“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
Do you sometimes feel forgotten, that the world is cold and hostile? Are you lonely or ignored by loved ones or friends? Does it sometimes feel like God has totally forgotten or forsaken you, left you without experiencing His touch on your life?
Welcome to the story of Joseph. Yes, Joseph was a real person per religious as well as secular historical text. He was a Hebrew and his story is found in the Book of Genesis beginning in Chapter 39. From privilege and being the apple of his deeply respected father’s eye as a child in what is now called Israel; to being sold into slavery by his own jealous brothers; to a prison of Pharaoh in the foreign land of Egypt after being wrongly and evilly accused of attempted rape by the wife of the Captain of Pharaoh’s guard, Potiphar; to being forgotten until the royal Cupbearer told Pharaoh that Joseph could probably interpret his troubling dreams; to the highest position overseeing all of Egypt while reporting directly to Pharaoh due to the Godly wisdom he provided the nation while being held captive. He goes on to forgive his brothers who forsook him and sold him into slavery after making them sweat spear tips for a time. His wisdom and actions not only saved his family from starvation, his faith and actions save everybody in the nation of Egypt as well as all people who came there to trade or stay to avoid the great famines in that region of the world.
Many of you will already know that story. To others it is nothing but that, a story, and they could care less whether it was true or not. However, the reality is that it aligns with known living conditions of the period in Egypt from other archaeological and scientific evidence as well as texts and narratives in that nation’s history. The lesson taken from it is extremely valuable to our lives today no matter whether we believe in God or not.
OK, Trade, why are you bringing this up now? I am doing so because the story about Joseph is one that clearly illustrates what living under God’s Providence in America is also about as the Declaration of Independence states. It seems appropriate to apply its principles today just as it was during the times of its author, Thomas Jefferson. My hope is some will see the important benefits of living under God’s Providence that includes remaining faithful no matter what we face. Doing so should settle their MAGA spirits.
In my opinion we MAGA types need to slow our roll sometimes. Getting all out of sorts, huffy, fearful and impatient will not make justice happen faster. Being diligent and doing our parts as needed and without complaint will get it done in time. We need to remember who is calling the shots in this clean up and it is not us. Whether you personally believe in God or not, many of the people doing the major work successfully do. They have been placed in positions to do so by God and his assigned American redeemer, which is currently Donald J. Trump, along with the leaders of his cabinet, law enforcement and military forces. As long as they do things by the book (Constitution/laws) and THE Book (Holy Bible) it will all turn out as God wills it. Even unbelievers will benefit from the efforts of those who do believe and are faithful.
The Way It Works
Submit to God’s will as Joseph did. Despite being forgotten, lonely, falsely accused, abused, and in prison – he did good works for his captors and never failed to be in communion with God as well as to do His will first and foremost. In the end of the story he forgave his treacherous brothers and saved them from disaster and death. The family was restored and the people of Israel continued to develop.
That’s the secret sauce. It is not enough to acknowledge the God of Joseph exists or that He is powerful. You have to personally place Him first and ONLY in your submission. There can be no other “gods” before Him.
Your freedom comes from your submission to I AM.
You remain faithful and true. You say and do what is right the best ways you can daily no matter the circumstances. You seek God’s face, guidance, forgiveness… and… WAIT. Good things come to people who wait on the Lord to move mountains for them. When it happens, not if it happens, you realize you are never alone. You realize you matter and are loved by the Creator. From that understanding comes freedom and the formerly paralyzing fear dies.
From Psalm 27:14,
Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
It feels good to be faithful to God because He is faithful to us without fail. Again, this world is not our home, we are just wayfaring strangers. No matter how far and long we have distanced ourselves from God and other people, there is time to turn it around as long as we are above ground and breathing. If we are honest with ourselves, we all have a prodigal son bone in our bodies that tempts us to stray from these universal truths that are built into our existence of which Jesus addressed in Luke 15. All we need to do is throw off our pride and humbly return to the Father just as Brandon sings below. This song has a personal connection for him per his past comments. It also represents my life all too well – a prodigal son saved from ruination and death by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
THIS is how it works in America under God’s Providence. Return to the Father, I AM, and be healed. Find peace as people and as a nation. Those that foment hateful rhetoric and violence are serving the wrong master. Pray for their change of heart and repentance. May God’s will be done.
Over the next couple of months I will begin tying the loose strings of this series together as we approach our nation’s founding. You will read the words Providential Restoration often.
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Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
Today’s opener is primary about two children, grandsons #1 and #2. Updates on both follow. Granddaughter – #3 grandchild – is perfect of course. She is two years old going on fourteen and thoroughly attacking the terrible twos in the most bossy way possible. Any references to mamaw and her mom along with apples and trees do not usually end well.
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Grandson #2
Starting with #2: There are no lingering issues after having his leg run over by his dad with the family car at the drop zone at school a year ago (#2’s fault – see ADHD that follows). Dad even got over his fear and will drop and pick him up occasionally. 😂
Per his pediatrician #2’s leg is perfectly fine – a God miracle. The growth plate seems unaffected. Along the way ADHD has been diagnosed by the pediatrician for some time. It has been obvious to our entire family as well. He does well in his academics, yet, struggles to stay focused while being somewhat disruptive and getting in mild trouble along with his buds at times. Very recently he was diagnosed with mild to moderate food allergies – wheat and dairy primarily – as well as excessive glucose readings for his age. It also added to some restless legs and poor sleep. In short, his nutrition sucked, which further fed the ADHD. Mom and Dad realize they were too easy on it and have to do better as they rebuild his diet and more disciplined eating patterns.
He is in the 97th percentile on height and 85th on weight. Big dude for his age and very strong. Since he is only 9 years old, his reboot should not be a major challenge. He wants to play middle school football next season, so he knows he has to get his act together. He is the type child that if you explain why he needs to change or do something he accepts it readily and does his best. His parents must cooperate and remove as many temptations as possible, which they are committed to doing.
Intuniv (Guanfacine), a mild non-stimulant med has been prescribed for the ADHD and so far the results have been good. It is mild and acts purely as an enhancement for focus while taking out some of the excess motion. The teachers have all raved at how he has responded in class and with the other kids now with no disturbances and great focus. We have also noticed a return to his creative artist side at home, which has been welcome. We will continue to monitor closely along with follow up blood labs to see how the med and the reworked nutrition does with his system. The Intuniv use will be as short termed as possible, especially if the revised nutrition works well as he goes through puberty.
Grandson #1
The results for 6th grade with the Miacademy homeschooling curriculum are in. Grandson #1 blew through it with flying colors. Four A’s and one B. He also had an A in one course with the previous Time 4 Learning curriculum we left. Once again, science was his B (Earth Science). Language Arts, Math, American History, Biblical Studies and Life Skills (Typing) were the A’s. We are going to switch with his parents taking World History and me taking on Science this next school year. We want to see if a different voice and orientation toward science can help him excel like he is doing in the other courses.
That said, for the past two months he frequently completed the course videos, lesson questions, quizzes and final tests unassisted. We made ourselves available for any questions about the work, but for the most part left the room for him to figuratively go to school. His average time range spent per day was 3-3.5 hours. The exception was his parents providing assistance conducting experiments in the science course. He took short breaks in between segments to get a snack, something to drink or go to the bathroom. To see his confidence grow has been priceless.
His parents and I monitor the course content from the parent’s portal. We know in advance what he will be studying. It is no wonder so many who use this curriculum go on to college. It is thorough and well taught by interesting teachers in videos that generally last ten minutes per segment on average. The method and presentations keep the attention of the student.
Following each video the student goes through an extensive series of questions about the presented material that are in multiple choice or fill in the blank form. Students are not allowed to proceed with wrong answers. For every wrong answer the lesson segment adds two more related questions until all are answered correctly. If needed, the student can go back and rewatch the teaching video, consult PDF’s, and restart the lesson questions. After watching the video and completing the lesson questions; a quiz is given that counts for their score in that particular subject matter’s segment. There may be as little as four segments to as many as a dozen segments per chapter in each subject. There may be as little as five chapters for an elective course or more than a dozen for core subject courses. All subjects have additional PDF provided material in each segment that can be printed that supports and even goes beyond the video content should a more in-depth look be desired. In several subjects I found the PDF’s to be very helpful for better comprehension.
The curriculum’s emphasis is the opposite of many public schools today. The schools tend to teach for students to test well and are losing their minds over state required student assessment test requirements. This curriculum teaches for the students to simply learn well. As a result their students also test well. With less distractions than in a normal school environment, the student learns more in a shorter period of time because they remain focused on the material and not on what may be going on around them. Student social interactions can be provided through local homeschool support groups as desired.
There is some flexibility with selecting subjects. There are at least a half dozen electives for each grade level. Students can accelerate into higher grade level core subjects if desired. For example, #1 loves American History and we wanted to strike while the iron was hot. With this curriculum that course is a 7th – 8th grade subject. He took it anyway and aced it. He will take the normal 6th – 7th grade subject of World History as a 7th grader. There are a few choices for each grade level even within core subjects.
To complete the balance of his 180 school days to meet the state requirement, he is doing an outside subject of cursive writing, continuing music (vocal) lessons, library time, field trips, golf, tennis, etc. Since he started this school year in late July of 2025, there are not many days left to finish it anyway as he worked on subjects during Christmas break when he had nothing else to do. That’s flexibility. No matter where you are and what day of the week it is, you can have school if you have a computer and internet access.
