Look, I just want to get something off my chest on this Friday. There's been a lot of talk lately about the so-called Sid and Terry lifestyle. I don't know Sid or Terry, or anything about what they do in their personal lives; I just know that not everyone approaches and conducts their lives in the same way I choose to conduct mine. People have to make their own decisions, and I think it's time we cut them some slack.
What's that? Oh. SEDENTARY. Sedentary. Got it. Wow, that's embarrassing.
I’m a retired Obstetrician and can say that the cost of having a baby cartoon hits the target. The exhausted parents of the newborn are indeed bombarded with a string of “specialized consultants “ and their cost completely hidden. Let’s add to this cartoon a circumcision fee, a lactation consultant fee,a newborn bathing fee,and the fee for the unhealthy special new parents meal.
Yes, hospital fees are through-the-roof! I do remember when my husband was hospitalized for 19 days; he actually complained about the waste he saw, & the costs just for a bandaid, or tissues, was expensive. He couldn’t wait together back home!
I’m happy not knowing what I don’t or can’t know. What I was saying in I’m not interested in looking at all those docs. Which probably don’t say anything definitive
If I ever see a UFO, or a UAP, I guess I will say “I beleive”. Otherwise, I guess anything is possible in our world, but out-of-sight, or out-of-mind, I’ll keep my eyes wide open!
Since I retired 3 months ago the first thing I do on Friday and Sunday is look for the Funnies email in my inbox. The funnies and a good cup of coffee go together like a horse and carriage! Love the funnies!
Just taking a break from trying to identify some plug plants I bought last week (melons or some kind of Summer:Winter squash), to have a PM coffee, and that toilet seat finally broke me. My cat is sitting up against the radiator side-eyeing me for not turning on the whole house's heating so he can warm his bum. What would improve it even further is for the lid to be heated and the human to leave their phone behind on loop with Facebook shorts.
We are a constitutional republic. This requires both an educated and well informed populace for optimum performance. For this reason we have given the press their own niche in the first amendment of the Constitution and have expended bucket loads of money on public education. And both are now failing our republic. Why and what to do?
We were a young, naive nation evolved from English culture and sadly wedded to the idea of European prominence rather than growing our own. We allowed multitudes to immigrate here who though dissatisfied with their national origins were too immersed in their culture to blend into ours and we allowed the import of political philosophies totally antithetical to ours. We now are faced with the consequence of these mistakes,,,, we are immersed in endless attacks from all sides on our politics, our history and our culture. And we are told that any response to these threats are, ironically, unconstitutional. A delimma?
Not if the answer lies in basic self defense. Our enemies hide behind the first amendment of the Constitution. They can print anything in the press because of Freedom of the Press. They can teach seditious dogma in our schools because of Freedom of Speech. Really? My impression is that much of this so called freedom was invented by progressive judges whose loose interpretations are legendary. Communism is being taught in our schools even though a federal law remains on the books making Communist Party membership a crime. Why have not aggressive Attorneys General revisit the decisions that have made its enforcement impossible and strive to expand its reach? The First Amendment protects free speech, but not all of it. If you cannot falsely yell fire in a crowded theater, how can you teach sedition in a classroom, or print seditious or libelous articles in a newspaper? Allowing this type of activity runs counter to the basic premise of self preservation and should not be tolerated....period.
27 year old prodigy William F Buckley, Jr. published “God and Man at Yale” asking why a college founded by capitalist money to teach Congregationalist Ministers turned in to teaching communism and atheism.
I reminded that except for pure research, no good idea comes from the University. Marxism, Zyklon Vax and Napalm all came from the university - which is least destructive. Unless destruction is the goal - which to the Ungodly - is exactly the point.
The biggest enemies to the left in the last 80 years have been Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, and Donald Trump. They see the enemy unflinchingly.
I agree. At a minimum, and while we can, we need to clarify that yes All Men (as in humans) are Created Equal in the eyes of our God, as known to our founders (Judeo Christians), but all countries are not created equal. US is exceptional. An immigrant comes into the USA the correct and legal way, proves knowledge and agreement of our Constitution and our Laws and signs an oath. The Sharia Law problem needs to be addressed now. i know you know this. I'm leaning towards Chip Roy, don't know much about Mace Middleton.
