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In reply to Mike.
We have a different view. I don’t see the muslim world winning at anything. Causing problems, check. Committing terror, check.
Let’s put it his way, there is one country in the ME that has freedom and the muslims can’t stop them in spite of trying numerous times.
Currently, the only muslim country with nukes is Pakistan, and they are held in check 100% by the Indians.
No nukes, no power, which is why the democrat/republican cabal is trying to help Iran get nukes. So far, no sale.
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In reply to Barry.
‘Cause they’re winning, but haven’t won quite yet. Once they do, if they do, then the mentally-diseased transvestites and the Olympics both will be gone. Which, I can’t say I’m entirely opposed to that, honestly.
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Id the moslems are winning, then how come they cannot stop the Olympics from going full queer/tranny?
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It was a bullet, saw the hole on a close-up shot. Wray could have easily found that image too, a round quarter-inch hole with raised edges. BTW, shrapnel would have caused at best a flesh wound, a bullet at 3000 fps could cause severe injury or kill, there’s a difference.
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It was a bullet, saw the hole on a close-up shot. Wray could have easily found that image too, a round quarter-inch hole with raised edges. BTW, shrapnel would have caused at best a flesh wound, a bullet at 3000 fps could cause severe injury or kill, there’s a difference.
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in Kansas -not likely that this would actually occur in Kansas, just sayin’ – this guy would be transported to jail, if he pulled this in booking, would end up in the isolation cell right across from the booking area, on his way to a screener, then to the state hospital at Osawatomie for probably a two week stay. That would straighten this guy out right away, you have to be really crazy to get sent there more than once, I’ve seen people beg to avoid being sent there… I had to serve a subpoena on the director of that place once, it looked like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest…
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“Whom gods destroy, they first make mad.”
France lost its collective mind during the French Revolution.
They have never regained it.
The above is merely gravity, working, as the remnants of what France once was flutters to the ground like a dead leaf, a shadow of what they once were, but without any of the animating force behind it remaining.
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Useless idiots, many of us learned history so knowing what happens to them is a comfort.
I used to blast wiengarten on twatter even though she restricted commenting, there are ways around everything
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In most contexts, trans > black. But this happened outside a chicken shop.
A chicken shop! Know your place, you scary white muthafucka.
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In reply to kennycan.
Heh, just saw that. Dedicated to the dead and wounded.
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In reply to Aesop.
seems that I recall seeing a picture of the bullet after it passed Trump’s head. But, I also recall Kamala being the Border Czar, perhaps my memory is not clear.
Imbeciles forgetting the point of fact is that he got shot at, at all. And a good guy got murdered that day, which still pisses me off.
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In reply to Aesop.
seems that I recall seeing a picture of the bullet after it passed Trump’s head. But, I also recall Kamala being the Border Czar.
Imbeciles forgetting the point of fact is that he got shot at, at all. And a good guy got murdered that day, which still pisses me off.
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How locai LEOs view the FBI:
https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/25/whistleblower-report-local-leos-refuse-to-share-information-with-fbi-due-to-disturbing-loss-of-trust/
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In reply to kennycan.
Most of these “reports” are just what they seem –
Bullshit
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I caught shrapnel from a recoilless rifle round. It was 5 stiches and did not qualify for a purple heart. It sliced through my upper fore arm.
I have multiple deployments to war zone areas but I do not qualify for VA benefits. I was Guard and did not have two years Active Duty but I have 4 campaign medals. How F’ed up is that?
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Wray is, and probably always has been, the quintessential 80-IQ mouth-breathing midwit moron the Bureau loves. Now he’s just showing his ass in public.
You don’t get bullet fragments or “shrapnel” from a bullet piercing Trump’s ear, unless the bullet HITS something between the muzzle and Trump’s ear to cause it to fragment.
So was the Magical Force Field something the USSS deployed? Or is Wretard Wray suggesting that Trump’s magnetic personality induced the bullets to veer off, and shatter into pieces because Jedi Warrior DJT was Using The Force??
Fucktards like Wray don’t know this, unlike any foole at any shooting range, because he has a diagram on his wrist like NFL quarterbacks, but his has the instructions for walking and chewing gum at the same time.
The trouble is, when he was in front of Congress, he didn’t have anyone handy to read them to him.
What a five-star colossal fucking idiot.
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More NeverTrump fantasy. Dreams of inserting saboteurs into his Admin at every turn.
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What I would do when the time comes is to take all the absolved J6ers and hire them to go through all the records and video and use all the fancy tools like facial recognition identifying individuals here to arrest and put on trial. I think they’d approach their work with much zeal.
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George named all of his sons George Edward Foreman.
You have to admit that that’s funny.
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My Foreman Grill is easily over 25 years old. I still have it, it still works perfectly, and I still use it from time to time.
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The guy they trotted out isn’t him.
Drops out by social media, letter not whitehouse letterhead, and signature not his, letterforms not right. And he always puts ‘jr’ at the end. This had none.
Dude coming off plane- Forehead wrinkles wrong, nose wrong, mouth wrong-lips too fat, hiding behind those stupid sunglasses, and in six days managed a huge crop of neck fur they forgot to trim. So nope, it’s one of his doubles. Oh, and his color is just too pink and healthy. I think he’s dead and they’re not prepared for cameltoe to take over yet.
He’s probably on ice, so they can hold a state funeral closer to the election.
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1968 Gold Medal, George says if he could do it over he would carry TWO American flags!
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They have a plan. They always have a plan, and this is part of the plan. Need more popcorn to see what they come up with between now and nov. 5. The entertainment value has now gone exponential.
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They’ve crossed a line. They must pay a price or it’s The United Soviet Socialist States of America meets Pol Pot/Mao for this land.
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If I were DJT id ditch the SS and hire my own crew,
but then again i think he has too much faith in people because i wouldnt hire anyone who had any connections to DC or any politician ever again after my first time around, it would be a private military security outfit known for erasing stuff
And my staff would all be outsiders personally shaken down and vetted
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
All this is based on one company and they claim they made a mistake and that the mistake was on a number of holdings not just truth social. The didn’t act upon it as best I can tell and revised their error when they found it.
True? Beats me. It would be glaringly obvious if they tried to profit from advance knowledge of a Trump assassination. And which way to bet?
I’ll discount this until there is something more significant.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
More specifics on the shorting of Trump stock with funds named:
https://x.com/JoshWalkos/status/1813697562609623396
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Come on man. Imagine you’re a female Secret Cervix agent. High heels on a 1/12 or 2/12 pitch roof is certain death!
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Apparently there was heavy short-selling of Truth Social stock in the days up to the assassination attempt:
https://x.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1813478521676738756
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Do they A) fear us, and are just stupid fucking morons, or do they B) hold us in contempt, and are just flinging shit directly into our faces for the sheer fun of it?
Both. The only reason Trump survived an assassination to date is because they are afraid of the aftermath. They now fear Trump even more, thus the recent assassination attempt. They failed because of the fear. Rather than having an actual government killer take the kill shot, which would have worked, they used a groomed 20 year old mentally ill incompetent. They did this to try and make it the “lone wolf” killing to keep their part hidden. They failed, and they failed because of fear. But it was damn close, costing the president a piece of his ear.
As far as B) goes, they can fear us but still mock us. They mock us because they can and that’s what narcissists do. Near half the citizens in this country are just too damn stupid to even know they are being mocked, and 50% of the other half just can’t believe their government could possibly be involved in the murder of the president.
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In reply to kennycan.
“Here’s what happened.”
Clearly, 100%. As for insty commenters, it’s pretty clear there are submorons and feds cluttering the place up.
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In reply to Tsquared79.
Good point. OTOH, clothing provides insulation.
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This is the whole MO of this whole setup. Retreat into deniable “incompetence” so they can keep on doing their evil while hiding behind these bunch of boobs.
Half of this is probably outright lies, if not the whole thing.
Here’s what happened. The rooftop was left open and the FBI groomed and trained this loser to do this “for the good of the country. You’ll be taking out Hitler. literally” Probably promises him he would get away too.
Hey, he waltzed in so easily it probably seemed a cinch. Hey, they really are going to let me get away…
There are videos of. people with cell phones recording him in the roof and screaming ” there’s a guy with a gun up there!”. Why didn’t that spook him?
He’s walking around with a range finder and keeps returning to the building WITH THE ROOF UNCOVERED and a clear shot at the stage from 400 feet and NO ONE stops him?
They supposedly called it in and STILL no one did anything?
This is not simply incompetence providing a hole in security. EVERYONE HAD TO BE INCOMPETENT.
What surprises me is how, like WuFlu, so many commenters on Insty seem to buy into all of this and their BS detector isn’t pegged at 11 the more that gets revealed.
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Absolutely they tried to kill him.
This is just people trying to come with something besides “Yeah, we missed. We aren’t done yet”
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“43% of the votes cast…” Uuuhh not quite, more like I ‘spect that 43% of the votes COUNTED were CALLED “mail in votes”. but that’s just me and my conspiracy theory, o’course.
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Please tell me if I have any of the following wrong.
The left cannot permit this election to proceed. There are two outcomes possible:
If President Trump wins, the left are in serious trouble.
If Biden wins, no one will accept the victory, not again, and there will be serious trouble of a different sort.
The only way out of the dreadful position the left have created for themselves, is to find some pretext upon which to cancel (or at the very least delay) the election.
Getting out the vote, therefore, is not the issue. If it wasn’t already clearly his election to lose, the event on Saturday in PA handed this election to President Trump on a gilt platter.
I find it disturbing that people much smarter than I are still proceeding from the position that ‘getting out the vote’ and ‘speaking truth to power’ and so forth are the keys to winning on Nov 5.
The obstacles to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave are not quite this simple, in my ignorant view. This is all eerily similar to the position taken by firearm owners, where they say that those who support gun control are just not in possession of the facts pertaining, and that if they were, all would suddenly be well.
I do not think this is the case.
But that could just be me.
Mike in Canada
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In reply to Barry.
I did mean to be emphatic and I am getting elderly, obviously.
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I for one am tired of giving these people the benefit of the doubt and embracing “stupid” and “incompetent” when the “mistakes” have all gone one way for years, if not decades now.
“Forgetting” to cover a rooftop with a clear line of sight shot at the Stage from 400 feet is to believe they have no basic skills at all.
It’s like making scrambled eggs and forgetting the eggs.
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I will remind everyone that the real problem here is not the mentally ill 20 year old incompetent jackass. It is our government that tried to kill President Trump.
Th Republican Party is the biggest problem of all. Notice the lack of ANYTHING coming from them? They could shut this crap government down over this and – crickets. Nada, zilch, nothing. They’ll hold some hearings, someday. Maybe they can get that rooster from SC to speak.
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In reply to boron.
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Well, with that doubled up comment they have turned both. Now that cheek turning is finished…
Well, no. I’m confident the government has co-opted the churches with $$$.
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I was getting up to work the night shift when I woke up to the news of the assassination attempt. That post, the fifth of seven yesterday, was my initial volcanic rage at what had been perpetrated, percolated through the filter of a 12-hour shift in the ER.
The rest of yesterday’s product was stuff I was thinking up at work the rest of the night, which I cranked out half-hourly the next morning when I got home.
And the post you liked?
I toned it down somewhat – okay, a helluva lot – from my initial take.
No filter?
We should return fire now.
When the body count gets to 7 digits, give them a pity pause, and ask them if this was what they meant to kick off.
Whichever way they answered, I’d be fine with it.
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In reply to Mike.
While there is incompetency at work, and incompetents serving, the rooftop 150 yards from President trump is not incompetence. A 12 year old boy that hunts would know that.
I was 10 when JFK was assassinated. I admit to not thinking too deeply about it, but when I heard a rifle was used from a window looking down, I knew it wasn’t all that difficult. I had a rifle and routinely killed squirrels from a 50 yards out. No scope, just the rifle sights and my keen eyesight, and the Great Dog “Smokey” that was a true squirrel dog. Give that boy a scope and ballistic info, and 150 yards is child’s play.
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In reply to Barry.
Yep, hate to say it, but that’s my take on it too, Barry. Although there IS one possibly-semi-somewhat-kinda-sorta exculpatory factor, which I’ll be posting on shortly. Doesn’t by any stretch absolve or exonerate the SS for the fuckup, not by any means. But it DOES help to explain what may have brought it about, or at least one factor therein.
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“At the very minimum, this is a catastrophic security failure by the Secret Service.”
Steyn is always good, but here, no.
The SS doesn’t make that kind of mistake, not now, not ever. 150 yards is the same as being in the room with Trump. Every deer hunter in the country can shoot a 3 inch circle from 150 yards.
This was deliberate. Someone higher up secured that rooftop for their pet, a mentally ill 20 year old. Just like they released a virus and killed millions.
These are not incompetent people, rather, they are killers. Mass murderer’s.
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In reply to Original Grandpa.
WELL said, Grampa, damned well said indeed. To tell the truth, if we fail to do EXACTLY as you just said at the very fucking least, then no reasonable person should expect Trump to live till the end of summer, much less survive another term in the WH. I predicted back in early 2016 that A) he would win, and B) he would set a new record for most assassination attempts on a sitting President in US history. Still kinda shocked it took them this long to get serious about taking him out, but there ya are.
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in the immortal words of Cap’n Mal Reynolds of “Serenity”…
“If somebody tries to kill you, you try to kill ’em right back”
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In reply to Mike.
Mikey, for a long time, the left has figured correctly that they are basically unopposed – because they haven’t been. They need to be taught that those days are over… hard hearts, steely-eyed serious dispositions, and a fucking challenge every time they look at us sideways… a little less acquiescence and a little more “what the fuck are you looking at, asshole?” We all for our part have been considerate, tried to be understanding, not ruffle feathers, go along to get along… Stop all that right fucking now. Now, if they ask “you voting for Trump” – “you betchur ass I am, I ain’t fucking ignorant”
…but – I am White. I’m a Christian. I own guns. I like pussy, not dick. I’m a combat veteran, I own the biggest SUV ever made in the world – and its a diesel – and burns 100s of dead dinosaurs idling at the grocery store with the a/c on. And I don’t give a fuck what or even if you think. I’m probably a racist, too. All of those things you believe about me and folks like me are not going to change us, because we do not give a fuck anymore. And not only do we not give a fuck, we are not giving a fuck while carrying a firearm.
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In reply to Original Grandpa.
Precisely so, OG. As I said on the phone last night to BCE, by sundown tomorrow there ought to be not one single place in the entire US where a shitlib feels safe to so much as poke his nose outside his own front door. They have sown the wind, time for some reaping.
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See? I believe I have “mentioned” this before… “violence, yes violence; is.the ONLY way to make them see sense”. Do. Fucking. Not. Back. Down. Ever. Fuck them, wear camo and a MAGA hat. Live in an area that “allows” open carry? Then do so, every moment – but certainly every time out in public… “you’ve got a gun? ” “….you’re damn right I have a gun”. They can all go to hell, challenge their bullshit until they realize more than half the adult population of the country wants to fucking choke them. Today, before supper.
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Lest anyone forget, James Woods hasn’t:
https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1812394330457612423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1812394330457612423%7Ctwgr%5E4cba5b44efbad87c34b56917753d9c075fd799d7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatfinger.com%2F
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In reply to Barry.
Eggzackly. I have no interest in, nor intention of, speaking politely to lowlifes who think themselves entitled to steal my freedom, incarcerate me, shut me up, and murder me and the candidates of my choice with impunity. Just. Not. Happening.
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Funny, ain’t it, that the neverTrumpers, the deranged, can’t even support the former president / the legal current president / and the next president unequivocally?
Maybe they are on the other side 100%?
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As I stated in a newer comment, that image should be at the top of every American bloggers website.
Thanks for putting it up, Mike!
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Fuck them, fuck all of them, fuck them with rusty barbed wire. And when that is finished impale them.
Calm down the rhetoric my ass. I’ll calm down when they are all removed from government and incarcerated for their crimes against Americans. And in the meantime, if they are targeted as war criminals it’s fine with me. They have been at war with us, now they are shooting. It’s time we fight back with every method at our disposal, and if they continue using lead then we will have no choice but to respond in kind.
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The new banner up top should be the default for every American blogger.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
From Sundance (with an aerial shot of the venue and where the shooter was positioned):
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/13/video-of-u-s-secret-service-spotting-and-watching-shooter-prior-to-shots-doing-nothing-then-flinching-with-inbound-bullets/#more-262165
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Reports I’ve read said the shooter was on a rooftop 150 yards away from the venue.
If so, you have to wonder why a secret service marksman wasn’t posted on that roof beforehand.
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In reply to Tom Perry.
“Easy there…”
Sorry, no. When you are being shot at you should shoot back.
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Easy there, Big Fella. The Democrats just shot themselves. At least let them bleed for a while before you decide what to do next.
TRUMP SHOT
Biden Dies
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A Susan Collins is a Tom Collins without the alcohol and lots of bitters…
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In reply to Barry.
Could have called them Botted Owls or Batted Owls or Barted Owls…
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Extinction is a natural process. It was happening long before humans were on the planet and would continue even if we weren’t here.
This is actually environmental meddling and probably has many unforeseen consequences, including destroying a thriving species like this.
Humans are part of nature.
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The best portrait of Jimmy Carter you’ll ever see has Joe Biden in it.
Look at these ugly mugs.
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In reply to Jim Horn.
It’s my pleasure entirely, Jim, and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Nowadays, I find the same-old same-old circle-jerk of politics less and less interesting and more and more boring, driving me to post on other topics instead. And since music has been my life for practically ALL of my life, it’s the obvious choice for alternative subject material. Music, Harleys, classic Fords, airplanes, and pretty women, that’s me in a nutshell. Can’t imagine anybody objecting to those fine things as blogfodder.
Thanks for the kind words, buddy.
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Case against Baldwin dismissed with prejudice due to prosecution withholding exculpatory evidence:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/12/remarkable-development-new-mexico-judge-dismisses-case-against-alec-baldwin-because-prosecutors-hid-critical-exculpatory-evidence/#more-262113
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The Rossini overture to The Barber of Seville is indeed delightful. But the “William Tell Overture” is the overture to “William Tell”. This is the fourth of four parts to the overture. All four parts are terrific!
Thank you very much for your musical and cultural notes! I’ve found them most informative, especially of things of which I am not familiar. Best to you!
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I indulged myself and bought the Library of America editions of Dashiell Hammett’s works. ( https://www.loa.org/writers/200-dashiell-hammett/ ) Sadly, I have indulged myself too often there and am way behind in my reading, Thornton Wilder being the most recent addition.
You would think that somewhere, someday, the repressed Viking blood would manifest itself. They terrorized all of Europe for hundreds of years.
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I’ll believe it when I see actual shooters shooting. Goobermint employees are lazy, who’s going to do it the wardens when they just want to be home for supper.
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Ha, maybe sweden is where the revolution begins. Maybe some of Simo Häyhä‘s descendants will cross over the border and help.
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SCOTUS declined the case, but in doing so fired a cannon across the Seventh Circus Court’s bow, letting them know that if they don’t pull their collective heads out of a dark, smelly place, with a distinct PLOP!ing sound, SCOTUS will be happy to take up the inevitable appeal, take the Seventh Circus to the woodshed, and beat a tattoo onto their hindquarters long enough to leave marks, while setting national precedent.
This was Thomas and Alito eyeing that case, while putting on drool bibs.
Think a decision declaring not just AR-15s, but all magazines for same, and any similarly commonly-used weapon, and any future arm suitable for personal defense, and the ammo they use, all being declared right down the middle of the fairway as far as the 2A is concerned.
Which will create actual sh*t-fits in NYFS, Califrutopia, Massholia, and New Jersey in 0.2 seconds, as well as throwing Ill-A-Noise on its own arse.
The only thing missing from Thomas’ dissent was :”Do ya feel lucky, punks?“
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Waitwaitwait!!!
“The cat had an infected abscess under its arm”
WTH Mad Scientist is breeding cats with arms???
Doesn’t that @$$hole know if they had opposable thumbs they’d take over the world?!?
This genetic experiment has to be stopped, immediately! Probably with fire.
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In reply to Trailer For Sale Or Rent.
PETA is a communist organization and as such always gives a pass to commies.
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Yea, pretty dusty this evening. Fine story. A million like this in America.
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I have had a CDL for years and not used it. Six years ago I bought a 35′ gooseneck and did the Hot Shot hauling. I was getting good paying loads working the Atlanta/Savannah/Greenville triangle where I was home almost every night. When Biden took office a fuel prices went up the rates stayed constant so the profit ratio went down. Two years ago the rates went down to a level I couldn’t turn a profit. I sold the gooseneck 4 months ago and fully retired.
Trucking is hard work. Good luck.
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Uh! I thought I remember reading this some time ago:
“However, Spotted Owls hold no apparent ill will towards Barred Owls. The two species occasionally hybridize, or mate, producing an offspring that is half spotted and half barred. As you might expect, “Sparred Owls” look like both of their parents.”
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@kennycan,
Aside from PPP, you’ve just documented that the entire economy of Russia is smaller than Mexico, and the peso is worth nearly 5x what the ruble is.
But let’s all be serious: the dollar has been in “slow-motion decline” since Frank the Cripple untied it from gold in 1933.
By January of this year the dollar was worth about 1.3¢ in constant value compared to almost any year between 1786 and 1933, and particularly 1837-1933, which is less than the current cost to print one in terms of ink, paper, and energy. Fiatbux are finely-engraved toilet paper the minute everyone wakes up and notices.
When that happens, as is ongoing, we will transition to the period where it goes into fast-motion decline.
It will suck most of the world down with it, including the BRICS fantasy.
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Where is PETA on this ? I rarely agree with them on anything, but you’d think they’d care about several hundred thousand of anything.
But, they never went after Fauci for his beagle pup slaughter, so maybe they give a pass to democrats.
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Tough situation. Trucking is probably the canary in the mine. My best wishes to your brother, donation made.
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In reply to kennycan.
I find PPP to be wildly inaccurate. I’m sure you know the value, and non-value of PPP. There is so much inaccurate about it that it is useless as a metric to compare two countries real GDP.
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In reply to kennycan.
“The dollar is in slow motion collapse”
Can’t argue that point. OTOH, this has been true since I was a young man 50 years ago. We have been in imminent collapse every year of my life according to some prognosticator, and yet here we still are, and wealthy as ever compared to the rest of the world.
We have banked wealth and that counts for something. Our decline is overstated IMO, because it takes so little effort to put it back on the straight and narrow.
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As I have mentioned once or a million times, every problem can be traced to the F’ing government. And that includes bird problems.
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In reply to Aesop.
It takes 18 pesos to buy a $.
So a salary of $100,000 would be 1.8 million pesos.
It takes 90.3 Rubles to buy a $.
So a salary of $100,000 would be 9.03 Million Rubles.
Purchasing Power Parity (what you can buy with 9.03 Million Rubles) is equivalent to 3.26 Million Pesos.
So, purely from a Purchasing Power perspective the Russian Currency is much more valuable by 80%.
The IMF estimates Per Capita GDP Mexico as 15,249 (63rd), Russia as 14,391 (65th).
Conclusion: The Russian Ruble is not only NOT worth less than the peso, it is, in fact, worth much MORE than the peso.)
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The dollar is in slow motion collapse and no other currency will replace it.
Meanwhile, ChiCom holdings of UST went from 1.45 Trillion to under 1 Trillion now.
That Accelerated in 2021.
They’re buying real estate, oil, other commodities, searching for more Rare Earths and generally buying things that have value for their pieces of paper that have US Dead Presidents on them. They still run a large trade Surplus with us, but that money is ALL going into something else, plus some of the holdings they had built up over the years.
THAT will be the new “Reserves” until such time as a real currency that acts as Money, in the sense that it is a Store of Value (which means not Fiat and backed by something that can’t be printed out of thin air), comes along.
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Thank you.
I’ve gotten tired of explaining to people that the reason the ruble is worth less than the peso is because Russia’s entire economy is worse than Mexico’s.
BDS is just as stupid as TDS.
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In reply to boron.
“Change my thinking!”
IMO, Soros is a bit player in the game. Look at the big Three, Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street. I believe the power lies in that grouping and that grouping includes the unnamed/unknown IC power that can manipulate the markets.
Investor’s Business Daily
Three Firms Own Corporate America
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I got to thinking that since BHO just doesn’t have the degree of intelligence to accomplish what’s been done to our country in the past couple of years (he’s a fairly simple socialist mouthpiece) of FJB’s pResidency, just who does? who has a history of similar actions? who’s made a lot of money disrupting a government and profitting by shorting their currency?
I keep coming up with one name, but there are probably other close associates of whom I’m not aware: Schwartz György aka George Soros.
Change my thinking!
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In reply to jen.
That’s because they have nothing to lose. They don’t matter, so it doesn’t matter either.
The Dems with something at stake, i.e. in politics or the media, have everything to lose, including political power, and they’re all collectively shitting their pants daily. Sometimes, hourly.
And the more Emperor Poopypants claims “I’m not leaving!”, the more gasoline he throws on the fire.
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The weird thing? I’ve talked to democrats, and they just don’t care. They’re fine with the idea of unelected bureaucrats. Just anything but OrangeManBad. The deception doesn’t bother them at all.
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Displacement – Or, as Archimedes would say via Kelly Bundy: “Urethra!”.
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The drums are getting louder. Tonight, another Congressweasel, and another Senator calling for oversight hearings and some anal-probing questions about “WhoTF Is Running The Country?”
This is just getting louder and faster, and it’s only going to increase every day the WH plays dumb.
The [R]s smell a Watergate moment, where they can drag the Democommunists behind a truck at 15MPH, indefinitely, prolonging the screams without killing the object of the exercise.
You don’t have enough popcorn and cold drinks to watch the show that’s coming.
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Fantastic! I may not have been given any musical talent, but my ear is just fine and that is outstanding.
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Biden was selected as the White House figurehead precisely because he’s corrupt to the core and brain dead. This didn’t just happen, it is the reason he is the P resident. Those aides are no more in charge than biden, they are just minders of the shell, nothing more.
The real power is still hidden, obama and holder are just some of the underlings.
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98F just a few minutes before 1pm here in the Charlotte NC area. It was about the same yesterday where I worked outside 5 hours on my newly acquired Jeep Wrangler. Same today, probably another 5-6 hours. If I were smarter I’d start early in the morning when it’s cooler…
Anyway, having been in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan when the temperatures were 115-120 I’ve not been so bothered by the 90’s here. That seems to be wearing off or perhaps my age is in play. I’ll keep working with plenty of cold water and an occasional trip inside to cool off.
My memory’s of July 4th are usually ones of very hot weather, so it seems fitting.
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Wonderful to see his contribution – and best to you both in restoring his terrific site!
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Great minds indeed. It’s as though he is reading my mind.
It is the republican party that is the true problem (for the millionth time…).
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The only “good” that might come from these type illegal takings is to hasten the arrival of the day when dormant Americans wake up and decide to fight for freedom and liberty.
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A pleasure to see you! Let me know if you need anything – you’ve got my email. I can even crosspost to help you get stuff out.
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I’m not a big fan of banning or censorship. Rather, I believe we should execute all the politicians. Of course, we can expand outward from there as need be.
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“…but maybe it would be more useful to ban the Vichy GOPe instead.”
Of course it would. Our problem is not the marxist democrats, it’s the marxist republicans that pretend to be on our side.
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When progressives talk about dangers to “Their Democracy”, they are not referring to the United States. They are speaking about the Globalist faction of the western world, a democracy composed of the owners of western international conglomerates. These people have no interest in the welfare of the inhabitants of the areas they control, as their people are easily replaceable. There are three other factions in the world: BRICS aligned countries, the internally fractured Dar al Islam, and those not affiliated with one of these factions. All of the armed conflicts around the world are caused by these four factions attempting to expand or defend their region of control.
This is why globalist US politicians claim “Ukraine is our border” and the southern US border is not. The influx of illegal migrants into all western countries and the implementation of Anarcho-tyranny is to break the will of people they are in the process of subjecting.
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Let the kneecappings commence.
.22 to the popliteal region, and fire away.
“Skin in the game” for real has a lovely way of weeding out the wannabes, and punishing the Useful Idiots for life.
And if they don’t learn the lesson the first time, they’re much easier to catch the second time. Or so I’ve heard.
They want democracy? Give them Irish democracy. 🙂
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Yea, real head-scratcher alright.
If one were a cynic, they might think Abbot is not opposed to the flow of illegals coming in, just opposed to all of them staying in Texas.
In reply to Barry.
I will note that where the vote counting were stopped DID NOT reopen and then Biteme got a big vote rise. The VOTES came in WHILE NO ONE WAS SUPPOSEDLY COUNTING. At 3am is a euphemism for almost entirely coordinated vote dumps early in the AM hours across time zones in 6 States.
Note the NC had "stopped counting" and the Steal For Cooper engineered the same way.
Gandalf isn't coming to perform an exorcism on Theoden King.
People are going to have to start doing things themselves.
That means actually shooting people in the face, and then anyone who comes after them for shooting those people in the face. Suddenly, the range is hot in both directions, and all family business will get settled.
Until they wrap their heads around that answer, and dig in and do that, nothing changes.
In reply to Barry.
Both sides of the Uniparty want them. Democommunists want the votes, and Republican'ts want the cheap labor.
The Gubmint ain't never gonna do anything. The illegals will be here until they become viewed as a pest species, and shot on sight. At that point, no one will be checking green cards; your meatsuit will be your uniform.
That day is coming, like a freight train, and folks are going to find out border states are "anywhere south of Canada" when it kicks off.
Texas has been purpling up nicely with all those blue Texans. It isn't "Californians" (neither real, nor imaginary ones), and it isn't just Austin.
Within a few years, they're going to be as fucked as my home state, and I'm going laugh about that one until I die.
Maybe when FL goes the same way, they'll stop cackling about their toothless, banjo-playing kinfolks shipped elsewhere, and realize where the problem really is: right in their own back yards, where it's always been.
For any 50 U.S. values of the word "state".
In reply to Skeptic.
Why not cut a deal with the Norks and have them send some of their soldiers over with their weapons to guard our borders? Nork soldiers know what to do to illegal alien terrorist invaders!
The following quote, although brief, explains a lot that I see discussed here re a possible showdown with the forces of evil:
“The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of “Men who wanted to be left Alone”. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know, that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over. The moment the “Men who wanted to be left Alone” are forced to fight back, it is a small form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these “Men who wanted to be left Alone”, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at the Left’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy . . . . but it will fall upon deaf ears. “
~ Author Unknown
Aha! You get the full screen emoji experience when you open the post up in it's own window.
Heh, I tried to click the thumbs up emoji but all I got was a crummy scowling face :)
Thumbs up on the two sticky posts working out.
I will hit that tip jar later this week. I believe that gab has some kind of update waiting on me. Hope it improves the function of that service.
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Works for me.
Ike had "Operation Wetback" to deport illegals. Successful. All you really have to do is cut them off from the $$$ and they'll go home on their own. Arrest, try, and jail the employers that knowingly hire them and don't allow them to receive any government aid and they'll all leave. There will be exceptions, but mostly they'll go home and they will not come here when there is no opportunity.
They are here and they keep coming because the republicans want them.
"The really baffling part of it is how very few professional officers seem capable of learning the lesson history keeps trying, again and again and again, to teach them."
My entire reading life which is >65 years I have been trying to understand the reluctance of intelligent and trained men in adapting to the new technology.
I've yet to come to any conclusion.
Illegal immigration will not be solved until we do two things:
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Put troops on the border with orders to shoot any invaders, as any country that is serious about their integrity does.
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Deport any and all illegal aliens immediately at the moment of discovery. We have am incredibly expensive court system for hearings for illegals. Disband it. If you are in this country illegally, you are deported to whatever the fuck country we feel like deporting you to. Hey, Jose, think you will enjoy Liberia? Don't like that? Then get the fuck out on your own, knowing that if you return, the troops from point #1 will blow you away and have a good dinner afterwards. We don't want you here.
Never said any better than this, or Why there are no republican candidates other than Trump worth consideration:
"Of course none of them will admit to the flagrant corrupt actions which we all saw, as polling places were “closed down,” Republican election judges forced out of the room, with only Democrats remaining to tabulate the unmonitored ballots, truckloads of “ballots” being dropped at crucial locations, counts simultaneously stopped in all six of the “swing states” (but no others) where President Trump was comfortably ahead, only to re-open with Biden ostensibly taking the lead by razor thin margins in all six. And the list of brazen indefensible corruption goes on!"
In other words, the republican party was in on the steal because there is no squeal. And they continue to be in on the steal, attempting to STOP TRUMP with the foul play taking place right now.
There really is only one choice this election.
https://thelibertydaily.com/establishment-strikes-back/
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""I support gun safety laws. However, this order from the Governor of New Mexico violates the U.S. Constitution. No state in the union can suspend the federal Constitution. There is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution," California Dem Ted Lieu "
When you have lost the California whackjobs, you have a problem.
In reply to hhluce.
Agreed, watching the entire thing is quite different than one short clip. He looks a bit tired through it all, and not sharp, but not mentally incompetent.
That’s the final 55 seconds of a press conference which appears to be at an end. Previous bits include these – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLkU5GzPqE – where Biden makes on-point answers to questions, this bit is similar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmkBmtADP2c – and here’s the last part running for 1 minute 21 seconds, including the 55 second part – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWdIDjmEXlU. It would have been nice to see the whole thing from start to finish… Any person can be made to look a fool by taking bits out of context, and in addition, that last 55 seconds on Twitter appears to have been digitally manipulated, in comparison with the 1 minute 21 second bit mentioned above. I don’t see evidence that Biden is non compos mentis, or senile, or anything like that. Similar media trickery was done with Trump, btw.
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With bullets.
Neither talk nor even federal law is a hindrance to them any more.
Waco proved over thirty years ago that shooting back is the only thing they understand.
Those terms are acceptable.
And folks won’t be waiting for them to get to the doorstep.
They’re going to start having “accidents” getting out of the car at work.
And taking out the garbage.
And dropping the kids off for school.
YOLO.
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Sh’yeah, DeStatist is going to stop the Gestapo dragging away his main competition.
When monkeys fly outta my butt.
The fact that the feds on that raid weren’t arrested on the spot told you where DeStatist’s bread is buttered.
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Non compos mentis.
It’s getting inescapable, and impossible to hide.
The Democommunist’s biggest fear is that Joe doesn’t make it to 2024, triggering Kneepads’ elevation to Acting Emperor.
Their second-biggest fear is that he does make it to 2024, and runs again.
They bought this ticket in 2020, and now they’re scared shitless about the ride.
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In reply to Barry.
Thanks much, B-man. Still a few tweaks I’m considering, but it’ll do for right now. This theme is one I’ve had for years now and never used; you can kinda tell from the gradient in the navbar, that real-metal look went out of style LONG ago. I still like it, though. All the newer stuff is flat-looking and strictly utilitarian, which just leaves me cold, I ain’t into it. What can I say, I’m old school like that, even when it comes to website design.
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We need more republican governors doing this:
Va Gov Grants ‘Absolute Pardon’ to Dad Whose Daughter Was Attacked in School by Sicko in a Dress
I’m not a Youngkin fan anymore than I’m a DeSantis fan, but on cultural issues both are doing good.
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Good one, Mike. And the last update from Brando regarding Sun Tzu is absolutely 100% correct.
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Mike, if you see this –
The new look and feel is pretty nice IMO. Takes me a while to get a feel for new things like this, but GOOD JOB!
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In reply to Mike.
Heh, well yes I get your point Mike. OTOH, it’s going to be unsuccessful, which is the reception I predict.
The real hope is they remove the witch from office. I’d prefer impalement myself, but I’ll have to settle for a recall I suppose.
There is much to be disappointed about vis a vis the American response to the marxists. But gun confiscation isn’t one of them, even just restricting rights in the less than real blue states is a problem for them, as it is in NM.
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Good point and with Nixon I agree 100%. In fact, knowing what we know now, I’m certain he was set up. He ended the deep state cash cow murder of 50K Americans, Vietnam. He had to go.
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In reply to Tsquared79.
Stuff like what has been revealed about many of the top people in elected office or the people they appointed would have had them resigning in disgrace before they were kicked out.
Nixon resigned in disgrace because he was told that the House was going to Impeach him and many GOP Senators were going to vote for Removal.
All for a petty two-bit break-in that had no consequential effect on the election and that Nixon probably had no knowledge of it until it hit the papers. The crimes committed today make Nixon look like a Choirboy who stole a piece of candy from the commissary when the Priest wasn’t looking.
Given that Deep Throat was Mark Felt, the second in command at the FBI, working with two neo-journalists who “wanted to change the world”, I consider it a real possibility the people who engineered the break-ins and the aftermath were trying to get caught and this was a Deep State sting on Nixon all along.
It is obvious that the people doing these things are unafraid of any consequences. Why should they be? No punishment has been meted out and in fact, they are all enjoying the ill-gotten gains of the criminal actions.
So, even if your suggestions weren’t unconstitutional why would you expect them to follow them anyway.
In fact, why would you think the same Corruptocrats who are committing the crimes would even PASS them in the first place?
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In reply to Barry.
Oh, fret not, Barr. They’re gonna. In fact, they are.
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In reply to Tsquared79.
Might as well add “shred the constitution” to that list Tsquared79. Good or bad, almost all of that is completely unconstitutional, so you would need amendment to make it happen.
And what if I don’t agree to having my account frozen because the brother I don’t like runs for office?
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At the Federal level I think elected officials should be based like the military. Once you have held office for 20 years you can no longer run for office except for President or Vice-president. There should also be mandatory retirement at 65. They would have to complete 15 years of service to get a pension, any time less than 15 years was donated time. While running for office all financial accounts are frozen and if elected they stay frozen until one year after getting out of office. All siblings and immediate family has their final accounts frozen with the recurring deposits allowed but they cannot be increased, only decreased and changes cannot be made. All additional income such as book deals, speaking engagements, or selling property would be limited to a yearly $100k maximum. The same goes for immediate family. IRS audits for for all family and siblings while in office. An IRS forensic asset audit yearly and for 2 years after leaving office.
Also do away with airplane service for everybody except the President and Vice-president. They can ride military Space A with their priority behind active duty military, guard/reserves, and retirees or fly commercial in coach. Do away with lobbyist. This also applies for all federally appointed positions.
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In reply to Barry.
Thinking further….
The deal is, kamala runs for pres with newsome as her VP.
Why? I don’t know.
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In reply to kennycan.
Not Hawaii but not hurricane damage. Yes, it’s a house fire that then got the house next door. Notice the undamaged boats still on lifts, tables and chairs, etc. Only sign I see of high wind is some plants knocked over. The fire might have occurred while a hurricane was in the area, but there is no hurricane damage.
Probably Florida coast, but it’s unclear. The lack of waves and the wall tell me it’s a canal.
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In reply to Barry.
I’m not sure but is that fire damage? Are we looking at Hawaii instead?
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The NY Post is owned by Murdoch, like Faux news. It is as fake as the rest of the media.
Example, in an article about Hurricane Lee, presently down in the Caribbean, working it’s way east and north, the NY Post fake news folks put up a picture to show an example of destruction caused by recent hurricane Idalia.
Notice any oddities about this hurricane damage picture?
https://nypost.com/2023/09/08/hurricane-lee-east-coast-braces-for-possible-impact-from-massive-storm/
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000028611484-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=75&strip=all
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https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgflip.com%2F20pfsv.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=27a3c0a0b0255256e102644d5fe8e050a00ae24d6c1dba5c81a1ae2d7e154e99&ipo=images
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Well, this is news:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gavin-newsom-announces-hes-not-running-2024-dubs-kamala-natural-successor-biden
My theory is blown, or the Newsome side lost the interparty battle taking place.
Interesting.
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I dunno. The first time they tried this it didn’t work so well…
They might as well come for the guns when they come for the beer. Same reception
Maybe they’re just trying to stop us from drinking ~~tranny~~ bud lite 🙂
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In reply to kennycan.
Yea, Trump won in a landslide, no question. I doubt biden got more than the “average democrat will vote for the devil” turnout, maybe 60 million, but I doubt it was that many.
I imagine at least 5 million Trump votes got tossed, probably more.
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In reply to Barry.
Which, given how Trump drove large % of the other 60% to get out and vote for him and suppressed the vote for Biteme, meant Trump Won by a Landslide.
Trump Won by at least 75-60 million.
I think it’s even larger but that would need me to prove that votes were tossed for Trump.
It’s a certainty he didn’t get more votes than Crooked in 2016 and she got at most 60.
I also can’t know how many Trump votes were simply tossed by postal workers etc but a million or more wouldn’t be surprising.
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In reply to Mike.
Nope, no joy. Still, I mainly do my reading on the PC.
Doing OK, thanks, hope you’re doing well too, my fellow OG’er!
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In reply to kennycan.
That ones not too hard to figure is it?
There is a shortage of actual men.
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In reply to Barry.
Oh look, the little downvote fairy discovered the laughing emoji. It can't make an argument without lying so it thinks that will cause some harm. Pathetic. Just another pussy.
IMO, age limits solve nothing. There is no difference in Feinstein voting the way she is told than her replacement Kamala voting the same exact way. You could make the age limit 40, and all you would get are <41 year olds voting the same as it's done right now.
Term limits keep power from accumulating and at least have a chance of working, but only if sufficiently short enough. I'd make it two for congress and one for senate. Leave the president as is but add that no congressman can serve as president.
"[W]ho is running our government? Elected politicians or this permanent political class in Washington, D.C.? Clearly, with the actions of the DOJ, FBI, DOD and the medical/industrial complex, it is our unelected Deep State."
The permanent political class has been running things since 1937 - see https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1941&context=faculty_scholarship and https://cdn.mises.org/Peoples Pottage_2.pdf for details. The gerontocracy are a very well paid diversion and source of entertainment.
Heh, people have good memory’s to recall movie snippets like that one.
Appropriate.
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Goes along with obama’s supposed Columbia University education, the one where no one can be found that remembers him as a student. The theory being that he was in Moscow during that time period.
As I, and others, have said, obama may be orchestrating the biden puppet strings, but obama isn’t the brains or the power and has a set of strings attached to him.
One thing seems clear, there are people getting this info out. The country is in sad shape and in sadistic hands, but there are some working to stop them.
I have the feeling things are going to break loose and soon. Soon having a time frame of a year or so. There may be a battle going on that we know nothing about.
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In reply to hhluce.
I like the Ar-15 platform just fine and have no argument about its effectiveness. I bought a 20g shotgun for my wife to use as a training weapon. Low recoil compared to the 12, but when it is required just pick up the 10 round semi auto 12 and fire away. Recoil in that situation will not make much difference IMO, but the 20 which is also semi auto with 8 rounds will work as well.
With the 12 and 2&3/4″ shell 00 buck, that’s 90 “rounds” downrange in a very short time. I also have 3″ shells with 15 pellets but can only load with 9 = 135 pellets.
The 12g is a small cannon. I actually prefer the #4 buck at 27 pellet count which is 270 rounds downrange…
The shotgun is relatively cheap and effective if you can only afford one weapon for home defense. YMMV, it can be argued all day and is 🙂
I like the AR-15 with the .300 blackout barrel myself.
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Actually, AR-15s are superior to shotguns or pistols for self-defense for women and children, since they have very little recoil, they are very effective at close range (cf. Rittenhouse), and safety and proper handling are easily taught. And the hydrodynamic shock from a rifle bullet is far greater than that from a pistol bullet, leading to quicker termination of the threat,
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Perhaps it was a choice between a dash out the door, or a puddle on the floor…
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In reply to Mike.
It’s not a biggy, just thought I’d let you know. I’m familiar with several software packages and how they place windows but not wordpress. There are properties for windows in what we use (VB, C) that determine it’s location and if it is in the front. If more than one gets the “front” position setting, it’s the last one called/refreshed that ends up there. I’ll have to start studying the WP stuff in order to be of some use in the future.
You’re probably right, the mac system is probably treating it differently.
The problem wasn’t there before the change.
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In reply to Barry.
Hrm. My best guess it’s a Windoze thing, maybe. I’m on Brave myself, but the Mac version. I think the individual-post boxes have a “float” CSS tag in ’em, which places them over everything else in the Z axis. Windoze handles several CSS positioning properties in its own special way; I do know that there’s a shit-ton of Windoze-specific fixes in the theme’s stylesheet. Most stylesheets do that nowadays, beginning way back when Win7 came out.
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If you think the republican party is serving the interests of Americans, note who they support and who they don’t.
Mitch McConnell Says, “The Things That People Saw Happen to Me, Really Didn’t Happen”Just click the box, links to Sundance:
Mitch McConnell Says, “The Things That People Saw Happen to Me, Really Didn’t Happen”
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In reply to Barry.
Same thing with MS edge and Brave.
Also, how much is cutoff depend on which post you are trying to give the thumbs up (or in the case of my own personal downvoter the “rolling on the floor laughing” emoji)
So the pic I posted has a bit of the bottom row showing which depends on which post you select.
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In reply to Mike.
Now for some reason a little bit shows up, but it’s clearly cutoff for me, picture attached.
This is with it scrolled all the way to show the bottom.
I’ll try it with another browser and report back…
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In reply to Barry.
Oh yeah? Shows a scroll bar on the right-hand side of the box for me, so the thumbs-up, the “racist” OK sign, etc are all still available.
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Another thing to add to your “To Do” list, Mike 🙂
The emoji list gets cut off at the bottom by the next post such that you can’t select a “thumbs up”
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“And what Trump did in office was significant.
The media likes to ignore, for example, that President Trump moved the American embassy to Jerusalem and secured historic peace deals in the Middle East.
They like to ignore that he actually substantively and meaningfully reformed the VA, such that veterans like myself noticed a real difference.
They like to ignore that President Trump pulled out of bad trade deals and renegotiated others, that he cut job-killing regulations, and that he made America the #1 energy producer in the world.
The list of accomplishments is long, and the American people saw that President Trump was able to get all this done all in the face of sham impeachments, a Russia collusion hoax, a Republican establishment that undercut him at every turn, and a media that regularly and knowingly lied about him and his team every night. ”
I would add that he got it done in the face of the NeverTrumpers masquerading as “conservatives”. They are fairly easy to identify now, as they always include “I voted for him twice” while making their denouncements. They stand with the people at “National Review” (spit).
GREITENS: The Scarcely-Mentioned Reason Trump Is Winning So Big.
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In reply to brack.
Looks like a facebook link with bad DNS info, brack. Maybe you should copy the image then post it.
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In reply to Mike.
Ah, yea, I see that. Too close to open them I guess. I see them do it that way at one of the factories I call on, but they have plenty of room on each side.
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In reply to Mike.
Hinky, as they said in one of the movies, The Fugitive IIRC.
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I should say, it oughta work if it switched you back to the old theme. On my Android phone, the new theme put the sidebars on top of the content box, which just sucked. The layout was fucked eight ways to Sunday, really. Maybe the theme switcher dealio ain’t working right on tablets. I’ll look into it and get back to ya, Mish.
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In reply to Misha.
Scroll down and you should. Way, waaay down. How you doin’ these days, old friend? Glad to hear from ya.
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In reply to Tsquared79.
That’s what I was thinking. Worked pretty fucking well for him.
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Can’t see the sidebars at all on my android tablet now, sorry to say, old buddy.
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In reply to Mike.
I just took a quick peek before I go out the door and it appears the max driving time in europe is 9 hours every 24. Given the typical short haul distances and 15 hours each day idle, a sleeper probably makes no sense. Plus, the length is total so a sleeper takes up freight space.
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Anybody who’s humped freight knows Mr. Genius didn’t open the trailer doors, doesn’t appear to be a roll-up.
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In reply to Mike.
Might as well. From my reading, he is responsible for every ill known to man, and that’s just from people that claim to be “conservatives”. 🙂
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“In fact, the one and only thing they DO know about guns is that they don’t like them, and wish they would all just go away.”
Not quite. They don’t like them in your hands but they are just fine with the nazi storm troopers having them when protecting the gun grabber class. They also like them in the hands of the criminals.
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In reply to Barry.
On the highways over there, I saw lots of day-cab Mercedes trucks hauling the rough equivalent of our 25-foot trailers–nothing bigger, and definitely no sleepers. The reasons for it seem completely obvious to me now, but I’d just never given any thought to it before I’d actually been there.
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In reply to Mike.
Well…
It’s weird. Now it sometimes plays here and sometimes goes to the tiktok website and plays. If it’s playing here and I try to stop it, it opens a new page to the tiktok site and continues to play.
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In reply to Aesop.
They have big rigs in europe. The eu trucks have a max length of about 60 ft, so the cab is shorter that the typical American truck. They haul about the same freight weight IIRC.
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You couldn’t even drive a 53-footer, let alone with a sleeper cab, through most cities and on many hilariously-misnamed “highways” in Eurostan, with streets the width of a single mule-driven cart, and mountain switchbacks built for goats, not Peterbilts.
And when you can cross an entire country on a single tank of benzin or petrol, no one ever thought big-rigs would be a thing, nor largely needed them to the extent we do.
A 3000-mile-wide country crisscrossed by the Defense Interstate Highway System is another animal entirely.
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In reply to Barry.
Actually, it SHOULD play here, does for me. In fact, every time I reload the page it starts up again, forcing me to shut it down every time, stupid autoplay shite.
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I prefer the embedded youtube and rumble to the tiktok myself. They have the option of going direct to the website of course.
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In reply to Barry.
Just checked, and the “Subscribe” option above the comment box has the same dang problem. Put in an email to the WP hoping to get hold of either the theme developer or my old friend and blog-colleague Mark Jaquith, one of the original designers/coders of the WP software and a really good guy. He helped me out quite a bit back in the day, even wrote the javascript for me to run Muir’s DBD strip here. Hopefully he’s still kicking around out there someplace where he can be reached; if Jaquith can’t fix it, then it simply can’t be fixed.
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In reply to Mike.
OK, I thought the way you stated it that it would play in the CF “window”. No problem though.
I’m not really familiar with tiktok. It does show a “play” button when you put your mouse on it and when clicked opens the new widow to tiktok. Sounds like it does the same thing for me as you.
Backing up that 50+ foot trailer is a skill 🙂
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In reply to Mike.
Heh, well I know where it is so no problema. Just thinking about someone less familiar with the sight.
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I did notice it was kinda tough to make out myself when I was posting my test comment, but GOD, finding what to change and where to change it? Sheesh. Here’s just PART of the code controlling the “Submit” button:
“input[type=”submit”], .button, div#infinite-handle span {
display: inline-block;
zoom: 1; / zoom and display = ie7 hack for display:inline-block /
display: inline;
vertical-align: baseline;
margin: 0 2px;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
padding: .3em 1em .35em;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
-webkit-border-radius: .25em;
-moz-border-radius: .25em;
border-radius: .25em;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
color: #505050;
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background: #fff;
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#ededed));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #ededed);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=’#ffffff’, endColorstr=’#ededed’);”
The various colors are those letters and numbers following each “#” symbol, RGB code to be specific. Being gradients, it couldn’t possibly be just black text on a colored background, oh no. And like I said, that there is just part of the submit-button CSS…of THREE. But what the heck, I’ll have a go at some point. It’ll get to bugging me and I won’t be able to stop myself. 😉
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It’s much easier to read once you’ve logged in. Even before you log in, it’s OK±, but after login – far better.
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Looks fine to me, and the better half also reads and says she likes it, so you have a winner.
Also checked on my phone and it works just like always.
Note: It’s a bit hard to see the “post comment” button. Maybe change the shade of the text…
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This text is in italic, this text is in bold. Underline, ~~strikethrough~~
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In reply to kennycan.
Which answers my question “Are there ANY Americans left in the the city?” and the answer is no, at least not many.
Sad. I’ve always liked the north-south rivalry thing, but that was when we had actual Americans living in the northern city. Still plenty of Americans in the NE, they just left the city I guess.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
While I get the sentiment, that we never had a justice system, we were as close as one can get at one time. I think the end of that era was in the early 70’s.
What we had worked for the vast majority of law abiding citizens. Once you allow criminals to walk free you can no longer have even a semblance of a justice system.
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Let me know if there is anything I can do. I’m not up to speed on WP of course, but I’ll help in any way I can.
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We have NEVER had a “justice” system.
We have allegedly had a “Legal” system, but even that has been nonexistent for MANY years now!
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20 years of importation of foreigners plus the flight of the natives have completely transformed NYC.
Remember, we had 12 years of Bloomie and 8 of The Commie and a year now from Mayor BLM.
That’s 21 years since Mayor Rudy left town.
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In reply to frankenwelder.
As I recall it, the “settled science” was that oil was a result of decayed biomass. In the 70’s (I think), a couple russian scientists posited the theory that it actually was an unknown process within the earth that created the fossil fuels. We know for a fact that biomass can be turned into fossil fuels.
My own best guess is there may be more than one process at work with biomass being responsible for the easy to recover fossil fuels just below the surface.
I haven’t kept up with this stuff for many years, but I don’t recall anything more definitive popping into my view.
If there is a term that will command a higher price they will certainly use it. So would I. But Mr Market generally rules the roost. Perhaps, as you recall, the term was coined just after the discovery of usefulness to help sell it.
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IIRC after the discovery petroleum and its many uses the term “fossil fuel” was coined so higher prices could be charged.
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In reply to Mike.
Hmm, Bill uses WP as well, so if it’s not working there…
I’d notify WP and see what they say if the latest doesn’t work.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Gotta be plugin issue, since it's a plugin that enables the edit function in the first place. Just did three updates, one for the WordPress software itself and two for plugins, neither of which was the Mihdan Ajax Edit Comments plugin. That one hasn't been updated in four years now, while the WP software has been I don't even know how many times. Could be that's where the trouble lies.
In reply to Henry Cybulski.
No luck with the edit function. It's screwed up (as Kenny mentioned a couple of times previously).
The funny thing is the edit function is out of whack at Bill's place too.
In reply to Mike.
Mike, I think something has happened with WP. If you recall I had the same issue and Kenny has commented about it as well. It may very well be that every normal user has the problem.
Just another thing to add to your fun 🙂
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Having spent many days in muslim countries, the “call to ~~jihad~~ prayer” always ticks me off because the first one of the day is early and will usually wake me up. Worst place for that is Turkey, followed by Pakistan. I never heard the noise in Bangladesh, but they seem rather unserious about the religion with only a small hardcore group. While the sound is loud in the places I’ve been in Turkey they seem to be rather unserious as well.
Disturbing the peace is a thing for a reason. No religion should be allowed to do it.
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In reply to Barry.
And thinking that for their perspicacity, they will continue to enjoy 21st century progress, and rule over you serfs and peasants, not realizing they’ll be the first ones up against the wall after the coup.
Just like every silly-assed “intellectual” in every other Marxist revolution since ever.
Stupid fucks.
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Put a “mosque” with a loudspeaker right across from Gracie Mansion, or wherever Mr Adams lives, the same for the members of the city council, so that they can be awakened to go to prayer when one can tell the difference between a white thread and a red thread on one’s hand. That’s considerably before sunrise… Allahu Akbar!
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Oughta blast “Who let the dogs out” from multiple amplifiers near every mosque.
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In reply to Mike.
Okay, tried something just to see if it helped any, I’m guessing it won’t. I bumped your user status from “Subscriber” to “Contributor,” try again and see if that changes anything.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
DAMMIT. Oh well, back to the old drawing board…
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When I edited to add a remark and hit save the red banner reappeared saying email address invalid. I’ll be damned.
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In reply to kennycan.
My better half just told me that. I was never a big fan, just not my type, but I know plenty that were.
76 isn’t “old” if you are fortunate to be in good shape, or can replace the worn out parts 🙂 But it is an age where nature is conspiring to eliminate you and your stay here is on life support.
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Every proponent of the ~~global warming~~ climate change scam is simply a marxist looking to enslave you. Every one.
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One of my favorites and a guilty pleasure, Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett has passed away.
Frankly it’s a little surprising. He was 76. Not exactly a spring chicken but not really old either. He was touring in the Spring. In a May concert he was said to have said that he’d be starting his Summer Tour in July. AFAICT that tour didn’t happen. Not a good sign as Jimmy’s Summer Tours were never skipped.
My guess is some form of aggressive cancer. His website says he passed away peacefully with his family around him. So, probably not a suddenly occurrence.
The 90s, before the Left went completely unhinged, was a fun time and he was a Master at the Soundtrack for Fun Times.
Well, it usually is our own damned faults. RIP Head Parrothead.
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There was a paper I read, way back, from a scientist that had a great thesis about this which he published on a earf day long ago – to wit:
Nothing has raised more people out of poverty, made our lives cleaner and safer, and has done more for women’s equality than cheap, ubiquitous electricity.
You don’t get that with ‘renewables’. You get that with gas, coal, and nukes.
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If only there were some churches and synagogues with the balls to call for a Holy Crusade on external loudspeakers every Friday at sundown
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“…up the ass, sideways, with a rusty chainsaw.”
And that’s all I’m gonna say about those idiots.
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Nice Friday substack, Mike. Unfortunately not an unexpected occurrence, I’m just surprised it has taken this long.
Now if New Yorkers would just get busy being actual New Yorkers, then right after shooting down all the state operated drones flying around, the baptists/methodists/presbyterians/etc might just discover their own call to prayer, played at the same time as that kiddy didler mohammed’s, but at double the volume.
Who am I kidding? Are there ANY Americans left in the the city?
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I was there when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and faith
Made damn sure Pilate
Washed his hands
And sealed his fate.
– Chou Biteme
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In reply to Barry.
Indeed. As a boy my father showed me how to fill up the lawnmower.
Open the lawnmower cap. Open the gas can cap. Pour. Close each cap. Done.
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This is why God gave us shotguns.
Police State and Surveillance Industrial Complex Test Out Drone Monitoring of the Masses in NYC for Labor Day
If New Yorkers put up with this, I think we can officially label their disease as fatal.
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In reply to Tsquared79.
I like it.
Since I don’t do ~~twatter~~ X, I guess I missed the stadium location. All I could see is the bird flying around.
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It has been said:
They hate America and Americans, want us dead and America gone, and Trump is Just In The Way™.
America has been standing in their way of One World Government with Them In Charge ever since its Founding.
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And they’re probably STILL not adjusting for people getting second part time jobs.
Which means no new person got a job and the person that DID get the second job STILL got no benefits like health insurance.
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In reply to Barry.
GA Southern’s mascot is named Freedom. A common saying is “Let freedom fly”.
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In reply to Barry.
They are CROOKS -
https://www.georgiarecord.com/election-integrity/2023/08/31/explosive-revelation-fani-willis-linked-to-massive-election-fraud-and-money-laundering-rico-enterprise/
And as with all things Babylon Bee, another good one. Hat Tip - Cold Furyier Bear Claw Chris Lapp
"We have secured a highly dangerous item," said FBI spokesperson Chad Rookstool. "There was an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen in the area who reported a young man at this residence was in possession of a backpack that posed a threat to democracy itself. That threat has now been neutralized."
https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-seizes-jaidens-backpack-in-predawn-raid
The "governor" of Georgia, a corrupt crook himself, refuses to help remove a Soros connected AG, the one falsely prosecuting Trump.
Who recently made the pilgrimage to the office of Governor Kemp? Someone running for the presidency.
And you wonder why I call him the "Government Man".
https://www.toddstarnes.com/crime/backstabbing-rino-georgia-gov-kemp-refuses-to-impeach-da-fani-willis/
Read, gather information, and don't let them fool you again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q
In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
"Magnificent birds."
They sure are. I like all the birds of prey. I even like the vultures :) Just watching them soar on the right day makes me feel like heading to the field to fly a glider. I have circled under clouds getting lift with a vulture not far off my wingtip doing the same thing.
Magnificent birds. I always get excited when I see one or more. Even had one kill one of my chickens years ago my wife saw it, but I did not. I was OK with it but had it been a red tail hawk I would’ve been pissed off.
Sadly, I personally experienced people in my neighborhood when I pointed them out really could not give a shit. All I thought was what a sad life they live..
In reply to Tsquared79.
Thanks, I didn't know that. Pretty neat in my book. We have a raptor center near by that does rescues. One of my sons was a volunteer there for several years.
Carolina Raptor Center https://carolinaraptorcenter.org/
That would have been even more special if she had fed that eagle a bunch of fish a while before that flight!
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I give him credit for a sense of humor, more than what can be said for the average left wing dingbat...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads//rfkmugshot.jpg
Via: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/rfk-jr-shares-his-own-mugshot-says-trumps/
Nice Wednesday attraction!
I can attest to the fact that among all the other things, government complete fucked up the simple gas can. I really need to get around to fixing mine and making it usable.
In reply to Barry.
Hope that NC liberal took some friends along with him/her/it on the move to CO. Didn't even notice that plate until you mentioned it.
In reply to kennycan.
Oh, I acknowledge there may be something nefarious going on. It's just not a certainty at this point.
They've enjoyed quite a booming half-inning of time, Fucking Around.
They won't enjoy it nearly as much when Found Out comes up to bat.
In reply to Barry.
If its normal motives they SHOULD tell us it was a "personal dispute".
If they try to simply make it go away, there's a chance there's more to this story.
Far too many foreigners of origins not friendly to the US are working in these labs and colleges.
Today Insty had a story about a former Nuke Engineer and Negotiator for Iran is now a Princeton Professor and has been meeting with our top Military people.
It's hard to know what is in the head of a man that was always a corrupt dimwit and is now way down the dementia trail. What we know for certain, biden has always been a liar, has always told completely false story's and embellished others to the point of being outright lies.
When it is stated "are his lips moving" in answer to someone being a potential liar, that question/statement may have been invented in response to the sorry POS called biden. He'll lie about anything and everything.
In reply to kennycan.
I'm always mindful of the fact that these things happen for "normal" motives pretty frequently. I suspect there is nothing more nefarious about this murder than some personal squabble, but you never know...
In reply to kennycan.
No question we need to get Robinson in place. With him at the helm even if we don't keep a super majority in the legislature it's no big deal. Great strides can be made in the next few years including making the elections absolutely corruption free.
NC needs to get rid of the income tax.
In reply to kennycan.
The bet is Newsome. Kamala replaces Feinstein if Joe has to go before the election since they will not run her as a presidential candidate. One caveat - a deal could be made where she serves as first female but only the remainder of the potato's term. She will do what she is told to do.
In reply to Barry.
We need to show up en masse to support Robinson next year as well as any people.he will need in the Legislature to keep us Red..
RDS should have made that same move in FL.
I don't know if we have anyone able to take out Kemp in GA, but at least we have SC on our side.
That makes for a pretty serious bloc in the South East for Soft Secession.
In reply to Barry.
Kamel Humps was always expected to be POTUS.
They can't control the Clintons, especially Crooked Hilliary. Any way they can damage her from coming back seems to be to them a good idea.
Sure, First Woman President that way would leave a technical opening in that she was never elected.
If Biteme "drops out" like LBJ did that leaves everything wide open for anyone. Newsome? Kamel herself? Someone else?
In reply to Barry.
A Wuhan Institute graduate student kills his faculty advisor. They're working on a project called Group Yan. The faculty advisor is also Chinese. The suspect is an expert on nanotech and light-matter transfers.
Was the suspect dealing secrets to the CCP and the advisor found out? Or the other way around?
The marxist left is trying to eliminate us entirely, of that there is no question.
They will be not be successful, but they will hurt many people before they are vanquished. Communists like them are always the same, they are murderers. Murderers of 150 Million + in the last century. They will kill more than that this century unless they are stopped.
More evidence piles up that Biden is being taken down. I've predicted this for what, a year or more now? I'm waiting on the Kamala shoe to drop. Or perhaps they are just going to remove biden from the 2024 race, no 2nd term and "suprisingly" Kamel toe decides not to run either.
https://rumble.com/v3d2ddz-newsmaxs-greg-kelly-incontrovertible-evidence-of-joe-bidens-corruption-is-a.html
In reply to kennycan.
You're right. The handling, press wise was near perfect and there was little to no panic. I think I sold the CH coppers a bit short as they seem to have done a rather good job here.
My apology to you folks in blue in Blue Heaven.
BTW Mike. I still have trouble with the Edit function.
When I edit a comment and try to save it I get the message that "You are posting too fast. Try to slow down" and the Edit won't save.
In reply to Barry.
Notice the difference of how this was handled.
The MSM is upset because no one came out giving them breathless minute by minute accounts of the manhunt while officers risked life and limb with a crazed killer loose. No scenes of frantic students crying hysterically and fleeing the scene running for their lives. The guy was caught in a residential apartment complex near the school.
This was most likely a personal dispute betweens tudent and faculty and was treated as such. My guess is the suspect was seen fleeing unarmed and he probably went straight to where he lived. Maybe to pack and make a getaway.
So, no Circuses for the Media to play up.
I think this is a better way to handle these things.
In reply to kennycan.
Sorry, was out for a bit and missed the comment. I saw that, and I think it has been mentioned he is chinese from Wuhan of all places.
Caudill Labs, a chemistry laboratory, right next to Wilson Library is where the shooting occurred apparently. Have not seen a name or position for the deceased faculty member.
In reply to Barry.
He seems to have been a doctoral student. He shot and killed a faculty member. The shooting occurred inside the Lab Building.
He was caught in a residential complex about 2 miles north and a little West of the campus.
Gates is a fat, ugly stupid SOB. His one great gambit of selling a disk operating system to the fools at IBM, one they did not develop but bought*, ended up making him billions. The success was built on the developing software business and being in the right place at the right time, plus the connections.
And I agree with the author of the quoted piece, it is apparent that Gates has a less than high school level understanding of biology.
*story here: https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-rise-of-dos-how-microsoft-got-the-ibm-pc-os-contract
In reply to kennycan.
The area K-12 schools are in Lockdown just as a safety precaution.
The reports are that the Suspect is still at large.
In reply to Barry.
All the news channels are showing a picture of a Person of Interest.
An Oriental male that looks like a mainland Chinese. One channel had a name TaiLei Qi which is mainland Chinese name.
But the other channels say a name has not been released.
So it's difficult to know what is true right now. But the Person of Interest is an official release from Law Enforcement.
In reply to kennycan.
The evacuations are very calm and unhurried now. Also the law enforcement don't feel insecure on the perimeter.
It would seem to indicate that they have contained the suspect in a building or buildings and have a perimeter established.
Every few minutes a group is led out. Sounds like they are going room to room searching and then getting the occupants to safety.
In reply to kennycan.
Yea, wife's been staying up to date on the news. They supposedly have someone in custody. EDIT: my wife informs me that there is supposedly a picture on facebook put up by the police with a pic, so maybe they don't have the perp.
I imagine the current Chapel Hill police are even more incompetent than average.
In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
All the more reason to respect the kid. Heat of battle and he hit the target.
In reply to kennycan.
It appears they're evacuating some buildings in the area including a lab building. Perhaps the three I saw coming out were students or workers and simply were using caution as they left and holding their hands up to show they're unarmed.
UNC Chapel Hill on Lockdown. Armed and Dangerous Person in Campus. Not much details.
Oddly I just saw police escort three people with their hands up. Two were in lab coat like outfits. One was a young hippy looking type and the other was a young Oriental woman. The third guy looked like a Hispanic or ME person but only saw them from the side. Weird.
They hate him because he was right, and protected themselves, and showed that everything they say about taking guns from honest men is a lie.
Good place to mention that there are republican Attorney Generals in multiple states with the power to indict a democrat ham sandwich* and use lawfare to make their lives miserable.
And none are doing that. Why not? Because they are on the other side.
*or just investigate them. Since they are all criminals it shouldn't be hard to find something to arrest them for.
Do you not have faith that our "Legal" system will try this case properly and honestly?
I lived within walking distance of that Ozone Park location sometimes prior to that incident. I had moved by Dec 92 though.
Damn! I remember hearing about Little Kenny Wayne Sheppard way back when he still a kid and liked his style but he kinda dropped off my radar for some reason. I see he done growed up. And yeah. that's the closest to the Second Coming of BOTH legends I have ever heard. Thanks for posting these videos Mike. I see some binge listening in my future. I even sent ya some Link Love. https://bustednuckles.net/somebody-done-growed-up-while-i-wasnt-paying-attention-holy-cow-have-i-missed-out/
Now I'm going to try to post this comment for the third damned time.
Time wounds all heels.
The last guy they pissed off killed five of them on his way out.
In reply to Aesop.
These are the same people that stole the election in 2020. The only pipe dream is believing anyone will stop them if they decide to do it.
The republicans are in on it as much as the dems, resulting in the only opposition being me and you, and we ain't shooting anyone, yet.
I'm looking forward to the Alice Cooper/Santana Band Tour with Chappelle and Roseanne Barr opening.
Xe's a Black Magic Something Xe's a Black Magic Something Xe's a Black Magic Something Got me so blind to her Identity
Xe's a Black Magic Something Xe's trying to put the Devil into me
Alice has always been a fierce intellect. He's not buying the bullshit, and to go one further, he's carving the bull into steaks.
¡Viva!
In reply to hhluce.
A civil war in America will not be a do-over of North vs. South, nor city vs. country. It will be street to street, house to house, and room to room, even within the same family. Times everywhere. Until there is only one side left alive. Of necessity. One side will be Rome, and the other side will be Carthage, and it will be the Third Punic War.
There will not be a "Fourth Punic War", because when this one is over, there will be no other side left afterwards.
In reply to Barry.
If Trump goes to prison, Bastille Day is back on the menu.
Escorted by Madame Guillotine, and a caravan of tumbrel carts.
"Keeping Trump off the ballot" in any state is a pipe dream.
He would be written in by hand so many times that even the crookedest kangaroo court in creation would be forced to acknowledge his votes, at gunpoint if necessary.
Anyone seriously suggesting that stratagem is fighting with Nerf blasters and cap guns in a battle with shotguns and buckshot. And that battle is going to transition from metaphorical to literal all too quickly if it's tried.
In reply to hhluce.
I've been saying for years, at least since 9/11 that the real enemy is the CCP of china working with the politicians here, so no disagreement there.
My only quibble, it's not just democrats. The R party is now owned by the communists.
In reply to hhluce.
No disagreement on Lincoln or the cause of the war being $$$.
OTOH, there is no one perfect, Bannon, you, nor me. Bannon is pretty good and he's on my side.
In reply to hhluce.
"Let’s look at what’s happening on college campuses. China is spreading its propaganda through the innocuous-sounding Confucius Institutes, academic front organizations that, according to a bipartisan report from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are completely controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Active on more than 100 college campuses, these “institutes” are outposts of propaganda for the CCP. In exchange for resources and academic programs such as language education, Confucius Institutes exert incredible pressure and leverage over universities, threatening to pull their funding to ensure that some topics like Taiwan, Tibet, Falun Gong and the Uyghurs are off-limits. . Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is the latest example of the CCP’s slow, methodical efforts to gain access to influential politicians and sensitive information. Rep. Swalwell was targeted by a Chinese national named Fang Fang, or Christine Fang, who worked to get close to centers of political power through a classic “honeypot” operation. While it does not appear she received any classified information, the personal habits, schedules, thoughts and opinions of public officials would all be invaluable to an intelligence officer — if not now, then certainly in the future. Rep. Swalwell is not alone. A driver for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is believed to have worked for China’s Ministry of State Security for 20 years. In that trusted position, he would have been privy to countless phone conversations, in-car discussions and other forms of “chatter,” all of which would be a goldmine for Chinese intelligence. Beijing is working aggressively, and with some success, to co-opt American intelligence officers. In August 2017, CIA officer Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, was arrested along with a relative (also a CIA officer) for conspiring to send classified information to the People’s Republic of China. In 2004 an FBI counterintelligence agent pleaded guilty for concealing a 20-year relationship with a suspected Chinese double agent — a woman he initially recruited." https://thehill.com/opinion/international/541196-china-has-already-infiltrated-americas-institutions/
The CCP focusses on Democrats and the Left, because that is who have succeeded, via a Maoist Long March to capture our institutions and administrative state - and this is but the tip of the iceberg...
In reply to hhluce.
"I am a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Here are some of his revolution features and tactics. You can judge yourself if these look similar with today’s American woke cultural revolution. 1. Mao started Cultural Revolution to purge his political enemies and become a “Supreme Leader” to control entire China. 2. His campaign slogan: Destroy the “Four Olds” — Traditional ideas, culture, habits, and customs 3. Arbitrary Division of society by using “critical class theory” and identity politics by dividing people into: Oppressors – the five “black classes” oppressed – the five “red classes”. 4. Quasi-religious indoctrination of urban youth “red guards”, shut down schools for years for them to do class struggles full time, promote division, hatred, envy and equity. 5. Toppling down statues, putting big posters and spray paintings on the walls, riots, looting, violence, law enforcement told to stand-down. 6. Change school or street names, change words and definitions, censor words, burn relics, temples and churches, demonize all the religions as cults, promote communism as the sole ideology, Mao as a God-like leader. 7. Struggle sessions, public shaming and denouncing, self-criticizing, apologizing, thought reform re-education camps for the “black classes”. 8. Guilty at birth, by relationship, by association, past words/deeds, lose jobs if you don’t comply, silence is violence. 9. Family and neighbors turn on each other, children were told parents are not dearer than Mao, urge teens to change last names to cut ties with their black class families to show loyalty to the “revolution”. 10. Redefine social norms, promote unisex gender-less society, girls dress like boys and soldiers, create confusion and social chaos, banned dating in schools. 11. Press and media were controlled by CCP and used for propaganda daily, cancel individual merits, silence dissident voices from all professions, ban books, songs, music, art and comedies that are not PC. 12. Using mob tactics of fear, intimidation, torture and violence, no rule of law, 20M died, many committed suicide including intellectuals and party officials who supported the regime. Hope you understand why immigrants like me, and many others are very concerned today about America. We want to give our warnings until we stop the destruction of the country we love." https://hindupost.in/world/a-chinese-american-finds-chilling-similarities-between-maos-cultural-revolution-and-americas-woke-revolution/
Another point - a civil war in the US, if, God forbid, the powers that be are successful in getting one going, will be a conflict without fronts or armies. It will be intensely local, perhaps more like the Troubles in North Ireland, except there will be thousands of Provisional IRA groups- and no way to bring it to a conclusion, because there will be no unitary body with which to negotiate a ceasefire. The only beneficiary will be China - which has infiltrated our government and institutions and media with its "woke" Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. Sun Tzu said "if your opponent is united, then divide him" and this they have done extraordinarily well. A civil war will neutralize the US, removing the only obstacle to Chinese world hegemony.
I'm pretty much OK with Bannon, until he starts up using Lincoln as an example of good and just leadership, who abided by the Constitution during his Presidency. First, he caused the war by invading the South, which had the right to secede from the confederation of States. If a free state may join the confederation, it may also leave and should not be molested if it decides to do so. The South was treated as a colony by the Wall Street types up north, who bankrolled Lincoln. The North, by virtue of a large immigrant population, was able to outvote the South and keep it in economic bondage by means of punitive tariffs on its agricultural products, and they didn't want their cash cow escaping. That's why they invaded and occupied the South. Bannon should read contemporaneous Southern history from the 1830s through the 1860s. Second, Lincoln totally overturned the Bill of Rights, imposing an income tax and imprisoning 20,000 political prisoners - men, women, and children, some as young as ten years old, for daring to speak out against Lincoln or his misrule. Lincoln was every bit as bad as today's Democrats - if not worse - for the same reasons.
Very good, Mike.
Fady, how did I know before looking at the pic and before you pointed out what to expect, that Fady would be Fat(y).
I've said for a long time that the democrat party is trying to make people mentally ill from childhood up. It is only mentally ill people voting for them.
I think the republicans are starting to embrace the tactic as well.
Never, ever, ever give up.
You are correct and to many people in the world think there is a large majority believing and pushing the nonsense when without media blasting it daily they would realize it's probably less than 1 percent pushing the bullshit agenda. We are millions strong and they are thousands weak. They are shitting their pants knowing this, and that soon the Saxon will begin to hate.
"Another aging-out 70’s (both age and era)..."
Huh, never even thought of that. OTOH, I refuse to age out.
Alice Cooper was real interesting to me. Most bands featured people I would guess I didn't like very much, and on the surface Alice would be one of those. But there was always something about him that I thought he would be just fine, and I knew nothing about him personally.
And then I discovered that in most respects he was just a normal American and a nice guy to boot. To this day I don't know what it is about him on stage or the music he played that allowed me to see through that stuff to decide he was different and likable, but there is something.
In reply to NoahBawdy.
Hi Noah. Does your salutation mean you are on the islands? If so how are things there?
Aloha all. Good 2 c you're all still alive despite everyone's best efforts. Love you all.
Noah Bawdy
In reply to kennycan.
Probably. Going from memory there was 20million+ for the last debate. Maybe it was the one with biden, maybe 2016. Maybe my memory is off :)
There seems to be some issue with the Edit button.
I can get in and edit the comment, but then it won't Save the edit.
In reply to rau9.
"Since then, I’ve learned..."
Good advice. I'll just add - stay out of the city if possible.
Johnny Hooker got away with it in The Sting, but only just barely.
Even the entire Oceans 11 crew had to repay Terry Benedict.
Never piss on the third rail.
Neither Chapelle nor Santana can or will be "cancelled". The problem is that you have to be that big an icon to become untouchable. Any B-lister tries that, they're toast.
In reply to Barry.
And by making illegals stay in Mexico while processing "asylum" he made Mexico pay billions towards it...
Haven't experienced all the other cities, but I grew up around Cleveland, and MOST of the serious crime occurs in the Vibrant, Diverse sections of the city. Crime in Cleveland, where we used to own a house, in West Park neighborhood, is really low. Some theft, vandalism. Course, it helps that when the city decided that all city employees - including cops and firemen, had to live in the city, most of them settled in the West Park neighborhood. We were surrounded by people who owned guns, and knew how to use them. And, a lot of union guys, in trades like pipefitters, plumbers, and constructions. Big guys. Used to using their physical size to settle disputes. Since then, I've learned an important aspect to looking for a house - look for neighborhoods that don't have a public housing parked nearby, stay away from those places with a lot of check cashing places, and look for well-maintained gardens, flags flying, and other signs of a well-managed neighborhood culture.
In reply to kennycan.
Enlightening.
These days, most of the financial sector are made up of mindless drones IMO. It wasn't like that when I started out after school. Even at the low end business level the people you spoke with didn't follow a set "program". They spoke with you to find out what they needed to know to make judgments and let you know what data they needed to look at.
In reply to kennycan.
It seems clear, to me at least, that many of those people stopped at the barricade because they thought conditions in that direction were worse - why else would anyone put up a barricade?
Those people were sacrificed, murdered. The reasons are probably several. But murdered they were.
In reply to kennycan.
"If we had nothing else going for us..."
And as you correctly state, we do, Trump. When he is no longer available we'll probably be back to a search. I know of no one currently that can run without being beholden to the $$$ men, at least not any freedom and liberty types.
And if there were, it's a very small subset of men willing to put up with and battle the demons currently in power.
In reply to kennycan.
It certainly appears so.
Evil because they are helping destroy the country.
Stupid because they think we can't see through the moronic BS they put up as their reasoning, like equating the sec of ed to the heads of the FBI/DOJ/CIA/etc or that Trump didn't build the wall like he promised, ignoring the truth that 1) it was the R party that suddenly couldn't find funding for the wall and 2) that Trump found another way to solve the problem* resulting in the lowest illegal flow into this country since Ike was in office.
*the real problem is illegals flowing into the country. The "wall" is just a tool designed to help stop that. That tool is only as good as the men handling it and it would be of no value at the moment. Trump stopped the illegals and Mexico paid for it by putting the Mexican national guard on the border. Anyone that complains "Trump didn't build the wall" is just on the other side most of the time.
In reply to Barry.
I would tend to agree that some Climate Activists were Arsonists.
But they counted on the dynamics above to make it worse.
Also though, the corruption was also a factor. Why didn't the sirens go off? Because most were cheap and bought from a crony and didn't work and the money had been pocketed long ago?
One more thing. Why was there is a barricade across the best road to get out? Who put it there and why? I think that was also deliberate on the part of the people who set the fires in the first place.
But many people DID turn back. As Insty noted, one couple drove around it and got to safety. The ones who turned back, and that was most, perished. I know in more Red areas, people would have simply moved the barricade and proceeded to safety. When faced with a choice of "break the rule" or "head back into a raging inferno" how did so many choose the latter?
The purpose of the rules laid down in such great volume for so long a time is to obviate thinking. You don’t need to think if there’s a rule to cover whatever it is you need to do. Follow the rules, comply with the procedures, adhere to the regulations and you will achieve your goal or at least be shielded from any poor consequences. Nobody is to blame, because the rules were followed. The rules are there to act as a substitute for thinking. Robotic adherence to the rules – and striving to have a rule for all things – is awfully bad in situations that even slightly deviate from the context envisioned by the rulemakers.
I worked for a meritocratic Investment Bank that was finding it difficult in the era of Megabanks to compete because we were constantly constrained by Capital. We did know how to husband and deploy capital wisely and had the knowledge and resources to compete for a while. Until the government started constraining us. Eventually we got sold to a Megabank.
Soon after, the truth to that paragraph cited above rang out. In an IB it is a meritocracy with a framework of rules. Individuals made most of the decisions and responsibility for husbanding capital was hierarchical. An individual trader may have a 50 Million limit to deploy as they saw fit. Above that, a more senior trader had to approve. Make a profit and stay within your parameters and you could Get Paid. Sometimes Bigly. You could move up. Take a big loss (every trader takes small losses) and get docked. Don't Get Paid. If you bent through the parameters or were trying to hide losses through mismarking your positions, it could be worse, to the point of being let go or shifted to some other position with less "upside".
Banks, on the other hand, were regulated by the Fed and Treasury and EVERYTHING was rules based. No one made a decision by themselves. There was no upside as there was no meritocracy. It was all predetermined paths and pay amounts. In a Megabank there was no Individual decisions and no individual responsibility. But of course, there was still a profit needed to be shown at the Collective level.
And there you had it. No one take the risk to sign off on anything until everyone had done so, and no one wanted to be the first. But if there were hundreds of rules and you just followed them rotely then the computer would spit out a "all rules were followed by everyone" certification and everyone could sign off assured that everyone else signed off. Because the computer said it was ok.
What happens when the Collective has a CYA for the Collective and no Individual Downside, but also has no Individual Upside? Dull minds start working there. Minds so dull that they tend to simply follow whatever trend had seemed profitable before. That is what happened. The best minds started heading for their own Hedge Funds and the large banks had a brain drain. But even the IBs had faltered by then and became the same as the Megabanks. Like Lehman.
Hence why all the banks except Goldman and JPM had launched headlong into Real Estate and Mortgage Bonds and CMOs and CLOs with RE backing and then Derivatives on all of this and never stopped to think about the downside.
It's not quite as simple as that, but it should help people see how the 2006-2009 Financial Crisis came about.
The computers said that RE was "safe" because it had been safe for 20 years. Plus, the Country had never had a Nationwide RE price drop. Just local ones. So just "diversify".
Some Hedge Fund guys figured out that the "thought" process behind the computers results pouring out ignored the fact that never before had the whole Financial System been so broadly dominated by a small group of Nationwide Financial Behemoths all engaged in the same trade and driving prices to Bubble Levels never before seen either. Those Individuals mad e a LOT of money for themselves and their organizations.
Yeah, the Da Vek (did you know he does Eminem Impressions! Watch this!) fans are creaming themselves that He Won!
He promises, like every GOPe candidate for 35 years has promised, to do wondrous things! Like Lucy holding the football.
Like fire 75% of the federal workforce! First off, it would be against the Civil Service Laws. Secondly, all of DC would lynch him on the White House lawn for that. Plus, if he really was serious about that, they'd be indicting him alongside Trump.
The guy's a con. He has a Bio degree from an Ivy League, but then a Ivy League Law degree. He touts making his fortune in biomedical, but did he invent new drugs? No, worked for Goldman and others and is an M&A expert on flipping biomed companies. Then he struck out on his own. A few companies he bought from Big Pharma were shepherded through the development process of something already in the works and once approved it pays off well. I'm sure his knowledge of Biology is a plus doing that, and I don't deny he is smart and worked in the private sector. But he's basically a Wall Street Financier type and that is why he likes TPP and H1-B skilled worker importation (aka Indentured Servants since the Visa belongs to the company and not the worker).
He's basically a Wall Street Globalist who has libertarian leanings.
If we had nothing else going for us I might think about him.
But we have Trump. Why toy with basically, a Globalist.
Trump showed that America First Foreign Policy, Anti-Globalism, on the one hand, and Domestic Prosperity and Domestic Jobs and Real Wages, on the other, are inextricably tied together. You don't get the latter without the former.
Never happen, but I like the thinking. Kinda, sorta goes with Mike's desire for Trump to tell the authorities in Georgia to buzz off and not show up, but without creating an actual process crime.
https://resistthemainstream.com/dan-bongino-lays-out-crazy-idea-about-what-trump-should-do-next-in-georgia-case/
Is it a sin to wish someone to die in agony and pain? Asking for a friend...
Chris Christies girlfriend:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ann-coulter-trump-republican-nominee
Obama crony Eric Holder (commie) doesn't like us North Carolinian's very much.
That's alright with me, because I despise the marxist bag of puss myself.
The commie Cooper will veto the bill and the republican legislative super majority will overide the veto making this law.
Remember how this works when you think voting is a waste of time. It most certainly isn't and the twin Carolina states prove it. Yea, we get some shit wrong, like all 4 of our damn worthless senators, but overall our outlook is improving.
https://mediarightnews.com/obama-crony-eric-holder-disingenuously-claims-nc-republicans-dont-give-a-damn-about-democracy-because-of-voter-fraud-prevention-measures/
Our neighbor, South Carolina, restricts abortion to six weeks. Th SCOTUS ruling kicking abortion back to the states where it always belonged is paying dividends for the yet to be born.
https://therightscoop.com/breaking-south-carolina-supreme-court-upholds-pro-life-heartbeat-bill/
"How did everything go so wrong at every level of the response?"
Right answer, it didn't. Wrong conclusion though. It wasn't some innocent rule and procedure following problem.
They burnt it on purpose. And like all commies, the death toll is a feature not a bug.
In reply to kennycan.
Some people are either too stupid to get this fact, or they are actually on the other side.
In reply to Skeptic.
The DoJ and the IA are the lynchpins they will protect at ALL costs.
NO ONE gets confirmed for those spots unless they're Deep Swamp.
Which is why they inserted the Sleeper Sessions in to sabotage Flynn and the Investigations by disappearing.
In reply to Skeptic.
What did DeVos do substantially over those 4 years?
Nothing compared to the economic, energy and foreign policy teams.
Barr should be sodomized to death with progressively larger white-hot fireplace pokers, alternating between both ends of his alimentary canal in series and plunged further each time, until the last pair meet in his middle, and the ordeal be televised live as a warning to traitors.
Afterwards, have wild beats tear him in quarters, and exhibit the pieces to the four corners of the realm in the usual manner, and throw whatever remains survive the journeys into local landfills.
Faux News at it again. Do you still watch the con artists at Fox? Why?
BUSTED – Fox News and Martha MacCallum Caught Presenting Koch Brothers Activist as Fake GOP Voter in Wisconsin to Support Ron DeSantis
Number ONE!
"In doing so, Billboard reports the new Virginia icon becomes the first artist ever to launch atop the list with no prior chart history in any form."
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/22/oliver-anthony-hit-rich-men-north-of-richmond-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100/
In reply to Skeptic.
Horseshit. The deep state party of republicans don't give a damn about the Sec of Ed. They do care about the AG and head of the FBI. The R senate wouldn't approve of any Trump person in any power position unless it was a deep state plant, like Sessions.
That's obvious to anyone that is honest. To state otherwise is to state you believe the senate republicans actually care about the country.
You are what you have been from day one, a neverTrumper butthurt retard. Still pining for Cruz and trying your best to resurrect the Cruz deep state replacement, DeSantis. The best president we've had since Reagan, many think better than. And the only one to ever take on the feds themselves. And you do nothing but nitpick.
There are no perfect people nor perfect presidents. Trump is just the best we've had since Ike.
You support Government Men. And we see through them and through you.
"...supplant his master Bathhouse Barry in the Worst US President In History slot."
I think when the history is written and the dust has settled, it will be acknowledged that biden never served as president.
In reply to Barry.
Betsy DeVos got confirmed as SecEd, and she was as hated as Kobach. Kobach would have had a shot, but Trump was too busy nominating people like Barr and Christopher Wray. Trump was the architect of his own downfall.
And ultimately ours.
Actual rank and file republicans think Reagan and Bush are the greatest presidents in the last 40 years. that's a no brainer of course as the only other republican presidents are both named Bush.
I wish they would have gone back to the middle of last century.
https://valiantnews.com/2023/08/republicans-rank-reagan-trump-among-best-modern-presidents-beating-bush-dynasty-in-landslide/
In reply to kennycan.
I'm going with both. All one need do is watch the video of the Georgia early morning vote theft. It's clear and anyone that denies it is a bald faced liar.
In reply to Skeptic.
Kobach would be a good one and WOULD NEVER BE CONFIRMED, which is the point you moron.
No one loyal to Trump or to Americans was gong to be confirmed.
As for retarded, you are a neverTrumper, as retarded as they get.
In reply to Barry.
Kris Kobach. Would have been perfect, and loyal as hell to Trump. And had Trump gone to the wall for him - or for any of his loyalists - he probably could have gotten him through the Senate. Would have been a fight, but Trump claimed to be a fighter.
As for your normal bullshit - you're retarded, Barry.
In reply to Skeptic.
Never forget that Barr was the filthy POS who made sure Lon Horiuchi was never prosecuted for murdering Vicki Weaver. Idaho had charged and was going to prosecute when Barr claimed Federal preference!
In reply to Barry.
I also understand that there is PLENTY more evidence about the Steal and I mentioned just some of it.
But even if there weren't, how could votes be tabulated when no one was counting? It's as simple as that.
A time line graph like the F curve should simply have gone flat line for both candidates with Trump leading, until counting resumed.
It's as simple as that. If you can't understand something that simple you're either lying or as stupid as a rock, or both.
In reply to Barry.
The real lesson, one I'm confident Trump learned -
Fire every person in the FBI and DOJ that can be fired, and then appoint me or someone like me*. Let the senate vote us down and
just leave the position unfilled.
*IOW's someone outside the gov, someone not corrupted by the deep state, or for the slower learners, an American
Jan 6 was entirely a fed operation.
And they are guilty of MURDER.
This story passes the smell test:
https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-leftist-cnn-camerama-jayden-x-plotted-j6-riot-on-antifa-discord-servers-met-up-with-ray-epps-before-going-to-capitol-jayden-xs-brother-says/
Hat tip: https://thelibertydaily.com/
In reply to kennycan.
I was watching it in real time. I don't recall what time I went to bed, not before 5am, but I knew the election was in the process of being stolen.
The famous F curve explains some of the steal. They had it planned out on multiple fronts, and it's also clear they didn't expect the massive Trump vote, which is why they had to stop the counting while they organized the ballot stuffing operations. By the early morning they knew where...
In reply to Skeptic.
Who was your pick for AG? One that could be confirmed in the senate...
And show us on the orange doll where the bad man hurt you.
Hey, but you voted for him twice like every other neverTrumper.
Barr is a traitorous son of a bitch, and the election was unquestionably stolen.
Who in the FUCK made that fat asshole Attorney General, anyway?
Oh....yeah.
As I have said before, but it bears repeating:
Trump was comfortable in the lead by 4-6% in the 6 "swing" States. They stopped counting until the morning. Yet somehow, with no one there to count a single vote, at 3am enough "votes" were counted, at 100% for Biteme, to vault him in to a narrow lead.
There are thousands of data points to add to that. There are thousands of sworn affidavits to the fact they were stuffing the ballot box. There are video evidence of them pulling out cases of ballots and running them through the machines. There is 2000 Mules which shows them stuffing Drop Boxes.
But if you simply look at the 3AM Vote Dumps when they weren't counting, and then deny The Steal, you are simply evil.
In reply to hhluce.
This was stuck in "moderation", probably because of the number of links. It's probably why you got the edit error (Barry)
the edit function does not work - it comes back with "the email address is invalid". Here is the paragraph I had intended to append:
Free, fair, and honest elections are the exception, rather than the rule, in the US, and this has been the case since nearly the beginning, where John Adams used the Alien and Sedition Acts to imprison his opponents. Adams had to be physically carried out of the White House, and that was back in 1801 - and Adams' Federalists were the precursors to today's Democrats.
I'm pretty sure "vegan sausage" comes wrapped in tranny's underpants.
I'm just waiting for when the people pimping "vegan leather" polyurethane run into the Anti-Oil activists. It should be a Muslims vs. LGBT kind of moment.
You don't have enough popcorn and beverages for that show.
Those are pretty standard bail conditions, if the government wants to revoke bail, Trump gets a hearing and he can appeal the result all the way to SCOTUS.
Democrats jailing opponents who have a good chance at beating them has happened before. It happened back in 1919-1920, when Eugene Debs was running for President as the nominee of the Socialist Party and had a good shot at winning the race. Woodrow Wilson railroaded him into jail in 1920 for 10 years using his Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, who effectively shut down Debs' campaign by arresting 4000 of his supporter in the infamous Palmer Raids:
"The famous socialist, union activist, and presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs found himself crosswise with Wilson for opposing both the draft and the war. In April 1919, five months after the war ended, he was convicted of “seditious” speech, sentenced to ten years in prison, and denied the right to vote for the rest of his life. Sometime later, when Debs heard that Wilson would refuse to pardon him, he poignantly responded, “It is he [Wilson], not I, who needs a pardon.”
Allow me to digress for a moment on the Debs case because it brings to mind a current controversy. President Trump was impeached by the House last month because he allegedly tried to cripple a political opponent by pushing for an investigation into that opponent’s possible corruption. But there was hardly a peep from the media in 1919, even though Debs ran for president four times before and would run yet again, and Wilson himself was flirting with the idea of running for a third term in 1920.
Wilson’s health eventually precluded another run, but Debs ran from his prison cell and garnered more than 900,000 votes. Wilson never pardoned Debs, but Republican President Warren G. Harding did. Hostilities in Europe ended in November 1918, but the Wilson administration’s assault on civil rights continued. With the Germans vanquished, the new pretext to bully Americans became known as the “Red Scare”—the notion that communists under the influence of the new Leninist regime in Moscow were the big threat in the country. Meantime, in March 1919, Wilson hired a new attorney general—A. Mitchell Palmer—who was determined to tackle it one way or another, especially after two attempted bombings of his home. Palmer was just what Wilson was looking for: “young, militant, progressive and fearless,” in the president’s own words. The first of the two biggest Palmer Raids occurred on November 7, 1919. With Palmer’s newly appointed deputy J. Edgar Hoover spearheading the operation, federal agents scooped up hundreds of alleged radicals, subversives, communists, anarchists, and “undesirable” but legal immigrants in 12 cities—some 650 in New York City alone. Beatings, even in police stations, were not uncommon. Palmer later said,
If . . . some of my agents out in the field . . . were a little rough and unkind, or short and curt, with these alien agitators . . . I think it might well be overlooked.
He pointed to a few bombings as evidence that the sedition problem was huge and required “decisive” action. January 2, 1920—when the largest and most aggressive batch of Palmer Raids was carried out—was a night of terror: about 4,000 arrests across 23 states, often without legitimate search warrants and with the arrestees frequently tossed into makeshift jails in substandard conditions. Leftists and leftist organizations were the targets, but even visitors to their meeting halls were caught up in the dragnet. No friend of liberty then or now, The Washington Post opined, “There is no time to waste on hairsplitting over infringement of liberties.” https://fee.org/articles/the-palmer-raids-america-s-forgotten-reign-of-terror/.
https://summarynews.whatfinger.com/2023/08/21/listless-vessels-top-10-memes-watch-maga/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12429019/Top-Trump-advisor-Stephen-Miller-unveils-harsh-anti-migrant-tactics-second-administration-land-sea-military-deployments-wall-buoys-denying-entry-Marxists.html
- Ramping up ideological screening for legal migrants and nix applications from anyone deemed 'Marxists' — likely determined by probing social media accounts
- Deploy a Coast Guard and Navy blockade to stop drug smuggling boats from Latin America
- Revive and expand the 'Muslim Ban' from the first administration to block more people from mostly Middle Eastern and African countries
- Designate Mexico's drug cartels as 'unlawful enemy combatants' and deploy the US military against them
- Move to end birthright citizenship for children of migrants without papers — possibly setting the stage for a battle in the conservative-loaded Supreme Court
- Extend the floating barrier of buoys along the Rio Grande.
- Speed up deportations of migrants with criminal records
- Complete the border wall that Trump started, but current President Joe Biden halted
- Make undocumented migrants 'remain in Mexico' while they await a court date.
- Make it harder for legal immigrants to enter the US — with stricter financial requirements and hefty bonds to deter visitors from overstaying
- Revive the Title 42 public health order to expel illegal migrants for non-COVID illnesses
- Expel child migrants in a bid to deter the trafficking of minors
Who could it be?
It should be remembered that this is a former president and one that is running for re-election currently.
The liars like Barr are mainly trying to STOP TRUMP from being in the running as they have no legal case at all. What crimes has he been charged with?
Any bogus conviction will result in an instant appeal to the next level, and should it go that far, the SCOTUS, where Trump will win.
He will never spend a night in jail.
Do Not Comply
I will not!
https://www.infowars.com/posts/do-not-comply-trends-as-patriots-unite-following-alex-jones-warning-new-lockdowns-coming/
Violence. Violence is the only way to make them see sense. Sadly. But, as we all said in grade school, "he was askin' for it". ...o.k., maybe not all of us said it. But for the ones that didn't, that's the new language in these parts.
I like some of the earliest rap. Creative and different.
It soon became predictable and repetitive and its appeal was obviously directed at thugs and their lifestyle in the Urban Warzones.
It's chief problem is its lack of melody (not complete absence, but its simple rhyming and steady rhythms don't allow for melodic development) and it requires some level of ability to be Poetic. For the most part though it is NEITHER Louie Louie and Twist and Shout and 96 Teardrops NOR is it Dylan and Fagen/Becker and Paul Simon.
The Globalists are Marxists. The Commies are Marxists.
In the US in the 90s they joined together in a sort of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and became the Uniparty.
They both seek One World Government and believe that when they get there they will be Stalin and the other side will suffer the fates of Trotsky, Hitler and Mussolini.
Our "Elites" have gone from being Americans to being TWANLOC as well. Only a handful believe it should be a strictly "American" "Elite" Ruling over the Cabal.
I'm not shy about calling the left/marxist/communist/assholes what they are, and never have been. Many so called "conservatives" have always spoken in a civil fashion with people that wish to enslave them. Screw that.
If you are going to read, then comment, call them out, and don't be nice about it. Where possible don't buy their products or use their services. Gillette and Coca Cola have been off my list for years now, along with some others. Long memory here.
Next step is a war. Perhaps impossible to avoid, but if you can't at least use some harsh wording against the slavers, why would anyone expect you to use weapons?
"right next door was turkey sausage, which is also an abomination unto the Lord"
The other day I was in the mood for bangers and mash and needed to buy sausages. The small supermarket (a pretty good one) only had turkey sausages so I bought those. The result: never again.
In reply to kennycan.
First sign of a mere politician, disloyalty. DeSantis has it in spades.
And while I can't prove it, I know damn well he was told by "upper management" that Trump would be taken out by indictment, paving the way. Maybe when Rupert was slipping him some of that millionaire money he was told.
In reply to kennycan.
The parallel to Cruz is near perfect. It's the same bunch really. They were fooled by the high and mighty Cruz and they continue to be fooled by DeSantis.
There simply isn't anyone else running that is not part of the chinese owned deep state GOPe, so it's really an easy decision. I wish there were an alternative, not because of anything Trump, but because he only gets 4 more years and there needs to be a VP in place just in case. The most important item now is the VP selection, and I really don't have a good idea. Trump is keeping that very close, but I think he has a couple in mind.
The primary is over. It's been over since the feds illegally raided Mar a Lago and DeSantis went into hiding. If he were the real deal he would have been out defending Trump every day, making life miserable for the federal pigs in Florida.
There are three sets at Insty, IMO. The deranged morons, the paid party hacks, and the uninformed idiots. The first and last group have a lot of crossover.
And now that they know it's over they are all butthurt, and that makes me happy. Schadenfreude.
They Need Us. We Don't Need Them.
"You denounce us as ignorant, as racists, as homophobes or transphobes, or whatever the pejorative of the day is. You look down your noses at people who never went to college, who work in the trades. But you of the left should remember one thing: You need us. We don't need you.
You deride the people who live out in the woods, on farms, or in small towns in the hinterlands, but we are the people who grow your food. We are the ones who harvest lumber and quarry stone and gravel for concrete, all of the materials that go into building your homes. And remember: You need us. We don't need you.
You look down your nose at the people who transport you. People like the thousands who work in the plants of Ford, GM, Chrysler, and the other various manufacturers all around the country. The people who refine the gasoline and diesel fuel that move the vehicles, the people who fix your car when it breaks down, the driver of the wrecker who comes out to help you because you lack the skills to do something as elementary as changing a tire – a skill I learned at about ten years of age. And remember: You need us. We don't need you."
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/20/they-need-us-we-dont-need-them-n2162842
"“Vegan alternatives” are usually overpriced, soy-rife, nutrition-bereft chemical compounds engineered and grown by scientists con men in a chem lab someplace."
FIFY
"...wonder how those “enlightened” vegans explain away the fact that humans are equipped with molars, canines, and incisor teeth, hm?"
Same way they explain away the failures of socialism/communism. They lie.
In reply to Barry.
Stick a fork in him...
Sad, really.
He turned out to be the Jeb 2016 of 2024 when he could have been the Trump 2028. Well, maybe he couldn't, but he had the chance.
Seriously. If one thought the Elections were Free and Fair, and you really were MAGA and for America First, why WOULDN'T you wait to make your move in 2028 with Trump's endorsement?
In reply to Barry.
RDS commenters on Insty are as deranged about you supporting Trump over RDS as anyone in 2016 who was a Cruz supporter.
The simple fact that you trust Trump to fight for us and may not believe anyone else can stand up to Leviathan, especially when they've been a lifetime IN Leviathan, is simply too much for them to take.
Or they're paid to attack Trump Supporters.
It was never easy, it never will be. Those of us in our age range got lucky and lived in an era of near absolute freedom and liberty paid for by the blood of others. We really didn't have to do very much, it was given to us.
We owe them, the American dead in places all around the world to continue the fight.
The test will not be pushback in the airports. Too many people have to fly for their job and the venue is tightly controlled as is.
The test is in the grocery stores, the restaurants, the churches. I do not believe Americans outside the deep state inner city's will stand for it. We'll see. My guess is they will stop short of what they want as seeing people openly defying them will lead to further defiance (strength in numbers) and be catastrophic to their goals.
"A-fuggin’-MEN to that."
Ditto x 1000
No fan of rap either, but than one passes and I like it.
In reply to Barry.
Well, that didn't take long. Gaetz presents the evidence that DeSantis is himself a "listless vessel". At least he was when it was in his best political interests.
https://rumble.com/v39r5r8-matt-gaetz-drops-reminder-video-of-ron-desantis-being-a-listless-vessel.html
In reply to Aesop.
"The communists subvert and poison everything they touch..."
That part I knew. People need to be reminded of it over and over, and still have very poor memory apparently.
Dead IRS agent? What's not to like? Now there are only 86,999 of those armed maggots around!
In reply to Barry.
It started off well enough, then was infiltrated by the Social Gospel leftards, just like the Catholic Church in the 60s.
Much like the Boy Scouts and Salvation Army now, and the YMCA in the 1940s and 1950s.
The communists subvert and poison everything they touch, then wear the corpse as a skinsuit.
Stupid³ is (inadvertently) not entirely wrong. A political solution will be applied.
"War is the continuation of politics by other means." - General Carl P.G. von Clausewitz
So, Agent Doofus capped himself.
Own goal. Huzzah.
Now he's a good IRS agent.
Sic semper tyrannus.
Is it possible to be any more tone deaf? Or is it the sign that there is no use in pretending any longer?
What do I know, I'm just a deplorable listless vessel.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/08/19/candidate-ron-desantis-says-maga-supporters-are-listless-vessels-who-follow-whatever-comes-down-the-pike-on-truth-social/
I bet the tribe got a lot of revenue selling products related to the name.
As they should. A warrior team who is competitive in the league should be a positive for a group of people who honorably defend themselves. It's the American Tradition.
The pedo info is coming out, don't worry. It's clear that there is a faction within the deep state at war with the other faction.
Biden will not run for reelection.
I don't believe there is the slightest bit of fake or "sleeper" in the man. Seems pretty genuine to me.
I've never had to struggle like him. That's just the luck of the draw, nothing more. I empathize with him, and those like him.
There was a time when anyone willing to work could get ahead and earn a nice life, could recover from failures. Still can, but it's a lot harder than it was. The economic life has been sucked out of this country by those fuckers from north of Richmond.
I knew that real red skinned Americans had no problem with a team named after them.
The left sucks, at everything.
In reply to SteveF.
I missed that. My daughter keeps them as well. I would but I don't want to have to protect them form the assorted coyote's, foxes, and hawks, and then I'm gone for weeks at a time.
I'll supply tar, straight from Tar Heel country.
In reply to Aesop.
Thanks for the info, not something I knew.
Is everything on the left the opposite of the name? Apparently so, even "Christianity".
"In local news, police are baffled by 25 cases of assault with hot tar and feathers, with the victims all found suffering from 2nd degree burns and left for dead at the Fulton County line in all cardinal directions..."
Christianity Today went woketarded decades back; conservative mainstream Christian churches dropped it like a woke potato probably back in the late 80s/early '90s, when it started sounding more like a CCCP house organ than Pravda did.
It's off the "front page" now, so I'll just provide an update on Lindell's election cheating stopper -
It is an electronic device that will log and notify in real time when devices, including voting machines, connect to the internet.
Problem#1: Useful, but I'm not sure it will stop them from connecting to china and just denying it anyway, Besides, YOU have no standing to pursue stolen elections in the courts.
Problem #2: It does nothing to stop running false ballots through the tabulators over and over and over...
Problem #3: It doesn't stop the massive "mail in" ballot rigging
Kudos to Lindell for trying and it may have an effect. Until some of the thieves are hung from lampposts I don't think the election theft will stop.
https://rumble.com/v38tf98-mike-lindell-explains-the-wireless-monitoring-device-that-will-help-police-.html
I've commented before about the economies and the social stability of the BRICS nations. In sum: hahahahaha
In reply to Barry.
I have been assured that when the Economy is Booming and Everything is Getting Better All the Time, naturally the Debt Ratings of that Country are Downgraded and their Banks have their Credit Ratings Downgraded as well!
The signs are all there for anyone who understands what a FICO score means...
40 countries, comprising 85% of the world's population, and a combined GDP for every nation but China somewhere between that of either Connecticut or Wyoming. In a good year.
Why does anyone pay any attention to those shithole countries for anything?
Oh, and in addition to the tarriffs you suggested, a ban on any further US immigration from those countries, until further notice. No friends, no relatives, nobody. Anybody here from them on a green card has to go back as well.
All US aid thenceward suspended indefinitely, and recall all development loans as well.
If you like your Turd World shithole, you can keep your Turd World shithole. Actions have consequences. Enjoy the dung heap.
Perfect analogy -
The Cold War
https://rumble.com/v38oft0-sean-davis-grand-slam-ted-cruz-is-wrong-republicans-must-fight-fire-with-fi.html
In reply to SteveF.
You would think so, but there seem to be a lot of people that can't figure it out.
In reply to Barry.
Kudlow on the economy:
A Trump BOOM, and a bidenomics bust
We don't actually need an economist to tell us this. All we need to do is buy groceries or fill up the tank or look for a job.
In reply to Barry.
Oh, but you're just not looking deep enough, Barry. The Black Panthers were encouraged and supported by Joos. The Bidens' and Pelosi's and Obama's and the Clintons' and the Bushes' secret puppetmasters were Joos.
Once you accept the truth that the Joos are behind everything, you'll soon see evidence that the Joos are behind everything.
Kudlow on the economy:
A Trump BOOM, and a bidenomics bust
HatTip: Whatfinger News - https://www.whatfinger.com/
And the four part interview Here: https://summarynews.whatfinger.com/2023/08/17/this-is-the-interview-ive-been-waiting-for-fast-clip/
And another vote for voting, or why it's steal* important.
In NC the legislature with the veto proof majority just overrode the commie governors veto of bills to protect women's sports from mentally ill men, and parental rights from mentally ill school teachers and officials.
Without turning out to vote in the conservative super majority this doesn't happen. So while you're waiting for Civil War 2 to begin, keep voting.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/08/17/north-carolina-overrides-veto-trans-bills-n2627163
*yes
I'll have to hunt for it when I have a minute, but somewhere I read that the DA published the jurors names by accident...
In reply to MarkMatis.
Mark, maybe that is because they ain't.
The black panthers are not jewish. Biden is not jewish. pelosi is not jewish. obama is not jewish. The clintons are not jewish. The bush's are not jewish.
I'm sensing a pattern here, a disturbance in the force, could it be that commies are not all jewish?
In reply to kennycan.
I guess there wasn't enough smoke for about 40% of the dopes in this country...
In reply to Barry.
Well, the smoking gun was shown live on TV. They stopped counting the votes between 10pm to midnight and started again in the morning, yet at 3am "votes" were "counted", all went for Biteme and we're just enough to out him over the top.
The infamous F graph of time vs votes for each candidate.
The only acceptable coin to pay the debt owed will be lifeblood. Theirs. Every. Last. Drop.
Anyone trying to tell you to settle for less is part of the Uniparty, and an enemy. Know this the same way Don Corleone knew Tessio was the traitor when he brokered the meeting with Barzini.
The day is coming when we settle all family business. Failure to do so means we get settled.
There's no second-place medal here.
In reply to kennycan.
Heh, I know. I'm hoping all the while knowing if he held up the smoking gun it wouldn't be acknowledged anyway.
In reply to Mike.
Well that fixes it! Thanks Mike, I'll have to be careful...
And I edited the comment above with the "manage comment" function down in the right hand lower corner just like I've been doing.
In reply to Barry.
Well, now I have a set of functions appearing under the comment with "click to edit" and "request deletion".
Using that edit function allowed the edit, but when saving it looked hungup. I refreshed and the edit is there.
I recall seeing these before but not lately?
In reply to Barry.
OK, something definitely hinky with the comment editor. I just tried to edit this one just to see and I get the same red banner with "posting comments too fast".
test this edit function
The latest from Rasmussen:
https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/2023/08/Scott-Rasmussen-Poll-Republican-Candidates-08.16.23-1024x249.png
In reply to SteveF.
Wish I could help you there. Not much you can do that I know of. Some of these people will tell a lie so obvious everyone knows it, and they have no shame.
In reply to Barry.
You're welcome.
We consider the debt paid, and then some, if you can tell me how to cause explosive diarrhea over the internet. Some dumbass on another forum has been attacking me all day because, um, no good reason that I can tell. I figured to give him something else to occupy his mind.
In reply to Barry.
Perfect! I'm in your debt :)
Easy peasy, and I like the fact that it created one folder called "imported" where all the dissenter bookmarks are. I can keep it or start a new layout.
Thanks again!
In reply to SteveF.
Ahh! Thanks Steve! I saw the HTML import for brave but that didn't ring my bell to look and see if I could export the dissenter bookmarks to an HTML format.
I'll give it a whorl and report back.
In reply to Barry.
Yes, Chrome --> Brave --> Dissenter
Export bookmarks from Dissenter by going to the "Hamburger" at the top right, "Bookmarks | Bookmark Manager".
On the new tab, "Bookmarks", click the triple dots at the top right and choose Export. HTML will be your only format option.
In Brave, click the hamburger menu and choose "Bookmarks | Import bookmarks and settings".
Choose the HTML file you just created from Dissenter.
(As usual, YMMV based on versions. I'm on Linux with a new-ish but not quite current Brave.)
In reply to Mike.
Beats me. I posted comments in the daily just to get out of this thread and when I edit those it pops up a big red banner saying I'm posting too fast :)
Anyway, don't worry about it for now. If it doesn't go away on its own well deal with it then. It's always worked fine in the past.
In reply to Barry.
Lets try this again. On the one above I get A red error bar that says I'm posting comments too quickly :)
In reply to Mike.
That's how I always do it. I edited the comment, but it wouldn't save it for some reason. Just one of the oddballs of computer land.
It normally works fine. I'll try it here again...
In reply to Barry.
Hm. Try mousing over the lower-right corner of the comment box, a little gear-icon should pop up. Click that, and you should be in. Or could be I need to set you up with admin privileges before that'll work, I dunno. Give it a try and holla back...
Follow the mold: first, before shooting them in the face, throw them into the nearest harbor.
Boo frickin' hoo.
Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of woketarded @$$holes, indeed.
In reply to SteveF.
Hey, Thanks!
Looks OK so far. I'm not using it more than 10% at the moment. I guess I'll just take the "clean" opportunity to set all my bookmarks up in a little better fashion and throw out the ones I never use anymore.
It actually looks and feels a lot like Dissenter, which is natural since I think Dissenter was a fork of Brave which was a fork of chrome maybe?
"Let 'im up. John, I think he's stopped breathing."
Um, no.
In the manner Capt. William Fairbairn (the co-inventor of that splendid sentry-sticking dagger) ended all his hand-to-hand lecture demonstrations,
"...and then, kick him in the BALLS!"
Dulce et decorum est.
An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.
This is why I've been calling for the summary execution of "migrants". They constitute an undeclared, non-uniformed invading army. They have no rights, specifically no right to a trial or right to be returned to their place of origin. Shoot them and bulldoze them into mass graves.
And then move on to the politicians and media and activists and businessmen who encouraged the invasion.
Haven't quite done the forgot-the-head gasket trick but have done similar. Profanity ensued.
In reply to Barry.
Let me fiddle with it and get back to you. I need to make the same transition.
("Transition in the old sense, from the long-ago days of 2015 or so. Not the new meaning.)
Ha, good catch on the head gasket. I've done worse...
The air cooled flat 4 VW engine is used in a variety of racing and off road racing cars. It is the engine in my little mid engine formula car. I can practically assemble one blindfolded, having done it >100 times over the last 50 years. The engine "block" is what we call a case, two halves made of magnesium or aluminium. There is a bore where the camshaft rides and at the back of the case halves you insert a round piece of metal with sealant to block the hole off, also called a galley plug.
Since I never owned a dyno, I always have to assemble and install in the car, and then test it. Once after a long evening of finishing the install, I cranked her up and immediately saw a massive oil leak. I had left the plug out and that requires complete removal and disassembly. I only did it once though...
I find it hard to believe that crap online mag is still in business. It's hard to imagine anyone reading the tripe they put out.
Nolte hits that out of the park.
"What whores won’t do for a dollar. We have the worst elites."
They are elites only in their own minds, the rest of us just think they are whores. Well, no. Whores provide a service.
testing the new "Brave" browser
Dissenter is getting a bit worn out and while I really really like it, no support or updates is rendering it obsolete.
And apparently Brave has no support for importing my stuff from dissenter...
Of course the video shows an out of context snippet. This is how the MSM, and now the Courts, lie.
We need to stop the Fraud so find me 11,780 votes that were Fraudulent became:
Find me 11,780 votes...
How dare he plan an attack without FBI help!
How many Known Wolves have committed attacks over the decades?
For a while there trans attacks were ok, but then got inconvenient.
The only reason this person was stopped was because they were going to go ahead with an attack at a time that was inconvenient to the Deep State .
Any I too cynical? Or just not cynical enough?
"How could one even tell any of those places had been bombed..."
That ones easy - It would be an improvement over what is currently there.
Well just damn. Currituck. I didn't know that's where he played. I love the entire coastal region of NC.
The people of coastal NC are pretty down to earth. Trump signs are EVERYWHERE :)
Hey, if Slow Joe aggravates Putin sufficiently for him to give the shithole hives free streetlighting for the next hundred years, what's not to like? Especially if Putin starts with 405 E 42nd St in the Big Craphole!
In reply to SteveF.
OK, well this is interesting: Of the 100 largest cities, 64 are D and 24 R with 10 other
I imagine most of those 24 R's are not our friends.
https://ballotpedia.org/Party_affiliation_of_the_mayors_of_the_100_largest_cities
In reply to SteveF.
Miami. Not a true conservative but several things in his favor. No antifa/BLM/Democrat riots there because they told them they would break them into pieces. Far from perfect and it's still a shithole IMO, but it's way better than places like Chitcago or SanFransicko among others.
Jacksonville (FL) has been dominated by republicans since the early 90's, but a damnocrat won in July of this year.
Are there others over 100K? Don't know.
But you're probably correct that a real conservative mayor and city council is rare to non existent.
And yea, if they all burnt to the ground we would all be better off.
In reply to SteveF.
Ok, at 2/3rds SteveF speed :)
Rumble is also max 2X.
I don't really even like to listen to the longer ones, prefer to read it. Never liked books on tape either.
In reply to Barry.
sped up to SteveF speed
I normally listen to podcasts (using VLC, which allows fine control) at close to 3X. Slower if accents are heavy (but the content is good enough to be worth dealing with them). YT allows only up to 2X, a far cry from "SteveF speed".
"Democrat-run city" means every city over N people, I think. What is N? 100,000? Are there any large American cities run by conservatives? Not RINOs, and not a real Republican mayor who managed to get in but is fighting a libtard city council every step of the way.
In reply to kennycan.
Agree on all counts, even though I have only listened to about half and that sped up to SteveF speed :)
He is not the typical corrupt democrat for certain. His views however, are appalling for anyone that values freedom and liberty above all else. Why? Because RFK Jr believes in the rule of the mob*, something the founders feared as much as anything else.
*as do all socialists
I could never vote for him as President because of his Socialist Domestic Policies and probably a host of other issues.
Watching this though, I will say one thing. Unless he's a heck of an actor, he seems genuinely concerned about the path we are on with Russia, to the point where he seems to be visibly shaking when he talks about the possibilities of Nukes flying. That possibility may be low, but it's a hell of a lot higher today than it was under Trump. However, as each new ratchet up by Biteme Admin and the NeoCons running this War, to the point that they're openly talking about overthrowing the current Russian Government and then splitting Russia into something like 40+ smaller countries (and installing their Puppets in each one), is the possibility of Nukes flying as low as we might think?
It's sobering to hear a Dem call out both Parties on this issue.
In reply to Aesop.
I'm not so sure the committed commies are as apathetic as some of "ours".
It still remains, no one has started the revolution and until they do...
The problem here is, the continual knock on voting as useless plays into their hands. No need to cheat if our side will not even show up.
If you're shooting I'll give you a pass. Which means no one receives a pass.
In reply to Barry.
Like I said, "to complicate the steals".
"The lazy bastards" is a null. They have the same problem, and their lazy bastards cancel ours out.
"Where the vote isn't rigged completely"? Meh. I'm not apathetic. But rust never sleeps, and my idealism died quietly a long, long time ago.
This is war to the knife, and knife to the hilt. Nothing less will avail. Everything that obscures that is more of a hindrance than a stop-gap. I'd rather it kicked off sooner than later, while there's still a shred of a chance to prevail, and the bonus is a zero-sum of no surviving proponents of communism, a la Air Pinochet, etc.
Waiting for it to fail on its own in 70 years like in Russia and Eastern Europe is a sucker deal.
In reply to kennycan.
No, I'm sure it's not that. I'm pretty interested in what he has up his sleeve though, something that he thinks "is such a perfect plan".
I'll be damned if I can imagine what it is.
In reply to Aesop.
As I've said before, I disagree that voting isn't still important. One, the greater the true vote the harder they have to work to steal it and the more obvious it is. Two, it certainly matters where the vote isn't rigged completely, NC is a good example.
Three: We wouldn't be in this situation if all the lazy bastards would have got off the couch and gone and voted for the last 50 years. No real proof, but I'm fairly certain that the margin of fraud has been way less than the margin of laziness.
No one is able to make the case that you shouldn't vote. Why on earth would anyone that believes in freedom and liberty stay home?
If "machineguns, guillotines, or metric fucktons of nooses" were in use I might agree, but they're not, and I don't see them coming into widespread use just yet.
In reply to Mike.
I don't think any of us truly understand anyone else's pain unless we go through it, with one exception.
Your children's pain hurts you worse than them.
"Vote! MOAR! HARDER!" has been pretty well debunked.
Anything that doesn't involve machineguns, guillotines, or metric fucktons of nooses and lamp posts is pissing into the wind.
The only excuse for voting at all now is to complicate the steals.
In reply to Mike.
Lisa's poor dad had his leg amputated almost all the way up to the hip. Bone marrow cancer, if I remember right. Talk about your nasty stuff!
In reply to Barry.
Oh, it is at that. After watching the GF's dad go through all he had to go through over the course of about three years or so, I thought I was at least somewhat aware of what was coming. I mean, I literally saw the man openly weeping from it on several occasions, it was just awful to watch it happen. But over the last few months, I've found out the hard way just how little I really knew. As if losing a limb itself wasn't bad enough...
Mighty fine! I'm still amazed, both with the story of Oliver and the song itself.
Hope you feel better soon. I've boned up on phantom pain and it seems to effect almost all amputee's to some degree. Nasty business.
In reply to SteveF.
DAYUMMM! And here I thought that new/old electronic keyboard Jeremy gave me was high-tech. ;)
A young woman who grew up down the street from my mother was groped during a photo op after biden was installed as resident of the White House. She was told to keep her hands flat on thighs and he grabbed her butt during the pic.
Tucker looking for investors. On the right we've always had the problem that the billionaire class seemed to prefer to pander to the left, probably for the media response.
It looks like there are a few that see an opportunity to promote freedom and liberty and make a few bucks:
https://slaynews.com/news/tucker-carlson-gets-revenge-on-fox-news/
It would be glorious to put Fox Fake News under.
In reply to Barry.
By definition, all leftists are stupid.
I'm flexible though. If someone would rather just slide all the dumbasses into woodchippers, I'm okay with that.
In reply to kennycan.
I don't think ramalamadingdong ever had a chance, but as you say, it's dead now.
Really, they're all dead, they always were. The neverTrump crowd gets exposed for what they really are, on the other side.
In reply to brack.
I might just rephrase that, with all due respect to Churchill who I admire greatly (his American half anyway :) ) -
“The best argument against elite governance is a five-minute conversation with the "elitist" .
“The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
- while commonly attributed to Churchill, there's no direct attribution. Still, pretty spot on in the Idiocracy.
In reply to Barry.
They're already trying to pivot to Ramaswamy, but his support for TPP and now his Ice Ice Baby rapping onstage weirdness in Iowa is sinking him.
Looks like Pence is up...
Seriously, Trump should do a send up Live of the GOP "debates" instead of joining them now.
It's an even worse field than what showed up for 2015-2016.
"Trump people are degenerates"
I suppose when your campaign and candidate is toast, you can go ahead and say what you really think, and the thinking by the DeSantis Super PAC chairman is the same as every other deep stater.
Well, you fat short ugly fuck, let me clue you in -
Us deplorables don't give a damn what you Hillary supporters think.
Did I say stick a fork in him?
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/08/13/desantis-pac-chair-maga-are-degenerates-i-wouldnt-piss-on-trump-if-he-was-on-fire/
So who is the next neverTrump savior?
In reply to boron.
"I also get the feeling that hhluce feels that physicians, nurses, dentists, and chaplains are REMFs" Wrong. And that's just trolling, and you know it. You know perfectly well what I'm talking about.
In reply to SteveF.
I agree, with one possible exception, if the money were to come through donations.
But I can guarantee you that's not where this pile of cash came from.
You might argue the person would have made a donation to something important, like education, rather than defense of AA, but I find that argument lacking in the case of donations for legal costs.
The sad thing? The republican majority in the state house could have put the kabosh on this long ago.
In reply to Barry.
UNC officials said the money for the various costs did not come from tuition or state appropriations.
Three magic words: Money is fungible.
In reply to SteveF.
Us :)
In other judicial action the university made the following statement: "UNC officials said the money for the various costs did not come from tuition or state appropriations." This was for defending itself in the NCAA "investigation" over multiple years to the tune of 21 million (I think).
The university paid 2.5 million to the Sons of Confederate Veterans after the statue, Silent Sam, that stood on campus for a zillion years was toppled.
I'd guess the legal bills and settlements at UNC approach 100 million this century.
I say "Us" because one way or another, no matter which account you pull it out of the taxpayer is on the hook. I don't know how the AA case was funded.
The exception would be those cases that are funded by donations. I cannot find any breakdown on this. It probably exists.
In reply to Barry.
So who's going to be taking responsibility for wasting $35M of what I assume is taxpayer money?
As I have reported before, UNC took the SCOTUS ruling on "affirmative action" seriously and are taking measures to comply with it in the correct manner, unlike other schools (Harvard, et al.).
They should be commended for the effort which serves as an example for others.
"In a recent statement, UNC has pledged their undying commitment to upholding the Supreme Court ruling following their defeat in an affirmative action case. In addition, UNC has also pledged to extend that same non-racist fairness to their hiring practices as well. What’s more, they are admitting they spent $35 million in legal fees on a losing case and calling the whole thing a “moment of humility.” What a win for the good guys."
https://www.revolver.news/2023/08/victory-unc-surrenders-to-supreme-court-affirmative-action-ruling-calling-it-moment-of-humility/
In reply to kennycan.
The battery manufacturing alone is as dirty as an ICE vehicle over the normal lifespan.
And nearly every EV was built in part with child slave labor.
EVs are designed to Fail The Grid and make us all dependent upon Public Transport.
As Barry notes below, the REAL cost to own and drive them is far higher than an ICE vehicle.
Plus they're environmentally "dirtier" to make and run than an ICE car. It's just that then"costs" are all hidden away and not seen coming out the tailpipe.
They forced this Trainwreck on US to humiliate US.
Not The President Obergroperdrüler Joetato the Last also serves as a lightning rod for blame.
In reply to Tom Perry.
I'm old enough and have traveled long enough to remember when a US passport struck fear in normal criminals, when the American government would stand by its citizens, and other governments did whatever possible not to anger Uncle.
In reply to Aesop.
Well, maybe. But with a cutoff of 90 I don't think you accomplish much. That eliminates 25% or so of the population, not all of which are stupid leftists.
In reply to Barry.
My goal isn't perfection, which is a fool's crackpipe dream. I'd settle for merely for a thousandfold improvement over what is now, and stretches backwards for a century or more.
A standard IQ test as a weed-out more than meets that criteria.
In reply to kennycan.
I think so as well. The entire J6 drama was orchestrated by the left, which includes most of the R party. They were all in on it.
In reply to Tom Perry.
I've shared that info many times. Putin is a KGB killer, trained in torture and worked with* the red brigade terrorists in Italy and Germany.
*as in, ran the operations since they were russian ops
Actually, what they did was tell him the truth so he wouldn't get in the way of their Hollywood Production.
I found a video about Lenin. I think Lenin is the worst.
Check out this comment:
FUN FACT: "One of those who cooked for Rasputin during the Great War was a chef at Petrograd's luxurious Astoria Hotel who went on, after the Revolution, to cook for Lenin and Stalin. He was Spiridon Putin, grandfather of President Vladimir Putin." Simon Montefiore, "The Romanovs", Vintage Books, 2016, footnote, page 600.
Next time I run into Putin, I'll ask if he has any cooking tips.
Man it is hot outside, 95 like 106 the weather says. Planting continues in the heat...
Americans not fooled, 2/3rds believe the election was rigged, the feds are responsible for J6, and the bidens are a crime family:
Roseanne Barr, American, crushing the Trump critics:
https://www.westernjournal.com/roseanne-barr-goes-attack-mode-crushes-trump-critics-perfect-tweet/
Courtesy of Sundance, her are the words:
I’ve been selling my soul, working all day, overtime hours for bullshit pay,
so, I can sit out here and waste my life away, drag back home, and drown my troubles away.
It’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten to for people like me — for people like you.
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true. But it is. Oh, it is.
Living in the New World – with an old soul.
These rich men north of Richmond. Lord knows it all. Just want to have total control.
Want to know what you think, want to know what you do.
And they don’t think you know. But I know that you do.
Because your dollar ain’t shit, and it’s taxed to no end because the rich men north of Richmond.
I wish politicians would look out for miners and not just minors on an island somewhere.
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothing to eat, and the obese milking welfare.
God, if you’re five foot three, and you’re 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds.
Young men are putting themselves 6 feet in the ground because all this damn country does is keep on kicking them down.
Lord, it’s a damn shame – what the world’s gotten to for people like me, people like you.
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true. But it is. Oh, it is.
Living in the New World – with an old soul.
These rich men north of Richmond. Lord knows they all. Just want to have total control.
Want to know what you think, want to know what you do. And they don’t think you know. But I know that you do.
Because your dollar ain’t shit, and it’s taxed to no end because the rich men north of Richmond.
I’ve been selling my soul, working all day, overtime hours for bullshit pay…
In reply to Aesop.
As I said earlier, I don't have nor can I find the data required to actually determine how long the "integrity" would hold. I just don't think it's a near instant disaster. Your life is measured in a couple minutes at best, and less than that is likely.
From the article, and to the point you make - "The lower pressure on the outside of your body causes the liquids just inside your skin to expand, causing you to swell up.", that's going to happen pretty near instantly. Skin is rather amazing and pretty damn tough and pliable, as I'm sure you know.
It's actually an interesting proposition.
Just an opinion, but there are no limits that produce any certainty of the outcome that we seek.
Age, service, "IQ", gender, they all fail and that is obvious.
If there is a solution then I believe it is in requiring youth to receive as part of their education the basic facts of freedom and liberty, and how it is/has been gained and lost.
In reply to Aesop.
"And while I’m up..." :)
I agree teh stupid is the biggest problem, but I disagree you can measure that with an "IQ" test that is flawed and because there are lots of people with "IQ" above the threshold* that consistently vote retarded.
*see the apart about "flawed"
Age should not be the determining factor. 25 years ago I would have said that having volunteered for a 5 year period in the U.S. Armed Services would havve to be a major determining factor, but with a a number now volunteering just to get their free sex change operation(s), i'm not quite so sure. I also get the feeling that hhluce feels that physicians, nurses, dentists, and chaplins are REMFs - if you don't mind, I'd prefer to have a few words with the aforementioned person in private. The only gauge, per Vivek Ramaswamy's thesis should be life-experience and how this has affected you ability to see the world as it exists or, if you will, 20/20 vision/understanding. I'm 82: my sister-in-law is just three months younger, our weltanschauungen is like day and night; she, having been married and raised three kids, is still at the mental/emotional level of 15 living at home under her mother's thumb. Do you, in all honesty, (remember she's 82 and mentally competent) want her voting? I can keep going with many such stories - to no purpose. You'd like to think that age correlates with experience and the ability to see through charlatans like our current pResident, but that's just not true.
In reply to Barry.
Agreed on the radiation. But I have grave doubts the meatsack would maintain integrity.
If the CEO of the holding company and of Budweiser Inc. both commit ritual seppuku , televised nationally, by way of apology, and they forswear any further such nonsense, along with every grinning idiot who greenlit their transfaggotry extravaganza, if might suffice to turn things around.
Either way, it'd be fun to watch.
Stupid should always hurt.
Age is a problem (that whole "the long-term consequences section of humans not growing in until you're 25 thing"), but not really the problem.
Neither is skin in the game via public/military service.
It's IQ.
Some people are smart at 18; others are stupid at every age. And heaven knows how many village idiots serve in the dotMil, up to the highest ranks. So that's not a good weed-out.
National IQ tests in high school. Machine-scored, double-blind. Either score a 90 or better, or like Mongo, you're "just a pawn in game of life."
Imagine the joy of seeing Fetterman, Emperor Poopypants, Gabbin' Nuisance, Pelosi, Lurch, most of Congress, the entire lamestream media, etc., and a cast of millions of Marx's "lumpenproletariat", removed forever from the voting rolls with the stroke of a pen.
(A distant second-place idea would be to hang a Rubik's Cube or some logic problem outside the polling places. Gotta vote in person, and if you can't solve it, you don't make it past the bouncers.)
It's not young people who got us here. It's stupid people. You can't fix stupid. (At least, not without using a big enough hammer.) But you don't have to let it vote.
And while I'm up, I'd like world peace, the winning lottery ticket, and a pony.
As for the military service part, I'd limit that to those who served in an active combat role, i.e. under enemy fire. No REMFs need apply under this category. That would disqualify people like Milley, by the way. Otherwise, I'd extend the right to vote to any American above the age of 13 who could demonstrate the requisite knowledge of the intent of the founders, both Federalists, like John Jay and Alexander Hamilton (both of them Wall Street types, btw), and Anti-Federalists, like Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George Mason, who were responsible for the Bill of Rights. At 14 I could have easily passed such a test.
"estimated attendance: half a mill or thereabouts"
Damn, I had no idea it was that big.
500,000 people and you can't give a Tranny light beer away.
"I’d bet it would be the most-watched sporting event in television history."
And likely the shortest as well.
Those of us who race cars often say that adrenalin is the greatest addiction of all.
I would guess that the same is true for the lure of being on stage.
In reply to Aesop.
A vacuum means there is no conduction or convection which is what makes it a good insulator. A mass cools only at the rate it radiates energy into space. Nothing else matters (does that qualify as a pun?).
I'm on board with the rabbit toss.
In reply to Barry.
A vacuum only insulates inside from outside when said vacuum is contained between the two. The vacuum of Space in such an instance insulates nothing, because the vacuum itself is vacuuming out gas and heat from that rapidly-dead body, like a Dirt Devil the size of the Milky Way.
As for pressure gradients, anyone who's experienced burps and farts at altitude can guess why everything from the stomach north will be coming up and out, and why everything south of the stomach will be flying out the other end like you were plugging the blown-out window on a 747 with your butt at 40,000'.
You can imagine where the circulating blood volume will go when you blow out a hemorrhoid, both eyeballs, and your nasal passages. You can imagine what happens with urinary sphincters and your eardrums too. It's one thing when your ears pop; it's quite another when your brains follow them out both auditory foramens.
And while skin is resilient at room temperature against normal atmospheric pressure in either direction, how resilient it will remain when it's suddenly subjected to -450° temps leads me to believe you're going to be shredded like a dry leaf in a blender as all that internal pressure seeks a way into the vacuum ASAP.
Spacecraft are weight-restricted, so they're built to withstand outward pressures of 1 Atm, with a safety factor. They are virtually eggshells. (The Lunar Module, for example, was literally a single sheet of mylar in several places.)
Crack that eggshell in a vacuum in absolute zero and you get frozen plasma streamed out the breach. So with people wearing meatsuits.
They'll be frozen goo, all right, probably less than an hour after they're already dead.
The animal rights lunatics will scream, but perhaps NASA should toss a rabbit out of the ISS at altitude in a sealed plexiglass cage, pop the hatch, and film the result, in the name of science.
I'd suggest a cow, but the weight penalty to get one in orbit is prohibitive.
But at least they could blame the inevitable mutilation on aliens afterwards.
In reply to Barry.
Lets try that again:
nope
OK, so it's the browser. MS Edge works just fine. Something changed in Dissenter I guess. Maybe I need to drop the old thing...
In reply to Barry.
Hmm, I'm just showing a unsmiley face in a big box for that link. It was there when I posted. Anyone else see that? Or does the link work?
I'll try it here:
Edit: So, it shows up when first posted but after page refreshing I get the box with the frown and no link. Not sure what has happened. The link function in my comments does not work, maybe it's this browser, but pasting the link directly always has. I'll try using the html link commands next. I'm erasing the pasted link since it doesn't work.
In reply to Aesop.
In a city of normal people you would be right. I'm not sure that place has any normal people left.
In reply to Aesop.
"Space is not your friend."
We agree on that :)
"As I said, they tried to apply atmospheric radiation norms to a vacuum approaching absolute zero. Which doesn’t work. And shows they’re idiots."
I disagree. The best insulation is what? A vacuum*. You can absolutely calculate the radiation values for a vacuum approaching absolute zero.
The moisture in your body will not boil instantly because the pressure inside your body doesn't drop instantly. I simply don't know how to calculate the speed at which it will drop internally. I can do the pressure drop equations just fine, but I have no data on the strength of the human body. What I will tell you is that all spacecraft operate in that same vacuum and they are of necessity built very light with very light shells to contain the internal pressure.
*it's why they make vacuum thermos bottles.
In reply to Barry.
It was a set up.
They had shot most of the "violent" "scenes" earlier and like a movie they were in editing mode and needed the Guard to stay away while they fed the "Scenes" of "violence" in amongst the live action footage.
Grandma wasn't walking around taking selfies when a 100 yards, or a 100 feet, away people were "battling" with Capitol Police in a riot.
In reply to Barry.
He wrote a great book, but in the end he's a Country Club Marxist Limousine Liberal RINO and always has been.
I first started getting suspicious when reading Liberal Fascism and how he studiously avoided the Progressives in the GOP, starting with the mild Progressiveness of Teddy Roosevelt and then completely ignoring the full on Progressivism of Hoover.
Since then we've had some of it from Ike, then Nixon's domestic policies (we are all Keynesians now).
But no one beat Hoover at the progressive game as a GOPer.
IIRC Jonah has his fame from his Dad. Born on third, thinking he hit a triple, he's a Ruling Class "Elitist" earned by birth and nothing more.
In reply to Barry.
Add in the Windy Shitty, the Big Craphole, and the District of Corruption and I will agree with you. FOR STARTERS!!!
In reply to Barry.
You aren't going to freeze to death, which was never at issue. You'd be dead in seconds long before that happened, and hitting 90° F, long before freezing, would put you in a hypothermic coma, if you lasted that long, which you wouldn't. You also aren't going to take days to freeze at -450°+ F., which was and is at issue. As I said, they tried to apply atmospheric radiation norms to a vacuum approaching absolute zero. Which doesn't work. And shows they're idiots.
The human body being 2/3rds moisture, the victim is going to be a cold, hard, dry piece of exploded toast in seconds, because all that moisture boiling off will carry much of the body's heat with it instantly, at a vastly accelerated rate over solely radiation. The gas embolisms will be an explosion outward from every part of the body, in the most horrific case of "the bends" ever. And the heat as the absorbed gasses boil off literally cooks you in seconds from the inside out.
The Byford Dolphin Accident: How 5 Deep-Sea Divers Met Grisly Deaths | HowStuffWorks
What's left will not be a coherent piece of meat, but a carcass rent open to the vacuum in multiple places from your internal stir fry. The Byford incident was going from 9Atm to 1. A space accident will be going from 1Atm to none whatsoever. There's no equilibrium, everything simply boils out of you.
If the remaining carcass should manage to float into sunlight, one side might warm up to 250°F., while the other is -250°, depending on its movement. Pretty much like the Moon in sunlight vs. shadow, or the opposite sides of the Space Shuttle back in the day, or the ISS now. Slow dry-roasted on one side, hard frozen on the other, and freeze-dried throughout, and long-since dead.
Death by hypoxia and hypothermia were the risks only with Apollo XIII, a rigid non-complaint tank, unlike a spacesuit.
If the LOX tank explosion had caused a rupture of the crew module, probably of any size larger than a fist, it would have all been over in a fraction of a second, with the astronauts inside sucked out through any hole like a giant Playdoh Fun Factory and flying through space as human spaghetti, and the capsule cartwheeling through space until rejoining the sun. We never would have known what happened.
Likely everything would simply have winked out.
Space is not your friend.
It's a short trip until the people of Portland reach the conclusion that the safest course is to shoot the Portland cops on sight first, then go after Antifa unhindered. Both targets have it coming, and we can only wait in anticipation of that epiphany coming to light.
In reply to Barry.
What a shock, Jonah Goldberg thinks small donors (Americans, conservatives) are the real problem: https://rumble.com/v36bkbu-jonah-goldberg-says-the-quite-part-out-loud-small-donors-are-getting-in-the.html
What Fox (faux news) wanted to suppress, the Carlson interview with the former Capitol police chief -
https://rumble.com/v36eafu-former-capitol-police-chief-steven-sund-reveals-what-really-happened-on-jan.html
In reply to Barry.
