Dear MAGA: 20251130 Open Topic

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On this day and every day –

God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up


Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.

“This day is holy to the Lord your God;
do not mourn nor weep.” . . .
“Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Give Thanks . . . IN Everything

In a very practical section of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he encourages his readers to give thanks in everything (1 Thessalonians 5:18). In the immediate context, he had exhorted them to rejoice always (verse 16) and to pray without ceasing (verse 17). These are recognizable characteristics of a person who is encouraged and growing in his or her faith. The first two are easy enough to understand – being joyful and prayerful are not complex ideas. But Paul’s instruction that the Thessalonian believers should give thanks in everything presents a unique challenge.

It is worth noting that Paul doesn’t tell them to give thanks for everything. The preposition used in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 is the Greek en, which is best translated by the English preposition in. Paul isn’t telling them they must be thankful for the difficulties they were encountering; instead, he is challenging them to be thankful in any circumstance. Paul recognized that the secret of contentment isn’t found in circumstances. Rather, there is contentment in recognizing it is Christ who strengthens us for whatever we might face (Philippians 4:11–13).

It is also evident that God allows things in our lives to help us grow to be more like Christ – in fact, that pursuit (Christlikeness) is the primary purpose God has for us in sanctification (being set apart or holy). If God works all things together for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28) and that good is that we would be more like Christ (verse 29), then we can expect that He even uses hardship in our lives to help shape us to be more like Him. Because He works for that purpose in our lives, we can be filled with gratitude, knowing that there is purpose even in the difficulties we can’t understand.

In Romans 5:3 Paul uses even stronger language than he uses in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – he explains that we can exult or rejoice even in suffering because of what the suffering produces in us. Suffering brings perseverance; perseverance develops proven or tested character; character that has been tested develops hope; and God’s kind of hope never disappoints. If God can use suffering and trials that way, to help us mature, then those experiences are worth it. Like Paul encourages the Corinthians, the momentary afflictions we encounter in this life are producing what he calls an “eternal weight of glory” (2 Corinthians 4:17). Paul adds that the sufferings we encounter today are nothing compared to the glory we will see in the future (Romans 8:18). In other words, it is all worth it.

If we have this kind of big-picture perspective, we can give thanks in everything because we understand how God is using those things in our lives to grow us now and in the future. Jesus illustrates the principle for His disciples in John 16:21: the pain of childbirth is exceedingly severe, and during labor it might not seem worth it at all. But when a mother holds her newborn, she is no longer considering the pain but only the joy that has been produced. In the same way, we can give thanks in all things, knowing that the difficulties, hardships, and sufferings are like the pains of labor, and that the outcome of proven character and certain hope is like holding the newborn baby. There is power in understanding what God has revealed about how He causes us to grow. His methods may be painful at times (see Hebrews 12:7–11), but the outcome is the peaceful fruit of righteousness. When our perspective is informed by His Word, giving thanks in everything makes perfect sense.
xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/give-thanks-in-everything.html


One big reason to give thanks to God during all our circumstances, no matter how bad they may seem, is that as fallible human beings of limited understanding, we don’t have and can’t have a realistic comprehension of the magnitude of the freedom and glory (not to mention the peace and joy) that will be ours as children of God.

Romans 8:18-21 (paraphrased) –
Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the freedom and glory that will be revealed in us as the children of God. 


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Barb Meier

Thank you and God bless you, Bakocarl!!

scott467

From OT.

All of pResident Autopen’s staffers are clearly lying in this video.

But notice how the men, specifically, appear to be almost embarrassed at the lies they are telling. Look at their body language. They’re not confident, they’re ashamed. They know everybody knows they are lying.

Now look at the women. They’re lying too. But see how easily they do it. So confident. So self-assured. So natural. Shameless.

This contrast, among Brandon administration staff, looks very consistent between the sexes.
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The Investigation Into Joe Biden’s Handlers Using the Autopen
November 29, 2025 

SD: Yesterday, President Trump announced his intention to nullify any Joe Biden document signed by autopen, that did not carry cognitive understanding of Biden. [SEE HERE]

The House investigation into the White House handlers of Joe Biden, now takes focus.
“As part of the Oversight Committee’s investigation into The Biden Autopen Presidency, Chairman James Comer and Committee staff conducted transcribed interviews with several of Joe Biden’s former senior aides and advisors. […]

Their testimony revealed that President Biden’s cognitive deterioration was real, visible, and widely discussed inside the West Wing.

Witnesses further confirmed that critical executive actions and even presidential pardons were executed without Biden’s direct authorization, signed instead by an autopen. Several aides confessed they did not know who was approving or controlling its use.” WATCH:
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Link to Interviews and Transcripts ~
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pgroup2

We need to give thanks that there are still enough citizens who honor the constitution, so that we can weather this storm with our republic intact.  😇 

Gail Combs

I give thanks that people are FINALLY waking up to the fact they are losing their country!

Wolf Moon

AMEN!!!

Aubergine

What I see in all of this scandal is one thing; Demoncrats live by the phrase “the ends justify the means.”

They want power. They will do anything to obtain and keep it. Up to and including murder, as the Clintons have shown us. They simply do not possess a moral center. The Demoncrat party is a psychopathic entity. There is no empathy, kindness, or concern for others. We The People are either an obstacle for them or useful to them, and are treated accordingly. If the useful become an obstacle, they are dealt with.

Somehow, the useful need to wake the hell up to reality.

patfrederick

agree with everything you said.

Gail Combs

Also they have no loyalty to each other. That is a  common trait of a psychopath. A sociopath’s ‘loyalty’ is based on self-interest and strategic calculation.

From the point of view of the Law this is good because they are much more likely to rat each other out if caught.

Aubergine

True.

Sir ES

The most concise result of the Nuremberg trials that I’ve read is that the Nazi mentality was “DEVOID of empathy.”

Something like “Why should I walk in YOUR shoes? I worked hard for my shoes – you walk in your shoes, and I’ll walk in mine!”

Other people are merely tools to them: to be used, and then abandoned (or worse, if posing a threat) when their utility is gone.

Psychopaths, sociopaths, and Machiavellians (the dark triad) PREY on others.

These broken people are incurable – a pathological diminution of mentality.

I remember a two-page article in SciAm years ago wherein the psychologists / authors drew the conclusion that, with sociopaths, one should neither do anything FOR them, nor anything AGAINST them: just get AWAY from them!

I would add that when too many of them get together, as is the case now, one CANNOT ignore the existential threat that they pose to our species.

cthulhu

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Wolf Moon

What a great idea!!! 🦃 🙏 🇺🇸

kalbokalbs

Daily. Thankful, here.   :wpds_wink: 

Fortunate beyond words.

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kalbokalbs

Stuff that makes me wonder.

What will be the effect on everyday Americans, day to day life.

Not looking at investment stuff, which I simply do not understand . Nor participate. Yea, I know, beat inflation, increase “wealth”.

100% I believe Trump is working to protect America. Prevent dollar collapse AND lose it’s stature as the lead currency in trade, financial settlements. Can’t recall the correct word(s) at the moment.

Increase investment in America, rebuild American industry, ability to be self sufficient Internally. Will take time.

Short term outlook for everyday Americans…

Another Chiefio…

Well. That’s not good. Blackrock & Commercial Defaults
I’m mostly in hunker down mode
Gold and Silver have treated me well this last year or so. In general, I’m wary of the tsunami of debt being washed around the world by governments & corporations. Yes, I still have a part of my investments in the S&P 500 and an India fund, along with some particularly “likely to succeed” growth companies… but…

Things are looking a lot more down than up. When Blackrock is having troubles, it’s not good. I have a reasonable percentage in $US cash, ready to toss it into “shorting” ETFs when the indicators say so.

Why the dour mood? Europe is toast. Shoving €Billions at Ukraine to be destroyed and with massive non-European populations arriving to suck on the government teat, all while destroying their economic competitiveness by destruction of nuclear and coal plants, blowing up Russian low cost gas pipelines and making their energy infrastructure unreliable and VERY expensive; so all their industries become unreliable and too expensive to make sales, Also the political unrest in the streets AND their insistence on criminalizing “free speech” means a large part of the world can not visit Europe without fear of arrest (me among them); so goodbye tourism money….

More, including a couple videos…

Well. That’s not good. Blackrock & Commercial Defaults.

Well. That’s not good. Blackrock & Commercial Defaults

I’m mostly in hunker down mode
Gold and Silver have treated me well this last year or so. In general, I’m wary of the tsunami of debt being washed around the world by governments & corporations. Yes, I still have a part of my investments in the S&P 500 and an India fund, along with some particularly “likely to succeed” growth companies… but…

Things are looking a lot more down than up. When Blackrock is having troubles, it’s not good. I have a reasonable percentage in $US cash, ready to toss it into “shorting” ETFs when the indicators say so.

