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Where does Peter Pan have lunch?

At Wendy's.

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Did you know that the word 'nothing' is a palindrome?

Backwards it spells 'gnihton', which also means nothing.

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Oneliners:

If you're not supposed to eat at night, why is there a light bulb in the fridge?

Sometimes the first step to forgiveness is understanding that the other person is a complete idiot!

If you hear weird noises in the night, make weirder ones to assert dominance.

You're never too old to learn something stupid.

A shout out to my arms for always being at my side.

I am a gentleman, based on the types of clubs I go to...

I miss the good old days when you could slam the phone down.

I'm an only child, and I'm still not the favorite.

The problem with drinking with people from work is they're the ones I bitch about when I'm drunk.

I like birthdays, but I think too many can kill you.

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After enlisting in the 82nd Airborne Division, I eagerly asked my recruiter what I could expect from jump training.

"Well," he said, "it's three weeks long."

"What else?" I asked.

"The first week they separate the men from the boys," he said. "The second week, they separate the men from the fools."

"And the third week?" I asked.

"The third week, the fools jump."

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What did the female dinosaur call her blouse making business?

"Try Sara's Tops!"

Ba Dum Tss…

Quote of the Times;
The US has no functional president and has not had one for months, and it's barely noticeable and barely matters because there's a permanent unelected machine that runs the government. - Glenn Greenwald

Link of the Times;
Great Replacement Job Shock: 1.3 Million Native-Born Americans Just Lost Their Jobs:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/great-replacement-job-shock-13-million-native-born-americans-just-lost-their-jobs-replaced

Issue of the Times;
Trump vs Harris: The Apocalypse Debate by Constantin Von Hoffmeister

In the September 10, 2024 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Trump spoke with a chilling sense of urgency, portraying America as a once-vibrant body now beset by alien entities. He likened the Democrats to parasitic extraterrestrials, sucking the life from the nation, draining its vitality, and leaving only a hollow, shriveled carcass. Trump warned that under Harris, these bodysnatchers would grow stronger, feeding on the nation’s resources and people until all that remains is a husk, devoid of the might and original blood that once made America great.

Trump warns us of the insidious decay gnawing at the bones of the American nation. “Bad immigration is the worst thing that can happen to our economy,” he declared. He understands what many have long forgotten: that the deactivation of America’s borders is not merely a matter of economics but a symbolic death knell. An evil and ancient monster stirs beneath the surface, inviting anarchy, entropy, and ruin.

Immigration threatens the economic stability of the country and erases the ethnic and cultural cohesion that binds the nation. America, forged by the hands of its Anglo founding stock, once was a paragon of Western ideals, rooted in traditions that upheld the sanctity of borders, law, and civic unity. However, unchecked immigration, particularly from regions where the values and norms vastly differ from the Western tradition, disrupts this fragile balance. The influx of people from other backgrounds, without any expectation of assimilation, dilutes the common culture, creating pockets of foreign influence that undermine what is still the American White majority.

Moreover, Trump argues that this flow of immigration burdens the working-class natives, both White and Black. Wave after wave of cheap labor undercuts wages, making it harder for the native-born to find jobs that provide a living wage. What was once a thriving manufacturing sector — supported by strong, proud workers — is now scorched earth, replaced by underpaid migrant labor willing to accept much less. This imbalance drives down standards for the native workforce, creating economic instability that ripples throughout communities. The native-born, especially those in struggling industries, see their livelihoods dwindle as industries shift toward exploiting cheaper labor pools, facilitated by purposely lax immigration policies.

Trump understands that immigration, left uncontrolled, is the mechanism through which a nation’s spine can be broken. The deep ties to heritage, culture, and tradition weaken as foreign influences reshape once-stable communities. This imposition of “diversity,” which many deluded individuals tout as a strength, in fact serves as a Trojan horse, demolishing the pillars that made America great. Besides the economic strain, it is a matter of identity and survival. The ethos and ethnos of the American experiment are being diluted into oblivion.

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people who came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.” Trump’s words tell a ghastly tale, one that conjures visions of a land overrun by sinister vampires. As in Dracula, where the Count silently slips into the heart of London, spreading an unseen contagion, here, too, Trump paints a picture of invasion. The newcomers, like the undead legions, have taken root in the once-prosperous towns of America, driving the native people to terror. These invaders consume not only resources but the very soul of the community, leaving havoc in their wake. What should be a peaceful suburb has become a feeding ground, where the pets — the loyal companions of the innocent — are devoured. The nightmare is not just in the act but in what it represents: a loss of order, a descent into primal chaos. Trump, like van Helsing, stands as the lone figure warning the nation, pointing to the dastardly consequences of rampant villainy eroding the foundations of the nation.

The agents of this outfit, led by Kamala Harris, a “Marxist” according to Trump and an acolyte of eldritch horrors according to others, seek to usher in an era of unprecedented devastation. Harris’ rise, like the awakening of Cthulhu from its deathless slumber, threatens to cast the Western world into a maelstrom of madness and poverty. The policies she espouses, veiled in the cloak of “progress,” are but the writhings of the malevolent fishmen, desirous of dismantling the core of Western civilization. The French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution were not isolated eruptions of political unrest. They were deliberate manifestations of a far more menacing design. These upheavals, cloaked in the rhetoric of “liberty and equality,” were in truth orchestrated by well-established forces bent on overthrowing the order that had been painstakingly forged over centuries. The revolutions were harbingers of massacre, unleashed by dark powers intent on erasing the divine architecture of hierarchy, faith, and tradition, leaving only a shattered world in their wake.

For generations, these forces have worked in secret, lurking in the shadows of human history. They are the Swamp, the millennia-old nefarious cabal that Trump has so courageously sought to expose. “When are the people that burned down Minneapolis going to be prosecuted?” Trump asked. The BLM riots, the destruction, the dissolution of societal norms — all are symptoms of a deeper sickness, orchestrated by an elite with no allegiances that seeks nothing less than the obliteration of national sovereignty. Its tactics are clear: deconstruct borders, destabilize elections, and undermine the institutions that have long kept it at bay.

Trump insisted that America “need[s] two things: We have to have borders and good elections.” Without borders, the people are clay, shapeless, and ready to be molded by those who seek to enslave them. And elections? Those are the people’s last weapon. The Swamp wants to rule forever, drowning the people in corruption, making sure no real challenger ever rises. Borders, elections — these are not policies; they are shields against tyranny. Trump knows if the people lose either, they are shackled, the Swamp devouring everything he and his followers fought for. Borders and elections are the fight for freedom itself.

