Self Own

Alright, I can't copy the jpeg, so I'll recreate what it says.

HOW CAN A POPULATION BE CONVINCED THAT A LIE IS THE TRUTH?

21% of Americans are illiterate.

54% of Americans can't read beyond the level of an 11 year old.

57% of Americans have no education past high school.

America ranks 36th in the world for literacy levels.

White US-Born adults are the largest group with low literacy.   

This is a graphic posted by my high school band teacher.  He had a lengthy career and I've been able to maintain a friendship with him to this day.      He is politically extremely left, and very vocal about his politics on social media.  Most of the people he interacts with echo  his positions.  

I suspect that he posted this graphic to own someone, without realizing the message it was sending.    Assuming these numbers are correct, and most of what I've seen makes this look less somewhat better,  then there is a glaringly obvious series of questions to ask.  

What federal department could have some responsibility for these dismal numbers?

What union also might have some responsibility here?

What profession might have some responsibility here? 

What political party are teachers unions most closely affiliated with?

What political party controls the majority of urban areas with poorly performing schools? 

Now the 57% have no education past high school is interesting.   Especially when you consider how many billionaires/successful people don't have an education beyond high school.   Also considering that is is totally possible to have a high earning potential without a college degree.    

Of course, the spin is that people without college degrees aren't very intelligent.    Yet, we see plenty of evidence that the education industrial complex is happy to take students who's test scores indicate a likelihood that they won't succeed in college and can't afford college and saddle them with loans that they have to repay even though they didn't do well in college.   There is a sense of credentialsim on the left that prizes the credential of the degree above all else.  

As for the last point, US born whites are (for now) the largest demographic group in the US.   This is a situation where it'd be nice to look at the per capita breakdown of the raw numbers as a way to determine what this "statistic" really means.   If that raw number is in line with the per capita/percentage then it means nothing.   If not, then we can talk.  

Personally I don't think I'd be touting the failure of the education system, and my political party,  if I was a retired teacher

 

Predictions

 

"Here’s an excellent article from Daily Signal by famous black economist Walter Williams, who explains the connection:

As reported in The New York Times (Aug. 1969) Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich warned: “The trouble with almost all environmental problems is that by the time we have enough evidence to convince people, you’re dead. We must realize that unless we’re extremely lucky, everybody will disappear in a cloud of blue steam in 20 years.”

In 2000, David Viner, a senior research scientist at University of East Anglia’s climate research unit, predicted that in a few years winter snowfall would become “a very rare and exciting event. Children just aren’t going to know what snow is.”

In 2004, the U.S. Pentagon warned President George W. Bush that major European cities would be beneath rising seas. Britain will be plunged into a Siberian climate by 2020. In 2008, Al Gore predicted that the polar ice cap would be gone in a mere 10 years. A U.S. Department of Energy study led by the U.S. Navy predicted the Arctic Ocean would experience an ice-free summer by 2016.

In May 2014, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius declared during a joint appearance with Secretary of State John Kerry that “we have 500 days to avoid climate chaos.”

Peter Gunter, professor at North Texas State University, predicted in the spring 1970 issue of The Living Wilderness:

Demographers agree almost unanimously on the following grim timetable: by 1975 widespread famines will begin in India; these will spread by 1990 to include all of India, Pakistan, China and the Near East, Africa. By the year 2000, or conceivably sooner, South and Central America will exist under famine conditions. … By the year 2000, thirty years from now, the entire world, with the exception of Western Europe, North America, and Australia, will be in famine.

Ecologist Kenneth Watt’s 1970 prediction was, “If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000.” He added, “This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.”

Williams concludes:

Today’s wild predictions about climate doom are likely to be just as true as yesteryear’s. The major difference is today’s Americans are far more gullible and more likely to spend trillions fighting global warming. And the only result is that we’ll be much poorer and less free."

 

 

It used to be that one of the keystones of science was repeatability.  That if you combine X,Y, and Z in the same proportions that you will get the same result every time.   This then leads to the conclusion that science has a degree of predictive ability.   So, if one does the same experiment multiple times in exactly the same way, and the results aren't the same that you have no way to predict what the results would be the next time you did the experiment.  

