"How about cutting all those worthless federal agencies? Department of Energy? Department of Education? Homeland Security? FEMA? Maybe if they raid Mar-a-Lago again, the FBI?"
You forgot to list the War Department...cut that by 90%. But the War Department is a great money laundering scheme, among many, for the rapacious megalomaniacs who control this country. This country is in the bowl, and the flush is on.
I've certainly said on countless occasions that we need to drastically reduce the defense budget, and eliminate the Military Industrial Complex, Realist. I listed agencies that Republicans would be more likely to favor eliminating. Thanks.
A Fellow that knew quite a bit about War shared your view: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Actually, it was more than a million. 5.7 Million Germans died, in different places then they were renamed as 6 million Jews. The following generations were then brow beaten into thinking that they had killed Jews. Biggest mind fuck ever. Germans were blamed for their own deaths.
I'm sure the number was higher. It would be hard to document 5.7 million. But just the fact that the scumbag murdered that many should tell people something, one would hope.
You are right there were upwards near 13 million, in different parts affected by the war, figures for the Soviet controlled parts of Germany and Poland are harder to pin down.
The 5.7 million figure comes from a set of census that were taken, one in 47' and the other in 50' or 52' the one in the 50's shows an absence of 5.7 million that were present in 46 and 47. So, between that and the Rhine Meadow starvation fields, things begin to make some sense.
As bad as what Eisenhower was, the Mongolians the Soviets sent into East Germany were several orders of magnitude worse. They were like an army of Rasputins- raping and murdering on a whim. And the Soviets told them it was absolutely unrestricted open season.
Americans should study what happened to East Germany. This Wolf thinks that is a sneak preview of coming attractions for North America once the SHTF.
Ike was the first president to be granted a pension, Ed. Don't know how the others managed without it. Btw, when I interviewed his granddaughter Laura Eisenhower on my show a few years back, she told me he really didn't leave much of a fortune. Thanks.
And Ike did. Were you around in 1956 during the Hungarian Upraising? Ike kept us out of that. Then there was The Suez. And of course, Korea which Ike inherited. If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
I read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” years ago, decades before I became a Christian. I liked it and thought it was great. Then I became a Christian and realized what an awful, cold and cruelly indifferent person Rand really was.
Good read, as always. You are correct on all points from where I sit.
I can't get it out of my mind that she convinced her disciple and his wife who worked for her that she should be free to engage herself in his bed when she felt like it, and that they should accept it. How perverted is that?
My cousin came out as an atheist after reading her nonfiction.
What Rand praises and calls "selfishness" could be viewed as individual responsibility. Which is not selfish at all. Words matter. Ayn Rand was still full of it.
you are correct. I have nothing to do with the buybull but I say the destruction of the temple along with Jewrusalem was the greatest single act in history and saved the world for the time being. Romans were the only people that could handle the jews
these are your people. Jesus to the jews...you belong to your father the devil he was a liar and murderer from the beginning and your will is to do his desires
The darkest forces originate deep within the human heart which must necessarily come up with some external imaginary force to excuse and appease its tormented and incredibly feeble excuse for a conscience.
To paraphrase the great French thinker, Chantal Del Sol, libertarianism doesn’t work because it is too glib. When there is no reality but logical deductions, one is bound to find himself in strange places.
Hello Vonu. Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten son, who himself is God incarnate, left his heavenly throne to be the fulfillment of the Law of God. When someone sins against a perfectly holy God, atonement must be made. The Law saves no one because no one is righteous (psalm 14, Romans chapter 3), when Jesus willingly and obediently went to the cross “”for the joy set before him” he saved a people for himself. All who believe in the saving power of his sacrifice to satisfy the perfect justice of God shall be saved and shall have eternal life. That is indeed good news, dear one. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Sufficient for all who believe. God bless you.
Saved from what? Damnation? Hardly. How can one be saved from damnation while they continue to sin? The good news isn't that one may eventually be saved yet still continue to sin until then. One cannot be saved in sin. Those who detest sin in their lives cannot accept such a horrific picture of salvation and fortunately, this isn't the actual gospel. The good news is that one may be saved FROM SIN.
The sad fact is that deception begins within those who are incapable of accepting the truth revealed in the entire bible. The author of Hebrews points out that "there remains no more sacrifice for sin" which is the ONLY way to atone for one's sin under the Old or New Testaments. This leaves only two possibilities: no one sins, or those who do are eternally damned.
Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the author of Hebrews all point out that the new creation is created for one and only one reason: "to keep God's commandments". That is a creation that CANNOT transgress God's commands. That's the gospel and those who are carnally minded can never accept it. (See Romans 8 and 9 for more)
Are you asking why God chose 40 men to write it down? The Holy Spirit inspired the Bible. It is God-breathed and the 40 men who wrote the Bible were carried along by the Holy Spirit as they wrote. The Holy Spirit is part of the Holy Trinity of God. God bless.
Don, I just read the opening salvo, locked down at work and been so for a solid two weeks -- with one day off, but SOB these bastards need to work a real job before squawking out about raising the retirement age. So already fumed! It is already a travesty to wait till 70, if I make it that long, to have a hope of getting back 5%? of what was paid over the prior 30 years
and Yes, Realist is correct -- cut the damn bloated agencies first!!!
It is an easy fix, jwslaw. As I wrote, create individual funds for each person paying into the system. If you give a lump sum option, most payments would stop immediately. The money can be found in the same place it's found when Israel, Ukraine, or the latest foreign occupation need funding. Thanks!
I am not a fan of Social Security. I am not a fan of the Stupid Party or their "solution" either. It was part of nearly every society that the younger generations would care for their elders: eldest sons would care for their fathers and mothers both materially and physically. The elders would provide assistance in what ways they could, be it knowledge, direction, advice, etc.
Today, our generations are self-centered. We cannot be bothered with carrying on the family business. We cannot be burdened with caring for our parents. Advice? Not from them.
We only need "social security" because the REAL social security net, the family, has been decimated by consumerism, usury, government, and individualism.
I noted that, Aaron. What happened to the elderly before Social Security? I don't think it's a coincidence that the explosion of nursing homes began after passage of Social Security. Decades of propaganda have been successful. Most adult children have deeper feelings about their dogs and cats than they do about their aging parents. Especially if it comes to having to help take care of them. Thanks!
I would pay to watch Trump or Biden or any of these other high-level buffoons busting up concrete with a sldgehammer or using a chain saw. I bet they don't survive ten minutes.
Very insightful! Many angles I’ve not considered or was even aware of. Our gov is like a freight train rolling downhill. No entity or person could operate on this level of incompetency, carelessness, irresponsibility or insanity on steroids, but gov gets away with it. I’m so angry & frustrated! Why even have gov if gov only uses its power to enslave, manipulate & lie? SMH
Government equals Slavery! Our only hope would be to abolish it. Yes call me an anarchist, funny how these politicians who decide our fate with SS get pensions for the rest of their lives. Such hogwash and so is Ben Shapiro.
I can't argue with the anarchists any longer, Sheryl. You can bet that Ben Shapiro, if the system is still around, will eagerly take his Social Security payments, just like his hero Ayn Rand did. Thanks.
I appreciate that, Wendy. Yes, why have government, if it isn't going to protect the border, and provide anything positive for the people? High taxes, but no services. Inadequate safety nets, but unconstitutional intrusions into personal lives, and trampling of civil liberties. Thanks!
The powers that should not be want everyone to ask the question, "why have government if it is so ineffective at governing?" Their solution is to introduce a technocratic government because we all know how wonderful it is to listen to bumper music after spending half an hour meandering through some automated menu only to then be forced to decipher what someone with a limited vocabulary and an even smaller familiarity with the English language is telling us.
AI will save the day by simply skipping all that and informing us all that we're screwed, just slit your wrists and get it over with.
It is my observation that The Founders knew: The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.
