The Morning Report — 5/15/24

Good morning, kids. Now you can add to leftist ideologically-driven incompetence clueless cruelty or cruelty of cluelessness. Here are two shining examples. First we take you to Zimbabwe on the Pacific, formerly known as California:

As Saigon was falling, Janet Nguyen’s uncle – an officer in the South Vietnamese Army – was taken before his village and executed. After the city fell on April 30, 1975, the communists put Nguyen’s father and mother in jail. Their “crime?” They got caught trying to escape the country. 

After Saigon fell, Tri Ta’s father spent years in a re-education camp prison. His “crime?” He wrote books critical of communism. 

Both Nguyen and Ta eventually made it to California with their families. She became a California state senator and he became a member of the Assembly. The Republicans represent Orange County districts home to the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam.

Forty-nine years after the Fall of Saigon, April 30 remains a solemn day for Nguyen and Ta as it is for many of 2.3 million Vietnamese-Americans in the U.S. They call it Black April. 

“It’s a day that we mourn,” Nguyen said.

Which is why Ta and Nguyen were outraged when leaders of neighboring Los Angeles County declared April 30 “Jane Fonda Day” to honor the celebrity for her environmental activism. The lawmakers immediately began pressuring officials to rescind the recognition.

For those who are not of a certain age, like me, let me give you a bit of a refresher. Jane Fonda goes way beyond being certainly a liberal and even a leftist or hard leftist. She is in fact the dictionary definition of a traitor.

In 1972, while America was at war with North Vietnam and their terrorist force the Vietcong, Fonda travelled to Hanoi to pose on an NVA antiaircraft cannon, shouting her opposition not necessarily to the war but to America's involvement in it. To add insult to incredible injury, she was perhaps within spitting distance of the infamous Hỏa Lò Prison, dubbed "The Hanoi Hilton," where captured American POWs were being tortured and brutalized for years.

I'm no legal eagle nor well-versed in the UCMJ. But what she did should have earned her a date with the hangman. The fact that Fonda was not put to death or at the barest of bare minimums rotting away right now in Leavenworth was a huge mistake. In some ways, what we are experiencing today with the cultural rot that is the gateway drug to the institutional corruption of our government and society at large, if not completely prevented, might well have been mitigated. We'll never know.

And speaking of that rot and corruption, I give you the second of today's shining examples of clueless cruelty. This one is a doozy:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic.

Blinken played rhythm guitar with The 1999 band at the Barman Dictat, a nightspot in the Ukrainian capital.

“I know this is a really, really difficult time,” Blinken said. “You need to know the United States is with you.”

. . . The scene recalled a bizarre event in the aftermath of a radical Islamic terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, France, in 2015, when then-Secretary of State John Kerry, having missed a local “unity rally,” sought to console Parisians with a serenade by James Taylor, who performed “You’ve Got a Friend.”

As the estimable Joel Pollak notes, "Rockin in the Free World" was not a song in praise of the West. It was written by noted crackpot Canuck Lefty crank Neil Young – who made millions of dollars writing tunes bashing America and the west – just before the Berlin Wall came crashing down and millions enslaved behind it actually tasted freedom for the first time in decades, thanks to the America he and his ilk, including Fonda, made their bones and fortunes from bashing.

But beyond that, the tastelessness of Blinken and his clueless cruelty lies in the fact that while he is desperate to help destroy the state of Israel by aiding and abetting the dark age savages that perpetrated the greatest mass slaughter of Jews since World War 2, he was performing (in every sense of that word) barely four miles down the road from a place called Babi Yar.

Over the course of two days, the 29th and 30th of September 1941, which coincided with the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators shot 33,771 Jewish men, women and children to death in a gigantic mass grave.

The road from Babi Yar in 1941 goes directly to southern Israel in 2024.

The disgusting and tragic irony of this, one of many, is that Blinken happens to be either the son or stepson of a Holocaust survivor. To not even take the time to travel, even unofficially without the media in tow, to say a prayer at the memorial site, speaks volumes. Perhaps it might have bolstered the flagging support of American Jews for Biden, but then again it might enrage the Democrat base whose blood-thirsty anti-Jewish anti-Israel anti-American vitriol is barely distinguishable from that of Hamas and the rest of the commie-heathen world itself.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has sharpened his rhetoric towards Israel, telling the key U.S. ally to ‘get out of Gaza’ as the Israeli military tightens the noose around Hamas’ terrorist leadership in Rafah.

Blinken prophesied “enduring insurgency” in the long run if the Israeli military conducts a large-scale offensive in Rafah, Hamas’s last remaining stronghold, which has a terrorist fighting force with a strength of about four battalions.

“As we look at Rafah, they may go in and have some initial success, but potentially at an incredibly high cost to civilians,” the U.S. Secretary of State said in a TV interview on Sunday. “And they will be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency because a lot of armed Hamas will be left, no matter what they do in Rafah, or if they leave and get out of Gaza, as we believe they need to do.”

Leave and get out of Gaza? High cost to "civilians?" What civilians? Unless you are an infant in diapers, anyone above the age of 5 is either an enemy combatant or directly helping the combatants. Meanwhile, just across the Mediterranean, this is happening:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that more than one thousand Hamas terrorists have received medical treatment in hospitals across Turkey. Erdogan refused to admit Hamas was a terrorist group, instead describing it as a “resistance movement.” This greatly dismayed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was meeting with Erdogan in Ankara to defuse tensions between Greece and Turkey. The two leaders were holding a joint press conference when Erdogan revealed Turkey had been treating Hamas fighters. . .

. . . Erdogan loudly insisted that Hamas should not be treated as a “terrorist organization” even after it murdered, raped, burned, decapitated, and kidnapped more than 1,200 Israeli civilians on October 7.

“Hamas is not a terrorist organization. It is a group of mujahideen (holy warriors) defending their lands,” the Turkish leader said, insisting that the Israelis were the real terrorists. 

Like other apologists for Hamas savagery, Erdogan said that Israel has no inherent right of self-defense that would justify its military response against the October 7 attack. The Turkish leader has since compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler on several occasions, claiming Israel’s war in Gaza is an act of genocide like the Holocaust.

I'd say that this is serious considering Turkey is a NATO member, but then again so is Germany, France and England which are well on the way to becoming Islamic states perhaps in as little as the next 10 years.

And there's this alarming anecdote, from the same Legal Insurrection article to Turkey's involvement with the wounded terrorists.

The IDF has uncovered Hamas’ plan to set up a terrorist base in Turkey, the UK newspapers Times of London and Telegraph report. With IDF crippling the terror group’s ability to operate in Gaza, Hamas operatives were looking at Turkey as a potential base for plotting terrorist attacks aimed at Israeli officials, servicemen, and civilians, documents recovered by the IDF show.

I guess Qatar is not safe for Hamas. Or the emir's family. That would make Turkey a potential target of Israel, no? And since they are a NATO member . . . do the math.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "The Biden [junta's] rule seems designed to ensure the deep state will remain unaccountable to the president — and the American people."
  New Biden Rule Aims to Entrench the Deep State Forever
  
• "From 2007-2016 the net worth of the richest Americans increased by 20% while the lower 80% decreased by the same percentage."
  The Wealth Gap: An Existential Threat
  
• "Richard Scolyer, a professor at the University of Sydney, revealed Monday that the incurable stage 4 glioblastoma discovered in his head has not recurred after receiving the heartbreaking diagnosis last June." (Hat tip to commenter and dear friend Jane D'oh! - jjs)
  Doctor Richard Scolyer Cancer-Free One Year After Using Own Revolutionary Treatment on Terminal Brain Cancer: "I Couldn't be Happier!

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN
• IDF to Hamas: We are coming like a ‘roaring flood.’ (Phrasing, IDF. Phrasing! - jjs)
  Blinken Tells Israel to ‘Get Out of Gaza’ as IDF Fights Hamas in Rafah Terror Stronghold 
  
• "Netanyahu makes a vow."
  Very Well, Alone
  
• Erdogan refused to admit Hamas was a terrorist group, instead describing it as a “resistance movement.” . . . The Times of Israel (TOI) noted that Hamas has maintained an office in Turkey since 2011 when Turkey helped to broker an agreement for the freedom of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.(Hat tip to commenter MTF - jjs)
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan: More Than 1,000 Hamas Terrorists Received Treatment in Turkish Hospitals
  
• "The previously withheld 2,000 lb bombs may not be a part of the deal."
  Biden Junta Signals Partial Reversal, Will Push Ahead With Arms Package Bound For Israel
  
• Al-Barghouti argued that the world had forgotten about the 'Palestinians' until the October 7 terror attack, but now — thanks to the spectacular violence, and to protests in the west, the “free world” is united behind the 'Palestinians'." (To shove them into the Qom-shot wishing well - jjs)
  "Palestinian" Columnist: "We Do Not Want a Ceasefire, We Want Ongoing War"
  
• "Sen. Cotton's legislation brings fight over Biden’s arms pause to Senate."
  GOP Senator Introduces Bill To Continue Arms Sales to Israel
  
• "In other words, the UN has finally acknowledged that the numbers it was getting from Hamas were bogus and made-up. Too bad it took this long, as anyone with any objectivity could have told the UN this fact months ago."
  UN Slashes its Death Count of Gaza Women and Children in Half
  
• David Harsanyi: "Westerners keep spreading Hamas propaganda."
  How the Media and Democrats Helped Create the Israeli "Genocide" Lie
  * * * * *

• Robert Zimmerman: "Book mark this webpage. It has a search function. Use it when ever someone wants a job with you, or wishes to partner with you in any capacity. You need to know who you are dealing with, at a deeper level than anything they will be willing to tell you."
  A Database for Identifying Pro-Hamas Anti-Semites
  
• "I’m not saying the anti-Israel protesters at American universities are the same as terrorists, but I am saying they are bringing the same extremist mentality from the Middle East. I know the mentality because I’m an Arab. I know what they mean when they chant for ‘intifada.’"
  Arab-Israeli Journalist Yoseph Haddad, Assaulted at Columbia, Says Campus Protests are Middle Eastern Phenomenon
  
• "The effort continues, regardless, nationwide. On Tuesday, pro-'Palestinian' activists descended on City Hall in Santa Monica, California, to back a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. At a rally outside beforehand, the activists decried what they called Israel’s 'genocide' in Gaza."
  Michigan Community Pushes Off Anti-Israel Resolution
  
• "'American education is under attack,' Rep. Foxx says."
  Congress Launches Probe Into Groups Funding 'Pro-Hamas' Unrest on Campus
  
• "Jewish student Shabbos Kestenbaum: “Jews here have no allies, no voice, and no advocates. The only way Harvard will ever change is sustained outside pressure. Please help us!”
  Harvard Caves to Anti-Israel Encampment, Agrees to Most Demands
  
• “Seven other students have since begun hunger strikes in their place.”
  Princeton Anti-Israel Hunger Strike Collapses, Solves its Problem by Rotating in New Strikers
  
• "Oakland anarchists pledge solidarity with 'Palestinian' 'Resistance.'"
  Anti-Israel 'Anarchists and Communists' Take Credit for Smashing Windows, Releasing 500 Cockroaches Into University of California President's Office (They released themselves, in other words - jjs)
  
• "Immigration-driven demographic changes and the advent of 'wokeness' have radically changed the dynamics of campus politics."
  Not Your Parents’ Protests
  
• Betsey McCaughey: "Their students be damned."
  Colleges Side With Radicals
  
• Isn’t that precious? In one breath, this moron speaks against genocide, while in the very next sentence says she believes 'in a free 'Palestine' from the river to the sea.' So, you are for genocide, but only when the people you support do it. Got it.
  Narcissistic Activist Says Israel & the U.S. have 'No Right to Exist,' 'We've Been Trying to End Y'all'

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "Is it the right response to the Jew-hating, pro-Hamas mobs on campus?"
  The House Passes the Landmark Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2023

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: This wasn’t even the first time Kablawi said such a thing. MEMRI has also reported that Kablawi said, in a Friday sermon on March 8,  “Allah revealed to the messengers, instantly: ‘We will defeat the oppressors, and We will make you the dwellers of their land, of their homes.’… By Allah, those settlements that they built, by Allah we will live in them.… By Allah, we will seize [them]. By Allah, we will enjoy [them]. By Allah, we will live in [them]. If it is not us, our children will live in [them]. By Allah, the law of Allah and the shari’a of Allah will rule the land.”
  Florida Dentist Calls for ‘Annihilation’ of Jews, Could Lose His License

  "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "The Mexican national was previously deported."
  Previously Deported Illegal Migrant Charged In Connection With 3-Month-Old Baby’s Death
  
• You can’t make this up. I’m not even going to come up with any jokes. The fact that he said this in a way he thinks is helpful and/or virtuous is a joke unto itself."
  'They're Excellent Swimmers': NYC Mayor Eric Adams Suggests Using 'Migrants' to Fill Lifeguard Shortage (Their backs are always wet, right Eric? - jjs)
  
• Juarez and Servita-Arocha are alleged members of the notorious Venezuelan street gang “Tren de Aragua,” and are the subjects of ICE detainers.
  Migrants Charged in Attack on NYPD Cops in Times Square Offered Plea Deals, Including One Who Was Re-Arrested
  
• "Cartagena, thought to be the ring leader of the gang rape, is believed by police to be living back in Guatemala and still has a warrant out for his arrest. Prosecutors said Cartagena previously admitted to being involved in the gang rape and identified the three other men."
  New Mexico Prosecutors: Migrants Gang Raped Deaf Woman in "Multi-Hour Nightmare"

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH

• Margot Cleveland: "The special counsel’s office ‘twisted’ information to falsely imply that former IRS agents Shapley and Ziegler were under investigation."
  Hunter Biden IRS Whistleblowers Aren’t Under Investigation, So Why Did Weiss Suggest They Were?
  
• "If anyone is triggered by my forthcoming political and social ramblings, I invoke the Joe Biden defense."
  The Ravings of a Kindly Old Man with a Poor Memory (Kindly my ass - jjs)

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• Turley noted that Cohen‘s reasoning for secretly recording a phone conversation with then-President-elect Trump was questionable. “The one thing about yesterday that was striking is I thought that Michael Cohen may have committed perjury again,” the GWU law professor told Fox News‘s Dana Perino on Tuesday.
  Did Michael Cohen Commit Perjury AGAIN!?
  
• The gag order prevents Trump from making public comments about witnesses participating in the trial, counsel other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, “members of the court’s staff and the District Attorney’s staff, or … the family members of any counsel or staff member, if those statements are made with the intent to materially interfere with … counsel’s or staff’s work” on the case. It also encompasses prospective jurors.
  Court Rules Against Donald Trump’s Gag Order Appeal
  
• "Attorneys for the former President have demanded Judge Merchan recuse himself from the trial over numerous conflicts of interest related to his daughter Loren Merchan‘s campaign fundraising business and her potential profiting from the prosecution of Trump. Thus far, the Democrat-aligned judge has refused the recusal requests."
  Congressional Client of Loren Merchan’s Firm – Who Was Also LEAD COUNSEL for 1st Trump Impeachment – Coached Michael Cohen for Cross-Examination
  
• "New election, same old sham. It conveniently took Democrats four years to once again dredge up Daniels to undermine Donald Trump. Despite the liberal media’s fawning praise, there is nothing noble about the lawfare being waged against Trump. It is just petty, puerile politics that further erodes Americans’ faith in our cheapened, abused institutions. And, just as Democrats intended, it is unlikely we’ll be done with this farce before Election Day."
  How a Blackmailing Prostitute and a Crooked Prosecutor Could Steal the 2024 Election
  
• "One of these days," Fleming told Judge Gagliardi, "we are going to find that we reach a due process point, where, by the sheer proliferation of charges, a government can force a man either to admit guilt, which he does not feel or to bankrupt himself... The economics of this thing are overwhelming." Call it what you will, but none call it justice.  And the tumblers are beginning to fall. Was this the playbook all along?
  Cohen Made Huge Admission in NYC Trump Case and Now the Tumblers Begin to Fall in Place
  
• "Her remarks are a stunning admission that the trial is politically motivated and intended as election interference. Democrats are stuck with a candidate who is 81 years old with cognitive deficiencies and has been trailing Trump in the polls for months."
  Mop-Top Ex-Malveaux-Muncher Karine Jean-Pierre May Have Admitted Too Much About Trump's Trial

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "The reason I specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles."
  Feds Charge Black Marine For Plotting To Kill ‘Privileged’ White People
  
• "Biden’s DOJ charged dozens of pro-life Americans but has repeatedly failed to bring the hammer down on pro-abortion lawbreakers."
  Peaceful Pro-Lifer Gets Years In Prison After Biden DOJ Targeted Her Under FACE Act
  
• "Wisconsin senator held panel discussion with group that supports ‘defunding the police.’"
  Baldwin Campaigns With Head of Anti-Cop Group

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Rumble is seeking “injunctive relief and damages in excess of $1 billion.”
  Rumble Sues Google!
  
