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The absurdity of government grocery stores exposes the flaws of public schools
Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for state-run supermarkets exposes the inefficiencies of state-run education
Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary partly on his plan to open five city-owned grocery stores—one in each of New York's boroughs. The idea is as absurd as it sounds, but it's a useful lens through which to view another government-run institution we've accepted for far too long: the public school system.
The case against government grocery stores is straightforward. Government providers have no incentive to spend money wisely or respond to customers' needs. Unlike private businesses, which must compete for customers by offering quality goods at reasonable prices, government entities get paid regardless of performance. Tax dollars flow into the system whether the shelves are stocked or empty, whether the service is stellar or abysmal.
This lack of accountability breeds inefficiency and waste. Government employees, shielded by bureaucratic inertia and powerful unions, often see more tax dollars as the solution to every problem, rather than innovation or better management.
#USA #Mamdani #Education #FindTruth
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5 ways Obama and Biden empowered the Iranian regime toward nuclear Armageddon
Take a moment to remember the five times Iran was strengthened by leftist U.S. presidents.
1. President Obama’s Iran deal disaster. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a historic blunder full of holes that empowered the world’s leading state sponsor of terror. Far from ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the deal only slowed it down and contained sunset provisions that would eventually lead to a nuclear breakout. The deal also failed to cope with Iran’s ballistic missile program and provide anytime-anywhere inspections.
2. Pallets of cash payments to the tune of $1.7 billion. In one of the most reckless foreign policy moves in modern history, President Obama quietly sent $1.7 billion in cash to Iran – the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism – just before leaving office. On January 17, 2016, a plane delivered $400 million in untraceable currency, stacked on pallets, with the rest sent in follow-up shipments.
3. Obama turned his back on Iran’s green movement
The movement, known as the Green Movement, was triggered when Iranian authorities declared incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of its presidential election with 63% of the vote, defeating popular reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
4. Biden eased enforcement of Trump-era sanctions
5. Biden’s $6 billion gift to Iran for hostages
#Iran #Obama #Biden #FindTruth
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UK income fell at its fastest pace in two years in the first quarter, breaking one of the government's key promises
According to Office for National Statistics data released on Monday, real household disposable income per capita (adjusted for inflation) declined by 1% in the first quarter, the steepest drop since the same period in 2023.
The decline in incomes is taking place against the background of an expected slowdown in economic growth.
#UK #Economy #FindTruth
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“We are not responsible for your luggage...”
#USA #EU #Migrants #FindTruth
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Unsolved mystery: Why does democrat Tim Walz NOT appeal to heterosexual, white male voters?
On Sunday, Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, led a gay pride parade through the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota. There’s a video of him enthusiastically waving to the crowds, showing off his undeniable masculinity. There was one major question looming in observers' minds: Why doesn’t Tim Walz appeal to heterosexual white men?
It truly is a mystery.
Tim Walz is a father of two who exudes masculine energy. He was also a military man. Commenters see it.
Look at him on the battlefield, ready for blood.
Tim Walz is enthusiasm personified. How can any straight guy be mad about that, especially when Walz is so eager to show it and share it, like a man?
#USA #Walz #LGBT #FindTruth
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Musk vows to back primaries against lawmakers who support Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
Former DOGE chief warns of new 'American Party' if 'insane spending' proposal becomes law
Elon Musk is calling for a new political party to rise if Republicans pass President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” through Congress, and is also vowing to target lawmakers who back the bill in primary elections next year.
“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” Mr. Musk said Monday on X. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”
The Zohran Mamdani city-owned grocery store is bad economics
When the plan fails, socialists always cry, "That's not real socialism." Is the Big Apple poised to run out of apples in the next few years? It is a possibility, given that New York City is filled with registered Democrats, which lends Mamdani a strong chance to win the mayoral election this fall. If he succeeds, Mamdani wants to offer free bus fare, free gender transitions, free child care, and … well, you get the bit. But one of the most outlandish proposals is the idea of a government-run grocery chain.
