Let’s face the facts, we are being ruled by levels of blackmailed elite deviant politicians. The deep state are the top feeders, congressional leaders are the middle feeders and the regular senators and congress people are the bottom feeders. 85% of them are or have been corrupted many times blackmailed.
If there’s one thing the Swalwell and Gonzalez resignations shines a bright light on it has exposed the the way Washington DC works. You see it’s like the Epstein model, you get compromising information on someone which may include videos, people’s testimonies, pictures, a crime that has been committed, and then you’ve got-’em. When Nancy Pelosi, John Thune, Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson wants to stall something or push something through, make a deal in congress, well Mr. Swalwell I’d hate to see all of this material come out on you. To hell with constituents or doing the right thing, it’s straight up blackmail. This is why America is so, so screwed up. All of the political elites are one press conference away from resigning, indicted, or expelled including the leaders. I believe this is why no one has ever paid for the vulgar disgusting Epstein child rape scandal. If they open that can of snakes, yes people would uncontrollably go down, but the blackmail of these people would be over, and now the deep state would lose much of their control.
The deep state controls the leaders and the leaders decide what to redact or black out from these files. It’s one level of the mafia protecting the next level of the mafia protecting the lower level of the mafia. And you must be very careful or you may just be exposed or worse taken out.
Doesn’t it make sense Swalwell was running for California governor but only the top two candidates move forward. Swalwell was the top democrat candidate but still wasn’t in the top two so the democrats had to get rid of him, they threw him overboard, he was no longer a useful blackmailed idiot, so they got rid of him. Also notice with Swalwells resignation Gonzalez was forced to resign also so the balance of power would not change. This was negotiated way ahead of this coming out. It’s the swamp controlling and protecting itself.
Last but not least; there is a video of Swalwell having sex with a prostitute, or as democrats would say a sex worker. It was filmed by a third person that was in the room. Is anyone curious who that person is? For that matter shouldn’t we know the congress people that have used tax payer money, the slush fund, that paid off victims from sexual assault.
Depravity runs deep in DC and with Power and Money, they are insulated from justice!
Clintons, Epstein participants and Bidens all manage to avoid the law. Obama's personal chef is writing a all tell book and drowns.? Separating truth from fiction is difficult.
Dittos for General George S. Patton who was homicided by Truman/Eisenhower et al because the General bragged about the tell-all memoirs he was going to write about the former's politics and incompetence.
Could have been Stalin since during a business flight in Europe, Patton observed a Russian fighter was attacking his plane. Only evasive action by Patton's pilot saved him. Obviously, there was a Russian mole working in Patton's admin circle that had access to Patton's travel details.
Patton was so vociferous against homicidal maniac Josef Stalin, the USA's and Europe's biggest threat. Subsequently, it makes sense that Stalin wanted to homicide Patton, and BEFORE Patton's 3rd Army reached Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, where all of General Hans Kammler's exotic weapons development was occurring. Patton captured all the prototypes and engineering drawings only two days before the Russians arrived to do the same.
I just finished listening to the 2 Southern Mom and Southern Dad Advice videos, so when I went to your comment my brain read it in the Southern Mom voice cadence. made me smile when I realized.
that's how I was after reading Lonesome Dove. I dreamed in Texas twang. Yes I am a native Texan but don't twang much, Austin is different you know, but I'm always willing to put-on-the-dog at a moments notice. I thought the actress in those videos was great!
Fellow Texan, though I've lived in Virginia several decades now people still ask where I'm from. They hear that "Takesus twang" still! Google voice doesn't understand me either. 🤣
I've lived in VA my whole life, except briefly being born in Rhode Island. Whenever I listen to my own voice on the messaging ap, I always think "You kinda sound like a Hick". Makes me crack up...
Nailed it, James! I don't think you subscribe to DailyWire, and listen to Michael Knowles, but he also, pdq, concluded the same. This is a DEM play. In CA, now, R's will likely lose the chance to get a R Gov, whereas, against slimy Swalwell, the R's had a great chance of finally electing a R governor. Interesting - is how almost every supposed Truth Teller media informer, just plays along with the Fox level of narratives nowadays. It's sickening, and worrying. We had Truth Tellers during the covid era, but we have very few now. This nonsense against Tucker, dumping him into the Candace and Alex Jonex category is another example, of us losing "it". We've lost our BS-Mainstream narrative filter? or we've lost our Brave?
Every time we are stupidly going along with Fox, MSM- which now includes Newsmax, even MKnowles has difficulty calling a spade a spade too often, also this patten we're now stuck in - including the trend to ditz Tucker! Every time - we are harming a child. We must regain our savvy, be BRAVE. SAVE a Child. MANY more children will now be harmed because of another Lefty CA Governor! Let's say so, let's be honest about what just happened, let's LEARN, Teach the public. Isn't that who we are?
If you want a good read on how and when this level of corruption began, and it goes way back, don't look at Epstein--he's just a result. Whitney Webb's two volume book "A Nation Under Blackmail" is detailed and well researched.