Except when it comes to climate change.  I can't think of a field of study with a worse track record of predicting outcomes than climate studies.    Given that they base everything on models, many of which are based on faulty or incomplete data, it's no surprise that the predictions are wrong.  Not just wrong, but spectacularly wrong.   Strangely enough some folx are convinced that eventually they'll get it right someday and that we need to spend trillions of tax dollars on the low chance that they might be right.  

H/T WK

An L foe Feminsim?

 US Rep Brittany Snow seems confused.  She seems to think that the rules on voting in the House should be changed to accommodate her.    I'm a little confused.  Was she not aware of the whole in person voting rule when she decided to run for congress?   Was she unaware of this when she got pregnant?   Was she unaware of the fact that millions of women with children go to work on a daily basis?   Was she unaware of things like hotels and babysitters?   It appears as though she feels so privileged that she can demand that the rules be changed for her.    By all means, let's open up remote voting for everyone in congress.  That means that they don't even need to bother rolling Pelosi's corpse onto the floor and make one of her aides lift her hand up to mash the button.   What's to stop an ancient congressman or woman from staying at home to hide their Alzheimer's and "vote" remotely.  

I get it, children are a wonderful blessing and we absolutely need to raise the birthrate ( I guess we should be glad she didn't un-alive the fetus), but why try to get a job if you are just going to demand that things be changed to accommodate you?   Sounds selfish as hell, and the message it sends to the millions of working women with children doesn't seem like one that's in line with the feminist manifesto. 

Last One For Today

Lately there's been a bit of a controversy on social media about men relate to and act around women.  It's started with women complaining that men in the workplace either are strictly formal with them and don't interact beyond specifics about business, or that they treat them like one of the guys (insults, off color jokes, arm punches, etc).   Then we started getting women complaining that men won't hold the door for them, or won't give up seats on public transportation.   Personally, I think it's pretty obvious.  It's women getting what they said they wanted, equality.   If men and women are equals then why wouldn't a man treat a woman as he treats other men in the workplace?   Yet, given the very real fear of a complaint, why wouldn't men err on the side of caution and of not doing anything that could be misconstrued?   Finally, if you wouldn't hold a door or give up a seat for a man, why do it for a woman, if they're really equal.  

It sounds like (some) women want an unequal equality.   They want an equality that's biased towards them.  They don't like the term chivalry, but they sure do like the effects of chivalry. 

This Deserves it's Own Post

 https://x.com/autocorrect2_0/status/1905410441381130674?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "She walked into the Roman arena where the wild beasts awaited her. She trembled not from fear but from joy. Her name was Vibia Perpetua. She was just 22, a young mother singing hymns as the crowd jeered and a lion, leopard and wild cow encircled her. One of the beasts attacked, hurling her to the ground. She covered an exposed thigh with her bloody robe to preserve her modesty and groped in the dust for her hair pin so she could fix her disheveled hair. And when a Roman executioner approached Perpetua with a sword, her last words before collapsing were aimed at her Christian companions: “Stand fast in the faith, and love you all one another and do not let our sufferings be a stumbling block to you.” History remembers Perpetua because she kept a diary during her imprisonment entitled "The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity" (Felicity was a pregnant slave girl arrested with Perpetua). Her diary is one of the rare and oldest-surviving documents written by a Christian woman. The emotion in the diary is almost unbearable. Perpetua describes the pain of leaving her infant son, who she was still nursing. She describes a prison visit from her weeping father, who kissed her hands while pleading with her to renounce her faith. A narrator picks up the story in the diary after Perpetua was sent to her death. He wrote in the diary that Perpetua’s faith was so inspiring it caused the prison’s warden to convert. The narrator also describes Perpetua's death. While she was imprisoned, Perpetua says God gave her visions to reassure her. After one, she wrote: “I understood that I should fight, not with beasts but against the devil." If only we were so wise!"

 

 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/perpetua.html

I doubt that many progressive christians would act thus.  I doubt that the number of conservative Christians would be as high as we think it would be.

