From my personal experience I have seen situations that looked like they would take decades or even generations to fix get turned around 180 degrees in 8 weeks. We all see the world through our own experiential reality but when radical change occurs and break the old mold the world experiences dramatic seismic change.
BB I agree, my wife and I own two retail stores in a rural lake community that has gone through an incredible revitalization over the past 5 years. Shop Local and Small Business has seen tremendous growth. The economy is getting hammered and running a small business takes constant focus but people are turning away from big box store and malls and try their best to shop local. People love to see small towns come back to life.
“People love to see small towns come back to life.” 👍❤️🙏🇺🇸
I remember a time when small village life had a thriving Main Street…the one I lived in as a kid in upstate NY was like that. Then over the past 2 decades, (I still visit family there) it became nearly a ghost town of vacant storefronts that couldn’t compete with the mega plazas 15 miles down the road. Many residents there still miss the friendly local atmosphere of their once busy Main Street.
One of our kid’s businesses has been a big part of the community support of the historical downtown development. People come from surrounding towns to experience their coffee and ice cream…. It survived Covid and will survive whatever is coming.🙏
My daughter-in-law is super creative and a truly old soul! She’s the beautiful soul behind its success….not a huge profit, but they also have a thrift store that is steady in both good times and bad.🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for adding this endearing description! It makes me happy to read it! God Bless her and your son and their creative spirit. I wish them the BEST ❤️🙏
GBPH - "As we have learned in America, when there is real prosperity, people tend to focus on enjoying their lives, rather than hyperbolic political infighting. (That apathy can also be dangerous, as it can lead to a rise of a petulant political class that hates its own citizenry, but I digress. It's been a painful lesson for us to have learned.)" With digressions like this...!
Vigilance is a most difficult virtue to maintain without awareness of a threat. I have found that maintaining a sense of unity (specifically, avoiding the tendency to allow divisions to be artificially created as a means of pitting Man against Man: see Rev.6:4 - and remember that the "sword = dagger" and points to murder and mayhem not war) within the Human Race while also remaining vigilant is aided by remembering who the true enemy is (hint: not of flesh and blood - Ephesians 6, etc.)!
Ashe - "It’s all amusing. Until it isn’t. What happens when they leave campus?”
Clearly rhetorical - and clearly echoing 2020's chaos. Today is recognized as the National Day of Prayer - seems like a reasonable response to the devilish ploys of those who hate...
BB - "short-term pain is not only probable, but arguably necessary to accelerate the very awakening process we want and need to play out.”
Undoubtably the powers that be understand that too and will do what they can to break the will of the people just enough to dilute our enthusiasm for freedom. Keeping our hearts and minds on Truth and those things that really matter - as Simon frequently points out - is our best offense. (IMO)
It’s been clear for some time that the GOP is no friend of the Constitution. They have become the party of expediency. We need to support the effort to bring about an Article V Convention of States, calling for term limits, balanced budgets and a return to Constitutional government.
Guess I didn’t have the popular gop governors quite on my plate, but to rethink it, they are in Trump’s reoccurring spotlight . Plus, “saving Israel for last” gets more interesting as well. It appears I need a bigger plate!?! God Bless!!!
GBPH - "All of those governors have publicly boasted about this accomplishment. Kristi Noem even entitled her legislation the "God's Chosen People Act," implying that Christians are somehow not God's chosen people, despite the Bible quoting Jesus as saying that exact thing."
"For God so loved the world (the word is kosmos and means all that He created) that He gave His only Begotten Son...Jesus. To the Jew first, yes. But not to the Jews only. AD 70 and the siege of Jerusalem was the end of God's patience with those who refused to accept the fulfillment of the old covenant and the institution of the new. As Paul - the Pharisee - put it: the olive tree that represents the people of God was pruned of those who refused to continue to be fruitful (meaning to stay true to His covenant - not their ideas of what His covenant should be); allowing those who accepted it - even if they were not originally a part of the "tree" to be grafted in. All are welcome - but it is God's tree that we must all be grafted into.
I love all of Mankind - or at least I know that God would have me to. The founders did a good job by stating "all Men are created equal, and are endowed, by their creator..."
Laws like this are an awful way to virtue signal and should be challenged!
I have marveled at the inability of the many to recognize that those promises God made in the Old Testament that were not fulfilled before the crucifixion, must be fulfilled using New Testament paradigms. When we pray for the peace of Jerusalem as a response to Isaiah's prophecies we should be thinking of the body of Christ; and "the peace of Israel" - those who have been grafted in - no matter their ancestry. Jesus repeats twice in the Revelation: "those who say they are Jews, but are not...but are the synagogue of Satan." This is not anti-semitism, on the contrary it is true Love!
