Happy Sunday Everyone. Snow has already started, they’re predicting 24 inches. Here’s a nice warm Sunday message.
No one is perfect, I’d be the first to admit that. And no relationship is perfect either, that’s for certain. We can only do our best to make things as good as they can be. Simple easy positive actions we take can sometimes change things in a positive way. In today’s world, where it’s hard to find something good, we should look for ways to do good for the people around us.
The Note!
A couple of Sundays ago I had mentioned a simple note I wrote complimenting my wife about just some of the wonderful things she does and has done for me and my siblings over many years. I folded the note tight and slipped it into her pocketbook. Almost 2 weeks went by with no sign of her finding the note, it had actually escaped my mind. I took our 2 labs out for a walk and when I got back my wife called me over and with a big smile gave me a kiss and thanked me, a smile like I’ve never seen, she had found the note. She was on her way food shopping and I was parked in front of her which normally would result in “maybe” a snide remark but that day there was patience. The patience has gone beyond being parked in front of her, that simple note, at least for now, helped her to re-see the bond I have too her. It let her know in writing my appreciation for her.
I asked if I could read the note, I didn’t remember exactly what I had written and she said no it’s my note 😊.
A week now has gone by. My wife had worked her shifts at the hospital. Let me say 40 years in an OR my wife has learned to stay out of the office. Many of the staff are in there nearly every day complaining about something or someone. My wife always tries to go directly to the problem and handle it, although I know, as well as she can hide it, I’ve been around a long time, on the inside, she can get hurt.
There was one day one of her many bosses, a guy that is very insecure, had been scolded by the charge nurse earlier that day. When my wife saw him he took his anger out on her with a mean comment, knowing my wife that’s a big mistake. Though this situation is ongoing my wife told me the first thing she thought about was the note I wrote her! What a feeling of trying to do something good and it being successful came over me.
She has kept that note in her pocketbook and has asked if I could write more notes to her, which I will.
Just a piece of advice to you, try this. Send a note to someone you know, someone you think may need it, someone who helped you along the way, someone you want to pick up.
Here’s a short story I think you’ll like;
There was a junior high teacher, who one day saw that her students were very rowdy, they didn’t seem to be interested in learning. The teacher herself was tired and didn’t feel like pushing through it. She told her students to put their books away, take out a clean sheet of paper. Their assignments that day was to write down every students name on the left and then write one good thing they liked about that student.
The students went to work, looking around the room thinking what they liked about each other.
Over the weekend the teacher took the time to write the students name at the top and then she listed all the comments that were written about that individual student. The next Monday she handed the sheets of paper to the appropriate students and they began to read all these comments that were written about them.
The room was just buzzing with electricity. As those students read the comments you could hear the students saying wow I didn’t know they liked me that much, I didn’t know I was good at that, I didn’t know they thought I was beautiful. On and on, those students were on cloud nine. They left that day with more confidence, more self esteem, feeling better about themselves.
Well years later one of the students was killed while serving in Vietnam. Not only the teacher but many of the students attended the funeral. After the service the father of the soldier went up to the teacher and said I want to show you what my son was carrying when he was killed. It’s something he kept in his wallet. He took out this paper and began to unfold it, the teacher realized it was the note that she had copied with all the encouraging comments from her students. The father told how his son treasured that piece of paper. Well when the other students overheard it they began to tell the same story. One man said he keeps his paper in the top drawer at the office. One lady said she put hers in her wedding album next to her wedding pictures. Another man right then and there took out his wallet and he unfolded his as if it was his prize possession.
The teacher was overwhelmed, little did she realize what a lasting impact that little impromptu assignment would have that day.
The message shows everyone needs to be blessed, everyone needs to feel valued, we long for that affirmation.
The idea is we shouldn’t withhold our blessing. Be free with your compliments. Look for people you can build up. Tell them what you like about them. How much you appreciate them. It takes so little effort but it makes such a huge deposit. These are treasures people will carry with them.
Eloquent as always, King James. You bless us all with your words and beautiful spirit. Thank you for sharing!
A story in which we followed the J Goodrich guidance...
This week we wrote and mailed a card to our school superintendent, who is going through the pain of losing her beloved pet cat. We told her we considered her family and offered our sincere condolences over her loss.
When we saw her at a school board meeting earlier in the week, we looked at her normally smiling face and immediately knew something was very wrong. We asked her, and she told us her kitty was very sick and after years of treatment, the only humane thing was to put her pet to sleep. She hoped to spend part of the next day in sunshine with her little friend before helping her pass over the Rainbow Bridge.
We hugged several times before saying goodbye that day, comforting us both.
I was just going to wish you a simple Happy Sunday back and dash off, but James I do love your inspiring words and comments. Thank you so much. Since before I began subscribing to this page, I have been reading both Dr Malones' work, and your comments and feel incredibly blessed to be able to tell you in person how much I appreciate them, especially in my bust disjointed days.
When I graduated from high school in 1969 we already had a wall with the names of students from former classes that had died in Vietnam. I did not personally know any of them. Over the next years they added more to the wall. I knew those names. If only there was a teacher that had made the assignment you mentioned. From my class there was also a list of people who died because of drugs. Perhaps such an assignment would have changed the lives of some of them
OH we are the same age..a dear friend of mine.. Charles Smith yes.. that is his name is on that wall. I have been to WALL and it is really a LONG WALK and hard to take since I graduated in 1968. short story: I knew Charles died about three months.. when first got there. Kept track of my friends still do. BUT about 4 years go now on Facebook a woman I didn't know but her brother was Charles posted to our class does anyone know Isabella Musto (my maiden name) and she had just gotten. I can't remember all the details. I think their mother died and she inherited Charles "Purple Heart, died in combat, a photo of him in Vietnam. (which are not legal.. but she got one and I got it too because I took it fast off of Facebook) and a letter that I had written to Charles in my handwriting in 1967 (he was a year older) asking him did he want to go to Virginia Beach with me. along w/ the envelope of Charlie Brown on it.. days of innocence long past. I was FLOORED when I realized that letter was part of Charles legacy to his family heirs. Talk about "small things" meaning something... I wrote to a many friends in Viet nam and three of them came home. I still have a Vietnamese Christmas card I had framed from a friend.. who lives in Arizona now.
What a wonderful story SIP,. So many times we have opportunities to do these small acts of kindness. We may not realize it at the time but these snall things we do can mean the most in someone’s life. Imagine if everyone starting today tried to find ways to encourage people around them, what a better place this world would become. Thanks for sharing your story, it makes a difference.
I mentioned the story to a retired teacher who is a great customer of mine. She said what a great idea especially these days when kids seem to be so closed off from each other. I guess we should look at today and tomorrow as a chance to try and make a difference.
I had a great account where the kids have started taking over their business though the parents are still involved, I got pushed to the side. The mother recently fell and broke her femur. I gave a lot of my life helping to build their business and have some hard feelings with not only me but the way they have handled other people as well. I’m going to send her a get well card today with a nice note.
This isn't just an empty thought, action makes it work! Excellent for getting an upgrade on evolution hill. These aware moments will make a difference as we look at and experience our lives on the "other side." I am so glad to hear the rest of the story, James. You are a gem.
Thank you James for this beautiful story! It definitely has a positive impact, & as you mention, a long-lasting impact. Very heart-felt! Enjoy your Sunday as well.
James, I just recommended that 'Five Times August' read your post. He made a request similar to yours on X. He is the musician that played at some of the gatherings with Dr. Malone.
Thank you James. Went to church this morning, about a foot had fallen and was around 14 degrees. A number of guys were clearing the walks and stairs. Going past them I called out "Good job men.". One of the fellas said "Thank you.". I've worked with some decent people and that made it easy. I've also worked with lying, horses rear ends. I've always tried to treat people the same way. Of course, sometimes you simply just need to confront the difficult ones. I'm not sure that the outbursts of delusional attacks against ICE in this country can be given a friendly encouragement and they will stop. I know and appreciate who your story is geared to. The responsibility of our local, state and federal governments is to protect the citizens. Previous federal administrations have literally attacked us citizens with their evil intentions and policies.
Hi Mike, I remember when blm began the riots in Minneapolis, and how it spread. I couldn’t believe the disrespect shown to law enforcement, I really thought it was the end. I don’t have a lot of money but I went up to my local police, I complimented them, and I donated 100 dollars to their union. They were shocked and didn’t even know how to handle it. I don’t know whatever happened but since have got a few breaks from them with tickets 😊🙄😊…
Hahahaha James. Initially it sounds as though you park where you shouldn't and go faster than you should. I know what you're saying. We gift our trash and recycle folks. I have also took some snacks to the streets department for the fellas. These aren't bribes, just a simple thank-you and appreciation for the people doing the necessary things to care for our community.
Anyone who does anything for us gets a warm and sincere "Thank you" and a gratuity; either cash or something GMG bakes, and they generally prefer the baked goods.
I’m sure the officers had no idea I went to station and thanked them, but I do think sometimes what comes around goes around that works on the good side also. There’s a no left turn in my home town. It’s ridiculous because it pushes you into total traffic or left heads right towards my house. So I took a left and there was a cruiser right there. This was a few years after my thanks and donation , he gave me just a warning even after I told him I knew what I had done,🙄.. probably just caught him an a good day??
On the other hand, he recognized someone being kind and considerate who respects the difficulty, and sometimes, danger of the job and wants the officers to know there is, at least, someone who doesn't take them for granted or have a negative attitude about and toward them.
The reason behind people thinking that the ship is not really Titanic takes us back to the 20th September 1911 when the Olympic collided with the HMS Hawke just off the coast of the Isle of Wight.
