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Trump Kicks Off His Campaign to Wild Cheers

Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 by Post Scripts

by Jack

President Trump launched his re-election campaign tonight in Fl. He spoke to a packed house and his supporters were going absolutely wild with cheers. I’ve seen nothing like it, these people were enthusiastic beyond measure. And the jeers the democrats got whenever they were mentioned by Trump, wow, it was very telling of how reviled dems have become.

When Trump talked about getting ride of Obama’s penalty if you couldn’t afford his health-care plan, they went wild. When he thanked the Gov. of FL for ending the sanctuary cities, they went wild again. All these sanctuary cities, the homeless bums, universal healthcare, taxing the rich, pushing for windmills, hating ICE, open borders, giving entitlements to illegals and wanting to slow down our oil supply and force companies to buy pollution credits is apparently hated by most people.

CNN cut their news coverage when the crowd started chanting CNN Sucks. Imagine that?

The dems seem to think that any of their top 5 candidates could win against Trump, but after tonight I don’t think so. And I don’t think they (dems) were watching what happened tonight. If they were I bet they would be very, very concerned.

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Why Women Live Longer Than Men

Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 by Post Scripts

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What Happened to the Deficit?

Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 by Post Scripts

by Jack

The politics of the deficit seems to have disappeared, nobody is talking about it anymore. But, the ugly truth is, the deficit hasn’t gone away or even slowed. The U.S. federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2019 is $985 billion. The deficit occurs because the U.S. government spending of $4.407 trillion is higher than its revenue of $3.422 trillion.

But, few are paying attention to spending because right now the economy is growing at the rate of 3%, inflation is under control and employment is at record levels. Life is good, except we’re still spending far more than we take in. Question: What happens when a recession returns, as is inevitable, how will the deficit impact us then? Nobody is looking down the road at where this over-spending is taking us. If there is any sort of leadership in Congress at the moment, it’s management by polling.

What’s popular right now, especially among the democrats, is climate change, universal healthcare, free college tuition, amnesty for illegal aliens, full entitlements for dreamers, massive spending on homeless, a 70% tax rate on top earners and a huge increase in federal spending for infrastructure. That one 70% tax proposal alone is enough to derail the economy for the sake of curbing the social and political power of the rich. All of these things will grow the deficit enormously.

I think over the past 30 – 40 years, citizens have slowly acclimated to the idea of deficit spending to the point they have given up caring. Both party’s overspend so there’s really place to run. That means it’s up to us to effect change by being loud and forceful.

You may think Bernie Sanders and AOC are total nitwits, but let me remind you that what they are selling appeals to a staggering number of voters. And there’s the big problem, 90% of politicians are poll watchers. They will jump on whatever bandwagon that will get them to another term, even if it means more deficit spending. We’ve got to stop that kind of thinking – even if it means taking extreme measures.

For those of us who are informed, who are concerned about the future and who vote intelligently, we are the last best chance for this democracy. Keep reminding the politicians that you are watching them. Demand they STOP the irresponsible spending or we’ll soon be marching on the capitol with torches and pitchforks!

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CA Does It Again!

Posted on Monday, June 17, 2019 by Post Scripts

Posted by Jack

Living out of your broken down old car or do you have a truck with a box on it that you call home… as in RV? Concerned about those pesky cops threatening to tow your ride after being illegally parked for more than 72 hours in one spot? Well that’s all being taken care of by your friends in Sacramento…the democrats.

Yep, the bill, introduced in Sacramento by Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco), would prevent cities from impounding cars with five or more unpaid parking tickets, or registration that is six months out of date or towing after 72 hours of continuous parking.

Free food, free money, free healthcare and now free parking…for all! What a deal! So, if you are down and out and have been your whole life, and you are lookin for easy livin, then head to Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco or Los Angeles and tell all your friends and relatives that you left behind! They’ll want to cash in on it too.

Si, yo habla Espanol. No green papers necessary here hombre, it’s sanctuary for all… just remember to vote democrat and then vote often, nobody cares. Hehehe… hey, you wanna drivers license too, es no problemo! And if you get caught at the border, remember to say, “I am a refugee and demand asylum.” You will be okay.

Posted in Humour | Tagged new bill, parking California, towing | 8 Comments

Automotive Ads from Years Ago

Posted on Sunday, June 16, 2019 by Post Scripts

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Happy Fathers Day!

Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Post Scripts

by Jack

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out here that have worked so hard to provide for their family. I hope your kids do something special for you tomorrow – you deserve it.

You have supported the family in everyway you could…and that’s all that matters. So, kudos to you. You are it – you are the man…the greatest man your kids will ever know. To them, you are a teacher, a life-coach, you set the limits, you are a protector and so much more.

It doesn’t matter if you are a biological father or if you have adopted to become a father – it’s your love and just trying to your best, that’s what counts most. That’s why today we honor those special kind of Dads.

Your kids are lucky to have to you, because too many kids won’t have a Dad in the home while they grow up and that’s going to make a huge difference in their future.

There is no substitute for a loving Dad. Now go have some fun!

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Russia’s New Doomsday Weapon

Posted on Friday, June 14, 2019 by Post Scripts

by Jack

It can stay aloft for a month or more, carry numerous nuclear warheads, travel at Mach 6+ and do it all while flying 50 feet above ground level. To make matters worse, it can’t be stopped with any known conventional weapons.

What is it? It’s a nuclear powered cruise missile! It can zip around the globe, selecting military and civilian targets to drop it’s deadly cargo on; just one missile could take out whole cities and kill millions in a nuclear flash. Even more devastating, it can be configured to release a wake of deadly radiation wherever it goes, eh, but this is optional, it’s a byproduct of its onboard nuclear reactor that provides its power.

Imagine this hyper-speed cruise missile flying back and forth over 10,000 square miles, spraying nuclear poison that will render the land beneath it uninhabitable for the next 1000 years. With every pass at mach 6, buildings and homes would shake apart under the shock wave, then radiation is rained down. A mach 6 shock wave is like a guided hurricane cutting a narrow swath. Pretty scary thought isn’t it?

This is not some futuristic fantasy, this is a real weapon and its here now. We (USA) developed it over 6 decades ago. At the time of its creation there was no technology on earth that could have detected this threat coming, much less stop it, and today this is still true! How do you stop something going mach 6? There’s no bullet, no jet and no rocket that can match that speed and still be controllable.

It was the ultimate doomsday weapon. But, we’re the good guys and we realized this was one weapon that should never be built. By 1964 we cancelled the program just before the maiden test flight. It was just too dangerous, too deadly too use and what if some other country stolen this technology…we didn’t want that genie to get out of the bottle! So for many years it was hidden away, a closely guarded secret and almost forgotten.

Now that technology is coming back to haunt us, because our fear has been realized, it’s in the hands of the Russians and Vladimir Putin. As far as I know, only the Russians have this missile…. so far. This is what Putin warned us about, several months ago. He said they had the ultimate weapon and he wasn’t kidding.

Are we about to see a new type of arms race? Only time will tell, but the thought of this technology being in Russian hands and possibly spreading to who knows where, is in a word… disturbing.

This thing is a thousand times more inhumane and lethal than biological or chemical weapon. I think it’s time to have a new Hague convention and ban the development of these weapons like we did for poison gas that pales by comparision. This is one weapon system that humanity can live without. (No pun intended.)

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STATE OF THE STATE

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2019 by Post Scripts

by Jack

The following is the most recent data I could find on CA fiscal health. The last report we ranked 42nd out of 50 states for fiscal health. We would be in last place and bankrupt if it were not for the tax money generated by Silicon Valley. They can’t keep us afloat forever and we’re already the most taxed of all the other states…where can we go with that?

California owes more than it owns.

California has a -$22,000 Taxpayer Burden.™

California is a Sinkhole State without enough assets to cover its debt.

Elected officials have created a Taxpayer Burden™, which is each taxpayer’s share of state bills after its available assets have been tapped.

TIA’s Taxpayer Burden™ measurement incorporates both assets and liabilities, not just pension debt.

California only has $100.1 billion of assets available to pay bills totaling $369.9 billion.

Because California doesn’t have enough money to pay its bills, it has a $269.9 billion financial hole. To fill it, each California taxpayer would have to send $22,000 to the state.

California’s reported net position is inflated by $16.7 billion, largely because the state defers recognizing losses incurred when the net pension liability increases.