Hmm, anything interesting happen recently? Feinstein having further difficulty? Will she last the term?
How bout slow joe? Can he last the term?
I have to say, I do wish Trump would dump the "Winred" fundraising function.
But here we have DeSantis not disclosing his small donor numbers through an agreement with the RNC, and to qualify for the "debate" requires a certain number of small donations,
and you wonder why some of us say he is owned by the china owned GOPe...
You just can't make this stuff up.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/08/10/suspicious-desantis-team-works-with-rnc-to-hide-small-donor-contribution-details-the-rnc-debate-qualification-is-based-on-donor-contribution-details/#more-249816
It's been over for DeSantis for several months now. His decline began as soon as he announced.
OK, echoing Mr Horn. First thing I noticed was the lack of dust below the planes while tail dancing, so I first thought it was fake, then no movement of anything on the ground - shrubery etc. Then I realize they were RC planes and understood.
Quite impressive control of an RC plane though!
Ugh. I could have been off the internet for another night or two to avoid that story...
Strange shit happens, but that one is pretty damn funny. Hawk drops the snake and then retrieves it with no fear from the woman it was dropped upon.
Typical PopSci, getting it gloriously wrong and f**king up the details. The human body cools at a predictable curve even in temperate zones. 1.5° per hour - When the ambient temperature is down to 0°F.
But 3°Kelvin is -454.72°F.
The fucktards writing at PopSci tried to use a formula that doesn't work at ambient temps approaching Absolute Zero, and fucked it up, as one expects from these technical ignoramusii.
The human body reaches freezing (32°F.) in 44.4 hours at an ambient temp of 0°F. It's going to drop to freezing one helluva lot faster than 44.4 hours when the outside temp is a relentless -454.72°F. Like minutes.
So yeah, you're going to flash freeze.
File this under "Duh, fucktards."
And all that gas, from lungs, bowels, and tissues, is going to boil to the surface in an absolute vacuum in milliseconds, probably exploding you in the biggest explosion of strawberry jam you can imagine.
This has happened dozens of times in decompression accidents right on earth with hardhat divers. PopSci could have looked it up.
PopSci likes to be hip-contrarian, but they're not smart enough to look up why long-standing information came into being in the first place. Because as a rule, they're simply not smart.
Now you know why you also don't have flying cars and jet packs now, either, and why dirigible aircraft carriers never happened.
Either way, you won't care, because you'll be dead in a few seconds.
In reply to Jim Horn.
You're right, Jim. In fact, looking at it again, at the very beginning you can make out the guy controlling one of them standing off to the right. And he's a HECK of a lot taller than those MiG 29s are...;)
The MiG video is fun but note that those are radio control models, not actual manned aircraft and, being much smaller and drastically lighter than the real things, can do what the actual aircraft will not. Note the size of the shadows compared to the runway width; the height compared to the controller to the right of the runway; the lack of jet blast on the ground, shrubs or the photographer; the lack of light in their exhaust even when looking straight into the tailpipes; the translucent or opaque canopies, etc.
My hat's off to the builders and flyers!
Jim (P-ASEL)
In other news about foreign cultures, they won't necessarily give you back your passport for no asking. One American lady left her passport in a rental car in the UAE. The parking attendant stated a reasonable baksheesh for return of her possessions, something in the four figures. She went off on the poor fellow, necessitating a police response.
Now just look at this fucking stupid story:
The charges against Allen could land her a two-year prison sentence, [her dumb lawyer who isn't even in the UAE] said in a recent press release. She said that the plaintiff in the case requested $10,000 in damages and that they could raise the number at their discretion.
"It is common practice in the UAE for locals and permanent residents to register criminal cases against Westerners with the intention of dropping the case in exchange for money," [the idiotic lawyer] said in the press release. "Tierra, however, STOOD HER GROUND, and has done so for three months, despite facing imprisonment, and despite being trapped in the UAE without an income, without support, and without recourse to justice."
Why, it's almost as though, when they don't get what they want, this American person doesn't get what she wants. What the hell is wrong with these foreigners, anyway?
Just this week I was pondering Josh Whedon's Dichotomy. How can a guy who has written some of the most anti-statest libertarian porn out there be such a lib.
Of course the Stockton authorities will indict those Indian storekeepers for assault, which is pure racism.
All but the least-educated Americans understand that Sikhs do not have dots on their foreheads; they wear turbans, usually with a knot in front; they carry a letter-opener everywhere; and they traditionally beat troublemakers to death with a stick. It is sheer arrogance for American-supremacists of all stripes to deny these noble aspects of Sikh culture.
HONOR SIKH CULTURE
In reply to Barry.
What does instapundit have to do with anything? I don't even read that site, except on the rare occasions it's linked here. You are delusional.
In reply to Skeptic.
You are a liar. You said and I quote “Trump promised to end birthright citizenship on “day one” of his Presidency. I cheered. This was during the first speech announcing his candidacy in 2015. Didn’t happen.”
You can claim you're sure of anything you want, but I posted the link to that speech and it isn't in there.
It is an outright lie you told including the cheering.
In reply to Skeptic.
Caught lying just like every neverTrumper that exists.
Youngkin. You want me to post up the comment from instapundit?
In reply to Barry.
Barry, you really are a hysterical little old washerwoman, aren't you? Youngkin? Not in the slightest. You are literally making that up out of your fevered imagination. I don't think I've ever made a single reference to Youngkin, here or anywhere else. DeSantis? Yep, I've talked about him a lot. He's done things. Things I like. That's how it works.
As our host has said before - "Trump derangement syndrome cuts both ways."
In reply to Barry.
So other than ad hominems about things you don't even know (I'm not a fan of Youngkin at all, nor was I a never Trumper), you've got nothing.
Stitt cucking on the Mexican embassy:
And as far as birthright citizenship, the first linkable reference I can quickly find was from 2018, although I'm positive that he promised it when he came down the escalator. Still - he never did it, even though this was two years before his term ended.
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship with executive order (usatoday.com)
Now answer my question, asswipe.
In reply to Barry.
Following up, last post at GP was June 26.
The website still not working. Hope it's just technical issues.
It's unfair and corrupt, but the process is what it is.
Some evidence that Trump may prevail eventually, this just in from the documents case, no small thing:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/just-judge-aileen-cannon-comes-swinging-delivers-blow/
In reply to Skeptic.
In your case any "advice" given would be whatever you think best for the china owned GOP.
You and Glenn Youngkin. It's a laugher.
In reply to Skeptic.
Ah yes, the neverTrumper DeSantis man turned to Youngkin now weighs in with his anti-anyone remotely against the china owned GOP establishment choices.
Your comment about Stitt and Mexico is just pure fucking bullshit, something you've tried before. No Sale.
Remember this whopper Lie you told: "Trump promised to end birthright citizenship on “day one” of his Presidency. I cheered. This was during the first speech announcing his candidacy in 2015. Didn’t happen."
You "cheered", and yet it's all a lie, one you run and hide from.
In reply to Mike.
By all means, let's place the Trump case in the hands of a radical black Jamaican immigrant. The fact that this is in the hands of a denizen of a Third World hellhole tells us all that we need to know.
Trump should say NO. And he should say, "Fuck off," in the bargain.
In reply to Barry.
Stitt is a big NO. His leadership was good during the Covidiocy, but he has cucked big-time on immigration. He even solicited the Mexican government to put a consulate in OKC to take care of the "Mexican Nationals in Oklahoma." Read - illegal aliens. If we don't get the immigration problem (legal AND illegal) solved - meaning stop it - nothing else will matter. Third world people build third world hellholes.
And by the way - let's assume for the sake of the argument that Trump could somehow beat the margin of fraud.
How is he going to 'destroy the deep state,' and if those means are available to him, why didn't he do it in his first term like he promised?
Are you PAYING ATTENTION?
The uniparty is proceeding with their electioneering just as it has been predicted over and over. For well over a year now I have said the republican plan is/was to deny Trump the nomination by lawfare means and that biden would not be running for election*.
Sundance has said very much the same thing and nothing has changed.
DeSantis is the deep state snake we've said he is, as corrupt as Newsome.
We told you this was going to be very ugly, and it is unfolding exactly as we would expect
Click the box... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/08/06/we-are-beyond-seeing-the-strings-we-are-looking-at-the-puppeteers-hands/#more-249637
*will they? I think it was the plan until they realized that we will end their party should they follow through. I don't think they will do it now.
He may step down before the election, but unless Harris is gone first* then I expect him to simply say he is physically unable and not run
***The idea being that Feinstein resigns, Harris resigns and Newsome appoints her to the senate to fill the Feinstein vacancy, then slow Joe appoints a new VP. Surprise, surprise it's Newsome...
In reply to John Wilder.
Unfortunately, you're assuming it's not already "after Trump".
I'm pretty sure the only follow-on names worth seriously considering will be Remington, Winchester, and Federal.
Just as a note - in Another Mike's Iron Laws, you write in part that "fire is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master." Would that it would be that way, but instead of "fearful", the actual word used by Washington was "fearsome".
Ha, Saw it but didn't read it...
There may be reasons why dogs are prone to eating poop, they may be the smart ones :) My beagle agree's and beagles will eat ANYTHING.
Did you know that rabbits poop a special poop called cecotropes, but only at night, and they eat those almost as fast as they poop them? I have no idea why I know this :)
Well, maybe I do. I recall the first time I visited my Swiss agent's home. He had a pet rabbit. And that rabbit would hop to the sliding glass door and stand there to be let out. Absolutely true, the darn rabbit acted just like a dog except it didn't bark. I recall it was mentioned they didn't need to let the rabbit out at night :)
Damn, that was a long time ago. Something like 40 years.
Not working for me at the moment, but I'll keep trying.
Thanks for catching that. I too had noticed a dearth of posts by Joe lately.
In reply to Mike.
It's the first step. There are then the appeals and eventually it ends up in the SC. Which is where the win will occur, if not before in the appeals process.
Sucks, but that's the way the system works. And yea, I already know about the judge.
Now, if the game was rigged at every level including the SC, different story. But we won't know that until Trump fights it in the courts.
I hate what the bastards have done to this country, and most days my preference would be for the civil war to begin. As long as there is a chance to turn it around without that I believe we have to take it. The chance of success may be low... I know it's just kicking the can down the road. The perverted 40% of this country will not stop until they are stopped.
The good news? We outnumber them. And outgun them. And we are far, far smarter. Don't take their bait.
In reply to Barry.
"Go to court and simply beat them at this game."
Seen this yet, Barr?
The fix would seem to be in, which is no big surprise. How do you beat them when the game is so obviously rigged? I'd LOVE to see Trump just stop co-operating and hoist that big, fat, middle digit at 'em. Both of 'em, actually. But then, I tend to be ornery like that...
In reply to John Wilder.
It's a damn good question. Personally I think there are numerous people* that look good to me. The question is, are any of them willing to be put through the ringer that Trump has endured?
That question may be answered by what happens next. Does Trump get elected and do Americans have a enough backbone left to support him while he destroys the deep state? I don't know the answer, only that it will not be pretty.
*For example - Stitt in Oklahoma, McMaster in South Carolina. There are others that would govern as Americans in my estimation.
I'll just have to disagree with that idea. No reason whatsoever to do it that way. Consequences unintended are too real to be ignored.
They have no case. It's just pure bullshit and corruption on the part of the left. Go to court and simply beat them at this game.
It sucks for President Trump most of all. He has shown time and time again that he will fight the bastards at great personal cost and great personal risk, and a risk to his family as well.
What more do you all want?
Some of us don't deserve the man.
Trump has had several "Rubicon" moments and has avoided them all. I expect this to continue. One big question remains: after Trump, who?
In reply to Barry.
Yep, my take all along was good on him for grabbing what he could from the goobermint asswipes. Sort of a reverse Cloward-Piven thing, you might say.
In reply to Barry.
And wait for it, here it is, Ramaswamy is just what we thought:
https://www.westernjournal.com/ramaswamys-politico-article-comes-back-haunt-exposes-major-flip-flop-trump/
In reply to Barry.
It's like tax breaks. You'd be crazy not to take advantage when you're against government crazy spending.
In reply to kennycan.
There are feuds everywhere. Hard not to get involved in some of them if you look forward to protecting the country from them. WW1 wasn't our war, nor was WW2. Had we been prepared WW2 might not have happened, or at least we might not have been drug into it by the Japs.
You will not be left alone however. When they win over there they will come over here.
(not an endorsement of anything the biden cabal is doing)
In reply to kennycan.
Yep, an exasperating man. Of course, he shouldn't be blamed for the government subsidy's on EV's. In fact, I'm pretty sure he has said he is against them.
In reply to Barry.
Simple search turned this up right away: Volodymyr vs. Vladimir: How rival statues explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict : NPR
Yet Russia also claims him as central to its political and religious history. They know him by the Russian version of his name — Vladimir the Great. Six years ago, Russia built an even larger statue just outside the Kremlin walls.
This is why we should have butted out of Eastern Europe affairs after managing the dissolution of the Soviet Union peacefully.
These two (and really three) groups of people derive from the VERY same root ancestry and yet all of them rewrite history to make THEMSELVES the Modern Hero of the Story!
Why are we getting involved in a feud going back over a Millenia ago?
Fuck NASCAR along with the government. And every one of the race teams, every damn one. They all have bent over for the marxists. https://thepostmillennial.com/nascar-suspends-driver-indefinitely-for-liking-george-floyd-meme
And then along comes Elon Musk. He may be the most exasperating man of consequence on the planet. I am unable to tell if he is on the deep state side or 100% against it, and then he vows to foot the legal bills for ANYONE treated unfairly by their employer over a tweet. UNLMITED funding.
So, for today at least, Elon is on my savior of the West list. https://thelibertydaily.com/elon-musk-offers-to-pay-legal-bills-no-limit-for-anyone-treated-unfairly-by-employer-because-of-tweets/
TNX. I'd sooner take Mel Tormé's cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFIwO3e_cc which is what I grew up with, dancing with my first girlfriend
In reply to Mike.
The Focus is a small motor car. I4 fits it IMO.
The older American sedans, and the newer sedans were just right for the V8. Same for the muscle/pony cars. Pickup trucks need a V8, not a 4 cylinder dual turbo motor, sheesh. My good friend has an F150 with the 4 banger dual turbo. It has power, but it has two turbos that I would bet will never make it to 300K like my V8's (and still run like new). And if you want real power, the 6.2 / 10 speed in the Denali is a naturally aspirated V8 with 460 ft/lbs of torque. That's in diesel torque territory and with the 10 speed it stays in the max torque band while accelerating.
Lots of cars don't fit the V8 so well and really need a 4 or 6. All those old British small sports cars fit the 4 cylinders quite well. A 911 Porsche wouldn't be the same without the flat 6. Then there are the oddities, like the Jaguar Sedans and XK's from the 50's/60's with those beautiful Inline 6 OHC engines. The weight of those engines was so high you could, and I did once, replace them with a small block Chevy with twice the power and end up with less weight. Same for the old Austin Healy 3000 series cars with the I6.
The 289 was a fine motor in it's day just like the 265/283/327 and then 350 (and even 400). The Chevy 409 and 348 were power motors but expensive to produce compared to the small block or even the big block 396/427/454.
And none of the old standard even comes close to the new fuel injected V8's of today. Quite marvelous they are. The Denali at near 6000 pounds and with the 460 ft/lbs of torque - it's getting just a hair under 20mpg in mixed driving. Phenomenal.
I love cars.
In reply to Barry.
Even though I was pretty harsh with the i4s just now, my beloved little Focus--which I'm currently trying to get back up and on its feet again--has one, and it's a great little motor. But honestly, not a day goes by when I don't think longingly about the great 56 Fairlane I had before I got the Focus, and the sturdy, stout, un-killable 289 it had in it. Damned great motor, damned great car; I assure you, it is sorely missed.
The V8 is the perfect ICE for the average size car. It fits sizewise, it has power without resorting to expensive addons (turbos, supercharger), and it's inexpensive to mass produce. The 8 cylinders firing in the V8 arrangement is quite smooth. V12's are nice, but have nearly 50% more parts. A V6 is OK, but not as smooth as the V8, and inlines or flat engines are never as smooth when the displacement is equal.
The current technology has given the engine super power, and long life, often exceeding 300K miles*.
In short, it is the right tool for the job.
*I currently own three and two of them are 300K plus miles and that is not unusual for the modern GM small block. The reliability and lifespan is legendary.
In reply to MarkMatis.
Don't know. If Trump dies in prison, even of natural causes (that will not be believed), the marxist cabal is in trouble. There will be people, capable people, who will begin hunting them for sport.
In reply to Barry.
How long after they jail him do you think it will be until he "commits suicide", like Epstein?
In reply to kennycan.
:) He ain't a real Ukrainian, having been adopted by the marxist party of the USA.
I'd go with Khmelnytskyi and as a 2nd, Volodymyr the Great.
No shortage of monumental Ukrainians. Could go with the girl, Anna of Kyiv.
0 projects his own desire to do to someone else what he endured for 8 years. Someone else typing words into a teleprompter and whispering into his earpiece exactly what to say and probably how to say it.
The one thing we do know from when his teleprompter went down is that he has no ability to speak extemporaneously except to spend the next many many minutes stuttering worse than Ralph Kramden trying to explain his latest debacle when caught by Alice.
Hummina Hummina Hummina Hummina uhhhhh Hummina weeeeeeeellll Hummina and Hummina...
In reply to Aesop.
I'd be interested in knowing which great Ukrainian WOULD be the proper replacement Statue.
Is a Gay Porn Star the best they got?
Say, how about Vindman!!
The question is - When does the process lead to fighting back in a way that is deadly?
Soon I think. I'm wondering if putting Trump in jail will be the catalyst?
I wish I could say any of this is wrong.
It's still hard to believe it's happening here in America. Like you and the linked author say though, it's certainly following the MO of the Marxists everywhere they've taken control.
"Firstly, 65 percent of those who died with Covid were over 80. By that age, the average person has passed away; the bodies of those who’ve survived are wearing out. Secondly, the CARES Act strongly incentivized hospitals to overcode for Covid and families to accept death certificates blaming Covid. Thirdly, and anecdotally, though I directly know many hundreds of people, I know zero who were said to have died of Covid. I indirectly know—i.e., people I know have told me about—eight people they knew who were said to have died of Covid. Four of the decedents were over 90, two more had Stage 4 cancer, one was over 70 and very overweight with congestive heart failure and one, in his forties, was morbidly obese. Thus, eight out of eight reported “Covid deaths” that I know of involved distinctly unwell people."
Kenny and I knew this, said this, in March of 2020 or earlier.
https://brownstone.org/articles/will-they-ever-come-clean-about-the-damage-they-caused/
In reply to Barry.
Thanks. It bears remembering that in wartime, not everything done by any belligerent is what it seems to be.
A Marine:
https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/08/04/trump-lawyer-bobb-jack-smiths-new-indictment-empowers-trump-legal-team-to-get-j6-answers-n787833
I would say stick a fork in him, but he was done before this.
Even his most ardent fools supporters will now have to face the truth of what the Government Man is, and is not.
https://discernreport.com/leftist-media-gloats-as-desantis-echoes-their-sentiment-denying-the-2020-election-was-stolen/
Laugh of the day:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Comrade-Antony-Blinken.jpg
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/08/04/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-condemns-russian-president-vladimir-putin-for-arresting-political-opposition/
In reply to Mike.
Agreed. OTOH, here in the Southern part of Heaven, my Jewish friends typically practiced their religion about the same as any Christian religion friends did. They believed, but they didn't make a big deal of it, nor did they hate the others for differences. So, they read the Torah at times, but not all the time, and Id' guess it was 90% in the synagogue or special religious occasions like someones bar mitzvah. Same as my Christian friends reading the bible.
In reply to Barry.
I'd take that a step further: in America, at least, how often is the Torah read at all? Most so-called "Jews" here being non-observant--liberalism is their religion, nothing else--I'd say very seldom, if ever. Which gets right back to what I've always maintained: the problem here is, was, and shall remain liberalism, not Judaism. We could hang every so-called Jew in the nation tomorrow and it would solve not one damned thing; we'd still be living under a Red tyranny, same as yesterday.
In reply to Aesop.
Oh, and setting them on fire.
Let someone else piss on them.
These are the New Gestapo, "just following orders". Common Core wins again.
In reply to Barry.
I'm for eliminating them too. But it should happen one at a time, at a few thousand fps. It's the only way they learn.
In reply to Barry.
Part 2, but way to long for me: https://rumble.com/v34m9zr-part-ii-tucker-carlsons-bombshell-devon-archer-interview.html
In reply to MarkMatis.
The Torah is read out in public as part of a protest how often?
The Koran is a different answer.
In reply to SteveF.
True, the heat can be useful in certain cases, like wintertime in a cold house (although not as cheap as other heat sources), or for their simplicity (light and heat).
No, I hadn't heard about the traffic light problem. That's pretty funny actually, but those kinds of things happen. I suppose it's cheaper to use the heating coil with a thermostat, so you save the energy anytime it's not below freezing.
In reply to Barry.
Incandescents are useful if you need the heat. eg, heat lamps for new-hatched chicks. eg, traffic lights in snowy areas.
Did you hear about the northern cities which replaced the bulbs in traffic lights with LEDs (or maybe got entirely new traffic light units to make use of LEDs; the articles weren't clear). They bragged about the energy savings ... until they got complaints about the lights being covered with snow, and some people fighting traffic tickets because the lights had been obscured. Turns out that the heat from the bulbs melted the snow which covered the colored lenses. This was a thing that was known most of a century ago but had been forgotten. One of the modern approaches to fixing it is to continue to use LEDs but put a heat coil around the colored lens, to melt the snow. One might wonder how much more expensive traffic light units will be, and how much more often they'll break down because of temperature sensors, heating units, control circuitry, and who knows what else.
Ever note that nobody ever seems to get arrested for reading the Torah? Or the Koran?
Wonder why???
The ban is bullshit. You should be able to buy whatever kind of bulb you want.
LED bulbs are much better than when the ban originally began. At that time I bought about 100 incandescent bulbs, about half 60watt and the other half 100watt. Still have some left but the LED's are so much better now - the light is as good, they produce very little heat, the price is now very reasonable, and they typically last long enough to make the price better than the incandescent.
So, other than trying to stick your thumb in the eye of the government I wouldn't rush out to buy the incandescent's.
Fuck Joe Biden and the cabal running him.
The city looks awfully bad on this one. But, hey, drag queens want to reproduce, right? I mean, that explains why they're not reading to old folks in nursing homes.
I'm for eliminating city cops. Cut out the budget and send them home. They have become the gestapo, simply working for the marxist cabal.
Piss on them. Unless they're on fire.
Mighty fine, certainly in the running.
I briefly read this earlier today. It seemed familiar but I was busy at the time. Your update confirms that I had read of him many years ago, a memory getting pretty faint. Thanks for the reminder, Mike. A truly remarkable man.
In reply to kennycan.
Agreed. Trump exposed them by defying them. And he is doing it right now in the face of their indictments.
And no help from the "republican" party. None. Anything you see is just kabucki theatrics. If the R party actually cared about this country, about freedom and liberty, they would start shutting down the corrupt and bankrupt government. They don't because they are part of the corrupt.
In the end they are the Muscle and Enforcers for the One World Government types that have coalesced into a single, albeit factionalized. Power Center.
The Uniparty is the Potemkin Village, performing the Theater that we have a Constitutional Republic. They perform at the behest of the One World Government. The "security state', as he calls it, is the Muscle that makes sure the system remains isolated from actual oppositional forces and keeps the people involved in the Uniparty on the straight and narrow. They make sure none of the Uniparty employees get any Ideas about who works for whom.
In reply to Barry.
For all that Trump accomplished, his greatest one may have been showing America how deep and wide the Swamp really is. None of us could truly fathom that long time firebrands like Sessions and Mattis, or mild mannered supposedly "morally sound" people like Pence, are really simply snakes and vicious people and out to harm America. We understood it coming from all the Dems. We could always be assured the "mavericks" like McCain and Mittens and Collins and Murkowski would Fail US at crucial times.
But we never imagined that in excess of 90% of the GOP are vicious snakes and weasels and enemies of We, the People as well.
Trump undertook to reveal their true selves in The Great Unmasking.
Now, #WeKnow.
Nicely stated, but It's more than just doing it because they can. The entire deep state has been stealing our money for years and are not letting go without a fight.
Civil war coming or not, we have the same man that exposed them in 2016 poised to do more damage. Don't let up.
Those that laugh at voting are those that refuse to fight. Sure, they will do all they can to steal it. Make them steal it, don't just give it away.
Someone let the nuthouse into the comments there :)
When (not if) bullets start to fly, a lot of folks are going to die with surprised looks on their faces.
Found in the comments of this article: It's a Sundance article on Pence attacking Trump. Beats me why it shows up as an empty box, but just click inside it. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/08/02/mike-pence-attacks-president-trump-following-dc-special-counsel-indictment/#more-249495
"The Koch brothers have been long time friends and financial supporters of Michael Pence."
"Pence is our 21st Century Benedict Arnold…he stabbed the president in the back and the Republic in the heart."
"Few people know that America’s Front-Line Doctors headed by Dr. Simone Gold who is also an attorney, went to VP Pence in July of 2020 and told him that if President Trump made Hydroxychloroquine and over-the-counter drug as it is in so many other countries, that lives would be saved as well as the President’s second term.
She told Pence, “Once it’s Over-the-Counter, there’s nothing Congress can do, there’s nothing the doctors and pharmacists can do to stop it…They were going to hold this coronavirus thing over him [Trump], so if the death rates went down to zero, it would have been beautiful.”
She said she met obstruction at every turn.
Mike Pence truly is a modern-day Judas."
https://newswithviews.com/mike-pence-a-history-of-treachery-and-betrayal/
In reply to Mike.
Ha, coffee is good enough. I told the Mensa girl* that any club that would have me wasn't fit to have me...
It's an honor to have a dedication in a post about P38's.
*A friends girlfriend actually
One of Tim Burton's early movies too...
With a score by Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman.
Look them up.
I told my Dad we were headed into Banana Republic territory in the late 90s and he was like Welcome To The Party Pal. By 2010 he thought I had gotten too far radical but still agreed. Now we're both in the same page after Trump undertook the Great Unmasking.
I've used Barry's 'Trump Accomplishment List' and added the Abraham Accords a few times at Insty.
But really, The Great Unmasking was his greatest accomplishment. He made every Dem reveal they're Commies but he also revealed that 90% of the GOPe are as well. Or at least Useful Idiots. (I don't believe they are, but benefit of the doubt for some)
In reply to Barry.
10-4, Barr. On a side note, I think you're the first to ever have an update dedicated to ya, for whatever that might be worth. As the Mensa people told me back when I was a kid and I was being recruited for membership, that and 25 cents would get me a cup of coffee
In reply to Mike.
"David’s room"
As a youth I went into a couple of friends rooms like that. Really neat IMO.
My late best friends Dad was an 8th B17 pilot. He continued to fly when he returned home, traveling to remote sites for projects as a civil engineer.
On the pic, maybe I did something wrong. I first put the P38, then added the Caddy, which took the place of the P38. No big deal, just making separate comments works fine.
MeAgain and I agree, I hope the USA women's soccer team loses every time they play.
https://rumble.com/v3440pz-megyn-kelly-unloads-on-wokester-megan-rapinoe-shes-poisoned-the-entire-team.html
In reply to Barry.
Hm. Dunno about that limitation, Barry, it might be built into the WP software or something. I'll look into that later tonight.
Re: the P38, the Wiki article I linked is right about them being almost eerily quiet in flight. Years ago, at one of the Warbirds shows in Monroe, I saw one fly--note I said SAW, not HEARD. The five Mustangs that did a low pass behind the '38 rattled the ground under my feet, but not that Lightning. Quiet as a kitten walking on cotton, it was. On TWO engines, not one, mind.
As for the B17, one of my neighbors growing up, Charles Black, who later became mayor of Mt Holly and whose youngest son David was one of my best friends growing up, flew a Fort in the European Theater during the latter days of WW2. He went on to a career as an ATC at CLT-Douglas for many years, and built beaucoup models of WW2 aircraft, which Charlie then hung from the ceiling of David's room in various positions depicting aerial combat. Why yes, that room was one of the most-favored places to hang out and play in for all us neighborhood kids, why do you ask? ;)
Tucker interviews Devon Archer.
Archer comes across as a pretty bright and well educated fellow IMO.
And it's clear he knows it was all wrong.
https://rumble.com/v345zx5-tucker-interviews-hunter-biden-business-partner-devon-archer-he-was-an-expe.html
"but in spite of them"
True, and true for every conflict ever engaged I'm afraid. There are a handful, a small handful, of men that understand the strategic needs of war especially as the technology is changing. In that age I think it was less likely graft than ignorance, but both are there.
The P38 was the inspiration for the rear styling of the '49 Caddy Sedanette, the most beautiful car ever made IMO. I've always loved the P38 along with the B17, my favorite fighter and bomber.
This thread does need a pic and since my P38 folder seems to have disappeared I'll get one off the internets.
Just for Mark :)
https://alumni.unc.edu/news/unc-led-archaeological-dig-uncovers-remarkable-mosaics/
Mark has a good heart.
What Barry said.
This is just Ace coming out as a Never-Trumper.
Which has a track record worse than getting into a land war in Asia, or expecting elected Republican'ts to actually, y'know, do something.
If Ace is ever out of a job, he can lick my dirty underwear to get them clean. He talks so much shit he'll never notice the taste.
In reply to Barry.
South Park. Oh no, they killed Kenny again!
I'll stick with my historical love of Kenny Stabler instead!
Ann Coulter is a witch among other things. Roseanne Barr continues to plow into marxist kooks incorporated and here she does so to the fat fucker from New Jerseys supporter -
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2023/08/01/conservative-roseanne-barr-levels-former-conservative-powerhouse-ann-coulter-with-one-tweet-n785807
Of course I've always despised Coulter. She's just a grifter that will take any position based on $$$
"Hey, what's wrong with taking family showers" said every democrat and 75% of the republicans, all perverts themselves.
The entire government from small town to DC is corrupt and perverted with the white house squatter as perverted as they get.
What a sick bunch of fucks we have.
"What are Pee Wee Herman’s favorite baseball teams? The Expos and the Yankees."
LOL, never heard that, but it's hilarious.
I was never a fan of the peewee character.
I like it. The whole damn biden "family" are corrupt mentally ill incompetents.
The real sad asses though are the people of Delaware that sent that SOB to the senate repeatedly. They need to change the name of that pathetic state to Unaware.
I think the china owned sob is done. He will not run for re-election if he lasts that long.
"...I’m gonna guess that Ace is pretty much off the Trump train."
Can't get off a train you were never on. I stopped reading there a long time ago when I figured out that underneath it all, it's a GOP/democrat support operation. Fuck them all with rusty barbed wire.
Doubt me? Read this one line - "Well Trump was found liable in a rape lawsuit. Deal with that."
Do you see what the F'ing SOB is doing here? A GD fruit cake of a woman makes a ridiculous charge and a judicial system that is rigged finds Trump innocent of the charge of rape, but fines him for sexual assault and defamation or some such shit (i'm not even bothering), and this fucking lying as jerk says that "Trump was found liable in a rape lawsuit".
The Truth is he was found not guilty of rape. Ace is a liar.
The whole "age limit" talk is intended to Dump Trump.
The voters SHOULD make those decisions.
Far too many races are rigged these days. That includes Primaries .
In reply to Barry.
Paul Pelosi style situation?
Passion killing made.to look like boating accident?
Remember the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley?
The former president and GOP front-runner said it was time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others he dismissed as “clowns” to clear the field, accusing them of “wasting hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans should be using to build a massive vote-gathering operation” to take on Biden in November.
He's not wrong.
But the GOPe have no intention of winning in 2024 no matter who they face.
Why did Devon Archer appear before the committee and give incriminating testimony? He could have pled the 5th and forced them to provide immunity at the very least.
So why?
I think the puppeteers know they have a big problem and need to sweep biden aside. So it is actually the deep state telling Archer to take biden down, and we will take care of you.
My thinking remains the same - Feinstein resigns, Newsome appoints Harris to replace her and she resigns the VP spot, a new VP is selected, then biden resigns due to health/corruption and no prosecution will occur. The new pres will simply pardon him for any and all crimes.
Who will the new President be? Some suggest Newsome. Could be. I can never predict what the marxists may do in that respect.
Or maybe they just leave Harris in place as the first hooker. They just need enough actual votes such that the cheating isn't to obvious.
In reply to Barry.
Very sad:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/daughter-super-bowl-winning-49er-bruce-collie-among-the-4-dead-at-wisconsin-airshow/
Young woman that loved aviation, gone way too early.
In reply to Jaybo.
The problem liars have is keeping up with their lies. And when they lie on the internet it's pretty easy to find, like a 10 second search:
Jaybot: "You might also want to check out what else the ASPCA supports. Soros is a big donor."
https://coldfury.com/2022/10/23/animals/#comment-17116
You tell one lie after another, pile lies on top of lies.
Got anymore you want to tell? How about correcting that big lie about ECU putting out more pro baseball players than any other school? It's a lie, you know it's a lie. Just like the others.
Jaybot: "I’d say you need to do a little research on Chernobyl deaths friend. It was in the 100’s of thousands."
https://coldfury.com/2022/09/27/the-daily-donnybrook-70/#comment-16824
In reply to Barry.
ASPCA LOL I have never written anything about them . You need to modify the meds your cognitive decline is showing hahahahah
In reply to Jaybo.
"I said Pence would be the nominee"
Evidence of pure stupidity, or devotion. He will never be the nominee and while your statement was that he would be the nominee, it's because you supported him.
Remember how you stated everyone that didn't agree with you on this were "rocket scientists"?
Who was right, us "rocket scientists" or the ignorant buffoon, Jaybot?
"Rocket scientists are all here. You still think there is going to be a fair election LOL Mike Pence will be the nominee. He is not going public for nothing" https://coldfury.com/2022/11/12/making-sense-of-things/
In reply to Jaybo.
More lying. Joint ventures are not ownership, period. Shanghai motors owns nothing of GM and it is a lie you continue to tell, just like all your other lies. You are just plain stupid in addition to being a liar.
Remember when you said Soros funds the ASPCA? Another lie.
Remember when you claimed the Chernobyl nuclear accident killed millions of people, parroting anti-nuke groups? And then when called on it switched it to reindeer killed by the millions, also absolutely a lie.
Lie after lie, keep trying fatso.
In reply to Aesop.
Now there is a good point, I think :)*
*I'm not certain the bushes didn't kill a few...
In reply to Barry.
Pence supporter bullshit. I support NO candidates or elections. I said Pence would be the nominee
You are a pathetic old man and by the way running the empire is a little more taxing than doing yard work.
I'm 5'11 175
You tube the President of GM stating that GM future is China 80% of all out put. SM owns 50% of all China factories which exceeds 30% of assets. It is a dying company
The only thing you have hit out of the park is dishonor, cowardice, and delusion.
Maybe. Or maybe I just pay closer attention, and shoot off a meme at the drop of a hat.
It also boggles the mind how many close personal friends of Nixon, Reagan, both Bushes, and Trump didn't die by the dozens at any point in their lives, compared to the same for the Clintard, Obozo, or Poopypants Criminal Family Enterprises.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
My bet is that he's got Parkinson's Palsy, and that he froze up. People with Parkinson's do that, and in the early stages, can recover after a brief rest. I've seen it up close and personal - my grandmother had it.
William F. Buckley is spinning in his grave, and were he alive, he'd bitchslap Kathryn Jean Lopez so hard her dental plan would be activated, and then make "Try That In A Small Town" the bumper music for Firing Line for an entire year, just to drive the point home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho9M-q_kcn8
So when these "things", start disappearing or kicking up daisies can we call it a twofer? Asking for a friend.
In reply to kennycan.
There is really one "most important thing of all", which is the economy and only Trump addresses it to the benefit of Americans.
Ramaswamy is just another deep state plant to try and derail Trump.
Even under the sainted William F. Buckley, "conservatism" was about gatekeeping. This isn't new at all, ask Pat Buchanan or John Derbyshire, actual conservatives consigned to outer darkness for taking their conservative principles just a little too seriously.
In reply to Barry.
As we saw with Sessions, even those allowed to vote "correctly" consistently can really be Swampy and Just In On It.
At this point I trust Rand Paul more than the rest, but not completely. They're ALL suspect.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/29/vivek-ramaswamy-aligns-with-mcconnell-desantis-club-for-growth-and-wall-street-promoting-u-s-to-reenter-tpp-trade-agreement/#more-249377
This is what I was always worried about with Ramaswamy. He's a "Free Trade" Globalist who believes in these Multinational Trade Agreements that tie US down and advantage the foreign countries.
Obstruction of Justice
The entire democrat party and 75+% of the republicans are guilty of obstructing justice and should be jailed for a minimum of 10 years.
They are protecting the regime that has a puppet at it's head, a deeply corrupt puppet named Biden. The exposure of the biden crimes, going back decades, will expose everyone involved. In addition to showing the American people how deeply corrupt the two party's are, it will expose the democrat house and anyone that voted to impeach Trump as obstructionists of the worst kind.
Anyone involved in the attempt is obstructing justice. Nearly the entire political system needs to be tried, convicted, and jailed.
In reply to Barry.
Unfortunately, with the number of aircraft in the area there are some inevitable problems:
https://myfox8.com/news/4-killed-in-2-separate-aircraft-crashes-near-wisconsin-air-show/
In reply to Jaybo.
Lies by the liar.
I have never, not once, claimed anything about my religion.
You pretend to be a Christian, and tell lies about anything and everything. You might want to brush up on the Ten Commandments.
Go ahead and prove you're not a liar with the most simple one of all - You claim ECU puts out more pro baseball players than any other school. I claim they are not even in the top 50. Prove you are right and I am wrong or you are just a liar.
Another lie today - "I am not for any of the candidates in the upcoming fake election." You were a Pence supporter and you said so.
You don't want to be called names you poor pathetic pussy? Try not starting fights you can't handle. 90% of your comments here are aimed at myself or Kenny, because we exposed your outright lies. And the truth is I didn't call you a liar after each of your lies were exposed, but only after you refused to support your false statements. Most people when confronted with the evidence that they are wrong admit it, admit they were incorrect. In those cases they are not liars but just misled/stupid/ignorant/whatever.
General Motors is 1/3 owned by Shanghai motors according to you. It's a false and ridiculous statement, and in your case it is a lie because you can provide no evidence to support the statement and I have listed the owners of GM which do not include Shanghai Motors. In your next claim you tried to change the original claim, that GM had built no new plants in the USA in 50 years and everything new was built in China, and claim that "proves" your statement. I then posted up information about multiple new facilities built in the US over that time period which you did not respond to, because you are a liar. All the new factories built as joint ventures in China? Those are partnerships and do not convey any ownership of GM to the chinese partner.
There are just two of your lies you can straighten out. Perhaps you could try being a man and telling the truth, but we know you wont.
So, keep directing your comments to me and I;ll keep hitting them out of the park. Your lies are so easy because you have a simple mind.
And lose some weight fatso.
In reply to Barry.
Bozo you have called me every name in the book. You are a "REAL" Christian?
I am not for any of the candidates in the upcoming fake election. You are so frightened of what is coming you attack everyone who disagrees with you. You are pathetic to say the least and dishonest with yourself to the core. Go hide reality is coming!
NR is not only not conservative, they are on the other side. This became clear as a bell to those not already clued in when they put out their "Never Trump" issue.
The fact is, NR writers voted for Hillary.
If you want to read, even subscribe, to an actual conservative magazine, I suggest thus one: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/
Roddy's work in Mid-Atlantic (before his first WWF run) was epic. His matches against Flair and Greg Valentine are some of the best in the history of the biz.
I believe that he left a message for Prichard on his last night. I do not believe Hogan's claim. Hogan's has told whoppers right, left, and center in recent years, trying to remain relevant.
I had just arrived back in Atlanta off of a 3 month Southern Watch mission in Kuwait in 98. It had been almost 40 hours since I had a shower but I wanted a steak after my wife picked me up at the airport. Roddy Piper was in the restaurant and saw my desert uniform. He stopped by our booth and thanked me for my service on his way out. I was told my bill had been paid and a gracious tip was included when we had finished our meal. I am fairly sure it was him but I will never know.
You can count me in as being a fan of Rowdy Roddy too. I see there was no mention of the time period in the mid 70 to late 70's that I can remember when Roddy Piper was a regular on Portland Wrestling every Saturday night. I used to watch that and Roller Derby afterwards every Saturday night with my Grandfather. down on the Southwest coast of Oregon. Roddy battled with some of the greats of that venue like Snooka, Dutch Savage, "Captain" Lou Albano, Lonny Maine and many others. Roddy is Buried in Tigard because he had a home and a business there after retiring from wrestling. I believe he had a transmission repair shop. Rowdy Roddy was always a bad guy in the ring but was actually a decent human being. It's almost bizarre that he is more remembered by many from his role in They Live than from his many years of wrestling. He was also one of my childhood heroes and always a favorite. Rest In Peace, you are still missed.
In reply to Mike.
I'm pretty lucky and it certainly isn't something I've done, just the opposite. Both sides of my family seem to age pretty well.
I finished up the yard work this evening as the thunderstorms were threatening. Got everything put up and sat down to smoke a cigar and have a drink. I got up out of the chair and walked a few yards and a damn bee buzzed right out of nowhere and stung me on the ear. I didn't even get to see the damn thing to know which kind of bee to hate this evening.
Y'all are lucky though. If my wishes came true there would be no more honey and no more pollination from the little bastards. Funny how age changes things. When I was a kid we would get stung multiple times because we purposely riled the bastards up. Didn't seem to hurt all that much then. Now, one sting, and my ear is swollen and hurts like hell.
In reply to Barry.
GREAT fuggin' video, B! The legacy flight with the F22 and the two Mustangs is a thing of beauty. I saw my cousin Reggie fly one in Hickory, his F18 with a Mustang and an F4U Corsair. Afterwards we walked over to meet him as he was climbing out of the cockpit, and he just bitched and bitched about how slow he had to fly so's the two piston-engines could keep up.
But then again, at the end the two vintage warbirds broke off so Reggie could come in low and hot for a blistering solo runway pass before they all got back into formation and brought 'em down for a landing. All in all, it was just too cool for school--as ALL airshows are.
In reply to Barry.
"Age ain’t the problem, it’s how well one ages"
And WOOT, dey it IS! Age is very much an individual matter, although I'd very much like to see a younger cohort in charge of running the goobermint.
I'm 63, but I tell people I'm actually 104 in dog years. I feel as if I've earned every wrinkle, every grey hair. But the bad thing is, I FEEL 'em too. At 79, Trump could easily run rings around my tired old ass, all day every day, whereas Biden couldn't so much as FIND his ass, with both hands and a compass.
In reply to Jaybo.
"And Trump is 79 at election time."
So? I'm 70, it's 99 degree's outside and I'm out working in it all day* moving/placing 6000 pounds of landscaping rocks and moving several cubic yards of mulch from the 15 cubic yards I had delivered this morning. Already moved 15 CY of mulch over the last couple weeks.
Age ain't the problem, it's how well one ages, and Trump is ageing pretty well from all the signs I see.
One doesn't need to be perfect to serve as president, mostly just have a clear working mind. I've developed a knee issue over the last several months, between sports injuries/impact and racing wrecks that impacted the right knee, it has decided it's payback time...
*I've come in to eat and had to get the keys and go get gas for the lawn tractor, but otherwise out all day
Yep, that's what I read last night. It's all on Faux "news", the anti-American channel.
In reply to Jaybo.
Why don't you just use your dildo?
Your pathetic fake christian, Pence, has already gone down.
Tell us some more lies, jaybot.
Meant to put up a link earlier this week, the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) annual airshow is on in Oshkosh. This is the worlds largest put on by the membership.
Airshow begins right about now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mhLT98OCH0
In reply to Barry.
Who is coming to save the day if Trump is in prison? And Trump is 79 at election time.
Why don't you and Chasten just meet and talk over some hard seltzers.
This is just them forcing Joe out. He's past his sell-by date, and the Left is going to replace him as nominee, one way or another.
"It would also allow Congress to assess whether and to what extent his family’s dealings have influenced his policies — that is, whether he is acting in America’s self-interest or his own."
That's pretty damn funny.
I'm not the only one that has noticed that all the people that have seen aliens from another planet seem to forget they have a camera. Every.Damn.Time.
They remember to film all manner of stupid shit, but videoing space aliens is just too common I suppose :)
Why, it's almost as though Bigfoot and Nessie must be in league with the aliens.
1) It's Kevin McFuckyourconservatism in charge. This is horse-and-chicken soup: 1:1. Except in this case, it's 1 ton of bullshit, and 1 ounce of seriousness.
2) How'd that investigation of Hilary's crimes by Comey go? How about that inquiry by some other nutless gutless lackwit into election fraud? The Russian hoax? FISA crimes? How many indictments of visibly-obviously-guilty-from-space Democrats have we seen since 20-anything? Pull the other one: it's got bells on it.
3) Impeaching Biden now gets us President Kneepads. Crippling him for the election just does the Democommunists' dirty work for them, and clears the way to run some asstwat like Gabbin' Nuisance, or worse, to fill the post after the 2024 Selection. They'll dogpile onto a slow-rolled Biden impeachment now like flies at a shit feast.
Call me when TPTB frogmarch him up a scaffold and hang him and his entire administration for crimes against the state, and then we do purple-thumb only elections monitored by the Swiss and Swedes. At gunpoint.
Or when the military below O-6 level revolts, and tanks roll through the White House gates, followed by the same monitored unfakeable election.
Otherwise, this is just boob bait for the bubbas. Which controlled opposition public jerk-off are we on now? R-Anon? Z-Anon? Is it at double letters yet?
Stop reading magazines, and start loading them.
Oh hell, that's just a dandy Mike. Erma Bombeck, I had forgotten about that very rare and fine wit. Thanks for digging her up.
Wondering why these doddering old fools that are physically, mentally, and morally bankrupt are still serving in office without the more able members pointing out this truth?
They are the puppets, and the puppeteers like known quantities that they have a hold (blackmail) on. Those surrounding them are also compromised and will never tell the truth.
Biden was selected for precisely this reason. As it becomes more evident, they will replace him with someone else compromised. It's how they work.
Bush 1 & 2, Clinton, Obama, and Biden are all compromised men, corrupt to their very core. They were/are owned.
Thus the reason they hate Donald Trump. No stranger to how the corrupt work, he managed to avoid the corruption, the lure of easy money, and still succeed. He is the most investigated man ever, not one facet of his life has not been put under a microscope and examined, hoping, praying they could find some dirt.
And nothing. No overdue library books, no unpaid parking tickets. When they illegally obtained and published his tax returns look what happened - nothing, because they are legitimate.
They make stuff up of course. Those with an IQ above freezing know it's all made up.
They fear him. They are afraid he might unleash the Americans. They are afraid of you, the honest American men and women.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/revealed-mitch-mcconnell-recently-had-major-fall-dc/
"...but Ice Cube shows himself to be an independent-minded, extremely thoughtful and politically-astute guy—articulate, even. Whodathunkit?"
My thoughts exactly. I would never have expected what I heard from a rapper named "Ice Cube".
In reply to John Wilder.
And yet he'd probably not be acting any different for anyone else in MAGA mode. He just relishes the role more this way. (Relish. Hot Dog. Get it?)
Sometimes it just seems they picked all of these Klowns just to rub our noses in the fact that They Stole It and they now run the Show, not these Klowns.
If the National Review "Never Trump" editorial didn't get you clued in on what a worthless waste of pixels NR is, perhaps this real editorial will help you:
"The latest headshaker is Kathryn Jean Lopez tut-tutting that "Jason Aldean Isn't Helping," presumably by not being the kind of cerebral invertebrate that some at NR confuse with being a proper conservative. WFB went to Ft. Benning to become an Army officer and fight Nazis; the current NR leadership seems committed to fighting against anyone else on the Right man enough to fight back. A song hailing communities that come together to defeat crime and chaos? Apparently, that is not who we are. Oh, well, I never. That sound you hear is my pearls being clutched."
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2023/07/27/the-most-national-review-column-ever-n2626186
DeSantis (DeSarray, florida) campaign in full meltdown as it becomes clear who he is and the donor class drys up:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-26-161201.png
Box shows up blank, just click inside for the story: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/26/desantis-campaign-fires-creator-of-ron-desantis-promotional-video-showcasing-pro-ukraine-nazi-support-and-symbolism/
Somebody has been telling you this for months.
In reply to kennycan.
Hard to read it but I can see your point.
In the end biden Jr serves no time for any federal crime. Sr will pardon him. They're just trying to avoid it prior to the election.
The real story is Joe. Among other things, he's guilty of treason and sedition. And the selling of this country to the chinese is all provable from the laptop and banking records. That's what they are trying to keep on hold. Of course, you knew that.
In reply to Barry.
There is a real need for Inglorious Basterds right here in the US.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.images.express.co.uk%2Fimg%2Fdynamic%2F78%2F590x%2Fsecondary%2FChristoph-Waltz-Inglourious-Basterds-367668.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=fb15b112a6f16f828fb756533ff27ca7584ed5c7af1642f6bdf11217db37f981&ipo=images
In reply to Barry.
Seems to me the Judge wants future charges like a Foreign Agent FARA charge to get the same sweetheart deal from Prosecutors.
If I read correctly, she wants the Prosecutors to go back and make this sweetheart deal all-encompassing and NOT harsher.
The cabal in control are pure EVIL -
Where are the so called women's groups (or is that now tranny groups?) and where the hell are the so called conservative politicians?
The hatred I have for this bunch is limitless,
https://thelibertydaily.com/betrayer-in-chief-forces-family-to-pay-60000-to-ship-body-of-marine-killed-during-regimes-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal/
Well, some minor good news on the biden front -
Sweetheart deal off the table...
https://beckernews.com/hunter-bidens-sweetheart-plea-deal-dead-and-off-the-table-as-case-falls-apart-in-court-51239/
"The FBI’s data collection is generally considered the most complete and accurate look at crime in the US and is referenced consistently by the media and by political leaders, but what if that information is now unreliable? "
What if? Gag me if you don't think the FBI is covering up for the marxists.
https://summit.news/2023/07/26/democrats-run-the-most-crime-ridden-cities-in-the-us-but-is-the-situation-even-worse-than-were-told/
Three Minutes of Visible Rupert Murdoch Sadness*
And let's not forget that anti-American class of NeverTrumpers, the saddest bunch of all...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/26/three-minutes-of-visible-rupert-murdoch-sadness/
*edit to add - Murdoch through his publishing company is the one that advanced millions to DeSantis for a worthless book no one ever read. Paid to be the Trump foil. Failure.
In reply to Barry.
It's simple. The Soviet Union was the First, but not the Totality, of International Marxism.
So, of course it collapsed. That's a matter of History. It is no more. Then again, OF COURSE Communism went on.
Communism is not distinctly Soviet nor Russian in Nature.
It was promulgated by Germans (Marx and Engels) working in and observing Industrializing Countries like the UK and Germany. Czarist Russia was the LEAST likely place Marx and Engels expected the first Communist Revolution to succeed. In fact, it was a conundrum that gave rise to two alternate paths of Thinking about how to Spread Marxism.
One was Mussolini's Path. Change the calculus that Unites from Class to Ethnicity/Race. National Socialism.
One was Gramsci's Path. Rejection of the Violent Overt Overthrow of existing Governments and subversion from within the institutions so that the Societal Values passed on to the Next Generation are more Marxist than Capitalist. International Socialism that subverts the Nation State from Within.
The Soviet Union collapsing was obviously not the Defeat of Gramscian Marxism/Communism. It wasn't even the center of it, because it was based upon the violent overthrow theory and still trying to focus on Class, even if that was merely Propaganda almost as soon as they took over. That Class was apparently not the crux of the matter in the Soviet System was all too obvious. They had merely replaced one Ruling Class for Another Ruling Class. Meet the New Boss, Same as The Old Boss. Instead, they simply held Power through Violence and Threat of Violence.
We are seeing the ascendence of the Gramscian School of Thought that started working in the 1920s or earlier in the US. Gramsci's subversion would always continue. Driven by the ChiComs now through asymmetric warfare, and the Western European Fifth Columns in the EU and the CPUSA Fifth Columnists operating in America for more than 100 years.
Of course, Marxism as a Theory is merely a new Twist on the ultimate battle of Ideologies in this World since the Enlightenment.
The Sovereignty and Freedom of the Individual with Rights Endowed by The Creator vs The Collectivist Society in which the Individual Exists only to Serve the Collective.
This fight shall ALWAYS be with us and we must be ever vigilant.
It’s Time To Disarm All FBI Agents What I would like to add to that headline... :)
Well, short of my preference I suppose this is better than nothing. Just remember that when republicans have the power to accomplish all the things they campaign on, they don't do shit.
https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/26/its-time-to-disarm-all-fbi-agents-and-return-authority-to-local-law-enforcement/
Did the Soviet Union Really Collapse? American Thinker article that is thought provoking. It's not quite what I think is reality by any means. OTOH, the facts certainly fit...
AT is one of those places that gave in to the Dominion threats, so I'm not very high on them.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/07/did_the_soviet_union_really_collapse.html
Evidence exists at that 4:40 mark that we will not be beaten by the mentally insane mob of corrupt marxists in this country.
Mighty Fine Political Add IMO:
https://rumble.com/v32cyns-the-most-alarming-and-provocative-political-ad-of-the-year-has-just-been-re.html
In reply to Mike.
On balance I think we get more of the right kind than the bad. The ones that come here as a result of work/company transfer/etc are the same old mixed bag. The ones that come as their choice are mostly real Americans I think. Sure seems to be true on Hatteras Island.
In reply to John Wilder.
It remains one of the most beautiful political put downs that has ever occurred.
In reply to Barry.
Happy ending -
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/lowes-issues-weak-statement-rehires-elderly-employee-who/
Lowes had little choice as their customer base is a lot more like me than not.
I'm still waiting on a reply however. Hell may freeze over first.
Romney is still cheesed that Trump made him grovel publicly for Secretary of State and then handed it off to someone else.
In reply to kennycan.
"Strangely as we get more “Yankees” coming down we are getting the slight push we needed to go Right."
I mentioned not long ago here that the assumption that the Yanks fleeing the nests they've fouled and then voting for the very thing that ruined their former homes in their new ones might well be unfounded. Just recently, I've seen both DeSantis and Abbott say that with few exceptions, most of their inbound Yankee refugees have actually registered and voted Republican in state elections to date. Who knows.
In reply to Barry.
If we can get a good Governor we will be on the right side of the Soft Secession divide.
Strangely as we get more "Yankees" coming down we are getting the slight push we needed to go Right.
I think it's a combo of actual conservatives abandoning Blue State northeast and moderates joining the Normies. Perhaps we're getting 30-40 year olds to join us as well as they get children into middle.achool and/or their businesses were hammered by WuFlu Scamdemic.
Whatever it is, it's.working. My State Soft Secession theory seems to be working.
LOL, these nuts think this is a slur:
"And Donald Trump is the Jefferson Davis of our time, and he must be barred from the ballot."
Note to you dumb bastards, NC was a seceding state. Maybe next you could compare him to Robert E. Lee.
https://www.carolinajournal.com/interest-groups-urge-state-board-of-election-to-disqualify-trump-in-nc/
There are days when I wish we could just go ahead to the shooting part of the civil war likely coming.
In reply to Barry.
"@CMT is a bunch of female copulatory organs," (Dana) Loesch ripped the network."
In other words, they are pussy's for those that may not get the precise meaning :)
Faux news is the best I can do at the moment: https://www.foxnews.com/media/fans-fume-cmt-pulls-jason-aldean-music-video-shameful
War on America? - of course it is:
"Escaping from China is not easy. What routes are used to leave China and land in the Americas? Who finances the trip, which can cost thousands of dollars? The CCP has declared unrestricted war against the United States. It is entirely reasonable that the CCP would insert sleeper cells into the U.S. to cause havoc in the event of hostilities between the CCP and the U.S., such as an invasion of Taiwan."
Simple fact - you do not leave China unless you are approved as a loyal CCP person. People keep stuff hidden of course, but as far as the government is concerned you have proven your loyalty.
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/red-chinese-illegal-border-crossers-have-ties-to-people-s-liberation-army
The antidote - round up and deport all illegals, chinese or otherwise.
In reply to kennycan.
Not coke IMO. (just no history)
Clot shot a very high possibility. Athletes do have this happen occasionally pre scamdemic/clotshot era.
I almost guarantee we'll never know.
In reply to Barry.
This is no longer just the Country charts though. This is a crossover hit on the Top 40!
Corporate bullshit that needs to be condemned and punished.
Lowe's fires long time employee trying to protect her store from thieves.
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/georgia-lowes-fires-employee-confronting-shoplifters
What I sent to Lowe's where I spend a lot of money keeping up and remodeling two different houses:
"Donna Hansbrough, Georgia You know who she is. I purchase between $300 and $1000 per month using my Lowe's AmEx credit card. You fired a 13 year employee for trying to stop your store from being robbed. I don't care what your policy is, this is WRONG. I will no longer spend a dime at Lowe's and there will be thousands just like me. And I will use the power of the internet to help rally the support for boycotting Lowe's.
You need to rethink your decision. It was wrong, and you know it is wrong."
I suggest you make this known on the Internets and send a comment to Lowe's corporate:
https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/contact-media-relations
In reply to Aesop.
What he said.
OTOH, in some states there is a turn around going on. NC and SC are both on the mend. Will they get where I want? No. But they are returning from full blown retard marxism.
Fake premise bullshit flag thrown:
"Conservative Establishment" is an oxymoron on the level of "military intelligence" and "government help".
If they're conservative, they're not Establishment. If they're Establishment, they're not conservative.
You can count elected conservatives nationwide since 1980 on your fingers. In any Congress, on your thumbs. Perfect examples of the b.s.: Bitch McConjob Marco Screwyoubio Lindsey Grahamnesty Paul Ryan Whatever crybaby drunk whose name escapes me preceded him for the (R)etard Party Current Speaker Kevin McFuckyourconservatism And on and on and on.
There hasn't been any Conservatism elected to federal office in any numbers in any year since Calvin Coolidge. State levels are even worse.
Full details including how exactly they did it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6flblkVh1I
In reply to Barry.
OH YEAH, damned good motors those were. Reminiscent of Ford's inline straight-six: they made unexpectedly good power, and like my beloved 289s (had a 289 in my last 56 Fairlane, actually, a very common mod amongst 54-55-56 Fairlane people), you just couldn't kill the things.
In reply to Mike.
Nothing wrong with the Mopars, they just never did much for me. Don't know why.
My favorite Chrysler product - the slant six, and I have no idea why. Guess just because it was different.
In reply to Mike.
The Javelin was decent, I'll give you that. Mark Donahue driving the Penske Javelins put them on the map in the Trans Am series (SCCA). Trans Am and the Can Am were the two best racing series we've ever had IMO.
Good looking cars.
"Carlson tells the author that he believes Pence purposely sabotaged the Trump Administration over the entire course of his tenure. He believes that the Pence insubordination campaign went into overdrive during the covid hysteria era, when he stood up the infamous White House Coronavirus Task Force, and delivered unprecedented power to Dr. Anthony Fauci."
https://www.dossier.today/p/in-upcoming-biography-tucker-carlson
I had a '78 Magnum, the slope nosed Dodge relative of the Cordoba. Had a 360 in it. Kinda wish I still had it. That was one hell of a good car.
In reply to Mike.
Oh, and as I've mentioned here before, AMC's Javelin got a YUUUGE thumbs up from me when I was just a callow youth.
In reply to Barry.
For some bizarre reason, I've always had something of a soft spot for the Mopars, dunno why. They did things much differently than everybody else back in the Golden Age of the automobile, even down to the old manual window-cranks turning backwards.
Being a car guy, I liked it, even if it was about a Cordoba :)
I never could get enthused about any Chrysler product. Or AMC's. I was hung up on the Bowtie, but I did appreciate the GT40 beating the snot out of the europeans.
In reply to Henry Cybulski.
How many weeks are voting now?
The postal unions are all-in-on ballot stuffing. But they also ballot toss.
Contemporary Country Music is simply Rock Music that had to find a different venue since the game is rigged on the "popular" charts.
In reply to MarkMatis.
My wife filled out a paper ballot that then went into an envelope and then the ballot box. I have no idea how it's done in other parts of Spain but I have seen no reference to voting machines.
As for mail-in ballots, although more were cast this time around, the process is very controlled. You have to go to the post office and show foto ID to get one. You fill it out there, stuff it in the envelope provided and then hand it back.
In reply to SteveF.
"The war here is a public relations campaign more than anything else. Every action needs to be taken with that in mind."
Precisely. When it's time to use lead I think we'll know. We're not there, yet.
"Dick Cheese?" Really? LOL
As it happens, I like genre-f*ck music, so if you haven't ventured over to Frog Leap Studios, I'd recommend it.
In reply to Mike.
A bullet in their door is level 2 or 3. You want to escalate slowly so as not to scare the majority into supporting the tyrants and groomers.
That's why you put a pick-axe through a few of the school windows at night: The school is where the kids are being forced to watch the sex show, so it's understandable, and it's not like it's anyone's house and no one was there in the middle of the night so it's ok, really.
That's why you take their garbage and publish a summary of its contents: We know where you live and we can expose your dirty secrets. It's not actionable and it's probably not even a crime; that's the justification that police use all the time when going through someone's garbage without a warrant.
If you go straight to literally firing a warning shot, most Americans will view that as attempted murder or a terrorist act, or at least an irresponsible escalation. Some fraction of them will switch their support to the principal even though they'd opposed her just yesterday. "We can't be on the same side as those terrorists!"
The war here is a public relations campaign more than anything else. Every action needs to be taken with that in mind.
In reply to SteveF.
Yep. As fate would have it, I was just talking to my brother on the phone telling him about all this and he came up with what I thought was a pretty good idea. Since it's apparent that these assholes need to be taught that they're not in fact untouchable or invulnerable, just lie in wait in an elevated hide near one of these people's homes and, when they come home from work, put two rounds into the front-door frame just as they're putting the key into the lock. That oughta do it.
As I've said so many times, our "public servants" at every level have lost all sense of fear of the people they're abusing. That fear needs to be re-instilled in them, with a quickness.
I'd say that it's about time for some smashed windows. At night; no need to put anyone at risk with the warning shot.
If any of the groomers have photos available, print them out, take them to the range, and put a bullet hole between the eyes, then tape the picture on the school's front door.
The principal and the school board members and the other groomers and groomer-enablers have home addresses. Someone knows what those addresses are. Find them and leave notes under their car windshields, go through their garbage cans, take pictures of them and their families at home and mail them the pictures.
Like I keep saying, I apologize for nothing. The US government gave me training and experience in subverting corrupt and tyrannical governments. Cryin' shame that this knowledge is useful at home.
Breaks my heart to see a boy that young goin' bad.
The Blues Brothers were on a Mission from God to convert as many people as possible into Blues fans.
They got me hooked! I mean, I already had been a fan somewhat but John Lee Hooker and Ray Charles!! Plus that Blues Brothers Band!! Got me to delve further than just the BB King stuff.
Look at any set of pictures from 1966 in places like The Sunset Strip or Van Nuys Blvd and both the the guys and girls will be more desirable than most today.
In reply to Barry.
But Webster's print says it's Kiev.
So you were not using the American English terms. Like saying Roma. Technically you're not incorrect, just not speaking American English.
Do you call it a 'boot' for the trunk?
Sometimes I have referred to it that way when speaking to a local in Hong Kong.
It's just not American English. When your audience is mostly Americans, it's Kiev. Like the chicken dish .
Btw I HATE Beijing. It's Peking.
In reply to Barry.
Nope. Webster's print has one American English way if writing and pronouncing it.
If you want to use the local ways you are welcome.
It's still Chicken Kiev to me.
Nothing more to write. Webster's Print is definitive.
In reply to Mike.
Crowd-source it. Put together your list of a dozen or so and then solicit contributions from the peanut gallery, then publish the final list on Substack.
Getting others to write your column for you. wipes tear Sometimes I'm amazed by my own genius.
In reply to Barry.
It's Kiev in Webster's. Changing it has been done since Deep State took it over. It's PC to change American spellings to confirm to foreigners.
In reply to Barry.
I do not care what they call their places when we already have our own name for it.
It's Kiev in the Webster's American English Dictionary.
In reply to Barry.
Yep. We've learned so many unpleasant things since then, haven't we? In fact, I've been thinking the last cpl-three days of putting together a post listing all the not-so-happy things we've found out since then.
"Remember when the whole idea of the War On (Some) Terror was to fight them over there, so we wouldn’t have to fight them over here?"
Obviously we now know that what we were told and what "they" meant were in opposition. The "war on terror" for them was actually the war on American freedom and liberty.
In reply to kennycan.
Since I've always use Kyiv, and since the Ukrainians use Kyiv, that's what I use. You can continue to use any spelling you like, but you shouldn't say there is only one.
The chinese occupiers of Hong Kong changing the name would be like using the russian occupiers version of Kyiv. So no, I'll stick with Hong Kong. Or Hongkong as once was.
In reply to kennycan.
"It’s simply bowing to Political Correctness."
There is more than one spelling of the city, always has been, and your old worn out dog eared 1930 printed dictionary is out of date :)
It's true of every place on earth that has something named originally not in English, and even in English names change.
London, Londinium, Londen, among others.
Language changes, different people spell and pronounce the same thing in different ways.
"Btw It’s Kiev.", is just incorrect.
In reply to Mike.
Yep, as noted the russians and the ukrainians spell it with their alphabet. But they also produce documents and writing in English, which is the different spellings, of which there are several. And that's the point, there is no single correct spelling.
Yep, inch by inch, and half or more of the country doesn't recognize even a tenth of an inch.
Words are insufficient to describe my hatred for these scumbags. Kill every last motherfucking one of them, in as painful a way as possible.
In reply to Barry.
BTW when the ChiComs change how we say Hong Kong, are you just simply going to go along?
In reply to kennycan.
Actually, wouldn't the Russian spelling have to be in Cyrillic script? Technically, I mean.
In reply to Barry.
It is NOT The Russian Spelling.
Webster's Print Edition of the American Language says it is Kiev.
It is the AMERICAN spelling.
The Russians copied us, since THEY use a different alphabet.
It's simply bowing to Political Correctness.
Sticking by Their Zombie
Brainless, essentially dead, reanimated via drugs and evil, either docilely obedient or enraged at everything living. How is that not a zombie?
You never know what inside until the dam breaks:
"The vote to oust Greene was not close."
https://nationalfile.com/mtg-is-sabotaging-trump/
In reply to kennycan.
I'm telling you what way the Ukrainians spell the name of the city when they use English, correcting your statement "Btw It’s Kiev.". It's not correct to say it's spelled only one way.
I don't care how you spell it, you can continue to use the Russian spelling. That is how the russians spell it when using English. Foreigners already did change the way you speak and spell.
This is pretty simple, there is more than one way to spell it.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-it-kyiv-or-kiev-and-why-the-pronunciation-changed-11647715295
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kyiv
In reply to Barry.
Do you say Roma?
My Webster's Dictionary of the English Language Print Edition says it's Kiev.
No foreigner will change the way I speak or spell.
"...but I gotta say I like Moody’s song better than I do Aldean’s."
I'm with you on that. The Moody song is really good even without the message. It reminds me a bit of "Have You Forgotten" by Darryl Worley.
In reply to Mike.
Yea, I had not realized what an absolute honest person she was until she did some comeback interview. I really didn't know anything about her, but this isn't the first time she's mocked the marxist left.
In reply to kennycan.
I'm an American that does business in Kyiv, or did until the russians decided to destroy the Ukraine.
The companies I work with there spell it Kyiv on the documentation they send us, all in English.
How often does any American refer to Kyiv or Kiev? Not very.
In reply to Barry.
Hand sanitizer straight out of the bottle is pre-jelled napalm, in service of that idea.
Just saying.
In reply to Barry.
I'm not Ukrainian and Americans spell it Kiev.
Do you say 'Roma'? 'Deutscheland'? 'Los Estados Unidos?'
"The last gasp begins"
or
"It's hard to fool people with a Government Man"
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/21/team-desantis-make-it-official-they-will-shift-personnel-drop-communications-director-and-relaunch-entire-campaign-with-new-approach/
The chinese owned GOP will have to revise their anti-American playbook. Jeb! got taken out and now Jeb2! is on life support. The same old tactics no longer work.
In reply to Aesop.
I understand. The problem is, with all the negativity about voting it dissuades people from doing so, and some use it as an excuse not to do so.
Which makes the cheating a double win for the marxist left.
Short of an outright civil war, which ain't happening anytime soon*, keeping the states as free of corruption by voting is the best we have. And it is working here in NC and SC. If we get enough states with absolute freedom and liberty people in control then they can ignore the feds, and the states can do it a lot easier than individuals can.
*we are still free to move at will, leave the country at will, own firearms, etc. In short, while we may not have the people we elected running things, the thugs in office are afraid to go all out at this point. When that changes the shooting will begin, but not before, IMO.
In reply to Aesop.
I like the fire idea. It might be a good idea to carry a few quarts of gasoline, high-proof rubbing alcohol, or similar in your car, plus a box of long wooden matches.
In reply to Barry.
Don't get me wrong: I'm all in favor of the trip to the ballot box, to rub their noses in it. But if it worked, they'd make it illegal. Look how hard they spazzed over 2016. They've been prosecuting Trump for literally 7 years, non-stop, merely for having the temerity to throw a turd in their party punchbowl.
Absolutely nothing is going to change until we get to the "shoot the m*f***s in the face" stage. Recidivism, at that point, reaches 0%, and learning finally occurs.
This was demonstrated conclusively in 1776, as well as every day since when we haven't done the same thing to our domestic tyrants. Jefferson wasn't speaking idly when he mentioned watering the Tree of Liberty, he was speaking from the bitterest firsthand personal experience.
I observe in passing that it probably would have been a lot harder to come back for seconds if the sonsofbitches returning to the street after the initial clean up had been cheerfully and repeatedly kicked in the balls. They should have been dragged off feet first and face down to drive the initial removal well home anyways. The Marquis of Queensbury is dead.
The chick who pulled the other twat out hair-first had the right idea: stupid ought to hurt.
But ultimately, test their convictions: run their effing asses over, and keep right on going. The only people I respect are the ones who at least set themselves on fire. Those idiots at least are committed.
These @$$holes were just virtue signaling, largely consequence-free. They want to write that check? Cash it by running them over.
Make protesting great again.
In reply to Mike.
Uh huh. I recall our conversation regarding your lizard killing cats...
Lizards are on my mind today - My wife noticed a rather large rat poop in the sunroom. Clearly bigger than a mouse so I went to the store to get one of the larger traps, which they didn't have. What they had were these glue traps, big ones, so I thought I'd give that a try. Three days go by with no action and my wife informs me this morning that we have a lizard, a blue tailed skink. Poor thing was stuck. I tried my best to remove the little beast without damage but I'm pretty sure it didn't survive. It did drag itself under a bush so maybe...
Picked up the glue traps and threw them out.
In reply to Barry.
Heh. Naw, she was a sweet pup, never hurt a fly. It's the end of her raggedy old collar. In fifteen years, she only ever had the one.
"Him Talking about small town values is not the same thing that your mind controlled dipshit brain filters it as. All you are doing is showing that you’re batshit crazy and that does no good for anyone. If you don’t like the song don’t listen to it. certainly don’t project your insanity on to it. My god you people are INSANE. Maybe check yourself into a facility or something. Liberals in my day protected art and made fun of those that said it had satanic messaging when you play it backwards or shit like that. That’s what you guys are now, the epitome of what you used to hate. Go get help or maybe dicked down and shut the fuck up. thanks."
Roseanne Barr
Hat Tip Instapundit - https://instapundit.com/596228/#disqus_thread
While the Star Trek universe appoints Zefram Cochrane as the developer of Warp Drive, It'll probably be AI.
In reply to SteveF.
Gotcha. I had forgotten that little nugget. Thanks for the reminder, should have figured it out myself.
In reply to Mike.
Thanks Mike. He was a man that served his country for 40 years active duty. 18-58, then retired and continued working as an adviser for the contracting side.
He's the 3rd career military uncle to pass in the last 2 years. We've gotten to that age (been there a while). My Dad is the last of 7 and 95 this fall.
In reply to SteveF.
And he happily fellated Mousey Tongue by stopping MacArthur from dealing appropriately with the ChiCom swill!
In reply to SteveF.
Although Jefferson was supposedly a Dem, the modern Dems seem to have begun with Andrew Jackson.
Perhaps Jackson was the least worst, granted that Jefferson wasn't a Dem.
If you count Jefferson as a Dem I guess it's Jefferson Jackson Truman and then all downhill from there.
In reply to Barry.
My dad fought in Korea. To the end of his days, he had nightmares which woke up him up screaming more than once a week. Used to scare the everloving hell out of me when I was a kid.
Never would talk about his wartime experience much, if at all, until I'd gotten a lot older and, at my insistence, he told me one (1) story about racing to the scene of an F86 crash near his base, when he rushed up with a cpl others to see if the pilot had survived and found a cockpit heavily coated with a red goo that looked like strawberry jam, and one (1) story about the time he won a medal for helping unload a burning railroad freight car that turned out to be full of crates containing WP munitions, which none of the higher-ups thought was worth warning my dad and his team about.
Turns out some things really never DO change.
Sincere condolences on your uncle, Barry. I figure I don't have to wonder what he'd think of today's Woke military. I know what my dad would have, and his older brother Murray, who was picked to serve on the honor guard for the first session of the UN for his meritorious service in WW2.
In reply to kennycan.
If you limit the comparison to Dem presidents since 1901, then Truman was the least-worst.
It does say something that we have to go back at least 125 years to find a Democrat president who wasn't godawful.
I'm pretty good at math and have a good grounding in physics. Most of that stuff escapes me, but I also find a pretty good helping of BS and leaps of faith when I actually look closely.
"Dragan’s new work indicates that it’s at least a possibility."
The same work could likely be stated to say it's less than probable, betcha.
In reply to SteveF.
OTOH, so did many republicans. I despise Truman, but Kenny may be right.
I lost an uncle to old age last night, the last of my dad's career military brothers. He went to Korea at age 21 (Army) and would argue the "notWar" part. He also served in Vietnam. Retired, but served as an adviser for Desert Storm. Good man.
In reply to kennycan.
You are quoting Aesop and attributing it to me in order to avoid the real question.
There is no contradiction in anything I've said. Perhaps I overestimated the corrupt to the core communist russians military a bit.
Why will you not stop with what we agree on, that we shouldn't be involved in the Ukraine, and answer the remaining question?
In reply to kennycan.
Not sure I'd go that far. He happily went along with the nascent Military Industrial Complex in getting the US into the Korean notWar.
In reply to Barry.
No, it's NOT. You and Aesop agree that Denmark could take the Russians.
WE don't have to be involved at all.
The UK and France and Germany could pony up the 100 odd Billions of dollars, and THEY can buy the weapons at full price from US and THEY can take responsibility for their own Defense.
And if they did that THEY would be on the hook for Blood and Treasure. Then THEY would look for ways to AVOID War in the first place.
THEY have no skin in the game. WE, who are not under any THREAT, have MOST of the skin in the Game. We are 80% of NATO.
Please stop with the Contradictions. Both of you say the least of the Europeans can take them, like Denmark, and then you argue that it ALSO takes ALL of NATO to take them.
It cannot be both.
It isn't both.
So: Why do I care which Slavic Mafia runs a piece of shitstain country that aligns with Deep State, joins the Shampeachment on President Trump, who actually kept Putin in check, launders Deep State’s money and Bribes our High Officials and is generally an Enemy of America and Americans.
In reply to Barry.
My position is the US should use diplomacy and achieve Peace through Strength like Trump did. We should identify our Vital American Interests and look to protect them, by all means necessary short of War, at first. War is a Failure for the American people.
You are trying to tell me that Russia is one of, if not THE, most incompetent militaries on Earth, run by incompetent Generals, led by an Incompetent Dictator.
So how is Ukraine a Vital American Interest and why are we involved in a War there.
A War that COULD escalate to Americans getting killed. A War that COULD, however unlikely, may lead to Nukes flying around.
WHY? Why are we pushing NATO East and risking this.
Especially when Trump had it under Control.
As I said, and you concur,
There is absolutely no way in Hell Biteme and His Cabal are doing the right thing for the American People there. Their record is to Fuck It Up so badly for America and Americans that FUBAR is an understatement.
That is my last word on this. If you can tell me how my bolded section above is not true and this War is going to turn out ok for America, then I'll listen.
But I really think that is an impossibility, given the Joetato record over 2.5 years (and 0's record over 8 years from 2009-2016). We, as America and Americans, have already Lost by even having this War.
In reply to Barry.
Quote:
As evidence that the russian military is an incompetent group of conscripts led by an incompetent command given orders by an incompetent Putin, I simply point out they can’t even handle the Ukraine,
So, if they are no threat to even get past Ukraine, there is Zero, Zilch, Nada need for NATO now.
In reply to Barry.
For the same reason that he might interview George Soros or Kaitlyn Jenner: They influence society, regardless of the evil or vapidity of their message.
I'm going to have to go with a big "it depends".
- Will a purchased product give you what you need? Do you have some special need or desire?
- How much free time do you have, valued against how much spare cash you have?
- Do you have most of the parts already on hand?
- Is this an excuse to acquire more tools or componentry?
- Are you teaching someone how to do this?
- Are you building it because you enjoy it more than to get the end product?
- What is the quality or durability of what you build compared to that of what you buy?
- Are you doing it to show off to others what you can do?
Mostly I'll buy something which does what I need, or most of what I need, because my free time is so limited. (And, as I regularly complain, comes in small chunks. It's difficult to make something if you can put only a few minutes at a time into it.) It's usually cheaper, almost always takes less time, and half the time is better than what I'd be able to build. However, I'll sometimes build something with The Child or others in order to show how it's done and more importantly that "ordinary people" can build things. (Or fix things. A lot of people, including adults, have no idea that "ordinary people" can fix a washing machine or replace a ceiling light with a light/fan or even changed the brakes on a car.)
Who REALLY makes the laws?
My first thought was pedophiles. Not sure that this answer needs to be changed.
By the way, that first one, cat and dog, remind me of the experimental dog, Goldie. Long ago, had been married just a few years, when Goldie showed up. She was injured as a result of a pack of dogs attacking her. Big girl but young, she was almost great Dane size and would seem to be a mixed breed*. She was explosively fast and a real sweetheart. She would often sleep on the back porch with the cat curled up on top of her snoozing right along. I think there's pictures but it's been almost 40 years. I had never seen a dog and cat so close.
The cat's another story, a squirrel killer extreme.
*as it turns out there was a doctor down in Georgia trying to create a new dog breed with Great Dane, Greyhound, and German Shepard as the prime ingredients. Goldie was one of those we found out later.
In reply to Barry.
Me too, Barr. With all these things cluttering the space up, you oughta see what my Desktop in the Finder looks like right now. It's a right mess, that's what.
In reply to kennycan.
No, I did not. I've never said anything remotely like that. I have said, over and over, the russians are an incompetent bunch of conscripts in a war of their own making that should have been no more than a few months long. And here we are 1.5 years later and I'm still listening to and reading folks claiming the russians are a first rate military.
1.5 years and counting. I may have over estimated the incompetent bastards.
I'm with you, and I've designed and built many electronic contraptions in my life. The first radio I built with Dad's help was age 6, then we built a transistor radio to pick up FM when I was 9 or 10. But that was all about education*, and that is the only reason you would build your own $20 speaker with a $100 dollar bill.
I have a small bluetooth speaker I paid maybe 10 bucks for that travels in my backpack for when I'm out of the country. It's sounds remarkably good.
*it was cheaper then to buy rather than build just as it is now with the possible exception of high end amplifiers. I built a nice vacuum tube amp for half the price of the name ones around 1966.
In reply to Mike.
Legal ONLY for them...
As I have shown in two instances, there are two levels of law. For THEM and for US...
In reply to kennycan.
That's the hell of it, Kenny: they DIDN'T really break the law, they made ballot harvesting and such legal. It's the creme de la insults, a brazen slap in the face to any law-abiding patriot. And, true to the usual form, Repugnicants at all levels have talked themselves purple in the face about "election reform" without doing a damned thing about it.
That Tate person is a piece of work it appears. A sick twisted piece of work. I'm left wondering why Carlson would go there.
In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Then why all the Russian pearl-clutching a salt-sniffing about cluster weapons? Russia should be more concerned with their own cluster-fuck.
Also, the former travelers on the Kerch bridge, and Vladimir Putin himself, do not share your assessment on the ineffectiveness of NATO weapons.
Public Information -
I-95 closed both directions around Mile makers 138-141 due to a tornado crossing the highway. A rather large mess with other damage in the region (Nash County / Rocky Mount area). No reports on injuries at the moment but if you are traveling in the area you may get caught up in that mess.
https://www.wunderground.com/video/top-stories/tornado-closes-i-95-in-north-carolina
In reply to kennycan.
No where will you ever find anything I've said suggesting Ukraine can defeat the russians. In fact, as you should know, I've repeatedly said the opposite.
Noticing the truth, that the russians are incompetent drunks that can't manage their special operation right on their border in what has stretched into a year and a half is just using your brain and eyes.
It is a simple fact that it has been 1.5 years. It is a simple fact that I have said from the very beginning that in spite of their overwhelming superiority in numbers and munitions, that the result of their "special operation" in Ukraine would go about as well as the one they spent in Afghanistan, a country with a couple of other 'stans between them and russia, but accessible by land. You know, a country of "ragheads".
While others have repeatedly stated the russians will overwhelm the Ukrainians any day now, I've been blunt in saying the russians are incompetent conscripts with poorly designed and built equipment. And the proof is in the year and a half special operation.
One can acknowledge the corruption of the Ukraine and the US government and be opposed to sending men, materials, or dollars from our country to the Ukraine and still recognize that Putin and russia are evil and incompetent.
Putin is an evil sick twisted KGB bastard. I hope the MFer dies in severe pain that lasts for months. I hope his entire staff surrounding him goes the same way.
Damn near every problem in the world can be traced back to the fucking russians. From Vietnam to Iran, they were, are, and remain an evil empire.
As far as NATO goes, the entire operation is a joke and has been since the later 1950's when the European members discovered they could rely on the shield with little effort on their part. I would withdraw from NATO today if I could. I would also create the
Nuclear Shield Doctrine of America:
Should our country be attacked by any nuclear weapon, should any country we consider our allies be attacked by any nuclear weapon, the United States will destroy every nuclear capable enemy country immediately with a massive nuclear retaliatory strike, including Russia, China, North Korea, and Pakistan.
In reply to Barry.
So, since even Ukraine can take them, we can disband NATO and sell our weapons at Full Price and let the European Union Nations pay for them themselves, as well as prop up the Ukraine Government as well.
Tucker Unchained: (h/t to Van Halen)
Change, nothin' stays the same Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin' Change, ain't nothin' stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground runnin'
I know, I don't ask for permission This is my chance to fly Maybe enough ain't enough for you But it's my turn at a try
Thought you'd never miss me 'til I got a fat city address Non-stop talker, what a rocker
I agree with Aldean's basic premise, 40 years ago.
It's no longer true in many places. The marxist cabal now in power has been working this for a very long time. The CIA has honed their psychological skills to near perfection. They know how it works and they know how to do it.
Small towns had jobs, good paying manufacturing jobs. Not jobs that made people rich, just jobs that let a kid get out of high school, get married, buy a house, have children - in short, the ticket to a happy life.
You attack the small town easily. Take away the jobs, supplement with government "assistance" to sell it, then plant the drugs right in plain sight.
The result is what we have now, and it's not pretty. I see it in lots of places, once vibrant small town culture now sickened with joblessness, poverty, rampant drug use, and despair. There are occasional glimpses of the past, a 4th of July parade, or Christmas decorations... But look closely to see what they have done. Look at the houses with peeling paint and rot, still lived in by a culture of laziness and drug use. Look at the shuttered factories, the closed and chained doors, the water damaged facades. Look closely, it's not hard to see.
Remember when the time comes just what they did to the greatest country and people on earth. Remember they did this purposely. Remember it was a long line of people involved. Remember what the penalty for murder should be.
In reply to kennycan.
IMO, the deep state GOP plan all along was to deny Trump running for the R nomination due to the felony* indictment(s).
They had no clue what the level of support for an actual American would be or the fact that the same had opened their eyes to the perfidy routinely committed by them. Many that didn't know, now do, and thus their plan is a failure. To exercise that option is to kill the R party, kill it completely, so I judge they are not going to carry that out.
If DeSantis was just a lesser American, I'd vote for him. But he's not, he's "their" plan. If they deny Trump I will never vote for another republican for any office. A new party will have to arise from those ashes, should we not descend into civil war first, which I think is highly likely.
Of course they could rig the vote in any number of ways to make it appear the R's are still getting votes, but we'll know it when we see it, just like we know cooper was elected by cheating.
At some point the ballot box isn't enough. But that doesn't mean you stay home and not exercise that option.
Staying home and not voting just means the deep state no longer has to cheat, they beat you with their psychological manipulations. The CIA has gamed this stuff out for years. Don't fall for it.
*I realize I misspelled baloney
In reply to kennycan.
"he guy who has stood on the corner shouting"
Excellent analogy, one I have used myself. The only real difference between the two is the level of $$$ involved and the number of lunatic followers.
In reply to Barry.
There's one thing though that I worry about.
What if they obviously Rig the Primaries against Trump?
Should we still vote for DeSanctimonious?
I pray I don't have to make that decision. Right now Trump is cruising. Would they be so brazen as to Steal The Nomination?
In reply to Barry.
Also, I now believe that 2012 was rigged and that Mittens simply looked the other way.
He took a Dive.
He probably rehearsed the Debate "Gotcha" with Crowley ahead of time.
What Incumbent for President LOST votes and still Won the Election?
In reply to Barry.
Vote. Besides the local and State Elections, there are these points to bear in mind.
Unless it is in your face egregious cheating the murky middle is not going to accept that the Election was Stolen.
Unless we TALK loudly about how 2020 and 2022 were Stolen it simply gives cover to those who deny it.
Plus, when they do it again in the same exact manner anyone who DID NOT SPEAK UP has no standing then to question the Fraud. After all, they said 2020 was Free and Fair or at least did not say it was Fraud then. So, how could the same evidence today point to Fraud?
"Ballot Harvesting" is simply Fraud and if We did it, they'd catch us and prosecute us under the Laws they themselves break.
Yet we watch everyone on their side, from Crooked Clinton to Bribehim Biteme, break laws brazenly while Trump is the one getting Indicted for Fake Crimes.
If someone other than an Election Official collects a ballot, the Chain of Custody is broken.
There is no way to know whether there was coercion, or deception, to vote a certain way, or whether the ballot was tampered with, or even whether the "collector" didn't simply fill out the ballot themselves. We also don't know whether the "collector" didn't simply toss ballots where people voted "incorrectly".
"They are in effect indivisible..."
I agree Mike. It makes little difference to the rest of us if they are plain evil or just stupid.
While I agree the election will be rigged just as it was in 2020 (and other times of course), it's still important to vote.
MAKE them steal it, MAKE them work hard to steal it, MAKE it obvious they stole it. I know people who do not believe the elections are rigged and it's not because they like the outcome. They need it demonstrated, so make sure it's overwhelmingly clear that the election was stolen.
If you* cannot do that why would I expect you'll ever do more?
The 2016 election was rigged, but they were surprised by the turnout for Trump. They didn't rig it enough.
*a generic "you", applies to everyone
I was in school early 70's when global cooling was the "thing". Among other pursuits I studied climatology and meteorology along with geological studies of the earths climate history.
Most of the professors were at least tilted left, partially as a reaction to the Vietnam business, but were at least honest. All the BS about climate cooling (the 70's climate scam) was laughed at by them, knowing we couldn't predict a damn thing within those time scales.
Fast forward 20-30 years and now they all* lie in perfect synchronization.
*Yes, there are some exceptions, but not many
In reply to Jaybo.
I chasten you all the time.
chasten
transitive verb
- To correct by punishment or reproof; Take to task.2. To restrain; subdue.3. To rid of excess; refine or purify. Ah, but MY drivel at least has meaning.
See, I chastened you, meaning 1, just there!
In reply to Henry Cybulski.
In that case, what do we call the russian weapons? You know, the country that went on a special murder spree for a "few days" and has now been mired down in a war for almost 1 & 1/2 years against a country 1/4 it's size and on its border with easy access. What does it say about the russian army and the russian weapons?
What's Jabot going to do now that Pence has imploded as an anti-American idiot and a fake christian?
Must be painful to realize what a tool and fool you are.
I do believe it is now time to stick the fork in, true colors now clear to even the most blind:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/18/ron-desantis-blames-president-trump-for-j6-insurrection-pledges-to-stop-prosecuting-corrupt-democrats-and-return-to-political-civility/
In reply to Jaybo.
So tell us liar, when you claimed ECU put out more pro baseball players than any other school*, where you doing that because you wished to point out how rotten ECU is? Liars always trap theirselves in the dogshit.
and never recanted, which is why it's a lie, a fucking lie *when the reality is they ain't even in the top 50
In reply to Jaybo.
You ever call anyone a name, COWARD?
You tell a lie every time you type on the keyboard. It come naturally to you. I've never, not once, denied that UNC or most of the other institutions have been indoctrination centers for a very long time. Just another lie by jaybot.
The fact of the matter is, that in NC voting matters as anyone with an IQ over 50 can figure out.
Jaybot is proving to simply be on the marxist side, which explains the lies.
In reply to Jaybo.
Your nickname is meaningless drivel to everyone. It has no sense and simply makes me laugh.
Then again, most all of what y'all write is meaningless drivel. Bless your heart.
In reply to Barry.
Name calling is cowardice at the keyboard. You are a coward who will not admit your school and mine are responsible for turning our young people into leftards/commies. You are in denial concerning elections. Anyone who thinks the commies are just going to play fair in 2024 must be on drugs, stupid or as I suspect a COWARD.
Another take on the evolving mess in Ukraine below especially as it applies to Nato .
Money quote:
So, what did the Ukrainians do to raise the ire of the Pentagon so suddenly, and as a direct consequence, fall into disfavor with NATO? In short, the Ukrainians demonstrated that NATO's weapons are crap.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/incredible-shrinking-nato
In reply to kennycan.
Well, 'Jaybo'. Who calls themselves 'bo' anymore? I thought that disappeared in the 80s, bra.
Hey Barrbo, it's Kenbo. Did you see the latest from Mikebo over at Coldbo Fury? Bo knows, bra...
In reply to Jaybo.
Hey look, the POS known as Jaybo shows up to do what he always does, tell lies.
Jaybobitch says the state is turning "blue" as in marxist commie blue and tells us to visit Asheville for a look at the future. Asheville has been a hotbed of hippy cult leftism for decades now. Does it represent the entire state? Only a POS with an education worth zero would state such. Go to Hatteras Island and find the balancing of shit from Asheville for example.
Now, let's tell the truth. As reported the state is getting redder, a lot redder. The state legislature is now super majority republican meaning it can override the commie governors veto's. Can and has. The NC Supreme court is now an unassailable majority conservative and has even overturned it's own previous lefty rulings.
It is highly likely the next Gov will be a republican conservative.
And for that the lying POS called Jaybo claims we're getting bluer.
Any mention of UNC will trigger the poor demented SOB. Just a hazard of being a low life retard.
And by the way, it's voting that has turned the state of North Carolina around. And Jaybo is a pussy, he'll never be the one to fight back in any physical manner whatsoever.
Jaybo is a Mike Pence for president gal. Tells you everything.
In reply to Barry.
Yes indeed Blue neck, Blue school, soon to be Blue state, (visit Asheville)
You must truly add abilify. That psych drug is not working LOL
https://westernrifleshooters.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cd83a7a14a98e89d-1024x1024.jpeg
Vote harder hahahahahahahah.
In reply to Aesop.
I'd just leave them there. No support allowed. No water, no food. Let them pull their own hands off or die in that spot.
Of course, if they are truly in the way, then the D8 would be my choice.
In reply to Aesop.
Aesop already said what I was going to say.
As evidence that the russian military is an incompetent group of conscripts led by an incompetent command given orders by an incompetent Putin, I simply point out they can't even handle the Ukraine, a country that is a fraction of the size of Russia. I have always predicted the russians would "win" in the end, but even that is now in doubt. We are coming up on year three soon enough.
Biden and the puppeteers suck and are corrupt to the core. NATO is pathetic and sucks. The Ukraine is a 3rd world country with 3rd world resources and corrupt as hell.
And the russians are still the most incompetent country on earth with nukes. Period.
Fuck a chisel.
They should have been removed with a tow chain, and a diesel tractor. Or just a D8 with the blade down.
Learning would occur.
In reply to Barry.
Pretending Russia "had no choice" but to undertake this disastrous and asinine military adventure is the height of burying the lede in service of false narrative.
Yanukovych was the latest in an unbroken line of Russian puppet Ukrainian leaders going back to Day One in 1991. After 33 years of being run by Russia's selected cronies, the Ukrainians decided they'd like to run their own country for a while.
Russia promptly used the confusion after Yanukovych's downfall to illegally annex Crimea back, and then fake a "popular" uprising, by dressing airborne and Spetsnaz troops in civvies, and pretending they were the "Donbas and Luhansk Militia".
Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
Then, they invaded Ukraine for daring to think that the 1991 treaty Russia signed, pledging undying loyalty to Ukraine's 1991 borders, for not the first nor the second, but for the fourth time in a decade, last year.
And found themselves much like the lion who tried to eat a porcupine, whole: embarrassed, in excruciating pain, with no comfortable way to proceed nor withdraw, and bleeding white by the minute. Boo frickin' hoo, bitchez. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Bitch about Ukraine's leadership all you want. IDGAF. But Zelensky is the first leader they've had in their entire history to tell Russia to go fuck itself, and put his own ass on the line to make it stick. And from Day One, Ukrainians have longly and loudly stated that even if Zelensky buggered off five minutes from now, they'd swear in the next-in-line, and still fight Russian invaders to their dying breath.
Balls like that amongst everyday folks clank when they walk.
You'd think Russia might have learned after the Berlin Wall came down, or retreating from Afghanistan with their tail well between their own legs. But some bears, much like Pooh, are of very little brain.
Fuck them, and the broke-dick tanks they rode into town on.
That "analysis" is mostly the anal half of that word. As in pulled out of their underpants. The problem with the counter-narrative propaganda, unsupported by any facts in evidence, that the Russian military has been able to "quickly evolve into a battle-hardened and quick-to-adapt fighting force", is literally a wagonload of horseshit, still green and steaming, as evidence by their failure to accomplish initial objectives against a force 1/4 their size and 1/10th their capability at the outset, their failure to accomplish revised objectives, their serial retreat since last August, unhindered in any way by competency at pretty much anything but hey-diddle-diddle, straight-up-the-middle tactics, their universal inability to learn and accomplish anything within twenty miles of combined arms maneuver warfare, their serial requirements for ever larger, yet ever dwindling, conscription drives, and the loss, both in combat, and from Putin-cide, of somewhere between a baker's dozen to twenty generals, including every single commander tasked with this Russian goatfuck, since Day One. Rumor has it the Russian commanders are now given Star Trek red shirts the day they're handed command, to emphasize their likely end.
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
The Russian army commanders gun-decked efficiency and readiness reports since 1946, stole the army blind with both mitts, and wiped out their airborne forces -the only shred of competency in the past decade - almost entirely, within days of kicking off festivities in late February 2022. And then they got worse. Their only other competent - by dint of sacrificing literal waves of convicts for inches of ground - paramilitary formation was Wagner, who revolted last month, and are now non-existent, except as a future mutiny threat. In Russia, "military competence" is exactly the oxymoron "military intelligence" is on this side of the world.
Bullshit and propaganda abound on both sides, but nobody faked dozens of Ukrainian farmers towing abandoned Russian tanks and BMPs back to their barns after the cream of the Russian Army ran out of gas on Day Three, and deserted home empty-handed, and on foot.
Nobody faked the Russian front lines backing up 60 miles last fall, and the only thing that's changed since then has been the total lack of anything like a Russian counter-offensive, and the slow but steady and inexorable retreat towards Moscow. All while their vaunted Air Farce has been all but MIA since the 1st of March 2022.
They make the Mexican and Zimbabwean Armies look professional and competent by contrast.
Could NATO take on Russia successfully? No. Denmark could take on Russia successfully. NATO would probably stop this side of the Urals, and let the Chinese deal with Siberia, unless and until it went all canned sunshine, at which point Russia still ceases to exist, as does most of the Northern Hemisphere. They're a Turd-World country with obsolescent nuke forces, and have been since 1989. None of that has changed, and Putin has wiped off the map any modernity he accomplished in the last twenty years, at a single ill-advised stroke of his half-witted and half-assed plan.
None of that should be a comfort to those who think the current woketarded, can't-meet-recruiting-goals bunch of slack-jawed faggots masquerading as the American military since 2021 is anything close to battle-ready either, but elections, especially faked ones, always have consequences, and the destruction of the US military has been by considered design and malign intent.
People like Emperor Stumblefuck Poopypants, who think their F-15s and nukes will somehow save them from the wrath of the people indefinitely, are going to have a Putin-Prigozhinesque Come To Jesus moment one day, like all tyrannical dictatorships, and it isn't going to be pretty for them. With any luck, in a Ceauçescu sort of way.
We yet live in hope, and stack canned goods for the day. Both #10 cans, and olive drab ones.
Those paying close attention would be well-advised to do likewise.
The war has been a disaster for the United States, a disaster for Ukraine, and a disaster for Europe. And it could have been prevented with a single phone call.
"Just to remind you, here’s how that started..."
I just laugh when someone just glosses over all the other history and facts in order to bolster their highly prejudiced opinion, Kunstler included.
If Biden actually runs for president, then it means the puppeteers couldn't figure out a good way to get rid of Willie Browns knob polisher. But my bet is they get her out of the way, first.
The best/logical scenario I've heard is Feinstein steps aside, Newsome appoints Harris to her senate seat, and the braindead president appoints someone, perhaps Newsome, to fill the VP seat. And then Joe declares he's not running, or he resigns now.
I don't find that farfetched at all for this crowd.
Ouch, I know the pain. Back in the 80's :) when we lived in the old Victorian on the hill, every time lightning struck (frequently) we lost something*. Having electrical engineering skill I usually fixed the problem myself, almost always burnt diodes in the power supply of the dead device. This, back in the days when the damn things were still big enough to see...
It's nice to have the phone as a backup I'll have to say.
*the something was the damn TV 90% of the time. I kept the diodes for that old CRT based TV in my stock.
What "they" want, what "they" work for is for you to be their slave. You will not move nor cook nor be comfortable unless it benefits "them".
Why should you be allowed to consume "their" energy?
TC, comedian: https://rumble.com/v30czwq-tucker-carlson-comedian-crowd-in-stitches-over-impromptu-routine-about-whit.html
Thanks to : https://thelibertydaily.com/
Yea, American heroes are all around us.
https://notthebee.com/article/crocodile-attacks-zoo-keeper-and-a-visitor-jumps-in-the-cage-to-save-her
Thanks to : https://thelibertydaily.com/
Now Charles Barkley has always been a bit of an enigma. Most of the time I find him tolerable if not all that bright.
But now we know, he's thinking of switching to womanhood -
https://slaynews.com/news/charles-barkley-bud-light-boycotters-rednecks-assholes/
And just for the record, Barkley, yes I'm a redneck. A Southern one to boot. That is a much better position than Supreme Idiot which you hold.
In reply to kennycan.
I didn't watch any of it but for a few short clips:
I'd say Pence is done, but then he was done before he stepped on stage. Wooden bastard pretending to be Mr Christian, and then he stepped into a pile of dung that will cancel all 10 of his supporters. Yea, stick the fork in.
RDS looked like a puppet on a string on speed to me, but I only watched a couple of minutes of the non answers.
Didn't see anyone else yet.
Having an FFL and being small puts all your other income production at risk (job, etc.). A local here that I used for a couple of mail order purchases got out just because of the threat.
It's wrong of course, and what they did in this case is also illegal, but who will hold them accountable? No one. The GOP is the party tasked with this and they are owned by the chinese just like the other branch, the democraps.
This is is wrong and we need an organization that fights back in the legal arena to protect our rights and the 2nd amendment specifically. I know of no effective organization at the moment. Lots of talk, fundraising, etc. But action at every level in every case, those like this, I don't see it.
If I've missed one, let me know who it is. It's not either of the big gun organizations even though they may do some good work.
Say that there's a sidewalk, and he stays on the sidewalk with his tripod for more than, say, 15 minutes. Then it's blocking the sidewalk. Add in disturbing the peace. If he steps on to your property, it's criminal trespass. He's advertised his intent to harass and intimidate you into parting with valuable property, so that's harassment and intimidation, as well, and his putting it on the internet is probably covered under cybercrime and anti-stalking statutes. And that's just the criminal aspect, he could get sued in civil court as well, for equitable remedies, such as injunctive relief, and legal - cash - damages.
“Don’t hate me ‘cause I’m beautiful, to swipe one of my favorite Little Richard quotes”.
I liked it better when Kelly Lebrock said it.
https://youtu.be/jssGyRoC-3w
Remember, the government always lies, including claiming "victory" in complete defeat. I donated to the Canadian truckers, and have donated to one of the prosecuted, all money well spent.
https://twitter.com/FromKulak/status/1679216621032730626
Hat tip: Instapundit - https://instapundit.com/595218/#disqus_thread
Don't let the gaslighting work!
Turns out "the Agorist" is just your regular run of the mill communist.
Funny how that works.
Oh, and Sal, I know your just full of shit and are too frightened to take on an actual man, but please do try.
We're waiting for you.
Read, takes about one minute:
https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/14/leftists-are-lying-to-you-about-tommy-tuberville-and-white-nationalists/
In reply to Barry.
Well, pussy downvoter -
How many new power plants are the people pushing EV's proposing be built?
How much new transmission infrastructure are they proposing be built to supply the electricity required?
It would require a 75-85% increase in both to power an all electric vehicle future.
Only those with substandard IQ's can't figure this out.
In reply to Barry.
Exactly, precisely so, Barry. Call it Mike's Iron Law #149: No matter what the issue or context, it's NEVER about what they're telling you it is; ultimately, the real intention, goal, or agenda is only about more power and/or wealth for THEM, and less freedom for YOU. Gonna have to add that to the list later today...
"According to Cox Automotive’s 2023 Path to “EV Adoption: Consumer and Dealer Perspectives” study, even though 53 percent of consumers see EVs as a future and that such vehicles will replace gas engines over time, only 31 percent of the brainwashed dealers held such a view."
Fixed it
EVs: an idea so good they have to be subsidized by the government, and sold at gunpoint.
"This raises a painful question: Is Ron DeSantis the Kamala Harris of this election cycle?"
Yes, and I predicted the failure of both.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/13/is-incredible-shrinking-candidate-ron-desantis-kam/
OK, these guys were probably all over the road, and going randomly in all directions but mostly forward, lots of really squirrelly ridrs, probably none of whom can ride in a straight line at any reasonable speed... Back in the day, when I was in reasonable physical condition, I could ride in the middle of the white line at the side of the road, between 18 to 30mph, depending on what I wanted to do - the higher speed for chasing down a lead group - did that for 5 miles straight, on River Road in Kentucky, south of Cincinnati. One ride, we had a group of 20 riders, double echelon, six inches between the rear wheel of the rider in front, and the front wheel of the rider in back, and six inches between our handlebars. We did the 100 miles in 4 hours and 15 minutes, nonstop. Too many riders now have no bike handling skills whatsoever.
In reply to MarkMatis.
"Law enforcement agent" should include any federal employee outside of the military who is authorized to carry a firearm. This specifically includes armed IRS and Department of Education agents.
In reply to boron.
With today's prices, the lumber is probably the most expensive. The blade would be the next most.
But I'm sure we can redneck something together. My Uncle John has a few half telephone poles he salvaged that he'd probably give me. I have a spade with a broken handle. We can sharpen the edge, run the handle through a hole in a piece of 6x6, which I have, and for momentum mount a couple cinder blocks, which I also have. I don't have anything that would cut guide grooves in the telephone poles but we could probably figure something out.
You know, I think that this is doable on the cheap.
how much does it cost to build a guillotine? what is the most expensive component? how often does the blade have to be sharpened? can we rent a couple from France or are they going to put their old ones back into use?
In reply to Mike.
Add to that, no tariffs, none, for goods imported from turd world companies along with those incentives.
The South lost textiles and furniture rapidly, two high employee count industry's that were fundamental to small town Southern culture. Gone. And the jobs that paid reasonably well are gone with it. There was no replacement. Then there are the secondary companies, the suppliers to the furniture and textile industries, from chemicals to machinery. All gone. Machine shops catering to those industries, gone. The diner down the street, gone.
And that was just for starters.
Onerous regulations move a lot of industry out of the country to places with zero regulations.
It all adds up and it has all been planned as a long term attack on Americans.
Who needs freon anyway?
Then they assimilate and become mostly just like you. Except they still can make good ice cream or Egg Foo Yung.
Salt in the stew. A great analogy.
BTW the people who want to dump all that salt in the stew don't care about the salt and want to get rid of the stew. They want YOU to start over and eat bugs. THEY will still get well prepared stew though. Plus egg foo yung and two scoops of ice cream for dessert. Joetato still gets puddin' though.
In reply to Barry.
"The loss of manufacturing didn’t happen in a vacuum, it was pushed by our marxist government as the marxists found it personally lucrative to sell you out to the chinese and other turd world governments."
If I remember right, and I'm pretty sure I do, for a good few years there FederalGovCo was actually offering tax incentives to US corporations for offshoring their manufacturing to China. Please note that my being "pretty sure" I'm remembering anything correctly means less and less in these, the days of my dotage. Ahem. ;)
As someone that designs and manufactures machinery for manufacturing products (mechanical, electrical, control and software - we do every phase) there is a wide variety of manufacturing that Americans are, or could be, competitive in.
Do aerospace companies send satellites into space using cheap chinese composite material? No, because the cost of failure is too high. The carbon or glass fiber composites materials are sourced from the US. Europe, or Japan and the USA is very competitive. In fact, today I spent 6 hours helping a customer with a very expensive composite product.
One of the things that happens when you allow production to move offshore is you lose both the high end and low end products. For example, take DC power supplies. The cheap $100 power supplies cannot be made here without a 15-20% premium, but the high end ones that cost $2000+ can be made competitively, in fact for a lower price when the risk of failure is considered. But only if you have both ends of the spectrum. Economy of scale requires that you have the entire line including the low end in order to keep the high end competitive. Multiply this times tens of thousand of products, from denim cloth to aerospace sensors and you begin to understand the scale.
The loss of manufacturing didn't happen in a vacuum, it was pushed by our marxist government as the marxists found it personally lucrative to sell you out to the chinese and other turd world governments. Only one president since Eisenhower gave a damn and tried to reverse this. And many of you want to lynch him for it. Shame.
"To bring manufacturing back to these shores, Americans would have to accept a very sharp reduction in compensation, and, hence, a serious crimp in their luxurious lifestyles."
This is abject bullshit. It is exactly the opposite.
Our wealth is not increasing as a result of losing our manufacturing base. We are now living off what was saved during our long history of manufacturing - the wealth accumulated (buildings, roads, bridges, houses, etc, are all wealth in the "bank"), but we are drawing the wealth down and eventually it runs out. The potholes remain, the buildings crumble, new roads are not built, airports crumble... Sound familiar? Check out Detroit.
There is a temporary cost to changing our future, but change it we must, or we shall become the chinese/turd world workers. You cannot mow each others yards and create wealth.
I'm seeing it increasingly on the roads around me. One is a main artery but just a two lane road. A group of 12-15 routinely ride on that road during the 5pm rush hour. Short tempers is going to lead to a violent confrontation soon enough. The bikes are not going to win that battle. It has to be a purposeful ride, one that needn't occur. They could ride on a less traveled road quite easily.
One or two bikes really don't cause a big problem. You can pass them safely. But the larger group makes it impossible to get by.
And FTR, the sight of these wretches publicly fellating a functional retard in public is nauseating in the extreme, but completely in character for them.
It's actually a late sign of his growing daily frustration with his metastasizing Alzheimer's, as he loses his grip more and more on what one would loosely refer to as "his mind". (I'm being rhetorically generous here.)
He had shit for brains on his best days at the height of his powers, and the decline now is so precipitous that one day, very soon, someone's going to literally be forced to get him a coat with sleeves that fasten in the back, have him declared unfit to change his own underpants, let alone run a country, and the Democrats' second-worst fear will be realized: Acting President Kneepads.
In reply to Barry.
My guess is they're going to use "AI" as a pretext.
They'll say "We don't directly censor these topics. The AI 'learns' over time what is and isn't misinformation and then censors them appropriately. You can't blame Google for that. We don't take any action at all. It's Science!"
The problem with that is that Artificial Intelligence is all Artificial and No Intelligence. Garbage In, Garbage Out. It only does what it is coded to do. So if there is a threshold of "articles" calling something "misinformation" that is met, it is programmed to label that as 'misinformation'. From there it is very easy for the Media to game the program. Just write massive amounts of articles, "news stories", opinion pieces, etc to overload the filed and then have those show up as the top in any search. The "AI" will meet the threshold in no time and will be programmed to stop further searches a little beyond that.
Voila. Misinformation!
Artificial Intelligence has no Intelligence. This sudden push to make it SEEM like it's as smart as, and smarter than, a human has to have an ulterior motive. I think part of it is for this reason. To eliminate the human interface into the search engine censorships for plausible deniability. No more evidence of government telling them what to censor directly tied to the censorship. As an aside government can tell them what it is they want labeled as "misinformation" just by writing an article posted at a "third party" signalling site.
For instance. WaPo. NY Times. For instance, on Ukraine, simply read ISW every morning and you'll be told what the Narrative should be. Then a thousand web sites simply grab an AP story or ISW as the 'source' and Voila, the thousand articles labeling serves to trigger the AI censors.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZExWtXAZ7M and this: "In the letter, which is addressed to “those influencing environmental policy but opposed to nuclear power,” the quartet argue that renewables “like wind and solar and biomass will certainly play roles in a future energy economy,” but that such renewables “cannot scale up fast enough to deliver cheap and reliable power at the scale the global economy requires.” [James] Hansen is one of the world’s leading climate experts, renowned for warning Congress about global warming in 1988 when he worked at NASA. Under the George W. Bush administration, he bravely battled efforts to muzzle federal scientists. And in April he announced that he was leaving NASA to be a full-time climate activist. Hansen was joined in signing the letter by Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution, Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tom Wigley of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. From the letter:
Global demand for energy is growing rapidly and must continue to grow to provide the needs of developing economies. At the same time, the need to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions is becoming ever clearer. We can only increase energy supply while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions if new power plants turn away from using the atmosphere as a waste dump. …
We understand that today’s nuclear plants are far from perfect. Fortunately, passive safety systems and other advances can make new plants much safer. And modern nuclear technology can reduce proliferation risks and solve the waste disposal problem by burning current waste and using fuel more efficiently. Innovation and economies of scale can make new power plants even cheaper than existing plants. Regardless of these advantages, nuclear needs to be encouraged based on its societal benefits. …
With the planet warming and carbon dioxide emissions rising faster than ever, we cannot afford to turn away from any technology that has the potential to displace a large fraction of our carbon emissions. Much has changed since the 1970s. The time has come for a fresh approach to nuclear power in the 21st century." https://grist.org/climate-energy/more-nukes-james-hansen-leads-call-for-safer-nuclear-power-to-save-climate/
Ha, ha, ha, that's funny. Those pathetic pussy's will never show up to anyone's doorstep to confiscate a gun.
The fed gov storm troopers theirselves will stop after the first handful lie dead and bleeding on someones doorstep.
"In contrast, radical environmentalists urge people to use less energy, which they believe is necessary to avert climate and ecological apocalypse."
A minor quibble -
They believe no such thing. Their concern about climate is faux, their goal is simply power and control over everyone and everything. They want YOU as their slaves.
Pertaining to nuclear power generation, the radical slavers have always opposed anything that creates freedom, and abundant energy does just that. So they have always made up falsehoods about it. Consider how much actual damage has been done by nuclear power plant failures. It might as well be zero it's such a small number. A months death toll from auto accidents in the USA exceeds it.
Nuclear is the way to go, and we need to get government out of the way. Preserve fossil fuels for their best use, portable energy. AKA gasoline, diesel, nat gas, etc.
"This is the first instance I know of where one of these boycotts has actually accomplished a damned thing..."
I believe the similar boycott of Coca Cola had an effect. They revised their statements IIRC, and have since sorta shut the fuck up. I think, memory of this is getting old.
In reply to Barry.
Beats me why the link sometimes shows up as a blank box, but just click inside it, the link is there.
And now Sundance discovers Google is protecting DeSantis. Not odd if you understand that DeSantis is and has been the deep state's plan to STOP TRUMP.
Will.Not.Work
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/11/recipe-for-perfect-pancakes-3/
The first handful of sentences are just a reminder of why I never read the assholes that write at NRO. They are the precise thing they claim Trump is -
Corrupt, deceitful assholes that are closely aligned with the democrats and republicans that are owned by the chinese.
NRO is employed to destroy America from the inside out.
Sorry, you poor misguided Submissive but you'll never get a nice whipping post session with The Big Guy, shouted obscenities or not.
You're much, MUCH too old for him.
In reply to Barry.
Heh, I had to cut the pic down so much to get it to work, not much of the blue got left... Those are high school kids on the field at a two day coaching camp.
The gropey pedo managed to walk ten feet without falling because there were no little girls in sight to distract him.
In reply to kennycan.
I think the W years cracked open a lot of eggs. I actually thought Bush was OK, until he let the Iraq and Afghanistan shit drag out beyond the date when we were done.
Good point on "they always set up Euro style Parliamentary Systems". They are, at their very core, anti-American.
Tucker seems to be having his epiphany about the same age as I had one during the W Bush years.
One of the biggest one was hoiw many RINOs there really were. I had assumed that a Minority of RINOs were holding a Majority of Republicans hostage by "mavericking" and bolting on crucial, close votes.
That began to change when I saw them do very little when W had the House and Senate on his side and they did basically...nothing but Tax Cuts. Soon enough the whole Domestic Agenda was put on hold as the NeverEnding Wars were started. Fooled by Jingoism and False Promises that we were fighting an Axis of Evil, which soon morphed into a War on a Tactic, that was then sold as a Decades Long Project to bring "Democracy" to Tribal Backwards Society (btw we're a Republic and did you notice how they always set up Euro style Parliamentary Systems instead of Checks and Balances Republics when they "take over"?), I finally saw the Con for what it was. They had no intention of enacting their Domestic Agenda and no desire to have a peaceful Post-Cold War World. War was what they WANTED.
I had long since given up on most media as hopelessly in the tank for Marxism, so I couldn't sour on THAT in the 2000s. Tucker was like a fish in the tank that didn't realize he was wet from the water.
How long ago did the russians start this mess? And you want to tell me the "Russians had setbacks? Sure"?
Yea. Just as I have said from day one. The russians are a turd world country with a turd world conscripted army.
When the USA went to a war of choice in Iraq, we had to move every single man and equipment plus the entire supply chain 7000+ miles to get there. The f'ing russians just drive across their own border. And here we are 1.5+ years later and the russians are still dying all the while trying to fight and invade a country 1/5 their size in population. They can't even handle that.
I'm not for lifting a hand to help, sending a dime, or any equipment to the Ukraine simply because their government is corrupt to the core and ours is even more so. That fact doesn't make the russians one bit more competent, because they are what they have always been, incompetents, thugs, and murderers.
Russia is a basic terror state.
I've been to prison, once :) Texas. Went there to help them with a machine. Kind of wild going through security etc every time you go in and out, all with an escort. First thing I noticed was the artwork and the tattoo's. Some really fine paintings hung around the office area. And some artwork inked in while in prison, and I do mean artwork. I was flabbergasted. Might not of been "free" though...
I recall reading the poem around the 5-6th grade. I do not recall having read it sense. Thanks to Steve and you for putting it up. It is a good one.
I would contend the world would be as well served if Russia lobbed a nuke at 40.74922080266882, -73.96810305688497 and it worked!
"More broadly, women always need something."
Well, there's need, and then again there's want. Sometimes tough to distinguish betwixt the two, but there ya go.
Speaking strictly for myself, I've had quite a few close female friends over the years with whom I had neither intention nor desire to do the down 'n dirty. Then again, I've always been a weirdo like that; I also have several ex-girlfriends that I'm still good friends with, so again, there ya go. To repeat: weirdo, I can offer no other explanation for such bizarre behavior.
Generally speaking, when you ARE chasing tail both parties are usually quite well aware of the fact. It's always a two-way game, and both participants are playing, whether it's openly acknowledged or not. In my experience it usually isn't on the femme's part, which is also just part of the game.
Medvedev's tough talk is merely shit-posting on a diplomatic scale. Him saying it is not what the troops on the line are saying. Cell phone intercepts from the conscripts paint an entirely different story.
And the actual front lines, from neutral third-party (non-NATO and non-Russia buddies) observations, tell a far different tale than Medvedev's bluster.
Putin just sacked another Ukrainian General-in-command, which is what? the eighth? tenth? (I've frankly lost track, and interest.) more? total of those he's shit-canned since February last year...?!? This is not an army that's "winning" anywhere either.
Call me when the Russians are moving in a forward gear again.
Ukraine is fielding second-line NATO equipment, Russia is hauling legacy shit from the 1950s out of museums and scrap heaps to refurb.
I told people from the get-go, both sides can lose, and Russia can't win in any meaningful way, ever. That does not, ergo, equate to Ukraine ever "winning". (Anyone stumped by this concept should Google pictures from France after either World War to see how your enemy can lose, and yet you can still not be "winning".) The best Ukraine can hope for is to push Russia back to actual Russia, including out of Crimea, and make the lemon not worth the squeeze for the next century or two for a fifth Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory.
The best Russia can hope for is having to genocidally kill every living Ukrainian, while suffering a decades-long guerrilla war (ten or twenty times worse than Afghanistan, which kicked their asses and toppled the Soviet Union), even if they marched into Kiev and shot Zelensky tomorrow, as if they even could.
Russia has no winning exit strategy except to quit, and Ukraine has everything to gain by fighting until the very end. That's what "existential conflict" MEANS, FFS. Victory, or destruction as a nation.
But let's grant all of BCE's points: Ukraine is sending grandpas and teenagers to the front. Okay, and...?? Russia is getting their asses kicked, and either held in check or pushed backwards, daily, albeit slowly, by grandpas and teenagers. Wow, you sure convinced me that's how it must be. (Supposedly, that was the same knock on Ukraine's army last summer, right before they pushed Russia back 60 miles in a month.)
So all that exposition has done is show that we could have saved billions in the Cold War, by requiring senior citizens to be placed in the Nasty Guard in return for their Social Security and Medicare checks. And I, for one, would be one helluva lot happier to forgive student loan debt if, for every kid who got a worthless degree on Uncle's nickel, we got four to eight years' service out of them in the military before they moved on to barrista at Starbucks. Those bilges aren't going to clean themselves, and somebody's got to grease the tanks and trucks in the motor pool. Win-win.
In reply to SteveF.
Not growing up in "the city", I never knew a poor black kid. All the black folks I knew were middle class or higher economically.
In reply to SteveF.
There are a few, but the only one "thousands of yards" I know of is a friends in Virginia. He has an exact mile long range. Ne bought the property just for that reason. I shot with him once a few years ago, but only the 1000 foot length. I think I hit the target one out of 5 shots at that distance.
If you suck, be aware that you suck and make sure that you suck better than anyone else. You've got to give head to get ahead.
Hit targets at "thousands of yards"? Where are they practicing? I was looking for a long-distance shooting range some years ago and came up dry.
Pournelle said that schoolboys used to be required to memorize at least this much of the poem:
Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the gate:
‘To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods
It was an aspirational bit meant to tell boys what their society expected of them.
I wouldn't know. The expectation, of memorizing the verse and of heroic self-sacrifice, had died before I was born. I'm not sure I even heard the poem mentioned until my late teens.
I grew up poor, mostly below the poverty line. We ate every day, but not always enough. Clothes were mostly donated hand-me-downs. Went to below-average schools which emphasized football and had no programs for advanced students. Tell me about this privilege I had when growing up. I think I'm due reparations because I missed out on my share.
In the late 1980s I had a coworker whom I mostly didn't despise. Black, grew up in NYC. Convinced that he had lived a life of deprivation and hardship, though he had both of his parents, and they were both professionals and made decent money, and he was an only child, and he went to a private school, and not only did he not have to help support his family once he was old enough, they mostly paid for his college. He often brought up that one night he and some friends were hassled by cops. He got pissed off when I pointed out that by most metrics, I grew up blacker than he did.
If overexposure to (masculine) men was the cause of so-called toxic masculinity, then the sons of single mothers would be the most well-behaved, most social, most stable of boys and men.
This is not what we see.
The only time I have witnessed “toxic” masculinity was when a dude that was taking steroids so that he could bulk up went into a roid rage.
"Ron DeSantis cannot win the GOP nomination without an external intervention to change the dynamic. If you start your review of sequence from that acceptance point, then you realize those who support Ron DeSantis will need to support the external intervention. In this instance, a corrupt and weaponized leftist U.S. Dept of Justice."
As I have said for two years, the plan of the marxist GOP was to remove Trump from their primary race by crooked means. This was the plan and it's as clear as sunshine after a cleansing rain. Every corrupt action taken against Trump has been a part of this plan. The marxists think you are stupid and that Trumps support would be diminished by the mere allegations, and in time they would change the rules to "no one under federal indictment allowed to run".
It hasn't worked. They cannot pull it off unless they are willing to destroy the republican party in the process. It didn't work because Americans see through it, and many of those on the fence now support Trump as it's clear only Trump represents US and has a chance at this point in time. There may be others that will represent Americans, but they are not in the race or have a chance. Trump won twice and a coup occurred in the 2nd race. The republican party was part and parcel to the coup, but they hide behind the democrat party.
Trump is, quite simply, the only choice.
I wish there were multiple candidates supporting America for Americans, but there isn't.
Binary I get called. Of course only foolish people use a term like binary which implies two choices, not one.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/09/as-desantis-continues-shrinking-corporate-republican-influencers-increasingly-need-and-support-the-corrupt-doj/
What is most important to me, is the number of gun owners on "my side". I can guarantee you that the number on my side is far higher than 16.7%, and probably is greater than 50%. And since greater than half the males above age 20 are on my side, I like our chances should the final solution to marxism need be employed.
As I have said for 50 years, the left takes the normal and makes it abnormal while taking the abnormal and making it the normal.
The "left" includes both major party's since in spite of their vote posturing, the R party has no true desire to solve anything unless it pays $$$.
You wanna see "toxic masculinity?" Just look at any group of "fourth world culture" males in any shithole hive in this country.
Look up the number of hunting licenses in a given state, as a percentage of the population.
16.7% gun owners on average is, as we all know, flatly recockulous. It's probably between 50 and 90% of the country, depending on the state.
I'm of the opinion that the democrats create social mental illness issues in coordination with the republicans. They work this together:
The democrat marxists create the issue, for example - men pretending to be women and "chest-feeding" baby's. The republican marxists "fight" back against this.
And when the smoke clears, we the people are less free and less wealthy while the marxists have more power and more wealth, just like they planned it.
This is right out of the marxist republican playbook.
I learned a long time ago, when Kennedy speaks, to listen:
I'm going to get the truthIt's going to be hilarious
Never thought about it before, but yea, there is a parallel...
https://images.thestar.com/dEnzduh1QCrYyTcxkbCeGK-DKMk=/1086x957/smart/filters:cb(2700061000)/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2018/10/02/in-only-four-countries-does-a-majority-have-confidence-in-how-trump-approaches-world/_1044629082.jpg
One hopes that will actually happen. But then one understands how the "Legal" system actually works today...
In reply to kennycan.
Thanks for the reminder, and true it is. BJ did nothing good for the economy, it was all Reagan.
In reply to Barry.
Well, growth seen since Reagan put tariffs on Japan. 1982-1988 and beyond. His legacy managed to carry over all the way through BJs second term before they finally were able to snuff out the last of the Reaganomics.
A Civil War in France?
https://spectator.org/french-riots-could-prelude-civil-war/
As noted in the comments at Instapundit - https://instapundit.com/593873/#disqus_thread
Hard to consider this a civil war, it's more like a war between the invaders and the French. The average Frenchmen doesn't have firearms with which to fight back and will have to rely upon ingenuity...
In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
"Always remember..."
Good reminder, and absolutely true.
Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people":
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
https://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html
The sequence:
- Let's try this.
- It fails spectacularly.
- Let's do it bigger and harder!
...has been the modus operandi of governments since the administration of Woodrow Wilson. It creeps into and through every agency associated with a government -- and there's a smashing good reason for it: it enlarges and enriches the agency.
Always remember that the motives and incentives that pertain to governments and their employees are not those of you and me.
In reply to Aesop.
Easy to say, but you're not doing any shooting, nor is anyone else, yet. Until then, until it's all that's left, you have a possibility to effect change, and it's happening here in NC and further along in SC.
You folks in California have only one choice, get the hell out of there, it's hopeless.
No guarantee's, but your useless and dead weight if you're doing nothing.
If you haven't recognized that it won't be "done" short of civil war, you're still part of the problem.
By all means, try anything and everything short of that, but don't stand there gawping with a shocked look on your face when everything less than shooting people in the face fails to avail.
There's nothing wrong in this country that wouldn't be greatly improved by the correct 5000 people taking a halfway flight on Air Pinochet.
The job needing doing is to arrange those trips.
Things are improving in D.C. somewhat.
In the Clinton White House, the Secret Service agent who discovered the cocaine would already have tragically committed suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head three times.
In reply to Mike.
About 8-10 years ago I was out in Texas, small town east of San Antonio visiting an old customer when we had severe weather conditions. We had some quarter sized hail that did some damage. Later that day my wife called me to tell me that my niece, then living in San Antonio, had baseball sized hail which damaged her car so badly she was not going to be able to drive it. She was just getting ready to leave for South Carolina at the time (Army husband deployed you know where at that moment). My sister ended up flying out and rented a car which they drove home in.
And that's not the first time they've had the big stuff. The Midwest is famous for it.
In reply to Barry.
S'truth. Years ago I drove into a sudden hailstorm in Gaston County and got a dime-size chip in my windshield for my trouble, courtesy of some chick-pea-size stuff.
Thanks to Mike for fixing my link that didn't, and providing category's for the post. I'll make it better next time around :)
In reply to kennycan.
Certainly there is no guarantee. At the moment even many of the "red" states are in the hands of the enemy, Georgia comes to mind. We need enough success at the state level, which starts at the ground level.
We really don't have a party at the moment. The R party is worse then the D party, IMO. The R's pretend and fool far too many people still, but each passing day people are waking up to reality.
I've often said that one reason they couldn't let Trump continue is because his policy was really beginning to bear fruit. Once the average American discovered everything the "top men" told them were lies, they would never regain the power they had pre-Trump. Tariffs is a good example. They were told by the R party that tariffs were terrible economically, responsible for the great depression, etc. And then Trump puts them on China, and Americans discover everything they were told was false. Tariffs and the threat of them helped turn the economy around and had it heading to a growth rate never before seen.
So, we need enough states in American hands that can join together and say no to the feds. Power resides in the plural here.
"Ace has a favorite line about there being no knowledge gained in the second kick from a mule"
Now that's good, and very, very true.
As for the solar farm being damaged by hail I can't imagine the surprise at this. Solar cells will tolerate small hail. Throw the baseball size stuff at it and it will destroy cars, and the entire country is subject to that possibility with the middle parts having an even higher hazard.
UNC response to the SCOTUS recent decision eliminating race based affirmative action:
A message from Chancellor Guskiewicz: "We will follow the Supreme Court’s decision in all respects. That means race will not be a factor in admissions decisions at the University. It also means we will comply with the Court’s ruling that an applicant’s lived racial experience cannot be credited as “race for race’s sake,” but instead under some circumstances may illuminate an individual’s character and contributions."
https://www.unc.edu/posts/2023/07/07/a-message-from-chancellor-guskiewicz-expanding-access-at-carolina/
The legislature needs to hold the entire NC university system to this.
Did you see how Nigel Farage has been "deplatformed" from Banking. ALL banking.
This State level Take Back Our Country is Phase One. Once we have Phase One implemented in enough places DC will begin Phase Two.
Deplatforming key people from key parts of modern existence.
I still agree with you that this is the Best Route to begin. I still don't think it will avoid CW2. The key will be for States to start arresting those who insist on breaking the laws even though the Supreme Court has decided against Affirmative Action and local laws have been changed. Clean up the Marxism in our Own State so when the time comes, the Fifth Columns embedded in EVERY state is nullified in our own.
The other side of this coin is that no matter what we do at the State Level, foreign policy and our monetary system, and the value of the dollar and the amount of money we borrow, are still in the hands of the Cabal in DC.
Federal agents in the crowd on Jan 6? I have no clue how Tucker couldn't know this without the capitol police chief telling him...
https://rumble.com/v2yoqf0-tucker-carlson-reveals-capitol-police-chief-told-him-j6-crowd-was-filled-wi.html
In reply to brack.
Man, don't you get it? Joe is the REAL victim here! In fact when you really think about it, according to D卐M☭CRAT ideology and "morality" we ALL are, including everyone involved in that White House white bag's manufacture, transport, and distribution--up to and including the great Americans of MS13 and the cartels, who all have that Divine spark of humanity and goodness Pelosi talked about a while back. Victims, we're all victims here...
REPARATIONS FOR MS13 NOW!!!
In reply to Barry.
Trump is Right. Everyone in DC is wrong.
If that was your guideline to everything you'd get 99.9999999% of things correct.
Tucker Carlson on Trump's War Stance: 'He's Right and Everyone in Washington Is Wrong, Everyone' https://rumble.com/v2yootu-tucker-carlson-on-trumps-war-stance-hes-right-and-everyone-in-washington-is.html
They maintain that the pResident has nothing to do with it, a Schedule 2 controlled substance manufactured by criminal organizations smuggled easily into the U.S. over a purposely neglected border. Nothing. Nada.
In reply to Aesop.
Just click the link for your answer.
This is really quite good. I read it many, many years ago, but then I'm a "fan" of the half-American.
In reply to Barry.
"No sonofabitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making some other poor dumb sonofabitch die for his country." G. S. Patton, Jr.
Progressivism started long before FDR, or even Wilson.
They had to get the idiots in place before they could vote in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments.
"Started with"?!?
That would be countless assholes in the late 19th century. Including pretty much the entirety of the South. Even Teddy Roosevelt (the "good" Roosevelt) was not immune to the Progressive virus either.
Look at electoral maps from 1868-1900, and get back to me.
"What would have happened if Lee had not won the battle of Gettysburg?"
Did I gloss over the part where we suddenly entered Bizarro Alternate History world, or WTF?!?
Lee didn't win the Battle of Gettysburg, so either you meant to type "lost" instead of "won", or else "Grant" instead of "Lee", if we're actually talking alternative history than reality.
Or, you had a stroke. Or Biden is ghostwriting this piece, and thinks Lee was fighting in Iraq.
Please advise.
I'll believe it when it happens.
Congress is likely to pull the plug on this planned retirement too. If the two congressional military committees don't sign off on it, the idea remains DOA.
If USAF had their way, they would have been all retired in 1979.
"with an average contribution of $34.20 per donor"
Y'all know what that means, and if not you can read a minute here to find out:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/06/the-peoples-president-trump-campaign-raises-35-million-with-average-contribution-34-20/
In reply to SteveF.
Ha, yea. It's Whack-A-Mole for sure.
OTOH, some are more insidious than others and this is one of those.
We will still have some at the Fort Wayne airport as part of the 122nd Fighter Wing for the Indiana ANG. They fly over periodically, it is kind of weird to see a couple rumbling over a field where an Amish guy is out plowing with horses.
A GOPe engineered STOP TRUMP program busted. Understand what you are reading here, the scale of perfidy committed by the GOP, and exactly why the declared candidates are the declared candidates chosen by the GOP.
DeSantis, along with the others, was not selected because everyone in the republican party wants him (or them) as president. He was selected several years back as the best hope to STOP TRUMP. The GOP would be more than happy to have bribem back in office if it will just keep Trump out.
You really need to understand what has been and continues to go on. And thank the gods for people like Sundance and Laura Loomer.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/06/laura-loomer-wins-harmeet-dhillon-retreats-from-california-gop-proportional-rule-position-now-backs-winner-take-all-option/#more-248516
Background: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/05/another-steve-bannon-war-room-member-mike-davis-exposes-himself-as-part-of-willful-rnc-deception/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/05/bannon-warroom-frequent-guest-mike-davis-continues-to-claim-president-trump-authorized-california-gop-rule-change-to-give-delegates-to-ron-desantis/
This needs to be followed by the Dissident Media - both to make sure that, in the interim, the judge's very clear instructions are followed, and to make sure that the Left doesn't find another work-around that, essentially, does the same thing. It's exhausting, playing Whack-a-Leftist. You slam the hammer down on one, and two more pop up in short time. As for me, once my arm is fully healed, I plan to immerse myself in local politics/governance - city and county level.
In reply to Barry.
YES! Ugly? No fargin' WAY--especially with that Flying Tigers shark-mouth insignia on the nose snarling at ya...
Saw this the other day. I also think it's a beautiful aircraft. And deadly. I suppose it's purpose has been superseded by more capable aircraft, no surprise there. After all, improvement should occur as time goes by.
My own fervent wish is that the need for these aircraft is over. I do not want the country involved in pissy wars of choice. And if it's not a war of choice then nukes will be involved and there is no need for battlefield hardware.
Anyway, this thread deserves a picture so I'll steal mine from the daily:
https://pjmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151-730x0.jpg
In reply to Barry.
Probably should've mentioned it when I originally posted this, but with his solo stuff, I'd consider Stapleton to be more along the lines of a triple-threat artist--country, blues, rock and roll--than strictly country, with the SteelDrivers thrown in on the side for a little extry bluegrass spice.
During a phone conversation with some very dear friends of mine in New York yesterday, I told 'em I'd always hated country with a passion until I started playing rockabilly back in the '80s, at which point I was forced to reassess my earlier dislike due to the profound influence the old-time trad-country players had on mynewfound genre of choice.
That, friends, was the exact moment when my dad's oft-repeated maxim, said to me throughout my life until he passed away in '96, hit home at last: there's really only two kinds of music, son, good and bad. Truer words were never spake, although the old Blues Brothers movie joke also figures into it: "We play both kinds of music, country and western." Heh.
Only for my dad's side of the family the two categories would have been jazz, and not jazz. Go figger, eh?
Well OG, you pushed me into listening to both of those links Mike put up. I'm not a big country music fan, but those are both mighty fine.
p.s. if you are tired of listening to Nashville country... try this: https://www.959theranch.com/
you're welcome
back when Chris first sang "Whiskey and You"; leastways when I first heard it, sitting on my 'assigned seat' at PT's Bar in Hendertucky, NV.; my thought was that I was listening to someone rebelling against "Nashville" and how they fucked up country music... and as it was right about the time my wife of 30 years lost her mind and left for a younger guy, the lyrics have a special, yet painful; part of me. Chris Stapleton is a gift to those who love music. "...that's the difference between whiskey and you..." Indeed it is.
In reply to hhluce.
""The North won because..."
As I'm sure you know there were several reasons why the north won the war. In spite of their built in advantages in manpower and materials, the Southerners came close and caused the war to be long.
I've always likened the South to the Japanese at the beginning of WW2 (with the exception of equipment). In order for either to win it had to be a quick war, one that would cause the other side to sue for peace.
The balloons were useful but they were abandoned at some point. I don't recall why that is.
In reply to hhluce.
this interview is the best I've seen, lots of interesting background, especially on Gettysburg - and I've only seen the first hour of three, total.
In reply to hhluce.
A longer interview with Foote here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wganu0nZs
In reply to hhluce.
The balloon reference is the best I could find with a Duck-duck-Go search, and it contained nonsense like this: "Union and Intrepid balloons could lift up to 20,000 cubic feet of gas per load, allowing them to carry up to 32,000 people." - whereas in real life this is obviously not only false but laughable. Whoever wrote this piece must have either been in China or was mentally challenged, to write this sort of inane nonsense. In fact, the balloons cited had a capacity of 32,000 cubic feet of gas, the balloon was filled with the gas at ground level, and was tethered to the ground by ropes and definitely not a gas hose... As a graduate student at Emory University in Atlanta, I read a great deal of contemporaneous accounts of the Civil War/War Between the States which they had in their library - and bought one or two which they sold at their library sales.
The North won because it had better intelligence, they could see what the CSA could not - https://mommylikewhoa.com/the-battle-of-gettysburg-the-unions-use-of-balloons/
By the way, Foote wrote those books using a dip pen, writing his manuscript one letter (or two) at a time, on foolscap paper. “You have to communicate sensation,” Foote said of the writer’s mission,
the belief in what life is, what it’s about, and you do it through learning how to handle a pen. That’s the reason why I have always felt comfortable with the pen in my hand and extremely uncomfortable having some piece of machinery between me and the paper—even a typewriter let alone a word computer, which just gives me the horrors.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11/17/tools-of-the-trade/
It's actually easier for me to write anything long, on paper in longhand, because a "word processor" destroys continuity, whereas with paper you have the sheets right in front of you. In law school, I wrote a monograph on 250 pages of legal paper in longhand, over the course of two weeks. It reduced to 150 pages of typescript (a friend's secretary's work, thankfully) and finally 89 pages in the American Bar Association Journal on Real Property, Probate, and Trusts... Summer 2000 issue, "The Meaning of Blight", if you would care to look it up. I far, far recommend Foote's work, though, it's a captivating series which I read straight through.
Nicely said, Mike. I'm also a Civil war reader, but not as knowledgeable as you or many others on the battle itself. I tend more towards the root cause (money and power) and the politics.
OTOH, I have read the history over and over and also found Foote to be one of the best if not at the top of the heap.
On Lee and Pickett's charge - It's always been a complete mystery to me and everyone else I think. How a man as capable as Lee didn't see that pure folly is never going to be understandable.
Men like Lee are as rare as Jefferson and Franklin. Grant was just a killer with an army IMO, to be feared for sure, but given equal strength and equipment there is little doubt who would have prevailed in a match up between Lee and anyone else.
"For me, then, the pivotal question was never whether Real Americans are prepared to die for their freedom, but whether they’re prepared to kill for it."
That's the best question regarding freedom and liberty I have seen.
Well done, Mike!
In reply to Barry.
"(or infamous)"
Maurice's had started spreading out across the state with locations outside the traditional Columbia area. Their mustard sauce was being sold in several grocery stores throughout the South (Harris Teeter, Food Lion).
Then came the Confederate flag being flown over the SC capitol building issue.
IIRC, the West Columbia location had always flown a Confederate Battle flag. In 2000 (or so) they put them up at every restaurant due to the flags removal from the capitol building. Maurice Bessinger refused to take them down. The stores, run by chicken shits, all took the sauce off the shelves and never ordered it again. Locations ended up closing and as far as I know only the ones around Columbia remain.
The Confederate Flag continued to fly until Maurice's death about 10 years ago. His children removed them.
In reply to kennycan.
Ah, can't really go wrong, it just isn't traditional Eastern Carolina sauce. It's my favorite but I like others, and the western variant uses tomatoes. It's the Lexington NC style, or western as I call it. https://allthingsbackyard.com/north-carolina-barbecue-east-versus-west/
Then there is the SC specialty which is mustard based, made famous (or infamous) by Maurice's Piggie Park in Columbia SC. Mustard based and delicious. I have eaten three Big Joe sandwiches at a sitting and taken a couple more home for later (6 ounces of meat on that Big Joe). No one anywhere has ever equaled their mustard BBQ sauce. https://www.piggiepark.com/
In reply to SteveF.