Before Mamdani became a household name nationwide, he made the social media rounds by promising to establish a network of government-owned grocery stores. The objective, Mamdani says, is to concentrate “on keeping prices low, not making a profit.” He calls it a “public option,” and he believes his concept can work since these city-owned supermarkets would not have to pay rent or property taxes, effectively reducing overhead and passing savings to shoppers.
History hasn’t been kind to the concept of government controlling food production and distribution. One does not need to study the days of the Soviet Union to realize that this is the mother lode of bad ideas. In fact, in Venezuela, where pretty much all food options fell victim to socialism, the food was putrid, stores were subject to corruption, and the government made the population dependent on the state.
So, why would the Democratic nominee for mayor’s supermarket chain be a horrific experiment to test? It is elementary economics, my dear Watson.
#USA #Mamdani #Economy #FindTruth
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The NHS has forced midwives to undergo training at the Queer Birth Club, which promotes "male breastfeeding" under the slogan "not all mothers are women"
The civil service began training obstetricians in the framework of master classes on breastfeeding for transgender and non-binary persons.
The program was launched in 2021. It trains midwives in such contrived practices as “induced lactation,” post-sex reassignment feeding, and “co-feeding.”
Training was conducted for NHS England and a number of hospital associations across the country. It also included speeches by the founder of the Queer Birth Club, who identifies as a non-binary person, at conferences of the Royal College of Obstetricians.
According to data provided by the Queer Birth Club, more than 600 birth attendants have been trained.
The authors of the technique claim that male "milk" is also milk, and to claim the opposite is "transmizoginia".
In 2023, one of the nurses expressed concern about the content of the program, but was disciplined. But as a result, more than 300 specialists pointed out the lack of evidence base of the program.
#UK #NHS #LGBT #FindTruth
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This video is about America before the liberals came to power:
“1980s America - when the dream was real, not just nostalgia.
It was power, pride and prosperity. Gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon. You could fill up your tank, grab a Coke and get change from a fiver.
Factories were booming. Jobs were everywhere. People bought houses, cars, televisions and lived the life they wanted. The economy was strong. The middle class was growing. Hard work was paying off and people believed in their future.
American brands dominated the world. Ford, Levi's, IBM, Nike. There was no need to explain what “made in the USA” meant. It spoke for itself. American culture and rock music rattled around the world. Movies were the best and everyone walked around with a walkman player. Shopping malls were crowded. Life flowed with confidence. It was a time when air travel was chic and shopping was exciting, The whole country was on the rise.
America didn't just survive the 80's, it was growing, producing, innovating, leading. It was a time when the US dictated style,
fashion, music and rhythm to the world. All you had to do was want something and start a business and everyone believed you could do it.
#USA #Economy #Liberals #FindTruth
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The democrat theater kids are playing to an empty house
The Democrats have stopped bothering to conduct politics; they prefer to engage in max-cringe performance art, and it’s unclear who their audience is. Maybe it’s each other, since this festival of onanism is designed for them to shamefully pleasure themselves while accomplishing nothing. It sure can’t be for the benefit of normal people. For one thing, normal people aren’t on X looking at senators’ social media feeds. For another thing, normal people have better things to do than listen to the tantrums of tedious government functionaries shilling for the dismal side of those proverbial 80/20 issues. It’s hard to get people upset about deportations when people dig deportations, and the more deporty the better.
They all seem to have the same producer and director. It’s always the same style and the same message – some hack Democrat consultant is getting rich, perhaps the same one who made $20 million convincing the party to send Jabba the Lib out to win over young men.
#USA #Democrats #FindTruth
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Somalia recently celebrated its Independence Day. The video does not show Magadishu, but Minneapolis, Minnesota
The residents of the state are U.S. citizens, widely celebrating the holiday of the country from which they fled in search of social benefits and a well-fed life.