 

 

BoT

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/opinion/democrats-strategy-2024.html

https://x.com/historyboomer/status/1905961652006047877?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 “Last year’s election was close, despite President Trump’s hyperbolic claims about his margin of victory. Still, the Democratic Party clearly lost — and not only the presidential race. It also lost control of the Senate and failed to recapture the House of Representatives. Of the 11 governor’s races held last year, Democrats won three. In state legislature races, they won fewer than 45 percent of the seats.” “Voters also trusted Republicans more than Democrats on immigration, crime, government spending, global trade and foreign policy. Among the few exceptions were abortion and health care. As the headline of a recent Times news article summarized, “Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump.” Only 27 percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. It is the party’s lowest approval rating in decades.” “Even today, the party remains too focused on personal identity and on Americans’ differences — by race, gender, sexuality and religion — rather than our shared values. On these issues, progressives sometimes adopt a scolding, censorious posture. It is worth emphasizing that this posture has alienated growing numbers of Asian, Black and Latino voters. Democrats who won last year in places where Mr. Trump also won, such as Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, adopted a more moderate tone. They were hawkish about border security and law enforcement, criticizing their own party. They did not make the common Democratic mistake of trying to talk about only economic policy and refusing to engage with Americans’ concerns on difficult social issues. Third, the party has to offer new ideas. When Democrats emerged from the wilderness in the past, they often did so with fresh ideas. They updated the proud Democratic tradition of improving life for all Americans. Bill Clinton remade the party in the early 1990s and spoke of “putting people first.” In 2008, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton and John Edwards offered exciting plans to improve health care, reduce inequality and slow climate change. These candidates provided intellectual leadership. Ms. Harris failed to do so in last year’s campaign, and few Democrats are doing so today. Where is the Democrat with bold plans to cut living costs? Or fight the ills of social media? Or help aimless boys who are struggling in school? Where is the governor who does more than talk about an abundance agenda and actually cuts regulations to help America build? New ideas should come from both the party’s progressives and its centrists.”

 

 

 https://x.com/bgatesisapyscho/status/1906005485414752294?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Absolutely worth reconstructive surgery to film for your OF.

 

 https://x.com/wesyang/status/1905976455990751677?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This just makes too much sense to be totally false.  

 

 https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1905700210690687275?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

" The USDA occasionally publishes data on what sorts of things food stamp recipients use their benefits on. Here's data on what they purchase compared with households that do not use food stamps:"

 

   

 

It's not great, but I though it'd be worse.   

https://x.com/msmelchen/status/1906733827742957616?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 "Dems really need to stop taking the 20 side on 80/20 issues. Stop simping for terrorist sympathizers and literal gang members. Most Americans will never step foot on the hallowed grounds of an Ivy League campus. They expect non-citizens who have that privilege to behave well. Condemn and prosecute actual CRIME like riots, looting, and the recent attacks on tesla owners and dealerships. Stop giving repeat offenders joke sentences and letting them out early. Abandon the trans in womens sports crap. It's not even necessary to abandon core democrat cultural issues like abortion and gun control to do all of this. Just shitcan the radical antifa left and elitist anti-family causes of the last decade and we will have a functioning left again. Supply-side liberalism which is championed in Abundance is a great start"

 

 

 https://x.com/msmelchen/status/1906852331682971812?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "What is the point of this? Why flirt with nonsensical ideas that are clearly barred by the constitution and are not going to work, and wouldn’t really be advisable even with legal tinkering? If you’re going to sow chaos there better be a point. If not then this childish bullshit meant to troll the libs needs to just stop. Just govern FFS"

 

 

 

 

 

Maher and Gervias Stuff

 https://x.com/citizenfreepres/status/1906732861882822659?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/vigilantfox/status/1905812830382686493?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/vigilantfox/status/1905845437749215305?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/farmgirlcarrie/status/1905856902535196919?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

Bill Maher and Ricky Gervais  are not afraid to push back on the liberal narrative. 

"Trans" Stuff

 https://x.com/rob_thabuilder/status/1905611070741344370?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 https://x.com/kaeleyt/status/1905979723991465990?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Good question?

