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May all who enter in feel the presence of our Lord and Savior, His Peace, Love, and Grace this and everyday.
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Thank you Harrison.
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The Game Plan
Sundance @TheLastRefuge2
“Trump will not find perfect solutions. He will find OPTIMAL solutions. We cannot ask for more.
Trump has stood by and watched Perfect murder Good for 8 years – maybe longer. He’s not gonna do it. He’s going to deliver the best outcome possible, and he’s not waiting for us to feel relaxed about it.
Best presidency ever! Just hang on. More winning is coming, but a lot of people are going to scream that it’s all over at EVERY turn.
The best way through this is to define viewpoints, not people, because people will shift as they change position and velocity in Trump gravity.
Bash the neocon, warmonger, and dopey globalist positions – not the people who are going to hold them one moment and come loose from them later.
Trump is Jupiter moving through the asteroid belt. He is going to pull people into his orbit.
A few will get slung off into space, but most will come along for the ride of their lives.
I am ON the Trump Train for good, even if I scream that I want off and can’t take it. In the end, I only want to scream “TOO MUCH WINNING!!!”
Unseen1 @unseen1_unseen
Here is the game plan that the forces against Trump will be using for the foreseeable future.
They will attempt to get you to make the perfect the enemy of the good.
Be it the freedom clowns and spending, the immigration hawks with H1B visas, the peace doves with timing, the cultural warriors with total bans of DEI/CRT, the neocons with war fighting, or the swamp dwellers with draining the swamp.
All of them will attempt to get you to believe on whatever issue is the issue of the day that it doesn’t go far enough or do enough. They will try to make you think that some sub issue of that issue is more important and should be handled first, that since the issue hasn’t been handled yet it won’t be, that we can’t do more than one thing, that so and so is a plant to stop the draining of the swamp, or that because it wasn’t 100% Trump lied. On every single issue, one or more groups will attempt this strategy.
You can’t allow them that power over you. If Trump secures the border and deports 2 million, don’t allow them to reduce that good by them saying well he didn’t deport 2.5 million, so he failed or lied.
You can’t allow them to use the perfect to void out the good in the coming months.
They will try. They already have with the CR and the H1b visa debates. It works, that is why they use it. You have to keep it in the front of your head on everything about to occur that half a loaf or hopefully in most cases 7/8ths a loaf is better than no loaf.
Do not allow them to gaslight you into thinking the good is the enemy of the perfect.
In the real world, most things are never perfect, but if we try real hard, we can get plenty of good accomplished in the coming 4 years.
This is day 104 of the 2nd year of the 2nd term of this very stable genius. History is being made in the kingdoms of this world in the year of our Lord 2026.
The purpose and goals of President Trump are plainly visible by his actions and consistent: He is for the benefit first of the common PEOPLE of this country, then of the PEOPLE in the rest of the world. It is validating, even to our battered conservative skepticism.
The methods of his leadership are amazing. I still don’t get HOW he does it, or HOW he is able to get so much momentum going, but every day the momentum is growing. Everyone and every organization has their eyes opened every day — just by watching him. Even those who hate him, are biased against him, and want to see him gone — cannot ignore him. He lives rent free in their head, and they come around to seeing the universal principles by which he is operating. He hammers actions based on truth from one direction, then another, and they cannot mount an organized opposition against him.
President Trump is transparent in his words and actions. He is consistent in what he says, what he does, and what he asks/demands of others. His promises are bold and he keeps them like no other president has. He continues to make massive, nearly overnight changes, not only in our country, but in the world. It is amazing that he is able to accomplish so much when there are so many snakes in the grass. This second term, he is weeding them out faster and choosing like-minded servants who multiply his effectiveness. No U.S. president has ever faced so much organized resistance and treason than President Trump
He has chosen to use his intellect and every skill he has to do what is right. He has tremendous faith that he can make a difference in this world. He has a confidence and courage such that he doesn’t care what others think, yet a humility to know he has to do it with the help of like minded people. Those people are the “common” people, and he ridicules those who think they are not common. He does not show humility before men, but his actions show humility before God.
He believes people are basically good. He believes that God is real. He believes that healthy people are happy people, and they need to be able to create wealth freely for their labor, and have the freedom to spend their money on what is good for them.
He believes the United States, with its Constitutional Republic, is the best environment in the world to enable and give opportunity for people to be happy and prosperous.
He believes that we can be a light for the world, but we must demand that the rest of the world respect us and our right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
He believes the enemy of our country are the stupid, greedy American people who have been selfishly taking advantage of this country; who betrayed the trust and obedience of its people; and who diverted the people’s wealth for their own selfish gain, at the expense of the principles of this country. He’s not going to allow that anymore. He is not afraid to call out our enemies.
He has cultivated and focused the family of MAGA. Identifying those people whose goodness, industriousness, trust, and obedience have been taken advantage of and abused. He has opened our eyes to this abuse, and to the rights of freedom and self determination that have been quietly stolen from us.
He has rekindled the same healthy distrust held by our founders of government and men with too much power. He has recultivated the desire to reclaim our freedoms and rights, and is empowering us with a hope and pathway to reclaim our spiritual and economic freedom.
He wants the US to be a light of hope on the hill for all people. He will negotiate win/win agreements with those nations and countries who respect us; who respect the principles and intent of our Constitution. If you do not respect us, however, we are not going to let you take advantage of our goodness, or share in our wealth at our expense. If you as a nation are treating your people badly, you are going to be treated less favorably by us, until you show that you value your people as much as we value ours. He believes that nations who treat their people well will also be good economic neighbors with us.
He is convincing those who are very wealthy (most of whom truly earned their money), that the best economic soil in which to build wealth is in a constitutional republic, which supports the ability of the common man to earn wealth in proportion to his efforts. The economic engine of the United States is the human spirit freed to enjoy the fruits of honest labor, and that engine has more natural and raw horsepower than any other governed economy.
The Trump Train seems to be remarkably aligned with universal principles of Truth, which reflect the will and design of our Creator, and are the best standard by which we should live. These same principles were what our country’s founders used to declare independence, and framed into the Constitution of this nation.
Our founders believed that a nation should preserve the right and freedom of an individual to seek, understand, and live by God’s principles. They believed that free individuals working together in humility would make a stronger nation than a government which dictates its will on the people. President Trump professes and seeks to lead and restore this nation back to these same principles.
These principles resonate deeply within all human beings, down to our DNA in every cell, in our spirits, and produce fruit that “miraculously” multiplies. Because we follow universal principles, we see the snowballing acceleration of momentum. Lord please bring your power and might in the daily working of this sacred Nation you gave us.
Amen!
Amen. Go God beat the devil.
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Kentucky Derby was today!
An 🇺🇸American Tradition— 👒 and 🐎
And what a race it was!
Odds 23:1….nothing flashy about him…
but he sure did run …coming up from behind to win!
Clips of race in article..one tracking his run is worth watching!
Kentucky Derby: A leap of faith, a 23-1 long shot and history — Cherie DeVaux’s Derby moment
Wow!
Golden Temple – Winner
Golden Tempo
As in a perfect rhythm.
And he beat a horse named Renegade. Renegade is you know who’s secret service name. 🤩
We never miss it! 🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻
It was exciting toward the end!
The winning jockey, beat his brother.
Thank you for posting the link! A very exciting race!!
🐎 🏅 🏆
Boy….how we Americans love the “Underdog”….what a race , and first female trainer to win it…mega dittos to her…
Vinnie Viola horse. He’s a USMA guy. Donated much of the money for the Michie Stadium redo up there.
In other Kentucky news, POTUS Trump endorses Andy Barr to replace McConnell while asking Nate Morris to drop out. Morris drops out and endorses Barr.
Col. Amy McGraith who is a retired fighter pilot and the worlds baddest women according to liberals, has sadz.
Been a fan of Horse Racing forever. Seabiscuit is a great movie about Traditional America. An America our enemies seek to destroy.
Watched this movie soooo many times….They dont make decent movie anymore so….. One thing that stuck out at me was when businesses let their employees off work that day to listen to the big race. The track opened up the field a to let those who could not afford to pay the ability to come watch the race. After the depression …government started great building projects in order to put men back to work. What happened to us….those were the days. Everyone working together to make America great again.
The book, by Laura Hillenbrand, was also excellent.
She also wrote Unbroken about Louis Zamperini’s WW11 experiences. Also excellent.
Republicans are getting out the vote big in Texas elections. A good sign before midterms…
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With a Mohamed on the ballot, they better get to the polls!
Yes, the Muslim Civilization is trying to take over the world just like they always have – this is common knowledge – simple as that!
