USAID was the gigantic money-laundering tool for crooks, thieves and politicians!-----HUGE: Barack Obama Was Using USAID to Pretend to Send 'Aid' Overseas But Was Laundering It to Train 'Rent-a-Riots' Instead

“This was a scandal during the Obama USAID era. We were running a number of rogue USAID operations in Cuba at the time. - Jim Hoft
From the video, via Wall Street Apes:

Mike Benz on Joe Rogan: “This was a scandal during the Obama USAID era. We were running a number of rogue USAID operations in Cuba at the time. — I’m simply showing the American people where your tax dollars are going and how these things are structured in order to systematically fool you and to fool Congress and to fool the White House:

— USAID pumped $1.2 billion in, and we sponsored these activist groups and these civil society organizations to learn how to use Facebook, learn how to use Twitter, learn how to use hashtags, learn how to coordinate street protests so that everyone knows where to go, what street to show up on, what kind of slogans to know, to use in order to create the pro-democracy predicate for it.”...They started running this in 2010 which right during the Arab Spring. They were using USAID funds that were designated to Pakistan.

— We can get into the deeper layers of this, but contractors were funded by USAID...

Confidence schemes, at their core, rely on a delicate balance of trust, misdirection, and the illusion of coherence.

Michael Smith - Confidence schemes, at their core, rely on a... | Facebook - Michael Smith

They thrive in environments where the mark - whether an individual or a broader public - accepts the narrative being sold without probing too deeply into its foundations. 

The moment contradictions within the scheme are exposed, however, this fragile structure begins to crumble....
Now think about these:

• - Illegal aliens are ok, deporting violent illegal aliens is not.
• - Oligarchs are bad, except when Democrats do it.
• - The President as near dictatorial powers, but not when it is a Republican.
• - J6 protestors, even the non-violent ones, must be severely punished, BLM and ANTIFA are just expressing free speech so they should be left alone.
• - Everybody should have free speech rights but only if we approve of the speech.
• - Billionaires in politics are bad, unless they support Democrats.
• - Climate change is real, and Tesla cars are saving the environment, but we hate Musk now, so we will trade them in for gas powered cars and then burn the Teslas.
• - Under the Department of Education, education failing more than ever – but the Department of Education must not be disbanded.

That’s the image of the Democrat Party, aka the Democrat Con, that people are seeing – and they can’t reconcile it.
Gonna be hard to come back from this.

Rolls-Royce Planning to Shift Production to U.S. to Avoid Trump Tariffs: Report

Rolls-Royce Planning to Shift Production to U.S. to Avoid Trump Tariffs: Report: 

British engineering giant Rolls-Royce is reportedly preparing to increase manufacturing production in the United States to avoid tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

London’s Daily Telegraph reported that Rolls-Royce is currently drafting contingency plans to avoid the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the Trump administration. The plans are said to include ramping up production in America and hiring more workers in the United States.

Workers Pay for Privileged Students

Interesting!-----The Agony of John Roberts - Kurt Schlichter

The Agony of John Roberts - Kurt Schlichter 

Pity poor John Roberts. 

• No, he’s not corrupt or compromised. 
• He is simply a man who has found himself at a pivotal time and place in a position of great responsibility for which he is utterly unsuited. 

He’s not a dumb man. 

He is, in fact, a very smart man – Hugh Hewitt knew him personally in the Reagan administration and testifies to that. 

I have no doubt it’s true. 

I know many smart people who have similar flaws. 

• As objectively intelligent as John Roberts is, he is unwise, and he is endangering the institution he wants to preserve because he does not understand human nature or the times he finds himself in.

Frankly, I’ll take wisdom over raw intellect any day of the week...

Lunch video-----9 THINGS THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE AFTER 60! | JORDAN PETERSON MOTIVATION

Noon-toon

 

Greenhouse gas windfalls blew hard for solar in the Biden EPA * WorldNetDaily * by James Varney. Real Clear Wire

Greenhouse gas windfalls blew hard for solar in the Biden EPA * WorldNetDaily * by James Varney. Real Clear Wire: 

"These grant programs are the most blatant instances of self-dealing I've ever witnessed," said Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, one of 50 free market-oriented groups that called on Congress to repeal the IRA's climate spending.

"The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress loaded the IRA with billions of dollars of walking around money to fund organizations – some of which didn't even materialize until after the bill was passed – to promote and advance the green agenda at the expense of American taxpayers and families," Pyle said.

Where liberals rule!

 

Study: Post-1980s Warming Trend Has Improved European Life Expectancy - Climate Change Dispatch

Milder winters save lives, whereas cold, harsh winters shorten lives. - Kenneth Richard

Throughout Europe, exposure to harsh winters in colder climates is a greater mortality threat than living in warm climates with very hot summers.
Succinctly put, warmer, milder winters save lives, whereas cold weather and harsh winters shorten lives.
The authors of a new study insist the modern emphasis on limiting global warming so as to reduce heat-related mortality is misplaced, as it neglects the much more dangerous threat posed by cold weather.

