Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 26 November 2023

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Sen. Michael Bennet (D Colo.); Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.); Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and Cindy McCain, widow of deceased RINO Senator John McCain (R-AZ).

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein; Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rep. Jake Auchincloss (German for Anal and hole) (D-Mass.). Panel: Senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research Horace Cooper, Marie Harf (Party on, Wayne!), Washington, D.C. bureau chief for USA Today Susan Page and Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Hollywood Actress and Chief Creative Officer of Guide Beauty, Selma Blair. Panel: former Counselor to House Speaker Paul Ryan Brendan Buck, Leigh Ann Caldwell, political reporter for The Washington Post and former national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Symone Sanders-Townsend—Same old Chuck Toad-level, easily forgotten group of angry Leftists slinging anti-American balderdash!

THIS WEEK (ABC): Hosted by Little Georgie Steponallofus (or is it Martha Raddish?): National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.); Republican Presidential Candidate and former NJ Governor Chris Christie and quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, Joshua Dobbs. Panel: former Democratic National Committee chair Donna BrazileNut; Rick Klein, Political Director for ABC News, former Trump administration spokesperson at the United States Department of Justice Sarah Isgur and Susan Glasser, founding editor of Politico Magazine—same Ugly, shameless, Left-wing Propagandists and RINOs!

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Anchored by Jake Toe-Tapper (or is it Dana Bash?): National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Republican Presidential Candidate and former NJ Governor Chris Christie; Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog. Panel: Karen Finney, David Urban, Faiz Shakir and Sarah Chamberlain. —Tapper’s totally and toxically biased group of parrots!

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): The Show to watch Hosted by Maria Bartiromo: Guest-hosted by Sean Duffy: Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.); Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), former Rear Admiral and served as Physician to the President from 2013 to 2018 under Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Panel: Charly Arnolt, sports broadcaster and television personality for the multimedia platform OutKick; retired sports broadcaster and advisor Michele Tafoya and Chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.).

No matter how many times it fails the same power mad people push the same formulas to convince the people they can solve their imaginary problems while failing miserably with the real problems. They do not allow any discussion of their disastrous financial and economic programs since they are extremely tolerant of everyone they agree with although not so much of the ones they do not. Communist Parties are famous for trying and jailing their opponents with false and made-up charges in front of packed courtrooms which give you zero chance of a fair trial.

Brilliant as usual.

The cabal wants a world they can control the only govt. they want is loyal to them only because they have been bought and paid for. If they do it right we will fund our own demise.Some of that happens now with funding for Ukraine, global warming scam and non profits that are really dnc funding devices,just to name a few. When Trump returns we need to gitmo everyone in this administration and make sure they never come back in office. They all need to be jailed for their illegal actions they have taken against us and our President.

About 80% of American wage earners pay more in payroll taxes than income taxes. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimates that 57% of U.S. households paid no federal income taxes for 2021, up substantially from the 44% before the pandemic.

Seven Hard Truths Americans Should Know About Social Security in 2021—and Five Ways to Strengthen Social Security

3. Social Security Has Now Been in the Red for More Than a Decade. Last year marked the 11th straight year that Social Security has been in the red, with the program paying out $96 billion more in benefits than it collected in payroll taxes. The only reason why the program is still considered solvent is that it is cashing in on IOUs that were previously issued to the program in exchange for using some of the payroll taxes that most people think are being set aside to fund their future benefits to finance other government spending. Cashing in those IOUs requires the Treasury to issue more publicly held debt.

5. The Costs of Congressional Inaction Are Exponential. Each year that policymakers ignore Social Security’s shortfalls results in ever-higher costs and consequences for workers and retirees. Between just 2010 and 2020, Social Security’s combined retirement and disability programs’ unfunded obligations tripled, from $6.5 trillion to $19.8 trillion, and the size of immediate tax increases needed to maintain the programs’ solvency jumped from a 2.15 percentage-point increase to a 3.36 percentage-point increase. A 15.76 percent payroll tax, compared to the current 12.4 percent, would mean a $7,880 social security tax bill for someone making $50,000 per year. Not only would those taxes mean lower incomes during workers’ careers, but also lower incomes in retirement. A Heritage Foundation analysis found that even if politicians coupled tax increases with higher benefits, workers across all income levels would be worse off.