Our longevity is also radically shortened by the incessant geoengineered toxins the monsters pump into the sky that we breathe and ingest with meals and drink. The words of politicians mean nothing. Owen Madden, the Irish Godfather of New York City, was mentored by an especially violent gangster named Monk Eastman. Madden, no shrinking violet himself, at the tender age of 15, beat a man half to death for robbing groceries from his mother and killed a man for insulting his sister. Eastman taught him much about fighting and killing, but Madden said the most important thing he ever taught him was this: The man sitting behind the desk, the politician, despite his fake smiles and bland assurances, is never your friend, their symbiotic alliances notwithstanding. The gangsters who did not pay heed to this truth found themselves doing life sentences in a maximum security "Slam" or taking the short walk to the execution chamber because they foolishly trusted these vermin. Though they be remorseless killers, I'll take a gangster over a politician anytime. They have a strange code of honor, when they give their word it is solid, unlike the sleazy, mendacious pols. Ayn Rand was a Tranny, very fitting that a freak like that espoused "her" sick philosophies. In the U.S., it is socialism for the rich and dog eat dog capitalism for the poor. A class/caste, Babylonian system held in place by the legal industry racketeers and force of arms. The only reason FDR established the benefits he did was because he warned his rich handlers that if he didn't, the masses of destitute Americans with nothing to lose would burn the country down and their mansions along with it. But our enemies never sleep and they have their slimy claws around our collective necks again. Look into the Jerome Daly case of 1968, the Credit River Case, whereupon he sued the bank and won proving they create money out of thin air while seizing citizen's tangible assets. No court will honor that ruling or even concede it exists, stare decisis regardless. It would bring the ruling class criminal's house of cards tumbling down in short order. This got my blood flared, Don, truly outstanding, and thank you.
Thank you, Don. To whatever extent my writing here is brilliant, it is inspired by you. "Ayn Trand" Now that is an appropriate handle for that creature worshipped by the con-artist-servatives.
People should ask why is it that governments are kicking $100 dollar bills out of the way to pick up nickels? In reality they are kicking those $100 bills over to their cronies while stomping the life out of of the hard working people that built this country. Their reward for all their hard work is to be referred to as "useless eaters" while being starved by the inflation cause by all the money they are kicking over to the friends and masters of a corrupt political system.
Absolutely right, Peter. They have the priorities of truly evil people. They are more narcistic than the average teenage girl. They don't see the big picture, and are figuratively fiddling while America 2.0 burns. Thanks!
I think you might be interested in a couple of people I follow on Substack. Elizabeth Nickson writes Welcome to Absurdistan and Jessica Rose writes Unacceptable Jessica. IMHO they are two of the most interesting contributors out there along with yourself.
Shapiro? Never heard of the Jew twat, who cares what he thinks or says… go ahead, kill SS and Medicare, all it will do is speed up the collapse real fast imo. And plenty of fires would be burning in DC and all other capitals, would be fun to watch, sit back and let the sheep and gub’mint employees off each other. People who have faith and family will protect their own and tribalism will return. A much better option than this society and shit hole country. BTW, the illegals are dipping their toes in your benefits, and we just watch it all happen like a bunch of fucking cucks. As long as we have our phones and influencers the sheep will do zip.
"Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt"
That is so very true. Look at the bread and circuses in the United States. Cable TV has hundreds of channels, prime-time TV with inane quiz and variety shows, more sports events and hype than ever, and social media.
Gore made an interesting observation regarding this: Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back in the 1890s. "We have a single system," he wrote, and "in that system the only question is the price at which the proletariat is to be bought and sold, the bread and circuses."
It's disturbing to note that internet providers know they can hook the consumer with a teaser rate of $30.00 a month and then up the rate until it's well over a couple hundred dollars due to the fact that this addiction is so strong, most can't go without it for even a few days.
They literally allow you to cancel your service for ONE MONTH and come right back for their teaser rate, but most can't handle it. Pathetic!!!
If I recall, Shapiro was praising the "Sound of Freedom" of movie last summer, which was a sure hit for the morons who still think the gov't has a few good men in its ranks, and is not an absolute crime syndicate. He has also had some good guests on his interviews. They give his reputation mileage.
Fortunately, a lot of seeing right through his support for Israel. I think the word has gotten out that the Hamas attack was fake and ghey, and just a cover for genocide.
In an article March 12, 2023, about a year ago, Nikki Haley was calling for raising the retirement age, the article says that in the previous week, at the CPAC meeting, Trump mentioned that some in the party wanted to raise the minimum age to 70, 75 even 80.
Haley is still calling for it, as we've heard.
I'm not a Leftist and am fairly Conservative, but, the Republicucks are scum. They are spineless and all about themselves. This leads me to Satanist Anton Lavey. In his Satanic Bible, a general theme is the indulgence of the flesh. Me, mine and a middle finger to the world. The individual and self as god. The greed orientation is sadistic and over the top. F you, it's me and my desires, as long as you don't hurt anybody, so he says...
The years go on, I hear about Libertarianism. It sounds kind of reasonable but it starts getting "Hurray for me, F you," like an over the top selfishness wrapped in self-righteous individualism. It almost sounded "Satanic." I've heard this before.
I looked up Anton Levey on Wikipedia, is he a libertarian? Well, one of his influences was Ayn Rand.
So the Republicucks say, f 'em, ain't my problem. That's kind of evil.
I didn't know that about Levey, Photon, but it doesn't surprise me. Very astute points. Haley is as bad as it gets, and epitomizes the neocon perspective. Like Shapiro and others, they want to eliminate SS. They resent having to pay old, "useless eaters." They worship the corrupt marketplace, and are orgasmic about war. Thanks!
I'm on disability myself. My problem is with the federal government "taking care of" people. I don't trust them and wish there were an alternative. Thanks to state funded "free treatment" I endured iatrogenic damage after decades of being "helped." Now my gut doesn't process micronutrients and I suffer chronic pain and exhaustion. Cronyism/Big Pharma/federal government created the problem they now are "solving" which gives them control over my life.
I'm sorry to hear that, RE. It's a Catch-22. When we're too old to work, or unable to do so because of some disability, how do we survive? The idea that workers can plan for the future is absurd. Every study shows over 70 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and thus not surprisingly have less than $1000 in savings. How do you "plan" with that kind of liquid cash flow? And again, no matter how lowly paid, a portion of their inadequate pay is being withheld from them, on the promise that it will help support them later when they need it. Thanks.
Before Social Security and Medicaire there were fewer disabled and more workers.
The medical system crippled me early on, so I could never become gainfully employed or start a family. Nobody cared because they assume it can't happen to them.
Big gov is a bloated dinosaur. Things are going to change in a big way in the years ahead. The financial system is near the end of the Ponzi timeline. If you think things are bad with gov now, just wait. I'm sure you know that though.
During the Dubya administration, George Carlin famously said "They're coming for your Social Security...and you know what...they'll get it."
Medicare is already more than half privatized by the vulture of Wall Street. Medicare Advantage plans fraudulently take over $140 Billion a year (more than is paid in in premiums from seniors for Medicare) and that is a conservative number...draining Trillion not for health care, but for profit. But draining the Trust fund for private profit.....well, here I go again on my soap box. What other System would do that but the beloved Capitalist system.
Capitalism's ONLY tenant is to protect shareholder wealth. Not the public. Not consumers. Not support communities. Protect shareholder wealth. So what do you expect from such a System? And please don't banish me to the Corn Field....even though I am pointing out facts about the beloved System.
Medicare has always been a racket, even back in the '70's. My poor grandmother at that time just kept going to the doctor and they kept finding more ailments and conducting more tests and prescribing more medications. My grandmother at one point was on 10 medications. Good thing they were all pretty-colored sugar pills of various sizes or she would have been dead in a week.
Back in the '80's, when I was working a real job and still fairly young and dumb, I was not dumb enough to know that "Social Security" is nothing but a Ponzi scheme, and I did not expect to see one red cent of all the wealth I gave them in the '80's. I would get a paycheck for $900, which included 30 hours of overtime, and I would see that nearly over $100 went to Social Security and Income Tax. After everybody had their cut, I would go home with about $720. And of course, the instant I started putting gas in the motorcycle, more was going up in taxes.
Social Security is a gimmick to keep a person invested in the grid, invested in gov't, and invested in the political game. (Let's vote for the person who is going to give us the most free stuff.) It is Welfare for older people.
