POLITICAL THREAD

[Catfan in Tn.]

Results speak for themselves.

Attempted border crossings dropped to a new low in September

At fewer than 54,000 apprehensions, the number is also the lowest since August 2020 during the Trump administration, and it is similar to September totals in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

www.nbcnews.com

Now they are down to less than 100.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Did y'all see this? Projectile from the plane crash in Philadelphia traveled a quarter of a mile, went through a diner window and knocked this guy's hat off. That's a close call.

 

[ukalum1988]

no you'd do it over time but small amounts are not going to do anything. If I owed 140k me cutting a few pennies or dollars isn't going to anything at all. It's just a waste of resources.

Yeah, that's the Dave Ramsey method and even he would say it's a waste of resources to focus on a few dollars when you can focus on cutting bigger expenses. Like say you had 1000 $2 expenses for a total of $2,000 in debt, versus a handful of $500 dollar debts for $2,500. The latter is 25% more money erased through 200x less work. That's efficiency.

Some things shouldn't be cut though, like USAID. The amount of soft power that org gives us for only a 40b/year investment. With us gutting that, China can just swoop in and get that soft power we just had.

I mean do you see what's going on atm. Employees are blocked from going into the USAID building. They received emails saying to not come to work. Musk and a bunch of 19 to 24 year old's are doing who knows what and we're letting them get away with it.

Corruption at USAID is how the Clintons swindled Haiti of all that disaster relief money after the earthquake.

I’m glad to see this happen. Sorry to see you’d like to maintain the previous status quo.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Fetterman Breaks Ranks, Calls on Dems to Support Trump’s “Deportation of Criminals”

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has urged fellow Democrats to support President Donald Trump’s deportation of illegal aliens with criminal backgrounds, pushing back against sanctuary city offi…

wokespy.com

 

[vhcat70]

Oh, I forgot to tell you. NO WRITE OFFs. Sorry churches - which I go to - donations should not be tax deductible.

If you ain't got it, it's not in your estate. You want to eliminate people giving anything away, then fine.

Unless you itemize deductions, your church donations aren't deductible.

 

[vhcat70]

Its pretty crazy to watch elon and doge give us our republic back. This is just the beginning. Once they start tracking where the money went, its going to get very juicy.

I wish I could be as optimistic as you.

 

[vhcat70]

DC plane crash prompts airline pilot's heartfelt announcement to passengers before takeoff

An American Airlines pilot has gone viral after telling passengers he has "no higher calling" than "carefully" transporting them to their destination following the tragic crash in D.C.

www.foxnews.com

When it comes to flying, always has been my thought that pilots don't want to die either.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

If anyone wants a good laugh.. read about this dumbass who sold his portfolio because he was convinced trump was going to tank the US..

Guy literally lost half of his wealth because he bought into the fake outrage. You can see my reply (same username as here).

These people are unhinged.

https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/s/insynLNGHW

 

[vhcat70]

Keep sucking the teat of the rich. Cutting the Department of Education will make the lower and middle classes suffer. Most of the money for education will go to private schools of learning while the public schools will be even more underfunded if they're funded at all.

Give the money to parents as a voucher to use at the school of their choice. Base the amount given for each kid on parents income tax return.

That's not at all a problem for me.

 

[ukalum1988]

 

[vhcat70]

American student performance has been abysmal since the USED was created.

You’re wrong, again.

A big part of that is all the immigrant kids today who don't speak English.

 

[Bigmikeydelight]

Have you ever been to a Costco or Sam's club between the 1st and tenth of the month?

I can assure you, poor people are better off now. Maybe not health wise, based on what I see in those overstuffed carts. Which also explains their lower lifespan, if that fact is even accurate.

Rfk would have stroke seeing what I see in those shopping carts, and the cows pushing them usually weigh over 300 pounds each.

And we're all paying for it.

DOGE

Marked Disparities in Life Expectancy by Education, Poverty Level, Occupation, and Housing Tenure in the United States, 1997-2014 - PMC

Socioeconomic disparities in life expectancy in the United States (US) are marked and have widened over time. However, there is limited research using individual-level socioeconomic variables as such information is generally lacking or unreliable in ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

As I’ve said before, I have very little sympathy for the overweight and obese. Our healthcare could actually be affordable if 50 percent of the population ate healthier.

if RFKjr is confirmed, I hope that his MAHA approach focuses on the above things.

 

[vhcat70]

haha. Trudeau just posted this.

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Trudeau: "In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.

I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million. Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."

If those are US$, that's a good amount. If C$, not so much.

 

[DrH. Lecter]

no you'd do it over time but small amounts are not going to do anything. If I owed 140k me cutting a few pennies or dollars isn't going to anything at all. It's just a waste of resources.

