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Thank you ed.
Having my morning coffee, opened my phone and glanced at few of today’s headlines and felt my blood pressure rising…opened CTH and saw this image and immediately felt calmer. Thank you for helping me return to center.
We are surrounded by evil forces and only can find peace through our Lord. Thank you Lord for helping us see through this all.
And thanks to CTH and the treepers on the same journey
Stillwater updates The Still Hour daily. Here’s the link for today’s posts.
And here is the Devotional he posted:
“The following is a daily devotional from the book, My Utmost For His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
(Links to scripture references have been underlined.)
May 8
THE PATIENCE OF FAITH
“… Because thou hast hept the word of My patience.”
Revelation 3:10
Patience is more than endurance. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says – “I cannot stand any more.” God does not heed, He goes on stretching till His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly.
Trust yourself in God’s hands. For what have you need of patience just now? Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. “Though He slay me, yet will I wait for Him.” (Job 13: 15)
Faith is not a pathetic sentiment, but robust vigorous confidence built on the fact that God is holy love. You cannot see Him just now, you cannot understand what He is doing, but you know Him.
Shipwreck occurs where there is not that mental poise which comes from being established on the eternal truth that God is holy love.
Faith is the heroic effort of your life, you fling yourself in reckless confidence on God.
God has ventured all in Jesus Christ to save us, now He wants us to venture our all in abandoned confidence in Him.
There are spots where that faith has not worked in us as yet, places untouched by the life of God. There were none of those spots in Jesus Christ’s life, and there are to be none in ours. “This is life eternal, that they might know Thee.” (John 17:3).
The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering.
If we take this view, life becomes one great romance, a glorious opportunity for seeing marvellous things all the time.
God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.”
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Amen
AMEN
THANKS ed be well my friend prayers for you and yours
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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.
Day 109 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.
“History is being made in the kingdoms of this world in the year of our Lord 2026.” No one uses that truth “in the year of our Lord” anymore, talking or writing and that’s a shame! The single most important event in history is purposefully being ignored/buried!!! JMO
We as a people, have lost the eloquence enjoyed and employed by our Forefathers…
Bannon does everyday.
I was taught to strive for perfection even though you know full well it can never be achieved.
Jesus says to “Be perfect as I am perfect” — He calls us to do it together, without compromise, in an atmosphere of grace and encouragement — made possible by his sacrifice.
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen. Go God beat the devil.
Amen!
Amen 🙏
There was a young gal named Ad Rem…
Who to Treepers is known as ‘Our Gem’
She spots trolls from a mile…
Then deletes with a smile…
And eliminates any mayhem. 🙂
Nice work.
AD REM is the BEST thanks WORDMAN
There once was a Kitty named Puddy,
With a gift for spotting the nutty,
She meows fierce once in awhile, then DON’s a big smile,
And says, “ if you would delete that quotation mark before your username, I PROMISE you your posts will no longer go into moderation”, Buddy 😉
There once was a girl from Nantucket,
Who kept all her cash in a bucket.
But her daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket. 😎
A Treeper naively posted
Words that could get him roasted
‘Coz some weren’t his own
Which made WORDMAN groan
I fear he may end up being ghosted.
😉
HaHa!
You smoked out SR!
That’s a lot nicer than the old Nantucket poem that I remember!
😂
Bravo! What beautiful appreciation for Ad Rem’s part in the finest blog on the Internet.
I once put a forum on my company website. It lasted less than a month. My customers hadn’t asked for it, and it forced me to be a MODERATOR!
I gained great appreciation for those silent and dedicated individuals from this experience, but resolved never to do it again myself.
To the “mods,” and their software pre-filters … “Thank You!” Your contribution is critical, but too easily overlooked because you do it so well.
🎯💕
A famous case in the USA is the murder of Ken McElroy in Skidmore, Missouri, in 1981.
McElroy, a local bully with numerous criminal charges, was acquitted or had charges dropped due to witness intimidation. After being convicted of attempted murder in 1980 but released on appeal, the townspeople of Skidmore decided to act. On July 10, 1981, he was shot and killed in broad daylight by a gunman while sitting in his truck.
Approximately 46 people witnessed the shooting, but no one called for help and no one ever identified the shooter.
Despite a massive investigation, no charges were ever filed.
The first Death Wish movie came out in 1974, and this guy began his criminal behavior the year before that, continuing on until he was shot dead in 1981. I wonder if that movie had any influence on the town vigilantes?
Sometimes, “justice” needs a little push. If the legal system won’t protect your community from a predator …
It ain’t pretty, ain’t the way things are supposed to be, but sometimes it does come to that.
Just like in the Battle of Athens.
https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-athens
Isn’t that the way it is in many blue states and cities today? The so-called legal system protects the criminals, not the victims and law abiding citizens. The DAs, prosecutors etc. are criminals themselves, only interested in protecting and favoring their criminal subjects.
Reality requires good men to do god awful things for the right reasons.
As the saying goes, you know you’re in the South when “He needed killin'” is a good defense…
I’ve heard that saying many times and have often agreed, not that I would do it myself. However, if someone tragically harmed one of my family and the “justice system” failed to deliver justice, I might be forced to reconsider.
I thought that meant you were in a Clint Eastwood movie.
I remember that incident!
Occasionally, enough is enough!
The movie is “In Broad Daylight” with Brian Dennehy.
Good morning America, how are ya?
50 degrees and scattered clouds in Kankakee….
Up the road from you tonight. Cold here!
34 and showers but by six it should be partly cloudy and warm quickly.
38 when I got up with a sunny high of 71
Very interesting story at the 22:27 min mark. Susie Wiles hints we may find out Trump actually did win some of those states in 2020….hmmmmmm….
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Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is honored with Woman of Valor Award
https://www.youtube.com/live/q-HO4A8xQgs?si=rwAj4GsxS99ntijN
Here is the short video segment by itself:
Will this be the stimulus needed to remove judges?
The evidence needs to be shown well before the November elections.
What I don’t get is how we went from “How did all those last minute votes go one way, let’s see the proof” to “How dare you ask that, insurrectionist!”
Since when is *proof* of legitimacy a nonstarter?
The answer lies in a *complicit* ENEmedia who has only ever questioned one side. AKA a deep state-controlled media. Cuz national security. Or something.
And that’s why I haven’t believed their deliberate, one-sided indoctrination techniques in a very long time. I have managed to seek out and find reliable, trustworthy sources in order to reaffirm my beliefs and how I perceive what is actually happening in the world. Wisdom and discernment are two of the greatest assets a person can possess and unfortunately they come with age and having experienced life lessons to get there.
No doubt.
Chris Rollins
@ThePowerAudit
Recap of tonight’s Hormuz Crisis Expert Panel: Tonight I hosted a 2.5 hour expert panel on the Hormuz crisis. Eight speakers across military strategy, energy markets, information warfare, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Kurdish frontline from a journalist on the ground in Iraq, and a voice from inside Iran that will stay with everyone who heard it. Without editing or applying my opinion, here is what was covered and said.
Cont reading thread…👇
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2052599700486771148.html
Broad coverage, very interesting, very concise. Thank you for this, TM10.
“This was the most powerful segment of the night at the end.
Decado reported a 69 day internet blackout affecting 90% of the Iranian population. This is unprecedented in human history. No country has ever done this for this duration. Internet access through workarounds costs $6 to $9 per gigabyte, more expensive than Starlink. People are killed for having Starlink devices. You cannot call Iran from outside the country. Calls out to Europe are possible but monitored.