I could see, maybe, having a program for those disabled and those too weak or sick to work- but that should apply at any age. Why would a perfectly able-bodied person- at any age, want a handout?
Now, being totally off the grid, I don't expect to see one dime of social security. And if I did go on the grid, they would probably want to know what I was doing the last 30 years. Probably thinking I was working for a drug cartel, or training in terrorist boot camp.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us. You are our only hope!
You are a rare Wolf, WW. Especially for the increasing number of Americans with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities, some kind of social safety net is crucial. We certainly can't depend on their uncaring family members to help them. I would bet that a huge majority of the chronic homeless are people with various issues, whose families abandoned them. It's hard to deal with these issues, but it can be done. I've known people that have done it. And then there's that whole thing about having money extorted for a particular purpose for decades, with the promise it will be paid back. Thanks.
I think this is more a case of what St Paul says- As a man reaps, so will he sow. Or, as they say nowadays, paybacks are hell. My family was completely, 100% dysfunctional. And mostly it was because my father was a moron. But his mother- who ruled the roost, no doubt about that, his father was exactly like that wolf you used to see on the old bugs bunny cartoons- the one ma would yell at to go fetch a rabbit for dinner, or no TV. The Catholic Church and the public School also trained him how to be a moron. He was surrounded, so I don't blame him, I blame the institutions.
Fortunately, I took the Sermon on the Mount seriously. Our Lord said not to fret over things, so I put that into practice. And one day, when I was just ten, I chewed out my grandmother. My dad always talked about how she worried, but was afraid to say anything. I told her she was an idiot, doing all that fretting. We were driving down the Pennsylvania Turnpike, not conducting a bombing raid over Berlin and fighting our way through angry Messerschmidlts to get there.
My brothers were trained it was all about them. They both wanted to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies. My younger brother was really quite an accomplished pitcher and took the game quite seriously, but he did not care about anything else, and neither did my towo younger brothers. And they went out of their way to try and make my life miserable.
And I suppose there were lots of families like this, some on drugs, that became completely dysfunctional. We can thank the schools, the colleges, the media, and the military for all of this, and the handouts, which make men lose their pride and women lose their integrity.
Meanwhile, as they say at Clemson, when the going gets tough the tough get going. And the gov't is not going to save us.
I agree, I look at SS payments as money lost. It’d be a nice surprise if I get it when I’m old but I’m not counting on it. I’m doing my best to set myself up. My dream is to be off-grid like you one day!
It looks to me like the Gestapo agencies consider off-grid / no cell phone types to be their prime suspects for 'domestic terrorism'. (aka telling the truth)
They are urging people to report their friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and
anyone who looks like a domestic terrorist to law enforcement. Amazing.
How did the Stasi become our model for law enforcement... but be that as it may, there is no longer any privacy. (I must generate millions of dollars in economic stimulation due to number of agents, satellites, planes, vans, files, reaction plans, and so on it takes to spy on me as I work in my garden, golf, and post on forums.)
Fortunately, we are not quite ready to be a nation of tattletales. Remember the army of "Contract Tracers" they were mobilizing in 2020? Complete crash and burn. I always notice when a story gets a lot of air time and then just quietly fades away.
But they are working on it. And I get a feeling the rabid pro-tranny public school Karens will be leading the charge. That time is coming. And that is when hell is really going to break loose.
Meanwhile, unlike Russians, I don't think a lot of Americans are just going to lie down for the Stazis. And I think the enforcers know that.
I am still laughing over that incident in Florida, where a squirrel flinging some acorns unnerved a cop and he shot at his own cruiser. These people are rapidly becoming dysfunctional. ANd most of them know exactly what is coming. I expect when it hits the fan they will just fade into the woodwork.
I see something a bit different. For example, what happens when those who are on a strict regime of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications are suddenly unable to fill their prescriptions? In less than two days they will be eating people, people who have no idea how to deal with a pharmacological induced serotonin imbalance.
Back in the 80's my script was much the same. I knew I'd probably never collect social security, but I kept working anyways. What I did differently was to stop paying rent, utilities, and a lot of other hidden taxes. I lived in trees, vans, storage containers, and eventually discovered the joy of anchoring out on boats which doesn't tend to carry the same sort of stigma or even contempt from society.
Off grid is the only way to go. No smart meters, no bills, no dirty electricity, no easy way for most people to find you. There are thousands of miles of coastline around and within north Amerika that can be tilled and harvested without anyone ever knowing. The best locations have no wifi, but that's not going to be an issue when they remove any and all anonymity from the Internet of things.
I used to think the same thing. Not so much anymore. Living off grid has become commonplace. I'm running into more and more people who are disconnecting from the internet completely.
Tell us about/how you live off the grid? Walden Pond is sounding good. So solar needs to be in a sunny area but you can dig a well and buy a generator fueled by solar but what's the rest? A root cellar, etc.?
The way I live off the grid is by the grace of God and the virtue of poverty. I survive by working under the table, and having very few material needs.
Re; "the virtue of poverty". Another way of saying this is that "necessity is the mother of invention." I put it this way: "Laziness is the mother of efficiency."
I've also spent a lot of time working under the table, but more and more, I'm finding that my time is worth more than the money I get for it. So instead of spending money on food, I garden. Instead of spending my money on a house, I build my own or find a suitable alternative for less or even free, e.g. a tent, RV, boat, etc.
Contrary to economists on the left or right, the gospel reveals that we do not live in a world constrained by scarcity, but one of wasteful abundance. It is staggering to watch as a few handfuls of scattered seeds emerge seemingly everywhere eager to feed potentially hundreds of people. I gave a couple papayas to my neighbors only to be told that they were "tasteless." They were so sweet I had a hangover less than 20 minutes later.
When the industrialist said that "Time is Money" they were not whistling Dixie. Each hour we are given is a great gift from God.
Yes, God is good, and blesses the Earth with abundance. I do recall the mountains of waste of our society, which devours goods like swine feeding at the trough. Everything is disposable, and what one got last month is ancient history.
Modern man has been trained to think in terms of the 90 minute news cycle on CNN.
The whole modern world is Operation Mockingbird on "steroids".
I cut the cable almost 25 years ago and still marvel at how easily transfixed I can become by a tv screen while waiting at the DMV, or walking by the electronics section at Walmart. At least I'm aware of the pull it has over me. I can consciously ignore it now.
Same here, but it was almost 35 years ago. By the mid-80's television was a wasteland. Just brainless sitcoms and more brainless soaps and game shows. I have not had to experience the DMV since 1988. When my license expired I just kept driving. They have not caught me yet. (I do drive less and less. Too many morons glued their phones.)
If you want to get a rough idea of how to live off grid, start by eating only whole foods. Don't eat anything that is packaged. Turn off all power to your apartment or house. If you live in a house, flip your main breaker switch and figure out how you're going to make it without these so-called "modern conveniences".
One of the keys is simplification. Solar does NOT require a sunny area. Solar panels today pump out quite a lot of power even on dark overcast days. A concave piece of polished tin can boil water in just a few minutes.
One of the things I learned early on is that a simple life is preferable to what modern society is offering. I also learned that my health improved dramatically by eating better food and at healthier times. When you have to use the sun to cook your food you eat earlier and this is far healthier than eating supper at 9 or 10 at night right before bedtime. I also get up and go to bed earlier. I have more energy.
When you cut the power to the grid, you will inevitably find out that there are a LOT more healthier options available to you than you could possibly imagine. The technocratic matrix wants everyone to believe that life without these modern technologies is a boring, dismal nightmare. I can still remember the terror I felt wondering how I would entertain myself after cutting the cable over 20 years ago. Now I wonder how I could have gotten anything done when I spent so much time watching the boob tube.
You nailed it again! I am on Medicare and just had an outpatient surgical procedure. The bill was $13,000. This was the Medicare adjusted price. If you were paying cash without the negotiated adjustments it would be double. I am relatively well off but I could not afford that. My wife is in South America taking care of her mother. She had an MRI performed and it cost $100 without any insurance. Yes, a walkin off the street MRI for $100! All I have to say is there are some real elitist assholes in our wonderful country. Sorry I can't be more positive. Bless you and your readers.
