“Snap!” (Go the Weasels), Markets Discovery Gravity, Bookwreck

77 thoughts on ““Snap!” (Go the Weasels), Markets Discovery Gravity, Bookwreck”

1. oh-snap, what did ILpresident obummer say about CONgress shutting it down
   https://x.com/RealFletch17/status/1985695908315459622

   • I believe the thing is…. the Bank account of the USA looks eerily like my bank account lol lol.. rob Peter to pay Paul type..another interesting thing is on the morning show they had the first report on individuals now facing similar situations on their plastic debt to income level struggles..and their suggestions on how to manage their debts and still spend to keep the noodle moving ..hmm who would have thought..that the day would come where the pencil pushers insuring their big digit incomes would have to hit the floor and contribute some actual labor lol lol..reminds me of a patient I took care of.. she had explosive bowel movements that would literally expelled up to six feet.. had a head injury that caused her mind to wander.. nasty and if you weren’t johnny on the spot you had a mess you never could in your worst nightmares imagine.. shed play in it get combative and try a d smear it in your hair etc..( that should give you a nice visual and I down played the visual by ten) anyway she would yell..I’m having a baby real loud no matter where you were you went running..they had hired the college kids that expected big positions no real work..the nurses were busy pushing their pencils I was on lunch break.. I hear this I’m having a baby I leap to my feet..run to the break room door.. take a gander ..there’s the four kids reading the paper laughing and joking with the nursing staff at the nurses station..the woman yells again I’m having a baby..its coming.. and I rea!ize.. its not my wing tonight its the smart college kids just taking their time.. I think..what a learning experience..
     I went back to lunch break..
     a week later.. I am once again at lunch..the same college kids parking their butts at the nurses station..the visual was the same desk anchors doing charting and visiting with the college students.. doing almost exactly what they had done a week prior..out of the blue …I hear the yell…I’m having the baby..the results this time was quite different.. the leaped over the counter racing to get there in time..
     that’s what will happen here to.. its one thing to sit do your charting .. and considering the workers that keep that position profitable enough to maintain the movement of funds..but it will be quite different when they walk in the door and its tag your it..and the people that kept their position profitable are not moving money to ensure their positions..mom and pop stores both mom and pop work many many hours..the few employees they have referred to as part of the family..where today its..oh that’s someone else job..those worthless eaters.. the bank book of the federal reserve is overdrawn and those trying g to survive with ought numbers to move..sure they can just print more.. come on what’s a few trillion extra numbers.. well.. a candy bar that sold for a nickel in 1970 now costs three dollars and its half the size.. a house that sold for thirty grand twenty years ago now sold for a half million.. kids are not making big money..my grandson told me last weekend their house payment is 3700.00 a month he makes 18 an hour.. daycare is a third of that for one child..even with his wife’s job as a therapist there’s no money to keep the noodle moving..at a local seven eleven style gas stop.. the clerk is a therapist with a PHd head of a department working just like myself because prices have increased so high..we talked for a half hour trying g to figure how these kids are doing it..they start printing more then prices will have to to even higher..Weimar is looking more like a carousel every day..do you print more? or cut back..no money in the bank and you want..well want in one hand shot in the other see which fills quicker.. the treasures buried in the old mason jar worthless once people lose faith in the business model.

     • LOL LOL… That’s a real crappy story!

       • Lol lol lol lol it sure is lol lol lol…and I downplayed the visual.. they got real creative..the facility administration staff decided.. hey we can dump a few housekeepers and floor cleaners if..we put carpet in..lol lol lol which they did then cleared the staff.. cut over half of the staff…lol lo! the first thing they thought is hey no scrubbing machines one person with a hoakey can do it..so out goes the nice tile in comes beautiful carpet..and the first order of business..
         https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/c-difficile/symptoms-causes/syc-20351691
         the gift that keeps on giving lol lol lol…combine that with severe dementia and you have a battle ground lol lol..what’s funny is wherever they haven’t added new construction you CA still see my face prints of mine on windows at thirty two years old…lol lol lol I haven’t gone this year to check..it makes me sad to see myself at a younger age staring back at me..they always cut at the bottom to budget for the top wage earners can continue to earn the big numbers..
         god I could tell you stories…lol lol one thing I do know..I haven’t seen it all..the minute I think I have something new comes and shocks me …lol lol lol.. someday I should tell you the juicy fruit gum story lol lol lol

2. NRGies from Space

   Can youse not feel the “buzz” when laying restlessly in Bed early morning for past 2 weeks ? Is it just New Moon NRGies ? could be, but seem stronger/complexer/intenser..
   Hopefully We peeps will realize, in time, that the Initiation process is already underway, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it.

   Wake up, level up ? whatever it IS, it is Up not Down, so follows Light not Dark..savy?

   • Former U.S Vice President Dick Cheney died on Monday night at the age of 84, according to Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman.

     Died on November 03, 2025 (11/03)

     George H.W. Bush

     Died on November 30, 2018 (11/30)

     1-1-3 Ritual Sacrifice Day

     MAGOG IS DEAD – A COMMANDING ADMIRAL IS SACRIFICED

     https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/?s=Bush+sacrifice

     Nostradamus and The Third Age of Mars, Volume I, G. A. Stewart, 2017, Page 134
     What is the significance of this number combination? My best guess is that the Knights Templar were rounded up, tortured, and executed on October 13th, 1307. That is 10/13/1307.

