[Some of you guys think I am downtrodden by recent events and outlines. You could not be further from accurate; I’m living the best days of my life – ever. ¹See after current article. ~ SD]
There is good news again within this story, but only if you fully comprehend what the institution of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) represents as an outcome of the Fourth Branch of Government, and what the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is in place to do.
The SSCI is the facilitating institution that collaborates with the intelligence state to facilitate the construct of the surveillance walls around us. The SSCI is the mechanism that permits the Deep State to function without impediment. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is the mechanism for the Senate to enrich the members. If you don’t grasp that reality, you cannot fathom the enemy we face, nor the ramifications of how the DC control system shows their outlook.
Within this story, you discover the CIA, NSA, DNI, DIA, DOJ-NSD, Pentagon and State Dept all believe President Donald J. Trump is going to win the 2024 election. If they didn’t fear and anticipate his victory, the Senate would not be taking action to control the ramifications of his pending victory. That’s the context. Smile.
WASHINGTON DC – Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress.
The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of the House on Thursday and is expected to be signed by President Biden. (read more)
¹People keep asking me what can be done to shift events and stop/block the trajectory of the control system that is collapsing our constitutional republic.
Let me share something that is apparently being missed by most. I have spent the past several years deeply engaged with the people and systems you see espoused as defenders in the conservative-sided media. All of the familiar names; all of them held in esteem as persons of significant influence that could ultimately change things.
Allow me to call the baby ugly. Your opinion of their ability is vastly overrated.
This perspective is driven in part by the incapacity of most to understand how the silo system of control inside the matrix of our governmental institutions works.
Everything is compartmentalized…. Everything.
Every aspect of what you know in totality is unknown to every participant who operates inside each compartment.
That’s a fancy way of saying, you know more than they do.
Yes, that’s correct.
The proverbial “they” have no grasp on the issues we face at the same level of understanding that you do.
Each individual works inside a compartment, a specifically constructed silo of information. They have no concept of what is taking place in other compartments that ultimately connect to their stake-holding.
None of them have the big picture, because the system that operates in Washington DC does not permit it.
Maybe, m.a.y.b.e, a total of 50 elected representatives, across both chambers, including staff, have any idea how FISA 702 is currently weaponized or used. [I am being exceptionally generous, in this one example.] That’s just FISA-702.
If you were to take the issue of DHS surveillance and coordination with social media, that number would be significantly fewer; that’s just another example amid tens of thousands.
The private sector, the ordinary high information consuming American, has far more knowledge than the elected official that represents them. The politicians and staff therein, just don’t put the same level of importance behind it that you do. That’s the reality of the thing, and too few people grasp what I am talking about, even as you read this.
This is also why they hold oversight hearings but never seem to know the questions that need to be asked. They don’t know what questions to ask because they don’t know the context or baseline of the bigger picture issue that needs the question.
Not to get too prickly with names, but when it comes to the larger constructs of how it all ties together and what it means; you… yes you… the person reading this…. knows more than Devin Nunes, the former House Intelligence Committee chairman and former Gang of Eight member. And this reality is truer after you accept that Nunes is likely near the top of the modern pyramid for Deep State institutional knowledge.
You know more than Ron Johnson, Chuck Grassley, Mike Johnson, Mike Turner (current HPSCI chair) and Marco Rubio (current SSCI vice-chair). Each of the aforementioned relies on officials, spokespeople from the institutions, to tell them (briefing) what they need to know. The compartmentalized control institutions only tell them what they pre-filter and determine those in oversight need to know.
The people in charge are not names we know.
The people in charge, don’t even know they are in charge. That’s a reflection of how many compartments exist.
The CIA director, NSA director, ODNI, FBI Director, etc are not in charge of the compartments they represent. They are simply functionaries -middle men- who operate in the space between where the compass points are directed, where the data originates, and oversight of that data that is ultimately filtered and delivered to the functionaries, who then brief the representatives…. who then create policy… albeit flawed policy…. based on a very specific, controlled, compartmented and skewed information flow.
Semi-related. The backbone code of Twitter is old and not optimized. That is what makes the data processing costly to handle and operate.
Twitter runs like the DMV. Why? Because Twitter has to remain DHS compatible. Why does Twitter need to remain DHS compatible? Because private company Twitter/X has data processing interfaces with the DHS surveillance system. Making sense now?
Asking elected representatives to deconstruct the network of compartmented surveillance is akin to asking stage actors to create a new stage performance. The problem is the actors only have access to one script…. and each actor only gets the lines they are individually responsible for repeating.
Sum it all up this way:
You, the person reading this, knows more about the problem than any name you can think of as a person of influence.
That’s the reality of it.
Start there.
Now, you tell me the solution.
Additionally, if you start your mental response by saying, “wait, I don’t believe it,” unbeknownst to you you’re actually affirming the scope of the problem.
I am not the least bit overwhelmed, downtrodden or dismayed by this problem. Factually, as an outcome of my inherent disposition, I find joy in knowing/accepting the truth and then structuring my efforts accordingly.
I am incredibly thankful to a loving God and to you, while feeling optimistic and filled with abundant purpose.
