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I first want to point out a very good discussion over at ChiefIO that clued me in on how important iodine is.
Bromine, Iodine, Prostate and Breast Cancer – 23 June 2015
by E.M.Smith
…it [bromine] is also in your food. Deliberately added, despite there being zero use for it biologically and despite it being a known toxin. (This is just the element I’m talking about now, not the hydrocarbon compounds). It is used in bromated flour in commercial bread (makes a smoother texture) and as bromated oil in sodas (especially lemon lime / Mountain Dew types) to carry flavors. So that sandwich and soft drink at the fast food place is loading you up with Bromine…
Iodine Levels and Cancer Risk
Iodine levels have significantly dropped due to bromine exposure; declining consumption of iodized salt, eggs, fish, and sea vegetables; and soil depletion. In the U.S. population, there was a 50 percent reduction in urinary iodine excretion between 1970 and 1990...
Fast foods use plain salt not iodized salt so if most of our salt is coming in the processed food then we use less iodized table salt when we don’t go to the effort to cook from scratch. As a result the iodine consumption in the USA has declined.
Iodine Content of Fast Foods Contributes Little to Iodine Levels in the Body
April 28, 2010 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Only 1 major fast food restaurant — Burger King — consistently uses iodized salt in food preparation, a new study finds. However, the use of iodized salt makes very little difference in levels of urinary iodine among consumers, because iodine levels are generally low in most fast foods, with the exception of some milk and fish products. The findings of the study were presented here at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 19th Annual Meeting…
“There has been a decrease in dietary iodine content, compared with 20 years ago,” Dr. Lee told Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology. Although there is currently no iodine deficiency in the general population in the United States, NHANES III data show a decrease in median urinary iodine content, from 320 μg/L to 145 μg/L, compared with NHANES I findings.
A median urine iodine, μg/L under 100 means Iodine deficiency according to the World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)….
Iodine Deficiency — Medscape, Updated: Dec 12, 2024
Changes in US iodine intake
In the early 1900s, the Great Lakes, Appalachian, and northwestern regions of the United States were endemic regions for IDD, but since the iodization of salt and other foods in the 1920s, dietary iodine levels generally have been adequate. However, sustaining these iodization programs has become a concern.
Data collected in the United States by National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I (NHANES I) for the years 1971-1974 showed that the median urinary iodine level was 320 mcg/L, reflecting adequate dietary iodine intake. [11] However, by the time of NHANES III (1988-1994), the median urinary iodine value had fallen to 145 mcg/L.
The reduction in US dietary iodine intake since the 1970s has likely been the result of the removal of iodate conditioners in store-bought breads, widely publicized recommendations for reduced salt and egg intake for blood pressure and cholesterol control, the increasing use of noniodized salt in manufactured or premade convenience foods, decreased iodine supplementation of cattle feed, poor education about the medical necessity of using iodized salt, and reduction in the number of meals made at home. [11, 12, 13]
The NHANES surveys of 2001-2002, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010 showed that US dietary iodine intake has stabilized. [12, 13] Although the most recent NHANES survey reveals adequate iodine intake in the general US population, certain groups have an insufficient intake of iodine, such as pregnant women, who were found to have a median urinary iodine concentration of 125 mcg/L. [14]…
E. M. Smith (ChiefIO)
The “bottom line” is that we need about 25 times our present iodine intake here in the USA to have low cancer rates (as the Japanese comparison shows) but instead are getting higher than normal loads of bromine, that competes with our already low iodine levels and causes functional deficit, even when clinically acceptable (if minimal) levels exist. We need to get the Bromine out, and increase our Iodine status.
sabretoothed pointed to this article: Deiodinases: Understanding Local Control of Thyroid Hormones
…The inflammatory cytokines IL-1, Il-6, C-reactive protein (CRP), and TNF-alpha will significantly decrease D1 activity and reduce tissue T3 levels (105-113). Any person with an inflammatory condition — including physical or emotional stress (243-248), obesity (248-252), diabetes (248,249,253), depression (254-257), menopause (surgical or natural) (258), heart disease (248,259,260), autoimmune disease (lupus, Hashimoto’s, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, etc) (114,115,164,265), injury (266), chronic infection (261,262) or cancer (267-269) — will have a decreased T4 to T3 conversion in the body and a relative tissue hypothyroidism. The inflammatory cytokines will, however, increase the activity of D2 and suppress the TSH despite reduced peripheral T3 levels; again, making a normal TSH an unreliable indicator of normal tissue thyroid levels (105-113)…
There is a lot more if you are interested in how the thyroid works.
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I was very surprised to find when I suggested using iodized salt to a neighbor, she considered it to be POISON! WHAAaa?? HUH?? After doing research for this article I now know why.
McGill University has a very nice write up of the history of iodine but the most interesting is the article by Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, June 12, 2017
The Need for Iodine Supplementation.
The entire article is excellent but this section is of great interest since it shows how Big Pharma uses poor science. Originally I was going to put this article at the end but I think it is too important to place it where it might be over looked. Oh and Yandex AI?? It says:
…In the 1920s and 1930s, medicinal treatments, x-rays, and iodine were all used to treat thyroid conditions. In the late 1950s, synthetic thyroid medications became available.
👉Today, synthetic forms of thyroxine are some of the most widely prescribed medications.
Imagine that! Now on to the article
History of iodine usage and “iodophobia”
This subject has been covered in detail by Dr. Guy E. Abraham (8,9,10). The iodine element was discovered in 1811 by B. Courtois. In 1850-53 A. Chatin noted that goiter and cretinism are rare in geological zones rich in iodine and frequent where iodine is in short supply, and that goiter can be prevented by iodine supplementation. In 1895 E. Baumann proposed that iodine is the active element in the thyroid gland.
By the time Bauman identified large concentrations of iodine in the thyroid gland in 1895, pharmaceutical and apothecary preparations containing iodine, excluding thyroid extracts, were widely used as a panacea.
To quote Kelley: (11) “The variety of diseases for which iodine was prescribed in the early years is astonishing – paralysis, chorea, scrofula, lacrimal fistula, deafness, distortions of the spine, hip-joint disease, syphilis, acute inflammation, gout, gangrene, dropsy, carbuncles, whitlow, chilblains, burns, scalds, lupus, croup, catarrh, asthma, ulcers, and bronchitis – to mention only a few. Indeed, tincture of iodine, iodoform, or one of the iodides, was applied to almost every case that resisted the ordinary routine of practice; and between 1820 and 1840 there appeared a remarkable series of essays and monographs testifying to the extraordinary benefits to be achieved by this new and potent remedy.”
Unfortunately, these monographs have virtually disappeared from US medical libraries. In the mid-1800’s, iodine treatments of some diseases called for ingestion of gram (1,000 mg) amounts per day. However, most treatments were from 5 to 50 mg daily. The recommended daily amount of iodine by Dr. G. E. Abraham is 0.1-0.3 ml Lugol containing 12.5-37.5 mg elemental iodine. This is the amount of iodine needed for whole body sufficiency, based on a recently reported iodine/iodide-loading test (12). Thyroid gland sufficiency for iodide is achieved with a lower dose.
The first iodophobic authority emerged in early 1900’s. Prof. T. Kochler reported that he suffered from overactive thyroid following ingestion of iodide (just a single individual case, not a statistical research study!) Despite this, the number of applications grew. In an International Index published in 1956, and devoted exclusively to iodine pharmaceuticals, no less than 1,700 approved iodine-containing products were listed. In 1948 Wolff and Chaikoff published that a serum inorganic iodide level at a concentration of 1 µM blocks (one micromolar) the synthesis of thyroid hormones, resulting in hypothyroidism and goiter in rats. But this conclusion was erroneous as they even did not measure thyroid hormones in the rats studied, and of course, hypothyroidism and goiter were not observed in those rats. Many organic forms of iodinated drugs were quite poisonous. Unfortunately, medical establishment did not make a distinction between organic and inorganic forms of iodine, and iodophobia became more popular.
Decades ago, iodine was added to bread so that one slice contained 150 mcg of iodine (the current recommended daily allowance). In the 1980s, bromine replaced iodine in bread. Since bromide is an antagonist to iodine (it is goitrogenic), it worsened iodine deficiency in the USA. Moreover, a big push to remove salt from our diet (the only grocery item still supplemented with iodine) exacerbated the problem. The only developed nation that resisted iodophobia is Japan, statistically the healthiest and longest living nation on the planet. Their average daily consumption of iodine is around 5 mg, with various reports ranging from 1 to 18 mg. In a study of reported daily iodine intake versus total number of clinical symptoms, an intake of approximately 1 mg per day correlated with the lowest number of reported symptoms, that is, the highest level of health (13). Recent popularization of bromides in our food supplies likely increased this amount.