     Jacques de Molay, leader of the Knights Templar was burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame on March 13th, 1314, another Friday the 13th. The Cathedral of Notre Dame was once the site of the Temple of Isis. The Seal of Paris is the Boat of Isis.

     Pope Francis was elected to the Papacy on March 13th, 2013, exactly 699 years after Jacques de Molay was burned alive.

     It was The Master Game, Unmasking the Secret Rulers of the World that led me to see the Isis connections to Freemasonry and the French Revolution.

     https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2021/01/13/113/

3. ‘I don’t know who he is,’

   What’s the dollar amount for Don to pardon someone like Luigi Mangione – Americans need PardonMe dot com to find out.

   “Donald Trump says”

   Truth/lie – you decide, this time.

   • OowS : honestly, who cares? Not me. Exit political bent. Restart next year (unless Polling today). Or not, E

     ps – GU : composed a masterpiece which got vaporized (can’t reply to unapproved content) sigh

     • damn I hate that too Egor

     • Exactly. ‘What can we do?’ Disillusioned apathy?

       Here’s another cat video:

       Bro is NOT messing around

       https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L_KjGyyW1E8

       • Trump becomes the cat:

         (According to Drudge)

         RUSSIA SENDING HYPERSONIC MISSILES TO VENEZUELA?

       • Stay safe during duck & cover.

         Antique School Desks 1900-1950

         https://www.ebay.com/b/Antique-School-Desks-1900-1950/261262/bn_108381890

     • TMZ reports Diddy says Trump will be pardoning him sometime in January. That’s what Trump Nation stands for.

       Diddy Bragging in Prison …

       https://www.tmz.com/2025/11/04/diddy-trump-pardon-next-year-bragging-prison/

       • I’m sorry that’s one creep that should be locked away a very long time in my opinion..

4. I can imagine that very soon the ugly truth will be revealed – we r flat ass broke. The machine that go bbbrrr won’t matter, you will be informed that America is shutting down til further notice, The national guard will be ordered to shoot anyone inciting rioting. Your bank account will be converted to CBDC and there won’t be shit you can do about it. Not only that but it will be converted at a fraction of it’s worth. The thing a lot of us feared will be accomplished by Trump – One world order. That can be the only reason everthing seems,feels frightfully wrong. Either that or bombs away. Good Luck.

   • hmm yup we are flat assed broke… have been for a while now..the only reason they partially funded SNAP.. is because a quarter of all Americans depend on it to eat..big corporations use it to highlight profits of their companies by putting the burden of wage equalizer on the community rather than it as a temporary rescue to support the higher wages of the administrative employees..

     • “SNAP BENEFITS…will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump said in the post.” DJT 11/4/2025

       nope, the reason snap is being paid is because democrat states sued. republican states don’t care about their hungry citizens. it’s more important to republican state leaders to not challenge trump than ensure that their citizens eat. remember republicans big beautiful bill already cut snap by $200,000,000 so we know what side of the issue republicans are on. hungry american snap recipients can eat only because of democrats. don’t forget it.

       • “hungry american snap recipients”
         =
         lazyass, uneducateds – maybe get an education and a better job? Ya know stay in school, get good grades, college, career..

         Not drop out, drugs/drinks, public dole cause Ure sensitive and cant handle hard work and or criticism. Perhaps if the recipients spent more time on personal appearance and less on self loathing, we would have generation worthy of looking at.

         Pierced, tatted up, hair dyed bright color, fat & slovenly – is NOT a good look for anyone.

       • (““SNAP BENEFITS…will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump said in the post.” DJT 11/4/2025”)

         phew the myth…instead their poverty is by design.. never realizing its their hands their wages their struggles that keep them on top..
         The myth of the “lazy SNAP recipient” is a weapon—used not to describe reality, but to divide it. Poverty in America isn’t a personal failure; it’s a design feature. The system elevates the few by burying the many, then blames the buried for the weight they carry.Young women who can’t afford the latest fashion are labeled THOTs. Young men without the newest car or shoes are mocked as failures. So they spend what little they have on image—not vanity, but survival. Because in a society that punishes poverty with ridicule, appearance becomes armor.
         Meanwhile, those at the top hoard wealth, shape policy, and build narratives that keep the poor beneath them—not just economically, but socially and emotionally. They forget that their towers stand on the backs of those they dismiss.
         Education? It’s not offered equally. And when the poor do reach for it, they’re shackled by debt—trapped in the same cycle they tried to escape.This isn’t just injustice. It’s blindness. Because the strength of a society isn’t measured by its elite—it’s measured by how it treats those who hold it up.

       • (““SNAP BENEFITS…will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” Trump said in the post.” DJT 11/4/2025”)

         That quote actually makes me very sad..the thing is..if its not part of their life and they have never experienced the situation..they don’t know.. it doesn’t exist.. years ago there was a show thirty days.. it took someone out of their position of opulence and they had to survive in the realworld..only six shows and of the six only one and his wife played it through to the end.. it shocked them.. I think of the colonel that my father worked for.. he was on top but he kept the needs of his employees as first choice..just took a smaller cut to gain..what he achieved was a company no one wanted to leave..they wanted him to be successful and felt like they were part of a family..those days are long gone..History shows us that when the elite chase endless wealth while ignoring the essential needs of the many, currencies collapse, revolutions ignite, and civilizations fall—not from outside attack, but from internal rot.Weimar Germany, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Greece—each tells the same story in a different accent. In Weimar, post-war reparations and unchecked printing turned the German mark into wallpaper. In Zimbabwe, corruption and land mismanagement led to inflation so extreme that a loaf of bread cost billions. Argentina defaulted under the weight of debt and political instability. Greece, crushed by austerity and EU constraints, watched its economy unravel while its youth fled for survival.And in every case, the root was the same: the opulence of the top, chasing more than could ever be held. Greed without limit—a hunger that devours its own foundation. The elite hoarded, speculated, and insulated themselves, believing they could escape the consequences. But no amount of jewels saved the French aristocracy. No palace protected the Romanovs. And no offshore account can shield a soul sold for a number.