• In his book, he warns about Trump and his allies’ alleged attempts to “undermine democracy” and establish “populist authoritarianism,” according to CNN. Kristof also argues that, in a second term, Trump could weaponize the federal government “to punish or intimidate news organizations” and even carry out “assassinations.” (Projectile vomiting, and projection - jjs)
  Infamous Hack Propagandist Kristof Says Press ‘Shouldn’t Be Neutral’ On Trump, Warns of ‘Assassinations’ During 2nd Term
  
• Larry Elder: "The latest in a long line of so-called 'Republican racists.'”
  MSNSDAP Host: Donald Trump, Like Richard Nixon, is Racist
  
• "Those who insist on progress decoupled from human mediation destroy all that is good, true, and beautiful."
  Apple’s "Crushing" of the Good and Beautiful is Step One in Demanding Our Compliance

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Even more telling, "more than half of respondents — 51 percent — believe they are worse off since Biden became [fake] president," according to the Financial Times.
  Financial Times-Michigan Ross Poll Shows Biden's Hopes Fall as Prices Rise
  
• "Now that the easy-growth environment of the post-Covid era is well behind us, Biden — and the country — face a terrible economic reckoning."
  Since Biden Inherited the Trump Boom, the Whole Economy’s Gone Bust
  
• "Beneath Powell’s calm veneer lies a troubling reality— the Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates this year or even early next year. The inflation beast remains stubbornly untamed, as today’s producer price index (PPI) report grimly illustrates with a 0.5 percent month-over-month rise, equivalent to a 6.4 percent annual pace and much hotter than anticipated."
  Powell Still Won’t Admit Rate Hikes Might Be Coming
  
• "The Federal Reserve has been going full steam ahead on the digital dollar freight train for years."
  Is the Federal Reserve lying about creating a central bank digital currency
  
• "The tariff rates will hit electric vehicles, solar components, and semiconductors from China the hardest with an increase from 25% to 50%, while tariffs on other sectors will increase to 25%. . . The new tariffs on China, which will be announced by Biden at the White House on Tuesday, will be implemented over the next two years and are estimated to affect around $18 billion in Chinese imports. During his speech, Biden will also officially endorse keeping tariffs implemented by former President Donald Trump on more than $300 billion of Chinese goods."
  Biden To Maintain Trump-Era Policy, Increase Tariffs On Numerous Chinese Imports
  
• Targeted – Like Hamas "targets" Jews? This globular cluster of an inept crone is tedious - jjs
  Yellen on Calling Trump Tariffs "Taxes on Consumers": Biden’s Are "Targeted"
  
• "Batya Ungar-Sargon’s portrait of the working class contains useful policy prescriptions."
  Struggling, Floating, Rising
  
• CEO and Founder of TAGeX Brands, Neal Sherman, announced in a post on LinkedIn on Monday that his company would be hosting “the largest restaurant liquidation” through an online auction. The TAGex website listed auctions for 48 Red Lobster locations throughout the U.S. that had been closed and would be auctioning off kitchen items and furniture from the locations.
  The Glories of Bidenomics! Report: Red Lobster Closes 100 Locations Around U.S.

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• In each glove compartment will be an I-Pod with Biden attempting to recite the Hamas Charter. At least the battery will be dead, with no way to charge it - jjs
  SHOT: Biden Says That Americans Can Buy Any Car They Want. His Junta is Forcing EVs to Be Huge Share of Sales By 2032
  
• ". . . there is a big difference between a huckster like Ron Popeil and a grifter like Joe Biden: for three easy payments of just $19.99, in six to eight weeks, Popeil would deliver the goods — Biden, not so much. This is the guy who pushed through one trillion-dollar spending bill after another, and all we got was this lousy inflation."
  CHASER: $7.5 Billion Later, Biden Is Up to 7 EV Charging Stations
  
• "The facts are that climate fluctuates over time for a variety of reasons, some of which are unknown. We don't know, for instance to what extent that huge, glowing ball of hydrogen and helium floating out in space – the sun – effects the long-term warming or cooling of the earth's various climate zones. Perhaps its influence is negligible. Or perhaps it is decisive, and the “Anthropogenic Climate Change” narrative on which we are spending trillions of dollars is nothing but a money grab by the elites from the middle class enacted for the same reason that Willie Sutton robbed banks."
  Maundering Through 'Climate Change'
  
• "One scholar, however, believes it's important to separate the two."
  Scientist or Activist? With Climate, It’s Often Hard to Tell the Difference
  
• "The lawsuit, led by Nebraska, argues that California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulations on internal-combustion trucks and mandate for 'zero emission vehicles' by 2036 violate federal law and will have a nationwide impact. The suit argues the regulations will disrupt supply chains, raise prices on goods, and slow interstate transportation." (Roberts sez "No standing!" right? - jjs)
  California Challenged Over Ban On Sale Of New Diesel Trucks

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "No one wants to grant even the possibility that they could have consented, whether reluctantly or not, in what they knew was a sex-for-hire situation and that if this was the case, perhaps they bore some semblance of responsibility to say no."
  The Moral Grey Area at the Heart of the Weinstein Case That No One Wants to Talk About
  
• "Police officers represent what many on campuses fear most: reality."
  Why Do Academics Dislike Cops?
  
• "Conservative candidates in California have a chance to win over voters who won’t respond to a harsher 'lock them all up' message." (Elections? The CA gov't itself is a criminal enterprise - jjs)
  Taking Back California – Part Three: Fighting Crime

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• “She told us, ‘Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York.'”
  Dexter Taylor Sentenced 10 Years for Building His Own Firearms After Judge Banned Mentions of Second Amendment

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "America’s children are not well, and their schools are a big part of the problem."
  Child Depreciation

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "Despite [Piss-Hockey] Psaki’s smirking dismissal, the SAVE Act is necessary."
  The Left’s Noncitizen Voting Gambit

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• So "Bugaboo/Jigaboo" David Trone is out? - jjs
  Maryland Dems Pick Angela Alsobrooks To Face-Off With Larry Hogan In Senate Race

  POLITICS

• Byron York: "A mass freakout in the Democrat Party."
  Trump Faces Troubles, But Biden Campaign is Dead in the Water
  
• Further, he said voters — 53 percent to 36 percent — believe Biden is trying to put Trump in jail to stop him from being president.
  Trump Pollster: "Political Persecution of Donald Trump Is Backfiring"
  
• Michael Goodwin: "Whether [it's] because of or despite the partisan bid to lock him up is, for the moment, beside the point.  What matters is that his surge is so broad that something fundamental is happening."
  The 2024 Race to the White House is Now Donald Trump’s to Lose
  
• Jeffrey Lord: "It can only be described as a movement."
  Trump and the Significance of the Wildwood Rally
  
• "Democrats were hoping 2024 would be all about Donald Trump. Instead the No. 1 issue in a world on fire is Joe Biden’s incompetence."
  Biden’s Incompetence Is Outstripping Voters’ Fear Of Trump (What's there to fear, Mark Hemingway, except your own not so closeted Trump aversion? - jjs)
  
• In the latest poll data, a New York Times/Siena College survey published Monday shows Trump is ahead of Biden across Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by as much as 13 points. While the president publicly voices his disbelief in the polls, the president and his advisers privately don’t believe them either, Axios reported.
  Biden Team Reportedly In Denial About So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Getting Trounced In Polls By Trump
  
• Scott McKay: "Traditional political analysis doesn’t work anymore."
  Should Trump Follow the WSJ’s Vice-Presidential Advice?
  
• "We will be doomed if she becomes the 47th president." (Too late; we were doomed with #44 - jjs)
  Who’s Ready For President Kamala Harris?
  
• Morrisey, who Donald Trump Jr. called “the MAGA candidate” in the race, now advances to the general election in the deep red state where he will square off with Democrat Huntington Mayor Steve Williams.
  Patrick Morrisey Projected to Win West Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Primary, Staving Off Political Dynasties

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Ironically, Babi Yar, where the greatest single mass-slaughter of Jews during WW2, just over 33,000 over the course of 2 days, is in Babi Yar. Funny how Blinken, a self-gassing apostate, didn't go there to say Kaddish - jjs
  WATCH: Blinken Plays "Rockin’ in the Free World" in Kyiv Bar
  
• "The pick indicates Putin is happier with the Russian economy than with the way the war has been going under Shoigu."
  Putin’s New Defense Minister Could Be His Successor
  
• "The report comes as Russian forces have broken into the northern region of Ukraine and the US continues funding the war."
  Ukrainian Corruption Center reports northern border defense funds were diverted to fake companies, letting Russians walk right across border in new Kharkiv offensive

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The remarks followed commentary in Iranian media by a prominent member of Parliament who claimed that Iran already possessed nuclear weapons, but its authorities were lying about it to appear to be abiding by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The lawmaker, Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, made his remarks shortly after a visit to Iran by the head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, who lamented upon returning to Europe that the current state of nuclear inspections in Iran was “completely unsatisfactory.”
  Iran Repeats Lie of Anti-Nuclear Fatwa After Lawmaker Boasts It Already Has Nukes
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "From Japan to Ukraine to Poland, nations are rethinking Biden’s 'ironclad' promises."
  Biden’s “Ironclad” Commitments to the World
  
• "In response to escalating tensions with Russia, Germany‘s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, is advocating for reinstating compulsory military service for 18-year-olds. Originally discontinued in 2011, the proposed initiative comes as the German military faces a 21,000-soldier shortfall needed to fulfill NATO defense plans."
  Germany Mulls Conscription for 18-Year-Olds
  
• "Pedro Sánchez has emerged from repeated crises stronger than ever."
  Is Spain’s Prime Minister the Global Left’s Great Survivor?

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• "Meanwhile, CA Gov. Newsom dodges questions about blowing $24 billion to reduce homelessness without getting any results."
  San Francisco Spends $5 Million of Taxpayer Money to Give Free Beer and Vodka Shots to Homeless
  
• "Just after many businesses made the expensive long-term move to automation and kiosks, they’ll still be forced to hire and pay people $20 an hour on top of it anyway. Or they can just close their doors and go out of business."
  CA Follows $20 Min Wage With Bill To Limit Self-Checkout

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Richard Slayman underwent the historic surgery this March. The hospital reports that it had “no indication” the death was related to the transplant.
  First Recipient of a Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant Dies 8 Weeks after Historic Surgery

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Keep the voices down." (Sounds better coming from Mengele in the original German - jjs)
  In Unearthed Video, Doctors Discuss Putting Mentally Ill Patients, Including Kids, On Hormones
  
• "[Junta] alters federal foster care program to support 'affirming' treatments for 'LGBTQIA2S+ children.'"
  Under Biden, Federal Foster Care Funds Can Be Used To Buy Kids Chest Binders, Fake Penises
  
• “And young individuals. They’re ready to embark on the adventure. I tell them it’s going to be an adventure, we’re both together in there, because we have to get to your goals, but there’s going to be a few bumps along the way. There could be delays because of complications — definitely there will be complications. Either it’s stenosis, fistulas, or partial necrosis, wound healing delays and stuff like that.”
  Gender Doctor Calls Genital Surgery an ‘Adventure’ for Young People While Describing Grisly Complications
  
• "A foster-care regulation from the Biden [junta] conditions federal funds on support for a child’s transgender identity."
  Foster Children: the New Pawn in the Gender Wars

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "No wonder she fears populism. She is the embodiment of an elitism ordinary American’s are finished with."
  Winston Marshall: I Didn't Have to Expose Malig-Nancy Pelosi — She Did it Herself
  
• "A gradual move back to normalcy has become apparent."
  The Anti-Woke Counterrevolution Is Spreading
  
• "Democrats don't care about Vietnam veterans but they do watch the ethnic vote, and suddenly, their insensitivity is showing."
  Cultural Sensitivity: Calif Lawmakers Declared "Jane Fonda Day" on the day Vietnamese-Americans Mourn the Fall of Saigon

  HITHER & YON

• Christian Toto: "Marisa Abela captures the talent and vulnerability of late, great singer."
  Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Puts Camera Where It Belongs

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1 G'morning J.J. and Horde.

I'll go alert the techies.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2024 07:39 AM (O7YUW)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 07:39 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2024 07:39 AM (a1415)

4 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 07:39 AM (ENQN6)

5 Posting from the future, JJ is.


HE HAS THE TIME MACHINE!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 07:39 AM (Zz0t1)

6 I see Boeing failed to get it up again. I've got a bad feeling about this.

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2024 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

7 Nooding duties performed.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2024 07:40 AM (O7YUW)

8 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 07:40 AM (U7wke)

9 A kinder, gentler machine gun hand

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 07:42 AM (+yhUM)

10 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic.

What did you do in the war daddy?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 07:42 AM (ENQN6)

11 I hope Blinken doesn't come to Israel to serenade us.

We have enough with the Yankee university students' great hits 8-track cartridge:

https://tinyurl.com/mrz76fwm

(X.com)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2024 07:45 AM (2KeGl)

12 "U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic."

And then returned with the bag.

Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2024 07:45 AM (SYTee)

13 10 What did you do in the war daddy?
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 07:42 AM (ENQN6)


"I shoveled shit in Louisiana, er, Kiev . . . "

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 07:45 AM (x0n13)

14 Does he also have a weather machine?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2024 07:45 AM (dg+HA)

15 Precious little left of the free world at this point.

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

16 My father was a true classic Goldwater Republican. A real one, not like the concern trolls that still show up here.

And let me tell you. He didn't get emotional about very much. Dictionary definition of a stoic. That man *hated* Jane Fonda. Maybe more than Pol Pot. The only people he hated as much were the Redgraves. Lynn and Vanessa. Commies one and all.

Fuck, he hated them all. I can only imagine what he would have thought of The View.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 07:47 AM (H3Mdk)

17 Now it is known what Haniyeh was doing during his stay in Turkey. I would guess that is where Sinwar is also.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2024 07:47 AM (RjRQf)

18 Just one-half of 1 percent of tenured federal employees were fired in 2023 for poor performance or misconduct.

My guess is in the real world any large organization (>200 employees) needs 2 to 4% turnover just to weed out eh dullards and ne'er-do-wells.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 07:47 AM (ENQN6)

19 Jane Fonda goes way beyond being certainly a liberal and even a leftist or hard leftist. She is in fact the dictionary definition of a traitor.

I believe the definition of traitor was officially changed to add "unless you're a leftist".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 07:47 AM (U7wke)

20 King Charles' official painting (bbc.com):

https://is.gd/rwMAVK

The first thing that came to mind is these lines from Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming":

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2024 07:47 AM (O7YUW)

21 "Trump and the Significance of the Wildwood Rally"

The wildwood flower grew out on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called

Posted by: Jim Stafford at May 15, 2024 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

22 TLDR

Posted by: torabora at May 15, 2024 07:48 AM (0Gnoc)

23 I'm no legal eagle nor well-versed in the UCMJ.

I don't think the UCMJ ever applies to civilians. I could be wrong but I don't think so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 07:49 AM (U7wke)

24 Good morning again dear morons and thanks for fhe great essay JJ

File Jane Fonda under "little things mean a lot" because you are right, and we should not forget and certainly not forgive her crimes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2024 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

25 “I know this is a really, really difficult time,” Blinken said. “You need to know the United States is with you prepared to fight until every last one of you is dead.”

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 07:50 AM (U7wke)

26 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 07:50 AM (Q4IgG)

27 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2024 07:51 AM (FuGXh)

28
But what she did should have earned her a date with the hangman.

She emboldened the enemy to fight on, when they knew they were losing. There are probably 45,000 extra names of young men carved in granite in Washington DC because of her actions.

Hanging is too swift a punishment for her.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 07:51 AM (RKVpM)

29 Richard Scolyer, a professor at the University of Sydney, revealed Monday that the incurable stage 4 glioblastoma discovered in his head has not recurred after receiving the heartbreaking diagnosis last June." (Hat tip to commenter and dear friend Jane D'oh! - jjs)
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That's incredible news. And I miss Jane.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 07:52 AM (H3Mdk)

30
The Power of Half a Billion Bucks Compells You to Watch Our Miserable Failure!

The Power of Half a Billion Bucks Compells You to Watch Our Miserable Failure!!

