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The connective force will always be 1-Belief in the absence of evidence, 2-Hope despite the presence of doubt. 3-Imagination, propelled by physical necessity.
ErikTheRed retweeted
HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS.
Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.
Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed.
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets.
1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary],
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed],
3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible],
4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent], and
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed].
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:
Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.
Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US
AND MY FAVORITE:
Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so — but it’s worth a try.
If we ever can figure out how to put a band together with pigs on vocals and guitar, and dogs on bass Guitar and a keyboard, with a picture of Muhammad on the bass drum, I guess that might be enough to get them to repatriate or have a stroke, at least.
मुस्लिम ने कहा,
“तुम मुझे धर्म सिखा रहे हो?”
ड्राइवर बोला,
“नहीं भाई, मैं तो बस गाड़ी चला रहा हूँ। धर्म की क्लास तो तुमने शुरू की थी।”
मुस्लिम बोला,
“तुम्हें मेरे धर्म के बारे में कुछ नहीं पता।”
ड्राइवर हँसते हुए बोला,
“सही कहा, और तुम्हें भी मेरे धर्म के बारे में जानने की ज़रूरत नहीं। बस इतना समझ लो कि मेरी गाड़ी में कौन-सा गाना बजेगा, ये फैसला मैं करूँगा।”
मुस्लिम ने कहा,
“अगर मैं तुम्हारी गाड़ी में पैसे दे रहा हूँ, तो मेरी बात भी सुननी पड़ेगी।”
ड्राइवर ने जवाब दिया,
“पैसे सफर के दिए हैं भाई, रिमोट कंट्रोल खरीदने के नहीं।”
पीछे बैठा एक यात्री हँस पड़ा और बोला,
“भाई, आज का किराया वसूल हो गया!”
ड्राइवर ने कहा,
“किराया तो सबका बराबर है, बस कुछ लोगों को लगता है कि उनकी पसंद भी सब पर बराबर लागू होनी चाहिए।”
अपनी पसंद रखो, अपनी आस्था रखो, लेकिन दूसरों की आज़ादी का किराया मत माँगो।
सबक: अपनी मान्यताओं पर चलना आपका अधिकार है, लेकिन दूसरों की ज़िंदगी को अपनी मान्यताओं से चलाना नहीं।
ErikTheRed retweeted
I have a question for all those people voting blue. Which part of the Democrat platform do you vote for? Is it guys in girls locker rooms, the end of Israel, Sharia law, no more police or jails, supporting illegal aliens and the cartels, more fentanyl on the streets, more fraud in blue states, more dismemberment of babies in the womb, higher taxes, more gun control, doing a way with the Trump accounts for kids or some other reason? Is it just because you were told Trump is bad?
I’m gratified to see people expressing these sentiments. No political party is perfect but there’s only one party that is desperately seeking to take total control of the direction of this country. They seek to do it by denying its past existence and greatness, condemning all of the things that by today’s standards “weren’t perfect” and are attempting to sell people of false narrative, a narrative that is based on a fairytale about how we can achieve a better political system on earth.
They talk about “saving democracy“ all the while desperately working to undermine it and take complete control of the government by talking about stacking the Supreme Court and removing the independence of the judiciary at the same time.
They call traditionalist Americans “fascists.“ But it is their behavior they conforms to the exact model of how fascist took over various countries in the 20th century.
They don’t understand basic economics in a free market capitalist system. They have no ideas except those and have been already disproven an actual practice. They weren’t trained to think and to use logic and reason to come to conclusions on their own. They were trained to swallow an ideology that deserves to remain buried in the past because it was an object failure in practice.
Listen to every word
“I voted. I was standing in that voting booth thinking about high gas prices, expensive groceries, housing costs and the financial pressure on working families. Then my mind went to France, to Dearborn, Michigan and I realized this election is about far more than gas and groceries.
It's about our future, radical Islam, national security, illegal immigration, our borders, education, parental rights, sex and gender policies, and the values our children inherit.
I couldn't see myself voting for a party that hates America, apologizes for our country, is ashamed of our flag, and wants to rewrite our history and abandon our values.
So I voted red, not because Republicans get everything right, always do right by everyday Americans, or are free from corruption, but because I believe we can only fix this country if we still have a country left to fix”
I could not have said it better myself. Voting Blue is literally voting to end America and for the eventual Islamic takeover of America. Voting Democrat means being wiped out by illegals, having our elections permanently rigged, our culture replaced and never having a way out
Everyone needs to vote Red like your life depends on it because it does
As witnessed by last summer's World Cup, soccer is a sport that is first and foremost throughout the world.
Although Ohio State bested Indiana by 4 points in men's football last weekend due to Nick Marsh’s foot being out of bounds.
