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Hour 2 – Politics – The Major Political Topics Of The Week

Cory
December 29, 2018

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  • Segment 1: Charlotte Cuthbertson of The Epoch Times has spent a lot of time on the Mexican Border and this weekend we devote two segments to her opinions of the situation.
  • Segment 2: Charlotte Cuthbertson Reporter and Editor of The Epoch Times continues her discussion of the US border with Mexico.
  • Segment 3: I discuss political issues exemplified by the President’s and First Lady’s trip to Iraq with Chris Temple.
  • Segment 4: Jan Jekielek Senior Editor of The Epoch Times gives us the reasons that his paper is so ardently against what people today call fake news.

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235 Comments
    Dec 29, 2018 29:11 AM

    SerialBrain2 – The Trump Effect and the reason POTUS tweeted “poor me”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP0LlhuU8_4

    Dec 29, 2018 29:47 AM

    Everyone needs to do their own homework……..most of the news is fake, including the fake news…..
    Secondly, find some one who is not a liar, which likes to embellish the news, for a pay check.
    Find a christian friend, who is not a liar, which will be hard to do…..jmo

      Dec 29, 2018 29:57 AM

      Everyone has me OOTB and, of course yourself and most of the folks on the blog.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:59 PM

        With my level of knowledge on this specific subject, I cannot comment.

        I would like to know from you folks as much as you can tell me about Blaze Tv.

        Thanks.

        Al

      Dec 29, 2018 29:00 PM

      Please explain your comment: “Find a christian friend; who is not a liar, which will be hard to do.

      Thanks, because I do not understand it.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:46 PM

        I thought that might be misconstrued ……..
        Find a christian friend…..hopefully, he is a christian and not a pretend one, and that he knows that being a liar is not good in God’s eye. Just finding a christian, who understands grace.. rightly dividing the word , will be difficult………jmo

          Dec 29, 2018 29:50 PM

          BTW……..hope all is going well with you…in your time of medical madness…getting older sure has it’s kick in the pants….Love ya. and hope you get well.

            Dec 29, 2018 29:40 PM

            Thanks OOTB, I am slowly getting better but it is taking a bit of time. On a scale of one to Ten, I am now probably a three or four.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:39 PM

          I understand most of what you wrote. I don’t understand “Just finding a Christian, who understands grace.. rightly dividing the word , will be difficult.

          It took me a couple of seconds, but I get it now.

          Thanks my friend!

    Dec 29, 2018 29:59 AM

    The Greenspan years were an extraordinary economic and social phenomenon caused by the wholesale printing of fiat currency. It changed the very fabric of American society. One from a prosperous middle class to a society that lives from hand to mouth paycheque to paycheque. A society where most people have nothing left at the end of a work week after paying for clothes, rent, housing, food, and transportation. As the years roll by the millennials and gen-xers will forget how good the baby boomers lived, but they should not forget how the generation after The Second World War destroyed their future by destroying their economic underpinnings. The Big Bull Market we have just witnessed is not really history it is an aberration caused by excessive money printing. Meanwhile America needs to convalesce but that too is difficult because their borders are under siege from within and without. History is about to play a role again as the big reset of hard times lies ahead. DT

      Dec 29, 2018 29:20 AM

      DT…2019 is NOT going to be a good year, for those who do not belong to the “CLUB”
      The west is going down, very quickly

      Dec 29, 2018 29:00 AM

      Mr. Tracy you are an intelligent man.

      Please include your suggestions on how people can fix their situations and I will devote upcoming editorials on you thoughts coupled with my thoughts.

      CFS
      Dec 29, 2018 29:57 PM

      Mr. Tracy, I could not disagree more.
      It is not the incessant printing of money, and the resultant delayed inflation it produces, but the taxation…..ever-increasing at all levels.
      A civilization cannot persist long when the majority of its people become little more than Government tax slaves.
      The question only remains: whether the people decay slowly into oblivion or whether a revolt will occur.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:03 PM

        I hope that you remember that I specifically asked Mr. Tracy for a positive solution for this situation. I hope that he sends one as he seems to be a good guy who is intelligent.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:47 PM

        Interesting CFS, I never thought that Federal Income Taxes were that onerous. There was a time when were were paying SIGNIFICANT TAXES and my attitude then was simple “if you want to be part of the country club you have to pay the dues” At the time I had little if any desire to leave the U.S. and today I realize that by doing that you really don’t save significant dollars unless you renounce your citizenship which I still, as angry as I get, don’t want to do because I believe that all of us here, as a team, can make a bit of a difference.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:15 AM

    The “EVIL” German PUPPET BITCH has laid her cards out on the table for the whole world to see.
    What is it with these political leaders who do not have children……….
    Merkle / Macron / May….ETC
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/angela-merkel-nation-states-must-give-sovereignty-new-world-order

      Dec 29, 2018 29:05 AM

      Good morning Mr. Irish. Please take my comments above to OOTB and Mr. Tracy as if I made them to you. You are a good and intelligent man and you need to voice you opinions as if they were advice on how to improve the situation.

      Thank you, my friend.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:21 AM

      This is what sMerkel said, “…sovereign nation states must not listen to the will of their citizens when it comes to questions of immigration, borders, or even sovereignty.”

      Our New World Odor masters sure don’t give a shiite about you or your family. They want a world where you are nothing but their serf.

      They are evil. Face it, we live in a Demonocracy. How do you feel about living in a Demonocracy? THERE ARE NO PRETTY BABIES IN THAT NURSERY!