"At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge," said the gentleman, taking up a pen, "it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
"Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge.
"Plenty of prisons," said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.
"And the Union workhouses?" demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?"
"They are. Still," returned the gentleman, "I wish I could say they were not."
"The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigor, then?" said Scrooge.
"Both very busy, sir."
"Oh! I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course," said Scrooge. "I'm very glad to hear it."
"Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude," returned the gentleman, "a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the Poor some meat and drink and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?"
"Nothing!" Scrooge replied.
"You wish to be anonymous?"
"I wish to be left alone," said Scrooge. "Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don't make merry myself at Christmas and I can't afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned -- they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
- The Republican Party of the United States of America 2024
One of the most brilliant passages from perhaps the greatest piece of fiction ever written. Thanks for reminding me why I think Dickens is the greatest writer in the history of English literature, Cindy!
I don't think either party cares about anything more than money. I don't support either one, but I expected more from the GOP. At least they're supposed to promote "conservative" values. What a laugh.
Our system is corrupt and fallen. We have learned nothing since the time of Charles Dickens. We've only become worse and more blatantly evil.
Trump is considering Kristi Noem (gov of S.D.) for VP. She just signed a rather confusing bill into law
defining anti-semitic acts. I'm not sure exactly what it entails, but it sounds like pandering to some Zionist entity, Evangelicals, and neo-cons, while ignoring and insulting the outraged sensibilities of the
rest of the people concerned with current atrocities.
All the front-runners are pro-Israel and stooges of the biggest cartel in history.
Next they are banning Tic Toc for the same reason, that young people are catching on to the war machine grift. Maybe they don't relish getting drafted. I'm sure that inflation is kicking their asses
hardest and that they are losing what little faith they had in this system; maybe even getting skeptical
of the never ending whackzinnes while watching their friends collapse one after the other.
Meanwhile they see people like Kirk Cousins signing a four year contract for 180 million plus 28 million in "dead money" whatever that is... Maybe that younger generation will be wiser than the boomers after all and not fall for every grift hook line and sinker.
Scott, all of the campaign teams are geared toward securing the all-important "jewish vote". How can the votes of 2% of the population ever amount to any kind of influence? Hint: it ain't their votes that the politicians crave.
Shapiro is a total idiot. Trump is a "Next Selectee," their ideas and moves wind up being supported by the Pendulum of "Populism."
As for Social Security and other "programs," I can only say what I will do for myself:
I will refuse social security (not sign up for it) I have chosen for myself, not to stop working I enjoy creating things, it's fun. I see SS as an outright tax, I accept that I will never see that money.
I will refuse medicare (not sign up for it) I will not allow the government to pay for something for myself and then have deciding power that over rules my own choices.
I do not vote; I have figured that if the Selections are rigged anyway, why put myself on a list? Why invite a Jury Summons, (which I would refuse anyway.)
I excluded myself because I do make every effort to maintain my own integrity; I claim Sovereign Status, this puts the Responsibility to take care of my own affairs on my own shoulders, I expect no help from anyone. At the same time, I don't expect anyone else to agree with me nor follow my example either. I am a hard core Individualist, I have found Rand to interesting, there are some very good quotes she offers against Collectivism. Here is one my favorites from Rand:
Ayn Rand says it best about sacrifice and service:
"...there’s always a purpose in nonsense. Don’t bother to examine a folly – ask yourself only what it accomplishes. Every system of ethics that preached sacrifice grew into a world power and ruled millions of men.
Of course, you must dress them up. [Ideologies] You must tell people they’ll achieve a superior kind of happiness by giving up everything that makes them happy. You don't have to be too clear about it. Use big vague words... [”Build Back Better, Green New Deal, Great Reset”] ...Internal corruption... That’s the oldest one of all. The farce has been going on for centuries and men still fall for it.
Yet the test should be so simple: just listen to any prophet and if you hear him speak of sacrifice – run. Run faster than from a plague. It stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there’s someone being served. The man, who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters; and intends to be the master." – From The Fountainhead."
Being an Individualist, I never expect anyone to want to do the same things that I am doing; what works for you is excellent for you, what works for me is excellent for me.
I do have links to some information. When I get back to my regular computer, I'll send a few.
I do "hold" a Citizenship, it's just that there are some fine lines. The Administrative State would never recognize my claim. And since I am fully aware of the false contract that Citizenship is, I refuse to acknowledge or recognize it.
I don't travel much but just like a drivers license, a passport could come in handy if choosing to leave quickly without hassle. I see those documents as just paper, they are not my identity.
I don't hold those under my chosen name Neferhotep, I don't see any obligation to the state to operate the way they want me to.
If I want, I could travel without a passport, it's just risky and that's because of all the other governments out there, with their police forces. As I stated in my first comment, what works for me is good for me, maybe not for others.
That’s an amazing way to be! I have wanted sovereign status but I get hung up on the legalities. You are right, the documents are just paper and not an identity (I must still be somewhat brainwashed that I hadn’t thought of that before).
I recently made a statement of non consent to the agenda. I found it freeing and must remember to repeat it everyday.
Do you have a substack post on your journey? How did you pick your name?
In this post I have many explanations on the power of Names and why they were essentially "Stolen" from us by creating a Registry, half way down I have a picture that demonstrates why the Name I chose is important to me:
"How about cutting all those worthless federal agencies? Department of Energy? Department of Education? Homeland Security? FEMA? Maybe if they raid Mar-a-Lago again, the FBI?"
You forgot to list the War Department...cut that by 90%. But the War Department is a great money laundering scheme, among many, for the rapacious megalomaniacs who control this country. This country is in the bowl, and the flush is on.
Thanks for the article
I've certainly said on countless occasions that we need to drastically reduce the defense budget, and eliminate the Military Industrial Complex, Realist. I listed agencies that Republicans would be more likely to favor eliminating. Thanks.
Our Ministry of Peace(MiniPax) fights for peace all over world - for peace and freedom...
A Fellow that knew quite a bit about War shared your view: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Would know. He killed a million Germans at the "Rhine Meadows" concentration camps.
That was the biggest but of gaslighting since Roosevelt gave us the "New deal".
Actually, it was more than a million. 5.7 Million Germans died, in different places then they were renamed as 6 million Jews. The following generations were then brow beaten into thinking that they had killed Jews. Biggest mind fuck ever. Germans were blamed for their own deaths.
I'm sure the number was higher. It would be hard to document 5.7 million. But just the fact that the scumbag murdered that many should tell people something, one would hope.
You are right there were upwards near 13 million, in different parts affected by the war, figures for the Soviet controlled parts of Germany and Poland are harder to pin down.
The 5.7 million figure comes from a set of census that were taken, one in 47' and the other in 50' or 52' the one in the 50's shows an absence of 5.7 million that were present in 46 and 47. So, between that and the Rhine Meadow starvation fields, things begin to make some sense.
As bad as what Eisenhower was, the Mongolians the Soviets sent into East Germany were several orders of magnitude worse. They were like an army of Rasputins- raping and murdering on a whim. And the Soviets told them it was absolutely unrestricted open season.
Americans should study what happened to East Germany. This Wolf thinks that is a sneak preview of coming attractions for North America once the SHTF.
Exactly !
So, what did ol' Dwight do about the MIC? All he ever did was to give it a name before he retired on the pensions they supplied to him.
Ike was the first president to be granted a pension, Ed. Don't know how the others managed without it. Btw, when I interviewed his granddaughter Laura Eisenhower on my show a few years back, she told me he really didn't leave much of a fortune. Thanks.
Ol' Ike had 8 years to do something about it, though, didn't he?
And Ike did. Were you around in 1956 during the Hungarian Upraising? Ike kept us out of that. Then there was The Suez. And of course, Korea which Ike inherited. If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
Lyndon B. Johnson
I read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” years ago, decades before I became a Christian. I liked it and thought it was great. Then I became a Christian and realized what an awful, cold and cruelly indifferent person Rand really was.
Good read, as always. You are correct on all points from where I sit.