 

 

 https://www.biographic.com/to-discover-the-worlds-first-intersex-southern-right-whale-the-third-test-was-the-charm

 https://x.com/swipewright/status/1906005075044008193?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "I just wish a really cool discovery like a whale with Klinefelter syndrome could simply stand on its own without being co-opted by gender activists. It's so tiresome."

 

 https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/irish-teacher-enoch-burke-facing-salary-loss-over-court-fines-not-students-2025-03-14/

I don't know, it seems a bit excessive to me.  This notion that the "court fines" weren't directly related to his actions seems to be enough to satisfy the gullible.

 

 https://x.com/wesyang/status/1906017276580503755?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

One of the many leaps in logic required by the "trans" brigade". 

 https://x.com/datepsych/status/1906878404915548508?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 "I don’t know how people went from “gender is a social construct” to “I get to pick my own gender.” If gender is a social construct then society decides what gender you are. If everyone is calling you “he” or “her” no one is misgendering you: that is your gender now."

 

I can't really argue with this. 

 

 https://x.com/womenreadwomen/status/1906740484053356964?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://reduxx.info/incarcerated-drag-queen-who-sex-trafficked-teens-now-a-trans-activist/

 

One of the narratives of the "trans brigade" is that the "trans" are not more likely to engage in sex crimes than any other group. Well, putting a convicted child trafficker/rapist in charge of outreach for a "trans" organization seems like it won't dispel the  notion.

 

   

 

Well, who thought that sharing this disgusting tale of woe to the public would be a good idea?  

 

 https://x.com/sal_robins/status/1906351064066269534?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "There are far too many men out there, lost in a wilderness of post surgery regret following genital modification surgery in the name of “trans”. Delusions and psycho sexual compulsions should never be treated by administering cross sex hormones and surgery. No one can change reality. Humans are not shape shifters. The only people who benefit from “gender affirming healthcare” are pharmaceutical companies and surgeons. Pathologising and mutilating healthy bodies helps no one. Exhibit 1/ A man realises that when he was castrated, had his penis flayed and inverted into a surgically created cavity in his perineum and had his glans repositioned to mimic a clitoris it robbed him of the ability to orgasm. Regret swiftly followed. There is no room in the cult for gender apostates and make no mistake, anyone who does not show 100% allegiance to “trans” is treated like an apostate. He wishes he could find support now that he’s realised what a dreadful mistake he made, but there is none. That last line begs, “Please don’t hate me. I need help!” He hasn’t given up on the idea he’s a lesbian in a man’s body though"

 

 

 

 

 

  https://x.com/garylfrancione/status/1906308465665900635?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "TRAs have still to produce a coherent response to a simple question: if a man can identify as a woman: why can't a white person identify as black?; why can't a person who believes in past lives/reincarnation identify as someone who has died? This is the fundamental problem with the idea that the truth of identity is just a matter of "lived experience." There is no limiting principle. Anyone can identity as anything. Most of us are happy to let people decide who they are. But when they insist on using their "lived experience" to justify violating the rights of others, the answer is "no.""

 

 https://x.com/hazelappleyard_/status/1906597553979666451?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROP Stuff

 https://x.com/nancyrpearcey/status/1906780334860980734?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Watch the video, and see what Islam has done to the cultures of the countries they've conquered.   

https://x.com/realmaalouf/status/1905683410359816442?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I repeat my encouragement for Dan to connect with his local chapter of Queers for Palestine and to go protest in Gaza.

 

 https://x.com/realmaalouf/status/1905346599003492814?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

That anyone who's against conquest, colonization, and the like can stay silent on Islam is simply a choice to ignore reality.  

 

 https://x.com/imtiazmadmood/status/1905484998234521690?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This is not wrong.  

 

https://x.com/ul tradane/status/1906895606339252712?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

  The government of Tajikistan stated: ‘Hijabs are an alien culture and a cultural invasion. Women in this country do not cover their hair!’

Mahmoud Kahlil

 For those who've taken up the cause of Mt Kahlil I'd simply note two things. 

1.  This is not a freedom of speech issue.  The terms of his immigration status impose limits on his actions until he receives full naturalization.  Those limits are spelled out in some detail, and agreed to by anyone who goes through the process.  If Mr Kahlil wasn't paying attention or is he decided to ignore what he agreed with, that's on him. 

