Biden’s “Press Conference” Was Totally Orchestrated
Joe Biden answered just 10 questions in his first press conference, which was more than two months in the making. More time passed from the President’s inauguration to the first press conference than any time in recent history.
Biden addressed the border crisis at the beginning of the conference and none of the questions posed by ‘reporters” covered it. It seemed as though Biden knew exactly what would be asked and the order in which questions would be asked. His responses came mostly from a briefing binder. This really should come as no surprise as even at his zenith Joe Biden wasn’t that bright. He finished near the bottom of his Syracuse Law School class and has been caught several times plagiarizing the works of others.
New photos reveal several cheat sheets used by President Joe Biden during his Thursday press conference — including one with the headshots and names of reporters he planned to call on.
The president also used notes to assist with facts about US infrastructure, a policy area Biden is focusing on during his first months in the White House.
“The United States now ranks 13th globally in infrastructure quality — down from 5th place in 2002,” read one bullet point.
But despite having the answers in front of him, Biden still slipped up, saying America ranked 85th in the world in infrastructure, before correcting himself.
The press pool at Thursday’s briefing, the first one held by Biden since taking office 65 days ago, was limited to 25 reporters.
Biden only took questions from a list of journalists whose names and outlets he read from a cue card. A photo of the card shows circled numbers around select reporters.
In the early stages of the 62 minutes presser, in which Biden fielded 10 questions, the president appeared to repeatedly lose his train of thought, forgetting questions and asking reporters if they wanted him to give detailed answers.
Many of his responses were aided by notes he kept inside a three-ring binder.
He abruptly wrapped up the press conference, telling reporters, “but folks. I’m going,” without sticking around for a follow-up question.
Hat tip: New York Post
Biden cheated his way through law school, so why not press conferences?
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From the previous thread:
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From the previous thread:
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From the previous thread:Knighthawk –
So much for prioritizing capabilities\intelligence\performance, nah like prioritize based on sexual orientation, they’ve gone full retard.
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Its painfully obvious that Biden’s first press conference was carefully orchestrated and likely well-rehearsed. Imagine the uproar if Trump had tried something like this.
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Kristi Noem on Tucker Carlson:
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/tucker-carlson-takes-on-kristi-noem-to-her-face/
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more on the “press conference”…with some good links
the media is worse than lapdogs
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/a-sickening-spectacle.php
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My guess is the next one won’t be until July.
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Eph, my guess is that there won’t BE a next press conference. Even though the usual suspects (I.e., 95% of the media) will try to cover this up and explain it away, his mental capacity BARELY got him through this utterly scripted dog & pony show (and was not nearly as entertaining as those are).
By July he won’t be able to even read the cue cards.
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O/T
Good article. I didn’t grow up in N.Y., but the article describes my upbringing as well. Several times we lived in neighborhoods where I was virtually the ONLY “White” kid (other than my siblings). We also lived in places where they were ALL “White” kids…and everything inbetween. Upon meeting new people (we moved a lot) I treated everyone the same: with decency and deference, until and unless they moved up or down from there (became friends or became “enemies” ). Most just stayed in the “decency and deference” category of “acquiaintences “. NOW I’m told daily that the ONLY thing that matters is skin color, gender, sexual orientation, etc. what a fu@ked up world.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/confessions_of_a_privileged_white_man.html
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It’s a shame we have to go to the foreign press for the truth, but we do:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9404629/Images-taken-President-Joe-Bidens-press-conference-using-cheat-sheets.html
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Good read:
https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/26/when-the-powerful-say-truth-is-a-lie-and-lies-are-the-truth-no-one-will-stand-up-for-america-but-you/
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What are the “Jim Eagle” Laws Biden referred to?
After watching yesterday’s press conference (and I am sure they did), Xi, Kim and Putin must be on cloud 9.
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Looking at the picture…. Kinda reminds me of what my 3rd grade teacher did. We had to sit in the same exact desk everyday. So what does that say about the WH press corps? Do they roll their little mats out on the floor an take a nap afterwards??
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More appropriate to the last thread but saw this on YT this morning —
Another wedge and control ploy I suspect.
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Its all part of the master plan — that entire contingent is given the proud opportunity to take point in the next engagement.
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drdog09 #14 –
The “press conference” was limited to 25, but since it was determined in advance which 10 would be called on, 15 were wasting their time.
The Week in Pictures for tomorrow has plenty of fodder.
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I find it interesting that this was scripted in the East Room and not the usual WH press room. Why is that?
Answer: There are two steps to the podium in the press room. And folks that is no joke.