We in America have forgotten that the biggest fight on the planet has always been between Christianity and Islam.
No. It is good vs. evil.
And evil comes in many forms.
YAY!
NO MOHAMEDS!
A Republican winning big in Carrollton, TX really doesn’t say much. It’s a pretty diverse town, but those folks are Republican through and through.
What I would say is more indicative of what’s happening in TX now was the mayor race in Pearland, TX – south of Houston.
Pearland, TX Mayoral Election
>95% Reported:
🔵 Quentin Wiltz – 6,003 (51.1%)
🔴 Tony Carbone – 5,740 (48.9%)
Pearland was +3 Trump in 2024. This is happening just about everywhere.
Chock Full O Dooming.
I would check Chock Full O BS’s posts here lacking citations very carefully for accuracy.
See below, regarding his nonsense post regarding the TX District 4 Special Senate Election.
Things must be really bad for the Democrat party for you to keep coming here every day and posting nonsense.
What is Katie Porter’s favorite brand of instant mashed potatoes?
😂
I’m glad I’m not the only one remembering the pot of hot mashed potatoes on her husband’s head!
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I remember this too:
Just for you, from yesterday –
Texas State Senate District 4 Special Election
Jefferson County (>95% Reported):
🔵 Ron Angeletti – 1,726 (67.2%)
🔴 Brett Ligon – 844 (32.8%)
This SD-04 portion of county was +11 Trump in 2024, so this is a 45-point overperformance for Democrats.
Nonsense?? Just facts.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/02/texas-senate-district-4-special-election/
Why do you come here, and just flat out lie?
Republican Brett Ligon, former Montgomery County DA, wins special election for open Texas Senate seat
Brett Ligon, the Republican former district attorney of Montgomery County, won a special election Saturday for the state Senate district vacated by Brandon Creighton, who was tapped last year to be chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
Ligon defeated Democrat Ron Angeletti, an educator and small-business owner who was the only other candidate on the ballot. The two are set for a rematch in November for a full four-year term. In the meantime, Ligon will serve the remainder of Creighton’s term, which runs until the start of the next legislative session in January.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/02/texas-senate-district-4-special-election/
The mods should ban this guy for such blatant lying.
You’re a lying troll, and you will have zero effect here.
Chock Full of Stupidity
Chock Full O Shit
I was thinking a Crock of Shit!
They haven’t “counted” those last minute mail-in ballots that mysteriously appear in the middle of the night yet.
Wiltz won in Pearland.
Brittney Garcia-Dumas also won the Arlington City Council District 5 race, flipping another seat from 🔴 to 🔵.
Texas Republicans better get some positive messaging out quickly. It is looking like November will be a bloodbath.
ActBlue needs to get someone better to troll the Treehouse.
You ain’t cuttin’ it.
are you still spreading your nuts. Beware of squirrels.
Media and Dems that “and’ is redundant
Republicans are NOT showing up at the polls.
Indications are that the actual VOTER Turn-out is again going to be under, if not well under 20%.
That favors “block voting and block BALLOT Casting”.
In areas that are decidedly NOT Democrat, the impact will be minimal but in areas and precincts where the margins between NOT Democrat and Democrat are under 10% that is a problem.
Hopefully this is not an indicator for the Primary Run-offs 18-26 May, In TX as well as November.
We keep relying on the RNC to do their job….only their job is not what the Republicans think. MAGA needs to organize with real leadership and fund raising if we are ever going to educate and mobilize. As it stands now everything happens at the last minute winning some here and there. All the while the RNC is actively working against us and our candidates who do step up, inserting their funded chosen candidates . Stop giving $$$ to the RNC. Not an overall winning strategy.
Oh by the way if you haven’t watched the SNL skit of Patel, Pete…..funniest thing they have done in a while. Couldn’t help but laugh, it was brutal.
Michael Casey
@MichaelCasey_
Republican Ross McMullin 🔴 WINS the mayor election in Keller Texas by a 24% landslide
This is another MAJOR over performance by Republicans in Texas
Cont…
Perhaps the land wasn’t always free.
The American Colonies. They fought for their freedom.
Like the moss on a rock, where it belongs.
It ought to tell those who don’t belong to F off. Liberals and the like. The morons and weak Maher types. Not Israel, but the greed was never intentionally brought here.
Some
Know they dont belong, others have to be told they dont belong.
Yet still, everyone belongs. a riddle.
Seems to point to the heart of the matter.
Someone thought they owned it.
Then we got nukes. Probably because of angels canyon.
The divide is not what separates us, it’s what unites us.
Would take a lot of courage to be born in these times.
To become what one is not,
Implies a certain kind of journey.
“non-citizens don’t vote” they said…
Meanwhile the reality of the situation is different.
It was ever thus.
They had best enforce these laws EVERYWHERE in the USA from local elections up the the national ones. Watchdogs in every election district in every state need to check voter rolls, monitor election counting, monitor after election votes that show up etc.
We all can help with that if we are able to. Volunteer at your party’s election offices and with watchdog groups around the country.
Our FBI keeps distracting us with “voter” fraud when it is “election” fraud that is the problem.
The Would-Be Massacre That Was a Wake-Up Call for the Press
But as usual, they hit the snooze button
Chuck Todd is terrified for his life. He announced he won’t attend any events with Donald Trump anymore. He doesn’t feel safe. It’s too dangerous. Trump, he insists, will throw everyone else under the bus to protect himself.
That’s awfully convenient, considering the media is largely responsible for the collective mental health crisis in this country regarding Donald Trump. How do I know? I used to exist inside that insulated Doomsday Cult, and most of the people I know in real life still do. I can see what it’s done to them. Ten years of worry, fear, hysteria, and hatred have consumed them.
https://www.sashastone.com/p/the-would-be-massacre-that-was-a
People trying to kill Trump is Trump’s fault. I would say that is faulty logic.
Gimme a break- what kind of a nutless man is Chuck Todd.
He’s clearly not a ‘run towards the fire’ kind of red-blooded American MAN -that sees a job that needs to be done and just does it because it needs to get done.
What men on the left have turned themselves into is appalling- he should be totally embarrassed to say such a thing as a man.
We don’t need whatever it is that he is…
Emasculated. Feminized. Estrogen water supply. Who knows what turns all these men into simps.
I think fatherless families are ground zero. No male role models is not good.
Start by choosing better mates.
This X 1,000!! ∆∆∆∆∆
Everybody in the 1st world is exposed to 2nd hand estrogen, not in any significant way through the water supply, but because women who take estrogen for birth control or hot flashes exude the hormones right out of their skin.
Think birth control patches. The skin is not a one-way pump. Anything that can be absorbed in can be exuded out and absorbed by others who touch the women or touch the same things they touch.
We have an epidemic of low testosterone in men, a fertility crisis in women.
Know who DOESN’T have low T or fertility problems? The big, hairy, absurdly aggressive, wildly over-sexed practitioners of the religion of pieces, who largely forbid birth control and largely separate themselves from women.
Don’t think I don’t know what a white hot 3rd rail this is. I have no answers. There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
The fact that he refuses to look at reality after such a situation and reverts to his emotional derangement by once again attacking Trump, just proves the point of your comment.
Translation: Chuck Toad is not getting any attention, lol.
Chuck Todd =
Pudgy
Bloviating
Miniscule
Weenie
😱
Jake Tapper and Chuck Todd both have FAKE last names!
F Cuck Todd as Rush would say.
Muliple Leftists FIRED After Calling for Trump’s Assassination
Libs of TikTok
https://www.libsoftiktok.com/p/muliple-leftists-fired-after-calling
MASSIVE Anti-Trump ‘86 47’ Graffiti Found on Bottom of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Feds Vow Full Investigation
These dumber than a box of rocks leftists by ubiquitously trending “8647” as a death threat in the public domain are strengthening the DOJ’s criminal case against Comey.
If the normies (jury pool) didn’t already know one of the common definitions of “86” includes a death threat, they are certainly learning it now.
Normies is a label used by Q adherents. It is Slickly divisive term.
Everyone who has ever used slang knows full well the term “86” or, “to 86 someone” means to kill that someone. Anyone claiming different is lying.
It is only now that people are coming up with stupid things like it’s a common restaurant term for canceling an order. I took it upon myself to quiz several restaurant workers in town, as well as people in my life who have worked in restaurants. Not one could recall ever using the term 86 to cancel an order. They used the word CANCEL.
We used it in the Army meaning to get rid of.
