Cash is the name of the game in Balatro. The faster you get Cash‚ the more cards you unlock which ultimately allows you to get bigger and bigger wins in Balatro. Best ways to get lots of Cash fast in Balatro There are myriad ways to get Cash in Balatro‚ but the game is a big vague on how. If you want to earn Cash fast in Balatro‚ you need to focus on four things: use the least amount of Hands‚ collect interest‚ utilize Joker abilities‚ increase the Ante‚ and sell your Consumables. Related: What are Mult and Mult Cards in Balatro? Answered Use the least amount of Hands Screenshot: PC Invasion In Balatro‚ you’ll earn one dollar for each Hand remaining. So‚ if you beat the Blind in one Hand and have three Hands left‚ you’ll get three extra Cash. Collect interest A tip I discovered while playing is you also get one extra dollar per five dollars you have. This can stack up to five times which means if you win a round with 25 Cash‚ you can earn a bonus fiv...

Democrats constantly crow about their faith in “the right to choose.” But that applies to little beyond abortion. Any woman who chooses to buy a gun or send her child to a charter school should expect “pro-choice” Democrats to stand in her way. Democrats crave control and uniformity‚ even when it comes to medical care for America’s veterans. Democrats want vets in the Veterans Affairs‚ not getting cured in the private sector. The Obama-Biden VA waitlist scandal found veterans dying before they could see their doctors. Donald Trump promised to fix that lethal mess. And he did. President Trump signed the Mission Act on June 6‚ 2018. It holds that if the VA cannot book a primary medical appointment “within 20 days of the date of the request” by a veteran‚ or 28 days for specialty care‚ then that vet may seek therapy outside the VA‚ and the VA will foot the bill. Trump opened an Office of Community Care to oversee the program‚ promoted it via a dedicated website (MissionAct.VA.gov) and focused on reducing the pile of old cases that awaited adjudication. That was just too much freedom and choice for President Joe Biden and his comrades. Soon after taking power‚ they started to lasso vets and haul them back into the VA corral. In October 2021‚ Team Biden padlocked the Office of Community Care and replaced it with a “new integrated access and care coordination model.” How appealing.  The pro-Mission Act website dropped off the VA’s front page. Those who could track down the link found it connected to a “Choose VA” page that sang the praises of government-sector veterans’ care. While these two steps backward were inconvenient‚ Biden’s reversal of Trump’s progress on improving the case backlog truly hurt veterans. The pertinent statistics are jarring. The VA’s relevant database is a bubbling‚ jet-filled hot tub for public policy geeks. Its Monday Morning Workload Reports indicate the level of paperwork facing VA benefits bureaucrats as they sit down at their desks and begin each week. According to these figures‚ the day after Trump began his presidency‚ the Jan. 21‚ 2017 report found the VA with a backlog of 91‚742 claims nationwide that had languished without conclusion for more than 125 days. By Jan. 18‚ 2020‚ two days before Trump’s third anniversary as president‚ the equivalent figure was 68‚911—down 24.9%. Three days after Biden took office‚ the Jan. 23‚ 2021‚ backlog was 211‚443‚ reflecting the devastating effects of COVID-19‚ for which Trump and Biden are blameless. (China’s Xi Jinping is as culpable as anyone.) The Jan. 20‚ 2024‚ data—exactly three years into Biden’s presidency—reflect a backlog of 406‚864 claims‚ up 92.4%. In short‚ Trump spent three years cutting the VA’s case backlog by one-quarter. Biden spent as much time nearly doubling it. Evidently‚ this is how Joe “Nice Guy” Biden proves to be the adult in the room who returned everything to normal. The VA also is ignoring the 20-day primary/28-day specialty care wait time before vets can seek community care. Rather than start the clock when the veteran makes the request‚ as the Mission Act requires‚ VA schedulers may begin each countdown whenever they want. That traps vets on the VA plantation and limits their access to private-sector options. Now‚ to abuse America’s beloved veterans even further‚ the VA spent $63.6 million in fiscal 2022 to process illegal-alien health claims‚ even as the medical paperwork of U.S. citizens gathered dust. ?“To see millions of taxpayer dollars taken from our veterans to instead incentivize and care for an invasion of illegal aliens is a giant slap in the face to America and to the military community‚” retired U.S. Marine Chad Robichaux told the New York Post’s Ryan King. The founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation‚ a veteran-aid group‚ added: “Every time we think this administration has reached a grotesque low‚ they dig deeper.” The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the url or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Biden Traps Veterans on VA Plantation appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather received a pardon from President Abraham Lincoln in 1864‚ according to The Washington Post. Biden’s paternal great-great-grandfather‚ Moses Johnson Robinette‚ was convicted of stabbing a fellow Union Army employee‚ the Post reported. Robinette allegedly stabbed John J. Alexander‚ a civilian brigade wagon master‚ after he was confronted