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To Help Poor and Working Families, Nancy Pelosi Pushes SALT Tax Break for Millionaires In Blue States... Including Herself
The SALT deduction lets very wealth taxpayers in high tax blue states, and blue cities, to deduct the money their liberal governments take from them from their federal taxable income. So New York City and San Francisco can jack up tax rates, but their wealthy inhabitants won't mind too much, because at least they can avoid paying some taxes to the federal government. Trump (and Congress) limited how much one could deduct from one's federal taxable income. Blue state leftists -- who constantly cry about the need to raise taxes while conveniently crafting themselves shelters from the high taxes they demand -- are aghast that they would actually be expected to pay the high federal tax rates they champion. And Nancy Pelosi is riding to their rescue. Can't wait to hear her explain how a tax sop that benefits only the blue state millionaires concentrated around NYC, LA, SF, and DC will really "help the working people in the heartlands." So is Nancy Pelosi officially embracing trickle-down economics? Is anyone in the media going to ask her? Spoiler alert: No, no one in the media is going to ask her, including reporters from FoxNews, because FoxNews is itself a tool of the neoliberal blue state millionaire establishment.They're just in the dirty business of selling products to a deplorable red state audience. The Murdoch Boyz -- and Paul Ryan -- want their Pelosi Stimulus Check.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pushing for a new stimulus bill that would roll back the state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap, a proposal that would predominantly help wealthy individuals -- including most residents in Pelosi's district and perhaps even Pelosi herself. A 2019 report from the Joint Committee on Taxation projected that of those who would face lower tax liability from the elimination of the SALT cap -- which only affects those who itemize tax deductions -- 94 percent earn at least $100,000. The government would lose out on $77.4 billion in tax dollars, with more than half of that amount being saved by taxpayers earning $1 million or more. Those earning more than $200,000 would reap most of the balance. California's 12th congressional district, which Pelosi represents, is among the wealthiest in the U.S., with a median income of $113,919, according to census data. The average household income is $168,456 -- meaning most residents would benefit from any significant cut to SALT. Pelosi and her husband have a property tax liability of approximately $198,337.62 considering their two homes, a winery and two commercial properties, public records show, indicating that the couple could reap substantial benefits in the event of a full SALT repeal.Fuck these people. Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer is playing further partisan games, demanding things Trump is already doing and demanding silly thing so that when Trump refuses, he can say, "Oh, that's why 1000 more people died!" Trump repsonded Trumpishly:
We have given New York many things, including hospitals, medical centers, medical supplies, record number of ventilators, and more. You should have had New York much better prepared than you did, and as Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx said yesterday, New York was very late in its fight against the virus. As you are aware, the federal government is merely a back-up for state governments. Unfortunately, your state needed more back-up than others. If you spent less time on a ridiculous impeachment hoax... and instead focused on helping the people of New York, then New York would not have been so completely unprepared for the "invisible enemy." No wonder AOC and others are thinking about running against you in the upcoming primary. If they did, they would likely win. Fortunately, we have been working with your state and city governments, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill DiBlasio. You have been missing in action, except when it comes to the "press."This is a line I want Trump to use on Schumer. I offer it gratis.
"When there's work to be done, some men put their shoulders to the load, and others just run their mouth. You are famously a man with a very big mouth and very small shoulders."
This letter from @realDonaldTrump to @SenSchumer seems to have been dictated verbatim and sent: “No wonder @AOC and others are thinking about running against you in the primary. If they did, they would likely win.” pic.twitter.com/z5jBXzK1X4
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) April 2, 2020
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Patient Zero at April 02, 2020 06:42 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: The Chinese Bat in Patient Zero's stomach at April 02, 2020 06:43 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 02, 2020 06:44 PM (m45I2)
"When there's work to be done, some men put their shoulders to the job, and others just run their mouth. You are famously a man with a very big mouth and very small shoulders."
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:44 PM (PbpT7)
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Posted by: Drill Thrawl at April 02, 2020 06:45 PM (a48q1)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Hands at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Simplemind at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (yshFD)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (PbpT7)
We have given New York many things, including hospitals, medical centers, medical supplies, record number of ventilators, and more.
The rest of the US should send NYC the bill for lost business, economic damage, virus spread, etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (SfYbS)
652 Thanks, all, for the prayers and good wishes.
It comes and goes. When it looked as if his testing might be
postponed- that was the worst.
There needs to be a reckoning with the Chinese. To be fair, I've thought this for decades.
Posted by: Sal at April 02, 2020 06:44 PM (bo8pf)
Posted by: Sal at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (bo8pf)
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Come back here with what you find out.
Posted by: filbert at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (NiXyF)
cut. jib. newsletter.
Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: My hat my cain, Gandhi at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (l3+k2)
Trump would have been in real trouble if AOC was old enough to be President in 2020. But she isn't and he isn't.
Posted by: trev006 at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (0HpOW)
Posted by: BourbonChicken with Face Colander at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (IYHxL)
I am wondering if his staff is once again undermining him -- objecting to this letter, and then refusing to do any copyediting on it to make trump look bad.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 06:49 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (ZCEU2)
639 Salty nood
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 06:43 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: filbert at April 02, 2020 06:49 PM (NiXyF)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:49 PM (L3Rsz)
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The framers were wise indeed.
Posted by: Simplemind at April 02, 2020 06:49 PM (yshFD)
any tax cut us good imo
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 06:49 PM (G546f)
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (aKsyK)
I'm fucking stealing that shamelessly, ace. I'm going to Jonah Goldberg it.
Posted by: UGAdawg at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (tRd71)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (JoUsr)
any tax cut us good imo
why should blue state millionaires pay lower federal taxes than red ones?
That's what this is about.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (PbpT7)
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The framers were wise indeed.
Posted by: Simplemind at April 02, 2020 06:49 PM (yshFD)
They knew the country would never be ready for a President that flapped her arms around like an epileptic chicken.
Posted by: filbert at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (NiXyF)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (+oVP5)
SALT was a good example of what's wrong with this country in a general sense. "Raise taxes through the roof on rich guys in NY, and get lower earners in OK to pay those rich guys back."
Very similar to corporate "taxes." Institute a totally regressive tax on all consumers, while you tell the poor people you're fleecing that its a tax on the rich.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (II2Y0)
And maybe it gets AOC thinking she can win. Oh, the hilarity!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (PbpT7)
is she literally limiting it to just blue states?
that's retarded
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (7rVsF)
Speaking as a Floridian, hell to the yes. Motherfuckers swarmed down here to spread their disease even after the stay home orders were made. No wonder roughly half the cases in FL are in South Florida.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (Y274z)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (j3npP)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (NWiLs)
"When there's wives to be done, some men put their ginourmous wangs to work and blow several loads, and others just use a magnifying glass and tweezers to pee.
You are famously a man with a very big magnifying glass."
Posted by: Bulls Are Us at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (d6DSt)
*********
He was rushing to put his shoulder to the wheel but a microphone got in his way.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (m45I2)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: BourbonChicken with Face Colander at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (LxTcq)
Correct! If anything, you should get a tax deduction if your State has no income taxes to encourage proper voting.
And why do we still do payroll withholding like it's 1943?
A man can dream.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 06:47 PM (SfYbS)
**********
That's a man, baby!
Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (Y274z)
SALT was a good example of what's wrong with this country in a general sense
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
And this concept was the basis of Romney care. He got the feds to pony up for MA expansion of coverage. An accounting trick to f-ck the country and step into the candidacy. F-cking loser.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (2BZBZ)
it's just that only blue states have the immense taxation locally and statewide that made SALT so beneficial to them
it was a subsidy to their state/local coffers, paid for by those in low-tax states via THEIR higher federal tax payments.
