i am just a kitten and not a resource economist or anything, so please forgive me if this is a silly question to which most people know the answer and i do not, but if everyone is maybe so concerned about this:
I solved the high gas prices and high food prices issue completely. I quit driving my car and I don't eat anymore. The CDC and FDA will be monitoring my health status. Both agencies stated that I will be fine as long as I get a vaccine and a booster.
Only a Buddhist ascetic (monk) might truly be that. That requires, of course a rather high commitment and a vow of poverty. Even finding villagers who will give you your bowl of rice a day can be a challenge. (At least, by original rules, you were also allowed to own three robes, your alms bowl and perhaps a few other items.)
Cognitive dissonance I guess. People are largely driven by emotion, not rational thought. Our media and educational system have done their level-best to destroy the critical thinking skills of as many people as possible. Not even when they experience the consequences of their bad decisions do they stop. Think Californtards moving to Texas and Florida and doing the same things that ruined California in their new homes.
they are all just as bad, Reps and Dems. None of them except Johnson lifted a finger to support the damaged and the people who lost loved ones. All in one bag for me.
It isn't your first one. Any time the government has taken something over where you could (before) have chosen among options freely then (after) could choose among what they put before you... and it was most likely done in your best interest. Or for the sake of the children or the old duffers like with the jab. And then there is the "create a problem, make people miserable, then come to the rescue.
That's the end game. Defund the police, let Antifa run amok, demonize gun owners who act in self-defense, declare martial law, and send out the new "woke" federal law enforcement to confiscate guns and arrest gun owners.
For Latin aficionados: Solve et Coagula (dissolve and coagulate). Coincidentally (?), the phrase is tattooed on the forearms of Baphomet, the Freemasonic goat figure.
You could have a group of chimpanzees in the Oval Office making random decisions with a dart board and they could do a better job than President Applesauce Brains. At some point it becomes clear it isn't incompetence - it's deliberate. Had the same feeling during the Obongo years - of course we know who's really running the show, don't we?
In "The Forgotten Man", Shlaes' book on FDR, she recounts that he would decide what the daily price of gold would be in dollars based on whim, astrology, darts...whatever amused him that day...
Yeah, but what are the Republitards going to do when they win back Congress? Have a bunch of "investigations" that result in no action (*cough* Trey Gowdy)? I know, they'll reduce the number of transgendered Generals by 50%! Lindsay Graham, Mittens Romney, et al are already voting to kill end-to-end encryption; failed to show up to vote to defund Biden's vaccine mandate, etc. And where the F*** have they been on Jan. 6th political prisoners? Our "opposition" party is just totalitarianism-lite.
Shhhh. Just keep voting harder, Citizen. Next time we will show those socialists how it's done. Now go back to sleep while we teach your kids about how natgas is White Supremacisms.
I'm seriously considering not voting again. I wasn't going to vote in 2016 until Trump won the nomination, so I did. I quit giving money to the NRSC and other GOP fund raisers years ago. I ONLY gave directly to the Trump campaign.
The parasites need our participation, our validation. What do we get in return? Tyranny.
Outside of hyper local positions and the county sheriff, voting just gives legitimacy to an illegitimate State. Political theater.
But the mythology of Our Democracy is too great for most to reach that conclusion. And the moral self-license that the ritual of voting affords too self-gratifying to replace with actual work to build up our communities.
What is a "vote" in a nation without borders in which the heritage population has no moral authority to self-govern nor assert their interests because racisms or other original sins - and the entirety of its economic and foreign policy are determined by a global cabal who openly state their aim to bring all Nations to heel under their economic hegemony?
While we vote and the uniparty does whatever it wants anyhow, demographics is destiny. Prepare for Brazil. At best.
A once thriving animal has some (in this case) hidden or sudden catastrophe rendering then so ill that they wobble and then hit the floor never to get up again. Now the only thing I think when I look at Dan is he needs a parrot to do his talking for him. OK that's not the only thing. But I am striving for nicer Raptor today. What is GYL?
When Ben Shapiro started advocating for the experimental vax he lost me. I wouldn't drop someone for a minor difference of opinion, but this is major and he was pretending like his wife's word was something from on high. The hubris! Not sure about Maria Bartiromo. I am suspicious.
It's a glimmer of hope, but perhaps false. There are 435 House seats, so even if 30 flipped to R, that would be a whopping 7%. Finally there is the problem that there really isn't much difference between the two major parties. The term "Uniparty" is used with good reason. As some people say, "We aren't going to vote our way out of this mess."
My head spins @ how quickly we went from energy independent & America & Americans FIRST in ALL things to the abuse in ALL things we are subjected to now. The “crisis” in Ukraine is a ruse to distract from Bite-Me’s poll numbers & every disaster here @ home. How in the world do we withstand THREE MORE F’ING YEARS OF THIS S#¡+?!?!
The logic is straightforward. Force supply issues and high prices on oil&gas and it will force investment, innovation and action towards renewables. In their insane minds, all they need to do is turn the screws hard enough and it will usher in an energy utopia.
And the possibility that they are wrong or it doesnt work is casually swept aside because "climate catastrophe, its worth the risk, plus who says the vaccine isn't safe and effective"
They know very well "climate catastrophe" ain't gonna happen. What they are really doing is using that fable to create an energy supply catastrophe, pushing prices of goods they sell sky high and cause impoverishment for the 99% of humanity they don't own. Impoverished people are easier to control, Feudalism is what they seek. And worse than that many of the ruling Davos gang are Malthusians and openly talk about reducing the World population to 500M by end of this century, genocide on a scale never before seen. Led by energy poverty, bioweapons and vaccines that destroy your innate immune system.
Yes that is exactly true. That's why I take issue with the notion that Schwab & gang are creating a technocracy, more like an idiocracy. I read parts of Schwab's 2nd book "The Great Narrative: The Great Reset Part 2" and I've never seen such hogwash. Like this guy doesn't have a clue about even basic science & engineering, his ideas on energy are school boy level. It's like they took their model for the future from Greenpeace's manual for humanity. No wonder our economy is falling apart.
This year's SOTU: "Yay! Since we stopped testing, case rates for the cooties have gone down! This means vaccines are working! We won! Now we can go back to "normal" but we have all these nifty new powers and we can lock down every flu season to save fossil fuels (for your overlords to keep flying their private jets with), we can shut down schools anytime with no notice, so two-working-parent families can just kiss that second income goodbye... who needs a second income anyway, right? It's not discriminating against working women if there's no such thing as women..."
And in less covered news, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has made getting an interstate pipeline project approved subject to much wider interventions by tangentially interested parties claiming "environmental justice" concerns. People are going to be freezing in the dark before they listen.
As a kitten, I believed in coincidences. Now, as a full grown, smart cat who has watched how things play out when orchestrated by evil people with not-so-hidden agendas, I know there’s no such thing😡
👍🏼 And as a full grown, long-in-the-tooth smart cat, I absolutely know there’s no such thing. And … evil is exhausting. So … ummmm … You can spread your mercy anytime soon, Lord. We’s tired of the machinations.
Very true. And if it's control they want, well we could always set them up in Antarctica. The scenery is breathtaking and if they really are worried about global warming they could watch it as it happens right in their own backyard, so to speak.
But if they're really worried about climate change, they should have to get there in a sailboat and heat their base station without fossil fuels. I'd chip in on the fund to send them there!