Why the dour mood? Europe is toast. Shoving €Billions at Ukraine to be destroyed and with massive non-European populations arriving to suck on the government teat, all while destroying their economic competitiveness by destruction of nuclear and coal plants, blowing up Russian low cost gas pipelines and making their energy infrastructure unreliable and VERY expensive; so all their industries become unreliable and too expensive to make sales, Also the political unrest in the streets AND their insistence on criminalizing “free speech” means a large part of the world can not visit Europe without fear of arrest (me among them); so goodbye tourism money….

Then there’s that little point about Africa kicking out European companies and structures. How’s that working out for you, France?…

Basically, Europe is not “investable” at all right now, IMHO. Debt too high and rising. Taxes too high, and also rising. Stupidity in command of the UK & EU governments. Italy talking about putting a “tax’ on private ownership of metals (gold, silver, etc.) and in Austria one must tell the government if they buy any gold…

Essentially the kleptocratic Political Class has realized they have run their economies into the ground, are about to run out of money, and are looking around for whom they can steal it from. Not a good time to be a profit making company, or an owner of any assets.
Japan just issued a $150 Billion notice of being a bit short of money and wondering who might give them more, being about 250% of GDP in debt already. This risks a complete unwind of the Yen Carry Trade as it depends on near zero interest rates, and those are rapidly leaving the arena… which could cause all sorts of global investments to need an “unwind” too. Bonds, real estate, stocks, you name it. Once owned via zero interest yen loans, about to be unprofitable with 3% yen rates…

China is having a demographic crisis. Between “one child” policies and a toxic (literally,,,) work environment, the size of the Chinese population is unknown. Perhaps as high as the claimed 1.4 Billion, but also perhaps as low as 500 million. Doing “OK” per the official numbers, but with a lot of unofficial “Ghost Cities” and a strong case of deflation / headed into recession.

Russia is doing fine. I’d say “despite sanctions” but in fact a lot is “because of sanctions”. Their major competitor of Europe has destroyed their economic competitiveness via sanctions. Russia is now FORCED to keep their investment money inside Russia, leading to a big boom in economic activity. So much so that their Central Bank is trying to damp down economic activity via higher interest rates than in The West. BUT those same sanctions make it impossible for folks in The West to invest in Russia…

Russia mines and produces a LOT of gold each year.

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/russia/gold-production

Key information about Russia Gold Production

Russia Gold Production was reported at 310,000.000 kg in Dec 2024.

This records a decrease from the previous figure of 313,000.000 kg for Dec 2023.

Russia Gold Production data is updated yearly, averaging 172,031.000 kg from Dec 1992 to 2024, with 33 observations.

The data reached an all-time high of 313,830.000 kg in 2021 and a record low of 114,900.000 kg in 1998.

Russia Gold Production data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Geological Survey.

So call it about 300 tons a year. At a little over 32 troy ounces per kg and about $4,000 per troy ounce, that’s about 4,000 x 32 x 300,000 = $38,400,000,000 per year or about $38 Billion. This goes to the Russian Central Bank as reserves (since they can’t sell it due to, muh, “sanctions”) where it gets added to “tier one reserves” and then the bank can issue Rubles against those reserves. Then, thanks to fractional reserve banking, that gets turned into a LOT more Rubles (exact number I do not know as I don’t know the Russian reserve ratio requirement), but call it a 20 to 1 expansion ratio, less than in the west, and you get about $760 Billion of bank deposits when that cycle unwinds, and since there’s about 1 Ruble per penny US, (really 1.3) and were up to about 76,000,000,000,000 rubles in the bank.

Guess what, Russia has to pay for its military adventures in Rubles not € £ or $US… so it doesn’t need to sell oil, just mine gold and put it in the bank… but removing that supply from the international trade markets does drive up the price of gold in The West… think about it…

So basically, with Africa and South America being minor investment places, that basically leaves the USA as the market to be in. (Yes, I have a little in Brazil and some in India, but they are still minor markets).

So… the $US is still “the best whore in the whore house”… but… I’ve done a LOT better with holding gold than holding $US. (Full disclosure: Today I bought a bit more gold, silver, and platinum).

What do I expect? Spit in one hand and expect at the other, then see which one gets wetter….

I expect the debt burden of The West to sink it, but slowly. I’m mostly hunkered down with zero debt, and my capital stock paid off (own cars & trucks clear, everything in the house paid off, no debt at all). My biggest worry is dollar inflation, but I have had that covered (and then some) with “hard assets”.

Mostly I expect Europe to be screwed for a few decades, China to continue to lie cheat and steal, and the USA to struggle with excessive debt. Not seeing a lot of real upside; so focused more on “not losing value” via owning real assets.

Of course, THE big issue is just “Will we have thermonuclear war?” (either with Russia or China)? But at least while Trump is in office, I think that will be off the table, So ask me in another 3 or 4 years…

I also expect that the BRICS+ “unwind” of the $US Reserves is going to put a LOT of downward pressure on the $US for a few more years. But that will likely be offset by the “Best Whore” effect. Yuan will likely rise as it takes on more of the BRICS+ trade, but not investable, so there’s that.

Australia & New Zealand will be kicked to the curb by China, so not a lot of opportunity there. Then Canada is busy imploding from internal political food fights… And everyone from Mexico to Indonesia is being Tariff Whipped… which doesn’t leave much. Maybe Argentina as it is on Trump’s Sugar Daddy List…

Mostly, things look to me like they are mostly bleak and getting worse. So I’m doing a kind of financial “Duck and cover”. Not totally out of markets, but ready to jump on any evidence the USA is tanking while hedged with some non-US funds in BRICS and a good position in gold & silver (that I’ve had for a year+ now).

https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/well-thats-not-good-blackrock-commercial-defaults/#comments

pgroup2

Prevent dollar collapse …

The dollar has already collapsed.

I read this as you saying ‘prevent further decline’, right?

I speculate that in the next three years we will see all fiat currency issuance returned to the Treasury and the birth of Gold Dollars. They will be issued in grams of gold held by the U.S. govt. I also speculate that a fixed formula of exchange will be established between [at least] the American Gold Dollar and the Russian Gold Ruble, with possibly a fixed gold price of a barrel of Sweet Crude.

By fixing a permanent exchange rate between America and Russia, war between them will be obsolete and unproductive. IMO.

Public transactions can still be done with fiat currency but gold-based exchange rate currency will operate as a parallel alternative.

Don’t beat me up too bad as I am old and haven’t got the details worked out.  😂 

kalbokalbs

Good by me.

Sir ES

A very insightful post!

I think that even fiat dollars will be gone, and I hope that we won’t have to wait that long. The consequences of world-wide central bank system failure / bankruptcy defy accurate prediction.

In a Q&A with the anons, one question Q answered unequivocally:

Anon: “Do we have the gold?”

Q: “Yes. Gold will end the Fed.”

(And that was 6-7 years ago, IIRC.)

TradeBait2

What it means for us – TradeBait relatively short version. Chieflo is missing the paradigm shift to Trumpmania. He is lost in minutia.

We rise while other boats take on water or sink altogether. Less forever wars for us. Expect the other thugs to try to start some to bail out their economies, but expect Trump to counter with tariffs and sanctions that counter their aggression. He and us are their daddies, even with little brothers Chyna and Russia.

Why do you think all those peace deals between warring nations happened with trade deals?

Chieflo is guessing on our debt situation. There is nothing to back that up that Trump has not already addressed with BBB and tariffs that will be solidified, potentially with another reconciliation bill Congress is mulling over now.

When we stop having annual deficits along with interest rates returning to non-manipulated levels (Fed control), which is well underway, our national debt service (treasury bond interest, etc) becomes a reducing percentage of the annual federal budget. With tighter budget controls (DOGE identified), over spending killed (reductions in Medicare/Medicaid, fed agencies/departments, RIF of employees, etc.); the debt reduction accelerates. The Treasury refinances higher rate bonds with lower rate bonds as well.

JD Vance is our future business and tech investment era POTUS.

Corporate and other federal tax revenues grow exponentially from the $20+ T in investment into tech industry, energy and manufacturing. Tariffs replace personal income taxes. Working American citizens get a “raise” from Uncle Sam. Trump gives Americans a “dividend” next year for them to spike consumer spending before the midterms.

From these activities real estate will trend down in price as a percentage against rising income levels. The bottom feeders and market manipulators like Blackrock will take a hit for awhile since the retail economy is no longer based on commercial real estate. Blackstone buys residential real estate direct. They will also need to dump properties because the rents and resales will take a hit with a glut in inventory as the illegals are exited. That lowers prices and increases inventory. The investors behind those two will make bigger returns in the stock market and other investments. Them exiting even somewhat, reduces the buyer pool taking the pressure off prices. Changes the market dynamics.

All of this is why Trump believes he can eliminate the federal personal income tax and replace it with tariff revenues.

