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DANGER: We are in World War III right now!

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Let’s get this straight right off the bat…war in 2024 does not, will not, look like war in 1944…or even war in 1964. War in 2025…well, that might look a little more like the movies or past wars…well, not too much, just a little more. But that could change.

What makes me think WWIII has already started? Well, let’s look at two different ways I think it has started; 1) rebellions/civil wars, 2) proxy wars. If you look at rebellions and civil wars around the world right now you would see a couple dozen or so. Syria is the latest example, Lebanon, Sudan and Congo before that. Since Syria has fallen, both the US and Israel are carrying out military operations inside that sovereign country. Obviously we can’t leave out Myanmar, Nigeria, Mali, Ethiopia, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Cameroon. Then there is the near civil war happening in South Korea. When was the last time you heard about the serious political turmoil and problems in Japan? And there are more issues, lot’s more. It’s just that the average American is oblivious to the conflicts in the world.

And then there are the proxy wars, Russia vs the West (NATO & USA), Iran vs Israel (USA), China vs Taiwan (USA)…and more. But so far US troops have not directly engaged foreign enemy troops in the current proxy wars in a meaningful way. However, we are in direct conflict with China, Russia, and Iran just to mention the top 3. How so?

All three have used computer and grid hacking against us…and us against them. We know for sure that China hacked both Verizon and AT&T this year along with Lumen Technologies and T-Mobile plus four more communications/Internet companies. Then there have been ransomware attacks by these foreign players as well as data breaches; millions and millions of Social Security record information was lost in one hack alone. UnitedHealth paid a $22 million ransom to a Russian cybercrime group in early 2024. Then add into that hacks of VPNs and even Microsoft executive personal accounts. I could go on for hours just how bad the hacks were and the huge volume of those attacks…and its economic impacts.

But it gets worse…National Intelligence Council released a report that found Russia and Iran carried out operations to influence the 2024 election. Oddly, on behalf of and benefiting the Dems. Russian hackers attacked and breached not just the DOJ but also the DOD in 2024. The hacking is relentless and costly…and it is warfare.

But it gets worse…US troops, including US Special Forces, are currently operating in 133 countries in 2024. FWIW…a 24% increase since 2015. Just to mention a few of the better known countries…Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Poland, Peru, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Sometimes operating against al-Qaeda and ISIS, and sometimes against local “insurgent” groups. But not to be forgotten…there are countries where the US is actively engaged in overthrowing those countries…and I better not mention those for security reasons.

The point to all of this is simple…World War III has started and the US is involved…heavily involved. Now the question is…Does WWIII go hot? But before we get to that, let’s talk about the type of war currently taking place, that ensures we understand what we are dealing with.

Asymmetrical Warfare is the implementation of unconventional strategies, tactics, weapons, methods, psychological operations, and the exploitation of resources. The aim of asymmetrical warfare is to disrupt, confuse, or demoralize the enemy. This kind of warfare often leads to “underdog” victories despite numerical or technological advantages of the superior power.

As we see China, Iran, Russia, and to a lesser degree, North Korea hack, conduct election interference, computer hacking, and wage financial war against the US we get a clear picture of asymmetrical warfare. Added to those methods you can also include propaganda, media influence, oil price and production manipulation, and even blowing up gas lines or cutting Internet cables with ships in northern Europe. Lastly, “proxy wars” in a another example of asymmetrical warfare.

So I mentioned the Axis of Evil countries waging asymmetrical warfare…does the US do the same? Absolutely!!!! The US may wage more of it than the other four countries combined. And that would also include assassinations, infrastructure attacks, grid attacks, etc. Those terrorist tactics are primarily carried out by the CIA field operatives and the CIA paramilitary operations units, often with the help of US Special Forces, primarily Delta.

So here we have World War III already being waged…just not like the movies such as Saving Private Ryan – WWII…but causing death and destruction all the same. Look, in the Ukraine-Russian war alone more than 1,000,000 casualties! About 400,000 Ukrainians and about 600,000 Russians…AND FOR WHAT???

Remember this folks…Russia and Ukraine had a peace agreement within just a few months of the start of that war…AND THE UNITED STATES MADE UKRAINE BACK OUT OF IT!!!! Have you ever asked yourself “why” the US would want a war to continue and rack up a million causalities along with virtually destroying the country of Ukraine???

War…the US government’s unquenchable desire lust for war, death, and destruction. And therein lies the biggest threat…but not the only threat.

Look over these before & after pictures of Ukraine…

Think about this…1,000,000 deaths and injuries in the Ukraine-Russian war since it started in 2022. But get this…since Biden took office in 2021 about 300,000 people died in the US from fentanyl. And what country is the primary source for fentanyl in the US? China! And how does it get into the US? Primarily through the southern border with Mexico. And who transports that fentanyl into the US? Illegal aliens.

So is the US already in WWIII with China? Absolutely!!!!! And, through the use of asymmetrical warfare China has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the last 4 years…with the help of Mexico. And the US has helped kill hundreds of thousands in Ukraine and Russia.

Russia’s Putin has told the west consistently that if NATO (primarily the US) crosses certain “red lines” in Russia’s war with Ukraine that Russia’s use of nuclear weapons is on the table as an option. And yet…the US continues to push those red lines. So ask yourself…why is the US pushing those red lines and Russia towards the use of nuclear weapons? Hell, try this question…Why are we not only actively engaged in that war…why the hell we have prevented the peace process to stop that war!?!