Why on fossil fuel? They want to fight global warming so let the warm themselves with heat pumps powered by solar panels. Or is that not totally fair and a couple of wind turbines can be thrown in for the winter months?
One of the little-known facts about PV panels is that they require more energy to produce, than they will make in their lifetime. But hey, they are sustainable because 'they' say they are...
It ain't just the political left. The RINO's and Neocons and assorted Libertarians / crony capitalists are joined in. Whereas some on the left aren't onboard with The Agenda, Jimmy Dore being an example. It's really about the Neoliberal/Neocon alliance.
He has quite the pessimistic view of the future of humanity. Most of his concerns are based on running out of oil. Seventeen years ago, he was very concerned that AIDS would be unstoppable. But he did see a virus unleashed on humanity by governments as a likely event.
Yes, these guys ignore the fact that we can replace all the World's energy supply with nuclear. France did half of their primary energy supply with nuclear in 20yrs. That's why the Davos gangsters despise Nuclear energy and have spent the past 50yrs blockading it.
We really need to be able to fire politicians when they’re doing a bad job… They should have to be held to the statements they made in their campaign or they’re out.
He told people he would " follow the experts " about Covid. He also pledged to make great efforts towards renewable energy. What he Didn't say was that the experts he would follow demanded that vaccines were our " only way out of this crisis" and that the Green Revolution would demand he would instantaneously and absolutely tank domestic production of fossil fuels. There were many of us screaming for people to " look at what he's saying!" Prior to the election.
He did say that -Once. If you didn't watch or read all if the few statements that he made during the run offs - then you didn't catch that.
If you didn't think he was telling the American people he would raise gas prices by switching our country to renewables, there's really no sense in me going on. I'm guessing you also believed when they told you the Build Back Better legislation would cost " nothing " .
Canuck here - so please don’t come across the border to throttle me for my cheekiness - but imho there is a problem with midterms. It seems the moment the president is installed s/he starts campaigning for the elections two years out. It looks like there is no real time to settle in, acclimatize, to fully establish an administration. School me gently, remembering I am living under Martial Law imposed by an eejit.
Sending you hope and truth and light to stay strong. Truth will win... it just may take a while. Here in the US, once we went hyper guardrail to guardrail political party ideology-wise and the media now spending 24hrs focused on the headlines and not the real underlying issues, this is where a country ends up. Its a purposeful constant state of panic.
One thing to ponder: Older individuals vote. And tune into cable. And watch cable news that spreads constant disaster porn promoting fear to a fixed income population. I constantly encourage people to cancel cable and the news. This gives people time to think for themselves. I hope you have the same effort to think for themselves in the Great North.
I'm not sure term limits would either. Maybe campaign finance wholesale destruction?
" You get 3 million. That's all. No more than ___ from Super Pacs etc, you get 10 hours of air time, local. You have local debates as you see fit. Federal air time if.... draconian violation penalties..." or something( no...I didn't think about it long...just spit balling)? Just SOME way of getting both Soros and Koch type influences out .
Yes that is the biggest one. 100% public funded elections or at least maximum $25 donations (which they may try to scam, so be careful). No revolving doors. Once you leave political office you can't take a job other than in gov't or small business. In turn triple their salary in office with a good pension, In return no kickbacks, no corruption, no investing, no revolving doors, no pacs, no nepotism, no jobs or cash to relatives. If you don't like those terms then don't bother running for office. There are so many heroes right now, busting their balls, getting sanctioned, fired, bank accounts frozen, doing the real mission, saving humanity, working for nothing and we can't DEMAND our politicians to be TOTALLY INCORRUPTABLE? If you don't like the restrictions of political office, then DON'T BOTHER RUNNING.
Are you wanting to fire Biden for what few statements he made from. His bunker and a couple lame debates? Because he Told the American people he was going to do these things. He made the statements. People just didn't read or read between the Ines.
But how do we get around the problem that far too many voters don't think they're doing a bad job? Although Biden's approval rating is low, nearly half the voters in any poll still say they approve of the job Biden is doing. It's very depressing that so many voters are that stupid and dense.
Apropos this post, I saw a fantastic Tweet the other day, it contained a picture of two people and it read, "One of the people in this photo understands economics. The other person is Paul Krugman." #AndHereWeAre
Ah, but it's all part of the grand plan laid out in poetic prose in Agenda 2030" I read it so you don't have to, but in a nutshell the elites want to destroy the west, so jack up the price of oil, and everything really, make it so prohibitive and expensive to live in urban areas so folk have to move into the cities (easier control), return the countryside to 'nature' (no O&G drilling, lumber, mining) and farming by those they choose. Inflate everything and destroy the value of money, watch while the unrest starts and then send in the goons to beat the one world model into their heads (Ottawa anyone). Now that covid is being exposed as the scam it always was, the only option now is for the elites to show their true selves through violence, censorship and monetary control via the social credit score system. The dopey old guy in the basement and his disciple, Countess Blackface, up here are just doin' what the boss says (CCP, WEF, City of London, Soros, Gates, Blackrock, Vanguard etc) - they'll probably get a decent bonus this year for their excellent work so far.
The only good thing here is the competing interests at the top. Lots of people making bank on oil around the world who want to see it keep flowing. But I've saved your comment, so I can remind myself of what I would have thought crazy not too long ago. Not so much now.
In order to get elected Democrats use narratives. One of the narratives is climate change. This narrative postulates that fossil fuels--by emitting CO2---will destroy the earth. Fanatical Voters who believe this then vote for Democrats. Climate change is a complete lie. But the fanatical voters are about half the country, and include doctors, engineers, and many smart people. The atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen, 0.93% Argon---CO2 is 0.04%. No gas, not even Plutonium, could harm the earth if its concentration is so small, many posers and many govt organizations push this narrative. Govt Agencies receive over $22 billion per year for climate change. This is about the same amount the Pharma companies are making annually on the vaccine. Same effect. Lots of false narratives to push the vaccines.
climate change is real, but always has been. carbon is the myth. climate is moderated by the influence of the sun, and we are currently in a grand solar minimum, which means shit is going to get colder, not warmer, though certainly this is not going to occur in the same manner everywhere: https://electroverse.net/grand-solar-minimum-101-the-future-looks-cold/
That is an important point. The Climate does constantly change--- so climate change is real. The changes in the climate, however are not caused by the CO2 emitted from the burning of fossil fuels-by mankind. Your point is an important one, one that I will remember. Thank you.
So sick of the stupid policy decisions driven by all the anthropogenic climate change BS - if these folks were serious, we’d be all in on nuclear gen III/IV, hydro and nat gas.
Renewables are nice as a complementary source, but are just not realistic – they’re expensive, use dirty components (solar), kill bats/birds (wind), need battery tech that is super lacking, destroy large swaths of the land to use, don’t generate when it’s dark / not windy, and simply can’t create enough energy for the world’s needs.
Have you seen the wind turbine 'graveyards'? They're specialty materials and can't be put in regulandfills when they blow up- which they do frequently.
And what about all the dead electric car batteries that will start to pile up? They were always so worried about nuclear waste...what about the damn batteries?
A possible truth... I will let you decide... but before you agree or disagree... go to a quiet place, close your eyes, think about what I am about to say and just listen for two minutes... then decide. In the process of the truth "setting you free," truth will identify itself as such... but you have to listen quietly with your heart to hear.