The decline Trump warns of is not just political posturing — it is a brutal reality. “We have a nation in decline. We have a nation that is dying,” he said, each word weighted with the dread of a future he knows all too well. America, once a powerful empire, is on the brink, pushed there by weak, cowardly leadership like Joe Biden’s. The rot is not random; it is orchestrated and deliberate. Every failed policy, every act of betrayal by Biden and his ilk, is a step closer to that doom.

Trump’s remark, “They threw him [Biden] out of a campaign like a dog,” was not an insult; it was a revelation. Even within the ranks of the corrupt establishment, there is no loyalty, no camaraderie. They cannibalize their own, driven by a never-ending hunger for control and power. Biden, a puppet of the Swamp, is their perfect tool — spineless, corruptible, willing to do their bidding as America crumbles. For Trump, the fight is not merely against weak leaders; it is against the entire system of decrepitude threatening to engulf the nation.

“I read where she was not black, that she put out…” Trump’s words, vague yet loaded, drip with insinuation, casting Kamala Harris as a figure who has manipulated her identity and ascended by dubious means, suggesting she may have used more than political skill to climb the ladder of power. Like the veiled cultists in overgrown temples, Harris is presented as a pawn of devious engineers, reshaping her persona to grasp influence. Trump, ever the motivated crusader against these lurking fears, exposes this transformation as emblematic of the Swamp’s deceit, where loyalty to truth and tradition is sacrificed for ambition and opportunism.

“What they’ve done to business and manufacturing in this country is horrible. We have nothing! Biden doesn’t go after people. Between Biden and his son... they get all this money from all these different countries... Why is he so loyal to this one and that one? This is a crooked administration, and they’re selling our country down the tubes.” Trump’s words are a lament for a nation stripped of its industrial might, a country betrayed. In his vision, America’s once-great factories now stand silent, their lifeblood siphoned away by the corruption of the Biden administration. Shadowy foreign interests lurk behind the scenes, exchanging wealth for influence, while the American worker is abandoned to economic ruin. Trump sees Biden and his son as mere puppets, driven not by loyalty to country but by greed and the demands of international power brokers. The administration, under the sway of these globalists, has betrayed the people, leaving the nation in disarray, its greatness sold off piece by piece to the highest bidder. What was once an industrial powerhouse is now a withering invalid, tragic evidence for the power of betrayal.

Trump proclaimed, “We’re gonna end up in a third world war, and it’ll be a war like no other because of nuclear weapons.” And verily, the apocalypse draws near, as foretold in the Revelation of John, where fire from the heavens consumes the earth, and the nations are laid to waste. Yet, there stands a choice: between Trump, the last sentinel against the total reign of liberalism, and the Democratic apocalypse, whose leaders pave the way for destruction, hastening the trumpet call. Only one path leads to salvation, the other to ruin.

News of the Times;
The Haitian cat diet story:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/the_haitian_cat_diet_story_has_produced_an_extraordinary_number_of_memes.html

Migrant arrested in rape of 13-year-old in Queens park:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/migrant-custody-person-interest-rape-13-year-queens/story?id=111213630

Turkish migrant arrested for allegedly raping 15-year-old girl:
https://nypost.com/2024/06/27/us-news/illegal-migrant-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-15-year-old-girl-in-his-car/

Illegal Immigrant Charged With Sickening Crimes Against Young Girl:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/mans-coward-illegal-immigrant-charged-sickening-crimes-young/

Previously Deported Illegal Alien Arrested After Two Young Boys Found Chained Up:
https://iotwreport.com/report-previously-deported-illegal-alien-arrested-after-two-young-boys-found-chained-up-in-apartment/

153 Illegal Immigrants Have Been Arrested For Rape In Baltimore Alone In A Single Year:
https://madmaxworld.tv/watch?id=66dfc13d5ab5a490ce98b4fe

Outraged by illegal immigrant men's shelter opening 1,000 feet from school:
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/brooklyn-families-school-leaders-outraged-by-illegal-immigrant-shelter-opening-1000ft-from-school

Stabbing suspect, 17, is named for the first time charged with murdering three little girls:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13697675/southport-stabbing-suspect-named-appears-court-charged-murder.html

Illegal Alien Arrested After Attacking Tennessee Man with Pickaxe:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/kamala-border-horror-illegal-alien-arrested-after-attacking/

Four Teens Plead Guilty to Fatal Beating:
https://www.thedupreereport.com/2024/09/four-teens-plead-guilty-to-fatal-beating-of-classmate/

Germany notifies the EU it will bring in controls on ALL land borders:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13830071/Germany-EU-border-controls-Islamic-extremism.html

Republican House panel subpoenas Gov. Walz:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-house-panel-subpoenas-gov-walz-investigation-minnesota-non-rcna169436

Gunman Shoots Up Pro-Trump Pastor’s House:
https://wltreport.com/2024/09/04/gunman-shoots-up-pro-trump-pastors-house/

Kamala Harris Will Be Installed as President Before Election:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/kash-patel-believes-kamala-harris-will-be-installed/

Pope finally condemns Olympic Opening Ceremony:
https://genesiustimes.com/pope-finally-condemns-olympic-opening-ceremony-for-not-including-an-abortion-too/
Mystics?
The lady next to me in the elevator told me to press One.

That was the last thing I remembered.

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We visited our newly married daughter, who was preparing her first Thanksgiving dinner. I noticed the turkey thawing in the kitchen sink with a dish drainer inverted over the bird. I asked why a drainer covered the turkey.

Our daughter turned to my wife and said, “Mom, you always did it that way.”

“Yes,” my wife replied, “but you don’t have a cat!”

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The NFL has officially suspended Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker, Harrison Butker, for his failure to meet the league minimum of domestic violence incidents. The league’s decision has sparked outrage and confusion among fans, who are struggling to come to terms with the revelation that their beloved kicker is apparently not living up to the high standards set by the NFL.

“I’m in shock,” said one Chiefs fan, in a statement released through social media. “I always thought Butker was one of the best in the NFL. I just can’t believe he’s not meeting the league minimum.”

The NFL’s decision to suspend Butker comes as a result of an internal investigation, which found that the Chiefs’ kicker has not been involved in a single domestic violence incident during his time in the league, a first among NFL players of his tenure. According to the investigation, Butker’s failure to meet the league minimum of domestic violence incidents has created an uneven playing field for other kickers, who are struggling to compete with the Chiefs’ star player.

“We take domestic violence very seriously in the NFL, it’s who we are,” said Roger Goodell, in a statement released through the league’s official website. “We cannot tolerate a player who is not meeting the league minimum of domestic violence incidents, and we will take swift and decisive action to address the situation.”

As the controversy surrounding Butker’s domestic violence record continues to swirl, many are left wondering what the future holds for the embattled kicker. Will he be able to find a way to increase his domestic violence incidents, or will he be forced to endure the shame and humiliation of being a below-average kicker in the NFL?

