The Morning Report: 10% Of What Sefton Does Edition (7/23/2019)

Not quite the breaking news that you have come to expect with Sefton Inc., but here are some links that are topical and interesting.

We start off with a typical, deeply dishonest piece from The Daily Beast, or rather the Breitbart fisking of it, because I'm not going to subject you to their drek. They savaged Mariano Rivera, a genuinely good person who happens to be pro-Israel and conservative, so of course he should be destroyed! Then some behind-the-scenes stuff about the current mess at the NRA. I am getting more and more disgusted, and might just give all of my gun-advocacy money to GOA. And what's up with the staying power of the lunatics who think that the moon landing was staged?

Then onto a brutally honest and very, very un-PC analysis of where population trends in Africa are taking us. And from a blog I haven't read in awhile, a short economics lesson on why slavery was a dumb idea. Speaking of slave behavior, the next article points out that Democrats in NYC will vote for anyone who claims the mantle of poverty and minority status...even if she is a rich girl with a trust fund!

Then some depressing but unsurprising news about the State Department and its deeply embedded (like a tick) deep state scum. And what day isn't complete without a discussion of dudes who weren't good enough athletes to beat other men, so they pretend to be chicks, and VICTORY! And speaking of scams, here is Barbara Ehrenreich and her scathing criticism of the "Wellness Industry." It's interesting, but there is an undertone in her that smacks of lunatic. For a bit of a change, a short exegesis on Job:37!

On to an interesting explanation of why many American Jews are ambivalent (at best) about Israel, then an Israeli security analyst's unconventional take on Iran. I think he's partially correct, but I wouldn't bet the house on Iran being a sane actor.

We finish up with an interesting counterpoint to the drumbeat from the usual suspects that most people in American prisons don't really belong there, and a cool list and short description (with pictures!) of the IDF's top 10 innovations.

Posted by: CBD at 07:00 AM

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1 Yup.

Posted by: stourma at July 23, 2019 07:04 AM (WGcw3)

2 Nice

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:04 AM (cqNba)

3 Was there ever any confirmation about the death of Erdogan?

Posted by: stourma at July 23, 2019 07:05 AM (Mv/2X)

4 good morning folks

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 07:06 AM (JFO2v)

5 "Was there ever any confirmation about the death of Erdogan?"

Only the good die young.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:07 AM (cqNba)

6 Good Morning Morons.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:08 AM (mpXpK)

7 Why do we never see "far left"?

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:09 AM (mpXpK)

8 "And what's up with the staying power of the lunatics who think that the moon landing was staged?"

I don't know but it pisses me off. I don't usually care about conspiracy theories but this one is just too stupid and also denigrates the talent and dedication of all those engineers and tech people and astronauts.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:10 AM (H8QX8)

9 Good morning.

Morons.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:10 AM (tH5fk)

10 g'morning ya'll

Posted by: one of the quite ones at July 23, 2019 07:10 AM (2GPSc)

11 Top 10 even.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:10 AM (tH5fk)

12 Everyone who doesn't tinkle sitting down, as I do, is a savage simian halfwit who is destroying the earth.

Posted by: Entire staff of The Daily Beast at July 23, 2019 07:11 AM (oS0xz)

13 Slavery Made the US Less Prosperous, Not More So

This guy is FOS.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:11 AM (mpXpK)

14 Boris Johnson UK's new PM.

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:12 AM (cF8AT)

15 The State Department has always been full of far left commies regardless of who is President.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:12 AM (mpXpK)

16 I can neither confirm nor deny the death of Erdogan.

Or Rosencrantz neither.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:12 AM (tH5fk)

17 This guy is FOS.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:11 AM (mpXpK)

Try reading it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2019 07:13 AM (wYseH)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2019 07:13 AM (arJlL)

19 Boris gets a haircut day and shags some bint good times.

Posted by: saf at July 23, 2019 07:14 AM (5IHGB)

20 After years of litigation, the U.S. Justice Department won a ruling in Austria to secure [Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry] Firtash's extradition to Chicago. But then his legal team secretly filed new evidence that included the [Andrew] Weissmann overture, and Austrian officials suddenly reversed course last week and ordered a new, lengthy delay in extradition.

It appears that two months into the investigation, before all the staff had been hired and cleared, Andrew Weissmann was throwing the "Hail Mary" of all "Hail Mary"-s because there was nothing

Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2019 07:15 AM (e8kgV)

21 I read all of it, he is still FOS.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:16 AM (mpXpK)

22 Thin but early.

Posted by: IanDeal at July 23, 2019 07:16 AM (vgGyZ)

23 Here's them announcing the election results. Boris takes over tomorrow...they don't waste any time...

@CBSNews

BREAKING: Boris Johnson elected new British prime minister. He will take over for outgoing prime minister Theresa May tomorrow

https://tinyurl.com/yytbes33

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:19 AM (cF8AT)

24 10% of good morning, Horde!

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at July 23, 2019 07:19 AM (81OU+)

25 Slavery did not make the US as a whole more wealthy but it did make States like VA more wealthy.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:19 AM (mpXpK)

26 It appears that two months into the investigation, before all the staff had been hired and cleared, Andrew Weissmann was throwing the "Hail Mary" of all "Hail Mary"-s because there was nothing

And in the meantime, he continued to log billable hours.

You would think that there would be some ethics investigation, perhaps an audit, maybe lose his license to practice due to fraud.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:20 AM (A7Sfu)

27 Only the good die young.

That's one of the dumbest fucking things I hear and see otherwise somewhat intelligent people say, all because of a dipshit Billy Joel song.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 07:20 AM (y7DUB)

28 27 That's one of the dumbest fucking things I hear and
see otherwise somewhat intelligent people say, all because of a dipshit
Billy Joel song.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 07:20 AM (y7DUB)

That saying was around long before Billy Joel.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:22 AM (mpXpK)

29 Is Boris Johnson the British equivalent of a RINO?

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (H8QX8)

30 Good morning!

You know that bombshell article on Ilhan Omar last week? The MSM and Omar's people are now hunting down the source(s) in the MN Somali community and openly threatening them.

These scum are no longer journalists when they specialize in intimidation tactics such as doxing online people like Carpe Donktum (gee, he makes memes - burn the witch!) and hunting down other reporters' sources on behalf of those who want to physically harm them.

**Keep this in mind when Omar and the squad whine about their safety**

https://tinyurl.com/y43lqkmp

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (bDqIh)

31 Mornin' Horde. Do femynyst conspiracy folks think the moon landings should be re-faked with an all female cast?

Posted by: Brother Cavil at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (lLeln)

32

Liberal nightmare: Takeover of federal judiciary by "larval Scalias is devastatingly close to completion"

...Just this week, the Third Circuit "flipped" to majority Republican-appointees, the Second Circuit is on the brink of flipping, and several other evenly split Circuits are likely to go Republican.

By the numbers overall (including Phipps), Trump has nominated and had confirmed:

Supreme Court: 2
Courts of Appeals: 43
District/Specialty Courts: 85
...

Charles Pierce at Esquire understands what is happening, and he is fuming. Pierce writes about how The Conservative Effort to Salt the Judiciary With Larval Scalias Is Close to Complete:

While everyone was looking elsewhere, and wondering about their immigration status in the lands of their ancestors, the administration* and Mitch McConnell had their white-guys judicial assembly line humming....

The conservative effort to salt the federal judiciary with larval Scalias is devastatingly close to completion. Make no mistake, This would have happened if any of the Republican candidates had been elected in 2016. It may be the only thing keeping a lot of Republicans on the Trump Train. You are going to be hearing from both these guys long after the president* is spinning on a spit in hell. Depend on that.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (vEIlU)

33 Slavery did not make the US as a whole more wealthy but it did make States like VA more wealthy.

Vic, I know you aren't a Communist, but the phrasing of that statement makes it appear that everyone is the property the State and thus produces wealth for the State.

Slavery didn't make a "State" wealthy, it produced wealth for the slave's owners. What all of those individual plantation owners did with their wealth is another matter.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (A7Sfu)

34 Only the good die young.

That's one of the dumbest fucking things I hear and see otherwise somewhat intelligent people say, all because of a dipshit Billy Joel song.
Posted by: Captain Hate

Look at the bright side, Captain, at least he didn't name it "Only the Good die Young without a Cuppa Cawfee"

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2019 07:24 AM (arJlL)

35 Thanks for the link to stirfrylaura - she is wonderful and this Job series is really special.

Posted by: rammajamma at July 23, 2019 07:25 AM (xceTB)

36 "Charles Pierce at Esquire understands what is happening, and he is fuming. "

I'm delighted to hear it.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:25 AM (H8QX8)

37 ON REGULATION, TRUMP EXCEEDS HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES
Candidate Donald Trump famously promised to get rid of two federal regulations for every new one. With 2 1/2 years in office under his belt, he has vastly exceeded that standard. Paul Bedard reports:
...
"We've hit 13 to 1," he told a Heritage Foundation conference on federalism. And cutting so many regulations, he added, has saved taxpayers $33 billion.

My guess is that number is low.

Departments and agencies including the departments of Labor, Education, Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency have led the war on regulations, according to federal reports.

powerlineblog.com

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:26 AM (vEIlU)

38 "larval Scalias"????

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (bDqIh)

39 the administration* and Mitch McConnell had their white-guys judicial assembly line humming....

Every single thought that proceeds from their minds revolves around segregating people into arbitrary groups and then complaining because the recipe isn't to their unstated proportions.

In other words, all they can do is complain about everything and see everything in terms of ethnicity.

They argue loudly against "Diversity Is Our Strength".

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (A7Sfu)

40 @realDonaldTrump

Newest Poll: Only 11% in favor of starting ridiculous impeachment hearings. Well, let's see: We have the Best Economy in History, the Best Employment Numbers in History, Most People Working in History, Highest Stock Market in History, Biggest Tax and Regulation Cuts in History,..

Best and Newest Military (almost totally rebuilt from the depleted military I took over) in History, Best V.A. in History (Choice), and MUCH, MUCH MORE. Gee, let's impeach the President. The "Squad" (AOC Plus 3) and other Dems suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Crazy!

LOL! AOC plus 3.

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (cF8AT)

41
Marino Rivera was so dominant in his career, he is the FIRST MLB player to get 100% of the vote in his first ballot. And he is well known for his volunteer works.

Not even Babe Ruth or Ken Griffey Jr got 100%.

And the left wants to smear him.

The Left is evil. Not just bad, but evil.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (sy5kK)

42 Slavery didn't make a "State" wealthy, it produced
wealth for the slave's owners. What all of those individual plantation
owners did with their wealth is another matter.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (A7Sfu)

If the plantation owners became more wealthy then obviously the State became more wealthy. And from what I have read the plantation owners spent most of their
wealth acquiring things and entertaining.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:28 AM (mpXpK)

43 38 "larval Scalias"????

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (bDqIh)

Baby Scalias?

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:28 AM (cF8AT)

44 These scum are no longer journalists when they specialize in intimidation tactics
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (bDqIh)

The tassel-loafered and high-heeled division of the brown shirts.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:28 AM (H8QX8)

45 Departments and agencies including the departments of Labor, Education, Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency have led the war on regulations, according to federal reports.

Perry and his Department of Energy need to step up their game. Rick was the one campaigning on restoration of the 10th Amendment.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:29 AM (A7Sfu)

46 BREAKING: Boris Johnson elected new British prime minister. He will take over for outgoing prime minister Theresa May tomorrow

https://tinyurl.com/yytbes33
Posted by: Tami

Is this good or bad?

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:29 AM (tH5fk)

47 Morning Horde!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2019 07:29 AM (Z/1Kk)

48 "larval Scalias"????

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (bDqIh)

Baby Scalias?
Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:28 AM (cF8AT)

I'll take either.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:29 AM (vEIlU)

49 These scum are no longer journalists when they specialize in intimidation tactics
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (bDqIh)

the daily beast says it all

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:30 AM (vEIlU)

50 >>"We've hit 13 to 1," he told a Heritage Foundation conference on federalism. And cutting so many regulations, he added, has saved taxpayers $33 billion.

Now let's start cutting federal staffing at that rate!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:30 AM (bDqIh)

51 I wish I could have a budget that allows me to spend more than I have, year after year.

Posted by: freaked at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (Tnijr)

52 That saying was around long before Billy Joel.
Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:22 AM (mpXpK)

Yes, it was cribbed from something Herodotus wrote, the same man who said gold was mined in India by giant ants. It's still a dumbfuck thing to say, although if someone quoted it in Ionian I wouldn't be as dismissive.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (y7DUB)

53 If the plantation owners became more wealthy then obviously the State became more wealthy.

I Apologize for the error. You are a communist that believes that The State is the ultimate possessor of all wealth.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (A7Sfu)

54 Is this good or bad?

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:29 AM (tH5fk)

On the surface, I'd say good...he's very pro Brexit. But time will tell I suppose.

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (cF8AT)

55 Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:10 AM (H8QX

The 9/11 conspiracies piss me off more than anything. I seriously want to beat those dolts over the head with a shovel.

Somebody need more coffee? less coffee? It's a good day. You woke up.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (dUJdY)

56 But that wouldn't really be a budget, would it?

Posted by: freaked at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (Tnijr)

57 Marino Rivera was so dominant in his career, he is the FIRST MLB player to get 100% of the vote in his first ballot. And he is well known for his volunteer works.

Not even Babe Ruth or Ken Griffey Jr got 100%.

And the left wants to smear him.

He puts maple syrup on his french toast.

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2019 07:32 AM (arJlL)

58 Good morning everyone. These state department lefties need a correction event. Hopefully Trump can sack them all and get Soros out of his foreign policy.

Posted by: BifBewalskiBot at July 23, 2019 07:32 AM (VcFUs)

59 Yeah, just marveling that someone would call Scalia's children "larval" as if they were bugs.
In what publication was this dehumanizing language?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:32 AM (bDqIh)

60 Is this good or bad?

idk.. he reminds me of the town drunk. But just saw his speech on Fox. Maybe a british Trump?