       • bcp, you are proof in the pudding of how ignorant voters lead to ignorant policies. you “think” you know who receives SNAP, but you don’t. why the heck are you so concerned with how anyone else looks? why do you care so much if someone dyes their hair or has tattoos? it’s really weird. and that you “feel” not looking the way that you approve somehow makes someone less worthy of food assistance. wow? that is some really effed up poop.

         SNAP goes mostly to kids, the elderly, the disabled.
         https://www.fns.usda.gov/research/snap/characteristics-fy23

       • Don’t neglect that SNAP benefits also go to (likely more than) 1.5 million illegal aliens. Truth, indeed!
         https://epicforamerica.org/federal-budget/1-5-million-noncitizens-receive-food-stamps/

       • hank – before there can be a fruitful discussion on immigration people need to know the difference between “illegal” and “noncitizen”. your own link refers to them as noncitizens. there is a huge difference. anyone with a green card isn’t illegal. anyone with an upcoming immigration court date isn’t illegal. anyone with a visa isn’t illegal. lots of non citizens are here legally.

       • Coming in without going through a govt check point is illegal. Period. WTF are you arguing? His link was to a site other than here where mushheaded may not have been called iout. Jesus (Jones)

       • more like wtf are you arguing? you just reflexively have to defend hank it appears.

         here’s a summary to make it easy for you.
         hank asserted that SNAP benefits go to more than 1.5 million illegals. reread his comment that i was responding to if you need to. he was kind enough to provide a link. unfortunately, the link didn’t support his assertion. from the link hank posted, “According to the USDA, the noncitizens include “lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, those granted a stay of deportation, and undocumented individuals… Undocumented individuals are not eligible to receive SNAP benefits, but may be nonparticipating members of SNAP households.”

         so you see hank’s own link says illegals don’t get SNAP benefits. the link disproved hank’s assertion.

         it appeared hank did a switcheroo conflating all non citizens as illegal. there’s a big difference.

         maybe you don’t understand the difference either between illegal (undocumented) and documented? it’s okay if you don’t. i try to educate myself before opining. documented and undocumented both are non citizens, but not all are illegal. a christian refugee seeking asylum from nigeria is a non citizen of the US. once they get into the system to seek asylum or refugee status they are no longer illegal and would be eligible for SNAP. and again like i said if people conflate the two (that all non citizens are illegal) there is no way to have a fruitful discussion about immigration.

       • Who are you responding to? Echo chamber fired up?

       • (“Don’t neglect that SNAP benefits also go to (likely more than) 1.5 million illegal aliens.”)

         see my point has always been.. come to america.. to work raise a family etc. then come..come legally pay all our taxes and a non citizen tax and receive none of the benefits that were designed to TEMPORARILY assist American citizens during a catastrophic life event..until they become citizens..
         I met a non citizen that came here legally.. I worked six jobs ..he was guaranteed forty hours.. got a house a van childcare free medical dental food stamps heating assistance and college tuition for him and his wife..

       • So I guess now I’m the troll! :-)

   • Got? Blockchain?

5. GU : “… avoiding the modern condition of “wandering through consciousness like a drunken tourist in their own skull.” …”

   Huh? Wha? Wait, so what’s the alternative?
   Inquiring minds ‘n all.
   ~ E ~~

   ps – while astro-heads chatter about other worldly visitors … BIG Moon inbound

6. Yo Chief Frequency Dude,

   REM asks the the question in their song Whats the Frequency, Georgeth?
   – https://youtu.be/fgE_Ffc4I8A?si=Vw_HJQI7XUuG1sK

   Being told 104 MHz healing chambers = acoustic healing tech.
   Not sure what a “healing chamber” is exactly. I just saw 2 wooden Boxes in shape of rectangle, about 1 foot long, 6 inch, with one end open, and tuning forks mounted in middle top of wooden box. There are 2 of em up for auction today – making this whole idea one big stinkin COWINKYDINK.

   • Hmmm…I recently came across one of those egg-shaped healing pods—a full-body massage chair wrapped in a sensory chamber. It’s more than relaxation; it’s a healing chamber. These pods combine zero-gravity massage, frequency music, light therapy, and sound resonance to create a cocoon of restoration. You sit inside, and the world fades. Your body tunes to healing frequencies, your breath slows, and your nervous system finally gets a chance to reset. It’s like stepping into a chrysalis—where transformation begins not with motion, but with stillness.If you’re curious, check out the Harmonic Egg—a wellness pod that uses sacred geometry, sound, and light to support deep healing.
     Costco often has the chair..oh my if I had the cash for one I’d toss my magic chair out and replace it with one of those..a little Clair Debussy and I’d be in heaven..
     https://harmonicegg.com/
     there’s the link to the egg.. back in the seventies they said pyramid power for the same thing..
     now a little of the clair.. perfect for a fall evening..
     https://youtu.be/X-Xxqt6Xdio?si=66Cejr6orPkk-q19
     now a little back info on pyramid power and sacred geometry..
     https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/pyramid-power
     If your truly interested here’s a book to..
     https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=fd4aad4989416e6a54d36dc25e2be81f45260e374bc22a44eaaf663452c9852dJmltdHM9MTc2MjIxNDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=2355a177-7be0-601a-229b-b4bf7a5161de&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9pYTYwMDkwMC51cy5hcmNoaXZlLm9yZy8xOC9pdGVtcy9QeXJhbWlkUG93ZXIvUHlyYW1pZCUyMFBvd2VyX3RleHQucGRm

7. re: Feed your White Rabbit
   feat: 13 East Flag

   Folks,
   The “Reuters” article linked in today’s “Urbansurvival” about a stabbing incident against 11 victims aboard a British train on All Hallows Day puts one’s mind at ease. Nothing to see here; do carry on!