I so loved this change to the tax code, even tho it hurt me personally. it SHOULD hurt me to live in a high tax state- with a god-awful governor - and it does. so I need to haul ass! and it's MY fault. I don't want bob in arkansas to spot me my local taxes (out of my fed obligations)
Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (j9HX3)
--Birx
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Sex without a condom at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Smokin' Uncle Joe Biden at April 02, 2020 06:53 PM (EgshT)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (ZLI7S)
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: filbert
I need to find a video of her and put on The Chicken Dance
Posted by: Bruce at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (vd8XM)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (+k5vA)
Posted by: Hands at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (786Ro)
that's retarded
well yes-- because it's blue states and cities that tax at high rates, but then their millionaires turn around and reduce their federal taxes by the amount they spent on state and city taxes. (Well, not the full amount, like half.)
This is effectively subsidizing blue cities and blue states to raise their local taxes high, and then expect the rest of America to make up for the shortfall.
This only affects millionaires in blue states and blue cities, no one else. Not anyone making less than $100,000, and not anyone in a lower tax state/city.
This is for Blue State/Blue City millionaires ONLY.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:50 PM (PbpT7)
is she literally limiting it to just blue states?
that's retarded
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (G546f)
It is the high state taxes that prompted this law. In states with low state taxes it is not that much of an issue
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (85Gof)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (2BZBZ)
That letter to Schmuck Schumer is all sorts of awesome
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (+k5vA)
Its brutality is almost sexual.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (4a9Vv)
You sir have a third world problem.
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (ZCEU2)
So yeah, Nancy can flap her dentures, but I don't see her getting a treat any time soon.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (CYY+K)
-Mayor DeBlasio
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 02, 2020 06:52 PM (j3npP)
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Festival! Festival!
Posted by: Hopped-up Landru Cultist at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (g8Yc+)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (oGFm1)
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
Looks like he went outside the chain of command and sacrificed his career to get something done.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: getting the banned brsin bleach at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (ktQlZ)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (L3Rsz)
**********
New menu item: Chicken Seizure Salad
Posted by: Muldoon at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (m45I2)
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
Looks like he went outside the chain of command and sacrificed his career to get something done.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (1FhAQ)
What he did was stupid on many levels and deserved to be fired.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (85Gof)
It's why I'm looking at Tennessee for retirement.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (Ydn2k)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken
With the charisma of Hillary and the looks of Webb, Chuck can't wait either.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (L3Rsz)
Must've been a real bitch plucking and skinning the bastard.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (NWiLs)
As a female, I should not understand this reference, yet I do.
Posted by: shibumi in a tinfoil hat at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (ZCiJZ)
When a crisis comes, you don't get the government you deserve, you get the government you voted for.
And New York gets the small shouldered, tiny membered, big mouthed, Schumer.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (Ed8Zd)
Knife twist.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (iydjf)
why should blue state millionaires pay lower federal taxes than red ones?
That's what this is about.
Posted by: ace
Not to mention the high-tax blue states essentially taking/stealing tax revenues from the rest of us.
Posted by: 6-4-3 Turn Two at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (NMkO+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (IYHxL)
====
He is easily understandable.
He isn't trying to write for history.
It's an f you letter.
Posted by: Simplemind at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (yshFD)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (L3Rsz)
As a female, I should not understand this reference, yet I do.
Posted by: shibumi in a tinfoil hat at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (ZCiJZ)
You're a nerd. It's OK.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 06:57 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (OuKaw)
If you care to answer
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (85Gof)
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Yep.
Never let enemies know there may be issues that may be degrading the ability of the military.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Hands
**********
MSG. Heh!
That's how it's done, folks!
Posted by: Muldoon at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (m45I2)
Why should FL subsidize NY federal taxes because NY state taxes are stupidly high?
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (VWp7G)
No small wonder Democrats don't want this seen by everyone.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (VpIIl)
I was thinking you were going to go more of 'stick a cock in there' direction when I scanned the word 'mouth'.
ace, keeping us guessing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (L3Rsz)
far. I've been all but immobile. I've been a houseplant for months, and no, it's not just about the virus. I was already doing this.
I haven't been eating a lot, but when you reduce your calories expended to right around zero, you know, you can gain weight while eating a normal amount.
I did walk for 50 minutes today. baby steps.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (PbpT7)
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
Looks like he went outside the chain of command and sacrificed his career to get something done.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (1FhAQ)
What he did was stupid on many levels and deserved to be fired.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (85Gof)
Okay, I'm asking this in all sincerity--the way I'm seeing this framed is that he was warning his superiors that his crew was getting sick and they were ignoring him, so he went public. Is that what happened?
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (6OMwV)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (zr5Kq)
They're all so great!
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Hands at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 06:59 PM (oVJmc)
I agree, and I live in CA. The only reason wealthy people here tolerated high state taxes over the years is they didn't have to pay full freight.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (wGeit)
Starve a cold?
Try thai hot n sour chicken soup - jewish pennicillin now with more garlic and hot peppers. What could go wrong?
Posted by: getting the tom ka kai, izzat it? banned bcuz gooood at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (ktQlZ)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (ptqGC)
The U.S. Navy relieved the captain who sounded the alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
It would appear the Navy is going to expect its commanders to report problems and the steps being taken to overcome them, not whine for help. Perhaps the Fitzgerald/McCain incidents woke them up?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (CYY+K)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (s6M7E)
I agree with Dr. B.
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Picric at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (nonGu)
Yes,
What does the U stand for?
The U?
Yes, Everyone calls you Chuck U Schumer. What does the U stand for?
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (+0uDE)
Starve a cold?
Try thai hot n sour chicken soup - jewish pennicillin now with more garlic and hot peppers. What could go wrong?
...
nah, just need to slim down so I can look good when I'm locked inside in May
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (s6M7E)
Sorry you're injured man. Timetable for return to deadlifting 9000lbs?
Do you do yoga? No bullshit it works. I had almost can't even run knee pain. Did yoga, no lifting, one summer and had no issues sprinting. I did DDP Yoga. Yes wrasslin nerd
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Infidel at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (/oG9s)
Posted by: Floridachick at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (olKjn)
i'm not injured. Or, I am, but slightly. No, this is just pure fucking inertia and bad character.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (PbpT7)
Not technically, but in effect. You used to be able to deduct your state from your federal. That meant California could tax your income at 9-11% and the feds would get less. Trump capped the amount you could deduct, so now blue staters are actually paying higher taxes. Nancy wants the old system back so that California can tax with impunity.
Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (OiC69)
https://tinyurl.com/v3g49o7
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (H8QX8)
ok, I remember now
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (G546f)
and others just run their mouth. You are famously a man with a very big
mouth and very small shoulders."
I assume someone has already pointed out that very small could be applied to other Schumerian body parts.
Posted by: pep at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (wElh/)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (PbpT7)
"When there's work to be done, some men put their shoulders to the job, and others just run their mouth. You are famously a man with a very big mouth and very small shoulders."
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:44 PM (PbpT7)
Schumer is small, but he is not a man.
He is a lemming tool of the Globalist Left.
But he certainly have a big mouth.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (s6M7E)
I agree with Dr. B.
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (zr5Kq)
So do I
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (oGFm1)
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It'll be a long haul, but he has the best trainer possible: me.
Posted by: RBG at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (iydjf)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (CYY+K)
You are expected to refrain from embarrassing chain of command by going to the press. It's always been a career ender.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (wGeit)
You know what they say:
Where there's a quill, there's a quay!