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 23, 2019 07:32 AM (dUJdY)

61 "He puts maple syrup on his french toast."

But, does he float?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:32 AM (cqNba)

62 On the surface, I'd say good...he's very pro Brexit. But time will tell I suppose.
Posted by: Tami

Anything anti global is a net positive I always say.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:33 AM (tH5fk)

63 53 I Apologize for the error. You are a communist that believes that The State is the ultimate possessor of all wealth.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:31 AM (A7Sfu)

The State is made up of all the people living in the State. You have it backwards.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:33 AM (mpXpK)

64 Only the good die young.

That's one of the dumbest fucking things I hear and see otherwise somewhat intelligent people say, all because of a dipshit Billy Joel song.
Posted by: Captain Hate

Also: "he/she/xhe died doing what he/she/xhe loved" (particularly popular with millennials, when speaking of death of high risk takers)

Posted by: one of the quite ones at July 23, 2019 07:33 AM (2GPSc)

65 He puts maple syrup on his french toast.
Posted by: JT

That sounds so f'ing good right now.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:34 AM (tH5fk)

66 this Job series is really special.

Posted by: rammajamma at July 23, 2019 07:25 AM (xceTB)

It's fascinating and different. Fun to read!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2019 07:34 AM (wYseH)

67 It is very unlikely the African continent can support a population of 4 billion - an interesting academic construct but it would require a complete realignment of how that place works, and it is likely that similar success to the farm immigrants in the south, even if they were related wouldn't share the same fate.

Posted by: rammajamma at July 23, 2019 07:34 AM (xceTB)

68 38 "larval Scalias"????

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (bDqIh)

Baby Scalias?
__________________

Most people like babies (the ghouls at PP excepted). Larvae conjures up an image of squirming maggots, so the left went with that to describe the young Scalias, because the left despises them and wants everybody else to despise them too.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 23, 2019 07:34 AM (k4dH2)

69 67 were repeated

Posted by: rammajamma at July 23, 2019 07:35 AM (xceTB)

70 G'mornin' Horde !

Nice work, CBD !
JJS started out small, too ... still the best source for real news anywhere.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they are gaslighting us 24/365 at July 23, 2019 07:35 AM (pbg54)

71 The fresh hell is pithy and manageable this morning.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 23, 2019 07:35 AM (yQpMk)

72 Stale hell sucks too.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:36 AM (tH5fk)

73 The 9/11 conspiracies piss me off more than anything. I seriously want to beat those dolts over the head with a shovel.

Posted by: Jewells45

----

With a shovel made of steel that couldn't possibly been molded and formed while soft and pliable when heated to almost it's melting point by FIRE?

Umpossible! LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2019 07:36 AM (Z/1Kk)

74 I had read that Job is, chronologically, the oldest book of the bible.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 23, 2019 07:38 AM (yQpMk)

75 In the 1820's, Virginia (as a group of business ventures) neared bankruptcy because it had bet on the older forms of slave usage, and failed to take advantage of the cotton boom that kept slavery solvent in other states. So-called free labor was not magic. Economics still ruled what became of ventures, even when the workers were not paid. In the somewhat longer run, Virginia did not gain wealth from slavery, because they weren't making money (or, enough money) from the slaves' labor.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 23, 2019 07:38 AM (8ZmvG)

76 Only the good die you is from Herodotus, so a touch before Mr. Joel. Whom the gods love, dies young.

Posted by: rammajamma at July 23, 2019 07:38 AM (xceTB)

77 Look at the bright side, Captain, at least he didn't name it "Only the Good die Young without a Cuppa Cawfee"
Posted by: JT at July 23, 2019 07:24 AM (arJlL)

Herodotus knew not to go there.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 07:39 AM (y7DUB)

78 Yeah, just marveling that someone would call Scalia's children "larval" as if they were bugs.
In what publication was this dehumanizing language?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:32 AM (bDqIh)

esquire

https://tinyurl.com/y3lyr5ez legal insurrection

esquire piece

https://tinyurl.com/yxuyjp86

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:39 AM (vEIlU)

79 >>idk.. he reminds me of the town drunk. But just saw his speech on Fox. Maybe a british Trump?

He refused to meet with Trump during Trump's state visit a few months ago, and it appears he was part of the coup attempt. the MI6/Steele part (I forget the details - let me see if I can find it). Jack Straw would know

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:39 AM (bDqIh)

80 With a shovel made of steel that couldn't possibly been molded and formed while soft and pliable when heated to almost it's melting point by FIRE?

Yeah, that fat bitch would be my first victim.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 23, 2019 07:40 AM (dUJdY)

81 26 It appears that two months into the investigation, before all the staff had been hired and cleared, Andrew Weissmann was throwing the "Hail Mary" of all "Hail Mary"-s because there was nothing

And in the meantime, he continued to log billable hours.

You would think that there would be some ethics investigation, perhaps an audit, maybe lose his license to practice due to fraud.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at July 23, 2019 07:20 AM (A7Sfu)

Hence the second letter on Aug 2nd. It eliminated the scope of the investigation.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 07:40 AM (JFO2v)

82 Ahhh thank you Lizzy. I admit I have no idea. I pay very little attention to British politics.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 23, 2019 07:41 AM (dUJdY)

83
Most people like babies (the ghouls at PP excepted). Larvae conjures up an image of squirming maggots, so the left went with that to describe the young Scalias, because the left despises them and wants everybody else to despise them too.

--

Exactly correct. It was meant as the most insulting slur this POS could think up. It emphasizes the simmering hatred in his brain. And he's trying to create a disgusting imagery to stoke dopes and dupes and anybody else he can get to listen. Subliminal, if you will. Hope he's as miserable in his daily life as I think...x100.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 23, 2019 07:41 AM (JoUsr)

84 Surprise twist in the Epstein court documents unsealing:

@Cernovich

In a next-level scum bag move, it appears that @AlanDersh is working with accused pedophile madam Ghislaine Maxwell to keep the records in my and the Miami Herald's lawsuit sealed.

https://bit.ly/2Oc73rS
- - - -

Wow, Dershowitz, what don't you want seen?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:42 AM (bDqIh)

85 Surprise twist in the Epstein court documents unsealing:

@Cernovich

In a next-level scum bag move, it appears that @AlanDersh is working with accused pedophile madam Ghislaine Maxwell to keep the records in my and the Miami Herald's lawsuit sealed.

https://bit.ly/2Oc73rS
- - - -

Wow, Dershowitz, what don't you want seen?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:42 AM (bDqIh)

He'll go down with the ship protecting the Clinton's. He must owe them something big time. Or they have something on him too.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:43 AM (vEIlU)

86 British politics is like a Katherine Heigl movie.

Horrible.

Posted by: eleven at July 23, 2019 07:43 AM (tH5fk)

87 Carl Jung went down to the salon to get his hair colored. Having heard that some stylists were using inferior products, upon entering he inquired as to the quality of the products used in that establishment.

"Don't worry," he was assured, "we use only the good dyes, Jung."

Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 23, 2019 07:44 AM (O8WFE)

88 41
Marino Rivera was so dominant in his career, he is the FIRST MLB player to get 100% of the vote in his first ballot. And he is well known for his volunteer works.

Not even Babe Ruth or Ken Griffey Jr got 100%.

And the left wants to smear him.

The Left is evil. Not just bad, but evil.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (sy5kK)

That has always been a problem for sinners. Not their sin, but someone that just by believing that all have fallen short and need the Grace.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 07:44 AM (JFO2v)

89 "The good die young?" Yeah I heard that the day JFK is shot and killed in Dallas. Stupid neighbor said it.

Posted by: JAS at July 23, 2019 07:45 AM (I5SAg)

90 "Maybe a british Trump?"

No such animal.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:45 AM (H8QX8)

91 Morning all

To tired and sick of my jewish brethren to discuss why they vote and act like they do.

I will defend any Jew and any American to my last dying breath but that does mean I have to like them.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 07:46 AM (p0A33)

92 Is this why Pence cancelled his NH tri a few weeks ago?

https://tinyurl.com/yxfuwe8m

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:46 AM (bDqIh)

93

ace gets a mention at woodpilereport.com today.

It was from last week when he was whipping the crap out of the cuck sellouts.

"Whenever the left declares that something is now beyond debate and an absolute prerequisite for acceptance as a tolerated member of the Kept Right, the Kept Right kicks up a slight bit of sulkiness at first, but in six months to two years, they are zealously urging the deplatforming of anyone who ignores the Time-Tested Conservative Principles."

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/382362.php

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 23, 2019 07:46 AM (sy5kK)

94 67 It is very unlikely the African continent can support a population of 4 billion - an interesting academic construct but it would require a complete realignment of how that place works, and it is likely that similar success to the farm immigrants in the south, even if they were related wouldn't share the same fate.
Posted by: rammajamma at July 23, 2019 07:34 AM (xceTB)

That which cannot continue...

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 07:47 AM (JFO2v)

95 Surprise twist in the Epstein court documents unsealing:

@Cernovich

In a next-level scum bag move, it appears that @AlanDersh is working with accused pedophile madam Ghislaine Maxwell to keep the records in my and the Miami Herald's lawsuit sealed.

https://bit.ly/2Oc73rS
- - - -

Wow, Dershowitz, what don't you want seen?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:42 AM (bDqIh)

He'll go down with the ship protecting the Clinton's. He must owe them something big time. Or they have something on him too.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 07:43 AM (vEIlU)

I would doubt that report, Dershowitz has been fighting to release all the documents?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 07:47 AM (p0A33)

96 Ol' Yeller was apoplectic at the cash explosion the Turtle passed yesterday, claiming the GOP no longer stands for fiscal sanity. The marginalization of the Tea Party after they helped them gain control of the House in 2010, particularly by that budgeting "expert" Paul Ryan, was the first hint that the expansion of the state overruled all.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 07:48 AM (y7DUB)

97 I had to explain to my 18 year old that moving from slave to serf to Yeoman is what is before him. I noted that everyone has to do this. A slave is a person that cannot order himself, his finances and his emotions. If this doesn't change he will find a new slave master who will do it for him. A serf is a person who works someone else's capital for the right to keep a portion of the profits. A Yeoman is a person that can order his own life, the lives of others, and has achieved skills and capital to leverage and employ.

The idea that we don't have slavery is simply a stupid, crazy Quaker, nonsense. Today's slaves are useless and a cost burden to serfs and Yeomen who have been dragooned into feeding, clothing, housing and educating them (good luck on that one). This extra burden we put on our young to pretend to have outlawed slavery is one of the reasons our young cannot marry and have children in their 20s. Our system, as currently configured, is about feeding on the young (cuz they're stupid) to feed provide easy profits to aristocrats who protect themselves using the worthless slaves as their foil and weapon.

I am so tired of listening to empty virtue signaling regarding slavery. Slavery has been with us throughout the existence of man. Its an economic class, that is being subsidized by those carrying the load. Slavery in a hammock is a really bad bowl Kim Chi.

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 07:50 AM (2LelM)

98 @RodRosenstein
Replying to @eyokley @Scaramucci and rebeccarnelson

"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden." - Phaedrus (Plato)

This was in response to a linked article on WaPo about Anthony Scaramucci's 11 days in the WH. (Can't link the article...behind a paywall.)

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:51 AM (cF8AT)

99 You are going to be hearing from both these guys long after the president* is spinning on a spit in hell. Depend on that.
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LOL, also GF.
He still lives rent-free in their heads, deviously executing his evil plans with every breath...

Mornin' 'rons.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs, still needs a new Nic! at July 23, 2019 07:52 AM (6b6MO)

100 With regard to the moon landing hoax, someone linked this video over the weekend. I've seen it before. A filmmaker explains in detail why it was impossible to fake the moon landings using 1960s film and video technology. This is a good one to send to any doubters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loUDS4c3Cs

Then of course there's the classic joke: NASA hired Kubrick to fake the moon landing, but he was such a perfectionist he made them film it on location.

Posted by: rickl at July 23, 2019 07:54 AM (sdi6R)

101 97 Puddin

If you are standing by the road waiting on that next Big Govt check you are a slave. Does not matter if you 65 or 15.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 07:55 AM (JFO2v)

102 100 With regard to the moon landing hoax, someone linked this video over the weekend. I've seen it before. A filmmaker explains in detail why it was impossible to fake the moon landings using 1960s film and video technology. This is a good one to send to any doubters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loUDS4c3Cs

Then of course there's the classic joke: NASA hired Kubrick to fake the moon landing, but he was such a perfectionist he made them film it on location.
Posted by: rickl at July 23, 2019 07:54 AM (sdi6R)

There are pic of them hauling pieces of an AA 767 out of the Pentagon and people believe it was a missle. You cannot fix stupid.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 07:57 AM (JFO2v)

103 I am so tired of listening to empty virtue signaling regarding slavery.

Brazil was the last western country to outlaw slavery; why aren't they a pariah state to the SJWs? Likewise it's currently being practiced in the shithole known as Sudan. Where's the fucking outrage?

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 07:58 AM (y7DUB)

104 "You cannot fix stupid."

Sure you can.

Posted by: Darwin at July 23, 2019 07:59 AM (cqNba)

105 >>I would doubt that report, Dershowitz has been fighting to release all the documents?

Nope.
Mike Cernovich initialed the lawsuit to have the court docs unsealed. Months (or maybe even a year later?) others joined the lawsuit, including the Miami Herald and Dershowitz.

And then as it progressed, Dershowitz claimed he initiated the suit and advocated for fewer document to be unsealed, instead of the whole record.

This is according to Cernovich, the guy who initiated all this and whose lawyers are still battling for these records to be unsealed. Like Cernovich or not, this was his project and he is pointing out how Dershowitz is trying to spike it.

