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I want to publicly thank Japan, UK and China for buying the debt that Trump is taking out to give me this $2000.

Thanks to any of you who happen to be on this forum. I appreciate it.

This is from 5 days ago. Same thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KujGxnHBT0

SEC. 120. (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding sec
tion 106(1), during the period between the date of enact
ment of this Act and the date specified in section 106(3)
of this Act, no federal funds may be used to initiate, carry
out, implement, or otherwise notice a reduction in force
to reduce the number of employees within any department,
agency, or office of the Federal Government.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The prohibition under sub
section (a) shall apply to all civilian positions, whether per
manent, temporary, full-time, part-time, or intermittent,
and without regard to the source of funding for such posi
tions.
(c) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection
(a) shall not apply to—
(1) voluntary separations or retirements;
(2) actions necessary to comply with a court
order; or
(3) actions taken, beginning only on the first
day of a lapse in appropriations, necessary to imple
ment or maintain an orderly shutdown of govern
ment operations.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘reduction in force’’ means actions taken by an agen
cy pursuant to section 3501 through 3504 of title 5,
United States Code or section 3595 of such title, or any
similar reduction of positions at any department, agency,
or office of the Federal Government, unless such reduction
has been provided for in this Act.
(e) Notwithstanding section 106(1), any reduction in
force proposed, noticed, initiated, executed, implemented,
or otherwise taken by an Executive Agency between Octo
ber 1, 2025, and the date of enactment, shall have no force
or effect.
(1) Any employee who received notice of being
subject to such a reduction in force shall have that
notice rescinded and be returned to employment sta
tus as of September 30, 2025, without interruption.
Such employees shall receive all pay to which they
otherwise would have been entitled in the absence of receiving such notice, including backpay in accord
ance with section 116 of this Act.
(2) Within 5 days of date of enactment of this
Act, each Federal agency shall send notice to all af
fected employees and the chairs and ranking mem
bers of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives of the withdrawal of
the reduction in force notice and the affected em
ployee’s reinstatement, if applicable.
(3) Notices must include reinstatement date
and the amount of back pay determined in para
graph (1), if applicable.

SEC. 118. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee)
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part
by the Federal Government—
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for
such period;
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be
reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid
by the Federal Government during such period had
appropriations been available, including the cost of
compensating such furloughed employees, together
with interest thereon calculated under section
6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or
the grantee), together with interest thereon cal
culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United
States Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’
and the term ‘‘grantee’’ shall have the meaning as such
term is defined under the applicable Federal program
under subsection (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying
out a Federal program’’ means the continued performance
by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period
of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that
the State or such other grantee had been carrying out
prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations.
(c) Notwithstanding section 106, the authority under
this section applies with respect to any period in fiscal
year 2026 (not limited to periods beginning or ending
after the date of the enactment of this Act) during which
there occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect to any
department or agency of the Federal Government which,
but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or
made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re
ferred to in this section with respect to the program in
volved. Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro
vided in advance in appropriations Acts, including divi
sions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agri
culture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.

An answer to prayer indeed.

Thank you, Lord.

SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory
payments whose budget authority was provided in an ap
propriations Act specified in section 101, and for activities
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall
be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under
current law, under the authority and conditions provided
in the applicable appropriations Act, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man
datory payments due on or about the first day of any
month that begins after October 2025 but not later than
30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con
tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such
payments.

(3) January 30, 2026.

(1) For payment to Ashley Paige Turner, heir
of Sylvester Turner, late a Representative from the
State of Texas, $174,000.
(2) For payment to Ramona Grijalva, widow of
Rau ´l M. Grijalva, late a Representative from the
State of Arizona, $174,000.
(3) For payment to Catherine M. Smith, widow
of Gerald E. Connolly, late a Representative from
the Commonwealth of Virginia, $174,000.

SEC. 159. The fifth and sixth provisos under the
heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in title III
of division F of Public Law 118–47 shall be amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December
31, 2026’’ each place it appears.

