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Probably approximately zero
An almost clean sweep on Super Tuesday. DJT is going to be the nominee and now it's time to unify behind him and defeat Biden and the Marxists
https://www.profstonge.com/p/javier-milei-ended-a-dc-sized-deficit
"Apparently it took Milei just 9 and a half weeks to balance a budget that was projected at 5% of GDP under the previous government. In US terms, he turned a 1.2 trillion dollar annual deficit into a 400 billion surplus. In 9 and a half weeks." -- Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
Imagine... and then reimagine our government following the Constitution with fiscal responsibility.
Who thought giving Senator Britt the Rebuttal was a good idea? She may be a good Senator, but she is not a good orator. We know Biden is the worst president in US history and we are hurting as a country. I want to hear what the GOP plans to do to return us back to being a free country, not emotive sap that sounds like Leftist whining some Conservative catchphrases tossed in. Perhaps Tucker Carlson's response will be better.
One of the worst Presidents in our history. The corruption of A. Johnson, the war-baiting of Polk, the ethical stupidity of Wilson, the totalitarianism of FDR, the guns&butter corruption and cultural destruction of LBJ, economic disintegration of Carter, the disingenuity (and anti-constitutional treachery) of Obama, the deep-state subversion of Bush 41 &43, and the willingness to destroy American productivity to make China a world power like Nixon. I could go on, but "worst" does not describe the dire straits we are in because of him and his puppetmasters.
Fierrol, Suzi Island, and Everr
Hello y'all.I'm basically here for the rp :-)
Laken Riley not Lincoln Riley. I guess Biden thought the coach of Usc football was killed not a nursing student from Georgia
SOTU, Narland's respnse:
Biden's handlers are aiding and abetting a literal invasion in front of us. They are pissing on our legs and calling it rain. Everything that caused this was through executive authority by Biden himself, and then he blames it on Congress, as though he thinks the American people are stupid.
Haters of fiscal responsibility in all branches have nearly bankrupted us, destroyed our reputation as fiduciaries in trust for the dollar being the world's currency, and sold us down the river so badly our great-grandchildren are de-facto ad-hoc debt-slaves to the inheritors of the Democrat Leftist hatred of all things traditionally American. Leaders in the GOP bluster against it, but pre-emptively cave when push comes to shove, and then pretend that they put up a brave front (if they even bother to respond to their constituents in actual dialogue), and this needs to change now. Inflation, economic stagnation have seen many Americans loose their entire life savings.
Meanwhile, Cheney, Pelosi, Schumer, and the usual suspects (the anti-constitutional administrative state) libel and slander an actual mostly peaceful protest (cum agents-provocateur fedsurrection) of insurrection in order to paralyze patriotic otherwise Law-abiding from effectively quelling their treachery. They jail their political enemies on trumped up charges. Use civil laws in lieu of actual criminal convictions, but are bold enough to start manufacturing evidence of otherwise innocent parties whose only crime is to disagree with despotism in general and petty despots in particular. They are widening their pogrom against Conservatives in an effort to find just a 1,000 more through extra-constitutional means using laws that were never meant (according to the politicians) to be used against Americans.
Biden's dirty little forever war in the Ukraine (that supported National Socialists and defend actual National Socialists in their ranks (not Neo-Nazis but actual Nazis); and invited a former International Socialist (that is Communist for those of you in Rio Linda) nation with 100x the industrial capacity to take a little piece of Ukraine for whatever numb-to-humanity scheme the mostly irrelevant Military Industrial Complexes' imbecilic pipe dreams thought they were accomplishing, is an abject failure.
Afghanistan is a win for terrorism worldwide. Those who think that America is the Great Satan were given the largest cache of firepower unparalleled in world history. This is the equivalent of Rome giving the Goths the complete arsenal of the latest and greatest of an entire Imperial Province. The way our bureaucrats left was logistically consistent with the worst possible choice every step of the way -- even if you do not know what you are doing on a multiple choice test you will still get 25% (on a 4 question mct) right by accident. Americans do not leave a man behind, but they did -- not just Americans, but civilians of our allies as well. Terrorists were emboldened enough invade a peaceful country, and murder, rape, kidnap, thousands and are still holding 19 Americans for which the Biden Administration is doing nothing in order to placate the radical Muslims in their midst.
