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David

On Trump the lessor of two evils, I have been saying that for a long time as you know. But to add maybe something that should be considered to your thoughts, I would add that "THIS" Democratic Party does not resemble Democratic Partys from the recent past, say even back to Clinton. This Democratic Party has made a paradigm shift to radicalism not seen ever in my memory. What THIS Democratic Party is doing is making their own moderates outcast of the Democratic Party. Ask Tulsi Gabbard or Robert F Kennedy Jr. What the Trump campaign may offer is an outreach to the REAL moderate Democrats and ask if they are unhappy with the direction this administration under Biden/Harris has taken them then they are welcome to come join us where they will be appreciated. Again have them ask Tulsi Gabbard! THAT may solve your concerns for 2028.

When I mention "Real" Democratic moderate, I only bring that up as that is what Jan Alexander professed to me that is what she is - a moderate Democrat????????? Somehow that escaped me. Words vs Action maybe considered to figure that one out.

I think when the honeymoon is over after the DNC then we will begin to see things settle down. Most all of Harris gains against Trump have come mostly that the Dems feel hope with Kamala vs Joe. But she is being shielded to speak openly. Because when she does she looks and sounds foolish and ignorant on the issues. Word Salad comes to mind!@#$%#$%^&* And don't you just love her laugh?

I think the issues will be the Economy, Immigration and Foreign Policy that will determine the election. What is interesting is I think this may be the VERY first time in American history that we can actually compare two administrations back to back- Trump of 2016 and Biden of 2020.

08/05/24 07:08 PM

#30539

Ron et al,

And apparently Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon are getting ready to attack Israel again. And then today the stock market took a deep nose dive. But let us never forget that the amount of fentanyl that has come across our southern border since January 20, 2021 has been enough to kill EVERY person in the ENTIRE world. Wow, we so need Kamala to help with all these problems, huh?

Plus RFK Jr. still has many far-left opinions, especially in the climate-change-religion area, but at least some of the things that he says make sense - so a far-left guy is a moderate in today's neoMarxist Democrat Party.

08/05/24 07:33 PM

#30540

Whistle blowers within the Secret Service are reporting to Congress that the person in charge of Trump's Butler rally on July 13 is a woman who was well known for her inexperience & incompetence before that tragic day. AND she's still working on events and "investigating" what happened in Butler. Unbelievable. So our fears are now confirmed, i.e., add the Secret Service to the LONG list of the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, (In)Justice Department, etc. ad nauseum, that need EXTREME scrutiny before cleaning out that part of the swamp (or as the Dems phrase it, "ending democracy"), starting in January when the Donald retakes office. Amen.

08/05/24 07:45 PM

#30541

It is now rumored that Kamala's husband, the Second Gentleman, during his first marriage, started playing around with their babysitter and got her pregnant.

Apparently, as yet there are no scheduled debates between the Orange Hitler and the Pant-Suit Messiah-ess.

Since Kamala's ascension recently, she has given no press conferences plus no other communications, except via subordinates, on ANYTHING. We'll see if this closeted, Joe-esque approach in her candidacy continues for the next 90 days, especially since she's apparently flip-flopped on so many of her many past Marxist opinions/statements. She was against fracking, and now she's for it. To frack or not to frack, that is the question. She's turned into a real frack-or-frick trickster.

Finally, it's really a shame that you never hear much of anything in the corrupt legacy media about all these national "affairs" I've passed along in my 3 posts today.

08/05/24 08:08 PM

#30542

Jim

You are missing the point with RFK, Jr. You are too narrowly focused. I seriously doubt he would consider a change of parties, but to offer that option could possibly swing other Democrat moderates away from the radicals. PLUS, I am not talking about political figures, I am talking about Democrat moderate voters!

Tulsi Gabbard came around and she could possibly have some influence on those that feel like her as well.

08/05/24 10:21 PM

#30543

Happy Birthday, David Wier!

