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He saved the fish in the fish bowl, not the one's in the wild . . . it's all circus anyway.

"I wonder if the government clears the land, and rebuilds...affordable housing...for the migrants? Maybe giant apartment buildings..." I've had the same thoughts. We'll see...

That will be the first time in 80 years for the GOP.
I won't be optimistic until the obvious traitors in both parties are tried and executed.

Lots of smelt in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river. One year there were so many as we were motor boating near the southern shore of Lake Ontario (between Braddock and Irondequoit bays) they were actually jumping into the boat when we passed over a school of them. Sometimes the beaches are loaded with them. No danger of them becoming extinct at this time that I know of.

It's going to be a tough job to root out the rot in both the DOJ and the DOD, but it looks like the right people are getting lined up to do it. The Democrat snakes and their sycophants are putting up a lot of tongue wagging and hissing, but if the GOP can just hold on to a bit of spine they can get it done.

I am not sure that he even saved the fish.
An opinion I have read says the smelt may now be extinct.

Nice little tidbit. Thanks for posting, FFA.

It's all part of the left's double standard and word fog game to confuse us. I have NEVER heard any main stream broadcast or printed "news" item refer to anyone as a "far left extremist". A commenter noted, "Would you rather be far right or far wrong?", LOL!

Interesting point I heard on the radio yesterday and that is the USA is the only place where red has been changed to mean "on the right" and blue "on the left". Red(s) has historically meant communist(s). Fog.

Malice or stupidity

If the stupid, the ignorant, the incompetent get authority, there would be a mix of good and bad decisions, maybe more bad outcomes as good decisions will be incompetently implemented. But still, you will see a mix of good and bad outcomes.

With the malicious in power, you should expect widespread bad decisions and outcomes.

So which is it? In Cal and LA, they got everything wrong. When good local management could have done some good, did we see evidence? No. Everything was bad, budgets, people, equipment, planning, procedures ..

jack1776 is right - Malice.

Yes, they always have high interest rates, but if you don't carry a balance its acceptable.

I get these free stuff offers all the time, too, but send them to the grinder. I figure there must be something in the fine print I can't be bothered to read so out they go.

I just opened 2 new CC accounts, McC.
The CC companies offered $200 each if I opened an account and used the cards (to pay for my groceries mostly.)
I'm happy to accept their offers and the cards will likely go dormant (now that I have received $400 in free groceries.)
They create money from nothing and get people addicted to credit.
I wish I had the power to stop them.

"Financial fentanyl" made me smile, too. A long time ago my wife and I stopped buying on credit and paid off the cards we had - yeah, it took serious fortitude for both of us to pass up the latest do-hickey of desire until we had the cash. Now if we use a card at all it is paid off by the end of the month. Haven't paid interest in years - I'm sure I'm hated by the credit card company. The result is amazing!

As one who has never carried a credit card balance, I am floored that anyone does that.
That said, my best friend has been carrying such a balance for decades. As soon as a balance gets paid down a bit he buys more that isn't needed.
I guess that's one reason that the media claims that a family must make $70,000 or more a year just to pay their rent, food, and utilities.

Thanks for the post, JohnRandALL. I wonder how many doctors and other medical professionals either threw in the towel or were pushed out because they refused the jab. My wife and I both opted out, but being retirees we didn't have a job to worry about.

As a family practice doctor, I can say that the pharm reps no longer provide those free lunches anymore. Many don't even have those free pens anymore. Argghhh. I used to love the food, and goodies, and I took them, but it never influenced my prescribing habits (maybe they figured that out, so they quit). Ha ha. That aside, I am hopeful RFK Jr gets confirmed and shakes up Big Pharma and the vaccine industry. As far as these doctor sheep that are signing up to oppose him, they are the same sheep that took the Covid vaccine, whether they believed in it or not, just to keep their jobs. I refused the shot and ended my career. And by the way, their are thousands of doctors supporting RFK Jr and fighting against the Covid vaccine, they just are suppressed by the MSM and many are being threatened with loss of board certifications, hospital privileges, and even licensure. Many in fact have already had their board certifications removed. I have to believe eventually the truth will come out.

I see people taking on the 21% interest payments on their credit cards (using financial fentanyl, love that term!) every time I go to Costco, and see those carts filled to the top with $200-300 worth of items they probably don't really need, and I suspect can't really afford. We go and usually just get 3 or 4 items on our list to get. Great article, so true, thanks!

Not surprised. When Trump gets in, he needs to recall some 4 star generals to active duty, and then court martial them.

Since the media being streamed or broadcast is virtually all done by enemies of freedom,
it makes the act of video piracy something akin to Ragnar Danneskjold's resistance.
"There are only two modes of living left to us today:
to be a looter who robs disarmed victims or to be a victim who
works for the benefit of his own despoilers. I did not choose to be either. ...
I am merely complying with the system which my fellow men have established.
If they believe that force is the proper means to deal with one another,
I am giving them what they ask for.
If they believe that the purpose of my life is to serve them, let them
try to enforce their creed. If they believe that my mind is their property—
let them come and get it."

It's a war. Fight, fight, fight.

Yep, it's time for Big Bird to get off the dole and find a real job or a tent in LA.

With the influx of 60 million from Central and South America and the Caribbean at an average IQ of 80, stupid is what should be expected (and as designed.)

Had to +1 that! I turn on the TV to try and get a bit of entertainment, but all I'm finding is propaganda woven into everything these days. I end up watching an old movie or rerun serial, how-to videos, or just shut it off.

I like that analogy, LOL!

I see what you are saying, but I doubt if electing a less liberal mayor will result. The gravitational pull of free stuff for the non-elites creates an enormous voting bloc. Burning the homes of a handful of the elite population makes headlines, but, IMHO, isn't going to make much of a dent once the smoke clears.

don't forget the power lines that caused the Eaton fire.

This is stupidity. The Left does not understand that the public will, eventually demand results.
Sadly, I know liberals who believe that Republicans are evil, but that even left wing and liberal voters have a breaking point, where they will vote for a republican when they lose most of their net worth in a fire.
But, there are plenty of liberals in LA who only had to flee the fire, not feel the loss directly. Time will tell if a more conservative mayor will be elected.
Also; the Democrats in California have been getting away with acting as if the voters only care about image, not substance.