I understand I am of the minority...so be it!
PS - I have a series in my substack that better explains what I am trying to say in brief in the Brief.
The problem we have now, using the olive tree metaphor, is that there are 'powers and principalities' who are perfectly happy to throw Roundup on it and kill the whole thing.
Fortunately 'the armor of God' will protect that tree, and bring death and destruction on satan and his followers.
Hmmm….The whistleblower: Mr. Dean’s death sounds suspiciously like poisoning. Just my initial thought.
Prosperity throughout history has always led to apathy. We must not repeat this here. I believe the best way is to ensure a small government that keeps responsibilities to the Constitutional model. The bureaucracy must be removed completely.
Interesting takes on the speaker who promised no more aid to proxy states w/o border control, then he capitulated. The real reason will likely be something I’ve not imagined.🧐
Inverse Shariah and opera. Like the possibilities. Maybe the entire world will enjoy cuisine, music and art on a multicultural level.👍
Our fearless Tiger is going to be right about this, ‘…REAL US economy. That's Main Street, folks. Stay frosty. Stay lean. Stay vigilant. We can outlast them.’ As is both Ghost and Ashe. Everything we are seeing is increasing the awakening in ever broadening circles….on the world stage, too; it’s all connected. Good for the RICO approach.
Thank you all! You are the bright spot of our daily conversation! God bless.🙏🙏
Great take by GhostOfPatrickHenry on antisemitism bill. The cabal understands the human psyche very well, and their goal is always chaos. Setting up oppo groups against antisemitism with paid agitators, to loudly protest against their own pro-Israel groups, creates a synthesis of chaos, hatred, and violence. I guess this has to occur over and over and over.... again until people finally see the setup. You guys do a great job exposing that.
BIDENS new Rules for auto industry...'Kill Switch' to be mandated in cars by 2026 with software deciding if you're too impaired to drive. I dont think this has anything to do with safety. They push to legalize drugs and dope up American children with Pharma-crack/meth and now this to keep you in your prison homes and unable to escape the 5 mile RULE from your home,,,,coming soon.
Another Witness killed off at Boeing. Johnson gave everything to the DEMS that they wanted, including a WAR and the death of American Soldiers to a tune of 62 plus BILLION dollars. Greene said, right after it was passed, DEMs demanded more by SEP 2024. What do they have on Johnson? Pics of Schumer with a child on Pedo Island and Pics of so many more with children and yet the GOP doesn't use that leverage or exposure on DEMs to oust them. I want to know what Johnson (Who has changed his position on everything since becoming Speaker) did, that was so heinous? Greene is the only fighter I see in Congress and let's pray these good for nothing Republicans stand up with her and grow a spine over the weekend. REVOKE the VISA of every protestor who is on one! LOCK THEM UP! Lock up the PEDOs in DC too!
Johnson is doing what he is supposed to, as Speaker: facilitate the will of Congress. In doing so, he is showing that he (and the system) have no underlying values they are willing to fight and die for. Unlike, for instance, the Founding Fathers who knew they would die if the values they fought for did not prevail.
What Johnson is doing is important -- it is part of the Exposure and Disclosure operation. People need to see just how corrupt and controlled Congress is. Johnson's capitulation is part and parcel of that.
Johnson was the deciding vote on this. He broke the tie, according to Greene. He has voted right along with the Uniparty on everything. Marjory laid out a good case for the corruption outside the Capitol for reporters C-Span and called for his resignation. We shall see where this rabbit hole takes us next.
Not sure from your original post what bill you refer to, but I will stick to my comment, and add to it with this: there is no more conclusive way for him to show who he really is, than from his voting record. As with all of them. Trump wants these folks on record regarding what side they are on.
It has to be this way; and remember that leaving aside something apocalyptic like nuclear WW3, there are not too many things these traitors are doing, here and abroad, which cannot be undone. There will be costs and losses, as there are in any conflict, and this is a war between the forces of good and evil; but good will win in the end.
Yes, but look back at today's Brief: "House Democratic leadership on Tuesday confirmed what has long been rumored: If Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduces a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), they will help kill it. ... "We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion to Vacate the Chair," Jeffries and his deputies, Reps. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), said in a statement."
Why not? They and the Uniparty have been getting everything they want. They like Johnson.
From my personal experience I have seen situations that looked like they would take decades or even generations to fix get turned around 180 degrees in 8 weeks. We all see the world through our own experiential reality but when radical change occurs and break the old mold the world experiences dramatic seismic change.
BB I agree, my wife and I own two retail stores in a rural lake community that has gone through an incredible revitalization over the past 5 years. Shop Local and Small Business has seen tremendous growth. The economy is getting hammered and running a small business takes constant focus but people are turning away from big box store and malls and try their best to shop local. People love to see small towns come back to life.