The primary caution for parents with any curriculum that is selected is to monitor for objectionable content. Each have their own methods, so parents can choose the curriculum that best suits the child. Below is a reminder of what parents must navigate for their children both in schools and even in some homeschool curriculums.
It was the school provided language arts Taylor Swift dream story trans images that ignited our rapid departure from 4th grade public school with #1. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
A handful are much easier on subject matter content, which fits academically challenged kids. However, most users prefer academically challenging subjects that have ample content. We found this with Miacademy with the bonus of them using teaching methods that work well for #1 and many kids. We found a couple of narratives and woke type lessons that we addressed with him as they happened. There were not nearly as many or as obnoxious as Time 4 Learning, which is the largest curriculum provider in the nation that we used previously. They have also begun using AI totally for grading purposes. It was a nightmare with the written responses to questions for many students and parents alike. That ended for us with the switch and we now wish we had always used Miacademy or a similar curriculum and system because #1 remained interested in the subjects and learned well. MUCH better video presentations, methodology, testing, etc. in our and his opinions.
I have continued to update #1’s progress periodically to make a point. No child should be left behind. That slogan from the government was true. The methodology chosen to deliver it in many public schools stunk. More were left behind than in the past as the progressive narratives and methods took root. That has led to crap results and American school children falling well behind peers around the world. The good news is that it is now easier than ever before to educate your child, or have your child basically educate themselves. Academic achievement generally soars. Homeschooled children have been documented to collectively test higher on college entrance exams than public school peers. Students tend to take ownership of their performance much better as there is nobody else to blame for getting distracted or refusing to complete assignments.
We chose to use an umbrella school at a low annual fee for reporting. They then report his progress and attendance to our county school system. This umbrella school has its own private school and is accredited in four states. When #1 is finished, he will receive a high school diploma just like all other students in public and private schools with a transcript for submission to colleges and universities as desired. He can take the college entrance exams, submit all of it and go from there just like everybody else.
Some remember #1’s health story. He was born three weeks premature with birth trauma as he was stuck in the birth canal for three hours until an emergency C-section was performed. He did not have many motor skills. He never crawled normally and had therapy for over a year to learn to walk. He suffers from Dyspraxia that contributed to the condition, which presents body awareness and coordination issues. He had a full set of teeth by age 15 months. Had tubes in his ears as well as adenoids and tonsils removed by age four. He was diagnosed lactose intolerant, which had contributed to GERD. That condition went away as he aged fortunately. He has severe sensory issues from the birth trauma that will be long lasting and includes foods. This condition worsened when the schools forced masking during COVID. His anxiety went off the charts, which triggered the sensory responses.
I discussed his binocular vision issues previously, which were resolved through eye therapy – another blessing. However, his eyes are still very sensitive to sunlight. We are using a good pair of wrap sunglasses to help with that as needed. What was once observed and misdiagnosed to be absence seizures, a form of pediatric epilepsy, turned out to be focal events triggered by anxiety associated with the sensory issues. As he has matured and become more confident they have subsided and he has learned to manage them on his own.
Many of these issues have contributed to ADHD type symptoms that persist, but are subsiding as he matures. The condition did lead to hyperfocus on things he likes to the exclusion of those he doesn’t. This is addressed by family and therapy regularly. The good of hyperfocus is revealed with his high degree of intelligence that when focused, manifests itself in excellent learning and academics as well as music, golf, etc. performance. The negative is the over focusing to the exclusion of what may be going on around him.
Fortunately, his height is normal for a 12 year old, but his weight is well below due to the food sensory issues. We encourage him to eat anything and everything he likes while exposing him to other foods to try. He continues to have monthly chiropractic adjustments, which have been essential for helping his CNS develop normally. Some will recall how horribly his spine was out of alignment until discovered at age 8 after we took him to an excellent chiropractor who had years of additional medical training on brain and CNS functions. This has reduced the effects of the Dyspraxia and helps him be much more coordinated with a more even keeled personality, which improves his confidence strongly.
We have addressed all of this as a family with the help of professionals and found that at NO time were medications helpful for #1. In fact, as I posted previously, when we agreed to use prescriptions from physicians they had moderate to severely negative effects. Chiropractics, Physical (OT), Vision and Eating therapies have improved or resolved many of the issues. It seems he has been through every test possible – MRI. scans, scopes, biopsy, blood tests, EKG, allergy testing, etc. Traditional medicine was helpful in the testing and eliminated some potential medical causes of the issues he faces. But as for providing cures – nope.
Throughout it all #1’s behavior and attitude have been exceptional. He loves the Lord, family, church buddies, and neighbor friends. His friends think he is the coolest, most fun guy on the planet, which strokes his ego. The golf and tennis have strongly helped coordination as well as assisted with sensory issues. He sings from his heart and is making good progress as a vocalist. In a year or so he will add back guitar lessons as his dexterity has improved greatly.
In less than three years starting from abysmal public school IEP reviews per teachers and administrators at the time that had him being a first grader academically, he has advanced 6 grade levels academically. He would have been a total failure if left in public schools. They are not equipped to honor “no child left behind” as they are manufacturing type facilities built on widget production. We cannot cast all the blame on them, his health issues would have made it difficult to thrive in that type of environment even with more dedicated assistance. We do blame them for not honoring the conditions of the IEP’s and the law by refusing to provide the required services without us pursuing legal remedies. Instead, their initial refusal and our decision to do it ourselves turned out to be the biggest blessing we could ever imagine. We give thanks and praise for all God has done to heal and grow #1. We know He has been involved in directing his path. Along the way we would hit a wall and not know what to do. Then when it was needed most there would be a clear answer that worked. We would then proceed down the path that led to the next solution to a problem. Some of those answers came from QTree members along the way. We are eternally grateful.
In summary, we have learned and worked hard to improve his lot in life. He has responded by giving his all and truly appreciates all of the help and attention. Very few if any people do not like #1. He is a light unto the world, but he is not an angel on earth. The teenager wiseazz is kicking in, which can be very funny or exasperating depending on the moment. Have no idea where that comes from.
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There are keys that open doors to living and learning well for all of us, to achieve more that we thought possible. Find the keys, ask God to help, then use them to unlock and open doors. Pay attention to what God lays on your heart and do it, He will equip you. This is one old guy who never dreamed he would find complete fulfillment in helping homeschool a child, yet, here I am blessed beyond measure and still learning.
Some scripture to help us,
“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.’” – Mark 10:14
“And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” – Matthew 18:5
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.” – Matthew 18:10
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.” – Psalm 127:3
“Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:4
““Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, ‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?” – Matthew 21:16
“Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.” – Colossians 3:21
“All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.” – Isaiah 54:13
Finally, strive for the following with your own children and grandchildren,
“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.” – Proverbs 17:6
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Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
In honor of a day in America that led to slavery of all tax paying citizens, April 15, we dedicate this opener. It will not delve much into the history of the income tax’s origin, Gail has already handled that quite well and I urge you to read her works related to it. In them we revisit the period around 1913 and its many federal government related acts of aggression against We the People with the income tax being a big one.
I want to focus more on the way out of it, which #47 and Scott Bessent are orchestrating, now that we know tariffs are going to stay in play. We know the Fed is in process of being neutered and in the process, our petro dollar based fiat currency reserve will change to a version closer to what we had pre 1971 when gold was still the standard bearer and markets were less volatile with their bubbles and busts. Those were the days that brought us these immortal words that are still how it all should go,
#47 already told all of us how our nation can earn it – by him and future Presidents using tariffs.
So, let’s focus on how Trade thinks this may be positioned to go.
National Piggy Bank
Very few people will deny that it seems the entire world has used us as one. My goodness, the tossing money at illegal aliens, NGOs, fraudsters, foreign nations, and a sundry of criminal causes and enterprises of the moment for decades has been mind blowing. Most of us had no idea that trade imbalances were being built through unfair trade practices as long as that cheap shiz from China, Bangladesh, Meh-i-co and such kept showing up on our doorsteps. Once it was starting to be exposed, most of us could not get it off our minds how we have been lied to and used continuously for questionable to horrible purposes that had less than zero long lasting benefit to us. The worst part is it has resulted in a $38+ trillion and climbing national debt. We have all been paying excess taxes to support thieves and war pigs the entire time going back to the Vietnam War.
That is coming to an end. Many simultaneous actions are being undertaken by #47 which will stem the tide and then seemingly all at once, eliminate it. Our role is to keep the pressure on elected officials and the judiciary. We need to help Trump be Trump, to be followed by Vance being Vance, Rubio being Rubio, etc.
Who holds the largest amount of the debt? The same entity that will have #47’s hand pick take over as Chairman soon. Expect things to radically, but quietly change at the Fed and with the changes the national debt picture. Besides lower interest rates, it will probably include the spin out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into private entities that removed contingent debt from our collective books, marking our strategic reserves of gold and silver to market, market moves internationally to sell some debt, and possibly bankrupting a few complicit mega national banks and even Fed banks that have insufficient cash to meet their requirements.
That is even leaving out the effects of the potential use of stablecoin with blockchain tech.
All of the planned and already staged actions reduce inflation and interest rate volatility. So why is that so important? Simply, for every 1% reduction in the fed funds rate, there is a reduction in debt service interest of $500 – 600 billion. The current rate is 150-200 basis points (1.5 – 2.0%) higher than debt markets, economic activities, employment, and inflation indicate it should be. This has gone on for the entire first plus year of #47’s term. That tells us that at the time of this post that close to $1.5 trillion of our annual deficit is bogus just on that one issue. Why? The Fed has been doing it because some large international banks, their masters, have been running out of cash liquidity. Cutting to the chase – it has been an ongoing manipulation that hurts We the People in exchange for propping up their elitist scum bucket friends.
