Bullet Points:
** 1,300 US State Department staffers were furloughed on Friday, which is what we voted for. There were lots of tears, but fortunately, they have the words of Pedo Joe Biden to comfort them. “You can learn to code.” I’ve heard that marijuana plantations are hiring, so there’s also that. With regulations lifting, there may also be opportunities working in coal mines that are reopening. One door closes and another opens.
** A man is suing Smart Water for not making him smart. I want to announce my lawsuit against Thin Mints.
** One of the more interesting tidbits to come out of the disclosures from Pedo Joe’s Administration is that Hunter Biden (drug addicted artist) acted as the White House de facto Chief of Staff. As the gatekeeper (or crypt keeper), he was able to sell his art for access, which explains why his scribbles brought millions of dollars (10% for the Big Guy). Of course, he received a wet signature pardon from Pedo Joe, so all is forgiven, right?
** On July 8, 2025, Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver its FM 175D high-speed diesel generator engine for installation at the U.S. Navy’s land-based propulsion system test facility supporting the DDG(X) program. The award marks a key milestone in the development of the Navy’s next-generation guided-missile destroyer, designed to succeed the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and early Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. So we’re getting away from Navy Distillate as a fuel, pushing gas turbines?
** Appalachian life. How can you have breakfast without fresh, hot, flaky biscuits and sausage gravy?
** Biden-appointed judge, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, has just made a ruling that marks Home Depots, car washes, and other locations where illegals hide as safe havens in LA, blocking ICE from making arrests at those locations…Yes, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong is an inner city person.
** (NY Post) The marijuana farm is now under investigation for child labor violations after 10 juveniles — “all illegal aliens” — were found at the facility, including eight without an adult. We’ve discussed this on VM over the past day or so. My view (popular or unpopular) is that law enforcement, including but not limited to ICE, should conduct a more thorough forensic examination of all these California grow operations. Marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, indicating it has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. This federal prohibition exists despite many states legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational purposes. The existing grow operations contribute heavily to politicians, so I’m unsure if that will happen. However, under federal law, they could be closed permanently, with the land and the operation’s assets forfeited. 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
** Tomorrow: Bloomberg: “President Trump said he plans to make a ‘major statement’ on Russia, as the US prepares to send more American weapons to Ukraine via purchases from NATO allies. “I think I’ll have a major statement to make on Russia on Monday,” Trump told NBC News in a telephone interview. Trump, in the interview, reiterated criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine. He also said he expects the Senate to pass a tougher Russia sanctions bill sponsored by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
** Ten Percent to the Big Guy.
** How many ready-to-launch nuclear missiles does the US have available within seconds or minutes to dump downrange? How about Russia? The Russian missiles are less accurate, but they are aware of this, so they incorporate redundancy.
** Dead Penguins – Have you ever wondered why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica? It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird that lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintain a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life. If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried. The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing: “Freeze a jolly good fellow.” “Freeze a jolly good fellow.” You really didn’t think I knew anything about penguins, did you? It’s so easy to fool “OLD” people. I am sorry, an urge came over me that made me do it!!!
Boating with EdB
Since Ed is going through chemo, we have a better solution for him.
Your Sunday Sermonette
(From the Babylon Bee) JERUSALEM — Citing newly uncovered writings from Greece, Rome, and Jerusalem, biblical scholars are now saying the shockingly rapid growth of the early church can be attributed to the fact that Christians were allowed to eat bacon.
“Save yourselves from this crooked generation! Believe in Jesus, the Messiah! And also, I had a dream last week, and we can eat bacon now!” said Peter in one of his recently discovered early sermons given in a Jewish synagogue. “Seriously–have you people tried this stuff? It’s amazing! All the bacon you can eat! God told me it’s not unclean anymore!”
The manuscript then goes on to describe Peter whipping out a cast iron skillet and frying up strips of bacon before the assembly, causing thousands of souls to be added to the church in just one day.
“Peter’s proclamation was initially met with strong opposition from the Pharisees, but they eventually changed their minds and decided to follow The Way after smelling the strips of applewood-smoked pork belly Peter was frying,” said church historian Dr. David Ben Hamen. “We can’t say that we blame them.”
Sources say Pharisee interest tapered off, however, after Christians started getting thrown to the lions.
