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All Men need to see this – Man OUTSMART ex-wife after she tried to take everything he has

OMG! This was brutal.

A tale about a school scandal

Not my wife and I so much, more like our entire town, but we did our bit. The person in question was the middle school principal – an utterly useless and incompetent bureaucrat. We were trying to get our eldest on an ed plan and were being ignored or stonewalled at every turn. We considered suing but our lawyer pointed out that if the school dug in the cost would be close to that of a private school. So, that is the path we took. It was not a silver bullet, but it got our child out of the black hole of the system.

The only time we heard from said principal was shortly after our child was accepted for the next year at a local private school. She called out of the blue to say that she assumed we would not need to meet with her to discuss our concerns. We have no idea how she found out.

Well, we were not the only folks in town with issues with this woman and we spoke to many parents who were dissatisfied with her performance. It all came to a head shortly due to local elections. The superintendent who had been doing nothing to correct the situation at the middle school announced some to policy changes for the next year which were blatantly designed to make life easier for the administration, not so much for the parents or kids. On top of that he asked for a significant override on property tax caps to add more money to the school budget.

Our town was a fairly affluent suburb west of Boston, MA and folks invariably voted yes for overrides to help the schools. Even many who no longer had kids in the school system did so as they viewed a good school system as beneficial to the town and the value of their own properties.

Well, that fateful fall, the override went down in flames as about 60% of the voters – and participation was high – voted no.

Now, the superintendent was not a fool and although a bureaucrat at heart, he did prove to be an honorable man. He explicitly read the election results as a vote of no confidence in his performance and resigned. Perhaps there was some encouragement from the School Board, but on leaving he did take responsibility for the failure of the override. The awful middle school principal was collateral damage and she was encouraged to retire.

Just to note, the elementary schools were excellent and the regional high school remains one of the best in the state. The middle school improved significantly and both of our younger two children received decent educations there.

BRICS Meeting to Develop Multipolar World

Propaganda indoctrination. This has been going on for many decades since the end of WWII.

Hollywood played a huge role in this.

The US was, in fact, a pretty good place to live. That’s why so many immigrants went to the US.

But things have changed, and the US is riding on its momentum.

There is much that is wrong with America today, for example:

  • rampant homelessness
  • rampant gun violence
  • poor healthcare
  • declining life expectancy
  • declining education
  • crumbling infrastructure
  • opioid addiction
  • mass incarceration
  • growing poverty
  • etc.

I can’t think of one thing that makes the US a great place today.

Beef Steaks with Sweet Soy Drizzle

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Yield: 2 to 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 boneless beef strip steaks, cut 1 inch thick (about 8 ounces each)
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 (14 to 16 ounce) package frozen broccoli florets (4 to 5 cups)

Instructions

  1. Rub beef steaks evenly with ginger. Place steaks on rack in broiler pan so surface of beef is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Broil for 13 to 17 minutes for medium rare (145 degrees F) to medium (160 degrees F) doneness, turning once.
  2. Meanwhile, combine brown sugar, soy sauce and vinegar in small bowl, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reserve 2 tablespoons mixture for serving.
  3. Prepare broccoli according to package directions; drain. Toss with remaining soy mixture. Keep warm.
  4. Carve steaks into slices. Drizzle reserved 2 tablespoons soy mixture over beef.
  5. Serve with broccoli.

BRICS Makes Major Announcement On New Payment System

BRICS is working towards the creation of a new payment system without the integration of the US dollar in its mechanism, confirmed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The minister added that the new payment system will not only be used to settle cross-border transactions, it will act as a complete financial set-up.

The development, when launched, could attract emerging economies towards it making a shift away from the US dollar. The new BRICS payment system could lead to a paradigm shift in the global financial sector. Read here to know how many sectors in the US will be affected if BRICS ditches the dollar for trade.

