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Susan Daniels's avatar

How about we use the seats of the anti-American Democrats who are not going to show up for the SOTU speech and fill them with American gold medal winning hockey players?

Hockey is a tremendous sport; however, it is very expensive for a family. The equipment is outrageously priced, and the traveling the teams do is very expensive. It's a great idea, but most families cannot afford it.

Ashe in America's avatar

Exactly. It’s not accessible — that was part of my point. Outfitting a kid for hockey is over a thousand dollars, and that’s just the gear — not team fees , travel etc — and then they grow out of it immediately! It’s a sacrifice that involves the whole family. Our whole family had to be dedicated to our one son playing hockey or it wouldn’t have worked. Maybe that’s the difference maker and why hockey kids are different. Maybe making it more accessible would undermine that part of it. Idk. Would be great, though, to see the kind of community support and investment in hockey infrastructure that there is for football or basketball. My town has tried to pass a resolution for a rink forever — it always gets killed, for a decade now. Last thought: Making it more accessible would make it more affordable. Chicken-Egg 🤷🏼‍♀️

Wild Bill's avatar

Might also be part of the reason why Team USA defeated Canada in overtime. Hockey in Canada is such a religion that they make sure every kid gets to play, where in the USA not everyone can afford to play.

Ergo, in Canada there is plenty of opportunity to play full 5-on-5 (plus goalie) hockey. In the US, lots of kids probably have to play with a reduced roster -- so when they get to overtime and change over to 3-on-3, the Americans have a lot more experience (since childhood) playing that way. Such experience can make a difference in a game like the recent Olympic championship -- and when the teams are as uniformly excellent as the best Olympic teams in the world are, small differences in skill and experience can be the deciding factor.

Critical Thinker's avatar

lol, no. The US has some great players and hockey development has taken off in the past quite a bit. We have the exact same challenges you do, and most buy used equipment to get by. Figure skating, on the other hand...you need a second mortgage for that.

Canada should have easily won that game, but there was something almost pre-ordained that lead the US to gold. Maybe the spirit of Johnny Gaudreau, or just the power of the Golden Age upon us, but you'll never see wide open nets missed MULTIPLE times like that ever again. It was meant to be this way.

It still stings, as a Canadian, but I get the bigger picture. We have a great, sporting rivalry and it just got better.

Wild Bill's avatar

Yeah, I get it. I'm a dual citizen (USA/CAN) so I won no matter how the game turned out!

But seriously, having lived in both places for many years, and grown up in Michigan where hockey was treated as seriously as anywhere in the USA (and my mother's family is from Northern Minnesota), I can say from experience that hockey has always been a bigger deal in Canada than the USA. I remember when my brother was in high school, that our school (Midland High School, a 'class-A' or largest size school) finally got a hockey team. This was ca. 1980. High school sports is the big thing in the US; in Canada it is more club teams -- so that says that even in a northern state where kids (especially in the Upper Peninsula) often grew up playing hockey on frozen ponds, hockey wasn't on a par with football, basketball, baseball, field & track, and even tennis. Now I suppose it is different, but c'mon, hockey is Canada's national pastime!

Oh, and that year they started a hockey team -- the Midland Chemics won the lower peninsula championship, beating all comers -- and then got clobbered in the state finals against a much smaller class-C school, the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, representing the UP. Maybe it's different today, but even under the best conditions, hockey in the USA, even in northern states, competes for attention and resources with all those other sports.

And yes, the USA-CAN rivalry, especially in hockey, is a great rivalry. Canada wins more often than not, but US can't be taken for granted. Canada was by all measures the better team this year, but a funny thing happened on the way to the championship. The better team does not always win, and there are a lot of reasons this can happen. Sometimes, nothing more than luck. In this case I believe the Americans just wanted it more, while the Canadians assumed they'd earned it. Who can say? We'll likely meet again in the Olympic finals soon, perhaps in 2030. And that will, as is always the case, be a great game. May the best team win!

GregoryPravda's avatar

Wow, I had no idea it cost that much now!

Jim Schout's avatar

Hockey is a great sport, but all sports rely on competition. Competition makes the sport exist. The key is each sport has specific rules that must be followed.

I would like to point out a huge misconception about competition. Most Americans think it is a good thing, but I have learned it is not really good except in sports and this confusion makes for a lot of our present day problems.

For instance, I think competition is absolutely horrible for politics. Why two parties except to create competition? George Washington railed against parties for this reason. Politicians should never compete! They may disagree on ideas, but rational discussion and truth should rule the day.

