Tim McGraw  wrote:

Hi Lew,

I received this paragraph today in an email from my friend, Arthur, in Scotland. He was in the British Parachute Regiment and took part in the Suez invasion of 1956. Arthur went on to become a policeman, working his way up to Detective Chief Superintendent. His police unit caught the IRA bombers in Glasgow. This was MaGee’s gang, who had bombed the hotel in Brighton, almost killing Margaret Thatcher. Here is the paragraph:

“Its still Armistice Day here and all the wars and expeditions the British took part in are mentioned except the one I was in, Suez.  I was shot at and men were killed but it was a political disgrace so it never happened.  In the Army if you took part in a campaign, especially when you were there in action, you got a campaign medal.  I have one for Cyprus but not one for Suez.  The bar to the General Service Medal reads Near East’  They are ashamed of it but men died so how can they forget it ?” Arthur

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Tim McGraw wrote:

The USA has had several military draft rebellions. Probably the most famous was in New York City during the Civil War. President Lincoln had to send in the US Navy and Union troops to end the draft riots.

I’ve never had BBQed green corn, and I’m from Nebraska.

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Jonathan Nielsen wrote:

Bill Madden wrote:

Wars are profitable for those controlling the world and they keep the world’s population from increasing too fast.  Wars can also selectively control individual countries.  The USA and Germany were obstacles to the New World Order and the bogus monetary system used on behalf of our richest families so they were made to fight each other twice.  Today, Russia is a major o 

bstacle to globalism and the New World Order so it is being drained of resources and manpower in a stupid war that we provoked and are funding.

Britain has always feared both Germany and Russia in every way.  The City of London is a financial and, therefore, political powerhouse that has great world influence.  It might be said of our relationship that Great Britain is the brains and the USA is the brawn among the Western nations.  The humans involved are the major owners of a nations largest corporations which provide them the wealth to control the country.  The power flows from the wealthy families through the various levels of government to the ignorant and apathetic masses.

Wealthy families influencing their countries to war remind me of professional sports teams like the NFL where the team owners sit in expensive luxury boxes to enjoy the contest below.  If there is any danger involved with remaining in a country at war, they move their families to one of their other countries until the war is over.  In all cases, the masses supply the money and the blood.  The people even cover major corporate losses as in our bailout of the banking system in 2008 when there is no war.

The trillion dollars of interest that we pay on our national debt every year is totally unconstitutional as Congress is supposed to issue our currency, not some group of bankers.

Writes Jim Quinn:

According to Trump, the future’s so bright, you gotta wear shades. Well, it looks like long underwear and a parka might be a better option. ZeroHedge and myself have been raging about electricity prices for quite some time. This chart, based on BLS bullshit calculations, shows a 35% increase in electricity prices since 2021. Anyone who lives in the real world knows electricity prices in the Northeast are up 20% to 30% in just the past year. My online bill paying app provides the proof.

In one year, this will be the most popular chart on this site pic.twitter.com/h93gWXMoNL

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 11, 2025

Our overlords solution to these high electric prices is to drive them substantially higher by encouraging and subsidizing the building of data centers to power the AI “revolution” (aka latest scam) that will take away the very jobs we need to pay our electric bills. Isn’t that precious. As you huddle in the dark because of unpaid electric bills, at least you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing the billionaires running this shitshow will be getting richer on the backs of the lowly peasants like yourself.

Now the current great news. Natural gas prices just hit a two year high, up 59% in the last three weeks alone. As the first cold snap of the winter descends across the Midwest and Northeast, your heating bill next month is going to be 60% higher than last year. But, at least you have the satisfaction of knowing Trump is selling our “excess” natural gas to the EU, as Russian natural gas is off-limits to the world markets. Time to gather some wood and sell off grandma’s jewelry to pay your heating bills this winter.

So, home prices and rents are at all-time highs. The cost to light and heat our hovels is up 30% to 60%. Beef prices are up 15%, with most other foodstuffs up in the 5% to 10% range. The average new car price is now $50,000. Property taxes, sales taxes, and gasoline taxes continue to rise. The Wall Street shysters are still charging 20% interest on credit card balances. But, miraculously, your overlords tell you inflation is 3% and falling. Therefore, Powell and his cronies are perfectly fine reducing the Fed Funds rate to benefit their billionaire owners with the stock market already at all-time highs. Do you get the picture? They don’t give a f*ck about you.

Yeah, it’s gonna be a long, hard, cold, expensive winter. While the billionaire sociopaths light their cigars with hundred dollar bills, reaping the riches of high energy prices and low interest rates for themselves, we will be lucky to not end up like this before the winter is over.