Posted by: Muldoon at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (m45I2)
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
Looks like he went outside the chain of command and sacrificed his career to get something done.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 06:55 PM (1FhAQ)
What he did was stupid on many levels and deserved to be fired.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (85Gof)
Okay, I'm asking this in all sincerity--the way I'm seeing this framed is that he was warning his superiors that his crew was getting sick and they were ignoring him, so he went public. Is that what happened?
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (1FhAQ)
My friend in the air force(not a pilot or anything) says they're not going to be releasing info to the public about covid cases for opsec reasons.
Posted by: Someguy at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (dNzKv)
SAVE OUR BILLIONAIRES!!!
Posted by: Nancy and Chuck at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (s6M7E)
Trying.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:04 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:04 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: RBG
haha
I will start lifting once i'm done with the fast. I might do calesthenics during the fast. you can't gain any muscle with no food coming in, but I guess you can signal your body to not consume muscle by doing light exercise.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:04 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:04 PM (oGFm1)
They hate us all and want us to die, and I'm supposed to forgive them.
Just now, Martha "NeverTrump" McCallum cut into PDT's presser to do a townhall thing.
Off goes the TV.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2020 07:04 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 07:02 PM (IYHxL)
I did yoga once and threw my back out for a month.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Bert G at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (wElh/)
What he did was incredible.
Speculating he was a political [obama] promotion.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (s6M7E)
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I don't know how firm the evidence is that he leaked. If in fact he did, yeah--inexplicably dumb.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (sWM8x)
President Trump on Navy firing aircraft carrier commander today for protecting his sailors:
"I don't agree with that at all. Not even a little bit"
I missed this. He didn't agree with the firing? Is that what this means. I didn't hear it.
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (zr5Kq)
Just not his man boobs. Seriously, the dude has real hooters.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (s6M7E)
It really makes you wonder how the fuck someone with his judgement got Command
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (85Gof)
-Mayor DeBlasio
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 02, 2020
An Effluvious for the Rest of Us!
Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (786Ro)
"When there's work to be done, some men put their shoulders to the
job, and others just run their mouth. You are famously a man with a very
big mouth and very small shoulders."
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:44 PM (PbpT7)
All said in the proper "Guys and Dolls" accent.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (CYY+K)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (jK8Z7)
I never could do that, but excessive weight is not good for anyone.
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (ZCEU2)
Clearly we're all in this together. Just one big happy family all coalescing for the same goal.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (6eEQ+)
For a guy - you probably know this but a leftist conspiracy site thinks you're a woman. Granted this info is YEARS old - that runs a smart military blog daily I'm shocked you don't have discipline bro.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (1FhAQ)
A command decision was made to not flood Guam or some other pacific island with 5000 sailors. The admirals and likely SecDef decided it was better to leave them aboard. Capt didn't agree with that decision because orangemanbad, so he went to the enemy press.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (dNzKv)
they always have to push some agenda item that trump is NOT doing so that if 10,000 people die, they can say "10,000 people died because trump refused [randomly chosen proposal X]"
If he agrees to a national lockdown, they'll change it to something else .
The press does nothing but political ops for the Democrats. The Democrats used to hire campaign trackers for this purpose; now they don't need to.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (PbpT7)
didn't they slso ban sale of "non essential" items from big box stores?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (G546f)
Shill for Iran?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (UxzMs)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Bert G at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (cF8AT)
He was responding to the way the reporter characterized the firing that it was motivated by embarassing the Navy.
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (sWM8x)
He blasted his email to over 30 people in the open.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (85Gof)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses
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The enemies of the US know that the teddy Roosevelt is not up to strength. If he leaked it, crime.
Posted by: Simplemind at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (yshFD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (85Gof)
The military is going to be plagued by Obama officers for a long time.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (dNzKv)
Sounds like you went too hard too soon. Srs.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (PbpT7)
Right on brother in solidarity with the migrant chirruns in trump's child cages like a wet market.
Posted by: getting the solid air titty thing back together at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (ktQlZ)
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (wElh/)
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (s9Eo8)
President Trump on Navy firing aircraft carrier commander today for protecting his sailors:
"I don't agree with that at all. Not even a little bit"
I missed this. He didn't agree with the firing? Is that what this means. I didn't hear it.
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (cF8AT)
I think he meant: He didn't agree with the reporter's opinion on the firing. The reporter said that the commander was only trying to save his crew from the coronavirus--and PDT said, at that, "I don't agree with any of that."
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Bert G
If you're in the rug business...
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (1FhAQ)
If you really feel your boss is ignoring something very important, your option is to go over his head. But in the chain of command. It's not a good career move, but it's something you can survive if someone higher up agrees and the matter is sufficiently important.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (s6M7E)
It really makes you wonder how the fuck someone with his judgement got Command
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (85Gof)
Obama?
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: Bert G at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (UxzMs)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (L3Rsz)
didn't they slso ban sale of "non essential" items from big box stores?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 07:06 PM (G546f)
Power grab. They're coming hard and fast, while we're reeling, knowing this is the window of opportunity to seize as much as possible.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (s9Eo
So he didn't make comment one way or the other about the actual firing?
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (cF8AT)
Burn Hollywood Burn!
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (s6M7E)
Look at that, Trump understands federalism.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2020 07:03 PM (ZLI7S)
More than most people in DC, it seems. I would love it if he said "You know what, I'm thinking you all need a reference to consult, so I bought one for each of you and signed it."
And then some aides wheel in carts and start giving the White House Press Corps copies of "Magruder's American Government".
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (CYY+K)
out of what range? NYC? I'm not actually in NYC.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: BourbonChicken with Face Colander at April 02, 2020 06:48 PM (LxTcq)
Every taxpayer gets a $10,000 tax exception on state taxes, correct?
Nancy seems to forget this.
Nancy is greedy as hell.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (iTXRQ)
Every day, Trump goes out and demonstrates he's far more intelligent and on top of the issues than the "reporters" in the room. All they can do is lob lame "gotcha" questions at him, which he bats aside like a cat playing with a catnip-laced mouse.
Well, he doesn't actually grab them, flop on his side, gouge them with his back legs and bite them, but it's kinda the same.
Posted by: filbert at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (NiXyF)
I am wondering if his staff is once again undermining him -- objecting to this letter, and then refusing to do any copyediting on it to make trump look bad."
He may have told the staff not to edit it in any way. That happens.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (puu6v)
The "captain" wasn't "sounding the alarm" on the chinese flu abord the carrier, the "captain" acted UNTOWARD and UNFIT of a Navy captain.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (UxzMs)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: ace
********
If teleconferencing, remember, the webcam adds 10 lbs.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (m45I2)
Posted by: corn and beans at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (tkNkP)
Posted by: IrishEi
I can guess.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (oGFm1)
Ok thanks.
BTW m, I left the video of what you were asking about on the other thread, in case you missed it.
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Yowza! at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (/LQkF)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (cF8AT)
Said he didn't have a problem with it but would not comment because the [Navy] Secretary was going to have a press conference about it.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (s6M7E)
To be fair, I'd take pictures of her.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (jK8Z7)
Showing Dana Perino and others cuddling with their dogs in front of cozy fireplaces and private libraries.
"We're all in this together. We're just like you."
Hell no, you're nothing like us. STFU. Try giving up your too-high salaries and benefits and then let's talk.