I have pulled the pork off the bone and saved it overnight and then used it as the meat in a lasagna. Several hours cooking in a bolognese style sauce really is delicious and adds sweetness to the bolognese that carrots alone don't.
In reply to Barry.
OK then the tomatoes part is wrong!
Too bad. The garden tomatoes were excellent in it!
Independence Day burgers
I decide on simple to go with donuts... Grilled over real charcoal, rare to medium rare. Served on a bun with Mayo, onion, salt, and pepper.
My favorite food only equaled by good filet mignon, or a good Southern chili.
In reply to SteveF.
I often thought it unlucky when looking for all you can eat food places in college...
And then in my 20's when we were backpacking and climbing river/waterfalls in the NC mountains. My pack contained a piece of plastic for shelter, a light blanket, and food. Lots of food. This was summer only as winter required warmer accommodations. When you already consume 10K + calories a day it gets difficult to pack for three days and add another 5k or so. I usually left the trail quite hungry.
My sisters still laugh at our family chicken dinners. Mom would fry three chickens, one for Dad, her, and the sisters, and two for me.
On balance, better than worrying about gaining weight.
In reply to SteveF.
I usually make extra and put it in the fridge. It's even better when it's been sitting a few days, but that's not a requirement.
This one is not hot at all.
In reply to Barry.
I can confirm that it's good stuff. Mojo also had variants for a spicier sauce (more and different kinds of pepper) and one with catsup and mustard.
But I don't understand this "keeps practically forever" thing. When I cook a pork shoulder, I'll use an entire pint in converting the shoulder into pulled pork. There's no sauce left over for dipping or anything. Not that I really need it. The pulled pork is pretty sloppy already. Just pile it onto a fresh-baked roll, or a hamburger bun if you don't bake your own, and eat with your face over a plate because otherwise you're making a mess.
In reply to SteveF.
Well, I could eat them all, today, and probably will eat all the filled ones (6 lemon, 6 creme), with some help from my wife on the regular ones. It's the first time in many years I've been to a KK store. It's next to the Lowe's that had the 2'x4' tile I'm using to build the 15 foot wide library book shelves with cabinets below. The tile will be counter tops, with square edges (rectified it's called) almost hiding the seams.
And I will not get diabetes :)
OTOH, finally at the age of 70 I see my metabolism slowing down enough that I can't do what I have all my life, which is to eat as much of anything I wanted with no real fear of gaining excessive weight. In my 20's I had to consume at least 10K calories per day just to stay fueled. Now it's more like 5-6K, but as long as I keep the carb count down I'm good regardless of the calorie count.
In reply to kennycan.
I'm sure you likely have it, but for anyone else, here is Chef Mojo's Eastern Carolina BBQ sauce, which as a connoisseur of Eastern Carolina BBQ, I can say is perfect.
All things labeled as such in the store are false.
Chef Mojo Eastern Carolina BBQ sauce
This will make you a pint of nice, spicy Eastern Carolina BBQ sauce, which is unlike anything else that describes itself as BBQ sauce.
1 cup cider vinegar 1 cup distilled white vinegar 1 T dark brown sugar 1 T red pepper flakes 2 t coarse ground black pepper 1 t salt
Place all the ingredients in a pint jar and shake. Let it set out on the counter for 2 or 3 days, shaking once a day. That’s it. No cooking. Keeps practically forever in the fridge. Some folks add a tablespoon of Tabasco to the sauce for that extra skull popping sensation.
Use it for mopping, finishing and on the bun.
In reply to Barry.
Er... If they're all for you, either you'll get a distended stomach and probably diabetes, or most of them will taste bad because they're no longer fresh.
Though that reminds me, I've been meaning to pull out my deep fat fryer and fill it with lard. None of that hydrogenated vegetable fat crap for me. I haven't fried hardly anything in years but that's mostly because for years my fryer has been on a shelf behind other stuff. I'm sure that The Child and the rotating cast of other teenage girls would appreciate getting their precious chicken nuggets and tater tots fried rather than baked.
The flick was panned, because people wanted Mork and madcap hilarity, not a clown playing Hamlet, which people didn't yet understand Robin Williams could do.
Whatever happens to the United States, Liberty and Freedom have never gone out of style.
It's just that once in awhile, when they're being pushed around by bullies and thugs, they need someone to twist some arms, crack some heads, and even slit a few throats or stacks some bodies on their behalf.
Back in the day - and yesterday - people chose not to pay attention to the fact that they were going to have to fight for and earn their independence every single day, year after year.
This isn't a new fight. It's the same old one.
The people who will win, find that an animating contest, not a perpetual slog. Be of good cheer.
And whenever opportunity presents, kill a commie for mommie.
It's been a topic here before, hat tip to Instapundit:
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/07/03/the-a-10-warthog-making-one-final-flight-to-the-boneyard-n1708007
I've always found them beautiful myself. Sad to see them go, but nothing lasts forever, except B-52's.
https://pjmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151-730x0.jpg
Who is the enemy?
"Those GOPe candidates, like Ron DeSantis, who are aligned with the Big Club corporations, are essentially aligned against our interests. If the Republicans truly wanted to preserve, protect and defend our republic, they would not be challenging the one man who leads and stands alone against the globalist horde. It really is that simple.
Those Republicans [fill_in_blank] who stand against us now, in any forum, construct, institution or structure of visible assembly, are as much the enemy as the collective leftists who are trying to destroy Donald Trump."
My bolding. As I have noted numerous times, the traitors are worse than the visible enemy. The republican party is filled with traitors. Their attempt to destroy Trump is 100% an attempt to destroy supporters of freedom and liberty. Make sure they fail, give them no hope of success.
"No one is coming to save you, us, or anything. We are in this battle together, a diversity of humanity that just wants to be left alone and live in freedom; but we are also in this battle alone. No one in a position of institutional power is in alignment with our desire for freedom. "
Happy 4th of July Cold Furyiers! This country will continue to be free. We will vanquish the foes of freedom and liberty just as we always have.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/03/team-desantis-starting-to-feel-the-pressure-of-unrealized-billionaire-expectations/#more-248419
And a warning for all you dog owners -
Every year a number of dogs run off because of the disorienting fireworks. Many dogs are frightened. Keep your eye on the pooch.
I think it's good to recall who we are and how fortunate we are to live in the greatest and freest country that ever existed and probably ever will. She is under attack and must be defended. This is always the case, nothing has changed.
So, I'll celebrate and know the battle is ahead. One which we will ultimately win.
In reply to Barry.
Same as Long Island.
The worst was when the snowfall was followed by a warm day and then 25 degree weather that froze the melted snow.
I will celebrate, and mourn, and then celebrate America.
Same as I do the 300 and then Thermopylae, Tours, and Vienna.
Then I will pray those Americans still left will not succumb.
In reply to SteveF.
Yea, not a problem at the moment. I'll wait for it to act up again but meantime figure out what has to come apart/how and get fixed. The volume of air is fine, it's just slightly higher temperature, for now. Still plenty cold.
Heat in a car around here is mostly useful for screwing up the air conditioning :)
Except when it's needed. Back around 2013 when I still had the '93 Suburban, the heater coil went bad and started leaking. I routed around it temporarily, meaning no heat. I drove up I=81 (mountains) to Virginia one January morning and discovered my fingers were getting numb. Another fun thing about getting older...
In reply to kennycan.
Maybe, but the marxist party typically votes in lockstep.
Hell, at least half the r party will confirm.
In reply to hhluce.
Every study I have seen puts the mean Black American IQ at 85, which is right in the middle of the violent zone. Add in their proven low future time orientation and low impulse control, and we have what we have.
Split the difference between celebrating and mourning by watching Biden porn tomorrow. Someone must have done a deep fake of "Doctor" Jill taking on an entire classroom. Or ... maybe not a fake?
In reply to kennycan.
Haha. When I went to Charlotte for a contract about five years ago, there was a big snowfall a few days later, in mid March. My sister was yelling at me for bringing New York weather to North Carolina.
In reply to Barry.
Some aspirational Dem Senators may not want to see Newsom get that spot and vote not to confirm.
In reply to SteveF.
We got 20F as the low for the winter here.
Not worth talking about in many parts of the Country, but it's not 60 for the lows either...
In reply to Barry.
My van does the same. The front passenger get more air than the driver, and hotter or colder*, depending. Not worth fixing unless it gets much worse.
- Y'all down there might not need to know this, but your car can blow hot air into the passenger compartment when it's cold outside. Come to think of it, you probably do need to know, because sometimes you get deep freezes where the temperature gets below 60F.
In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
Interesting article. In light of the 14th Amendment, there doesn't seem to be an awful lot to do about it, other than not to subsidize the growth of that population, and by "that population", I'd be referring to the part of the population which has a IQ of 90 or below. Using this data, that's about half of the black population, and about 10% of the white population: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/magnitude%20and%20components%20of%20change%20in%20b-w%20IQ-Murray.pdf?x91208
Interestingly enough, from an article on the characteristics of populations in certain IQ ranges:
"70-79 — Borderline retarded Limited trainability. Have difficulty with everyday demands like using a phone book, reading bus or train schedules, banking, filling out forms, using appliances like a video recorder, microwave oven, or computer, et cetera, and therefore require assistance from relatives or social workers in the management of their affairs. Can be employed in simple tasks but require supervision. 80-89 — Below average Above the threshold for normal independent functioning. Can perform explicit routinized hands-on tasks without supervision as long as there are no moments of choice and it is always clear what has to be done. Assembler, food service. This is also the I.Q. range most associated with violence. Most violent crime is committed by males from this range. This does not imply that all males in this range are violent, nor that all violent males are in this range. But when the modal I.Q. of a group is in this range, one may expect trouble with with many male members of that group. When the modal I.Q. of a society or population is raised upward of this range, violence decreases as fewer males fall in this range then, given the shape of an even remotely normal distribution. When the modal I.Q. of a society is below this range to begin with though, raising it may increase violence. The causal mechanism behind the (statistical) relation between crime and below-average I.Q. is likely that lower I.Q. levels inherently tend to go with having less impulse control, being less able to delay gratification, being less able to comprehend moral principles like the Golden Rule, and being overstrained by the cognitive demands of society." https://paulcooijmans.com/intelligence/iq_ranges.html
If the average Black IQ is 90, about half of that population falls into the above two cohorts and that might explain a few things...
In reply to kennycan.
I read somewhere the theory they will move her out of the VP spot before they get rid of bidden, possibly by appointing her senator to take the place of feinstein, then make Newsome the VP, thus eliminating the witch as succesor.
Why do I not buy that completely? Newsome. While he is a corrupt commie, he very well might not play ball 100% with the corrupt cabal currently running things.
OTOH, he will move the needle further left, so it may be good enough for them.
In reply to Barry.
And one more. After dropping off the grandson I then picked up one of my sons to take him to pick up his car in the shop. When I mentioned the AC was not working well he said it felt OK to him. By then it was not hot in the car so I just figured he wasn't noticing the not cold enough temperature exiting the vent.
Yesterday I thought about that. I never put my hand in front of the vents on the passenger side, only on the driver side. While the AC is working just fine at the moment, there is a perceptible difference in the driver side temperature and the passenger side. The passenger side is definitely cooler and maybe it was working OK the day I had the problem. There are separate blending doors for each side, so I'm leaning towards that as the issue.
Just another thing to fix...
In reply to hhluce.
Agreed, the slave trade dealt with the less capable, at least early on. Later it became profitable to the tribes to raid and sell everyone captured.
Natural selection works in more than one way.
It's not so much race in general, it's genetics and a process of social selection for the African blacks who came here. White or Hispanic or Arabic slave traders didn't go into the jungle to capture or trap slaves, the slaves were gathered up, put in chains, and sold to the traders by the tribes. Selling people to the slave traders was a very convenient way of getting cash money out of people who were criminals, who were a threat to the authority of the chief, who could do little or no useful work due to mental illness or defect, or who were members of another tribe taken prisoner in battle, and whom the chief or the tribe didn't want. It was a win-win - get cash, and get rid of undesirables, see https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/curious-history-slavery-west-africa and https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-slave-traders-were-african-11568991595). The slaves that came over for the most part weren't exactly the cream of the crop, but the ones who stayed behind tended to have a better genetic heritage. My graduate program in Chemistry 35 years ago included quite a few African blacks, and maybe one or two American blacks. One of the guys who got his PhD in Radiation/Nuclear Chemistry graduated the same year I did - he was from Ethiopia, could read and write not only his native languages, but also English, German, and Russian. He was a member of the Ethiopian royal family and could trace his ancestry to the Queen of Sheba - literally.
So this really isn't a racial thing, more of a genetic one.
The reason Mr. Hughes doesn't want this subject breached publicly is because he, and most other black people, suffer from the malady of "repressed racism". Blacks are the most racist of all, as found out in every poll on racism. Mr. Hughes doesn't want this subject debated because he takes it personally.
The genie is going to be out of the bottle soon enough now that there is genetic information about various groups and how genetics plays with intelligence. Now, that doesn't speak to any particular individual from the groups, but it's a huge problem for things like the disparate impact doctrine.
In reply to kennycan.
Absolutely.
The skill of auto mechanics may not require the same level of intelligence that it used to since diagnostic computers are now required. It's become nearly impossible to diagnose issues that are not completely shutting a vehicle down.
In reply to Barry.
At the very least, being a good mechanic is a better life than being a useless bloodsucker "grievance monger".
A great mechanic,.or plumber, or electrician AND an honest one is worth more than a dozen useless college grads.
"In the absence of any other (acceptable) explanation, our society has settled on systemic racism as the cause."
Welfare is the cause since 1960 on.
Auto mechanics are smarter than 50-60% of the people graduating from college. A good mechanic requires intelligence to go along with a willingness to get your hands dirty.
I have no doubt there is racial variation in intelligence levels. My only quibble is with our ability to measure it, and the false reporting that takes place.
In reply to kennycan.
Picken's is one of my favorite SC towns, population of approximately 3300. Imagine 50K...
A mechanic that learns how things work begins their first step towards learning Science and other STEM.
Someone who learns "Studies" learns victimhood. Or acquires guilt
Which will pay off better?
In reply to Barry.
Preview of things to come as Election Season here "heats up". Pun intended.
The end of Affirmative Action will be one of the excuses. Watch. The first "outrageous outrage" at this Outrage has already started.
In reply to Barry.
Crowd size estimate in SC was 50,000.
He'll win by an even bigger margin in 2024.
It's definitely not going to be Free and Fair though.
In reply to kennycan.
Presidents have all the power, including having "traitors" arrested.
Ask Lincoln...
It's why they chose joe. He doesn't even know he is the president.
"They" picked her to start with though, meaning she's probably incapable.
These freaks and mentally ill nuts exist because we pay them to exist. None of these retards could get a job anywhere, so they are on government "assistance" almost exclusively. Take a look -
https://endtimeheadlines.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/shutterstock_2241794383.jpg
In reply to Barry.
And Trump speaks. If you would like to listen skip to 8:50 mark in the video:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/30/president-trump-delivers-remarks-at-moms-for-liberty-event-415pm-livestream/
"Twitter is now restricting viewers of the platform to only registered user accounts. As a result, Carlson’s message is now restricted by DHS monitors as the audience is filtered."
The reason the viewing numbers are down, most likely. It's available on Rumble, which is always the link I provide, as it is repackaged and put on that site.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/01/tucker-carlson-steps-back-through-the-looking-glass-to-discuss-admiral-rachael-levine-on-the-other-side/
You really do need to stop being fooled by the deep state uni-party. Wake the fuck up.
"By now everyone is well aware how books are used as laundering and payment mechanisms for politicians, media influencers and people in positions of power. The entire book deal dynamic in politics is just another way to skirt campaign finance and laws on limits for contributions."
My only quibble is the term"everyone" because it is not true. Way too many people are completely in the dark.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/07/01/first-details-surface-fox-news-owner-rupert-murdoch-paid-ron-desantis-at-least-1-25-million-for-election-effort-book-deal/
The Good News Department:
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/07/01/huge-win-for-gun-owners-as-federal-judge-vacates-atf-rule-on-unfinished-frames-and-receivers-n72159
I smell a rat -
https://www.revolver.news/2023/06/rfk-jr-throws-moms-for-liberty-under-the-bus-and-triggers-major-outrage/
Never forget that RFKjr is still a marxist dedicated to rule by force.
France is self destructing with a George Floyd x 10000 moment.
What is the answer? You know the answer. Kill the offenders and send the rest to some shithole in Africa would be my thoughts. South Africa is a good destination. It's transformation from Jewel of Africa to "just another shithole" is nearly complete. Time to finish it off.
https://thelibertydaily.com/the-worse-it-gets-in-france-the-less-american-corporate-media-is-covering-it-and-we-know-why/
https://rumble.com/v2xahyw-heres-what-open-borders-and-forced-multiculturalism-did-to-the-streets-of-p.html
https://www.infowars.com/posts/nearly-1000-people-detained-over-230-buildings-damaged-in-france-amid-unrest-reports/
In reply to kennycan.
Good article and precisely the point, as it applies to sports, that I've been making for a very long time.
I despise Huggins, but that's minor. I despise the people that hire defectives like Huggins the most. They are the people responsible for the destruction of college sport and the demise of student athletes.
Of course, you know all this.
For the record, I still use bar soap, occasionally anyway :)
In reply to kennycan.
True. But she is even dumber than biden. Nastier than biden. You don't want to follow biden as the front man with that thing. OTOH, she isn't suffering from mental deficiency other than being a stupid dolt with a belief in me first.
And there is this, regardless of what those doing the control wish to think, once a person is president they have the ability to take their power away and impose their own. If biden was of sound mine he could do it. He's not, which is what they knew and I recognized when they promoted him to be the next president.
Harris, with all her baggage just might exercise her vindictive nature and take some control. She would be worse than the current commie cabal running things IMO.
In reply to SteveF.
Interesting strategy there.
Sacrificing a pawn to kill the Queen (the Crooked Queen).
New, and pertinent Carlson episode is up:
https://rumble.com/v2x9foc-tucker-carlson-destroys-rick-rachel-levine-for-pretending-to-be-a-woman-and.html
Failure, for America and Americans, is The Plan™.
I've been saying that for years now.
Ever since I read about The Great Reset. Which is just a restatement of things people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Schwab, Soros, Bezos etc have been pushing for decades.
https://media.notthebee.com/articles/article-649f30c46d98b.jpg
https://notthebee.com/article/even-the-biggest-trump-haters-on-the-right-have-to-give-him-credit-for-this
In reply to Barry.
Why Barry, I am shocked--SHOCKED!--at your insensitivity and casual brutality. Why on Earth would you want to so grievously insult dog's butts in such a heartless, unfeeling way? You MONSTER. :D
The more he is exposed the more you find out that he is just another crooked bought and paid for politician:
DeSantis Gave $92M in COVID Funds for His Iranian Donor’s Gated Community. https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/06/29/desantis-gave-92m-in-covid-funds-for-his-iranian-donors-gated-community/
Pushaw Panic: DeSantis Iran Donor Story Triggers Tallahassee. https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/06/30/pushaw-panic-desantis-iran-donor-story-triggers-tallahassee/
In reply to Aesop.
Scalia was among the very best, but with his adherence to precedent and reluctance to overturn previous wrong decisions, he comes in behind the greatest of them all, Justice Thomas.
"...the nation owes a great debt of gratitude to Sen Yertle McTurtle (U—Turncoat) for refusing to allow the scumbag Garland on the US Supreme Court back when Ogabe tried to put him there."
Not really, we owe the china owned bastard nothing, nada, zilch.
Remember who the china owned jackass thought was going to be president (he was certain, by the way). It wasn't Trump or any other republican. I'll give you a hint - the bitch is uglier than a dogs butt...
Yep, you got it, Hillary Clinton. The china owned bastard was saving the pick for that corrupt marxist bitch.
Trump ruined more than one set of plans, thank god.
Sorry, but Scalia eclipsed him. Thomas is a worthy padawan disciple though, and I hope he lives for many more years on the bench.
In tribute to which this goes up next hour: https://i.imgur.com/8hy935c.png
And nobody wants that, not even her husband.
Au contraire! I want Humpy Harris to befoul the Oval Office, to take the shine off the "first woman President" landmark.
In reply to Barry.
The problem with quota hires is that they think that they're just as good as employees hired by merit, their work is just as important as real employees' work, and that their opinions are just as valuable as real employees' opinions.
Isn't "Justice" Jackson the dimwit that can't tell a woman from a man, because she* is not a biologist?
*I can tell. It's a close call, sure. Might not be human.
In reply to Barry.
Just a follow up. Got in the Denali to go and purchase the overpriced refrigerant, turned on the AC, and damn, it got really cold just like it always has. So, it's not low on freon. Not sure what it was. It persisted through a stop and restart at least twice, and was obviously cool but not cool enough, not even close. I suspect the blending door may have been amiss, mixing in too much warm air to regulate the temperature setpoint. Or it may have been the temperature sensor was not working properly. Hard to diagnose now that it's working correctly. So I avoided the expensive stuff for today...
"nobody really wanted Biden either"
Actually the deep state cabal of crooks carefully selected Bidden because of his mental incapacity. Had they picked a closer to normal person, that person might have decided they were the actual president an acted accordingly.
They wanted him specifically.
YES. There is no other possibility without corruption.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/28/exclusive-elise-stefanik-polling-shows-its-time-to-unite-behind-donald-trump/
How do you know they are lying? Their lips are moving:
CBS Backtracks on Audio Tape of Donald Trump Discussing ‘Classified’ Documents https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/cbs-backtracks-on-audio-tape-of-donald-trump-discussing-classified-documents/
In reply to kennycan.
Yep, the original "waiting" classification is gone... I'm surprised it showed at all, but maybe it's because I'm now classified differently by CF than I used to be. Bet that's it.
Trump considering skipping the republican chinese controlled debate:
https://georgiastarnews.com/politics/trump-leans-toward-skipping-first-gop-primary-debate-weighs-holding-counter-event-report/GAStarNewsStaff/2023/06/29/
Now, if you really wanted to sink the china controlled Fox news "moderated" debate, just schedule your own at the same time with another network. How you ask?
Invite Kennedy to a debate. He will accept, but of course there is a risk.
Showstopper though.
In reply to Barry.
Hey Kenny,
Your comment shows up but has "Awaiting for approval" beside your name :)
Too many links I think, as the copy paste function yields footnote links as well.
Odd though, that it shows up at all while waiting for approval... But you cannot reply to it directly.
In reply to kennycan.
"looks like Bill Clinton"
It does a bit, but I'm pretty sure it's not. I think this is a picture from an inauguration ceremony, but not positive about that.
One thing is certain, whoever it is, they are CCP controlled...
In reply to Barry.
McTurtle's wife is Elaine Chao. Born in Taiwan, her family owns a private shipping company (Foremost - founded 1964) that now is one of the largest shippers of commodities from the rest of Asia to the PRC. In the 90s their ties to the PRC grew rapidly as their firm grew.
In 2015 Foremost began construction of the first cargo ship jointly financed by banks in both the People's Republic of China and Taiwan; the Beijing office of China's Export Import Bank and the New York branch of Taiwan's First Commercial Bank each provided equal loan facilities to support construction of two 180,000-dwt bulk carriers.[16] Its ships are registered under the flags of Liberia and Hong Kong.[2][4][11] Foremost has had some of its ships built by China State Shipbuilding, some of them financed by loans from the state-owned Export-Import Bank of China
In reply to Barry.
If true, then Damaging beyond repair for RDS.
BTW, in the picture, who is that standing directly behind RDS? RDS's waving hand is hiding half his face, but it sure looks like Bill Clinton from perhaps 10 year or so ago.
"We have to stop thinking along the lines of Republican versus Democrat."
Yes. Republicans are the worst of the enemy.
https://thelibertydaily.com/fewer-than-one-in-seven-house-republicans-have-a-good-liberty-score-grade/
In reply to Barry.
R12 never caused a damn problem, didn’t cause any ozone holes
It was all about the patents expiring.
The climate hoax has costs that are being paid every day...
It was pretty hot today, 90+. One of the grandsons needs extra $$$ so the Grandma told him to come over and Papa would put him to work (And granny pays well - $25 an hour!), which I did. After a few hours he was done and I took him home. The Denali seemed not to be cooling so well in this heat. So, this afternoon I got out my can of 134A freon to boost it up a bit. And no go. I damn well know this is the low side fitting but the fitting from the recharge can will.not.work.
Beats me why?
Well, I had not noticed that a new and environmentally "friendlier" refrigerant is now used in the later model vehicles, R1234YF. Which has a different fitting of course to preclude mixing Freon types (and a good thing :) )
And a 12 ounce can is $140 bucks (with leak stop and a gauge). Some other brands are available for a bit less but then I have to buy a new charging hose/fitting and they don't have any leak stop. The leak stop might help and might not depending on what I have. It's not completely out so it might be a very tiny leak or just the five years without topping up since I don't know if it's been added before.
R12 never caused a damn problem, didn't cause any ozone holes (many countries kept using it long after it was banned here), and was almost free at a couple bucks for a can.
Propane works even better, less energy to change states and transfer heat, but has the quality of being.
$140 bucks to the GD environmental fruitcakes.
I bought Michael's book when it came out, highly recommended. I'd like to add a thought to Michael's excellent article, his comment, "Out of manpower, out of money, out of a will to live, they succumbed to Sultan Mehmed II and the Ottoman Turks, who wanted it more than they did." This statement ,with a little, wee bit of background, is golden. The reason for the fall of the Byzantine Empire was that the Christian countries of the time were too busy meddling and warring against each other and, hence, individually, the countries of Christendom had no chance. Islam would never have reached Europe if the Christians would have banded together.We see this today, once moral people have been lax in their moral obligations and we see the results today. The Venetians and the Genoans were the eminent sea powers/top merchants of the day (the French knights and the budding Germanic Empire were the eminent land based forces). They spent more time fighting one another for profit and temporal gain instead of uniting against the common foe. They went so far as doing the bidding of the Sultanate as long as it was profitable and it screwed the other. Constantinople was used and then hung out to dry when it became unprofitable to save it. Such a pity, and such a waste. The Muslims were on a religious quest, the Christians had to be motivated by profit before taking action. The Crusades ultimately failed during this era because of greed, nothing more.
In reply to Barry.
"[NOTE: I find it interesting [at 06:29] that Carlson notes the Ukraine war is only opposed by “one opponent”, yet he never mentions the man’s name, Donald Trump. It is a small datapoint, but an omission datapoint nonetheless enhanced by the chosen platform of the Carlson broadcast. I notice nuance. Keep watching.]"
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/28/comrade-tucker-carlson-outlines-the-new-democratic-dictatorship-and-transition-of-power-from-joe-biden-to-gavin-newsom/#more-248249
Although, there are others, including Kennedy.
"The DeSantis Bush ties go way back. DeSantis called Poppy Bush his "hero." DeSantis joined the Bush family fraternity at Yale. DeSantis first gig was for the W. admin at Guantanamo then Fallujah. John Bolton boosted DeSantis early career. Jeb is a close ally and Jeb allies staff key roles for DeSantis. This really isn't news if you actually followed DeSantis career."
In reply to kennycan.
OK, gotcha. Fact is none of us know anything but what we're fed by the media, which typically has some objective or other rather than the simple dissemination of the news.
I've read all the scenario's I think. And none make any real sense. But then, as my old secretary* would say, they're russian, they never do "sense".
*russian, highly educated, multi lingual, slipped out before the iron curtain fell
re: Zero Hedge. Hey Mike, I've been going to ZH since the beginning, heck, I even have 2 ZH t shirts, one with the old ZH moniker on it, "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero". Anyway, I still visit everyday, but ... you have to keep an eye on old "Tyler", I think he's a libertarian of the slightly squishy shade. Don't get me wrong, like I said, I visit everyday as I have for the last 14 years and I will continue. It's just sometimes he disappoints me. But that's a mild complaint, ZH is the 2nd site I go to ed, after a glance at Vox's (AC's mancrush) site to see if he's playing that day. Just sayin'.
In reply to Barry.
It is clear now that Bush Family are Deep State.
"New World Order" was creepy enough at the time, but at least it still meant they were looking at a US led One World Government. Probably more Fascist than anything.
NeoCons and Progressive Dems have combined and they're now ok with a Globalist Rule as long as they get "protected" by having seats at the Cabal Table.
In reply to Barry.
He was working with Putin for some reason. Either to move troops around and pretend they were still somewhere else is one scenario.
The other is that the CIA tossed a bunch of money his way thinking they could turn a mercenary and promised him others would join in. But Prigozhin went to Putin first and turned THEM in. They split the bux and pulled one over on the CIA. I wonder if we'll get to hear about some other generals falling out windows.
Another scenario is he WASN'T working with Putin but WAS working with some other Generals and they double crossed him. The problem with that is he'd be dead now. UNLESS...Putin views Ukraine as a priority and doesn't want Russian on Russian fighting jeopardizing that.
The problem with any scenario in which Progozhin WASN'T working with Putin is that He DIDN'T send enough troops if we take this at face value. Even 25-30,000 probably couldn't do the job. So, Putin would HAVE TO KNOW that someone, and especially some Air Force people, HAD to be the Generals Prigozhin was counting on. We would already be seeing the Purges by now. Putin has to be aware SOMETHING like this could happen when he pulled the Wagner Group out of Ukraine. He would have had intelligence gathered about loyalty.
So, I am just broaching a number of scenarios I've heard as all plausible. I STILL see Prigozhin somehow working with Putin as the MOST Probable.
"Joe Bidden"
First I've seen that, and it's perfect.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/06/27/whether-he-meant-it-or-not-trumps-new-nickname-for-biden-totally-works-n2625051
Why don't the republican AG's go after the corrupt Biden family like the AG's that go after Trump?
LOL, because they are on the same side...
https://thelibertydaily.com/kash-patel-asks-why-republican-state-ags-arent-going-after-the-biden-crime-family/
In reply to kennycan.
Trump is the only president in my lifetime that didn't start a war. Some wars need to be fought, but like Vietnam, should be over in a few weeks. A finite and short war to kill bad people is fine with me.
But that's not what they want. They want endless war. George W Bush style endless war. The Afghanistan goal was achieved* in a short period of time due to Rumsfeld's plan, and with a very low loss of American lives. Bush drug it into the forever war status, same as he did in Iraq. Kill Sad-damn Insane and leave, but that wasn't good enough for GWB.
*and probably would have killed bin laden but for the lawyers. DeSantis is a military lawyer...
In reply to kennycan.
OK, then why? Explain what you think it was.
Moving troops to Belarus is easy to disprove since they aren't there.
I got myself a case of that lethargy, too, this last weekend. Drove down to St Louis, the A/C in the car was barely working, so after 320 miles I was pretty hot, even driving with the window down. The circus tent at least had air conditioning, else the Flying Wallendas would have been the Falling Wallendas, and no one wanted that. Still, they just did a couple of high wire walks, and that was it, not like in past years where they had the flying trapeze. And the place where I stayed was 95 degrees inside. Luckily there were openable windows, and opening a couple of doors allowed for a cross-breeze to cool it down to 85 degrees. Found a small fan, and after a couple of hour was able to hit the sack. Headed home the next morning, 300 miles with the same A/C and by the time I got home I thought I had heat exhaustion. Getting back in my house was an adventure. Note: Gatorade does not help dehydration. Heat exhaustion does not cause nasal congestion, body aches, chills, and fever, which is what I had Monday - and a ton of lethargy and ennui, so I think picked up a bit of flu at the circus. o I did what I usually do for flu before it really sets in - took a dose of Oscillococcinum and some zinc acetate and quercetin for the congestion and went to bed - and woke up on Tuesday feeling fine, no chills, fever, body aches, lethargy or ennui. Drove over to my mechanic's place, and got a recharge of Freon, and that made a huge difference. Avoided the cocaine, though, nowadays it would be laced with CCP fentanyl, which induces its own kind of lethargy...
In reply to Barry.
To Deep State War is the Goal. When there is War there is Winning for them. When Wars end, and especially if we Win them, then they Lose. There must be War.
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
I don't know what I look like
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
You ought to get you some sleep
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C.B.G.B.
I ain't got time for that now
In reply to Barry.
You don't risk getting yourself and your whole family killed by staging a Fake Coup and then say "Just kidding, I was angry at the Generals"
You voice your displeasure repeatedly to Putin. Simply as that. Why stage a Coup? Way too dangerous.
In case you missed it, Carlson has a new episode up -
https://rumble.com/v2wqtk6-new-tucker-carlson-why-exactly-are-we-at-war-with-russia.html
This one on the war in Ukraine, Biden, and the biden replacement Newsome.
One of the photography greats, North Carolina native Dan Sears passed away recently (May 25). I did not see this until today.
Obit: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/dan-sears-obituary?id=52094031
Some photo's: https://web.archive.org/web/20050119032032fw_/http://dansearsphoto.com/feb-22-rev/portfolio-4.pdf
You know what'll knock you out of that lethargy? Cocaine.
Looking at "Doctor" Jill nudes would do it, too, but the lethargy would be replaced by projectile vomiting, not exactly an improvement.
In reply to kennycan.
Not my take entirely, but it seems plausible. It was something, what was it then?
It is perhaps an elaborate ruse, not to move troops though (IMO). If you remove the troop movement as the purpose of the ruse, then what?
Maybe it's just what it appears to be, Prigozhin was pissed at the russian command that allowed the russian soldiers (mercenary or conscript) to bleed out for no discernible reason and decided to end that one way or another.
In reply to kennycan.
Why do you think they need the cover of a coup to move troops to Belarus? It can't be done secretly and there is absolutely nothing that prevents the russians from driving into belarus with their army of conscripts or the Wagner mercenary force. The movement of troops and the supply chain cannot be done in secret, not for a 10K + force.
In reply to kennycan.
The russian air farce has been pretty much non existent throughout their failed war on the Ukraine. The Ukraine air force is practically non existent, and has no bombers capable of carrying out "strafing" runs. They have old russian fighters that they continue to repair.
The Ukraine pilots are not stupid enough to go up against the modern russian fighters that are much better when they do show up.
No air war, because there is little air power in Ukraine that needs to be resisted.
In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
Every now and then I noodle around with how I'd go about conquering myself a small kingdom in Africa. However, aside from being too lazy to do it, I already have a flock of chickens, including three roosters, and I've already had my fill of retards strutting around like they're the kangz of everything. The only way I'd want an African kingdom would be if I killed everyone already living there, but then wah-wah-wah "genocide" wah-wah-wah "oh the humanity".
That said, I have spent some time planning how I'd conquer the equatorial swath from coast to coast, then build nuclear power plants and finally a linear accelerator. Cheap access to space, and all it cost was the lives of everyone in a couple hundred thousand square miles. Good trade, I'd say.
In reply to Aesop.
No one's seen the Russian Airforce?
Once again, cite?
Without an air force Ukraine would be strafing them in Donbas mercilessly.
C'mon man, don't piss on our heads and tell us it's raining.
In reply to Aesop.
There is no credible evidence Putin left Moscow.
They didn't shed any blood because this was doomed to fail. Why escalate when you can just talk the guy down from the ledge? Which they did and cut a deal.
I also STILL think this might be a great subterfuge to get troops into Belarus when they're supposedly still down in Rostov getting disbanded.
In reply to Aesop.
"He was quoted in video before, during, and after the march as bitching at Shoigu and Gerasimov, not Putin."
Yes, as I noted in the first comment in this thread - "Prigozhin has been highly critical of the Russian plan for months, publicly critical. He has refrained from calling out Putin directly, but it hits mighty close. The latest critique is not something new."
That is not the same as “…exactly what Prigozhin announced…” in my opinion as supporting the idea it was never a coup attempt.
In any event it's clear there are multiple theory's and no one knows the truth outside the two P's.
In reply to Aesop.
Here's a pretty comprehensive but brief summation of the whole sh*tshow:
Coup in Russia: Prigozhin FINALLY Breaks Silence On Coup - YouTube
In reply to kennycan.
No one's seen the Russian Air Farce since last April.
The best tally during the insurgency has Wagner losing a couple of trucks to helo gunships, and Wagner Group destroying 6-7 a/c with organic weapons.
Advantage: Wagner.
In reply to SteveF.
They faced no serious opposition, and notably no one was willing to take a bullet for Putin.
Which is why Pooty and his generals fled Moscow ricky tik, and they "solved" this in less than a day.
Pretty much the same thing that happened the last time Hollywood let the Teamsters go on strike, Lasted about 45 minutes, and the studios begged for a settlement.
In reply to Barry.
He was quoted in video before, during, and after the march as bitching at Shoigu and Gerasimov, not Putin.
They've been a flaming pain in Prighozin's ass for months, and them bombing his troops "accidentally" Friday morning was the last straw, apparently.
In reply to SteveF.
good point on keeping the tracks down if you are expecting a battle.
Curiouser and curiouser cried Alice.
In reply to Aesop.
You’re behind the news cycle, and OBE, Steve
Way behind. Busy.
transporting most of their armor on transporters, like serious armies do.
Armies in a secure zone move their tracked vehicles on trains or other transporters. Armies invading a hostile power keep their tracked vehicles on the ground. Makes ya wonder, under the circumstances...
In reply to Aesop.
"...exactly what Prigozhin announced..."
And russians never lie. /s
I have not seen any reference to Prigozhin saying that prior to the march on Moscow. Possible I just missed it among all the other shit. What I did see reported were denunciations of the russian military and the need to get rid of the top leadership, which is pretty much a coup attempt.
Now, what did he really say? I don't know as I have only read reports of what he said and all reporting is suspect.
In reply to kennycan.
I can't imagine how you would think I'm "going to go with Blinken".
That's a link to Sundance who puts up what the blinken lies are. Just presenting the different views.
And I know who the Wagner group and leaders are, when they were formed, and who their client is. They are an evil group, as are all russian groups. My greatest desire would be to see them all kill each other.
I have no clue what is going on. I don't think anyone does. Until there is something more concrete I'll go with what I have said previously, knowing it has a snowballs chance in hell of being correct.
What is Clear: The vaunted (by internet ignorants) russian military has been in a battle of its own choosing along its own border for 1 and a half years. They are a 3rd world country with a turd world military. And right now the whole country is in chaos.
In reply to Barry.
Protest? Doesn't fly.
Prigozhin could just as easily have been killed here for failing. Which is the much more ordinary result of a failed rebellion.
Another point that seems "off".
In reply to Aesop.
Like what was noted, the only source that confirms they group returned back to whence they came had to be inside Russia.
Plus, there were supposedly only 5,000 in that column.
How many tanks were there though? That should be even easier to determine than the number of troops and yet I see no numbers.
In reply to SteveF.
You're behind the news cycle, and OBE, Steve: multiple videos showed the Wagner column transporting most of their armor on transporters, like serious armies do.
Considering no one in the entire Russian Army besides Shoigu seems to have been too concerned with stopping them anywhere on their odyssey, any concerns about air power were pretty much moot.
The last time any army did any more obvious Olé blocking, it was the French "trying" to stop Napoleon's return from Elba.
In reply to Barry.
How perspicacious of MacGregor, since a protest against the war and explicitly a non-coup with no intention of removing Putin is exactly what Prigozhin announced he was doing, over and over, starting Friday night. I haven't seen MacGregor's caliber of legerdemain since Professor Marvel told Dorothy's fortune in The Wizard Of Oz.
In reply to kennycan.
Thinking that a column of tanks is going to travel 400 miles at speed and not lose more than half to thrown tracks and other delays is optimistic.
In reply to Barry.
So you're going to go with Blinken?
Prigo criticizing the War sold it but it was WAY out of character. He's a Hardliner that has been extremely vocal that this War was necessary but Putin was getting bad advice and should be more brutal in his attacks.
Heck, Prigo started Wagner in 2014, after.our Coup, to get the War in Donbas going since he saw the tactical problem with trying to defend Crimea, and the absolutely VITAL military base there without Donbas and a land bridge to Crimea.
In reply to kennycan.
Not telling me anything :)
I'm just acknowledging he's a thorn in the democraps side, and it's seems he's not being controlled by the deep state cabal.
As far as that goes I'll root for him to do destruction to "them". but that's it. I don't want him anywhere near the presidency.
Another take, not to far from what I think occurred. McGregor thinks it was never intended as a coup, but as protest against a 1.5 year old war going nowhere fast.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/col-mcgregor-explains-the-russian-coup-perfectly/
In reply to Aesop.
"Prigozhin is going to Belarus for R&R. All by himself. (Okay, maybe a handful of retainers for bodyguards, but no more than that.)"
I've seen various reports that the Wagner group numbering in the thousands are on their way to Belarus. I have no idea what is true. Where did you find that it was essentially just Prigozhin?*
*that would comport with my thinking that he made a deal, based upon something we don't know/understand. Maybe :)
In reply to Barry.
It was a democrap donor
File that under "Gee, who could ever have predicted that?"
In reply to Barry.
From the Unmask video above and this false flag here, if we got rid of Deep State we'd have very little of anything these Leftist decry as "America's Problems". No Climate Change, No Racism, etc
The REAL problem in America is we have far too many Leftists not facing Justice.
This guy got caught, but in the last 20 years how many suspicious fires have they gotten away with?
No one starts setting massive fires if they think they might face Justice.
So, like with many large scale, brazen criminal actions by Deep State and their Useful Idiots, these people have been getting away with a lot prior to this and for a long time.
The thing is, given how bad everything we already know about really is in fact, then what are they still trying to cover up? It must be way worse.
If Hunters Laptop were the Peak Perv and Corruption Level why wouldn't they simply throw him and Big Guy under the bus and be done with it? Instead they run a massive, murderous Scamdemic and a massive, corrupted ScamElection off of it, to install this Monster in the White House.
It seems to me that Hunter is just the tip of the iceberg that we see and there is massively worse things going on that good people can't even imagine, let alone see.
When you put stone age savages in control of modern technology this is what happens.Prime examples can be found in America too. See Detoilet, Mi, Chicongo, Ill, and Jackson, Ms.
If you give white men a pile of bricks they'll build a city. If you give blacks a city they'll make a pile of bricks.
In reply to boron.
I meant about the contents of our prized "gun safes" if they hadn't unfortunately all been lost that damned canoeing accident last summer.
Wakanda, baby! Fourth world culture gonna fourth world culture. Same now as it ever was. And it ain't just South Africa. Same everywhere that they are in charge! Ngs gonna ng.
That substack bag of gas fails on one obvious point:
Prigozhin is going to Belarus for R&R. All by himself. (Okay, maybe a handful of retainers for bodyguards, but no more than that.) His Wagner Group groupies are not. He was conspicuously and deliberately separated (and defanged, in the moment, and on purpose) from his weapon of choice, i.e. the 25K Wagner combat vets who marched unopposed to with 120 miles of Moscow before he desisted.
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If somebody's going to do analysis, they need to start with the actual situation in reality, before spinning fairytales out of whole cloth, based on Things That Are Not So.
Word To Your Mother: The crowds in Rostov were cheering Prighozin as he left, and chanting "Wagner! Wagner!" after the stand-down deal was struck. Putin, OTOH, and all his top generals and toadies, haven't been seen in public since they fled Moscow to some luxury North Russia dachau/bunker shortly after they learned Prighozin and his Merry Men were on the march to the Kremlin. Pooty Poot hasn't been seen in public since this broke out.
Do an experiment: Call out CJCS Gen. Milley Cyrus. Shoot down a couple of military helicopters on the way, and seize the base HQ at, say, Ft. Bragg (or Fort Faggot, or whatever the Army is calling it these days), or better yet, Fort Knox.
Then let me know if you receive a full pardon, and a vacation on St. Croix or Maui from the US A.G., or whether, like David Koresh, they strafe you, including your women and children, burn your house down, and prosecute the few pitiful survivors as enemies of the state.
This is the difference between a coup against a weakling, and a coup against a strong leader holding all the cards.
In reply to Mike.
I'm not sure if that's just recent and politicking, but it is true: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/rfk_jr_breaks_yet_another_taboo_this_time_with_profound_second_amendment_implications.html
Of course he's also a global warmenist nut, so plenty of commie baggage as well.
In reply to Mike.
Honest commies are few and far between, but yea, he may be an actual honest communist. Or not, commie I mean. He's a difficult one to get a handle on*.
He appears to be honest. There is much I disagree with him on, but there are some important agreeable area's as well. He seems to be high on fundamental freedom, which place him head and shoulders above the democrap party and 90% of the R party. He supports the 2nd, which is a rock solid support of freedom and liberty in my book. Hard to imagine a commie supporting the 2nd...
*I haven't really ever paid much attention to him, truthfully. But I am now. Anyone hated by the democrap party is worth a solid look.
Another take: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/25/sunday-talks-anthony-blinken-spins-a-tale-of-woe-for-vladimir-putin/#more-248140
In reply to Barry.
Know what amazes me about RFKjr? He seems to be honest, for the most part. Gotta be a first-ever for a feckin' Kennedy.
It was big on RFK, good analysis as always.
I see today that RFK is out and mentioning that Trump shut down illegal immigration to near zero levels, which is true. Hardest hit, the so called conservatives complaining Trump didn't build the wall...
A wall is a tool*, one the republican party campaigns on, then refused to fund it when the man in office would sign the bill. It is the R party that failed to build the wall, not Trump. As RFK correctly notes, Trump found an alternative way.
And Mexico paid for it since it was their Nat Guard that implemented it.
*And a tool that is useless if the people in power don't enforce the law, as is done now. The wall will slow illegals down, giving the border patrol time to respond. That is it's entire value.
Remember the Yosemite fire that was blamed on Globull Warmening?
It was a democrap donor...
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democrat-donor-arrested-for-starting-massive-fire-democrats-blamed-on-climate-change/
Hat Tip, Bongino - https://bongino.com
In reply to Barry.
Me too Barry, me too. I'm reminded of what a stunned Claire Wolfe said to me back when I first endorsed her "Claire's Cabal" forum here and she saw a sudden flurry in new registrations there: "You have the POWER, Mike!" Poor Claire would probably just about shit her britches if CA ever linked to her place, I betcher. ;)
Feds posing, unmasked: https://rumble.com/v2wdzau-proud-boys-unmask-deep-shill-patriot-front-white-supremacists.html
Hat Tip - https://thelibertydaily.com/
In reply to Barry.
It's been attributed to a number of wits going back at least to Groucho Marx and to any number of famous politicians (most of whom are half-wits).
"Sincerity is the ultimate asset. Once you can fake that, you've got it made!" -- seen on a lapel pin.
I'd hazard a guess that greater than 50% of any "study" conducted by a Harvard "professor" (or any other Ivy) is based on fake data.
Harvard hired them. Harvard approves*, just doesn't like being caught. Harvard has not been a Harvard since starting in the the 60's.
Among many other things, Harvard hired an undistinguished "professor" because she claimed to be a "native" American, an easy to disprove (Thanks Trump) claim.
They don't seem to be too concerned about even hiding it any more.
She'll probably land a nice paying job somewhere else.
In reply to kennycan.
"Thank goodness we never get into a Ginger or Maryanne debate."
The correct answer is both...
Thank goodness we never get into a Ginger or Maryanne debate. You know, the important stuff!
Oh and Free Speech. I easily remember when people did actually change my opinions on some things.
(Sorry, but I'm still a Sticky Fingers fan, and don't like What's Going On as an album, lyrically. )
In reply to kennycan.
I'm not happy about any war. However, I am very happy to see those that start them meet their end, the more violent and painful the better. It goes double for the most evil of them all, and putin is right up there at the top level.
In reply to kennycan.
"I’m no fan of HW Bush..."
Bush was completely powerless and sat back and watched events unfold. Reagan set the events in motion, the Soviet Union was going to collapse regardless however. Reagan just sped it up a little bit.
In reply to kennycan.
Truthfully, it doesn't worry me at all. The nukes are not going to fly. "They" always use that to get us to go along with whatever nefarious scheme they have cooked up. The russians don't want to die, and they will if they use a nuke anywhere but inside russia.
There is simply now an end to the Ukraine war, replaced by a Russian civil war*, with both sides being horror factories. It's Russia, a 3rd world turd country with a 3rd world military, run by despots since the dawn of history.
No "news" information available can be believed.
*the russian citizens hate the Ukraine war, hate being conscripted into the military, and hate putin. Will the civil war last one day or months I don't know. There are reports out right now that some negotiation has produced a resolution. I'll believe it when I see it.
In reply to kennycan.
No one should be happy we may have a Russian Civil War on our hands.
I'll bet the Bidens and their tongue-bathers are relieved that attention is being given to this rather than, you know, other current events.
I'm also sure most people do not know that they were more than just a band called Dr. Hook, and that it was in fact, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.
The "medicine" being dispensed by the Beatles 'Dr. Robert'.
I always just thought he was "Dr." Hook. Perhaps really John Hook or Tom Hook or even Rick Hook.
Who knew he had a completely different name?
Say, did you also know that there's no Pink or Floyd in Pink Floyd?
In reply to Barry.
Except this guy at Wagner has felt that Putin is not brutal enough.
He's saying the right things to stay on Deep State's good side this morning.
No one should be happy we may have a Russian Civil War on our hands.
This guy could be CIA Deep State backed now OR he could be a Lunatic Hardliner who would be worse than Putin.
Or both.
We tried very hard to avoid these scenarios as the Soviet Union was collapsing. No one knows where these things can spiral off to in an age of nukes.
I'm no fan of HW Bush, but back in 1989-1992 he was not crazy enough to let things spiral off into God knows where and destroy America in the process.
Now? With God Knows Who actually running the Government in DC? One that has proven it will do what's wrong for America at every turn.
This is worrying.
I could be wrong... Maybe they do things differently in _____... Just between us...
And then there are the dreaded Women Phrases: Fine. Whatever. Go right ahead. Just you do what you think best.
The classic Government phrases: We're here to help... The check is in the mail... We'll get back to you on that... Thanks for your suggestion...
In the military, when you see things like this, you put up a triangular red sign that says "MINE", and trod carefully around it.
In reply to Barry.
I dunno, I'd like to think there's something out there, although that could just be the triumph of hope over experience. Could be, too, that we'd be far better off if there isn't, since there's no guarantee that those Little Green Men will be benevolent towards their inferior life forms...
Apparently the "coup" is a real thing:
“The war was needed … so that [Defense Minister Sergei] Shoigu could become a marshal … so that he could get a second ‘Hero’ [of Russia] medal,” Prigozhin reportedly said, according to NBC News. “The war wasn’t needed to demilitarize or denazify Ukraine.”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/06/23/russia-charges-wagner-chief-with-armed-uprising-fortifies-moscow-amid-rumors-of-coup/
Reports are there is an ongoing coup attempt in Russia.
I just hope putin gets killed regardless of any other outcome.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/06/23/there-appears-to-be-a-coup-attempt-in-russia/
https://discernreport.com/russia-blocks-access-to-google-news/
Could just be nothing though.
Any and every time someone claims something alien*, ask to see it.
You never will, cause there ain't none.
*something living, was alive, or created by an alien life form.
Democracy
- Dictionary definition: A form of government in which the people directly select government policies and leaders.
- Modern American definition: A form of government in which an unknown group select figureheads whom the people will vote for.
In reply to Barry.
Oh, I do too, Barr. It's funny, I think; here as at most other blogs, the ratio of lurkers to commenters has always been very lopsided, over all the many years I've been at it. Don't know why that is--shyness, lack of confidence, poor writing skills? Who knows...it couldn't possibly be because the lurkers don't have any opinion, otherwise why would they even be here at all?
Especially a blog written by some asshole whose opinions are quite strong indeed, and who isn't the least bit reticent about expressing them forcefully. Assuming that there might actually BE such a blog in the first place; I'm sure I don't know of any myself. A-HENH! ;)
I do wish a few more people would speak up, there's a lot going on in the world.
And thanks for adding it Mike!
In reply to kennycan.
There is some luck involved I suppose, but I can listen to most cars and drive them 5-10 miles and know most everything. A worn out car has a feel to it, in the steering and over the bumps, how it squats down when you accelerate and nose dives when you stop. And it should stop straight and true with no funny noise.
I don't think you could make a business out of it though.
Marine surveyors make pretty good money though.
In reply to Barry.
Might be a good business model. Helping people in finding a good used car amongst the dross out there.
In reply to Barry.
Which is why the fight is mainly at the State Level.
Which is why places like GA must fight to take back their States like we have been doing.
How to avoid answering a question, twice:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/22/asked-again-twice-about-ukraine-ron-desantis-ducks-weaves-and-avoids-the-question-at-a-certain-point-the-neocon-cannot-hide/
I found Septics Candidate: https://www.dailyfetched.com/chris-christie-suffers-total-meltdown-over-trump-wanting-to-skip-debates-its-not-fair/
Perfect fit for you.
You can purchase a good used car for under 10K if you look. With the exception of the last one where I went bigger (in price), the previous three all cost right at 6K each, two of which I have put on a total of 175K miles. The other is my wife's car and she doesn't really drive all that much. Total maintenance cost for all three excluding oil changes (which I do) is <%1000 over 8 years.
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2023/06/23/1000-per-month/
Voting damn well matters
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article276650786.html
The commie Coopers veto will be over ridden, thanks to a republican legislature that was elected, and a conservative NC Supreme Court also elected.
President Trump Did What Ross Perot Could Not https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/06/president_trump_did_what_ross_perot_could_not.html
With all the perfidy of the current White House inhabitants, what are the neverTrumpers worried about?
Trump
Which is all you need to know about what they truly are.
In reply to kennycan.
Famous line in a movie,
"Sir, Custer downvoter was a pussy. You ain't."
We Were Soldiers https://www.quotes.net/mquote/103142
In reply to Mike.
I understand about your use of grammar no-no's. I actually enjoy them and I often insert malaprops into my speech for subtle humor or just to see if anyone will catch them.
Tucker has a new episode up, on Kennedy:
https://rumble.com/v2vtwvv-new-tucker-carlson-reveals-the-candidate-msm-may-even-hate-more-than-trump.html
As Usual, excellent!
Recall the the Republican't National Committee plans to require a "pledge" to support the R candidate whoever that will be. This is of course aimed at Trump.
Then there is this - DeSantis will not even support Trump over Biden...
https://floridianpress.com/2023/06/desantis-talks-china-wont-say-if-hell-support-trump-against-biden/
In reply to hhluce.
Pretty accurate, but there are some additional points worth exploring.
"It’s their democracy". True, but who is "their"? "not our democracy" True if you are not a member, false if you are.
The republican party (which I am not now, nor ever have been a member*) consists of those that band together for their own reasons, nothing more.
You can join and become a "their". How much influence you have will depend upon your checkbook.
While the courts are reluctant to get involved with private political party's, as they should be, fraud and cheating may very well fall under the courts purview. It all depend upon the harm shown. Contract law and rules are still enforceable.
https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Rules_Of_The_Republican_Party.pdf
*I've also been registered as an independent my entire life since turning 18, and in that time of 52 years have voted for one (1) democrat, a congressman who was the father of a girlfriend (and a conservative Southern democrat)
It's their democracy, not our democracy, they own it, we pay for it. As for RFK Jr, his campaign will come to the same end as Bernie Sanders - the DNC, a privately held non-profit corporation headquartered in New York City - will choose the candidate it desires, and they can ignore primaries, refuse to seat delegates, and do whatever they wish in order to give their preselected candidate the nomination, and they will be upheld by the courts. The same goes for the RNC - look at what happened to Ron Paul in 2012. Neither party is democratic in the least, primaries are for increasing name recognition and voter engagement and nothing else. Promises to run a fair and impartial process are not binding and will not be enforced, no matter how blatant the fraud and cheating. The only remedy is for the aggrieved voter to vote for someone else. The Democrats - the DNC - could nominate Biden, public opinion and polls be damned, and the Republicans - the RNC - could similarly nominate Jeb "Please applaud" Bush, and no court would hear any case about the matter. As I said in my first sentence, It's their democracy, not our democracy, they own it, we pay for it, and unless this system is altered or abolished, it will continue, no matter how loudly you protest or how hard you vote.
"threat to democracy" and "the science" are two of the latest marxist party twisting of the language to mean the exact opposite of what they actually are.
Fran is a fine writer, I read his stuff frequently.
I'll disagree on the definition of periphrasis however. It is the use of more words, a longer phrase than necessary.
In reply to kennycan.
Yea, but he pretends to be a devout "Christian", so other pretenders love him.
In reply to Barry.
Aww look, the little down vote pussies with nothing to say, don't like the truth.
They prefer to be lied to, for someone to tell them those chains are golden.
In reply to Mike.
I like the way you right write just fine. My children are all skilled writers, skilled in the use of the English language*, and when they write a text or email they discard those skills for brevity.
Discarding the perfect spelling/punctuation/grammar rules to make a point or provide a bit of levity works just fine IMO.
*and others
In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Thanks, Henry, never did hear the who/whom dilemma put quite that way. Disinterested and uninterested calls to mind another pair of troublesome words that have always given me fits: mistrust and distrust. I always feel like I'm using the wrong one just about every damned time.
Man, I been doing this writing-professionally thing since I was 15, you'd think I'd be better at it. :D
In reply to DBagwill.
Ain't it, though? That's another good 'un I picked up from Huck Finn, if I remember right. "Shivering fantods, or "screaming fantods" it was, I think. At any rate, it sounds like something Huck would have said.
I DO know I picked it up from some book or other I read as a kid, and I loved Twain's writing so much I musta read Huck Finn about forty bazillion times back in the days of my youth. I always did like the way the word felt, but seems like there's just never near enough opportunity to trot it out.
In reply to Mike.
Whom replaces who after a preposition as in For Whom the Bells Toll. More technically, who is subject form and whom is the object form.
While we're on the subject of grammar, you have a tendency (perhaps on purpose) to use disinterested (neutral) when the proper word is uninterested (not interested). For example, a judge trying a case should always be disinterested but never uninterested.
In the context of the paragraph in which it is written I have to correct and error that bugs me much like writing "loose" when something has gone missing.
Whence means "from where" so writing "from whence" is redundant.
". . .deserving of your time and attention, from whence I gleaned a truly rollicking. . .
People listening to a retarded swedish girl was just a harbinger of what was coming. She hit the scene before bribem biden became president, before the braindead voters of Pennsylvania would elect to office a braindead senator.
The only thing true from these con artists is the fact that the earth will not survive. They always lie about when and how in order to steal from us.
In reply to kennycan.
Hypocrites absolutely.
DeSantis pushed the vaxx:
“These vaccines are saving lives. They are reducing mortality,” DeSantis said during a news conference in St. Petersburg. “I can tell you that we’re going to end up having over 95% of folks that end up seriously ill from this point on are going to be people who are not vaccinated. And so, that’s the single most important thing that people can understand.”
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/07/21/desantis-these-vaccines-are-saving-lives/
The simple fact is that DeSantis was fooled, just like Trump was fooled. Neither knew the medical establishment was either corrupt, stupid, or too lazy to look at the data for themselves. There is no benefit politically to one over the other if anyone is honest.
You and I (and others of course) knew and understood early on what was going on, the lies being told, and we knew why. But the people in charge at the presidential level and the governor level had no choice, IMO, but to take the medical establishment at their word. Very few knew how deeply corrupt even the medical profession was. Now they do, or they should.
In reply to Barry.
I agree.
But even FDA approved drugs have that problem.
The difference to it all was that it had to be Voluntary.
Many tens of millions were forced to take the Vaxxes.
Both Trump and RDS never Mandated it. Both Trump and RDS fought mandates.
If it is "deadly" as the RDS want to make of it, then as Governor why hasn't he stopped the administration of the Vaxxes?
He, and NeverTrump, are hypocrites on this issue.
In reply to Jaybo.
For perspective: Here is a map showing the status of each state for "fully vaxxed". It's pretty high on the west cost and in the northeast.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/coronavirus-data/percent-fully-vaccinated#chart_type=map
Let's just take the sate of NC as an example as it is representative of many states: Fully Vaxxed - 67% Partially Vaxxed - 90%
https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/state/north-carolina/
What is not happening in NC - People are not dying unexpectedly all over the state. 2020 was the bad year when there was a rise in all cause deaths.
The following chart tells the story - https://deadorkicking.com/death-statistics/us/north-carolina/today/
The death rate and total deaths track the population chart almost uniformly except in the year 2020. Most of the high death rate occurred before the vax was even available, and after the death rate is normal.
This should put to rest any notion that the vax is killing "millions".
I was asked how I could be so sure driving off the existing market was not the intention of AB.
The answer is pretty simple actually. AB doesn't just market to the consumer, they market their products to the distributors and the retail sales establishments. Distributors and retail establishments don't like losing money over some AB Tranny fetish. The distributors are pissed, to say the least. They had no involvement and were caught off guard by the tranny deal. They have empty space because they are not ordering AB products, which means they are loosing money to their competitors with full shelves. They are now trying to make deals to replace AB. This is huge.
The retail sales (grocery stores are big in beer sales) stock their shelves depending upon the success of a product. Bud Light was the most prominent spot on their beer shelves. It will soon be moving (if it already hasn't) to the lower shelf, the back shelf, the out of sight shelf, with the competitors taking over the "top" shelf. This is a killer.
You don't swap your market by killing the consumer, the distributor, and the retailer. That is the way you commit suicide.
In reply to SteveF.
Heh, this is true. She also has the distinction of being the first mentally ill idiot to serve as press secretary to the first mentally ill idiot president.
In reply to kennycan.
I agree, it's tricky politically. But I think Trump should be better prepared to deal with the possibility that there are many deaths, more than the norm, for this shit.
All medications including traditional vaccinations have side effects up to and including death. Does this stuff exceed the norm? I think so, and by a substantial number, but it's not provable at this point.
In reply to Jaybo.
Dingbat, I have put up numerous links to people that may have died from the effects of the scamvirus shot, many of them.
And yet there is not a shred of evidence that "millions" have been killed by the damn stuff. And you can't link to any evidence of anything remotely like that. It's just more of your bullshit with nothing to back it up.
In reply to kennycan.
The nut is more on the Pence parade I believe, the man Trump tasked with handling the scamdemic.
In reply to Jaybo.
I'm pretty sure the Vaxxes have been killing people.
How? What's the proof? Where's the studies that show the connections.
So, while I lean heavily towards the position for several reasons that the Vaxxes were/are dangerous, I don't have any hard numbers to point at for that position.
You have a link that uses real hard data on this? Something that shows an increase in heart related deaths that also correlates with Vaxx status? If we could even show correlation we could call for an investigation.
It'd be great if you have a link.
Oh and RDS pushed the Vaxxes hard for months before it became apparent they were not working. That was sometime in May or June 2022.
If they're so deadly then why doesn't The Governor of FL make it illegal to Vaxx people in FL?
You people are DESPERATE to find something that differentiates RDS from Trump. Stop trying. You can't. He's not MAGA.
In reply to Barry.
As far as most people are concerned the Vaxxes either worked or were simply ineffective on the variants, but harmless .
Now, there's a group.of people like us that believe they are actually harmful. We're still a minority. Also, there are no official studies or any hard data to back up our position. It's all anecdotal.
I think, politically, Trump has to be very careful how far he drives this. He has to walk a fine line until more people come to learn the truth about the Vaxxes.
My childhood was probably similar to darlin' Molly's: small, remote town, bad school, lots of poor people. If anything, I had it worse because we were hammered by the 1970s economy. Unlike darlin' Molly, though, I don't hate the people I grew up with. If anything, I feel sympathy because it's not their fault that the industrial jobs were shipped overseas and the downstaters piled on the "environmental protection" rules and the taxes to kill even more businesses.
Karine Jean-Potatohead is a historic figure. She's the first actually retarded White House Press Secretary. There've been some doozies in the past but she handily beats them all.
They will arkancide him to make a point but drumpph is controlled oppo anyway.
“Clown World is getting clownier and clownier by the day. But Trump can hardly complain. This is what happens when you chicken out at the Rubicon”.
No there is not a chance. And anyone who thinks that people who cheated on how many elections? Are just going to stop and play nice are DELUSIONAL. Why would they? No body got as much as a wrist slap.
Hopium does not create freedom. And we are clearly post-Constitution.
I dont get the climate change BS, these people dont want to hear it when they are spouting off about how we are heating up the entire planet and you ask why they found a fairly thick layer of fern spores and similar debris in core samples of the floor of the arctic ocean that suggests that entire region was once similar to a rainforest, IOW the planet was a lot warmer.
In reply to Barry.
Flubs!!!! Are you out of your mind? This killed millions of people and maybe hasn't even started yet.
I gave Carlson a lot of shit for the restraint and refusal to touch certain topics (election theft and coup, 2020), always noting that he did work for the faux news organization which has the final say.
I also noted that TC had the money to walk away from the muzzle unharmed financially.
It's fair to say that TC has done that, probably by his own refusal to completely cooperate with the women* running faux news.
He is unique in his ability to expose, sometimes satiric and entertaining, the worst of the marxist left, be they democrat or republican flavor of marxists.
The twitter episodes are destroying faux news and exposing the lies of all the media. Tucker is now the #1 source for commentary on the evil and corrupt cabal currently in power.
Fox news did us all great favor, unintentionally of course.
*From TC himself
"sockdolager"
Haven't seen the term used in a long time, thanks for the reminder of it. And you are correct, TC is putting out a sockdolager with every episode it seems.
In reply to Aesop.
Well said.
Unfortunately, there are many of them, with many receiving a "sperm donation", creating an ever more screwed up set.
Getting rid of government welfare and funding would solve most of these problems. Self haters will still exist, but they will have to go to work or starve.
Juneteenth is the date of the execution of the Rosenbergs. Thus that clearly is the best holiday ever!
AIr-headed better-than-you twats like Molly can never hate enough, loathe enough, despise enough their own persons, upbringing, ancestry, relatives, and home to be satisfied and happy. They'll go through life unlovable and unloved, and wonder what's wrong with everyone else as they settle into their pudgy gray-haired dottage with boxes of wine and dozens of cats as their only constant companions, when they can never be content to just be, without all that soul-rotting hatred and anger. At being born.
Nature puts stripes on a tiger, spots on a leopard, and rattles on a snake to warn you to stay the fuck away.
With Molly, you just have to hear her open her piehole, (or, in this case, spew electronically) and the warning is as loud and clear as an air raid siren.
Probably just like her voice.
The only crime in her case would be sperm donation that might allow her to reproduce.
If she ducks that bullet, she's just another useless eater in a society of them, best left among her own kind: the terminally miserable. Living and dying in NYFC is thus the perfect thing to which fate could consign her.
Nature always balances its own scales.
Trump certainly flubs this:
https://rumble.com/v2vg5q0-trump-is-asked-by-bret-baier-did-the-covid-vaccine-work.html
It sounds like he believes the vaccine helped with the original virus, which is partially true I think. The variants are always steps ahead of vaccine design ( and I speak of normal vaccines here).
What he doesn't address is the death and destruction caused by the "vaccine", which might be worse than that of the virus itself.
The truth has a way of getting out. Recall blowjob Clintons "secret" meeting on the airport tarmac with Loretta Lynch...
"[CALIFORNIA] […] The Republican snuck in and out of the Coalinga landmark undetected by the public nor the media, by design. He flew in and out of the nearby Coalinga airport, ushered to the back loading docks by unmarked Fresno County Sheriff’s vehicles."
You've been told the truth on these pages, that DeSantis is the deep state globalist candidate, the china owned GOPe Government Man. DeSantis voted for and supported TPP and TPA, American economy killers. And now the truth finds it's way out:
DeSantis opposes tariffs on China DeSantis is the billionaire anti-American candidate
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/20/boom-ron-desantis-privately-tells-corporate-donors-he-is-against-u-s-tariffs-on-chinese-goods/
DeSantis will continue to implode as more and more people discover the truth.
New Tucker Twitter is up, not sure if it's a special or episode 5:
https://rumble.com/v2vdqwv-tucker-carlson-on-hunters-plea-deal-what-were-watching...-is-the-total-inve.html
In reply to Mike.
I will agree 100% that they underwent marxist indoctrination at some brainwashing factory and believe theirselves to be "right and virtuous" in spite of the fact they are evil and stupid.
I'll disagree with the idea they wanted to run off their existing customer base. The evidence is overwhelming that their is no case for that. Their losses continue to mount, their distributors are revolting, and AB is in full frantic mode with no clue how to recover. We could tell them what to do, something that would require time and humbleness, but they can't do it, they can't admit the truth, they are ignorant and stupid bastards with a piece of paper that says otherwise. They are brainwashed and deserve to die off.
They don't understand.
In reply to Barry.
Ahh, but let's not forget the importance of the Leftist indoctrination these CEOs underwent throughout their years at Yale, Harvard, or whatever other brainwashing factory their mandatory degree came from.
For them, being "right" and "virtuous" will always override any other consideration. Thus, in their view and that of their circle of friends and colleagues, getting rid of those old customers--who are all bigoted MAGA knuckledraggers--could never be a bad thing. It's a sign that, ultimately, they're doing the right thing.
The way it was explained to me juneteent was created to give blacks a since of inclusion on Father's Day weekend.
In reply to kennycan.
I had hopes, long ago, that technology would work the other way, that technology companies would protect their freedom, and ours. I didn't realize that the truly wealthy could be bought so easily.
Looks pretty damn silly now.
In reply to kennycan.
"...without killing the Host."
Unpossible. The host is the Demon. Always has been. 2015 Faux was all in trying to destroy Trump and they tasked what they thought was their sharpest woman to do the job. They thought he couldn't fight back against a woman, and what did Trump do? Destroyed her.
They gave the appearance of being right of center, the better to influence us. It was never truly right of center except in the evening and that was just barely and primarily on social issues. That's how they fool us (DeSantis), say less than moderate things about those gays and the "right" comes a running.
Trump exposed them.
In reply to Barry.
Yes, but then, there goes another Institution that at one time at least was Right of Center...
We need to exorcise these Demons without killing the Host.
Hopefully Tucker will just simply replace Fox.
By the way, AB bud light sales are down around 25%, but most of their other iconic American brands are also suffering.
AB is now in panic mode, but they are too stupid and arrogant to recognize the truth and stop the bleeding. They continue to put out idiotic statements like "bud light is for everyone" and plan to have a summer sales campaign. They just can't admit the truth.
I hope they continue down this path as an object lesson to other stockholders of companies run by idiots.
In reply to SteveF.
There is no true marketing person on earth that thinks eliminating the current market to appeal to a new market is a good idea. It's always done in a completely different manner (as taught in real business schools through the study of cases, over and over).
You enhance your sales by appealing to a new crowd while retaining the old one. If the new crowd becomes dominant then and only then would you add something that might be negative to the existing crowd. This is not always possible. In the case of beer, the market dynamics have changed completely, something you can guarantee AB knows well. Brand loyalty is much less than it used to be. The under 40 crowd treats beer like a wine, trying local brews and different types. Driving off your existing market while trying to appeal* to an under 40 one is not a winning strategy.
*And I doubt the under 40 market responds to the tranny ads any better than the over 40.
In reply to SteveF.
There is law and there are societal norms/rules. Breaking those societal "rules" may cause people to be ostracized by society at large. It's one of the ways the Amish/Mormons/Other cults keep their adherents on the plantation.
They can be good or bad. In the South I grew up in you were often a target if you dared befriend a black person. Some of us didn't mind the fight that resulted at times.
"...the more extreme the measures taken to correct it will have to be..."
I think this is the norm throughout history. At some point it goes snap, and then all hell breaks loose.
I don't think we're there, or even that close just yet. OTOH, no one can predict when the snap occurs.
Anyone who knows anything at all about the Oklahoma City bombing knows that the official story is nonsense.* The question is, who's benefitting from the lies? Who is being protected and what is being covered up? We can speculate, but the details have been obfuscated thoroughly and many of the people who knew anything have been killed.
- I mean that literally. I know jack shit about explosives or building demolition but as soon as I heard the details of the story I was thinking that somethin ain't right here.
“I’m going to kill you,” ... “I’m willing to die.”
Sounds like he was agreeing to mutual combat and deserves what he gets.
Unfortunately, NYFS, unlike civilized states, does not have a mutual combat law and various justifications for use of force have been gutted in recent years.
The people who are really celebrating Junteeeeeeenth are ammo manufacturers.
If there needed to be a black holiday it should have been May 3rd.
The Fox Fake News channel (run by women) continues the slide into oblivion. I'll be happy when they close the place.
It's GLORIOUS!
https://thelibertydaily.com/latest-ratings-crash-show-the-fox-news-implosion-is-even-more-glorious-than-most-realize/
In reply to brack.
DAYUUMMM! Rack-mounted Marshalls? Who knew? Just checked, and couldn't find them on the Marshall website. But I did see 'em on Reverb.com and Sweetwater, starting at around five grand apiece. I repeat: DAYUUMMM.
"How many holidays, celebrations, and forelock-tugging acknowledgments, how much more groveling, obsequious foot-bathing will it take, prithee tell, before American Blaques are at long last placated"
They don't have any respect for people who are obsequious or attempt to placate them - none, whatsoever. And those who deserve no respect get no respect - or peace, either. Standing one's ground and insisting - and enforcing - civilized standards of behavior is what gets respect, and with it, peace and the chance of working together.
Nowadays my strings of choice are 11-52s with a wound G. Phosphor Bronze, on a sweet lil' Martin OM-28.
I'd heard about Billy's use of light strings a while back on a video rig rundown with ZZ Top guitar tech Elwood Francis, who now fills Dusty's shoes. Pretty interesting viewing:
https://youtu.be/1x_kg6pOvGU
In reply to Aesop.
Sorry for the late response and I prefer not to use a google sign in. Should I choose to comment I'll just sign it.
Thanks much for the reply!
OK, this is pure unadulterated bullshit. Exactly what is accomplished by sending those "comfortably masculine" to another brand?
Nothing, not a damn thing. Now, if they were to poison the piss in a can, they might have a real action plan. No one would have noticed because it already tastes like poison*.
It is just exactly what it always was, an ignorant bitch that thought marketing a beer to tranny's was a way to increase sales. She, along with anyone that approved, are freaking morons with marketing degree's earned from a place that spits them out like prizes in the cracker jack box. In other words, they are too damn stupid to know they are stupid or that the people teaching them were stupid. Dog turds have more intelligence.
*Sorry former Bud light drinkers, it is what it is.
In reply to kennycan.
Yes, everything the neverTrumpers say is a damn lie. Everything. And way to many people believe it all because they don't take the time to look deeper, or at least read those that do.
And then there are the willful liars that make shit up and when caught, just run and hide and lie some more.
In reply to kennycan.
Agreed, except Xi may be worse than Mao. Mao only had power inside the borders.
In reply to Barry.
I don't understand why they fear him Barry.
All you have to do is flatter him and he does whatever you want him to do.
So, if they wanted something from the records all they had to do is tell him how virile he is if he hands them over. If they want meeting notes he took for himself when he met alone (without a Deep State "aide" checking what he was saying) all they have to do is say how Tall and Handsome he is, like a Hollywood Movie Star. He'll trip over himself to do that. Plus, all they had to do to get an Aide into those meeting was to tell him how they wanted to record the Sheer Brilliance that is Trump's mind! He would have 5 Aides present then! /s
Wow, my tongue was pressing so hard into my cheek with that I may not be able to eat lunch, it hurts so much.
It's obvious from things like what Sundance points out is that Trump wasn't taken in by their flattery. He wasn't charmed or bamboozled into trusting people wrongly. He WAS always suspicious and, as Sundance points out, if he went to a meeting without an Aide spying on him, the OTHER Leader could also be more candid about what he was asked to do to "accommodate" Deep State and how dirty some people really were.
In reply to Barry.
If tens of millions have to starve to take down the West then Xi is willing to live with that.
He's a Neo-Maoist and I'm afraid he's every bit the Psychopath that Mao was.
June nineteenth is also the date that the Rosenbergs were executed for their treason. I can get behind celebrating THAT!
In reply to Barry.
You've got to have a Google sign-in. Registration is not required unless you want a link back to yourself.
Despite the occasional troll, and the occasional necessity to restrict the incoming screeds from them, my blog still takes anonymous posts, but I appreciate people with the good manners to sign their Anonymous posts with whatever handle they see fit. I figure you should own what you toss out.
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If you listen, listen even a little bit, and watch, they* will tell you who they fear.
Sundance lays out one in a thousand reasons why Trump scares them*
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/18/the-deep-state-document-hunt-against-donald-trump-in-context/#more-247910 ... ... ... Sundance on Bill Barr (corrupt trash):
"Why? Why is he doing this? Does he really believe this? The answer is yes, and essentially what Bill Barr is doing is protecting the system that George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Barack Obama constructed and then used respectively. Barr is defending the surveillance state, the post-Patriot Act state of intelligence agency control over government. Bill Barr is protecting the weaponized institutions of the Director of National Intelligence (Bush/Cheney), the Dept of Justice – National Security Division [DOJ-NSD (Obama/Holder)], the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA Court), and the Dept of Homeland Security (Bush/Cheney). These institutions, according to AG Bill Barr, are now in full control of the executive branch, full control of government, and now more powerful than the Office of the President of the United States."
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/18/sunday-talks-bill-barr-continues-his-crusade-against-trump-in-effort-to-protect-the-bush-obama-surveillance-state-and-doj-fbi-constructs/
Pay Attention. It's all right in front of you.
*the corrupt to the core communist deep state and that is both parties
The #1 reason they shove this down everyone's throats is their goal of absolute marxism.
A free society like the one we have been blessed with rejects their marxist goal. So, they have taken over the schools and taught evil, and yet that is not enough. Now they are attempting to create mental illness among a large percentage of the vulnerable that will make the takeover easier.
Their ultimate destination is their death. There are more of us than them, a lot more. It's only a matter of time and degree before fathers start killing the degenerate insane bastards.
Chinese problems continue, as predicted. Taking down the western economy has a price, and unintended consequences.
The real message here is that tolerance was a mistake. And hey, I was as tolerant as it got. I felt that gay "marriage" was a step too far, but up until then I was right on the "I don't care what you do behind closed doors" train. I shouldn't have been. We are but a hop, skip, and jump from a major push to legalize and legitimize true pedophilia. Most likely same-sex pedophilia.
On this issue, the Muzzies have it right. And I'm talking about the "throw them off tall buildings" Muzzies.
In reply to kennycan.
My best guess, Bannon forgot who the top man was, not in a terrible way, but enough for him to get pushed aside. Were I Trump I'd hire him back in a skinny minute, make him chief of staff.
In reply to Barry.
Shifty Schiff.
I really can't understand what happened with Bannon leaving Trump's admin. Still perplexes me.
The Democrat and republican Party has become a party of drunks, bums, drug addicts, criminals, the mentally ill, and perverts from the bottom to the very top.
Fixed it for Bill.
Dems probably have more bums, drug addicts and mentally ill, but the R party will rival them for drunks, criminals, and perverts.
General Mark Milley and every other top officer in the United States military are corrupt and incompetent commies. As soon as Trump takes office again he should fire every single one and replace them with those whose current rank is sergeant or lower.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/pentagon-program-hunts-those-who-embarrass-its-generals-intercept/
Aesop,
To register at your place, do you have to register with "Blogspot", with the "sign in" link up in the right hand corner?
Thanks
In reply to Himself.
Heh, yea that was good. And the collapsed bridge didn't have a clue what he said.
It's bound to have happened.
BTW - the funniest thing I think I've seen out of the woke crowd is our angry black EDI director, with a puss on her face as two trannies and an ancient lesbian joined her team, stealing her action from under her.
Certainly two groups that aren't natural allies - angry black women and trannies/gays.
I have to say, right off the start saying he's standing next to the...uh..president..uh..a collapsed bridge here... made my day.
Couldn't be a more apt metaphor.
The whole damn government/fBi/dOj/etc is a farking scam, These pricks need a kick in the ass
In reply to Barry.
That was something beautiful, but disturbing, to behold.
Beautiful because he went so many places no one is willing to go and in such a manner that the point was indelibly driven home. Biteme is a Wannabe Dictator. The question is, is he still just Wannabe? That is the disturbing part. Several times, and I believe deliberately and for effect, Tucker dropped the Wannabe qualifier.
Is he correct? It's very disturbing to think he is, but how do argue with what he just presented in a simple 10 minutes, give or take? What did he get wrong?
Disturbing.
Didn't they refuse to let Trump people observe them during the raid?
My working theory is all these boxes were moved and staged, in disarray, for the photo ops and dropped now By Design.
How would we even know these are the boxes of documents in question? Not personal storage of Trump documents that were never in the White House?
The republican plan all along has been to disallow anyone "under indictment" to run for the republican nomination. The DeSantis China owned GOPe team was in on it from the beginning.
They only reason they will not do this is because they may figure out that it's not going to work, that the R party will be effectively destroyed as a result.
Understand, that has always been the plan, always. I've told you this for over a year. Clear as a bell.
If they do this, I and many other freedom loving Americans will never vote for another republican. Not one. The R party will be done.
I've always thought that, for the generation, it was one of our better fighter aircraft designs.
Gabbin' Nuisance needs someone to explain to him the story about the ancient king who, annually, went to the ocean, and before the assembled citizentry, commanded the tides to cease, to demonstrate the limits of his earthly power.
Gabbin' wouldn't get it, of course, but there's always a chance a rogue wave would sweep him to sea and feed the sharks.
1) They don't care. 2) They don't expect to win the case, because there's no merit to it. 3) They also know they won't lose outright until long after the dust settles from Campaign 2024. 4) The process is the punishment, along with the daily Two Minutes' Hate on ABCNNBCBS every day from now till Whenever. At which point they'll gin up another bullshit indictment. Ad infinitum. 5) Exactly as intended in the Banana Republic of Chiquitastan. QED
the official apology here - https://twitter.com/therosemontoya/status/1669740035133030401
In addition to the will to fight being required, recognition of the enemy is sorely needed. You cannot compromise the principles of freedom. If you do you're liberty's enemy.
In reply to MarkMatis.
The surname "Koch" is pronounced "coke". So you're referring to Filthy coke swilling Rove Republicans, are you?
Having been in a number of shithole country's, and several islamic majority country's, and counting a lot of business friends who are muslim, I can tell you for a fact that many, many muslims here and abroad are opposed to theocratic rule and just wish to practice their beliefs without interference.
I believe a vigilant eye must be kept upon any religious group within the government, muslim, jew, or christian, and most certainly the worst of all, the atheist marxists.
Take Bangladesh for example. Muslim majority country with a government opposed to theocratic dictates and rule. They are constantly fighting battles against the hardcore and evil muslims that wish everyone to be subjugated.
Good on these folks for taking a stand.
Anyone wanna bet whether "Law Enforcement" and the "Legal" system - at ANY level - will go after them for this action?
In reply to Barry.
True, dat, Barr. It's looking as if Ben Bartee's "Dark Carlson" (I wrote about it here) prediction is coming true in spades, and it's a joy and a wonder to behold.
Faux news has done us a great favor, even though it was not intentional. By ridding themselves of the only person worth watching for political commentary, analysis, and reporting, they untethered him entirely. He no longer has a master in control and it's glorious.
I think Carlson is just warming up.
And Faux news is the bud light of the cable business. It's not going to "blow over".
People like me have been telling you for years that the republicans are getting paid off (along with the democrats). It's done in many ways. Take DeSantis, he got a book deal from Rupert Murdoch, a typical lefty way to make a payoff. Doubt me? Who do you think was clamoring for a book written by DeSantis? Were there even 10 people? Don't bother reporting the sales, the institutions purchase the books and throw them in the trash. It's all part of the big con.
Moving along - Steve Bannon reports on a developing and BIG story, Sequoia Capital paying the RINO bastards:
https://rumble.com/v2ufkig-steve-bannon-bombshell-report-ccp-tied-sequoia-capital-paying-rinos-to-back.html
As I say, developing.
In reply to kennycan.
True. And people that have their resume with only government service on it should always be suspect.
In reply to kennycan.
"Cruz got CRUSHED."
And DeSantis is getting crushed even worse. Floridians have it figured out and Trump leads there as well as nationwide.
And don't you just love the liar's little dig about reading comprehension... That, from someone that claims they were cheering Trump for saying something he didn't say. Cheering. Seared, seared into his memory.
unskeptic never cheered Trump for any reason.
In reply to Barry.
Just look at what he did with Chris Christie, making him stand on stage like a buffoon. Or what he did to Romney, inviting him to the WH in the expectation that Trump might add him to the cabinet.
These were early signs that Trump "got" people and simply accepted "flattery" as long as he got loyalty.
In reply to Barry.
In a lot of ways they're all pussies. What has Sessions ever done but serve Government?
I missed this opportunity to read and then respond to Unskeptic. So I will repost it and then respond.
Kenny, reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit. In terms of the indictment of Trump, you and I agree 100%. Let’s face it – the docs at Trump’s place were so “dangerous” that the Feebs took pictures of them scattered on the floor and Tweeted the picture out. The indictment is bullshit. Complete and total bullshit.
That said – you seem to be expecting DeSantis to mount a full throated defense of Trump, the man, instead of talking about the principle of the rule of law. Why on earth should he do that? Trump has been attacking him relentlessly for the last year in ways both political and highly personal. Why should DeSantis stick his neck out for Trump?
One of Trump’s failings has been his unerring ability to attack those that he needed favors from later. As they say, “The toes you step on in your way up might be connected to the ass you have to kiss on the way down.”
In a legitimate First World country, this conversation wouldn’t be happening. Had the 2020 election been legitimate, Trump would have won. And were we a country that still held to the rule of law, this indictment wouldn’t have happened. But here we are. And the people that could have been Trump’s allies have mostly been savaged by him already. Hence, I don’t blame DeSantis a bit for attacking the weaponization of the FBI and the two-tiered system of law while not speaking directly to Trump’s innocence.
Yes, I DO expect RDS to launch a full-throated defense of Trump. Trump, by your own admission, did nothing wrong. See, that is what a PRINCIPLED person would do. I would actually think about supporting him if HE ACTUALLY SUPPORTED A FELLOW AMERICAN GETTING RAILROADED BY THE SYSTEM if he truly BELIEVED in the Rule Of Law.
He has shown that Winning, FOR HIMSELF, is MORE IMPORTANT, than WINNING for the Rule of Law and supporting even his opponent. Which he supposedly is in line with on 99% of his policy points.
He's a f*cking liar, Unskeptical, and you should be skeptical. Why does he not want to support what is AMERICAN to the Core and yet he claims to want to DEFEND US in the same way?
Thanks, but anyone who won't defend Trump won't defend ME. He's SWAMPY.
He's the same Weasel Swamp Creature that Cruz was when he refused to defend Trump at Chicago.
Cruz got CRUSHED.
Fat ass humans like the ones found in california contain a remarkable amount of energy.
So, let's kill two birds with one stone. Pile the californians up and set them on fire, capture the heat to turn the turbines, and make electricity out of them.
Best yet, episode #4, Tucker Carlson.
Don't miss this one:
https://twitter.com/tuckercarlson/status/1669472439472988161
In reply to Mike.
40 years ago when I would fly through NY with enough time to walk around the city a bit or stay over a night, it looked like big city America.
Now, I can fly home through NY and can't tell much difference from the shithole I just left.
In reply to Barry.
That's the point of a "sleeper". To activate at a crucial, pivotal time.
Remember one thing. A single Senator has no power unless they are the designated Swing Vote.
Sessions was able to spend all those years in the Senate talking the talk and voting for or against bills like a true Conservative because Turtle, or whomever is the Head RINO at the time, needs a good 20 of them around at all times. Turtle knows who the true Americans are and who are the Sleepers. As long as he can count the votes on any issue, he can pass, or fail, anything he is told to pass or fail. It is important though to APPEAR to be Opposition.
Which is why Sessions sailed through the Confirmation Process.
We're in the early stages of the Roman Senate Irrelevancy. A totally controlled process by the Uniparty designed to give the Appearance of Choice.
In reply to Barry.
I see the number 8 Billion from Worldometer. You know, the website that tallied breathlessly the trillion deaths from WuFlu. Skeptical. So I searched further.
Wikipedia has the Census Bureau at 7.3 Billion in 2016. They show 6 billion in 2000.
Estimates of historical world population - Wikipedia
Sorry, but I'm still skeptical.
These are the Malthusians who say there are far too many humans. Then there's the loons that want only 500 Million around. (Then there are the psychos that want none.)
In reply to Mike.
OK I have to agree. It was a Yuge change. Especially from the nadir of the Dinkins Years.
Yes, it will (I won't say never) be decades before the rot could ever be reversed now and that would require them STARTING now. Which they won't until it really makes the Dinkins Years look like Heaven.
That is why I live in NC now. The suburbs on LI are slowly getting the disease as well and at the same time the Cost of Living is through the roof. 75% higher than here.
I wasn't moving back to the States from High Cost (and sliding into tyranny) Hong Kong only to land in the fire under the frying pan.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Vance doing this, but we will see how long he can resist those big donor bucks and if he doesn't play ball, watch the GOP primary him in 2028.
Nothing new here. Filthy Koch-sucking Rove Republican swill gonna suck Koch. Same now as it ever was. THAT is why they are part of the Uniparty.
The idea that the two are in any way whatsoever alike is pure undiluted horseshit.
The Daycare Scam-panic was fueled by fucktarded child psychologists (but I repeat myslef) force-feeding "memories" and using Gestapo-like coercive interview techniques, filmed by half-assed "investi-liars" pimping news stories for ratings, which all turned out to be a gigantic pile of crap, without a single shred of evidence.
"Heather, tell us where the Satanic teacher dressed in red robes and a goat's head shoved his penis into you and then made you drink other children's blood, in the secret underground sex-torture chambers, every day for five years, even on days when school wasn't in session...and you can go outside and play with the other children during recess."
It was, literally, a fucking witch hunt, repeated multiple times: McMartin preschool trial - Wikipedia
Compare and contrast with Pride Month, Drag Queen Story hours at libraries, and teachers in shrieking hysterics at not being able to sexually groom and indoctrinate five year olds.
These aren't hysterical parents making wild accusations: There are goddamned YouTube videos of what's going on, FFS! It's literally a case of "Are you going to believe us when we tell you we're not trying to groom your kids, or are you going to believe your own lying eyes?!?"
Morbark the entire lot of pedophiles and their enablers, then nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Anybody bitching about doing that to them needs to be shot in the face, for openers. Then get some pipe hitters with pliers and blowtorches, and go after their families.
Sauce for the goose.
No argument with the general thought process here.
OTOH, "Well, at the current rate by 2200..." -
That is 177 years from now, and predicting societal trends of that length is rather ridiculous difficult. As you note to some degree, the problem may very well be self correcting even absent abortion for the lefties. Even without abortion the marxist left has fewer children than those of sane mind.
"...but I’ve gotten grouchy and obstreporous in my old age."
I resemble that remark :)
I'm just shocked that a prominent DeSantis supporter would vote against censoring the commie from California.
In reply to kennycan.
Yea, could be. Still, why help Trump just to hurt him later? Some things just don't add up to me.
In reply to Barry.
Sessions was what is called a "Sleeper".
Someone who claims for decades he is what he isn't and then is activated at a crucial moment.
In reply to Freefalling.
"I was trying to edit my comment, which doesn’t seem to be doable — or at least I have failed to do it."
For future reference FF, roll your mouse over the lower right corner of the comment you want to edit within a few minutes of posting it (WP has a time limit for that, but I can't remember how much time it's set for; ten or maybe fifteen minutes, I believe it is), and you should see a little gear-looking icon there. Click on that, and a tiny window saying "Edit" should pop up. Click that and you should be off and running.
In reply to kennycan.
The scamVirus pretty much killed most restaurants. Every fast food place I go to has issues and is overpriced.
In reply to kennycan.
Estimates now are 8 billion. What is their source? I'd bet all of these groups have the same ultimate source, which may not be all that accurate.
However, over half live in China, India, or Africa. Meaning the rest of earth is not so stressed out.
In reply to kennycan.
Oh, don't sell Rudy short, kenny, it was a YUUUUGE comeback. I know, I was there and I watched it happen, moving there in the last days (weeks, actually) of Dinkens after having visited the place on the regular going all the way back to the Koch years. After Koch and Dinkens, the difference Giuliani made was nothing less than remarkable, almost miraculous.
I was born and raised in little ol' Mt Holly, NC and like you, I wouldn't have it any other way; it was about as idyllic an old-fashioned American upbringing as you could possibly imagine, and it was wonderful. My family and neighborhood wasn't by any means wealthy, but nonetheless I was truly blessed in so many other ways.
That said, I wouldn't trade my NYC years for anything either, though. I have friends there who still refer to the 90s as "the last rock and roll good time in New York," and from what I've seen they're right about that. Apres Giuliani, le deluge; things have been on a downhill slide ever since.
Giuliani came in as Mayor and, much like a certain other fellow New Yorker in DC, against all odds and most expectations things improved very nearly overnight. Also like DC, it won't happen again--it CAN'T happen again, things have changed far too much, in far too many ways, for it to ever be repeated. That's a sad thing for everyone, even those who aren't smart enough to realize it.
Climate Change is a religion but their god is in their mirrors.
Same as Islam, whose "God" is supposedly the same as Judeo-Christianity, but is really just Man Worship of Mohammed. Everyone sees Mohammed in their mirrors.
Hendrix saw Kath and Billy Gibbons and was impressed by both for different reasons. He said the two of them were the best. Excluding him for sure, but he didn't outright say it.
We added a billion people on earth in 12 years? Sounds suspect.
In 1987 there were 5 Billion and now there are 8 billion. I remember there were around 2.4 billion people in China and India alone back then. I think 5 Billion in 1987 is also wrong. Also, I seem to remember people only mentioning there were 6.5 Billion today.
I may be misremembering, but are we sure this person's numbers are real?
I look at 50s NYC in movies and realize it was different then.
Perfect? No.
I still rather have grown up in the Wonder Years suburbs I did.
But it was there and made a.small comeback under Giuliani that held until the end of the Bloomberg years.
All downhill since.
Another Institution they want to Fail US.
Meanwhile they arm and train their own police forces to be armies. Posse Comitatus has ended.
In reply to Barry.
Tucker got everything right but I quibble with one point. Trump was not any more susceptible to flattery than any other person who wished to be President.
Trump had a list of approved people. After Sessions stabbed US in the back, Trump had a problem.
- Obviously those openly opposed to him on the agenda were out of consideration.
- 2. But what about the people who were OPENLY supportive of that Agenda? How could Trump know who was who until he chose them and he tested them.
So, for instance, Pompeo. I'm sure Trump has met many a "flatterer" in his day. As long as he supported the Agenda and followed orders, who cares if he was openly toadying up? The question was whether Pompeo was supporting the Agenda (publicly he was) and following orders (I see no evidence he wasn't). So unless someone shows me how Pompeo was working actively against the Agenda, what difference does it make? Trump couldn't be certain about ANYONE. Technically not even about General Flynn.
General Flynn seems to be the only one who passed the Real AMerican Test. He withstood the slings and arrows of Facing Jail Time steadfastly for his President and Country. He even stood fast when the Prosecution was DROPPED but the Judge wouldn't let it be DROPPED. Something unprecedented. He never betrayed President and Country, even to this day.
I say the same about Rudy Giuliani.
And that's it, basically. There might be a few others, but essentially it is this:
EVERYONE else on that list, from Pence to Pompeo, Sessions to Mattis, and so on and so on, betrayed Trump and America.
Tucker is speaking from hindsight here.
No one questioned Sessions' bonafides until he turned. Same with Pompeo. Although Pence was not to be trusted, even he seemed to be just a lifer who wanted to get paid a few more years before disappearing with a Fat Pension. That Pence is THIS Swampy is something of a surprise.
Mattis was lauded as a Go AMerica and Let's Win General. Meaning "Get the job done, break things and kill people, and get out" type. He was a NEOCON NeverEnding War man instead.
In reply to Freefalling.
"Trump has a bad habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time..."
Example please!
"We’ve got Trump, who has enough baggage to load up half a dozen planes and I doubt isn’t electable to the general population in even if he gets through the primary..."
Baggage? What Baggage other than the made up phony bullshit pushed by the fake news media.
Let's start with the R primary:
What alternate universe do you live in? I'm sorry to spoil your alternate reality, but Trump is up by nearly 40 points over the next highest candidate. And it's Rasmussen, one of the actual responsible and decent pollsters out there. I mean really, "even if"?
Now for the general - What alternate universe do you live in? Trump won in 2016. Trump won going away in 2020. There was a coup and the presidency was stolen from Trump in 2020, but you say "isn't electable"?
OK, I appreciate the honest answer. That's more than we get from most of the neverTrumpers.
In any event, the deep state worked very hard to give you "Trump fatigue". You have fallen for it, they win over you.
Myself and other freedom loving Americans will not give in. We recognize the first term accomplishments of President Trump, the just revised (thanks to Kenny) list:
1) stopped ISIS cold 2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries 3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices 4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem 5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices 6) Started no new wars 6A) Abraham Accords, bringing peace to the middle east instead of war 7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one 8) Cut Taxes across the board 9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns 10) Started the space force, sorely needed today 11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers 12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land 13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries 14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords 15) Withdrew from the Iran deal 16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K 17) Started the process of fixing the VA 18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries 19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit 21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus 22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc. 23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
There is much more of course.
That’s just a short list. Trump did this by himself, with little to no help from the republican party and complete opposition from republican party and the democrats. He did this while the deep state through the FBI, intelligence agencies, congress, and the DOJ were conducting illegal surveillance and investigations. But Trump didn’t falter, didn’t stop. He just kept on working.
No one else was capable of doing this, no one else has ever done this, no one else will.
These are the facts. There is no argument with these.
In reply to Freefalling.
Pardon the reaction stuff. My screen reader doesn't read those links, so I now have reactions when I was trying to edit my comment, which doesn't seem to be doable -- or at least I have failed to do it. Basically I was going to shorten things up if I could and try to be clearer. I'm generally discontented with the field and don't see any better days on the horizon for our country. We've got Trump, who has enough baggage to load up half a dozen planes and I doubt isn't electable to the general population in even if he gets through the primary, another guy who maybe ought to have stayed in Florida, and mostly a bunch of other guys no one knows well enough to make heads or tails of. "I'm done" in the sense that I'm not expecting to see anything spectacular from Trump, or anybody else for that matter. People have their minds made up about Trump in particular, I think, so I'm done again in the sense that I don't need to hear any more from or about him. I'm just not interested anymore. Call it Trump fatigue if you want. Unfortunately the election cycle never ends and so I'll end up watching him and the others anyway.
In reply to SteveF.
You're right that I don't have a name for someone to support. I never claimed to have anything better. I'm out of hope for better days at the moment. My point was that I don't think Trump will be allowed to win even should he make it through the nomination process and don't see anyone else I'm dying to vote for either. Trump has a bad habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and undermining his own cause, as we've seen often during his presidency when people would attempt to distract from whatever good he was doing by discussing his latest mean tweet, and since 2020's farce of an election. Now he has legal trouble out the ass, and questionable as the legal mumbo jumbo might be, there is a sizeable fraction of the population I think will just see his list of legal woes and blow him off. The drive-by media are doing a pretty good job of covering up the Biden grunge, far as I'm aware, anyway. Whether people will be smart enough to see that Biden's so far down the slope mentally that you couldn't pull him up with a mile of rope, and so dirty that you couldn't clean him up with a pressure washer, or that his VP is a total airhead, are all matters for question also. Yes, I've admittedly lost faith in my fellow Americans to see through much of the BS that life has become. Should he be the nominee, I will likely vote for him, as I did in 2020. Until the time comes to cast my votes, I am watching him and the others in the field. Isn't that what you're supposed to be doing as a thinking voter? I said I'm done with Trump because I don't hold out any actual hope that he'll be allowed to win or that even if he did he'd make more than a largely removable dent in the clusterfuck that is America 2.0. We've already seen that much of said dent was removed when Biden took office. I did not say I'm done with him because I support the Bush crowd. At this point I don't know who I'm going to vote for in the primary at all. I just know it'll be "Not Biden" in the general.
If you haven’t read his book, hillbilly elegy, I recommend it. Someone made a movie out of it, but the books are always better than the movies.
In reply to Barry.
Sessions wasn't useless. He was a backstabbing vile traitor who was actively working to Stop Trump and put the Justice Department, when he himself wasn't Obstructing Justice, into the hands of people like McCabe, who simply Obstructed Justice.
Sessions should be reviled right up there with Benedict Arnold. He handed over the Justice Department to the enemy forces. Oh, and he didn't even have the Victories that General Arnold could cite. He was almost WORSE than Benedict Arnold.
Further, the Deep State Tyranny is far worse than the British Tyranny in 1775 as the first shots were fired. Plus, their plans will take them inevitably to Stalinesque levels of Tyranny.
Oh wait, Unskeptic Skeptic notes that this IS Stalinesque and yet still won't be truthful about Trump.
Stalinesque level Tyranny may not be what he could accept for himself, but it apparently isn't a deal breaker for a candidate he supports.
The problem with RDS is he is beholden to the Money Machine and those are the same people behind these Stalinesque tyrannical moves. So, despite anything RDS may say and whatever he may actually believe, he will never be able to bite the hand that feeds him.
A real rebellion would have a Leader who backed Trump and kept Moving Florida Right Towards Freedom.
In reply to Skeptic.
Oh and BJ Clinton pushed CRA. W just never did anything to roll back the Leftist Agenda enacted under HW and BJ, the brother from another Mother he called him.
Meanwhile Barry has a long list of conservative things Trump accomplished despite having his Own Party oppose him (they never opposed W) .
Note to Barry: You have to add the Abraham Accords near the top of that list, as 4 Peace Deals went a long way in stabilizing the ME for US.
In reply to Barry.
Often that's a function of price.
Also people looking for something upscale from Fast Food.
Frankly all those that I call Upscale Fast Food aren't worth it, especially if they're a chain. TGI Fridays, Outback, Olive Garden etc are all overrated food and still pricier. Just for the sit down and a waitress comes over experience. And liquor.
Ummmm, no.
In reply to Mike.
I can see your point. I will say that I was guilty back then of something most of us supported. Once the Primaries were done we were supposed to rally around the Nominee because he was better than a Democrat.
Who knew W would be possibly worse than a Gore presidency?
We will never know because Gore.never got a chance.
The one thing we do know is that Trump was better than Crooked and there is no doubt.
Rush did so much more that was Right and right that I forgive that unusual mistake from him. Plus, I plead guilty as charged.
W WAS a decent Governor of TX and DID say all the right things. I bought the "he's more conservative than his Daddy" in the Primaries too.
Fool me once...
In reply to Skeptic.
Hey dummy, he WAS so inclined and DEMANDED it.
To add on to Barry's list, Trump sent a balanced budget for passage to "Tea Party" Ryan and Turtle McFiscalPrudency and they said not was DOA
They wouldn't even entertain it. They wouldn't negotiate it. They wouldn't even LOOK at it. They simply told him, and hence US, that the 8 prior years they told US they shared our concerned over Fiscal Insanity was Simply Bald Faced Lies and told US to FOAD.
W CONCEALED. Trump REVEALED.
RDS right now CONCEALS the fact he is beholden to The Money Machine and always has been a Government Man.
No matter how many bits of ominous-sounding advice such persons are given:
- They'll do it again;
- They'll feel righteous about it;
- They'll move to yet another undefiled place.
Lather; rinse; repeat.
The reason: "should" be "obvious" by now. For the benefit of those without a scorecard: It's a religious thing.
Chicago was the group I most saw perform live. (Second was Jethro Tull.)
I was introduced to Chicago's music in a funny way. One of the highschool's tough guys, whom I hardly knew, invited me to his home to listen to his favorite newly discovered bands. I was skeptical and reluctant but went anyway and what a treat it was.
wadda bunch o' bravosierra. we've become the laughing stock o' the world. 'bout time we all stood up and put a stop to this.
In reply to Skeptic.
Go blow yourself you inveterate liar. I asked for citations because I know you will lie -
"Trump promised to end birthright citizenship on “day one” of his Presidency. I cheered. This was during the first speech announcing his candidacy in 2015. Didn’t happen."
Here's the transcript - not one word about "birthright citizenship". Not one.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-donald-trump-announces-his-presidential-candidacy/
"Trump promised to “drain the swamp.”" When? Where? Give us the citation. Trump made a huge effort to drain the swamp. That fulfills the campaign promises.He failed because assholes like you stopped him. You support the deep state fuckers that strangle the country. In spite of that Trump made head way, way more than anyone else could have and no one else running would have even tried.
"“If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation."
True, and he failed to do that. Two reasons, both reasonable. One, it wasn't worth the expenditure to get hillary, there were more important things to do, and it became clear the entire federal government was corrupt and would protect the bitch anyway. Two, Jeff Sessions was worthless.
So that's three campaign promises you claim Trump failed at. First one is absolutely false as far as I can determine. The second one he certainly made headway in achieving, which is why they illegally spied on him, started the russia bullshit, and ultimately pulled off a coup to keep him from staying in office to continue the job. And last ain't an important item to consider, it's just pathetic nitpicking.
No politician has ever been able to achieve 100% of what they wanted. Time, priority's, and opposition always cause some issues to get left behind.
The BIG fucking LIE you tell is that Trump was a failure across the board when the exact opposite is true.
And we now know that in addition to being a liar, you are binary/unskeptic. You haven't named as single 2nd choice in this election. You are a binary ass. Simply put you are anti-American just like McConnell, Ryan. Murdoch, and all the rest of the uniparty.
In reply to Mike.
"What horseshit that was."
It took me a bit longer to realize what a pile of horseshit W represented, but I did get there. No help from Rush.
In reply to Skeptic.
"Recall that Trump had the same House and Senate majorities to pass the Conservative Agenda if he was so inclined."
No one is this damn stupid, which is why I tell you unskeptic is simply on the other side.
Trump was all in on legislation that would restore American freedom and wealth. It was those house and senate majorities that stood in the way. You know, the ones that that refused to repeal obamacare after campaigning on it, all the while Trump had pen in hand ready to sign it.
The ones that that refused to fund the border wall after campaigning on it, while Trump had pen in hand ready to sign it.
The ones that kept the senate "in session" 24 hrs per day, 365.25 days per year, just to stop Trump from making a recess appointment where he could put someone other than the uniparty in positions.
As I say, no one is this stupid. Unskeptic is simply a Mitch McConnell / Paul Ryan / Rupert Murdoch gal. An anti-American to the very core.
Awesome history lesson. It's good to be reminded of what a fantastic slice of history we were fortunate enough to have grown up in even if it has all turned to shit in the mean time.
In reply to kennycan.
I've probably said it before here, probably more than once, but I stopped listening to Rush Limbaugh back during the runup to the 2000 election, when he spent the entire year up to the GOPe convention excoriating Dubya for being much too "moderate" (ie, liberal), then turned on a dime and began praising Dub to the skies as a "true conservative." What horseshit that was.
In reply to Skeptic.
You missed the point. It wasn't a disparagement of W. It was an indictment of the GOP.
There really is no level of depravity that represents the bottom. I guess I'm just wondering when the real push to normalize pedophilia hits. That's the endgame.
In reply to Barry.
Ha! You beat me to the punch there, Barr, I was just getting ready to post it as soon as this Chicago song gets finished playing. ;)
Tucker has episode 3 out and it's all about the corrupt prosecution of Trump, and why they are doing it.
I'll just note he doesn't excuse the corrupt federal government because Trump is less than perfect.
13 minutes, but well worth the time. So far, the twitter episodes are an improvement over the Fox news show. No commercials and no interruptions.
In reply to kennycan.
If you look at the parking lot you'll find I, and Mike, are in the minority view, or at least it would seem so.
In reply to Skeptic.
You are a liar of course, just like you always have been. You twist your words because they must be twisted to hide the lies contained within.
You absolutely support Trump being prosecuted. How do we know this? Because you can't just say it's 100% corrupt and wrong. Only you would pretend your "shocked" that they can't find dirt on Trump from the real estate biz. It's your way of saying it's OK because Trump must be guilty.
You supported the DeSantis statement, posted it here at CF, the statement that makes no declaration of the Trump prosecution as being corrupt and unjust, but only suggests biden JR and Hillary should be prosecuted as well.
You are not anti-American because you don't like Trump. you're anti-American because you approve of the lies being told, the falsehoods spread, and you PARTICIPATE in them.
"All of that was wiped out by Noon on Biden’s first day." Not true, but let's determine who is at fault here, Trump, or the republican party that had control and refused to enact an American agenda, forcing Trump to do it the only way he could. It's just another way of telling the big lie, it's what you do.
"...how does he think he can beat the margin of theft?"
So, vote for any deep state candidate because the thieves will steal it from Trump. That's what you're saying. Pathetic.
"Binary" More of your pure bullshit. Shit just pours from your mouth. List the candidates other than DeSantis that you are willing to support.
List the campaign promises made in 2016 that he failed to do. Do try to list something important. Be sure to site the promise, not some unskeptic made up version.
I know I'll be waiting until hell freezes over.
And yes, you are an anti-American lying asshole. You prove it over and over.
"...their food always sucked anyway"
That's what I have always said. Never cared for the place myself.
In reply to kennycan.
"He wasn’t."
True. Bush as we have learned, was just another deep state operative, as was Dad, and the brother. They are all corrupt. They are Frat brothers of DeSantis :)
I didn't mean that to sound like I was disparaging you on the 95%. I'm not. I'm just at 100% and have been since the raid on Mar a Lago. That eliminated any doubt I had.
In reply to kennycan.
"We really need to exorcise these Wokesters from Corporate America without also killing the patient as well. Danged if I know the best way to do that..."
An excellent point and one that I apply to President Trump routinely. Trump wanted to make America Great, not take revenge on the people that helped the decline. So, in the end he ignored* the Hillary Clinton crimes thinking it was best to just let them go. No need to destroy the system to save it was the thinking. We all know better now, including Trump. There is no salvaging. Destroy and rebuild and just eliminate the worst (FBI) and never bring it back.
*would anything have been done if Trump insisted? I doubt it but we'll never know.
As I said in other posts, like the Cracker Barrel one, it seems like these subversions of what might be called Americana are targeted on purpose.
I cited a number of things from my childhood that were being savaged.
Here is another example. Comic Books. Entertainment in general. All being subverted into a Unreality which 90% of people over 40 wouldn't recognize as America and a good 70% under 40 didn't grow up with either.
We really need to exorcise these Wokesters from Corporate America without also killing the patient as well.
Danged if I know the best way to do that, because frankly the incentives that were in place when I was growing up would have sent every CEO in America bounding over each other to avoid Woke at all costs at this point.
Think back to Enron. Imagine if, after Enron, every other Company began deliberately setting up Shell Companies in order to shuffle debt off their balance sheets. To be caught would mean certain destruction of the Company.
The tricky little secret about Enron was that there were a number of analysts warning for several years that Enron was a Scam. They simply reconciled the Cash Flow Statements, which showed a hemorrhaging of cash out of the company in spite of them reporting Income Statement profits. Any accountant worth their salt knows that there can be a little lag between cash flow and reported profits but that after 6 months or so, one or the other has to catch up. Since cash flow is difficult to jigger compared to income, then Cash Flow is always an important metric to look at. From there it was a simple exercise in math to compare the Balance Sheet and see that static liabilities and hemorrhaging cash outflows didn't reconcile either.
In reply to Barry.
Like I said. 95% sure, but right now I cannot be 100%.
But it's a distinction without a difference, He cannot now Not Be Swampy. Because he's waded in like Cruz into the NeverTrump Slime and cannot extricate himself.
Like I said, as a good Governor of FL he had value, but even that's gone. When he loses the Nomination he may just go Swampy on Florida as well.
Perhaps not. Who knows. Time will tell. But I wouldn't be surprised.
Look at W's actions after winning his second term. He simply disappeared for 4 years and let them impugn him the whole time and he let the Country slide into a Great Depression style banking crisis and let two wars slide into farces. All while Americans died. Then he has the gall to resurface and excoriate Donald Trump for doing what he pledged as a "True Conservative" to do, and which he never even tried to do.
Recall that W had the same House and Senate majorities to pass the Conservative Agenda if he was so inclined.
He wasn't.
In reply to Original Grandpa.
It's the other 10% of Marxists that are pushing this to undermine our American Society and Culture.
I never even saw a "Transgender" until they made it a Thing.
In reply to kennycan.
Well, I guess I have a better view of the swamp :)
I've given him credit for being a good governor, but really that is not that hard to do, especially when you have a large majority legislature. Jeb! was a good governor. Hell, Crist, as sorry an asshole as you'll find, may have been a decent governor (I'm not really sure of that).
The idea that DeSantis is some super governor is just hogwash however. He was elected with a lower margin of victory than the average republican governor that won, in spite of the TrumpHaters claiming his win was by epic proportions proving he can overcome a 40 point deficit in the republican primary.
Everything is contrived about him, which is becoming more and more apparent as we go along. The only hope he ever had was for Trump to be removed, something it is painfully obvious he was told would happen.
I only give the benefit of the doubt to proven people at this point, everyone else is a suspect in the theft of freedom and liberty. They have to prove theirselves the real deal.
Lots of commenters getting exposed now for what they really are as the lines become more distinct. When a man, a former president, is charged and prosecuted under lawfare work, with a complicit media claiming it's for "classified documents" when it actually isn't in order to generate more bad press, the opportunity to stand up for the rule of law rather than the rule of men is right there hanging over the plate. Lots of people, like unskeptic, are striking out, choosing to defend the atrocious and corrupt prosecution by refusing to condemn it unequivocally. Like DeSantis did when his only complaint was hillary and biden junior were not also arrested. This shows you who they really are, and they are not Americans.
In reply to hhluce.
...and those involved should be made liable hung from the neck until dead for the damage they have caused,
FIFY
In reply to Barry.
I cannot know, for sure, as of now, whether RDS is Swampy. So occasionally he gets the benefit of the doubt.
I am 95% sure he is Swampy and a 100% sure now that he needs the Money Machine to be successful.
So to the extent he had value, he has little now except for what he could do for FL.
I no longer believe he'll do much for even FL once he gets trounced in the Primaries. He may flame out first debate even.
There are two sexes - male and female, and a continuum of genders, masculine to feminine and everything between. The great majority of males are masculine to one degree or another, the great majority of females are likewise feminine. Some males are feminine, most often they are gay, likewise some females are masculine, and most often they are lesbian. "Transition" is a form of very lucrative medical fraud, you cannot turn males into females - or vice versa - by means of cosmetic surgery, hormones, or both. it's theft of money, health, and fertility, by means of deception, and those involved should be made liable for the damage they have caused,
And the #1 reason "they" push EV's: to eliminate real transportation that can carry you where you want to go. They want you stuck, they want you to lose your freedom. They want you to be unable to purchase a vehicle and use it to move around.
In reply to Skeptic.
Aren't you the same fucking idiot that keeps making the same bogus claims?
Just about every damn failure of the Trump administration can be laid at the feet of the republican party that did everything it could to stop Trump. The party that ran campaigns on repealing obamacare and as soon as they had the majority in both houses, and a president (Trump) that said he would sign the legislation, crickets, nothing. The same party that campaigns on shutting the border to illegals and then when they had the majority in both houses, and a president (Trump) that said he would sign the legislation, couldn't spend a nickel on building a wall
In both those examples Trump found another way.
Since you're just an asshole, I'll spell it out for you - the entire federal government is opposed to Trump and Americans, and you, Skeptic, are their pathetic little bitch doing everything you can to subvert the rule of law, to eliminate freedom and liberty.
You're happy with the unjust prosecution of Trump. You're happy with the feds using the power of the federal government to conduct bogus and corrupt investigations of and spying upon Trump
You're happy they unjustly and corruptly went after General Flynn.
You're happy they jailed protesters from Jan 6th.
Trump managed to hand Americans win after win in spite of the efforts of anti-American assholes like Skeptic:
1) stopped ISIS cold 2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries 3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices 4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem 5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices 6) Started no new wars 7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one 8) Cut Taxes across the board 9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns 10) Started the space force, sorely needed today 11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers 12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land 13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries 14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords 15) Withdrew from the Iran deal 16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K 17) Started the process of fixing the VA 18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries 19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit 21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus 22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc. 23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
There is much more of course.
And here I just got my new printer up and running this evening. I needed to print 11x17 sheets for engineering drawings so I found an Epson on sale at Best Buy. Pretty nice, model # WF-7840 for anyone interested. Set up was easy, followed the directions, downloaded the driver set to my laptop, and it connected to my wireless network painlessly.
I'll have to order some of those vinyl sticker sheets.
In reply to Original Grandpa.
Excellent idea OG.
What's funny, to me at least, is I never heard of the "punisher" until this post.
In reply to kennycan.
"His VALUE..."
Really, the same as Jebs! Jeb was a good governor of Florida. It's a different job entirely. Florida is not any better than many other states run by red governors. SC and OK come to mind.
The real problem DeSantis has is he is DeSantis, owned by the moneymen that are on the side of China. It doesn't make much difference to any one state, but to the country it is the whole ball game.
In reply to Original Grandpa.
You just gave me the idea for my next Gimp project, OG. ;) I'ma get cracking on that toot sweet; results will of course be posted here when I'm done. Thanks!
I guess I need to purchase a shit ton of Punisher skull stickers and cover every "rainbow" sticker I see... adding "BFYTW" to them. Although in Montana there likely aren't many "unnatural rainbows"
I'm older, so perhaps that adds to my confusion. But why is it that about 2-4% of the population wants the rest of us to kowtow to them? I wish for once they would understand we really don't care about what they do in their bedroom or who they do it with; however we don't want to hear about it, see it in public - or have to explain it to our grandchildren. The "tweets" (pro tip: grown ups don't "tweet") all say "oh good, now I can eat there and be safe". Like you weren't safe last month? Imbeciles. In any case, my caution is this: if you "gay" or "trans" folks don't "feel safe" now, you just wait... a time is coming when you REALLY won't feel safe - because you won't be. Keep your perversions to yourself and you might get through what's ahead. However that's not where the "smart money" is.
Don't be connected by social media (network analysis, see https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/05/31/5-free-osint-tools-social-media/) - and get rid of that smart phone - phones are always on and can be used to identify people by the sound of a heartbeat amongst other things... So definitely dump social media and that nice convenient smartphone - as to social media, it's a good idea anyway: https://mindful.technology/jaron-lanier-delete-social-media/ ... and https://www.technocracy.news/the-military-intelligence-origins-of-facebook/
In reply to Barry.
The more they try to strike him down, the more powerful he gets.
They are showing us whom they REALLY FEAR.
That he is taking so much flak must be because he is directly over the target.
As Skeptic lamented, he could have simply slunk away and enjoyed his remaining years as a Billionaire.
Yet, he perseveres on our Behalf. Truly a Brave Man.
Meanwhile Government Man can't even state uneequivocally what everyone knows to be true. Trump Won and the Election was Stolen.
If Brave Sir Ron did say that, he'd be superfluous because then of course we would HAVE to run Trump because what will Ron do that Trump can't. RDS has no distinguishing characteristics that make him better than Trump, even if he weren't Swampy and really MAGA.
But if he doesn't do that then why WOULDN'T they Steal it from him in the same way. He cannot possibly complain about the same thing that happened in 2020 happening to him because by his silence he pretty much accepts that 2020 was Not Stolen. They'd just say that he never complained about three week voting window mail-in voting sent to everybody lack of chain of custody voting procedures in 2024 if he was ok with them in 2020 and 2022.
His VALUE was in being Governor of the Free State of Florida and preparing for the coming confrontation by Keeping Florida Free!
1) Stop teasing me.
2) Before his untimely departure, WeaponsMan demonstrated from actual records that the low end of firearms in private hands in the U.S. to be >600,000,000 weapons. The undocumented number is probably within spitting distance of an even billion weapons. ("You're gonna ban what, Soopergeniusii??") The ammunition count runs to the trillions of rounds, conservatively. For reference, that's more guns than all the military, police, and other government forces in every country on the entire planet, combined. So Dear Leftards, Please "Come And Take Them."
3) You get so much as 1% of the population interested in taking your scalp, you can kiss every level of government from POTUS to dog catcher in BFEgypt goodbye, by about Wednesday of the week festivities break out. The forces of TPTB will not be an impediment, they'll be a supply point for the insurrection. (Pro Tip: This is how anyone with 2 functioning brain cells knows the Jan 6th "insurrection" was no such thing. If they'd been about anything like overthrowing the government, rather than a Capitol Hill panty raid, Washington D.C. would have been depopulated by early evening, and the government would have been light by about 546 fewer @$$holes, and 50,000 or so minions would have been street light piñatas.)
4) "Organization" would not need to be much to speak of. "If you see something, shoot something" would pretty much erase anything you think of as civil authority before lunch on Day One. There would be no Day Four. This government has no wild idea how to function when 95% of the entire territory is suddenly the Red Zone, Behind Enemy Lines, 24/7/365, until the last traitor is strung up.
5) America, given five seconds to think about it, would miss the current anally intrusive level of government like they'd miss a scorching case of herpes.
6) I therefore repeat, for emphasis, Stop teasing me.
61% to 23%, a difference of 38%!
"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in the 2024 race specifically because he was told by the right wing of the UniParty apparatchik that Donald Trump would be removed from contention."
Nice to see I'm not the only one that figured that out.
"...Donald Trump must be removed because he cannot be defeated."
As I have been saying...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/11/president-donald-trump-takes-even-more-commanding-lead-following-doj-political-indictment-and-desantis-launch/
And those people are everywhere.
"Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals. We haul your trash. We connect your calls. We drive your ambulances. We guard you will you sleep. Do not fuck with us." —Tyler Durden
Written in 2014 but still timely and relevent, maybe more so today than it was then. http://taxicabdepressions.com/?p=1193
His final US performance was right here in Seattle a one off visit if you will. July 26 1970 at Sick's Stadium which is now a Lowe's hardware store property. Among the attendees was a young (taken there by his mother) Randy Hansen an incredible Hendrix impresario for the past 45 years. Jimi is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton. Attendees at his funeral included Johnny Winter Buddy Miles Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Miles Davis. An impromptu jam was held later that day, including the above musicians, at the Seattle Center at what was known as the Food Circus. The jam was broadcast on local radio.
I like Marvins approach, We don need no steenkin arm braces, Just a stack o road plates and a borrowed D8 Hightrack
One minute describes the next 4 years
https://rumble.com/v2tgrx2-president-trump-in-less-than-one-minute-gives-the-most-powerful-promises-of.html
In reply to MarkMatis.
Prove it. Prove the average Jew has law enforcement and military protecting them beyond what catholics and baptists have.
Prove it or it's more of your false information.
"Daniel Sheehan says he was told the mind-boggling tale by a whistleblower..."
Well hell, if it was a dude with a whistle it must be true.
It cracks me up that anyone believes this obvious bullshit.
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2023/06/crashed-ufo-recovered-by-the-us-military-distorted-space-and-time-leaving-one-investigator-nauseous-and-disoriented/
No one ever seems to have their cell phone camera out when something like this happens.
Jews do not care. They have "Law Enforcement" and the military to protect them, just as they did in the USSR and as they do now in Communist china!
In reply to SteveF.
Julie Kelly, of course. Her work on the J6 hoax alone has been tireless, dogged, and exemplary. She's to be greatly admired for that, if for no other story she's covered.
you could count the number of real American journalists still extant on the fingers of one hand, with a pinky and a thumb left over.
James O'Keefe, Michael Yon, and ...?
In reply to SteveF.
Didn't have time to put this in earlier today because I had to rush out, but keep a goal in mind to keep you going even when it doesn't seem worth it and to hell with it, the wheelchair is a pain but it's not that bad:
You want to do the Father-Daughter dance when she's in high school, right?
You want to walk her down the aisle, not wheel her down the aisle, right?
It's going to a year or more before you can do even a slow dance without looking clumsy, so get started.
I'll let this page slip on by with one last comment -
I don't know of a single thing Glenn Campbell did that I disliked. Not one.
In reply to kennycan.
Bingo. They, DeSantis and Kemp, are both corrupt to the core deep state liars. Both are being paid to help STOP TRUMP.
And they have lots of little handmaidens stopping by the internets to help with the thievery.
In reply to Mike.
I suggest that before you put much time into using the walker, you work on range of motion and strength. Run it past a real physical therapist, but I think what you need is:
Work on straightening your leg a few minutes at a time, every waking hour. Don't push too hard; the plan is gradual improvement, not causing pain or even ripping tendons. It'll probably take several weeks to get to where you can straighten the knee without having to force it, depending on how bad it is now and how diligently you work at it.
When the leg can move forward-and-back enough to stretch a rubber band, hook up the surgical rubber strengthener that you probably were given when you got out of the hospital. You'll mainly need to work the quadriceps, as that's mostly what holds you up when you're standing. Work on the other muscles, too, as they're used for balance and supporting the knee and such. Again, slow, steady progress without making it hurt so that you don't continue.
Save attempts at using the walker for when you have an adult right there, preferably one strong enough to hold you up. It doesn't matter how much upper body strength you've built up, this'll be dangerous at first.
Best wishes, get started, and keep at it. And apologies if all of the above is insultingly obvious.
In reply to Mike.
Don't get down on the pop-ier stuff. You just have to get a good back up band. Like 1000 of them. Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters Rockin'1000 Official Video - YouTube
In reply to Mike.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Played just fine. I'd have to practice a bit to get the snare rolls in there that tight on the first one. What was he playing, 1/64th notes?? A guy I knew called that M-60 time: "Imagine you're a machine gun..."
I'm curious how what Brian Kemp, the man who helped Steal The Election in Georgia, by installing Dominion Voting Systems after TX pointedly rejected them as having WAY too many security flaws to be used, has to say about what Trump said on WuFlu.
Once again, let's get something straight.
The Lockdowns didn't happen as by magic. Somebody ordered them, and that somebody was Not Trump.
It was Brian Kemp that ordered them. Trump said Reopen By Easter as the "two weeks to flatten the curve" was done and that was the ONLY reason for the lockdowns (which I still dispute was necessary, but that is everyone's fault, not just Trump). Brian Kemp CHOSE to listen to FraudXi over Trump and keep Lockdowns for longer.
NOW he claims that when the Little Tyrant Kemp decided he would deem to ALLOW the State to reopen that Trump told him not to do it? Bullshit.
This sentence typifies the whole BS:
In April 2020, businesses in Georgia were shuttered by government decree as in most of the rest of the country. Mr. Kemp was hearing from desperate entrepreneurs:
By WHOSE Government Decree, Mr. Kemp?
It's just so stupid to even contemplate the idea that the Guy who ordered the Lockdowns couldn't simply UNDO them because Trump asked him not to do it. Trump said Reopen.
Trump pressured RDS to Reopen and pushed him into the execrable Safe. Smart. Step By Step kicking and screaming. RDS didn't end the Lockdowns for 6 months! LG-BIZHUB-20200602202427 (flgov.com) That's the EO issued by RDS to keep FL partially Locked Down for 5 more months unless he decreed them able to reopen. A Power he decdedly did not have. He also get the Emergency in place for over 6 months to Justify his Lockdowns.Once again, never deferring to the Legislature.
If RDS and Kemp were so "Good on Covid" why did they both keep Extending the Emergency and hence Extending Their Emergency Powers?
Simple, they wanted to have their cake (I'm For Freedom) and eat it too (I'm REALLY For Tyranny and My Own Power!)
Curious Incuriosity. There's a lot of that going 'round.
However, Trump did get TWO SCOOPS!
"I plan to go to Hell in a crowd."
I had forgotten that beautiful line. Thanks for the reminder.
"Pay attention, or perish."
So many lessons throughout the history of man, and one wonders why the government run schools whitewash the appropriate lessons.
"one wonders", LOL.
In reply to Mike.
I'm not a therapist by any means, but slow and gradual is fine, but you do need to start. And it's never easy. I watched my late friend go through something like this.
You can do it though. Just start. One step, one day at a time.
In reply to Mike.
I probably missed a lot of what they did because of work and then in Hong Kong they weren't big. I'll give that link a listen later.
It'd be nice to get into something new for a change.
An interesting fact of which you might not be aware: "But, strangely, after a Vietnamese invasion in 1978 ousted them, the Khmer Rouge lost their status as evil Communists, as the official American foreign policy narrative recast them as victims of Vietnamese aggression. The Carter administration began supporting the Khmer Rouge, who had been relegated to remote rural sections of the country, by financial and diplomatic means. Carter’s national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski reportedly told an American journalist he “encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot… Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him, but China could.” According to columnist William Pfaff, financial support started by the Carter administration and continued by the Reagan administration to the Khmer Rouge totaled more than $15 million annually. Despite the fact they had been driven from power, with American support the Khmer Rouge managed to maintain their UN seat – as the Carter administration had refused to recognize the government installed after the Vietnamese invasion. The remnants of the Khmer Rouge fought a guerilla war until Pot’s death in 1998. There is no precise count of the dead and injured that resulted from the fighting so long after the regime was ousted, but it is known that hundreds of thousands of people were displaced from their homes and became refugees. The Carter administration’s decision to fan the flames of violence for frivolous reasons – mainly to punish Vietnam for their defeat of American forces five years earlier – was a scandalous example of vindictiveness." https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/11/jimmy-carters-blood-drenched-legacy-2/
In reply to Barry.
Thanks for the offer, Barr, it's much appreciated. I'm thinking what I may do is to wait until my brother or somebody is here to stand by, the "9" and the "1" on his phone already dialed, with his finger on the remaining "1."
Just kidding, it shouldn't be that bad, really. My plan is to work up to it verrrrry gradually: stand up for a minute or two, then three or four, and so on, before I ever try actually moving around. The prosthetics people told me from the start it would be a long, slow process.
They have a guy, Bailey, who's been out to the house to get me fitted for the thing, and he has a fake peg himself--which I never even knew until he pulled his pants leg up and showed me, that's how good he gets around now on his. He's former military, a young guy, so I imagine his strength of will and determination is a damned sight more than mine. But still.
In reply to Mike.
Hey, I know I'm not here all the time, but if you need me to help anytime just call me. I'll do what I can. It's not that far, 45 minutes to an hour maybe.
In reply to Barry.
Heh. No foolin'. Speaking of, this past week I got one of those standup walker thingies, hoping it will help with my remaining leg, which is all messed up: weak as rainwater, can't straighten the knee, all muscle-tone gone, skinny as a rail, etc. Got it all assembled yesterday, but I haven't strapped on the prosthetic one and tried it out yet. Given the mortal terror of falling I now suffer from (a bad fall was what put me in the hospital in the first place), I admit I'm a wee bit nervous about it, frankly.
On the other hand, I DO very much look forward to standing up again, for the first time in a year and a friggin' half. So I got that going for me, at least.
"That’s Trump. He’ll beat you while under New York indictment. He’ll beat you while under federal indictment. He’ll beat you while wearing an ankle bracelet. He’ll beat you from a prison cell. You’re not gonna break him."
Declaration of War
https://rootforamerica.com/indictment-of-trump-is-a-declaration-of-war/
I'll have to say that most banana republics are a cut above the depths to which the USA has sunk.
Combine the actions of our lawless DOJ with the lack of condemnation and excuse making among the neverTrump class and you have a recipe for a civil war that will see very few survivors. It would appear the freedom and liberty contingent is pretty damn small. We will prevail however.
"running wild in the streets late at night"
Better get cracking on that PT rehab pretty soon, in case you get writers cramp, or something.
:)
In reply to Skeptic.
"intellectual conversation"
That's good for a laugh, that you believe you have any intellectual capacity beyond making up shit.
You are exactly what you appear to be, clear for anyone that reads, a liar. Must suck to live that kind of life, knowing everything you say is so easily shown to be false.
It's clear you approve of and are happy the legal system is corrupt and going after those that fight for freedom and liberty.
In reply to Skeptic.
He certainly did fight. More than anyone Republican has since, well, ever. Even Reagan didn't face indictment on Fake Charges.
It's Ron who has never faced any competition. His skids have been greased.
In reply to kennycan.
Oh, they're an excellent band, kenny. Check this out:
See if that ain't like mother used to make. I'm not real big on their more poppy-sounding hits, but when they rock, they rock HARD. Dave Grohl, in addition to being an incredible drummer (the guy who really MADE Nirvana, they were nowhere until he came along), is an excellent guitarist too. With Taylor Hawkins and Pat Smear thrown in, what's not to like?
In reply to Barry.
Suggest an alternative, someone willing to risk everything to run against the entire deep state apparatus, willing to undergo years of corrupt investigations.
Exactly. Trump ain't hardly perfect but he's the best available. Prove me wrong -- really, I'd be glad of it. Find someone as good, let alone better.
In reply to Skeptic.
And once again deep state unskeptic is a liar. You lie about everything, including the word binary. You're the binary, neverTrump. It's all you can do, and everything you say about Trump is a lie.
Marx is your God, and Trump stands in the way.
I am for freedom and liberty, you are for slavery.
In reply to Barry.
Once again, Binary Barry shows what a hysterical little cunt he is. My comments were not unclear and neither are my politics. Now go masturbate to your Trump trading cards. You are unworthy of intellectual conversation.
In reply to SteveF.
One sure way to make certain it can't be fixed is to be a pussy and stay home, not voting. Hiding, hoping the bad orange man will just go away.
In reply to Freefalling.
"I think I’m pretty well done with Trump, too."
Well you can always try to get Jeb! to run again.
Suggest an alternative, someone willing to risk everything to run against the entire deep state apparatus, willing to undergo years of corrupt investigations. Suggest someone not supported by the GOP and the wall st billionaires, someone unencumbered by having taken the Rupert Murdoch payoff. I suspect you will not respond with a single name.
Please clap.
In reply to Skeptic.
Search with duck duck go the following "Gov Stitt on illegal immigration" if you wish to see the truth.
See if you can find him "begging" for any damn thing.
Skeptic is an outright liar. He's on the other side.
In reply to Skeptic.
Marx's little helper, Unskeptic, is a liar.
"Yeah, I know. Trump is promising to do all the stuff that he promised to do in his first term and didn’t. But he’ll really do it this time. Really."
Trump clamped down on immigration better than ANYONE since Ike, and did it with what tools he could, including forcing Mexico to use their Nat Guard to stop the illegals and keep them in Mexico. And Mexico paid for that. The republican party, in control of both houses, refused to spend money to build a wall, and the owners of his marxist buddy DeSantis are all in on open borders. DeSantis is just another McCain, talk until elected then zip.
Trump brought the economy roaring back, unlike anyone has ever done in history.
All Trump did in his first term, all on his own basically is the following:
1) stopped ISIS cold 2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries 3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices 4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem 5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices 6) Started no new wars 7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one 8) Cut Taxes across the board 9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns 10) Started the space force, sorely needed today 11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers 12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land 13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries 14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords 15) Withdrew from the Iran deal 16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K 17) Started the process of fixing the VA 18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries 19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit 21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus 22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc. 23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
There is much more of course.
Anyone claiming Trump did not do what he promised to do, or at least tried to do it, is an outright fraud, liar, and marxist enabler. Imperfect, sure, as we all are. Did failures occur? Of course. But having some items fizzle is normal for the very best of presidents.
Liars are going to lie and we see it right here.
In reply to Skeptic.
"I don’t see much wrong with that."
Of course you don't. You can't see when you have your head up Karl Marx's ass so far you can see the lining of his stomach.
In reply to Skeptic.
"This is Soviet-style stuff..."
Supported 100% by DeSantis and Marx's little helper, Unskeptic.
Here we have the classic attempt at misdirection. One of the most corrupt, probably the worst next to the 2020 coup, and illegal use of the injustice system ever and Marx's little helper attempts to minimize it by telling us Trump is an imperfect man that didn't make every decision perfectly. What a pathetic waste of semi human flesh you fuckers are. You deserve everything bad that is coming. Hope you can find that country to run to. Put a bag over your head when you leave if you would, the rest of us don't wish to see the great ugly.
In reply to Skeptic.
Unskeptic, runs and hides, suggests others do the same. Just another tip from Karl Marx's little helper.
In reply to Freefalling.
he isn’t electable
Not until the fraud of the past three elections is stopped.
I think I'm pretty well done with Trump, too. Even if I thought he could get through the primary (a possibility I won't completely discount), he isn't electable. I am leaning right now toward your attitude of "why bother voting at all in the presidential elections", but I know myself well enough to know that by 2024's election, I'll vote again even though I think it a total shit show. Excuse my language. I'm also rather disappointed in DeSantis for running, though that's not precisely relevant to this post. He should have stayed in Florida where, at least from the outside, he appeared to be doing some good. Does Florida term limit their governors?
In reply to kennycan.
Kenny, reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. In terms of the indictment of Trump, you and I agree 100%. Let's face it - the docs at Trump's place were so "dangerous" that the Feebs took pictures of them scattered on the floor and Tweeted the picture out. The indictment is bullshit. Complete and total bullshit.
That said - you seem to be expecting DeSantis to mount a full throated defense of Trump, the man, instead of talking about the principle of the rule of law. Why on earth should he do that? Trump has been attacking him relentlessly for the last year in ways both political and highly personal. Why should DeSantis stick his neck out for Trump?
One of Trump's failings has been his unerring ability to attack those that he needed favors from later. As they say, "The toes you step on in your way up might be connected to the ass you have to kiss on the way down."
In a legitimate First World country, this conversation wouldn't be happening. Had the 2020 election been legitimate, Trump would have won. And were we a country that still held to the rule of law, this indictment wouldn't have happened. But here we are. And the people that could have been Trump's allies have mostly been savaged by him already. Hence, I don't blame DeSantis a bit for attacking the weaponization of the FBI and the two-tiered system of law while not speaking directly to Trump's innocence.
In reply to ArthurSido.
This is easier than culling 200,000 cows as they are doing in Ireland! As I said, they intend to reprise the Holodomr on a Global basis. Hunger Games was part of their game plan!
In reply to Skeptic.
Oh and that would make it ok?
Trump should have done exactly what he did. Call out the Fraud and announce he's running again.
He's revealing even MORE the Deep State Corruption and now he's Unmasking DeSantis.
Get real.
Someone needs to take a Stand and Turn and Fight. Thank God at least we have Trump.
In reply to Skeptic.
What is wrong about that is that Trump has Personal Declassification Powers, and Biteme and Crooked do not and never did.
So, Trump did nothing wrong and was perfectly in his rights as President to have possession of those docs.
Plus, they were securely stored as per protocols with Secret Service Protection in a separate area that was secure.
Biteme had stuff strewn about in open areas in an Office Building and his garage. Crooked's server was completely offline and every one of those 33,000 emails on it were a Security Violation. People who had just a few off the secure servers got jail time and/or lost their jobs and their security clearances taken away. She should be in jail for 33,000 years. as actual secrets were stolen off that server.
Of course, the guy running for president doesn't know that? Well, that's certainly going to reassure me that I'm voting for a bright candidate for President!!
Skeptic, the smoke is so thick and now the flames are licking up and visible. This Ron is a W style Deep State Swampy playing to be MAGA just like W played as a "True Conservative" and Ryan played at being Tea Party.
The estimable Peter Brimelow nails it. I would point out that I'm no big fan of the term "communist," either - not because it's too harsh, but because it's too soft. In the middle of the article, Brimelow refers to our tormentors as "left totalitarians," which is right on target IMO.
Trump’s Indictment—Like I Said, This Is A Communist Coup | Blog Posts | VDARE.com
The carbon capture pipeline, whatever the fuck that is, is likely just the pretext. The real goal is driving landowners off their land, whether by pricing them out of the market so oligarchs can snatch it up or eminent domain.
In reply to Barry.
Also - many of us, myself included, said that as soon as Trump was removed from office after the stolen election, that he should move to a country with no extradition treaty.
In reply to Barry.
Here's the actual quote:
“The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation. Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?” DeSantis tweeted about two hours after the news.
I don't see much wrong with that.
Yes, the Trump indictment is a travesty. This is Soviet-style stuff; in fact, I am pretty sure that Stalin is watching this from Hell and saying, "Damn, the BALLS on those guys!"
Key difference between Democrats and Republicans: They DO shit. They said they were going to imprison Trump, and they're gonna do it. Even if there's no legal or Constitutional reason to, they're gonna do it, come hell or high water. When they have power, they fucking USE it.