I’ve written before that the world’s Doomsday Clock is showing 90 seconds to midnight. That is the closest it has ever been to indicating the potential for a global catastrophic destruction. Think about that for a minute.

So why do I bring this up…especially considering you probably have nothing you can do to stop any of this? Two reasons really; well, only two reasons that I feel are of the utmost importance; 1) be aware of the people and countries that are behind it, 2) to prepare for it. #1 is probably a discussion for another day…but it is pretty self-evident. #2 is the “actionable item”…prepare for it to escalate.

But, wait! You might ask…If we are already in WWIII what realistically can I do to prepare for it? And there is the crux of it.

Fortunately, most of you are not yet directly affected by WWIII. In my way of thinking WWIII started on 9/11/2001…literally the 21st century equivalent of Pearl Harbor. It was the excuse the US was looking for to take dozens of military conflicts all over the world and turn them into a single war…WWIII.

I should have said…hopefully you have not been directly affected by WWIII yet. Consider this…since WWIII started (9/11/2001) there have been at least 60,000 US military casualties, some estimates are much higher. The number of deaths related to combat are somewhere near 10,000. But here is the disgusting part…there have been well over 30,000 suicides of military personnel since 2001 (as of 2021). Why do you think that is?

So while we take kids to soccer practice, go to church on Sundays, work our 8-hour days, go to family reunions, build our new house, buy a new car, and a ton of regular daily activities…100,000 (+/-) military deaths and hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in WWIII in the United States of America. Yes, that’s hundreds of thousands of US citizens dead in WWIII since it started. Have you honestly ever considered that?

Consider this…

  • China is staged and ready to invade Taiwan
  • Russia has threatened to use nukes against NATO and the USA
  • North Korea (a nuclear power) is run by a crazy man
  • Iran (religious crazies) is now a nuclear power
  • The US & NATO is pushing Russia to the breaking point
  • The US cannot fight a war with Russia and China at the same time…and win
  • The Middles East has been at war, the most recent war, for over a year…and getting worse

How long do think it will be before some country’s leadership pushes the red button? Or, the US directly engages China, or the US more directly engages Russia; or Iran uses a nuke against Israel? Remember we are already at war and the body count is rising in the US around the world on all sides.

You can’t stop any of this…but you can do something constructive about it. Prepare…simple as that.

Prepare “what” or “how”? Yeah, don’t despair. You probably already know what to do. But I am working on an article that might help a bit, maybe shed a little light on, or provide some new perspective on the whole “prepare” thing. It will probably be posted early next week.

Here are couple of little tidbits I would like you to chew on:

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  • 2014 is the year when fentanyl deaths really began to spike in the US. And we know that virtually all fentanyl comes from China. 2014 is also the year that the US overthrew the Russia-friendly government in the Ukraine. Starting in 2014 the Biden family started receiving millions of dollars from China.
  • It was also late in 2014 that the Biden family started receiving millions from Ukraine. And it was a 2013 a US operation began to overthrow the pro-Russia Ukrainian government that finalized in 2014. The heads of that joint operation were Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State) and Joe Biden (Vice President).
  • In 1997 – 1998 China moved millions and millions of dollars to the Democrat National Committee, the DNC later moved

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    much of that money to the Clinton family. In 1998 Clinton allowed the transfer of previously highly classified military technology to China, including satellite and missile technology. It was during this same time that China “acquired” classified information on advanced fighter jet and other military technology from the US. In 1998/1999 China began a notable increase in military spending that led to China becoming a military super-power that rivals the US.

  • In 2021, Biden’s first year as President, the number of Chinese illegal border crossing was low, less than 1,000. By the end of 2023 that number had gone up 24 times…up 2400%. In the first 3 months of 2024 the number had grown to 22,000…in just three

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    months time. But get this…since Joe Biden has been President…100,000 (+/-) Chinese have crossed the US southern border…that we know about. And oddly enough…most of those 100,000 have been military age men.

Am I the only one that sees a whole bunch of dots connecting here?

It is time to get very, very serious about preparing.

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How to make dirt…Part #1

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Administrative note: I broke this super, super long article into 5 shorter ones. I didn’t want to bore folks to death or overload Internet servers from folks reading it. The “parts” will be:

  1. Introduction & raised bed soil
  2. Orchard soil – fruit trees
  3. Grass soil – yards
  4. Woodland soil – pine trees for the most part
  5. Extreme dirt build

Okay, maybe this article series should have been titled “How to Make Soil” but I thought the whole “dirt” thing was a little catchier. My bad. The whole point is how to make soil that will grow stuff…stuff like trees, vegetables, grass, etc. Now, if you live in many parts of the country you’ll think I am crazy because you have soil…some of you have nice rich black soil (chernozem). Sweet! Not us…our soil is mostly dead and dry as a bone, nearly hard as a rock, so we have to build our soil for it to be useful.

Why useful?

Two reasons; 1) I am a prepper and want to make sure I can grow food when needed, 2) I am a homestead person (technically, ‘glamstead’) so I want to pass along the info I have found along the way. And yes, that makes my dirt useful…meaning…you might learn what to do or what not to do from my experience.

