The stock market is down today and it’s all Trump’s fault. That’s what the media would have you believe anyway. As soon as something doesn’t go up, it’s because of Trump. The mainstream is getting kind of hard to watch, because they blame everything on you-know-who. They’ve apparently even removed him from the impeachment exhibit at the Smithsonian. I know the stock market is down today, but they’re trying to hang it around our necks. I have a feeling everything’s going to be ok.

Trump is promising sanctions on Russia. They’re talking about shock and awe in the mainstream. I have a feeling our leaders know what they’re doing (for a change) and America is the beneficiary.

You can hardly watch or read the mainstream media, they’re all out to get our President. Bad news is his fault and good news is in spite of him.

Now they’ve discovered the shroud of Turin is not what they claimed it to be. Apparently it was produced, and then “found.” They’ve been at this a long time. I could have told them it wasn’t legit. The Catholics repeat something over and over, and it becomes true! This is not a modern phenomena, but it still goes on.

They’ve been carrying on about Ghislaine Maxwell, but aren’t prepared to give her immunity. I’ve never known whether to believe all the stories. At this point who knows what to believe? Most believe the media’s take on the whole Epstein saga. But when haven’t they lied to us? They can’t even mention anyone’s name without saying their peace. I don’t believe them anymore.

We’ve had to live through some bad times, with the bad guys being in charge. I’ll bet they’re scared to death right now. The President wants to stay out of it and let nature take it’s course. I for one am going to hate to see us bogged down in old news. But these people have it coming. I just wish we didn’t have to live through it. Apparently Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were awarded a large sum ($2,000,000) from the Justice Department. They better spend it quick because the nonsense that occurred under Biden is about to hit the fan.

Tulsi Gabbard has been alluding to trouble up ahead, and it goes to the legitimacy of the 2020 election. What if they find out it was stolen? What do we do, go on like it didn’t happen? At this point we don’t know what will happen. Evidence is coming out that Joe Biden was not capable of being on the job. People we never heard of were running our country, and we’re going to have to be front and center as it gets set right.

Britain has imported hordes of Islamic types, and they’ll never be the same. I’m aware that makes some people mad, but read the news. They have so much compassion that the most popular baby name is Islamic. That can’t be good news for the future. They’ve got problems that they created for themselves by being “woke.” America is not about to become Islamic, whatever have been the policies of the past.

Thank goodness we’ve got a president who loves the country, can’t be bribed, and we’re looking forward to a boom. But the media isn’t having it. They put forth wrong projections and a bust is just around the corner to hear them tell it. I think they’re talking out their hat, but we’ll see.

Suddenly things have taken off. I have to dodge the commercial vehicles on my way to work. Things seem to be going well, but you’d never know it by listening to the mainstream. Right now we’ve got a lot to be thankful for, and we’d better give thanks.

Mark

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The last bastion of freedom on earth is under a sustained attack from nearly every direction. It turns out that those who’ve benefited most from the free market and the opportunities they’ve been afforded are madder than all get out about income inequality, climate change, reproductive “justice,” poor treatment of the masses storming our southern border, and an atmosphere of “institutional racism” that underlies all their complaints. They are absolutely miserable, and angry that you’re not.

The social media companies are working together to make sure that nobody who loves America ever wins another national election. They’ve realized that they weren’t quite up to speed on search algorithms and the banishment of unapproved thought and speech, and were caught off guard by the unexpected ascension of Donald J. Trump to the Presidency. They’ve redoubled their efforts to make certain nothing like that ever happens again.

Meanwhile, the Southern border still leaks like a sieve. We’re seeing just what we expected. The third world is on its way, and not just from the squalid regions of Central America. They’re coming from the Congo, and Haiti and everywhere else. Other than construction of new barriers and existing old ones, there seems to be no effort to turn them back or prevent their entry. The border patrol apparently exists to assist the illegal entrants. You’ve probably seen that nearly $4.5 billion has just been allocated by both Houses of Congress to feed, house and clothe the masses arriving daily. Whose money is that? It’s borrowed money, added to the massive debt our grandchildren will bear!