Digital Finance
Let’s catch up on the latest governmental developments in the emerging world of regulated digital finance. The United States is launching a transformative overhaul of cryptocurrency regulation, implementing a multi-pronged strategy that will establish more explicit rules at home and set new standards globally. This approach combines enhanced financial reporting requirements with landmark legislation to bring structure and oversight to the digital asset landscape.
A primary focus is on bolstering financial integrity and tax compliance.
New guidance from the Treasury and IRS introduces mandatory 1099-DA forms, which compel crypto platforms to report detailed transaction data, mirroring the requirements for traditional securities. This measure closes significant tax loopholes that have long been a challenge to regulators.
Complementing this is the stricter enforcement of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) “Travel Rule.” This anti-money laundering (AML) regulation requires crypto services to collect and share information about senders and recipients on transactions exceeding $3,000, aligning the industry with established banking standards to prevent illicit financial activities. Concurrently, a major legislative initiative during the House’s “Crypto Week” seeks to define the market’s fundamental structure through three pivotal bills.
The CLARITY Act aims to resolve jurisdictional confusion by assigning regulatory oversight of digital commodities, such as Bitcoin, to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and tokenized securities to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Meanwhile, the GENIUS Act establishes the first federal framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to maintain 1-to-1 dollar-equivalent reserves and undergo regular audits. While proponents believe this will stabilize the rapidly growing stablecoin market, critics express concern that it could privatize currency functions and undermine the U.S. dollar.
The third bill, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, responds to public concerns over financial privacy by seeking to block the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), thereby preventing potential government surveillance of private transactions.
The impact of these domestic policies will extend globally. Foreign platforms serving U.S. customers must adapt to these stringent standards, which align with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework and the EU’s tax transparency objectives. This alignment highlights America’s significant influence in shaping international crypto regulation.
The United States is spearheading a comprehensive regulatory overhaul that promises to enhance legitimacy and consumer protection for the cryptocurrency industry. However, this new era of oversight also brings substantial compliance burdens and raises critical questions about privacy and the future of innovation. While the enhanced clarity is expected to attract more institutional investment, it may also drive market consolidation as smaller entities struggle with increased costs. This dual impact highlights the delicate balance the U.S. aims to strike between fostering technological growth and ensuring long-term financial stability.
Submarine Launched Attack Bomber
In the Amazon
Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning network of ancient cities hidden in the Amazon rainforest, which was home to at least 10,000 people around 2,000 years ago. Located near the Andes in the Ecuadorian Amazon, this discovery was made possible through advanced LIDAR technology, revealing a “lost valley of cities” connected by vast roads.
Inhabited by the Upano people (500 BC–600 AD), these cities boasted agricultural fields, drainage systems, and roads up to 10 meters wide and 20 kilometers long. This level of organization reveals a sophisticated society, reshaping our understanding of ancient Amazonian civilizations.
It makes me want to put on an Indiana Jones hat, pick up a whip, and go looking for a crystal skull – or something.
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On the Stump
Trade and Geopolitical Stratego
The Trump administration’s tariff strategy in recent days reflects a calculated pivot, targeting Brazil and Canada while easing confrontation with China due to political messaging, manageable economic risks, and China’s leverage in global mineral supply chains, particularly in the production of rare earth elements (REEs).
President Trump has threatened a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports, explicitly tied to the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, his ideological ally.
In a March 2025 speech, Trump referred to the trial as a “witch hunt” and an “international disgrace,” framing the tariff as retribution to pressure Brasília under President Lula, whose alignment with China through BRICS makes Brazil a symbolic target for Trump’s “America First” themes.
Canada, a key U.S. trading partner, faces a 25% tariff on goods, imposed in January 2025, with energy products subject to a reduced 10% rate, as per recent trade announcements. Partial exemptions followed, but the tariffs mark a rupture, driven by disputes over trade imbalances, dairy, lumber, and alleged Canadian laxity on border enforcement and narcotics.
In contrast, the administration has softened its stance on China.
After escalating tariffs earlier in 2025, a provisional June agreement reduced select U.S. tariffs in exchange for China loosening REE export controls, vital for electric vehicles, smartphones, and military systems.
China processes over 85% of global REEs (USGS, 2024), and its 2010 export ban against Japan showed its willingness to weaponize this dominance. A similar disruption could cripple U.S. defense and tech sectors, making caution with Beijing essential.
