The Morning Rant

Why Do We 'Back the Blue' When They Won't Back Us?
Now that I've hooked you in with a provocative lead, let me add in a bit of nuance: Of course we should 'back the blue' insofar as the necessity of a well-run police force in our communities is maintained. Let's not 'defund' the police, and those cities that have climbed on that bandwagon (Seattle, Minneapolis to name two) are paying for it now in increased crime, and low morale among police officers.

But my point is, we need to never forget that the police are, first and foremost, agents of the state. Their first priority is to protect the interests of the state, not to secure your life, liberty or property. Oh, there may be a fair amount of overlap between these two things, but if they ever conflict, we, not the state that pays them, will be the ones who will not be served. Yes, I know that it is us who actually pay the police via our taxes, but our taxes get passed through so many hands before they are put into municipal paychecks that that point gets obscured.

In a sobering article from a few months ago, Angelo Codevilla wrote:

First, trust [the police] only insofar as you pay them, can hire and fire, or frighten them. Otherwise, realize that they will serve whomever pays them.

The justice system in Al Capone’s day served the Mob even though the cops and judges of the day were churchgoers and had been exposed to at least some moral scruples. Today’s justice system consists of people who know only sticks and carrots.

Second, take a lesson from those videos of the police standing aside. They didn’t protect the mobs simply because they were so ordered. They did it also because they were physically frightened by the mob’s use of a variety of weapons against them, as well as by the prospect of lawsuits and attacks on them and their families.

We watched the cities burn all summer, right? And this while the police stood around like potted plants, or ran away, or were otherwise nowhere to be found. We tell ourselves, "oh, the police *really wanted to* to stop the riots, but they were told to stand down, so they couldn't." Well, OK. So why is that, in all of the cities that burned this summer, *not one cop* defied the stand-down orders and started busting heads? Nobody wanted to be a hero. Not when they knew nobody had their backs and when even their homes and families might be in danger from antifa mobs. There's no evidence they really wanted to do anything at all except continue to get paid, and to go home at the end of the day in one piece.

Which is kind of what everyone wants, actually. Being human and all.

But what this means is that, ultimately, the police are not your friend. When you most need them, odds are they won't be there. Also, you'd better be real careful how you talk to them. And I'm talking about just the local constabulary, don't get me started on the FBI.

Having painted such a bleak picture, Codevilla's solution is for each community to to do its own policing, that is, establish "neighborhood watch" type patrols (presumably armed) that are directly responsible to the residents of the neighborhoods they patrol. I don't think I agree with this. It sounds good, but that's kind of how the mafia started in, what, the 18th century, right? You know, corrupt state, corrupt church, neither can be trusted, which resulted in families banding together and deciding to have nothing to do with either? Is this what we want? I'm not sure what the solution is, but it seems to me that Codevilla's has already been tried and found wanting.

I'll go back to the point I keep hammering on, and it is this: the reason we are in this situation is that for the most part, we have lost the most important government there is: self-government. If each on of us can't govern ourselves, can't control ourselves, no amount of external government is going to work. The founders of our country assumed that free, sovereign citizens would be able to do this, which is why they did not anticipate the need for much government at all. I wonder what the Federalist Papers debates would look like, what kind of government would the founders devise, if back then there were men sashaying around in dresses or assless chaps, whose passions were under no restraints and who believed that letting their freak flags fly was a virtue, not a vice.

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1 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at January 06, 2021 11:15 AM (4PK5z)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Gene Tierney?

But I don't know him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 06, 2021 11:15 AM (yvr3o)

4 Why do we back the GOPe when they shit on us?

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:15 AM (ONvIw)

5 Gene Tierney. Don't know the guy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:15 AM (2JVJo)

6 I'm listening to the Guardian piece on racist fried chicken, so sorry, blueberry pancakes.

Mmmmm, Racist Fried Chicken

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (HK8/E)

7 With all due respect, General Grant, the parties are

DEMOCRATS

and

AMERICANS

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (2JVJo)

8
That's the best photo of Grant.

Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (PtOP4)

9 'Rilla!

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (L8ADy)

10 In fairness, it really depends on what county you live in. Knowing your Sherriff and researching the county and city offices is just as important as choosing school districts if not more these days.

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (mp2oJ)

11 3 Gene Tierney?

But I don't know him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 06, 2021 11:15 AM (yvr3o)

Do you know how difficult it is to find good photos of Ms. Tierney actually smiling?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (Y8GG1)

12 I'm with you
I will only back
red, white, and blue

Posted by: Doctor Elect vmom - pray for Trump and his supporters at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (nUhF0)

13 I nooded

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (L8ADy)

14 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (arJlL)

15 on the live chat from Slap's vid, they said a guillotine is being built down there in DC

Posted by: kallisto at January 06, 2021 11:18 AM (DJFLF)

16 What the guy at #1 said.

Posted by: Grip the Weasel at January 06, 2021 11:18 AM (KbCG3)

17 So much "understable" on Twitter.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:18 AM (ifmtJ)

18 **shakes head**

I don't understand why so many of us complain about the disgusting sewer that is our national arts scene and then boost a piece of Disney trash.

**goes back to wishing I were drunk**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:18 AM (2JVJo)

19 Gene Tierney, I love her!

She endured much tragedy though, but in the end Fate was kind to her

Posted by: kallisto at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (DJFLF)

20 I dunno.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (LvTSG)

21 Anyway, yall will recognize this chart from the runoff identical to the presidential election. No reason to be scapegoating Georgia voters and other people. Can't win rigged elections no matter how hard you vote.

https://twitter.com/intheMatrixxx/
status/1346832454531866630

This looks just like the Presidential Election.