08/05/24 10:31 PM

#30544

Remember what I said on July 17 about re-balancing your portfolio if the percentage in stock had grown too high over the past year or so? If you didn't do it yourself, the stock market has done it for you in the past few days. I'm licking my wounds today.

08/06/24 01:58 PM

#30545

Ron,

Yes, there are still moderate Dem voters but the Dem politicians who are moderate like Tulsi Gabbard are almost all gone now, and like you said she left the Democrat Party.

And I am a Constitutionalist so that's likely considered narrow, I guess, by most folks today. As I've said, 70% of federal spending in unconstitutional and all that (dys)functionality needs to be returned to the state & local governments' control, like the dismissal of Roe vs. Wade, as specifically spelled out in the 10th Amendment.

In conclusion, GO DONALD!

08/06/24 03:44 PM

#30546

In the "Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know" category:

If Trump would just stop being Trump for 90 days, he would win. I feel certain that his family and advisors have told him this, but he is not able to suppress his ego. I still wish Republicans/conservatives had a better choice, but it is what it is.

Stop the name-calling and insults. Stay focused on issues. Economy, inflation, unemployment, immigration. Hammer them! Point out all of Harris's and Walz's positions, past and current. But, show parts of Harris's past comments opposing fracking, supporting the George Floyd rioters in Minnesota, etc. Also, show videos of Harris's legendary word salads. Remind voters of what the inflation, economic growth, and immigration situations were before COVID. Show how high the taxes are in Walz's Minnesota and Harris's California. Also, what about the worldwide war conflict situation?

I don't know much about Walz, but he is definitely on the left and is governor of a state that Dems always win anyway. They wouldn't select Shapiro of Pennsylvania because they didn't want to offend the Muslims in Michigan. My hope is that snubbing Shapiro gives Trump a better shot at Pennsylvania. Republicans should also hammer Walz over for not calling out the National Guard during the George Floyd riots.

Law and order and border.

08/06/24 04:07 PM

#30547

Tim Walz said that he would put 30-foot ladders on the border to enable the illegal alien invasion. He wants illegals to get driver's licenses. He honeymooned in China, where he's visited 30 times. He was the governor who sat by during the George Floyd 2020 riots. He is a full supporter of DEI. He put tampons in the schoolboys' restroom. He said "One man's socialism is another man's neighborliness". The Squad & Bernie Sanders are ECSTATIC! He is a true Marxist despite his military record. and being a "Midwesterner", as the Dems are currently promoting him.

08/06/24 05:33 PM

#30548

David,

Minnesota also has almost as many Muslims as Michigan; mostly Somalis in Minnesota, where Ilhan Omar is from.

How was it, living in the suburbs of Philly?

I don't know much about PA, but would like to visit Philadelphia for the American history significance.

I also find the Amish people fascinating.

08/06/24 07:18 PM

#30549

Janalu,

We lived outside of Philly for eleven years. We lived in Berwyn, which is along the Main Line. That's a commuter railroad line, but it has come to mean one of the nicer residential stretches near Philly. Berwyn is toward the end of the Main Line, so housing prices are more reasonable, but still a big jump from our Clear Lake (Houston) house. The winters are too cold for me, and Philly itself as not a place I would want to live.

Valley Forge was less than five minutes from our house. Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the National Constitution Center are must-sees, but there are tons of other places. The Franklin Institute, which showed up in the movie National Treasure, is excellent, as is the Museum of Art, the steps of which Rocky ascended. Washington's headquarters in Valley Forge National Park. The Museum of the American Revolution. Betsy Ross's house, Franklin's house. The house where Washington lived. Tadeusz Kościuszko's residence. If you haven't heard of him, you are in the majority. You might look him up in Wikipedia.

A bit outside of Philly is Longwood Gardens, one of the premier botanical Gardens in the world. ust across the Delaware line are the Hagley Museum and Winterthur.

Philly is within 2 1/2 hours of New York and Washington, D.C. Also, not too far from Gettysburg and other Civil War sites. Everything up there is much closer than what we are used to in Texas.