2.  Freedom of speech has limits for citizens, and different limits for non citizens.  Supporting or advocating for a terrorist group or for the overthrow of the US seems like something we'd prefer that non citizens don't engage in

BVMLTT

 https://x.com/zubymusic/status/1906683215055614059?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

We now know that BLM was a massive grift, and that it's founders too the money and ran without doing anything to actually improve black lives.  Hell, they used George Floyd's NIL as their fundraising poster boy, and didn't even give his family any of what they raised.  

Fortunately, the video embedded in the post linked above puts forth a much more rational approach to making black lives better.   Of course, he'll be ignored.   

https://x.com/1776general_/status/1907004388155048416?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/ultradane/status/1906895606339252712?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

At least potential employers can save the time of even interviewing these geniuses.  

 

Live bt the Study, Die by the Study

 https://x.com/wil_da_beast630/status/1906907528845283720?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/johndsailer/status/1906813406176505978?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

For all too many on the left, there is a degree of credentialism  that they cling to.  This is especially True of "studies" that support their preconceived notions.   The first hasn't gotten much coverage yet, but it'll be interesting to see how it's reported and how other studies that disagree are reported.  

The second is a great example of a study that got all sorts of publicity, yet just keeps getting debunked for more and more reasons.   We know that they used bullshit data, yet the MSM treated it like gospel. 

The third example of this recently is the yearly celebration of women's pay equality day.   The problem is that when controlled for reality, the "women's pay gap" disappears, yet the MSM continues to push this bullshit narrative. 

 

"Normal"?

 https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1906764002182439104?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

By the logic of the pro-"trans" enablers, there is absolutely no reason to do anything but celebrate this guy.   Because enjoying the comforting feel of a warm, wet, diaper is perfectly normal for an adult. 

GLM, ... or not...

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/hamas-torture-protester-death-leave-162031455.html

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/22-year-old-palestinian-tortured-killed-by-hamas-after-joining-gaza-protests-against-terror-group/

 https://x.com/eyakoby/status/1906073459056054602?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 

Folx like Dan get all bent our of shape when "innocents" are killed by Israel in their attempt to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages.   Folx like Dan are silent when Hamas tortures and kills those Gazans who protested Hamas.   

Muck like black lives, Gazan lives only matter when they further a leftist agenda. 

Innocent?

 https://x.com/vividprowess/status/1906724350381674561?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

This video is an excellent explanation of why there are no innocent people in Gaza.  

BoT

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/trans-women-sorority-kappa-kappa-gamma-wyoming/

Dude wants to join a sorority, the women in the sorority have second thoughts.   Who could have predicted this.  

 

 https://x.com/realmaalouf/status/1905489598714683693?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Interesting thought for all the leftists out there.   Maybe listen to the people you are championing.  

 

 https://www.kirkdurston.com/blog/unwin

 https://archive.org/details/b20442580/page/n7/mode/2up

 

I don't know, but I'd think that a study of 86 cultures spanning 5000 years of history might be something to pay attention to.    But, I'd guess this means we've got less than three generations before our society collapses.   

https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorado-lgbt-activist-teacher-trans-husband-house-minor-teen-girl-against-moms-wishes

I'm not an attorney, but this almost sounds like kidnapping to me.

 

   

   

Who could possibly have imagined that removing a guys testicles might have an adverse  effect on his sex drive?  

 

 https://x.com/radiogenoa/status/1903476719098478829?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Let me get this straight.  This idiot is bitching because his free food and housing isn't good enough for his freeloading ass?    I've got a couple of simple solutions.  

 

 

 

 

I'm confused, when a gay couple wants a cake, the baker absolutely must provide them with anything and everything they want, while the old Chatterbox Jazz Club is free to discriminate to their hearts content.  When is tolerance intolerant?  

FYI, I agree that businesses should be able for the most part to serve who they want to serve.  If these idiots want to  decrease their customer base, they should be able to.  Of course when they're going out of business they'll be unable to find a relationship between this and that.  