If you analyze Starbucks performance for the last 30 years you find the growth rate of the stock has been close to 20% per year. Quite frankly that is just not sustainable long-term. After the latest drop, that CAGR has dropped to 15% which I think is still higher than we should expect for the future. In other words, SBUX shares are going through a normal readjustment and the economy is helping it along.
The good news is people are going to drink their coffee and the business is well established. Time will tell where the adjustment settles out, but we should not read too much into it. A dollar invested in 1994 is now returning $74. The speculator has been well compensated.
Every major corporation experiences this sort of correction as the business matures. The world has just so much demand for expensive, designer coffee. It is one of those things we can easily do without and just brew our own at home or in the office. Starbucks sells bagged coffee too, it is just not a high profit item.
CAGR = compound annual growth rate. I don't waste my money on their coffee anymore. They didn't seem to mind. Not FDIC Insured Not investment advise - not affiliated with Caribou Coffee... ;-)
Regarding Starbucks: I admit that I am a caffeine addict - drinking at least 3 cups of coffee a day. If I were to drink my standard Starbucks drink at that rate (BTW its a Large Red Eye) the cost as of last time I bought one was about $18.
Long ago I stopped buying this as the cost of my addiction would run over $100 per week. I have a standard Mr Coffeeish coffee maker and buy canned coffee. The regular canned coffee I bought (I think Folgers) went up by $6 a couple weeks ago (from $8 to $16) so I bought the similar strength generic store brand for $7.
Was it a step down? Well, yes.
But when feeding my habit I can reduce the price from $100 to $7, You have to consider it.
Starbucks makes massive profit off of my basic battery acid coffee order. Their take on a Venti half caf soy milk frappuccino with an extra shot plus flavoring is much higher and they are getting at least $10 out of their customer's pocket for a cup for that.
On the one hand, if people are dumb enough to pay for it, then more power to Starbucks for it. My take is that at some point, people should be able to figure it out. But when they do, they will probably opt for K-Cups, which are just as big a come on as Starbucks.
One of the reasons people go to Starbucks is that they like to feel pampered. Watching someone make a 50 cent cup of coffee for you and write your name on the cup is worth that $6 to them. They get so addicted, they return again and again...
These people, for the most part, do not have much of anything in their life they find rewarding. When they do, suddenly Starbucks seems less important. They shift their need for acceptance and conformance and attention to some other object. That can be good, or bad, depending on what the 'new object' is. Good, if it's a pet, or a child; bad, if it is a worse addiction -- coke, fentanyl, pedophilia...
Ive always hated Starbuck coffee. Its a cheap coffee with artificial flavors. Im old school. I love the coffee I make with my Percolator at home. Besides that, they are anti American. PS, Never drink where you get shit on!
The Federal Reserve has boxed themselves into a corner and I see no exit possible. Ben Bernancke said the Fed would never “Monitize the debt”. But within a year that is what they began doing. They were boxed in back then with super low rates. Now they are boxed in by high rates…one lead to the next.
The problems are all related to deficit spending by our government and that deficit spending is directly related to entitlements. If you will just look at the CBO data we pay them to publish yearly you will find the problem if tax receipts are compared to spending. Obviously we are borrowing $Trillions we do not have in total receipts, but where is the money going?
If we look at the loss due to entitlement costs versus receipts from those taxes alone we find the entire deficit easily. This is what the Democrats do not want us to see. But, Republicans do not want to point it out because Americans love Medicare and Medicaid. Actually, Social Security comes fairly close to breaking even thanks to the accounting trickery of the “lock box”. Those funds were spent in the year they were collected and special treasury bonds were offered to move the cash to the treasury for politicians to spend. The money is long gone and the treasury has to buy those fake bonds back with tax dollars every year. So, it makes things look better on paper while the truth is our debt is getting worse in reality. This is just a game invented by evil politicians many years ago and we are dealing with it today.
So, the Fed needed to stop the collapse in 2000 due to the dot.com bubble and again in 2009 due to the real estate bubble. Each time they printed huge amounts of money by taking on huge amounts of debt to fill the void left from the collapse of the system. But, excessively low interest rates caused excessive borrowing but China decided not to keep buying our Treasury Bonds and instead started buying our politicians. That seemed to be a better investment. Heck, look at Joe Biden and what he has done for China. They even bragged about it before the 2020 election. They owned America! Or they thought they owned us.
So, now the Congress leaving in 2022 votes to spend Trillions we do not have on plans that have no rational purpose but the Fed has to fund the silliness because they are the credit card with no limit for Congress. And, inflation come roaring back just as predicted. But raising rates is not working like it did in 1981 because we are broke and the Trillion dollar annual cost is sucking up tax revenues at unsustainable rates. The Fed is boxed in!