But this was yesterday's Georgia Run off.

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (mp2oJ)

22 And that is one tasty starlet.

Oh to be a Producer in Hollywood in the 40's....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (ifmtJ)

23 Photo #3. OH MY!!!!

Photo #7. VERY flattering.

Nice frontal orbs.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

24 Dang, that seance zoom meme hit me hard with an LOL.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:20 AM (z36Kd)

25 23 And that is one tasty starlet.

Oh to be a Producer in Hollywood in the 40's....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (ifmtJ)

==========

"Too old."
-Howard Hughes

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:20 AM (LvTSG)

26 Does Twitter not have a spell check? Lazy pieces of shit if they don't.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 06, 2021 11:20 AM (1ISKN)

27 Do you know how difficult it is to find good photos of Ms. Tierney actually smiling?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021

*
*

I can imagine -- I've watched a number of her films lately, and she rarely, it seemed, played a Sparkly Susan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 06, 2021 11:20 AM (yvr3o)

28 That is a great MAGA #metoo meme which I haven't seen.

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:21 AM (mp2oJ)

29 This looks just like the Presidential Election.

But this was yesterday's Georgia Run off.
Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (mp2oJ)

Yep. Dominion vote transfers. But Barr saw nothing that bloated Sgt Schultz!

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:21 AM (ONvIw)

30 Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE NEIL GORSUCH at January 06, 2021 11:18 AM (Pzzpr)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 06, 2021 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

31 Hey comrades, welcome to glorious day zero of the USSA!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:21 AM (qlFIA)

32 The "who dis" gal looks perpetually disappointed.

Posted by: JAS - former commenter at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (2BZBZ)

33 Liz sounds like she needs consoling.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (z36Kd)

34 With all due respect, General Grant, the parties are

DEMOCRATS

and

AMERICANS
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (2JVJo)

Uniparty and Everyone Else.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (BWt56)

35 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (axyOa)

36
https://twitter.com/intheMatrixxx/
status/1346832454531866630

This looks just like the Presidential Election.

But this was yesterday's Georgia Run off.
Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (mp2oJ)

There's NO EVIDENCE!

- BiNO and MP

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

37 They stole the presidential election, why is anyone surprised they stole the Senate elections?
I mean seriously?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (qlFIA)

38 My theory is that our communities can actually manage crime pretty well without a police force. Contrary to popular depiction the Wild West wasn't all that lawless. There is risk and expense associated with maintaining a police force, with the risk side of the equation increasing dramatically in recent years.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (Zm+LZ)

39 That's the best photo of Grant.
Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (PtOP4)

Yes. A genuine badass of a man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (x8Wzq)

40 Romney is still a piece of irreligious trash

Posted by: willow at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (nEAMv)

41 In fairness, it really depends on what county you live in. Knowing your Sherriff and researching the county and city offices is just as important as choosing school districts if not more these days.
Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:16 AM (mp2oJ)

Yep, I will not forget to do this when I move.

Posted by: Mainah at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (B+qrE)

42 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (axyOa)

I say the same thing about cows.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

43 That photo and comment about Zoom meetings is hilarious, and true!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (VP4Cd)

44 I always respected the police, when I was younger. I considered it a 'calling', like the priesthood even. I thought long and hard about joining myself.

I think I've lost all of that respect, and most of the fear, of the police now. I don't mind the local PD, though there are some dicks there. But I can't say I trust or respect the Seattle PD, especially the upper brass.

Keep a rifle in the car. Rifles and shotguns get respect.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (ifmtJ)

45 That's the best photo of Grant.
Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy

He looks so YOUNG !

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (arJlL)

46 Those pancakes look good.

Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (nIeG5)

47 42 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (axyOa)

I say the same thing about cows.
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

I say the same thing about fitness models

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (ifmtJ)

48 Maren Jensen and Ralph Bellamy!

Where do I pick up my winnings?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (ZSK0i)

49 I nooded
Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (L8ADy)

As did I.

Who was FIRST!!!!!?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

50 **Shrugs**

In one or two of those pics, Who Dis Guy looks a bit like Steve McQueen. (I know he's not, of course. Just sayin'.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (dfRN6)

51 There's NO EVIDENCE!

- BiNO and MP

Who is MP?

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (z36Kd)

52 Totally on board here OM. I think that seeing the video of the DC police escorting shuttle buses full of antifa (who the hell funded this?) into the city, and dropping them off at different POI's was a real wake up call I shouldn't have needed.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (L8ADy)

53 479 I'm just a little tired of hearing about securing "future" elections. Why do people still believe? Do they actually clean up the voter rolls in between elections? No. At least not in Wi, where the usual gambit is to wait until after primaries are held to bring it up as a wedge issue, wait for the court decision that says there's not enough time before the general to do so, and so the issue remains for the next cycle.

Just like guns. Just like abortion. Just like any of the issues that could be resolved for good or ill, but resolved nonetheless. They are not because they are the issues that make the electorate think politicians are necessary and important. We need them to make sure the "other guys" don't win, and by golly the stalemate they've managed to win for us proves how valuable they are. So the issues never, ever, ever get solved. It's by design.

You wonder why both parties look at their voters with contempt? Well, at least one party throws their dogs a bone once in a while.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (z79tQ)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (z79tQ)

54 "...establish "neighborhood watch" type patrols (presumably armed) that are
directly responsible to the residents of the neighborhoods they patrol."
I agree with this. The police, paid by our little progressive city council, does nothing to prevent burglary, home invasion, etc. It's out of control (California). We have no other choice. The Mafia was established for the same reason.