Brazil and Canada, while significant—Canada supplies 52% of the U.S.’s aluminum imports (U.S. Trade Representative, 2024)—pose less systemic risk than China. Tariffs on their goods align with efforts to bolster domestic manufacturing in steel, aluminum, and copper, which are critical for AI data centers and military rearmament. This strategy also bolsters political support in Rust Belt states, where industrial revitalization resonates with voters, although it risks alienating allies and increasing consumer costs.
Washington’s approach reveals a hierarchy of risk: Brazil and Canada are safer targets for political and economic pressure, while China’s supply chain leverage demands restraint. By prioritizing domestic industries, the administration signals a long-term shift toward economic self-reliance, even if it comes at the cost of short-term trade tensions. Leverage defines modern geopolitics, and for now, the path of least resistance appears to run through Brasília and Ottawa, rather than Beijing.
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Suicides were removed from the stats. If you also eliminated inner city people who are killing each other for fun and profit, and illegal alien drug dealers from the stats, they’d look a lot different in the USA.
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Identify the Aircraft
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4,566 built
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Parting Shot
End
Identify the Aircraft:
1. Yakovlev Yak-11 Moose
2. Yakovlev Pchela-1T UAV
3. Yakovlev Yak-28 Brewer
It was a Yak kind of day. Well done.
“The existing grow operations contribute heavily to politicians” Last year Oregon’s Secretary of State resigned in disgrace after it came out that she was accepting $10,000 per month (in cash!) from the owners of one of the state’s largest cannabis chains, which was delinquent in fees and taxes owed to the state, yet was enjoying a cozy relationship with the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.
“Resigned in disgrace?” If she wan’t imprisoned for a term exceeding ten years, it’s not much of a thing. Of course, she did lose the $10K a month in mordida.
She was fined $3600.
😲
That must have hurt…
Until any statistic is broken out by race, I refuse to even consider it as possibly valid.
Certainly statistics that deal with crime or violence, literacy, and so forth.
Sermonette: The long lost chapter! Love it..even it is LL-Breathed, gotta be accurate…right? (who says Christian’s don’t have sense of humor)
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Gun Deaths: Chicago tips the state while doing its best to be the highest in the USA. Heck, with the current Misguided Goons running things they may just succeed.
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“Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong is an inner city person”: What they hay kind of name is that? Not being bigoted, but she made herself available for criticism with her stunt, and… just a serious mouthful, possibly made up. Seriously, the jokes just write themselves with these Lefty Lunatics. (looked…uh huh…yeah, not sure. But hey, maybe Michelle can do an interview on her miserable podcast and they can sway…well…I’ll leave it there.)
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Pot is illegal, and Rec-Med “businesses” are no better than a tire shop in Brownsville “appearing” legit…until one looks behind the locked steel door and discovers a hatch leading to tunnels. There is no [self-congratulatory] scientific method that proves THC (or CBD for that matter) does anything for pain or whatever…but it does make a person go malleable zombie and vote for those who like to control others.
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Boat Drop: Okay, seriously very cool…THEN…the “boys” jumping off like they were getting a cup of coffee (LL, do they hold their breath all the way down? I would.) The target surgical strike on Iran’s nuke facilities that was executed like a Breitling, and just as exquisite, is a recent operation example that “our boys” do all the time…yet the Starbuck’s line waiters [for their soy latte with a lemon twist] haven’t a thought to recognize how the training and fortitude to carry out such missions is unreal …something PDJT dressed down the media naysayers. Major h/t. Besides, it’s COOL BEANS.
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EdB would like Avalon, NJ…nice beachside locale….a few week rental might be what the doctor ordered…and a fresh – still warm – tub of Johnson’s Carmel Popcorn will fix anything that ails while pumping enough sugar into ones system to make you feel happy. Stay strong Ed, we’re there in spirit, pulling on this end of the rope for ya.
re: Sen. Kennedy FB clip (a national treasure, right up there with Clarkson): Brother texted this, listening on his cross-country drive:
https://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-Blackmail-Intelligence/dp/1634243013
Brother commented: “Holy hell! They are all related…the entire US infrastructure is a corrupt mess. And we are all paying for it.” and…”that ‘cross-dressing homosexual” Hoover started this mess WTP find ourselves. And it’ll only get worse, hence why we know nothing about Root in Butler, scrubbed immediately after “the attempt” and the parents are…no where. Yeah, color me cynical, but these scumbags tried to take out my Presidential Candidate…twice…while [still] getting away with it.