To us as little people – Have enough cash in the bank or CU to handle expenses for a year. Add in any “survival” money if everything tanks. Investments: stock market (mutual funds), land, precious metals (gold/silver), collectibles that have tradable value. Example: I know guys making a killing at buying, restoring and selling old cars. Even if they do no work themselves they use folks to do body and upholstery along with mechanics who have side hustles. They don’t get in a hurry, do the projects right. Go to large car shows, take offers. When the numbers are right, do the deal.

FWIW, pgroup’s post and some form of what he said is probably going to happen. i think most of that big picture stuff is already worked out.

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kalbokalbs

Nailed it!

Which is why I have an E ticket, on the Trump Train. Onboard for the duration.

TradeBait2

👍

Gail Combs

Agree. Blackrock/China were snapping up US real estate. We were getting calls a couple times a week trying to buy our farm.

After the Trump election that came to a screeching halt.

HIGH real estate prices + high mortgage rates trap people into renting. THAT is what Blackrock was banking on when they were snapping up single family homes.

cthulhu

Having an extra 50 million people in your country provides competition for renters, leading to maximum financial extraction.

Boosting them out of here is going to reshape the rental market.

Gail Combs

That too. And do not forget all the ‘Anchor Babies’ who should ALSO get the boot. Or at least EXTREME VETTING.

Barb Meier

The word “Booting does not have an “s”.

cthulhu

Booting them out is too pedestrian. Boosting ’em implies power tools and/or rockets.

Barb Meier

Eeeeep!! OMGosh, you are right. Thanks for helping me follow better.

Sir ES

Great post, TB!

It covers a lot of good ground.

Question (to all):

Does any-/everyone get that our country’s debt is owned, partially, and perhaps wholly, by the Roth’s? THAT is how they EARN the interest, as pay, to shoulder the USA’s massive debt, ~$37T or so.

I believe that their refusal to lower the interest rates (5% or so) demonstrated that their OWN INCOME is in jeopardy: 5% of $1.85T is a helluvan incentive to run against the financial well-being of our America!

Do the Q-Treepers realize that VSGPDJT *subsumed* the “Fed” into the US Treasury during his first term? AND, while initially bearing a small % of US ownership of the debt, the Roth’s soon after were liable for ALL of it, if need be, as PDJT – as CiC directing the Treasury – ordered.

The default of the USA Corporation’s debt will be all on the Roth’s. It will crush them! The ‘united States of America’ will have the financial and legal status again as our REPUBLIC, reversing 150+ years of legal / illegal trickery.

I hope, and believe with some confidence, that what I’ve written and claimed will come to pass, in some parallel way, in the main, even with some errors.

I’ll leave the pesky details aside, and support VSGPDJT in whatever way he thinks best.

It’s the best conjecture I can synthesize ATM …

Barb Meier

To us as little people – Have enough cash in the bank or CU to handle expenses for a year. 

Dear God, thank you for watching out for us teeny tiny people and help us stay straight and steady.

Sir ES

From what I’ve read, money (gold and silver especially) has been, and still is, FLEEING Europe. The traders believe that this means that Europe will be the BIG LOSER at the end.

Q said that America will be righted first; then Asia (I assume Russia and China, then others); and only then, Europe. By that time, I think that most of Europe will be irreparably damaged – ‘toast.’ I hope not … but one must face reality.

The “saving Israel for last” phrase is rather cryptic (on purpose, I think!): it could go either way.

I don’t hold ANY stocks (or ETFs etc.). I deem it too dangerous to take such risks in this environment – a sea-change is coming!

kalbokalbs

Mirrors my estimate, with a few extras. thanks for posting.

kalbokalbs

SEC. MARCO RUBIO on accusations Trump and Hegseth violate “INTERNATIONAL LAW” by blowing up narco-terrorists in the Caribbean

“I find it INTERESTING all these countries want us to send nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles to defend Europe. But when the United States positions aircraft carriers in OUR hemisphere, where we live, somehow that’s a PROBLEM!”

“I don’t think that the European Union gets to determine what international law is. They CERTAINLY don’t get to determine how the United States defends its national security!”

“The United States is under attack from organized, criminal narco-terrorists in our hemisphere – and the president is responding in the DEFENSE of our country.”

“So I would say that the United States and this president has made very clear his job is to protect the United States from threats against the United States…and THAT is what he’s doing in this operation.”

SCREW the Fake News and any country who demands we stop ending narco-terrorists. We have sovereignty. Marco is right.

pgroup2

Marco seems to be right most of the time lately.

cthulhu

He has improved markedly.

kalbokalbs

Follows Trump’s lead exceptionally well.

patfrederick

there finally is a real LEADER to follow!

Gail Combs

That is what the tea party lacked.

cthulhu

I was thinking the word “tutelege”, myself,

TradeBait2

Marco just needed MAGA direction at the feet of the Master. Really pleased with how he is doing.

patfrederick

agreed!

Wolf Moon

kalbokalbs

OK. Let’s have some arrests, prosecutions…

BREAKING: Former Republican Congressman Devin Nunes EXPOSES why the FBI really raided Mar-A-Lago in 2022… They were looking for the Intelligence Community Assessment that he wrote that exposed Russiagate and Barack Obama’s plot to overthrow a duly-elected US President. The FBI tampered with evidence and was looking to seize Nunes’ intelligence assessment so that they could cover it up before it was released to the public. In other words, federal law enforcement was weaponized to frame one President while protecting another. This makes Benedict Arnold’s treason and Watergate look like SMALL POTATOES.

Brave and Free

ÌIRC, SD has been preaching that line of thought for awhile. Most people paying attention know that’s a possible reason for the raid, despite what the Faux news wants you to believe.
Are they preparing the uninformed for the possibility of arrest of the perpetrators?

Aubergine

Ok, then, release the damned thing!

I am so friggin’ tired of all this secrecy for “national security” bullshit. If foreign countries were colluding with our “President” Obama, let’s hear it. If our FBI was complicit, so be it, we deserve to know.

I simply DO NOT CARE anymore about “muh institutions” or “foreign allies.” Burn it all down and start over if necessary.

pgroup2

Devin is putting on some weight.

Time to buy some new shirts in a larger neck size.  😉 

kalbokalbs

More likely needs to get out of the AC spaces AND exercise.

Gail Combs

And quit drinking so much of his own wine!

pgroup2

My introduction to sarcasm was a plaque above my dad’s desk that said, work is the curse of the drinking class.

Exercise is the curse of the Barco-lounger class.  😂 

Cuppa Covfefe

Oscar Wilde, or in the latter case, Oscar’s Wilde 🙂

patfrederick

Pe7rot Conservative6
November 30, 2025 2:17 am

Central California – BREAKING
Mass shooting in Stockton, possibly partly at a Dairy Queen. FTR, Stockton is a hard-scrabble city in Central California, large minority population, modest inland port.
‘BREAKING: 19 Shot, 4 Dead at Children’s Party. Location is banquet hall on Lucille and Thornton.
“Sheriff office is the lead.
“19 victims. 4 dead as of now, all children
“All nearby agencies (UOP, CHP, Delta) assisting. #stockton”

Cuppa Covfefe

Seems Newscum’s gun control laws don’t help one bit…

Stockton and thereabouts has a HUGE Hispanic population, both legal and illegal… sad…

The deep state is really pushing it…..

patfrederick

Charlotte99
November 30, 2025 3:24 am

Trent Ashby voted to advance the Islamic agenda in Texas last session.
These are his votes—on the record:
• HR 34 — Recognizing the Holy Month of Ramadan
• HR 36 — Recognizing Eid al-Fitr
• HR 32 — Recognizing Pakistan Day at the Texas Capitol
This is totally unacceptable.
Just a few months later, and now he wants to campaign on pushing back on Islam in Texas?
That is classic career-politician behavior!
Let’s be clear: these resolutions aren’t harmless.
They normalize, legitimize, and elevate Islamic observances inside our state government. Islam is completely incompatible with our Constitution and with America’s principles of life, liberty, and property.
Ashby now wants a promotion to the Texas Senate, but he can’t run from his own weak record.
SD-3 deserves a real conservative fighter — and that’s Rhonda Ward.
Rhonda won’t bend to Islam.
Not in a resolution. Not in the law.
https://nitter.poast.org/Bentley4Texas/status/1994527735058759687#m

pgroup2

Rhonda needs billboards all across Texas, reciting those little factoids.

LOTS of billboards. Alongside of every major highway.

 😡 

patfrederick

agreed!

Gail Combs

Time to donate. (I wish I had the $$$s)

scott467

islam is spelled with a little ‘i’.

Always 👍

Wolf Moon

I may forget, but please keep it up down.

patfrederick

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Gail Combs

This is the guy who SHOULD be Governor of NC instead of that Soros piece of Schiff!

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pgroup2

Shaggy is wrong.

Gaetz was working out the details for his new LUCRATIVE gig.

He never wanted the AG slot. IMO. It was just to fire up the leftists and make him look like he was worth more to OANN.

I think DJT wanted Bondi all along.

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kalbokalbs

So, Trump floated Gaetz, to buff Gaetz’s value, in OAN’s eyes? Nope..