Trump chanted "lock her up," and then as soon as he was President, said, "Hey, I'm only kidding."
What do you think "Law Enforcement" and the "Legal" system will do if you indeed "shoot first?"
In reply to Mike.
Promise made, promise kept: the aforementioned movie-premiere-party footage can be viewed here:
http://coldfury.com/public_html/Multimedia/BurninLove.mp4
Let me know if it doesn't work for ya. The black kid in the interview footage at the beginning just wandered up, leading to my little ad-lib joking around, and the girl you can hear laughing at my tomfoolery is my then-gf Jennifer.
In reply to Aesop.
Heh. You sound like my kind of drummer, Ace. The BPs drummer, my cousin Mark, pounded them skins so hard we had to crank the guitars WAY up just to hear ourselves over him. Which, hey, didn't bother me in the least; I encouraged him to keep right on slamming 'em just that way, not to ever let up regardless of what anybody might have to say about it.
Somewhere around here I have the vid of a movie-premiere party we played in NYC, a flick in which we had seven songs on the soundtrack. It exhibits Mark at his absolute purple-faced, sweaty best, bringing his snare arm down from WAAAY above his head each stroke. I need to FTP part of that up on Ye Olde CF Server sometime and send you a link to it, it truly is a wonder to behold.
Sound men/women/whatever would get upset about how loud we were and how poorly we took direction from them, but so fucking what? I always just told 'em, look, we have our stage volume dialed in, you just do what you gotta do to make it sound good front of house, aiight? If that means taking everything out of the mix except vocals, well, we're good with that.
Well, except for this one chick at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco; she had the system cranked up so loud at soundcheck the subs under the front of the stage were vibrating my feet. Once the show started, I figured she'd dial it back a hair or three, but noooo: when I looked back to the mixing board during the second song, she was out in the aisle dancing like a mad thing.
Best sound man/woman/whatever we ever had the pleasure of working with, IMNSHO. Fountains of Wayne were on that show too, if I remember right. Their guitarist bummed a 9-volt battery of me for one of his effects pedals and then never gave it back after the show, the sorry bastige.
In reply to Aesop.
Proof of the pudding: Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (terrific guitar break) - YouTube Glen Campbell - William Tell Overture (smokin' instrumental) - YouTube
Awesome.
I hope that kid's got a bright future ahead of him; he's definitely got a leg up.
When I was teaching myself to drum, if you don't need a towel after a practice, you're not playing hard enough.
So, my long standing prediction that the republicans are in on the charging of trump has come to pass.
I will never vote for another republican party member at the federal level until and unless the R party in mass shows up to stop this illegal and corrupt action taken by the corrupt and illegal coup government.
That party must be destroyed.
I stated early on, when DeSantis disappeared for the week after the Mar a Lago raid that he knew full well what was going down before it went down.
Note that the charges have no basis, the DOJ will not even tell the Trump team what documents are involved.
Note the statement that the piece of shit deep state government man made tonight where his only problem with this is that hillary and the biden son were not also indicted. He cares nothing about the fact that the charging of Trump is illegal and corrupt. He's a filthy fucking nasty piece of shit, just like Romney, McConnell, Ryan and damn near the entire republican party.
DeSantis is just the deep states boy, they are all corrupt to the core. The backstabbing Pence is one of the most evil of the snakes. They all are.
In reply to Barry.
All of the Talladega garages are rope pulls. No power openers. I've been in those garages within the last six years.
In reply to Skeptic.
I'm not sure the total number. Some of the newer garages have powered doors, the older have manual operation with the rope pulls. There are quite a few of them in any event.
Primarily in the interest of making sure the comments don't stay stuck on Unlucky 13, and apropos of nothing of any real import, I'll say this about those danged Ovations: I had occasion many years ago to futz around a bit with a couple of the infernal things, and have to admit that, for an acoustic box with a plastic back on it, the sound was a lot richer and fuller than one might expect. Nice, easy-playing thin neck profile too. But I just never could warm up to 'em at all, and never for a moment considered buying one. I dunno, maybe it's me that's the weirdo here, not Glen Campbell.
In reply to Jaybo.
Oh absolutely, Jaybo. I didn't get around to mentioning him in this post, but Cropper was with Booker T and the MGs for a while there, and was an original founding member of the Mar Keys before that. Either wrote or co-wrote "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay," "Soul Man," "In The Midnight Hour," "Knock On Wood"--too many to go into with Cropper, almost. One of the all-time greats for sure and certain.
In reply to Barry.
No question that everyone knew. Many people in the garage attempted to tell officials before the Feebs were called in and were rebuffed. Probably 25 to 30 other stalls in the garage had the same loop tied.
In reply to kennycan.
I know campaign crap can get pretty dirty, but it's tough to pretend, like Cruz tried to do, that your clean while allowing sleaze like that. DeSantis will lose more than he'll gain from that tactic.
In reply to Skeptic.
You're right, story the same but wrong track, and with that wrong owner. I should have realized it because I knew it was ISC which is a France family enterprise.
Thanks for straightening that out. The story, however, is the same. Everyone, and I mean everyone knew the "noose" was just a garage door pull for the unpowered garage doors.
In reply to Barry.
It was Talladega, which is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Not Atlanta. SMI was blameless.
NASCAR has been engaged in an exercise for the past 15 years to see how much of their fan base they can run off. Politics, the Chase, stage racing, and too many lucky speakers driving the cars (which leads to a lower quality of racing) means that tracks that used to sell out 100K seat grandstands have cut capacity to 50-60K and stull have mucho empty seats.
In reply to Barry.
Each time these easy to spot Fakes come out he looks more and more like Jeb.
Pathetic.
These "professional" GOPe campaign chiefs are seriously Not Ready For Prime Time Tech.
Jeb spent $150 Million for 3 delegates. Ron! looks like he' easily break that record with $500 Million set to spend.
In reply to Barry.
And back. The last flight was the only one on time. And I almost missed it since the first one was late and then since I came in international I had to go through security again. And they decided my backpack with my laptop (removed of course) needed to be checked. This bag has literally been through security at ;east 500 times without raising an eyebrow. Same stuff in it for the last 10 years or so.
That honest government man and his honest adds:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23753626/deepfake-political-attack-ad-ron-desantis-donald-trump-anthony-fauci
I saw Glen Campbell years ago becuase a girlfriend wanted to. He was incredible played about everything imaginable but the blues he did was incredible.
Steve Cropper ought to be someone mentioned here.
Just like elections do not require “votes”, the “news” doesn’t require viewers to make money. The news does the bidding of the government, each outlet playing the role assigned it by the power wielding psychological wing. And from there they get the $$$
I will never watch Fox again. It is nothing more than pure propaganda/lies on par with all the other fake news sources.
In reply to SteveF.
And Mr. Clark was not only great on the guitar, but also on every other instrument he ever tried to play!
A couple my favorites--
Doyle Dykes--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-beeayCdzPU
Leo Kottke--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWH2Sc39FI
The toughest Hit Factory session I ever got called in on was with this gospel group--who knew they even HAD those in NYC?--I had to play behind, sight-reading sheet music and just basically trying to stay out of the way otherwise. Not exactly a match made in Heaven, you might say.
In reply to SteveF.
Oh yeah, just remembered how much my dad HATED Buck Owens. He really couldn't stand him for whatever reason, so we were mainly watching for Roy. Well, and probably the Hee-Haw girls, too, I imagine, although that possibility never came up in dinner-table conversation. ;)
In reply to Barry.
As well you should, Barr. It amazes me that someone even asked the original question at all; given the tremendous negative response he got on Quora, I'm actually kinda embarrassed for the guy.
My fingers are getting cramps just from watching those dudes playing.
I recognize Glenn Campbell as one of the greats.
In reply to SteveF.
Be sure to check out my latest update to the post, Steve, the one with Alice Cooper. It's...well, it's fucking awesome, is what it is.
In reply to Mike.
My family watched Hee Haw every week
Ours, too. That and the Muppet Show were the only shows that my dad would rush up from the barn to catch. (After his day job he repaired motorcycles to help pay the bills. Thanks for the recession, Nixon, Ford, and Carter.)
When The Child was maybe eight I started showing her clips of "Where oh where are you tonight" and "Gloom, despair, and agony on me". Loved them, which suggests the mental age of Hee-Haw's target demographic, heh. She and I recorded a few and sent them around to family. Godawful, but they were supposed to be. Responses ranged from "Aaargh!" to "That brings back memories."
In reply to SteveF.
The sad thing is, he probably WAS best-known for that. It's almost an insult, really. But when I was 14 and taking guitar lessons from my Uncle Murray, he made damned sure I knew who and what Roy was, bless his heart. My family watched Hee Haw every week, and I never did see Roy Clark quite the same way after that.
I was going to mention Roy Clark as one of those "no skill needed, mere country musicians" but, once again, you beat me to it. Knock it off!
I saw a clip from a longer video, of a modern guitar player, a small time pro but considered pretty good, watching a video of Roy Clark from the 1950s. "How does he do that? I didn't even know a guitar could make that sound!"
But check this out, from Wikipedia:
Roy Linwood Clark was an American singer, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw
I suppose. And Jonathan Winters is best known for voicing Papa Smurf.
In reply to SteveF.
"Malicious deplatforming is a lot like combat: Anybody the enemy is shooting at is probably on your side, whether you know it or not."
loons out there despise Tucker as what they stupidly mislabel a “Cuck,”
Just as the leftards have their constantly escalating virtue signalling, rightards have ever-more-stringent purity tests.
The would-be Overlords never learn: there is no right amount of force to squeezing jell-o in your hand, and there never can be. It always squeezes out between your fingers.
"You can't stop the signal. You can never stop the signal." - Mr. Universe
In reply to Mike.
Stitt is a huge immigration squish. He went so far as to beg Mexico to put a consulate in Oklahoma City so that the illegals in his state didn't have to drive so far.
He did a great job during the Covidiocy. But it takes more than that. Immigration is one of the key ways that the USA is turning into a Third World country. Yeah, I know. Trump is promising to do all the stuff that he promised to do in his first term and didn't. But he'll really do it this time. Really.
As far as Kemp goes, I remember well that Trump excoriated him loudly and publicly for reopening "too soon." And, yes, praising DeSantis for doing the same thing just a few weeks later.
Kemp was a POS during the election theft - but Trump didn't exactly earn himself any favors with his Covidiocy outburst at Kemp. Not an excuse - what is right is right. But that might explain some things.
Well no shit TL. You're selling books and dvd's and you have have to join to comment at your site.
If anyone does not already know what you have said, they are too stupid to help with solutions.
Many years ago, watching a documentary on the greatest. They showed that his jab was completed in three frames of video, and whoever the one he was comparing it to, I believe Sonny Liston, but I’m not sure, could only achieve it in four frames. That’s 25% faster and why he is the greatest of all time.
In reply to Mike.
The land that used to be private out there was owned by friends of my wife. They were finally forced to sell to the airport
The saga continues this morning as we have a plane but no pilots. We’ve been on the plane and off the plane and it looks as though this time is real.
The knee I damaged years ago in a crash is acting up again making sitting uncomfortable.
It’s rare that men choose a sport best suited to their individual physical and mental skill set. Ali is one of those. Jordan is another one.
In reply to Aesop.
Posting from my phone and it looks like it’s replying to Aesop which is fine since my thoughts are similar.
Sooner or later knives will be drawn and blood will be spilled. I’m betting on “sooner”.
In reply to Mike.
Heh, well I was speaking of trusting the quoted dude, the believer of a corrupt gov, not you Mike. I trust you to give an honest opinion, agree or not. Iron bear was the one that pointed out Stitt to me. Seems to be the real deal without all the made up bs
In reply to Barry.
Trust MY judgment? Surely you jest, Barr. Everyone who knows me well knows how bad an idea that is, and I would never recommend trying it. ;)
As for Kemp, I do seem to recall Trump blasting him for re-opening "too early" as Kemp claims, although I must also say I don't really like Kemp all that much, and never really did; his supine acquiescence in the 2020 "election" brouhaha was every bit as bad as Pence's, maybe even worse.
The DeSantis/Trump poll numbers get only a big meh from me; as I said when he finally did announce, I'm all done with Ronny D. He's accomplished some genuinely good things in FLA, particularly in standing up to the gender-bending pedos; I very much wish he had chosen to stay on as Gov and continued that fine work instead of chasing his own tail and fluffing his ego by seeking a higher office in which he'll never be allowed to accomplish a damned thing except line his pockets and give useless speeches.
For me, Kemp is a lot like Abbott in TX: both have done some things I like, but in the end have also fallen well short on certain others. You've commended Stitt in OK to our attention more than once here, but I have to admit I really don't know a hell of a lot about the guy. I intend to look into educating myself soon; if he's the real deal as you say--as Ronny D, Kemp, and Abbott aren't--I'd like to know more about him, if only for the sake of broadening my own horizons a little bit.
Ali was arguably the greatest boxer of this or any era, but that's only the part of the iceberg above water.
He transcended his sport, and transcended all sports, and crossed over into the rarified air where sits the realm of cultural icons.
In his youth, when everyone told him it would destroy him and his career, he told LBJ in no uncertain terms, "Hell no, I won't go!", took his lumps, did his jail time, and then came back and accomplished the greatest triumphs the sport had ever seen, and that was only the start.
Even in his dotage, near the end of his days, the mind inside the man was razor sharp. When some journalist, after an interview, mock-squared off with the champ long after Parkinson's had silenced the Mouth That Roared, as if a bell had been rung Ali's guard came up bare-knuckled, he took a stance, and I watched him drop forty years in the span of a blink, and you knew in less than the twinkling of an eye he would still have put his man down, as ever was.
I saw in person a gutted former city jail turned boxing gym he visited once, having paid for much of it to happen out of his own pocket, where kids not even born when he was in his prime had painted a mural montage of The Greatest, and saw where Ali had signed it himself: "The good deeds we do on earth are the rent we pay on that mansion waiting for us in heaven." His bill was paid in full, many times over.
The Other Side is betting against reality that no one anywhere will ever wake up one day, and say "Hey, NYFS: that's a nice AG ya got there. Be a real shame if something catastrophic happened to her."
What could possibly go wrong with imagining reality will suspend itself indefinitely? Iraqi Militia EOD Team Accidentally Det a 155mm IED Shell @ Mosul, Iraq - YouTube
6 will take care of itself without any input from anyone else.
5 is a hopeium-fueled delusion.
4 hurdles unpalatable, and lands all the way at absolutely unthinkably unacceptably revolting.
3 is a fool's errand, imagining that one will do better amongst total strangers than in their native land, contrary to all evidence, not least of which some 6000 years of recorded human history.
That leaves #1 and #2.
Those terms are acceptable.
"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean." - Goethe
No one need take on everyone everywhere simultaneously. Just pluck some low-hanging fruit, and carry on smartly.
In reply to Barry.
Man, having worked at or just hung out near CLT/Douglas my whole life, it pains me to think of how much I used to enjoy flying just about anywhere, and always looked forward to it. Things have certainly changed since those days, and not for the better either.
By “hung out near,” I’m talking about the old Lover’s Lane at the end of the main runway off of what used to be Old Dowd Rd, necking and watching planes take off right over our heads. Heck, even when I was a kid my dad would drive the whole family out to park there on the occasional summer Friday night. We were told to just ignore the teenage make-out artists in their cars, and keep our eyes strictly to ourselves. 😉
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Flying commercial still sucks
After a lifetime of flying all over the globe, I have been out of the airports since a late 2019 trip to China. Today was the 2nd flight since then. Up early for a flight out of the country. I didn’t even recognize the Charlotte airport it’s changed so much. I laughed through security because those government employed fools are actually still wearing dirty face diapers.
The last laugh is on me as my 2nd flight was delayed, delayed some more, then cancelled, so I sat in a damn airport for 8 hours today and I’m still here in the former land of the free and the home of the brave.
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“Mr. Kemp recounts the conversation as follows:…”
You can knock Trump for many things, some accurate most not, but when you start taking the side of a fucking crook, then you are as dumb as dirt. Kemp is as shady and crooked as they come, an outright liar. A governor of a state where massive election fraud occurred and he helped keep it covered up. He was probably a part of it.
Once you state, publicly, that you believe the deep snake, then why would anyone trust your judgement on anything else?
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Metastasize:
to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metastasize
President Trump CRUSHING DeSantis by 20 points in FLORIDA
Big Data Poll – President Trump Crushing Governor DeSantis by 20 Points in Florida After Home State Campaign Launch
GOP Voters Favor Trump Over DeSantis Nearly 2-to-1
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/gop_voters_favor_trump_over_desantis_nearly_2_to_1
There is some metastasizing going on alright, just not in favor of the Bush family Frat boy.
What is not happening – no bump for DeSantis, no growing at all, not at the moment at least. And no campaigning in his home state. Why is that? See above Florida polling.
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I don’t know about Me-again.
She seems to be wherever the $$$ are. I don’t trust those types.
Might be wrong, but I’m guessing the finger in the wind is determining her stand.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
I, along with everyone else that says “Fuck Joe Biden” are not on that list.
In the Stalin era, you wouldn’t be on a list for saying “Fuck Joe Stalin”, you would be dead. 100% dead. Deader than a door nail. Dead, dead, dead.
Can you see the difference or do you insist upon being “…an idiot and should be ignored“?
You can claim within reason that we are on the road to Stalinism, or worse. You cannot seriously claim we now live in a worse situation than the soviet citizens did under Stalin.
Hell, just go to a grocery store and look around.
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In reply to Barry.
Ain’t gettin’ in no airplane if they have you on a “no fly” list, bro!
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10,000,000th Time:
Stop. Playing. In. The. Street.
Unless you’re taking rifles and a basic load of ammo, and you’re serious.
200 parents with rifles showing up to end Pride grooming celebrations, and anyone who tried to interfere:
Last Pride Day In America, forever.
Last Day TPTB would lift a finger to rally to their rescue.
(Pro Tip: You can’t collect that pension if you’re dead.)
Drawing lines is for children with crayons.
Serious people start stacking redcoats.
QED
At the very least, go Boston Tea Party on them:
Dress up as tranny drag queens, and burn the school to the ground.
Anyone who tries to oppose or interfere gets tarred and feathered on the spot. At gunpoint, if necessary.
Samuel Adams approved this message; you could look it up.
Stupidly aping the antics of patchouli-drenched hippies never accomplished anything, anywhere.
Quit doing that.
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In reply to Big Expat.
Close, but not entirely correct.
What’s missing are New Yorkers.
White, Black, Purple, Green, whatever.
99% of them are simply the exact kind of miserable waste-of-skin-and-oxygen m*f***s the rest of the country would shoot on sight, were it only legally permissible.
If 19 guys from soddy America rather than Saudi Arabia had taken out NYFC skyscrapers on 9/11 because it was NYFC, there would be parades in their honor for the next 100 years in most of America.
(“Marvin Heemeyer’s Killdozer? A piker. We did Killjumbo jets!”)
NYFC: still an actual thing.
Change my mind.
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Hmmmnn
Wait a minute… I think… yep that’d be: “What Are Niggers? for $400 Alexi?”
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It’s been said the greatest achievement of the devil is convincing people he doesn’t exist. The evil will be dealt with accordingly.
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In reply to Barry.
Exactly. It’s like how Hockey had become in the 90s. Just one long slugfest interrupted by some hockey every once in a while.
The “League” thought the fans loved it. Then hockey slowly lost audience as Soccer (SNORING) gained audience.
Hockey has tightened up its game. Will Noosecar ever learn again? I doubt it.
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You all have it backwards.
When they say “forgiveness for pandemic sins” they’re not talking about us forgiving the tyrants that destroyed the economy, jobs, lives, and liberty.
They’re talking about forgiving those of us who opposed mandates, shutdowns, masking, economic destruction, psychological harm to children, and refused their shots.
They’re asking the assholes who attacked people for not wearing masks to forgive us.
We who saw through their lies, opposed their tyranny, and fought for our liberty are the sinners.
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In reply to SteveF.
🙂
As stated in the first link:
“~~No~~”
Fucking hell no.
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Gee! Where have I heard this before? Could it be that consciousness is finally rising?
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I don’t care if they’re sorry. I don’t care if they repent.
Let’s get some reparations.
Unlike the bullshit skin color reparations being demanded and given, the dempanic enslavers are still alive and still in power. Those enslaved by the dempanic enslavers are still alive — unless they were killed over the past three years.
The numbers batted around in San Francisco sound fair. $2,000,000 to every American harmed by the lockdowns and the mask demands and the clot shot demands. Paid by those who made and enforced the policies, not by the taxpayers.
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In reply to John Wilder.
Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing.
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The Old and New Testaments are clear, about twenty specific times:
Forgiveness requires repentance.
Both man to God, and man to man.
No repentance = no forgiveness.
And repentance means confessing what you did, and admitting it was WRONG, renouncing it, and turning away from it completely.
When the douchebags responsible come forward, and acknowledge in total everything they did was wrong, we can talk.
Until then? Eat $#!^ and die, m*f***s.
No easy-off to the hook they’re on.
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I noticed when I finished the university that many of the lefties took jobs in “environmental” testing companies. It was a scam then, it’s a bigger scam now. It’s just another way to transfer wealth from my pocket and yours, to theirs.
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The National Environmental Policy Act was needed at the time, but has become the province of psychos and Leftists.
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In reply to kennycan.
“It’s not stock car racing anymore”
No, hasn’t been for a long time. They, noosecar, decided to create “excitement”* that doesn’t exist in a real race.
The last straw for me to watch was the noosecar fable in Atlanta. I believe it was 11 FBI agents were called in to investigate.
The garages at Atlanta Motor Speedway have been there for a long time. AMS is owned by Speedway Motorsports. There is not a participant, driver, pit crew, builder, or owner that doesn’t know those garages. Every damn one of those people knew the “noose” was just a garage door pull, and that include the low talent driver Bubba Wallace, the supposed target of the “noose”.
Everyone knew the truth. No one has spoken up.
So, NOOSECAR is just a scam. I don’t even believe their races are unscripted. I’d guess it’s on par with wrestling.
I’ve been to Daytona many times and I’ve raced at Daytona. I’ve raced at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Rockingham, Asheville, and Hickory. I will never watch another noosecar race.
*excitement in nascar means crashes, the more involved the more exciting
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The drag racing was rained out and rain delayed the NASCAR race so my autotune checked me in to the end of the “First Stage” of the NASCAR race.
All of these “stages” just serve to keep the cars all bunched up. The last 2 hours have been mostly Crash Yellow Flag Crash Red Flag Crash Yellow Flag etc. Only a few laps racing before everything is slowed to a crawl or a stop.
Just boring. Plus it’s no longer a 500 mile race. No incentive to try to race hard early. Every incentive to “bump” someone hoping to put them out, get a caution and move up.
It’s not stock car racing anymore. It’s like Figure Eight Crash Derby.
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In reply to kennycan.
The red flags surrounding DeSantis are so numerous you can’t see the man.
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In reply to Barry.
Reading her Wiki page, she spent all of her post-graduate career before joining Ron working inside Georgia and Ukraine. Closely associated with Saakashvili who is afflilated with Dreamy Z.
It says she was even ghost writing in English language press on behalf of Saakashvili.
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In reply to Barry.
Why didn’t WuFlu hit your Amish community harder?
We don’t have TVs.
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In reply to SteveF.
🙂
This is probably much closer to the truth than a first glance renders.
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I heard that the sandbag paid a couple Russian hookers to piss on a bed Biden slept in.
(Though later analysis showed that the piss came from Biden.)
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In reply to kennycan.
Imagine Target having only 17 stores by next year… 🙂
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FBI Crime Lab discovers Sandbag fibers on Grassy Knoll in Dealey Plaza,
which also match similar trace evidence on the Steele Russian dossier.
Interpol also working on linking evidence collected from Wuhan Bio Lab.
Scalia’s Pillow may also have been a disguised sandbag.
More to follow.
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It may be barely breathing, but Sears is still alive:
As of May 13, 2023, there were 17 full-line Sears stores, Sears Appliance & Mattress, and Sears Home & Life stores remaining.
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Rumor has it the sandbag rode a tank, and held a general’s rank, when the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank.
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Two parents talking about Pride (h/t Norm MacDonald)
Hey Dan, my son is starting at shortstop for the Texas Rangers and has a shot to make the All Star Game. Here he is in his uniform…
Nice, Ricky. Hey, my son sucks dick. Wanna see the photos?
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Do you know who Christina Pushaw is? Where she comes from? What she has done in the past?
She is the “Rapid Response Director” for Ron DeSantis (uniparty, Florida).
Was she a volunteer for the John McCain presidential campaign? YES
Was she heavily involved in the politics of the country of Georgia and the Ukraine? YES
Did she have to retroactively register as a “Foreign agent” due to her work representing interests outside the USA? YES
Are you paying attention?
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“The Amish community feels it is essential to expose the deception that has taken place. They urge everyone to consider the following: even after more than three years have passed, it remains exceedingly difficult to find more than a small number of Amish individuals who succumbed to COVID-19.”
Those wily Amish, proving how the government created the virus and the response for one reason.
With Pandemic Panic Theater Collapsing, Corporate Media Is Avoiding the Amish Like the Plague
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Anyone that believes the conditions we are living under is worse then the Stalin Soviet Union is an idiot and should be ignored.
The poorest people in this country are among the wealthiest in the world and free to move about to this day. Just get in a car, in a bus, in a train, or in an airplane and go. Or walk away for that matter.
Did the slaves of Stalin have firearms? No.
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In reply to Barry.
Once again, Bernie’s campaign claimed the gulags “paid a living wage.”
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Hard to argue with much of it. OTOH, there is this nugget of ignorance: “I’d say that we’re under more oppression than the Soviet population during Stalin.“.
Most people have no understanding of living in the Soviet Union. We are not even close to that level for the vast majority. Some, like the jailed J6 folks could argue with that, but that is a few if an unacceptable number.
And Monday I’ll get on a plane and leave the country, no problem. No iron curtain.
Nope, not even close.
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In reply to Barry.
Here is a link with it:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Dissenter-Browser.shtml
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It’s pouring down rain here at the moment so it’s a perfect fit this evening.
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In reply to SteveF.
Concur. Which is why I’m on the side of defunders. Get rid of the police and most of our problems will be solved inside of a year.
Bloody as hell, but there will be a peaceful ending when all the criminals are dead.
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In reply to kennycan.
I understood your point which is correct. I was just pointing you to a free web browser that stops adds and works nearly perfect, or so I thought. Until Steve burst my bubble…
OTOH, typically a new computer is faster by quite a bit if you are replacing one several years old. Most noticeable in the bootup time.
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In reply to SteveF.
Well, damn. Apparently no longer available. Beats me why that is since it works rather well. It’s a fork of brave I think, which is a fork of chrome IIRC.
Someday someone will spoon one of these things.
I do have the install exe if anyone needs it, version is 1.5.114
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You know what would cause alarums and excursions? Panic in the streets? Human sacrifice, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria?
Traditional Family Night. Married couples with at least one child get in for the price of a single regular ticket. Must show proof of marriage from before the child was born.
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In reply to Mike.
You’re right. The economy is doing great. Look at all the jobs that have been added in the last couple years.
(Just don’t compare job numbers to this time four years ago. Doing that would be treason or something.)
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In reply to Barry.
I don’t think that the Dissenter browser exists any longer. The downloads page is a 404. The Dissenter widget (in the Dissenter browser or the plugin for other browsers) just takes you to the trends.gab.com page.
I’ve been using Dissenter on Linux since it came out, maybe four years ago. It was updated once or twice (for Linux, anyway) but there’ve been no updates in years. I’ll keep using this browser on my current laptop but the next laptop will get Brave or some other derivative.
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And yet again, we see the Bastards In Blue dashing to the rescue…on the side of their pAntiFa pals
Exactly what I noticed right off and was going to comment on.
“We back the blue”. Yah, right. What exactly have they done for you lately? Pretty sure that traditional American civilization would be much ~~further ahead~~ less regressed if we’d gotten rid of the government police forces around 1960.
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In reply to Barry.
I’m sure ad blockers rise in price every year no matter how good they are.
The point is that headline Inflation is “offset” by things that supposedly go down in price but don’t really because they offer no real value but are adjusted down in price for intangible “quality improvements” that for most users don’t improve quality. Plus they are once every six years or more purchases.
So the computer I bought 4 years ago still only does what I need and no more and if I replaced it today it does nothing more and costs the same but is 30% “cheaper” because of intangible “improvements” we don’t actually see.
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In reply to Mike.
And the $90 Scotts plastic drop spreader doesn’t. Spread that is. Piece of junk. It’s the crappiest design I think I have ever seen. The rotator bar has paddles so wide that the grass seed just clogs and you can’t turn it. Junk, it goes back tomorrow.
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In reply to Mike.
I think some of the difficulty with Gab Vs PP is the security factor. Since you have to move money from your account into Gab, then send it on to wherever it’s going, I think it may eliminate the credit card fraud that takes place.
I may be wrong about that, haven’t really studied the issue. I don’t use it that often anyway.
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In reply to kennycan.
You might want to check out Dissenter for your web browser. I’ve been using it since it came out. It blocks 99.99% of the adds. I like it and it’s all I use except an occasional website that doesn’t play nice and I have to use MS Edge (once every couple months maybe).
https://dissenter.com/about
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In reply to SteveF.
But that computer you buy every 6 months costs half as much. /s
But it doesn’t really. It’s costs 10% more each year but it is 15% faster at doing things you didn’t need. Like getting hit with ads that swirl and pop and blink and slow your system down 25%, so you need to spend the “savings” buying ever stronger ad blockers and Norton Anti-Virus programs.
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In reply to Barry.
There is NO inflation, and the economy is doing GREAT, dammit! I know this, because Biden told me so. STOP LYING, YOU INSURRECTIONIST TRAITOR BASTARDS!!!
(sarc OFF)
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In reply to Barry.
Yeah, I think the confusion comes in because my Gab username is one I’ve been using forever on the Innarnuts, Tommygunmike, which harkens all the way back to my Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot days. On the other hand, though, the email addy associated with me on Gab is the mike-at-CF one. Hell, I dunno. The payment has shown up in my Gab CP, Steve, so no worries there.
Honestly, as much as I do want to support Gab, I have to admit that PayPal was a lot easier, cheaper for me, and just better all the way around. Growing pains explains that well enough, but I do think Torba has a lot of tightening up to do before Gab Pay can call itself a legit PP alternative.
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In reply to kennycan.
5% inflation? Not for the things I buy: food, clothes for the kid, gasoline, electricity and natural gas, tools and parts.
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In reply to kennycan.
Good bet.
I just bough a plastic drop spreader (Scotts) from lowes. $90 bucks. That would have sold for 25-30 4-5 years ago.
Grass seed? The small bag for over seeding was $50 bucks. IIRC, that sold for 20 just a couple years ago.
We’re in a severe recession that is being papered over with lies and funny money.
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Another incredible divergence between the two Employment reports issued Friday.
May Jobs Report Show 339,000 Jobs Gained, Worked Hours Declines, Unemployment Rate Increases to 3.7%
There is a strong divergence within the May jobs report as released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) [DATA HERE]. Payrolls increased 339,000 in May from April and previous months were revised up by 93,000. That is good news. However, the household survey, from which the unemployment rate is derived, showed employment down 310,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased to 3.7%.
An incredible difference of 649,000 between the two surveys. Almost polar opposite results between the “gains” in one and the “losses” in the other.
As the song goes, two men claim they’re Jesus; one of them must be wrong.
Now both could be wrong. However, with interest rates having risen for 18 months, inflation still hovering around 5%, mortgage rates climbing for as long as that, an inverted yield curve as well for 18 months and the fact that last year the first two quarters showed negative growth but then miraculously soared, my bet is on the report showing negative job growth as the reality.
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In reply to SteveF.
I find Gab to be a bit obscure. When I send money to Mike it goes to “@TommyGunMike”.
When I open that contact that’s all that is there, and it works, I think. I probably need to send an email every time to confirm with Mike he got the transfer….
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Mike, I finally took the time (most of a friggin hour, sheesh) to set up Gab Pay. When I tried to send a small honorarium to mike@coldfury.com, that user was not found. Glitch on their side? Glitch on your side?
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In reply to SteveF.
Might fine idea and I do remember your daughter’s post.
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Have father-daughter bonding time by having her write a blog post.
- Why Brian Is Disgusting and No One Likes Him
- Fashion Tips To Make Your Dad Freak Out
- The Joy of Shooting
Recall that a year and a half ago I posted my daughter’s report on her survey of fanfiction, and that it was a fairly popular post.
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In reply to kennycan.
“Elon Musk responded in a tweet, saying: “Won’t be long before there are class-action lawsuits by shareholders against the company and board of directors for destruction of shareholder value.””
https://trendingviews.com/articles/140/won-t-be-long-before-target-gets-sued-elon-musk-rips-retailer/
It doesn’t have to be the largest shareholders.
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In reply to Barry.
I think if just one group did a controlled study of the publicly available data it could be proven very easily.
The trick is to get that one company to chance getting shut down and doing the study.
Via the regulatory, law enforcement and Intelligence State we are very compromised now in America. Lift up your head for a moment and get whack-a-moled. If you’re not high profile like Tucker it may never be noticed.
But Jamie Foxx may be just the person with enough stature to get someone to look at this.
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If you’re still watching Fox propaganda, then you’re part of the problem. Fox, which kept Trump off the air for the last year (because they are anti-American), has found itself hurting badly as viewers turn the faux news channel off. So they had a “town hall” with Trump on last night* to try and save the ship. It will not work. Don’t watch, none of it. These are people that are signed up as gay pride week sponsors alongside such notable companies as Target.
*no, I didn’t watch, didn’t even know about it until reading about it today. I will not watch the fake news channel.
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Oh, and here’s the bitch celebrating LGBTQ+ along with the other faux “news” people.
As usual, Trump has it right.
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63795
Hat tip: https://thelibertydaily.com/
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I saw that and laughed. Then they reduced output, the raise the prices on the people.
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In reply to kennycan.
The problem is proving the cause. I’m certain the not/vax is causing death and illness, but proving it is not so easy. Statistically it’s simple, medically it’s not.
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In reply to kennycan.
True. I’m not thinking of New Yorkers, I’m thinking of New Yorkers from New York City. Those places need walls and moats surrounding them with nothing allowed out.
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In reply to kennycan.
This requires the investors to move their money. Not simple I know because I’ve done it. But if you wont take action, don’t expect anyone else to do it.
It’s your 401K, but if it’s managed by your employer it requires the employee’s to get together and force the employer into action.
Why, it almost seems that the legislation creating 401K had a motive we didn’t know about…
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In reply to kennycan.
Heh, when the bus runs out of electricity at least the pair will be able to relax.
VW, isn’t that the company that rigged their diesel software to run the engine differently when the EPA testing was done?
Why yes, yes it is. VW is as corrupt as they come.
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Meanwhile, VW is on Fox Business making a big splashy push for their Green Microbus. Straight outta Haight-Ashbury and making about as much sense as Cheech and Chong after finishing off their giant Maui Wowie doobie.
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Jamie Foxx, the actor, is saying he had an adverse reaction (a stroke?) from the Vaxxes.
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In reply to Barry.
You’d be surprised.
As the maps mostly show, the country is Red except some urban enclaves.
Growing up my NY suburb would make the Triangle look like Beijing.
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In reply to Barry.
They would if they weren’t all invested mostly through Funds.
Try getting your fund manager to sue the management of TGT.
Especially if they’re the one pushing ESG.
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In reply to kennycan.
She is paid to deliver the Fox news network ~~propaganda~~ lies. It’s that or get fired. I don’t care what she did before or what she looks like.
When a network fires it’s single biggest star for no reason other than he refuses to speak only the company lies, it will not tolerate anything outside the company line from anyone else. Any deviation you see is for the purpose of fooling the viewer, approved and planned, nothing more.
Has Fox ever explained how they made that Arizona call for Biden?
No, because they cannot. They made the call because the fix was in and they knew it. Trump just won so big it jeopardized the fix and made Fox look like the fakes they are. Fox is corrupt to the core and everyone they support is corrupt. Murdoch paid DeSantis millions if reports are accurate. The deal has remained undisclosed by Murdoch or DeSantis. Paid. The Government Man is a paid man.
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In reply to kennycan.
The only way someone under 55 or so makes a good president –
He hires people older to tell him what to do.
Experience is gained by time and a 40-50 year old ain’t got it.
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In reply to kennycan.
LOL. A NY “conservative is probably a middle of the roader in NC in most case. Some exceptions 🙂
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In reply to Barry.
Agreed. I saw the same thing as 27yo know nothing’s came into the Financial Markets in the 2000s.
Investing in “emerging markets” without any knowledge of the history of the booms and busts of that form of investing which had taken heads off in every investment cycle ever. Those that survived 20 years and 4 or 5 cycles were considered “dinosaurs” who didn’t know that “this time was different”.
I had the added advantage that, as a 27yo I was listening to those dinosaurs who had survived the 70s and Walter Wriston idiocy at Citibank and learning from them instead of dismissing them.
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When she worked with Trump she had a good command if the facts.
Now that she works for Fox she gets the facts wrong and the “mistake” is against the interests of Trump.
Hmmm.
Maybe she just gets paid to be pretty and deliver whatever she’s paid to deliver? And now she’s being paid to deliver NeverTrump?
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In reply to Barry.
Good news.
Perhaps the people leaving NY and coming here are actually on the conservative side! 😉 Ahem…
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Per the earlier conversation revolving around companies doing stupid shit –
Target stock continues to fall, 14 Billion wiped out so far:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12147451/Target-free-fall-Retail-giants-market-value-plunges-13billion-shares-drop-2-14.html
As more people discover the truth, they will continue to hemorrhage $$$.
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Continued winning in NC, this at UNC:
“The news comes months after the school’s board voted to ban DEI statements in promotions, tenure, hiring, and admissions decisions, The Daily Wire reported. The university said in the letter to FIRE that the DEI task force is being disbanded and the university isn’t implementing any of its recommendations.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-north-carolina-medical-school-disbands-dei-task-force-with-no-plan-to-implement-recommendations
Hat Tip: https://thelibertydaily.com/
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Well, I’m 70 and I can outwork and out think damn near all 35 year olds, so I don’t see an upper age limit as being meaningful. The problem isn’t old people running for office, it’s the dopes that vote for marxists and that includes most of the republican party. Outlaw them and you’ll have something useful.*
As for Trump, you would think after nearly seven (7) years you folks would figure out by now that Trump is a natural at politics and needs no help. Fox “news” is anti-Trump now even more than they were when they tried to sick Megyn Kelly on him. Sean Hannity’s girlfriend is just another Fox designated get Trump girl now. It doesn’t matter what she did in the past, if you work for Murdoch and Paul Ryan you will be anti Trumpor be gone. Witness Tucker Carlson who was never a Trump fan previously, and then the eyes began to open. Carlson, with the big cable audience had to go as a result. ANYONE not gone is simply part of the anti-Trump cabal.
This is elementary stuff, and as usual Trump has it right.
Fox news, along with the rest of the alphabet news, the GOP, and the democrats are all on the same side and that side is aligned with the globalist marxist/chinese cabal of crooks.
*after finishing my work day today I came home and dug large holes in the clay we have around here to plant new camellias. Just an “old man”, his shovel, and a wheelbarrow.
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“Clown World is getting clownier and clownier by the day. But Trump can hardly complain. This is what happens when you chicken out at the Rubicon”.
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I think the problem is that Trump is just a little bit of a sociopath. That’s not a huge criticism — most highly successful leaders score relatively high in sociopathy. It makes sense. One of the thing leaders must do is make decisions that are good for an organization but bad for an individual employee (or in the military, necessary for victory but bad for an individual soldier). It takes a bit of sociopathy to make those kinds of decisions, accepting the idea of hurting another person as the cost of success.
What this means is that sometimes these people will do things that seem OK from a tactical perspective without really giving full weight to the effect it might have on an individual. The feeling is that if it’s not a killer, it’s just not that big a deal, and any damage to the relationship can be cleaned up later. And if it’s not cleaned up, then the object didn’t deserve the consideration.
It’s easy for people like this to view others strongly in terms of usefulness and as assets rather than some sort of emotional relationships. And, outside of a small core group, everyone is an asset. People who work for and with these folk often misinterpret their relationship with the sociopath. Because they feel so little,sociopaths are masters at understanding and manipulating people, often giving the impression of being more invested in the relationship than the are.
That doesn’t mean that Trump doesn’t have good ideas. It doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have principles. But it means that he will use people and abuse them as he feels necessary. He’s been successful with these “mean tweets” in the past, so there’s no reason to stop as long as he gets a response.
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That would be the same John Hay who went on to become the Secretary of State under presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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“You can’t stop the signal.
You can never stop the signal.” – Mr. Universe
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Let’s be serious.
There is no “Second Battle Of Britain”.
Unless actual Brits begin shooting the invaders, there never will be.
And that’s why things are going so poorly for them.
Unless and until that changes, they’re destined for extinction.
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Man, what a beautiful shot that was!
And the mentally ill chick kept right on spreading whatever poison she was spreading.
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In reply to Mike.
Just make sure that busload ain’t operated by the (((((JOOOOOOOOZ!!!)))), and it’ll be alright.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Is the cat that scrambled your tongue Jewish, Mark?
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WTF
more woke BS
makes me want to go out and crank up the forge, make me an ork trimming sword
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These pricks suck,
at some point in the near future i bets we will have no choice but to go off the reservation, well that or kneel and lick boots, i can tell ya, i aint doin the latter
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“just hanging around, waiting for you fuckers to realize voting doesn’t work” I believe the meme says. Nothing the left (and that is every damned one of them in .gov) does changes anything for the better. The change will have to be facilitated by kinetic violence. I pray that it would not be so, but “hoping” isn’t a strategy. Time grows short and none of us is getting younger. This mess happened on our watch, and we should not leave it for our kids and grandkids to clean up. Besides, “TPTB” and elites have been asking for it, let’s give them what they want… good and hard.
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In reply to Barry.
Seems somewhat odd to me that ((((DEM JOOOOOZ!!!)))) would be so eager to have their own country overrun by…uhhh…Muslims. But then, that only underlines the sinister, unfathomable nature of the international ((((JOOOOOOO!!!)))) conspiracy, I suppose. Bastards.
Me, I think we have plenty enough enemies to be going on with as it is without having to make more up. But then, YMMV.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go and get the broom; there are (((((JOOOOOOOOZ!!!)))) under my bed, plotting to take over the house and then bring a busload of Mooselimbs over to live here.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
funny: Someone just sent me a picture of you with your obicularis oris firmly attached to Louis Farrakhan’s sphincter ani externus – should I post it online?
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Funny how I never see the Star of David on those transport vehicles. Maybe if you live in one of the cities with higher than average Jewish percentage you’ll see a few. Around here it is far more likely to be the catholic or baptist church vehicles. In fact I’ve never seen a Star of David on any vehicle.
So, prove your point, or it’s anti-Jewish propaganda.
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In reply to kennycan.
Lawyers, in general, are not all that intelligent. They may have good memory if they are some of the better ones. The study of law is pretty simple in reality, no real high intelligence is required.
Some of the lawyers I’ve run into over the years are just plain damn stupid.
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In reply to boron.
errata:
that’s ’38, not ’30 and Officers’ not Officer’s
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In reply to MarkMatis.
That “Star of David” (if you’ll just take the time to put on your glasses) you see has, at times, 7 points; meaning the “JEW STAR”s you see through your highly anti-Semitic-colored glasses are Law Enforcement Officer’s insignia, not the Mogen David.
Or are you just trying to incite a Kristallnacht like Adolf’s boys did back in November 1930.
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In reply to Barry.
Funny how many of the vehicles transporting the illegal alien terrorist invaders have stars of David on the driver’s side doors!
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In reply to Barry.
In a Country without Rule Of Law a lawyer is just an Enabler for Rule of Men.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Is it the Jews paying the Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches to aid the illegals?
Or would that be the federal government currently run by Catholics?
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Britain has been lost for a long time. We appear to be following them, but I have hope that the 1st and 2nd will end that decline at some point.
Then there is this – “…would likely have been looking forward to a “great future…I could see him being a lawyer or something.”
I did get a chuckle out of someone thinking a great future was being an ambulance chaser, or something.
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In reply to SteveF.
The corollary idea that “somewhere some men might be having fun without women to kill the buzz”.
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The funniest part is he didn’t even have to punch assassinate him with one to the head.
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Proving once again that no, there really is nothing they’re willing to just leave alone and let us have to ourselves—absolutely, positively NOTHING.
See also: Men’s activities and organizations and hobbies. Other than at work on hard, dirty jobs, there’s no place that men can get together and get away from women for a while.
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And yet none dare mention the Jews, who are FUNDING the illegal alien terrorist invasions of Western nations.
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So pissed about this. They don’t have any worthwhile culture of their own, so they appropriate Tolkein. Orcs.
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Concur on the movie, Mike.
The fog existing about the letter may be just time and distance as much as anything nefarious. Hard to know.
When I read of some of the great men, especially those from WW2, I’m always struck by the period in history from which these men rose. Marshall graduated VMI in 1901. They rode horses in 1901. From horse riding to war utilizing tanks, B-17’s, P-51’s, and aircraft carriers.Quite a life.
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In reply to kennycan.
I just wish the people that are supposedly on the side of right would point this out. It's one of the ways you know Fox news is truly meant to aid the left rather than conservatives.
Otherwise the actual game changing information would get out there, get hammered home. I'd bet more than half the country doesn't even know Target is targeting children with sexual deviancy.
In reply to Barry.
I don't think 99% of people realize how this is happening. That's why I'm publicizing it.
In reply to kennycan.
Yes, I know. Once people begin to understand what they are funding perhaps they will demand better. Losing money is not what they want their 401K's to do. And they are losing every day now.
At least Ann Coulter (bitch) will have someone to support. Maybe she'll forget about bitching about the Southern Border wall with Fatso running.
“I am the viable Trump alternative”
Cute, Fatso thinks he's got a chance in hell.
https://newrightnetwork.com/2023/05/new-chris-christie-group-forms-in-latest-sign-hes-running-for-president.html
In reply to Barry.
Almost all 401ks and pension funds etc have no other choices BUT mutual funds and etfs run by the 10 biggest fund managers.
In reply to kennycan.
Rich by the $$$ count. Poor by self worth. She’s a miserable old bitch.
The only people she “influences” are already lost.
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In reply to kennycan.
Yes, but eventually the people losing money will bail out of the programs that are losing them the money. There is no other choice short of a revolution.
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In reply to Barry.
And yet she is still rich and her husband still influential…
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But it does…
We do speak up.
We vote en masse to stop it.
Sure, locally we hope to stop it. We shall see…
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McCarthy (spit) is the negotiator, but congress gets to vote. So while McCarthy is a sack of marxist shit, so is anyone that votes for this. No one has to follow McCarthy’s lead.
I know most of them will because they are mostly all the same as McCarthy.
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I’m willing to help them achieve their goal then.
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I have been saying for 50 years, the left attempts to make the normal abnormal, and the abnormal normal.
None of this shit should be accepted by free people. None of this shit should go uncommented upon by free people. Speak up.
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In reply to Barry.
Target going under is the goal.
They walk away from looting the company of hundreds of millions of dollars and leave the company bankrupt.
Someone ELSE takes the loss.
Always play with OPM. Other People’s Money.
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In reply to Aesop.
Personally, I despise the bitch. She’s nothing but a $$$ whore.
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In reply to kennycan.
If the American people knew what was going on they could simply stop buying from the enemy. If the republican party wasn’t on the other side along wit fox news, they would know.
If half of targets customers stop being customers, target goes under.
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For the millionth time:
STOP. PLAYING. IN. THE. STREET.
Nothing you want will be won there.
Unless you’re bringing rifles and a basic load, and you’re heart-attack SERIOUS about stacking communist tyrants.
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In reply to kennycan.
Cf I just looked up the top shareholders of Target. The Top 20 are ALL funds and control nearly 27% of the shares.
Vanguard is 5 of the Top 20.
American is 4 of the 20.
Capital Group is 3 of the 20.
MFS is 2 of the 20.
State Street, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin are each 1 of the 20.
That’s 17 of the 20 in 8 fund managers.
11 fund managers for the top 20 in all that own more than 1/4 of the company.
UPDATE: Another source says 81.7% of holders are Institutions. 81.86% of the Free Float is held by Institutions.
Vanguard, State Street and Blackrock in total are holders in their funds of 24.1% of the shares.
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In reply to kennycan.
“The fund managers vote the shares, not the actual fund holders.”
This is something I know but hadn’t considered as the root cause of the problem. The funds ARE the majority holders, and so the funds are all you need to have control of.
IOW’s the 401K legislation was designed for this outcome…
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Gramsci.
Alinsky.
Cloward-Piven.
Unlike many of the revolutionaries who proposed violence to overthrow the American Republic, those people above and others thought if a different way.
Insert.yourself over a century into every controlling aspect of Society. From Libraries (Dewey) and Education (Dewey, Public Schools and even Bill Ayers) and Media and Big Tech, to Churches and Social Clubs, you take the lever of control of the Institutions that define and pass on the values of America and Americans. You proselytize that Marxism is “Equity” and Free Market Capitalism is Inequitable and Racist and Misogynist. As each generation becomes more indoctrinated they indoctrinate the next one by infiltrating more and more Institutions.
Now HR departments and marketing departments are almost 100% Leftist. Not only that but most shares of the S&P500 companies are held by the top 10 Fund Management Companies like Blackrock. The Boards and CEOs don’t work for and try to please the shareholders anymore. They are irrelevant. Those that control their futures are the Woke Fund Managers, the crazy Woke employees who will scream sexual harassment, the HR Departments that make sure your company is filled with Woke Crazies, and a handful of fellow Marxist billionaires who are controlled by or control Deep State.
Meanwhile, as these Boards and CEOs wreck their companies they pay themselves hundreds of millions and walk away filthy rich. They are often then appointed by the same system to be Independent Directors of other Companies and begin the process all over again.
Then there are the handful of Marketing Companies who pitch these ad campaigns…
All chock full of Woke.
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In reply to Barry.
Look at who are the largest shareholders in almost every single S&P 500 company in America.
They are Funds managed by 6-10 fund companies. Like Blackrock and Vanguard. The fund managers vote the shares, not the actual fund holders.
So the shareholders largely no longer have a say in the running of their own holdings. Fund Managers like Fink call up the CEO and tell them that they better get their ESG scores up or he will have to look at voting for an alternative slate of directors that may find a different CEO.
Likewise, Gates Foundation holds shares in many large companies and give them the same message.
Finally regulators can pressure banks who do business with them to pressure them on ESG. Or the regulators pressure them directly if they’re a regulated company.
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In reply to kennycan.
All these companies have stock holders. You would think they would be unhappy losing money.
I realize the leftists have taken over, I just don’t understand people losing $$$ and not putting an end to it.
Government is always the problem.
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In reply to Mike.
Lately I have trouble playing embedded videos. I get an “error occurred” message.
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In reply to Barry.
Two ways.
ESG scores get government “investigating” you or regulators chomping down on you.
The largest Fund Management Companies are run by Leftists and the shares they control in their Funds, even though they don’t own them, are used to vote these people in.
Fink at Blackrock is the most notorious.
Oh and then there are the Dynamic Woke Duo of Buffett and Gates pressuring CEOs.
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So much for that old saying:
“Would you rather be judged by twelve or carried by six?”
Makes no difference if you are in a shithole hive.
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In reply to Mike.
Well, I’ have listened to it on a few occasions, but yes, it’s all pretty mystifying to me 🙂
As we have discussed previously, I listen to WDAV quite a bit, which I always found to be the best classical station.
Beats me why I never took to the music instrument wise. It doesn’t fit my usual pattern of going all in until the next shiny penny comes along.
I did take drum lessons back around the age of 13. That ended when football practice began, as predicted by my dear Mother 🙂
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In reply to Barry.
Heh. You’d probably have a real problem, then, with Mozart’s Serenade No 10 for winds in Bb major, Barry, otherwise known as Il Gran Partita–one of the finest pieces of music I’ve ever had the good fortune of hearing. Mozart wrote two versions of it, one with string bass and one with contrabassoon instead. Although it’s not too terribly difficult to distinguish between the two; myself, I think the string bass version is not NEARLY as good, the bassoon is just a much better fit for the piece. The Serenade was immortalized in the film Amadeus thusly:
Note that the above vid features the version with contrabassoon. 😉
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I’m still left wondering “who”/
Who, what entity is pushing this shit. Who owns these CEO’s that do this stuff? And they have to be owned.
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In reply to kennycan.
“These Leftists are taking over the corporate boardrooms…”
I would like to understand how they are doing this. It’s being payed for by somebody.
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Gaetz threw me on this one. It seems out of character to the point I almost think it must be mis-attribution. He, of all people, should know about about criminal conduct among the authorities and judicial class. He should know better than to think “He stood before a jury. They had every Constitutional privilege afforded defendants.” is the same as the Soviet Union.
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There’s a Catch-22 here and once again the Left has devised a good heads I win, tails you lose plan.
Disney in my youth was wholesome family entertainment. Every kid I knew watched The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday evenings, usually with their parents. Also, Bud was the most popular beer for both white and blue collar alike. Chances are your Dad was drinking it and most of your friend’s Dads. From company picnics to backyard BBQ you were likely to find a Bud.
Similarly, Target seems to be akin to Sears or Woolworths back in my youth.
These Leftists are taking over the corporate boardrooms, paying themselves 7-8 figure paychecks, killing off these iconic brands and when they walk away they take 100s of millions of dollars with them.
I liken it to demon possession. The Leftists are possessing these companies and destroying them and getting rich in the process.
We need to find a way to exorcise these Demons without also killing the hosts.
Other things destroyed by Leftists? Professional Sports, one by one. Now they’re targeting College Sports.
This is The Commie playbook. Right out of Gramsci (March through the Institutions) and Cloward-Piven (overwhelm the systems).
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Not for nothing but announcing on Twitter instead of at a large Rally, and then getting only 387,000 is not exactly a stellar start.
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Huh, if I didn’t know it was a harp, because that’s what it says, just listening I would have said it was a piano. I am of course, musically challenged, so it doesn’t mean much.
I’ve never confused violin playing with bagpipes, but I’ve heard bagpipes played along with other instruments and thought momentarily it was a violin.
I suppose there are other instruments like that but I don’t know what they are.
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“When you read the arguments, they sound reasonable, they have a certain logic to them.”
I don’t find this to be true at all. The arguments put forth by the marxist left are pathetic, unreasonable and illogical.
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I see that Al Franken has gone back to his previous profession – stand-up comedy. The “donation” taken by Sotomayor, and her refusal to recuse herself in the case involving the donor, is a clear violation of judicial ethics: “Rule 1.2: Promoting Confidence in the Judiciary – A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality* of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety.” https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_code_of_judicial_conduct/mcjc_canon_1/rule1_2promotingconfidenceinthejudiciary/
Unfortunately, the US Supreme Court hasn’t adopted a code of ethics nor has there been one since it was created – here’s the closest that they have come to doing that – https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20to%20Chairman%20Durbin%2004.25.2023.pdf#page=2
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I see that Al Franken has gone back to his previous profession – stand-up comedy.
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Hmmmm, and if people call Brandon illegitimate, it’s “treason” and banned by social media, even though there’s much more data to prove that the 2020 election was rigged. I’m really happy every day I don’t have to hear anything about Al Franken.
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The First Christian Church in Katy, Texas doesn’t exactly conceal what they’re on about – https://www.fcckaty.com/transparentcloset/ “Transparent Closet Is a FREE clothing boutique designed for trans and exploring teens, youth and young adults to have a safe place for clothing needs and beyond. When you come to the closet you will be welcomed into a space just for you. Here you will find all kinds of clothes, undergarments, binders, hair accessories, style accessories, make-up and more.”
I assume that if parents take their kids there, they know exactly what they’re getting into, the church is quite open about it – https://www.fcckaty.com/lgbtq-ministries/
As for children being taken into bars where alcohol is served, there used to be laws forbidding that.
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Probably all five kid’s Dads did not live with them anymore.
It’s a sickness that afflicts the parents too, and usually the Mom.
In the sixties Pete Townshend joked in his lyrics:
One girl was called Jean-Marie
Another little girl was called Felicity
Another little girl was Sally-Joy
The other was me, and I’m a boy
My name is Bill and I’m a headcase
They practice making-up on my face
Yeah, I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
Spend evenings taking hairpins from my hair
I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But my ma won’t admit it
I’m a boy, I’m a boy
But if I say I am I get it
It’s no joke anymore.
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In reply to Mike.
Ha. I was a marine science major among several others. I suffered from the “shiny penny” syndrome, and would drop one thing and pursue something else whenever it suited me.
Marine Science though, not marine biology. We did study marine biology which is where I got extremely interested in the study of marine mammals and their sonar and communication capabilities. That study led me to study bats, also mammals of course, and their echo location sound capabilities. At the time I picked up on the bat study (early 70’s) there was very little written or understood about bats. Fascinating little buggers.And the study of bats led me to the study of other nocturnal animals, primarily owls.
I spent most of a year studying everything you could find on marine mammals and bats, both in school and outside.
One of the most amazing things you will ever hear is a humpback whale song, played at high speeds. Sounds like a bird chirping. If you haven’t read about the humpback songs (sung by males) that cover distances of a 1000 miles or more, give it a whorl on the internet. Really interesting stuff.
Long time ago though. A lot more research has gone on since the 70’s. I kept up with it for many years but haven’t closely for 30 years or more.
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In reply to Barry.
“having studied marine mammals extensively”
No shit, Barry? Dammit, you know I always wanted to lie to women about being a marine biologist. 😀
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In reply to Barry.
Science!
Well, Mengele style.
Rumor has it he has the best lampshades in DC…
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In reply to Barry.
Pull Pinnys strings some more LOL
You are the ugly one, you said so yourself, you look like Epstein. Maybe been to the island
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In reply to Barry.
That is UNC SURGEONS You are the liar
Chapel Hill is giving away the gender change shots every Wednesday and castrating 3 year olds
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2-Year-Olds Are Being Subjected to ‘Gender Affirming Care””It is not a choice in any of my patients.”May 5, 2023 by Daniel Greenfield 22 Comments
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The transgender movement claims that its members identify in some intangible way as being members of a different sex and that ‘feeling’ should override mere biology and science.
But as is usually the case with the Left, the goalposts don’t stay there, they move dramatically.
Attempts by Republicans and liberals to restrict the use of destructive forms of “gender-affirming care” from puberty blockers to radical surgery on minors have been met with hysteria and threats by everyone from Biden on down. 16-year-olds and then 12-year-olds, and then 8-year-olds, we are told, can meaningfully change gender and consent to drastic surgical procedures. But the goalposts keep moving down from there.
How far down?
Sloan Rachmuth at Education First NC profiles major “clinics” attached to medical facilities at universities that are dealing with 2 and 3-year-olds.
Duke Medicine opened its Gender Clinic in 2015 to offer a wide variety of services under one roof. The clinic treats children as young as two for gender dysphoria.
Dr. Deanna Adkins, a transgender activist who runs the clinic, said this about her toddler trans patients in an interview with the Charlotte Observer in 2016:
“They are not old enough to consciously just choose to do that. … It is not a choice in any of my patients.”…
A few miles down the road, at UNC Health, children as young as three can be evaluated for gender dysphoria. The clinic states it practices “gender affirming care” (gender transitioning) on its intake form:
Interested parents are assured on UNC’s website that a team of psychiatrists, endocrinologists, family doctors, and surgeons will collaborate to “affirm” their child’s gender.
How eager is UNC Health to “affirm” gender (i.e chemically sterilize and castrate)?
So eager that its medical school residents offer cross sex hormones for free every third Wednesday.
There’s plenty more at EdFirstNC’s site, but the upshot is that the transgender mutilation movement is well past the notion of any kind of meaningful choice, it’s just a supposed observed innate reality.
The transgender movement began by claiming that the ‘feelings’ of its members trumped biology and then went on to describe this sense as ‘gender identity’ and as being so innate that it can be detected in 2-year-olds.
There’s no actual science in this mix. It’s a grotesque set of abuses that in predictable fashion began with affirming choices to imposing them on the most vulnerable population…toddlers.
On the one hand, the transgender movement claims to be driven by the need to validate choices, and on the other, in a familiar narrative within the LGBTQ movement, claims that there are no actual choices, but that its form of identity is innate and all that’s left is to accept it or to discriminate against it, choice does not enter into it.
Who then determines that a 2-year-old is transgender? Transgender activists like Adkins, Muchaunsen-by-Proxy mothers who thrive on the attention (and I suppose grotesquely mutilating your children beats chopping them up into pieces and burying them Lori Vallow Daybell style, but not by that much) who track that unfortunate child into a life of dangerous drugs and unnecessary surgeries that will doom his chance of living any kind of normal life and vastly increase his chances of dying in his twenties or thirties of suicide or medical problems.
That an entire cultural and political movement and party have gone all in on this may be one of the most frightening things in American history.
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If anyone had any doubt the judiciary is as corrupt as the rest of the sordid corrupt government, this should lay that to rest.
No federal trials should be allowed to be conducted anywhere near DC. The jury pool are all commies, 90+% at least.
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I’m thinking the appropriate punishment for Fraudci would be to subject him to the same basic treatment he gave poor little beagles.
“Fauci’s NIH admits to cutting beagle puppies’ vocal cords to shut them up ‘as they were slowly eaten alive by sandflies’”
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3936408/faucis-nih-admits-to-cutting-puppies-vocal-cords/
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Sure, it’s a theory. One with little evidence to back it up. Sonar mapping of the seafloor has been going on for a very long time. I see no correlation between sonar use and dead mammals. There may be a link but it is unproven.
The “growing evidence” was growing prior to the increase in sonar use for sighting windmills.
I’m open to the idea that the increased activity is in part responsible, but having studied marine mammals extensively and their “sonar” capability’s I’m not seeing the death ray 🙂 aspect of this. Temporary confusion, perhaps even a push to leave the vicinity, but deadly? I’m not buying it.
How many dead whales should we expect to wash up on the beaches each year? It’s a fair question and we don’t really have an answer.
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Actually, if you read further on into the NYPost story, you see this:
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow president Craig Rucker said the push to build the wind farms comes “despite growing evidence that whales are being impacted by the preliminary sonar blasting being conducted to site windmills, as well as scores of the marine mammals washing up dead on beaches.”
Which—not being any kind of expert or anything, mind—makes perfect sense to me.
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An increase in marine mammals washing up on shore, dead or dying, began several years before the surveying and installation of windmills began along the east coast.
I wouldn’t rule out some correlation, but since no one can credibly say what the precise cause of death with respect to the windmills are, I tend to discount it myself.
Windmills are a boondoggle of gigantic proportions.
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More NC News:
Abortion after 12 weeks soon to be illegal:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/05/05/north-carolina-abortion-n2622887
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I’m in agreement with everything you said except #6.
We have no naval peers. Every other country is even worse, by an order of magnitude.
The sea level and above navy is a regional conflict group primarily. In a major conflict, a world war, the only part of the Navy that matters are the subs, the ballistic missile subs and fast attack subs. The fast attack subs could be used in regional conflict, but there better purpose is to shadow the other sides ballistic missile subs. And sink them if there is even a peep from an opening missile hatch/cover.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/us-most-dangerous-hunter-killer/
https://www.csp.navy.mil/SUBPAC-Commands/Submarines/Attack-Submarines/
https://www.csp.navy.mil/SUBPAC-Commands/Submarines/Ballistic-Missile-Submarines/
Those two groups of submarines are capable of destruction on a scale unimaginable, and it’s all done in around 30 minutes or so.
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1) The Navy has been running light in the loafers, institutionally, since the early 1970s and CNO Zumwalt.
2) It has never improved, only slid farther down the abyss year over year.
3) TPTB have spent the last 20 years not just pushing this, but robustly greasing the rails and skids.
4) Any sub-group, command, or commander who has resisted has been ruthlessly excised from the Navy, By Any Means Necessary.
5) If the admirals of the 1950s or 1960s had been handed this state of affairs, the entire surface fleet would have sailed up the Potomac, and shelled D.C. into rubble until their magazines were empty. The current crop hold a daily group hug, followed by a pride parade.
6) In order to face a peer adversary from here on out, we’ll have to attack the navy of Albania, or perhaps Uganda.
7) Just like the border situation, this is all exactly per plan by TPTB. The only enemies worth worrying about in this country since 1945 have always been the ones inside the perimeter.
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In reply to Big Expat.
I’ll believe that when it actually happens.
RUMINT is always worth every penny you pay for it.
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As I’ve been saying for the last year or longer, the GOPe plan (that DeSantis is a party to) is to make Trump ineligible to run in the primary. My thinking has been that they might have dropped this because it would be the end of the republican party.
I’m beginning to smell the end coming, and I’m not the only one noticing it now.
GOP Challengers Telling Donors Trump Will Be Taken Out of Race
Let’s be clear – The R party nomination in a normal and fair process would not even be close, with Donald Trump the certain and overwhelming winner. The only way any challenger has a chance is if the party removes Trump from the primary race.
There is a reason DeSantis had one sentence to say about the corrupt and illegal FIB/DOJ raid on Trump’s home, Mar A Lago. There is a reason DeSantis took the money from Rupert Murdoch. There is a reason DeSantis hasn’t said one damn word about the firing of Tucker Carlson by Rupert Murdoch.
This is deep state engineering, and the GOPe is a solid part of the deep state.
Don’t be a party to it. Use your brains. If it smells like deep state shit, it’s because it is deep state shit.
Every part of this, from the russia collusion hoax, to the Ukraine phone call impeachment hoax, to backing certain people at the primary level has the fingerprints of the republican party all over it.
DeSantis drinks bud lite and watches Mickey Mouse. And the GOPe only cares about stopping Trump. They could care less if another demonic marxist democrat holds office in the WH.
Only you can make them pay.
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All of this is designed to leave America effectively defenseless.
We are in for a lot more serious shit than some goat humpers kicking our azzes from half a world away.
Time to break out the original version of Red Dawn and brush up on the Guerilla Tactics…
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In reply to kennycan.
Ditto. I almost voted Perot anyway. I didn’t care much for Bush, but I thought Perot was a bit nutty. Perhaps he was, and he’d still have been better than Bush, or certainly Clinton*.
*And I don’t think Perot was the reason Bush lost like some claim. The electoral vote and where they came from indicate to me that Clinton lost just as much as Bush did. “Read My Lips”, Bush’s own words were what sunk him.
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In reply to Barry.
If I could go back and vote for Perot, I would.
That was 30 years ago. I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.
In fact, seeing the world more for what it is than taking their word for it because they claimed to be “conservative”.
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In reply to John Wilder.
It’s NEVER about what they say it’s about.
It’s ALWAYS about them Getting More Power and Control.
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In reply to kennycan.
Not to take away credit due, but it became clear that Bush had no intention of doing what was expedient. It was just another war boondoggle like Ike warned us about. Bill certainly saw it early.
I now view the entire Bush family as anti-American traitors.
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In reply to Barry.
Well, Tucker, Welcome to the Party, Pal.
To his credit Bill Quick was commenting about Iraq as far back as 2005-6.
It has been clearer and clearer that War and Economic Malaise (and now Collapse) are their Agenda, not the opposite.
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In reply to kennycan.
I watched the entire thing a few days ago. It’s pretty clear he is disgusted that he didn’t see things clearly in the past.
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In reply to kennycan.
Yea, what I’ve read from him always seems spot on. I noticed multiple comments…
The gun pic’s pretty good 🙂
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In reply to Jaybo.
You’re a sick, perverted, twisted and demented clown.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Eat more of your own excrement, liar.
They are all doing what? As is typical for every marxist moron on the planet you tell lie after lie, never with any proof, just your utter and complete dishonesty.
You’re a fucking clown, mentally defective, leftist loon.
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From a couple of weeks ago:
Tucker unfiltered addressing how he got things wrong and who’s really in control. Took place a few weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/ljSpRNssF2
— TexasLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) April 24, 2023
Carlson says he has woken up to the fact that he’s spent his whole life in a world in which the media were lying to us. He says he’s ashamed.
It’s less than 2 minutes. Watch it.
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In reply to Barry.
My feeling was that the CIA/FBI had an idea an attack was coming. When and where and perhaps how, not so much.
But they had broken Bojinka. Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others of his group had a plan to hijack planes in Asia and use them as kamikaze to attack cities, perhaps as far as West Coast US. The ring was broken up in the Philippines. A lot of operational planning for 9/11 was at meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malysia.
They had reports from several sources about Muslims wanting to learn to fly but not land.
They had Moussaoui in custody because of that, in Minnesota, but inexplicably would not allow them to break in and search his laptop.
Every single one of the other 19 were on the FBI radar and easily identified within 24 hours of the attack. Reminds one of the Known Wolves phenomenon we have seen in the 20 years since.
Plus we know that the TX Comic Convention Shooter was driven to the place by FBI and was pushed by the FBI!
They claim they had so much intel that those things were just noise that couldn’t be tied together.
Which worked out very conveniently as the premise for creating DHS to “coordinate” the intel from various sources.
They claim. How…conveeeeeeenient. As Monty Burns might way.
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I didn’t hear him say that, so I think he was being hyperbolic and outrageous to make a point.
Why can’t I even ASK the question. Then you can run through the science and other things and we commit journalism that way.
Then either a conspiracy theory is either truly shown to be false OR true.
The main point was, “why can’t I ask that?”. As a journalist he should be able to ask that and hopefully get to a reasonable answer either way.
What he is upset about is that there are so many things one CAN’T ask about. The Election Fraud, Ray Epps, Other FBI working on J6 that were running a false flag, etc etc.
Here is the sentence I think says he’s not really believing in the 7 WTC Collapse Conspiracy, just that one can’t even ask about it:
I don’t really understand. Do buildings actually collapse? No, they—maybe they do. I don’t know.
Bold Emphasis mine. It sounds like self-deprecating pretend ignorance to make a point.
I wish I could actually see him say this in context of the larger picture.
Otherwise, this could just be a Trump Said To Drink Bleach moment.
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The swamp are sociopaths so they don’t care and are out of touch. I don’t worry because the clue bat always works and will be utilized soon.
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Can’t say what’s in Carlson’s mind, but I didn’t take that as anything more than what it was, an acknowledgement that discussion of some things is off the table, and shouldn’t be. The reason it’s “off the table” is because it involves our government as pure evil. Which is the wrong reason since our government is pure evil.
Most of the nutcase theory’s are just that, nutcase theory, none of which hold up to the tiniest bit of scrutiny involving physics.
OTOH, I find some of the new revelations about possible government involvement with the Saudi’s that were involved worth a lot more investigation.
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In reply to Jaybo.
The clown shows up to prove it’s still a clown.
Not one thing you type on your keyboard is true.
STFU yourself you ugly clown.
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In reply to Barry.
hahahahahahh just like Mitch did when they held exec and both houses.
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In reply to Barry.
No Pinnoccio is a puppet dumbass. Look in the mirror your denial is unbelievable.
They are ALL doing the million dollar surgeries moron. It is all about money.
And getting someone elected is not going to change anything, McConnell must be your hero LOL
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In reply to Tommyboy.
And go hungry in the dark just before they freeze to death.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12044159/Navy-SEAL-killed-Bin-Laden-angry-Pentagon-using-drag-queen-recruitment-program.html
Nuff Said
Got a call tonight from “The Gunny”
The SEALs are about to quit in droves and/or Mutiny
It’ll be GLORIOUS
Go Navy, Stack ’em High!!!
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“On the street, politicians trying to overcome woke insanity have limited themselves, at most, to rolling back the insanity. They have not expressed a new vision for America that unites religious and secular conservatives.”
Well, we had one politician that did so. Served as president for 4 years, re-elected in a landslide victory that was then stolen, and we allowed it.
You overcome the cultural insanity bit by bit, stae by state. That is happening, it’s just slow.
At the federal level you do it economically. You reign in china with tariffs, increasing over time. You bring back $$$ stashed oversea’s through tax policy. You reduce taxes across the board, especially on the middle class. You stop American entanglement in corrupt foreign countries, cutting out the political graft. You force our “allies” to start paying their share of the common defense and to reciprocate on trade policy.
You do those things and economic growth will occur, which will allow us to fix the economic debt problem we have, and people in this country will once again have a wealthy American middle class.
Only one man since Eisenhower has ever had this clear vision, and he proved it would work. And he remains a pariah among far too many for doing exactly what is required.
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In reply to kennycan.
Funny you should mention it, Kenny. I have a post I’ve been working on the last cpl days on that very subject, which I was just about to put up. Great minds, eh? 😉
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In reply to Mike.
OK, thanks. I’ll get something in your Gab account in the next few days.
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In reply to Mike.
Ain’t it the truth. Good place to start a penal island…
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In reply to Barry.
Australia’s just crammed full of strange critters. Nice to know that not all of ’em are deadly, and/or mean. 😉
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In reply to Mike.
Grabs your attention without overwhelming anything else.
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In reply to Barry.
Hmm. Hard to say, Barry, since I can’t remember what kind of percentage they take out for the Substack thing. IIRC, though, Substack gets a piece, then Stripe takes their pound of flesh as well, so direct donation is probably the way to go, I’m thinking. Thanks so much for asking.
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I thought it was flying squirrel until I read further. Cute little buggers.
Pretty special to have one trained to fly to your hand like that.
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In reply to kennycan.
“Well, at least I haven’t come back to THINK about that one …yet.”
I know, same here, but I’m starting to think that maybe, just maybe…
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In reply to Mike.
Which reminds me, a question –
If I subscribe to Eyrie, paid I mean, is that as good as direct donations? Does the host get a large cut?
Tell me which you would prefer is what I’m asking…
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In reply to Barry.
Drifter is a bit of a weirdo sometimes (for instance, he upvotes himself and replies to himself a lot 😀) but the crux of what he says is pretty much spot on.
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Sundown was written about backup singer/groupie/dealer/sidepiece Cathy Smith, who shot up John Belushi with the speedball that took his life.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Article written by Niclole Dominique:
“Nicole (Nikki) is known for her commentaries on culture, politics, and theories. She has many hobbies and interests ranging from ancient civilizations and their practices to anime, video games, psychology, and herbal remedies.”
In other words, the author of the article has no expertise in the field of medicine, in fact it appears she has no expertise in anything, just “hobbies and interests”.
The UNC part she reports on is from the school of psychology and comports with my statement from months ago – “I find no evidence the UNC school of medicine is performing surgery for gender alterations on children”. Maybe they are, but it’s not in this pathetic article which uses the following wording for its descriptions:
“UNC Health is reportedly…” Reportedly. I report Jaybo is insane. True?
“On their official website…” It’s been scrubbed, likely because it was never a School of Medicine directive
And then this little tidbit – “Luckily, this only applies to those who are adults, but who knows what will happen in the future.”
So, first, the author is full of shit, has no business writing on a subject she knows nothing about. 2nd, there is nothing in this article about UNC medical performing any gender surgery on children.
We are left with the basic fact that East Carolina University is the school confirmed to be performing gender altering surgery on children. But rather than complaining to the school there, you are intent upon trying to prove something else, to smear the reporter of the facts by smearing UNC.
I’m for putting a halt to all of this shit at every damn school and medical facility in the state. That should be done through the legislature.
Your rantings are nothing but those of a lunatic. Get some help. Maybe you can get them to transition you to a man.
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In reply to Jaybo.
You are a sick twisted lying piece of shit.
Several people here actually know myself and Kenny. Only you are stupid enough to think it’s one person, but then among your mental issues perhaps you have a split personality as well.
With respect to your comment about UNC, since there is nothing posted by you to read, I’ll assume you are referencing a recent report on dook, UNC, and ECU with respect to gender BS in children –
I never said UNC wasn’t doing anything with respect to the BS gender issue, I said I could find no evidence they were performing surgical operations on children like they are at ECU. And that particular article doesn’t say they do either. SO, just more of your absolute bullshit.
Go get help. You need a lot of it.
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In reply to Barry.
You pos said Chapel Hell was not doing this. Looks like ECU has one year of restraint on your commies. I am at least smart enough not to defend my alma mater they suck like every other state school that have been taken over.
And we know you are Pinny are the same person.
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In reply to Barry.
And more:
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/05/02/performing-trans-surgery-on-children-prescribing-puberty-blockers-now-a-felony-in-oklahoma/
Stitt for VP, then president.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Mentally defective shows up to humiliate itself once again.
Pinocchio is a story about a kid whose nose grows with every lie told. That would make you the Pinocchio, with a nose a mile long.
Real fine comment. I gave you an upvote. Because it’s true, Pinocchio is back every time you pop your defective self into the picture.
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In reply to Mike.
Hmm, I know a Woltz and a Hutchens, probably all unrelated, but I’ll have to check.
Interesting, the people you meet when you are in front of them performing.
Formula One as in racing? That’s a pretty difficult level to rise to.
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With all the tributes going around, I’d love to mention Gord’s OTHER shipwreck song. And one that I prefer to Edmund
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Came across his story a few years ago. Adopted him as my near geriatric hero. If we in that age group can accomplish half of what he did our country will be in good hands.
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In reply to Mike.
In fact, now that I think of it, that night at Heartbreak with Scott was also the night I met, hung out with, and humiliated myself by attempting to dance with the lovely Belinda Carlisle, fresh off her painful breakup with LA Dodger infielder Steve Sax. Belinda was to make a surprise guest appearance onstage at the Roseland show, even offering to have her limo scoop me up and bring me to Roseland, so nicely had we hit it off at Heartbreak the night before–an offer I summarily declined, for some insane reason. Talk about your Heartbreaks…heh.
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In reply to Barry.
Funny you should mention old Joob, Barry. As it happens, one of my good, longtime friends in CLT is a direct descendant of his. In addition to being an old-school biker and patch-holder with the Mystic 7 MC down in FLA, Fred is a wealthy stockbroker, now retired, as well as a former Formula One racer. An interesting fella for sure, a real character.
Fred has only one (1) tattoo, a small F.E.W above his left wrist, normally concealed underneath his watch band. He showed it to me years ago, explaining that it was his initials: Fred Early Woltz. He’s an Unreconstructed Southron for sure and certain, even though he maintains a super-nice condo in NYC, as well as his places at Lake Norman and down in FLA. He’s damned proud of his Confederate heritage. Used to take me out on the fast-as-hell cigarette boat he keeps up at the Lake Norman place, too.
I never will forget, in the early days of my friendship with him, one of the first times we played at Rodeo Bar in NYC. In the middle of the set, here comes good old Fred pounding right up the center aisle to the stage with a small entourage of fellow Charlotteans in trail, most of whom I was friends with too: Rick Hutchens and Gene Tucker, among a handful of other familiar CLT faces. They’d all been to a bazillion of our Double Door shows, yeah, but seeing their grinning mugs roll up at Rodeo blew my mind completely, and made my night for sure. I joshed him about that forever after, in fact.
They had decided only that day, a complete wild-hair notion, to fly up for the show in support of the local boys making good, then overnight at the NYC condo, which at that time I didn’t even know he had.
Which reminds me that I need to give old Fred a call; haven’t talked to him in far too long, what with this, that, and the other damned thing piling up on me like they have, and will do.
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In reply to Mike.
There were several opportunities even though the South was outgunned and out manned. No chance in a long war, which it turned out to be. OTOH, Jubal Early came close:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-washington-dc-came-close-to-being-conquered-by-the-confederacy-180951994/
When Lee went northward, crossing the Potomac in 1862, there was an opportunity, one that required the “luck” mentioned earlier.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Y’know, as a Birkenstock-shod hippie-type folk artist from the 60s-70s–an outdoorsy, Gaia-worshipping Canadian, for Chrissakes–one would naturally assume that Lightfoot was a dyed-in-the-wool, hardcore Leftist. But I can’t really recall him ever discussing his political leanings at all. Although admittedly, I could very well have missed it.
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Summer Side of Life is my favorite:
And listening to The Canadian Railroad Trilogy still gives me chills. It’s a great tribute to capital and workers.
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In reply to Barry.
“A little better luck and the first time would have gone our way.”
Nah, not really, Barr. With Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond being the primary, effectively our only, iron-processing, plate armor, and cannon-building facility (it’s one of the main reasons the CSA capitol was moved from Alabama to Richmond), the outcome was pretty much a foregone conclusion. Too close to Washington, therefore too easy for Grant to get at. The Union would’ve had a much rougher go of it if the CSA had left the Capitol down in Allybammer.
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In reply to Mike.
“…ask any Southerner how that worked out in the end.”
2nd time’s the charm 🙂
A little better luck and the first time would have gone our way.
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In reply to Aesop.
As I’ve said about eighty-bazillion times, the idea that FederalGovCo would ever permit a state to peaceably secede–yes, even Texas, which might have an actual right to do so written into its State Constitution; there’s still plenty of debate and uncertainty about that–is beyond ludicrous.
The tax money, the military bases and equipment, all that land the dotgov seized by Imperial decree–they’re gonna just give all that up without a fight? PUH-LEEEZE.
We tried it once already; ask any Southerner how that worked out in the end. As if the goobermint had become less tyrannical, less greedy, and less control-mad since 1860. Umm, yeah, NO.
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In reply to Aesop.
What he said.
RIP, Mr Lightfoot. Your fine music will live forever.
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“Secession”?!?
The concept is quite simply too retarded to even mention.
Doing so is in the dictionary under “How to tell me you’re retarded, without telling me you’re retarded.”
From where would anyone “secede”?
TO where?
There’s no safe space, and nothing you will ever hold.
Civil war? Absolutely, to an almost metaphysical certainty.
Block to block, house to house, and room to room, times 50 states and seven territories.
That is why the very idea of “secession” is utterly simplistic retarded bullshit.
Call me after six months of that, and then you can start talking about secession.
But it’s going to be ongoing, until there’s only one side left, everywhere.
Because neither side can afford to let the other one abide.
You don’t secede from cancer.
You poison it, burn it, or you chop it out.
So it will be when civil war is finally unleashed.
‘s gonna make the last one, under relative Marquess of Queensbury Rules, look like a church picnic food fight.
The coming one isn’t a brother war.
It’s a war of existential existence versus total extermination.
Both sides may lose.
But only one side is going to survive.
Necessarily.
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The list of classic Gordon Lightfoot music is damned near everything he ever recorded.
Just his Top Ten would dwarf most people’s and group’s entire catalogs.
And none of them, AFAIK, have suffered a whit with age.
Not bad for one guy with a guitar.
84 years?
One helluva run.
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“GUT” the federal bureaucracy…
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/05/01/scotus-grants-review-of-case-that-will-gut-the-federal-bureaucracy-n739579
Little by little.
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In reply to Skeptic.
That works better if you’re Energy Independent.
It where’s the War Profiteering in that?
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I remember when the FIB raided Mar a Lago how DeSantis said virtually nothing and hid out for a week.
Perhaps some of you DeSantis fans could point out where he has commented on the firing of Tucker Carlson. Maybe I missed it.
Maybe Murdoch’s payment to DeSantis means he’s bought.
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Sundance explains how it works – and who is the only man to address the perverted policy of American destruction.
I suggest you read it in it’s entirety –
Sunday Talks, NBC’s Gleeful Chuck Todd Promotes the Big Trap
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He still isn’t all of the way there if he thinks that prayer is any sort of a solution.
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Back in the last century, when I was a student at the university, I studied among other things, geology, climatology and meteorology. Geology was important because one of the items we studied was the geologic history of the earth, including climate.
In the early/mid 70’s the climate scam was the coming ice age. Global cooling.
My girlfriends mother who knew I was studying climate related stuff asked me in the fall of 1974 if I thought she should purchase extra fuel oil. When I asked why, she told me the news was telling people a new ice age was coming…
I explained the truth and she was happy.
Everyone connected with the global warming scam is either dumber than dog poop, lying, or both. Every single bit of it is a scam.
We have no idea what the earth’s “temperature” is right now, much less what it was 10 million years ago or 50,000 years ago. We know only that it was a cold period or a warm period with a range of temperatures that fall in those type climates.
Every bit of the global warming data is fake. Every damn bit of it. They don’t even know what the weather will be next month.
Every government pushing this shit is lying through their teeth, which tells you what kind of government we have.
Global warming got discredited so they switched to “climate change”. How cute those bastards are. When they claim people are climate change deniers they know damn well there is no one like that. Every damn person that has ever been outside knows the climate changes, hour to hour, day to day, season to season, year to year, and everyone has heard there have been ice ages and warm periods, all a part of normal climate change.
Everything they do is fake, every word they speak a lie.
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It is a hatred for humanity. Leftists look through two lenses when reviewing anything: empathy and equity. That makes them hate themselves at the expense of their own. How better to express that hate than to want to pull down all of civilization?
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Any US serviceman that has been in a firefight that has heard those twin turbo fan engines then the “BRrrrrrrrrr” of the GAU-8 is a fan of the A-10.
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In reply to Mike.
Well, I appreciate it, but I didn’t do much. I’m just glad you found a solution to the sordid mess.
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In reply to Barry.
Check out the update to the “Comments policy” over in the sidebar, Barr. I plugged ya, as Kelly Bundy once said to Al, drawing an anguished groan in response: “You sure did, pumpkin.” 😉
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In reply to Illinois Hound.
Yep, just like new cars, pretty difficult to work on them these days.
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In reply to Mike.
OHOHOHOH! Gotta do an update to this post, you won’t even believe what I just found.
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Pretty sure I’ve told this story before here, but back when the band was regularly traveling from NC to NYC for shows, we always took the back way up the spine of the Shenandoah on 81, through Harrisburg, and then on into a stretch paralleling a mountainous area with a USANG base close by (Fort Indiantown Gap, I believe it was). The base had A10s attached, and quite often we’d see a flight of ‘Hogs practicing attack weaves, crisscrossing low and slow from one side of the mountains up over the crest to the other and back again.
We’d all watch this airshow completely spellbound, which is when it occurred to me how truly awful it must be to be a ground-pounding camel-humper being hunted by one of those truly magnificent bastards. Bet there’s been whole damned laundry-trucks’ worth of djellabahs ended up smeared in fresh-squeezed shit by guys in that unenviable position. If not, then they were just too stupid to live anyhow.
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Great plane. Would look better in the USA than in the middle east, though. Why don’t we just let the ragheads do whatever they want to each other and stop letting any of them into the USA?
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It’s not so much the plane that won’t die as the gun that won’t die. Oh, and there’s a plane wrapped around the gun.
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This is really a non-issue. These tractors are now controlled by computers to the point it would cost thousands of dollars in equipment and training to be able to work on them to alter the software.
If an owner were to change the software to increase Hp or alter emissions it would void the warranty just like it did years ago when someone cut the lock on the injector pump to increase Hp.
Yes, the law now says you can work on it. How are you going to do that when the manufacturer refuses to provide the training or computer interface to non-dealers?
I’m a retired engineer that worked on tractors (not Deere) so I do know a bit about these systems.
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In reply to Barry.
So if the death penalty is appropriate then how is pushing for it to be made legal NOT inappropriate?
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I’ll end my comments on this with a summary:
From our host:
Oh, I’d say it’s time, and past time, that this evil was dealt with by much harsher measures than just calling it names. This, and all too many other evils along with it. But maybe that’s just me; as I always say, your mileage may certainly vary.
Did somebody say “evil” just now? Why yes; yes, somebody did.
We all know Evil when we see it. Tucker Carlson nails it when he says that people advocating for destroying civil society are really just Evil People.
Every Society has moral codes that prohibit Murder, Rape, Incest, Theft, Assault, etc. These are no brainers. But the most egregious of all crimes that every Society has as a line not to be crossed is the abuse of Minors. From physical and mental abuse to sexualization and pedophilia of Minors, we ALL recognize it was wrong if we are normal, sane people. Throughout our History THIS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuFu7UWWYAQi9Vx?format=jpg&name=medium (the picture of the naked, whatever, and the child, in case it doesn’t load well)
has been considered reprehensible.
What possible explanation can there be for wanting to teach 3rd graders and younger about switching genders, gender reassignment surgery, the alternative Trans lifestyle and then adding drag queens and other mentally ill people into that mix to underscore the point except that the people pushing this are Evil and/or Insane?
As far as I am concerned this goes beyond an argument over what I “like” and “don’t like”. You cannot “like” something like this in Society and have that Society remain morally grounded. Hence the Society itself will collapse.
Do you want to see American Society collapse into a heap of perversions, immorality and eventually death and destruction of the Ideals that underpin it? Then why are you OK with Disney advocating for it.
The Constitution is not a Suicide Pact.
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In reply to Barry.
Yes, they do. There is a group of Political Operatives working with Corporations to subvert our Republic and Constitution.
Disney in many ways aided the Stolen Election as they are one of the biggest purveyors of “news” with all the media they own.
They do this for the same reason they oppose this law, which has no logical way to oppose it except to push for sexualization of 3rd graders and under.
Can you give me the political grounds for opposing this Law other than they WANT teachers to be able to sexualize and groom 3rd graders?
Is there any way you see that there could be a difference of opinion about whether sexualizing and grooming 3rd graders such as this is an issue in which “I don’t like something” and THAT is the only reason it should be made illegal.
What if I don’t like 3rd Graders practicing The Nudist Lifestyle. If someone does like that, is it simply a difference of opinion? Or are those people advocating for dancing around with 3rd graders naked?
Every Society has to have moral norms that must be followed or Society breaks down (which is what they want, besides the pedo aspect).
Murder, theft, arson, assault and pedophilia and other injurious behavior against minors who don’t have the ability to consent HAVE TO BE ILLEGAL. I’m sure we can come up with a few other Must Haves laws as we discuss this.
Is there then NOTHING that can not be immoral on its face and hence MUST be illegal?
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In reply to kennycan.
Tried and convicted of “corrupting minors”.
I’ve heard this all before.
You’re arguing morality and that is not the argument. That’s a separate issue.
As far as I’m concerned the death penalty is appropriate for someone sexually abusing a child.
What age is a child?
What is abuse?
Those are all questions of law. And they have nothing to do with this case. Disney has a right to state what they believe. And the state of Florida is punishing them for stating that.
Nothing else matters, everything else is already clear under Florida law. And that law applies even in special economic districts.
We’re beating a dead horse here.
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In reply to SteveF.
“Not much of a choice…”
That may be, but if it’s not caused by the government then you shouldn’t look to the government for a solution.
Don’t buy their product. Someone else will make what people will purchase.
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In reply to Barry.
More on Reedy Creek:
The Reedy Creek Improvement Act, otherwise known as House Bill No. 486,[1] was a law introduced and passed in the U.S. state of Florida in 1967 which established the area surrounding the Walt Disney World Resort (the Reedy Creek Improvement District) as its own governmental authority, granting it the same authority and responsibilities as a county government.
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In reply to Barry.
Did you watch it?
This is clearly about more than legislation that frankly didn’t need to be passed since it’s obvious on it’s face that you don’t teach sex to 3rd graders and younger. Plus, it’s not about teaching sex, it’s about teachers pushing sex and orientation issues onto minors who are naive and subject to manipulation at that age.
We are a sick society and the need for this legislation is an indicator.
This is not a political issue and it’s NOT about a law.
Watch the video.
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In reply to Barry.
Was the election of Biteme “legal”?
Our governments do plenty of illegal things now that no one challenges or can challenge.
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For what it’s worth, they, faux news higher ups, aren’t that stupid. They knew what was going to happen, they just don’t care. They believe time will heal the wounds…
I hope “they” are wrong, but so far it appears they’ve only lost half their audience. What’s wrong with the half still watching?
And I haven’t noticed anyone else resigning in protest.
Faux news will weather the storm it appears.
Sad.
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In reply to kennycan.
I disagree, so do the rest of the states since they all do this. I don’t like it, the special provisions, as I said in the beginning, but that doesn’t make it illegal. Clearly it is not.
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In reply to kennycan.
The state of Florida is not claiming their own laws violate the constitution. It was the state that granted the powers to Disney.
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In reply to kennycan.
Evil it is. Which has zero to do with Florida trying to reign in Disney. They didn’t start this until Disney dared to criticize the Gov.
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In reply to kennycan.
Why does any business get special perks from government? It occurs at the state level, the county level, and on down to the cities.
$$$ Governments give up one thing to get another.
Their reasoning? Simple, they would have built somewhere else that offered better advantages, They took the no inspections since they are constantly expanding. No need to wait on an inspector from the county, no need to put up with the inspection BS.
That’s all I know. Money changes hands and when it doesn’t everything is slow walked.
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In reply to Barry.
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In reply to Barry.
Exactly. So what is the reasoning for allowing them to exempt that greenhouse?
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In reply to Barry.
Yes, they are. Reedy Creek was above the law.
The residents there didn’t elect their local government. That’s first amongst above the local law.
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In reply to Barry.
They aren’t making the argument, but the argument is true.
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In reply to Barry.
Did you watch Tucker? Do you see how he explained what Disney is advocating is NOT a political position, it is EVIL?
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As Iron Bear often mentioned to me, Gov Stitt of OK doesn’t get the credit he deserves.
How it’s done:
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/stitt-indicates-vetoes-will-continue-until-school-choice-tax-cuts-pass
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In reply to kennycan.
Just to be clear on this subject, the state of Florida is not making an argument that special status they carved out years ago is unconstitutional, they are trying to remove the status solely because Disney criticized legislation designed to restrict schools from ~~promoting~~ teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. (Before that issue there was the state stopping disney from requiring it’s employee’s get vaccinated I believe)
The whole flare up with Disney is a result of their criticism of DeSantis and the bill. The state will lose in the court because it is the state being arbitrary and capricious. It’s retaliation, and DeSantis’s own words will be used to prove that.
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In reply to kennycan.
“It’s like the States are free to have segregated lunch counters or something as a “carve out”.
Now they are using their Governmental Status to use Reedy Creek as a place to protect pedos.”
As I already stated, these special zones are not above state law. State (and federal) law is still applied, and equally so.
Disney is no more allowed to “protect pedos” than they are to commit murders. It’s against the law to murder someone and it’s against the law to sexually molest children.
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In reply to kennycan.
States are free to do as they please except when it violates the constitution.
What is the violation you see? It is not the Equal Protection clause of the 14th IMO.
“Equal protection forces a state to govern impartially—not draw distinctions between individuals solely on differences that are irrelevant to a legitimate governmental objective. ”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/equal_protection
Special governing zones, economic development zones are all allowed.
The case can be made that the 14th protects Disney from what some see as an arbitrary and capricious attack by DeSantis upon them. If you carve out legal exceptions in an area and then pull them back because you don’t like something they said…
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In reply to kennycan.
I already watched Tucker.
“There are some lines society can’t allowed to be crossed and the Constitution is not a license to cross those lines.”
Clarify this. Not what you object to, but how you wish to enforce your beliefs upon someone else. Explain how you are going to follow the constitution and enforce those beliefs.
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In reply to kennycan.
My property is private property and I have to conform to and be subjected to county and state building codes including inspections. The greenhouse does not.
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In reply to Barry.
Not just the Government, but the Government in Cahoots with certain Corporations. Of course, the government is pressuring the corporations sometimes. Sometimes they’re just run by the same group of freaks.
Oh and Tucker also addresses the issue of the people who push the “what pronoun” garbage.
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In reply to Barry.
But they have to give Equal Protection and ensure a Republican form of Government. Those on Reedy Creek Private Property that have Disney as their Government have neither.
It’s like the States are free to have segregated lunch counters or something as a “carve out”.
Now they are using their Governmental Status to use Reedy Creek as a place to protect pedos.
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I am for academic freedom. OTOH, if I’m paying the bills then I get a say in what the academics are. That’s our freedom:
700 Professors at UNC Oppose Teaching USA’s Founding Documents
“We, the undersigned UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, are alarmed by the interference and overreach of the North Carolina legislature, the UNC System Board of Governors, and the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees whose actions violate the principles of academic freedom and shared governance that undergird higher education in N.C. and the U.S.”
Well, hey undersigned, Fuck You. It is the citizens of North Carolina that fund the UNC system including the school in Chapel Hill. We get, through our legislature, Board of Governors, and Board of Trustee’s, to set the policy that WE PAY FOR.
If you don’t like it feel free to resign and move elsewhere.
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In reply to Barry.
They didn’t shut DIS speech down. They are still advocating for what they advocate for and that is Grooming and Molesting (mutilating is molestation) of children who can’t legally give informed consent. They want to have it so parents aren’t even informed. Frankly, they are also pushing things like Drag Queen Story Hour (which is basically corruption of a minor and reprehensible) on their Property.
There are some lines society can’t allowed to be crossed and the Constitution is not a license to cross those lines.
Watch what Tucker says on that video I provided from about 21:00 to 27:00 minutes in.
We’re allowing the Constitution to be protection for crossing a very dangerous line.
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In reply to Barry.
If they can give you this, they can take it away, or they can raise the price. Make sure this is a long-term lease and not a short-term renewable each year deal.
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In reply to Barry.
I am proud to have cast my votes for all 6 years here (2023 has seen no voting yet), in General and Primary Elections, for Freedom and played my small part in this.
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In case you didn’t see this in the other comment thread.
Tucker’s full speech to Heritage.
The part about Trans and the loss of Political Discourse is at the 21:10 mark for about 6 minutes or so. It nails what we are going through perfectly.
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Tucker’s full speech to Heritage.
The part about Trans and the loss of Political Discourse is at the 21:10 mark for about 6 minutes or so. It nails what we are going through perfectly.
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In reply to Barry.
Putting aside the importance of DIS to FL, the benefit package they were given to develop Reedy Creek is very dodgy.
We relocated operations to FL at the company I worked for in the early 90s. We were given a finite tax forgiveness plan lasting 10 years.
DIS was made the Sovereign Ruler, EXEMPTED from all FL laws in that area, and they run the place like they are the Government there. Residents don’t get representation in the decisions made as there is no local government. Only DIS executives, appointed and unelected.
The tax incentives and everything else was given in perpetuity.
None of that sounds legal to me in a Constitutional Republic in which all of the States have to ensure a Republican Government and Equal Protection to all Citizens.
I don’t think the initial Package granted to Disney in the first place should have been allowed.
But yes, it brought a lot of jobs and it brought a wholesome, children and family friendly company to FL.
DIS is no longer Family Friendly. In fact, it is advocating for destruction of the Family and the perversion of children now. The jobs are going to freakazoids who are all in for Drag Queen Story Hour and mandated teaching of Trans and Alternative Lifestyles to children as young as kindergarten.
It is a question of whether DIS is living up to their end of the bargain.
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In reply to kennycan.
The state giveth and the state taketh away. It was the state that gave all the local controls to Disney in order to get Disney to come to Florida. I believe all states have some tax package to entice new business to locate in the state.
Not only is Disney the state of Florida’s largest employer, it brings in 50 to 60 million tourists to the state annually.
Florida is not going to ruin that and the whole damn thing is a show IMO. Government spending in Florida is just about 80 billion. Divide that by 50 million tourists and see what you get – $1600 bucks per tourist. Now decide how much of this is a show in a state that has no income tax to generate income.*
Even the Government Man isn’t stupid enough to bite the hand that feeds completely off the arm.
Courtesy of the Treehouse, Carlsons speech:
Tucker Carlson Broadcasts an 8:00pm Message, “True Things Prevail”
*without Disney the state of Florida collapses
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I should have seen this one coming, but I didn’t, and it’s not just applicable to EV’s:
https://notthebee.com/article/mercedes-benz-to-charge-ev-owners-60-a-month-for-an-extra-60-horsepower-in-their-cars-/
That is “Not The Bee”, not satire.
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In reply to kennycan.
HK, I’ve been reading bits here and there and seeing it’s just the disaster you would expect.
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In reply to Barry.
Over at Insty there are a few that are adamant that Disney has had its First Amendment Rights taken away with the removal of their special privileges of being the defacto Sovereign Rulers of Reedy Creek FL. Now I’m no gung-ho RDS supporter but in this case he and the FL legislature were right.
As Tucker Carlson spoke to the Heritage Foundation recently, advocating for Trans Rights is not political speech. He noted the difference between policy and political differences when looking to achieve a goal that most, if not all, of Society deems good for Society. For example, what tax rate would best fund the government so it can perform it’s enumerated duties. In the end, arguing over a tax rate is a political argument with some saying government should be limited more and others saying it should be limited less and funded accordingly. Or that the limits are.correct but the best way to raise the revenue is with a moderate tax rate vs a low tax rate. That is a policy difference and the political good that we hope to achieve is the correct balance between the size of government and our Freedoms and attainment of Justice.
What is the societal good created by allowing Trans people, who are mentally ill, to go into our elementary schools, and even kindergartens, and teaching them that Mental Illness is actually a choice, and a GREAT CHOICE, at that? What positive purpose is served by encouraging young children who have no idea about what sexual relations is or what any of it means, that they can become the opposite sex? Why should they be encouraged to choose the opposite sex and start working towards “transitioning” when it has no clear meaning to them? We protect minors from adult issues.
What if Nudists wanted to start teaching k-3 students that the Naked Lifestyle is not only good, it is the preferred and Best Lifestyle for everyone? So they have Naked Week, in which students, teachers, staff and administrators all spend their time in the school that week with their clothes off. But don’t tell your parents!! If a law is passed stopping this then they call the law The Don’t Say Nudist Law.
This is not a political debate. In fact, I think many, many laws are being broken by these Trans Advocates as they are stepping way over the line from Speech to actively harming society, and minors particularly.
If I can I’ll try to find Tucker’s speech and post it. Maybe in the OT thread
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The thing I’ve been told and that makes sense is that releasing a bioweapon that has no cure can easily rebound on the releasers and kill them all as well as their target. So it is highly unlikely that a bioweapon would be used by a sane actor.
What worries me is that we are no longer dealing with sane actors.
And What The Fuck are they doing putting these research labs in highly unstable third world shitholes? It’s only a matter of time before something like this happens in these places.
It’s almost like a lot of what they’re actually doing is illegal here and most First World countries and so they have to move it to places in which the government doesn’t care or is bought. Hence all over the Third World and Corrupt former Commie countries. Or not so former Commie Countries like The PRC.
OT but an update on HK. Property prices are falling pretty hard there, many ex-pats have left or been fired and many young people are vamoosing for Commonwealth countries using British Overseas status. There’s networks growing in places like the UK and Canada and Australia founded by people who were involved with the 2019 Protests. They faced harassment or arrest and therefore took off.
Don’t ask me how I know.
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I notice at other sites that the sockpuppets are being set up for the election.
For example, suddenly 7 or 8 new “people” show up advocating the same thing at the same time. They even begin to use the same language. Then they start use the same odd words.
Like how Journolist works, they all use the same phrase or epithet in unison.
In fact, it’s one person creating multiple accounts under different handles to try to Astro turf the support for a particular position.
Imagine if 7 or 8 accounts all jumped on a thread with MarkMatis all calling everything bad the fault of the Joos. One might suspect it’s all Mark under pseudonyms.
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In reply to Mike.
It’s not for nothing. You’ve been ID’d as someone that influences others against totalitarian government, as someone who will speak the truth. Therefore they are trying to tie you up, to stop your speech, and if that doesn’t work they’ll use the registration to spam the joint.
Were it me, I’d just turn off the ability to register for a few days without, as you already stated, a personal email.
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It should be clear to anyone watching this public freak show that it is the government of the USA that is pushing these mentally ill freaks into a hatred mode, all in hopes of creating chaos. Both the mentally ill freaks and those that support them, those that ask what pronoun they should use, those that make outrageous claims should all have their day of reckoning and soon.
Normal people cannot and will not tolerate this level of putrid sickness being shoved down their throats.
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In reply to Barry.
Annnnd ANOTHER just popped up. One of the tells with these things is the fish-smelling email addresses, in the last several cases from a putative ISP called “ait-light.com.” Another is the usernames themselves: some name or other, typically misspelled, followed by a long string of random numbers and/or letters, the name given not even close to matching the requested username. Still another is how these email addresses all come flooding in right on the heels of each other, even the gmail/hotmail/yahoo ones. Yeah, sorry, no.
What’s always puzzled me about it is just what the spammers are hoping to accomplish with these stupid onslaughts. So they DO fool some poor blogger and get registered; THEN what? What the hell’s the point?
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If there is a silver lining to this, it is that transmission is by bodily fluid contact, and it acts rather quickly. Social distancing for a couple weeks would actually work with this stuff. Snuffs itself out by killing the poor folks that get it, so quickly they don’t get a chance to spread it far and wide before death.
Anyway, fuck the government. Whatever they say it’s probably best to do the opposite.
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For those that think voting doesn’t matter –
Let’s be clear, it damn well does. In NC we now have a veto proof conservative majority. We have a supreme court that is now a conservative overwhelming majority, and they just overturned their own previous ruling by a democrat/marxist meddling court that only existed to protect the marxists.
The state will now be reapportioned, and it will be the conservatives that do it. This might result in four more conservative congress-critters in DC from the state of NC.
Not only that but they overruled the previous ruling blocking the 2018 Voter ID Law.
Don’t let them steal with impunity.
North Carolina Supreme Court issues bombshell ruling which could INCREASE how many Republicans are in US Congress
NC citizens have seen the destruction wrought by the commies and are righting the ship.
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Damn, sorry to hear that, Mike. I’ve been told that it’s as real and intense as if the part was still there. No advice, just sympathy. Hope it goes away.
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In reply to SteveF.
Oh, I know, Steve, I know. But really now, how can any red-blooded American male help himself? 😉
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In reply to boron.
Q: Is it half full or half empty?
A: It’s pee, isn’t it?
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Mike, Mike, Mike, I keep telling you: Looking at Greta Thunberg nudes not only eats your soul, it causes your body to fall apart.
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I take gabapentin. I don’t know it would help in your situation, but you can ask your neurologist.
Major downside: I’m told it can severely increase the slope of depression.
I wouldn’t know. My answer to the age-old question of the half full/half empy glass has always been, “What glass?”
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In reply to csmallo17.
Liberal, lefty, progressive, marxist, commie – all the same thing these days. The marxist progressives often refer to theirselves as “liberal”.
“Classical liberal” might be a useful term, except very few understand even that meaning.
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The scum that vex us today aren’t liberals. They are progressives. They have cursed our nation since the Puritans and have held national power since the regime of the first big war, big government, anti American progressive president, Lincoln.
The Founding Fathers were Liberals. The conservatives fought for the King then ran away to Canada.
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In reply to SteveF.
Ha, that’s probably true Steve.
I’m not even sure what he did that made me think of him as being just another commie. But I did think that.
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In reply to Mike.
It’s a different life than most people live, that’s for certain. I would be one of the dead ones had that path been mine. Of that I’m certain. Had I been born just a few years later there’s no telling what my path would have been.
“Once I’d gotten serious about my career as a player and songwriter, I figured that was just a sly reference to getting bombed, myself.”
Heh, that’s a fine line, Mike.
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In reply to SteveF.
I don’t disagree they won’t recant.
But you have to make the offer.
I do disagree things cannot go back.
They can, and will.
They will do so once we lighten the population load by several million (perhaps several tens of millions) of surplus eaters.
What’s keeping that from happening is an open question.
I would not expect the longsuffering and patience of the average American to last indefinitely.
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Carlin was a lefty … by the standards of 50 years ago. By today’s standards, he’d no doubt be a far right literallyhitler.
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In reply to Barry.
There are exceptions of course, but as a general rule, it holds. I always felt like it had a lot to do with loosening the inhibitions, relaxing one’s self-doubt and tendency towards being too critical of one’s own work, etc. “Courting the muse,” they used to say way back into antiquity. Once I’d gotten serious about my career as a player and songwriter, I figured that was just a sly reference to getting bombed, myself.
Louis Armstrong’s fabled cocaine-soaked hankies; the characteristic beer bottle sitting beside the guitar amp; bands getting banned from venues for skipping out on their tab the last time they played there–heck, even a lifelong teetotaller like Dean Martin pretended to be drunk onstage.
It’s a very fine line to be walked here, this dynamic tension between too much and not enough—a line that requires balance, grace, and self-awareness to successfully tread. Not all of us have those qualities in sufficient measure, so they end up falling down—or, if they’re lucky, just wandering off into the woods until they realize they’ve lost their way and get themselves back on track again.
And all too many just keep at it until they literally drop dead: Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Bon Scott, John Bonham, Keith Moon—the list is so damned long, Wiki had to break it down into deaths according to decade.
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In reply to Mike.
I’m familiar with the level of intoxication for “aesthetic activity to exist” 🙂
Although, that level is way in the past. While I am unusually low in the musical skills department, I had friends that were high in that area. I always thought it all went together.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
Actually, Chris, I’ve seen mentioned in a couple places here and there that it ISN’T Dominion Voting Systems that the Blackrock villeins own a stake in, but Dominion Electric Co, a whole ‘nother company (NOTE: link is to the AP, so take it for what it’s worth). Maybe true, maybe not, I dunno. Either way, Blackrock is still diabolical shitlib scum.
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In reply to Barry.
Oh, it was too funny, Barry. I thought for a sec that maybe I should write up some kind of disclaimer as an update concerning all the boozy debauchery of that particular evening, but hell—this is sex, drugs, and rock and roll we’re talking about here. The drinking is just part of the whole experience. One of my email signature quotes is from Friedrich Nietzche, saying:
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable—intoxication.”
Truer words were never spoken. Although for the players that last, eventually a question presents itself: Are we here to play music, or are we here to get drunk? Give the wrong answer and you’ll wreck yourself, degrade or destroy your connection to the music, maybe even die.
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“a bottle of Heineken clutched tightly in each hand”
Nice story, Mike, and I like the vision of a pair of green bottles…
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“A one party state”
and
“See you soon”
Gives me hope that Carlson will be back and never again “on hold”.
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I admit to liking Carlin’s work and disliking the man. Dislike because he was a lefty which made little to sense to me given his utter contempt for the government. I never did get it.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
Have to admit I was puzzled by that sentence 🙂
Faux news is simply providing anti-Trump funding like they have for 7 years now.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Man, Big Sandy (Robert Williams, actually, as you probably know), in addition to being enormously talented, is without doubt one of the sweetest, nicest human beings I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing. When my life was killed, he was one of the very first to call me. He had been friends with both her and her mom since way before I’d met them myself, and you could easily tell he was just heartbroken over it. I’ve never forgotten that, and never will.
First time I ever did a show with him was out in LA, at Ronnie Mack’s Barn Dance. There was just all kinds of big rockabilly names on the bill that night; hell, even Brian Setzer showed up to make a surprise appearance to close out the evening. While Brian was on, me, James Intveld, Sandy, and a handful of others were onstage with him as well…
I see now that the rest of this story is just too danged good to leave it in the comments section, I gotta finish it with a main-page post. Heh.
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I’ve been fortunate enough to see Junior, the Reverend, and Big Sandy live (although not on the same bill). Great entertainers all.
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France/French bwahahaha, in some cases to bad you can’t pick your parents like your friends.
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I love Jr. Brown and especially that hat, no one else can wear that and make it look that good.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
note dammit, not not. No Jethro pun intended there.
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When I saw it I sent a link to a friend with a not was pretty sure it was only a matter of time.
Funny meme about blackrock going around about owning Fox and Dominion both, so they sued themselves and won.
Doesn’t matter it’s a tax write off and the money to own both isn’t theirs.
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I had not seen the following, found it at the Treehouse and it is very enlightening.
To paraphrase, Tucker states flat out that the only purpose of the media is “part of the control apparatus”, that he regrets and is ashamed of the fact he spent the vast majority of his life as part of the problem (unknowingly).
My appraisal of Carlson is now off the meter. I’ve been damn critical of him, but it appears he was genuinely just fooled and has now woken up to reality.
Skip to 1:20:50 of the video for the good stuff.
Prior Tucker Carlson Unplugged Interview Provides Context for Current Dynamic
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In reply to Barry.
Hey, that’s what I’m here for, Barr. It’s what I am, it’s what I do. 😉
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In reply to Aesop.
You can return to the America status quo ante
I don’t think that is an option anymore. Aside from the fact that the brainwashed hardcore leftards don’t seem to be able to stop, the years of unrelenting abuse and taking and physical attacks have built up a giant reservoir of resentment among the normal Americans. This isn’t going to go away with a simple “let’s go back to the way we were”. Moreso because you know* there isn’t going to be an apology. “Yah, we were wrong about everything. You guys aren’t really fascists and we’re sorry about saying we wished you were dead and we’re really sorry that we attacked you in groups and crippled or killed a bunch of you. Let’s make up, ok?” Yah, ain’t gonna happen and I wouldn’t accept it even if they forced themselves to mouth those words.
- To the extent that leftards have brains.
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“Our decision to acquire a gun is due to…”
Nice. When he feels threatened then owning a weapon is OK. But when he doesn’t, no matter the risk others face, he’s against those threatened being able to fight back.
Just another typical lefty.
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He buried the lede:
You can return to the America status quo ante, forthwith. You would be well-advised to do so in haste.
Or what’s left of America That Was will bury you and yours in mass graves without a second’s hesitation, nor any further deliberation or regret.
There won’t be any probation. There won’t be any warning shots. People will simply start stacking you and your fellow miscreants up as fast as we have the opportunity, without any further remorse, and you can plead your appeals at Judgement.
Hereabouts, you’ll be unremembered, unavenged, and unmissed, in perpetuity, and your genetic line on earth will come to a sudden end.
Your days are over. Make better choices.
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In reply to Aesop.
At the point where Trump announced, Fox’s true intentions became completely apparent. It’s been all downhill from there.
Tucker is but a speed bump.
It’s up to us to make Fox pay. Stop watching.
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NC legislature passes bill to reign in out of control student behavior which is of course called “racist” because the black children can’t behave, or something.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article274499476.html
A veto proof majority voted in favor
Hat tip Instapundit
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Returned home from the coast to find a fund raising letter from Mark Robinson in the mailbox.
Sending a check today. If you’re in NC, and are able, I suggest you do the same. This state will be 100% better when we get rid of the illegitimate communist Cooper. We have the legislature and the NC Supreme court in conservative hands. Help get the executive branch there as well.
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Sounds a lot like Schumer and McConnell demanding that the Russians release the WSJ “reporter” accused of being a spy. Which is the surest proof that he is indeed a spy, or more likely an assassin!
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Fox has lost whatever mind it once possessed.
“Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad…”
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Well, I’ve been pretty hard on Carlson since the 2020 election. I have also tried to give him credit for being better that the others and getting closer to the truth.
It appears he decided not to be shut up. Good for him, he should be admired by all for doing so.
As for Faux news, it’s no better and hasn’t been for at least 6 years, than the fake news network, CNN. Fox just presents a different flavor of fake.
In fact like all traitors to the truth, Fox is worse than CNN.
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Ha, well in the case of russians we make an exception. You should always worry about those bastards… 🙂
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No one can know what truly is going in someone’s head except perhaps when they reveal themselves. Even then, it could be far worse inside their noggin than they’re showing to you, bad as what they’re showing you may seem. It could always be worse. Evil has no bottom.
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So were the Chinese Commies and the Cambodian Commies and the North Korean Commies and the German Commies and the Polish Commies and….
To paraphrase Mike:
As I’ve so often screamed at this impenetrable brick wall, it ain’t Russians you gotta worry about
—it’s liberals, be they Russians, Chinese, Germans, Americans or what the hell ever else. We got plenty enough to be going on with dealing with the real menace to be frittering away any time or effort on made-up ones, that’s what I believe. But YMMV, I suppose.
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In reply to kennycan.
“If only we could get someone like that in Raleigh.”
Mark Robinson announced yesterday, so you may get your wish.
The problem will be the republicans freaking out and trying to stop a real conservative that isn’t afraid to speak up from holding the office. Expect a splitter strategy from those asswipes.
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Poe is considered by many to be the greatest poet, with Kipling in 2nd place. I reverse that order.
My recollection, subject to failure, is that we also didn’t get a lot of poetry focus. But I do remember that at least in junior high (or middle school as it is often called) we got some poetry instruction. I never cared for it to be honest with the exception of Kipling. Poetry was like Latin, I studied because they said it was necessary. They were right.
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I don’t know if that’s true, might be since the russian commies were atheist, and they have created and caused more evil than this world has ever seen.
Otherwise, I’ll put the cabal of catholics and protestants right up there with the atheists. Between biden and pelosi and the churches* helping enable the flood of illegals I don’t see how it gets much worse here unless the throat slitting begins.
*they are all taking $$$ from the feds to support the illegal terrorists coming through the open border. It’s for the “children”, who all seem to be 18-30 year old males.
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“I do, however, enthusiastically curse…”
As do most of us. It’s just we don’t give a flip what their stated religion is, be it jew, catholic, or baptist. Their real religion is communism.
Until someone can prove who the “they” is behind the front men that are catholics, I’ll just blame the catholics and we can call it even. /s
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In reply to Barry.
I had a pretty good education and we hit the classics like Shakespeare and Dickens etc. The one missing part is that all through grade school not one English Class curriculum focused on poetry except in the most cursory way. I never developed a taste for it as a result.
As I self educated in my adulthood that lack of interest in poetry kept up, especially since novels and non-fiction kept me busy during any free reading time I had.
I guess Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven is the closest I came to studying poetry in grade school.
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The atheist Libtards are usually the worst. Their true God stares back at them from the mirror.
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Jerkwad is perfect. Exactly what we woulda called him back in my days on the playgrounds and around the neighborhood.
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Girlyman.
That used to be a joke on SNL.
Now it’s just a day that ends in y.
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I would merely note that I have NEVER railed against the Israelis, other than those who gave RBG the Genesis Prize lifetime award. Although the temptation is rising with the crowd opposing Netanyahu.
I do, however, enthusiastically curse Soros and Zuckerberg and all the other Jewage who fund NGOs.
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Good news day – Lt Gov Mark Robinson announces a run for Gov.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/north-carolina-lt-governor-mark-robinson-announces-run-governor
A non-lawyer that believes in the 2nd amendment. What’s not to like?
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Ahh, now there’s where we part ways: I LOVE Indian food! 😉
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India didn’t disappoint me at all as I knew what it would be. You don’t cram 5 times as many people into 1/3 the area of the USA and combine it with extreme poverty without seeing a few water buffaloes shitting the streets 🙂
Pro tip here – do not eat the water buffalo hamburger. No matter what they tell you, just don’t do it.
I like the Indian people. Both the Indians and the Bangladeshi’s find a way to be happy in spite of the extreme poverty present throughout. Lot’s of beautiful places and most of it is pretty remote. I’ve been to a number of towns that are 10-12 hour overnight train rides.
I don’t like Indian food. I can barely tolerate it when I’m there. A few things are good, tandoori chicken without too heavy a spice, fried eggs, french fries… I once spent a week in a fantastic hotel that had only hardcore Indian food. I ate the same thing every night, 6 fried eggs and the only Indian exception, french fries.
I’ve been to very small towns with their own dialect that literally threw flowers in front of me as I walked off the train or out of the car. They had been told an American was coming and they were there to greet me.
I won’t repeat the story about the time I paid an Indian driver to drive like a bat out of hell down the highway already called the “highway of death”*. Six hours to get to the last flight that would get me home before Christmas…
I did make it, but only because my agent somehow held the flight from Delhi. $$$ involved I’m pretty sure.
Anyway, I’ve been through some pretty bad places, none worse looking than the slums of El Salvador just a few weeks after the civil war ended. It’s amazing that you can be in a 5 star hotel and a quarter mile away there is poverty that Americans never see.
*when the Indians call a highway this, you know it’s really, really bad. I’ve seen it. Men laying in the road with brains spilt from the cracked open head, among other niceties.
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My once-and-forever mother in law’s job had her traveling all over the world, and India was a place she always wanted to be sent but never was until late in her career. She was not just disappointed but totally horrified by the filthy, primordial place; sent me several pictures of things like enormous water-buffalos shitting in the streets on the main drag of one of the towns she was in, along with some quite piquant commentary. Never had any desire to go there myself even before those pics, and even less after I’d seen ’em.
I still remember a great one from the old National Lampoon’s letters-to-the-editor section, back in the NatLamp’s PJ O’Rourke/Doug Kinney/Tony Hendra glory days, ostensibly from India: “We’re the world’s largest democracy. We’re also a giant, stinking heap of shit. I dunno, draw your own conclusions.” Heh.
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Oh look, the downvote pussy has learned to click multiple times. It’s like Pavlov’s dog.
Yea, I know, it’s unfair to the doggies.
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I believe I found my favorite for Trumps VP:
https://triunetimes.org/trump-tells-lt-gen-michael-flynn-to-be-healthy-and-ready/
Perfect choice IMO. 8 more years of MAGA after Trump. I think the general just might decide to use his position as payback…
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In reply to Mike.
I don’t know why I forgot you had that link, especially since you said it right in the post.
That is the same website I go to for Kipling. I usually re-read something for the hundredth time every week or so. It’s like watching Andy Griffith re-runs, I never tire of it.
As a kid, I wanted to visit three places. Hong Kong, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal. I’ve been to HK and India numerous times, but it’s looking like I may miss the calling of Nepal. My desire to visit India was purely Kipling of course.
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In reply to kennycan.
When I was little I didn’t understand very much of Kipling’s writing, just that I liked it and my Mom said it was important. I’m not sure when I realized/learned where “copybook headings” came from and what was meant by them, by I’m pretty sure it was my 7th grade English teacher that explained it to the entire class. Recollection is getting a bit fuzzier these days for the stuff of earlier days…
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At my Kipling page linked above, there’s a link to the complete collection of Kipling’s poems, alphabetized according to title. Don’t go there unless you’re prepared to get lost in it for several hours, it happens to me every damned time.
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I understood much of the poem when I first was introduced to it. But I never knew what copybook headings meant.until about a year ago when someone explained it.
Was it here? Anyway, understanding what copybook headings are really enhances what was a brilliant poem in the first place.
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Kipling is simply the best story writer and poet of all time IMO. I started reading very young, and discovered Kipling around the age of 6.
Link to The Gods of the Copybook Headings –
https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/gods_of_copybook_headings.html
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An article written by a Government Man fan deserves a bit of inspection:
“Ron DeSantis stood up to Covid totalitarians like WEF/BlackRock-owned Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who also recently took to attacking his personality.”
He failed to mention that Suarez is a Republican, elected by huge margins in his first and second elections, from memory 80+% and 75+%.
He states Suarez is WEF/Blackrock owned which is not a truthful statement. It’s an opinion, likely wrong. Suarez is thinking, or was, about running against Trump in the republican primary. For that reason he met with a number of big money donation types, JUST LIKE DeSantis. He may be owned, but he’s yet to take a personal payoff from Rupert Murdoch, so it’s an open question.
One thing is absolutely certain, among big cities, Miami has been run quite a lot better than the typical democrat controlled shithole. There were no George Floyd/antifa riots in Miami.
Suarez is not my favorite but he may be the best Miami can do. In any event there is a lot more to the story than the barb presented.
“…after recent polls show that he may present the greatest threat to a second Biden term at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ”
“he may“; terms you use when you know what you are typing is horseshit. President Trump is clearly the greatest threat to a biden 2nd term. Cherry picking among the rigged polls is horseshit squared.
“During his time in Congress, Governor Ron DeSantis didn’t go out of his way to befriend Washington, D.C. Swamp Creatures, and unsurprisingly, that means he doesn’t have glowing reviews within The Swamp. ”
More tripe. Supported by politico and one butthole republican. The truth is, on the important issues like trade (PTT, Fast track for Obama, etc), DeSantis was 100% in lock step with the “D.C. Swamp Creatures”. The only truth here is that DeSantis doesn’t have friends in DC or in Florida. People don’t like him. They see him for what he is.
“Some of the most pro-liberty lawmakers (think Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, etc) are not exactly beloved by their colleagues…”
Reading that made me want to puke. DeSantis is no Rand Paul and never will be.
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I don’t know why we can’t do both. OTOH, the Boy Scouts are a private group, taken over at the national level by commies. They can arrange the Boy Scouts to include girls and be quite different than men playing girls sports.
By the way, not every troop allows the girls. While I’m no longer an active leader, my old troop doesn’t*. They are directed to the Girl Scouts program.
*we did for a time have an Venturing group which is co-ed. A good friend of mine and his wife gave that one a try. It never prospered and ended up cancelled. If you make it co-ed then it requires women that want to go out and carry a pack on trips sleeping in a tent in the cold and heat. There are very few of those around.
Edit: I stated that incorrectly. The girls are in separate troops, not co-ed. There is no mixture at the Boy Scout level. I think they allow the Cubs to be co-ed though. I just checked and the church that sponsors my old troop does now have a girls troop. It is entirely separate.
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Maybe RFK jr is an honest commie. Maybe being pretty thin here since all socialists are communist by definition*, and all communists have to lie to maintain the fiction that communism works.
So, why the “maybe”? Perhaps RFK jr is one of the idiots that thinks socialism will work if we just do it the right way.
Is RFK jr useful? Yes, as a foil to the insanity within the democrat party. Communists do not have to suffer tranny’s to be communists for example.
*Socialism must be enforced at the point of a gun, and therefore requires communism or one of it’s sisters to force it.
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Lets get girls out of the Boy Scouts before I care at all about men in women’s sports.
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I imagine that 70% of RFKJ’s positions are Leftist.
He’s the candidate of the We Gotta Hide It Better wing of the Party. For 85 of the last 100 years that faction was in charge while the Masks were on.
Once 0 got in and started weaponizing the Government the We Gotta Hide It Better faction melted away.
Once Trump forced The Great Unmasking we find out the We Gotta Hide It Better faction has dwindled to a mere fringe with people like Tulsi Gabbard, RFKJ etc.
Maybe Greenwald and Kunstler are sincere in their beliefs. Then again, maybe they’re just We Gotta Hide It Better types alarmed at the backlash that Biteme 0v2.0 has elicited.
Biteme 0v2.0 don’t seem to be perturbed.
Stolen Elections have Dire Consequences.
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If they back it with gold and oil they can do anything they want.
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If there ever is to be a genuine political counterrevolution, it must be launched from the State Houses
This.
If Trump can’t do it, then it can’t be done. But we don’t lose anything by letting Trump try and if anybody can get it done then Trump’s the man. Meanwhile, Trump is just a private citizen.
Meanwhile DeSantis can get FL cleaned up and believe you me he still has work to do there.
If only we could get someone like that in Raleigh. That’s the real goal for 2024 for us Carolinians.
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Orwell was writing about real world places Soviet Russia and ‘Republican’ Spain. Orwell had been part of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and experienced first hand the terror of the Party Commissars.
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If the elected government ran the Federal government, and if the Dems/Reps could run fair elections, I might just think on supporting RFK Jr, but neither of those two things are even close to being true.
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Glad you enjoyed…well, okay, maybe “enjoyed” isn’t quite the mot juste here, I admit. 😉
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Jesus, does Kunstler whack off to video of RFK Jr.? That was nothing short of nauseating.
And you said what I’ve been saying about the gunz n shit.
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Rudyard Kipling understood it well
The Beginnings
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
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That’s as good an explanation as any and seems accurate. We know the commies were, and still are, pushing drugs as fast as they can.
For that alone I’d nuke ’em, every damn one.
The world would be a far better place after a sizable portion of it was obliterated. I’m accepting write in votes to be the owner of the nuclear football.
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Ah, never watched the superman movies, so I missed that. I did find something called “Luthorville” somewhere in California, but i think it was made up, probably after your movie reference.
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Just 10 years later in my HS about half the class had taken drugs.
But that’s a NYC suburb so…
In the 60s the drug push by the Commies were focused in College Liberal Arts schools and in the inner cities. Really what it did was set the stage for the widespread use of drugs in the 70s. In 1967 the limited drug use they had gotten going was pushed by the “counterculture” (our Cultural Revolution) as a romanticized version of “Freedom!” and “Sticking it to the Man!”. Monterey, the Summer of Love, Woodstock, and all the Rock Stars and Movie Stars and other Beautiful People were glorifying it.
Of course, those same things could be channeled into the Anti-War Movement and the basic Anti-American Agenda that was pushed simultaneously.
Recall that many people while on drugs are susceptible to “suggestion” and not always thinking straight.
When John Lennon got off the merry-go-round, sobered up and started “watching the wheels go round” he started to confess that maybe even Ronald Reagan was not the evil basterd he had been led to believe!!
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It was a plot point of a Superman movie. Lex Luthor was going to deliberately sink CA as he had bought large tracts of land in NV.
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How is your secession movement to join Idaho going?
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Fourth world culture gonna fourth world culture.
Same now as it ever was!
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Congress today also, but no hope the senate will pass it, and even if they did the potato’s handlers would veto it:
JUST IN: House Republicans Pass Bill to Ban Transgender Athletes in Women and Girls’ Sports
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The benefit of a veto proof super majority:
No trannies allowed in girls sports in NC:
North Carolina House Approves Ban on Transgender Athletes
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It would appear that it takes an IQ higher than 85 to understand cause and effect. Or to have a first-world living standard.
The Chicago stuff is amazing. A few years ago, I had a client in the burbs of Chicago, and when I went there, I always made sure to take one night to stay and play down in the Loop. It used to be great – good food, good music, good bars, and always within a safe walking distance of my hotel. Now? Fuck that. I have no interest – NONE – in visiting Chicago proper. Nor would I visit Somalia – it’s basically the same place.
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I’ve seen computer-generated videos showing how the entire western portions of Oregon and Washington would be inundated by a large earthquake in the Cascadian Subduction Zone. Not a bad idea if you ask me (I live in eastern Washington near Idaho and hold deep and abiding grudges against those on the western side who basically run things here.
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Yea, I think you’re right, the 60’s was the start of the worst of it. I’m not so sure how prevalent drug use was though (not counting alcohol). Some parts of the country were consumed, while others barely knew it existed (I graduated HS in 1971, South Carolina) and never even saw a bag of pot until my senior year*). The Vietnam war coupled with the draft led to the beginning of the end IMO. Had we simply won the war over a few weeks, which we were entirely capable of doing, then none of that acrimony would have plagued the country. But as Eisenhower warned, the military industrial complex wanted a forever war, and were willing to see us die in it. 50K of us did, for no damn good reason. We could have ended that war the same way Nixon did it, bomb, bomb, bomb Hanoi. War over, 50K lives saved.
*And my friends and I were not religious or any other persuasion that would indicate we purposely stayed away, it just wasn’t around in a big enough way. Contrast with just a few years later when it was everywhere. I’ve often credited that timing with saving me, as we were risk takers.
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If was the 60s when the Commies got into our education systems and taught that their evil (Communism and The USSR) was good and that Our good (Individualist Freedom and America).
They had the kids on drugs and thinking that America fighting the Commies trying to take over South Asia in particular and The World in general was an Unjust Evil War.
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heh, might be time to invest…
Can’t find Luthorville though, except as some education thingy.
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Ah, little coward pussy downvotes giving to a true hero and freedom fighter.
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Oh and Wild, Wild West and Baa Baa Black Sheep were favorites of mine. In syndication of course.
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That “trailer” is hysterical.
It looks almost like the actors participated in the parody too. When was this made? The guy playing his “advisor” died a while ago now. So it had to be made when 0 Empty Suit was still President.
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I felt that there was actually very little actual boot on the face forever action in 1984. It seemed to me that just the threat of it was enough to keep people accepting and quiescent despite the obvious lies they were forced to accept.
Winston was an exception. A dangerous exception indeed and one that had to be neutralized.
So I conclude that the two books have much more in common than in difference.
We are seeing BOTH being used now as How To Manuals rather than cautionary tales.
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Worthy cause. Women fights the communist Governor Cooper (NC).
I gave. Consider doing the same.
Footage shows police planning arrests of protesters at 2020 ReOpen NC event
https://www.givesendgo.com/14thamendment
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Sheeit, A-man, the flying sequences were the one and only reason I watched the show! Having seen them all a bazillion and one times, I still couldn’t tell you a single storyline, recite you a line of dialogue, or even name any of the other characters.
Cool Boyington recollection you got there, though. Talk about something to tell the grandkids about someday…! 😉
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Thanks for the info!
And it is beautiful – Featured in the EAA’s Warbirds magazine…
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“Black Sheep was a horrible show, except for the flying sequences.”
Not sure I would call it “horrible”, but the the good part was the flying. The rest was just a made for TV soap opera like most shows.
I’m jealous you met Boyington. There were some pretty special men serving in WW2, Boyington being near the top of the list.
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And FTR, I have a VMA-214 squadron patch I bought at the El Toro MCAS in the early 80s, from the annual air show which featured the Blue Angels, sold to me direct from the hand of a by-then 70ish Pappy Boyington himself.
And, it should be noted, he was then about 5-foot-nothing, still looking like a certifiable badass mean sonofabitch, and probably still ready and willing to kick anybody’s ass who sassed or offended him.
It remains one of my treasured possessions.
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But let’s get serious for a moment:
Black Sheep was a horrible show, except for the flying sequences.
And they kept getting spring-loaded to go off into the weeds, and go all soapy-dopey soap opera (because a paltry world war with shoestring outfits in a desperate fight against incredible early odds wasn’t enough riveting drama, apparently).
Stephen Cannell should have been kicked in the balls weekly starting about S1E6, until the show was finally, thankfully, permanently cancelled.
Finding an excuse to make a show about VMF-214, and drag half a dozen F4Us onto the screen every week: A+.
Screwing that pooch within weeks so hard it would never walk straight again: F.
The only slightly redeeming factor was that Cannell and Bellisario managed to work most of the lead actors into such Universal flagships as Magnum P.I. and Quantum Leap.
But Cannell still deserved the ball-kicking I mentioned for what he did to the legacy of a highly decorated unit. He could have given America Band Of Brothers thirty years early; what we got instead was drama the caliber of The A-Team beamed back 40 years into the past. Which just made me throw up into my mouth a little.
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They wuz kangz an’ sheeyit.
But fair is fair: Egyptian producers should do Othello, and make him white.
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“Everything constructed around DeSantis is fake, even the fake blue-collar handshakes that have to be photo-shopped to give a common man impression.“
Floridians endorsing Trump:
The Bloom Is Off The Ruse – President Trump Gains Ten More Florida Republican Congressional Endorsements, DeSantis Has One – Rep Greg Steube Explains Why
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Is that Sonoma County airport, frankenwelder?
Nice to be able to see the old birds flying.
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I say let the cities burn,
And if the entire west coast slid under the pacific I’d not care one bit.
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I found this bit of oddity –
“…and hypnosis has been made easy and indefinitely extensible through the use of barbiturates…”
So being drugged is now what is called hypnosis?
Are people self hypnotizing 🙂
Otherwise, fine bit of reflection on two very important books.
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I still watch Blacksheep Squadron on the weekends. The local airport ,STS, has a Corsair that can be seen flying. Beautiful bird.
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Blacksheep was a great show, love those Corsairs, badazz planes, if i had the dough id get me one o them
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“The Left wants the non-Left to respond with acts of violence so that the Left can proceed to disarm the non-Left …” On this day in 1775, April 19, the British King tried to do that to a number of my ancestors in Massachusetts – and they not only refused to be disarmed, but actively shot back at, and killed and wounded the King’s men, the Regulars. Those guns which we have may indeed have to be used. Anyone who tries to disarm you intends to make you his slave, never forget that.
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“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
True in everything one does.
The democrat party tipped over into evil many years ago. I tend to think it was during the Reagan years when they fell to “the devil” completely.
However, this thinking ignores their partners in crime, the republicans. Those that aid the murders are just as guilty, just as corrupt, and just as evil. The only difference between the two is that in the elite core of the democrat party they are 100% evil and the republicans have a few that are not.
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There are some talented people in this world. That picture of the syrup, butter, and barf light is proof positive.
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“I’m still pissed about how DeSantis donated to Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Harry Reid, Rahm Emanuel, and other Democrats.”
And now for the truth, and a dose of reality. Of course nonSkeptic knows this already since it’s been pointed out numerous times over the last 5-6 years, which makes the mention of donations without the whole story a lie in itself –
In response to why on the donations to the left:
“It’s smart. It’s called being an intelligent person and a great business person. … But the truth is that, you have to be able to get along with—if you’re gonna be a business person, even in the United States, you wanna get along with all sides because you’re gonna need things from everybody. And you wanna get along with all sides, it’s very important.”
And let’s note the following, Trump donated all along to both sides but prior to 2011 more went to democrats (the people dominate in the Trump business world). After 2011 none went to democrats.
https://ballotpedia.org/History_of_Donald_Trump%27s_political_donations
Read that, it only takes a moment, and you’ll know what the truth is, and how people like nonSkeptic twist the truth to fit their hateful narrative.
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One of the best books on this that i’ve ever read was “People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Evil.” by M Scott Peck. Peck was a psychiatrist who advocated making “evil” a psychiatric diagnosis. He was in the Army, he headed the psychiatric investigation into the My Lai massacre in the Vietnam war. By the time he retired, he was a firm believer in possession. The year he died, in 2005, he wrote his last book “Glimpses of the Devil: A Psychiatrist’s Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism, and Redemption ” For reasons not important here, I’ve known a number of truly evil people. Peck hits the nail on the head.
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In reply to Skeptic.
So, answer the first question:
If they didn’t want to enact it, then why did they enact it?
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In reply to Skeptic.
“And yet, you direct your ire at me and not our host. Why is that, Barry? ”
As is typical of a complete moron, you just make up shit and hope no one notices.
You started this shit, not only in the past, but on this very thread. My first comment didn’t address you, not even the most remote way.
You had to throw in your bit about “binary Barry” and then wish to complain when binary Barry beats you like a drum.
It reminds me of the last thread you chickened out on where you claimed I inserted Trump into the discussion, and yet only you mentioned Trump.
You are nothing but a liar, con man, and bullshit purveyor.
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Another heart-warming Moldylocks Moment of FA,FO with quite the happy ending.
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Paleontology is a fuzzier “science” than sociology.
When you can claim to have deduced an entire animal from but one lone tooth, that’s a portmanteau large enough inside of which any amount of feather-headedness may be comfortably packed.
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1) Trump is running, and he’s the 800# gorilla in the primaries.
2) DeSantis is 44, and he can afford to wait.
3) Ain’t gonna be any one-state tickets with the nominees for POTUS and VPOTUS from the same state.
The smartest thing DeSantis could do is sit this one out, and take a whack at it in 2028. No muss, no fuss, and no hard feelings with the most committed part of the base.
Whether we still have a republic of any variety than “Banana” by that point in history is the $1M Question.
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On the best day in your life, nonSkeptic, you were neither as intelligent nor in as good physical condition as I am at the age of 70. You are a doddering old fool, proven by your lack of knowledge about anything political. You’ll keep voting the GOP line, Bush 1, Bush 2, McCain, Romney, Jeb! because you lack the intelligence of a gnat. And then complain that America is going downhill. And people like you are responsible.
You hated Trump form the very beginning. You deny the obvious fact, that Trump is the only real conservative since Reagan that has been president. The only true American acting on behalf of Americans. This isn’t subject to any question as there is a 4 year record, one of triumph over the deep state republican GOP led effort to stop Trump from working for the average American. Your hatred blinds you, your hatred makes you useless in the cause of America. You’re worse than the avowed leftists, the ones that hate Trump just like you do.
“I’d be interested to hear him address that now. It’s a concern.”
I’ll do it for you unSkeptic. DeSantis is owned by the globalists. Every dime in his coffer is coming from the chinese owned globalists. He was paid by Rupert Murdoch to damage Trump, or try to. It will fail.
“ And yet, you direct your ire at me and not our host. Why is that, Barry? Seems to me that if I’m a “fool” for liking DeSantis and being over Trump, so is Mike, and yet you don’t call him out. Gutless much?”
Let’s start with the most basic fact, Mike is our host and a gentleman. You started this with your nastiness, long ago, and I respond in kind. I have disagreements with people all the time and it remains civil. I can disagree with Mike and he will not call me names, and I will not call him names or belittle his belief. In fact he has expressed some reservations about the Government Man, and eventually will come to understand the truth. You on the other hand always lie, always –
Lies such as: “I’m still pissed about how DeSantis donated to Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Harry Reid, Rahm Emanuel, and other Democrats.”
It’s a lie without acknowledging that Trump donated various amounts to various political entities because it’s a requirement if you are going to do business in the state of NY. You know this is true. You know he didn’t donate to that group because he wanted their political views to win the day. So. it’s a lie, a 100% lie told by a Trump hating liar.