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Yesterday, Eph mentioned I didn’t include the black abortion rate in my statistics. As much as I abhor abortion, the extremely high black abortion rate has likely made Asians safer.
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Woman gets raped twice — https://www.twincities.com/2021/03/24/felony-rape-charge-doesnt-apply-if-victim-got-herself-drunk-supreme-court-rules/ — Once by the perp, once by justice.
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Uh Oh — https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/former-cdc-director-says-covid-19-escaped-wuhan-lab — Cracks developing in the message.
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Interesting — https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/parler-just-flipped-big-techs-jan-6th-conspiracy-theory-its-head
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drdog – #22 – The below is a little concerning to me. There is a fine line between, on what is violent content and incitement of violence. Kind of like what one person’s terrorist and another person’s freedom fighter. How it is ok for one group but not another.
On Thursday, Parler sent a response to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s request for documents regarding the riot, the company explained in a press release. In that response, Parler revealed that it had “proactively developed an open line of communication with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the fall of 2020 and referred violent content and incitement from Parler’s platform over 50 times before January 6th. Parler also warned the FBI about specific threats of violence being planned for the events at the Capitol on January 6th.”
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23, thanks for highlighting that. I’m sure that both Gab and Parler correctly prohibit illegal activities on their site. Still, I feel like Gab is on my side. I don’t have that feeling about Parler.
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GN, indeed. Fact if you consider the ‘rules’ that are attempting to be put in place the American Revolution would have never have happened. I sort of draw the line at, if there is a plan to plant devices or forces to achieve an aim, I am against that. Run of the mill calling for revolution, let them. That kind of spouting off is usually done by people who never will. Those that will ferment revolution are like a tick, deeply buried and usually unseen or heard.
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Parler’s value is potentially the antitrust angle. Their mission statement certainly is different than Gab.
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Worth a read — https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/let-them-eat-woke-31706/
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drdog – here is one for you.
DHS plans to expand its relationships with companies that scour public data for intelligence, one of the senior officials said, as well as to better harness the vast trove of data it already collects about Americans, including travel and commercial data through Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service and other DHS components.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/dhs-weighing-huge-changes-fight-domestic-violent-extremism-say-officials-n1262047
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Figures. Observation: such a net will capture the clueless, the manipulated, the cannon fodder. The smart manipulators will sit in the background and never be touched (Soros, Tides Fd, Ford Fd, etc.)
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8 – I’m with you on that, one and done.
15 – yerp.
20 – MN confirmed as definitely the state to “pick someone up at a bar at”. 🙂 tourism booster? /s
21 – Filed under things we already knew a year ago but will continue to be buried?
24 – Nor should you have the feeling about them.
28 – Anyone surprised in the least?
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Biden’s plan to house illegal aliens in hotels could cost taxpayers more than $70,000 per border crosser:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-administrations-illegal-immigrant-hotels-to-cost-taxpayers-72000-per-border-crosser_3749306.html?utm_source=morningbrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-03-26
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“Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch company Boskalis who has been tasked with dislodging the vessel, warned Ever Given “could be stuck in the canal for weeks.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/suez-canal-crisis-morphs-global-supply-chain-wrecking-ball
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offs.
Call 100 Somali pirates and 100 Ethiopians, something tells me they could have the thing (at least what’s in the containers) unloaded in 48-72hrs. :facepalm:
Me: Once again can we take a second look a backing off of JIT’ing everything and everything? world: “…. nah everything is perfectly fineeee.”.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hm-disappears-chinas-internet-xinjiang-spat-explodes
….and it’s gone.
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https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-gov-ducey-eases-covid-19-restrictions-including-local-mask-mandates.amp
Better late than never I guess…
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Uncomfortable moment as Joe Biden struggles to find the next hand-picked “reporter” to call on:
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/bidens-brain-freezes-this-is-embarrassing/
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Not that anyone in public or elsewhere cares or is paying attention but this struck me as hilarious.
https://cnsnews.com/index.php/blog/craig-bannister/report-biden-claims-exorbitant-use-filibuster-2020-it-was-used-327-times-dems
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Bye bye filibuster bye bye country
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-taps-wife-swing-voter-joe-manchin-federal-post-ahead-infrastructure-push
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It’s s good thing Jennifer Rubin is a figurative wh0re. As fugly as she is. she would have starved to death long ago if she was a street wh0re:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/25/biden-excels-his-first-news-conference-media-embarrass-themselves/?outputType=amp
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36 fight on
When was th me last time Manchin sided with the GOPeeee on any important vote ???