Further, Gaetz did NOT play Trump, to buff up his value. True.

Gaetz caved when push back arrived.

  • Resigned from his House seat, he had just won re-election to.

Gaetz is just another money whore.

Called it at the time. Standing by it.

Wolf Moon

Agreed. I think it was a plan.

Wolf Moon

Dang – that looks like some actress I can almost name – but NOT like Taco Jill!

barkerjim

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/rejuvenating-the-nervous-system-and

Rejuvenating The Nervous System and Reconnecting With LifeA few days ago, while talking to a circle of friends about child-rearing, one mother compared an infant’s tendency to throw tantrums when sugary foods were withdrawn to what many parents were facing with modern children’s video programs and that she’d learned in the groups she belonged to that numerous parents were now switching to showing their children the shows they’d grown up watching as those shows did not have the same destabilizing effects on their children.

Brave and Free

Pulled from the above article, how we’re enslaved.
“biological colonialism”

duchess01

PRAISE AND WORSHIP
EYES ON JESUS – 3 Hour of God’s Promises: Prayer & Meditation Piano Music With Scriptures

Aubergine

Just wanted to say thank you, for your ever-faithful posting. You never miss a day. Happy Sunday!

duchess01

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duchess01

DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT…

I NEED HEAVENLY HELP

Have you noticed lately, Lord
I am shaky, unhinged, and floored
At what has just happened to me
I am not as sound as I used to be

My steps are labored I cannot sprint
My mind is sharp my muscles splint
My gait is slow and wouldn’t you know
My 100-yard dash it ain’t no mo

When I was young full of energy I was
My prowess in sport impressive it twas
But now I struggle just to keep going
As the years pass by I am slowing

I cannot complain by any measure
My life has taken on brand new treasure
My daily chores are so different now
An about turn they have taken somehow

I contemplate and meditate much more
My prayers are more meaningful than before
My divine appointment has been redefined
With His Divine Will it is much more aligned 

Sometimes I need help keeping upright
A cane prevents me from taking flight
A handrail assists in climbing the stairs
Without these aids I could land anywheres

It is manifest madly maturing
How many more years there’s no assuring
But God has made provision for us
No reason to fret or kick up a fuss

He provides us with companions of all sorts
From animals to flowers diamonds and quartz
He turns our attention to things on high
He prompts us to look up into the sky

He sends us smiles and blessings each day
Just not in the ordinary or usual ways
A giggle here and a belly laugh there
From cyber friends on blogs everywhere

So if you are feeling old and less than useful
Remember there is more for you that’s museful
There are babies and kitties and puppies
And there are wokies, pokies and yuppies

There are nitpickers pastors and prophets
There is beauty in nature and soffits
We could be here all day naming the gifts
How marvelously God’s blessing uplifts

Suffice as to say on any given day
There are things that appear to get in the way
There are frustrations/delays we must endure
And many bumps in the road that is for sure

So if you are feeling bumped and bruised
And your body is reeling from being abused
Call on the Angels charged to assist you
And thank God they can never resist you!

D01: 02/10/2023


Aubergine

BEAUTIFUL! And Amen!

Wolf Moon
duchess01

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 Sunday, November 30, 2025

Psalms 147:6

“The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.”

King James Version (KJV)

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COMMENTARY FOR PSALMS 147

The people of God are exhorted to praise him for his mercies and care. (1-11) For the salvation and prosperity of the church. (12-20)

1-11 Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring them into his holy habitation. To those whom God heals with the consolations of his Spirit, he speaks peace, assures them their sins are pardoned. And for this, let others praise him also. Man’s knowledge is soon ended; but God’s knowledge is a dept that can never be fathomed. And while he telleth the number of the stars, he condescends to hear the broken-hearted sinner. While he feeds the young ravens, he will not leave his praying people destitute. Clouds look dull and melancholy, yet without them we could have no rain, therefore no fruit. Thus afflictions look black and unpleasant; but from clouds of affliction come showers that make the soul to yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness. The psalmist delights not in things wherein sinners trust and glory; but a serious and suitable regard to God is, in his sight, of very great price. We are not to be in doubt between hope and fear, but to act under the gracious influences of hope and fear united.

Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Verse of the Day – November 30, 2025 (Morning Prayer)


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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!

duchess01

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.

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

BE MY VOICE

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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duchess01

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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.

duchess01

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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.

duchess01

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN

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duchess01

WHERE ARE YOU, LORD?

In the early morning light, I see YOU;
I begin the day just right; I pray, too;
I recall the blessings YOU have given;
I ask to be Holy Spirit driven!

I thank you for the sunshine YOU have sent;
For the flowers and trees; their nourishment;
I thank YOU profusely for loving me;
And pray I may serve YOU graciously!

Oh, but lately, Lord, I’m having trouble;
I’m anxious, lonely, and seeing double;
I do not know what has come over me;
It’s been really hard connecting with Thee!

Overwhelmed at times, I can find no rest;
From the constant barrage of evil’s quest;
From unwelcome guests who rob me of time;
From interrupted prayers to outright crime!

Where are you, Lord? I need you right now;
Come quickly into my heart somehow;
Fill me with your Spirit and make me whole;
Let me suffer no more with this empty soul!

Hear my cry in the day and into the night;
Protect me by day and by night, be my light;
Let not Thy presence be hidden from me;
In your mercy, Lord, hide my sin from Thee!

Whatever I have done or have not done;
Let it be known; let victory be won;
Gather me into Thy Loving embrace;
Wash the pain and tears away from my face!

Reveal to me what I have done so wrong;
Away from YOU, I have suffered so long;
The emptiness inside is so hard to bear;
I wonder, at times, if YOU are even there!

Where are you, Lord? Oh, please hear my call;
I’m confused, broken in my wherewithal;
Why are you silent in my time of need?
Is it because of my secular greed?

Have I not attended to my daily prayer?
Have I neglected for my neighbor to care?
Have I been selfish thinking only of me?
Oh yes, that is it – that is what it must be!

Hence the reason for the anxiety;
My trust in YOU, Lord, has just ceased to be;
My heart is on things of the world not YOU;
No wonder I’m hurting, lonely, and blue!

Thank you, DEAR LORD, for clearing the air;
For sending YOUR SPIRIT for me to care;
For renewing in me hope, love, and peace;
For making this longing finally cease!
 
Forgive me, Lord, for my selfish pride;
For from you I have been trying to hide;
For feeling unworthy to share with YOU;
My ineptitude and shortcomings, too!

Why did I even think YOU did not care?
Why did I ever refuse with YOU to share?
Why did I think YOU could never relate?
To the suffering I simply abate!

Did you not see in the Garden at prayer?
The loneliness a man is forced to bear;
When he is abandoned by all in the end;
When no one will stay; not even a friend?

Did you not ask for this cup to pass?
Was it your fear? What was it alas?
Was this just another human refrain?
Something YOU would do all over again?

No, you were not complaining it’s not fair;
And you were not wishing YOU did not care;
YOU were just preparing YOUR human side;
To let YOUR soul with YOUR Father reside!

So I’ll take my cue directly from YOU;
And stop thinking of me as YOU would do;
Deny myself and just follow YOUR lead;
And YOU will provide whatever I need!

D01: 4/05/2013



Wolf Moon
duchess01

Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing 

#psalm91 #psalms #prayer

Pray Everyday

https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html

Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.

#faith #god #psalms

prayeveryday777

https://rumble.com/v57jvfg-sleep-well-with-psalms.-psalm-91-psalm-121-psalm-3-psalm-4-psalm-139.faith-.html

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!  ❤️❤️❤️



kalbokalbs

Maduro regime folding?

MADURO’S PLANE LANDED ON THE BRAZIL BORDER, AND THE DICTATOR MIGHT BE MID-ESCAPE

The Airbus A319 that always flies Maduro touched down in Santa Elena de Uairén, right on the Venezuela-Brazil frontier.

No official confirmation he’s on board or that he’s requested asylum in Brazil, but the timing is screaming “I’m out.”

Brazilian authorities say they haven’t been contacted yet.

If Maduro actually bolts, 26 years of Chavismo might die overnight

The military splits: some will celebrate, some will try a last stand

The opposition (Edmundo González, María Corina) instantly becomes the legitimate government in the eyes of the world

Cuba loses its oil lifeline and implodes within months, while the U.S. bombing option gets shelved, no need to hit a collapsing regime

This is the moment millions of Venezuelans have prayed for while starving under his boot.

If the rat is running, the ship is sinking fast.

Hold the line, Venezuela.

The nightmare might finally be ending.

Gail Combs

  :wpds_beg: 

Now they have to corner and kill the rat!

pgroup2

NO!

Don’t create a martyr.

Gail Combs

I am thinking Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro will rot in jail for the rest of his (probably very short) life because that SOB was NOT taken out.

cthulhu

Still some time (yes, very short) to fix that.

Gail Combs

I think they are waiting a little bit for people to forget (and POTUS Trump to leave office.)

