Solutions Abound
There is a common thread thru many of the problems facing this country – power hungry elites wishing to maintain control. The other is, not knowing that there are alternatives, Americans cling to what the elites dish out.
Lets take a look at some.
Raise tariffs
Not on select products but across the board. 30%, pick a number. Rather than raise the income tax as Biden suggests, raise the tariff. The rich dodge the increasing taxes thru their army of accountants. Sure a tariff affects everyone but it is less regressive than the income tax. The Chinese college student importing the Lambo will pay the same marginal rate as the mother buying canned milk from China, but at least the student will pay more in dollar terms.
Zero Tax on Business
The idea that businesses pay taxes has always been a sham foisted by politicians on a public that does not know tax policy. Simple fact of the matter is the businesses just pass the tax burdens onto the buyer.
Couple it with the tariffs and industries would move production back here. Capital always flows where it is treated best.
Eliminate the Fed
The Fed has become the most useless organization imaginable. They were supposed to be independent of the politicians, but in actuality the Fed is more political than ever and tied hip deep with the White House. It has outlived its prime purpose – a stable money supply.
That will gore the banksters, and so be it.
Back to the gold standard
Take a look at any chart going back to the 1800s and one notes that the variance in commodity pricing does not vary much till we hit the 1970s when we went off the gold standard. Coinage is useful and a ready store of value but cumbersome in a digital transaction world.
What is needed is the marriage of precious metals with blockchain. There are several platforms that provide this service. However the one that is needed is a gold backed private chain system independent of the govt save for recognition of its use for resolution of all debts under law.
Eliminate the CDC/FDA
Do we even need to detail why in our current situation? Dump’em.
Bye Bye Dept of Ed.
That whole entity needs to be erased. At the local level, K-12, institute vouchers. Use blended face-to-face and internet instruction as is appropriate for student and topic. So long as federal student aid exists the institutions benefiting from the largess must have skin in the game.
So long, farewell, was nice to know you…
Social Security that is. The system was always a house of cards. We need to formulate a phase out plan. The fact is come next year the system will expend more than it takes in – forever.
What must be realized is that whether we collectively decide to burn some bridges tactically or let events burn them for us, the fact is they will burn. Just remember the maxim of decision making –
- There is the right decision.
- There is the wrong decision.
- There is no decision, which is always wrong as you relinquish that choice to someone else.
Is there more that could be put on the table? Sure, but this is a start.
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sorry to immediately go off topic…
outrageous, but utterly par for the course
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-general-tells-british-special-forces-stop-rescuing-people-in-kabul-youre-making-us-look-bad
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Any especially hard nosed policy just punishes republicans like 2008 when we elected 60 dem senators. If we didnt do Trump covid stimmies, we probably would have had bernie instead of biden.
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good list of solutions…and yes, we can add lots more
the DEFENSE Department, doesn’t defend us anymore. Change them back to the “War Department“, and maybe they will remember their TRUE purpose
the Department of ENERGY, produces NO energy…and in fact stifles its production. Scrap ’em
and so on…
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Biden may yet solve Afghanistan
https://twitter.com/thebabylonbee/status/1429056225178705921?s=21
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TWIP
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/the-week-in-pictures-kabul-cabal-edition.php
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Or, you can let nature take its course and it will burn itself down.
Human nature is to do what you have been doing (status quo, particularly DC) UNTIL you are forced to do otherwise.
INC – thanks for the info on Vitamin D3.
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Good list Dr. I agree with JR on dept of ED. Also we can get rid of Dept of energy.
If we are going to keep these various dept. then lets move many of them out DC. Dept of ag to Iowa.
Hud to Detroit etc. Take away the centralized power of DC.
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Money printer goes Brrr
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Maybe Elizabeth Warren knows how to fix it with a tribal system of money like her native peoples.
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Meme wizard Carpe Donktum responds to the Biden* Admin
Dear Joe,
While I am flattered that you put me near the top of your Digital Terrorists list, I feel like I should make you aware of the reality of the situation.
I am a stay-at-home dad in Kansas with no college education, and no previous experience in marketing, video editing, or advertising.
Your party and ideas were so incredibly feeble and frail that I was able to put a sizeable dent in the narrative you spent billions of dollars constructing…
In my spare time.
Are you sure you want me to shift my entire focus and energy in your direction?
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Bye,Bye EPA. ATF.
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Aussies break through
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1428943599140581377
I also saw a report from Romania. All vaxx centers closed down because the people who want the Stab (30%) already got it and the rest are firm in saying “no”
I’m sure you can still get vaxxed but via individual appt with your doctor not at a giant Center.
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IP, we need to retain the ATF, as a Convenience Store!! 🙂 Nuthin’ like buying a bottle of booze, a cigar and a box of ammo all in the same place!
