attack in Iran using anonymous quotes in the media. Unfortunately, all too often, we have seen this tactic employed in the past, likely to express disapproval and send a message that Washington was not part of the operation."
These leaks, added Brodsky, risk "provoking Iran to retaliate against a U.S. ally in the region."
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Many need to understand that everything is already planned in advance, and some things are already in motion including the possibility that Israel cease to exist as a country as we know today. “Peoples” or what is left can be repositioned, by sugar or by fire.
The way things are changing in the world.. make me think that I’m very lucky to have visited Israel few times, and it’s been scratched from my notes….
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[ZeroHedge] The protection against severe illness from so-called natural immunity remains superior to the protection bestowed by COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study.
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The fallout from all of this is going to be a disturbing note in human history. We as a race need to understand the ramifications of our actions and over reactions. We raced a vaccine to market around all the safeguards we had in place. Now we are living with myocarditis, sudden teen deaths, sudden adult death, micro clots, child seizures, adult immune disorders, and the psychological problems associated with kids being locked down, let alone the economic impacts of these bad decisions. Now the truth is finally out there that all these measures were an overreaction and driven by greed and opportunism.
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And the next time the boy cries wolf, there might actually be one. But no one will listen because of COVID theater.
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COVID theater was followed by Ukraine theater. Two Big Lies, one right after the other, each ending in a complete debacle that will end up costing the West many trillions.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Gasoline in 1965 = .21 cents per gallon.