This compartmented control system cannot sustain itself much longer, because it requires ever expanding control in order to maintain operation.
What to do about it becomes simple. Ignore it.
Engage in living your best life. If they put a roadblock in front of you, walk around it. Go live.
If people enjoy life, I mean really embrace and enjoy their God given right to liberty and freedom, they will not accept control. So, go live life and teach those around you to live their best life. If you take your children to experience freedom, liberty, fun and fulfillment, they will not enjoy or accept isolation. It really is that simple.
Engage in deliberate fellowship whenever you can. Share the joy of freedom and point out -loudly- how that experience is contingent upon the retention of freedom. Emphasize the obvious; embrace liberty and ignore the despondent and required sensation created by those who need disconnect and isolation as a form of control.
People who enjoy freedom will not accept control. So, spread it. Teach it. Show your tribe what it looks like.
If you want to collapse the system, be free. Treat efforts to control like they do not exist.
Fearlessly live your best life.
If there is any doubt about what Sundance is explaining, I simply point to Senator Grassley’s really stupid comment reported in the public domain, that there is no evidence Joe Biden committed any crimes or was involved in Hunter Biden’s shakedowns. You can’t govern when you have elected representatives like that running the show. And I’m sure, his statement is based more on his flawed intellect and critical thinking capability than it is due to some back room deal that cuts him a benefit.
No reason it can’t be both, that he’s crooked and stupid…
From where I sit…..that’s a given!! A TRUTH that is pure gold!
FJB absolutely knew/knows he is the brand and he was responsible for “paying back” the country or corporations giving Hunter, Jim, and Sarah Biden all of that cash. If we go back and look at a timeline of cash and all of his various policies and decisions in regards to those countries and corporations, it becomes very clear indeed.
Bill Barr could ‘honestly’ say he didn’t see any election fraud or irregularities, simply because he didn’t look.
I mean look at Joe! He is dumber than a box of rocks, and as crooked as the wicked witch of the west nose.
Bro, they are ALL in on it, or they wouldnt be where they are.
Only problem with saying there is no evidence at his age is to defy your very own life experience.
New information equals a new outlook. Grassley is well old enough to understand the simplicity of that truth too.
What he is really saying is, I don’t want to know.
Grassley is 90 freakin’ years old. He has no purpose, no place in serving the people of Iowa let alone the Republic. I am certain he doesn’t even recall how he was touting how one of his lousy sternly worded letters uncovered the 17 phone calls (2 included another dementia patient biden) that were taped by the money handlers (hunters clients) that likely had evidence. And the tapes are where? Grassley is irrelevant at best, dangerous at worst. His sole purpose seems to be to ensure the left has talking points that create confusion….same with graham.
Don’t you just love Grassley when he is giving his deadpan delivery of the prepared notes done by his staffers in the “important” Senate investigations? So obvious he is just reading for first time. Grassley using the Taxpayer to create generational wealth for all the Grassley’s apparently. They all make me sick.
He’s a lifelong RINO.
Right questions never asked….why is obiden letting all these illegals cross the border??? Recently answered by democrats when they said “if Trump wins there will be a civil war”. There you have it! That’s the reason…15 to 20m soldiers to fight for “them” versus US it’s that simple. That’s why you see so many military aged males crossing! Reminder we have 2.5 million people in the US military.
Yep. They stockpiled the arsenal during the Light bringer administration.
Predicting what will happen is often like poll predictions that are sometimes right and very often wrong.
Its obvious plans are under way and have been to destroy American culture any way possible.
The above article is right on the money when it comes to living your life in fear of what the fake news constantly puts out.
If the above article is true and the people in control don’t know there in control and are controlled by functionaries working in behalf of who or what?
This mean congress is just a reality show that is staged and manipulated to control the population.
I think this is very true.
What recourse do we have?
Predicting the future is limited to our ability to see the whole picture.
One reality is known and needs no prediction.
We The People are not able to be represented in congress because congress isn’t controlled by We The People.
The future isn’t looking hopeful but I nor anybody else can predict the future of America.
We can speculate, investigate, research and make conclusions though.
Making conclusions based on incorrect information is hopefully what can be avoided.
Making conclusions based on fear must be avoided.
Solving the problem of no real representation comes first if possible.
Got any ideas?
Ideas, I believe you must be a bit of a narcissist to predict anything in our future , and why God says prophets must never be wrong. That and a trust issue.
Having said that we all can predict certain outcomes if we have complete knowledge and experience enough to do that in some cases. Truth, knowledge, understanding, we predict the near future for our lives and can see it for others.
Imagine us all in a chess match, would it benefit your opponent if you were brainwashed and didn’t know how to think for yourself? Pretty much what is going on with our nation.
These people have resources to see and predict and entrap us, and a compliant congress. And IMHO congress is just theater to show us what they are doing. Our vote means nothing, that is obvious.
No doom and gloom, all is possible God points that out. If you want to know the future set goals and make the future. Few do and that traffic is scarce, the road to nowhere is a traffic jam.
I’d say if he loses there will be a civil war. Insurrection? They don’t know insurrection.
Don’t be.
