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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

Item 3: KBJ continues to show that she was a diversity hire totally unsuited to be an Associate Justice at SCOTUS. The Senate Republicans were so scared of being labeled racist that they voted to confirm someone obviously not qualified.

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Never, ever trust a Republican.

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May I suggest an amendment? Never trust a professional politician. Both parties. My Donald Trump is a statesman with a servant's heart and a fearless bully fighter. He's like Lincoln and Roosevelt and of course Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan all rolled into one. A statesman, hard-working, fearless.

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.....................politician.

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The only qualification that mattered was "do what we tell you".

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Justice KBJ is just dreaming out loud 'cuz she may be wid da brotha coalition. But her fellow sista, Fani Willis, won't find any Tender Mercies in these briefs. I'd be interested to learn if this $700 bill was at a Ruth's Chris steakhouse. See: https://tinyurl.com/ycxu7x5j.

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Get ready. Everyone watching that hearing knows the prosecution was corrupt. If the judge doesn't disqualify her and her entire team it will signal the end of justice in America for anyone on the right. If so, it will likely lead to major rioting across the country as outraged people fight back. If he does, however, it's likely the state of Georgia will investigate her and remove her from the bar, and possibly end the criminal trial of Trump completely. If that happens, the left will riot and claim racism. Get ready for trouble either way.

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To keep Fanni wouldnt require 2 weeks. I am hoping that the 2 weeks means the judge has to back his discion to kick her and her paramour to the curb with lots of examples.

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Possible, but this is likely to blow up either way. The left is not going to be stopped this easy. They are consumed by Trump hatred.

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That hatred made them take their masks off. Only reason we have even a sliver of a chance to save the Country. They hate Trump because they cant buy him and they cant blackmail him. After 8 plus years of trying, and all the evidence they can create, They are still LOSING.

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May I add fear to hatred? Thanx tj

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The Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union Address should be a video of Biden's wardrobe being heaved out of a second story White House window.

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Depends on how many depends there are DJ.

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Agreed. Could make the Rose Garden a toxic waste site.

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This is really funny! It's so easy to envision.

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Roared again. You know how to press my button.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

DON-- Regarding your comment "I’m like E.F. Hutton. When Surber speaks, Mitch listens", most people will have no clue what this means except old people; like me. Great memories of a great series of ads in my humble opinion. The other series I liked that came along later were the "What If?" ads by Hewlett Packard. They made one think. Something that the younger generations don't do; they simply exist and absorb anything thrown at them through a tiny screen with their heads down pounding away with their thumbs.

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I write for old people because I am one

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You do send some of us down memory lane quite often .thank you.

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And we thank you, Don. (I get to retire in a few months...but I'll still be more productive than many of these kids! For one thing, my brain's still engaged - reading your daily Substacks!)

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Rev, don't retire, just start a new career doing something else.

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Don, old is in one's head. It's a virus that consumes unless it's pushed out. Don't let the virus win.

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You are too cool for the school, especially with Walk Like an Egyptian! I know I'm old enough to have been your "cool aunt." Every kid needs at least one.

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Ha! When I was a kid, I had a cool aunt who drove a beautiful Model A Ford because she loved that car. My folks wouldn't let me go for a ride with her because she loved to drive fast and make the tires screech when going around a corner at high speed. I thought she was way cooler than my folks:)

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I guarantee your aunt was waay cooler than your folks. That is the way things ought to be. When my youngest nephew was born, I was 23. I told my sister I was going to teach him to smoke and cuss! Oops. That which I feared came upon me when I took my own kid to visit them when nephew was a wild and wooly teen.

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😂😂😂

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Inconceivable! That you're old enough to be Don's aunt. Useless trivial trail to go down that's from the princess Bride movie My favorite written by a liberal and starring Andre the Giant whom my dad and I bet and might not North Dakota after one of its many storms of the century. I was the host of a half hour program and they asked me if they could interrupt to promote a wrestling match in town. I'm the Forrest Gump of real life. Shaking hands with Andre I put my child sized hand inside his living third baseman mitt.

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I are one too. Mostly self taught.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

Remember the Volkswagon TV ad showing a Beetle quietly floating in water? I forgot the point they were trying to make, but I remember a friend saying to me back then, "If Ted Kennedy had driven a Volkswagon, he'd be president today."

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The car commercials I am reminded of most these days are those by Toyota in the 80’s when their slogan was, “You asked for it. You got it.”

