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Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).
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Half of Germany’s Manufacturing Sectors Anticipate Significant Layoffs and Job Losses in 2026
- Germany is the epicenter of the European Union’s overall goal to chase the green energy agenda.
- For the past several years Germany has been deconstructing their fossil fuel energy production and replacing it with far more expensive alternatives. This has led to large increases in overall energy prices, and downstream increases in manufacturing costs.
- The consequences have been snowballing throughout 2025, while cheap competitive alternatives coming into the EU from China have compounded their problem. Recently a survey of major industries was conducted in Germany to determine the forecast for 2026, the results are not good.
- Approximately half of the industrial sectors in Germany are anticipating job losses, cuts or layoffs this year.
- 22 out of 46 business associations are preparing to downsize their labor force. Only 9 of the 46 are expected to increase hiring.
- Job losses are expected in auto manufacturing, the textile sector, wood and paper fabrication. Job gains are expected in aerospace, shipbuilding and defense production – i.e. the war machinery.
- When the largest and most developed industrial economy in Europe is pinning its economic survival on war machinery, a particular momentum is created. It is never a good outcome for Europe when Germany becomes reliant on war to maintain employment.
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Trump Administration Slashes UN “Humanitarian” Funding Pledge
The United States announced a $2 billion pledge for United Nations humanitarian aid programs on Monday, marking a sharp reduction from previous years as the Trump administration pushes for major reforms in global aid spending.
This pledge represents a fraction of historical U.S. contributions, which have reached up to $17 billion in recent years, with voluntary funding often in the $8-10 billion range. Administration officials describe the amount as sufficient to keep America as the world’s top humanitarian donor while demanding greater efficiency from UN agencies.
The funding will flow through an umbrella mechanism controlled by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), allowing targeted distribution to specific crises and countries. Initial priorities include 17 nations such as Bangladesh, Congo, Haiti, Syria, and Ukraine. Notably absent from the list are Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, with officials stating Gaza aid will tie into ongoing peace efforts.
Source: discernreport.com
The United States announced a $2 billion pledge for United Nations humanitarian aid programs on Monday, marking a sharp reduction from previous years as the Trump administration pushes for major reforms in global aid spending.
This pledge represents a fraction of historical U.S. contributions, which have reached up to $17 billion in recent years, with voluntary funding often in the $8-10 billion range. Administration officials describe the amount as sufficient to keep America as the world’s top humanitarian donor while demanding greater efficiency from UN agencies.
The funding will flow through an umbrella mechanism controlled by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), allowing targeted distribution to specific crises and countries. Initial priorities include 17 nations such as Bangladesh, Congo, Haiti, Syria, and Ukraine. Notably absent from the list are Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, with officials stating Gaza aid will tie into ongoing peace efforts.
Source: discernreport.com
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Russia accuses Ukraine of military attack on Putin’s residence: ‘state terrorism’
Russia is promising retaliation against Ukraine for an alleged military attack on President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the northern Russia area of Novgorod, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky deemed a lie intended to undermine peace talks, Reuters reports.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Russian air defenses destroyed all 91 long-range drones targeting Putin’s residence and that no one was injured and no damage reported. “Such reckless actions,” which Lavrov deemed “state terrorism,” will be answered with retaliatory strikes on targets in Ukraine, he said.
Ukrainian President Zelensky says it’s a false claim intended to undermine peace talks
Source: justthenews.com
Russia is promising retaliation against Ukraine for an alleged military attack on President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the northern Russia area of Novgorod, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky deemed a lie intended to undermine peace talks, Reuters reports.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Russian air defenses destroyed all 91 long-range drones targeting Putin’s residence and that no one was injured and no damage reported. “Such reckless actions,” which Lavrov deemed “state terrorism,” will be answered with retaliatory strikes on targets in Ukraine, he said.
Ukrainian President Zelensky says it’s a false claim intended to undermine peace talks
Source: justthenews.com
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DEI: The Palisades fire report was rewritten after the LAFD's LGBTQ cabal got involved. Its own author refused to endorse it. Emails show facts deleted, failures softened & accountability erased while diverse leaders sought to protect their public image.
