Condolences to all for the passing of Pres Carter.  What a long life he had, and look at all the changes he’s seen!  So much social change, and tech advances. 
May his memory be blessed. 

Two feet of snow ...

It's too bad he had to see the election result.

dave said:

Can't wait to read Trump's disrespectful comments. 

I can.

:D

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mtierney said:

yes, indeed, db, egg prices are thru the roof. 

But, as a little old lady who shops once every 10 days or so, buying the same items more or less, each trip, and getting back to the hike in the cost of bread, I have noticed that bread loaves have shrunk in size across the multiple types and brands. So, consumers are even paying more while getting less bread. A double whammy on consumers.

Yes, indeed, tjohn, DJT is taking over the mess Biden and his overseers are leaving behind! 

What is the mess Trump is taking over?

Assad is gone and there are new opportunities in the Middle East.

Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran have suffered major setbacks.

We are out of Afghanistan and Trump doesn't have to bear the blame for our failure to build an even marginally stable government.

Inflation is under control (hint, prices are never coming back down).  And, anybody who is being honest understands that inflation was a result of supply chain disruptions caused by Covid and Putin's war.

Unemployment rates are reasonable.

The U.S. economy is the envy of the world.

Reasons why the US is an economic powerhouse : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

Will Trump build on this or blow it up?

I decided to stop droning on about it. 

nan said:

NOTE:  There is an article and a video covering the same information - See below.

Since we have been talking a lot about CIA influence and color revolutions, etc. and comments are made that this response seems to be a default -- well it is because NED is operating all over the entire globe, except North America.  

Brian breaks it down and he provides evidence for everything he says.  He also wrote and articles to accompany this video.

Here is the article:

Washington’s Unstoppable Superweapon

As geopolitical tensions escalate, the U.S. wields its most formidable weapon—not military might, but a sophisticated network of political and informational control that reshapes nations and regions to serve its interests.

https://journal-neo.su/2024/12/24/washingtons-unstoppable-superweapon/

Here is the video followed by the references:

NEO - Washington’s Unstoppable Superweapon (Dec. 24, 2024):

https://journal-neo.su/2024/12/24/was...

NYT - MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM (1986):

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/wo...

NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/wo...

The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/200...

NBC News - Analysis: U.S. Cozies Up to Kiev Government Including Far Right (2014):

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukr...

NED - Damon Wilson:

https://www.ned.org/experts/damon-wil...

Atlantic Council (YouTube) - Damon Wilson Frontlines of Freedom Remarks (2018):

• Damon Wilson Frontlines of Freedom Re...

NED - Asia:

https://www.ned.org/region/asia/

East Turkistan Government in Exile (Washington D.C.) - About the ETGE:

https://east-turkistan.net/about-the-...

UN - UN Charter (Full Text):

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-cha...

NED - UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY ACT BUILDS ON WORK OF NED GRANTEES (2020):

https://www.ned.org/uyghur-human-righ...

World Uyghur Congress - About:

https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/int...

Telegraph - Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next (Dec. 13, 2024):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new...

Beyond Boundaries 03 - Situation of the Uyghurs in China and how we can help them (2020):

https://www.facebook.com/smopolscichu...

Uyghur Human Rights Project (NED-funded) - Staff (including Louisa Greve):

https://uhrp.org/staff/

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s FARA disclosure (2019):

https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6582-Supp...

Bloomberg - Thailand Needs Hyperloop, Not China-Built High-Speed Rail, Junta Critic Says (2018):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...

BBC - High-speed train company Hyperloop One shuts down (2023):

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-6...

Future Forward (YouTube) - Thanathorn J. Hyperloop proposal (2019):

• บันทึกการแถลงข่าว "ไฮเปอร์ลูป : ความเ...

This article makes two errors I want to highlight:

1. It makes a false equivalence between non-violent civil society and violent military action. Providing funding and training of non-profits is absolutely not the same as bombing a country, shooting missiles at it, sending your army to invade an occupy. Put in terms you might understand -- Russia's interference in the US 2016 election was not remotely equivalent to a military attack.

2. It repeatedly denies the agency of people in other countries, arguing that any aid people in other countries receives means they are completely under the control of the US rather than being independent actors willing to accept aid where they can get it. To put it in terms you might understand -- the fact that Americans who are opposed to American foreign policy will often take Russian government money -- for instance, by working for Russia Today as one example -- doesn't mean they aren't genuinely opposed to American foreign policy.

nan said:

From the people who support censorship and think Elon Musk destroyed Twitter when he reinstated most of the people who had been banned.  

See, even your pro-hate speech posts like this are tolerated.