 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1901470670774518086?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

WHAT!!!!!!   P-BO put Sleepy Joe in charge of DOGE 1.0?????    Well, they really sucked and fixing things.  

 

 

When the Truth hurts...

 

 

 

 

 Years ago I heard something like this in regards to the term meek.   Meekness is controlling one's strength when appropriate.   If you have no strength, or no capability for violence or force, then you're simply weak and harmless.  

   

Because the APA is a non partisan, neutral, science based organization.   For all that, they still contradict Dan before going off the rails.  

 

Enough said. 

Is This a Cabal?

 https://winteryknight.com/2025/03/27/the-cartel-that-is-behind-americans-declining-health-and-fitness/

 

We had some friends over for dinner the other night, and had to accommodate someone who was gluten free.   While we did so gladly, it raised a question.

When we were growing up 70s-80s, why was there not this huge amount of people  with things like peanut allergies, autism, and the like.   I'm sure that, as far as the autism spectrum, that there were probably kids who were, but weren't officially diagnosed and probably the same for other things.  I'm not saying that these things didn't exist, but they were definitely not as common. 

I'm sure that there are many reasons for this, but I can't help but think that the confluence of Big Pharma, Big Food, and Big Government has something to do with it.   I absolutely appreciate many the medicines I take, yet I also acknowledge that part of the reason I take them is because I choose not to make the lifestyle changes that I should make.    Yet, I can't help but wonder about the insane number of "vaccines" that children are "required" to take.    Some I completely get, others not so much.   Yet again, I can't help but wonder how much Big Pharma donating millions to Big Government might affect those requirements. 

Likewise, I look at the vast amounts of money generated by the Trans Medical Industrial Complex and wonder how many people are being mutilated because there is a financial reward for the service providers.  How many "therapists" push kids to "trans" because they get compensated more to do so.  

I'm trying to to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but when you look at the round robin of huge money that flows between Big Pharma, Big Food, and Big Government, it seems like it might be worth taking a look at the relationships and whether or not they're above board.  

On a related topic, EBT.   Why are companies who sell unhealthy foods so intent on lobbying for EBT to be allowed to pay for junk food?    Isn't it job of government to look out for the best interest of it's citizens?   If so, they why is EBT allowed to pay for unlimited unhealthy food?    The excuse is the people need "treats".   Except isn't the very nature of a "treat" that they aren't an everyday occurrence?  Cake and ice cream for a birthday, sure.   But is Coke and a candy bar every day really something that the Feds should be paying for?    Call me crazy, but if you're using other people's money to buy food, and likely other people's money for your health care, then shouldn't you be using a modicum of responsibility for how you use what other people provide for you?    Better food choices, lead to less need for medical services, which stretches out the budget for everyone.  

ROI

   

 

 10 years, $128 billion dollars spent, and the green sections are open for passengers.    What, oh yeah, there are no green sections.   The ROI on this is horrible.   Think about how many of the homeless that could have been housed, drug addicts that could have been treated, or reservoirs could have been expanded or built with this money. 

LGBVMLTT

 https://x.com/L__G__B/status/1737149377523704023

 

There's nothing I can add to this video that will make it any better than it is.  

BoT

 https://x.com/wil_da_beast630/status/1903563119491678691?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

BVMLTT!!!!!!

 

 https://x.com/brotherrasheed/status/1903422516107911186?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "Islam is not a spiritual religion; it is a territorial one. Everything is designed to occupy land and subjugate people. When the call to prayer is proclaimed, it is a declaration of control over that space. When they pray in the streets, it is to assert dominance over that area. When they buy churches and convert them into mosques, they are claiming the land as theirs. When they convert people, they are asserting ownership over society. When they preach, they are signaling their intent to one day rule that country. Islam is not about saving you—it is about enslaving you."

While I'm not sure you can deny that there is a spiritual component to Islam, I do agree with the premise that Islam has historically expanded based on conquest, forced conversion, and eradicating/enslaving those who don't convert.  

 

 https://x.com/l__g__b/status/1903278899942899781?  s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMY

 I'm starting to see more of this from LGB groups and individuals. That the continued adding of letters to the LGB moniker is driven by those outside the community seems logical. One thing I have seen a fair amount of is hate from the "T" community because the LGBs won't have sex with them.