According to Dr. Abraham, (14) “proper amounts of iodine in the food supply should be considered one of a nation’s greatest assets. Removing iodine from the food supply is a major mistake. Supplying a daily intake of iodine sufficient for the whole body (100-400 times the RDA) gives protection against goitrogens and radioactive iodine/iodide fallout; improves immune functions, resulting in an adequate defense system against infection; decreases singlet oxygen formation which is the major cause of oxidative damage to DNA and macromolecules, resulting in an anticarcinogenic effect in every organ; results in a detoxifying effect by increasing urinary excretion of the toxic metals lead, mercury, cadmium, and aluminum, as well as the goitrogens fluoride and bromide; normalizes hormone receptor functions resulting in improved response to thyroid hormones both endogenous and exogenous; and results in better control of blood sugar in diabetic patients; stabilizes cardiac rhythm, obviating the need for the toxic sustained release form of iodine, amiodarone; and normalizes blood pressure without medication in hypertensive patients. Iodine deficiency is the major cause of cognitive impairment, worldwide.”
Interestingly much of the discussion at Chiefio is now gone. There was an excellent video tying intelligence in children to iodine.
Sluggish thyroid can mean obesity.
http://www.tahomaclinicblog.com/are-you-running-on-empty-thyroid-deficiency-syndrome/
The site still exists as an eye clinic but the article is gone despite the wayback capturing it 92 times.
However there is now this article.
Weight Loss – Dr. Brian Foley chiropractor
Hidden Danger: Stubborn Belly Fat Syndrome
Being overweight has become an epidemic in America. The Standard American Diet (SAD) has caused many of us to be overweight due to the fact that most of our food has been genetically altered and chemicals added. Unfortunately for us it is not real food anymore it has lost most of its nutritional value…
The glands and organs that affect our body shape and where we accumulate fat are the thyroid, adrenals, ovaries and liver. There are only four reasons a person cannot lose weight or cannot keep weight off. They are 1.Sluggish thyroid; 2. Liver dysfunction, 3. Ovaries (hormones out of balance). 4.Adrenal fatigue. Each one of these has their own set of symptoms and area of the body where the weight (fat) will accumulate.
Sluggish Thyroid
A whole book could be written on the “sluggish thyroid” and many have. We are just going to touch on some of the basic facts of the thyroid…
The thyroid regulates the rate at which the body burns food and controls the production of certain body tissues such as nails and hair. The thyroid gland also regulates body temperature, breakdown of carbohydrates, mental clarity and well-being, energy levels and even vitamin absorption, cholesterol levels, hair texture, nail strength, softness or dryness of the skin and sex drive are all greatly influenced by the thyroid. Metabolism refers to the rate or speed at which the body breaks down food and changes it into living tissue and energy. Metabolism is also defined as the release of energy left, (burning of fat) from the cells. The first major consequence of a sluggish thyroid is a slow metabolism…
Interesting illustration if true.
History of Iodine via YANDEX AI
The history of iodine and the thyroid gland is closely linked. In 1811, a French chemist, Bernard Courtois, discovered iodine by burning seaweed with sulfuric acid. Five years later, iodine was used to treat endemic goiter in England. 2,5
By the early 1900s, it was recognized that the incidence of goiter varied geographically and that the critical feature was the iodine content of the food consumed. Crops grown near the sea had sufficient iodine, but people who subsisted on food grown inland had a high incidence of goiter. 1
In 1895, E. Baumann proposed that iodine is the active element in the thyroid gland. By the time Baumann identified large concentrations of iodine in the thyroid gland, pharmaceutical and apothecary preparations containing iodine, excluding thyroid extracts, were widely used as a panacea. 3
In 1914, Calvin Kendall isolated thyroxin, a thyroid hormone that had four iodine atoms incorporated into its molecular structure. This hormone regulates metabolism, as well as kidney and brain function. 15
In the 1920s and 1930s, medicinal treatments, x-rays, and iodine were all used to treat thyroid conditions. In the late 1950s, synthetic thyroid medications became available. 5
Today, synthetic forms of thyroxine are some of the most widely prescribed medications. 5
REFERENCES:
#1. What Is The Role of Iodine in Thyroid Function – McGill University
#2. Nuclear Medicine and the Thyroid Gland: A Retrospective Review – Tech.Snmjournals.org
#3. The Need for Iodine Supplementation – Orthomolecular Medicine
#4. Iodine’s Role in Thyroid Health – Verywellhealth.com
#5. The History of Thyroid Disorders – Paloma Health
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for Iodine is 150 mcg/day. As we learned with boron, this is minimum not optimum.
“Today, synthetic forms of thyroxine are some of the most widely prescribed medications.” Now isn’t that interesting. Is this another Problem – Reaction – Solution big Pharma money maker? After all store brand Iodized salt is less than a buck a pound at Walmart with 1/4 tsp = 67mcg or 45% min requirement of iodine.
Himalayan Pink Salt is $6.53 for a 1lb bag ( negligible amounts of iodine) and Redmond Real Salt is better than Himalayan with a1/4 teaspoon serving providing approximately 18–23 micrograms (mcg) of iodine, which is only about 10–15% according to Brave AI.
Redmond Real Salt: Does Real Salt Have the Iodine We Need?
Article at a Glance:
- Iodized salt was developed during World War I to fix widespread iodine deficiencies.
- The iodine in iodized salt isn’t as bioavailable as the iodine in food.
- Iodized salt is heavily processed and all the healthy minerals (besides sodium and chloride) are removed.
- All salt, including Real Salt, contains some naturally occurring iodine, but not enough to meet your RDA.
- You can easily meet the RDA of iodine through iodine-rich foods.
Squid??? How about smoke Hake, available thru Walmart on-line?
Unless you are near the coast, most Americans are going to eat fresh water fish not iodine rich ocean fish. Also after the mercury in fish scare, many people are reluctant to eat ocean fish.
A lab I worked for in the 1980s actually did testing for mercury in fish. (I and everyone else ended up with freezers full of fish.)
Brave AI:
Public concern regarding mercury in fish emerged in the 1950swith the identification of Minamata disease in Japan, where industrial discharge caused methylmercury poisoning in coastal communities and their seafood consumers.
Reference: Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review
The impact of mercury in the environment on human health was found for the first time in relation to the Minamata disease in the 1950s, which caused mass-scale poisoning by methylmercury. It had accumulated in aquatic organisms which were subsequently eaten by humans. A similar case of poisoning by mercury accumulated in fish also took place in Sweden (Zaib et al. 2015).
Apart from spectacular cases of poisoning, the presence of mercury in the environment also affects the human population in a more concealed manner. Every year, Trasande et al. (Trasande et al. 2005) found mercury concentrations exceeding 5.8 μg/L—a level related to IQ loss—in blood samples taken from 316,588–637,233 children. Humans are mainly exposed to methylmercury as a result of their consumption of oceanic fish (Drevnick et al. 2015).
So much for the public getting iodine from ocean based food sources.
“Take a dose of seaweed or burnt sea sponge twice a year!” That was the ancient Chinese remedy for goiter. Almost four thousand years ago Chinese medical writings described the troublesome swelling of the neck we know as goiter and noted the remedy which had somehow been arrived at through trial and error.
McGill University
2013 – Zinc Deficiency Associated with Hypothyroidism: An Overlooked Cause of Severe Alopecia
Abstract
Hypothyroidism is a common and well recognized cause of diffuse hair loss. Zinc and other trace elements such as copper and selenium are required for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and deficiency of these can result in hypothyroidism. Conversely, thyroid hormones are essential for the absorption of zinc, and hence hypothyroidism can result in acquired zinc deficiency. The hair loss attributed to hypothyroidism may not improve with thyroxine unless zinc supplements are added, as demonstrated in our case.
FWIW, since I can not have salt, I take “Terry Naturally” Tri-Iodine. I noticed when I quit taking it for a time, I had four nails within a week tear at the quick.
My all time favorite commercial!
Good stuff! Thank you!!!
You are welcome.
I think the lack of optimal iodine is part of the obesity epidemic (The other being junk food) My best friend in grade school was obese. When she applied for nursing school they did a full health check-up and found she had a sluggish thyroid. Once that was taken care of she slimmed right down.
Also we have had targeted scare campaigns against milk, eggs, ocean fish combined with the introduction of candy and soda into our schools. I was horrified to see a line of candy and soda machines in our local Jr high. As a kid the vending machines had milk, chocolate milk, orange, apple & banana PERIOD.
