Agreed on most of this. Though I do not idolize billionaires any more than actors.
Musk is in fact on our side at the moment but yes, a government efficiency commission poses grave dangers and probably a billionaire/trillionaire will lack compassion for ordinary people.
And I support Trump because I support a conservative agenda, but he is so far off the deep end that I worry about what he will do in office, to the extent I am tempted to vote for Harris (despite genuinely deploring the liberal agenda). In a better world I'd have another Republican choice besides Trump (like DeSantis).
Our country and world have arrived at a point where we are in deep trouble.
The only answer I can think of is to keep trying to reach the reasonable people in liberal ranks and insist they engage our arguments. We have made some inroads but by no means is success certain or even likely. And we must restrain the temptation to fanaticism. It is far harder to defeat a person who remains reasonable and civil.
Agree. I written about the danger of this push toward extremism. If you keep pushing people toward extremes, most of them will eventually end up there.
Paradise lost in California. I grew up in Portland Oregon, before it went blue, antifa, blm,
The city used to be very clean. Not in downtown areas now. I suspect that Gavin did lose his last election. Speculation CA 2020 red.
Wouldn’t be nice to have free, fair, accurate, voting results. 10,000 ways to cheat. The only strategy is character assassinations, bullets, name calling,
The devil is in the software. I’m going to stick with cheaters never prosper. Although the billionaire class proves otherwise. Prefer red to rule, we’ve seen the last 4 years.
Seems like the democrats are really not interested in the People’s will. Or what is best for this country.
I’ll take Musk, Trump, JD, RFK team. I’ve seen what
Team Blue can do.
The Trump statutes are grotesque. Our country is
More divided than ever. Joe Biden the great unifying man of the hour.
I pray for a tsunami of Trump votes and MAGA coat tails benefiting. Then the real work begins.
Realizing it’s always been out of my hands. I was ready to impeach the first time 1/2, through woke up. 180!degrees. I loved visiting SF. Coming to Catalina island in March high school spring break, I fell in love with the Sun, flowers, beaches. Hard going back north to 40 degrees. Gray skies. Rain.
Gavin, his evil twin brother Trudeau, so far skated through. Me thinks on thin ice. People slowly wise up. I’m aiming to see Justice. If we lose. Then I think we have lost this country. Like California,
Paradise lost… CA has lost thousands and so here’s a question, Reagan was Republican how did it go blue?
I heard a computer nerd testify to US Congress 2001:
They had the ability to always split a political race to 51% to 49% pay to play. Yes cheaters do win.
And this is how me thinks 23 years in perfecting their gizmo machines, mail in ballots. Short term wins perhaps this time they all get caught.
Trump says they have everything, so OK we are approaching the 9th inning.
Update. There is apparently a legitimate reason Trump's name doesn't appear on the first screen due to some California regulation that requires names be randomized. If this article can be believed, in other voting areas in California Trump's name appears in different positions. It is important for us to maintain credibility and not make claims that will later prove untrue.
Yep, that's sure a complicated process explained by Snopes. Makes me feel like I'm in Kafka's novel The Castle. I did look into it before I published this essay. It's ridiculous.
Just go back to paper ballots. But that would make it too hard to cheat. And take off the names of people who don't want their names to be there. Funny how it was "too late" to take RFK's name off the ballots in blue states.
I am trying to stay away from Substack lately. Some people’s comments really get me down, but I will never stop reading your essays Karen. You are a beautiful soul with a beautiful heart. I relate and question how these global rich elites complicit in a global holocaust have gotten away with it. My thing is I always go back to Psalm 2. They will answer one day for sure.
yup--the old adage they lose isn't proven out by real-life evidence... an 'that's a hard bite ta swaller fro all've us wishin' for divine justice or at LEAST legal justice (just-ice... that melts!). Somehow I still hold out for "karma" even tho' murderers like Bush Sr. & Henry Kissinger died happy old men "unburdened" by any guilt let alone the much deserved "just desserts..." It's real nasty how they wiped their smug "fer thee & not fer me" rules in our faces--not just Noisome et out--I recall Boris Johnson "out on the town" an' we know of OhBanana's Brithday Bash at the Vinyard (murder scene of one 'a his boyfriends!...) an' of course that really foul health commish. from NYC (fergittin' the name) that OKeefe media snagged on a hidden camera (the guy havin' orgies on drugs at the Sherry Netherland...egads!). No doubt (f)Elon MuskOx was partyin' like it was 1999 himself...