   Curiously the wider msm is bringing to light a sequence of events which thus far commenced on All Hallows Eve. With gimlet in hand, pardon my clumsy attempt at unlocking one combination in the maze for consideration. It seems the alleged perp previously stabbed and injured a minor on Halloween before making at least one forced entry into a barber shop ready to offer service to patrons with a large kitchen knife. Unsuspecting police encouraged the proprieter to upload his cctv video and audio of alleged perp gibberish about “feds” and “the devil” to a police website for review.

   Apparently the subsequent mass anti-social incident took place on a high-speed line of LNER (London North East Rail). An alleged British perp of Caribbean descent had allegedly boarded at the ethnically diverse community of Peterborough. Shortly thereafter mayhem allegedly ensued in carriage J of a 9 car train ending in carriage “A” and beginning with carriage “M”, the alphabet’s thirteenth letter. Within two minutes of raised alarms, the train driver managed to divert off the high speed line onto a local track into an ancient Roman town named by the Anglo-Saxons as Huntingdon which translates as “Huntsman’s Hill”.

   The high speed train is recent vintage construction by Japan’s Hitachi (“Rising Sun”) of the Azuma (“East”) series. Mount Azuma in Fukushima prefecture is a popular tourist attraction. Apparently a white rabbit appears on the side of the mountain during spring snow melt.

   Japanese anime fans might recommend a 2012 ‘Seven Seas’ Entertainment” production. Azuma is one of twelve assassins in a class of thirteen. Apparently the show title of “Devil’s Riddle” is a nod to Tartini’s 18th century Violin Sonata in G minor otherwise known as the “Devil’s Trill”.

   • re: Tendite ad astra viri
     “Brave people reach for the stars”
     feat: Milwaukee, Wi. (“Brew City”)

     Folks,
     The following 2014 “NPR” link filed under “Deceptive Cadence” informs of a successful retrieval by the Milwaukee Police Department of a stolen Lipinski Stradivarius violin:

     https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2014/10/12/355623871/

     The violin dating to 1715 was originally made for Tartini. He purportedly composed his “Devil’s Trill” piece with the instrument trying to replicate a 1713 dream he had about the devil playing a “most beautiful” sonata. Eventually Tartini’s violin passed into the hands of a student who gave it decades later to Lipinski, a famous player and composer in his own day in Lviv now part of Ukraine. Eventually Lipinski passed away in the village of Virliv which might roughly translate from Ukrainian into English as “brave faith (?)”.

     It’s situated in the current Ukrainian Oblast of Ternopil (“a place of thorns”) whose name derives from a ruling Polish Hetman of the 15th century. His family motto “Tendite ad astra viri” perhaps translates to “Brave people reach for the stars”. The motto is drawn from Flaccus’ “Argonautica” of the 1st century ad about a search for the golden fleece. A current day coincident Hetman name holder, Lucian Tarnowski, would probably not wish to be filed along with Lucian’s 125 ad satirical work about the supernatural, “The Lover of Lies”. Mr. Tarnowski, a self-described “Hindsight Futurist”, may offer interesting food for thought at his following website link:

     https://www.lucian.org/

     Meanwhile the President of the Ukraine announced a new benefit yesterday via his Telegram account. Citizens may avail themselves to 3,000 kilometers distance of free passenger travel with state-owned Ukrainian Railways. The President specifically recommended the Lviv-Kyiv and Dnipro-Kyiv routes. He claims system on time performance is 90% “even when conditions are extraordinary due to (Russian) shelling”.

     A separate search for public Amtrak passenger data suggests the month of September 2025 saw system otp of 61.9%. Canadian Viarail’s 2024 first quarter system otp of 72% dropped to 30% in the 2025 first quarter.

     All Aboard!

     • So …

       Time to spare go by Amtrak? Even more time to spare go by ViaRail? (but they are SO nice on Via Rail, they will apologize apologize apologize … but it wont’ get you there any quicker!! LOL)

       Wonder how long that train ride now is from NYC to Montreal? Do you now need to plan for an extra 5 hours … or would an extra 14 hours be more approprieate?

       I do know that if you are going Amtrak Chicago to LA you best add an extra day to your arrival time since 12 to 20 hour delays are not unheard of or even unusual. (when I tried to plan a ski trip to Aspen using Amtrak via Chicago the “iffy” arrival time was so bad that I finally gave up and just flew … ditto for one I tried to do to Lake Tahoe)

8. Is any country solvent? No

   • Solvency doesn’t collapse. Confidence does. Prepare for the second, not the first.