        Dec 29, 2018 29:14 AM

        must not listen to the will of their citizens

        Read that again and then think long and hard about what this commie b*tch just said. The words of tyranny, pure and simple. Can anyone deny that?

        Dec 29, 2018 29:07 PM

        Good afternoon Eddy,

        I could find no source other than Zero Hedge. What is your opinion about their credibility? And, please give us all a reason for your feeling.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:25 PM

          The Zero Hedge article got that from a German site. Do you know any Germans who could verify it?

          Isn’t everything that article quotes Merkel as saying unfolding they way the Merkel quotes state?

            Dec 29, 2018 29:50 PM

            One could definitely say yes to your statement, Eddy.

            By the way I personally blame political correctness after reading a couple of the other comments today. These comments remind me that I cannot really truly speak my mind.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:24 AM

      sMerkel is an old commie witch Why would any German vote for sMerkel?

      That is like a fish voting for Mrs. Paul (and not Ron Paul’s wife but the fish stick maker).

        Dec 29, 2018 29:08 PM

        Hi Eddy,

        Please not my comment above.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:14 PM

          “not” should correctly read “note”

      CFS
      Dec 29, 2018 29:00 PM

      Frau Merkel was born a communist and will die a communist; she hides it by lying each year ahead of elections, and fools stupid people.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:04 PM

      Good afternoon Mr. Irish, I read the material provided by Zero Hedge. I have to ask just how credible this information truly is. Do you have any idea.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:29 AM

    Here in Europe we are not allowed to critazise muslems, or islam……..WHY ?
    We must turn a blind eye to , rape murder theft grooming gangs , & terrorists.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-28/outrage-after-swedish-tv-downplays-gruesome-isis-beheadings-issues-prison-threat

      Dec 29, 2018 29:28 AM

      How do you put up with that?

        Dec 29, 2018 29:27 AM

        Hi Ebolan….I dont put up with it , i speak out , i have had run-ins with the police , & stupid sleeping people….People on this board know i an not afraid to call a spade , a spade…All of us who are awake need to speak out , nay , shout out otherwise our grandchildren will have no future, worth looking forward to.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:24 PM

          Hear, Hear…………well said…….

            Dec 29, 2018 29:19 PM

            I certainly agree on this one, Jerry!

      Dec 29, 2018 29:52 PM

      Just see what political correctness has turned into, Mr. Irish!

    Dec 29, 2018 29:07 AM

    I will be spending until about one o’clock today with my grandson and new “granddaughter” (more on this later)

    From one o’clock on I will be at the dialysis center with Kathy where I will have an uninterrupted three hours to work on our blog.
    See you then!

    Dec 29, 2018 29:07 AM

    My understanding is the Presedent is the Commander In Chief of the armed forces.
    Could he not order the troops to build the wall , & pay for it out of the military defence budget . After all thats what the defence budget is for , to defend the US against invasion …Not to be spent on wars of agression against other nations , on the whims of the elite & central bankers. The US is been invaded by murders , rapests , drug gangs , & wortless people who just want to sponge off hard working Americians.
    Stop allowing your enemys to enter.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:29 PM

      Exactly…….Corp of Engineers should start immediately……Instead of nation building Iraq …..Syria …. etc …..Get the fat ass generals off their butts, and give them a shovel.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:21 PM

        I happen to agree, but then again I am not a globalist.

      CFS
      Dec 29, 2018 29:07 PM

      Irish, It has always been Mr. Trump’s intention to use the military, if necessary, to enforce the southern border.
      He has used them to some extent near San Diego, but he is waiting until public opinion shifts further, while he has been testing a number of different “wall” structures.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:29 PM

        CFS….I hope you are right.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:25 PM

        If the situation that happened to the two Swedish gals happened in the U.S., you’d better believe that the sentiment would reverse dramatically. I would suggest that the murders committed by the gangs and other criminals be given very high viability.

        Unfortunately, that does not seem to be happening.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:27 PM

          Obviously, “viability’ should correctly read “visibility”.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:46 PM

        The Slat model with spikes on the top looks practical. That will keep them from sitting on top of it. Poor Texas had to watch 1600 disapear in to the landscape never to show up for a hearing. 63% will live off the U.S. government. The millenials are not bitching about cost?

        https://www.hannity.com/media-room/panic-in-el-paso-city-officials-warn-of-impending-crisis-as-ice-releases-1600-migrants/

          Dec 29, 2018 29:56 PM

          They will be able to get jobs,…at the Mex Tex bar and grill………

          Dec 29, 2018 29:54 PM

          Why were they released?

            Dec 30, 2018 30:45 PM

            Over crowding. They have to wait for Pelosi to get back from vacation before any further obstruction.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:51 AM

    Unfortunately the first step to improving the social conditions is to bring The Troops Home. People want peace, peace must become a reality not a dream. People at war lash out and strike down things they hate instead of using discussion, and reason. This reaction of tying Trump to Bolshevism is one of always looking for danger rather than thinking peace. When I see The Wounded Warriors on TV, I think of cruelty, not only in America but in other countries. You need to demobilize your troops and bring them home. In order to bring an unsettled world back to equilibrium you must have peace and harmony. DT

      Dec 29, 2018 29:28 PM

      Good point, Mr. Tracy! Also, constructive.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:00 PM

      I am not quite sure why you started you first sentence above with the word “unfortunately” Care to explain.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:14 PM

        I used the word “unfortunately” because bringing the troops home will never happen unless there is a radical change of thinking on behalf of the American people. By the way, what do you think Winston Churchill would say about America’s foreign policy today? DT

          Dec 29, 2018 29:56 PM

          Considering the fact that he saved England, I would say that he would highly disapprove as does the President who trying very hard to change it.