Probably all the kickbacks kicking in…
For Grassley to admit that there is evidence FJB committed crimes while FJB was Senator and then as VP would be for Grassley to admit that he is either a clueless senile old man that should have retired years ago, or willfully looked away while potential treasonous actions were being carried out by his good friend and fellow senator.
Or admit to both. Ego can’t let him do that now can it, he’s got a legacy to protect, the self-proclaimed champion of farmers and federal whistleblowers.
@Barry Masuda: Is it not possible that our elected federal representatives are prohibited from taking action against what is clearly an unlawful act by federal corporation administrative statutes?
Good morning! Of course they know PTrump is going to win. He won in 2020 and they haven’t been able to take him down with lawfare. I, too, find joy in finding/knowing the truth. I can’t even imagine my life without my treeper family or those around me that have found solace in being informed, therefore ready for just about anything. Thank you a million times for bringing us together!
Amen
As Charlie Kirk pointed out, it is VERY likely that leading up to the election our President will be in jail through lawfare and corrupt DC jury.
Those that are leaning Trump but are still not red-pilled will recoil in terror and either not vote or go Xiden/Newsome.
As we all know “there are trillions of dollars at stake”.
I see your point but isn’t it equally possible those on the fence will recognize a political hit – and swallow the red pill in defiance?
If the Supreme Court or Congress put President Trump back into office for even a day before the 2024 Presidential Inauguration, would he be able to serve even one day of his new term if he was elected? Could it be claimed that he won 2 elections/full terms to the Presidency, 2016 and 2020, and the fraud that kept him from actively serving 99% of his 2nd term does not undo the provisions of the 22nd Amendment? The limit for anyone to be POTUS is 10 years. You can finish a half a term if you’re a VP for a POTUS and then win and serve 2 complete terms of your own.
This seems like a typical Deep State/Lawfare sneaky type of move?
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Twenty-second-Amendment
I’m having a problem building a counter argument to RWA, who should know a lot about such things (but also doesn’t quite get some “American” things).
The differences? Owning property? Not really when they can issue tax certificates and auction off your land. The state doesn’t own businesses? Try fighting OSHA or the EPA or DEI/DOJ/Gheys. T.L. Davis gives some of these reasons you should withhold your patriotism to the state. https://tldavis.substack.com/p/patriotism-to-what
The extent and sophistication of Regulatory Taking in the federal, state, county and local regulatory agencies in the US is largely unseen. But can be wielded swiftly and without means of appeal or legal recourse for the average homeowner, property owner or small business.
Relentless inflation and wage suppression form the other jaw of the vice.
It has now been extended to professional licensing.
Why would anyone bother to counter Russian propaganda?
I have to say I was surprised that my Rep Mark Green (CD7 TN) voted no for the NDAA yesterday. I did see that Bobert voted yes. She has now been co-opted by the GOPe after her fling with the Commie Dem.
After hearing part of McCarthy’s going away speech it’s good to see his butt hit the door. I hope to never see his anti-Maga butt again in the halls of government. Interesting to see what he thinks of all of us. Yes, he despises and hates us.
But… He wants to work for TRUMP.
I’d bet he wants to flatter President Trump enough to get appointed to something where he can betray the President and work to support the Deep State again, just as Barr, Durham, and so many others did. I hope President Trump learned from his first term and can avoid such mistakes next time.
He wants to work for RINO Snakes and Moles United “for” Trump.
I often wonder if our reps and senators often sit behind their office doors
waiting for someone to peep their head in and tell them how they are going to vote.
You’ll find them over at the bar and grill.
I believe all the cameras in the capitol buildings should be broadcast live 24/7/365. Except the rest rooms of course.
This is headline really got me thinking. 🤪
“McCarthy Endorses Trump, Says He’s Willing to Serve in a Trump Cabinet”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/no-democracy-you-chicago-city-council-wont-allow/
He doesn’t mention who exactly he intends to serve of course.
Perhaps PDJT can give him The Romney Treatment. You know, wine and dine, a few photos, and then a quick departure down the stairs with no job in hand.
Thank you Sundance. Every single day I endeavor to live my best life and completely ignore the government. They’ve done an amazing job of instilling fear in the populace – we fear deeper recession/depression, invasion, war on our soil, war abroad, exploding crime, extreme inflation, etc etc. We think Trump is the cure, and he might be. But most importantly,
IGNORE THEM!!
I love it. Noncompliance at its best. Our government has found itself utterly useless to the populace and we should treat it as such. All of Washington D.C., the district of corruption, has cornered itself. We don’t need them. They need us.
Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Proverbs 29:25 – The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
The term “fear not” is stated in the Bible 365 times, which, ironically, is how many days are in a year.
“Now, you tell me the solution.”
Educate the intentionally ignorant.
Time, however, is an issue. So use available resources.
Greater turn around in government. Send fresh viewpoints from outside the D.C. bubble. Let our reps know we got their back and are paying attention !
You can’t educate someone who doesn’t listen or want to know the truth.
Think of it like an addict that is denial and is looking only to keep the status quo.
Until you want to think or do different you won’t.