     • exactly… the dollar, Bitcoin, gold, silver, the bonds and numbers on a piece of paper all seem real as long as everyone believes it’s real….once confidence and what you have to do to survive the essentials out of reach..in the end .gold the big fancy car..silver and all the numbers on a sheet of paper gas absolutely no value at all.. you can’t eat metal.. they are to soft to make a tool to heavy to drag around.. the paper to rough to wipe with..lose confidence in being able to survive and it’s over . if you had ten pounds of wheat and someone else has ten ounces of gold which has more value.. Egyptian history and climate change puts that into perspective … once people lose confidence in the people leading them and their ability to provide the pure essentials necessary..what they view as value loses it’s view of value.. remember Obama got his presidency by using health inequality as his platform..at the time it was the issue affecting the majority. what will need to change is the business model.

9. So the Dick is dead – hooray! ding dong the dick is dead, the wicked dick is dead…

   Good riddance and hopefully the coffin lid will drop hardl on his cold dead fingers. Thought I heard the distant sound of Hounds a Howling ! Obviously the Hounds of Hell didnt have to look for that dark POS for too long. Talk a souless dark deepstater..when you look it up in the Book of Life under the heading Dark, Piece of Shit, there you will his picture.

   Good Riddance , hopefully his vile offspring will follow soonly.. another vile,nasty bitch.

   Yerp – Salt line outside around house will keep em at bay…for awhile.

   • yeah . I actually thought he had died before now . no scheduled time around these parts for mourning..

     • (“IF” the Republicans wished to cut benefits in the long run the SUDDENLY CUTTING OFF ALL benefits FOR EVERYBODY is like throwing ALL the frogs into an already boiling pot all at once. ALL those frogs are in unison going to jump out of that pot and AS A GROUP ATTACK the ones who threw them into that pot of boiling water.”)

       exactly Stephen.. the problem is .. those benefits are commonly used to get the population to support their large incomes…I’m sure it’s a huge decision..abandon the present business model..or roll the dice and hope they can continue pushing the noodles..

10. There is an old saying about Frogs: Put a frog in a pot of boiling water and it will immediately jump out. Put a frog in a pot of cool water and slowly raise it’s temperature and it will remain in the pot until it is boiled.

    This applies to the Snap Benefits debate.

    “IF” the Republicans wished to cut benefits in the long run the SUDDENLY CUTTING OFF ALL benefits FOR EVERYBODY is like throwing ALL the frogs into an already boiling pot all at once. ALL those frogs are in unison going to jump out of that pot and AS A GROUP ATTACK the ones who threw them into that pot of boiling water.

    Society as a whole doesn’t give a whit about the Federal Government shutdown … BUT suddenly take away food from children? We have been conditioned for several decades now to “Save The Children”, “Do it for the Children”. to “PUNISH People who Hurt Children” … how could they hope to get the middle of the public to believe in the kind of policy that does exactly the opposite of that?

    Many apologists want to blame the Democrats for the cut off of Snap Benefits but all that the public sees is that the Republicans control ALL THREE BRANCHES of government at this point in time; the Executive, the Legislative, and at least the top end of the Judiciary.

    Whoever or whatever group that dreamed up the Republican Game Plan with this SUDDEN AND COMPLETE CUT OFF of ALL Snap Benefits is clearly of an Elitist Mindset, probably have never been hungry at all because of lack of money in their entire life/lives.

    When it comes to people who have kids to feed, and no good way to do that, those parents /care givers will not just remember but will become ANGRY AS HELL at whoever, or whatever group it is that they “think” are TRYING to STARVE THER KIDS. (which will be those in control of the government in this case, the Republicans)

    Elitism Run Amuck … much like Dick Cheney with his “Made Up” intelligence wrt Iraq and his blaming Secular /Shiite Iraq for the World Trade Center event when he damn well knew the perps were all Sunnis and was done by mostly Saudis, not an Iraqi anywhere around, under the direction of a Sunni Fundamentalist cult that was on the “in’s” with and funded by the Saudi Government.

    Somebody in the Republican Power Structure better wake up and kick their “Elitist Attitude”, that it doesn’t matter if kids go hungry, to the curb and now move to “SAVE THE CHILDREN”, which should have been their approach wrt the shutdown to begin with.

    • “Many apologists want to blame the Democrats for the cut off of Snap Benefits but all that the public sees is that the Republicans control ALL THREE BRANCHES of government at this point in time; the Executive, the Legislative, and at least the top end of the Judiciary. ”

      Really?? IF Republicans fully controlled all three branches of government, we wouldn’t see headlines like this:
      “Schumer Rejects Shutdown Solution For 14th Time As Dems Block Bill Yet Again”

      https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-demands-nuclear-option-warns-dems-will-win-midterms-next-election-if-filibuster-not

      • hank – in the past ten years republicans have gone nuclear more than five times to cram through trump’s court picks – roberts and kavanaugh plus numerous district and appeal court judges. i assert that it’s more important to republicans to get judges appointed than make sure hungry americans can eat.

        three branches – republican potus, republican senate 53/47, republican house 219/213, scotus 6/3. yup, republicans control all three branches. the problem american face in the current state of affairs is the direct result of electing people to run government that hate the very government they’ve been elected to stewarrd.

        • No they dislike do nothing, on the dole losers.

          Ure ears ringing yet ?

          Perhaps if you had a real job or career you might have understanding of the problem. It is very insulting to hard working Americans ..to see grownups walking around in their pajamas to go to the store. To see druggies with no means of anything, mainlining poison chemicals into their bloodstreams, all day every day, just bent over at waist, lost in the land before DEATH. The big question I have is was Neil Young speaking truth when he wrote; Welfare Mathers make better lovers ?

          Socialist bullshit does not fly in hard working areas of the country – Food growing States and the like.