Great stuff Bernard!

Many of us know exactly what you are talking about. I cut back and only work 40-50 hours a week instead of more.

But the thought of quitting is not in my vocabulary for many reasons. We are close to a war time situation. Different from other wars but still good guys fighting communists. We will win it may not always be pretty.

We know we have 10 million illegals from only the past few years and a total of 52 million in the country. This alone keeps us on edge wondering when the next episode will happen. We thought there was one last week but got a surprise.

first time i heard about the incident I thought terrorism immediatley.But it all changed.I did the post below a few days ago about the Kurt and Monica Villani crash.

It first appeared like terrorism. But later we learned it was anything but. The Villanis were headed to a Kiss concert in Canada which was canceled. On the way home they drove a Bentley and were at the Rainbow Bridge customs crossing waiting in line to have their passports checked.

After being checked they proceeded to the check out and it appears the gas pedal stuck. They wound up crashing at the entrance as their 5,000 lb. 600 hp Bentey got up to an est. 100 mph. The crash was epic. The car hit a concrete abutment went flying into the air and exploded into tiny pieces. Both were killed and the first thing that crossed everyone's mind,including mine, was terrorism.

We all thought is was a terrorist act. There was a passport lying in the road and even a piece from the accident that appeared to be part of an explosive device. It was later identified as a part of the car.

Officials announced it was not terrorism but no one believed them!! This went on for a day or so until more reports on the web confirmed the gas pedal had been sticking and then it all made sense.

Turns out the Villanis were hard working patriots who had just donated 250 turkeys to the local area. It's possible Kurt had not had time to get the sticky pedal fixed and that's what caused the wreck.

But, it shows just how on edge we all are trying to anticipate the next terror act which we all suspect is coming. Better to stay well informed.

There is more below.

To: Lakeside Granny

This couple Kurt and Monica Vilani of NY and several other locations possibly Summerland Key Fla. 8 miles north of where I am now do not fit the profile of terrorists or anything like that.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/9706335/kurt-monica-villani-rainbow-bridge-explosion-niagara-falls/

....And then about an hour later, heard the news and I'm like, oh my God." Their other neighbor Mary Meyer commented: "They were so loved. "It's really shock and devastation and it's just gut-wrenching really, really. "They were so generous and kind and always willing to help. "Just always willing to help and lend a hand. Always, always, always. They were just so very, kind wonderful people."

More of Kurt and Monica's neighbors noted the amount of help they offered to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Sailing Clubhouse. Both Kurt and Monica Villani were 53-year-old residents of Grand Island, New York. They owned and operated Gui's Lumber, a tool and hardware chain native to the above mentioned area.

Their family business was founded by Kurt's father in 1986. Kurt and Monica married in May 1995 and are survived by their two children; son Kurt Jr. and daughter Mia.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12787659/Couple-killed-Rainbow-Bridge-car-explosion-named-Kurt-Monica-Villani.html

Friends say they'd been having problems with the gas pedal in prior weeks The family operated Gui's Lumber which has seven locations, including one in Niagara Falls, where Wednesday's fatal crash took place. The chain began with Villani's father, Kurt M. Villani, in 1986.

Wednesday's incident is not the first time a horrific crash has claimed the life of a member of the Villani family. In July 1978, Villani's grandmother, Lorraine, was killed when she was flung from a boat that was traveling along the Niagara River at 3am. Kurt M. and his wife, Gail Villani, were also on board at the time but were unharmed. The boat struck a bridge while Lorraine Villani was at the helm.

The family later successfully sued the company that built the bridge, after it was found to not have been properly illuminated, for $120,000 in 1984.

Online records show that the Villani family owns a range of properties in the Grand Island-area.

721 posted on 11/24/2023, 6:07:33 PM by rodguy911

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