Having worked in restaurants off and on for over forty years, I can confirm the term 86. It’s not to cancel an order, it’s when the kitchen runs out of an item and they say 86 the halibut….and for bartenders, of course, when they cut a customer cut off, they ’86’ them and that customer becomes 86ed. Typically 86ed in bars has a stronger meaning, as in that person is never setting foot inside the bar ever again. But, even here, in these usages, the connotation is that 86 is a termination, an ending, a time over–if you will. So it is always stronger to admit–welcome–the opposition’s argument and then show how it actually proves rather than disproves their notion.
Way too many words, lol. Here, have a tissue. 🤣
Thank you…..there is an argument for the use of the word having more than one meaning….but this does not apply to Comey…they must have other evidence.
it’s also mob lingo
“86 that rat”
and
“cheese it … the cops”
It was commonly used in restaurants when I worked in them 5 decades ago.
Me too. Same time frame. Same meaning as explained above.
Great point about “ending” or “termination.”
A lot of people aren’t plugged in to law enforcement codes. I was personally unaware of the “86” meaning before Comey’s stunt hit the airwaves.
Alleycats,
My grandmother, God rest her soul, worked in a restaurant in a small town many decades ago. When I was a very young child I learned from her the restaurant definition of the term “86”.
“normies” means typical low information people that don’t follow news, current events and are generally not well informed about anything; such as yourself.
Sure you did.
You’re just mad the flag operation was busted.
Wasting your time on certain people. Many know it alls if you catch my drift.
Lol, that’s what I’ve been laughing about over the last few days with all the p.r. this issue has been getting. The dumb leftwing dolts are making it worse for Comey by emphasizing to the public what 8647 means. Pretty funny.
Give ‘em as much rope as they want.
Wasn’t Comey last seen in a mask and snorkel running from the area? /sarc
Now they will have enough time to get mental health treatment.
JMO but it will go along way when the “normies” and the left with TDS find out the truth about COVID and what they did. But there is always the chance that the mental illness is so bad they won’t accept that COVID truth either. In order to deal with this situation we must deal with the issues on our side….like denial in what needs to be done, and to to stop “pretending” this will all iron itself out. It won’t. The Dem party must be destroyed and never allowed to participate in our political system. They are guilty of treason.
The early settlers were given 50 acres and were required to grow a crop and build a cabin. They were settled on the fringes of the mountain bases as protection for the established areas from Indian incursions.
In Virginia, in 1620, they started the Headright system. 50 acres for each colonist you brought over.
This expanded a very harsh indentured service system. Since survival was very low, they began all the creepy British recruiting methods. Press gangs, kidnappings, dumping prisons into ships. And people were sold into service.
Conditions were horrible. Just about every evil imaginable.
The selling of slaves fit very nicely into this system. Many of these slaves, sold as indentured servants, did their time, were given freedom, and bought their own servants.
If you had indentured yourself, you’d have a contract with 4 or 5 years of service. If you were sold, the term was 7 years.
The first documented full time slave was John Punch. He was made that way in 1640 as a judicial punishment for escaping. The two whites who also escaped were given the more common punishment of longer times to serve.
Court records seem to be the best documentation we have. That and wills.
We find a defacto slavery functioning in 1654. African servants had been serving an African landowner, Anthony Johnson, for 14 years, twice the norm.
His white neighbor tried to lure them away, promising that he would free them after 7 more years of service. The two landholders went to court.
The court legalized slavery. Long before the colony passed laws regarding slavery, starting in 1661, it was legal to buy and keep Africans as slaves for life.
The sale by privateers of a few of the slaves from the ship they captured in 1619 presents some interesting questions.
The Headright System did not exist yet. It was thought up in 1618, and in 1619, the leader was in Britain to get permission from the company.
A few years later, the Headright system was selling African slaves as indentured servants so the buyers could get 50 acres for each man they bought. People like Anthony Johnson, and later James Punch and Johnson’s slaves.
The court decisions legalizing slavery and laws concerning slavery would not come for decades to come.
So what happened to these first African slaves brought to our shores in 1619? Were the purchasers given land for each one? Were they enslaved for life? Did they even live long enough to be set free as indentured servants?
The propagandists don’t care.
Eventually, slavery would become dominant. The conditions for indentured servants would improve. And we’d get Franklin serving as an indentured servant in Boston.
John Hawkins is the first English privateer to capture and trade slaves. 1562-1568. He sold them to Spanish Colonies. Eventually the Spanish stopped that. He made a ton of money for Queen Elizabeth and she put an enslaved man on his coat of arms.
His efforts started the conflicts with the Spanish which culminated in the Armada. And he had some influence in the design of faster ships that helped prevent the Armada from invading England.
Slavery existed in Britain before the Romans and continued under Anglo-Saxon and Viking rule. It faded away under Norman rule, being replaced by serfs.
But Britain never made slavery legal or illegal. Thus it was okay to make the queen rich off of slavery, and okay to profit from slaves in the Colonies.
But the Atlantic slave trade began with Portugal and Spain was the dominant consumer. It became a practice that expanded to other European Colonies and was one that they fought over.
During the Virginia time frame, the Dutch gained dominance in the slave trade. Bringing slaves to what is now New York in 1626. Legalizing slavery in their colony and selling slaves to other Colonies.
The British took over from the Dutch in 1664. Both the colony and the local slave trade.
Massachusetts made slavery legal in 1641.
By 1775 slavery was legal in all 13 American Colonies.
The American Revolution began the process of banning slavery. Vermont did so in 1777 before joining the country. Pennsylvania was the first American state to do so in 1780. Massachusetts and New Hampshire 1783. Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1784. New York 1799. New Jersey 1804.
Free states were created via the 1787 creation of the Northwest Territories.
And the Atlantic slave trade was abolished in 1808 as permitted by the Constitution.
Kentucky, 1792 and Tennessee, 1796 were slave states created from slave states.
And we began compromising free and slave state admissions in 1820.
Britain was the first Country to banish slavery in 1833. Other European countries followed. France and Denmark 1848. Netherlands 1863. Portugal 1869. Spain finished doing so in Cuba 1886.
We seem to not be the last to completely ban slavery.
But I am so glad we changed the Headright system to the one you mention. That officially happened in 1862 with the Homestead Act. Stake the claim. Register it. Improve it. And it is yours.
Before that land was typically purchased. For the Northwest Territories it was a minimum of $1 per acre.
Sorry for the long response. To me,this is a fascinating story that ideology prevents us from fully exploring.
As I surf the web for each country’s involvement, they all sound like our CRT. Each one is evil, solely responsible, needs to do obeisance, accept punishment, etc.
In reality, they all grew out of slavery but never fully ended it. Took credit for being better, yet formed modified versions to continue benefitting off of serfs, etc.
Portuguese exploration tapped into an existing slave trade and it became profitable to supply slaves to the Spanish in America.
Thus all the European countries competing for dominance and wealth had no brakes that would stop them from participating.
We weren’t better. But the seeds had been sown. And would start to blossom because of the American Revolution.
But both spreading and banning slavery were processes. Taking time in both directions.
That’s a good history lesson, Jim.
It should be mentioned that many who were brought to Virginia under the headright system were Scots-Irish (one of my ancestors included).
The English used Scots-Irish on the frontier as buffers against Indian attacks. When my ancestor finished his seven years, he was given land in western Virginia. A cousin still lives on the old homestead.
That is neat. The English were hated by most of their neighbors and did horrible things to those they defeated. Scotts, Irish. Glad good came of it for your family. Though I suppose I should say we English were hated and did horrible things.
Got a little Pennsylvania Dutch mixed in, maybe a little French, but lots and lots of English. Mom did lots and lots of genealogy. DAR, SAR, Mayflower. All that pointless preening. But some Loyalists who moved to Canada too. Her family came back to America a generation or two before she was born. So I am part Patriot and part traitor. Though from their point of view, I am part Loyalist and part traitor.
Might be worth trying to figure out how many slave holders were my ancestors. And the numbers that fought on each side of the Civil War. Recent wars are pretty sparse. Mom’s uncle died copiloting a B17 somewhere North of New Guinea. But that is the weirdness of genealogy. The numbers keep expanding the further you go back. at least until all the inbreeding shows up.
Brasil bannished slavey in 1888 FWIW.
Brazil officially abolished slavery on May 13, 1888. This made it the last country in the Americas to do so.
There is one major missing bit of context to your commentary.
Those indentured land owners had started with nothing and/or wanted to take their chances to have more while also escaping their plight related to social-economic-religious inequities of the period … they were purchasing land via servitude from an INVESTOR who was taking a major risk as he bought the land, paid the costs to move people to that land and paid the costs to protect that land … in return that investor had to repay (with interest) the English Crown and other investors over a set period of time or loose ALL their investment.
