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Hypothetically…….. I’m being taxed on money I never made. Let that sink in. If I bought my property outright for $60,000 in 2009 Now the county says it’s worth $246,000. Did I sell it? No. Did I make a profit? No. Did I get a check for $246,000? No. But my taxes jumped like I did. That’s the problem. This isn’t income. This isn’t cash. This is a number someone decided on paper — and now I’m being billed for it. If my stock portfolio doubles, I don’t pay taxes until I sell. If my income doesn’t increase, I don’t magically owe more income tax. So why does owning a home work differently? Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains? A house isn’t just an investment — it’s where people live. And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money. You don’t truly own something if you can be taxed out of it. This isn’t about “services” or “inflation.” It’s about being charged for value you never received. And people are starting to notice. This needs to be on everyone’s mind✔️

@thevivafrei Good repost. Best to all

A blast from the past. For today’s show.

@neetintel @BlackwoodBrief He's from West Asia -- wherever that is. And blocked . Best wishes Neet. You are now followed

@BlackwoodBrief Hi mate, why would you put your watermark on something you didn't make a video of? Where can I send an invoice?

@DrAlmarielao Decontaminate the luggage as well, not just the contents.

A group of friends flew to Colorado for a bachelorette trip, ready for mountains, wine, and memories. The first night seemed perfect; until one of the girls woke up covered in bites. She brushed it off as mosquito bites from the evening before. But as the day went on, the bites got worse… swollen, painful, spreading fast. They rushed back to the Airbnb and started checking everything. At first, nothing seemed off; until they got to her room. Her bed was completely infested with bugs. Panic. They immediately left, washed all their belongings in hot water, and she showered multiple times trying to get relief. They flew back home thinking the worst was over… but it wasn’t. The bites triggered a severe allergic reaction, affecting her breathing; she had an anaphylactic reaction. Thankfully, Airbnb refunded the stay—but the damage was already done. What started as a fun girls’ trip turned into a health scare real quick. Situations like this are a reminder that even highly rated places can have serious issues; and sometimes the consequences go way beyond inconvenience. Have you ever stayed somewhere that looked perfect online but turned into a nightmare in real life? How do you even protect yourself from something like this?

BREAKING NEWS: Seventy-Two Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Massachusetts. A National Guard task-force detailed to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault-style weapons, was ambushed by elements of an anti-Government, para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group’s organizers as “treasonous criminals,” issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government’s efforts to secure law and order. The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault-style weapons. Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms. One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that “none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily.” Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government’s plans. During a tense standoff in the Lexington town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange. Ironically, the local citizenry blamed the government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the National Guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces over matched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat. Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as “ringleaders” of the extremist faction, remain at large. And this fellow Americans, is exactly how the American Revolution began, April 19, 1775. History. Learn it, or repeat it.

Whatever you do, do not let your parents transfer their house into your name. Instead, do what the wealthy do. If your parents are retiring and they tell you they want to sign the deed of the house over to you, maybe they bought the house for next to nothing back in the eighties and now it is worth $800,000, do not do it. If they transfer it to you while they are alive, you will take their original tax basis. This means that when you eventually sell, you will have to pay capital gains tax on the entire increase in value since they bought it. The taxman does not care that it was a gift. Here is what the wealthiest families do instead: Step 1: Set up a revocable living trust and place the home inside it. It keeps your parents in full control while they are alive, but sets up a smooth, private transfer later. Step 2: Your parents should name you as the beneficiary of the trust. That way, when they pass away, the house automatically moves to you with no court involvement and no probate. Step 3: When you inherit the house through the trust, you get a stepped-up basis. That means you only pay capital gains tax on any increase in value that occurs after they passed away, not on the huge appreciation since the 1980s. That single move can save you over $120,000 in taxes. That is how you pass inheritance to your children without losing a dollar to the system. If you want to stop the government from taking a cut of your family’s hard-earned assets, follow these steps.

@Rainmaker1973 Where is @TheBabylonBee when you need it the most?