Read both volumes. I found it a difficult read only because it didn’t really flow. But it does name names and gives you the big picture and players. There isn’t a political party that hasn’t joined in the reindeer games here. Eye opening and sad.
I found it a tough read too. I wish I had thought to put up one of those big white boards with all the players on post its-with strings flowing from one to another. It would have given a better picture.
Swalwell lost his usefulness and/or threatened a plan, otherwise they would have continued covering for him just as they've done ever since his escapades with the Chinese spy were exposed. Likely first offered him a bribe to drop the Gov race, he refused, and they destroyed him. Republicans play the same games.
In the late '50ties I noticed beginnings. Attractive equipped scantily clad babes pushing convertibles. Thought no good would come of this. Last night I watched a discussion about the impacts of 10 11 yr olds being exposed to hard porn. The trajectory is damning.
Rings true to me, and yes we should demand to know but with the caveat of "innocent until proven guilty." I don't think they should use tax payer money for this type of thing ever. l'd like permission to copy/print this and try to show to my libs. They are not on substack.
I don't know why these politicians resign once dirt is found. If they have not committed a felony, they can still hold office. They should tell the truth, suffer the personal consequences, and move on. No one could blackmail them if they were truthful. When you are in the public eye, you can't err and think no one is watching, duh.
It’s disgusting we have to pay for not only pay offs but all their legal battles. We are so far off the constitution I hate even hearing the reference from anyone in dc.
Yes I do agree. The people that run banks are ruthless. They basically do whatever they want. They make billions illegally and pay 100 million in fines, allowing them to do it over and over again. They never lose. They always make money, billions.
I commented on yesterday's Coffe&Covid that Swallwell's idol must be PIG-POTUS Bubba, and a cartoonist captured my opinion perfectly. Your description of who bosses us around -the pols who have NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT for WeThePeople- is right on the money... which we should be following, by the way. MAKES ME VOMIT!!!
Interesting that congress and the senate vote almost unanimously to not reveal who has used the infamous "slush fund". I would like Trump to eliminate this fund; why should we the taxpayers provide money for them to pay off witnesses to their wrongdoings? Makes zero sense to me...
So another doofus who measures income tax success by the amount of the interest-free loan given to the IRS over the course of the year, instead of by the total amount of income tax owed. Change your withholding allowance(s) so you get NO refund.
No TDS here as my total US income tax went down from last year, and my retirement income is not subject to NYS income taxes.
Doofus huh? Oh gee, wow! Why is it that I never thought of trying to match my withholding so Uncle Sam wasn’t using my money for free? Unlike you in retirement with probably a fairly unchanging annual income, some of us still work for a living and my annual income has varied greatly over the years. I worked on the the domestic and international road for decades on construction projects and my income was all over the place depending on what project uplifts or bonuses were, what country I was in working in, U.S. foreign income rules, and what the negotiated tax rules were etc. More recently depending on what restricted stock units come my way and dependents moving out. It’s never been easy to estimate how much withholding to select. I’ve had to pay over $10k more last year on tax day but I've also had large refunds as well. I’d much rather have a refund as small as can be. Trying to bingo it has been a difficult target. I live in Oregon which has high income and property tax so with the previous federal $10k itemizing limit I was penalized big time. However, this year it changed to $40k cap so I was able to itemize again. With that change, I’m getting refunds between state and fed of around $8k. I can't keep up with what the politicians are doing to tax rules every years. So, please reconsider your armchair know-it-all condescending tone because rarely are two people in the same boat financially.
You seem to be taking this very personally. Is 53rd Chapter your spouse?
My reference was to people who mistake getting a large refund for lower taxes; the larger refund might just have been because the withholding tables automatically change with large changes in the tax law, but not necessarily at the beginning of the tax year.
And it's an Aeron Chair condescending tone for the likes of you.
While I have no idea who 53rd Chapter is, your initial comment to them really had no relevance to their point, but you made a point about changing withholding to match tax owed. My response was simply a “not so easy to do for some”. However, I see I made the mistake initially of giving you the benefit of the doubt that you were simply not thinking of people outside of your own little box of circumstances. The reality I see clearly now is that you’re just an egotistical pompous jerk so there’s no point in further discussion. Have a great day!
I had considered responding to his reply to you to congratulate him on his wonderful chair and his successful sex change operation, but then decided that would be too much like the assumption he made in his initial comment which had no bearing in reality. What is the price of tea in China these days, anyway?
Congratulations Mr. Wardle! (Yes, I'm assuming you actually use "he/him" pronouns but please forgive me if I've erred.) Since you can't discuss or debate details or real facts but jump directly to ad hominem B.S., I've nominated you for "The Biggest Putz of the Month" award....I'm positive you'll win hands down. I'd wager you had sticky notes stuck to your backside saying "Kick Me!" many times while you worked in the office. BTW, I'm very good at math as it's pretty difficult to be an engineer without that skillset. I'm sure my day was better than yours, thanks!