Before addressing the evil, bad and even good of the indentured system … understand the full context that spawned that system. The indentured servants were taking risks to resettled, which is true … but their was an INVESTOR taking bigger risks to give them the opportunity.
In my many times great-grandfather’s case, the Investor was a woman.
I should look up her story sometime.
As to why he got here, my instinct is that my ancestor probably converted to Baptist, ticked off the Church of England, and then got shipped off for some sort of religious crime speaking out against the State religion and preaching Christ as the head of the Church and not the King (some things never do change in England, do they, except the State religion itself has now switched) – but that’s just a guess as to what happened back there in the 1630’s.
Real history can be complicated, as people and their actions do not fall into the nice neat boxes of modern Narrative.
In the headright system, the investors got the land. Not the servants they brought over. They weren’t even obligated to give their servants anything for their labor when the indenture was over. Or to take care of them afterwards. Harsh and cruel.
The Virginia colony was largely a means for sons of nobles who were outside the progenitor system to establish themselves. The Headright system was a way to increase their wealth and to provide them the labor to work the land.
Everything I read about it reads like a distortion of what we have under the constitution. Jury of Peers meant people like me couldn’t serve. So the servants faced a jury of masters who usually protected the master. The only thing protecting the servants was whatever contract they agreed to prior to coming.
And most didn’t get a chance to make a contract. Not the Scotts, not the Irish, not the poor who were press ganged, not the convicts who were sent off.
The stories are horrifying. A master could impregnate his servant and she would be punished for stealing his time for her to serve him. And the child would be his servant until the age of 21.
It wasn’t completely closed off to these poor illiterate servants after their release. They could work, buy their own servants and get their own lands. And as such get more recognition and standing. Like the ex-slave Anthony Johnson.
One of the things that motivated the changes in servant conditions was a rebellion. Free, slave and indentured united in protest of orders to fight Indians. Slavery was hardened and indentured service was softened to try to keep the two from uniting again.
There have been significant efforts to whitewash this cruel history. Both by the beneficiaries and by those who want to make sure nothing as bad as slavery ever existed. Still, there is lots of proof it happened.
A beautiful description of how easily the use of ‘words’ and their ideological use, can distort the truth.
During the mid 2000’s, there were the attempt to described bad actors, as ‘freedom fighters’…comparing them to our founding fathers and the Colonists of the American Revolution.
Excellent explanation!
Communism always lies to masses with its obvious nonsense. Evil and repugnant in every way but many people fall for it. Invaders are leechers and corrupt Congress is aiding them.
Actually, America was built by English, Irish and Scottish colonists! I would add Dutch and some German since the Dutch were here before the English in New York. Hence all the Dutch named towns in the Hudson Valley.
So NYC has budget crisis, Mamdani seeks state bailout, then talks about raising taxes on everyone. The very next week he has money to waste on this…👇
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‘Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network’ Gets $500K From NYC Racial Equity Commission Amid City Budget Crisis
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/reparations-truth-healing-and-reconciliation-network-gets-500k-from-nyc-racial-equity-commission-amid-city-budget-crisis
Let them (Mamadama and his staff) eat cake, moldy, stale cake.
Mandami is “behind the power curve”. His corrective inputs worsen the situation. Will he make it to the runway?
That is a great ad…
Communist LA Mayoral Frontrunner is NOT HAPPY After Her GOP Opponent Shows EXACTLY Where She Lives in This EPIC Campaign Ad (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/communist-la-mayoral-frontrunner-is-not-happy-after
Seattle AI founder looks to leave as taxes rise: ‘Everybody that I know … is in the process of leaving’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/seattle-ai-founder-looks-leave-taxes-rise-everybody-i-know-process-leaving
‘Everybody that I know … who supported this woke crap, funded the insane protests and wanted taxes raised on the working people is now unhappy because the state wants to raise THEIR taxes….. is in the process of leaving’ hoping to ruin another state.
And therein lies the whole problem in a nutshell…people refuse to recognize the role that THEIR actions and THEIR decisions played in the current situation in which they find themselves! And then, after the curent system is broken, just as they were warned it would be, they pull up stakes and head to somewhere “better” – a safer, more business friendly environment…and then proceed to demand the same financial and social “solutions” that ruined the last place! Lather, rinse, repeat!!
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Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine (+ 420)
and
Saint George the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer (+ 303)
please pray for and protect the remaining original Christians in the Holy Land and the Levant, especially the village of Taybeh in the West Bank, from the Evil One and his servants.
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Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (Thrice)
The Paris Statement of 2017
The True Europe
This is an affirmation of European Christian civilization.
36 short paragraphs
25 languages
https://thetrueeurope.eu/a-europe-we-can-believe-in/
Biden’s DOJ’ blocked the merger of JetBlue and Spirt in an antitrust case: Now DEMs complain about lack of competition!
Neera Tanden was Director of Policy Counsel at that time:
https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f33b.svg auf X:
Elizabeth Warren Killed Spirit Airlines and Now She’s Complaining About It
Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Statements on JetBlue Terminating Acquisition of Spirit Airlines | United States Department of Justice
This entire thing was pushed by the Airline lobby, which works for the huge government grifting ones.
Just sit back. Southwest is next …
If the airline industry is doing well, then WN also benefits. If not, well then…
IMAGINE HOW MANY AMERICANS WHO HAVE PAID INTO THIS COULD HAVE USED THIS SUPPORT?
President Donald Trump says his administration has removed 300,000 illegal immigrants from Social Security and 100,000 from Medicare, calling it a crackdown on fraud and abuse.
Speaking in Florida, Trump framed the move as protecting benefits for American seniors, arguing the system was being exploited.
With officials like Scott Bessent and Mehmet Oz present, the administration is signaling this effort will continue — and expand.
https://nitter.poast.org/MOSSADil/status/2050743176869073251#m
Don’t stop until every illegal is purged from the system. Illegal means illegal. Send their illegal butts packing!
Cut off their access to banking, international money transfers, housing and utilities. Require proof of citizenship for all those services and make it a serious felony for an American citizen to act as straw middleman to obtain those services for the benefit of an illegal.
Do that, nearly all will self deport and nearly nobody will even try to come here illegally.
If / when we take this seriously, the problem will end quickly.
Great ideas. And yes, those that embrace and support this behavior and stand to benefit from it should be hit especially hard.
How much of our money are they getting back from the illegals?
How many are going to jail?
If they can’t pay, make them work it off in public service.
INTERESTING:
The Islamic Republic just contradicted itself on state TV over the Minab school bombing.
An IRGC officer admitted they saw drones, tried small arms, then set up a DShK and shot them down.
That directly clashes with the regime’s claim of a U.S. Tomahawk strike.
A Tomahawk hits within seconds—you don’t have time to set up heavy weapons, let alone engage.
And you’re not shooting down a cruise missile with small arms or a DShK.
The timeline only makes sense for drones, not missiles.
One of these stories is impossible. (The Iran Watcher)
https://nitter.poast.org/MOSSADil/status/2050743176869073251#m
LMFAO! President Trump just brutally MOGGED the anti-ICE May Day protestors in DC by BUZZING THEM in Marine One
The pass was so low that it totally drowned out their microphones.
Which resulted in them SCREAMING and flipping off the sky
What a LEGEND
https://nitter.net/nicksortor/status/2050259039397753192#m
Excellent. Trump doesn’t do anything half-assed.
Susan Kokinda argues that a Trump-Putin phone call signaled alignment in blaming Zelenskyy and European governments for prolonging the Ukraine war, followed by the Kremlin confirming a Victory Day ceasefire. She says the media focused instead on King Charles’ Washington visit, which she portrays as an effort to preserve the UK-led “Special Relationship,” while Chatham House speakers acknowledged that the post-1949 order and US underwriting of European security is ending. Kokinda then frames the UAE’s exit from OPEC as a major crack in the post-1971 petrodollar system built around dollar-floating, OPEC price control, and Gulf instability, noting new regional security ties such as Israeli Iron Dome support in the UAE. Finally, she highlights the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, described as an internal investment bank with about $210B in lending authority to finance industrial capacity and “de-risk” critical production.
It would be wise to mention Boris Johnson’s little trip back in April (or was it August?) 2022 that appeared to throw a wrench in the Ukraine-Russia talks.
Ukraine and Russia have a complicated history, and will likely always have complications going forward due to that history, but there is no reason why they cannot both come to an understanding as not everything has been negative between them….unless it benefits certain actors to not have it be so, for their benefit.
It’s really not about Ukraine: it’s about Europe wanting to resurrect “Operation Unthinkable” by proxy.