As if we’re not sick to death of the non-stop campaigning, it’s officially on again– assuming it ever stopped at all. We’re getting to the point that everything in life is the subject of political posturing and campaigning. It never stops. The media has never stopped trying to shame everyone in their audience for any remaining vestiges of patriotism. What about the children!! Oh yeah, it’s a full-scale meltdown with presidential candidates scolding each other for perceived indifference to racial inequality and particularly for the nightmare at the border. We know that a lot of those children don’t belong to the people who brought them. In some cases, they’ve been rented, maybe for the umpteenth trip as someone’s guaranteed passage into the United States.

The wannabes feel tremendous compassion for the poor children perhaps experiencing air conditioning and regular meals for the first time. What were their circumstances before they got here? Where were they sleeping? It’s not like they left clean and comfortable conditions before they arrived. Is that our fault too?!?

It’s absolutely sickening that the “opposition” that is anything but loyal, is out to overturn everything. The free market economy and the American way of life are incompatible with their superior sense of compassion and Americans are not only to be shamed but taxed out of existence to make life comfortable for illegal aliens and provide FREE everything for the pink hairdos and nose rings. And those college loans that amount to over a trillion dollars? Yeah, they’ll be forgiven, meaning our grandkids else will pick up the tab.

Saving the United States from the socialist/communist onslaught is still a very long shot, despite all the enthusiasm shown by we “deplorables” who thought it was a lost cause. We’re up against those who control the flow of information. The propaganda is blindingly obvious to any informed individual subjected to the mainstream outlets. If you’re already informed on the issues, you immediately recognize the slant or outright misrepresentations carried in the insinuations of mainstream headlines and “news stories.” Want a blatant example? When President Trump announced that deportations of those under court-ordered deportation (for fraud, criminal activity, etc.), the media went wall to wall with the rounding up of “immigrant families.” It was on every ABC network radio break. It was the subject of angry rants among mainstream analysts on TV. The upshot is that they are MUCH better people than the rest of you because they’re outraged that more is not being done to provide for the “illegal aliens,” a reference they would never stoop to make.

Sorry if this seems somewhat U. S. – centric. But if the United States is lost, there goes the world. It’s as simple as that. The world’s only hope is to restore national identities and cultures and shine like a beacon to the squalid third world, to show them that FREEDOM under the constraints of Divinely inspired Law is the only key to happiness and prosperity. We need to thank God every day for His blessings, His Laws and the opportunity to live in a nation that has been graced with both. No doubt the evil ONE WORLD crowd is furious that their godless agenda has been interrupted, and their anger knows no bounds. As you’ve seen, there’s nothing they won’t do.

Prayers of gratitude and hope are needed. They undoubtedly have played an important role in recent events. Our Creator God is infinitely more powerful than all the social media companies, all the networks, and all those with malign intent, put together. His will be done.

Mark

Source: http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/fridayupdates.php

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The State Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to release their tax returns for the previous five years—at least 50 days before the general election—in order to qualify to have their names on the ballot. The bill says that they would have to file copies with the Division of Elections in the Department of State, and also consent to having them made public. The Division of Elections would then post them online within seven days of receiving them. The bill does allow for redactions to be made, where the Division and State Attorney General deem appropriate.

The bill, known as S-119, also aims to block a loophole by preventing the state’s electors from going off on their own and voting for someone who doesn’t comply.

“An elector shall not vote for a candidate for President or Vice-President of the United States, unless the candidate had filed, or caused to be filed, the candidate’s federal income tax return in accordance with [the bill],” it says.

The bill says it would go into effect immediately, upon being signed into law, to ensure that it applies to the next presidential election.

The bill still has to go to the State Assembly for a vote before it goes to the desk of Gov. Phil Murphy (D). A similar bill passed both houses in 2017, but then-Governor Chris Christie (R), a friend of Trump who campaigned for him, vetoed it. Other states have tried similar measures, but none have become law.

With a Democratic governor, New Jersey could be the first state to enact a law like this, but that doesn’t mean it will last. There will certainly be legal challenges well before the 2020 election.

New Jersey attorney John Carbone pointed out issues to the Courier Post.

“It’s just political pandering,” said Carbone, whose practice includes election law. “They can impose no requirements for a candidate for federal office, let alone president.”

Trump has a long history with the State of New Jersey. He was once known for casinos in Atlantic City, and he continues to run the well-known Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.

Source: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-force-trump-to-release-tax-returns-or-be-left-off-ballot/

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