POSTULATE: Joe Biden is nothing more than Satan's tool... Satan is attacking this world with just about everything he has right now. And the United States' slogan of "In God We Trust" makes it a major, major target for Satan. So indeed, Satan, through Joe Biden, is absolutely doing all he can to intentionally destroy this country. Joe may or may not be evil himself (God will judge that); but clearly, Joe is weak, and hence an easy target for Satan. Thus, it may not be true that Joe Biden is "intentionally destroying America," but it is absolutely true that Satan is.
Let me know if you believe this postulate is the truth.
If you agree... pray... and pray a lot! (I suspect you already are and thank you!!)
If you disagree... I will pray for you... a lot!
I am already praying for our country and world.
One last thing... please... vote against liberalism, wokeism, and far-left politics... vote centrist or conservative, either party will do. But vote for strength in character, rough or not (often rough though, so get over it). In short, be smart and vote against stupidity and weakness!
Evil is not the best case scenario. Stupidity can be corrected, new approaches taken to solve problems. Intentional destruction is terrifying. We have three more years of this?
This is nothing yet! Wait until you protest the gas prices and inflation…label you a domestic terrorist…then they will de-personhood you with freezing your bank account. That’s coming soon.
They're not panicking because the price of oil went up- this was the goal.
They're panicking because less of America is as brainwashed and docile as they were lead to believe, and they now have to implement The Great Reset that the WEF demands in a hostile environment.
it was true for a minute. it's rapidly becoming untrue.
we have prevented exploration and drilling, barred federal leases, stopped pipelines, and generated massive labor shortages with new rules and covidian nonsense.
the northeast is literally bringing in LNG from trinidad on ships to meet demand despite being next to some of the most prolific gas fields in the world in pennsylvania because we cannot build a pipeline and the RTO structure of alleged deregulation has turned out to be a total fail that resulted in more regulation and less systemic accountability.
it's also a global commodity, so even if we have supply here, oil will rise in cost if global markets move. (gas, less so)
The answer to Jack's question is, no, you are not wrong, but the government has prevented the utilization of those resources by various methods.
In November of 2020, I paid $1.89/gallon for gasoline because...America First. We could go back to those happy times of the past if the government in control didn't prevent it.
They won't even allow us to drill here in NE PA. Dem Governor Wolf unilaterally entered a pact with NY and NJ to block all drilling in the Delaware River Basin, citing environmental threats. My area, Wayne County, has some of the deepest shale and both wet and dry gas reserves in the northeast. I'm sitting on almost half a million dollars of gas I can't lease the rights to. Instead, I buy about $200/month worth of propane, a real slap in the face.
Here's where it gets strange- they can and do drill all along the Susquehanna River and use it for fracking fluid. The Susquehanna is the governor's own drinking water source, not the Delaware.
Apparently, there are only environmental threats when it suits the dem narrative. The downstate dems all got involved and sued to keep us from drilling, with zero personal stake in the matter. Infuriating.
Asked and answered. The western world seems determined to commit self harm on a massive scale. Ps. Thanks for your all your great work, a bit of sanity in the madness.
He is definitely trying to destroy America. That's what the lock downs were intended to do. That's what everything to diminish our liberty and take control of our ability to thrive financially, has been thrust on the US citizen in the name of a virus with a 99.3% survival rate. It's always been our politicians goal, using the WEF playbook.
So many live in a fantasy world of their own creation, shaped by participation medals, equity, and media brainwashing. They simply have no idea how real things work, or even what actually exists versus what is just hype. Stupid people didn't used to have much power. because the world was a meritocracy and a real place that required you to actually create value and have character to move up. Now social media and connectivity have given useless, clueless folks influence in a virtual world, and exerts no leverage on them to face reality. So no surprise we are fighting to save the real world while they are arguing for equity, solar cars and wind powered aircraft. Oil is dirty - is makes CO2 and that kills the planet. It's so simple you morons! If we all just masked - er vaxed - er locked-down - er wind-powered - yeah that's it - harder, this would all be over. Can't you morons see that?!
Right, Left, Democrat, Republican. Almost no politician, those people who increase in power as they do the bidding of some special interest, prioritizes you, me or our families. No matter where on the political spectrum we fall, there are tons of issues on which many of us agree. Regulatory capture, censorship to name just two which brought many of us here. I'm sure there are many more. It wasn't just truckers in Canada who protested against mandates. Thank God for the truckers. But they also showed the way. We can come together and throw these traitors out of office and into jail for some of them. The alternative is they will keep crushing us as they pit us against each other from above.
The baby boomer generation has completely failed their children and subsequent generations. We have gone from the Greatest Generation to the Most Failed Generation in the span of barely a single generation. From the generation that rescued the world from tyranny to the one that willingly gave it all back. From the generation that sacrificed everything for our freedom to the generation that sacrificed nothing and sold our children’s futures for a few bucks. We are substantively no different from Xi’s China, Putin’s Russia or any of the other totalitarian regimes past or present. If they make any attempt at all to hide it, those in control simply offer feeble excuses to those who refuse to believe even as they watch their freedoms trampled and their neighbors isolated and scorned or jailed.
We no longer live in a free country. Many may not yet see it, but it has happened. We now live at the whim of the ruling class. They allow us only the freedoms they chose. They impose the rules and force us to comply by any means necessary - taking control of government through elections legitimate and otherwise; turning schools into indoctrination camps; turning media and into propaganda mouthpieces; stifling free speech through social media controls; turning our courts and system of justice into rubber stamps for their tyrannical rules and regulations; conspiring with our enemies to sell out our freedom, weaponize governmental agencies against citizens and implement tyrannical controls; using manipulation, bribery, fear, intimidation and force to achieve submission. Those who dare step out of line are punished. Those who join the conspiracy and use their influence to help implement order or who meekly follow their rules and please them are granted special favors - just as with every totalitarian regime throughout history. They have usurped our democracy through corruption, deceit and manipulation without us even recognizing it, and will now use force and all means necessary to retain control.
I'm sitting on the other side of the world and I have to think about what I type, where I'm typing it, have to reedit so my comments aren't censored. All because some IT exec, wanker, has decided I shouldn't be allowed to say or read about something, anything. How that has become normal, even cheered-on, is totally beyond my comprehension.
$7/gallon gas is only one problem. I suggest everyone does some research to see the myriad of products that can't be manufactured without petroleum products. Brace for the impact of price increases coming for just about everything synthetic or plastic as well added cost of transportation and asphalt roads to name a few. Good luck building replacement "green" energy sources out of natural materials.
thank you north face is a video worth looking up, watching, and sharing.
Destruction of every aspect of life and chaos is the goal. It pits people against each other. Food, energy, crime, healthcare- all deliberately destroyed esp at the local levels. Inflation is a great way to suck the savings from the middle class. All of this makes for a society that is easier to control.
The state has figured out how to make a business from COVID testing; coercion of all officials from top to bottom to follow through on COVID mandates was easy, just another peg in the machine for us, so federal COVID dollars can now be used for their true intended purposes.
Putin just chopped off the Biden corruptocracy (see cash cow) in Ukraine - thats* why it's a 'crisis'. Just last week, the EU floated 'pausing Nordstream 2' development as part of their Washington induced hallucination/strategy to 'keep Putin from invading* Ukraine'...what a joke. No question that got the attention of Putin's teams, and they took action; what did they actually have to lose?
