The definition of the word "conundrum" is something that is puzzling or confusing.

Here are six Conundrums of socialism in the United States of America:

America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.

Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.

They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.

Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.

The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.

They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

These three, short sentences tell you a lot about the direction of our current government and cultural environment:


1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.

Funny how that works. And here's another one worth considering...

2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. But we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money! What's interesting is the first group "worked for" their money, but the second didn't.

3. Think about it.....and Last but definitely not Least : . Why are we cutting benefits to our veterans, no pay raises for our military, and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII.......

but we are not stopping the payments or benefits to illegal aliens.

Am I the only one missing something?

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." – Plato

Yeah, I read similar reports (as what you probably read).

There were no blazing guns.

Trump's lawyer was present.

Also, the government's been trying to get the documents Trump wrongfully took, for several months, and Trump (_and_ his lawyers or whoever's working with him) failed to comply all that time with the requests and subpoenas.

So now finally there had to be this "FBI" entrance ("raid") because there was no other way they could get the government documents back. Trump would have dragged his feet about them to h*ll and back. Or flushed them down the toilet the way he did with other documents.

Now some Trump-supporters are saying the FBI planted things

(though, it is said that the search was watchable (recorded?) on closed-circuit TV cameras, and the implication is that if there were planting then it could be detected and proven by what the cameras saw);

but:

one commentator (not a Trump-supporter) suspects that the Trump team _expected_ there'd be something like an FBI raid and _prepared_ a set of documents for them (the FBI) to "find" which would _not_ incriminate Trump.

Opinion by Leonard Pitts Jr.

"When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing."

That 2016 tweet from Trump campaign adviser and future White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, then referring to Hillary Clinton and Democrats, took on a special irony on Monday, as former President Donald Trump and his allies spent much of the day and night railing against the FBI for searching Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and occasional home that morning.

The FBI search, executing a search warrant, was conducted as part of an investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents while in the White House. He's accused of removing classified documents illegally and even ripping some up and throwing them in White House toilets -- a fitting metaphor for a presidential legacy if I've ever heard one.

Most legal analysts agree this is really, really not good news for Trump. As former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal said, "If I were Donald Trump's lawyer right now, and thank God that I'm not, I would be advising my client to be telling my family that I am expecting jail time...."

Additionally, if Trump's found guilty of mishandling classified documents, he could be prohibited from holding public office again, say, in 2024.

So, it's no wonder Trump responded with a typically nuclear statement about his circumstances, calling the search "prosecutorial misconduct," "the weaponization of the Justice System," and an "attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for President in 2024."

But make no mistake about it -- for all their spittle-soaked bluster, Trump and friends couldn't be happier this is happening now.

How do we know? Because rather than downplay or ignore the story, Trump and MAGA world are screaming about it.

Trump himself was one of the first to confirm the story, releasing that statement of martyrdom before even most media outlets caught wind of it.

His loyalists were quick to turn the story of a president who may have committed crimes while in office into one about the "deep state" he so often insisted was out to get him -- presumably for moments like this one.

"The FBI just proved that Donald Trump was right," tweeted Newsmax host Benny Johnson. "He's always been right. No one will ever forget this."

If anything, it proves Trump critics were right that he's a corrupt megalomaniac who flouted rules and possibly laws to cling to power, avoid oversight and profit off of the presidency.

But hey, getting to say this episode vindicates Trump is politically profitable.

Trump and his friends, GOP candidates like J.D. Vance and the RNC, are fundraising off the raid.

And over at Fox News, where news of some legislative wins for President Biden and Democrats was throwing the vibe off, hosts and guests didn't just make a meal of this, they made an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Trump's daughter-in-law Lara ominously warned supporters that they could be next, or something. "If this is what they're able to do to the former president of the United States, think about what they could do to you, to anybody in America."

Steve Bannon called the FBI "the Gestapo" -- because nothing means anything anymore.

Laura Ingraham promised even more retribution against, well, 'everyone' I guess: "...when we get power back, it's time to hold everyone accountable: the military leadership, the civilian leadership, the civil service, those in Congress who've abused their power."

And Mark Levin was having a totally normal one, as he usually is: "This is the worst attack on this republic in modern history. Period!"

Dan Bongino was equally restrained. "This is a freaking disgrace. A disgrace," he said. We don't live in Cuba. We don't live under Kim Jong-un. There has to be not only hearings, but a total, total house cleaning at the top of the DOJ and FBI."

Over in Congress, Republicans are making the most of this, too. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, eager to get back into MAGA-land's good graces, threatened the attorney general, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went on an unhinged Twitter tirade, mumbling something about communism.

It's wild to watch a group of people compare the U.S. to Nazis, Communists, and dictators because -- get this -- their favorite former president, who refuses to believe the results of a democratic election, may not in fact get to act more like...a dictator.

If only these folks were as mad about the insurrectionist siege on the U.S. Capitol as they're pretending to be about the search of Trump's Palm Beach golf club. But they aren't really mad about either -- because if Trump was successful at anything, it was convincing his fans that nothing matters more than he does.

Not even America itself.

Good Lord, after all the FBI is doing, are you saying you trust them.
I don't trust those traitors as far as I could throw an elephant.

I think we already knew Baldwin "must have" pulled the trigger,
the prop gun was defective,
the armorer inadvertently loaded it with live rounds,
the director failed to check the pistol,
called it a "cold gun",
and the shooting was accidental.

An accidental killing, such as this, IS NOT murder,
the only instance in which an accidental killing is considered murder
is when a killing accidentally occurs during the commission of a another crime
such as robbery or drunk driving.

I don't believe for one minute Baldwin intentionally shot his cinematographer and director,
and producing a movie is not a crime.

The stiffest charge Baldwin could face is involuntary manslaughter,
the penalty for which, if convicted, averages at 1 to 2 years in jail and a $5000 fine.

I know a great deal that is the truth and hated by the trump troops..

The trump administration was not wanted by most Americans. How do I know.. he lost the popular vote and only made it into the oval a/c of an archaic electoral system.

I know that trump troops oppose everything but more wealth for the wealthy.. easy truth by a glance at the tax gift of 2017... I do not know what the trump troops/right wing wish to have, they never stand in favor of anything.. only do not like the process found in America... in favor of nothing at all, proof.. they did not even post a political platform for 2020..

so rant and cry as you wish.. I also know for a fact that when I post the truth, it means nothing at all and will be rejected by the trump troops.. so I will continue as I am doing now and when you do not like it, you can choose to not look at it..