            GH
            Dec 30, 2018 30:21 PM

            Saved England?

            Ha, ha, ha…I’d say you’re believing a highly questionable version of history there, Al.

            You might read David Irving’s “Churchill’s War”
            https://archive.org/search.php?query=churchill%27s%20war

            Did you know it was Churchill who started the terror bombing of civilians?

            Who were the mysterious ‘Focus’ group that kept Churchill solvent and, presumably, well-directed?

            Intresting side note, an ancestor of Winston Churchill was a key traitor that enabled the victory of William of Orange, which led to the Bank of England.

            Dec 30, 2018 30:32 PM

            From everything that I have read,Churchill was a very effective leader who was instrumental in Germany not defeating England.

            Snowbird, please give me some facts showing that I am wrong. Thank you.

            GH
            Dec 30, 2018 30:36 PM

            No time to go into much depth this weekend, Al.

            But consider, maybe Hitler never wanted to attack England? Otherwise, why would he have let the English army go at Dunkirk?

            Churchill, however, was clearly set on war for many years.

            Who gained territory from WW2, Al? Soviet Communists, and the Zionists. Which group gave birth to both Communism and Zionism? Gosh, what an odd coincidence (perish the thought that anyone might call it a ‘conspiracy’) that this same group controls our mass media and our financial system.

            If victors write the history, and if they are a group of low-down manipulators, do you think they might write themselves out of the picture?

            What is it, 0.0001% that controls the vast majority of the wealth in the world, and much of the destiny of the 7+ billion rest of humanity?

            Do you think that can be explained without any conspiracy, Al?

            You need to consider that everything important we have been taught about history has been twisted into a big, fat, nasty lie.

            Like Myron Fagan, Benjamin Freedman is a must listen:

            Benjamin Freedman’s 1961 Speech at the Willard Hotel (46 mins)
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhFRGDyX48c

            Dec 31, 2018 31:02 AM

            You make a couple of undeniable points GH regarding which country gained the most land. That is worth some thought and study.

            GH
            Dec 30, 2018 30:43 PM

            As an alternative to reading Churchill’s War, the 108 minute option at youtube:

            https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=irving+churchill%27s+war

            Dec 31, 2018 31:59 AM

            Thanks GH, I will do one of the two alternatives which you suggested.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:12 AM

    Dang, this guy sure tears Hillary a new one…same with Rachel Madcow.

    https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2018/12/27/hillary-clinton-pushes-for-more-war-in-syria/

      Dec 29, 2018 29:52 AM

      Ebolan….LOL……………..
      Drum roll please……hilarys biggest fan is …boom boom bang…Jimmy Dore…sarc/

        Dec 29, 2018 29:13 PM

        Show Hillary the Dore…er… door… :0

        Dec 29, 2018 29:39 PM

        This Show is a perfect example of providing solutions and not just complainin.
        To watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8RZHiIxUE

          DC
          Dec 30, 2018 30:58 PM

          Al, that link shows as “! This video is unavailable.”

      Dec 29, 2018 29:36 PM

      Maybe OWL, could get these people on the KER……..
      After all, we must hear from all people…..just saying…. 🙂

      Dec 29, 2018 29:31 PM

      He kind of does.Be interesting to know how many people watched the video.

    b
    Dec 29, 2018 29:24 AM

    Speaking of walls.

    While certain politicians are still having difficulties getting their walls built, Russia has announced it had finished a border barrier between Ukraine and Crimea. Construction took just over a year and less than $3 million.

    Take that, Trump! Russia finishes ‘The Wall’ on Crimea-Ukraine border (VIDEO)
    Published time: 28 Dec, 2018 23:45
    Edited time: 29 Dec, 2018 13:25

    https://www.rt.com/russia/447629-russia-fence-crimea-ukraine-border/

      Dec 29, 2018 29:42 PM

      Maybe, we should hire the Russians to build the wall

        Dec 29, 2018 29:57 PM

        Hi Jerry….Trump just needs to call me , i could organise a few dozen of my paddy mates from Kilburn in north London , & a few dozen Polish workers . We could get that wall up in no time , at a fraction of the cost….As long a the Guinness was flowing . There is plenty of cheap Chinese steel sitting arount in the US..that cuts down on the cost. You could come & join us for the crak…..HaHa

          Dec 29, 2018 29:01 PM

          Sign me up……..Free Beer for all, ….remember OWL is paying….. LOL

            Dec 29, 2018 29:18 PM

            Let’s do try to get comments that provide real solutions.

            Dec 29, 2018 29:00 PM

            Actually I briefly turned into a serious Vodka drinker and, of course, very quickly got into trouble so I am back to decent red wine. I do, by the way, highly recommend Chopin as it is a great Vodka!

      Dec 29, 2018 29:05 PM

      That is about 37 miles long.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:17 PM

      Kind of an interesting point b, but you are talking apples and oranges. 37 miles versus literally hundreds of miles. Of course their would be cheaper and faster to build.

        b
        Dec 29, 2018 29:29 PM

        Al

        The Russian fence is about $47,000 per km.

        The US-Mexican border is 3,145km.
        So around $150mil USD.
        With sensors and CCTV to boot.