Ah, yer poor friend--that just stinks an' they give them MyGrunts over $1000/month, free CATERED Food! (the NY Post has some doozie stories about them wastin' so much food..), free phones, clothes, EBT cards with like $700/person / week on TOP of the credit cards...an' so on. In a way, that's rubbin' our noses in it too. Yup it's a devious plan ta cut loose the older folks from SS which is already spent--even tho folks paid into it--the gubbamint wants 'em all dead so they don't need ta pay out... I read in Canada it's about $1 million saved per person over 65 if they die or are killed off. Now THATs like a rigged wheel of fortune in "sin city" lol. They KNOW when the wheel (payment) will stop...
THIS is a great (short!) book on it --highly recommended--
As fer "our" Emmy winnin' acturd Cuomo--we have two dear friends DEAD from the nursin' homes thanks to him... I hope that sword of justice comes down on that guy too... fer sure
As fer the (s)election--I truly don't know--they kin make Donald DUCK win if they want.... an' then what? I only WISH I could say the TDS folks have come 'round but the ones I know have not budged one inch--CamelAh is still "their girl".... heck, they don't need to mess with ballots in NYC... they're all brain dead when it comes to her... even Joe they refused ta see wuz senile.. (now he's been eatin' babies on teeveee!)
"Clown World" is too generous fer what we're seein' here--but yer right--many folks sittin' on their duffs. Frankly, tho' I both write & comment--I too don't know what to do on a bigger scale... I have written personal letters to our reps. Me & my better half are fightin' a few battles with BIG TECH as they keep tryin' to put up the 5G towers here in nowhereland (TWO contracts were already signed before we even caught wind of it--it's "legal" as long as it's posted somewhere--an' it was--in a town a 20 min. drive away on their "town sq." bulletin board... in other words--crooks! I teach homeschool classes (not just my own kids but in two co-ops) an' run some community events... So I work small as that is all I know how ta do--unlike some folks with deeper pockets we cain't even (as a small group) hire a lawyer ta fight the towers here... Small towns seem ta be just as tramped on as big "shitties" like my NYC... I think the "California" disease spread like a rash....
Always so much "food fer thought" in yer pieces, Karen... I just hope we get thru the election with a country standin'... (THEN mebbe we kin deal with the "cheaters")
Powerful, informative & extremely well written, thank you much KH. In GOD we Trust ...
Thank you. Amen. There is only one answer, in God we trust.
Agreed on most of this. Though I do not idolize billionaires any more than actors.
Musk is in fact on our side at the moment but yes, a government efficiency commission poses grave dangers and probably a billionaire/trillionaire will lack compassion for ordinary people.
And I support Trump because I support a conservative agenda, but he is so far off the deep end that I worry about what he will do in office, to the extent I am tempted to vote for Harris (despite genuinely deploring the liberal agenda). In a better world I'd have another Republican choice besides Trump (like DeSantis).
Our country and world have arrived at a point where we are in deep trouble.
The only answer I can think of is to keep trying to reach the reasonable people in liberal ranks and insist they engage our arguments. We have made some inroads but by no means is success certain or even likely. And we must restrain the temptation to fanaticism. It is far harder to defeat a person who remains reasonable and civil.
Agree. I written about the danger of this push toward extremism. If you keep pushing people toward extremes, most of them will eventually end up there.
Paradise lost in California. I grew up in Portland Oregon, before it went blue, antifa, blm,
The city used to be very clean. Not in downtown areas now. I suspect that Gavin did lose his last election. Speculation CA 2020 red.
Wouldn’t be nice to have free, fair, accurate, voting results. 10,000 ways to cheat. The only strategy is character assassinations, bullets, name calling,
The devil is in the software. I’m going to stick with cheaters never prosper. Although the billionaire class proves otherwise. Prefer red to rule, we’ve seen the last 4 years.
Seems like the democrats are really not interested in the People’s will. Or what is best for this country.
I’ll take Musk, Trump, JD, RFK team. I’ve seen what
Team Blue can do.
The Trump statutes are grotesque. Our country is
More divided than ever. Joe Biden the great unifying man of the hour.
I pray for a tsunami of Trump votes and MAGA coat tails benefiting. Then the real work begins.
As you say, pray hard, and then the real work begins.
Realizing it’s always been out of my hands. I was ready to impeach the first time 1/2, through woke up. 180!degrees. I loved visiting SF. Coming to Catalina island in March high school spring break, I fell in love with the Sun, flowers, beaches. Hard going back north to 40 degrees. Gray skies. Rain.
Gavin, his evil twin brother Trudeau, so far skated through. Me thinks on thin ice. People slowly wise up. I’m aiming to see Justice. If we lose. Then I think we have lost this country. Like California,
Paradise lost… CA has lost thousands and so here’s a question, Reagan was Republican how did it go blue?
I heard a computer nerd testify to US Congress 2001:
They had the ability to always split a political race to 51% to 49% pay to play. Yes cheaters do win.
And this is how me thinks 23 years in perfecting their gizmo machines, mail in ballots. Short term wins perhaps this time they all get caught.