Internal emails reveal LAFD Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook rejected the final Palisades fire report after LAFD leadership removed critical findings tied to preparation failures before Jan. 7. Drafts obtained through public records show staffing violations, delayed assignments & ignored wind warnings were scrubbed from the final version. The report meant to save lives became a political shield.
As a side note, New York City is setting themselves up for the same problem...
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Back on June 24, 2025. about 31% of applications to California’s 116 community colleges were deemed likely fraudulent by the chancellor’s office—equating to over 1.2 million fake applications. These were mostly detected and blocked before enrollment or aid disbursement, but some fraud succeeded, costing millions in stolen financial aid (around $11 million total in 2024, a small fraction of the billions distributed overall).
The piece discusses ongoing efforts to combat the issue, like improved detection tools, identity verification, and a proposed $10 application fee to deter bots and scammers targeting the free-application, open-access system.
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year later as special counsel in November … statute runs on his obvious shenanigans late 2027
* Democrats in Congress and those in the states colluding with Biden WH hide their behavior, some of which STILLL HASN’T come to light! Statute runs on this five years after their concealed behavior is known to the government. This means the statute could run in the next administration. STOP POSTING CLICKBAIT BS!!! You are being used!
not tied to Jan. 6, 2021/2026. Specific cases vary by act.
Times have changed. I remember having to buy books and room and board with my Pell $$.
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‘Ten-year stain:’ Bondi asks prosecutors to probe Obama-Biden lawfare as criminal conspiracy
FBI Director Kash Patel penned a memo predicating an investigation looking at the weaponization of intelligence and law-enforcement powers dating to the Russia collusion case as an ongoing conspiracy.Attorney General Pam Bondi asked the prosecutors to investigate the Obama-Biden era of lawfare as an ongoing election-meddling conspiracy that protected Democrats from criminal investigation and infringed the civil rights of Republicans like President Donald Trump and his supporters.
An “ongoing conspiracy” and the statute of limitations
Such an approach allows prosecutors to charge defendants with alleged crimes outside the statute of limitations because they were connected to an ongoing conspiracy, much like those cases brought against the mafia and drug cartels.
“At my direction, our U.S. Attorneys and federal agents are actively investigating instances of government weaponization nationwide,” Bondi said. “This is a ten-year stain on the country committed by high-ranking officials against the American people.
Source: https://justthenews.com/accountabil...cial-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost
They would have to disclose that I believe.
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FOMO!
Watch and see customers buy bullion from Tim Marschner of the Coin and Stamp Shop in what could be the beginning of silver stacking FOMO and a crazed mania with precious metals! Is an even GREATER pullback in the spot price of precious metals coming this week? Are we going to see silver's spot price in the 60s again? Or is this just a pause before silver shoots up to $100 dollars an ounce? These are unprecedented times requiring us to stack precious metals. Protect yourself from out-of-control governments, evil central banks, and the failing US dollar's grip as the world's reserve currency. Make sure you build a stack of silver rounds, silver bars, silver coins, and gold coins as essential barter and wealth preservation!
SILVER BUYERS MOB DEALER AS THE MANIA ERUPTS WITH RECORD LINES! One Stacker DRIVES From California!
In this video my bullion dealer is utterly MOBBED by buyers as the silver mania and FOMO erupts! The lines go out the door and fill the parking lot as silver buyers come from as far as Maine, New York, and even California! The count got as high as 21--and ALL of them were BUYING SILVER AND GOLD. No one was selling their precious metals. This video was recorded on Saturday, December 27th during an all-time record high for both silver and gold. A massive correction with the spot price of silver and gold on Monday! Are people still buying the price dip?Watch and see customers buy bullion from Tim Marschner of the Coin and Stamp Shop in what could be the beginning of silver stacking FOMO and a crazed mania with precious metals! Is an even GREATER pullback in the spot price of precious metals coming this week? Are we going to see silver's spot price in the 60s again? Or is this just a pause before silver shoots up to $100 dollars an ounce? These are unprecedented times requiring us to stack precious metals. Protect yourself from out-of-control governments, evil central banks, and the failing US dollar's grip as the world's reserve currency. Make sure you build a stack of silver rounds, silver bars, silver coins, and gold coins as essential barter and wealth preservation!
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I wonder...
Is it about time to sell the physical like what happened in the 80s.
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