Me, too, Faithful. Rand was undeniably a brilliant thinker. I can see why her philosophy attracts people. I was smitten briefly, too. Thanks!
I can't get it out of my mind that she convinced her disciple and his wife who worked for her that she should be free to engage herself in his bed when she felt like it, and that they should accept it. How perverted is that?
Yes, you sometimes find that kind of entitlement among the famous, although it's usually the males who take advantage of it. Thanks, Dawn!
"Then I became a Christian and realized what an awful, cold and cruelly indifferent person Rand really was."
One doesn't have to be Christian or even religious to see the cruel indifference...just be a conscientious human.
That might be true in general, but I will admit that’s what it took for me to see.
My cousin came out as an atheist after reading her nonfiction.
What Rand praises and calls "selfishness" could be viewed as individual responsibility. Which is not selfish at all. Words matter. Ayn Rand was still full of it.
she was a jew like the ones bombing gaza
Curious about the SPQR in the name? 70 AD I assume refers to the sacking of Jerusalem. Are you a partial preterist?
you are correct. I have nothing to do with the buybull but I say the destruction of the temple along with Jewrusalem was the greatest single act in history and saved the world for the time being. Romans were the only people that could handle the jews
May God save you sir
these are your people. Jesus to the jews...you belong to your father the devil he was a liar and murderer from the beginning and your will is to do his desires
Faithful Planner Fun: Ayn Rand was a free market economist who believed in individual liberty. She was NOT a prophet speaking for God.
The world is cold, cruel, and indifferent. If you don't like it that way, ask your God.
Some of us think it is cold and cruel because the darkest force imaginable (Satan) has dominion here, Timmy.
The darkest forces originate deep within the human heart which must necessarily come up with some external imaginary force to excuse and appease its tormented and incredibly feeble excuse for a conscience.
To paraphrase the great French thinker, Chantal Del Sol, libertarianism doesn’t work because it is too glib. When there is no reality but logical deductions, one is bound to find himself in strange places.
what a load of shit talk
DJ: "Mother" Nature is cruel enough.
How much colder can one be than to celebrate the murder of one's own savior?
Hello Vonu. Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten son, who himself is God incarnate, left his heavenly throne to be the fulfillment of the Law of God. When someone sins against a perfectly holy God, atonement must be made. The Law saves no one because no one is righteous (psalm 14, Romans chapter 3), when Jesus willingly and obediently went to the cross “”for the joy set before him” he saved a people for himself. All who believe in the saving power of his sacrifice to satisfy the perfect justice of God shall be saved and shall have eternal life. That is indeed good news, dear one. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Sufficient for all who believe. God bless you.
Saved from what? Damnation? Hardly. How can one be saved from damnation while they continue to sin? The good news isn't that one may eventually be saved yet still continue to sin until then. One cannot be saved in sin. Those who detest sin in their lives cannot accept such a horrific picture of salvation and fortunately, this isn't the actual gospel. The good news is that one may be saved FROM SIN.
The sad fact is that deception begins within those who are incapable of accepting the truth revealed in the entire bible. The author of Hebrews points out that "there remains no more sacrifice for sin" which is the ONLY way to atone for one's sin under the Old or New Testaments. This leaves only two possibilities: no one sins, or those who do are eternally damned.
Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the author of Hebrews all point out that the new creation is created for one and only one reason: "to keep God's commandments". That is a creation that CANNOT transgress God's commands. That's the gospel and those who are carnally minded can never accept it. (See Romans 8 and 9 for more)
None of which explains why God didn't write the bible if he thought we needed one.
Are you asking why God chose 40 men to write it down? The Holy Spirit inspired the Bible. It is God-breathed and the 40 men who wrote the Bible were carried along by the Holy Spirit as they wrote. The Holy Spirit is part of the Holy Trinity of God. God bless.
If God created everything else in creation, why would he not have published it himself, 1400 years before Gutenberg was born?
Because in order to save his people God works through people.
Don, I just read the opening salvo, locked down at work and been so for a solid two weeks -- with one day off, but SOB these bastards need to work a real job before squawking out about raising the retirement age. So already fumed! It is already a travesty to wait till 70, if I make it that long, to have a hope of getting back 5%? of what was paid over the prior 30 years
and Yes, Realist is correct -- cut the damn bloated agencies first!!!
It is an easy fix, jwslaw. As I wrote, create individual funds for each person paying into the system. If you give a lump sum option, most payments would stop immediately. The money can be found in the same place it's found when Israel, Ukraine, or the latest foreign occupation need funding. Thanks!
I am not a fan of Social Security. I am not a fan of the Stupid Party or their "solution" either. It was part of nearly every society that the younger generations would care for their elders: eldest sons would care for their fathers and mothers both materially and physically. The elders would provide assistance in what ways they could, be it knowledge, direction, advice, etc.
Today, our generations are self-centered. We cannot be bothered with carrying on the family business. We cannot be burdened with caring for our parents. Advice? Not from them.
We only need "social security" because the REAL social security net, the family, has been decimated by consumerism, usury, government, and individualism.
I noted that, Aaron. What happened to the elderly before Social Security? I don't think it's a coincidence that the explosion of nursing homes began after passage of Social Security. Decades of propaganda have been successful. Most adult children have deeper feelings about their dogs and cats than they do about their aging parents. Especially if it comes to having to help take care of them. Thanks!
I would pay to watch Trump or Biden or any of these other high-level buffoons busting up concrete with a sldgehammer or using a chain saw. I bet they don't survive ten minutes.
Very insightful! Many angles I’ve not considered or was even aware of. Our gov is like a freight train rolling downhill. No entity or person could operate on this level of incompetency, carelessness, irresponsibility or insanity on steroids, but gov gets away with it. I’m so angry & frustrated! Why even have gov if gov only uses its power to enslave, manipulate & lie? SMH
Government equals Slavery! Our only hope would be to abolish it. Yes call me an anarchist, funny how these politicians who decide our fate with SS get pensions for the rest of their lives. Such hogwash and so is Ben Shapiro.
I can't argue with the anarchists any longer, Sheryl. You can bet that Ben Shapiro, if the system is still around, will eagerly take his Social Security payments, just like his hero Ayn Rand did. Thanks.
Thanks Don for another great article.
Thanks, Sheryl!
I appreciate that, Wendy. Yes, why have government, if it isn't going to protect the border, and provide anything positive for the people? High taxes, but no services. Inadequate safety nets, but unconstitutional intrusions into personal lives, and trampling of civil liberties. Thanks!
The powers that should not be want everyone to ask the question, "why have government if it is so ineffective at governing?" Their solution is to introduce a technocratic government because we all know how wonderful it is to listen to bumper music after spending half an hour meandering through some automated menu only to then be forced to decipher what someone with a limited vocabulary and an even smaller familiarity with the English language is telling us.
AI will save the day by simply skipping all that and informing us all that we're screwed, just slit your wrists and get it over with.
It is my observation that The Founders knew: The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.
Thomas Jefferson
Our longevity is also radically shortened by the incessant geoengineered toxins the monsters pump into the sky that we breathe and ingest with meals and drink. The words of politicians mean nothing. Owen Madden, the Irish Godfather of New York City, was mentored by an especially violent gangster named Monk Eastman. Madden, no shrinking violet himself, at the tender age of 15, beat a man half to death for robbing groceries from his mother and killed a man for insulting his sister. Eastman taught him much about fighting and killing, but Madden said the most important thing he ever taught him was this: The man sitting behind the desk, the politician, despite his fake smiles and bland assurances, is never your friend, their symbiotic alliances notwithstanding. The gangsters who did not pay heed to this truth found themselves doing life sentences in a maximum security "Slam" or taking the short walk to the execution chamber because they foolishly trusted these vermin. Though they be remorseless killers, I'll take a gangster over a politician anytime. They have a strange code of honor, when they give their word it is solid, unlike the sleazy, mendacious pols. Ayn Rand was a Tranny, very fitting that a freak like that espoused "her" sick philosophies. In the U.S., it is socialism for the rich and dog eat dog capitalism for the poor. A class/caste, Babylonian system held in place by the legal industry racketeers and force of arms. The only reason FDR established the benefits he did was because he warned his rich handlers that if he didn't, the masses of destitute Americans with nothing to lose would burn the country down and their mansions along with it. But our enemies never sleep and they have their slimy claws around our collective necks again. Look into the Jerome Daly case of 1968, the Credit River Case, whereupon he sued the bank and won proving they create money out of thin air while seizing citizen's tangible assets. No court will honor that ruling or even concede it exists, stare decisis regardless. It would bring the ruling class criminal's house of cards tumbling down in short order. This got my blood flared, Don, truly outstanding, and thank you.