I don't know what to make of Dersh is doing, because it seems that there are others out to smear him as a rapist - maybe he only wants enough docs to be unsealed to clear his name, but still protect his friends/allies?

Here's the details:

https://tinyurl.com/y5j3g8v7

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:59 AM (bDqIh)

106 Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak who today heads the Israel Democratic Party has apologized for his role in the 2000 October riots that resulted in 12 Arab citizens of Israel being shot by police.

??? Jesus and Israeli apology tour? This guy might single handily put Netanyahu back in Office

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:00 AM (p0A33)

107 To tired and sick of my jewish brethren to discuss why they vote and act like they do.

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I'm not Jewish (and don't ever mean to be disrespectful to those here), but it just seems that so many American Jews are far removed from their religion that the ties to Israel are tentative at best. They just have that label to call themselves, but no real sense of loyalty either to the religion or Israel. I know it's a lot more complicated than that, and I'm just looking at it on the surface. What I don't understand is the completely blind spot non-religious American Jews have for the aggressive anti-Semitism that is engulfing their D party, and the clear, dangerous path it seems to be on as relates to Jews...all over the world, as well as in America. It's frightening stuff, and yet they are blind. It leaves me miffed, that's for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 23, 2019 08:00 AM (JoUsr)

108 I saw this late last night. It's an interview of Bill Whittle about the present state of NASA, made a week ago. It's not often that you hear Whittle sputtering and at a loss for words, but once he gets going, look out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daYNwtCNyo

Pro tip: Don't get him started on this.

Posted by: rickl at July 23, 2019 08:01 AM (sdi6R)

109 "You cannot fix stupid."

Sure you can.

Posted by: Darwin at July 23, 2019 07:59 AM (cqNba)

But not quickly, it seems!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:02 AM (BiNEL)

110 Kubrick's work contains clues to the Apollo hoax going way back. Consider that the "moon missions" had three astronauts. Three soldiers are executed in Paths to Glory. Coincidence? He's telling us something.

Posted by: FireHorse at July 23, 2019 08:02 AM (ta49A)

111 I love Kubrick, but if I were faking the moon landing in 1969 I would have gone with Hitchcock instead

Posted by: Josephistan's new phone at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (fQmkm)

112 If you want to end slavery you going to have to address the sellers of debt. Currently, the mean interest rate on credit cards in the US is 21%. In our youth, anyone charging 21% was known as a Loan Shark. Look no further than the Loan Shark State, Delaware, to find your slave traders.

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (2LelM)

113
TGP reports there are 35,000 Africans in Latin America right now, coming to the US border.

How and who funds something like this?

That is a lot of money and planning. Like another level of planning.

Exactly WTF is going on, anyway?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (sy5kK)

114 I hate the "wellness" nonsense. I worked for a company that pushed it hard and always laughed when 350lb bucket-of-chicken-for-lunch Lamont in shipping got the same $50 gift card that I did because we watched the same "wellness" incentives video every quarter.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (ZYCHb)

115 Morning, y'all! Cooler and cloudy, so lot's o' coffeve.

FWIW, the "new planet" bit ignores the elephant - the West (Us) are subsidizing African population growth.

Brilliant, no?

Ah well.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (6qErC)

116 Here's the details:

https://tinyurl.com/y5j3g8v7
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:59 AM (bDqIh)

??
Yeah that link seems a tad devoid of facts, not to mention with shades of anti-semitism. I am not saying your wrong or right, but I would NOT base anything on that link

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:04 AM (p0A33)

117 112 If you want to end slavery you going to have to address the sellers of debt. Currently, the mean interest rate on credit cards in the US is 21%. In our youth, anyone charging 21% was known as a Loan Shark. Look no further than the Loan Shark State, Delaware, to find your slave traders.
Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (2LelM)

You want to discharge that student loan? Hahaha!

Posted by: Congress and their owners, the Banks at July 23, 2019 08:04 AM (sy5kK)

118 TGP reports there are 35,000 Africans in Latin America right now, coming to the US border.

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That's almost exactly the number of troops we landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

This is a coordinated, highly funded effort with food, water, etc. logistics in place.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:05 AM (ZYCHb)

119
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 23, 2019 08:06 AM (hx3Q8)

120 Ol' Yeller was apoplectic at the cash explosion the Turtle passed yesterday, claiming the GOP no longer stands for fiscal sanity.

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Yeah, it's kind of a lost cause at this point that the gov't will ever be fiscally responsible. The GOP is totally useless here, despite being catapulted into office, in part, to fix this mess. We will eventually likely collapse from the weight of this irresponsibility, and it will be falling on our children and grandchildren to live in the rubble they have created. They all need to be lined up against a wall to pay for what they've done to this country.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 23, 2019 08:07 AM (JoUsr)

121 The "moon landings" began with Apollo 11, yet there's no 11 in a deck of cards. The main character in Full Metal Jacket is named "Joker" and a joker is in a deck of cards but isn't used. Kubrick gave us clues all over the place!

Posted by: FireHorse at July 23, 2019 08:07 AM (ta49A)

122 Most of the Moon Landing Conspiracy Nut 'evidence' falls apart if you have a speck of knowledge of optics, photography, or geometry.

I think it's really just an industry of profiting off gullible people.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 23, 2019 08:07 AM (oVJmc)

123 I hate the "wellness" nonsense"

That it is. And despite the article, the fault doesn't lie with "capitalism" - it's a fetish.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:08 AM (6qErC)

124 "But not quickly, it seems!"

We could do well to look at possibly changing some laws.
Mostly the laws which focus on the safety of a single individual.

Make them still mandatory till the age of majority, but for adults...

Motorcycle helmets..recommended
Seat Belts...recommended
Not swimming till 30 minutes after eating...recommended

Etc.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:08 AM (cqNba)

125 I don't know what to make of Dersh is doing, because it seems that there are others out to smear him as a rapist - maybe he only wants enough docs to be unsealed to clear his name, but still protect his friends/allies?
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What goes on in the SDNY stays in the SDNY unless it profits the SDNY. Remember, Manhattan Media exists to crucify the innocent to protect the guilty. They learned this from the SDNY.

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 08:08 AM (2LelM)

126 In the olden days I used to scan the magazine stands and buy such. I have no idea what magazines are around anymore. The local supermarket has eliminated the magazine section from the store. Only a few out of town newspapers up front, which no one buys.

Posted by: Colin at July 23, 2019 08:08 AM (qmAGW)

127 114 I hate the "wellness" nonsense. I worked for a company that pushed it hard and always laughed when 350lb bucket-of-chicken-for-lunch Lamont in shipping got the same $50 gift card that I did because we watched the same "wellness" incentives video every quarter.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (ZYCHb)

Or your nurse that is 40 lbs or so overweight tells you to lose 10 lbs. HA

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:09 AM (JFO2v)

128 TGP reports there are 35,000 Africans in Latin America right now, coming to the US border.

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There suuuuuure are a lot of people that want to come to this hostile, hopelessly racist, unfair country. Doesn't makes sense because every other country is much more virtuous than America. I know, because I'm told that 24/7/365 by leftists from coast to coast.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 23, 2019 08:09 AM (JoUsr)

129 121
The "moon landings" began with Apollo 11, yet there's no 11 in a deck of cards. The main character in Full Metal Jacket is named "Joker" and a joker is in a deck of cards but isn't used. Kubrick gave us clues all over the place!

Posted by: FireHorse at July 23, 2019 08:07 AM (ta49A)

Jacks are the 11s in a deck of cards, and a Jack played The Joker in a movie.

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2019 08:09 AM (jY3BZ)

130 Good Luck to Boris Johnson...your gonna need it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:10 AM (p0A33)

131 The more we find out about how the NRA has been run, the worse it seems. The crisis started out looking like a case of lax management, but the deeper you dig the more it looks like a case of systematic looting.

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(goes out and look for razor blade to scratch "LIFE MEMBER" sticker off of pickup truck)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:10 AM (ZYCHb)

132 122 Most of the Moon Landing Conspiracy Nut 'evidence' falls apart if you have a speck of knowledge of optics, photography, or geometry.

I think it's really just an industry of profiting off gullible people.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 23, 2019 08:07 AM (oVJmc)

I forgot to mention that the video I linked is all about video and film. No knowledge of rocketry or spaceflight is assumed. It's a good one to send to video-obsessed milennials.

Posted by: rickl at July 23, 2019 08:11 AM (sdi6R)

133 You want to discharge that student loan? Hahaha!
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That is merely the tip of debt slavery. The real question is, do you want grandchildren?

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 08:11 AM (2LelM)

134 The NRA issues vex me. I've been a Benefactor member for over fifteen years, and a Golden Eagle for almost ten. I've been making regular donations to NRA-ILA.

I don't want to believe that what I'm hearing is true. But as the guy said, don't believe something just because you want it to be true. Sigh.

Fuckers.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at July 23, 2019 08:11 AM (j+LPq)

135 The more we find out about how the NRA has been run, the worse it seems. The crisis started out looking like a case of lax management, but the deeper you dig the more it looks like a case of systematic looting.

Power Corrupts. Absolute Power corrupts absolutley

Memo to Netanyahu

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:11 AM (p0A33)

136 Or your nurse that is 40 lbs or so overweight tells you to lose 10 lbs. HA

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I see we worked for the same company.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:11 AM (ZYCHb)

137 Mariano Rivera is being un-personed for BadThink. If it can happen to someone of his caliber, his success and his popularity, it can happen to any Joe on the street.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 08:12 AM (lwiT4)

138 @NRO

Wendy Davis: I'm Running for Congress Again So 'Our Children . . . Can Live'

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 08:12 AM (cF8AT)

139 All human organizations become corrupt/corrupted over time, the NRA is a human organization.

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2019 08:12 AM (jY3BZ)

140 Thank G-D for the rain...washed all the bird shit off my car

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:12 AM (p0A33)

141 Mariano Rivera is being un-personed for BadThink. If it can happen to someone of his caliber, his success and his popularity, it can happen to any Joe on the street.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 08:12 AM (lwiT4)

Well "WE" are all deplorables after all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:13 AM (p0A33)

142 Wendy Davis: I'm Running for Congress Again So 'Our Children . . . Can Live'

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BWHAHAHAHA!

This is the point where spontaneous human combustion should kick in for the irony.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 23, 2019 08:15 AM (JoUsr)

143 112
If you want to end slavery you going to have to address the sellers of
debt. Currently, the mean interest rate on credit cards in the US is
21%. In our youth, anyone charging 21% was known as a Loan Shark. Look
no further than the Loan Shark State, Delaware, to find your slave
traders.

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM (2LelM)

Loan companies here charge 33.3% interest, that's the max allowed by law in this State.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 08:15 AM (mpXpK)

144 It makes a lot more sense why the NRA hasn't accomplished sh*t over the last 20 years.

Well, except for supporting banning firearm components.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:15 AM (ZYCHb)

145 Ol' Yeller was apoplectic at the cash explosion the Turtle passed yesterday, claiming the GOP no longer stands for fiscal sanity. "

What is truly interesting is that reports indicate (it's hard to find actual numbers.. go figure) that President Trump has submitted cuts, not increases, in proposals.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:15 AM (6qErC)

146 139 All human organizations become corrupt/corrupted over time, the NRA is a human organization.
Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2019 08:12 AM (jY3BZ)

#4 wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:15 AM (JFO2v)

147 The top IDF innovation is hot chick pictures, when dressed partially in uniform and sporting automatic weapons.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:15 AM (NVYyb)

148 Wendy Davis: I'm Running for Congress Again"

Again? Huh. Didn't know she ever did that.

Twas humorous seeing the "pink shoes" in the discount bins circa 2015...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:16 AM (6qErC)

149 A nice article on school discipline.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3424334

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:16 AM (cqNba)

150 Everyone on this site understands that when the federal government prints a $100 bill that those dollars are created out of thin air. Why is it that those same people don't understand that when the federal government taxes somebody $100 that those dollars disappear into the same thin air they came from in the first place?

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 08:18 AM (gdTDb)

151 Wendy Davis: I'm Running for Congress Again So 'Our Children . . . Can Live'

A big self promoter who will get good press in some quarters. She must think she was born to be a star.

Posted by: Colin at July 23, 2019 08:18 AM (qmAGW)

152 The top IDF innovation is hot chick pictures, when dressed partially in uniform and sporting automatic weapons."

Wat, no links?

I am dissapoint.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:18 AM (6qErC)

153 Well "WE" are all deplorables after all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:13 AM (p0A33)

That's why VP Pence told Liberty University grads to "prepare to be fired". Sad.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 08:18 AM (lwiT4)

154 >>Wendy Davis: I'm Running for Congress Again So 'Our Children . . . Can Live'

Yeowch!
Quick, someone ask her if she'd vote for legislation that would protect aborted late-term babies that survive.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 08:18 AM (bDqIh)

155 The GOP is totally useless here, despite being catapulted into office, in part, to fix this mess. We will eventually likely collapse from the weight of this irresponsibility, and it will be falling on our children and grandchildren to live in the rubble they have created. They all need to be lined up against a wall to pay for what they've done to this country.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 23, 2019 08:07 AM (JoUsr)

As a businessman Trump has to be 100% aware of this situation and I've taken it on faith that he has some concept of dealing with it in a second term even if I have no idea of how he means to accomplish it. Also as a boomer this is 100% caused by my dogshit generation. This shouldn't be pawned off on the millennials who've been misinformed and misled by the acolytes of Bill Ayers, who the fucking boomers let take control of education.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 08:18 AM (y7DUB)

156

A sticker I had on my truck back in the day when he ran for VA Senator:
"Don't blame me, I voted for Ollie!"
I should recycle it, I think!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:19 AM (BiNEL)

157 The alt-left is now going full bore with the idea Trump is a lunatic, unable to distinguish between reality and whatever spouts out of his mouth in the moment. He's also insensitive, racist, a bore, and way too devoted to his family. His only true supporters are cousin-fuckers, mountain militias in Idaho or the Nevada desert, trades people in flyover states, and women who's husbands probably beat them into voting for The Donald.

