Posted on 08/17/2026 9:11:15 AM PDT by balch3
What has happened to FR? People are advocating for President Trump's removal, making sarcastic remarks, Saying the TRump era is over. President Trump has righted the economy, ended Iran's nuclear weapons threat and is the greatest President since Reagan. He deserves better than this. He already has the RINOS in Congress against him, he needs his base fired up and ready to vote! THe RATS are highly motivated to steal this election. Have some courage and get behind out President!
Nope
The nuclear proliferation horse has left the barn.
Fighting wars to prevent it is a losing proposition—endless wars everywhere until the Empire dies.
Because they will use them on us.
Now I don't particularly like New Yorkers. They are always wrong politically, but I don't want to see a million of them killed from an Iranian nuke.
You may feel differently.
Stop. I have absolutely no desire to listen to either lies or idiocy.
We are the "Great Satan." Of course they are going to hit New York and DC.
And they would still have 8 bombs left over.
Not for Iran it hasn't. And i'm all in favor of burning down the barn if necessary.
Those are the most dangerous fanatics on the planet.
We *WILL NOT* allow them to have a bomb. Period, and I don't care how high your gas prices get. It's still cheaper than a million dead New Yorkers.
Dangerous fanatics are a dime a dozen.
Iran is just the “forty eight hour hate”.
You will be on to a new “hate” in a year or two.
Doubt it. I've been on this one for 47 years.
Addressing your final observation based on the following video
Catherine Austin Fitts at Hillsdale College
It is shared as an example of comment content to compare it to the reactionary drivel most expressed here.
If a person thinks about it for a moment he or she might consider the quality of content not so much as the style could be responsible for the diminishment of FR.
It's good to touch base with alternative points of views with realistic consequences once in a while.
...arkiewicz 7 months ago
It doesn't get more red pilled than Catherine Austin Fitts telling us about the financial system. So much of what she talks about is over my head and I have to take it piecemeal & a little at a time.
But one thing I understand for certain is if I don't learn about the things she is trying to explain, I will forever remain a slave.
These are unpleasant truths to deal with but it's the only thing that'll ever make us free.
This is why it's so few people have heard of the likes of Catherine Austin Fitts, G Edward Griffin, and Mike Maloney.
They speak the unpleasant truth that points to the work we all must do if we ever want to be free.
Then look at Liberty Daily. They’ve got anti-trump and pro groyper stuff out there most days. Yuck. I understand the need to report, but they’re crossing the line with approval.
He lost all the momentum he had because he thinks these savage fanatics can be trusted at a table.
This conflict should be guided from a closed door war room. Not from Truth Social.
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I totally agree.
He talks too much and he has leakers
Trump is also blinded by his business background so that he doesn’t see that the wealth concentration in the US has resulted in most Americans being robbed blind by quasi monopolies in healthcare, food production and distribution, transportation, and housing. The job of every asset class in the US is now strip mining wealth: push wages down and extract more profit by restricting supply and providing ever worse quality and service at exorbitant interest rates.
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Rush had a similar blind spot about healthcare. Heck, Just pay out of pocket he said, blind to the fact that most people would lose their homes and savings.
Easy words for a multimillionaire.
Private Equity is in evey aspect of our lives. Probably ecause there is so little to invest in here in the States. We produce little. Rare new companies that actually MAKE something. Money chasing investment
Private equity is now in
Health care buying up practices
Counseling
Veterinary
Dental
Accounting
Plumbing
They buy, strip assets, fire most people, use AI to manage the stripped down operation, and RAISE PRICES. They also come in and negotiate directly with government entities that are responsible to license or manage their work. Easy payola.
Horrible what they have done in our area.
When You see a place
The concentration of wealth inevitably leads to consolidation of valuable assets, reductions in "inefficiencies" (employment) and choices, and monopoly business practices like price fixing.
Look a the acquisition of HVAC services in Texas: replace local call handlers with remote call handlers, replace experienced techs with untrained cheap hires pressed to make expensive sales rather than repair, raise prices, push an unwanted subscription for service with the threat of extortionate repairs or refusal to repair.
It's organized thievery masquerading as capitalism. Most business in the US now follows this model. And there's zero government investigation of price fixing, fraud, etc.
This is all over the country in every damned area.
This is not free market.
This is not capitalism
This is protected Lairds of investments scraping all the money .
“ Of course they are going to hit New York and DC.
And they would still have 8 bombs left over.”
What would remain of Iran after they did that?
What would they care? Their reward is in Heaven, and Allah will grant them great rewards for having fulfilled their duty to him.
I don't know how to get through to you and others who have no conception of how religious fanatics think.
They literally do not care if they are destroyed in retaliation. Those guys that flew those planes into the World Trade Center did not care that they would die.
This is one reason Islam is so dangerous. It teaches fanaticism.
Thy shall not commit murder (which is abortion). Yes, Elmer, I know. I am a Christian also. Tho I am not Catholic as you may be. Don’t matter. Just because I don’t support every danged stupid thing Trump or Republicans do, doesn’t make me a dimocrat, muslim, transgender, liberal, commie, etc. I simply make informed decisions based upon the subjects. I have an open mind. I vote for people who will keep this Republic free. I served over 20 years of active military service with this principal in mind. So, this finishes this subject with us. No more posts with you on it.
Sure they will, Jim. /s
Then follow what you preach.
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