Soldiers and Mobsters kill people with machine guns.
Doctors and Politicians kill people with pens.
Well said, White Wolf, and bankers rob people with pens. Well, they did that in another era. Now they do it with computers.
Brilliant take as usual, Hereticdrummer. Thanks!
Thank you, Don. To whatever extent my writing here is brilliant, it is inspired by you. "Ayn Trand" Now that is an appropriate handle for that creature worshipped by the con-artist-servatives.
People should ask why is it that governments are kicking $100 dollar bills out of the way to pick up nickels? In reality they are kicking those $100 bills over to their cronies while stomping the life out of of the hard working people that built this country. Their reward for all their hard work is to be referred to as "useless eaters" while being starved by the inflation cause by all the money they are kicking over to the friends and masters of a corrupt political system.
Absolutely right, Peter. They have the priorities of truly evil people. They are more narcistic than the average teenage girl. They don't see the big picture, and are figuratively fiddling while America 2.0 burns. Thanks!
I think you might be interested in a couple of people I follow on Substack. Elizabeth Nickson writes Welcome to Absurdistan and Jessica Rose writes Unacceptable Jessica. IMHO they are two of the most interesting contributors out there along with yourself.
Thanks, Peter!
Yes sir I totally agree as usual. Let's quit giving money to any other country, and to illegal aliens. What a joke.
Thanks, Norman!
Shapiro? Never heard of the Jew twat, who cares what he thinks or says… go ahead, kill SS and Medicare, all it will do is speed up the collapse real fast imo. And plenty of fires would be burning in DC and all other capitals, would be fun to watch, sit back and let the sheep and gub’mint employees off each other. People who have faith and family will protect their own and tribalism will return. A much better option than this society and shit hole country. BTW, the illegals are dipping their toes in your benefits, and we just watch it all happen like a bunch of fucking cucks. As long as we have our phones and influencers the sheep will do zip.
I agree. The people in this country would rather virtue signal and give lip service to what should be done.
Here is my sentiment: I love what the United States professes to be…not what it is in reality.
Your observations have an air of timelessness: Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt
Juvenal
"Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt"
That is so very true. Look at the bread and circuses in the United States. Cable TV has hundreds of channels, prime-time TV with inane quiz and variety shows, more sports events and hype than ever, and social media.
Gore made an interesting observation regarding this: Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back in the 1890s. "We have a single system," he wrote, and "in that system the only question is the price at which the proletariat is to be bought and sold, the bread and circuses."
Gore Vidal
Politics is Kabuki Theater, Politicians are just a Right puppet and a Left puppet on the hands of the same puppet master.
SPOT ON! And Well Said! The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
Felix Frankfurter
Two right wings ??
Henry Adams was a wealthy communist. Of course he would think that the system was composed of "two right wings".
It's disturbing to note that internet providers know they can hook the consumer with a teaser rate of $30.00 a month and then up the rate until it's well over a couple hundred dollars due to the fact that this addiction is so strong, most can't go without it for even a few days.
They literally allow you to cancel your service for ONE MONTH and come right back for their teaser rate, but most can't handle it. Pathetic!!!
I am in full agreement. Of course, they will never listen to Shapiro. Just as well.
Meanwhile, it is because Shapiro says a few things that make sense that misleads people into agreeing with his stance on Israel.
Did you see the video of him at University where he hit a boxing bag ?. It came back and hit him in the face and he ran away crying - hilarious.
More like.... pathetic. Which is what most of them are.
So, can you link to the "few things"? I'm not sure I've ever heard him say anything that makes sense except as a jew scam.
If I recall, Shapiro was praising the "Sound of Freedom" of movie last summer, which was a sure hit for the morons who still think the gov't has a few good men in its ranks, and is not an absolute crime syndicate. He has also had some good guests on his interviews. They give his reputation mileage.
Fortunately, a lot of seeing right through his support for Israel. I think the word has gotten out that the Hamas attack was fake and ghey, and just a cover for genocide.
In an article March 12, 2023, about a year ago, Nikki Haley was calling for raising the retirement age, the article says that in the previous week, at the CPAC meeting, Trump mentioned that some in the party wanted to raise the minimum age to 70, 75 even 80.
Haley is still calling for it, as we've heard.
I'm not a Leftist and am fairly Conservative, but, the Republicucks are scum. They are spineless and all about themselves. This leads me to Satanist Anton Lavey. In his Satanic Bible, a general theme is the indulgence of the flesh. Me, mine and a middle finger to the world. The individual and self as god. The greed orientation is sadistic and over the top. F you, it's me and my desires, as long as you don't hurt anybody, so he says...
The years go on, I hear about Libertarianism. It sounds kind of reasonable but it starts getting "Hurray for me, F you," like an over the top selfishness wrapped in self-righteous individualism. It almost sounded "Satanic." I've heard this before.
I looked up Anton Levey on Wikipedia, is he a libertarian? Well, one of his influences was Ayn Rand.
So the Republicucks say, f 'em, ain't my problem. That's kind of evil.
I didn't know that about Levey, Photon, but it doesn't surprise me. Very astute points. Haley is as bad as it gets, and epitomizes the neocon perspective. Like Shapiro and others, they want to eliminate SS. They resent having to pay old, "useless eaters." They worship the corrupt marketplace, and are orgasmic about war. Thanks!
My belief is there is only one party, and Republicans and Democrats are just two sides of the Deep States coin.
They went to the same schools and parties. They make their money as an interface between us and the money people.
I'm on disability myself. My problem is with the federal government "taking care of" people. I don't trust them and wish there were an alternative. Thanks to state funded "free treatment" I endured iatrogenic damage after decades of being "helped." Now my gut doesn't process micronutrients and I suffer chronic pain and exhaustion. Cronyism/Big Pharma/federal government created the problem they now are "solving" which gives them control over my life.
I'm sorry to hear that, RE. It's a Catch-22. When we're too old to work, or unable to do so because of some disability, how do we survive? The idea that workers can plan for the future is absurd. Every study shows over 70 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and thus not surprisingly have less than $1000 in savings. How do you "plan" with that kind of liquid cash flow? And again, no matter how lowly paid, a portion of their inadequate pay is being withheld from them, on the promise that it will help support them later when they need it. Thanks.
The system creates disabilities too.
Before Social Security and Medicaire there were fewer disabled and more workers.
The medical system crippled me early on, so I could never become gainfully employed or start a family. Nobody cared because they assume it can't happen to them.
Yes it does, RE. Thanks.
Big gov is a bloated dinosaur. Things are going to change in a big way in the years ahead. The financial system is near the end of the Ponzi timeline. If you think things are bad with gov now, just wait. I'm sure you know that though.
The gov't is just holding the leash until the debt collapse comes. Then they won't be needed anymore.
I love the image. And dead blotted animals, although they already smell bad, REALLY stink when they pop...I'm getting a whiff right now...
Does your system tolerate naturally fermented foods?
I constantly have organic apple cider vinegar w/ the mother and make kimchi and sauerkraut, fermented pickles. It has helped me a lot.
Regarding statements made by the likes of haley and trumpenstein: Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
Otto von Bismarck
During the Dubya administration, George Carlin famously said "They're coming for your Social Security...and you know what...they'll get it."
Medicare is already more than half privatized by the vulture of Wall Street. Medicare Advantage plans fraudulently take over $140 Billion a year (more than is paid in in premiums from seniors for Medicare) and that is a conservative number...draining Trillion not for health care, but for profit. But draining the Trust fund for private profit.....well, here I go again on my soap box. What other System would do that but the beloved Capitalist system.