The Power of Half a Billion Bucks Compells You to Watch Our Miserable Failure!!!

Posted by: Trailer for Season 2 of Amazon's "Rings of Power" Debuts at May 15, 2024 07:52 AM (eDfFs)

31 "Hey, Ukraine, remember how we totally stood by those zips until they won and everyone was happy?"

Yeah, maybe don't bring up Vietnam while you're over there, Blinky.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 07:52 AM (+yhUM)

32 ...Blinken and his clueless cruelty lies in the fact that while he is desperate to help destroy the state of Israel...

I don't actually think this is true. I think that their motivation is that there should not be peace for Israel. Permanent hostilities achieve two goals for them:

1. More people die, which advances the globalist goal of fewer humans.
2. Eternal employment for "diplomats" to manage the situation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 07:53 AM (U7wke)

33 King Charles' official painting (bbc.com):

https://is.gd/rwMAVK

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OH DANG


"My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas."



(for anyone who doesn't click on it, Charles is entirely red except for the features exposed to the public)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 07:53 AM (IRAts)

34 TN is based... As of July 1, child rape becomes a death penalty offense, following a similar law in FL. I doubt the law survives the inevitable Supreme Court challenge. The reason we no longer have the death penalty for rape anywhere in the US is that the feds love their fellow sex criminals, and the SC overruled all those laws.

I think the reasoning here is that a """more conservative""" bench will reverse the perv-friendly justices of yesteryear, but I wouldn't count on that. Cocktail parties are important, and their entire social circle will be put off their feed by this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 07:53 AM (0FoWg)

35 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

You mean Blinken didn’t try to play the piano with his member?

Amateur.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 07:54 AM (tA1+m)

36 Trump will be found guilty.
The judge will quickly sentence to 10 years, but suspend pending appeal.
The GOP will pass a resolution that a convicted felon can not be the nominee.
The NY appeals court schedules its hearing mid-November.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 07:55 AM (P9xGM)

37 (for anyone who doesn't click on it, Charles is entirely red except for the features exposed to the public)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 07:53 AM (IRAts)

Bloody 'ell.

That's absolutely absurd.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 07:55 AM (+yhUM)

38 Let it burn.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 07:55 AM (SVQQi)

39
Thanks for bringing the doom JJ!

One quibble with the morning report, though; the headline "Fossil Fuels" is inaccurate. Oil is a mineral and the second most abundant liquid on Earth, not a rotting substance that we are going to deplete in 40 years.

Posted by: Auspex at May 15, 2024 07:56 AM (j4U/Z)

40 Trump will be found guilty.
The judge will quickly sentence to 10 years, but suspend pending appeal.
The GOP will pass a resolution that a convicted felon can not be the nominee.
The NY appeals court schedules its hearing mid-November.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Alcee Hastings.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 07:57 AM (SVQQi)

41 not a rotting substance that we are going to deplete in 40 years.
Posted by: Auspex at May 15, 2024 07:56 AM (j4U/Z)

But muh pee coil.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 07:57 AM (+yhUM)

42 32 I think that their motivation is that there should not be peace for Israel. Permanent hostilities achieve two goals for them:

1. More people die, which advances the globalist goal of fewer humans.
2. Eternal employment for "diplomats" to manage the situation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 07:53 AM (U7wke)

Yup. I think maintaining status quo is the ultimate goal here. Keep the problem persisting in perpetuity such that there's always a problem to "solve."

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at May 15, 2024 07:57 AM (DTX3h)

43 Peak oil!!

Posted by: The 1990s at May 15, 2024 07:57 AM (dg+HA)

44 The Power of Half a Billion Bucks Compells You to Watch Our Miserable Failure!!!

Posted by: Trailer for Season 2 of Amazon's "Rings of Power" Debuts at May 15, 2024 07:52 AM (eDfFs)
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Just watched the trailer. It's gonna be a failure all right.

Season 1 might be watchable by comparison (SPOILER: It's not watchable at all)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (7fElN)

45 Self check out in California is going to have to have a $20 hour employee monitoring two self checkout lanes.

THEY'RE INSANE.

Posted by: torabora at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (0Gnoc)

46 Oil is not a mineral

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (/7KEl)

47 I'm not sure, but I think this spicy shrimp pot noodle is actually made with sea monkeys.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (+yhUM)

48 Jared Kushner gets a lot of crap here, much of it justified, but he did a hell of a lot more to produce peace in the Middle East than our expert class of diplomats has done in a generation.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (LkLld)

49 I'm no legal eagle nor well-versed in the UCMJ. But what she did should have earned her a date with the hangman.

I was under the impression that she could not have been executed because Vietnam was not a 'declared' war (whatever that means).

But I have said and repeat that, had Fonda been strung up like the traitor she is, we might have been spared a lot of subsequent grief from the saboteurs on the left.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (Q0kLU)

50 I guess it is better than Obama in a hedgerow.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 07:59 AM (P9xGM)

51 Just one-half of 1 percent of tenured federal employees were fired in 2023 for poor performance or misconduct.

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That doesn't surprise me at all. I worked in government 20+ years ago, and back then it was common knowledge that nothing short of murdering a coworker would get you fired. Heck, nothing short of burning a building down would prevent you from getting the standard 5% annual raise or whatever it was. I can only imagine what it's like now.

Teachers, DMV employees, go down the line. There are a few that are good, but for the most part they couldn't care less and know they're set for life and have full retirement.

Some days I truly regret not becoming a teacher. What a sweet gig.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 07:59 AM (IRAts)

52 "Charles as Tampon with Butterfly"

FFS.

There'll always be an England. Unfortunately.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 07:59 AM (+yhUM)

53 "I said I wanted you to paint me as a tampon, not as a douche!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 08:00 AM (+yhUM)

54 As for Red Charlie, that painter is trying to pass dreck off as art, by dressing it up with some descriptive gibberish meant to dazzle the proles

Charles should take a hint from Churchill, and have it destroyed

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 08:00 AM (/7KEl)

55 So, Erdogan doesn’t think that HamAss is terrorist organization?

Now do the PKK, asshole.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:00 AM (tA1+m)

56 "Just one-half of 1 percent of tenured federal employees were fired in 2023 for poor performance or misconduct."


Our local city government's computer system has been hacked again and it's been down since last week. No one will say if it's a ransomware attack though. The last time this happened, nobody got fired, or even reprimanded. I never heard anyone even "take ownership".

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

57 But I have said and repeat that, had Fonda been strung up like the traitor she is, we might have been spared a lot of subsequent grief from the saboteurs on the left.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 15, 2024 07:58 AM (Q0kLU)

Oh fuck but can you imagine how much more insufferable that Mankowitz twat on TCM would be now if they had?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2024 08:01 AM (+yhUM)

58 I’ve been feeling this way for some time but after hearing the foul garbage that emanated from Erdogan’s pie hole I’m convinced Turkey needs to be booted from NATO. Better yet, NATO is a Cold War relic… we should get out. The USSR disappeared when? Circa 1991? If Russia has proved anything in Ukraine it’s that they’re not poised to overwhelm the Fulda Gap and take Germany and France in 2 weeks. NATO is like the Maginot Line; it’s obsolete. Worse it’s now only a big grifting operation. Why should American soldiers spill their blood to protect… Turkey???

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:02 AM (xT8gx)

59 A local (rancho Cordova) wal mart clerk shared with me that self checkout lanes were largely responsible for $7 MILLION in shoplifting losses. They simply don't scan the stuff they steal and push it in the cart out the door. There's a receipt checker but that person doesn't check the stuff in the cart besides it would be impossible with the volume of purchases and thefts to do it.

Posted by: torabora at May 15, 2024 08:02 AM (0Gnoc)

60 If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed, now It's just a spring clean for the May queen.

Posted by: L. Zeppelin at May 15, 2024 08:02 AM (dg+HA)

61 But I have said and repeat that, had Fonda been strung up like the traitor she is, we might have been spared a lot of subsequent grief from the saboteurs on the left.

--

In hindsight that was probably a decent indicator of when we knew we'd been fully conquered internally.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:03 AM (IRAts)

62 "Is it the right response to the Jew-hating, pro-Hamas mobs on campus?"

No. Making Jews another specifically protected class is not the right way to handle it. The right way to handle it is some combination of expulsion, deportation, and imprisonment of anyone breaking the law. This does not bring us together as a society, it further atomizes things and that will work against Jews in the long run.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:03 AM (U7wke)

63 BTW, now that QEII has passed, and Britain is trending muslim/other, I think we will start to see the wheels coming off the whole Royal Family thing

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 08:03 AM (/7KEl)

64 I will repeat this comment until it is no longer accurate:

We are not represented, and our votes don't matter.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at May 15, 2024 08:04 AM (5mIZs)

65 > Just one-half of 1 percent of tenured federal employees were fired in 2023 for poor performance or misconduct.
____________

In my 34+ years I saw two people get sacked. One for "misconduct" at an official function. Made sexual contact with someone, supposedly. The other for falsifying timesheets, which cost Uncle Sam $$.

If you do anything to cost FedGov monies, you're going to feel the heat. Likely get canned.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 08:04 AM (Q4IgG)

66 When did computers stop being fun? The laptop PC first took a while to install Windows updates. Then it ran like a tortoise at first. When I tried to shut down Firefox so that I could do some cleanup, the laptop froze and was hard to shut down. Now I'm getting "Getting Windows ready -- don't shut off your computer." Running, running, running, but no change.

Computers used to be fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 08:05 AM (omVj0)

67 Why should American soldiers spill their blood to protect… Turkey???
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:02 AM (xT8gx
*****
Extrapolate to Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan and South Korea etc.

This will get out of control. It will get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: torabora at May 15, 2024 08:06 AM (0Gnoc)

68 "Votes." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at May 15, 2024 08:06 AM (dg+HA)

69 Wow, amazing column! Thank you, Mr Sefton

“The Federal Reserve has been going full steam ahead on the digital dollar freight train for years.” I read today that nickel and copper coins are worth more as metals. Could this be an argument for the state to use ignore the citizens and force CBDC down our throats?

Unrelated - nice to hear the amy winehouse movie could be good. She was incredible.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 15, 2024 08:06 AM (7fVdQ)

70 JJ

Anti-Israel 'Anarchists and Communists' Take Credit for Smashing Windows, Releasing 500 Cockroaches Into University of California President's Office

good Link

https://tinyurl.com/yb9ab282

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:06 AM (ENQN6)

71 The reason I specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles.

I am so thankful that I am a heterosexual, Christian, white male and, therefore, have never, ever, faced hardships in my life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:07 AM (U7wke)

72 Portland State University protesting students did $750,000 worth of damage to the schools library during their three day occupation of the facility.
Ironic. If Biden has his way with student loan forgiveness the tradesmen and women who are cleaning and repairing this mess will have their tax dollars go to fund the education of these psychos.

Posted by: Redenzo at May 15, 2024 08:07 AM (V/pbu)

73 I was happy to read a story about my state, Ohio, finding and purging 137 illegals (they call them "non-citizens" in the story) from the voter rolls. The story, probably by design, doesn't address how easy it appears to have been for them to be registered in the first place.

States that are purposefully not pursuing this are of course going to be glutted with illegals voting this November. Welcome to Election Steal Boogaloo 2024.

https://tinyurl.com/36ktyf3p

Posted by: Biergood at May 15, 2024 08:07 AM (PwgSL)

74 When did computers stop being fun? The laptop PC first took a while to install Windows updates. Then it ran like a tortoise at first. When I tried to shut down Firefox so that I could do some cleanup, the laptop froze and was hard to shut down. Now I'm getting "Getting Windows ready -- don't shut off your computer." Running, running, running, but no change.

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Similar to browsers I suppose. Around when they became tools for the companies (tracking) and not tools for the users enjoyment / convenience / productivity.

Windows no longer allows you to say "No, I don't want that update" when you know an update is breaking computers. It's still going to force you to put that update on your computer and potentially break it.

(Imagine someone in 2001 being given that computer.)

Also probably when no one was allowed to purchase software, only rent it briefly.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:09 AM (IRAts)

75 Wonderful article on immunotherapy success at fighting brain cancer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:09 AM (l2PRJ)

76 70 JJ

Anti-Israel 'Anarchists and Communists' Take Credit for Smashing Windows, Releasing 500 Cockroaches Into University of California President's Office

good Link

https://tinyurl.com/yb9ab282
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:06 AM (ENQN6)


Fixed. Thanks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:09 AM (x0n13)

77 The UCMJ applies only to the military; not civilians. I have no idea if Jane Fonda broke any laws in 72 but she should’ve been shunned everywhere and by everyone. Instead Ted Turner married her. I wonder what Henry thought; he served in the military during WWII IIRC…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:09 AM (xT8gx)

78 CHASER: $7.5 Billion Later, Biden Is Up to 7 EV Charging Stations

Someone in the tech thread pointed out that thieves are chopping up Tesla chargers in Cali to steal the copper. Unless they start using armored cables, this is a pointless endeavor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:09 AM (U7wke)

79 Alcee Hastings.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 07:57 AM (SVQQi)

Hahahaha....Alcee Hastings! That's a name from the past.

Man couldn't help but steal, take bribes, graft, rape, launder money, lie, cheat, steal and rape, all as a federal "judge". It was in his DNA. Been stealing since he was suckling on his Mammy.

Then after being impeached, the idiots in his Florida district voted him into Congress because he was the same color as them and just another hood gangsta stealing.

There should be a statue somewhere of him in Florida as a warning to others to stay away and why the federal government needs to be abolished.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 15, 2024 08:10 AM (IebSC)

80 The reason I specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles.

-

Blame your community. Fix your culture. I can't change your culture. That's up to you. I can make suggestions that I know work, but I can't change what your culture has embraced.

Also you're reinforcing it there.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:11 AM (IRAts)

81 Releasing 500 Cockroaches Into University of California President's Office

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That might backfire. I figured he's like cockroach royalty. He may order his loyal shit-beetles to turn on the protesters.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 08:11 AM (0FoWg)

82
"The reason I specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles."

Feds Charge Black Marine For Plotting To Kill ‘Privileged’ White People


Welp, it seems that Our Betters efforts to create a Race War in the USA are finally starting to pay off.

I see no way at all that a Race War will redound on them as it progresses, and Our Betters will continue to live lives of glorious leisure free from consequence.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:11 AM (eDfFs)

83 Hahahaha....Alcee Hastings! That's a name from the past.

Man couldn't help but steal, take bribes, graft, rape, launder money, lie, cheat, steal and rape, all as a federal "judge". It was in his DNA. Been stealing since he was suckling on his Mammy.

Then after being impeached, the idiots in his Florida district voted him into Congress because he was the same color as them and just another hood gangsta stealing.

---

Ha. What was I just saying?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:11 AM (IRAts)

84 @66/Wolfus Aurelius: Had that happen recently on a Windows 10 machine I only turn on once a year to install tax software and do the taxes.

A nice core i7 processor, 32 gigs of memory, a fast SSD as the boot drive with the OS installed, and for the updates, it took 1.5 hours of "Getting Windows ready, please do not turn off your machine" before it even rebooted. The drive/data indicator LED was off for most of that, barely blinking at all.

Microsoft has turned into a giant steaming pile of failure. There is no excuse for updates to act like that.

Linux mint updates for me in less than 5 minutes and lets me get back to work quickly.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2024 08:12 AM (O7YUW)

85 Now the PC laptop is saying, "Shutting down," and it has. Good thing I don't need to use this thing today for a meeting, or anything. Maybe I'd do better to stick with this MacBook Air.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 08:12 AM (omVj0)

86 Fonda's a dolt.

We should not have been in Viet Nam. We learned no lessons.

Most of the Vietnamese did not want us there. Most were subsistence farmers who embraced communism. We setup our own puppet government there, and then spent a lot of blood and treasure bringing Western Values to a barbarian culture.

Sound familiar?

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at May 15, 2024 08:13 AM (THUd+)

87 “The reason i specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles,” Cobb wrote, according to the prosecutors. “Same way I will never understand their struggles, but I don’t care to. I want to erase them. All of them really, but in this case as many as I possibly can.”

-

So black man feels "dissed" and decides to shoot a bunch of people.