Through NATO, Europe has been positioning hostile armies at Russia’s doorstep. They want to overthrow Russia and seize her vast natural resources, but they don’t have the power to do it.
Didn’t see your post.
Coming at life with a preconception of how things work leads one to try to force all new things into that preconception.
This tends to stop one from recognizing what is happening.
But TPTP also have preconceptions and are much stronger at forcing people to see things as they want.
So these conspiracists have an advantage over most people whose eyes are closed. But they have chosen to wear blinders of their own fashion.
There is definitely a power structure being confronted and modified. And screaming in protest. And a new power structure being developed and enabled.
But I am just not convinced that the empire upon which the sun never set still controls things. Indeed, that empire itself has set.
Such wierd blinders.
Yes, the classic everything looks like a nail when you’re a hammer.
I love these videos from Promethean, but you have hit on one of my quibbles with them, it was never the empire that controlled things, they were just the public face. The real control has always had to be hidden, so that the puppeteers may operate freely. I myself frequently mention the City of London who controlled the empire, but even this does not go far enough up the chain of command. It is some combination of the royal houses of Europe that metamorphosed from open operators to hidden ones.
Those royal houses form the physical world cabal, but due to my Christian belief, I of course believe the ultimate hidden hand are the demons and principalities controlled by Satan.
Well, Boris Johnson and his merry men told Zelensky not to make a deal. He is responsible for the carnage in my opinion.
WOW!
Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald just revealed Tim Walz is using TAXPAYER DOLLARS to SUE the federal government to BLOCK investigations into fraud
Yet ANOTHER reason federal funds should be FULLY FROZEN in MN
Walz is using OUR money to cover up THEFT of our money h/t @GuntherEagleman
https://nitter.net/nicksortor/status/2050747655102333222#m
We REALLY need swift action here in Minnesota, it is getting worse not better since the fraud was discovered. little to no coverage from the local news is enabling the dems to keep it off the radar. Walz and his crew of bandits have to be stopped Now! With Klobuchar running this will all get swept away if she wins, leaving the country poorer and the participants getting off scot free.
The longer this goes on, the more time these crooks have to hide and launder the stolen money. The DOJ and FBI must treat this as a top priority and as a serious criminal investigation.
Clearly confirms what a clueless sleaze he really is.
The insanity just keeps going on. You would think somebody at the federal level would at least pause the funds for Minnesomalia . Apparently, tax money is a bottomless pit and there is no real hurry to reign the fraud in.
They have…
$259M in matching Medicaid funds frozen in January.
$91M in April (3 days ago).
Minnesota tried to sue and lost in court.
$129M in SNAP funds frozen.
They tried to freeze a bit over $10B – but a federal court issued a preliminary injunction allow the funds to proceed until a decision is rendered.
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
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American foods are cleverly changing their names because they no longer qualify as that legal food –
Pringles used to be potato chips, now they’re labeled as “potato crisps” per FDA rules
– McDonald’s Shakes are now called “shakes” (not legally milkshakes in some states)
– Klondike Bar is no longer a chocolate shell, it’s a Chocolatey shell (not real chocolate)
– Dairy Queen: All items are “treats” (no “ice cream” on the menu)
– Oreo changed the spelling to “creme” (alternative spelling, not real cream)
– Tyson changed spelling to “Wyngz” (It’s a processed chicken labeling trick) –
Costco Blueberry Bagels labels as Imitation blueberry bagels (no actual blueberries)
– Pearl Milling Company Syrup (formerly Aunt Jemima) Now ‘Original syrup’ not maple syrup. The first ingredients is corn syrup
Our food is a science experiment
Make America Healthy Again
https://nitter.net/WallStreetApes/status/2050682577368023114#m
Pringles introduced in 1969 were relabeled to crisps around 1975-1976. They were always made from dehydrated potato flakes made into a dough and cut to shape then fried.
They have changed their formula. Used to love them and now I can’t remember why.
Mostly in lunches, they stacked so you could get more in the same space with less broken chips and crumbs. Lays even copied the idea with their Stax chips.
And probably left overs from the manufacture of mashed potato products sold in the boxes….or as I like to call it, ‘repurposing industrial waste’, I give fluoride as a comparison.
every product mentioned is terrible for your body so it is no wonder the trick names of their products. What is very sad is how popular they are. Seems like they were invented solely to push healthy people into obesity and poor health.
Yesterday, I was perusing the Woodford Reserve website, (and never making a mint julep, too labor intensive.)..
and found a recipe for an easy drink but in the process I was looking at another recipe, that required a “syrup”, preferably homemade…(with refined sugar no doubt)…and it gave the instructions for the required “syrup”…
equal parts of sugar and water cooked til it was, well, syrupy…
Different sugars are not equal.
cane sugar
beet sugar
honey
McDonalds hasn’t used any milk in their shake products for at least 45 years. I remember one industry insider telling me they may even use the recycled frier fats in the mixes.
But their chicken nuggets were still made with real chicken (and not bad quality, either), at least back in the later 90s. Don’t know what they are made with today.
And DQ has used ice milk as its base for most products for decades as well. That is why they cannot call it ice cream.
There used to be strict minimum percentage milk fat requirements to permit the use of certain marketing terms in the frozen dairy industry. That may still be the case.
The old rule from forever is, the more it is processed, the worse it is for you. We were telling the kids this in the 60s.
Is that why McDonald’s “shake” machines are always out of order?
All I know is, when you scrape off any “mistakes” (you know, the signature swirl curl) making cones at DQ along with residual drips go down into a drain and a tube and into a bucket that sits there all day until the end of the night when it gets emptied. I never smelled any spoiled milk smell, which would inevitably happen if it was milk of any kind (not refrigerated area). Those remnants got emptied back into the hopper to make more ice cream. I figured it was oil based like Cool Whip.
… the power of preservatives.
I generally only buy locally made water ices, from local mom and pop walk-up stands, if we want a cold treat in the summer. There’s still many of those left around here.
Pringles are slightly healthier than potato chips. They were sued by potato chip makers.
Oreo has never used the word ‘cream’ since created in 1912. Originally used pig lard.
Tyson uses the word ‘Wyngz’ because they are all white meat, not wing meat.
Aunt Jemima was never made with maple syrup. The word syrup is not exclusive to maple.
Soft serve was never labeled ice cream. It was labeled ice milk at one time. Soft serve cannot have more than 10 percent milk fat, just too thick. Ice cream has to have at least 10 percent milk fat.
I worked at Dairy Queen – there was and is no ice cream on the menu.
I just cooked a turkey breast that had thigh bones in the breast and other oddly placed things like the wishbone and the pokes nose. All white meat, but I am still trying to figure out how the disassembled and rebuilt this Franken Turkey. And how they get it to hold together in its new shape. I don’t think there is anything phony about the components, just very strange.
What brand was it Jim?
Honeysuckle White Frozen Young Turkey Breast.
Thanks.
Read the ingredients. If the list includes anything you can’t pronounce, don’t eat it! 🤡
“Prepared sauces” are often very bad for this – yet “sauces” are easily made from scratch. The “freezer case” mostly sells the photos on the box.
Learn how to COOK! 👨🍳
I think “Wyngz” is more of a marketing ploy to appeal to a certain demographic. Doesn’t change the fact that it is processed chicken though.
Rufus…and a few friends…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ri7y7NQzVG0
Those Rufus shorts are entertaining. Big ole bull. Shorty is jealous of his herd of heifers. Redford has “small-bull” syndrome.
I’ve spent way too much time watching Brent’s videos.
I believe they live somewhere in the Ozarks, not too far from us.
I know…right?! Awesome to be close!
Cricket Chronicles does it for me, and Sean the Sheepman…a peaceful escape…
Good Morning America, how are ya?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cJn-sLcwv6Q
Good mornin’, Aggiegirl!
I’m much better after seeing this.
It is 46°, clear and breezy.
Crazy spring.
I am glad to do that for you!
We are at 47 and cloudy, no breeze…
Looking down at the green grass and up at blue sky.
It is the start of another great day of winning in the USA.
Mid morning rain by me….right now, I am happy to not be pushing up daisies…LOL…
@Sachinettiyil
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A 79-year-old Catholic priest, Fr. Larry Holland, who is recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital in Canada, said he was offered Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) twice by hospital staff, even though he made clear he is a Catholic priest and morally opposed to euthanasia.
https://nitter.poast.org/Sachinettiyil/status/2050615164152459287#m
MAiD raised with Vancouver priest during hospital care — twice
https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/untitled-039f5d7c-7862-41c6-85d7-4660b870e51b
The two incidents arise as Canada approaches 100,000 assisted dying deaths, a milestone explored in a B.C. Catholic series starting this week. Over the next several weeks, the paper will look at how a decade of legalized killing has reshaped health care, ethics, and attitudes toward life and death in Canada.