Despite a recently implemented accounting standard meant to increase transparency, California still excludes $5.4 billion of pension debt from its balance sheet. In addition, the state is still hiding $58.4 billion of its retiree health care debt. A new accounting standard will be implemented in the 2018 fiscal year which will require states to report this debt on the balance sheet.

The state’s financial report was released 264 days after its fiscal year end, which is considered untimely according to the 180 day standard.

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Nancy the Ding Bat and Other Do Nothings

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 by Post Scripts

She’s been in office for 32 years and now she’s 79 years old! Yep, 79 and she’s really showing her age. Why won’t this old codger give us a break and just step aside? Yeah, I know, fat chance.

ONLY in California could losers like Di Fi, Maxine and Nancy, get re-elected all these years. The way CA law is now, an incumbent is almost assured of being re-elected because he/she gets piles of cash (campaign finance money) from special interests that allows them to overwhelm almost all challengers with their slick ads running 24/7. If you are an average voter, this works! The average voter in CA (liberal and a democrat) is too stupid to realize the truth on their own. So they keep voting in losers who promise to give them something in return- what a system!

Being in Congress is a great paying job with great benefits, also with lots of opportunities to make side money (see above). Heck, they only have to be in session 138 days a year. Their actual work time is probably more like a few weeks. The majority of their time is spent look for campaign donations or lying to the voters, but not really working in the traditional sense.

Without Trump pushing Congress to do something they would have scored a big zero on solving any of our key issues. And please don’t say Obamacare was a key issue. lol

Congress is just a good ol boys/girls club, that is ineffective and virtually worthless, but they sure rake in the cash for themselves. It’s a great job if you can get it…sure beats working for a living.

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Moving Out

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 by Post Scripts

Posted by Jack

Is it time to pack up and head East? Some small companies in Southern California are moving logistics operations to Texas and other neighboring states to reduce overhead. (iStockphoto)

California is the great role model for America, particularly if you read the Eastern press. Yet few boosters have yet to confront the fact that the state is continuing to hemorrhage people at a higher rate, with particular losses among the family-formation age demographic critical to California’s future.

Since the recovery began in 2010, California’s net domestic out-migration, according to the American community survey, has almost tripled to 140,000 annually. Over that time, the state has lost half a million net migrants with the bulk of that coming from the Los Angeles-Orange County area.

In contrast, during the first years of the decade the Bay Area, particularly San Francisco, enjoyed a renaissance of in-migration, something not seen since before 2000. But that is changing. A recent Redfin report suggests that the Bay Area, the focal point of California’s boom, now leads the country in outbound home searches, which could suggest a further worsening of the trend.

Who’s leaving?

One of the perennial debates about migration, particularly in California, is the nature of the outmigration. The state’s boosters, and the administration itself, like to talk as if California is simply giving itself an enema — expelling its waste — while making itself an irresistible beacon to the “best and brightest.”

The reality, however, is more complicated than that. An analysis of IRS data from 2015-16, the latest available, shows that while roughly half those leaving the state made under $50,000 annually, half made above that. Roughly one in four made over $100,000 and another quarter earned a middle-class paycheck between $50,000 and $100,000. We also lose among the wealthiest segment, the people best able to withstand California’s costs, but by much smaller percentages.

The key issue for California, however, lies with the exodus of people around child-bearing years. The largest group leaving the state — some 28 percent — is 35 to 44, the prime ages for families. Another third come from those 26 to 34 and 45 to 54, also often the age of parents.

The key: Too expensive housing, not enough high-wage jobs

Our analysis? California is in danger of pricing itself out for moderate wage earners, and particularly families. Taxes, poor educational performance, congestion and signs of slowing growth are no doubt contributing factors. But the big enchilada in California — by far the largest source of distortion in living costs — is housing. Over 90 percent of the difference in costs between California’s coastal metropolises and the country derives from housing. Coastal California is affordable for roughly 15 percent of residents, down from 30 percent in 2000 and 30 percent in the interior, from nearly 60 percent in 2000. In the country as a whole, affordability hovers at roughly 60 percent.

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Post Scripts

Trump Kicks Off His Campaign to Wild Cheers

Why Women Live Longer Than Men

What Happened to the Deficit?

CA Does It Again!

Automotive Ads from Years Ago

Happy Fathers Day!

Russia’s New Doomsday Weapon

STATE OF THE STATE

Nancy the Ding Bat and Other Do Nothings

Moving Out

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