I would argue that our present situation proves my point. We are at a stagnation point due to political competition. Both parties rely on Billions of our dollars to try to compete with their opposites. Is that rational?

The other place where we hear about the value of competition is in business. I am here to tell you that business hates competition! They do not hate the other companies they compete with, they hate needing to compete! Business is the opposite of sports.

What business loves is an unfair advantage. That makes them winners. It is not about competing, it is about crushing anyone who tries to compete. The unfair advantage makes the company rich, competition makes them poor. Being the low bidder is not a winning proposition. It immediately makes you start questioning your evaluation of the things you assumed to be true. It’s like, “What the Hell did I overlook?”

The key to having that unfair advantage is in the specifications. If you can get your product’s special, patented, sole source goodie specified, you get to name your price and there is no competition. Bingo! You love it!

This brings me back to politics. If a business can get its special, patented, sole source goodie named as a necessary piece of a multi-billion dollar project, who even cares? Your business pockets millions and you can just decide to donate a couple hundred thousand to the politicians who inserted the right words into the appropriations package.

So, let’s applaud the Gold winning hockey team tonight and appreciate their competitive spirit. Then, open your eyes and look at the damned politicians who benefit from no competition by inventing competition where it doesn’t even belong!

Mainly, recognize how competition is not all good. Actually, it is just a confusing word except in sports.

Jim Schout's avatar

Oh, and by the way, men competing in women’s sports is a perfect example of gaining that unfair advantage. I bet it was learned by figuring out the business position. See? It makes complete sense if you understand the logic.

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With whats going on in Mexico, I think this would be a good time to release the Fast and Furious files, that were almost released years ago. This was another scandal during the Obama administration, where Eric Holder was the AG, and had to step down because he refused to turn over the files to congress.

📣📣📣 Shout out to congress, I have a request!!

Ashe in America's avatar

Crazy how there was never justice for that whole thing. Or not so crazy, just maddening lol. Great idea on the files — I bet you the majority of people have no idea. Combine F&F with Benghazi and people’s heads will explode. “Why do you hate Obama so much?” Have a seat and get comfortable… 😂🤝

Starsky's avatar

And make sure to mention how Mark Kelly was involved with trying to frame gun shop owners in Arizona in the whole F & F fiasco… and now, after a stolen election, that creep is our Senator!

Kelly McCulloch's avatar

Our 37 year old athletic son had never ice skated in his life until 6 years ago when his boss invited him to join a Vet/First Responders League. He signed up for skating lessons and applied himself. He enjoyed playing so much that he has been on three different leagues at one time and started his own D league team. He and his wife are now huge fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning even though our family never paid any attention to hockey in our lives. Most recently our son has been teaching our five year old grandson to skate on the weekends. I don’t know how or why hockey has surged in the US but I support it! Soccer was surging when I was in high school and our kids played even though my husband constantly referred to it as “a communist plot to overthrow America.” He gave up watching football when Kapernick took the knee.

Ashe in America's avatar

I can hear him saying this — also, I never thought about it before… but yeah, I can see it. He was right 😂❤️

Kathy's avatar

Jesus speaking...

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

💒🕊️💕 Amen ! 💕🕊️💒

Thank you very much, Kathy!

🇫🇷🫂🕊️💕🇺🇲

May God bless and keep you!

🇺🇲🫂🕊️💕🇫🇷

HisGloriousVictory's avatar

This right after He inaugurated the New Covenant in His blood and body!

Wild Bill's avatar

Always love the context you add, HGV! 💖🙏✝🕊🕊🕊

Featherjourney's avatar

Huckabee is getting well-deserved push back!!

Ghost: “Mike Huckabee has succeeded not only in uniting the Muslim World, but what seems like the entire free world, against Israel.”

Light at the end of the Zionist tunnel!!

Absolutely excellent “take” altogether on Israel by Ghost today! Thank you

🙏❤️🇺🇸🌟

Ashe in America's avatar

“If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.” Matthew 24:22

Jesus said that.

HisGloriousVictory's avatar

He describes it again in Revelation 10-12!

Also - the first use of the verb "cut short" is actually (in the original) an unqualified past tense, passive, fact - so Jesus is not predicting He is reporting the Father's plan! And then affirming His confidence in its actualization!

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

Hello Featherjourney 🪶🕊️🪶!

It seems Mike Huckabee and Laura Loomer just made [Them]selves the very last (or very first in this case ?) "auto-burnt" cards ?? 👍🏻🤔

🇫🇷💕🫂🕊️🇺🇲

Featherjourney's avatar

Hi Trumpist ❤️🕊🌟

They can’t have many more (if any!!) cards left to play / burn.