I think about it every time I read about another new disaster taking place in a demonicrat run city or state. Especially “sanctuary” cities.

And I smile.

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See the USA in your Chevrolet!

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Dinah Shore had a TV variety show and Chevrolet was the sponsor. She and my mom went to Hume-Fogg High School at the same time, @1929. "See the USA in your Chevrolet! America is asking you to call."

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Nashville?

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Yes indeed.

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And like me you mutter, "you asked for it you got it bend over."

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GMTA Plays !

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The VW Kennedy parody was in National Lampoon when it was funny.

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That's right up there with my old bumper sticker:

"If Vince Foster owned a gun, he'd be alive today.'

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Many years ago there was a women’s march in DC by a bunch of left wingers advocating for gun control. A group called The Second Amendment Sisters held a counter march which I attended. I carried a sign which read “Juanita Broadrick Needed A Gun”. As I marched past a group of the feminazis, a woman who was standing there with her young daughter told me to Eff Off. I told her to choke on it and then asked if she kissed her daughter with that mouth. To which she told me to Eff Off again. Some feminist, she was.

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Sighing while laughing. Hey feast of laughter will do that.

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I remember Volkswagen billboards long ago with a depiction of the front of the vehicle stating “a face only a mother could love.”

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My dad gave my 14 year old son his 1971 VW bug and let him drive it up and down the driveway. Son developed a hobby of taking that car apart and putting it back together in short amount of time.

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I, my dad, my brothers, and even my late wife, switch to VW's because we all had lead foots and like to drive very very fast and this was supposedly a way to temper that. Of course, I drove mine down a flight of stairs being chased by the coach from wirt High School with a carload of friends because that was the only exit. Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end. Etc. Etc.

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In my high school, about 1969, my best friend took 3 or 4 of us girls home every day in her little Volkswagen bug. Great times😊

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Another very loud chuckle. Thank you.

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The little old lady yelling "where's the beef?" was iconic too.

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'takes 2 hands to handle a Whopper' ~ Dad used that on our softball team because they all caught like girls.... one handed with their eyes closed.... course we were. Took him 2 yrs to get us to a decent level catching and throwing.

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I remember!

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Me too. I thought Clara Peller was so cool! Started acting at age 84.

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Generation Z, the Lost and maybe Last Generation.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

Item 8 I’m sure DEI attorney Leticia James is as corrupt as DEI attorney FANI Willis, yet the item makes no sense. DEI should teach the African American hires to hide their graft and grift as well as the Caucasian politicians do( with the exception of FJB who is an idiot).

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I think the “we are owed it” attitude is so wide and deep in the US black community , whether “professional,” rapper, welfare queen, working poor, clergy (maybe clergy especially,) teacher, government worker, that their black constituents want them to grift and grift and grift some more just to prove they got it over on whitey. So it goes beyond the commonplace (usually discrete) use of campaign funds as salary supplement. Flaunting it and flamboyance is good. Pagjng Fani Willis - having the County pay for their shenanigans is ordinary low rent grift.

They give to their churches knowing their clergy steals from them but want their pastor to look sharp and successful. They want their doctors and lawyers to drive nice cars, so Medicare fraud is fine. Someone else is paying for it. And they might get some. Gimme some reparations anyway I can get it.

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Benjamin Crump the civil rights attorney, said you could end black crime immediately. When asked how to do that he opined: “ just change the definition of the word crime.” He believes that the criminal justice code was written to punish Black people’s behavior.

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And Crump is so evil and crooked the mafia are afraid of him.

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Then Mr. Crump was wrong................ correct?

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RD he’s seems to be an apologist for the element of the Black community that is at odds with the white community. He is a better dressed Rev Al. . He wants to excuse criminal behavior in the black community by just saying it’s part of their nature. Unfortunately, when 60% of violent crime is committed by 6% of the population in this country either as a society, we can excuse /accept that behavior, or we enforce our existing laws. Unfortunately,, a percentage of the black community does not want to live in the society that the Europeans and Americans created.

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I got banned from Yahoo because I said out loud that very fact. Add Yahoo to the growing list of communist sites. I have long advocated that black America got everything the demanded in the civil rights movement, and more. Now it's up to them because with rights comes personal responsibility and accountability. I was hoping Trump might select Ben Carson as his VP running mate but the crowd pushing for a female will likely win. Dr. Carson could do more to bring the black American community into the fold than virtually anyone. Sooner or later black America is going to have to step up and start fixing themselves, because no one else can do it for them. We have spent trillions trying to buy that accountability and it failed.