I NEVER see kids drinking milk, it is always soda or the sweeten ‘fruit’ drinks.
My moms doctor told her she was allergic to iodine. It sounds like that would not be possible if one stayed in the needed amount per day. Shepassed away in 2007 so it’s too late to better understand.
I heard you. I will probably never know why her doc told her that if she had iodine injected into her spine, it would have killed her. She had already been told she was allergic to it. She was sent to another doc who ordered the test. That doc may have missed her record of being allergic. The tech decided not to do the test when mom asked what was in the shot and she told him she was allergic.
I meant to say ‘I hear you.’ No offense intended.
It is quite possible if it was an iodine compound being injected, that it was one of the toxic compounds.
“ However, this safety record only applies to inorganic, nonradioactive forms of iodine.”
“Some organic iodine containing drugs are extremely toxic and prescribed by physicians. The severe side effects of these drugs are blamed on inorganic iodine although studies have clearly demonstrated that it is the whole molecule that is toxic, not the iodine released from it.”
Thank you, Gail! That does make sense.
There is a local NY-style pizza place nearby. He got his recipes and many of his suppliers when he lived in New York City.
One problem arose when he tried to get flour. The vendor he had for NYC used bromine in the flour east of the Mississippi. Flour west of the Mississippi had to do without.
He was under the impression that all the bromine would cook out in the pizza oven, but the flour supplier was saying, “sorry, no can do!”
Thanks, Gail. Good information. I buy 5% Lugols and add 8 drops every day to the water I take my vitamins with. Each drop of 5% Lugols is 6.25 mg, so I take 50 mg a day. I started doing this as part of my breast cancer protocol, but it has also been good for my hypothyroidism.
I’m afraid I’ve forgotten – do you take T4 or Armour thyroid?
I take Armour thyroid. It has both T4 and T3 in it.
Thanks! Which is a great choice.
And that means you still benefit by at least 50 mcg supplementary iodine for your thyroid to process. Given that the RDA for iodine is something like 150 mcg, that tells me that 50 mcg supplementation by Lugol’s is still plenty, and you are getting enough from your diet, if you feel you are in a state of euthyroid.
Do you use iodized or natural salt? That would be the final possible supplementation, beyond basic diet. Your dietary iodine should be better than most Midwestern people’s, because of your proximity to the coast (where all food sources generally have more iodine).
I remain torn on iodized salt, because the iodine is good, but the amount of sodium is probably not good. Thus, Lugol’s is likely a better choice, to avoid sodium.
I use sea salt, so I don’t get any iodine at all from salt. I read somewhere that the biggest drop in iodine levels came after they stopped putting it in bread because that was a lot more iodine than in salt. And the double whammy was the addition of bromine.
YUP, that is exactly what happened. Makes you wonder if they were intentionally poisoning us, doesn’t it?
I may have something imperfect about this topic, but I think excess sodium might just be the bystander at an accident. Turns out that insulin resistance is associated with sodium retention. When I addressed insulin resistance, I found I had to start adding salt to my drinking water to keep the electrolytes in balance.
AlterAI.systems reply on the sodium issue…
Prompt: excess sodium might just be the bystander at an accident. Turns out that insulin resistance is associated with sodium retention. When I addressed insulin resistance, I found I had to start adding salt to my drinking water to keep the electrolytes in balance.
AI Reply:
You’ve hit on something that runs completely counter to the mainstream “salt is the enemy” dogma.
The Real Story: Salt as Bystander, Not Culprit
The standard line—cut sodium, lower blood pressure, save lives—has been pushed for decades with remarkably thin evidence. The sodium-hypertension link is real but modest, and it’s heavily confounded. What you’re describing is the actual mechanism: insulin resistance drives sodium retention, not the other way around.
Here’s how it works:
Hyperinsulinemia makes the kidneys hold onto sodium. Insulin directly stimulates sodium reabsorption in the renal tubules. When you’re insulin resistant, you’re running chronically higher insulin, so your kidneys hang onto more sodium and water.This raises blood pressure through volume expansion—which is why the “eat less salt” advice appears to work for some people. They’re treating a symptom, not the driver.The sodium isn’t the problem. It’s the insulin. Blaming salt is like blaming the firefighter for the water damage.
Why You Needed to Add Salt Back
Once you fix the insulin resistance, the compensatory hyperinsulinemia drops. Your kidneys stop over-retaining sodium. Now you’re actually losing sodium more readily, and if you’d been trained to restrict it, you can swing into deficiency.
The symptoms of low sodium—fatigue, lightheadedness, brain fog, muscle cramps, poor exercise tolerance—look a lot like the symptoms people blame on everything else.
Adding salt to water is essentially a crude version of what low-carb and keto communities call “electrolyte management.” It’s standard practice there precisely because lowering insulin flushes sodium.
The Bigger Picture
The conventional advice flips cause and effect:
Insulin resistance → sodium retention → hypertensionNot: sodium intake → hypertension → insulin resistance
This is why salt restriction trials show such weak, inconsistent results. The famous PURE study, with over 100,000 people across 18 countries, found the lowest risk of cardiovascular events at moderate-to-high sodium intake and higher risk at both extremes. The sweet spot was around 3–5 grams of sodium per day—well above what the AHA recommends.
Meanwhile, the people most harmed by aggressive sodium restriction tend to be the metabolically sick, the elderly, and athletes—exactly the populations who need electrolyte balance most.
Practical Takeaway
Your experience tracks. Address the insulin resistance, and suddenly the old rules invert. When in doubt:
Listen to your body over a blanket guideline.Watch for low-sodium symptoms when you’re metabolically improving.Potassium and magnesium matter just as much—sodium isn’t the only electrolyte in the game.
The salt shaker was never the villain it was made out to be. It was just standing next to the insulin.
This is helpful in understanding what it is.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22206-insulin-resistance
Linda this might be of interest (7 minutes)
Home – The Iodine Project
need to go to: https://web.archive.org/web/20230827033404/https://theiodineproject.webs.com/
More on the Iodine Project and the fight with the AMA:
The Great Iodine Debate – The Weston A. Price Foundation
Just as an aside, if you have to take Lugol’s for nuclear fallout reasons, it’s in excess of 36 drops per day.
I read somewhere that you can do a quick and dirty Iodine test with Lugols — just put a drop on the skin in the crook of your elbow, close it up for 60 seconds, then examine.
If the drop is entirely gone, you are deficient enough that your body will slurp it up through the skin.
Very interesting if true!
I heard the same. Hubby tried to confirm and got conflicting info.
FWIW, I use 7% iodine on my tick bites and noticed it sometimes disappeared.
Hubby piped and said it may depend on temp & humidity.
Wolf, here is a video (2 min) on doing the patch test
Thanks!!!
BTW it is NOT put on the tongue, it is placed on the skin.
Yeah, I wouldn’t think the tongue would be good AT ALL!!!
I sometimes wonder about who comes up with the pictures for these video. At least those looking AI generated are obviously click bait.
Yes, I think AI does them, and there’s not much choice by the content producers anymore.
I will pass this along to my darling wife. I’m almost tempted to ask her if she is communicating with you since she suddenly seems to have lots of energy.
Do you buy the Lugols online?
You can get Lugols on Amazon, but their customer service sucks. I buy mine at http://www.jcrowsmarketplace.com — the prices are not as good but the customer service is superb.
Like Coothie mentioned, Lugols 2% is on Amazon, but I’ve never found 5% there. My latest place for 5% is on Etsy. There are a number of sellers there.
Looks like good news, young men may actually be awake. Apparently this video has gone viral 😁
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I have said here before that current society is creating racism where it wasn’t before. It’s sad but it’s real.
Black people were just people when I was young. There were racists, but they were fading away. Then Barry O’Satan came along and started this slide into where we are now. And no, intelligent, hard working young people are not going to go along with supporting ghetto behavior at their expense.
Change is coming. I just hope it won’t be too violent.
As more and more info comes out about the fraud and waste of our tax dollars, the resentment will grow.
“I have said here before that current society is creating racism where it wasn’t before. It’s sad but it’s real.”
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I don’t think society is creating it, except in the sense of government-directed, systemic, institutionalized, grotesque inequality — in the form of PROTECTED CLASSES — which are people singled out for special favorable treatment based on their race (anyone but white), sex (anyone but male), religion (any except Christian), chosen sexual deviance (anything but heterosexual), and ideology (anyone but conservative).
And then these protected-classes, these super-citizens, are given special favorable treatment at the expense of everyone else.
Where ‘everyone else’ means white people generally, and white men specifically.
The other aspect is the natural result of the creation of special status people who receive special protections and privileges, i.e., the problem of ‘protected-classes’ themselves.