Keep hearing very suspicious negative feedback re Chip. My personal opinion is that he is solid gold. Understand he practically ran the office when Paxton tied up in that impeachment crap and did a pretty good job of it. Middleton has nowhere near as good creds for the AG job.
I voted for Chip in the primary and will again in the runoff. I've seen postcards from Middleton but have never seen him interviewed. Be nice to have an endorsement from Trump.
27 year old prodigy William F Buckley, Jr. published “God and Man at Yale” asking why a college founded by capitalist money to teach Congregationalist Ministers turned in to teaching communism and atheism.
I reminded that except for pure research, no good idea comes from the University. Marxism, Zyklon Vax and Napalm all came from the university - which is least destructive. Unless destruction is the goal - which to the Ungodly - is exactly the point.
The biggest enemies to the left in the last 80 years have been Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, and Donald Trump. They see the enemy unflinchingly - hence had to be destroyed.
Been doin’ my own thinking along these lines myself a bit of late. Our founders were a fairly homogeneous group of people, culturally, and I suspect didn’t quite have a grasp of what could happen in a hundred, two hundred years - keep in mind up through 1800 radical technological advances we’re still fairly well spaced out. The cultural pressures we face today did not exist 250 years ago - and our foundational documents reflect this.
Re: the 1A, I can’t go into a theater, crowded or not, and shout hysterically "fire" or "gunman" if there isn’t one without consequences, I can’t go into a tinder dry forest with a flame thrower w/o facing consequences, etc etc etc. If I want to establish a tree farm it would be foolish to also pack it full of beavers or set locusts free in a wheat field. When those things happen, beavers or locusts, we take the necessary steps to protect what we planted.
Why isn’t it the same with our nation, our constitution. When a threat arises, on the horizon, on our shores, we should take action if it threatens the culture of America. If a looming threat arises with arms we took up arms; but when the threat involves "words," "religion," or 🤔 "politics?" we’re suppose to just roll over? This is the fight I’m concerned we’ll lose since we’ve allowed the enemy to set up its armies on the presumed high ground all around.
What I’m getting at is take the freedom of speech: sure, say what you will but if it’s opposed to the founding ideas/ideals of America then you’re free to speak somewhere else. That’s just one example - if American ideals are worth defending then American ideals should be worth fighting for.
The freedom of speech worked much better when communities weren't forced to be inclusive of people exhibiting harmful and antisocial behaviors, as well as to be careful of their feelings.
The first amendment also protects freedom of religion. Why is there no clause in there barring religions (there’s really only one) that proclaims it’s OK to kill or enslave folks that do not wish to belong?
there needs to be, and now! It needs to be clarified. I believe there are two. It is implicit in our laws but we've let religions like Satanism which believes in child sacrifice through abortion, thus vote democrat to keep the law on their side - not that really matter to them because they vote democrat anyway. We've let them put up monuments and desecrate ours, and its getting worse with the Sharia law followers. Sometimes I get surveys supposedly to voice my opinions but what they really want is donations. I'm going to start sending them in with my opinions and while I do write my senators, I'm going to write all of elected officials. Its so lame tho, they just use the info to call me back and ask for donations.
Just a thought. We’ve been through so many lies it’s easy to question everything. Let me bounce this off you.
Did you ever think “AI” is just another scam to steal trillions of dollars from the middle class. In 2025-2026 AI has created an unprecedented 45 new billionaires and certainly added cash, billions in cash, to the current ones. I mean look at the players pushing AI, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Steve Balmer, Larry Page, Sam Brin, and the list goes on. All trustworthy people with no political connections wouldn’t you say? Nothing to worry about with these pillars of society. And what’s the shysters scary message about this time? The middle class and upper middle class people are going to lose their careers and be unable to sustain themselves. Meanwhile the massive transfer of wealth continues to the elites while the middle class suffers, sound familiar? You can smell the million dollar contributions being sent to our traitor middle feeder politicians who must get their grift to allow the continuance of the sell out of their constituents.
I’m sure the government has its plans to send out to all of their subjects computer printed, deficit exploding 600 dollar checks to keep the masses from revolting and silenced, it’s our piece of cake. Sure we get 600, of our own money, while they get 60 billion again. Haven’t we all been through this recently? Can you say Covid, you’re all going to die.