👍 🇺🇸💕🕊🇫🇷🕊🌟

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

Those cards are one-shot ones !

I wonder how does Sarah feel today??

To me, President Trump had clearly nominated Mike Huckabee for this very specific task, and he may have succeeded much more than what was intended (hoped ?) !

Featherjourney's avatar

Trump is always many steps ahead 👍

Perhaps picking Huckabee was a way to pacify Bibi for awhile, letting other moves play out…until…we get to Save Israel for last

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

Maybe we could soon watch Lady Levin and Mark Lindsey become the next prominent Zionist auto-burnt cards to get activated (// MKUltra like…?) ?

Samuel E Roberson Jr's avatar

I am looking forward to the SOTU tonight, I have read that Pres. Trump has already alerted Congress that this STOU will be longer than his normal speech's. Pres. Trump's speech's last on average 1 1/2 hours for normal speech's, so we can be in for up to or more than 3 hours of Pres. Trump tonight.

It is going to be very entertaining with all the counter SOTU address's that the leftist who never learned how to be a good loser's are going to put on tonight.

We now have to be the Adults in the room and put our foot down when they throw their temper tantrum's, so hopefully this will be mentioned as well tonight, we need to bring MAGA back together, working together and laser focused once again on getting all the facts and evidence out to the people proving the deep state is real and all these conspiracy theories... Are true.

Kathy's avatar

Great job on bringing us the news, as always. 😀 Have a blessed day everyone. 🙏

Bleighv05 (believe05)'s avatar

Hockey is amazing - having just come into the sport with our grandson. For a kid who is "too little" to be a goalie - he is an amazing goalie. Most teams are surprised by how well he does. Hockey doesn't discriminate. If you play hard and train hard - you will succeed. Hmmmmm - seems like a good work ethic motto for this nation.

Mexico - how many others will rise to the surface to fill the void? Or are these more burn cards to be used up? Watching and waiting.

Wild Bill's avatar

When I saw Jack Hughes, toothless grin and wrapped in the Stars & Stripes, I thought "Here is the meme of the day!"

We're back...

Featherjourney's avatar

I know nothing much about ice hockey…but when I read about Jack Hughes, saw that picture and his “toothless grin” hugging our flag, I nearly welled up! The National Pride was felt even by us who don’t follow the sport ❤️🇺🇸

Wild Bill's avatar

That is a photo for the ages. This is a 'We're Back!' moment for the USA. And it is not just hockey -- Donald Trump is taking on the world and winning, winning, winning! And as needs to be the case, his wins are not necessarily at someone else's expense. The best wins are when both sides come out winners, and Trump has an uncanny knack for finding and taking advantage of such opportunities.

Featherjourney's avatar

Beautifully stated, WildBill!

💖🕊🕊🕊

Paul Modica's avatar

Another fantastic brief with truly insightful takes on current events. Make PEACE Great Again!!!

Gary's avatar

The Christian Church is the expression of the Biblical Israel, not that little country in the Middle East. That said, we must be careful to also remember that the actions of that country's government can't and mustn't be used to indict every member of the Bible's dominant religion from Genesis through the Gospels. Huckabee's statement inflames both sides of that error.

Ashe in America's avatar

What is “Biblical Israel”? Also what is the dominant religion you’re referring to?

Featherjourney's avatar

Not sure Gary’s intention / meaning but to me “Biblical Israel” refers to a people not a nation state

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

Yes, Feather 🪶🕊️🪶 !

I support your reading !

Featherjourney's avatar

😉🙏❤️🇺🇸🕊🇫🇷🕊🌎

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

"The General who noticed"

published by EKO today, about ... Patton ! 🤩🙏🏻

Featherjourney's avatar

Just read it. This is a story I didn’t know!! Wow…

Thanks Trumpist!🙏❤️🕊🌎🌟

Sovereign Yogi's avatar

Instead of relying on ANY church, why not invest in awakening ALL of Humanity's Christic Hearts? Starting w/ each & every Sovereign Patriot. Every religion matrix will dissolve as Christ rises up in U & me.

Featherjourney's avatar

Well said!