But, the good news is Donald Trump solved this problem in 2018 and bankrupted the corrupt U.S. Corporation. He recalled all of our Gold and restocked Fort Knox. So, once we figure out the Democrats have bankrupted America with their socialism, we can get back to business. In fact, we are still in business and nothing has actually changed for the people, has it? We the People are still doing our thing while the government actually failed. I find that encouraging and I hope you all do too!
This is the beauty of America and MAGA is in charge. I love it.
I thought GBPH was getting it, but when the "brief" is equal to or more than half the length of the original article, well, I have to admit I was mistaken.
GBPH (et al) you have good analyses, but this isn't the venue for them ... these are "briefs" often for those who already have a good idea about what's going on and are trying to decide whether to read yet another article on the topic. That's what a "brief" should be and do -- explain very briefly why the article was chosen, then give a thumbnail of significant points and a teaser as to why the reader might want to read it.
And, again, you don't need to like what I say, but just think about it. I'm just being honest and trying to make something that's good even better.
Appreciate your feedback. I know my takes are long. I do try to keep them short, but I've also found that if I prioritize brevity while still trying to convey an idea (my take) it can come off as cryptic and even arrogant. ("Trust MBS. MBS is in control. Trust the plan. etc.")
I view each take as my/our own narrative deployment, so I prioritize conveying the full narrative over brevity, which means providing the supporting elements to help "render" the full idea. I have written a few short takes, but most of my stuff is on the longer side, because that's just how my mind works.
I disagree that the purpose of this newsletter is to persuade the audience to take the next step and read the full MSM article, because that would make me a "salesman" for the MSM. This movement is about defecting from the MSM matrix, not promoting their content. Observing their actions and deployments are an essential part of this counterinsurgency, but our real objective is to analysis and interpret their deployments in an attempt to understand what is happening, and more importantly, why it is happening.
Hope this all makes sense. I really do appreciate the feedback-- I went to architecture school, so direct constructive criticism is something I find valuable-- and will keep it in mind in my future writings. Thank you for your support.
I know what you're saying and I believe you. I believe you are being honest in what you write and that you believe that your need to write so much is coming from an altruistic place ... that you have to for others' sake. But you don't have to ... I think it's more you just want to.
Nothing wrong w/wanting to teach / give lots of details, except (and I have always struggled w/this) one might recognize the truth, at times, that what one really wants is for others to see how much one knows and to agree w/him. That can lead to expending a lot of energy putting in a lot more than one really needs to to make sure one's argument is as strong as it can be so that others cannot possibly not agree. IE, I have to be careful about my ego. You? ... see if the shoe fits.
The better one knows a topic, the easier it becomes to recognize the diamonds among the stones and point them out quickly. The less one actually knows (for sure), the more one tends to ramble, kick the stones around, hoping to actually find the diamond ... which is the heart of the "brief."
The point about encouraging readers to read the actual article was poorly stated on my part. I didn't really mean encourage to read the article on which you're basing your brief, but to study the topic more, or look at it differently, in light of your brief analysis.
And again, having said all that, I'll say again that I like your analyses ... but briefs is not your bailiwick. '-) Maybe one day when you understand better what they are? Not many do briefs well.
Anyway, I responded bc you took the time to respond, and I appreciate that. End of topic for me.
Well, I for one, don't usually mind the analysis being longer than the brief. In fact, I've started playing a game as I read. I find that I'm trying to guess who wrote the analysis before I get to the end to see who said it, because I find myself in agreement and I'm always happy that I guessed right. Maybe it's the writers style that leads me to guess correctly, but it is very gratifying to see I'm of the same mindset. A big thank you to GBPH especially (and et al) as your take generally lines up with my understanding. Just love it!
Good stuff that helps me remain comfyAF.
From my personal experience I have seen situations that looked like they would take decades or even generations to fix get turned around 180 degrees in 8 weeks. We all see the world through our own experiential reality but when radical change occurs and break the old mold the world experiences dramatic seismic change.
BB I agree, my wife and I own two retail stores in a rural lake community that has gone through an incredible revitalization over the past 5 years. Shop Local and Small Business has seen tremendous growth. The economy is getting hammered and running a small business takes constant focus but people are turning away from big box store and malls and try their best to shop local. People love to see small towns come back to life.
Keep up the great work.
God Wins!
God Bless!!!
“People love to see small towns come back to life.” 👍❤️🙏🇺🇸
I remember a time when small village life had a thriving Main Street…the one I lived in as a kid in upstate NY was like that. Then over the past 2 decades, (I still visit family there) it became nearly a ghost town of vacant storefronts that couldn’t compete with the mega plazas 15 miles down the road. Many residents there still miss the friendly local atmosphere of their once busy Main Street.