Most soil is made up of minerals (a.k.a. chemicals), water, air, and organic matter. The percentages of each varies depending on your local conditions. Our soil here is almost all minerals…mostly a fine red sand. For the most part there is no water, air, or organic matter. And to make matters worse…the minerals are packed very, very tightly. And that makes it tough for any water or air to be present. The organics…well, virtually gone over time. Yes, time…the weather & environment have been changing over the last 1,000 – 1,200 years. So no, you can relax, it’s not man-made climate change.

On our property there use to be vast grass pastures along with large towering pine trees, commonly referred to as pine woodlands…with plenty of meadows. However, here the water table dropped starting about 1000 – 1200 years ago due to ever lowering annual rainfall. Then the grass started to dry up and blow away or wash away with erosion. As more and more grass disappeared more and more soil eroded due to not just rain but also due to wind. As the area got drier the weather patterns changed and winds increased dramatically, especially in the spring (April – June).

As the water table continued to drop the large pine trees lost the ability to draw sufficient water to sustain their life. They died out in droves. As they died out, juniper trees moved in…and further decimated the environment since they suck up huge amounts, inordinate amounts, of water.

Here in our area we get about 12” – 14″ of rain per year, most of it (about 50%) in a 30 – 60 day period called the monsoon season. An average juniper stand will absorb virtually all 13” of rain per year and deny grass, shrubs and other trees (such as pine trees) from utilizing any notable amount of the rainfall. And reduced rainfall moisture availability means less grass which means more erosion. The end result is a highly compacted surface and top layer void of humus (organic matter), water, or air. And since it is highly compacted less water can infiltrate the surface…and you get more erosion. An endless destructive cycle.

This all happened over the course of about 1,200 years or so. Yes, climate change at work. Sorry, not man-made for all you environmentalist crazies out there.

Amazingly, we actually have a couple of pine tree trunks and logs that are almost 18” in diameter! And based on the artifacts in the area, we know this general area was occupied by a decent sized village as late as 800 – 1100 years ago.

As we continue to develop the land as our “place of safety” (i.e. glamstead) we had to figure out how to make the land suitable for growing vegetables, fruit, and grass. Our attempts at gardening for the first 3 years all ended up in failure. All original attempts were “in ground” attempts; some conventional, some not. But all failed. The surrounding native soil just leached out all the water and nutrients from the planted area denying the plants what they needed to produce.

Last year we proved the “raised bed” concept of gardening…this year we proved it could be phenomenal! Fortunately, I had some experience with fruit trees so even our first attempt at it in 2021 has worked out just fine. We had fruit in 2023 and a bumper crop of both apples and especially peaches this year (2024). Being thrilled would be an understatement!

What I have learned over the last 4 years is this:

  • Our soil sucks. It lacks water, organic matter, most nutrients, and air.
  • I had to amend our soil with plenty of organic matter.
  • I had to design a method to provide significant amounts of water during the dry season, and sufficient amounts of water at other times.
  • The whole “methodology” is intensive and unforgiving.

And that brings me to this…how to build soil.

Just so it doesn’t sound too boring, there are four basic types of soil I have built that may be of interest to you. A primary important point to this task was cost. We simply don’t have enough money to pour into the soil no matter what the need may be. I had to do it on a budget in each case…and I did so successfully. Along with the cost, it also takes time…and some equipment/machinery helps as well.

Raised Bed Soil –

Let’s start here…raised bed soil. I’ve written about it before in a couple different articles but let me do so again with a couple of years of success behind me. As a reminder, we ended up going with raised bed gardening due to the soil being so poor; actually parasitic, in that the native soil would steal all of the water and nutrients from any attempt to garden in the soil itself (in-ground). And that was regardless of how much we amended the soil where the plants were put into the ground.

Most plant life in a garden exists in the humus, topsoil, and to a much lesser degree the eluviation layers. The humus and

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topsoil layers consist mainly of organic matter, giving it a dark color. Almost all of a plant’s root activity is in the topsoil layer which is rich in organic matter. And it is this nutrient and organic matter rich layer that you want to reproduce.

As for the eluviation layer, well, that is mainly the ground that the raised bed will sit on. I clear any vegetative matter from the spot before building my raised bed box. I do not use any weed barrier on top of the bare ground…personal preference and it hasn’t proven to be a problem for me. At least not yet. Some folks like to put down cardboard or landscape cloth that the raised bed sits on to prevent weed impingement.

When building the soil for the bed there needs to be a moisture balance…water retention vs well-drained. The soil must retain enough water for the plants to absorb through their roots but not so much that the roots are continually soaked. To achieve this balance I found it pretty easy…mimic a healthy environment that you find in nature.

If you look at the composition of a lot of good soil types you will find the top is fairly fine, then the soil get progressively coarse as it deepens. Each layer is approximately 1/3 of the bed depth. No, I don’t use a tape measure to ensure precision in each layer’s depth. So here is how I build my soil for raised beds:

  1. The first/bottom layer consists of –

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    • Large diameter branches that have some rot to them, or at least some decomposition taking place.
    • Medium diameter sticks.
    • Small diameter sticks.
    • You can also include some leaves and pine needles if you want to.
    • That makes up the bottom layer. On top of that I put a thin layer of some native soil (i.e. sand in our case) mixed with some perlite. The perlite allows for a natural balancing of water drainage/retention. The added native soil mixes with the organic matter over time to create a decent-quality soil for deep rooting.
    • This combination allows for additional organic matter as the sticks and branches decompose over the years while ensuring space for proper drainage.
    • You can use straw as part of the bottom layer but only straw. NEVER use

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      hay. Hay contains seeds which will overrun your vegetable plants. And a lot of hay is treated in the field with GrazOn or GrazeOn Next. Those products are designed to kill about 100 varieties of weeds. But it will kill your garden!! If there is any of those two products in the hay you use, it will kill your garden for ever! Yes, I mean the soil will be unusable for gardening FOREVER!