STHU.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (ptqGC)
Oh please, please, please. Told my kids we'll never do DisneyWorld again. They actually seemed fine with it.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (PbpT7)
Wobbly and hesitantly?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (NWiLs)
Basically taxpayers in the rest of the country were subsidizing idiotic leftist nonsense in those places by allowing them to divert Federal taxes to programs to help the gay polar bears to stop smoking. Voting for that crap used to be painless.
But not now. Those idiotic expenditures are now IN ADDITION to Federal taxes, not INSTEAD of them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Bert G at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (OMsf+)
She persisted; she asked about 20 followups.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (IYHxL)
out of what range? NYC? I'm not actually in NYC.
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (PbpT7)
Double secret identity probation.
Posted by: Someguy at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (s6M7E)
It really makes you wonder how the fuck someone with his judgement got Command
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2020 07:05 PM (85Gof)
Obama?
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:08 PM (s6M7E)
The Navy hasn't been in a real firefight since 1945. You end up with schmoozers and politicians in senior positions during peacetime.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (wGeit)
WTF? How do the Iranians pick up a phone and call you?
Posted by: Bert G at April 02, 2020 07:07 PM (OMsf+
First they get your number. Then they go to the bodega, get a chicken shwarma and a Mountain Dew, then a calling card, then place the call.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (CYY+K)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (TNy/K)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (11H2y)
Any word on the "captain's" gender?
The "captain" of the carrier freaked out. The "captain" is ASSHO.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (UxzMs)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM (sGotD)
Great hair. Looks like a little minx.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (1FhAQ)
MSM said she was the reason the WHCA banned OANN. Allegedly sat down or didn't follow social distancing the other day.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: Hollywood at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (cF8AT)
Thanks!!!
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 07:00 PM (PbpT7)
Wobbly and hesitantly?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (NWiLs)
Hahaha. I'm picturing a middle aged man toddling down the street while drooling on himself.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
Chanel wouldn't need to socially distance with me.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (kzFDG)
Given that Zoom's software developers are in China, know that they will be laughing at how fat we are as they are recording/viewing your corporate meeting.
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (heJkW)
Posted by: ace"
I just spit bourbon out of my nose.
Me? I'm hoping to become an alcoholic by May and ease the pain from morning PT. That way, when I finally go back into the office as a hot mess, they'll fire me and I can collect some of that sweet, sweet government cheese.
By the way, is it impolite to snort on conference calls from home? I seem to be doing that more as a slip into a permanent alcoholic state.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (VWp7G)
I'm a little annoyed the city's been trying to close our parks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (L2ZTs)
The U.S. Navy relieved the captain who sounded the alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
https://tinyurl.com/ulqnhho
He embarrassed the Navy, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (RU4sa)
It would appear the Navy is going to expect its commanders to report problems and the steps being taken to overcome them, not whine for help. Perhaps the Fitzgerald/McCain incidents woke them up?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:01 PM (CYY+K)
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He should have kept the letter quiet.
That said, the first thing they should have done after tying up and going to shore power was to evacuate as many people off the ship as possible, and asking the base to supply tents and bedding to allow the remaining skeleton crew to spread out using the flight deck, hangar decks and the pierside.
The planes should have been flown off before entering port and the first people off the boat should have been all the air wing personnel, straight to quarantine. After they are found clean, they can man other carries or land bases.
Evacuate everyone and rotate from quarantine the reactor on duty crew and the guards for the special weapons and classified equipment. Make sure they have masks and shower and change as they come off duty. Give the ship a few days for the virus to deplete, then start a stem to stern decontamination.
After quarantines, everyone can reboard and CM.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (+0uDE)
So much for the whole nepotistic supervillain thing.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (+oVP5)
and maybe this cmdr wanted to be a heroic & public player in the very dramatic Corona Saga
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (iTXRQ)
shorturl.at/aptFO
Posted by: CDC Commissar Dr Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (BiNEL)
The "captain" wasn't "sounding the alarm" on the chinese flu abord the carrier, the "captain" acted UNTOWARD and UNFIT of a Navy captain.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (UxzMs)
Okay. Maybe this has the unintended side benefit of weeding out some of the weenies.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (oGFm1)
From what little I read, the "captain" of the carrier is guilty of dereliction of duty. The "captain" panicked like a coward.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (UxzMs)
"Keep your conservative germs away from me!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:12 PM
WHCA plays musical chairs for adults. And they want us to think they're serious people.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (l6b3d)
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (VWp7G)
I like this but I'd tweak it a bit more. I'd suggest adding, "The Federal Government has been corralling the contributions of the so many other states to provide extra assistance to New York while sacrificing their own in order to help a currently more critical need of a fellow state. That these other states have provided so much is a tribute to their ongoing patriotism and they will do what they can to mitigate this national event, etc."
The point is to recognize and remind that the Federal government produces nothing. It is the States and Citizens (taxpayers and contributors) who give it all and not the D.C. leviathan parasite. This is a teachable moment to the entire country on civics.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (VpIIl)
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The MUTE BUTTON is my savior.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (+0uDE)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM
Aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Bert G at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (OMsf+)
Having a hard time hoping these old transplant retirees don't get the 'Rona.
Lord forgive me. Seriously.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (ptqGC)
Coco Chanel was a Nazi-supporting spoiled bitch who hopefully is rotting in hell as we speak.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (heJkW)
Posted by: SH at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (C0xFb)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
that she might prefer it?
sorry, bad joke
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (VpIIl)
"When you elect a governor, you think who will be a good manager. Don't ask us for stuff just because you're scared and don't know what's in your own state..'
Smart Jared...but no wonder the media bints don't get it. They couldn't organize a sack lunch.
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 06:58 PM (s6M7E)
Ouch. Any question at all about the judgment of a man in command of a $1 billion ship and he's out on his ass.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: SH at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (C0xFb)
668 Before PDT moved to Q&A, he blasted them. Said stop it with the politicizing of this crisis. It was about 5 minutes. Toward the end, he said "Witch hunt, witch hunt, witch hunt."
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 06:46 PM (oGFm1)
Here m....
https://tinyurl.com/rk65jc5
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 06:51 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2020 07:16 PM (Eicbe)
See?
The "captain" wanted to be a "whistleblower."
Absolutely expect Shiff to jump on this and exploit this. This is gonna be big fake news, tomorrow.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (UxzMs)
and maybe this cmdr wanted to be a heroic public player in the very dramatic Corona Saga
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:14 PM (iTXRQ)
Nimitz class CVN. They don't come any bigger or much more valuable. It would be the same as the captain of an SSBN freaking out.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (CYY+K)
Been jogging three miles a day for just this reason. Love my kids, but they need to go back to school... or to Chile.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (VWp7G)
Posted by: ace at April 02, 2020 06:54 PM (PbpT7)
Which is the point, Ace. The urban elites who are the true owners of the Dem party run their hands in glee at standard tax rhetoric because they will simply get around it with dodges and deductions. But the simple change Trump made has them fucking SHRIEKING. Asking them for higher taxes is worse than genocide. And Trump won't let up, because the spectacle of a government shutdown on behalf of the rich is way too good to not attempt. And now he can blame the disaster squarely on the Dems.... non elite New Yorkers will be howling for Trump to lay waste to the Capitol like Genghis Khan.
Put me in coach, I'm ready to play.
Posted by: trev006 at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (0HpOW)
Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable
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To be fair, I'd take pictures of her.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Great hair. Looks like a little minx.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses
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I should know better.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (G546f)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (iTXRQ)
To Help Poor and Working Families, Nancy Pelosi Pushes SALT Tax Break for Millionaires In Blue States... Including Herself
To help unhappy commoners and add to their enjoyment,
Affords a man of noble rank congenial employment.