— Enough of that, gotta stain the deck, something infinitely more important than those who couldn’t find their rear-ends with both dirty hands and a flashlight App if their life depended on it. (mini-rant)
There’s no evidence of Hoover being a ‘cross-dressing homosexual”. People I’ve interviewed say otherwise.
It was a smear campaign.
I’ll see what he says was promoted in the audiobook. I heard all manner of things about Hoover…regardless his “whatever” proclivities (seems all manner of weirdness in our elite society), he had files on everyone. “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Came across this Reagan quote: It’s hard when you are up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.” Even more relevant today if PDJT said it.
Hoover was a blackmailer. The bureau collected dirty secrets, and he leveraged them against Congress to keep the FBI going for many decades. He lived with his boyfriend, Clyde Tolson, at his mother’s home, and neither married. It doesn’t mean that they were sexually involved. Tolson served as the FBI’s Associate Director under Hoover for many years. They were often seen together socially and traveled together (like Hillary and Huma), and after Hoover’s death, Tolson was one of the few people permitted to view his body. Their bond was so close that Tolson was buried near Hoover in the Congressional Cemetery.
Nobody ever captured the couple at the moment of entry on film – so there’s no proof.
From Big Intel by Michael Waller:
Was J. Edgar Hoover a Rainbow Justice Warrior?
Before continuing, let’s address the elephant in the room: the very private
life of J. Edgar Hoover.
After his mother passed away, Hoover roomed with his best friend
and confidant, Clyde Tolson. Neither man had married, leading to the
usual rumors. Critics in Congress and the Roosevelt administration
wondered if Hoover was secretly gay. Wild Bill Donovan gleefully raised
questions about Hoover’s sexuality. Homosexuality was a taboo subject
in American society. It could subject people to blackmail and increase the
likelihood of security risks. But FDR saw no problem as long as Hoover
could run the FBI, and no evidence ever surfaced.
The rumors persisted for decades. In the early 1960s, Attorney General
Bobby Kennedy called the FBI chief “J. Edna” behind his back. Once
when Tolson was hospitalized, Kennedy joked that Hoover’s roommate
had undergone a hysterectomy.4
Kennedy ordered an investigation into
Hoover’s private life and found nothing more than Hoover being, in the
words of critical biographer Beverly Gage, “the restrained, self-disciplined
workaholic he had always seemed to be.”
In her thorough, heavily documented work, Gage demolished the rumor
that Hoover had been a cross-dresser.5
Pulitzer Prize–winner Tim Weiner, in
Enemies, his extraordinary critical history of the FBI based entirely on primary
sources, determined that rumors of homosexuality were “almost surely false.”6
Foreign intelligence services excelled at exploiting people’s secret personal lives. Hoover watched prominent figures’ sex lives, not for prurient
reasons as often alleged but because he, like others, believed that, in
addition to vulnerability to blackmail by foreign spies, illicit or repressed
homosexuals were especially likely to lash out secretly against the society
that would never accept them. British and OSS analysts shared that
conclusion during World War II.7
Senior political leaders of both parties
tended to agree, and President Eisenhower formally banned the hiring of
homosexuals in the federal government.
Hoover did occasionally exploit what he found for political purposes.
The Soviets took note of the Hoover rumors and began an active
measures campaign to discredit the FBI director. Former KGB archivist
Vasili Mitrokhin smuggled notes to the West describing what the Chekists
had planned. “To compromise E. Hoover as a homosexual, letters were
sent to the main newspapers on behalf of an anonymous organization,”
Mitrokhin said. The KGB letters criticized Hoover as a hypocrite, saying
he projected himself as “a moralist and a pillar of American society” while
he “turned the FBI into a faggots’ den.”8
Less serious future biographies
and films of Hoover would accept this Soviet disinformation and spread
it as fact. Even many FBI agents today believe the stories.
The accepted percentage of homosexuals in the FBI working as special agents was ten percent. I don’t know if that number is accurate, but I used to tease the FBI guys I worked with as being part of the “ten percent minority.” The FBI (and CIA) polygraphed applicants and I believe that one of the questions on the Bureau’s poly involved homosexuality. If you lied, you had a problem. If you didn’t lie, it didn’t disqualify the applicant.
“It was a smear campaign.”