 

 

 

This is another example of the DFL/APL taking groups who's interests are often completely opposed and shoving them into the DFL tent.   They promise both groups the moon, and inevitably end up favoring one and giving the shaft to the other.   

BoT

   

 

The "Asian gangs" weer Pakistani Muslim men.   But we should trust the MSM.  I know that Pakistan is "South Asia", but the headline is intentionally misleading.  

 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/26/pakistani-paedophile-allowed-stay-uk-as-he-is-alcoholic/

Apparently Pakistan isn't as concerned with pedophiles as they are with drunks.   

 

 https://time.com/5685122/gandhi-hitler-letter/

  

Maybe Gandhi wasn't quite the example many believe him to be.  

 https://x.com/scottadamssays/status/1903919086230458520?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

Sanders and AOC are on an anti-oligarchy tour, while ignoring the large number of billionaires who donate to the DFL. 

It's interesting how the definitions change when it comes to the MSM, revered journalism practitioners.

BoT

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/world/middleeast/gaza-protests-hamas.html

People like Dan and the APL refuse to assign equal or appropriate blame to Hamas for the devastation in Gaza and their refusal to release the hostages.  Fortunately some brave residents of Gaza will do what the APL won't.   

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14534349/Austrian-migrant-gang-rape-horror-Girl-12-passed-like-trophy-dozen-boys-horrifying-repeated-sex-attacks-Vienna.html

Just one more of many such stories in the new and improved Europe.

 

 https://x.com/eyakoby/status/1904503370972324247?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://www.instagram.com/hilzfuld/reel/DHpoPVVNPx-/

Fascinating video of what Hamas' goal is.  When people tell you who they are, believe them.  

https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-science-behind-the-sex-divide

It seems like an evolutionary biologist might be reasonably expert in the subject.  

 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/world/europe/heathrow-airport-fire-infrastructure.html

Seems strange that one of the busiest airports in the world was unable to access backup power for an extended period of time.  

 

 “Vladimir Lenin summarized it: “We say that our morality is wholly subordinated to the interest of the class-struggle of the proletariat.” 

 "Morality is what serves to destroy the old exploiting society and to unite all the working people around the proletariat, which is building a new, communist society.

If one has no objective, universal standard for morality then  there is really no way to argue that Lenin was wrong.   Morality is whatever is necessary to advance a Narrative.   

 

 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/04/police-prevent-asylum-seeker-accused-of-being-deported-says-lawyer

Obviously I can see why the UK would want to keep this fine upstanding gentleman all to themselves. I'm sure the UK taxpayers would prefer that this gentleman be kept in the UK on their dime, rather than deported back to his country of origin to let them deal with it.     

 

 

Temptation.

 https://youtu.be/LMp6Y3qvvig?si=mf3tzgb7PqrZUvKR

I was listening to this last night at the gym and thought it was an interesting comparison.  The comment that Satan doesn't have access to our thoughts and speculating about how bad it would be if he did was intriguing.   The notion that Satan can only throw stuff at the wall, see what sticks, then give us more of what sticks seemed like a reasonable conclusion.    

At the end where they talk about "what voices are you listening to" hit a little close to home, but tracks with what I learned from a social media coach a couple of weeks ago.   What's he's found is that people give more value to anonymous reviews on Yelp than they do to actual humans they know.  

Is this theologically perfect, probably not.  It it an interesting way to explain temptation, yes. 

Persecution

 https://winteryknight.com/2025/03/24/christian-nurse-punished-by-nhs-for-misgendering-transgender-pedophile/

 

The NT speaks repeatedly about how Christians will be persecuted for their faith.  I've always been hard pressed to call what happens in the US, Canada, and Western Europe as persecution because it's relatively mild.   Yet,as we see in the story above and others, Christians in The West are subject more and more often to persecution.   What else can you call being jailed for praying in public (especially when Muslims do it daily), being jailed for giving a rose to someone waiting for an abortion, or for a social media post.  It's more and more clear that the "post Christian" society that we've been warned about is more and more a reality in The West.    What I find amazing about stories like this is the hypocrisy embedded in the whole interaction.  