Christ Consciousness is the Second coming of Christ…available to all who are willing to devote themselves to undoing the illusions of an ego projected world

Sovereign Yogi's avatar

In June Mexico is hosting 13 World Cup matches (4 in Jalisco). US is hosting 78 matches scattered across blue cities. DJT invested lotta chips to host World Cup (btw: brilliant chess). Mexican ppl got lotta pride, love of football (soccer) & YUGE $$$ on the line. Last night Q Stormrider reported many ppl canceled World Cup travel plans to Mexico due to Cartel violence. So I'm betting heavily on Mex Police/Mil, US Mil + Mexican ppl to clean house 117% against Globalist Narco/Andreno/Human Trafficking Cabal + corrupt Mex politicians/police. It's getting near closing time for Satanists!

City of London is negotiating for survival w/ BIS. Curiously Epstein videos & more gruesome evidence turning up in storage units in AZ, NM, FL & UK. 1980's video showing Jimmy Savile is about to enter the movie w/ Andrew + Mandelson.

March Madness NCAA starts March 17. So White Hats gotta get their asses in gear. I'm trying not to get too excited about tonight. But it could be epic! Oh, fake Alien Invasion is the Enemy's final card. Can Trump use a combo humor & truth tonight to defuse that Project Bluebeam bomb?

Critical Thinker's avatar

Excellent observation....I had forgotten that Mexico was co-hosting the World Cup, and right where it's ground zero at the moment. Perfect timing and cover for the clean-up to take place....makes total sense, timing wise.

And fingers cross that "March Madness" reference means what I think it means.....I'll pray 17x on it.

ALtab's avatar

—-Ashe. I’m not a sports fan particularly, however I am a fan of this, ‘Hockey communities breed strong young men and women.’ We sorely need these!

—-Ghost, this doesn’t seem like a coincidence, ‘Last week, Sheinbaum formally invited the SEALs—though this was only in a training capacity.’ Aah, the bankers and financiers….finally.

—-Concur completely, Ashe! ‘I’m skeptical.’ But….the CIA IS the poster child of illegal psychological warfare. ‘The only full control belongs to God. God wins.’ Not good news for the 3-letter operators.

—-Ghost’s assessment of Israel’s Middle East agenda (to start) is excellent and covers much of the various ‘opinions/intentions’ of the powers that be in Israel. I consider that Israel (as a modern state) fulfills the Prussian desire for their own country from which to rule the world and if one looks at the situation from this perspective, what we see happening appears to fit. As does Ghost’s additional comment, ‘Radicalized religious extremists.’ Saved for last is definitely a multifaceted expression.👀

—-God does win. Always, albeit not in accordance with our own timeline.

Aliwister's avatar

….summary, America First—-israel (for) last—-God for the Win!?!

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

Hello from France 🇫🇷, Aliwister !

That's very well stated! 👍🏻🫂

Anna's avatar

"To be clear, the moment has passed. There won’t be a war with Iran. I don’t know that for certain, as I am not part of Trump’s team, but he gave his word to his Muslim friends that he would bring peace and stability to the region. And if it is a feat of strength that President Trump wishes to display to his Arab partners, there would be no greater demonstration of strength than to stand up to the Israel Lobby and the NeoCons, and stop their warmongering plans."

@Ghost, I appreciate your words more than you know. (I downloaded the statement issued by Saudi Arabia to reread.)

I am so weary of the naysayers saying Trump is a zionist. What you do is not simple cheerleading for Trump, but real geopolitical analysis of the events unfolding. I appreciate the clarity, and truth, you bring to the brief and the broader understanding of the Middle East. Thank you!

Featherjourney's avatar

Great comment 👏👏🙏❤️

Anna's avatar

Thank you! ♥️🙏🕊

Featherjourney's avatar

Thank you, Ashe, for your report and thoughts about the security concerns that surround our beloved President Trump. I think [they’ve] been trying since 2017.

As Trump recently stated at the Nat’l Prayer Breakfast : “Prayer is America’s superpower.” I believe it!!

On a somewhat related note - the Pentagon Files. Trump has called for the release of the ufo/aliens files to be released. I have long suspected that the secret layers of our military are actually responsible for many of the “sightings” (their Star Wars program) as well as the MKUltra mind control program, Monarch - control of our government through their evil trauma-based tactics to create spies and puppets to do their bidding.

Read an interesting article on this:

https://forbiddennews.substack.com/p/the-plot-to-infiltrate-the-us-government

Of note, the MKUltra tactics have been replaced by using frequencies, mentioned in the substack post.

Imo, prayer frequency would be a counterforce to diabolical frequencies (if such frequencies actually exist)

Anna's avatar

https://badlands.substack.com/p/badlands-brief-285/comment/219051587?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=pfhz4

For some reason, when I hit reply, it goes to the main thread, instead of below your comment. Anyway, great response, above!