Ill guess never.
That nomination means nothing.
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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2021/03/26/sharon-stone-brutalizes-cancel-culture-stupidest-thing-ive
Huh? Wasn’t she one of those leading the CC charge and freaking out just 4 years ago?
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38 – I can’t recall, least not for anything of substance\ risk.
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“Rutgers Becomes First US College To Make COVID Jabs Mandatory For Students”
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Another reason not to attend.
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Lots of reasons not to attend Rutgers:
* Needle jabs
* It’s in New Jersey
* Its football team is an embarrassment
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Pomp interviews Jim Cramer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfAtMKu1wo
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https://www.macrotrends.net/1437/sp500-to-gold-ratio-chart
S&P divided by gold price per ounce since the closure of the gold window 1971 shows that the S&P has had zero gains in the last 40 years….actually it’s fallen slightly.
ratio 2.5 in 1971 now the ratio is 2.2
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Completely manipulated cost of capital
https://twitter.com/gregzaj1/status/1375447619816849410?s=20
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Yet another Asian attacked by a “white supremacist.” This one spent too much time in the sun:
https://nypost.com/2021/03/24/asian-woman-robbed-dragged-by-car-in-san-francisco-video/
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Buttigieg wants mileage tax:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/former-mayor-pete-buttigieg-declares-war-on-rural-red-states-with-call-for-mileage-tax/
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The label on that guy in the Freeman twitter thing I posted…..major league eating champion
lmao
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They’re giving a metal (profile in courage) to Mitt Romney for voting to impeach Trump lol
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/shocker-romney-given-profile-courage-award-voting-impeach-president-trump-fake-charges-joe-biden-actually/
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40 KH,
I didn’t think so….
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Probably should run adds on this issue in West Virginia in the lead up to the filibuster issue
https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1375556462064365574?s=20
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49 They’re giving a metal (profile in courage) to Mitt Romney for voting to impeach Trump lol
What kind of metal ,gold ,silver, lead???
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Well, when you stuff a water way, you can expect some problems.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/suez-canal-crisis-may-unleash-worldwide-toilet-paper-shortage/amp/
The massive ship blocking the Suez Canal may prove to be a titanic pain in the butt — by reportedly unleashing a toilet paper shortage not seen since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
The owner of the Ever Given, the 200,000-ton behemoth that ran aground this week when high winds turned it sideways, has apologized for the mega-blockage, which is causing a global trade crisis.
But the proverbial s–t could really hit the fan if it triggers another TP crisis, as a flotilla of cargo ships remain stuck behind the huge vessel.
Walter Schalka, CEO of the Brazilian wood pulp company Suzano SA, told Bloomberg News that the firm was struggling to transport the raw material for toilet paper amid the delays.
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Better buy while you can.
Or 2 $5’s for a $10
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BTC ramping up for another weekend run up
https://twitter.com/APompliano/status/1363865814844252168?s=20
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Jr, this one’s for you – Minnesota counties west of MSP want to become part of South Dakota:
https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-allow-counties-to-join-south-dakota
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Ahh! Springtime in Chicago, when young men’s thoughts turn to shootings. Just warming up for the weekend.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/8-shot-1-fatally-at-overnight-gathering-in-ashburn-police
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bc3b, it’s getting close to Riot Season…folks in the Hood be warmin’ up.
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“Here in America, we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Another rare earth metal outperforming
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/one-ultra-rare-metal-doing-085318635.html
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Vogue article on Emily Ratajkowski despise her husband and son because they are white
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTlxysvd0pg
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Are people just using these NFT’s for money laundering?
ummm ya I sold these robot created artwork for 60 million. What a deal.
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53 – Yeah I figure you got the weekend before the mains pickup on it (depending if they actually break it free in the next 24hr ..best shot they have with highest tide tomorrow for many weeks), and the panic buying starts by the avg. joe. Advised someone tonight just that “now is the time to restock…probably less about actually real long term shortages…but to beat the panic buying once the wider press picks this shit up if they fail tomorrow.”
“Walter Schalka, CEO of the Brazilian wood pulp company Suzano SA, told Bloomberg News that the firm was struggling to transport the raw material for toilet paper amid the delays.
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Yeah I saw that and wondered though, why would a ship laden with his wood pulp destined from Brazil to say the USA for refinement (assuming that’s actually done on this side), be a problem… but then I considered it’s likely less about that travel and more about all the added delays for all ships elsewhere, or perhaps lack of containers. Which is kind of funny cause a few years ago it seemed there were more containers and ship capacity then needed, rates bottomed, and containers were being sold off for cheap and lots of ships just moored up as ghosts.