Of our attempts we offer you examples illustrative,
The work is light and, I might add, is most remunerative.
- Gilbert & Sullivan, The Gondoliers
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 06:56 PM (L3Rsz)
I love those! I have pork chops and rice in the crockpot and it smells delicous.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 02, 2020 07:17 PM (E+h/5)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: avi at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (kSq2k)
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Given that this primarily benefits blue staters, how about eliminating it entirely. We're going to need a sink for all the money that's going out today to mitigate inflation in the long run.
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (VpIIl)
If you are not talking MUTE YOUR PHONE!
ALWAYS, this rule will save you.
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM
You said it. I hate meetings. They're anti-work. I wish I had a mute button for my self in face to face meetings. THERE ARE STUPID QUESTIONS!
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (l6b3d)
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (VpIIl)
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The MUTE BUTTON is my savior.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (+0uDE)
We had a guy at batting practice who had to be on a conference call. He kept muting his phone every time as someone hit a pitch, so the other people on the call wouldn't hear the crack of the bat on the ball.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (YqDXo)
To be fair, I'd take pictures of her.
Posted by: JackStraw
She is photogenic.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (FFzh0)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (iydjf)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (s6M7E)
Again, the White House issues press credentials.
WH press corpse can kick whoever they like out of their "clubhouse," but can't prevent anyone from the WH press conferences.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (UxzMs)
Posted by: Darth Cuomo at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (Eicbe)
And not just any captain. A captain commanding one of a handful of the most powerful warships in the world.
How does someone like that advance so far?
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (wGeit)
And really, will we ever be in another naval firefight again?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (oGFm1)
I always like that kid. Despite being blamed for every failing of the Tsar (this too is the history of Russian anti semitism), he's approached every problem with determination. And you don't pull down trim like Ivanka Trump without some serious redeeming qualities.
Posted by: trev006 at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (0HpOW)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: x at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (VpIIl)
https://is.gd/PQOyQj
Now I have to learn to say GFY in about 100 languages.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (N30JC)
Posted by: SH at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (C0xFb)
Posted by: ghbucky at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: lizabth at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at April 02, 2020 07:20 PM (IYHxL)
carrier, the "captain" acted UNTOWARD and UNFIT of a Navy captain.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (UxzMs)
And yet the MFM is reporting as Navy captain who asked for help with Covid-19 was fired
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (+k5vA)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (nu45M)
Posted by: runner at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (zr5Kq)
"The urban elites who are the true owners of the Dem party run their hands in glee at standard tax rhetoric because they will simply get around it with dodges and deductions. But the simple change Trump made has them fucking SHRIEKING. Asking them for higher taxes is worse than genocide. And Trump won't let up, because the spectacle of a government shutdown on behalf of the rich is way too good to not attempt. And now he can blame the disaster squarely on the Dems.... non elite New Yorkers will be howling for Trump to lay waste to the Capitol like Genghis Khan."
The AOC wing is necessary for Pelosi to get enough votes. It will be amusing to see how that plays out.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (puu6v)
out of what range? NYC? I'm not actually in NYC.
Posted by: ace
out of range. out of cell phone range.
it does exist, you know.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (6OMwV)
I'm walking until I'm told to stop. It's all on empty sidewalks through town not even in a public park.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (l6b3d)
Given that China has decided that biowarfare is the future, apparently not.
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (XhWtx)
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Given that this primarily benefits blue staters, how about eliminating it entirely. We're going to need a sink for all the money that's going out today to mitigate inflation in the long run.
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (kOpft)
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Yup it's the bluest states with the highest property & income taxes that are squealing like little pigs.
All the deductions should go away. Flat tax. So simple even a cave man could do it. Wasn't that Steve Forbes plan, fit it on a postcard?
Posted by: Boots at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (oGBso)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (CYY+K)
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (RU4sa)
Actually, it's not just the very wealthy who would benefit from this. Middle class family here in MD; we have to forego just over 5K of state and local taxes on our Itemized Deductions. Our highest tax bracket (Fed) is 22% -- so that's an additional $1100 that we pay in taxes. That is money that would be much better spent by me - as opposed to the gubmint.
I'd of course tithe that extra money to Ace's tip jar if I had it!
Posted by: doof2112 at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (mZUr4)
And when we're under a bio-event from China, how could you ever tell them your aircraft carrier off their coast is disabled?
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 02, 2020 07:13 PM (VpIIl)
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The MUTE BUTTON is my savior.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:15 PM (+0uDE)
If it's phone only, make jerking off motions when people say dumb shit. It's emotionally satisfying and impossible to detect.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (TNy/K)
Posted by: Old Blue at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (VNmG1)
Gallup on reopening America: 87% unwilling to resume normal activities for now
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (wGeit)
And really, will we ever be in another naval firefight again?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (BiNEL)
It's certainly possible. We might even lose one to China if it took place too close to the Chinese mainland.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:11 PM (wGeit)
And really, will we ever be in another naval firefight again?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (BiNEL)
The PLA-Navy seems to think so.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (heJkW)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (OuKaw)
Red Dawn?
I'm not saying you should monitor your backyards...but I'm also not saying you shouldn't monitor your backyards...
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (UxzMs)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (+oVP5)
out of what range? NYC? I'm not actually in NYC.
Posted by: ace
out of range. out of cell phone range.
it does exist, you know.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (d7Ww2)
Does it? I used to work for a national cell carrier. There were certainly tiny gaps in our coverage due to geographical features, but by the time I left there wasn't anywhere in the lower 48 that was "out of range".
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (wGeit)
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Given that this primarily benefits blue staters, how about eliminating it entirely. We're going to need a sink for all the money that's going out today to mitigate inflation in the long run.
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (kOpft)
Before SALT was widely known, it was an article of faith that Red States received the disproportional share of Federal aid, and that but for the largesse of the Blue States the Reds would devolve into penury.
Now, we know that it's really the Blues that are propped up disproportionately.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (iuFgi)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (TNy/K)
Not good.
Posted by: SMH
that was alarming news we should not have heard.
the good news is he was shitcanned fast.
Posted by: x at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (XhWtx)
Or a shortening. I'm good either way.
Posted by: trev006 at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (0HpOW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM
Some polls only serve to inform us how shitty polls are
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (l6b3d)
Don't care. There's no reason your state should get to jack up taxes, then take it off the federal bill as a result. That kind of shit just drives up Fed rates on everyone as a result.
You want that money back ? Tell your state to drop their rates.
Posted by: I Am No One at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (GoNER)
With the 6 trillion dollar deficit alone (most likely double that the way the Communists are able to fuck us in the ass without resistance) the US should be on the receiving end of that plunder.
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (iTXRQ)
Generally, that's their last command before being selected for a star. In this case, he'll be reassigned to COMNAVAIRPAC and mark time until he retires in 6-8 months. He already has around 25 years in or so.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (ijEPD)
Maybe Take Out food isn't so sanitary?
Lots of people touch the food, the containers, the bags, etc.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (UxzMs)
And when we're under a bio-event from China, how could you ever tell them your aircraft carrier off their coast is disabled?
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (Ndje9)
And better to get him out of there now, before he has a chance to be a worse actor.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (UxzMs)
Definitely. You look to the CO in such an important post to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Chester Nimitz, June 1942 at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (wGeit)
Some parts of SW VA for instance.
Posted by: golfman at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (hOMhY)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (iTXRQ)
Given that China has decided that biowarfare is the future, apparently not.
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Biowarefare is the future right up until the point where the use of biowarfare, a WMD, sees nukes in response.
