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When Will People Finally See the Obvious?
Americans are waking up to the many ways the Left has lied to them over the last several years, but too many still believe the Democrats’ narrative about the 2020 election. Why?
One of the most memorable lines from the 1995 movie “The Usual Suspects” is this: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”
With just a little tweak, this statement could be applied to the last presidential election: “The greatest trick the Democrats ever pulled was convincing the voters they did not steal the 2020 election.”
Consider the number of things the Left has been willing to lie to the American people about in recent years. The short list includes: COVID, suppressing its origins and effective means of treatment; January 6, 2021, touted as worse than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined and jailing Capitol trespassers for over a year without trial dates; Hunter Biden’s laptop, immediately and roundly dismissed as “Russian disinformation”; destructive and deadly riots blithely labeled “mostly peaceful protests”; and parents at school board meetings protesting critical race theory viciously defamed and treated as would-be “domestic terrorists.”
But between all of these (and so many more) major news stories, Americans en masse have begun to wake up and search for the truth outside what’s being spoon-fed (and in some cases shovel-fed) to them by the corporate left-wing media. After going to alternative sources to discover facts and weigh evidence, eyes have been opened, and a new, healthy and proper “wokeness” has emerged. Finally, we have stirred a vibrant mistrust of those in whom, just a decade ago, most Americans trusted to tell us the truth.
So why has this leap of faithlessness not jumped over to the obvious facts of the 2020 election? Those currently in power have a clear track record of covering up the truth on major news stories, but we’re somehow supposed to believe what they say about the 2020 election?
Though they assure us with declarations that, “We did not steal the 2020 election,” common sense tells us otherwise. In my lifetime I have never seen another person on the planet who has been more incessantly demonized and hated than Donald Trump. And I believe most everyone would agree with this observation, regardless of whether they love Trump or believe he deserves everything that’s been said about him and thrown at him.
The Left spent four-plus years trying nonstop to impeach, disqualify, or simply get rid of Donald Trump. Then after that unrelenting assault leading up to the 2016 election, and continuing through to Election Day 2020, we are supposed to believe that they gave up on their direct attack and decided on a new, “can’t miss” winning strategy.
The Left to this day wants us to believe that they would never attempt anything nefarious to remove a man from office that they tried unceasingly and unethically to expunge for four years. This man they characterized as a buffoonish Hitler 2.0 was so incredibly dangerous to democracy that the only way to stop him from getting a second term, and by extension a second shot at destroying America from within, was to trust the voters to do the right thing? These same “deplorables” who voted Trump into office the first time could now certainly be counted upon to unceremoniously show him the exit the second time around?
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One of the most memorable lines from the 1995 movie “The Usual Suspects” is this: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”
With just a little tweak, this statement could be applied to the last presidential election: “The greatest trick the Democrats ever pulled was convincing the voters they did not steal the 2020 election.”
Consider the number of things the Left has been willing to lie to the American people about in recent years. The short list includes: COVID, suppressing its origins and effective means of treatment; January 6, 2021, touted as worse than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined and jailing Capitol trespassers for over a year without trial dates; Hunter Biden’s laptop, immediately and roundly dismissed as “Russian disinformation”; destructive and deadly riots blithely labeled “mostly peaceful protests”; and parents at school board meetings protesting critical race theory viciously defamed and treated as would-be “domestic terrorists.”
But between all of these (and so many more) major news stories, Americans en masse have begun to wake up and search for the truth outside what’s being spoon-fed (and in some cases shovel-fed) to them by the corporate left-wing media. After going to alternative sources to discover facts and weigh evidence, eyes have been opened, and a new, healthy and proper “wokeness” has emerged. Finally, we have stirred a vibrant mistrust of those in whom, just a decade ago, most Americans trusted to tell us the truth.
So why has this leap of faithlessness not jumped over to the obvious facts of the 2020 election? Those currently in power have a clear track record of covering up the truth on major news stories, but we’re somehow supposed to believe what they say about the 2020 election?