        RT figures 150 mil, but they didnt account for wage/material cost difference, corruption and incompetence etc. lol

        If ya dont figure those have to be accounted for check out the Zumwalt and f-35. lol

        So, considering that, Trump is probly right, about 5 billion.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:25 PM

    Man fired after freaking out over customer’s Trump shirt

    Earlier today, Ian Furgeson posted a video to Facebook, of a liberal store clerk freaking out about his Trump shirt. In the video, the clerk refuses…

    https://deplorablekel.com/2018/12/28/man-fired-after-freaking-out-over-customers-trump-shirt/?fbclid=IwAR3yKdVbWvqFxV6SKDrM4vV9q76amI9n7HWIlJu4Ecx_NxAunuaMjD1f5gk

      Dec 29, 2018 29:45 PM

      Markedtofuture….That would be so funny , if it was’ent so sad.
      Did you read the comment below the article by , Angelita Burgess , now that is funny & true….What a gem….Trump needs to find a job in the White House for her.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:58 PM

        Angelita Burgess December 28, 2018 at 10:50 pm · · Reply →
        Do You Know Someone Suffering From Trump Unacceptance & Resistance Disorder (TURD)?

        TURD is a pattern of pathologically psychotic behavior, first observed in the late hours of November 8th 2016, and increasing in severity with passing time.
        Sufferers of TURD often exhibit pronounced dissonance, sudden bouts of rage, rioting, and uncontrollable crying.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:59 PM

          TURD’S the Word………of the Day………. LOL

        Dec 29, 2018 29:07 PM

        BTW…The Trump tshirt post above , has made it to the top of the DRUDGE report.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:21 PM

          Sensationalist news that is totally not necessary.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:11 PM

      The question is really simply: “Was that a contrived video?

      Dec 29, 2018 29:19 PM

      A great example of the hatred going on in our country!

    Dec 29, 2018 29:28 PM

    Jerry….The Dems. need to change the name of their party to ………
    “SHITE”….The Party Of The Turds.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:35 PM

      Irish………..Jim Willie……would agree with you……….and I like the idea…. 🙂

        Dec 29, 2018 29:49 PM

        I have a call into Nancy, to see if she will like the name change……she is in Hawaii for the week ya know, getting ready for the big year ahead….Of course Chuck is busy , still trying to find his key to his new office, and is a little concerned that Mueller might have it,,,,since Mueller mentioned something about nude photos in his Russia report…….

            Dec 29, 2018 29:51 PM

            good post……..you , need to start at the beginning……..

            Dec 29, 2018 29:52 PM

            VOter fraud……..will the dems be seated……that would be funny…

            Dec 29, 2018 29:25 PM

            Everyone should keep that speech in mind instead of allowing hatred to enter.

            Dec 29, 2018 29:48 PM

            There is no need to hate the person,….just the action….jmo

            DC
            Dec 30, 2018 30:34 PM

            Good clip, CFS.
            This, from the Comments section after the video:
            “@james goodwin – I would love if they all walk in to be seated followed by law enforcement walking them out in handcuffs.” LOL, me too!

    Dec 29, 2018 29:28 PM

    After over 17 years and over a trillion dollars with thousands American wounded and dead this is what winning looks like in Afghanistan.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5Q75hf6QI

    Yet your gooberment continues to throw billions every month down that Hell hole.

    And the neocons and McKinney would have it no other way.

    Now we Goy taxpaying serfs better get back to work…someone’s got to pay the taxes that make it all possible.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:27 PM

      Eddy,

      I speak for Jim but if you remember, both Chris and I agreed that nothing has been accomplished in a positive sense in Afghanistan by our actions.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:14 PM

        How many more years will our gooberment be in Afghanistan? How many more hundreds of billions will the Empire squander there? How many more American lives will be lost there? How much would more in taxes would you be willing to pay for all this?

        Dec 29, 2018 29:03 PM

        What I meant to say was that I CAN’T SPEAK FOR JIM.

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:35 PM

    Reports suggest now that the US is pulling out of Syria, Turkey is readying a military incursion into northern Syria. Recent footage released by a Turkish news agency shows a convoy of army vehicles approaching the Syrian border.

    Is Erdogan about to enter Syria, wipe out the Kurds and occupy the north of the country?
    Will Israel allow this? (There has been Israeli air reconnaissance and monitoring, violating Syrian air-space….Russian-rules.)
    Will this cause US re-involvement?

      Dec 29, 2018 29:04 PM

      My bet CFS is that it will not.

        DC
        Dec 30, 2018 30:39 PM

        I agree with you, Al. This wasn’t some off the cuff move. They would have entertained all the possible repercussions, dealt with some things beforehand and have Plan B ready for the others. jmo

          Dec 31, 2018 31:36 AM

          I certainly hope that is the case DC. This area, because of Russia; Turkey; and Israel has become a huge powder keg. I have to believe that Israel is definitely included in some of the contingency plans. How? That is the question.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:25 PM

    It’s been known about the connection between Trump and Nicoli Tesla.
    Reader ‘digest’.

    http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index2746pl.htm

      Dec 29, 2018 29:52 PM

      Dang that is interesting………….

      Dec 29, 2018 29:32 PM

      I agree with Jerry when he states, “Dang that is interesting”

      I have heard a huge amount of UFO stories and I am curious why this subject interests you.

      DC
      Dec 30, 2018 30:09 PM

      Chartster, that article is coming from a source that is surrounded by controversy as to who (or what group/possible bad actors) started it. Overall, do you believe this site to be a reliable source?

      Interesting article, though. Especially the Trump connection.

      And on this topic, am I the only one that finds this statement ridiculous?
      “The fire department did not enter the premises because the “arc flash” was over when firefighters arrived, McGee said.”