SEC. 160. Section 562(c) of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development Act, as amended (22
U.S.C. 290l et seq.), is further amended by adding the
following new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(13) CAPITAL INCREASE.—
‘‘(A) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(i) The United States Governor of
the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the
United States up to 40,000 additional
shares of the paid-in capital stock of the
Bank. ‘‘(ii) Any subscription by the United
States to additional paid-in capital stock of
the Bank shall be effective only to such ex
tent and in such amounts as are provided
in advance in appropriations Acts.
‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA
TIONS.—In order to pay for the increase in the
United States subscription to the Bank under
paragraph (A), there are authorized to be ap
propriated, without fiscal year limitation,
$437,457,804, for payment by the Secretary of
the Treasury.’’.

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf

Greta Van Susteren has been resuscitated again?

When 80% of white women vote to don burkha's because it turns out they cannot pay their college loans to obtain useless ivy league degrees held out by the system as a ticket to financial security there is a huge problem that needs fixing. The winners of that are the financial gurus getting 8 and 9 figure salaries packaging student loans, the deans presidents and administrators of these universities geting high 6 and 7 figure salaries and all the professors who get to teach the garbage subjects in which they got their degrees. In the old days a liberal arts degree gave you at least the ability to write and speak, an sound understanding of western culture and valuable critical thinking skills.

All of that is part of what has to be fixed, and its just a part. I am not suffering but even I cannot afford steak as a part of my weekly shopping list. Why? The meatpackers it seems have a monopoly and are engaged in price fixing to profit off the customers by keeping prices high and farmers by keeping prices low.

“Tuapse attacked again last night. Awaiting the damage assessment.”

It was hit to extend the time to repair terminals and storage tanks/ Taking a year if the rooskie can even scrounge the repair parts. Sanctions!

In Islam the religion IS THE GOVERNMENT.............

my uncle Jack (WWII 8th AF B-24 navigator)

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My stepdad was also named Jack, a bombardier in the 9th USAAF, 343 Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group flying B-24s over Ploesti. Was full colonel when he passed.

The 98th bombed strategic targets including shipping, harbors, oil refineries and airfields throughout North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Crete, Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Austria and Germany. The three Italian ports remained their main target. The group took part in a series of concentrated attack on Catania, Italy in April.

“It’s just transitioning to the Jeffries shutdown”

That noble statesman, Hakeem. 🤡😂

Indian refiners race to replace Russian crude.

OilPrice.com (10 Nov):

“Two Indian refiners bought a total of 5 million barrels of crude oil from the United States, Iraq, and the UAE on the spot market as they seek alternatives to Russian crude.

Reuters reported, citing unnamed industry sources, that Hindustan Petroleum Corp. had bought 2 million barrels of West Texas Intermediate and 2 million barrels of Murban crude for delivery in January.

The other refiner, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals, bought 1 million barrels of Basra Medium, also to be delivered in January, the Reuters sources said.

The search for alternative oil supplies follows the Trump administration’s decision last month to sanction Rosneft and Lukoil, which together account for half of Russia’s oil exports and a significant portion of Indian imports from the country.

The sanctions ignited a rush to secure supplies ahead of the entry into effect of the sanctions, on November 21, while oil buyers look for loopholes to keep their access to discounted Russian crude.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported an unusual move by two tankers, both sanctioned by the European Union and the UK, which performed a ship-to-ship transfer off the Indian coast last week. One of the tankers, the Ailana, had been idling for a couple of weeks prior to the transfer, Bloomberg wrote, noting that after the transfer, the receiving tanker, Fortis, continued to the Indian port of Kochi, while the Ailana set off for Russia.

In separate but related news, India’s president, Droupadi Murmu, said Indian oil and gas companies were seeking long-term relationships with Angolan energy entities, interested in investing both in energy commodities and in critical minerals.”

Trump doesn't need any such reminders.

I hope in 3 months trump kills all those positions!

to get clear information on whether jobs terminated in the last 42 days, or going back to January, will determine whether we lost or won

It’s not over. The house needs to pass and Trump needs to sign. Then it is over, except for the senators who won’t nuke the filibuster, pissed off MAGA and will never be elected again.