She is correct. The money in social security was stolen by the government. Federal employees and Congressmen receive a good return on their pensions funded by us. I receive a devalued payment where over 50% goes to pay taxes, electric/gas and medical insurance.

This is old news and Congress never fixed the problems they created. No one talks about double pensions for Federal employees. Insider trading makes federal employees rich.

I remember paying for multiple social security increases when I worked but no one discusses that fact. I never thought I would receive any of the money that I put in. And since most of my contributions were through my business, I paid both contributions personally.

It’s sad watching how easily people fall for dividing us. Here is my response to a “pastor” on X:

So much honoring your mother and father.

h/t Nines

It’s no accident that American educational systems have neglected to teach the sordid history of Weimar Germany and instead focused on a contrived history relating to World War 2.

No account of the Jewish Question in Germany can be complete without some mention of the tidal wave of sexual immorality that was to engulf the country during the period of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933).

Germans united throughout the 18th and 19th centuries under strong leadership, loyal monarchs, and good governance. Germany was a bustling European center of industry, military, culture & Christianity.

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This article was a link in a comment on AR.

The Time magazine cover shown in the article is not a valid cover:

Grok:

It is not a real TIME magazine cover. It is a fabricated digital composite that has circulated online since around 2019.The underlying photograph is a real fine-art nude image by Norwegian photographer Petter Hegre, originally uploaded in 2015. Someone later added the red border, TIME logo, and “The New Europe” text to create a mock cover. Fact-checkers (including MyGoPen and Cofacts) confirmed it never appeared in any issue of TIME; real covers lack this layout and include elements such as issue dates and time.com branding that are missing here.

The image is not primarily AI-generated—the models and photo predate widespread generative AI tools—though the cover treatment is a deliberate digital edit. Variants have been reused for different satirical or misleading claims over the years.

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I did not see anything else that was questionable in my cursory first read. History is rhyming. Should we await the coming of the strongman?

I am rejecting evil as anyone of good character should be doing.

Grok:

California officials including Gov. Newsom and the mayors of LA and San Diego condemned the remarks as dangerous and reckless, while the White House clarified Trump was underscoring threats a nuclear Iran would pose absent US action.

Grok on Iranian missile capabilities:

Iran does not currently field any ballistic or cruise missiles with the range to reach California or the continental United States.The straight-line distance from Tehran to Los Angeles is roughly 12,250 km (about 7,600 miles). Iran’s longest operational ballistic missiles—systems such as the Shahab-3 family, Sejjil, and Khorramshahr/Kheibar variants—are assessed at approximately 2,000 km, with some reported tests or lighter-payload configurations potentially reaching 2,500–4,000 km (enough, in principle, for parts of southeastern Europe or distant bases such as Diego Garcia). That remains well short of intercontinental range.An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is conventionally defined as having a range of at least 5,500 km. U.S. and other Western assessments state that Iran has not demonstrated or deployed such a system. Its space-launch vehicles use related technology, but they have not been converted into operational ICBMs capable of delivering a warhead to the U.S. West Coast. Recent Iranian statements (as of early October 2026) about extending missile ranges beyond the long-standing ~2,000 km political limit refer to improved regional or European reach, not strikes on North America.Iran can threaten U.S. bases and forces in the Middle East and, at the outer edge of current capabilities, limited targets farther afield, but it has no verified means of striking California with missiles launched from its territory.

Grok on North Korean missile capabilities:

North Korea is assessed to have intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching California and the rest of the continental United States, unlike Iran.

The distance from North Korea to the U.S. West Coast is roughly 8,200–9,500 km (about 5,100–5,900 miles), depending on the specific launch site and target city. Systems such as the liquid-fueled Hwasong-15 and Hwasong-17, and the solid-fueled Hwasong-18, have demonstrated lofted-trajectory flights that analysts calculate would translate to operational ranges of roughly 13,000–15,000 km with a lighter payload. That is enough to cover the West Coast, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, and in higher-range estimates the East Coast as well. North Korea has also displayed the Hwasong-19 and Hwasong-20, which are described as having similar or greater reach.

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I will let the readers decide for themselves what this information means.

Trump is transferring his blunder in Iran by Israel’s command to the proxy war in Ukraine.

And yet:

Will our children and grandchildren blame us for the fall of the United States? If the Deep State has started a campaign against the “Boomers”, it means that we are close to the collapse and they are getting desperate.

Will this attempt to get rid of the last generation who built this nation succeed?

The United States did not win any medals and other countries that participated were not ranked: only the winning countries were announced.