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Dunboy2020's avatar

Well said Sasha. I am despairing for our country. I blame poor education on matters of civics as the main culprit...

Robert Lime's avatar

It's the loss of Christianity. The evidence of history is compelling: the more Christian a people is, the likelier it is that they'll be extremely literate, and too smart to fall for demagoguery.

It's not a surprise that most Candace Owens followers are women who give no evidence of being anything more exalted in intelligence than any other bunch of dopes.

Carl L. McWilliams's avatar

For the Biblically literate, we, (humanity), were forewarned in Biblical prophecy these current events would come to pass centuries before we began seeing them on a daily basis. For those who still believe "we can fix this" through politics, no, we can't; because it's not a temporal battle. It's an on-going spiritual war that began long before any of us existed, coming to its climax in our time - right here on planet earth. We can only choose a "side" to support and work with in this final battle. - Satan is on a fast-track to the Bottomless Pit and the Beast of Revelation and the False Prophet will burn for eternity in the Lake of Fire.

But there is no "fence sitting" now or “do-overs” later. We must each actively choose the side of light and good, of YHVH/God and Jesus Christ; or we default to the other side of darkness and evil and Satan. Therefore, if you haven't actively chosen Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God...then you are automatically in default.

For each of us, today, there are no other options; I have made my choice and His name is Jesus (Yeshua); I pray each of you who read this Sasha Stone comment will make the correct choice. Eternity is a very long time to regret a wrong choice.

Bill Bradford's avatar

Candace Owens is the Alex Jones of black women.....so what?....WHO cares what she says?....

Robert Lime's avatar

Unfortunately, millions of people.

Bill Bradford's avatar

Respectfully, Robert, what's "unfortunate" is your negativity and pessimism. What's "unfortunate" is how badly you misunderstand my simple statements. I'm not talking about Candace and a bunch of black women, that's a truly racist and misogynistic perspective on your part. I'm talking about mass-media talking heads in general, not going to any "liberal/conservative", or Democrat/Republican dichotomy. First, you mentioned Candace in such a spiteful. dismissive and insulting way, - I'm appalled. My father raised me to be a better gentleman than to speak so nasty of any woman, individually or as a group. You sound almost Islamic in your abusive paternalism and misbegotten patriarchy. "Bunch of dopes"? REALLY, Robert?....

No, I'm citing Alex Jones to compare Candace to. He's a white man, and the most "opposite" would be a black woman. Hence, Candace, as the most well-known & well-spoken....Alex is the white male Candace, & Candace is the black woman Alex. No, not in some kind of "trans" way.

You do NOT know how the GAME is PLAYED. Both Owens & Jones reveal a lot of truth, and lot of lies, a lot of jokes, and a lot of serious, plus a little ignorance and confusion. But a LOT of VALUABLE TRUTH....You just can't tell the difference, so you think there is no difference. You can't tell the truth from the lies from Owens or Jones....all they do is educate and inform, while they also mis-educate, and mis-inform. And you can't tell the difference, because your mind is so negative and pessimistic....You seem to serve a very GLOOMY and DEFEATIST God....

Robert Lime's avatar

A lot of truth and a lot of lies.

That speaks well of their credibility.

Bill Bradford's avatar

Even the worst liar can speak the truth sometimes....

Kenneth Hall's avatar

The state of education, period. I started reading Augustin Rudd's _Bending the Twig_, Aristotle's _Nichomachean Ethics_, Josef Pieper's _Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power_, and Thomas a Kempis's _Of the Imitation of Christ_ during the last couple of weeks and it's been eye-opening. Thanks to Dewey, the Columbia Teachers' College, and some others, we have a monumental task before us.

Rick's avatar

Do not despair. Just do a little bit in your circle.

Every little bit advances our cause.

Paul Scofield's avatar

Agreed. 'Despair,' is it said, is for those who can see the end without doubt. Even the very wise lack that sight. At this point, American patriots cannot afford the luxury of despair.

Bill Bradford's avatar

American Patriots wouldn't take the luxury of despair if you tried to force it on them!....

Bill Bradford's avatar

If I wasn't so stubbornly opposed to the idea, Paul, I'd be terrified for our future! A Totalitarian Trans-humanist Technocracy is NOT something I look forward to!