The dirty, not so secret, secret is they are upside down on derivatives in the big banking world. The Fed with their mega bank cronies, including the Euros, are trying to keep enough cash in the connected banking system to stay afloat. They do that by keeping the Fed Funds rate higher than the economics indicate plus while rolling the currency printing presses. You do not have to be a financial expert to tell which banks are most endangered. Just consider the individual responses to #47 and Bessent’s policies and statements. The move away from fiat currency puts holes in and in some cases sinks many of their boats. Even with that, many nations and mega banks are capitulating worldwide starting in Switzerland and progressing through the EU as Bessent turns the screws. Add in the effects of taking Iran out as a lever of their power and it seems tough times are ahead for many EU globalists. Spain has been particularly offended of late. Oh well…
The obstruction led by Jerome Powell has been criminal and even treasonous in my book. He has been screwing all of us, not just #47, in an effort to save the globalist cabal’s kingdom. America Last has been the Dems and Fed’s mission for many years.
The major ratings agencies have been telling the world for years that our growing national debt is a huge problem. It has not been a secret to anybody. Despite knowing that, the world invested into the debt of America, Inc. Instead of seeking funds from selling debt, It seems that the #47 generated trillions in investment into America to avoid tariffs. That spikes fed revenues over a relatively short period of time and leads to the win in The Golden Age that follows once the old guard’s thieving is kaput.
So what does all of that mean for We the People?
Trump Accounts & More
Now that we have identified a relatively easy solution to $1.5 trillion or more in annual deficit just with Fed interest rates being normalized, let’s look at another big ticket annual cost. How many reading this know how much of the federal budget, not the annual overspend (deficit), is comprised of the entitlement program of Social Security?
It is approximately 21% ($1.5 T) of the expenditures annually. Funny, that amount appears again.
One way to look at it is that it is a pretty big chunk that makes up much, if not all of the annual deficit even with the efforts of DOGE and other savings have kicked in. You do understand that the feds do not really lockbox your Social Security contributions, right? It all goes into the same pot and is used for the same grifting even with the separate accounting. They are Ponzi scheming. They are using a growing population’s contributions (including a previously exploding illegal alien population using fake ID’s/SS numbers) to fund existing enrollee funds allocations. Please tell me you remember they just removed over 12 million SS account recipients over the age of 110 or so. All were recipients of monthly checks and likely “voted” in our elections. You do know that most of that money was going to fake ID illegals who funneled it back to their handlers who fund the crooked politicians and government criminals.
Which is one major reason why the cabal members wanted a lot of older people to die with the COVID plandemic (scamdemic, hoax, whatever you want to call it). Scare enough of the sheeple into taking clot shots that accelerate the death rate to improve the actuarial tables to help fund the projected outflow to the criminals.
The problem they experienced has been that more people began to be skeptical about all of the COVID boosters and the fear porn they used. Fool me once applied as the resulting health issues of jabees became ill and died. The first two clot shots did some damage to the 70% or so of Americans who took them. However, to achieve the full kill effect they targeted, they needed far more sheeple to have 5+ shots. You know that is the number from PAVACA’s incredible research.
Meanwhile, MAGA patriots saw through it even when our germaphobe leader still backed his Warp Speed program. He read the tea leaves and backed off somewhat. He went on to have Bobby take over HHS and fully supported him to complete his personal withdrawal from weighing in on the issue, thankfully.
Now, a large number of younger MAGA patriots are doing what Charlie Kirk said to do all along – love Jesus, love country, get married and have babies. #47 along with JD became close to Charlie. They believed in him and the mission of TPUSA. So after he was elected he saw that TPUSA could help save America short and long term. Now the only defense that have are paid fake MAGA influencers who are rapidly declining in influence as their shilling is revealed.
We all knew the enemies of America would drink their own kool-aid and kill themselves off eventually, they always do. The Karens and Kens of baby making age are not into having kids anyway. Most Karens cannot even get a Ken interested in them. much less a MAGA male. Once the illegals were heading home, the left has effectively been isolated and continues to destroy themselves in incredibly stupid attempts to stay relevant.
Enter Trump Accounts and increased BBB child tax credits. Trump Accounts are rewards for baby making to encourage a return to understanding capitalism and the American Way. Funding initially will come from entities and private business people such as Michael Dell and wife. Promises from #47 indicate there is more on the way and it appears funding can even come from future “dividends” he declares from the coffers of America, Inc. Those revenues would undoubtedly come from, drumroll please, tariffs.
If families also invest funds in to their children’s accounts and the feds manage the funds as proposed well, the index accounts they use to produce anticipated historical returns of 8-15% over time will allow our young people to roll the dice and leave the funds invested. Or they can use for education, buy a home, and so on. Program details will be coming in advance of the July roll out.
But wait, there is MOAR!
Back To Social Security
Building Trump Accounts into the psyche and lexicon of the American public opens the door for younger adults to seek personal investment and private retirement funding exclusive of the current Social Security methodology and delivery because they doubt it will exist when they get there. For the record, I doubted as well some four decades ago and yet, here we are still receiving benefits.
For some of of us oldsters, we remember when many employers stopped offering defined benefit pension plans as 401-k style plans were first developed and approved by the federal government. The standard bearing, universally employer offered Defined Benefit Plans are very expensive for employers to maintain and as the average American lifespan increased, even more so. To protect recipients who worked many years to earn good ones, the federal government established an agency, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), to insure all plans. Employers pay fees to the PBGC that insures all recipients will receive their pensions even it there becomes a situation that there are insufficient funds available in each employer pension plan.
Employers sought a less expensive answer for retirement and the 401-k was devised along with other similar plans. Most employers stopped offering defined benefit plans and offered 401-k plans to replace. Benefits for existing participants in the former were frozen at their current levels for existing employees. The employees then began contributing to their own retirements in the latter. Many employers began offering some level of match of the amount an employee contributed subject to individual plan parameters and federal regulations. The better the employer did financially, the more some would contribute. The employee would choose their investments from a smorgasbord of options in mutual funds, bond funds and money market rates. Over time the vast majority of retirement plans have evolved to this type.
At this point, you should be seeing what may be coming with “Social Security” in the future.
Trump Accounts are the educator, the government does the investing for you, just in index funds instead of interest starved Treasuries. So, instead of the low risk, low ball fake SS investment model; they get to prove themselves worthy of the new method that will still be regulated. Unlike Social Security’s Ponzi scheme, Trump type accounts are actually invested into equities and bond markets using index funds. That helps fuel our capitalism based economy. Win-win applies. The returns people receive based on historical performance of index funds far exceeds inflation, treasury bond rates and bank interest on savings instruments.
Again, the current Social Security program is nothing more than a Ponzi weirded Defined Benefit Pension Plan with the federal government tax revenues funding it based on antiquated ways to take care of the income needs of senior citizens. By giving all adult citizens the option to go with a federal government version of a 401-k, which is what a Trump Account resembles, the government no longer has to fund the SS program for those who seek to have better returns and control over their money and futures. The SS funding gets shored up as needed through tariff revenues as all of the old users pass away.
Independence matters. Making market returns is important. Fueling education and investment into capitalism is crucially important. We did not become the greatest nation on earth by being Marxists and compliant sheeple. Patriotic Americans are bold innovators and hard workers.
Your Budget
I hope I do not have to tell you what lowering the interest rates and increasing the fuel and power generation supplies in America does to the costs of household budgets. Then add in what the BBB did to personal income taxes. The snowball rolling downhill has already begun.
It matters to us in flyover country what happens in the Strait of Hormuz. Destroy the sponsors of terrorism and the world gets flooded with oil that we already have more than ample supply of domestically. What does that tell you about future energy costs, which flows into the cost of products and services?
Lower interest rates do not just apply to home mortgages, car loans, and credit cards; the lower rates apply to funds borrowed by businesses as well as government. The fuel and power costs lowers prices the same ways including transportation costs. Less taxes paid are obvious. All of if increases available consumer spending for more and more American made products, which increases jobs and related wage rates and benefits. Meanwhile illegals are going home, who have been taking many jobs at below market wages without paying taxes, yet, voting and receiving government and medical services
All of the activity increases fed tax revenues, reduces government borrowing (bonds), and reduces the interest cost in the federal budget. That accelerates the elimination of the annual budget deficit as well as national debt over time. More international business investment and growth decreases wars just as all of PDT’s economically driven peace deals have done.
Conclusion
By supporting common sense moves the entire annual deficit at current levels should be eliminated at a good, measured pace. The moves even leave ample room for the support of PDT’s proposed military budget increase as the funding flows into job creation as well as preserving our freedom. That expands our national influence and prevents foreign aggression for decades to come. Peace through strength again proves to be the best deterrent there is.
The war pigs still lose along with all of the forever war politicians aligned with them.
Is that lead AI generated pig Lindsey Graham?
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Some may remember my recent daily about a large “package” delivered by “mistake” to a older neighbor friend of a couple of family members in our county. It turned out to be container of vape items packed around a large cocaine stash. It ended up being involved a drug task force operation focused on a trafficking ring of Honduran illegals. It never made it into media reports. Odd.