Doesn’t it seem we already have AI? Hell this carpenter could be a superstar song writer, or William Shakespeare, Tolstoy! I’m not saying this can’t grow, oh it will grow just like the Covid hoax grew. And if they want us to die I’m sure many of us will. Again they’re warning us, life as we know it is over. You’ll all have to wear a mask the rest of your lives. In the meantime the rich keep getting richer and the middle class sinks into poverty. You will own nothing and be happy, the elites self proclaimed motto for us, one of their subjects, J.Goodrich
My distrust in the government - that voice inside me that argues that the Congressional and DoW interests may, in the end, have more to do with the blowing up of the DoW budget even more than the bloated monstrosity, it already is.
As I understand it, the courts are making the Trump admin return all the money back to the EU and other countries, cause Congress didn't authorize the tariffs.
As far as I can tell the congress never had much to do with authorizing tariffs and excise taxes since the beginning days when there was no income tax on individual citizens. It really remained an executive power, with Congressional advice and consent. That all changed to some degree when the income tax was created in 1913 which was supposed to be only for the rich and never be more than 3%.
My question for this time is why wouldn't Congress authorize the tariffs? We face the debt growing by at least a trillion dollars on top of the $36 trillion per year. Importantly, the tariffs were meant bring manufacturing back home and protect existing industries and farming. This should have been a no-brainer, even for congress critters.
Yes but he is taking another route to tariffs; one that was outlined in Kavanaugh's Opinion. This will take a little longer. I still have hope that the benefits that tariffs will bring will work out as Trump has planned.
If you can’t see this “war’ in Iran as a good and necessary thing, then you are dooming us to the same fate as the Europeans. Their plight is obvious as is the cause of the problem except, apparently, to them. I hope it is not your wish to go there. The muslims have told us their plan, we would be foolish not to take them at their word.
This may save you some time in the future. You should run a freedom of information request to see what files they have on you.
"Welcome to the dedicated archive of FBI files on Scientists and Medical Professionals at The Black Vault.
This specialized collection offers a revealing window into the FBI’s monitoring and investigation of notable individuals within the scientific and medical communities.
The documents housed in this archive provide a unique perspective on how these professionals and their work intersected with national security interests and intelligence activities.
From renowned scientists to influential medical practitioners, these files uncover the often unseen scrutiny and attention they received from the FBI, highlighting the complex relationship between government surveillance and the advancement of science and medicine."
"The largest privately run online repository of declassified government documents anywhere in the world. With more than 3 MILLION pages of documents to read, on nearly every government secret imaginable, The Black Vault is known worldwide for getting down to the truth… and nothing but.
Every page, photo and video you see below in this "FOIA Document Archive" was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or through other means of accessing U.S. government public information."
To me, it looks like the handouts are in trouble. First it was a DOGE $2.000. But the lawfarers have that handcuffed. Then it was the tariff $6,000. But the courts are on it, now locking that down. In the meantime our benefactors are gaining $$ with each reassurance they offer of our moneys being on the way.
James, I agree with much of what you write about AI. However, we must remember that AI can only influence and control those who let it. Resisting control is easier said than done, as AI has infiltrated much of what we see, read, and hear, primarily in digital form. The solution as it is for much of how we conduct our lives (such as lifestyle, diet, fitness, perspective, and staying intimately familiar with how all things work) is by relentless curiosity with a commitment to learning. Not many in our population are willing to do this, however, as the information conditioning urges us to depend on "expert" sources dispensing "wisdom" on how to live our lives. Acquiring the knowledge to identify trustworthy sources is the first step. Just remember that an AI tool is developed by humans, and each tool is programmed on how to present information differently. Some are designed to be benevolent, some are corrupt, and some are just poorly designed. In the end, it is up to each of us to develop an innate skepticism and the desire to know the difference when assessing the blizzard of information available. The other? Taking the action to titrate off the digital information sources so prevalent in our lives is also a healthy goal.
If there was a smoking gun in the UAP documents release, the government and Trump would have led with that.
Now- IMO - I think there are smoking guns to be discovered in the government documents and evidence regarding UFOs, but not in the new webpages just put up.
I think that nose picture with the caption above says a lot!. The caption saying "All I can see is a nose with a lot of hair" sets most viewers up to only see what the captioner portrays. Takes a dedicated viewer with a new perspective to change the vision to something possibly more true.