But it's HERE, NOW, and will only grow more so, as time goes on....

So my first concern must be to PROTECT and DEFEND the Constitution of the U.S. of America, and HER PEOPLE, against any and all enemies, foreign & domestic....I can BEST do that by being a power of example, by being an infectious carrier of hope, optimism, and laughter By keeping a POSITIVE frame of mind....A winning attitude. It's really that simple....

I'm pretty sure we agree, don't we, Paul?....

Paul Scofield's avatar

Realistic hope (rather than the false kind so many peddle), optimism, a sense of humor and a positive frame of mind will take patriots far. I would add appraising our foes exactly as their actions display, not as we would like them to be, or hope that they are, is also important.

Clear heads, sound plans, dry powder and the help of the Almighty will get America through this -- if we do our part, too. Yeah, I think we are on a similar page, Mr. Bradford. :-)

Heyjude's avatar

Our public schools have become nothing more than leftist madrasas.

Marilyn's avatar

It seems to me it is the Teachers Unions that are pushing the Democrat (communist) agenda!! WHY are these Teachers Unions determining what our students will be taught? I thought they were there to protect teachers' rights and help them get decent wages. The unions are totally biased in favor of Democrats, they don't even try to hide it, and I have read that some schools try to avoid hiring conservative teachers.

Julie Scott's avatar

It’s not really just the teachers unions. It’s the school boards and administrators who are pushing this crap as well.

Paul Scofield's avatar

Thanks for the new word. Much appreciated!

Bill Bradford's avatar

Finding "fault", & "blame" are counterproductive, and useless wastes of time....WHO CARES whose "fault" it is?....What difference does it make, whose fault it is?....

Rick's avatar

Dumb. If you find someone is at fault, you remove them from authority.

Bill Bradford's avatar

No, Rick, "finding fault" is dumb. So is "blame". Those are 2 MIND VIRUSES that they infected your brain with, without your knowledge or consent. Fault and blame are divisive and negative. Unproductive. Still, yes, there is always somebody responsible, and when shit happens, somebody has been irresponsible. Identifying the point of irresponsibility is NOT the same as finding fault or blame. And, to hold to account, to expect and get accountability is NOT fault or blame. Yes, it sometimes happens that somebody needs to be removed, or fired, or escorted out, or arrested, or stopped, or whatever, but again, that's not fault or blame. The action that must be taken is it's own "punishment", - its own correction. It's plenty enough to do to the person without piling on fault or blame. You see what I mean here? I had "FAULT" & "BLAME" surgically removed from my mind years ago, BY GOD, and I'm a much happier man for that, thank God.....

Just a regular guy's avatar

Please explain. If you don't know what the source of a problem is how do you go about trying to fix it?

Bill Bradford's avatar

Just now wrote more about "fault" & "blame", above....

Thanks for asking, Mr. Regular Guy....

You sound to me like you're more likely the source of the solutions we so badly need, right?....

Bill Bradford's avatar

I'm not talking about finding the source of a problem. I'm saying that finding FAULT, and BLAME is counterproductive, and a waste of time. Adam & Eve blamed the serpent, and look where that blame & fault-finding got them! Why "blame" Candace Owens, or "find fault" with her? "THEY" are all about blame, fault, and finger-pointing. That keeps us divided distracted and apart. WHO CARES whose "fault" it is, or who is to "blame"?....All the other commenters here are blaming, fault-finding, and finger-pointing.

Where does that get us?.....Nowhere....see what i mean?....

Burnt taco's avatar

As an aside the left already controls AI. Who do you think programs all the learning models? Hint : they live in PAlo Alto or nearby and many have H1b visas.

For a reality check, look up Vaughn Cordle’s Substack library of work on AI lies and omissions and how to navigate around its narrative reinforcement mandates.

Bill Bradford's avatar

THANK-YOU for that reference, Burnt taco!....

Lon Hocker's avatar

Actually, it's all Trump's fault. With out him, the Iranians would have gotten nuclear weapons and NYC would no longer be a problem.

D Parker's avatar

Just a huge radiation plume.

Debby's avatar

Is that a GOOD THING for you? I live in a neighboring State. I guess you’re willing to sacrifice MY LIFE.