Capitalism's ONLY tenant is to protect shareholder wealth. Not the public. Not consumers. Not support communities. Protect shareholder wealth. So what do you expect from such a System? And please don't banish me to the Corn Field....even though I am pointing out facts about the beloved System.
Great points, Lynn. I hope you'll read "Survival of the Richest." Thanks!
Medicare has always been a racket, even back in the '70's. My poor grandmother at that time just kept going to the doctor and they kept finding more ailments and conducting more tests and prescribing more medications. My grandmother at one point was on 10 medications. Good thing they were all pretty-colored sugar pills of various sizes or she would have been dead in a week.
Lynn: It was never our Social Security. That was a lie.
Back in the '80's, when I was working a real job and still fairly young and dumb, I was not dumb enough to know that "Social Security" is nothing but a Ponzi scheme, and I did not expect to see one red cent of all the wealth I gave them in the '80's. I would get a paycheck for $900, which included 30 hours of overtime, and I would see that nearly over $100 went to Social Security and Income Tax. After everybody had their cut, I would go home with about $720. And of course, the instant I started putting gas in the motorcycle, more was going up in taxes.
Social Security is a gimmick to keep a person invested in the grid, invested in gov't, and invested in the political game. (Let's vote for the person who is going to give us the most free stuff.) It is Welfare for older people.
I could see, maybe, having a program for those disabled and those too weak or sick to work- but that should apply at any age. Why would a perfectly able-bodied person- at any age, want a handout?
Now, being totally off the grid, I don't expect to see one dime of social security. And if I did go on the grid, they would probably want to know what I was doing the last 30 years. Probably thinking I was working for a drug cartel, or training in terrorist boot camp.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us. You are our only hope!
You are a rare Wolf, WW. Especially for the increasing number of Americans with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities, some kind of social safety net is crucial. We certainly can't depend on their uncaring family members to help them. I would bet that a huge majority of the chronic homeless are people with various issues, whose families abandoned them. It's hard to deal with these issues, but it can be done. I've known people that have done it. And then there's that whole thing about having money extorted for a particular purpose for decades, with the promise it will be paid back. Thanks.
I think this is more a case of what St Paul says- As a man reaps, so will he sow. Or, as they say nowadays, paybacks are hell. My family was completely, 100% dysfunctional. And mostly it was because my father was a moron. But his mother- who ruled the roost, no doubt about that, his father was exactly like that wolf you used to see on the old bugs bunny cartoons- the one ma would yell at to go fetch a rabbit for dinner, or no TV. The Catholic Church and the public School also trained him how to be a moron. He was surrounded, so I don't blame him, I blame the institutions.
Fortunately, I took the Sermon on the Mount seriously. Our Lord said not to fret over things, so I put that into practice. And one day, when I was just ten, I chewed out my grandmother. My dad always talked about how she worried, but was afraid to say anything. I told her she was an idiot, doing all that fretting. We were driving down the Pennsylvania Turnpike, not conducting a bombing raid over Berlin and fighting our way through angry Messerschmidlts to get there.
My brothers were trained it was all about them. They both wanted to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies. My younger brother was really quite an accomplished pitcher and took the game quite seriously, but he did not care about anything else, and neither did my towo younger brothers. And they went out of their way to try and make my life miserable.
And I suppose there were lots of families like this, some on drugs, that became completely dysfunctional. We can thank the schools, the colleges, the media, and the military for all of this, and the handouts, which make men lose their pride and women lose their integrity.
Meanwhile, as they say at Clemson, when the going gets tough the tough get going. And the gov't is not going to save us.
I agree, I look at SS payments as money lost. It’d be a nice surprise if I get it when I’m old but I’m not counting on it. I’m doing my best to set myself up. My dream is to be off-grid like you one day!
Soon we will all either be off grid or serving the beast.
It looks to me like the Gestapo agencies consider off-grid / no cell phone types to be their prime suspects for 'domestic terrorism'. (aka telling the truth)
They are urging people to report their friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and
anyone who looks like a domestic terrorist to law enforcement. Amazing.
How did the Stasi become our model for law enforcement... but be that as it may, there is no longer any privacy. (I must generate millions of dollars in economic stimulation due to number of agents, satellites, planes, vans, files, reaction plans, and so on it takes to spy on me as I work in my garden, golf, and post on forums.)
Fortunately, we are not quite ready to be a nation of tattletales. Remember the army of "Contract Tracers" they were mobilizing in 2020? Complete crash and burn. I always notice when a story gets a lot of air time and then just quietly fades away.
But they are working on it. And I get a feeling the rabid pro-tranny public school Karens will be leading the charge. That time is coming. And that is when hell is really going to break loose.
Meanwhile, unlike Russians, I don't think a lot of Americans are just going to lie down for the Stazis. And I think the enforcers know that.
I am still laughing over that incident in Florida, where a squirrel flinging some acorns unnerved a cop and he shot at his own cruiser. These people are rapidly becoming dysfunctional. ANd most of them know exactly what is coming. I expect when it hits the fan they will just fade into the woodwork.
I see something a bit different. For example, what happens when those who are on a strict regime of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications are suddenly unable to fill their prescriptions? In less than two days they will be eating people, people who have no idea how to deal with a pharmacological induced serotonin imbalance.
HEAD FOR THE HILLS!
Back in the 80's my script was much the same. I knew I'd probably never collect social security, but I kept working anyways. What I did differently was to stop paying rent, utilities, and a lot of other hidden taxes. I lived in trees, vans, storage containers, and eventually discovered the joy of anchoring out on boats which doesn't tend to carry the same sort of stigma or even contempt from society.
Off grid is the only way to go. No smart meters, no bills, no dirty electricity, no easy way for most people to find you. There are thousands of miles of coastline around and within north Amerika that can be tilled and harvested without anyone ever knowing. The best locations have no wifi, but that's not going to be an issue when they remove any and all anonymity from the Internet of things.
You certainly are the rare breed.
I used to think the same thing. Not so much anymore. Living off grid has become commonplace. I'm running into more and more people who are disconnecting from the internet completely.
Tell us about/how you live off the grid? Walden Pond is sounding good. So solar needs to be in a sunny area but you can dig a well and buy a generator fueled by solar but what's the rest? A root cellar, etc.?
The way I live off the grid is by the grace of God and the virtue of poverty. I survive by working under the table, and having very few material needs.
Re; "the virtue of poverty". Another way of saying this is that "necessity is the mother of invention." I put it this way: "Laziness is the mother of efficiency."
I've also spent a lot of time working under the table, but more and more, I'm finding that my time is worth more than the money I get for it. So instead of spending money on food, I garden. Instead of spending my money on a house, I build my own or find a suitable alternative for less or even free, e.g. a tent, RV, boat, etc.
Contrary to economists on the left or right, the gospel reveals that we do not live in a world constrained by scarcity, but one of wasteful abundance. It is staggering to watch as a few handfuls of scattered seeds emerge seemingly everywhere eager to feed potentially hundreds of people. I gave a couple papayas to my neighbors only to be told that they were "tasteless." They were so sweet I had a hangover less than 20 minutes later.
When the industrialist said that "Time is Money" they were not whistling Dixie. Each hour we are given is a great gift from God.
Yes, God is good, and blesses the Earth with abundance. I do recall the mountains of waste of our society, which devours goods like swine feeding at the trough. Everything is disposable, and what one got last month is ancient history.
Modern man has been trained to think in terms of the 90 minute news cycle on CNN.
The whole modern world is Operation Mockingbird on "steroids".
I cut the cable almost 25 years ago and still marvel at how easily transfixed I can become by a tv screen while waiting at the DMV, or walking by the electronics section at Walmart. At least I'm aware of the pull it has over me. I can consciously ignore it now.
Same here, but it was almost 35 years ago. By the mid-80's television was a wasteland. Just brainless sitcoms and more brainless soaps and game shows. I have not had to experience the DMV since 1988. When my license expired I just kept driving. They have not caught me yet. (I do drive less and less. Too many morons glued their phones.)
If you want to get a rough idea of how to live off grid, start by eating only whole foods. Don't eat anything that is packaged. Turn off all power to your apartment or house. If you live in a house, flip your main breaker switch and figure out how you're going to make it without these so-called "modern conveniences".