This incident caused many problems for the ship's owners, White Star Line as this meant that it would have to be taken out of service while they repaired it but this also meant that the maiden voyage of Titanic had to be put back from the 20th March to the 10th April. This at the time was something that White Star Line could not afford to do as they had legal bills to pay and the cost of repairing the Olympic as well. This meant that they had to come up with a way to claim back not only the money that they would have missed out on due to Olympic not being in service (loss of revenue) but also the money they couldn’t claim back from the incident. So they came up with a plan…
…The plan was simple, switch Olympic with her sister ship Titanic and sink it to claim compensation. No one would know they had swapped the ships (except the people in charge: J.Bruce Ismay, Lord Pirrie, Thomas Andrews and J.P.Morgan) as if you looked at the ships when they were sitting beside each other you would not know which one was which unless you looked at the name plates on both ships.
"Paddy Fenton is someone who had told his fellow seamen that they were in fact switched.
A man in Australia, sent a letter to the Northern Star newspaper on July 31st 1996, which talks about a conversation his son had with Paddy."
Here's an extract of that letter, "When the surviving crew got to port they were all taken aside and met by two men, one in a high position in the company, the other man was in a very high position in the Government. The Government man read the crew the “Official Secrets Act’ explaining that if they told of the real reason for the sinking, or the rumors of an insurance scam, they would serve a minimum of 20 years in jail and would never get a job when they got out."
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J.P.Morgan was amongst many people who cancelled his trip at the last minute as he was of ill health. When in actual fact he had been spotted in France, two days later and appeared to be in perfectly well health. J. Bruce Ismay's wife Julia and their children also cancelled due to his wife's ill health before however they were spotted on a motoring holiday in Wales.
J.P. Morgan also had seven valuable bronze statues removed one hour before the ship left Southampton. This situation leads many people to believe that they both knew what was about to happen with the ship on its maiden voyage especially after J.P. Morgan had publicly spoken out to the country and certified that he would definitely be aboard the ship. Was the real reason behind this lie from J.P. Morgan due to the fact he knew the ship was going to sink?
SEE MY REPLY to SWABBIE ROBBIE.. about my friend Charles Smith.. who is on the wall.. which I have been to.. of course I live here.. and have seen every memorial.. in DC
Thankfully one day I will do a post of the most memorable ones I can find.. my photos are a mess
Good shot James!!! A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out.
Your wisdom and compassion are priceless, thank you for sharing. The power of your words pierce my soul and bring a warm feeling of hope for a better world.
Actually the title today "Trigger Warning Things are getting Serious" rang true to me today and so did your post. We were in the hospital the last few days with an 86 y/o person in my purview who fell and broke her wrist, fractured radial, distal radia and ulna. 1 hour surgery turned into 3 hours, we stayed 2 nights and were released Saturday just before the ice storm started. The nurses were all so wonderful. And my person and I had many to compliment. A frazzled scowl would transform into a soft smile so lovely to witness. That's the good news. the bad news part is the overall Stress we were all under and how it of course ultimately turned into a TDS verbal bully session today at home. you may know from my comments that I live with relatives who are true blue, I am the only red in the group. There have been many Incidents over the last few years since 2016. Slowed down some after my husband died a year and half ago. But three incidents recently that caused me to question my sanity in not doing something about it. I will no longer throw my pearls before the swine to trample, I will stop talking to those who can hear fine but cannot hear me, and will kick their dust off my feet. I have officially entered the FO stage of FAFO stage and sketched out a plan for escape. I've tried to be brief here and left out details but thank you for the space to announce my intentions. stay warm, pray for our country.
Walter Kern had a great observation over at Racket News with Matt Taibbi. He wondered why you didn’t see people protesting FOR ICE countering the loonies and this goes for just about any other protest of late. His reasoning being that when the “right” does finally come out and protest it would be final. What ICE is doing is what the electorate voted for and are sitting back happy that they were heard and getting illegals outta here. If there ever comes a time that the “right” has to come out from their couches or easy chairs it’s going to be final. He imagined when civil unrest starts and the streets become unsafe and houses are being invaded the uprising will be swift and final. It’s a shame that it’s most likely coming to that but if it comes to the final battle for the soul of the nation and all that is good and decent. The Patriots will be ready. The left has wanted this fight and the right has been sitting back watching these libtards ruin our country. I’d be proactive here and tell the left to be very careful with what you wish for because the outcome isn’t going to be what you expected.
Just a thought to add here as the wife and me watch the snow pile up here in Jersey. Reading our Substack’s before I begin making a Shepard’s pie for dinner. Yes, homemade! Yes it is delicious. Relax and recharge today everyone. Watch football and keep the TV off besides that. There’s always tomorrow to see what happened today. Enjoy! Thanks Doc.
Excellent observation. Despite the insanity in MN, the fact remains that most of us still get to lead our normal lives without interruption. Should that change. Should the idiotic leftists think they can disrupt that. Then things will change quickly and hunting Democrats will become sport. And they won't be able to hide easily.
Hestand Kentucky here. Virtually everyone’s power is out… everyone.! Guess how I know? My Amish neighbor woke me up this morning to tell me. He hiked up my hill to see if I needed anything and saw trees fall over power lines and the flashes of light as lines broke. Ha ha! Oh the irony. Anyway, I’ve no water, no power, and not enough wood to stay warm. At least i didn’t have until my other Amish neighbor showed up with a wagon load. It’s Sunday, they all went to church in buggies that don’t care about snow and ice. The minister kindly asked that they check on their neighbors! The best I can do is a prayer: May God bless and watch over each and every one of you. Stay warm!
Neighbors like that are treasures. Take care of yourself and glad you have wood for heat. Situations like this are the way we learn what to do as general prep for most contingencies. I sure had my lessons when we 1st moved to the countryside in 1974 in Western Wisconsin. Had a number of times when the power was out for days at a time. Bought a generator to plug into various appliances then later had a transfer switch installed on the power pole (have one at our current place on the electric connection by the house). The old place always had wood heat as well as propane wall furnaces. We had a number of springs at the old place for when the well was off. One on the side of the road coming out of the hillside We drove a pipe into the rock where the water came out strongest and hung a small scoop on the pipe. Neighbors would stop to fill water containers from the pipe, and people would stop and grab a drink from the scoop on hot days. Best wishes for everyone through this storm. Cold winter days make for good naps and snuggles. Any wonder so many babies are born in Autumn?
Homemade is absolutely the best- I agree! This past Friday, I made the best Tamale pie, & for two nights, Tamale Pie has been my “left-over-meal” for dinner!
I did see New Jersey did get a bunch of snow, & more to come today? At least, this is what the National weather command on Fox News indicated for y’all!
I do believe the Denver Broncos have a home game today, & the “tailgate Fans” have been gearing up for the game, in this frigid cold! Have a nice, warm day watching your football games!!!
James, don’t wanna be a wet blanket or a leaden cloud rife with snow but I’m just not that sure your vision is accurate. It’s not like we have geographically drawn demarcations where we have one righteous government opposed to a faux America - the vision you imagine is not shooting across the Mason-Dixon but shooting across the street or the fence in the backyard.
I don’t know what it would take for your vision to occur but I don’t think it’ll resolve as you imagine. At best we may actually divide up into red and blue states with the left coast and the NE going in one direction while states from WVa (yes, I’m thinking even western Va) and most of my beloved Dixie over to Montana down to Arizona affirming American constitutional values. Tho DC may be the capitol, I’m not sure who we could say seceded from who.
The thing is, "patriots" do not think like the leftists "protestors" think - we love America while the others hate America, what it is, what it has achieved, what it stands for. Hate&Love elicit two different reactions. What I’m getting at is that should the vision you’re presenting ever reach fruition, well, I ‘spect it’ll be too late with nothing left to fight for. The time to protect America is now but the perceived danger is insufficient to rouse the response that’s needed. I think something external will need to happen before the people are roused to action.
It’s not a red/blue situation as far as I’m concerned. I don’t want communism here. Our govt is nothing but grifters. Both sides. I’m sure not losing what I broke my ass working for my entire life. I want peace and the rule of law that protects the innocent and punishes the guilty. Debate is what formed this country and I’d love to get back to it.
Sufficient numbers are dead set against something as simple as identification/proven citizenship in voting.
Sufficient numbers see weaponizing political differences.
Etc etc etc
Which means that sufficient numbers do not want, actively oppose what you and I want.
I ask again, how does what you and I want come to be?
The political process has been used to foster this great divide.
We allow in our political system those adamantly opposed to the ideas of America all the while using those "ideals and principles" to undermine/destroy America.
We have a great Constitution, it’s been a model for others worldwide, yet our Constitution contains insufficient means by which it is protected.
Take the freedom of speech, held sacred by most but seen by too many as a weapon to be used to destroy that freedom/right. Where is the societal will to recognize that speech is important but not all speech is beneficial and compatible with the ideals of American (yeah, I know, sounds contradictory). What’s wrong with accepting that you have the right to speak but your speech is antithetical to America and you’re free to take your speech elsewhere. It’s like building a wonderful dwelling and then inviting in people with termites, chainsaws, sledgehammers, etc. that’s just one example of the perversion we’ve allowed.
We’ve sown the seeds of our own destruction.
How do we return to the vision we both want in light of the reality(s) of today? It’s not gonna just magically happen.
James, I have a similar discussion in the Bible study I facilitate: there’s an argument posited that all we need to do is bring/put God back in the schools. I agree but then ask "how?" Mostly, all I get in answer is magical thinking.
My Eeyore’ness comes from examining the landscape. We were given a wonderful fertile field; it took a while but we eventually took what our forefathers gave us (well, not mine, my forefather was a Marxist who would have reveled in what’s happening today) and returned those initial seed a hundred fold, if not more. From that we saved the world several times over but in so doing we didn’t tend to our own field: we let in harmful damaging pests from other fields that have attacked the stems of liberty, eaten the roots of freedom and I fear that the image we have of "America" is in peril of failing due to eroded roots and ineffective support.