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Why do (insert racism) people love fresh air?

Because it's free.

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I hate it when I can't figure out how to operate the iPad and my tech guy is asleep.

He's 5 and it's past his bedtime.

Quote of the Times;
If our inspired optimism pains our enemies, if our relentless conviction burns them, if our Christian faith enrages them, if our intolerance makes them feel bad about themselves, that is only further testimony to the fact that our perspective is essentially beautiful, good, and true. - Vox Day

Link of the Times;
When Critical Race Theory Led to Murder:
https://dailyveracity.substack.com/p/when-critical-race-theory-led-to

Issue of the Times;
The Mystics of Progress by Isaac Young

By the 1960s, progressivism had reached a new ascendancy. Fueled by the unparalleled wealth that came with a modern economy, millions were lifted into new, luxurious lifestyles. Now was the time to put aside the ignorance of religion and finally embrace the freedoms offered by a world liberated from Christianity.

It isn’t hard to understand how so many fell for the deception. Things were getting better and better. Technology was improving, and more importantly, accelerating. The Soviet Union was an existential threat, yes. However, too many had already seen the miracle of science, and it seemed a better horse to back than spiritually weakened priests who were quickly conceding to the liberalism’s demands.

But with any new religion, there has to be a story, and the story science told wasn’t so flattering. Men had gone from sons of God to sons of apes. Salvation was a lie and death was the end. There was no justice in the world, and mercy was just the delusion of fools. Man was a small being in a cold universe. The only thing modern men could be comforted by was his own increasing material comfort.

That’s not a story anyone wants to hear. And it’s certainly not a story anyone wants to tell. While abject nihilism has always had its place in literature, it rightfully has a small audience. Nihilism has nothing that could sustain a city, much less a nation.

Reason and science needed romance. It needed adventure and a destiny. Without these things, it was a boring, uninspiring philosophy. Writers (good ones anyway) instinctively shy away from boring. Better to be dead than boring. If there is a victory, it has to be a glorious triumph. If it is a defeat, it has to be a last stand. And if it is banal, then it has to be the most shuddering and teeth clenching banality of all.

But the Sci-Fi writers of the 1960s and later could do a lot more than banality. They knew how to tell stories, and they (unconsciously or otherwise) slipped that dreaded irrationality and religious ignorance back into their fiction. In doing so, they created the archetypal myths which define the modern world.

We’ll start with what I consider to be the quintessential story of progressivism. 2001: A Space Odyssey was written in 1968 by Arthur C. Clarke. The original novel frames evolution not as random mutation guided by arbitrary natural selection, but rather as a series of stages, with each improving and progressing from the last. Guided by the hands of an intelligence, men are the products of a consciousness far beyond our comprehension.
From a purely scientific standpoint, this is complete hogwash. But from a storyteller’s perspective, this is gold. Men are no longer an accident of cosmic forces. Suddenly we have a destiny again. There’s a conflict of tug and pull. We are going somewhere and we (at least to this incomprehensible intelligence) matter. We may be apes, but we have the potential to be something more. Can we realize this destiny?

You’ll notice that God is back in the equation. Except this God is a surprisingly hollow one compared to the Christian God. This one makes no demands or moral rules upon humanity. This one does not care about the suffering of the life it created. This one wants little to do with humanity except when it achieves a sufficient stage of intelligence.

Make no mistake, this is a despotic and cruel God. But, it is also a God fit for rationalism. Could we be the products of unimaginable forces? Maybe. Nobody wants to believe this was all an accident. And while this God is empty, it is sufficient food for the poets and artists. So long as nobody makes any moral demands beyond the current zeitgeist, it is a harmless idea for scholars to speculate and pine about.

This idea of incorporating evolution into the narrative of progress and a distant, indistinct entity in God’s place is a common thread throughout all of Sci-Fi. And it doesn’t even have to be an indistinct entity. In the movie Contact, this role is occupied by a galactic community that judges humanity worthy to join them after a set time has passed. But do you know the kicker? Humanity is considered at all because we sent out some radio signals. That’s… depressing.

But there is another problem. What of the individual’s place in all of this? We can talk about humanity’s grand destiny all day, but the future of humanity is not something particularly inspiring to the guy working 9-5. Yay, we’re in the transitionary period where everything is still kinda awful, but our descendants will get to enjoy space utopia.

This question is not answered, but sidestepped paradoxically. Another of the Big Three, Isaac Asimov, showcases this bait and switch quite well in his magnum opus Foundation. This epic spans the collapse of a galactic empire. Hari Seldon has devised a new science called psychohistory, which charts the course of societies. He goes to set up a Foundation, which will be a light of science and knowledge in the coming Dark Ages and eventually bring back the empire.

This is a story that spans centuries. Its whole premise is charting the course of history. And psychohistory is not a science kind to individuals. It says what determines the course of history are large-scale incentives and institutional rot. We are but numbers on a spreadsheet encompassing billions of worlds, and the greater part of humanity is accounted for in the margins.

But how did Isaac Asimov write this story? Well, he didn’t, at least not in the way he thought. A third of the first book follows a shrewd politician named Salvor Hardin as he outmaneuvers factions within Foundation. He eventually consolidates their society and neighboring kingdoms into a religious theocracy. Particularly, he accomplishes this through a clever ruse by outfitting enemy fleets with a kill-switch and faking it as divine power.

Fourteen-year-old me put down the book at the moment and asked, “okay, but what if there wasn’t Salvor Hardin?” There is some argument for the Second Foundation and Seldon predicting the rise of great men, but individuals are precisely the antithesis of psychohistory. You’ll find in each section of Isaac Asimov’s magnum opus, there are great men of history. There are people who rise above the paradigm and set the trends of the coming future. And it is not just captains of industry or conniving warlords. Even small people have a huge impact on galactic affairs. The Mule (a mutant with telepathic powers) lost because he fell in love with a normal woman.

Sci-Fi is full of these characters. One moment they are but insignificant specks, the next they are upending everything. In this, you see a paradox which is played whenever the narrative is convenient for it. Humanity is vast, and the individual has no power, or the individual leads the revolution and remakes society.

I’m not saying this is done deliberately (though it probably certainly happened at some stage). However, progress needed a place for the individual, if only because storytellers demanded it so. You cannot tell a good story without people whose actions matter. Stories need heroes and villains, otherwise you have no story at all. It may go completely against the rational point of view, which says people are utterly insignificant, but can’t we just pretend that we are?

The final component of this narrative is a vision of what is trying to be achieved. The stage is set. We have our gods and demons, heroes and villains. For what shall be the contest? Well, the answer varies depending upon who you ask.