One of our kid’s businesses has been a big part of the community support of the historical downtown development. People come from surrounding towns to experience their coffee and ice cream…. It survived Covid and will survive whatever is coming.🙏
I Love it!! Blessings of prosperity and continued success to the coffee and ice cream endeavors!!! ❤️
🙏🇺🇸
My daughter-in-law is super creative and a truly old soul! She’s the beautiful soul behind its success….not a huge profit, but they also have a thrift store that is steady in both good times and bad.🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for adding this endearing description! It makes me happy to read it! God Bless her and your son and their creative spirit. I wish them the BEST ❤️🙏
Thank you, Feather!❤️🙏🇺🇸
GBPH - "As we have learned in America, when there is real prosperity, people tend to focus on enjoying their lives, rather than hyperbolic political infighting. (That apathy can also be dangerous, as it can lead to a rise of a petulant political class that hates its own citizenry, but I digress. It's been a painful lesson for us to have learned.)" With digressions like this...!
Vigilance is a most difficult virtue to maintain without awareness of a threat. I have found that maintaining a sense of unity (specifically, avoiding the tendency to allow divisions to be artificially created as a means of pitting Man against Man: see Rev.6:4 - and remember that the "sword = dagger" and points to murder and mayhem not war) within the Human Race while also remaining vigilant is aided by remembering who the true enemy is (hint: not of flesh and blood - Ephesians 6, etc.)!
Ashe - "It’s all amusing. Until it isn’t. What happens when they leave campus?”
Clearly rhetorical - and clearly echoing 2020's chaos. Today is recognized as the National Day of Prayer - seems like a reasonable response to the devilish ploys of those who hate...
BB - "short-term pain is not only probable, but arguably necessary to accelerate the very awakening process we want and need to play out.”
Undoubtably the powers that be understand that too and will do what they can to break the will of the people just enough to dilute our enthusiasm for freedom. Keeping our hearts and minds on Truth and those things that really matter - as Simon frequently points out - is our best offense. (IMO)
It’s been clear for some time that the GOP is no friend of the Constitution. They have become the party of expediency. We need to support the effort to bring about an Article V Convention of States, calling for term limits, balanced budgets and a return to Constitutional government.
Guess I didn’t have the popular gop governors quite on my plate, but to rethink it, they are in Trump’s reoccurring spotlight . Plus, “saving Israel for last” gets more interesting as well. It appears I need a bigger plate!?! God Bless!!!
….and a bigger bucket of popcorn 🍿
"I love state-sanctioned rebellion season, don’t you?"
I admit this gave me a giggle. But at the same time, it is pretty sobering.
GBPH - "All of those governors have publicly boasted about this accomplishment. Kristi Noem even entitled her legislation the "God's Chosen People Act," implying that Christians are somehow not God's chosen people, despite the Bible quoting Jesus as saying that exact thing."
"For God so loved the world (the word is kosmos and means all that He created) that He gave His only Begotten Son...Jesus. To the Jew first, yes. But not to the Jews only. AD 70 and the siege of Jerusalem was the end of God's patience with those who refused to accept the fulfillment of the old covenant and the institution of the new. As Paul - the Pharisee - put it: the olive tree that represents the people of God was pruned of those who refused to continue to be fruitful (meaning to stay true to His covenant - not their ideas of what His covenant should be); allowing those who accepted it - even if they were not originally a part of the "tree" to be grafted in. All are welcome - but it is God's tree that we must all be grafted into.
I love all of Mankind - or at least I know that God would have me to. The founders did a good job by stating "all Men are created equal, and are endowed, by their creator..."
Laws like this are an awful way to virtue signal and should be challenged!
I have marveled at the inability of the many to recognize that those promises God made in the Old Testament that were not fulfilled before the crucifixion, must be fulfilled using New Testament paradigms. When we pray for the peace of Jerusalem as a response to Isaiah's prophecies we should be thinking of the body of Christ; and "the peace of Israel" - those who have been grafted in - no matter their ancestry. Jesus repeats twice in the Revelation: "those who say they are Jews, but are not...but are the synagogue of Satan." This is not anti-semitism, on the contrary it is true Love!
I understand I am of the minority...so be it!
PS - I have a series in my substack that better explains what I am trying to say in brief in the Brief.
Thanks again for letting me rant!
https://hisgloriousvictory.substack.com/p/unsealing-the-terms-and-conditions?r=q0fod
The problem we have now, using the olive tree metaphor, is that there are 'powers and principalities' who are perfectly happy to throw Roundup on it and kill the whole thing.