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The black community considers Carson like all other black conservatives not black.

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They blame that Euro and American society for all their ills. Yes they were slaves but so were a lot of white folk, which is why a lot of them came here, so were the Chinese who were brought over to build the railroad.

Im sorry but we ended slavery over 150 yrs ago. They can quit with their temper tantrum and grow up. If they want to continue, they should go back to their home land in Africa. They will fit right in. Oh yeah, Africa still has slaves in some parts.

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Compare 1500 Vienna to 2024 Johannesburg. Or Chicago.

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By 6%, I assume you are referring the number of black males in America. Judging what I see in the news these days, black females are rapidly getting into the act and can be very violent as well.

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In many instances true however most violent crime and gun crime committed by males under 25 or less than 2% of the population( if you do not include all the freed prisoner refugees from Venezuela that are arriving).

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I'm either reading too slowly or drinking too fastly, I'm on my 3rd cup. I cannot shirk my civic duty to help the Cat and the Don on their mission to uncover governmental overreach! If it ain't Krispy Kreme, it ain't a donut. Letitia should watch her money more carefully; $28,545 would have bought her a nice double-wide back in 1972

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I read it thinking there was a typo or dyslexia. Krispy Kreme are the best if you get them right out of the fry-o-lator or microwave for 5 seconds.

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Yes indeed! My sister and I could walk to the KK store from home (with permission). We'd each get one glazed--hot and fresh--and put it on our forefinger to see who could stand the heat longest. I'd sometimes win, but beech and moan about the pain all 4 blocks it took to walk home.

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What a wonderful memory

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Lord Jesus, Lawsy. You make me smile.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

Item 18 should have read, “Freshman Alabama Senator Katie Britt chosen by Republicans to give the SOTU response, OVER SEASONED FIREBRAND AND SUBSTACK ICON DON SURBER.”

I’m writing a stiff letter to the London Times.

Here’s a sample of what Don would have said: “Don’t politicize a death, say the people who burned down cities over George Floyd.”

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Campaigning aganst a typical Democrat is easier than falling off a log. Too bad most Republicans just can't figure it out. Will new leadership at the RNC help? That's a big wait-and-see, isn't it?

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I'm expecting so little, I won't be disappointed.

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My mom's favorite beatitude: "Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Did you know my mom?

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I have more faith than that, I expect they will disappoint no matter what I expect.

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I distinctly remember when Obama was elected thinking, "if we can only control the House things will be better". Nothing changed. Then I remember thinking, "if we control the House and Senate things will be better". Nothing changed. I guess the secret of happiness is to lower my expectations.....

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I remember thinking "there is no way sufficient people are gullible enough to vote for this guy. He's a phony". I was wrong.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

24 – No one seems to notice that while the DEI employees were fired, their notice encouraged them to seek other positions at the university. The question is whether the university is complying maliciously by moving DEI underground or just putting in a standard clause when firing "redundant" employees.

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I’m sure that they are covered by union contracts and the Uni would have to do that at least. Altho the bait and switch by university administration is not at all out of bounds. They wouldn’t be the first to say You’re not the boss of us - we will just do it elsewhere. Other colleges have said that’s their plan. They won’t stop until the ideology is stomped into the ground. The ideology doesn’t allow for giving up.

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They can try to hide in some other position, but the spotlight is squarely on them now, and they will be found and fired.

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I don't think so. This is too deeply entrenched now. It will resurface under a brand new title but the book will still be the same.

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If it was a thing of man, I would agree. But we have a hope in God: that he will hear our prayers and remember us. I think He is bringing things to a point where it will be obvious to those willing to accept the truth that He exists and we, as a nation, will repent.

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Sure hope so

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It will be a nothingburger because universities, among others, play games with position titles. Nothing will change. Those same communists will still be there.

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Reddog, a few of the hired DEI staffers may land another position within the university, but remember that the funding has been cut too, so there will not be the $$ for most of them to get hired for something else. Their previous combined salaries are WAY too much to hide all over the university in other departments. And there would be pushback from those departments, who need the money to hire faculty in their field. These fired DEI folks are going to have a real personal crisis trying to find another job.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

#10. The problem with a government shutdown is that when it's over the worthless people still get a paycheck instead of a pink slip.

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Shutdowns mean no stupid legislation only.The cheat goes on.