          Only in inner Blue cities do you see the Humans trashed out on the side of road everywhere. Blue sanctuary cities are prime examples of this ongoing disaster.

          To clean up the Cities, States and Country, we must first take out all the TRASH.

          How much “trash” illegally crossed over Border past 3
          months ?

          ZERO

          Dont you ever wish you could feel what it is like to still be Winning ?

    • you, must prefer a slow simmer of american hunger. republican and trump’s one big beautiful bill cut snap by $200,000,000. republicans and trump hate snap obviously.

      “The OBBA cuts federal funding for SNAP by $186 billion through 2034, which is the largest cut to SNAP in the history of the program.”
      https://www.cspi.org/cspi-news/big-beautiful-bill-threats-snap-school-meals-and-more

    • Stephen2 : “… but all that the public sees is that the Republicans control ALL THREE BRANCHES of government at this point in time …”

      You don’t know how government works do you?
      Apparently not. Or, agenda driven?
      ~ Egor ~~

      • well instead of insults can you please explain how government works and how democrats control government?

        the truth is obvious to me: what party is speaker of the house? R. what party is the majority leader of the senate? R. what party is the president? R. what party of the president is responsible for each of the scotus justices nominations? 6/3 R. what party picks who can serve as congressional committee chairs? R.

        it couldn’t be more ironic after republicans get the government that they want they’re trying to blame dems. you got what and you’re still blaming dems.

        • …and what party keeps stopping the reopening of the government?? D-Schumer!

        • Let’s all learn the filibuster rule, takes 60 votes, not 51.
          Republicans need to work the aisles (get 7 Democrat votes) instead of decorating the king’s ballroom and toilet:

          https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/the-federal-shutdown-and-the-senate-filibuster-what-could-happen-now

        • Bless you as a local rep from Reality

      • I worked on Capitol Hill for awhile … and also helped run big elections … I know damn well how govt works and also see the Republicans shooting themselves in their feet with their SNAP cut off for kids!!

        Hold the course for everything else is OK … but make KIDS go hungry??

        (yep … sure meets the “Save The Children” dynamic that has been drilled into our brains for the last 50 years … NOT!)

        I will restate it: Those who came up with that “Political Strategy” are ELITISTS!! Elitists Run Amuck who probably never had to go hungry because of lack of money for a single day of their lives, let alone have to try to figure out a way to feed their kids with NO MONEY to do it with.

        Sorry … but I see some posters here who clearly grew up and lived their entire lives in the ELITIST part of society. Doubt most of those posting that way ever worked a factory production line or physical construction job, at low pay, in their entire lives in order to try to make ends meet.

        I stand by my comments … the Republicans are committing Political Suicide with this “MAKE KIDS GO HUNGRY” strategy.

        • The thing is..they live in a bubble.. I never really totally believed it until I went on my first vacation ever .. to a neighborhood in a gated community.. what the reality of my life is.. can’t be seen there a totally different visual..I think that’s why they believe the Kissinger belief on those worthless eaters..the lazy no good drug dealers that expect everything from nothing…..now
          I believe that the myth of the “worthless poor” is a deliberate distortion—crafted by elites in social classes of opulence to justify policies that punish the most vulnerable while protecting the wealth of the few and companies that structure their employment system to utilize those very programs that were designed to assist a citizen in a temporary catastrophic situation to embellish their profit margins aka the business model. Programs like SNAP aren’t handouts you truly have to be destitute to qualify for them then those that distribute them make sure your known as less of a human being for seeking them; they’re lifelines for families who work hard, often in invisible ways, to uphold the very structure of society. Cutting food support for children while preaching “Save the Children” is not just hypocrisy—it’s cruelty disguised as strategy. The true image of those who rely on these programs isn’t laziness, but resilience. They are the laborers, caregivers, and quiet builders whose strength gives rise to the success of those at the top. To ignore their needs is to forget the foundation on which every civilization stands—and history has shown that when the top forgets the base, collapse is never far behind.

11. George,

    Presidential DJT equity stock appears to offer another ‘Hindenburg-like omen’ – and somewhat tracking the general public approval of presidential overall performance – down more 75% from its pre-election 31 Oct 2024 high and only 12% above its all-time 3 Sept 2024 nadir …

12. Has anyone noticed a difference between the government being shut down or not?

    I haven’t.

    • NMM: DEI propaganda has slowed down. Are Hollywood manipulators and the newsmen still getting their payoffs ?
      Went out to eat Sunday; had to wait 30 minutes to get a table in a half-empty restaurant because said they had no clean silverware (you can’t make this stuff up). I finally told them that I had just had surgery, and their waiting bench was torturing me. I got seated, with silverware, very shortly after.
      Employer’s business is still very brisk.

    • You hide in a cave, many workers without a paycheck (air traffic controllers), many flights have been delayed, many mortgages, SBA loans, delayed, $14 billion hit to the economy, nat’l parks not staffed, etc.
      https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/shutdown-impacts-snap-wic-parks-federal-worker-pay-analysis

      https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/government-shutdown-faa-flight-cancellations-delays-11-6-2025

      • Right on plan for the dim’s huh? Couldn’t sign a continuation, oh my…what part of surprised…

13. Speaking of Dick Cheney:

    I am pleased to see that the “Man With No Heart” has finally departed this existence, may he get his due in the hereafter for his Lies and War Mongering that resulted in 640,000 Iraqi Civilian deaths (BBC numbers) plus 150,000 to 200,000 Iraqi fighter deaths caused by his Made Up “intelligence” War (Gulf War 2)

    Of course those 640,000 CIVILIAN Iraq deaths in Gulf War 2 followed the 500,000 Iraqi Children’s deaths caused by HW Bush’s first Gulf War, when Dick Cheney was his Sec. of Defense (number given by Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State given in her famous Barbara Walters interview – doesn’t include Iraqi military deaths from that War).