Has Biden and his monkey's truly deluded themselves to the point they actually believe sanctions against Russia have any teeth? They are basically sanction proof at this point, especially since Biden's idiotic, borderline psychopathic posturing the past year toward Russia drove them straight to a bona-fide partnership with China... the incompetence and hubris of O'Biden and their handlers... is just staggering...
The Germans must be sh***ing themselves about now, considering Nordstream 2 was going to be their main source of fuel in the coming years.
Oil was at $98/barrel yesterday - and very possibly could run up to $150-200, so Putin and Russia are making a fortune while Sleepy Joe, his moronic handlers in the US, EU and Davos have been absolutely stomped into irrelevancy. In the US, we very easily could see $7/gallon fuel.
Obama and Biden CREATED this mess in 2014, and have been openly profiting from it ever since. And since Biden's global anti-Russia/Russia/Russia messaging of 'imminent invasion!', the Ukraine economy has absolutely flat-lined, and it isn't going to get any better. (I'm sure the Ukrainian's just looove/love/love Sleepy Joe and Obama.)
Putin's recognition of the Donbass Republics was a masterstroke; he was then invited! to enter the regions as peacekeeping mission, it exposed Biden and the EU and their unimaginable incompetence in geopolitics, stopped the bloodshed of Donbass region civilians at the hands of the Ukrainian regime shelling them.
So....now that O'Biden has been handed his a$$ on the world's political stage (where he was counting on SOME kind of foreign policy 'win') ...what manufactured crisis will they come up with next?
...hmmm.....hello, American Middle Class Red-State 'Deplorables'?
The collection of future WEF Serfdoms, oops, I mean completely bankrupt welfare / warfare states masquerading as liberal democracies, need major distractions for the sustained fear and "democratic" support of the Eloi. Now that the Wuhan virus hysteria faces what has become a mild endemic variant, the Morlocks must revert back to the long-continuing CAGW hysteria and the war against the most critical compound to the ecosphere. Within that distraction is the sub-distraction of the myth of the physically possible conversion to wind and solar power which are barely energy positive under life-cycle analyses and little more than grid parasites when employed. The reality is that prosperity for the wealthy fraction of the planet and mere existence for the rest is dependent on fossil fuels until or if there is a serious move to nuclear power or other high density energy technology. Until then, oil and gas prices are proving this thesis correct.
"either they don’t know where oil comes from or they actually think this is a good idea!"
Everybody knows oil comes from decaying dinosaurs! And there ain't anymore T-Rexes left to decay. Carter told us that back in the 70's when we ran out of oil permanently and entered the next Ice Age. Dontcha people remember that?" It's science!
gasoline is high for two reasons and they are related: omicron freight did not reduce economic activity in most of the first world (demand up), and biden has green fascists impeding us and international energy supply chains.
not a bit from ukraine which is becoming excuse for everything
now that they are embarrassed to keep blaming trump
I solved the high gas prices and high food prices issue completely. I quit driving my car and I don't eat anymore. The CDC and FDA will be monitoring my health status. Both agencies stated that I will be fine as long as I get a vaccine and a booster.
See, you own nothing and you're happy!
Not yet. I am going to file bankruptcy next month and stick the IRS and the banks with the bill. Then I am moving to Panama. Then I will be happy.
Looking into Mexico and Honduras, countries that did not press the jabs and gave out the real cure
Just remember, you owe U.S. taxes for at least two years after you leave.
I only have SS. I'll save you spot on the beach.
Your SS payments must be tiny - the rules and limits are very low: https://www.usofaexpattax.com/Expat-Filing-Requirements.php
Only a Buddhist ascetic (monk) might truly be that. That requires, of course a rather high commitment and a vow of poverty. Even finding villagers who will give you your bowl of rice a day can be a challenge. (At least, by original rules, you were also allowed to own three robes, your alms bowl and perhaps a few other items.)
why are there still people who are so happy with Biden. Are they sick?
I am 100% sick of the leftist administration and all of the destruction to our country and it;s citizens
Cognitive dissonance I guess. People are largely driven by emotion, not rational thought. Our media and educational system have done their level-best to destroy the critical thinking skills of as many people as possible. Not even when they experience the consequences of their bad decisions do they stop. Think Californtards moving to Texas and Florida and doing the same things that ruined California in their new homes.
Those states should restrict voting there until you’ve been a resident for 10 years.
Make it 10 generations and it may work.
I can see your reasoning for that.
The truth of just how upset Americans are or are not with Prog government will be known in early November...
they will manipulate it, expect it.
But most of the Republican candidates wear masks alone in their cars.
they are all just as bad, Reps and Dems. None of them except Johnson lifted a finger to support the damaged and the people who lost loved ones. All in one bag for me.
And none of the R's have been saying a thing about events in Canada.
Yeah I thought they were getting sick of Newsome and maybe even Trudy but we saw how that worked out!
They were taught that Trump is extremely evil, and so they're all just saying, "At least he's not Trump..." Its really that simple.
I actually expected open civil war before now.
This is only my first one, but I’m already hating totalitarian power-grabs.
They come in all sorts of varieties, but at root they are all the same. "We want your stuff and to tell you what to do..."
“…and we want a crapload of you to die.”
It isn't your first one. Any time the government has taken something over where you could (before) have chosen among options freely then (after) could choose among what they put before you... and it was most likely done in your best interest. Or for the sake of the children or the old duffers like with the jab. And then there is the "create a problem, make people miserable, then come to the rescue.
I'm glad you hate it.
As has been said before,
"If he *were* trying to destroy America...what would he do differently?"
Nothing. Occam's Razor.
The WEF globalist dream can't be realized until America is crushed.
And that won't happen because Americans are still armed. Get a WEF Republican Congress and we can see that aspect of our freedom assaulted.
That's the end game. Defund the police, let Antifa run amok, demonize gun owners who act in self-defense, declare martial law, and send out the new "woke" federal law enforcement to confiscate guns and arrest gun owners.
antifa in portland learned a few days ago, some of their victims shoot back....
let it be known black block shows up in my neighbor and locked and loaded!
They've been learning how to fight but they're not naturals. I hope they get a whipping.
Devil's advocate: If he were *trying* to destroy America.... he'd probably find a way to make it great again by accident.
LLOLF, yep, I see your point!
Oh it most certainly is intentional - gotta break it so you are the one to rebuild it … pol pot, mao, Trudeau I and II…etc
I thought the same with Obama...now I realize that he hadn't even taken off the gloves.
Practice round
But this Great Leap Forward will be 100% renewable, green, and diverse!
And the war on pests. Wait until you find out who the pests are this time!
For Latin aficionados: Solve et Coagula (dissolve and coagulate). Coincidentally (?), the phrase is tattooed on the forearms of Baphomet, the Freemasonic goat figure.
You could have a group of chimpanzees in the Oval Office making random decisions with a dart board and they could do a better job than President Applesauce Brains. At some point it becomes clear it isn't incompetence - it's deliberate. Had the same feeling during the Obongo years - of course we know who's really running the show, don't we?
In "The Forgotten Man", Shlaes' book on FDR, she recounts that he would decide what the daily price of gold would be in dollars based on whim, astrology, darts...whatever amused him that day...
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Exactly. Prez Bidet isn't deciding anything, he just reads a teleprompter.