Election season.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:19 AM (NVYyb)

158 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2019 07:13 AM (wYseH)

I haven't read it either, but my observation is that there are at least two ways slavery damages an economy (from a purely practical aspect and without regards to the moral damage done).

First, it tends to kill the market for low-skilled labor by the unenslaved population, making it difficult for a poor free person to improve their financial and social position.

Also, as with most large/vanity purchases, the slave owners frequently seem to have budgeted only for the purchase price and not maintenance (this seems to be an aspect of human nature) causing them to eventually go bankrupt and flood the labor market even more. As practiced in America it was not a stable foundation to build on and it is economically destructive in the countries where it's practiced (in its various forms, whether legal or not) today as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 23, 2019 08:20 AM (uquGJ)

159 I found a Christmas gift for AtC....

Company unveils $1,500 flamethrower that will attach to your drone

https://tinyurl.com/yxmkdmmm

Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 08:21 AM (cF8AT)

160 >>Yeah that link seems a tad devoid of facts, not to mention with shades of anti-semitism. I am not saying your wrong or right, but I would NOT base anything on that link

I've been reading his twitter about this since it started, so I don't have a single link (and it's kinda exhausting to search his feed because self-promotion, etc.). Let's see what happens with the records release, I guess.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 08:21 AM (bDqIh)

161 The alt-left is now going full bore with the idea Trump is a lunatic, unable to distinguish between reality and whatever spouts out of his mouth in the moment. He's also insensitive, racist, a bore, and way too devoted to his family.

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Holy crap. Just imagine what the economy, domestic/foreign policy, and his approval ratings would be like if he weren't an idiotic insane idiot.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:21 AM (ZYCHb)

162 The "moon landings" began with Apollo 11, yet there's no 11 in a deck of cards. The main character in Full Metal Jacket is named "Joker" and a joker is in a deck of cards but isn't used. Kubrick gave us clues all over the place!
Posted by: FireHorse

If you subtract 11 from 52 you get 41.

41

It has George HW Bush's fingerprints all over it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 08:24 AM (MOpDc)

163 Holy crap. Just imagine what the economy, domestic/foreign policy, and his approval ratings would be like if he weren't an idiotic insane idiot.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Obamaconomy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 08:24 AM (MOpDc)

164 The frustrating thing about Dershowitz is that after real world events make it obvious who will deep six him he continues to vote for them. He's not the only high exposure otherwise intelligent person who does that; Camille Paglia for example.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 08:27 AM (y7DUB)

165 A big self promoter who will get good press in some quarters. She must think she was born to be a star."

Indeed. She seems to suffer from "blonditzy" disease...

and yes, "slavery" damages economies - importing free labor has, throughout history, been an utter failure.

HB1 visas anyone?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:27 AM (6qErC)

166 That NRA article touches some of the things which I guess subconsciously, my brain has been saying 'That seems....off'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:27 AM (cqNba)

167 I don't see any news about Turdogan this morning. I guess that means he's not dead. Too bad.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 23, 2019 08:27 AM (hjaPQ)

168 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 23, 2019 08:20 AM (uquGJ)

Makes sense. The article also makes the point that slaves were perfectly unmotivated for obvious reasons, and did only the minimum to survive.

Reflexive defenses of the antebellum south usually end up being defenses of slavery, and that is simply pathetic.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2019 08:28 AM (wYseH)

169 That NRA article touches some of the things which I guess subconsciously, my brain has been saying 'That seems....off'

FWIW, the incestuous relationships described are the norm in DC circles...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:28 AM (6qErC)

170 Liz Sheld reports the DOJ wrote Mueller a letter reminding him to stay within the bounds of his (Weissmann's) report, and not to add any "new" color to the already clearly put statements. In other words, no shrugging, no winks, no ahems, and no implications that he would have preferred to roast PDJT over a slow fire, but for DOJ regulations on indicting a sitting President.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:29 AM (NVYyb)

171 Venezuela blames hoarders for Blackout in capital.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:29 AM (JFO2v)

172 Is this why Pence cancelled his NH tri a few weeks ago?

https://tinyurl.com/yxfuwe8m
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:46 AM (bDqIh)

Jesus

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:29 AM (vEIlU)

173 Boris is the next PM.. well he has to be better than May I would think.

Posted by: IC at July 23, 2019 08:30 AM (fiC74)

174 "FWIW, the incestuous relationships described are the norm in DC circles..."

An unusual and non-traditional spelling of 'Baltimore'.

But...the Judges will allow it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:30 AM (cqNba)

175 The article also makes the point that slaves were perfectly unmotivated for obvious reasons, and did only the minimum to survive"

Not just survive, but thrive (as best they could) by creating "underground" societies...

Olmsted's tour of the South in the 1850s was illuminating...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:31 AM (6qErC)

176 "FWIW, the incestuous relationships described are the norm in DC circles..."

An unusual and non-traditional spelling of 'Baltimore'.

But...the Judges will allow it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:30 AM (cqNba)

In my neck of the woods, it's spelt "the Establishment of Your Betters"!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:32 AM (BiNEL)

177 Venezuela blames hoarders for Blackout in capital.

--

(adjusts imaginary collar in comically exaggerated way)

I've heard of stealing electricity, but this is ridiculous!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:33 AM (ZYCHb)

178 >>@RodRosenstein
Replying to @eyokley @Scaramucci and rebeccarnelson

>>"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden." - Phaedrus (Plato)

That Plato was one smart dude.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2019 08:33 AM (K/2j/)

179 The outrage of animals with "WHITE" fur.

https://tinyurl.com/yyzp828r

Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2019 08:34 AM (RBOtF)

180 Has Comey responded to the Paul Sperry report at RealClearInvestigations?
Emo-spook, as Sheld calls him, stands accused of repeatedly lying to the President, conspiring (possibly) with top figures in the Obumbles administration, and placing a spy in the White House (hoping to gather info on PDJT that could be leaked illegally). He's also repeatedly accused of serial criminal behavior. Horowitz is coming Jimbo!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:34 AM (NVYyb)

181 I have grown increasingly reluctant to continue to be a member of the NRA. It seems those funds can be better used elsewhere.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2019 08:34 AM (Z/1Kk)

182 Venezuela blames hoarders for Blackout in capital.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:29 AM (JFO2v)

WTH is left to hoard in Venezuela.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:35 AM (BiNEL)

183 Slavery BAD
Welfare Good
Socialism Doulbleplusgood

Private ownership of people BAD.
Government ownership of people GOOD.

The Tragedy of the Commons applies to people too.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:35 AM (JFO2v)

184
29 Is Boris Johnson the British equivalent of a RINO?
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (H8QX

He's less RINO (TINO?) than Theresa May, but that's not a very high bar.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at July 23, 2019 08:36 AM (N4xQB)

185 Hey NYC's latest blackout are blamed on the utility by Cuomo and De Commie. I expect to see more down the road as the Green New Deal kicks in.

Posted by: Colin at July 23, 2019 08:36 AM (qmAGW)

186 Horowitz is coming Jimbo!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:34 AM (NVYyb)

Obligatory

#TwoWeeks

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:37 AM (BiNEL)

187 Is Boris Johnson the British equivalent of a RINO?
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 07:23 AM (H8QX

He's less RINO (TINO?) than Theresa May, but that's not a very high bar.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at July 23, 2019 08:36 AM (N4xQB)

Some people grow in Office. We can only hope.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:37 AM (p0A33)

188 Hey NYC's latest blackout are blamed on the utility by Cuomo and De Commie."

Five bucks says they'll imitate the sayings of their ideological brothers in Venezuela...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:38 AM (6qErC)

189 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 23, 2019 08:20 AM

Reminds me of some work I did in undergrad. The campus racial rabble-rouser wrote a column in the school paper about how Republicans longed for the days of slavery and cheap labor or some such.

My response, also published (oddly enough, but the campus was years before wokeness) showed off some research about how slaves were anything BUT cheap labor. A person with slaves is responsible for every damned thing for that slave...housing, food, medical care, and so on. For larger plantations in the pre civil war South the labor force also had to be large enough to account for any churn...slave falls sick or dies, no one performs at 100% indefinitely, etc etc.

The economic issues were fairly plain even in the 18th century but they were clouded by cultural ones, as you mention...having a slave or slaves was a cultural signifier which made ignoring the economic disadvantages easier. Large-scale slaveowners tended to be comparatively wealthy so they could afford to ignore it, but again as you mention...a poor free man found his opportunities greatly limited in that environment.

To cap off my response I said these are issues that finally came to a head such that the Republican Party could be created to end the practice.

Racial rabble-rouser wrote some nonsense reply the following week but I was satisfied that the point was made.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at July 23, 2019 08:38 AM (TB7HE)

190 I don't see any news about Turdogan this morning. I guess that means he's not dead. Too bad.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 23, 2019 08:27 AM (hjaPQ)

48 hour rule, I think

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:39 AM (vEIlU)

191 Some people grow in Office."

Jerry Nadler?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:39 AM (6qErC)

192 Some people grow in Office."

Jerry Nadler?
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:39 AM (6qErC)

I said grow, not explode

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:40 AM (p0A33)

193 a poor free man found his opportunities greatly limited in that environment. "

Indeed. Thus many yeomen farmers left Virginia and moved to...

Texas.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:40 AM (6qErC)

194 In the report, the Commission finds "Students of color as a whole, as well as by individual racial group, do not commit more disciplinable offenses than their white peers"

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Interesting wording.

$5 says it's the same approach the left takes with everything else.

If 12M of group X (total population 14M) does ______, but 15M of this group Y (total population 250M) does _____, too, then clearly group Y is the one you've got to worry about.

They do 1M more instances of _______, after all.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:40 AM (ZYCHb)

195 So Rev met with the mayor of the small town where he works. It is the poorest city in the county, about 75% Hispanic. The mayor said they are not a sanctuary city, but they never ask for papers or ID or anything from the Hispanics. He wanted Rev's help in bringing Anglos and Hispanics together because they seem to have an us-against-them mentality. Not asking citizenship questions might contribute to that, I'm thinking.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 08:41 AM (lwiT4)

196 Horowitz is coming Jimbo!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:34 AM (NVYyb)

Obligatory

#TwoWeeks
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:37 AM (BiNEL)

I last heard, "sometime in the fall".

He keeps getting more info and has to go over it. Drip drip.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:41 AM (vEIlU)

197 I think the Ehrenreich article is a case of a blind squirrel finding an acorn. The second half of the article about cells having "agency" and "making conscious decisions" is self-serving claptrap.

But here's the acorn, whigh IMO is spot on.

"How is a doctor -- or hospital or drug company -- to make money from essentially healthy patients? By subjecting them to tests and examinations that, in sufficient quantity, are bound to detect something wrong or at least worthy of follow-up."

I call this concept "defining disease downward"and it is the bane of modern medicine.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 23, 2019 08:41 AM (mvenn)

198 Morning JJ and the Horde!!!

Posted by: Jonah at July 23, 2019 08:42 AM (rXs0z)

199 "191 Some people grow in Office."

That's an even bigger crock than "only the good die young."

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:42 AM (H8QX8)

200 "How is a doctor -- or hospital or drug company -- to make money from essentially healthy patients? By subjecting them to tests and examinations that, in sufficient quantity, are bound to detect something wrong or at least worthy of follow-up."

I call this concept "defining disease downward"and it is the bane of modern medicine.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 23, 2019 08:41 AM (mvenn)

--

You hate doctors and medicine!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:42 AM (ZYCHb)

201 Liz Sheld reports the DOJ wrote Mueller a letter reminding him to stay within the bounds of his (Weissmann's) report, and not to add any "new" color to the already clearly put statements. In other words, no shrugging, no winks, no ahems, and no implications that he would have preferred to roast PDJT over a slow fire, but for DOJ regulations on indicting a sitting President.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:29 AM (NVYyb)

I took JackStraw at his word early on that Rod Rosenstein was riding herd on Mueller as far as making sure DJT didn't get torpedoed by any of those jizzmops. That wasn't an overwhelmingly popular attitude here, at all, but it got confirmed for me when that dickweed McCabe floated that preposterous story, backed up by no witnesses, about RR wearing a wire. And of course Mueller's report being a grudgingly and sneakily stated finding of no wrongdoing.

I think it's healthy to be skeptical of all federal apparatchiks who rise through the deep state ranks, but sometimes you can find someone trying to do the right thing when possible even when immersed in shit.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 08:43 AM (y7DUB)

202 "How is a doctor -- or hospital or drug company -- to make money from essentially healthy patients? By subjecting them to tests and examinations that, in sufficient quantity, are bound to detect something wrong or at least worthy of follow-up."

--

In all seriousness, though, that's a really great point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:44 AM (ZYCHb)

203 182 Venezuela blames hoarders for Blackout in capital.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:29 AM (JFO2v)

WTH is left to hoard in Venezuela.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:35 AM (BiNEL)

hunger and misery

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 08:44 AM (JFO2v)

204 I have grown increasingly reluctant to continue to be a member of the NRA. It seems those funds can be better used elsewhere.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2019 08:34 AM

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I got the latest NRA fund raising letter and returned it with a note saying that until lapierre is removed I will not give them another dime and to take me off of all fundraising lists.

As I am a Patriot Life member and a very regular donor they just dried u a regular money source with all of this B$. If enough of us tell them why we are not renewing our membership or no longer donating, they might actually listen.

In the meantime I wonder what really is going on. The media is not exploiting this story like they usually do and that bothers me. This should be front page news 24/7 because the NRA is "evil" and they should be pouncing on it. In the back of my mind I fear that the left has it's hands in this entire mess somehow.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 23, 2019 08:44 AM (JUOKG)

205 Some people grow in Office."

That's an even bigger crock than "only the good die young."
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:42 AM (H8QX

I give you WSC and PDT

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:44 AM (p0A33)

206 Never a true Conservative as British PM, due to Socialized Health Care over there. Only so much you can do.

Brexit and Foreign Policy are our main concerns with the UK.

