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In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled As US aid to Ukraine dries up, new platform connects American investors with Ukrainian startups, airborne wrote:

As long as there aren’t any taxpayer money being used, I don’t care who donates to this war. The USA has spent way too much money, considering how the war is going. IMHO, it’s time for European nations to take the lead.

Agreed. I know the Europeans are horrified to have to pay, or at least claim they'll pay 5% to NATO for defense. At the same time, they are claiming they will simply cover all of Ukraine's costs (replace US funds). They can't. But it's their war, they need to handle it, and since they've chosen to lie about their ability to do so, I just don't want to hear them say anything about it. We're out.

Those supporting the Ukraine over the US eagerly tell me what's wrong with this or that plan, how this or that proves something else etc. My question is, 'Are we paying for it?' and if not, I don't care. One of the Ukraine's agitators posted an article to me about Putin's decadence, exploiting the public. I said if that's true, it sounds like the Russians have a problem. But, it's not our problem as we are not paying for it. Zelensky's grifting and fraud bother me so much because he soaked up a few hundred billion of our tax money with it, and wants us to continue..forever...while he also tries to get US boots on the ground. Once we don't have to give him money anymore, why should I want to hear anything he has to say?

Vaccine History PING

It’s such a preposterous idea - investing in Ukraine - that I wonder if it’s just cover for Deep Staters shifting money to Ukraine. Someone like Lindsay Graham would empty the rest of of the US treasury into Ukraine, but if Trump won’t cooperate, maybe people like Graham can help funnel illicit funds to Ukraine by claiming they are investments, along with other Soros lackeys.

The Kyiv Independent is a mouthpiece for Zelensky or his military psyops when it reports about the war and politics. But I suspect this story has truth to it - USAID was a slush fund and they are hoping to replace it with 'donors'. Meanwhile, Zelensky continues to drive the country, and her people, into the ground.

It's an appalling 'opportunity' to invest in a country that is in a hole and digging as fast as it can.

The Kyiv Independent lies incessantly - it's a mouthpiece for Zelensky or his military psyops. But, I do think this story has some validity to it as lying about it doesn't help much, and I can see that Blackrock would have made a profit had Biden remained in office, and so they ran away when Trump won instead.

Given that elections are stolen in California, and that’s how Newsom beat two recall attempts, I don’t believe these polls. I believe Americans want woke Newsom to leave - no polls for THAT.

The traditional use of military weather radar has abruptly ended (Hegseth), which makes me think our enemies were using our weather radar for bad purposes. DOGE came along and cut the programs too, but the military cut access to military satellite weather radar first.
But as others have said, rivers can have alerts for rising water - Texas needs to step up their game.

Far below the linked  article on PJmedia (re Hakeem Jeffries grandstanding) is a 'trending' video talking about why July 4 is signficant and still matters. Very moving, 5 minutes in length. Once again, its breathtaking to think of how many have sacrificed their lives throughout our nation's history to keep us free.

Article is here:

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/07/04/house-dems-secretly-raged-as-jeffries-marathon-speech-backfired-spectacularly-n4941440

No separate link for the video.

For Vlad, the “root cause” is the existence of Ukraine.

As usual, that's fake news. The root cause(s) included the unwillingness of the UN to investigate the bio warfare labs the US parked in the Ukraine - Putin destroyed those in the opening days of the war.

Another of the root causes is NATO's intention to park Western military assets in striking range of Moscow. Ukraine and its NATO handlers insist that a substantial Western military encamp in Ukraine - which is what Putin has been resisting from the start. So Ukraine/NATO persist in trying to set up military leverage within striking range of Moscow, only now they claim it's for 'peace keeping'. I can see why Putin is not falling for that ruse. If 'the existence of Ukraine' means it's continued service to NATO as a 'stalking horse,' then there could be a shred of validity to that initial statement I quoted. In which case, if NATO/Ukraine stop trying to camp aggressive Western military assets in range of Moscow, then the Ukraine will no longer be a threat and can have the positive trade relations with Russia that Moscow has been seeking. But NATO exists alongside the UN and the WEF to harness the world's countries under one yoke, and Russia doesn't want to be shackled like that. For that matter, America doesn't want to be a vassal of the globalists either.