Though they assure us with declarations that, “We did not steal the 2020 election,” common sense tells us otherwise. In my lifetime I have never seen another person on the planet who has been more incessantly demonized and hated than Donald Trump. And I believe most everyone would agree with this observation, regardless of whether they love Trump or believe he deserves everything that’s been said about him and thrown at him.
The Left spent four-plus years trying nonstop to impeach, disqualify, or simply get rid of Donald Trump. Then after that unrelenting assault leading up to the 2016 election, and continuing through to Election Day 2020, we are supposed to believe that they gave up on their direct attack and decided on a new, “can’t miss” winning strategy.
The Left to this day wants us to believe that they would never attempt anything nefarious to remove a man from office that they tried unceasingly and unethically to expunge for four years. This man they characterized as a buffoonish Hitler 2.0 was so incredibly dangerous to democracy that the only way to stop him from getting a second term, and by extension a second shot at destroying America from within, was to trust the voters to do the right thing? These same “deplorables” who voted Trump into office the first time could now certainly be counted upon to unceremoniously show him the exit the second time around?
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Why shoplifting is soaring across the US — and will only get worse
Retail crime has been rising throughout the US for the past five years, with organized criminal rings targeting stores everywhere from Woonsocket (Rhode Island) to Greensboro (North Carolina) to Grafton (Wisconsin). The National Retail Federation reported that store losses mounted from $453,940 per $1 billion in sales in 2015 to $719,458 in 2020.
The biggest increase over that period happened not during the pandemic but in 2019, when total losses from shoplifting surged to $61 billion, up from $50 billion the previous year. The COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and early 2021 moderated losses, largely because stores were closed or had curtailed operating hours. Now that retailing has resumed, crime has spiked again.
Shoplifting no longer fits its traditional mold as a nonviolent crime perpetrated mostly by teens or substance-abusing adults. Nearly two-thirds of the retailers surveyed by the National Retail Federation said that violence associated with store thefts has risen, led by organized gangs that resell the goods they steal. Like retailers, top law-enforcement officials place some of the blame for the crime surge on a widespread lessening of penalties for shoplifting.
“Without deterrents and accountability, communities will be victimized, and businesses terrorized,” said Laura Cooper, head of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
California’s recent headline-making “flash mob” shoplifting sprees have brought widespread attention to Proposition 47 — a 2014 state ballot initiative, supported by a range of left-leaning and libertarian groups, which, among other things, boosted the felony threshold for shoplifting from $450 of merchandise to $950. Soon after it passed, retailers in California began reporting a sharp uptick in retail theft, often in plain view of helpless store personnel and distressed customers.
What has received far less attention, however, is the fact that California’s Prop. 47 was not an outlier among states. In the past 10 years, nearly half of all states have boosted their thresholds for retail felony theft. Thirty-eight states now don’t consider shoplifting a felony unless $1,000 or more of merchandise gets stolen. A 2020 National Retail Federation report on organized retail crime found that two-thirds of retailers in states that had raised their felony shoplifting minimums reported growing retail theft.
The unintended consequences of other government policies have also contributed to the problem, retailers say. Changes to bail laws mean that increasingly, those who engage in misdemeanor property crime — considered a nonviolent offense — are quickly back on the streets, where some go right back to stealing. Mask mandates allow criminals to cover up their faces in stores without attracting attention. Bans on single-use plastic bags have made it acceptable for consumers to walk around stores with their own non-transparent reusable bags, enabling thieves to load up in the aisles and head for the exits.
Retailers and cops are looking for reforms to help stem the thievery. They’d like local governments to amend shoplifting laws so that the aggregate value of a repeat offender’s stolen goods can count toward meeting the threshold for felony charges, rather than simply counting the cost of goods stolen from each incident separately.
Similarly, businesses and security experts want tougher bail for repeat offenders, even if the offenses in question are only misdemeanors, and a federal law targeting interstate shoplifting gangs. Finally, brick-and-mortar retailers want the federal government to crack down on online sites that sell stolen goods. Retailers have lobbied for a federal law requiring online sellers to disclose more information about their operations, though Amazon and other big tech companies have resisted.