We have it in the U.S. too: (per Google Search)
“Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is a regulated, voluntary end-of-life option allowing terminally ill, mentally competent adults to self-administer life-ending medication. As of 2026, it is legal in CA, CO, DC, DE, HI, ME, MT, NM, OR, VT, WA, and NJ (with NY, IL in progress).”
Abortion is just one arm of what these ghouls want.
Hospice or the new term Paltive Care is a way to “Off” them these days , once you say ,OK…dying occurs asap…all about the dollar.. what oath…BullShi*…
Went through that with my mom. Didn’t die ASAP. Took months. On the other hand it did not require life prolonging care.
It fit her expressed desire to die at home and to not prolong her dying.
And as the end neared she needed small doses of morphine as she refused to eat and then to drink.
The hospital suggested it and transferred her to hospice care in their system. But we eventually found a better service.
They were wishy washy, not willing to say how close death was, but still ran a pressure campaign to push this choice.
Never saw a bill. It was all handled through Medicare.
So it is a compromise between desperately making oneself miserable to prolong life and offing oneself to avoid said misery and expense.
It gives time to say goodbye, but that doesn’t really work for dementia sufferers.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with Mom in your post, it was clarifying and helpful. My wife worked in hospice for some time, their work is underappreciated.
just so people can look it up, it’s “palliative” care.
this protocol has other monikers as well.
always ask to have any unfamiliar “care” terms described in explicit detail.
sorry if you experienced this with a loved one. 🙏🏻
In Canada they make it obvious they want to murder the patient.
I the United States it’s more subtle.
Hospice, as traditionally defined, is simply a way for someone who has a terminal illness to refuse any treatments that might prolong the duration of their life but will not improve the quality of it.
We spend billions of dollars every year to keep a body going for a few more weeks/months but that time is spent in hospitals/nursing homes rather than in a comfortable setting where pain is managed and the patient is able to live out their days on their terms.
I am VEHEMENTLY opposed to “assisted suicided” or “Medical Assistance in Dying” but I have walked through Hospice with both my FIL and my own mother and it was simply recognizing that death comes for ALL of us and allowing that process to play out in a natural a form as possible, preferably at home, surrounded by loved ones!
Amen! 👍
There really are times when Lord Death will have his way, but will torture the patient on the way out.
Sometimes, “do no harm” means sending the patient where he is doomed to be going anyway, but mercifully. That’s medical reality, sometimes. The outcome is fixed and inescapable – you cannot cure nor save him –but the method of getting there is not. You CAN stop the suffering, and send the patient to Lord Death’s inevitable hands with a little bit of dignity intact.
Medical practice should formally acknowledge this, and shield practitioners from criminal charges. This is not murder. This is cold reality.
Though mission creep has set in. Have a medical issue-they recommend MAID before even diagnosing the patient. And they are offing people who are depressed but will live for decades if they aren’t killed.
Mental note. I am glad I am not Mike’s elderly grandmother. 😮
IKR? Considering that death is inevitable and life is filled with periods of suffering, I’m surprised he hasn’t just gone ahead and bit the bullet…
My 91 yo father had metastasizing cancer from lungs to head and was in great pain the last week of his life. He could no longer eat or drink. Hospice provided morphine which I gratefully administered to him for a few days until he passed. On his last day he had loving family surrounding him and we had a Catholic priest give him last rites. I am so very grateful to hospice for this service.
Very similar circumstances to how my father-in-law passed away, in our family room, surrounded by family!
His mind was sharp till the very end but his body was done and he was ready to meet his Maker.
He spent two weeks eating all of his favorite Norwegian foods, with no limitations on the amount of lefse he could have! He called family members and old friends back in Norway to say goodbye, and and then, on the last day, as his systems slowly shut down, we were able to give him enough medication to keep him comfortable.
It was definitely good for everyone, because it was in God’s time and not man’s!
My husband is part Norwegian and whenever we go back to MN to visit our Scandinavian family, we always bring back loads of lefse but never lutefisk (ugh, gross!).
I actually make my own lefse and am teaching my daughter-in-law to do the same. Thankfully, my in-laws were never fans of lutefisk so it was never served
I made my father-in-law codfish with grilled onions, meatballs with lingonberry Jam, fresh Alaskan salmon with butter and Dill, and of course all the lefse he wanted! 😋🐠😍
He said it was the best five star hotel he had ever stayed at which I thought was the sweetest compliment!
There is an absolutely unbreachable gulf, IMHO, between allowing a life to end naturally and artificially accelerating the process!
My mother had dementia and her body lasted far longer than her mind but I would never have considered actively “ending” her life with medication. When she was no longer interested in eating, was sleeping most of the day, and had zero awareness of or interest in the things happening around her, I made the decision, in accordance with her stated desires for many years before, to stop medications, such as her thyroid pills, blood pressure meds and stains, and to offer food but not force it on her.
Her body was trying to naturally shut down and I saw no problem with allowing that process to happen. But I did not, and would not, presume to hasten it because those decisions are in God’s hands, not mine
It should probably be noted that a rather alarming trend was noticed regarding Canada’s MAID program back in 2023:
https://www.catholicregister.org/archive/item/35246-maid-organ-donations-glorify-the-unthinkable
Canada’s organ donations from the program was higher than from any other country that had a similar program. And it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that there might be ethical issues with regards to getting people to sign up not only for their own deaths but also to harvest their organs and tissues.
And since when does a hip fracture make one a candidate for MAID? That’s not some terminal illness with a painful, long outcome (as it is sold to people).
That country is really becoming a dystopian hellhole.
Cradle Catholic here…..there is something about where we are not supposed to lead one to sin…
Our Lord asked the Father to ‘forgive them for they know not what they do’…but what about when ‘they know’ what they do? That was like bringing satan to the priest up close and personal.
Suicide, euthanasia, murder, abortion…come under “Thou Shalt Not Kill”….
Mary Queen of the Clergy, pray for them.
Yes, GOD is in charge.
His will be done.
🙂
I think their leaders should be offered the service.
What kind of a civilization offers death because of a hip fracture?
My Mom and I were checking out news items on youtube and found this – a news conference regarding two murders in Nassau County.
All of the law enforcement people we saw at the press conference were really good guys and you think, “thank you, dear God, that there are people willing and able to do this, please protect them and help them!”
One of the gentlemen who addressed the public and the reporters was so well-spoken, we thought he ought to run for Governor of New York but thought he was going to surely be under terrible attack after his statement. We could not see all of his name, looked like “Lakeman” but now after looking for more news, as we wanted to put him on our prayer list, we know that he is the County Executive for Nassau County and his name is Bruce Blakeman – and he IS running for Governor!
Yes! I’m a NY’er and am watching him with great expectations.
A former resident of Nassau County…1960’s…I get it…hang on, there is hope on the Horizon!
embedded within the article from TGP, from the NYP–
“Presumptive Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman said he vehemently opposes bills and accused Hochul of pushing for the release of killers.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/pair-woke-bills-ny-could-free-notorious-killers/
I am hearing towns that I knew of back in the day…very sad…
We had a law and order sheriff running for gov. in IL…he lost to a business man…was kind of sad. I hope this guy wins!
RAN WANTS A DEAL IN UNDER 30 DAYS — I WONDER WHY…
According to IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency, Iran just submitted another joke of a proposal to the US.
Key details:
• Iran rejected a 2-month ceasefire
• Demands a full deal within ~30 days
• Wants focus on “ending the war”, not extending a truce
• Calls for:
1. U.S. withdrawal from the region
2. End to naval blockade
3. Sanctions relief
4. Release of frozen assets
5. Compensation payments
6. Guarantees against future attacks
7. End of fighting across all fronts, including Lebanon
NOTICE; They want all of this within 30 days.
WHY? They are not only facing complete economic collapse, but irreversible damage to their oil infrastructure.
When Iran pushes for a fast deal, it usually means:
The economic squeeze is working
The window to stabilize is closing
Delay = more damage
Bottom line: Iran is desperate.
So the real question is:
What happens to the regime if this drags on another 60 days?
https://nitter.poast.org/MOSSADil/status/2050695680956477619#m
Iran can get stuffed!
NO DEAL!
For not having any cards, they are awfully demanding….and have no aces…
obviously, they haven’t figured out about “know when to fold them, know when to run”
These people -hijacked- power 47 years ago. Of course they don’t want to give it up.