      A massive event that was seen all the way to New Jersey, reportedly from an electrical source which could certainly produce a fire after the initial event, and the FDNY DON’T enter the building to investigate and make sure everything is under control??? Nope, because “The cause was determined to be a “non-suspicious” equipment malfunction, according to a tweet from the New York police’s 114th Precinct.”

      And they would know this how without the benefit of actually entering the building? Via their psychic abilities? So high up did the “stand down” order originate, I wonder? Certainly seems like another “nothing to see here, folks” article to assuage the masses. Which, to me, screams ‘something is up’.

      Here’s the article (yes, I know, CNN, and we all know about how “reliable” they are):
      https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/us/ny-fires-con-ed-power-plant/index.html

        Dec 31, 2018 31:44 AM

        You raise some very interesting questions, DC

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:37 PM

    The blue light looked like a high-voltage transformer fire to me.

    Trump’s uncle worked with Tesla if I remember correctly.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:45 PM

      said so in the article……about Trump’s uncle…….

        Dec 29, 2018 29:09 PM

        Cmon Jerry your better than that. Don’t be a lost ball in tall grass.

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:42 PM

    More interesting to me was the 911 outages.

    Century Link and Telcom routers failures is anomalous.
    Not saying it can’t happen by chance. Just thinking…..if someone wanted to take out a President’s capability to talk directly to the people, would this be a partial test?

      Dec 29, 2018 29:53 PM
      Dec 29, 2018 29:06 PM

      Here in the Northwest we had a record number of 911 outages yesterday.

        DC
        Dec 30, 2018 30:20 PM

        I’m in So. Oregon and had no occasion to use 911, but Thurs. early evening I started having trouble with data download speeds, big time. It lasted for two days. I did a lot of speedtests on my router and the numbers were abysmal (getting 0.25 down, supposed to be 100mb – with Charter Spectrum). Now I know what that was about. And Oregon did report 911 outages.

          Dec 31, 2018 31:19 AM

          In the woods or in a city D.C.?

    Dec 29, 2018 29:50 PM

    As I understand it, Donald’s uncle was given the rights to Tesla’s technology. And as I understand it, the technology is to be held in remote for a certain date and time to be revealed.
    At least that’s what research I’ve done says. And research is for those that don’t know enough, which is why we research.
    But, there are those that know everything that don’t need to research. (Sarc)

      CFS
      Dec 29, 2018 29:10 PM

      Chartster what would you suggest would be a motivation for Trump to take out Telcom Routers,
      as opposed to deep state taking out routers.

      Cui Bono is an investigative principle.

        Dec 29, 2018 29:39 PM

        To takeout the deep state, you have to takeout their ‘back doors’ in the system. This would be the final blow before the hounds are released.
        Much like the high frequency algo’s getting taken down before the final blows to the fed and central banks. (all happening at the same time)
        4D

          DC
          Dec 30, 2018 30:25 PM

          Very interesting info, Chartster. For once, I’m actually happy about having had crappy computer server issues for several days.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:10 PM

      Good catch Chartster. The word is lazy.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:15 PM

      Trumps uncle was a professor at MIT, the story as to why he was sent to retrieve the Tesla papers is fuzzy.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:08 PM

      I appreciate you touch of sarcasm.

      Levity is always good and certainly appreciated by me.

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:59 PM

    July 10, 2017
    WASHINGTON — President Trump’s advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, reflecting the Trump administration’s struggle to define its strategy for dealing with a war now 16 years old.
    Soliciting the views of Mr. Prince and Mr. Feinberg certainly qualifies as out-of-the-box thinking in a process dominated by military leaders in the Pentagon and the National Security Council.
    (Stephen Prince was founder of Blackwater. Eric Prince associates with Oliver North.

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:05 PM

    oops, I meant Stephen Feinberg was founder of Blackwater.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:13 PM

    Yellow vests going after the lamestream media…

    “Fake News Journalists Come Down”: Chanting Yellow Vests Protesters Gather Outside French TV Station

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-29/fake-news-journalists-come-down-hundreds-yellow-vests-gather-french-tv-station

    Did you boys ever buy a yellow vests?

      Dec 29, 2018 29:15 PM

      I watched a video,suggested by a listener and contributor to our blog that stated that the yellow vest situation involved very little violence. I will look into that right now and make another comment.

      DC
      Dec 30, 2018 30:34 PM

      “Did you boys ever buy a yellow vests?”
      Good lord. This “gal” has had two for decades. Where have you all been? I wasn’t in the mood to get run down while out for my evening walks, riding my bike, nor in the event of a car breakdown at night. One in the car, one in the closet. Now, it appears I may have a third use for it in future. Although, I hope not.

        Dec 31, 2018 31:17 AM

        I personally use a reflective jacket that Tim Howe gave me.

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:28 PM

    I’ve got mine

      Dec 29, 2018 29:40 PM

      Now I remember you mentioning that. I also bought one. I expect to get much use out of it in the hard times that are coming.

        CFS
        Dec 29, 2018 29:18 PM

        It is not a bad idea to keep in a car, in case of breakdown….changing a tire by the roadside or something.

          Dec 29, 2018 29:16 PM

          There you go, CFS

        Dec 29, 2018 29:17 PM

        When you refer to hard times Eddy, are you referring to social or economic?

          Dec 30, 2018 30:10 PM

          Both. We are in the greatest debt bubble of all time. It can only end badly.

            Dec 31, 2018 31:04 AM

            I would wager that it will end in some version of a “jubilee.”