Unfortunately, Philly isn't like Washington, D.C. where almost everything is free. Take out a second mortgage.

08/07/24 09:09 AM

#30550

Lawrence (Lance) Cantor

WHEN WILL IRAN STRIKE ISRAEL?

JEWISH DAY OF MOURNING - THE 9TH DAY OF AV

As the world awaits Iran’s military response to escalate a regional war with Israel, the exact date remains unknown. However, history may provide some clues. August 12 is the 9th of Av, which has Biblical significance to both Israel and her enemies as a targeted date to bring mourning to the Jewish people. Below are 3 interesting perspectives to consider…including a military strike planned after the close of the Olympics in Paris: the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the history of the 9th of Av, and other Biblical prophesies that are aligned and potentially fulfilled in 2024 during this conflict.

Iran Update, August 6, 2024, ISW

The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) provides these updates regularly based on regional events. Click here to see Israeli ground operations. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.

CTP-ISW defines the “Axis of Resistance” as the unconventional alliance that Iran has cultivated in the Middle East since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979. This transnational coalition is comprised of state, semi-state, and non-state actors that cooperate to secure their collective interests. Tehran considers itself to be both part of the alliance and its leader. Iran furnishes these groups with varying levels of financial, military, and political support in exchange for some degree of influence or control over their actions. Members of the Axis of Resistance are united by their grand strategic objectives, which include eroding and eventually expelling American influence from the Middle East, destroying the Israeli state, or both.

Iran and its Axis of Resistance would likely use the first wave of the attack on Israel to assess Israeli air defenses in preparation for the second wave of the attack. The April 2024 attack consisted of only one large volley of drones and missiles fired from Iran. [2] CTP-ISW noted on August 4 that Iran and its allies could use multiple attacks targeting Israel to learn and adjust their attacks as they observe how successful they are. [3] Iran and the Axis could adjust the volume or type of projectiles fired at Israel, targets, and launch locations. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-august-6-2024

The Jewish Calendar - 9th of Av

The Jewish calendar includes Av: July–August, 30 days. Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, known as Tisha B'Av, is a significant day of mourning in the Jewish calendar, commemorating several disasters that befell the Jewish people over the centuries. According to the Mishnah (Taanit 4:6), and other historical records, the following events occurred on this day:

The Spies' Report: According to the Torah, on the Ninth of Av, the twelve spies sent by Moses to observe the land of Canaan returned with their report. The Israelites believed the negative report of ten of the spies, which led to their punishment of wandering in the desert for 40 years (Numbers 13-14).

Destruction of the First Temple: The First Temple, built by King Solomon, was destroyed by the Babylonians led by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE. This event marked the beginning of the Babylonian Exile.

Destruction of the Second Temple: The Second Temple, built after the return from the Babylonian Exile and renovated by Herod the Great, was destroyed by the Romans under the leadership of Titus in 70 CE.

The Fall of Betar: The fortress of Betar, the last stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt, fell to the Romans in 135 CE. This event marked the final suppression of the Bar Kokhba rebellion.

Plowing of Jerusalem: After the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Roman Emperor Hadrian established a pagan city, Aelia Capitolina, on the ruins of Jerusalem and ordered the area to be plowed over. This was seen as a desecration of the Jewish holy city.

These events are traditionally observed with fasting, mourning practices, and reading the Book of Lamentations, which laments the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.

The Ninth of Av (Tisha B'Av) falls on different dates in the Gregorian calendar each year because the Jewish calendar is lunar-based. Tisha B'Av typically occurs in late July or early August. Here are the dates for Tisha B'Av for a few recent years:

2021: July 17-18

2022: August 6-7

2023: July 26-27

2024: August 12-13, 2024.