61 – Saw that…robot painting for 60m… rediculious.
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Looking forward to the Week in Pictures tomorrow. I think we all know what the theme will be.
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Kamala says she’s not doing the border
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/quick-wednesday-biden-taps-kamala-fix-border-friday-kamalas-spokesperson-says-vp-not-border/
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Welp, wish me luck. Driving 1700 miles with wife and son in a stuffed to the gills SUV to deposit him in Austin, TX to seek his fortune. For those outside CA, don’t worry, he’s not a leftist. He’s attracted to Austin because there seems to be a good amount of opportunity for a young man long on ambition, but a little short on experience. Then my wife and I finally have our house to ourselves, but only for a few months before my daughter moves back in for a year before starting her graduate and PhD studies. Kids…
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Wood pulp has little issue with container shipping. Its bundled as dry bale then packed in a bulk carrier. The canal is a issue though as far as the global transport system.
https://www.qwant.com/?q=wood%20pulp%20shipping&t=images&client=brz-brave
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Road trip!
Good luck, mpt.
If you get a chance, check out TX house prices and post a report.
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TWIP
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/the-week-in-pictures-iron-cages-edition.php
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mpt – have a safe trip.
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good luck MPT…we just moved our oldest son to the Fort Worth area. It was a road-trip of similar length. 🙂
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Good article with excellent links within. The Democrats are the same RACISTS they ever were, but now they’re hilariously claiming that anyone who ISN’T a “Racist” is a “RACIST!” Don’t try to find “logic” or “common sense” in it…just nod and agree, oh, and KNEEL!
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/critical-race-theory-the-great-evil-of-our-time.php
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The Week in Pictures was disappointing, especial since they had the press conference to work with.
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New York WuFlu passport
https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/nations-first-covid-vaccine-passport-coming-to-new-york/
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very thought provoking…well worth a slow read
I had never heard the term: “Ordered Liberty”, but appreciate its use in the article
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/03/the_seventh_crisis_and_the_millennials.html
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Was watching a video on the early versions of bitcoin or precursors to bitcoin from the 1990’s. One of the interesting tidbits of the video was the NSA trying to outlaw the private teaching and private lectures on cryptography at the time on all matters of the subject.
I know it’s a horrible analogy, but I couldn’t help but think of slave masters working to make sure all the salves were illiterate that way they never had any recourse but to obey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W15A7Lf0_fI
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covid numbers have crashed through the floor this week btw.
the covid tracking project quit posting numbers so I have no idea what they are but still
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mpt,
Good luck on the trip. If ya get stuck in N Texas there are several of us here to lend a hand.
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The government just keeps dumping out stimmy checks, and I’m sure we’ll be doing another stimmy in the summer months after they pass the 4 trillion dollar infrastructure.
Imagine if the government had to give out stimmy’s in bitcoin. All of a sudden you’d have to justify everything because all of it would have consequences.
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“I know it’s a horrible analogy, but I couldn’t help but think of slave masters working to make sure all the salves were illiterate that way they never had any recourse but to obey.” — PRP
You would not be far from wrong. Of the era many states had laws making it illegal to teach blacks to read and write. My grand parents ran a huge celery operation outside of Sanford Fla and by state law the farm owner was required to provide education to the farm hands children. Still have some of the books the state provided and they read like a eubonics primer.
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It is going to be interesting to watch the battle between the Fed and BTC. If BTC wins that is the death of fractional banking as we know it. Fact it could be the end of banking period. We could see something akin to peer to peer lending with BTC as the exchange medium. (BTC would have to stabilize to do so however.) Fed wins we end up with FedCoin and the banks still lose. The Fed no longer needs the first tier banks to paper over the country they just use helicopter money.
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ACLU pushes women must sign up for the draft — https://speculareffect.org/2021/03/02/aclu-demands-women-be-forced-to-register-for-the-draft/
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I actually don’t understand the Fedcoin stuff yet. I know it’s not based on blockchain or verification.
I think it’s going to just an extension of existing system basically just skipping over banks as the middle man that would historically make the Federal reserve deposit stimmy checks into a person’s bank account. Instead the Fed reserve would be the person’s personal bank.
This also allows individual interest rates based on ethnicity, race etc since they could lending direct to you….and therefore allows for behavioral economics as well. For instance if they buy cigarettes or sodas rates go up.
But I’m not sure any of that has much to do with bitcoin.