Bolsonaro was born March 1955 so he is 70. A 27 year sentence is a life sentence. Think of the shitty conditions the J6ers and Tina Peters were/are in and multiply it. That is what Bolsonaro is suffering. Unsanitary conditions, no sunlight and crappy food will kill an older person FAST.

Gail Combs

Stefano Delle Chiaie

I want to pen something for all of you to reference when the CIA bot posters tell us how great NATO is and how wonderful it is to be a member of the it. Here goes:

Let’s consider Stefano Delle Chiaie…never heard of him? There’s a reason…let’s dig in and I’ll explain why. He is well known all over the world for his role in Italy’s “Years of Lead” and NATO’s OPERATION GLADIO and Operation Condor. Protected by the United States CIA and Italy’s intel agencies, he was never arrested despite the trail of dead bodies that he left across many continents…

[Details that trail of blood]

Delle Chiaie moved on to Venezuela in 1984 and was arrested in 1987. CIA/Italian intel materialized out of nowhere and he was ferried to Italy where he was cleared of crimes and never held accountable. He died of natural causes in 2019 at 83 years old.

Any of the screenshots above were based on the below reference and any non-attributed quotes were as well. The information came from this article and Paul Williams’ book which I reviewed on my Rumble podcast.

Stefano Delle Chiaie: International Fascism and Terrorism from Operation Gladio to Operation CondorHugo Turner (With special thanks to @NovaShpakova)

Stefano Delle Chiaie in 1975. Photo: Wikipedia

The career of Stefano Delle Chiaie illustrates many of the most shocking suppressed truths of the tw…

https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/stefano-delle-chiaie-international-fascism-and-terrorism-from-operation-gladio-to-operation-condor/

Gail Combs

Steam Punk artwork

Is that POTUS Trump?

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From Art gallery at: https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Steampunk

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PAVACA

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-fda-memo-that-shakes-the-world/
29 November 2025
Yours Truly: The entire text of the memo that DR. VINAY PRASAD, MD, sent to the FDA’s CBER division is within the Brownstone article.

Here’s Yours Truly’s take on the situation:

ONE: Dr. Prasad admits, for the first time in “official” federal government terms, that the COVID-19 “vaccines” DO KILL PEOPLE. The admission in the CBER memo is related to CHILDREN being killed by myocarditis / pericarditis after taking COVID-19 “vaccines.”

TWO: Dr. Prasad admits that the number of children ACTUALLY killed by their taking COVID-19 “vaccines” is much higher than what was reported / is reported, to VAERS.

THREE: Dr. Prasad admits that the COVID-19 “vaccines” DO NOT PREVENT a COVID-19 infection.

FOUR: Dr. Prasad states that OTHER “vaccines”, such as the influenza “vaccines”, will now be minutely scrutinized as regards the “safety and efficacy” data that is submitted to the FDA by the “vaccine” manufacturers.

FIVE: Dr. Prasad admits that the FDA doesn’t know if the COVID-19 “vaccines” SAVED the lives of the children who took them.

SIX: Dr. Prasad ORDERS staff at FDA / CBER to STOP LEAKING information, memos, etc., to the media.

SEVEN: The FDA will re-think the giving of multiple “vaccines” at the same time.

EIGHT: CBER will now move in the direction of REQUIRING randomized clinical trials and data analysis for “most new products” before recommending them.

NINE: Immunogenicity will no longer be implied / inferred for the purpose of “expanding indicated populations.” Clinical trials and data analysis will be necessary.

**** In terms of the “new FDA” that was launched in May of this year — a “new FDA” that would be OK with using “data and efficacy results” from new “vaccines” created in Petri-dishes — it appears that Dr. Prasad has perhaps had a “Saul on the road to Tarsus” moment and realizes that the “new FDA” approach is a huge mistake. In this, he is in almost direct opposition to DR. MARTIN MAKARY, the Commissioner of the FDA.

The CBER memo by Dr. Prasad also means a couple of things:

ONE: That Dr. Anthony Fauci (NIAID) — Hugh Auchincloss (NIAID Acting Director) — Jeanne Marrazzo (NIAID Acting Director) — Dr. Francis Collins (NIH) — Dr. Peter Marks (CBER) — all in the “President Autopen” Biden administration —
HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS AS REGARDS THE DEATHS OF THESE CHILDREN.

TWO: The CBER memo by Dr. Vinay Prasad blows the door wide open to CASTING DOUBT on the ENTIRE REASON FOR COVID-19 “VACCINE” USE. Not withstanding Dr. Prasad’s parroting, in his CBER memo, of the lie that COVID-19 “vaccination” is beneficial for elderly people.

THREE: It is now IMPERATIVE that the Package Inserts for ALL COVID-19 “vaccines” in use in the United States (COMIRATY by Pfizer-BioNTech; SPIKEVAX by Moderna; and, NUVAXOVID by Novovax) MUST have ALL mentions that these “vaccines” are to “prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)” — which is on the Package Insert for these “vaccines” in the section 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE — removed immediately; and replaced with language stating that these “vaccines” DO NOT prevent COVID-19 infection, and that they can cause serious side effects and/or adverse events.

Further: all COVID-19 “vaccines” Package Inserts MUST NOW HAVE a Black Box Warning regarding the fact that these “vaccines” can cause myocarditis / pericarditis, which can lead to death.

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Wolf Moon

Good news on all those admissions. I love that he’s being very hardcore about clinical tests of actual risk/benefit.

Just don’t believe anything Pfizer says. Their data is kept in CHINA.

Wolf Moon

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pgroup2

You found a Coburn pic still being used. Congrats.

patfrederick

h/t Filly
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pgroup2

Ask your doctor if a hooker with 32 pages of techniques is right for you.

patfrederick

hmmmm…not sure your reply was meant for me.

Wolf Moon

More likely for “friends of Kamala”! 😂

patfrederick

LOL

patfrederick

or did you want me to teach her something else?
cuz i’ve got 47 pages in mine.

Aubergine

Ok, you’ve officially killed me.

LOLOLOL!!!!!

patfrederick

  :wpds_lol: 

TradeBait2

That was the goal. Now go claw back the thefts and arrest whoever of that bunch you can find .

pgroup2

I get all tingly when I hear clawback.  😆 

TradeBait2

😂

kalbokalbs

Happy Hassett with great retail sales news…

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett: “We just had the best Black Friday that we’ve ever seen… Retailers expect that both online and in-store sales are going to be the highest we’ve ever seen.”

Gail Combs

  :pepper:   :banana-mario:   :banana2:   :cheers:   :cheers:    :wpds_grin: 

TradeBait2

Yup. We are hosting most of them over here this past week. It has been nuts.

Wolf Moon

On “Second Black Friday” (Saturday), parts of the mall that we didn’t even know existed, had their parking lots filled. 😂

All that was left in many items was XL and XXL – with sprinklings of S. M was gone, and L was found for some items with some persistence.

The middle class is coming back!

TradeBait2

That is really good to hear.

👍 🇺🇸

pgroup2

There’s still a hefty reward for any pic where he ain’t smiling.  😂 

duchess01

https://www.sgtreport.com

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HEYDONMUSICPAGE “Latest Videos & Breaking News” 11.30.25
https://rumble.com/v72exwk-heydonmusicpage-latest-videos-and-breaking-news-11.30.25.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a

barkerjim
Gail Combs

Wolf Moon

Thank you for this very helpful lesson, Carl!

“That depends on what the meaning of “en” is.”

Notice the structure hidden in the tree in this image!

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TradeBait2

Good lesson for all of us, Carl. Thank you.

barkerjim

https://merylnass.substack.com/p/whats-shattering-america-its-not

What’s shattering America? It’s NOT “the left,” as rightists think, nor is it Trump, as “leftists” think. It’s something else, which both sides have learned not to think of/ Mark Crispin MillerBottom line, think 3 letter agencies

Gail Combs

CIA/MI6/NATO & the Bank of London-British Empire.

The Network of Global Corporate Control

 …we find that only 737 top holders accumulate 80% of the control over the value of all TNCs [Trans National Corporations] …This means that network control is much more unequally distributed than wealth. In particular, the top ranked actors hold a control ten times bigger than what could be expected based on their wealth…

…In detail, nearly 4/10 of the control over the economic value of TNCs in the world is held, via a complicated web of ownership relations, by a group of 147 TNCs in the core, which has almost full control over itself. The top holders within the core can thus be thought of as an economic “super-entity” in the global network of corporations. A relevant additional fact at this point is that 3/4 of the core are financial intermediaries….

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟰𝟳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 [Forbes}

There may be 147 companies in the world that own everything, as colleague Bruce Upbin points out and they are dominated by investment companies as Eric Savitz rightly points outBut it’s not you and I who really control those companies, even though much of our money is in them. Given the nature of how money is invested, there are four companies in the shadows that 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 control those companies that own everything…

According to the 2011 annual factbook from the Investment Company Institute, there is $24.7 trillion in all the mutual funds in the world (a little less than half from the US). Based on data from the ICI, $1.24 trillion of this is directly invested in index funds, plus another $992 billion in assets beyond that $24.7 trillion in Exchange Traded Funds, which aren’t mutual funds but are index funds. That means the bulk of that money is in “active” managed funds or fund of funds.