The economic collapse is catastrophic. Minimum wage is now worth $94.40 per month. The currency has fallen 66% against the dollar in six months and 25% in the last week alone. Since 1979, the rial went from 70 per dollar to 1.9 million per dollar. Over 50% of the tech workforce has been fired. The largest startup in Iran fired 2,000 people in one day. Meat costs $10 per kilogram, meaning minimum wage buys only 18 pounds of meat before rent or any other expense.
Decado’s assessment: the regime cannot survive beyond 2026 without $300 to $400 billion it does not have. 90% of Iranians are dissidents. The regime is held in power by force and a shrinking base of ideological supporters and job dependent loyalists.”
Well dang….get on with it then.
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VDH on redistricting…
https://x.com/DailySignal/status/2052516324178632947
Unfortunately, RINOs are going to RINO.
Across the pond…
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The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
🚨 BREAKING: Labour have lost 80% of all seats contested as of 2:25 AM.
If this continues, Keir Starmer will be out of office next week.
Reform has surged and projected to pick up between 1700-2100 seats.
9:27 PM · May 7, 2026
Wonderful news. Maybe a general election sooner than anticipated.
A complete electoral massacre.
Britain is wide awake now.
Whether they can still save themselves we will see.
Britain once voted to Brexit. Still kowtowing to the EU.
I wonder what shady means they will use this time?
“I wonder what shady means they will use this time?”
If they don’t immediately begin jailing their opponents in fits of Lawfare rage, then my guess is controlled opposition.
Fascists never go out quietly.
The middle of next month will be worth watching.
They have a Uniparty too.
It won’t be long before the UK selects a muslim to be Prime Mister! It’s coming Britain is lost! The most common boys name in London is Muhammad (including variants like Mohammed)!!! Soon we to will have little Mohammed’s every where! The legal immigration of cult called islam/muslims into the country needs to stop! Anyone trying to bring sharia law here should be denaturalized and deported!!! JMO
Why would any civilized nation tolerate or accept that radical, heathen, cult invasion? And I’m speaking to the U.S., too.
They are calling it Starmageddon
Yippeeeeeeee
The expectation was 1500 seats so they are doing great.
PSA, Two Food Recalls:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/multiple-snack-mixes-recalled-including-target-product-over-risk-salmonella-contamination
“John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. is recalling several products sold under its Fisher, Squirrel Brand and Southern Style Nuts labels, as well as a Good & Gather snack mix distributed by Target, according to a Tuesday announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/popular-dessert-recalled-in-7-states-including-illinois-over-glass-contamination/
The Aldi custards have a best by date of 5/9/2026, how in heck does ‘glass’ find its way into a dairy product?
They want us dead but only after they have separated us from our money./s
Well we DID stop buying their pharmaceuticals.
Much of this is: “out of an abundance of caution.” Salmonella can make you sick for weeks, and it can sneak into a food manufacturing process. If anyone suggests(!) that they found [glass] in your product…
You immediately take it back while you of course investigate. Government watchdogs are of course also involved. You need the good reputation, not these sales. You sell it by the ton, and consumers must be confident. (As must you.)
“No illness reported so far” on the first one.
How can a society go all out for removing a snack because it might make you sick yet a covid vaccine with all kinds of reported confirmed illness and likely deaths is still being pushed?
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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)
We swear an oath to the Constitution of the United States but when the SHTF we are fighting for our brothers on our left and right of us and our families back home. 🇺🇲
While this is pertaining to IL, I am sure this happens in other states, very quietly no doubt….How did I miss this one?
A residential mental health center closed about a year and a half ago…vulnerable patients, drug/substance addicts trying to recover, and a variety of other mental health issues..
there had been multiple incidents of sexual assaults allegedly done by staff. Lots of assaults, police involvement and 911 calls, and lack of supervision by staff. It was so bad that the US Senate Finance committee had some involvement. According to Brave AI, the complaints were ignored and some were retaliated against. One perp is alleged to have had 60 pending charges per an AI report. Another perp was a counsellor, licensed….
Too many of these facilities and corporate types view the vulnerable patients as dollar signs while ignoring their needs.
Another example of The Affordable Care Act/SARC..
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/timberline-knolls-closing-in-february/
And I can speak to at least 3 safety net hospitals, closed, for alleged financial mismanagement, impacting vulnerable communities and patients.
Just one of many realities that exist within throw away societies. Values change, sometimes very dramatically. Hindsight re-enters as cries are heard–where promises are made, yet changes are few and far between. Fentanyl is used in hospitals to help in pain management because it is so potent–effective yet addictive. Street fentanyl is also used for pain–mental pain in so many ways, also addictive with extra ingredients unknown at best.
Perhaps one question might be: Why does government turn a blind eye to this social reality?
Think of a waste treatment facility…then compare that with the infusion of illegals, allowed and encouraged by said governments. Throw one group away (after chemically treating this waste), replace it with another new group…problem solved (quietly, under the wire, behind closed doors, whispered to some). Just another veneer of reality–pass me the salt!
Perhaps the wrong people are placed in these institutions or is it just group dynamics at play?
Eventually, we arrive at voter integrity. I note those who oppose such a reality while appreciating our 2nd Amendment via the wisdom of our founders! Wisdom…that’s a rare commodity! What’s for dessert?
Why? If we started locking up the critically insane in institutions, there wouldn’t be any Democrat voters left.
My doctor says liberals are born with something wrong with their DNA. He is very serious about it.
There might be something to it. Historically, the overwhelming majority of a population (the serfs) will go along to get along. When called to civic duty they will furiously study their navel lint.
Their (lazy survivor?) DNA gets passed down through the generations, while the other 10-20 percent, the self-reliant who have the courage of their convictions to effect positive change, live under constant threat.
The feckless and lazy are -let’s be honest- jealous of those who know a better way of life, even as they grift off the fruits of our labors.
Well.. that may have gone well and good for the democrats until birth control, abortion and poison death shots were introduced to thin the herd. Now, all bets are off!!
Smart doctor. Not many of them left.
perhaps its should read the ‘criminally insane’.
Drug abuse, like alcohol abuse can be used for ‘control’; the Native Americans are a good example, then teens in mass. Men in particular, because nothing gets rid of strength better than dependence on weakening drugs and alcohol.
Get them addicted and then use and abuse them. Follow the money, and the money is so vast it boggles the mind. From growing, brewing/manufacturing, distributing, to selling; then onto the ‘treatments’……..riches that leave a wake of destruction of human life.
God Help US
CIA tactics worldwide; nations are controlled.
Look at the streets and parks of most of our cities. They are filled with drug and alcohol addicts, most of them men.
Communists know that if they ruin or kill the men then they can destroy societies much more easily. The weak women will attach themselves to the communists because there are few strong men left.
Once they tear the fabric of a society to shreds then they can start gaslighting people with lies and promises of “Free Everything”. They can point to the wreckage and claim, “See how capitalism failed you? We are here to save you.”
Don’t forget pornography PAWatcher…..Do you ever notice they always get the little guy that watches on his home computer but never the people that produce and show it on the internet. When some don’t take the bait they plant evidence to destroy many innocent.
With AI they now will be hard pressed to not ignore and clean up the internet entirely …no porn…no identity theft…..no excuses.
Like drugs, alcohol, gambling, porn, I too believe the corrupt use these things to destroy men and families.
It’s long been known that many of these places are involved in all manner of fraud, and they cut costs by not being very particular about who they hire (qualified people cost more).
And it isn’t as though their clients/patients are capable of really fighting back against their abusers.
You may be aware of the infamous Manteno State Hospital. This stuff is not new. As a child down there the hospitals reputation was used all the time to scare people into better behavior, or they’ll get sent to “Manteno”.
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I expect to see vigilante justice against judges coming somewhat soon. Some father or husband.
Not an easy thing to do.
Well protected in place of employment.
Not well known in residence.