Posted by: Jonah at July 23, 2019 08:44 AM (rXs0z)

207 Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, in his own colorful words

Boris Johnson, Britain's incoming prime minister, had once said his chances of becoming the country's leader were "about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."
...

Two months before becoming foreign secretary, Johnson was named the winner of the Spectator's "most offensive Erdogan poem" competition, referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The limerick Johnson wrote describes Erdogan engaged in a sex act with a goat.

the wapo then continues to cast Boris as a very racist bigot.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:45 AM (vEIlU)

208 Ivanka should have seen the response to the white dog nonsense coming a mile away. Maybe she did and didn't care. But she could have made a preemptive joke about it. If she had a sense of humor. No sign of that in her at all. That apple fell very, very far from the tree.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:45 AM (H8QX8)

209 He keeps getting more info and has to go over it. Drip drip.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:41 AM (vEIlU)

Or Deep State ~~In Action~~ Inaction?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:45 AM (BiNEL)

210 We are all slaves in this life.

Some just have longer leashes than others

The servitude we tolerate today, the chains of government, would have been insufferable to our Founders

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at July 23, 2019 08:46 AM (k81AA)

211 >>I took JackStraw at his word early on that Rod Rosenstein was riding herd on Mueller as far as making sure DJT didn't get torpedoed by any of those jizzmops. That wasn't an overwhelmingly popular attitude here, at all

I see you are applying for a rating of Grand Master of Understatement.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2019 08:46 AM (K/2j/)

212 204. Well said. NRA was solid in the 2000 and 2004 elections for Bush. Maybe they should move their HQ out of NOVA and the slums of D.C.

Go somewhere in the plains, and get back to business

Posted by: Jonah at July 23, 2019 08:47 AM (rXs0z)

213 Or Deep State In Action Inaction?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:45 AM (BiNEL)

that's always factored in

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:47 AM (vEIlU)

214 Ivanka should have seen the response to the white dog nonsense coming a mile away. Maybe she did and didn't care. But she could have made a preemptive joke about it. If she had a sense of humor. No sign of that in her at all. That apple fell very, very far from the tree.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice

Best response she could have made?

LOL Go Fuck Yourselves.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 08:48 AM (MOpDc)

215 Ivanka should have seen the response to the white dog nonsense coming a mile away. Maybe she did and didn't care. But she could have made a preemptive joke about it. If she had a sense of humor. No sign of that in her at all. That apple fell very, very far from the tree.

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"How dare you hateful, bigoted people look on a white dog as more beautiful than a black dog!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:48 AM (ZYCHb)

216 I give you WSC and PDT
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:44 AM (p0A33)

I didn't say miracles don't occur. Only not with the frequency to establish an adage. And I'm not sure PDT has "grown in office." I think he's simply fulfilled the potential of his preexisting growth in office.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:48 AM (H8QX8)

217 Ivanka should have seen the response to the white dog nonsense coming a mile away. Maybe she did and didn't care. But she could have made a preemptive joke about it. If she had a sense of humor. No sign of that in her at all. That apple fell very, very far from the tree.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:45 AM (H8QX

I read what they said as the "white dog" is a "white male."

So, a black dog is a black man?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:48 AM (vEIlU)

218 My issue with Rosenstein was (and is) his signing of FISC renewals without due investigation of the predicates. Struck me then as conveniently self-serving ("I didn't know my direct reports were lying to me?!") and either nefarious or incompetent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:49 AM (NVYyb)

219 bringing Anglos and Hispanics together because they seem to have an us-against-them mentality"

Hmm.

Wonder how that happened?

/sarc

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:49 AM (6qErC)

220 The servitude we tolerate today, the chains of government, would have been insufferable to our Founders

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at July 23, 2019 08:46 AM (k81AA)

What do you mean I have to register my horse..

and carry proof of insurance when riding?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2019 08:49 AM (BiNEL)

221 I see you are applying for a rating of Grand Master of Understatement.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2019 08:46 AM (K/2j/)

I've never been anemic for lack of irony.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 23, 2019 08:49 AM (y7DUB)

222 "How dare you hateful, bigoted people look on a white dog as more beautiful than a black dog!"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:48 AM (ZYCHb)

what would they have said if it were a ginger, like an irish setter?

or mixed?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:49 AM (vEIlU)

223 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
23m
Guatemala, which has been forming Caravans and sending large numbers of people, some with criminal records, to the United States, has decided to break the deal they had with us on signing a necessary Safe Third Agreement. We were ready to go. Now we are looking at the "BAN,"Tariffs, Remittance Fees, or all of the above. Guatemala has not been good. Big U.S. taxpayer dollars going to them was cut off by me 9 months ago.

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at July 23, 2019 08:50 AM (BqBId)

224 Looking through the woodpile report I found this:

"Lincoln won in 1860 with an absolute majority of electoral votes but only 39.8% of the popular vote. His presidency was declared illegitimate by the Democrats, seven states immediately seceded and formed the Confederacy, and the Civil War began a few weeks after Lincoln's inauguration. The parallels to our time are remarkable."

This is true but missing the fact that the popular vote was split among 4 candidates. Lincoln won the popular vote as well as the electoral college. Not a valid comparison with Trump.

Posted by: Diesel Jones at July 23, 2019 08:50 AM (0CeRG)

225 Going home late last night, suddenly I got a fright. Yeah, I looked through a window, and surprised what I saw - CBD with boots and dancing with a dwarf.
Alright now!

Posted by: John M. Osbourne at July 23, 2019 08:50 AM (gqM1B)

226 what would they have said if it were a ginger, like an irish setter?

or mixed?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:49 AM (vEIlU)

--

Or worse, black?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 08:50 AM (ZYCHb)

227 There is always an "expose" of the NRA going on. It gives all the natural non-joiners a new excuse not to send in dues this year. Much like the guys who want the universities burned down? Most of them just got a tuition bill.

Bush the First "broke" the NRA, remember? Anyone been around long enough to remember the Neal Knox affair? Yes, the inner circle of this large lobbying group is a buddy-ocracy. Their money gets channeled through well-connected friendly firms. This should not come as a shock. It's the very definition of GOPe. The biggest change, since the first Clinton term, is that there used to be Democrats in there, too.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 23, 2019 08:51 AM (8ZmvG)

228 Guatemala has not been good. Big U.S. taxpayer dollars going to them was cut off by me 9 months ago.

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT

Good. Now they can hate us for free.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 08:51 AM (MOpDc)

229 Or worse, black?"

Led Zeppelin?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:51 AM (6qErC)

230 The Israeli security analyst linked by CBD above is an optimistic guy, at least on Iran.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:52 AM (NVYyb)

231 They're jumping Mariano Rivera hard because he's a Hispanic who's left their reservation. Might set a bad example for all the illegals they're trying to bring in.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2019 08:53 AM (6XLoz)

232 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
23m
Guatemala, which has been forming Caravans and sending large numbers of people, some with criminal records, to the United States, has decided to break the deal they had with us on signing a necessary Safe Third Agreement. We were ready to go. Now we are looking at the "BAN,"Tariffs, Remittance Fees, or all of the above. Guatemala has not been good. Big U.S. taxpayer dollars going to them was cut off by me 9 months ago.

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at July 23, 2019 08:50 AM (BqBId)

They are trying to reap havoc and chaos. Like some guest said on one of those fox shows last night, this is their way of destroying "citizenship." Tearing it down. That is the plan.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:53 AM (vEIlU)

233 Posted by: John M. Osbourne at July 23, 2019 08:50 AM (gqM1B)
******
Actually your Name ought to be Terry(Geezer)Butler

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at July 23, 2019 08:55 AM (BqBId)

234 Muldoon, in answer to your question of how to make money off of essentially healthy patients: "Treat diseases, don't heal them."
I have a friend who has had chronic sinus infections that have grown resistant to the aniti-biotic the doctor has been using to treat them. Instead of cleaning her infection out the doctor has fiddle-fucked around with it for years, to the point that his "solution" is a new anti-biotic at dosages meant to once again "treat" and "manage" the infection - but not cure it.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 08:55 AM (gdTDb)

235 Bitching about Ivana's white dog just makes the bitcher look like a loon.

Let the loons have their fit, it's just moving them further to the 'screaming in the streets' end of the spectrum.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 23, 2019 08:55 AM (oVJmc)

236 This is true but missing the fact that the popular vote was split among 4
candidates. Lincoln won the popular vote as well as the electoral
college. Not a valid comparison with Trump.

Tell that to the Democrats of the time. Your statement on the election is correct but the Democrats nevertheless used it as their pretext for war. Today's alt-left will similarly find some inaccurate fake-news pretext, if that's the direction they go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:55 AM (NVYyb)

237 " WTH is left to hoard in Venezuela. "

"hunger and misery "

No need to horde that which is abundantly available.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 08:56 AM (cqNba)

238 By subjecting them to tests and examinations that, in sufficient quantity, are bound to detect something wrong or at least worthy of follow-up."
--
In all seriousness, though, that's a really great point.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

***************

Most especially in a third-party payer system. Where is the disincentive for ordering a low yield screening test to find a low impact condition if someone else is paying for it?

Posted by: Muldoon at July 23, 2019 08:56 AM (mvenn)

239 South Korea Fires Warning Shots As Russian, Chinese Military Planes Enter Airspace

South Korea has reportedly fired warning shots after Russian military planes violated the nation's airspace on Tuesday, according to South Korea's Defense Ministry.

daily wire

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:56 AM (vEIlU)

240 Everybody wants government spending cut.

But nobody wants their program cut.

Even if we appointed a dictator who had absolute power to cut any program--they''d kill him and refund the program in full before the ink was dry on his decree.

Even the most rock-ribbed Republican retiree becomes a big government liberal as soon as there's talk of cutting social security

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at July 23, 2019 08:56 AM (k81AA)

241 I just saw the video of New York street chimps dumping buckets of water on police who were trying to make an arrest. Appalling.

I don't understand why anyone would continue to work as a cop in NYC. Nor do I understand why any sentient human being would set foot in the place.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 23, 2019 08:57 AM (hjaPQ)

242 The Associated Press reported that, according to South Korea's Defense Ministry, "multiple Russian military planes violated the South Korean airspace off its east coast" and "Chinese military planes also intruded into South Korea's aerial identification zone."

South Korea reportedly scrambled fighter jets that fired the warning shots.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:57 AM (vEIlU)

243 " WTH is left to hoard in Venezuela. "

"hunger and misery "

No need to horde that which is abundantly available.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Kinda hard to horde electricity.

"Pssssst. Dude! I got this jar of 'lectricity. I'll let it go cheap!"

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 08:58 AM (MOpDc)

244 Where is the disincentive for ordering a low yield screening test to find a low impact condition if someone else is paying for it?"

So you're saying that by subsidizing (shoveling more cash) into and activity we can expect more of said activity?

Hmmm. (reviews other linkages from this AM)

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 08:58 AM (6qErC)

245 >>Ivanka should have seen the response to the white dog nonsense coming a mile away. Maybe she did and didn't care. But she could have made a preemptive joke about it. If she had a sense of humor. No sign of that in her at all. That apple fell very, very far from the tree.

Eh, pretty much anything Ivanka does is politicized.
-- She joins a DC healthclub and the owner posts an open letter to her saying she wants the opportunity to tell Ivanka how harmful dad is before she can sign up for spincycle classes
-- She order jwerelry online and the vendor writes a note saying that she will donate all profits from the sale to some progressive org. because she hates Trump - and she posts a picture of this online
-- Ivanka posts a picture of her youngest kid playing in the halls of the West Wing and there's outrage about Ivanka being privileged to do that, that she is insensitive to working women who can't afford childcare

If Ivanka considered the Lefty response to every life decision, and took the time to respond to their outrage du jour, it would take all of her time. It's healthy she has no f#cks to give to the people who will rage at whatever she does.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 08:58 AM (bDqIh)

246 38 "larval Scalias"????

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 07:27 AM (bDqIh)

Baby Scalias?Posted by: Tami at July 23, 2019 07:28 AM (cF8AT)

I suspect he means fetal.

Posted by: ... at July 23, 2019 08:58 AM (Xf2dJ)

247 Trump is trying his damndest

Trump Gives ICE New Powers To Crackdown On Illegal Immigration

The Trump administration has finalized a plan that will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to rapidly deport illegal aliens by bypassing immigration courts in situations where an illegal alien is unable to prove that they have been present in the United States continuously for at least two years.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 08:58 AM (vEIlU)

248 Good. Now they can hate us for free.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 08:51 AM (MOpDc)
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Yeah, before, we were paying them to hate us.

Posted by: blake - my preferred pronoun is: Pronoun! at July 23, 2019 08:58 AM (WEBkv)

249 I just saw the video of New York street chimps dumping buckets of water on police who were trying to make an arrest.

In my opinion, and I am not kidding, cops should have defended themselves and that includes deadly force.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:59 AM (p0A33)

250 When voters stand tall and demand Social Security and Medicare be cut, then I'll start to believe the government might actually reduce spending. In other words, never will happen.

Until we can't borrow any more, or print more money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 08:59 AM (NVYyb)

251 >>"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden." - Phaedrus (Plato)
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The 'Mooch is Q? It's all making sense now... 17

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs, still needs a new Nic! at July 23, 2019 08:59 AM (6b6MO)

252 >>My issue with Rosenstein was (and is) his signing of FISC renewals without due investigation of the predicates. Struck me then as conveniently self-serving ("I didn't know my direct reports were lying to me?!") and either nefarious or incompetent.

There is another option.

I've said till I am blue in the face, which actually looks rather fetching on me, to watch Rosenstein's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on June 28, 2018. Specifically, his response to Rep Matt Gaetz about the FISA renewal application.