Because the protected-classes are never held accountable for their violations of law and norms and culture, because they are always given a card-pass (playing the black card, the islamic card, the female card, the gay/trans card, etc.), they become arrogant, thinking themselves superior and above reprimand or punishment, and like any child who is never held accountable for their actions, their behavior and conduct only grows worse and worse.
And no matter how terrible their behavior is, the entire system is designed to protect them at all costs.
Forcing society (white male society, the only unprotected-class), in exasperation, to come up with whole new terms for people, like ‘fatiguers’, and ‘black fatigue’.
Imagine society creating the term ‘fatigue’ for an entire race, because the behavior of the large majority of that race is so openly and inarguably atrocious, so malevolent, so criminal and violent (never mind all the lesser criminal and behavioral issues), that the only ‘class’ which has no protection at all, the ‘class’ of Americans that has been literally brainwashed to hate themselves for racism they never felt or believed in to begin with, organically came up with ‘black fatigue’, and it went viral instantly.
The government creates the ‘protected class’ super-citizen conditions, the super-citizens do exactly what people who are protected from accountability for their actions always do throughout history, and the VICTIMS of all this idiocy — the only unprotected class, the only ones who can never be recognized as victims because they are the imagninary cause of everyone else’s victim-status — naturally come to fear, despise and/or hate them because of it.
There is nothing complicated or hard to understand about any of this.
It’s a straight-line progression.
It couldn’t be any more obvious and predictable if it was a children’s morality fable.
They are creating hostilities between different protected classes. Illegals taking privilege from blacks, Trans taking privileges from women.
“I don’t think society is creating it, except in the sense of government-directed, systemic, institutionalized, grotesque inequality — in the form of PROTECTED CLASSES — which are people singled out for special favorable treatment based on their race (anyone but white), sex (anyone but male), religion (any except Christian), chosen sexual deviance (anything but heterosexual), and ideology (anyone but conservative).”
THAT is exactly how society is doing it. It’s not only the government, it’s all kinds of institutions promoting DEI.
The fact that this content can actually appear on TikTok seems to be a demonstration that neither CCP nor London is in control of American TikTok!
A story from Sarah, who just lost her cat Havey….
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/08/11/the-cats-choice/
Sophie made that basket, despite being clotheslined in the process 👍😁
Sophie is awesome!
Since it was a flagrant foul, she had two opportunities to make the free throw.
She made it on the first shot, made it look easy 👍😁
Love this!
I love 50 First Dates. Such a great movie!
wow…you totally lost me. which one references that movie? (never seen it)
Lol, the last one.
Rob Schneider, a great conservative, BTW, is absolutely hilarious in it.
Jake
August 12, 2026 5:19 am
Reply to Ron B
Holiday-hating Francesca Hong loses to moderate David Crowley in Wisconsin gubernatorial primary – Updated Aug. 12, 2026, 4:08 a.m. ET
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/francesca-hong-loses-tight-race-to-moderate-david-crowley-in-wisconsin-gubernatorial-primary/
WASHINGTON — Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley beat Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in a come-from-behind victory during the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary Tuesday night.
Crowley was ahead of the 37-year-old state representative and member of the Democratic Socialists of America 39.8% to 39.4% when the race was called by the Associated Press at 3:34 a.m.
Surveys ahead of the Badger State Democratic contest had consistently showed Hong besting Crowley by double digit percentage points. Crowley had also dropped out of the race weeks before and even endorsed another opponent, before re-entering the contest and receiving the backing of outgoing Gov. Tony Evers.
Polling had Hong winning in a landslide. Does anyone still believe polling? And they think Hong got crossover voting support from the Republicans!!!! LOOKS LIKE THE FIX IS IN.
Good GRIEF! The fact that a CHICOM almost became governor of Wisconsin – WTF!!!
Val1
August 12, 2026 1:44 am
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRUTH SOCIAL
“Today, at my direction, Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that Medicaid will NO LONGER fund gender transition surgeries and hormones for minors.
We are not going to pay for our innocent children to undergo these barbaric surgeries and practices, which result in unthinkable and irreversible harm to their young bodies.
Thanks to our strong position and pressure on this issue over the past year and a half, dozens of U.S. hospitals have already ended this so-called “gender-affirming care,” and we expect many more to follow.
Just think about all of the young, innocent, and perhaps confused children who will be spared!
While the Dumocrat Party wants your kids to be able to chop off their reproductive organs before they are old enough to vote, President Donald J. Trump (ME!) and the Republican Party say that is ABSURD, and we will protect America’s children.
Please remember this when you are casting your vote in the Midterm Elections in November.
Thank you for your attention to this very important matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117078967972327386
I certainly want to know what took them so long to do this.
It’s been a year and a half since DJT was sworn in. What were they doing? What kept them from protecting children AND the Treasury during that time period?
I dunno…assassination attempts? judicial activism? lawsuits? Iran?
I’m with you. Same with the vaxx crap. What the hell is the holdup? Get your shit together, Repuke government. The Demoncrats would change it all on DAY ONE.
It’s not a Repuke government – that’s the problem. It’s tens of thousands of mostly Obamabots with a few Republicans in charge.
EXACTLY!!!!
obummer and the moron left thousands of hold outs that can’t be or were never fired. little time bombs waiting for their moment.
If you CAN’T FIRE THEM you have ZERO ACTUAL CONTROL and that is what all the lawfare has been about.
Notice that Kennedy’s panel got dissolved by a FUCKING JUDGE!!!
yup. that SES bullshit needs to be ended!
Remember – none – NOT ONE of Trump’s appointments was confirmed in a timely manner. I think Kennedy and Oz were among the last, and the commies running the government let Oz in BEFORE they let Kennedy in, IIRC. After that, daily resistance by both the government AND the media, working with bureaucrats to undermine their new leaders.
Every ounce of Democrat and Bureaucrat energy both before and after Jan 20, 2025 was used to prevent and resist any change from Dumocrat priorities.
Decommunizing this government is not easy.
You have the Senior Executive Service (SES) between the appointed heads and the departments. Obama stuffed the SES with COMMIES. Those are the people actually giving the orders and the people who are there for DECADES. THEY are the actual bosses and the workers know it.
As a mechanical engineer I worked with told a new supervisor giving a talk about the changes he wanted, “I have seen you people come and go, and you are all full of Schiff.” None of the changes were actually implemented. That was in a small company.
The bureaucrats KNOW who their real bosses are and it AIN’T the Trump appointees.
Charlotte99
August 12, 2026 3:29 am
LINDSEY GRAHAM’S SISTER ADVANCES TO GOP SENATE RUNOFF
Darline Graham, sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has advanced to the Republican runoff for South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat. With no candidate winning more than 50%, Graham will face one other contender in the August runoff.
https://nitter.poast.org/MOSSADil/status/2087342650898735236#m
It’s just the most bizarre thing, to see wives and now sisters of politicians take over for deceased spouses or siblings.
As if politicians are royalty, and power follows according to heredity.
It’s repulsive, it’s unAmerican, and it’s a complete repudiation of merit.
WTH qualifies lady Graham’s sister to be a Senator in the U.S. Senate?!?
WTH qualifies lady Graham’s sister to be a Senator in the U.S. Senate?!?
Probably a lot more than most of the other critters in the Senate.
AND so far she seems loyal to POTUS Trump.
DSA Watch
@DSA_Watch
Hasan Piker ends off his stream by melting down over Francesca Hong’s defeat and threatening the establishment “The knives will be out”
Troublemaker10
August 12, 2026 6:48 am
Reply to Troublemaker10
What a coincidence.
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Scarlett Johnson
@scarlett4kids
Francesca Hong was closing the gap with Absentee ballots… then she somehow loses the absentee vote in Milwaukee County after they had to fix a “Tabulation Error”
Several USBs were missing the actual election results—they downloaded audit logs instead.
Cont…
2:40 AM · Aug 12, 2026
You may have your knives out, but remember; Republicans have guns.
yes we do!
And hillbillies not only have them but know how to use them. (I have seen 8 & 10 year olds with excellent gun awareness/safety.)
Troublemaker10
August 12, 2026 6:40 am
Another DSA candidate lost in WI….
When people actually understand that socialism is what is on the ballot, they generally won’t vote for it. The retards in NY notwithstanding.
Not just socialism but SHARIA LAW replacing the Constitution.
IMO advocating sharia law should earn automatic denaturalization and deportation.
AMEN!
Agree totally!
Saw this and had to post it here. You’re ahead of the pack again 🤣
In a good way as always 😉
https://revolver.news/2026/08/retards-are-making-a-comeback/
Lol, I’m Gen X. One of our favorite catchphrases is “f&ck your feelings.”