The people most likely to dox are liberals who dox conservatives not fellow liberals.
The neighbors and families whose kids schooled together with judge’s kids and might already know where he lives are not likely to be the judge’s victims.
Anybody nosing around is likely to arouse suspicion.
And if all that is overcome, even a failed attempt will be portrayed as much worse than what the judge’s minions did to cause one to seek such revenge.
It would be easier to go vigilante against the minions that are always put back on the street. But we don’t see that happening much either.
Now I can see something like this being used to lure out some more basement dwellers so that they can be duped and entrapped: Not the actual relatives of victims, but the loud mouthed braggadocios who would never ever do that, (or even see the light of day). if it weren’t for FBI agents and informants pretending to help them.
I remember a movie back in the early ‘80s
titled The Star Chamber. I believe it’s intentions were good but unfortunately didn’t end well.
Was it about the actual star chamber?
When Brits were using the Inquisition as propaganda against Spain, Spain was using the Star Chamber as propaganda against England.
Well, I’d say that, but it seems we are erasing both sides of that history.
Those star chamber abuses led us to protect people’s legal rights in the constitution.
But the FISC seems to be an attempt to recreate those abuses.
Love that movie and have mentioned several times over the years….Some might think a star chamber is exactly what is needed for the criminals that have never seen a court room. You know, the ones that have the big bucks and use for the bad ….power mostly….The Untouchables.
That is what shocks me about our side….You know, regular hard working Americans…..GOD, Family, Country….Which are the majority….How is it that some have not been pushed to the limit?
Fire them
Princelings of Persia
Barack Obama brought the children and cronies of Iran’s ruling elite into the United States. Now they’re being sent back.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/iran-regime-cronies-deported
“Canadians Are Feeling the Economy Collapse in Real-Time”
For years, Canadians were told their economy was “strong,” their banking system was “safe,” and their housing market was “resilient.” Now reality is finally colliding with the propaganda as ordinary Canadians increasingly admit they feel trapped financially despite endless government claims that conditions are improving.
The numbers are becoming impossible to ignore. Recent polling shows that 71% of Canadians expect the cost of living to worsen in 2026, while 59% believe the broader economy itself will deteriorate further over the next year. Even more alarming, nearly 87% say they now feel financially trapped because wages are no longer keeping pace with housing costs, taxes, debt burdens, and everyday expenses.
Canada built one of the largest housing bubbles in the developed world during the era of artificially suppressed interest rates. Cheap money flooded into real estate for years while politicians treated rising home prices as proof of prosperity. In reality, housing inflation became a substitute for genuine economic growth. Families increasingly relied on debt and rising property values rather than productivity growth or expanding real wages.
Now the entire structure is under pressure. Mortgage renewals are becoming a major problem because many Canadians who were locked into low-rate loans during the easy-money years now face dramatically higher payments upon renewal. Household debt levels in Canada remain among the highest in the G7 relative to disposable income. At the same time, food costs, insurance premiums, utility bills, fuel expenses, and property taxes continue rising aggressively.
The middle class is being squeezed from every direction simultaneously.
Reuters recently reported that Canada’s weakening housing market is now damaging consumer psychology directly because the so-called “wealth effect” from rising home prices has begun reversing. Canadians who once believed housing appreciation would permanently carry the economy higher are now confronting stagnant property values alongside rising debt costs and deteriorating affordability.
The younger generation faces an even worse situation. Homeownership has become increasingly unattainable across large portions of the country, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver where housing costs detached completely from local incomes years ago. Many younger Canadians now spend extraordinary percentages of their earnings simply on rent while watching taxes and living expenses consume what little disposable income remains.
The political establishment continues insisting immigration-driven population growth will somehow solve Canada’s structural weaknesses, but adding millions of people into an economy already struggling with housing shortages, strained healthcare systems, stagnant productivity growth, and declining affordability only intensifies pressure on infrastructure and living costs further.
Meanwhile, Mark Carney and the Canadian political class are now trying to align Canada more closely with Europe economically and politically just as Europe itself enters a depressionary phase into 2028 according to our ECM models. Europe is drowning in sovereign debt, industrial decline, energy instability, and collapsing middle-class purchasing power. Canada appears determined to follow many of the same policies involving climate regulation, centralized governance, expanding bureaucracy, and rising financial control mechanisms.
The Bank of Canada now faces the same trap confronting central banks globally. If rates remain elevated, households continue cracking under debt burdens and mortgage renewals. If rates fall aggressively, inflation risks accelerating again while the currency weakens further. Years of artificial monetary policy distorted housing values, encouraged leverage, and created an economy overly dependent on debt-fueled consumption.
The result is what Canadians are experiencing now in real-time, declining purchasing power disguised beneath official economic statistics.
The ECM has warned for years that sovereign debt crises eventually migrate down into household psychology. Governments can manipulate numbers temporarily, but they cannot force populations to feel financially secure when living standards continue to deteriorate.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/inflation/canadians-are-feeling-the-economy-collapse-in-real-time/
Plain solution: “MCGA!”
Restart your own domestic industry, and return to energy policies that can actually sustain it. Stop believing that the only thing your industries can do is to swap labels on other people’s stuff. Also stop believing that this magnificent planet needs “saving” by you.
It’s called: VISION. America has it, China has it (at your expense), Mexico’s trying to remember it. So, where does that now leave you? There’s your entire problem, and it’s located between your ears. Canada USED TO BE “great!” Could be again, except for the likes of you.
Spot on, Mike. In particular I like your suggestion “stop believing that the only thing that your industries can do is to swap labels on other peoples stuff.”
Innovation, nobody does it better than Americans. Not our exclusive province, just that many countries seek to stifle it rather than promote it. PDJT is a legendary promoter.
Great comment. Innovate to be great.
Well stated.
This decline has been in the making for decades. But ask your average Canadian today and they will tell you, “It’s all Trump’s fault.” The gaslighting there continues but it cannot be sustained.
Yes. They live in denal and connot see beyond the end of their nose and they will live through the devasting consequences.
” Mortgage renewals are becoming a major problem because many Canadians who were locked into low-rate loans during the easy-money years now face dramatically higher payments upon renewal.”
Who in their right mind would re-finance a loan at a higher rate? Things seem much worse than advertised. Oh well, thankfully they have euthanasia to fall back on.
They are required to refi every 5 years by law.
What most Americans do not know is that Canadians have to refi their mortgages every 5 years. If they bought at a really great low interest rate then they don’t get to keep it 5 years down the road if interest rates climb. This only benefits mortgage companies.
What a horrible system. No one can make long term financial plans. Imagine being a 2 income couple who could afford the low rate but then one of them passes away. Luckily, the surviving spouse is able to still afford the mortgage payment. However, Canada forces them to refi. If it is a higher rate then they may be priced out of their home.
It is a truly disgusting system designed to hurt homeowners.
Wow. I didn’t know that. I, too, was wondering about re-financing at a higher rate. How could that be? I bet the Canadian people didn’t think that one up….
I didn’t know that. Unbelievable rip off. Actually sounds criminal!
Sounds like all the “biggies” that control us peons here….Insurance….Banks…on and on….Consumer Protection Agency…yep sure /s.
Greetings Treepers! 🙏✝️🙏❤️🫵
morning
Howdy
Sorry, no direct link. But it’s a Labour bloodbath beyond belief in the UK as of this morning.
I am watching Talk TV and they have reform at 398.
Update =1342
4 hours ago
NEWS: Labour STILL have not gained a single seat in the local elections despite over 1200 seats being declared so far
https://nitter.poast.org/BasilTheGreat/status/2052657538097713372#m
Herr Starmer should commit seppuku
I had read elsewhere, unconfirmed, that Labour has lost over 80% of the contested seats.
