Gas is edging back toward $4 per gallon again because the war is back on again. It is now about $3.88 nationally and trending in the wrong direction, just like this never-ending (and stupid, evil) war Trump refuses to end. He appears to think he can win it by blowing up more things in Iran. Nixon thought the same thing about Vietnam more than half a century ago. Trump, who is currently much older than Nixon was when he ordered Linebacker II – the resumption of the bombing of North Vietnam after a temporary pause – apparently does not remember the Vietnam War.
Perhaps because he avoided fighting in it.
That’s not a jibe. It’s a fact as well as an observation. There is an interesting congruence between supporting wars and not fighting in them. It is the phenomenon of the chickenhawk, a creature that is very gung-ho about you and him fighting. This is not say that wars are good when started by those who’ve previously fought in wars. They aren’t. But they are usually started (and supported) by chickenhawks, which is an interesting thing. The ancients had a policy that the men of the polis who voted to got to war would serve as front-line troops in that war. The result was they had fewer wars.
If this war goes on, it’s going to come home – not in the form of the usual explosions but rather in the form of price explosions. It is important to remember that the reason Trump agreed to Iran’s terms of surrender – the so-called Memorandum of Agreement – was probably that he’d been made to understand how close the United States (and not just the United States) is to running on empty. For the past several months, Trump has been using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a kind of shock absorber, to keep the cost of gas from rising to $6 (or more) per gallon. He’s been shipping American oil overseas, to prevent other countries from running empty, which would potentially collapse the world economy and ours along with it. The Iranians know all about it and that is why they have closed the Strait of Hormuz. It is the kind of leverage you’ve got in a fight when you have your hands around your opponent’s balls. The Iranians have been squeezing – and Trump has been howling.
Anyhow, desperate to avoid the July Reckoning that was looming a couple of weeks ago, he agreed to the Memorandum and the war scabbed over for a couple of weeks. The scab just got ripped off because the Iranians asserted their control over the Strait, which Trump pretended he’d not agreed to. Maybe he believed – if he believed hard enough – that the Iranians would just sort of eventually agree to give up the control over traffic through the Strait that they’d won in this war. The Iranians haven’t shown any inclination to do so, especially since they explicitly stated in the Memorandum that they weren’t going to. Trump’s social media posts for domestic consumption – red meat for the Red Hats – are not binding upon the Iranians, it seems.
Well, now what? The war – as of Monday morning – shows no signs of abating. The price of oil (and so, gas) is undoubtedly going to reflect this. We could very well be back to $4 per gallon by the end of this week. The real worry, though, is what may be coming in the weeks after that, if the war goes on – and the SPR runs empty and there’s no longer any way to absorb the shocks. It is – as the saying goes – nut-cutting time. The question is, whose nuts will be cut?
Trump could still do the difficult (for him) thing and end the war. All he has to do is stop it. He doesn’t even have to say anything publicly about accepting the reality of Iranian control over the Strait to get the oil flowing again (and the SPR filling up again). He just has to stop the war. Declare Mission Accomplished – and go back to work for America.
He might even recover some of his hemorrhaged popularity in time for the mid-terms, which are now just a few short months away. Since his party’s control over the Senate hangs by a thread, he’d be wise to do everything he can to avoid a mid-term wipeout for his party. And how about for America?
Does anyone remember Make America Great Again? It has become something like that saying Americans used to say about how it’s a free country.
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I have jury duty tomorrow. I do not like being coerced. The fact that the court can call a summons and force it upon you against your will and means you are a slave. Since I do not like being a slave I intend to fight the attorneys who want to force me to serve on a jury when I do not give one flying fuck about the “law”.
So I decided to compose a protest letter to the prosecuting attorney officials in charge of questioning me to see if I am fit to serve. I am hoping this letter will be read outloud so all jurors can hear what I have to say, in defense of my self, that I do not want anything to do with courts for any reason. I believe that once they read my views on what I really believe, they will reject me as a good sheep who doesn’t think, and would make a jury who rubber stamps the prosecutor’s wishes.
First of all, I hold as a metaphysical certainty, no person has one lick of authority over another. Never did, never will. Anyone who claims “authority” over another is obviously a dangerous predator which should be locked up. The biggest scumbags on the planet are politicians who claim this false authority, and they commit mass murder. If the courts wish to find some scumbag criminals to prosecute, I suggest they start at the highest levels of state, like with the current regime.