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No, we still get stupid legislation, they just tack it on their continuous spending resolutions.

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Alas you are correct JR.

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...with backpay!

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The beauty contest analogy is great. Don't tell her she loses second place to None of the Above. *** The Fani v. Trump case has a judge hand picked because of Trump bias. In a non-political context, the judge would issue a one line decision of disqualification. A second line would determine the fate of the case. *** This judge needs two weeks to write a long garbage filled opinion finding there is "an appearance" of bad behavior but the persecution can go on. *** Trump, et al will appeal, placing the case on a short hold. *** Alternative: He could disqualify Fani and her entire office and require a different prosecutor to take over the case. In that scenario, Trump hating Gov. Kemp will play a role in choosing that prosecutor. *** Kemp is a RINO wanting to be Senator Kemp. Anything is possible. *** Item 7: A bit more left out of the story. Rep. Summer Lee was going to appear at a CAIR event. CAIR is a terrorist propaganda, fundraising, and recruitment organization. Part of its mission in America is to encourage the formation of terrorist cells for future use. To that end, it recruits soldiers for training in the Middle East. On rare occasions, our government stops the return of those recruits. Rep. Lee supports such ideology but could not stand the heat from the backlash. *** The putrid smell of DC is strong around McConnell, his wife Elaine Chao and their buddies Pelosi and Schumer. These people are the greatest threat to the nation. Please go away!!! *** #12. Well, Denver is the Mile High City. *** #14. The classic Pyrrhic victory accompanied by the classic politicians dance. The worst part might be the failure of the conservatives to utilize the legal win in a meaningful way. They will never terminate the illegally created programs funded with that money. ***#18. Katie Britt. This is called grooming, political style. Pelosi did the same thing with Stacy Abrams who had plans to run for Georgia governor. *** #25. Laken Riley's murder may seal Trump's triumph in Georgia. The anger crosses political divides and lit the passion of conservatives and church communities. Her funeral occurred yesterday, a day of heavy windblown rain yet over 1000 mourners crowded into the church and more sat outside in their cars. *** An analogy: A widely loved priest is murdered in his church by a low life he caught stealing from the candle collection box. He would have let the thief take the money but was murdered anyway. His congregation would have unanswerable questions and unsated anger. Laken was murdered on the UGA campus which many revere like a church. The community is outraged.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

re: item 17 - positronium. I used to teach a little class in radiation physics - (can't spell geek without EE). As I awaken to the political dangers - to use Alleged President Joe Stolen's rhetoric, the EXISTENTIAL THREAT - to America and the world, my take on the problems with antimatter power, and fusion power for that matter, is a little different. Of course, they are ten years in the future and always will be, but should they figure it out, the biggest problem is that only the gub'ment will be big enough to build out the powerplant. Aside from making the entire grid vulnerable to a single act of sabotage, it puts the most important part of infrastructure entirely under gub'ment control.

What's the alternative? Thorium modular nuclear reactors, small enough to pull in on a tractor-trailer - small, cheap, burn nuclear waste from current light-water reactors, meltdown-proof, and installable by the dozens in every small city in America. Downside? Takes a lot of control out of the Emperor's icy fingers.

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Jim, sounds like a good idea. But remember, the reason we don't progress on things like infrastructure is because there are sufficient forces trying to prevent it. Ever wonder why, with so much unemployment and poverty in rural America, government at all levels ensure big companies build their facilities in big cities which are already over-crowded? It's because, among other things, it is easier to control people in those cities thru dependency on government services. Government does not give a rip about rural America other than making sure it produces sufficient food to feed the big cities. Lot's of "steering" going on in America on virtually every subject that affects big government.

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Someone will buy the Patent and then bury it. So no one could do what your saying. It is a threat to the ruling 'class' that cant find their butt with both hands.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

Perfect meme to open a wonderful and witty recap.The omissions or if released convoluted reports remind us of why trust in media has fallen so far so fast.When Surber speaks Patriots listen(cue the RCA Victrola ad) intently and search for verification or repudiation of the issue.Thank you for knocking it out of the park with a hat tip poll crossing home plate.Great week for PDJT and MAGA as we gather steam for a 2024 MAGA win.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

"I’m like E.F. Hutton. When Surber speaks, Mitch listens."

Why did you wait so long?

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Mitch is as we used to say, deef deaf and dumb. His wife is Elaine Cho, if that rings any bells.