So far, 30 Dem members of the US House decline to run for re-election in the mid-terms.This is a recent record.
Biden is poison to them now.
Yeah, but what are the Republitards going to do when they win back Congress? Have a bunch of "investigations" that result in no action (*cough* Trey Gowdy)? I know, they'll reduce the number of transgendered Generals by 50%! Lindsay Graham, Mittens Romney, et al are already voting to kill end-to-end encryption; failed to show up to vote to defund Biden's vaccine mandate, etc. And where the F*** have they been on Jan. 6th political prisoners? Our "opposition" party is just totalitarianism-lite.
Shhhh. Just keep voting harder, Citizen. Next time we will show those socialists how it's done. Now go back to sleep while we teach your kids about how natgas is White Supremacisms.
I'm seriously considering not voting again. I wasn't going to vote in 2016 until Trump won the nomination, so I did. I quit giving money to the NRSC and other GOP fund raisers years ago. I ONLY gave directly to the Trump campaign.
The parasites need our participation, our validation. What do we get in return? Tyranny.
Outside of hyper local positions and the county sheriff, voting just gives legitimacy to an illegitimate State. Political theater.
But the mythology of Our Democracy is too great for most to reach that conclusion. And the moral self-license that the ritual of voting affords too self-gratifying to replace with actual work to build up our communities.
What is a "vote" in a nation without borders in which the heritage population has no moral authority to self-govern nor assert their interests because racisms or other original sins - and the entirety of its economic and foreign policy are determined by a global cabal who openly state their aim to bring all Nations to heel under their economic hegemony?
While we vote and the uniparty does whatever it wants anyhow, demographics is destiny. Prepare for Brazil. At best.
Agree. Haven't voted in the slave state of NY for 30 years. The same master, different name.
Local elections yes. National elections? Not for me. Usually a choice between two career politicians. Never again
Or as in the great South Park episode, a giant douche or a turd sandwich.
Remember, with a turd sandwich, the more bread you have the less turd you have to eat. Ergo, pols crave more power and money...
I'm worried that they were pressured to drop out so that the spots could be filled with WEF drones
Dang I’m sorry I read that, Jasmine. I could have gone all day without thinking it.
Why? Republicans like Dan Crenshaw are Global Young Leaders... Noone had to be pressured when the ranks are already being filled...
With wef candidates on both sides they don't have to worry about hackers manipulating elections.
Dan Crenshaw turning into a downer cow really depressed me.
Ok...I gotta know what a " downer cow" is! And yeah. What also made my eyes roll... Tulsa Gabbard speaking at CPAC...and also apparently being a GYL.
A once thriving animal has some (in this case) hidden or sudden catastrophe rendering then so ill that they wobble and then hit the floor never to get up again. Now the only thing I think when I look at Dan is he needs a parrot to do his talking for him. OK that's not the only thing. But I am striving for nicer Raptor today. What is GYL?
Ivanka depressed me.
Me too sister. I can't even look at her without shuddering. Her husband did good things in the ME, but he is a creepy creeper from a creepy family.
Her husband creeped me too. But when I saw her on the wef list 🤮
I'm afraid to trust Trump again
It’s the quantity of GYL’s that is shocking. I don’t believe any are trustworthy ... Ben Shapiro, Maria Bartiromo either
When Ben Shapiro started advocating for the experimental vax he lost me. I wouldn't drop someone for a minor difference of opinion, but this is major and he was pretending like his wife's word was something from on high. The hubris! Not sure about Maria Bartiromo. I am suspicious.
Good grief. Is there a list of all the GYLs anywhere?
Does GYL = Global Young Leaders?
Oh dear god! You have a very good point. I didn’t think of that😟
Is that WEF drones who appear as Republicans on the ticket? Would be an easy win and really who checks on candidates' backgrounds anymore (sarc).
Then again, who even in 2020 had heard of WEF, Schwab or the YGL program? First comes awareness, then comes action...
My first thought as well.
Unfortunately, my exact thoughts as well!!
...and burning the ground behind them because...well... what do they care?
It's a glimmer of hope, but perhaps false. There are 435 House seats, so even if 30 flipped to R, that would be a whopping 7%. Finally there is the problem that there really isn't much difference between the two major parties. The term "Uniparty" is used with good reason. As some people say, "We aren't going to vote our way out of this mess."
"We aren't going to vote our way out of this mess." Correct
They are trying to remove carbon aka humans
That's what "sustainable" is codeword for: Depopulation.
My head spins @ how quickly we went from energy independent & America & Americans FIRST in ALL things to the abuse in ALL things we are subjected to now. The “crisis” in Ukraine is a ruse to distract from Bite-Me’s poll numbers & every disaster here @ home. How in the world do we withstand THREE MORE F’ING YEARS OF THIS S#¡+?!?!
The logic is straightforward. Force supply issues and high prices on oil&gas and it will force investment, innovation and action towards renewables. In their insane minds, all they need to do is turn the screws hard enough and it will usher in an energy utopia.
And the possibility that they are wrong or it doesnt work is casually swept aside because "climate catastrophe, its worth the risk, plus who says the vaccine isn't safe and effective"
Nutjobs
They know very well "climate catastrophe" ain't gonna happen. What they are really doing is using that fable to create an energy supply catastrophe, pushing prices of goods they sell sky high and cause impoverishment for the 99% of humanity they don't own. Impoverished people are easier to control, Feudalism is what they seek. And worse than that many of the ruling Davos gang are Malthusians and openly talk about reducing the World population to 500M by end of this century, genocide on a scale never before seen. Led by energy poverty, bioweapons and vaccines that destroy your innate immune system.
Yes that is exactly true. That's why I take issue with the notion that Schwab & gang are creating a technocracy, more like an idiocracy. I read parts of Schwab's 2nd book "The Great Narrative: The Great Reset Part 2" and I've never seen such hogwash. Like this guy doesn't have a clue about even basic science & engineering, his ideas on energy are school boy level. It's like they took their model for the future from Greenpeace's manual for humanity. No wonder our economy is falling apart.
Brawndo™ has what plants need!
the SOTU address is going to be short
its in a shit state
This year's SOTU: "Yay! Since we stopped testing, case rates for the cooties have gone down! This means vaccines are working! We won! Now we can go back to "normal" but we have all these nifty new powers and we can lock down every flu season to save fossil fuels (for your overlords to keep flying their private jets with), we can shut down schools anytime with no notice, so two-working-parent families can just kiss that second income goodbye... who needs a second income anyway, right? It's not discriminating against working women if there's no such thing as women..."
Biden will crow that he's made stocks very cheap so even the poor can buy them now...
classic leftist logic, the poor don't need food or shelter or health they can just buy shares in Pfizer
To friends suggesting that this fighting on Europe's border is important for America, I say this:
"Great, when will your children enlist? Put them on the front lines?"
Literally takes the wind out of them.
And in less covered news, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has made getting an interstate pipeline project approved subject to much wider interventions by tangentially interested parties claiming "environmental justice" concerns. People are going to be freezing in the dark before they listen.
I think I need to see some of the napping curriculum from kittengarten because I'm just so tired these days.
As a kitten, I believed in coincidences. Now, as a full grown, smart cat who has watched how things play out when orchestrated by evil people with not-so-hidden agendas, I know there’s no such thing😡
👍🏼 And as a full grown, long-in-the-tooth smart cat, I absolutely know there’s no such thing. And … evil is exhausting. So … ummmm … You can spread your mercy anytime soon, Lord. We’s tired of the machinations.