However, it turns out the story I told you in that thread was actually the SECOND time unordered packages were dropped off in the neighbor’s driveway. It seems it also happened in the spring of 2025 and resulted in a big heroin, fentanyl. meth, LSD, etc. drug bust that was publicized widely throughout the region. The neighbor forgot to tell our family members about the first time that packages were placed in her driveway.
So it is with great interest that I bring you the following. Guess what happened again, now for the third time? Yup.
Which leads to the obvious question: Is this older (upper 60’s) female neighbor friend a drug trafficking kingpin, or should I say, queenpin?
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If you knew the type ditz that she is you would laugh heartily at the suggestion. She still works as an assistant in the county school system, has been divorced for many years with basically no life except with a few friends, son and her job. Add in she is scared of everybody including the police as well as her own shadow.
But here we are again. Multiple heavy packages that needed a dolly to deliver were dropped in that same driveway this past week for the third time in about a year, blocking her car again. No recipient name was shown on them, just the recipient address. It is the same address on the packages as the previous two times. This time she caught the FedEx delivery driver before he sped away. She insisted he come back to her house and remove them. We received the call immediately afterwards from our family member and notified our SonIL, who was off duty, who then called it into the PD.
Please understand, the street number and the first letter of the street name of the neighbor are the same. That is all. The name for her street is actually a five letter word followed by Drive, the name for the vape/tobacco store recipient that reopened since the last subject bust, has one four letter word followed by Street. The store is located next to a pool hall and some run down tenement type housing where they caught the trafficking illegal aliens the first two times. The subject two locations are several miles apart with the business in a heavily travelled area and the residence in a more remote, harder to access older residential development. FedEx delivers routinely in the entire area and city daily. Their area distribution hub is even in the same town. They know those addresses are not the same. They also would know the house they delivered to is hidden from the subdivision’s road and an older, single female lives there who works in town.
But wait, there is MOAR!. FedEx went back the next morning and delivered the same packages to the neighbor’s driveway anyway. This time the neighbor’s adult son came to her house and called FedEx to retrieve them. He and our family members waited until two young women delivery personnel in a FedEx truck arrived to pick them up. One acted angry and opened up a box in their presence to show the contents were snacks. The one that did it was hispanic, spoke in broken English, had rotten teeth, wore a FedEx uniform and had a bad attitude. She said that the neighbor’s residence was listed as a secondary address for delivery for when the store, the intended recipient, was not open. How did that get arranged without the lady’s consent? Why has it happened three times in a year and the two previous times turn out to be drug trafficking related?
The two women then loaded the boxes with a dolly and left. Notice I said they needed a dolly with “snacks”? Dem’s some heavy on the gut snacks. You don’t need a dolly for a handful of boxes of snacks.
The “snacks” were FedExed from Honduras. It said so on the boxes. Those are some dang fine, valuable, desirable Cheetos and shiz, emphasis on shiz. Why would a FedEx employee open any box addressed to any customers at any location? That makes zero sense and it is highly doubtful that is a company authorized procedure. Of course the other boxes were not checked or the full contents of the open box displayed. Just because it was addressed to an interconnected bunch of Hondurans like those busted twice in the past year, I am sure that everything is on the level (sarc/). The FedEx carriers acted surprised and annoyed the older neighbor woman and her son would be suspicious that the latest packages showed they originated in Honduras. Of course that may be because she is a native hillbilly who would have difficulty even spelling the name, much less order a bunch of snacks from there.
Houston, we have a problem. It appears that FedEx has a local hub for drug trafficking involving Honduran criminal illegal aliens along with American co-conspirators.
Shocker, I know. Not really. Nothing surprises any of us on here anymore.
SonIL said ICE has not been active in our area lately. The worst of the worst have been removed and they have probably been reassigned to other areas. There have been a large segment of Hondurans, Guatemalans and Meh-i-cans previously removed and who have self deported from the area, but some of their lesser family members are still around as ICE has moved some of their assets to the other assignments. Looks like these remaining Honduran grunts may have picked up where their predecessors left off. They will soon have the same end destination.
Current Status
It turns out the noose is tightening around the whole bunch again, including an investigation of the FedEx operation. The neighbor friend has been given a high ranking PD drug task force officer to contact should an unknown package ever arrive at her home again. He is not amused as he was a former resident of that quiet neighborhood and personally knows both the neighbor, our family members as well as my own family unit. SonIL will be in on the assist of the task force for his expertise as needed.
We will soon learn if employees or contractors of FedEx are involved in the trafficking or if this has been an elaborate Fed sting operation to nail more Honduran criminals. Will update with a post in real time down the road.
But This Situation Got Me To Thinking (I Know – Scary – 😀)
What if international carriers are big spokes in the wheel for drug and human trafficking worldwide? What does that say about our airports and other ports of entry? Are the Chynese scum still actively operating some of our ports? What does that say about the businesses involved? What does that say about federal and state policing capabilities as well as complicity with looking the other way or even facilitating the criminal activities? Why would the Dems lose their minds and try to shut down American citizens from using passenger air travel through obstruction by withholding funds from TSA, BP and ICE staffs, Coast Guard, etc.? Why would the Save America Act, a common sense bill supported by over 80% of ALL Americans, cause them to pull idiotic orangoutang acts the way they have with the help of spineless Uniparty participating RINOs?
We know land entry of illegals and as result, trafficking, is essentially shut down from the south and under surveillance to the north. We know the military has essentially killed the typical drug shipping lanes on the water. Firing missiles at their drug boats tends to do that. We know from #47’s comments that other methods and routes are being addressed. Yet, we still have unopened, obviously unchecked and undetected boxes from cartel controlled countries arriving daily through our airports and ports of entry containing illegal drugs that poison our population, kill people and destroy local economies. We are still not sweeping up the entire illegal population of criminals in this country and deporting them. Even here in deep red hillbilly flyover country the evidence is clear. Some local businesses are still using them. As an example I am personally going to address it with a local roofing company who employs a couple they sent to my home for a repair.
Again, Houston, we have a problem. Let’s finish the Iran excursion, flush NATO, set up bases with true allies that share our values, and take total Donroe control of the true West – the Western Hemisphere. We share history with the Euros, we do not share values. Their leaders have turned toward embracing evil. Their nations have been grifting off us for far too long. That is wealth and military assets that could be better used elsewhere. If any of their populations want back in our good graces they can take control of their countries, dissolve the EU and increase their military abilities. We will know if or when it ever happens by whether they jettison the Islamists and remnants of the cabal’s banking empire.
We meed to use the incredible intelligence, innovation, technology, dedication, work ethic, patriotism and faith in God’s providence in America from our national servants for the good of We the People FIRST. We cannot be President Reagan’s “City upon a hill” without first understanding the source of the phrase that originated with the words of our Lord Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount about salt and light in Matthew 5:13-16.
Great things happen in America and are shared around the world because of who He has made us to be. Let’s be about correcting the manipulation, deception, corruption and criminality from within. We all need to participate for it to happen as it should.
A Reminder
In America we chose to willingly live under God’s providence from our inception. It is a condition of our existence, written with ink on documents and blood on the battlefields. In that state of existence He intervenes and guides everything to accomplish His divine will. That is what our founding fathers knew, why they used the word, and why they wrote our founding documents the way they did. Nothing has changed. It is why we are the greatest nation on Earth. Anybody who does not agree and tries to circumvent should be gone. It would be worthy to have their citizenship stripped and dropped into Islamabob. The truth should be taught in every school, church and home in America.
As patriots, remain committed. Take time to enjoy being who He made you to be no matter the quirks, obstacles, and challenges you face. Living life as the Lord spells out for all of us leads to the freedom and happiness that was placed within each of us at our conception. We could start now as Holy Week remains fresh in our minds and hearts. It is time for the cleansing of our collective American spirits at the Cross of Christ – Calvary – as well as at the empty tomb.
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Today we are going to discuss – BUDGETS! Yeah! Everybody loves a budget. Right?! No?! Wut? You don’t love having a budget or even talking about them? Dang. Maybe I can change your mind. Maybe not.
With all of the unnecessary drama about the funding issues caused by Demoncrap politics and R-con pansies primarily in Club Senate, we need to remember all of it can be fixed if We the People keep the hammer down on ALL elected officials. I will be suggesting a couple of methods further down in this text for when America First MAGA decides to wield its power on the elected officials nationwide.
But first, let’s see what The Word has to say about a related subject. First from the Old Testament in Proverbs 21:5.
“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.”
The next is from the New Testament in Luke 14:28.
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?“
We see that the prudent person makes plans that leads to success while the impulsive goes broke. In keeping with that, if you are planning to build or do something, you need to know how much it will cost or else it may not get done.
So plan for success. Check. Determine the cost and how much money you need to get it done. Check. Yeah, you know that means to BUDGET.
Simple concept to understand and execute if we are disciplined enough to do it. The problem is the majority of humanity rarely does. The attitude is “We don’t need no stinkin’ budgets (badges)!”
Budgets
I am not going to bore readers with a discussion on how to budget. You know how, you need to just do it. Below are some recommendations of types if you need them.
Wifey and I have never budgeted annually. Instead we plan and do our version of the No-budget Budget continuously as in the link. Which means planning long term for purchases, investments and other major uses while controlling spending to build surpluses. Then we spend the money at the right time and always look for the low point in pricing of whatever it is, which can be on sale, seasonal, negotiable, etc. We do not agonize over spending the funds since we planned and did our due diligence about a product or purpose. This method works for even emergency usage purposes. You simply think through what could happen and plan for possible emergency needs along with allocating funds to savings over time.