Gene Roddenberry’s vision in Star Trek is of a space traveling humanity where all material wants were satisfied. Thankfully, the galaxy was filled with different peoples and aliens to meet. Otherwise, his stories would be fairly boring. Of course, that is the least of his world building troubles. Star Trek does not stand up to even the most cursory scrutiny.

However, I don’t think progress was promising material utopia. At least, that wasn’t what people wanted. Utopia is a nice political aim, but I suspect what really captivated the audience was the prospect of an endless adventure.

What is mankind now fighting for? Ironically, the soldiers of progress want the world to go back as it once was, where the horizon was an unexplored frontier.

In the 16th century, men put themselves on little boats and crossed oceans for adventure. But space is too vast an ocean and our boats too tiny to cross. I have seen many futurists on the internet, and the dream of space travel is admittedly an intoxicating one. It tends to fill your thoughts as you work retail. I know it did for me.

In the imagination of many, humanity was just at its short adolescent stage. Once it stepped into the stars, the fun would begin again. Again, this goes against all science. The galaxy so far has been silent, and I think it’s time we begin to accept that alien life, if it does exist, is so far away as to be inaccessible.

Space is out. But what about computers? Neuromancer by William Gibson was released in 1984. A little later than the 1960s, but it’s still a foundational text. Perhaps the future we’re fighting for is a simulation? Of course, I wouldn’t want to live in the world of Neuromancer, but the dream of uploading your mind is an enticing one. What if your life could be a video game?

Suppose you could do it. Suppose I could turn you into a program and put you in a simulation. Would your life be better than what you have now? For those advocating for this future, most seem to skip that step. Let’s take at the modern day. Are our lives really better with what digitization has already accomplished? Everyone agrees social media is a plague on humanity, yet why are so many pushing to trap themselves on what would be the ultimate social media platform?

You’ll again notice we’ve ditched reason yet again for a digital version of heaven. And our future is so much more enlightened than religious notions of an afterlife. We’ve taken salvation and commercialized it. Your eternal soul will be bought with the US dollar.

But putting all that aside, why do these stories matter? These stories are all fiction. They are nothing to be taken seriously. I can already hear the cry that this all has nothing to do with the actual expectations people had for the future. Had I brought 2001: A Space Odyssey into an academic debate on industrialization, I would’ve been laughed out.

However, people do not tell stories just for mindless amusement. In them are the beliefs of a people. More than just hopes and dreams, stories are a reflection of the world as we see it. And in these stories I have listed, you see the beliefs of the people writing them. You see their Gods and Devils, their Heroes and Villains, and the reality they want to make happen. Stories are a look at where we are and where we are going. And most importantly, stories are a confession of faith.

Did Arthur C. Clarke believe in monoliths that uplifted humanity? No. But he certainly believed in the God that made them.

News of the Times;
Income distribution by religious group:
https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/income-distribution/

Cat ‘Hanging from a Branch, Being Carved Up for Food’ by Haitian Migrants:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/update-ohio-resident-reportedly-horrified-after-spotting-missing/

Kamala Harris, Back When She Was Not Afraid to Give Interviews:
https://johnalucas6.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-back-when-she-was-not

Chuck Schumer’s Stupid Grin Disappears When:
https://loudobbs.com/news/watch-chuck-schumers-stupid-grin-disappears-when-he-comes-face-to-face-with-a-constituent-during-parade-and-gets-torn-to-shreds/

‘Sadistic’ NYC urologist Darius Paduch faces 143 more lawsuits:
https://nypost.com/2024/09/03/us-news/sadistic-nyc-urologist-darius-paduch-faces-143-more-lawsuits/

Toronto cop who helped Black officers cheat:
https://www.cp24.com/news/toronto-cop-who-helped-black-officers-cheat-on-promotional-exams-handed-2-year-demotion-1.7017126

Navy Capt. Lenard C. Mitchell was relieved of command:
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-woody-williams-captain/

The New York Times Wonders if the Constitution Is ‘Dangerous':
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/09/01/the-new-york-times-wonders-if-the-constitution-is-dangerous-n4932165

Scholars panel tells radiologists:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/scholars-panel-tells-radiologists-dont-call-first-trimester-babies-living/

42x Increase in Excess Deaths Among Children in Europe:
https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/42x-increase-in-excess-deaths-among-children-in-europe-recorded-since-covid-jab-was-approved-for-children

Blue Cities Feed Citizens’ Private Data To Democrat Vote-Harvesting Outfit:
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/30/blue-cities-like-philadelphia-feeds-citizens-private-data-to-democrat-vote-harvesting-outfit/

China Is Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal:
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/china-expanding-its-nuclear-arsenal-faster-any-other-nation

Brazil’s ban on X is a taste of things to come:
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/08/31/brazils-ban-on-x-is-a-taste-of-things-to-come/

It's not just you, Google Search really has gotten worse:
https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research

The Unbelievable HORRORS of Dresden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lmIM3RrYJ4&ab_channel=DisturbanHistory
Martel?
My wife and I are inseparable.

Last week it took four state troopers and a dog.

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A wealthy ninety year old tycoon is meeting with is financial advisor. The advisor is very excited and tells the old man. “ I just found out about an investment I can make for you which will double your money in just five years!”

“Five years? Are you kidding?” exclaims the old man. “At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas!”

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Little Penny sees Little Millie coming back from girl scouts with several new badges.

Penny: "Say, what didja get that badge for?"

Millie: "For singing."

Penny: "Ooh, nice! And what didja get that badge for?"

Millie: "For not singing anymore."

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Over a round of golf, two doctors were talking shop.

"I operated on Mr. Lee the other day," said the surgeon.

"What for?" asked his colleague.

"About $17,000."

"What did he have?"

"Oh, about $17,000."

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Q. Why can't you circumcise an ?

A. There's just no end to those pricks.

Quote of the Times;
“Ukraine and Israel are trying to spark major regional wars which they believe will solve their own problems at the expense of others.” - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Link of the Times;
Bret Weinstein Explains How the Democrats’ “Cheat Margin” Works In Elections:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/ben-weinstein-explains-joe-rogan-how-democrats/

Issue of the Times;
Barbarians at the Gate by Lars Moller

A long time ago, Charles Martel, uncrowned ruler of the Franks, led his Christian army to victory over the forces of Arab commander Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi at the Battle of Tours (October 10, 732 C.E.).

The defeat of the Muslim invaders, especially dreaded for their heavy cavalry, marked a turning point in the long-standing war against the Umayyad Caliphate. After crushing the Visigoths at the Battle of Guadalete (July 19, 711 C.E.), they had earned a reputation for being invincible as they expanded their dominion toward the north of the Iberian Peninsula, founding the province of al-Andalus. At one point, it seemed inevitable that they would march on Paris. It is stated by historians, however, that the Frankish infantry finally succeeded in stemming the Islamization of Western Europe. At least for the time being.

