Best millenial speech ever? You make the call..........

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2SPfF0JbFb8&feature=youtu.be

DIRECT from the trenches of Middle Class America!

Words well said from a fellow Hedger.

A couple of weeks back, I went to the pharmacy to fill a scrip for a 2 oz tube of a cortisone derivative cream. Of course I have prescription insurance, but I asked what the med would cost. I was told that tube was $1,038.00. I guessed they probably could have sold it for $15.00 and still made money. No folks, because they had it in a little 2 oz. foam can as well for $860.00. The doctor gave me one as a sample five years back. If that crap was really worth $860. or anywhere near it, they wouldn't be handing it out as a sample would they? So I told the pharmacy to keep that tube of cream, and walked out of the store. It's just a giant scam to strip the middle class of all the wealth they worked for and saved all their lives. You leave your kids with nothing because you're forced to spend a fortune on medical care, and the banks get to start your kids in debt all over again. It's horrible. 

Let's examine America's CARNAGE!

Bannon gone, Trump reversed course.  The MIC and Generals in the war machine won.  Is it a soft military coup?  Is there a fiscal conservative in office beside the Paul's?

Afghanistan has probably 20,000,000 people living in remote, inaccessible, inhospitable villages that can only be reached by road and have an extremely high goat-to-human ratio.

Very little infrastructure in the country.   The MIC is foaming to light it up!  The blank check will be more debt.  HUUUUGE debt.

Everybody now wants war in Afghanistan but who wants their sons and daughters to do the dirty work?  Haven't we bombed enough brown people in tribal groups?   Can someone come up with a cogent reason I can understand that will justify the hundreds of billions we will spend on this debacle?  And please, define "winning".  Does winning mean we send more troops to protect girls at a record shop in Kabul?

America is dead broke without a printing press running full tilt. No clear strategic objective was laid out by Trump.  There is no military objective that is obtainable.  To fight a counter insurgency in Afghanistan without the hearts and minds of the Afghan people is Vietnam all over again.  Body bags lie ahead.  Lots of them.

Ron Paul, American Hero

If you are reading this I bet you are feeling very fortunate that it is NOT your son or daughter gearing up to  head to Afghanistan and "fight" for American interests. 

Ron Paul had come to a conclusion: Trump is now nothing more than the latest neocon, one whom even Lindsey Graham applauded.

Below is a chronological rundown of Ron Paul's progressively angier tweets, as he was live commenting on Trump's speech:

• Hoping for the best in tonight's @realDonaldTrump speech but fearful that foreign intervention is only going to get worse.  #Afghanistan
• Steve Bannon brakes removed. Neocons feeling their oats.
• The military personnel are the victims of bad foreign policy.
• Sad that these wars the politicians argue for are unconstitutional yet we are told we are over there defending the Constitution.
• Mr. President it's too bad you do not follow your instincts.
• Planned in Afghanistan? What about Saudi Arabia??
• What's wrong with rapid exit? We just marched in we can just march out.
• So far very discouraging. Sounds like pure neocon foreign policy.
• The promoters of war win. The American people lose. #Afghanistan
• Remember: there was no al-Qaeda until our foolish invasion of Iraq based on neocon lies.
• The American people deserve to know when we are going to war and MUST give you permission through their representatives in Congress!
• Emphasis on Pakistan just means the war going to be expanded!
• Emphasis on military alliance with India may well lead to more vicious war between nuclear states Pakistan and India. Smart?
• Terrorism is one thing, but what about massive collateral damage? Killing civilians creates more terrorism. Round and round we go.
• Shorter Trump: "Afghanistan: give us your minerals!"
• Nothing new. More of the same. Obama was wrong. This is NOT the good war. Sooner we get out the better.
• More killing is not the road to peace.
• The emphasis on the "grave danger" of terrorism is greatly exaggerated. But more intervention surely creates more terrorism.
• How many Americans are really sitting around worrying about an Afghan terrorist coming over and killing them?
• So many of our problems are self-inflicted by a deeply flawed foreign policy. US troops - and the family members - suffer the consequences.
• Big issue of the night: US expanding the war into Pakistan. Could precipitate more conflict between nuclear India and Pakistan.
• If Americans are tired of 16 year war, how will they feel about another decade or two? When will they wake up?
• Our ultimately "hasty" departure from Vietnam finally ended a lot of grief. Even if it came way too late.
• Beware! @LindseyGrahamSC loves Trump's speech! Why are arch-neocons celebrating so much? Very telling!
• There's nothing hasty about ending America's longest war. @POTUS bowed to military-industrial establishment; doubled down on perpetual war.

Based on Trump's speech, Ron Paul's concerns are well founded. Then again, as we await Breitbart's response to Trump's adress one thing is certain: Steve Bannon will not be happy with what "neocon" Trump said tonight, even if the WaPo and NYT are now on "mute" mode when it comes to NSA-sourced, anti-Trump scoops.

And while there is a distinct possibility that tomorrow night, when addressing his increasingly shaky core support base, Trump will change his mind, with two generals whispering in his ear constantly to determine US foreign policy even as two ex-Goldmanites now write domestic US policy, it is quite likely that the Trump who was unveiled tonight, is the Trump that will stay with the US population for the indefinite future. And if for some reason the "new and improved" Trump slips and fades away again... well there's always the Mueller "Russia collusion" probe in the background keeping the president on his toes.

Update: Here's Breitbart's take, as expected.

Ritz Carlton Dallas, # ECLIPSE2017

Was having lunch at the Ritz when the Eclipse came through this neck of the Texas plains.

Got so dark high end hookers started to show up.

DEBT CEILING CRISIS

What a nation we have become.

Why they call it a debt ceiling is laughable.   Debt only goes one way with these politicians.   They should call it a DEBT FLOOR.

It's really a credit binge.  Binging is acceptable to the public and doesn't stipulate an upper level to the insanity!

Maybe each state should have a DEBT GUILLOTINE.

With Steve Bannon gone, the TRUMP AGENDA is toast.

Spend away Congress Critters!  

With $100 TRILLION of unfunded liabilities ahead this should make for interesting times.

If you have children it's a different story.

Abacus, NUMBERAID and the ECLIPSE

My old abacus surfaced over the weekend.  It is what I started on at St. Mary's grade school in Morris, Minnesota.

What a great learning tool.  

Lucky to have found it as I was able to check and recheck the math and make sure the eclipse was on for today!

NFL and the 2017 NFL Season

Having been blessed to attend 4 Super Bowls it's been a great run of watching NFL games.

This year will be a repeat of last year for Dean Parisian.  I refuse to sit and watch grown men in an epic sport refuse to stand for our National Anthem.  This is all I needed to see in 2017!

Go ahead, you are free to kneel  on the sidelines during our National Anthem.   We are free to shut off the TV, close our wallets and boycott your league.
 
Screw 'em.

Another year of watching high school football.

Doesn't get much better than in Texas......