Trump says they have everything, so OK we are approaching the 9th inning.
Yep. It was Reagan Red. They sure did a number on us. And the Republicans had to have been in on it. They all hated the outsider Trump.
Well that’s a good point. That’s one of the reason I like Trump they hate him. Rep/Dems press
I hope that President Trump wins and that he gives you a position as a special advisor to him.🥂🐸
Ha-ha! I can tell you that won't happen! But thanks for your vote!
Update. There is apparently a legitimate reason Trump's name doesn't appear on the first screen due to some California regulation that requires names be randomized. If this article can be believed, in other voting areas in California Trump's name appears in different positions. It is important for us to maintain credibility and not make claims that will later prove untrue.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/11/01/california-voting-machines-hiding-trump/
Yep, that's sure a complicated process explained by Snopes. Makes me feel like I'm in Kafka's novel The Castle. I did look into it before I published this essay. It's ridiculous.
Just go back to paper ballots. But that would make it too hard to cheat. And take off the names of people who don't want their names to be there. Funny how it was "too late" to take RFK's name off the ballots in blue states.
Welcome to the Divided States of America! A house of cards built on sand that will completely collapse and no one will win!
I am trying to stay away from Substack lately. Some people’s comments really get me down, but I will never stop reading your essays Karen. You are a beautiful soul with a beautiful heart. I relate and question how these global rich elites complicit in a global holocaust have gotten away with it. My thing is I always go back to Psalm 2. They will answer one day for sure.
yup--the old adage they lose isn't proven out by real-life evidence... an 'that's a hard bite ta swaller fro all've us wishin' for divine justice or at LEAST legal justice (just-ice... that melts!). Somehow I still hold out for "karma" even tho' murderers like Bush Sr. & Henry Kissinger died happy old men "unburdened" by any guilt let alone the much deserved "just desserts..." It's real nasty how they wiped their smug "fer thee & not fer me" rules in our faces--not just Noisome et out--I recall Boris Johnson "out on the town" an' we know of OhBanana's Brithday Bash at the Vinyard (murder scene of one 'a his boyfriends!...) an' of course that really foul health commish. from NYC (fergittin' the name) that OKeefe media snagged on a hidden camera (the guy havin' orgies on drugs at the Sherry Netherland...egads!). No doubt (f)Elon MuskOx was partyin' like it was 1999 himself...
Ah, yer poor friend--that just stinks an' they give them MyGrunts over $1000/month, free CATERED Food! (the NY Post has some doozie stories about them wastin' so much food..), free phones, clothes, EBT cards with like $700/person / week on TOP of the credit cards...an' so on. In a way, that's rubbin' our noses in it too. Yup it's a devious plan ta cut loose the older folks from SS which is already spent--even tho folks paid into it--the gubbamint wants 'em all dead so they don't need ta pay out... I read in Canada it's about $1 million saved per person over 65 if they die or are killed off. Now THATs like a rigged wheel of fortune in "sin city" lol. They KNOW when the wheel (payment) will stop...
THIS is a great (short!) book on it --highly recommended--
https://www.amazon.com/They-Want-Kill-Us-Heres/dp/B0D172G4LG/
As fer "our" Emmy winnin' acturd Cuomo--we have two dear friends DEAD from the nursin' homes thanks to him... I hope that sword of justice comes down on that guy too... fer sure
As fer the (s)election--I truly don't know--they kin make Donald DUCK win if they want.... an' then what? I only WISH I could say the TDS folks have come 'round but the ones I know have not budged one inch--CamelAh is still "their girl".... heck, they don't need to mess with ballots in NYC... they're all brain dead when it comes to her... even Joe they refused ta see wuz senile.. (now he's been eatin' babies on teeveee!)
"Clown World" is too generous fer what we're seein' here--but yer right--many folks sittin' on their duffs. Frankly, tho' I both write & comment--I too don't know what to do on a bigger scale... I have written personal letters to our reps. Me & my better half are fightin' a few battles with BIG TECH as they keep tryin' to put up the 5G towers here in nowhereland (TWO contracts were already signed before we even caught wind of it--it's "legal" as long as it's posted somewhere--an' it was--in a town a 20 min. drive away on their "town sq." bulletin board... in other words--crooks! I teach homeschool classes (not just my own kids but in two co-ops) an' run some community events... So I work small as that is all I know how ta do--unlike some folks with deeper pockets we cain't even (as a small group) hire a lawyer ta fight the towers here... Small towns seem ta be just as tramped on as big "shitties" like my NYC... I think the "California" disease spread like a rash....
Always so much "food fer thought" in yer pieces, Karen... I just hope we get thru the election with a country standin'... (THEN mebbe we kin deal with the "cheaters")