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threatening to sell-off $2.34 trillion in US Treasury holdings

They can only fire this bullet once. After they sell, the leverage of potentially selling is gone.

Marijuana use causes anxiety and depression.

And paranoia.

I have yet to read a single name anywhere.

PermaRag posted this on another thread:

Here are the Senators who voted No AND who are up for re-election in 2026, along with their district ratings. Almost all are in very safe GOP districts; these RINOs are ripe for extinction in a primary:

Eric Bassler, District 39, R+18
Jim Buck, District 21, R+12
Spencer Deery, District 23, R+9
Dan Dernulc, District 1, D+1
Greg Goode, District 38, R+6
Travis Holdman, District 19, R+15
Rick Niemeyer, District 6, R+12
Linda Rogers, District 11, R+6
Greg Walker, District 41, R+16
Kyle Walker, District 31, R+4

Mine too. And they often hold school board elections at odd times like March when few know they are occurring ... except the activists, who unfailingly show up to vote.

Exactly! And then they use schools as polling places, so its very convenient for teachers to walk down the hall and vote themselves a raise.

And they use odd hours, like 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, so it's hard for working people to vote.

not just life and liberty but also property are fundamental to individual freedom and rights.

Exactly.

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution puts property rights on a par with the rights to life and liberty:

"nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

In my observation, school board elections are the most rigged of any. They are for the benefit of the teachers’ unions only.

Wrong thread, I think.

The ACLJ took the side of the parents — ACLJ is not the ACLU

Good points.

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In areas where Democrats can’t win elections, they run as Republicans. So these RINOs are probably closet Democrats. Primarying them out would be a good development.

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This is a good article. There is in reality no such thing as capitalism. Capitalism is a boogeyman invented by Marxists. The idea is based on Marx's over-simplified concept of a labor-capital-land economic model that was obsolete even in the 19th century. What we have is more or less a free enterprise economy in which the most important and highly rewarded productive factor is entrepreneurial talent. (See, e.g., Elon Musk)

Social Security Is Dying

Good riddance. Make the program voluntary and see who signs up.

a package to support the local automotive sector

AKA government subsidies and non-tariff import barriers. President Trump should be ready with a tariff response.

There are other reports that nobody was killed but 19 were injured. Driver was on drugs and alcohol.

Please post a link. Let's hope there were no deaths.