New BRICS Payment System To Include Trading, Investing & Settlements

The Russian minister revealed that the new BRICS payment system will be equipped with trading, investing, and along with trade settlements. He explained that the mechanism will allow countries to partake in financial operations without being dependent on the US dollar. The move will make the alliance’s quest of de-dollarizing their economies much stronger.

Lavrov also hit out at the US and Europe for pressing sanctions on countries they don’t like. He stressed that the sanctions are what led to BRICS decision on launching a new payment system. Even US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged that the White House sanctioning developing nations led to de-dollarization.

“Many are attracted by the fact that payment systems are being developed within BRICS. Which allows trading, investing, carrying out other economic operations without being dependent on those that decided to weaponize the dollar and the euro,” the foreign minister said.

The minister added that developing nations will flock to the BRICS payment system in fear of US sanctions. “Everyone understands that anyone may face US or other Western sanctions,” he said during a meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty.

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Douglas Murray Destroying Woke Culture for 8 Minutes Straight

After NATO criticized China for giving blood transfusions to Russia to support Russia in Ukraine War, the hit rate of HIMARS dropped from 100% to 10%.

Russia’s glide bombs and tactical missiles suddenly had eyes, and tactical missiles could be used to decapitate NATO’s Kharkiv headquarters.

From then on, NATO never criticized China again. After Ukraine assembled troops on the Belarusian border, a battalion of J20s landed to fight terrorism in the area.

The Ukrainian troops withdrew, Ukraine no longer criticized China, Ukraine foreign minister came to China, and made claimed of supporting one China policy.

China only need to show it’s capability a little, then they all backtracked their hostility.

As a former LEO who has conducted hundreds of DUI investigations, I can tell you unequivocally to tell an officer who stops you that you have not had anything to drink, and in fact you don’t drink, PERIOD. If the officer states that he can smell alcohol on your breath, deny it outright, tell him again you don’t drink, but that you are a diabetic and just ate some glucose because your sugar level was low (that will smell like alcohol). And if he/she asks you to perform voluntary field sobriety tests, politely decline. They are voluntary, and even a stone-cold sober person will fail them 9/10 times. They are designed that way.

**Edit to my original answer**

People freaking out on my answer about “lying to cops” and encouraging unlawful behavior, or better yet, “You were never a cop!!!” First off, I don’t care whether you believe me or not about being a former LEO – I’ve been spit on, shot at, my partner died in my arms, and I’ve been in more fights for my life with violent psychopaths than you would ever believe. Until you’ve actually worn a badge and strapped on body armor and had to wonder whether you’ll see your family again at the end of your shift, you can pound sand.

The other pushback I seem to be getting is that “no cop is going to believe you” or “most diabetics don’t take glucose” and so on. Wrong on both counts. A simple search on this new fangled thing called Google will show you:

Can low blood sugar smell like alcohol?

Interestingly, a person with diabetes in a state of hypoglycemia may even emit an odor of alcohol. A diabetic with extreme hypoglycemia can also develop ketoacidosis which causes acetone to be present in the mouth. This acetone can be mistaken by a police breath testing machine to be alcohol.

In terms of my actual answer to the question posted, my intent is not to encourage drunk driving. The fact is, you should NEVER drink and drive. The question was about ONE BEER. However, one beer isn’t going to put you over the BAC limit, but if you ADMIT to a LEO that you have had even one beer, you now have admitted guilt and he now has probable cause to start a DUI investigation and ask you to do field sobriety tests (which are designed to make you fail, even if you are stone sober and very fit). I have absolutely seen people arrested and charged at that point (which will end up costing you ~$5,000 US to get out of it). Do not ever incriminate yourself – the police are not your friends, no matter how nice they may seem.

Uncomfortable truth: Cops lie to citizens ALL THE TIME, so if you’re offended at my suggestion to lie back to them, you are simply delusional. It’s not illegal to do so in the US, just as it’s not illegal for a police officer to lie to you.