    Dec 29, 2018 29:52 PM

    In 1967 we were warned, but did nothing..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdfmBXkzsTI

      Dec 29, 2018 29:28 PM

      Thanks Chartster,

      I will watch this entire video and I just bookmarked it so that I can be as aware as possible.

        Dec 30, 2018 30:06 AM

        There’s quality historical references and people that shaped history in that video. You’ll never get from schooling or main stream media.
        Enjoy the view.

      GH
      Dec 30, 2018 30:33 PM

      I don’t know if I’ll get to this video or not, but I can say that Myron Fagan is well worth listening to all you can find from him.

      https://archive.org/details/MyronFaganExposesTheIlluminatiCFR1967

    Dec 29, 2018 29:31 PM

    To give you an idea how bad the news has become,ever since the founder of RT News(Russian Television)was murdered,there has never been a story about 9/11 on
    RT
    So I went to the Epoc Times to take a look,seeing how it was ardently apposed to what people call fake news.
    I didn’t have to read much before I started having issues.
    Here is a quote from the Kashoggi article”So we have a Saudi killed in Turkey,probably by a Saudi Intelligence hit squad.
    The operative word here is PROBABLY. Is this news?Where is the proof? People and organizations that print articles based on conjecture have an agenda.
    I’ve been at this for a while. I do it for my Children and Grandchildren.That is my agenda.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:30 PM

      And mine too Snowbird. All three of my girls are very much on the liberal side and we have some very heated discussions.

        CFS
        Dec 29, 2018 29:16 PM

        Your girls went through the US school system and watched TV?

        I raised one son, and he’s a chip of the old block…..conservative semi-anarchist, who retired at age 34, living in a $3 million house, although I worry about the kind of inflation he will have to endure over the next 50 years.

          Dec 30, 2018 30:54 PM

          I don’t have a son, but regarding our daughters our experiences seem to be common. One more similarity OOTB!

      b
      Dec 29, 2018 29:45 PM

      I never noticed that, no 911 stories on RT, interesting.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:07 PM

    Remember my quote,Politicians think we’re stupid? So does the media.

      Dec 29, 2018 29:32 PM

      I personally feel that “probably” is an appropriate word to use here.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:40 PM

      The proof in your statement is certainly very obvious today.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:15 PM

    Do you have any idea who Mr Kashoggi is? Have you ever did a background on his uncle? Have you ever looked at the connection with our President?How about the connection with Als Republican Gold card favorite Poppy Bush?Sorry Al ,you know it’s a love hate thing.

    Dec 29, 2018 29:57 PM

    Irish is on to something with the Politicians with no kids. Another one to put under the microscope is cognitive dissonance and prescription medication.
    Instead of calling out everybody as Conspiracy Theorists,how about trying those with a different opinion. God forbid you might step on somebody’s fragile little ego
    . Or even try God fearing Christians that have put in the effort and the time to try secure a better future for their Children and Grand Children, as those before them have done nothing collectively but leave a God awful mess.
    Realizing that life is short helps us use the little time we have more wisely and for eternal good.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:38 PM

      I particularly like you last sentence, Snowbird. By the way, please respond to my recent comment regarding Churchill and his leadership of England during WW2

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:01 PM

    USA Watchdog:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpxTyCnkYm0

    Dave Janda discusses attempt to take out Trump.

    CFS Comment: I expect John Huber to play a significant role in prosecutions coming in the New Year.

    CFS
    Dec 29, 2018 29:29 PM

    N. B. Dave Janda from about 1 hr 22 mins on Obamacare.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:17 PM

      interesting statement concerning G.Bush, flipping on others…….we will see…..

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:52 AM

    For an agency that does mot have the desire to shoot one single illegal crossing the border, ICE sure buys a lot of weapons and ammo.
    https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-175
    Over 5 million rounds of ammunition?
    While the vast majority of its guns are pistols, it does have fully automatic machine guns
    with 36,000 rounds of ammo.
    Maybe those yellow vests need kevlar linings.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:27 PM

      Kind of a thought provoking coincidence.

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:59 AM

    Spirit of Andy Rooney here…..
    D;you ever wonder why one of the US papers of record stopped criticizing China as it bought up major chunks of Hollywood?
    Biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong bought both the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune earlier this year for $500 million.

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:13 AM

    “To preserve independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses, and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes, have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account, but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to Samuel Kercheval, 1816

    Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:07 PM

      Yet another very wise observation by Thomas Jefferson. Thanks CFS

        CFS
        Dec 30, 2018 30:22 PM

        202 years later and it just gets worse.

        The original revolution was over a 10% excise tax on limited goods.

        How did we ever allow “government” to make the entire citizenry slaves to corrupt supposedly-elected oligarchs and their friends.

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:25 AM

    https://www.oftwominds.com/blogdec18/taxes12-18.html

    While wages have supposedly gone up 3.4% in 2018, taxes and fees are rising at much higher rates.
    Just wait till the pension crisis hits.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:58 PM

      Did you mean: Average income tax rate in the U.S. during 2019

      Search Results
      Featured snippet from the web
      Income Tax Brackets
      Single Filers
      California Taxable Income Rate
      $268,750 – $322,499 10.30%
      $322,499 – $537,498 11.30%
      $537,498+ 12.30%

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:26 AM

    California is trying to reverse the Property tax limitations of prop 13.