  1. The next layer consists of –
    • Coarse compost (70%), perlite

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      (20%), native soil (10%).

    • The coarse compost will break down over time into a rich fine soil. “Coarse” simply means it is a little chunky. As an opposing example: peat moss would be “fine”.
    • The perlite gives a little bulk to the soil as well as allowing for a natural balancing of water drainage/retention.
    • The native soil gives some mineral content that will eventually mix with the compost to form a high-quality soil.
  1. The top layer consists of –
    • Peat moss (20%), coarse compost (50%), perlite (20%), native soil (10%).
    • The peat moss gives a fine, rich, water retention organic material for a good bed for seedlings to start. It also provides a great layer for early

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      rooting and fertilizer retention and availability.

    • The coarse compost will break down over time into a rich fine soil. In the mean time it provides space for air, water, and nutrients movement.
    • The perlite gives a little bulk to the soil as well as allowing for a natural balancing of water drainage/retention.
    • The native soil give some mineral content that will eventually mix with the compost to help form a high-quality soil.

BIG Note: Why all the different layers and components? Basically it is the cost. If you have the money you can go buy bags and bags of raised bed soil that is already made for you. But for us, it was way too expensive…I mean REALLY way too expensive. And honestly, our soil that we made did just fine…we had our beds produce an amazing amount of food. How much? Well, in addition to all the fresh fruit and vegetables that we ate and preserved…we gave away about 400lbs to other families was well. So how is that for good dirt???

Note #1: I do add fertilizer to each layer. For raised bed vegetable soil I mostly only use organic fertilizers. When making the beds originally I use a product that contains a little more nitrogen to aid in establishing the soil and breaking down the organic material. When I plant I use a more balanced product to ensure the roots are properly stimulated to grow. I mostly use slow release organic fertilizers to ensure I don’t ‘burn’ the roots and also to make the nutrients are available for a longer period of time.

Note #2: When I’m done building the bed I try to ensure that I have at least 12” of soil for sufficient rooting of the plants. Over time, as in each year, I add more topsoil/humus to each box. This is needed as the soil settles in the box, especially around the sticks and branches; and the branches and sticks breakdown into soil vs bulky material. For this addition I simply use a top layer mix. My goal is to eventually have 15 – 18” of soil depth for plants to grow in.

Note #3: I use perlite vs vermiculite due to cost. Vermiculite is notably more expensive but is also a better product in my opinion.

Note #4: I use the bulkier sticks and branches in the bottom of my boxes to save money. I have not experienced any problems with the bottom 1/3rd of the box composing of these materials.

Note #5: I have used Grow King’s “Steer Manure” as my coarse compost before. I have no issues with it. Ironically, driving into town one day I noticed a small sign on the side of the road next to a dirt road. It said “Grow Well” green waste site. To shorten the story, it is a collection site of yard waste for Grow Well…who then turns it into…you guessed it…Grow King compost. Why is that important? Buying 1 yard of compost in the bags costs $84 when you add in tax. I bought the unbagged compost direct from Grow Well for $30. Yeah, I like to be budget friendly. And yes, a yard of compost sits just fine dumped into my truck bed.

Note #6: Also, as I build each layer I water generously. It helps settle the soil for sure. But, it also makes the soil ready for planting. Heavy watering after planting it not as good as having the soil already moist.

Note #7: For the organic fertilizer I like to use Dr. Earth Pure Gold 3-lb 2-2-2 Organic Natural Granules All-purpose Food from Lowes. I also use Expert Gardener Organics Vegetable & Tomato Food, 8 lb Fertilizer from Walmart, or Expert Gardener Organics All-Purpose Plant Food, 8 lb Fertilizer from Walmart. Normally I will buy a bag of Dr. Earth Pure Gold and mix it with a bag of Expert Gardener Organics. Why? Mostly cost. Dr. Earth Pure Gold is $4 per pound, Expert Gardener Organics is $1.62 – $1.67 per pound. I like the ingredients in the Dr. Earth Pure Gold, so I think it is worth the added cost mixed in with the Expert stuff. If you can afford it…I would go with Dr. Earth Pure Gold exclusively.

 

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“…date which will live in infamy…”

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December 7th, 1941

Kash Patel, FBI Director, Spygate, Coup Against Trump…

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I don’t know about you but before Trump announced Kash Patel as the new FBI Director I had no idea who he was. I thought I had heard his name before but I wouldn’t swear to it. After the announcement, in my spare time, I started to do some research into him. Man, I was surprised, pleasantly surprised…thrilled actually!

I have included a great video regarding his role as lead investigator into Spygate (the Russian hoax against Trump), how he exposed the role of the FBI in the coup against Trump, how he exposed the weaponization of the DOJ, how the federal government classifies documents just to keep the public in the dark about their criminal inner dealings, and how badly the whole FISA thing is for America. But for me, the most important thing he did was exposed how the FBI has become the thug enforcement arm of the DeepState and other authoritarians in the US government.