Iran was once a shining star in that region, peaceful and respected by all. It deserves to be so again. These wicked Mullahs are imposters.
They think they can win. Just like Imperial Japan thought they could win by forcing us to give up.
Compensation indeed.
And what about the nuke stuff or their missile programs?
Bluffing always has worked before.
And Trump knows that. The art of the deal. Let ‘em sweat!
Greetings Treepers! 🙏✝️🙏❤️🫵
greetings
Howdy!
morning Treepers…………………..be well
the path leads to both sun and wave
the peace of faith he freely gave
to know the strength of being worth
is strolling freely forth.
Thank you, drip, drip and bjorkdream.
Good morning bjorkdream. An empty beach lined with sea oats is the most beautiful beach, in my opinion.
Destin FL used to look just like this in 1979. It was where the poor people of the FL Gulf went to enjoy the ocean.
Hatched turtles making their way to the ocean?
Good morning!
Morning bjorkdream
Perfect sunrise. The water is so calm. Love it.
Thank you.
Have a wonderful day.
This to me is why it is vital that “ALL” of the conspirators in 2016 must face justice and I don’t mean an ankle monitor and house arrest.
Remember with the 2020 election steal, 57 election fraud cases brought in 2020 all set aside because of no “Standing”
With that stolen power, the entire system lined up punctuated by the Jan 6th set up against free Americans and used insurrection without hesitation, suspended Habeas Corpus and jailed nearly 1000 + free in an American gulag.
The system that did this our “Judicial” branch, sadly is beyond repair. For me one of the greatest early examples of this was when the Clinton Gang judge shopped and one judge set aside the will of the people in California. Prop 187 (Save our State) passed in 1994 with 63% of actual CA in favor “denying services to illegal invaders”.
“Ah ha, we don’t have to win an election we can just have them set aside.” I remember Gov. Pete Wilson hitting the Sunday shows losing his voice warning about this misuse of the judicial system. The uniparty wanted this and presto! …CA slid into liberal hell.
Another inflection point was Watergate. The demon left/uniparty learned, cranked up their Operation Mockingbird with the enemy MSM, ABC/NBC/CBS/WaPo, NYT et al, again they don’t have to win elections, (Nixon won 49-1 in 1972) use the entire enemy MSM at the time and attack…now 24/7.
Note: Operation Mockingbird was fully exposed by the Church Commission and threatened the wicked system. The system using Jimmy Carter with an EO created SES making select bureaucrats like time employees/parasites of the deep state, ostensibly for “Continuity of Government, in case of a Soviet Nuke Attack, don’t you know, checking any real reform from the Church Commission hearings.
My point, the entire system is captured, Executive, Legislative, Judicial State & Federal, all MSM is our enemy. They deliver narratives approved by their master’s that control the whole system.
We in the USA and the West have been sold down the river by a small handful of people that want us gone. We must break out of their Matrix and realize there are no sides in DC, London, Paris, Rome etc. are simpatico, a controlled world by a special handshake club.
If I start to list these demons eyes will role, hint: they like Fish & Chips and Yodeling is a thing.
I do hope when these men and women go up against this level of evil, they must get outside the box.
I love what I’m seeing and hearing, don’t let these monsters squirm out of it.
MAGA!
Note: Maybe a National Emergency, Non-Article III Courts, Military Tribunals gets around of these corrupt judges as well. Or we can keep doing the same thing expecting a different result, shouting out to Einstein.
“Despite the checks and balances built into the structure of America’s government, the president has incredible power to override them. Declaring a national emergency is one such method of bypassing the normal channels of decision making. Presidents have declared official states of emergency fifty-nine times, of which thirty-two are still active…”
I don’t think that “military courts” would actually do any better. The UCMJ does not apply to civilians, and it would be a dangerous step towards authoritarianism. “That’s what banana republics do.” It’s not our only or best option.
The first Congress, in the so-called “Judiciary Act,” created this entire(!) system of courts and judges. (The Constitution defines only one Court, and doesn’t say how big it is.) So, Congress has the plenary authority to fix things. And THAT is what I think must happen. If judges aren’t playing by the rules, change the rules! If they are not clear, make them so.
And: SCOTUS cannot then “rule against” Congress exercising its expressly Constitutional role and discretion. If Congress makes a change, the change must stand. The SCOTUS is -not- the only final determinant of acceptable judicial behavior. It, too, must “play by the rules.”
But how can you get the conspirators in Congress to forcefully terminate their conspiracy.
It is the “Right” mechanism. Just not possible to implement.
Maybe if Trump were caught running a similar conspiracy, it could be demonized and enough pressure raised to end it.
But even then, they would preserve such abusive power for themselves.
You have to FORCE Congress to do things.
As FDR once put it: “I agree with you. Now, make me do it.”
I feel like war in Europe will come sooner than we think- how can it not?
60% Of Voters Believe France Is Witnessing ‘A Replacement Of The Population By Non-Europeans’
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/60-voters-believe-france-witnessing-replacement-population-non-europeans#comment-stream
What they believe and what is reality are two different things. Reality is that they are being overrun and replaced by hoards of Mooslim invaders.
May 3rd – 2026 Good morning!#
good morning to you as well
I found this link on TGP…Jim’s brother gives an update…in short, it seems like he was transferred to another hospital and surgery possibly this Tuesday…update is at about 3:42. This video was posted yesterday, based on the timing of the comments.
https://joehoft.com/media/joe-hoft-on-the-warroom-with-an-update-on-jim-and-a-short-discussion-of-how-acorn-is-still-alive/
I went to Joe’s website:
https://joehoft.com/
https://joehoft.com/prayers-gateway-pundits-jim-hoft/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/05/diversity-is-our-weakness.php
FTA “The shibboleth that “diversity is our strength” is one of the worst canards of our time. There is a great deal of empirical data indicating that in general, cultural diversity is a weakness, not a strength. Culturally diverse societies (which can mean ethnically diverse, but doesn’t have to) are generally lower-trust societies, which inhibits economic growth. Western Europe is living proof of that proposition. But there is another way in which “diversity” in the DEI sense–i.e., the jerry-rigged quotas resulting from an obsession with race, sex, and sexual orientation–is bad. Maximum effectiveness, in terms of economic efficiency, combat readiness, or pretty much anything you want to measure, is achieved through a focus on merit. If you hire and promote the most meritorious, you will have the best company, the best military, and the best country. If you deviate from that ideal, you will lose ground.
A final point: If “diversity” were construed in a way that would have been comprehensible to, for example, Frederic Douglass or Booker T. Washington, i.e. as an absence of discrimination that would empower companies to hire and promote the most qualified and effective people, regardless of race, etc., that would indeed have produced a work force that is diverse in various ways, and that would have been maximally efficient and effective. That is the conservative ideal of non-discrimination. Sadly, in today’s world, that ideal has been traduced so that “diversity” now means discrimination of various kinds. We can only hope that DEI is speedily being committed to the trash dump of history.”
Democrats like Bill Clinton boast that “diversity is our greatest strength” when in fact it’s our greatest weakness! Much of the diversity that is dividing our nation comes from the Immigration Act of 1965 which gave preference to POC from third world hellholes! We’re the United States of America not the Diverse States of America!!! The muslims we have allowed to immigrate will not assimilate, they will unite with each other and attempt to institute sharia law over our Constitution!! Just look what is happening in England as musilims take over city after city! Forewarned is forearmed! Stop the immigration of muslims or we’ll all be hearing the bullhorn squawking call to prayers for muslims who still can’t tell time for prayers via a watch of cellphone!! God help us! Hosanna!
Well said.
“Racism” and “discrimination” has become what Government officially DOES. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
“Poor black-skinned person, let me help you with your ‘handicap.’ Because of course you can’t make it on your own.” CONDESCENDING!!
A few observations about the Kentucky Derby long shot winner, 23-1, Golden Tempo with first woman trainer. With a 70-1 shot third place, the trifecta must have been huge payout.
Second, the provided link was from Yahoo with some expected comments being Yahoo. One comment noted that “MAGA would be upset it being a woman trainer”. My reply would be, no we wouldn’t be upset, we would realize the left would be upset a real woman trainer won and the commies would quickly realize they need to get a man claiming to be woman into the sport to kick the real woman out.
Trifecta, $5,600; superfecta, $94,000
Superfecta being top 4 finishers.
With the commies we either wouldn’t have a Kentucky derby or everyone would have to bet $2 and win $1. The house keeps the other.