The biggest increase over that period happened not during the pandemic but in 2019, when total losses from shoplifting surged to $61 billion, up from $50 billion the previous year. The COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and early 2021 moderated losses, largely because stores were closed or had curtailed operating hours. Now that retailing has resumed, crime has spiked again.
Shoplifting no longer fits its traditional mold as a nonviolent crime perpetrated mostly by teens or substance-abusing adults. Nearly two-thirds of the retailers surveyed by the National Retail Federation said that violence associated with store thefts has risen, led by organized gangs that resell the goods they steal. Like retailers, top law-enforcement officials place some of the blame for the crime surge on a widespread lessening of penalties for shoplifting.
“Without deterrents and accountability, communities will be victimized, and businesses terrorized,” said Laura Cooper, head of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
California’s recent headline-making “flash mob” shoplifting sprees have brought widespread attention to Proposition 47 — a 2014 state ballot initiative, supported by a range of left-leaning and libertarian groups, which, among other things, boosted the felony threshold for shoplifting from $450 of merchandise to $950. Soon after it passed, retailers in California began reporting a sharp uptick in retail theft, often in plain view of helpless store personnel and distressed customers.
What has received far less attention, however, is the fact that California’s Prop. 47 was not an outlier among states. In the past 10 years, nearly half of all states have boosted their thresholds for retail felony theft. Thirty-eight states now don’t consider shoplifting a felony unless $1,000 or more of merchandise gets stolen. A 2020 National Retail Federation report on organized retail crime found that two-thirds of retailers in states that had raised their felony shoplifting minimums reported growing retail theft.
The unintended consequences of other government policies have also contributed to the problem, retailers say. Changes to bail laws mean that increasingly, those who engage in misdemeanor property crime — considered a nonviolent offense — are quickly back on the streets, where some go right back to stealing. Mask mandates allow criminals to cover up their faces in stores without attracting attention. Bans on single-use plastic bags have made it acceptable for consumers to walk around stores with their own non-transparent reusable bags, enabling thieves to load up in the aisles and head for the exits.
Retailers and cops are looking for reforms to help stem the thievery. They’d like local governments to amend shoplifting laws so that the aggregate value of a repeat offender’s stolen goods can count toward meeting the threshold for felony charges, rather than simply counting the cost of goods stolen from each incident separately.
Similarly, businesses and security experts want tougher bail for repeat offenders, even if the offenses in question are only misdemeanors, and a federal law targeting interstate shoplifting gangs. Finally, brick-and-mortar retailers want the federal government to crack down on online sites that sell stolen goods. Retailers have lobbied for a federal law requiring online sellers to disclose more information about their operations, though Amazon and other big tech companies have resisted.
LA freight train looting 'out of control' as thieves worsen supply chain bottlenecks
Out of control because of the liberal policies of Los Angeles and the state of California.
If you did not receive your holiday orders that were to be shipped by UPS or ordered from Amazon, this may be why.
The scene in Southern California resembles a disaster movie — only it's not.
Thousands of boxes littering Union Pacific (UNP) train tracks in downtown Los Angeles attest to a wave of rail thefts that have taken place in recent months — worsening supply chain bottlenecks and creating endless delays for consumers and merchants that likely cost millions, if not more.
L.A. has been a hub of major shipping woes in recent months, with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach a prominent fixture of global supply bottlenecks. The twin hubs handle about 40% of the nation’s maritime imports, with the majority of nearly $450 billion worth of goods eventually moving by rail.
If you did not receive your holiday orders that were to be shipped by UPS or ordered from Amazon, this may be why.
The scene in Southern California resembles a disaster movie — only it's not.
Thousands of boxes littering Union Pacific (UNP) train tracks in downtown Los Angeles attest to a wave of rail thefts that have taken place in recent months — worsening supply chain bottlenecks and creating endless delays for consumers and merchants that likely cost millions, if not more.
L.A. has been a hub of major shipping woes in recent months, with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach a prominent fixture of global supply bottlenecks. The twin hubs handle about 40% of the nation’s maritime imports, with the majority of nearly $450 billion worth of goods eventually moving by rail.