“They endorsed me – I didn’t endorse them.”
Cute. That’s all it is, cute. DeSantis is well schooled in the Government Man’s art.
And the unSkeptic falls for it every time. Now see if you can untwist your f’ing pretzel.
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Carpe Donktum is funny as shit. He will be Mackeed in the end though probably.
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Heck, beats me. I originally had the vid in the original comment and it disappeared. Now it’s back again…
Same thing happened a week or so back, but to my knowledge never reappeared.Anyway, no problemo.
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In reply to kennycan.
(I should have done all that as a good old fashioned FISKING. Since Non-Skeptic “Skeptic” just missed on every single point.)
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In reply to Skeptic.
MAGA is NOT just a brand.
It means “Make America Great Again” and there is a whole Agenda behind it. Like bringing mfg and jobs back to America, lower tax burdens, ELIMINATING Regulations, better Trade Deals, lower Energy Prices and Energy Independence through domestic Energy Production, whacking the ChiComs to end their threats against the World, Peace here and abroad, Societal Norms and Morality reinforced, and any number of things that I am wholeheartedly in favor of right down to the crossed t’s and dotted i’s.
So what part of MAGA are you against?
It’s amazing how the Uniparty makes some of us go wobbly every 4 years by trotting out a True Conservative. HW, Dole, W, McStain, Mittens and then Jeb!
So they launch the brand Ron! True Conservative and they have you ready to throw MAGA under the bus and Trump along with it.
So Not-Skeptical Skeptic.
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In reply to Skeptic.
The article is Bullshit.
If they didn’t want to enact it, then why did they enact it?
This is just fence straddling and posturing on their part.
Here’s the tell: If they didn’t like it then they will not change the law to allow him to run for POTUS while still remaining Governor of FL. That is their perfect chance to get rid of him.
Barry is correct on this part.
For a person who calls themselves “Skeptic” you sure aren’t skeptical of anything if it confirms your bias.
SWISH and a lifetime of misses for the Non-Skeptical Skeptic.
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In reply to Mike.
Huh. Just reloaded this page, and now all of a sudden the vids show up for me, when they didn’t just a few minutes ago. Odd…
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In reply to Barry.
Not sure it’s even possible to embed vid in comments here, if here is what you’re asking about, Barr. Links should work okay, as long as there are no more than four of ’em in a single comment. Or that’s how I have things set up to run, anyway; we’ve had problems with that here and there, though.
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In reply to Barry.
It’s there and working at the moment.
DeSantis on his very best day.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Q: What does a doddering old fool without an ounce of skepticism call itself?
A: “Skeptic” A real laugher
Now, why don’t you tell us what it is that DeSantis has done that would make the economy better on a national scale?
Did the Government Man vote for the deep state global agenda while serving as a congressman? Did he vote for TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), an obama hatched plan? Was he in favor of giving Obama FTA (Fast Track Authority) for the TPP, allowing obama to create the trade agreement without congress?
The answers: YES, YES, & YES.
People like “Skeptic” (LOL) love DeSantis because he pulls there culture wars lever. That’s really all he’s done, good though it may be, it’s not all that’s needed in DC
“Skeptic” (LOL) doesn’t answer the real question –
Why do W and Jeb! endorse DeSantis?
Why does the GOPe do everything in its power to defeat Trump and push Ron?
Why does Karl Rove (spit) support ole Ronny?
Why do the Wall St china owned billionaires donate to DeSantis?
And last, the final nail in the unskeptical “Skeptic” (LOL) coffin, why did Rupert Murdoch pay off ole Ron with big personal money?
The answers have been clear from day one, DeSantis is the deep state Government Man. A disloyal SOB.
Here’s the asshole before he got paid to try and take out Trump:
“Skeptic” Sure you are.
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He can do it in FL because he has a legislature that wants to do it too.
If he is MAGA why would Turtle or a successor RINO acquiesce to any of that shit on a National Scale?
His FL Agenda is DOA in DC.
Also, since he owes people for a National Campaign, he’ll have strings attached, and he couldn’t even TRY to do that on a National Scale.
And all that assumes he really is MAGA. FL is Deep Red. Launching a National Campaign there means doing conservative things.
Same as W Bush in TX and ¿Jeb? in FL. They were also good, conservative governors. One went straight line Left as POTUS and the other went straight line Left against Trump.
So, does that answer your question?
It really ISN’T “3D Deeeeeeppppp State psyop”! It’s as easy to see as Clinton’s Varicose veins.
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Mike, Mike, Mike….don’t you know that all of the things DeSantis is doing is some sort of 3D Deeeeeeppppp State psyop? I mean, just because he’s actually DOING the shit doesn’t mean he’s actually doing it. Or something.
Let’s sum up the article:
- DeSantis was elected to push through an agenda. And he is – horrors – actually pushing through said agenda.
- Republican lawmakers who are unused to having to actually fulfill campaign promises have hurty feelings because now DeSantis is making them do their jobs.
- Democrats say he “rules with an iron fist” (ABOUT FUCKING TIME A REPUBLICAN DID THAT), and are so upset that they use the F-bomb in quotes. I mean they are REALLY mad this time.
What is not to like about that?
At least if you’re not Binary Barry, that is.
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The plan to reign in the deep state, should an American president ever again hold the office –
Project 2025 Lays Out a Plan to Dismantle the Deep State Under a Conservative President
Much of it was done by Trump in his first term.
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Texas “professor” says wealthy white men most likely repeatedly violate the rights of others.
News flash “teaching” moron, it’s wealthy white men that pay the damn bills, including your salary and all the damn welfare checks.
https://freebeacon.com/campus/wealthy-white-men-most-likely-to-repeatedly-violate-the-rights-of-others-university-of-texas-austin-psych-quiz-states/
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The real danger is dihydrogen monoxide: too much or too little can kill you.
Also, see below.
Dihydrogen monoxide:
- is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
- contributes to the “greenhouse effect“.
- may cause severe burns.
- contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
- accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
- may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
- has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
- as an industrial solvent and coolant.
- in nuclear power plants.
- in the production of styrofoam.
- as a fire retardant.
- in many forms of cruel animal research.
- in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
- as an additive in certain “junk-foods” and other food products.
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In reply to kennycan.
If they thought they were going to pick up new customers featuring a man dressed in girls clothes, they are dumber than street level $5 dollar blowjob hookers.
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In reply to Mudboy.
I guess around the time Coors became available East of the Mississippi.
That was in the 80s at least.
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In reply to Barry.
They have hundreds and hundreds of brands of beer.
Did you know Rolling Rock was an AB InBev brand?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_InBev
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In reply to Barry.
Well, the real test will be when they announce sales and/or earnings. If they’re down more than people thought that may be dangerous.
The real question is how much debt do they have?
Finally A-B has a deep pockets parent in Inbev. For any meaningful effect we need to boycott ANY Inbev products.
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The problem with trying to pick up New Woke customers is that they’re much more likely to drink Almond Milk than (YUCK) beer.
They’re much more likely to drive a Ironic5 than a dangerous OMG AN UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED MOTORCYCLE! IT USES UNCLEAN GASOLINE TOO!!!
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Do you believe Mr 81 Million But 36% Approval Joetato is only down 1.7%?
Really?
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Rotten inside, they seek a Rotten World outside to match.
Damn your Happiness. It’s their motto. It’s who they are. It’s what they do.
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One wonders if they would admit the same about new buses and new trains, as well as new electric cars?
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The dose makes the poison.
The tests for these chemicals or other hazards are usually done at many times any realistic concentrations, in order to get results quickly. In mice.
Oxygen at high enough concentrations, say 5X atmospheric, will kill you. But try doing without it for more than a few minutes.
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In reply to kennycan.
Is an airplane without a pilot a drone?
I don’t think you understand the significance of the helicopter (or drone) on the planet Mars, nor the extreme difficulty in the engineering feat. This one is the test bed, more to come. If you are going to have the human race survive they will have to get off this planet and out of this solar system. A base on Mars is just the beginning.
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In reply to Barry.
A Helicopter needs to have a human driver.
A drone on Mars. Whoop de doo!
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“…we’re a long way from any final verdict being reached on that one.”
🙂
Nah, I reached that verdict a long time ago, right after I figured out that loyalty was something lacking in DeSantis, given loyalty is one of the qualities of great men.
I don’t know what’s in the mans heart. I just see the obvious signs…
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In reply to SteveF.
There you go, dashing the hopes of every commie on earth with the truth.
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In reply to Barry.
The BRICS as a replacement for the USD is laughable.
- South Africa can’t keep the electricity on.
- Russia’s population is dropping and their economy is largely reliant on exporting natural resources.
- China’s economy is 99 44/100% bullshit and they’re suffering a population implosion.
- India can’t provide indoor plumbing for a third of its population.
- Brazil’s economy is stagnant to be kind about it and the population is restive. The election of a commie as president is not going to help matters.
The US economy has problems, exacerbated by the commie installed in the ~~White~~ Rainbow House, but really. That basket of dropped eggs is the strongest competitor?
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If we just had a president that was unafraid to deal with the chinese, a president that doesn’t owe the chinese anything…
“Municipalities and cities across China have not been able to pay civil servant salaries and promised benefits, and for months there have been protests, even in wealthy cities like Wuhan in Hubei province and Dalian in Liaoning.
In Shenzhen in Guangdong province, teachers in public elementary schools are not getting full salaries.
Localities, dependent on crumbling property revenues, are going broke. Attempts to raise new revenues are now starting a fresh round of demonstrations.”
GORDON CHANG: It’s Time To Bankrupt China
He’s absolutely right.
Hat tip – The Liberty Daily – https://thelibertydaily.com/
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Too late, no red blooded true American MEN OR WOMEN are going to be popping a bud
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Agreed. It was the NRA that got that bump stock business going.
“His court selections were from the Heritage Foundation.”
An equally corrupt group IMO. I’d ignore any group but a very few.
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In reply to kennycan.
And with all that BS, still capable of doing what no one else can –
Like helicopters on Mars with an atmosphere 1% of the earth’s density.
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A well written piece, IMO:
“What If the Dollar Falls?”
What If the Dollar Falls?
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In reply to Barry.
I’m sure they do, and under Trump’s leadership I imagine those people would get the nod and do great things.
Now they’re attending re-education programs to learn the correct 57 pronouns.
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In reply to Barry.
Never forget Crocodile Dundee’s first experience with a faggot in the first movie!
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In reply to Barry.
Trump realizes that he is not an expert in conservatism. He tries to rely on conservatives when he makes his decisions. The NRA is allegedly a gun rights organization, and THEY were the foundation for the bump stock ban. His court selections were from the Heritage Foundation.
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The NRA sucks.
GOA is much better – https://www.gunowners.org/
The ATF’s ban on bump stocks was over ruled by the court in Jan of this year. Trump made a mistake in going along with that, IMO. It was in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre and many wanted to “do something”.
Funny how so much of the legislation that restricts freedom and liberty comes after some act of violence, almost as though it was planned that way. Perhaps it’s just the old “never let a crisis go to waste”…
Or maybe most of the crisis are created.
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Clicking the link also delivered this one, which made me laugh out loud:
Scientists At Budweiser Attempt To Discover How Many Beers It Would Take For Dylan Mulvaney To Pass As A Woman
https://babylonbee.com/news/scientists-at-budweiser-attempt-to-discover-how-many-beers-it-would-take-for-dylan-mulvaney-to-pass-as-a-woman
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Well, share the answer when you find out. I don’t want to feed the hogs any contaminated meat.
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In reply to kennycan.
🙂
NASA still has some of the smartest people on earth working there.
They probably realize there ain’t no gas stations on Mars.
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In reply to Barry.
Out in space solar makes sense, more than here.
Watch them switch that to gasoline powered then!
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In reply to Aesop.
I’ve asked a few times over the past couple years but haven’t gotten a good answer: Is it safe to eat the meat of a hog which has eaten an mRNA-infected former human? If not, then the mRNA-infected one-time humans need to be mulched and used to grow plants, which can then be eaten.
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In reply to kennycan.
Neither would I, especially since that’s how the current one is powered.
Solar charged, electric power –
https://mars.nasa.gov/files/mars2020/MarsHelicopterIngenuity_FactSheet.pdf
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#
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In reply to Aesop.
Bacon and ham feed sounds good.
There are very few allies when your children are all starving.
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In reply to Barry.
Has NASA announced they’re getting a fleet of EV Helicopters for the job? I wouldn’t count that out.
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In reply to Aesop.
I disagree that it’s too late:
1) buy guns if you are unarmed
2) buy ammo sufficient for the long haul including bartering
3) secure a supply of water (rain collection, streams, etc) and filtering
4) buy non perishable food supplies to sustain yourself and family
5) Have a way to cook. A fire will do if you have wood nearby.
6) If you can, have a solar system for refrigeration and freezers – doesn’t require very much, and < $2K if you do it yourself. Bonus is to have some light at night.
You can do all of that right now if you can afford it. Start with guns and ammo if you are not already equipped, then determine your source of water. All of that including the solar can be done for well under 10K.
If you live in a city consider relocating. If you live in an apartment/condo it’s almost a must to relocate unless you plan to go cannibal.
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In reply to SteveF.
Don’t be silly. One doesn’t eat the neighbors.
You either befriend them, as needful allies in the coming struggle.
Or else use them as fertilizer and livestock food supplements.
And remember, hogs will eat anything.
Eating your neighbors? Baaaaad idea.
Eating bacon and ham? WINNER!
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The thing to do now, is get ready for this 25 years ago.
Otherwise, it’s already too late.
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I have not bought bud since 2008 when AB was bought by foreigners. Local beers only for me, thanks
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In reply to kennycan.
I see you commented on the Insty thread regarding the Mars helicopter flights, an example of NASA at it’s finest, and no one else is even close.
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In reply to Barry.
These days, who knows anymore, I wouldn’t want to hazard a guess. But I bet when she/them/those skins her lips back off of those outsized choppers and cuts loose with a whinny, the rafters of the barn get to rattling something fierce.
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Baboons,
I swear, if the government that affects me tries to do something like reparations, i will never work another minute on the books
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By the way, have you seen a picture of Ms Heinerscheid, the Bud Light marketing director?
I mean, maybe it’s a tranny as well?
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While the long term effectiveness of boycotts might be questionable, the short term is not.
Coca Cola has shut the hell up since I stopped buying their product, and I’ve not seen any more Gillette commercials that prompted their boycott either.
They have an effect, but will not put multi brand corporations out of business. AB is feeling it, guaranteed. Their distributors, the ones that had no idea this stupidity was coming, are feeling it.
I don’t buy coke products and I don’t guy Gillette. And I’m not alone, not by a long shot. Yes, there is an effect. Stock price for AB is down, but still high compared to earlier in the year, so they will weather the storm – perhaps without any Budweiser product revenue.
As for the statement, just buffoons at the top. The “top men” are ignorant and chickenshit boobs.
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In reply to Mike.
🙂
Never heard it applied to skateboarding either. Learn something new every day, including words.
Anyway, it’s an apt term for sure.
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In reply to Barry.
Heh. Goofy-foot is my own adaptation of a venerable old skateboarding term, referring basically to skating left-footed–ie, facing in the opposite of the usual direction.
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In reply to Mike.
Damn. That thing is beautiful. I’m not sure I could survive riding a bike like that. Even at 70 the temptation is great…
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In reply to Mike.
“Thai-rumphs”
Ha, haven’t heard that one before.
“riding goofy-foot”
Double Ha, have never heard that either, but I get it. I well recall my first trip to Ireland (mentioned over in the beer thread) where I got off the plane and into a rental car. They drive on the wrong side of the road and sit on the wrong side of the car. I managed 🙂
At least the throttle, brake pedal, and clutch (car) are same position.
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In reply to kennycan.
“Something is happening here…”
Yea, just what it is and if it is really different than before, I don’t know.
Nemo and I were in agreement back in the 2008 timeframe, that it was another blip more or less, not an end to the world. I have no clue what he might think now. I miss his wisdom.
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In reply to SteveF.
🙂
No on the dog. The neighbors will take some thinking.
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In reply to Barry.
Didn’t know it until just now, but the good ol’ Snortin’ Norton is still around too. The Commando got bumped up to 961cc now.
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In reply to Barry.
Years ago I was considering buying an old Trump Daytona a local car dealership had up for sale, cheap, but decided not to after a brief test ride, wherein I learned that riding goofy-foot (ie, shift on right, brake on left) was definitely NOT for me. At that point, a career as a flat-track racer was right out.
The new Triumphs–known by waggish types as “Thai-rumphs, since a good many are made in Thailand) are quite nice, I think; models like the Bonny have a very nostalgic repro look, but outperform their older, classic siblings by orders of magnitude, particularly when it comes to brakes, suspension, and overall handling. The very Buell-ish Speed Triple is supposed to be a real mover, or so I’ve heard.
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In reply to Barry.
Somebody has been predicting the imminent collapse of the American economy and the dollar damn near every day of my 70 year old life.
Bingo. They’ve successfully predicted 65 of the last 0 total collapses.
Hard times coming? Likely. Having to eat your dog or your neighbors? Unlikely.
Preparing by having spare food and fluids and repair parts on hand is just good sense, given the spare cash to buy them and the space to store them. Preparing to live as a hunter-gatherer or a neolithic farmer is not good sense.
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2007-8 saw massive money printing.
For 8 years.
It was called QE.
Yet the Big Banks today reported expectations beating numbers and saw huge gains.
Yet the yield curve is inverted. A sure sign of recession and bad for Banks.
Something is happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear…
We could use Nemo Paradise here but he expressed his dismay that nothing logical was working about a year ago.
Are the numbers all made up?
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Well damn, already reasonably high, my regard for McQueen just went up another notch.
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I’ll not make nay predictions about the economy or the dollar, but I will note a few things:
1) If the dollar is no longer the “currency of choice”, then it will just be the same as the euro or any other exchange medium, all of which seem to function reasonably well under the same circumstances as the USA.
2) Somebody has been predicting the imminent collapse of the American economy and the dollar damn near every day of my 70 year old life.
3) Wealth is a factor in economic collapse. We have it, lots of it. Every building and every road, every airport and every car. Wealth of the nature we have is like money in the bank. Keep going to work every day, keep getting paid, and while there are always some hard times, it always comes back.
Is this the time when the real and truly awful big one occurs? I recall when 2007/2008 was going to be the end of the world.
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Nancy Catlady should peddle that line about not fearing gun violence to Ashli Babbitt’s family.
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1970 Norton Commando… that sumbitch flew. And Norton had babes in its ads, to boot. Dear Lord I’m old, but I feel pity for folks who missed those years. I used to cuss because we aren’t the same country anymore, but hell, we’re not the same planet anymore.
The Norton had to go when kids started arriving. Then the Corvette. Now that the kids and wife have left, I realize I should have kept both. Got a new(er) Harley, a big one… never did want a Sportster, ever since hearing a grizzled ol’ fucker call ’em “girls bikes”. Oh wait, that was me…
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In reply to Barry.
There’s a lot of things NASA can’t do that it had done.
You could say the same for almost every part of Government these days.
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In reply to Barry.
“Jew math” says 2 + 2 is whatever you want it to be!
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In reply to Barry.
Actually, I can’t knock the new Trumps at all, Barr. A close friend of mine had one, damned near got hisself kilt on it a few years back. But before he dumped it to go slide off the pavement and bounce off a few Jersey walls for a while, it was a really sweet machine.
And those old Beezers were something else, too. Way too many moons ago my friend brack had, what was it, a BSA Hornet, I think they were called. That little sucker would flat FLY, too.
He put the Beezer in a now-defunct Brit bike shop on Monroe Rd for a complete rewiring job–a shop whose proprietor was famous for droning endlessly on and on about mostly nothing, any and every time some poor sap made the mistake of walking in the door. The guy had a rep as being a damned good wrench, but man ALIVE. I got caught up in his toils a cpl-three times myself, it was excruciating.
That wiring job ended up taking several years to complete, for some strange reason. Hell, there ain’t that many wires on those old bikes in the first damned place. I’ve done front-to-back rewires myself that took me no more than a single afternoon. Then again, I spent most of my time in the shop turning wrenches, not jawjacking endlessly. I dunno, could be that may have had something to do with it…;)
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“they rode Triumphs”
Best bikes ever IMO (not the new stuff). Bonneville especially, and I keep looking for the right one at the right price. Every time I find it, it’s across the country and too far away.
I had a Honda Sport 65 that I purchased as a total loss for $15 bucks back in in 1966 when I was 13. I tore it down and straightened the bent frame, replaced the un-repairable front forks with a set from a Honda 50 (they were identical), and put a big bore kit on the motor to go to 75cc, IIRC. I rode that bike everywhere and all over the trails behind my house. No license yet (13) and never got pulled. No tag either.
Next bike was a Yamaha 175 dirt bike I bought that was chained up to a metal stairs outside with a crankcase full of water.Tore it all down and replaced a handful of bearings and she was fine. I think I paid $25 for it.
And then the thumper, a 1966 BSA 441 Victor Special. It needed nothing, bought it from a friends dad that couldn’t get the hang of the single cylinder dirt bike. I loved that bike. Don’t recall the price but it was reasonable.
And that was it. Cars took over. I lust for a Triumph Bonneville, mid to early 60’s. One of these days…
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In reply to kennycan.
Even Musk doesn’t have the budget for a full manned moon landing mission.
“You think NASA will be?”
Already did it, 54 years ago 🙂
NASA sucks these days but there are still a lot of really smart and dedicated people there. Yes, they’ll be on the moon in a relatively short period of time.
“With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon…”
What could go wrong…
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
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In reply to Barry.
2 years. Like I said, years away.
I’m sure Elon will be ready .
You think NASA will be?
I bet it’s decades, if ever, away.
Elon should just take the project over.
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So the first bike acrobatic show was at a new service place a teacher I liked in High School worked as a side job. This dude was cool. I grew up when there were still MEN teaching and mentoring. This dude taught shop 2, electronics 2, auto shop, photography and yearbook. I remember him cutting us loose in photography on lab day as he tried to figure out a fuel injection system for his KZ900, the instructions to which were in japanese.
I can still see him at his desk fiddling with wires and a black box.
Dude had a KZ1000 he rode every day.
In the show, they rode Triumphs, of all things. First time I’d seen one.
Dude told me he had enough parts to build a Kawasaki triple for me for around $400. That was a princely sum that back in the day I didn’t have.
I remember doing yearbook shit on a weekend with one of my friends when we were arguing what was the best first bike to get.
He said a small CC bike. I said, get what you want and learn to ride it.
Our teacher, taking a break from hotrodding his Dodge pickup, told us a 1000CC – a litre bike. Why?
Because you’d have some respect for how fast and how heavy a bike is.
Those were the days.
Dude’s long gone now.
Our kids don’t know what they missed.
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In reply to kennycan.
No, I mean the project that is sitting on the launch pad awaiting a permit to launch from the f’ing FAA.
One step at a time. we’ve already sent men to the moon, over half a century ago. Next step is a moon base with “moonies” staying more than a few hours/days. 2 years is the timing for that IMO.
Mars, IMO, at least 5-10 years away and quite possibly longer.
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In reply to Barry.
You mean the project that is years away and probably really decades, if ever, away?
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In reply to kennycan.
Maybe, but I’m not buying that one. They are working together at the moment. NASA selected SpaceX for the human landing part of the moon/mars programs.
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In reply to Barry.
I believe they’re pissed at Musk for showing them up in the Space Program as well.
Another bunch of money flowing to NASA that was being looted all while the real goal was letting other Space Programs leap above us while Deep State gets rich.
Damn Musk in the Private Sector demanded RESULTS (to paraphrase Ghostbusters).
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I know damn well the potato will not debate Kennedy, but it would be entertaining.
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In reply to kennycan.
I agree, and understood what you meant (except on the killing part). They might result to that of course. But since our entire space program including military is depending on SpaceX, they would have to think long and hard about that.
I’m just of the opinion that Musk wants to fix the problems without destroying the foundation and I believe that was what Trump was doing as well.
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In reply to Barry.
What I meant was that Elon probably found many more things the Deep State was doing illegally via the emails traffic between the IA and the Twitter employees. Things that, if revealed, might rise to the level of getting him killed. But HE KNOWS more than he’s revealing.
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Anything or anyone that throws a barrel of monkeywrenches in the other team’s gears is worth having them in the race for pure entertainment value.
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In reply to kennycan.
My best guess is he’s doing the same thing Trump obviously did, trying to fix it without sinking the ship, without destroying the country in the process of fixing it.
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Given that Elon had access to ALL the Twitter Files, not just the ones he released, he probably learned a LOT more about how deep the rot and corruption goes than most of us can even fathom.
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In reply to kennycan.
Becks is an AB import. They don’t own it (I think) but do have the distribution rights in the USA.
I used to drink Becks at times rather than Heineken. The Becks is a bit more robust, more Germanic.
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In reply to kennycan.
It took me a few minutes to work out just how long ago it really was.
I had been working in Europe for a bit over 6 weeks and flew from France back to Switzerland where I expected to be for a couple more days and then home. My Swiss agent met me at the airport and asked if I wanted the good news or bad news first.
The last time He met me with that question I had selected the bad first and got the news the Marine barracks in Lebanon had been bombed. His “good” news was that Reagan had invaded Granada.
I selected “good” news first and he told me he didn’t need me again after all (I had started out this trip in Switzerland). The bad news: “Your father called. He said to send you to London for the weekend and then on Monday you fly to Ireland for a week. Here’s your tickets”.
I had already been gone for 6+ weeks and wasn’t to happy about that. It turned out to be a great week. I had never been to Ireland but it turned out to be a great place to visit.
At the time there was one hotel in Longford, still there today. I’ve been many times since that week, but not in about 20 years now.
It was 1984.
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In reply to kennycan.
I detect no difference in the Harp brewed in Ireland and that in Canada. There was / is a lawsuit over the Canadian brew. Apparently some folks couldn’t read (brewed in Canada) and got upset the beer they thought was brewed in Ireland no longer was.
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In reply to Barry.
Is it really the same beer these days? That would be great.
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In reply to Barry.
Someone suggested Beck’s to me. Had one tonight.
Better taste. No ricey aftertaste. Still, pretty bland. Good if you just cut the lawn or were standing over a barbecue.
Anyway. That’s why I say they don’t care to replace Kamel Humps of Biteme collapsed tomorrow.
In 2024 if they dump Biteme they’ll have to admit the whole ticket sucked. So who do they go with.
They’re planning to Steal It so why not go with the Black Vagina? Run it with the Gay Breast Feeder in Buttgag.
Harris/Buttigieg. Aka The Blow/Suck Ticket. Or is it Suck/Blow?
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In reply to Barry.
It’s getting pretty clear that Ron! Is an astroturf operation.
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And one more, this one a push polling for DeSantis outfit, just to cheer up you DeSantis fans!
Ron DeSantis’ 2024 Florida Media Outlet Conducts a Poll – DeSantis Floor Collapses, Donald Trump Promotes DeSantis Poll
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In reply to kennycan.
I drank my first Harp in Longford, Ireland – about 70 miles westnorthwest of Dublin.
A long, long time ago.
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In reply to kennycan.
“If you’re stealing elections then the most unelectable person is the most beholden to you. Hence Biden/Harris.”
Bingo! The man earns a cigar! (and a Heineken to go with it 🙂 )
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Wait! Is “Jew Math” different than Catholic math? The kind pelosi and biden use?
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APRIL 9:
• Trump — 56% (+33)
• DeSantis — 23%
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/trump-triples-lead-over-desantis-biggest-lead-yet
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She is a sociopath and no one reads her responses because they haven’t kicked me off twitter yet.
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Two great halves to what I believe is one story. I to have become more partial to the love side of pets instead of discipline. Sold my house last year so my menagerie is no longer. Even chickens are funny to watch. I miss the horse the most.
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In reply to Barry.
If they worried about elections and electability it would have been a Sanders/Gabbard ticket.
But anyone with their own popular vote base that is Candidate driven first and Dem second is not controllable.
If you’re stealing elections then the most unelectable person is the most beholden to you. Hence Biden/Harris.
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In reply to Barry.
I like Harp myself.
Guinness though, is lighter and less ABV and has iron! The nitro cans make it taste pretty dang close to Guinness on Tap too.
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Why pretend to e surprised? This is merely the “Jew math,” as they yearn for the “good old days” of their Messiahs – Lenin and Stalin!
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In reply to Barry.
“It is likely that Bobby Kennedy will get railroaded by the anti-American Obama gang. He is not on the side of destroying America and this will cost him dearly in the 2024 Presidential race with DC elites.”
I’m not the only one that recognizes Kennedy is a pariah among the communist elite.
Apparently Roger Stone thinks Kennedy would be a good VP choice for Trump. I rate the idea as intriguing, but unlikely.
Roger Stone Identifies a Vice President that President Trump Might Consider – This Will Surprise You
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In reply to Tsquared79.
🙂
No, they don’t. And the corrupt cabal running the country really doesn’t like anyone remotely independent.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Kennedy is not the party choice to replace the potato, IMO. He will not play ball with the corrupt commie cabal currently running the country with slow joe as their cover.
I’m not so sure it’s Newsom either.
I knew it was going to be biden pretty early, there was no one else they could pass off. Now, beats the heck out of me, but not Kennedy.
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In reply to kennycan.
Yes, I used the wrong verb, drank should have been drink.
I can’t tell any difference in it over the years. It is a milder form of the typical your a peeun beers for certain.
Harp is a much stronger flavor than most of the euro brand beers, and my preference. My wife hates it, doesn’t even tolerate the smell.
My drinking Heineken is as much tradition as anything else.
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Kennedy is a pathway out of the Pedo Joe situation. Even the Dems know that Biden is basically a potted plant by now, and they recognize that if he is installed for a second term, he’s likely to shit himself at the podium at some point. They really can’t elevate Kamala – even the margin of fraud can’t cover her. So, let’s bring in a Kennedy. Until I read Kunstler’s article, I wouldn’t have believed that there was still Kennedy worship out there, but I guess there is. They’ll make him the nominee, present him as a “moderate,” and once he is installed in office, the radical leftward shift will continue – or accelerate.
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In reply to Barry.
Do you still drink it?
In the 80s it was definitely superior to any domestic American beer.
I think I had one 2 years ago and it definitely tasted like the Rice Beer every American Lager now tastes like.
I will note that my years in Hong Kong meant I was drinking British Ales and Belgium Ales so maybe my taste buds were affected.
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They recently asked people how many unarmed black people were killed by police per year.
The actual number ranges between 10-20.
Most leftists (and most people IIRC) answered between 1000-10,000.
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Another statistic lie.
Many of the people who have had a family member shot have had multiple family members shot.
That’s because inner city black families have 100x the amount of family members shot than the average.
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It’s even simpler to debunk than that.
If you ask Google, they answer, relying mostly on statista.com, that there are 84 million families, and 130M households, in the U.S. at present.
That would require a body stack of 16.8M dead people from guns.
Grant that every family has 4 related family groups.
So that still requires 4.2M gun deaths.
Granting that all firearms deaths from all causes (suicides, homicides, and accidents) are 30,000/year/forever (which they obviously haven’t been) it would take 140 years(!!!) to rack up a dead body count that high.
They’d have to be counting relatives from 4 generations ago killed settling the frontier, from 5 generations ago shot in the Civil War, and from 8 generations ago shot in the Revolutionary War, to get to that number.
And they’d have to be counting relatives from 140 other countries killed in a century of warfare Somewhere Else, and removed from modern descendants by similarly long multi-generational spans, to be within astronomical units (the mean distance between the Sun and Earth: 93,000,000 miles) of the number they’d need.
Color me shocked: They’re pulling numbers wildly from out of their own ass, which is why that number is full of shit.
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He needs to be careful. Kennedy’s don’t have a very good track record being or running for President.
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Kunstler gets a few things right, and he gets some things wrong. This is one of those king of the hill wrongs.
I find it weird that intelligent people are always ignoring reality – the absolute economic turn around engineered by Trump, the near halt to illegal immigration engineered by Trump, and no understanding that Trump could not know who was bad and who was good any more than Kunstler could* or did, and that he would have to have the approval of deep state for most of the choices.
Trump succeeded in spite of the deep state.
*how many of you predicted the worthlessness of Sessions? I see no hands going up, none.
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In reply to kennycan.
Well, everyone has their own preference. I drank Heineken at the beach* for several reasons:
1 – it’s what my Dad would drink on our annual Outer Banks vacation when I was a kid
2 – it’s the only beer my wife likes
3 – you can get it anywhere
4 – I like it and there is no comparison to the typical American beers (which are fine, just not what I like)
5 – it goes well with a cigar
When I can get it, I prefer Harp, an Irish beer brewed by Guinness and now brewed in Canada. They used to have it at the local grocery in Avon, but no longer. I should just take it with me I suppose. Harp is pretty robust.
*I rarely drink any other time
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In reply to Barry.
Is it me or does Heineken taste just like any other mass produced beer now? IE blah
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In reply to Skeptic.
One of my acquaintances is a large AB distributor. He’s got personal wealth so this will not cause him personal harm. But the business will suffer as there are few options. Everyone not AB already has distribution. I think alternatives are going to be tough.
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In reply to Tommyboy.
She’s far worse than just woke. People like that are full blown marxists.
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In reply to Tommyboy.
Be careful about those “green bottles” since some are AB:
Who Owns What Beers?
Heineken is OK, Becks* is not, for example.
*AB does the importation and distribution
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In reply to kennycan.
Yes, that is correct. The pardon shows up with it however and any loss of rights are restored.
Your point was correct. I was thinking of the restoration of the persons civil rights, not the written record.
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Gotta love KR
No BS
bush needs a slap of reality, everybody i know, who had been drinking bud, is never going to buy it again. Its a piss beer anyway, drink those green bottles boys n girls, let the queers drink the piss beer, its what they like anyway
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In reply to Barry.
So he still has the conviction on his record. That was my point.
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In reply to Barry.
Let me rephrase that, it does not expunge the conviction record but it does restore the person rights. At least in the presidential pardon. I suspect it is the same for Texas state pardons.
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In reply to Aesop.
1) Myself as well
2) As I understand it, in Texas, the AG cannot remove any DA from office, nor can the gov.* It’s possible there is more but I am not going to study the Texas constitution. It’s enough, for me, to know the U.S. and NC constitutions.
3) Maybe. As I noted I am not an Abbot fan, not by a long shot. But the ink should at least dry before people start bitching
*”Under the Texas Constitution (art. V sec. 24) and Local Government Code (ch. 87), a district attorney may be removed by a district judge, after a jury trial, on grounds of “incompetency, official misconduct, habitual drunkenness,” or “intoxication on or off duty.”“
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In reply to Barry.
Odd. I posted the link, then re-posted the link with a comment to that effect.
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The more I think about it, the more interesting this story is going to be to watch. Most of the time when we say, “get woke, go broke,” we’re full of shit. The companies don’t go broke, not even close to it. They might have a small hiccup in stock values or sales, but that’s it.
What makes this one different is that Bud Light is an identity product for its core customer base. By that, I mean that being a “Bud Light drinker” (or a Bud drinker, etc.) is a bigger part of how people view themselves. Same as their favorite sportsball team. When a “Bud Light drinker” enters a bar, they don’t think about what they are going to drink – they just order their Bud Light. This type of demographic, according to surveys I’ve seen (I have some involvement in the food and beverage industry) makes up about 50% of their customer base. That’s why (normally) the people in the beer commercials are people that their core customers want to emulate.
However, that identity is shot for many of that core customer base. It’s hard to imagine the majority of that 50% “identity” customer base wanting to emulate a mincing transfaggot. Bud Light (and other A-B products) are losing real sales in real time at ground level over this. And not just a little bit – a lot. The conversations I’ve had with distributors back up Tsquared’s comments. They are concerned. Very concerned.
Of course, the NFL didn’t “go broke” over BLM, so will this really affect A-B? Probably. For the NFL’s core customer base, there really isn’t a competitive product that they can consume, so they’ll just try to ignore kneeling players, the ‘end racism’ messages, and other bullshit. Frankly, most NFL fans are so brain-dead that Michael Vick could sacrifice a pit bull during the Super Bowl halftime show and they’d lose less than 1,000 viewers.
It’s not the same with beer. Right now, as bad as A-B distributors are doing, Miller distributors are doing very well, as are others. And when an “identity product” breaks its brand promise to its customers, the reaction is very emotional – so it might be hard to do a mea culpa and get those customers back. This could affect A-B’s business for a long time to come. I fucking hope so.
The ultimate irony is this – had A-B done these commercials with real women – attractive ones – it probably would have helped them sell more beer. Picture the bathtub commercial with a hot and well known acutal female actress – that might have actually appealed to women AND men. But the marketing skank had to prove a point rather than sell beer. This could be one of the biggest “own goals” in the current propaganda wars.
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Investment management firms like Black rock seem to be pushing this. I also wonder how much pressure they’re putting on the larger banks to get in line.
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In reply to Barry.
What strikes me is that most transfaggots are really not trying to be women. They are trying to be caricatures of women, in appearance and behavior. Will AB go broke? Probably not. But I have an AB distributor as a client. Talked to him this morning and he is NOT pleased. Nor are the counterparts he is talking to. Most distributors are independent businesses, and this is hitting them hard. He is already looking at alternatives should AB keep doubling down.
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The neighbor’s son is a truck driver for the local AB distributorship. He used to work 50-55 hours a week. He worked a full day last Monday but was home early afternoon every other day last week. I spoke with him on Saturday and he said he is covering his route but only delivering about a quarter of what he had last month.
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I’m waiting for the day they arrest the people responsible for this travesty of Justice.
No matter what, SGT Perry has this on his record.
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1) When the pardon is recommended to him, and he signs it, I’ll be satisfied.
2) If he would push the state’s A.G. to investigate the judge for impeachment, and the D.A. involved for disbarment, both of them on grounds of failing to uphold the Constitution of both the state and the U.S., I’ll be properly impressed.
3) Failing to undertake #2 with all due enthusiasm proves his primary motivation is being a spineless doucheweasel simply looking to grease his own wheel, whatever good he does to the victim of this malicious prosecution.
Doing good isn’t the same as being good.
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In a seperate PJM piece, Spencer delves into A-B’s reason for making this colossal mistake
Beat me to it.
That said, I’m not buying it. Who cares if the HRC (a more inauspicious set of initials you’ll never see) gives you a low score? A low ESG score might be more significant for some companies, but does A-B need to go to banks for loans? Is it reliant on largesse from woke government bodies? I wouldn’t think so.
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Good lord, yes, they really are that fucking stupid:
Now, This Makes Sense – Marketing VP Alissa Heinerscheid Explains Why She Made Bud Light the Brand for Woke Transvestites
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Everything in China is going well:
(not)
https://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2023/04/chinas-auto-price-war-is-now-out-of.html
Hat tip: https://thelibertydaily.com/
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Heard from now, and dumber than ever:
Budweiser Has New Ad with Dylan Mulvaney Since the Last One Did So Well (VIDEO)
I hope they go belly up.
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This is the pushback – the inevitable failure of the “my fetish is sacred” is now clear.
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LIke Franklin’s note about beer, cats are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy! Yes, many cats may be obnoxious terrors. But when raised properly as you have obviously done, they are splendid indeed.
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“Among the younger generations…”
I saw a report on a recent poll showing Trump’s millennial support is up to 47%, the highest group of all. I think the younger generations get a bad rap sometimes. Every older generation finds something wrong with the younger one…
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In reply to Barry.
As I was saying…
It’s fine with me. Stop pretending the city of Chicago* has a school system.
*insert any other democrat controlled city
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I read a number of comment from haters that stated the Carlson show shamed Abbot into moving on the pardon. I found that particularly hilarious given the verdict came in on Friday and by Saturday morning Abbot is working the pardon issue.
I’m not a great Abbot fan, he’s a mediocre Gov at best, but given one day passed the hatred is ridiculous.
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In reply to Jaybo.
There are videos of Ron! supporting and pushing the Vaxes hard.
Give me an instance of the last time Trump mentioned the Vaxxes.
What Trump did was get what was purported to be a Vaccine to the people who thought taking it was better than the risks of WuFlu, in record time. VOLUNTARY.
To that end he did what he promised and theoretically, even now, there is no real evidence that the vaccines are harmful. They are basically a high priced placebo, for sure.
Now I, along with most of here, have our suspicions that the Vaxxes are indeed harmful. It makes no sense for Trump to publicly say that when it has not been publicly acknowledged and would not be publicly acknowledged.
BTW your Ron! is being hypocritical here too. He Talks Talks Talks but if he thinks the Vaxxes are indeed dangerous then he should, as Governor, doing something to prevent them from being given to Floridians.
Basically, Ron! has the same stance as Trump does.
Which makes it all suspicious about Ron! and where he really stands. Sounds more like he wants to Stop Trump than do anything really good for the Country.
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In reply to Skeptic.
At the very least, I think we need a better definition of what constitutes a “public figure” and what constitutes a proper level of protection.
Are you fucking kidding me? “Protection”? For them?
90% of them should be strung up and left to hang by the neck until they assume room temperature. Then leave them there for a year. Pour encourager les autres.
Attacking Trump like they did just makes him Stronger. You don’t get that.
Hopefully Ron DeSantis gets it and stays as a fine Governor of Florida for the next 4 years.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Well, look who has risen this morning, a confirmed liar trying to help an idiot.
You’re allowed to “bring up” anything you want as you should know since you bring up shit that is a lie all the time.
Jaybo:
East Carolina produces more pro baseball players than any other university
General Motors stock is 1/3 owned by Shanghai Motors
Millions were killed at Chernobyl (and Reindeer too!)
George Soros runs the ASPCA
All lies, and not one has Jaybo ever acknowledged as incorrect even after being shown the evidence they are false.
The overweight troll pretends to be a Christian. And lies repeatedly.
And it can’t read/write in coherent English it seems. Maybe it’s already drunk this morning.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Skeptic don’t argue with Gipetto and Pinnochio (same person) this is the only venue he/they are all knowing.
They are totally afraid there is no savior coming to save them. And especially don’t bring up Trump’s support to this day of the JAB.
Killed more than it pretended to save, and gave the nazis graphene tracking
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Greg Abbott is by no means perfect, just as Donald Trump, you, me, nor any of the rest of us fallen-hoomon types passing through this mortal plane aren’t either.
-modest cough-
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In reply to kennycan.
I suspect that most of the democrat run cities would remain democrat* even if the vote fraud was removed, so let them burn.
The vote fraud is used to change the outcome of statewide elections for the federal positions, congress and the presidency. Cities burnt to the ground is ~~one~~ the only way of removing that fraud, so let them burn.
the city population has a large nonworking welfare block that will always* vote for the slave masters
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In reply to Barry.
Cities or Vote Fraud Machines?
The Uniparty never gives a shit about the “people” they use as Useful Idiots, or the “Workers” or the “POC” or the “Trans”.
They all get enslaved and/or Up Against the Wall come The Revolution anyway.
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In reply to Barry.
He is right.
He just doesn’t understand that most of the GOP is GOPe and bellyaching while not doing anything effective is their fundraising schtick and their job within the Uniparty.
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“You simply cannot help those who refuse to help themselves.”
As I have often stated, let the cities burn.
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/04/07/the-end-of-cities-n542333
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He’s absolutely right of course:
Jesse Kelly’s “Over the Top” Advice to Republicans Is Sound, Reasonable, and Necessary
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In reply to Mike.
Hey, you started this.
One good turn deserves another.
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In reply to kennycan.
Cooper will veto it as we both know. I think it will be overridden. And I think South Carolina will also get it.
I don’t have a permit precisely because I believe it unconstitutional. So when I carry it is open as NC allows that. The problem I have is the car. If you put it in your console it’s concealed and you’re violating the unconstitutional law. If I put it out visible, not only does it slide around it scares the pee out of any cop that might stop me for some driving violation. Get unconcealed and I’ll have it in the console beside me with an easy access mount.
The downvote pussy is a fat little troll and mentally ill.
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In reply to Barry.
Will Cooper veto it? Will we now override his Veto? I hope so. Damn Commie Cooper…
BTW the downvote fairy is back and still a coward. How could they have a problem with this happening? It’s obvious a mentally ill person who is fixated on certain things and people…
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In reply to Barry.
There has never been an incumbent President that gained votes and lost in History.
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In reply to Aesop.
Mucho gracias, brother. I already done downloaded “Yondering” from the Oceans Of PDF site, in epub format, and plan to pick up more of ’em over the weekend. That place has so much good stuff it amounts to one of of those “don’t know whether to shit or go blind” situations.
Which, as far as I’m concerned, is a damned fine problem to have.
Your recommendations are most appreciated, believe you me.
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Carolina’s getting redder:
“Republican lawmakers in February introduced the “North Carolina Constitutional Carry Act” to eliminate the need for a permit in order to carry a concealed firearm.
“Any person who is a citizen of the United States and is at least 18 years old may carry a concealed handgun in this State unless provided otherwise by law,” the bill reads, according to WBTV. House Majority Whip Keith Kidwell, R, as well as GOP Reps. Jay Adams, Ben Moss, and Mark Pless have sponsored the measure.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/wkdas-florida-approves-permitless-carry-more-gop-states-poised-follow-suit
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In reply to SteveF.
🙂
It would seem so.
OTOH, a president could make life more difficult once he has learned there is no hope to save America without first burning a good portion of it to the ground.
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In reply to Barry.
OK, it’s there again. I just clicked it and up it comes.
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In reply to Barry.
That link was there when I posted the comment.
Trump-the-Establishment:
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I came by L’Amour honestly:
When you’re in the dotMil sitting in the middle of nowhere, you’ll read anything. MRE wrappers. Anything.
And as luck would have it, the first book (out of everything he wrote) I happened to grab off the rack at the PX was the one western that wasn’t one, and set in modern times (the 1960s, when he wrote it), and only touched on the frontier stuff in flashbacks. And it was, in fact, a murder mystery. Horses and saddles were involved, but so were station wagons.
What are the odds, right?
After that, the second one was indeed a western, but I was literally at the places he was mentioning, and could see the ridges and canyons.
I was in the Mojave Desert at 29 Palms, and reading a Sackett novel, Mojave Crossing.
I gotta say, reading a western when you’re looking at the peaks and valleys he’s talking about in a novel makes it a lot more interesting.
After that, I picked up The Walking Drum.
Princess Bride by way of Treasure Island and Lord Of The Rings: i.e. epic medieval adventure, from Normandy to Persia, and back.
That hooked me enough to read everything else he wrote, until his death. The pity is that he never wrote a sequel to TWD. It was epic.
The only book he wrote that sucked was the last one released before he died. The butter was slipping off of his waffles by that point.
You can’t get free downloads, give a holler; I’ll send you some hard copy paperbacks.
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In reply to Barry.
the head of the executive branch is ~~the president~~ the unelected bureaucracy
FIFY
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“come to their senses” doesn’t mean trump expects they will.
The DOJ and it’s subsidiary, the FBI, are part of the executive branch and the head of the executive branch is the president.
I have advocated for the complete closing of the FBI and DOJ for many years. Do I think Trump will do that? No. But I do think having been burnt by them he will make their lives much smaller.
I do get tired of the know nothings that make so may bullshit statements about Trump.
Link here will tell you how much Trump knew he faced at the outset. Give it 5 minutes to learn something.
Trump-the-Establishment:
The Inaugural Address:
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/the-inaugural-address/
Just to be clear for the morons that sometimes pop up – Trump is not the only man capable of leading the country in a better direction, but he is the only one running for the office with proven results, the only one running for the office not bought by the likes of Rupert Murdoch and the Bush family*, the only one running for office that speaks clearly and tells you what he will do, then tries to do it.
*that’s a general statement. The Wall St class is anti-American to their core and buy politicians like candy.
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“Not that the most unpopular GOP candidate in modern history was still more popular than she was.”
Agree with everything Aesop said.
It’s quite obvious to anyone that can think that President Trump is the most popular politician in history, no one else comes close.
People that write like that and make false statements like that are not worthy of being read.
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If you indeed “offered to sit down and have a beer with him” you would be arrested and prosecuted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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In reply to Aesop.
IIRC, most of what my uncle had was the Westerns, which I was never much interested in, either movies or books. That’s my only excuse for not having looked into L’Amour before, although I was aware even back then that he had written more than just the cowboyz ‘n’ injunses stuff. I’ma gonna get myself over to the free-ebook download site I mentioned above and see what I can dig up.
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In reply to Mike.
Shortly before his death he released some anthologies of his better pulp work that was outside readers’ expectations of his Western genre work. IIRC, one was adventure stories that put Indiana Jones and Allan Quartermain to shame, and the other was noir pulp works.
Both were the equal of anything about the Sacketts, or anyone else west of the Mississippi before indoor plumbing.
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“Unpopular”? WTAF?!? Has someone been fucking with the English dictionary or something???
Whatever shit-for-brains idiot wrote “most unpopular GOP candidate in modern history” in that backhanded Never-Trumper screed is blissfully ignorant of the actual reality, which is that both times out DJT got more actual votes than any other Republican presidential candidate in U.S. history, and made historic inroads into such normally reliable Demotard voting blocs as blacks and Hispanics. That’s why DJT scared the hell out of the Establishment in both parties.
And that ignorance of reality is why they’re a shit-for-brains idiot.
Mafz iz hard. Especially for the Never Trump crowd, doubly so when it’s obvious that the Donald grabbed them by the pussy.
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I wouldn’t want to drive down a gravel road in one of those lithium battery powered cars, puncture the battery compartment with a sharp rock, or jostle the battery compartment going over a pothole, and you could wind up, along with your passengers, being cremated by your car – which can continue to reignite days and even weeks later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZK0z7xYuQ
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In reply to Aesop.
Red Bull gives you wings, and has avoided going woke. In part by firing execs a few years ago who tried to push the company into woke statements and support for woke causes.
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For the life of me I don’t know how Anhauser Busch or any of the mega brands still sell beer.
Their product is ghastly and their prices are at least as, if not more, expensive than many a decent craft beer.
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In reply to hhluce.
The largest boulders given the slightest nudge take on a gravitas all their own.
Dislodge a pebble here, give a small push there, and stand back. No one has to do all the work; physics itself stands by ready to take full charge.
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Paint it red, white, and blue, baby.
Rivers of blood, mountains of skulls, oceans of tears.
Until that finally (and inevitably) kicks off, everything else is dissembling and prologue.
There can now be no other way, and there can be only one victor.
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Amigo, I can go you one better.
My family lived that exact landscape, and before it was Ventura Boulevard, it was Ventura Highway, as in “the way to get from L.A. to Ventura” since Spanish conquistadors along El Camino Real, the King’s highway, before there even was a freeway in sight. You could see the lights of the cars coming and going over the hill hence from our back porch, and you could hear the traffic from the back yard, over the split rail fence and across the endless bean and strawberry fields that stretched way off to the south, and no houses south of us for miles until that road. My older brother used to catch frogs in the creek before they paved it for a flood control channel.
Anyone who wants it can have the Rotten Apple of NYFC.
The finest noir stories are set in L.A., and long have been. Including such modern gems as Chinatown, The Two Jakes, Bladerunner, Terminator, and Into The Night.
Thanks for the prose tip.
BTW, don’t overlook the classic pulp detective works of another small-time author who also camped out in L.A. for a spell or three. You may have heard of him.
Guy name of Louis L’Amour. 😉
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In reply to Aesop.
“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” https://suntzusaid.com/book/1/22
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As per usual, Stew Peters is full of it, we’re not close to a war, there’s not the will to do it. Compare the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland – https://www.eiu.edu/historia/Hawkins.pdf – and you can quickly see how far we are away from it. So far, it’s nothing more than angry words from keyboard warriors, attention seekers, and salesmen pushing their usual assortment of goods, we don’t have the equivalent of the Provisional IRA taking retribution on the opposition. If that latter were to begin happening, it would be the flashes of lightning from a still-distant storm – and we don’t even have that. Talk is cheap – and lucrative – and there’s plenty of it. And turning parts of the US into the equivalent of the Donbass from 2014 to 2022 isn’t exactly an attractive prospect, if you think about it. Determined self-defense is one thing, war is quite another.
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Sure, why not, it’s a weak case, with an incomplete indictment. The 34 counts are the same crime, just separated in time, not as to material facts, persons, or places. Innocence on one count is a basis for innocence on all. And charging as a felony under NY law requires the intent to conceal another crime, and that crime is neither alleged nor charged, so the felony counts can turn back into misdemeanors, so a motion for a bill of particulars, then a motion for summary judgment on the insufficiency of the indictment is in order. Once the felonies turn into misdemeanors, they’re time-barred, so another motion for summary judgment, and that flushes the case.
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What happened in those Kavanaugh hearings is instructive – in the hearing room they fought like rabid cats, and then they had two 15 minute breaks to vote on a bill to give nearly a trillion dollars to the National Security State and Military Industrial Complex. No party line vote, it was total bipartisanship – 97 for, 3 against.
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The way the Revolutionary Left works – the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Left – is to seek out weak targets and attack them. They don’t attack strong groups, they attack weak individuals whom they are more or less sure won’t do something like shoot them. They’re like street criminals, they do a careful job of selecting victims. There’s a good reason you don’t see LGBT rights and Antifa parades in the ‘hood, they’d meet with organized and stiff resistance, because people like that aren’t tolerated – not 30 years ago, not now. Check out Sun Tzu’s Art of War (https://suntzusaid.com/), that’s what the MLM Left uses. Be strong, use situational awareness, defend your neighborhood – and don’t be shy about it.
“It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy’s one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two. If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him.” https://suntzusaid.com/book/3/8 and /3/9 and read the commentary, too.
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What passes for “Revolutionary Left” and “hard Left” are the shock troops of the Administrative State, which uses partisan politics to keep the population divided, distracted, and unaware of the con. Old liberal white ladies in coffeeshops say outrageous stuff just to get peoples’ attention, otherwise they are routinely ignored. The Democratic Party – like the Republican Party – is a neoliberal corporatist party, neither Right nor Left. “The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies… is a foolish idea. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.” Quigley, Tragedy and Hope, p1265 (1965) In terms of actual enacted policy, the two parties are identical, only the rhetoric is not. Few people know, for example, that the legislatures of the swing states which elected Biden, were controlled by Republicans, who could have stopped the steal dead in its tracks – no court could have challenged them – but they chose to enact the enabling legislation – and then certified the results and the electors – it was a bipartisan steal.
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He ought to check out Charles Bukowski. Back in 1982, it was the night before the Graduate Record Exam, something like the SAT but for grad school, and I was looking for something to do that wasn’t related to the test. Some friends told me that Bukowski was doing a reading on campus that evening. I got stuck doing something or other in the Chemistry Department at Emory in Atlanta (actually Decatur, right across the tracks from the CDC), looked at my watch, saw that it was 15 minutes until the reading ended. I had a choice – walk in and catch the last 10 minutes and maybe get some of the wine and cheese on offer after the talk – or say the hell with it and go home. So I figured, what the hell, why not, so I walked over and walked in late. He was finishing up, and then most of the audience went home, except for a bunch of English profs, me and a few friends, and Bukowski, who stayed to scarf up the wine and cheese. Well, that lasted for about 15 minutes, when Bukowski asked me “Where does a man get a real drink around here?” – he probably noticed my artless entrance. And of course, the answer was easy – “Jaggers, it’s right across the street” and so our group headed out, English profs and wine and cheese and literary theory just had no appeal for him – or us. A real drink was a boilermaker – a shot of whiskey chased by a glass of cold beer… It was 9 pm when we headed over, I figured on staying for an hour and going home, waking up in good shape to take the test. Yeah, right. I ordered a Jagger burger with cheese and fries, figuring that that would blunt the effect of the alcohol and if I’d left at 10 pm, it would have. He was a spellbinding conversationalist, the next time I looked at my watch it was 11 pm. I got up, told him I had to go, and why, and he said “Stick around, kid, don’t worry, you’ll do fine”. Turned out he knew a lot about Kansas City, especially the area around Union Station and the bars just up the hill, which I knew as well – and Kelly’s in Westport, which was in what used to be Jim Bridger’s old dry goods store – the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails started right outside the front door. Anyhow, we wound up closing the place down at two in the morning. I had had a memorable time – it’s 41 years on, and I remember it as if it were a movie. I made it home, set the alarm clock, holding on to the walls to slow down the spinning, woke up 15 minutes after the alarm went off, walked into the test still with the spins – 20 minutes late, and finished three hours later, stone cold sober, no hangover. Got the results back, Bukowski was right, I blew it away, averaged in the 95th percentile, good enough to get into MENSA – and grad school at the University of Florida… Check this out – https://bukowski.net/
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Red Wind – Chapter 1 Lyrics
There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands’ necks.
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In reply to Skeptic.
I did not think you were using it in that simple way, but in that case I am wrong about the term used.
And you’re a damn fool. Of course you would have Trump stay in Florida for fear of arrest. You hate Trump and support the deep state in their attempts to stop him at any cost.
Trump is afraid? You are truly a fucking idiot. He is the bravest SOB in our political system.
You are deranged, unhinged. And all because of one man that chose to fight back against a corrupt system for the benefit of Americans.
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The Republic died in 1861, at the hand of the Tyrant Lincoln, cursed be his name. We have been an empire based on brute force since.
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In reply to Barry.
Ummm…Binary Barry, “surrendering” is the legal term for turning oneself in to law enforcement to answer charges. My God, you are a fucking moron.
As far as what he should have done? Yes. Stay in Florida. Why the fuck not? He had nothing to lose. If DeSantis doesn’t protect him, he has another weapon to use in his constant campaign against the Governor.
On the other hand, if DeSantis stares down the Feds and the Feds blink, then DeSantis looks like a hero. Again. That’s probably what Trump was afraid of.
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In reply to Bill589.
Filthy Koch-sucking Rove Republican swill gonna suck Koch. Same as it has been for MANY years now.
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And North Carolina gets a lot more red…
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/north-carolina-rep-tricia-cotham-switches-to-republican-party-says-democratic-party-has-become-unrecognizable/
Republicans now have a super majority in the legislature and can overturn commie Coopers veto’s.
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In the ’70s in highschool I was taught that the biggest difference between ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ was where they thought power should be. The ‘Left’ wanted the power with government. The ‘Right’ wanted the power with the individual.
Now I’m not sure if what I was taught was ever true, or if so remains true. If so, the Dem Party is definitely far Left. The GOP is less Left. IMO, neither Party is Right.
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“Trump should not have dignified the process by surrendering.”
Surrendering? That’s what you think he did? And what would you have him do different? Stay in Florida? Protected by DeSantis, that same guy that said he wouldn’t get involved just a couple weeks back? No travel to any states outside because he would be subject to arrest?
Trump did the only reasonable thing an actual American can do, showed up and now the fight begins. That you think he surrendered just shows your intellectual infirmity.
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In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
As it happens, I certainly do, and am damned glad to. Genius is right. 😉
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In reply to Skeptic.
You’re so f’ing stupid it hurts.
I posted a newspaper article and you claimed there was no proof “…that ties that bill to DeSantis in any way.”
Next post I submit is a rebuttal to your comment, showing that DeSantis is tied to the bill by his own freaking campaign manager.
Which you ignore and change the subject…
So, lets be clear, you are either too stupid to read, or you made shit up. Which is it?
“…you could look back and see what I was saying prior to March 2020.”
Why don’t you post it up then? I think your as dishonest as all the other deep state fuckers. But here’s your opportunity to prove me wrong. Stating you voted for Trump twice is immaterial. You voted for McCain and Romney as well (spit).
“My liking of DeSantis has to do with what he’s actually DONE in Florida…”
Which is the same thing Bush did in Florida. Big F’ing deal. I’ve stated a number of times that DeSantis is a fine Gov. So is Lee in Tennessee or Ivey in Alabama among many others, and both of which won reelection by much larger margins than DeSantis.
DeSantis is your man because he is a deep state government owned man, supported by the Bush family machine.
“Since you brought Trump into the conversation…“
I didn’t bring Trump into the conversation you blooming idiot.
“At the very least, I think we need a better definition of what constitutes a “public figure” and what constitutes a proper level of protection. The idea that we currently have “free speech” is pretty ridiculous, anyway, given the level that entities like Big Tech are able to censor speech.”
We have the only definition needed. It’s called the first amendment, and I don’t need you and Ron DeSantis to tell me what I can say about any politician. Which is the whole damn point of the article and my posting it.
You, on the other hand have decided giving politicians the right to censor others is a good thing, and will defend them doing it.
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Wow. That guy is a genius. Truly one of the greatest minds of our era! Do you know him personally, Mike? 😉
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In reply to Barry.
See, this is why I call you Binary Barry. In what passes for your mind, everything is about Trump. My liking of DeSantis has to do with what he’s actually DONE in Florida, and absolutely nothing to do with Trump. My evolution on DeSantis is behind Mike’s (I was initially not a fan of how DeSantis handled the Covidiocy – still am not, although he came back to reality quicker than most governors), and my evolution on Trump pretty much parallels his. Oh, and Desantis just made Florida the 26th Constitutional Carry state. Again – ACTIONS.
Since you brought Trump into the conversation, however, Trump has complained bitterly about the “public figure” exemption to libel laws, and rightly so. Few people have been as harmed as Trump by outright lies in the press like Peegate, the Russian dossier, the Ukraine call, etc. Like most other things, the public figure exemption was designed to protect actual criticism of politicians and prevent the government from censoring speech. In our current post-Constitutional era, it’s become a license to lie. In some cases (Kyle Rittenhouse and Nick Sandmann come to mind), the media has actually attempted to use the exemption to claim that private citizens were public figures BECAUSE of the media lying and libeling them. So, honestly, I’m not 100% sure that the Florida bill isn’t a good idea, or at least one worth discussing.
At the very least, I think we need a better definition of what constitutes a “public figure” and what constitutes a proper level of protection. The idea that we currently have “free speech” is pretty ridiculous, anyway, given the level that entities like Big Tech are able to censor speech.
My guess is that your knee jerk reaction is again, binary thinking. DeSantis bad, Trump good. You OnlyTrumpTards are just as bad and mentally deficient as NeverTrumpTards. And I was not a NeverTrumper, dipshit. I’ve been commenting here since at least 2018, and if you had the intellectual curiosity to do so, you could look back and see what I was saying prior to March 2020.
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They obviously want a war.
One should, by all means, be given to them.
They have Fucked Around, and it’s long past time they Found Out.
Just not on camera, and neither on ground nor at the times of their choosing.
Make it a surprise party.
Tank crews aren’t the only ones who can get shot to pieces while taking a leak.
Let him who has ears to hear, listen.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Hey Skeptic, just because you’re too stupid to recognize the truth, or even search for it, doesn’t mean the rest of us are.
“Let’s be very clear. While Rep. Andrade, who himself is a civil litigation attorney and has filed this bill with co-sponsors Reps. Michael Beltran and Dean Black, this is Gov. DeSantis’s legislative baby.”
Of course, then there is DeSantis’s very own campaign manager:
https://floridianpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-3.59.38-PM.png
But hey, you just keep pretending because you don’t like President Donald Trump.
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If our culture is only things, it can be taken away in an instant. If it is of and by our people, and part of them, it can never be taken away.
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Brother I am waiting with baited bad breath for this lift off as if I was back in the late sixties. I will follow it, as Ron White jokes, all the way to the crash site.
Inquiring minds want to know if the Vann Allen radiation belts are real, If CGI is real, If nasa is real, if reality is real.
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They don’t have any furries on the crew, either. I am disgusted at the bigotry of the government employees making these decisions.
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In reply to Barry.
I didn’t see a single quote or fact cited in that article that ties that bill to DeSantis in any way. Do you drool when you post about DeSantis or Trump, Barry?
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The takeaway: Mike spent time with his hands on his beloved, knowing full well that other men were also involved. He was hoping to get a happy ending but instead seems to have gotten an infection.
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Probably an abscess, with a root canal in your future, and antibiotics and serious pain meds in the short term.
Once the infection clears up, things get a lot better.
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DeSantis is opposed to free speech:
The Florida Bill That Could Help Sink DeSantis’s 2024 Chances
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Sorry to hear you are suffering. Amoxicillin is probably what you need as it sounds like an infection. I keep it on hand.
Glad to hear your Mom is out of the hospital, prayers for a full recovery.
https://efishmox.com/
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In reply to kennycan.
Private security will not stave off anything the deep state has on tap. Only the SS has that ability.
OTOH, this ain’t the same service that existed when Spiro Agnew was VP and surrendered in secret with escort by the SS.
Perhaps there are a few American men left in that service. And one thing is absolutely certain, they will love Trump because he is a very nice person in person.
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In reply to kennycan.
DeSantis would “resist” in order to score political points, then give in to the “rule of law”*.
Trump has little choice but to surrender. Everywhere he would go outside Florida he would be subject to arrest.
You surrender and fight the battle within the legal system, or you take up arms.
If we had an actual opposition party they would start with legislation to shut down all of these criminal and corrupt false charge indictments. But we don’t, and DeSantis is little more than the Joe Biden of the republicans.
*actually the rule of men. The rule of law left us around 2000 after being whittled away for 50+ years.
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In reply to Skeptic.
In the past I’ve learned to Trust that Trump has a Plan.
But yeah, it’s odd to just give in this easily. Make them present the case to DeSantis for the extradition.
That would make Ron! either shit or get off the pot.
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In reply to Barry.
I’m fairly certain Trump has his own Security as well, to keep the Secret Service honest.
However, in a jail would his private security be allowed?
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For the life of me, I don’t understand why Trump is voluntarily going to NY to surrender.
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The title strikes me as affirming the trans community. “A near-girl is still a girl. A near-man is still a man.” How progressive!
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In reply to Aesop.
But their funders will not be touched, and as long as THAT is the case, the evil will continue unabated!
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In reply to John Wilder.
Nonsense. It shows that they are UNafraid. It’s a victory lap.
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Similar commentary from the Tablet – a long, long article but worth the read: “Faced with an external threat in the form of Trumpism, the natural cohesion and self-organizing dynamics of the social class were fortified by new top-down structures of coordination that were the goal and the result of Obama’s national mobilization. In the run-up to the 2020 election, according to reporting by Lee Fang and Ken Klippenstein for The Intercept, “tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Verizon Media met on a monthly basis with the FBI, CISA, and other government representatives … to discuss how firms would handle misinformation during the election.”
Historian Angelo Codevilla, who popularized the concept of an American “ruling class” in a 2010 essay and then became its primary chronicler, saw the new, national aristocracy as an outgrowth of the opaque power acquired by the U.S. security agencies. “The bipartisan ruling class that grew in the Cold War, who imagined themselves and who managed to be regarded as entitled by expertise to conduct America’s business of war and peace, protected its status against a public from which it continued to diverge by translating the commonsense business of war and peace into a private, pseudo-technical language impenetrable to the uninitiated,” he wrote in his 2014 book, To Make and Keep Peace Among Ourselves and with All Nations.
What do the members of the ruling class believe? They believe, I argue, “in informational and management solutions to existential problems” and in their “own providential destiny and that of people like them to rule, regardless of their failures.” As a class, their highest principle is that they alone can wield power. If any other group were to rule, all progress and hope would be lost, and the dark forces of fascism and barbarism would at once sweep back over the earth. While technically an opposition party is still permitted to exist in the United States, the last time it attempted to govern nationally, it was subjected to a yearslong coup. In effect, any challenge to the authority of the ruling party, which represents the interests of the ruling class, is depicted as an existential threat to civilization.” https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation#oneparty
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In reply to MarkMatis.
To be blunt, you would lose your “smart money”.
I tried to find more about the “judge” but it seems unavailable.
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In reply to Aesop.
Agreed. The question is, is the Secret Service compromised?
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This, more than anything, shows how weak they feel they are. They’re afraid.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
The Secret Service may have something to say about that, and there is no provision in federal code to rescind their protection or responsibility for same even if a former president is convicted of crimes.
Grab some popcorn.
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Let’s be scrupulously honest:
They’re acting like a party that thinks they can’t be dragged out of office by the hair, stood up against a wall, and shot full of holes; or strung up from the nearest tall object by a hank of electrical wire in job lots.
The surprise factor on the falsity of that belief is going to biblical, and legendary, and something your great grandkids will still be talking about.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
If he/she/it was owned by an arch-conservative, religious-observant Israeli Jew, I’d be fine with it. But it won’t be; it’ll be some shitlib American atheist, whether Jew or AWFL, who’ll be presiding over a white/Neegrow/Citizen Of The World shitlib jury. And it’ll be New York shitlibs who convict, sentence, and pack him off to prison. No Jews either needed, or required. Our problem is much, much bigger than can be tucked away under a yarmulke or hidden behind a beard and a jeweler’s loupe. The more we let ourselves get sidetracked by that stuff, the worse off we’re gonna be.
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In reply to Barry.
But smart money says the “judge” is owned by Jews, just like Bragg.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
If they do not permit a change of venue, he will be convicted.
If he lives that long. Do not be too surprised if they deny him bail and send him to Rikers Island to be Epsteined by the guards.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
“just another D.C. grifter”
Ok, then, what are you doing?
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MTG, just another D.C. grifter, she has accomplished very little. Go ahead, make their day and show up.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
ps Trump’s deal is an indictment not a conviction. Spun a thousand ways, oh look squirrel. Nothing will happen
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Pretty soon they are going to pass that Tik Tok law and it will be loaded with online illegal legalities. Should create some spicy times
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In reply to Barry.
Nope, they’ll be mostly white “liberals.” As I’ve said so many times, the problem isn’t with Jews; the liberal ones are mostly non-practicing anyway, what you might call JINOs. Go to Israel, or to any synagogue (if you can find one outside of NYC; Jews are a tiny minority in the US and most Americans will live their entire lives without ever meeting one, unless they travel a lot) and they’re mostly conservative. No, the problem is and always has been LIBERALS.
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Pretty sure the judge was raised catholic, Mark.
I’d bet the jurors were not majority jewish.
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Anyone surprised this was the verdict in Jew York Shitty?
Anyone think that President Trump will get a fair trial there?
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Heh. “I always thought these letters were just made up, that they couldn’t possibly be real, until one day I…”
It’s funny, the company I was writing for (the same one Chris worked for at ITA actually, they put out all kinds of magazines) had this incredibly detailed style guide in pamphlet format, telling the writers exactly what was and was not acceptable for publication: X number of FFM stories each month, X number of lesbian ones, X number of cheating-wife ones, X number of exhibitionist/public nudity ones, etc. Light bondage was okay, but S&M was absolutely forbidden, as was rape, incest, underage participants, and any male-male contact. I was fine with that, so it worked out good. 9 stories to be submitted per month, which is a heck of a lot tougher to produce than you might realize until you’d tried it under deadline, paying 900 bucks in total. Break any of the rules, and they wouldn’t publish ANY of your submissions for the month, so you made nothing.
All in all, they ran a pretty tight ship.
I might still have that booklet tucked away in a box of junk somewhere, I ought to look and see if I can dig it up. It was pretty funny, looking back on it. Although under the gun, close to deadline, and completely out of ideas, it wasn’t funny at all.
My favorite quote about the job was Fitzgerald’s, who said that the worst part about it was that he had completely ruined his own best sexual fantasies by writing them up for other people to read. After that, he said, he lost all interest in them forever.
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Parents are elderly. My brother mostly takes care of my mom and my dad’s wife is younger so she’s able to help him as he needs it, but there are times when I’m needed for one thing or another and my absence would make things more difficult.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
You really need to see a doctor about your obsession.
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this is, as is the lgbtqxyz insults, the food scarcity insult, the prices insult, the “Ukdraine” insult, the banking insult… and on and on ad infinitum… an all out effort by the criminals in “power”; to provoke a response from those right thinking folks, to take up arms. Because “the criminals” think they can win. They don’t understand that when this goes hot, as it surely will; far too many on the right side already know it will mean “all of us or all of them”. It is going to be a fucking mess, of a magnitude not seen in all of history. The people who just want to live a good life and not be interfered with have begun to realize that’s not going to happen. I have grandchildren; I don’t want them to pay for this, or have to fix this. This happened on our watch, the duty falls to us. There is going to be a fight, all right.
Let’s win.
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In reply to Barry.
Can you give me a link to the speech or whatever where Reagan said that?
How did hitting Japan with tariffs and forcing them to revalue their undervalued, manipulated currency fit with that idea?
Japan then moved manufacturing into America. In Right to Work States like TN. The Japanese Automakers still have lots of factories in the American South.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
There are way more of people like me getting out of those places than ever.
NYC itself is losing taxpayers and replacing them with illegals. Very few there are real Americans and they’re outnumbered. Plus they’re not allowed to legally own a gun.
If you’re American the writing is on the wall. Get the hell out.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Don’t interrupt the enemy when they’re destroying their own strongholds.
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In reply to John Wilder.
100% Correct. This is ALL kabuki theater. The die is cast. No one and no action is going to turn this around without tree watering.
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In reply to Barry.
Plenty of Jews across this country cheering Bragg today.
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Just another reminder that it’s been about 30 years since Letterman was funny.
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Well, we now have something else to watch during the currency collapse, so there’s that.
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Regardless of where you think we are and headed in this country, every American should be standing up for and appreciating Trump for standing up for America. Anyone else would be called a hero.
And of course, as a reminder, this is all a part of the script with backing from the GOP that is trying to STOP Trump. If they win, then it will be our fault.
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I feel for you. Wish I had a suggestion but nothing that you don’t know – get out of the commie hellhole. I know you have/are considering that, but it sure gets messy when you have your family close by. I’ve considered retiring and moving to the coast full time, but with all the children and grandchildren within 20 minutes, the wife says no way. It’s pretty lucky they all live close by.
Your daughter is lucky to have you looking out for her.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
“many do”
Define “many”. Most of us abandoned any pretense of the democrat hellholes being livable or workable and stay the hell out. I’m fine with the residents of those places burning them to the ground. I wouldn’t piss on the fire.
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Pissin’ and moanin’ alert. You won’t miss anything of great import if you skip.
My daughter is currently in 10th grade, in a small private school. Doing well but not thrilled with it so we discussed and then looked into having her go to community college next year. All was coming together and she was enthusiastic about the idea. (Note that as a generally mopey teenage girl she hardly ever gets, or at least shows, enthusiasm about anything.)
Today we went to the admissions office and found that the school requires the clot shot to attend in person. Purebloods can attend remotely and get credit. The kid is opposed to that, though; she’s sure that she won’t be able to maintain motivation in isolation.
The same clot shot rule applies to all state schools in NYS, so applying to a different community college won’t help. Most or all of the private colleges have the same rule, no doubt rammed down their throats by the state government and I don’t really want to pay private college tuition for this.
Not sure what to do. I can ask around and see if there’s a home school group that she can sit with while she does her own work. She can continue on with the current school but she was so eager to leave it that going back would probably be twice the burden. In theory I could hunt around and get someone to falsely fill out a clot shot card but that’s against the law so of course I won’t actually do so. She and I could move to a less sucky state but I’m not sure that she’d be able to enroll in college as a 16-year-old high school dropout; there’s also the family issues which have kept me here for most of the past decade and a half. Bah.
On a related note, the issue of the clot shot is a rift between me and most of the rest of the family. Except for daughter and self, I believe that every family member over five years old has gotten the clot shot. Some grudgingly because their job required it. Some enthusiastically. Everyone who’s said anything about it is pressuring me to get the clot shot, or at least have the kid get it. It would make life so much easier, you know, and the talk about medical problems are just scare stories. Um, yah, right. Let’s say No to that. “It’ll make your life easier” is slave talk. You can call me any number of things, but slave will never be one of them.
Come to think of it, though, if family is getting on my case on this issue, maybe I can set aside the family issues which are keeping me here. This warrants some thought.
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One of the biggest reasons that newer cars have a longer lifespan is electronic fuel injection. In an older carbed engine, you pump the gas before starting, which “washes” the oil film from the cylinders with gasoline before it fires up, oil pressure starts again, and the cylinders get coated again. Bore wear and ring seal is greatly enhanced due to EFI, and that’s the biggest reason that engines go 200-300K without needing rebuilds now. The good news is that EFI retrofits for pretty much any engine are out there and cost-effective nowadays. Yes, there are some improvements in metallurgy and machining tolerances over engines built in the 60s and 70s, but mainly it’s EFI as well as better ignitions for spark control.
My newest vehicle (of several – probably too many) is a 2005, and I’ve just put a couple grand into refreshing some of the components on it. I have zero interest in newer vehicles. It’ll get new paint this summer.
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They were definitely checking the doors and corners. Detective Miller would be proud.
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In reply to Barry.
Kyle Rittenhouse can’t be praised enough, but what about the tens of millions of American gun-owning “warriors” that don’t seem to be engaging with the enemy in any effective way.
Also, although most Americans don’t live in city centers, many do work there, shop there, dine there or visit cultural venues there.
Then there’s the tax burden for clean up and repairs that has to be shouldered.
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“Most problems can be solved by a suitable application of high explosives.” – Blaster, Uncommon Valor
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DeSantis is not ready for primetime, and a stalking horse for the GOPe.
Emperor Stumblefuck Poopypants the Ist, OTOH, is a pudding-brained mental defective with profound Alzheimer’s, and every day they prop him up should be good for 500 counts of elder abuse by his entire fraudulent regime.
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This was correctly defined, by no less than staunch Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as “defining deviancy downward”, and these are exactly the predicted results, from the 1960s.
There’s going to come an inevitable reckoning, and it won’t be pretty, but can come none too soon.
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most of these people are oblivious and think we can still vote stuff right, they should be more intelligent, but obviously they are not. Its amazing. Disturbing, irritating, and a few other things, but mostly its pure and simple oblivious and live in their own little worlds
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And more good news – Republican dominated NC legislature overrides commie coopers veto on the bill ending sheriffs background checks for pistol purchases. Took a handful of democraps to get it done:
BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans override Governor veto on purchasing handguns
NC ain’t blue, and it’s not purple either.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
You mean like Kyle Rittenhouse?
Yea, Americans like him.
Not many Americans live in the “city centers”.
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In reply to kennycan.
The “Free Traders” really mean raid the American economic system as no one else allows anything remotely resembling free trade internationally.
Your “free markets” comment is spot on.
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In reply to kennycan.
Nope. it was Reagan. He didn’t say “Mow lawns” but it was the same thing. Basically he said we didn’t need manufacturing, a service economy would work just fine.
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“pretty good return on investment”
Damn right. The preferred outcome.
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It’s much, much worse than that – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9cmYNRgXXg – “This video will hopefully articulate and creatively demonstrate what Ms. Watt and Ms. Latypova have been sharing so diligently on their own pages and channels: a literal military coup of the US government and a war on its citizens has taken place under our noses, and the overthrow of the US Constitution and the ongoing war against Americans. Although no bombs were dropped, no armed troops moved into our communities and no doors were kicked in, there has been a mass-killing of citizens all under the guise of a health emergency.”
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In reply to kennycan.
You mean like the Americans who took on Antifa and BLM to such great effect when their city centers were being destroyed.
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“I suspect “wokeness” hurts recruitment,” this guy is a real genie ass based this statement.
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Not so sure based on more recent reports. Even some of the local police departments near my AO ran training drills in their respective highschools over spring break this month. I’m sure they took video for critiquing efforts so maybe the video’s we saw were of the same thing in their area.
Don’t believe me, why no video in the parking lot of strapping on it’s gear after it parked.
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I wish the grifters would stop parroting these stories, then it would all end. Besides, it’s all psyop for distraction since we would convert to fire if they actually could do that.
If millions would get rid of their tv’s the electric vehicle commercials would end for example.
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In reply to Barry.
The Mask helped hide his identity but also highlighted the uselessness of The Face Diaper.
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If you did something right then and there the armed police would be out there so fast your head would spin.
It’d be justice though if this man were identified and found later in a more ‘private’ location.
MTG should do this again and if the thugs show up, be prepared to follow them and identify them.
At the very least, name names and let Americans do the rest.
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In reply to Barry.
The case for the guillotine is constantly bolstered.
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I understand why the two people getting a divorce couldn’t stand each other.
This is a case of All Fault Divorce.
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In reply to Barry.
I do not think it was Reagan saying the Mow Each Other’s Lawn Makes US Rich meme.
Also, recall how Reagan put Tariffs on Japan.
Reagan was much closer to Trump than Bush.
And it was HW Bush that called it Voodoo Economics and opposed Reagan.
You are taking what the Bush Cabal did to distort “Free Trade” and ascribing that to Reagan.
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There never was Free Trade going on.
The whole of the Chinese markets, for instance, are manipulated. The price of their currency is set by the government. You cannot buy or sell the Yuan in any meaningful amount without registering EVERY transaction with a government entity called SAFE and you have to justify each transaction to them or they disallow it. Then you have to transact at the price their government set. That’s just one Market Distortion.
You cannot have “Free Trade” when at least one participant does not have Free Markets.
And I haven’t even gotten to how the US and all Western Nations manipulate our own Markets.
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When the media reported it was a Female shooter I immediately thought ‘Trans’.
I was right and wrong at the same time. It WAS a Trans but it also WAS a Female.
I thought then “This is very odd. When the media reports on Trans they don’t call a Female “she” or “her” or by their birth names. Why is this being treated differently?”
Any thoughts why she is suddenly a “she” and getting deadnamed when the Media consider that a bigger sin than the murders she committed?
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Looks like the States better get their Militias trained.
SOMEONE is looking at this and thinking “Maybe I can…”
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This is customer-friendly: they needed architecture you could take cover behind when the drive-by shootings start.
Only thing missing on the bottom example is crenellated battlements with a moat and drawbridge.
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And it should only get worse, until they kick out the trannies, restrict women to jobs they can physically accomplish, adopt the male PFT requirements as standard across the board, and kick every one of the gutless ass-kissing bastards (that would be just about all of them) out of the senior ranks (colonel and up), in wholesale job lots, until guys the caliber of Patton, David Hackworth, and Chesty Puller sound like they’d be the weakest sisters in the new ranks of leadership.
Until that day comes, the entire institution should dwindle to an oblivion of nothingness.
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Fucking A AWESOME!
Those are the kind of police officers America wants and deserves. Every. Single. Time.
And I LOVE a happy ending:
Three x .223 at the first opportunity, and four more 9mm to the head and torso for twitching without permission. Excellence in action.
Six dead is the tragedy.
But another fuckwit DRT, 0% recidivism, and no money wasted on trials or prison bills, is a pretty good return on investment for about five bucks worth of ammo well-placed.
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$116,000,000 on the ad campaign. Now blown apart, plus of all the kids I knew (friends of my boys) NONE of them that were going to get in, are in. One of them would have made a fine Marine, and that was his goal. He looked it over, and noped out. Repeat tens of thousands of times.
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Those with good memories may remember that “Jaybo” posted an article about the UNC “Fellowship for Exploring Research in Nutrition program, or FERN” that was seemingly closed to white participation.
I can tell you that they received complaints, including from myself. And I finally have confirmation the program is now open to all, thanks to the group “Do No Harm”:
UNC Chapel Hill opens academic program up to all races after civil rights complaint
Hat Tip, Instapundit
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If they’re in black or Hispanic communities, transgendered people simply aren’t tolerated, especially in areas with lots of gang presence/control, and the majority – nearly all – of the assaults and murders take place in those communities. If you’re white, it will probably result in a beat down, but if black or Hispanic, it will result in a shooting. I lived in a 95% poor black, 4% poor white, 1% students looking for cheap rent area, run by the Crips, in Cincinnati, and that was the rule – if you even looked gay, there’d be trouble ahead for you.
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Of those 271 alleged hate crimes, how many turned out to be hoaxes? How many turned out to simply be muggings or whatever, with the victim’s “identity” not having factored into it? Some of us, believe it or not, are capable of pattern recognition, un-PC though it is to mention such things.
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A self-declared transsexual might have a bit of psychiatric history? You don’t say.
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Another trannycide screws the pooch, and ruins the narrative.
Put them all on the terrorist watch list.
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Let it rot on the vine.
What remains will become a resupply point for those with eyes to see.
And contrary to Poopypants’ asinine assertions, it turns out you don’t need F-15s to overthrow a tyrannical government when there are no pilots, no gas, and no spare parts for the F-15s.
Pisser.
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In reply to hhluce.
From her illustrations, I wouldn’t be surprised if she had a paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis – https://ahillustrations.myportfolio.com/mad-world
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They weren’t AK-47s, They looked like machine pistols, and from the way the front door was shot, full-auto as well, those doors took a burst of fire. I’ll bet she has a bit of psychiatric history that no one is talking about, too, history which would have shown up on an NCIS darabase. If I were Joe Biden, I’d be talking about ice cram, too…
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In reply to Barry.
Ayup, t’is true. Trump is specifically commended in the article for that stand, which I remember lauding here at the time my own self.
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So called “conservatives” argued that one of the rock solid conservative principles is unrestrained free trade in the run up to the 2016 election because Trump dared to suggest putting tariffs in place on china and the EU.
There is no such conservative principle and there never has been. “Free trade” is a disaster and is the primary reason I’m not a big Reagan fan. President Reagan thought that we could mow each other lawns and we’d all get rich in that service economy.
Trump is the first president in my adult lifetime that both understands the economy coupled to prosperity and isn’t afraid to tackle the issue head on. It is the #1 reason the virus was loosed upon the world – the US economy, already headed to the moon, was set to take off in a way never seen before. They, the corrupt deep state commies had to stop it, and stop it hard lest the American people get the idea that it really is that simple.
Reduced manufacturing = poverty
No manufacturing = extreme poverty
Which way do you think we’re headed and who do you think gives a damn?
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I often wish to visit death and destruction on inhuman creatures that mistreat animals more than the same mistreatment of other humans.
Dogs are special animals and every single one should be cherished. The same goes for the other pet favorites.
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Throwing the B.S. flag on this line of thought.
Yes, They could go kinetic.
(Have already in fact, but only in places where they enjoy local acquiescence to their idiocy, with local mob superiority. Which is <2% of the country, by area, btw.)
20 guys tried that on airliners a couple of decades back.
It worked for less than 2 hours, and had a .750 batting average even that day.
It’s batting .000 since that time.
There’s a harsh lesson on the lifespan of that plan, right there.
Pantifa would fare even worse, and for less time.
It would be open season on them.
But not like Gettysburg.
More like Simo Häyhä vs. the Soviet Army.
Times 10,000.
They want to form up large groups for violence?
Cool.
Target-rich environment.
Raconteur Report: Tomorrow
That was a notional four guys, FFS, (4 v. 1000+, if you want to be scrupulously accurate) and to give you an idea about planning, I spun that entire yarn in a 10-minute stretch early one morning.
This ain’t rocket surgery.
Would The Mob’s tactics evolve after that, or a few times of that?
Certainly.
Starting with 90% of them staying their asses home, permanently.
cf.: Number of protests Moldylocks has attended after getting punched in the mouth: ZERO.
Second Harsh Lesson, inbound.
Mobs are the same: everybody wants to be gangster, until it’s time to do gangster shit. Kyle Rittenhouse was outnumbered 1000:1. He popped only three of the motherfuckers, one of them armed with a firearm, and nobody else wanted any more medicine after that. Nobody.
Third Harsh Lesson, if you’re keeping score.
Want more lessons?
1) They’re absolutely chickenshits.
2) Don’t leave live victims.
3) Do unto others, then split. Don’t hang around to tell your side. GTFO.
4) You can’t get facial recognition from a ski mask.
5) You can’t get ID on someone in the shadows.
If he’d popped three of those motherfuckers from cover, in the shadows, with a mask or balaclava on, he’d be laughing about it in anonymity today, and that riot would’ve ended before the third body hit the ground.
FFS, the IRA figured that shit out 55 years ago.
If people think they’re going to fight like Redcoats at Concord Bridge, they’re going to leave a similar trail of dead and wounded, and get their shit pushed in.
Hide behind rocks and trees, and fight like goddamed Indians, dammit.
You’re Americans: fighting like sneaky little shits is your birthright.
The Patriot – Aim Small, Miss Small – YouTube
If you find yourself in a “fair” fight, you already dun fucked up, royally.
This should look like harvesting baby Harp seals. Every time, all the time.
AND. IT. WILL.
Thus Endeth The Lesson.
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FTR, if anyone is stupid enough to try and hold a public press conference without their own security, they deserve what happens to them.
Some of us have been dealing with this kind of b.s. since the early 2000s with illegals and the people giving them a daily tongue bath.
It’s the same mob. Absolutely identical.
And the cops are on their side, every single time.
Stop. Playing. In. The. Street.
Stop playing on their ground.
Make them play on ground of your choosing, and then apply The Chicago Way. When the stakes become “high likelihood of getting your ass shot into doll rags”, they stop coming out to play.
Ask me how I know.
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In reply to boron.
I was going to suggest a plain old ice pick, but I like your style.
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Simple:
use the same method to execute the individual as they used to murder their victim
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Nice headline there Steve.
I prefer hanging myself. No need to waste powder. Ropes can be reused hundreds of times.
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The Smoking Gun:
“The RdS team goal is not for DeSantis to win, the goal is to stop Trump from winning.”
Political Consultant Mark Simone Admits Team Bush and Karl Rove are Group Behind Ron DeSantis Effort….
Y’all can thank me for telling you the truth from day one…
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In reply to boron.
True. OTOH, it’s also difficult when you have been jailed by the government thugs that allow the whistle fucker to impede your freedom of speech.
Whistle fucker is being paid by the pigs to disrupt the legal protest.
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“Freedom of Speech” per a loud whistle in someon’s ear is difficult to perform if intake of air is restricted via garrote
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In reply to SteveF.
“Actions of the past five years suggest otherwise.”
Once every 5 years or so SteveF makes an understatement.
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My only disagreement about the above is that there seems to be an assumption that the police are on the side of law and order and will be acting against the BLM/pAntifa/insurgent mobs. Actions of the past five years suggest otherwise.
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Portable Air Horn.
We’ll see who can make the loudest noise, mr whistle fucker or the person with an air horn at 127db
$25 bucks
https://www.amazon.com/SeaSense-Large-Air-Horn-8oz/dp/B0019M5EZ4/ref=asc_df_B0019M5EZ4?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80539344298437&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584138871550828&psc=1
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It has been often stated that Putin/russia invaded Ukraine because they were forced into it by the halfwit joe biden/fear of NATO expansion.
Which I consider to be 100% wrong. If that is the case then it should be time to admit that it was stupid thinking given the results including the latest:
That is a significant thorn in the side of the putin/nato theory. NATO is expanding as a result of putins “3 day special operation” and now the new members are pooling their resources to make for a better offensive and defensive air force.
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In reply to Aesop.
You think that she had a vital organ between her ears? I guess maybe…
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I know I’ve seen the whole video, but it was a long time ago. I don’t recall the PC for the stop, but I do remember that the blue porker violated procedure more than once. He turned his back on her, he allowed her access to the inside of the car without being able to see her hands, he allowed her access to her purse prior to him searching it, he fucked up big time. He had no control of that incident from start to finish. It almost cost him his life.
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In reply to Aesop.
“Aim small, miss small.”
Good advice. I know that prevailing wisdom has that coming from Mel Gibson’s character in the The Patriot movie, but I swear I recall that any a Daniel Boone episode long prior to that movie.
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In reply to kennycan.
Nunes is the only one on that list I’m not 99% sure of.
YMMV
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Tough?
Au contraire.
He had a pistol with 15 rounds.
He only has to connect with her melon once for a successful resolution, and DRT.
And he could have pressed the muzzle against the target to sweeten the odds.
I would’ve gone for the mag dump.
There’s even the chance he connects 15/15.
Aim small, miss small.
Win-win.
But I’m sentimental like that.
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In reply to Barry.
And yet, as we saw with Sessions, we can never truly be sure.
That is a Most Likely list.
Rand Paul is the only one I’d say is almost certainly MAGA, and that is because he follows in his father’s footsteps, actually practices medicine, takes honest stands, and he cuts his own lawn!
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In reply to MarkMatis.
His, and the other social media, contributions were in the form of being gatekeeper to suppress real stories and spread Propaganda and FUD in its place. That’s where the whiz kids come in. Writing the algorithms that quickly identify real stories detrimental to the Narrative and having the author’s banned or the stories shadow banned by putting them into search result #1,312,666. Do it quick enough and no one ever sees it. Build up a database of “problematic” authors then prevents them from writing any more. Finally, quickly concoct and distribute alternate Narratives or selectively edited stories to replace them and Push the Narrative.
They gave BILLIONS to the Uniparty in that way.
Meanwhile Gates funnels billions into what eventually became the Scamdemic and the ScamClimateChange and the FUD
ANd if you think the FBI and IA agencies were ONLY using Twitter to censor the news and create the narratives then you’re hopelessly naive..
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Griffin, Gates, Buffett have 20x the clout Soros has these days.
I doubt Zuckerberg really runs the algorithms of his firm. I think the whole thing, like Sam Bankman-Fried, is a Front for the Intelligence Agencies and the whiz kids they recruit. Zuckerberg is a smarter, younger, more presentable face than Biteme for the ops.
Sam Bankman-Fried was a front for his parents and such a loser they figured that was the only way to get him a job that paid. Turns out he was even stupider than they imagined and his “girlfriend” the amphetamines freak.
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In reply to Aesop.
I think a headshot would’ve been tough seeing as she got the jump on him. He went for full body mass, as it was a far, far easier shot. I’m with you on the head shot though. They have to fire, do it right.
That said, he had her by the paw (or would it be flipper?). Seems like he could’ve done a twist and jerked her out of the car, fatass or no. I had a sister-in-law in law enforcement, and she took my arm like that, bent the wrist down and twisted, down I went.
Shouldn’t have trusted the taser an went straight to pig wrastling.
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Yeah. I saw that sometime ago, I think on Donut Operator’s channel. I think it escalated when he had trouble cuffing her, being as they are both rotund and she was resisting.
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In reply to Barry.
Seriously, some people just don’t get it about the book scam.
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In reply to Barry.
Ummm….about those book sales:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/desantis-memoir-sales-outpace-trump-pence-clinton-obama-books.html
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Im tired of the BS that these people are pushing, im tired of all the fools who just go along,
may the Lord have mercy on my soul but i cant wait for them all to be dead from following the advice of these self serving turds.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
And Griffin and Pelosi and Biden and Gates and Buffett.
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What amazes me is that those two point alone SHOULD be sufficient. However, for those other skeptics we have hundreds of other data points to show how they Cheated.
I think most people with an IQ over 85 know Trump Won. Those who know but deny it just liked the Result.
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“…Steve Bannon blasted DeSantis for taking a ‘weasel approach.’ ”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11892039/Now-DeSantis-says-territorial-dispute-comments-Ukraine-mischaracterized.html
DeSantis has been given his orders to backtrack on what he said earlier, even though what he said earlier was an attempt to fool all sides.
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Heh, the f’ing pissant fauci schooled by a brother in the hood.
Thanks for putting that one up, Mike. It’s delicious!
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And Matt Gaetz, one of the fighters for Americans, weighs in on the DeSantis Vs Trump race going down:
Gaetz Says DeSantis Puts Americans at Risk by Not Backing Trump Against Persecution
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
DeSantis led a “Red Wave”?
Do you have any idea what the vote totals for other republican governors up for re-election were? Here, let me help you out:
State Candidate % MOV
Florida DeSantis 19.4
Arkansas Sarah Huckabee – Sanders 28.1
Alabama Kay Ivey 37.7
Georgia Kemp 07.6
Idaho Brad Little 40.2
Iowa Kim Reynolds 18.5
Nebraska Jim Pillen 24.8
NH Sununu 15.7
Ohio DeWine 25.3
OK Stitt 13.7
SC McMaster 17.3
S Dakota Kristi Noem 26.8
Tenn Lee 32.0
Texas Abbot 11.0
Vermont Scott 46.9
Wyoming Gordon 58.3
Total 413.3
High Wyoming 58.3
Low Georgia 07.6
Average all 25.83
IOW’s, DeSantis was below the average republican.
There were 2 or 3 states uncalled when I made this list, so it’s off a bit, but it is substantially correct.
The truth busts a lot of bubbles.
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In reply to kennycan.
Understood. I just report the truth, as I see it. I have rarely been wrong when it comes to these things. My glaring omission, one shared with countless others, is missing just how bad bush is and was. I figured it out, but it was too late.
I cannot know what is in the heart of Ron DeSantis. If he is playing along with the CCP owned GOP and turns on them once in office, well played. But I know better. He’s already receiving his personal payoff in checks from Murdoch. It’s how it’s done. Billionaire book publisher pays big advance for a book written by a ghost writer and that no one will ever read. Sales will be to dumpster fillers.
This is all the same as every other deep state GOP operation, it all comes from the same playbook. Nothing changes except the name. McCain/Romney/Jeb!/DeSantis. Not a dimes difference in that bunch when it comes to foreign policy, trade policy, immigration, China policy – in short all the things important to Americans that need fixing. Things that are not decided at the state (governor) level. All you have to do is look at DeSantis’s votes on these items during his house tenure, all bad, all anti-American IMO.
Jeb! was a fine governor. He would be another American sell out as president. Just like the latest GOP selection.
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In reply to kennycan.
In North Carolina all one need do is look at the vote totals for Cooper and the rest of the cast. For commie cooper to win meant that many people that supported every other republican voted for cooper. This has never happened and didn’t happen in 2020. Commie cooper was installed in the governors mansion. Who is commie coopers #1 supporter? A CCP tied chinese national. This is easy.
The national election is easy as well. Any credible statistician can do the math and tell you the truth. Lets start with two basic facts: Trump won in 18 of 19 of the real bellwether counties. That little fact has never ever failed to choose the presidential winner. Second, Trump was up in 6 states and the lead was increasing when they shut down the vote counting, then resumed in the early morning in secret. You only do that if you are cheating. They thought they had it rigged enough, then discovered it was a landslide never seen before for Trump, so that forced them to shut it all down.
That’s it. That’s all you need to know. If those two indisputable facts don’t do it for you, and your honest, then you’re not very bright.
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Trump versus Desantis, bwahahahaha.
It will be Desantis who will lead the red wave just like the last red wave. Bookmark this page to see if I am right or right.
the selection has begun.
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In reply to Barry.
I lean towards your assessment, but I can’t be totally sure.
That said, I also take Mike’s point. RDS, if he is truly MAGA, is needed in FL. As I commented elsewhere, it’s almost an impossibility that a MAGA GOP candidate can get to 270 unless the Cheating is stopped.
So, how is RDS going to get the cheating to stop in States he doesn’t control? Answer: since the GOP is Just In On It™, either directly or indirectly, by simply looking the other way and not doing anything about it, then it isn’t going to stop. UNLESS, RDS is not truly MAGA and is a Neo-Bush (HW and W and Jeb) and really just Dem Lite. Which means we head Left albiet slower.
So how does running him in 2024 get us anywhere? He should just stay in FL and keep shaming the other GOP Governors into following his lead on things. Like the Soros DAs.
As the President he couldn’t fire the Soros DAs at the State Level anyway.
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We keep starting with a False Premise.
Trump didn’t win 235 EC Votes. He won 314 EC Votes. Biden got to 270 by “winning” three states by less than 43,000 total over the three. States which had anomalies in voting in the hundreds of thousands EACH just in the 3am Election Night counts.
RDS will no more be allowed to claim his actual EC Votes as Trump was if he is truly MAGA. If he is NOT truly MAGA then what difference does it make? He will just be like HW and W Bush and take the Country leftward albeit slower.
Oh, and North Carolina is NOT trending Blue. The Governor lost in 2020 and cheated to win. They were thinking of cheating the State away from Trump too. In 2022 the Legislature has a large Republican Majority.
Cheating in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle and Charlotte kept a supermajority from the GOP legislature and the Governor office. This allows them to Rule by Fiat. A Dictatorship.
Trump probably ALSO won VA and MN as well in 2020.
We are NEVER getting to 270 again unless the Vote Fraud is stopped in about 9 States.
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Well, you did say “down to their local congressweasels”, I just failed to comprehend that part apparently.
OTOH, if reporting is reasonably accurate, the fools are going ahead…
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In reply to Barry.
I don’t think they all came from the WH, I think they came from every elected federal Dumbocrat in 50 states and 7 U.S. territories, including the WH.
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Ron DeSantis, a man paid off by Rupert Murdoch (now owned by), has Paul Ryan’s vote! And Jebs!
I’ve told you from the beginning this was all scripted, every bit of it. DeSantis knew all about this just like he knew ahead of time about the illegal FBI raid on Mar a Lago. Every thing, every damn bit of it, has been scripted right down to the words used by the deep states Government Man.
When you get paid millions by Murdoch, and are endorsed by Bush, Ryan, Rove, and Cheney, and your funding comes from the Wall St billionaires, exactly what do you think they expect in return for their investment?
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Hoping for a recovery for your Mom, Mike.
Getting old sucks, but the alternative is final. Hopefully she can recover and have some good years.
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Best wishes to your mom, Mike. Mine is close to the same age and has a raft of health issues of her own, so I understand.
I’m just glad that I’m the only governor in the country who’s actually removed one from office during my tenure.
I see what he means but he shouldn’t be glad of this. He should wish that he was one of a dozen governors to have done so.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Thanks, Mark. Her younger brother was just brought home from the hospital himself, dying of cancer, barely even aware of who or where he is. I told my mom last week we oughta make him President. My mom is in her mid-80s and up until lately has been pretty damned spry, but starting with a case of pneumonia she can’t seem to shake, it’s all been piling up on her of late. As I’ve joshed with her for years now, getting old is truly a terrible thing.
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Just for the record, I think “JJ” is a complete and total idiot.
People like JJ are responsible for the predicament we are in.
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In reply to Aesop.
My guess would be similar, just not all the calls came form the WH.
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In reply to Aesop.
“…deportation, versus gassing them…”
Hmm, thinking…
I’m in for either if we include all the worthless anti-American assholes.
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We had African blacks in my old research group – working for an FRS – you got in by invitation only, IQ > 120 at minimum, fluent in English, two other European languages. Actually asked them about American blacks moving back “home” – and unless they had actual engineering degrees, MDs, or graduate degrees in hard sciences or maths, they were not welcome. Needless to say, any kind of arrest records would keep them out – they were arrested at the airport and deported. They wouldn’t have any tolerance for any of the woke crowd, either. And if they were black, they’d also have to be fluent in the language and customs of the dominant tribe. Boatloads would be met by machine gun fire, I’d bet.
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We are only left to wonder what our country could have been if we hadn’t spent the last 50 or so years kissing black ass, and instead kept the ball moving forward.
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Why not load them on military air transports and fly them just outside the US limits, then offload them? The world would be far better off!
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Can’t deport Stacy. The Earth would wobble on its axis.
FYI – you’ve been reported for phishing. I put in a good word for you.
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In reply to kennycan.
It’s what pathetic pussy neverTrumpers do. Complain about something that was the fault of the GOP. The fucking corrupt marxist GOP had control of the house and senate when Trump took office, and suddenly couldn’t carve out of the federal budget the paltry amount it took to build the wall. After campaigning on illegal immigration.
Just like they were going to repeal obamacare. Sure, pull the other one.
Trump found another way in both cases.
He couldn’t build the wall completely but he shut down illegal immigration to lows not seen since the 50’s by forcing Mexico to interdict and keep them in Mexico.
And yet Skyler complains he didn’t get his wall. Spit. And he knows the damn truth, doesn’t care.
And a wall is only as good as the administration in power, meaning a wall can be opened at the whim of the marxists.
It’s sickening.
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I think conviction would be more entertaining than this BS speculation. I can hear him in prison now, “where’s hillary”.
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A most edifying thought, though of course it’ll never happen.
Well, you never know…
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In reply to Skyler the Weird.
Then ask why Ryan and McConnell wouldn’t fund it.
Trump managed to get some built by using other funds, but The House has the power of the Purse. If they don’t budget the money and then get Senate approval there’s nothing the President can do about it.
Trump sent a Balanced Budget with the Wall fully funded and the GOP controlled House and Senate said it was DOA.
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I doubt anyone can make it but just in case, a bit of WW2 –
There is a British cemetery on Ocrakoke Island (also near Cape Point in Buxton on Hatteras Island) with British sailors interred from the H.M.T. Bedforshire, sank by a German U-boat in 1942. On Friday May 12th there will be a graveside ceremony.
I will try to be there but I’ll probably be out of the country that week.
Ocracoke prepares for British Cemetery Commemoration; Volunteers and donations needed
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In reply to kennycan.
I just imagine that most of the sheeple reading your comment are in convulsions at the moment, or –
they look like the three monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
I get that someone young, like <21 wouldn’t understand how the game is played and might miss the obvious DeSantis deep state connections. But for those that have lived through the republican nominations of McCain and Romney, among others?
For some, their hatred of Trump is so high that they would support the devil hisself. And yet they basically say they are for all the things Trump achieved… One wonders if their “conservative” declarations are complete lies?
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In reply to Barry.
I won’t put anything past them at this point.
It is awfully hard to defend DeSantis at this point.
Wrong Donors. Well, he has to get funding from somewhere and that’s going to be the GOPe machine as he’s opposing Trump.
Government Man his whole Adult Life. Check.
Comes out of nowhere as a two term House Rep to win the second largest GOP State in the Nation. Fishy. BTW just barely win because of a Trump endorsement.
Not a peep about The Election Steal.
Not a peep about the MAL raid.
Not a peep about the J6 Political Prisoners.
Not a peep about the Tucker tapes that shows J6 was a sham.
Not a peep about any of the Twitter reveals.
Has he said anything about the obvious Biteme Corruption in Ukraine, China and elsewhere?
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They do not care. They probably intend to Epstein him!
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This is just a diversion to get attention off of Biden and the new revealations about all graft paid to Biden family members. The media will do anything to get the public to get in an uproar over the persecution of Trump. There are so many things going on right now- the bank failures,Ukraine getting their asses kicked, inflation.etc. our treasury is getting sacked like in the last days of Rome. This is just a squirrel.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Did he say that?
Or did he post a picture of the Government Man at a party drinking with high school girls, his former students?
Maybe it was this picture? I don’t see any wording such as “pedophile”? Maybe you’re just making shit up.
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In reply to Barry.
That’s the same DeSantis that Trump called a pedophile, right?
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There is a reason they didn’t assassinate Trump to start with. It is their last resort. That would be the match that lights the fire, and they will not like the result. They know this, thus Trump is still living. Their worst fear should be Trump kicking the bucket, naturally. Because we are unlikely to believe them.
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In reply to Aesop.
They may inform me of such, but they will not be happy with the result.
I realize they have a plan to cheat, and in presidential elections really only need to cheat in the states they own, all blue hive shit holes.
We don’t have to allow it. Just shut it all down for a week and see what happens.
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ok. I know that the “law” doesn’t mean shit anymore, however… if the “Manhattan D.A.” (dumb ass) is planning on the “Stormy Daniels” thing to indict Trump, there are a few legal hurdles….
first, there’s that whole “statute of limitations” thing, since it’s been so long. Secondly, there’s that whole “state trying to charge a federal crime” thing. Dershowitz brought these two up the other day, I don’t like the fucker, but he does know the law.
I say. Manhattan Drinking Asshole – go for it. I can think of very few things that would unite the “base” of American motherfuckers more than this move. Let’s light the candles and get this party started.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that the next time you go to the polls, you’ll be informed you “already voted”.
And their selectee, once again, will win with 67% of the available votes, while the challenger will get the other 59%.
Interesting times.
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I am not a Trump fan. If this happens they do not know what they have bitten off. BIG MISTAKE
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The GOPe/DeSantis plan has been the same from 2020, indict and claim he is invalidated as a R candidate.*
The silence from the GOP is telling ain’t it! Not a peep from Mr Florida! What a surprise!
I’m guessing he’ll finally realize his ship is sinking and make a statement.
*DeSantis is in on it, but only as the designated by the GOP deep state government man. He’s not smart enough to hatch this on his own.
**While I’m certain it is “the plan”, I’m also pretty sure they have abandoned the part about keeping Trump off the ballot. The Trump base is unwavering, his support has been increasing, and keeping him off the ballot will be the death of the R party. I and most other Americans will never vote for another turncoat member of that party should they go through with the plan.
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Or a three week Kangaroo Court will convict him and the GOP keep him off the Primary Ballot.
They are getting desperate here, as you say. I do think there’s a Plan. Just like as a last resort they had the Scamdemic and ScamElection ready to go.
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In reply to kennycan.
Only absolute fools would put 500 live microphones in Trump’s face every day for months after any notional indictment, for $10B worth of free publicity. If they’d given him a free TV network as a gift, they couldn’t be any bigger morons.
So we’ve established they’re probably going to turn up as absolute fools.
Achievement Unlocked.
This is lose-lose for them. YUUUUUUUUUGELY!!!!
Either he shoots his mouth off Every. Single. Day. Coming, going, lunch breaks, pee breaks, to a man who’s never passed up a bank of microphones in his adult life, and is a master of the medium, while the whole world watches.
Or the judge issues some asinine “gag order”, and President Trump forces them to literally physically put a gag on him, while the whole world watches the open descent to full-blown Banana Republic of Chiquitastan rules.
Heads he wins, tails they lose.
Like Mr. T said, “I pity the fools.“
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In reply to Himself.
Heh. Was just talking with a friend of mine yesterday, and the topic of King Of The Hill and Tales From The Tour Bus came up, so Mike Judge was fresh in my mind. Sorry ’bout that…
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Why do they fear him so much?
He got trounced by Pure and Good Joseph Robinette Biden in 2020 and then Invoked an Insurrection on January 6, 2021. He obviously couldn’t win an Election for Dogcatcher these days. He’s just so unpopular! /s
That was as hard to type with a straight face and without then getting livid as it must be for you guys to read it.
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From Truth Social, President Trumps statement:
“OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR OUR COUNTRY. AMERICAN PATRIOTS ARE BEING ARRESTED & HELD IN CAPTIVITY LIKE ANIMALS, WHILE CRIMINALS & LEFTIST THUGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THE STREETS, KILLING & BURNING WITH NO RETRIBUTION. MILLIONS ARE FLOODING THROUGH OUR OPEN BOARDERS, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS. CRIME & INFLATION ARE DESTROYING OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE…
Page 2: NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!“
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“Trump, who has 24-hour protection by the U.S. Secret Service, currently resides at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, which he rarely leaves.
Under Florida law, the state’s governor is responsible for making sure a person in the state is arrested and delivered to another state if that person is indicted on a felony charge.
However, Florida law also gives the governor the power to call for a further investigation before a defendant is extradited if that defendant refuses to comply with extradition.”
So, DeSantis is going to be the one that decides what to do…
I knew when I bought those popcorn futures it was going to pay off big.
President Trump Says He Will Be Arrested Tuesday, Calls for Protests
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If Uncle Stoopid did to our farmers what the Dutch did to theirs – Basically denying them the use of their land, and threatening to take it away, you’d see that here, only with guns.
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In reply to Aesop.
Not just those “public officials,” but those who OWN them as well!
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Indicting Trump would irrevocably and unquestionably confer full Chiquitastan status on the FUSA, coast-to-coast.
While it wouldn’t set in motion armed actual insurrection, it would clear the decks and authorize it to a carte blanche, beyond question.
It would also transition the current Red Pill into a suppository treatment for metric craptons of previously clueless Normies.
At that point, don’t look for a mass uprising.
But I suspect the numbers of public officials who might start dying of Sudden Lead Poisoning Syndrome would rival the current outbreak of Suddenly™ from Not-A-Vaxx.
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Trump is an American and will continue to act like one. He is not afraid of the clowns. He will not abandon the country. Give him credit for that.
I’ve been telling you the truth from day one, that the GOP had a plan and the plan was to have Trump indicted and then claim they cannot allow a man under indictment to run for the republican nomination. DeSantis was told this and is operating under the impression the decks will be cleared, which is why he had virtually nothing to say about the illegal FBI raid on Mar a Lago.
I thought the GOP had come to it’s senses and abandoned that plan as it will be the end of the R party. We shall see soon enough.
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Who cares if he had sexual relations with any or all sorts of women ten times a night – all the more power to him. Let’s look at Jack Kennedy: Oh! that’s OK, he was a good-looking Democrat.
Even better, let’s look at Barney Frank: Oh! that’s OK, he was a fat slob of a pedophile Democrat. Ugh! I wanna throw up.
Even better n’ that. let’s hold a Stalin-era show trial for The Donald. Let’s make sure we have enough Fibbies around to stir up the crowd and call it “INSURRECTION” so TPTB can carry out warrentless arrests and imprison every person (age 6 and up) who’ve ever had a non-LBQwhatever thought.
I regret to say we no longer have a country called the United States of America.
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Amen to THAT, brother. Somebody needs to get a list going of possible uses for those two things, plus a few other fine items along with ’em.
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Near Seattle (Duvall WA) April 28 1968 an upright piano was dropped from a helicopter https://www.historylink.org/File/1388
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In reply to Skyler the Weird.
“The Commies thought it was a spy plane when it skirted Kamchatka.”
What the commies did was shoot down a Korean passenger airliner, and they knew it was exactly that.
“The Soviets have not budged. Apparently, their contempt for the truth, and for the opinion of the civilised world, is equalled only by their disdain for helpless people like the passengers aboard Flight 007. They reserve for themselves the right to live by one set of rules, insisting everyone else live by another. They’re supremely confident their crime and cover-up will soon be forgotten and we’ll all be back to business as usual. Well, I believe they’re badly mistaken. This case is far from closed. The Soviets aggression has provoked a fundamental and long overdue reappraisal in countries all over the globe. The Soviet Union stands virtually alone against the world.”
President Ronald Reagan
Radio address to the American people 17 days after the Korean passenger airplane was shot down
Ronald Reagan on the global response to Flight 007 (1983)
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The bad Soviet Russkies shot down KAL 007 with a sitting American Congressman on board and Reagan did not attack. The Commies thought it was a spy plane when it skirted Kamchatka. This drone definitely was spying.
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I wonder what voting procedures they had.
I bet it wasn’t three weeks of drop boxes and mail-in sent to everyone, then thumb drives inserted into Dominion Machines and finally thousands of Fake Ballots inserted the old fashioned 3 am way.
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I have been totally transparent throughout
Fauci’s trying to be one of the cool kids by using words to mean the opposite of what they really mean. “Totally” is the new “literally”.
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You mean they actually COUNTED their votes?
THAT is our real problem over here.
Fraud, corruption, and treason in the elections offices across the country!
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In reply to Barry.
That’s one way to do it, but for a better boost, just bring along a guy who’s a scouted pitching prospect.
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“poisonous dwarf”
And a lying, corrupt, asshole. Death would not be good enough. That farce needs to suffer before his demise.
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In reply to Aesop.
I’m thinking a few rocks should be slipped in amongst the rotten fruit…
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Imagine the video gold of seeing her, or any number of socialist jackholes literally running for cover after a unceasing barrage of rotten eggs and produce.
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It’s long past time to reinstitute the long-running custom of throwing rotten fruit and vegetables at stupid bastards like this fetal alcohol damaged chattering moron. If I knew she was anywhere nearby, I’d start with a sack of potatoes and onions, and work my way down to the softer fruits until she got the hint.
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O’Keefe was PV.
When they tried to cancel him, they slit their own throats.
And he’s going to enjoy more success now than before, and be wiser for the experience.
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A goddamn idiot .. or he thinks he’ll be ruling.
I’ve known a handful of professed communists or socialists. (Plus quite a few “liberals” or “democrats” whose every policy could be found in the platform of the CPUSA but who wouldn’t admit to being commies.) (This doesn’t count libtard college students who might grow out of it once they got a real job and started accumulating wealth through their own work.) Every one of them seemed to think that he’d be among the decision makers if the US switched over to an openly communist system. Not one of these intellectuals seemed to realized that they’d be the first against the wall.
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Leftists never give up – Clinton, either or them, are perfect examples.
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Yep Aesop is correct. Me I want to avoid that more than a plague which he also created. Rain did not exist before Noah. I want to be in the rapture.
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Yep all manner of grift out there. Thousands of comedians out there and now these two want to get in on the comedy.
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I voted for trump but am not a supporter any more but I wish I knew where she grocery shopped on a daily basis (see what I did there) I would seek her out and prove her lie.
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Idle curiosity: What’s the median age of black mothers, contrasted with that of White and Asian mothers?
Idle curiosity: How much alcohol and other drugs did black mothers use during pregnancy and after birth, contrasted with use by White and Asian mothers?
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The only good thing I can recall coming from Graham is his yelling at Democommie senators during the Kavenaugh hearing.
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In reply to Barry.
I got 20% STILL masking around here, and as soon as the “Health” Officials start citing New Cases Rising Rapidly another 20% join them.
They wanted to hurt Trump’s Economy with the Lockdowns. They don’t have Trump to worry about.
They wanted to spread Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt with the Masks and they succeeded. So as to Steal The Election.
But they have their two weeks, drop box, mail-in sent to everybody, thumb drive/algorithm unsecure Elections set up in all the States they need to get to 270 now.
So, sure, some people may try it for the sheer Power Rush they get lording it over us. But otherwise, they don’t need this anymore.
They can get Bank Crises and War to do the job of covering for their malfeasances and perversions now.
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They got their two weeks, drop box, mail-in sent to everybody, thumb drive/algorithm unsecure Elections set up in all the States they need to get to 270 now.
They don’t NEED Lockdowns anymore.
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In reply to Aesop.
Are you sure the plane that went down over Far Rockaway flying out of JFK wasn’t a successful attack?
The way our government lies to us, they could be.
Oh, and I do not recall any terrorists trying to hijack/blow up planes here after 9/11 were ever beaten to death. Sure, some were subdued and taken into custody by passengers. I just don’t remember any beaten to death.
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Perchance could Senator Graham “fall” at a hotel, like Senator McConnell, and suffer a concussion?
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In reply to MarkMatis.
🙂
I don’t think the russians have that many working nukes…
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In reply to Aesop.
As I say, I hope you are right. I’m quite certain there will be resisters, but will there be enough? That I’m unsure about. We have a lot of sheep and I think it’s way more than 50%. OTOH, perhaps there are enough given that even 20% is a large disruption and will lead another 20% or so, just guessing. Thinking about it that way I’m more inclined to think you are correct.
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In reply to Barry.
Don’t get me wrong.
As someone else commented somewhere,
“If the government mandated wearing a shit-filled diaper on your head, half the population would comply immediately.”
They aren’t wrong about that.
But the other half remembers this, in their bones, and I don’t think their response if they try Round Two will be quite what our would-be overlords are expecting.
I predict open season on Karens, and screw the bag limit.
Including any of the ones wearing badges, or their official masters.
Once the range goes hot in both directions, it’s a party.
Kind of like 9/11: terrorists got one chance to use planes as missiles. That jig was up by the second hour, and passengers not only thwarted Attempt #4 the same day, they beat the next three assholes who tried it, some of them literally to death, with their bare hands, for even twitching, and no charges were ever filed.
TPTB had one crack at lockdowns and maskmania. The next time around, the masks might as well come printed with a bullseye, and there isn’t enough fencing and Notional Guard troops in the entire country to protect the Capitol if it comes down from that body of crooked jackasses, let alone from Emperor Poopypants or Sen. Kneepads.
And I think they know that already, and won’t be trying that again anytime soon.
I’m more concerned about what their Next Thing is.
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Chapelle dealt with the whole incident better in 3½ minutes than the entire woketarded media did in 3½ months, and distilled that @$$hole’s entire career down to a single punchline.
Dave Chappelle on the Jussie Smollett Incident | Netflix Is A Joke – YouTube
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In reply to Barry.
And hopefully do the same to every other shithole hive across this country!
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In reply to Aesop.
“…and the pushback is going to go kinetic in hours.”
I hope you’re right about that. I fear you are wrong.
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In reply to SteveF.
🙂
Of course, in my wishing, Gates/Schwab are some of those that would cease breathing…
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We have tried to tell people to stop playing in the street, but the oh-so-much-smarter crowd keeps thinking there’s something to be won there, despite all available contrary evidence going back to Ever.
Unless you’re going to vote from the rooftops, and provide lamp post justice, the frauds and steals will continue unabated, and the boot will keep stamping on your face, forever, world without end.
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I think it far likelier that it’ll be a generation, minimum, before this is forgotten, and next time they try it, it will not be tolerated at all, and the pushback is going to go kinetic in hours.
But I’m sentimental like that.
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Ammo is cheap, and life is dear. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting several times.
That called for a double-tap, at minimum.
FAFO? Definitely.
But half-credit for the execution.
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Be careful what you wish for.
But in the interim, here’s another appropriate air of which you might have been unaware:
You’re welcome, Mike. 😉
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In reply to Barry.
a majority of people in this country would drop dead
It’s like a vision of the promised land!
For most of my life I’ve thought that the majority of soi disant humans were excess: they consume more than they produce. They will never contribute to the progress of the species. In short, they fulfill no higher purpose than turning food into shit.
But, come to find out, Bill Gates and Dr Evil Schwab and a number of others think the same. Tell ya, there’s nothing to make you rethink your positions like discovering that a bunch of scumbags agree with you.
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In reply to SteveF.
He could redeem himself by turning that white dot red hot.
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In reply to SteveF.
I concur with that sentiment. The ones that “demanded” we all get the shot or be banished can’t die soon enough. It’s a good thing my wishes don’t come true or a majority of people in this country would drop dead.
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In reply to Barry.
I just hope that my former coworkers, who couldn’t wait to get in line for the clot shots as soon as they could*, were smug about having gotten them, and revealed themselves as nagging scolds toward anyone who declined to get them, die. Sooner than later, by preference.
- Recall that at first the clot shots were made available only to healthcare workers, the very old, and others at risk. One coworker’s husband was involved in giving the shots and there’d often be a couple dozen doses left toward the end of the day. He’d call her and she’d message on the company-wide chat and the good little sheeple would rush to get theirs before someone else got it. And they’d bring their spouses. And sometimes their children. I feel a little bad for the kids but I hope that they die, too. We have enough stupid sheep DNA in the genome.
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“As some pitiful handful of us warned at the time…”
Over and over we warned them. We told them the truth. And still they called for lockdowns and masks. We told them the cure* was far worse than the disease, it mattered not at all.
They screamed for us to shutup. They still do.
*no, we knew it wouldn’t do a damn thing to stop the spread of an airborne virus anyway, but even if it would, it would still be worse to lose your job and shutter your business than to have a bad cold.
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In reply to SteveF.
Good point. Something I know inherently but haven’t thought of it in quite that way.
In addition to bowing out for the “good of the nation”, he left office when run out by deep state 1.0 rather than putting the country through a further fight that would have ended with his owned party throwing him out.
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Ah, the memories: my buds and I toking up and listening to a Yes LP in someone’s basement, or on a cassette tape somewhere in the middle of wilderness nowhere during a canoe trip on some Northern Ontario river.
As an aside, I’ve always liked the group Renaissance. Any thoughts. I’ve always considered Annie Haslam to be one of the best female vocalists I’ve had the pleasure of listening to.
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If you ask the ~~average commie scumbag~~ typical American after generations of “progressive” education what they think of Richard Nixon, they’ll say he’s the devil incarnate, evil and corrupt. (If they recognize the name at all; ref the marvels of generations of progressive education.) But Nixon acceded gracefully and graciously to the stolen election of 1960, for the good of the nation.
Algor and Hillary Bitch Clinton and their supporters are demonstrably worse than Richard Nixon.
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In reply to Barry.
Some more evidence for what I see:
GOSAR: Kevin McCarthy’s Removal From The Speakership Will Be Discussed If He Does Not Release Full January 6 Footage
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In reply to MarkMatis.
At every turning point for killing children there is a Catholic leading the way.
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In reply to kennycan.
But it is the JEWS who have opened court cases AGAINST the abortion bans in AT LEAST two states!
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Biden, Pelosi, Dubin, Kerry all support abortion.
I get the feeling Murkowski does too.
The sacrament is not ethnic or race based.
It’s Commies for, and normies against.
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In reply to Barry.
Ye,s but it is Jews who claim abortion is one of their sacraments!
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Grr. I subscribe to only three Substack feeds (channels?), you, Bill, and Rob Reid.* And I’m several articles behind for each of you. Too many things to do, not enough uninterrupted minutes in a chunk.
- I’m actually subscribed to about six feeds, but don’t recall subscribing to the others and there’s little to no traffic. I don’t know if Substack subscribed “for” me, a wayward touchpad click, or what. No harm done because I’m not being billed for them, but something to be aware of in case a subscriber gets an unexpected charge.
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In reply to SteveF.
He’s not Satan himself, he just one of Satan’s Minions who finds that hiding his identity for now makes sense.
And like BJ Clinton, sometimes Satan, he comes as a Man of Peace (but really is out to start War).
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There’s a new reason not to donate or give blood to the Red Cross:
Red Cross Produces Maps on How to Enter US Illegally Without Getting Caught
I stopped donating many years ago and stop donating blood to them at the same time. For blood donations we’ve been going to One Blood –
https://www.oneblood.org/
Might not be any better but I don’t know of anything bad…
If you know of anything better put it up here for the rest of us.
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It’s rubbing the nose of those who believe in what’s Good, True, and Beautiful in the debasement of their kids, end of story. It’s spiking the football while staring at the defender who missed the tackle.
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In reply to SteveF.
I despise the bastard, but I will now take the wins anyway we can get them. There are very few in DC that are not incorrigibly corrupt. You have to deal with them, and if some are less corrupt, the better to deal with.
How corrupt is McCarthy? This I don’t know. My statement was at best a guess at what has led McCarthy to do what he is doing. The one thing I’m certain of, he would not be doing it but for fear of 10-20 congressmen (and women) that can call for his position to be relinquished. And they are aligned with Trump for the most part.
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In reply to Barry.
he is less corrupt than the average
He’s stayed bought, so far, at least.
Sad state of affairs that this is considered better than average.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Mark, let’s not leave out the catholics: biden, pelosi, murkowski, dubin, kerry, and a whole lot more, including 6 of 9 on the SC*.
*ok, some of those are good catholics, like Thomas
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This is the sickest, twisted, corrupt scheme yet hatched by the marxists. It should be countered at every point starting with your own children. Do not stand idly by, speak up.
They are trying to destroy every child.
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In reply to Jaybo.
“…and hope you don’t meet me”
It would be like meeting a troll: short, fat, and ugly as sin.
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Mike had a post regarding the J6 motive of the feds from a commentor at The Treehouse –
Telltale timeline
Sundance himself has now elevated it to a full post:
The Parliamentary Motive Behind the J6 Fedsurrection
If you haven’t already give it a read. It is the extremely likely reason the feds pulled the J6 crap. I give it 99.99+% likely.
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Sundance has taken it to a full blown post:
The Parliamentary Motive Behind the J6 Fedsurrection
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In reply to SteveF.
I have customers* in the San Antonio / Austin area and have been going there for 40+ years. Austin was a great place. Emphasis on “was”. Some of the surrounding areas are still good. Outside the Carolina’s, that area or the Texas coast would be my #1 destination.
*well, did. Manufacturing, so we are down to one there and a couple more in other Texas locations.
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In reply to kennycan.
Yea, it was all done on purpose. That much is clear.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Look the liar is back. Every sentence is a lie, every single word.
I’m so lonely there were only 16 people here last night, as there are on most weekends.
You are a fat short jerk with zero friends. Try eating better and exercise, and go to the shrink.
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It was a cool city once.
I liked Austin when I was there for a couple weeks, but that was almost 35 years ago. I looked into moving there some years ago but got a severe wave-off. “This ain’t your daddy’s Austin!”
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I just found out that the comedian Phil Hartman designed album covers. His best? In my opinion the artwork on the Aja album by Steely Dan.
People would probably remember his covers for Poco’s Stampede and an America greatest hits package too.
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They did everything EXACTLY wrong in the worst possible way.
I claim maliciousness rather than incompetence on their part.
Failure, for America and Americans, is The Plan™.
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Cherchez les Jews!
Not all of them, of course, but the significant majority that yearn for the “good old days” of their Messiahs – Lenin and Stalin.
Polansky
Epstein
They love their LGBTQPRs!
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Deeds, not words.
Easy apologies are cheap, and weak sauce, even if they constitute a bare first step along the right path.
Start agitating as loudly for justice for the political prisoners held without any Constitutional rights since their arrest for what has been falsely characterized as “insurrection”, and in fact barely rises to the level of a college dorm panty raid.
And then, follow the bread crumbs to the precipitating event:
Admit that the media coronation of Emperor Stumblefck Poopypants – which was the entire reason for the Jan. 6th rally – was the most blindingly bald-faced and biggest Big Lie in modern history, and that the odds that a man who couldn’t fill a gas station bathroom drew more votes than the man who filled college stadiums is about 81,000,000:1 odds, against*.
Do that, and shout it from the rooftops, hammer it home from every available soapbox, and post it on every vertical flat surface from coast to coast, and maybe we can talk about forgiveness.
Otherwise, such a tepid and half-hearted repentance is too little, too late, and clearly comes from no deeper than a mealy mouth and quivering lips, rather than coming from the heart.
If all this amounts to is belated crocodile tears and rank patronization, let me speak for the wrongly defamed and reviled half the country: no one cares that you feel bad about being a jerk all this time..
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In reply to Barry.
Q Sent Me.
That was the message I saw post J6 on signs he was supposedly holding up.
Easily photoshopped of course.
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In reply to Barry.
I know he knew he was being filmed because he was actually “playing to the camera”. It was a handheld video from someone following along with him. THAT’S why there is Audio.
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In reply to Barry.
Ok perhaps he wasn’t necessarily FBI, but he seems to have been duped in some sort of way.
Perhaps he was a “known wolf” loon the FBI “trained” towards the target then.
Like how they convince “Jihadists” to plan attacks and then “save us” by arresting them.
That would seem to fit the scenario well.
‘Look here’s a loon who is all for FREEDOM! We can turn him into an alt-right loon and get him to “attack the Capitol” pretty easily!’
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In reply to Mike.
So, a possible Leftist was tasked as the “Right Wing QAnon Shaman”.
That doesn’t sound a little off?
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In reply to kennycan.
Release of video conversations he had with the FBI coming up –
VIDEO: QAnon Shaman Allies Release His Post-Jan 6 Interview With FBI
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Pretty cute Mike. I think you need to show precious battling the lizards…
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In reply to kennycan.
As Mike has already said, the Shaman Guy had been seen before, repeatedly.
And he didn’t call himself “Q anon”, that was something the crooks in the gov cooked up.
OK, at least I understand your theory being bolstered by the parading around. But I think it’s incorrect.
I can’t answer your questions. There is simply nothing the feds do that surprises me, and that includes “helping” a protester to get good video footage. They didn’t count on this being released.
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In reply to kennycan.
That’s the family of Sicknick, who got paid off to go along with the policeman killed con.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Look, the liar is back. Pretending he knows what he doesn’t.
Hey you fucking drooling moron, find one comment, anywhere, where I ever supported the jab. You can’t because it never happened and everyone reading here knows it. It’s just another Jaybo lie.
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Hey liar, back to tell more I see.
Trump wanted a vaccine. So did everyone with a freaking brain. That he got fooled by the medical community isn’t to his credit, but it’s hardly the end all.
“And favor Epstein”
Another Jaybo lie. It is the only thing you do. You are a liar.
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In reply to kennycan.
I have no idea what he knew and I’m sure you don’t either, including what video was available. There are camera’s all over and no one knows where they are.
Why did he fold? My guess is he did it for the same reason people like General Flynn did, because the entire federal government is against you and no one is going to help. So you plead out to get the best you can get.
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In reply to kennycan.
“The thing about Shaman Guy is that no one had ever mentioned him before that day.”
Actually, kenny, he WAS pretty famous before that. I remember seeing video of him at several different protests here and there over the last several years, although I can’t recall what specific causes they were all about. Seems like some of them were even Left ones, so of course they weren’t calling him “QAnon shaman” back then, either.
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In reply to Barry.
Does and did Trump back the vaccine?
Is Trump OK with the WEF? See the video.
Lol you are a joke. And favor Epstein
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In reply to Barry.
But Barry you did not address my point about his Defense Strategy.
He knew they had video because someone was videoing him as he walked through. Also, the Prosecution was using selective clips from video to try to show his “guilt”. So, why did he and his defense team of lawyers fold and just let him go to prison? Why didn’t they appeal and/or demand the Court make the prosecution produce the full videos?
Or otherwise get some better lawyers.
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In reply to Barry.
I hope you has his Life Insurance paid up and/or very good personal security.
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In reply to Barry.
TOOK FULL CREDIT FOR THE BIO JAB. AND IS STILL CALLING IT MY VACCINE
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In reply to kennycan.
Chasten that was cute, are you still breast feeding?
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In reply to Barry.
Unlike your room temperature IQ I and many patriots realize the game is fixed and VOTING is not going to fix anything that isn’t local.
Your position is based on COWARDICE. You are either afraid or too stupid to believe the reality that is the country lost and the only savior we are going to get is the people and resistance.
Your savior is STILL pushing the JAB! So I guess your vaccinated ass is too!
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In case you missed it, the NSA admits to reading Tucker Carlson’s texts, with no legal reason to do so.
Apparently Carlson was surprised by this. I’m not even mildly surprised. The NSA has everything, including what I’m typing right now, and they know who I am. The NSA is a bunch of anti American assholes.
We have more to fear from our own agency/government than from any outside enemy.
Tucker Interview: “Everyone Is In On It, Republicans, Dems Are All In On It”
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“First Black Female President In US History.”
Hmm. I’m disputing the “female” part. Wookie perhaps?
No, that’s a real insult to wookies.
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In reply to kennycan.
How? Well I have not personally seen him in jail. Others have.
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In reply to Barry.
He had a “trial”.
How would you know he is really in jail?
When an undercover FBI Agent is “caught” in a drug gang sting do you think they go to jail?
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In reply to kennycan.
Just my opinion, unsubstantiated by anything but my own gut and observations:
McCarthy is not opposed to making a buck or three in office, but power is paramount. He was strongly opposed. It was worse than it appeared. He reached agreement with the group that will put America first.
So, in spite of being power hungry, he is less corrupt than the average, and his feet are being held to the fire.
Trump has exposed the whole group. They are all on thin ice and they know it. McCarthy knows. It is simply in his own personal best interests at this point to side with the Trump side. Danger lurks on the other side. He has no real choice.
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In reply to kennycan.
“Is he really even in jail?”
Yes. He wasn’t in on it. He is a political prisoner. His sentence, of one was even warranted should have been public service for a day.
There is a gulag in DC full of people that have been unjustly jailed for 2 years, no trial, no bail.
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In reply to Mike.
If that is true, then those holdouts did the Country a huge favor.
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In reply to kennycan.
From what I’ve read, it was a quid pro quo with Tucker, in exchange for
Tucker’s on-air endorsement for him as Speaker. Which, both parties got what they wanted from the deal.
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What do you guys think of McCarthy given he gave Tucker these videos and Tucker actually did something meaningful with them.
Is McCarthy one of the good guys? Or did he and/or Uniparty have a different reason for allowing this to come out now?
As far as everyone is concerned nothing is going to be rectified because of this. I can’t see anyone calling a “do over” and we see Trump back in the White House.
So why was this released? I can think of no reason other than McCarthy turned out to be a stealth Good Guy who is now a sort of Whistleblower now that he’s been given a chance.
Yet, something in my gut says there’s something more going on here. What says you?
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An interesting reason for why they did what they did when they did it.
This is why we do ourselves a disservice when we believe we are dealing with incompetents and dunces. Sure, the people they put in front of us are largely incompetents and dunces. But they’re not the ones orchestrating all this. People like Pence and Pelosi and McConnell and Schumer and their staffs etc have been working in DC all their lives. They know the rules. They understand how it all works. Plus, the ones they work for outside of the official government are clever and cunning evil people.
Still, this is not the ONLY reason they did what they did on that day. It had MANY uses for them. It does explain why certain things happened when.
I also think that the whole media coverage was shot out of sequence, like a Hollywood movie would be done. Then edited together and presented to the public in a different sequence like any movie.
The violence was staged and shot earlier. If it were true there were violent Insurrectionists breaching the Capitol from the side entrances and windows why would they let Grandma’s in through the front door and into danger? Why, if they were letting people peacefully into the front door why would you bother trying to force your way in through windows and side doors against armed Capitol Police? Simply walk in the front and THEN start heading for the Chamber.
I still say that there were no real threats to the actual Congress. They simply waited for the motions to get ready to be presented and then started the theater outside and rushed everyone out.
I mean, c’mon, AOC wasn’t even in the building at the time.
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Are our opinions unpopular, or just forbidden to be held by our would be “rulers”?
I’d say that most real voters are with me when I say “Trump Won”.
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Here’s a contradiction that still bugs me about Shaman/Viking Guy.
He himself had to know the truth. He himself had to know he was escorted peacefully through the Capitol, Capitol Police by his side the whole time, who could have easily have stopped him. They didn’t. They even supposedly opened locked doors for him.
So he tells his lawyers he’s innocent and relates the story to them. That’s where my conundrum comes in.
His lawyers had to know there were these videos existed. Everyone knew they existed, but the public weren’t allowed to see them.
So why didn’t his lawyers DEMAND they give them the tapes. Myself calling for the tapes to be released means far less than if his lawyers, in a Court of Law, in front of a Judge, demand they be shown. Did they demand that? Why didn’t the Judge make the prosecution release them to the defense? If they didn’t demand them why didn’t Shaman seek different lawyers. If the Judge was just corrupt why didn’t the lawyers appeal the case upwards? Did this even go to trial or did the lawyers trick Shaman into pleading Guilty?
This leads to some disturbing issues.
Was his lawyers in on it? If so, why did he stick with them? Was the Judge corrupt? Then why did they not appeal the case? Does that mean the Judges AND the lawyers were just in on it? So, once again, why didn’t Shaman seek different lawyers?
Or was Shaman just in on it and everyone walked away from what was Theater from the first moment he entered the Capitol until the last day of his court appearance and now right through his “incarceration”? Is he really even in jail? Or is he back at a desk at the FBI/CIA.
Just another Ray Epps who simply got disappeared from the records until these videos came out. Or another Officer Byrd who shot Ashli Babbitt and was never officially identified.
Oh, and given what these tapes showed, I’d like to see more video of the events surrounding the murder of Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland.
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Well, I’m jealous. I’ve never flown in a WW2 bird, much less had the controls.
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And there you have it.
They needed a “crisis”.
So, they manufactured one.
Everything since has been in service of the original lie.
If they admit the original lie, the whole house of cards comes down.
QED
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Unfortunately, Musk is the space national guard.
They should first get the space force up and running 100% before they talk about anything else.
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There was this: “But it does appear that his hard-core supporters will launch one more formal effort to overturn the election results on his behalf, thanks to the obscure and confusing Electoral Count Act of 1877, which established a mechanism for the last-minute resolution of presidential election disputes (like the one that had just roiled the nation in 1876).To make a very long and tedious story short, the last step in any presidential election is the certification of electoral votes by the newly elected Congress in early January. This is normally a rubber-stamp of the results everyone knows on or shortly after Election Night. But the above-mentioned Electoral Count Act provides a way to “pause” the certification if one House and one Senate member protest the award of electors in one or more states. In that event, the two chambers separate and hold a two-hour debate before voting on the electoral votes for disputed states. Only if both Houses disapprove the initial results are they changed.” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/no-congress-wont-help-trump-overturn-the-election.html Note the source…
More: “There’s an even smaller and more fateful two-week window before the inauguration during which a newly elected Congress counts and certifies the Electoral Vote on January 6, and hastily makes other provisions for the presidency if neither candidate has a recognized majority.This timetable was created by the combination of vague constitutional language on how to formally elect a president, and a confusing and possibly unconstitutional statute from 1887 (ten years after an election dispute that nearly triggered a second Civil War) called the Electoral Count Act. In a normal, uncontested presidential election year, this process draws little or no attention because the outcome is ordained and is generally known (in all presidential elections since 1876 other than the 2000 cliffhanger) on or shortly after Election Day. Typically governors certify the winning electoral college slate before the ECA’s “safe harbor” deadline six days before the electoral college ballot box is locked (which purportedly means no one can challenge them later). The votes are then cast, the vice-president, in his or her role as president of the Senate, reads them out to a Joint Session of Congress on January 6. Lawmakers then immediately certify the count, and during all this time the new administration is getting ready to assume office.