The only thing keeping them from complete extinction is that not all council seats are up this round.
A complete rejection of Starmer, Labour and the traditional establishment by the people. Conservatives are bleeding out seats, too. And the Greens are only getting a handful.
Reform is the new big dog now.
Mornin’ all!
Another excellent illustration. Nice job!
Mornin’ WeeWeed!
morning
Four more UNRWA staff — including teachers — found to have kidnapped Israelis on Oct. 7, as feds weigh criminal charges
Published May 7, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET
By
Josh Christenson
More than 100 UNRWA officials are being investigated by the IG’s office — with evidence now supporting at least 21 were affiliated with Hamas or participated in the terror group’s massacre of 1,200 in the Jewish state, including 46 US citizens. More than 250 hostages were also taken back to the Gaza Strip.
“The recent investigation by the USAID IG confirms that the UN is deficient in vetting its own staff for ties to terrorist organizations,” a senior State Department official told The Post.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/four-more-unrwa-staff-including-teachers-found-to-have-kidnapped-israelis-on-oct-7-as-feds-weigh-criminal-charges/
The DOJ and FBI have already been looking into allegations that UNRWA employees assisted Hamas, according to two sources familiar with the matter. One of those people noted that USAID OIG’s evidence could be forwarded eventually to prosecutors should they decide to bring a case.
“The FBI is definitely involved in it on the counterterrorism side,” the other source noted, adding that “the murder of Americans” in Israel had prompted their involvement.
UNRWA had already faced a civil suit that alleged it “aided and abetted” Hamas by by providing more than$1 billion to Hamas but a Manhattan federal judge ruled last October that the agency has immunity from such legal claims since it is part of the United Nations.
The sooner the UN is dismantled the better for US.
If not dismantled then Trump should get US out of it.
‘World’ organizations should be a thing of the wayward past!
Sovereign Nations status should be the goal for the ‘world’…….back in the hands of the nation not the ‘world’
God Help US
morning Treepers ……………………………………..be well
Good morning bjorkdream. Just stunning, thank you.
Morning bjorkdream
Gorgeous sunrise.
Thank you.
Have a great day.
😍
NY leaders desperately try to stop billionaire bigs from fleeing city over Mamdani
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/ny-leaders-desperately-try-to-stop-billionaire-bigs-from-fleeing-city-over-mamdani/
Easy solution: Get rid of Mamdani. You will, sooner or later. This radical young man has not the slightest clue what it takes to be “Mayor of NYC.” He’ll keep wrecking your car until you take the keys away – and you will.
But first, you gotta admit that you swallowed a whole bunch of lies and made a colossal mistake. 🤡 There’s only one way out: “this guy goes.”
Not so easy unless someone decides to use violence to get rid of Mamdani:
The mayor of New York City cannot be recalled. There is no constitutional provision or general state statute that allows for the recall of elected officials in New York City
The concept of recall elections is not supported by New York law, meaning that voters cannot petition to remove a mayor through a direct vote.
Past cases have established that direct action by the electorate, such as a recall, is an exception and must be explicitly granted by law.
NY City is pretty much stuck with this clown the next 4 years unless they can impeach Mamdani or convict him of a crime. The city council is also elected every 4 years the election in the same year as the mayor so voting more opposition to him than there is currently is also not going to happen.
What it would take is massive demonstrations demanding his resignation–something that would probably only happen when the city has finally reached the last stages of bankruptcy, and maybe not even then.
You don’t get it…New Yorkers have bought into him…they are hard core Libs…bible is the New York Times…they’re news cycle is MS Now…don’t expect any changes…
He’ll ruin the City…reality what’s left to ruin…we know it but they never will…
Lost cause…
And they will blame it on Trump!
Oh Well! It’s not like they weren’t warned.
A taste of Taqiyya on the Rocks’?
Should be Mamdani fleeing; what’s wrong with NYers!!
And the “Mrs”….
Too late for that. Reap what you sow, suckers!
Gen Z’ers on SSRIs for years are finally starting to question the risks — and are agreeing with RFK Jr.
Gen Z is finally waking up and realizing that they were mass-prescribed antidepressants without much consideration for the long-term side effects.
Among them is Ella Emhoff, the 26-year-old stepdaughter of Kamala Harris, who recently took to TikTok to express concern that she’s having difficulty coming off of SSRIs herself.
“I’ve been on SSRIs for over a decade, almost 15 years probably, and [now researchers are] calling out the lack of research on long-term use of these things,” she said to her 60,000-plus followers.
That means Emhoff was around 11 years old when she started taking the drugs, which are prescribed to treat depression and anxiety.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/opinion/gen-zers-finally-realize-they-were-overprescribed-antidepressants/
“Kids squirm in church.” That’s what they DO, even before the puberty hormones kick in! So, prescribe “zombie drugs” that also interfere with those hormones. Brilliant.
And, what about those “very violent” kids? The ones who shoot up schools, before killing themselves and leaving behind “manifestos” that show no emotion at all? Could there be a LINK? Naaaahhh …
Just “trust the good Doctor,” and do whatever he tells you to do. With your kid.
I tell parents when there kids squirm and cry to much in church how glad I am to see the young ones in church and not to worry about it that church is where the belong.
One of my biggest disappointments is seeing babies/young children baptized and then never seeing the family in church again.
Luke 9:47-48
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”
Control the kids, control the world…….well at least the next generation. AND with women aborting at a massive rate, the future generations look bleak.
Maybe the cherished babies will be strong enough to overcome the odds!!
God Help US
I sincerely believe that many of those that are being born, are just that.
Very strong, and tend to have strong parents and grand parents.
We never just “trust” a doctor. We always do our own research on a medical condition.
If I need to visit a doctor, I come prepared with knowledge and questions.
I’ve noted that most doctors use some form of AI/computer program for diagnostics and prescriptions.
The Covid years have irreparably damaged any confidence I once had in “doctors”.
Even psychologists know medication can’t “cure” what self control and God is able to do.
Christ Is Sufficient for All Your Crises https://share.google/fOekROcdwAluLmjQz
Never understood medication for kids this young. Then again I am no fan of antidepressants in the first place. Can we talk openly about these drugs in the context of mental health awareness?
Teachers that didn’t want to deal with active boys. This started with putting young boys and girls together at a young age. Boys are more active and learn differently than girls that are more sedate. Schools became girl centric. I don’t think boys and girls should be mixed before JR. High School.
Boys in general should have men teachers that understand their activity level. Boys need more activity and there is less and less every year.
Recess time in American schools has declined dramatically over the last fifty years, with elementary students now averaging only 20 to 30 minutes of recess daily, compared to 90 to 120 minutes in the 1970s.
My oldest son was hyper active. School nurse and doctor prescribed Ritalin. It gave him horrible headaches.
We asked his teacher about his hyper activity. She said it happened most often right after lunch.
We investigated the school lunches and found that they used processed foods with high sugar/carbohydrates.
We took him off of Ritalin and started sending him to school with a sack lunch with whole foods and complex carbs.
A month later, his hyper activity was greatly reduced.
No wonder Ella is so screwed up. Her brains are SSRI damaged
Drugs and alcohol can be used for recreation or re-creating.
The 60’s showed how to entertain and educate for mass conversion to ‘the good life’ of freedom. Of course with addiction all freedom is lost, dependency ensues.
Think the 60’s were great or a great trap…..the one’s who agreed with ‘great’ went on to teach.
And the wheels on the bus went round and round…..
God Help US
DOJ pushes to denaturalize ‘most prolific’ Cuban spy who served as US ambassador
Federal prosecutors filed a civil denaturalization complaint Thursday against Manuel Rocha, arguing that his history of aiding the Cuban government against the US for decades is grounds to void his citizenship.