The Jewish (Hebrew) calendar usually has 12 months, which are:

Nisan: March–April, 30 days, Passover
Iyar: April–May, 29 days, Lag B'Omer
Sivan: May–June, 30 days, Shavuot
Tammuz: June–July, 29 days, Menachem Av
Av: July–August, 30 days, Tisha B'Av
Elul: August–September
Tishrei: September–October
Heshvan: October–November, 29 or 30 days
Kislev: November–December, 29 or 30 days, Chanukah
Tevet: December–January, 29 days, Conclusion of Chanukah
Shevat: January–February, 30 days, Tu B'Shvat
Adar: February–March, 29 days, Purim .

Other recent or imminent prophetic signs

Damascus, Syria to be nuked - Isaiah 17:1

Dead Sea now with living fish - Ezek 47:8

Jackals spotted on Jerusalem Temple mount -

Euphrates river drying up - Rev 16:12

Alaska perma-frost rust rivers - https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/climate/orange-rivers-permafrost-alaska/index.html

08/07/24 03:41 PM

#30551

Squad member Cori Bush (no known relation to George Sr. & Jr.), a black woman, has LOST her Dem primary race to a less extreme Dem. HOORAH!!!! There is justice sometimes, even in this haywire world.

And Tampon Tim Walz, their VP nominee........the Dem Party has now been taken over by full-on neoMarxism, led by Obama, and if you don't toe the party line, you will likely be in trouble with their ruling junta, no matter what the voters think (and show by their rejection of Cori Bush). How ironic from the left that such brainwashed uniformity is demanded by them now in these dark days since that's one of the things they hated in the 1950's (best decade in American history) when the different brand of uniformity then, i.e., perceived socially-enforced conservatism, was so detested by them.

08/07/24 06:49 PM

#30552

David

On Trump not being Trump! Can a leopard change his spots? BUT, you are exactly right. In this case Trump was handed a favorable chip from the Dems with "Tampon Tim" as their VP. There needs to be NO more mud slinging. JUST go after each of their records and make them accountable in front of the nation. I can tell you JD Vance is one stand up guy. I have been watching and listening to all of his speeches as he travels along the Dems path. He is in full command of the crowd and media. He takes the questions, He answers with pure and clean precise answers. He is honest and fair. Kamala would crumble if asked what he has already been through. He called out the press today to go after her, that she has said NOTHING that has not been scripted. AND he said the press has left her alone for 17 days without one simple impromtu press conference. To me it just speaks volumes how the Dems are hiding her as long as they can. The minute she opens her mouth without a script, she's done. She is an empty "pant suit"!

WHO in their right mind mind would put tampon machines in a boys bathroom!@#$%^&*()_ AND at taxpayers expense???????????????????????????????????????????

Come on everyone. Where is the common sense???????????????

08/07/24 06:54 PM

#30553

So true, Ron!

She has been ordered to say nothing, until she is assured she can read from a teleprompter! The Dems don't want her to speak off the cuff! It's beginning to look like she will be controlled, just as Biden was controlled for his entire term, but the public was uninformed as to the modus operandi, as it unfolded behind closed doors during those years. Recently, our citizens learned of THE BIG LIE or HOAX. Obama is most likely planning to continue his reign of redesign for America (or his 4th term,) working to achieve a nation similar to Great Britain, with 30, 40, or 50 percent differing ethnicities needed for changing the usual mindset he believes is too Anglo-Saxon, and is too exclusive to the world's people abroad. He seems to believe that all nations should be for all peoples, not for a single-minded group which may have selected goals. Individualists should go to 'the outback' and live in seclusion, avoiding conversation and ideas with others, who might be persuadable to newer visions. The goal of fundamentally transforming our fouled country (Obama's belief of a fouled condition) and preferably with a new Constitution as well, will be a vision & example to behold...... and Obama will receive a fabulous anointing of worldwide praise. His image may even be chiseled onto Mount Rushmore, with the other admired, American visionaries, and he may be presented with another 18K gold, Muslim ring for his other hand!