Field sobriety tests are VOLUNTARY in the US – I cannot speak for EU driving laws – so don’t do them, ever. The less probable cause you give to the officer, the less likely his case against you will succeed.

China is NOT Messing Around This Time – Here’s Why

Why did PH CG 9701 leave Xianbin?

1, China blocked any supply of food, water, fuel to generate heat etc to PH 9701. China deployed 44 ships of all kinds to encircle PH9701.

PH tried to use coast guards incl speed boats, fishing boats, drones & helicopter to do resupply. Many times. All failed.

PH tried to use force/violence incl collision. Got defeated by China.

PH also tried to distract China by creating conflict in Huangyan island. But China has lots of resources & deployed another team of CG to Huangyan. PH again failed.

2, After 5 months, PH crewmen fell sick. We saw some were on stretchers. Some hooked up to medical tubes. Some were supported by others.

3, Most importantly, USA “sold out” PH. USA did not escort PH to do resupply. No US warship was around in SCS either.

Note that from Sep 10, US Indo-Pacific commander spoken to China’s counterpart from Southern Theater. News said the 2 reached an agreement (no details).

Then on Sep 11, PH official went to China to talk. No details.

Whether it was a US hint or a US order to PH to leave the reef, it does not matter. The result is that PH CG 9701 has left Xianbin reef.

I bought my house from an old couple. One section of the basement had been a canning room with a dirt floor. I tested for radon, and the result was just a bit over the limit, so I decided to pour concrete in that section to get the numbers down. This effort was eventually successful, and there was no need to install a fan system.

Prior to the concrete project, I dug about 2 cubic yards of dirt from the floor and lifted it to the window, one bucket at time. That’s about 2 to 3 tons of dirt. Nearing the end, I hit something in the middle of floor. It seemed like a big vertical pipe at first. After clearing away the dirt, I realized it was 5-gallon bucket. I was almost scared to see what was inside- an animal skeleton? Baby skeleton?

Inside the the bucket was a green plastic garbage bag. It was heavy. After lifting the bag and putting it on the floor, I knew what it contained. I had delivered newspapers as a kid, and collecting the weekly bills from customers was a Saturday ritual. A bag full of coins has a certain way of plopping down.

Inside were roll after roll of uncirculated silver quarters. There were a few other things like silver dollars and dimes, but mostly it was 1964 quarters. I looked up the value online, and it was about $14000 back in 2010. I knew the previous owners had 5 kids and one had an uncommon name- Kent. There was a small ledger with the coins, and one of the entries was something like “Gave Kent a dollar for his birthday.” So, I called the former owner and quizzed her about my digging- would I find anything in that dirt floor? She said no, but when I told her what I found, she said, “Yes, I thought the boys might have forgotten one of the buckets.” Crap. Well, I had hoped the coins had belonged to the people before them (had no idea who they were), but no such luck. The old man came over, put the bucket of treasure in his trunk, and drove way. Would have been nice of him to give me $5, but I guess that was asking for too much.

The question starts wrong: China does not deny the existence of unit 731.

731 was a medical lab opened by Japanese military to make bio weapons.

During WW2, Japan tested the bio weapons on Chinese.

After Japan was defeated in WW2, China used the old Japanese labs as a museum to remind Chinese of the horror of war & the brutality of Japan.

Below is 1 of my post.

A 94-year-old Japanese veteran Hideo Shimizu worked in a bio weapon lab (unit 731) during WW2. His lab experience haunted him for life. He said if Japan govt does not face its past evil against humanity, it is dangerous. Why dangerous? Did USA collude with 731?

On 2024/8/13, a 94-year-old Japanese veteran Hideo Shimizu (清水英勇) went to Harbin, China to visit an old Japanese 731 lab (now a museum). During WW2, 731 made bio weapon & tested it on Chinese.

HS witnessed Japanese evil against humanity. He apologized to Chinese. Since the Japanese govt refused to admit its past evil, since 2016, he decides to disclose it because it is dangerous for Japan not to face its past, he said.