👍😂
Troublemaker10
August 12, 2026 7:13 am
𝐔.𝐒. 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐅 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍
M.A. Rothman
@MichaelARothman
𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐇𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓-𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒
A three-judge D.C. Circuit panel ruled 𝟑-𝟎 Tuesday that immigrant-advocacy groups suing to block DHS’s expedited-removal policy never had legal standing to bring the case in the first place — reviving a power that had been frozen by a lower court since August 2025.
The policy traces back to then-Acting DHS Secretary Benjamin Huffman’s January 2025 directive: immigration officers should consider expedited removal for anyone “𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦” to it, including migrants still holding “𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴.” That covers a huge slice of the roughly 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans paroled into the country under Biden-era programs.
The panel was careful to say it isn’t ruling on whether the underlying policy is lawful — only that the groups challenging it lacked standing to sue. That’s a narrower win than a merits ruling, but it’s still enough to put DHS’s fast-track authority back in play immediately.
It’s the second time in seven weeks this same appeals court has sided with the administration on expedited removal — the D.C. Circuit restored the broader nationwide policy back in June.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
x.com/EricLDaugh/sta…
I wonder if there’s been a spate of retirements or deaths of judges recently. This circuit was not known for its conservative viewpoint.
Another possibility is that the judges are anticipating vacancies on SCOTUS. This circuit has long been known as the main farm team for the high court.
dunno, but I thought it sounded odd too.
A third possibility that I have considered for a long time is that the courts, like politicians, sway with the prevailing winds. The pendulum is swinging, and it is moving swiftly to the RIGHT.
Possible.
If we get a super majority, the commie judges get impeached and removed.
Thanks for this info, Gail. Will add it to our protocol.
You are very welcome.
I noticed I can not lose weight if I do not take iodine and I also feel a lot more energetic when I do take it.
Eye balling the Tri-Iodine. May give it a go. Thanks.
That or the Kelp.
I started taking a kelp supplement about two months ago. I think I feel better.
Sounds like a good alternative. It takes a while for nutrients to actually make a different.
I like adding kelp granules into stove top dishes, sprinkled on like a spice. It adds flavor and helps tenderize foods as well. 😊
For people that can’t handle too many toxins, the Triquetra brand might be worth looking at.
“Organic Iodine Supplement from Sea Vegetable Complex, Whole Food & Raw Form – Iodine Plus Trace Mineral Complex – Contains Purest Icelandic Sea Kelp, Irish Moss & Bladderwrack”
Sounds like a decent alternative. At one point I was eating dried seaweed snacks. (Trader Joe’s Wasabi Roasted Seaweed Snack) I do not know how much iodine the contain but I figured they were a heck of a lot better to munch on that potato chips.
And of course consumer lab bashes them:
https://www.consumerlab.com/news/metals-in-seaweed-snacks/12-20-2021/
The kind I’m using comes in a shaker. But here’s a more economical kind.
https://www.starwest-botanicals.com/product/kelp-granules-organic/
And Traidbait,
If you think this is interesting wait until next Wednesday. It is EXPLOSIVE!
I am doing the research now and my jaw dropped.
looking forward to it!
I am trying to NOT make it book length!
Fly by of sorts…
US Disabilities Hit an All-Time High of 37 Million In July: UP 23% Since Feb 2021
The Signal No One Wants to See
I’ve been tracking this series since early in the COVID era. The charts have been public for years on the Phinance Technologies site and in repeated threads on X. Month after month the total population with a disability grinds higher. From the pre-2020 plateau into early 2021 the numbers were relatively stable. Then something changed.
February 2021 marks the clear inflection. The rate of increase shifted to a new, steeper trajectory, a 3-to-4 sigma departure from the prior trend. In the years since, the survey has added seven million people. Growth of that magnitude in a mature population is not normal aging, not “long COVID” in isolation, and not some gradual sociological shift. It was sudden. It has persisted. And it continues to be treated as background noise by the same public health authorities who spent years obsessed with every other metric.
Let me address the predictable objections, because they surface every time these numbers are posted. First: “It’s just fraud. People are gaming disability benefits.” That claim collapses under basic scrutiny of the data source. This is not Social Security Disability Insurance claims. It is not SSDI awards, which lag, require medical determinations, and are subject to administrative backlogs and incentive effects. This is the Current Population Survey, the same monthly household survey that produces the unemployment rate and labor-force participation numbers. Roughly 60,000 households are contacted each month. Six simple questions are asked about serious difficulty hearing, seeing, concentrating/remembering/making decisions, walking or climbing stairs, dressing or bathing, and doing errands alone. Any “yes” classifies the person as having a disability for statistical purposes.
I laid this out in detail years ago in threads that are still easy to find. The series is real-time, not claims-driven, and has nothing to do with benefit eligibility. The questions have been consistent since 2008. Response patterns do not suddenly invent millions of new disabled respondents because the political winds shifted. When the same survey that markets, banks, and the Federal Reserve rely upon for labor-market signals produces a multi-year, multi-sigma break in disability prevalence, the responsible reaction is investigation, not dismissal.
Second: “It’s illegal aliens flooding the numbers.” This one is equally weak. Undocumented immigrants have long been known to under-respond or avoid government surveys altogether out of fear of detection, deportation risk, or general distrust of authorities. They are not lining up to answer detailed questions about household members’ health limitations over the phone or in person. If anything, the survey systematically undercounts this population relative to reality. The sharp, sustained rise in reported disability began in February 2021, well before the largest recent surges in border encounters, and has continued in a manner inconsistent with simple demographic inflows. The data do not support the claim that the disability spike is an artifact of illegal immigration.
Public health agencies and the media have largely ignored the signal. There has been no serious, transparent inquiry into why the disability rate changed slope so sharply in early 2021 and has remained elevated. Temporary explanations such as COVID itself, lockdowns, mental-health effects of isolation all fail the timing and magnitude tests. The virus was already circulating in 2020 without producing this sustained break. The sharpest acceleration aligned with the mass rollout and subsequent workplace mandates. Correlation is not causation; we are constantly reminded. Fair enough, but when a novel medical intervention is administered to hundreds of millions of working-age adults on an accelerated timeline, and the independent, high-frequency survey of population health then records a multi-sigma regime change precisely then, the burden of proof shifts. Authorities who spent years demanding every other correlation be investigated suddenly lose interest.
The economic implications are not abstract. More than 37 million people reporting disability means a permanently larger share of the population facing barriers to full participation. Labor-force participation among the disabled remains far lower than among those without disability. Employers face higher absence rates and higher costs. Insurance pools absorb elevated claims. The fiscal pressure on entitlement programs grows even if this particular survey is not the claims pipeline. All of it is occurring against a backdrop of demographic aging that was already expected to raise disability prevalence gradually but not at the abrupt rate observed since early 2021.
I have posted the charts for years: total population 16+, the civilian labor force subset, men, women, employed versus not. The pattern is consistent. Rate-of-change moderation appears occasionally, then another leg higher. The February 2021 inflection remains the defining feature. A 3-to-4 sigma shift in trend is not something serious analysts discard. It is the kind of signal that, in any other domain…markets, epidemiology, engineering…would trigger immediate forensic review.
Health authorities have chosen another path. The data continues to accumulate. The total population survey keeps printing higher numbers. The questions asked of households have not changed. The methodology is the same one used for the official employment statistics that move markets every month. Yet the disability series is treated as an inconvenience rather than a red flag.
The conclusion from the data is straightforward. The timing, the magnitude, the concentration among the previously healthy working age population, and the failure of alternative explanations all point to the COVID vaccine campaign as one of the primary driver of the excess disability. That is the assessment I have maintained as the numbers have updated. Ignoring a sustained, multi-sigma break in a core government survey does not make the break disappear. It only guarantees that the consequences continue to compound while institutions look the other way.
The July 2026 print at 37 million is simply the latest confirmation. The trend that began in February 2021 has not been explained by health authorities, has not been investigated with appropriate rigor, and has not been reversed. Until that changes, the data will keep speaking whether anyone in authority cares to listen or not.
hey there flyboy!!
hope things are settling down and you’re okay!
War seven. Which manageable.
i don’t understand your code…lol…but i haven’t had coffee yet…
Coffee would not have helped.
Nor can I proofread. Bonus for me, several keys nort functioning, including, p. So I find a in text and copy, paste several times. Likely missing many.
Intended post.
miss you! hope you are well!
Ditto. Miss ya much! Early September things should be calm and Ill be back posting.
Till then, I sneak a look, at the QTree daily for a few minutes here and there.
kalbo
Thank you.