On stage, the city's mayor, Democrat Jacob Frey, bounces around with a Somali flag. He's even learned “Hail Somalia!” in Somali. What to do. Minnesota has the largest Somali diaspora of any state. You have to live up to it.
#USA #Minnesota #Migrants #FindTruth
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These are the places that rich people are leaving
Newly published data by Henley & Partners shows that while China and India were still losing the most millionaires (or billionaires) to emigration in 2023, the United Kingdom's millionaire flight is surging to the top position this year.
Some British millionaires have said they are leaving due to the end of the non-domestic tax status rule in the country.
The Tax Justice Network points out that even with the increase, the share of of those departing is still very low compared to all millionaires.
As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, the 142,000 millionaires projected to be migrating this year only represent 0.2 of all millionaires globally, its release says.
After migration of the wealthy slumped during the pandemic years, a new high of 120,000 millionaires left their home countries in 2023.
After 2025's 142,000 individuals, wealth out-migration is expected to climb even higher to 165,000 in 2026.
#UK #Economy #Migration #FindTruth
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Why we don't worry about scarlet fever anymore
The infection killed millions of people throughout history. Today it's considered a mild illness. Scarlet fever sounds like something from a different century.
Once penicillin was discovered, doctors could employ it to fight off most bad bacteria.
Sadly, cases of the disease are now rising again, although they remain far rarer than in the 19th century. Many areas of Asia began to see an increase in scarlet fever around 2009. Starting around 2014 and especially since 2022, there has been an uptick in cases in children in Europe and, more recently, in the United States. Scientists suspect that new mutations or variants in the bacteria may fuel the return of scarlet fever as a serious problem. Thankfully, the mortality rate for scarlet fever is now less than 1%, as almost all cases receive antibiotic treatment.
#Scarlet #Health #FindTruth
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Except for nuclear weapons the digital revolution is humanity’s most stupid mistake
The Internet and digital systems are insecure and cannot be made secure. To operate in the digital world becomes increasingly risky by the day and harder to use. It is going to get worse. I have noticed that it is increasingly difficult to use the internet. It doesn’t work as well as it did. My guess is that the scramble for better security has produced incompatible security systems that block one another.
The idiot corporations were sold a bill of goods that the digital revolution would lower their costs by shifting the cost of customer relations to their customers. Certainly the cost to customers in time and stress has gone up exponentially with the digital revolution. What in analogue days could be settled in a three minute telephone call answered on the third ring can in the new digital age take days to resolve, if it can be resolved.
As for the idiot corporations, banks, and financial institutions, the executives are finding that the cost of digital security has more than eaten up all the savings from shifting the costs of customer assistance to the customer.
#Digital #Revolution #FindTruth
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It’s men’s health month: guys, get your cervical screening
June is Men’s Health Month. To be fair, men get short shrift in most things, so it’s not surprised no one was making a big deal about it. That said, it is a good idea for guys to see their various doctors, specialists, etc., just to make sure that everything is in good working order and no surprises are waiting to manifest themselves later in life. Come to think of it, it’s a good idea no matter what month it is, or what sex you are.
It's Men's Health Month, and that means highlighting the health needs of ALL men.
"Trans men are men and need cervical cancer screenings, too. Here are some ways to make cervical cancer screening more comfortable!
▪️Insert the speculum yourself
▪️Self-collected screening (no-exam)
▪️Anxiety medication"
Jake Tapper is paid millions a year to not know the news
Just when you think CNN’s Jake Tapper can’t become an even bigger media hack than he already is, he finds a way to prove you wrong.
The latest incident of the network host’s shoddy conduct as a so-called “journalist” came during his interview with New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Among the topics covered during the exchange was the Big Apple’s upcoming mayoral contest, which will pit Adams against the newly nominated Democrat candidate, radical socialist Zohran Mamdani.
