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The second chapter from The Rivers of Amerikay.
Book 1 of The Book of Crusoe Walker: The Ghaney
I Ain't, He Says, I Ain't, Old Kid, And I Would Pinch ' Em If I Did
It was nearly a year since we had destroyed the second Cibola, less than that since Bear-Named-Bear had ripped the throat out of the last of the Harpey brothers and my uncle, Toby Walker, was nervous - something I'd never seen in him before. We were waiting to meet old Addis Walker, the man who was called Songo by all of the Prithees and most of the family.
There were three of us - Toby and his wife, Maddie, and me - and we were expected for dinner with Songo and his almost-new wife, Rebecca, on board the Melancholie Jakewees, the very big and very elegant riverboat that had been my grandfather's home (and mine) since Butterfield the Assassin had burned down the Panopticon the year before.
At first, it had not been planned to be a dinner but, instead, a meeting between Songo and Toby. Then, because it was to be the last day of the old year, Rebecca who was as kind and good as she was beautiful and tough insisted that Maddie who was very pregnant at seven months be included because she wanted to - well, because she wanted to share as much as she could in the coming into the world of her first grandchild.
At the last minute, I'd been added to the list of those who would dine.
My father, Darby, had returned to the Tionesta along the Ghaney to spend Christmas with old friends and I'd gone back with him. Unlike the rest of the Walkers, I'd never been an outdoorsman through and through and though I could take down a deer with my rifle at least as well as all of them, I'd never learned to like field dressing one. So, I'd decided to leave Tionesta early in order to spend First Night with my friends in Nimishillen.
It was late afternoon when I'd gotten back to the Jakewees, and the sky was glooming gray and snow was spitting. I was tired, cold, wet and hungry and I'd been on the Ghaney, alone in my kayak, for a day-and-a-half.
Except for the guards, I saw and spoke to no-one as I hauled myself and my pack filled with Christmas presents - maple candies for the grown-ups and a painter-skin covering for the coming baby - up to my cabin on the Texas.
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What % of population pays % of income taxes?
White: 59% pays 72%
Hispanic: 19% pays 10%
Black: 13% pays 6%
Asian: 6% pays 8%
Other: 3% pays 4%
Who pays income taxes?
Top 1% pays 40%
Top 10% pays 72%
Top 25% pays 87%
Top 50% pays 97%
The privilege Leftists keep taking about…
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I wish we lived close enough to have coffee together even without the cranberry bread. You could bring along a bouquet of the amazing Texas blue flowers.
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"Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door...”
The Camp of the Saints, Jean Raspail, 1973
This sounds like another case of lynching White males.
For those who don't know the Russell Brand case...
Imagine being sentenced to 10.5 YEARS in prison for alleged offenses dating back as far as 22 YEARS AGO, in a case where the police say there was zero CCTV footage, zero forensic evidence, and digital enquiries were limited because SOOOOO much time had passed, and prosecutors themselves acknowledge that the passage of time limited the available evidence, and yet STILL a jury convicts you in a case built primarily on testimony, and then you get to sentencing and the judge acknowledges the work you have done helping people overcome addiction, including paying for their treatment, acknowledges that your children will lose the presence of their father, and also accepts that there is no sound evidential basis to conclude you pose a future risk, and still sentences you to 10.5 YEARS in prison, again following convictions reached without CCTV or forensic evidence, and now you’re left asking how the testimony and supporting material established the disputed acts beyond reasonable doubt despite those gaps, and how the court justified a sentence that will take years out of your children’s childhoods for offenses from nearly two decades earlier, which is roughly where Russell Brand is tonight.
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🚨 🚨JUST IN: GINA HINOJOSA REPORTEDLY WANTS TO RETRACT HER EARLIER REMARKS ABOUT ELON MUSK, SAYS THE BILLIONAIRE CAN REMAIN IN TEXAS AS SHE UNVEILS A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO GOVERNING.
Texas Governor-Elect Gina Hinojosa reportedly said:
“I have taken time to reflect on some of the statements I made following my electoral victory, particularly those concerning Elon Musk and his businesses in Texas.
This decision has nothing to do with the recent statement Elon Musk and Donald Trump. It is a matter of personal reflection and self-realization. I have considered the potential consequences of turning disagreements over taxation into political confrontations that could hurt ordinary Texans.
People voted for me because they want better leadership and economic opportunities. I cannot ignore the possibility that certain decisions could unintentionally affect workers, families and businesses.
Elon Musk has invested significantly in Texas, and I believe we can disagree over taxation without turning that disagreement into a personal battle. Elon Musk can remain in Texas.
I still believe wealthy individuals and major corporations should contribute fairly, but I am prepared to pursue a more balanced and suitable approach that protects ordinary citizens while encouraging investment.
My responsibility is to serve the people of Texas, not to create unnecessary conflicts.”
Meanwhile, Hinojosa has also outlined major priorities for her incoming administration:
🚨 She has pledged to stop private prisons from detaining children in Texas.
🚨 She has promised to freeze residential electricity rates to protect households from rising energy costs.
🚨 She has also pledged to suspend gas and diesel taxes on her first day in office, a move aimed at reducing transportation and fuel costs for Texans.