“Allow me to call the baby ugly”
Nobody else is speaking about this but its been wrenching my gut for a couple years now.
Appreciate ya
Live your best life and be sure to be saving $ and resources for when things go haywire
To sum it up == the left hand does NOT know what the right hand is doing!
We here at the Treehouse are *ambidextrous* :):)
It is approximately 0415 here in British Columbia.
After seeing Johnson and Rat Ryan’s photograph last night I was more than a little angry. ( not healthy I know)
Then here first thing after “ doing my readings” I come across this terrific article.
Cheers to all, and “ Nae Surrender”
🙏🏻
Nae Surrender, Deke
👍
It is remarkable that of all the sites I visit for news, the Treehouse is the only source that speaks what is actually happening. Thank you SD for all you have done, I cannot imagine the sweat equity put into hoping to make an impact. Know that you are and are so appreciated for it.
They are afraid of PDJT returning; I’m concerned for what they will be doing to prevent it and fear the 2024 (s)election will be cancelled all together and 95% of the ppl will be okay with that.
Interesting side note, if Congress starts taking back the responsibilities they have delegated to the executive, they may have to actually work (well, for our country anyway, not themselves).
How long will it take before they start trying to save themselves instead of the corruption they have created?
lol. My guess, not long at all. They are a narcissistic bunch.
Not sure I agree with the argument in its entirety. The symptoms and structures are largely correct.
However, having served on senior staffs and supported a number of gov’t agencies, my observation over time has been that the personnel component of the system has operated to recruit and promote people who are already ideologically disposed to the preferred outcomes and controls – to include politicians, senior civil service, etc. This occurs INDEPENDENT of any evidence to the contrary that counters their ideological objectives. Additionally, I’ve witnessed repeatedly throughout the entire structure how people often know the details (information finds a way out) but the facts of their lives (kids in school, mortgages, healthcare, monthly bills) undercut fealty to principle easily. It’s amazing how easy it can be to shut down dissent WITHIN the structure by undermining one’s sense of security. It has long been a contention of mine, having watched this in action, that one perhaps intended consequence of the huge morass of regulations (regs that constantly change moreover) that no one person can master is to have at the ready a weapon to hammer non-compliers – which connects back to security.
To me, as an outside observer of our government institutions, your entire second paragraph conclusion gives proof it was intentionally set up the way you describe to control those who would try to do the right thing on purpose.
Thus facilitating the very conclusion that Sundance proffers.
While I respect your perspective as an insider, the fact is you were an insider and sometimes when ‘in the forest’ you can’t see the forest for the trees.
Absolutely when the subject is intent.
That said, what prevents anyone inside the system from availing themselves of the same opportunities for information sharing that, say, you and others on this board pursue? My real problem with the “inside the forest” argument, in some aspects, is that it can serve to absolve the public servant of accountability and responsibility. And this always gets me back to the same starting point: character and ideology. I grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. Socialized, went to school with some of these power players in Congress, media, sports, business. They are anything but idiots or uninformed. It is true, as Sundance highlights, that they are detached from the whole set of details (i.e., situational awareness) – they understand what they want to understand. A sidebar to all of this, and I don’t know how prevalent this actually is in gov’t (i.e., my basis is anecdotal), but among those I tracked from my youth, the incident rate of addictions (sex, drugs, etc.) and therapy for these addictions is unbelievably high compared to what you and I see in our daily social environments.
You have to give credit where credit is due. The Left has repeatedly been rebuffed since it first appeared on the American political scene. But it adapted…especially post Viet Nam.
To be clear, I was never a boss. I was one of the guys who understood how some of the “stuff” works so it was handy to have me on the various teams that move tech and policy forward.
As for the rest…I have always respected the opinions of those on this board. I do not share every understanding in common and will respond testily at times when I disagree. But I have been here for a while now. Why is that? First, Sundance shines understanding (obviously backed by insiders) that has great value. Second, when one has to chose allies, a point I have tried to drive home for a while now, the Venn diagrams are never going to align perfectly (I am not a religious person, for example. Though my wife and her side of the family tree are staunch Catholics). I look at this board and I think “not perfect, but insofar as I see things, they get it. We are natural allies.”
This idea of “living one’s best life”? It’s pretty powerful.
To clear up another vista (again anecdotal): these folks I grew up with, many of whom attended Ivy league schools, institutions like St Johns College, UT (Austin), Oberlin, Smith, Vassar, etc., etc., they were already formed before arrival at “higher” education. Sure, the elite liberal universities completed the process – doomed them to lifetimes of secure tenures and wealth! But the problem space extends well beyond gov’t (i.e., fixing gov’t aint gonna be enough). The challenge is much more profound – IMO.
If government gets “fixed,” then the path to fixing the institutions by cancelling the control mechanisms will be able to be fixed. For example, it doesn’t matter much how many individuals in a community or state are against the leftist ideology if their boards, curricula, etc. are regulated in favor of destructive ideology and if media and information resources don’t or can’t reveal the truth due to those same destructive government control mechanisms.
“show me the man and ill find you the crime”
such is the purpose of the federal laws and regulations.