One of the keys is simplification. Solar does NOT require a sunny area. Solar panels today pump out quite a lot of power even on dark overcast days. A concave piece of polished tin can boil water in just a few minutes.
One of the things I learned early on is that a simple life is preferable to what modern society is offering. I also learned that my health improved dramatically by eating better food and at healthier times. When you have to use the sun to cook your food you eat earlier and this is far healthier than eating supper at 9 or 10 at night right before bedtime. I also get up and go to bed earlier. I have more energy.
When you cut the power to the grid, you will inevitably find out that there are a LOT more healthier options available to you than you could possibly imagine. The technocratic matrix wants everyone to believe that life without these modern technologies is a boring, dismal nightmare. I can still remember the terror I felt wondering how I would entertain myself after cutting the cable over 20 years ago. Now I wonder how I could have gotten anything done when I spent so much time watching the boob tube.
You nailed it again! I am on Medicare and just had an outpatient surgical procedure. The bill was $13,000. This was the Medicare adjusted price. If you were paying cash without the negotiated adjustments it would be double. I am relatively well off but I could not afford that. My wife is in South America taking care of her mother. She had an MRI performed and it cost $100 without any insurance. Yes, a walkin off the street MRI for $100! All I have to say is there are some real elitist assholes in our wonderful country. Sorry I can't be more positive. Bless you and your readers.
Thanks, Dennis!
"At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge," said the gentleman, taking up a pen, "it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
"Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge.
"Plenty of prisons," said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.
"And the Union workhouses?" demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?"
"They are. Still," returned the gentleman, "I wish I could say they were not."
"The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigor, then?" said Scrooge.
"Both very busy, sir."
"Oh! I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course," said Scrooge. "I'm very glad to hear it."
"Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude," returned the gentleman, "a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the Poor some meat and drink and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?"
"Nothing!" Scrooge replied.
"You wish to be anonymous?"
"I wish to be left alone," said Scrooge. "Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don't make merry myself at Christmas and I can't afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned -- they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
- The Republican Party of the United States of America 2024
One of the most brilliant passages from perhaps the greatest piece of fiction ever written. Thanks for reminding me why I think Dickens is the greatest writer in the history of English literature, Cindy!
You honestly think after all these years the Dems are attempting to lift the poor
and destitute out of poverty? They’d lose the permanent underclass they create and perpetuate which they can exploit for votes …..
I don't think either party cares about anything more than money. I don't support either one, but I expected more from the GOP. At least they're supposed to promote "conservative" values. What a laugh.
Our system is corrupt and fallen. We have learned nothing since the time of Charles Dickens. We've only become worse and more blatantly evil.
Trump is considering Kristi Noem (gov of S.D.) for VP. She just signed a rather confusing bill into law
defining anti-semitic acts. I'm not sure exactly what it entails, but it sounds like pandering to some Zionist entity, Evangelicals, and neo-cons, while ignoring and insulting the outraged sensibilities of the
rest of the people concerned with current atrocities.
https://www.capjournal.com/news/noem-signs-historic-anti-semitism-bill-into-law/article_a4b33f2a-dd48-11ee-84ea-03150986621c.html
All the front-runners are pro-Israel and stooges of the biggest cartel in history.
Next they are banning Tic Toc for the same reason, that young people are catching on to the war machine grift. Maybe they don't relish getting drafted. I'm sure that inflation is kicking their asses
hardest and that they are losing what little faith they had in this system; maybe even getting skeptical
of the never ending whackzinnes while watching their friends collapse one after the other.
Meanwhile they see people like Kirk Cousins signing a four year contract for 180 million plus 28 million in "dead money" whatever that is... Maybe that younger generation will be wiser than the boomers after all and not fall for every grift hook line and sinker.
Yes, Scott, they are all utterly loyal to Israel, even RFK, Jr. Thanks.
We have little to no representation. Noem's pandering is obnoxious and telling.
Scott, all of the campaign teams are geared toward securing the all-important "jewish vote". How can the votes of 2% of the population ever amount to any kind of influence? Hint: it ain't their votes that the politicians crave.
Shapiro is a total idiot. Trump is a "Next Selectee," their ideas and moves wind up being supported by the Pendulum of "Populism."
As for Social Security and other "programs," I can only say what I will do for myself:
I will refuse social security (not sign up for it) I have chosen for myself, not to stop working I enjoy creating things, it's fun. I see SS as an outright tax, I accept that I will never see that money.
I will refuse medicare (not sign up for it) I will not allow the government to pay for something for myself and then have deciding power that over rules my own choices.
I do not vote; I have figured that if the Selections are rigged anyway, why put myself on a list? Why invite a Jury Summons, (which I would refuse anyway.)
I excluded myself because I do make every effort to maintain my own integrity; I claim Sovereign Status, this puts the Responsibility to take care of my own affairs on my own shoulders, I expect no help from anyone. At the same time, I don't expect anyone else to agree with me nor follow my example either. I am a hard core Individualist, I have found Rand to interesting, there are some very good quotes she offers against Collectivism. Here is one my favorites from Rand:
Ayn Rand says it best about sacrifice and service:
"...there’s always a purpose in nonsense. Don’t bother to examine a folly – ask yourself only what it accomplishes. Every system of ethics that preached sacrifice grew into a world power and ruled millions of men.
Of course, you must dress them up. [Ideologies] You must tell people they’ll achieve a superior kind of happiness by giving up everything that makes them happy. You don't have to be too clear about it. Use big vague words... [”Build Back Better, Green New Deal, Great Reset”] ...Internal corruption... That’s the oldest one of all. The farce has been going on for centuries and men still fall for it.
Yet the test should be so simple: just listen to any prophet and if you hear him speak of sacrifice – run. Run faster than from a plague. It stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there’s someone being served. The man, who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters; and intends to be the master." – From The Fountainhead."
Being an Individualist, I never expect anyone to want to do the same things that I am doing; what works for you is excellent for you, what works for me is excellent for me.
Well, you're walking the walk, Nefahotep. I have to respect that. Thanks.
Do you have any good links for claiming sovereign status? Can you still travel internationally, do you have a passport?
I do have links to some information. When I get back to my regular computer, I'll send a few.
I do "hold" a Citizenship, it's just that there are some fine lines. The Administrative State would never recognize my claim. And since I am fully aware of the false contract that Citizenship is, I refuse to acknowledge or recognize it.
I don't travel much but just like a drivers license, a passport could come in handy if choosing to leave quickly without hassle. I see those documents as just paper, they are not my identity.
I don't hold those under my chosen name Neferhotep, I don't see any obligation to the state to operate the way they want me to.
If I want, I could travel without a passport, it's just risky and that's because of all the other governments out there, with their police forces. As I stated in my first comment, what works for me is good for me, maybe not for others.
That’s an amazing way to be! I have wanted sovereign status but I get hung up on the legalities. You are right, the documents are just paper and not an identity (I must still be somewhat brainwashed that I hadn’t thought of that before).
I recently made a statement of non consent to the agenda. I found it freeing and must remember to repeat it everyday.
Do you have a substack post on your journey? How did you pick your name?
Here are some good resources on Sovereignty:
https://sovereigntycoalition.org/
https://www.suijurisforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=81945#p81945
https://www.1215.org/lawnotes/bouvier/bouvier.htm (Law Dictionary is for some reference.)
https://tasa.americanstatenationals.org/#top This site is excellent.
https://www.sovereignki.com/declaration-of-non-consent (you probably already know this one.)
https://keystoliberty2.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/birth-certificate-tracking-its-movement/ This one is good for some reference on the primary foundation of the State sponsored Identity Fraud.
In this post I have many explanations on the power of Names and why they were essentially "Stolen" from us by creating a Registry, half way down I have a picture that demonstrates why the Name I chose is important to me:
https://nefahotep.substack.com/p/solutions-that-can-end-the-globalist
There's lots to check out, I have many links in my post that may also help like the independent ones above.
----- Neferhotep
Thanks! I’m looking forward to digging into all this!