Way to break the stereotype, J-Cobb.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:13 AM (IRAts)

88 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 15, 2024 08:13 AM (53oGX)

89 Did Michael Cohen Commit Perjury AGAIN!?

YES
Next question.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:14 AM (ENQN6)

90 Hunter Biden IRS Whistleblowers Aren’t Under Investigation, So Why Did Weiss Suggest They Were?
==========================
Obviously, the DOJ wants to intimidate witnesses against Hunter, and any other lurking whistleblowers.

New name: "Department of Justice Perversion".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:14 AM (Hp8bi)

91 Computers used to be fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Windows 95

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 08:14 AM (P9xGM)

92 'As a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles"


I'm just a boy whose intentions are good -
O Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:14 AM (SfhV1)

93 "He said he had access to weapons through “my boy” since “it’s no secret guns are in bad areas.”

-

This would be hilarious if it weren't so sad.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:14 AM (IRAts)

94 Released 500 cockroaches into the UofC presidents office.........why do the leftists get to do all the fun shit?
When do I get to riot and terrorize them?

Posted by: JROD at May 15, 2024 08:15 AM (IlL6s)

95 87 “The reason i specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles,” Cobb wrote, according to the prosecutors. “Same way I will never understand their struggles, but I don’t care to. I want to erase them. All of them really, but in this case as many as I possibly can.”

-

So black man feels "dissed" and decides to shoot a bunch of people.

Way to break the stereotype, J-Cobb.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:13 AM (IRAts)

Immmmmmmm
Gonna get me a shotgun and killed all the whiteys I see

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:15 AM (ENQN6)

96 Government is the exemplar of the 80/20 rule.
80% of the work is done by 20% of the employees.

This jerk I worked with buttered up the vacationing boss by replacing the bosses' cracked desk glass. He got a glass sheet for HIS OWN desk while he was at it. Smugly showing off his new glass he goes to swig from his coffee cup and oopsie drops it and shatters his new desk glass.
Smirk

Government employees are a constant source of mirth.

Posted by: torabora at May 15, 2024 08:15 AM (0Gnoc)

97 Most of the Vietnamese did not want us there. Most were subsistence farmers who embraced communism.


Now they own all the nail salons.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:16 AM (SfhV1)

98 All "diplomats" should be tortured, shot, and sent to the Russian Front.

Posted by: General Burkhalter at May 15, 2024 08:17 AM (V5BDR)

99 Well sometimes you just have to kick out the germs!!

I applaud Blinken and his left-handed guitar playing "Rockin the Free World". That guy could have also really used a couple of shots and a doob backstage.

Fuck it, it's time to Rock!

This is the essence of rock and roll.

Posted by: pawn at May 15, 2024 08:18 AM (QB+5g)

100 “Same way I will never understand their struggles, but I don’t care to. I want to erase them."

-

Also I missed this the first time, but read and re-read that again. That sounds very... enlightened.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:18 AM (IRAts)

101 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:18 AM (ENQN6)

102 from your lips to His ears, JJ!

I just wish you had a bigger platform, like a morning show on a major network ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 15, 2024 08:18 AM (tQtDb)

103 Morning Horde.

Morning J.J.

Posted by: mpfs, ubi porci mali at May 15, 2024 08:18 AM (LuFJu)

104 It's weird to me to have pro-war rock and roll and Hollywood.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (IRAts)

105 * waves at Jane D'oh *

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (SfhV1)

106 In 2018, McCarthy made the point that Cohen pleaded guilty to charges that weren't crimes. Why did Cohen do that?

too get off real crimes

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (ENQN6)

107 Angela Alsobrooks beat David Trone in the D primary thus setting up a showdown betweek Fatboy Hogan and Alsobrooks. It will be my first democrat vote ever. I have a visceral dislike of the snake Hogan.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (ZV+pB)

108 I have a collection of pictures of beautiful women in my hallway that I rotate. Headshots and demure poses. On current display are Diana Rigg, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Rachel McAdams and this shot of Jane Fonda from Cat Ballou ...

https://tinyurl.com/ykunc7n2

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (Gse2f)

109 In response to escalating tensions with Russia, Germany‘s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, is advocating for reinstating compulsory military service for 18-year-olds.

Maybe Germany‘s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, could advocate that Germany stop escalating tensions with Russia. I believe that Germany was one of the nations involved with getting Ukraine to scrap the peace agreement they had arrived at with Russia before all this started.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:20 AM (U7wke)

110 It's National Chocolate Chip Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

111 The UCMJ applies to service-members (and contractors, in some cases), not civilians.

Posted by: Aingon at May 15, 2024 08:20 AM (gPq1U)

112 Twerpy Mike Johnson in NYC, in front of mics outside the shabby courthouse in which Biden is seeking to convict, sentence, and execute Trump . . .

Doing a weak "I'm shocked" like Claude Rains in "Casablanca."

Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 15, 2024 08:21 AM (KiBMU)

113 * waves at Jane D'oh *
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (SfhV1)



*double waves !

Posted by: runner at May 15, 2024 08:21 AM (V13WU)

114 It's National Chocolate Chip Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

***

I can make you some...

Posted by: A Goat at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (ZV+pB)

115 113 * waves at Jane D'oh *
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (SfhV1)



*double waves !
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2024 08:21 AM (V13WU)

Me too !

Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (Akjoo)

116
It's National Chocolate Chip Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:20 AM (NpAcC)


Chocolate Chip...

So, it's a national day for Black Fraternity guys?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (eDfFs)

117 Now they own all the nail salons.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:16 AM (SfhV1)

Koreans own some. Frank Costanza ran into his old girlfriend from the Korean War when he went into a salon with Elaine. She suspected the Korean ladies were making fun of her in their native tongue and found out Frank could speak Korean 😁

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (xT8gx)

118 Mike Johnson, like all the others in Congress is a coward. Someone on his staff suggested he go to the courthouse because it would make him look "stronk."

You just know it wasn't on his personal agenda... ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)

119 77 Henry Fonda was a leftist a-hole.

He drove Jane and Peter’s mother to suicide.

I’ll never understand what Jimmy Stewart saw in him.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:24 AM (tA1+m)

120 @104 Moron Robbie-when you're part of the ruling party that controls all institutions you can be pro-whatever the hell you want. Pro genocide, pro lawlessness......you name it!

Posted by: JROD at May 15, 2024 08:24 AM (IlL6s)

121 "My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas."

So, the guy who once said he wanted to be a tampon was painted all in red. Seems like the artist figured out who he was.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:24 AM (U7wke)

122 Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (IRAts)

-

The last ten years have been informative. I've watched everyday Lefties, en masse, reverse their positions on virtually every "core value" they ever had. As soon as the phones tell them "you don't believe that anymore, you believe the opposite thing now," they click their heels and salute.

And this was done with no force or compulsion (for them, anyway). They never had any beliefs or values. Just Party loyalty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 08:25 AM (0FoWg)

123 The UCMJ applies only to the military; not civilians. I have no idea if Jane Fonda broke any laws in 72 but she should’ve been shunned everywhere and by everyone. Instead Ted Turner married her. I wonder what Henry thought; he served in the military during WWII IIRC…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

*The Rosenbergs have entered the chat

18 USC Ch. 115: TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
From Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

§2381. Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 08:25 AM (SVQQi)

124 It is so nice to be out of the army, and not have to deal with civil service employee anymore.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 08:25 AM (P9xGM)

125 * waves at Jane D'oh *
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (SfhV1)



*double waves !
Posted by: runner


Triple waves.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 08:26 AM (SVQQi)

126 I wonder what Henry thought; he served in the military during WWII IIRC…

From what I've read, I believe Henry Fonda was a pretty lousy father and neither Jane nor Peter got along with him.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 15, 2024 08:26 AM (Q0kLU)

127 Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
22m

Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.

Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.

Well, make my day, pal.

tinyurl.com/2se5ynps

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

128 The GOP will pass a resolution that a convicted felon can not be the nominee.

If Ronna were still in charge, maybe. Now... I don't see it. Maybe McConnell will sadly tell us that we should pick quality candidates.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:27 AM (U7wke)

129 Thank you, JJ.

Do you renounce the Joe Biden?
Yes, I renounce him.
Do you renounce all his works?
Yes, I renounce them.
Do you renounce all his ways?
Yes, I renounce them.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at May 15, 2024 08:27 AM (gxokI)

130 BTW, now that QEII has passed, and Britain is trending muslim/other, I think we will start to see the wheels coming off the whole Royal Family thing
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 08:03 AM (/7KEl)

The Left would love nothing more. The royal family is the only thing keeping Britain from descending into tyranny.

Well that and the fact they will brick the windows of any leaders who step too far out of line.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:28 AM (H3Mdk)

131 The nail salon.

https://youtu.be/ycDfwns61Tk

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 15, 2024 08:28 AM (dg+HA)

132 I remember the 1991 Gulf War was one of the few times Rush made me uncomfortable… because he was enthusiastically pro-war. He played the March of the winkies from the Wizard of Oz often. I think he was mainly trolling lefties but…. He was a little too enthusiastic about that war IMHO

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:28 AM (xT8gx)

133 If Ronna were still in charge, maybe. Now... I don't see it.

Maybe McConnell will sadly tell us that we should pick quality candidates.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:27 AM (U7wke)

...

...

...

...glurp...

Posted by: McConnell will sadly telling us that we should pick quality candidates at May 15, 2024 08:29 AM (eDfFs)

134 Republican Party’s Southern strategy is a lie:

First, no one has ever given a single example of an explicitly racist pitch by Nixon during his long career.

Nixon scorned the hippies, champions of the drug culture such as Timothy Leary, and draft-dodgers who fled to Canada, all of these people were white.

Tom Wicker New York Times, “There’s no doubt about it — the Nixon administration accomplished more in 1970 to desegregate Southern school systems than had been done in the 16 previous years or probably since.

Anyone using the Southern Strat lie needs a dick punch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:29 AM (ENQN6)

135 How long before a Sultanate or Caliphate replaces the Kingdom in the UK?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:30 AM (tA1+m)

136 “And they will be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency because a lot of armed Hamas will be left, no matter what they do in Rafah, or if they leave and get out of Gaza, as we believe they need to do.”

-

Go ahead and tell me again, honestly, which side the U.S. government is on.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:30 AM (IRAts)

137 Pisar's fellow travelers & thoughts:

... lawyer for Hollywood stars, corporate bigwigs, UNESCO and the International Olympic Committee; he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; he wrote new text for Leonard Bernstein’s [NY most liberal advocate and entertainer of the Black Panthers] Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”_Politico
...
...Harvard for a PhD in Law, where he met other gifted refugee boys, among them Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski. At his graduation, Senator John F. Kennedy was awarded an honorary doctorate, together with Cardinal Cushing of Boston and future Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon. ...
_Jewish Journal


...“For me, during the Second World War, Russia was a savior. I consider my saviors to be the Russian and American armies. You can criticize Stalin, the Gulag, and other things that happened in Russia from 1920 to 1930, but the heroism, sacrifice, and victory of Russia in the war against Fascism cannot be questioned. It’s sacred.”_National Interest

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:31 AM (lCWOD)

138 from your lips to His ears, JJ!

I just wish you had a bigger platform, like a morning show on a major network ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 15, 2024 08:18 AM (tQtDb)

I have said before that if Trump actually meant what he said about the MFM being the enemy of the people, instead of it being a stupid, sick joke throw-away line, he would refuse all press conferences and hold a once-weekly off the record Q-and-A session with Epoch Times. NOBODY ELSE.

And, along with the POTUS Morning Briefing, he should have JJs report on the Resolute desk first thing in the day. In fact, he'd be better off with just JJ and nobody else.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 15, 2024 08:31 AM (Q0kLU)

139 "Judge" Abena Darkeh was originally appointed to the bench by Bill DiBlasio.

Just saying....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:31 AM (ZAWJi)

140
Chocolate Chip...

So, it's a national day for Black Fraternity guys?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (eDfFs)

A Black Animal House would be pretty good.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:32 AM (ENQN6)

141 > The GOP will pass a resolution that a convicted felon can not be the nominee.
____________
Just a quick couple of questions:

Why was Nikki Haley's campaign "suspended" and not ended? For reasons other than grift?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)

142 These same folks shipped thousands of troops thousands of miles over oceans to conquer and occupy two entire nations (and overthrow/assassinate the leader of a third), but Israel can't clean up their own country.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:33 AM (f6xX0)

143 140 Do they sell Colt .45 by the keg?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 15, 2024 08:33 AM (V5eKu)

144 125 * waves at Jane D'oh *
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 08:19 AM (SfhV1)
*double waves !
Posted by: runner
Triple waves.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 08:26 AM (SVQQi)
******
We've missed you!

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

145 126 I wonder what Henry thought; he served in the military during WWII IIRC…

From what I've read, I believe Henry Fonda was a pretty lousy father and neither Jane nor Peter got along with him.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
===============

He accomplished his goal. He raised children that followed and enhanced his liberal footsteps.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:34 AM (lCWOD)

146 The best Fonda is Bridget. In her early days — Yum.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:35 AM (tA1+m)

147 Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020.

-

(looks around at the economy and state of the world since 2020)

I don't think he lost.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:35 AM (f6xX0)

148 94 When do I get to riot and terrorize them?
Posted by: JROD at May 15, 2024 08:15 AM (IlL6s)


In the dead of night. With no CCTV or witnesses.

Rhetorically speaking of course. /s

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:35 AM (x0n13)

149 Canuck Lefty crank Neil Young

I knew nothing about him growing up other than a Southern man don't need him anyhow. Guess what my brother's favorite band is?

Posted by: pookysgirl was singing along to Simple Man yesterday at May 15, 2024 08:35 AM (dtlDP)

150 127 Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
22m

Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.

Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.

Well, make my day, pal.

tinyurl.com/2se5ynps
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

.........

He thinks he's such a tough guy. He's an idiot.

Posted by: Molly k. at May 15, 2024 08:36 AM (j/yko)

151 Jane D'oh, talks to J.J. but doesn't come here to be with her old friends. I don't know what to think about that.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (lCWOD)

152 Windows no longer allows you to say "No, I don't want that update" when you know an update is breaking computers. It's still going to force you to put that update on your computer and potentially break it.

I believe you can still prevent them by saying that your connection is metered and don't download updates over metered connections.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (U7wke)

153 I actually think it’s impossible under the rules but if the GOP somehow accomplished removing Trump as it’s nominee after a conviction in NY, whoever the GOP nominee ended up being that person would set a new record for the largest presidential election loss. I don’t think Nikki Haley or whoever would win even one state…. I wouldn’t vote at all nor would millions upon millions of people. It’s ridiculous and won’t and can’t happen….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (xT8gx)

154 I used to be the next president of the United States.

Posted by: Al Gore at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (dg+HA)

155 It's kind of neat to watch our transition to the North Korea model of "everything is great and dear leader is in perfect health and scored an 18 during his golf outing this morning" style of media.

I can see why the loss of Twitter was a setback.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (f6xX0)

156 139 "Judge" Abena Darkeh was originally appointed to the bench by Bill DiBlasio.

Just saying....
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:31 AM (ZAWJi)

I assume it's pronounced Darkie?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:39 AM (x0n13)

157 When the next Maunder Minimum occurs, will we be told, too, that it is our fault the ice caps are growing and the sea level concurrently shrinking? Bet on it. And it will have nothing to do with carbon, methane, or CO2.

Four-hundred septillion watts! That's 400 trillion-trillion watts beaming down at you could be a significant factor.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:39 AM (ENQN6)

158 Morning Horde, thx JJ. Never been to Red Lobster. The one in my hometown closed. I still have a $25 gift certificate I was given years ago. Probably have to do a road trip to use it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:39 AM (v60bd)

159 If Joe Biden had actually typed that tweet it would look like this.

------
@JoeBiden
22m

Glurg garple glurp glurp. Garble glurp Garble garble drgl brgl arglp pargl

Pargle argle!!!

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:39 AM (H3Mdk)

160 I assume it's pronounced Darkie?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:39 AM (x0n13)

here come da judge

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (ENQN6)

161 You have to edit the windows registry to make it stop forcing updates.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (P9xGM)

162 Chocolate Chip...

So, it's a national day for Black Fraternity guys?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (eDfFs)

A Black Animal House would be pretty good.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:32 AM (ENQN6)

That's a good idea!

Call Hollywood.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (eDfFs)

163 154 I used to be the next president of the United States.
Posted by: Al Gore at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (dg+HA)


Gore-Clinton '24 "The Gore'd Ox!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (x0n13)

164 Which *biden makes an appearance at a possible debate? One of the alleged doubles? Hopped up *biden? The animatronic one? Sleepy Joe? Angry Joe? The one with the bleeding eye?

