Roger Mitchell - Poor Roger's Almanac

https://armedservices.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-armedservices.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/NDS%20Commission%20Opening%20Statement%20for%20HASC%20Hearing%209-18-24.pdf

From the hearing on Sept. 18 before the House Armed Services Committee, emphasis mine.

“2. …We can’t keep pitting defense spending against non-defense spending as if the Departments of State, DHS, Treasury, and even Education and Labor don’t contribute to our national defense. The Commission recommends that spending be increased across all elements of national security. We unanimously recommend returning to the levels of spending on national defense, proportionally, as we did in the Cold War. We also call for paying for it through higher tax rates and reforms to entitlements…”

OK, let’s break this down. Since the spending on State, DHS, Treasury, Education, and Labor, among others, is also a part of “national defense”, AND because government spending on these sectors is lagging behind military spending, we recommend that Congress increase spending on them. Presumably, this increased spending would happen across the board, since no government program should fall behind and endanger the System.

Who will pay for it? You will. I will. We will. Through the mechanisms of higher taxes AND changes made to entitlements (think Social Security & Medicare), the necessary funds can be raised. In other words, we will pay more to the IRS on the front end and cuts will be made to the Social Security and Medicare programs.

Take more. Give less. Use the money realized to create a War Machine which could, if not sufficiently checked, destroy the entire world.

When will it stop? When will you raise your voice to stop it? If we do not end the wars, the wars will end us.

According to law, young persons cannot be tried as an adult in criminal court until they are 17 years old. They cannot purchase cigarettes until they are 21 years old. They cannot purchase alcohol until they are 21 years old. In Montana (and many other states), they cannot legally engage in sex until they are 16 years of age. They cannot vote in elections until they are 18 years old. In short, they are not considered capable of making “adult” decisions before they reach certain ages.

Yet, in many areas in the country, they can decide for themselves that they want to change their gender and can be surgically mutilated and scarred for life as soon as they can make their wishes known. “I’m six years old and I want to be a boy. Please chop off my boobs and give me a penis!” Parents who encourage this sort of behavior are held up as heroes, while those which object are shoved aside and ostracized.

In addition, pregnant girls in their early teenage years (say, 12-15 years) can obtain abortions without the express knowledge and permission of their parents. In fact, adults outside the family structure can facilitate such procedures if parents refuse to cooperate.

What is wrong with this picture?

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/why-are-most-people-cowards-obedience-and-the-rise-of-authoritarianism-2/

A 12 minute video which clearly points out that people who prefer the “herd mentality” are not as courageous as those who strike out on their own. Go with the flow is easier than swimming upstream against the current.

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-dont-get-to-vote-on-any-of-your

“The functioning of a globe-spanning empire is seen as too important to be left in the hands of the voting public — so it isn’t. Nothing that is critical to the empire’s operation is ever on the ballot. They only let voters control a few superficial details about their society which make no difference to the powerful, while placing tremendous significance on elections and their outcomes so that voters really feel like they are making a difference.” — Caitlin Johnstone

Absolutely true! We are so busy fighting with each other over elections and who becomes Dear Leader that we cannot see that none of it makes any difference at all to those who really have control. We think that by voting we are exercising our power, but in the end, it amounts to what is essentially a fart in a whirlwind.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/should-dollar-be-backed-gold

Automatically, most people would respond with a “Yes!”. Jacob Hornberger says, “No!” His solution to the money problems we have (and have had forever) is to separate money from government. Remove the power of government to dictate what money is, what money is worth, what money can be used for, etc., and allow free markets (individual choice in a competitive market) to decide the true meaning and value of money.

No more FED. No more inflation. No more legal tender laws. No more government interference in individual preference and decision-making.

Anything can be used as money–so long as enough people across a wide swath of society endorses it by using it in trade and commerce. Let freedom ring, preferably to the tone of a gold or silver coin.

https://shumway.substack.com/p/fire-on-the-mountain

Commentary on the fire currently burning on St. Mary, just west of Stevensville.

https://shumway.substack.com/p/fire-on-the-mountain

Commentary on the fire currently burning on St. Mary, just west of Stevensville.

https://johnwaters.substack.com/p/how-the-war-against-humanity-kicked

“How the war against humanity kicked off”. John Waters has it wrong. This should have read “How the war against humanity kicked into high gear”.

A long read on one of the (probably the major) causes which has resulted in the continuing decline in Western civilization. Men, all men, today especially white men who are married, prosperous, and strong are at fault for everything which has happened and are being made to pay. Men are being emasculated and remade in the image of Woman.

In the end, the prime beneficiary is the State which can provide everything a woman wants without ever requiring any responsibility from her. Consequently, as men are weakened and removed from the picture, the State becomes stronger.

Do you disagree? Why? Read the article, then tell me what is wrong with John Waters argument.

https://www.activistpost.com/2024/08/you-might-own-nothing-sooner-than-you-think.html

Remember Klaus Schwab and his statement that, “You will own nothing and be happy”? You might own nothing sooner than you think.

This is an extensive, in-depth, easily understood article describing what we are up against and steps that can be taken to counter it.

https://youtu.be/mZDol3pHkMI

An excellent video on the problem which our forests are facing, a massive, catastrophic wildfire which cannot be avoided and probably will not be contained–all due to the long-running mistakes of refusing to allow productive management (logging, thinning, etc.) AND natural, periodic fires.

Smokey the Bear and the environmentalist attitude of “saving the forests at any cost” have set up a situation in which the forests are going to be destroyed, no matter what we do. All it will take in many locations is a spark under tinder-dry conditions.

The forests are going to burn. It is not a matter of if, but when. We ignore this certainty at our peril.