Featherjourney's avatar

Thanks, Anna!

That happens to me also sometimes! ❤️🇺🇸🕊🐬🐎🕊🌎🌟

Anna's avatar

Breaking news from the rabbit hole:

https://truthsocial.com/@ThePostMillennial/116126988746327666

Candace must be turning wrong side out.

🐇🤦‍♀️👸🙏🕊

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

Hi Anna !

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/erika-kirk-attend-state-union-trumps-guest

And you can add this article...

"Dan Bongino Sound Off On Those Claiming Erika Kirk Is Implicated In Charlie’s Murder: “Go F*ck Yourself You Demonic Scum”"

https://wltreport.com/2026/02/24/dan-bongino-sound-those-claiming-erika-kirk-is

Featherjourney's avatar

Wow…

Bongino comes off as unstable. I don’t know what the truth is but Candace has never lowered herself to profanity-laced rants!

Personally, Candace has made very convincing arguments and I wonder how much of the money pouring in to TPUSA since CK died is compliments of Netanyahu?? Charlie refused Bibi’s offer…has Erika?

Anyway, Thanks, Trumpist, for the link 🙏❤️🕊

Anna's avatar

Maybe he is looking in the mirror talking to himself. What he said was not nice, at all. 🙏🕊🐇🇫🇷🇺🇲

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

I really don't know nor understand this mess around Erika (and don't want to know !).

All the people tied to this story seem to be multi faceted and I can't be confident about any of them... 🥺

Anna's avatar

I'm not sure how I feel about Dan. I never listened to him before he joined the fbi, and I don't listen to him now that he's podcasting again. I thought he might be good at the fbi, since they asked him to join. But he left, don't know why. Maybe he is playing a role from central casting in this crazy movie we have to watch daily. I'm hoping to watch Trump’s speech tonight. I will try not to 🤮 when the camera pans to Erika.

Featherjourney's avatar

Thanks, Anna!

I never followed Bongino either but his blatant condemnation is very low frequency…and unprofessional.

It doesn’t surprise me Trump would invite her…if you think about it, not inviting her would be very strange given it’s actually about Charlie - even though the article makes it all about Erika!

And her “forgiveness” of Tyler Robinson at Charlie’s memorial…talk about influencing the jury pool, basically condemning him before his trial…a calculated manipulation on her part.

Something strange is going on!

🐇🌟🐇🌟🐇🌟

Anna's avatar

Totally agree, Feather. Low frequency for sure! Unprofessional, too. Guess that explains why I never got into his broadcasts.

I'm disappointed but not surprised by Erika's invitation to the SOTU. Optics, that's all I have to say. I wonder who will be seated next to Melania? I hope not Erika.

Your explanation is as plausible as any. Great response! 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🙏🙏🙏

Anna's avatar

♥️🙏🕊

Anna's avatar

"The only full control belongs to God. God has protected our President — and will until He decides to bring him home. Pray for the President’s ongoing protection.

God wins."

@Ashe, so right! We don't know God's timing. When I hear anyone speak "with certainty" about future events, my question is how can anyone be so sure? God IS in full control, and no one knows the outcome with certainty, playbooks be damned. We trust in God, and we trust in God's promise to us that He will always protect the believers. The fact is, many righteous believers were martyred for steadfastness to God. Our prayers and our faith are the most important tools we have. Keep the faith, God bless Trump!

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

💒🕊️💕 Amen ! 💕🕊️💒

Great comment, Anna !

🇫🇷🫂🕊️💕🇺🇲

May God bless and keep both of you, Ashe and Anna !

🇺🇲🫂🕊️💕🇫🇷

Anna's avatar

Thank you Trumpist! And may God always bless you, too. ♥️🔥🙏🕊🇫🇷🇺🇲

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

"The incarceration of “Sacrificial Lamb” Tina Peters by the Deep State”

🤬🇺🇲🤬

https://joehoft.com/incarceration-sacrificial-lamb-tina-peters-deep-state/

🇫🇷 TRUMPist de La Fayette 🇺🇸's avatar

"The General who noticed"

published by EKO today, about ... Patton ! 🤩🙏🏻

Lone Star exile's avatar

13 "Go to now, ye that say, To day or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."

(James 4: 13-17)

Seems appropriate to remember these cautionary scriptures...

Anna's avatar

I love this! Thank you! And James is my favorite book of the Bible! ♥️🙏🕊

Wild Bill's avatar

Lotta wisdom in those few pages.