Rosenstein was not the affiant. That was someone in the FBI. And Rosenstein made it very clear that he knew his actions were being reviewed by Horowitz whose investigation was already underway at the time and he was quite comfortable that he did the right thing and apparently Horowitz agreed. Barr too as he gave Rosenstein the biggest retirement ceremony any DAG has ever received.

I get that Rosenstein was hammered by guys like Jordan and Gates and Meadows as part of the coup. They are good guys and stalwart Trump defenders. They were also wrong about Rosenstein.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2019 09:00 AM (K/2j/)

253 talk of cutting social security"

Because no one talks about cutting it.

Cutting the payouts whilst maintaining the collections is...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:00 AM (6qErC)

254 In my opinion, and I am not kidding, cops should have defended themselves and that includes deadly force.
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I agree.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 23, 2019 09:00 AM (hjaPQ)

255 "Kinda hard to horde electricity. "

Once you steal it, you gotta have a place to stash it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 09:00 AM (cqNba)

256 Even the most rock-ribbed Republican retiree becomes a big government liberal as soon as there's talk of cutting social security

Depends on age. Most Gen Xers have grown up assuming Social Security would be dead before we saw any of it, hence 401Ks and such. Millennials who are situationally aware (ie, conservative) think the same way. So it should be possible to phase it out as the Boomers and anyone left from before that pass.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2019 09:01 AM (6XLoz)

257 Once you steal it, you gotta have a place to stash it."

Careful, Elon will try to sell batteries to Venezuela. Paid for by US taxpayers, of course...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:01 AM (6qErC)

258 Quarterback Mark Sanchez is putting away his helmet and heading to ABC/ESPN to be a college football analyst, The Post has learned.

Hope he is better at that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 09:01 AM (p0A33)

259 When voters stand tall and demand Social Security and Medicare be cut,
then I'll start to believe the government might actually reduce
spending.

Old people vote. I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:02 AM (lwiT4)

260

The Shaky Standing of Mueller's Footnotes
https://tinyurl.com/y5b62q25

interesting little read

rcp investigations

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 09:02 AM (vEIlU)

261 On the bright side, I got to keep my doctor.

Wait, nevermind. I didn't.

Oh well. At least my premiums and deductibles didn't double with no change in my health.

Wait a minute...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 09:02 AM (ZYCHb)

262 I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks."

Sure you could. Just give them back every dime confiscated from their labor...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:03 AM (6qErC)

263 Even the most rock-ribbed Republican retiree becomes a big government liberal as soon as there's talk of cutting social security

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Why should they, though? No one with the ability to save money and pay off what we owe has any interest in doing it, so we're going to hit that wall at full speed anyway.

Remember, we haven't passed a budget in this century.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 09:04 AM (ZYCHb)

264 Venezuela blames Kulaks for Blackout in capital.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 09:04 AM (JFO2v)

265 What I really love about the City Journal article on mass incarceration is the underlying retrograde belief facts matter. This is woke politics, and facts are so last generation.

Nowadays, the Demofascists are all about articles of alt-left faith and Maoist self-criticisms.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:05 AM (NVYyb)

266 Careful, Elon will try to sell batteries to Venezuela. Paid for by US taxpayers, of course...

Elon's staring down the barrel of accusations that he's involved in Mexican smuggling cartels (hence his interest in tunnel boring machines) as well as Sarbannes-Oxley non-compliance (he personally threatened and fired a whistleblower who'd cannily followed SOX to the letter).

Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2019 09:05 AM (6XLoz)

267 Sure you could. Just give them back every dime confiscated from their labor...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:03 AM (6qErC)

My mother-in-law worked about 8 days in her whole life. She got fired from Jewel-Osco as one of their sample ladies. She ate too many of the samples. She collected Social Security till she died. The government got the raw end of that deal.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:05 AM (lwiT4)

268 253 talk of cutting social security"

Because no one talks about cutting it.

Cutting the payouts whilst maintaining the collections is...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:00 AM (6qErC)

Inevitable? Yes, I think that's the word.

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:05 AM (W3Hl2)

269 262 I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks."

Sure you could. Just give them back every dime confiscated from their labor...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:03 AM (6qErC)

I am out about 360k last time I looked. I will take 50% CIA.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 09:06 AM (JFO2v)

270 And I certainly don't want some retiree's SS cut just so Shaniqua can buy more energy drinks with her EBT card.

Across the board or nothing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 09:06 AM (ZYCHb)

271 Old people vote. I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks.

Exactly right. Even rich retirees won't vote for that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:06 AM (NVYyb)

272 In my opinion, and I am not kidding, cops should have defended themselves and that includes deadly force.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 08:59 AM (p0A33)

yep, it could have been acid

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 09:06 AM (vEIlU)

273 Depends on age. Most Gen Xers have grown up assuming Social Security would be dead before we saw any of it, hence 401Ks and such. Millennials who are situationally aware (ie, conservative) think the same way. So it should be possible to phase it out as the Boomers and anyone left from before that pass.
Posted by: Ian S.

Then quit taking it from them now by threat of gunpoint.

And the thought of it being dead started long before Gen X'ers. I know tail end boomers that think that. Yet the government keeps taking and taking the money.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 09:06 AM (MOpDc)

274 Remember, we haven't passed a budget in this century."

FWIW, the proposed 2020 has something like 2.7 T in cuts - so not likely to pass the trough, er, Congress.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:07 AM (6qErC)

275 Old people vote. I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:02 AM (lwiT4)
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Not collecting yet, but if offered the option of cutting now to avoid losing more later, sign me up.

But, then again, my wife and I understand math and know that losing 10% now is better than losing 40% later.

Though, I can make the case that cutting back SS won't matter, because politicians will spend the money elsewhere.

Posted by: blake - my preferred pronoun is: Pronoun! at July 23, 2019 09:07 AM (WEBkv)

276 I don't understand why anyone would continue to work as a cop in NYC. Nor do I understand why any sentient human being would set foot in the place.
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Mostly for the sweet bennies...

Posted by: Peace Officer's Union, NYPD local #234 at July 23, 2019 09:07 AM (6b6MO)

277 253
talk of cutting social security"

Because no one talks about cutting it.

Cutting the payouts whilst maintaining the collections is...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:00 AM (6qErC)

If they returned it to what it was originally where the only people who could collect it were the ones who contributed to it would help a lot. LBJ turned it into just another welfare program in which anyone could collect.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:07 AM (mpXpK)

278 Remember, we haven't passed a budget in this century."

FWIW, the proposed 2020 has something like 2.7 T in cuts - so not likely to pass the trough, er, Congress.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:07 AM (6qErC)

--

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Meanwhile we're still spending Obama's one time $800B "stimulus" each and every year via continuing resolutions.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 09:08 AM (ZYCHb)

279 cutting back SS won't matter, because politicians will spend the money elsewhere.

Exactly.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:08 AM (lwiT4)

280 Tell that to the Democrats of the time. Your statement on the election is correct but the Democrats nevertheless used it as their pretext for war. Today's alt-left will similarly find some inaccurate fake-news pretext, if that's the direction they go.

I agree with you on the argument during Lincoln's time, I just disagree with it being a valid pro-Trump comparison.

Posted by: Diesel Jones at July 23, 2019 09:08 AM (0CeRG)

281 Then quit taking it from them now by threat of gunpoint."

This.

I've paid far, far more into SS than I ever will see, so no, I'll take it - until someone in Congress says to give me back what they took.

(I'd say with interest, but that's just wishcasting)

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:09 AM (6qErC)

282 Old people vote. I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks.

Why should they? That money was stolen from them by the government.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 09:09 AM (MOpDc)

283 A gazillion dollars in the budget and not a dime for the wall.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:09 AM (FiUMj)

284 Heh, he and his campaign team are not letting up:

@TrumpWarRoom

Rep. Rashida Tlaib said "I'm more Palestinian in the halls of Congress than I am anywhere in the world."

Tlaib said her roots to the West Bank are "still very strong," adding, "I'm going to be a voice for them" in Congress.

Why not be a voice for the Americans who elected you?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 09:09 AM (bDqIh)

285 271
Old people vote. I bet you couldn't find half a dozen old people who would vote to cut their Social Security checks.

Exactly right. Even rich retirees won't vote for that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:06 AM (NVYyb)

I collect the maximum SS and it is chicken feed. If I had to live on SS I would starve. After they take out for medicare there is nothing left.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (mpXpK)

286 If they returned it to what it was originally where the only people who could collect it were the ones who contributed to it would help a lot."

Yep.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (6qErC)

287 If they returned it to what it was originally where the only people who could collect it were the ones who contributed to it would help a lot. LBJ turned it into just another welfare program in which anyone could collect.
Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:07 AM (mpXpK)

forcing both parents to work in many instances

relying on one ss check nowadays, with a spouse staying at home and raising the kids can be very difficult. Even the public schools are demanding money for this and that.

Everything has gotten expensive for those that want to raise a family, and not just one kid.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (vEIlU)

288 I've said till I am blue in the face, which actually looks rather fetching on me...
Posted by: JackStraw

********

That's hawt!

Posted by: A lonely Smurf at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (mvenn)

289 "Why not be a voice for the Americans who elected you?"

That's not who ~~we are~~ she is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (cqNba)

290 I expect to work long past SS age, whatever that is. What the hell else would I do?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (NVYyb)

291 SS is a great deal for low income people. It's a wash for middle income. Anyone $70Kish or above (in today's dollars) over their lifetime is getting raped.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (FiUMj)

292 Politicians are already spending the shit out of the SS collections. By law that money has to be put in government bonds, which then go into the general fund.

The Ponzi scheme is at the tail end.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (TB7HE)

293 247 ACLU and some other illegal immigrants group announced filing of lawsuits this morning.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (5mOAk)

294 I collect the maximum SS"

Which is less than what you paid.

Some deal, huh?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (6qErC)

295 I wish we had the option of paying into SS or paying into an independent money market account or something similar. As it is now, your SS does not belong to you, and upon your death, nothing passes to your heirs. They're just SOL.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (lwiT4)

296 I expect to work long past SS age, whatever that is. What the hell else would I do?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Fish. Fuck. Eat. Drink.

I can think of many things.
Not one of them include working.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (MOpDc)

297 Before they cut SS they need to kill about a dozen other welfare and housing programs.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:12 AM (mpXpK)

298 Weather Channel gal gots some tig ole bitties!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 09:12 AM (JFO2v)

299 It doesn't take a PhD to understand why American Jews won't support Israel.

Politics are thicker than blood. We see this all the time, and all throughout history. People follow their pre-conceived political notions to their own doom, as well as the demise of their family and friends.

American Jews are just blindly following their Blind Liberal Faith - same as always. Nothing complicated about it. It only gets complex when we try to spin a different bullshit answer for their behavior.

Posted by: Stealth Poster at July 23, 2019 09:12 AM (sCVDB)

300 296 I expect to work long past SS age, whatever that is. What the hell else would I do?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Fish. Fuck. Eat. Drink.

I can think of many things.
Not one of them include working.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (MOpDc)

Spoken like a true Hordian!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (JFO2v)

301 "I can think of many things.
Not one of them include working."

You too?

Posted by: Our new work ethic at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (cqNba)

302 I expect to work long past SS age, whatever that is. What the hell else would I do?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:10 AM (NVYyb)

Rev is delaying his Social Security too. Being born in 1953 puts his full retirement age at 66. He'll work beyond that.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (lwiT4)

303 We'd save a boatload of S/S dough if anyone who could prove S/S disability fraud (it's rampant) got a bounty or a percentage of the savings and the profiteer had to reimburse the Feds.

Posted by: vivi at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (11H2y)

304 I've paid far, far more into SS than I ever will see, so no, I'll take it - until someone in Congress says to give me back what they took.

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You could pay me off right now with $20K and I'd have $100K+ in twenty years just in interest alone.

Or I'll have zero after paying who know how much and giving someone else that interest over my lifetime.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2nd Chronicles 14:7 at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (ZYCHb)

305 295 I wish we had the option of paying into SS or paying into an independent money market account or something similar. As it is now, your SS does not belong to you, and upon your death, nothing passes to your heirs. They're just SOL.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (lwiT4)

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Bush Jr proposed this. And the GOP house and senate told him to fuck off.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (FiUMj)

306 It's amazing that we're breaking the back of our society over the absurdity of paying people to not work. That's SS, pensions, welfare, disability, etc. Once you open that Pandora's box it's bound to get out of control.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (oVJmc)

307 Sure you could. Just give them back every dime confiscated from their labor...
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Which happens in something like ten years or so of collecting benefits.
Much sooner on Medicare

But then they will shift the argument to, "with interest and dividends on the Apple stock I was going to buy in the 80's"

And nevermind that they HAVE gotten every dime back--that money was spent long ago on government programs you directly benefited from.

It was just a tax, not a retirement account.

Oh well, it will never be cut until the money is gone and there's no one left to steal from

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at July 23, 2019 09:14 AM (k81AA)

308 I wish we had the option of paying into SS or paying into an independent money market account or something similar."

The Chilean plan prior to 08 comes to mind. Worked quite well, but has limited opportunities for payola and graft, so...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:15 AM (6qErC)

309 295 I wish we had the option of paying into SS or paying into an independent money market account or something similar. As it is now, your SS does not belong to you, and upon your death, nothing passes to your heirs. They're just SOL.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (lwiT4)

If the idea was to build a retirement account for people they would've just done that.

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:15 AM (W3Hl2)

310 I really should be getting the house ready for the photographer.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2019 09:15 AM (cqNba)

311 Until we can't borrow any more, or print more money.
You people do understand that any money that the Federal Government "Borrows" goes exactly into the same thin air that taxes do, don't you? The difference is that "Borrowed" money is a Progressive scam which results in future debt plus interest that has to be covered. Remember, Progressives hate the United States and want to destroy it - Federal debt is one of the ways they are doing that.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:16 AM (gdTDb)

312 Lock Box!!

Posted by: Algore at July 23, 2019 09:16 AM (jY3BZ)

313
Oh well, it will never be cut until the money is gone and there's no one left to steal from

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at July 23, 2019 09:14 AM (k81AA)

And there will be much whining on that day.