...the chief of hedge funds at a very large asset manager told me last week (alas, I cannot identify either) that an internal study his firm recently performed found that the vast majority of mutual funds defined as actively managed see 95% of the assets they hold determined by an index. That means just 5% of actively managed funds really are driven by the active manager’s judgment….

So of the $25.69 trillion in worldwide assets we’ve identified, $2.23 trillion are directly in indexes (ETFs and index mutual funds) with another $22.3 trillion indirectly beholden to indexes (that 95% of actively managed fund holdings said to be determined by an index).

You can see where I’m headed here. That means the real power to control the world lies with four companies: McGraw-Hill, which owns Standard & Poor’s, Northwestern Mutual, which owns Russell Investments, the index arm of which runs the benchmark Russell 1,000 and Russell 3,000, CME Group which owns 90% of Dow Jones Indexes, and Barclay’s, which took over Lehman Brothers and its Lehman Aggregate Bond Index, the dominant world bond fund index. Together, these four firms dominate the world of indexing. And in turn, that means they hold real sway over the world’s money….

The international bankers (Rothschilds and Rockefellers) are hand in glove with the British and Dutch Royals in their co-ownership of Shell Oil. This group also founded and control the World Wildlife Fund. It is no coincidence that Ged Davis, VP of Shell Oil wrote Scenario B1 (Agenda 21) for the IPCC, that the Rockefellers, Shell and BP provided the funds for starting East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit, and the IPCC uses a lot of WWF gray lit.

Nathan Rothschild allegedly made the statement: “I care not what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the Empire on which the sun never sets. The man who controls the British money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply.” And the same can be said of the USA and any other country with a Central Bank.

Cuppa Covfefe

And here I always thought that McGraw-Hill was a massive publishing house…

Controlling hearts, minds, and bank accounts through print and other media… hmmm…. Mockingbirds, anyone…

Sir ES

I am continually amazed by the breadth and depth of your many decades of research, both in general summaries and in specific details.

Your efforts have paid off, especially for me, and for others here reading and/or posting, I’ll warrant!

Q always said to archive offline, so as not to succumb to the scourge of digital erasure … and you’ve been doing exactly as Q has exhorted us all to do, WAY before his/their admonition to do so! Precocity at its best…

So the “four” of monetary control lies with the owners of the index funds:

McGraw-Hill OWNS
Index: Standard & Poors
Northwestern Mutual OWNS
Index: Russell 1000 & 3000
CME Group OWNS 90%
Index: Dow Jones
Barclays OWNS dominance
Index: World Bond Fund

Thanks so much for sharing your efforts, diligence, and integrity. A rare, and wonderful, combination!

Cheers!

Gail Combs

You are very welcome.

Valerie Curren

Beautifully said!

barkerjim
Wolf Moon

cthulhu

As a follow-up, the first thing to do when there’s a nasty outbreak (like Ebola) is to NEUTRALIZE THE AIRPORTS.

“Oh, shucks, we’ve got something horrific in Zaire….I mean Paris….I mean New York….” is weak horsepuckey.

Wolf Moon

Mark Kelly going for gold silver copper aluminum lead polonium radium arsenic.

Gail Combs

From the comments:

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PAVACA

Perhaps, “Hermann Goring?”

Barb Meier

I don’t suppose there is any cause/effect of going into space and becoming a spacehead? Should NASA do a study?

pgroup2

He’s an identical twin. He comes with his own built-in control group.

patfrederick

kalbokalbs

The fact they are illegal, is grounds enough to deport the criminals. Each and everyone of them IS a criminal.

TradeBait2

To be an illegal is illegal, which is criminal.

It’s not hard. Get ’em out of here ASAP.

cthulhu

Oh, yeah, I voted for this!!!

Cuppa Covfefe

And here, in the Greatest Germany Of All Time™, they use the fact that the refauxgees have no identifying documents (Papiere, bitte) as a reason to NOT SHIP THEM BACK WHENCE THEY CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

Would that we had someone with the honesty, integrity, guts, boldness, fortitude, skills, and perseverance as Homan over here…..

patfrederick

they’re prolly getting a cut

Aubergine

It is a WHOLLY different thing to “vet” somebody to operate in a military environment in their home country, surrounded by trained soldiers with weapons, than to bring said “vetted” person to a country they have no allegiance to and generally despise, and put them into the general population. The citizenry has no idea how to deal with a hateful Muslim Afghani neighbor. And we shouldn’t have to. Our government is supposed to PROTECT us from that kind of thing, not import it!

patfrederick

Cuppa Covfefe

Cut Michigan off!!!

patfrederick

wish we could!

Gail Combs

Trade Michigan for the western part of Canada that is conservative.

Valerie Curren

I don’t think Michigan is as far gone as it appears, but stealing votes has done a number in the state for elections at all levels, tragically.

kalbokalbs

EU/UK war mongers NOT invited to sabotage Ukraine Russia peace talks.   :banana-mario: 

Rubio and Witkoff meet with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida following resignation of Zelensky’s top negotiator
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with top Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday as the Trump administration aims to hammer out the details of the proposed peace plan.

The meeting builds on previous talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials last weekend in Geneva, which centered around President Trump’s proposed 28-point peace plan.
In Trump’s original proposal, Ukraine would have ceded parts of the Donbas region, reduced its military to 600,000 troops, barred NATO forces from entering the country, and abandoned its goal of joining NATO.

According to a Fox News report, the updated framework includes 19 points, down from the original 28 points, as Ukraine and Western European allies criticized the proposal as too favorable to Moscow.

More…
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/rubio-and-witkoff-meet-with-ukrainian-negotiators-in-florida-following-resignation-of-zelenskys-top-negotiator/

kalbokalbs

Host Kristen Welker – Says Biden Allowed 100,000 Afghans to Infiltrate Our Country and Confirms the US will Deport Aliens with Pending Asylum Claims
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/watch-dhs-sec-kristi-noem-stuns-leftist-nbc/

Gail Combs

Far right in Europe calling for mass deportation of “…non WHITE Immigrants…” (11 minutes)

Hey bitch, why don’t we drop you off in a ‘no go zone’ at dusk, and IF you are still alive in the morning, ask if your opinion on deporting those “…non WHITE Immigrants…” has changed.

Cuppa Covfefe

The thing is, the “Far Right” over here is actually what used to be the MIDDLE.

Merde-Kuh (and “I never met a lie I didn’t use” Schroeder) moved the Overton window far to the left… Anyone to the right of Stalin and Lenin is considered a right-wing extremist, and the worst thing one can be labelled as is “populist”.

Fancy that. Populist is the will of the PEOPLE, not the ELITES…

😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

Gail Combs

That is why I use quotes.

Wolf Moon

More good Noem News!

“Self Deport” or Else: DHS Guts Biden’s Haitian Invasion Pipeline

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge  November 30, 2025 in CuratedNews 

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(Zero Hedge)—After a no-nonsense review that apparently didn’t involve the usual DEI smoke and mirrors, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem declared Haiti’s endless cocktail of chaos no longer qualifies for America’s taxpayer-funded hotel voucher program.

“Based on the Department’s review, the Secretary has determined that while the current situation in Haiti is concerning, the United States must prioritize its national interests and permitting Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the U.S. national interest,” the DHS said in the termination notice.

Translation: Enough with the virtue-signaling; America’s sovereignty isn’t a globalist buffet.

barkerjim

https://www.malone.news/p/a-revolution-in-vaccine-regulation

A Revolution in Vaccine Regulation and ApprovalThe truth behind this letter is stunning. I am embargoed by ACIP membership terms from disclosing what I know about this.

Wolf Moon

Thank you! This is HUGE, and I was going to post it!

eilert

kalbokalbs

“Fry” Mark Kelly. He’ll also “sing” like a canary. Won’t help his soon to be, toasted ass.

Edit.

VDH delivers Crystal Clear explanation of What Mark Kelly, Slutking and the other four dopes did.

Mark Kelly Is Going Down! Rightfully so.

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Rosa

Unfortunately this is not actually Victor Davis Hanson, it’s one of those “synthesized” videos so common nowdays. But he might more or less agree with it…

Disclaimer: This is a fan-made channel, and its content is not affiliated with Victor Davis Hanson or his publishers, affiliations, or institutions. The videos are inspired by Victor Davis Hanson’s public statements and ideas for informational, educational and motivational purposes only, using a synthesized voice that does not belong to Victor Davis Hanson. We use visual lip-syncing and dubbed narration to match the spoken words with on-screen footage, purely to enhance clarity, create a cinematic experience, and make the content more engaging for viewers.

kalbokalbs

Thanks for clarification.

cthulhu

Good catch!

patfrederick

Wolf Moon

YIKES!!!