Late to the game _ I don’t think PDJT has any intention of leaving NATO -,just adjusting payments owed as he did in first term – don’t quite get this Deep State /Uniparty reaction/ “insurance policy “ -Plus not sure if constitutional anyway -wasn’t post Vietnam “War Powers “ act putting power in Congress declared unconstitutional ? Anyway so much to absorb / so many moving parts – btw starting to see more Masks in stores -usually women as it seems …once the fear takes root ….
If the deep state is apoplectic about President Trump leaving nato, it must be because nato is a source of grift for them.
NATO was the turning point in history, where the USA became the parent and Europe the dependent child, so our job was to protect them from the Soviet Union and communism. But the old Soviet Union is gone. Russia is a different country. You may not like Putin but Russia is not a threat like the old cold war Soviet Unionparty.
Ok, I get that they did not want another WW after just having WWI and WWII twenty years apart.So, Nato is the alliance to prevent that from happening.
But the elites have also found out just how profitable war and chaos can be and how difficult it is to stop corruption in that atmostphere.
Eisenhower warned us of the Military Industrial Complex, here it is for all to see. One war after another, Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq and Iraq again, Afghanistan etc. Perhaps these conflicts were even helped along by our own CIA, which has no oversight or accountability to anyone at all.
I certainly believe they have turned their tactic of color revolution in foreign countries on the USA. The people in this country have naively believed in our goodness and how we “help” struggling nations with foreign aid, while our CIA has been very evil and very rich and powerful.
And where has all the missing billions of dollars from the Defense Department gone to anyway?CIA dark money? Why does no one take on the task of finding out?
We are going down under the weight of all this corruption all the while thinking we are a force of good.
We, the people, may mean well but look who is in charge.
Cut back funding to NATO. Give them $1.00. 😜
the point as far as I see it is they should know
Yes!
Sundance: I know we are sometimes obnoxious and have to be “reminded” of how things REALLY work, and need to be brought back to the correct path (in thinking). We are like cats…wandering around, being spooked by chatter. Thank you. This article (as all of them) brings us back to truth.
I see people gathering information, sorting those who they can trust, preparing spiritually, emotionally, physically for the next phase. I called it the silent patriot. We must put God into our hearts for we are up against the enemy of God…we the people are paying attention. We are preparing individually, and as a group. At this time, it is not necessary to be openly hostile. “They” fear what we know, they fear even our “isolation”. It is true that even though they may imprison us, they cannot control a person who places his/her faith in Jesus Christ and what He did at the cross.
Stand firmly beside what is true. That kind of indomitable spirit is what the globalists most fear. They wonder how many people might resist and refuse to go away. They are rightly afraid of the UNCONQUERABLE.
Thank you. Blessings!
Praise God for your wisdom and insight!
Lol, I don’t think this is going to stop Trump in his second term! God has a plan!
I have told the story several times here: when I was teaching Advanced Placement European History, one of our topics near the end of the course was the following question:
“If you think your society – or even your entire civilization – is declining, what can you do about it?”
My question was a variation on one posed decades ago by William F. Buckley:
“If your country is declining, would you be able to know that it was declining?”
In my course, we assumed that one could know the answer, and that the answer was affirmative.
One sometimes reads that people in the later 300’s and 400’s A.D. in the Roman Empire were blissfully unaware that things were collapsing. Perhaps some people were, but ample evidence exists that other people were not so blind of events around them.
Various answers were proposed every year, but I offered them the answer which came from the Early Middle Ages itself:
“If your society or civilization is falling around you throughout your lifetime, the only thing you can do, is to live the best life possible, so that your life becomes part of the foundation for your civilization’s resurrection.”
There have been numerous “Englands’ and “Russias” and “Chinas” throughout History, each one somewhat different from the one before, perhaps better, perhaps worse.
But a new “England” or whatever always arose to replace the one which had collapsed, or if not completely collapsed, had changed so much that the old England was not very recognizable in the DNA of the new one.
I gave my students several markers to watch for throughout their lives: e.g. if America does not have livable cities by the time they were in their 60’s or 70’s, if America had not placed a permanent station on the moon, if America had not sent people to explore Mars, if the roads had crumbled further throughout the country, if the churches and temples continued to close down, and – this marker became especially salient in the last 2 decades of my career – if their Freedoms were restricted or eliminated…
…then they would know that they had lived in a declining period.
Living one’s Life to make it part of the new foundation – or to keep one’s society advancing – is the only solution. The genius of Christianity is that rebirth, renewal, and shaking off the mistakes of the past are always possible, and indeed necessary!
If we lose that idea, then living a best life becomes much more difficult.
Addendum: And never forget that sand, bags and bags of it, must be thrown into the gears of the Leftist Leviathan!
THAT is always an important part of The Best Life Possible!
This response is the response to those who do not grasp the concept of living your best life.
What you do, speaks louder than words, and your life as an example for others to witness will outlive you.
“If America had not placed a permanent station on the moon”
I wonder what they think when current astroNOTS are saying publicly “we currently can’t get past low earth orbit”, and “we’d go back to the moon in a nanosecond but we lost all the data”.