• “The primary climate threat that reduces life expectancy in Europe continues to be low temperatures.
• “…the dominant threat remains low-temperature mortality, which should no longer be neglected in the analysis of climate risk.”...

Heh!

 

Maybe the most damaging "ignored-story" of our lifetime!-----An EdTech Tragedy - by Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch

A groundbreaking UNESCO book on the damage wrought by ed-tech during COVID school closures around the globe - Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch
In The Anxious Generation, we focused on the emergence of the adolescent mental health crisis that began in the early 2010s.
However, since the book’s publication one year ago, we have learned even more about worrisome trends in education that closely mirror those in mental health: after decades of stability or gradual improvement, test scores in the U.S. and around the world began declining notably in the 2010s...
Here’s a figure from that essay (re-graphed by us), showing that the decline is happening across the dozens of countries that participate in PISA (Program for International Student Assessment). 

As with the mental health declines, these decline started after 2012, not 2020.

Figure 2. 15 year olds’ performance on PISA exams between 2000 and 2022. Source.

#1 This day 1981-----Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)

They never seem concerned when a minority kills another minority.-----Racist Lefty 'Journalist' Exploits Violence Against Black People to Attack Tom Homan

In the post, Harwood said Homan “is like an early 20th century Southern sheriff who’d send a mob to find a black kid who’d allegedly looked the wrong way at a white woman.” 

He indicated that Homan is the type of person who would “string him up.” - Jeff Charles

In a follow up post, Harwood wrote: “Homan’s just a hop, skip and a jump from arguing ‘yeah he may not have a criminal record, he may not have committed a crime YET….but he’s black!’”

Goofy thing is, Tesla owners are overwhelmingly liberals!

 

Fort Myers City Council passes enhanced ICE agreement after pressure from DeSantis | Blaze Media

Fort Myers City Council passes enhanced ICE agreement after pressure from DeSantis | Blaze Media: 

The 287(g) program allows local law enforcement officers to be trained by ICE and to be deputized by the federal government to carry out immigration-related duties while they are out in their regular patrols or missions. It is now state law in Florida for departments to have 287(g) agreements.

Winning!-----FAA Announces Promising Start to Air Traffic Controller Hiring Supercharge | Federal Aviation Administration

“We are bringing in the best and brightest across America to help keep our skies secure”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is highlighting the initial results from the latest air traffic controller hiring window. 

Five months have been shaved off the old hiring pipeline through U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy’s efforts to supercharge air traffic controller hiring...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for March 25

History for March 25 - On-This-Day.com 

Elton John 1947 - Singer, musician

• 1669 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupted destroying Nicolosi. 20,000 people were killed.
• 1807 - The first railway passenger service began in England.
• 1900 - The U.S. Socialist Party was formed in Indianapolis.
• 1902 - In Russia, 567 students were found guilty of "political disaffection." 95 students were exiled to Siberia.
• 1947 - A coalmine explosion in Centralia, IL, killed 111 people.
• 1954 - RCA manufactured its first color TV set and began mass production.
• 1983 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation to rescue the U.S. social security system from bankruptcy.

The Postal Service is bleeding cash, but the DOGE can stop the hemorrhaging | Blaze Media

The Postal Service is bleeding cash, but the DOGE can stop the hemorrhaging | Blaze Media: 

The Department of Government Efficiency is teaming up with the U.S. Postal Service, and it’s a good thing. Last week, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress he had reached an agreement with the DOGE to root out inefficiencies and help the service address “big problems” — most of which are financial. As an initial cost-cutting gesture, the USPS is reducing its workforce by 10,000 through a voluntary early retirement program.

The way we were-----Nearly All Kids Got Measles in the 1950s

After 75, 99% of Deaths Happen for These 5 Reasons – How to Avoid Them...

BRADY BUNCH FAMILY GETS THE MEASLES IN 1969.

Citizen Free Press on X: Much different attitude vs today.

Political Change in Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada has been in charge since November 5th, 2015, - rjdavison - OPPS-31 – Political Change in Canada
The two frontrunners in the race for Prime Minister of Canada are both putting themselves forward as agents of change. 

• Only one of those parties will bring home that change. 

The other party has made some cosmetic changes to the “team” but not necessarily their ideologies.
The Liberal Party of Canada has been in charge since November 5th, 2015, when Justin Trudeau defeated the Conservative Party’s Stephen Harper and formed a majority government. 

Since that time, he has led Canada (with the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh’s help through his subsequent minority governments) to 

• the third worst GDP/capita growth rate (0.6%) of our 30 country OECD peer group. 
• The prospects for the future are even worse (last place at 0.78%/year to 2060). 

Both frontrunners are correct, we do need change...