Cuppa Covfefe

“Dreams of my husband-brothers”…..
aka “Why my family tree doesn’t branch”…..

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patfrederick

Chad Pergram

@ChadPergram

Ways/Means Cmte Chair Smith on Fox: Look at Obamacare, it is absolutely unaffordable. Premiums have gone up 80% since Obamacare was passed. 150 different hospitals have closed since Obamacare was passed. We have to do things differently. And the answer is not a Covid era program that was created in ‘21..We need to look at some real, real reforms, real changes. Even with it expiring at the end of the year, 93% of all the people are on Obamacare. We’ll still have very generous subsidies. 7% will lose it, but that 7% are people who are above 400% of the federal poverty level. Right now. There’s folks being subsidized, making $600,000 a year.

duchess01

Peace and Tranquility Prayers

Prayer for a Calm Heart

Lord of Peace, as evening falls, I seek the calmness only You can provide. Quell the storms of my mind and replace anxiety with Your peace. As the world quiets down, let my heart do the same. May Your presence envelop me so that I may know tranquility tonight and always. Amen.

Serenity at Day’s End

Heavenly Father, with the closing of this day, I ask for serenity. As the night sky displays its vast beauty, let my soul mirror its peacefulness. Help me to let go of the worries of the day and trust in Your loving care. May Your peace reign in my heart and home tonight. Amen.

Prayer for Restful Stillness

Dear God, in the stillness of this evening, I come to You seeking rest for my soul. Help me to lay down the burdens I’ve carried today and find comfort in Your arms. Grant me peace that passes understanding and a rest that restores my spirit. May my sleep be undisturbed and my dreams be sweet. Amen.

Nighttime Whisper for Peace

Creator of All, as I listen to the night’s gentle whisper, I ask for peace to settle over me. Let Your tranquility wash away the noise of the day. In this quiet hour, I lean on Your promise of peace, a heavenly balm to my weary soul. Keep me in perfect peace as I keep my mind stayed on You. Amen.

Prayer for Gentle Rest

Omnipotent and Gentle Lord, at the end of this day, I seek the gentle rest that You so lovingly provide. May my mind be at ease, my body relax, and my spirit find harmony. Help me to release every concern into Your capable hands and sleep in the assurance of Your protection and peace. Amen.

duchess01

Trump Is Dismantling The [DS] WW, Trump Is Setting The Stage To Bring The [DS] To Justice – Ep. 3785
 November 30, 2025  x22report

https://x22report.com/trump-is-dismantling-the-ds-ww-trump-is-setting-the-stage-to-bring-the-ds-to-justice-ep-3785/

Canada just folded and is now doing what Trump wants in regards to steel and aluminum, Trump has all the leverage. The Dept of Labor confirms that Americans were being replaced in the work field. Trump is set to push homeownership through the roof with a 50 year mortgage. Trump has the solution to the affordability crisis that the [CB] created, get rid of the [CB]. Trump is dismantling the [DS] world wide. The criminal syndicate was set up in many countries to make it virtually impossible to dismantle. But it is being done through peace through strength. The [DS] system is being strangled and soon those who have been held captive will be removed or come to heel. Trump is now setting the stage to bring the [DS] to justice. He has now voided 92% of Biden orders, which means judges, other nominees will be removed. Justice is coming and the [DS] players are panicking.

Ep 3785a – The [CB] Is Trying To Cover Up Their Affordability Crisis, Trump Has The Solution
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3785a-the-cb-is-trying-to-cover-up-their-affordability-crisis-trump-has-the-solution/

Ep 3785b – Trump Is Dismantling The [DS] WW, Trump Is Setting The Stage To Bring The [DS] To Justice
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3785b-trump-is-dismantling-the-ds-ww-trump-is-setting-the-stage-to-bring-the-ds-to-justice/

patfrederick

if the Christmas market had to get a permit for this and the mooseSLIMES ruined it–I’d SUE every freaking one of them. BUT before I did that, I’d release as many dogs as i could find and then run thru the bastards with squirt guns full of bacon grease!

Wolf Moon

Slims. Trouble. Especially for American WOMEN.

Are the CAT LADIES figuring it out yet?

patfrederick

nope.

Cuppa Covfefe

I’d say mix the bacon grease with naptha or ethanol and light it up…

Aubergine

I saw the greatest thing today, I just have to share.

I was at church and looking at our bulletin board for anything I might not know about coming up. In the “Youth” section, I found this card listing all the Bible studies that were available during lunch break or other times for all the schools in our valley. There must have been at least ten or twelve. All the high schools and middle schools were represented as far as I could tell, and teachers were the leaders of each study.

I can’t tell you how gratifying it is to see that. Jesus prevails in the schools in my little corner of the world. Thank you, God.

Wolf Moon

AMEN!!!

That is heartening!

patfrederick

thanks for sharing!

TradeBait2

Great news.

MOAR all over this nation, please!

Valerie Curren

PTL!!!

cthulhu

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Wolf Moon

And Beelzebubba is 79 now!

Wolf Moon
TradeBait2

I had it in February and it was bad. Wifey caught it three weeks ago and it was awful for her. She’s still lacking stamina and has bad days occasionally. Daughter and one grandson caught it first.

Wolf Moon

I think my case was in February as well. Nasty shit, but it did help me lose some weight, which I kept off for a while.

Wolf Moon

Somalia is suddenly paradise, according to “LibX” (who frequently try to make it look like conservatives are saying it)…..

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/11/29/somalia-is-suddenly-heaven-on-earth-according-to-x-users-n3809362

scott467

That’s great news.

If Somalia is such a paradise, then all the Somalis won’t mind going right back there.

Take as many white Leftists as possible with you.

Giddyup! 😁

cthulhu

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Wolf Moon

LOL! G.K. was TEH DUDE!!!

kalbokalbs

Nicole is a gift that keeps giving.

This is the most jaw-dropping 4 minutes and 21 seconds you will watch this year.

Nicole Shanahan — ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former running mate of RFK Jr., and someone who personally signed nine-figure philanthropy checks — just went full whistleblower on the entire Silicon Valley “tech wife mafia” and how they were used.

Her exact words (full clip attached):

“I don’t think many of the tech mafia wives realize… they were used to set the groundwork for what Klaus Schwab calls The Great Reset.

Their money especially was being conscripted through a network of NGO advisors, Hollywood, Davos, and their own companies.

A really small group of people… completely blind to how their groundwork is being used to enable these Great Reset policies.”

Then she turns the knife inward:

“These women find their meaning through philanthropic work. I really believed I was helping Black communities and indigenous communities rise up.

More…

Jaw dropping

This is the most jaw-dropping 4 minutes and 21 seconds you will watch this year.

Nicole Shanahan — ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former running mate of RFK Jr., and someone who personally signed nine-figure philanthropy checks — just went full whistleblower on the entire Silicon Valley “tech wife mafia” and how they were used.

Her exact words (full clip attached):

“I don’t think many of the tech mafia wives realize… they were used to set the groundwork for what Klaus Schwab calls The Great Reset.

Their money especially was being conscripted through a network of NGO advisors, Hollywood, Davos, and their own companies.

A really small group of people… completely blind to how their groundwork is being used to enable these Great Reset policies.”

Then she turns the knife inward:

“These women find their meaning through philanthropic work. I really believed I was helping Black communities and indigenous communities rise up.

But now the problems have gotten worse. Crime worse. Mental health worse. The whole model is broken.

At the end of the day they always go: ‘But climate change.’

Social justice + climate change — it gets progressive women 100% of the time.”

She even says many now believe the biggest “climate change issues” are actually geoengineering issues.

This isn’t some random podcast bro.

This is a woman who lived in the mansions, sat on the boards, flew private to Davos parties… and is now saying:

“We were the useful idiots.”

Watch the full unedited 4:21 below. Sound on.

Cuppa Covfefe

Shanahan or Chan…. doesn’t look very Irish to me…..

scott467

Between the valley girl vocal fry and ending every run-on sentence like it’s a question, it’s difficult to listen to.

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Wolf Moon

OMG, you have TEKGRLZ pegged!

Cuppa Covfefe

Like fer shur fer shur, totally…  🙃 

kalbokalbs

  :banana-mario:   :cheers:   :banana-mario: 
“We Should Throw Her the Hell Out of the Country!” – Trump GOES OFF on Ilhan Omar For Marrying Her Brother (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/we-should-throw-her-hell-country-trump-goes/

kalbokalbs

I’ll take this as good news.

A reckoning is underway at the FDA

I’ll take you through the memo, the leaks, the internal rebellion @US_FDA, and what this means — not just for Covid vaccines, but for all vaccine approvals going forward.

LINK https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f447.svghttps://abs-.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f447.svg
@VPrasadMDMPH @TracyBethHoeg @DrMakaryFDA @SecKennedy

PAVACA

kalbo
Thank you.
The Maryanne Demasi Substack article on the above is behind a paywall. I tried doing an xcancel on her tweet, above. No dice on more information.