Indiana has 8 national championships in men's soccer
And there is no other team they’ve dominated more than the Ohio State Buckeyes. They lead head to head 50 - 6.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 4-ranked Indiana men's soccer (12-1-2, 5-1-1 B1G) captured a Big Ten road victory Tuesday (Oct. 20) night, beating Ohio State (6-5-2, 1-5-1) 1-0 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Tuesday's result marked Indiana's 50th win in the all-time series with Ohio State (50-6-5), its highest win total against any program. IU is unbeaten in its last four meetings (3-0-1) with OSU, though the win marked its first in Columbus since 2018.
• Indiana earned its sixth clean sheet of the season, improving its Big Ten-leading season goals against average to 0.53.
ErikTheRed retweeted
Senator Amy Klobuchar has been quietly preparing her staff for her exit from politics after a direct link between her, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and the Somali "refugees" who stole billions from Medicaid was uncovered.
Sources say Klobuchar is expecting that both she and Omar will have to resign and that there's a distinct possibility of both state and federal charges.
The investigation that was started by citizen journalist Nick Shirley has grown into one of the most explosive political scandals in a decade.
What's your response to this......??👀
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON X. LET’S GO 👏
That’s fine, I already have one of those.
Is this man even 5 feet tall?
I’d also like to point out at that time that we were at war with the MUSLIM Barbary Pirates and Tripoli, who were actively kidnapping our sailors and enslaving them. If that’s the case that I say, we should go back and solve the problem for once and for all.
If the people of Michigan elect this Muslim Brotherhood a-hole, then I think the next step should be for them to secede from the union.
Printing a brochure of this type into the thousands is not a small expense.
Families across Texas are finding envelopes addressed to the "students" in their household from a "Texas Transgender Student Union."
Inside is a guide telling minors what to do if their parents aren't supportive. It covers how 16 and 17 year olds can get legally emancipated, hormones, and getting care out of state. One line promises groups "ready to become your found family."
No group by that name shows up in state or IRS records, no business is linked to the return address, and the trans advocacy group named in the brochure says it didn't send it.
It landed right as early voting started in Texas.
Anyone with half a brain would know that that’s a tall tale. These are the same people that believe that Wakanda, the country in Africa with all the futuristic gizmos, is a real place. xitter.cf/toowhitetotweet/status…
ErikTheRed retweeted
CBS sent Lesley Stahl to downplay noncitizen voting and she walked right into Harmeet Dhillon. "Literally thousands" of cases under investigation.
Every illegal vote cancels out a LEGAL American's vote.
60 Minutes shrugs. We don't.
Keep going, @HarmeetKDhillon!
“There are people who feel that the point is to sow distrust about the whole election system. There are very few people who are noncitizens who end up voting very few. Very few. And so therefore what's the purpose?” 60 Minutes asks Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
“The point is actually the opposite of what you were saying. It's not to sow distrust. The distrust is there,” says Dhillon. “And so all of these kinds of crimes are being prosecuted now for the first time really in volume.”
State audits have shown that noncitizen voting is extremely rare, though it does happen. cbsn.ws/4z7X60k
ErikTheRed retweeted
Future leader of Germany @Alice_Weidel is saying it loud and clear:
“We have to send them back.”
It’s common sense. If you come here as a “refugee”, you have to go back when your reason to seek “refuge” is over. 100% of Syrians and Afghans have to go.
ErikTheRed retweeted
These are uncomfortable truths. All these people are coming to our country to enjoy our lifestyle, yet they want to replace us. When we're gone, it will revert back to the same type of system that served the people that used to have it. They are really fleeing from themselves, but they don't realize it.
OMG…This is the exact moral equivalent of redesigning CRACKER BARREL. I have two boys who are now teenagers, and when they were younger, I used that as an excuse to buy Hot Wheels cars for them and Matchbox, both. We even bought a four-story, kind of downhill, two-lane race course and spent hours racing them, putting little WD-40 on the axles, etc. I don't know who had more fun, me or them.
The undersides of all those cars were there for realism and authenticity, and it was also a bit of a learning lesson. That's where the transmission and drivetrain are: the differential. I remember showing one of my boys how a rear differential worked and how the two rear wheels were able to spin at different speeds when taking a corner.
Forget about all that, I suppose. Just make it flat and simple, because we don't want our children to be curious about details on things. Having spent some time in the plastics industry, there was no reason to change that part. The molds were already there and made, and they've used them a million times. In fact, it probably cost them more money to create a new mold at their injection molding supplier.
I would just love to hear the explanation for this from someone from these companies. Maybe they thought showing all that detail on the bottom of a car was too "masculine, and Fratty."
The thing we just can’t see is when the founders are gone, so is the passion. They hire som Harvard or Yale folk to “optimize” until everything turns to nothing. They don’t hire Sue or Kent that worked their entire life to run things. The founder passion they have in there DNA is still alive.