It may very well be that present-day migrants, who traverse entire continents to reach the post-Christian, liberal, and affluent societies, landing on south-facing shores of Spain or crowding at border posts in the Balkans, are not armed and organized in ranks on arrival in the West. However, they are far more numerous than the saber-wielding cavalrymen that ravaged Christendom in the past. They make a formidable invasion force.

The fact that migrants, whatever their origin, single out the West as the destination of their perilous journey is due to the expectation of prosperity rather than admiration of Western values. Of course, they are indifferent to the exhortations of the Gospels, the critical thinking of the Enlightenment, and freedom of speech. Inadvertently, they are the invaders and spearhead colonizers of our time, driven by basic motives such as envy and greed. What “infidels” have in the West, they also want for themselves.

Including a large element of illiterates from packed out, nefarious rogue states, the enormous crowds of migrants, though invaders, do not behave in the orderly fashion of Roman legions marching off to war as in the days of the Republic. On the contrary, they are barbarians on the move. Infinitely many at that. In every sense, they represent the antithesis of Western civilization. Accordingly, the impression of their somewhat protracted, disorganized invasion is more like that of Goths, Vandals, and Franks pushing through “Limes Germanicus” as a prelude to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Muslim migrants, who tend to concentrate in the suburbs, like yielding to a sense of shared destiny, are civilian invaders with a distinct culture of their own. Although poor and needy at the outset, they may soon grow a disparaging view of those who take them in and provide for them. Inspired by homeborn leaders trying to set them against the West, they may convince themselves that it is inappropriate to show signs of gratitude. In their view, accepting funds from those of another — and “inferior” — faith is only to assert their right. It is like collecting the traditional tax from dhimmis: “Jizya”.

The plentier the migrants become, the stronger the cultural impact on Western society. Properly speaking, Islam has behaved like an “invasive alien culture” outside the Arabian Peninsula. Wherever this faith has been introduced by invading armies and migrating masses, followers of other faiths have been persecuted, forcibly converted, and massacred.

At first glance, the invaders may look like venerable, peaceful nomads. The narrative goes that they are simply in search of a better life. A favorite pastime of the progressive elite, it is tempting to romanticize and pity the young men entering the West from sinking boats or dusty roads. Without personal cost, “telescopic philanthropy” may yield a social media return.

Even as the invaders break the laws, committing theft, robbery, and rape on a warlike scale (e.g. events at New Year’s Eve in Cologne, 2015–16), their apologists turn the charge against their own countrymen for being bigoted and unreasonably judgmental. (In retrospect, it might dawn on Western opinion that a specific pattern of offenses gave it the first hint of a supremacist contempt for non-Muslims.)

It is rumored around the world that the West has become decadent and vulnerable to blackmail. France, formerly the home of academic-artistic refinement, is a truly despairing case of its own. Inasmuch as he betrayed his “pied noir” compatriots in Algeria when making the irrevocable decision to withdraw from Africa in 1961 (following a murderous campaign costing the lives of as many as 500,000–1,000,000 Algerians), Charles de Gaulle may have realized that France would eventually be “absorbed” by the former colony, whose birth rates were at the top, rather than the other way around.

For cultural reasons, Algeria would never become another French province. Though sharing a common past as Roman provinces, France and Algeria had gone their separate ways in the meantime; matters of faith now stood in the way of cultural and social integration.

At any rate, the French already had the demographic destiny against them back then. Therefore, it looks like the height of imprudence, indifference, or (deliberate) betrayal of the nation that subsequent governments should liberalize immigration laws and allow Algerians — along with other North Africans — to invade France massively and take possession of its cities. Seen in this perspective, the predictable absorption of France — a tragedy of titanic proportions — has merely been transferred to the European theater, neither prevented nor delayed very much.

Nowadays, French cities, ancient centers of architectural beauty and learning, are surrounded (and besieged) by hostile suburbs — the so-called “banlieues”: Arab-dominated satellites serving as hotbeds of (a) organized crime, (b) civil unrest, and (c) terrorism (i.e. “jihad” in other words).

Compared to the invading Arabs and Berbers from the south, the Frankish forces under the command of Martel were technically and numerically inferior at Tours. However, his footmen had faith and fought with confidence. To the great relief of Christian Europe, they walked away victorious.

So far, France has retained the technological advantage of the nineteenth century. Industrialism combined with an unshakeable belief in civilization gave the Western powers the edge that allowed them to dominate world trade. In principle, France has the necessary weaponry to win the war against the old enemy. Yet, it has chosen to give up the chance to crush him.

The thing is that the invaders have long since crossed the border into France and set up camp everywhere. Their ongoing conquest is a chilling reality. Not only have they been met with nothing but passive resistance along the way, despite historic grievances, they have also been invited to settle in the country by its treacherous rulers.

The reason, why the enemy is allowed to intrigue and operate unhindered in our time, is that the French have lost faith in both God and themselves — bereft of the will to prevail, agreeing to the arbitrary conditions of invaders willing to rule. The moral challenge for those with a conscience that extends beyond themselves here and now is that largely ignorant, pretentious, and irresponsible legislators make far-reaching decisions that cannot be undone. They will call down darkness upon posterity and force it into slavery indefinitely.

As strange as it sounds, the French are now ready to approve their alien masters and suspend allegiance to “liberty, equality, and fraternity”, tantamount to the end of state secularism (laïcité). However, they have chosen their own destiny and should not be pitied. Failed by their leaders from the progressive elite, they are beyond salvation. Ideological rigor and submission comprise their future. In their own way, they have been preparing for the new era for a hundred years.

Ever since the interwar period, the French have been busy ridiculing tradition, breaking down the remains of Christian piety and aesthetic ideals handed down from antiquity. What has been left behind after the deluge of modernism — following waves of malignant ideology (e.g. socialism), egotistical philosophy (e.g. existentialism), and fake “science” (e.g. sociology) — is a nation of godless, desperately pleasure-seeking, and impuissant souls without any sense of community; a nation given to mindless consumption, superficial-ecstatic fashion whims, and degenerate artistic expressions. Others are waiting to fill the power vacuum, though.

Milestones in the long march of the French nation towards its self-inflicted doom have been the Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan massacres. However, it does not stop there. The world has only just seen the beginning of what is to come.