So. Many. Options...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

165 "Beneath Powell’s calm veneer lies a troubling reality— the Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates this year or even early next year. The inflation beast remains stubbornly untamed, as today’s producer price index (PPI) report grimly illustrates with a 0.5 percent month-over-month rise, equivalent to a 6.4 percent annual pace and much hotter than anticipated."
=====================
Unless Congress stops spending at the level it is, and the Fed reduces the money supply, inflation is a certainty.

Biden says "Milton Friedman doesn't run things any more", but Joe is an ignorant twat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (bRHEL)

166 @156 actually it's pronounced Mangrove Throat Warbler

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (v60bd)

167 Person Experiencing Darkness.

Posted by: Ahem at May 15, 2024 08:41 AM (dg+HA)

168 A lot of barbers are also Vietnamese. I assume that’s a legacy of being on-base barbers during the war.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:41 AM (tA1+m)

169 If the GOP shanks Trump at the convention, I will become the biggest Joe Biden supporter in the country.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 08:42 AM (P9xGM)

170 I know this worked in Win 7 and server as we had to lock down machines in VM.

To disable the Windows Update service in Services Manager, please follow the steps below:

Press Windows key + R. Type services.msc, then hit Enter.
Search for Windows Update.
Right-click on Windows Update, then select Properties.
Under General tab, set the Startup type to Disabled.
Click Stop.
Click Apply, and then click OK.
Restart your computer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:42 AM (ENQN6)

171 Jane D'oh, talks to J.J. but doesn't come here to be with her old friends. I don't know what to think about that.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (lCWOD)

I imagine she's had a rough time. I wouldn't take it personally.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:42 AM (H3Mdk)

172 > I actually think it’s impossible under the rules but if the GOP somehow accomplished removing Trump as it’s nominee after a conviction in NY, whoever the GOP nominee ended up being that person would set a new record for the largest presidential election loss.
__________

She's the perfect "throw-away" candidate in an election the GOP does not want to win with Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

173 Biden wants to debate Trump? Haha, sure.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:43 AM (bRHEL)

174 That's a good idea!

Call Hollywood.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:40 AM (eDfFs)

Ask for the HNIC

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:43 AM (ENQN6)

175
He thinks he's such a tough guy. He's an idiot.

Posted by: Molly k. at May 15, 2024 08:36 AM (j/yko)


Everybody's a tough guy with when surrounded by a Secret Service security team.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:43 AM (eDfFs)

176 >>Which is why Ta and Nguyen were outraged when leaders of neighboring Los Angeles County declared April 30 “Jane Fonda Day” to honor the celebrity for her environmental activism.

WTF
That's like the National Trans Day of Whatever happening on Easter this year. They do this on purpose. This evil.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 08:43 AM (cCVOS)

177 149 Canuck Lefty crank Neil Young

I knew nothing about him growing up other than a Southern man don't need him anyhow. Guess what my brother's favorite band is?
Posted by: pookysgirl was singing along to Simple Man
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Was it here? There's utoob/tiktok of a Black comedian talking about invasion. Said America has one thing no other nation in the world has...Red Necks.

When they land on our Southern shore there will be pickup trucks and 4 wheelers lining the highway. -- Three days later the Marines arrive and there's nothing but beer cans and shotgun shells.
Red Neck's told 'em. It's done.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:44 AM (lCWOD)

178 Trump lost 2 debates to Biden?

When? Where?

Biden didn't win any that I saw in 2020.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

179 Why was Nikki Haley's campaign "suspended" and not ended? For reasons other than grift?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)

I don't think any of the others "ended" their campaigns either. Probably has something to do with election finance laws.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:44 AM (U7wke)

180
Judge Darkeh brings teh funneh . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)

181 Not long before Blinken went on stage to sing that horrible version of Rocking in the Free World he gave a presser where he announced that Ukraine would be suspending elections until the entire country was liberated.

Leaving aside the clueless irony of singing a song written to describe the suffering of the average citizens while the elites screwed up the world, why is the United States telling the world when Ukraine will have elections and under what conditions?

Guess who is really running Ukraine and why we keep sending billions in untraceable money to that 3rd world dump? Rocking in the free world indeed.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 08:45 AM (LkLld)

182 Everybody's a tough guy with when wearing aviator sunglasses.

Posted by: CornPop at May 15, 2024 08:45 AM (dg+HA)

183 Koreans own some. Frank Costanza ran into his old girlfriend from the Korean War when he went into a salon with Elaine. She suspected the Korean ladies were making fun of her in their native tongue and found out Frank could speak Korean 😁
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (xT8gx)

Eno enoa juang...this guy, this is not my kind of guy.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at May 15, 2024 08:45 AM (IebSC)

184 Yeah Biden didn't write that tweet
I doubt he writes anything

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 08:46 AM (/7KEl)

185 >>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic.


Hey, we pushed you into a war that has slaughtered all your men and destroyed anything productive for generations - here's a song from an American rich kid who hitched his wagon to a crap politician and China to become a foreign policy 'expert,' how fuuuuun!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 08:46 AM (cCVOS)

186 171 Jane D'oh, talks to J.J. but doesn't come here to be with her old friends. I don't know what to think about that.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:38 AM (lCWOD)

I imagine she's had a rough time. I wouldn't take it personally.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:42 AM (H3Mdk)


Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:46 AM (x0n13)

187 On a 12-month basis, however, the CPI increased 3.4%, in line with expectations.,

Excluding food and energy, the key core inflation reading came in at 0.3% monthly and 3.6% on an annual basis, both as forecast.
======================
CNBC says inflation at the consumer level is cooler than expected, but last reported wholesale inflation numbers (a predictor of what happens next) were higher. In short, we basically stay where we are with growing inflation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (bRHEL)

188 Keep on rocking in the indefinitely suspended elections world

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (f6xX0)

189 How are they going to get away with this debate bullshit? Biden can't remember his last shower.

How's he going to pull off a one on one battle with The Don?

He's writing checks his spongebrain can't cash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

190 I imagine she's had a rough time. I wouldn't take it personally.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:42 AM (H3Mdk)

Two people I'm going to be an absolute wreck after losing: my dad and my husband.

I'm glad she has D'ohboy to lean on.

Posted by: pookysgirl got her common sense superpower from her dad at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (dtlDP)

191 Biden at a debate would require his drug cocktail from the state of the union to be ramped up to eleven. Biden would howl five minutes of babbling white noise and then fall into a catatonic state drooling and pooping himself (more than usual)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (v60bd)

192 157 When the next Maunder Minimum occurs, will we be told, too, that it is our fault the ice caps are growing and the sea level concurrently shrinking? Bet on it. And it will have nothing to do with carbon, methane, or CO2.

Four-hundred septillion watts! That's 400 trillion-trillion watts beaming down at you could be a significant factor.
Posted by: rhennigantx
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I'm confused. Are we going into a hot spell or a cold spell.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (lCWOD)

193 Nice to see this.
From the National Pulse-
"Harry Dunn — the far left Capitol Hill police officer who has cried repeatedly in public over his role in January 6th — has lost his Congressional primary campaign. It is unknown as to whether or not he cried upon hearing the news"

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

194 Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.

-

Just tell her we love her.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (f6xX0)

195 San Francisco Spends $5 Million of Taxpayer Money to Give Free Beer and Vodka Shots to Homeless

Value Rights is the new Civil Rights

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (ENQN6)

196
Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:46 AM (x0n13)


Tell her we miss her and continue to pray for her and her family.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

197 Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 08:46 AM (x0n13)
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Good to hear. Give her our very best, and to you as well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:48 AM (bRHEL)

198 ------------------------------

I'm confused. Are we going into a hot spell or a cold spell.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (lCWOD)


Speak n' Spell

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

199 I watched that video of the Brit former rocker demolish Pelosi in that “debate”… Ace posted it yesterday. Lefties like Pelosi are so insecure or arrogant (or both) they can’t help but interrupt; can’t even let him finish speaking without belching out something. The guys a rocker not an intellectual and he absolutely destroyed her….

Biden does the same thing. That’s how he “beat” Paul Ryan when they “debated”…. Constant yelling and interrupting and mindless aggression

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (xT8gx)

200 Can we require a drug test at the next debate?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (bRHEL)

201 Good morning

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (d04cU)

202 Biden only lives a few miles from Wildwood, NJ. Couldn't he announce a rally there this Saturday and show us all how many hardcore supporters the old bastard has? That'll show Trump who's boss!

Posted by: Rally 'Round The Husk at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (V5BDR)

203 The picture up top looks like a still from a "Live at Darryl's House" set.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (d04cU)

204 ... why we keep sending billions in untraceable money to that 3rd world dump?
Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 08:45 AM (LkLld)

I have recently been informed that this is because of Imperialist Russia and their wars of conquest over the past 20 years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (U7wke)

205 >>I can see why the loss of Twitter was a setback.

Someday it might be looked at by historians as one of the crucial turning points that saved free speech in America and hopefully the country.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (LkLld)

206 The laptop PC is running, and I've cleaned up some old files w/ CCleaner and am defragmenting the hard drive. Once I make sure I have downloaded and installed the latest version of Zoom, I'll try restarting and see how it runs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (omVj0)

207 Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton .
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Tell her to come here and take a load off.
This can be a comfy place for those in need.
We can spark up that old humor she has.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (lCWOD)

208 194 Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.

-

Just tell her we love her.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (f6xX0

Yes do for me too

Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (Akjoo)

209 God bless Jane D'oh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (v60bd)

210 Uh oh. Mannix is here. Everybody look busy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (tA1+m)

211 Tucker Carlson: I’d love to see Biden do an interview where he shows how to operate a microwave, and I don’t think that’s going to happen. And by the way, Biden won’t do interviews, and neither will Zelensky so far…

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (uPltQ)

212 I'm glad she has D'ohboy to lean on.
Posted by: pookysgirl got her common sense superpower from her dad at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (dtlDP)

I don't even want to imagine.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:51 AM (H3Mdk)

213 "From 2007-2016 the net worth of the richest Americans increased by 20% while the lower 80% decreased by the same percentage."

The Wealth Gap: An Existential Threat

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Now do the Covid PsyOp years ... which I suspect fared even better for the rich -- and worse for the rest of us.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 08:51 AM (h4Cdp)

214 We've got doctors and lawyers, a priestess, and fools. What more could she need?

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:51 AM (lCWOD)

215 San Francisco Spends $5 Million of Taxpayer Money to Give Free Beer and Vodka Shots to Homeless

Do they have to prove they're homeless? -- Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:52 AM (U7wke)

216 Just in-
Trump accepts Biden offer to debate him in June and September

tinyurl.com/yeyt944s

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

217 Tucker Carlson: I’d love to see Biden do an interview where he shows how to operate a microwave, and I don’t think that’s going to happen. And by the way, Biden won’t do interviews, and neither will Zelensky so far…
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (uPltQ)


But he's open to debate Trump.

While Biden's DOJ has him tied up in bullshit trials.

And will label him 'afraid to debate' because a judge has him sequestered and gagged.

Trump would violate every gag order and lay waste to Biden and his corruption for the world to see.

They can't allow a debate to happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

218 Abortion!

Posted by: David Trone at May 15, 2024 08:52 AM (gKWVE)

219 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic.
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Is this better or worse than sending James Taylor to sing, "You've Got a Friend in Me" to the French?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:53 AM (d04cU)

220 California is interfering with my pursuit of very bottom shelf likker. There has been a Valu-Rite shortage recently, and now thanks to JJS, I know why!

Paying an extra 15 cents a pint for Georgi Vodka has left me less money for pork rinds. I'm suffering here!

Posted by: Rum Dum at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (V5BDR)

221 Just in-
Trump accepts Biden offer to debate him in June and September

tinyurl.com/yeyt944s
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 08:52 AM (NpAcC)
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Odds on whether or not Trump is in jail by then? That would give the FJB junta an excuse not to hold the debates.

"Trump's in jail. I'm not debating a convicted felon."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (7fElN)

222 Biden will filibuster about things Trump isn't allowed to talk about. That will be interesting.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (H3Mdk)

223 ++++
Is this better or worse than sending James Taylor to sing, "You've Got a Friend in Me" to the French?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:53 AM (d04cU)


They're both embarrassing clusterf*cks of epic proportions. Why weight either one as worse? They're both f*cking stupid and embarrassing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

224 They can't allow a debate to happen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

They will, but it will be rigged as usual... Joe will have the questions and answers and they will go easy on him.. Trump will get the worst questions made to have him lose his cool which is easy for him.... Win,win for Joe Elder Statesman

Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (Akjoo)

225 San Francisco giving $5 worth of alcohol to drunks is exactly equal to one months intake by Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (v60bd)

226 Biden does the same thing. That’s how he “beat” Paul Ryan when they “debated”…. Constant yelling and interrupting and mindless aggression

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (xT8gx)


Well, that and Paul Ryan sitting there and looking like a poodle that just shit the carpet.

He could easily have called Joe out on all the lies he was spewing.

And they were obvious lies. Not clever lies lies. Not brilliant rhetorical gambits.

Just stupid, obvious blunt lies "Smart" Paul Ryan should've demolished him.

But nope...he just sat there looking guilty.

Probably already on the take.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (eDfFs)

227 “As we look at Rafah, they may go in and have some initial success, but potentially at an incredibly high cost to civilians,” the U.S. Secretary of State said in a TV interview on Sunday. “And they will be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency because a lot of armed Hamas will be left, no matter what they do in Rafah, or if they leave and get out of Gaza, as we believe they need to do.”
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Does he acknowledge what happened - under his watch, mind you - in Afghanistan?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (d04cU)

228 Uh oh. Mannix is here. Everybody look busy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:50 AM (tA1+m)

You mean slack-jawed at the girl pictures he posts, right?

Posted by: pookysgirl, just making sure at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (dtlDP)

229 Biden only lives a few miles from Wildwood, NJ. Couldn't he announce a rally there this Saturday and show us all how many hardcore supporters the old bastard has? That'll show Trump who's boss!

Posted by: Rally 'Round The Husk at May 15, 2024 08:49 AM (V5BDR)

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BREAKING: Hundreds of Jihadists Charter Limousines for Travel from Michiganistan to Wildwood, NJ in Support of Jew-Hater Hero Biden. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 08:56 AM (h4Cdp)

230 I'd say that this is serious considering Turkey is a NATO member, but then again so is Germany, France and England which are well on the way to becoming Islamic states perhaps in as little as the next 10 years.
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Turkey is saying nothing that the US doesn't. Erdogan puts it more bluntly than Blinken does, but it's really not substantially different.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:56 AM (d04cU)

231 The arrogant little rich boy "jigaboo" Trone lost his primary. Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:56 AM (v60bd)

232
They will, but it will be rigged as usual... Joe will have the questions and answers and they will go easy on him.. Trump will get the worst questions made to have him lose his cool which is easy for him.... Win,win for Joe Elder Statesman
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (Akjoo)


But, keep in mind that Trump won't play by their rules and will go off the cuff. He won't lose his cool, but will fling mud in all directions and point out the massive corruption of the Biden family.

However, I'm betting for a mute button where most of what he says won't be heard by the public.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

233
I listened to the entire two hours of Tucker Carlson and Aaron Rodgers. Cliff notes: Aaron is an RFK jr fanboy. Which I suppose when you have a net worth in the hundreds of millions is understandable and the issues that effect everyday Americans don't and will never effect Aaron.

The 5% of issues I kinda agree with RFK jr do not in any way diminish the 95% of issues where he is too leftist. Wiping out the middle class does not seem like a good thing except to the Obama/Biden/RFK contingent of the (D) party.

Beware the fox in sheep's clothing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 08:57 AM (RKVpM)

234 In 2020 the debates were about Trump's record and largely the virus.

This time the debates will be about Biden's record. Trump is much better on offense.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 08:57 AM (LkLld)

235 As Saigon was falling, Janet Nguyen’s uncle – an officer in the South Vietnamese Army – was taken before his village and executed.

In nationalist Spain, when the nationalists defeated the communists they imprisoned the leadership of the latter. I'm told this was a crime against humanity.

In communist Vietnam, when the communists defeated the nationalists they summarily executed the leadership of the nationalists along with normal people involved in any way with it to the tune of hundreds of thousands of people. I'm told this is understandable because they had just fought a violent civil war and of course the government would seek "justice" against those that had opposed it.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 08:57 AM (ibTVg)

236 George HW Bush in a grocery store marveling at a barcode scanner

Or

Joe Biden heating a cup of water in a microwave

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 08:57 AM (P9xGM)

237 They're both embarrassing clusterf*cks of epic proportions. Why weight either one as worse? They're both f*cking stupid and embarrassing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
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LOL. That they are. US foreign goodwill operations consist of aging musicians and politicians covering aging musicians.