Correct. “It’s this way because someone wants it this way.”
Yes, the political Left in North America seems to be hell bent on destroying the continent with their lockdowns and restrictions
I wished it was only in North America! They do the same shit everywhere:
- Destroy education.
- Destroy public safety (criminals into the streets)
- Etc.
Very true. And if it's control they want, well we could always set them up in Antarctica. The scenery is breathtaking and if they really are worried about global warming they could watch it as it happens right in their own backyard, so to speak.
But if they're really worried about climate change, they should have to get there in a sailboat and heat their base station without fossil fuels. I'd chip in on the fund to send them there!
Why on fossil fuel? They want to fight global warming so let the warm themselves with heat pumps powered by solar panels. Or is that not totally fair and a couple of wind turbines can be thrown in for the winter months?
One of the little-known facts about PV panels is that they require more energy to produce, than they will make in their lifetime. But hey, they are sustainable because 'they' say they are...
They sustain ill-conceived green companies and their pocket lining in Congress...durrrr
Yes, Texas had such a good run with wind turbines for winter heating. I think they should definitely heat their arctic base with 100% wind power.
" without fossil fuels"
No no. If they think we are too many people on this earth, please leave it asap.
Look on the bright side.... NO MEAN TWEETS! Boy are we lucky!
It ain't just the political left. The RINO's and Neocons and assorted Libertarians / crony capitalists are joined in. Whereas some on the left aren't onboard with The Agenda, Jimmy Dore being an example. It's really about the Neoliberal/Neocon alliance.
And of course all government vehicles will soon be electric. I wonder if these dumb f?cks know where electricity comes from…
From PV panels that take more energy to make, than they will ever produce, of course... ;-)
Not to mention how these vehicles are built.
If you are not familiar with James Howard Kunstler's "The Long Emergency" which came out in 2005, read it. Then you will understand what is going on.
He has quite the pessimistic view of the future of humanity. Most of his concerns are based on running out of oil. Seventeen years ago, he was very concerned that AIDS would be unstoppable. But he did see a virus unleashed on humanity by governments as a likely event.
Yes, these guys ignore the fact that we can replace all the World's energy supply with nuclear. France did half of their primary energy supply with nuclear in 20yrs. That's why the Davos gangsters despise Nuclear energy and have spent the past 50yrs blockading it.
Joe “Wrecking Ball” Biden.
Obama's Rockefeller stooge Science Advisor stated his goal is to de-industrialize America.
We really need to be able to fire politicians when they’re doing a bad job… They should have to be held to the statements they made in their campaign or they’re out.
No he literally said he would not mandate vaccines. He told people he would raise gas prices?
He told people he would " follow the experts " about Covid. He also pledged to make great efforts towards renewable energy. What he Didn't say was that the experts he would follow demanded that vaccines were our " only way out of this crisis" and that the Green Revolution would demand he would instantaneously and absolutely tank domestic production of fossil fuels. There were many of us screaming for people to " look at what he's saying!" Prior to the election.
He did say that -Once. If you didn't watch or read all if the few statements that he made during the run offs - then you didn't catch that.
If you didn't think he was telling the American people he would raise gas prices by switching our country to renewables, there's really no sense in me going on. I'm guessing you also believed when they told you the Build Back Better legislation would cost " nothing " .
That would be something now, wouldn't it! 3 promises broken, automatic new election.
Or term limits, that would also do the trick.
Canuck here - so please don’t come across the border to throttle me for my cheekiness - but imho there is a problem with midterms. It seems the moment the president is installed s/he starts campaigning for the elections two years out. It looks like there is no real time to settle in, acclimatize, to fully establish an administration. School me gently, remembering I am living under Martial Law imposed by an eejit.
Sending you hope and truth and light to stay strong. Truth will win... it just may take a while. Here in the US, once we went hyper guardrail to guardrail political party ideology-wise and the media now spending 24hrs focused on the headlines and not the real underlying issues, this is where a country ends up. Its a purposeful constant state of panic.
One thing to ponder: Older individuals vote. And tune into cable. And watch cable news that spreads constant disaster porn promoting fear to a fixed income population. I constantly encourage people to cancel cable and the news. This gives people time to think for themselves. I hope you have the same effort to think for themselves in the Great North.
another held captive cdn here...you are really too kind referring to it as an 'eejit.'
I'm not sure term limits would either. Maybe campaign finance wholesale destruction?
" You get 3 million. That's all. No more than ___ from Super Pacs etc, you get 10 hours of air time, local. You have local debates as you see fit. Federal air time if.... draconian violation penalties..." or something( no...I didn't think about it long...just spit balling)? Just SOME way of getting both Soros and Koch type influences out .
This could be it's own substack in and of itself. I'd read and comment!
Yes that is the biggest one. 100% public funded elections or at least maximum $25 donations (which they may try to scam, so be careful). No revolving doors. Once you leave political office you can't take a job other than in gov't or small business. In turn triple their salary in office with a good pension, In return no kickbacks, no corruption, no investing, no revolving doors, no pacs, no nepotism, no jobs or cash to relatives. If you don't like those terms then don't bother running for office. There are so many heroes right now, busting their balls, getting sanctioned, fired, bank accounts frozen, doing the real mission, saving humanity, working for nothing and we can't DEMAND our politicians to be TOTALLY INCORRUPTABLE? If you don't like the restrictions of political office, then DON'T BOTHER RUNNING.
Are you wanting to fire Biden for what few statements he made from. His bunker and a couple lame debates? Because he Told the American people he was going to do these things. He made the statements. People just didn't read or read between the Ines.
But how do we get around the problem that far too many voters don't think they're doing a bad job? Although Biden's approval rating is low, nearly half the voters in any poll still say they approve of the job Biden is doing. It's very depressing that so many voters are that stupid and dense.
Apropos this post, I saw a fantastic Tweet the other day, it contained a picture of two people and it read, "One of the people in this photo understands economics. The other person is Paul Krugman." #AndHereWeAre
Ah, but it's all part of the grand plan laid out in poetic prose in Agenda 2030" I read it so you don't have to, but in a nutshell the elites want to destroy the west, so jack up the price of oil, and everything really, make it so prohibitive and expensive to live in urban areas so folk have to move into the cities (easier control), return the countryside to 'nature' (no O&G drilling, lumber, mining) and farming by those they choose. Inflate everything and destroy the value of money, watch while the unrest starts and then send in the goons to beat the one world model into their heads (Ottawa anyone). Now that covid is being exposed as the scam it always was, the only option now is for the elites to show their true selves through violence, censorship and monetary control via the social credit score system. The dopey old guy in the basement and his disciple, Countess Blackface, up here are just doin' what the boss says (CCP, WEF, City of London, Soros, Gates, Blackrock, Vanguard etc) - they'll probably get a decent bonus this year for their excellent work so far.
The only good thing here is the competing interests at the top. Lots of people making bank on oil around the world who want to see it keep flowing. But I've saved your comment, so I can remind myself of what I would have thought crazy not too long ago. Not so much now.