Part of what I love about the Malones' Substack - a longer and more thorough perusal of the picture.
Look, I just want to get something off my chest on this Friday. There's been a lot of talk lately about the so-called Sid and Terry lifestyle. I don't know Sid or Terry, or anything about what they do in their personal lives; I just know that not everyone approaches and conducts their lives in the same way I choose to conduct mine. People have to make their own decisions, and I think it's time we cut them some slack.
What's that? Oh. SEDENTARY. Sedentary. Got it. Wow, that's embarrassing.
Sedentary lifestyle. Yeah, that's messed up.
I'm having visions of a sit-com.
😆🤣😐
rofl. yeah OOPS.
That's a good one.
My cat reads your funnies. Fortunately he can’t order a heated toilet seat! 😂😂😂
I remember my Grandma wanted one of those heated toilet seats…! It didn’t last long though-
😂😂
I’m a retired Obstetrician and can say that the cost of having a baby cartoon hits the target. The exhausted parents of the newborn are indeed bombarded with a string of “specialized consultants “ and their cost completely hidden. Let’s add to this cartoon a circumcision fee, a lactation consultant fee,a newborn bathing fee,and the fee for the unhealthy special new parents meal.
That cartoon was too much truth for a Friday.
The rules for new parents, plus the paperwork and the job of compliance so that CPS won't steal your kid stifles the proper care of the kiddos.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a nightmare for both parents and kids. Membership in this organization is a bad sign when picking doctors.
I completely agree; I have so many stories.
Wellness care has become physician avoidance, unfortunately.
Yes, hospital fees are through-the-roof! I do remember when my husband was hospitalized for 19 days; he actually complained about the waste he saw, & the costs just for a bandaid, or tissues, was expensive. He couldn’t wait together back home!
Jill, you're "da bomb"! I love the humor you dig up and, BTW, the messages you convey are SPOT ON!
And, Doc, I have only one thing to say to you: "Keep up the good work and fight, fight, fight!"
I know Jill really keeps the laughs coming. :) great work.
Of all things for me to worry about that I can do nothing about at my age, UFO’s are last on my list
If God put us here, he also put (if you believe it) the aliens here.... Learn to live with it, panikins.
I’m happy not knowing what I don’t or can’t know. What I was saying in I’m not interested in looking at all those docs. Which probably don’t say anything definitive
I am still interested. One actually did look like weather balloon. 😆🤣😐
Sorry, when I said you I didn't mean YOU personally. Apologies for my lack of eloquence.
If I ever see a UFO, or a UAP, I guess I will say “I beleive”. Otherwise, I guess anything is possible in our world, but out-of-sight, or out-of-mind, I’ll keep my eyes wide open!
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." Proverbs 17:22
Thank you for doing my heart good!
Since I retired 3 months ago the first thing I do on Friday and Sunday is look for the Funnies email in my inbox. The funnies and a good cup of coffee go together like a horse and carriage! Love the funnies!
Just watch out for your keyboard when you spew your coffee at the good humorous ones.
Just taking a break from trying to identify some plug plants I bought last week (melons or some kind of Summer:Winter squash), to have a PM coffee, and that toilet seat finally broke me. My cat is sitting up against the radiator side-eyeing me for not turning on the whole house's heating so he can warm his bum. What would improve it even further is for the lid to be heated and the human to leave their phone behind on loop with Facebook shorts.
Ha ha ha... Yeah the smells like a new truck one damn near did me in.
Absolutely agree with you: Friday & Sunday comic strips & two cups-O’-Joe, are a great way to begin my day! :)
A Friday essay.
We are a constitutional republic. This requires both an educated and well informed populace for optimum performance. For this reason we have given the press their own niche in the first amendment of the Constitution and have expended bucket loads of money on public education. And both are now failing our republic. Why and what to do?
We were a young, naive nation evolved from English culture and sadly wedded to the idea of European prominence rather than growing our own. We allowed multitudes to immigrate here who though dissatisfied with their national origins were too immersed in their culture to blend into ours and we allowed the import of political philosophies totally antithetical to ours. We now are faced with the consequence of these mistakes,,,, we are immersed in endless attacks from all sides on our politics, our history and our culture. And we are told that any response to these threats are, ironically, unconstitutional. A delimma?
