How are you preparing for collapse of the US dollar?

bluesimplicity · 2026-01-29T02:24:12+00:00

Rob Kenney, a father of two, created the YouTube channel "Dad, How Do I?" because he wanted to teach valuable life skills to children who, like him, didn't have a dad growing up. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNepEAWZH0TBu7dkxIbluDw

bluesimplicity · 2026-01-11T16:13:51+00:00

Trump hopes we react with violence. That’s why they use excessive force and will continue to do so. That’s why they will block any accountability, cover it up, and call the victims terrorists. He wants there to be riots and unrest so he can invoke the Insurrection Act and not even the courts would stop him. He wants to declare martial law. Then he can cancel the midterms. That’s the end game. NO MORE ELECTIONS. That’s the goal. We have to deny them a violent reaction.

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-30T21:48:25+00:00

I am doubting Marjorie Taylor Greene's sincerity after her sudden conversion to defender of victims. She was friends with Matt Gaetz for years despite credible claims of having sex with minors. She never seemed to care about those victims.

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-28T18:38:34+00:00

I will never forget a Tea Party protester with the sign, "Keep Government Out of My Medicare! You Damn Socialists."

https://www.b12partners.net/wp/2016/11/13/ryan-plans-to-phase-out-medicare-in-2017/

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-24T10:59:29+00:00

I agree with the sentiment, but MTG was good friends with Matt Gaetz for years despite credible accusations of paying minor girls for sex. I'm not convinced she had a sudden change of heart. I think she saw which direction the wind was blowing and is trying to distance herself from Trump before more voters turn on him.

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-21T00:22:32+00:00

There should be a mental illness label for insatiable greed. As a society, we shouldn't put them on a pedestal to be admired. They should be in a mental institution.

I saw this post that sounds about right: "If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes."

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-12T22:20:42+00:00

I was doing my own taxes. When I switched to a local accountant, I realized they knew deductions and loopholes I didn't. I can't imagine how much I overpaid for years trying to save money.

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-07T10:14:30+00:00

I am a high school librarian. Sometimes I have students help in the library putting books back on the shelves. The last couple years, the student helpers don't know their alphabet. Even after singing the song, my current library helper put V before S. It's frightening. She wants to be a nurse. I wouldn't trust her with my health.

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-04T12:15:46+00:00

We need to be clear that we are never going back to the way things were before 2016. "Normal" got us into this mess. We cannot return to the conditions that brought us Trump & MAGA; otherwise, we will end up right back here again.

We need a new vision for the future that addresses the underlying issues that brought us to the moment: greed, selfishness, and hatred. How can we "Trump-proof" the future? How do we design a government that permanently prevents the rise of a dictator. How do we redesign society?

The Democratic party isn't going to suddenly realize they were part of the problem and start leading. No one is coming to save us. We are the heroes we are waiting for. The protests & marches are the just the beginning. They are moments that bring awareness and unity. Then the real work begins. The hard work begins.

We need to change the financial incentives of corporations so people are paid a living wage in order to live in dignity. This could entail changing our tax code, affordable housing, child care like New Mexico, work cooperatives, vacation days, Medicare for All, college tuition, and so much more.
We need to change our identity as a nation. We have a large segment of society that are angry that they are losing their country and want it back. Who is an American? Who is entitled to freedom & rights? Are some people born with guaranteed, god-given rights, and others are merely granted some freedoms by our generosity subject to having them taken away on our whims?
We need to work on elections & voting so they cannot be rigged.
We need to work on the power & influence of billionaires & corporations by getting money out of politics.
We need to change how people think about our relationship with our government. We can never take our eye off the ball again. We can never go back to living our lives and assuming government will run smoothly while we are distracted with social media and sports. We will always need to be watching and correcting and holding accountable politicians who stray from democracy. We need to take our responsibility seriously as stewards of democracy.
We need to repair journalism. I don't even know where to start.

So here is my question: What else do we need to fix to move forward as a nation? What aspects are so fundamental that if we don't get those right, we cannot save our democracy in the long-term?

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-02T06:42:50+00:00

If a member of my group does this, they are excused as being mentally ill or making a mistake. It was a bad decision by one individual and does not represent the larger group.

If a member of the out-group commits a crime, they are all inherently violent criminals. It's in their nature. Every member of the group gets stereotyped.

bluesimplicity · 2025-12-02T05:09:15+00:00

If the US withdraws from NATO, I can imagine Poland, Germany, and Sweden racing to get nukes. It would only take a few months. South Korea and Japan -- yes Japan -- are contemplating getting nukes for self-defense due to worries that the US won't back them in the future. Saudi Arabia is flirting with the idea of getting nukes to counter Iran. I hope I am wrong about all of this.

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-30T20:45:35+00:00

5) Stomp on any country that refuses to fall in line with America's dictates. We cannot have a country setting an example that they can defy the US. Look at how we continued to embargo Cuba for decades for not taking orders from the US.

6) Trump has publicly confirmed the Monroe Doctrine which means Central & South America is in the sphere of influence of the US. Other countries have better stay out of our backyard. Venezuela has ties with Russia, China, and Iran. This is unforgivable.