However, the budgeting I am primarily discussing today is our nation’s.
Federal Budgets
When was the last time a full budget of our federal government was approved by both houses of Congress and signed into law by the POTUS on time before the fiscal year began, which means without use of continuing resolutions (CR’s)?
No fair cheating and asking AI. Well, OK, go ahead if you must.
The year was 1997. Yup, about three decades ago. So let’s revisit some headlines from those days.
Slick was still doing the dirty with Monica.
Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😂
Ireland granted a divorce for the first time in its history, Notorius B.I.G. was shot to death at an LA stoplight, Heaven’s Gate cult members committed mass suicide in SoCal, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the Okie City bombing,
Tiger Woods won his first Masters. Shockingly, he is still alive after winning more and blowing up his body and personal life multiple times.
Hong Kong was returned to China, Princess Di died in that Paris car crash, John Denver died in a private plane crash, Elton John hit the top of the charts with Candle in the Wind, and the Titanic mega movie hit theaters.
The economy was buzzing. Newt’s Contract with America was paying big dividends and Slick was staying out of the way while taking all the credit; which was always the Clinton’s favorite move. The GDP had grown to a dazzling (for them and then) 3.75% range and markets were good with the Dow Jones Industrial Index closing at 7908. My own small business banking career was beginning to take off. Life was good in general for much of our population. The following Fed annual report can inform anybody who wants to know more about our nation’s financial condition.
Fast forward a half dozen years and the trends may start making you depressed as you remember then and now. Look at how much the deficit has increased since the last annual budget surplus was achieved in 2001. Since that point our nation has experienced 9/11, forever wars, the debt markets collapse and Great Recession beginning in 2008, Russia Russia Russia, the COVID scamdemic, openly stolen elections and lighting a match to more money than we can count supporting Nazis in Ukraine. It has been almost like we were in a controlled state of demolition as a country. Right?
Well, what nation or nations rose during that period? Yup. What elected officials aligned with those nations during the period? What industries and companies benefitted the most from the answers to those questions? What events distracted We the People from the answers to those first two questions?
It has been as simple to analyze and understand as answering those type questions.
Today
We the People have learned much through those 25 years. We learned that the old rules, thoughts and ways of doing things are no longer productive or necessary. Citizen ownership of guns and concealed carry permits/licenses have exploded. We learned that many kids did not succeed in public schools or live well after getting shot up with endless vaccines. Prepper supplies and info sold like hotcakes. We have learned that Big Pharm, CDC, FDA, NIH and a sundry of medical professionals as well as related industries, organizations and schools are extremely dangerous scam artists and liars who are willing to commit genocide for a buck. We learned that some believe there are dozens of genders with matching pronouns, you can mutilate a human to make it a different sex to affirm the “dignity” of the person, that sexual perversion is cool and normal, that you can dress like an animal and use a kitty litter box instead of a toilet even in public schools, that baby parts and blood help old human demons stay alive, and so on.
You get the picture.
We also learned about a guy named Trump. Boy, did we ever learn. The entire globalist world upchucked on itself when #45 happened. We MAGA types could scarce believe our good fortune. We knew we were cooked as an independent nation without a force such as him and the patriots taking over. He brought incredible economic growth despite all of the skullduggery of the wicked globalists who opposed his every move and tried to take him down.
From these experiences we also learned on a more mundane business of We the People level that the nation does not need an annual federal budget since there has not been one that mattered even when eventually one would get done well into a fiscal year THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD.
A few years of stupidity is one thing, a quarter century of it should be enough for everybody to admit that things have to change.
It no longer mattered because the federal government ALWAYS spent far more than the revenues they forecast or received because investors and other countries continued to invest in our debt (Treasuries). At least they did when the Treasury and Fed were not issuing and buying back their own debt. Say hello to quantitative easing. Had the inflow and creation of funds out of thin air stopped, the excessive spending would have stopped and the complicit businesses that caused the fiscal nightmare to the economy would have hit the bankruptcy courts. But the politicians could not have that because there personal incomes would take a hit.
America provided foreign investors a perceived safe harbor such that they made an acceptable rate of return orchestrated by a compliant and complicit Fed, which is not controlled by the POTUS or Congress despite being technically under the U. S. Treasury. That was the brilliant evil that came from the globalist ghosts of Jekyll Island. Ot course the politicians have been all too happy to play along with the scam as they became richer and richer.
Some created funds usage went for nefarious purposes of weakening our nation’s economic condition to the delight of the Uniparty, War Pigs and other enemies of the Republic who benefitted. Trump and patriots are dismantling one of their primarily beneficiaries – the Islamic Republic of Iran, before our very eyes today. The international corruption became business as usual, entrenched and built into the system that eroded the wealth of our middle class. The national debt and annual deficits exploded.
The submitted budgets from Congress and Presidents never practically balanced and there have been no restraints. They were fantasy and lipstick on the pig. It was all SWAG based using phony baloney projections and assumptions cooked up by partisan political hacks and backed by the Dem controlled Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and other swamp critters. The Republicons never cared enough to clean house when they won elections, they wanted theirs as well. Congress continued to spend like drunken sailors with no thoughts of tomorrow or We the People because most were in on the money grab. Explain the massive fortunes these elected officials accumulated during their times in office any other way. Their operatives made out like bandits as well in high paying, fake government jobs which led to the radical blue area support in DC, northern VA, Maryland, Delaware, etc.
All of it proves we do not need to keep doing annual budgets in our status quo halls of Congress since they have been weaponized against We the People. It will remain that way to some degree until/if a balanced budget amendment is passed. Until then, I suggest we think outside the box and upset the Deep State apple carts permanently with the following.
Perpetual Budgeting
Sometimes known as a continuous budget in the spirit of our personal budget model discussed above; the perpetual budget provides for updating on a regular, usually monthly or quarterly, basis as well as when major plans and changes in budget are approved and implemented. In this case that latter point would happen as major legislation is passed that requires budget adjustment. As an example, when one month or quarter is completed another is added. There would be no requirement that a budget of that type be done only on an annual basis. It could be for two or four years as examples, if at all after the initial one is passed. There is no Constitutional requirement for an annual federal budget. That is an outgrowth of the House of Representatives being granted authority over the purse. It is a practice that is lawful, but without specific provision.
For what it is worth, in my best Scott interrogation of Chat GPT, I took it down and made it apologize for saying there was a Constitutional requirement with its first response.
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To effect the change would mean legislative approval would be required to modify the process from the existing selected method of practice and procedure. Which is a timing issue for when a white hat GOP group of patriots gained control of Congress. When explained to American citizens it would become another 80/20 approval of the measure. The continuous haggling and posturing over budget matters would end. The fake news media would hate it and oppose. They might have to actually work as journalists to survive instead of the profiting from the Kabuki Theater we see today.
When used with a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) the perpetual budget would require significant proof, not faked estimates, of funds and revenue stream availability to justify any additional allocation or increase in appropriation as well as the increases in costs and expenses. There would need to be approval from Congress to make budget changes to ongoing appropriations and allocations That could potentially slow “progress” down, not a bad thing in some cases as it would slow the mischief of the Uniparty.
With the dynamics of our huge budget that has so many moving parts and the rapidly growing tariff revenues, the flexibility of continuous budgeting would put a headlock on the current and future political gridlock in Congress over CR’s and “annual” budget appropriations.
What some folks miss is that many programs and departments in the federal government have “end” (termination) dates that are forgotten or intentionally ignored. Instead they get continually renewed through CR’s and inattention. This keeps operatives employed and making mischief throughout the system to enrich the participants. In perpetual budgeting they are automatically ended unless extensions are approved in advance by Congress. We the People will know if we are provided transparent access to the financial workings of our nation, which is a goal of DOGE and U. S. DOGE Service.
It would also be an ideal weapon for PDT and future patriot Presidents to respond to opportunities throughout the globe as well as a deterrent for excessive spending by any elected officials. As an example, if American citizens got stupid and voted more criminals into power, the codifying of perpetual budgeting and the BBA would provide a good defense.
The operations of America, Inc. would take a more business as usual approach that would kill the Uniparty’s hellbent desire to spend other people’s money (ours) for personal and NGO gain. Political battles, holding payroll hostage and posturing in the media over CR’s would end as well. CR’s that have been a plague on our nation for 25+ years would have no reason to even exist.
Perpetual budgets would reduce the numbers of non-productive budget personnel in every area of government. With the new AI based operating system that is envisioned and being implemented there are less “hands” in the process as well as the till. The archaic always wrong, Demoncrap controlled CBO would be revamped to reflect current and proposed methods that actually work as well as using real time financial activity. Forecasting would become much more accurate and predictable, which would benefit all of us.
Our elected officials need to be more responsive to a rapidly changing, dangerous world while being much more responsive to We the People. The old ways and games they play need to come to an end. The Fed report I linked near the beginning is the type report and analysis they still do today. It is passé. PDT is trying to force the federal government and Federal Reserve into current times since what formerly was, is no more. Scott Bessent is being a hammer in Treasury and on the world stage. We do not need the old business as usual to throw a monkey wrench into The Golden Age. The unelected Fed would be completely removed from policy making, a goal of #47’s admin. Along with the proposed changes in the CBO, the Uniparty and Deep State would lose serious levers to their ages old political stranglehold on power and access to money to fund their devious schemes and activities.