Don’t have TDS, ‘less you want to count my internet fiber provider, and I damn sure ain’t sending back my "refund." I worked hard for that refund: took advantage of the Solar and heat pump tax credits - first time any house I’ve owned has a/c and with net metering I’m producing more electrons than I consume.
Got word today on Texas Minute a former f.b.i. agent thinks,Texas on brink of becoming a,jihadist enclave. Informed already 300 muslim schools here and several instances of sharia. Not good.
Cripes Amighty! Not bad enough the USA is riddled with liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists, Maoists, Trotskyites, Fascists (and) Many millions of ILLEGAL immigrants from who knows where! ADD to THAT mix, the silent INVASION and COLONIZATION of US soil by MUSLIMS, one wonders WHAT "America" will become in the next DECADE?
Looks like the "LONE STAR" of Texas will soon see a CRESCENT MOON added.
Chip Roy is on this! Apparently so is Mayes Middleton. Both in the runoff for Texas AG. Both ran on making Sharia Law illegal in Texas imho Chip Roy expressed it best. Govt Abbott has done so verbally and designated Cair as a Terrorist Organization. Mayes Middleton has the "$$" vote but calls himself Maga Mayes but I dont't know much about him. I'm leaning towards Chip. My only friend says he doesn't trust Chip. Do you have any thoughts Michael, maybe Ana will chime and other Texas Voters. PS, I don't think Texas Dems are even aware there is a problem.
One can only HOPE. But, the reality is the Collective Left, aka the "democratic" liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists (aka the MARXIST cabal) have been hell bent on turning the Lone Star State BLUE - PERMANENTLY.
Swalwell, Swellwell....potato, potahto. All one very stinky mass of rottenness over there in Swamptown. I am amazed that we have Any clean representation.
I truly appreciate the caption on sweating. I'm reading the unbelievable story of Dr, Vladimir Zelenko and his crusade against the Covid 'serpents.' I am in awe of this warrior (lost too soon), who not only served thousands of Covid patients, but did so while battling terminal cancer, a lost lung, 3 written books, government overreach, an Antifa death threat, AND the likes of Fauci/Ralph Baric of Wuhan Lab fame and the whole Covid crew and minions, on and on. What an example to live up to. I am in his, and others like him (Malones' included) debt and can only hope any sweat equity I build for myself is 1/100th of that which he was dedicated to. Thank YOU and Bless YOU, Dr. Zev!!!
Great strip! I am always impressed by how good Branco and Ben Garrison cartoons always are.
The Southern Mom and Dad advice videos are so right. I also relate to the "Did a cartwheel the other day, thinking it was like riding a bike. It's not." As I get older how many times I have done such things and learned the "It's not" lessons.
I can relate to the Barbie leg clicking sound. Totally loved the southern mom and dad videos. Had to listen close as that lady has the down south Twang!
Oh, I don’t know about that. I think those of us with a sane and rational connection to reality probably do have a grasp of the depth of the corruption but by not dwelling on it we prevent ourself’s from doing something our families would regret. This is why I am a vigorous and vocal advocate of term limits, repeal of the 17th Amendment, limiting the time any individual can spend in elected office and holding an elected office with no real, actual and consequential experience in the private sector.
Interesting thing about the 16th, SCOTUS said in Brushaber and Pollack that the 16th gave "no new powers" to Congress, yet it's held up as supporting the right to directly tax without apportionment. But if you look at the history, i.e. the debates, it's clear that the intention was not to directly tax citizen income.
That is UNTIL 1913 and Democrat president - WOODROW WILSON - & his Democrat majority in the House & Senate. Wilson did MAJOR damage not only to the U.S. Constitution, but to (our) INDIVIDUAL sovereignty.
I read a book, The Zimmerman Papers, which put this is a very different light than anything I'd seen before. I also didn't realize that at the same time Germany was pushing Mexico to go to war with us to keep us out of the European war. I'm no fan of Wilson and I agree that he did major damage, but the war situation bears some looking into.
16th, perhaps; my concern is how then do you fund the necessary functions of government a modern world requires. Before we even look at the 16th we’d need to remove from "the budget" that which does belong in the federal budget: I’d take a chainsaw (battery powered, of course) to any and all entitlement spending. First up, "welfare!" Which if it were to exist belongs to the states, social security was envisioned as a short term solution which like most other legislation quickly sunk its roots into our fiscal structure (as an alternative I’d require 10, 15% of earned income be directed to an account of the earner’s choice - yes, there would be some restrictions: fer instance limit investment in "high" β, riskier, stocks) and I’d def take a guillotine to legislation that places an undue burden on individuals and businesses/industry.