All that being said, if you really listen to Patel’s answers to the intense questions he is asked…well, listen closely for yourself. For me, the spirit whispered to me a clear message…this man is a man with morals, with character, with principles, a man who loves this country and the Constitution…and wants both the rule of law (the Constitution) and the Republic restored.

Further, Patal is extremely intelligent, very methodical, logical, systematic, and thorough. This is a man who can hopefully do the job Trump had outlined for him. For me…I hope he has the opportunity to at least reform the FBI, which is sorely needed…but best case, abolish the FBI entirely. That would be my best case scenario…abolishing the FBI would help restore both the Constitution and the Republic along with putting a big dent in the DeepState’s ability to destroy the USA.

The video is 44 minutes long…and worth every single second!!! Please, in this day and age people must become informed about what is happening in Washington and just how corrupt and evil the rot has become…and how it can be stopped and changed. Please watch.

One last note…I don’t expect any Democrat to support Patel’s nomination; if one does, that Dem might just be a good guy. Any Republican that would oppose Patel’s nomination would clearly be part of the DeepState or potentially they might  be blackmailed by the FBI…which the FBI happens to be very good at.

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Denver vs Chicago…

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No, “Denver vs Chicago” isn’t about an NFL rivalry, or who will make it to the any sports playoff venue at all. It actually ties back into my recent post about Denver spending $356million dollars on criminal illegal aliens while US citizens (including US veterans), homeless and hungry, go hungry and freezing while criminal illegal aliens are treated to free food, free housing in hotels and motels, free medical care, free education, and provided free legal services. Well, Denver has been out down!!

Just a couple days ago it was revealed that Chicago won the criminal illegal alien spending spree award! Yup, Chicago beat Denver by over 60% in this horrific competition. Yeah, Chicago spent $575million giving free food, free housing in hotels and motels, free medical care, free education, and provided free legal services to criminal illegal aliens. And they did so smiling…while, once again, US citizens go hungry and homeless in an extremely violent city.

But here is the kicker to this outrageous expenditure of taxpayer money…Chicago did this while suffering from a $1billion budget deficit. Yes, you read that right. While city came up short one BILLION dollars for their annual budget they are passing out hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to criminals.

Yeah, I am thinking the same thing…How do the politicians get away with this?

Honestly, I don’t know…not entirely anyways. We know for a fact that Democrats are importing these criminal illegal aliens knowing/hoping that one day they will become their voters creating an imbalance in the US political system. And we know that global elites are assisting the invasion of the US by criminal illegal aliens to accomplish their goal of destabilizing and eventually overthrowing the US.

But, is there more to it? I think so…

Let’s look at some interesting stats:

  • In 2022 Cook County, Illinois (Chicago) had nearly 1000 homicides…#1 city in the nation.
  • From 2022 to 2023 every aspect of crime is up in Chicago, violent crime up almost 20%. But interestingly, arrests are down significantly. The trend of violent crimes vs arrests for those violent crimes is notable. Violent crimes up significantly (nearly 20%), arrests for violent crimes down significantly (down over 30%).
  • There are almost 50 shootings per week in Chicago.

Not to leave Denver (including the greater Denver area) out…every sector of criminal activity in Denver is also up significantly in 2024. Also, compared to pre-illegal alien days, violent crime, especially shootings and shooting deaths, are up just about 50%. Now, to Denver’s credit…they are not nearly as bad as Chicago. Then again, Denver only spends about $3 for every $5 that Chicago spends on criminal illegal aliens. And Denver didn’t report a $1billion dollar budget deficit either.

So Chicago wins the most violent city award and higher spending on criminal illegal aliens award.

While Denver wins the most budget conscious violence award and comes in second place to Chicago’s outrageous spending on criminal illegal aliens.

So is there a loser in this competition? Of course there is…homeless and hungry US citizens lose…and lose BIG time! Both cities, Democrat controlled, ignore the plight of US citizens while they pander to and provide the lap of luxury to criminal illegal aliens.

Way to go Chicago and Denver !

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Predicting The ‘Economic End Of The World’ Over The National Debt Have Been Consistently Wrong

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note: the title of this post comes from a headline, it is not my feeling.

Last week a very well known and respected money guy talked about the national debt, now approaching $37trillion. He made a good point…people have predicted economic doomsday for decades…and it hasn’t materialized.

While he acknowledges that the debt is a serious concern, he doesn’t believe it’s about to cause the economy to crash. “Is it concerning? Yeah, it’s concerning. But is it going to cause a crash? Apparently not,” he said. And he is right…so far. And he will be right, until he’s not.

What?

Back in July 2021 I explained what Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is. A part of MMT is never-ending national debt. Essentially, MMT is where a sovereign country like the U.S. can spend, tax, and borrow in a fiat currency that they fully control; and that country is not fiscally constrained by revenues when it comes to federal government spending. Yes, it means the government can borrow ad infinitum…without end or limits.

So was this economic guru and genius right? Well, sort of, kinda, but not really…almost.