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SpaceX’s Starship BREAKS Asteroid Mining Frontier…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvqUfdZ2uwQ
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Alcohol & Ammo at the same store? Something just does not seem right about that. But hey, choices – right.
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You walk into the store the first time for the ammo. Then gas up your vehicle. Then on the second trip you pick up the 24 pack of Bahama Gold 20%.
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9408496bd96dc3be9c2878e70e2db5f377099c7e5067feefc049a5e34f8b1c6e.jpg
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14,
I would say, nice idea, might even work, however the presenter failed to show his work that he has done the math. The time factor component was the weakest point.
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Since the Department of Education was created (1979), test scores have plummeted.
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IP – I like your truck!!!
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Report: Taliban confiscating US passports:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/21/kabul-airport-gates-closed-taliban-confiscating-u-s-passports/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_USJCTIgs4
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21, will doubtless be useful for Chinese counterfeiting
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Taliban wear captured gear, pose for photos mocking US military.
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/469157/
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Maybe we should send them a picture of hiroshima to refresh their memories of what happened after Iwo.
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Oh man IP I was thinking the same thing.
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BC you may appreciate this. Wife and I went out for lunch. Went to BJ’s brewhouse. They now have Yueling on tap in TX. Things just keep getting better in TX.
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good thought, IP…but we’ll probably send them a picture of “General Milley in chiffon evening dress, with a tasteful string of pearls.
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China has been showing pictures of Kabul chaos to the Taiwanese warning them that this is what the Americans are going to do to the Taiwanese when they invade.
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Expert warns China’s Xi is set to invade Taiwan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iO7JmyaF9M
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CBS realizes that climate change caused the rise of the Taliban
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/08/20/clown-world-cbs-blames-climate-change-for-the-rise-of-the-taliban-n1471510
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Trump has a rally in Alabama at 8 Eastern Time tonight. It should be a barn burner.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=531055974839467
https://therightscoop.com/watch-live-now-trump-rally-in-alabama-8-21-21/
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gnqanq #6, you’re welcome! D3 is the form to take. It is a wonder vitamin.
Here’s more, and then I’ll stop unless you have any other questions.
I’ve seen about 4 sites that say don’t go over 4000 IU daily: 3 from US and the UK NHS site. A big problem trying to figure things out is that people hedge their bets on supplements. I try to look around to see what several are saying and who is saying it. One guy said doses up to 10000 IU daily have’t shown toxicity, but I would never use that much unless a doctor prescribed it. If you have kidney problems or thyroid problems too much Vit D can make things worse. If you have any known health concerns talk to your doctor. I wouldn’t want my husband to increase from his current 3000 IU without discussing it with his cardiologist and endocrinologist.
From the Mayo Clinic:
“The main consequence of vitamin D toxicity is a buildup of calcium in your blood (hypercalcemia), which can cause nausea and vomiting, weakness, and frequent urination. Vitamin D toxicity might progress to bone pain and kidney problems, such as the formation of calcium stones.”
“Taking 60,000 international units (IU) a day of vitamin D for several months has been shown to cause toxicity. This level is many times higher than the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for most adults of 600 IU of vitamin D a day.”
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/vitamin-d-toxicity/faq-20058108
60,000 IU/daily is an insane amount to take–more than my elderly mom’s doctor put her on per week when she had a pelvic hairline fracture. That would be kind of expensive as well. US RDA is what I mean by hedging their bets. Even our Centrum Silver multi, a regular name brand, has more than that.
Because I take a lot of D and calcium (among other things) for my bones, I take K2 because it helps bone density while keeping calcium out of my blood-vessel walls and soft tissue. It becomes a balancing act. My doctors are aware of the supplements I take. I have found over the years that my doctors now listen about supplements. Years ago it seemed as if only my OBs cared!!
Foods with Vitamin D:
oily fish – such as salmon, sardines, herring and mackerel
red meat
liver
egg yolks
fortified foods – such as some fat spreads and breakfast cereals
milk usually has D added unless you’re buying locally straight from a dairy
oj: some orange juices have added D
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Cool info on D3, thanks.
I’m taking a supplement but only being sure to not go overboard on the dosage. Nice to know more detail about what’s safe and recommended and how it works
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INC – again thanks for the info. BTW, I take 2 – 2000 IU a day (4000 IU total), for the last 2 months. No problems so far (before I was taking 1 – 2000 IU a day).
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You’re welcome, guys.
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Al Qaeda member in charge of Taliban security?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/taliban-chiefs-including-al-qaeda-linked-terrorist-in-kabul-to-talk-new-govt/
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Heck of a rally in Alabama. Trump really went after Biden.
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As several have already noted ….