“Victor Manuel Rocha was not a low-level operative. He was a former United States Ambassador and senior government official who admitted he secretly served the Cuban regime for decades,” US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/doj-pushes-to-denaturalize-convicted-cuban-spy-who-served-as-a-us-ambassador/
Why Ketanji Brown Jackson is hell-bent on destroying the Supreme Court
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/opinion/ketanji-brown-jackson-hell-bent-on-destroying-the-supreme-court/
She isn’t hellbent, like she has a plan.
She is bent to hell because she is an ignorant and arrogant unqualified moron, an imbecile, and an abtuse, asinine, dullard moonbat.
The woman who can’t define what a woman is…🤔
My son was on a flight with her one month ago…she came on the plane with two bodyguards and a mask on…
No one else on the plane had a mask…
She’s a nutjob lib…
Someone has a plan. Not sure it’s her. Not sure she has a clue, let alone a plan. I doubt she even writes her own opinons for cases – I think they are handed to her.
KJB’s plan is no different than most other stupid liberals, ‘resist’ It’s the more intelligent liberals that are so devious and keep hidden that are the biggest threat.
Iran built a massive ghost fleet to evade sanctions.
Protect your precious pets harder than ever. Maybe your vet is using Merck Nobivac NXT:
Why is this guy not in prison?
He’s backed by the ‘science’…….like Climate Change it’s the farce makers in control……. only, no one winds up laughing.
As things evolve, politically, remember this picture and how the democrats prefer to molly coddle criminals, picture on top left, this week, 3 shot and killed, 7 shot and wounded and its only Friday morning, this man might run for President one day:
https://heyjackass.com/enlightening-commentary/wrong-place-wrong-time-weekend-5/
May to date
Shot..23
Homicides..8
Year to date
Shot..553 + 3% from last year
Homicides..143 + 7% from last year
But always remember,,,Crime is down.
So a Hantavirus ship records its first death.
The strain on board is the only one capable of human-to-human transmission.
Their response?
Let two dozen passengers from 12 countries walk off with zero contact tracing.
Board international flights.
Scatter across the globe.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2052664563112239409#m
Well how else can they start another round of shots and death?
More importantly, how else can they stop European elections this fall to cling to power?
PDJT won’t let them start WWIII with Russia.
What we really need is a hysteria vaccine.
Well Dr Zelenko said any RNA virus would respond to IVM and HCG (+Vit C, Zinc etc)
Hanta Virus is a RNA virus
Hantaviruses are enveloped viruses with a tripartite, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA (-ssRNA) genome, classified under the family Hantaviridae. The genome consists of three segments—small (S), medium (M), and large (L)—which encode the nucleocapsid protein, glycoprotein precursor, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), respectively
Your body naturally uses Zinc to fight viruses. It needs a so-called “ionophore,” such as Quercetin, to get where it needs to go. It blocks viral replication, using a process we now fully understand.
People who have been sick a long time can become deficient in Zinc. (It doesn’t take much to do the job, however.)
Remember when Mamma fed you chicken soup with leafy greens and promised it would make you feel better – and it did? Well, here is the biochemistry. Natural sources of Zinc and ionophores. And, “plenty of liquids.”
Remember when the degraded the definition of a vaccine so far that it could apply to chicken soup because it helps you immune system fight the virus?
Ah, the good old days of using biological Warfare to take over the world. /s
Dr. Zelenko is greatly missed. He educated many of us right when the MSM hysterics about Covid began.
He was heroically and successfully treating his many patients.
MAP
There is a risk of a major hantavirus outbreak
Dozens of potentially infected passengers from the cruise ship Hondius had already disembarked and scattered around the world before the deadly outbreak was discovered on board.
Health authorities across four continents are now racing to track and monitor passengers who left the hantavirus-stricken ship before the outbreak was detected.
They are also trying to locate others who may have come into contact with them.
The WHO has only managed to locate some of these passengers more than two weeks after they disembarked.
In that time, they could have interacted with thousands of people.
The map shows the countries where passengers from the affected cruise ship traveled before the deadly hantavirus outbreak was discovered. Tell why out break wont happen like Covid
https://nitter.poast.org/Arkasiraee/status/2052682490418966789#m
BREAKING: MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak – Updated May 8, 2026
Confirmed Andes virus with human-to-human transmission | UK confirms 3rd suspected case | Ship en route to Canary Islands
9+ total cases | 5 lab-confirmed | 4+ suspected | 3 deaths | UK case (3rd Briton) added
https://hantawatch.net/
Why are people quarantined for 40+ days? ▼
Hantavirus has a long incubation period of 1-8 weeks (typically 2-4 weeks). A 40-day (6-week) quarantine provides a margin of safety to monitor for delayed symptom onset. Healthcare experts recommend close contacts of confirmed cases monitor for fever and symptoms for this extended period, ensuring any infections are caught early for treatment.
Because they finally admit that quarantinig the healthy was a bad idea?
Uh oh…I can easily see 16 weeks to flatten the curve….incubation of 8 weeks so they will double the isolation to be sure/s
I survived the repeal of Net Neutrality. I think I’ll survive this one.
But I will pick up some extra toilet paper this weekend, as the locals around here watch too much TV.
OH! I forgot about toilet paper! Thanks for the reminder. /
If you live in PA, GA or WI no need to worry, they make the most toilet paper.
Pennsylvania is the state that produces the most toilet paper in the United States, with several major manufacturing facilities located there. Other significant states for toilet paper production include Georgia and Wisconsin.
I live in PA. The original home of Scott Paper, makers of the famous 1,000 sheet roll. The ones they rolled down hills and across fields in those TV ads 50+ years ago.
Democrats drove Scott out of Philly over 40 years ago.
And the local loons cleared the shelves here in 2019-20. The grocers were rationing it for a couple months. No more than four rolls to a customer for a while.
Thank goodness we have bidets, and don’t use all that much of it.
We now keep a 20-roll reserve in a closet somewhere. For us, that’s enough for any roll-a-geddon.
Wasn’t there a gigantic paper warehouse fire in CA last month? Like millions of rolls burned up by an arsonist.
We just finished off the TP we hoarded in 2020.
Is 600 rolls too many?
😀
Oh man……a revisit of the great TP shortage of 2020…. 🤣
Actually, Hantavirus is difficult to spread, because it is by contact. A cruise ship is a vulnerable place because lots of people are in the same place and touching the same things. Companies do have crew protocols that can swing into action. There’s a reason why many of them squirt hand sanitizer at the entrance to the cafeteria, for example. And sterilize handrails throughout the day.
Old-school but it works: “Wash your hands frequently, and don’t rub your eyes.”
Gain of function anyone?
“handwashing is the single most important thing one can do, to prevent the spread of infection”.
That was the first thing that we were taught as we started the nursing part of our curriculum, 50+ years ago…
It is still taught, today.
Interesting developments for sure. I recommend Nic Hulscher as a source for quality info and data on this topic as well as Covid.
https://xcancel.com/NicHulscher
Several posts over the last 48 hours cover this as well as the self-amplifying mRNA horror of the pet vaccines in the preceding post.
I am far more concerned about the jabs they have lined up than the concocted ‘outbreaks’ they have ginned up to force them on people.
Hopefully, enough people have figured out the last scamdemic to just say NO this time.
Thank you for the link 👍
I know there is a kennel cough self amplifying vaccine
Have they come out with the rabies version?
From what I read, the rabies vaccine is now mRNA, as well. Sickening.
As I understand it, it’s now a self amplifying version of mRNA which means it deliberately continues to increase in the body forever and enhances transmission to others by shedding.
You can learn the evil details in Nic Hulscher’s X account linked above.