Charity starts at home…start with YOUR OWN!

Bat Man's avatar

You should think about how to stop Iran from ever getting the damn thing, and not crying about the fallout. Preparation is the best prevention. It's either Iran or us. You can distain your fellow American, but you really should pay attention in keeping Iran from getting the bomb and how far you'll go to stop it.

Debby's avatar

Is your reply directed at me? Sounds like you wanted to make a statement rather than a reply. I said nothing of the sort. The REAL BAT MAN went after the villain not the civilian. You just lost your cape!

Mike Gustine's avatar

I'm hoping he was being sarcastic. Hard to tell these days.

D Parker's avatar

That WAS sarcasm - taking care of that 'problem' in that way would be horrific for the planet.

Kaycee's avatar

Pretty much think she was being sarcastic!

Bat Man's avatar

Pretty much leftist have no sense of sarcasm or irony. Totally no fun 😊 people. Too serious. Unless laughing at making others miserable.

Debby's avatar

Yeah you seem like tons of fun! 🫤

Paul Scofield's avatar

Bummer for you. You might want to lighten up a bit.

P.M. Summer's avatar

Irony and satire appear to be lost arts. Late Night TV proves it.

NWCitizen's avatar

If it's so easy, why didn't they get one while biden was office?

Bill Bradford's avatar

How do you know for sure that they secretly didn't?....

NWCitizen's avatar

Seem like we would detect any tests.

Bill Bradford's avatar

35 years ago, 1991, when the former USSR collapsed, LOTS of nukes & enriched uranium became, basically, "up for grabs", and/or "for sale to the highest bidder", so to speak. Iran COULD EASILY have deliverable nukes that are not publicly acknowledged. Do the research yourself. Do you know what happened to Libya's chemical & biological weapons when Ghaddafi was killed? Your "seems like" goes nowhere.... You probably still think "Pearl Harbor" was a sneak attack.... Respectfully....

NWCitizen's avatar

https://www.russiabeyond.com/history/330532-only-russia-nuclear-weapons

With Soviet Union’s collapse, its stockpiles of nuclear warheads, which conferred enormous military power but also posed an enormous danger, wound up on what had just become four separate states: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

On Dec. 21, 1991, all four countries that had inherited the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons signed a treaty on joint control. Nine days later, representatives of the four countries met again in Minsk and signed another treaty, this one setting up a joint "strategic forces" command; however, no one in the 4 countries could have had any influence on [nuclear] missile launches because the launch codes would have had to go out from the Central Command Post located in Russia.

The US was the main mediator in the resolution of this nuclear crisis and pushed for a different resolution: that the whole nuclear arsenal remain only in Russia."We indeed wanted to deal with one country, not four. We didn't want to end up with four countries possessing nuclear weapons instead of one,"James Baker noted. Many nuclear warheads stockpiled in the Soviet republics was to expire in 1997. By the end of 1996 the withdrawal of the nuclear arsenals from the former Soviet republics had been completed, and Russia and the U.S., in accordance with agreements, began the lengthy process of reducing their nuclear arsenals.

Bill Bradford's avatar

....AND?....what's your point?.....

Bat Man's avatar

Israel would go first.

Richard Bicker's avatar

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a leading figure in the Islamic Revolution and one of the architects of the Islamic Republic during its first three decades, was known to tell his associates: “Israel is a one-bomb state. A single nuclear bomb could destroy half of it, and the rest of its population would flee in panic.”

Bat Man's avatar

No Israel would be flooded with islamast, raping and killing until all were wiped out. Then they will turn to Spain or England. But they won't have much effort, because as of today, those countries are accommodating their demise. The Hamas lovers of Amarica won't go there.

Debby's avatar

Umm…nukes have no boundaries. Wow, get a grip.

Bat Man's avatar

Ahem, maybe that is why it is not in our intrest to let Iran have one. Ever think of that?

Debby's avatar

Let me make something crystal clear. I am a Trump voter. I voted for him 3 times. I’m a conservative Christian. I fly the flag and pray to GOD the leftist communists are defeated. Iran having NUKES is a nightmare. CLEAR enough for all you people judging without knowing!!