Term limits and no more lobbying or NGO’s. No super PAC’s. The two party system has failed us which is exactly what the forefathers feared. I used to vote both parties. I consider myself a little conservative but I’m a constitutionalist to the core and 2A which has been bastardized as much as possible. If another party could be created that was just for common sense it would never gain traction. A divided people is easy to control. If everyone turned off the TV and got rid of the screens for a week or so they’d realize we are being manipulated and turn their anger to people who keep us this way. I’m no screen addict and quit watching any news on TV. I just want my country back. Like you.
Term limits are not gonna magically appear and too,often have been rejected. Same with super PACs, corporate giving, etc. Personally I’m opposed to anyone other than citizens eligible to vote donating to candidates; also, you can only give in the district which your able to vote: that would mean your local candidates, your state candidates, your national candidates - this nonsense with candidates receiving millions from out of district contributors is anathema to America in my opinion.
I would add to your wish list repeal of the 17th amendment and return SELECTION of senators to state legislatures, not to the people as originally framed - one house of whores is sufficient. That and term limits would remove the bulk of money out of our elections.
But, as I’ve asked before, how? Congress won’t strip themselves of the power they’ve accrued. That means any change possible is up to the people which means an Article V Convention of States. Have you signed the petition?
I so agree with you about too much $$$ in these political races. The only donors should be by the people who these candidates are running to represent, not big corporations and the super pacs, because then the candidates become bought and paid for by them and NOT the everyday people who will be voting for them. Absolutely we need term limits and not life careers in Congress
Here’s an idea that goes a long way toward limiting fraud and harmonizing the population: separate spending from funding. Elected politicians can and should propose spending BUT ONLY citizen taxpayers should APPROVE FUNDING . This puts a hard stop to fraud and waste if given the help of DOGE. Every taxpayer must assign their tax dollars for or NOT for each spending proposal every year after Doge’s accounting. Budgets then shrink or swell based on performance and the will of THOSE who actually fund the government. If everyone with skin in the game ie taxpayers did this, graft would approach zero. Nothing focuses the mind, sharpening the senses than having one’s own hard work stolen and misused. And nothing would do more to unite Democrats and Republicans than everyone getting the governance they want TO THE EXTENT THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. Note: non-contributing citizens and non-citizens ARE NOT allowed in this assignment. Why? Because they get their say when they vote for or lobby their representatives. But if they aren’t actually paying taxes for government services, then they shouldn’t get to fund the government! This is the step change needed in our constitution!
And for those that saw “impossible… people are so stupid” I suggest I believe it is actually easier than it seems. Here’s why. Every proposed bill has a purpose. Require that purpose be stated in a single sentence. Or at worst short paragraph. Require DOGE to audit that description. Then ask citizen taxpayers to fund (OR NOT). For example: proposal: Spend 20 billion on weapons to Ukraine. Here’s another: spend 100 million on Planned Parenthood whose services include abortion. Here’s another: Spend 96 billion on a California high speed rail from LA to San Francisco that fails to lay any rail in 14 years. Here’s another: SNAP funds to Minnesota where fraud is rampant. How long would fraud last if citizen taxpayers had a chance to defund it. Here’s another: refund Obama Care which Doge clearly shows is profitable for Insurance Companies only and costly to citizens needing it. The budget would shrink substantially and capitalisms best attributes would take over. Compete for quality and price or be eliminated. All at the hands of the people WHO PAY FOR IT!
Let spenders yak on about why we should or shouldn’t fund. Let DOGE do the annual accounting and report publicly. Let citizen taxpayers decide whether they want that government service. I could easily go through a list of a 1,000 in just minutes. And get probably 80 to 90% correct as in have a net positive effect on my country and countrymen.
It’s not that we pay less taxes. It’s that tax money is now accountable to the people who worked for and OWN those moneys. Once you get the hang of it, the process is almost a no brainer!
Exactly. Debate. It used to be a serious exercise with opposing sides needing to counter one another other w facts…not feelings. It required critical thinking, objectivity, research, listening skills…
Do they even have debate teams in high school and college anymore? I’d think the hate speech, micro aggression rules, sensitivity training etc have annihilated this valuable and formerly fundamental part of educational formation. Just wondering bc political debates we see on TV are horrifically not true debates but shoutfests and have altered the definition and understanding of debate.
It is estimated that there are about 500M firearms in the US. IMO, they really have no idea. I personally know of a safe that has maybe ten firearms in it that the government has no idea exist. A couple of which are legitimate sniper rifles. Half a dozen more that the government probably knows about.
Ammunition? Could be in the trillions of rounds. Certainly 100's of billions.
When we get in the range of a couple of percent as dangerous as we are portrayed, it is game over.
Where I live we WERE counter protesting until we realized that the left is now displaying American flags at their Anti-Trump rallies. Why? Because when we show up to counter protest with our American flags, what it looks like to the media and cars passing by is one big crowd of loonie-tune-lefties protesting Trump. They hate the flag but have found it useful to use it to their purpose while thumbing their nose (or worse) at us. Don't play the left's games. Instead, participate in local politics, display the flag and conservative stickers on your vehicles, donate to worthy candidates, and for God's sake--VOTE!
My concern is voter fraud. I'm suspicious of Dominion voting machines, mail-in ballots, and the counting of votes. I find it implausible that Jones beat Miyares so soundly in the Northern VA blue counties given Jones' indiscretions. In the past, no candidate with Jones' history would have ever been elected. Pass a rock solid voter ID law that removes all doubt, make in-person voting a requirement, get rid of voting machines or mandate a bi-lateral audit of these devices. Software is easy to manipulate with the simple change of a few variables in the code and easy to hide.
Washington state has the most corrupt voting laws of any state and every year new laws are passed that make it impossible for any but far left socialists to get elected.
Washington judges just overturned a federal conviction of a man that knowingly voted in two states for the same election in 2022-ruling that because Election day wasn’t on the same day between the two states, it wasn’t against the law. The Democrat appointed judges reinterpreted both state and federal law to suit their agenda. It is disgraceful.
I vote for the dog catcher. Check on the donation with St. Jude’s and Tunnel to Towers being our favorites. The Flag flies in front of my house. I have an old friend who is Betsy Ross’s great/great/great/great/great grandson (I think it’s more than that but he’s related) hard to find candidates here in NJ.
Most of my "pretend" lefty acquaintances are really conservatives...they just won't admit it.
They virtue signal and might show up at a protest but are not hard core enough to actually fight one way or the other. They want all the benefits of being "progressive" and refuse to take any responsibility or risk to keep the world running.
Looks like you know cats!! As for Ice, it hurts my heart, literally hurts it, to see how these agents are treated. Directed by the leaders. Trump gets indicted for telling his supporters to PEACEFULLY walk to the Capital. Walz is fine and we'll after directing paid protesters to get violent. Oh, what an upside down time we live in..
The ICE riots not properly handled. Arrest and respond to violence...violently. As for the cat bullying his owner....have 2 who love their deck, want to be lolling on it in warm sunshine, and obviously think we are responsible for it being covered in frozen sleet and 24 degrees. Our fault!!!
The cats think of us as their servants so of course it is our fault. Note: When I went to bed last night it was minus eleven. When I woke up it was minus eleven. Now at 11AM it is 2 degrees. No new snow today in central Wisconsin.
Trump needs to release the National Guard in large numbers to stop the nonsense in Minnesota. It is totally out of hand. ICE agents should not be expected to deal with these crazies as they try to do their jobs. I don’t care how much the left screams about it. Show strength, damn it!!
Remember Kyle Rittenhouse? As a then 17 year-old, he showed up in Wisconsin to help protect private property from the legit chaos, fires, vandalism post-George Floyd. Young man came perilously close to a lengthy prison sentence; was literally chased down the street by a mob after killing his first attacker, Joseph Rosenbaum. Check out the CV of those injured or killed in the incident, and you'll see similarities with Kyle Wagner and his ilk. Oh, and you probably wouldn't have learned much about those CV from MSM.
I had a flashback to the dad who dared to pray in a sit in at an abortion clinic who had a literal armed swat team swarm his house and drag him off in cuffs in front of his children. And, of course, there's those outrageously violent insurrectionists who walked peacefully into the Capitol. Jailed in squalor for five years - no due process. Hmmmm seems to me it's all about POV and interpretation of words.
"Federal perception into fabricated crimes allegedly committed by conservatives who were framed by the Left:
Vision like a hawk’s.
Federal perception into actual crimes committed by the parasitic Left that siphons off tax dollars of Americans and applies them to the destruction of America:
I just saw a report that a Minnesota judge refuses to allow a criminal charge against Don Lemon for his part in the raid on the church. So, if the system is now completely corrupted from the top down, what is the solution? I think they just want civil war.
The answer is yes, Walz wants war with Trump and our Federal government. Walz is attempting a real insurrection. He must have a ton of stolen taxpayer $ in off shore accounts and needs a major distraction.
There are bad actors of one sort or other who hate this administration and/or this country all across this country. What frightens me most is that if Minnesota doesn't get shut down soon, it will inspire violent uprisings elsewhere. Maybe far and wide.
That’s Walz and other evil Dems plan. They need a civil war of blue states vs Trump in order to create chaos beyond the frozen northern states run by Marxists that intend to defeat our Republic from within.
I don't think Walz is smart enough to understand what will the "FO" will be! That man has just barely enough intelligence to figure out the "FA" part -- anything more is well beyond his abilities!
Leslie, I’ve run into people in my years who play the part of low intelligence while scheming and colluding with others committing evil acts or to just enrich themselves taking advantage of the system. Maybe Walz isn’t as dumb as the idiot he plays on the world stage?
I suppose anything is possible, but do you remember his debate with JD Vance? He just could not keep up. There's no way he would have deliberately looked weak and moronic at that point if he really wasn't weak and moronic. I'm not saying he's not evil, but he's evil because he's to stupid to recognize his own evil acts!! He's fomenting violence every time he opens his mouth, and he can't stop talking!! He's basically responsible for every bad thing happening in Minnisota now!