    Man … the Bushes and Cheney just LOVED to kill Iraqis. Million here, million there, an soon you are talking about a real CIVILIAN death count! Enough to make Idi Amin and Pol Pot proud of the US efficiency at causing CIVILIAN deaths.

    • Say Amen!

      Thanks JC. Heard it this morning on the way into work. I hadn’t put it together until I read your comment on a break…

      Lately, I’m not sure what day it is… My mind’s been other places; mainly on the job that earns me a paycheck.

      Things like this make you wonder about that special math that makes the universe work.

    • iraq was a republican war. weird, how all these decades later republicans don’t want to take credit for it any longer. i’m sure trump and his followers will be able to get y’all fired up to support invading Venezuela or nigeria.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002

    • Now..I dont want to say anything bad about the deceased..but .. this is probably one of the most decent things he’s done

14. Well, the Devil has gone back to his home in Hell. Good Riddance to Dick Cheney… the ‘commander’ of 9-11. Too bad you didn’t take your Lizard daughter with you.

    • Martin Armstrong: Dick Cheney is Dead – Thank God!

      At least King Louis XIV lament on his deathbed: “I have been too fond of war.” Those are words you will NEVER hear come from the lips of a Neocon. His daughter carries on his tradition of hatred.

      https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/opinion/dick-cheney-is-dead-thank-god/

15. Last night…,

    There I was., minding my own business, which I strive to accomplish, when a notification popped up on my screen. Email from ‘Lady Fingers’. Haven’t heard from her in weeks.

    I have been officially invited to a private, high-stakes game, even though I made it very clear that I was no longer an active player. .., but she thought that this was unique enough to send along the invite – and ‘highly’ recommended that I attend. “You haven’t attended a game until it’s been hosted by him ! ”
    Somewhere within the bowels of Bourbon Street a well known host has managed to get two of the best players and is looking for a third to challenge them. He knows ‘Lady Fingers’ and has heard of ‘Three Piece’. [ one of the best? Me ? I am known in New Orleans? ]
    I have to admit that my resolve weakened – just wee bit. It sounded very tempting. Very. Doc Holiday loose, but with a purpose, in one of the most dangerous ghetto’s in the country. Several challenges wrapped into one. Very tempting.
    But to succeed I believe ‘Doc’ would have to literally take over., which is cool., but could I then leave him behind in “The Big Easy”? Took me a couple of weeks to completely shake that persona / attitude the last time he took control. [ It was so easy to do, that it was a bit scary. I went too deep into an alter ego, just to win a poker game. Didn’t know I had that in me. Which is also, scary., cool in a way., but a mind is a terrible thing to mess with – especially your own ! ]

    Went to bed thinking about it – woke up this morning with a big ole “No”.
    So, I politely, with all the southern charm I could muster, turned down the invite. But secretly., my evil twin is disappointed.

    • We would have loved the story – but comes a time as Father Eastwood said – and one of them physics guys, too. Gotta watch – we all have our numer coming up – but no point on hurrying it along. NOLA is too dangerous for cash…

      • Wait … couldn’t the “evil twin” attend then?
        Agreed, NOLA and cash? Nope
        ~ Egor ~~

    • Congratulations to your resolve!!

      There may come an opportunity that is very good, where the darkside would not intrude, where it could be FUN again. Life moves forward and sometimes opportunities NOT taken turn out to be the best decisions we ever make.

16. Hey Chief,

    I know I dont have to tell Youse, but the rest of this fine community..well they need some encouragement..so here goes;

    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBUY the DIP !

    What are you waiting for this time ? I told youse no engraved invitations this time around, ya just got to swallow hard, pull pants up..over Ure waist, and tighten those shoelaces. Whats the worst gonna happen, paper losses? – pay no mind, you got to “jump in di line, rock Ure body in time!”

    Harry -https://youtu.be/lewrnLwCtok?si=Bl0yWk1sEi-VmrH9

17. Well…, I bought my new notebook., but not the one I have been looking at [ Dell Pro ]., not even that other one.
    The one I bought was shown to me by a geek-friend. It was from a USGS field project that got cancelled. 24 of these great rugged-style laptops were made for a field research project., but were never issued, or used and have been sitting on a shelf for four, or five months.
    Rugged 15.6in laptop that exceeds all military specs – twin batteries/hot-swap-able, finger print reader., Windows Pro 11, external SSD port, SIMM card upgrade-able., 32gigs [ not up-grade-able – welded in for ‘system integrity’] 1T SSD hard drive – up grade-able.., to 4T. 6G wireless. Excellent sounding graphics – though integrated and not upgrade-able.
    All-n-all looks like a great laptop. Rugged looking case – built in handle style – military looking all the way. No brand name. Never to be confused with a Mac..,
    Now.., do I keep the Windows 11 Pro.., or dump-and-go play with Ubuntu ?

    • Do you need my address?

    • Panasonic is the government (and world) standard for rugged lappys. We also use Dell and Getac, and a few Agencies (notably NSA) use Durabook. All are stellar. Panasonic has 80% of the market; Dell has 80% of the remainder.

