I live in Cherokee County in WNC. We pay the highest property taxes in WNC. Much of this is due to incompetence such as the settlement of a lawsuit by county health officials:

Cherokee County settles DSS lawsuits for $48.5 million

The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a $48.5 million settlement that resolves more than 20 remaining lawsuits against the county stemming from past practices by the Department of Social Services. 

The county’s insurer, the North Carolina Liability and Property Pool, will pay $24.25 million while the county will be responsible for the remaining $24.25 million. The North Carolina Liability and Property Pool also agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Cherokee County as part of the agreement.

Cherokee County will pay $4 million of the settlement by Feb. 15, 2023. The county will then pay about $2.9 million per year for seven years, beginning in July 2024 and ending in 2031. The payments will not accrue any interest. 

Commissioners in recent weeks worked to lower a looming millage rate increase to three cents ahead of the approval of the 2022-23 budget ordinance Wednesday. County Manager Randy Wiggins said the approval of the settlement will result in an additional eight cents added on — or 11 cents total — that sets the new millage rate at 61 cents per $100 of value.

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The county voted to raise our county sales tax from 6.75% to 7% in 2016 in order to upgrade and maintain the local school system. That never happened as money was wasted on studies and engineering fees for a school that was abandoned. At least the charade was finally disclosed:

In May 2024, the current Board of Commissioners voted to redirect the Article 46 revenue (roughly $1.2 million per year) away from Cherokee County Schools and toward general county government operations, effective for the 2024-25 fiscal year. This helped the county avoid or reduce property tax increases and cover other expenses (such as personnel costs).

Schools had been receiving and relying on these funds for infrastructure, athletic trainers, school resource officers, and other needs since the tax took effect.

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There are more instances of misspent money in this county that I will not cover here. The bottom line is that property taxes are out of control and local boards are nothing more than petty tyrants with no oversight. This is not a rant about Cherokee County: all county property taxes across the nation are out of control.

This is just another form of tyranny and the transfer of wealth from property owner to the state.

For those who disagree that this is not treason, what else would you call upholding an illegal opinion that will bankrupt and collapse the country? Cloward-Piven has the logic and this opinion was the final nail in the coffin.

I hope people realize their true position in FUSA and prepare for the worst. All parts of the government have been usurped. I pray to God for guidance as evil has overshadowed His people.

Viktor Bout, a Russian arms trafficker convicted in the US and freed in the 2022 Brittney Griner prisoner swap, offers a pro-Russian viewpoint on NATO expansion and Ukraine conflict risks in the interview.

Grok

Rules for Radicals Number 13:

  ‘Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.’ 

the opposition must be singled out as the target and “frozen.”…in a complex, interrelated, urban society, it becomes increasingly difficult to single out who is to blame for any particular evil. There is a constant…passing of the buck. …Obviously there is no point to tactics unless one has a target upon which to center the attacks… If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible. 

The Old Ways is not a belief. It is a connection. Not a doctrine carved in stone, but a whisper drifting through forests and resting in ancient waters. It lives in the breath of the wind, the dance of flames, and the silent knowing of the earth beneath one’s feet.

It is the remembrance that humanity once did not stand above nature, but walked within its circle—beneath sun and moon, amidst stars and seasons, accompanied by the voices of ancestors and the secrets of ancient paths.

The mountains are not silent giants; the rivers, not mere currents of water. Everything holds spirit, everything holds essence, everything holds stories older than words. The night holds no emptiness, but rather the cloak of mysteries, beneath which the soul rediscovers its own language.

The Old Ways is not a distant quest for the divine. It is the realization that the sacred is already present—in the rustling of leaves, the fire of twilight, the heartbeat of life itself.

For those who listen can still hear it: the ancient call between the worlds. Heed the Call.

From Huter der Irminsul

Roth Note: Regardless of one’s spiritual affiliation, I would assume everyone can see the hand of the Creator in nature. The point being to recognize it. It could be said, God is the mind of nature and nature is the body of God. Should we not respect what the Mind has given us in the Body?

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis closed new referrals to emotional support services in February 2026 due to overwhelming demand, with 182 survivors already waiting up to 226 days amid funding shortfalls that couldn’t match rising cases.

Grok

In Old English, the name *Engla Land* literally meant “Land of the Angles.” Over the centuries, the name England evolved from *Engla Land*. Behind this name lies one of the most profound migrations in European history.

Medieval chronicles—most notably those of the monk Bede the Venerable—report that in the years 449–450 AD, following the withdrawal of Roman legions from Britain, Germanic tribes crossed the North Sea. These tribes were primarily the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

The Angles likely originated from the region of Angeln in present-day Schleswig-Holstein. The Saxons came from northwestern Germany, while the Jutes migrated from the area of ​​modern-day Jutland in Denmark. Initially summoned as mercenaries, they soon emerged as the new rulers of large parts of Britain.