This year, however, in part because of the expected slow count (and possibly recount) of ballots, and in part because of lawsuits and possibly presidential efforts to interfere with the counting of all those “fraudulent” mail ballots, it’s not at all certain that highly contested states will meet this year’s “safe harbor” deadline of December 8 for identifying a clear winner, or that when the Electoral College virtually “meets” on December 14, there will be just one slate per state sent in for tabulation. So depending on how much of a factual and legal quagmire a putative Republican rejection of the legitimacy of mail ballots creates, we could have pols and judges and pundits from both parties claiming victory, and big crowds in a thousand streets backing them up, by the time the new Congress takes office on January 3 and prepares to count Electoral Votes three days later.
According to the constitutional scheme, the President of the Senate, who would be current Vice-President Mike Pence, would “announce” the votes to a joint session of the newly elected Congress. The Electoral Count Act clearly expects the states and ultimately Congress (barring a contrary vote by both Houses of Congress, gubernatorial certifications are supposed to be recognized), not the veep, to decide which slate to announce, but if Pence were to only announce Trump-Pence slates citing his constitutional prerogatives, it’s unclear what would happen. Again, the constitutionality of the ECA has never been tested. And the effect of its provisions governing disputed slates would totally depend on which party controlled Congress, and which party controlled the governorship of the affected states.” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/the-system-for-resolving-a-contested-election-is-also-a-mess.html
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In reply to Jaybo.
Trolling
Trolling
Trolling the internet
Mentally
Mentally
Mentally Unstable
Jaybo is the bet
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Well damn. First I’ve ever heard of this theory and it fits like a well worn glove. As far as I know Sundance himself never put this forward.
Let’s hope Carlson is a Treehouse reader or that someone advising him is.
EDIT: The commentor that wrote this made a second comment asking Sundance to look at this, which tends to validate the idea that Sundance has never come up with this line of thinking.
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In reply to Barry.
And then there is this for all the DeSantis fans, his campaign commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqpMn6ZF_GQ&t=26s
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In reply to kennycan.
“As soon as he decides to run in 2024 he confirms he’s Just In On It.”
Bingo, although I don’t need that confirmation myself 🙂
Given every honest poll says Trump wipes the floor with DeSantis, he may just decide to keep his powder dry.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Trump proposed a Balanced Budget. Congress said DOA.
Trump proposed 0Cares Reforms. Congress said DOA.
Congressional GOPe basically said that everything they promised us as “Republicans” in their whole careers was mere words that they never expected to deliver on.
You’ve got the wrong person in your sights. You SHOULD be looking at the people that stabbed us in the back while calling themselves “Republicans”, while really being Uniparty Controlled Opposition. THOSE were the people that say J6 was an “Insurrection” and Certified The Stolen Election by saying it was free and fair and there was no Fraud. By voting Yes on Certification they showed they were accomplices in the Steal.
Now, which candidate does those same Backstabbers support for the Republican Party Nominee.
Hint: The Lying Liars Backstabbers are all RDS fans.
That doesn’t mean he’s necessarily in on it. It COULD be just the Lying Liars trying to split the vote away from Trump. If RDS were not in on it he’d see they were using him and he’d do the right thing and not run.
As soon as he decides to run in 2024 he confirms he’s Just In On It.
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In reply to Jaybo.
I truly wonder what is wrong with you. I’m beginning to think you’re a child locked in mommy dearest’s basement.
You remind me of someone else that seems to exist on this board for only two reasons – either telling some ridiculous lie easily disproved, or here simply to hurl insults.
Grow up you mentally deficient moron.
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In reply to Jaybo.
You should study english writing skills. Perhaps then something you have to say would make sense.
How about serving us up some more of your lies to hit out of the park?
“…he did nothing when he did win with both houses.”
Only a government plant, china owned fool, or total dumbass doesn’t acknowledge that:
1) both houses are controlled by the uniparty, a commie bunch owned by the CCP (like you perhaps?) and were 90+% opposed to any American agenda.
2) And of course Trump did quite a lot, being the first president in my lifetime as an adult to do or try to do what he promised:
1) stopped ISIS cold
2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries
3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices
4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices
6) Started no new wars
7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one
8) Cut Taxes across the board
9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns
10) Started the space force, sorely needed today
11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers
12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land
13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries
14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords
15) Withdrew from the Iran deal
16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K IIRC
17) Started the process of fixing the VA
18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries
19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit
21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus
22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc.
23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
There is much more of course.
That’s just a short list. Trump did this by himself, with little to no help from the republican party opposition from the republican party and the democrats. He did this while the deep state through the FBI, intelligence agencies, congress, and the DOJ were conducting illegal surveillance and investigations. But Trump didn’t falter, didn’t stop. He just kept on working.
No one else was capable of doing this, no one else has ever done this, no one else will.
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The list of self-entitled asshole “stars” who’ve cancelled their own careers is long and distinguished. Macguire’s career is neither of those.
He’s already “Toby who?” in Hollywood, not a cute kid anymore at 47, and hasn’t worked on anything serious in nearly a decade. That’s a lifetime in Hollywood.
His career is all but over, and the only thing left is for agents to start dropping him, for cause.
In the newspaper of talent, he’s nothing but birdcage liner, and a footnote.
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In reply to Barry.
Warrior hahahahaha Are you really that stupid that you think they would let him win, he did nothing when he did win with both houses. But only a fricking moron would not know they have fix perfected dumbass.
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In reply to Barry.
LOL nobody is coming to save you and Chasten BooBoo
Did you really steal more luggage?
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Carlson:
““I just always assumed she disagrees on the issues with me. No, it turns out Liz Cheney is actually, affirmatively a liar,” said Carlson. “She knew information. She withheld it because it challenged the lie that she was telling to the public.””
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tucker-carlson-to-beck-jan-6-committee-didnt-merely-distort-facts-but-fabricated-full-falsehoods
the man made global warming scam
the scamdemic
the stolen election
the Jan 6 insurrection scam
Every bit of it a big lie and all designed to control you, to enslave you.
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““When do we deploy the variant?” – A U.K. “Health” Minister’s WhatsApp chat proves it was–and is–a massive, deadly PsyOp.”
The virus was released intentionally. I’ve said this as the evidence of how it spread came in, in early 2020. Every bit of this is just as I and many others have stated – it was released to tank the economy and provide cover for stolen elections for one reason – to STOP President Trump.
Imagine what was so concerning to them that they had to do this. Imagine you have an opportunity to spit right back in their faces. What will you do?
Will you let them get away with it?
https://thetoddhermanshow.substack.com/p/proof-it-was-all-a-psyop-when-do
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It is without question the biggest deal of them all.
There is a large group of people in this country, often called the mushy middle or moderates, that have no clue that the entire Jan 6 DC “insurrection” was a government planned psyop with a number of goals:
1) to punish those that dare to say the 2020 election was stolen and had the temerity to show up and protest
2) to put fear in others to stay quiet about the stolen 2020 election
3) to change the conversation for the 2020 stolen election to the “insurrection”
4) to further cement the dictatorial powers around DC and throughout the federal government
Most of us already know this. But exposing this with reasonable proof to the moderate American middle is a big deal IMO. When or if it bears fruit I cannot say, but it’s several nails more removed from the coffin lid they put on freedom and liberty.
The justice system is corrupt. This Jan 6 theater required the participation of the senate and house, the DOJ, the FBI, the CIA, the Congressional police, and the courts and judges.
We’ve long said that the republicans silent on this are part of this, not just the ones trying to shut Tucker down.
The 2020 election was stolen from the American people, a coup occurred, and the R party was actively involved along with the D party. It is the uniparty working with their owned federal bureaucracy to rule rather than serve, to destroy the country, to rob the country of it’s wealth, to sell us out to the CCP.
It’s long past time to clean house in the federal government, exposure like this primes the inevitable process.
A lamppost is awaiting it’s decoration.
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In reply to Barry.
As I said, a pathetic pantywaist. You can’t even insult with any oomph.
By the way, are you too stupid to note that KennyFeebleman hurled the intial (unsolicited) taunt my way. I responded, and then you, BarryFeinstein, piled in (unsolicited).
Just who is the putrid liar and low IQ hypocrite.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Of course, you, henryKaren, have never done that have you?
You are a hypocrite among the many other putrid things you are –
Such as being being a liar. I respond to your insults, the ones you keep throwing out, unsolicited.
You are what you’ve always been, a low IQ asshole, a Karen.
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In reply to Barry.
You just can’t stand that I don’t sit back and take your constant guff. It makes you seethe, correction it makes you SEETHE. Not only are you a pathetic pantywaist, you’re also an arrogant prick.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
“…instead of commenting on what Mike wrote, take shots at me.”
Of course, you, henryKaren, have never done that have you?
You are a hypocrite among the many other putrid things you are.
How many masks do you have left?
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In reply to Jaybo.
I see where you get some of your stupid, dopey, and 100% lying ideas.
“your boy” – Too bad you don’t measure up as a man.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
How about just a direct link, Henry?
See if that’ll work for ya, let me know if it doesn’t.
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In reply to Barry.
Poor KennyFetterman and BarryPelosi, instead of commenting on what Mike wrote, take shots at me. It must be because being brain dead makes it hard to make a meaningful contribution to the discussion.
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In reply to Barry.
Here is your boy with Klaus http://www.leohohmann.com
You and Chasten set a date yet?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
LOL, henryKaren thinks double masking gives him super powers.
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Mike, not sure if you help me out here but I can’t see the video. No dice via my Spanish ISP nor from a US one using VPN. I had been an Alvin Lee fan in the early days and I’d like to take in the bluesy confection.
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[…] “On the threshold of liberty?” Maybe we are; if so, we owe a great debt of thanks to Tucker Carlson, who has endangered his career and his life by undertaking this mission. My colleague Mike Hendrix thinks he should be decorated for it: […]
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Tucker Carlson…has done enough in his dogged pursuit of the truth here as to have earned a Medal of Honor for meritorious, above-and-beyond-the-call service to his country.
A Medal of Freedom, at least. He’s also painted a huge and garish target on his back. I doubt that even the masters of FOX News, who pay his salary and whom his show enriches, approve of his forthrightness. I hope those who value him will let him know that in an unmistakable way.
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“We now hold that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution.The principle of Mooney v. Holohan is not punishment of society for misdeeds of a prosecutor, but avoidance of an unfair trial to the accused. Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted, but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly.” Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) at p87 source: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/373/83/
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She’s an attractive Commie Lite.
An American Fang Fang.
A Siren Call to Socialism.
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Eventually Austin will get what Austin deserves. Too bad we can’t build a fence around the place to keep everyone in.
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In reply to Aesop.
Sure. Great idea.
Until you realize that most of those residents in Austin are the same locust cocksuckers that infected California and mearly flew to Austin to denude that city.
They fucked over that place same as they did in LA and San Fran.
It was a cool city once.
When I moved here 20 years ago, to Plano, it was the top city in to live in the US. I can confirm that. It was stunning.
Then they elected a boofer from NYC as a Mayor. It went downhill fast.
Real fast.
So I moved to a HuWhite neighborhood in Richardson. To expensive, by far, for vibrants.
Yet, not for Locusts.
One of these motherfuckers didn’t even have his car tags changed from California before he had his BLM sign up, and alphabet flag flying.
Luckily these fools keep these signs out – even Beto signs, so when we get our hands on an RPG, we know just where to go.
BTW – that fuckwit above? I was behind him at a light. Kids, young ones that should have been buckled in, walking around the minivan. Wow. Motherfucker wears a mask in his car, but lets the kids walk around unsecured in the car on streets full of shithead drivers with no insurance.
PS – the only cool thing about california transplants in Austin is the wine makers. They went to the hill country and rebuilt wineries that aren’t half bad. One of them, Texas Hill Country Olives, realized the environment was great for Olives. So you can score top notch Olive oil from Texas. His wine blows, but his Balsomic Vinegar is to die for.
Homey there gets a pass. He’s been here over a decade.
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The problem in Texas is that all those surrounding counties and cities where the whypipo pay more had have better benefits. So cops just leave.
Who wants to deal with vibrants when they can have an easier, better paid, life for a short commute difference. Counties and Cities where they aren’t going to even notice if Da’Metrius needs some extra counselling with a baton.
I live on the border of Dallas and Richardson. Talking with Dallas PD is soul sucking. Let’s just say quality of life crimes aren’t allowed to be on their radar.
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Carlson part 2 tonight at 8pm
Don’t miss it. I suspect he held something good back, knowing the usual leftwing lapdogs would go ballistic today.
I’m one that was pissed at Carlson for ignoring, even belittling, the idea the 2020 election was stolen. He’s been coming around as I’ve noted a couple months back.
This expose puts to rest that Carlson is owned in anyway. He has bosses at Fox, and I guarantee you they don’t like this. I suspect Tucker has quietly made it clear that he will cover the truth or tell all on his way out the door.
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In reply to Barry.
“Bit I’m all for saving bullets when the target is as pleasing to the eye as Ms Gabbard”
Annnnd there’s that, too. 😀
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In reply to kennycan.
I don’t recall. I do know that the eventual DC coroner report showed he died of natural causes.
They made up the story he was hit with a fire extinguisher and when that failed (but it did the job) they claimed he was damaged by pepper spray for the “insurrectionists”. More bullshit and lies.
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In reply to Mike.
“Waking up is not an event, but a process.”
True enough for those that have been asleep. We shall see just how far down the “right” path Ms Gabbard goes. She of the Bernie support group…
Bit I’m all for saving bullets when the target is as pleasing to the eye as Ms Gabbard 🙂
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In reply to Aesop.
“Until she realizes she should have joined the Republicans instead of the Dumbocrats, and renounces socialism as a failed experiment, she’s worthless”
This line suggests she’s getting there:
Gabbard rejected the Democratic Party due to this ideology and this abuse of power, she said.
Waking up is not an event, but a process. Yes, she’s still a liberal, no argument. That said, I think she should be encouraged for the progress she’s making, in hopes that she’ll continue along the path to righteousness. That means just one more bullet we can save for use against a diehard Lefty zealot, see. 😉
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The left is running scared today. Thanks to Tucker Carlson telling the truth and showing it.
And the family of Brian Sicknick, fuck all of them with rusty barbed wire.
Capitol Cop Sicknick’s Family is ‘Outraged’ After J6 Security Footage Proves He Wasn’t Murdered
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I have read Kunstler for a long time. He has been wrong on a few occasions.
Suggesting Putin is “…the only rational head-of-state in Christendom…” is simply nuts. Putin is what he has always been, a deeply corrupt murdering thug trained by the KGB.
If that’s the new definition of christian we’ll need some new religions.
He’s so damn rational he’s in a year long war with a tiny* corrupt country and still bogged down. Death and destruction all around is the new rationality I suppose.
*ukraine is less than 1/3 the population of russia
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“Under my leadership, we will use all necessary state, local, federal, and military resources to carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.
We will pick them up, and we will throw them out of our country, and there will be no questions asked.”
President Donald Trump
https://pjnewsletter.com/trump-history-largest-operation/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailc
Probably the only president in the 150 years that tries to do what he promises to do on the campaign trail.
See “Operation Wetback”. I keep telling you Trump is the best since Ike…
https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation
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I’ve watched green field manufacturing plants get built in India with virtually nothing but hand labor. They dig the foundation by hand and mix the concrete on site. Brick layers work their way up scaffolding made from bamboo. There is an assembly line of women carrying bricks on their heads ascending the bamboo ladders and another line of women carrying the concrete to the male brick layers. Roof trusses typically come in from elsewhere and are sometimes set with a crane, sometimes by hand depending on the size.
The first thing I do upon entering any new to me facility is study the construction. That determines whether I stay or get the hell out. One of my good customers built a factory in a infamous city that I refused to go in. It collapsed in moderate winds. The replacement was properly built. They were somewhat lucky because the collapse occurred at night prior to installing the machinery that was on the way. No one died in that failure unlike another nearby that killed some 10K Indians.
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In reply to Aesop.
Yep. It took a long time.
We build those in an afternoon or two now.
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Centuries of faithful take centuries to build that.
One disgruntled Muslim burns it down in an afternoon.
The bigger question is when Europe starts loading boxcars again.
The day is coming.
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The citizens in Austin should stop calling 911, shoot offenders on the spot, and walk away. No statements. No calls. Austin officials have made their beds, now let them lie in it. The pendulum will swing back to sanity in due course, and in the meantime, the courts will be sitting around with nothing to do.
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And the parents of the kids gettiong taught CRT should have a little chat with those teachers in their free time. It’s hard to teach CRT when your teeth are all over an alley somewhere, and you can barely limp from your car to class with that broken kneecap, or hold a piece of chalk in your shattered hand. Ditto with any administrators giving those teachers political cover for the practice.
Parents not willing to straighten things out with the teachers and administrators responsible don’t deserve to complain.
OTOH, one or two notable examples, and the practice of teaching CRT would go the way of the dodo bird and the passenger pigeon.
“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”
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If you’re going to do that, the price would drop commensurately for the students as well. They should be locked in behind walls the entire term, wear striped jumpsuits, and do hard labor every week.
And risk getting bitchslapped or beat down in the yard between classes if they act like jackasses.
But let’s talk turkey:
1) Require the actual Ph.D. professors to actually teach their own damned classes. No TAs, grad students, and all the other bullshit that lets them screw off rather than do their jobs. Students don’t take it seriously, because the profs don’t either.
2) Ban any electronic devices in college during class except calculators or voice recorders. No laptops, no cellphones, nothing. Bring one to class, your final grade drops a letter. If you’re in a pass-fail class, bummer for you, huh?
3) Three strikes on absences. Miss three classes, you’ve just drop-failed.
4) Ditch the bullshit. No soft majors. No touchy-feely horseshit. No safe spaces. Anyone complaining their feelings were hurt gets dropped a final grade. A second instance gets’ them drop-failed, and they aren’t allowed to return until they complete a year in the infantry or the Army or Marines, or a year on the streets as a first responder. Nobody gives a shit about your feelings. Open your ears, and your mind, and STFU. Call it Karen’s Law.
5) Disrupt the educational process in any way, and you’re expelled for a year; no tuition refund. Do it again, and you’re expelled for life. Teachers and students alike.
6) If the professor wanders off the reservation to expound on topics in no way related to the course’s subject matter, they go on half-pay for that year. Twice, and they’re suspended for a year. Three times? Fired and blackballed. Ditto for any socio-political rants of any stripe on class time. Three times in a career, and you’re an ex-professor. You’re there to instruct, not to indoctrinate.
The students aren’t the entire problem.
Then can tell they’ve been bullshitted when they see what passes for instruction on a topic, and they’re paying professors, and their underlings, exactly the attention they deserve.
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There’s nothing wrong with both organizations that couldn’t best be solved by a couple of small suitcase nukes at their HQ, with all personnel present for duty at detonation.
Failing that, lining them up against a wall and shooting them all would be a good second choice, followed by farming any actually constructive activities out to agencies with no armed agents, and requiring that as a condition of continued existence.
There is clearly a need for a national intelligence apparatus, but for starters, the people working there should have some.
And while one can make the case for a national-level investigative agency, having a state police force of JBTs is a much harder sell, but if you’re going to do it, anyone with any experience in the current one should be barred from federal employment for life, just for openers, on the grounds that they’re hopelessly corrupt and irredeemably tainted.
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Until she realizes she should have joined the Republicans instead of the Dumbocrats, and renounces socialism as a failed experiment, she’s worthless except as a benchmark example of how far crazy current Democommunists have become.
She’s not going to call the woke mob back to sanity. They’re going to recognize her as the white chimpanzee in the pack, and then kill her for that. Metaphorically, if not actually.
And not recognizing the obviousness of that is what makes her still an idiot.
Just a half-witted one, instead of a totally witless.
As entertainment, however, it’s like watching Pat Moynihan in the ’80s and 90s: the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind.
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Not merely disband, but also execute for their treason. Them put their heads on pikes around the Beltway.
Pour encourager les autres.
If you paid your Mafia taxes, they actually PROTECTED you.
Seen any sign of that from your GOVERNMENT lately???
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sole honest, sane D卐M☭CRAT
That she may be among the political officeholder class. She is however, still a “socialist”. Just another name for communist since socialism is never practiced but at the point of a gun.I don’t think she understands this however.
Contrast with Palin or Lake to see the difference.
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The next Trump VP:
WATCH: “There is No Price I Would Sell Out My Country For” – Arizona MAGA STAR Kari Lake Says She Turned Down Bribe to Get Out of Politics from “Powerful People” Last Week
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In reply to kennycan.
DeSantis has a real problem. The supporters of Trump support him primarily for the international and economic program, both of which Trump delivered on. And that is the big difference and why DeSantis is a loser.
DeSantis cannot go against China on the economic front, his handlers and moneymen are all china owned.
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Well, alright. Tucker has finally done a show that will allow me to forgive his intransigence on the stolen 2020 election subject* and lays out the truth about Jan 6.
He calls the democrats and Cheney/Kinzinger liars. If you didn’t watch it’s quite good.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6322049916112
*he is even admitting the truth of that these days
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The FBI simply gets disbanded. They do far more damage than help to the American people, and that was when they were trying to catch some of the bad guys. Now they are irredeemable.
The CIA, gone. Turn over all the intelligence to military intelligence, and fire all the commies in the military and at state.
Add the State dept. Cut it by 2/3’s. Even then it will be “fat”.
Get rid of any and all federal departments that states can perform the functions of when there is even a function worth performing.
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In reply to kennycan.
OK, gotcha with those. I’m not sure every one was a nefarious operation. Some are simply the result of regional hatred like in Yugoslavia.
But there is one common link you’re missing, IMO – the role of communist Russia in every single place on your list. At the core of terror and murder you always find the russians. Always. They are as Reagan stated, the Evil Empire. Still are.
I’m going to leave it there. I don’t think I’m going to change your mind, and I grew up in the cold war – you’re not going to change mine 🙂
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pitchforks are the finest remedy I’ve heard yet; I’ve heard that the lightest touch will reduce a fatty butt in no time
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In reply to Barry.
OK let me be clearer. Deep State, sometimes using NATO and sometimes other means, has undertaken to try regime change/insert their puppet governments in at least a dozen States since 1991.
Let’s take a look.
- 1991-92 NATO institutes a naval blockade off the former Yugoslavia in the Bosnian Wars. This led to direct military action against the Bosnian Republic by 1995.
- NATO actions in 1999 – Serbia-Kosovo War
- 2001 – NATO takes action against Albanian UCK
- 2001 – NATO takes actions in Afghanistan
- 2011 – The Arab Spring in Libya culminates in the death of Qadaffy
Now the whole Arab Spring was a Deep State operation aimed at destabilizing moderate regimes in the ME/North Africa in Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya and Syria, amongst others. They succeeded in Libya and Egypt but in Egypt the Military there countered their Coup and reinstated a regular government after a brief Military Junta ruled.
2014 they ran the same operation against the Ukrainian Government under Y.
2020 they ran a similar, but more elaborate operation, against the Government of the USA.
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In reply to Barry.
He’s not a Commie and those things are not what makes one a Commie. Centralized One World Control of All Assets and ending of Nation States are the hallmarks of Commies. A “Scientific” dismissal of Religion as Ascientific and not the basis for Morality is the hallmark of a Commie.
Countries throughout all of history invaded neighbors, lied to their people and had people killed.
That does not make all Bad Actors throughout History as Commies.
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In reply to kennycan.
And putin never told a lie, never had anyone killed, and never invaded another country…
Of course he’s a commie, one in the soviet style.
But that’s just semantics and of little importance. It matters little what label you put on him. It is a fact that he came of age under soviet style communism, complete to the hardcore KGB training and action. He’s a thug and dictator and did not start a three day special operation in the ukraine to “help” people.
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In reply to kennycan.
That’s not an answer. Pointing to other atrocity does not absolve the murderer putin of his war crimes.
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In reply to kennycan.
I’m not going to look those up*, but places like Libya didn’t really have a government to take out. They took out Quadaffi. That is not the importance of “feckless incapable organization ” as I stated above. NATO without the USA is an incapable and weak organization that poses no threat to the russians unless the russians threaten NATO states which then invoke the USA.
*Because I am unable to do a quick search that returns any results. Maybe you can provide the list? Or maybe you are talking about US involvement with NATO backing in place like Iraq and Afghanistan?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Poor henryKaren. First comment in this thread, “Barry just can’t stop spouting his I know so much than you bullshit on every topic under the sun. It is to laugh.“.
Hey brainiac, that’s what is called an insult. It’s all you do. When on the rare occasion you make some mind numbing comment that isn’t an insult you just get ignored. You come here to make an insult, it’s what you do, it’s who you are. And you will then be insulted right back.
You have said nothing in this thread other than insult.
Go blow yourself.
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When I saw the headline of the linked article I thought it had to be from the Bee and be satire.
Not kidding.
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“vowing they would have put up a fight”
One would like to think so, surely. But then you groveling serfs didn’t raise much of a squawk about all the other things your tyrannical goobermint has taken from you over the years, now did ya?
Yah. Everyone’s a hero until heroing time comes.
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“A woman is not a suit you put on”
Buffalo Bill rates this as hate speech.
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the shitlib agenda is all about “saving lives,” right? After all, Leftism, Statism, socialism, communism
… covidism
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In reply to kennycan.
I don’t give a fuck what you need or don’t need, want or don’t want, care for or don’t care for. Also, I don’t support losers.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
You still wet your panties on WuFlu and now are being shown to be absolutely totally wrong is hilarious.
I don’t need your “support”
Barry and I disagree.
You’re just a panty wetter. Butt out.
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In reply to Barry.
NATO is not feckless and incapable.
They’ve taken out a dozen governments since 1991.
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“Rehab Pig: The True Hunter Biden Story Falling Off The Wagon in the PRC.
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In reply to Barry.
RDS should have showed up to CPAC and endorsed Trump for just what he said there.
RDS signed on to be FL Governor and to be a Trump MAGA supporter. He vowed not to oppose Trump. He has 0 differentiation from Trump.
If he runs now he’s NeverTrump and making the same stupid mistakes Cruz did.
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In reply to Barry.
Considering that you and Kenny started the HenryKaren insults way back when and totally out of context to a comment or two I made here on some topic or the other who is the instigator. Also, what’s with the downvote bullshit?
Finally, Fuck You, War!
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In reply to Barry.
What is the Wagner group?
Do the commit war crimes?
Do they commit atrocity’s?
Who do they take their orders from?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Karen comes here to be insulted, instigates the insults.
And never has a cogent thought.
Karen has nothing to say about putin/ukraine/etc, just a horseshit complaint about what?
Kenny and I disagree on this subject, but not in total since I also want the US out of the ukraine business. But at least Kenny is a man and says what he believes, and defends it. henryKaren is just a downvote pussy determined to embarrass herself. And she succeeds.
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In reply to kennycan.
Putin grew up under the russian communist system, the Soviet Union. Of course it wasn’t really communist, which is the point. There has never been a true communist system because it doesn’t work and must immediately become a dictatorship. Calling Putin a commie is just referencing what he is, a man born into the russian communist system. The mans grandfather was Lenin and Stalin’s personal chef, he was trained by the KGB, he worked to push the terror of the red brigades in Italy and Germany. He is a fucking russian commie.
You explain that and I’ll listen. Understand this, it’s nothing but a distraction, what you wish to call the ex KGB murderer. He is what he is, and savior of the west ain’t part of it. He’s as bad or worse than anyone pulling the strings in DC and he isn’t doing anything to save us. Just the opposite. He wishes to rule over the old Soviet Empire.
Now, what is Xi? Commie or dictator, and why does it matter what label you put on him? I know what I call him, and it’s Enemy. And he and putin have aligned theirselves together, or have you missed that? Iran – enemy or friend? Aligned with putins russia. How the heck do you plan to square all this up? You cannot just handwave it away.
The perversions of the west have nothing to do with what putin is or what his goals are. That is nothing but a strawman argument and a distraction.
You cannot say NATO is a feckless incapable organization and then turn around and claim Putin is so threatened by them that he just had to invade Ukraine.
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In reply to Barry.
You’re boring, chanting the same insults over and over again as tho they cast some sort of magic spell. Must be all that your peabrain can manage.
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Troll Level: Jedi Supreme Master
Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★!!!
I want to have that woman’s baby! She wins the Internetz for the Year!
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In reply to Barry.
Commie does NOT mean Dictator.
Was Pinochet a Commie?
Communism is an economic system. What Putin has is a Dictatorship, but not Commie. He allows, even encourages Christianity. His is a mixed economy of soft socialism and free markets akin to the US in the 70s and again in the 90s. They have no goal of conquering the world to impose their system on us. They avoid the decaying idiocies of the West that allow that a man can be a woman if xe says so and can go into the woman’s dressing rooms/bathrooms and compete in Women’s Sports. They abhor Drag Queen Story Hour and all the perversions of Hollywood and DC aka Sodom and Gomorrah.
Not Communist.
The US, under the DC thumb, is WAY more Communist than Russia is today.
And all of that was even MORE true when Yeltsin was in charge. A flawed Leader and a dictator in the end, but decidedly not a Communist. Both Yeltsin and Putin renounced Communism.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Notice she still can’t come up with an original thought. She does what Karen always does.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Nah. Putin tries to scare people with the nuke talk. The commies have brought up nukes in every conflict since 1950. Putin knows, and those around him know, the use of nukes triggers the boomers sitting off their coast (used to be two – three always on station), and their life span is reduced to 30 minutes.
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“I am your warrior. I am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution,” Trump stated.
“This is the final battle, they know it. I know it, you know it, and everybody knows it, this is it,” Trump said.
“Either they win or we win. And if they win, we no longer have a country.”
He has the courage to tell the truth, to put his life on the line. Those that wish to be in the fight know what to do.
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Perchance President Putin will fix this problem for us.
By giving them free street lighting for the next 1000 years!
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In reply to Barry.
From spouting on and on to sputtering on and on. It is to roar with laughter.
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And now you know why the Florida wonder governor didn’t show up at CPAC:
Trump 62%
Desantis 20%
JUST IN: Presidential Candidate Who’s Never Held a Political Office Beats Out Nikki Haley and Mike Pence For Third Place In CPAC Straw Poll
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There is nothing as stupid and looney as a leftist. Anytime they wish they are free to design there own riding helmets*. Anytime they wish they can stop purchasing riding helmets from us racist riding helmet designers.
Maybe they could start with a haircut.
*maybe they could design something useful since the standard issue riding helmet is a pretty weak piece of work, designed more for style than protection.
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Check out Miami. Republican mayor –
Riots in the “Summer of Love”? No.
Crime rates going up? No.
High crime rate? Yes, typically twice the Florida/national average, but not going up like other big cities.
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In reply to Mike.
Dang, I’m jealous. Was that one of the old Waco’s or one of the new ones (picture is a new one)?
Those planes are beautiful.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Looks pretty good. Next time I get to Florida I might give that a whirl. Or find one closer. Pretty rare to see the old ones around here.
I’ve flown the Cessna 152 Aeorbat and that was a ball. Alas, it’s really just a bit short in the leg room for me or I might consider one to fly just for fun. Picture is of a random Aerobat with the N number blocked out. 6G’s positive and 3G’s negative rating.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
henryKaren always shows up to prove, once again, she is the dumbest bitch to comment here at CF.
henryKaren is doing what she does, telling other people to shut up. She told Kenny and I to shut up when we were telling the truth about the scamvirus while she was hiding in mommy’s basement, shivering with her double mask on.
Like all Karen’s, she can’t help herself. She doesn’t know dick about anything, so all she does is complain when someone else does. There is never a cogent thought or expression that comes from the putrid sack of shit. She’s afraid to make a statement less someone point out the stupidity of it.
Go blow yourself freak.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
HAAA! I bet I know that guy. Or used to, if it’s the same folks I’m thinking of; the original owner, Fred, died in a crash near Myrtle Beach some years back. Trashed the Waco I flew in, don’t know if they rebuilt or not, or if they even could.
His old partner is still carrying on far as I know. They used to have the Waco, plus two Pitts SP2s for Fred’s aerobatics stuff–that as his specialty, and he was damned good at it too. In addition to the tour business, they did the airshow circuit. That’s where I got to know ’em.
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In reply to Barry.
Not a Harley, but open biplane rides:
https://floridaairtours.com/
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Pulp Fiction meets Love Story.
Hey John, sorry bout ya screwed up mind and this ain’t gonna help but here goes. I’m riding away forever with this guy on his motorcycle. (It’s a chopper baby, he says). Ok I’m riding away with him on his chopper.
See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya!!
Cougar (that’s my new handle baby. Like it?) Roar…
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In reply to Barry.
Barry just can’t stop spouting his I know so much than you bullshit on every topic under the sun. It is to laugh.
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dook sucks
dook still sucks
‘Duke Still Sucks’: Iconic Rivalry Book Gets an Update, Ten Years Later
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In reply to kennycan.
“Like Nazi, Commie has come to mean foreigner I don’t like.”
Baloney, Kenny. Commie in the russian sense was always a dictator. Sure they had the politburo standing in the background, but it was never going against the leader without military / KGB backing them, just like it would be today.
I’m using commie in that absolute tradition of the word not the textbook definition. Putin is a commie and Y was a putin puppet. That’s a simple fact.
“The OSCE certified the election of Y as free and fair.”
I’m trying not to laugh. You cannot possibly believe that has any meaning.
You wish to argue that our government is corrupt and is in the corrupt bed with ukraine. You have to know that I make no argument against that. It’s a fact.
The only question is, is how far the corrupt Ukrainian reach goes? How many of our politicians are owned and how many are tainted? Same as for china.
The Ukraine was corrupt. The deep state took advantage of that and took over. The only difference in that respect is who the owners are. Putin is as deeply corrupt as anyone on this planet. He is a KGB trained thug and a murderer. You can acknowledge this without being a deep state denier.
I’ve said a thousand times since the 2020 election that it was coup. That changes nothing with respect to the facts – prior to the corrupt takeover of the Ukraine politicians by the deep state actors from this side, it was controlled by the deep state actors from the other side, putin and company.
And I’ll just remind you that the deep state members in this country always loved the russian commies, and putin himself (Tell Vlad…)
And last – no matter how you spin it, the russians led by putin invaded Ukraine. And they didn’t do it because of the feckless NATO threat. They did it for the same reason the commie bastards have always done it, power and control.
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In reply to kennycan.
Giving up is a bad option. Not voting is a losing option. For the life of me I don’t understand the attitude of giving in.
There is only one option at this time. It may not work, it may be a failure, but is the only chance.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Well heck, single shot, or no shot and the biplane or Harley would still be fun.
Which reminds me, I’ve never flown in an open biplane. I need to add that to my to do list before I leave this place.
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In reply to Mike.
I saw the hand pump on the Hatsun website. It was reasonable at $150, but I figured with the size of the charging cylinder to get enough mechanical leverage to create 3600 psi it would require a lot of pumping. I’ll have to check it all out.
That must have been a heck of a shot since it’s hard to bring a deer down with a 22mag unless you get a perfect shot. My Gamo Swarm Magnum (22) makes quick work of a squirrel.
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In reply to Barry.
Y wasn’t a Commie and neither is Putin.
Like Nazi, Commie has come to mean foreigner I don’t like.
There has to be an actual Commie apparatus working.
Putin is a Dictator.
The OSCE certified the election of Y as free and fair. Y certainly had Russian leanings. Those were legitimate decisions he had the power to make. Just like he could decide legitimately as Head of State to take a loan from Russia instead of the IMF.
There was an election coming up in 2015. If the people of Ukraine wanted a different direction and move back towards the West they could simply vote for a candidate who pledged that.
The plain fact was Y was probably going to WIN AGAIN and our Deep State couldn’t have that. The PEOPLE choosing their own direction instead of listening to OUR “ELITES”? No Way, José!
Same circumstances as with Trump. This guy had to go and 0, Biteme, Sullivan, Nuland and Blinken were tasked with getting these other people in there and then take that IMF Loan and follow the “Elites” orders’ No way they were leaving it to the People.
So, like BLM and Antifa here, a “Grass Roots” “Protest” was ginned up via Social Media (the Twitter Reveals show they do this) and turned increasingly violent. Egged on by our Agent Provocateurs. (J6 anyone?). Then, in a Country with 30+ Million People, a half million people stormed the Government and removed the legitimate elected Government. And lo and behold the ones chosen by 0, Sullivan, Nuland et al organize a new Government.
The violent overthrow of a Government is a Coup. It is obvious Deep State ran it.
Its MO is so much alike as 2020 here as to be obvious that is what happened.
It’s the MO of our Deep State via the CIA and FBI and State and IA for many, many years.
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I’ll go out and vote for Trump in the Primaries and the General. Make them Steal it Obviously again. Register your protest as a vote. It may be negated. It may be tossed in the trash. It may be replaced with a vote for the Dem. But they will SEE it first. It’s not much, but it’s the protest I have.
As for RDS. If he breaks his promise and runs, it means he was either in with the GOPe all along or they used a Siren Call to his ambition to lure him to the Dark Side.
As you note, he does far more good for the Country as a Great Governor in FL than he would be as a sacrificial lamb to the ScamElection a la Soviet election or a banana republic election. If he loves this country he will stick to his pledges he made to his fellow MAGAs and to the people of FL who chose him to be their Governor for 4 years.
Plus, it’s almost certain if he leaves as Governor the GOPe will insert a RINO there.
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You want REAL fun? Go full auto from an open cockpit biplane or a Harley!
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In reply to Barry.
Saw a vid on YT with a guy using a fancy special-purpose hand pump, which I then looked up; they go for about 50-60 bucks and up, and it only took the guy like 5 or 6 pumps to charge it. I think there’s an adaptor you have to get for it, too. There’s a guy lives close by us that took a deer last year with a single shot, from around 200 yards. He’s a serious hunter, and is all about the HB airguns.
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In reply to Barry.
3600psi
That’s some serious pressure and an expensive electric pump to refill the tank.
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Nice!
I have an air gun, very powerful, powerful enough to kill the squirrels raiding my bird feeders. But it’s bitch to cock*. It does have a 10 shot magazine so you get 10 rounds before having to reload.
I think I’m going to up that game a bit and go full auto…
*I’m ok with it but the grandchildren struggle.
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She started yelling at me about how I was just a smart-ass and trying to make her look bad.
In 2nd grade the teacher complained to my mom that I was testing the teacher by asking questions with obvious-but-wrong answers. My mom suggested that if she was being stumped by a seven-year-old, perhaps teaching was not the profession for her.
I apparently did this starting in 1st grade but I remember only doing it to the 5th grade teacher and 10th grade history teacher. (They both failed.)
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In reply to kennycan.
Uh huh, currently living in exile in russia. He’s a commie, just like putin is a commie. They are corrupt to the core communists.
He was a putin puppet. Period.
There are no free and fair elections in Ukraine. Not then, not now. The place is a cesspool of corruption and money laundering, the very reason the left is involved.
The average Ukrainian hates both the corrupt political class and the russians.
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“WAR”
I miss that man. Wonder if the video carries the most views on the innerwebz because it should.
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[…] Mike at Cold Fury has excerpted a fascinating story that must be read in its entirety. It’s about an incident in an […]
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In reply to Barry.
Y wasn’t a Commie and he was elected in 2010 and The OSCE certified the election, against the wishes if the US and others who wanted to find fraud but couldn’t.
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OTOH, while the Ford class carriers were ill conceived, each of the new ideas has merit. The mistake is too throw in too many at once.
Frankly, carriers are useful only for regional conflict, the kind that don’t really matter. I’m in favor of nukes, on submarines and in space, and nuking the next bad actor that screws with us.
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In reply to kennycan.
It damn well needs saving. But it’s going to require the efforts of all good men to help.
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In reply to kennycan.
I wouldn’t call the 2014 government legitimate. There has never been a commie elected legitimately.
One corrupt government owned by the Russians was replaced with another corrupt government that owns our corrupt government it appears.
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Loved the story about reading. I never managed to get in trouble, but it caused trouble in 1st grade. Our first trip to the library I selected Robinson Crusoe (or Swift Family Robinson) and the librarian said no, that it was too difficult and sent me over to the children’s section. I refused and this became a slight bit of an incident. My mom was called in and told the principal and librarian they can just give me a reading test and to stop withholding books. They did, and I never had any further issues.
“The fastest I took my 62 VW bus was 115mph on a windy road on a windy day. One day on a twisty little mountain road as I came down into the hairpin, he left me half a lane and a clean shoulder and I passed a 911 Porche.”
I call bullshit. I know a thing or three about VW’s. A VW bus was getting pretty damn squirrely at 70 with any side winds. At 115 in windy conditions it had best be on a very wide three lane road, and that ignores how difficult it is to get a decidedly not aerodynamic bus to 115. Passing a 911 Porsche is quite easy if the Porsche just lets you go. A VW bus has an extremely high roll center and high center of gravity, and nothing you can do to it is going to make it handle well enough to pass a T model Ford, mush less a 911. The 1962 had a swing axle rear suspension, not at all a well handling vehicle even with low roll centers and low center of gravity. They can be modified to handle well on the track in a Bug, but a bus, forget it.
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Excellent selection. Never got in trouble for reading, but then again, they never knew what was in those dangerous novels I was reading.
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Norman Greenbaum broke up the Beatles, not Yoko Ono.
I’m surprised that hasn’t become some sort of meme.
Oh wait, it must have been Brian Epstein.
Except Epstein kept them focused all those years and he and George Martin had a massive influence on how they became great. But John had to sing about Baby You’re a Rich Man and sing in the background “Baby You’re a Rich Fag Jew”
All The Beatles mistakes came after he committed suicide.
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America First.
That REALLY makes heads explode.
I’ve seen signs now that his campaign is Save America.
There will be Insanity launched on that one.
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In Ukraine in 2014 the legitimately elected government was overthrown by a mob, Sullivan and Nuland discussed it with Biteme (and guaranteed 0) and they decided who would be “in” and who would be “out” of the government even before the actual legitimate government was even considering fleeing. Nuland said “Fuck the EU” for even considering cutting a deal with that legitimate Government. So now Ukraine is a “Democracy” and worthy of us sending 120 Billion in a year there.
That word doesn’t mean what they think it means.
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It’s not like we haven’t seen the Marxists run the same playbook ever since media became Big. From muckrakers in the 1890s to Hitler giving the Nuremberg Speeches, seizing the Media to megaphone their Narrative has been their MO.
But they’ve also seized the schools and have tried to dumb us down so our Bullshit Detectors no longer work.
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Who on earth would expect anything good to come from a ship named after Gerald Ford?
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In reply to Aesop.
“…while DeSantis is yet a green padawan”
Of note, DeSantis was never a fighter in the nature of Trump, always keeping his head down. Once the GOP handlers came in they are trying to copy the Trump style thinking that will sell the Government Man.
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Of course Obuttsuck got the government to pay for transgender surgery and care. You don’t think he and Big Mike wanted to keep paying for “her” hormones and other maintetance, do you?
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Daddy Bush said Reaan’s fiscal plans amounted to “voodoo economics”, yet somehow found himself selected, twice, as the great man’s vice-president, and helped him win two national elections, including the biggest electoral landslide in U.S. history.
This is just politics, and worse, it’s not the semi-finals, or even the regular season, it’s just exhibition games. Save “last straws” for when it matters, and please, I pray, stop doing the MSM’s work for them.
DeSantis would have trouble filling a Denny’s outside FL, and Trump regularly sells out stadiums, and would even do so in North Dakota or Wyoming. And there ain’t gonna be two candidates on the ticket from the same state. When that happens, it’s called a senatorial election, not a presidential one.
And rest assured, the minute he ever were to become the front-runner, in this or any future year, DeSantis – or anyone else – will suddenly stop getting a tongue bath and softball media coverage, and instead find a media blowtorch turned at his face, a gauntlet at which Trump is a Jedi master, while DeSantis is yet a green padawan.
Note the hook in that worm, and stop taking the bait.
And then ponder the question of whether any actual conservative (or even merely “non-captured” Republican) candidate in any election will ever get a fair shake at the polls again in your lifetime.
The suggestion itself is nearly risible, at this point.
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In reply to Barry.
“And no one else has ever done anything like it. No one. No one else ever will since Musk is ineligible.”
Couldn’t agree more with ya there, Barr.
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“And, even though he’s accomplished more of real, lasting import in his tenure as Governor than Trump managed in his one and only term as PoTUS…”
Is that a joke, Mike? Nothing, not one thing that DeSantis has done is of real import to the average American. It’s been said and it’s true, that Jeb Bush was a good governor of Florida.
Real, lasting import? DeSantis is in the fortunate position of having a overwhelming republican legislature that works with the governor. It’s mostly feel good/look good stuff though. The really hard stuff has been in place since long before DeSantis.
That’s not a knock on DeSantis. He has been a good Gov. But that is a fairly easy job when you are surrounded by a republican legislature instead of a party apparatus bent upon destroying America while lining their pockets.
Put a dem governor and legislature in Florida and every bit of that can and will be undone in the first term. Probably in the first month.
The position of governor and the position of president are not even remotely the same. And there are more snakes in the DC Swamp than the entire Everglades. No comparison is remotely possible.
We’ll never fucking win, because we can’t even accept a winner when they come along.
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“If your blood isn’t already boiling by now…”
My blood outgassed long ago, boiled into vapor first. What is now required, requires cold blooded determination anyway.
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“It amounts to yet another confirmation of their unimpeachable wisdom, which we have ignored to our own profound detriment.”
Bravo!
The constitution isn’t perfect, but it’s damn near perfect. Were we to follow it strictly we would be far freer and wealthier men.
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In reply to SteveF.
Those, and about 1/3 of the people identifying as “republican”.
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In reply to Mike.
Those accomplishments were undone because the republican party would not help when they had control of both houses.
And no one else has ever done anything like it. No one. No one else ever will since Musk is ineligible. You can hope all you want, but it doesn’t change the simple fact that everyone else running will be 100% beholden to someone owned by china. I there some slim possibility that another man like Trump will come along? Sure, but not in our lifetime. There have only been two, Trump and Ike. And they were 64 years apart.
I agree with what Soros wants. It’s to destroy the USA. And first order of business for him is to stop Trump. Whatever that takes.
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A good reason to support Trump: His election would cause many ProgLibTurds to scream themselves into a fatal aneurysm.
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I’m hoping Ron adds North Kakalacky to his GeorgiFloriBama domains. Ave Desantis Imperatrix.
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In reply to Barry.
“No one else was capable of doing this, no one else has ever done this, no one else will.”
We’d all better hope that last part isn’t so; Trump isn’t immortal, so if it is, we’re all doomed. Not that he stands any chance whatsoever of being President again anyway.
“Let’s repeat that, Soros will do anything to see Trump defeated.”
What Soros wants, I think, is to have a big say in who becomes President. To that end, Soros is playing Trump and DeSantis against each other, and Trump is cooperating fully with him in that effort. That alone tells me plenty, all I really need to know. Nobody ever defeated Evil by playing along with it, not that I know of at least.
Of those Trump accomplishments you listed above—which I applauded him for at the time myself, loud and long—nearly all were undone by lunchtime on Biden’s first day. It’s of no interest to me who roosts behind the Resolute Desk now, other than as the dumbshow it is, pure entertainment.
Trump was the best President in my entire lifetime, for sure and certain, and he can still make a meaningful contribution, something else I’ve said before. But his ego won’t allow it, and that’s a damned shame. Whatever else he may be, he is neither a saint nor a savior.
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In reply to Barry.
My mistake thinking “Ace” said something he didn’t say. I no longer read there, haven’t for quite a long time because it’s just a clickbait website IMO.
The original article is from hotgas, not exactly known to be in the “Put America First” category.
Now, the meat – hotgas claims that Trumps supporters are pushing the “Soros endorsed DeSantis” story/video. I’m a Trump supporter and I never posted the video here for good reason, I knew Soros didn’t “endorse” DeSantis but instead will do anything to see Trump defeated.
Let’s repeat that, Soros will do anything to see Trump defeated.
That might be a clue to something.
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In reply to Mike.
And what a colossal failure it was, Mike. Just as a reminder of the colossal failure, the list:
1) stopped ISIS cold
2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries
3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices
4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices
6) Started no new wars
7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one
8) Cut Taxes across the board
9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns
10) Started the space force, sorely needed today
11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers
12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land
13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries
14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords
15) Withdrew from the Iran deal
16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K IIRC
17) Started the process of fixing the VA
18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries
19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit
21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus
22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc.
23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
There is much more of course.
That’s just a short list. Trump did this by himself, with little to no help from the republican party opposition from the republican party and the democrats. He did this while the deep state through the FBI, intelligence agencies, congress, and the DOJ were conducting illegal surveillance and investigations. But Trump didn’t falter, didn’t stop. He just kept on working.
No one else was capable of doing this, no one else has ever done this, no one else will.
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“So now we have “Jeb!”, RINO Paul Ryan, and Marxist George Soros wanting Ron DeSanctis—Does that tell you anything? Remember, Ron fought hard to very unfairly cut Social Security and Medicare. Also, wanted to raise the age limit for Social Security to at least 70-years-old.”
There is not one thing untrue or moronic about that statement. Nothing needs to be “defended” because it is 100% accurate. The statement defends itself with honesty.
And the elephant in the room remains –
DeSantis is supported by the GOPe, the Bush family (frat brothers), Karl Rove, Paul Ryan, Rupert Murdoch (and his “book” payoff), and the Wall St moneymen, not to mention Dominion voting systems.
If you want more china, “be done” with Trump and go for the globalist, DeSantis. Clear as a bell.
Where was “Ace” in 2015/16?
Ever notice that certain people are always getting “done” with Trump, but are not bothered by the globalists that have carefully scripted speech?
Maybe Ace is just a fat dumbass with a microphone.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Not all of them, actually, and it certainly shouldn’t have stopped him from firing all the Obama stay-behinds he opted to leave in place for whatever incomprehensible reason and just leaving the positions vacant, thereby draining the Swamp by starving the beast lurking within it. I’m tired of making excuses for him, particularly when firing everybody and hiring in their own choices had been the road taken by most if not all of his predecessors, going all the way back to Clinton at least.
No more excuses. The bottom line remains that Trump had his chance already, and he failed. Time to let somebody who isn’t an octogenarian have a go at it. They’re going to fail too, of course, right up til the day the whole rotten, morbidly-obese edifice collapses of its own gross weight.
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Soros is a Jew, and yearns for the “good old days” of his Messiahs – Lenin and Stalin. And the filthy Koch-sucking Rove Republican swill are fine with that.
And never forget that Trump’s nominees had to be approved by Congress! Do you rally think he could have gotten anyone better through?
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In reply to Barry.
She would be the one reinflating the copilot like that stewardess in Airplane!
After all, that IS her speicalty!
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In reply to MarkMatis.
“After spending the weekend with billionaire donors and republicans ~~molded~~purchased by the Sea Island (Big Club) influence, DeSantis will be traveling the country promoting his Rupert Murdoch funded book with stops in Texas and California. The governor is also expected in Iowa, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Georgia, according to Jacksonville News4.”
Gives up the secret of the book publisher (Murdoch owned), but it’s giving you the truth – neither DeSantis or Pence will show at CPAC, because they know the result of the straw poll will show them for what they are,
Losers.
Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence Will Skip CPAC 2023
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In reply to Barry.
Sundance calls it “The Golden Arrow”:
The Golden Arrow – President Trump Announces Economic Agenda 47 Which Includes “Universal Baseline Tariffs”
Pay attention. Sundance knows the truth.
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Sounds like it’s in the vein of “Tucker and Dale vs Evil” 2010… a movie I -cannot- recommend enough. Can’t wait to watch this one… sounds right up my alley…
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Along with the GOP money men, Karl (spit) Rove, and GW himself. But then, it bears repeating, DeSantis is the original Government Man –
Yale (Bush Frat), Harvard, JAG, Prosecutor. He never worked for anything but the government as best I can tell.
And then there is the latest. How do you “pay off” political shysters in a way that can’t be caught. You hire a ghostwriter to write a book and then pay big $$$ for the book rights. Who published the DeSantis book?
I’ll let the interested that don’t know look that up for yourselves. I’ll just note the payer was involved in the theft of Arizona 2020 and tried his best to do a complete hit job on Trump the candidate in 2016.
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Kevin Bacon and Michael Gross should have won for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for their roles in Tremors. There hasn’t been Justice in Hollywood since that shameful incident of not even nominating either one.
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Please do note that Jeb! has endorsed DeSantis.
Filthy Koch-sucking Rove Republican swill gonna suck Koch.
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The first three times I tried to post that comment I received a “Nonce is invalid” error. I refreshed the page and it posted.
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There is only one man willing to take on china, and say it publicly without fear:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rolls-out-2024-trade-policy-tax-china-build-up-america-reward-us-producers
Of all the issues we have, THIS is the big one. The border is easy as Trump showed the first time around.
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Heh, but I doubt that ever happens, at least not without quite a few of “ours” on the same flights.
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Here’s a better link to that AZ story at Gateway Pundit rather than infowars
SHOCKING: AZ Senate/House Elections Presenter Claims That Sinaloa Cartel Uses Bribes, Money Laundering, Election Fraud to Control Elected Officials and Traffic Drugs, Humans, Ballots in Arizona | The Gateway Pundit
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It’s DIE. Never use their tricky word plays. Dei is god in Latin. They deliberately reordered it.
Let DIE die. Actually, kill DIE.
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Brain dead? He didn’t have far to go to get to that stop…
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Sure it will, at least as long as the right people are on the plane they are flying!
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Joe and Jill went up the hill
Both with a buck and a quarter
Jill came down with two fifty
WHOAH…
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Some good UNC news on the “DEI” front:
UNC Bans ‘Diversity’ Hiring amid Anti-Woke Backlash
UNC Bans ‘Diversity’ Hiring amid Anti-Woke Backlash
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Sunday Funnies:
Election fraud and cartel involvement in Arizona, whoda thunk it?
https://www.infowars.com/posts/investigator-details-rampant-money-laundering-election-fraud-racketeering-sinaloa-cartel-operation-names-az-gov-katie-hobbs-as-collaborator/
Racist Media per Elon Musk:
Elon Musk: U.S Media Is Racist Against Whites and Asians
Rona McDaniel thinks we are beholden to the corrupt R party:
RNC Chair Reveals Trump ‘Ultimatum’ to Support Whoever is the Republican Nominee
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Reports are out now that he is brain dead and they are keeping it quiet in order to get past the special election trigger that takes effect until August I believe.
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’89, wasn’t there then. I can’t recall the last time we went to the Double Door, but it was probably around 1980.
The Paper Doll – I had forgotten that one. That wasn’t the one though. We used to go have a few beers on Friday night at some dive near the speedway, I don’t even recall the name. No show, just a topless waitress or two. I think there was more than one place. I’ve been to the Paper Doll long ago, early 90’s. I had some customers that would come up from Georgia once a year for a meeting and that was the entertainment selected.
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I’ve done a lot of commercial flying, and having flown both power and sailplanes have a good background in the piloting aspect of aviation. When flying I never worried about American/British/Western European pilots. Of course there were the oddballs but you could never know this and there were damn few. I also knew that every time I stepped foot in a plane outside of that group of Western pilots all bets were off. I have quite a few stories of incompetent pilots I can tell, first hand knowledge because I was there.
Just to sum it up, there are a lot of mediocre pilots around the world. Many of them think they are just a nickel short of being fighter pilots when their actual flying skills and temperament are below standard at best.
I always hated getting on a flight inside Mexico, Bangladesh, China, Russia, or any of the 3rd world countries.
This new push to make pilots out of unsuitable people will not end well.
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I didn’t know the first tune. It was cool.
Grazing in the Grass. I remember that one from my early days! I hadn’t heard that in 40 years at least. Great tune!
The Mar-Keys were the horn driven sibling of Booker T and the MGs. Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn anchoring both bands, That London/Atlantic label initially threw me, as they were the Stax Records house band. IIRC Atlantic acquired the rights to Stax eventually, so I don’t know when that 45 shown was actually issued.
BTW Cropper and Dunn are two of the most famous soul musicians ever but most people don’t know them. They’re more famous as members of The Blues Brothers Band!!!
Soul Finger! Another lost classic from my early days!! Love it.
The Bar-Kays were another Stax house band that was backing Otis Redding. The 5 of them were with Otis Redding when their plane went down. Only Cauley survived. The reformed band, including another Blue Brother Band member, Willie Hall, backed dozens more acts including Isaac Hayes (Hot Buttered Soul).
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I do recall, with fondness, a show from my youth that probably came from the 60s. The Wacky Racers. I used to laugh like Muttley for a while.
Plus I recall Smack is Wack as an expression.
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So I was just having a little fun on the play on words of the homophones and how it was used there and how Gotti would use the word.
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British Airways was touting an all African crew for its Barbados flight. I think get to the Caribbean by boat.
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If you board a plane to fly, look into the cockpit. If you do not like what you see there, GET OFF THAT PLANE if you want to live. It ain’t just third world and fourth world airlines that hire “diversity” for its own sake!
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“Dr.” Crystal Hill is also an African. So, you have an African assaulting an African, and African officials did nothing about it.
No Humans Involved.
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Yep. Anyone who thinks that we can compromise with lefties should read my quote in the right-hand sidebar of this site.
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When bad shit happens on Democrats’ watch, they always blame “Republican deregulation.” Happens whether the Republican was Reagan, Bush, Shrub, or Trump. I’ve seen this line happening in the last few days, and I simply ask what specific regulation that was removed under Trump would have prevented this disaster.
Besides, the real disaster wasn’t the derailment, it was the decision to do the burnoff. And that decision was made with the OK of the EPA and DOT. And those agencies certainly are not under the auspices of Trump.
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11 East Carolina takes game one against #12 UNC
Heels were up 3-0 in the 8th. ECU batting in the bottom scored 6 runs.
Carolina scored 2 in the top of the 9th and had a runner on 3rd when the 3rd out to end the game occurred.
Saturdays game in Greenville has been cancelled due to expected thunderstorms. That game will be rescheduled. Game three will be Sunday at 1pm.
Nice game for both teams. ECU showed it’s power in rallying in the bottom of the 8th. Carolina started the inning with a new pitcher that just didn’t quite have it tonight.
Greenville NC is just 100 miles from Chapel Hill. The local area is a hotbed of college baseball. Top 25 baseball teams in the area are:
3 Tennessee
6 Wake Forest
11 East Carolina
12 North Carolina
14 Virginia Tech
19 Virginia
21 NC State
23 South Carolina
That is 8 teams within 3-4 hours or less from my home outside Charlotte. 4 of them are no more than 2 hours.
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Yea, like we should trust fox “news”, the people that called Arizona for Biden about 10 minutes after the polls closed, and they have never explained their decision to do that. Even f you don’t buy the Arizona vote was rigged, the closeness precluded a call being made unless you had been assured it was massively in the bag (due to theft).
Lindell knows better than to trust them or Carlson.
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Very likely. Cars these days have a parasitic draw that discharges the battery faster than the old days. When I know we’re going to be on the coast for 3 weeks or more I’ll disconnect the battery cable on the vehicles sitting at home or put them on maintenance charger. If you’re battery is a bit on the weak side you might not get three weeks…
It’s true that they are “technicians” now. I recall a story from years ago when one of the car magazines did an interview with GM ICE engineer, a man that knew the engines inside and out, and they asked him what would be the first thing to do if his car died on the side of the road. Paraphrasing his answer from memory it was “I wouldn’t even open the hood. I’d call for the tow truck since the only way to diagnose the system is with the computer diagnosis”. I’ll say that was a bit over the top since I can figure out most things without the computer aid. OTOH, such things as a minor “misfire” issue are much more difficult to solve than back in the 60/70’s. You really do need the diagnosis tools to do that. The good news is that the stuff is so damn good that it rarely fails.
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Shoot, it had probably sat out there so long the damned battery had died. Or been stolen, maybe. It’s definitely true that mechanics aren’t mechanics anymore; nowadays, they’re “technicians,” and if your car can’t be fixed by hooking it up to a diagnostic computer first to tell them what to do, they can’t do it.
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There are auto problems difficult to diagnose. Generally, failure to start is not one of them.
Frankly, I don’t believe it. How did they get the non starting vehicle to the dealer? Was it towed there? When did it “wake up” and begin working normally?
While there are many things wrong in this country, every failure isn’t evidence that things are going downhill. I can make a list of exceptional items along with professionalism and superb engineering that show the complete opposite.
There are always anomalies, the problem (car or otherwise) that is difficult to solve because it is intermittent in nature and hasn’t been seen before.
Let’s put this in perspective:
Cars in 1960 were usually worn out by 100-150K miles. That is now just the warm up/ break in period.
Cars in 1960-1970-1980 needed a tuneup every 10K miles or so. I replaced the 120K spark plugs in the 300K mile Avalanche a couple months ago. 120K, and they looked just fine. Automatic transmissions going 300,000 miles and shift fine, work fine, and don’t leak a drop?
Sorry, not buying it. Any fair analysis will show that things are much better now than ever before.
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Heh. The Paper Doll, I’m betting. My crew used to ride our Harleys out there several times a week, often enough that the manager, George, used to meet us at the door to take our helmets back to the office for safekeeping, then escort us to our usual table right by the stage. He’d even go so far as to shoo away anybody who had sat there by mistake. We were outright royalty at what they used to call the Granpappy, that’s for sure. I’ve had occasion to visit titty bars all over the country over lo, these many years, but the good ol’ Paper Doll was hands down the best of ’em all.
As for the DDI, we didn’t start playing there until 1989, so we might’ve missed ya there.
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masks, lockdowns – yes I agree with you. but the shots, the mandated shots, the vaccine cards proving you’ve been jabbed: that’s a horse of a totally different color. That was bodily injury for which they shoould be lined up against a wall and shot.
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The Last Republican mayor left in 2009. He was only beholden to Developers.
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In reply to Skyler the Weird.
I never paid a lot of attention to Charlotte politics. Cities the size of Charlotte are typically all the same, even when they have a Republican mayor. A good exception, I think, is Miami. They are not following the typical big city pattern due to the republican mayor.
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This was way back in the Notorious Gang of five days back when there were four Republicans and One African American Democrat keeping Charlotte safe from nudity on stage. I think this was in her Column on Creative Loading too.
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Trump support strong as ever. Don’t believe all the gaslighting coming from the GOP:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/23/rasmussen-poll-donald-trump-doubles-ron-desantis-hypothetical-matchup/
The only way you can keep Trump from the R nomination is to steal it. Anyone that is a part of that is working for the deep state.
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Murdering KGB thugs are always lying. Always.
They lie just like the marxist cabal of commies in power here lie.
““We aren’t fighting the Ukrainian people,” Putin said….”
Sure, pull the other one.
““See what they do with their own peoples—the destruction of the family, cultural and national identity, perversion, mockery of children, and pedophilia are declared the norm,” Putin said.”
The communist regime in russia, of which putin played a part and wishes to lead it back to control of area’s outside the russian borders, destroyed any semblance of “family” long ago. Children were enlisted to inform upon and lie about their parents and off to the torture chambers they went. Families were starved and frozen. Vodka was the only out.
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It has the advantage of exploding the heads of the left and 1/3 of the “right”* twice.
*as most of the neverTrumpers call themselves conservatives, but in reality they are just marxist puppets
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“… was only 37% at the time?”
I looked it up because I was curious. The ’21-’22 year shows the white enrollment at 24.7%, black is 36.3%, and hispanic as 28.5%.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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Keef was there before it, and he’ll be there long after it…
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In reply to MarkMatis.
The nuke silos and Military bases tend to reside in Flyover Country. So they will not be spared canned sunshine either.
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But in this case…
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Well, darn. I recognize that old fellow, Roy. And I had forgotten about the Double Door. We used to go there on occasion when we were up here racing at Charlotte speedway. We came up on Fridays and would usually visit a titty bar of some type on Friday night, then hit the Double Door on Saturday night. That was usually about 3 times per year. I’ve always felt like I saw your band but could never really put my finger on it. I bet I saw you there. I was going there from around 1974 up to about 1983 when I stopped racing for a year to build a new car. Which became marriage, children, four kids through school and 40 years later the new car was ready 🙂 And I raced at Charlotte once again but now live <30 minutes away.
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Then I think it’s the same here and there, just the additional mob reference. After thinking about I recall it being used to describe a mob hit.
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In reply to Barry.
We used Wacko for crazy and whack/wack for smacking someone.
I imagine the Mafia use of the word for a “hit” on someone came from the “smacking” sense of the word .
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I’ve been thinking I might start referring to it as “Keev,” myself. Or maybe “Keef,” in honor of mister Richards…
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Works for me:
Sarah Palin Raises Hand For Trump’s VP: “We Will . . . He Will Do Whatever It Takes to Serve the People”
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Putin is a murdering KGB thug. I don;t give a damn what he says about anything.
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And where I grew up wack/whack meant to smack someone. in addition to Mike’s use.
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Isn’t the Woody Allen test mean you sleep with your adopted underage “daughter”?
We know that ain’t the way the Buttgag swings…
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US out of Eastern Europe.
US out of NATO.
US out of the UN.
UN out of the US.
No more Spider Webs of Entanglements
Will America Be Caught in Clinton’s ‘Web’? — April 1998 Phyllis Schlafly Report (eagleforum.org)
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Yo, I lived in Queens for a while, not far from Gotti.
Whack was a verb and meant something quite different.
OH, you said Wack? Never Mind.
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I had heard that using Air Force One to carry back suitcases of cash is a perk of the job, as it is not searched coming back in by TSA etc.
Oh and this one is interesting to read:
General Flynn: Vice President Biden Visited Ukraine 12-13 Times in His Last Year as VP – ALL OF THESE Trips Need to be Investigated! (AUDIO) | The Gateway Pundit
General Flynn: Vice President Biden Visited Ukraine 12-13 Times in His Last Year as VP – ALL OF THESE Trips Need to be Investigated!
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Never forget the prevailing winds if there are mushroom clouds. Not much in flyover country for them to nuke. On the other hand, the shithole hives are prime targets. And downwind of them tend to be MORE Communists!
What’s not to like?
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I had to look it up as I could not recall it precisely, but one of my favorite quotes of Lee is this one:
“What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.”
Robert E Lee
Civil War will not be very kind to any of us. And while I firmly agree with Patrick Henry – “Give me liberty or give me death” – it needs to be the last resort.
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“They simply enjoy playing hall monitor.”
This is true. They also enjoy taking your hard earned $$$ and spending it themselves.
But hey, not to worry. Soon enough they will follow the spanish and you’ll be allowed to screw a goat legally.
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I read this earlier, but didn’t read the comments. Thanks for laugh of the day!
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Just when you think we have it bad, along come the Spanish to say hold our beer.
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“…rather than vainly chasing after an office he’ll never be allowed to accede to anyway.”
If that is the case, then the only people that will be allowed are the ones that don’t threaten “them”. And in that case I don’t want their choice just because it gives a few people the illusion they are not slaves to the regime.
You simply can’t be for giving in and for the American revolution at the same time.
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Hey, you try walking around with a load in your pants. I’ll bet you’ll walk funny, too!
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Biden is a douche nozzle, not even the bag but the nozzle,
billions for this schitthole and nada for our own people,
just go to work peasants and your employer will send us your hard earned cash
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Cut the boy some slack.
If your anus was bored out daily to the size of a chevy 454 you’d understand why he drags his ass so much.
Having aids saps the energy.
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Gotcha.
And I get the mistrust in anything said these days.
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In reply to Barry.
I don’t think they’re necessarily lying about that diagnosis.
I think they’re not talking about the etiology that allowed him to get to that diagnosis, and/or anything else going on with Willis. If it was Demi, given her lifelong drug use, I wouldn’t bat an eye at her brain being fried. Bruce, OTOH? My radar says “Bullshit is being perpetrated.”
Actors who should be living into their 80s and even 90s relatively intact, more so than the average Joe, given socio-economic standing and access to top-notch medical care, and per the pre-2019 actuarial tables, be dropping like flies lately.
It’s the same pattern we’ve been seeing with wealthy 20-something world-class soccer stars, olympic swimmers, and the occasional NFL player on MNF.
We’re being gaslighted, we’ve been gaslighted until now, and we will continue to be gaslit as long as TPTB can get away with it. And probably even after it’s obvious to even Stevie Wonder, from space, that they’re lying their asses off.
Anything to avoid a general backlash that would make the French Revolution’s Reign Of Terror look like a church social by comparison.
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Yep, agreed a heartwarming story.
We hear about all the bad ones but rarely about the good ones. I really do think the good outnumber the bad by quite a bit. Or at least they used to.
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In reply to Aesop.
For what reason do you believe they are lying about the diagnosis?
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I agree. Go back to India.
But please, pretty please, before you leave, kidnap that bitch Ann Coulter and take her with you.
Ann Coulter Tells Nikki Haley: ‘Go Back to Your Own Country’
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IF, and when the American people rise up and swat this cabal of crooks, we need to jail them all, take every dime they have, take every dime of their supporters, take every dime of every corporation involved. Bankrupt each and every one.
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Raises hand and says “Me too”. Especially if I get to determine the placement.
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GREAT story, Aesop, thanks for that. Like I said, my own experience has been that there’s way more Good ‘Uns than there are Bad ‘Uns. The Bad ‘Uns are definitely greatly outnumbered, but we do tend to remember them when we run across one. Which is unfortunate, even unfair, but I guess that’s just human nature.
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20+ years in The Biz?
Someday, the good guy/asshole list will probably get written up.
But I’ll throw out one:
Kim Catrall
I’m filling in just for one day as medic for another guy on a film she’s in.
Being shot literally 5 minutes away from where I live, for a change.
I had a Kim Catrall crush since Police Academy anyways, and the flick in question was pre- her days on Sex In The City.
So I’m the medic for the production, which is working afternoon until dawn the next day, and around 9PM, I get called to her trailer by one of the production staff.
I knock at the door, and she’s hanging out in case they need her for work that night (it’s maybe/maybe not, which happens to actors a lot).
She’s lounging in sweats and a bathrobe, and Looks. Like. Absolute. Hell.
Red puffy face. Teary eyes. Rat nest hair. Blowing her runny nose.
Sick as a dog.
Even Lassie wouldn’t have sniffed her, and guys who were sucked through the engines of A-7 Corsairs on carrier decks didn’t look that as bad as she probably felt.
Like should’ve-called-in-to-work-dead sick.
And probably feeling like twenty pounds of dogshit hammered flat with a pile driver, she was nicer, kinder, and sweeter to me in five minutes, than some actors I worked with 80 hours a week for three months on an entire movie.
She actually apologized profusely for calling me away from the set to make a “house call” on set, like that wasn’t exactly the whole point of the production hiring me in the first place: to tend to the needs of everybody there.
And then asked what I had to help anything/everything she had going on, from headache, to cough, to runny nose, to everything else, including feeling like she was dragged to set behind a city bus.
Whereupon I unloaded every over-the-counter item I could find, and told her if there was anything she needed that I wasn’t toting, I’d get somebody to pick it up from the local drugstore straightaway, and bring it back ricky-tick. (Which is exactly what ended up happening, too.)
Set her up for the next 4-6 hours, and told her if she was still there later to let me know what she needed a re-dose of, and I’d be right over.
And again she thanked me profusely.
After then, after a trip to hair and make-up, she did get called out to do a couple of scenes a couple of hours later, at pushing midnight on a cold winter’s night, and you wouldn’t have had any idea she wasn’t feeling 100%, and she looked like she was doing okay, as far as the camera could tell.
When they wrapped her for the night, meaning she could get taken home, I dropped off another care package, and she was, once again, kind, appreciative, and totally a sweetheart, on what had to be a very shitty night for her, to somebody who was just a visiting one-day player on the movie.
Professional, a true trooper, classy, and kind, and all too rare a thing in The Biz.
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I’m calling stroke, secondary to getting The Jabs.
67-year-olds don’t suddenly and progressively lose their shit like this.
87-year-olds? Sure.
67-year-olds, who were acting in multiple flicks/year without any problem just a year or two beforehand? No. Fucking. Way.
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One more try to embed better (Still REALLY NSFW)
Oh well, the link:
(42) Norm Macdonald Gay Pride Joke – YouTube
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Norm MacDonald on Gay Pride (NSFW. REALLY NSFW)
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How he got mixed up with that Demi Moore is a mystery.
Oh yeah, she was hot.
But on the wrong quadrant of the Hot/Crazy Matrix.
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In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
You’re just not a true believer Francis 🙂
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There’s a wee problem with the notion of retrograde time travel (i.e., into the past): it requires that there’s somewhere that that instant in the past is still happening and can be visited. Moreover, it requires that that be the case for every moment of past time. This is so patently absurd that it requires no further comment. (Cf. Heraclitus’s maxim.)
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Because of course the best qualification for the Left for a president is a man who has gay sex.
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Never said they were clowns. What they are, the russians, is pure evil. As evil as the deep state. In fact they are part of the deep state. Are the russians now allied with the CCP? Is the CCP the owner of the the bidens? Square all that up if you can.
You are unable to conceive what the long game is so you are certain that it is something else. You cannot conceive of motives beyond your limited understanding (none of us have the knowledge), motives that are much longer, motives supported by others and reasons you do not comprehend.
“It was Sullivan and Nuland and Blinken that had it blown, under orders from whomever they take orders from.”
Those three are ignored by the people capable of carrying out this kind of operation. Perhaps the U.S.A. did it, but they were not part of the loop.
The russians, putin, did not enter the Ukraine as a defensive move. We now have two more border states wanting to join NATO. That is all the proof you need to know that either that was not the motive or the russians are stupid. The russians aren’t stupid.
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It’s sad as hell. Long ago I sat next to him on a flight home from Texas. I didn’t realize who he was as we chatted a few minutes until we did a semi formal introduction and he said his name. I think he smiled when he saw the semi shocked look on my face. Anyway, nice guy IMO.
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In reply to Barry.
Russia’s motive as you state is highly unlikely.
The Pipeline was their ONLY hope they could get the EU to falter in their support of Ukraine. Therefore, the MOTIVE to blow it up was ALL Deep State cui bono and 0 benefit to Russia.
Sorry, but this whole idea that Russia is a bunch of clowns doesn’t square with your contention that they’re out to Rule Europe and therefore a threat to America.
They answer lies in the middle. They are not clowns but also know they are too weak to conquer Europe. Thus they took the opportunity to strengthen their position in a limited way by taking Donbas and a land bridge to Crimea in order to have a better Defensive position for their military base in Crimea.
This shows they are rationale and using their heads.
So, they would never blow up their own pipeline and destroy their leverage over Europe.
Only the US benefits. No one else would dare do it without getting Deep State to greenlight it.
It was Sullivan and Nuland and Blinken that had it blown, under orders from whomever they take orders from.
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In reply to Barry.
No, the Deep State rulers of the US are not American. The US Government is not American. Which is why I wrote the US. To be clearer from here on out I’ll try to use DC. But DC is the de facto rulers of the US by virtue of their Coup.
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In reply to kennycan.
The problem with satire these days is that it’s usually simply Tomorrow’s News.
Ain’t THAT the damnable truth…
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In reply to Mike.
Oh no, I was punked here?
The problem with satire these days is that it’s usually simply Tomorrow’s News.
The whole Rogue MAGA FBI Agents that Garland was trying to catch sounded a little implausible…
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And it turns out J6 was as much a set up as we always thought it was.
“Do Your Non-Uniformed Guys Have Any Identifiers” – SHOCKING Capitol Police Video Uncovered from Jan 6 Shows Undercover and Armed DOJ Onsite – IT WAS A SETUP
Why do I feel this whole garbage story about the substation is simply an attempt to frame MAGA again. Maybe because that’s what they always do…
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If this is anything it’s a cover for Garland purging freedom loving agents from the FBI.
If it happened at all, why were they ostentatiously wearing Trump MAGA Gear? If it happened at all, it’s a False Flag to implicate Trump MAGA people.
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It’s a satire/humor site, as hhluce pointed out. Take a look at their main “News” page and you can’t miss it.
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In reply to Mike.
1) Any such incident would run afoul of 18 USC 1385, and get all participants and chain of command up to the Commandant of Marines imprisoned for two years in pound-you-in-the-ass federal prison.
2) Not a single confirmatory declaration or source, by any actually named person.
3) No evidence whatsoever.
Pure hogwash and fap dreams.
Never happened.
The domestic press might squelch such a thing, but the worldwide press and blogosphere would pick it up and make it worldwide frontpage news, if it had actually happened.
4) Ergo, total rose fertilizer. 10# worth in a 5# bag.
But it’s fun to dream.
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In reply to Barry.
I was thinking the same thing. No Kraken. No Rubicon. Just more Q Anon fantasies.
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My bet is that this is fake “news”: “Disclaimer:Information on this website is for informational and educational and entertainment purposes. This website contains humor, parody, and satire. We have included this disclaimer for our protection, on the advice on legal counsel.” https://realrawnews.com/about-us/
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In reply to Aesop.
The thing about it I noticed was that nowhere in the whole article was this “General Smith” personage identified as anything other than just “General Smith.” Sketchy, for sure.
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This is Seymour Hersh-style unsubstantiated airballs.
If it really happened, habeus some corpii: give us the bodies.
Show me photos, video, autopsy reports, etc.
Otherwise, this is Confirmation Bias meets Underpants Gnome.
Everybody around here wants this to be gospel truth.
But if there ain’t no bodies, no truck, no knolled display of recovered weapons and gear (which shouldn’t be so hard to come by), no Marines on video by name and rank testifying under oath in affidavits, it never happened.
If it was truth, the FBI would be disbanded tomorrow.
Which it ain’t, so…
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Hot damn, some photographic evidence would be nice to prove this. It would bust this whole bullshit show wide open.
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The commie gov will veto it, but it’s a start:
Second Amendment protections approved by N.C. Senate
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The sickness is everywhere:
NC State asks applying students to affirm DEI
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heh:
Hat tip – The Carolina Journal
https://www.carolinajournal.com/cartoon/spy-vs-spy-balloon/
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In reply to kennycan.
To be the contrarian 🙂
“The most likely answer is, we did it.”
As I have acknowledged, we may have. Most likely though? You’re looking through the single lens of a corrupt US regime and a corrupt Ukraine regime to get that conclusion. I have no “most likely”. I have only the countries with the capability and those with an incentive. Russia is included in that group for the very reasons you state they are not.
“No ally would dare do it unless green lit by the US. No one is going to risk the wrath of the Deep State.”
Are the deep state rulers American? What would the wrath be?
“That just leaves US.”
No, not even close. There are others in the region that might have wanted to make sure the russians never shipped any more gas to europe. There are a number of states that hate the russians, deeply. And for good reason.
“They would not blow up their own Pipeline when it provided such an advantage to them.”
The advantage was gone the moment they shut down the delivery of gas. From that moment on the europeans, that had been fooling theirselves, now knew the russians would hold them hostage over the energy. They communicated quite clearly through back channels that they would not be held hostage by the russians, they would take no more deliveries of gas. Advantage gone, lets blow the pipelines and blame it on the USA.
Is that what happened? I don’t know, but to eliminate the fucking corrupt to the core KGB led russians is a mistake. Who fed Hersh the bogus story?
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In reply to Barry.
Once again. Simply kick the OR State employees out and replace them or hire them back as Idaho employees.
Let’s see OR send their divisions into Idaho to stop them.
That’ll show A Erica s what lengths they’ll go to to stop us from seeking Freedom.
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We have enough gardeners. It’s not that warm up here!
– Trudeau-Castro.
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Hubba Hubba.
When and where did Hollywood lose the plot?
It certainly wasn’t back in her heyday.
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Why, it seems like just a few years ago that the US was complaining about illegal migration from Canada to the US and Canadian honchos were telling us to let it slide.
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Hersh is jumping in front of the parade. Most of what he says is guesswork that sounds reasonable at first, but isn’t. BUT, there is a parade, the pipeline was blown up by somebody.
Who did it is the question. The most likely answer is, we did it.
No ally would dare do it unless green lit by the US. No one is going to risk the wrath of the Deep State.
Russia was using it as a lever to try to get EU leaders to falter in their support for the War. It was his most effective carrot. Turn off the War Support to Ukraine and we might be persuaded to Turn on the Gas. This was looking especially enticing given Winter was coming, oil and gas prices were still very high, inflation was soaring, and governments were falling. They would not blow up their own Pipeline when it provided such an advantage to them.
That just leaves US. As Barry notes, we are perfectly capable of pulling off an operation like that. The Afghanistan withdrawal was deliberately thrown in the worst possible way and even a layman can see that. Biteme and the Insane Clown Posse surrounding him ain’t running shit. Biteme has shit running down his legs.
For Deep State, Failure, for America, is The Plan™. Joetato is just there as a lightning rod to absorb all the slings and arrows and keep us from looking behind the curtain. A Reverse Wizard of Oz charade.
They had the means, they had the motive, they had ample opportunity and NO ONE else has those three and would dare cross us.
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Lee Smith, a damned fine writer who I don’t link to near often enough, has done another debunking of Hersh that’s pretty solid too. I’ll probably try to post something from that here later, if I get a moment. Got such a backlog of open blogfodder tabs waiting to be cleared at the moment it ain’t even funny, plus a good friend of mine I haven’t seen in a while is coming for a visit in a cpl hours, so time is gonna be kinda tight today.
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In reply to Barry.
Hersh bullshit. Is that like a Hersh(ey) Squirt? >}:-D
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In reply to Aesop.
Just think about the number of people that find it credible simply because the anti-American Hersh put it out.
chutzpah is probably the definition of people like Hersh.
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In reply to Barry.
When it came out right after the incident, there was zero proof.
It takes a lot of chutzpah to wait a few months, then try and sell the same empty bag of gas as sirloin steak a second time.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
heh, they’ll also burn down your house if you’re not careful 🙂
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In reply to Aesop.
Or someone wanted to plant the USA did it narrative a little deeper.
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In reply to Barry.
Somebody did it, because they could.
This is the .mil and ex-mil guys’ version of sending the FNG to “go get me a box of grid squares from the motor pool”, and seeing how far around the base you can get him to go before he figures out he’s being hazed.
Hersh would probably have printed the narrative that included the Tooth Fairy and Elvis being in on the op.
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Those “wax cylinders that provide light as they burn down” also provide CO2 as they burn down, so they will ALSO be banned. Except for use by Our Betters.
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Well, the LED is pretty safe. It’s here to stay, cheaper and cheaper and better and better. I hated the CFL and invested in a couple hundred bucks worth of incandescent bulbs to assure my future supply. I have a few left…
LED’s are a nice replacement when carefully chosen for the type of light and amount of light. Mucho electrical savings all the time and in the summer, very little heat for the AC to remove saving even more.
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By the way, that is about as thorough a fisking as one will ever read. A fisking done by an intelligent fellow that understand the operations and took the time to discover all the Hersh bullshit that makes little to no sense at all.
It doesn’t mean Hersh is lying, but if not then it means what is undoubtedly true, Hersh is a complete ignoramus and simply believes the false narrative someone painted for him.
Now, given the complete and utter fisking that Hersh takes here, one must ask the obvious question:
Who and why was Hersh fed this fantasy?
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Do not doubt the capability of the US to pull off the destruction of those already “closed by the russians” pipelines. Not only could the US Navy pull it off with ease, and do it in the dark with near zero possibility of detection, but so could most of the deep water platform oil companies, albeit without the near zero detection capability.
Navy seals can deploy from submarines while remaining underwater. Given the ability of our subs to travel silently, it means no cover operation is required. That was, IMO, always strike one against the Hersh story, no cover needed.
Who dun it? I don’t know. I only know that we could have, and we could do it undetectably. OTOH, I find the arguments made that the russians would not have done it to be lacking. They already shut down the delivery of gas. Who can say what goes through the mind of a KGB thug, things like “let’s take Ukraine” no matter the cost.
And then there are submersibles, some are probably operated by the CIA.
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Heh, well thanks for that, Mike. Montana was one of my favorites even though I didn’t much care for the rest of the team. That was a time when I still watched the pro football games.
I can only imagine the difficulty in the transition from superstar to has been.
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In reply to rau9.
Well said, Rau. One of the earliest lessons I learned after Christiana was killed, a thing I’ve repeated to the three or four people I’ve counseled after they’d lost a loved one unexpectedly, is this: you have to find a way to not be bitter over what you lost, but to be grateful for what you had. If you can’t do that, it will simply eat you alive, until there’s nothing left of you but a hollowed-out shell. It can be very tough to accept, but it really is the only way to get through it.
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For most women, that ephemeral experience that elite athletes face is akin to the brief moments of physical desirability that some women have in their youth. It won’t last, to keep chasing it is useless. But some women spend 5heir entire lives chasing after just one more day in the sun.
I have a bum knee and have gained weight. My face is lined, my hair is grey, and I am far from the women who could once make men’s heads turn. But, I don’t live in the past. My life is, and has been, so full.
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In reply to Aesop.
It’s not a waste of time even though destined to fail.
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Masturbatory waste of time, as neither the Oregon legislature, the full Congress, nor Emperor Poopypants will ever let it see the light of day, and its further chances are so low they cannot be measured with existing instrumentation.
Just to put the frosting on the cake, even if the (R)s could somehow grease the skids, it would still be torpedoed by them, even if they were actually in power, as the minute they have all the power, they wimp out and fold faster than a Frenchman at a lederhosen convention.
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In reply to John Wilder.
“He’ll O.D. by the time he’s 45.”
Damn. I hope so, and I hope he is 44.
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He’ll get out of it with a slap on the wrist, and will be lauded as stunning and brave. Then? He’ll O.D. by the time he’s 45.
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Balloon Mystery Solved?
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
I don’t whether I should hope this is true or not. Less than $180 a pop.
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Who do they fear?
It ain’t DeSantis.
https://thepostmillennial.com/george-soros-predicts-desantis-will-beat-trump-for-gop-presidential-nomination
Hat tip, The Liberty Daily https://thelibertydaily.com/
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
It’s an ideology that appeals to them. Will To Power as it was once put. Getting control of an All Powerful Government that is tasked with running a Centrally Planned Top Down Society is an aphrodisiac to the Sociopath.
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In reply to Barry.
It’s obvious Shemale Barry is off its gender-affirming meds, with the screeching female side of his brain coming to the fore.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
What pukin knew has nothing to do with your stupid assertion/comparison. Nothing, you fucking idiot. You have diarrhea of the mouth.
Not only are you a fraud and a liar, you’re butt ugly as well.
We all await your newest lie. As soon as you finish sucking putin’s dick I’m sure will hear it.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
“which you often demand”
Yea, no, more henryKaren bullshit. You do nothing but come on Mike’s website and tell lies. Go ahead and show where I “demanded” a link.
Requests are not demands. I have requested some substantiation from a commentor here when his outrageous and false claims were proven untrue. That’s about the extent of it. And even that was to give him an out that maybe he bought a falsehood rather than just made it up wholesale.
You’re a fraud and a liar.
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In reply to Barry.
Give us links, which you often demand when somebody dares to stand up to your nonsense. Or as Aesop would say, show us your work.
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In reply to Barry.
More hyperventilation.
Putin knew that the US and the rest of NATO were scheming against him going back to the overthrow of the Ukraine’s pro-Russian president. And now the over-the military support and undying love for the clown Zelenski speaks volumes you brainless jerkoff.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
“Of course it’s new.”
Why don’t you tell us what is “new”, not new to you as an ignorant that hasn’t seen the info, but something that was not ever reported on prior to the anti-American Hersh’s reporting?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
“ you fuckin’ dumbass.”
Yes, you are, since you don’t understand the most obvious difference:
The germans knew we were going to invade, they just didn’t know when or WHERE. Thus the diversion.
One is not like the other, You GD moron.
Go back to jerking off.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
You’re dumber that a dog turd. Every bit of it is old news and already speculated upon.
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Further info/specualtion:
https://donsurber.substack.com/p/its-all-hot-air-about-spy-balloons?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1115457&post_id=102867215&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
DON SURBER ON THE SPY BALLOON CLOWN SHOW: The rest of the media is doing “What we know so far” …
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In reply to Barry.
It seems Barry is starting to hyperventilate.
The WW2 allied military command used Patton’s phantom invasion force to distract from the real allied DDay operation.
I label that as so super clever, you fuckin’ dumbass.
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In reply to Barry.
Of course it’s new. Where have you heard any of that detailed before?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Oh. Damn. Thanks for the information. Could you provide a bit more about the deployment, something you don’t pull out of your fat ass?
That’s so clever, using the US Navy fleet to distract from the US planting bombs on a pipeline.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Horseshit. There is nothing new in that pile of horseshit other than an unnamed source. Double secret source.
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In reply to Aesop.
Who says they deployed from a US navy fleet. The fleet was the distraction, the deployment was from somewhere else.
Sort of like Patton’s DDay invasion force across from Calais.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Because no one would ever suspect US Navy divers would deploy from a US Navy fleet. Unpossible!
And a carrier battle group virtually right ovber the explosion site a day or three beforehand wouldn’t look the slightest bit suspicious to anyone, and the fact that Hersh is hyperventilating, gesticulating wildly, and running to and fro like a headless chicken over that clever coincidence is nothing anyone, anywhere, could have ever foreseen.
And Nicole Brown’s killer just happened to wear the same size boots as her ex-husband O.J., right, Inspector Clousseau?
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In reply to Barry.
Cui Bono Questions:
Why was this released to the media now??
What is the magician doing with his other hand?
Those answers are the answers.
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In reply to Aesop.
The NATO Baltic Sea exercise was a distraction, akin to the first rule of magic.
It was to keep the Germans and Russians, and any other interested parties, in the dark about the nefarious adjunct operation being carried out.
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In reply to Aesop.
All your arguing is “it didn’t happen because I say it didn’t happen”. How about refuting some of the specifics in Hersh’s expose? Show us your work.
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It is their intent, the antifa types, to enslave us. It should be our intent to stop them in any way required.
Nothing really changes in human nature. There are those that wish to steal from you in any way they can, and they have no right to remain breathing. Always been that way. Eventually we will wake up, I hope.
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They are taught, and believe, there is no Truth.
So I agree, there is no arguing with them.
They intend to end America. Take the those two last paragraphs at face value and make the obvious conclusion.
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“A: Yes.”
Of course. It’s clear the cabal running the country is owned by the CCP. The question is only how deep and wide that is.
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It’s plausible, especially since I know that our radar coverage is a blanket and quite good, better than anything else in the world.
OTOH, the chinese own the current cabal running this country, and that may include the “military intelligence insider” that is “tired of all the bullshit threads”.
What to make of it? I’m still at a loss.
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Additionally, shouting “J’Accuse!” because this was supposedly done “under the cover(!) of” a NATO Baltic Sea exercise” is like alleging that Al Capone would walk up to a guy’s house, twirling a gun, and shot that guy in the face, with five cops watching from the sidewalk.
No sale.
The first rule of magic is Stop Looking Where They’re Pointing: It’s NOT there.
True for sidewalk three card monte games, true for geopolitical games.
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Said the same thing elsewhere in comments at the outset.
This has been a non-event.
What if? | In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT
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“… I’m beginning to be as pessimistic…”
Said often, when the hunger and true oppression arrives, and not before.
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Our government, in addition to being un-elected fascists, are some of the dumbest fuckers on the planet.
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In reply to Aesop.
Second that.
As I’ve said, I don’t doubt we did it, but I don’t doubt that others, including the russians that had already shut it down, did it either.
There is absolutely nothing written to date that provides any evidence of who dun it.
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When Not The President Obergroperdrüler Joetato the Last inadvertently repeats the parts that are supposed to kept a secret it is known as a Bitemegaffe.
The most extensive voter fraud organization ever assembled! (Paraphrasing on my part).
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Man With No Chest “Breast” “Feeding” “His” Baby.
Trans Soldiers and Ohio’s Burning
We’re never ever left alone
This Winter I hear wardrumming
Acid Raining in Ohio
What if you knew these Liars
Were Lying Liars that are Lying Again?
Watching our Freedoms all go!
How can we stand it with what we know?
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Unsubstantiated hyperventilation is still unsubstantiated hyperventilation.
Hersh, and that entire assertion, is simply full of more shit than a Christmas goose.
It was ass-gas when it happened, and having no proof months later hasn’t sweetened the odor any.
When someone has something substantive, give a holler.
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In reply to Barry.
Plus “reduced” is meaningless.
If a 100 missiles are shot at a city and we shoot 50 of them down, the number of missiles hitting that city are “significantly reduced”. Yet, the city is still destroyed.
Reducing viral loads that DO NOT change transmission rates means the reduction was ineffective in stopping the spread and stopping the spread is the only meaningful result we would want to see.
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In reply to Barry.
Probably nothing at all.
Like their “anonymous sources” “close to the situation” who only exist in their heads.
They got flak for not shooting it down and now they’re pretending to shoot some down.
It no longer matters. The one we could SEE didn’t get shot down.
They must think we’re really stupid.
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In reply to Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
Probably. Plain weather balloons after the china one I’d guess.
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“A picture is worth a thousand words”
Except it’s not. Photo’s lie. Video’s lie. I don’t believe anything I see or read unless I know the source can be trusted, and that doesn’t include the government and 99.99% of the news organizations.
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“AR-15 Useless as a defensive weapon”???
Defense witness list:
Joseph Rosenbaum
Anthony Huber
Max Cook
Jake Redfearn
Jacob Woodruff
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In reply to Aesop.
78 studies and not ONE you looked at.
Your move buddy, refute all 78.
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In reply to Aesop.
Because Masks Don’t Work if Masking doesn’t work.
Masking is the verb that says you wore a Mask. If wearing a mask didn’t work the act of wearing a mask doesn’t work and hence masks don’t work.
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In reply to Aesop.
I’ll bet a gazillion jillion dollars you can’t “debunk” all 78.
Betting over the internet makes you sound more of a fool than you are, considering the picture I just posted that says Masks Don’t Work as a warning label right on the box.
If Masks Worked then Sturgis should have been a Super Spreader event and FL transmission rates should have SOARED after dropping the mask mandates.
There was no transmission rate differences before and after in the same location or between masked areas and unmasked at any given time.
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In reply to Aesop.
Why don’t you tell us the name of any mask manufacturer that claims a reduction in virus transmission for their mask.
I know you can’t, you know you can’t, end of story.
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Saw that yesterday. Sent links to my Ret. Marine friend.
It is Califrutopia though, like the science it depends on who is paying for the research, he doesn’t seem to be the slightest bit embarrassed nor the legal eagles who entered the trash publicly. Sociopaths.
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I still think the balloons are American since no one has pic’s of targets in our high tech age.
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In reply to kennycan.
You keep confusing masking with masks.
The two are not interchangeable.
See if you can figure out why.
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In reply to kennycan.
Here’s your big chance, Kenny. Out of those 78 studies, find so much as one with correct methodology, and valid conclusions.
I already refuted the predetermined conclusions lacking any validity, with the study cited, years ago.
Your move, chief.
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In reply to Barry.
Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks | Nature Medicine
Masks, versus nothing, showed an improvement of viral transmission of between 100X better and 1000x better.
No b.s.
Just a straight test.
Debunk that, or get back on the porch with the small dogs.
You want me to lay out where any one of those 78 “studies” proved “masks don’t work”?
No problem; just tell me how much you’re betting, and are prepared to lose, and we can begin.
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Sh!$ posted comment on wrong thread meant to post on this one. I posted wait till they find out what a bolt action 30.06 will do to their frail little bodies!
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Wait till they find out what a bolt action 30.06 will do to their frail little bodies!
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Are we sure that we’re talking about decapitating a grown human? I could see an AR-15 round decapitating, say, a shrew. A round could even cut a shrew’s body in half.
(I mean the little, four-legged critter with a tail, not the neighbor who’s always screaming at her husband.)
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There is a photo of him with his hand on his hip just like a 6 year old girl.- surprised he wasn’t stamping his foot as well. Just what is our Marine Corps coming to?
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In reply to kennycan.
I was thinking about putting up two more chain link fence layers to stop the damn mosquito’s from getting through. You think that will work?
🙂
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Actually, we still make quite a bit of stuff, especially hi tech electronics. The problem is that while many of the chips are made here, some are not, so even an electronics board made in America has some chips made in Taiwan.
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In reply to Aesop.
You also ignore the fact that the CDC and Fauci and others all said, prior to the politicization, that Masks Don’t Work.
I was in HK for SARS (another disease that came from mainland China that they got misnamed as SARS to pretend it came from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region HKSAR) and they also told us Masks Don’t Work.
So you’re ignoring at least 2 decades of real Science because you won’t admit you were irrationally fearful because government and “Experts” commanded you to be.
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In reply to Mike.
The problem is he has no studies in the spirit of Galileo, Kepler or Copernicus to even present to refute the findings of these studies. He also presents no evidence that they used invalid methodologies.
We are just supposed to take his word for it that all 78 studies are invalid. He freely admits he hasn’t looked at any but the first 21 and so therefore has no knowledge of how the others are invalid.
He also presents none of the reasons why he says the first 21 he supposedly did look at were invalid.
In fact, he presents nothing at all except bullying us into submission to his assertions. I am Aesop and I KNOW ALL and you must just accept my word!
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In reply to Aesop.
Actually, Kepler did that before Galileo did, and Copernicus beat him to it by a century or two.
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In reply to Aesop.
So 78 studies were done all showing Masks Don’t Work and they were all done with BS methodology to get a predetermined outcome you disagree with. Yet not one counterfactual study can be produced to refute the 78 study’s conclusions. We’re just supposed to take your word for it!!!
Sciencey!!!
Forget all those studies, I’m Aesop and I assert with No Evidence they DO WORK! I am Aesop and you must simply BELIEVE IN SCIENCEY!!
Aesop Epic Fail.
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In reply to Barry.
I really can’t think of the time they didn’t, but I suppose it probably happened once.
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In reply to Barry.
Yes but what if you wear three masks? Doesn’t the mesh overlap?
Asking for a friend an idiot…
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In reply to Aesop.
LOL, now show us a study that proves masks work to stop airborne virus transmission to any effective degree. And be sure to understand it will subjected to the same BS content analysis.
The fact remains, as it always has, no mask manufacturer will tell you it inhibits the transmission of a virus, because it will not. Your lungs do not have the power required to push/pull air through a medium capable of trapping a virus, a virus that is so small it can not be seem through a normal microscope. You would have to wear a properly fitted system and a power pack to do that.
You cannot change this fact with your belief system.
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In reply to kennycan.
I think your off a slight amount, as it is more like 99.999999999%.
🙂
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In reply to kennycan.
Yes, “we blew it up” makes sense. And no one would ever have thought “if we blow it up we can blame the Americans” because it’s never been done before…
Not saying someone blew it to blame it on us, but the range of reasons is greatly restricted by people whose only interest is to be proven correct in their assessment.
Recall, the Russians already shut it down. There was no gas flowing at the rime. It was being used as blackmail proposition.
Anyway, I don’t know, but if we did it, we could have done it without it being so damn obvious. At a depth of approximately 300 ft it’s not a terribly difficult feat for a small team of well equipped divers.
Or a submersible…
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Sorry, chief, but you’ve been dazzled by shiny bullshit.
The “Cochrane Study” is meta-analysis.
If I give you one bullshit invalid study, it’s bullshit.
If I give you 78 of them, I can call it a meta-analysis.
Which is much nicer than saying I’ve given you 78 times as much bullshit, and transmogrified it into “Science!”
You’re going with 78 invalid studies, polling them, and deciding that suddenly all that bullshit equals gold.
That’s not how science works.
Meta-analysis was Pope Urban VIII polling 78 official church astronomers, and deciding based on the average of their opinions that the Earth was the center of the solar system.
Science was Galileo, all by himself, showing that all of them were full of shit.
The last time someone tried this line, it was 21 invalid masking studies.
Now they’re trying it with 78.
I’ve neither the time nor energy to count coup on the flaws in 78 studies, but I’ll bet paychecks, mine against yours, with anyone who thinks I can’t spot the flaw(s) in any study they can pull up, within 5 minutes, that concludes “masks don’t work”.
The plural of bullshit is not “data”. It’s “meta-analysis”.
You’ve been had.
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I’m taking it with a grain of salt as it confirms what I already think but his anonymous source worries me.
Still. I see very little explanation except We Blew It Up that makes sense.
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“…but about the twin pillars of authoritarian tyranny: power and control.”
Indirectly, yes.
The real reason for the scam was singular, Stop Donald Trump.
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Th “Voice of the Pirates” has left us for what comes after life on this earth.
Jeff Charles, the longtime (30+ years) Pirates announcer, traveling with the East Carolina BB team, passed away Friday in New Orleans.
Sad time for the ECU faithful. He will be missed.
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There was a gal in highschool that I was sweet on (my best buddy was too). She seemed to take a shine to me too.
But she had a bad-boy boyfriend in the background. They went for a motorbike ride late at night, the bike ran off the road and she fell off the back smashing her head on the pavement. She died.
As you say it can happen unexpectantly. She was probable 16 years old and I still think of her from time to time.
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Of course they’re not all dicks. Probably not even most of them. There a lot of damned outstanding folks doing the job.
What pisses me off the most is the ones that are the dicks seem to go above and beyond the call in making up for the good ones.
Just once I’d like to read that a LEO got shot or fired, but that he was such a total douchenozzle that the entire department and most of the citizenry pretty much just didn’t care, and were simply glad to be rid of them.
Just to even things out once in awhile.
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Glenn Greenwald stands up for Seymour Hersh:
Greenwald on Nord Stream: “You Have to Spread Lies on Behalf of the CIA to Get Ahead in Journalism”
Doesn’t mean that the Hersh story is accurate, but a good reminder that Hersh doesn’t play nice with the assholes in our government.
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This was the type the friends I had in law enforcement were, and I met other LEO’s like this over the years.
I used to believe this was the vast majority of officers, at least in this part of the country. I don’t know anymore.
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Someday you’ll grow up and learn to pay attention:
“David McIntosh the president of the Club for Growth lobbying group that represents the interests of U.S. multinationals and Wall Street finance players, has organized another “donor retreat” session; where ‘donor retreat’ is the assembly of the Republican big club operatives who manipulate and control the Republican big club candidates, aka the establishment.”
“WASHINGTON DC – […] On Monday, David McIntosh, the president of the conservative Club for Growth, told reporters that the group had invited DeSantis to its annual donor retreat and was hoping to feature him as a keynote speaker.”
It’s in your face, the Government Man, Yale, Harvard, Jag, Prosecutor, and now we can officially ad the anti-American “Club for China Growth” to the list.
Club for Growth Invites Ron DeSantis to Join Wall Street Controlled Republican Candidates Haley, Pompeo, Pence, Youngkin and Scott for 2024 Planning Session at Donor Retreat
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Continuing to expose the lies:
“Or that he supported anti gun groups before he joined the Republican party?”
Would you care to prove this statement, or are you going to continue to hide behind a Septic Tank?
Let’s go to the provable, statements and policy from Trump:
1998: Against gun laws; only bad guys would have guns
“It’s often argued that the American murder rate is high because guns are more available here than in other countries. Democrats want to confiscate all guns, which is a dumb idea because only the law-abiding citizens would turn in their guns and the bad guys would be the only ones left armed.”
“I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With today’s Internet technology we should be able to tell within 72-hours if a potential gun owner has a record.”
July 2, 2000 – The America We Deserve, Trump, Page 102
“These are sick people. This has nothing to do with guns, this has to do with the mentality of these people. I’m a big Second Amendment person. I believe in it so strongly, and if you take the guns away from the good people, and the bad ones are going to have target practice.”
July 26, 2015 CNN SOTU interview series
“Protect the Second Amendment, but address mental health”
Sept 25, 2015 CNN SOTU interview series
“Q: So no new gun laws?
TRUMP: Well, the gun laws have nothing to do with this. This isn’t guns. This is about mental illness. You’re always going to have difficulties, no matter how tight you run it.“
Oct 4, 2015 ABC This Week Interview
“Q: You don’t believe that we have too many guns?
TRUMP: Well, for example, the school at which the last mass shooting occurred was a gun-free zone and you were not allowed to have guns there. You could make the case that it would have been a lot better had people had guns because they could fire back.“
Oct 4, 2015 Meet The Press Interview
“That’s why I’m very much in favor of making all concealed-carry permits valid in every state.”
Nov 3, 2015 Crippled America, Trump pg 110
OK, there is a million more and none include stomping on your 2nd amendment rights as SteveP claims.
There are more lies spread about Trump by so called conservatives than spread by the marxist democrat party.
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“Wall Street now stands as an increasingly lonely voice arguing for more engagement with China.”
If your not opposed to the Wall St agenda, you are opposed to freedom in America.
American Business And Chinese Money
Hat Tip – Instapundit
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Heard from my friend in Kahramanmaras, he and family are OK. They are leaving the area – no power, no water, and no gasoline. He doesn’t know if he’ll ever come back given the level of destruction. He said half the town is destroyed and the other half may have unseen damage.
Picture he sent, upper half is before, and the bottom is after the earthquake.
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A man tells the truth and everyone shits their pants. Wait till someone tells them that without black males, the USA would be one of the safest countries in the world.
Gun Lobbyist Says Child Shooting Death Stats Would Be Lower ‘If You Remove Black Males’ (msn.com)
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Ron DeSantis on Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqpMn6ZF_GQ&t=26s
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Bingo
Ted Cruz did lie. Rubio is little. And Jeb!, what can one say.
Trump just goes after the assholes. Good for him.
Recall the ones that gave him respect, received his respect. Did he “go after” Hucakabee? No. And some may have missed it but when they were introduced onto the stage at one of the debates, they missed Ben Carson. Trump stood with him and wouldn’t go out until they fixed that.
There’s a lot more, but the deep state enablers have been brainwashed by the deep state and only believe the lies they are told.
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Remember all the shit Trump said during the 2015 debates?
Lying Ted Cruz, Little Marco Rubio and his digs at JEB!
He still won regardless because nobody wanted Killary, and became our best president ever.
He only says stuff like this to throw off his (potential) competition, so chill folks.
There’s a method to his madness.
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Ditto on the Matis winner. I’m going to bump it up to the weekly though.
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“Basically, the Intelligence Industrial Complex that is an asset of the One World Government has staffed the American “government” with compromised villains, half-wits and cretins.”
This. This is our problem. If we do not boot these people out peacefully, and soon, then there will be a civil war to do it. That cabal will destroy the US economy and people will be hungry and angry. That will lead to the destruction of the destructors.
OTOH, the talk of nuclear war is nothing but psyops, intended to get you to submit. It’s a russian tactic.
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You’re not a putin “fanboi” but you think a corrupt murdering KGB thug is going to stop corruption in the USA?
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“…China will likely take that opportunity to engage and conquer Taiwan, ending our supply chain of advanced chipsets that will disable almost the whole fleet of American vehicles, both government and private, cars, trucks and semis along with, not surprising at this point, a great deal of our military equipment.”
It is highly unlikely the Taiwanese people that value their freedom will let the chip factories in Taiwan stand. They will be destroyed. Which means that every country no longer has the chip supply, including China.
This whole Taiwan will be attacked by china is a red herring. It’s like the russians raising the specter of nuclear war if we help the ukraine. It’s designed to frighten people into compliance.
Don’t fall for it.
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Karma, it’s what’s for dinner. Several thousand more of those and this bullshit may decelerate a little……………………..
Nah,,,,,sorry, forgot the IQ thing.
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Have been watching a civil war documentary series the last couple of days. It brought to mind the book The Fourth Turning in which they explain a lot of history with a different perspective.
The book basically says the history cycle is in 4 segments 80-100 years in total length. The fourth being the one of seismic change..
1776 -1861-1941—2005 was predicted in 97 when the book was published. I read if just a few years ago. Pretty much believed then and more so now that yes we are definitely in the fourth turning. 2008 was not a good year.
A large portion of Strauss and Howes book is regurgitated Roman Republic history and most here know how that turned out.
The American people are the most resilient in the world and will right this ship eventually, my curiosity is just what we will look like then. Alas, I probably won’t be around see it, such is life, I will be in a better place.
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MarkMattis wins innerwebz comment of the day.
Mike I never thought about jenner that way but yes.
At this point all the media’s bullshit is just comedic entertainment to me.
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“Look what I did and you’re STILL paying my 6 figure pension”.
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He doesn’t look 12. They may be trying a Trayvon here but forgot the 12 year old picture.
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Late-Breaking Update:
Priority communique from Medals & Decorations authorities have further informed us that his actions also qualify him for the award of the Trayvon Campaign Ribbon.
View post on imgur.com
We are further advised that the ribbon will be shipped with the medal to his surviving next-of-kin.
His parents must be proud today.
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Here’s his award: FAFO Medal with Gold Star device
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Referral for Darwin Award forwarded to the appropriate authorities.
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“And despite the fact that McCarthy is the biggest RINO establishment cuck in the party, Barry is still good with Trump endorsing him.”
Another Septic Tank lie. I did not support McCarthy, I supported the Gaetz faction. And I said so and made it clear. But I also knew what Trump knew. McCarthy was going to be the speaker because the R party chose him. Stating reality and speaking the truth is not something trump haters like septic understand. Or more likely ignore to fit in their big lie.
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Mental decline? Typical NeverTrump.
Unless you explain who is better definitely I will not DumpTrump.
He has proven himself on Our Side.
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Now let’s get to the lies told by Septic.
“That’s why I call him Binary Barry.” A lie of course. You make shit up to support your Trump hatred. There are quite a few people I know of that I would support for president. Just not that deep state government man from Florida. Rand Paul for one, Jim Jordan for another. And likely Sarah Sanders. There are more and some may turn out as disappointments, so Septic tank is lying.
“Nothing else counts – no nuance, no discernment, no core principles, nothing.” Another lie. It is my core principles that lead me to support Trump, the only candidate including DeSantis that puts America, freedom, and liberty above all else. Septic tank is lying.
“The governmental actions under cover of Covid were a targeted attack on Trump supporters – and he threw in with the enemy.” Lie or just plain stupidity, hard to know with Septic. Trump had no choice and anyone with an IQ above 80 knows this.
“Binary Barry mentioned Stitt of Oklahoma…” Wait, is that binary? Glad you noticed. And one more time, there ain’t no perfect people. You should know, have a look in the mirror.
“So, despite the fact that DeSantis has actually taken action on the key issues of our time, he’s doubleplusungood to Binary Barry because Trump says so.” Another Septic Tank lie. Trump has nothing to do with my ability to recognize deep state government men like DeSantis. If you like DeSantis you must love Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney. They are all from the same basic mold. And Jeb! Nope, sorry, one more time DeSantis is the GOPe candidate. They are running his campaign, 100%.
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Fauci and Birx are both confessing to their crimes because they know they will never have to answer for them.
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Makes you wonder what is now taking place. Are “they” offering up sacrifices for some reason?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Maybe you believe Russian propaganda. The russians disabled the damn pipeline. Nothing was passing through it when it was destroyed.
Frankly, while I’m opposed to the US involvement because the biden cabal is corrupt and corrupting Ukraine, I don’t give a damn who blew up the pipeline.
And for the record I hope the russians all die in the battle. One year later, a real cakewalk for a puppet regime in russia. They can’t even handle the Ukraine, a country about 1/4th their size.
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“Putin so far hasn’t taken the bait.”
That’s rich! I thought all you fuckers were claiming that the biden cabal suckered Putin into invading Ukraine.
Maybe you’re an exception, apologies if so.
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And not one thing new in the entire piece, except for an “unnamed source”.
As I’ve said and have to keep repeating, we could have done it, but no need, the russians theirselves had disabled it already.
But this Hersh piece is a mountain of shit.
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In reply to Skeptic.
I wonder if what we’re seeing with Septic is mental decline.
Nah, he’s/she’s been a mental nutcase as long as I’ve seen him/her comment.
Just a Trump hater, trying to cover for another one.
Never works of course. Septic is simply a hater and try’s to cover that by calling anyone that supports Trump a cultist.
I said in 2015 that Trump would win the R nomination, that he would win the election, and he would be the most effective conservative president since Ike, including Reagan.
All that came true. Anyone that took the time to read what Trump had said in the past, in his books, could see he was no lefty, that he was for America first.
But that’s not good enough for you jerks. You would rather the deep state win than see Trump elected and the worst thing –
You can’t even explain why. You have to make shit up, like Trump using eminent domain to build his real estate empire which is of course 100% false and a lie. A government used eminent domain to move a little old lady from her home. Sad, but it wasn’t Trump that did that. He can’t. He benefited from it, but an empire was not built upon that. It’s a fucking lie 100%.
Nearly everything you f’ing lefty’s, and that is what you are, write about Trump is a lie.
DeSantis is a GOVERNMENT MAN. What the hell is wrong with any of you that claim to be for freedom and liberty that you are blinded by Trump hatred?
DeSantis – Yale (and Bush frat), Harvard, Jag, Prosecutor, supported by the GOPe, the Bush family, Karl Rove, McConnell, the wall street billionaires.
Your blind, stupid, or on the other side. And septic is just a genuine asshole without a lick of intelligence.
I’ll leave you with a parting gift, Ron DeSantis praising Trump and MAGA when it worked for him. Now ask yourself, “Self, what the hell changed?”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqpMn6ZF_GQ&t=26s
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NATO doesn’t count for much so who cares, not the deep state at any rate. As for the casus belli for war, it’s what the deep state wants. Putin so far hasn’t taken the bait.
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And cleverly supposedly did this while a US naval task force was practically parked in the vicinity.
Nothing suspicious there, no one would ever suspect a thing…
Anything like this – exactly as I told you at the time – would split NATO, and give Russia casus belli for a war.
Lemme think, who would benefit from that…?
Who could it be? Who could it be??
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Forget it, Steve. You’re talking to Binary Barry here. In Barry’s world, you’re either 100% for Trump or 100% agin’ Trump. Nothing else counts – no nuance, no discernment, no core principles, nothing. That’s why I call him Binary Barry. Anything that comes from Trump’s pie-hole is good, true, and decent, and anything else is just plain wrong. It’s pointless to try to argue logic and reason with him.
I wonder if what we’re seeing with Trump is mental decline. Retweeting something from the Dems to attack DeSantis isn’t something I would have seen Trump doing a few years ago. Neither is his full throated endorsement of Kevin fucking McCarthy as Speaker. We all lose some mental acuity in our later years, and maybe we’re seeing Trump do that as well.
I thought Trump was a good President, maybe even a great one, right up until March 2020 when he bought into the Covidiocy and put Little Lord Fauci front and center and made him a God. Trump’s leadership through the crises of 2020 was terrible at best, and the devastation to our economy, our freedoms, and our culture was incalculable and maybe irreparable. The governmental actions under cover of Covid were a targeted attack on Trump supporters – and he threw in with the enemy. This was likely due to his own well known germophobia. We’ve seen Presidents wield incredible “pen and phone” power, and Trump didn’t do this during 2020. Instead, he started the Covidiocy down the tracks, and when he realized it had gotten too far, he Tweeted impotently. I had many friends lose their livelihoods, one took his own life, and my own business nearly went under. So yeah, I don’t have a lot of love for him.
DeSantis was initially bad on Covid – he did in fact lock down the state – but pulled back on it quicker than most governors (even Republican ones), and has since signed laws and executive orders preventing that bullshit from happening again. I was VERY critical of him at the time and it took me quite a while to see that DeSantis might actually be OK.
DeSantis has been great on the other key issues of our time – immigration, anti-Whiteness, and transfaggotry. I still don’t give him a pass for what he did in April 2020, but he did rescind it by June 2020.
Binary Barry mentioned Stitt of Oklahoma as being a good one earlier. I probably am in much closer proximity to Oklahoma than he is, and I’ll full throatedly say that Stitt was better than nearly any governor on the Covidiocy. Caused me to visit Oklahoma several times in 2020. But he’s cucked badly on all the other major issues.
So, despite the fact that DeSantis has actually taken action on the key issues of our time, he’s doubleplusungood to Binary Barry because Trump says so. And despite the fact that McCarthy is the biggest RINO establishment cuck in the party, Barry is still good with Trump endorsing him. Barry is basically a cultist at this point.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
Clicked on, and read beginning to end.
My mistake, after reading the citation from the Slimes in the teaser line, for thinking they were pimping this festering pile of bullshit.
It’s nonetheless pure unsubstantiated speculation based on “Trust me! Would I lie to you?” levels of uncorroborated fairytales. A biography of Bigfoot, as told by the Easter Bunny.
The last time someone tried selling a story like this, he got the family cow in exchange for “Magic Beans”.
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In reply to Barry.
Prevented them from being repaired and brought back on stream quickly enough to save floundering Euro economies. The US (via the deep state) is at war not only with Russia but any country that doesn’t submit to its will.
Hell, it’s at war with its own patriots.
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In reply to Barry.
I’ll just add something here. I read some comment elsewhere about how DeSantis is staying “above the fray”, not engaging in the slime.
I read the same lying bullshit about Ted Cruz back in 2015. Cruz had others doing the dirty work and so does DeSantis. You’re being fooled if you think the people directing DeSantis aren’t behind the scenes trying to damage Trump.
You ever hear, recently, DeSantis say anything about the deep sate proctologists up Trump’s ass? Where is DeSantis? Does he approve of the federal government tactics?
Of course he approves. He’s a government man. He knew beforehand about the Mar a Lago raid, guaranteed. He had a single one liner comment and then nothing. He hid for a week.
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In reply to SteveP.
Did you know that Donald Trump has no power of imminent domain? Or do you think Trump was the government?
He was a businessman in NYC among other places and as such made the typical tithes to all the right people, or permits don’t get approved.
Ronald Reagan was a democrat. And I don’t consider Trump a perfect man, just the best we will ever get since he is not beholden to anyone.
He has been investigated with tens of millions of tax dollars by the FBI, the CIA, and assorted other nefarious groups all trying to find something, anything. And they failed. They can’t even find a late library book.
Your whole shrieking comment is just the typical ass that expects perfection, the enemy of good enough, or in this case, the best we will ever get.
Ego maniac – right, a man that has lost money, been subjected to assholes like you bitching about bullshit items, been subjected to illegal and immoral investigations by the federal government agencies, the state government, the congress, etc.
Trump did damn near everything right. Trump on his own, with no help from the assholes known as republicans, turned the country around and had it headed in the right direction. As president he had no choice but to take what the medical people inside and outside government were telling him, and that led to the massive election steal.
And you’re willing to throw it all away for the next man on a white horse, with the resume of yale/harvard/jag/prosecutor/politician and supported by all the deep state support team.
You deserve what you get.
It’s no wonder the country is fucked up. You fucking people can’t even accept and support success.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
IIRC Hersh was associated with the slimes at least at one time. So perhaps a mistake referencing the slimes.
I read it before. Unnamed “sources”, and nothing, no new evidence, not one damn thing that wasn’t already known. Is it true? Could be, but then again if you’re not willing to put your name out there I see no reason to believe it. Hersh is not always correct and not above suspicion.
But as I said, to don’t have any reason to doubt we blew the pipelines or were a part of it along with other countries.
OTOH, any oil rig diver and many others could place the charges. It’s not that damn difficult for anyone with the resources. The pipelines were already shut down by the russians. Blowing them did what?
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
You insult yourself nearly every time you make a comment.
I have no need to make “original” insults.
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In reply to Barry.
Apparently I know a lot more about Trump than you do.
Did you know that one of the ways he built his real estate empire is by using eminent domain to steal people’s property? Or that he supported anti gun groups before he joined the Republican party? (bump stocks anyone?) Or that he was a supporter of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? He was a Democrat but when he tried to get their nomination he didn’t get anywhere. Then he tried the Reform party but that was a non starter. He even flirted with the Greens before turning to his party of last resort. By then he learned to say all the right things to get the Stupid Party to take him in.
Like I said, Trump was a helluva good president. He’s also an ego maniac and an unprincipled opportunist. And an asshole. And I’ll most likely vote for him a third time.
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In reply to Barry.
By the way Barry, Aesop, the NY Times has nothing to do with what Seymour Hersh laid out in his Substack expose. Did you even click on the link that Mike provided?
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In reply to Aesop.
Wanna bet how much $$$ Bruce us getting under the table from Uncle Shithead?
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In reply to Barry.
Sir Cuck the Witless is such a twit that he/she can’t come up with a more original insult. That one is so stale it reeks of the rot that continues to infect your peewee brain.
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I’ve seen his ’54 Chevy live and in person. The workmanship is incredible and the proportions are spot on. Btw, “dwarf cars” like his race car are a real class that race on dirt tracks in the Midwest.
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“I always despised him. He was a fucking asshole. He still is.”
You don’t know a damn thing about Trump. Nothing.
I hope he keeps up the “stupid shit”. He did that last time, it was almost always accurate, and he won.
We’ve only had one decent president since Eisenhower, and that is Trump. And yet you are all ready to throw him out, because. You can’t explain why, because it would expose who you really are.
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“Love him or hate him, Gov DeSantis is not by any rational calculation the main enemy here…”
No, the enemy is President Trump. And DeSantis is working to see him defeated.
You think that picture isn’t DeSantis just because it’s low resolution?
Bet if he’d put the same pic out but it had pedo Joe in it you wouldn’t do anything but clap.
I keep telling y’all that DeSantis ain’t what you think he is. He’s a deep state government man, through and through.
Yale, Harvard, Jag, Prosecutor, politician, supported by BUSH, Rove, McConnell, GOPe, and the Wall St billionaire donor class. Does any of that sound familiar?
You think he’s not fair game because you support him? Trump has taken and weathered the storm from all corners times 10000.
Remember Cruz and what a sleaze that man is? What did you think this time in 2015?
I’m batting 1000 since the Bush years. I’m not going to be wrong about DeSantis. Every Trump hater turns up to tell you how Trump is a terrible person even though they voted for him twice. Sure.
You want to put the pedo back in the WH or another marxist? Support DeSantis because that’s what you’ll end up with
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The “other” hand is trying to convince us they’re going to invade Taiwan.
What are they really trying? Well, if they own DC then floating an EMP device would be…a game changer. As long as they could be sure Joetato stayed bought.
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In reply to Barry.
You got it with EMP.
Can we trust Joetato to just allow it to cross the US?
Yes, they can.
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I’ve followed Trump since he entered the public eye in the early 70s. I always despised him. He was a fucking asshole. He still is.
When he ran for president as a Republican after trying and failing to gain any traction with the Democrat party and the Reform party I quickly became a never Trumper, denouncing him as the charlatan that he is to anyone who would listen. Until 2015 he was a very liberal Democrat.
That changed when the Demonrats were stupid enough to nominate the Wicked Witch. I would vote for the devil himself over her so rather than voting 3rd party like I usually do I choked back my gag reflex and voted for Trump.
When he won I fully expected him to be an unmitigated disaster as a president. I prayed that he would exceed my expectations and prove me wrong. Happily, he did and turned out to be a helluva good president, especially when you factor in the most intense campaign of character assassination and sedition in history. He and the Demonrats made me a staunch supporter of the Trump train.
I hope he wises up and stops this stupid shit. If he keeps it up he’s going to make it awful hard to vote for him again.
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In reply to Barry.
She’d make an imaginative choice.
And mop the floor with Sen. Kneepads.
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When last I looked, ticket prices weren’t obtained by holding guns to peoples’ heads.
I wouldn’t pay $5K to see anybody.
Getting me to even drop $15 for their CD is pushing it.
If some other dipshit will drop stupid amounts for a ticket to see someone live, that’s their lookout.
Artists can do whatever they like, and so can fans.
That’s why it’s called “free enterprise”.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
You’re always full of shit, might as well display it some more, henryKaren.
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In reply to Aesop.
Right, we’re supposed to believe what the slimes has to say now.
I wouldn’t doubt for a minute we blew the pipelines up, but this is nothing more than pure bullshit. No evidence, no proof, nothing. You can tell that is what the offering will be by all the typing to increase the word count done.
The USA has the capability. No shit.
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In reply to Aesop.
Ditto.
I just listened to the whole thing. Damn fine just as I expected of her.
Want an alternative to Trump, or the best choice for VP:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6319956899112
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In reply to Aesop.
Gee, let’s see links to the findings of those 20 nations, in other words corroboration. Otherwise, not bullshit, especially given Biden himself said Nordstream’s days were numbered one way or another.
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In reply to Aesop.
And the entire story is backstopped by pure “Because I said so”, without a shred of any actual corroboration, and pure circumstantial evidence that was examined by twenty nations at the time, and discounted.
This is bad Tom Clancy fiction, ghostwritten after he’s dead, by lesser lights.
Not news.
But that’s the NYSlimes’ m.o., since ever.
Not buying the bullshit, and unless there’s substantial corroboration, never will, and wild unfounded speculation like this are exactly the reason I discounted the possibility of anything this monumentally stupid going forward at the time.
One can accept that Emperor Stumblefuck Poopypants and his political minions are dumbass lackwits of a monumental order, but to try and cobble this together on the theory that the entire government of Norway, and everyone in the Navy down to the divers that would have had to sign off on this, are too, is a bridge too wide to wish into existence.
Video confessions, or it never happened.
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Waitwaitwait…
totally and categorically denied, but the NYSlimes disagrees, because reasons, so “true”???
The same people that assured you earnestly that Trump sabotaged Shrillary, because of the Russian dossier??
This passes what smell test in any sane world?
I think we’re seeing the rumblings of the “Dump Senile Joe” bandwagon pre-2024 beginning to form up. Not biting on that hook, no matter how much the bait is jiggled.
You’ll be sorry if you do.
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The silver lining to the cloudbank.
Thanks, since I couldn’t be bothered to suffer through another senile rant from The Great Pretender.
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I could write a full article on this, but the executive summary would be that unrepentant sinners absolutely should not be in church leadership positions.
The problem is, not enough churches are able to screw up their courage to stand for scriptural truth and defy the lavender mafia. Most modern congregants are intellectually incapable of putting “hate the sin — love the sinner” into actual practice. That phrase reads to the unchurched as hair-splitting, but it has been a part of traditional Christian doctrine since the man who started it all — Jesus. A deeper problem is church leadership not being able to call sin “sin”, presumably because those “leaders” are more interested in not offending people than in providing a solid moral framework for living. Hint to those leaders: your declining attendance and membership numbers are because you don’t stand for anything. As Groucho Marx supposedly said: “These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
Sigh…
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In reply to kennycan.
An absolute certainty.
The nice people will get bigger tips, and they will be those that are not eaten up by insanity. The jealous marxists will be reporting them.
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How much you wanna bet people will be turning people in for not reporting.
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So were masks. For about a day and then the Karens saw all the non-compliance and complained to the manager.
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The CoE intends to make up for their loss:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/gender-neutral-god-considered-by-church-of-england/ar-AA17cFTD
Of course, that is from MSN, so take it with a grain of salt.
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In reply to SteveP.
Dang it, you’re right, Steve, I misremembered. This is where ten or twenty years ago I’d crack an Alzheimer’s joke, but in my dotage that shit just ain’t as funny as it used to be. 😉
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In reply to SteveP.
Unlike my blood, which is 100% pure. Ditto for my daughter.
My wife and her mother are GMOs.
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In reply to Aesop.
I think you’re wrong and so do others. And I don’t think you have a handle on the lift capabilities of large balloons:
“Dry run: Balloons called top ‘delivery platform’ for nuclear EMP attack”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/balloons-called-top-delivery-platform-for-nuclear-emp-attack
“In a 2015 report for the American Leadership & Policy Foundation, Air Force Maj. David Stuckenberg, one of the nation’s leading EMP experts, wrote extensively about the threat balloons carrying bombs pose to national security.“
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In reply to Aesop.
Hey, take that one up with the DOD:
Navy releases close-up photos of Chinese surveillance balloon recovery – ABC News (go.com)
“Officials have said the debris field is approximately the size of 15 football fields by 15 football fields and that the balloon had propellers and a rudder.”
Don’t know about the utility of same, but have heard the best way to navigate was to change altitude and catch the wind going where you want to go . . .
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The most interesting part of this study isn’t that it concluded that blacks’ low IQ, low impulse control, and lack of future-time orientation is due to Badwhites. It’s that it appeared at all, much less in the New York Slimes. We know nearly everything that appears in legacy media has an agenda behind it, but even so, one of the most Verboten facts (and yes, it is a fact) in the media bubble has been the fact that American blacks’ average IQ is 85, or one standard deviation lower than American whites’ average of 100. (Sub-Saharan Africans are even worse at 70). So, why are they talking about it now?
My guess is that Negro Fatigue is spreading. The legacy media simply can’t keep a lid on blacks’ violence and outright savagery as it has increased since the Summer of George, and more and more whites are getting tired of their bullshit. Depicting blacks as angelic geniuses who would have built Wakanda were it not for the Legacy Uh Slabery isn’t working anymore, if it ever did.
So now, the strategy is to say, “Yeah, OK, they’re dumb and primitive, but it’s still YOUR FAULT, Badwhitey!” I have a feeling that this won’t play any more effectively.
The flood of Hispanics and Middle Easterners into this country has been very bad for whites – but it’s also been bad for blacks. Unlike many whites, Hispanics and Towelheads know exactly what blacks are and they have ZERO racial guilt over blacks. They are as race-realist as the average Stormfront type.
The fact that this story even appeared is a signal that interesting times are coming.
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In reply to Barry.
Joe Blow from BFEgypt, or Micronesia, or Lichtenstein could fly a balloon to that spot.
Getting a balloon big enough to heft a functional weapon of sufficient size to that spot and altitude would probably require something of a size that would dwarf the LZ Hindenburg, and be visible with the naked eye at 1000 miles, and detected by NORAD two days before it crossed into US airspace.
Any useful payload you could imagine could be delivered easier by truck from Mexico.
Whatever they were doing rises to the level of mischief, not strategic strike.
The Soviets watched U-2s impotently for months before they finally shot one down. Even then it was primarily for propaganda.
I suspect the same is true in this case. And the backstory is, this has gone on for years. So ask “Why was this revealed this time?”
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In reply to John Wilder.
Let’s think about that for a minute, JW.
“Propellers”.
At an altitude where there’s virtually no air for such things to work.
But where the Jet Stream moves at hundreds of miles per hour, hence the name.
And they’re going to not work even better against that.
Such an allegation is approaching the utility of screen doors on a submarine. And probably originally posted by someone who slept through 7th grade science class, when the earth’s atmosphere was discussed.
I advise caution when passing along such levels of obvious nonsense.
Just saying.
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In reply to Barry.
There may have been hidden silos at some time. Not for decades, though.
As I said, once you spot one with Google Earth, you can spot them all. (It’s hard to camouflage a 110-ton 3½’ thick concrete silo door, and they all have perimeter fencing.)
And Russia has had at least that level of tech since the 1970s.
(One publisher couldn’t get satellite photos of a US ICBM launch facility in the 1980s/early 1990s for a novel’s cover from DoD, because “classified”.
Undeterred, they wrote to a Russian “commercial” satellite photo service, and they sent him pics of a typical SAC launch complex and silos, same week.)
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Point of Racist Rhetorical Order:
It would be a “Chink” spy balloon.
“Gook” spy balloons would have to be launched by Koreans.
As Will Smith noted with Pintero’s goons in Enemy Of The State, it’s important to get the racial stereotypes precisely correct.
;P
Thanks for the quote, and as I noted in later comments, the balloon was just comedy relief.
So, meanwhile…what’s the magician doing with his other hand…?
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You miss-spelled in the head.
Should be a double “S”. Not “CE”.
And never forget the Ho!
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In reply to Barry.
Following up:
A few military uses for balloons including an EMP strike:
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/02/04/balloons-arent-just-for-kids-parties-they-can-launch-bombs-drone-swarms-and-even-emp-attacks-n698490
In that sense then the reaction to a balloon is worth measuring. Which would make me wrong in the sense that they want to know if we’ll let it float around.
They have the answer, at least as long as their puppet is part of the cabal running the show.
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In reply to Mike.
Sure, they care about reaction times.
But not for balloons, which is my point. There is nothing, not one damn thing to be learned from our reaction to a balloon, save one possible:
They could float and EMP nuke right over the USA and we would just wait on it…
Also, no one knows what the real reaction time is. It’s a pointless and fruitless test. The f’ing russians knew this and the chinese do too.
Of course if anyone can tell me something I missed regarding balloon reaction times, I’m all ears.
So why does it matter?
Because it obscures whatever the real reason for the damn balloon was.
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Heyy, Happy Birthday young feller!
A day late but I’m a Geezer now myself so I pretty much only have one speed left.
I think my clutch is slipping too. At least I hope that’s what I’m smelling….
Anyways, Many Happy Returns Mike!
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In reply to Barry.
For anyone who didn’t catch it, the ‘graph Barry is referring to is:
The study was published this week by the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers at Harvard University examined MRI scans of 7,350 White and 1,786 Black children ages 9 and 10. The data in the study was collected by the National Institutes of Health in 2019.
I included it when I first posted, but took it out for space-saving and scrolling purposes.
Plus, y’know, psychiatry, which I consider to be the bunk. 99 and 99/100ths pure, as the old Ivory soap ads used to say.
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In reply to Barry.
China’s political leadership may not care about US reaction times, probably don’t in fact, but I guarantee you their military planners do. It’s their job to know stuff like that; strategy and wargaming scenarios require every scrap of intel about OpFor capabilities the planners can get their grubby mitts on.
Not that I think there’s any likelihood at all of an attack, of course. As I always say, why would they bother?
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“Researchers at Harvard University…”
I just stop reading right there. Nothing, not one damn thing worth warm piss comes from Harvard anymore.
Harvard produces all lies, all the time.
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Perhaps I’m missing something, but someone please tell me precisely what benefit it would be to the chinese to know our response time to a fucking balloon? A time they can not be certain of knowing we would know that’s perhaps what the reasoning is?
So the chinese are stupid enough to possibly create an incident in order to test our response time to a balloon? Even the russians aren’t that stupid.
I’m not buying that one. Reaction time to a missile, airplane, or other means of war I get. Not that they would know what it truly is since they know we know and we know they know we know, ad infinitum.
I’m pretty sure the russians were in the dark about how soon we knew there bombers were in the air and headed our way on one their typical probing excursions. I also have it from a russian expert (years ago) that the russians assumed we knew as soon as the bombers were rolled out of the hangar, and they would have been correct.
I like Joe’s attack airplane though. Nice pic. Ole potato head was a WW2 ace wasn’t he?
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I just realized the epicenter of the 7.8 earthquake in Turkey is named after the last town I was in and is very close by, Kahramanmaras.
Haven’t heard from any of my Turkish friends just yet, Some are in the town which has suffered major devastation.
Hoping for the best.
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I don’t know the date we lost Iron Bear (Sherman Barnes), but it was early February one year ago.
If anyone would like you can leave a comment on his obit:
https://www.gordonfh.com/memorials/sherman-barnes/4848228/index.php
We miss you Sherman.
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In reply to Aesop.
“by treaty obligation”
There are a number of ways to get around treaty obligations including just ignoring it if you don’t get caught. And if you do get caught what’s the penalty?
There were hidden silo’s at one time. I haven’t kept up with that and don’t know for certain what the current status is. The ballistic missile submarines parked off the coasts of the bad people make the silo’s less important. There just one part of a multi front threat.
Since the public knew it was up there, it’s hard to claim we didn’t want to give away our ability to detect a fucking giant balloon or that we were monitoring it unknown.
Shooting it down before it enters our airspace would give away what secret they can’t just ask biden for?
But, as I said above, I don’t know why it was there. There was a reason however. And I doubt it was to determine our response to a balloon.
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A day late, but Happy Birthday, Mike!
May you have many more with less trouble then the past year.
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In reply to Barry.
No, they’re not, and in fact by treaty obligation, they’re all well-known.
And it’s been widely acknowledged by DoD this wasn’t the first such incident.
Meaning, dollars to donuts, they decided to out this one, just for the PR value.
As I noted elsewhere, and as anyone from SAC Norad or the Silent Service from 1946-1990 can tell you, don’t tell your enemy how early you can detect him, and you frequently just sity back and watch what they’re doing, because it gives you more intel on what they can do and what they’re interested in, than any intel they think they’re getting from you.
We did that with Russian subs and aircraft for decades at the height of the Cold War, with far more at stake.
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In reply to John Wilder.
Maybe. If a country like china can fly a balloon to just the right spot for an EMP strike, with no interference from us, that’s easier than taking a chance on a missile getting shot down.
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EMP is easier using a missile or satellite. I’m sure we’ll never hear about the payload, though I’ve heard that it did have propellers to change course . . .
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In reply to kennycan.
Ouch. I’m still remembering K’s last home game was a loss to the Heels, and his very last game ever, and a Final Four game at that, was a loss to the Heels. That makes up for last night 🙂
If we continue to shoot the BB that poorly we’re going to continue to have problems.
In any event, as much as I hate to give any credit to dook for anything, they have some darn good players that on a good run could win it all. I thought our play was not close to our best, but I thought dook played about as well as they can. And it was a basic one point game until the last couple minutes.
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In reply to kennycan.
Just to bring it up again, recall how the “big” win in Florida for DeSantis was proof he was the right man for the job of president?
Of course all the other R governors that had elections also generally had pretty “big” results, for example:
Stitt in Oklahoma margin of victory – 13.7%
Noem in S.Dakota – 26.8%
Lee in Tennessee – 32.0%
Makes DeSantis at 19.4% look rather pedestrian.
And then there are the Septic types that will go, but, but ,but those are not big enough states to count!
So we bring up DeWine in Ohio at – 25.3%
We have several republican governors that are doing a fine job, won reelection with bigger margins than the Government Man, but they don’t get the press. Wonder why?
I know:
It’s because they are not the handpicked swamp creature of the deep state, that’s why.
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IOW’s learn a lesson and never listen to the Federalist Society, a faux conservative legal operation.
I understand that any R president that goes his own way on SCOTUS picks will get shot down in the senate, but get a couple allies there and make a lot of noise, expose the bastards intent upon the looting and theft of the country, the McConnell’s etc.
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In reply to Skeptic.
BTW I praised RDS above and made not a word of it about Trump.
You should try it sometime and stop letting Trump live in your head rent free, raid your fridge and poke at the back of your eyeballs. OUCH, STOP THAT!
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OK Feel Good Story of the last 2 years.
America doesn’t need to be “Fundamentally Transformed”.
It needs to be Fundamentally Restored.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Who financed his first run at Congress and then gave a two term Congressman a shot at Governor of the 2nd or 3rd largest State by population in the Nation?
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Oh and check out which Fraternity he pledged at Yale.
Skull and Bones DKE same as Daddy Bush and W.
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In reply to Barry.
They intend to turn those dollars into Biden Bucks! All digital, with the Fibbies watching every transaction!
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In reply to Barry.
At least DeSantis is better than Charlie Crist, who was groomed by dear ol’ Jeb!
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The importance of voting:
Newly Republican State Supreme Court To Rehear Voter ID, Redistricting Cases – Could Result In 4 New GOP Congressmen
Do not underestimate the extreme importance of this in NC. It’s huge.
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In reply to Aesop.
I disagree. Not every silo is known. Some are hidden. And a balloon being stationary allows for instruments other than camera’s to do some mapping. It’s been suggested that the sensor package may include lidar, a 3d capable measurement technology. You can look it up for further info if interested. But one thing it needs is slow or no movement.
I don’t know what it was for, but there was certainly a reason, and it wasn’t to prove biden is a corrupt china owned POS.
I don’t think the chinaman cares what the weather is over montana. If they do, they can just tune into the weather channel.
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In reply to Aesop.
Agreed. And I’m quite sure he’ll get an appropriate response when the right people get the news.
I’m not sure how to check for updates. I don’t use twitter nor typically read it.
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In reply to Skeptic.
As is typical, besides being a dumbass you are a fucking liar.
Trump is the only president since Ike to start restoring freedom and liberty, and that includes Reagan. But you’re not bright enough to understand what freedom and liberty are. You’re for the government man.
Go ahead, tell us how the government man, DeSantis, has take ANY action to restore freedom and liberty, and then tell us how you think he’s going to do that when he is 100% beholden to the fucking GOP and Wall Street donor class. They’re all owned by the chinese which means DeSantis is owned by the chinese as well.