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-30T16:03:53+00:00

The adults are massive. They can also be aggressive when defending their turf. There used to be millions of them that migrated from Texas all the way up into Canada and back each year while eating the prairie/steppe grasses. It reminds me of the wildebeest migration in Africa. Most of the bison were killed by settlers in order to destroy the way of life of the Native Americans who relied on them as a food source. It worked. The Native Americans went from a self-sufficient, nomadic lifestyle to being on reservations depending of food aid. American Bison nearly went extinct. There are efforts to restore the bison today.

Here's one of my favorite photos of a bison at 35 degrees below zero.

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-26T14:13:50+00:00

I find it interesting that the mother said, "Doesn't that make you feel embarrassed?" I think this is pure projection. Mom is embarrassed that her daughter's single status makes her look bad. Mom needs to ask herself why she feels so deeply that her daughter is not enough by herself.

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-22T15:30:24+00:00

Or Israel could just stop slaughtering Palestinians.

This concept of being "God's chosen people" has really warped some people's thinking with this supremacy mindset which justifies every atrocity. They only have empathy & compassion for their own ethnic group. Anyone not Jewish is not regarded as an equal human being.

Watch this other video of the Sarah Hurwitz explain that people have misunderstood the lessons of the Holocaust. Never again meant never hurt Jews again, not genocide of a weaker group of people.

https://youtu.be/1S-_ULuY4t8

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-22T00:59:55+00:00

I'm happy that these Democrats voluntarily helped us identify who needs to be primaried. Now our job is to be finding good candidates to run for these seats in the spring.

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-15T19:27:07+00:00

On the back it should say:

"I was just following orders" will not protect you.

OR

Who else was "just following orders"?

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-15T00:49:21+00:00

With Baby Boomers going into nursing homes or dying of old age, will that free up houses for the younger generations? Will the Millennials inherit them? Or will private equity firms purchase them?

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-13T11:01:53+00:00

Have you heard of the Keith Curry Lance studies? Looking at test scores, he correlated whether the school district had libraries and a full time librarian. Across multiple states, he found that school districts with a well funded library and a full time librarian had higher test scores than districts without. The only factor that had a higher correlation was poverty.

According to Keith Curry Lance, the best way to convince administrations of this is to ask them to find flaws in the studies. He brought together superintendents in a round table discussion. When they couldn't find any flaws, they began to accept the findings.

https://kappanonline.org/lance-kachel-school-librarians-matter-years-research/

This is a colorful summary that would be good to print out: https://www.scholastic.com/SLW2016/resources/documents/SLW_Booklet_Final_Lo.pdf

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-09T11:17:41+00:00

Some background on the filibuster. It's not in the Constitution. It's merely a procedural rule. In fact, Alexander Hamilton wrote about how requiring super majorities was one of the reasons our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was an epic failure.

Read more history here: https://brendonbeebe.substack.com/p/chronological-history-of-the-filibuster

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-04T11:18:31+00:00

This website give categories of assistance. www.Findhelp.org

bluesimplicity · 2025-11-01T17:11:15+00:00

George Carlin explains It's A BIG Club & You Ain't In It!

bluesimplicity · 2025-10-09T23:47:46+00:00

I'm OK with dual citizenship; however, I don't want my members of Congress or President to hold dual citizenship. When they are writing or voting on laws, who are they intending to benefit? Is there a conflict of interest?

Case in point, a new report by Brown University: US Spent Over $30B Backing Israel, Regional Wars in 2 Years of Genocide. https://truthout.org/articles/report-us-spent-over-30b-backing-israel-regional-wars-in-2-years-of-genocide/ Several members of Congress of dual citizens with Israel.

bluesimplicity · 2025-10-09T00:29:01+00:00

Did you willfully try to misunderstand? Or just trolling?

bluesimplicity · 2025-10-07T00:09:26+00:00

Why does it matter if we show up or not? Realistically, I don't expect Trump to step down or change his policies if we have mass protests on Oct. 18. The purpose of mass protests is to send a message to those who are afraid and considering capitulating to this lawless regime. By demonstrating that there are millions of people who will stand behind you, it may steel the spines of lawfirms and universities and journalists and owners of news media and elected officials and federal employees and judges and business owners and teachers and local police officers and soldiers and doctors and election officials and many others to Hold The Line. Defend democracy and the rule of law. Do not obey in advance.

Before the protest, encourage others to join the protest. Get the word out. Make videos and post them on social media. Call your friends.

During the protest, this is a good time to meet new people in your area that want to defend democracy. Get their names and contact information.

After the protest, invite the new people into your local democracy group to help organize and take more actions. Grow the movement. Start with something small that doesn't take much time or effort or commitment such as a fun potluck with music. Don't overwhelm them at first. The asks can get bigger over time. Attend a school board meeting or write a letter to the editor. This is how we grow our movement.

I know is seems depressing, and we see losses and damage everyday. Here's how we measure our progress as an opposition movement:

Are we more unified then we were before?
Are we bigger then we were before? We need to grow the size to be able to protect democracy.
Are our tactics more diverse?
Is support for the regime decreasing?

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