We all know because curious kids like me loved to marvel at the implied complexity of the small car and not only did it add to the fantasy but it add to the curiosity…
How does it work?
That simple question is the one reason we have the world around us.
Something sparked this in us.
Now of course our job than is to in real-life make simple the overly complex: of course the underside of a car will get more simple with electric cars.
But not a flat piece of plastic with a logo.
We can do better.
How?
Don’t stand for it as an employee most important and as a consumer.
As an inventor and an investor, change things and disrupt with new founder energy, not a Harvard PowerPoint of saving 1/8 of a penny.
ErikTheRed retweeted
My post about France went viral. Thousands of likes. Many Americans told me: "Democrats aren't socialists. America will never be France." I want to answer that seriously, step by step.
Start with a simple observation. Look at what has gotten cheaper in America over the last 25 years: TVs, phones, software, clothes, toys. Now look at what has exploded: college tuition, healthcare, childcare, housing.
What separates the two lists? The first lives in competitive markets. The second is exactly where government is most involved: subsidies, mandates, licensing, zoning, regulation.
College. Washington lends students almost unlimited money. Universities know the money will always come, so they raise tuition and hire more administrators. The student pays the bill for twenty years. More government money, higher prices.
Housing. Why can't a nurse buy a home in the city where she works? Not because of capitalism. Because of zoning laws, permits, environmental reviews, years of procedure to build a single building. The most expensive places to live in America are the places where it's hardest to build. When building is nearly illegal, prices explode.
Healthcare. The patient almost never sees the price. A third party pays, regulations limit who can compete, and costs climb year after year with no one able to say no.
So here is the trap. The problems you suffer from are not the failure of free markets. They are the places where the market has already been replaced by the state. And the solution you're being offered is more of the same.
That's the Trojan horse. It always works the same way. A real problem. A generous-sounding promise. A program that makes things worse. Then the failure of that program becomes the argument for the next one. People who lived under communism in Poland learned to recognize the lie and the mask the lie wears. The lie never presents itself as a lie. It presents itself as compassion.
In France we are at the end of that road. Debt we can never repay. Young people who can't afford a home. Our best people leaving. And every few years our cities burn. Nobody voted for this. They voted for one more generous promise, fifty years in a row.
If you're a Republican, share this with the Democrat in your life. Not to win an argument. To start a conversation.
If you're a Democrat, I'm not asking you to switch teams. I'm asking you to look at the pattern. Wherever the state took over, life became unaffordable. Don't fix the failures of government with more government.
Stay American. Ask for less state, not more.
I’m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you.
I come from your future.
In France we did everything your progressive politicians promise. Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions, heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich, a state that takes care of everything. Public spending close to 57% of GDP, one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it’s the dream.
Here’s what it looks like from the inside. France hasn’t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can’t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them.
The promise was protection. The result is stagnation.
The worst part is that nobody in France voted for decline. Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, reasonable. One more program. One more regulation. One more tax to fund it. Each step alone makes sense. Fifty years of them, and you wake up in a country that can no longer build a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe.
I love America because it’s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing. I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious thing your country has.
Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you’re voting for making America more like America, or more like France?
Trust me. You don’t want to be France.
ErikTheRed retweeted
This American used to be a liberal and was shocked by what she was told in college about Muslims
“I went to college where a social work professor asked our class, what are you doing on an everyday basis to combat racism and prejudice and bigotry? So I raised my hand as a really proud, liberal, naive young woman. I raised my hand so proud and I said, well, when I go to the airport, I always go out of my way to be really nice and smile at Middle Eastern men. because I assume that people have been really mean to them at the airport, so I always go out of my way to smile at them.
And she looked at me in front of the entire class and said, never do that again, because in their culture, smiling at a man means that you're a prostitute, so never do that again”
“I was stunned into silence. And I don't know who needs to hear this today, but sympathy toward an ideology that is openly hostile, brutally oppressive and objectifying to women is not empathy. It's actually what I would call Western privilege. You have the privilege of extending sympathy to men who buy into this radical ideology because you have never been a Middle Eastern woman subject to being under it. How you look at them will never change how they look at you”
For those that didn’t know this, it’s real. In Muslim culture a woman smiling at a man that is not her husband is considered haram (forbidden) and strongly prohibited
Muslims say a woman uncovering her face and smiling at a man can lead to evil, here’s the actual reasoning
“It is haraam for a woman to uncover her face or to smile at a non-mahram man, because of the evil to which that may lead.”
Our cultures are not equal. Islam is not compatible with Western Civilization
ErikTheRed retweeted
A moment that made the whole world hold its breath. Pavarotti with ‘Nessun Dorma’ – Lincoln Center, 1988, accompanied by James Levine. A legendary voice and unforgettable emotional power