Fortunately 'the armor of God' will protect that tree, and bring death and destruction on satan and his followers.
Me, too!🙏
Hmmm….The whistleblower: Mr. Dean’s death sounds suspiciously like poisoning. Just my initial thought.
Prosperity throughout history has always led to apathy. We must not repeat this here. I believe the best way is to ensure a small government that keeps responsibilities to the Constitutional model. The bureaucracy must be removed completely.
Interesting takes on the speaker who promised no more aid to proxy states w/o border control, then he capitulated. The real reason will likely be something I’ve not imagined.🧐
Inverse Shariah and opera. Like the possibilities. Maybe the entire world will enjoy cuisine, music and art on a multicultural level.👍
Our fearless Tiger is going to be right about this, ‘…REAL US economy. That's Main Street, folks. Stay frosty. Stay lean. Stay vigilant. We can outlast them.’ As is both Ghost and Ashe. Everything we are seeing is increasing the awakening in ever broadening circles….on the world stage, too; it’s all connected. Good for the RICO approach.
Thank you all! You are the bright spot of our daily conversation! God bless.🙏🙏
Thanks to all of you. How do you keep up? I know you guys are dynamos who suck news like oxygen and I thank God for all of you daily. 💗
🙏
Great take by GhostOfPatrickHenry on antisemitism bill. The cabal understands the human psyche very well, and their goal is always chaos. Setting up oppo groups against antisemitism with paid agitators, to loudly protest against their own pro-Israel groups, creates a synthesis of chaos, hatred, and violence. I guess this has to occur over and over and over.... again until people finally see the setup. You guys do a great job exposing that.
Once we stop fighting with each other, we will come after [them]. Which is why 'othering' is their most powerful and essential tool.
Once we know that, we can refuse to play. Game over.
BIDENS new Rules for auto industry...'Kill Switch' to be mandated in cars by 2026 with software deciding if you're too impaired to drive. I dont think this has anything to do with safety. They push to legalize drugs and dope up American children with Pharma-crack/meth and now this to keep you in your prison homes and unable to escape the 5 mile RULE from your home,,,,coming soon.
Exactly on all of this!!
This only keeps me from buying a new car and KILLS the auto industry!
Another Witness killed off at Boeing. Johnson gave everything to the DEMS that they wanted, including a WAR and the death of American Soldiers to a tune of 62 plus BILLION dollars. Greene said, right after it was passed, DEMs demanded more by SEP 2024. What do they have on Johnson? Pics of Schumer with a child on Pedo Island and Pics of so many more with children and yet the GOP doesn't use that leverage or exposure on DEMs to oust them. I want to know what Johnson (Who has changed his position on everything since becoming Speaker) did, that was so heinous? Greene is the only fighter I see in Congress and let's pray these good for nothing Republicans stand up with her and grow a spine over the weekend. REVOKE the VISA of every protestor who is on one! LOCK THEM UP! Lock up the PEDOs in DC too!
Johnson is doing what he is supposed to, as Speaker: facilitate the will of Congress. In doing so, he is showing that he (and the system) have no underlying values they are willing to fight and die for. Unlike, for instance, the Founding Fathers who knew they would die if the values they fought for did not prevail.
What Johnson is doing is important -- it is part of the Exposure and Disclosure operation. People need to see just how corrupt and controlled Congress is. Johnson's capitulation is part and parcel of that.
Johnson was the deciding vote on this. He broke the tie, according to Greene. He has voted right along with the Uniparty on everything. Marjory laid out a good case for the corruption outside the Capitol for reporters C-Span and called for his resignation. We shall see where this rabbit hole takes us next.
Not sure from your original post what bill you refer to, but I will stick to my comment, and add to it with this: there is no more conclusive way for him to show who he really is, than from his voting record. As with all of them. Trump wants these folks on record regarding what side they are on.
It has to be this way; and remember that leaving aside something apocalyptic like nuclear WW3, there are not too many things these traitors are doing, here and abroad, which cannot be undone. There will be costs and losses, as there are in any conflict, and this is a war between the forces of good and evil; but good will win in the end.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?535300-1/reps-greene-massie-motion-oust-speaker-johnson
Yes, but look back at today's Brief: "House Democratic leadership on Tuesday confirmed what has long been rumored: If Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduces a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), they will help kill it. ... "We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion to Vacate the Chair," Jeffries and his deputies, Reps. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), said in a statement."
Why not? They and the Uniparty have been getting everything they want. They like Johnson.
What a MESS they continue to slop onto us. 🙏 Im just going to pray for Gods intervention and deal with what comes.