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:16 AM (W3Hl2)

314 LOL, we get into these debates about SS about every 6 or 8 months. Nothing will happen to that program as long as there is a single Democrat on office.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:16 AM (mpXpK)

315 Which happens in something like ten years or so of collecting benefits."

Math is hard.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:17 AM (6qErC)

316 Thanks for filling in for J.J., CBD. Good work! I think you should get your salary doubled!

I can't say I get the point the author was trying to make in the article on Stanley Kubrick and the moon landing. I think if I'm going to believe in a conspiracy I can find better ones to believe in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2019 09:17 AM (+0VWg)

317 I don't understand why anyone would continue to work as a cop in NYC. Nor do I understand why any sentient human being would set foot in the place.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 23, 2019 08:57 AM (hjaPQ)

To be fair, they make $90K a year and get a pension.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at July 23, 2019 09:17 AM (N4xQB)

318 I think SS is the worst thing ever. But I've paid into the damn thing for 25 years so yeah I want my money. If someone asked me would you like to blow up SS, my answer would probably be no.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:18 AM (FiUMj)

319 So I guess the UK Conservative Party elected Boris Johnson. Good luck to him. Freeing Tommy Robinson would be a good first step.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:18 AM (NVYyb)

320 Help! The main page is severely emwidened on my phone!

Oh, and thanks for filling in, CBD!

Posted by: chique d'afrique at July 23, 2019 09:18 AM (4sIgc)

321 I can't say I get the point the author was trying to make in the article on Stanley Kubrick and the moon landing. I think if I'm going to believe in a conspiracy I can find better ones to believe in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2019 09:17 AM (+0VWg)

all I get from it is that it's supposed to be one of those really complicated inside jokes you're supposed to snicker at - but it isn't funny. It's just stupid.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2019 09:19 AM (V2Yro)

322 317 To be fair, they make $90K a year and get a pension.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at July 23, 2019 09:17 AM (N4xQB)

$90K/year in NYC is not that much.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:19 AM (mpXpK)

323 Yeah, there's that SS ad copy that says you pay into it, and that's keeping people from wanting to get rid of the system.

Very misleading. We tax young people to pay for old people. Anything else is window dressing.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at July 23, 2019 09:19 AM (TB7HE)

324 To be fair, they make $90K a year and get a pension.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at July 23, 2019 09:17 AM (N4xQB)

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A lot more than $90K with overtime. That's where the graft is for municipal workers (not just in NYC).

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:19 AM (FiUMj)

325 God comes off as a sadistic, petty, egomaniacal asshole in the Book of Job. It's not easy to digest.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (NWiLs)

326 If you want to end slavery you going to have to address the sellers of debt. Currently, the mean interest rate on credit cards in the US is 21%. In our youth, anyone charging 21% was known as a Loan Shark. Look no further than the Loan Shark State, Delaware, to find your slave traders.
Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 08:03 AM

Credit card debt is unsecured debt. The interest rate has to be high for the lenders to be able to offset the huge number of people who default on their payments. Don't want to pay 21% interest, pay your credit card bill in full at the end of the month. Is that possible for everyone? No. But a high interest rate isn't evidence wrongdoing here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (ejd/p)

327 Heh, he and his campaign team are not letting up:

@TrumpWarRoom

Rep. Rashida Tlaib said "I'm more Palestinian in the halls of Congress than I am anywhere in the world."

Tlaib said her roots to the West Bank are "still very strong," adding, "I'm going to be a voice for them" in Congress.

Why not be a voice for the Americans who elected you?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 09:09 AM (bDqIh)

He's in full campaign mode.
I wonder if they are stealthing his tweets to some of his followers. They will eventually cut his feed.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (vEIlU)

328 306 It's amazing that we're breaking the back of our society over the absurdity of paying people to not work. That's SS, pensions, welfare, disability, etc. Once you open that Pandora's box it's bound to get out of control.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 23, 2019 09:13 AM (oVJmc)

We Tocqueville called it. He said the American experiment would last until the voters figured out how to vote themselves the contents of the treasury.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (J+mig)

329 the absurdity of paying people not to work

And yet the free market hates hiring older people.

What's the alternative?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (H5knJ)

330 F-ing auto cucumber. De Tocqueville even.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:21 AM (J+mig)

331 Hiya Chique !

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2019 09:21 AM (arJlL)

332 Posted by: Huck Follywood, artisanal day walker at July 23, 2019 09:18 AM (NVYyb)

I thought that the PM of Britain was not decided until tomorrow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2019 09:21 AM (+0VWg)

333 Thanks CBD. Gotta try your oil. Morning rons and beautiful and classy ettes. Now links.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 23, 2019 09:21 AM (l0HIT)

334 And yet the free market hates hiring older people."

It does?

I detect the heavy hand of Government...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at July 23, 2019 09:21 AM (6qErC)

335 It's amazing that we're breaking the back of our society over the absurdity of paying people to not work. That's SS, pensions, welfare, disability, etc. Once you open that Pandora's box it's bound to get out of control.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

**********

Hi sailor!

Posted by: Universal Basic income at July 23, 2019 09:21 AM (mvenn)

336 318 I think SS is the worst thing ever. But I've paid into the damn thing for 25 years so yeah I want my money. If someone asked me would you like to blow up SS, my answer would probably be no.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:18 AM (FiUMj)

This is the fundamental trick of spcial security. A government is fundamentally about taking money from people. Those who are convinced they are owed by the government in return become its wards and footsoldiers.

Gangs are like governments on a micro scale, once they get into the protection business.

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:22 AM (W3Hl2)

337 And yet the free market hates hiring older people.

What's the alternative?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (H5knJ)

Slight tax breaks for employing older workers. Less expensive than social safety nets.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:22 AM (J+mig)

338 329 the absurdity of paying people not to work

And yet the free market hates hiring older people.

What's the alternative?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (H5knJ)

And "older" = over 35

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:22 AM (NWiLs)

339 I thought that the PM of Britain was not decided until tomorrow.

Ace gave them the keys to the time machine !

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2019 09:22 AM (arJlL)

340 Why not be a voice for the Americans who elected you?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 09:09 AM (bDqIh)

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Aren't the people who elected her also muzzies? She kind of is representing them.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:22 AM (FiUMj)

341 /sock off

Posted by: Muldoon at July 23, 2019 09:23 AM (mvenn)

342 And yet the free market hates hiring older people.

What's the alternative?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (H5knJ)

Well...

Posted by: Sweden at July 23, 2019 09:23 AM (l0HIT)

343 Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (NWiLs)

I could think that, if I were there when He formed the heavens and the earth, and laid out the dimensions of the universe, but I wasn't, so I defer.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:23 AM (lwiT4)

344 Adjust sock

Posted by: Muldoon at July 23, 2019 09:24 AM (mvenn)

345 How does Ivanka call her dog?

With a white dog whistle.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 23, 2019 09:25 AM (O8WFE)

346 I wish we had the option of paying into SS or paying
into an independent money market account or something similar. As it is
now, your SS does not belong to you, and upon your death, nothing
passes to your heirs. They're just SOL.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM

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Yep. Every time I read obituaries I see people who die before they can even start collecting SS and ask myself, where does the money go they paid in all of their life.

Between the money they took from me and the wife, I seriously doubt we will get back all of the $$$ we put in unless we both live to be 100 years old.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 23, 2019 09:25 AM (JUOKG)

347 Gangs are like governments on a micro scale, once they get into the protection business.
Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:22 AM (W3Hl2)

Or perhaps that governments are - or easily degenerate into - protection rackets on a national scale.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:25 AM (J+mig)

348 NYC is an excellent example of how the ultimate blame for the actions of an areas police are ultimately the responsibility of the residents.

We can argue all day over whether or not cops are good or bad or somewhere in between, overpaid donut eaters or underpaid heroes, but the overall behavior is a direct result of the people who elect the politicians who have control over the police.

The same police force who cleaned up NYC and made it safe under Rudy is the same police force that allows punks to pour buckets of water on officers who are just doing their jobs. How they respond to incidents is a reflection of the political leadership.

NYC residents voted for this and then voted to keep it. They are the ones to blame for what is happening in NYC.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2019 09:26 AM (K/2j/)

349 325 God comes off as a sadistic, petty, egomaniacal asshole in the Book of Job. It's not easy to digest.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (NWiLs)

The point is a lesson, primarily directed at us. Quite obviously, the exact nature of God's plan and the purpose of many of his actions are inscrutable to us. Ultimately we must either decide, God knows best, or reject that notion.

To put it another way, imagine you are a largely ignorant child being given instruction by a Father. You can choose to obey or disobey, and in some instances what he's asking you to do things that don't make sense or don't appeal to you. He also does things you don't understand. What do you choose to do?

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:26 AM (W3Hl2)

350 We let government take 1/7th of our income and on a bet that we will not outlive the actuarial tables.

Never bet against the house.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 09:27 AM (JFO2v)

351 Credit card debt is unsecured debt. The interest rate has to be high for the lenders to be able to offset the huge number of people who default on their payments. Don't want to pay 21% interest, pay your credit card bill in full at the end of the month. Is that possible for everyone? No. But a high interest rate isn't evidence wrongdoing here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (ejd/p)

Another easy way to not pay 21% interest - load yourself up on debt (but don't spend it all, keep a lot of cash!) then move to Texas. Texas doesn't allow wage garnishment except for things like child support, and doesn't allow personal items up to about $70,000 to be seized. So, default just means you won't be able to get any more credit cards, after that you just gotta live on a cash pay as you go basis.

The old story is that the men who wrote the 1876 Texas Constitution (the current one) all owed a lot of money to Eastern Bankers and didn't want to pay. So they made it easy not to.

Now it's easy to get a judgement against someone in Texas. It's just damned hard, if not impossible, to collect an unsecured debt.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2019 09:27 AM (V2Yro)

352 311 Until we can't borrow any more, or print more money.
You people do understand that any money that the Federal Government "Borrows" goes exactly into the same thin air that taxes do, don't you? The difference is that "Borrowed" money is a Progressive scam which results in future debt plus interest that has to be covered. Remember, Progressives hate the United States and want to destroy it - Federal debt is one of the ways they are doing that.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:16 AM (gdTDb)
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The Federal Debt will not be paid off. Like you said, it goes into thin air.

Interest? That's real but as we have seen in Japan, the Governments have come up with ways to drive down interest rates, some going into negative rates(cough-Japan-cough). It's a great scam...until it isn't.

Posted by: WisRich at July 23, 2019 09:27 AM (G0vdT)

353 originally, peter sellers was supposed to play major kong in dr. strangelove, but he fell and injured his hip. so kubrick called slim pickens to fly immediately to england to do one day's shoot. pickens said ok, but was stuck at the airport because he didn't have a passport, it took a day. of course the one day shoot went on and on because of kubrick's perfectionism. but it's easy to see why kubrick wanted pickens - so he could convincingly ride the a-bomb down waving his hat bronco-style, for pickens was an authentic rodeo star and had been on the rodeo circuit for 15 years before acting in films.

and now you know the rest of the story.

good day.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 23, 2019 09:27 AM (Pg+x7)

354 And yet the free market hates hiring older people.

What's the alternative?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

It's going to be self correcting here in the near future if the up and comers don't tighten their shit up.

There's only so many barista jobs.

Who do I hire?

Some whiny assed titty baby who can't get to work on time and has mommy call and bitch because I corrected their spelling or some 58 yr old who has been showing up to work on time for 40 years and has his/her shit wired tight snd won't be going out on maternity leave 10 months after being hired?

Gee, that's a hard choice.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2019 09:28 AM (MOpDc)

355 >>Aren't the people who elected her also muzzies? She kind of is representing them.

She said she is representing her Palestinian family in Gaza. She see's herself as Palestinian, representing Palestinians in Congress, speaking for Palestinians.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (bDqIh)

356 Very misleading. We tax young people to pay for old people. Anything else is window dressing.

No, the money taken from young people's FICA taxes goes into the same thin air that all federal tax revenues go into.
Every time you people say something ignorant about federal taxes I'm going to correct you until you figure out how things actually work.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (gdTDb)

357 NYC residents voted for this and then voted to keep it. They are the ones to blame for what is happening in NYC.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2019 09:26 AM (K/2j/)

Yep. That's why as a former New Yawka I hope they get it good and hard.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (l0HIT)

358 Boris Johnson can't be all b bad if he writes naughty limericks.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (mvenn)

359 Greetings from the white nationalist paradise of Berlin, bitchez.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (IHoII)

360 Who is paying 21% on credit cards?

I don't pay interest on ccs, as I pay off the balances every month and collect the cashback. But my rates on the cards I have are something like 10% for one and 12% for the other.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:30 AM (FiUMj)

361 No, the money taken from young people's FICA taxes goes into the same thin air that all federal tax revenues go into.
Every time you people say something ignorant about federal taxes I'm going to correct you until you figure out how things actually work.
Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (gdTDb)

___

But lock box?

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at July 23, 2019 09:30 AM (FiUMj)

362 Job's principle point is to dispute or at least qualify the theology of the historical books of the Old Testament, in which Israel and Judah get what they deserve because of their sin. That viewpoint is articulated by Job's neighbors, who are positive that Job brought this on himself. In short, the point of the book is that we often don't know why bad things happen.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2019 09:30 AM (H5knJ)

363 Look, and I'm not trying to be mean, but most people on welfare truly believe they earned it, that they are owed it.

It's simple: When you're getting money that came out of someone else's pocket--you can come up with all sorts of justifications as to why it's fair.

Hell, if I was getting some government cheese, I know damned good and well my "need" would become "owed" soon enough.
It's human nature.