Because we are a serious country.

Also, sending your chief diplomat to a war zone can make a fair amount of sense. Sending your chief diplomat to go party in a war zone does not. Oy vey.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (d04cU)

238 I recognise that as a white man, I have privilege.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/22/ maryland-senate-candidate-slur-apology

Posted by: David Trone at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (gKWVE)

239 San Francisco giving $5 worth of alcohol to drunks is exactly equal to one months intake by Nancy Pelosi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (v60bd)


I think you're way off here.

Remember, Nancy chartered an Air Force plane from SFO to DC where she demanded $4,000 worth of booze be on board........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

240 228 Well, the sheets on the bunks ain’t gonna change themselves, you know.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (tA1+m)

241 This time the debates will be about Biden's record. Trump is much better on offense.

Also, objectively, the last 4 years are the worst 4 years of peacetime the United States has ever had.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (ibTVg)

242 Hi Jane D'oh!

>>It's National Chocolate Chip Day.
Fun! Why not tollhouse chocolate chip cookie day, a most American treat!?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (cCVOS)

243 Odds on whether or not Trump is in jail by then? That would give the FJB junta an excuse not to hold the debates.

"Trump's in jail. I'm not debating a convicted felon."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 08:54 AM (7fElN)

Yup, that's the argument I've been expecting for the last year.

Posted by: pookysgirl saw this coming at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (dtlDP)

244 If Biden's handlers agree to Biden debating Trump it will only be so the debate can be canceled because Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2024 08:59 AM (SYTee)

245 George HW Bush in a grocery store marveling at a barcode scanner

Or

Joe Biden heating a cup of water in a microwave
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 08:57 AM (P9xGM)



Or AOC afraid of the monster under her sink controlled by a wall switch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

246 >>>He could easily have called Joe out on all the lies he was spewing.

And they were obvious lies. Not clever lies lies. Not brilliant rhetorical gambits.

Just stupid, obvious blunt lies "Smart" Paul Ryan should've demolished him.

But nope...he just sat there looking guilty.

Probably already on the take.
Posted by: naturalfake
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If one is watching the debate to become informed, you're not a political junkie. You don't know that Joe is lying. If Ryan doesn't handily call him on it, it appears that Joe is correct.
OPTICS

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 08:59 AM (lCWOD)

247 Jared Kushner gets a lot of crap here, much of it justified, but he did a hell of a lot more to produce peace in the Middle East than our expert class of diplomats has done in a generation.
Posted by: JackStraw

That's because he actually wanted that specific outcome.

When the length of your job is dependent upon said task, said task tends to take longer. Ho figure.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2024 08:59 AM (FxH7T)

248 >>Also, objectively, the last 4 years are the worst 4 years of peacetime the United States has ever had.

Yep. And I hope Biden is dumb enough to bring up the prosecutions. Trump will hammer him for using the DOJ to try and take out his political rival and the evidence that the White House has been involved with all of this is overwhelming.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 08:59 AM (LkLld)

249 The Democrats operate off the "if you say it enough times, it becomes the truth" idea.

The media does it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (Q4IgG)

250 If Biden's handlers agree to Biden debating Trump it will only be so the debate can be canceled because Orange Man Bad.
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2024 08:59 AM (SYTee)
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Or because they got a viable double to stand in for him.

Biden held it together - just - in 2020, but his recent performances make me think he can't do it anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (d04cU)

251 NYT: In the past three days, Russian troops have seized at least nine villages and settlements, ­and more square miles per day than at almost any other point in the war, save the very beginning.

Ukrainian troops are retreating, and Ukrainian commanders are blaming each other for the defeats. As the sense of panic spreads, especially in Kharkiv, some hard questions loom: How far will this go? Is it just a momentary setback for the underdog Ukrainians? Or a turning point?

This is the consequence of the delays in the aid. We let Russia regroup and now Ukraine is on the back foot now. We never should have taken this long. Congress should be ashamed of themselves.

It's not a generic "Congress" at fault, it's the fucking Russiapublicans in our House.

Meaningless territorial gains in the gray zone. Unoccupied Villages In between the two armies. The lamestream media is pushing Putin's bs again.

It's not meaningless if Ukraine's defensive perimeter's for Karkhiv have been breached. And that appears to be the case, unless of course the BBC and NYT are just mouthing 'Putin's bs'. Sometimes bad news is actually bad news.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (JCZqz)

252 George HW Bush in a grocery store marveling at a barcode scanner

The automated "scan yourself" systems were brand new at the time. The FNM pretended he didn't know how you bought groceries...but I suspect 95%+ Americans hadn't seen this system before Bush 41 did...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (ibTVg)

253 187 On a 12-month basis, however, the CPI increased 3.4%, in line with expectations.,

Excluding food and energy, the key core inflation reading came in at 0.3% monthly and 3.6% on an annual basis, both as forecast.
======================
CNBC says inflation at the consumer level is cooler than expected, but last reported wholesale inflation numbers (a predictor of what happens next) were higher. In short, we basically stay where we are with growing inflation.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 08:47 AM (bRHEL)

M2 grew by over 40% in less than 30 months. We have absorbed about 24% of that so there is another 15 to 20% coming.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (ENQN6)

254 I listened to the entire two hours of Tucker Carlson and Aaron Rodgers. Cliff notes: Aaron is an RFK jr fanboy.


Aaron Rodgers is a loon.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (SfhV1)

255 Jared Kushner gets a lot of crap here, much of it justified, but he did a hell of a lot more to produce peace in the Middle East than our expert class of diplomats has done in a generation.

I read something recently by a regime apologist all but blaming the Abraham Accords for October 7th. The argument was that everyone knows you fix the Middle East by giving the Pallies a state, and Trump marginalizing them was dangerous and stupid. Funny how Trump made actual progress and all the right people who know the right things never have.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (FD5dr)

256 The Democrats operate off the "if you say it enough times, it becomes the truth" idea.

The media does it too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (Q4IgG)
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But you repeat yourself. State, Party and Press are one big 'ole complex.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (d04cU)

257 We gotta kill mobabeez in Maryland.

Posted by: Larry "Wear The Damn Mask" Hogan at May 15, 2024 09:01 AM (dg+HA)

258 Does he acknowledge what happened - under his watch, mind you - in Afghanistan?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (d04cU)

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"We have never been at war with Afghanistan."

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 09:01 AM (h4Cdp)

259 228 Well, the sheets on the bunks ain’t gonna change themselves, you know.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (tA1+m)

You get two sheets. Every Saturday, you put the clean sheet on the top... the top sheet on the bottom... and the bottom sheet you turn in to the laundry boy. Any man turns in the wrong sheet spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, The Floor Walker at May 15, 2024 09:01 AM (IebSC)

260 ou mean slack-jawed at the girl pictures he posts, right?
Posted by: pookysgirl, just making sure at May 15, 2024 08:55 AM (dtlDP)
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Uh-Oh, I think she knows about us...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:01 AM (2DrSB)

261
Blinken is the ne plus ultra of nullities in the #FJB Administration.

That's quite an honor, as the competition was fierce!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2024 09:01 AM (4dfRF)

262 >>George HW Bush in a grocery store marveling at a barcode scanner


Never happened, at least not the way it is "remembered."

He was marveling at the new technology that weighed items, etc. instead of simply scanning (so it was worth marveling at - not some out of touch dolt who'd never seen a store scanner before). IIRC, only one reporter saw it, wrote the pool report, and then it was picked up by other journalists.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (cCVOS)

263 ... This is the consequence of the delays in the aid. We let Russia regroup and now Ukraine is on the back foot now. We never should have taken this long. Congress should be ashamed of themselves.

It's not a generic "Congress" at fault, it's the fucking Russiapublicans in our House. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (JCZqz)
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Oy. Sure. Blame me. I'm used to it.

But "Russiapublicans" is new to me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (d04cU)

264 252 George HW Bush in a grocery store marveling at a barcode scanner

The automated "scan yourself" systems were brand new at the time. The FNM pretended he didn't know how you bought groceries...but I suspect 95%+ Americans hadn't seen this system before Bush 41 did...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (ibTVg)

Everyone knows the fake HW scanner story but no one knows that a Randalls Grocery near NASA ended the USSR.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (ENQN6)

265 Excluding food and energy, the key core inflation reading came in at 0.3% monthly and 3.6% on an annual basis, both as forecast.

So the price of a smart TV isn't going up much and if we pretend I need to buy one of those a week, instead of food, energy, and gasoline well hey I'm golden!

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (ibTVg)

266 there will be no Trump v Living Fossil debate

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (/7KEl)

267 hey is that Hitler on guitar up there

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 09:03 AM (/7KEl)

268 >>It's National Chocolate Chip Day.
Fun! Why not tollhouse chocolate chip cookie day, a most American treat!?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 08:58 AM (cCVOS)
*****
August 4th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.

Today is chocolate chips on and in everything day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2024 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

269 M2 grew by over 40% in less than 30 months. We have absorbed about 24% of that so there is another 15 to 20% coming.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (ENQN6)
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1. Biden promised the Fed would cut rates this spring.
2. Biden doesn't have a clue about anything.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:03 AM (2DrSB)

270 Trump didn't do any debates on his way to winning 80% of the vote is not the win they think it is.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:04 AM (H3Mdk)

271 Well, make my day, pal.

tinyurl.com/2se5ynps
Posted by: redridinghood

He knows the polls aren't lying. It's his only hope

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2024 09:04 AM (FxH7T)

272 269 M2 grew by over 40% in less than 30 months. We have absorbed about 24% of that so there is another 15 to 20% coming.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (ENQN6)

No matter what the numbers are the media will say how great the economy is

Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 09:05 AM (Akjoo)

273 Jane has been going through a lot. I've corresponded with her for a very long time and still do.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton


Please let her know that she is loved and missed.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 09:05 AM (SVQQi)

274
I read something recently by a regime apologist all but blaming the Abraham Accords for October 7th. The argument was that everyone knows you fix the Middle East by giving the Pallies a state, and Trump marginalizing them was dangerous and stupid.

Spoken, no doubt, by a "two state solution" rice bowler at State. That place is positively swarming with them.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (4dfRF)

275 >>August 4th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.
Today is chocolate chips on and in everything day.



Oh, excellent!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (cCVOS)

276 ... Funny how Trump made actual progress and all the right people who know the right things never have.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (FD5dr)
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He made the wrong kind of progress.

The foreign policy establishment only wants - or pursues - a single thing: a "Comprehensive Middle East Peace Plan" that solves all problems in one fell swoop, paid for and backstopped by the United States. Since the 70s, that's been the only strategy. The only exception prior to Trump were the Camp David Accords, which Carter pursued *only* because he was under enormous domestic pressure due to his catastrophic administration. He needed a win, and Egypt gave it to him. But then, it was right back to business as usual.

Trump rejected the foreign policy establishment's failed strategy, and made genuine bilateral progress by brokering the deal between UAE and Israel. Others joined in, but he started with just two. It wasn't "comprehensive" and didn't "solve" all "problems" per the preferences of the American elite (e.g., recognized Palestine, etc.). It was therefore not an achievement, but a disaster.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (d04cU)

277 I know the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer, but had no idea he was a rockin' guitarist!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (V5BDR)

278 The Randalls Grocery store story near NASA is one of my favorites.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (dg+HA)

279 NYT: In the past three days, Russian troops have seized at least nine villages and settlements

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Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

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"WHY AREN'T WE SENDING UKRAINE NUKES IN ADDITION TO TRILLIONS OF UNACCOUNTED FOR DOLLARS?

#PutinManAsBadAsOrangeMan!

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (h4Cdp)

280 Update on the Blade Runner.

Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison After Just 9 Years

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (L/fGl)

281 >>I read something recently by a regime apologist all but blaming the Abraham Accords for October 7th. The argument was that everyone knows you fix the Middle East by giving the Pallies a state, and Trump marginalizing them was dangerous and stupid. Funny how Trump made actual progress and all the right people who know the right things never have.

The two state crap has been uniparty orthodoxy for decades. It is a built in excuse for nothing ever getting done. While Trump was president that water head Kerry was publicly saying the Abraham Accords would fail because the Palestinian terrorists (I might have added the last part) weren't involved and he was meeting with the mullahs in Iran telling them to just wait Trump out and things would go back to normal.

War is the default mode of our permanent bureaucracy and expert class. If things aren't broken we don't need people to fix things. It's a self licking ice cream cone.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (LkLld)

282 @262/Lizzy: "IIRC, only one reporter saw it, wrote the pool report, and then it was picked up by other journalists."

Now one just makes stuff up whole cloth and the others parrot it religiously. Progress!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (O7YUW)

283 But "Russiapublicans" is new to me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (d04cU)

Even after proven 100% wrong they never ever stop. Never. Oh you say Hillary worked with Russia and Trump didn't? Well... Russiapublicans!!!!

Although I kind of dig Demokrainians.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:07 AM (H3Mdk)

284 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM (JCZqz)

What a bizarre group of delusional people.

Posted by: dantesed at May 15, 2024 09:07 AM (Oy/m2)

285
Aaron Rodgers is a loon.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 15, 2024 09:00 AM

Yeah, there was quite a bit of that evident in the video. He obviously is a proponent of mind-bending drugs and sensory deprivation, to name just two topics which were mentioned.

I thought I'd listen in and see what Tucker is up to lately after so much recent FAIL. He's toned it down a little but it's still there.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 09:07 AM (RKVpM)

286 I know the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer, but had no idea he was a rockin' guitarist!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (V5BDR)

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Has anybody ever dubbed a Hitler Parody video to a rap song?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 09:07 AM (h4Cdp)

287 Trump Promises Action Against Offshore Wind Power Projects on “Day One” of Presidency

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He's going to have a busy day one.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (L/fGl)

288 :U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic".

That is so f***ing laughable and clueless. If the situation is as grave and critical to word peace as we are told does anybody really want to hear some aging boomer song placed by some aging, partisan politician? Playing some twangy Neil Young song was a way to attract some girl you were interested, not send a message to our international friends and enemies and boost morale.

'cringe'

Posted by: Ripley at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (JojsZ)

289 I see a number of stories suggesting that the US dollars allocated to building defenses in Eastern Ukraine just disappeared...none of those defenses were actually built.

I suspect the real issue is that the Ukes have lost too many men to hold the line anymore...unless they start drafting the kid's of their elites...of course.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (ibTVg)

290 ... Yeah, there was quite a bit of that evident in the video. He obviously is a proponent of mind-bending drugs and sensory deprivation, to name just two topics which were mentioned. ...
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 09:07 AM (RKVpM)
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Drugs don't interest me but sensory deprivation kinda does. I'd probably try it if given the opportunity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (d04cU)

291 Adolph fucking rocks!

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 15, 2024 09:09 AM (/UtnQ)

292 The Morning Report is even more informative than usual. Well done, JJ.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at May 15, 2024 09:09 AM (r5tfK)

293 Trump accepts Biden offer to debate him in June and September

tinyurl.com/yeyt944s
Posted by: redridinghood

Trump should propose a debate a week. Douglas/Lincoln type.

Joe would seizure on the third or fourth debate because of the cumulative effect of drug cocktail.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2024 09:09 AM (FxH7T)

294 On the local news now: protesters camped on Denver Auraria campus are ~35% students. That's it. ANd a bunch of them stormed a school building and are occupying it. Someone ask that idiot at American Conservative what he thinks of these "students'' expression of "free speech." The camp is now a health hazard because it's turned to sh#t (literally).

No updates on DU campus protesters who still refuse to ID checks.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (cCVOS)

295 You do NOT want to see Hitler in his Valkyrie getup when he does Wagner.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (tA1+m)

296 Good morning!

Posted by: gp Decays To Plage at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (MvF+J)

297 >>>No matter what the numbers are the media will say how great the economy is
Posted by: It's me donna
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If you buy groceries, if you pay the utility bill, you know exactly where inflation is.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (lCWOD)

298 It is interesting the FNM has made sportsball stars and actors people who are supposed to be intellectuals.

I'm not saying one of them couldn't be but...neither job requires a deep thinker...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (ibTVg)

299 I cannot find the video but Biden said in (or about) 2010 that Iran was going to possess a nuclear weapon and that is a good thing. The Junta knows exactly which European companies are providing technology to Iran and does nothing to stop them, because the Junta believes a Middle East "balance of power" can only be established when Israel is facing extinction.