Entitlement spending currently amounts to 50-60% of the federal budget (mostly transferring money/resources from Paul to Barnabas (maybe I should have said Barabbus?); the non-spending legislative burden is measured in the trillions
ANYWAY, once you deal with the socialist "I’m buying votes" mindset, THEN you can take on issues like the 16th; if we, or our great great grandkiddos, ever get to that point these spurious 🤔 issues would probably resolve themselves - a personal income tax on earned income around 10%, practical tariffs, and (maybe 🤷♀️) a tax on extracted resources should be sufficient to keep the lights on, create THE Greatest military the world needs - it would be beautiful 🤩, and unleash economic growth not seen this side of Sagittarius A* in the last billion or so years.
Have no idea. But repeat, the monster has grown too big on those taxes so they have to be bad. Eliminate all the redundancy between and within agencies and the gov could run on a lot less. Then eliminatee the useless and, again, redundant spending programs you mentioned....
The question really is how to fund a LIMITED government, which we lost long ago. If the federal government were truly limited to the 18 allowed topics in the Constitution, we wouldn't need but a fraction of what the government now requires.
Have you read the original Social Security Act? It didn't appear to me to be "short term" or "temporary". It was a foot in the door. And so far as an alternative to SS, the proper role of government is to secure our rights, not our health, our income, our risk, or any other thing someone can come up with.
OK, what fraction of today’s budget would those 18 allowed topics run to? And I’ll ask again, #3 for those keeping track - how much revenue would tariffs raise?
I haven't a clue, since I'm not an economist. Do you know? As for tariffs, they were to be one of the primary sources of revenue and the USA worked well for quite some time.
One of the problems I see with any government is that as soon as there's a war, paper money and massive loans become the norm. Once specie is left behind, inflation takes over. Constitutionally, we're supposed to have money based on gold and silver, which tells me our current system is unconstitutional. What I find amusing (sardonically) is that the federal or state government will let you pay taxes in silver or gold at face value; but will tax gold and silver proceeds based on the market value. Pretty slick, huh?
I had a neighbor in Texas who got a new truck. She went to show it to her mother and her stepfather made her change a tire before she left. She then went to show it to her father and he made her change a tire before she left.
Thanks, Jill, for the Friday Funnies. I enjoyed the Swallwell memes. So convenient that the Dems outed him at this point when Steve Hilton is doing so well in the CA gubernatorial race. Three way split in Democratic candidates just wouldn’t work. So now, get rid of Swallwell. If I was in CA, which thankfully I am not, I would be worried about Porter too.
Sweating is good - gets rid of microparticles. Thst sunshine and grounding. Next week lower temps forecast. That and a trip west.
Complete man is a fair start. Well ahead of all too many middle aged w woman roving around driving into ICE agents. The southern belles are intriguing.
The fall of the MAGA doomers. YES! And the woman with the dog holding up construction via lawfare on the ballroom. Lawfare is getting boring. Challenge those sorry excuses to report what they are doing that improves our citizens lives!
Another inspiring and funny funny. Thank you for the work you do. Just received my first bottle of Curativa HOCL. Seems to be working on my eczema. Not a conclusive scientific study yet. Malones Rule!
I'll give Swalwell this: When he spoke into the camera, he gave me the sense that he really believed what he was saying. Which tells me that he was some combination of morally bankrupt, and dumb as a rock. Perhaps he could star in a future bio-pic: "Joe Biden, the Early Years."
Let’s face the facts, we are being ruled by levels of blackmailed elite deviant politicians. The deep state are the top feeders, congressional leaders are the middle feeders and the regular senators and congress people are the bottom feeders. 85% of them are or have been corrupted many times blackmailed.
If there’s one thing the Swalwell and Gonzalez resignations shines a bright light on it has exposed the the way Washington DC works. You see it’s like the Epstein model, you get compromising information on someone which may include videos, people’s testimonies, pictures, a crime that has been committed, and then you’ve got-’em. When Nancy Pelosi, John Thune, Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson wants to stall something or push something through, make a deal in congress, well Mr. Swalwell I’d hate to see all of this material come out on you. To hell with constituents or doing the right thing, it’s straight up blackmail. This is why America is so, so screwed up. All of the political elites are one press conference away from resigning, indicted, or expelled including the leaders. I believe this is why no one has ever paid for the vulgar disgusting Epstein child rape scandal. If they open that can of snakes, yes people would uncontrollably go down, but the blackmail of these people would be over, and now the deep state would lose much of their control.
The deep state controls the leaders and the leaders decide what to redact or black out from these files. It’s one level of the mafia protecting the next level of the mafia protecting the lower level of the mafia. And you must be very careful or you may just be exposed or worse taken out.
Doesn’t it make sense Swalwell was running for California governor but only the top two candidates move forward. Swalwell was the top democrat candidate but still wasn’t in the top two so the democrats had to get rid of him, they threw him overboard, he was no longer a useful blackmailed idiot, so they got rid of him. Also notice with Swalwells resignation Gonzalez was forced to resign also so the balance of power would not change. This was negotiated way ahead of this coming out. It’s the swamp controlling and protecting itself.