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (EgshT)
Posted by: SH at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (C0xFb)
Posted by: JAS at April 02, 2020 07:09 PM
Just blow the bridges just to be safe
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (ZCEU2)
Until their neighbor traps their cat to stave off hunger for another day.
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2020 07:18 PM (11H2y)
There are no practical means of enforcing the guidelines, wide-scale, so we're going to have to rely on everyone to voluntarily do what's recommended. We will see how that works out, for better or worse.
Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 02, 2020 07:22
Yea, I call bullshit on that poll. Until they aren't getting relief checks or food and can't work in their underwear.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (TNy/K)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (87EdW)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (BiNEL)
It's certainly possible. We might even lose one to China if it took place too close to the Chinese mainland.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (wGeit)
One of these days, but obviously not today, I need to remember to use the /s (sarc close tag)!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (BiNEL)
Yep. Leaking to the press isn't cool. He should have known that.
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (heJkW)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (ijEPD)
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Then he'll write a tell-all book and join the talkshow circuit.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (RU4sa)
Beyond reporters comprehension.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (s6M7E)
They are trying to trip up even Birx.
Scum.
This is all a game of "Gotcha!" and "I'm smarter than you."
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (8fB/R)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (TNy/K)
Good news.
Posted by: golfman at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (hOMhY)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (6OMwV)
I'm glad she repeated that.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (COzlW)
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The feds are picking up all the tabs. That is what the wild Congressional Spending Sprees were all about.
We the taxpayers will pay for it.
And when the Governors demand immediate same day Air Shipment, the damned price goes way way up.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (+0uDE)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Time for the US taxpayer to defund the UN and WHO. They need surprise otter too.
Posted by: Infidel at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (vF+fs)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (8fB/R)
As if.
Dunning and Kruger shed a lot of light on that phenomenon.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (YqDXo)
How does someone like that advance so far?
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8 years of promotions under obama
Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (kOpft)
Now, we know that it's really the Blues that are propped up disproportionately.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (iuFgi)
It' still an article of faith in the blue states. This sort of stuff, like most accounting, depends on how you classify things. Big city academics tend to classify federal spending on the infrastructure that brings food to their local bodega as a benefit to people in the state where the highways are built. Same with military bases.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (wGeit)
out of what range? NYC? I'm not actually in NYC.
Posted by: ace
out of range. out of cell phone range.
it does exist, you know.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 02, 2020 07:21 PM (d7Ww2)
Does it? I used to work for a national cell carrier. There were certainly tiny gaps in our coverage due to geographical features, but by the time I left there wasn't anywhere in the lower 48 that was "out of range".
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (wGeit)
Outside of maybe a peak in the Rockies and some hollows in West Virginia (and much of Alaska) there is no place in the US that doesn't have cell coverage of some kind.
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (oVJmc)
Safety is not more important than freedom. This whole this is garbage.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (jUVms)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:28 PM (cF8AT)
TOO BAD!
Use some eye drops.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (oGFm1)
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You know, I was too many years ago when I heard about a serious illness. But I got over it quickly!
Posted by: Shep! at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (iydjf)
Posted by: SH at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (C0xFb)
I see stuff on TV and shudder.
Sad.
Posted by: golfman at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (hOMhY)
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (COzlW)
Communist agitprop. Accept no substitutes.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (YqDXo)
And really, will we ever be in another naval firefight again?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (BiNEL)
The Chinese Navy has been building destroyers and frigates like mad over the last ten years.
Posted by: Zombie Harold Macmillian at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (PtOP4)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (rUpwv)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM (TNy/K)
Good news.
...........
Now THAT"S the kind of stuff I want to read about while sipping beer!
Posted by: Molly k. at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (E+h/5)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM
Plenty of spots in northern Minnesota with zero bars. Some carriers are better than others. We pay more for Verizon because we can get at least a bar at out place up north for emergencies etc.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (TNy/K)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (heJkW)
No one knows who leaked. But he knew writing that letter would likely end his career.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:31 PM (ijEPD)
Posted by: SH at April 02, 2020 07:31 PM (C0xFb)
It is an absolute promise that nukes will never be used in offense or in defense.
Even if, hypothetically, China decided to empty their arsenal at the US. The US would never retaliate with nukes. Never.
Everyone knows that the nuclear arsenal is a paper tiger.
The US is completely incapable of destroying an enemy. Has been that way ever since the Department of War was replaced by the Department of Defense.
If the US government were to ever light one off, it will be from the order of a Democrat and it will be against a US city. (100% likely a Red State one)
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:31 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: corn and beans at April 02, 2020 07:31 PM (tkNkP)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (wGeit)
The Marines are reconfiguring to have the ability to man small islands within the enemies range of fire.
They are anticipating war with China.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (s6M7E)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (ZCEU2)
Safety is not more important than freedom. This whole this is garbage.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 02, 2020 07:29 PM (jUVms)
Don't be silly. Is there no number of fatalities that would change the calculus on safety v. freedom on a temporary basis?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Zombie Harold Macmillian at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (PtOP4)
And Islands.
Posted by: Infidel at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (vF+fs)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (E+h/5)
Applauds Molly k. with enthusiasm!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:19 PM (iTXRQ)
Generally, that's their last command before being selected for a star. In this case, he'll be reassigned to COMNAVAIRPAC and mark time until he retires in 6-8 months. He already has around 25 years in or so.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:25 PM (ijEPD)
If you get relieved of any command your career is pretty much over. The command structure is roughly pyramid shaped, so you have a lot more people eligible for senior command positions than you have positions.
I used to work at a Navy installation where careers went to die. Every one of those guys was competent and a good leader, but for some reason ended up with a blot on his record.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (wGeit)
Hey! That's a *clean* garbage bag, right?! You're not reusing that garbage bag!!
That's unsanitary!
(And then steps over human feces on the sidewalk).
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM
I love hearing things like this. (In a non-voyeur way) So many of my married friends barely had any non-exhausted, non-booked time together.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (/+bwe)
That's what some people might call a "tell".
OANN cannot be allowed to undermine the collective's daily Narrative. If ever one needed to witness Minitrue, we're living it... only the Trump Administration isn't the one operating it.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 07:10 PM (UxzMs)
Definitely. You look to the CO in such an important post to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (YqDXo)
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The solution he was given wasn't working. They weren't evacuating everyone. They were penning up the sailors in cramped quarters on land too. Open bays full of cots.
What he did is known as "Falling On Your Sword."
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (+0uDE)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM
Yea I was pretty worried. I was petting her, giving her tummy rubs last night as is the custom and pretty worried about it. So glad when the vet called and said it was just some kind of abscess, gave her some antibiotics for dogs and some stuff to out in the wound and should be fine. Man was she pissed off at me when I picked her up though. You can't go in now. Extra treats seemed to make her happy and tail wag again!
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (TNy/K)
Posted by: NextDoor Scolds at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (EgshT)
Since fucking when is it racist to call out bats soup?
Yeah, I'm a racist in as much as I prefer humans over bats in soup!
Posted by: TSgt Ciz at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (af5xa)
Step it up, you fucks. The vector most under scrutiny is a six-foot path to a dirt nap.
Posted by: Fritz at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (95j/9)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (YqDXo)
When you're trying to save people against their own will ? No, there really ain't a number.
Posted by: I Am No One at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (GoNER)
You want that money back ? Tell your state to drop their rates.
Posted by: I Am No One at April 02, 2020 07:25 pm
Wow -- a bit harsh. MD taxes have always been high. The limit on SALT deductions of Fed taxes just started with the 2018 tax year. That was the same year that Personal Exemptions went away for Fed returns.