NASA is and has been one of the largest boondoggle’s and laundromat’s in our history. It makes Ukraine look like a drop in a bucket.
NASA got the job done in its early days, with the help of Chrysler and many other private companies.
Then, thanks to the economic choking of the DEMS on socialist programs and the vagaries of the Nixon years, nothing was done to continue the initial success.
“SpaceLab” was allowed to burn up in the atmosphere, the Space Shuttles did not perform as promised, the “International Space Station”…don’t get me started!
President TRUMP could provide a rebirth of some sort: having the Chinese dominate will be a disaster on all kinds of levels.
FedGov has a love/hate relationship with Musk.
FedGov needs Musk to loft all those spy satellites as it cannot.
I was at times a loose cannon to my employers. I got it done when no one else could and that made ornery ass me hard to control.
I see this in Musk to magnitudes I could only dream. 😉
FedGov will swallow a lot from Musk as he has made himself mission essential and I love it! LOL!
They have an autistic tiger by the ears !
I LOVE this comment. I also solve problems others call impossible which makes me hard to control and a thorn in their side. I have always seen Musk as a kindred spirit although one with resources I will never attain. He’s not right on everything but the ass-kicker side of him resonates strongly with my life experience.
Honestly, it’s the same with Trump. The courage to buck conventional wisdom, speak without fear, slay sacred cows and ridicule weakness earns my support. Even if occasionally I disagree, I’d rather follow a warrior than a weakling especially when I believe in the battle.
Amen!
If you haven’t read it I think you might find this book interesting. From Wikipedia
Fallen Angels (1991) is a science fiction novel by 3 American science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn published by Jim Baen. The winner of 1992 Prometheus Award, the novel was written as a tribute to science fiction fandom, and includes many of its well-known figures, legends, and practices. It also champions modern technology and heaps scorn upon its critics – budget cutting politicians, fringe environmentalists and the forces of ignorance.
Many thanks for the suggestion: yes, Larry Niven is a legend in Science Fiction, as is Jerry Pournelle!
I will look into it!
I’d be interested in your review 🙂
Moon and mars should not be used as markers of a declining period. ?
I periodically mention the lack of colonists living on Mars or the Moon and Low Earth orbit in comments here at The Treehouse. I probably do this once or twice a year and almost never receive a “Like” or inspire supporting comments. I usually mention this as a rebuttal to those advocating reducing the Earth’s population via wars or man made pestilence. It has been over 50 years since anyone was on the Moon. It would seem like Europeans of the 1400s and 1500s were much more adventurous and willing to invest in a future than people have in a full half century of what used to be called “The Space Age”. I guess we bypassed that and immediately went into the “Cell Phone Age”?
Then I missed your comments for certainly I would reply.
The best and brightest always migrate when it get untenable at home.
Today there is no frontier. No where to go.
Space flight was to provide that but fed/gov messed that up too.
One thing is certain sooner a cosmic event will eliminate humanity if we have all our eggs in this one basket.
Thank you!
Many things were happening after Columbus came to America in 1492: the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, Peasant Revolts, Henry VIII, Ottoman invasion of central Europe/Battle of Lepanto.
The Pilgrims do not come to America for almost 130 years after 1492.
To be sure, the wheels of History turned more slowly back then, but…yes, over FIFTY YEARS have passed, since Neil Armstrong and company visited the moon.
That is indeed a sign of a loss of nerve, a loss of energy, a loss of competence, and also perhaps a loss of curiosity and ambition.
If such a situation persists, America will decay into something unrecognizable.
Interesting insight about Twitter, and probably why Musk threatened them with letting the platform collapse.
I expect Congress to put more Trump blockers in the system, especially those that limit his ability to fire Executive Branch employees.
mankind has proven over its history the total lack of governing itself at any level … ( our ‘CREATOR’ warned ‘HIS’ creation … we blew ‘HIM’ off … ) thank ‘GOD’ this experiment is almost over … never again will mankind govern over even a lemonade stand … ‘HIS’ righteous judgement ‘ will be humbling for all of humanity …
In addition to this type of legislation being proactively passed as a firewall to prevent Trump, should he win, from taking any kind of action that would damage or limit the Uniparty’s money making schemes, I’m fairly confident we will also see quite a few GOP House/Senate members “retire” or not seek re-election in order for them to have a Democrat win that vacant position. By controlling both chambers they can impeach him for simply spitting on the sidewalk if they want to. They are taking early, preventative measures to cripple his potential presidency.
yep, Trump is not our savior. He will merely suck up all the lefts energy while in office and delay their schemes. answer is still bottom up. and God helps those that help themselves. we dont restore self governance and natural human liberty without lots of balls and blood.
Sundance, thank you for the terrific actor example. Few people have an incentive to change their perspective, certainly not politicians since they only want money or power.
I also saw this as a fear reaction. What do we do when our enemy is scared enough to make these kinds of moves?
popups continuously eject my comments mid response.
Download the Brave browser. Zero popups.
Thanks for the info rock knutne.
I am taking your advice.
Zero popups gone that were so annoying.
Much better now.
Thanks!
yep, still a problem.