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I don't think this is quite fair. We have Mitch to thank for having a solid majority on the Supremes.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

#12 Denver gives jobs to illegals……SouthPark nailed that 20 years ago….They took our Jobs!”…

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My little brother was a carpenter in Denver. One day a Mexican guy was complaining about the people from Central America talking his job. My brother replied, "now you understand how I feel about you."

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Muy bien!

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Hah!

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I'm not buying into the great replacement theory, but here is an argument. We have XX million illegals in the country today. Both parties are screaming to close the border or some variation of it. Why? The Dems, because of the election in November and the GOP because they have sufficient illegals now to keep wages low for the US Chamber of Commerce and big business. Trump gets re-elected in November and starts fulfilling his campaign pledge to deport the invaders. Does anyone think that both parties are going to support him? The GOP will not take an active position to help him because they have no balls, and the Dems will scream all manner of racism, etc, and that there needs to be a humane way to citizenship for them. Then what? While this plays out there will be legislation to allow the invaders to work and pay taxes while their fate is debated. What does anyone think will instantly happen to the number of unemployed that are suddenly counted by the government? The government will scream "we have to get these people off the streets and working while we debate their fate". And so my friends, millions of illegals are suddenly and legally in the workforce, willing to work for much less per hour than citizens do. This has some variables but given the things going on today that make absolutely no financial sense, it could very well happen. Not saying it will, but you decide how this will go.

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Well, (1) it’s happened before that way but many eyes are now open that weren’t before. (2) this is a different pool of illegals. The criminal, terrorist, military, and drug cartel components are not interested in getting jobs at a poultry processing plant. They have another agenda.

As the violence they perpetrate on this country accelerates, the Democrats “humanitarian” argument will not hold water and Republicans at least will know their constituents demand deportation.

So in this case I would not expect the past to be prelude to the future.

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TP, I want to believe you’re right. But I have such disgust for politicians its hard for me to have faith in them. Lets just hope they come thru for us this time.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

re: kidnapper shot on TV. Odd, the things you remember. I was just recounting that story to an acquaintance last week. I SAW that on TV when it happened. The father was standing in the airport lobby with his back to the camera, looking over a railing. As the sheriffs and the suspect walked by behind him, he turned, and as cool as a head of lettuce, stuck a pistol in the guy's ear and blew him away. Wow.

Now, do you remember the bully (What was his name..... McElroy, I think ..... out in Missouri who had shot, beat up numerous people - intimidated jurors, and if memory serves, had shot the sheriff, too (but not the deputy....HT to Bob Marley) - and was killed by the townspeople? Never solved, I think. Having just read that the WEF wants to ban homegrown food to "combat climate change," it occurs to me that maybe it's time for some more of that.

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Our government is trying to ban homegrown food too. They have been harassing the Amish in Pennsylvania something fierce.

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Big government does not serve the people, it serves itself.

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Same here. This guy is a neighbor. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2023/08/18/golden-valley-farms-n2627121

Lots of crap in this tiny town. We were the LAST segregated school system in the nation, stopped by Robert Kennedy. The "Rich Men North Of Richmond" guy lives here. We are in a big battle over the Confederate battle flag. People are pissed. And armed. I'm technically a Yankee (from West-by-God Virginia), but I sympathize with them as the Elite try to destroy their heritage.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

#15. Dad deserved a medal 🥇. Father of the year.

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

The Iditarod "...covers 975 miles - nearly twice as long as the Indianapolis 500."

Everything is big in Texas? Hah - cut Alaska in half and Texas will be the third largest state!

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Mar 2Liked by Don Surber

"It is like buying 1,000 scratch-off tickets to win $300."

Don, I am totally stealing this line. This is every jobs program, welfare benefit, probably applies to all foreign aid as well.

Item 9 - I've got a few other thoughts you might pass along to the Murder Turtle if you don't mind.

Item 15 - Gary Plauché saved the State millions of dollars and protected the integrity of our society. This is a culture where honor demands that it is the rapist who must be killed, not the victim.

ITEM 27: One more reason to recognize the Code Duello as a valid law of the land. Men must either stand behind what they say or shut up.

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What is sad is a couple of Quarters in the last couple years, we would have a negative GDP except for the fact the Government which gave the Ukraine the money, said the Ukraine bought the weapons we sent them. So funny money all the way round.

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There's an old farmer joke. "I'm losing a nickel on every bushel, but I'm making it up on volume".

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