He is right in that as the US federal government wants to spend more money, it simply borrows it (known as Treasury Notes). So what happens if there are no more buyers of Treasury Notes? That’s no longer a problem. Now, the Federal Reserve, simply buys the notes if there are no other buyers. Ah, how do they pay for those notes? They have the US Treasury print money. Well, technically the US Treasury creates it digitally. The Treasury then transfers the digital money to the Federal Reserve who then buys the Treasury Notes with that digital money.

If it were anyone other than the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury…they would all be spending life in prison for fraud. The point is…the government can borrow an unlimited amount of money to pay for goods and services.

So what are the problems, if any?

Oh, wow:

#1 – The annual “debt service” cost. The amount of money now required to pay the interest on all of those Treasury Notes exceeds $1trillion. Yeah, more than $1,000,000,000,000 (about 15 – 20% of the entire US government budget). Well, theoretically that isn’t too much of an issue…the country can just borrow the money to pay the interest on the money it borrowed. Yes, you read that right.

Who gets those interest dollars? 27% goes to the Federal Reserve, 24% goes to foreign countries and investors.

Yeah, imagine that…over 50% of the interest on US Treasury Notes goes to private bankers (Federal Reserve) or to line the pockets of foreigners (think “global elites”). No wonder that the US government loves to borrow money so freely to spend money so freely!

The way I see it…it is a problem that so much of US taxpayer dollars go to feed the greed of private bankers and foreigners.

#2 – The bigger problem is inflation. One way inflation is caused is when too many dollars chase to few goods and services. As the US federal governments spends trillions of dollars each year, much of which it has to borrow, it floods the economy with ‘too many dollars’ it drives up the cost of everything for the average citizen.

#3 – Speaking of average citizen…since federal workers make about 2.5 times more than the average American worker it creates an ‘elite class’ with government workers. Yup, the federal government simply borrows more and more money to fund the ruling class (a.k.a. elite class – government employees) and the average Americans pay the interest on that borrowed money…in addition to all the taxes the average American pays!

#4 – Diverting money from the private sector. Since the federal budget comes from taxpayers, or is borrowed, it takes money out of the private sector and diverts it to the government who then spends it on what they prioritize. Think if there was no government borrowing, no government interest being paid, and all that money stayed in the hands of US citizens who actually earned it. Yeah, $2trillion borrowed in 2024. Think of this way…if the US government didn’t borrow any money in 2024 that would have put over $6,000 in the hands of every man, woman, and child in the United States. Yeah, imagine the average family of 4 having $25,000 extra to spend on what they want/need to spend it on!!

#5 – The US military spends just at a $1trillion per year to fund America’s endless wars and military adventurism. And they can do that because once again…the US simply will borrow the money to fund those wars. Just imagine for a minute if the US only funded the military for defensive purposes…your know, actually protecting the homeland. That would put another $1,500 in the hands of every man, woman, and child in the United States.

So where does all this interest paid and borrowed money go? Here is a great list:

  • The huge military-industrial complex (includes global foreign companies).
  • Private bankers (via the Federal Reserve).
  • Foreign governments and investors.
  • A bloated ruling class of federal government workers.

So yeah, there are problems with the federal government borrowing money to fund its operations. But there is a bigger issue here. Remember I mentioned Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) earlier?

A little tidbit of information, an historically proven fact…any government and/or empire that has ever adopted MMT has failed and crashed. Ooooppppssss!

And then there is the vulnerability issue. What do you think happens if one day the 24% of US debt owned by foreign governments gets flooded out onto the bond market? Yup…crash! Or what if those country’s leaders just threaten the US to dump the notes on the open market? Yo think that gets them a bit of influence in Washington?

And then there is the Treasury Note holdings by the Federal Reserve. What happens if the private bankers who run the Federal Reserve decide one day they don’t like the way a President is calling the shots? Do you think they might pick up the phone and share with the President what happens if the Federal Reserve dumps its holdings on the market?

Bottom line…all this national debt, government spending/borrowing, and interest on the national debt is just fine…till it’s not. But when it hits the “it’s not” part…the pain is real, the crash is severe, and people suffer and die. Why? Because the dollar becomes worthless and no one is left with any money that’s worth a damn.

So take a minute a decide for yourself if the national debt is an issue for you or not. I have already made up my mind.

And please…don’t try and make a case that the national debt can be paid off. It can’t. There is no realistic way that the US national debt can be paid off…period!

Lastly…when these talking head experts vomit spew their guru knowledge…well, think it through for yourself.

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Man…was I wrong!!!

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In my article (Important questions/issues that came up…) I mentioned that Denver mayor had diverted $180million since December 2022 to provide free services to criminal illegal aliens. Man, I was wrong! I reported the mayor had denied basic human services to homeless US residents, including US homeless veterans to come up with the money for illegal aliens. I stated that their brainless mayor will leave homeless US citizens and US veterans in the streets while criminal illegal aliens get nice cozy accommodations, including motels & motels, keeping all those criminal illegal aliens safe, warm, and well fed. I was wrong…forgive me.

Common Sense Institute (CSI), a non-partisan research organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the U.S. economy reported that the actual figures based on audits was $356million vs $180million. Get this, that is $7,900 per criminal illegal alien in the city!! Yup!!!!! Leave the US homeless on the streets, let US veterans go hungry but the reckless Denver mayor will ensure that all these illegal aliens (45,000 of them) are well taken care of, well fed, housed in hotels and motels, given free medical care, free education, and provided free legal services.