To give an example of what Sundance pinpoints.
I have a fiend in DC of 40 years who teaches MEDIA at a local university.
It’s in a lightweight social studies type class. He’s a news junkie, claims to be Independent. Is semi connected. Spent a little time at a prestigious Ivy League grad program. Knows some California politicians. OK?
1. He didn’t know the Ukrainian military and NATO were being decimated.
2. Didn’t know Ukraine / NATO are low on ammo.
3. Doesn’t know there are 500K Ukrainian soldiers KIA. (Media / MIC censorship.)
4. When I rattled his cage on the above, he said he would speak with his friend… a defense LOBBYIST!
[My info courtesy of Colonel Douglass McGregor.]
P.S. Sundance omits what the politicians are doing with their time. THEY’RE SITTING IN CUBICLES 35 HOURS A WEEK WITH A ROBO DIALER RAISING $$$$… 60 Minutes covered this years ago!!
That’s why staff and policy experts – The Administrative State – run things!!
SOLUITION….eliminate 95 percent of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT…..
HANG THE TRAITORS..leave the bones to bleach white in the sun….IN EVERY TOWN SQUARE as a reminder to the next crew who abandons their OATH.
You want change? NO MERCY by we the people will get it done.
I’m with you on that Marine! The only way it should be done! When your child is bad you don’t say no no honey, you smack their behind tp let them know! Only harsher for the so called Oath takers who abused their oath.
There is no penalty for abusing the oath..it was left up to honor and the voters….we have neither now. Any wonder why we have arrived in the place?
Until office holders are held, by penalty, to the oath they take nothing will change.
Don’t forget to put REAL teeth into a new libel law and break up media monopolies!
The CIA director, NSA director, ODNI, FBI Director, etc are not in charge of the compartments they represent. They are simply functionaries -middle men- who operate in the space between where the compass points are directed, where the data originates, and oversight of that data that is ultimately filtered and delivered to the functionaries, who then brief the representatives…. who then create policy… albeit flawed policy…. based on a very specific, controlled, compartmented and skewed information flow.
Semi-related. The backbone code of Twitter is old and not optimized. That is what makes the data processing costly to handle and operate.
Twitter runs like the DMV. Why? Because Twitter has to remain DHS compatible. Why does Twitter need to remain DHS compatible? Because private company Twitter/X has data processing interfaces with the DHS surveillance system. Making sense now?
I don’t think the political elite or the permanent bureaucracy will ever accept the reduction in domestic spying. The only way to defeat it is asymmetric warfare by making the Internet and other utilities unmonitorable.
I had to look up the term ‘asymmetric warfare’.
I agree those in power, who don’t know what there doing but are controlled by others will be manipulated to never accept any reduction in domestic spying.
Cellphones are pocket spies that everyone has.
One quick fix would be to get rid of your cellphone.
Who is going to do that?
To read this blog information I must be connected to the internet by cellphone, desktop, lap top etc etc.
As long as we own devices that connect to the internet we will still be controlled .
So one solution is to de internet yourself.
But if I do that I won’t be able to read the conservative tree house anywhere but maybe the library for an hour or so.
Hey what an idea.
Go to your local library and log in with out an account.
Then read the conservative tree house.
Otherwise that cellphone 8 ball around your leg will cause you to still limp.
“I find joy in knowing/accepting the truth and then structuring my efforts accordingly”
Ain’t that the truth, no pun intended!
Though I lack the same quantity of Sundance optimism, I do agree with his characterization.
“This compartmented control system cannot sustain itself much longer, because it requires ever expanding control in order to maintain operation.”
This quote is the heart of my optimism. Beyond physics, entropy describes an irreversible and inherently progressive disorder as a system becomes structurally more complex.
The speed of entropic growth can be increased but it cannot be reversed.
“I am incredibly thankful to a loving God and to you, while feeling optimistic and filled with abundant purpose.”
Likewise, brother; brothers and sisters.
Indeed, ignore it.
NATO, a construct that under its initial charter had a ten year lifespan. We need out, and barring being allowed to leave, President Trump can Veto any monies to NATO. We’ve been footing the bill, now shred the bill.
Marco Rubio, the man of at least two faces needs to be tossed out. He is a despicable UniParty hack! I remember his stated stances when he initially ran, and watched as he morphed into the poltroon he is today. I’m 72 years old, don’t have the funds, nor the quick whit of yesteryear, but I’m tempted to run against him just to show the Florida voter what a fraud he is.
The weakness of NATO is that mutual defense effort is based on the whims of each country. The USA called 9/11 an Article 5 event and invaded Afghanistan and most NATO countries sent blankets and a crew of medics. If the US president decided to defend another country like that, it would be like NATO does not exist.
This bill makes me wonder just what kind of “get rich, power grabbing” scam our Senators and Representatives have that is facilitated by NATO’s structure. I have read an opinion that they take our tax money and send it to foreign governments. There, it is laundered and a percentage is sent back and paid “under the table” to an approved group of legislators.
My very first thought, too.
I’m no expert on constitutional law, so I ask….is blocking the President in this manner constitutional? Which leads me to the next question…does it matter?