HS was 14 years old when he joined 731. He witnessed Japanese 731 doctors tested bio weapon on a Chinese pregnant woman. Then cut up & examine the fetus/baby alive, with no anesthesia.

He also witnessed 731 took internal organs from a live Chinese youth. Those doctors were laughing, which sickened HS. He told Chinese official TV CGTN & press (新华社) more stories.

After WW2 & return to Japan, he was asked by Japanese authority to hide 731’s evil. He was not allowed to work in the public services. He was not allowed to contact any former 731 members.

731’s brutality on humanity haunted HS for life. At old age, in 2016, he decided to publicly disclose Japan’s past evil. But Japan community did not want him to go to China & accused him of lying. But HS has inrefutable evidence eg old photo & document.

HS said, it is dangerous if Japanese govt does not face its past. He is so so correct …

Without shame of evil, Japan continues to do harm today. Since Fall 2023, Japan has been committing environmental terrorism, by discharging radioactive water into the Pacific. Each discharge is about 1 1/2 months apart & the discharge will continue for the next 30 years. In about 2 years, Japan’s radioactive water will reach the west coast of American continent.

HS is correct: Japan has no shame of war crime. Japan educated its people that the reason to invade China was because Japanese economy was so bad that if it did not invade China, Japan would die & disappear in the world. Japan also told people that the radioactive water is safe to drink & cook. Yet Japan does not save the radioactive water for its own consumption.

Nor does Japan let a 3rd party to take a separate water sample to do an independent test either … it is an indication of fraud, isn’t it?

Indeed, for more than 10 years, Japan was full of fraud. It has been making up false data about the safety of its cars, pharma medicine, safety of nuclear plant (where the radioactive water came from) & more.

USA is the accomplice:

After WW2, USA let Japanese 731 leaders such as 石井四郎 work as a consultant in USA. On the document prints US military base Fort Detrick (where Covid may be originated.)

To trade 731’s research data, USA protected Japan so much that China as the victim of WW2 did not get compensation from Japan.

USA also helped the 731 class-A criminals to become Japanese PM in 1950’s.

USA is equally evil:

in June 2024, Pentagon admitted it spread fake news in Philippines & Asia incl Mideast, regarding Chinese covid vaccine. Instead of saving life during epidemic, the US anti-Chinese-vaccine campaign killed people.

history repeats

Replace Japan with Israel. We will see the brutal Japan. The only one that stays unchanged is U S A.

Your question is asking for an opinion, and here’s mine…

China is the best country because:

  1. It is peaceful, having fought no wars in the last 45 years.
  2. It is benevolent, helping other countries develop through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
  3. Its society is harmonious and stable.
  4. Its people are happy and free.
  5. The country is enormously wealthy.
  6. The country is technologically very advanced.

It’s the country I wish I could move to.


China is better than Japan because:

  • Japan’s economy is stagnant.
  • Japan’s national debt is staggering at 260% of GDP.
  • Japan’s currency is in the toilet.
  • Japan’s auto industry is dying.
  • Its people are not very happy, ranking third lowest in the world with 57% at Ipsos.

About a year ago in Raleigh I had a young black dude as my neighbor that life was not being kind to (2 jobs, kid, 18, no education, girlfriend didn’t work, short on the rent, etc).

Apparently my asking him to not put 80gal of trash on our shared front porch was the last straw and we had a verbal altercation that quickly swept up his girl and his mom. Right in the middle of all this he strips shirt, assumes a boxers stance and bounced about threatening to beat my ass. Looking at him I knew he’d fought some, but his training wasn’t great if at all. Likely stuff he’d picked up from friends and family or by experience, but the thing that got me as he was taller, younger, lighter, and not weak by any means as he was all rope and bone.