I have provided a balanced look at Perpetual Budgeting in summary form in the link below for those who want to know more, while at the same time knowing that many readers will not do so. 😂 Perpetual budgeting does not have to be strict and narrow, it can be adapted to government accountability needs that make sense. Think practical and pragmatic, not political and corrupt. Think innovatively, not stuck in what seems to have always been. If 1913 taught us anything, the paradigms can be changed for good or for evil.
For what it is worth, if you are unaware of him, brandonjamal is brutally honest with a potty mouth.
This one is potty mouth truth telling.
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Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
“Along those lines, I offer another big revelation.
Lloyd’s, London, England…manipulating the world.
THIS will end.”
And…
“100%. In the very short-term, Lloyd’s will deliver the insurance.
Then American capitalism will, take over the market. T A W.“
Yup. I am just surprised more have not figured it and the bigger picture out yet.
Game over, redcoats.
It’s about America, Inc.
When a world leader is an elite businessman and deal maker, most paradigms will change. Historical context becomes limited in value except when dealing with detractors, seditionists, etc. such as the hurdles caused by the Uniparty and SCOTUS. However, there are historical processes that actually have worked successfully in the past such as tariffs that can be brought forward to orchestrate a paradigm shift.
President Trump told everybody as #45 that peace would come from being successful. He believes in the same thing I have been posting from my own life experiences – abundance over scarcity. It is a Biblical concept that has been proven true forever. You will find good, white hats, love, acceptance, peace, security, prosperity and so on – success – from sharing within the abundance approach. God provided for everybody. More than we ever dreamed possible is sitting right at our figurative feet. Satan, his demons and all of the black hats sell scarcity. They want people to believe there is only so much. They then go about taking all of it they can by whatever means they need to use. That promotes feelings of insecurity and impotence, which makes their looting even easier.
Explain what you see from the Democrat Party any other way. They are after power and money at all costs. Screw everybody and anything else.
That is until they breathe their last breaths.
We have arrived at our nation’s inflection point. Definition – “A moment of dramatic change, especially in the development of a company, industry, or market.” Except in this context it is a nation and world inflection point.
#47 has been taking America and its allies back to the big time growth stage of the life cycle. Some are being forced while kicking and screaming like spoiled brats. America was in a major decline stage. So many Americans were in that same sad condition as many Europeans.
Think Bell Curve – left to right. Emerging, Growth, Maturity, Decline (Dead Dog – hence “we were a dead country and now we are the hottest” comments from #47).
Life Cycle
#47 is taking us from a deep dive on the right back to about mid point of the trajectory up on the left. When radical moves like that are made, which we voted for, it requires radical change to build the foundation for the growth that is to come. We pushed the button, #47 implemented the America First master plan. All of it is well underway today. The top of the curve is the sweet spot for the elimination of all national debt. At that point, we will be loaded and flush with funds just as this country was in the later quarter of the 19th century. We the People receive the ultimate benefits, but the rest of the world that plays along also greatly benefits.
Forward Prediction
The world as we know it will be about regional polarity. Donroe is for our hemisphere – our sphere of influence and leadership. Europe gets to slug out theirs with Russia. China and India take Asia and the pacific rim other than Japan, Philippines, etc. Our ancestors bled out too much to walk away from them and their strategic value. We will always counter balance aggression with strategic alliances throughout the world including Africa.
As an example, Australia and NZ have been cozying up with China for quite some time. NZ is the desired escape destination for many wealthy leftists, who are in China’s pocket as we know. As a result Five Eyes should die along with the move away from propping up NATO.
The other major world leaders will not be hostile enemies in this scenario. However, they will be in the ‘verify before trusting’ category. Our resources will be reserved for our interests and not be given and thrown away as they have for over a century. BRICS will become unnecessary now that the globalists are being vanquished. The world economy will implement blockchain. As long as adequate, preventive capabilities and provisions are implemented against hacking, it creates a level playing field worldwide. It eliminates intermediaries. It also destroys the central banks of the world’s power and control. If the downside risks from electronic/digital criminal activities are addressed, the exchanges can take place in nanoseconds worldwide as well as be based on agreed worldwide exchange standards whether that may be gold, silver, oil, whatever.
It is easy to see a future where peace and productivity are greatly rewarded instead of penalized by taxes, government/NGO graft and fraud, and forever wars.
Abundance is win-win. Win-lose is scarcity. Choose life, not death. Choose abundance.
We continue to fight, fight, fight. Do not get weary, the effort will be worth it.
Remember Wolf’s site rules. Note and label all AI. Please be kind to one another, we are all in this together. May God richly bless America and all of you.
Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
Today is another slice of real life events with those connected to this guy.
Other than Iran, the subject of ICE and law enforcement recently has ruled the thoughts of many. So, let’s make this a “thank your local and federal boots on the ground law officers” day. Seriously, when you see them out and about, thank them. Buy their coffee or lunch at the local fast food or c-store if so inclined. They do work many people would never do. For most, it is a true calling. Of course there are bad apples in every endeavor. Focus on the overall good and what they mean for a civil and safe society. The vast majority are good people trying to do their jobs well – to protect and serve.
The scripture today is from Romans 13:1 ,
“Every person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.”
Yes, that means to do so if not in conflict with His Word even if the authorities are criminals as we just went through here in America. Their deeds are seen by the Lord and will be avenged through His actions and authorities who replace them in His time and His way.
Any doubts that God raised up Donald J. Trump for these times?
A Dose Of The Real World
Today, I discuss an illegal invaders situation faced by ICE and law enforcement agencies of various types nationwide daily. Subject: Taking down land based drug trafficking. PDT has brought up that sea routes are largely under control, that land routes were underway. It is also a major reason why the border had to be secured first.
A real life example follows.
A neighbor friend of a close family member located in our same county found a large shipped package in her driveway in a residential subdivision in early February. She could not move her car around it to go to work. She called and asked our family member what to do. She told her to call the carrier. The neighbor said there was nothing on the package to indicate who the shipper was. Our family member asked the address on the package. It was a different address located near downtown; just had the same address number and the street name started with the same first letter. They assumed a delivery mistake, so the family member called FedEx and Amazon for the neighbor. They said no deliveries were made in the area or to either address. She then searched online for the package’s address, looked up the business located there and called. She asked if they were expecting a package, that it came to the neighbor’s house and had their address on it. A hispanic guy in broken English answered and said they were not. Meanwhile, the husband of our family member went to the neighbor’s house and worked her car around the package using the yard. The neighbor left for work and told the family member she would try to call other carriers including the post office. If nothing, she would call the police.
Later that morning while the neighbor was at work and before she thought to call the police, somebody came and retrieved the package because it was gone when she went home for lunch. In the early afternoon local residents observed ICE, ATF, and local law enforcement make what appeared to be a huge drug bust in town that afternoon. It hit all over social media around here. The whole area around the bust was shut down for a couple of hours and it was on a major route in the town. Daughter had a long delay getting home from work due to it.
After the dust settled and more became known and handled legally such that it could be discussed in generalities, we asked SonIL about it. Our subject family members were very curious as well. He was only involved in the crime scene security. Turns out it was an ICE related sting. The illegals and others at the bust address had already accepted three of four packages that authorities (probably MEMPHIS related) suspected had cocaine, however, they had intercepted the fourth. They did not have all they wanted to bust the entire operation on major felony charges as they suspected the first three packages may have been moved. Local ICE/ATF had been directed to the fourth package and made arrangements for the “mistaken” delivery to the neighbor’s driveway – it made sense as an accidental delivery. There are only two directions the retrievers could follow out of her subdivision and they were easily covered by the local task force. Our family member had unwittingly helped them by contacting the business on her neighbor’s behalf to let them know where it was. Undercover officers simply waited until the traffickers came to get it, followed them to the business and lowered the boom; catching all of the participants in the process as well as finding the other three cocaine containing packages that had not been moved. Undoubtedly the street value was worth millions of dollars.
That must have hurt business for their bosses as well as the recreational pursuits of many of their customers. Oh well. Can you imagine all of the excited news stories the local fake news media put out about it! Oh wait, crickets. Here we are over two months later and not one news report from area fake media. None. The storefront “business” (vape store) the traffickers operated on that main route was closed of course. Not one mention about that either.
After the busted drug traffickers finish doing hard time in prison, they will be deported back to their shizholes or El Salvador depending on cartel affiliation many years from now. This type trafficking has been happening all over the country for decades with the knowledge of many elected officials. This one example should illuminate the minds of even the least informed.
We voted for these policing and deportation actions. Pay attention to just how deep it goes and realize it is all around you. If you see something, say something.
My Downside
As a patriot, what downside, you may ask? I now have to put up with an annoying family member bragging about how she helped law enforcement make a huge cocaine trafficking bust in our area. I really do love her even if she is annoying. I am also jealous that I did not have the opportunity do it.
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My View
Raise your hand if you believe the fake media’s and Uniparty’s representations that there are less than 20 million illegals living in this country? Yeah, I know. Anybody who chooses to read here knows that is pure bullshiz.
Which is a major reason why #47’s patriots are spending nearly $40 billion on warehouses around the country to house all of them until they are jettisoned. However, you do not purchase real estate if the commitment is shorter term – you lease. This is a long term plan that is being executed. It will take the better part of a decade to get the 50 million or so out of here because of the intentionally misrepresented documentation they utilize as well as their hiding places.