Tom Potts's avatar

Nor LA, Washington DC, Boston , nor Norfolk Naval yards.

mrdoug1's avatar

So if Trump hadn’t attacked Iran in February, Iran would have a nuclear weapon & would have blown up NYC? Even after we bombed their nuclear program to smithereens (“obliterated” it per Trump) last June? You live in a very simple comic book world?

Jeff Keener's avatar

To MTG, et al: Trump never said "no more foreign wars", he said "no more forever wars". See the difference?

davewohl@midco.net's avatar

mtg is a sellout. She waits till she's eligible for "lifelong salary" from US and then quits. Now there's some character, huh? "vote for me, I'm the only one who cares for you down trodden." OOPS, never mind, I'll take care of myself and whine about it.

Debby's avatar

She doesn’t…she’s a useless fool at this point.

mrdoug1's avatar

Oh, so according to you, he was completely leaving open the idea of launching a new war in the Middle East. Yeah, got it. 😂

Jeff Keener's avatar

That's according to Trump and it's not a new war. He's been saying that we cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons and that we need to finish the war that Iran started with us in 1979. He's been saying that for decades. You have not been listening.

mrdoug1's avatar

Sure, I’ve heard that and it’s a baloney excuse. It’s a rationalization. You could use that excuse to justify attacking several Middle Eastern countries. Bottom line is you parrot Trump like a … parrot.

mrdoug1's avatar

You’re quite the juvenile. Proud of your foul math, are you? (You shouldn’t be. It’s a crystal clear sign of ignorance.)

Jeff Keener's avatar

I don't know what "foul math" is... sour calculus?

I asked you kindly and you think that's ignorance?

mrdoug1's avatar

Hilarious 🤣

How very articulate, erudite & effective!

You must have been an English major! A debater? A lawyer?

😂🤣😂

Bill Bradford's avatar

WE HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!....sheesh, either STFU, or else say something constructive & productive, will ya please?....

mrdoug1's avatar

Wow, you added two whole words! Keep up the good work, idiot!

Mike Gustine's avatar

Actually, that is according to you, not the person you replied to who said no such thing.

mrdoug1's avatar

Actually, I’m inquiring as to the relevant details of Jeff’s sarcastic, blanket “black or white” assertion. I think even he (& you) would have to agree that there’s a big gap between “no wars” & “forever wars.” So if Trump was only ruling out “forever wars,” then was all else on the table? 1 year wars? 2 year wars? 5? 10? That appears to be what Jeff is suggesting. According to him, Trump apparently was saying that everything between “none” & “forever” was fair game. Is that really how the country understood Trump’s commitment? I don’t think so.

azbill's avatar

BOT or idiot. Maybe both.

mrdoug1's avatar

So why don't you try to delineate Trump's intentions between "no more Middle East wars" and "no forever wars?" What type or length of war was he communicating it would be OK to get into? You won't have an answer, of course, so my question to you (and to Jeff, Mike) is purely rhetorical.

Jeff Keener's avatar

That's a bunch of silly, immature blabber.

mrdoug1's avatar

What’s really silly is that neither you nor any of your Trump sycophant comrades can possibly answer it. So you blather childish insults. 🤣

Jeff Keener's avatar

You said it yourself. Your question is "purely rhetorical".

IOW: you're just blathering.

Jan Hus's avatar

MTG is the woman without a party. She is self-toasted. Time for MTG to chill out at a mental health clinic. Georgia has been embarassed enough by its pols.

Stephen Cimini's avatar

Why did the guy apologize? some of the things he said may be in bad taste, but people like Don Lemon who actually violated peoples rights when he stormed that church aren’t being called out in the New York Times. You may wonder why I even bothered with the New York Times. Sorry I just regressed.

Debby's avatar

He NEVER should have apologized!! Only a weak person with no mind of their own apologizes for how they feel and think. People like him are more than half the problem!! Screw them, it makes me so angry caving to the mob.

Kaycee's avatar

because they came for him and he had to. didn't help him though did it.

azbill's avatar

I feel zero sympathy for those who apologize for speaking the truth.

Debby's avatar

Now I label him a self righteous COWARD!

NWCitizen's avatar

It is useful to read both sides.