for allegedly making an inappropriate comment about a female cook in the mess shanty‚ and was later pardoned by Lincoln. The stabbing occurred on March 21‚ 1864‚ at a Union Army camp in Beverley Ford‚ Virginia‚ along the banks of the Rappahannock River‚ the Post reported. Robinette was serving as a veterinary surgeon in the U.S. Army Quartermaster’s Department‚ responsible for the care of military horses and mules that pulled artillery wagons‚ despite not having formal training as a physician or veterinarian. When Joe Biden was born‚ he was closer in time to the Lincoln assassination than he was to his second campaign for President. pic.twitter.com/VP2AGDJS5r— Joshua Reed Eakle (@JoshEakle) February 18‚ 2024 “[W]hatever I have done was done in self defence‚ that I had no malice towards Mr. Alexander before or since. He grabbed me and possibly might have injured me seriously had I not resorted to the means that I did‚” Robinette said during his military court-martial‚ the Post reported. Robinette was charged with attempted murder and violations of good order and military discipline‚ among others. The court-martial unanimously convicted Robinette on all charges except attempted murder‚ the Post reported. Three months later‚ he began his sentence of two years of hard labor on Dry Tortugas Island near Key West‚ Florida‚ a place described at the time as “America’s Siberia.” Shortly after his arrival‚ three Union Army officers wrote to request clemency from Lincoln for Robinette‚ the Post reported. They claimed that he was “defending himself and cutting with a Penknife a Teamster much his superior in strength and Size‚ all under the impulse of the excitement of the moment‚” while noting his loyalty to the Union cause. Robinette was “ardent‚ and Influential … in opposing Traitors and their schemes to destroy the Government‚” the three officers claimed. “Think of his motherless Daughters and sons at home! … [Praying for] your interposition in behalf of the unfortunate Father … and distressed family of loved Children‚ Union Daughters &; Union Sons.” Robinette’s cause was also endorsed by Republican Sen. Waitman T. Willey of West Virginia‚ who recommended to Lincoln that he be pardoned. “Pardon for unexecuted part of punishment. A. Lincoln. Sep. 1. 1864‚” Lincoln wrote following the receipt of a report from U.S. Army Judge Advocate General John Holt about the case. The Department of War later issued Special Order 296‚ which freed Robinette from prison after just over one month of incarceration. Robinette had previously run a hotel in Grafton‚ Virginia‚ by a station of the Baltimore &; Ohio Railroad‚ with the hotel being destroyed during the Civil War‚ the Post reported. He returned to Allegany County‚ Maryland‚ where his family had fled from Virginia‚ after being released from prison and died in 1903. Robinette’s granddaughter‚ Mary Elizabeth Robinette‚ was the mother of Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.‚ Biden’s father. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Report: Abraham Lincoln Pardoned Biden’s Great-Great-Grandfather appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If a “pandemic treaty” fails to account for the dismal international response to COVID-19 and isn’t focused on preventing future pandemics‚ is it really a “pandemic treaty”? Yet that’s the current state of a draft “pandemic treaty” being negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization. The failures of the international health system’s response to COVID-19 are well-established. China failed to inform the international community of the outbreak of the new disease in a timely manner‚ as required by the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations‚ a provision established because of Beijing’s cover-up of the 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). China mischaracterized COVID-19‚ saying there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission—a deadly lie that the WHO parroted unquestioningly. The failures didn’t stop there. China didn’t expeditiously share genomic data on the new coronavirus and didn’t allow prompt access to research labs at the Wuhan Institute of Virology by an international expert team. China also shut down internal travel while allowing international travel‚ turning a local outbreak into a global pandemic. To date‚ the Chinese government has refused to allow an unfettered‚ independent international investigation into the origins of COVID-19‚ which even Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus‚ WHO’s director-general‚ has called for. A comprehensive‚ scientific investigation with total access is vital to prepare for and prevent the next pandemic. Without this basic level of cooperation and information‚ it is farcical to move forward with this Potemkin façade. All of this resulted in millions of deaths and trillions of dollars in economic harm that might have been prevented if China had acted responsibly. At a minimum‚ one would expect any new pandemic treaty to address China’s failures during COVID-19 to prevent a repetition in the future. But the WHO’s current draft treaty does no such thing. It fails to require timely access for expert teams to specify obligations by governments to provide full and timely disclosure of genomic data. Nor does it clarify other measures‚ such as trade and travel restrictions‚ that governments can reasonably take in