Not when everyone comment comes with ad space. But to be clear, nothing I say is said with hate, or disgust or animosity. It is usually the polar opposite of an example I used. I don’t try to show bias in debates or topics of discussion or debate. If I say something way left field about trump I try to hit the other end of the spectrum with a similar biden or democrat. Or several small instances that carry about the same weight as one big one. Am I set in my ways. Yes. But I’m opened minded and open to change, but the data on some things just haven’t convinced me. Much of it people reading too deep or wrongly into it. And I try to educate. I have cited sources many times. Take what I say with a grain of salt. And I didn’t write history. So don’t hold it against me for posting it. Truth hurts sometimes. But lying about it makes it feel worse usually. But truth is stranger than fiction at times. Whatever I say I hope people follow up on and verify for themselves. And if i don’t know, I usually check and I’ve posted the findings. But I find it amazing. Absolutely stunning and fascinating that people can get just as worked up and angry and upset or even suicidal just by asking a question. Sometimes maybe worse than the answer itself. And it’s nearly impossible to know which topic is the trigger until you open your mouth sometimes. I keep looking for that white privilege for dummies book but it’s sold out everywhere. Apparently this should all be common knowledge (obviously not if a book was needed). But based on personal data collected over several decades, I’m way behind the 8 ball and doing a lot of stuff wrong. Long rough road. Nowhere near the paradise the finger pointers describe to me. I might need to hire a tutor. I definitely more like Eminem than Elvis. But I love both their music. Elvis was king of rock and roll, yet most of his accolades are from his gospel albums. Even if Elvis stole the early songs or style, last I checked, most church songs are pretty much 2 ways. Loving and solemn, or energetic and moving. And he nailed (see, that probably could have offended someone given enough readers.) Them all. Crossed all the Ts (not the alphabet abbreviation).put his guts into it. (See, depends who reads it, but I don’t go looking for stuff to be offended about). I take people as they come. Doesn’t matter religion color or whatever. All are capable of great things and all are capable of terrible things. They come in all shapes and sizes.

Seems ok to not like clowns. I thought it was very rare, but apparently it is common. Why? I don’t know. Others see clowns and laugh, smile, gasp, applaud and even dress like clowns for Halloween. They are cool or funny or great jugglers, or acrobatic. Seems ok to not like those people, but someone else dislikes another type of person for whatever reason (I don’t know, uh, chick’s with long dark arm and leg hair., goth kids, babies, teenagers) and its cause for war. Boycotts protests or what have you.

Politics is the gubmint. Mint is the gubmint. Politics dictates policy and social issues all affect coins. All those things you list affect coins. Now I’m petty sure major d isn’t my number 1 fan (seems more like a number 2) but out of chaos comes order. Dialog opens. Can’t make everything except coins the topic of discussion. You severely heel yourself. This site talks about all aspects. And in some of the articles conditions and locations and Sabre rattling and local events, or law passage are one sided. Just because numbers are posted, doesn’t mean they paint a whole picture. But we do try hard to be civil. And like coins, there are at least 2 sides. I am all about freedom of speech. But just because you say it don’t mean someone won’t punch you in the mouth for saying it. They’ll probably go to jail if they did. Most likely an a55 whipping first. But at least you know better where the line is.

But I appreciate what you’re trying to do.

And now for Paul Harvey’s, the rest of the story. Fake it til ya make it. Lie till ya die. Never break character.

But try not to be biased, throw shade at Democrats now. How long before they start with the 24 7 blitz that the pentagon leader was probably a trump supporter. Just some dude trying to be a keyboard big shot and impress video game players. But not a peep it happened under Austin watch. Somebody gave him the data and he handed out some as a security net uf caught. So blackmail the gubmint. Lol. Maybe biden should have VETTEd him more. Get it, cuz his classified docs were guarded by a corvette. Biden, like the corvette, once you open the top, it’s mostly hollow inside. Austin has no clue what docs are missing. But at least patreaus knows because he leaked it all. I wonder how much yelling and screaming and lying and intimidating Joe would do if hunter goes on trial. No issues with people harassing certain Supreme Court justices, want to protect Allen and family at all cost. At one point mafia ran everything. Rigged elections (proven) and laundered under shell businesses or casinos. Capone didn’t go to jail for all the robberies or murders. He got locked up on tax evasion. And until that informant flipped on Gotti, mafia was out in the open but untouchable. Giuliani was a hero for catching the bosses. After Sept 11 he was a national hero. And to look at him now, well. Just look at him now (kinda reminds me of Cuomo, man that story died quick and his brother is on the enemies network now, funny how money changed perspective) . It’s trump the last of the Don’s? Was he ever one? Is he really penniless? … or is trump one of the few or the kid to carry torch for their kingpin daddies. Cartels make a fortune on avocados and almonds. Most of the old school cartel after Escobar went legit. Or as close as you can get. Organized crime is nothing more than organized business. Just with very creative shipping. And those people also like using military weapons. Can’t wait for Joe to take em so he can get his boy obammy to film fast and furious 2. Then once America is disarmed we can use our words or tik to k to defend ourselves from radicalized, or Russian, or chinese, or mafia, thugs, cartels, ms13, yakuza, clan, not seas, preying on our weakness. Maybe you can sanction them, or blackmail them into sparing you. The number of people they have killed (known deaths) far surpasses the number of dum mass shooters. The answer would probably be allow assisted suicide. Free. Not just for terminally ill. Most of these cats are head cases that can’t bring themselves to do it. So they find someone to be mad at and know the calvary will most likely do it for em. But if you can’t mentally process your gender, chances are you can’t be reasoned with. Too many rules with the alphabet people and they change to make them correct and superior and always the victim. But what do you expect when everyone screams equity (notice, not equality) while adding another identifier to further differentiate themselves from everyone else. Rest of the world mostly homogenous. Same values, traditions, customs, God or idol or animal or spirit, history, suffering, and triumph, ancestry, and goals. But now you take america and hundreds of backgrounds, family struggles, disaster, tradition, voodoo, whatever and eventually some group will feel slighted. Devil worshipers don’t have a federal holiday. Jesus has 2. Can’t have 1 without the other. Also, without devil, no trees, so we’d be dead from no oxygen. Hard to have empathy when you are completely different. But humans are social so we have teams. Nobody wants a tie. Nobody wants participation trophy. Everyone wants to be the victim. That’s why they have introductions like, I’m a pansexual unicorn, LGBT, female with binary tendencies that lead to hetero ish actions, gun hating, lock him up, trump hating, hbcu graduate, pro choice, elephant punching, anti establishment, green, pro bicycling, anti fossil fuel electric car loving, non reading, introvert. So somewhere in there, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll say something to offend someone in some way or another, even if you have no idea you are and aren’t trying to be. Never happy. Professional victims. No accountability, no middle ground, no negotiations good old democrats. Do as I say not as I do, and your laws do not apply to me.

Sir Kaiser and Major D, I did not intend for my comment to appear as a reply to Major D’s comment. It was not directed at Major D or anyone else in particular, but was meant for everyone in general for consideration.

Sorry, I don’t watch msnbc.

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I don’t think our economy is weak, but our debt level and obviously the size of our government are problematic for an ongoing vibrant economy. As much as these bloviating idiots talk about downsizing government or lowering our debt, it seems they accelerate all the faster. Countries are shaking off the dollar as the standard reserve currency more and more (which I didn’t think I’d see in my lifetime), inflation will be high for some time, our country is being inundated with low skill penniless illegals, and we have a babbling moron running the country. I’ll take the hard assets as a way to hedge all of this!