Since I have not granted any court this false authority over me, nor have I signed any contract with the courts, all coercion against my free will is actually a crime against me. Forcing jury duty is a crime. I do not consent, I not understand, nor do I stand under any person of the court. No man is above me, I have no superiors and damn few equals.
The courts are run by morons. No one ever has to be forced or summoned for jury duty. We live in a market place for labor – to find some workers to sit on a jury panel, the courts only need to increase the bid price, so people would want to be paid handsomely for sitting on their asses while attorneys argue the case. Just imagine if the juror got $500 bucks a day and free donuts. Off duty cops would be forming a line around the court house.
People who collect welfare, get free housing and the like, are a good source for “voluntary” jury “workers”. When a person applies for free shit they should sign a contract with the state to serve on jury duty. This is fair, they are leaching off of everyone else and sitting on their fat asses all day anyways, while eating bonbons and watching soap operas. Well Virginia, there is no better soap than court in session! Hell, the courts ought to serve coffee and donuts like they do at Hewlett Packard in Corvallis – the best place to work in all of Oregon!
Since I do not believe in the Holy Bible, which is the most evil book ever written, I do not believe in the Jews who established these courts way back when and use them to this day to steal monies from us, and put people in jail. Jesus says these courts are a curse on mankind. I agree. Living on earth is a curse on my kind, since I know this place is a damn hell hole. I do not want to be incarnated on a hell planet, like earth, which is run by psychos, who make war and kill people for reasons of profit or religious reasons “like I’m god’s chosen one so it is ok if I kill you and take your shit”.
‘Anyone who claims “authority” over another is obviously a dangerous predator which should be locked up.’ — YJ
What? Who should lock up these dangerous predators? Should somebody claim the authority over them to do so?
Why lock up dangerous predators? Kill them on the spot. The very reason we have dangerous predators, like Trump, is because he has not been killed. If the Iranians had killed Trump at Mar a lago in kind for killing their supreme leader at his home, Trump would no longer be killing.
Have you ever wondered why the court system is actually a religious institution, based on beliefs in a holy book?
why is romans 13 used to justify government and courts?
Romans 13 is the primary New Testament text used to justify government and courts because it explicitly frames secular governing authorities as divinely established institutions.
Divine Appointment
Source of Authority: The text states all authority comes from God.
Ordained Structure: Existing civil governments are viewed as appointed by God.
Rebellion Against God: Resisting legal authority is equated with resisting God’s order.
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Since the courts can not prove god’s existence, they can not prove they have a divine mandate of superior authority to coerce others. Thus all court proceedings are a farce on the face of it. And just because you believe in the Holy Bible or some other reason, does not justify coercing others.
For instance the law says kidnapping and ransom are serious felonies, horrible crimes that should be prosecuted. I agree. If that is so, then the officers of the court and the cops who make arrests and hold people for bail should prosecute themselves.
If a person imprisons another in a cage, that person is a dangerous predator and should be prosecuted as such. Therefor all officers who run the prison system are also guilty of imprisonment. Belief that you can do this because you wear a badge is no excuse.
Why do we know Romans 13 is not true?
Romans 13: 1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
If god appointed our authorities, what is the point in voting? If god appointed the authorities, god is very evil and should not be obeyed because authorities like Trump are very evil men.
Romans 13 is obviously false. No man should obey another because if you do so, you are allowing yourself to ruled by tyrants. Only evil people with bad agendas want to rule over others. Bad people want to use the coercive power of the state to do bad things with the tax monies, like those who use our taxes to attack and kill people overseas for profit, political agendas of taking territory or erasing enemies of competitors.
Hi Jack,
I think the easiest way to dispense with all of this is to examine the sense of what’s asserted (as well as the evidence for it) in the same way we do other fairy tales. I remember, as a kid, trying to make sense out of Santa Claus. So, this one old man has a flying sled and he flies all around the world every Christmas eve, dropping toys down chimneys… if you’ve been nice rather than naughty, which he also knows all about. I was suspicious. Then I turned over one of my toys and it said “Made in Japan” and that was the end of my belief…
Why rendering judgment in jury duty is the biggest mistake of your life.
If you are intent on escaping the endless karmic loop of rebirthing again and again into the earth hell planet you must not judge others and impose a prison sentence on another because you are actually imprisoning yourself in coming back to hell. This is explained with the soul and quantum mechanics.