Criminals are emboldened, peace keepers are defunded, upholders of common sense, decency, freedom and order are censored, shouted-down and intimated. Neighborhoods are war zones. Individual rights are trampled. Education is subverted. Hate, spite, ingratitude, moral and criminal insanity is encouraged. I could go on, but I need to stop and go pray for my self, my family, and my country.
SOTU Summary
The solution is simple, but hard. Return to freedom by dismantling the Fabian Socialist administrative State and return to separation of powers, federalism (actual federalism), limited government, and duly constituted just due process. Fire every faithless servant who has committed deprivation of rights under color of law/authority and misprision of felonies, and charge the most egregious offenders for their crimes. Expedite those so trespassed the ability sue in the courts. End the Fed, and pay off the debt. Make the rich and poor both pay their fair share. Lower taxes to no more than 10% per person per annum total with no exceptions except the truly destitute. Laud those who do well. Love our neighbor, and treat others the way one would want to be treated -- no exceptions, is the best way to get rid of invasive government and get it out of other people's business.
Misc Opining
I would like to reimagine the entire Civil Service, government Contractors, and Operatives by creating an enlistment, warrant, and commission scheme along the lines of the national guard with recruitment to serve an enlistment, warrant or commission with at the needs of the Congress, (with approval of the States and People). Put them through a rigorous constitutional/civic virtue 90 day boot camp, with constant post-basic training. Give them a Uniform Code of Civil Servant Justice to routinely administer non-judicial punishments for their stupidity and disregard of the duties and responsibilities to uphold the rights of each and every citizen. I would not expect them to live on bases or march in parades, but I would expect them to know how to hold their keyboards at parade rest.
Anyone remember when Clinton signed the e-sig bill into law? I think that is where we dropped the keys. Before then it was relatively easy to use basic law and the UCC to keep one's papers and effects secure from businesses whose silent partner was a State of the United States (that's FDR, Truman/LBJ style corporations that all businesses are forced by law to conform since the 1960s). A simple phone call to Equifax and other evil corps that one was opting out of their modern money system's credit cap and trade scheme and if they didn't remove we would see them in court.
It was a nuisance but it least it was simple, and one's data was expunged from their fiefdoms. If there was an end user agreement, a nda, or privpol, they had to show due cause why they needed it, present it in person, negotiate with said person in which they were interested in dealing, sign a contract which both parties had the right to modify. I get paid for any data given, or reimbursed for any private date breached. Go back to that. And get rid of the so-called Johnson Amendments. Let businessmen and families choose the form of their business free from government corruption.
These are my insomnia induced thoughts. I am trying to get them to cohere into a strategy to return to free enterprise, but it looks unsurmountable at this point. Any feedback would be appreciated.
I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgeable about most of the legislation to which you refer, but for sure I've never been a fan of the credit reporting system. A little poking around seems to suggest that alterations to the historical view may have their origin around the Right to Financial Privacy Act or Fair Credit Reporting Act, or possibly court decisions establishing what is called the Third-Party Doctrine (i.e. people who voluntarily give information to third parties—such as banks, phone companies, internet service providers (ISPs), and e-mail servers—have "no reasonable expectation of privacy" in that information) such as United States v. Miller (1976) and Smith v. Maryland (1979). However, I don't know whether corporate entanglements are implied here on what would otherwise be the basis for information collection on behalf of governments. As for the Clinton era, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (a.k.a. the repeal of Glass-Steagall) has some weak protections for consumers to opt out of having their data shared with third parties - weak enough that they may be ineffectual. But I'm afraid I'd need more information to be able to drill down further on your observations.
I'm only familiar with one "Johnson Amendment", which I've heard puts limits on the political advocacy of tax-exempt churches (and other non-profits), but the government has never actually prosecuted a case on these grounds for fear of it being declared unconstitutional. Don't hold me to this, as I've never really looked into the details.
As for businessmen and families choosing the form of their business, how short do non-C-corp business structures come? In particular, what about sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships? I thought LLCs were supposed to be pretty flexible.
Your car is secretly spying on you and driving your insurance rates through the roof: report
https://nypost.com/2024/03/12/business/your-car-is-spying-on-you-and-upping-your-insurance-rates-report/
In other fun news of companies sharing your data with third party brokers...