The Senate and House may change hands as well, as a matter of fact I believe this is likely. Any such vote will have little relevance in a Trump Administration.
Now it all comes together. The missing piece of the puzzle has been found. Thank you Sundance. Les’ Miserable, Do you hear the people sing!
I will,,,enjoy my food, garden, dance in the rain, sing loudly,go where I want when I want. I will,,,,enjoy my granddaughters, love my kids, grow old with my hubs. I will,,,praise my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and yes, if I die for Him, or from old age, or from sickness, I will be with Him, and I will die free.
There’s a thing called the “3.5 % rule.”
It states that once that percentage of people are engaged, it never fails to bring about change.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
That amounts to just about 1.2 million Americans. So our task is to engage that many people in “living their best life.”
What that means to me is working diligently towards leaving something behind me when I go to my reward. For me, that means children and grandchildren who have been taught how to navigate the world in the same happy warrior mindset that I try to cultivate in myself. What it means for others is up to them. But we need to get to a threshold for it to take hold.
And honestly, what can they do to us that Paul didn’t suffer, as he wrote his half of the New Testament? Did he falter? Did he lose hope?
Look up, have faith, disdain the assholes who think they control us. Mock them, revile them, however you do it. Radiate courage and others will follow.
I love you, MAGA Brother. We are out here doing our best. God Bless. Godspeed
Humm… I may have to rethink all this. My thought was Trump asked Mike Johnson to reauthorize temporarily the Fisa 702 so he could use the technology for a short time to settle some of the scores. He has one of the men, Kash Patel working for him. My understanding is he is likely one of the men with greater understanding similar to Nunes. Just a thought.
“Engage in living your best life. If they put a roadblock in front of you, walk around it. Go live.”
This can be done, but not easily if you are engaged in the World system of doing business/living your life.
It gets easier the more in tune you are with God’s ways of conducting business.
“¹³ I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
¹⁴ The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both. Eclesiastes 2:13,14”
Without God, life is empty, holds no real meaning, and provides no lasting significance.
I often wish that in addition to the Like (👍🏻) button for comments, CTH had a Love (♥️) button ike TruthSocial has, specifically for sundance’s own articles.
Thanks yet again for another wonderful one.
I can do that!!!
Sundance, my question is how do we expand the knowledge base of those that are in positions to effect change…and that includes President Trump?
Can a panel or summit of people like Devin Nunes, Kash Patel, Peter Navorro, Donald Trump Jr., you Sundance and other insightful and trustworthy truth-seekers be put together to expand recognition and understanding of the foundational source(s) driving the country’s and our destruction and descent into the abyss of totalitarian global control?
It appears to me that we cannot win the war for America First if our generals don’t understand or recognize where and how the attacks on the Constitution and our liberties originate.
Retired Magistrate here: Yes, live your best life! Celebrate the Christmas Season; get together with friends and family and have a great time. We just had our annual Christmas Open House last Sunday and it was the best turn out we have had in years. We provide all the food, drinks, etc. Money is set aside for this annual event and I shop for specials. The house is decorated to the “9’s”, Christmas music is playing and there is much laughter and sharing of stories.
My husband and I have lived through a lot of difficult times so we rejoice that GOD has given us the strength to do this annual event that brings so many people joy.
When it warms up a little, I am going for a walk just as I do every day. After a broken hip and a hip replacement on the other hip I never thought I would be able to walk a distance again. Well, thanks be to GOD I am able to walk about 1.4 miles every day. We live by the river and it is beautiful. Some days I see deer, Bald Eagles, Hawks and other critters. GOD’s creation is just beautiful.
So, step away from the computer for a while and enjoy life especially during this Christmas Season.
So wonderful to hear what you do and your smile comes right through! I work outside doing landscape design and installation and I just have to make myself stop and focus the beauty all around and The Lord’s fascinating workmanship, us being His biggest love! I talk to myself and God all day and He hears us always! Thank God for God! ; )
The purge of Congress and the Judicial is our only avenue left. We may not yet know what form it will take but we’d be well advised to steel ourselves to all necessary means.
Sundance thank You for bringing the truth. Well put. You are right. Maybe it is time to introduce improvisation actors. Thinking outside the box. Truth real does set you FREE.
Jesus knows what we need before we ask him. He knows our suffering and he knows what our prayers will be before we pray………but he commands us to pray
Great hope we have in Jesus! There is so much life to live, thanks for the reminder Sundance! : )
I thought of James O’Keefe and the Pfizer whistle blower named Debbie, they are happy and they are rakin muck! So have fun while you go about your day blessing people with the LOVE of Christ Jesus as well as doing a little muck raking yourself!
TRUMP 2024 REVOLUTION! Love Never Fails!!!!!!
as a PSA, slightly but not fully off topic,,,,if the Internet is taken down by the Gov’t, and you have the direct IP address of the site, such as The Conservative Treehouse (not showing the IP address right now), and you try to insert into your search bar, you will get an error 1003, The Conservative Treehouse is a Cloudflare product and you cannot go straight to it,,,I have tried several, most sites are Cloudflare, some will just bounce you back with a 404 error