Last but not least; there is a video of Swalwell having sex with a prostitute, or as democrats would say a sex worker. It was filmed by a third person that was in the room. Is anyone curious who that person is? For that matter shouldn’t we know the congress people that have used tax payer money, the slush fund, that paid off victims from sexual assault.
J.Goodrich
Depravity runs deep in DC and with Power and Money, they are insulated from justice!
Clintons, Epstein participants and Bidens all manage to avoid the law. Obama's personal chef is writing a all tell book and drowns.? Separating truth from fiction is difficult.
Dittos for General George S. Patton who was homicided by Truman/Eisenhower et al because the General bragged about the tell-all memoirs he was going to write about the former's politics and incompetence.
I thought it was the Russians!
Could have been Stalin since during a business flight in Europe, Patton observed a Russian fighter was attacking his plane. Only evasive action by Patton's pilot saved him. Obviously, there was a Russian mole working in Patton's admin circle that had access to Patton's travel details.
Patton was so vociferous against homicidal maniac Josef Stalin, the USA's and Europe's biggest threat. Subsequently, it makes sense that Stalin wanted to homicide Patton, and BEFORE Patton's 3rd Army reached Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, where all of General Hans Kammler's exotic weapons development was occurring. Patton captured all the prototypes and engineering drawings only two days before the Russians arrived to do the same.
I just finished listening to the 2 Southern Mom and Southern Dad Advice videos, so when I went to your comment my brain read it in the Southern Mom voice cadence. made me smile when I realized.
that's how I was after reading Lonesome Dove. I dreamed in Texas twang. Yes I am a native Texan but don't twang much, Austin is different you know, but I'm always willing to put-on-the-dog at a moments notice. I thought the actress in those videos was great!
Fellow Texan, though I've lived in Virginia several decades now people still ask where I'm from. They hear that "Takesus twang" still! Google voice doesn't understand me either. 🤣
I've lived in VA my whole life, except briefly being born in Rhode Island. Whenever I listen to my own voice on the messaging ap, I always think "You kinda sound like a Hick". Makes me crack up...
Nailed it, James! I don't think you subscribe to DailyWire, and listen to Michael Knowles, but he also, pdq, concluded the same. This is a DEM play. In CA, now, R's will likely lose the chance to get a R Gov, whereas, against slimy Swalwell, the R's had a great chance of finally electing a R governor. Interesting - is how almost every supposed Truth Teller media informer, just plays along with the Fox level of narratives nowadays. It's sickening, and worrying. We had Truth Tellers during the covid era, but we have very few now. This nonsense against Tucker, dumping him into the Candace and Alex Jonex category is another example, of us losing "it". We've lost our BS-Mainstream narrative filter? or we've lost our Brave?
Every time we are stupidly going along with Fox, MSM- which now includes Newsmax, even MKnowles has difficulty calling a spade a spade too often, also this patten we're now stuck in - including the trend to ditz Tucker! Every time - we are harming a child. We must regain our savvy, be BRAVE. SAVE a Child. MANY more children will now be harmed because of another Lefty CA Governor! Let's say so, let's be honest about what just happened, let's LEARN, Teach the public. Isn't that who we are?
If you want a good read on how and when this level of corruption began, and it goes way back, don't look at Epstein--he's just a result. Whitney Webb's two volume book "A Nation Under Blackmail" is detailed and well researched.
Read both volumes. I found it a difficult read only because it didn’t really flow. But it does name names and gives you the big picture and players. There isn’t a political party that hasn’t joined in the reindeer games here. Eye opening and sad.
I found it a tough read too. I wish I had thought to put up one of those big white boards with all the players on post its-with strings flowing from one to another. It would have given a better picture.
Swalwell keeps his campaign slush fund and his pension. Now doesn't have to work any more.
When DID he work?
Swalwell lost his usefulness and/or threatened a plan, otherwise they would have continued covering for him just as they've done ever since his escapades with the Chinese spy were exposed. Likely first offered him a bribe to drop the Gov race, he refused, and they destroyed him. Republicans play the same games.
Politics is a very rough sport; you have to have pretty thick skin, and have a decent hand at Chess...
Maybr his grateful wife filmed it?
In the late '50ties I noticed beginnings. Attractive equipped scantily clad babes pushing convertibles. Thought no good would come of this. Last night I watched a discussion about the impacts of 10 11 yr olds being exposed to hard porn. The trajectory is damning.
Superb analysis!
Rings true to me, and yes we should demand to know but with the caveat of "innocent until proven guilty." I don't think they should use tax payer money for this type of thing ever. l'd like permission to copy/print this and try to show to my libs. They are not on substack.
Absolutely MrsMc, copy and print as you like!!
I don't know why these politicians resign once dirt is found. If they have not committed a felony, they can still hold office. They should tell the truth, suffer the personal consequences, and move on. No one could blackmail them if they were truthful. When you are in the public eye, you can't err and think no one is watching, duh.