Insane? Yes, of course. But that is what they believe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (2DrSB)

300 Drugs don't interest me but sensory deprivation kinda does. I'd probably try it if given the opportunity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (d04cU)

Not for me, but I would try it with one of your redheads.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (H3Mdk)

301 Kind of surprised that Russia didn't hit the Blinken concert with a missile or drone. Would have made a lot of people happy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (v60bd)

302 The two state crap has been uniparty orthodoxy for decades. It is a built in excuse for nothing ever getting done. While Trump was president that water head Kerry was publicly saying the Abraham Accords would fail because the Palestinian terrorists (I might have added the last part) weren't involved and he was meeting with the mullahs in Iran telling them to just wait Trump out and things would go back to normal.

War is the default mode of our permanent bureaucracy and expert class. If things aren't broken we don't need people to fix things. It's a self licking ice cream cone.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (LkLld)

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Hell, I'm old enough to remember the Deep State, UniParty, and MDM-MSM (BIRM thrice) shrieking & promising -- even seizing & pouncing -- that Trump moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem was gonna start WWIII.

Good times, good times ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (h4Cdp)

303 Two State Solution

Deep State
Deeper State

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (ENQN6)

304 the Junta believes a Middle East "balance of power" can only be established when Israel is facing extinction.

Insane? Yes, of course. But that is what they believe.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (2DrSB)

They don't believe in balance of power any more than they believe in free speech. They believe in Israel extinction.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (H3Mdk)

305 On the local news now: protesters camped on Denver Auraria campus are ~35% students. That's it. ANd a bunch of them stormed a school building and are occupying it. Someone ask that idiot at American Conservative what he thinks of these "students'' expression of "free speech." The camp is now a health hazard because it's turned to sh#t (literally).

No updates on DU campus protesters who still refuse to ID checks.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 09:10 AM (cCVOS)
++++
How'd they estimate 35%?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (d04cU)

306 Kind of surprised that Russia didn't hit the Blinken concert with a missile or drone. Would have made a lot of people happy

In 2024 the Russians are the more serious international player trying not to extend local wars in to WWIII...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (ibTVg)

307 280 Update on the Blade Runner.

Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison After Just 9 Years
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (L/fGl)

Sadly Jaco Pastorius remains dead.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (x0n13)

308 I have a friend who is working sound for Neil Young. It's work. Just for a few shows until 5/24.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (CFoZl)

309 Two State Solution

Deep State
Deeper State
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (ENQN6)
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Pretty accurate. Bureaucracy and politburo.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (d04cU)

310 Drugs don't interest me but sensory deprivation kinda does. I'd probably try it if given the opportunity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (d04cU)

Ever see the movie Altered States?

Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (SYTee)

311 If one is watching the debate to become informed, you're not a political junkie. You don't know that Joe is lying. If Ryan doesn't handily call him on it, it appears that Joe is correct.

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Just like they'd practiced.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (f6xX0)

312 Ever see the movie Altered States?
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2024 09:12 AM (SYTee)
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No, I didn't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:13 AM (d04cU)

313 >>How'd they estimate 35%?

ID checks.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 09:13 AM (cCVOS)

314 The two state crap has been uniparty orthodoxy for decades. It is a built in excuse for nothing ever getting done.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 09:06 AM (LkLld)

My response to those pushing a ceasefire and the two-state solution: Both were in place on 10-6. Clearly those two concepts don't work for Gaza, so Israel is trying something else.

Posted by: pookysgirl will not be getting a call from the State Dept anytime soon at May 15, 2024 09:13 AM (dtlDP)

315 >>If you buy groceries, if you pay the utility bill, you know exactly where inflation is.

That's the difference between running as a candidate hiding in your basement and making bold claims the media won't scrutinize about what you will do in office and having a record.

Joe can lie all he wants and the media can try to cover for him but we all live with his record and nothing is going to change that.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 09:13 AM (LkLld)

316 However, I'm betting for a mute button where most of what he says won't be heard by the public.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 15, 2024 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
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Trump will experience "technical difficulties" with his mic that cut off his answers...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 09:13 AM (7fElN)