All I am trying to say is that this isn't just a thing that affects "the rich" or millionaires.
Posted by: doof2112 at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (mZUr4)
*shakes magic 8 ball*
Outlook looks grim.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:31 PM (ijEPD)
It should. He's the CO of an aircraft carrier, and he's shitting in his pants and running down the hall shrieking, "WE'RE FUCKED!!!"
Now is that the kind of person we want in command of such an important naval asset?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Chester Nimitz, June 1942 at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (kTF2Z)
Excellent. I was thinking the exact same thing last night.
We know a lot more about this virus than we did 3 weeks ago. Information is being collected to make intelligent decisions.
The Democrats hate all of this.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (kTF2Z)
Our field techs can't go into houses right now to do installs or anything else. Didn't help that one customer mentioned he'd been exposed to CV, when the tech showed up.
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (JKNZq)
Posted by: Ace's liver
ever been to Utah?
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: NextDoor Scolds at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (EgshT)
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MC Hammer is coming back, baby!
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (Eicbe)
You want that money back ? Tell your state to drop their rates.
Posted by: I Am No One at April 02, 2020 07:25 pm
This.
We in CA got clobbered by the loss of the SALT deduction, but I support it 100%. If you want this stupid crap, be prepared to pay for it, not push the cost off onto people elsewhere.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:22 PM (wGeit)
The Marines are reconfiguring to have the ability to man small islands within the enemies range of fire.
They are anticipating war with China.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:32 PM (s6M7E)
That's because the Chinese are using fill to expand small islands in disputed waters into major air bases.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: vivi at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (6OMwV)
Remember when W bombed the shit out of China when they shot down a US recon aircraft and held the crew hostage while plundering all the intel?
Yeah, me neither.
How about when Iran captured and held hostage a bunch of crying Navy sailors, or when they shot down and captured a CIA drone. Great times when there was that military smackdown - that never came.
But the US military is damned good at blowing up tents and camels. One would think that after six trillion dollars of military action in AF and Iraq there would be someone suing for peace. Yeah, it was the US State Department that surrendered to the Taliban.
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (cF8AT)
He's lulling them to sleep.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: IrishEi
For his spank bank.
Posted by: The photographer at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: Ace's liver
ever been to Utah?
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (iTXRQ)
I had access to coverage maps everywhere. If you don't have coverage, you're using the wrong carrier.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Chester Nimitz, June 1942 at April 02, 2020 07:26 PM (kTF2Z)
Apparently this guy thought he was the CO of the Love Boat.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: DFCtomm at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (50gG9)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (oGFm1)
The Democrats hate all of this.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (sy5kK)
I'm still sticking with my 1 May 2020 date for having this thing blow over, by the way. I said last week that I've read nothing that dissuades me from that date thus far, and I still believe that, for the reason you outline above.
You can never go wrong fading the conventional wisdom, based on the latest headlines.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (iuFgi)
Posted by: doof2112 at April 02, 2020 07:34 PM (mZUr4)
And all I'm saying is us red state peeps are tired of carrying blue state middle class people too.
We pay our fed rate. Pay yours.
Posted by: I Am No One at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (GoNER)
Step it up, you fucks. The vector most under scrutiny is a six-foot path to a dirt nap."
The pimps got what they wanted so it's nap time.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (puu6v)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (ZCEU2)
Re Teddy Roosevelt. I was reading something last night speculating the captain would likely be relieved of command.
What he did was just tell the enemies, "Hey, the USS Teddy is close to crippled, so now would be a good time to attack it, or do something else."
Double plus not good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (rCwaK)
Since fucking when is it racist to call out bats soup?
Yeah, I'm a racist in as much as I prefer humans over bats in soup!
Posted by: TSgt Ciz at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (af5xa)
How awful.
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (OuKaw)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: ...... at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (WX+x0)
In the U.S. alone, nearly 20pct of the population is affected. On average, 25 to 50 million documented influenza cases, 225,000 hospitalizations, and ultimately more than 20,000 deaths occur every year.1,2,4-7"
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And that's with a vaccine and proven treatments.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (iydjf)
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (wGe
I'm interested to see what a typhoon will do to those islands - but probably not as much as the garrisons.
The Japanese also had a lot of little island bases. Just noting for the record.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (CYY+K)
Posted by: NextDoor Scolds at April 02, 2020 07:33 PM (EgshT)
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MC Hammer is coming back, baby!
Posted by: Axeman at April 02, 2020 07:35 PM (Eicbe)
Somebody should do that!
Posted by: m at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (oGFm1)
Posted by: jsg at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (POXG+)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:24 PM
Plenty of spots in northern Minnesota with zero bars. Some carriers are better than others. We pay more for Verizon because we can get at least a bar at out place up north for emergencies etc.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:30 PM (TNy/K)
Look at a coverage map for the major carriers, and the big blank areas are mainly the Cascade mountain range in WA.
However, until recently, most of eastern washington was only good with ATT or Verizon, Sprint and TMobile were dogs in much of the eastern side of the state, even small towns.
TMobile fixed that last year with massive new coverage. And their prices are lower than the other 2 big carriers. Probably why they are growing.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (wElh/)
Posted by: Ace's liver
I have always used Verizon, and there are many places in Utah that have no signal
hell, there are places in Utah where you can't get radio
Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (ZCEU2)
A Captain can't embarrass the Navy, that's a job for an admiral.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade a fucking ray of sunshine at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (bML9A)
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (cF8AT)
I think they rotate in and out owing to the limited seating.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (YqDXo)
There was a Chick-fil-A food truck in my town today. It's a pandemic miracle.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 02, 2020 07:38 PM (OuKaw)
Now there needs to be a Waffle House food truck. Because.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (CYY+K)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (wGeit)
Sorry bruh.
Posted by: Up in the hollah at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM (hOMhY)
I mean since we can't use our hands.
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters
Brown eye?
Posted by: Brian Stelter at April 02, 2020 07:41 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 07:41 PM (V2Yro)
I'm already assembling ingredients so it will be too small (just us) but it will happen
definitely
and I got easter basket stuff and stuff to fill eggs so we'll have a little egg hunt
Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! at April 02, 2020 07:41 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM
She's a great dog. My girls made a cover for her out of some of their old panties because the cone of shame sucks! She was like WTF? They got on it stat and got on the sewing machine. One advantage of being home I guess. It looks funny as hell but better than that damn cone. The dog is literally wearing High School Musical underwear. Poor pup. Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:41 PM (TNy/K)
He just did a great riff at the briefing about governors thanking him fulsomely on the phone, then going to the cameras and knocking his performance in the crisis.
He's had this reaction several times before since his election.
And he just closed with a great little segment that many here will celebrate (paraphrasing) - "we've learned a lot in this, we've learned about how important borders are, we've learned about dependence on foreign countries .....".
There may actually be a chance here in 2020 for him to run with fresh energy - and popular understanding and support - on some of the themes he's always had.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 02, 2020 07:41 PM (El6T/)
Someone famous said:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Posted by: 🐧 at April 02, 2020 07:42 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Ace's liver
lol
Posted by: x at April 02, 2020 07:42 PM (nFwvY)
I had access to coverage maps everywhere. If you don't have coverage, you're using the wrong carrier.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (wGeit)
Theory doesn't equal practice. Places in UT and CO have shitty coverage in the middle of BFE.