In order to get elected Democrats use narratives. One of the narratives is climate change. This narrative postulates that fossil fuels--by emitting CO2---will destroy the earth. Fanatical Voters who believe this then vote for Democrats. Climate change is a complete lie. But the fanatical voters are about half the country, and include doctors, engineers, and many smart people. The atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen, 0.93% Argon---CO2 is 0.04%. No gas, not even Plutonium, could harm the earth if its concentration is so small, many posers and many govt organizations push this narrative. Govt Agencies receive over $22 billion per year for climate change. This is about the same amount the Pharma companies are making annually on the vaccine. Same effect. Lots of false narratives to push the vaccines.
climate change is real, but always has been. carbon is the myth. climate is moderated by the influence of the sun, and we are currently in a grand solar minimum, which means shit is going to get colder, not warmer, though certainly this is not going to occur in the same manner everywhere: https://electroverse.net/grand-solar-minimum-101-the-future-looks-cold/
you can tax carbon, but you can't tax the sun!
That is an important point. The Climate does constantly change--- so climate change is real. The changes in the climate, however are not caused by the CO2 emitted from the burning of fossil fuels-by mankind. Your point is an important one, one that I will remember. Thank you.
More: https://strangesounds.org/2021/04/grand-solar-minimum-cycle-duration.html
Stick "m1 money supply" into your favorite search engine (hopefully not Goggle).
Look at official Fed chart, adjust for max time.
Try not to cry.
You ain't seen nothin' yet...
Let's go, Brandon.
So sick of the stupid policy decisions driven by all the anthropogenic climate change BS - if these folks were serious, we’d be all in on nuclear gen III/IV, hydro and nat gas.
Renewables are nice as a complementary source, but are just not realistic – they’re expensive, use dirty components (solar), kill bats/birds (wind), need battery tech that is super lacking, destroy large swaths of the land to use, don’t generate when it’s dark / not windy, and simply can’t create enough energy for the world’s needs.
Have you seen the wind turbine 'graveyards'? They're specialty materials and can't be put in regulandfills when they blow up- which they do frequently.
And what about all the dead electric car batteries that will start to pile up? They were always so worried about nuclear waste...what about the damn batteries?
Exactly. Same with all the toxic chemicals in solar.
We're not even going to get into the aspects ( both ecological and moral ) of rare earth mining in those few places that have them...
A possible truth... I will let you decide... but before you agree or disagree... go to a quiet place, close your eyes, think about what I am about to say and just listen for two minutes... then decide. In the process of the truth "setting you free," truth will identify itself as such... but you have to listen quietly with your heart to hear.
POSTULATE: Joe Biden is nothing more than Satan's tool... Satan is attacking this world with just about everything he has right now. And the United States' slogan of "In God We Trust" makes it a major, major target for Satan. So indeed, Satan, through Joe Biden, is absolutely doing all he can to intentionally destroy this country. Joe may or may not be evil himself (God will judge that); but clearly, Joe is weak, and hence an easy target for Satan. Thus, it may not be true that Joe Biden is "intentionally destroying America," but it is absolutely true that Satan is.
Let me know if you believe this postulate is the truth.
If you agree... pray... and pray a lot! (I suspect you already are and thank you!!)
If you disagree... I will pray for you... a lot!
I am already praying for our country and world.
One last thing... please... vote against liberalism, wokeism, and far-left politics... vote centrist or conservative, either party will do. But vote for strength in character, rough or not (often rough though, so get over it). In short, be smart and vote against stupidity and weakness!
LOVE
Agreed. The power of prayer is nothing to trifle with, and each of us can do it. Pray unceasingly.
One last thing... vote for someone who is in favor of and will vote for term limits. Imposing term limits will help us a lot.
Look at how long Joe Biden has been in office. 50 years. We would be so much better had limits kicked in 40 years ago.
If your identity is ever revealed and you turn out to be a dog, I'm going to be seriously pissed.
Evil is not the best case scenario. Stupidity can be corrected, new approaches taken to solve problems. Intentional destruction is terrifying. We have three more years of this?
This is nothing yet! Wait until you protest the gas prices and inflation…label you a domestic terrorist…then they will de-personhood you with freezing your bank account. That’s coming soon.
I'm very dismayed to hear such ignorant takes like "Biden is completely incompetent." "Biden is terrible at his job." "Biden is clueless."
It assumes that Biden wants what is best for America. It is the exact opposite.
And when normies start to understand bidens objective. They will realize he is extremely successful at his goal of destroying the U.S.
And this is only a year in....
Biden it a toadie of the Davos Bankster Psychopaths. They pull his strings just like they pull Trudeau's and Freeland's.
It truly is insane. The Left demands the US be "carbon neutral" by 2050, then panics when the price of oil skyrockets.
You'd think they'd be partying in the streets instead of asking OPEC to pump more black death to keep prices low....
They're not panicking because the price of oil went up- this was the goal.
They're panicking because less of America is as brainwashed and docile as they were lead to believe, and they now have to implement The Great Reset that the WEF demands in a hostile environment.
Last time I looked the USA was self sufficient in shale gas and oil. Am I wrong?
it was true for a minute. it's rapidly becoming untrue.
we have prevented exploration and drilling, barred federal leases, stopped pipelines, and generated massive labor shortages with new rules and covidian nonsense.
the northeast is literally bringing in LNG from trinidad on ships to meet demand despite being next to some of the most prolific gas fields in the world in pennsylvania because we cannot build a pipeline and the RTO structure of alleged deregulation has turned out to be a total fail that resulted in more regulation and less systemic accountability.
it's also a global commodity, so even if we have supply here, oil will rise in cost if global markets move. (gas, less so)
The answer to Jack's question is, no, you are not wrong, but the government has prevented the utilization of those resources by various methods.
In November of 2020, I paid $1.89/gallon for gasoline because...America First. We could go back to those happy times of the past if the government in control didn't prevent it.
They won't even allow us to drill here in NE PA. Dem Governor Wolf unilaterally entered a pact with NY and NJ to block all drilling in the Delaware River Basin, citing environmental threats. My area, Wayne County, has some of the deepest shale and both wet and dry gas reserves in the northeast. I'm sitting on almost half a million dollars of gas I can't lease the rights to. Instead, I buy about $200/month worth of propane, a real slap in the face.
Here's where it gets strange- they can and do drill all along the Susquehanna River and use it for fracking fluid. The Susquehanna is the governor's own drinking water source, not the Delaware.
Apparently, there are only environmental threats when it suits the dem narrative. The downstate dems all got involved and sued to keep us from drilling, with zero personal stake in the matter. Infuriating.
Asked and answered. The western world seems determined to commit self harm on a massive scale. Ps. Thanks for your all your great work, a bit of sanity in the madness.
Were are capable of being so, and were for that very short time.
He is definitely trying to destroy America. That's what the lock downs were intended to do. That's what everything to diminish our liberty and take control of our ability to thrive financially, has been thrust on the US citizen in the name of a virus with a 99.3% survival rate. It's always been our politicians goal, using the WEF playbook.
So many live in a fantasy world of their own creation, shaped by participation medals, equity, and media brainwashing. They simply have no idea how real things work, or even what actually exists versus what is just hype. Stupid people didn't used to have much power. because the world was a meritocracy and a real place that required you to actually create value and have character to move up. Now social media and connectivity have given useless, clueless folks influence in a virtual world, and exerts no leverage on them to face reality. So no surprise we are fighting to save the real world while they are arguing for equity, solar cars and wind powered aircraft. Oil is dirty - is makes CO2 and that kills the planet. It's so simple you morons! If we all just masked - er vaxed - er locked-down - er wind-powered - yeah that's it - harder, this would all be over. Can't you morons see that?!