What I find interesting is that Denver doctors earlier this year said that the migrant crisis had pushed the hospital system to its breaking point and was causing a humanitarian crisis. How much worse does the Biden Administration and Democrats want to force the US into? Well, think about this…all those illegal aliens have cost Denver medical providers $50million in uncompensated medical care on top of the $356million cost to the city budget.

And you guessed it…”undocumented migrant” advocates say the city just isn’t providing enough assistance. What? Yup, imagine that.

So where do you think all this ends up, eh?

A better question might be…Why do you think the illegal invasion is happening to begin with and who is behind it?

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You have got to be kidding me !

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A couple things to think about today…and see if you are left in unbelief.

The radical left and criminal illegal aliens –

The left just doesn’t get the criminal illegal alien problem and how badly it affects the US. They also evidently don’t understand the law and what it means to assist criminals. CNN host Kasie Hunt couldn’t believe incoming border czar Tom Homan’s recent statement that he’d jail a Democrat who is also Denver’s mayor, who said he would not comply with the Trump administration’s deportation plans. And the mayor said he was willing to go to jail for it.

So here are two issues:

#1 – The mayor knows full well that his non-compliance is actually “aiding & abetting” a known criminal in the commission of a criminal act (avoiding deportation). Evidently he doesn’t understand it is a felony and he should be arrested, charged, tried, and placed in prison for his criminal behavior against United States citizens.

#2 – The brain dead CNN host doesn’t understand the HUGE criminal illegal problem in the US and its significant and debilitating effects it has on the populace. She just can’t imagine someone being arrested for helping a criminal perform another criminal act. Maybe the leftists just don’t understand crimes such as murder, rape, child molestation, or violent physical assaults committed by criminal illegal aliens. I guess to her…it is no problem for those crimes to be committed against US citizens.

I guess this yet another reason why Trump won and the radical leftist Harris lost. So I wonder if good ‘ole Kasie would feel the same way if her 5-yo son or 1-yo daughter were brutally attacked, raped and murdered by one of the tens of millions criminal illegal aliens in the US. Gee…I wonder?

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Some Cops and their insane thinking –

So a homeschooling Christian mom left to take her son to a medical appointment. Another child, her 10-year old son, nearly 11, was home but she was unable to make contact with him before she left. FYI…In Fannin County, Georgia where this occurred it is not illegal to leave a 10-yo home alone. And, she had already given him permission to walk to the store less than a mile away…also not illegal. And, the kids’ grandfather also lives with them and was home.

So the son went to the store while mom was gone to the appointment…which isn’t illegal and he had his mother’s permission. While at the store a nosy POC person called the cops on the son. Cops showed up and took the boy home. Then a couple hours later the cops showed back up, arrested the mom for ‘reckless conduct’.

And how did the cops arrive at that charge?

Well, mom didn’t actually see her 10-yo son before leaving…yes, the actual moment she left. So, the Sheriff’s Office allege Patterson didn’t know where son was…and and she didn’t know where he was at that particular moment, she was also guilty of failing to report him as missing to authorities before leaving the home. What????!!!!!?????

So I guess this Sheriff’s Department policy is…1) parents are not allowed to trust their kids, 2) parents must know where their children are every single minute moment of the day, 3) kids aren’t actually parent’s kids…the Sheriff’s Department is the final arbiter when it comes to parenting. And all that is true…even when the parents don’t violate the law. This idiot Sheriff’s Department just makes up crap as they go even when it is totally idiotic to do so.

Yes, the mom is fighting it. I hope she wins a $50million lawsuit and the Deputy that headed this operation and the Sheriff are held personally financially responsible as well. I wonder if it is against the law to endanger parents? I wonder if the moron cops could be charged with a crime as well?

And cops nowadays wonder why so many people hate cops and very few people even respect them anymore. Gee…I wonder if they have looked in the mirror lately? People earn respect…and this is not how you do it.

Oh, and to make it all worse…Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DCFS ) presented her with, and forcing her to comply with, what is called a “Safety Plan.” The mom is now tracked 24/7 by her phone’s GPS and reported to DCFS. And the “plan” also requires her to designate a “safety person” to be a guardian to the children if she leaves any of the 4 children alone.

You know…you gotta love government…especially law enforcement! They know exactly how to interfere with a family, ruin their lives, and traumatize children…for NO FREAKING LEGAL REASON!!!!

Also, am I the only one that is wondering if her being a homeschooler or a Christian had anything to do with it?

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Yet another war the US is about to start –

It is a well-established fact that the US loves war…especially starting wars and decimating countries like Iraq and Afghanistan as two recent examples. Well, it appears that the US is about to start another war. Friday the report came to light that the US, specifically the Trump Administration, is going to use US Special Forces against Mexican drug cartels on Mexican soil. Yup, invade a sovereign country without permission.

A couple problems…

#1 – If we don’t have Mexico’s permission for US forces to be on Mexican soil…it is called an invasion…a.k.a. an act of war. So I guess we have no problem with foreign countries sending their special forces to the US for them to operate without our government’s permission…operations against US citizens. Yeah, get it…since we feel we have the right to do so to other countries.

#2 – Some of the cartels have some pretty heavy-duty muscle themselves with some very respectable firepower. Yeah, interesting…much of that muscle are actual ex-Mexican military special forces…trained by US special forces. Ironic, yes? So what happens when a firefight breaks out? Do we send in additional US troops to assist? Do we use air assets to defend the US forces involved in the firefight? What happens if a member of the US forces winds up in a Mexican jail?