      Dec 30, 2018 30:03 PM

      God knows that the state needs the money. Compare the numbers below to the numbers shown above where the California Taxable Income Rate is given. Also consider the following: he average salary is about $51,910, or an average hourly pay of $24.96. That covers 14,038,950 workers. Although not a state, the District of Columbia has the highest average annual salary at $74,540. The typical worker earns 36 percent more in the district than in any of the 50 states.Apr 16, 2012

      At $94,572, the region’s 2013 median household income dwarfed both California’s statewide $61,320 median and the nationwide $53,291 median, according to a new analysis of federal data by think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley.Sep 24, 2014

      Dec 30, 2018 30:09 PM

      The liberals are trying to cripple prop 13 and of course they’d like to eliminate all together.

      CFS, have you ever thought of working with Howard Jarvis Tax Payers Association? If you are retired with some spare time maybe you could be a volunteer. Or just try to fight the tax increases on your own. HJTA will help.

      Either way, you might want to consider teaming up with HJTA in some way.
      https://www.hjta.org/

        Dec 31, 2018 31:29 AM

        It would be very interesting to see just what would happen to California finances should Prop 13 be drastically changed.

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:27 PM

    California does not “need” the money.

    They spend money like water, including billions on illegals.
    All for corrupt power preservation.

    Dec 30, 2018 30:46 PM

    “What Makes Us Grills”
    Brittany Prettybone

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpxjXnyX7Qo

      Dec 30, 2018 30:47 PM

      “What Makes Us Grills”
      Should be girls…dany iPad!

      Dec 30, 2018 30:48 PM

      Should be Pettibone…Dang, dang iPad!

      Anyway, a story of battling the cultural Marxists in publishing.

        Dec 30, 2018 30:16 PM

        PEDA…..is after you…….. lol

        DC
        Dec 30, 2018 30:54 PM

        LOL, Ebolan!!! I feel your pain! The auto-non-correct relentless!

          DC
          Dec 30, 2018 30:56 PM

          aargghh …IS relentless!

            Dec 31, 2018 31:15 AM

            What exactly is relentless, DC?

          Dec 30, 2018 30:31 PM

          I tell ya, DC, between auto-non-correct, auto-complete and typos, I make so many mistakes that whenever anyone else makes one I get a royalty! 🙂

          But if it makes anyone laugh it is all worthwhile. It sure makes me laugh!

            DC
            Dec 30, 2018 30:18 PM

            Too funny, Ebolan!

            Dec 31, 2018 31:46 AM

            A lot of Eddy’s comments are kind of funny and also true.

            Dec 31, 2018 31:50 AM

            Eddy,

            As I mentioned a week or two ago, I was so frustrated by the keyboard on my Lenovo Yoga that I purchased a new 17 inch HP and my frustration has decreased by 90%

          Dec 31, 2018 31:16 AM

          I should have read this comment first, sorry!

        Dec 31, 2018 31:58 AM

        Do you have any comments on the involvement of RT and Sputnik? Maybe I should say “potential” involvement!

    Dec 30, 2018 30:07 PM

    Funny thing Al you would ask me to comment on Mr Churchill as I just returned from a walking tour aboard the USS Lexington. I was sitting down listening to a December 8th radio broadcast of FDR declaring war on the Japanese,trying to imagine what it must have been like at the time.
    I will concur with you Al that Mr Churchill was an effective leader from what I have read also. I am away from my home base and I don’t have access to my notes. I read the books and do an overview on them so I can go back and review.The one book that comes to mind was “Churchill and the Jews”, you can take it from there.
    I think there are some similarities that President Trump and Mr Churchill, and the financial situation they find them selves in as leaders.The British were an Imperial power over extended and weakened by war much like the U.S finds itself in as well.
    To be confronted with the German aggression, I cannot even imagine.Mr Churchill did what he had to. Not all of it pretty but none the less effective as History unveiled.
    During this period in History, men and women had unbelievable courage and resolve and we are all the better because of it.
    I will add that I was standing admiring “Poppy Bush’s static Avenger Bomber display
    when a child ran by and the picture of the President unframed blew over and landed on the floor. I put the President back on his display. As much as I don’t agree with everything that has transpired since his Military Service, I am still humbled by his Courage and Bravery during time of War.
    RIP

      Dec 30, 2018 30:57 PM

      Also for all the football fans,at the start of every Big Ten football game the coin flipped has the memory of University of Iowa Big Ten Heisman winner Nile Kinnick on it who lost his life in his early twenties while on a training mission.
      Also John F Kennedy’s brother Joe, was a Military Aviator while eligible for discharge volunteered for secret duty and gave his life in Service.

      Dec 31, 2018 31:56 AM

      In a sense, I agree with you about HW, Snowbird. My thoughts are all thing considered I think that both he and his son had and have a lot more “class and character” than most of the others. As an example, I think that HW handled the situation in the Middle East more intelligently than his colleagues. I believe that his son was a good man, but let himself be led by men who were not so good. Agree or disagree?

        Dec 31, 2018 31:08 PM

        I would be concordant with you about the people that were advising them.
        I have not closed the book on W yet.
        Absolute power corrupts and those with a weak foundation in Christ will easily be led astray.
        I have been down the rabbit hole with the Bush’s, and I’d prefer not to comment any more. We’ll leave it at that.

      GH
      Dec 31, 2018 31:18 AM

      I will add on Churchill that:

      – He was an immensely gifted man, as an orator, a writer, and with an incredible energy

      – He was a drunk and a spendthrift, which are qualities that may render a leader unfit, especially that of spendthrift–to whom was he beholden?

