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I am all for an audit to verify that Ft Knox really has the U.S. gold

As an investo who has a bit of gold and silver, I’m leary of those promos about gols IRAs. tos companies may or may not have real gold on hand. It could be just warrants saying the bought the gold, but do not phisically have it. If the economy goes south, they won’t deliver on the promise. If you like gold or silver, buy andkeep it in your gun safe.

ObamaCare is a disaster and funding it caused the stupid shutdown we just went through

This peace deal that Trump and Rubio negotiated with Rwanda and Congo ends a sad war that has been on for years and years. Millions of people in each of these countries have been killed, starved to death, or displaced.

This is a big deal, but the leftist press has barely mentioned it. Trump has been busy with tariffs, Iran, the budget, and other duties, but he found a way to make this peace.

If you are legally carrying concealed, you should be careful to not drink alcohol beyond one or two drinks/beers. Should you shoot in self-defense, and test intoxicated, the prosecutor will come down hard on whether it was a legal shooting.

Ranked choice voting is a scam and does not reflect the voters’ true choices. It’s needlessly complex.

Recent news from China was that a large gold ore deposit was discovered in Western China. The communist government owns everything, when it is mined and refined, the CCP will own it.

These Biden billion$ need to be clawed back to the U>S> Treasury and those fraudsters involved be incarcerated.

Good post. The law is on the side of what Trump is doing. The USSC ruling goes against presidential authority as to spending sending the money or stopping the money. What happened to the justices who were considered to be moderate and constitution-oriented?

The Palestinian Authority and its armed forces is just HAMAS by another name. Trump is right to keep the PA out of the mix.

The Arab reconstruction of Gaza left Hamas on the ground so any construction would benefit Hamas, not the Palestinians and Israel. Trump along with Isreal, is a better plan.

Praise God that Mr. Trump was reelected in November 2024. He was shot at, wounded and only a quarter of an inch closer would have killed him. The Democrats outspent the GOP, BUT the voters gave him an majority,

My kids are now adults, married to good spouses and each have blessed us with two grandsons per family. Back when they were toddlers they watched Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. Those shows back then promoted gentle fun and good values. No DEI and gender-bending.

Those who bought this “art” were buying favors from the Biden criminal franchise. The buyers already got back their money via leverage and connections so they were already made whole.

I agree, Floyd was on drugs and already in poor health which caused his death. The conviction was political.

Yes, a bill that goes to the President gives him 10 days to sign it or veto it. Whoever tells Old Joe what day it is or sets the dish of apple sauce in front of him will be the one who says to Joe, “Sign or veto.”

I’m no fan of trans and gender-bending and sex change surgery on minor children. I do say the pictures on the ad should not have been real people, use AI to make up fake people.

Demand for reform would be even stronger if the public understood how generous social-welfare benefits are. In reporting household income, the Census Bureau doesn’t count 88% of transfer payments made to households that are defined as being poor. The census doesn’t count refundable tax credits (for which the beneficiary receives a check from the Treasury), food-stamp debit cards, free medical care through Medicaid, or benefits from about 100 other federal transfer payments as income to welfare recipients. When those benefits are counted as income, 80% of those who are today counted as being poor are no longer poor, and almost half have incomes equivalent to American middle-income earners.

I visited Red China as a tourist back in 1989 about the same time as Walz did. China was wooing western tourists and western businesses at that time as it wanted western money and investments to expand China’s backward economy.

The tour guide I had was a Chinese government employee and only showed us carefully vetted sights. We were in Tiananmen Square and when I commented about the crack down there, pretended he didn’t hear me.

The fact Walz went 30 times on a teacher’s salary means China was grooming him as an asset

Biden/Harris triggered inflation. Harris thinks price controls will work. It won't as price controls didn't stop inflation back when Jimmy Carter was prisident

Sad that a large gathering of folks gets shot up by others with bad intentions. Note to self, plan to leave such gatherings at midnight as staying until 2 AM could be dangerous.