Her reported message is that Texas needs leadership focused on affordability, economic stability, protecting families and creating opportunities rather than unnecessary political battles.
Wait, what exactly am I hearing? Has Gina Hinojosa suddenly had a change of heart and decided to walk back her position on imposing the proposed tax on Elon Musk and his businesses in Texas? Is she no longer interested in moving forward with the tax demands she previously stood behind? What changed behind the scenes? Did Elon finally push back hard enough to make her reconsider, or has there been a major development that the public hasn’t been told about yet? Can someone explain what is really going on here?
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Not even being political here--how can anyone who was part of Republican "leadership" during this debacle not be ashamed to even show their face?
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God bless Cardinal Zen.
JUST IN: Cardinal Zen calls for Pope Leo to remove Cardinal Grech, Cardinal Hollerich & Cardinal Fernández from their roles
He also urges Pope Leo to put an end to the Synod in Synodality & its follow up stages
“If we now seek to accommodate the world, we betray our own mission,” he says re the Synod
Also, about 80% of all women are just plain nuts.
Most cases of women complaining men lack empathy are actually cases of women lacking emotional regulation of their empathy.
Women constantly mistake empathic incontinence for superior empathy, but of course, completely emotionally unregulated empathizing isn't a good thing.
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Boys like weapons.
Okay, I'll explain:
Boys don't like weapons. They like tools. This is one of the largest gaps between men and women, and incredibly well-established. Boys are interested in "things" and conceptualize them as tools. Girls are interested in people and conceptualize them as relationships.
She thinks that we're "socially conditioning boys to be violent" which is why they're "fascinated by weapons." No. They're learning how to use tools, and hitting something with another object is about the earliest "tool using behavior" possible. Even some birds do it. Boys fascinated by UTILITY; the idea that an object has undiscovered potential to do things.
Her concerns and analysis could easily be resolved if she would bother to familiarize herself with the century of scientific literature on the subject.
This is a good example of why journalists should report instead of comment: if they actually understood things (or had the capacity to do so), they'd be doing them instead of reporting on them.
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Given the march through the institutions and the control of academia and the publishing industry by highly-schooled, middle-class women, the civics schools will only become what colleges and universities are in general today.
Civics Schools Are the Antidote to Indoctrination Centers city-journal.org/article/uni…
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Pam, you misspelled “traitor”.
Sen. Ron Johnson just secured the five votes that stop Thune's automatic reinstallation. This forces the conference to meet and actually talk before any leadership vote. No more silent, closed-door coronation.
Thune needs to be replaced as soon as possible. He's a loser.
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i've seen SO many teachers say that their students, some as young as *second grade*, are sexually moaning in the classroom. and making gagging noises. of course no one is addressing that these children are being exposed to pornography and have unlimited internet access and smartphones earlier and earlier, which is entirely POS parents' fault. just horrifying on so many levels.
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! SecWar Pete Hegseth just exposed elite academics to their FACE at the Naval War College — he found out they're trying to OUT-WAIT Trump's time in office to avoid complying with executive orders 🤯
"They think they can IGNORE executive orders and preserve FALSE and SINISTER progressive frameworks until the political winds shift!"
"Our review identified a stubborn undercurrent of passive-aggressive institutional resistance. There are those who believe that they can HIDE behind civilian academic tenure and regional accreditation mandates to wait out President Trump's term in office."
"Toxic and destructive ideas, ideas that corrupted our universities have little by little crept into our war colleges."
"The reforms that I'm directing today are designed to reinforce military education, focus on winning our nation's wars, and reinforcing each person's oath to our Constitution, NOT to adopt ideas that perpetuate, that are anathema to the Western tradition."
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
And THAT folks is why they keep trying to impeach him.
@PeteHegseth said it without apology: he's not going to let it fly.
I am so glad he's still our SecWar.
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JUST IN: Sources tell me that John Thune is actively campaigning to stop Marsha Blackburn from naming Rep. Tim Burchett as her replacement in the U.S. Senate. Thune does not want Burchett anywhere near the Senate chamber. And that's what makes Burchett the perfect choice! @timburchett
This is important.
Kelly, a Texas real estate license holder, testified at a Frisco City Council meeting about widespread housing and employment abuses tied to immigrants from India.
She described a system where Indian applicants qualify for apartments but vanish after approval, with friends or others taking keys and the original leaseholder returning to India, bypassing standard background checks and creating fair housing violations that could trigger MASSIVE lawsuits!
Once units go to Indian tenants, they sublease internally via Indian Facebook groups and apps, excluding all other races and nationalities. Fake tech companies hire entry-level H1Bs, pay for 10 apartments at a time, and supply groceries, while Americans lose jobs to these replacements and face evictions that block renting for 4-7 years!
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"I was a big part of the blue wave.."
That's Lee Haight, president of RRCA (Roofing & Reconstruction Contractors of America) in Naples, Florida, defending his illegal immigrant crew from ICE and saying they're "necessary," not a burden on society.
In the same video he complains the insurance company steered jobs to his competitors, then brags about an $85,000 stone-coated steel roof on the water and a claim he says could top $150,000.
Cheap labor works out GREAT for the guy at the top. LMAO