Jen Todd's avatar

You should try that sometime. Trump hysteria is for losers.

Alan's avatar

Of course, Trump is not “far right,” he is a moderate. If he were far right, Obama & Co. would be in Gitmo, Boasberg and Roberts would have been given an offer they can’t refuse, and the state media—cable, broadcast, online and print—would have been shut down. RINOs would be extinct and Trump would have 100% control of voting systems.

In short, don’t accept the left’s premises that “Trump is far right so the Democrats are going far left.”

Everything Trump is doing is within the bounds of the Constitution and the checks and balances it enumerates. As for the so-called social issues—transgender, men in locker rooms, criminals should be in jail not in the streets, etc., Trump holds positions that are in synch with 80% of the populace, and were held by all presidents before they ran for office, and when they took office, Obama and Biden included. Obama “changed” once safely in the White House. Biden had no idea what opinions he held since about 2015, and is an asterisk of presidential succession.

Bill Bradford's avatar

During the early 2019 campaign, I briefly met & spoke with Biden at a rally. He was clearly senile. I was dumbfounded that the Dems ran him for POTUS. How naive I was....

azbill's avatar

Spot on, Alan.

William Hunter Duncan's avatar

El Sayed is a true demagogue. A gifted public speaker. Very dangerous, especially as a muslim. He exudes violence. He is also a violent technocrat who as health dept director in Michigan truly gloried in and loved mandating covid policy, though of course not for BLM protests.

Dave Begley's avatar

"But how do we learn to exist with one another if we don’t agree on everything?" That is a major, major problem. The Left is so crazy, I don't know other than to totally defeat them in the polls.

Until last year, I lived in Omaha. That's Congressional District #2. It is the so-called Blue Dot. I've lived in Omaha all my life and I can't believe how far left it has become.

CD #2 is open. A multi-millionaire named Denise Powell is running against Omaha city councilman Brinker Harding.

This Powell woman is unhinged. Her actual campaign is that she's a "pissed off mom" who is going to "stand up" and fight against Trump.

On her website, she says she will fight monopolies. Her husband (Hobson) works for LinkedIn which is owned by Microsoft; two monopolies.

She support trans rights. She supported the right of crazy parents to mutilate their children.

I hope that male Dems don't vote for her. The Dems have a real problem with male voters. I can't see cops, plumbers or firemen voting for this loon.

TriciaandHerDog's avatar

What is going on in Nebraska? One of Nebraska's senators, Machaela Kavanaugh, staged a fit at the lectern, screaming "We Love trans people. We need trans people. Trans women are women" etc. for about two minutes. Unhinged, indeed.

Dave Begley's avatar

She's just the average liberal in Nebraska but slightly nuttier. She staged a filibuster of nearly every bill that session; even bills offered by her brother who is also a state senator. There are very few moderate elected Democrats; even in NE.

Debby's avatar

I know someone who lived in Omaha for over 20 years. Maybe you know him. He’s the guy flying the flag, hitting the range every weekend and loving me. What could be better? 😉😄

John F Reinhard Jr's avatar

I agree that the real threat is totalitarianism and AI will enable it. The PRC is a good example and the DSA are extolling its virtues.

Jeff Keener's avatar

Make no mistake about this. At its root, today's DSA is an islamo-fascist movement.

Jan Hus's avatar

It would seem that the hard Left and Islamists would be primed to kill each other. Apparently, that day of reckoning will be postponed until they finish off America.

Jeff Keener's avatar

The left is so easily sucked into causes for the "oppressed &/or colonized". At some threshold, the islamists they've welcomed into their "Big Tent" will gut them in their sleep and take everything they have.

Roger Clarke-Johnson's avatar

True dat. The "hard Left" stand no chance against the Islamists. Mark Steyn has been right all along. Paraphrasing: 'It's the demographics, stupid.' The "hard Left" doesn't procreate. Islamists do. Still, it seems weird the Muslims chose Detroit, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota as their beachhead. Midwesterners can be stupid, it's true. You get what you vote for.

TriciaandHerDog's avatar

They don't know anything about history. If they did, they would realize that Islamists ARE colonizers.

Jeff Keener's avatar

Yes! Exactly. They're the most recent colonizers of Judea and Samaria.