Seriously, and I am not kidding: if the left was actually trying to destroy America, what would they do differently?
Kitten corner is my favorite place to be these days.
Right, Left, Democrat, Republican. Almost no politician, those people who increase in power as they do the bidding of some special interest, prioritizes you, me or our families. No matter where on the political spectrum we fall, there are tons of issues on which many of us agree. Regulatory capture, censorship to name just two which brought many of us here. I'm sure there are many more. It wasn't just truckers in Canada who protested against mandates. Thank God for the truckers. But they also showed the way. We can come together and throw these traitors out of office and into jail for some of them. The alternative is they will keep crushing us as they pit us against each other from above.
If the consequence for the traitors is jail, you can understand why they fight so hard to win.
It definitely ups the ante.
The baby boomer generation has completely failed their children and subsequent generations. We have gone from the Greatest Generation to the Most Failed Generation in the span of barely a single generation. From the generation that rescued the world from tyranny to the one that willingly gave it all back. From the generation that sacrificed everything for our freedom to the generation that sacrificed nothing and sold our children’s futures for a few bucks. We are substantively no different from Xi’s China, Putin’s Russia or any of the other totalitarian regimes past or present. If they make any attempt at all to hide it, those in control simply offer feeble excuses to those who refuse to believe even as they watch their freedoms trampled and their neighbors isolated and scorned or jailed.
We no longer live in a free country. Many may not yet see it, but it has happened. We now live at the whim of the ruling class. They allow us only the freedoms they chose. They impose the rules and force us to comply by any means necessary - taking control of government through elections legitimate and otherwise; turning schools into indoctrination camps; turning media and into propaganda mouthpieces; stifling free speech through social media controls; turning our courts and system of justice into rubber stamps for their tyrannical rules and regulations; conspiring with our enemies to sell out our freedom, weaponize governmental agencies against citizens and implement tyrannical controls; using manipulation, bribery, fear, intimidation and force to achieve submission. Those who dare step out of line are punished. Those who join the conspiracy and use their influence to help implement order or who meekly follow their rules and please them are granted special favors - just as with every totalitarian regime throughout history. They have usurped our democracy through corruption, deceit and manipulation without us even recognizing it, and will now use force and all means necessary to retain control.
I'm sitting on the other side of the world and I have to think about what I type, where I'm typing it, have to reedit so my comments aren't censored. All because some IT exec, wanker, has decided I shouldn't be allowed to say or read about something, anything. How that has become normal, even cheered-on, is totally beyond my comprehension.
$7/gallon gas is only one problem. I suggest everyone does some research to see the myriad of products that can't be manufactured without petroleum products. Brace for the impact of price increases coming for just about everything synthetic or plastic as well added cost of transportation and asphalt roads to name a few. Good luck building replacement "green" energy sources out of natural materials.
thank you north face is a video worth looking up, watching, and sharing.
Destruction of every aspect of life and chaos is the goal. It pits people against each other. Food, energy, crime, healthcare- all deliberately destroyed esp at the local levels. Inflation is a great way to suck the savings from the middle class. All of this makes for a society that is easier to control.
Illinois is supposedly flush with federal covid money so you would think out tubby Governor would suspend the state gas tax….
When they implemented the gas tax in Illinois, did they promise it would be "temporary?" Just wondering.
Nah, gotta give those perks to the illegals and teachers unions. Besides, IL could use a bunch more transgendered bathrooms, I'm sure.
The only one with $$ is your Governor.
The state has figured out how to make a business from COVID testing; coercion of all officials from top to bottom to follow through on COVID mandates was easy, just another peg in the machine for us, so federal COVID dollars can now be used for their true intended purposes.
Putin just chopped off the Biden corruptocracy (see cash cow) in Ukraine - thats* why it's a 'crisis'. Just last week, the EU floated 'pausing Nordstream 2' development as part of their Washington induced hallucination/strategy to 'keep Putin from invading* Ukraine'...what a joke. No question that got the attention of Putin's teams, and they took action; what did they actually have to lose?
Has Biden and his monkey's truly deluded themselves to the point they actually believe sanctions against Russia have any teeth? They are basically sanction proof at this point, especially since Biden's idiotic, borderline psychopathic posturing the past year toward Russia drove them straight to a bona-fide partnership with China... the incompetence and hubris of O'Biden and their handlers... is just staggering...
The Germans must be sh***ing themselves about now, considering Nordstream 2 was going to be their main source of fuel in the coming years.
Oil was at $98/barrel yesterday - and very possibly could run up to $150-200, so Putin and Russia are making a fortune while Sleepy Joe, his moronic handlers in the US, EU and Davos have been absolutely stomped into irrelevancy. In the US, we very easily could see $7/gallon fuel.
Obama and Biden CREATED this mess in 2014, and have been openly profiting from it ever since. And since Biden's global anti-Russia/Russia/Russia messaging of 'imminent invasion!', the Ukraine economy has absolutely flat-lined, and it isn't going to get any better. (I'm sure the Ukrainian's just looove/love/love Sleepy Joe and Obama.)
Putin's recognition of the Donbass Republics was a masterstroke; he was then invited! to enter the regions as peacekeeping mission, it exposed Biden and the EU and their unimaginable incompetence in geopolitics, stopped the bloodshed of Donbass region civilians at the hands of the Ukrainian regime shelling them.
So....now that O'Biden has been handed his a$$ on the world's political stage (where he was counting on SOME kind of foreign policy 'win') ...what manufactured crisis will they come up with next?
...hmmm.....hello, American Middle Class Red-State 'Deplorables'?
The collection of future WEF Serfdoms, oops, I mean completely bankrupt welfare / warfare states masquerading as liberal democracies, need major distractions for the sustained fear and "democratic" support of the Eloi. Now that the Wuhan virus hysteria faces what has become a mild endemic variant, the Morlocks must revert back to the long-continuing CAGW hysteria and the war against the most critical compound to the ecosphere. Within that distraction is the sub-distraction of the myth of the physically possible conversion to wind and solar power which are barely energy positive under life-cycle analyses and little more than grid parasites when employed. The reality is that prosperity for the wealthy fraction of the planet and mere existence for the rest is dependent on fossil fuels until or if there is a serious move to nuclear power or other high density energy technology. Until then, oil and gas prices are proving this thesis correct.
Worst president ever.
"I'm intentionally destroying America"
I literally said this after the first month.
I keep saying it.
It isn't really that hard to believe.
"either they don’t know where oil comes from or they actually think this is a good idea!"
Everybody knows oil comes from decaying dinosaurs! And there ain't anymore T-Rexes left to decay. Carter told us that back in the 70's when we ran out of oil permanently and entered the next Ice Age. Dontcha people remember that?" It's science!
What a great excuse to declare another state of emergency. Especially if we are hit with a cyber attack.
gasoline is high for two reasons and they are related: omicron freight did not reduce economic activity in most of the first world (demand up), and biden has green fascists impeding us and international energy supply chains.
not a bit from ukraine which is becoming excuse for everything
now that they are embarrassed to keep blaming trump
Control demolition of the American economy Jeff Berwick has been writing about this for years.
US, Canada,... really every western country is being destroyed from within by traitorous foreign agents.