Marye

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I am of the generation preceding the 'boomers' by 3 years

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CB, always have looked forward to your posts and somehow
suspected we might be kindred spirits. I've got about five years on you and it's all downhill from here. Wouldn't change my youth for anything.

I think you might enjoy this if you haven't already seen it.

The "one percenters" special group still living refers to people born between 1930 and 1946, a generation known as the "Silent Generation" or "Greatest Generation" cohort, who are now very old (80s and 90s), with only about 1% of those born in that era remaining, representing a unique, dwindling group who experienced the Great Depression and World War II firsthand, with their numbers continually decreasing as they are a very small fraction of their original cohort still alive today.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE 1% ERS:

§ You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900's.
You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war that rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.

You are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.

You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into tin cans.

You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the "milk box" on the porch.

Discipline was enforced by parents and teachers.

You are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead, you “imagined” what you heard on the radio.

With no TV, you spent your childhood "playing outside".

There was no Little League.

There was no city playground for kids.

The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real understanding of what the world was like.

We got “black-and-white” TV in the late 40s that had 3 stations and no remote.

Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines), and hung on the wall in the kitchen (no cares about privacy).

Computers were called calculators; they were hand-cranked.

Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon.

'INTERNET' and 'GOOGLE' were words that did not exist.

Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and the news was broadcast on your radio in the evening (your dad would give you the comic pages when he read the news).

New highways would bring jobs and mobility. Most highways were 2 lanes (no interstates).

You went downtown to shop. You walked to school.

The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands.

Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into working hard to make a living for their families.

You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus.

They were glad you played by yourselves.

They were busy discovering the postwar world.

You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves.

You felt secure in your future, although the depression and poverty were deeply remembered.

Polio was still a crippler. Everyone knew someone who had it.

You came of age in the '50s and '60s.

You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our homeland.

World War 2 was over, and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life.

Only your generation can remember a time after WW2 when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.

You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better.

More than 99% of you are retired now, and you should feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!"

If you have already reached the age of 77 years old, you have outlived 99% of all the other people in the world who were born in this special 16 year time span. You are a 1% 'er"!

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Someone who wants to increase his legacy.

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Or just maybe it's a giant middle Maga finger to his detractors who can't stand the thought of him doing it just because he can.

Dyson sphere

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People of various cultures that came here through the proper channels have integrated into our society just fine.

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Tell that to the Brits.

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Thats all.

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What happened with the audit?

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Blatant assault on LEO caught on video by the Baffoon in the red jacket (Rep. LaMonica McIver) for the whole world to see.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but she even admitted the assault on camera. When the LEO told here not to touch him, she responded " I can touch anybody I want."

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“And I didn’t say anything because I don’t wear my hair backwards.”

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I heard it the same as you. didn't bother to check it, but based on his track record I'll wager he did say that.

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the questions and rumours surrounding the hue of Donald Trump's skin aren't going away anytime soon.

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Probably sooner than Obummers' fake birth certificate.

"The $6 trillion in commitments is a massive win for American workers and industries. The United States Investment Accelerator has been key in slashing bureaucratic red tape, fast-tracking permits, and securing deals that prioritize domestic growth over globalist handouts.

With over $3 trillion in private investments already secured this term, this latest surge proves that cutting regulations and focusing on strategic sectors like semiconductors, AI, and advanced manufacturing delivers real results—not just empty promises. The Accelerator’s work to streamline collaboration between federal agencies and state governments ensures taxpayer dollars fuel innovation here, not overseas.

This isn’t just about numbers—it’s about rebuilding America’s industrial backbone while keeping adversaries like China from exploiting our markets.

Construction timelines are already accelerating under the Investment Accelerator’s fast-track permitting, with TSMC breaking ground on its Arizona fabs within weeks of finalizing deals. Other projects like Nvidia’s AI campuses and Meta’s data centers are in final site approval—no more multi-year environmental reviews or union kickback delays.

The Accelerator’s mandate forces agencies to greenlight projects in months, not decades. Delays equal tariffs, so these companies aren’t dragging feet—they’re racing to break ground before steep import fees hit."

I smell Smit....a blend of smoke and shite. Cotton, Lindsey, Ernst, Sullivan, Rubio, Romney. It would also appear that the Republicans/Democrats are joined at the hip. Also not a coincident that both organizations (IRI/DNI) were founded same year, 1983, with McCain serving as Chairman for 25 years.



IRI operates globally, providing training and assistance to political parties. As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, IRI plays no part in domestic U.S. politics. However, the majority of its board are drawn from the Republican Party.[4] Its sister organization, the National Democratic Institute, draws mainly from the Democratic Party.

Second Trump term
IRI has been funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). After Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency cut funding to the NED by blocking disbursement from the US Department of Treasury in February 2025, IRI was forced to lay off two-thirds of its work force in Washington, D.C. and closed more than 20 of its overseas offices.[22][23

NDI (Democrats version of IRI/NED)Wikipedia:

National Democratic Institute (NDI)[a] is a non-profit American non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability".[1] It is funded primarily by the United States and other Western governments, by major corporations and by nonprofits like the Open Society Foundations.

The NDI was founded in 1983, shortly after the United States Congress created the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).[2] The NED's creation was followed by the establishment of three related institutes: the Center for International Private Enterprise, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and the National Republican Institute for International Affairs, later renamed the International Republican Institute (IRI). NED provides funds to these three institutes and an expanding number of private sector groups so that they are able to carry out their programs abroad.[3]

While headquartered in Washington, D.C., NDI operates exclusively outside of the United States, promoting democratic civil participation, elections, debates, democratic governance, democracy and technology, political inclusion of marginalized groups, and gender, women and democracy, peace and security, political parties, and youth political participation worldwide.[4][5] Officially non-partisan, NDI takes no position on U.S. elections, though maintains a loose affiliation with the Democratic Party and is an associated partner of the social-democratic Progressive Alliance,[6] a "cooperating organization" with Liberal International and an affiliated organisation of Centrist Democrat International.[7][8][9]

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The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) is a U.S. law passed in 2001 authorizing the President to use military force against those who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the September 11th attacks, or harbored such organizations or persons.