For another view on the Dr. Vinay Prasad memo, this, from Sasha Latypova, the retired medical tech expert who used to work for Pfizer-BioNTech and other Big Pharma companies in setting up and running their clinical trials (she left the business when she figured out what the game Big Pharma plays is really all about):

https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/10

kalbokalbs

Paywall’s are frustrating. (Captain Obvious here.)

Thanks for the link.

Wolf Moon

Malone confirms!!!

kalbokalbs

This smells.

Reminds me of an Egyptian Air, AC that was driven into the sea, decades ago.

US fears cover-up in Air India crash
US officials fear Indian authorities are trying to cover up the deadly Air India plane crash, which killed 260 people.

Just one passenger survived when Flight 171 crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad in western India in June, killing 241 travellers and crew, along with 19 people on the ground.

US investigators believe the evidence points to Sumeet Sabharwal, the flight’s captain, deliberately crashing the plane, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Data downloaded from the Boeing Dreamliner’s black box allegedly shows someone inside the cockpit moved the switches to cut off the engine’s fuel supply.

The captain did not then attempt to raise the nose of the aircraft before the crash, the evidence reportedly shows.

Some US officials fear the Indian government will seek to obstruct the findings and instead blame mechanical faults with the plane.

More…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-fears-cover-air-india-214903387.html

scott467

They won’t even reveal which pilot said ‘Why did you cut off [fuel]?’ and who the other pilot was, who responded that he ‘did not’.

They know which pilot said what, because the pilots don’t have the same voice, and anyone who knows the two men would be able to tell them who said what. They almost certainly have voice identification as well, and the data boxes should certainly say where each voice was coming from (left seat or right seat).

So they know exactly who said what.

But they won’t reveal it.

Why not?

Is it some Indian cultural thing?

Is it an islam thing?

Is it to avoid lawsuits, i.e., trying to shift blame to Boeing, to avoid financial consequences?

Why does India even have control over the investigation in the first place?

Isn’t a big part of the reason why the U.S. controls international civilian aviation to avoid this kind of nonsense in the first place?

Brave Browser inquiry: “Does the NTSB investigate air crashes in other countries?”

Brave Browser A.I. reply: “Yes, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates air crashes in other countries under specific circumstances .

The NTSB participates in the investigation of aviation accidents and serious incidents outside the United States in accordance with the Chicago Convention of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Annex 13 standards. 

The agency is involved when an accident occurs in a foreign state that is a signatory to the ICAO Convention and involves a U.S.-registered civil aircraft, a U.S. operator, or an aircraft that is U.S.-designed or U.S.-manufactured

Upon notification by the foreign state of occurrence, the NTSB may designate a U.S. Accredited Representative and appoint technical advisors, who can include experts from the NTSB, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), aircraft or engine manufacturers, and the airline operator. 

These advisors are entitled to visit the accident site, access evidence, examine components, participate in technical briefings, and receive investigative updates and safety recommendations from the lead investigating authority.

The primary objectives of the NTSB’s participation are to identify safety deficiencies affecting U.S. aviation interests, capture safety lessons to prevent future accidents in the United States, and facilitate credible and comprehensive investigations where U.S. interests are involved. 

The foreign state remains responsible for the investigation and controls the release of all information, including the final report, and the NTSB does not issue its own report in such cases.”

________________

So it’s a Big Club, and the U.S. taxpayer ain’t in it, we just PAY for it, like usual. The NTSB gets the truth, and shares it with the administration in power, so they know the truth, but what happens in India stays in India, as far as the tax paying public is concerned.

Because we’re serfs and they’re kangs, just like our Founding Fathers designed it to be.

.

Brave Browser inquiry: “Is India a signatory to the ICAO Convention?”

Brave Browser A.I. reply: “Yes, India is a signatory to the ICAO Convention. It signed the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) in 1944 and has been a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) since its inception.

India actively participates in ICAO activities and adheres to its standards and recommended practices (SARPs), including those related to aviation safety, security, and accident investigations under Annex 13.”

_______________

So there you have it.

India is a signatory to the ICAO Convention, the crash involved a plane manufactured in the U.S., so the NTSB is entitled to be part of the investigation and have access to all evidence.

And then once the NTSB knows the cause of the crash, the NTSB is entitled to do the 3-monkeys routine.

All because there is no immediate summary execution for corruption.

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Wolf Moon

Sure would be tough if Trump said “no more planes for y’all, unless we know everything about this case and it’s made public.”

TradeBait2

I am constantly amazed at the stupidity in corporate offices. Or at least I was. Then experiences taught me that losing money can be intentional to achieve different, more important ends. My only question was who is pulling the chains of the Ford board and leadership since they would know not to do something this dumb.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/fiscal_reality_finally_catches_up_to_the_ford_f_150_lightning.html

Oh yeah, that’s right it is the usual subjects – Vanguard, Blackrock and State Street. Chyna, IC community, globalists, and so on.

https://www.investopedia.com/insights/ford-motors-top-3-shareholders/

So, in furtherance of stealing even bigger sums from federal revenues they play the climate change game and launder the money. Cool beans folks….

kalbokalbs

Saw that article. Over the top management ignorance – intentional.

When I read that Lightning article, I thought of Ford decades ago.

  • Boeing exec took over as CEO at Ford. I forgot his name.
  • Ford management insulted him saying in effect, you don’t know how to build cars. Cars are complex.
  • Boeing Exec rattled off the number of parts in a Boeing AC. It was in the hundred thousands. (Bitch slap well delivered.)

.

  • Next dumbass thing Ford Execs admitted. They were only building small cars to give competition to other auto makers. Even though Ford’s small cars all lost money.
  • Boeing Exec said, they will only build cars that make money. (D U H.)

GM and many other car companies did the same. Some still pursuing EV nonsense.

cthulhu

So, in the category of random Linux tricks…..

I’ve been outfitting a media server and cramming DVDs onto a 6 terabyte drive. I’ve got that drive down to about 800G of free space and I keep loading 50G at a time, so I was looking into adding more space.

All the internal drive bays in the box have drives in them, so it’s natural to add an external drive — USB 3.2. I actually purchased a few 6T drives two years ago with the intent of using them on this project.

One of the headaches regarding external drives, however, is that they can get reassembled in a different way after being moved — and then all the links to your data get scrambled. You can fix this using a new feature on a very old part (goes back to UNIX) of the system.

The old part is fstab, which stands for File System Table. It tells your system how to consistently build the filesystem tree out of devices. To illustrate this, let’s say you have a block device (like a hard disk) running on SATA interface — this might show up in the devices directory as /dev/sda. A second physical device on the same interface might look like /dev/sdb. You might want the first to have all of your system, so you could tell it to link to “/”; while you might want the second to link to your personal files, so you’d link it to /home/cthulhu.

Which all sounds fine and groovy until you move to another room and plug the first drive into the second USB port and the second drive into the first.

Which brings us to the new part — you can specify the drive by UUID (sort of like a serial number) instead of by drive interface (which gets assigned on the fly) and still reliably assign it to its proper place in your filesystem tree. That way, you can take a tiny box with six USB 3.2 ports, take it apart, and reassemble it with the drives all switched around and they’ll automagically reassemble in the proper configuration.

The general format of a line in the fstab is “drive”, “where you want it”, “what fs is it”, “flags”, “dump flag”, “fsck flag”. The fields are separated by “whitespace” which can be a tab or a space. For the example above, one fstab line would be “/dev/sda / ext4 defaults 0 1” and the other would be “/dev/sdb /home/cthulhu ext4 defaults 0 1”. Note that I’m using a space as a delimiter instead of tabs.

So, for a non-exhaustive list of the difficulties inherent in implementing this….

You have to find the UUID. Running lsblk seems logical for this, but it doesn’t work. You want blkid. Further, if you don’t use sudo, you will only get information for permanently installed disk drives. If you do use sudo, you’ll need to figure out which of the 30 lines of output pertains to your circumstance. It might match something in /dev/disk/by-uuid….or not.

Once you have the UUID, you can build the fstab entry. First thing you will notice is that the columns will no longer line up — the UUID is much larger than the intended column width. Working or not will be more important that beauty and readability in this case.

The next bit of fun is that the UUID and where you want to put it might shove the last digit onto the next line, in which case both lines will be interpreted by the fstab system and will throw some errors. I used to have all my fstab entries separated with tabs…..but after this, I went to all spaces.

All in all, a bit of frustration and a lot of swearing and stress, but things are mostly happy now.

cthulhu

A straightforward application for this….

Whenever you plug your large drive into any available USB socket, it ends up in /backup…..

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Wolf Moon

Just one pesky question – how in the heck are you backing up this hand-crafted server?

cthulhu

I got a humongous dedicated backup drive. Details listed a few days ago.

Wolf Moon

Good!!!

Valerie Curren

Amen Carl TY–we enter His gates with thanksgiving in our hearts & enter His courts with praise!