Yeah, that's the Dave Ramsey method and even he would say it's a waste of resources to focus on a few dollars when you can focus on cutting bigger expenses. Like say you had 1000 $2 expenses for a total of $2,000 in debt, versus a handful of $500 dollar debts for $2,500. The latter is 25% more money erased through 200x less work. That's efficiency.

Some things shouldn't be cut though, like USAID. The amount of soft power that org gives us for only a 40b/year investment. With us gutting that, China can just swoop in and get that soft power we just had.

I mean do you see what's going on atm. Employees are blocked from going into the USAID building. They received emails saying to not come to work. Musk and a bunch of 19 to 24 year old's are doing who knows what and we're letting them get away with it.

It refuses congressional oversight so either open the books or shut it down. It's OUR money not theirs.

 

[vhcat70]

Folks I can't keep up with all this WINNING!!!!

Nickels & dimes don't float my boat.

 

[vhcat70]

That’s coming. You don’t seem to get it.

Wait until the squealing from the Pentagon and Medicare begin.

The Medicare part will big fish, but Trump swears he's not touching it. We need a big Pentagon, just not a wasteful one.

 

[vhcat70]

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I don't trust her.

 

[vhcat70]

I am opposed to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund. The federal government’s returns should come through tax policy and a healthy economy, not investments in companies.

Right/wrong, heard it's for buying TikTok.

 

[JumperJack]

A house of cards is coming down.

 

[vhcat70]

Have you ever been to a Costco or Sam's club between the 1st and tenth of the month?

I can assure you, poor people are better off now. Maybe not health wise, based on what I see in those overstuffed carts. Which also explains their lower lifespan, if that fact is even accurate.

Rfk would have stroke seeing what I see in those shopping carts, and the cows pushing them usually weigh over 300 pounds each.

And we're all paying for it.

DOGE

The truly poor are at Walmart where no membership or ID is necessary & where you can buy in small portions.

 

[vhcat70]

Country is gonna need to borrow a lot more $$$ if Trump trashes the economy with stupid tariffs.

So far the tariffs appear to be about drugs/fentanyl & maybe illegal immigration, not economic issues.

 

[JumperJack]

 

[vhcat70]

A house of cards is coming down.

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Isn't that pretty much true of all Fed employees?

 

[55wildcat]

@TheFrontRunner , @augustaky1 , @screwduke1 ...

Me, Augy, and Front got an invite to visit the Screw. He gave us the street name and told us to look for the yellow vette in the drive. We got to the street but never did see this "vette", however on our last pass down the road Screw was standing in the driveway. I told him I never seen a yellow vette, he said sure and pointed at this. He said I never meant CORvette, I have a CHEvette. We just shook our head..

I think sometimes I'm in the revenge of the nerd's movie, Front tools around in a pacer, Screw in his vette, and Augy in that lost in space mobile. I'm not complaining because they are my ride to the taco bell!

 

[TheFrontRunner]

CNN still talking about the Elon 'nazi salute' TONIGHT on February the 3rd.





Jake Tapper, recently at the center of CNN losing a massive defamation lawsuit nods along, then says no one has heard from Elon about "what exactly it was."

They are STILL going with this stuff. They have nothing else.

Also, sounds like more defamation suits may need to be filed.

 

[vhcat70]

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If you are OK ignoring the $4T+ for Medicare & SS, as Trump & apparently MAGA (since what Trump says goes for them) are, OK. But not me.

 

[55wildcat]

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CNN still talking about the Elon 'nazi salute' TONIGHT on February the 3rd.

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Jake Tapper, recently at the center of CNN losing a massive defamation lawsuit nods along, then says no one has heard from Elon about "what exactly it was."

They are STILL going with this stuff. They have nothing else.

Also, sounds like more defamation suits may need to be filed.

This liberal I told you about had on his FB page about how the tariffs are going to put us in a depression and so on, only for the lies to bite his ass again. You have to just set patiently and they will hang themselves.

 

[ukalum1988]

 

[sambowieshin]

So far the tariffs appear to be about drugs/fentanyl & maybe illegal immigration, not economic issues.

Biden had already worked out a similar deal with Canada and Mexico before leaving office... without causing chaos in the markets and supply chains.
It's idiotic grandstanding devoid of any diplomacy.
"According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Mexico will maintain a deployment of about 10,000 troops, while Guatemala has surged 1,500 police and military personnel to its southern border and Honduras deployed 7,000 police and military to its border...."

Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deploy troops to lower migration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migration to the U.S. border.

apnews.com

Government of Canada announces its plan to strengthen border security and our immigration system - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, along with the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, released...

www.canada.ca

 

[Girthang]

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Trump's always said what needs to happen and when. You don't lift the hood on a 12 cylinder just because you changed a couple head gaskets and some oil on a 4 cylinder.