Maybe so. Either road, GOOD. Fuck that bastard Hoover. No, wait! I’m late to the party. Clyde got there first.
I sense that Hoover was the bottom, but I have no way to validate that impression.
Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong born in L.A. to immigrants from Ghana:
might be an interesting study why so many immigrants from Eastern Europe went to such great lengths to change (Anglicize/Americanize) their surnames in the late 19th/early 20th Century
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Sermonette:
I’ve wondered if the early Jews (you’ll note that it’s not a “Commendment”) wished to separate themselves from other people(s) who may have partaken of human flesh; I’m told the two taste very similar
I’m not clear on your comment Boron.
You’re saying there was no commandment against eating pork?
that’s why I capitalized the word.
the first we hear about a definite restriction on the eating of pork is in Leviticus, if I remember correctly (the old grey mare/cells …)
but, moreso, I’m wondering if there is a connection between the consumption of pork and cannabalism
Wait. Other people ate human flesh, but ancient Jews were better than that? Could be. Or maybe raising (domestic) pigs requires more water than raising cattle or goats, both of which do better in arid environments. The last thing you need is a meat animal that competes with you for a scarce resource. I mean, Muslims, whose religion also originated as a “hot-desert monotheism” also are not supposed to eat pork. Anti-long pigitism or the result of originating in a desert? That’s a cultural anthropology thing above my pay grade.
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As to dietary restrictions, it’s a GREAT way to prevent your people from being assimilated. Bonus points if it allows you to look down on the rest of the world as filthy X-eating savages (whereas WE are moral and would never think of touching that disgusting, G-dforsaken stuff). You can be a sanctimonious, condescending shithead to other people, and it’s all good, because G-d himself told you so. This combination of self-asserted moral superiority, and the dietary restrictions making it impossible to sit down and eat together with “outsiders”, perpetuate the tribalism and deliberate social isolation. Modern example? Vegans. And certain kinds of Muslims. (Most of the Jews I know observe kashrut to one degree or another, but aren’t assholes about it. But most of the Jews I know are Reform, or nonreligious though adherent to some of the traditions, so it’s a biased sample guaranteed to NOT be representative of the set of all Jews.)
God wills it!!!
I’m not quite certain that pigs compete with humans for resources any more than other livestock.
I didn’t want to touch your second paragraph, but I will say that there aren’t many Jews I know who will refuse a lobster dinner, a shrimp cocktail, or a BLT.
I married into an orthodox Jewish family who had no problem eating milk products and meat at the same meal.
I’ve gotten to know several Muslims fairly well over the years, but only one would avoid pork (bacon).
But my point was comparing the comsumption of pig meat with cannabalism; not the laws of kashruth
The sands of time obscure much, particularly intentions.
“there aren’t many Jews I know who will refuse a lobster dinner, a shrimp cocktail, or a BLT”
REALLY? Your sample of Jews appears to be even more nonrepresentative than my sample. Or is this an example of private, in-group behavior vs behavior in the presence of out-group members (i.e. me)? THAT would be disturbing because that would imply that observation of dietary restrictions is PERFORMATIVE rather than ethically or religiously sincere.
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“comparing the comsumption of pig meat with cannabalism; not the laws of kashruth”
I don’t get it. You appeared to be suggesting that at least some of the laws of kashruth developed because ancient Jews wanted to separate themselves from cannibals. Perhaps out of self preservation, or perhaps because they were just more moral and decent people. Either road, I must have misunderstood. And I didn’t say “resources” in general. I specifically meant water. I apologize for failing to make that unambiguously clear. I thought it was clear from the context, but of course I knew what I meant, and I should not expect other people to be mind readers. Sorry.
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As to “your” Muslims condemning themselves to hell by eating the flesh of filthy swine, predominately men or women? I find that the women are more likely to be keepers of the flame, so to speak. Among “my” Muslims, the women are the ones who more closely adhere to their dietary laws, and they are the ones who brought their occasionally-pigflesh-eating men back into the fold after marriage. Now “my” girls are not pushy or performative about it. Unless you know them well, they won’t even make a comment about it at a restaurant, they’ll just order something vegetarian if the provenance of a meat item is unclear.