Utterly despicable.
there is a new RECOMBINANT bordetella (kennel cough) vaccine,
but no mrna vax on the market for either bordetella or rabies.
Thank you.
I saw this earlier, linked by treeper Frostback.
It states they do have the mRNA rabies…maybe not on market, yet?
https://xcancel.com/NicHulscher/status/2052459263684210743#m
regarding Merck’s Nobivac NXT rabies vaccine:
“In a statement sent by email on December 12, Merck said that ‘the vaccine is not yet commercially available in the US due to contractual obligations.’
It was, however, made available in Canada in June 2024.”
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.87XT7G3
Thank you, zoom!
PLEASE, STOP IT!
“Kat A 🌸
@SaiKate108
19h
Dr Drew absolutely loses it over the Hantavirus hype !!
‘It’s not a respiratory virus. Stop it. Stop it now….its been around a long time’
One has a greater chance of being struck by lightening.
We are not doing this again.”
https://nitter.poast.org/SaiKate108/status/2052437331349733405#m
“One has a greater chance of being struck by lightening.”
This x 100.
We dispatch dozens of mice here every late November, as the onset of cold forces them indoors. And we’ve been doing it for many decades. We do it not because of disease, but because of damage. A bucket of Contrac every year, and it’s a quiet Christmas.
Hantavirus is generally used to sell hardware store mousetraps to hysterical housewives. But the internal damage they can do to the house is the real threat if left unchecked.
Outside of the Southwest US (where it is an issue with desert rats), hantavirus in most of the US is like finding hen’s teeth. It just doesn’t happen, ever. And it is not a human-transferable pathogen anyway. You have to breathe in the droppings dust.
And we HAVE had lightning strike within 100 feet of the house. Those you literally FEEL in the air, as all your nearby most sensitive electronics die from the pulse.
But big pharma’s malicious media will hype this hantascare up for the next month, frighting all the weak minded to wear idiot masks all summer.
Yes!
I read somewhere yesterday reminding us that Gene Hackman’s wife, died from hantavirus, in April 2025, and there was no hysteria about it at the time.
No virus is alarming if it can’t be carried human to human, and common Hantavirus cannot be transmitted from another human except for the rare variety named Andes.
Hackman’s wife probably just had the normal variety of Hantavirus which is only carried by rats. I do not know the strain of Hantavirus that was on the cruise ship, but if it is the Andes strain then they do have a problem if people have left the ship.
And that is why they are claiming it is the Andes type hantavirus.
The horrific mRNA faux vaccine is already made and waiting…..this is looking familiar.
I’m sure it will be all over Virginia by the end of this weekend, after that court decision this morning.
Exactly. 👍
She died from it, almost certainly from exposure to the rampant rats there, per some later reports.
And Hackman died in the house alongside her, days later, as he was suffering from dementia, and knew not what was happening.
Media states “Cruise ship”…we think of a Cruise Ships as one like Carnival, MSC, Silver Sea…nice ones.
This was a POS old large yacht…designated as a “Cruise Ship” …probably held 20 people..no wonder a bunch of people got sick…
Media is trying to fan the flames of another pandemic…they are a POS just like the ship
Sounds like what China did regarding the first covid
Just hope they cleaned up all the mouse shite before anyone else can board; that’s how Hantavirus is spread, deer mice shit turned to dust and inhaled. It’s usually spread to humans, in areas where deer mice thrive, cleaning out old sheds, barns, etc. It looks like dust/dirt.
My first encounter with patients was in Gallup, NM. Diseases in different areas of the US are very interesting.
Another win for President Trump and for America!
Genius! Office of Strategic Capital at work!
Two years ago this would not have found capital funding because, well, it is in our national interest.
Now, it is funded because, well, it is in our national interest. Remember all the bluster over “buying Greenland”?
Office of Strategic Capital bypasses Wallstreet and central banks which have been funding globalist agendas over our national interests for decades. China was given control of rare earth minerals for a reason. It is in the Department of War because our enemies use capital to force globalization.
https://www.cto.mil/osc/
We need Greenland to stop NATO Gangsters from launching a missile from there and blaming it on Putin.
A very moving moment for Secy Rubio while in Italy as they do his ancestrial background back to the region. Secy Rubio says he understand Italian and gives a litle respoonse in Italian while promising to learn it better and give a full speech in Italian when he returns.
Let the memes begin:):)
Imagine … a multi-lingual “Secretary of STATE!” Whodathunkit? 🤡
🤣 🤣
Another day, another job…
I can’t stop laughing!!!!
Did we just watch Little Marco become Little Cicero?
😉
https://www.gjsentinel.com/tina-peters-latest-request-for-bail-denied/article_a404065a-e9a5-47b2-aae1-ef958b9cef5c.html
Latest news on Tina Peters. This is shameful. Judge Matthew Barrett needs to be removed from her case for unfair punishment. An ethics complaint needs to be filled against the Judge.
There is no state remedy for this one in THAT state. So it must be federal.
She has a team working this, so we’ll see.
We were able to get Maduro, I think we could get Tina Peters if we really wanted to.
Pres Donald Trump releases highly-anticipated UFO files detailing ‘extraterrestrial life’
https://www.gbnews.com/news/donald-trump-ufo-files-extraterrestrial-life
I can’t wait for what Hecklefish has to say about this.
Did you know Memorial Day is on June 1st this year?
no what happened to May 31 or was it 30th?
It’s been the last Monday of May ever since I’ve been alive.
You must be young. Before 1971 it was static on May 30th.
Actually I’m not young, I was still in grade school in 1971 so my memory may have been triggered to “Another day off, no school!”.
I checked the calendar and they are both there.
Traditionally Memorial Day was every May 30th. (previously called Decoration Day)
May 30th was traditionally Memorial Day because it was chosen in 1868 by General John A. Logan to allow flowers to be in bloom across the country for decorating the graves of fallen soldiers. This date was not the anniversary of any specific battle, making it a suitable day for remembrance.
When and why was Memorial Day changed to a rotating Monday holiday?
In 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which took effect in 1971 and moved Memorial Day from its traditional fixed date of May 30 to the last Monday in May. The change aimed to provide more three-day weekends for workers by placing several federal holidays on Mondays, simplifying scheduling and promoting leisure and travel.
My birthday is May 31st so I am very aware of Memorial days, which can now fall on my birthday some years, but not very often, I think twice in 55 years,
My mom’s birthday was the 31st as well. Been gone since 1991 and alas, my mmd is in swift pursuit.
It’s on May 25.
Yup!
My traditional wall calendar says May 25th. AI and phone apps will steer you wrong.
AI = Attempted Intelligence!
I like that! Thank you, I will borrow it, if you don’t mind.
No, it’s on 5/25
Memorial Day
USA
Monday, May 25, 2026
Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a solemn occasion dedicated to honoring the men and women who gave their lives while serving in the US military. Observed in AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA.
https://memorialday2026.com/when-is-memorial-day-2026/
Memorial day will always be May 30th to me.
actually observed nationwide
My calendar and the internet says that it is on Monday May 25th. May 31 is on a Saturday so they moved it to the closest Monday in May.
“ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for all email communications between National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) FOIA Officer Margaret Moore and top NIAID officials, including former Director Dr. Anthony Fauci (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (No. 1:26-cv-01491)).
Moore is the “FOIA Lady” who allegedly taught David Morens, pandemic-era NIAID senior advisor to Fauci, “how to make emails disappear after I am foia’d” to cloak top NIAID officials’ communications from ever seeing the light of day.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/sashalatypova/p/judicial-watch-sues-national-institute?r=b7nwz&utm_medium=ios
When the ‘scientists’ are messing with human DNA it has to be covered up; because it goes against all laws of nature and man.
mRNA had to be shielded; the mere name outs it’s nefarious manmade origins. From RNA to DNA.