This philosophy worked before, with Biden, so the Democrats know it is a good strategy when, just as the last time, the legacy press was told to "Heel!!"

And her VP pick is being asked many questions today, of the supposed military rank he says he achieved!

08/07/24 07:20 PM

#30554

Janalu

Tampon Tim politely bowed out when it came time to deploy to Iraq. So he NEVER served in combat as he professed he did. He was a commander of the troops that were deployed to Iraq but he retired to keep from going. Listen to their comments about how he failed them.

BUT JD Vance did serve and went to Iraq.

08/07/24 07:21 PM

#30555

Exactly!

He also never achived the rank of Command Sargent Major, as he told Kamala and her sycophants. He did not finish the Commander's School that was required, but he neglects telling that truth about it.

JD Vance says Walz is speaking with STOLEN VALOR!

08/07/24 09:51 PM

#30556

The corrupt legacy media always repeat at the same time, the exact same things with THE EXACT SAME WORDS across all their major TV shows. For example last week they were repeating how J.D. Vance was "weird". Which I think IS WEIRD, since he doesn't seem weird to me at all, but rather very normal with common sense plus apparently he's very smart - he went to Yale Law School and wasn't a legacy student at Yale like George W. Bush, whose father preceded him there, and many others.

Gutfeld, after pointing out the Vance "weird" comments from the legacy media on Monday, then showed a photo with 1) transgender Rachel Levine, born a man, US Assistant Secretary of Health, and 2) gay Sam Brinton, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy - you know, the one who was fired after he was caught stealing suitcases of women's clothes at airports.

08/07/24 10:27 PM

#30557

Yeah, I saw 5 or 6 video clips of "journalists" using the word weird to describe Vance. Uhh, maybe the got the memo. I think he has one of the most interesting and inspiring life stories I've ever heard.

Separately, I see that sometime-poster David Wier is having a procedure tomorrow to deal with atrial fibulation. He asks for our prayers.

08/08/24 10:30 AM

#30558

Walz and the driver's license issue. Too many are glossing over that issue. You give illegals driver's license and in most states it is automatic that you get a voters registration card.

08/08/24 01:21 PM

#30559

I think we need to require citizenship info on Driver's Licenses nowadays, since the Driver's License is now an ID that has many functions in our society.

Birth certificates need to be shown, or Social Security cards......or some form of PROOF of citizenship. OR.......Driver's Licenses can not be the only ID needed for voting. This is why we need to have voter's IDs. The voter's ID could be mailed to each person, if the person can PROVE citizenship to a town's chamber of commerce, or some place of location easily reached. The excuses made are being made to obfuscate, and are NOT legit!!! These excuses are coming mainly from the Democrat Party; a party that enjoys hiding the truth with ease and delight from all others. This is the same Party that refuses in most all cases, to allow clean up of their state voter registration rolls. THey LIKE having out-of-date rolls. Can you quess why?

If a non-citizen needs some type of driving ID to operate a vehicle, then give that person a special ID made for JUST driving and nothing else. It could be done easily.

Addendum:

I was just thinking. On a passport, a person's nationality is given, so a passport should be held by any foreigner in this country, right? So why are we allowing these foreigners to say, "I can't show an ID that tells of my nation of birth?

Oh yeah! Now we remember that those crossing our borders recently, are throwing away their passports BEFORE they cross into this country!!!!!

Why are they doing that?????

So if a non-citizen can't produce a birth certificate, why aren't THOSE people immediately held with suspicion, and why are we giving them driver's licenses, without any identification!! These people CAN produce identification, because they couldn't have gotten all the way to this country with NO identification!

We need to stop this scam! These unknown people are taking advantage of our lax system, and WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO DO IT!!!!! We are allowing them to say they are fleeing possible death, but that is a lie they are allowed to use, by us; the fools who try to convince our population these "liars" are very desirable people coming to help our country's future. Three forths of these people are here to benefit their own desires, not our country's desires.

08/08/24 02:03 PM

#30560