In mythological tradition, this migration appears not merely as a political conquest but as a fateful journey for a people. The sea marked the boundary between the old world and the new. Their ships carried families, weapons, images of gods, and memories of their homeland across the stormy North Sea. With them, ancient Germanic beliefs also arrived in Britain.

The Angles and Saxons worshipped gods such as Wodan, Thunor, and Tiw. Their names live on to this day in the English names for the days of the week:

Tuesday – Day of Tiw/Tyr

Wednesday – Day of Wodan/Odin

Thursday – Day of Thunor/Donar

Thus, the memory of the old mythology endured even after Christianization.

Historically, however, a unified England did not emerge immediately. Initially, numerous Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were formed—including Kent, Sussex, Essex, Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria. It was not until several centuries later that the Kingdom of England evolved from these foundations. The name *Engla Land* thus became the symbol of a new identity: a people emerged from various Germanic tribes, and their language—Old English—formed the foundation of modern English.

History and mythology intertwine here. Historically, the story involves migrations, power struggles, and the founding of states. Mythologically, the legends tell of a people who heard the call of the sea, left their homeland, and established a new realm on an island—a realm whose name still recalls the Angles to this day: *Engla Land*—England.

From Huter der Irminsul

Roth Note: History teaches us that people groups move across the earth, one group displacing another. We saw Europeans displace Native Americans. We see a similar movement today, only we are those being displaced. One only keeps their land if they are strong enough and willing to fight for it. Are we Heritage Americans strong enough and willing?

ITEM: Gen. Chris Donahue seems to have done it all. He led the Army’s Delta Force commandos in Iraq and Syria when it took the fight to Islamic State militants and was the last man out when the troops he commanded at the 82nd Airborne Division were called in to secure the 2021 evacuation of U.S. personnel and Afghan allies from Kabul. Rising to four stars in 2024, Donahue was made the top U.S. Army commander in Europe, where he helped overhaul NATO’s effort to defend against Russian aggression and support Ukraine. To many, he seemed to be on a fast track to become vice chief of staff of the Army and perhaps one day lead the service itself.

ITEM: “We have the capabilities, the plan, we know what needs to be done.” With these words, spoken at the “LandEuro” conference in Germany, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Commander General Christopher Donahue did more than just outline military readiness. He issued a deliberate and unmistakable message aimed far beyond the audience in the room. His pointed remarks about being able to “wipe out” Russia’s A2AD (Anti-Access/Area Denial) capabilities in Kaliningrad were not offhand bravado — they were a calculated signal, deeply rooted in strategy, deterrence, and alliance cohesion. By declaring that U.S. and allied forces could neutralize these assets quickly and effectively, Gen. Donahue sent a message that NATO not only understands the threat, but has prepared specifically to counter it — a direct challenge to the Kremlin’s confidence in Kaliningrad’s defensive umbrella.

ITEM: Gen. Donahue will relinquish his U.S. command at a ceremony in Germany on July 2, people familiar with the matter say, his European assignment cut short by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push to put his imprint on the military’s leadership.

ITEM: David French complains in The New York Times: The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point. The Trump administration owes the military and the public an explanation for its treatment of Donahue — and an explanation for its treatment of other senior officers it has fired or forced out. As commander in chief, the president has the right to fire an officer, but as a servant of the people, the president has a duty to tell us why.

Translation: President Trump had Hegseth fire Donahue before he could start a war with Russia.

With the war in the Middle East necessarily winding down, convincing the European puppet-governments to sacrifice their citizens in the same way that the Kiev regime did is about the only card they’ve got left. But it’s not going to work; the Europeans are far more inclined to go to war with their own politicians and police than with the Russians.

Literally no one cares what the mainstream politicians say anymore, which is why they’re saying increasingly insane things every passing day in a desperate attempt to whip up a war frenzy in a very uninterested populace. .

From Vox Popoli

From Vox Popoli

An African team has never won the World Cup.

And Germany had never lost a penalty shootout in the World Cup until yesterday. But Africans are notoriously poor at taking penalties.

And now both Germany and Holland are out of the World Cup in the first knockout stage, defeated by football powerhouses Paraguay and Morocco.

It’s almost as if relying upon people who have never won the World Cup when playing for their own nations to win it for your own is a suboptimal strategy.

Roth Note: I’m no soccer fan, but … When half or more of the squad that represents your nation is not even from your nation? I guess nations are obsolete. It’s a New World Order.

A much better Supergirl than the one currently starring in the movie.