Writes Ginny Garner:

Lew,

I hope everyone will watch this interview Tucker Carlson did with Charlie Kirk who was assassinated on September 10. The discussion took place on July 21. Kirk was leading millions of Gen Z voters who were not neocons and opposed militarily invading the world and were thus a threat to the Republican establishment, as Charlie points out. Kirk warned a revolution would occur if the economic concerns and debt slavery of Gen Z are ignored. The US is a “nation of strangers,” he declared, with no common culture, language, religion or shared history. Kirk is Scots-Irish and descendent from the Maxwell clan who fought with William Wallace. “If they (Gen Z) conclude our whole system is fake,” warned Charlie, “there will be a revolution,” which he did not want. He said if 10 million homes were built and not sold to private equity and 20 million illegals were deported, this would go a long way to solving the economic woes of Gen Z. Tucker expresses his hostility toward boomers (those born between 1946-1964) calling them repulsive, idiots, stupid.and  selfish: “the whole generation is rotten.”

Charlie Kirk on how continuing to ignore the debt slavery of Gen Z will lead to revolution.

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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 21, 2025

E. Finn wrote:

Lew, 

I’m very proud of one of my students for this project that she completed after reading The Iliad in our online ancient Greek literature class. 

Maybe you can help it reach more people. After all, one of the best ways to honor veterans is to listen to them.

Bill Madden wrote:

A well-spoken, charismatic African leader rejects globalists’ control and, most likely, sets himself up for assassination.

A great example of B.S. extraction from a sophisticated sales pitch. 

Writes Andrew Hayes:

Don’t Thank Me”

I’m much more into the old ways.

I’m a veteran. But don’t thank me.

For me, it is still Armistice Day.

It’s not about thanking a veteran for fighting, but celebrating the truce, the peace, the end of war, and somberly reflecting on the destructiveness, wastefulness, and futility of war.

Since 1954, though, we have forgotten these things. Veterans Day has very nearly, if not completely, become a Romanesque sort of holiday to celebrate war and those who make the sacrifice to fight them.

But remember: “War is the health of the State.”

If you’re a neocon in the style of Dick Cheney, and your fortune depends on the military-industrial complex, it makes perfect sense to celebrate Veterans Day.

If you’re anyone else, and you see war as generally a bad thing—something to be avoided—and especially if you are a traditional fiscal conservative who favors limited government and sound money, join me in solemnly observing Armistice Day.

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Jerome Barber wrote:

Band Played Waltzing Matilda

David Krall wrote:

Ginny Garner wrote:

Lew,

Many years ago I figured out the main reason why the climate change agenda was a fraud: The #1 polluter the US military was never mentioned as a culprit by proponents like Al Gore. Independent journalist Abby Martin has directed a new documentary “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” about this very topic. She is now on a tour premiering the film in various US cities. You can check out the schedule to watch the film in person (it is not yet available online) but until then here is the link to the trailer and schedule. See here,

Abby gave an interview three years ago when she was working on the documentary which provides background.

Ginny Garner wrote:

Lew,

On this Veterans Day, I am listening to two powerful, sad antiwar songs written and recorded by Don McLean. “The Grave” was included on his hugely successful “American Pie” album. “1967” was on McLean’s 1991 album “Headroom.” McLean wrote both songs about the Vietnam War. 

“The Grave”

Israeli attacks on Christians in Palestine on the rise.

Writes Bill Madden:

Video below is good advice for President Trump.

Unfortunately, most politicians only work for their financial benefactors.

Bill Madden wrote:

Re: Constitution, What Constitution?

President George W. Bush said that it was “just a G.D. piece of paper” but at least he knew that we had one. See this.

Natural resources can be a blessing or a curse.  Africa is an example of the curse of natural resources to which our corporate welfare foreign aid money contributed.  As we know, foreign aid money comes from middle class taxpayers in rich countries and is given to rich people controlling poor people in “developing” countries.

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Writes Ginny Garner:

Lew, 

“We are never told the truth. Whoever has information doesn’t give it. They hide it.This is the way of our government. This is a CIA problem and I have to include the FBI” – Director Oliver Stone 

Piers Morgan interviewed Stone and his son Sean, the director of the documentary RFK: Legacy. His father produced it and appears on screen questioning RFK Jr. The two Stones discussed the crimes of the CIA; President Trump’s attempts to declassify and release the JFK and RFK assassination files; how the autopsy report proves Sirhan Sirhan did not kill RFK and the motive behind killing RFK: He was going to be president and end the Vietnam War.. Sean does not believe the FBI official narrative that lone gunman Tyler Robinson assassinated Charlie Kirk.

Writes Ginny Garner: 

Lew,

Shooting expert and researcher Chris Martenson and his team conducted experiments proving Charlie Kirk was not killed by a 30-06 bullet as claimed by the FBI nor could his neck have stopped such a round as claimed by TPUSA COO Andrew Kolvet. Martenson also presented an audio study concluding a supersonic round from a high powered rifle was fired. Autopsy results and evidence of any bullets used in the assassination are still not available for examination. 

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