I think I remember reading something awhile back about a “Podesta plan” to create civil war if all else fails for the extreme left. Anybody know anything about that?
The division of mindsets is not spontaneous and organic. It is a planned process to divide and create division in the minds of Americans. The goal is polarization to create internal strife to continue to change the dynamics of the Republic and transition it to a socialized country. That puts the process at the hands of the Chinese, the Russians and the Arab world. All of which believe societal change is necessary in the USA. I believe this is understood by the DOD that we are actually in a atypical WWIII where it is not done by front lines, but by controlling the hearts and minds of the society. With the release of the Covid exercise, it began the psychological warfare games. It is a refinement of what the CIA has done in the past to other countries. All you have to do is step back and observe how not only the USA is being impacted, but countries around the world are being transitioned. The public in general hasn't a clue what is truly transpiring. My view.
Hey Protestors! Each of your violent and dangerous actions toward law enforcement who want to get ILLEGAL ALIEN murderers and rapists out of our country, the more actions AGAINST YOU are necessary to protect law enforcement officers. Listening to CNN , MSNBC and THE VIEW’s encouragement to violence could get you killed! It’s no skin off their nose to encourage you to disobey laws. Stop being their useful idiots by endangering yourself and the officers enforcing our laws. Illegals here have NO RIGHTS under our Constitution! NONE. ZERO. NADA. And your “right to protest” as a citizen END WHEN YOU GET VIOLENT!! You only have the right to PROTEST PEACEFULLY!! Period. These are the facts.
Greetings from Michigan's Thumb Coast! Some things do change and improve. Yesterday, our outside thermometer read -9F (minis nine). And, felt like -17. Did not vent9ure out without donning my balaclava. Today, a knit cap suffices, as it is +9 F, a difference of 18 degrees. Change is constant, all around us. Sometimes, we ourselves institute change - in a recipe, in the garden and the way we plant seeds, plants, shrubs, and trees. Frequently, we change a route we run, walked, or driven for years - maybe it is faster or safer, or we just want a change of scenery. The sit9uation in MN will change - for the worse - or for the better, which I believe is the prayer sent above by those who believe in the power of prayer. What my part is in that mix I do NOT know. What I do know is that I look around my small piece of the world and wonder what I can do to make this just a little more pleasing to those of us who share the immediate space. Wash the windows to make the outside clearer to view? Host a meal or fun event and among those invited, at least one individual who is isolated or lives alone? At the supermarket, pause as I exit to pay a compliment to the "bagger?" Our eloquent friend James saw a space needing improvement and wrote a complimentary note - to his wife! Waves spread out from a small pebble! We each have the capability to change the way the game runs - with our collective thinking, creativity, imagination and derring-do, we are instruments for change - minute, perhaps but we can pack a wallop when we share our God-given spirits and talents! In abiding faith, Rath De Ort.
Thank you for taking the time to read and the trouble to reply. Alone, we are powerless! Together, with by God's grace, we are a force with which to reckon! SSHJ
Democrats and Never-Trumpers want those they disagree with to be unable to defend themselves. Notice how they become violent and then complain when YOU act in response.
Seems like a good time to chime in on use of force by Police in the short, I'm not an attorney, this is not legal advice, form.
Use of force is not a team sport. It is an individual decision made on scene, in the moment, under crushing time pressure, usually by someone without enough training, not enough sleep, to much caffeine and knowing one will be second guessed and sued...no matter what.
So NOT A TEAM SPORT.
A use of force can be within law and policy and still not be "clean". The action of arresting uncooperative persons is chaotic, violent and never looks good. Until someone has actually done this, forcibly handcuffing and restraining a resisting subject against their will, you really cannot understand this. You might get a pass if you have ever been involved in a situation wherein another human is actively trying to kill you. On a side note arresting, transporting and booking drunk, screaming females just plain sucks. I'll take a knock, down drag out fight with a man or men and a hospital visit to fighting with above described female.
Lack of training for large crowds. Most line cops, if they get any riot training at all, is one day at the Police academy...maybe. Riots / Large crowds are Just not something that happen outside major metro areas in general. The Army, USMC, especially the MP units, NYPD, LAPD and such are really good at large crowds. NYPD does an exceptional job...no matter who is mayor. This is a boss problem at this point in that ICE admin needs to get resources on this particular problem.
From what I have seen the Feds are doing the best job they can. Under ordinary conditions local PD would be filling in most of the blanks on scene security, crowd control, etc. Not gonna happen until the Insurrection Act is invoked. With that said...
The individual arrests being made go like most arrests, relatively peaceful, most of the time. The arrest situations we are seeing are the, "it bleeds, it leads kind". The involved officers, in most of these confrontational arrests are not being violent enough quickly enough. This is a nuanced topic and has to be learned by doing. How much force is enough force and how fast to escalate force CANNOT BE TAUGHT. Not a team sport remember.
One has to learn how much, how often and how hard to use force. It is painful believe me. I sympathize with the ICE officer that is losing a finger because some nut job bit it off. Been bitten several times in fights. Bluntly the pictures of those responsible look to good. Last guy that bit me, tried to chew off my left thumb as a matter of fact, was rewarded with a mag light to the forehead. The fight stopped. I wish I could post his booking photo and two days later when Mommy brought him to the PD to complain. The fist sized knot on his forehead sent the message. Don't fight with the Police. Now or ever again. Not shockingly that guy NEVER fought with the Police ever again and he stopped doing cocaine too. He has grandkids now and actually cares about them.
The longer a fight goes on the more desperate things become. Longest fight I was in was three minutes and thankfully early in my career. Three minutes is LOOOONG time to be fighting. This particular episode was between two parked cars after tripping over a guard rail and disarming the guy of the upright vacuum cleaner and vcr he was using as a mace and flail. Lost every piece of gear except my pistol. My partner and I had him cuffed before help got there but it was a near run thing. By law and policy, in this case, either one of us could have shot this man. We were not winning, he was not giving up and the only piece of gear he did not strip off of us were our sidearms, though he tried. Shooting an "unarmed" man in this case would have been within law and policy...but not a clean shoot.
The bit about AG Bondi not arresting people. I'm neutral on this one. There are literally tens of thousand of cases in motion at any given moment, not enough resources and "priority" cases come in all the time. There are aspects to all these prosecutions that we the people do not and cannot know. Any other AG you put in will be put in the same position and AG Bondi. The entire system is hostile to Pres. Trump's agenda and anything resembling sensible behavior.
Bit of a rant. Goes with being a retired working Sgt. I guess. I don't watch cop shows much and any media reporting on Police stuff just makes me yell at the TV or computer.
I have come to the undeniable conclusion that too many ignorant nutballs and social misfits have access to the internet and podcasting. The “disease” seems to be spreading, when it really needs to be contained……or even incarcerated, for the sake of humanity. Our youth are not being educated enough to see this insanity for what it is and so they follow the wrong path, wondering the entire time why life “sucks.” It sucks, because your lack of knowledge prevents you from seeking the truth. It is easier to follow directions from morons than investigate what is the actual truth. And in the meantime, many “followers” are getting hurt beyond repair. I say Mayor Frey and Gov. Walz have blood on their hands for encouraging protestors to ramp up their actions at protest sites! These protests will not detract from your unbelievably massive fraud, so stop endangering people by encouraging them to fight with law enforcement!
The riots of the 60s burned down the hood. The riots of 2020 burn rd down homes and small business'. Today, minnesooootans (proper pronunciation), have shut down schools. small business' and I assume daycares to make what impact to support their we love minnedsooooota. The left is honing the skill of cutting off their noses to spite themselves. SMH
Happy Sunday Everyone. Snow has already started, they’re predicting 24 inches. Here’s a nice warm Sunday message.
No one is perfect, I’d be the first to admit that. And no relationship is perfect either, that’s for certain. We can only do our best to make things as good as they can be. Simple easy positive actions we take can sometimes change things in a positive way. In today’s world, where it’s hard to find something good, we should look for ways to do good for the people around us.
The Note!
A couple of Sundays ago I had mentioned a simple note I wrote complimenting my wife about just some of the wonderful things she does and has done for me and my siblings over many years. I folded the note tight and slipped it into her pocketbook. Almost 2 weeks went by with no sign of her finding the note, it had actually escaped my mind. I took our 2 labs out for a walk and when I got back my wife called me over and with a big smile gave me a kiss and thanked me, a smile like I’ve never seen, she had found the note. She was on her way food shopping and I was parked in front of her which normally would result in “maybe” a snide remark but that day there was patience. The patience has gone beyond being parked in front of her, that simple note, at least for now, helped her to re-see the bond I have too her. It let her know in writing my appreciation for her.
I asked if I could read the note, I didn’t remember exactly what I had written and she said no it’s my note 😊.
A week now has gone by. My wife had worked her shifts at the hospital. Let me say 40 years in an OR my wife has learned to stay out of the office. Many of the staff are in there nearly every day complaining about something or someone. My wife always tries to go directly to the problem and handle it, although I know, as well as she can hide it, I’ve been around a long time, on the inside, she can get hurt.
There was one day one of her many bosses, a guy that is very insecure, had been scolded by the charge nurse earlier that day. When my wife saw him he took his anger out on her with a mean comment, knowing my wife that’s a big mistake. Though this situation is ongoing my wife told me the first thing she thought about was the note I wrote her! What a feeling of trying to do something good and it being successful came over me.
She has kept that note in her pocketbook and has asked if I could write more notes to her, which I will.
Just a piece of advice to you, try this. Send a note to someone you know, someone you think may need it, someone who helped you along the way, someone you want to pick up.
Here’s a short story I think you’ll like;
There was a junior high teacher, who one day saw that her students were very rowdy, they didn’t seem to be interested in learning. The teacher herself was tired and didn’t feel like pushing through it. She told her students to put their books away, take out a clean sheet of paper. Their assignments that day was to write down every students name on the left and then write one good thing they liked about that student.
The students went to work, looking around the room thinking what they liked about each other.