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Incidentally, despite modern Western (and “Western” if you take my meaning ;-) women claiming that females are cruelly suppressed wholly by men in the savage hot-desert monotheism version of Islam, note that WOMEN are the ones who perform genital mutilation, NOT men. Typically it’s the grandmothers who wield the rusty, totally nonsterile razor blade for cliterodectomy, sans anesthesia, yet. It’s the women who then sew the labia shut with a thong. (To the uninitiated, I am NOT making this shit up. More’s the pity.) These savageries are done by the women. The total body covering business is also advantageous to the older women in the social hierarchy sense of things. Youthful features such as the unlined face, the superior waist-hip ratio, these and other markers of fecundity, and therefore sexual attractiveness, are HIDDEN by the black bag and hood. This levels the playing field for the older and less physically attractive females. And by playing field I don’t mean attracting potential sex partners. I mean how you are treated and valued in general. “Pretty privilege” is a very very real thing. And PP works on women often BETTER than it works on men in terms of social hierarchy. So it’s not just beardo men cruelly suppressing the brown sistahood, despite what Second-Wave feminists would have you believe (2WF is “Western” by the way). Women compete against other women using methods that make a fistfight between guys a stroll in the park by comparison.
Digital baby, digital. Gov. gotta know about $3000 transactions. That’s a good guitar, a moderately high end gun, a used dirt bike. A fucking leather sofa.
This all goes back to the FBI’s “total awareness ” program, where the goal is to know every tiny detail of every persons life . The politicians want to be God, essentially.
The question I have is this- exactly what is going to happen when Pedro Cartel finds out his $600,000,000 in US bills is now worthless?
Boating with LL: long time ago, planet far far away, I remember dropping boats out of C-5 Galaxy. Back doors/ramps in Air Drop configuration. No video, Operators didn’t apredicate being recorded and we didn’t have smart phones back then. Old-school video cameras in “low light” mode used an illuminator and made for huge IR beacons under IR/NVG. Very obvious.
The push to digital currency is yet another push to ‘track’ people. And if it goes that way, then .gov has control of your money! Remember when Spain went to the Euro? Something like $330M in pesetas ‘showed up’ that were unaccounted for? They came from the black market/underground/barter economy that was all in cash!
Cash is King, especially outside of Big Cities.
X2
I was on a panel at Rand Corp earlier this year that dealt with money laundering and digital currency. I opined that if the US Govt. went to a digital currency, the underground currency in the USA would likely default to Mexican Pesos. Other panel members agreed with me.
Why not Canadian dollars? I would think their value is higher than a Mexican Peso, unless the peso was more than half silver.
In the Southwest, I expect pesos. In the north, maybe Canadian dollars, but I expect they’ll go digital before we do.
“have long been a challenge to regulators”
One must never challenge the regulators; it will cause them to regulate even harder.
There is a lesson to be drawn from the Authorities’ warning about the dangers of sex. Don’t have sex with the Authorities.
Speaking of on the stump….it appears Newscum is going to be episode #218 on the Shawn Ryan Show. Heres the 6min promo. The guy is on something.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoujZQZatbqy4KGcgjpVxQ
Shawn presented him with a California legal Sig P365….
Uh?
I’m sure Newsom will pawn it.
Bevis or Butthead? Silly question. Butthead.
Bad joke Sunday
A baby seal walked into a club.
Why couldn’t the (I assume) Seals ride the boats down? They wouldn’t have to swim after it…
Tradition? I don’t know with the tech available today – it would be more interesting than a freefall or a traditional static line jump.
REAL super-soldiers don’t need no steenking boats.
Nor parachutes.
https://youtu.be/ywSQNlbK73U?si=cTJBIZr8HQDo0tIh&t=13
That was Captain Texas…
** Boating with LL
Eliminates boat ramps for launching. Retrieval by CH-53?
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ready-to-launch nuclear missiles
Living nearby and traveling among many Minuteman III silos, I think I know which ones are active. Porta-pottys inside the gates, just saying. The roads leading to them are a convenient place for a pit stop; the Air Force gets a bit testy about people lurking near the fences.
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Tjose 53,000 IRS Biden new hires should be put to work tracing the who/where recipients of the Biden regime money dump, IMO. Repurposed, so to speak.
Usually they recover them on a boat ramp and load them on a trailer in a training exercise. Maybe different now? I’m relying on past glory for a complete mission profile.
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I think the 87,000 IRS agent slots were canceled. Replaced by ICE/Border Patrol. I’ve also heard that Total ATF is staffing down to 500 special agents nationwide who will review paperwork – slowly.