News of the Times;
Migrants flooding NYC’s justice system making up 75% of arrests:
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/migrants-flooding-nycs-justice-system-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown-as-pathetic-sanctuary-city-laws-handcuff-cops/

Berlin Police Remove Advice to “Sing” While Being Knife Attacked:
https://modernity.news/2024/09/03/berlin-police-remove-advice-to-sing-while-being-knife-attacked-after-public-backlash/

Morton Salt Joins Exodus from Illinois:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/another-one-bites-dust-morton-salt-joins-exodus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=another-one-bites-dust-morton-salt-joins-exodus

One in three jobs Biden admin announced over course of a year didn’t actually exist:
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/08/23/one-in-three-jobs-biden-admin-announced-over-course-of-a-year-didnt-actually-exist-revisions-show-1482211/

Oil Tanker & Merchant Ship Hit By Projectiles As Another Tanker Burns:
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/oil-tanker-merchant-ship-hit-missiles-another-tanker-burns-risking-worst-spill-century#google_vignette

Chinese firms import record levels of chip making equipment:
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/23/2024/chinese-firms-import-record-levels-of-chip-making-equipment

DC Councilman Arrested on Federal Bribery Charges:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/just-democrat-dc-councilman-arrested-federal-bribery-charges/

Revelations from Wikileaks' hacked Clinton emails:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37639370

The Problem of Blessing Same-Sex Couples and Its Consequences for the Doctrine:
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-problem-of-blessing-same-sex-couples-and-its-consequences-for-the-doctrine-and-life-of-the-catholic-church

Let's Kick-start US Naval and Commercial Shipbuilding:
https://strategypage.com/on_point/20240814204935.aspx#gsc.tab=0

No U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Deployed in the Pacific:
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/08/no-u-s-navy-aircraft-carriers-deployed-in-the-pacific/

US Soldiers Assaulted By Turkish Mob After Navy Ship Makes Port Call:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-us-soldiers-assaulted-turkish-mob-after-navy-ship-makes-port-call-izmir

Governor Greg Abbott Removes Over One Million Ineligible Voters:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-texas-governor-greg-abbott-removes-one-million/

Random murder of young woman by ‘son of African migrants’:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/random-murder-young-woman-ignites-142206432.html

Ukraine Is Forced To Withdraw From Kursk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OoX7TpFvNA
Obvious?
I bought a bag of air today.

The company that made it was kind enough to put some potato chips in it.

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Fact: Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Worst morning breath ever!

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Husband: "Honey, last night I heard you complaining about me in your sleep."

Wife: "Oh, that was just your imagination."

Husband: "My imagination? How so?"

Wife: "That I was asleep."

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I could be a morning person.

If morning happened around noon.

After coffee.

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How are (insert racism) and tornadoes the same?

It only takes one to ruin a good neighborhood.

Quote of the Times;
A speaker at a DNC “Black Caucus” meeting said the quiet part out loud; “We got 70 days to act right… After 70 days, we can go back to acting crazy,” the DNC speaker said.

Link of the Times;
Why We've Suspended VDARE:
https://vdare.com/

Issue of the Times;
Globalists Are Trying To Escalate The Ukraine War Into WWIII Before the US Election by Brandon Smith

The purpose of NATO involvement in the Ukraine War has, to me, always appeared obvious. Ukraine has nothing to do with the interests of the western public, nothing to do with the security of Europe and nothing to do with the economic advancement of the United States. Yet, NATO and the globalists have been politically interfering in the region since at least 2014 and preparing the ground for an eventual war with Russia.

To be clear, I don’t favor Russia any more than I favor Ukraine. The Kremlin has long had its own ties to the globalists, as I have outlined in numerous articles. How deep those ties go is up for debate – Maybe the honeymoon is over and Russia is truly done trying to get a seat at the globalist table. What I do know is that western elites want a world war and they have done everything in their power to start one.

Look at it this way: What if you were to make a list of all the covert and overt NATO operations in Ukraine and then flipped script? What if Russia was pursuing all the same agendas of destabilization, control and arms proliferation in Mexico (as the Soviets did in Cuba in the 1960s)? If the US invaded Mexico preemptively it would be completely understandable.

Whether or not Putin is acting in the best interests of Russia doesn’t really matter. The war was inevitable anyway because NATO made sure it was impossible to avoid. But what purpose does such a proxy war serve? Well, it doesn’t serve much purpose at all…unless the goal is to instigate a wider world war between the East and the West. In that scenario the globalists benefit greatly.

They get a scapegoat for the economic collapse they’ve already set in motion. They multiply the global fear factor and make the public desperate for the political elites to step in and solve all their problems. And, they can get rid of their domestic enemies (conservatives and patriots) by accusing them of “working with Russia” to undermine the war effort if they dare to rebel against unconstitutional mandates.

Beyond that, they also get an opportunity to send young men (who might rebel) off to the meat grinder in Ukraine so that there’s no new generation of freedom fighters to deal with. World War III is a win-win-win for the Davos crowd, as long as it doesn’t go full-on nuclear holocaust and wipe out their carefully crafted surveillance states.

But how do they turn the proxy war into a world war without looking like the bad guys? That’s the trick, isn’t it?

The proxy (in this case, Ukraine) would have to take actions that provoke Russia into an explosive outburst. Russia would have to utilize tactics or weaponry that puts a vast number of civilians at risk, requiring greater NATO involvement and perhaps even UN intervention. They need Russia to level a major city containing hundreds of thousands of civilians. They need Russia to drop MOABs or nukes. They need a dramatic war crime; otherwise, the western public is not going to support boots on the ground or agree to a military draft.

Popular support for monetary and military aid in Ukraine is waning quickly and Ukraine knows they are about to lose. The Kursk offensive looks like an act of desperation triggered by this reality.

The Kursk region has almost no modern strategic value. It’s a rural agricultural area with a limited industrial base. It does have natural gas pipelines that send energy to Europe, but that doesn’t help Ukraine. They’re already in trouble with Germany for blowing up the Nordstream pipeline. There is also a nuclear power plant in the area but it’s too far away for Ukraine’s troops to seize it (They could try to destroy it with drones and cause a nuclear incident, but this would have to be done covertly without Ukraine taking direct credit).

Mainstream strategists argue that the Kursk operation was designed to force Russia to move crack troops away from the Donbas front where they are making impressive gains. This would allegedly slow down Russia’s attrition based offensive and change the direction of the war. But if that was the plan, it failed miserably.

Ukraine’s troops in Kursk have reportedly been contained. Using NATO-style maneuver tactics to invade Kursk has also done nothing to slow Russia’s advance as they are now primed to take the key city of Toretsk. They are also approaching Pokrovsk (the main staging ground for Ukraine’s forces in the east). These areas are heavily defended with long term entrenchments, but Russia is rolling right through them. The lines beyond these cities are thin or non-existent. Ukraine would immediately be forced to negotiate a cease fire.