The official records labeled the patient a man.

He was a freaking convicted sex criminal, how much consideration should he get?

Medically, properly classifying patients with their biological sex is vital for treatment.  If they'd gone along with his delusion, and given him the dosage of medication prescribed for a woman it' highly likely that the treatment would not have worked.  

Why in the hell doesn't the UK have hospitals in their prisons instead of bringing violent felons into a civilian hospital.  

This interaction tells us so much about the hierarchy of oppression.   No one bats an eye at his use of racist language directed at her or his threatening actions, and the guards don't sound like they were prompt in protecting the nurse from his threats.  

This is indicative of so many things wrong with the UK, and a preview of coming attractions in the US and Canada.

 

BTW, I saw a video of a young Canadian woman  over the weekend who was told that it would a 13 months for diagnostic scans to confirm whether or not her BRAIN TUMOR might be a problem for her or not.  For all of the things that are less than desirable about the US healthcare industry, there is no way in hell that someone with a BRAIN TUMOR would have to wait 13 days for diagnostic imaging.    I'm shocked they didn't recommend suicide. 

I Am.

 ¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

 ¹⁶ But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. ¹⁷ Even in your Law it has been written that the testimony of two people is ^[e]true. ¹⁸ I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” ¹⁹ So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

 

²¹ Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[g]I am, you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[h]What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? ²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[i]I am, and I do nothing ^[j]on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; He ^[k]has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.

 

 “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham ^[s]was born, ^[t]I am.” ⁵⁹ Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

 

The words of Jesus.

The Purpose of Terrorism is to Terrorize

 Sometime I'll do another Bits of Tid post, but this seems worthy of it's own.

There's a lot of hatred for Musk floating around out there and some of the suggestions are interesting.   The notion that it is appropriate to commit violent felonies, and cause significant property damage to Teslas, while right in line with the 2020 Summer of Love riots, is objectively insane.

 

The trading in of Teslas to by VW, BMW, or Audi electric cars lis literally going from supporting a company owned by a fake NAZI, to supporting companies that literally supported real NAZIs.  

What might be the stupidest are the shots at Space X.    The notion that Space X shouldn't be paid for sending a rocket up the the ISS to retrieve the astronauts who've been stuck up there for months, or that paying for services rendered is some sort of "subsidy" is stupid enough.    That there's a move to stop paying Space X because they've had test rockets explode (some intentionally, some not) as if experimental rocket stuff is never going to malfunction or need to be command detonated, is even stupider.  

If people are living in fear because of these idiots burning Cyber trucks (they are really ugly ugly, but that's another issue) and having to put stickers on them for "protection" (like the poor black business owner who painted Black Owned on their plywood and got burned and looted anyway in MPLS), then this is literally terrorism.  

What's interesting is that when conservatives got upset with Bud Light a couple of years ago, they simply stopped buying Bud Light and bought different beer.   When liberals get upset about something, they loot, burn, vandalize, and destroy.   Or they threaten to do those things.   "No justice, no peace" is literally a terrorist threat given the 2020 Summer of Love and how they threatened the Chauvin jury. 

Limits

 I'm not going to go too deep into this, but I think that the pardon reversal story does have one interesting aspect.  

From the founding of our republic up until fairly recently, the notion that a president would not sign official documents in person seems to have not even been considered.  Only recently with the advent of technology is this auto signing even an option.   (as opposed to electronic remote signatures)   When you add to this the rumors of mental decline of both Reagan and Biden, the possibility of misuse becomes more of a concern.   

So while, I generally consider the pardon power absolute, I would also agree that if someone slipped an extra pardon or two into a stack for auto signatures that those pardons would not be valid as POTUS was unaware of them.   Obviously this extends to anything that needs a presidential signature being misused.

Where I see the value in Trump's action is  that this is clearly something that needs to be litigated to determine when, if ever, an actual signature is required.   I think I can make peace with whatever the outcome is, but it needs to be dealt with.   If I was Trump, I would promulgate an EO regarding the appropriate use of the auto pen and under what circumstances it will be used.   It does seem like there should be limits on it's use, and sooner rather than later.