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (k81AA)

364 Liawatha says these are hard times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=7SQ5qYp-PZg

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (JFO2v)

365 It's just damned hard, if not impossible, to collect an unsecured debt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2019 09:27 AM

Bingo. Saw that in court all the time. Congratulations, creditor. You have your judgment. Good luck trying to enforce it against that insolvent debtor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (ejd/p)

366 To put it another way, imagine you are a largely ignorant child being given instruction by a Father. You can choose to obey or disobey, and in some instances what he's asking you to do things that don't make sense or don't appeal to you. He also does things you don't understand. What do you choose to do?
Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:26 AM (W3Hl2)

More like your dad lets someone come in and kill your puppy, kill your best friend, beat you bloody every day, smash your toys, and otherwise make life a living hell. Then when you ask "why, daddy? Why?" he tells you to shut the fuck up and how dare you question him.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (NWiLs)

367 Who is paying 21% on credit cards?

People with bad credit scores

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (p0A33)

368 No, the money taken from young people's FICA taxes goes into the same thin air that all federal tax revenues go into.
Every time you people say something ignorant about federal taxes I'm going to correct you until you figure out how things actually work.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:29 AM (gdTDb)

You're being distracted by currency. Ultimately there is a resource transfer.

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (W3Hl2)

369 nood

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (mpXpK)

370 Another day of not enjoying the decline.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 23, 2019 09:32 AM (4ClVL)

371 I expect Boris Johnson to be a galactic disappointment.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 23, 2019 09:32 AM (IxRYM)

372 309 295 I wish we had the option of paying into SS or paying into an independent money market account or something similar. As it is now, your SS does not belong to you, and upon your death, nothing passes to your heirs. They're just SOL.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:11 AM (lwiT4)

If the idea was to build a retirement account for people they would've just done that.
Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:15 AM (W3Hl2)

On the flip side, the Dems DESPERATELY want to get hold of the money in people's retirement accounts, like 401K and 401B. So my guess is that any money market would be government-approved and government-mandated.

I started splitting money into Roth, 401B, and HSA accounts when I realized that my pension may end up being "adjusted" as more new employees choose mutual funds over the pay-more-upfront traditional pension plan. Now I wonder if my plans will fall apart if/when a "planned economy" bums get power.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 23, 2019 09:32 AM (/+bwe)

373 366>>>

Sounds like my father.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 23, 2019 09:33 AM (4ClVL)

374 349 325 God comes off as a sadistic, petty, egomaniacal asshole in the Book of Job. It's not easy to digest.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (NWiLs)

The point is a lesson, primarily directed at us. Quite obviously, the exact nature of God's plan and the purpose of many of his actions are inscrutable to us. Ultimately we must either decide, God knows best, or reject that notion.

To put it another way, imagine you are a largely ignorant child being given instruction by a Father. You can choose to obey or disobey, and in some instances what he's asking you to do things that don't make sense or don't appeal to you. He also does things you don't understand. What do you choose to do?

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:26 AM (W3Hl2)

The important thing to realize is that, being made in God's image, God is like us, just on a scale we cannot comprehend. The workings of His mind are not alien to ours, His decision-making process and feelings are the same, He just has access to powers and levels of information beyond any scale we can imagine.

We might not see the purpose, with our limited view of the world and the grand sweep of time, but there is one. We might not understand the plan, and what it will take to bear fruit, but there is one.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:33 AM (J+mig)

375 Mmmm. Coffee, with a shot of Molybdenum and Rhenium. That's the best part of waking up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at July 23, 2019 09:33 AM (CDGwz)

376 Boris Johnson sounds like someone heading up the Russian mafia in London .

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 23, 2019 09:34 AM (knDqF)

377 No, the money taken from young people's FICA taxes goes into the same thin air that all federal tax revenues go into.
Every time you people say something ignorant about federal taxes I'm going to correct you until you figure out how things actually work.

LOLGFY

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at July 23, 2019 09:34 AM (TB7HE)

378
Credit card debt is unsecured debt. The interest rate has to be high for the lenders to be able to offset the huge number of people who default on their payments. Don't want to pay 21% interest, pay your credit card bill in full at the end of the month. Is that possible for everyone? No. But a high interest rate isn't evidence wrongdoing here.
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Your argument is that everyone should have credit. The old model was only those that can handle credit should use it - ergo lower lending rates. Subsidizing idiocy is idiotic.

Posted by: Puddin Head at July 23, 2019 09:35 AM (2LelM)

379 Job's principle point is to dispute or at least qualify the theology of the historical books of the Old Testament

Another point is the fact that there is spiritual warfare taking place behind the scenes that we know little about. There is a battle and the fall-out is what we encounter here on earth. Satan wanted Job. God said, he's a good man. Watch this....

And Job said, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Posted by: grammie winger at July 23, 2019 09:35 AM (lwiT4)

380 349 325 God comes off as a sadistic, petty, egomaniacal asshole in the Book of Job. It's not easy to digest.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:20 AM (NWiLs)

As we've said here many times, most bible scholars believe Job is by far the oldest book in the bible, and may predate Abraham by several hundred years. probably having been written in Mesopotamia, maybe ancient Sumer. it is *not* a very Jewish or Christian book.

So why has it been kept around? Because for 4,500 years now (it's probable age) nothing has dealt with the issue of Unjust Suffering more honestly and directly than the book of Job deals with it. It says: You are likely to suffer, through no fault of your own. That is the nature of this world. You want to know why, that is a human yearning. You will never be told why, because you didn't create this universe, and because what you want is not really very important in the overall scheme of things.

Now one of his friends, understanding that, advised "Curse God and Die." But Job, hearing that, refused, and instead said "but I know my Redeemer Lives" and he accepted his suffering.

It's not a very modern or American view. But it's more realistic than anything we have to offer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2019 09:35 AM (V2Yro)

381 More like your dad lets someone come in and kill your puppy, kill your best friend, beat you bloody every day, smash your toys, and otherwise make life a living hell. Then when you ask "why, daddy? Why?" he tells you to shut the fuck up and how dare you question him.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 23, 2019 09:31 AM (NWiLs)

The why is addressed in other books. Something along the lines of the universal salvation of mankind.

But the precise lesson one is supposed to take from Job is that we are not entitled to an understanding and explanation of everything that's going on(but are rather to simply trust in God).

Ecclesiastes is a good pre New Testament viewpoint.

Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:36 AM (W3Hl2)

382 It was bad enough we had do nothing republican congress critters afraid to solve a problem because they will lose an issue to campaign on (I'm looking at you Mitch).

Now we have the shuck and jive hustlers at the NRA (I'm looking at you Wayne). As a lifetime member I am not real happy about the situation.

I stopped donating to either entity quite a while ago due to their lying bullshit. I think the best thing to safeguard my 2nd amendment (and other constitutional rights in general) are
a.) Bury tubes
b.) Firearms on hand
c.) lots of ammo
d.) the will to use them

Posted by: The Walking Dude at July 23, 2019 09:37 AM (XKDBk)

383 When you reach 70 and try getting a job, you find out nobody will hire you regardless of your skills, because employers want somebody who will work for them for 15 years.
You then have two alternatives: 1. Work part time for Walmart or equivalent 2. Become self employed (that is why I am a photographer).

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:37 AM (gdTDb)

384 Now I wonder if my plans will fall apart if/when a "planned economy" bums get power.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 23, 2019 09:32 AM (/+bwe)

I think the only protection will be gold in overseas accounts, in places that specialize in banking secrecy.

Everything else will be raided, but many of the "Revolutionary Vanguard" are obscenely wealthy, have their own money in such places, and won't dare upset the status quo there.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:37 AM (J+mig)

385 Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 23, 2019 09:32 AM (/+bwe

I cashed out my two pension plans from my two previous employers. I was at both places for eight years. Getting a lump sum now rather than a total of 150 per month when I turn 65 seemed like the thing to do.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 23, 2019 09:39 AM (knDqF)

386 Just an observation, the suffering of Job was instituted by the devil.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at July 23, 2019 09:39 AM (xSo9G)

387 This will be unpopular here, no doubt, but I don't think Job should be read literally. God and Satan did not make a bet (which makes no sense for an omniscient being to do in the first place). That framing is a literary conceit so that the reader doesn't spend time fighting the hypothetical - i.e., doing what Job's neighbors do, insist that Job must have done something we don't know about to bring about his troubles.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2019 09:39 AM (H5knJ)

388 The why is addressed in other books. Something along the lines of the universal salvation of mankind.

But the precise lesson one is supposed to take from Job is that we are not entitled to an understanding and explanation of everything that's going on(but are rather to simply trust in God).

Ecclesiastes is a good pre New Testament viewpoint.
Posted by: Someguy at July 23, 2019 09:36 AM (W3Hl2)

I don't think the salvation can possibly be universal, some have truly chosen to serve darkness and wallow in their sins.

Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at July 23, 2019 09:42 AM (J+mig)

389 387 This will be unpopular here, no doubt, but I don't think Job should be read literally."

Which is exactly what all proper Christian theologians have said for at least 1600 years. So you're in good company.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2019 09:43 AM (V2Yro)

390 I look at being tested as an honor , not a curse.

But also I'm the kind of person that wants the ball with 3 seconds left on the clock to take the last shot.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 23, 2019 09:43 AM (knDqF)

391 LOLGFY
So you refuse to learn how things actually work. You can't argue with what I have to say - because you are wrong, so you use ridicule. The problem is that ridicule is meant to be used on people saying ridiculous things, not people who are pointing out that you are saying ridiculous things.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 09:43 AM (gdTDb)

392 Now one of his friends, understanding that, advised "Curse God and Die."

That was his wife. Women!!

. I thought your discussion of the Book of Job was a good one. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2019 09:48 AM (+0VWg)

393 13 Slavery Made the US Less Prosperous, Not More So

This guy is FOS.

Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2019 07:11 AM (mpXpK)

Reconstruction ain't over yet.

Posted by: Reg at July 23, 2019 09:49 AM (MU3Os)

394 @354 Gosh, to hear you tell it, none of your critical age cohort should be having any trouble whatever.

I'm just wondering, how many people a year, of what sort of job description, do you hire on your personal say-so?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 23, 2019 09:50 AM (8ZmvG)

395 This will be unpopular here, no doubt, but I don't think Job should be read literally.
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S'ok by me.

As an aside, as Hitler was being confronted by bad news from his sundry Generals, there was the intimation that the situation was the result of bad choices that he had made.

At one point, Hitler said, "I weary of these Comforters of Job". I find that rather amusing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at July 23, 2019 09:52 AM (CDGwz)

396 Worthy of note? People who think that philosophy departments should be burned to the ground will jack off all day over the variant meanings of the book of Job.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 23, 2019 09:58 AM (8ZmvG)

397 68- re: "larval Scalias"A disgusting image but more appropriate on several levels would be
"embryonic Scalias'. or "fetal Scalias."
And fuck Esquire. It's not a magazine for men, it's a magazine for male impersonators.

Posted by: vivi at July 23, 2019 10:00 AM (11H2y)

398 So you refuse to learn how things actually work. You can't argue with what I have to say - because you are wrong, so you use ridicule. The problem is that ridicule is meant to be used on people saying ridiculous things, not people who are pointing out that you are saying ridiculous things.

Let's just say you are not what I'd consider a knowledgeable source and I didn't ask for your opinion. You have zero knowledge of my education or background.

Let's also say that you are sounding like a jerk.

As I said: GFY.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at July 23, 2019 10:00 AM (TB7HE)

399 A summary of the links leads me to a complete and unambiguous conclusion: If you haven't closed on a bugout location by the time Trump is replaced, and haven't learned to properly prep, then you will be dead ten years after Trump leaves. And if you haven't taught your children the same, you are a fucking child abuser. It's that simple.

Posted by: Jonah Kyle at July 23, 2019 10:02 AM (SH7Tr)

400 On the plus side, apparently we now have someone who noticed the absence of a BSG type and said "hold my beer."

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone gives a shit at July 23, 2019 10:02 AM (TB7HE)

401 Let's also say that you are sounding like a jerk.

If the knowledge I am trying to pass on weren't absolutely critical I wouldn't bother the rest of you with it. Unfortunately this is a case where the truth is counter to the common sense which people build up regarding money. That common sense is exactly right when it comes to personal finances, business finances, local government, and state government. It is 100% wrong at the federal level. As long as you fail to understand that fact the Progressives will be able to run the country into the ground by convincing you that the Feds need to borrow money to finance federal spending.
Federal finances is a very counter intuitive subject which is difficult to understand. I am not the first person to attempt this. Heinlein tried to cover it in a chapter in his book Time Enough for Love.

If I am coming off like a jerk it is because I am angry and frustrated that I can't get intelligent people to understand what is actually happening.

Posted by: An Observation at July 23, 2019 10:33 AM (gdTDb)

402 Muldoon
I'm responding to your comment about physicians not making money on well people. I had a similar thought a few years ago. On the corner of my street a group built an urgent care facility. I wondered about what kind of thinking is behind opening a business and hoping nobody has to use it.

Posted by: Chillin the most at July 23, 2019 10:38 AM (lonOK)

403 "And what's up with the staying power of the lunatics who think that the moon landing was staged?"

Probably the same syndrome that affects the Anti-Vaxxers.

It's the "Holier-Than-Thou" thing, combined with elitism. They know a Truth, to which others are blind to or have been hoodwinked. That makes them better than the masses out there, in their minds.

Doesn't matter if it's been debunked, time after time. Any attack on the idea is treated as a test of their faith, and only serves to prove their belief even more true in their mind. Similarly, anything that might hint to its validity becomes a new gospel.

Even the atheists need their religion.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 23, 2019 10:46 AM (6NP2p)

404 Happy to make this Morning Report with the NRA troubles piece. Now how do I do that on a regular basis?

That piece is actually the third piece on the NRA's internal troubles, preceded by this:

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=40056

And this:

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=40287

Posted by: Lawrence Person at July 23, 2019 11:34 AM (QdGwK)

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