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Ike,
A representative of a generation of humble men who just wanted to get on with their lives, got pissed on, got pissed off, picked up a gun and kicked ass. All so they could, be a representative of a generation of humble men who just wanted to get on with their lives.
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By the way, — https://www.zerohedge.com/political/school-board-recall-attempts-surge-2021-amid-covid-closures-crt-fears — Here is another solution, fire their a$$. Major school board recall sweeping the country.
That is just recalls. Not every state has that option. Wait till regular election season heats up. Going to be a lot of board members with free time on their hands. That will have repercussions beyond just schools. Once local folk recognize they CAN affect change locally they will branch out. Don’t like your CoP? Fire the mayor and get a new one.
Here is a man who says what most Americans believe — https://twitter.com/i/status/1428500290962034692 — Jesse Jackson he’s pointing at you.
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bc:”Heck of a rally in Alabama”
There’s still a LOT of people who want to live in traditional America
Significant number of people saying next step is for people to come forward and run for local office, like school boards.
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Obama/Biden Make Matters Worse, the US Embassy in Kabul Sends out Blank VISA Documents Allowing Non-Americans to Create Their Own US VISA
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/obama-biden-make-matters-worse-us-embassy-kabul-sends-blank-visa-documents-allowing-non-americans-create-us-visa/
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44 – unfucking real
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Did not diminish the crowd or its enthusiasm
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RPR #44 –
You have to wonder if Biden and his handlers take the actions they do because: 1) They hate this country; 2) They are so f’king stupid or 3) All of the above.
My money is on #3.
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Current Chicago count: 40 shot; 5 fatally. This was written at Noon Sunday Chicago Time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/40-shot-5-killed-in-chicago-in-weekend-gun-violence-through-sunday/ar-AANBrLm?ocid=uxbndlbing
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46, Personally I’m glad to see that people have not gone into hibernation but instead are continuing to flock to the DJT banner. I’m also glad to see any efforts to go beyond waiting for some leader to “do something” and for people to start acting without asking permission.
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CA man arrested, on him gun, drugs, and hundreds to thousands of CA recall ballots.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/__trashed-57/#post-comments
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Land of oz – say what we don’t like, organize a protest and get locked up for 8mo as the reward. But you know freedom err something….
https://reclaimthenet.org/victoria-man-who-promoted-anti-lockdown-protest-on-social-media-is-jailed-for-eight-months/
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https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/2021/08/google-paid-phone-manufacturers-to-ditch-third-party-app-stores
Haha not much different than when MS used to offer incentives to OEMs to either ship every product with windows or not offer their machines bare, and of course to not preload Netscape – these activities were deemed anti-competitive and monopolistic by the courts. But for google apparently it’s a-ok?
G – be evil, be evil every day in every way possible.
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This has long struck me as a valid criticism of Bitcoin.
Over time people die, or forget their private key.
If you wait long enough all or at least significant numbers of coins will be lost.
I’m not aware of a way to recover them
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/potentially-lost-bitcoin-dormant-wallets-155105746.html
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bc3b: “Current Chicago count: 40 shot; 5 fatally. This was written at Noon Sunday Chicago Time.”
Geez, bc3b, that was still early in the 3rd Quarter!!
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No way!
Vaccinated Australian Minister Develops Bell’s Palsy on Live Televised COVID-19 Press Conference
Bell’s Palsy is a sudden episode of facial muscle weakness or paralysis.
It’s listed as a potential side effect from the experimental COVID-19 jabs.
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56,
Not Live but it is Memorex — https://welovetrump.com/2021/08/19/vaccinated-australian-minister-develops-bells-palsy-on-live-televised-covid-19-press-conference/ — Almost a perfect episode for ‘Yes Minister’…..
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http://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c11f27665a3c7231e9dbffdf4db397ae79cefad209c9536e856fdd4d8989dac4.jpg
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Australian Minister Develops Bell’s Palsy on Live Television.
Karma be a bitch.
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See #57 to watch it…..
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Now the Aussies are shooting rescue dogs, — https://www.independentsentinel.com/lockdown-aussies-murder-rescue-dogs-in-their-dystopian-hell-state/ — Because of covid?!
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Photo of crowd at Trump rally in Alabama:
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/absolutely-insane-check-out-this-photo-from-the-trump-rally-in-alabama/
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I follow an Aussie on Twitter who works for Rebel News, and I’ve been stunned by the reporting. Somehow I had this stereotype in my mind that their gov and police wouldn’t fall off the edge the way they have.
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I don’t know if any of you have read Salena Zito, but I usually like her take. I think she’s from Pittsburgh, and she has a good read on flyover thinking.
What Biden doesn’t understand
She begins and ends with a comparison to Gettysburg, and how even today, people walk the battlefield and remember.
