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I too am triggered when I see an American flag. I weep for what once was the greatest nation on the planet. I weep for the memories of being a Boy Scout and the patriotism that was instilled in us. I weep when I think how proud I was when I was selected in school to be a flag monitor and the pride I had saluting it after it was raised. I weep for the memories of my father who gave his service in the Korean War and came home debilitated for life but never regretted what he gave as a true patriot and to the day of his death loved this country and the freedom it represented.

“The Ministry of Truth” is now real, to say Orwell’s 1984 is prophetic is an understatement...

My work takes me to the westside of L.A. and Santa Monica on a daily basis. It isn’t unusual to pull up to an intersection in these areas and be surrounded by $1M+ worth of private vehicles in the form of exotics, high end luxury, classics, and the run of the mill high dollar SUVs. Billboards along Santa Monica Blvd advertise Rolex, Breitling, and Tudor watches. Handbags, totes, and bags, by the likes of Louis Vuitton; Mark Jacobs, and Gucci, are prominently displayed and are as common as the Starbucks on every block. The crews performing these robberies are the same organized looters who pillaged stores in the high end areas during the summer of Floyd protests. The police were as distracted then as they are apathetic now. One of the biggest growth growth industries here is private security. Licensed-trained-certified-ARMED (ex-LEOs bring a premium plus) make six figures even on a part time basis. Having a body guard is now as much of a status symbol as a Rolls-Royce or a ranch in Montana.

”The researchers found that men were far less likely to wear a face covering, particularly in areas where wearing one was not mandatory.” One sentence sums up the article.

Of course it was easy, who am I to deprive you of the opportunity to pontificate further?

Do you think that just maybe I intentionally made those errors just for you?

In answer to your question regarding “learning,” I am here to learn people’s raw opinions as to the sorry state of our country and society. I’m willing to overlook discrepancies in presentation for content. You on the other hand would sign up for a pottery class and then chastise your fellow students for having dirty finger nails.

Sorry to disappoint, but there are no trophies on my shelf or shelve’s. I come to FR for the condensed information that is not easily attainable elsewhere. I rarely post, and I’m interested in the opinions others have. I don’t want t see anyone hesitate to post theirs for fear of being ostracized by the proper use of “english” police.

Feel free to get out your red pencil and mark up my post, and don’t get alarmed, but a little bird told me that 2 bricks in your walkway are out of line by 1/32 of an inch.

Everything’s better with bacon.

I knew I'd draw another one of you out with the mis-use of a semi-colon.

Heres another member of the self anointed spelling-grammar-english squad again. Don’t you think people who post on this forum have enough stress right now without having to wonder if they are going to get pounced on by you or your arrogant; self appointed, panty bunchers?

Norman and Saxon

(A.D. 1100)

“My son,” said the Norman Baron, “I am dying, and you will be heir
To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share
When we conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and a nice little handful it is.
But before you go over to rule it I want you to understand this:—

“The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite.
But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right.
When he stands like an ox in the furrow with his sullen set eyes on your own,
And grumbles, ‘This isn’t fair dealing,’ my son, leave the Saxon alone.

“You can horsewhip your Gascony archers, or torture your Picardy spears;
But don’t try that game on the Saxon; you’ll have the whole brood round your ears.
From the richest old Thane in the country to the poorest chained serf in the field,
They’ll be at you and on you like hornets, and, if you are wise, you will yield.

“But first you must master their language, their dialect, proverbs and songs.
Don’t trust any clerk to interpret when they come with the tale of their wrongs.
Let them know that you know what they’re saying; let them feel that you know what to say.
Yes, even when you want to go hunting, hear ‘em out if it takes you all day.

“They’ll drink every hour of the daylight and poach every hour of the dark.
It’s the sport not the rabbits they’re after (we’ve plenty of game in the park).
Don’t hang them or cut off their fingers. That’s wasteful as well as unkind,
For a hard-bitten, South-country poacher makes the best man-at-arms you can find.

If this true and in context, then I’m afraid the coup is almost complete. The swamp/deep-state coupled with a corrupt media have pulled out all the stops, it appears that the globalists will win. But, the price will be steep. There are millions if not tens of millions in this country that now see the curtain pulled back and the deep state at the levers. This will not be soon forgotten and I envision that I will see the demise of the republican party in my life time. Anyone (any patriot that is) who has witnessed this travesty will hopefully realize that we have been duped and manipulated.

Rest in pieces GOP....your days are numbered, just like your comrades over at Fox News, you’ve underestimated your base and the dems won’t need to to cheat in future elections because your base will have left you high and dry. Music to my ears would be that the Georgia Senate races were won by the dems in a landslide with record low election turnout because few, if any, voted for the repugnant party.

The MSM proved that the fourth estate is alive and well, and most importantly “willing,” to do the bidding of their democrat masters. No one pushed harder on the “fake news media” narrative than the President. However as evidenced by the media coverage/non-coverage the Tara Reade and Hunter Biden laptop stories, the “4th estate” still and maybe even more so now, has the power to shape the narrative therefore elections.