You have no idea what the souls agreed upon ahead of the crime, you have no idea who is lying, since all people lie. The human body is a disposable meat bag (like an avatar) for souls to act out Shakespeare plays. Your conscious mind usually has no awareness how souls make agreements to do things like kill or cheat each other for emotional experiences.
The only safe thing to do is get out of jury duty and never judge or you are screwed. Souls agree to abuse each other, to get experience in the physical realm. Unfortunately people believe their meat bag is themselves, when the meatbag is only a tool for souls to play with each other. When you die, your meatbag dies, your soul goes on to play again.
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Goolag Ai – how does the collapse of the wave function prove we are in a simulated reality, what is the karmic mistake of judging others and how it keeps you in a reincarnation loop?
Quantum Wave Function and Simulation Theory
The collapse of the wave function does not scientifically prove we live in a simulation, but it serves as a core philosophical argument for the hypothesis.
[Unobserved Universe] —> Pure Mathematical Probability
(Wave Function)
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[Act of Observation]
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v
[Observed Universe] —> Concrete Physical Reality
(Collapsed Wave)
The Observer Effect: In quantum mechanics, particles exist in a wave of probabilities until they are measured or observed.
Rendering Analogy: Simulation theorists compare this to a video game that only renders pixels when a player looks at them to save computing power.
The Implication: This suggests that objective reality does not exist without consciousness, implying the universe is information-based rather than purely material.
How Judgment Traps You in Reincarnation
According to karmic traditions, judgment acts as a binding tether that forces the soul to return to the physical plane.
[Judgment of a Trait/Action] —> [Creation of Karmic Tether] —> [Involuntary Reincarnation] —> [Life Experience as the Judged Role]
Karmic Tethers: Intense emotional reactions like judgment create strong energetic attachments to the person or behavior being judged.
Role Reversal: To clear the karma of judgment, the soul must experience the universe from the perspective of the one who was judged.
The Cycle: If you judge someone for being greedy, lazy, or cruel, you will be reborn into circumstances that force you to embody those exact traits to develop empathy.
Breaking the Loop: Reincarnation ends when you view all beings with neutral observation and unconditional compassion, neutralizing your karmic debts.
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Ego trap. People in ego consciousness are attracted to, and resonate in, judgmental consciousness, which is the basis of the philosophy of the Holy Bible – judging others, because the jew god demands it. The Holy Bible is not a good book, yet it is the basis of court system which renders judgments on people who break man made laws.
The courts use coercive powers of the state to force you by fooling you into obedience (by the ruse of authority). You should not play along or do as you are told because you are only getting your self deeper in the karmic quicksand.
The penal system is of very low vibration, incarcerating humans like dogs because of laws which protect the rich from retributions for their crimes against us. The entire legal system is meant to protect the rich, their money and land holdings, so that they have it all while the rest of the people are their slaves. The New Testament was written by the Roman state.
Cops and courts exist not by godly design (like Romans 13) but by landowners and the wealthy elite to maintain their position of superiority over us. They do this by using specific language to submit to their (false) authority. Cops can ask if “do you understand” to get you to comply with kidnapping and ransom. All laws should be judged on moral merit, not on what the law or court says.
It is extremely important to be brave and resolute when dealing with the criminal system of injustice, you must not participate in the court system of judgment, which is keeping yourself trapped in i forever, which you risk coming back for another round in hell.
Seeing where we are going, reincarnating again would make this life seem like a boy scout outing, next time around earth could be a post nuclear apocalypse.
Hi Jack,
A good way to get out of jury duty is to tell the judge you’re a racist.
Have you ever wondered why stock and commodity prices, like daily trading of gasoline, defy all expectations? It has perplexed my mind for decades. If you actually trade based on what everyone expects, you stand a good chance of losing on the trade.
Just when you think Orange man attacking Iran again will for sure cause gasoline to go up, it then goes down. How in the hell can that be? What are we missing, how do the markets really work? Whys is common sentiment almost always wrong?
Thinking people demand answers, just what in the sam hell is going on, on this god forsaken planet?
Well, let’s ask the Ai god, shall we?
explain in elliott wave terms for the movement of commodity prices, such as gasoline, which should be going up because of the war but is going down
Market Psychology vs. News Events
Prices follow investor psychology, not headlines.
In Elliott Wave Theory, news acts as a catalyst for a move that is already structurally required by the market’s collective mood, rather than creating a brand-new direction.