Not if the answer lies in basic self defense. Our enemies hide behind the first amendment of the Constitution. They can print anything in the press because of Freedom of the Press. They can teach seditious dogma in our schools because of Freedom of Speech. Really? My impression is that much of this so called freedom was invented by progressive judges whose loose interpretations are legendary. Communism is being taught in our schools even though a federal law remains on the books making Communist Party membership a crime. Why have not aggressive Attorneys General revisit the decisions that have made its enforcement impossible and strive to expand its reach? The First Amendment protects free speech, but not all of it. If you cannot falsely yell fire in a crowded theater, how can you teach sedition in a classroom, or print seditious or libelous articles in a newspaper? Allowing this type of activity runs counter to the basic premise of self preservation and should not be tolerated....period.
Rock on Brother Nash!
Ah, yes - the Redwashing of American education.
27 year old prodigy William F Buckley, Jr. published “God and Man at Yale” asking why a college founded by capitalist money to teach Congregationalist Ministers turned in to teaching communism and atheism.
I reminded that except for pure research, no good idea comes from the University. Marxism, Zyklon Vax and Napalm all came from the university - which is least destructive. Unless destruction is the goal - which to the Ungodly - is exactly the point.
The biggest enemies to the left in the last 80 years have been Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, and Donald Trump. They see the enemy unflinchingly.
I agree. At a minimum, and while we can, we need to clarify that yes All Men (as in humans) are Created Equal in the eyes of our God, as known to our founders (Judeo Christians), but all countries are not created equal. US is exceptional. An immigrant comes into the USA the correct and legal way, proves knowledge and agreement of our Constitution and our Laws and signs an oath. The Sharia Law problem needs to be addressed now. i know you know this. I'm leaning towards Chip Roy, don't know much about Mace Middleton.
Keep hearing very suspicious negative feedback re Chip. My personal opinion is that he is solid gold. Understand he practically ran the office when Paxton tied up in that impeachment crap and did a pretty good job of it. Middleton has nowhere near as good creds for the AG job.
I voted for Chip in the primary and will again in the runoff. I've seen postcards from Middleton but have never seen him interviewed. Be nice to have an endorsement from Trump.
Claims Trump endorsed Middleeman, POed at Roy for something or other but does not affect my opinion...will vote for Chip
Rock on Brother Nash!
Ah, yes - the Redwashing of American education.
27 year old prodigy William F Buckley, Jr. published “God and Man at Yale” asking why a college founded by capitalist money to teach Congregationalist Ministers turned in to teaching communism and atheism.
I reminded that except for pure research, no good idea comes from the University. Marxism, Zyklon Vax and Napalm all came from the university - which is least destructive. Unless destruction is the goal - which to the Ungodly - is exactly the point.
The biggest enemies to the left in the last 80 years have been Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, and Donald Trump. They see the enemy unflinchingly - hence had to be destroyed.
Been doin’ my own thinking along these lines myself a bit of late. Our founders were a fairly homogeneous group of people, culturally, and I suspect didn’t quite have a grasp of what could happen in a hundred, two hundred years - keep in mind up through 1800 radical technological advances we’re still fairly well spaced out. The cultural pressures we face today did not exist 250 years ago - and our foundational documents reflect this.
Re: the 1A, I can’t go into a theater, crowded or not, and shout hysterically "fire" or "gunman" if there isn’t one without consequences, I can’t go into a tinder dry forest with a flame thrower w/o facing consequences, etc etc etc. If I want to establish a tree farm it would be foolish to also pack it full of beavers or set locusts free in a wheat field. When those things happen, beavers or locusts, we take the necessary steps to protect what we planted.
Why isn’t it the same with our nation, our constitution. When a threat arises, on the horizon, on our shores, we should take action if it threatens the culture of America. If a looming threat arises with arms we took up arms; but when the threat involves "words," "religion," or 🤔 "politics?" we’re suppose to just roll over? This is the fight I’m concerned we’ll lose since we’ve allowed the enemy to set up its armies on the presumed high ground all around.
What I’m getting at is take the freedom of speech: sure, say what you will but if it’s opposed to the founding ideas/ideals of America then you’re free to speak somewhere else. That’s just one example - if American ideals are worth defending then American ideals should be worth fighting for.