There was some narrative on the Reade story with the signature bias and dismissal baked in during very sparse reporting. The narrative went out that Ms. Reade be discredited and dismissed, period. In the case of the Laptop, timing dictated that it be ignored and go unreported, the chance couldn't be taken that it would gain any traction whatsoever.

Switching gears to the massive vote fraud, again the MSM has a unified narrative and the word “unsubstantiated” has probably been used tens of thousands of times since the election. No investigations, no calls for audits which one would think the media sycophants would be falling all over themselves to have done if they truly believed the election was “fair and secure.” When was the last time you saw any of them holding back on an opportunity to malign the President? This would certainly provide the ultimate smack down. I'm surprised if they are so convinced everything is on the up up that they would pass on the chance.

Thanks for posting this. I spent several minutes looking through the links and now I can see where the Venezuelan connection is made as well as a voting systems company’s “Chairman “ who is a self avowed globalist, the antithesis of President Trump’s “America First” policies. The election fraud alleged appears to be on a Global scale.

I highly recommend looking at the posted links. The information is not on some third party or conspiracy theory website, it’s on the homepage of the parent company that makes he voting systems in question.

If someone, anyone...had told me in the past that there would be the type of fraud, open defiance, and a President’s own party backstabbing them, regardless of who the President was and which party they belonged to, I would of told them to seek some professional help.

The Republican party is dead to me, and I’m glad I re-registered some time ago as “decline to state.” President Trump has been a shining beacon of courage but when even your own party sells you down the river there’s not much one can do. May God Damn the political establishment and while I’m sure President Trump is a better and bigger man than I am, If I were him I’d burn it all down, wreck it in any way I possibly could, screw worrying about my IRA and retirement, the only way this country will ever be great again is to rise from the ashes.

From the Scytl website....

Fact Checking Regarding US Elections: Debunking Fake News
November 13, 2020 | General

Following several erroneous statements that have been published in digital and social media, Scytl would like to clarify the following:

The technologies implemented by Scytl in the US are both hosted and managed within the US, by a local subsidiary, SOE Software, based in Tampa, Florida.
We do not tabulate, tally or count votes in the US
We do not provide voting machines in the US
We did not provide online voting to US jurisdictions for the US elections.
We do not have servers or offices in Frankfurt
The US army has not seized anything from Scytl in Barcelona, Frankfurt or anywhere else
We are not owned by George Soros and have never been connected to him
We are not tied to Smartmatic, SGO, Dominion or Indra
We have no ties with Russia either

For the US General Election, Scytl provided 4 products and services to city, county, and state clients across the United States. Each of these products and services provide information created and approved by each individual client, to voters or temporary election workers.

I’m sorry Ms. Rittenhouse, if you think that Joe Biden or ANY democrat gives one iota about your son, you, or anyone besides the parties staunchest loyalists you are sadly mistaken.

I live and work in the belly of the beast....Los Angeles. It amazes me how bold and open the Blue Peoples Party can be here. I remember when the Rittenhouse news broke that the BPP were openly calling for his execution sans an investigation, trial, or a verdict. If you think that AOC and the squad’s views aren’t mainstream, spend some time in a City like LA (there are many), and just listen to what people converse about among themselves. It is truly scary, I honestly feel that you could get a majority of liberals to openly and vehemently, support making anyone with conservative views (I’m not talking about “right-wing,” I’m talking about anyone who would disagree with the “one green world” philosophy), a second or even third class citizen, with limited rights, that should be “cancelled” when it comes to employment, social programs, and earning ability.

For what it’s worth I overheard a conversation this morning about what is going to happen with the border wall now? One response was “biden has already committed to stopping it.” Another was the “the only way the wall should could continue is if they put all the Trump supporters on the other side,” to which a third said “what do you have against Mexicans?” and they all laughed.....

You would think what is happening to Fox News would give them some pause before alienating what is currently a reliable and high percentage voting block which HAS BEEN supporting the Republican party.

It's California....home state to Pelosi(current Speaker of the House & Newsom relation)and Harris, (current Senator who even though she considers herself VP+, she hasn't resigned her Senate seat yet?). Newsom is a sycophant to both. Whatever the reason he's keeping Cali locked down is based on marching orders from these two.

If the President decides to skip the debate it would be advisable to wait until late Wednesday or early Thursday to do it. Let Biden stay locked down prepping for as long as possible and it leaves less time for one of the media outlets to set something up to give him another softball interview or town hall.

I live in the northern San Fernando Valley, the area was once ranches and orange groves. Many of the homes still have orange trees on the property. Last week on the way home I noticed a U-Haul van with the side door open and a person hanging out taking oranges off the trees by the street. I pulled over and asked if they had the homeowner’s permission and was told (in broken english) that they were only taking the oranges that were hanging over the street so it was “okay.” I said that I would go to the door and ask the owner and as I walked up the driveway the van sped away.

We have a lemon tree in our front yard that is at least 25’ from the street. My wife has caught people several times with bags, boxes, and in one case a woman who used the front of her shirt, picking our lemons. When confronted they feign that they don’t speak English or just shrug and walk away. According to my wife never once did any of them show any remorse or apologize when caught.