I’m a middle-aged overweight Jew with a number of injuries’ that could not risk another concussion. I knew if he swung I’d have to hip toss him for my own safety, but he might hit. Say 50/50 I get him before he gets me. I knew it’d go one of two ways; I drop him headfirst onto the concrete or he nails me with his fist and I’m down like a sack of potatoes. This isn’t good. No way this goes to a good place by the rules in front of me, so I changed them. I visibly and clearly stepped back, hands down, and dialed 911. That got him to back up a bit. Cops came decently quick. Told them I didn’t need him or his family in jail, that he was having a shit-tastic summer, that I wanted them as adult babysitters to come turn the volume down on things. RPD kindly did so and gave him a friendly ear after calming him down.

No one got hurt. It was a good enough outcome. I wish it had a happy ending but it doesn’t. Said neighbors couldn’t pay the rent, moved out in the dead of night telling no one, and because they didn’t tell the landlord, the landlord had to formally evict them to get the property back.

BULLETIN: SPEAKER OF RUSSIAN DUMA TELLS EUIROPE NUCLEAR WAR COMING

BULLETIN: SPEAKER OF RUSSIAN DUMA TELLS EUIROPE NUCLEAR WAR COMING

On Thursday, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling for allowing Ukraine to attack deep within Russia.  In response, the Speaker of Russia’s Duma ( one House of their Parliament) made the clearest statement yet about World War 3 and Nuclear war!  STUNNING statement . . .

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Sept. 19 calling for EU member states to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western-supplied weapons inside Russia.

The motion was passed with 425 votes in favor, 131 against, and 63 abstentions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously warned of full-scale war if NATO and Europe allow attacks on Russian soil With US missiles, because those missiles must be guided actively by U.S. Satellites, and if U.S. satellites guide those missiles, then the U.S. is, in fact, “at war with Russia.”

In response to what the European Parliament voted-on, the Speaker of the Russian Duma, took to the floor of that House in Parliament, and said this:

Speaker of the Russian Duma Vyacheslav Volodin:

“For those who did not understand the first time, today, the European Parliament called on the EU countries to lift restrictions on Kiev’s long-range strikes on our country’s territory, to increase military support for Ukraine, and to announce a collection of funds from the population of Europe for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

I will repeat again. If something like this happens. Russia will give a tough response using more powerful weapons.

No one should have any illusions about this. The State Duma insists on this.

Questions for the members of the European Parliament:

Did you consult with your voters before making this decision?

Do the citizens of European countries want war to come to their home?

What the European Parliament is calling for leads to a world war using nuclear weapons.

Before making such a decision, it was necessary to remember the lessons of World War II. Then, 27 million Soviet citizens died in the fight against fascism.

It was our country that liberated you and all of Europe. Remember this. Do not forget.

Judging by the statement of the European Parliament, you have apparently forgotten.

The citizens of our country know what war is, it has passed through every family. The victory over Nazism came at a high price.

The USA and England, who call themselves the victors today, lost less than 800,000 people in World War II. Our losses in the Battle of Stalingrad alone were 1,130,000 people.

The only thing the European Parliament should do after such a statement is to dissolve itself.

For your information, the flight time of the Sarmat missile to Strasbourg is 3 minutes 20 seconds.

As most readers already know, the SARMAT is Russia’s latest multiple warhead nuclear missile, which can carry fifteen (15) independent warheads of the Avantgard design, which travel at Mach 25 (19,000 MPH) and cannot be intercepted or stopped.

Things with the Russia-Ukraine Conflict continue to grow worse by the day.

Readers are URGED to have emergency food, water, medicine, a generator, fuel for that generator, communication gear (CB or HAM radio) for when COMMS go down, a first-aid kit for small injuries or major war wounds, fire extinguishers, flashlights in each room or for each family member, spare batteries for those lights, a portable radio for news and information – and spare batteries for it, too.

There is very little time left to prepare.  

If things continue along the path they are going, nuclear war is very much in ALL our futures.

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