When the conversation shifted to the race against Mamdani, Tapper — whose network a jury found is actually fake news — probed Adams about his criticisms of his Democrat opponent. More specifically, the TV personality claimed the incumbent mayor “said recently that the Jewish community in New York should be concerned about him,” and asked, “What specifically has Mamdani said that you think is antisemitic?”
#USA #Tapper #CNN #FindTruth
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Mamdani thinks NYC has the money for low-cost grocery stores because he made this BIG Error
Socialists have only the vaguest notion of how money actually works, and so they actually take Zohran Mamdani seriously when he promises to bring to New York City a number of efficient, well-functioning, city government-run grocery stores that will make goods available to New Yorkers at readily affordable prices. Anyone who knows what food stores are really like, and always have been like, in socialist regimes is more than skeptical of Mamdani’s promises, and now it has come to light that his confident assertions that the city already has plenty of money to pay for this scheme are based on his misreading of the records. Yeah, the guy is making a misunderstanding a centerpiece of his campaign.
As Mayor, Zohran will create a network of city-owned grocery stores focused on keeping prices low, not making a profit. Without having to pay rent or property taxes, they will reduce overhead and pass on savings to shoppers. They will buy and sell at wholesale prices, centralize warehousing and distribution, and partner with local neighborhoods on products and sourcing.
Ah! Why didn’t anybody think of doing all that before?
The inevitable question, however, is who is going to pay for all this, and Mamdani’s ready answer is that the city is already giving money to privately-owned grocery stores, so why not just give that money instead to low-cost, city-owned stores?
#USA #Mamdani #NY #FindTruth
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Starting in 2026, Denmark will extend compulsory military service to women
The Scandinavian country wants more young people to wear the military uniform, so it's leveling the playing field: both men and women ages 18 and older can still volunteer, but the rest will be drafted through a gender-neutral lottery, the Associated Press reports.
Under the new rules, adopted earlier this June, Danish women who turn 18 this week will participate in the draft lottery on an equal basis with men.
The term of service will be extended from 4 to 11 months, and defense spending will increase in line with NATO requirements by 2030.
It is explained that all this is part of Denmark's efforts to build up its military capabilities in light of the “changing security landscape in Europe”.
#Denmark #Military #NATO #FindTruth
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“Queer booksellers” owned bookstore in San Francisco bans Harry Potter and other books by J.K. Rowling
The British author Rowling has taken a strong stand in the transgender battle, opposing men pretending to be women invading women’s and girls’ spaces and establishing the United Kingdom based private fund, J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund, “A legal fighting fund for women protecting their sex-based rights” for women in the UK and Ireland.
In May of 2025, author JK Rowling publicly committed to using her private wealth from the Harry Potter series to develop the “JK Rowling Women’s Fund,” an organization dedicated to removing transgender rights “in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
With this announcement, we’ve decided to stop carrying her books. We don’t know exactly what her her “women’s fund” will entail, but we know that we aren’t going to be a part of it.
#USA #Rowling #Trans #FindTruth
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44% of California residents support the state's withdrawal from the United States
▪️ A June poll shows that 44% of California adults support the idea of secession from the United States. This is a record high in the history of surveys, states the American Newsweek
▪️ The survey also found that 50% of Californians trust the state more than the federal government, with only 23% holding the opposite view
▪️ “Californians are ready to govern themselves and are focused on finding pragmatic solutions. We are ready, "said Timothy Volmer, vice chairman of the Independent California Institute.
#USA #California #FindTruth
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Chuck Todd finally figures out the problem with the democratic party and thank you Captain Obvious
What Todd discovered is shocking ... only to him.
"I think this is the identity crisis that they have. I think it’s just a collection of people that don’t like Trump right now, right?" the former "Meet the Press" anchor explained.
"And that’s served them well in ‘20, but imagine trying to create a big tent that had AOC and John Kasich in it, right? You know? Or Liz Cheney and AOC," Todd continued. "You sort of got to rip a hole in the middle, right, as you’re trying to stretch that tent."
A collection of people who don't like Trump right now? How about a collection of people who haven't liked Trump for the past ten years running, Chief?