The freedom of speech worked much better when communities weren't forced to be inclusive of people exhibiting harmful and antisocial behaviors, as well as to be careful of their feelings.
The first amendment also protects freedom of religion. Why is there no clause in there barring religions (there’s really only one) that proclaims it’s OK to kill or enslave folks that do not wish to belong?
there needs to be, and now! It needs to be clarified. I believe there are two. It is implicit in our laws but we've let religions like Satanism which believes in child sacrifice through abortion, thus vote democrat to keep the law on their side - not that really matter to them because they vote democrat anyway. We've let them put up monuments and desecrate ours, and its getting worse with the Sharia law followers. Sometimes I get surveys supposedly to voice my opinions but what they really want is donations. I'm going to start sending them in with my opinions and while I do write my senators, I'm going to write all of elected officials. Its so lame tho, they just use the info to call me back and ask for donations.
I need to learn how to "meme" (like the funny above suggests)
THEY'RE HERE !
They live among us.
They're called "Democrats"
They reproduce through anal sex.
On the other hand.......
I guess I'm lucky to live here.
We don't have a village idiot, or a town drunk.
We all take turns.
The climate change dogma has stifled the lefties' reproduction hugely, (in addition to possibly missing the mark as you suggested).
Oh no!
You take my post wrong.
Dems believe that men can be woman, woman can be men, and daddies can be mommies.
So, why can't butt sex result in procreation?
They've obviously evolved from a different environment than normal folks.
That would require some ginormous rapid evolution. 😎
As a proper nerd, I prefer to think of the lefties as an evolutionary dead end.
I want to give them a big, collective Darwin award.
Of course it's a dead end. That's why they left their home planet.
Just a thought. We’ve been through so many lies it’s easy to question everything. Let me bounce this off you.
Did you ever think “AI” is just another scam to steal trillions of dollars from the middle class. In 2025-2026 AI has created an unprecedented 45 new billionaires and certainly added cash, billions in cash, to the current ones. I mean look at the players pushing AI, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Steve Balmer, Larry Page, Sam Brin, and the list goes on. All trustworthy people with no political connections wouldn’t you say? Nothing to worry about with these pillars of society. And what’s the shysters scary message about this time? The middle class and upper middle class people are going to lose their careers and be unable to sustain themselves. Meanwhile the massive transfer of wealth continues to the elites while the middle class suffers, sound familiar? You can smell the million dollar contributions being sent to our traitor middle feeder politicians who must get their grift to allow the continuance of the sell out of their constituents.
I’m sure the government has its plans to send out to all of their subjects computer printed, deficit exploding 600 dollar checks to keep the masses from revolting and silenced, it’s our piece of cake. Sure we get 600, of our own money, while they get 60 billion again. Haven’t we all been through this recently? Can you say Covid, you’re all going to die.
Doesn’t it seem we already have AI? Hell this carpenter could be a superstar song writer, or William Shakespeare, Tolstoy! I’m not saying this can’t grow, oh it will grow just like the Covid hoax grew. And if they want us to die I’m sure many of us will. Again they’re warning us, life as we know it is over. You’ll all have to wear a mask the rest of your lives. In the meantime the rich keep getting richer and the middle class sinks into poverty. You will own nothing and be happy, the elites self proclaimed motto for us, one of their subjects, J.Goodrich
My distrust in the government - that voice inside me that argues that the Congressional and DoW interests may, in the end, have more to do with the blowing up of the DoW budget even more than the bloated monstrosity, it already is.
. . . why all the tariff money hasn't done a thing to bring down the national debt, or restore the value and purchasing power of the dollar.
As I understand it, the courts are making the Trump admin return all the money back to the EU and other countries, cause Congress didn't authorize the tariffs.
As far as I can tell the congress never had much to do with authorizing tariffs and excise taxes since the beginning days when there was no income tax on individual citizens. It really remained an executive power, with Congressional advice and consent. That all changed to some degree when the income tax was created in 1913 which was supposed to be only for the rich and never be more than 3%.
My question for this time is why wouldn't Congress authorize the tariffs? We face the debt growing by at least a trillion dollars on top of the $36 trillion per year. Importantly, the tariffs were meant bring manufacturing back home and protect existing industries and farming. This should have been a no-brainer, even for congress critters.