 

[Girthang]

@TheFrontRunner , @augustaky1 , @screwduke1 ...

Me, Augy, and Front got an invite to visit the Screw. He gave us the street name and told us to look for the yellow vette in the drive. We got to the street but never did see this "vette", however on our last pass down the road Screw was standing in the driveway. I told him I never seen a yellow vette, he said sure and pointed at this. He said I never meant CORvette, I have a CHEvette. We just shook our head..

I think sometimes I'm in the revenge of the nerd's movie, Front tools around in a pacer, Screw in his vette, and Augy in that lost in space mobile. I'm not complaining because they are my ride to the taco bell!

Pushed and push-started many a Shovette back in the day

 

[AustinTXCat]

@TheFrontRunner , @augustaky1 , @screwduke1 ...

Me, Augy, and Front got an invite to visit the Screw. He gave us the street name and told us to look for the yellow vette in the drive. We got to the street but never did see this "vette", however on our last pass down the road Screw was standing in the driveway. I told him I never seen a yellow vette, he said sure and pointed at this. He said I never meant CORvette, I have a CHEvette. We just shook our head..

I think sometimes I'm in the revenge of the nerd's movie, Front tools around in a pacer, Screw in his vette, and Augy in that lost in space mobile. I'm not complaining because they are my ride to the taco bell!

I worked on those back in 1980. True POS.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Biden had already worked out a similar deal with Canada and Mexico before leaving office... without causing chaos in the markets and supply chains.
It's idiotic grandstanding devoid of any diplomacy.
"According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Mexico will maintain a deployment of about 10,000 troops, while Guatemala has surged 1,500 police and military personnel to its southern border and Honduras deployed 7,000 police and military to its border...."

Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deploy troops to lower migration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migration to the U.S. border.

apnews.com

Government of Canada announces its plan to strengthen border security and our immigration system - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, along with the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, released...

www.canada.ca

Was either ever implemented?

 

[AustinTXCat]

** Wise Words Department **

"I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration."

-Timothy Leary

 

[sambowieshin]

Now they are down to less than 100.

That's great till there aren't any roofers, agriculture workers etc.
Time will tell whether this is in our best interest.
Imo... It would be much better to pass new immigration laws that deal with ASYLUM and streamline the process for those that want to work and remain legal/crime free.
We need immigrants whether some of y'all like it or not.
Social Security will collapse without younger workers contributing to it.

U.S. Fertility Rate Drops to Another Historic Low

National Center for Health Statistics

www.cdc.gov

 

[JumperJack]

 

[55wildcat]

Pushed and push-started many a Shovette back in the day

My youngest son dated a girl that had one. I took the rear wiper off the back window, and I made one of these out of thin wood and painted it silver. I bolted it to the wiper stud. She would turn the rear wiper on, and it would look like a wind-up going down the road.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

That's great till there aren't any roofers, agriculture workers etc.
Time will tell whether this is in our best interest.
Imo... It would be much better to pass new immigration laws that deal with ASYLUM and streamline the process for those that want to work and remain legal/crime free.
We need immigrants whether some of y'all like it or not.
Social Security will collapse without younger workers contributing to it.

U.S. Fertility Rate Drops to Another Historic Low

National Center for Health Statistics

www.cdc.gov

So illegal immigration is good?

 

[Girthang]

Are you telling us that you must pay off the 140K all in one big bite? No, so you reduce the debt gradually. I would work on the debt that is costing me the highest interest rate first, whether highest or lowest.

Yep. Or whichever saves me the most per month to the fastest to pay towards higher interest debt. Every situation is different, but the principles are always the same. You NEVER look at the total, but focus on what's achievable. Same as if you're climbing a mountain. Just focus on what is next, gain ground, then readjust your sights.

 

[sambowieshin]

Was either ever implemented?

Biden had already worked out a similar deal with Canada and Mexico before leaving office... without causing chaos in the markets and supply chains.
It's idiotic grandstanding devoid of any diplomacy.
"According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Mexico will maintain a deployment of about 10,000 troops, while Guatemala has surged 1,500 police and military personnel to its southern border and Honduras deployed 7,000 police and military to its border...."

Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deploy troops to lower migration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migration to the U.S. border.

apnews.com

Government of Canada announces its plan to strengthen border security and our immigration system - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, along with the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, released...

www.canada.ca

The huge drop in immigration Biden's last few months would indicate so.... But don't know that for a fact.
Canada just announced their intention in December so it probably hadn't.

"illegal border crossings in November will be below the 54,000 apprehensions"
"The Trump-era monthly high was 133,000 in May 2019."

Illegal border crossings on track to reach new Biden-era low

President-elect Donald Trump, who ran on mass deportation and harsher immigration policies, could inherit a border that is relatively quiet.

www.cbsnews.com