Referencing C-Span yesterday and the bills she laid out in her statement, which I did not copy down. Im not as astute as you but I wish I was 😊, I can barely remember what I went to the basement for. https://www.c-span.org/video/?535300-1/reps-greene-massie-motion-oust-speaker-johnson
Good stuff that helps me remain comfyAF.
From my personal experience I have seen situations that looked like they would take decades or even generations to fix get turned around 180 degrees in 8 weeks. We all see the world through our own experiential reality but when radical change occurs and break the old mold the world experiences dramatic seismic change.
BB I agree, my wife and I own two retail stores in a rural lake community that has gone through an incredible revitalization over the past 5 years. Shop Local and Small Business has seen tremendous growth. The economy is getting hammered and running a small business takes constant focus but people are turning away from big box store and malls and try their best to shop local. People love to see small towns come back to life.
Keep up the great work.
God Wins!
God Bless!!!
If you analyze Starbucks performance for the last 30 years you find the growth rate of the stock has been close to 20% per year. Quite frankly that is just not sustainable long-term. After the latest drop, that CAGR has dropped to 15% which I think is still higher than we should expect for the future. In other words, SBUX shares are going through a normal readjustment and the economy is helping it along.
The good news is people are going to drink their coffee and the business is well established. Time will tell where the adjustment settles out, but we should not read too much into it. A dollar invested in 1994 is now returning $74. The speculator has been well compensated.
Every major corporation experiences this sort of correction as the business matures. The world has just so much demand for expensive, designer coffee. It is one of those things we can easily do without and just brew our own at home or in the office. Starbucks sells bagged coffee too, it is just not a high profit item.
CAGR = compound annual growth rate. I don't waste my money on their coffee anymore. They didn't seem to mind. Not FDIC Insured Not investment advise - not affiliated with Caribou Coffee... ;-)
Regarding Starbucks: I admit that I am a caffeine addict - drinking at least 3 cups of coffee a day. If I were to drink my standard Starbucks drink at that rate (BTW its a Large Red Eye) the cost as of last time I bought one was about $18.
Long ago I stopped buying this as the cost of my addiction would run over $100 per week. I have a standard Mr Coffeeish coffee maker and buy canned coffee. The regular canned coffee I bought (I think Folgers) went up by $6 a couple weeks ago (from $8 to $16) so I bought the similar strength generic store brand for $7.
Was it a step down? Well, yes.
But when feeding my habit I can reduce the price from $100 to $7, You have to consider it.
Starbucks makes massive profit off of my basic battery acid coffee order. Their take on a Venti half caf soy milk frappuccino with an extra shot plus flavoring is much higher and they are getting at least $10 out of their customer's pocket for a cup for that.
On the one hand, if people are dumb enough to pay for it, then more power to Starbucks for it. My take is that at some point, people should be able to figure it out. But when they do, they will probably opt for K-Cups, which are just as big a come on as Starbucks.
One of the reasons people go to Starbucks is that they like to feel pampered. Watching someone make a 50 cent cup of coffee for you and write your name on the cup is worth that $6 to them. They get so addicted, they return again and again...
These people, for the most part, do not have much of anything in their life they find rewarding. When they do, suddenly Starbucks seems less important. They shift their need for acceptance and conformance and attention to some other object. That can be good, or bad, depending on what the 'new object' is. Good, if it's a pet, or a child; bad, if it is a worse addiction -- coke, fentanyl, pedophilia...
Emotional support coffee. And Starbucks is their safe space. Heehee
Ive always hated Starbuck coffee. Its a cheap coffee with artificial flavors. Im old school. I love the coffee I make with my Percolator at home. Besides that, they are anti American. PS, Never drink where you get shit on!
The Federal Reserve has boxed themselves into a corner and I see no exit possible. Ben Bernancke said the Fed would never “Monitize the debt”. But within a year that is what they began doing. They were boxed in back then with super low rates. Now they are boxed in by high rates…one lead to the next.
The problems are all related to deficit spending by our government and that deficit spending is directly related to entitlements. If you will just look at the CBO data we pay them to publish yearly you will find the problem if tax receipts are compared to spending. Obviously we are borrowing $Trillions we do not have in total receipts, but where is the money going?
If we look at the loss due to entitlement costs versus receipts from those taxes alone we find the entire deficit easily. This is what the Democrats do not want us to see. But, Republicans do not want to point it out because Americans love Medicare and Medicaid. Actually, Social Security comes fairly close to breaking even thanks to the accounting trickery of the “lock box”. Those funds were spent in the year they were collected and special treasury bonds were offered to move the cash to the treasury for politicians to spend. The money is long gone and the treasury has to buy those fake bonds back with tax dollars every year. So, it makes things look better on paper while the truth is our debt is getting worse in reality. This is just a game invented by evil politicians many years ago and we are dealing with it today.
