Pray the BPS is too pessimistic.
https://youtu.be/vKb01XLPR7E
I have been wary of Trumpism because, whether we like it or not, those who would destroy rule over individual sovereigns (citizens) by constitution — even though they hate Trump — would welcome rule by dictat en infinitum. No man, whatever his good and bad attributes, lives forever. There is the follow-up to worry about.
https://reason.com/2019/11/06/a-michigan-man-underpaid-his-property-taxes-by-8-41-the-county-seized-his-property-sold-it-and-kept-the-profits/#comments
Property Tax isn’t a tax, it’s rent paid to the government, because you don’t really own anything. Property taxes should be abolished and replaced with sales taxes only.
The Situation in Mexico has been out of control for decades, and it’s only getting worse-
9 Family members killed in Cartel attack-
I see four options-
1- Spend the next 6-9 months covertly running intense surveillance, determining who the key players in the Cartel and their government counterparts are. Their locations, safe houses, operational centers everything. Then one day of coordinated attacks via drones and Spec Ops forces to kill as many as possible in one go. Take the Cartel leaders prisoner and “extract information” (torture and I’m not talking water boarding) so as to round up as many stragglers as possible. The key here is don’t say a peep to the Cartel owned government.
2- Send in 120,000 US combat troops with search and destroy orders. Cartel members and accomplices to be shot on sight.
3- Finish the Wall, seal the border, establish a 25 mile free fire buffer south of the border wall.
4- Do nothing, watch Mexico continue to degrade into lawlessness, allow the same sort of thing to become common here.
Is there a 5th option I’m not seeing?
There are many fine people, good people, south of our Border that do not deserve to be under the thumb of the murdering savages that are destroying an entire country and it’s people.
What can we do north of the border? We could wage a real war on drugs, like Singapore has, start killing drug dealers and stop playing footsie with addicts and things might change. Either that or legalize drugs, all drugs and begin giving them away in mass. Blow the bottom out of the market to the point the gas money to drive north is more than the drugs are worth.
UK: National health to deny treatment for “Racist or sexist language, gestures behavior”
“The North Bristol NHS Trust announced that patients will be subject a “sports-style disciplinary yellow card and then final red card in which treatment would be withdrawn as soon as is safe” on its official website.
The policy would cover not just “Threatening and offensive language” but also “Racist or sexist language, gestures or behaviour” more generally, as well as “malicious allegations” — a rather troubling caveat, given the NHS has in the past been entangled in large-scale malpractice scandals which hospitals and staff have initially denied.”
Fmr. Vice President Biden denied Communion at campaign stop-
“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Fr. Robert Morey wrote in a statement responding to queries from the Florence Morning News. “Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other and the church. Our actions should reflect that. Any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of church teaching.”
God Bless Pastor Morey, standing firm and doing what is right is a rare occurrence in this age, let’s hope it becomes a trend. Our politicians and celebrities need to understand that the Christian Church is not their personal door mat. It is also well past time our clergy remember Who it is they really answer to.