Doesn't surprise me
thanks.
first thing to do when buying any new product -- delete the spyware and cripple the coms.
Post self-deleted by Miami Jai-Alai 3.
I think tik tok is cringe but to ban it is vast overreach
Narland, Fierrol, and Kumquat Cove
It will likely lead to the sale of tik tok to Amwrican interests since we have to control every social app
Most of what the Federal govt has done since the rise Progressivism is unconstitutional overreach. The answer is for the govt to respect the individual's right to his own person, and any breach of such (eg, requiring eulas without the ability to negotiate line by line) as fraud and extortion under the UCC (which imnsho it already is.) -- selling someone else's data without prior contractual agreement face to face with itemized reimbursment and receipt a tort at least, and a felony at worst.
The restriction of citizens freedoms in the various nefarious ways and laws the deep state uses while ignoring crime against peaceful citizenry is one of the great injustices of the times
This is a good practice, but broadly limited by lack of knowledge - either the knowledge of the value of such action or the knowledge of how to properly bring this about. In this case, the method is fairly straight forward - refuse the terms of the OnStar Smart Driver subscription service or similar (although sometimes this is just a pretense and they'll use your data anyway, and then there's Honda which allegedly doesn't allow an opt-out according to the article). In other cases, knowledge required to delete the spyware and cripple the coms is limited to those who have spent time gaining enough information to flash a new ROM, install a new OS, use different software, adopt different social media, forego the internet of things, forego the internet of bodies (shudder), use and modify home networks, Pi-holes, etc.
While I would love the ability to have more negotiating power on the side of consumers, I do have that general concern about government imposing itself in negotiations upon consenting parties who should theoretically be competent to enter into contract on their own. Moreover, I see this as another opportunity for the government to find new ways to seize powers for itself, while simultaneously helping to drive the problem of surveillance for self serving purposes. In other words, this is ripe for abuse as a classic dialectical tactic.
Regardless of the wisdom of government intervention, I don't think any wide-scale solution exists, whether with or without government, without a culture that values privacy and proactively seeks it out. And so, here's my periodic contribution to promoting that culture:
Psychological Impact of Surveillance
https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Impact-of-surveillance:b
The current state of privacy is bad. Surveillance today is pervasive, and the effects of this surveillance on the fabric of society is profound. We need to make sure we’re fully aware of the consequences of creating a world without privacy.
If we want to reclaim privacy in the digital age, the answer is not to throw out our devices, it’s to truly embrace technology, and leverage all the new, cutting edge privacy and encryption technologies being developed every day.
We are empowered human beings. And many of us aren't just passive enjoyers of technology -- we have a say in the direction that this technology will take, and are helping write its future. It's in our power to make sure that the future we create is the best possible timeline, not the worst.
So let’s be intentional about the kind of future we want.
I do overlap with the neocons a little bit here. I consider TikTok to be a psychological warfare platform used to carry out influence operations and track any users of a device on which it may be installed. It is also, intentionally or not, a sort of digital opium that is not only addictive but appears to degrade attention spans, critical thinking, and induce social and behavioral maladaptation (yeah, maybe the maladaptive sorts are drawn to the platform, but I think it goes both ways). Its parent company ByteDance is also host to a political commisariat called a CCP Committee, which is typical of large companies in the PRC.
I would further note the double standards - the PRC owns TikTok but they don't allow it to operate on their side of the Great Firewall. Nor do they allow American social media in China. But this is where I part company from the likes of Dan Crenshaw.
American social media are also psychological warfare platforms, which are being actively employed in myriad domestic disinformation campaigns at home and foreign campaigns abroad. They track, they censor, and they organize campaigns against troublesome content creators. If you think it's outrageous that TikTok's parent company should be forced to have a cell of political officers, you should be more incensed at all of the "retired" spies infesting American big tech firms, with a particular focus on their Trust and Safety Councils.
I think at its root, the US government is hard pressed to find a standard by which it can criticize TikTok, where the same argument can't be turned back on itself. If the US cleaned up its own house, this is a problem that might very well be solved in the process. In the mean time however, we are mired in our own moral bankruptcy.
Also the whole idea of kids consuming bad content being the fault of the app and not the parents for better monitoring their kids social media usage is laughable
Fierrol and Kumquat Cove
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