A Scandal For Every Month: The Biggest Botches Failures And Mess-Ups Of Joe Biden’s First 12 Months
It’s not hard to remember a Biden disaster for every month of his first year at the stern … or in the basement, as the case may be.
January: Biden’s Radical First Week
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a list of radically left-wing executive orders, including an order requiring that schools must ignore the biological differences between male and female students from the athletic field to the bathroom if they wish to continue receiving federal funding.
February: Biden’s CDC Worked to Keep Schools Closed
In February, Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced strict reopening guidelines that would keep many schools around the country shut down.
March: Working With Corporations to Create Vax Passports
As The Washington Post first reported, the Biden White House spent the month of March plotting with corporations to develop a “vaccine passport” system to force Americans to show their Covid papers in order to participate fully in society.
April: Biden Debuts Radical Social Spending Plan
At the end of April, Biden announced his “American Families Plan,” a list of far-left spending priorities, many of which would become hallmarks of his struggling Build Back Bankrupt agenda.
May: More Unsavory Hunter Exploits Emerge
Scandal follows President Biden’s troubled son Hunter around, as the country learned when the New York Post published damning information recovered from a laptop the younger Biden allegedly left at a repair store in late 2020.
June: Record-Setting Crisis at the Southern Border
Biden’s crisis at the Southern border has been setting records all year, but it was in June that apprehensions surged past 1 million for fiscal year 2021 and border crossings were at the highest levels since 2006.
July: Bragging about Working with Big Tech to Silence Dissent
In July, the Biden administration bragged about colluding with Big Tech to shut down perspectives with which the regime disagreed.
August: Bungled Afghanistan Withdrawal
August saw the largest-scale disaster on Biden’s watch so far, when the administration’s disorganized withdrawal from Afghanistan left 13 American service members dead.
September: Biden Lies to Undermine His Own Border Patrol Agents
After a photo of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback was misconstrued by Democrats and their media allies to falsely accuse agents of “whipping” criminals.
October: Biden’s Ed Secretary, DOJ Collude with NSBA to Smear Parents as Domestic Terrorists
On Sept. 29, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to the White House asking Biden to use the FBI and other federal law enforcement to target parents using terrorism laws.
November: That Tyrannical, Unconstitutional OSHA Vax Mandate
Biden issued a press release threatening a vaccine mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees.
December: Supply Chain and Inflation Nightmare
December saw the climax (so far) of Biden’s joint inflation and supply chain crisis, dually caused by the administration’s radical spending and Democrats’ Covid lockdowns.
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January: Biden’s Radical First Week
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a list of radically left-wing executive orders, including an order requiring that schools must ignore the biological differences between male and female students from the athletic field to the bathroom if they wish to continue receiving federal funding.
February: Biden’s CDC Worked to Keep Schools Closed
In February, Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced strict reopening guidelines that would keep many schools around the country shut down.
March: Working With Corporations to Create Vax Passports
As The Washington Post first reported, the Biden White House spent the month of March plotting with corporations to develop a “vaccine passport” system to force Americans to show their Covid papers in order to participate fully in society.
April: Biden Debuts Radical Social Spending Plan
At the end of April, Biden announced his “American Families Plan,” a list of far-left spending priorities, many of which would become hallmarks of his struggling Build Back Bankrupt agenda.
May: More Unsavory Hunter Exploits Emerge
Scandal follows President Biden’s troubled son Hunter around, as the country learned when the New York Post published damning information recovered from a laptop the younger Biden allegedly left at a repair store in late 2020.
June: Record-Setting Crisis at the Southern Border
Biden’s crisis at the Southern border has been setting records all year, but it was in June that apprehensions surged past 1 million for fiscal year 2021 and border crossings were at the highest levels since 2006.
July: Bragging about Working with Big Tech to Silence Dissent
In July, the Biden administration bragged about colluding with Big Tech to shut down perspectives with which the regime disagreed.
August: Bungled Afghanistan Withdrawal
August saw the largest-scale disaster on Biden’s watch so far, when the administration’s disorganized withdrawal from Afghanistan left 13 American service members dead.