Child of the 80's's avatar

Trojan horse indeed. You are literally voting in people who will make The Handmaid's Tale look tame.

CarolB's avatar

I wonder how well the TikTok women will do under Sharia law…

Tom Potts's avatar

They won’t like it. My mother lived in Saudi Arabia for a couple of years while Dad was working for Aramco. Mom despised the burqa and sharia intensely and went home. Dad stayed 10 years. Sharia law is a total nightmare for western women. We don’t want or need ANY Muslims in the USA. None. These Tik Tok idiots have no idea….

Richard Bicker's avatar

Seems like going to a lot of trouble just to avoid the "male gaze"...

Tom Potts's avatar

If a western women walked down the street in Saudi, without a burqa, she WOULD be raped. This is the problem in Europe now.

Lisa's avatar

Hi Sasha, I just got an email from a prestigious arts colony I attended years ago and enjoyed greatly. To my surprise, they now, in 2026, require proof of Covid vaccination. Whut? There is no pandemic at present, and the shots are confirmed not to stop transmission. Just what we need in artists and writers: sheep willing to be coerced who possess no crucial thinking skills. No one else welcome. I thought of your experience in the movie biz.

azbill's avatar

Sadly, what shocked me most was how large a segment of our population are sheep. My next door neighbor would still be standing on her head if Fauci had told her to do so, and she's a doctor, although not practicing. My liberal friends were terrified and would do anything they were told and insist others follow suit.

It was maddening.

Jen Todd's avatar

I'm sure that if Fauci insisted on putting a plastic bag over one's head and sealing it off with duct tape, we would have been subjected to shrews demanding compliance.

azbill's avatar

Totally true with most of my acquaintances. High IQ, low common sense, weak followers. Way too many of them in America these days.

Jen Todd's avatar

A total lack of common sense.

Tom Potts's avatar

Well dang…. We still haven’t taken the poison ‘kill’ shot.

Lady Mariposa's avatar

In 2026?!? Are they requiring proof of recent vaccination or having ever been vaccinated? In either case, it definitely would work as an ideological filter.

Tom Potts's avatar

Thank you for showing the Boreing/Dreyer interview. Rod Dreyer is one of the deepest thinkers around today, and he is solid Christian Orthodox. I follow his substack and have all of his books. He puts ideas together in a way that few can match. He also has humility and practices free speech where different ideas are allowed as long as people are civil towards one another. His new book is due to come out next summer “Weimar America”.

I am skeptical of JD Vance as potential Potus and favor Marco Rubio or Ron DeSantis. DeSantis has real executive experience and ‘walked the walk’ to flush DEI down the toilet in Florida, and turn the state solid red. His actions during Covid far surpassed any other Governor and he did all of it correctly. Marco is unsurpassed in foreign policy experience and his family escaped communist Cuba when Fidel Castro took power and killed many people. There is a special place in hell for Fidel and his murderous thug Che Guevara. You never need to worry about either DeSantis or Rubio selling us out to foreign forces.

Islam and communism are our greatest threats today. Not Russia, and not ‘woke’ people. Any Christian who hates Jews is a fool. I worked almost exclusively with Israelis for 10 years before I retired and love them. They are absolutely amazing people . Israel is our closest military and intelligence ally. Not Britain. Not Europe.

azbill's avatar

I agree, especially about Rubio, DeSantis and Vance.

Steve S's avatar

The great hypocrisy with mtg, tucker, candace owens, is they claim to be America First but they are far from it. They are Russia and Iran first, Israel last, and because Israel is a strong ally of the United States, they falsely allege this means we are Israel first. Such bullshit. tucker and candace have gone to Russia, touted its greatness, and kissed Putin's ass so hard their breath still probably stinks. They praise America's enemies and claim to be America first. Sad they have cadres of imbeciles who fall for their BS.

Jen Todd's avatar

The people you mentioned are bank account first. Feckless idiots who think submission is the solution.

William C Carlson's avatar

Brilliant.

Lenin said we'd sell him the rope to hang us.

At some point residents of free states will have to say "μολὼν λαβέ".

Author John G. Dyer's avatar

We had better get busy making the enemy sorry for messing with us. Closing HUD comes to mind.