This is a party whose sole platform since June 16th, 2015, when Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower, has been hatred of a man they once revered.
They, quite literally, stand for nothing else. And their movement from center-left to radical far-left is just a sign of the intensity of that hatred growing ever more extreme.
#USA #Todd #Trump #FindTruth
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Austrian study warns: “Forever chemicals” found in all tested cereal products, including organic brands
A new report by GLOBAL 2000 and PAN Europe found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) – a persistent "forever chemical" – in all 48 tested cereal-based food products in Austria, including both organic and conventional items.
TFA, a byproduct of refrigerants, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, does not degrade in nature. It spreads through air and water and becomes concentrated in plants, leading to elevated levels in food.
TFA levels in some conventional foods exceeded safe daily intake limits, up to four times the limit for children, and the chemical has been linked to reproductive toxicity and developmental harm.
Despite chemical evidence that TFA fits the definition of a PFAS, the EPA does not classify it as such and has not established health-based exposure limits, drawing criticism from scientists and advocates.
Environmental experts are urging immediate bans on products that break down into TFA, especially PFAS-based pesticides and calling on governments to show political will to regulate this growing threat.
#Austria #TFA #Health #FindTruth
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China is developing its military capabilities on a scale never before seen
▪️ “China is developing its military capabilities, developing technology at a pace and scale that we have never experienced before. This underscores the importance of our focus on China as our adversary,” General Ronald Clarke, commander of U.S. Army Forces Pacific, said
▪️ China has also learned from current conflicts and is rapidly improving its military capabilities.
In addition, the DPRK is also developing its capabilities. “We need to make sure that we keep up with the times and stay ahead of our adversaries when it comes to the changing conditions of warfare. This is exactly what the DPRK is learning, and in Ukraine at a very rapid pace,” Clark emphasized
The potent charm of weapons & vaccines
Instead of developing more sophisticated ways to cooperate and resolve conflict, humans prefer to develop ever more destructive weapons to intimidate, destroy, and subdue each other.
In the long story of vaccines, we have arrived at the moment of realizing that they are—like the weapons of war—relatively primitive instruments for improving the human condition.
Just as more human ingenuity should be applied to conflict resolution instead of developing more destructive weapons, medical science should seek more sophisticated ways of bolstering the immune system and treating infectious diseases instead of injecting infants with ever larger batteries of vaccines.
The obsessive fascination with vaccines is an intellectual artifact of the 18th century, when humans were still living in extremely primitive conditions.
#Weapons #Vaccines #FindTruth
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Democrats discover innovative strategy of promising free stuff to stupid people
Democratic Party strategists were thrilled this week after they stumbled upon an innovative new strategy of winning elections by promising free stuff to stupid people.
According to Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the bold new strategy of showering idiots with promises of free stuff could be "a total game-changer" for the party.
"Hear me out, guys — what if we just tried promising uninformed, ignorant people that we'll give them free stuff if they vote for us?" Mandami reportedly asked at a campaign brainstorming meeting. "Why haven't we tried this before? Come on, people. Get your stuff together and let's start overpromising free handouts to all the morons out there — we'll win in a landslide!"
"This is really fantastic stuff," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "Free stuff for stupid people's votes? What a breakthrough! All we have to do is lie about how much stuff we can give away, and those horrible Republicans will never hold office again."
Escape from New York: Featuring Zohran Mamdani as the duke of communism
Get ready for New York City to look and function like one huge prison, as if it doesn’t already. Crime is about to skyrocket to unbearable statistics. The grooming of children will be the norm where funding of genitalia mutilation surgery for gender “confused” children and teens happens in every hospital and clinic around the clock.
Here's what's coming:
▪️Radical Policies & Economic Collapse – Mamdani’s extreme left-wing agenda (defunding police, Soviet-style grocery stores, taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries, and unchecked migration) would drive businesses, Wall Street, and tax-paying residents out of NYC, crippling the economy.