A major Botox scandal has rocked the camel beauty pageant world, with 20 camels disqualified from the 2026 Camel Beauty Show Festival for undergoing illegal cosmetic procedures. Organizers used advanced X-ray and ultrasound technology to uncover the enhancements, which included Botox injections and lip fillers intended to artificially improve the animals’ facial features and overall appearance for the judges. The disqualifications have sent a clear message: the festival remains firmly committed to preserving the natural beauty and traditional heritage of desert camels, rather than celebrating surgical artifice. Judges evaluate the camels according to strict natural criteria, including the precise shape of the head, the ideal placement and form of the hump, and overall proportions. Any attempt to smooth wrinkles, enhance lips, or reshape facial features through medical intervention is considered a serious ethical breach and a direct violation of the competition’s rules. In response to the rising trend of cosmetic tampering, festival officials have announced they will intensify medical screenings and adopt even stricter detection methods to safeguard the authenticity and dignity of these iconic desert animals.

Bingo!

How many coincidences before it becomes statistically impossible to be a coincidence ?

I like em all

@SHEEPSLIVE I once reversed Disney's Little Mermaid sea-witch Ursula, "Flotsam, Jetsam-- get over here!" The return was, "It'll be a Jewish nightmare. " Gave me the willies.

ARE WE BEING ………………………….PLAYED BACKWARDS?

When someone has depression so severe that no drug works, doctors drill a small hole in the skull and run a wire to one specific spot in the brain. A 90-minute walk in the woods calms that same spot. A walk along a busy road does nothing. In 2015, a team at Stanford put 38 healthy adults in a brain scanner, then sent them out for a 90-minute walk. Nineteen walked through a grassy area with trees near campus. Nineteen walked the same 5.3 kilometers (about 3.3 miles) along a busy road in Palo Alto with steady traffic. Same distance, same effort. Both groups finished with matching heart rates and breathing, so exercise cannot be what caused the change. The scan showed the nature group's target region had gone quiet. The road-walkers showed no change. That target region is the one surgeons zap to treat severe depression. It is the spot that lights up when you are stuck in a loop, chewing on everything you hate about yourself. Depressed people run hot there all the time. When it links up with another network in the brain, the one that kicks in whenever your mind wanders, the loop gets louder. A 2015 paper led by Paul Hamilton at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research reviewed the research and showed that the tighter the link, the more a person ruminates. And rumination is a well-established risk factor for depression. So a walk among trees may be quietly unjamming the exact machinery that keeps people stuck. A 2019 study from the University of Exeter followed 19,806 people and landed on a clean number. 120 minutes in nature per week is the point where mental health benefits show up in the data. Under that, nothing measurable. Benefits peak around 30 to 45 minutes a day. It didn't matter if you did it all on one Sunday or spread it across six short walks. It didn't matter if you were rich, poor, healthy, or living with a long-term illness. The 120-minute floor held for everyone. City residents have about 40% higher rates of depression and 20% more anxiety than rural residents in studies comparing the two. By 2050 the UN expects 70% of the world to live in cities. Parks become a basic health input at that point. Like clean water or clean air. Two hours of trees a week. That is the floor.

Portland Roast. Pretty accurate. This is hilarious. 👀🤣💀

@6Shittalkerffs Guy tried everything except sovereign citizen. Always works for me.

Federal Agent.. well sir you are a fucking dumbass and deserved every thing you got

How to steal an ATM pin code using an iPhone without someone noticing at all BUT also a really simple way to prevent it from happening.

I can't believe after 10 years THIS is where we are! I just have to call it like it is! Sorry but NOT sorry!

@Protestia Married -- to a man!! Who could have guessed? . linkedin.com/posts/revmicha…

'The idea came to us after reading a passage from the Quran during our worship service...at our church we do a lot of readings from other faiths' Baptist pastors (ABC-USA) explain how they came to write their book 'Confronting Islamophobia in the Church'

@Emilio2763 She was really fast pulling that kitchen knife! Keep current on your Tueller Drills! . youtu.be/IkUvJa2Dbl4?si…

They’re the Worst Creatures in Our Society…

@SHEEPSLIVE That is David John Oates. He was great on Art Bell show until they had a falling out and both got really crazy.

@skillz17q There are homeless guys in my town that have better haircuts. Clean up a little, why throw yet another obstacle in your own path?

Auditor versus bar card..