Over the weekend the teacher took the time to write the students name at the top and then she listed all the comments that were written about that individual student. The next Monday she handed the sheets of paper to the appropriate students and they began to read all these comments that were written about them.
The room was just buzzing with electricity. As those students read the comments you could hear the students saying wow I didn’t know they liked me that much, I didn’t know I was good at that, I didn’t know they thought I was beautiful. On and on, those students were on cloud nine. They left that day with more confidence, more self esteem, feeling better about themselves.
Well years later one of the students was killed while serving in Vietnam. Not only the teacher but many of the students attended the funeral. After the service the father of the soldier went up to the teacher and said I want to show you what my son was carrying when he was killed. It’s something he kept in his wallet. He took out this paper and began to unfold it, the teacher realized it was the note that she had copied with all the encouraging comments from her students. The father told how his son treasured that piece of paper. Well when the other students overheard it they began to tell the same story. One man said he keeps his paper in the top drawer at the office. One lady said she put hers in her wedding album next to her wedding pictures. Another man right then and there took out his wallet and he unfolded his as if it was his prize possession.
The teacher was overwhelmed, little did she realize what a lasting impact that little impromptu assignment would have that day.
The message shows everyone needs to be blessed, everyone needs to feel valued, we long for that affirmation.
The idea is we shouldn’t withhold our blessing. Be free with your compliments. Look for people you can build up. Tell them what you like about them. How much you appreciate them. It takes so little effort but it makes such a huge deposit. These are treasures people will carry with them.
Flatter me and I may not believe you.
Criticize me and I may not like you.
But encourage me and I’ll never forget you.
Simple words can make such a difference.
Happy Sunday
J.Goodrich
Eloquent as always, King James. You bless us all with your words and beautiful spirit. Thank you for sharing!
A story in which we followed the J Goodrich guidance...
This week we wrote and mailed a card to our school superintendent, who is going through the pain of losing her beloved pet cat. We told her we considered her family and offered our sincere condolences over her loss.
When we saw her at a school board meeting earlier in the week, we looked at her normally smiling face and immediately knew something was very wrong. We asked her, and she told us her kitty was very sick and after years of treatment, the only humane thing was to put her pet to sleep. She hoped to spend part of the next day in sunshine with her little friend before helping her pass over the Rainbow Bridge.
We hugged several times before saying goodbye that day, comforting us both.
Thank You Big E, your very kind!
Been there too many times and the warm and fond memories temper the pain of loss, but it still is agonizing.
I was just going to wish you a simple Happy Sunday back and dash off, but James I do love your inspiring words and comments. Thank you so much. Since before I began subscribing to this page, I have been reading both Dr Malones' work, and your comments and feel incredibly blessed to be able to tell you in person how much I appreciate them, especially in my bust disjointed days.
two things:
-- I'll bet you mean my bEst disjointed days! and,
-- I figure your fistful is after peeling them. . .
Thank You AFFOG, you’re too kind!!
When I graduated from high school in 1969 we already had a wall with the names of students from former classes that had died in Vietnam. I did not personally know any of them. Over the next years they added more to the wall. I knew those names. If only there was a teacher that had made the assignment you mentioned. From my class there was also a list of people who died because of drugs. Perhaps such an assignment would have changed the lives of some of them
OH we are the same age..a dear friend of mine.. Charles Smith yes.. that is his name is on that wall. I have been to WALL and it is really a LONG WALK and hard to take since I graduated in 1968. short story: I knew Charles died about three months.. when first got there. Kept track of my friends still do. BUT about 4 years go now on Facebook a woman I didn't know but her brother was Charles posted to our class does anyone know Isabella Musto (my maiden name) and she had just gotten. I can't remember all the details. I think their mother died and she inherited Charles "Purple Heart, died in combat, a photo of him in Vietnam. (which are not legal.. but she got one and I got it too because I took it fast off of Facebook) and a letter that I had written to Charles in my handwriting in 1967 (he was a year older) asking him did he want to go to Virginia Beach with me. along w/ the envelope of Charlie Brown on it.. days of innocence long past. I was FLOORED when I realized that letter was part of Charles legacy to his family heirs. Talk about "small things" meaning something... I wrote to a many friends in Viet nam and three of them came home. I still have a Vietnamese Christmas card I had framed from a friend.. who lives in Arizona now.
You got a lotta heart Science is Political.
What a wonderful story SIP,. So many times we have opportunities to do these small acts of kindness. We may not realize it at the time but these snall things we do can mean the most in someone’s life. Imagine if everyone starting today tried to find ways to encourage people around them, what a better place this world would become. Thanks for sharing your story, it makes a difference.
I mentioned the story to a retired teacher who is a great customer of mine. She said what a great idea especially these days when kids seem to be so closed off from each other. I guess we should look at today and tomorrow as a chance to try and make a difference.
I had a great account where the kids have started taking over their business though the parents are still involved, I got pushed to the side. The mother recently fell and broke her femur. I gave a lot of my life helping to build their business and have some hard feelings with not only me but the way they have handled other people as well. I’m going to send her a get well card today with a nice note.
right on time.
We missed the service today, but NOT the sermon.
A great one James.
thank you.
This isn't just an empty thought, action makes it work! Excellent for getting an upgrade on evolution hill. These aware moments will make a difference as we look at and experience our lives on the "other side." I am so glad to hear the rest of the story, James. You are a gem.
Thank You DD, I hope things have been going well with You!!
Thank you James for this beautiful story! It definitely has a positive impact, & as you mention, a long-lasting impact. Very heart-felt! Enjoy your Sunday as well.
Thank You Patricia!! Hope you’ve enjoyed your Sunday also!
Appreciate that, thanks back at ya!
James, I just recommended that 'Five Times August' read your post. He made a request similar to yours on X. He is the musician that played at some of the gatherings with Dr. Malone.
That’s awesome it’s such a simple idea, costs nothing and I think can make a difference fir people around you! Thanks DD!!
Thank you James. Went to church this morning, about a foot had fallen and was around 14 degrees. A number of guys were clearing the walks and stairs. Going past them I called out "Good job men.". One of the fellas said "Thank you.". I've worked with some decent people and that made it easy. I've also worked with lying, horses rear ends. I've always tried to treat people the same way. Of course, sometimes you simply just need to confront the difficult ones. I'm not sure that the outbursts of delusional attacks against ICE in this country can be given a friendly encouragement and they will stop. I know and appreciate who your story is geared to. The responsibility of our local, state and federal governments is to protect the citizens. Previous federal administrations have literally attacked us citizens with their evil intentions and policies.
Hi Mike, I remember when blm began the riots in Minneapolis, and how it spread. I couldn’t believe the disrespect shown to law enforcement, I really thought it was the end. I don’t have a lot of money but I went up to my local police, I complimented them, and I donated 100 dollars to their union. They were shocked and didn’t even know how to handle it. I don’t know whatever happened but since have got a few breaks from them with tickets 😊🙄😊…
Hahahaha James. Initially it sounds as though you park where you shouldn't and go faster than you should. I know what you're saying. We gift our trash and recycle folks. I have also took some snacks to the streets department for the fellas. These aren't bribes, just a simple thank-you and appreciation for the people doing the necessary things to care for our community.
Anyone who does anything for us gets a warm and sincere "Thank you" and a gratuity; either cash or something GMG bakes, and they generally prefer the baked goods.
I’m sure the officers had no idea I went to station and thanked them, but I do think sometimes what comes around goes around that works on the good side also. There’s a no left turn in my home town. It’s ridiculous because it pushes you into total traffic or left heads right towards my house. So I took a left and there was a cruiser right there. This was a few years after my thanks and donation , he gave me just a warning even after I told him I knew what I had done,🙄.. probably just caught him an a good day??
On the other hand, he recognized someone being kind and considerate who respects the difficulty, and sometimes, danger of the job and wants the officers to know there is, at least, someone who doesn't take them for granted or have a negative attitude about and toward them.
Love this!
Keep up the good work Mr. JG... "Find out Zone:"
The Titanic cover-up
The reason behind people thinking that the ship is not really Titanic takes us back to the 20th September 1911 when the Olympic collided with the HMS Hawke just off the coast of the Isle of Wight.
This incident caused many problems for the ship's owners, White Star Line as this meant that it would have to be taken out of service while they repaired it but this also meant that the maiden voyage of Titanic had to be put back from the 20th March to the 10th April. This at the time was something that White Star Line could not afford to do as they had legal bills to pay and the cost of repairing the Olympic as well. This meant that they had to come up with a way to claim back not only the money that they would have missed out on due to Olympic not being in service (loss of revenue) but also the money they couldn’t claim back from the incident. So they came up with a plan…
…The plan was simple, switch Olympic with her sister ship Titanic and sink it to claim compensation. No one would know they had swapped the ships (except the people in charge: J.Bruce Ismay, Lord Pirrie, Thomas Andrews and J.P.Morgan) as if you looked at the ships when they were sitting beside each other you would not know which one was which unless you looked at the name plates on both ships.
Part 2:
Did the Titanic Really Sink or was it Olympic?
https://social.shorthand.com/TitanicMystery/jCPyIbzzPVc/did-the-titanic-really-sink-or-was-it-olympic.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33YjmU4vDlg
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- Why They sink The Titanic, or was it the Titanic?
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1xni4f/did_jp_morgan_build_the_titanic_to_kill_off_the/
Part 3:
"Paddy Fenton is someone who had told his fellow seamen that they were in fact switched.
A man in Australia, sent a letter to the Northern Star newspaper on July 31st 1996, which talks about a conversation his son had with Paddy."
Here's an extract of that letter, "When the surviving crew got to port they were all taken aside and met by two men, one in a high position in the company, the other man was in a very high position in the Government. The Government man read the crew the “Official Secrets Act’ explaining that if they told of the real reason for the sinking, or the rumors of an insurance scam, they would serve a minimum of 20 years in jail and would never get a job when they got out."