So, the Fed needed to stop the collapse in 2000 due to the dot.com bubble and again in 2009 due to the real estate bubble. Each time they printed huge amounts of money by taking on huge amounts of debt to fill the void left from the collapse of the system. But, excessively low interest rates caused excessive borrowing but China decided not to keep buying our Treasury Bonds and instead started buying our politicians. That seemed to be a better investment. Heck, look at Joe Biden and what he has done for China. They even bragged about it before the 2020 election. They owned America! Or they thought they owned us.
So, now the Congress leaving in 2022 votes to spend Trillions we do not have on plans that have no rational purpose but the Fed has to fund the silliness because they are the credit card with no limit for Congress. And, inflation come roaring back just as predicted. But raising rates is not working like it did in 1981 because we are broke and the Trillion dollar annual cost is sucking up tax revenues at unsustainable rates. The Fed is boxed in!
But, the good news is Donald Trump solved this problem in 2018 and bankrupted the corrupt U.S. Corporation. He recalled all of our Gold and restocked Fort Knox. So, once we figure out the Democrats have bankrupted America with their socialism, we can get back to business. In fact, we are still in business and nothing has actually changed for the people, has it? We the People are still doing our thing while the government actually failed. I find that encouraging and I hope you all do too!
This is the beauty of America and MAGA is in charge. I love it.
This is exactly why I read the comments…..an opportunity to learn something new every day. Thank you!!
I thought GBPH was getting it, but when the "brief" is equal to or more than half the length of the original article, well, I have to admit I was mistaken.
GBPH (et al) you have good analyses, but this isn't the venue for them ... these are "briefs" often for those who already have a good idea about what's going on and are trying to decide whether to read yet another article on the topic. That's what a "brief" should be and do -- explain very briefly why the article was chosen, then give a thumbnail of significant points and a teaser as to why the reader might want to read it.
And, again, you don't need to like what I say, but just think about it. I'm just being honest and trying to make something that's good even better.
Appreciate your feedback. I know my takes are long. I do try to keep them short, but I've also found that if I prioritize brevity while still trying to convey an idea (my take) it can come off as cryptic and even arrogant. ("Trust MBS. MBS is in control. Trust the plan. etc.")
I view each take as my/our own narrative deployment, so I prioritize conveying the full narrative over brevity, which means providing the supporting elements to help "render" the full idea. I have written a few short takes, but most of my stuff is on the longer side, because that's just how my mind works.
I disagree that the purpose of this newsletter is to persuade the audience to take the next step and read the full MSM article, because that would make me a "salesman" for the MSM. This movement is about defecting from the MSM matrix, not promoting their content. Observing their actions and deployments are an essential part of this counterinsurgency, but our real objective is to analysis and interpret their deployments in an attempt to understand what is happening, and more importantly, why it is happening.
Hope this all makes sense. I really do appreciate the feedback-- I went to architecture school, so direct constructive criticism is something I find valuable-- and will keep it in mind in my future writings. Thank you for your support.
I know what you're saying and I believe you. I believe you are being honest in what you write and that you believe that your need to write so much is coming from an altruistic place ... that you have to for others' sake. But you don't have to ... I think it's more you just want to.
Nothing wrong w/wanting to teach / give lots of details, except (and I have always struggled w/this) one might recognize the truth, at times, that what one really wants is for others to see how much one knows and to agree w/him. That can lead to expending a lot of energy putting in a lot more than one really needs to to make sure one's argument is as strong as it can be so that others cannot possibly not agree. IE, I have to be careful about my ego. You? ... see if the shoe fits.
The better one knows a topic, the easier it becomes to recognize the diamonds among the stones and point them out quickly. The less one actually knows (for sure), the more one tends to ramble, kick the stones around, hoping to actually find the diamond ... which is the heart of the "brief."
The point about encouraging readers to read the actual article was poorly stated on my part. I didn't really mean encourage to read the article on which you're basing your brief, but to study the topic more, or look at it differently, in light of your brief analysis.
And again, having said all that, I'll say again that I like your analyses ... but briefs is not your bailiwick. '-) Maybe one day when you understand better what they are? Not many do briefs well.
Anyway, I responded bc you took the time to respond, and I appreciate that. End of topic for me.
Well, I for one, don't usually mind the analysis being longer than the brief. In fact, I've started playing a game as I read. I find that I'm trying to guess who wrote the analysis before I get to the end to see who said it, because I find myself in agreement and I'm always happy that I guessed right. Maybe it's the writers style that leads me to guess correctly, but it is very gratifying to see I'm of the same mindset. A big thank you to GBPH especially (and et al) as your take generally lines up with my understanding. Just love it!
LOL - I do the same...if it's too short it is like cheating at solitaire...