response to a pandemic. So‚ what would this new treaty actually do? Well‚ it affirms: “Equity is at the centre of pandemic prevention‚ preparedness and response‚ both at the national level within states and at the international level between states.” That means that the drafters of the treaty prioritize redistribution and preferences—specifically “unhindered‚ fair‚ equitable and timely access to safe‚ effective‚ quality and affordable pandemic-related products and services.” If you’re not in the class of people that the notion of “equity” is meant to protect‚ you just may be out of luck during the next pandemic. The treaty also would establish a new‚ international bureaucracy to oversee the agreement‚ because‚ naturally‚ if you really want to solve a global problem‚ you need hundreds of international bureaucrats working on it. The treaty envisions an annual meeting of all treaty members—a “conference of parties” just like the United Nations’ climate change convention. In turn‚ this conference of parties may create “subsidiary bodies” and “expert advisory groups” to carry out the treaty’s functions‚ including an “Implementation and Compliance Committee.” So there will be lots of busywork. It’s unclear who’s going to pay for all of this convening and implementing‚ but you can be sure that the U.S. will be on the hook for more than its fair share if the Biden administration attempts to join it (as it surely would). The financial responsibilities created by the draft treaty are vague and open-ended; they would leave an undue level of discretion to whatever international bureaucracy is created to determine the amount of financial support required from countries that ratify the treaty. Empowering an international bureaucracy to oversee equitable distribution of pandemic-related products and services is Orwellian enough‚ but it gets worse. The draft also would require nations to battle “misinformation” and “disinformation” relating to pandemics. Specifically‚ parties to the treaty must “combat false‚ misleading‚ misinformation or disinformation‚ including through effective international collaboration.” Presumably‚ governments and the World Health Organization would decide what is misleading. But‚ of course‚ it was the WHO and individual governments—notably China’s—that were the most egregious purveyors of disinformation about COVID-19. Remember‚ the WHO communicated false information from Beijing that “preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission” of COVID-19. Some governments‚ including our own‚ purveyed misinformation or disinformation about the efficacy of masks in preventing the spread of the disease‚ the origins of the virus‚ and the economic‚ social‚ and educational costs of school closures. Quite simply‚ the World Health Organization and governments have been wrong (and downright dishonest) too often to give them authority to police misinformation and disinformation—especially when it infringes on the internationally accepted right to freedom of expression. In addition to all of this‚ the draft treaty would obligate members to “encourage” pharmaceutical companies under their authority to share proprietary technology with “developing” countries (such as China) and waive their intellectual property rights. Such requirements would do grave harm to the property rights of U.S. companies and disincentivize future research and development of vaccines and other medical innovations that could be critical in dealing with a future pandemic. All of this is a shame. The prevention of future pandemics should be an issue that galvanizes the world. The WHO and the nations negotiating the treaty‚ including the Biden administration (which participated in drafting it)‚ have an opportunity to craft a no-nonsense‚ focused agreement that gets to the heart of the failures of the COVID-19 response. The current draft treaty‚ however‚ falls far from the mark. It ignores the failures of the current international health system revealed by COVID-19: working largely behind closed doors‚ weakening intellectual property rights‚ and encouraging actions to address “misinformation” that certainly will be used to suppress free speech rights. The Biden administration should not sign and the Senate should not ratify this fatally flawed effort. Originally published by RealClear World Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. 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The moral confusion of our time is not new. Almost 3‚000 years ago‚ the Prophet Isaiah lamented‚ “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil‚ who put darkness for light and light for darkness‚ who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” But at the start of the 20th century‚ a new form of moral confusion was introduced. While there were always those who called good evil and evil good‚ shortly after Einstein discovered relativity in the natural order‚ Western civilization applied relativity to the moral order. As the now-deceased historian Paul Johnson wrote in “Modern Times”: “At the beginning of the 1920s the belief began to circulate‚ for the first time at a popular level‚ that there were no longer any absolutes: of time and space‚ of good and evil [emphasis added] of knowledge‚ above all of value.” Until then‚ though often poorly applied or simply ignored‚ there was the belief in the West that moral truths exist. Then‚ as Johnson writes‚ “Mistakenly