When a commodity like gasoline drops despite a war that “should” drive it up, it means the market has already factored in the worst-case scenario.
This represents a classic “buy the rumor, sell the news” structural peak
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The best way to place a trade on gasoline futures is to determine your emotional feelings on the future price of gasoline, which you “feel” and “know for sure” it’s going to go then place a trade in the exact opposite direction.
stopped lying to myself years ago…about all of it…
stopped
My drive to work is 43 miles one way. My days of work are ending in a few weeks. I worry about the economy in the future obviously but at least that drive won’t be a part of my life any longer! lol
Congrats on your retirement, Rob.
I think it would be wise to obtain the highest fuel economy car for the coming decades. The situation in the United States is trending toward a military and fiscal catastrophe. Complete loons are now running our government – into the ground.
I am planning to buy a more fuel efficient car, I believe I can double my mpg by selecting a Prius C or Mitsubishi Mirage (1.2 liter/5 spd). Come to find out the last few years the Mirage manuel trans is no longer available. The other choice is the glorified snowmobile CVT – which has a high failure rate as it ages or is not maintained with a 30K flush.
“Starting with the 2023 model year, Mitsubishi dropped the 5-speed manual gearbox entirely from both the Mirage hatchback and Mirage G4 sedan lineups”
It is hard to find a manual mirage after 2017. Few exist. Not available in my region. Thus I now am thinking of the Prius C, the smallest which only comes with one drive train, but with different trims:1,2,3,4.
Obviously, Prius C owners will tend to sell as they detect the battery weakening onto an unsuspecting sucker.
But since I am only going to buy used at a huge discount, the hybrid battery only has a certain shelf life – which can not be determined by statistics or any other factor.
how long does the Prius C hybrid battery last statistically
Statistically, a Toyota Prius C hybrid battery lasts between 100,000 and 150,000 miles, which typically translates to 8 to 10 years of use.
Data from master mechanics, real-world fleet trackers, and Carfax vehicle data indicates that the absolute floor for the Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery in the Prius C is around 80,000 miles.
However, with ideal driving habits, many owners frequently push the original pack past 180,000 to 200,000 miles before encountering a failure
what does it cost to replace a prius c battery at a toyota dealer
Replacing a Prius C hybrid battery at an authorized Toyota dealership typically costs between $3,000 and $4,500 for parts and labor.
Because the Prius C uses a smaller 60-cell Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) pack compared to the standard Prius liftback, the raw part is slightly less expensive, but premium dealer labor rates keep the total investment high.
Believe it or not, some technical analysts have a good handle on what oil and gas will be going forward. With the advent of the Ai Apocalypse, you no longer need to know how the Elliott Wave theory works, you only need to know how to pose a question to the new supreme intelligence to find out.
Goolag Ai – “what do elliott wave analysts see for the rest of the year oil and gasoline prices in the usa”
Elliott Wave analysts expect oil and US gasoline prices to trend lower through the rest of the year, characterizing the current market landscape as a medium-term corrective downtrend.
While long-term super-cycle counts remain highly bullish due to structural updates from providers like Elliott Wave Forecast, the technical focus for the second half of the year points to a completion of bearish corrective waves.
Crude Oil: Tracking the Corrective Waves
Following a break below a critical 3-month symmetrical triangle pattern, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil has shifted into a dominant bearish trend. Analysts break down the sequence into actionable technical structures:
The Near-Term Wave 4 Rebound: Analysts note that oil is experiencing a brief, temporary corrective bounce. The ideal resistance zone for this Wave 4 structure rests between $74.00 and $80.00.
The Wave 5 Target: Once the Wave 4 resistance zone holds, analysts project the broader downtrend will resume to complete a final Wave 5 lower.
Price Projections: The primary target for the termination of this bearish leg spans from $69.66 down to $65.00 by December.
A major collapse below $67.00 would accelerate the sequence toward a lower floor.
US Gasoline: Lagging the Crude Breakdown
Elliott Wave projections for wholesale gasoline futures (RBOB) heavily mirror the crude oil cycle, though retail pump prices in the United States are expected to react with a delayed lag.
The Retail Lag: While wholesale RBOB prices slide within their respective bearish corrective waves, tight inventories and retail margins will keep consumer pump prices elevated in the near term.
Price Targets: Chart geometries across broader commodity data indicate that national retail averages will compress from their peak summer levels to $3.80 per gallon in the third quarter.