He's likely, happily, been paid off to do so. He's restored CA's chance to continue with a Bright Blue new Gov!
Who will also be “controlled”
Omigosh, that would take personal courage! How could even suggest such a thing?
It’s disgusting we have to pay for not only pay offs but all their legal battles. We are so far off the constitution I hate even hearing the reference from anyone in dc.
The third person was Swalwell’s wing man are person
You can tell by his side burns
It’s it the deep state or the very wealthy families/corporations/banks?
Yes I do agree. The people that run banks are ruthless. They basically do whatever they want. They make billions illegally and pay 100 million in fines, allowing them to do it over and over again. They never lose. They always make money, billions.
I commented on yesterday's Coffe&Covid that Swallwell's idol must be PIG-POTUS Bubba, and a cartoonist captured my opinion perfectly. Your description of who bosses us around -the pols who have NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT for WeThePeople- is right on the money... which we should be following, by the way. MAKES ME VOMIT!!!
Interesting that congress and the senate vote almost unanimously to not reveal who has used the infamous "slush fund". I would like Trump to eliminate this fund; why should we the taxpayers provide money for them to pay off witnesses to their wrongdoings? Makes zero sense to me...
Will TDS sufferers send back their tax refund?
So another doofus who measures income tax success by the amount of the interest-free loan given to the IRS over the course of the year, instead of by the total amount of income tax owed. Change your withholding allowance(s) so you get NO refund.
No TDS here as my total US income tax went down from last year, and my retirement income is not subject to NYS income taxes.
Doofus huh? Oh gee, wow! Why is it that I never thought of trying to match my withholding so Uncle Sam wasn’t using my money for free? Unlike you in retirement with probably a fairly unchanging annual income, some of us still work for a living and my annual income has varied greatly over the years. I worked on the the domestic and international road for decades on construction projects and my income was all over the place depending on what project uplifts or bonuses were, what country I was in working in, U.S. foreign income rules, and what the negotiated tax rules were etc. More recently depending on what restricted stock units come my way and dependents moving out. It’s never been easy to estimate how much withholding to select. I’ve had to pay over $10k more last year on tax day but I've also had large refunds as well. I’d much rather have a refund as small as can be. Trying to bingo it has been a difficult target. I live in Oregon which has high income and property tax so with the previous federal $10k itemizing limit I was penalized big time. However, this year it changed to $40k cap so I was able to itemize again. With that change, I’m getting refunds between state and fed of around $8k. I can't keep up with what the politicians are doing to tax rules every years. So, please reconsider your armchair know-it-all condescending tone because rarely are two people in the same boat financially.
You seem to be taking this very personally. Is 53rd Chapter your spouse?
My reference was to people who mistake getting a large refund for lower taxes; the larger refund might just have been because the withholding tables automatically change with large changes in the tax law, but not necessarily at the beginning of the tax year.
And it's an Aeron Chair condescending tone for the likes of you.
While I have no idea who 53rd Chapter is, your initial comment to them really had no relevance to their point, but you made a point about changing withholding to match tax owed. My response was simply a “not so easy to do for some”. However, I see I made the mistake initially of giving you the benefit of the doubt that you were simply not thinking of people outside of your own little box of circumstances. The reality I see clearly now is that you’re just an egotistical pompous jerk so there’s no point in further discussion. Have a great day!
I had considered responding to his reply to you to congratulate him on his wonderful chair and his successful sex change operation, but then decided that would be too much like the assumption he made in his initial comment which had no bearing in reality. What is the price of tea in China these days, anyway?
Sorry, you should pray to your Sky Daddy for enlightenment. And I have two Aeron chairs; I brought the one I owned in the office home when I retired.
Current Market Prices (April 2026)
The following table reflects the estimated price ranges for different tea categories in the Chinese market:
Tea Category Wholesale Price (per kg) Retail Price (per kg)
Green Tea $7.51 – $31.43 $10.73 – $44.90
Black Tea $2.76 – $10.34 $3.94 – $14.77
Bulk/Export Avg $3.00 – $4.60 N/A
Gemini is your friend for questions like this.
Sorry math is so hard for you. Maybe you need a tax accountant.
Have a better day!
Congratulations Mr. Wardle! (Yes, I'm assuming you actually use "he/him" pronouns but please forgive me if I've erred.) Since you can't discuss or debate details or real facts but jump directly to ad hominem B.S., I've nominated you for "The Biggest Putz of the Month" award....I'm positive you'll win hands down. I'd wager you had sticky notes stuck to your backside saying "Kick Me!" many times while you worked in the office. BTW, I'm very good at math as it's pretty difficult to be an engineer without that skillset. I'm sure my day was better than yours, thanks!
No doofus here, dude. Been self-employed my whole life. Who's your daddy? If you live in New York, there are no words.
Yes, Elise M. Stefanik is my Representative and I was delighted to vote for her.