Posted by: PJ at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (qlTN9)

55 I say the same thing about fitness models
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (ifmtJ)

You're Cannibal Bob?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

56 Sort of willowed: I'm in Ohio. I have received letters from both my R Congressman and R Senator saying that there is NOTHING they can do about the Electoral College vote, it is absolute. However, election fraud in the future is something that is concerning. The R Congressman "Troy Balderson" also went on to say that IF there was fraud in this election, it was not enough to change the vote.

Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (ZCiJZ)

57 Who was FIRST!!!!!?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Everybody knows Sponge is always first.

Sponge is A number 1!

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (L8ADy)

58 18-1 dunno I expected same result.

Posted by: willow at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (nEAMv)

59 45 That's the best photo of Grant.
Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy

He looks so YOUNG !
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (arJlL)

He was.

I started reading about the first Civil War when I was a teenager. Then all the Generals (with a few exceptions like Custer) were 'old' men in their 30's and 40's.

Now...only a few of the leaders, North or South, are younger than I am now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (ifmtJ)

60
Who is MP?
Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (z36Kd)

Masturbatin' Pete from the JJ thead.

Who knew HE was such a maroon.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

61 Prayers up. joan collins and some dude. Good looking pancakes.

Will there be a kaboom if/when trump goes all in?

Posted by: Zeera books make great gifts at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (zUdXR)

62 Antifa is the American SA, and it will be used in the same way. I would like to know who our Ernst Rohm is though.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (qlFIA)

63 Have you ever seen wild blueberries? The difference in size between wild blueberries and farm raised ones is freakish. The farm raised ones look like blueberries on steroids. Roidberries.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (1ISKN)

64 Willowed:

Can someone square for me the Constitutions description of the duty of the judiciary to adjudicate squabbles between states and the 11th amendment stating the judiciary is not to adjudicate suits between states?

Posted by: Jen the original at January 06, 2021 11:14 AM (RWKgj)

-

I'm not a lawyer, but I'm guessing it works out a lot like the clear black-letter restrictions on the feds via the 10th Amendment.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (Kt1w/)

65 57 Who was FIRST!!!!!?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Everybody knows Sponge is always first.

Sponge is A number 1!
Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (L8ADy)

========

Well, he is the Duke of New York.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (LvTSG)

66
Everybody knows Sponge is always first.

Sponge is A number 1!
Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (L8ADy)

.....and boob goes the dynamite.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (Zz0t1)

67 37 They stole the presidential election, why is anyone surprised they stole the Senate elections?
I mean seriously?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (qlFIA)

I know, right? It's pretty stupid to assume that when there was no penalty exacted and Mitch accepted and embraced the steal.

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (ONvIw)

68 The problem with neighborhood or "community" watch outfits is that the neighborhood is always a part of a city that is acting against them, with the force of the state. Italian neighborhoods in South Philly formed armed (with baseball bats) groups to protect the statue of Columbus, and that ended with them branded as racist vigilantes and the statue slated for the scrap heap.

Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (Izzlo)

69 Speaking of which, I got my 4K disc of Escape from New York from England after about 4 weeks of shipping.

It's pretty.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (LvTSG)

70 Good quote from Grant calling Lee a traitor. He was right!

Posted by: American at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (dqmKq)

71 They stole the presidential election, why is anyone surprised they stole the Senate elections?
I mean seriously?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (qlFIA)
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I wasn't surprised, nor did I think the election mattered, after the Senate overrode President Trump's veto of the NDAA.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (WEBkv)

72 42 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (axyOa)

I say the same thing about cows.
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

Just don't let the womenfolk hear you call them that.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (Zm+LZ)

73 I've heard endless assurances that, when it comes down to it, the police and military won't attack US citizens, and that they're on our side. I'll agree that many are.

Then I consider Ruby Ridge, Waco, and this year.

Posted by: windbag at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (pkjYI)

74
.....and boob goes the dynamite.
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:25 AM (Zz0t1)

Freudian slip.....

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

75 Blueberries are also God's way of apologizing for okra.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (axyOa)

76 well, if we are lucky, Manchin will do as he said and vote against added to the Supreme Court. Then we can hope the SC actually issues rulings based on the Constitution.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (4a9Vv)

77 The R Congressman "Troy Balderson" also went on to say that IF there was fraud in this election, it was not enough to change the vote.
Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (ZCiJZ)

What a lying asshole

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (ONvIw)

78 He looks so YOUNG !
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (arJlL)
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He's 44 in that photo.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (4PK5z)

79 11 3 Do you know how difficult it is to find good photos of Ms. Tierney actually smiling?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (Y8GG1)

Yes, she had a tragic life. You can see it in her eyes.

She is a stunner though, one of my favorite actresses.

Posted by: charlotte the sailor TRUMP WON! at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (/rsCS)

80 All these asshole R politicians who say there's nothing they can do until after the election/inauguration. Tell them there's nothing you can do about voting for them until after they lose their election.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (l6b3d)

81 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Diogenes

I say the same thing about cows.
Posted by: Sponge

And scotch.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (r1DzX)

82 Everybody knows Sponge is always first.

"Mr. Cohen ALWAYS here !"

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (arJlL)

83 17 So much "understable" on Twitter.
understable = equine underboob?

Posted by: Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (v3pYe)

84 They stole the presidential election, why is anyone surprised they stole the Senate elections?

When you can't get any guiltier, why not?