HIV and Wuhan crossed the threshold of altering human life – DNA.
A heinous act covered by ‘saving’ lives. The death toll from both diseases is heinous in itself, but it will continue to affect the human population without even a slap on the wrist. mRNA was made mandatory around the world; let that sink in.
A Crime against Humanity of that proportion needs to be punished.
Turning a blind eye is the same as a wink for them to continue……
God Help US
Monday. Statutes of limitations ends.
“Today, the Department of War announced the initial release of new, never-before-seen files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE).”
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/
Welp, I’m not impressed with the footage. I’ve seen & filmed way more interesting & questionable things sky-watching in my backyard & elsewhere. 😏
let me know if they release footage of rosa de lauro debarking her interstellar craft. 👽 🛸
spell check sneak attack! 🤣
should read “disembarking”.
581 Days: Will Tina’s Sacrifice Be Worth the Cost? Guest Mark Cook: Smurfs in CO! https://share.google/MOSNH17MSzsYcE6WU
More on Tina Peters still in prison 581 days!
An excellent video revealing evidence of the national security threat stolen elections pose.
BREAKING!
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-decision-on-democrat-gerrymander-n2202127
Virginia Supreme Court overturns Spanberger’s gerrymandering map!
VA keeps five GOP districts!
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-virginia-congress-democrats-republicans-12a31037f3c9a94d3cb9fbcaaf84d94f
Link to opinion:
https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
Loved this bit: “While the Commonwealth is free by its lights to do the right thing for the right reason, the Rule of Law requires that it be done the right way.”
Ken Cuccinelli II
@KenCuccinelli
Virginia Redistricting Referendum Struck Down by Virginia Supreme Court:
https://vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
https://x.com/KenCuccinelli/status/2052751857773154587?s=20
This hurts Dems midterm hopes…especially with Red states successfully redistributing.
This and the Callais opinion from SCOTUS last week.
No, I’m not tired of winning…
Hurts? They are in big trouble. Basic non-common core math is now strongly against them.
The midterm doom peddlers that have been flocking here lately are awaiting new negative talking points.
Alex Pfeiffer
@AlexPfeiffer
The Democrats lit $80 million on fire in Virginia!
Virginia State Supreme Court strikes down the clearly unconstitutional redistricting referendum!
https://x.com/AlexPfeiffer/status/2052753628285333664?s=20
That’s $80 million that could have been spent on the fall general election. They’re not exactly flush with money now, either.
The foreign billions will flush in somehow.
That’s how they do it every cycle. Big money, out of thin air.
Not this time. Louise Lucas head of VA Senate has been seized by the FBI. She was funneling money to Dems all over the State. Lucas is in a heap of trouble because this thing is huge with tentacles including the current AG is involved. Already some Dem politicians in Northern VA have resigned. Act Blue is under investigation. USAID has been shut down.
Act Blue needs to be nailed. That’s the washing machine.
That’s how it gets in. And then they tag the donations to some old woman on social security 600 times.
I forgot to add BLM has been under massive investigation for fraud and leaders being arrested. They funneled a lot of money too. Not anymore.
OUTSTANDING NEWS!
(yes, that deserves all caps)
Love this quote!!!
“Constitutions should not be changed lightly.”
From Captain Keshel:
Today is going to be a glorious meltdown of the America-hating left.
Virginia Supreme Court has nullified the referendum and the Dems will lose at least 3 of the gains they were looking for, if not all 4.
Meanwhile the South is full steam ahead. Get your GOP primary shares bought – this is now a real race.
https://t.me/ElectionHQ2024/13855
Even though the tornado sirens were sounding yesterday, the Alabama State Senate stayed in session long enough to pass its post-Callais re-districting map.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/alabama-republicans-vote-to-gerrymander-state-as-tornado-sirens-blare/ar-AA22Ch5n
Expect orchestrated and coordinated violence.
Because that’s what they resort to when they don’t get their way.
🥳🥳🥳🥳🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Huge win for the Republican Party, and America, in Virginia. The Virginia Supreme Court has just struck down the Democrats’ horrible gerrymander. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116539521227824996
Jason Miyares
@JasonMiyaresVA
If Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats had paid attention my October 2025 AG’s Opinion that made clear this scheme was unconstitutional and illegal, they could have saved more than $70 million, countless headaches, and months of obnoxious television ads defending the indefensible.
Instead, they ignored the law, wasted taxpayer money on running a special election, and dragged Virginians through a completely avoidable mess.
https://x.com/JasonMiyaresVA/status/2052756571243909513?s=20
Susan Kokinda makes an appearance on TGP that may interest our CTH community:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/forget-conventional-wisdom-please-dont-try-apply-previous/
Good morning , Sundance, May 8th – 2026, Amen!#
The Most Important Race in America Is a Republican Primary in Kentucky
https://sayerji.substack.com/p/the-most-important-race-in-america
Massie says he is not a rubber stamp for Trump.
At this critical point in time we need to be a solid wall, just like the Dems are in any battle, if we secure elections and install MAGA as the new normal, then it will be safe to discuss differences and different approaches, but until such time give me a Republican Congress full of Trump rubber stamps, not people who are willing to sacrifice the entire war for ‘muh principles’.
Massie is bad news. I hope he is primaried.
He is so desperate that he and Tucker recently inferred that Trump actually had Epstein arrested so he could have him killed in jail.
I’m done with him.
Love the way he cuts off stupid questions too…
Suspect China may be the one…
The UN resolution with a pretty good analogy.
https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
thank you God!
HOLY COW
HOLY COW
OH MY GOSH!
In a 4-3 decision, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the legislature violated procedural rules to put the redistricting referendum on the ballot.
The election results are thrown out!
This is a political earthquake!
Victory.
https://truthsocial.com/@ScottPresler/116539588916349018
🚨BREAKING — The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a congressional redistricting map approved by voters in a referendum last month, ruling that the Democratic-controlled Legislature failed to follow constitutional procedures when advancing the measure.
https://x.com/electionwiz/status/2052769576094445790?s=46&t=MRsSpiGJq0d9cgNcH7cVqA
https://truthsocial.com/@Electionwiz/116539615520853838
LMFAO! Hakeem Jeffries is now getting MOCKED nationwide after he threatened Republicans on redistricting:
“F around and FIND OUT!” 🤡
Now HE found out, the Virginia Supreme Court just restored +4 Republican House seats
Florida redrew, Tennessee redrew, South Carolina, Louisiana and others are in the process
🇺🇸Join👉 @SGTnewsNetwork
Video:
https://t.me/SGTnewsNetwork/137020
Apparently the Iranians didn’t learn anything yesterday… (note: unconfirmed)
Suspect it started with this idiotic move… (confirmed action)
The confirmation on the UAE attack by Iran.
Iran’s Mullahs are not going to win brownie points by attacking an ancient neighbor who isn’t (yet!) attacking them. They are doing this when no one is attacking them!
It’s damned clear now to all their neighbors that these Mullahs who hijacked Iran 47 years ago are an existential threat that must now be stopped. Forever.
It is not the once-proud country called “Iran.” It is the Mullah imposters. Arabs know the difference.
Related – due to the blockade, Iran is getting desperate for empty tankers to use as storage for their oil to preclude well shutdowns, and have taken to piracy on the high seas.
It’s gonna have trouble with its rudder.
Can people stop using the highly emotive term barrage, when they are really taking about a handful of missiles and drones. Salvo, might be a more accurate term, but the former is deliberately being used to suggest that Iran still largely retains its pre-conflict capabilities, which it demonstrably does not.