Russia also launched the largest missile and drone strikes of the war in fifteen Ukrainian oblasts, causing even greater disruptions to utilities. This proves two things: The Russian military has NOT been diminished or crippled and they still have ample long range ordnance, despite what NATO officials originally claimed

There’s a reason why Kursk was so lightly defended by Russia – It’s not worth anything to Ukraine in terms of winning the war. That said, I would like to offer an alternative theory on why Ukraine made such a move…

The moment Ukraine crossed onto Russian soil the media and political narrative changed. The word today is that the Kremlin’s “red lines” are meaningless and that Ukraine has proven that Putin is “all talk” when it comes to nuclear weapons and metropolitan strikes. The discussion has turned to the use of US and European long range missiles deep into Russian territory. The Ukrainian government (with NATO behind it) is demanding that US and European officials allow them access to the big-boy toys.

Again, the Biden Administration has to at least appear resistant to this idea. They know if they openly give the green light to offensive ATACM strikes on Russian soil beyond the front that they will be seen as stepping over the line of logistical “support” into the realm of direct warfare with the Russians. Yes, I’m well aware that NATO intel and “advisers” have been on the ground in Ukraine since before the war began. The point is, it’s not official policy because the public would not accept it.

Long range strikes into Russia, I believe, will set in motion more Russian strikes on major cities in the west of Ukraine where the majority of the population lives. These areas have gone largely untouched during the duration of the war. Putin, despite what the media claims, has been careful to limit the targeting of larger civilian centers. That will end if NATO missiles hit Russian cities.

Kursk may have been an attempt to embarrass Russia into wild strikes on civilian targets, thereby giving NATO a reason to intervene. That’s one theory. Another theory is that the Kursk operation is designed to convince western policy makers and the public that there will be no nuclear repercussions; that Putin is all bluster and Ukraine should be given more advanced tools to bomb Moscow.

This narrative is largely promoted by the Atlantic Council, a globalist think-tank with ties to the World Economic Forum and the “Three Seas Initiative.” The Atlantic Council directly advises the Ukrainian government on all aspect of the war, including strategy through their Eurasian Center. They also advise NATO through their Scowcroft Center. As their website notes:

“The Eurasia Center has worked tirelessly to respond to the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, using our well-respected and high-visibility platform and leveraging relationships in government, civil society, and the media to have great impact. The Eurasia Center offers recommendations directly to the U.S. administration and Congress, senior Ukrainian officials, European leadership, international media, and civil society. The Center tracks the military and political situation within Ukraine and advocates for stronger, faster measures to stall and mitigate the damage of the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.”

I would argue that the Atlantic Council is the primary globalist “influencer” in the Ukraine war – The source for the majority of strategic decisions and propaganda. Their support of the ‘Three Seas Initiative” since 2014 has been the driving force in the effort to bring Ukraine into the EU and NATO (the primary reason why the war started in the first place).

Lindsay Graham, a Neo-Con and rabid proponent of using Ukraine as a proxy to ignite a war with Russia, has been participating in Atlantic Council projects since at least 2010.

It’s the Atlantic Council and their media contacts, in my opinion, that are pushing for large scale missile strikes into Russia. They are also the source for the claim that Putin’s red lines are a fake out. They state on their website:

“Ukraine’s offensive is now posing serious questions about the credibility of Russia’s saber-rattling and the rationality behind the West’s abundance of caution. After all, the Ukrainian army’s current invasion of Russia is surely the reddest of all red lines. If Russia was at all serious about a possible nuclear escalation, this would be the moment to make good on its many threats. In fact, Putin has responded by seeking to downplay the invasion while pretending that everything is still going according to plan.”

This is the same propaganda that has been spreading into most establishment media platforms in recent weeks. (As a side note, the Atlantic Council was also heavily involved in the funding of covid mandate and vaccine propaganda during the pandemic scare).

The idea that ballistic volleys into Russia using NATO supplied missiles won’t result in Putin using MOABs or nukes is truly insane. Keep in mind, long range strikes into Russia will do nothing to change the conditions on the ground in the Donbas

Even if the globalists can’t convince western populations to give the thumbs up for ballistic attacks on Russia using weapons paid for with our tax dollars, the powers-that-be have a contingency plan. Ukraine has recently announced that they have developed their OWN long range ballistic missile, and those weapons supposedly don’t fall under the supervision of the US and Europe.

Eventually these kinds of strikes will lead to a Russian response that will appear brutal; and western warhawks will squeeze that event for all it’s worth. They’ll run with it straight to the Pentagon and demand a plan for US military conscription. If this is the agenda then they’ll need to make it happen BEFORE the elections in November.

Donald Trump is looking increasingly likely to be the winner of the presidential race. I have long held that the globalists will wrap up an economic collapse or a world war and throw it in Trump’s lap. They already tried to do the same thing with the covid pandemic and the inflationary crisis.

The timing of the Kursk offensive and the call for missile strikes on Russia is not a coincidence. Trump claims that his intention is to end the Ukraine war as quickly as possible once he enters office. This will likely mean a leveraged peace settlement that will involve Ukraine giving up the Donbas region to Russia. If Trump is sincere, then there are many elites in the Atlantic Council, the WEF and NATO that will not be happy.

They need to escalate the war into something bigger, something that can’t be undone. Right now, the war can be ended – All it takes is some diplomacy and forcing Ukraine to understand that they’re not going to get the Donbas or Crimea back no matter how many lives they sacrifice. But if there are massive civilian casualties on either side, the situation becomes irreversible. I suspect this is what the globalists want.

News of the Times;
Globalists using migrants as Mercenary Armies:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-08-19-globalists-using-migrants-mercenary-armies-against-west.html

Massachusetts immigration courts seeing record number of deportations:
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/massachusetts-immigration-courts-seeing-record-number-deportations/7TM2U5PVFZEEBEZPU6E5JRJIHA/

US Taxpayers Paid $150 Billion In 1 Year For Migrants:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-taxpayers-paid-150-billion-1-year-migrants

“We are here to stab white people,”:
https://barenakedislam.com/2024/08/21/we-are-here-to-stab-white-people-shout-gang-of-muslim-invaders-in-small-french-town/

Police on high alert after Mexico issues warning:
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/el-paso-on-high-alert

Laugh While They Stab an English Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYCAjG1tGKc

He was employed to care for people:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/employed-care-people-instead-raped-29384493

Brutal Venezuelan gang violence spills into quiet suburb:
https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/us-news/denver-tren-de-aragua-gang-violence-spills-over-into-aurora-colorado/

The disturbing truth Kamala Harris does not want you knowing:
https://www.wnd.com/2024/08/revealed-the-truth-kamala-harris-does-not-want-you-knowing-about-her-reign-as-border-czar/

Vermont Supreme Court Sacrifices Children to Big Pharma:
https://brownstone.org/articles/vermont-supreme-court-sacrifices-children-to-big-pharma/

Britain’s Kursk Invasion Backfires:
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/britains-kursk-invasion-backfires

Former New York Police Officer Who Raped 13-year-old Girl:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/total-injustice-former-new-york-police-officer-who/

Great grandma gets stiffer J6 sentence than Ray Epps:
https://www.wnd.com/2024/08/great-grandma-gets-stiffer-j6-sentence-than-ray-epps/

Teen girls arrested for allegedly killing 93-year-old:
https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2024/08/17/teen-girls-arrested-allegedly-killing-93-year-old/?outputType=amp

Prehistoric Warfare on the Great Plains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpVaElCGLc
Bagram?
I got a tattoo of a gigantic bruise on my left ankle in case anyone ever asks me to go hiking.