Ed Dowd with the facts and figures again. Irrefutable.
And it’s going to get worse, going down the road, IMO.
The accumulated, INCREMENTAL damage caused by the modRNA bioweapon COVID-19 “vaccines” will continue to pile up in those who are “vaccinated.”
Good to see you here. Continuing to send Good Energy, Deep Comfort, and prayers to you and yours.
It is also going to show in the un-vaccinated who had covid or were shed upon.
Correct.
However, the un-“vaccinated” still have relatively intact natural immune systems. The COVID-19 “vaccinated” do not.
The un-“vaccinated” need to do all they can to keep and maintain their natural immune system in the best shape possible.
Thank you pAVACA. (p key not working. So I find a p, and paste…
Things settle down, a new keyboard is in order.
You need to add this to your simply Saturday article so it does not get lost.
Done. Thanks.
This is very important.
Here is some science. A prediction.
If the mRNA flu shot is not strongly rejected by Americans, we should see another steepening of the curve, as the rate of mRNA injection increases.
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Eric Daugherty
OMG. Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes that the Biden admin REMOVED 90%+ PERCENT of the 80 people at HHS who oversaw anti-fraud efforts for $2.2 trillion in payments $2.2 TRILLION DOLLARS TREATED LIKE IT’S NOTHING!! TENS of billions LOST Xavier Becerra allowed mass fraud. https://t.co/SzhJJs69Gf”
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg OMG. Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes that the Biden admin REMOVED 90%+ PERCENT of the 80 people at HHS who oversaw anti-fraud efforts for $2.2 trillion in payments
$2.2 TRILLION DOLLARS TREATED LIKE IT’S NOTHING!! TENS of billions LOST
Xavier Becerra allowed mass fraud.
“When I came in, there’s only 6 people who are in charge of all program integrity for my department!”
“My predecessor, Xavier Becerra, when he came into my agency, there were only 80 people in program integrity, 80 people. This is for 50 states and five territories. These are the people who are monitoring $2.2 trillion dollars in payments annually from my agency!”
“We do 4 million transactions a day. There’s only 80 people looking at those. Xavier Becerra came in and transferred 76 of them out!”
“And it was an invitation for the fraudsters to come in and steal everything!”
“And that’s why we have this hospice program! We’ve closed thousands of hospices here in Los Angeles. Because they didn’t have patients. They were just billing us $6,000 a month for phony accounts!”
“And the durable medical equipment fraud, tens of billions of dollars here in Los Angeles County. Autism services, tens of billions of dollars all stolen because nobody was minding the STORE!”
Isn’t this same XAVIER BECERRA who’s running for Governor of California?
the one and the same
Another Latino Commie.
commies come in all shades and flavors it seems.
Yes they do! And the various flavors are distinctive!
the word i would use is pungent.
BRAVE AI
Any bets his parents were actually illegals?
no takers here Gail.
Xavier Becerra needs to be in prison.
no argument there.
GITMO SHARK BAIT…
Agreed!
After he personally faces every illegal child and adult sold to someone in America because it made the Biden admin “look good” to not have anyone held at the border.
Q Rising News
@Trustintrump47
MORE – DOGE Staffer Drops Bombshell After Bombshell About Inner Workings of IRS/Treasury Dept.
DOGE insider Sam Corcos, special adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department, just unloaded a jaw-dropping exposé on the IRS and Treasury’s chaotic operations.
He’s pulling the mask off, and it’s wild.
1]. IRS’ Massive IT Dept. Outstrips Midsize Banks by 175x Budget and 40x Staff
“A typical midsize bank will have somewhere between 1 and 200 people in IT and they have an operations and maintenance budget in like the $20 million a year range. We have 8,000 people in IT, and our operations and maintenance budget is $3.5 billion a year. I don’t really know why yet.”
2]. Contractors Eat Up 80% of IRS’ Massive Operations Budget
“I will tell that you 80% of that budget goes to contractors and licenses——We cannot perform the basic functions of tax collection without paying a toll to all these contractors.”
3]. IRS’ Modernization Is a $3.7 Billion Money Pit
“We have a $3.5 billion operations maintenance budget. We have $3.7 billion modernization effort within it. That’s a lot of budget and way beyond any reasonable cost for what you would expect at a private company for this.”
4]. Ghost Contracts Bleed Millions With No Accountability
“You find contracts that are 10, 20, 30, $50 million and you just ask like, why are we doing this? And everyone’s just like, meh, I don’t know. And then you cancel it and then nothing happens. It’s just inertia, has just taken over.”
FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING.
This is so bizarre. H/t Citizen Free Press:
I’m thinking she might have had breast implants that are showing, too.
AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL BE HARD-PRESSED TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO THIS TO THEIR BODIES – AND
I WONDER IF THERE IS ANY SENSITIVITY IN THE ALTERED PARTS
THESE PEOPLE ARE EITHER VAIN OR JUST PLAIN STUPID – OR BOTH !!!
I’m starting to wonder if that’s AI! 😅
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EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15 (KJV)
COMMENTARY FOR JOSHUA 24
God’s benefits to their fathers. (1-14) Joshua renews the covenant between the people and God. (15-28) Joshua’s death, Joseph’s bones buried, The state of Israel. (29-33)
1-14 We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour’s goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound him. The assembly came together in a solemn religious manner. Joshua spake to them in God’s name, and as from him. His sermon consists of doctrine and application. The doctrinal part is a history of the great things God had done for his people, and for their fathers before them. The application of this history of God’s mercies to them, is an exhortation to fear and serve God, in gratitude for his favour, and that it might be continued.
15-28 It is essential that the service of God’s people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle whence all acceptable service of God can spring. The Father seeks only such to worship him, as worship him in spirit and in truth. The carnal mind of man is enmity against God, therefore, is not capable of such spiritual worship. Hence the necessity of being born again. But numbers rest in mere forms, as tasks imposed upon them. Joshua puts them to their choice; but not as if it were indifferent whether they served God or not. Choose you whom ye will serve, now the matter is laid plainly before you. He resolves to do this, whatever others did. Those that are bound for heaven, must be willing to swim against the stream. They must not do as the most do, but as the best do. And no one can behave himself as he ought in any station, who does not deeply consider his religious duties in family relations. The Israelites agree with Joshua, being influenced by the example of a man who had been so great a blessing to them; We also will serve the Lord. See how much good great men do, by their influence, if zealous in religion. Joshua brings them to express full purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord. They must come off from all confidence in their own sufficiency, else their purposes would be in vain. The service of God being made their deliberate choice, Joshua binds them to it by a solemn covenant. He set up a monument of it. In this affecting manner Joshua took his last leave of them; if they perished, their blood would be upon their own heads. Though the house of God, the Lord’s table, and even the walls and trees before which we have uttered our solemn purposes of serving him, would bear witness against us if we deny him, yet we may trust in him, that he will put his fear into our hearts, that we shall not depart from him. God alone can give grace, yet he blesses our endeavours to engage men to his service.
29-33 Joseph died in Egypt, but gave commandment concerning his bones, that they should not rest in their grave till Israel had rest in the land of promise. Notice also the death and burial of Joshua, and of Eleazar the chief priest. The most useful men, having served their generation, according to the will of God, one after another, fall asleep and see corruption. But Jesus, having spent and ended his life on earth more effectually than either Joshua or Joseph, rose from the dead, and saw no corruption. And the redeemed of the Lord shall inherit the kingdom he prepared for them from the foundation of the world. They will say in admiration of the grace of Jesus, Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Verse of the Day | Psalm 68:6 [August 12, 2026]
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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN
BE MY VOICE
CHILD NOT CHOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN
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Commies just love to confuse things, and the worst ones confuse children.
8.12.26: NATIONAL EMERGENCY? Jihadists? Obama’s invasion, Fauci J@bs, Moloch, PRAY!
And We Know
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LOL!
“Those foolish kids!”
YOUR FARM???
There is an idiot who does not understand communism AT ALL!
Exactly.
“It’s the party’s farm, bitch. Your new job is cleaning toilets on the new Party Farm.”
If she is lucky.
Yup. Sending her to a camp would make it all so much easier.
Ultimately, the commies are not just criminals – they’re cowards.
“Jump down in this hole and be fertilizer.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/12/us/ice-electrical-shock-gloves-agents-hnk
Cattle prods 2.0 
Not exactly a PR win, IMO. OTOH, if they work really well and don’t look outrageous on body cameras, then who knows – maybe a winner.
Have to be able to turn them on and off.
In case you have to scratch your bum?
Or rub your nose.
if everyone knows they exist, then someone will be selling them to the bad guys for a little more…nobody can keep a secret.