Don’t have TDS, ‘less you want to count my internet fiber provider, and I damn sure ain’t sending back my "refund." I worked hard for that refund: took advantage of the Solar and heat pump tax credits - first time any house I’ve owned has a/c and with net metering I’m producing more electrons than I consume.
Send it back to Iran?
In the morning, by brother would say, "Smell that?" And of course we would say, "What?" His response, "That's daylight burning, let's go".
Got word today on Texas Minute a former f.b.i. agent thinks,Texas on brink of becoming a,jihadist enclave. Informed already 300 muslim schools here and several instances of sharia. Not good.
Cripes Amighty! Not bad enough the USA is riddled with liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists, Maoists, Trotskyites, Fascists (and) Many millions of ILLEGAL immigrants from who knows where! ADD to THAT mix, the silent INVASION and COLONIZATION of US soil by MUSLIMS, one wonders WHAT "America" will become in the next DECADE?
Looks like the "LONE STAR" of Texas will soon see a CRESCENT MOON added.
Chip Roy is on this! Apparently so is Mayes Middleton. Both in the runoff for Texas AG. Both ran on making Sharia Law illegal in Texas imho Chip Roy expressed it best. Govt Abbott has done so verbally and designated Cair as a Terrorist Organization. Mayes Middleton has the "$$" vote but calls himself Maga Mayes but I dont't know much about him. I'm leaning towards Chip. My only friend says he doesn't trust Chip. Do you have any thoughts Michael, maybe Ana will chime and other Texas Voters. PS, I don't think Texas Dems are even aware there is a problem.
I like Roy a lot but wish he had made a run for cornyn's seat as I really hate to see one of the most effective state AGs in the country leave.
Ken's got so much baggage but I voted for him in primary, Cornyn so so establishment (to put it nicely)
To hell with his so called baggage, look at what he has accomplished. And establishment for cornyn is truly being nice
lol I do agree
Texas "Dems" ARE THE PROBLEM, MrsMC!
Of course. My concern in my above post is they seem totally unaware of the Sharia Law problem. Actually this may be what ultimately unifies us.
One can only HOPE. But, the reality is the Collective Left, aka the "democratic" liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists (aka the MARXIST cabal) have been hell bent on turning the Lone Star State BLUE - PERMANENTLY.
Swalwell, Swellwell....potato, potahto. All one very stinky mass of rottenness over there in Swamptown. I am amazed that we have Any clean representation.
I truly appreciate the caption on sweating. I'm reading the unbelievable story of Dr, Vladimir Zelenko and his crusade against the Covid 'serpents.' I am in awe of this warrior (lost too soon), who not only served thousands of Covid patients, but did so while battling terminal cancer, a lost lung, 3 written books, government overreach, an Antifa death threat, AND the likes of Fauci/Ralph Baric of Wuhan Lab fame and the whole Covid crew and minions, on and on. What an example to live up to. I am in his, and others like him (Malones' included) debt and can only hope any sweat equity I build for myself is 1/100th of that which he was dedicated to. Thank YOU and Bless YOU, Dr. Zev!!!
Great strip! I am always impressed by how good Branco and Ben Garrison cartoons always are.
The Southern Mom and Dad advice videos are so right. I also relate to the "Did a cartwheel the other day, thinking it was like riding a bike. It's not." As I get older how many times I have done such things and learned the "It's not" lessons.
I can relate to the Barbie leg clicking sound. Totally loved the southern mom and dad videos. Had to listen close as that lady has the down south Twang!
James, I think that none of us know the true extent of the corruption in DC!!
Oh, I don’t know about that. I think those of us with a sane and rational connection to reality probably do have a grasp of the depth of the corruption but by not dwelling on it we prevent ourself’s from doing something our families would regret. This is why I am a vigorous and vocal advocate of term limits, repeal of the 17th Amendment, limiting the time any individual can spend in elected office and holding an elected office with no real, actual and consequential experience in the private sector.
The 16 th too!
Interesting thing about the 16th, SCOTUS said in Brushaber and Pollack that the 16th gave "no new powers" to Congress, yet it's held up as supporting the right to directly tax without apportionment. But if you look at the history, i.e. the debates, it's clear that the intention was not to directly tax citizen income.
That is UNTIL 1913 and Democrat president - WOODROW WILSON - & his Democrat majority in the House & Senate. Wilson did MAJOR damage not only to the U.S. Constitution, but to (our) INDIVIDUAL sovereignty.
Also got us into a european war he ran for office on keeping us out of
Yep, just like FDR.
I read a book, The Zimmerman Papers, which put this is a very different light than anything I'd seen before. I also didn't realize that at the same time Germany was pushing Mexico to go to war with us to keep us out of the European war. I'm no fan of Wilson and I agree that he did major damage, but the war situation bears some looking into.
Nor did the Framers. No direct tax means no direct tax.