I would call them pot shots, but I don’t write ’em, just share ’em.
“UN gone bust, Trump says no more freeloading on US or wasted money on climate scams”
By cairnsnews on May 8, 2026
The United Nations is facing insolvency. In a January 28, 2026 letter to all 193 member states, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the organization faces “imminent financial collapse,” with cash reserves nearly exhausted and outstanding dues hitting a record $1.57 billion by the end of 2025, more than double the amount outstanding at the end of 2024. Unless collections improve, Guterres warned, the UN will run out of cash by July 2026.
The crisis is compounded by a structural rule requiring the UN to return unspent budget funds to member states even when those funds were never collected in the first place. In early 2026, the UN was forced to return $227 million it had never received, with an additional $72 million offset against arrears. Guterres described this as a “Kafkaesque cycle, expected to give back cash that does not exist.”
To address the shortfall, the UN cut its 2026 budget from $3.72 billion to $3.45 billion, abolishing approximately 2,900 staff positions, nearly a fifth of its workforce, and slashing special political mission allocations by 21 percent. Wide-scale non-payment by member states has accelerated the crisis. In 2025, 42 of 193 member states failed to pay their assessments in full, and by the February 8, 2026 due date, only 55 countries had paid.
The United States is the dominant factor. Historically the UN’s largest contributor at 22 percent of the regular and peacekeeping budgets, roughly $820 million per year, the U.S. paid no dues at all in 2025 and accounts for approximately 95 percent of all unpaid contributions currently owed. The total U.S. debt stands at $2.2 billion to the regular operating budget, $767 million for 2026 and the remainder from 2025, plus a separate $1.8 billion owed for peacekeeping operations and $528 million for past peacekeeping missions.
In August 2025, Trump cancelled roughly $800 million in peacekeeping funds previously appropriated for 2024 and 2025, and the White House budget office has since proposed eliminating all U.S. peacekeeping funding for 2026. Trump also withdrew the U.S. from at least 66 international organizations, including 31 within the UN system, among them the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Democracy Fund, UN Oceans, and UN Women.
In mid-February 2026, the U.S. made a first partial payment toward its debt, which a UN spokesperson confirmed goes toward past dues on the regular budget. As of early May 2026, the U.S. has paid approximately $160 million of the more than $4 billion it owes across regular and peacekeeping budgets combined. Guterres has stated that the outstanding assessed contributions are “non-negotiable,” a mandatory legal obligation of membership, and has stressed that non-payment and reform are two distinct issues. A UN spokesperson was blunter: “when it comes to paying, it’s now or never.”
The Trump administration frames its position as leverage. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz told Congress the UN has “drifted from its core mission of peacemaking” and confirmed the administration has conditioned payment on reform: “We’ve withheld this year. We haven’t paid any, and my first meeting with the Secretary-General was, ‘here are the reforms that we need to see before you start talking about taxpayer dollars.’” Waltz argued the organization needs to be “cut up” and reformed before U.S. money flows again, pointing out that seven separate UN agencies work on climate alone.
The administration has branded its approach “Make the UN Great Again,” MUNGA. In April 2026 Senate testimony, Waltz cited $570 million in UN budget cuts and the elimination of nearly 3,000 headquarters positions as evidence the pressure is producing results, while U.S. Ambassador for Management and Reform Jeff Bartos stated flatly: “The UN has to stop doing stupid things.”
The administration’s case for cutting or eliminating UN funding rests on documented institutional failures spanning decades. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated at the 2026 Munich Security Conference, the UN failed to stop the war in Gaza, failed to end the war in Ukraine, and failed to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The failure in Ukraine is structural and chronic: when Russia moved to annex Crimea in 2014, the Security Council convened seven emergency sessions only to watch Russia veto the sole draft resolution, supported by 13 of 15 members, that would have declared the referendum invalid. The General Assembly passed a nonbinding resolution affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity, which Russia ignored. Eight years later, Russia launched a full-scale invasion and the Security Council was paralyzed by the same veto.”
For all links within this source post at :
https://cairnsnews.org/2026/05/08/un-gone-bust-trump-says-no-more-freeloading-on-us-or-wasted-money-on-climate-scams/
No sympathy from me. The UN has been mismanaged for years, fiscally irresponsible, straying far away from it’s original intent all while being funded in large part by everyone’s favorite piggy bank, the good old USA. Pres. Trump has done the right things here. Before one more penny comes from America, the UN must be trimmed fiscally and it’s mission reformed. Otherwise, let it fall.
UN also did absolutely nothing as NATO expanded its borders to touch Russia at multiple points. Russia complained loudly to the same Council and nothing ever happened. Russia finally turned to war as NATO’s proxy at last prepared to invade.
Let’s see: “2,900 x 5.” That’s a staff of 14,500 people. Quite a family to provide for, don’t you think?
For those with interest, at the direction of POTUS they are starting to release large caches of documents on the “UAP” phenomena. The cache is at the Department of War website:
https://www.war.gov/UFO/
The announcement:
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/
link to the “Department of War release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files in Historic Transparency Effort”
(the UFO files with link to searchable records)
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/
I just saw the UFO files that were released by President Trump. It’s the same old kind of moving dots and fuzzy blobs that I’ve been looking at for the past 50 years. Until I see a Vor’cha class Klingon starship or a Keldon class Cardassian starship, I will remain unconvinced.
I’d settle for a Corellian light freighter.
Hey, that’s my paper plate!
It’s all a bunch of nonsense. The distances are so vast between solar systems with habitable planets, even within the same galaxy, let alone between galaxies, that no alien race and humans will ever likely meet. Not saying alien races out there cannot exist. Maybe they do, but you will probably have to save your curiousity about it until you find yourself in the afterlife.
Most of what you see about faster-than-lightspeed technologies is simply science fiction trying to let readers and viewers make sense of their story lines. All current theories are just that – theories. No reason to believe any of it could ever pan out, even if technology could be developed to implement any such a theory.
Once saw an estimate that using the fastest current technology, if an inter-stellar spaceship could even be designed to use it, it would take at least 60,000 years to reach the nearest possible habitable planets, two of which are believed to be in the Alpha Centauri system about 4.25 light years away. That is just one-way and it is around 10 times the length of recorded history, so even if we could send such a mission, it certainly would not be manned and the spaceship would probably malfunction long before it could get there despite all the redundancies you could fill it with.
So study the stars all you want – we are not going there, and no one out there is coming here. And that might just be God’s plan, perhaps similar to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. This UFO stuff grabs a lot of attention and fun and that is fine. But everyone should just keep some rational perspective about all of it.
There are other possibilities, such as the aliens are already here and have always been here. So many ancient structures all over the world were built using technology that early humans could not possibly have possessed. The “aliens” could have separated from regular humans and moved under the oceans, to Antarctica, or even inside the moon.
These UAP anomalies could even be the fallen angels that left heaven with Lucifer.
Or these could be inter-dimensional beings who can move into and out of our dimension/universe.
So many possibilities if you just open your mind to them.
I am an occasional viewer of Ancient Aliens and a fan of Giorgio Tsoukalos. However, I always ask myself: why didn’t those ancient aliens leave any trash behind? We left a bunch of stuff on the surface of the moon, as well as one of Alan Shepard’s golf balls. Why didn’t the ancient aliens lose track of one of those stone cutting lasers in the Egyptian desert? Why couldn’t they have ditched a malfunctioning boulder levitator in the mountains of Peru?
I see your point. Just because we have not solved the problem of galactic travel, doesn’t mean the problem cannot be solved. I also like your idea about fallen angels. There seem to be plenty of them in Los Angeles and New York.
Jobs report shows continued improvement…
Including continued reduction in the federal leech count..