#3 – The US not only loves war, and starting them, but we also love to escalate any war we start. So what happens when the US government escalates the Cartel War and begins to occupy land inside Mexico? Yeah, think that can’t/won’t happen? Think back over US war policy for the last 140 years.

#4 – What happens if Mexico grows a set a cojones and actually objects to a foreign military operating on their sovereign soil? Yeah…and then they send their military against our special forces guys? So now we have a formal war with Mexico? How will US military respond?

Who in the hell thinks this bullshit policy crap up? Who, other than insane, military hawks would come up with something like that? Would we tolerate it happening on our soil? Yeah, no…we would probably nuke em.

Tom Homan, Trumps’ newly-appointed border czar, came up with it! Keep an eye on Homan…while he talks like a patriot defending America…he could just as easily be a wolf in sheep’s clothing who is a war-hawk through and through. A potential law & order freak if I ever saw one…I hope & pray I am wrong. Beware of authoritarians who wrap themselves in the flag of patriotism.

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27 States are broke –

The Financial State of the States – 2024 report produced by Truth in Accounting came out recently. And 27 out of the 50 US states are technically bankrupt. Yeah, meaning they don’t have enough money to pay their bills.

Here is an interesting statistic that came out of the report…of the bottom 20 states, those in the worst financial crisis, there are 3 times more Democrat controlled states than Republican controlled states. Gee…I wonder why 15 of the bottom 20 states in serious financial trouble are controlled by Democrats?

Another interesting stat…of the 5 controlled by Republicans, 4 of them are in the south. The remaining Republican controlled state that is in deep financial trouble is in the heavily Democrat Northeast US, surrounded by Democrat controlled Democrat states. And FWIW…has a Communist US Senator.

And then of course…out of the 15 Democrat controlled states that are in deep financial trouble…those states also contain the most violent and dangerous cities in the country. Oh, and they have the most radical leftist Governors as well.

How is that possible? Gee…

Bottom states in huge financial shape:

      • #31 – Maine (Democrat)
      • #32 – Alabama (Republican)
      • #33 – New Mexico (Democrat)
      • #34 – Mississippi (Republican)
      • #35 – Michigan (Democrat)
      • #36 – South Carolina (Republican)
      • #37 – Rhode Island (Democrat)
      • #38 – Maryland (Democrat)
      • #39 – New York (Democrat)
      • #40 – Pennsylvania (Democrat)
      • #41 – Vermont (Republican)
      • #42 – Kentucky (Democrat)
      • #43 – Louisiana (Republican)
      • #44 – Delaware (Democrat)
      • #45 – Hawaii (Democrat)
      • #46 – California (Democrat)
      • #47 – Massachusetts (Democrat)
      • #48 – Illinois (Democrat)
      • #49 – New Jersey (Democrat)
      • #50 – Connecticut (Democrat)

Republican controlled – 5 (25%)

Democrat controlled – 15 (75%)

I want to take just a minute and ask you if you read my post on 11/26? It was called “Important questions/issues that came up…” I take a lot of time to research issues and current events that I think are important to high-quality Situational Awareness in today’s world. It is vitally important to be aware of who is doing what to avoid being blind-sided…or worse yet, getting sucked into propaganda or something worse.

I have changed up how I word article titles, I am trying to make it more interesting and attention grabbing. I hope it is working.

With some articles I am trying to include “related article” references within the subject itself vs at the end of the whole article. Those related articles include additional and applicable information (albeit older) related to what I am writing about. I hope you are taking advantage of the additional info by reading those articles, if you haven’t already.

 

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Extremely Important…you must watch…

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I’ve been writing about the sheer evil in the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for years. I’ve repeatedly provided factual evidence of how they work to destroy America, how they were involved in the coup against Trump, how they kill at will, their propaganda, and all manner of evil. But, do you know just how bad it is?

Trump has nominated Kash Patel to be the head of the FBI. Do you know who he is? Do you know why he is an amazing choice? Do you know his extensive background with the FBI?

The clip below will tell you several things:

  1. Just how dark, sinister, and evil the DOJ/FBI are.
  2. How they target the good guys who actually want to expose the Deep State.
  3. How they purposely lied about Trump and RussiaGate.
  4. How deeply corrupt the Deep State is…and how embedded the Deep State is in the FBI & DOJ.

For me and my house…Kash Patel has a real chance to do some serous good over the next four years. If he can’t succeed in completely shutting down the FBI…maybe, just maybe, he can reform it a little and get the true evil out of the entire department.

This video is worth the 10 minutes of your life.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving !

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You could look at the world today and find a lot wrong with it. You could see it as dark and dreary with people who mean you and our country harm. You could easily recognize evil around virtually every corner.

But today…let our hearts and minds be turned to all that is good in the world, all that makes us smile, all that brings us joy…let that be our goal today. Let us be thankful for all our blessings and tender mercies, let us be thankful for family. Most of all…let us be thankful for our Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ. For it is in them that true joy and peace can be found.

Join with your family this day, tell them and show them that you love them. Smile and wave to your neighbor. Call your best friend and tell them how much they mean to you.

Most of all this day…just simply be thankful.

 

 

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