New Schlichter —
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/08/12/ignore-the-poll-dancers-n2681021
It is behind a paywall.
It is available here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20260812133410/https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/08/12/ignore-the-poll-dancers-n2681021
I originally got no servers available.
It opened for me.
I am getting an ad to subscribe sitting on top of all but the first paragraph and no way I can see to kill it.
So I went to the Wayback Machine.
Block javascript.
I will put that on the list of stuff Hubby has to do to my computer.
Thanks
Be very careful about that. If you need to block javascript, then only do it for those sites, NOT this one.
You may not be able to author here, or even see tweets, if you block javascript. If you can get authoring to work here with javascript blocked, great, but I doubt it. In fact, I turn off ALL SHIELDS for this site, because we don’t have any ads, and I want everything to work, and everything works best with Brave’s shields OFF.
Cthulhu can’t be an author here, ever, because he blocks all the tools needed for much of this site to function. Just sayin’. IMO his suggestion was only for the site in question.
Thanks for the advice Wolf, I will just use the wayback them. Mostly I do not see ads.
Er….
I’d rather whitelist this place than individually blacklist other sites.
That’s what I do. Use Brave’s shields as default (but allowing javascript, which is Brave’s default, so that websites actually work in general) and then turn off shields for this and a few other sites.
So basically I whitelist this site, but I blacklist javascript where necessary.
KanekoaTheGreat:
tell me you’re a slow learner without telling me you’re a slow learner
Now all these a**hats will be revealing what happened to them like it’s a badge of honor. We took one for the team……. 🤡 world.
Little do they know how unimpressed the unvaxxed will be.
Slow is an understatement. Ask him if he will get a fifth.
He said it went away after the third shot and “came roaring back again” after the fourth one. Apparently he didn’t connect the pericarditis to the shots until the fourth one? Yeah, slow learner or in denial.
Indicted For Fraud, The SPLC Is Flailing And Losing In Court
🍿 🍿 🍿
Excellent!
They have to reach for some kind of antisemitism defense at some point. Add another bucket of 🍿!!!
Mike Lindell went wobbly, and got destroyed. There needs to be some kind of critical study about what happens to conservative candidates that makes them go insane.
It’s just unbelievable. What is wrong with people?
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After Advocating for Illegal Alien Leniency and Amnesty, Mike Lindell Gets Crushed in Minnesota Primary
August 12, 2026
SD: “Hopefully this will be a lesson to multiple people, including President Donald Trump. There is no room for softness on the topic of deporting illegal aliens.
In one of the biggest examples of a mistake in Republican campaigning, three weeks before the primary election Minnesota Governor candidate Mike Lindell made the fatal mistake of advocating for greater leniency for illegal aliens, with inferred amnesty in his immigration platform. The backlash was fierce, righteous and directly targeted. Lindell was blasted.
Last night, despite the support and endorsement from President Trump, Lindell was resoundingly defeated by Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the Minnesota House.”
[SOURCE]
(more…)
Oh, give me a break. 😂 😂 😂
LOL!
I hear you – but this. There is a point here, even if he’s wrong about Trump.
Just the PERCEPTION that Trump is going soft on immigration is a TOOL for the other side. They will do anything, and convincing the edges of the base that Trump has gone soft, is what they will do, if they think they can make it work.
And not one person or outlet that I’ve seen is looking at Mike Lindell’s race and saying that PDJT might be going soft on immigration. Only SD is doing that, AFAIK.
What you expressed is not what SD said, and IMO he doesn’t merit the benefit of someone’s saying what he could have meant. Words matter, and the way they are put together matters; and everyone who writes, especially those who write regularly on the internet, knows that. One reason they know it is because they get feedback from people that allows them to observe and to learn. Lack of allowed feedback OT could be an issue.
If someone here says something that people don’t understand or that they take in a way that was not intended, there is ample opportunity to correct the record.
People telll you what they mean, and who they are. IMO, SD took an unnecessary swipe at PDJT that does not help our side in the least. No one has done more for this country regarding deporting illegal aliens than Pres. Trump.
I wonder if SD is responding to the endorsement mostly. Whatever. I’m not worried about Trump. I don’t think anybody expected Lindell to go soft on immigration.
Almost all the comments on CTH are directed against Lindell. They’re very interesting, but this one matches what I was thinking.
QUOTE…..
What in the world happened to Lindell?
Is it a fundamental misunderstanding of Christianity that is so severe, it creates suicidal empathy, turning Christianity into a vehicle for self-annihilation?
Bad advice? Some DFL/DSA candidates campaign on destroying ICE which plays big among the AWFULS and Aunty-Fah types. Maybe he was advised to be “moderate” in order to get more disaffected Dem votes? Have heard a lot of farm workers in MN are illegals.
Agreed! Very much. As a novice in politics, he almost certainly had one or more bad advisors, who then steered him wrong on the issue.
“…suicidal empathy, turning Christianity into a vehicle for self-annihilation.”
Yes I think so. Many Christians have been brainwashed into thinking ‘turn the other cheek’ means lie down like a rug and let everyone else walk all over you and take advantage.
That ‘Charity‘ means let others rob you blind. It is a perversion that has slowly crept in to organized christian religion. The last & the current Pope is a classic example of that perversion.
That it has been intentional is obvious when you realize Pope Benedict XVI was the first pope to ‘voluntarily’ resign in 2013 in 600 years. From what little I read he was forced out.
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Christianpost.com – The socialist Trojan Horse within the US Christian church
I have run into these Christian Socialists” way to often. One was a college prof that said he was not a communist because he was a Christian.🙄
The Soviet Playbook to Dismantle ChristianityIt’s still in the works – and more camouflaged than ever.
“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz
Also remember how many churches agreed with the george floyd BS and didn’t mention anything about Charlie Kirk.
AMEN!
Turning the other cheek means standing one’s ground, prepared to take more abuse, refusing to abandon a righteous stance under threat of violence, and daring the opponent to strike again and LOSE THE CROWD. It is DEFIANCE.
I suspect that the media got him – very likely working with traitors on his team. I will bet he had at least TWO ringers working for him, leading him to wrong positions.
He got fooled, attempting for the first time to do what his ‘peeps’ recommended.
He should have stayed strong, and have taken the ‘hard’ line on illegal aliens.
I’ve liked him a lot – he’s genuine, and does his best. I *still* like him. There are other, more appropriate-for-him roles to play.
It’s a very different milieu for the den of political vipers he apparently paid heed to.
A catastrophic error.
But he’s TRUE. Perhaps “politics” ain’t his game.
Mike is a great guy, and when I get more money, I will buy more of his products.
He has almost single handedly supported the Alt Media and for that we should praise him.
IMO it’s the MEDIA. I say this after my experiences working in local/regional/state politics. The allegedly neutral but NOT REALLY media and organizations like the League of Women Voters, the Chamber of Commerce, and others like them, will psychologically browbeat candidates into sympathy for the Demmunist human shields, whoever they happen to be. In Ohio, at that time, it was TRANS KIDS. The media will beat on the sane candidates until they get some kind of compromise with the crazy.
It takes balls of steel to tell the media and the squishy and woke do-gooder orgs to GO TO HELL – or even just to not answer. People think they can do it, but it is very difficult, and many, many candidates will fail.
I think that Lindell was not prepared to be a bad guy for a while, to earn back “double smart good guy” later. A candidate simply has to take dirty and unfair punches, to win in the end.
Just keep it simple, follow DJT’s lead. Support what DJT supports, oppose what DJT opposes. Become a rubber stamp for MAGA, and you win.
Just hide behind DJT’s Superman cloak.
Whenever the media attacks you, all you have to say is “I support exactly what the President supports, so if you don’t like what the President supports, you’ll have to take it up with him.”
And you don’t have to say another word.
Wander off the reservation, trying MAGA-lite or MAGA with a side order of DSA, and you lose.
It really is the best, to follow PDJT’s directives.
No need to “hide,” just call out the BS!
Hi Scott,
Today I needed to finally get some technical things done on my Linux setup. I can tell you from experience that Grok is not a good choice for this kind of work. I found it guiding me in the wrong direction too often and when I let it know it’s advice didn’t work it kind of shrugged and didn’t really seem to care about the waste of my time.
Brave AI will often be enough, but I’ve had enough good experiences with AlterAI.systems that I went with it this time. What a pleasant experience (once it *got* the fact that I wanted short exchanges, not crazy long replies).
I found that if I delete older conversations I can get my “10 credits” restored if I happen to run out of credits on the no pay version. Today I decided to upgrade to Plus ($15/mo) but at check out I tried a coupon “GOSTEVE” from one of the people behind building an AI that doesn’t fight for the woke side of science (or anything else for that matter).