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Any time you activate the immune system though you can have it end up reacting to something it shouldnt as in low chance you end up w multiple schlerosis or
Myasthenia or…a bell’s palsy.
You could end up with the same thing if you get a flu shot or a shingles shot.
The reason youre seeing it w covid is bc were doing mass vaccination so the numbers of people getting it are so large it’s east for the internet to find some outliers.
There was a conservative talk radio host who preached to his listeners to not get vaxxed, and he died of covid yesterday. Can link if you want.
Hopefully he has few listeners.
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Canaduh plays hard ball.
If some people can vote with no mask, how come others can’t? It’s either safe or not safe to let the unmasked in. It’s not safe for some and unsafe for others.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/21/no-mask-no-vote-canadian-officials-threaten-to-turn-away-unmasked-voters/
Elections Canada has threatened to turn away voters who show up in person to vote without a mask ahead of a national election on September 20th.
The Canadian elections agency held a press conference stating that those who had no medical exemption in areas that required a mask to be worn indoors would be turned away from polling stations and not allowed to cast their vote.
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PRP: To. The. Moon?
BTC knocking on the door of 50K
(Update: no one answered the knock and price fell back a bit)
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I missed with ach news earlier in month
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/08/22322200/binance-and-alchemy-partnership-will-enable-bitcoin-payments-on-shopify-ach-token-rallies-
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idk 50k is a big ceiling usually.
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Holding strong in cardano at the moment debating when to sell it and go heavy on Polkadot rotation
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qanoners boo Trump when he recommends getting vaccinated
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2021/08/22/some-at-alabama-rally-boo-trump-when-he-recommends-getting-vaccinated-n410716
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63,
What the Pols forgot the article points out. There is a difference between losing a war and leaving and just sulking out like a thief in the middle of the night. The other is the way this exit was executed was a desertion of the govt responsibility to not just citizens in Aland, but their own paid for contractors!
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I’m looking to buy avax and FTM also. AVAX just had a big run so that probably not now. These are two smaller eth competitors
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Biden gives the taliban 300 times more guns than he took from Americans during Fast and Furious
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/perspective-biden-afghan-disaster-joe-biden-left-300-times-guns-taliban-fast-furious-program-151-times-potential-hostages-iran-hostage-crisis/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PostTopSharingButtons&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons
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BTC above 50k
Well, I doubt if it’s just crypto. Stocks, precious metals and real estate are also likely to rise as the Dem econ policies gather traction. “Cash is trash”, invest in hard assets.
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“Biden gives the taliban 300 times more guns than he took from Americans during Fast and Furious”
Didn’t F&F give guns to Mexican cartels? Anyway, Taliban got some good stuff: vehicles, planes, copters, drones …
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GWB’s pick for CIA director wants to drop off unvaccinated Trump supporters in Afghanistan to be killed by the Taliban.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/former-cia-director-gen-michael-hayden-says-good-idea-send-unvaccinated-trump-supporters-taliban-controlled-afghanistan/?ff_source=Twitter&ff_medium=PostTopSharingButtons&ff_campaign=websitesharingbuttons
I always considered him the worst president of the last 100 years probably the entire history of the USA.
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btw I preordered Ray Dalio’s new book that is due for November:
The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
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76, that’s pretty indiscreet for an Intel head.
I mean, if he wants to be vaxxed and wear a mask I’m perfectly fine with it. All I ask is for him to let me make my choices, same as I do for him.
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People have opinions. Here are two:
‘Thousands of Americans are stuck over there in Afghanistan and you are letting the Taliban kick your ass, while you are lecturing governors about masks and vaccines. Do your job, bring these Americans home.’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA)
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“I don’t say this lightly and I’ve never said it about anybody else — any other leader in this position. People have been talking about impeaching President Biden. I don’t believe President Biden should be impeached.”
“He’s the commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces who’s just essentially surrendered to the Taliban. He shouldn’t be impeached. He should be court-martialed for betraying the United States of America and the United States armed forces. Colonel Richard Kemp, CBE, formerly in charge of all British military operations in the country
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#74
It’s the bitcoin citadel being build
https://preview.redd.it/9dlt3kpyxw561.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=637630e039652a27fa76ea774805619c1c4eec88
1 million dollars a coin by 2028
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78,
There is a difference. The kings of yore, at least they stood on the battlefield with the rest of the troops and at least took the chance of catching an arrow. We have not had a SecDef that has stood on the field of battle since George C. Marshall. Intel chiefs are spies, lowest of the low.
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Aussie PoPo worse than Taliban? — https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/08/22/australian-police-beating-more-people-in-the-streets-than-the-taliban/
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Greece CAN, we CAN’T? — https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/greece-erects-steel-wall-along-turkish-border-over-afghan-migration-fears