Just days before making his first trip to the US-Mexican Border as (p)Resident of the United States, Joe Biden took an opportunity to once again brag about his administration’s accomplishments:
“For example, since August of last year, Customs and Border Patrol have seized more than 20,000 pounds of deadly fentanyl. That’s enough to kill — kill as many as 1,000 people in this country. Twenty thousand pounds of fentanyl. It’s a killer. It’s a flat killer.”
- Joe Biden, speaking from the White House, January 5, 2023
Only 1,000 people?
A statement like that is just begging to be “Fact Checked“
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20,000 pounds is equal to 9,071,847,400 milligrams of fentanyl
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2 milligrams of fentanyl is considered a fatal dose according to the DEA
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9,071,847,400 milligrams can potentially kill as many as 4,035,923,700 people
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The World’s population is about 8,009,592,400 people
20,000 pounds of fentanyl is enough to potentially kill
nearly everyone in the world between 14 and 40 years old.
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Tagged Biden, Deaths, Fail, Fentanyl, Health, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Drugs, Opioids, Politicians, Values
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“Now look you, Kalamas.
Be ye not misled by report or tradition or hearsay.
Be not misled by proficiency in the collections [pitakas],
nor by mere logic or inference,
nor after considering reasons,
nor after reflection on and approval of some theory,
nor because it fits becoming,
nor out of respect for a recluse (who holds it).
But if at any time ye know of yourselves:
These things are profitable,
they are blameless,
they are praised by the intelligent:
these things, when performed and undertaken, conduce to profit and happiness,
— then, Kalamas, do ye, having under taken them, abide therein.”
Source: Buddha, as translated in “Book of the Gradual Sayings Vol I (Anguttara Nikaya) (or More-Numbered Suttas)“, Pali Text Society, Oxford University Press, 1932. Page 171.
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Notes:
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- “Pitakas” are “baskets”, or collections, of the Buddha’s works.
- Kalamas were people from the town of Kesaputta, where Buddha visited during his journey among the Kosalans.
- “Profitable” implies some positive benefit, not necessarily a financial one.
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…and, don’t forget some Holiday Eggnog!*
(FYI: Here’s my brother’s “Holiday Eggnog“ recipe, which pairs well with with cholesterol-reducing cognac (medicinal, of course!) and just a sprinkle of nutmeg on top.)
Oh, and remember: The Christmas season is TWELVE DAYS LONG, starting today (it’s not from Black Friday to Xmas Day, despite what retail marketing says!)
*Disclaimer: Unless you’re allergic to eggs, then don’t do this. 
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Back on Christmas Eve 2021, after nearly a year of Joe Biden (p)Residency, I posted “Twas the Night Before Christmas–Brandon style!”, where I called out Joe Biden and his “accomplishments” as America’s leader.
But, leave it to Rand Paul to one-up me in spectacular fashion by calling out the entire U.S. Congress for their last minute budget cash giveaway despite having an entire year to come up with a Federal Budget – one of the very few tasks they are required to do by the US Constitution*
Take a look:
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*“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.” — U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
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FYI:
- The funding bill (H.R 2617 – “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023’’ (PDF)) gives $1,563,143,000 to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for “border management requirements”, but they cannot use the money to hire permanent Federal Employees or to maintain or improve protection of America’s borders: They can only use it to process anyone who crosses the border.
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That same bill gives $410,000,000 to the countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman to improve the security of their borders.
- The $1,700,000,000,000 Omnibus Budget Bill is 4,155 pages long and contains approx. $9.8 Billion in earmarks: $4 Billion for Republicans and $5.4 Billion for Democrats.
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Tagged Bailouts, Biden, Border Security, Budgeting, Democrats, Disturbing, Politicians, Process, Trump, Ukraine, Values
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Question: What shape do you see in this crossword puzzle, published by the New York Times on the first day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah 2022?
Choose one answer:
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A symbol used by Eurasian, Hindu, African, Native American and other cultures to represent divinity, the Sun, spirituality, well-being, and good luck.
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A 4-blade wind turbine, whose spinning blades provide a source of “Green Energy” to protect Mother Earth.
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A symbol used by a despotic 1930′s German dictator who systematically attempted to exterminate the Jewish population in his quest to establish a New World Order which would last 1,000 years.
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Something else.
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(Image Credit: NY Times Crossword Puzzle, as published Dec 18, 2022)
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