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Mad Maxine keeps asking powel what he’s going to do about diversity and about economic disparity when everyone know his only mechanism is buying bank reserves.
I think Fed coin would in face give the Fed chairman power to do race discrimination for her.
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Good luck on the drive MPT. We are building a house in nearby Georgetown and will be down their in August.
As DR says plenty of BJGers down here in N Teaxas. Don’t hesitate to reach out.
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66 – Thanks.
73 – RIP – “and I will drive state to state, Do they let you do that… (yes) …no papers?, (no papers)”
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“I actually don’t understand the Fedcoin stuff yet. I know it’s not based on blockchain or verification.”
How do you assume it would not be blockchain based? Nothing unique about the blockchain tech. Fact I would offer that for FedCoin to exist it will REQUIRE blockchain. Why? Maintenance of money velocity. The Fed will want a mechanism to spot punish certain behaviors. You commit a gun purchase? The Fed knocks your savings rate down. You start to stack a lot of FedCoin, your savings rate is reduced again. You pile a bunch of loans, your loan rates go down. To target behaviors (think our tax code) they will need blockchain to do it.
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Professor can’t be punished for not using transgender student’s pronouns, appeals court rules. Judge had asked university if it would also force Jewish professor to address student as “My Fuhrer.”
https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/professor-cant-be-punished-not-using-transgender-students-pronouns-appeals-court
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The permabull
https://twitter.com/btcdisciple/status/1375677560835743748?s=20
#86
Will the Fedcoin have miners?
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filibuster related:
Democrats cannot erase the history or hypocrisy of the Senate filibuster
By Jonathan Turley
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/545207-democrats-cannot-erase-the-history-or-hypocrisy-of-the-senate-filibuster
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This goes in the category of you can not make this stuff up.
Rosalynne Montoya, a transgender Latinx model and activist, shared her uncomfortable experience going through airport security with her 481,000 TikTok followers on March 20.
Montoya, who uses she and they pronouns, said she normally has immense anxiety going through the security line. While her gender markers on her I.D. cards are correct, she usually sets off the scanner because of her body.
“Going through the scanner, there’s a male scanner and a female scanner in the TSA checkpoint – and, looking at me, you know, I look like a woman and I am a woman,” Montoya said in the TikTok.
“But, going through the scanner, I always have an ‘anomaly’ between my legs that sets off the alarm.”
Montoya told her followers the TSA agent scanned her again to no avail. After the second time, she told the agent she was trans and the agent used the “male” body scanner, which still went off because Montoya has breasts.
“Then she was like, ‘OK, well we have to pat you down. Do you want a man to do it?’ I said, ‘No! Absolutely not,” Montoya said.
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Soros breaks into bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network/soros-breaks-into-bitcoin
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92, This goes in the category of you can not make this stuff up.
Meanwhile every week black kids, some of them quite young and innocent are gunned down but Dem popular culture has no energy for addressing that.
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Wheels on the shopping kart go
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/795408103658618880/825453228329795584/wtsb60jjrkp61.png
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Seen at Just One Minute blog–
This is absolute MADNESS.
Why not fly them to their home country? This administration is actively helping foreigners invade our country.
Border Crisis Gets Worse as Biden Ships Illegal Aliens Further Inland to Reduce Overcrowding, DHS Contractors No Longer Need Background Checks for Custodial Care of Minors
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/20 … of-minors/
FTA – “Today in McAllen, Texas, the Biden team were flying illegal aliens to other locations in order to reduce the overcrowding. According to OAN journalist Jenn Peligrino: “Approx 40% of the airport traffic this morning at Texas’ McAllen International appear to be migrants headed within the US. They are carrying boarding passes & paperwork that indicates they do not speak English.””…
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Problem with Biden is he doesn’t even know what’s going on. He knows who his allies and henchmen are as they helped him win, and he just does what they tell him to do since he’s senile.
He’s the first puppet president we’ve had.
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FedCoin won’t need it. Remember TPTB will want to retain the fractional reserve aspects of the current arrangements. I suspect an aspect of that is a) FedCoin will have no upper limit. b) the Fed IS the miner.
When it comes to FedCoin =/= BitCoin. BTC has a hard limit, FedCoin won’t. FedCoin will have certain aspects Eurethim so that the Fed can manipulate your individual behaviors. FedCoin will be programmable.
Keep in mind someone like yourself will balk at such an arrangement. But you are knowledgeable the average American is not. They will accept FedCoin just like they accepted wearing masks.
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Might be more of a stable coin aka USDC or tether.
As in one Fed Coin represents one US dollar.