However, as that is done it will free up “beds” to be used by the other criminals that are pulled in and processed. That would be for those such as fraudsters and the like found primarily in blue states as well as domestic illegal drug dealer networks. Be assured there will be future plans executed for the use of the facilities once the immediate mission is complete.
We ARE going to receive our country back. Criminals are criminals no matter their nation of origin. Which means other clean up will be occurring on a major scale. DHS facilities will not only be used for processing foreign invaders. They can also be used for temporary detention of domestic insurrectionists and criminals who fall under the umbrella of DHS.
This war is like so many others. It is about money and power. With our Treasury becoming more assertive in conjunction with law enforcement and national security departments, the noose will continue to tighten around the necks of those opposed to the American Way.
Conclusion
I will wind up with a quick story. i have brought up about my neighbor previously. He was an Army Ranger for 20 years before joining the LAPD as an officer and weapons instructor. He told me if he was a younger man he would have long since joined ICE to protect the homeland. He finds it to be the most important law enforcement role in America today. When he retired and moved back to the south, he left feeling that California was lost and would never be a part of America again. He no longer feels that way. He sees positive change on the ground with average citizens when he goes back for visits with his wife, who is a native of the state. He has hope again.
That helps all of us know we are on the right track, even in the bluest of states. Eventually sincere people stop enabling criminals when their activities start affecting their own lives. Keep the hammer down.
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What is all the fuss about? It does not matter if it was Noem or is Mullin leading DHS, the laws and rules remain the same. Should there be any surprises in anything Homeland Security and ICE are doing by enforcing long established laws approved by Congress and signed into law by the POTUS over decades? According to the leftists, criminals, propagandists and sheeple idgits these patriots enforcing the laws are fascists, Nazi Gestapo, KKK, and worse. That KKK description is a boomerang back on them, but they are too dumb to know it. The fake media joins in to create more chaos by telling outright lies and disinformation to clueless citizens who believe what they say. The uniparty claims it is all unconstitutional, just like their claims about the Iran war. But, is any of the protesting true?
We do not have to guess or take a media or any politician’s word for immigration laws or policies. Every American citizen as well as every person in the world with a computer and internet access can discover for themselves. How? The Federal Register is one primary source that helps as does the Homeland Security and ICE websites. Below is the FR relating to ICE related immigration notices and regulations.
So let’s go with an easy, recent notice issued on 9/8/25. How many of you were aware that for every illegal caught or ordered to be removed in absentia that the subject invader is ordered to pay $5 K to the federal government? Some will say, so what, they will not or cannot pay it. Well, that is not exactly correct. It means the feds can go after all assets, garnishee any pay, connect dots back to employers and known associates, and so on in pursuit of this fee. If convicted of a crime or ruled to be deported for illegal entry the subject also forfeits all of their remaining assets. The pursuit of those assets by authorities reveals more illegals as well as those that harbor, supply and employ them.
You did not have to hear or read that from another source, you could read it for yourself and then think it through. But there is more that is interconnected and will also stand the test of legal challenges.
Here is another one from 8/28/25 that was a proposed rule.
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media) classifications, with limited exceptions, are currently admitted into the United States for the period of time that they are complying with the terms and conditions of their nonimmigrant classification (“duration of status”). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations by changing the admission period in the F, J, and I classifications from duration of status to an admission for a fixed time period.
If incorporated and you think this one through, it eliminates the perpetual foreign invader who operates under the guise of student/exchange visitor/foreign media/etc. authorization. There is a fixed leave date. To stay they have to reapply and be vetted all over again. This time, not by Demoncraps as long as the patriots remain in power.
No more spies, operatives and such being here for decades as under the previous rules. For a recent example, like a supposed former student from Portugal who remained embedded in America for over two decades. He returned some 25 years later to Brown University where he had spent less than a year in school, to murder two and wound nine students of a more conservative persuasion in a study class. He then proceeded to execute a former Portugal classmate who was a renowned MIT physicist involved in advanced fusion research and development in a different location. The latter hit was probably the real assignment of the assassin, of course.
Whether the assassin was MK’d or programmed in some other way, the weirdness and random nature of his actions over years strongly increases the odds that it was a hit job on the MIT professor acquaintance and the Brown situation was a false flag to deflect from the intended mission. You know, like the Las Vegas massacre. There was little doubt of how it all would end, because this lone wolf was destined to shoot himself in the head in a warehouse in another state. A few links to update it all are below.
Done. All neat and tidy. Brown will now install those restrictive entry keypads and security cameras along with changing a couple of policies to correct those oversights. Brown U with their billions in endowed funds, yeah, that Brown.
As a side note, it is simply amazing (not) that story just sort of disappeared from media interest. Next up will be the crazy lone wolf explanation with pure speculation as to motives from the law enforcement authorities. Move along, nothing to see here. Oh yeah, what’s up with that Brown University police chief (Chatman) they placed on administrative leave after the incident? You know, the same one who had been previously fired from the top law enforcement post at the University of Utah for not having proper credentials for the role as well as committing some acts that could be classified as criminal. Still suspended as of the posting of this thread you say ? Watch what happens with him as well.
We also know we will never be told the truth in its entirety. Ever. It is The American Way of uniparty led law enforcement and government.
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With the DHS rule change discussed above, that assassin would have been exited by patriots from America many years before the horrendous events as will future lone wolves using that immigration cheat code. Nearly always there is a simple answer to a manufactured complex issue or problem. Remember, criminals and unipartyists always use obfuscation in their methodology because they know a large number of less in formed and gullible Americans will believe their BS.
In fact we could rename Congress the Obfuscation Machine used for the fog of war.
Next, consider that all of this nastiness has been going on openly despite most of We the People being unaware. If we have access to the information through the Register as well as FOIA you can bet our enemies do as well. They know the previously soft underbelly of our government and law enforcement efforts. Which is why they are so pizzed at #47, our collective national hide is growing tougher. Think about how all of the elected officials over the years have known the problems all along and did nothing. Nothing. They did not care or wanted these foreigners to be able to be here with no limitations or else they would have sounded the alarms and taken steps to save America before PDT came along.
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That leads to the next question.
Why? Do they hate our country that much?
Yes, many do. Others are too narcissistic to care one way or the other as long as they get theirs.
Which is why the following was seismic in the patriots fight to reclaim our rights.
5th Circuit Court Of Appeals
A true judicial bombshell landed, not the grandstanding media type. It obliterated its target – leftist attorneys, judges and politicians who try to circumvent immigration laws. If challenged on the SCOTUS level I predict it will be upheld, if they agree to hear it at all. The legal basis for the decision is solid and reflects the original intent. Especially after the SCOTUS just ruled 9-0 on another case that immigration judges are the path for all asylum claims.
This decision is massively important – one of the most important of the year. It means that if you are an illegal alien who never presented themselves at a port of entry, and ICE finds you, you can and must be detained without bail.
After reading the order I concur with the follow message, which could be addressed to illegal or wannabe immigrants as well as patriots:
“This decision is massively important – one of the most important of the year. It means that if you are an illegal alien who never presented themselves at a port of entry, and ICE finds you, you can and must be detained without bail.
The knock on effects from this will be enormous. Prior to this – if you were caught as an illegal alien and put in removal proceedings, you were entitled to bail while your lawyers string things along. You could stay out of jail for months – even years – and keep doing what you were doing in our country. No more.
Now – if you crossed illegally and ICE finds you, you’re done. You’re not walking American streets freely again unless you prevail in your removal proceeding (which is supremely unlikely). You won’t be able to go to your apartment and grab your things. You are simply done. You can either accept deportation or sit in immigration detention while your lawyer wastes their time on futile filings, and then get deported when you lose.
This will lead to a lot more illegal aliens simply giving up on their frivolous court fights and accepting deportation, which will help relieve the court backlogs. This will also lead to many more illegal aliens self-deporting. Would you rather pack up your things, settle your affairs, and get a free flight and $2500? Or would you rather try and hide from ICE, knowing that the moment they find you, you will never breathe free air in America again?
It’s a much easier choice.
Congratulations to Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, and everyone at DOJ responsible for this victory. It’s a milestone win.“
Enjoy what happens next, fellow patriots. In fact, celebrate it! You can also do what I do, check the following website out periodically. Have some fun watching and ridiculing all of the showboating speeches and shouting from those not wanting all those new, ICE detention facilities in their city or state. You know the 92 K of beds that will be used to cycle the criminals out of our great nation to never return.
As a PSA to foreigners here illegally; if you got suckered by Soros’ and Gates’ criminal operatives and Demoncrap politicians, you have the opportunity to correct your mistake with money in your pocket. Leave on your own. You will have the opportunity to return after vetting if you have a clean record. If our patriots catch you before that happens, that option ends.
Go – now.
Conclusion
We will be bringing more of the work forward on our more local level relating to ICE next week.
For now, know this is eternal: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NASB)
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven—
2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. 3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. 4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. 5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. 6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. 7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. 8 A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.
We are in such a time of which this scripture speaks and readers know which statements apply. Iran, ICE, treason, and so on are all around us. However, God knows and patriots are doing what they are commanded to do to counter it.
Just do not forget to consider the five verses that follow the above scripture reading.
9 What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors? 10 I have seen the task whichGod has given the sons of mankind with which to occupy themselves.11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; 13 moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
Remember – people aways self identify with which camp they belong. You will know them by their works.
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This is a break from the news of the day, a break from Iran and media overload.
This is dedicated to our friend, pgroup2.