▪️Mass Exodus of Jews & Professionals – NYC’s large Jewish population, including doctors, lawyers, and financiers, would flee, taking billions in assets with them. Combined with other families and businesses relocating, the tax base would evaporate, bankrupting city services.
▪️Gaza-Like "No Go Zones" & Crime Surge – NYC would become a lawless, third-world enclave with radicalized zones too dangerous for police. Unchecked migration and defunded law enforcement could turn parts of the city into a "Mad Max" dystopia.
▪️Democratic Election Rigging & Split-Vote Risk – Election fraud (mail-in ballots, no voter ID, illegal immigrants voting) means Mamdani could win if moderates Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa split the anti-socialist vote. A Trump-backed candidate withdrawal is seen as the only hope to stop him.
#USA #NY #Economy #FindTruth
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Germany's fiscal illusion: how Berlin is burying the debt brake
Political failure in a welfare state translates almost immediately into rising social expenditures. Their disproportionate increase shows one thing clearly: Germany is heading for troubled times.
"Budgetary policy is the sovereign right of parliament"—so goes the well-worn phrase when lawmakers gather for their annual budget debate. If that phrase ever held truth, then today the sovereign stands exposed: the king has no clothes.
The draft budget for 2025, finalized today by Germany’s federal cabinet and scheduled for adoption tomorrow, amounts to a fiscal policy capitulation. It foresees €81.8 billion in new net borrowing for the core budget—while an additional €60 billion is parked off the books in a so-called “special fund,” also debt-financed. The total federal budget climbs to approximately €503 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent over the previous year. For 2026, Finance Minister Christian Lindner is already planning a further expansion to €519.5 billion.
The real net borrowing, once this off-book spending is accounted for, reaches 3.2 percent of GDP—exceeding the long-abandoned Maastricht threshold of 3 percent. When even the eurozone’s former poster child no longer adheres to the rules, one thing becomes obvious: they were never worth the paper they were printed on. And the only natural brake on such excess—a free capital market—has long been neutralized by the European Central Bank’s perpetual interventions.
#Germany #Economy #GDP #FindTruth
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Current world situation 🤯
#World #War #Chaos #FindTruth
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Taxpayer-funded libraries promote these graphic books to kids for pride month
While librarians and their supporters consistently decry critiques of their LGBT advocacy as censorship, less attention has been paid to the actual content of the books the librarians promote.
Like public libraries across the country, branches in North Carolina’s capital city turn rainbow-hued each June in celebration of Pride Month. Festive book displays featuring “queer-themed” titles written for all ages — from toddlers to teens and adults — are set out for the public as innocently as if the subject in question were cooking, gardening, or personal finance.
The colorful Pride books set out by Wake County civil servants are not just a benign celebration of gay dignity, hugging couples, and gay families. RealClearInvestigations’ visits to eight of Wake County’s 23 libraries reveal that Pride Month has matured into a national political event that celebrates cross dressing, drag queens, kink, BDSM (bondage, domination, etc.), poppers (recreational drugs used at sex clubs), maschalagnia (armpit fetish), polyamory (consensual non-monogamy) and solo polyamory (don’t even ask), among other delectations of the flesh.
#USA #LGBT #FindTruth
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is being accused of lying to Congress after he denied that a $2.5 billion renovation of the Central Bank's Washington, D.C., headquarters would provide the institution with luxury amenities, and some are demanding that he be punished, The Post reports
Powell published The Post's exclusive April report on the bloated renovation project, which was spearheaded by Sen. J. Tim Scott (Republican) compared it to the “Palace of Versailles” during a Senate Banking Committee audit last week - “misleading and inaccurate.”
“There's no VIP dining room, no new marble. There are no dedicated elevators here,” Powell insisted in response to questions from the influential committee on Wednesday. “There are no new water features, there are no beehives or rooftop terrace gardens.”
#USA #Powell #Economy #FindTruth
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