Trump took on the chinese, our #1 enemy. DeSantis will not touch them. He’ll do what the script says and stop them from buying 20 acres of land in Florida. Big fucking deal.
By the way moron, I don’t think of Trump as a hero, that’s just what you dumbass neverTrumpers try to pretend. Those that support Trump do so for one reason, because he is the first man since Ike to stand up for Americans.
Before DeSantis your man on a white horse was Cruz, another GOP deep stater.
Any president that didn’t take action when the entire US medical complex inside and outside government along with the medical complex outside the USA were telling him that millions of Americans were going to die from the virus would be an insane derelict. He did what any responsible president would have done. Your a fucking POS hindsight moron.
Go blow a faggot. It’s what you do best other than lying.
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I can look up and map exact 10-12-digit GPS coordinates for every ICBM silo in the US inventory – I’ve already mapped a large number in Nebraska already – from Google Earth. Right now. It’s that level of not hard.
Anybody who thinks China doesn’t have this info on speed dial already isn’t paying attention.
I’m still waiting to hear any explanation for the balloon that approaches any military necessity.
There may be some utility, but it’s frickin’ 14th century technology. Adding modern photography and an uplink isn’t much improvement on that reality. It’s like putting a laser sight on a black powder blunderbus.
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In reply to Barry.
Noted.
I hope his son is as quick to apologize, and report on the actual response, as he was to wet his diapers the first time.
And for my money, 100 years old, and 5 WWII combat landings? Dude deserves at least the flyover and parade. Serving general? The Commandant himself should make a housecall, with the Marine Band.
Just to make the point.
“Thank you for your service” doesn’t quite cut it with some vets.
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I think what your missing, Mike, is how easy it is to turn the chinese back. Trump did just that and quickly. China got hurt much worse than anyone wishes to acknowledge, which is why we got the fauci/china/scam virus. Even now manufacturers are looking at other places, other sources, any way to avoid the war Trump has shown us will be waged. The chinaman assumes war will come, thus mapping our nuclear sites is all a part of their long term strategy.
They know biden will be gone. They cannot be sure what may happen even with massive cheating. China has big problems financially and with a very restless population. Just a few more tariffs on the right goods and china is in deep trouble.
China may own the politicians but they don’t own us, not yet anyway.
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In reply to Barry.
Your hero presided over the greatest destruction of freedom and liberty in this country’s history. He didn’t fight it – he aided and abetted it. Period. Fucking. Dot. I realize that you have no principles or core beliefs other than Trump Uber Alles, but some of us can still think and evaluate information.
DeSantis has taken more actual ACTIONS to preserve the American way of life than your hero. It’s only unfortunate that he’s only been able to do it Florida.
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In reply to Skeptic.
I see dumb bastard Skeptic is at it again. He doesn’t mind being a slave as long as the master ain’t a faggot.
The man on the white horse is here to save us from all the faggots. I guess they’re bothering ole dumb bastard Skeptic mightily.
Desantis is the original government man. He’s deeper state than old Bush himself who at least could claim having been in the private sector for a bit. DeSantis? Yale, Harvard, then a JAG. A short period as a prosecutor and now a politician. Deep state government man funded by the wall street billionaires club. Supported by the GOP, Bush family, Karl Rove, and Mitch McConnell.
DeSantis has done nothing but follow the script handed to him.
But dumb bastard Skeptic will fall for it without any consideration.
TDS just eats the brain away, turns it to mush.
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I see Binary Barry is at it again. De Santis actually DOES something meaningful, and in BB’s eyes, it’s a 3D chess move agin’ Trump.
DeSantis takes action against faggot groomers. Trump throws them a fucking party at Mar-A-Lago.
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In reply to Barry.
Perhaps. They’re probably not getting any attention. By design.
I wonder what Stitt is up to recently.
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In reply to Barry.
Hey hhluce, why don’t you answer the question?
Did you make a mistake? Tell a lie? Do you have knowledge we don’t?
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In reply to kennycan.
We have quite a few republican governors that are way ahead of DeSantis.
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My opinion –
This is all being orchestrated. The left sends out their hate for DeSantis in order to build his creds with the right. Everything, and I mean everything, is being scripted to stop Trump. The forces (the entire US government, the GOP, The dems, and the press they own) are all in on one thing, stopping Trump.
Jeb! Bush did a fine job running Florida.
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I don’t think much of Kuntsler’s take on this particular item, but he’s not completely wrong.
Russia isn’t stronger, that’s just a myth. They have never been strong. There only strength lies in their nuclear arsenal which even they fear may not work so well. Of course if 1 of 5 work it’s all academic.
Their other strength lies in petroleum, which depends upon the USA restricting our energy development. You know, the development that the biden cabal restricts. Now tell me which side biden is on? Biden is owned 100% by the chinese. The chinese are allied with the russians.
This really isn’t too hard to figure out.
The russians are so damn strong they couldn’t win a war in Afghanistan and they are now mired down in the little country of Ukraine. Ukraine has less strength and capability than Iraq had under Sad damn insane. Ukraine borders russia, just drive across. Iraq is on the other side of the world from the USA. Compare and contrast, and tell me again how strong the russians are.
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In reply to kennycan.
Yep, failure, while they loot the treasury of every dollar.
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In reply to kennycan.
Good question. I don’t know the answer. I’m afraid the answer is –
china.
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In reply to Mike.
Yep Mike, since 1953 🙂
The big 7-0 this year. Still ticking, still kicking.
February is the better month for babies to be born. It’s the hi IQ, good looks, and amiable personality month.
Well, 1 out of 3, maybe…
Happy Birthday Mike!
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In reply to Barry.
You’re a February baby too, Barry? How ’bout that; mine is on Sunday, my mom’s is the 12th, and my cousin the BP’s drummer’s is on the 24th also. We oughta form a club or a platoon or something. Or, at my advanced age, a sewing circle, more like.
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In reply to Barry.
OK, just read the actual tweet and it looks like the gentleman is contacting the local recruiting office in the town, so that will work I think.
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Well, we share a birthday. Pretty damn pathetic that the Marines can’t even acknowledge a 100 year old WW2 Marine veteran. I think I’ll find the local recruiter and pass this along. I bet at that level they’ll feel some embarrassment.
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In reply to kennycan.
OK, got it. Sorry, I didn’t realize that link had the audio.
After listening, the report is definitely slanted as you point out.
OTOH, Trump appears to be clueless as to how bad the shit really is. I don’t think he knows. I think he looks at the “official” data, which is bogus, and his conclusions are drawn from that.
We read between the lines. Presidents typically don’t.
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In reply to Barry.
The link I provided has a video with the full video. It’s only a 2 minute or so segment.
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In reply to Mike.
Mike, Mike, Mike, get with the times. “Fat” is the new “curvy”. Or maybe the other way around. It’s hard to tell when euphemisms are used to disguise meaning.
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Actually, I’m all for curvaceous women. It’s the fat ones I have no use for.
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People just have to get good and hungry, that’s all
It’s what I’ve been saying for years. We’re still too rich, well-fed, and comfortable. The malcontented, educated children of the rich are often the ones who foment a revolution but they’ll fail unless supported by a sizable chunk of the masses, and that won’t happen unless they’re hungry.
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In reply to kennycan.
Thanks, I’m still looking for a transcript or audio of the actual call in.
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In reply to kennycan.
Exactly, Kenny.
And we don’t get the people to pull their heads out of the hole without exposure. I know for a fact that a larger number of people now know that the voting systems in this country are rigged. As more and more come to that conclusion change can come about.
The only question is what that change will look like –
Bloody and violent civil war or a semi peaceful process.
I’m not ruling out a peaceful process just yet.
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In reply to Barry.
Until we get critical mass of people who see where this is heading we are closer to 1765 than 1775.
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In reply to Mike.
Agreed. But that doesn’t mean I stand idly by while lies and disinformation get told by the marxists, and not do the best I can to fight them in normal ways, by getting out the vote and supporting the only man with a freaking chance that isn’t owned by the US government.
They cheated massively in 2020, but it got them exposed. That’s no small thing. Exposure is a prelude to change, to fixing things. That may proceed at a glacial pace, and that may mean a separation of the country leading to a bloody and violent civil war, but it is going to change.
I want to force them to massively cheat again. More exposure and a speed up in the timeline. And that means supporting and working to put the only man they fear in the office.
The only one that will be running that they don’t own.
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In reply to Barry.
Ahh, and that right there is the real problem. As I’ve always said, Trump is no knight sans peur et sans reproche on a white charger riding in to save the nation. He’s as human as anybody else is, and he makes mistakes just like we all do.
But in any event, even if he gets re-elected in 2024 (again), which I don’t think there’s the proverbial snowball’s chance of, he’s not going to be leading this country; the “people” who actually do don’t ever come up for a vote. THAT’S the problem, and I don’t see but one way of fixing it. Which might not actually fix it, but could very well leave us in worse shape than we already are in.
It’s a right fix we’re in, for sure.
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In reply to Mike.
Aaaaaaaaand the killer part for the narrative they left out and can be found here:
Trump Defends Covid Vaccines When Pushed By Hard Right Host (mediaite.com)
“What about the safety aspect? That’s what people are concerned about. Now. Do you have some concerns about the safety of these vaccines?” followed up Brody as Trump initially skirted the question to discuss mandates.
“Well, I always do. But you have to understand there are the pros and cons,” Trump replied.
“You can read some reports saying it was the greatest thing that’s ever happened and we saved tens of millions of lives. Then you read other reports. You say there were some problems with the vaccines in terms of certain things, but relatively small numbers. But, you know, you have many reports that say the vaccine saved tens of millions of lives, that without the vaccines you would have you know, you would have had a thing like we had in 1917 where perhaps 100 million people died,” Trump concluded.
Emphasis mine.
Once again, in Trump’s mind it came down to this:
As long as they were NOT mandatory and saved lives then it was worth fast tracking them and allowing people to decide for themselves whether to take them. If people felt the risk of dying from WuFlu exceeded the risk of any unknown problems, then they should be allowed to choose to take the Vaxxes. He emphasized the Mandates were wrong. He emphasizes that, as far as we know, there were certain problems in relatively small numbers. Officially that is true, although you, I and Barry all have our suspicions. But right now, WE are “conspiracy theorists” and that’s a trap they’re trying to lay for Trump by mischaracterizing the full interview.
If we get real proof, and I think we will, that the Vaxxes are ineffective and/or dangerous, and the idea that’s not a “conspiracy theory” then he might change how he responds.
Trump is playing in the Political Arena. He doesn’t have the luxury of speaking his mind, laid bare and brutally honest, like you or I do here on this blog. He has to walk that line between controversial and politically savvy. He’s RUNNING for Office.
We’re not (Thank God, I really do hate politics).
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In reply to kennycan.
Hey, did you find the actual interview or a transcript?
If so post a link.
Thanks.
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In reply to kennycan.
You posted a few minutes before me.
I then checked into the “reporter”. Comment below.
Gilbert is filth, 100%.
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In reply to Mike.
Unfortunately Mike, the article slams every single person questioning the vaxxes. It’s hard to trust what they claim he said when they misrepresent ALL the other people they cite in the article.
For instance:
He also baselessly claimed that “some say that I saved 100 million lives worldwide,” even though there is no evidence to suggest anyone ever made such a claim.
Of course there are people saying that. Except they don’t give Trump credit, they give Biteme credit.
COVID-19 vaccines saved an estimated 20 million lives in 1 year | CIDRAP (umn.edu)
So, maybe 100 Million is hyperbole, but 30-40 Million has been thrown around (20 million first year. We’ve had almost another year since that cite was written).
Right now, there is no official proof that the Vaxxes are either ineffective (they just need boosters) and dangerous. So the link is a trap. If Trump questions the Vaxxes the narrative changes “Trump buys into Conspiracy Theories that the Vaccines are Ineffective and Dangerous.
Proof?
From the Link:
Among those to blast Trump for his latest comments supporting the COVID vaccine was Ed Dowd, an author who has spread disinformation related to the pandemic, including a book that baselessly linked sudden deaths to the COVID vaccine.
One of the loudest voices speaking out against Trump this week was Tracy Beanz, a right-wing talking head and one of the earliest promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, who said the former president’s defense of the vaccine is unacceptable and that he should be aware of the conspiracy theories about it being linked to death.
Talk about a Damned if you do, Damned if you don’t hit piece! And there’s a dozen more of those backhanded slams there.
OK, some more context from an article which is NOT a Trump Hit Job:
[In the interview Trump went on to add] “But as far as using it, as far as utilization, I never demanded that anybody use it. I never had a mandate. And I think that’s very important to know. And I never had anybody for instance, when I said, you know, I never said close up, I never said we’re going to close our country,” Trump added.
Like I said, in a limited rollout if the Vaxxes did what they claimed and were VOLUNTARY it would be fine.
I do wish he’d back off a little and show some caution, as in “well, I’ve heard about the idea that the drug companies may have misled us and I would wait and see if this is true. Still, my rollout, if what is true about what they have said about it in fact saving lives, was an accomplishment.
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In reply to Mike.
OK, look at the source – Vice’s David Gilbert.
Anti-Trump
Anti-Musk
Anti-Kari Lake
Anti-Christian
Pro vax it would appear
Thanks but no. I don’t believe anything he says. I’m just looking at his headlines from the end of last year. No need to dirty my mind with the filth of a deep state promoter.
Nothing that POS says should be believed, nothing.
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In reply to Mike.
Maybe. What you link is a report of what someone claims Trump said. I tried and am unable to find the actual sound track/video/transcript of Trumps’s actual words in context.
I’m completely aware that Trump has not made any statement pointing out the bad of the so called vax, as I stated above. I’m also aware that, in general, he has bragged about getting it done in record time, cutting the red tape to do it.
If I re-read my wording above, then point taken. He has said something about the damn notvax, so my reply to Kenny might be in error regarding that. The larger point is what does Trump actually have to say and that linked article is not so clear.
I could see him saying something along the lines of what is reported and doing that without promoting the vax further. He certainly never wanted it mandated as far as I know.
Back to your link. If I take the reports of what he said at face value, then should we take the reports of what he said regarding Charlottesville at face value?
I’ll have to hear the words and the context, or read a transcript. There are a million people out to get Trump and they will lie to do it.
In any event, if Trump thinks the shit is safe and effective then we’ll add it to the long list of things he’s wrong about. He was certainly wrong about it earlier. It wouldn’t change the order of the list of who is best suited to lead this country, and that list is very, very, short.
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In reply to Mike.
Let me check the source for context. I will note there were weasel words there.
The “official” line is that the reports are true and the “vaccines” “saved” tens of millions of lives. You and I know that’s BS and so do probably 200 Million other Americans alone, never mind across the world. Trump chooses to not question that premise and then take credit for the Fast Track.
I think it is a mistake on his part.
However, if in context he said something else, then I’ll be back.
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Just when you think we’ve reached Peak Idiot, a new contender arrives…
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In reply to Barry.
Sorry to have to say it, but…
“You have many reports that say the vaccines saved tens of millions of lives and without the vaccines you would have had a thing like we had in 1917,” Trump said, likely referring to the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Trump also took credit for getting the FDA to fast track the approval process from “maybe 5 or 12 years” to just nine months. He also baselessly claimed that “some say that I saved 100 million lives worldwide,” even though there is no evidence to suggest anyone ever made such a claim.
That’s from all of five days ago.
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If you take a look at the electoral map, and figure Pennsylvania is now permanently stolen along with the other states Trump won in 2016, there can be only one solution.
The union must be dissolved.
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In reply to kennycan.
Trump caught them off guard with shrillary and they were not going to let that happen again. They were prepared this time with massive cheating, and when even that wasn’t enough they stopped the process until the additional ballots could be manufactured and delivered.
NC got a commie gov out of that deal. No way he won fairly given the vote totals in the other races.
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In reply to kennycan.
I don’t doubt that. They were already cheating and figured on the scam providing additional cover as needed fits right in with the facts on the ground.
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In reply to kennycan.
No, you’re not wrong. Trump hasn’t come out and made any declaration about how bad the notvax is, but neither is he out promoting it either.
Well said. There are a lot of hindsight critics. Most of them were nowhere to be found when the scam was raging as they bought into it as well.
And now they want a new man on a white horse, a new savior, because they will not accept who is to blame. “We have met the enemy and he is us” Pogo.
And they are choosing a 100% government man. 100%. Harvard. Yale. Jag. Politician. 100% government man. An insider. The GOP choice. Approved by the Bush family, by Karl Rove, by Mitch McConnell, by the Wall St money men. That’s the new man on the White Horse.
It’s pathetic. The only president for Americans since Ike, and they throw him out like used toilet paper. The only president since Ike that either kept or tried to keep his promises. And he largely succeeded in spite of opposition form the entire government and both party’s.
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Yep. Hard to get people that are well fed and can move at will riled up.
The lockdowns showed that the people will tolerate some limits for some time when faced with what was sold as an existential threat. But make no mistake, there were limits in many places.
There is a limit, we just ain’t there yet.
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In reply to Barry.
PS The Vote Fraud needed something to back it up. A “Pandemic” and “Failing Economy” was needed to justify why Trump vote totals were down and Biteme’s “soared”.
They knew Biteme’s vote totals would “soar” because they knew they were going to push Massive Vote Fraud for him. What surprised them was that Trump’s vote totals still soared.
Hence why they had to dump 2 million fake votes in the old skool way at 3AM to overcome his massive turnout ON Election Day.
But THIS TIME they were prepared for any eventuality and they were prepared in at least 9 States. (NC was one State that stopped counting for a week, but was eventually allowed to go to Trump).
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In reply to hhluce.
Once again, the criticism of the FDA has been for decades that they would not allow some drugs that apparently worked to be given to willing patients who were dying and wished to take a chance.
THAT is what the emergency authorization was intended to do. Allow people who voluntarily agreed to accept the risks of an untested drug to be able to take that drug because they decided they were more at risk from the disease.
That would have led to a very limited distribution on a voluntary basis to people who were most vulnerable to dying from WuFlu.
That all assumed that the drug companies would be forthcoming and honest about the efficacy of the drugs. Neither Trump nor you and I could know beforehand that the efficacy was a total lie.
That was FRAUD on the part of the drug companies.
If they told the truth then a limited number of people ( a few million) might have taken the chance on it.
But Trump cannot be a scientist who can know the efficacy of a drug.
This is the issue of the Low Trust Society that Mike and SteveF have been talking about.
Trump was a victim for trusting them. He’s an older generation, when trust was more earned and understood. Echo Boomers like Barry and I and Gen X like SteveF have much less trust in institutions. Now I don’t think this applies to SteveF or Mike, but I for one was completely shocked at how deep the rot and weaponization had drilled down into every aspect of our institutions. It didn’t last long. Fauci and Birx shot it down for me in about two weeks.
I think it is a mistake if Trump is still touting the Vaxxes. It was a good idea that didn’t work in a low trust world. Then again, i am not sure Trump has said anything recently about this and what they are dragging up is remarks made a while ago now. Perhaps I’m wrong.
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In reply to Barry.
I still think it was always BOTH intended to tank the economy and initiate massive vote fraud and was intended as such from the very beginning.
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Would’ve been an even better show had there been a greasy red spot left on the pavement.
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In reply to SteveF.
Yep, Trump has responsibility now for not realizing how bad the stuff is. I suspect he doesn’t read what we read and doesn’t know how bad it is. But that’s on him.
As for the initial response – As you know, Kenny and I both (along with you and many others) had it pegged very early for what it was, a planned scam to tank the economy and destroy Trump, and when that didn’t work, as a means for massive voting fraud to steal the election. I’m of the opinion that while Trump is culpable for all that took place, what else could the president of the USA do? He was being told by the entire medical community inside and outside government and inside and outside this country, that millions of Americans were going to die. Millions. Trump is a decently intelligent man, but he’s not the wide intellect you find among us commenters 🙂 He had no choice but to listen and respond.
There is plenty of things you can pin on Trump. Blatant falsehoods like claiming Trump ordered the economy locked down are typically written by people that are part of the real corrupt cabal of statist supporters pretending to be something else.
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In reply to hhluce.
Barry beat me to it. It was the state governors who imposed the lockdowns, business closures, and face diaper mandates. That’s why there were such policy differences between states.
I do fault Trump for the so-called vaccines. Not so much for fast-tracking the funding, as it would have been a good gamble if the Chinese bioweapon had been as lethal as originally claimed, but for refusing to back down from pushing them and claiming credit for them even now.
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In reply to hhluce.
“It was Trump that perpetrated a grossly unconstitutional usurpation of Federal power in ordering the economy to be “locked down”.”
And that order was given when and in what form?
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Two items related to the Ukrainian biolabs. The first one has a Hunter Biden angle.
Zelensky Sent Out Government Decree to Destroy ALL INFORMATION on Hunter Biden’s Metabiota Company on Same Day as Russian Invasion – Then Fire Spotted Outside Intel Headquarters
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-ukraine-has-biological?s=r
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Yep – Here’s the reality of the situation – it wasn’t just Team Donkey that did this, it took the active participation of Team Elephant to bring it about – and both of them acted as mouthpieces and shills for the Administrative State and its corporate backers.
The legislation that took Big Pharma and the Medical Industrial Complex off the hook for any damages caused by faulty, ineffective, and dangerous products was the result of a bipartisan effort and was signed into law by the Palooka-In-Chief, Donald Trump. It was Trump that perpetrated a grossly unconstitutional usurpation of Federal power in ordering the economy to be “locked down”. Locking down is what you do to prisoners, not to a free people in a free country. And this usurpation was accomplished by force of arms, the law enforcement apparatus trashed its oath to “uphold the Constitution” and instead, ripped it up and flushed it down the toilet. And Congress stood idly by and did nothing about it, and let the Administrative State have its way – as they do on a regular basis, anyway. It might save a lot of money and fuel and heating costs to replace Congress and the Executive Branch by a single bureaucrat in a room with a rubber stamp.
Millions of lives were – and continue to be – ruined. People have been maimed and killed, and small businesses have been bankrupted, and the people driven into penury by this action by the Administrative State and its willing minions in Congress and the Executive Branch – and it makes no difference, Trump and Biden pushed the same preset and predesigned policy, and Democrats and Republicans worked together to impose it on the American people.
”[H]e has erected a multitude of new offices by a self-assumed power, and sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.” Does that sound familiar? That’s exactly what has been going on, and not just the last two years – which have been the apotheosis of this set of actions – it’s been the “efficient government” of the United States since 1937. Of course, up until the people were locked down like animals in a cage, most people didn’t notice and a lot of people went along with it, allowing themselves to be bribed with their own money and fooled by the Propaganda Arm of the Administrative State, the so-called “free press”, now including social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. Most peoples’ chains rested lightly upon them, until their masters cracked the whip, and used armed force to let them know that their former servants had become their masters.
And this set of policies wasn’t just enacted and enforced at the Federal level, it was done in the states, again with the collusion of both the Democrats and Republicans, with the exception of very few states which have ended up bucking the trend when the policies were found, eventually, to lack any basis in law or in science.
Here in Kansas, in 2020, the elected Governor was a Democrat, and she set into place a program – under emergency powers granted her by a majority Republican legislature. This program bore a marked similarity to “pandemic emergency” plans in other states, almost as if there was a common template in use, with blanks left open for the appropriate names and agencies. Using these powers, she drove hundreds of small businesses into ruin, while favoring the megacorporate big box stores – the only stores allowed to remain open. People were hurt economically, emotionally, physically, and spiritually by her actions – and the Republicans sat by and let it happen. They refused to do anything, they fobbed off constituents with lame excuses – when they were available to talk. They eventually made a lame effort to limit the emergency powers, but for all intents and purposes, they seemed to be a part of the overarching plan. Now, of course, they’re hoping that people forget, vote them back into office, so that they can continue to fatten their bank accounts, and continue the ruination of the state and its people. And in the states as well, the legislatures have abdicated their proper role and have become servants of their respective state-level Administrative States – which, unlike the Federal one, may or may not have basis in those states’ Constitutions.
”We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are created equal and independent; that from that equal creation they derive in rights inherent and inalienables, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes: and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, begun at a distinguished period, and pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to subject them to arbitrary power, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.”
The proper goals of government are “preservation of life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness” – and governments at state and Federal level have manifestly failed to do this over the past two and a half years. The “two party system” is a front for a government hiding in the shadows, that government plays the Donkey Party off against the Elephant Party and produces a lot of heat and light and tumult and noise, none of which has any real significance, it’s but a distraction, a misdirection, the sort of thing a magician does when he directs your attention to the hand – “see the bunny!” – other than the hand doing the trick… and in so doing they have destroyed lives and liberty and happiness.
This is as true now as when it was written in 1776: ”When a long train of abuses and usurpations, begun at a distinguished period, and pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to subject them to arbitrary power, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” Think about this, apply it to your experience for the last two years or so – and then consider the remedy. Now as then, it is the choice between liberty or death, the choice is stark, many have chosen apparent security and have gotten death as the result, those who chose liberty took the harder path, and they survive. And this is true for our society and how we govern ourselves as well, either Constitutional liberty or the arbitrary diktats of the Administrative State.
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Well, well, well, didn’t have to use Western Union to send you the $100 I’d intended…
And I like the color scheme and font – serif – that I use, it’s easier on my eyes – https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/pfizer-create-viral-epidemic-then
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In reply to Aesop.
Yea, that’s the real question. Is it the plan? Or is it just pure careless peddling of a dangerous and untested “medicine”, one that they had to know had some really bad side effects? They knew this from previous testing that was a failure.
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The only people dying are the unvaccinated.
(That would be everyone. There is no vaccine.)
But the Jabbed are dropping more than the Unjabbed, by a country mile.
Raconteur Report: The Unvaccinated Have Done All The Dying
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Watching Carlson a bit tonight and there was a segment on a retired Marine and retired dog. An organization exists to help these retired dogs that give everything, and then get zero support from the US government (spit) after their active service is done.
US War Dogs Association
https://www.uswardogs.org/
I donated. You should too.
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In reply to Mike.
Yea, well, he’d get along with my daughter, son in law, and grandsons. I have taken care of them when they are on one of those week long baseball trips…
Yuck. Good to eat though 🙂
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There was a reason for the Civil War, it just ain’t the one most of us were taught in school. The 1861 Morril tariff triggered the northern invasion of the South. The industrial north intended to take the money earned by Southerners, and should they resist, war.
If you cannot get that part correct, the rest of any book is sure to be hogwash of the same sort.
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I’ve been making note of the “unknown cause” deaths for well over a year, and in particular the number of young athletes kicking the bucket. In almost every case they took the government shot and death was the result.
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Rocket ships.
A couple weeks ago I put the finishing touches on my search for a new vehicle. I had never considered the GMC Yukon or Cadillac for the big SUV I desire to drive because they were equipped with AWD (all wheel drive) only, and AWD doesn’t play so well in the deep sand we get on the Hatteras Island beaches. I discovered that GMC dropped that some time ago, so the Yukon XL with the Denali option got on my list. In fact it became the one I wanted since it had the larger engine and in 2018, a 10 speed tranny. Yes, you read that correctly a Ten Speed Transmission*.
With the Suburban at 320K and 19 years, and the Avalanche at 300K and 17 years I had decided I’d go for something much newer and less miles than my norm. Stunned everyone.
So I now have a black as night 2018 Yukon Denali with the 6.2 engine and ten speed transmission. All the bells and whistles and 460 ft/lbs of torque…
At 55mph I put my foot in it to pass a too slow line of 4 cars and a box truck and very shortly after the heads up display reported 110 and climbing, at which point I eased off the velocity pedal to avoid a ticket. Smooth, silky smooth in fact. At almost 6000 pounds it’s quite amazing.
I’m an old car guy, having gotten my DL at the age of 14, and a new 69 Camaro Z-28 at the age of 16. Started racing cars at age 20. I’ve built cars, built and highly modified engines, owned 3 Suburbans plus the Avalanche, and assorted high performance vehicles over the last 56 years and this thing is stunning. Drove it to the coast the day after the purchase and home yesterday. A rocket ship it may be but it is the most comfortable car I’ve ever owned. This partly due to the space GM carved out and partly due to the luxury items of power steering wheel adjustment. Both telescoping and up / down is infinitely positionable within the limits My older and long body appreciates the legroom and ability to adjust positions while driving.
Of course this all comes at a cost. Since 2008 I have bought 3 cars including my wife’s car. Take the total price of all three and multiply by two and you get the bill for this one. And that is still very near 1/3 of the new price. I’ve done pretty well with cars and I hope I don’t regret spending that much.
At 75-80mph on the interstate I was getting 20-21mpg.
My wife thinks it looks like a hearse.
*GM and Ford co-developed the 10 speed for high performance applications if I understand it correctly. It’s a damn marvel IMO.
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In reply to Barry.
Oh, my brother LOVES his. He pets them on the neck and head like a cat or dog; when they’re not in the coop they follow him around the yard everywhere he goes, clucking and gabbling away. It’s too funny.
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My daughter has chickens. She gets about half a dozen eggs a day. Soon, she’ll be rich 🙂
I could get some chickens I suppose. But having to build secure facilities and put up with those nasty birds gives me 2nd thoughts about the venture. If I thought I could manage it like my grandma, where the birds ran free and ate on their own I might give it a try.
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re appearance of your substack site, I prefer black text on a white background, or dark-on-light anyway, but don’t hugely care about the palette or the font. It’s the content that matters to me.
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Destroying it utterly is The Plan™.
America has always been the Ideal standing between them and their Megalomaniacal Dreams.
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Vanguard.
One of the other people who claimed the mantle of conservatism was John Bogle. Then he revealed he voted for 0 twice and HilLIARy in 2016 and came out as TDS suffering NT.
No wonder his “baby” Vanguard has gone hard Left.
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Sociopaths are prone to lying even when the truth is sufficient.
Cf BJ Clinton.
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😎 I gotta wear shades.
If there were a compelling reason for people to be buying EVs then they wouldn’t need subsidies, regulatory thumbs on the scales and mandates to get sold. People would just buy them to drive them.
Like they’re doing with their older ICE cars…
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I just heard about this issue yesterday, but no details about feed source or brand. I get my feed from Agway. I have 14 daily layers and 5 older occasional layers, and get 12 to 16 eggs per day all year round. Protein content is for strong egg shells, not necessarily egg production itself. I would be concerned that these hens in question have somehow become permanently sterilized.
If this is really a thing…. I am just that much closer to hunting Commies.
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In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
It may not be sufficient but it is necessary, so there’s no reason not to do it, say, today.
Actually, I distinguish between the civil service, as envisioned in 1890 or whenever, and the unions for the government employees. Getting rid of the unions is uncontestably necessary. The civil service system may be workable so long as the unions are kept out. Not with employees who have experience in the unions, of course. All current and past government employees should be fired and barred from re-employment. (And the majority charged with crimes starting with time fraud and going up to treason.) Give it a few years to see if it works.
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Abolishing the Civil Service is necessary, but I doubt it would be sufficient. Constitutional governance will require more.
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In reply to Skyler the Weird.
Won’t help them if BLM/Antifa decides to march through their front yards. As that lawyer and his wife with their AR-15 and dinky pistol learned the hard way.
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Global warming is affecting our daily life more and more,
No, your idiotic “war” on non-existent global warming is affecting our daily lives in the most malign ways. Much as did your idiotic two year effort to “bend the Covid curve.” Absent that, Covid would have been nothing more than a bad flu season.
Although I think the real culprit here is human gullibility.
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In reply to SteveF.
The Hispanics can be White or Not White as needed.
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His was a life well lived. I did not know that Neo was the other in his life until recently, but I’m glad they had each other for a while.
I never got the chance to meet Gerard, but I enjoyed me interactions with him at his site and around the Innertubes. He will be sorely missed.
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In reply to John Wilder.
Conspiracy theory #2: The whole BLM push to defund the police and only hire black replacements is actually an effort to turn local police forces into BLM/Antifa shock troops.
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In reply to csmallo17.
Import a bunch of Mexicans. The Mexican Mafia will be part of the package, and they’ll take care of your little Vice Lords problem, the same way they did in Watts and South Central LA, which is almost entirely Mexican once they MM got done with their ethnic cleansing campaign.
Of course the cure might be worse than the disease…
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In reply to Barry.
Here’s my conspiracy theory: Bill Gates has secretly cornered the world popcorn market.
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The country as a whole is 77% white.
It’s entertaining to watch them play with numbers. When they’re telling White people that our concerns are ridiculous, “the country is 77% White”. But when they’re complaining that Whites are too rich, it’s “Whites are only 53% of the population but control 80% of the wealth”.
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The “activist” needs a broken jaw, but the activist judge needs to be beaten to death.
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I’d say “Not my circus, not my monkeys”, but I’m sure that that would be rayciss.
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Ex-Lax in that chocolate icing, and you know how German chocolate icing looks like snot… or just use sugar alcohols for sweeteners – “Erythritol side effects typically include digestive problems and diarrhea. It may also cause bloating, cramps, and gas. Additionally, erythritol and other sugar alcohols frequently result in more water in the intestines, causing diarrhea.” https://meritagemed.com/erythritol/
It also kills mice and rats – they can’t belch…
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LOL, I just watched this. Turd brain trying to identify as a skater and fails at that as well.
What freeking nutcase though it was a good idea to put that thing out on the ice?
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In reply to kennycan.
My mistake. I didn’t understand what you wrote – a plan to stop election theft.
Trump cannot have a plan because there is none, beyond overwhelming support:
No one has one, because that would require that the republican party* actually and forcefully pass laws at the federal level to restrict how voting is conducted. The courts will rule it’s racist and the republicans will hide. Actually, they typically hide long before any court battles.
So, the only way to win an election now is to overwhelm the vote such that the cheating has to become clear and expose the cheaters*. Justices don’t like to be hung from lampposts and are more likely to allow the lawsuits when a lamppost is in view.
*or the cheating isn’t enough to change the result.
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In reply to Barry.
To be more specific: I don’t see how Trump plans to overcome the Vote Fraud that they used to Steal the 2020 Election.
Maybe he has one.
I sure as hell don’t think RDS has one and I sure as hell don’t see the Uniparty and GOPe faction cooperating with that plan if he does.
I really think voting is a sham now, but as I said, if anyone can overcome it would be Trump. After that? There’s no one on my radar and that includes RDS.
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I live about 3 hours north of Memphis, between St. Louis and Memphis. Back in the early 2000’s we had the Vice Lords trying to make a foothold. But the town is small enough they stood out and didn’t last long.
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Case # 4,728,972 of “Diversity Isn’t Anyone’s Strength”.
Apparently , Wakanda looks a lot like Zimbabwe. And Memphis.
This is my shocked face.
TPTB in Memphis made their bed. Now let them lie in it.
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Nuclear fear mongering. Nixon said fuck that and bombed Hanoi, effectively ending the Vietnam War.
Just to be clear, Putin is a murdering KGB thug, but I don’t support lifting a finger or sending a dime from a deeply corrupt US regime to a partner in crime, the Ukraine. Every time the russians are threatened, for any reason, they start spreading the talk of nukes. Fuck the russians.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/a_nuclear_world_war_iii_may_be_closer_than_you_think.html
Well, no, it’s not. It’s not any closer than every time before. But hey, the doomsday clock – “The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.”
When all else fails, trot out the doomsday clock for effect.
Doomsday Clock
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These are you neverTurmpers fellows:
“The latter’s advisory panel includes former acting CIA chief Michael Morell, former Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, former Hillary for America chair John Podesta, and onetime Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol.”
Elon Musk Drops Hammer over ‘Biggest Journalism Scam,’ Tells Media: ‘Retract Your Fake Stories’
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Just your every day DeSantis backer:
Biden Administration Funds Bush-Tied China Front Group
Bush. Spit.
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Funny how no Trans “Men” are playing in Men’s College or Professional Sports…
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Will Ferrell’s skating movie was hilarious.
I’m surprised he hasn’t been cancelled yet.
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We will know if these things are true if we suddenly find the story memory holed.
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“He has no Plan to stop them.
Frankly, I don’t think Trump does either…”
I’m assuming that is misstated. Clearly Trump has a plan, one that was working. It’s why they had to create the plandemic.
he may fail, but a plan he has.
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In reply to kennycan.
Trump is the ONLY choice if you want to TRY and stop the marxist left.
I don’t know what is in the heart of DeSantis. Maybe he’ll take the money, get elected then tell the money men to take a hike. Right, and I’m Superman.
The facts are quite clear. DeSantis is owned by the GOP which is owned by China. If you are not going to stop the chinese, something Trump was doing quite well without upsetting the entire system, then you’re worthless. DeSantis has no plan to do that, none. He throws out a plan to stop the chinaman from buying Florida farmland for only one reason, appearances. He’s trying to look tough on China when he’s owned by China.
Maybe he’ll cough up a plan to deal with the international problems we have, but I’ve yet to see it. What he’s doing in Florida, small potatoes. Good stuff maybe, but minor in the great scheme of things. And nothing Bush didn’t or wouldn’t have done.
If DeSantis really gave a damn about fixing this country he would be supporting Trump 100% as the rightful president and plan to run in 2028. But he’s not, and Trump is favored almost 2:1 over DeSantis by republicans. So what does that tell you? DeSantis thinks the fix is in. Just like he had / has nothing to say about the FBI raids on Mar a Lago. He knew it was coming and he thinks FBI raids are just fine, his one sentence objection be damned.
DeSantis is a government man. Yale then Harvard law, then JAG in the Navy. Worked a year or so as a federal prosecutor, then ran for office and he’s been a politician ever since. What part of that resume stinks? Every damn bit of it.
Government Man. I don’t want any more government men running this country. They are all bought.
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In reply to Barry.
DeSantis is doing good things in FL. But so did W in TX and Jeb in FL. They turned out to be as Swampy as their Dad, The CIA Guy.
Now RDS MIGHT be the Real Deal or he might be Swamp. IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER.
If he’s Swamp he either will roll over and Lose or even if he wins he’ll just go Left like W and leave the Country worse off than when he began.
If he’s the Real Deal he will not have the funding in 2024 to run against Trump and that means he will OWE the Swamp. Then even if he wins, and even if he then double crosses them, they will simply do to him what they did to Trump. He has no Plan to stop them.
Frankly, I don’t think Trump does either but if anybody can, Trump can.
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In reply to kennycan.
I’m with you there for the most part. I always liked Buchanan though, thought he had it right for the most part. Perot, I was and still am skeptical of. I still think his running was a personal vendetta against Bush. Now, perhaps it was a deserved one… In any event, Perot took as much or more support from Clinton IMO, such that Bush lost of his own accord.
I go back to Eisenhower’s words. He was right and everything since including Reagan has been freedom lost. Trump was, and is, trying to fix that. Sadly, that fact goes unrecognized by way too many people who just jump on the bandwagon of the next great savior. After all Trump “failed” to build the wall. He made bad personnel choices. He failed to win re-election**. And on and on.
So. if you feel the least bit guilty about not seeing the truth when you were younger, congratulate yourself for seeing it now because way too many experienced are blind to the fucking truth. I’m starting to think they have all sold out.
Pathetic. Trump didn’t fail, the GOP failed. Both houses, just appropriate the $$$ and the wall gets built. Trump isn’t a dictator. But Trump found a way to cut the illegal flow to the lowest it’s been since the 60’s, and he got Mexico to pay for it. The Mexicans put their Nat Guard on the border and stopped the flow cold, “remain in Mexico”. It worked. Credit Trump*.
Let’s be clear, a wall doesn’t stop anything if you do not man it. Had a physical barrier been built from Sea to Shining Sea, the corrupt dems and republicans would just knock holes in it and let them through. Like they are doing now.
**Most of what are considered bad personnel choices are ones he was forced into by McConnell and gang. Most of his choices that didn’t approval were damn good ones. A few were bad of course, just as happens to every president. I wonder what makes anyone think that GOPe/Bush/Rove/McConnell approved DeSantis is going to make better choices? Stupidity, that’s what. Or they sold out.
***The election was stolen, clearly. Trump actually did something significant in increasing his vote total substantially from the first election. Biden didn’t get 81 million votes, period. Trump’s take was probably even higher. But morons blame Trump for the stolen election. They need to look in the GD mirror to see who the responsible party is. We allow the election theft and we allowed it again two years later.
&&** are why I’m about fed up with the bullshit coming from many of the “bloggers”. Legal Insurrection is a fucking joke. Not one article about election theft/integrity. Mostly just antiTrump people left there. Quick, nothing but a hollowed out corpse with a small cheering crowd of mini me’s. it’s pathetic. I just about can’t stand to even read there anymore. These fuckers can’t even recognize the one person since Ike that had success, that was putting us back on the right path, not just slowing down the left a bit like Reagan. Faults, failures, of course. But the success is so much greater than any of that and is so soon forgotten/ignored that something else appears to be in play.
I’ll get off the damn soapbox for now. I may need medication before the day is over.
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His mistake was in immediately cucking with the “I’m not racist” bullshit.
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He and Ross Perot turned out to be way more correct than I gave them credit for at the time in 1992. I blame it in my relative youth. I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.
They were the ideological mentors at the time for Trump, who already had the foundations of his 2015 launched campaign built in 1992.
It is hard to believe too. They’re so different, at least on the surface. Trump is a brash New Yorker and a Boomer. Buchanan a product of the generation before that, more buttoned down but hardly shy in his opinions, but his delivery was different. He came across as a wise old man. To Perot’s detriment he came across as a drawling Texan caricature more akin to a Johnson from Blazing Saddles than a serious contender for POTUS.
Back then though, that’s what the Media could do. Take shallow, superficial aspects of a candidate and twist them into a Narrative. CNN had barely begun (and was already driving left) and there was no internet. Despite Talk Radio finally becoming an alternative news source, the Three Networks and the NY Times/WaPo stranglehold on “The News” was still very strong.
I should have been more skeptical about the GOPe back then, given what they did to Reagan, and what they were doing to his legacy (Read My Lips).
Ah well, at least I got schooled in the meantime.
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In reply to kennycan.
The period leading up to the election had nearly everyone dying from covid, even motorcycle accident victims…
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In reply to Barry.
And why even test for WuFlu? Who was checking? Who would penalize you for writing WuFlu when there wasn’t even a test.
Hospitals were prohibited from doing their moneymakers, namely diagnostic screening and non-emergency procedures such as plastic surgery…
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For Aesop:
“By government legislation, a subsidy was provided to them for Covid patients and Covid deaths, thus incentivizing medical institutions to classify everyone with a positive PCR test as a Covid case, regardless of what else was wrong with the patient.”
“Here is Dr. Birx saying that the government is recording anyone who dies with coronavirus in the United States, regardless of any other health issue, as a death from coronavirus.”
“Under the federal public-health emergency, which begins its fourth year on Friday, hospitals get a 20% bonus for treating Medicare patients diagnosed with Covid-19.”
“Another incentive to overcount comes from the American Rescue Plan of 2021, which authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay Covid-19 death benefits for funeral services, cremation, caskets, travel and a host of other expenses. The benefit is worth as much as $9,000 a person or $35,000 a family if multiple members die. By the end of 2022, FEMA had paid nearly $2.9 billion in Covid-19 death expenses.”
The Sovietization of Medical Care
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Trump is so misunderstood by people because they are, IMO, ignorant of what has been done to this country since Ike left office. Ike warned us of course, but we didn’t listen. Ike would be 100% on the side of President Trump.
1st, Sundance explains the economic restoration that Trump was working on, and working on successfully. It was taking off just before the virus scam was pushed to shut it down. They couldn’t have you find out how easy it was to create wealth if you just put America first.
Here’s Why the Big Club and People Managing Ron DeSantis Hate Donald Trump
2nd, for those that think Trump didn’t understand the deep state, that he didn’t understand how to make good choices – Hogwash, 100% hogwash. Trump knew exactly what was going on and who/how/when this country got hollowed out. He believed it could be fixed without a civil war. He’s right, or he would be if all the pussy’s in the world didn’t get upset over some tweet or abandon him because they fail to see the methods that produce the long term results. Too many people are short sighted. This is 6 years ago now. Listen to it, it only takes a few minutes.
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In reply to kennycan.
Absolutely correct. The left hates freedom and personal transport provides freedom in a massive way. They want to get rid of your ability to move at will, and they want you unarmed.
If you decide to get an electric vehicle, make sure you keep at least one gas one. Assuming they don’t outlaw gasoline production and sales… Which we know with 100% confidence they will try to do eventually.
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Yea, the racistVirus. It’s caused by white people. Everything bad is caused by white people.
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The plain truth is this.
They’re pushing All EVs because they know they will NEVER allow the required generating capacity to be built. Not even close.
They hope that they can destroy and/or outlaw conventional ICE engines before the SHTF of millions of expensive paperweights sitting in driveways because of rolling blackouts starts getting people seethingly angry.
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Teacher leads a class of perhaps 2nd grade kids in a rousing version of The Ramones (stay tuned for more rock and roll with The Ramones) song Sheena is a Punk Rocker.
The kids are having a blast singing along as the teacher plays guitar.
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I’m against it…
I like the part where he says he’s against Communism.
That should make some purple haired nose ringed teacher’s head explode.
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It’s magic that all five cops of the same race can be racist against themselves. Was it a bug going round?
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So, a mad intruder broke into your house. Somehow a 911 call is made (how the intruder broke into the SotH’s residence without triggering massive alarms is unbelievable. No I mean it. I don’t believe he broke in). So, you fix yourself a drink and when the cops arrive you open the door with drink in hand and say Hi!
I guess it took this long to get the Fake Bodycam footage shot to their liking and it STILL looks off. 😉
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Can someone summarize? From the screencap it looks like the video is hosted on either Facebook or TikTok, each of which is blocked on my computer.
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they’d be left entirely unable to speak at all
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
If you’re a city cop, quit.
But … muh pension!
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Is it significant that Frito-Lay is the first customer? Most of their shipments are going to be bulky but not heavy. A full semi-load of chips can’t weigh more than a couple tons, right? What is truck’s range when the gross vehicle weight is a full 80,000 pounds?
Also,
That jives with Tesla’s claim
Probably just ignorance on the part of the author and carelessness or absence on the part of the editor, but maybe a Freudian slip. “Jive” means “to bullshit”, close enough.
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The good news is, they can just keep building Harley’s the same way they always have when the electric bikes fail to sale. An electric bike for around town puttering might be OK. But no one that wants one of those gives a damn about it being a “Harley”.
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I’m out of give a damn’s. You reap what you sew, and the black folks in this country have created a climate that leads to this result.
If they riot and burn the damn city to the ground, I don’t care.
If they riot and destroy all the local grocery stores, I don’t care.
If they riot and destroy all the residences, I don’t care.
If you’re a city cop, quit. Get the fuck out of those places. Go find a job as a deputy sheriff out in the country somewhere.
The sooner the cops leave, the sooner the self destruction is complete. On the ashes perhaps something resembling civilization can be built.
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I dunno what was going on in that house, but whatever it was, was weird shit.
We’ll never know of course. I’m not sure I even want to know.
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In reply to kennycan.
We’ll see.
I’ll say it again. He will announce he is not running for reelection. That’s it.
Unless they can take out kamala and replace her with a new VP suitable to the cabal. But that means getting rid of the people they can control. They like having biden in place, that’s why they picked him. They don’t want someone that might act on their own.
Which is why the only issue is electability. Cheating or not, they don’t want to have to prop up someone that will make the cheating clear to the half that don’t know it.
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What’s also sad is that Insty laments that he is sick and dying while at the same time having not given him a link for a decade while pushing Ann Althouse and Hot Air and Ed Dripsicle Driscoll on us that whole time.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
More than most, he saw the Belly of the Beast from within the BBC and now Amazon.
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Clarkson’s Farm is an interesting show and I recommend watching it.
The sarcasm, irony and digs at government are more subtle than say UK Top Gear, but they’re more biting when you really catch them.
At least Clarkson is sounding the alarm. How many other famous show biz people are doing that?
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Here’s what I’m talking about.
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden Was Receiving Classified State Department Briefings on Regular Basis – Used to Promote Biden Family Business
As.people learn about this from their MSM trusted sources no matter how much spin is applied this is going to wake up a lot of non-Kool Aid drinkers.
If this keeps up Biteme will have to resign or get 25A or even impeached and removed.
We shall see. I still don’t think Biteme is President when the “Election” is held in 2024.
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In reply to Barry.
I think they’ve gone pas the point of no return.
Direct evidence out there that Hunter used this material to trade for his Board Seat is a Smoking Gun. There’s only one way Hunter could have gotten that information and it’s the same info found in Joe’s Garage (next to the Corvette).
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Clarkson knows very well who is behind it, but dare not say their name lest he REALLY be deleted!
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There’s only one response possible. Roger Daltrey on an endless loop:
Won’t Get Fooled Again – YouTube
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May Gerard’s transition from this life to what lies beyond be as easy and effortless for him as reading his essays was for all of us. He deserves no less, and we will all be that much the poorer at his passing.
And thank you, Grey Lady, for being a friend to him when it matters most.
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I’ll have to get the book, look forward to your review.
It’s not remotely possible for us, having lived in near total freedom, to understand what it was like growing up behind the Iron Curtain.
I’ll make a couple recommendations, both fiction, but are universally acclaimed, and my long ago Russian secretary* approved heartily.
1st, is Child 44, Tom Smith – an excellent portrayal of life behind the Iron Curtain
2nd, Russka: The Novel of Russia, Edward Rutherfurd – a history lesson from year zero.
Those are lesser known than Pasternak, Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn, but are there equal IMO.
Now for a Ukraine story. My first trip there, each day the factory would send us out for lunch, typically myself and my technician and 2-3 of the factory engineers. One day the plant engineer, a fellow roughly my age, 60ish at the time, asked if he could take me to lunch just the two of us. I accepted of course and off we went. He told me the story’s of growing up as a hostage. His #1 reason for inviting me by ourselves, he wanted to thank me for the Voice of America broadcasts. His father was an electrical engineer and they built their own shortwave receiver. At night they would go into the attic and listen to VOA and the BBC broadcasts, broadcasts that gave them hope. In spite of the fact that they were now free, he was afraid, afraid that someday the russians would be back.
*As in many years ago now. She and her husband escaped prior to the wall coming down.
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In reply to kennycan.
They don’t read the places you read. They get their news from people like Fox, and Fox was in on the steal. So, they have no idea. Every news source tells them the same thing.
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I don’t know of anything recent, but I know of dozens of stories similar among the police I have known. They are all retired now, and disgusted by what they see has occurred in the police force.
It’s a good story, one that was not uncommon in the past.
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In reply to Barry.
If after 2020 and 2022 they don’t see it then they’re willfully blind.
Which means they’ll never see it. Because they don’t want to see it.
If it profit a person not to see something they won’t see it.
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In reply to kennycan.
They are not trying to make it go away. They are just making sure biden doesn’t run again. He can’t be prosecuted for the crimes while president. They make a deal, no run, no prosecution. Done.
OTOH, they may charge him with a crime so they can charge Trump with the same. And that will still sweep biden aside. The D’s will say that biden under indictment is not eligible for the D nomination.
And the republicans can do the same thing. It just won’t work for the R party as it will destroy what’s left of it.
We’re beating a dead horse now. we’ll know soon enough if biden is stepping aside or if he announces he’s not running again.
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In reply to kennycan.
50% of this country doesn’t think the elections are rigged even if there is some corruption. That’s the reality. “They” don’t want it to get worse or people might stop cooperating. They are not trying to hide it from you and me.
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In reply to Barry.
So, how do they make it go away.
Here is the latest: Hunter was passign Archer info that could have only have come from Top Secret Documents Biteme had as VP held in his garage.
That’s coming out and that is Real Bad for Biteme.
It’s not something that can be revealed and then memory Holed.
And THE Dems are releasing the info and the MSM is NOT trying to hide it.
Report on the Biden Laptop (marcopolousa.org)
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In reply to Barry.
Kamel Humps has been known to them for at least a decade. They knew what they were getting.
Biteme is dumb as a rock, fucks everything up, and is now Demented to boot.
Yet they chose him.
Dumb and Obedient is a Feature.
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In reply to kennycan.
“But they are DEFINITELY trying to get rid of him now…”
The question is the timing. You believe it to be any day now, with kamala being the new president and the 2024 nominee.
I think they are just setting up the biden announcement he will not seek reelection. And that will nix any chance of the black vagina becoming president. She can run, but the result will be the same as before.
We should know soon enough which way it goes.
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In reply to Barry.
I really did think they’d get him gone sooner. I was wrong (see how easy that is Aesop?).
But they are DEFINITELY trying to get rid of him now, so I guess the 10 years thing is probable.
And 10 years would only work if the VP was the nominee in 2024 because there is no way of getting around her ascending to the Presidency if Joe is gone.
PLUS, they’ve taken the chance that Biteme didn’t croak from the Dementia 3 days into Office or fall down the stairs and croak.
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In reply to kennycan.
Voting is still required to look legitimate. You and I are in the bubble of people that know it’s not. But that is a very small bubble in an ocean of ignorance.
You are missing this point. They need to maintain the fiction that voting is legitimate and they cannot do that if the cheating has to be massive, which is what will happen if they run someone even dumber than biden.
So, my opinion is that they do not want either of the current dopes in office.
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In reply to kennycan.
I’m the one that predicted that, long before it was apparent to anyone else.
Of course the fix was in. Nowhere have I said it wasn’t, just like the fix was in to reject kamala.
“OK, now explain why she had to drop out of the democrat primary before there was even a primary held?”
No answer. Yes the “fix” was in. What changed that they didn’t want kamala and now they do?
I’m saying they* no more want kamala as the nominee now than they did before. You were all saying that Joe would be gone in a month or two and kamala would be the pres, and that was two years ago. Didn’t happen then, and I don’t think it will happen now. Of course I could be wrong, but I have a proven record of calling this one correctly.
*whoever the hell “they” is.
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In reply to Barry.
How many times did Joetato drop out with no support in Primaries.
Nobody liked him. He came in 3rd and 4th in the early Primaries.
Yet, THERE he is.
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In reply to Barry.
There is no way of voting ourselves out of something we didn’t vote our way into in the first place.
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In reply to Barry.
The fix was in for Joetato. Oh and the Bern was the truly popular Dem and he “lost”.
The Dems don’t run their Primaries based on votes either.
If Biteme is forced out she will be Not The President and she will get the Nomination and Win in 2024.
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Nice storm on Hatteras Island tonight. Winds gusting to 40mph, rain, lightning. I’m under the little symbol for Hwy 12 you see in the picture, the top of the circle 🙂
More coming…
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In reply to kennycan.
OK, now explain why she had to drop out of the democrat primary before there was even a primary held?
You’re ignoring what I have stated. Sure they will cheat, but they don’t want it to be obvious to the people that it’s not currently obvious to.
Well, we’ll see. One thing is absolutely certain, my kamala/biden predictions have been correct to date. I said she would drop out before the first primary was held and she did. I said biden would be the nominee and he was.
IIRC, you, along with a lot of others, predicted biden would be gone in a month or 3 post inauguration and kamala would take over. I said no way.
Biden will not be the nominee this election, and neither will the dumber/than/biden/bitch. But I don’t think biden will be removed and that witch elevated. Just my opinion, which has been correct so far.
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In reply to Barry.
You keep thinking she has to get votes.
That everyone despises her is better for them. Then she gets a the vitriol and no one pays attention to what they’re really doing. That’s the point. To be a lightning rod, but that no one can really say anything about because they’d be Rayciss and Misogynist.
TINVOOWOOT. It means Voting, and hence popularity, is irrelevant now.
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In reply to Barry.
Of course, there is always the possibility ole slow demented and corrupt Joe kicks the bucket of natural causes.
Which none of us will believe.
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“Why NOT President.”
Because everybody despises the bitch, even the democrats. She is about the only person that can make biden look cognitively capable.
She gets criticized now. As president it would be non stop.
But none of that matters one bit. It’s the cheating required that sinks the semi-black vagina. They couldn’t even get her to the first democrat primary…
My opinion anyway.
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In reply to Barry.
Hey look, the pussy is back with his tiny dick pressing the downvote. Bet he smugly thinks to herself “that’ll show ’em”.
Chickenshit
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Why NOT President. The Black Vagina that can’t be criticized. She’s 0bamam Teflon with an Extra Female Card thrown in.
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What a shocker! Apparently there is corruption in the Ukraine!
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-rocked-corruption-scandal-wave-top-official-resignations-sports-cars-mansions
As Trump knew, the democrat party and 75% of the republicans are in bed with them.
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Only someone lacking the most rudimentary understanding of the American political landscape would be surprised by the immediate about-face by the GOP majority in the House.
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I can’t tell you what went into the decision to put her in the VP slot, but it’s probably a payoff to the black groups and required to get them to go along with the potato.
But president? I don’t think so. If she inherits the position there is no way they can have her not run for election. And that’s a loser for them because the amount of cheating that will be required is astronomical.
My opinion anyway. And, everyone kept telling me the opposite, that Joe would be gone in the first few months and vagina would take over. I said no way that happens and it didn’t. I also said she wouldn’t make it to the first primary in spite of the prediction she was going to be the D nominee. I was right about that one.
OTOH, I never saw the VP slot coming.
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In reply to kennycan.
A majority didn’t want FJB, back in Nov 2020, yet there he is.
The puppeteers apparently wanted the geezer and the whore, for whatever reason, and ensured that they were put in place. “The will of the people” had almost nothing to do with it.
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I have a suitable response to that strategy:
Raconteur Report: “It’s A Major Award”
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Millenials and younger just aren’t into “insert whatever“.
Go to any SCCA race and see who is driving the cars. They are mostly people like me or a few years younger. The younger generation just doesn’t aspire to being racers like when I was a kid. I started racing cars at age 20*. Most of the younger drivers now started in karts at age 4 – 8, but there are not many of them.
Same thing in flying, fewer and fewer younger guys. I started at age 18 and there were several of us flying sailplanes. Most of the youth I see flying now are the sons of older pilots.
I blame video games that allow a person to sit and experience something.
Sports Car Club of America
*the year I turned 20 they changed the minimum age from 21 to 18, now you will see the occasional 16 year old that graduates from karts and are usually pretty good and well funded by Mom and Dad
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In reply to Barry.
People keep saying they don’t want her and yet…there she still is.
If they didn’t want her why did they pick her in the first place?
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In reply to kennycan.
Personally, I think they don’t want the black dumbo as president. So, whatever happens is for the election, not for the short term if I’m right. Re-electing the potato brain requires too much cheating which becomes too obvious.
Who will be the marxist nominee?
I really have no idea. Newsom is as good a guess as any. Any fresh puppet will do.
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In reply to Himself.
BTW, Harley’s problem is that while they have a fiercly loyal customer base (which for whatever reason, they want to screw), Millenials and younger just aren’t into bikes. Back in the day, it was the cheapest way to get some wheels. I know it was for me. I went years with only a bike. Eric Peters has done some great pieces on this.
The problem is culture, and cost of entry. And a fat expensive electric bike isn’t going to solve that.https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2019/12/24/reader-question-is-motorcycle-culture-dying-too/
The Electric Suicide of Harley-Davidson
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Sad to see a storied company commit seppuku.
Never been a Harley guy, especially after what they did to Buell. They bought Buell to attract a new set of riders, because their long term problem is their customer base dying off. They poached the R&D for the new Buell motor for the V-Rod and made it to stupid and heavy to work in anything other than a fat chunk of pig-iron. Buell had to go to rotax (I think) for their new model. Then they dumped them. Total corporate plundering.
Interestingly, they dumped Buell saying their riders wanted the traditional harleys. That seems to be a lesson forgotten.
Funny story; I had nothing to do on a Saturday in the fall, so I rode (my FZ1) up to the Harley dealer to size up the new Buell. I was a minor celebrity, since no one else had ridden there. It was all posers shopping in the clothing section.
I looked at a few bikes. I remember sitting on a V-Rod and the sales dude asked what I thought. I said it didn’t seem like as big a chick big as I thought, even though that’s the only people I’ve ever seen ride it.
Yesterday, while I was walking I happened upon a kid pushing his electric minibike. It apparently had fuckall for charge. A real buzzkiller, having to push your bike back home.
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PS Another sure sign Joetato is toast. The “Minder” is getting repositioned and an interim “Minder” is brought in until Kamel Humps the Black Vagina ascends to the Throne. Zients is sort of the Regent now and this is the Interregnum as they allow the scandal that is Biteme Crime Family slowly unfold.
Frankly I really thought they’d “Assassinate” him instead. Perhaps give him Martyr status.
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Klain was never in charge either. Whomever fired him is working for the person who works for the person who is really in charge.
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It was the Fraud stupid.
The GOPe merely pretends to chase the basketball around until Curly Neal simply dribbles circles around them and then races to the basket for the slam dunk.
The Washington Turncoats vs the DC Globalist Trotters.
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In reply to Mike.
I see how that is balancing the crank, but I’m missing how it counteracts the uneven firing. I’ll have to investigate further, might be something to learn here.
I may not be asking the right question…
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In reply to Skeptic.
Gotcha. I don’t know anything about the B engines, but a counterbalance shaft would be the way to do it.
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Not to worry, our far Eastern cohorts have brilliantly reverse-engineered them: https://youtu.be/mSzk5iz726E?t=1205
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In reply to Skeptic.
The way we used to do it on the pre-Twin Cam and Milwaukee Eight motors was to drill reliefs in the meaty section along the outer edge of the flywheels, as shown here. I have no experience of anything past the Evos, never have worked on those. They’d have to be a lot roomier than the older motors, though, there ain’t enough space in the old cases to hang counterweights off of anything.
I’ve always said that the Evos were the best motors Harley ever did make, or ever will make, and still be a honest-to-God HD motor. Got no interest at all in the latter day types, although I do know people that run ’em, and swear by ’em. I will allow that the inject-oil-onto-the-piston-skirts idea they implemented on the Twin Cams was a great one, however.
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In reply to Barry.
The B engines have two separate counterbalance shafts, like some Japanese engines use. It is possible to balance a regular Harley engine with balance weight, or at least reasonably balance it.
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Alcohol may have been involved 🙂
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/woman-hits-north-carolina-customers-with-car-after-being-denied-entry-police-say/
We used to drive right through the middle of Spring Hope, NC before the bypass was built. Nice small town. Just don’t mess with the women…
Gotta love the part where it states they are not cooperating with the police…
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In reply to kennycan.
And “unknown cause” is through the roof it appears.
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Wrote my ideas about this at the end of the post. https://rau-tng.blogspot.com/2023/01/end-of-january-roundup.html
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In reply to Barry.
I’ve been waiting for actual numbers of the Vaxxes and heart issues. Here’s one now:
Australia: Death by Heart Attack Surges by 17% in 2022 – What Changed?
Heart attacks up 17% in 2022.
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In reply to Mike.
How is the unbalanced firing order counter balanced?
Is it crankshaft counter balance weights?
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He’s no dummy, or at least I didn’t think he was. If he truly believes he used “analytics” to decide the notVax was the right choice, then he’s an idiot. If he just went along with others, he’s an idiot. And if not that the only thing left is he is bought and paid for.
The why is the question. More and more I fear the shit they have injected into people has an evil purpose, not just poor and accidental results, not just rushed because we have to do something, not even because it makes a lot of money. But pure evil intent.
I don’t believe the “elites” took any of the shit.
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They tried the terrorism bit on my “defenseless” small Indiana town back in June of 2020. It didn’t go well for them. I blogged it here: This Should Be…Interesting (ANTIFA Comes to the Countryside) – Daily Pundit
Here’s a pull from the local FB page comments:
No one seems to mention all the camo idiots across the street, standing there glaring at the protestors with their big guns. That was the trouble waiting to happen.
There are a lot of such “idiots” out here in the “defenseless” boonies. And we are trouble waiting to happen…for any wannabe commie shock troops who care to come calling.
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Seems like CYA here although he at least admits he got it wrong.
So yeah. CYA for what?
Because, as you say, there were no analytics to assess released on the Vaxxes. You were supposed to take their word for it, shut up and submit.
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In 2020, BLM thought they’d be cute and shut down the main state road through my small rural eastern Kommiecticut town with a scheduled parade on a weekday during the evening commute. That road is the feeder road to many towns to the east as well. Problem was, a parade permit was required from CT State Police and it was flatly denied. They then decided they were going to demonstrate in the library parking lot. In the wee hours of the morning on demonstration day, local farmers showed up with loaded manure spreaders and paved the parking lot with bovine excrement 6 inches deep. DPW and the FD were called in to clean it up and hose it down, but the smell remained and the message was delivered. The “protest” ended up being some hippy types banging drums on the library lawn until they were heckled away.
You want to come to my town and be violent? Puh-leeeze!
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Isn’t it a pity time only runs in one direction? But let’s save the pity for Americans who’ve been forced out of their homes by job loss — or unaffordable energy bills. For my part, I want to see some hangings.
“Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard’s name.” — Scottish proverb
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Hey, for them, it’s TRUE. Until someone proves it isn’t.
Then “Law Enforcement” will show up and destroy anyone who dared prove it wasn’t true!
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Funny papers stuff.
Maybe it’s a 12 year old snorting glue.
“Defenseless” – That’s hilarious.
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In reply to Skeptic.
True, dat. Hell, I’ve done it myself. It’s a right pain in the ass, but it for sure can be done, and usually is on hi-po, big-inch motors.
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Know the part I like best of all, Steve? This cockholster’s blind-ass assumption that, without many cops or firefighters around, country folks are therefore “defenseless.”
Uhhh HUH. If you say so, pal.
I’m in Rock Hill, not even all that far from Charlotte, and I don’t know a soul out here by me that doesn’t have at least one AR and five to ten pistols of some caliber or other. Hell, my old boss out in Cherryville has no fewer than 14 AKs at last count. And that’s just SOME of the rifles he has on hand, along with the handguns.
He tells me that, after moving out to C-ville, he hooked up with some militia fellas out that way who he says are deadly serious boys, not just playing soldier; to get in, you have to be either a cop or a combat vet, preferably USMC. They run live-fire drills every other weekend as but one part of their regular training regimen.
Prog-boy ever actually DOES drag his pansy ass out to the country and try to stir anything up, instead of just popping off on the internet about doing it, he’s gonna get himself a schooling he will NOT enjoy, and that’s a fact. He’ll never forget it either, for the rest of whatever might remain of his tragically-truncated life.
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Not impossible to counterbalance. I’ve ridden a Softail with the B engine and it was remarkably smooth.
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Do you remember the DC Sniper attacks about 20 years ago? Take a look at where the pair made their attacks. Take a look at where they stayed away from. Maybe, just maybe, someone who isn’t all mouth has a better idea of the perils that await one away from the cities.
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It’s sad to see comments like that sometimes.
A real call for help couched in woke jabberwocky language.
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It is truly amazing how stupid a CEO can be. If you are the CEO of Harley Davidson you should have at least a passing acquaintance with your market. You should know to keep your mouth shut rather than utter complete nonsense.
And when you don’t know a damn thing and open up your big mouth anyway the board should fire your sorry ass. So, if the CEO is still there it means the board is as screwed up as he is.
Sad.
The air cooled VW also had an ignition retarded on one cylinder because it got less air flow and ran hot. 10d retarded as I recall. Same for the 356 Porsche with the same basic engine.
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“All of my fancy analytics got me to a bad place,” he said.
“All of your heuristics…”
Hogwash for the Dilbert man. Analytics were ignored by Dilbert and all the “Top Men”. We know how virus’s work and we know what effective vaccines do to counter them. Our government didn’t do anything right, by design. And a “vaccine” that never tested well in any trial on animals, and whose human trial results had to be hidden, failed any and all analytical research.
Dilbert and his buddy’s pushed a bad medicine, the only question is why.
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Oh and yes, deadname. Because that person that exists in the heads of others concerning us, is dead. The name reminds us of everything that we hated about our past. To use it when speaking to us, means you reject who we are and demand we return to who you require us to be.
Even now, people that have known me for decades, and who that I transitioned, don’t know that name and to the extent possible in our technological age, it is unrecoverable. My best friend, when I told him of my plans, said, “you are dead to me”. So be it. Consider it done.
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Wow, accuracy on two different points:
According to Reuters, the number of new diagnoses of gender dysphoria for children aged 6 to 17 nearly tripled from 2017 to 2021.
There’s no good scientific explanation for the explosion.
Nope, but there’s damned sure a societal one, a cultural one.
Absolutely correct and the medical communities complete abdication of their responsibilities has made it into a life and death one. The thousands of kids, mindlessly supported by the therapists and surgeons are damaged for life.
The “T” was always the relatively sleepy end of LGBT, and didn’t ostensibly have much in common with the other three-quarters of the acronym.
Once the T represented transsexual, those of us with the internal identity at odds with the chromosomal reality. Then, it morphed into “transgender” and lost all meaning except to those that didn’t want to fit into any sociological category of the majority. Transvestites became transgender; drag queens became transgender; the non-binary (as recent as that aforementioned explosion) became transgender. But the transsexual, became persona-non-grata in the LGB”T” movement. The transgender DID have a lot in common with the rest though – they were happy with their body, they just didn’t conform to the majority.
The backlash against the transgender is beginning and it will cause damage to the few in the real community of transsex people – but if it puts to bed the idea of ‘transgender’, it will be worth it.
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Perhaps I should buy an existing Harley classic. Should be going up in value.
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Oh, I got quite good with P-shop, having snagged my first bootleg copy of PS2, I believe it was, back in 1998, from a close friend of mine who worked for Ted Turner at CNN. The old iMac has the entire Creative Suite on it, a legit licensed copy my boss at A&I got me. Version 6, that is.
After working with it for many years for everything under the sun, including some spoof-up pics of friends and relatives I did for laughs, I’ve learned my around P-shop pretty danged thoroughly.
Illy, eh, not so much. I just don’t get the vector-art stuff, although I can at least functionally minimally in it, since it was an absolutely non-negotiable requirement for producing the camera-ready cover artwork for Skin Art, Tattoo Review, Outlaw Biker, and all the other mags put up by A&I until the owner killed off the whole danged company.
But yeah, even at the GIMPs website they have a section dedicated to explaining why they aren’t P-shop, and really have no interest in trying to be.
That said, I did some poking around last night and found a few tutorials explaining how to put a stroke around text (one of the tricks I’ve relied heavily on over the years), how to create a much more P-shop-looking drop shadow, how to manipulate layer masks properly, &c. I’ll get there with the GIMP, maybe, provided I live long enough.
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He should find a modern footies pajama boy with the cocoa and superimpose the Biteme clueless face on that.
Caption:
The Tree of Woke is Water That Floats My Marshmallows in Cocoa, Comrade.
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In reply to Aesop.
The north vietnamese never won a battle. Not one.
The war was over. The democrats decided to give it away by withholding financial support from the south.
You said “…and they kicked Uncle’s troops dafuq outta A-stan without much trouble.”
That is not the case, not at all. The flag flying has nothing to do with it. We didn’t go there to take over. We always planned to leave. If you wish to know what it looks like to get your ass kicked go talk to the russians. They know.
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In reply to Aesop.
We defeated the VC and NVA too. Bombed them and shut their supply lines and made them sue for Peace. A Stalemate like Korea.
The same exact thing happened though. The Dems got in charge after the Coup on Nixon and pulled our Naval and Air Support back and defunded the SVA.
Do you really think the NVA could launch a conventional invasion if they were opposed by US Air and Naval Power?
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Biteme was chosen for this very reason. So when they deliberately fuck up everything for America he’s the fall guy. Then they gaslight us that everything is fine now that Kamel Humps is in charge and they Steal it for her in 2024.
Failure, for America, is The Plan™
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Looks fine to me, but I’m no expert on graphic design and such. (As can be deduced from the images that I create. Some have a good concept but the execution rarely rises above meh.)
re Photoshop v The GIMP, I’ve been told that they’re pretty well equivalent in terms of capability but that they are so different in implementation — not only menu arrangement and terms for things but the fundamental concept of how images are built — that it’s almost impossible for one person to know and use them both well. I wouldn’t know; I can use the GIMP well enough to do what I need but have never used PS.
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In reply to kennycan.
Jesus on a Stick, even when they tell you they were lying you stick to your delusions.
It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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In reply to Barry.
We said that in Vietnam too.
So, in each case, whose flag is flying over the capitol these days?
QED
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Buzz’s doctor: “Buzz, do you realize at this age, sex with your new wife could be fatal?”
Buzz: “Well Doc, if that happens, I’d just have to get another wife!”
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Married for the 4th time at 93?? Yikes! But maybe at my age (64), there’s hope for me yet…or not, Idk. Maybe after 2 divorces, marriage is better left to fools who still believe forever after.
BahHumbug
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Everything China Pedo Joe has done from day 1 has been a major fuck up, proving what his former boss Obummer said, “Never underestimate Joe’s ability to fuck things up.”
Little did we know just how badly he could destroy everything he touches. I was never a big fan of Kevin McCarthy, but I’m glad he’s speaker and no longer that old drunkard Pelosi anymore, and that republicans are in charge and holding him to his word. The next 2 years should be very interesting….I hope anyway. Stock up on popcorn and stay tuned kids!
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Dude! Superimposing Biden over Thomas Jefferson’s face? What were you thinking??
On the other hand, you did a better job photoshopping than I would have, so there’s that.
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In reply to kennycan.
I don’t think VDH was ever a neverTrump. My recollection is that he broke with the morons at “national review” and while not a big supporter at the time, not a hater either.
He certainly seemed to warm up to Trump as time went by.
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VDH knows the fix is in. He’s trying to rehabilitate himself.
I don’t trust anyone who went NeverTrump. Even if they backed off they are still suspect.
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An American hero in many ways.
Not the last one though, not the last one.
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You know what has to be the ultimate nightmare. Having to go through Paul Pelosi’s underwear drawer.
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If that piece of property was to remain woods, I rather doubt the dwellers would have been ousted.
But since it was to be developed as a police training center…
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Yes, Virginia, there really are a lot of dumb-asses in North Carolina.
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/city-of-greensboro-plans-to-be-car-optional-by-2040/
It’s bullshit of course. 100F in mid summer and these absolute fools believe the Greensboro citizens are going to walk and bike…
I was born in Greensboro. We had cars then, we’ll have cars when I’m gone. What needs to be eliminated are tyrants and the people that support them.
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In reply to kennycan.
There is a way out. Short of a civil war it requires a leader to unite Americans against the crooked cabal in DC. I’m not sure it’s the presidential level. I think it better if a large block of states say no and stop sending the feds our money. That is what started the last civil war, not slavery. The South paid all the $$$ into the federal budget (almost 85% and got back a paltry 15% or so), so it may trigger another war. But I don’t really think so. In spite of the angst over our military I don’t see them (most anyway) going against other Americans.
I’m not expecting it. We have damn few uncorrupted leaders at the state levels. So yea, “we are going to get screwed“.
Until the shooting begins anyway.
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In reply to Barry.
Hard to argue with that.
Unfortunately the US is not ruled by Americans anymore.
So, especially on Foreign Policy, we are going to get screwed.
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In reply to kennycan.
Elsewhere I have said that the CCP intends to take Taiwan without a war – they have been trying to create fear and moving in that way. So I agree with you in that sense.
I also know it’s not possible for china to take Taiwan without destroying Taiwan. The destruction of Taiwan doesn’t save face for the chinaman, so that’s not the plan.
This was meant to lead up to my desire for international US political stance:
The Monroe Doctrine stands. Stay the fuck out of this hemisphere.
Freedom and Liberty are first. Freedom is of such high value that anyone that truly desires it, is willing to fight for it, spends $$$ for the defense of it, should receive our help with a nuclear umbrella. Any move upon any free country aligned with us will result in nuclear destruction for the invaders. We may have other interests in countries that are not free, such as Saudi Arabia, but that’s not the same thing. They receive help on a case by case basis, what is in our interests. Freedom is always in our interest wherever it is found. Free people are, or should be, our allies.
Foreign aid consists of small arms and ammunition dropped into countries ruled by commies and dictators. Let the people in those countries sort it out. Imagine 10 million AR-15’s dropped into the middle of Iran. It’s one hell of a lot cheaper than anything else we do, and it will be 1000 times as effective.
We, Americans, are not free until we clean up our own house of the corrupt cabal in power. We’re not slaves either, not yet. We need to clean up our own mess.
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In reply to Barry.
The “Invasion of Taiwan” talk is misdirection.
They’re already engaged, for more than a decade, in asymmetric warfare and have a seat at the Joetato table. Count on it. WuFlu being sent from there meant they were in on The Steal and they sure as hell expect to be paid.
Why invade Taiwan when the long game is for the US to accede slowly to a Taiwan being sucked in without firing a shot. It might take a decade or so, but it’s doable the longer they have Their Man in DC.
Anyway, too much is made of The PRC desiring Taiwan. Sure, it’s a Face thing, but I think they have larger goals, and once again, have been pursuing them through asymmetric warfare rather than the conventional kind.
The more I look back with hindsight, the more I realize that our Deep State coddled the PRC when the Soviets fell and Deng was really just Deep State. The Plan being that the PRC would pick up the mantle of Communism from the Soviets, but they needed to fight the US in a more strategic way than the Soviets had done.
Recall also that HW Bush is Deep State and CIA and BJ Clinton, and his Crooked Partner in Crime who studied Alinksy (Her Hero), were sleeper Communists as well.
Commies do play the Long Game. We misunderestimate them at our peril. Not the stupid Useful Idiots at the street level or bureaucratic functionary level, but the real leaders of the Movement.
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If you want to know what the other side is doing you have to get inside. That requires some skillz.
I have no doubts that Elon Musk was there over the years and saw what they were up to first hand.
Imagine how bad the inside, private conversations are if they are willing to release to the public such garbage as The Great Reset.
We need people on our side to be resourceful and show some guile.
That is why Trump kept donating to Dems and mingling/socializing with them. Sure, it was to his own benefit to do so, but I have no doubt he was also keeping an eye on them. Since the 90s, if not earlier, he has thought about running for POTUS. He always said he would only run if he thought the Country really needed him.
Well, something during the 0 years must have triggered that feeling because he ran.
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As much as I despise the whole biden cabal –
The Taliban got their asses kicked in every way. In fact they were so frightened of what Trump would do they pretty much just settled down.
From the moment a handful of Americans showed up on horseback the talibums were on the run.
They didn’t kick us out of anything. The biden cabal chose to help them create chaos and murder people while withdrawing our remaining forces from a “war” that had long been over.
Unlike every other power that ever invaded Afghanistan and got buried, we never had a desire to own the place or run the place and were always going to leave. It was a complete military success.
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Last I looked, the Taliban didn’t have any of those F-15s, and they kicked Uncle’s troops dafuq outta A-stan without much trouble.
Joe should keep up with current events, and stop re-reading his veep press releases from 2010. His full-blown Alzheimer’s is really a bitch, huh?
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Don’t you just love the discussions of China invading Taiwan?
As I have mentioned, China doesn’t have the capability to conduct an invasion of a Taiwan determined to remain free.
But notice a simple solution that is missing. We nuke Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. Five cities, five nukes. That’s right after the Three Gorges Dam is nuked and blown wide ass open. So, make it six nukes.
China is a destroyed and smoking pile of wet rubble in <30 minutes. Just one, count that, one US submarine using one or two Trident II D5 missiles of it’s 20 on board (SALT limit, has 24 tubes), each carrying 8 (Salt limit, could be 12) reentry vehicles with W88 475kt yield nuclear warheads will do the job very nicely. The Hiroshima nuke was 21Kt yield. 475 / 21 = 23 times the destructive force per warhead.
So, one sub (we have 14 of the Ohio class boomers) parked off the coast of China (we likely have 3 – 4 parked there all the time) could deliver 20 missiles x 8 W88 475 Kt warheads, should we have a mind to do so.
Do you think the chinese would invade Taiwan if they were told the simple truth, that any invasion of Taiwan will result in not one single American serviceman killed in any ground action? Rather, we will just push the buttons and unleash hell. We have nuclear weapons for a reason.
But, but Barry, the chinese will nuke us back! No, because they will not invade Taiwan triggering the nuclear event to start with. They are not stupid and desire to continue living.
I’m for freedom above all. That’s freedom for everyone that desires it. The Taiwanese have proven they will be free. The fucking brits sold Hong Kong into chinese slavery. The Brits have nuclear equipped boomers with our missiles and warheads, but are too feckless and pussy’s to use them as the top threat. Don’t be british pussies.
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In reply to kennycan.
Frankly, if you have to be “careful”, and not tell the truth you’re worthless. None of these people are hurting, they could all retire today.
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Maria is willing to get right up to that edge. I don’t think she’s bought. So will Varney.
No one goes past that line. Tucker is probably closest though. If he crosses it at times it’s because his ratings are sky high. The others have to be careful.
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In reply to kennycan.
Myself, I think Bartiromo is bought. Cavuto is for sure. Varney is probably OK, and Kudlow is fine, IMO.
All are subject to getting fired if they go to far, and as you say, they would be gone but Faux doesn’t want a complete collapse.
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In reply to Himself.
The old Modified Limited Hangout coming into play.
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In reply to Barry.
I only watch Fox Business in the morning and occasionally in the afternoon. But not Cavuto, the POS traitor.
Varney, Bartiromo, Kudlow and Tucker are the only ones tolerable there (as well as the afternoon hosts Payne and Clayman. But they stick to markets mostly).
I’m surprised those 4 haven’t been purged by now, but I guess that would cost Fox much of their audience.
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The left loves to crow about ‘Emmet Till’ injustice. Yet by denigrating professional law enforcement, that’s what we’ll get. Neighborhood watch groups will go armed, Subdivisions will hire private security, and you may see mob style protection rackets.
Dindu wanders into the wrong neighborhood and is never seen again. I’ll say one thing for the mob, they didn’t tolerate this stuff on their turf back in the day.
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In reply to Aesop.
She was in on it from the get go, an unoffical mouthpiece for the inner party on this matter. She was the Squealer in that particular animal farm. You better belive that in her role at CNN she was given the sheet music for the songs she sang. And the tunes she’s singing now are 180 degrees from the ones she was singing then.
As Bugs Bunny said – “Oh Brudder, I gotta save me bread and butter” (That was the episode where he was the mascot to a golden boy wrestler FWIW)
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I work for a big rainbowcorp where the CEO has gadflys on company wide web sessions, and he chats with them like a big white Oprah. He had her on one of them where she straight up lied. She towed the party line well after others started fessing up and it was apparent we were suckered.
This is damage control. The plan A was to crow about amnesty for lying cnts like her. That fell with a thud. Plan B, fess up a little to deflect blame from you. It was them, I was fed bad info.
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Guess I’ll have to break my boycott of Fox news including Carlson:
Tucker Compares Biden to Nixon . . . But Not in the Way You Might Think
I have no idea how Carlson can report this, in this way, and not touch the most obvious recent corruption, stolen elections. In particular, and the reason I stopped watching Faux news, the presidential coup that took place in 2020.
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In reply to Aesop.
Jesus on a Stick, even when they tell you they were lying you stick to your delusions.
At least many of the people Skeptic rightly excoriates have given up on the damned Narrative, regardless of whether they admitted they got it wrong or not.
You just can’t let go and admit you were wrong even when they TELL YOU straight up you were wrong and they were lying.
The comorbidities are well known and only about 8% had no other comorbidities and most had 2 or more.
THAT is, and has been, well documented from the early stages.
Posted on 9/2/2020. https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/81293/cdc-finds-that-94-of-us-covid-19-deaths-include-comorbid-factors
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Like you said though. It’s all Funny Money and a chimera.
The Bill will be paid when the Gods Of The Copybook Headings returns…
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“Priority No. 1: Take Out the Bureaucracy”
100%. All of them. Hire replacements at the rate of around 10% since that’s all that is required for the amount of actual work that gets done.
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In reply to Aesop.
“Verysmall potatoes”
As in smaller than the eye of the potato. Way smaller. Molecular scale small.
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In reply to Aesop.
She was lying then, she’s lying now. But now the lies are closer to the truth in order to cover for the outright fraud she participated in.
The CDC lie’s about everything. The CDC is part of the scam. The CDC is corrupt in everything they do.
Change your mind? You bought into the planned scam hook, line, and sinker. We don’t try to change your mind, we just tell the truth. Truth based on the actual facts, truth that anyone reasonably intelligent and willing to admit they got something wrong can plainly see.
Some of us have been right from the first few weeks. The only thing I had wrong was the immediate economic impact and the personal economic impact. Turns out the economic impact was muted by printing dollars, but it will still be paid. And the personal impact, my customers business is booming, so mine is as well. Vacation homes on the then closed Hatteras Island? Booming business at 25-40% rate increases from the moment they reopened the island, and occupancy at 100%. Yea, I missed that one.
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In reply to Barry.
True, and it made no sense to those of us who can do math.
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Upon which this civilization is built and the alignment values that led to it.
That should read enlightenment.
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Disallowing unionization of federal employees would be a good first step.
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This is only the beginning. Statist governors nationwide will soon find it happening in their satrapies. The ones who’ve made a cause celebre out of banning firearms will find themselves in a cleft stick, as armed private citizens do the job the cops have openly stated that they will not do. (“Too risky!”) Let such events pass without comment? Makes a mockery of “the rule of law.” Prosecute those armed heroes for defending themselves and others? Impolitic.
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Let’s grant the premise, arguendo.
And her facts and data for these assertions is from who, exactly?
Unless the CDC was keeping two sets of books, and she’s got her hands on the secret set, she’s launching this from her ass into her underpants, then mining that to fingerpaint.
The proof of her assertions is composed of unicorn farts and Bigfoot hairs woven by elves and fairies.
Bitcoin, chemtrails, and global warmism have firmer foundations.
Change my mind.
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In reply to Barry.
‘Zackly.
Let me know who KBR sends campaign donations to, going forward.
And how much.
Quid pro quo.
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WW3? Not so much.
Private enterprise getting some table scraps from the carcass of the Russki-Kraine kerfluffle? Absolutely yes.
Did KBR getting involved in Iraq start WW3? No?
So WW3 is a go here, how, exactly?
Show yer work.
All this is, is hyenas getting the leftovers.
57 truck drivers is small potatoes. Very small potatoes.
Folks should stop huffing paint and hyperventilating about gravity working.
It’s unseemly.
But if we start forward-deploying B1s and B-2s to Germany, give a holler.
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Both righteous shoots. Wussies say “bug”. I say “feature”.
Living outside the law means all the way outside.
There are no rules there.
As Bob Dylan noted, “But to live outside the law, you must be honest“.
If not, then no law applies except Jungle Law.
Which was ruthlessly and justly applied, in both videos.
That not vigilantism. It’s called the people exercising their God-given right to be secure in the person and effects. There’s no “king’s X rule” if you break away and attempt to flee a citizen’s arrest. You deserve anything that happens afterwards. No flight, no problems. Thug had already with physical violence assaulted and robbed one woman, and was clearly a continued threat to repeat the same action once unhindered. Capping his brutish ass is thus justified, absolutely, morally, legally, and any other way you look at it.
Break the law here? You might die here. QED
The sooner douchebags understand that, the quicker they’ll either stop being douchebags, or else they’ll be good douchebags.
I.e. completely and totally dead.
Like I said: Feature.
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Rather than “war”, this may just be one of the myriad ways money gets laundered from your pocket to theirs.
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In reply to Barry.
OK, you’re 2/3’s the way there as I had some $$ left in the gab account. I need to transfer some more into my account and then I’ll send a bit more.
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I’ll chip in as well. I’ll use the gab pay. Maybe tonight and if not, tomorrow for sure.
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“What an embarrassment he is.”
Having traveled out of the country fairly often in the past, I was often compelled to take up for “my country” (right or wrong). That was right difficult in the carter and clinton years, but I did it anyway. Then we got to Obama and all I could do is remain silent…
I’m not truly embarrassed by the corrupt senile pedophile Joe Biden because he is not the president.
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Sam Harris is a statist asshole. He’s described himself as a thoughtful liberal but I’m not sure that his alleged thoughts do any good. That said, some episodes of his “Making Sense” podcast are worth listening to because of good guests.
Scott Adams, like so many people who fell into celebrity, feels either compelled or entitled to express his opinion on matters about which he knows nothing, which appears to be almost all matters. Read Dilbert if you want to and ignore whatever else Adams has to say.
re covidiocy, I didn’t fall for the nonsense not because I know the science (though I know more than most about the relevant matters) but because I know people. It was obvious after the first two weeks (remember “two weeks to slow the spread” in mid-March 2020?) that the experts didn’t know what the hell they were talking about, that everyone who could possibly use this as an excuse to grab power was doing so, that a lot of people had been scared out of their minds by so-called experts and so-called leaders, and that a lot of people liked the fear and the hardship and the desperate times and reacted harshly against anyone who didn’t join their cult.
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doesn’t have the right to “pick and choose which laws they support
Get back to me when you start screaming at DAs for not prosecuting every case which comes to their office.
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In reply to hhluce.
Mighty kind of you, hh. Let me dig out my DL and see about that; I’ll shoot ya an email for sure. Thanks!
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Someone’s hearsay testimony about what documents say isn’t admissible evidence, the documents themselves are the best evidence of what they contain. That’s the well-known Best Evidence Rule, Mr Kunstler ought to study a bit of law.
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One thing which does destroy mRNA is heat – I’ll have that steak WELL DONE!
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Those 80 counties need to secede from Illinois. Form the new state of Lincolnia or Cahokia. Leave Chicago and the big cities to fend for themselves.
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In reply to Skeptic.
And at the time, many of the hysterical used the Diamond Princess in support of their bogus belief.
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In reply to Skeptic.
On the Diamond Princess IIRC 40% of those who had tested positive never developed symptoms.
We also now know that the CDC has admitted the tests couldn’t distinguish between regular flu and colds and WuFlu. It’s almost certain that 75% of the attributions to WuFlu cases, and therefore deaths, weren’t even WuFlu.
Then we get the other set of people who died of something else and got written as WuFlu.
Post hysteria we found out only about 8% of deaths were WuFlu with no comorbidity. Italy revised their figures down by over 90%.
So that’s where my overstated by 10-12x basis lies.in facts and evidence.
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In reply to kennycan.
I posted this below on the “Questions, I Has a Few” post, but it applies here too:
Here’s what bothers me. Pants-shitters like Jeftovic are either too stupid, too obtuse, or just plain too cowardly to admit their own role in the hysteria. This dickhead went full Covidiot when it started, and now he wants to say, “Hey, look what THEY did to us!” No, cocksucker, fuck you. Look at what YOU did to those of us who were of common sense, logic, and reason. And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – cunts like Bill Quick and Aesop are right in that septic tank, too.
For those paying attention, we knew everything we needed to know about Covid from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The Princess was quarantined in February 2020. Here are the numbers:
3,711 on board.
712 “infections.” This is based on testing, not illness; we can assume that many of these were the fabled “asymptomatic carriers,” who turned out not to carry at all.
7 to 14 deaths. The variance is due to the typical “died OF” or “died WITH.”
The cruise ship was carrying mostly elderly passengers in the highest-risk group on a veritable floating petri dish – the worst case scenario. So, by the end of February 2020 – before the first lockdown, business closure, or mask mandate happened in the USA – here’s what we knew.
Contagion (infection) rate was 19.2%.
Fatality rate was between 1% and 2% of infections.
So, anyone with a tiny lick of common sense would have realized, long before fall (as the dickhead writing the article says he realized), that this was NOT a “thermonuclear level event.”
Yes, this was done/engineered by bureaucrats. But without little hysterical bitches like the author, and the others that I have named among millions of others, they couldn’t have done it. Fuck all of them.
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Here’s what bothers me. Pants-shitters like Jeftovic are either too stupid, too obtuse, or just plain too cowardly to admit their own role in the hysteria. This dickhead went full Covidiot when it started, and now he wants to say, “Hey, look what THEY did to us!” No, cocksucker, fuck you. Look at what YOU did to those of us who were of common sense, logic, and reason. And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – cunts like Bill Quick and Aesop are right in that septic tank, too.
For those paying attention, we knew everything we needed to know about Covid from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The Princess was quarantined in February 2020. Here are the numbers:
3,711 on board.
712 “infections.” This is based on testing, not illness; we can assume that many of these were the fabled “asymptomatic carriers,” who turned out not to carry at all.
7 to 14 deaths. The variance is due to the typical “died OF” or “died WITH.”
The cruise ship was carrying mostly elderly passengers in the highest-risk group on a veritable floating petri dish – the worst case scenario. So, by the end of February 2020 – before the first lockdown, business closure, or mask mandate happened in the USA – here’s what we knew.
Contagion (infection) rate was 19.2%.
Fatality rate was between 1% and 2% of infections.
So, anyone with a tiny lick of common sense would have realized, long before fall (as the dickhead writing the article says he realized), that this was NOT a “thermonuclear level event.”
Yes, this was done/engineered by bureaucrats. But without little hysterical bitches like the author, and the others that I have named among millions of others, they couldn’t have done it. Fuck all of them.
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In reply to kennycan.
Heh,
Well, I will not be going for the stones or joel…
And I hate the stones almost as much as that POS springsteen.
🙂
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In reply to Barry.
Montauk is lovely as is Gardener’s Bay and other sections of the Forks of LI.
Don’t forget to snap a picture of The Memory Motel from Stones fame and if possible have a CD/MP3 of Billy Joel’s Downeaster Alexa playing on a loop when you get there.
😉
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Here’s what we understood right from the beginning that they didn’t, or claim they didn’t.
Social Media was being manipulated.to drown out anything that didn’t support the Narrative. Going so far as to completely block out any mention of any doubt about the Narrative.
Those if us not slaves to Social Media could reason for ourselves and found alternative opinions because we were skeptical, given how wrong and outright liars these same “experts” had been for years on any subject that mattered and we found the kernels of the truth.
The kernels of the Truth made us question the whole damn facade as being Fake.
Those who got snookered, like Aesop, are loathed to admit they got it wrong. Even worse are the ones who “got it wrong” intentionally and are either STILL gaslighting us or, like these two, they’re looking for excuses why WE we’re wrong and they were still right when the opposite.is true.
What a sickening set of circumatamces we find ourselves thrust into against our will .
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I’m not so sure the risk from those mRNA cattle injections is as serious as stated here. The human digestive system is equipped to break down large molecules. It certainly does so with proteins of all kinds. As I’m not yet ready to give up steak or take up backyard cattle-ranching, I suppose we’ll have to wait upon developments.
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In reply to kennycan.
Which reminds me, Montauk is one of those iconic places (for a marine science type like me) that I’ve not made it to. I need to make that trip soon, before I leave this planet.
Hatteras Island is only 4 hours and change away you know…
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In reply to Mike.
Brooklyn and Queens cujines were known to be the B&T jerks to the rest of Lawn Guyland. I guess the same with Joisy. Wannabes that couldn’t make it in NYC proper and couldn’t head out to Nassau/Suffolk and maintain a quarter acre 3 bed/2 1/2 bath properly.
An hour 15 minute commute!? Fuggetaboutit.
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In reply to Barry.
My grandparents and many others from southern Lawn Guyland from our working man’s “yacht club” used to head down to Hatteras for four day fishing jaunts chasing tuna and shark. That and “The Canyon”, which I’m sure many NC fishing boats would head towards as well.
As a matter of fact my grandpa was the “skipper” for a millionaire insurance magnate during the 30s who left out of Montauk. They had caught a world record swordfish and their picture was in the South Street Seaport Museum when I went there during the 80s when Pier 17 was the hot place to go on a Friday Night after markets closed.
So, The Cape has been known to me since I was in kindergarten. A sort of exotic place I wished I had visited when I had the chance.
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In reply to Mike.
A number of NYC refugee’s relocated to Hatteras Island…
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In reply to Barry.
My beloved mother in law still lives there, in the same apartment my late wife Christiana lived in for many years. She tells me the place is now nothing like what it was, a mere ghostly shadow of its former self thanks to the mass out-migration during the Fauxvid debacle. It’s become downright eerie, she says.
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Way too many people are unwilling to admit the truth –
They were had by an evil cabal, one that was intent upon creating chaos and wrecking the American economy, and if killing old people early by a few months had to happen, well…
I hope I live long enough to see the evil bastards that perpetrated the fraud rounded up and tortured. Death is too damn good for that bunch.
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In reply to Mike.
It’s probably true of most big the big cities, Mike. Chicago was always pleasant IMO.
Paris or Lyon are the only big cities I would live in though. Just me, but I’d go for the food, and stay for more food. My goal would be to weigh in around 300… 🙂
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In reply to kennycan.
Kenny, I’m not certain exactly what year that initial “contact” was, but it must have been around 1980, certainly before 1985.
You’re probably right about what’s happening now. The corruption is worse than ever, the criminals run and control most everything, and not just NYC.
Almost forgot, my sisters started going there to shop after 9/11, just there way of supporting the city in the aftermath. Fly up, spend the weekend shopping and fly home. It’s really a short trip by air. They did that for years but no longer go.
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In reply to Barry.
“In spite of the reputation, everyone I have ever come into contact with has been quite gracious.”
That’s always been my experience there too, Barry. Without exception, the vanishingly few rude jerks I ran into during my time there were either B&T types (Bridge & Tunnel, ie from NJ or Lawn Guyland) or transplants from some Podunkville in the Midwest who thought way too much of themselves to bother with being friendly, or even polite, to anybody.
On the other hand, the native New Yorkers I dealt with every single day–at the laundromat, the bodega, on the streets, etc–were all wonderful folks. The five years I spent there in the early-mid 90s were some of the very best years of my life, and I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the place.
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In reply to Barry.
What year was that, if I may ask?
NYC has always been an extraordinary enigma. Incredibly vibrant, extraordinarily beautiful at times and places, and then a basic shithole if you wander a few blocks the wrong way.
Central Park can be breathtaking in it’s beauty during the day and a nightmare at night. True most of my life.
I was happy to grow up outside of The City in nice suburbs the likes of which resembled the TV Show “The Wonder Years”. Which is basically how I grew up. Occasional excursions into “The City” was enough for us.
Then there were the baker’s dozen years I worked on “The Street” with the people that were legends and/or infamous, yet mostly a grind day to day. Once again punctuated by occasional “is this real” moments like Gatsby like parties at Windows On The World or somesuch.
It’s a beautiful place for someone like Sinatra or the Beautiful People with lots of money. At least it was until recently.
I think now it’s just getting shitty for everyone, even the Rich, Beautiful People.
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In reply to kennycan.
“Some want humanity blotted out altogether.”
Excepting theirselves of course.
Marxist murder counts have always been held low by resistance. Otherwise the death toll would be in the billions instead of the hundred millions.
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In reply to kennycan.
As you note, the FISC court is as corrupt as anything in the entire country, every judge and layer connected with it.
These people commit hanging offenses every single day.
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In reply to kennycan.
I’ve never been a big city fan. The question is why not? Is it because I just don’t like the big crowd? Possibly, as I don’t. Or is it that I know those cities operate with a high degree of corruption? More likely.
I recall the first time I was actually down inside that place 🙂 Having been put out near Grand Central with vague instructions on where the bus to JFK would pick me up (only once did I make this mistake), it was late afternoon and I’m expecting tens of thousands of people, and it was deserted. Seriously, every day normal and it’s nearing 6pm and it’s empty. So, standing there looking lost while trying to remember those “simple” instructions, a NYC beat cop saunters up and asks if I need some help. Well, yes says I in my very Southern accent. The gentleman was so kind that he literally walked me up the two blocks, turned right one block, then down to the place the bus would arrive. Nothing was marked and I would never have found it had it not been for that kindness.
Future moments in the City were pretty much the same. In spite of the reputation, everyone I have ever come into contact with has been quite gracious. That was a long time ago and it changed my opinion of the people living in the city.
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A great loss that one is. The accent combined with that beautiful voice is one of a kind.
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It’s NEVER about what they say it’s about. So it’s not about Climate Change or Health or Burn Hazards or any of the other malarkey they claim to care about.
America is going to be deliberately and maliciously turned into a Failure for the sin of Opposing Communism, promoting Freedom and Markets and sinking the Soviets.
We are going to be turned into Maoist China as surely as Xi is turning post-Maoist China back into Maoist China.
They want themselves as King, Nobles and Clergy and the rest of us as Serfs. If not all but 500 Million of us dead. Don’t misunderstand that. Those that want humanity reduced to 500 Million are the kind ones. Some want humanity blotted out altogether.
It’s ALWAYS about them Getting More Power and Control.
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If the FISC Court weren’t in on the whole Deep State shebang hook, line and sinker they’d be incensed over being lied to repeatedly on the Warrant they were ‘tricked’ into approving based upon events invented out of whole cloth by the DNC and Crooked Clinton Campaign and fed through the FBI to them.
That not a single one of them have ever made as much as a peep about it says it all.
Oh, and do we even know who these secret FISC Judges are at any given time?
Had Trump not unmasked them this one time would anyone know anything about them?
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I grew up in the conservative burbs of NYC and still have an affectionate place in my heart for ‘The City’.
But now I know why Ford To NYC: Drop Dead still resonates with people.
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Apologies for the screwup, folks.
Why are you apologizing? It was Global Warming what done it.
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Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, dead at 60. Cancer.
Like his Dad, one tough SOB that took his fathers innate talent and built upon it.
Jumping over the Grand Canyon. I still marvel at that feat.
RIP, Knievel.
Daredevil Robbie Knievel, Son of the Legendary Evel Knievel, Dead at 60
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Ha, I had just read that and was going to post a link but see you beat me to it. You peg leg fellows are fast…
Fantasy I suppose. OTOH, so far at least, there is certainly a change in the typical McCarthy operations. Unlikely to amount to a hill of beans, but at least it’s looking to be on the plus side.
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In reply to kennycan.
Heh, BDS.
It has TDS as well, IIRC.
The idea that we do not need professionals, engineers, etc. is so absurd only a True Turd could suggest it.
As for UNC being a very left liberal university, well of course. But they don’t mutilate little children like they do at another UNC System school, East Carolina University.
So, if we’re handing out most liberal in the South awards, I nominate ECU.
Beats me what a chasten is. From a clown mind like that of “Jaybo”, there is no telling.
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In reply to Jaybo.
WTF is “Chasten”?
Yes, we need professionals and most of the people in the UNC System are good kids just keeping their heads down and trying to learn the skills they will need to fix this crap once it all goes pear shaped.
Yeah we can weld each other’s cars after we mow each other’s lawns.
I see the value of machinists and welders to modern society as much as anyone. But a modern society is NOT Mad Max and if you think unskilled and trade labor is the only thing a modern society needs you are sadly mistaken.
So take your Beclowning Hysterics elsewhere.
You have Barry Derangement Syndrome and it’s every bit as bad as TDS.
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In reply to Mike.
‘Twould have been far better if they had instead rectalized that shoe!
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“…I’ve spent most of my “adult” (allegedly) life…”
My wife says we never grow up and I’m quite sure she’s correct.
I take that as a complement however.
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In reply to SteveF.
Ha, I was going to say the same thing. A real beauty that was.
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In reply to SteveF.
Heh, I promise it is a real Right Whale. Lots of Tursiops Truncatus playfully swimming around the whale.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Wait, you mean you told another lie?
“That was the point. I wouldn’t send anyone to ANY of them.”
And now you admit it was all about trying to run down UNC Chapel Hill. I’ll just add that to the pile of other recent lies you’ve told:
1) ECU puts out more pro baseball players than any other school
2) 1/3 of General Motors is owned by Shanghai Motors
3) The ASPCA is run by George Soros
4) The Chernobyl Nuclear disaster killed tens of thousands of people, or reindeer, or something. Or was that millions of reindeer and tens of thousands of people? It’s hard to keep your lies straight.
I didn’t bad mouth your school, I reported on a school in the UNC system that is performing gender surgery on children, you know, cutting off girls breasts and sewing up vagina’s, or cutting off dicks and adding slits for fake vagina’s. You pretend it’s not true rather than calling it what it is. And it has nothing to do with any alumni of East Carolina University or current students, including you. It shouldn’t be happening in the UNC system, or the state of North Carolina.
As for Baric/UNC, if they broke the law I’m all for putting any and everyone involved in jail. But I would like some proof of illegality first. The #1 major at UNC is biology, so one might expect a fair amount of legitimate biological research takes place there.
Go fuck yourself you insane moron.
I have never bad mouthed ECU, not once, not ever. I have friends that went there and rather like the place myself. You’re just mentally ill.
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In reply to SteveF.
Yep, caps the whole tussle off perfectly, don’t it?
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In reply to Barry.
Nope. Not gonna click that link. It might take me to a video of a bikini whale, and ain’t no one wanna see that.
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Barry you and Chasten can both kiss my ass. You bad mouthed my school and praised the Wuhan Chapel Hill. It is THE most liberal school in the South. I would not send any one I cared about to any STATE school, and damn few private ones.
And Chasten we need the “professionals” that state schools are providing like we need another “pandemic”
What the country is going to need is machinists and welders, and college doesn’t do that.
The only thing you two need to decide is whose on top. Be seein ya
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Nope. I’m simply stating that the Japanese empire intended to empire. And I’m asking what makes you think anything different?
There is abundant Japanese history to draw from, just as there is for the German desire for empire.
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That turd, pete, doesn’t have the slightest clue how ANYTHING works. He’s not qualified to do anything of value.
What he is qualified to do is to wreck any functioning parts of civilization, and that is what he and those like him are doing.
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In reply to SteveF.
Not to mention that, contrary to Mark’s theory (IMO), many of those troops will be on our side…
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In reply to SteveF.
Not missing it as I’m aware of that, but it is a fair point. Nothing says they couldn’t get 2 for 1 though, and I think that is exactly what NYS and others did.
They did “…deliberately placed infected people among an elderly and vulnerable population in order to kill as many old, sickly people as possible…“. Of that there is no doubt. I say it was first to create hysteria, and 2nd to save $$$.
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the Biden administration’s Chief Diversity Hire
Hey, now, what’s ol’ Karine, a Raggedy Ann doll?
Being blindsided by catastrophe, as happened this morning, seems less like a bad day at the office for Pink Privilege Pete and more like a lifestyle choice.
Anyone can make a mistake. But a repeated mistake is a decision.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
How many ground troops does the US military have?
How many electrical substations are there in the US?
The US doesn’t have enough troops to guard all of the substations.
There probably aren’t enough to provide quick reaction forces to video monitor all substations and respond fast enough to catch perps.
Now add in other vulnerable infrastructure: train tracks, waterworks, electrical transmission lines, …
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In reply to Barry.
You’re missing something, Barry: Medicare is a significant and growing expense for NYS and other states. NYS is also in a budget crisis thanks to decades of deficit spending. Cuomo had been demanding that his staff find a way to reduce spending, conspicuously including Medicare. (That last is from insider information, not publicly available that I know of.)
Then along comes a contagious disease which is more deadly the older you get.
Now, I’m not stating that Andrew Cuomo and the NYS health department deliberately placed infected people among an elderly and vulnerable population in order to kill as many old, sickly people as possible in order to save money … but this theory fits the facts better than any other theory that I’ve heard.
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Sadly, the Bonnie Dick was scrapped after Today’s Navy couldn’t figure out how to put out a fire.
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In reply to Barry.
Going to next spout about the “rape of Nanking” while ignoring the fact that the Chinese had already done that to Nanking MANY times in the past?
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I have to agree with Jen. Familial history of heart issues, obesity, and emotional issues. Kind of predictable.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
While I am no fan of “Frankie”, I can say with certainty that he did not cut off resource access (oil, tin, rubber, etc) to the Japs on his own* or without reason.
For starters, understand that had the Japanese continued on the path they had taken, they would have controlled those resources and cut us off.
By your comment I take it you would have let the Japs have all of Asia, the Krauts all of Europe. One wonders when they would turn their sights on the America’s.
The Japs and the Krauts were evil. They were not going to let us just sit here on our own.
*he had massive support to do this
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In reply to Aesop.
Right, except everything you say is 100% wrong.
We don’t put “seasonal flu” on the death certificate because the seasonal flu is just the push over the cliff for the people that have reached the end of life stage due to multiple issues.
There was a reason that people like the corrupt killer Cuomo sent people with the virus to nursing homes and that reason is so they could put Covid on the death certificate of the people that were going to die anyway. No one had natural immunity to this virus yet, so it would spread. Something like 25% of all deaths in the US now occur in nursing homes. A patient is sent to the nursing home when nothing further can be done in a hospital, the person is dying. The average person lives 6 months in the nursing home.
Get that? They knew the numbers and they needed deaths for the scam hysteria. How to get them?
Easy peasy for marxist killers, always has been.
1) send those with the virus to the nursing homes
2) Pay the hospitals 40K+ to put covid as cause of death
If you paid the corrupt hospital administrators 40K+ per, they would put water poisoning on the death certificate. Or “seasonal flu”.
Now, explain Africa. And until you explain Africa spare us the planned-scam-Virus bullshit.
“The initial wave from the first strain or two was between 16 and 30 times worse than seasonal flu.”
You know why you can’t narrow it to less that a 2:1 range? Because it’s all bullshit.
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In reply to Jaybo.
It’s been known since the very beginning that Baric at UNC was in the chain. The question is was his participation criminal, and can it be proven that any or all them were criminals. I want the fuckers in jail, all of them.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Why don’t you make your point in a way that anyone other than you can understand?
No one, not one person thinks that was your point.
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In reply to Jaybo.
So, society can do without scientists and engineers etc…
We’ll all just mow each other’s lawns and fix each other’s toilets.
Jaybo, you are beclowning yourself.
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In reply to kennycan.
That was the point. I wouldn’t send anyone to ANY of them.
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Covid-19. Forget about Fauci for the moment. First, subpoena the various deputies working under him going back as far as the twentieth century and see what they know about the twisted path that gain-of-function research on coronaviruses traveled from the DOD’s DARPA to the labs of Dr. Ralph Baric at the U of North Carolina, to labs in Canada, Ukraine, and finally to Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Then put Dr. Fauci’s ass in the witness chair and wring out the ‘splainin.’ Ask about the patents on the various parts of C-19 and on the mRNA “vaccines” cooked up to fight it, and who got the royalties emanating from all of that. Ask him how and why he continued gain-of-function research post-2014 after the White House directed it to stop. Ask him to ‘splain’ his relations with one Peter Daszak of the EcoHealth Alliance.
J.H.Kuntsler
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In reply to Barry.
Frankie had an insatiable urge to fellate Joe Stalin, and intended to get there BAMN. He and his Cabinet surely knew enough about Asian cultures to understand that losing face is intolerable. Therefor, when he cut off their access to resources, he KNEW they would have to attack. And then when they finally did, he totally ignored the Pacific and started shoveling aid to the Commie swill!
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“For the healthy adult population, the chance of death because of COVID infection is similar to the Seasonal flu.”
As a blanket statement, that’s pure undiluted bullshit.
The initial wave from the first strain or two was between 16 and 30 times worse than seasonal flu. That’s a huge problem, as hospitals found out in NY, Atlanta, Nawlins, and SoCal.
The later strains, for about the last year, are just about exactly no more serious than seasonal flu, and continuing any “emergency” based on their non-virulence is risible and asinine.
Comparing one to the other is apples to pineapples, and houseflies to houses. It’s statistical bullshit to try and pass that off.
Secondly, people didn’t die of “pre-existing conditions” that aren’t lethal. They died because COVID pneumonia stressed their systems beyond what their depleted cardio-vascular capacity could handle.
And deaths allegedly “attributed to seasonal flu” are, quite simply, numbers imaginarily pulled out of the CDC’s ass. The numbers for deaths from second-hand smoke, medical misadventure, global warming, and bigfoot sightings have a higher statistical provenance.
The number of death certificates with cause of death listed as “seasonal flu” could be counted on your third set of teeth every year.
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Good lord, even in the ~~fight~~ Hockey League:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/desantis-nhl-discriminatory-event-florida
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In reply to csmallo17.
What do you suppose would have happened if we had not gone?
Should we have stayed out of the pacific as well?
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Very rare Right whale video just off the Avon Pier:
https://islandfreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/324591584_5555319017927008_1090382923301711802_n.mp4?_=1
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We were wrong to go over the first time, the second time and no reason for a third time. Nothing in Germany is any responsibility of the American people, PERIOD.
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Well, if we do need to go back, it should be with nuclear adorned missiles, you know, for the Final Solution.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
“They will send troops from…”
I’m not so sure that works here. For one, there are no regional groupings like say China (which does it on purpose for exactly this reason), so you would have to first form new squadrons with regional ID’s.
I’m as Southern as they come, but I don’t have any hatred for other regions of the country. I just hate commies, southern, eastern, norther, western, or middle. Kill all of them.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Huh. Don’t recall ever reading about that, unless you mean on purpose.
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Then there were the Japanese pilots who landed on a US carrier during WWII…
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Understand that, while they are terminally corrupt, senior military leadership is NOT stupid. When the fun starts, they will station the military around the country to stop the insurrection. They will send troops from the West coast to the East, from the East to the West, and from the North to the South. They cannot take a chance on any of their people having to face off against friends and relatives. They also will gladly use armed drones to kill any suspects. I expect that the military drone command structure uses Microsoft products in some part of its network. Sure would be great to find one honorable individual from within that organization to identify where the Microsoft products are used, and any backdoors into those systems. Sure would be a shame if they were to launch a hot drone and it suddenly fired on one of the Communist leaders…
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Page was known to use cheap guitars for their unique sound when he felt he needed it for the song.
Probably goes back to his studio sessions man days when getting the “sound” was as important as hitting the notes.
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In reply to kennycan.
That’s actually a link I included. Some of them default to a picture and I’ve never looked into why 🙂
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In reply to Barry.
BTW the picture is a link to a discussion of why he had the right to self defense and it should not have been referred to a Grand Jury.
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China and Taiwan –
Anyone that has ever read any comment of mine regarding the subject knows I believe the Chinese military to be potemkin (applies equally to the russians, apropos 🙂 ).
This is born from several facts:
1) The large chinese military force are really a police force, used to put down the daily rebellions that occur throughout china. They are not trained in warfare tactics. They have no warfare experience, none. They have no wartime leaders trained in warfare tactics that have put the tactics to use.
2) Military hardware, or rather, the lack of. Its one thing to defend your country on your ground, it’s quite another to project force across continents or across blue water. That kind of force projection requires hardware, I.E., troop transportation if your intent is to take over. The chinese don’t have it. They simply are incapable of moving troops over the water to invade Taiwan. They could attempt an air invasion, but they don’t have the hardware for that either given the massive number of troops required to successfully invade a country vigorously opposed to the invasion. Bluntly put, the chinese have policing capability, but no invasion capability.
3) Vulnerability. The chinese are very vulnerable to an attack upon infrastructure. One, just one, nuclear weapon placed precisely destroys a dam, and the water behind that dam destroys 60-75% of industrial production and a large majority of farmland. That’s one nuclear weapon and the Taiwanese have another option, multiple missiles. Taiwan has these and they have the range. Beijing is within range of the Taiwanese missiles as is Shanghai. Taiwan’s missiles have a 1200 mile range.
Of course the Chinese are not stupid, they know all this. All talk is for one reason only, the Chinese hope to cow the Taiwanese into submission. China knows it cannot invade Taiwan.
Of course China could destroy Taiwan. But they can’t because the result is to do great harm to China itself. Even if the Taiwanese do not mount a destruction of China campaign of defense, the chip factories are toast. No chips, no chinese production.
What is our interest? Besides being a foil to communism and communist expansion, Taiwan is an extremely important ally. They produce many of the most advanced microchips used in electronics. Shut down Taiwan and you shut down the world. This is well understood even by the marxist cabal currently installed at the head of the US government.
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Branca is not the only “legal” expert, and Legal Insurrection is a deep state supporter*. Branca is going to take the side of the “authorities” every time. Some of this is just reporting what the legal system is doing, but it would be nice if he actually read the constitution and applied it to the case rather than applying corrupted rules by corrupted “authorities”.
My take, I have the right to stop a deadly threat at any time and in a lethal manner, and I get to decide when the threat is over, not Branca sitting in his recliner. This case should be closed, and never been referred to the grand jury. For another legal take:
Houston Taco Joint Shooting Was Justified Self-Defense And D.A. Should NOT Have Sent Case to Grand Jury, Legal Expert Says
*LI has never, not once, presented any commentary about stolen elections, 2020 or 2022 midterms. They simply refuse to acknowledge the fact. Jacobson was a neverTrumper up until the last minute, as are many of the editors. Their claim is that the red wave failure was because Trump is a “loser”, ignoring the fact that the losses were engineered by the republican party where they were not allowed to be stolen. They apply a heavy dose of censorship on that site, primarily censoring those for freedom and liberty.
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In reply to jen.
Certainly it could have been any number of things as mentioned.
OTOH, it’s the clot shot.
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Possibly, but lots of other factors, including long history of alcohol and hard drug abuse, and a strong familial predisposition to early heart attacks. And grief over loss of son. May have been the clot shot, or any combination above.
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In reply to brack.
That Page/Tele pic is the same one you showed me a while back, ain’t it?
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Beck gave Page that tele when he left the Yardbirds. He played the iconic Stairway to Heaven solo on it.
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I’m actually all for this:
UNC art club excludes white students
It’s a club and clubs should be allowed to choose their membership.
Don’t be surprised if someone decides a club for white students only is appropriate…
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In reply to kennycan.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/four-mccarthy-detractors-tapped-for-a-committee-assignments
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In reply to Aesop.
Except he’s not. He forced McCunty to keep his word on committee assignments.
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Jeff Beck passes away from meningitis.
I’m a Clapton Is God fan and yet Jeff Beck was nirvana then. I still can’t believe what he could do with just his fingers and a whammy bar.
Heaven’s helluva band just got a helluva new edition.
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In reply to Aesop.
Fact of the matter is a jury, mostly huwhite and mexican, will probably shrug their shoulders and let him go.
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You can get away with a lot in Texas. But going up and busting those last few caps, in Houston, was probably a mistake. Should’ve kicked the fake gun away and checked that he was checking out. Worse yet, Mr. Dindu Nuffin’s family will go after him. Every ghetto rats family wants a payday. Should’ve let them find him.
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In reply to Aesop.
“How’d that work out?”
One has nothing to do with the other. It’s just misdirection.
Personally, I would not have voted for or present to let McCarthy have the speakership.
That does not mean I don’t understand why others did. There is no such thing as all or nothing in politics. You were never going to get anyone any better than McCarthy, as 90% of the republican party are worthless and corrupt hacks. It just might be that some, like Gaetz, thought that McCarthy with concessions was better than the alternative that likely would have been a McCarthy twin but without the concessions.
You’re entitled to your opinion, but you have no solution you are willing to implement, and calling the concessions “paltry promises” may very well turn out to be wrong. There are some strongly principled “conservatives”, Gaetz among them, whose intent will be to take what they can.
That’s all you get. Encourage the ones that are willing.
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In reply to kennycan.
Just the fact that in order to do it, Gaetz is the one that’ll be flat on his ass while Lucy McCarthy is the one laughing. And at the end of the day, the one still holding the ball.
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In reply to Barry.
People said the same thing when touting Neville Chamberlain’s “Peace In Our Time”. How’d that work out?
I have no doubt Gaetz did the best he could do.
Which is a bug, not a feature, and the exact heart of the problem.
My job isn’t to start the revolution.
That doesn’t therefore require me to shill for settling for getting ass-raped with lube instead of without it as being the same thing as being left completely alone, nor pretend that empty promises are anything but. If McCarthy was the kind of man to honor promises, he wouldn’t have needed to be stood up to in the first place. And there’s going to be nothing so pathetic as the whinging of The Quitters when all too soon those promises turn out to be backed up almost as securely as U.S. federal reserve fiatbux, and worth even less.
If Gaetz was pursuing principle, rather than a token concession, he and the other 19 could have held out indefinitely. Purely as RINO bait, nothing could have been more eloquent than either McCarthy finally admitting defeat and withdrawing, or being forced to seek 20 votes from House Democrats to achieve the speakership. It would have marked him as what he is better than pinning a white feather to his lapel, and painting a yellow strip down his back. But the collapse of opposition demonstrates that principle was just a negotiable talking point, not a foundation stone. That reality speaks volumes about the fundamental problem in Congress.
Caving for paltry promises is the mark of a quisling, and simply underlines that there isn’t a principled conservative anywhere in the congress. There’s nothing more despicable than whores pretending to be righteous.
People will forgive McCarthy for saying anything to get elected (it’s what they all do, and by definition, the winners there were the best at that game), but Gaetz will get no love for believing the fairytale, now or later. He just looks like a naif.
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I have trouble understanding RINO Gunga Din water-carriers like Lowry when they’ve got McConnell’s dick so far down their throats.
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Any district attorney or assistant who refers the guy for prosecution should be recalled from office, and then they and any complicit staff members fired and/or referred for disbarment.
For openers.
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What if the scumbag was already dead before the last shot? Then that last one would be merely desecrating a corpse, not attempted murder or whatever.
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The question is why his “legal counsel” would tell him to turn himself in?
THAT is the name I want to know, so I can avoid him at any cost!
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Whatever “harassment” they received, it’s a far cry from the consequences they SHOULD have experienced.
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The Red State provide a ready made organizational platform, complete with potential leadership, for what is likely to come regardless. May as well use it for full effect.
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This is like Mantle and Mays. That debate could never be decided either.
Bon made it look easy when it’s not and Brian does look like he has to work at it.
In the end they’re both great frontmen for one of the greatest Rock and Roll Groups ever and one of the few (only?) to find a replacement for their high profile lead singer after his death. Not only a replacement, but Johnson-led AC DC continued to scale the heights they were scaling with Bon to reach the Pinnacle.
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In reply to Aesop.
Gaetz: LOOK, SHE’S PULLING THE FOOTBALL AWAY AGAIN!
What is wrong with him and the others pointing out the Hypocrisy of the GOPe?
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In reply to Aesop.
You miss the point.
Gaetz is demonstrating that it is a Potemkin Congress.
We’ve seen what they’ve said. Now we will see what they do.
If you don’t highlight the hypocrisy you ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
He made it a high profile news story that GOPe made promises. They probably won’t keep them. That’s the point. Not to make believe it’s working, but to demonstrate that it isn’t working.
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Heh. Last night I was wailing away on my Les Paul to Donington. Great concert footage.
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In reply to Aesop.
Let us know when you start your “solution”, because until you do, Gaetz and those like him are all we have. Running him down when you’re not willing to do anything but talk/type is worse than just shutting up.
I’m not “hoping” for anything. And I’m quite sure if you took even a few minutes to study Gaetz, and how he takes no pac funding, you might realize you’re wrong. He’s not selling anything. He speaks pretty damn bluntly and plainly IMO.
Gaetz can’t do much on his own, but he is what he is and that’s a lot more than me or you tapping away at a keyboard.
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In reply to Barry.
Gaetz is selling a Potemkin Congress as the real thing.
Hope is nice, but it isn’t a plan.
And The System got us where we are now; it isn’t going to, nor designed to, get us back out.
TINVOWOOT.
Shooting isn’t my solution, and not one I’d wish for in any event, save one: the absolute last resort; but it is transparently the solution, because we’re far beyond anything less than that getting the job done.
That being the case, rip the band-aid off, and get it over with.
Everything else is like watching a loaded 18-wheeler slide downhill towards a cliff, while someone tries pathetically to push back against gravity to stop it.
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right on!
sooner or later the perp, having gotten away with it once, will have a loaded weapon in his possession with which he will hurt or kill someone.
and, as “Fury” points out so well, there’s no way to know if the faux gun was his only one, so if the first shot isn’t the kill shot, continue to fire ’til the perp is no longer a threat.
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In reply to Barry.
If Gaetz and the others don’t speak up, far too many people don’t see that there is something wrong, there are simple, conservative things that can be done, and it highlights how much the Uniparty is resistant to doing those things.
Trump was a Master at it. He’d say something simple and easily understood, add a little provocative tweaking of the Press’s and Politicians’ noses, and watch them go Batshit Insane over simple things. Which highlighted how out of touch BOTH Parties seemed to be and/or how much they Hated US and didn’t want to do those simple things or recognize those simple truths.
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In reply to kennycan.
Until a revolution begins we are left to try and work within the system we have. ~~Perhaps~~ Most likely it is impossible to fix.
However, we should celebrate and encourage those that appear to be doing just that, and Gaetz is one of those.
I get that it’s frustrating and seemingly impossible. Violence may be the only solution, but in a country where the vast majority are eating well and free to move as they see fit, that revolution is a long ways off. It is not 1984, Russia, Cuba, China, or remotely like that.
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In reply to Aesop.
Too many times we allow them to slink away without taking a position.
Make them stand for something, broadcast that deal and then make sure people know about it when they break it.
It’s not about our Uniparty in DC.
It’s about alerting Americans to the fact it really IS a Uniparty in DC.
Until we get critical mass there we never get to your stage.
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In reply to Aesop.
You might note that I didn’t “buy the bullshit” but gave it 20% chance of being followed through upon. Yesterday it was 0%.
Tomorrow it will probably be back at zero.
“Bubba” Gaetz?
Who is more likely to be effective, you or Gaetz?
Your only solution is to start shooting, but you’re not shooting. Not much of a solution then.
Until you start shooting, and lead a like minded band of resistance, I’ll at least acknowledge those that appear to be trying, like Gaetz. You can just pretend you are doing something.
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In reply to Barry.
Hold his feet to the fire with WHAT?!?
His sense of honor? >snicker<
Pictures of him naked with farm animals, midgets, and small children?
Threats that Gaetz will hold his breath until he turns blue?
We elect idiots, who pick a head idiot. Gaetz is trying to compete in a cannon contest with a .22 caliber mind.
Those “promises” are boob bait for the Bubbas. Nobody’s buying the bullshit anymore. Except Bubba Gaetz.
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McCarthy to GOPidiots:
“C’mon Charlie Brown! Kick that football! I promise not to move it this time!“
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This is what Gaetz says they got from McCarthy in exchange for dropping their opposition.
They are good concessions. Should they actually get these. Despite my earlier reservations, Gaetz and the other 4-5 that were the last holdouts may just be able to hold McCarthy’s feet to the fire. I’ll go from zero to 20% faith in this happening.
Scroll down the article to the tweet:
‘This is What We’ve Been Fighting For’: Matt Gaetz Reveals What GOP Rebels Were Able to Get Out of Battle with McCarthy
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In reply to kennycan.
heh, he’ll probably split off a thousand votes out of 60+ million…
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In reply to Barry.
And a Useful Idiot manipulated by the intelligent, evil ones.
Which makes him evil and dumber than a dog turd.
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Look Ma, the NeoCon Clown Show is coming to town.
They arrive at 3am, when something wicked this way comes.
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Pedophilia, Vegan and Computer Conformity have replaced Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
As someone once said that I can’t recall right now, without the drugs there was more for sex and Rock ‘n’ Roll!
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This is where McCarthy becomes Vinnie Barbarino.
Kev will you keep your commitments?
What? Who? Where?…
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I love feel good stories. It’s like On The Road With Charles Keralt.
There’s not much that will happen unless the self defense shooter turns out to be off duty cop.
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Yea, what Mike said.
Fat chance in hell that McCarthy keeps any promise that doesn’t cost him dearly.
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I think it’s a fine essay.
As to where we are along the path of “recoverable without a bloodbath” I’m not really sure. In the world which I live, honesty and taking care of your family is pretty big. We trust each other. I do not and have never really trusted anything or anyone from the government.
Is it too late? Probably, but not certainly. There are still a lot of good people in this country.
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Personally, I think they should fuzz out the shooter’s face and show this to all of the 9th grade classes around the country.
Anybody wanna bet the number of armed robberies would decrease immediately, if not sooner.
C’mon: if they can teach sex in kindergarten…
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It Pay’s to Always Be Armed | The Tactical Hermit (wordpress.com)
Hat tip to The Tactical Hermit
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In reply to SteveF.
Personally, I’m probably soft-soaping it.
I think we should have gone full flammenwerfer on this corrosive nonsense twenty years ago.
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I like how he shot the guy 5 mores times after he was down in a “nuke em from orbit just to be sure” kind of way.
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And think of all the money that was saved by preventing his many future trials and incarcerations, not to mention the lives possibly saved by preventing him from getting his hands on a real firearm.
Do it for the children!
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Most of the left are dumber than dog turds. A few are intelligent and evil.
This one?
Dumber than a dog turd.
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In reply to Barry.
9.45%. 20 voted for someone else and 1 “present” out of 222.
In the end 6 voted “present” and he never got the 218 needed but only 216. That was good enough to win as 212 Dems voted for their guy. With 6 “present only 215 was needed (428 voting, so 214 wins with 50%)
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In reply to Jaybo.
Seriously, you’re just beclowning yourself now.
ALL colleges pay lip service to this wokeness.
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In reply to Barry.
Tina was always one of the good ones. Sad to hear this. RIP Pecancorner.
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In reply to kennycan.
I don’t disagree. I never held out any real hope McCarthy would be rejected.
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In reply to Aesop.
Heh. I think that you’re being too pessimistic, but ask me again tomorrow and I might agree with you that it’s too late.
Agreed that a major shakeup sooner would be better than one later. If it happens today, we’ll have enough (older) people around who remember a society in which trust was merited and rewarded. Twenty years from now, who knows. The US population will be almost entirely people who might as well have grown up in Beijing or Calcutta. (And will be 50% immigrants or the children of immigrants, a different problem but which reinforces the problem at hand.)
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[…] This morning, Cold Fury co-contributor SteveF has posted an excellent piece on a subject of great importance: trust. (Yes, I’ve ranted about it too.) Steve delves into the developments that allowed dishonest […]
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In reply to Barry.
I don’t think this was about getting someone besides McCarthy. It was about getting concessions from McCarthy to do some conservative things.
Face it. 100% of Dems and 90% of GOP have just proved they play on One Team and we ain’t on it. To the extent that those 20 represe.t about 4% of Congress all they can really do is wrangle out concessions for being thorns in the side of the Uniparty.
Which is why WANVOWOOT.
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“But maybe it’s not too late. Maybe trust hasn’t been completely extiguished.”
Dear Rip Van Steve,
Good morning, buddy. Hate to break it to you, but calendar alert: you just woke up, and it’s not 1973 anymore, nor even 1993, it’s 2023. Hope you had a good nap.
Unfortunately, it’s way past time to “fix” the problems you accurately portray, because you’re just touching the tip of the iceberg.
The only things that are going to work, at this point, are rivers of blood, mountains of skulls, and oceans of tears. Nothing less will avail, nor has even a ghost of a chance. Even that withering approach had better kick off soon, because the likelihood that the numbers of people who even GAF is declining by the year. By this point, the Founders would have burned DC to the ground, the entire government from dog catcher to Top Dog would be swinging by the necks from trees for 100 miles in every direction from the capitol, and the local miscreants and their illegal alien hordes feverishly trying to catch a plane, train, bus, boat or innertube raft back to anywhere but here, one step ahead of the torches-and-pitchforks-wielding mobs out for their blood, and before the fastest-growing airline in the country becomes the helicopter fleet of Air Pinochet.
One can only but hope kickoff happens sooner than later, while even the most draconian course of action has a chance of turning things back to right-side up.
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I read in a comment, so have no clue if true or not, that Gaetz voted present giving McCarthy the speaker position because he was promised chairmanship of the Armed Forces committee. Apparently that was taken from Rogers, the one that was getting in the face of Gaetz and had to be retrained.
I’m guessing that starting Monday some of the lesser snakes (not Gaetz) are going to find that the head snake told a few lies…
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I took a nap this evening after a long day. Wake up to discover that on the 15th vote the republican party’s favorite house marxist is now the speaker. Apparently the deal was finally made such that some of the remaining holdouts voted present, ending the McCarthy debacle.
Whores have more respect than McCarthy.
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In reply to Mike.
we’ve gone from a high-trust, to a low-trust society in only a few scant years
I wrote an essay on this about a year ago but don’t seem to have published it. Leastways, I don’t see it when looking through the posts I’ve made here. One moment…
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In reply to SteveF.
From politicians, to cops, to doctors, to “journalists” and media generally, we’ve gone from a high-trust, to a low-trust society in only a few scant years, with NO-trust society rapidly coming at us. All thanks to a Power that thinks it can easily maintain control over a polity that has learned, by repeated demonstration, that their would-be Masters are wholly unworthy of trust. Those Masters aren’t going to like how that plan works out for them in the end, I think.
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I’ve occasionally told my purely imaginary and never happened tale of stopping a rape when I was a teen, by means of kicking the rapist under the chin as he knelt over her getting her clothes off. Dead right there. A stupid pig starting to draw on me as I carried the woman to get help only furthered my low opinion of stupid pigs and set my method for dealing with muggers and rapists: the urban equivalent of shoot, shovel, and shut up. (In practice: break neck, leave the body where it falls, maybe mention that something happened but provide no details.)
No honest citizen should report a defensive killing to the stupid pigs unless there’s a good chance that he’ll be identified and it’ll look better if he goes to them first. I’m not sure how that plays out with modern America’s pervasive surveillance.
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Kinzinger only left Congress because he knew he’d never get re-elected in his district.
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Of those who flipped, Gosar is the only real surprise to me. I figured he’d be one of the last of the Mohicans along with Boebert and Gaetz. McCarthy is utter and complete scum, but it does look like he’ll get the gavel. I wanted Jordan. Gaetz would have been a good second choice, or even Lauren Boebert for sheer hotness to cancel out the vision of Pelosi in the chair.
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Well, 13 are not really super heroes, that has been whittled to 7.
We shall see what happens next. The new number at the moment is 216 and deep state McCarthy is still three short.
While I say take the scalp, it doesn’t matter. With 200+ voting for McCarthy, only a marxist snake will be elected, named McCarthy or not.
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Fine article with details about slavery that are probably unknown to 99.9% of all black Americans, and 99.8% of all white Americans.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/america_would_be_a_better_place_if_we_taught_the_truth_about_slavery.html
Hat Tip: Sarah Hoyt at Instapundit
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In reply to Barry.
They’re playing petty politics.
In the end it’s what one does that counts and only Trump has done.
ALL politicians are attention whores.
Vote for Me requires getting one’s attention first.
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In reply to kennycan.
“In the end, Trump believes he can work within the system.”
Yep. He is in fact probably approaching the remaking of America in the correct way. His greatest sin to the corrupt deep state was showing the Average American what is possible when you stop giving everything away, when you make decisions based on what is good for Americans rather than to line the pockets of a few.
It was working, Trumps way, and then a coup occurred.
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In reply to Barry.
A small government MAGA type might make a point to have a small swearing in over quickly and Back to Work For the People messaging going on.
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In reply to Barry.
The answer seems to be about 10% are not compromised or JIOI™.
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In the end, Trump believes he can work within the system. To a man who grew up when he did the alternative seems implausible and just plain wrong. I wish I could feel the same way but I’m the next generation and we had a better view of what America had become than what America was.
The catch-22 is that as soon as someone does seek to run for POTUS they are either exhibiting the same belief or they are just part of the System.
Tearing the System down from within seems undoable at this point.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Cheney seems destined for Ukrainian Board Seats…
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In reply to Barry.
How long do you think it will be before they hire Cheney?
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Just a deep state payoff to another corrupt to the core neverTrumper. They have a myriad number of ways to pay off the corrupt that do their bidding.
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C’mon Mike, you have more readers than he’ll have people watching him. And the people that read your stuff don’t depend on crayons for expressing themselves.
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One man is hated and feared by the marxist democrat party.
One man is hated and feared by the GOPe.
One man is hated and feared by the deep state.
One man is hated and feared by the CIA.
One man is hated and feared by the FBI.
One man is hated and feared by the DOJ.
One man is hated and feared by nearly the entire Senate and House.
One man is hated and feared by 90% of the residents of the DC area.
One man is hated and feared by the Federal government so greatly they cooked up a fake investigation of four years running accusing the man of collaborating with Russia to steal an election.
One man is hated and feared by the Federal government so greatly they lied to the FISA courts in order to pursue a fake investigation.
One man is hated and feared by the Federal government so greatly they appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the man, with no basis for doing so. A fishing expedition.
One man is hated and feared by the Federal government so greatly they loosed a virus upon the world and created fear so great the people allowed them to shut down the economy and lock them out of their places of work and worship. They murdered old people by spreading the virus to them intentionally, all to create hysteria.
One man is hated and feared by the Federal government so greatly they stole the 2020 presidential election, and they laugh in our faces and didn’t even bother hiding it.
One man is hated and feared by the republican party so greatly they worked to elect democrat party members over anyone that didn’t disavow that man in the 2022 midterm elections.
One man, just one man, is hated and feared by the foes of liberty.
One man, just one man, did everything on the list I posted earlier, and much more, and that man did it almost entirely on his own.
One man, just one man, is risking his life and his fortune for his country.
If you are opposed to that man, then whose side are you on?
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It saddens me to report the passing of Tina, AKA “PecanCorner. Apparently she passed away on Dec 26. I had noticed she wasn’t commenting and had emailed her on Dec 23. I knew something must be amiss when she didn’t respond.
SteveF posted the news at DP Jan 2, but I just read it last night. She was always a cheerful person in spite of difficult circumstances, going through breast cancer treatment with a husband that had fallen ill and was bedridden, then a house fire. Through it all her kindness and happiness just shone through.
RIP Tina, you will be missed.
RIP Pecancorner
Obit: https://www.koxe.com/2022/12/30/tina-howard-65-of-blanket/
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“Cue Barry to make an impassioned defense“. Why Thanks, Trump already did that for me, I just have to make the list –
The “Attention Whores” first term accomplishments:
1) stopped ISIS cold
2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries
3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices
4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices
6) Started no new wars
7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one
8) Cut Taxes across the board
9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns
10) Started the space force, sorely needed today
11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers
12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land
13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries
14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords
15) Withdrew from the Iran deal
16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K IIRC
17) Started the process of fixing the VA
18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries
19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit
21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus
22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc.
23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
Not enough though if you are a Trump hater like Skeptic. And you’ll note that not one person that Skeptic would approve of has any hope of producing like Trump did. Not one.
Why should I, or you, give a damn if Trump enjoys attention as long as he produces?
And what politician has there ever been that doesn’t seek the limelight?
And that’s all a septic skeptic can do, bitch about trump because he seeks attention. Can’t bitch about what he achieved, something no other president since Eisenhower has been as good at.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Oh, and I’ll just note Skeptic doesn’t mention if he’s for/against McCarthy
Who do you want as speaker, skeptic?
And, is DeSantis an attention whore for having a governor swearing in ceremony rivaling a presidential one?
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In reply to kennycan.
It’s employment, at $18 per hour. Summer job.
https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964
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In reply to Skeptic.
Cue skeptic to be the same political dumbass he’s always been.
Since I already stated what I’m for, which is the opposite of Trump, not much more needs saying.
You’ve always been a Trump hater regardless of who you voted for.
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In reply to Barry.
If you are incapable of performing the job then you can’t sue to get the job.
If you’re not a degreed engineer you couldn’t sue to get a job that requires an engineering degree. If you don’t add Diversity, a requirement for the position, you don’t get the position.
And who ruled that violates the EEOC? These criteria are used EVERYWHERE to replace White People more qualified with Non-White People. It’s called AFFIRMATIVE ACTION and as far as I know, it’s still legal despite the pushback thus far.
Aren’t we talking about admissions though? This is not employment.
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At this point, Trump is simply an attention whore. That’s why he had Kanye at Mar-A-Lago. That’s why he had a big celebration of Congress enshrining faggot marriage into national law. That’s why he’s saying stupid shit like this, praising a guy who would joyfully cut his nuts off again. There’s no principle, no plan, no logical thought.
Cue Barry to make an impassioned defense and call me (who voted Trump in 2016 and 2020) a NeverTrumper.
Cue Kenny to fellate Barry.
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The 20 representatives should be acknowledged for fighting the good fight.
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No, he wants to be president. Were I him, I’d say kiss my ass and wave goodbye as I fly off to my private island.
I want the republicans not voting for McCarthy to hold out, no matter what. If the butthurt McCarthyites vote for the marxist democrat, so be it.
Trump has a different opinion. He thinks it would be best to get the drama over and send the democrats leading the house on home. I think Trump is wrong. Trump thinks McCarthy can be embarrassed into doing the right thing. I don’t. I should note that McCarthy is better than some of the lesser evils, but I’m no longer willing to settle.