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J.P.Morgan was amongst many people who cancelled his trip at the last minute as he was of ill health. When in actual fact he had been spotted in France, two days later and appeared to be in perfectly well health. J. Bruce Ismay's wife Julia and their children also cancelled due to his wife's ill health before however they were spotted on a motoring holiday in Wales.
J.P. Morgan also had seven valuable bronze statues removed one hour before the ship left Southampton. This situation leads many people to believe that they both knew what was about to happen with the ship on its maiden voyage especially after J.P. Morgan had publicly spoken out to the country and certified that he would definitely be aboard the ship. Was the real reason behind this lie from J.P. Morgan due to the fact he knew the ship was going to sink?
Wow!
Well, thank you! You are special! 🤗
SEE MY REPLY to SWABBIE ROBBIE.. about my friend Charles Smith.. who is on the wall.. which I have been to.. of course I live here.. and have seen every memorial.. in DC
Thankfully one day I will do a post of the most memorable ones I can find.. my photos are a mess
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Good shot James!!! A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out.
Your wisdom and compassion are priceless, thank you for sharing. The power of your words pierce my soul and bring a warm feeling of hope for a better world.
Thank You so much T. Paine!!
Actually the title today "Trigger Warning Things are getting Serious" rang true to me today and so did your post. We were in the hospital the last few days with an 86 y/o person in my purview who fell and broke her wrist, fractured radial, distal radia and ulna. 1 hour surgery turned into 3 hours, we stayed 2 nights and were released Saturday just before the ice storm started. The nurses were all so wonderful. And my person and I had many to compliment. A frazzled scowl would transform into a soft smile so lovely to witness. That's the good news. the bad news part is the overall Stress we were all under and how it of course ultimately turned into a TDS verbal bully session today at home. you may know from my comments that I live with relatives who are true blue, I am the only red in the group. There have been many Incidents over the last few years since 2016. Slowed down some after my husband died a year and half ago. But three incidents recently that caused me to question my sanity in not doing something about it. I will no longer throw my pearls before the swine to trample, I will stop talking to those who can hear fine but cannot hear me, and will kick their dust off my feet. I have officially entered the FO stage of FAFO stage and sketched out a plan for escape. I've tried to be brief here and left out details but thank you for the space to announce my intentions. stay warm, pray for our country.
Walter Kern had a great observation over at Racket News with Matt Taibbi. He wondered why you didn’t see people protesting FOR ICE countering the loonies and this goes for just about any other protest of late. His reasoning being that when the “right” does finally come out and protest it would be final. What ICE is doing is what the electorate voted for and are sitting back happy that they were heard and getting illegals outta here. If there ever comes a time that the “right” has to come out from their couches or easy chairs it’s going to be final. He imagined when civil unrest starts and the streets become unsafe and houses are being invaded the uprising will be swift and final. It’s a shame that it’s most likely coming to that but if it comes to the final battle for the soul of the nation and all that is good and decent. The Patriots will be ready. The left has wanted this fight and the right has been sitting back watching these libtards ruin our country. I’d be proactive here and tell the left to be very careful with what you wish for because the outcome isn’t going to be what you expected.
Just a thought to add here as the wife and me watch the snow pile up here in Jersey. Reading our Substack’s before I begin making a Shepard’s pie for dinner. Yes, homemade! Yes it is delicious. Relax and recharge today everyone. Watch football and keep the TV off besides that. There’s always tomorrow to see what happened today. Enjoy! Thanks Doc.
Excellent observation. Despite the insanity in MN, the fact remains that most of us still get to lead our normal lives without interruption. Should that change. Should the idiotic leftists think they can disrupt that. Then things will change quickly and hunting Democrats will become sport. And they won't be able to hide easily.
Those of us still able to lead normal lives doesn't mean we are not paying attention.
Hestand Kentucky here. Virtually everyone’s power is out… everyone.! Guess how I know? My Amish neighbor woke me up this morning to tell me. He hiked up my hill to see if I needed anything and saw trees fall over power lines and the flashes of light as lines broke. Ha ha! Oh the irony. Anyway, I’ve no water, no power, and not enough wood to stay warm. At least i didn’t have until my other Amish neighbor showed up with a wagon load. It’s Sunday, they all went to church in buggies that don’t care about snow and ice. The minister kindly asked that they check on their neighbors! The best I can do is a prayer: May God bless and watch over each and every one of you. Stay warm!
Neighbors like that are treasures. Take care of yourself and glad you have wood for heat. Situations like this are the way we learn what to do as general prep for most contingencies. I sure had my lessons when we 1st moved to the countryside in 1974 in Western Wisconsin. Had a number of times when the power was out for days at a time. Bought a generator to plug into various appliances then later had a transfer switch installed on the power pole (have one at our current place on the electric connection by the house). The old place always had wood heat as well as propane wall furnaces. We had a number of springs at the old place for when the well was off. One on the side of the road coming out of the hillside We drove a pipe into the rock where the water came out strongest and hung a small scoop on the pipe. Neighbors would stop to fill water containers from the pipe, and people would stop and grab a drink from the scoop on hot days. Best wishes for everyone through this storm. Cold winter days make for good naps and snuggles. Any wonder so many babies are born in Autumn?
Thirty years ago I realized the Amish have it all figured out rightly. Unfortunately, they do not accept converts.
Most converts have a tough time relinquishing modern conveniences. I know because I am one of those.
I've got yer six.
Homemade is absolutely the best- I agree! This past Friday, I made the best Tamale pie, & for two nights, Tamale Pie has been my “left-over-meal” for dinner!
I did see New Jersey did get a bunch of snow, & more to come today? At least, this is what the National weather command on Fox News indicated for y’all!
I do believe the Denver Broncos have a home game today, & the “tailgate Fans” have been gearing up for the game, in this frigid cold! Have a nice, warm day watching your football games!!!
James, don’t wanna be a wet blanket or a leaden cloud rife with snow but I’m just not that sure your vision is accurate. It’s not like we have geographically drawn demarcations where we have one righteous government opposed to a faux America - the vision you imagine is not shooting across the Mason-Dixon but shooting across the street or the fence in the backyard.
I don’t know what it would take for your vision to occur but I don’t think it’ll resolve as you imagine. At best we may actually divide up into red and blue states with the left coast and the NE going in one direction while states from WVa (yes, I’m thinking even western Va) and most of my beloved Dixie over to Montana down to Arizona affirming American constitutional values. Tho DC may be the capitol, I’m not sure who we could say seceded from who.
The thing is, "patriots" do not think like the leftists "protestors" think - we love America while the others hate America, what it is, what it has achieved, what it stands for. Hate&Love elicit two different reactions. What I’m getting at is that should the vision you’re presenting ever reach fruition, well, I ‘spect it’ll be too late with nothing left to fight for. The time to protect America is now but the perceived danger is insufficient to rouse the response that’s needed. I think something external will need to happen before the people are roused to action.
It’s not a red/blue situation as far as I’m concerned. I don’t want communism here. Our govt is nothing but grifters. Both sides. I’m sure not losing what I broke my ass working for my entire life. I want peace and the rule of law that protects the innocent and punishes the guilty. Debate is what formed this country and I’d love to get back to it.
Well, we want the same thing.
How does that come about?
Sufficient numbers are dead set against something as simple as identification/proven citizenship in voting.
Sufficient numbers see weaponizing political differences.
Etc etc etc
Which means that sufficient numbers do not want, actively oppose what you and I want.
I ask again, how does what you and I want come to be?
The political process has been used to foster this great divide.
We allow in our political system those adamantly opposed to the ideas of America all the while using those "ideals and principles" to undermine/destroy America.
We have a great Constitution, it’s been a model for others worldwide, yet our Constitution contains insufficient means by which it is protected.
Take the freedom of speech, held sacred by most but seen by too many as a weapon to be used to destroy that freedom/right. Where is the societal will to recognize that speech is important but not all speech is beneficial and compatible with the ideals of American (yeah, I know, sounds contradictory). What’s wrong with accepting that you have the right to speak but your speech is antithetical to America and you’re free to take your speech elsewhere. It’s like building a wonderful dwelling and then inviting in people with termites, chainsaws, sledgehammers, etc. that’s just one example of the perversion we’ve allowed.
We’ve sown the seeds of our own destruction.
How do we return to the vision we both want in light of the reality(s) of today? It’s not gonna just magically happen.
James, I have a similar discussion in the Bible study I facilitate: there’s an argument posited that all we need to do is bring/put God back in the schools. I agree but then ask "how?" Mostly, all I get in answer is magical thinking.
My Eeyore’ness comes from examining the landscape. We were given a wonderful fertile field; it took a while but we eventually took what our forefathers gave us (well, not mine, my forefather was a Marxist who would have reveled in what’s happening today) and returned those initial seed a hundred fold, if not more. From that we saved the world several times over but in so doing we didn’t tend to our own field: we let in harmful damaging pests from other fields that have attacked the stems of liberty, eaten the roots of freedom and I fear that the image we have of "America" is in peril of failing due to eroded roots and ineffective support.
Still, I cling to, "God Bless America."
Term limits and no more lobbying or NGO’s. No super PAC’s. The two party system has failed us which is exactly what the forefathers feared. I used to vote both parties. I consider myself a little conservative but I’m a constitutionalist to the core and 2A which has been bastardized as much as possible. If another party could be created that was just for common sense it would never gain traction. A divided people is easy to control. If everyone turned off the TV and got rid of the screens for a week or so they’d realize we are being manipulated and turn their anger to people who keep us this way. I’m no screen addict and quit watching any news on TV. I just want my country back. Like you.
Term limits are not gonna magically appear and too,often have been rejected. Same with super PACs, corporate giving, etc. Personally I’m opposed to anyone other than citizens eligible to vote donating to candidates; also, you can only give in the district which your able to vote: that would mean your local candidates, your state candidates, your national candidates - this nonsense with candidates receiving millions from out of district contributors is anathema to America in my opinion.