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (z36Kd)

85 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (axyOa)

Every day I have blueberries. But in CA, that means bitter little dark blue things. Driscoll's had a "special edition" of blueberries a couple of weeks back that - actually tasted like blueberry flavor. And sweet! But, it was short lived.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (L8ADy)

86 Back the Blue? I think there are a lot of LEOs who will turn on their masters (particularly in blue cities) once they are federal deputies. Meanwhile, Loeffler and Trump stressing antiSemitism and friendship to Israel didn't work out well, even considering the fraud. There needs to be a little less focus on BTJ in future.

Posted by: trev006 at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (n3UZJ)

87 https://twitter.com/intheMatrixxx/
status/1346832454531866630

This looks just like the Presidential Election.

But this was yesterday's Georgia Run off.

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Aww shucks! We'll get 'em next time, though!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (Kt1w/)

88 55 I say the same thing about fitness models
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:23 AM (ifmtJ)

You're Cannibal Bob?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

Well I would eat the hell out of Brennah Black or Michelle Lewin

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (ifmtJ)

89 Gene Tierney from "Out of the Past"?

Posted by: dantesed at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (88xKn)

90 ...And scotch.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (r1DzX)

Why else would He give us Peat?

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (L8ADy)

91 Manchin will do as he's told.

The Dems will pack the SC if they presume they can't get the needed 5 votes for everything - but since the SC already kneeled to them they might not need to.

My guess is they'll get some horrible social issue case in front of them quick - something that will disgust the supposed conservatives on the court - and if they kiss the pinky ring no court packing.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (qlFIA)

92 It's only going to get worse from here.

Posted by: I Have Questions at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (RGRIY)

93 >>Have you ever seen wild blueberries? The difference in size between wild blueberries and farm raised ones is freakish.

Used to live on a lake in Upstate NY called Blueberry Lake. It was surrounded by Blueberries. You could fill your boat without getting wet...

and they ranged from tiny to ginormous.

Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (3maMs)

94 So much "understable" on Twitter.

Someone didn't embrace the power of 'and'.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (z36Kd)

95 My guess is they'll get some horrible social issue case in front of them
quick - something that will disgust the supposed conservatives on the
court - and if they kiss the pinky ring no court packing.

It's not a pinky ring that will get kissed. Sorry.

Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (ZCiJZ)

96 It gives me a significant amount of comfort to know that some parts of the late Mrs. Borgia live on.

While I don't know the details (nor do I want to, really), I was given some basic info about the people who got her organs (sex and state of residence). I hope those people are doing well, and enjoying a happy life that would not have been possible otherwise.

Organ donation: it's important.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (+U6PJ)

97 The R Congressman "Troy Balderson" also went on to say that IF there was fraud in this election, it was not enough to change the vote.
Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (ZCiJZ)
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I'm willing to bet the Congressman believes in "a little bit pregnant," also.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (WEBkv)

98 Mitch: Hey, you were only supposed to get rid of Trump!

Dominion: Whatcha gonna do, call the police and say you agreed to ditch Trump? LOLGF Foghorn Leghorn.

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (ONvIw)

99 Republicans are due for an epiphany.

Posted by: Ziba at January 06, 2021 11:30 AM (S1hrL)

100 Then I consider Ruby Ridge, Waco, and this year.
Posted by: windbag at January 06, 2021 11:26 AM (pkjYI)

Considering that Senate Republicans are overwhelmingly stabbing their voters in the back, it's folly to think that any movement won't have it's share of turncoats. The FBI and CIA, however, are overwhelmingly rotten. No surprise there.

Posted by: trev006 at January 06, 2021 11:30 AM (n3UZJ)

101 "Can someone square for me the Constitutions description of the duty of the judiciary to adjudicate squabbles between states and the 11th amendment stating the judiciary is not to adjudicate suits between states? "

Nothing on the 11th Amendment prevents the bringing of suit on a constitutional basis. That's the bottom line

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2021 11:30 AM (zruA2)

102 https://twitter.com/intheMatrixxx/
status/1346832454531866630

This looks just like the Presidential Election.

But this was yesterday's Georgia Run off.
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Aww shucks! We'll get 'em next time, though!
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (Kt1w/)

Yup, saw this earlier. And THIS is what they're thinking is as close to an honest election as we can get. We need to have a 10% lead at the very least, otherwise, we lose fair and square. It's only because Trump had a 20%+ lead that we're questioning anything.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:30 AM (L8ADy)

103 and they ranged from tiny to ginormous.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (3maMs)

That huckleberry popcorn they sell in Montana is addictive. Sooo good!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (mzC78)

104 90 ...And scotch.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (r1DzX)

Why else would He give us Peat?
Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (L8ADy)

Because He knew the Celts would be the only people who would get drunk enough to try to burn mud.

Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (Izzlo)

105 Holy hell but that tweet from Cuck Wilson is weapons-grade stupid even by his own standards

Dubmbess level= 1.034 kohns

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (4Yddh)

106 John Lund?

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (AwYPR)

107
I'm willing to bet the Congressman believes in "a little bit pregnant," also.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 06, 2021 11:29 AM (WEBkv

Prove that there was minimal fraud, Troy. Full forensic audit

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (ONvIw)

108 Republicans are due for an epiphany.

Nope. The politicians are in on it. As for their constituents, those that are still voting R that are not red pilled will never get better. They will just go along and keep voting R because they are lazy and ill informed.

Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (ZCiJZ)

109 IIRR, the Mafia originated in Sicily as a resistance to French occupation. "Mafia" is supposedly an acronym for "Death To The French Is Italy's Cry".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (4PK5z)

110 The dame is a fox.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (UZVEt)

111 I wonder if rsbn could send somebody up the Washington Monument and get a shot of the crowd from up there.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (3fR4G)

112 89 Gene Tierney from "Out of the Past"?
Posted by: dantesed at January 06, 2021 11:28 AM (88xKn)

I don't think she was in Out of the Past. Believe that was Jane Greer.

Posted by: charlotte the sailor TRUMP WON! at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (/rsCS)

113 >>That huckleberry popcorn they sell in Montana is addictive. Sooo good!

Never tried it...but a good Huckleberry Shake is a beautiful thing.

I pick those quite often in the summer. Can usually fill a water bottle or two on some of the rides I do regularly.

Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (3maMs)

114 Prove that there was minimal fraud, Troy. Full forensic audit

I'd post the email, but I'm afraid that it would break the blog. If one of the cobs wants it, I'll send it over to them. The one from the squish Senator actually made me less enraged.

Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (ZCiJZ)

115 The R Congressman "Troy Balderson" also went on to say that IF there was fraud in this election, it was not enough to change the vote.
Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (ZCiJZ)

A statement utterly devoid of fact but filled to bursting with faith.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (4Yddh)

116 Dang! When the camera turns back to the Mall! Holy smokes that's a LOT of people!

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (L8ADy)

117 Gene Tierney is perfect. Flawless features.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (0Xapy)

118 Organ donation: it's important.

I don't doubt this does good. But I'll never sign up for it. Last thing I want the emergency room docs to see if I get wheeled in is an organ buffet. Once I would not have been so cynical, but these days, if someone has any motive to fuck you, they'll be fucking you in holes you don't even know you have before you've shaken hands.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (H5knJ)

119 Any realtion to Maura Tierney?

Cause I had a cruch on her forever.

Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (3maMs)

120 Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

121 >>> 79 11 3 Do you know how difficult it is to find good photos of Ms. Tierney actually smiling?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:17 AM (Y8GG1)

I wonder if she's related to Maura Tierney. I see some resemblance, but I don't see anything saying she's related.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (l6b3d)

122 116 Dang! When the camera turns back to the Mall! Holy smokes that's a LOT of people!

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (L8ADy)

Unless they break some windows and torch a few cars, no one in DC is going to give a shit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 06, 2021 11:34 AM (1ISKN)

123 W.R.T Homer's Job Situation

I'll provide an update next week, as I've gotten some promising leads that may lead to something substantial in the next week.

Sadly, that's the best of the news I can give. I've moved around a lot over the years and have finally set my roots down, but most of my closest friends are hundreds of miles away; an impossible drive in my circumstances. The friends I am blessed to have kept are totally in love with their fears and neuroses about COVID-19 and believe every single word the TV people tell them to believe.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at January 06, 2021 11:34 AM (HK8/E)

124 >> Organ donation: it's important.

You are free to any organs I leave in the gut piles...

but mine?

No sir.

Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:34 AM (3maMs)

125 Two recent examples: 1. The police in some Canadian province ripping people out of their house because 6 people gathered to celebrate the new year. 2. Washington DC police do NOTHING while Josh Hawley's wife and young children are terrorized. Look... I have a good friend who is a retired LEO and there are many good ones. But I now cannot assume that they're my friend (alas)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 06, 2021 11:34 AM (pcsoT)

126 THE Cuck Wilson is still laboring under the delusion that AOC will fuck him if he comes across with some of his grift money. She's been angling for it for a while now.

Most of us learn this lesson the first time we visit a strip joint in our late teens or early 20s, but Cuck always has been a little slow.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:34 AM (+U6PJ)

127 IIRR, the Mafia originated in Sicily as a resistance to French occupation. "Mafia" is supposedly an acronym for "Death To The French Is Italy's Cry".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (4PK5z)

They also called it Cosa Nostra, or "this thing of ours".

Calling an American version by a really generic sounding name (IE, "the Thing") would be wise. Ambiguity in speech makes it harder to prosecute.

"No, I wasn't talking about an organization, I just couldn't remember the right word."

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:34 AM (BWt56)

128 Because He knew the Celts would be the only people who would get drunk enough to try to burn mud.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (Izzlo)

Which begs the age old question: Which came first, the drunk or the burnt mud?

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (L8ADy)

129 Continued:

It's just non-stop misery all the way down, and asshoe Govern'r thoroughly trashed every social group and institution I had once taken for granted.
The worst thing about all this is: those who aren't outright cheering on this destruction, chaos and dismay are the only things they've ever known. Blogs like this one are the only people I know who even recognize there's a larger world outside of Facebook / Google / Twitter. It's extremely depressing.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (HK8/E)

130 Speaking of organ donation, a moron asked an interesting question the other day.

Organ donation and transplants have stopped during the pandemic, right? Or can you give filthy, infected, diseased organs to compromised recipients?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (Kt1w/)

131 "Organ donation: it's important. "

Ever read stories from the Chinese dissident who was involved in "organ donations"? The ones where they were taking organs from live people with no anesthesia. This is what Democrats want for you.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (zruA2)

132 Any realtion to Maura Tierney?

Cause I had a cruch on her forever.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (3maMs)

https://pics.wikifeet.com/Maura-Tierney-Feet-2602883.jpg

(LEGGY!)