Year-End Floor: As the final corrective waves structure out into the winter, retail prices are expected to drop to $3.40 per gallon by the fourth quarter.
Lots more to read, try it yourself:
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+do+elliott+wave+analysts+see+for+the+rest+of+the+year+oil+and+gasoline+prices+in+the+usa&aep=22&udm=50&cs=0&mstk=AUtExfAKGHUwNwZwHG5vEylMB7GpQhQbi2vr2PocMMr46I7GAnYDkjNrwiIyG__7zZp7SwQuQROdbC-0Jg5anVyeq9oqle-yBqrm2sK2qUoxuGcKsMrMZr1xMlojhjDiqZ6szyvR-bfU3P8r9vo-ahqhVdHE8QZDWd7s5nM&csuir=1
Elliot Wave was valid into the era of the day trader. That’s where they got all the notice, because there were so many day traders who were not temperamentally suited for it, and who lost everything to people who understood and leveraged the mass psychology of mere mortals.
But anymore, most trades, particularly futures trades, are done by HFT algorithms. Unless they deliberately coded human weakness into the algorithms, Elliot Waves should manifest only in things like human-managed hedge funds. And the HFT algos are almost certainly coded to exploit it, not to be victim to it.
What the hell is Trump thinking? A blockade on Iranian ships and a 20% surcharge on non-Iranian ships going through the Strait?
That can’t have been what he meant, can it? Maybe he meant blockade all Iranian petroleum and 20% on other Iranian products? Hopefully Bessent talks some sense into him if he meant to charge tolls on other country’s shipments.
$3.19 about an hour ago. $3.09 cash.
It is obvious that not only American, but world politicians have been compromised with epstein-style “honeypot” operations.
Plying these politicians with cash from time-to-time keeps them on the reservation.
The Zapruder film also reinforces the mob-style “encouragement” that is used to dissuade any form of dissension from “those who pull the strings” behind the scenes.
All it would take would be for one or two prominent individuals presently in the halls of power to publicly admit that they either had sex with underage girls, had homosexual proclivities (which are no longer considered “taboo” in today’s society) or other transgressions that would be looked upon negatively.
Speaking out publicly and admitting to ones “sins” (transgressions), asking for forgiveness (which would easily be given) and naming names would bring the whole diseased jewish temple down.
Will at least one pol or influential figure step up to the plate?
Unlikely, since most politicians are cowardly, and will do nothing that tarnishes their so called “image”.
Another scenario is that once the midterms
end, the Orange Man stops giving any semblance of fucks and uses nukes. I certainly wouldn’t put it past anyone.
Nukes are doubtful. MOABs, on the other hand…
I also suspect he’s going to give Israel free rein to do whatever they want. Because why not?
I don’t think midterms make any difference at all. What was the benefit in having Rs in congress the last two years?
Trump claims he already nuked Iran in an interview w/Salem News Channel (you can google the interview) yesterday:
7.14.26 Janta Ka Reporter @5:27 “And then this happened in this interview with Salem News Channel. Trump said that he hit Iran with nuclear, his word, not mine to destroy the Islamic Republic’s nuclear capabilities. (Trump) “He’s done a good job. If I wasn’t around or if BB wasn’t around, especially the combination, Israel would not exist today. We wouldn’t have hit them with the B2 bombers. You know, they were going to have a a nuclear weapon within two weeks. Had I not hit them with A NUCLEAR, they would have had a nuclear weapon. And once they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used it and you wouldn’t even have Israel around. No, BB’s good.” (Janta Ka Reporter) You can call it a slip of the tongue or brazen admission, but the fact that he didn’t clarify or correct himself has left social media users aghast.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDzNVcPT814
BB is also threatening Iran today with “a nuclear:” YNET 7.14.26 “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Iran at the Negev Conference in Dimona, saying that Israel is “prepared for any scenario. I can tell you one thing, and I’ll say this to Iran’s leaders: Don’t count on there being quiet if you attack us. Don’t count on there being a rerun. Because it won’t be a rerun, and it was powerful enough. It will be A DIFFERENT BROADCAST—MUCH MORE POWERFUL. The days when someone attacks us and we don’t strike back are over.” Netanyahu also noted that HE VISITED THE HEAD OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, Moshe Edri, TODAY “not far from here at the textile factory.”
[Iran did not attack Israel. Israel and the US attacked Iran. But they cannot beat Iran with conventional weapons and probably not with NUCLEAR either, but that’s what they are now threatening.]