I would add to your wish list repeal of the 17th amendment and return SELECTION of senators to state legislatures, not to the people as originally framed - one house of whores is sufficient. That and term limits would remove the bulk of money out of our elections.
But, as I’ve asked before, how? Congress won’t strip themselves of the power they’ve accrued. That means any change possible is up to the people which means an Article V Convention of States. Have you signed the petition?
The next 3-11 years are gonna be interesting. 😉
I so agree with you about too much $$$ in these political races. The only donors should be by the people who these candidates are running to represent, not big corporations and the super pacs, because then the candidates become bought and paid for by them and NOT the everyday people who will be voting for them. Absolutely we need term limits and not life careers in Congress
Here’s an idea that goes a long way toward limiting fraud and harmonizing the population: separate spending from funding. Elected politicians can and should propose spending BUT ONLY citizen taxpayers should APPROVE FUNDING . This puts a hard stop to fraud and waste if given the help of DOGE. Every taxpayer must assign their tax dollars for or NOT for each spending proposal every year after Doge’s accounting. Budgets then shrink or swell based on performance and the will of THOSE who actually fund the government. If everyone with skin in the game ie taxpayers did this, graft would approach zero. Nothing focuses the mind, sharpening the senses than having one’s own hard work stolen and misused. And nothing would do more to unite Democrats and Republicans than everyone getting the governance they want TO THE EXTENT THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. Note: non-contributing citizens and non-citizens ARE NOT allowed in this assignment. Why? Because they get their say when they vote for or lobby their representatives. But if they aren’t actually paying taxes for government services, then they shouldn’t get to fund the government! This is the step change needed in our constitution!
And for those that saw “impossible… people are so stupid” I suggest I believe it is actually easier than it seems. Here’s why. Every proposed bill has a purpose. Require that purpose be stated in a single sentence. Or at worst short paragraph. Require DOGE to audit that description. Then ask citizen taxpayers to fund (OR NOT). For example: proposal: Spend 20 billion on weapons to Ukraine. Here’s another: spend 100 million on Planned Parenthood whose services include abortion. Here’s another: Spend 96 billion on a California high speed rail from LA to San Francisco that fails to lay any rail in 14 years. Here’s another: SNAP funds to Minnesota where fraud is rampant. How long would fraud last if citizen taxpayers had a chance to defund it. Here’s another: refund Obama Care which Doge clearly shows is profitable for Insurance Companies only and costly to citizens needing it. The budget would shrink substantially and capitalisms best attributes would take over. Compete for quality and price or be eliminated. All at the hands of the people WHO PAY FOR IT!
Let spenders yak on about why we should or shouldn’t fund. Let DOGE do the annual accounting and report publicly. Let citizen taxpayers decide whether they want that government service. I could easily go through a list of a 1,000 in just minutes. And get probably 80 to 90% correct as in have a net positive effect on my country and countrymen.
It’s not that we pay less taxes. It’s that tax money is now accountable to the people who worked for and OWN those moneys. Once you get the hang of it, the process is almost a no brainer!
Exactly. Debate. It used to be a serious exercise with opposing sides needing to counter one another other w facts…not feelings. It required critical thinking, objectivity, research, listening skills…
Do they even have debate teams in high school and college anymore? I’d think the hate speech, micro aggression rules, sensitivity training etc have annihilated this valuable and formerly fundamental part of educational formation. Just wondering bc political debates we see on TV are horrifically not true debates but shoutfests and have altered the definition and understanding of debate.
Especially when the “moderators” are bought and paid for.
I agree with Kern.
It is estimated that there are about 500M firearms in the US. IMO, they really have no idea. I personally know of a safe that has maybe ten firearms in it that the government has no idea exist. A couple of which are legitimate sniper rifles. Half a dozen more that the government probably knows about.
Ammunition? Could be in the trillions of rounds. Certainly 100's of billions.
When we get in the range of a couple of percent as dangerous as we are portrayed, it is game over.
Where I live we WERE counter protesting until we realized that the left is now displaying American flags at their Anti-Trump rallies. Why? Because when we show up to counter protest with our American flags, what it looks like to the media and cars passing by is one big crowd of loonie-tune-lefties protesting Trump. They hate the flag but have found it useful to use it to their purpose while thumbing their nose (or worse) at us. Don't play the left's games. Instead, participate in local politics, display the flag and conservative stickers on your vehicles, donate to worthy candidates, and for God's sake--VOTE!
Voting got us into this mess.
Learn the fundamentals of society, and get back to personal responsibility.
https://nccs.net/blogs/articles/the-founders-unchanging-principles-of-liberty-1
The government has no rights that we don't have.
They've convinced us otherwise.
With lies.
Not believing a word the media says about "either side"
The distract from the puppeteers playing all of us.
Divide and rule.
The Founders' Unchanging Principles of Liberty (scroll down)
https://nccs.net/blogs/articles/the-founders-unchanging-principles-of-liberty-1
At least with voting, we get to choose the lesser of two evils. If we don't vote, the greater evil wins.
My concern is voter fraud. I'm suspicious of Dominion voting machines, mail-in ballots, and the counting of votes. I find it implausible that Jones beat Miyares so soundly in the Northern VA blue counties given Jones' indiscretions. In the past, no candidate with Jones' history would have ever been elected. Pass a rock solid voter ID law that removes all doubt, make in-person voting a requirement, get rid of voting machines or mandate a bi-lateral audit of these devices. Software is easy to manipulate with the simple change of a few variables in the code and easy to hide.
Washington state has the most corrupt voting laws of any state and every year new laws are passed that make it impossible for any but far left socialists to get elected.
Washington judges just overturned a federal conviction of a man that knowingly voted in two states for the same election in 2022-ruling that because Election day wasn’t on the same day between the two states, it wasn’t against the law. The Democrat appointed judges reinterpreted both state and federal law to suit their agenda. It is disgraceful.
Evil is evil
Here are truths with solutions.
Through the courts outside of the evil's jurisdictions.
It takes 2 hours to see years of research on how society has been hoodwinked into being ruled.
Or, we can do the same thing over and over with the same results, which is insanity.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/zt0EiVkoKmQT
I vote for the dog catcher. Check on the donation with St. Jude’s and Tunnel to Towers being our favorites. The Flag flies in front of my house. I have an old friend who is Betsy Ross’s great/great/great/great/great grandson (I think it’s more than that but he’s related) hard to find candidates here in NJ.
Agree with you James.
Most of my "pretend" lefty acquaintances are really conservatives...they just won't admit it.
They virtue signal and might show up at a protest but are not hard core enough to actually fight one way or the other. They want all the benefits of being "progressive" and refuse to take any responsibility or risk to keep the world running.
Who created the immigration mess??
Yes, the same government that isn't arresting those that created it.
Looks like quite the scheme.
Divide and rule.
The discernment is greatly lacking
Deport Soros back to Hungary.
Orban will know what to do with him.
Hungary banned him years ago.
well, maybe they could make an exception if Trumpie pays for his prison cell. . .?!#$
Looks like you know cats!! As for Ice, it hurts my heart, literally hurts it, to see how these agents are treated. Directed by the leaders. Trump gets indicted for telling his supporters to PEACEFULLY walk to the Capital. Walz is fine and we'll after directing paid protesters to get violent. Oh, what an upside down time we live in..
The ICE riots not properly handled. Arrest and respond to violence...violently. As for the cat bullying his owner....have 2 who love their deck, want to be lolling on it in warm sunshine, and obviously think we are responsible for it being covered in frozen sleet and 24 degrees. Our fault!!!
Ours have stopped checking every door as if it opened to summer....
This morning at -16°F Batty stood in front of the door asking "out". . .
I opened it and in came a foggy rush of air.
Heck, he just STOOD there. I could not understand why he didn't run out to the deck?! Something is wrong.
Agreed - now that we have Greenland we can send them to Igloo Alcatraz.
ha! Good one Alan.
and, there is already one Space Force base there. . .
The cats think of us as their servants so of course it is our fault. Note: When I went to bed last night it was minus eleven. When I woke up it was minus eleven. Now at 11AM it is 2 degrees. No new snow today in central Wisconsin.
still -5°F here in Elk River, Mn 11:30am
me thinks you should re think that. I don't accept fault for other people's stupidity..
I love cats too.
Trump needs to release the National Guard in large numbers to stop the nonsense in Minnesota. It is totally out of hand. ICE agents should not be expected to deal with these crazies as they try to do their jobs. I don’t care how much the left screams about it. Show strength, damn it!!
Remember Kyle Rittenhouse? As a then 17 year-old, he showed up in Wisconsin to help protect private property from the legit chaos, fires, vandalism post-George Floyd. Young man came perilously close to a lengthy prison sentence; was literally chased down the street by a mob after killing his first attacker, Joseph Rosenbaum. Check out the CV of those injured or killed in the incident, and you'll see similarities with Kyle Wagner and his ilk. Oh, and you probably wouldn't have learned much about those CV from MSM.
I had a flashback to the dad who dared to pray in a sit in at an abortion clinic who had a literal armed swat team swarm his house and drag him off in cuffs in front of his children. And, of course, there's those outrageously violent insurrectionists who walked peacefully into the Capitol. Jailed in squalor for five years - no due process. Hmmmm seems to me it's all about POV and interpretation of words.
I wrote this yesterday:
"Federal perception into fabricated crimes allegedly committed by conservatives who were framed by the Left:
Vision like a hawk’s.
Federal perception into actual crimes committed by the parasitic Left that siphons off tax dollars of Americans and applies them to the destruction of America:
Vision like Stevie Wonder’s."
I just saw a report that a Minnesota judge refuses to allow a criminal charge against Don Lemon for his part in the raid on the church. So, if the system is now completely corrupted from the top down, what is the solution? I think they just want civil war.
yep, apparently Bondi is still persuing other avenues to get him. . . we will see. She has not been batting 1000 getting the morons . . .