      You should find out what it is now in case you need to upgrade or repair, later. Quick & dirty is power requirements. All Panasonic Toughbooks use 15.6vdc and Dells use either 19.2 or 19.5vdc IIRC…

    • Suggestion, if you’re not already familiar with Ubuntu:
      You could boot Ubuntu from a flash drive and use it for a while in that manner, leaving the Win11 in place in case you want it later.

      IIRC it has install options to help you set it up as a dual-boot system, but I have no experience with that. (Maybe next week I will…)

      • Or Mint, or any of the other *NIX distros:

        Virtually everyone here who uses *NIX uses Ubuntu or Mint. Understand, they are both modified versions of Debian. Ubuntu is slightly easier to use than Debian, but is less-powerful. Mint is slightly easier to use than Ubuntu, and is prettier, but less-powerful. These terms are relative. Mint is a few percent less-powerful than Ubuntu, which is a few percent less-powerful than Debian. Mint is also about 3x more powerful and 37% faster than ANY version of Windows, and will load like programs (like Firefox or Gimp) much faster, so there’s not really much difference between these, other than the way they “feel” to you. I honestly run all three, and a bunch of other OSs as well.

        These are useful links for Debian. Ubuntu and Mint have similar pages (except for the “pure blends”), but because I run both /hamradio and /Debian Astro+Science, I’m only giving you the Deb links.

        What I would suggest is either building or buying the “All version LIVE USB” and trying each version. I would suggest you do the same with Ubuntu and Mint. The Gnome GUI feels different than KDE or Cinnamon, and each feels different in Ubuntu and Mint.

        Remember, “LIVE” means you can load an OS and play with it, without it affecting your Win11 in any way. The LIVE environment creates a virtual RAMdisk and installs the *NIX distro onto that ramdisk. You can play, torture-test, download install & run programs, configure windows, and everything else. Nothing is saved unless you offload it to an external drive. When you shut your computer down or reboot it, that particular LIVE version (and everything you’ve done with it, or to it) goes poof.

        Debian:

        https://www.debian.org
        _____________________

        Download an installation image

        https://www.debian.org/distrib/
        _____________________

        Buy CDs, DVDs or USB sticks from a vendor of Debian installation media

        https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/
        _____________________

        All Version LIVE USB

        https://www.linuxcollections.com/products/debian/debianusb.htm?id=51007
        _____________________

        Debian pure blends

        Debian Accessibility
        Debian Astro
        DebiChem
        Debian Edu
        Debian Games
        Debian GIS
        Debian Junior
        Debian Med
        Debian Multimedia
        Debian Science
        Debian FreedomBox
        Debian Hamradio

        https://www.debian.org/blends/

18. I read all this and one sentence keeps playing through my mind. DOGE Failed…… OK shut it all down. Kind of like your battery being depleted and removing all non essential loads from the power bus. You control the shutdown so as to skirt the Wienmar outcome; which said outcome would result in the financial plumbing seizing up in a disoderly fashion, and globally, for countries who peg to the FRN. Plan B?

    Currency recall and repricing into the new [digital] fiat. Ill go out on a limb and guess that a certain stable coin will depeg from the FRN. Its underlying layer one currency skyrocketing in price. Just a funny dream I had.

    Not advice get your own hallucinations.

19. Found it George:

    FDA Authorizes Light Therapy for Dry AMD
    By Reena Mukamal
    Reviewed By Nieraj Jain, MD
    Published Jan. 21, 2025

    https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/light-therapy-photobiomodulation-dry-amd-ga
    ________________________
    ________________________

    INTRODUCING THE
    VALEDA LIGHT
    DELIVERY SYSTEM

    The First and Only FDA-Authorized
    Treatment for Dry Age-Related Macular
    Degeneration (AMD) to Improve Vision

    https://myvaleda.com

    Interesting note:

    “patients should not receive treatment within 30 days of using photosensitizing agents (e.g. topicals, injectables) that are affected by 590, 660, and/or 850 nm light before consulting with their physician.”

20. u were right George. i been playing this online zombie appocolypse game for a while now. its huge. there is 30 Million + people playing it from all over the world.

    you build a city and fortify it, research tech and build war machines. its sort of a cross between Road Warrior Fury Road and a Zombie Appocolyps game
    you build armies and all kinds of cool shit. they have server wars and you go raiding and looting, all kinds of fun stuff .

    the fella recruited me to join his Guild. its a pretty big guild. The president of the Guild is named Jesus Jazz. He is what most consider the World Ruler. nobody messes with him. He is the Highest Level with all the bad ass tech, has tanks and all kinds of cool stuff in his army.

    some kid who is level 27 (im level 20,) from Toronto Canada attacked me 12 times in a row last night. raided all my supplies and killed 80% of my troops.

    i told someone and they Jesus and He mounted using the full force of the Guild and all their armies. Jesus Desimated all that fellas cities and armies, all his neighbors cities and armies and left them nothing but a pup tent and a can of beans. hahahahaha.

    and He left them a note on the World Chat, ” Fear of the Lord is the Begining of Wisdom!” do not ever pillage or loot or take anything from anyone under my protection. he was pissed because that fella attacked me 12 times. He said ahh once or twice, that is the nature of the game. but 12 times? that is just Rude.

    it will take that fella and all his neigbors who were allies, 6 months of playing the game daily to rebuild to where he was before.

    he restored all my lost supplies and then gave me an additional Million just for my pain and suffering. lol

    so you were right about Jesus, George.

    I have friends in High Places.

    The Shape of Things to come.

    i thought you should know.

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