September: Biden Lies to Undermine His Own Border Patrol Agents
After a photo of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback was misconstrued by Democrats and their media allies to falsely accuse agents of “whipping” criminals.
October: Biden’s Ed Secretary, DOJ Collude with NSBA to Smear Parents as Domestic Terrorists
On Sept. 29, the National School Boards Association sent a letter to the White House asking Biden to use the FBI and other federal law enforcement to target parents using terrorism laws.
November: That Tyrannical, Unconstitutional OSHA Vax Mandate
Biden issued a press release threatening a vaccine mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees.
December: Supply Chain and Inflation Nightmare
December saw the climax (so far) of Biden’s joint inflation and supply chain crisis, dually caused by the administration’s radical spending and Democrats’ Covid lockdowns.
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Love
All Respected and Loving Members of Blog Family.
In my view Love is Attraction
Love Is not blind now as it was said before
Love is for money status ranks beauty or now Love is materialistic
I believe Love is Love once done never be forgotten
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In my view Love is Attraction
Love Is not blind now as it was said before
Love is for money status ranks beauty or now Love is materialistic
I believe Love is Love once done never be forgotten
Your Opinion about Love
Words of wisdom from our incredibly intelligent Vice President
"It is time for us to do what we have been doing and that time is every day"
Can someone, anyone translate this for me?
The question is at the 2:00 mark.
Can someone, anyone translate this for me?
The question is at the 2:00 mark.
If You Love someone.... Is letting Her/Him Free your last option?
How true is the quote, "If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours; if they don’t, they never were."?
Share your thoughts
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Biden compared anyone who disagreed with him to Jefferson Davis
If you heard Joe Biden speak on voting rights yesterday, you also heard him compare anyone that disagreed with him to Jefferson Davis.
So, who was Jefferson Davis?
•Davis was a Democrat, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1845 for Mississippi.
•In 1851, Davis returned to the Senate.
•In the 1860 presidential election, Davis opposed the candidate of Northern Democrats Stephen A. Douglas, a champion of popular sovereignty, and joined Southern Democrats in supporting John C. Breckinridge, who demanded federal government protection for slave holdings.
•Mississippi seceded from the Union on January 10th, 1861. 12 days later, after resigning from the Senate, Davis was appointed Major General for the army of Mississippi.
•Davis was chosen as the Provisional President of the Confederacy during the Confederate Convention in Alabama.
•Davis was convinced he was fighting for States rights. He thought States should have the right to make human beings slaves.
•After the war, Davis lost his citizenship. He wanted to continue fighting a guerilla style campaign against the North.
•In 1978, Joe Biden was one of the yes votes that gave Jefferson Davis back his citizenship posthumously. Jimmy Carter signed that bill.
Joe Biden is closer to Jefferson Davis than the vast majority of Americans. Never before has an American President called any American who didn't like his federal takeover of elections, called 'The Voting Rights Act', both racist and domestic terrorists.
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So, who was Jefferson Davis?
•Davis was a Democrat, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1845 for Mississippi.
•In 1851, Davis returned to the Senate.
•In the 1860 presidential election, Davis opposed the candidate of Northern Democrats Stephen A. Douglas, a champion of popular sovereignty, and joined Southern Democrats in supporting John C. Breckinridge, who demanded federal government protection for slave holdings.
•Mississippi seceded from the Union on January 10th, 1861. 12 days later, after resigning from the Senate, Davis was appointed Major General for the army of Mississippi.
•Davis was chosen as the Provisional President of the Confederacy during the Confederate Convention in Alabama.
•Davis was convinced he was fighting for States rights. He thought States should have the right to make human beings slaves.
•After the war, Davis lost his citizenship. He wanted to continue fighting a guerilla style campaign against the North.
•In 1978, Joe Biden was one of the yes votes that gave Jefferson Davis back his citizenship posthumously. Jimmy Carter signed that bill.
Joe Biden is closer to Jefferson Davis than the vast majority of Americans. Never before has an American President called any American who didn't like his federal takeover of elections, called 'The Voting Rights Act', both racist and domestic terrorists.
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