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

133 John Lund?
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021

*
*

That looks right. According to IMDb, they were in a pic together called The Mating Season in 1951.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (yvr3o)

134 128 Because He knew the Celts would be the only people who would get drunk enough to try to burn mud.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (Izzlo)

Which begs the age old question: Which came first, the drunk or the burnt mud?
Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (L8ADy)

=======

How many muds did they burn before they found one they liked?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

135 If there really was "minimal" voter fraud, the best way to handle it would be a thorough investigation and audit of the results.

Instead every attempt to investigate the results was stopped cold.

Which is what you'd expect with massive fraud.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (qlFIA)

136 understable = equine underboob?
Posted by: Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 06, 2021 11:27 AM (v3pYe)

I was riffing on the stupid tranny tweet.

I am NOT doing a google search on equine underboob

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (ifmtJ)

137 >>>Washington DC police do NOTHING while Josh Hawley's wife and young children are terrorized

He doesn't live in DC. Vienna police monitored the activity.

Posted by: American at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (dqmKq)

138 I remember back in 2016 when Obama said in his haughty smug manner that Trump would never be the president of the United States. He guaranteed it. They underestimated Trump's popularity and did not prepare for enough fraud. I'm sure it still irks him.
However, they have now fixed those pesky glitches that count valid votes. Hums like a top now. Any and every pretense of fair and true voting is now officially over. Because now they can triumphantly change, add, subtract votes right in front of us with no regard.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (66BnU)

139 Thank you for your service! I back the blue!!

Posted by: Conservatives as they load us onto train cars at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (hAruP)

140
Organ donation and transplants have stopped during the pandemic, right? Or can you give filthy, infected, diseased organs to compromised recipients?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (Kt1w/)

I know a girl, in Texas, who received a kidney the week of Christmas.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

I think it was more on the order of three minutes than three hours. Which is still a long time to remain totally motionless.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (mzC78)

142 Today is my birthday. I want POTUS in office for four more years as my gift!

Posted by: Jmel at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Eb8/B)

143 Is "womentally-retarded" correct then?

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Ndje9)

144 Dang! When the camera turns back to the Mall! Holy smokes that's a LOT of people!
--

Unless they break some windows and torch a few cars, no one in DC is going to give a shit.

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$5 says Democrat politicians walk through the crowd laughing a la Pelosi with the cartoon gavel back around 2009.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (Kt1w/)

145 No need to pack the Supreme Court. They are submisive.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (bCLt0)

146 99 Republicans are due for an epiphany.
Posted by: Ziba at January 06, 2021 11:30 AM (S1hrL)

The last straw should have been in 2008 with McCain failure theater and the bailouts. People should have gone full Galt then. They have been rubbing our noses it in since with infinity bailouts and purposely losing the cultural war.
And for the record, I went full Galt. I do as little labor and produce next to nothing because the system and one party system wants to destroy American citizens and America. Sure, I can't live a materialistic lifestyle or constantly consume, but I'm legit happier than I was living the materialistic and consumerism lifestyle.

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (mp2oJ)

147 Today is my birthday. I want POTUS in office for four more years as my gift!
Posted by: Jmel at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Eb8/B)

Well, Happy B-Day and may your wish come true!

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

148 Instead every attempt to investigate the results was stopped cold.

Which is what you'd expect with massive fraud.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (qlFIA)

Yes and that's what we had, and Barr sided with the steal.

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (ONvIw)

149 Any realtion to Maura Tierney?

Cause I had a cruch on her forever.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (3maMs)

MT in her prime was absolutely yummy - had that girl-next-door look down. From what little I've seen she's even aged pretty gracefully.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (4Yddh)

150 Is "womentally-retarded" correct then?
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Ndje9)

Politically.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

151 "Can we have your liver?"

"My what?"

"Your liver. It's a large, glandular organ."

"Ya, ya, I know what it is, but....I'm using it."

"Come on, don't muck us about!!"

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (dfRN6)

152 How many muds did they burn before they found one they liked?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

Peat is more like compost than mud.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (mzC78)

153 130 Speaking of organ donation, a moron asked an interesting question the other day.

Organ donation and transplants have stopped during the pandemic,
right? Or can you give filthy, infected, diseased organs to compromised
recipients?
My daughter works on a transplant floor (step-down unit) at a major hospital system. They still are doing transplants.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (N39Ws)

154 141 Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

I think it was more on the order of three minutes than three hours. Which is still a long time to remain totally motionless.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (mzC7

That is a fantastic photograph, that said everything about the man.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (bCLt0)

155 Here in my little neck of the woods we have a KY state trooper who lives in a housing development down the road. I see his cruiser off and on, he always runs with his radar on and has been sitting in a small church parking lot to catch speeders in a 25MPH zone instead of, oh I dunno', patrolling the fucking interstate where the average speed is 85 plus.

That is a dick move. And why I don't trust the cops.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (3H9h1)

156
$5 says Democrat politicians walk through the crowd laughing a la Pelosi with the cartoon gavel back around 2009.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (Kt1w/)

"They spit on me and called me the N word!!!!!"

- Every Democrat in DC

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

157 >>> 119 Any realtion to Maura Tierney?
Cause I had a cruch on her forever.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (3maMs)

I wonder if she's related to Maura Tierney. I see some resemblance, but I don't see anything saying she's related.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (l6b3d)

Great minds, etc..

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (l6b3d)

158 If there really was "minimal" voter fraud, the best way to handle it
would be a thorough investigation and audit of the results.----------------------------How about prosecutions and tough sentencing. The Broken Windows theory applies to vote fraud too.

Posted by: SH at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (sX1BW)

159 Any and every pretense of fair and true voting is now officially over. Because now they can triumphantly change, add, subtract votes right in front of us with no regard.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (66BnU)

Yep.