But here is the fact, the entire house with a few exceptions is compromised. They will not select an uncompromised leader. So, in that respect, Trump is right since you are not going to get anyone any better. I don’t care. Fire the shots and take one down.
There is no one that is in 100% agreement about everything unless it’s your clone.
EDIT: I’ll just add, as I alluded to above, the outcome is not one that you’re going to like. The house republicans are at least 50% deeply corrupt, and probably another 25% are compromised. The remainder are not perfect as many are stupid or stuck on being a congressman. We only have a handful of decent ones, and none of them have any chance at the speaker.
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It’s only a matter of time…
There is no doubt they’re sending cells across the Open Border to the South. Whatever they’re setting up is not going to be good for America.
And I bet they don’t hit NYC or DC this time…
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In reply to Mike.
Ha, when I typed the comment I then had to edit it, because I typed “right” to start with 🙂
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In reply to Barry.
They’re NOT restricting skin color.
They ARE restricting it to those who don’t add Diversity.
That gets around it.
You cannot add Diversity as a White Person.
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In reply to Barry.
Damn, I’ve been so focused on dealing with changes in the right sidebar of late that I just typed that without even thinking about it. Oh well, you know, the other right. 😉
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In reply to kennycan.
Fortunately, NC outside a few cities is real America. I have two routes to the coast, the normal fastest route that goes through blue hives, and the “get back to the family” route that will take longer but avoids the worst places. I can make it on one tank of gas but it’s close…
If there were any planes at the local airport and things were really bad, I’d just steal one and fly it back.
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In reply to kennycan.
I’ve received no reply to my email. I suspect I will not. But I’ll email the general school administration and see if I get anything there. I suspect it’s a fringe, but it is under the university umbrella, and if I’m right that it should be considered employment, they cannot discriminate.
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In reply to kennycan.
It states they are paid, which is employment. Restricting it to certain skin colors/groups is a violation of the EEOC. I don’t believe AA exempts when employment is a part of the deal.
I know they all have AA programs, not just UNC. But in this case, in spite of his doing it for the wrong reason*, I’m glad it got pointed out. Any NC citizen should be complaining when the law is not followed and if they mean it the way you think, they are, IMO, violating the law.
*I’m not bothered in the least by it. The dumbass actually thinks the reason I put up the gender surgery taking place at ECU is because he is an ECU fan/alumni. I gave him no thought when I put that comment up. Somehow or other in his mentally ill mind he thinks news about ECU should be suppressed. Anyone wishes to post up the left wing bias of UNC or the entire UNC system (which ECU is part of) will not hurt my feelings. It’s not like I don’t know it.
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In reply to Mike.
🙂
Five minutes later, Barry checks the left sidebar…
Thanks for the tip Mike!
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In reply to Barry.
Or you can go to the right sidebar and hit the “Categories” dropdown, scroll down to the DD category and click it, and that should get you there also.
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In reply to Barry.
There is njo indication they have to accept ANY Whites and what SC case says Affirmative Action programs have to accept Whites.
If the program itself is Legal then they don’t have to accept Whites because the goal is to add to Diversity at the University and WHites DON’T.
That’s how ALL these progams work.
I don’t agree with Jaybo in that he singles out UNC like it’s JIM CROW!
That’s Bullshit. ALL of the colleges do it and he’s just being his usual assholeness. There is nothing unique about UNC in that regard and it is highly likely that UNC and the NC System have one of the most honest Admissions Protocols in the Country.
That people are targeting to END this at UNC is proof that UNC still has some semblance of sense.
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In reply to Barry.
NC has pockets of Blue here but the Red is really Red and the people hold the local politician’s feet to the fire.
Our large cities of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte are both moderately blue and still only 20% of the total population.
So we DO have a shot at fixing things.
I hope so, because when the States start squaring off I don’t want to have to fight my way back to America. Well, I will have to traverse the local Tyranny, but in distance it’s not that big and a short ways to Real America again.
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In reply to Barry.
Found the old Daily. You have to click the “Posted in the Daily Donnybrook” and all the old ones come up.
Weird stuff. FERN is part of the “Global Food Research Program” which is part of the “Carolina Population Center”.
This is stuff that is not part of the normal degree programs. I’m not really familiar with any of that but I know it exists. Even though I read the original website stuff I just assumed it was part of the Dept of Nutrition, but it’s not. I’m not even sure how it’s funded other than grants listed as “Bloomberg Philanthropies”, “NIH”, and “Robert Wood Johnson Foundation”.
Anyway, I emailed as I can not find a number to call for FERN. I doubt I’ll get an answer, but I’ll share it if I do.
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In reply to kennycan.
One of many athletes collapsing since the notVax was forced upon them.
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In reply to kennycan.
They will not take non whites exclusively would be my guess. That’s the way these programs work. They encourage non whites to apply, heavily. But in the end they have to accept some token whites to be legal. I’m speaking in general, not about UNC or these programs in particular.
You see this across the board in universities in every state.
I can’t even find mention of this program in the UNC Gillings School of Global Health which is where the Dept. of Nutrition is located. A call to them results in “call the group listed”. I have to try to figure out how to get the old “daily” up to find the damn webpage.
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In reply to Barry.
We aren’t talking about the selection in general.
This is a Specific Program designed to get more Non-Whites, no Whites Need Apply, into the schools under THIS program, regardless of merit.
I’m pretty sure that Harvard, regardless of its biases, is still admitting mostly White People.
That’s not the point of the discrimination.
When there are limited spaces, worthy White candidates are being rejected ON THE MARGIN, in lieu of Diversity slots taken by less worthy candidates. These programs are the way they do it without using the “Whites Need Not Apply” labels that will get them dinged in Court immediately.
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In reply to Barry.
Instead it says Only Non-Whites Need Apply.
It’s more subtle and cleverer than saying Whites Need Not Apply, but means the same thing. Whites have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting selected.
Zero, Zilch, Nada, Nunca, No Way José, Fuggedaboutit…
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Hey, Mike: Do you remember this exercise in environmentalist doom-shouting? I hope some of your readers will. It was a revelation of the enviro-weenies’ real agenda.
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In the good news department:
North Carolina Supreme Court flips from a 4/3 marxist court to a 5/2 republican court.
Lots of bad and blatantly unconstitutional rulings from the marxist court the last few years. This makes a huge difference. DO NOT count voting out just yet.
https://www.carolinajournal.com/opinion/new-state-supreme-court-justices-take-oaths-flip-control-to-republicans/
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In reply to kennycan.
“FIFY.”
Perhaps for this case, but then I acknowledged the possibility from the very beginning. But I can tell you 100% that the incoming class of freshmen are considered for many traits and the word “diversity of the incoming class” has been used historically and had nothing to do with race. Is it that way today? Yes, absolutely. You will still see the occasional white kid that gets accepted when their grades/sat’s etc do not qualify per the norm. But they have some attribute the school finds qualifying.
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Ehrlich is on the list of people that need to starve to death.
And I just keep liking Elon Musk more and more.
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The F’ing FBI has never seen a terrorist that isn’t white and Christian.
Baffling ain’t it.
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Sigh…
Yep. The corporate mindset that MBA’s and accountants can run anything leads to running anything –
Into the ground.
When I finished school and went to work for my dad, he told me to forget the office, “you’ll need at least five years in the field” before you have a clue about manufacturing machinery and electronic design.
When I first started going into manufacturing facilities (Mid 70’s) the old guard was still in charge. Almost every plant manager, no matter the level of education, had started out on the factory floor, sometimes as nothing more than a sweeper (yes, with a broom). I watched as they retired and were replaced, not by those experienced like them, but with the new class, the MBA’s and accountants. For a while that works, because the old guard did such a fine job of building those factories and operations. Eventually it starts falling apart, just as it appears it did for SWA.
The young men I have been associated with, children of friends and youngsters going through Boy Scouts all got the same counsel from me – If you want to be an engineer, study engineering then get an MBA. If you want to be a business man, study engineering, then get an MBA. There’s nothing wrong with the MBA/business degree, but you need to be able to understand what and how things get manufactured, or that education is worthless for a manufacturing career.
If you wish to run an airline, you better know how to fly, and you better fly on your planes as a passenger, unknown to the crew. It would be best if you were familiar with the function and maintenance of an aircraft.
If you’re the CEO of McDonalds you should go the drive through occasionally, and walk in occasionally, so you’ll have some clue what is going on.
Oh, and if your the CEO of Coca Cola, perhaps you should just shut the fuck up.
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I noticed this evening that Instapundit now has a Stripe account. I’ll check it out.
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What?
Over-billed college kids with zero real-life experience, getting the keys and crashing the family car into a tree, then setting the entire forest on fire for good measure?
This has been Corporatism 101 since about 1960.
Total number of corporations successfully run by the people teaching MBA programs, since ever: zero. The reason they’re teaching there is because they couldn’t hack it in the real world.
QED
Anyone applying with an MBA should be assigned to minimum-wage entry-level jobs for at least five years, and then allowed to work their way up from the bottom for not less than another 15 years, and not allowed off the front lines of the business and into the management suites until they hit the 20-year mark. If they show some aptitude.
The only businesses who make it work the other way are Ponzi schemes and vaporware outfits, nearly every single time.
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“Those institutions with which I worked closely for so many years, e.g., FBI, CIA, DOJ, have turned out to be the real enemies.”
Yes, absolutely. The battle is here.
I feel for those that believed in what they were doing. They were used. They are not at fault. I’m thankful that my relatives that served their country for a lifetime have passed on, not to see what has happened.
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In reply to kennycan.
And I haven’t said that it doesn’t.
But I will state the following which is absolutely true. There is no “whites need not apply” as the original article represents. And I have seen lots of people, especially those monetizing every item they can, make something bigger or different that what it really is, playing to the paying members (through adds or whatever way it’s monetized).
I suspect the take is accurate, but it is not accurate unless confirmed, something that has not been done.
But I’ll try to call them tomorrow and see what they have to say. After all, “whites only” or “non-whites only” is illegal and should not be tolerated.
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In reply to Aesop.
heh, my comment about Haiti did not come off as planned. I think I got distracted at that point.
What it was supposed to say was while data coming from Haiti is suspect, it was at least as reliable as US data, and maybe better.
I agree with Kenny’s take on the graph.
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In reply to Barry.
Sorry Barry, but Diversity in this context means Non-WHite.
White people cannot add Diversity because it is assumed the Institutions of Higher Learning are Mostly White.
So no, a “white person that plays the tuba/sax/etc, is an Eagle Scout, or many other attributes are [NOT]considered diversity enriching in the context of acceptance to the university freshman class.”
FIFY.
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In reply to Barry.
Big Chinese expat population in Port Au Prince, is there??
I’m guessing not so much.
Also not positive, but given their world leadership in the hard sciences, I’m pretty sure the “Haitian data collection” required barefoot math there.
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In reply to kennycan.
Cause of death ‘Unknown”.
It’s not unknown. The real cause of death is “ignored”.
Deaths are up. Cause ignored. It’s the not vax.
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In reply to kennycan.
Yea, any data coming from Haiti is as suspect as data coming for the US government.
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In reply to Aesop.
I get that. I’d hate to see the carnage in the ER on nights like New Years.
I’ve heard it from my sister who worked many a New Years Eve.
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In reply to kennycan.
As I Stated in the first line, I acknowledged that might be the “unwritten” policy. I read the line you referenced, I read the whole thing.
Your analysis is faulty in that a white person that plays the tuba/sax/etc, is an Eagle Scout, or many other attributes are considered diversity enriching in the context of acceptance to the university freshman class. That is the way it has always been. That is a fact.
Does that reasoning apply to this subject? Probably not. But you cannot say that whites are excluded based on the webpage. It doesn’t mean they will not be excluded.
I initially ignored the comment because one thing I know is true. They are not stupid enough to violate the law directly and advertising “whites excluded” would do exactly that. Excluding whites for any reason is a violation of the law and UNC knows it. Any exclusion will be more subtle. Just as it is at damn near every university in the country.
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In reply to Henry Cybulski.
There is also this:
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/why-did-the-cdc-hide-the-v-safe-data
And this:
Military MED Skyrocketing Disease Data Leaked! Biden Regime Knowingly Continues Destruction of Force
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In reply to kennycan.
Certain countries, Canada and the UK among them, are paying off families whose loved ones were killed by the Vaxx. I’m not sure about Canada but in the UK autopsies are performed that have determined the vaxx was the cause of death.
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I will say that the bullet points are all basically true.
I just don’t see the evidence satisfactorily presented that the Vaxxes cause harm.
I DO lean towards the theory that they do cause harm, because there’s a LOT of smoke there and I suspect there’s a conflagration.
Shoddy attempts to “prove” that though only harm the case.
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Another thing though. The Vaxxes were from late Jan 2021 at the earliest.
Why does the chart cumulate deaths from March 2020. Plus, the scaling of the dating is off.
If I were forced to choose a more probable scenario given the imperfect information and the crap data we have, I’d say the Jabs are killing people is way more likely than not.
But this graph doesn’t make the case.
Haiti simply counted WuFlu honestly from the very beginning (or perhaps they low balled it) and never caused the Panic that sent millions out to get Vaxxed. That’s all that graph says.
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The only thing that will help at this point, it to take the gloves off, and start either slitting throats, or tying nooses around them and kicking the chairs out.
All lesser attempts are doomed to perpetual failure.
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Au contraire, mon frère…
After two hitches in the once-beloved corps of Marines, and two decades with RenFaire folk, I have no problem with people drinking, per se. They’re frequently fun, and moderately entertaining. In moderation.
But come pull a New Year’s Eve shift in my ER, and let’s talk.
About the family of four smashed up by a drunk who ran a red light. Between them, 42 fractured bones. While sitting at a stop light.
About the 19-year-old who nearly died of alcohol poisoning, after skating right up to the lethal dose of alcohol poisoning.
About the sixteen – I repeat, SIXTEEN – other contestants brought in by either trauma response, or the local constabulatory, for being drunk and beating up strangers, friends, and their own family members, including wives and kids, while far beyond “well-lubricated”.
I want no return to Prohibition. It was the crowning idiocy of Progressivism last century, and died a happily unlamented death.
But looking at the nightly toll -never mind holidays – alcoholism wreaks on society, all I ask is something simple and straightforward:
Injure anyone because you were drunk, and you get a public beating, with baseball bats. By guys big enough to hit major league home runs for the Yankees. Fair is fair.
Injure anyone while driving intoxicated? After the beating, you get thrown into the modern-day Chateau D’If, never to emerge whilst alive.
One strike, no parole. ever. Period. Full stop.
Pay for it with the excise taxes currently collected already on alcohol. They needn’t increase a cent.
Responsible drinkers should have no more quarrel with this suggestion than responsible and law-abiding gun owners have with executing mall shooters who use AR-15s to rack up a far smaller annual body count.
You have the killjoys, because your fellow imbibers kill a lot of people, and have, going back decades, if not centuries. Own that, and suck it up. Or else, switch to the Aesop Plan to solve problem drinking, and let the culling of the Darwinian Idiots commence.
I’m tired as hell of splinting, or zipping into body bags, the tally of people the drunken idiots rack up every year.
Like caning miscreants, this is one more bit of jurisprudence Singapore gets absolutely right.
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Now imagine this is 1980, and tell me this policy is different for the U.S. …how, in substance?
This has all the plaintive BMWing of a 5-year-old pissing his pants after being caught with both hands in the cookie jar.
Putin is hoist upon his own petard.
Let him sit on it and twist.
Dulce et decorum est.
The homegrown reasons for getting rid of Mr. Fraudulent are legion, but touch upon the foreign policy towards Russian military adventurism and conquest only circumstantially.
Getting his unelected Fraudulence, Emperor Stumblefuck Poopypants, off the pretended throne are irrefutable, whereas Putin’s problems never would have started if he’d stayed in Russia prior to 2014, rather than trying to re-assemble the Soviet empire using only the ambition of Stalin, without the ideology.
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Exactly so.
The pinheads who have tried to take my own comments out of historical context have conveniently neglected to note that when I put them forth, it was with the expectation and frequent promise that what was being worked on was a VACCINE, not a gene therapy Death Shot, which was anything but. As soon as it became self-evidently the latter, it was unequivocally rejected.
The Not-A-Vaxx frauds that were inflicted upon society (and STILL ARE, despite metric fucktons of mounting evidence!!) became revealed as nothing but Suddenly™, i.e. concoctions knowingly foisted in bad faith upon a public expecting honest dealing, and designed not only to not mitigate COVID infections or symptoms, but rather to actively cull the population, by means well-known to decades of pharmaceutical researchers and pathologists, a task which they have achieved, and will continue to achieve, relentlessly and remorselessly.
At some point, one has to hope that the ignorant Normies thusly slow-motion slaughtered will finally fully wake the hell up and demand a reckoning at gunpoint, of the type that ends on gibbets and scaffolds, in mass batches, for those in government and industry who perpetrated the Kill Shots with full knowledge beforehand, for their own avaricious and malign ends.
When the gates of the HQs of Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, and the US capitol have gateposts constructed of the stacked bleached skulls of the perpetrators and facilitators of this monstrous mass assassination, it will only be a good start.
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Western Civilization has a thread thousands of years deep.
This won’t be the century it is extinguished.
Period.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Perhaps there will be unwritten requirements, but the links in the story to the website that the writer states exclude whites is not accurate. From the website linked:
“Eligibility
Students who wish to apply to FERN must meet all the following criteria:
Undergraduate students with 2nd– or 3rd-year academic standing in Spring 2023, who will graduate later than June 2023The successful applicant will demonstrate how their participation in FERN will increase diversity along all dimensions in the field of nutrition. We particularly encourage first-generation college students and other students from historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply.Expressed interest in food and nutrition researchExpressed interest in pursuing further education following completion of undergraduate degree. Applicants should be interested in pursuing advanced degrees or credentials in public health or nutrition — e.g., Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science (MS), Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Public Health (DrPH). This opportunity is specifically for applicants interested in graduate school, not medical school or other health professional schools.”
No mention of whites only anywhere on that webpage. Not one place. Just a declaration that minorities are underrepresented in the nutrition fields, and an encouragement that they should apply.
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I’ve been in 60+ countries, many of them 3rd world grade. I’ve never been to a single 3rd world country that the people didn’t express a desire to come to America for freedom and opportunity. Every country in the West I’ve been to always showed their jealousy of our achievement.
We cannot assimilate the hordes of 3rd world uneducated people that are now crossing the border. We cannot pay for them, not for long anyway.
Our American welfare class had best figure this out, as soon enough the illegal invasion will break the working Americans and they will no longer pay for the welfare class. We have been wealthy enough to afford the deadbeats and the genuinely needy, but that is coming to an end.
When it’s finished, and I have no idea if that will happen in my remaining years, the illegal class will have to go back. Just as Ike rounded up the “wetbacks”* and sent them back, that day will come again.
*”The short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants—some of them American citizens—from the United States.”
https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation
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The trouble we have is that we have two governments, an elected one which is out in the open, and an unelected one which is a lot more secretive. We have a clown show up on the Hill – perhaps that’s why Pelosi et al were so upset by the events of January 6th, because that stripped away the fakery, the false dignity, and the guy in the horns wearing the fur put the icing on that cake. The only real functions that that pretend government has are to funnel money to the real government South of the Potomac, in Arlington, Crystal City, and Langley, and to serve as a distraction, misdirecting people’s attention, just like a magician uses misdirection to do his slights of hand. Attempting to overthrow the Clown Show does nothing, the Capitol could be repurposed into a shopping mall, the White House into an upscale bed and breakfast, and the Supreme Court into a temple to Pallas Athena, and the present occupants sent packing, and there wouldn’t be the slightest hitch in the governance of the US. The same can be said for most state and local governments, by the way. It’s a structural problem all the way down, and voting will have no effect on anything.
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In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
But isn’t that what Soma was all about?
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Broken Spirited fighting age males don’t make for good soldiers.
Another goal is to end America’s ability to defend itself.
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Ain’t but the one thing: start killing the killjoys. It really is the only way to be rid of them for any meaningful length of time, although even that isn’t permanent.
We’re long overdue to invoke Rule .308
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Happy New Year, Mike!
One of my favorite H. L. Mencken essays argues that the great majority of the world’s problems could be solved or averted from arising if we could just keep everyone “gently stewed” — a state somewhat beyond merely tipsy, but short of intoxicated. I find this to be worthy of exploring in practice. It certainly works for me! Perhaps I’ll apply for a Federal grant.
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Narcissists are unaware they’re Narcissists. Sociopaths are unaware they’re Sociopaths. Stupid People are unaware they’re Stupid. Usually.
Some people do know their limitations.
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“We shan’t see their like again…”
I disagree. I see them all around us. They don’t stand out so much, but neither did those men fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Take a look at the men at the your local auto shop, the hardware store, etc. Go watch a college football game, then a high school game. They’re there, but there is nothing that indicates such ferocity.
Every generation thinks the next one is lesser. The ones you hear about, the orange haired creampuffs, are a minority.
If we ever have another Battle of the Bulge type battle, we’ve already lost. Major warfare will not be fought sending hundreds of thousands of troops into battle with rifles and tanks. They can all be obliterated in the blink of an eye. Intelligence and hardware will win the war of the future. Some overweight kid of 20 sitting behind a console will drop a battlefield nuke right in the middle of the invading army. Might even have orange hair…
Only fools would start a major war with the West. Nuclear destruction is assured.
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Yep, I’m done with the R party. I had hoped there might be reform movement that would take hold, but the rot is just too deep.
With the exception of Trump I may never vote for another federal position republican. There are others, just not in NC. Both our senators and both in SC are worthless corrupt hacks. I’d just as soon put an acknowledged marxist in office and get it all over with.
I can probably count on 10 fingers all the national republicans I think can be trusted. Rand Paul is one to go with Trump. That’s my dream ticket, Paul for VP then president in 4 years.
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In reply to Barry.
Ain’t THAT the piss-poor truth. Maybe it’s that I’m more acclimated to the PayPal way of doing things, but it seems like with GP even the terminology has unexpected and baffling meanings. I’m really glad we have Gab and GP available as an alternative to PP, and I’ll do my best to hang in there and support ’em. Just growing pains, maybe. Hope so, anyway.
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In reply to Mike.
Agree with that. There are a bunch that need the same treatment.
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In reply to Mike.
OK, then my mistake. I was thinking it was the gmail addy.
I went to my GAB account to verify how I entered your email and it seems not to work at the moment…
They really need to work on their interface. It’s really confusing IMO.
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In reply to Barry.
No foolin’. At this point, I don’t think spending his golden years rocking orange in Supermax will suffice. He needs to spend thirty days swinging from a DC gibbet, while the crows peck out his eyeballs. Y’know, pour encourager les autres.
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In reply to Barry.
Oh, absolutely. At this point, I’m just using the “Biden” name as a sort of catch-all reference to his legion of handlers, minders, and wardens. Kinda like the way people always say “Frankenstein,” meaning his monster and not ol’ Dr Franky his own bad self. Plus, I just enjoy poking fun at the corrupt, shambolic kiddie-sniffer whenever I can, I do admit.
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In reply to Barry.
Only problem with that is, the mike/cf addy is the only one associated with my Gab account. I have TommyGunMike as my username, but the actual tgm-at-gmail address isn’t involved at all, so I went with the other one. Who the hell knows. 😉
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Nah, he’s the same mentally ill dope he’s always been. It was the handlers that had the docs flown in for signing. Biden’s just a puppet like he’s been from day one.
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Fauci is a malignant cancer upon the medical profession. He’s not alone, but no one personifies narcissism like that asshole. If wishes came true Fauci would drop dead.
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“There is currently an excess of mistrust for DeSantis in certain quarters…”
As one of those I’ll just note it has nothing to do with Sundance. He just picks up on the same things that people like me do. Excess? You should be suspicious of anyone getting pushed by the damn GOP.
I’ll continue to hope I’m wrong, but when Karl Rove is singing your praises…
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I find that a bit confusing since it says @tommygunmike. I know Gab presents it that way, but you might want to just post the correct email.
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I’m in favor of seeing the republican party destroyed, that what might arise from the ashes be a party dedicated to freedom and liberty. I’ll vote for Trump and that’s about it.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Absolutely, 100%.
I don’t really give a damn what these ill people do, but they want to have a minutes fame from it, so I have only bad wishes for them.
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Actually, 100% of trannys have a diagnosable mental illness. It’s called gender dysphoria.
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Read someone that actually knows what they are writing about:
Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Now a Historic Disaster
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In reply to Jaybo.
Merry Christmas Jaybo!
Get help for your mental illness.
And by the way, I’ve never owned a silverado, green, red, blue, purple, or any other color.
Just say the word and I’ll get directions in your hands. I know who you are.
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In reply to ArthurSido.
Well that is why her “husband” is a switch hitter!
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In reply to kennycan.
I’ve had no power interruptions. In fact, I moved to this area in 1990, and I’ve never been without power for more than 30 minutes to an hour, even through the ice storms etc.
It’s criminal what’s being done now. And it’s the government that are the criminals.
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In reply to Barry.
Duke were talking about possible rolling blackouts. Our cable/home internet have been down for three days now. I’m convinced they took it down purposefully to keep people from using too many electronic devices/TV.
Almost above freezing now. Yesterday was same as you at around 10F at this time yesterday.
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In reply to ArthurSido.
There would always be the winners…
It would be the same now as it was 2000 years ago.
I’ve mentioned it to some of my black friends in the past – best you get down on your knee’s and thank the lord your ancestors were stolen and enslaved and ended up in America.
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At 11am it’s 29f here in the Charlotte area, and that feels warm compared to yesterday morning when we were near 10F.
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On a more serious note, what little remaining infrastructure exists in sub-Saharan Africa is the result of “colonialism” and it seems to be quickly degrading. If Whites had left Africa undiscovered, it wouldn’t be out of the question that between plagues and warfare that the southern part of Africa would be uninhabited.
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Merry Christmas Mike and all who come here through the ages to commiserate in and celebrate this wacky thing we call our Lives.
May your Fury always be Cold but may you always have Warmth underneath in your Heart.
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Mike, we’re glad you made it through what must have been a real ordeal. I can’t imagine it. But I’m happy that your spirits are good and another Christmas is here!
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Can’t we all just get along?
They pronounce it like that when drunk or drugged or suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome or just plain retarded.
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In reply to kennycan.
And the GOPe’s real conundrum –
Normally they would trot out several alternatives to the real choice in order to keep the alternative choice vote totals low. But how do you do this with Trump? President Trump’s support hasn’t dropped one bit (contrary to the deep state comments) and nothing they can do will reduce that. The more they run the fewer votes their main choice gets. And then there are the ones that just decide for theirselves it’s a good idea to run.
They know, and I know, there is only one way to stop Trump short of assassination, indictment and then the R party declares him unfit for the nomination. But then Trump does a 3rd party, which is not a problem in and of itself since 1) the election is rigged and 2) if the election wasn’t rigged a 3rd party usually splits the vote and is a loser.
But here’s the real problem, the 3rd party is 50 million + strong from inception and it will not go away, which means the R party is done.
A real conundrum for the corrupt R’s.
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If you accept bullying and bad faith, you’ll just get more of it. Without admission of fault, apologies are worthless, words intended usually to get something out of you. These people told you something very valuable and revealing about themselves, you will ignore it at your peril.
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In reply to kennycan.
“I think it is certain that he is really their choice.”
That part stands on it’s own 🙂
When Karl Rove is pushing your candidacy, there is a reason.
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In reply to csmallo17.
TR was accomplished and admirable as a man.
Maybe admirable as lower-level politician, up to governor of NY; I’m not a huge fan but he was better than the other options.
As President? TR was a progressive. No more need be said.
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In reply to kennycan.
Just another point in the list of reasons to understand that many corporations have been corrupted along with the government. It could be they just don’t have the courage to fight off the negative press Karen commies I suppose.
I watch Andy Griffith reruns in the afternoon some days. Every other commercial is for that damn rupaul drag shit. Why I ask is that on this channel? It’s not that they think there are a bunch of secret drag queens watching Opie, no, it’s they want to rub your nose in their filth.
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Schwanzaa is what you out in a Pita with hot sauce. Right? Yummy, if done right…
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I think Dr Suess’ was brilliant. I can’t imagine any kid growing up without his books in their life.
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In reply to Mike.
I’ve predicted more than one thing that I’m happy didn’t happen 🙂
There is also the possibility there were attempts we don’t know about.
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In reply to Barry.
“Possibly. But then, why has he not already been assassinated?”
I’m still amazed that there weren’t more attempts at it during his term in office, honestly. Happy to have been proven wrong on that prediction, but still.
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“They’ll kill HIM long before they ever let that happen…”
Possibly. But then, why has he not already been assassinated?
Answer, they know we’ll know, and they are afraid of what we’ll do. They may be afraid of Trump’s 2nd term more than they fear us though. We’ll see. Maybe.
I still believe the republicans have made the deal, deny Trump the nomination because he will be under indictment for xyz. And I also believe certain republican governors, like the one that sat back while a state citizen had his home ransacked by jackbooted thugs from the federal government, know all about the plan and approve of it.
It may not happen, because they will also be afraid of the fallout.
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Modern Republicans love Teddy Roosevelt. He was nothing but a big war, big government progressive. Our second progressive president after the tyrant Lincoln. A curse upon both their names.
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Apparently, Brazil is not done yet. Earlier reports put the deadline for action within the Bolsanaro/military camp as before the elections were certified. There is more to it than that. GP had the details:
BREAKING: Christmas Counter-Coup? Bolsonaro Signs Order to Sideline Corrupt Supreme Court
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“This is a truly sick, sick society we’re living in.”
The rot seems to have accelerated over the last 12 years coinciding the election of the black jesus.
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In reply to SteveF.
Lot of forking going on 🙂
I think I remember that though, thanks!
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In reply to Barry.
Dissenter is a fork from Brave, which is a fork from Chrome.
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In reply to SteveF.
I find the interface somewhat confusing. Which end does the terminology apply to? The bank side, the transfer to side, or your side?
With gab you do have to link to your bank account and deposit funds from your bank to the gab account. Then you can spend/send the funds.
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In reply to SteveF.
Steve, I like YT for that exact reason, woodworking, metal working, and that type stuff.
I’m using dissenter almost exclusively which has built in ad blocking but not the YT type. I think it might be chrome derived, don’t recall but I’ll check.
Thanks for the tip.
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What sicko parents would even allow their minor children to attend?
That’s fucked up.
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In reply to Barry.
I’ll give that a try again this weekend, given a break in BS. I wasn’t able to connect my bank account to my GabPay account; don’t know if I had the dumbs that day, the instructions were bad, or the site wasn’t working; didn’t have time to look into it.
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In reply to Barry.
Barry, I use the “AdBlock for Youtube” browser plugin. Should work on all chrome-derived browsers.
Yah, without it, YT is useless. Six minutes of unskippable ads at the beginning and 90 seconds of ads every five minutes during the video.
By preference I use BitChute, Odysee, Gab Video, or Rumble, but YT has a bunch of interesting stuff — math, history, machine shop stuff — not found elsewhere. Most of the non-YT sites focus on political or social content which are banned from YT. Sometimes I want to watch that, but mostly I prefer to watch something educational.
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It’s good that Gab quickly sorted out the issue. Now if we can just get them to redesign their interface to be a bit less confusing 🙂
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In reply to SteveF.
YOUtube has become worthless for me. I have no idea why, but when I click a YT link it always requires watching multiple long commercials. On my wife’s laptop, never a commercial. I have no clue why, but haven’t really tried to figure it out either.
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“Senators don’t read ANY bill beforehand, nor do “Representatives”…”
The elected are there to collect the graft $$$ and dole out a few coins to the subordinates tasked only with making the elected look good. I doubt the subordinates even read the bills. They are written by a consortium of special interests, and we ain’t among the special.
It’s simply theft, from each of us right now and well into the future.
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In reply to kennycan.
FDR was a disaster for America. His perfidy is still with us and growing.
We were lucky that we did have real men and leaders in the military.
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In reply to Barry.
It’s funny how FDR switched to Truman from his Veep for the past election, who was an outright Commie.
Did FDR think it was too obvious?
Oh and that creep FDR knew he wasn’t going to live until 1948 and ran in 1944 anyway. Had to hold the reins of Power for as long as he could, right to the grave.
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In reply to Barry.
Perhaps. One can’t really know.
MAL Raid was troubling.
I’d like to see some State Governments ban Fakebook along with Tik Tok!
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In reply to kennycan.
“…if that’s what you meant.”
Yes. I thought that it would be clear from a historical perspective and the “and then a few years later ” part of my sentence. But I see that it’s not. 10 years earlier we were busy recusing the chinese from the Japs, only later, just prior to the Korean war, did the communists take over.
MacArthur was bigger than Truman, but he stood down, per orders, believing in the American way. Truman was the problem, as was the man before him. They were all commies.
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In reply to kennycan.
I’m in complete agreement that the states are the best way to stop the corrupt federal government.
But what if the states are just as corrupt? I’m beginning to get the awful feeling they are nearly all as corrupt as the feds.
IOW’s the states already folded, and we are descending into tyranny.
Any state intent upon taking back their rightful position could start by closing every FBI office in the state. Florida would be the perfect state given the illegal and corrupt raid on Mar A Lago. Instead, the governor there issued one boilerplate sentence then hid for a week.
Florida will not lead the way. Georgia is clearly corrupt, as is North Carolna. I believe SC and Tenn are our best hope, followed by Alabama. Texas may be in there.
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In reply to Barry.
In 1945 China was not Commie.
Our State Department undermined Chiang and let Mao have it in 1949.
But when Mac was at the Yalu we should have let him go ahead, if that’s what you meant.
Which is the same reason they stopped Mac.
There is no evidence to things because back then they dismissed things as Conspiracy and wouldn’t let anyone investigate it.
Hmmm, the more things change…
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In reply to Barry.
If we’re getting out of this it’s going to come to one or more States enforcing their own Constitutional Laws over Unconstitutional Edicts from DC. That’ll be followed by arrests by those States of Fed Officials who try to enforce the edicts anyway.
I don’t see any of this doesn’t come to blows eventually.
Or else the States fold and we descend into Tyranny.
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In reply to Barry.
Thinking about it, we should have given Patton free reign in eastern Europe (wipe out the russian commies) and then a few years later we should have let MacArthur take China.
The world would be a different and far better place,
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This is not to say that I wish them all to die;
Speak for yourself, kemo sabe.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Can’t say I buy into the Patton murder conspiracy, not any compelling evidence to support it. But it’s possible.
He obviously was for “liberating” the entirety of the continent and said so. And Roosevelt was a commie, so…
Patton had the same high opinion of russian military capability and russians in general that I have.
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In reply to Barry.
?Nuke Moscow? Neither Frankie nor Harry would ever tolerate any such thing. THAT is why they murdered Patton.
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In reply to Skeptic.
I couldn’t find the research referenced. If you have a link post it up.
I’m finding it rather difficult to come up with a connection between not getting “vaxxed” and bad driving.
I do know that with less traffic on the roads some drivers were driving much faster and bad wrecks occurred as a result. Perhaps that’s the connection?
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In reply to Aesop.
“The vaxxed are dropping dead of Suddenly©.”
OK, that’s a good one.
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The problem here, one that the DeSantis people know full well, federal law by the constitution and affirmed by SCOTUS takes precedence over the state. That includes criminal law.
I’d do it anyway of course and thumbs up to DeSantis/Florida for doing it. But I’m not expecting much. Bad findings will simply be ignored and the criminals have already been given a federal level get out of jail card.
I’ll be more than happy to find that I’m wrong.
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The failure of Americans to speak up and defend freedom and liberty is not an accident. The marxist left recognized that a takeover in the USA was impossible in the short term and played the long game. They were aided by communists throughout the world and in a variety of ways. The #1 aid provider was the Soviets/Russians. That effort has been joined and superseded by the chinese.
Scratch any green program and you’ll find communist roots.
Scratch any LGBTqrz program and you’ll find communist roots.
Scratch any gender program and you’ll find communist roots.
Scratch at any deviancy and you’ll find communist roots.
Scratch any “global warming / climate change” program and you’ll find communist roots.
Scratch any economic deviations from an oil based society and you’ll find communist roots.
We should have nuked Moscow at the end of WW2 and never done business with any communist regime. Hindsight is a powerful tool to guide your future. It’s called learning.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Done or said anything lately to advance the cause of freedom and liberty, Skeptic?
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In reply to kennycan.
Kenny lays it out and says it perfectly. If you do not understand this, if you continue to pretend “but for Trump”s poor choices” that somehow conservative values would have been implemented, if you still haven’t figured out the republicans are a greater enemy than the democrats, then –
You will continue to fail.
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Let’s admit the obvious.
The unvaxxed are obviously going to have more accidents than the vaxxed, for one simple reason:
The vaxxed are dropping dead of Suddenly©.
The unvaxxed are still alive, and thus out driving.
Mystery solved.
QED
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In reply to kennycan.
Got your $99 Trump superhero digital trading cards yet, Kenny?
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I’m a native Clevelander, and I can attest to our irreverent sense of humor. Glad to see that the pompous and Woke haven’t taken over the ODOT.
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I keep hearing that “harvesting ballots” somehow means you just bring ballots to people and they fill them out and you return them. Why would the Uniparty allow that. People might fill out the ballots incorrectly!
The truth is the voter rolls are filled with names and even addresses that don’t exist. Or that the addresses for thousands of people are tiny storefronts etc. Plus nowadays your voting history is a available to the State. So add in the ballots of people who haven’t voted in years to the pile.
ALL of these ballots never get mailed out in the first place. They’re all available for weeks to ballot box stuffers or held in reserve to “fortify” the final count the week after Election Day as needed.
Another scam is to change the addresses of voters on the rolls, mailing the ballots out to addresses the cheaters control, and then changing the addresses back when they’re mass filled out and “returned”. When I read that I recalled something. In 2020 I got 4 ballots at my house addressed to whom the previous owners had rented out to people. BUT I did not get one for myself! That’s because they knew I voted in 2017, 2018 and 2019 IN PERSON and On Election Day.
How difficult would it be for Big Tech to write thumb drive size programs to plug in and manipulate voter rolls in many different ways like this.
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That’s more in line with the thought process I had outlined, but with cleverer specifics.
Good on ya, RDS. Now stay in FL and continue purging the blue out of Red FL, setting the stage for the new Freedom Forces that will force the Tyrannical Blue Fascist States back in line with The Constitution.
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In reply to MarkMatis.
Over the Hill and a Piker.
Far more likely to be Bill Gates.
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Here’s the tell.
Turtle would not let the Senate go out of Session so that Trump could make Recess Appointments.
A tactic meant to thwart the Opposition from hiring whom they want.
Turtle did this to HIS Opposition. Trump.
MAGA and Trumpkins are the Enemy of both Factions of the Uniparty.
To believe otherwise is to believe that Trump amassed anywhere from $4-10 Billion in a personal fortune by making poor hiring decisions.
Also, somehow Trump got the World to stop shooting at each other and start Peace processes globally because he has no ability to read and assess people.
Or that he maneuvered to win against 17 “professional” politicians and secure victory because he has no ability to read and assess the American People or engage in strategy and tactics to get his way.
When it came to doing all those things, the most important assets were:
1. Ability to read and assess people accurately.
2. The ability to convince people to vote for you.
3. The ability to use strategy and tactics in various ways to thwart your opposition.
That works very well in our System in getting Elected and in Office.
The plain fact of the matter is that the Founders set up a system that makes it incredibly difficult to get things done if the opposition unites to thwart you. Since the Opposition included the whole of the Dem Party and 90% of the GOP, there was little Trump could do against the Swamp. He could himself Thwart the Swamp to a certain degree. He had latitude in foreign policy and a certain amount of latitude in Pen and Phone EOs. That was about it. He needed COOPERATION and 90% of his own Party would have none of that.
And yet he got so much done effectively with the little powers he could Command that he had the Uniparty Deep State shitting bricks over it.
So they engineered the biggest Scam in History, the Scamdemic, and engineered the biggest Election Fraud ever on the back of that. Just to get rid of him.
They’re really after us and Trump was just in the way.
And that is why no one man is going to Drain The Swamp.
We either do it at State Levels or at the Founders level of We, The People. We are not going to send someone to DC as POTUS who can get it done. It is an impossible task for anyone.
Trump unmasked everyone and pointed this out. As he attempts to sally forth into battle once more I will support him. I will have no delusions that he is something other than Don Quixote fighting the good fight that needs to be fought, and showing us the righteousness of that battle, but in the end simply tilting at windmills. We, The People must organize and join with him and not by simply voting. The State organizations in many places are not all hopelessly corrupted and that should be our next tactical pursuit. Using them against Leviathan in order to organize and plan effectively.
An Army of David’s still needs a David or they’ll be picked off one by one
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One doesn’t have to worry about amphibious assault capabilities if one can fire down from space.
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Man, any bets that they go after Thomas for some shytte related to his ‘obvious bias’ by supporting Vets, while “Luke the Gook” makes hay out of his gathering up of ten-cent-returnables, as, after all, he’s so low on the DemoncRat totem pole, he needs to get that re-erection campaign cash -somewhere-… he literally needs every dime he can get…
Jes’ Sayin’
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To make sense of that article, you have to know a lot of things. In this case, there are two more pieces of data:
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Blacks were far less likely to take the shot than any other racial group. Something like 60% of blacks remain unvaxed.
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You need to have read Steve Sailer’s research about the skyrocketing rate of black traffic fatalities since the Summer of George in 2020. He calls them “Deaths of Exuberance. ”
My guess is that much of the data that skews the Fortune article is blacks driving badly.
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In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
I have to agree with that one. Tucker is 80% of the way there, even on his show, and he has shifted the Overton Window in a useful way. I’ll take his 80%, until your “two doors” scenario becomes reality.
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The same year radio stations decided to ban the song Wet Ass Pussy was a Grammy winner.
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In defense of Tucker Carlson, he has to observe some limits to keep his perch. Perhaps he’s as “fatigued” as the rest of us. It doesn’t matter to whether he’ll be allowed to continue in his position — and I think his position (and how he uses it) is valuable enough to the rest of us to cut him a few inches of slack.
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Chris Rock has a thing or two to say about niggers (or niggas as he calls them):
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In reply to Barry.
There are 68 BILLION reasons to start a War in Deep State’s eyes. With potentially hundreds of billions more and with success in installing a Puppet in Russia, we could be talking Trillions.
Before this the scamming was low scale. A few billion here and there. Now it’s Iraq/Afghanistan levels and those scams had to be replaced.
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In reply to Barry.
You’re simply wrong. There is no other reason to expand NATO. It had no purpose after the Soviet Union disappeared.
So its expansion could only be as a way to expand US Sphere of Influence into Russia. That’s what happens when you name an “enemy”.
That’s the heart of the Russia Russia Russia Collusion with Trump. They know there’s an ingrained misperception about Russia left over from the Cold War they can exploit.
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In reply to Barry.
Nope,the Communists were the Soviet Union abd the Coimmunists camefrom ALL the countries the Soviets eventually controlled.
Ever heard of the East German Stasi? Were they Russians?
Individual Ukrainians were every bit as responsible for Soviet atrocities as any Russian. There were atrocities committed by Polish Communists, and Latvian Communists and Georgian Communists and Czech Communists as well.
It was ALL about the Communism.
The Marxists (Commies and Fascists) took Mass Graves to a whole other level in the 20th Century and that spanned a diverse group such as Germans (Hitler), Italians (Mussolini), Russians (Stalin), Chinese (Mao), Koreans (the Kims), Vietnamese (Ho Chi Minh), Cambodians (Pol Pot), Angolans, Cubans (Castro and Che) and a whole host of others. Blaming Communism, when it was Germans (Marx and Engels) who thought of it and did the major part of their work in London, on Russians is wrong. Russians were victims of Communism as much as any other peoples were. And here’s the scary part: Commies run DC now. So, are you going to blame the coming slaughters here on Russians?
The Russians prior to the Soviet takeover were no more brutal than anyone else.
Look at the massacres Hessians and British committed in America. Or the (Hungarian?) that served as the source for the Count Dracula stories. Or the Spanish Inquisition
Brutality and atrocities were endemic throughout Europe, The Russians certainly had no monopoly on it.
The Russians are no worse a people than the Ukrainians. Western Europe in the form of France and UK may have a little better rep because of their Enlightenment Values that were more ensconced in their History than much of the rest of Europe. Overall the Anglo-Saxon World is the only one to rise to the heights above everyone else when it comes to Freedom and it only shines at all here in the US. But it’s being extinguished.
So stop blaming Russians and blame the real Culprits. Communists.
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In reply to Barry.
Our goal is Regime Change in Russia.
Tell me one instance where Regime Change in Post Cold War America has worked.out well for the average American.
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In reply to Barry.
False.
What does “wait until Ukraine is strong before pressuring Russia again with Ukraine as proxy” don’t you get?
Misha makes more sense.
This info is not taken in a vacuum. Everyone from Schlafly and Kennan to Meirsheimer and Rand Paul have issues with our strategic approach to Eastern Europe going back to 1o94. Many, many others as well.
Given the Revelations over that time period about how corrupt our MeoCon/Dem Alliance and the Brussels Gang are now, it’s hardly a stretch to think they wanted this War as part of The Great Reset.
They’re literally.telling you what they’re doing and you choose to look at spin instead.
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In reply to Barry.
Like I said. He’s hardly the only source here.
Even Sarah Hoyt is starting to question this whole canard.
It’s a Deep State Con and like people had a blind spot for WuFlu, people have a blind spot to Russia because they basically just don’t like Russians.
I find Russians no more nor less a care of mine than any other ethnic group. Ukraine’s Government though has proven itself to be allied with Deep State.
Deep State is evil and America’s enemy. Anyone willing to throw in with them cannot be good.
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“Ukraine is a Deep State Scam.”
No one is arguing it’s not. We’re arguing it already was, and there was no need to start a war to scam the Americans out of their money. It was already occurring in massive amounts. You keep pretending Putin had no choice. He made a choice, and chose poorly.
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Geez Kenny, you’re torturing me.
“The Evil Empire was the Soviet Union.”
The russians were the Soviet union. Every bit of it was run by the russians.
“Without a War, how can the “Aid” be funneled there and then recycled back.”
Well, it seems the biden clan and the rest of the pols were doing just fine without a war, or did you miss that? Seriously, you’re going to suggest that money wasn’t getting funneled to the Ukraine and back without a war?
Yes, they are all evil. Ours, theirs, all of them. On that we agree. WW3 being pushed by NATO/Putin/Merkel? No. Why would they when they had a good thing going? No one knows the outcome of a war, particularly a war with a nuclear power.
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Those “plans” you speak of are fantasy Kenny. As I said above, the euro’s and obama nave been bending over for the russians, not starting WW3.
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In reply to kennycan.
I was going to point out the same thing. If you are using that bastard for information you’re in trouble.
Everything he writes is wrong. You take a series of events and try to mold them to your view. There is near zero evidence that NATO was trying to provoke a nuclear Russia into WW3. I do recall when obama was bending over and sending a message to putin that he would be more “flexible” after the election though.
The entirety of the european left (75% of the europeans) have been bending over for the russians for 50+ years. Just look at where they were getting their energy from, enriching the Putin cabal.
You have to torture the facts to fit them into your view.
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Except on Ukraine this is the exception. Then they’re being totally honest.
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Perhaps, but can you find fault in what he wrote?
He’s not the only one to make this observation.
Oh, and besides the quote, none of the rest of that analysis came from Ritter. It came from my own readings of the situation.
Ukraine is a Deep State Scam.
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In reply to kennycan.
respected independent military analyst Scott Ritter
Would that be the highly respected Scott Ritter who was a UN arms inspector in Iraq in the 1990s, who was hard-charging about all of the WMD violations … until all of a sudden he wasn’t?
And a few years later he fell for a police sting, attempting to solicit an underage girl?
Which led to questions about what blackmail Saddam might have obtained on him in Iraq?
The same Scott Ritter who fell into another sting for, again, attempting to solicit sex from an underage girl?
That Scott Ritter?
Questionable dating habits don’t necessarily impede his judgment on WMD construction or military buildups, but they do raise doubts about whether he’s able to voice his honest appraisal of what he sees or whether his voiced opinions are being controlled by blackmailers.
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In reply to Barry.
Cassus Belli. An act of War.
Russia invaded for the same reason Israel did in 1967.
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No Barry, the Ukrainians had COMMUNISTS who joined the Bolsheviks in subjugating Ukraine.
The Evil Empire was the Soviet Union.
And yes, the Vichy DID aid the Germans. That is what collaborators do. Since the Coup in 2014 the Collaborators are the Puppet Regime the Deep State installed in Ukraine.
They are as Evil as Deep State itself. So evil that they were the ones laundering money for our Deep State Politicians in the form of Aid, and now we learn, through FTX and bitcoin schemes.
Without a War, how can the “Aid” be funneled there and then recycled back.
It’s an evil, vicious Scam to rob Americans blind, and the Ukrainians are Just In On It, at least at the Governmental Level installed by the Maidan Coup.
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Another key point:
…the fact that Merkel knew that inviting Ukraine into NATO would trigger a Russian military response.
Rather than reject this possibility altogether, Merkel instead pursued a policy designed to make Ukraine capable of withstanding such an attack.
War, it seems, was the only option Russia’s opponents had ever considered.
In 2016 Crooked was supposed to seal the deal on all of these types of things, by crushing the third blind mice the Republicans were trying to serve up, Jeb Bush.
Instead Trump the Mule came along and upset the Foundation’s calculations. Well, now that Trump was gone, the Plans went forward.
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As has been repeatedly pointed out, the Coup in 2014 is one of the key events.
As respected independent military analyst Scott Ritter points out, Merkel also knew that the Kiev regime installed by the CIA-backed coup d’état in 2014 was not interested in a peaceful resolution of the civil war in that country.
The unspoken policy in Berlin was all about buying time for the anticipated aggression against Russia.
As is noted further in the actual Scot Ritter link:
Russia had been duped into believing there was a diplomatic solution to the violence that had broken out in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 U.S.-backed Maidan coup in Kiev.
Once the Coup was run in 2014, after having seen how NATO operated in the former Yugoslavia, and even more importantly, how NATO threw their weight in with Jihadists and overthrew Qadaffy in 2011, the writing was on the wall. Putin knew all about the Benghazi gun running to Syria as well. Finally Putin could observe the 0 Admin actions relating to helping Iran go nuclear. He also almost certainly knew about the mass bribery of Joetato and many others in Ukraine.
He correctly observed that our Deep State, under 0 and Clinton, were even MORE radical than they had been under BJ, and that the GOPe had joined in.
Washington DC under 0bambam had elevated the threat levels to the highest it had ever been.
So he immediately moved to secure the Crimea and the crucial military base there.
Seeing this move, Deep State realized that Ukraine could not fight this proxy war at that time. They had moved too early, but they had to because the duly elected Ukrainian President was moving away from the EU and TO Russia. So they had to run the Coup and hope Putin did nothing. Putin called that bluff.
So they began negotiations and Putin and Russia was again reassured on the Donbas and other issues.
AS the article points out, the intention all along was to renege on that Treaty as soon as possible once they felt Ukraine was strong enough to take Russia on again.
They then reneged on it and started killing ethnic Russians in the Donbas anyway.
But along comes Trump, and Putin thinks, “OK finally we have a normal leader there, and he isn’t afraid to play hardball. So I have to back off, knowing they won’t do anything radical now under Trump”.
What would you think he said when Trump was taken out in a Coup by the very same Radical Group that was behind 0bambam and Crooked Clinton?
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I don’t need to explain why it should. I only need to explain why it’s no excuse for putin/russia to invade a country on it’s border, that is not a member of NATO, and has never threatened the russians.
The Ukraine even gave up the nukes on their territory, with guarantee’s of protection form the russians and Americans.
Putin/Russia is not threatened by NATO. It has never been a threat to Russia. Libya has nothing to do with it.
NATO prevents Russia from expanding it’s iron grip on the countries surrounding it, and putin wants those back in the soviet sphere. That’s it. All of it.
Putin is a KGB murderer and torturer, russian leader of the red factions in germany and italy that murder and maim. His grandfather was the cook for both lenin and stalin. It would be no surprise to anyone that reads about the man that he desires to rule the former Soviet Empire, by any means.
Putins problem is putin believed his own propaganda. The russians are a 3rd world military with nukes and are incapable of mounting a winning strategy on their own border. Thus we have what will soon be a year long war. Can the russians “win”? Of course. At what cost?
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“It’s inherently COMMUNISTS.”
Sure. And it was the russians that forced that upon the Soviet controlled countries. What happened when the Ukraine threw off the yokes of communist russia?
“They aided the Holodomor.”
Sure, just as the Vichy aided the germans. There are bad actors in every country. Sans the russians the starvation and murder of the Ukrainians would not have happened. That is a fact.
Trying to prove Ukraine is equally bad as russia is a losing proposition. Russia, AKA “Evil Empire” is responsible for all the corruption, death, and destruction in eastern Europe. Are you suggesting Poland, Latvia, etc are all as evil as the russians?
There is no excuse for what the feckless, corrupt, evil russians are doing in and to the Ukraine.
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In reply to Misha.
Nice to see you commenting, Misha.
The headline is “Merkel Spills Beans on How U.S. and NATO Partners Planned War in Ukraine Against Russia”. I’m not seeing the quoted passage of Merkel as providing evidence of this “war planning”. I’m not understanding how the West/NATO managed to force Putin into invading Ukraine, particularly in light of when these invasions began, 2014.
I have no great love for NATO, but that is primarily because it was paid for by us (primarily), not those being protected, and because like all govco operations it is corrupt to the core. OTOH, countries can and do align with treaties for protection and I’ll be damned if I give russia/putin authority over that.
I’m not seeing anything here, or elsewhere, that gives legitimate cause or excuse for the russians to invade the Ukraine.
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Yea, it’s a news blackout. I can barely get any info. Looks like Bolsonaro may have backed down, but I can’t even tell that for sure.
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If anybody still cares, the “confusion” about Merkel’s remarks seems to stem from the article linked not linking to the actual interview in Die Zeit which is hidden behind a paywall. Fortunately, the Internets have ways around that, so here’s the actual link to the original article.
It’s in German, my apologies, but I actually speak the language fluently, and I can confirm that Ms. “How is She a Credible Source In Spite of Being One of the Four Leaders Involved in the Actual Mink Accord Negotiations?” Merkel said exactly what the article linked by you stated that she said.
More specifically, and again, I speak German, she said:
“…and the Minsk Accords of 2014 was an attempt to buy time for Ukraine. And they also spent this time to get stronger, as you can see today. The Ukraine from 2014/1015 isn’t the Ukraine from today. As one might have observed from the fights around Debaltsevo in the beginning of 2015, Putin would have been able to easily overrun it at the time. And I seriously doubt that the NATO states had been able to do as much as much then as now in order to assist Ukraine.”
But people in the West don’t care about facts, they only hear what they want to hear, so why do I even bother.
Congrats, Aesop, you’re going to be just as right about this as you were about the WuFlu ending us all due to an impossible swamping of ICUs and not enough ventilators, yet here we are.
Keep it up and you’ll be right eventually. About something. I’m sure of it.
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In reply to Skeptic.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt anymore and that’s a GOOD thing.
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In reply to Barry.
The Ukrainians were Commies too. They aided the Holodomor. They were as guilty of the atrocities as anyone.
Face it. It’s NOT inherently Russian. It’s inherently COMMUNISTS.
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In reply to Barry.
Maybe it can, but explain why it SHOULD.
It’s purpose was over by as early as 1994. It should have been terminated, not expanded.
Plus moving military assets ever closer to a country is a cassus belli. We saw that in Cuba. We saw that with Israel 1967.
Face it. There was no other good reason to start expanding NATO in the 90s than to provoke a response from Russia that could be used as an excuse to eventually get another War there. This is how the MIC and Deep State work. Perpetual wars are the aim, as it is very lucrative for looting the American Treasury (and other treasuries).
NATO is the military wing of the Deep State, and like the FBI, NATO Delenda Est.
But you see that with the FBI but not with Russia. If you were Russia and you saw what they did in former Yugoslavia what would you think? How would you react to the overthrow of Qadaffy, our Ally in the WoT (not a particularly valuable Ally but at least he renounced Jihad and paid restitution), on behalf of Jihadists?
In DC they should be turning to look at each other, dressed as Nazis, and then asking “Are we the Baddies?”.
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In reply to John Wilder.
Except that the Reps aren’t Right wing, and the Dems are by no means a Left party – both of them are Federalist Establishment parties. And the Dem wing has been cheating, and the Rep wing giving it the old college try and then throwing in the towel since the inception of the thing back in the 1790s. Here’s a good piece from the Tenth Amendment Center on the Antifederalist remedy, which I reposted on my Substack – https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/keeping-the-governments-within-constitutional – that, plus secession or revolution, might fix things. It will all end here when the governed stop buying the story, that’s what happened in the Eastern Bloc.
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Like Stalin said, it only matters who counts the votes. And the Left creates and counts.
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In reply to Aesop.
Well, all the putin bots (not Kenny) keep claiming the russians have an endless supply of arms. That, combined with putins superior (hitler like even) military tactics guarantee a quick win.
Or something. Any day now. Soon.
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Somehow, “Denier” has become a word that cucks are afraid of. Am I an “election denier?” Fuck yes I am. I deny that our elections have any relationship whatsoever to a legitimate election.
Am I a “science denier?” Well, I deny that “science” has been at work with anything to do with Covid.
Am I a “climate denier?” Yes. I deny that man-made climate change is a thing.
I’m a denier and I wear it proudly. Fuck you.
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Let’s not leave out what wonders Putey Poot’s done for the size of his Navy (due to the new Black Sea submarine fleet), his stock of missiles and artillery shells, and the halving of his actual running tank inventory since February, not to mention demonstrating to the entire watching world what incompetent boobs the Russian military is composed of.
That will turn out well with Russia’s millennia-long frenemy watching intently from Beijing, and a host of minority-Russian -stans itching for independence too.
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Big Country “Saving Adriana Grace” update (a good one!):
https://www.givesendgo.com/SaveAdrianaGrace
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“4 billion less”
The goal, I think, is a lot fewer humans, and all of them slaves.
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Read the latest from Sundance. He has been suspicious of Musk for a while. I don’t agree just yet, but there is always a concern.
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Phasing out fossil fuels and eliminating Nuclear means we return to 1500s tech or worse.
What were.you back then, 4 billion less humans?
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How can we seriously talk about what people want without talking about Massive Electoral Fraud?
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Peanuts is an American institution and one of the greats of all time.
I’d put it ahead of anything Disney put out.
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In reply to Barry.
Can’t argue with someone born overseas from parents who were not American.
Besides, I think he’s doing exactly what is best for America without going into politics.
Are you listening DeSantis?
Becoming “President” in a rigged government, where honest people are restricted by checks and balances, but dishonest people can act unconstitutionally at their whim, is a losing game.
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In reply to kennycan.
“…what would I be doing to protect my country?”
Well, if you had brains, the last thing you would do is attack the Ukraine, a country that has not caused any issue or threat to you.
Which means Putin has no brains, or, he attacked Ukraine for another reason. Putin has brains, not much but some. The problem is putin has in fact made russia weaker and less stable, which is the opposite of “protect my country”.
You cannot make a case for attacking the Ukraine as providing any protection to russia. Every male under 35 is trying to get out of there. 4-6 million russians have left the country in 2022. More will leave in 2023 and more will die in putins stupid invasion. Some protective measure.
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In reply to kennycan.
“when Ukraine is equally bad”
You know better than that. To list the atrocities committed by the russians since 1917 would require most of the evening.
Not to mention the murder and purposeful starvation of the Ukrainians by the russians.
Do I hate Russia?
Damn right I do. They are responsible for just about every evil in the world today. Putin is an evil KGB torturing and murdering bastard.
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“Borders change all the time.”
So what Kenny?
Borders are also defended all the time. Or do you want America to go back to its original borders?
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Kenny, NATO is free to expand as far and wide as it likes. That is freedom.
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Written in 1998, can someone tell me what Kennan and Schlafly got wrong?
Note that Schlafly was a big Trump supporter.
George Kennan, 1998 interview on NATO expansion – Times of Gold
Will America Be Caught in Clinton’s ‘Web’? — April 1998 Phyllis Schlafly Report (eagleforum.org)
Phyllis Schlafly Makes the Case for President Trump (breitbart.com)
Oh, and can someone tell me which NATO nation Bosnia, Serbia or Libya attacked?
You may not like Russia under Putin. I don’t like dictators. But we have supported many for strategic reasons. I don’t even recommend supporting Putin. But our use of NATO as an offensive force in the hands of Deep State is very troubling as an American
I just ask that you put yourself into his shoes as the Leader of Russia and ask yourself this: If I were to put Russia First and I were faced with the Dem Policies towards me since BJ, through 0bambam and now Biteme what would I be doing to protect my country?”
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San Fransicko is a case study in how quickly a marxist cabal can destroy a great city.
Detroit is another good example.
And Miami shows what adults in charge can accomplish.
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Yea, add South Korea and Vietnam to that list where we sent dollars, hardware and military men. Both were corrupt, but I’ve never regretted our saving SK or our attempt to save SV. I do regret we throw the lives away a 2nd time in a place like Vietnam.
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Last visited in the ’80s, it was nasty then, and it’s done nothing but descend deeper into an abyss of fœtid cesspit-dom since then, so I’m not missing anything.
This is the revenge of 1960s Haight-Ashbury writ large (hippies always smell, and this is what they lead to), and it couldn’t happen to a more deservingly wretched hive of scum and villainy.
An exact replay of 1906 would be the best thing that happened to that sh*thole city since…1906.
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Understood.
I’ve carefully differentiated my own support between Ukrainians in general, rather than any Zelensky-mania, for a variety of reasons. Not least of which is that governments come and go, but borders don’t.
But to be fair, pretty much any government the U.S. has ever supported, anywhere, 1900-present, has turned out to be corrupt. (Philippines, Iran, anything in Africa, Central, or South America, etc. ad infinitum). Holding that against Ukraine, in this instance, seems rather petty and short-sighted, given the circumstances. That’s also why I’d rather see them handed arms and ammunition, rather than pallets of cash. The former can be turned in the latter, but not so much when you’re under daily attack by a power with four to ten times your strength, on paper.
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It certainly is interesting and not a little ironic that Jews have a word like chutzpah that so aptly describes so many of them….
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In reply to John Wilder.
“Control” likely, Socialist-Progressive takeover a la CCP, maybe?
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In reply to Aesop.
Very good. You have proven what I knew was likely regarding the article.
I should clarify on my lack of support for the Ukraine. That is a direct result of not trusting the assholes currently installed at the top of the government. Since I know that of every dollar sent a large proportion goes into bank accounts, I’m opposed. Were a reasonably honest government in place on our side I would undoubtedly feel differently.
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Okay, read it.
1) It’s a bigger pile of shit than I suspected at first.
2) The translated link at Der Spiegel, far from “spilling any beans”, leads to one where Frau Farbissina Merkel saying she regrets Germany didn’t pony up 2% of its GDP far earlier, and considers that a failure on her part during her time as PM. If someone can pry out a link to WTF they meant to link to, post it. The one they supplied themselves was horseshit.
3) The linked editorial was suspect as soon as I got to the quote “respected independent military analyst Scott Ritter”. He’s a “respected independent military analyst” like James Comey was a “non-partisan even-handed FBI Director”. Ritter was one of the leading proponents for WMDs in Iraq, and later loudly proclaimed the US would never be able to militarily conquer and occupy Baghdad. (Which, in fact, took a bare few weeks.) After that, he became one of the loudest proponents for the idea that there were never any WMDs in Iraq. He’s nothing but a shit-talking opportunist, and operates entirely on his own delusional reality, which life in the real world seldom supports. He should have been shit-canned from the Marines before he made captain, but evidently, the intel weenies were pretty hard up for anyone who wanted the job.
4) By 2014, Putin had already illegally annexed Crimea, violating their own agreements when Ukraine gave up its Soviet-era nukes (biggest strategic blunder of the 20th century, obviously). Vlad then sent airborne and Spetsnaz troops into the Donbas in civilian clothes, and pretended they were a popular uprising against Kiev, in the most obvious fraud since Hitler’s Operation Canned Goods in Poland in 1939. That may have had a wee bit to do with why no one in NATO was buying Vlad’s bullshit way back when, or any time since.
5) In all, the editorial in question is screed masquerading as something new, rather than simply a slightly re-worked FSB press release from last February on why Putin had no choice but to try and conquer Ukraine by invading for a third time in 8 years, because their serial annexations, threats, and invasions hadn’t resulted in Ukraine welcoming them like a long-lost lover.
The only difference between Vlad and an abusive boyfriend who won’t take “no” for an answer from his ex- is simply one of scale and scope of the infuriated slaughter that ensues.
6) The coup in Kiev resulted in massive rearmament by Ukraine, because
a) they had finally dumped the latest in an unbroken line of leadership that had been sucking Moscow’s ass non-stop since independence in 1991, and
b) they’d already been invaded by Russia twice in the prior year, and Putin was already threatening and blustering to take even more. Bithcing about that, as the editorial screed attempts, is like taking a homeowner whose home has been invaded, and his wife and daughters ass-raped in front of him, twice, for daring to buy himself a gun. This is pure Russian propaganda and drivel.
7) They then go on to bitching that Ukraine is now striking targets inside Russia, after 9 months of Russia fucking up anything they can hit with a pulse inside Ukraine. Usually, you only hear “bitch-ass niggers”, to use Dave Chapelle’s notable description, whining when the guy they’re robbing has the unmitigated gall to shoot them back in their own ass, but now this load of codswallop wants to carp because Ukraine is dealing Russia the same shit-sandwich they took without escalation for months on end. It’s no wonder none of their bitch-ass whing pussies had the balls to sign the piece, but instead posted it as an anonymous editorial, because that kind of position is quite obviously nothing other than a load of total horseshit.
8) Someone should send them a calendar, because the West being pissed off with Russia for their stunts in 2014 amounts to a tad over 7 years when the war broke out, which is not, as this screed attempts to characterize it, something that has persisted “for over a decade, if not longer”. Evidently they’re no better at calendar math than they are at common sense.
I hope that wasn’t too subtle a fisking of that floating butt-nugget piece. This is why, when I see anything similar, the best thing to do with it is jiggle the handle and flush again.
And Barry is mostly right. Vlad is a dictatorial asshole with delusions of former Soviet grandeur, and both governments there, as well as our own are corrupt beyond belief. The one indisputable fact about Zelensky is that he isn’t Moscow’s bitch, which is a first for anyone running Ukraine since they became independent over 30 years ago. The only reason I support the Ukrainian response is because I think the people of Ukraine have the right to pick their own rulers, and have proven worthy of as much support as they can make use of, but unlike Barry, I think sending them our munitions rusting away into obsolescence is a worthy expenditure, because anything that hamstrings Russia’s militaristic adventurism increases world peace in the long run, and embarrasses them on the world stage in the short run.
A crippled Russia is a happy European continent. And Vlad ain’t gonna live forever.
I wouldn’t send them a single soldier in direct support, but handing the guns and bullets, and letting them do the Russian-hunting shooting, is perfectly splendid, and ought to be encouraged to the fullest extent, until they get the hint, and scuttle back to actual Russia. You might have thought their own Afghanistan experience would still be fresh enough in Russians’ minds, but evidently, you’d be wrong about that.
Continual punches in the nose, and the dick, should refresh their recollection, and Ukraine seems more than happy and capable of doing it, ad infinitum.
Best Wishes to them in that endeavor.
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Please do remember that it was Songbird McShame who led the fight to keep the A-10!
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If he did so, the “news” tomorrow would be reporting his suicide!
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In reply to Barry.
The EU and NATO are also terminally corrupt as well!
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Cheap energy leads to freedom and prosperity, something the marxists absolutely are against. It really is that simple.
In other news – fusion is in the news again. Could just be another premature announcement or perhaps the big breakthrough is real this time:
ABOUT TIME, IF TRUE: US scientists reportedly make fusion energy breakthrough. “The Financial Time…
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The difficulty with oil production is that you have to keep at it just to stay in place. Then it whipsaws, and the solution for high prices is . . . high prices. Until it isn’t. Biden has celebrated an energy economy that will make us all poorer. I wonder why?
Control, I think.
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More on Brazil – the answer should be apparent tomorrow:
After 40 Days of Silence President Jair Bolsonaro Tells The Brazilian People They Will Determine The Future, The Military Will Support The People
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I agree with Aesop. I can’t read german well enough to read the original article, but what is referenced doesn’t pass the silly test, I.E. it’s proof of nothing.
Ukraine is corrupt. The russians are corrupt. And its clear the government of the USA is corrupt.
I wouldn’t send a nickel to Ukraine in spite of the fact that I personally like the Ukrainian people. But that doesn’t change the facts:
The russians invaded Ukraine. They did so because the fascist dictator, putin, desires to resurrect the old empire. All attempts to put lipstick on that pig are just fairy tales. They are a decrepit country with nukes. Their military is a conscripted joke, barely functional even when the country they invade is on their border. The Ukraine, while propped up with our money and weapons, is nearly 1/4 the population of russia. The slam dunk that wasn’t, because the corrupt oligarchy of russia is inept.
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Before I even dig into it in depth and detail, it already fails the 10′ smell test in the following ways:
1) Merkel is a trusted source on anything since…when, exactly?
2) Planning “for many years”?? Stumblefuck Poopypants was only crowned emperor a year and a half ago, when last I looked. So this started under Trump?
Obozo?
Shrub?
Fat Bill?
Srsly?
Now do chem-trails, Bigfoot, the Easter Bunny, and fake moon landings.
3) I seem to recall we were a tad busy with actual wars from about 9/12/01-about a year ago. We were planning to gin up a war with Russia because…reasons?
4) We “planned this for years” and cleverly set it up so that within the first 24 hours Ukraine nearly collapsed, and it took weeks and months to get them serious weapons and resupplies??
Pick one: Either we pulled this out of our asses after the fact, or we would have pre-positioned shit-tons of equipment “for years”. You can have one or the other. Not both.
That’s in 5 seconds of applying common sense, and granting the premise, which is the simplest way to let bullshit fall from its own weight.
I’m literally about to head out for dinner, but I’ll give it a serious look-over later tonight.
But even a h.s. freshman JROTC student in his second week of class would tell you this whole thing sounds like they’re trying to sell you ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag, calling it steak, and trying to get $8/lb for it.
As Wilford Brimley told the deputy looking for the reward for Sonny Steele in The Electric Horseman, “I wouldn’t get my hopes up.”
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In reply to SteveF.
Define “natural-born citizen” 🙂
I’m beginning to think the founders left it undefined for a good reason…
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I got a notification my niece was selling the family farm homestead. Back in the 70’s I helped dad build the house. He put in a false support wall in the attic. It hid a SKS and a case of ammo, a 22LR bolt Sears special rifle with 2k rounds of ammo, a Remington 870 with 2k rounds of various ammo, and a High Power 9mm with 2k rounds split 50/50 between ball and JHP. I made a trip to south GA and pulled this hidden treasure out of its hiding place.
The niece’s husband has relocated it a safe place. I do not know where. He and I think alike and have become close. I have a couple of similar stashes. I am not alone.
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Musk can’t be Prez of the US. Not a natural-born citizen. Of course, Obuttsuck was annointed Prez, so I guess that isn’t an actual bar.
If Musk wants to really play on expert mode, he should tweet “We have found information implicating Hillary Clinton.”
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“And with at least 12 to 15 Vichy GOPe swine…”
Understatement alert. Qualifies if ever there were a qualifier 🙂
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In reply to OldGrunt67.
“Keep the A-10, scrap the bureaucrats!”
You said a mouthful there, OG. I DO like the way you think…
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In reply to OldGrunt67.
Hey Oldgrunt,
Come for the A-10, stay for the rest 🙂
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Greetings Ya’all,
I had to register just to comment on this post. The A-10 is an Angel to those of us on the ground. More than once I and my brothers had our chestnuts pulled from the fire by great pilots coming in for close air support in these awesome aircraft. When you hear that brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt ya know everything is gonna be alright. IMHO the Army and Marines should take the A-10s off the Air Forces hands. While the A-10 may not win in a dogfight with jets made for dogfighting, its roll as a tank killer and close air support for us groundpounders is unsurpassed by any past and many future aircraft!Only in Americas military industrial complex would the A-10 be considered for the chopping block. Check out Angry Cops take on the replacement for the Black Hawk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GBUFGeMTTA ! This is what they want to do to the A-10, scrap it and replace with something less effective and more expensive! Keep the A-10, scrap the bureaucrats!
OldGrunt67 out!!!
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“Despite being nearly fifty years old, how does the U.S. A-10 Warthog continue to survive various efforts to cancel it each time it’s in budget-cut danger? ”
“Then politics entered the picture. First, the Biden Administration said no more Warthogs and proposed to retire dozens of them.”
Well, no, politics entered the picture a long time ago and is the answer to the first question. Politics are what has saved the A-10 for many years. Politicians that have no clue why a plane fly’s, or what made* the A-10 a fine close support weapon, but do know they might lose votes if an A-10 facility is cancelled in their state.
*with the current ability to shoot down low level aircraft, Manpads, the A-10 is obsolete for any battle where the Manpads are available to the other side. Manpads are devastating to low level planes and helicopters. High level precision bombing is required, and the A-10 is not a high level precision bombing machine.
But I wouldn’t cancel them. They are useful for conflict with less well equipped 3rd world turd countries, and are cheap for that use. As Cederq says below, transfer the program to the Army/Marines.
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In reply to kennycan.
I don’t know. I think there is not a nickels difference in most of the R party and the dems.
The R group says things to appeal to the “conservative” side for votes, but has no intention of delivering.
The D group says things to appeal to the “far left” side for votes, and has every intention of delivering.
In my book that makes the R’s worse than the D’s. The R’s are the same as the D’s, they just lie about it.
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They have to know and approve they are “voting commie” to get the evil classification, otherwise we can just call them stupid.
Since there is no central “Jews” to give an official renunciation, no. Just as Bernie hasn’t been “repudiated” by white people.
Well, I know you have a good heart.
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They consistently vote Commie, so yeah, EVIL!
Bernie’s campaign claimed the gulags “paid a living wage.” Bernie never repudiated that claim.
Have the Jews repudiated Bernie???
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This is one aircraft that should be transferred to the Army and Marines! I bet they would enjoy using it.
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In reply to Barry.
It has often been said that the GOPe are the Washington Generals to the Harlem Globetrotters and their lovable schtick.
Think about it though. Aren’t the roles reversed somewhat?
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A lot of fine commentary in that insty link. Worth the read all by itself.
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The democrats are the party of the braindead, (biden, fetterman), the decrepit (pelosi), and the sick and twisted (nadler, schiff).
Watching that penquin, nadler, waddle down a hall is enough to make you throw up. And it goes downhill from there.
The republicans are content to count the $$$ for helping these sick twisted assholes destroy the country.
I don’t know how it ends, or when. But end it will.
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“70-75%”
Mark, I don’t think you believe 75% of the Western Jews are evil. Misguided perhaps, but evil?
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My familiarity with jews has been those living here in the part of heaven know as the South, so perhaps that is a misrepresentation of the Jews in my mind. Every single one I’ve known were more like the rest of us than different. To this day I credit my business skill with people to my Dad and to the Jewish gentleman I worked for in the automotive business during my school years, primarily as a summer job. He was a fine man as were all his extended family. I never have known any of the orthodox persuasion.
I know they tend to vote for democrats, but then so do the black folks. I think that is just sheer ignorance.
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Sad but true. Like all too many other good things, the local library ain’t what it used to be.
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In reply to Mike.
Maybe, but it seems likely that one geeky kid will get a heaping helping of the drag queen hour along with his books. My local library appears OK, but I see pics of some of the inner city library’s and they appear to be deadbeat hangouts. I was wrong about the 30 years, my wife reminds me I went there to vote, and probably took the kids when they were little.
I suppose there are families that cannot afford a dedicated E reader. I’d rather have the library’s be digital, you download the books for say two weeks. If you don’t have an E reader the library will loan you one.
The problem with that will be the number of books yet to be digitized, but I think most of the classics have been done.
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And Trump had that pedo nailed long ago.
Musk has shaken the tree quite hard it seems.
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“Jaybo” is a real Christian, don’t you know. One that missed the reading of the Ten Commandments apparently.
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Man, me too, Barr. When I was a kid, the ladies at the Mt Holly Public Library knew me and my mom VERY well–so well, in fact, that they went out of their way to stock up on the dinosaur and military-aviation books they knew were so dear to my heart back then. My mom still uses the library to this day, despite my having loaded Moon Reader (e-book reader app) and a link to gutenberg.org (fifty kajillion free books!) into her phone for her.
I dunno about closing the libraries, though; in my mind’s eye, I just keep picturing that one geeky kid, like I was way back when, relying on the library for reading material. So if only for his sake, I’d be in favor of keeping them around a while yet.
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Speaking of pedos…
Yoel Roth
@yoyoel
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Nov 20, 2010
Can high school students ever meaningfully consent to sex with their teachers? http://bit.ly/bbpH68
That’s a tweet from Twitter’s former head of Trust and Safety, ie., head censor.
Elon comments:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
This explains a lot
Elon’s latest:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene.
I’m buying popcorn in the industrial sized barrels these days.
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I’ve been patient, but you’re starting to act like a dick AND a creep now.
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When I was young I loved the library. I would go every week and come home with a stack of books.
I see no real value in physical library’s at all anymore. I haven’t been in one in 30+ years. You can get a zillion books online, many free and others at low prices.
Solution. Close the library’s.
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🙂
I think there is quite a bit of overlap within Steve’s 3 groups as well.
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Best I can tell, the power has been completely restored as of Wed or Thursday night.
Searching I’m not finding confirmation of that, but I find plenty of references to the poor tranny show that was impacted. At this point I consider that a feature.
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– People who think that the world is overpopulated and want you to die.
– People who think that Americans and Europeans consume too much and want you to die.
– People who hate your skin color and want you to die.
That’s just off the top of my head.
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What she said:
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-ideological-collapse
I’m warming up to this substack thing. I’m reading some well written articles for freedom and liberty.
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My money is on Green Eco Terrorists. Who else wants to prevent everyone from having heat and electricity for their homes?
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In reply to kennycan.
Before the biden cabal economic collapse the price of diesel went up due to onerous government mandates. IIRC, it was roughly 20% more than regular grade gasoline for the last 5 years or more.
Gasoline prices may go down, but if they do it will be because of lower demand due to the higher price, in addition to the normal winter decline. Pumping the reserve dry and lower demand accounted for the fall back that occurred pre-election. Election theft being complete as of yesterday, I expect the price to rise again.
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In a barrel of crude oil there is inherently a lot more diesel fuel of various types than gasoline. Diesel fuel is inherently far more abundant and used to be far cheaper than gasoline- thus its use in heavy haulers like rigs, trains, and ships.
Most of us understand the actual economics of a barrel of crude.
Btw gasoline at the pump usually falls over the winter. If it stays the same that is Inflationary .
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I chipped in some more, so thanks for the reminder and link. Heartbreaking.
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Hmmmm.
“white supremacists”
Is that code for antifa? Actually communists rather than white supremacists?
Hard to tell.
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Manpower is not the problem, I think. There are mountains of service trucks standing by to converge upon storm damaged power systems, and thousands of personnel. I think it’s primarily parts.
Pike Electric based in Mt Airy (Mayberry USA) is just one of many Electric maintenance and service subcontractors.
Homepage
After a storm you will see Pike trucks everywhere.
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I heard on the radio this afternoon (I listen to the radio only when driving and I drive almost only to haul kids around; welcome to the life of a parent whose kid isn’t old enough to drive) that the power company in NC was happy to announce that only 20,000 residents were without power.
Doing some quick math, this tells me that the utility company was able to restore service to only half of their customers. After five days. With temperatures getting down to freezing.
This tells me that a handful of individuals — “individual” as in working separately, not even knowing about each other — with deer rifles could destroy enough infrastructure to leave millions of people freezing to death. And the full apparatus of our police state is unable to stop them. And the utility companies, whose charter includes being able to keep the power going, lacks the spare parts or the manpower to repair even a minimal amount of damage in a timely fashion. And the full apparatus of our regulatory state has not forced the utility companies to follow the requirements of their charters.
It may be time to look at your pay stub and think about the wisdom of the adage “Taxes are the price we pay for living in a civilized society.”
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In reply to kennycan.
My guess is one of two possibles:
1) Bunch of yahoo’s decided to see what would happen
2) trial run by someone, good or bad. I doubt a “good” actor would put so many through a lack of power for a trial rum.
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“The US electrical grid, not just in semi-rural Eastern NC but nationwide, is fragile, hopelessly out of date, and entirely vulnerable…”
And ours is one of the very best.
Why is it this way? Remember that in every state, electrical utilities are highly regulated by state government and to some degree by the federal government, and both are aware of the issues and refuse to do anything about it.
Once again, it is government regulation that causes the biggest problems.
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“…the counting machines were not working in favor of the Socialist-Progressives at that time.”
A minor quibble – they were, they just hadn’t counted on the absolute monster vote trump turned out, and they were not ready to fix it at that time. It happened again in 2020, they were under prepared for the Trump vote, but this time they were prepared to call the counting to a halt while they trucked in more ballots (not votes, just marked ballots). In 2020 they didn’t give a damn that you knew they cheated, that was the difference.
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Diesel is good stuff, makes gobs of torque but narrow power band. No air fuel regulation required, increase the power by pumping more fuel in until it just can’t burn it all.
The drawback used to be the narrow power band requiring lots of gears. For cars this has been eliminated because better materials science and the computer allows multi-gear automatic transmissions (5-6-7-8 and more). For the big trucks – still shifting gears a lot.
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“…unless you have a seriously mighty solar array on your roof or on your backyard.”
Actually, it all depends upon how far you wish to drive per day.
I did the calculation for a Tesla Model S some time ago just so when it came up I’d know the true answers.
90Kwh useable battery, range is 535km (332 miles)
168Wh per Km (270wh per mile)
50miles per day = 13.5Kw
13,500 watts / 4 hours* = 3,375 watts per hour
4000 watts / 200 per cell = 20 200 watt solar cells
20 cells at $85 = $1,700.00
15Kw batteries = $4,500.00
Two charge controllers** $1,500.00
Misc $2,000.00
Total $9,700.00
That’s a do it yourself price and those are used solar cells which are fine. I have since found new ones that are close to that price per watt, but larger size, so only around 12 are needed. Take up the same space of course.
The batteries are 3 at 5Kw each and $1500 each. One charge controller is enough but I’d prefer two smaller ones in case one fails. Misc is mainly for mounting and wire. For me that is really about $200 bucks, meaning I could do the job for under $8K
So, while you are driving/gone during the day, the batteries are getting charged and then the power is transferred at night.
*assumes an average of 4 hours prime sunshine. My house faces due south. South or west exposures are the best, south preferred.
**charge controller, inverter, and line switch all in one
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“They are a street gang with badges and qualified immunity.”
I’ve been saying for 20 years or so that those of us that are not criminals would be better off if the cops were gone. All they do is protect the damn criminals.
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I keep waiting for all of these supposed “good cops” to call out the bad ones. Gonna be a while longer, I think.
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In reply to Jaybo.
You’re a dope.
I doubt you have a clue why you are even here.
https://lgbtq.ecu.edu/
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In reply to Francis W. Porretto.
The Oswald Bates School of ‘Thought’
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In reply to Jaybo.
Musk just released the proof Twitter was involved in the Fraud there too.
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The Environazis seem to be the logical culprits since they hate Energy Production via Fossil Fuels so much. .
If it were them though they just rickrolled themselves. Nothing like a nice reminder how important fossil fuels and working electricity delivered to your home means than when it’s taken away during a cold snap.
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In reply to Barry.
Increases the chance for hospitalization.
Shut up, you peasant…
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In reply to Barry.
Feed them through one of these, feet first:
https://www.morbark.com/products/chiparvestors/
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It becomes ever more evident that the Left’s “progressive” mangling of language is the key to their advance…and we let them get away with it. “Stochastic terrorism” — ? Either the originator doesn’t know what stochastic means, or he’s counting on us being ignorant of it. It’s time to bray loudly at them every time they attempt anything like this. “Silence is violence.” “Systemic racism.” “Aggressive othering.” Merde de cochon!
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Well said.
A lot of people need to be prosecuted and the death penalty would be too lenient.
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In reply to kennycan.
It has always depended upon the individual troop. Some were hardcore outdoors troops that required a young man to truly work for an Eagle rank. That was ours and it still is. They pretty much ignore the woke shit. I’m not active anymore but maintain ties.
Other troops were/are different.
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In reply to Barry.
The scouts went Woke about a decade ago though. Are we sure that’s still true?
Compared to when I was young and we were all outside all day, in my neighborhood I barely knew there were teenagers and preteens living there. They’re barely ever outside.
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In reply to frankenwelder.
“None of today’s youth…”
While I know you don’t mean there are zero, I’m compelled to point out there are more than you think.
As a Boy Scout and then a Scout leader with two boys going through, I took the boys on 7-10 day trips through the mountains of NC every summer. Each day was typically 15 miles carrying full packs and hiking trails with the most strenuous rating. NC mountains may not be as tall as the Rocky’s, but the up and down hiking means you gain more altitude each day than the typical Alps/Rocky’s trails. We did that at least once each summer, sometimes twice. Then there were at least a half dozen 3 day trips through the year, some in very cold weather, the lowest I recall being around -5.
We never had a problem with any of the boys. There were typically 8-10 on these trips with 3 of us adults.
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In reply to Jaybo.
So are Iranians and Chinese.
Good luck ever hearing about any of that on the Media “news”.
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In reply to Jaybo.
Are you identifying as the pussy downvoter?
Figures.
Inquiring minds would wonder why you link to UNC Medical School Department of Urology?
But not me, I know it’s where your small pussy mind is located.
Poor pussy, have you figured out the pro baseball player situation at ECU yet? Have you admitted you lied or made a mistake?
Is the vaxx effecting your brain, vagina, and heart?
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As the Joker said “did your balls fall off?”
The Brazilians are in the streets folks
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Holy Cow gonads! The Brazilians are in the streets protesting their stolen election.
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In reply to Barry.
Well, well, well, the pussy downvote fairy has been “vaxxed” and boosted multiple times…
The search narrows. It’s your heart attack.
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If you like football then you really should watch this short video of the end of a high school state championship game.
Pure joy!
Hail Mary and Lateral at End of State Championship Is Why High School Football Still Rules
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Tatum O’neal’s mother was “Peggy the nurse” from the Andy Griffith show, real name Joanna Moore. Problems later in life.
She has that iconic Southern accent in a addition to being a looker. After I gave up Fox news as fake, I would have the TV on in the background playing old shows, like Gunsmoke. I’d hear that voice and know it instantly. She appeared on many of those type shows.
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Really nice, thanks for putting it up.
I’d love to fly one of those old warbirds. Trying to imagine what it was like climbing off the runway and heading into battle boggles my mind.
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There were reports of looting of Wal-Mart and other box stores. Could have been done for that and had nothing to do with fat men in dresses.
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Born in late ’65, we had lots of fun. Back when Boy Scouts were full on pranks and risky life threatening behavior. None of today’s youth would have survived a meeting let alone a weekend camping trip. Good times.
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I realize the frogs are not into cricket nor baseball, but either of those bats would give them a REAL edumacation!
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It's broken because Progressives, who are really Communists and anti-American/anti-Enlightenment/anti-Christian, are deliberately breaking it. The fact that people who think of themselves as "Republicans" cannot no longer agree on the solutions and can only agree that something is broken is simply a sign that they've been deliberately misled about what "Republican" means by people who claim to be "Republican" but are really Progressives pretending to be "Republican". Trump showed us basic Republican Values in a very simple package. In reality, it's not very difficult to understand. Get Government out of the way domestically and let the people use their ingenuity to solve problems for themselves. When dealing with Foreign Powers put America's Interests First. The Solutions write themselves then.
Tampering with a motor vehicle is a misdemeanor.(That means it's a criminal act.)Tampering with someone's motor vehicle and getting caught is just cause for getting the shit kicked out of you, and if you resist the beating you've earned, shooting your ass is well within the bounds of fair play.(I would vote for kneecappings over center-mass, but other folks may not be so precise.)If someone were to handcuff anyone to their trailer hitch or rear bumper, and drive the offender(s) to the police station to turn them in for getting caught at such malicious mischief, I'd nominate that person for a good citizenship award.
There is a handy dandy curb right there. A few curb stomps would be totally appropriate.
C'est magnifique!If we had more of this, there'd be less of this.Once the miscreants were all removed, sending them about their business with a thorough pummeling about the head and shoulder with fists and stout sticks would be a salutary way to drive the lesson well home for future reference.
In reply to SteveF.It's likely at least 50%. If we just kill all liberals we should eliminate two problems. That's what my friend says.
In reply to kennycan.Hopefully, video's like this get spread far and wide, that others might learn how to handle deadbeat asswipes.
In reply to Barry.What subset of liberals are paedos? If we just kill all paedos, would there be more than a handful of liberals remaining in the US? Asking for a friend.
I have an end game. It ends in the death of pedo's.Rabid animals have to be put down. Pedo's should be treated the same.
There are more appropriate ways to deal with such maggots, but then you will have to deal with "Law Enforcement".
I don't know where to begin. Not that I don't have the time (I really don't, I'm way too old), I just don't want to waste my time. My philosophy (glasses) doesn't visualize the United States of America (or the world for that matter) as a knot of dichotomies; I don't see two sides to every story/situation. I see an infinite number; the world is far more complex than the way Alana Newhouse is able to see/perhaps understand it.The Torah teaches us, Jews and non-Jews alike, those who bother to read it (to understand what it says, not to quote meaninglessly from it) that we are (all) made in His image, from His clay, from His essence, but it is up to us, each of us, to take that clay and make the best of it we can: with His help; very simply: "G*d helps those who help themselves." The editor appears to have great difficulty understanding this minor concept of Judaism.The United States of America is constantly evolving, trying/testing/tasting new philosophies, revisiting old ones through new/young minds that have not read/understood history, bouncing them against the Ten Commandments and the Constitution. Those of us who have have watched this pendulum swing, sometimes almost uncontrollably, worry every so often that it might come flying off its pivot; it has in the past; it will again in the future. When strong leaders take advantage of the disarray, it'll just require a stronger leader to replace it on its pivot. I read this article/mishmosh of ideas in its entirety - and re-read it to assure myself that I didn't misunderstand what the author was attempting to explain to her audience. I wasted my time; I apologize to you for wasting yours.
In reply to kennycan.I have no argument with any of that, nor am I knowledgeable enough to even understand the music biz.But I did build my first radio with my Dad's help around age 6 :) It was an AM receiver tuned to pick up one station out of Greensboro. Later we built another one for FM with a real tuner.
In reply to Barry.I WAS just trying to say that it's not the music or the Talent I don't like. A lot of contemporary music is fine. It's just same old same old. I see no experimentation getting any exposure for 20 years.Drop a Lady Gaga "single" from 2020 into a time machine to 2000 and it would sound perfectly in sync with the era.It's the Music Business that is the problem, not the music. Those who ARE experimenting don't get heard except in niche programming that is hard to find.In 1975 as I found FM Radio we had two Rock Stations, an R&B Station, a Dance Music/Disco Station, and a few years later a Station dedicated to New Wave. That was in addition to AM Top 40, Oldies and Soft Music Radio Stations. Then there was College Radio and the like.So if you wanted to find new music that was different just turn the dial and listen.How do people separate the chaff from the wheat these days? And even back then people lamented the "Corporate" Influence on playlists. Yet back then seems like Radio Nirvana these days even though it was coined Radio GaGa back then!
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In reply to Barry.UNC girls beat Florida State 3-2 for a birth in the soccer finals awaiting the winner of the Alabama/UCLA game.
In reply to kennycan.I think you missed the point ever so slightly Kenny. It's the music of the generations after yours you don't like, not the ones that came before. So, Mike playing 50's music doesn't violate the rule :)
In reply to kennycan.Indeed I did, kenny. But that was after years of playing in various bands which covered all those old favorites of my hard-rock youth, and even in the BPs I wore those old teenage influences on my sleeve, as they say.
In reply to kennycan.By hyperbole I meant the caught "red handed, wont get away".I'm sure Paul knows the death count is false, but hey, let's hang you with your numbers.
In reply to Mike.Yet you had a band dedicated to what was essentially a 1950s style of music updated for the times.
In reply to Barry.It is slightly hyperbole because only about 1 out of 20 to 1 out of 10 of those 7 million were actually from WuFlu.That's STILL 350,000 -700,000 dead.But I can see how Rand phrases it like that. No use getting in a pissing match over With WuFlu, From WuFlu or Counted as WuFlu when it wasn't there.He's a Mass Murderer regardless.Now I wish some of the Governors like Cuomo and Whitmer and Newsom would get their just desserts for their hand in all of this too.
Rand Paul: Fauci Caused 7 Million People To Die; “We’ve Caught Him Red Handed, He Won’t Get Away”Paul isn't prone to hyperbole, which is why Fauci is sweating...https://summit.news/2022/12/02/rand-paul-fauci-caused-7-million-people-to-die-weve-caught-him-red-handed-he-wont-get-away/Hat tip: https://thelibertydaily.com/
In reply to Mike.That's what I think. Music is imprinted at that age.To Kenny's point, there are exceptions to everything, but I think the vast majority of people dislike seceding generations music.
In reply to kennycan.I always thought most people were inclined to like the music they loved in their mid-to-late teens best of all, however much their tastes may have broadened since. It's definitely held true for me over the years; to this day, there's nobody I like better than Deep Purple, AC/DC, KISS, etc.
In reply to Barry.My Dad loved the Motown and other 60s and 70s Top 40. He didn't care too much for the harder edged stuff but he "got" the musicianship involved.So I really can't say he disliked my music too much. On the other hand, I liked a lot of the "fuddy duddy" stuff until I became a teen. At which point Sinatra and Ellington and the like were hopelessly "old" and "corny". That lasted until my mid-20s, at which point I reverted to my pre-teen opinions and all of a sudden Sinatra and such could be seen in a new light.I think many in my generation had the same ideas. Brian Setzer and others who were punks began the Swing Revival and people like David Lee Roth and Joe Jackson trotted out old Jump Blues Classics and for me the connection between Jazz and Rock and Roll became clearer again.Also, I find that there is a lot of talent out there. My criticism of modern music is not the talent but the production. People like Queen Latifah or even Lady Gaga or Beyonce (listen to her sing Etta James songs in Cadillac Records movie) are talented. Even early rap I found interesting.Until rap became Gangsta and Cliched. That's where the production part comes in. It all sounds the same and cliched. I hardly see the difference between something produced today as anything produced in 2000 when computers and formulaic production took over.Imagine 20 years after Chuck Berry hit it big if EVERYONE still sounded like his recordings from 1955 in 1975. Sure, Chuck's Children were still playing his licks, but they were speeding it up or slowing it down, bluesing it, recording using 32 tracks and so highly layered or minimalizing it like punk trios and George Thorogood, or simply throwing it into a shredded and fingertapped guitar solo a la Eddie Van Halen. Some people, like Dave Edmunds were staying retro with it with Tube Amps and Echo and 50s effects, and some were going the opposite way and modernizing it.And that was JUST the people who were Chuck's Children. An incredible amount of Variety just from Berry Afficionados.In 1975-1980 there was Disco, Punk, Punkabilly, Prog Rock, Corp Rock, Yacht Rock, Soft Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Heavy Metal, Rap, Metal Rap, Techno and New Wave all hitting the charts.An incredible amount of diversity to choose from and it was ALL selling.Turn on "Top 40" today. There's no diversity there and it hasn't changed for 20 years. It's all "safe" in the sense that even gangsta rappers are carbon copies of the ones from 20 years ago.A limited number of "safe" niches the six or so "Record Companies" slot people into.
In reply to Barry.
Well, I put up the good, so now for the bad. After the Iowa State loss for the men's basketball team, we played Alabama on Sunday. That game went to four overtimes and in the 4th the red tide managed to score one more bucket than the Tar Heels.
With little turn around time after a 4 OT game, Carolina went to Indiana to play the 10th ranked Hoosiers tonight and were soundly beat. OTOH, as poorly as they played they were within striking distance until the very end. As I expected, they had no legs, and that seemed evident from the very first.
So, #1 loses 3 in a row and may drop out of the top 25. But they will be back, and I think Indiana will be seen again.
The zenith of Motown (and subsidiaries) to me was this 'un... https://youtu.be/nXiQtD5gcHU
In reply to Skeptic.
Every generation hates seceding generations "music".
I follow that pattern precisely. As does my father.
There is no better illustration of the de-evolution of American Negroes than their music. Back then, the music was beautiful, melodic, and skillfully performed. Now it is gutter grunting, ooking, and eeking over a crude jungle rhythm.
In reply to Barry.
Everything is going according to Plan then. Eeeeeexcellent! - Not The President Obergroperdrüler Joetato the Last
Interesting article about Africa having low jab rates and low covid death rates. It seems Ivermectin does work wonders:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/11/medical_experts_struggle_to_explain_africas_very_low_covid_vaccination_and_death_rates.html
In reply to boron.
I have my late sixties hardcover Websters Dictionary of the American Language. I like to take pictures and club these baby seal Orwellians over the head with actual definitions.
Vaccines confer Immunity.
It's spelled Kiev...
In reply to Barry.
Correction on that girls soccer "semi-final". That should read quarter final. Semi Finals are next Friday.
By the way, the impartial* NCAA seeded #2 ranked NC as a second seed rather than a #1 seed. The team they beat in the QF's was a #1 seed even though they were ranked behind Carolina.
Heels play the #1 ranked team Friday, FSU.
Please stop calling the mRNA shots vaccines; they're not even closely related. This is just another example of the Marxists changing the definitions to suit their ends.
Simply put, we're being looted by the biden regime and the GOPe are a big part of the steal:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/26/zelenskyy-ask-for-another-55-billion-to-pay-for-budget-infrastructure-government-expenses-and-pensions-of-ukraine/
Billions are being stolen from us. The money is not going to help the poor Ukrainians. It is being laundered through the Ukraine and into the bank accounts of the regime players.
In reply to Barry.
Well, we decided to pair that with an opposite weekend:
Carolina lost to state in double overtime on the gridiron. Next up Clemson for the ACC championship. Clemson lost to the resurgent Gamecocks (SC) Saturday, 31-30. USC has one 2 straight games against top ten teams, Tennessee the week before.
Within about 15 minutes of the football loss, the basketball Heels went down to Iowa State out in Portland.
Basketball today has UNC playing #18 Alabama. Maybe we can salve the weekend a bit.
Girls soccer won their semi-final and play next week for the Nat Championship. After the girls Nat title in field hockey, they can make it two titles this fall for the Tar Heel girls.
In reply to kennycan.
"But that won’t stop them..."
Nor will it stop the useful idiots from believing the lies. And of course, it will be the "right side"* neverTrumpers that will be at the front of the charge.
And it will not work. Trump did a lot of things in 4 years, one of which was to expose the corruption to people that had no idea.
*they claim they are on the right, but of course the reality is they are solid marxists
The GOPe bullshit ain't working:
https://valiantnews.com/2022/11/trump-leads-desantis-by-30-points-in-gop-primary-poll-taken-after-presidential-announcement/
A bit late but I wish Mike and everyone else a Happy Thanksgiving. We had a fine time here at home with all the children and grandchildren gathered together. We're mighty lucky because they are all close by, the furthest is 20 minutes away.
I tried, once again, to not overeat, and once again I failed :)
In reply to Jaybo.
Soma is a thing now.
Why did we have to pick the dystopian novels to emulate instead of the optimistic science fiction people like Heinlein gave us?
Watch DIED SUDDENLY on rumble and you will see Bill Gates, Klaus and Soros challenge the mass killers.
In reply to kennycan.
A lot of blind people are out there. I guess hopium and TDS go hand in hand.
The engineering continues. They are trying real hard to separate Trump from the Trump base. They'll tell any lie and have anyone tell it. Witness the Bill Barr (spit) hit piece. They just make shit up and then have a Barr go out and spread it. I don't think it's going to work. If they engineer a lockout of Trump the party is dead.
In reply to John Wilder.
All we have to do is start making lead drinking vessels and we have arrived.
In reply to John Wilder.
Or lack of. Aerospace is starving for talent. 40% dropout on drug tests. Quality welding training will out produce 90% of all college educations.
In reply to Barry.
I'd like to be able to say you're wrong Barry, but I can't see much evidence to the contrary. So until I see evidence to the contrary I have to see your scenario as the most probable.
He said he wouldn't run in 2024 if Trump did. If be breaks that promise then the deal is done and he's bought by the GOPe. Confirmation.
Which is why I say that only if he steps up now and repeats his promise can I ever even start to trust him.
In reply to Barry.
I should add, I'd be happy to find out I'm wrong. The evidence, the evidence, the evidence...
Prior to the GOPe I think he was a ambitious fellow and had the right ideas. I think that ambition led him to sell out. I'm not sure he even knows what he's being set up for, ambition is sometimes blind.
In reply to kennycan.
Not going to happen unless the GOPe gives up on knocking Trump out of the primary, which they intend to do. He's not going to "end this" because he is part of the scam being perpetrated by the china owned GOPe. If it ends it will be because they have failed and no need to waste the monster, save him for another day.
Ever hear of DeSantis prior to Trump? No, of course not. He was an obscure Florida politician before Trump. He has spent his entire career as a government employee, beginning in the military as a lawyer. He's never been in the private sector. He has the pedigree they like with Yale and Harvard. That alone should make ANYONE suspicious. How many decent Yale/Harvard grads are there after say, 1975?
I have always been suspicious, but it's now as clear as glass - DeSantis is a GOPe engineered creation, 100%.
He's OK on the local scene, as a governor. Nearly everything good about Florida existed prior to DeSantis going into politics. They have scripted it all for him, including the interaction with the press, something that changed when the GOPe got involved. They are giving him Trump like actions but he'll sell your soul in a heartbeat. His has already been sold.
I'd like to see Trump get Paul on as VP and then run as president in 2028.
In reply to Barry.
RDS can end this and simply reiterate his promise not to run against Trump in 2024 and pledging his support for Trump 2024.
That.eojld.go a long way towards making him my frontrunner in 2028. I still will need to vet him further, but that would help.
Here's a link to part 2 of the interview, and it has links to the first part and also to my review of his books.
Working as a psych nurse in the early eighties, we did call them "defects," of course there was modifiers attached. Every year it seemed to expand geometrically and at least 90% where left leaning liberal mindset. Perhaps that is the trigger or the result of this defect. Enough of these defective personalities and damaged persons attained prominence and power and I believe that is when and where the mentally ill where removed from asylums and mainstreamed. The divide of affluent persons and marginal means or poor exacerbated this gulf and where further marginalized and purposefully dumbed down so you have hordes of chronic homeless, drug users and plain under-educated lazy people, so out of this diaspora you increase the defect and becomes the dominate trait expressed in our DNA.
In reply to Barry.
Did you deny their special snowflake gender??? Why are you such a hater? Why are you LITERALLY HITLER???
"There may be a reason that most men don’t trust women, bureaucrats, or politicians."
Well, I don't trust most men either. They are uniformly as bad as the women, and every bureaucrat or politician is one or the other.
Y'all better wake up.
"DeSantis will be the last to enter the 2024 race for two primary reasons: (1) the goal of the entrants between now and then is to weaken, ridicule and attack Trump; and (2) if DeSantis gets in too early, people will see that he planned to do this all along -and- the recognized trickery may sour people to the corporate club objective."
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/21/steve-bannon-frames-the-gop-motives-for-2024-remarkably-well/#more-240102
Merrick Garland needs to have his final moment on the gallows. That motherfucker is doing quite the job emulating Heinrich Himmler.
Thanks for the enlightenment. A descriptive term I had not heard before, spiteful mutant. Seems to fit.
And since there is a link, I'll just note that one of the spiteful mutant bitches is there, Ann Coulter. That's a damn mutant if ever there was one.
As soon as I saw the post title, I planned to put in a link to Prof Dutton's books. But then I read the excerpt and saw that it wasn't needed.
I've read most of Dutton's books which are available on Amazon and a few of his shorter articles. I don't agree with everything he says (more a matter of weighting and emphasis of different points than outright disagreement) but I do agree with most of it. He deserves credit, too, for saying things that most psychologists, sociologists, and political observers lack the honesty or courage to say.
Also, check out his video channel: The Jolly Heretic
In reply to Barry.
Speaking of the manufacturing issues:
"And Trump is the one man who can stop China and the CCP. That’s why they hate him so much."
"Trump is like kryptonite to the DC Swamp, Deep State, globalists, RINOS, Democrats and the CEOs of the biggest corporations in the world. Trump is the one man standing in front of their plans to force vaccinate us to death; regulate us to death; tax us to death; digital ID us to control every aspect of our lives; move to a cashless society where every dollar you make is tracked; and worst of all, force us into a social credit score system that will make it impossible to travel, open a bank account, get a loan, or keep your job, if you disagree with the government’s lies, misinformation and propaganda."
https://rootforamerica.com/why-does-everyone-hate-trump/
In reply to kennycan.
My dad offered to split the private with me. With 4 kids and the cost here that's a lot of $$$. The problem is, IMO, that I would have had to move to a place with what I considered a decent private school. My favorite is where my Dad lives. But that was a long time ago and I have no clue what it is now. I can send kids to UNC for less than the private schools.
In reply to Barry.
Just lucky, but at $20k a year, we were not going to afford K-12 for two kids anyway...
http://link.frankspeech.com/q/sbuOGv0kmc4C4gqpNAk8W0w7eGEigu6YC5HJHPbSQEY_AvncQnTysw-m5e
Lindell is one of the Americans spending his time, money, and risking his life and business to stop the election theft. Consider donating. I just did.
In reply to Skeptic.
Required reading:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/11/why_do_you_still_hate_donald_trump.html
https://amgreatness.com/2022/11/19/the-insurrection-house-of-cards-is-collapsing/
In reply to SteveF.
My problem is with creating crypto out of thin air. Pretty good deal for the person(s) doing the issuing with no investment in the hardware that protects it.
I see no way to judge value, if any. It can all go poof on a moment's notice, something the dollar is not liable to do.
In reply to Skeptic.
Your imagination is lacking then.
They fear Trump because he showed the average middle class American that the "elites" have been lying to them. He showed that it's not only possible to have a growing economy with full employment at good pay and with lower taxes without the government "helping", that the problem is the government and that solving that problem results in a quick turn around.
The corporate owned government we now have doesn't want the average American to know that sending manufacturing to china results in the American becoming poorer while the corporate masters become wealthy.
The china owned political class doesn't want you to know that taxpayer money is being laundered back into their pockets, I.E. Ukraine and the impeachment.
It's pretty clear he is enemy number one to those people - Russia, russia, russia, illegal surveillance, corrupt FBI and DOJ dirty work directed at Trump, Mueller investigation, impeachment not once but twice, a congressional investigation run for the last 2 years, and now another corrupt special prosecutor.
Why are you blind?
In reply to kennycan.
Around here the privates are as bad, maybe worse than the public's IMO. Those that can mange a home school system probably do well, but that's a full time job plus another half.
In reply to Patrad.
Yea, pretty sad. I'm not sure which he hates the worst, the cars or the house. Anyway, we all know the danger and choose to take it to live in paradise.
I can't imagine that they are afraid of Trump. He promised to "take down the regulatory elitist deep state" the first time around. How'd that work out? This is spiking the football, not a preemptive act.
After losing the football game yesterday putting the Tar Heel football team at 9-2 on the season, the Mens BB team currently ranked #1 defeated a pretty solid James Maddison team for JMU's first loss of the season and are now 4-0.
To cap off the weekend, UNC, the University of National Champions, adds another national championship trophy to the trophy case as the girls as the 21 - 0 girls beat Northwestern in field hockey.
Good weekend for North Carolina fans.
In reply to kennycan.
Several crypto currencies are set up with (what seems to be) an honest intent of being a practical, low-cost medium of exchange.
The problem is that it's almost impossible for Joe Consumer to tell the difference between an (intended to be) honest system and a from-the-ground scam system. Add in exchanges and other intermediaries and the puzzle becomes worse. Add in technical errors creating vulnerabilities, dishonest individual employees, and state actors working to discredit crypto currencies and it's an impossible muddle.
Go ahead and get small amounts of crypto currency if it's convenient for purchases or to support content creators. Go ahead and speculate if you're inclined, but never with more cash than you can afford to lose. Don't get in any deeper.
In reply to Patrad.
Good to hear you came through relatively unscathed. I have one friend that not only lost his home, but his 57' Corvette and another classic were also destroyed. He's not a full timer but spends about 50% on Sanibel island. He's there now and planning to rebuild. A lot of hard work ahead.
Hatteras Island didn't have any issues other than above average swells that flood the road and cut off access at times. So, no problems for me. I think we had as much trouble here in the Charlotte area from the rain as the NC coast got.
In reply to Barry.
'Preciate the concern Barry. Came out OK on both storms - worst damage was a buncha tree limbs in the yard. Lots weren't so lucky. C. FLA. is my A. O. Betwixt Tampa & O'Ville. Apologies for the delay in posting! I'll try to do better!!
How 'bout you? How'd you come out?
In reply to Barry.
Well that didn't go well. This is what happens when you look past a game to the next. The wreck prevails 21-17. Carolina played terribly and GT played well.
In reply to kennycan.
Yea, no one has been able to explain, satisfactorily, why "crypto" has any value.
I just had someone refer to themselves as an "Oppression Lawyer" to support crypto
Crypto gets created out of nothing and you send them your dollars and that's not the exact same thing as a Nigerian Prince Scheme.
It's all Turtles Scams all the way down.
Oh and also I get a whole lot of "there was no hysteria over WuFlu" over at Insty now.
Armed Forces Day in Chapel Hill Heels take on GT in hope of winning game # 10 Kickoff now
Well, my brownie point has been rescinded as it's clear who DeSantis really is. Not a word from the deep state GOPe McConnell/McCarthy/McFailure candidate.
Not a word about the Dept of Injustice corrupt and illegal special prosecutor...
"DeSantis was relatively quiet about the 2020 Election steal and then the resulting unconstitutional Jan 6 committee. He withheld any comments on the plight of the political prisoners beaten, maced, and kept in solitary confinement in the DC Gulag. These individuals, who are accused of horrible crimes have had their constitutional rights thrown in the waste basket."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/ron-desantiss-silence-latest-doj-special-counsel-president-trump-speaks-volumes/
Fuck the bastard with rusty barbed wire. Rand Paul for VP and 2028 President.
Real rigged polls Vs the fake rigged polls and Trump is up huge:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/18/harvard-poll-donald-trump-up-18-points-over-ron-desantis-in-hypothetical-gop-2024-primary/
In reply to boron.
"...have each and every person applying for a permit go to a “mental health evaluator”?"
That's what they would like, with "them" as the evaluators. Never happen thankfully.
mental health? yeah? maybe? so what are you going to do? have each and every person applying for a permit go to a "mental health evaluator"? Right! Et quis custodiet ipsos custodes? I think it's got more to do with how stoned out of their skull they are when they pull the trigger.
It should be remembered that in Trump's first two years the republicans controlled the house and senate, meaning they could pass any constitutional legislation they wished.
The would not appropriate 15 billion to build the wall. That's the republican party. And they have no problem sending 100 billion to Ukraine, and the Ukraine is just the tip of the iceberg.
Cleburne was Irish from the Old Country. He knew from experience. His life and that of five other generals and 6000 men were frittered away in a frontal assault on trenches ordered by John Bell Hood who probably should have been retired to Texas after his wounds at Gettysburg. It was a Confederate Cold Harbor or Battle of the Somme.
In reply to kennycan.
https://nationalfile.com/mccarthy-used-ftx-cash-to-defeat-conservatives-in-2022/
In reply to Patrad.
Hey Patrad, good to see you checking in. We have to keep Florida going. How else will we get the Florida Man stories :)
Mike, I don't recall where you are located in the Sunshine State. I have several friends that got real damage in the Sanibel area. Did you fare OK? I hope so.
In reply to kennycan.
Howdy all. I ain't dead or gone - just tryin' to keep on keepin' on. Some days, not so easy to do so. Yeah Kenny, being a Flor-i-didian, I'd like to keep my gov Ron for his term. Lord knows what we'll have next - might even be another 'demonRat' (forbid it, Almighty God - please). Too bad he can't declare open season on certain perps and others.
I'm afraid that those SHTF events to which you refer will be happening here in the former U.S. this winter. Well, maybe not in FLA. so much, I hope. I'm sure we'll share the shortages, though.
As to the helicopter idea - don't know about anyone else, but I'd like to do my part and fund at least a few of those rides if possible.
As to the last line - I sincerely hope we're still voting - but hope ain't a game plan. We should all make alternate plans.
Y'all take care, Mike.
In reply to kennycan.
As long as you are well fed and free to go where you want, the communists do not have much control regardless of their political stranglehold by cheating. As long as we have weapons we're not really afraid of them.
When those things change - people get hungry, or get permanent looking lockdowns, or the feds try to take the guns, then the blood will begin to flow. My opinion.
In reply to kennycan.
The problem is there is no solution to the communists stealing elections. The "republican house" can't / won't stop the mail in ballots. Breitbart just stated a majority of the house republicans don't want to impeach Brandon.
We have NO skin in the game.
In reply to Jaybo.
No one would really argue that as we have all repeated it here more than once.
I really do hope that is why RDS stays in FL and a consortium of States start taking care of business themselves and together.
The SHTF events we will see are coming in Europe this winter and here before long, if not this winter. When they do the Inner Cities in Blue States will devolve into chaos quickly. If the Red States that have good Governors control that problem in their larger cities, then they automatically become a beacon for Good vs Bad Governance.
Will that be enough to start throwing Commies out (of helicopters hopefully)?.
I don't know.
We are getting closer. Are we there yet? I do not think so. So, until then, my alternate is to support Trump and keep RDS focused on FL until 2028. Either we're still voting then or the Revolution is in full swing.
It does not matter who the republican is for 2024. The communists have bases covered mail in ballots, and a vote crime syndicate in place. Who is going to stop them Kevin McCarthy the homo that lives in a house provided by Soros's money handler.
Why would the communists not play a trifecta, they have stolen two without any one getting a parking ticket, why would they stop?
Time to stop believing in unicorns folks.
In reply to Barry.
I think that is the short term deal within the structure of a long term deal they cut either in the late 90s or early 2000s. After they got rid of Gingrich and secured their position with W. Then the Patriot Act locked the Deep State in it's place and they found working with each other made perfect sense. It probably wasn't a single deal cut at any point, but a period of time, say over 5 years, where they came to an understanding.
In reply to Barry.
Yet in 2028 he can say those exact things, just pledging to continue the Great Work that Trump did with MAGA.
So, here's a serious question before I head out to work:
What is the DeSantis platform to run against Trump?
Can't say he'll do a better job on the economy. Cant' say he'll do a better job with china or any foreign policy. Can't say he'll be nicer to the press. He can claim to get better people at the DOJ/FBI I suppose, some nice deep staters.
What exactly does he do? It beats me.
In reply to kennycan.
Could be there was a deal. I'm quite sure some type of orchestration is going on that involves both party's.
The successor appears to be Jeffries, an extreme radical. Probably more extreme by an order of magnitude than the witch leaving the position. He'll be painted as a "moderate" of course...
In reply to kennycan.
Yea, I keep telling people, with Trump we have one more chance with someone we know will do the job. After that, bring on whoever you think will do the job. Don't fuck this up. Trump comes along less than once in a lifetime.
Ding Dong the Bitch is Dead.
Pelosi stepping down in her Dem leadership position. No word yet on if she will leave Congress.
Looks like the Far Left and RINO Left cut a deal. Tank MAGA on one side and tank Pelosi and the Establishment Dems on the other. An attempt to shift both Parties leftwards.
I wonder who in Congress steps up for the Dems now.
In reply to Barry.
Don't go Full Cruz and let Ambition ruin your chances. If he heeds that warning there may be hope yet.
Maybe he met with Griffin and others and when he heard their terms he shied away. I hope so.
But we can't be sure. Trump is the bird in the hand. We know where he stands on Policy and on America.
The road back to respect, DeSantis earns a brownie point from me:
https://theamericantribune.com/chill-out-desantis-slams-the-brakes-on-2024-speculation/
As the reality sinks in...
Which is: while DeSantis will pick up some of the MAGA voters, the ones that shy away from a fight and those that are weary of the fight and those that just genuinely believe DeSantis is the man and can win, the hardcore MAGA voters are not afraid of the fight to come and will stand with Trump. They outnumber the other crowd by at least 2:1.
In any event, regardless of the percentage, the fight may kill the chances of both of them. It will kill DeSantis for sure because the average MAGA voter will perceive, fairly or not, that the R party is attempting to STOP TRUMP, and will not vote for the man, ever.
If DeSantis is smart he will wait until 2028 and either take over a revived country from Trump or pick up the pieces from a further marxist led decline. Meanwhile he can continue to strengthen Florida and perhaps lead a coalition of like minded states and governors to start ignoring the diktats of the federal government.
Long term strategic thinking is rather uncommon these days, so I suspect that will not happen. "I want to be president and I want it right now".
Pence a POS, asshole. Now that the election is over and the R's will have control of the house the bastard declares he will not testify before the Jan 6 inquisition.
Brave man that bastard.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mike-pence-defies-jan6-committee
Pence actually thinks he'll make a run for the presidency. Dope, dunce, idiot, all apply. He has a near zero chance. I doubt he could win the Indiana republican primary. He certainly cannot win any other.
[…] of the hat to Mike at Cold Fury for this, as I don’t see Torba’s posts on Gab all that often. Too much whack-a-doodle […]
American made by Penn, one spinning reel and one baitcaster. Like the Suburban with 310,000 miles and 18 years old, the mag baitcaster is over 20 years old.
Two more Penn spinners on the front of the Suburban, the larger one is 40+ years old. The smaller one is more recent.
So, finally official, Trump is a candidate for President:
A list to remember:
A short list of things President Trump did:
1) stopped ISIS cold 2) EO stopping the drug companies from charging medicare more than what they charged foreign countries 3) EO forcing hospitals to disclose their prices 4) Move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem 5) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE for the first time in my lifetime of 70 years, and record low energy prices 6) Started no new wars 7) Elimination of regulations, required to eliminate 8 to add a new one 8) Cut Taxes across the board 9) Increased the individual tax credit eliminating the need to file more complicated returns 10) Started the space force, sorely needed today 11) Replaced NAFTA with an agreement better for American workers 12) Put tariffs on china, starting the process of moving American production out of the enemy’s land 13) Brought back massive amounts of money saved in foreign countries 14) Withdrew from the farce know as the Paris Climate Accords 15) Withdrew from the Iran deal 16) Increased the $$$ of the average family by over 5K IIRC 17) Started the process of fixing the VA 18) Increased the spending by other NATO countries 19) Killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 20) Created several million jobs, actual creation not bafflegab bullshit 21) Economic growth rates were going up, somewhere around 4% before the marxist killed the economy with the scam chinaVirus 22) Lowest rate of unemployment ever, across the board for blacks, hispanics, asians, veterans, etc. 23) Opened ANWAR and had the Keystone pipeline being constructed
There is much more of course.
That’s just a short list. Trump did this by himself, with little to no help from the republican party opposition from the republican party and the democrats. He did this while the deep state through the FBI, intelligence agencies, congress, and the DOJ were conducting illegal surveillance and investigations. But Trump didn’t falter, didn’t stop. He just kept on working.
No one else was capable of doing this, no one else has ever done this, no one else will.
Nice tonight. The colder and clear air after the storms allows the Milky Way to show up in the sky. It's a bit faint but visible. Looking ENE you can see the multiple star system Capella and the red planet Mars. Looking south you can see the brightest object in the sky, Jupiter. With my binoculars I can pick out Neptune nearby (I think).
Rocket scientists are all here. You still think there is going to be a fair election LOL Mike Pence will be the nominee. He is not going public for nothing
In reply to Barry.
That is what I was waiting for a picture. You are a dumbass Mike Pence will be the nominee. Mitch and company will see to that.
FUB
Gateway gives us this: Another Democrat Miracle! Maggie Hassan Wins 1,100 Votes from Town with Population Under 700 (thegatewaypundit.com)
Seems the "glitches" always break one way. Funny that!
Not Ha Ha funny.
In reply to kennycan.
No doubt a part of the money laundering scheme stealing taxpayer money. Which is why it will end up never being prosecuted.
In reply to kennycan.
Yep. I said at the time that his tepid one sentence boilerplate was pathetic and told me one thing - he was in on it, he knew it was coming. And then he skipped out for nearly a week, hiding.
In reply to Barry.
His silence on the MAL Raid in his own State is deafening.
Notice how that story disappeared almost as fast as Paul Pelosi's Underwear Tango Tale?
Two things can be true at the same time. One, that elections are crooked. No fucking kidding. And two, that Trump is dangerously close to jumping the shark if he has not already. He exhibited incredibly bad judgement by picking Dr. Oz as his candidate to run against Fetterman. I mean, one of the core principles of the MAGA movement was immigration control and restriction - so he picks a fucking Turkish dual citizen who has never been a resident of PA to run for the goddamned Senate? Leave aside the fact that a dual citizen shouldn't even be allowed to run for national office. The only reason that Trump went for Dr. Oz is his well known fascination with the cult of celebrity. Whether a better candidate would have beaten the margin of fraud we'll never know, but we do know that Oz lost to a fucking mental defective.
Also not a big fan of him taking shots at DeSantis, considering that DeSantis is basically carrying the ball for the MAGA movement amongst all elected officials right now. Yes, he has huge rallies. Great. Have them. Get his ego gratification from them. Raise money. But stop trying to play kingmaker and for God's sake do not run for President again at the age of 78.
In reply to Barry.
And, that will be the end of the R party. Which is why it may not happen. They are gauging the ability now.
In reply to Aesop.
I agree. DeSantis cannot beat Trump in the R primary, which is why I have said all along the R party will refuse to allow Trump to run and they'll claim it's because he's been indicted for a felony crime.
That's the R plan IMO. And the asshole DeSantis is in on it.
In reply to Barry.
And the minute he announces, DeSantis' chances (and those of any other GOP candidate that's not a sideshow freak) drop like a stone, and he's a marked man by both parties.
The guiding principle for would-be nominees in 2024 is going to be "Let the Wookie win."
Otherwise, he'll pull your arms off, and you'll be a cripple heading into the general election.
In reply to Barry.
I rate that as 23/0, and also mention that no one else is packing out regular 200,000 person rallies two years after leaving office.
Trump is a once-in-a-generation political rockstar, and he scares the shit out of the namby-pamby thieves and crooks he bypassed for four solid years to get things done, for exactly that reason.
He was not a conservative, based on any list of what he said before election, but he governed more conservatively than any Republican president since Calvin Coolidge, and that includes Ronald Reagan.
In reply to Aesop.
So (1) the NH are all clustered around hospitals so deliberately setting an outbreak in NHs would overwhelm the hospital. (2) Take away the bread and butter for the hospital so they would go bankrupt. (3) Pay them to write down WuFlu. (4) Get 20x as many WuFlu written down.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Thanks for confirming that.
Pro Tip: When you're making the other person's argument FOR THEM you should stop digging.
Seriously. Thanks for confirming we're right. Now, well...Bye!
In reply to Aesop.
You yourself pointed out it wasn't a bioweapon.
Therefore, it was a mild novel coronavirus that was less of a problem than H1N1 in 2009 because it almost exclusively affected very sick people with comorbidities or elderly at the average life expectancy, ALSO with comorbidites.
H1N1 killed young healthy people FAR more easily than WuFlu.
And THAT is using the statistics that overstated WuFlu by 20x. And they STILL couldn't make the statistics look as bad as 2009.
YOU are making our argument for us and then telling us we're wrong because of your one experience in a Disaster Zone the Deep State created for you.
In reply to Aesop.
You're willfully blind to what we are saying.
A sick person is NOT a WuFlu patient if 85% are false positives (50% no virus present and 35% normal cold and flu detected - both are false positives for WuFlu).
Another 10% had WuFlu but were in the hospital BECAUSE of another comorbidity.
That means there were 5% real WuFlu pateints and subsequent deaths.
What you saw were DELIBERATE mass outbreaks triggered by Deep Blue Sociopaths sending sick people in amongst sick people instead of isolating them. THAT was the point of the extra capacity - isolation of existing sick people from new sick people.
No matter how much you give us your anecdotes about your one neck of the woods in a Deep Blue Zone, you're Full Of Shit because that was NOT indicative of what was really happening.
You were deliberately targeted by these people for a traumatic Psychological Attack so that you would spread the Panic to others and the Media could play it up 24/7/365.
Here you are blaming US for pointing that out to you and directing your anger at us instead of grabbing the Sociopaths by the neck and stringing them up for what they did to you.
Stockholm Syndrome.
In reply to Aesop.
You just don't get it.
Normally they cover 3 cents. But if you wrote down "Covid" you got 30 cents.
So, everyone wrote down "Covid".
You're proving out point. It's not how much it COSTS for a patient. We are talking about the REVENUE side. Any hospital that didn't take that Sweet WuFlu Bribe faced bankruptcy.
So they wrote down COVID regardless. You'd have to be nuts not to do that and go bankrupt instead.
95% if WuFlu "deaths" weren't WuFlu.
Hospital capacity was restricted to overwhelm certain hospitals. They didn't use extra capacity brought on line.
And if you think SoCal is any better than NYC or any of the other Deep Blue areas on this, then you're lying because you spend decades telling people about Deep Blue places and how corrupt and evil they are.
So stop pissing on our heads and telling us it's raining.
WuFlu was Just The Flu and they conducted a Psy Ops worthy of any Military to drive the Panic through the roof.
I can almost understand you being in the midst of the major Psy Ops Ground Zero having trouble handling it at first. But now? After all we know? You have got to be kidding me.
That's my last word. You don't get the point. The Government got what it paid for and it paid for false WuFlu diagnoses.
In reply to Aesop.
You keep gaslighting yourself about that Aesop. We all caught the Con early and the capacity was fully compliant.
https://humansbefree.com/2021/04/covid-nurse-whistleblower-murdering-patients.html
In reply to Barry.
We saw this real time Barry, but it's good to remind people about the truth since they may never have saw articles like yours.
I remember hearing over 200k but I don't want to exaggerate and so I went with a conservative number. Doesn't really matter though. 100k would have been sufficient to ensure an outbreak and Italy (free health care!!) has one of the worst health care systems anyway. Recipe for Disaster. .
They KNEW Trump would restrict travel from China. Anyway, they needed a Global Outbreak to properly spread the Spanish Flu comparisons.
In reply to Barry.
Circular reasoning, backed up with ad hominem. "You must be right, because you must be right. And everyone who disagrees based on facts is a poopyhead." Well played.
Best wishes with that level of analysis in the rest of your life, but F- in logic and basic common sense.
In reply to kennycan.
Pro Tip: The nursing homes are all clustered near hospitals, statewide, already. There are two huge senior living complexes with thousands of residents, from fully independent, to totally bed-ridden or drooling in their own laps, that monopolize the nearest two hospitals in normal times, 24/7/365, and have for years. (Everyone else in the neighborhood? They can just eat shit.)
WhereTF do you think they're going to build them?
I worked at one of those hospitals, run by Tenet, and they won't expand capacity, and have refused to do so for literally decades, because they'd go broke on Medicare low-balled non-reimbursement.
Kaiser has made a career out of taking premiums from young, healthy patients who just need check-ups and maternity care, and use that money to subsidize (and largely ignore until they need hospice) their older, sicker patients, because Medicare doesn't pay the bills. They virtually (and actually) let their older patients die, because otherwise, they'd have gone bankrupt years and years ago.
In reply to kennycan.
Nope. There were plenty of COVID patients around. Nobody had to make any up. They were free for the asking. All we had to do was open our doors. You keep acting like that wasn't a thing. We had 5 beds in the former lobby, and 8 beds in the hallway, FFS. For 6 months straight.
We were about 5 minutes most days from the docs starting to tell anyone over 70 or 75 to just go outside to the giant circus tent to wait to die, because we had no place to put them. It got that close, for weeks on weeks, until new infections finally started to drop. That was around Feb of 2021.
All Uncle paid for, months later, was to fractionally mitigate costs for patients hospitals had to care for regardless.
Hospitals ate a shitburger on those costs, and we're still paying for it. Our equipment got beat to shit, we can't replace it or even repair it. We can't pay competitive salaries, and we lost half our ICU staff and 1/4 of the ER staff (who just said "Fuck it, I'm out!") during COVID at its most hellish, and that's fucking up the rest of the hospital even now.
We're holding patients in the ER, which fucks up the whole county's EMS, because we're stuffed full, and there's a dozen ICU beds with no nurse because our hospital damned near went bankrupt because of the pandemic you think never happened. We can't afford to hire more nurses at rates they'd take, because of the market right now.
When we go down, it's like compartments on the Titanic. The patients we used to get go to the next nearest ED, and overwhelm four other hospitals. Which overwhelms all the other hospitals. Now the whole county is fucked, because we're running at 97-99% capacity most days and times since decades before COVID.
Which pulls down the four neighboring counties as the ripples spread outwards. Now 40M people (no big, right? It's only 10% of the country...) are fucked, indefinitely, because every place they'd go is full to overflowing. Until enough people die, or just stop coming in. Maybe just 6 hours, maybe all week. The ER is finally staffed normally (maybe 5 days out of 7), for the first time since 2019. The ICU is still at about half-staff every night, forever, and it bones us every day.
Everybody in the medical field has been warning people about this for decades, which was why the overload from COVID was always going to be a problem. The deaths because of COVID aren't over, and not just because of the Not-A-Vaxx deaths. People are still dying because of how it fucked up the whole medical system, and it's not getting better, it's getting worse.
And it's worse in states with lower pay, and no staffing ratios, which is every other one than mine.
And everyone can see it who doesn't have their head up their ass.
In reply to Barry.
The key word is "covered hospital expenses". They simply say "Oh, that's not covered, and for what we do cover, we only pay 3¢ for what you're billing at $1."
The hospital and doctors can then wish in one hand for the other 97¢, and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first.
Medicare, and uninsured patients is why your Tylenol costs 15 fucking dollars on the bill for a 10¢ tablet. Your insurance is paying for Grampa, and uninsured Julio. And has been since the 1960s. If nobody in your entire life has ever dropped that penny for you, let me be the first.
Anybody who tells you Medicare covers actual costs is dropping serious acid.
Medicare covers Jack and Shit. Ask around. WTF do you think doctor after doctor hangs out the "Not accepting Medicare patients" shingle? It's fucking driving them out of business. It's like telling McDonald's that a cheeseburger is covered, but you'll only pay the 1962 price for it. Forever.
See if you can guess how small that cheeseburger would get under that system.
Ask around and read up. If Medicare was paying out, doctors would be falling all over themselves to get on that gravy train. They're not, and never have been.
In fact, they're quitting the field in droves. That's why they have to hold a gun to docs' heads to get them to go into general practice and family medicine. The only money is in specialization.
You're so misinformed on that point it's tragic.
In reply to Barry.
Old and ugly you are piece of shit, your sheep will be given to your enemies. Bank on it
Regarding the updated update:
It's important to remember how the sheep got slaughtered. "Respected"* medical authorities, including many personal physicians told us to be very afraid and follow the directions. The government was telling us this was temporary, two weeks to flatten the curve kind of stuff.
It was all a lie, but lies the average person with reasonable intelligence did not recognize as such. They trusted the medical establishment. Look at how many folks got the clotshot. They did this on trust.
Experience is the greatest teacher of all. What the marxists didn't understand was they were teaching everybody that they and the medical establishment would not only lie to them, they would lie to them for political purposes. They taught us that even the doctors that took of the mask in the privacy of the doctors office would not go against the authorities for fear of retribution. They taught us that once the big lie was used to gain absolute political power they would brand us as terrorists for daring to oppose the plans of the local school board.
That lesson is now getting ready to bear fruit on Nov 8 this year.
Vote. It is the last chance you will get before taking up arms and seeing blood in the streets.
*well, not by everybody, not by me, but by the vast majority of Americans
In reply to Aesop.
Oh, and China released it, 100%. I said it from day one.
What I didn't know early on, but do now - the release was planned with and coordinated with the republican and democrats at high levels.
Just ask yourself, "Self, what would they have done different if this were a scam?".
In reply to kennycan.
Yep, all true. The list of of everything they did to create the panic needed to stop Trump is long.
Let's not leave out the very worst, the one you picked up on before anyone else that I read - they sent infected people to the nursing homes to spread the virus to people that were already dying. As I found when I dug into that after you found it, the average nursing home patient lives 6 months upon entry. Give them a test with 50% positive false rates, plus the ones that actually do get it from the spreaders they moved in, and you have your high scary death count.
And it really helps that high scary death count if you just pay the fuckers extra, like 40K, to claim the death was covid.
In reply to Barry.
Here is baseball almanac's list of pro players by school in alphabetical order. This list confirms ECU has 21 total all time. I believe this list is up to date or very recent, but there is no date on it that I can find.
There are dozens and dozens of schools with more than 21.
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/colleges.shtml
You could try admitting the truth and end this...
In reply to Jaybo.
"I’ll have it shortly."
This should be quite entertaining. What is "shortly"? Is that in weeks, years, hours, days?
In reply to Jaybo.
Keep putting up your bullshit and I'll keep calling you out for it.
Tell us some more lies Jaybo. It's what you're good at.
Keep digging. You're nothing more than entertainment.
In reply to Jaybo.
More lies. The report you put up said nothing about UNC School of medicine performing gender mutilation surgery on children. Lying is just your nature. It's who you are.
Prove me wrong. Put up the passage from the report that states UNC Medicine is performing the surgery. If I missed that I'll gladly admit it.
To be honest I have no idea if they perform such surgery. What I am unable to find is declarations that they do. What I do know -
But here is the TRUTH: ECU does perform child mutilation surgery. But that bothers you not one bit. You just try to say "Well, others do it". As if that makes it OK.
In reply to Jaybo.
I understand neither sentence. The first seems to indicate that a commie/marxist government is god. Is that what you mean?
The 2nd seems to indicate Krupp and Bayer own everything that produces and they follow the government direction to determine what to produce. I'm guessing you mean the german Krupp and Bayer families? Is that what you mean?
Are you trying to make the distinction between communism and socialism?
I know of know socialist country that exists without putting a gun to the head of the citizens eventually. It can only survive by force, meaning it is communist/marxist/fascist in the end, and that end comes quickly.
In reply to Jaybo.
How many is "many"? The immediate Chernobyl deaths that occurred were 30, with another 60 added after for radiation exposure. All other numbers are just guessing at the effect. As far as deaths go, seems like a pretty small disaster.
Now if you could translate Fat man / Little Boy to Wormwood you might have something.
What was the original Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek meaning of the name of the star? Why would the giver of names name the star after the highly sought after wood with worm holes?
My theology is that what the russians name a nuclear power plant is meaningless as far as the creator goes.
We'll just have to wait for SteveF to tell us...
Don't know any of you gentlemen's theology but here is a thought:
Revelation 8:11
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
What makes it more interesting is the word wormwood translated to Russian, that would be CHERNOBYL
Everything about gay sex, nothing outside gay sex
You may not care about gay sex in cartoons but gay sex in cartoons cares about you.
Another bloody day in paradise :)
Battling the sticker vines today. Some of them are 1/2 inch diameter with thorns 3/4 inches long. The tree's along my pool fence are heavily infested with them and the tree's are actually on my neighbors property. I spent 8 hours cutting them, up on a ladder, then pulling them down out of the tree's. Plus trimming up the limbs growing over my property and pool fence. Those things are fierce and I have punctures all over my arms and one nice gash in the forehead. Huge piles all along the fence, so I went to start dragging the vines and limbs into the back and as I came around the corner something jumped, and then I jumped. I had startled a good size doe that was munching on my pile of debris. Two other deer were a bit further away, one a pretty spotted fawn. All are food grade should the need arise :) I never come down without a deer gun, just in case.
Anyway, the vines should be manageable now. They grow back but a couple hours each spring should keep them at bay. The whole backyard was covered when I bought the place.
Well, the point of this was to post some pretty deer pictures, but I'm getting a never before seen message telling me the maximum upload size is 2mb, and the pics are around 6-7mb. Not sure resizing will get the same impact...
In reply to kennycan.
"They were not riggable at the time."
I'll leave this with one last comment -
The CIA and deep state were rigging markets and providing inside information to "their" people. I know it goes back to 1951 at least. Read up on the CIA, Dulles, and Guatemala.
The CIA certainly rigged markets just like they created coups in governments around the world. Insider information was routinely passed on to the favored ones. This has all been reported on over the years. Just like Pelosi and her magic increase in wealth, soros was the beneficiary of CIA information and manipulation.
Hillary Clinton in 1978 and the cattle futures - and you want to tell me that it couldn't be done in the 70's to the mid 90's?
In reply to Barry.
They didn't have the capabilities and hadn't infiltrated the markets in the 70s to mid 90s. Heck they were still settling government mortgage bonds with paper certificate deliveries until the late 80s.
So, no they didn't rig the markets for him because we were his market makers and we weren't rigging it. We competed with other major banks and brokerages as well. No one was large enough to "rig" the markets back then without detection.
That's why BJ Clinton cursed the Bond Market when Rubin explained to him that he couldn't just do what he wanted as he was constrained by interest rates rising. So he famously fumed that he was "beholden to the f*cking bond market".
Soros primarily worked in large liquid markets with his main funds. That was US and International Treasury Bond and Currency Markets. They were not riggable at the time. They were trillion dollar markets when the largest hedge fund had 12 billion in capital and 100 Billion in assets. Later as emerging Markets grew he developed smaller funds that invested there. Once again, there were no players large enough to affect markets on their own.
Not even the US Government could do it and BJs remarks to Rubin highlighted that.
In reply to John Wilder.
It never has been a "Justice system." It has allegedly been a "Legal system", but now even the pretense of THAT is long gone.
It should be noted that across the western world, the lovers of freedom and liberty are fighting back and winning. Sweden, and now Italy, are throwing out the marxist slavers. In Europe, the EU is getting its rejection papers.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/09/25/conservative-nationalist-giorgia-meloni-wins-big-in-italian-election-certain-to-become-first-female-prime-minister/#more-238066
In reply to kennycan.
Yea, looks like rumor that was speculative, wishing. I do think something is going on, just not the downfall of Xi.
In reply to kennycan.
One more time, answer the questions or we’ll know you are avoiding it and we’ll know why: Is the Ukraine our enemy? Are the russians our enemy? Are the russians sponors of Iran? Are the russians aligned with communist china and the terror state of iran?
You avoid that like the plague.
"So the only PURPOSE..."
That's just baloney, not worth a response.
In reply to Barry.
Sounds like a unfounded rumor.
Not seeing or hearing anything from anyone about it other than those rumors that originated with an Indian newspaper.
In reply to Barry.
Not sure. First I'm hearing of it. It's early AM there so we can't ask anyone.
These reports of a Coup are coming out of India.
Looks like we're just going to have to wait and see.
I hope it's true. Xi is a lunatic similar to Mao. His Lockdowns, which weren't about Health, could have gotten saner heads there to make a move.
I hope so.
In reply to Barry.
Sorry but if you concede US should not be in NATO then it follows that either NATO should not exist, but if it does exist it should in NO way expand.
So the only PURPOSE to expansion is provocation by the US and EU targeting Russia. Given how they began using NATO to effect regime change in the 90s it is absolutely a provocation that Russia can meet with pre-emptive force. Like the Israelis did when the Arabs began mobilizing forces aimed towards its borders. The Libyan regime change and then the Coup Nuland ran in Ukraine in 2014 were the Cassus Belli and Russia was forced to act.
China:
What is happening in China, Kenny? Any idea?
I'm getting nothing but rumors, all unconfirmed, some have Xi going down. Gordon Chang thought so, since retracted as to certainty.
My best guess, nothing more, Xi is executing threats, including military command.