Was your 4th of July hot, hot hot? 

I came across a sweet little video wherein a Texan reads the ultility bill he just received, and reacts to it, as if he were in a Faulkner novel. Wisdom for us all, should we too weaken and 'touch the thermostat' in these hot days.

You Danced, Now Pay (turn the sound up)

Here's an excerpt:

"I knew what I was doin'

Each degree a betrayal

Each hour a soft lie told in freon...'

 

Britain, like other EU countries, planned on using the US for military needs so their own preparedness attrophied. If Trump lost the election, Britain would still be waiting for the US to perform any ugly wars or fighting.

The only ceasefire Ukraine would honor benefits Ukraine and not Russia. Ukraine wants a time out to restock weapons, nothing more. Russia has decided, it seems, that if Ukraine will only accept ceasefire which favors Ukraine, Russia will keep fighting. It looks like support money has to cease to flow, and all remaining Ukrainian fighters must be killed or captured before actual fighting stops, although Ukraine will still be claiming they are taking ground from Russia.

I thought I had a 'early' July 4th meme, until I saw your Rep Luna meme. *sigh* So here is my humble 'early' entry for July 4.

There's quite a hit piece on RFK JR. on Wiki. It makes sense he would have to step away from orgs like Children's Health Defense when he ran for office. I was reading that publication when he was still 'there'. Here's an excerpt re that org.

From 2015 to 2023, Kennedy chaired the Children's Health Defense, formerly known as the World Mercury Project, an anti-vaccine advocacy group he joined in 2015.^[26][218] 

This chart under reports aid to Ukraine for the US. I know the last number I saw for Biden's support to Ukraine around August of 2025 was 189 Billion. That's not counting all the USAID graft etc. So this chart is missing substantial contributions from the US.

In the chart, Blue is Financial, Black is Humanitarian, and Grey is military support.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303432/total-bilateral-aid-to-ukraine/ 

Yes, possibly the C19 ‘vaccine’ (experimental gene therapy). The California Highway Patrol wasn’t tracking or reporting levels of vaccination during the Plandemic so the specific odds are unknown.

From RFK Jr's website, ChildrensHealthDefense.org. If you want the free book, you enter your email address - overview posted below.

The Measles Book: Thirty-Five Secrets the Government and the Media Aren’t Telling You about Measles and the Measles Vaccine  

35 secrets that the media, government and Big Pharma don’t want you to know about vaccines.

“The Measles Book: Thirty-Five Secrets the Government and the Media Aren’t Telling You about Measles and the Measles Vaccine” will help you determine whether this is just another example of media, government, and industry misinformation or whether we really have something to worry about.

“The Measles Book” presents reliable medical information from credible sources. Within the book’s pages, the reader will discover 35 secrets being kept from the general public about childhood vaccines, especially the measles vaccine, including:

1. Vaccines are not safe for every child, and the government and pharmaceutical companies have known this for years.
2. Some children will get injured or die from vaccines, and the government and pharmaceutical companies know this, too.
3. Pharmaceutical companies have developed an incredible way to make money from vaccines and not be held accountable.
4. When a child is injured or killed by a vaccine, the pharmaceutical company does not pay for the damage it caused — we do!

Learn the other 31 secrets when you read “The Measles Book” by Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit organization committed to the health of our children and challenging misinformation spread by Big Pharma, government and media. The information in “The Measles Book” helps parents make informed decisions for their children.

I don’t believe she wanted to find him guilty. I think she was there to ensure he was protected. Diddy is like Epstein, only worse. Therefore, he has dirt on many elites. The goal is to protect him in order to protect Deep Staters. He’s a pedo of the Comet Pizza variety.