Or help them move.

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Scientists in China say they have been able to create artificial weather.

The weird thing is, an hour later, you feel like another thunderstorm.


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I tried to get into a trendy New York nightclub last night.

The doorman said to me, "Sorry sir, you've had too many."

Confused, I replied, "What, drinks?"

"No, sir, birthdays!"

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My wife accused me of spending too much time online.

Which is funny, when did I get a wife?

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Me being rude: Shut the hell up.

Me being polite: Please shut the hell up.

Quote of the Times;
The Inquisition prosecuted 421 people per year for the crime of pretending to be something they were not in order to feign loyalty to the Spanish crown; just last year, the British crown prosecuted 419,000 people in England and Wales alone, many of them for simply expressing their opinion about the migrant invasion of their country. - Vox Day

Link of the Times;
Congress Members Should Not Be Dual Citizens:
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64605

Issue of the Times;
The Biden-Harris Afghanistan Bugout 3 Years On by Austin Bay

August 2024 marks the third anniversary of the Biden-Harris administration's most consequential international policy action: the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

Why Biden-Harris? Vice President Kamala Harris has said on several occasions she was "in the room" -- meaning in the decision loop -- when Joe Biden ordered a withdrawal based on the calendar and not on battlefield conditions. "Completely out by 9/11" is a sound bite, a political bumper sticker. It isn't clear-headed senior leader strategic guidance for a military withdrawal from a complex war zone.

The Trump administration planned to withdraw, but in order to support the pro-U.S. Afghan government, the U.S. would keep the huge Bagram airbase as a logistical hub and intelligence post. But Joe Biden nixed Bagram and decided to withdraw via Kabul's inadequate airport.

Why? Ineptitude? Dementia?

In late May, The Washington Post reported that retired Gen. Austin Scott Miller, the senior commanding general during the 2021 withdrawal, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee "he was so troubled by the administration's 'lack of understanding of the risk' that he privately warned a Marine Corps commander charged with planning for a possible evacuation to prepare for 'really adverse conditions.'"

As the Afghan debacle unfolded, the world's most vicious actors -- Russia, China, Iran and its proxies -- saw American senior leaders posture, flounder and then abandon its Afghan allies (and an undetermined number of U.S. citizens) to Taliban revenge.

Here's the telling Biden quote, one that bears repeating: Biden knew early on his bungled withdrawal had become a catastrophe. On Aug. 31, 2021, Reuters published the transcript of a July 23 telephone call between Biden and Afghanistan's then-President Ashraf Ghani. Biden told Ghani that "... the perception around the world and in parts of Afghanistan, I believe, is that things aren't going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban. And there's a need, whether it is true or not, there is a need to project a different picture."

"Whether it is true or not." That's jaw-dropping. The lives of U.S. citizens, U.S. soldiers and U.S. allies were at stake. But a good story for the press and public in the next news cycle guided White House decision-making.

Biden wanted to project a picture, not project American power. Ghani got the picture -- and he fled.

Around the globe, the thugs concluded the weak White House gave them a strategic opportunity. Their moment had arrived. The czars, commissars, ayatollahs and cartelistas concluded Biden-Harris America would talk but wouldn't fight -- and if pushed, preferred to run.

Yes, run. Remember Biden told Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy he should flee. The gutsy Zelenskyy told Biden he didn't need a ride, he needed ammo.

The buzz phrase is "loss of deterrence." Biden's 2021 Afghanistan debacle damaged U.S. credibility and encouraged adventurism and aggression by terrorists and authoritarian states.

The Biden-Harris Afghan bugout seeded two hot wars with nuclear warfare potential -- Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Iran war involving four Iranian proxy armies. Russian and Islamist proxies are involved in several guerrilla conflicts in Africa. Venezuela's dictatorship, which has Iranian ties, has threatened to invade neighboring Guyana. China threatens to invade Taiwan while waging a slow but expanding war in the Philippines' maritime exclusive economic zone.

Here's a compounding factor: A large cadre of Free World elite academic, media and political personalities don't believe the vicious actors really mean what they say, even when the thugs back hard talk with paid mobs, assassination, guns and bombs.

Afghanistan in 2024: Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are using Taliban Afghanistan as a base to train and reconstitute their forces.

In April, retired Gen. Frank McKenzie (former CENTCOM commander) told ABC News the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) was operating "unabated" in Afghanistan and the U.S. had "almost no ability to strike" (the terrorists).

So, the U.S. can't project sufficient power. What a sorry picture.

News of the Times;
Girling the Boy Scouts:
https://www.city-journal.org/article/girling-the-boy-scouts

German police to ‘secretly’ search homes:
https://www.rt.com/news/602629-germany-police-secret-searches/

Beloved dad shot dead by neighbor after daughter ‘touched the mulch’:
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/beloved-dad-shot-dead-by-neighbor-after-daughter-touched-mulch/

Justice Gorsuch on the Administrative State:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/08/justice-gorsuch-on-the-administrative-state.php

Planned Parenthood Employees Joking and Laughing:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/pure-evil-newly-released-undercover-video-exposes-planned/

Brits Are Being Arrested:
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/08/08/brits-are-being-arrested-for-social-media-posts-now-n3792879

Israel's Path of Peril:
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/israels-path-of-peril

Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris:
https://spacenews.com/chinese-megaconstellation-launch-creates-field-of-space-debris/

Singapore’s Birth Rate Plunges:
https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/devastating-crisis-singapores-birth

UK doctors ordered to ask men if they’re pregnant:
https://www.rt.com/news/602449-uk-doctors-men-pregnant/

African Immigrant Trucker Who Killed Three Motorcyclists:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/african-immigrant-trucker-who-killed-three-motorcyclists-while/

Disney World Wrongful Death Suit:
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