Yes but he is taking another route to tariffs; one that was outlined in Kavanaugh's Opinion. This will take a little longer. I still have hope that the benefits that tariffs will bring will work out as Trump has planned.
I hope I am not misinterpreting what you say.
If you can’t see this “war’ in Iran as a good and necessary thing, then you are dooming us to the same fate as the Europeans. Their plight is obvious as is the cause of the problem except, apparently, to them. I hope it is not your wish to go there. The muslims have told us their plan, we would be foolish not to take them at their word.
This may save you some time in the future. You should run a freedom of information request to see what files they have on you.
"Welcome to the dedicated archive of FBI files on Scientists and Medical Professionals at The Black Vault.
This specialized collection offers a revealing window into the FBI’s monitoring and investigation of notable individuals within the scientific and medical communities.
The documents housed in this archive provide a unique perspective on how these professionals and their work intersected with national security interests and intelligence activities.
From renowned scientists to influential medical practitioners, these files uncover the often unseen scrutiny and attention they received from the FBI, highlighting the complex relationship between government surveillance and the advancement of science and medicine."
https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/fbi-files-scientists-and-medical-professionals/
You have many allies who can help:
The Black Vault server on UFO was attack.....
"The largest privately run online repository of declassified government documents anywhere in the world. With more than 3 MILLION pages of documents to read, on nearly every government secret imaginable, The Black Vault is known worldwide for getting down to the truth… and nothing but.
Every page, photo and video you see below in this "FOIA Document Archive" was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or through other means of accessing U.S. government public information."
https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/
To me, it looks like the handouts are in trouble. First it was a DOGE $2.000. But the lawfarers have that handcuffed. Then it was the tariff $6,000. But the courts are on it, now locking that down. In the meantime our benefactors are gaining $$ with each reassurance they offer of our moneys being on the way.
AI is another of the population control and reduction mechanisms.
All programs can be hacked.
Show kindness to the kids in the basements on their computers. Some of them are going to grow up and save the world.
James, I agree with much of what you write about AI. However, we must remember that AI can only influence and control those who let it. Resisting control is easier said than done, as AI has infiltrated much of what we see, read, and hear, primarily in digital form. The solution as it is for much of how we conduct our lives (such as lifestyle, diet, fitness, perspective, and staying intimately familiar with how all things work) is by relentless curiosity with a commitment to learning. Not many in our population are willing to do this, however, as the information conditioning urges us to depend on "expert" sources dispensing "wisdom" on how to live our lives. Acquiring the knowledge to identify trustworthy sources is the first step. Just remember that an AI tool is developed by humans, and each tool is programmed on how to present information differently. Some are designed to be benevolent, some are corrupt, and some are just poorly designed. In the end, it is up to each of us to develop an innate skepticism and the desire to know the difference when assessing the blizzard of information available. The other? Taking the action to titrate off the digital information sources so prevalent in our lives is also a healthy goal.
Another great Friday funny. Thank you, Jill, and wishing you, Robert and everyone on the farm a great weekend.
If there was a smoking gun in the UAP documents release, the government and Trump would have led with that.
Now- IMO - I think there are smoking guns to be discovered in the government documents and evidence regarding UFOs, but not in the new webpages just put up.
On a lighter note, I sincerely burst out laughing when I saw the Man Falsies that was the DIY version! It was great!😂😂😂
My sister knits I told her to check it out for the next sweater for her husband!
Good News! Happy Mother's Day!
Virginia Supreme Court has struck down Spanberger redistricting! Existing Districts will continue to apply.
Fantastic news!
Best news I've heard today!
Studies show that as people become more educated, they lean more to the left. Education should not make you stupid. (Speaking as a physicist.)
So it took me way too long for my brain to not see a nose with long hair.
That’s all I can see!! What is it supposed to be?!
I think that nose picture with the caption above says a lot!. The caption saying "All I can see is a nose with a lot of hair" sets most viewers up to only see what the captioner portrays. Takes a dedicated viewer with a new perspective to change the vision to something possibly more true.
Part of what I love about the Malones' Substack - a longer and more thorough perusal of the picture.
It's a photo from above of a ladies back with her hair flipped up
I kind of started panicking when I couldn't see it.
It's sort of funny, but isn't, when you know something is just not quite right but should be.
I had to stop looking at it, just to see what I missed in the beginning? I might need one more cup of coffee!