317 >>>He's going to have a busy day one.
~~~~~

Not really. He'll have from 11/6 through 1/20 to have his staff write up the gazillion EOs and all he has to do is sign them.

Getting all that stuff made into law is what's going to take time, which is why we need to win both the House and Senate as well.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 15, 2024 09:14 AM (3ImbR)

318 But "Russiapublicans" is new to me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:02 AM (d04cU)

Even after proven 100% wrong they never ever stop. Never. Oh you say Hillary worked with Russia and Trump didn't? Well... Russiapublicans!!!!

Although I kind of dig Demokrainians.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:07 AM (H3Mdk)


Russiapublicans?

Lame. Further proof that the Left can't meme.


Tho, yeah. Demokranians has a nice ring.

Take note leftards: See how the "k" of kranians smoothly fits into the hard "c" sound of "crats".
That how you do it.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 09:14 AM (eDfFs)

319 Trump is America's Nelson Mandela.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (S6gqv)

320 Newsom Says Climate Change Partly to Blame for California Budget Deficit

.. what can't Climate Change do ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

321 "I have a friend who is working sound for Neil Young. It's work. Just for a few shows until 5/24.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"


Maybe he could sneak in an auto-tuner into the system. The audience would be grateful.

Posted by: Ripley at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (JojsZ)

322 Take note leftards: See how the "k" of kranians smoothly fits into the hard "c" sound of "crats".
That how you do it.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 09:14 AM (eDfFs)
++++
The best riff they ever came up with was "Rethuglican."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (d04cU)

323 319 Who’s our Desmond Tutu?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (tA1+m)

324 Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison After Just 9 Years
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been

One foot....er, no feet out the door.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (CFoZl)

325 Chocolate Chip...

So, it's a national day for Black Fraternity guys?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 08:22 AM (eDfFs)

A Black Animal House would be pretty good.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 15, 2024 08:32 AM (ENQN6)

Will they wanna dance wif our dates ?

Posted by: JT at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (T4tVD)

326 Take note leftards: See how the "k" of kranians smoothly fits into the hard "c" sound of "crats".
That how you do it.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2024 09:14 AM (eDfFs)

And if I was on the Left it would be RePutinlickers. Something like that.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (H3Mdk)

327 Kind of surprised that Russia didn't hit the Blinken concert with a missile or drone. Would have made a lot of people happy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 09:11 AM (v60bd)

I've seen reports that they track Zelenskyyy constantly to:

1. Avoid killing him since the western media was shrieking about that earlier.
2. Follow him because he keeps visiting secret Ukrainian military installations which Russia subsequently bombs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (U7wke)

328 Say something negative about Italy and 5th generation American Italians will get upset. Same with Irish, Polish, you name it.

But take an anti-Israel pro-Hamas stance and 80% of Jews will nod in agreement,

I honestly don’t get it.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (tpjlM)

329 Drugs don't interest me but sensory deprivation kinda does. I'd probably try it if given the opportunity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:08 AM (d04cU)

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I've always been fascinated by the Native American "Vision Quest" ritual (as depicted in books, film, and television, natch) ... but after having first watched the '80 film "Altered States" as a teenager, am a little terrified of the sensory deprivation experience.

I've occasionally tell the wifey that had I a terminal illness, I might want to experience hallucinogens just once -- which greatly disgusts & disturbs her.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (h4Cdp)

330 >>Aaron Rodgers is a loon.

A-A-Ron is a football god and savior of franchises. Now with improved Achilles.

Don't be a hater.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (LkLld)

331 Trump is America's Nelson Mandela.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (S6gqv)
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When did Melania hang tires from political opponents' necks and set them on fire?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (d04cU)

332 I have a feeling any debate between *biden and Trump is going to devolve into two old men bitching at each other.

Not that it's a bad thing. But it won't be about policy that's for sure.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2024 09:17 AM (Q4IgG)

333 Is anyone here a regime apologist?

Posted by: Larry David at May 15, 2024 09:17 AM (dg+HA)

334 Ukraine supporters can't admit that the problem isn't weapons, it's men. They haven't got them. Their latest initiative is to conscript prison inmates - but if you want soldiers guaranteed to to turn tail and run when the first shot is fired, that's a good way to find them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2024 09:17 AM (S6gqv)

335 Recall 4 years ago everyone was sure Trunp would wipe the floor with Biden at the debates. How’d that work out?

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (tpjlM)

336 Actor John Leguizamo wants Latinos to stop blaming President Joe Biden for the economy, telling them to instead blame record-high consumer prices on COVID and Trump.

... but Joe Biden stole John Wick's car and killed his dog

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

337 Free bird!

Posted by: Guy in the back with a mullet haircut and a Bic lighter at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (dg+HA)

338 >>Joe can lie all he wants and the media can try to cover for him but we all live with his record and nothing is going to change that.


Yup.
Hell, if you gas up the car and go out to eat, you know how freakin' expensive things are. We have menus for take-out at work. Someone pulled the 2019-ish menu for a favorite Mexican place by mistake, and the difference in prices was amazing.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (cCVOS)

339 319 Trump is America's Nelson Mandela.
Posted by: Tom Servo
==============

Bite your tongue,

Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (lCWOD)

340 I mentioned yesterday (and will repeat) the Biden campaign doesn't worry about the polls because they are self-deluding.

The polls show down ballot Democrats beating Republicans, so they think their policy prescriptions (death to America foreign policy, domestic economic destruction and higher taxes) are popular.

Biden himself is unpopular with key elements of the Democrat base: Women, Black and Hispanic voters, Union workers, and young people (who are hit hardest by the economy).

But ALL of those voters will come home to vote for Biden. Trump's enormous unpopularity will be the deciding issue, along with Abortion, Abortion and Abortion. That is their belief. So, they think the polls will change, and Biden will win.

They could be right, as insane and incredible as it may seem to rational people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:19 AM (+D2aa)

341 Put one blade in front of the other/and soon you are runnin’ ‘cross the floor-or-or.
Put one blade in front of the other/and soon you are out the prison door.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 09:19 AM (tA1+m)

342 336 Actor John Leguizamo wants Latinos to stop blaming President Joe Biden for the economy, telling them to instead blame record-high consumer prices on COVID and Trump.

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Poor Biden. Just an innocent bystander for the past 4 years.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (tpjlM)

343
323 319 Who’s our Desmond Tutu?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 09:15 AM (tA1+m)

Sec. Buttering wears a Tutu.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (S6gqv)

344 339 319 Trump is America's Nelson Mandela.
Posted by: Tom Servo
==============

Bite your tongue,
Posted by: Braenyard at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (lCWOD)


He's closer to our Alfred Dreyfus, but comparing him to Mandela would make Lefty heads explode.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (x0n13)

345 Recall 4 years ago everyone was sure Trunp would wipe the floor with Biden at the debates. How’d that work out?
Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:18 AM (tpjlM)
++++
First one was a shit show. Trump beat up Biden, but came across as a bully slapping around a weak old man. Didn't look good at all. The second one was a normal shit show of the typical variety where the "moderators" went off-topic and lobbed softballs at the preferred candidate. The Dems canceled the foreign policy debate altogether.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (d04cU)

346 When did Melania hang tires from political opponents' necks and set them on fire?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (d04cU)

Never, but don't give Barron any ideas!

Posted by: pookysgirl makes necklaces but not that kind at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (dtlDP)

347 My God the way he handled Biden's preplanned "Beau" fake sob speech was the stuff of legend. "Who, Hunter?"

Let we forget Trump won the election and lest we also forget he gained at least 12 million votes from 2016.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (H3Mdk)

348 Joe Biden at the debt: I was just dealing with the economic mess Trump left me with. I did great considering the circumstances. It is a great start, we have so much more to be done. We need more government programs and more government spending and more taxes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (P9xGM)

349
Recall 4 years ago everyone was sure Trunp would wipe the floor with Biden at the debates.

Hitler gave his troops amphetamines to improve their performance in battle. Biden takes amphetamines to improve his performance in debates.

Therefor, Biden is Hitler.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 09:20 AM (RKVpM)

350 Actor John Leguizamo wants Latinos to stop blaming President Joe Biden for the economy, telling them to instead blame record-high consumer prices on COVID and Trump.

2005: The president literally controls the weather

2024: The president isn't responsible for what his own government does

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:21 AM (ibTVg)

351 Trump is America's Nelson Mandela.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Can we expect Democrats to be set on fire using tires? Not that I’m necessarily opposed to it mind you.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:21 AM (tpjlM)

352 Someone in the tech thread pointed out that thieves are chopping up Tesla chargers in Cali to steal the copper. Unless they start using armored cables, this is a pointless endeavor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2024 08:09 AM

Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad.

Video: https://bit.ly/3V1W2tB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 15, 2024 09:22 AM (P5BPp)

353 351 Burning tires AND tire irons. Win-win!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 09:23 AM (tA1+m)

354 Biden was declared the winner by the MSM.

Just like Pelosi was declared the winner of the Oxford debate.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 09:23 AM (P9xGM)

355
323 319 Who’s our Desmond Tutu?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Dylan Mulvaney.

Wait, I thought that you said, "Desmond in a Tutu".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2024 09:23 AM (4dfRF)

356 Was spastic guitar solo performed?

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 09:23 AM (Z8Yh2)

357 On the local news now: protesters camped on Denver Auraria campus are ~35% students.

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I'm quite familiar with that campus. 99% of the students are in favor of this, even if they don't actively engage in it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 09:24 AM (0FoWg)

358 Rob Schneider >>>>>> John Leguziano

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 09:24 AM (P9xGM)

359 Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds snapped up some vacant land in Hawaii for about $22,500 at an auction back in 2018.

But while she waited out the COVID-19 pandemic in California before getting started on construction, a real estate broker mistakenly sold the property to a developer, who bulldozed the lot and built a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house worth about $500,000.

Now, Reynolds, along with the real estate agent, the construction firm, the architect, the prior property owner’s family and the county — which approved the permits — are reportedly being sued by the developer, Keaau Development Partnership.

"It would set a dangerous precedent, if you could go on to someone else's land, build anything you want, and then sue that individual for the value of it," Reynolds’ attorney, James DiPasquale, said.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

360 328 Say something negative about Italy and 5th generation American Italians will get upset. Same with Irish, Polish, you name it.

But take an anti-Israel pro-Hamas stance and 80% of Jews will nod in agreement,

I honestly don’t get it.
Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (tpjlM)

I think you overestimate that number. As well as the affinity and identification as Jews of those who are first and foremost Democrat-Leftists.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 09:24 AM (x0n13)

361 I see someone tried to assassinate the populist PM of Slovakia.

He's been in the news lately for calling on Ukraine to come to terms with Russia before things get worse for them...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:24 AM (ibTVg)

362 Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad.

Video: https://bit.ly/3V1W2tB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 15, 2024 09:22 AM (P5BPp)
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At least they are cutting live main distribution lines to steal the copper yet, or striking occupied houses to get it.

Both are coming. South Africa is our future, and its power infrastructure is crumbling both because they can't keep generation online effectively *and* because roving gangs keep ripping up distribution infrastructure to sell the copper. Dig a trench, cut the line, steal a few yards of it, sell it to the scrapper. Lots of people die doing this - cutting live wires is dangerous - but hey, free money.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM (d04cU)

363 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting after a government meeting, news agency TASR reported on Wednesday.
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This is how things start.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM (2KeGl)

364 *at least they *aren't*

Ugh.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM (d04cU)

365 Used to be, one could find a very excellent, few years old, used car for 10K. I bought many cars for about 5 grand that I ran for 100,000 miles or more. Decent used cars nowadays are very expensive. I'll be driving my 2007 car maybe forever.

Posted by: Thanks Joe, You Dessicated Husk! at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM (V5BDR)

366 Sponge, I think he was trying to say that $5 worth of liquor for EVERY homeless person in SanFran was worth about an hour of intake for Nancy.

Posted by: American Hawkman at May 15, 2024 09:26 AM (skAOD)

367 Consumer Prices Have Risen Every Month Since 'Bidenomics' Began, Up 19.5% To Record High

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:26 AM (RHGPo)

368 Blinken should have sung a variation of the old Limbaugh /Pretenders song. I Went Back To America But My Country Was Gone.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 15, 2024 09:26 AM (L/fGl)

369 354 Biden was declared the winner by the MSM.

Just like Pelosi was declared the winner of the Oxford debate.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 09:23 AM (P9xGM)


Maybe the propaganda media, but she was voted by the actual attendees at the debate to have gotten her sagging ass handed to her in a wheelbarrow by Mumford.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2024 09:27 AM (x0n13)

370 334 Ukraine supporters can't admit that the problem isn't weapons, it's men. They haven't got them. Their latest initiative is to conscript prison inmates - but if you want soldiers guaranteed to to turn tail and run when the first shot is fired, that's a good way to find them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2024 09:17 AM (S6gqv)


Z-Man will copy the Russian method to deal with convicts in the front line. Get them drunk before they are ordered to charge the enemy. String-out reliable troops 300 meters behind the attacking convicts, with orders to kill any who retreat. Tell the convicts.

Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2024 09:27 AM (5fDan)

371 At the first debate, Trump should rush over to help Biden shuffle across the stage to his podium, out of courtesy to an old man who might otherwise fall. Then Trump should call for a chair, so Biden can rest his weary bones. "Show a little consideration for an old man!", he might say.

There won't be a second debate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:27 AM (+D2aa)

372 Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:26 AM (RHGPo)

But... but.. Biden said inflation was at 9% when he took office. He's a miracle worker.

Posted by: dantesed at May 15, 2024 09:28 AM (Oy/m2)

373 Her ass isn't that the only thing that's sagging.

Posted by: Ewwww at May 15, 2024 09:28 AM (dg+HA)

374 >>Maybe the propaganda media, but she was voted by the actual attendees at the debate to have gotten her sagging ass handed to her in a wheelbarrow by Mumford.

It wasn't even close. She basically became the embodiment of the clueless elite Mumford had described.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2024 09:28 AM (LkLld)

375 In other news, there was a Big Tit Donna sighting yesterday, and Nice Bod Brooke was looking shapely in her hideous pink print dress.

They are freaking out over Nine-Toed Sheila's return.

Mrs. anchorbabe is catching up on yesterday's episode.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 15, 2024 09:29 AM (ufFY8)

376 "Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad."


And selling them for scrap. Which is like recycling. Totally green so they are helping save the planet. They are heroes.

Posted by: Ripley at May 15, 2024 09:29 AM (JojsZ)

377
I see someone tried to assassinate the populist PM of Slovakia.

He's been in the news lately for calling on Ukraine to come to terms with Russia before things get worse for them...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 09:24 AM

At least one, if not more, of the people involved in the recent Moscow theater shootings and arson fire came from Slovakia. IIRC. I also seem to think Slovakia is of the Iranian orbit.

I could be wrong on both. It happens.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 09:29 AM (RKVpM)

378 Used to be, one could find a very excellent, few years old, used car for 10K. I bought many cars for about 5 grand that I ran for 100,000 miles or more. Decent used cars nowadays are very expensive. I'll be driving my 2007 car maybe forever.
Posted by: Thanks Joe, You Dessicated Husk! at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM (V5BDR)
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The first huge blow to the used car market was "Cash For Clunkers," which was a devastatingly bad program. It's taken numerous hits since, and inflation spares nobody.

I doubt I'll ever own another new car. My only new car - it's a 2017 - is in good shape and has low miles. It is going to last at least another decade, and my old 2006 I have is not as solid but will probably get me at least a decade, too, since it's a second car.

Even if I can afford a new car by then - unlikely - I am not going to want one because of all the surveillance crap. I might buy a 2026 model car in 2029 or 2030, and baby my fleet because it will have to last the rest of my life.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:29 AM (d04cU)

379 I believe Henry Fonda was a pretty lousy father and neither Jane nor Peter got along with him.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 15, 2024 08:26 AM (Q0kLU)

And a leftist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2024 09:29 AM (d9fT1)

380 Did Pisstorious become a Gay Blade in prison?

Posted by: NTTAWWT at May 15, 2024 09:29 AM (V5BDR)

381 Joe challenges Trump to debate? It's an op.

Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2024 09:30 AM (5fDan)

382 Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad.

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Where's Sgt. Friday now that we need him?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 15, 2024 09:30 AM (L/fGl)

383 Lots of people die doing this - cutting live wires is dangerous - but hey, free money.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM (d04cU)

Why do we never hear of scrappers getting shut down? Who in the bureaucracy is benefitting from this? Because if you fill out FFL paperwork with one tiny thing out of place, the ATF breaks down your door before dawn and shoots your dog before riddling you with bullets.

Posted by: pookysgirl, always asking cui bono at May 15, 2024 09:30 AM (dtlDP)

384 ART CRITICS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2024 09:30 AM (MRnSs)

385 Oh, come now. Let's not bicker and argue about 'oo tried to assassinate 'oo...

Posted by: Monty Python at May 15, 2024 09:31 AM (dg+HA)

386 Where's Sgt. Friday now that we need him?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 15, 2024 09:30 AM (L/fGl)

Just the facts Ma'am

Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 09:31 AM (Akjoo)

387 Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad.

Video: https://bit.ly/3V1W2tB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 15, 2024 09:22 AM (P5BPp)
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Remember the Onion (back when it was funny) published the classic story of McCain and Biden raiding construction stes to steal copper? This reminded me of that story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:31 AM (+D2aa)

388 56 percent of Africa’s millionaires and over 90 percent of its billionaires lived in just five countries in 2023 - South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco, according to The Africa Wealth Report 2024 published by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. There were 135,200 people who owned wealth of 1 million U.S. dollars or more living in the continent that year, as well as 342 centi-millionaires worth $100 million or more and 21 billionaires.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

389 Noodus gratia Artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 09:31 AM (tA1+m)

390 Why do we never hear of scrappers getting shut down? Who in the bureaucracy is benefitting from this? Because if you fill out FFL paperwork with one tiny thing out of place, the ATF breaks down your door before dawn and shoots your dog before riddling you with bullets.
Posted by: pookysgirl, always asking cui bono at May 15, 2024 09:30 AM (dtlDP)
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In South Africa, the scrappers usually have an ANC affiliate on staff and money flows into the Party coffers. The scrappers pay the Party its vig. It's straightforward gangsterism.

Probably the same in California.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:32 AM (d04cU)

391 Apple’s "Crushing" of the Good and Beautiful is Step One in Demanding Our Compliance
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That ad made me wonder, once again, what goes in the minds of those running companies. They thought it a good idea.

????

Why does stupid rise to the top in America today?

Posted by: Eeyore at May 15, 2024 09:32 AM (1bNHn)

392
"Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad."


And selling them for scrap. Which is like recycling. Totally green so they are helping save the planet. They are heroes.
Posted by: Ripley

Just keeping the

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2024 09:32 AM (4dfRF)

393 Well I see the stock market loves them some Bidenomics !

Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2024 09:32 AM (Akjoo)

394 Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad.

.. in my local community, we had a homeless man try to cut copper wire out of a "live" transformer. He won't be doing that ever again .. or anything else.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

395 Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad.

Video: https://bit.ly/3V1W2tB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 15, 2024 09:22 AM (P5BPp)


But charging points at parking spots along city streets and in parking garages will be totes safe, right?

Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2024 09:33 AM (5fDan)

396 At least they are cutting live main distribution lines to steal the copper yet, or striking occupied houses to get it.

Both are coming. South Africa is our future, and its power infrastructure is crumbling both because they can't keep generation online effectively *and* because roving gangs keep ripping up distribution infrastructure to sell the copper. Dig a trench, cut the line, steal a few yards of it, sell it to the scrapper. Lots of people die doing this - cutting live wires is dangerous - but hey, free money.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:25 AM

I can feel it coming back again
Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind
Forces pulling from the center of the earth again
I can feel it

Posted by: Live - Throwing Copper - 1994 at May 15, 2024 09:34 AM (P5BPp)

397
"Bay Area Thieves have begun cutting Tesla cables at their charging stations for the copper inside of them. California is going mad."

And selling them for scrap. Which is like recycling. Totally green so they are helping save the planet. They are heroes.
Posted by: Ripley

Just keeping the highways and byways of the Bay Area free from EV road guano formed after they catch fire!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2024 09:34 AM (4dfRF)

398 In South Africa, the scrappers usually have an ANC affiliate on staff and money flows into the Party coffers. The scrappers pay the Party its vig. It's straightforward gangsterism.

Probably the same in California.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 09:32 AM (d04cU)

Pretty much what I figured. California is insane about regulations unless you're not a citizen.

Posted by: pookysgirl, always asking cui bono at May 15, 2024 09:35 AM (dtlDP)

399 After a fourth straight month of hotter than expected PPI, analysts' expectations for CPI were tightly ranged around 0.3-0.4% MoM and printed +0.3% MoM (slightly below the 0.4% expected). The YoY headline CPI fell to +3.4% as expected from +3.5% prior

The cure to inflation is to stop counting the things increasing in price.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 15, 2024 09:35 AM (P9xGM)

400 But charging points at parking spots along city streets and in parking garages will be totes safe, right?

Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2024 09:33 AM

Also, does this also mean that people with home chargers will be at risk for thieves wanting to take their copper?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 15, 2024 09:35 AM (P5BPp)

401 hahaha

It's not often you get to post on-topic with one of the greatest choruses ever included in a song:

Tom Russell - Stealing Electricity


youtube.com/watch?v=2OciCzKgGY0

"His heart went
bah da bah da
bah da bah da
bah da bah da ..."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't be too sad, Steve Buscemi donated his acting talent to elect Biden at May 15, 2024 09:37 AM (f6xX0)

402 VDH has been writing about copper theft in rural California for years.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 15, 2024 09:37 AM (+xYe0)

403 Slovakia’s Populist Prime Minister Robert Fico Has Been Shot

Has been outspoken against deepening Western involvement in the Ukraine war

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:37 AM (RHGPo)

404 Rail Union Warns German Train System Turning Into "Battleground" Thanks To Male Migrants

Wave of violent attacks targeting female staff

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:39 AM (RHGPo)

405 Say something negative about Italy and 5th generation American Italians will get upset. Same with Irish, Polish, you name it.
But take an anti-Israel pro-Hamas stance and 80% of Jews will nod in agreement,
I honestly don’t get it.
Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (tpjlM)

Gas Pump Guy was in Italy.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 15, 2024 09:40 AM (IebSC)

406 Biden only managed 70.5% of the Democrat primary vote in WV.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2024 09:41 AM (RHGPo)

407 But ALL of those voters will come home to vote for Biden. Trump's enormous unpopularity will be the deciding issue, along with Abortion, Abortion and Abortion. That is their belief. So, they think the polls will change, and Biden will win.

They could be right, as insane and incredible as it may seem to rational people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2024 09:19 AM (+D2aa)

Biden's got MA in the bag, I can tell you that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 15, 2024 09:42 AM (Q0kLU)

408
... in my local community, we had a homeless man try to cut copper wire out of a "live" transformer. He won't be doing that ever again .. or anything else.
Posted by: SMOD

Imagine his surprise when he entered the afterlife with all the electrocuted squirrels who had run afoul of power transformers.

"Brother!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2024 09:42 AM (4dfRF)

409 Say something negative about Italy and 5th generation American Italians will get upset. Same with Irish, Polish, you name it.

But take an anti-Israel pro-Hamas stance and 80% of Jews will nod in agreement,

I honestly don’t get it.
Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 09:16 AM (tpjlM)
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Now do progressive Christians.

We're still occupying your brain rent free 24 by 7!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2024 09:46 AM (2KeGl)

410
I know all about Catholic Charities and them assisting 'refugees' and I condemn them but HIAS - Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society? Something really wrong there.

Like selling the rope to someone who wants to hang you level wrong.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 09:51 AM (RKVpM)

411 The full story of Jane Fonda is actually FAR WORSE than what you posted.

While yes, the picture is the famous part, what else she did on the trip should have earned her a military firing squad.

She was actually GIVEN A TOUR of the Hanoi Hilton, where they tortured and threatened the prisoners to pretend that everything was fine.

One of them passded herd a note with a list of the prisoners there, so she could let their families know she was alive.

She immediately turned around and HANDED THE NOTE TO THE GUARDS, who tortured and beat the one who handed her the note.

She's far worse than a traitor, and I hope with every fiber of my being that she burns in Hell for eternity and then gets reincarnated as one of those worms that lives in feces.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at May 15, 2024 09:59 AM (setIA)

412 I know all about Catholic Charities and them assisting 'refugees' and I condemn them but HIAS - Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society? Something really wrong there.

Like selling the rope to someone who wants to hang you level wrong.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 09:51 AM (RKVpM)
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They've all been taken over, just like the media and education.

I remember HIAS from back in the 70s when they were a well reputed do-good organization.

Anyone still remember the ADL before Abe Foxman? Yeh, that's how far back we have to go.

Just look at the Boy Scouts. And I seem to recall similar stories about the Salvation Army.

The rot is everywhere.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2024 10:06 AM (2KeGl)

413 She's far worse than a traitor, and I hope with every fiber of my being that she burns in Hell for eternity and then gets reincarnated as one of those worms that lives in feces.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at May 15, 2024 09:59 AM (setIA)
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Why so generous?

https://youtu.be/pEHgb0n7TFw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2024 10:09 AM (2KeGl)

414
I remember HIAS from back in the 70s when they were a well reputed do-good organization.


Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2024 10:06 AM

I forget the exact time frame and numbers but say from the end of WWII to the 1990's they were involved in 150,000 refugee placements. It's now up to over a million and a half. They're down in the Darien Gap area assisting people from all over the world (most if not all un-vetted) get to the USA. Some very bad people who would like nothing better then to kill off the Saturday and Sunday people.

Yes, it's a rot of formerly solid institutions with a valid purpose - if they were doing the homework. Now it just seems the allure of being an NGO and receiving money for the largest influx possible is the purpose.

I have extended family members who had to bribe their way out of Germany when they saw the writing on the wall. People truly in need, who would have died if they had remained. I don't think HIAS helping gang members from South and Central America, or from the Middle East, or China is anywhere close to the same scenario.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 10:21 AM (RKVpM)

415
Hopefully, if Trump gets elected the money flow to these NGO's gets set to zero. There are a backlog of refugee court cases scheduled into the year 2028 last time I read.

Settle every one of them first, then we'll talk.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 10:28 AM (RKVpM)

416 JJ avoided Vietnam. Just like his Messiah Trump

Posted by: Paul banned at May 15, 2024 11:01 AM (EJls0)

417 Awesome that Blinkin performed "Rockin In the Free World" in Kiev, cuz the song is about all of America's blunders.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 15, 2024 11:26 AM (qxzgX)

418 416 JJ avoided Vietnam. Just like his Messiah Trump
Posted by: Paul banned at May 15, 2024 11:01 AM (EJls0)

Desperate critique, Paul. What's your military service record?

And your Messiahs:
>Army Times, Commentary, Dodging and deferring: Trump wasn't the only POTUS to avoid the draft by Lawrence J. Korb, Jan. 21, 2021

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 15, 2024 11:29 AM (NFX2v)

419 The democrat party is a gang of terrorist criminals. Of this there is no doubt.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at May 15, 2024 11:30 AM (17s+e)

420 I’m told constantly about how horrible self-checkout is, how people need to be paid by the grocery store for doing their jobs, etc etc etc. And now there is bitching over CA wanting to end the practice?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 15, 2024 11:33 AM (84PaW)

421 416: my father was AD and was never sent though the war encompassed his career. Your point?

Besides, don’t you hate the military anyway?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 15, 2024 11:35 AM (84PaW)

422 The UCMJ does not apply to civilians. (Which is why I am irked by cops referring to non-cops as “civilians”. Cops aren’t under the UCMJ either, unless they are NG/Reserve.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 15, 2024 11:37 AM (84PaW)

423 >US Department of State website - Home Israel-Hamas Conflict: Latest Updates
Help for U.S. Citizens: Check the latest information for U.S. citizens in the Middle East
How to Help: Visit USAID’s website for more information on donating and volunteering.
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>Israel Defense Forces @IDF
Caught on 📸: Terrorists roaming and shooting at an
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>CNBC - Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say
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How about that?

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 15, 2024 11:43 AM (NFX2v)

424
JJ avoided Vietnam.

Posted by: Paul banned at May 15, 2024

JJ is younger then me. My year of eligibility no one was drafted. It was over.

But you already know that you dumb shit. Buy a house lately?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 15, 2024 12:03 PM (RKVpM)

425 Poor Chuck Schuldiner doesn't deserve that photoshop, not least because he seemed to be a decent enough guy but perhaps mostly because he was Jewish:/

Posted by: stv at May 15, 2024 12:47 PM (vmHhd)

426 So if some imperial UN/CFR aprooved judge wont allow the 2nd Amendment its to to retire the Judge perminmatly to a Mental Institution for the crinimally irrsponsible

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