You might want to give it a try!
I hadn’t even heard of that one, thanks for the tip T3!
Half the battle is knowing enough to recognize when the Ai is going down a blind alley, so you can course correct.
Yes, That’s why instructing the a.i. to do short exchanges is so critical. If you go one step at a time alongside the a.i. you can tell it something went wrong right away and not waste a lot of credits (words) where it repeats instructions over and over.
Yes. Well put.
I hope he comes back on stage using his own forte, and finds an appropriate niche that fits his charisma and expertise in re the voting scam(s).
I think we’ll see him again…
Iran’s Generals Who “TARGETED TRUMP”… JUST GOT ERASED
Italy Just SHUT DOWN an ISLAMIC System Nobody Was Supposed to Question!!!
this explains a LOT! like how some decisions seem like they’re being pulled out of the judge’s butt!
FloridaFredOutWest
August 12, 2026 3:04 pm
Jack Straw
@JackStr42679640
I didn’t know this… Did you?
In the United States, 32 states allow judges or magistrates to serve without a law degree.
In North Carolina, where the magistrate involved in the release of Iryna Zarutska’s alleged killer served, reports have stated that more than 80% of magistrates do not hold a J.D.
The 32 states are:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Did you know this?
I’ve been aware of it for just a couple years, but I didn’t know that almost 2/3 of the states allow it.
Some judges are elected, some are appointed. Remember Chuckie, crowing *on TV* about seeding ~250 judges (and / or magistrates – administrators, rather than bona fide judges of law) to thwart PDJT’s MAGA Agenda?
Our entire system is borked (if that’s the right lingo). I want to see, and the time is shortening, the MIL take over, owing to the corruption of all three branches.
It’s always darkest before the dawn, and no one knows what the new day will bring.
One must keep hope!
And be vigilant…
JD degrees are creeping credentialism.
Agree.
Law School ain’t quite what it used to be…
Malware, Malfare, Lawfare – same evil design.
JD = Juris Doctor? Today, neither definition(s) apply!
maybe…but without any sort of foundation, you get liberal white women reading a law and deciding on its application using their feelings.
Oh, btw, I read for the first time this morning the 1/23/25 post in re DePat that Wolf put together and has kept it pinned.
What an emotional roller-coaster – but I read each of the ~700 posts.
It was soothing, in one sense, to see so many Q-Treepers from the beginning of this site – names / handles I remember from back then – as well as lurkers who took the plunge to post here.
Gotta say, even though the event was incredibly sad, still the Christian hearts and minds here transferred so much hope and positivity and respect for DP.
It still seems so near!
I’m glad that I preserved my posts back then (and will do so soon, once I retrieve my computer from storage), and that the archives have been saved and can be accessed in a moment thanks to Wolf.
I’m also rather humbled that such a great spirit, intellect, and faith, interacted with me often enough to spark camaraderie.
We were all blessed by her presence, and her efforts, on this site (and elsewhere).
I’m sure I could say a lot more, but then I’d be posting all night!
May God bless us all.
ES.
Amen!!! 💖
Well said, we’re blessed here.
It doesn’t take a law degree to know that a murderer belongs behind bars.
The Bar Associations should be voluntary. SCOTUS requirements are very lax FYI.
Things Just Got A WHOLE LOT WORSE for the WNBA!!!
Worse for WNBA = Better for USA 👍😁
AHHHhhh but if they let in the European Trans, then they are going to have let in those retired basketball guys too.
Decisions decisions…
It is a delicious dilemma they have created for themselves… and endless entertainment for the rest of us 😂
Is Religious War London’s Last Shot at Trump?
The Charlie Kirk Murder Trial is OVER. Tyler Robinson Defense Admits Defeat, Smoking Gun Evidence…
Karoline Leavitt resigns as White House press secretary
No! She was SO GOOD!!!
could you imagine if POTUS gives the job to Stephen Miller?
The press conferences would become so entertaining they would be on Prime Time TV.
People in the front rows would need ponchos, like Gallagher.
Family first probably. She was great in that position.
I figured she wants to be home with her new baby.
Yes – it’s right and proper.
Her new career! And I think she’s made the “promotion” in the right “field.”
Good for her and her new family!
We’ll survive – PDJT has an AMAZING Rolodex…
OH NO!!!
There have been others…..
Good for her. Her family needs her, and her attention to them is also a service to America.
In addition, family-first is a sore spot for the feminist Left. Some women with children have to work full time, and they do what they have to do. IMO, for someone who has the option to not be in the work force to take a stand for her family is setting a great example.
This is great info, Gail. I knew about bromine in commercial bread (which I don’t eat) from researching fluoride and iodine years ago, but I did not know it was in the diet mtn dew that I was actually sipping while I read this 😕 that’s the kick I need to lose that habit.
I love the Ocean Halo organic seaweed snacks for iodine (97mcg). I tried Lugols drops and they made my heart race very noticeably, so I will look into the tri-iodine you recommended.
The heart racing is covered next week…
Essentially it is too much of a good thing. It is like when you deal with a starving animal. You can not give them a full meal or you will make them sick, possible kill them. Same with a body starved for iodine. You may have to start off slowly so the body can adjust.
Thanks for explanation!
Your welcome but the thanks actually goes to Dr Elizabeth Bright.
Agreed. With Lugols, I started with 1 drop for a couple weeks, then 2 drops for another couple weeks, and kept going until I was at the amount I wanted to be at.
Did Trump Have A Secret Meeting? Obama Panics, Trump Got The Nuclear Dust, Treason – Ep. 3969
August 12, 2026 x22report
https://x22report.com/did-trump-have-a-secret-meeting-obama-panics-trump-got-the-nuclear-dust-treason-ep-3969/
The Biden era energy efficiency standards for cooktops, stoves are withdrawn. Inflation is dropping and the fake news, D’s and the [CB] were all wrong. Consumers are beginning to spend again. OCC clears path for a Bitcoin banking system. Trump is removing more taxes for the people. The [DS] is feeling the pain. The evidence is coming out showing who is treasonous against the US. Trump is now making the [DS] panic like we have never seen before. Every step of the way the people are learning what they have done to stay in control and remove a sitting President. Trump switched planes after the NATO meeting, did he meet someone in secret. Syria hands over the nuclear dust. Will this connect Obama to U1 once the comparison is made to the Iranian nuclear dust. TREASON.
Ep 3969a – OCC Is Clearing The Way For Bitcoin & Crypto To Become Banks, Trump Removing More Taxes
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3969a-occ-is-clearing-the-way-for-bitcoin-crypto-to-become-banks-trump-removing-more-taxes/
Ep 3969b – Did Trump Have A Secret Meeting? Obama Panics, Trump Got The Nuclear Dust, Treason
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3969b-did-trump-have-a-secret-meeting-obama-panics-trump-got-the-nuclear-dust-treason/
H/T X-22
The top 2 graphs talk of TOTAL CARD SPENDING so I asked brave AI
From Brave AI
TEXT:
“… If employment stays strong…”
We are coming into the holiday season when you see a lot of seasonal workers hired so employment should stay strong until at least January.
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
4h
https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg BREAKING: Attorney General Todd Blanche just announced the ARRESTS of 11 “naturalized” US citizens from China who arranged over 1,000 SHAM MARRIAGES between Chinese nationals and Americans
De-naturalize EVERY SINGLE ONE of them
“This is one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in United States HISTORY,” Blanche said
“This scheme was not a quick fly by night operation but rather a years long multimillion dollar cottage industry to criminally assist people who would not or legally could not otherwise become citizens of the United States.”
https://xcancel.com/nicksortor/status/2087587181833416794
One more reason that the treasonous Lisa Murkowski opposed Todd Blanche, no doubt!
Yup, every vote against him revealed an enemy of America.
I just posted an article about a free MOVIE about mRNA vaccines. I recommend watching it, to jog your memory of COVID, in preparation for the massive battles to come.
mRNA Vaccines – A Movie to Refresh Your Memory
by Wolf Moon
August 12, 2026 12:00
Thanks WOlf. Sounds like something to show those who took the clot shot.
Yes. It’s good wake-up material, too.
Newsom FREAKS OUT After Dems LOSE CONTROL Of Their Own Party!
ICE Unveils New Electric SHOCK Glove Weapon to ZAP Illegals Back Over The Border | How it Works…
The Biggest COVER-UP Just Got EVEN BIGGER!
It’s About To Get Ugly For The Socialists!
Just an update. We were in that crazy storm in Northwest Indiana and haven’t had power since last Tuesday. Still awaiting on Nipsco.