It’s an ill wind that blows when Clowngress comes back to town. Treason update:
‘Senate leadership is pushing to bring the $1.2 trillion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the floor this week, though it faces severe hurdles. Passage is currently in jeopardy due to escalating tensions over Iran, a standoff on overall federal spending, and internal scheduling disruptions following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
The path forward for the defense package is complicated by several key dynamics:
The Iran conflict: Senate Democrats are threatening to block the bill over frustration with the lack of congressional authorization in the ongoing conflict with Iran.
Spending standoff: Minority Leader ‘Chuck Schumer’ and other Democrats are criticizing GOP leaders for pushing the NDAA while partisan negotiations on overall budget top lines remain deadlocked.
Contentious amendments: The bill features a nearly 30% increase in Pentagon spending, a provision mandating U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation [Sec. 1217], and various energy-related amendments, all of which face heavy debate. — Goolag AI
This week may be our last chance to pound their heinies — an expression that would have brought a fierce glow to Senator Graham’s rheumy old ape eyes — over treasonous Section 1217, that permanently sells out America to the little west Asian apartheid colony.
Kill it dai-uhd, as they say down in the South Carolina swamps. 🙂
Message just sent to Senators:
‘If the NDAA reaches the floor for a vote this week, I urge you to join your colleague Senator Sanders in amending it to strip the treasonous Sec. 1217, that sells out the crown jewels of US technology to a perfidious little apartheid colony that physically threatened Rep Ro Khanna last weekend.
‘ALLY? Little Israel isn’t even a friend. Pay them back — kill Sec. 1217!’
Death to the IDF.
As pointless as this is certain to be, here’s what the government thinks NDAA is.
https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr8800/BILLS-119hr8800rh.pdf
Of note, the bit on 1217? Pardon the formatting or lack thereof:
“Sec. 1217. Prohibition on transfers to the Badr Organization.
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Israel
Sec. 1221. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority for Israel.
Sec. 1222. United States-Israel subterranean cooperation.
Sec. 1223. United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned systems in all
warfighting domains”
The government thinks the Israel stuff is Sections 1221-1223. No I haven’t bothered to read what it says, and obviously neither have you.
BTW, there is an excellent reason to oppose NDAA, even if the parts about Israel might be overblown. (They might not be overblown, either. I have not read them. But always look at AI with caution. I just checked, and they still insist the Covid vaccines are safe and effective. Climate change is dangerous to life on earth, with an estimated quarter million excess human deaths per year.)
But the indefinite detention clause is still in there. If the executive deems you a threat to national security, he can disappear you forever, and there is nothing you can do about it. Depending on the classification, your next of kin might not ever know of your whereabouts. Obviously this is seriously dangerous, and particularly if even a fraction of what people believe about criticizing Israel is true.
Hi Steve,
I wasn’t aware of that indefinite detention clause, thanks for pointing it out. That is the scariest one of all, we’re already halfway there with the masked ICE Gestapo grabbing people off the streets with unmarked vans. Maybe the merging with Israhell clause is a distraction from the true agenda of the expanding police state….squirrel!
Dirty Old Turtle — or someone very much like him — sticks his head out of his shell:
‘Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health.
‘McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly unconscious” around the time he was first taken to the hospital and has undergone a battery of tests to try and determine what led to his fall. He said he was also treated for mild pneumonia and has been moved to a rehabilitation facility.
“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages,” McConnell said, adding that he is now “regaining muh strength.”
‘McConnell’s statement came on the heels of the unexpected death of his fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. McConnell said he cannot return to the Senate “quite yet.” — AP ‘News’
https://tinyurl.com/4vy4p6sy
‘Briefly unconscious’ — yeah, right! I was ‘briefly unconscious’ muhself last night from a cocktail of intoxicants and narcotics. But I’m back at the keyboard this morning, hale and hearty.
Probably this uncharacteristically articulate Turtle is the body double RG and I were discussing yesterday. Obviously he hasn’t learned to mumble and freeze up like the real Mitch. But as long as new ‘Mitch’ can hold out until August 3, then all is well and a special election will be headed off. 🙂
I agree, Jim –
I’m not buying it until I see the Dirty Old Turtle. Proof of life, please. A staged (probably AI) picture doesn’t cut it.