      My best sense, at this point, is that the World Wars were orchestrated by the Judeo-Masonic mafia that is orchestrating events today. Hitler was either a dupe or a knowing agent, who led his country to disaster. Of course the Nazis have their share of guilt in all that happened, but all guilt has very unjustly been piled on the German people. Churchill, too, served the JM mafia. And then we could talk about FDR, the people who surrounded him, and the awful things done under his administration. How much is conscious, knowing service to the JM mafia, and how much is that these are people selected because they will naturally fulfill the desired role without excessive ‘management’ tends to be unknown and thus the subject of speculation.

      R.e. the specific question of Churchill saving England, it looks more to me like he ensured that England would go to war with Germany; this was in the interest of the JM Internationalists more than the interest of England; and thus, Churchill caused England great hardship unnecessarily, hastened the demise of the British Empire, and helped deliver the world into the hands of the NWO.

    Dec 30, 2018 30:14 PM

    Gold and silver jumping all over the place at KITCO…….
    low $1089……for gold……
    http://didthesystemcollapse.com/

      Dec 30, 2018 30:15 PM

      should be interesting year end……..

        Dec 31, 2018 31:42 AM

        So far as of Monday a.m. the only interesting stories that I have seen as of 9:41 a.m. are the ones about sputnik News and Russian Times which seem to be associated with Mikhail.

    Dec 30, 2018 30:27 PM

    Charles Ortel is closing in….on Willy Clinton and the Fraud Factory…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA4PSM0m8Js

      Dec 31, 2018 31:40 AM

      More more alternative sources for news commentary are popping up. Any thoughts on that phenomenon Eddy?

        Dec 31, 2018 31:03 AM

        I think it is good but what is really needed are more effective ways for us to act on the real (not fake) news in an effective way to force change.

          Dec 31, 2018 31:42 AM

          Look for an editorial today to discuss this as I do have some ideas.

            Dec 31, 2018 31:05 AM

            It’s hard to effect change but your most bang for the buck usually is at the local level, for instance working with organizations like Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association to fight local and state tax increases.

      Dec 31, 2018 31:27 AM

      It is kind of interesting that both Sputnik News and RT News are blasting the west with negative comments about its society.

        CFS
        Dec 31, 2018 31:00 AM

        As long as one always remembers the inherent bias, RT is still an excellent source of news, which is not presented at all by US media. (Ignore the opinionated commentary and observe the facts and occurences; valid for both RT and US news.

    CFS
    Dec 30, 2018 30:04 PM
      Dec 31, 2018 31:23 AM

      So given the fact that a video that I watched a week or so ago purported no violence would appear to be truly “fake news”

        CFS
        Dec 31, 2018 31:55 AM

        The French police now clear streets by force.
        So there is more danger to civilians from police than yellow vests.

      Dec 31, 2018 31:13 AM

      The fact that Kenya is the most indebted African country to China does raise some issues in my mind.

    Dec 30, 2018 30:25 PM

    666 and China.This is crazy.
    https://video.azertag.az/en/video/67731

      Dec 31, 2018 31:10 AM

      I agreee with you Snowbird, “This is crazy” What is your opinion?

    Dec 30, 2018 30:27 PM

    Earlier post with Putin’s dead media guy connected to Hollywood
    https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-media-czar-brad-pitt-movie-2014-8

    Dec 31, 2018 31:45 AM

    Mr. Big Al Korelin,

    Are you involved with any taxpayer advocacy groups? Do they have anything like Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (see https://www.hjta.org ) in Washington state? If so, are you involved?

      Dec 31, 2018 31:52 AM

      I just left a message for the communications director at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. Thanks for telling me about it and I will see if there is one in Washington.

      Best

    Dec 31, 2018 31:51 AM

    Peter Who and Alex Jones…and how long can Ruth Rader Rinsburg hold on?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKEgG6sJ968

    Dec 31, 2018 31:21 AM

    What is my opinion? Just the fact that China used “666” to break the old record to me is significant.
    I am still the student and not the teacher, with that being said I do know that the guide to life is contained with in the pages of the Bible.
    Fortunately for us, all roads lead to God.

      Dec 31, 2018 31:40 AM

      I was curious if you thought that there were any sinister reasons behind the number.

    Dec 31, 2018 31:52 AM

    To deny would be asinine.

    CFS
    Dec 31, 2018 31:52 AM

    Why is the Trump Department of Justice fighting tooth and nail against Judicial Watch inquiry into HRC’s illegalities?
    Does Trump even know what the DoJ is doing to maintain secrecy?
    FISA warrants etc redactions serve no purpose except to protect illegal actions of DoJ and FBI officials.

    Dec 31, 2018 31:04 AM

    CFS, I’m trying my best not to rip you a new one. Everytime time I saw you post a Q-Tard ( no offense to the retarded) I wanted to. Remember the Q-Tard Post about locking up the Clintons? Pay attention my friend.

      CFS
      Dec 31, 2018 31:33 PM

      I did not see Q mention anything about DoJ interfering with Judicial Watch investigating the Clintons. Perhaps, snowbird, you could give me a reference to it.

      CFS
      Dec 31, 2018 31:43 PM

      By the way, snowbird, just for the record, I have personally known Bill Clinton for a long time. (Even before he married Ms. Rodham, and occasionally gave him a ride,even, in my car.) He always has been very intelligent and most charming socially, but a womanizer and of dubious character all his life.

    CFS
    Dec 31, 2018 31:22 AM

    I am an equal opportunity offender….I post the truth, and back it up with cites and facts.
    Now consider how honest the Chinese are in reporting stock valuations…

    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-fraught-2018-for-china-and-us-chinese-ipos-raised-billions-on-us-exchanges-2018-12-31

    CFS
    Dec 31, 2018 31:13 PM

    Clinton vs. Trump foundations

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb3pgYD9XQU