but perhaps inevitably‚ relativity became confused with relativism.” Everything became relative: You have your values‚ I have mine; what I think (or more accurately‚ what I feel) is good is good‚ and what I think/feel is bad is bad. This is even true with regard to truth: As the increasingly popular saying goes‚ I have “my truth” and you have “your truth.” Instead of good and evil‚ we now have a set of other “moral” categories: rich and poor‚ white and black‚ colonizers and colonized‚ strong and weak‚ oppressors and oppressed. Those in the latter groups—the poor‚ people of color‚ the colonized‚ the weak and the oppressed (real or alleged)—are‚ by definition‚ good‚ while those in the former categories are‚ by definition‚ bad. To cite one widely held example‚ blacks cannot be racist. I was taught that nonsense in graduate school in the 1970s‚ and it has become a truism among the well-educated. That explains the widespread sympathy for the Palestinians and antipathy toward Israel. In a morality-based world‚ Israel would be universally supported. But we don’t live in such a world; we live in the world of substitute-categories‚ and Israel falls into every one of the “bad” categories. Israel is perceived as rich‚ strong‚ white‚ a colonizer and an oppressor. That is morally backward. Israel is a modern liberal democracy. It has a robust free press‚ vibrant opposition and an independent judiciary. Two million Israelis—a fifth of the country’s population—are Arabs‚ who‚ in the words of the Council on Foreign Relations‚ “have the same legal rights as Jewish Israelis have.” They have their own political parties‚ with 10 seats in Israel’s parliament. Arabic‚ as any tourist to Israel sees‚ is alongside Hebrew‚ Israel’s official language. There have even been Arab supreme court justices. In fact‚ Arabs in Israel are‚ even now‚ considerably more pro-Israel than The New York Times‚ most Democrats and‚ of course‚ the United Nations. Reuters‚ which leans left‚ reported in November that “The Gaza war has dramatically increased the sense of solidarity with Israel among its 21% Arab minority.” And The Economist reported in mid-January‚ “Even as war rages in Gaza‚ Israel’s Arabs are feeling more Israeli … . Two-thirds of Israeli Palestinians say they identified with their state‚ up from half before the war.” Israel treats a vast number of Palestinians in its hospitals. During 2005 alone‚ approximately 123‚000 Palestinians were treated at just one institution‚ Hadassah Hospital‚ in Jerusalem. Israel treated more than 4‚000 victims of the Syrian civil war in civilian hospitals at Israeli government expense. Two weeks ago‚ the chair of Urban Warfare Studies at West Point‚ John Spencer‚ wrote in Newsweek that‚ during Israel’s war on Hamas‚ the country “has implemented more measures to prevent civilian casualties than any other military in history.” “[A]s someone who has served two tours in Iraq and studied urban warfare for over a decade‚ Israel has taken precautionary measures even the United States did not do during its recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan‚” he wrote. Israel provided days and then weeks of warnings‚ as well as time for civilians to evacuate multiple cities in northern Gaza before starting the main air-ground attack of urban areas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employed their practice of calling and texting ahead of an airstrike as well as roof-knocking‚ where they drop small munitions on the roof of a building notifying everyone to evacuate the building before a strike. “No military has ever implemented any of these practices in war before‚” Spencer concluded. In contrast to decent‚ humane‚ democratic and moral Israel‚ Hamas—which is supported by the majority of Palestinians—is the moral equivalent of the Nazis. It routinely tortures Palestinian opponents of its tyrannical regime and is dedicated to the annihilation of Israel and its Jews. It takes pride in burning Jewish families alive and the sexual torture‚ rape and mutilation of Jewish women. Regarding Hamas’ cruelty‚ Amnesty International reported in 2015 the case of Atta Najjar‚ a former police officer under the Palestinian Authority: [Najjar] was serving a 15-year prison term imposed by a military court after he was arrested in 2009 and subsequently convicted of ‘collaborating’ with Israel. On 22 August 2014‚ he was taken out from the prison and executed. There were marks of torture and bullet shots on his body. His arms and legs were broken … his body was as if you’d put it in a bag and smashed it. … His body was riddled with about 30 bullets. He had slaughter marks around his neck‚ marks of knives. … And from behind the head‚ there was no brain. Empty … It was difficult for us to carry him. … He was heavy‚ like when you put meat in a bag; no bones. His bones were smashed. They broke him in the prison‚’ said his brother‚ who retrieved the body from al-Shifa hospital morgue on 22 August 2014. But Israel’s decency and Hamas‘ cruelty mean nothing to much of the world‚ especially the Left‚ the universities and the media. Because who is good and who is evil doesn’t matter. Only who’s rich and who’s poor‚ who’s white and who’s black‚ who’s strong and who’s weak‚ who colonizes and who’s colonized‚ and who oppresses and who is oppressed. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? 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