16th, perhaps; my concern is how then do you fund the necessary functions of government a modern world requires. Before we even look at the 16th we’d need to remove from "the budget" that which does belong in the federal budget: I’d take a chainsaw (battery powered, of course) to any and all entitlement spending. First up, "welfare!" Which if it were to exist belongs to the states, social security was envisioned as a short term solution which like most other legislation quickly sunk its roots into our fiscal structure (as an alternative I’d require 10, 15% of earned income be directed to an account of the earner’s choice - yes, there would be some restrictions: fer instance limit investment in "high" β, riskier, stocks) and I’d def take a guillotine to legislation that places an undue burden on individuals and businesses/industry.
Entitlement spending currently amounts to 50-60% of the federal budget (mostly transferring money/resources from Paul to Barnabas (maybe I should have said Barabbus?); the non-spending legislative burden is measured in the trillions
ANYWAY, once you deal with the socialist "I’m buying votes" mindset, THEN you can take on issues like the 16th; if we, or our great great grandkiddos, ever get to that point these spurious 🤔 issues would probably resolve themselves - a personal income tax on earned income around 10%, practical tariffs, and (maybe 🤷♀️) a tax on extracted resources should be sufficient to keep the lights on, create THE Greatest military the world needs - it would be beautiful 🤩, and unleash economic growth not seen this side of Sagittarius A* in the last billion or so years.
Tariffs would get the job done on a properly run gov. That tax let the monster grow way to big and now it is devouring us.
The "monster" is the BIGGEST WELFARE STATE IN HISTORY.
OK, how much revenue WOULD tariffs raise 🤨
RAN the USA JUST FINE!
Have no idea. But repeat, the monster has grown too big on those taxes so they have to be bad. Eliminate all the redundancy between and within agencies and the gov could run on a lot less. Then eliminatee the useless and, again, redundant spending programs you mentioned....
The question really is how to fund a LIMITED government, which we lost long ago. If the federal government were truly limited to the 18 allowed topics in the Constitution, we wouldn't need but a fraction of what the government now requires.
Have you read the original Social Security Act? It didn't appear to me to be "short term" or "temporary". It was a foot in the door. And so far as an alternative to SS, the proper role of government is to secure our rights, not our health, our income, our risk, or any other thing someone can come up with.
OK, what fraction of today’s budget would those 18 allowed topics run to? And I’ll ask again, #3 for those keeping track - how much revenue would tariffs raise?
I haven't a clue, since I'm not an economist. Do you know? As for tariffs, they were to be one of the primary sources of revenue and the USA worked well for quite some time.
One of the problems I see with any government is that as soon as there's a war, paper money and massive loans become the norm. Once specie is left behind, inflation takes over. Constitutionally, we're supposed to have money based on gold and silver, which tells me our current system is unconstitutional. What I find amusing (sardonically) is that the federal or state government will let you pay taxes in silver or gold at face value; but will tax gold and silver proceeds based on the market value. Pretty slick, huh?
I assume all politicians are corrupt until proved otherwise.
And to paraphrase Mark Twain: "Are they lying? Are their lips moving?"
Swabbie, That's part of the problem, our expectations are too low!
That is because of the lack of prosecutions and the corrupt judges. Trust is very low for us now.
I had a neighbor in Texas who got a new truck. She went to show it to her mother and her stepfather made her change a tire before she left. She then went to show it to her father and he made her change a tire before she left.
Something important here...
Thanks, Jill, for the Friday Funnies. I enjoyed the Swallwell memes. So convenient that the Dems outed him at this point when Steve Hilton is doing so well in the CA gubernatorial race. Three way split in Democratic candidates just wouldn’t work. So now, get rid of Swallwell. If I was in CA, which thankfully I am not, I would be worried about Porter too.
I would be worried about any Democrat. They lie, cheat and steal , all of them!
Thats what COMMUNIST DO!
Love the "their, there, they're" infographic. That one gets messed up so often.
We are currently preparing to build a deck, once we get the stump ground down from the giant Ponderosa we got removed last fall.
Enjoy the sunny day!
Sweating is good - gets rid of microparticles. Thst sunshine and grounding. Next week lower temps forecast. That and a trip west.
Complete man is a fair start. Well ahead of all too many middle aged w woman roving around driving into ICE agents. The southern belles are intriguing.
The fall of the MAGA doomers. YES! And the woman with the dog holding up construction via lawfare on the ballroom. Lawfare is getting boring. Challenge those sorry excuses to report what they are doing that improves our citizens lives!
Have a happy one all.
LOL! These were really hilarious.
Hilarious, I agree, and were much needed by this Crazy Angry at the world gal today :)
Another inspiring and funny funny. Thank you for the work you do. Just received my first bottle of Curativa HOCL. Seems to be working on my eczema. Not a conclusive scientific study yet. Malones Rule!
I'll give Swalwell this: When he spoke into the camera, he gave me the sense that he really believed what he was saying. Which tells me that he was some combination of morally bankrupt, and dumb as a rock. Perhaps he could star in a future bio-pic: "Joe Biden, the Early Years."
Thanks Doc, I needed that!!
Those videos are amazing