Is Earth “home” for mankind, or, just a stopover on our way to another place of existence?
Hebrews 11:13 tells us;
“All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.”
This opener is about a song.
Wayfaring Stranger
I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger, from the movie “1917”
[Verse 1] I am a poor wayfaring stranger I’m travellin’ through this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil, nor danger In that bright land to which I go
[Chorus 1] I’m going there to see my Father I’m going there, no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
[Verse 2] I know dark clouds will gather ’round me I know my way is rough and steep But golden fields lie just before me Where God’s redeemed shall ever sleep
[Chorus 2] I’m going home to see my mother And all my loved ones who’ve gone on I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
[Verse 3] I am a poor wayfarin’ stranger I’m travellin’ through this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil, nor danger In that bright land to which I go
[Chorus 1] I’m going there to see my Father I’m going there, no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home
Those are the lyrics of a uniquely American folk spiritual in the public domain dating back to pre-Civil War days. These particular lyrics are from one of many versions of the same song. It is one of many songs from the era of which there is no known songwriter credited. A version of these lyrics were published along with many others from the period in The Christian Songster in 1858. These songs were sung at camps, prayer meetings, social gatherings and revivals. Perhaps you know or have heard some of them.
When you review them they have common themes that center around the belief that this earth is not our home. The songs are filled with both joy and great sorrow. A strong theme of hope for better times and reunions with loved ones abound throughout. And of course, they speak to the Savior of all mankind, Jesus Christ, as well as the adversity of Satan. Below is one of my favorite versions that match the lyrics above. It is hauntingly beautiful to go with the war imagery.
The Historical Period
Since these songs were originated in America and primarily composed in the lead up to the Civil War, the themes would reflect the attitudes and beliefs of common Americans during the period. The songs pull back the curtain on what people thought, believed and experienced. It appears the commie leftists have not yet found a way to hide these truths.
With our nation being founded under God’s Providence by a vast majority of Christians in its growing population, we can gain understanding of how the two centuries evolved from the pilgrims arrival in the words of these and other songs of the period. What we discover is they are remarkably consistent with those colonial predecessors.
Perhaps they knew what was about to come to this great land as the drumbeat of the impending Civil War became louder. Wars, violence and hardship of some sort always seemed to be present anyway. They also knew they would be the ones called upon to fight those wars and suffer the great losses that were to come. They longed for a better future and many saw that as only happening when they went to their eternal “home”.
So let’s move this along with some quality versions of the song. Pick and choose your flavor, or all of them when you get time.
First, from the Man in Black…
For the hillbilly bluegrass fans comes this performance of the song from the Father of Bluegrass during his latter days on earth.
Emmylou brings her wonderful style,
A quality country sound, a more recent version with some lyrics modification from Travis.
Yet, the song is timeless and travels across the pond as Ed Sheeran demonstrates in his own unique style…
Conclusion
Our American heritage offers strong clues of who we have been and are destined to be. We just need to pay attention and look for the evidence. Today we found evidence in an American folk spiritual song from two centuries ago. What we learn from it and others from the period is that four centuries have come and gone since the Pilgrims arrival and we have been searching for peace that America gives us the opportunity to find… as long as we continue to fight for her and each other.
Meanwhile, Christians know this world is not our home, that we are Wayfaring Strangers. Through Christ we have a heavenly passport to our eternal home. We are just passing through doing God’s will while here. There is no place like home when we are born again citizens of God’s Heaven.
Remember Wolf’s site rules. Note and label all AI. Please be kind to one another, we are all in this together. May God richly bless America and all of you.
Before all things and people – In God We Trust. Also, trust Trump and the plan.
Another “fun” day of living in hillbilly land happened a couple of days ago. Thought I would share. I am sure many of you have experienced fun days of your own through the years.
We were awakened at 6 AM by a call from Daughter. Oh no, was the first thought. Hope it is not something bad with Son IL since he is on night shift. Nope, wasn’t that. Hope one of their family is not sick. Nope, wasn’t that.
It was her telling us the Fire Department had just left. It had rained all night and was still raining. In that rain, three FD vehicles and 10 personnel had arrived on their short cul-de-sac street in all of their gear in the wet yard and mud before going into their home.
The house had filled with smoke and the alarms had gone off at about 5 AM while Daughter and grandkids were asleep before SonIL got off his shift at 6 AM and headed home. Scared the kids and mom as well. The FD checked the nearly new package unit heat pump we had installed when they completed their addition and remodel this time last year. They found the exterior circuit breakers were hotter than they should be and pulled the disconnects. The HVAC unit (good name brand) and new ductwork had been repaired twice under warranty as the installation had been improper by an inexperienced crew. So our first thought was, “not again.” But no evidence of related problems or fire was found anywhere they looked. The smell was plastic and electrical, but had dissipated. The FD gave the all clear and left the scene not long after SonIL arrived from work.
SonIL was worn out from a night of DUI’s, domestics, shoplifting, etc. He needed sleep. So ole dad headed to the scene with his morning coffee. But before SonIL went to bed and I arrived, he decided to check the crawl space; the area that the FD apparently forgot to check. There is a bit of new wiring there from the addition as well as a sump pump that had been installed by the original builder. SonIL quickly determines he most likely found the problem. It seemed to be near the old sump pump from the smell in the space. He also remembered the pump making some loud noises two weeks before, however, it had reverted to normal and was working.
Even after I arrived it is continuing to do its thing about every 15 minutes from the pooling from the heavy rains. Water makes its way in around the footer downhill to the spot because the original builder had made the opening of the package HVAC too low to the ground. We have attempted numerous fixes, but nothing has worked to completely stop the problem, which is typically minor. Until that “fun” day.
The family is on a contract with a really good HVAC provider that also has plumbing and electrical services. SonIL called them and gave me as the contact person. He then went to bed after I arrived to try to get some sleep since he had another work night ahead of him. They were two officers short on his unit and shift as it was. Calling in for a day off was not going to happen.
The first on the scene less than two hours later were the electricians. One headed under the house while the other checked the breaker panel. They talked on their phones and the one under the house sent photos of what he found. We were in luck because that guy is also good at plumbing and discovered the issue as the sump pump along with how the smoke and electrical burn smell got into the house. All new wiring checked out good and to code. However, he noticed the elbow on the dryer exhaust pipe to the exterior had fallen off the pipe leading inside the house onto the ground. The laundry room is right next to the return air duct in the hall. So, every time the HVAC had come on since it fell (within the past year), the system was creating a vacuum into the house for crawl space air. A bad thing had led to a good thing of finding a major issue that could have led to far worse outcome.
Funny how those things work out sometimes. It is as if a somebody is watching out for all of us during our “fun” days. But I digress. 😉
The existing sump pump had been wired to an existing non-GFI circuit to another part of the house. That is a problem. Had it been on a GFI, it would have likely tripped the breaker when SonIL first heard the noises previously. The pump was extremely hot to touch and it appeared to have burn marks where the wiring connected. Bingo. The electrician noted there was no check valve on the pump. Problem. That should always be there. There was no weep hole on the intake pipe. That’s another problem. Will not go into the whys here, just know you need them so yours will not do what this one did. All of that contributed to the pump burning its motor partially, probably 50%, which explains how it was continuing to pump a small amount of ground water.
So, a call is made after my approval to the plumbing department and they sent a pro out within an hour. He checks it out, confirms the need, shows the damaged and problem areas, determines the options, goes back to get the one I selected and returns right after lunch. Less than an hour later he was done. The electricians planned to return once that was completed. The office called me and said it would be an hour before they arrived. Daughter left work early and had arrived to take over while her husband slept. I headed back to the house to clean up and eat a sandwich before returning to answer questions of the electricians.
That’s when the truly funny stuff happened.
While at home I received another phone call. SonIL had awakened before the arrival of the electricians. I had left word with Daughter that the heat pump was not working and that it was getting cool in the house. So she sent him out to check the circuit breakers and it turned out the disconnects had not been reinserted. Since we knew the source of the problem was not the heat pump, he reinserted. Literally within seconds, the entire house lost power!
Panic ensued. He called me and asked what happened and what he should do. I told him that the first thing was to check with neighbors to see if they had power. The second thing was to not panic, the electricians would be there soon if it was something within the home.
Daughter checked with neighbors – they were all out of power. At this point SonIL thought he has caused a power outage in the entire neighborhood!
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Meanwhile I checked the power company’s outage map and there was an outage for 1300 customers in that immediate vicinity. SonIL is suspecting that, nah, he could not have caused that. Daughter calls a fire fighter friend and she tells her there had been a car accident, the FD was on the scene, and that it caused the outage. She lets me know, but SonIL is on the other side of the property and unaware. The electricians, who had been delayed by another 30 minutes getting there, pulled up into the driveway.
I caught them and told them what happened, that seconds after SonIL had reinserted the disconnects in the breaker the power went off for the whole area. They agree to play along. SonIL comes from around the house minutes later and they asked him, “What in the world did you do?! Don’t you know not to reinsert those disconnects until we have cleared the fault?!” Panic returned to SonIL’s face again. He began melting down.
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We all burst out laughing and let him up, told him the truth. He was a good sport, but very relieved. It was probably good all of his cop and personal arsenal were locked up. I suspect the electricians will get pulled over one day when in town where he works. Paybacks are hell, ask the Supreme Leader.
The rest of the repair went well. New circuit pulled with GFI breaker in the box as well as receptacle under the house. Problem solved. Another “fun” day in paradise.