Posted by: Infidel at April 02, 2020 07:42 PM (vF+fs)
Posted by: Tentotwo at April 02, 2020 07:43 PM (yhf6w)
Posted by: Blue-check Army at April 02, 2020 07:43 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:39 PM (CYY+K)
They do. The difference is the Japanese put bases in waters recognized internationally as Japanese waters. The Chinese are expanding little reefs into islands in waters claimed by five different countries and calling it Chinese territory.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:36 PM (wGeit)
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They make great bases to harass and interdict commercial aviation and shipping in peace time. Removing them during wartime will require a lot of ordnance like cruise missiles and aircraft sorties. Or about 220 kilotons, with one repeat just to make sure.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (+0uDE)
I bet he leaked. I know the Pentagon leaks like a sieve but they're slow.
Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (heJkW)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (LIhNq)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (4a9Vv)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (l6b3d)
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Idiot.
It's *fewer* time.
Posted by: Blue-check Army at April 02, 2020 07:43 PM (Eicbe)
As a less/fewer grammar Nazi, this made me chuckle.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 02, 2020 07:40 PM
There maps might say you have coverage. But at our place up in northern Minnesota T-Mobile still has zero coverage, their map says it does. But well, yea. Sprint, Nope, all the others, nope. We've had friends come up and have zero. Verizon was the only one that works.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (TNy/K)
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 02, 2020 07:45 PM (JKNZq)
There may actually be a chance here in 2020 for him to run with fresh energy - and popular understanding and support - on some of the themes he's always had.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 02, 2020 07:41 PM (El6T/)
Amen!
It's too soon - even for Trump - to say 'I TOLD YOU SO, YOU GLOBALIST IDIOTS!', but he will.
If Biden survives past the convention, and the attempted assassination at the Roman Senate of Governor Andrew Brutus, his China ties will be used as millstone around his electoral neck. It's going to be brutal for him.
And I'll be enjoying every second of it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 07:45 PM (iuFgi)
And not just any captain. A captain commanding one of a handful of the most powerful warships in the world.
How does someone like that advance so far?
________________________________________
Multiple promotions under the last CinC?
They say there is no religious test, but there is/was.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 02, 2020 07:45 PM (1g7ch)
Beyond reporters comprehension.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 02, 2020 07:23 PM (s6M7E)
They are trying to trip up even Birx.
Scum.
This is all a game of "Gotcha!" and "I'm smarter than you."
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2020 07:27 PM (8fB/R)
The press is a bunch of Kardashian wanna-bes whose biggest dream is not to write an impeccably sourced tough story; its to ask some stupid thing where they can edit the answer to slam Trump and become a 24 star on twitter.
Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2020 07:45 PM (Ed8Zd)
in waters recognized internationally as Japanese waters. The Chinese
are expanding little reefs into islands in waters claimed by five
different countries and calling it Chinese territory.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (wGeit)
Sorry; I was implying that those little island garrisons risk being cut off and withering on the vine during war. As warning stations in a time of no satellites (hint maybe?) they may be useful. Otherwise you just call their garrisons expendable.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at April 02, 2020 07:47 PM (CYY+K)
That may be good. Most people only learn one way - the hard way. Apparently living under the thumb of bureaucrats and nosey names is still novel and fun for some.
Maybe it's for the best to let the lesson sink in a bit longer.
Posted by: I Am No One at April 02, 2020 07:47 PM (GoNER)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (wGeit)
It's a sort of Liebensraum gambit. They're daring everyone to object. If not, 9/10ths rule is in effect.
That's why we make a loud point about transiting those waters.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:47 PM (ijEPD)
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:44 PM (+0uDE)
Or a handful of marines. I can't help but wonder if part of the strategy in developing the capability to take these bases with marines is to force the Chinese to fortify them and make them really expensive to maintain.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:48 PM (wGeit)
That's why we make a loud point about transiting those waters.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:47 PM (ijEPD)
Yep. I agree with the transiting strategy, but I can see that spiraling out of control really quickly.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:49 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 02, 2020 07:50 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:37 PM (wGeit)
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Nope. I worked in an office building at the edge of a city of 10,000, 30 miles from Minneapolis Minnesota on a Freeway. We even had a 100 meter radio tower with radio and cell phone repeaters on our property.
No ones cell phones worked in the buildings. They would work in the open if you found the right spots.
My house on a hill 5 miles away is hit and miss too.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:50 PM (+0uDE)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 07:49 PM (wGeit)
It would be worse if we don't do it.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 02, 2020 07:51 PM (ijEPD)
Pelosi doesn't pay her fair share until Trump comes along.
So she wins the Speakership and has been gunning for him ever since. It's about money.
Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2020 07:51 PM (Y274z)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 07:53 PM (oVJmc)
If your taxes are more than the $10,000 deduction limit, that doesn't necessarily mean that you will pay more in taxes than before the tax reform law. Your federal tax rate went down under the tax reform bill, and so the tax paid on a given amount of taxable income went down. Only if your SALT taxes were well above $10,000, would you pay a higher total amount in taxes.
Suppose you had a net taxable income of $100, 000. You would be paying nearly $3000 less in taxes now than in 2017 and before, because most of your income would be taxed at 3% less.
Now suppose you have $15,000 in SALT, and can only deduct $10,000 of that. You will have $5000 more in taxable income. But unless your total taxable income is more than $160,000 ($321,000 for joint filing), your rate for $5000 is less than 24%, which would mean an additional $1200 in taxes.
So you have saved ~$3000 by the lower rates, but paid ~$1200 more because of the SALT limit. You still have SAVED ~$1800.
It is very important to see both parts of the tax change!
Posted by: Roland Hirsch at April 02, 2020 07:54 PM (oMkPq)
They are pieces of the puzzle.
Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2020 07:54 PM (Y274z)
My house on a hill 5 miles away is hit and miss too.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:50 PM (+0uDE)
I live in a very small town in Fairfield County, CT - so small that we don't have any supermarkets, retail stores, etc. The cell service by my house is nonexistent. I've learned to love that.
Take away my Wi-Fi, however...
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 07:55 PM (iuFgi)
This is more of a resource rights grab by China, than a military fortress line.
A big part of their political justification for the islands, is that they defend the fishing fleets against the rapacious piratical foreigners. They also harass airliners and commercial shipping to enforce their claims.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2020 07:57 PM (+0uDE)
In this case, he'll be reassigned to COMNAVAIRPAC and mark time until he retires in 6-8 months. He already has around 25 years in or so.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer
I will make him a six star Admiral.
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 02, 2020 08:00 PM (aKsyK)
The SALT deductibility repeal already came up for a House vote, and AOC voted against it, for all the reasons cited in this blog entry. Even a stopped clock . . .
Posted by: 370H55V at April 02, 2020 08:00 PM (WusEB)
This is a damned easy thing to call for when your rank begins with an E.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 02, 2020 08:08 PM (8IOEj)
In WWII a bypassed Japanese held Island could do little to affect a ship or aircraft that didn't pass within shell range. These days, marines can impact sea born vessels and aircraft well over the horizon. So bypassing them as we did the Japanese isn't nearly so likely to lead to success.
It is the philosophy of school of piranha vs a shark.
Posted by: TSgt Ciz at April 02, 2020 08:15 PM (af5xa)
I suspect PDJT will find a 7th way, and you will be the recipient! Enjoy.
You just stepped on the dragon's tail.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 02, 2020 08:22 PM (3cY9+)
There's nothing like announcing over open comms that a line ship of the Navy, on duty, may be less than 100% ready.
Very poor judgement.
Posted by: boynsea USN ret. at April 02, 2020 08:54 PM (sshap)
Posted by: Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup at April 03, 2020 02:11 AM (xZjSg)
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