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14 min clip from Viva/Robert Barnes podcast. Barnes explains why DeSantis is running for president, donors convinced him Trump would be kneecapped by numerous indictments (most have failed) and thus DeSantis would win the primary. Secondly, DeSantis will not win the general because Trumpers will not vote. Outcome - destroy Trump, DeSantis and MAGA in one swoop. Barnes also explains the case against Trump and other insights. Worth the time.

Rolling blackouts during the recent cold wave has raised concern about the reliability of our electricity grid, but the growing possibility of deliberate sabotage may be a bigger threat. The first sign America’s electricity grid might have become a target occurred in 2013, when a marksman disabled an electricity substation south of San Jose with more than a hundred long-range shots reportedly from a .50-caliber rifle. This was no casual prank or random act of vandalism. It was clearly planned, and the damage required nearly a month to repair. At the time the FBI downplayed the incident, saying publicly that...

POTUS, Donald J. Trump approved all the Federal Funds, Military Funds, use of aircraft for transportation & Federal Government properties, etc., and the thanks he gets from the McCain "no class" family, ex-POTUS, Barack Hussein Obama and Ex-POTUS, GW Bush is not thanks but unrestrained scorn and hate. These people, Obama, Bush and Meghan McCain are the lowest of the low life, filled with hate, envy, jealousy, little dignity nor, any loyalty. If POTUS, Trump had not approved and ordered the actions he did, the John McCain funeral would have been, not noteworthy at all. Go figure. The goods news...

There was no surprise with the announced third-quarter GDP for the U.S. economy (+3.5%), however, there was some personal disappointment for me. The disappointment relates to the fact that few, if any, commentators were willing to speak up and exclaim that “the emperor is wearing no clothes.” The reason that this is such a big disappointment is that the “official” number for U.S. Q3 GDP cannot withstand the slightest analytical scrutiny. So, allow me to analytically dissect this obviously fraudulent number. Let's start with the big picture. At the end of 2008, official GDP was -6.4%. This was also likely...

It was supposed to be a revolution. Ron Paul was set to take America and the world by storm by winning primary after primary on his way to the White House. The supporters of the ten-term US Congressman from Texas were convinced that the money he raised would equal support at the actual ballot box. Now in the cold hard days of January, the truth has broken though. So what has happened to Ron Paul? The answer isn't difficult; his support was never very large to begin with. It was magnified by a presence on the Internet (or the "Internets"...

<p>I got this in my email this morning showing how f'ing stupid nanny staters can be over the last couple of centurys. I wonder how many of these "highly intelligent" people went on to get cushy government jobs? Pay very close attention to the comic books qoute. Why anyone ever listens to people like this is a mystery but im sure there will be people right on this board agreeing with almost everything here and calling for big governemnt solutions to solve these societal ills.</p>

People Happier When They're CoupledPOSTED: 1:44 pm EST December 2, 2005 People in relationships are generally happier than other people, a new Cornell University study found. The authors of the study say spouses have the highest sense of well-being, whether they are happily married or not. Next in the ranking of happiness were those who live with someone they aren't married to, those who are in steady relationships and then those in casual relationships. People without a partner scored the lowest. "Some commitment appears to be good, but more commitment appears to be even better," said Claire Kamp Dush, a...

<p>One of the strangest things about the furor over Sen. John Kerry's claim that he's heard from foreign leaders that they want him to defeat George W. Bush is that the Bush campaign wants to draw attention to the issue. Citing unnamed and unnamable sources is always a dubious practice. But in the history of unproven campaign claims has there ever been a more plausible assertion than that many of America's partners would like to see Bush replaced?</p>