I can't even tell that she's batting above the Mendoza line.
Truth
Since Walz has called up the National Guard, what is his mission for them, is it to further impede ICE agents? It's a serious question.
The answer is yes, Walz wants war with Trump and our Federal government. Walz is attempting a real insurrection. He must have a ton of stolen taxpayer $ in off shore accounts and needs a major distraction.
There are bad actors of one sort or other who hate this administration and/or this country all across this country. What frightens me most is that if Minnesota doesn't get shut down soon, it will inspire violent uprisings elsewhere. Maybe far and wide.
That’s Walz and other evil Dems plan. They need a civil war of blue states vs Trump in order to create chaos beyond the frozen northern states run by Marxists that intend to defeat our Republic from within.
I don't think Walz is smart enough to understand what will the "FO" will be! That man has just barely enough intelligence to figure out the "FA" part -- anything more is well beyond his abilities!
Leslie, I’ve run into people in my years who play the part of low intelligence while scheming and colluding with others committing evil acts or to just enrich themselves taking advantage of the system. Maybe Walz isn’t as dumb as the idiot he plays on the world stage?
I suppose anything is possible, but do you remember his debate with JD Vance? He just could not keep up. There's no way he would have deliberately looked weak and moronic at that point if he really wasn't weak and moronic. I'm not saying he's not evil, but he's evil because he's to stupid to recognize his own evil acts!! He's fomenting violence every time he opens his mouth, and he can't stop talking!! He's basically responsible for every bad thing happening in Minnisota now!
He’s dumb alright, but he’s turned Minnesota into a state where the leadership is as bad as the mobsters because they ARE the mobsters.
I think I remember reading something awhile back about a “Podesta plan” to create civil war if all else fails for the extreme left. Anybody know anything about that?
Nothing gets one out of bed faster than the sound of a pet getting ready to puke all over the bed.
very true. Except perhaps pet defication.
With cats it's barfs and pees. With dogs it's poops?
I laughed out loud on this one! I can grab something to catch the fur-ball/ vomit faster than about anything!
My dog returns to his vomit. Just like in the Old Testament. I try to beat him to it. I seldom win.
eww
The division of mindsets is not spontaneous and organic. It is a planned process to divide and create division in the minds of Americans. The goal is polarization to create internal strife to continue to change the dynamics of the Republic and transition it to a socialized country. That puts the process at the hands of the Chinese, the Russians and the Arab world. All of which believe societal change is necessary in the USA. I believe this is understood by the DOD that we are actually in a atypical WWIII where it is not done by front lines, but by controlling the hearts and minds of the society. With the release of the Covid exercise, it began the psychological warfare games. It is a refinement of what the CIA has done in the past to other countries. All you have to do is step back and observe how not only the USA is being impacted, but countries around the world are being transitioned. The public in general hasn't a clue what is truly transpiring. My view.
Yes, polarization and demonization seem to be the common knee-jerk reaction.
Hey Protestors! Each of your violent and dangerous actions toward law enforcement who want to get ILLEGAL ALIEN murderers and rapists out of our country, the more actions AGAINST YOU are necessary to protect law enforcement officers. Listening to CNN , MSNBC and THE VIEW’s encouragement to violence could get you killed! It’s no skin off their nose to encourage you to disobey laws. Stop being their useful idiots by endangering yourself and the officers enforcing our laws. Illegals here have NO RIGHTS under our Constitution! NONE. ZERO. NADA. And your “right to protest” as a citizen END WHEN YOU GET VIOLENT!! You only have the right to PROTEST PEACEFULLY!! Period. These are the facts.
Greetings from Michigan's Thumb Coast! Some things do change and improve. Yesterday, our outside thermometer read -9F (minis nine). And, felt like -17. Did not vent9ure out without donning my balaclava. Today, a knit cap suffices, as it is +9 F, a difference of 18 degrees. Change is constant, all around us. Sometimes, we ourselves institute change - in a recipe, in the garden and the way we plant seeds, plants, shrubs, and trees. Frequently, we change a route we run, walked, or driven for years - maybe it is faster or safer, or we just want a change of scenery. The sit9uation in MN will change - for the worse - or for the better, which I believe is the prayer sent above by those who believe in the power of prayer. What my part is in that mix I do NOT know. What I do know is that I look around my small piece of the world and wonder what I can do to make this just a little more pleasing to those of us who share the immediate space. Wash the windows to make the outside clearer to view? Host a meal or fun event and among those invited, at least one individual who is isolated or lives alone? At the supermarket, pause as I exit to pay a compliment to the "bagger?" Our eloquent friend James saw a space needing improvement and wrote a complimentary note - to his wife! Waves spread out from a small pebble! We each have the capability to change the way the game runs - with our collective thinking, creativity, imagination and derring-do, we are instruments for change - minute, perhaps but we can pack a wallop when we share our God-given spirits and talents! In abiding faith, Rath De Ort.
This was so beautifully spoken and so true! Thank you with my whole heart.
Thank you for taking the time to read and the trouble to reply. Alone, we are powerless! Together, with by God's grace, we are a force with which to reckon! SSHJ
Democrats and Never-Trumpers want those they disagree with to be unable to defend themselves. Notice how they become violent and then complain when YOU act in response.
Excellent post today Dr.'s Malone.
Seems like a good time to chime in on use of force by Police in the short, I'm not an attorney, this is not legal advice, form.
Use of force is not a team sport. It is an individual decision made on scene, in the moment, under crushing time pressure, usually by someone without enough training, not enough sleep, to much caffeine and knowing one will be second guessed and sued...no matter what.
So NOT A TEAM SPORT.
A use of force can be within law and policy and still not be "clean". The action of arresting uncooperative persons is chaotic, violent and never looks good. Until someone has actually done this, forcibly handcuffing and restraining a resisting subject against their will, you really cannot understand this. You might get a pass if you have ever been involved in a situation wherein another human is actively trying to kill you. On a side note arresting, transporting and booking drunk, screaming females just plain sucks. I'll take a knock, down drag out fight with a man or men and a hospital visit to fighting with above described female.
Lack of training for large crowds. Most line cops, if they get any riot training at all, is one day at the Police academy...maybe. Riots / Large crowds are Just not something that happen outside major metro areas in general. The Army, USMC, especially the MP units, NYPD, LAPD and such are really good at large crowds. NYPD does an exceptional job...no matter who is mayor. This is a boss problem at this point in that ICE admin needs to get resources on this particular problem.
From what I have seen the Feds are doing the best job they can. Under ordinary conditions local PD would be filling in most of the blanks on scene security, crowd control, etc. Not gonna happen until the Insurrection Act is invoked. With that said...
The individual arrests being made go like most arrests, relatively peaceful, most of the time. The arrest situations we are seeing are the, "it bleeds, it leads kind". The involved officers, in most of these confrontational arrests are not being violent enough quickly enough. This is a nuanced topic and has to be learned by doing. How much force is enough force and how fast to escalate force CANNOT BE TAUGHT. Not a team sport remember.
One has to learn how much, how often and how hard to use force. It is painful believe me. I sympathize with the ICE officer that is losing a finger because some nut job bit it off. Been bitten several times in fights. Bluntly the pictures of those responsible look to good. Last guy that bit me, tried to chew off my left thumb as a matter of fact, was rewarded with a mag light to the forehead. The fight stopped. I wish I could post his booking photo and two days later when Mommy brought him to the PD to complain. The fist sized knot on his forehead sent the message. Don't fight with the Police. Now or ever again. Not shockingly that guy NEVER fought with the Police ever again and he stopped doing cocaine too. He has grandkids now and actually cares about them.
The longer a fight goes on the more desperate things become. Longest fight I was in was three minutes and thankfully early in my career. Three minutes is LOOOONG time to be fighting. This particular episode was between two parked cars after tripping over a guard rail and disarming the guy of the upright vacuum cleaner and vcr he was using as a mace and flail. Lost every piece of gear except my pistol. My partner and I had him cuffed before help got there but it was a near run thing. By law and policy, in this case, either one of us could have shot this man. We were not winning, he was not giving up and the only piece of gear he did not strip off of us were our sidearms, though he tried. Shooting an "unarmed" man in this case would have been within law and policy...but not a clean shoot.
The bit about AG Bondi not arresting people. I'm neutral on this one. There are literally tens of thousand of cases in motion at any given moment, not enough resources and "priority" cases come in all the time. There are aspects to all these prosecutions that we the people do not and cannot know. Any other AG you put in will be put in the same position and AG Bondi. The entire system is hostile to Pres. Trump's agenda and anything resembling sensible behavior.
Bit of a rant. Goes with being a retired working Sgt. I guess. I don't watch cop shows much and any media reporting on Police stuff just makes me yell at the TV or computer.
And the cat memes...spot on.
Your perspective and experience is invaluable, thanks for sharing, Mark.
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I have come to the undeniable conclusion that too many ignorant nutballs and social misfits have access to the internet and podcasting. The “disease” seems to be spreading, when it really needs to be contained……or even incarcerated, for the sake of humanity. Our youth are not being educated enough to see this insanity for what it is and so they follow the wrong path, wondering the entire time why life “sucks.” It sucks, because your lack of knowledge prevents you from seeking the truth. It is easier to follow directions from morons than investigate what is the actual truth. And in the meantime, many “followers” are getting hurt beyond repair. I say Mayor Frey and Gov. Walz have blood on their hands for encouraging protestors to ramp up their actions at protest sites! These protests will not detract from your unbelievably massive fraud, so stop endangering people by encouraging them to fight with law enforcement!
The riots of the 60s burned down the hood. The riots of 2020 burn rd down homes and small business'. Today, minnesooootans (proper pronunciation), have shut down schools. small business' and I assume daycares to make what impact to support their we love minnedsooooota. The left is honing the skill of cutting off their noses to spite themselves. SMH