Well, they could roll the old Turtle out in a wheel chair the way they did Dianne Feinstein, and long after she should have been forced out. It could take the term “breathing corpse” to a whole new level.
Hi Jim,
A few issues I have with Mitch’s “I just fell and have a little pneumonia” gig.
1. Is it me or does Mitch and Elaine look 10 years younger in the “released” photograph?
2. Mitch never smiles and I am pretty sure his eyes haven’t been that alert in about 20 years.
3. A little pneumonia and a fall requires a month hospital stay? Got to love those Congressional health benefits.
4. The blue jeans sitting up in a hospital bed…I guess gowns are only for the little people.
5. Thune, Barrasso, and Scott Jennings all spoke to McConnell for 20 minutes. What did they discuss? How Mitch was feeling? When he would be back to the Senate? Did Elaine make it back from China? Nah. The Save America Act, Platner’s resignation, Iran, and Ukraine….you know issues that can all be discussed in a quick timeframe (sarc).
6. Are we not supposed to ask about the “cardiac arrest” and CPR performed at the residence coming through the police scanner that night? I guess the stretcher with Mitch covered head to foot in a sheet and no sirens as the ambulance sped off is also shelved for discussion?
Very observant, RG!
I didn’t pick up on the jeans in the hospital bed; you’re right – that’s clear evidence it’s fake. People admitted to the hospital wear hospital-issue gowns.
They’re officially lying now. Again.
I was once admitted to a hospital for surgery on a broken foot. I was awakened in the wee hours because I was not in a hospital gown. by that time the anesthetic had lost effect, leaving me to try and get back to sleep in extreme pain.
Who is the shadowy Capitol necromancer?
Will Mitch return to manipulate the process?
Is Miss Linds a zombie sent to infect the Russian hordes sending a plague through Asia and asserting US dominance?
Tune in next week for more Tales from the Crypt: US Senate Edition!
Great points RG,
They both look very chipper as you noted, plus how did Chao get back from China so quickly, do they have a secret Star Trek transporter?
Sure wish those existed, could beam myself to someplace sane 😆
Hi Mike,
Elaine left for China on June 12th. Her 84 year old husband falls unconscious (or goes into cardiac arrest depending on who you want to believe) on June 14th. She returns from China on July 11th.
One, if I get a call that my husband is in the hospital my ass is on the first plane out to check on him. I don’t return four weeks later. Two, Elaine looks fantastic for a woman who just returned from a 15 hour flight the day before!
>blue jeans sitting up in a hospital bed
When I was Shanghaied to Riverside Criminal Hospital
https://www.riversidecommunityhospital.com
many years ago, the meat wagon attendants slit my (nearly new) blue Levi’s up both sides, all the way to the waist.
I had to walk home, from Rivrside to Corona, wearing “hospital pants,” with my wallet, keys, change, and belt in a plastic bag provided by the devil’s minions who “treated” me, i.e., operated the money catheters which suck your assets dry @ ~ $100/minute.
The Washington Post is vouching for the “meta data” on the photo. But where are the reporters to stake out the hospital, to talk with hospital staff etc.? Why hasn’t the NYT interviewed every girlfriend? Where is Jacob Tapper? Imagine if this was how the WP broke Watergate–but then that was a lie also. Tails we win, heads you lose.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/14/us-news/wapo-fact-checks-mitch-mcconnell-hospital-photo-featuring-paper/
Perhaps GovCo is going with the logic of if you can’t afford to leave do you need freedom cities as almost everyone will be confined to walking distance?
What a disappointment Trump turned out to be. Hence my decision to quit voting altogether. No matter whom you do vote for, we always end up with the butcher bibi and his zionazis
Same here, MH –
Trump was, for me, a kind of childhood’s end. I allowed myself to believe that just maybe, an authentic populist would be allowed to become president. I ought to have known better. Only fully vetted (and fully owned) people such as Trump are allowed to become president. Trump is right when he says the elections are rigged. They are.
Ditto. When diligent voting results, time after time, in treasonous quisling regimes that cater to a foreign pariah state (as they did in initiating the current war of aggression), then conscientious people will refuse to participate in the tainted activity of electing degenerate traitors like Trump, and Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McClownell, and … I could go on all day and well into the night.
These people aren’t Americans. They belong to a loosely affiliated, supranational Epstein class which engages in predation of actual citizens like ourselves. Resist them. Shun them.
Voting does nothing but demonstrate you approve of the result, regardless how much tampering may be included in that result.