If anyone in your family ever served in the military, there's a bank that will literally give you free money and nobody told you
$50,000 credit limits on day one
0% for the first year
$250 in cash just for opening the card
Personal loans at half the rate of Chase
Car loans at 5.9% when the dealership's bank wants 11%
Your grandpa getting drafted in 1968 counts. He doesn't have to be alive
Navy Federal is the biggest credit union on earth. 14 million members, the best rates in the country, the most generous limits I've ever seen on a personal card, and it's closed to the public. You need "military affiliation"
Here's what military affiliation actually means, straight off their eligibility page:
Anyone who served in any branch. Active, retired, or one enlistment in 1971 and never again
Their parents
Their grandparents
Their spouse
Their siblings
Their children, including step and adopted
Their grandchildren
Anyone living at their address
Any DoD civilian employee or contractor, and their families
Read the grandchildren line again. 16 million Americans served in WWII, 6 million in Korea, 9 million in Vietnam. If any one of your four grandparents served a single day, you're in. He doesn't have to have been a member. He doesn't have to have liked you
And the "anyone living at their address" line means the chain never ends. Your roommate's grandfather served, your roommate joins, you're a household member, you join. You're in for life. Move out the next morning, doesn't matter
"I don't know if my grandpa served"
Ask your mom. If he's dead, his service record is free from the National Archives. You need his name, birth date, and roughly when he served. Navy Federal asks who your sponsor is and how you're related. That's the whole application. $5 in a savings account and you're a member
Here's the free money part
Their cards run signup bonuses and 0% intro periods like every other bank, except the limits start where Chase's end. A $250 bonus on a $25,000 card you paid $0 in interest on for a year is the bank paying you to hold their money. Their personal loans price at half of what a normal bank charges the same person. And the car loan alone, 5 to 6% instead of 9 to 12% on a $40,000 truck over 6 years, is about $8,000 that stays in your pocket
Every other bank also sizes your business credit limits off what your personal file already carries. A $25,000 Navy Federal card sitting on your personal report is the reason Chase's computer decides your business gets $30,000 instead of $8,000
Millions of people are eligible for the best bank in the country because of a man who got drafted 55 years ago, and the bank isn't going to call and tell you. Go ask your mom
Lara Logan asks a question nobody wants to think about:
What happens if the midterms are stolen?
Her answer goes somewhere much darker than the election.
Earlier this year in a landmark decision, Turkish officials voted unanimously to give a group of American Christians permits to study the remains of Noah’s Ark.
It’s been the greatest pleasure of my life to be a part of one of the most important scientific expeditions in world history. American exploration in the Mountains of Ararat where creation began anew.
It’s been so surreal. The evidence is overwhelming. It’s all real. The Bible is real, the global catastrophic flood happened…and the researchers and scientists at Noah’s Ark Scans are going to prove it to the world.
The Durupınar investigation is a joint project between Noah’s Ark Scans and Prof. Dr. Cenker Atila, Professor of Archaeology at Sivas Cumhuriyet University in Turkey, who serves as President of the project.
oregano oil killed every single bacterial strain it was tested against in a Georgetown University study including strains that were resistant to pharmaceutical antibiotics. every strain. zero survivors
that sentence should have made international headlines. a plant extract outperforming prescription antibiotics against resistant bacteria is the kind of finding that changes medicine. it didn't make headlines because a $12 bottle of oregano oil can't fund a pharmaceutical marketing campaign
the mechanism is carvacrol and thymol. two compounds that destroy bacterial cell membranes on contact. the bacteria cannot develop resistance to this mechanism because the compounds attack the physical structure of the cell rather than a specific metabolic pathway. antibiotics target pathways. bacteria evolve around pathways. oregano oil targets the wall itself. you can't evolve around having your wall destroyed
• killed staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, and pseudomonas aeruginosa in laboratory conditions at concentrations achievable through oral supplementation
• eliminated H. pylori (the bacteria behind most stomach ulcers) in clinical use when pharmaceutical triple therapy failed. a backup treatment that outperformed the first line
• antifungal activity against candida albicans comparable to nystatin (a prescription antifungal) in direct comparison studies
• antiviral properties demonstrated against norovirus and herpes simplex virus in laboratory settings. one compound active against bacteria, fungi, AND viruses simultaneously
• reduces SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) symptoms as effectively as rifaximin ($1,500 per course) in a Johns Hopkins affiliated study. a $12 oil matching a $1,500 antibiotic
• the antibacterial mechanism does not destroy beneficial gut bacteria at normal supplemental doses because the beneficial strains have naturally thicker cell walls. the selective toxicity is built into the chemistry
the pharmaceutical industry generates $46 billion annually from antibiotics. a $12 bottle of oregano oil matching or exceeding multiple prescription antibiotics in laboratory and clinical settings is an existential threat to that revenue. the research exists. the FDA classification prevents health claims. the gap between what the science shows and what the label is allowed to say is where the profit is protected
2 to 4 drops of emulsified oregano oil in water 2 to 3 times daily for acute infections (limit to 2 weeks max). for maintenance: 1 drop daily or every other day. must be emulsified or enteric coated to prevent esophageal irritation. north american herb and spice (Oreganol P73) is the most researched brand. $18 for 2 months
a plant that has been used as medicine for 4,000 years killed every antibiotic resistant strain thrown at it in a Georgetown University laboratory. the pharmaceutical industry responded by making sure you never heard about the study.
I feel that the 25th anniversary of 9/11 has caused a critical mass of Americans to reach an inflection point on their understanding of that event.
We are starting to realize that we lost the Global War on Terror. We did not lose it on military grounds. We lost it on spiritual grounds. Domestically we are succumbing to the goals of Sharia and jihad, which was EXACTLY what the 9/11 terrorists sought to bring about with their heinous actions.
Now that more and more people are seeing this, we can combat it--not with tanks and bombs and rifles alone, but with our words, voices and votes.
We must actively combat the Islamification of America. Sharia and jihad are wholly incompatible with the Constitution. Islam is a political movement hiding beneath the cover of freedom of religion. When a "religion" itself is not free, it is no longer a religion and no longer enjoys the protections the Constitution affords.
Spread the word.
Hey @AOC & @NYCMayor There was a petition that was signed by several thousands of the families and New Yorkers stating that they don’t want you they’re and well…there you are, you 2 pieces of shit.