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Mormons raise $200,000 for family of gunman who attacked their church

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were in deep grief after a gunman ambushed a worship service in Michigan on Sunday, killing four people and wounding eight others.

They started fundraisers for the victims. Then they did something remarkable: They began donating money to the wife and son of Thomas Jacob Sanford, the man who police say carried out the attack.

That fundraiser, which has raised close to $200,000, has collected donations from more than 5,000 people, many of them Latter-day Saints.

Read more here...
 
FWIW (dyodd)

‘Swiftboating' Is Beyond Dirty Politics​

As a former state commander of a major Veterans Service Organization, I know firsthand how difficult it is to obtain service records from the National Archives. That's why, when I learned that a political operative tied to Jack Ciattarelli - the Trump-endorsed Republican running for governor in New Jersey - was handed the unredacted service records of his Ciattarelli's opponent, Democrat Mikie Sherrill, my B.S. meter went off at full siren.

This was a movie I had seen before. As a college student, I had the honor of chauffeuring former Senator Max Cleland around New Jersey and New York. Cleland, a decorated Vietnam veteran who lost three limbs in combat, became one of the most shameful targets of political attacks. In 2002, his opponents, led by Karl Rove, launched attack ads questioning his patriotism and loyalty to America because he opposed parts of President George W. Bush's post-9/11 security policies. The ads even morphed his image alongside Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, suggesting that a man who had literally sacrificed his body for his country was somehow soft on terrorism. It was a devastating smear campaign that weaponized Cleland's service and sacrifice, an early and ugly example of how Republicans perfected the tactic of discrediting veterans when they couldn't win on the issues. Cleland lost his bid for reelection in Georgia to Republican Saxby Chambliss.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...d-dirty-politics/ar-AA1NOdYx?ocid=socialshare
 

Pam Bondi's attack notes snapped by photographer during contentious hearing​

Attorney General Pam Bondi drew reactions from those watching her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when, instead of answering specific questions from Democrats, she turned to attack them personally.

Bondi attacked Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) over a campaign talking point from more than 15 years ago about his service as a U.S. Marine. She claimed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) took money from someone who knew sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...tentious-hearing/ar-AA1O2EzI?ocid=socialshare
 
^^^^^^^^^^

That's funny. Remember the Brownshirts? The National Socialists' goon squads, of rabble that fought, damaged property, in Germany. While the Wiemar government was collapsing and the public-face of Nazism was promising a better way, stable money and public order.
 

The Dark World of TV Preachers EXPOSED by Christopher Hitchens​

Oct 9, 2025
What would Christopher Hitchens say about America's billion-dollar faith healing industry? In this satirical reimagining, Hitchens' razor-sharp intellect and moral clarity are unleashed on the televangelists who transform human misery into personal wealth while operating with complete impunity.
From his imagined vantage point, Hitchens dismantles the extraordinary financial opacity that allows these spiritual entrepreneurs to fleece the desperate tax-free, exposes the body count of diabetics and cancer patients who abandon medicine for miracles, and reveals how politicians genuflect before these fraudsters while they build media empires on the bones of their victims. He shows how these theological grifters have perfected a con so insulated from accountability that they can survive any scandal.
Join us as we explore how Hitchens' unflinching critique of religious fraud might expose the industrial-scale exploitation happening in broad daylight across America's airwaves.

11:58
 

Gold Fever: The Future of Precious Metals​

Oct 10, 2025 Doug Casey's Take
Find us at www.crisisinvesting.com
Doug and Matt discuss Doug's recent travel from Virginia to Buenos Aires, gourmet Pacific Northwest seafood, and the impact of gold's rising value on their financial outlook. They delve into the potential devaluation of the US dollar and its implications on gold investments. The conversation also touches on the deployment of National Guard troops in American cities, the likelihood of a civil war, and Trump's chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Lastly, they discuss the controversial death of Charlie Kirk and the ensuing implications.

39:04

00:00 Introduction and Travel Woes
01:03 Seafood Delights and Subscriber Gifts
03:13 Travel Plans and Gold Market Insights
05:37 Gold as a Financial Safe Haven
08:47 Global Gold Dynamics
15:26 National Guard Deployment Controversy
20:00 Racial and Religious Demographics in America
21:28 Economic Disguises and Human Emotions
23:27 Federal Government's Role in Local Issues
26:46 The Nobel Peace Prize and Its Controversies
31:38 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and Its Implications
38:33 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans
 

Anthony Scaramucci: The Brutal Truth About Ego, Failure and Living Authentically​

54:10

0:00 Anthony Scaramucci Introduction
3:10 Spirituality & Ancient Wisdom
7:15 Family, War Stories & Early Influences
12:12 Reading, Curiosity & The Human Condition
16:33 Purpose, Stoicism & Love
25:13 Ego, Self-Awareness & Astrology
44:29 Control, Anger & Letting Go
 
Interesting example they paint.

The Leftist tools in office, DELIBERATELY FOMENT, PROVOKE, crime and chaos. And once again, the person trying to restore order is labeled as a Fascist.

What do you suppose the alternative is, in allowing rioters, open borders, crime unpunished? Is it the Utopian fantasy of Voluntaryism come true?
 
searcher said:

Is TV's Golden Age (Officially) Over? A Statistical Analysis

Has "Peak TV" come to an end?
www.statsignificant.com
Click to expand...
Interesting read.

The one obvious problem, deliberately overlooked, is: With the plebes locked-down (economically, if no longer physically, for a time) and a middle-class lifestyle now unaffordable, thanks to currency-debasement, economic retraction and saving-money disincentivized...who is gonna PRODUCE the glitzy new stuff, and who will PAY for it?

Stand by for a massive AI-generated program lineup. If you love the AI Eww Toob vids, you'll love Netflix 2028.
 
And of course he has no agenda.

We're not gonna find him a former staffer of any Jackass-Party officeholders, are we.

Well, he gets his 15 seconds of fame, anyway.
 
Just finished this. Thought it was pretty good, parts made me smile. Watched it on youtube. The replies below the vid are good. Posting for entertainment.

How To Be A REAL Gentleman: Why YouTubers & Influencers Are WRONG​

Sep 22, 2025 #wristwatchcheck #HowTo #gentleman
In the over a decade I've been on YouTube, this has to be one of the most requested subjects from my audience: How does one become a true gentleman? I've put off making this video for so long, because I truly didn't feel qualified, but I've come to the age where I've been around the block a few times, and I feel confident enough to finally share some of my life lessons with you. Before we embark on this new series—or what I hope to be a series of videos—we have to understand what the endless videos on this subject on YouTube are getting wrong. Why are their claims and definition of a gentleman so misleading, or even worse, a scam? Join me for a deep dive into the illusory nature of "old money style" as refinement, the absurdity of aesthetics masquerading as sophistication, and the fallacy that one can become a gentleman via consumerism on social media. What qualities do you believe makes a good gentleman? And what's the worst advice you've heard on this topic? Please share in the comments!

24:34

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theurbangentry/videos
 
The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America: The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud. They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate. (Rolling Stone)
 
How Florida uses your taxes after hurricanes fits the definition of insanity: What our state calls storm resiliency planning requires hardworking taxpayers to pay for some of our wealthiest residents’ lifestyle choices, which often include rebuilding in hurricane-prone areas. (USA Today)
 
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