Its coming close to being a commie show…its now a Hollywood photo op with the ladies in ugly dresses…and some with uglier hats…
Part of the fun of horse racing is that, every now and again, the horse does as he damned well pleases! 🤡
We were surprised that ICE wasn’t sent to the event. On the local news they said something like almost 80% of the workers on the backside are immigramts.
All I know is Golden Tempo and Renegade covered a lot of ground in a hurry coming around the corner and down the stretch. Great animals.
Renegade got seriously beaten up on the start.
“ A company funded by the CIA, chaired by a man who wrote that democracy and freedom are incompatible, who took $40 million from Jeffrey Epstein and bankrolled a neo-monarchist blogger, whose software now runs inside ICE, the IRS, the Pentagon, and the White House — just published a 22-point manifesto calling for the draft, the rollback of postwar denazification, the end of international arms treaties, civilizational ranking of human beings, and the fusion of Silicon Valley with American hard power.
And the American press framed it as a spicy CEO book tour.
We are seven years from the 100th anniversary of the 1933 Enabling Act — the law that Hitler used to grant himself emergency decree power because Weimar’s democratic machinery was “too slow” to deal with a crisis. Peter Thiel has been openly wishing for American versions of that shortcut since 2004. Curtis Yarvin has been openly advocating for it since 2007. JD Vance has been openly quoting Yarvin since 2021. Palantir has been openly building the information layer that would make it possible since 2003.
They are not hiding. They are publishing books. They are posting threads. They are giving speeches at the Hill and Valley Forum. They are taking government contracts in the light.
The manifesto is not a slip. The manifesto is a confession. Confessions are not given in shame. Confessions are given by people who believe they will not be punished.
The question is whether they are right.
Stay awake.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/peter-thiels-palantir-the-company?r=b7nwz&utm_medium=ios
I am starting to learn more and more…slowly…
Brave AI:
“Yes, JD Vance and Peter Thiel are close friends and have a long-standing personal and professional relationship.
Their connection began in 2011 when Vance attended a talk by Thiel at Yale Law School, which Vance later described as “the most significant moment of my time” at the institution…and
Thiel became a mentor and benefactor to Vance, hiring him at his venture firm Mithril Capital in 2015 and later backing his own firm, Narya Capital. Thiel donated $15 million to Vance’s 2022 Senate campaign—the largest single contribution to a Senate candidate in history—and helped secure Donald Trump’s endorsement. The two remain politically aligned, with Thiel reportedly lobbying Trump to select Vance as his 2024 running mate, ”
From July 2024:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/07/16/jd-vance-and-peter-thiel-what-to-know-about-the-relationship-between-trumps-vp-pick-and-the-billionaire/
I haven’t felt the need to doubt Sundance on that connection.
Thank you for a good read and information.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Another case of missing soldiers:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-us-service-members-missing-morocco-multinational-military-exercise-search-underway
It costs way more to rent a stall at any of the national or international canine agility events held at different fairgrounds…
I wonder if I could ‘book a room’ at Churchill Downs? $7.50 a night….I could make that work!
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/surprising-cost-renting-horse-stall-churchill-downs-kentucky-derby
How I feel about property taxes! I live in Texas and my appraisal value and property taxes go up every year! This is what happens when open borders allow 20 million illegal aliens walk into the country with no place to live!!! JMO
So what’s the problem? Your home value keeps going up. Do you not want it to go up?
We bought our first home in Old West Austin in 2002 for $475k. It was just a starter home, and we were just starting our family.
We currently pay 6-figures/year in property taxes. BUT… the property value is almost 15x what we paid for it.
The problem is I live on Social Security and I’m being taxed on unrealized gains!! Not even the IRS does that! Obviously you’re not living on a fixed income and easily and willingly pay your increasing property taxes!
Research the county’s law on real estate taxes. There might be an exclusion or deduction pegged to your income level. It may reduce your property tax bill significantly.
Quickly research local property tax breaks. The Government has to ge rid of those to get you into government subsidized ‘affordable housing’. Stack and pack Soviet Union here we come.
EXACTLY!
We live in a rural county in NC. Foreign owned multinationals have been courted by state legislature (R) with sweet deals in a taxpayer funded industrial park.
County commission approved a re-appraisal (appx 25-50% increase). Then they approved a rate increase on top of the higher appraials. Then they approved a huge loan without even putting the bond issue on the ballot. Then they approved a massive sewer and water project to the industrial park. Then the doubled utility rates.
People are losing their homes, land and farms at an alarming rate because they cannot pay taxes. Multinational vultures gladly buy it all up.
Challenge their actions in court! A county commission can’t loan lots of money without a public vote.
So you live in Austin, in a home assessed at $7.1 Million ?
Chock Full O BS.
Reddit has a search party looking for you.
There shouldn’t ever even be property taxes. That’s where the problem begins and ends. Why are there property taxes? So the city can pick up garbage? Come on. Property taxes are as much of a scam as income taxes.
Chock Full of Troll
Should have known you lived in Austin from all your previous posts.
The problem is you actually don’t own your home, you only lease it from the county you reside in.
This is not the Huffington Post….I think you’re lost.
Not too bright, are you nutty? Bet then your libtard slip has been showing on this site for a bit hasn’t it?
If true then this is bigger than withdrawing 5000 troops. Merz is in the FO phase.
Adios EU
Some insights from Gen. Kellogg.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393811075112
Not to mention all the economic benefits of having 100,000 troops and all the extra people they bring along now being taken away. That will be a massive hit to the locals living around those areas where the troops are stationed.
Liberal women and wokeness is a destructive force which seems to have no end? All of it is a war on men in particular white men! JMO
What an interesting discussion. The numbers are a bit shocking about how many women are in control or the highest population in all those areas. Crazy.
Maybe we should start a trend of calling out male democrats that they are acting like the women who control their party., that they are feminized quite nicely. Think they would like that? Maybe.
Surrounded by lib white women without a clue, I agree with Elon.
Defense budget has no aid for Ukraine.
Re: ukr war funding, u.s. does fund nato which funds ukr
But several eee uuu countries and the Ukr met in D.C., several times, and put their collective best effort to convince the U.S. to continue funding the battle ( uhhh…corruption, and lack of accountability at huge costs to U.S. taxpayers ).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/22/ukraine-russia-europe-trump-putin-zelenskyy
maybe z needed to wear a tie? ; ) / sarcasm intended
[ or, the excuse of incorporating into the ukr law of not willing to have an election during a war,
so as to get the peoples’ opinion on z (or someone else) … is perpetuating a miss motivation for keeping ukr ( with zee) in a forever war – and thwarting legit peace talks…
…as well as the eee uuu (and c-dems) wanting to grift war funding from the u.s. taxpayers … to untold whatever…
….and / or z wanting to leak (or make up) negotiated topics to miss use the biased media and chop block forward progress towards ? (not earned trust – for over a year…)
…while people unnecessarily die, by the thousands, for years… Not good…]
And to think, that about 3 years ago,
there were people gleefully waving the ukr flag colors on U.S. streets, and within the U.S. congress. Why?
hmmm…
I do not know
People know…
Love thy neighbors
The ‘elites’ who are driving Bentlys should have to give them back and the US taxpayer should get a refund.
🤬🤬🤬
Newsome is lower than whale sh1t…and that is very low….ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
karmas coming for you hair spray turd boy.
disgusting P.O.S.
A generally positive story for those of faith this Sunday Morning:
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/young-new-yorkers-have-a-new-hot-spot-sunday-mass-b96e1449?
FTA: “A senior Iranian military official warned Saturday that a “renewed conflict” with the United States is “likely” after President Donald Trump said he is “not satisfied” with Tehran’s latest proposal and signaled military options remain on the table”
He is warning US about a “renewed conflict”? That’s a good one. There was no “conflict.” There was us kicking their butt. We paused kicking their butt to give them a chance to promise to stop trying to get a nuke to blow us up. We didn’t even demand they stop chanting “death to America.” I would have added that, but hey, I’m not in charge, and nobody asked me. Anyway we ON OUR OWN stopped kicking their butt to give them a chance to promise to stop trying to get a nuke. They refused, and now THEY warn US? hahahaha
Sounds like they don’t understand what happens when they have to shut down ALL their oil wells. We won’t have to blow up bridges, because the only thing moving in Iran to drive across them will be donkey carts. And all we have to do is wait.
I love watching 47’s plan unfold. It truly is a thing of beauty.
Oh, and my liberal friends, who think I am going to turn on 47 over continued tax on Social Security benefits, are going to be VERY disappointed. Watching the disappointment on their faces should be interesting.
Happy Sunday, Treepers.
Iran has not yet realized that they are “out of aces”….