No constitution, no consent of the governed.

The USA is dead, this is now AINO. Which sounds like anal, so I guess it fits.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (BWt56)

160 Codevilla's solution is for each community to to do its own policing, that is, establish "neighborhood watch" type patrols (presumably armed) that are directly responsible to the residents of the neighborhoods they patrol. I don't think I agree with this.

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Read some first-hand accounts of those who survived (and study, in general) the Yugoslavian Civil War after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90's ... and then get back to me.

This is exactly what we're doing ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (xgp0F)

161 Is "womentally-retarded" correct then?

My three-year-old has just discovered recursion and was troubled by the fact that wowowowowowowowomen still contained 'men' in it.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (WLHrn)

162
That is a dick move. And why I don't trust the cops.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (3H9h1)

When your main role is revenue generation.......

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

163 Peat eventfully turns into coal.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (xfb67)

164 One mark of how badass the Vikings/Normans were is that they were one of the very few groups that ever managed a successful invasion of Sicily.

They're better known for invading France, which is weird, because what country hasn't successfully invaded France at some point? Sicily is a different story.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (+U6PJ)

165 To continue the analogy - imagine if the financial results from a (non-politically connected) fortune 500 company looked...odd. The flunkies of the C level people run around saying, "sure it looks off, and there was some minor fraud, but overall its on the up and up" does anyone believe that would be the end of the discussion?

The feds would go through the results with a fine tooth comb and throw those people guilty of even "minor" fraud in jail.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (qlFIA)

166 I'm honestly surprised these cucks still have jobs and offices and stuff.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (Bvn1K)

167 This keeps up we'll have to add the United States of America to the prayer list.

Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (+ya+t)

168 106 John Lund?

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:31 AM (AwYPR)

You are correct, sir!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (Y8GG1)

169 109 IIRR, the Mafia originated in Sicily as a resistance to French occupation. "Mafia" is supposedly an acronym for "Death To The French Is Italy's Cry".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (4PK5z)

I've said it before and will say it again - I'll sign on with the Cartels before I sign up with the soiboys. At least the guys running the Cartels still believe in only two genders.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (V2Yro)

170
Ralph Bellamy and someone with whom he interacted.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (pNxlR)

171 Wife just asked if we had enough ammo. *snort

Um, yeah.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (r1DzX)

172 This keeps up we'll have to add the United States of America to the prayer list.
Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (+ya+t)

It's been on it for most for 240 years.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

173
Mitch: Hey, you were only supposed to get rid of Trump!

Dominion: You got rid of yourself dumbass.

Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (PtOP4)

174 158 If there really was "minimal" voter fraud, the best way to handle it
would be a thorough investigation and audit of the results.----------------------------How about prosecutions and tough sentencing. The Broken Windows theory applies to vote fraud too.
Posted by: SH at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (sX1BW)

I prefer no prosecutions and abject denial!

Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (ONvIw)

175 Ralph Bellamy and someone with whom he interacted.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (pNxlR)

Any relation to MTV's Brian Bellamy?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

176 > Peat is more like compost than mud.

Right. It's on the spectrum between "leaves" and "coal".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (+U6PJ)

177 Peat eventfully turns into coal.

Uh oh.

Posted by: Amanda Peet at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (h5TKJ)

178 Wife just asked if we had enough ammo. *snort

Um, yeah.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (r1DzX)
------------

So, was she asking because she thinks you have enough or suggesting more needs to be purchased?

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (WEBkv)

179
They also called it Cosa Nostra, or "this thing of ours".

Calling an American version by a really generic sounding name (IE, "the Thing") would be wise.

Hey, I know the thing!

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (63Dwl)

180 Per top art: Bro, if Lincoln had this same GOP that PDT has been backstabbed by, the Union would have been destroyed in under a month.

Posted by: Gilded at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (BRkq2)

181 164 One mark of how badass the Vikings/Normans were is that they were one of the very few groups that ever managed a successful invasion of Sicily.

They're better known for invading France, which is weird, because what country hasn't successfully invaded France at some point? Sicily is a different story.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (+U6PJ)

Haven't we successfully invaded Sicily? And one of those Muslim empires, I don't recall if it was multiple. And the Romans. Later the Byzantines. Did the Carthaginians initially have to invade to get their foothold?

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (Zm+LZ)

182
Any relation to MTV's Brian Bellamy?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Oops. Bill Bellamy. Sorry.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

183 >>> My three-year-old has just discovered recursion and was troubled by the fact that wowowowowowowowomen still contained 'men' in it.
Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:39 AM (WLHrn)

Don't let them find out what GNU stands for.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (l6b3d)

184 Any relation to MTV's Brian Bellamy?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Bellamy Bros?

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (AwYPR)

185 109 IIRR, the Mafia originated in Sicily as a resistance to French occupation. "Mafia" is supposedly an acronym for "Death To The French Is Italy's Cry".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM (4PK5z)

Mario Puzo never mentions anything like this when he delves briefly into the origin of the mafia in Sicily in The Godfather. So I'm inclined not to think this is right.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (Y8GG1)

186 Dominion: You got rid of yourself dumbass.
Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy at January 06, 2021 11:41 AM (PtOP4)

He could call DOJ, but we're still on our four year vacay.

Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (ONvIw)

187 I think I need a long coat like Gen. Grant.
I'd rather have a constitutional republic, but I would take the coat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (r+sAi)

188 Sicily was invaded by a lot of groups over the years - Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Berbers/Arabs, Byzantines, Normans, Germans...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (qlFIA)

189 And of course there was the time when the West Roman empire lost it in the first place, giving the opportunity to Belisarius (Byzantine) to retake it.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Zm+LZ)

190 Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

I think it was more on the order of three minutes than three hours. Which is still a long time to remain totally motionless.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (mzC7

Daguerreotypes, which were the first photographs, took hours of exposure. The next generation of photos, albumen prints, like the photo of Grant, were much faster.

Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Izzlo)

191
Bellamy Bros?
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (AwYPR)

Bang Bros > Bellamy Bros

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

192 160 Codevilla's solution is for each community to to do its own policing, that is, establish "neighborhood watch" type patrols (presumably armed) that are directly responsible to the residents of the neighborhoods they patrol. I don't think I agree with this.z'

it's a roundabout way of recognizing that our old model of policing is dead. You can't have white cops (especially women!!!) in black neighborhoods, or hispanic. If there are to be police, they have to be part of that community or else they'll fail.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (V2Yro)

193
Any relation to MTV's Brian Bellamy?

Beats me. He played Mortimer Duke in "Trading Places" and "Coming to America".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (pNxlR)

194 The circular firing squad has started. The Blame Trump GOPe want to punish the rank and file. The "Come For Me Last" crowd will have the audacity to be surprised when it's their turn.

They really have learned nothing. I always thought the "Stupid Party" thing was exaggerated. Not so much anymore.

Posted by: Unkaren at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (H8RvB)

195 Pro tip- Start rolling over all the Traditonal IRA's and 401K's into Roths to protect your wealth from Beijing Biden and his henchmen. Do as much as you can tolerate this year (I'm moving 80-90 K at zero tax because CREDITS), and because the tax code is already set. Next year is up for grabs. Hopefully they leave it alone but I doubt it. I'm not a CPA so don't take my advice without checking with your CPA or other tax professional first.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (cCxiu)

196 Don't let them find out what GNU stands for.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (l6b3d)

wildebeast?

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (AwYPR)

197 How many muds did they burn before they found one they liked?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

Have to wonder, what the F else did they try to burn before they finally arrived at mud?

Beathan: So, what say ye, cat? Ay?
Ruadh: Nah, is too... is too furry taste.
Na' good. Na' good a'tal.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (L8ADy)

198 The tree of liberty needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots.
This time, lets just make it the blood of tyrants.

Posted by: Archer at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (gmo/4)

199 I am a South Dakota resident and I will never vote in an national election again, if we have them. My red state means nothing to the DC elite and our senator is part of the deep state being a GOPe. Any voting in a red state is a useless gesture. They will just give us the finger and laugh at us.

Posted by: megthered at January 06, 2021 11:44 AM (SM/op)

200 > Haven't we successfully invaded Sicily?

I don't think there was a lot of organized resistance for that one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:44 AM (+U6PJ)

201 Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.

-

FWIW, I was saying that jokingly in regards to the apparently spontaneous steely-eyed quick gaze into the distance.

It's a great picture, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:44 AM (Kt1w/)

202 I think I need a long coat like Gen. Grant.
I'd rather have a constitutional republic, but I would take the coat.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM

Be sure to insist on epaulets.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (ejd/p)

203
Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

Grant would've never gone three hours without a cigar.

Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (PtOP4)

204 When I see those old photos of starlets I have two thoughts usually.

1-Wow strikingly beautiful woman, and

2-Did some Hollywood douche make her do things for work? ala Lucille Ball

Posted by: nip at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (yoqcZ)

205 That is a dick move. And why I don't trust the cops.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at January 06, 2021 11:38 AM (3H9h1)

25 mph zones are usually residential areas. Maybe the local residents asked for that enforcement.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (mzC78)

206 Last night in DC the Proud Boys tried to march into BLM square. The police not only formed a line to stop them from walking through the area but maced them.

So here we are: People of a certain political ideology do not have freedom of movement. This is enforced by the POLICE which the Right has always supported. STOP SUPPORTING YOUR ENFORCERS

Posted by: Mike at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (pJg8E)

207 >>> 188 Sicily was invaded by a lot of groups over the years - Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Berbers/Arabs, Byzantines, Normans, Germans...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (qlFIA)

I think I've heard about that before.

Posted by: Clifford Worley at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (l6b3d)

208 Wife just asked if we had enough ammo. *snort

Um, yeah.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (r1DzX)

There is no such thing as 'enough ammo'. Ever.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Si Vis Pacem, Pac Bellum) at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (N3El/)

209 Oh to be a Producer in Hollywood in the 40's....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (ifmtJ)

I've told this story before: On her first day on the Columbia lot, Lucille Ball was ushered into studio head Harry Cohn's office. Cohn unbuttoned his pants and ordered her, "Suck it!"

As Ball later recalled, she wanted a Hollywood career, so what else could she do? She obeyed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (2JVJo)

210 An individual cop may be a great friend but, yeah, the cops ain't your friend, and if working for a authoritarian government, they are the Gestapo.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (o2MD2)

211 Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

Grant would've never gone three hours without a cigar.
Posted by: Ramen Noodle Guy at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (PtOP4)

Or a bourbon.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (NYS7S)

212 Sicily had the same problem as Poland, or Israel. It was located in such a prime strategic position that every empire it came in contact with desperately wanted to own it. They didn't care about the people who were there, they just wanted the real estate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (V2Yro)

213 If you want to be free then act like you're free. It all comes down to the individual. Quit looking for others to sustain or fight for your freedom. Quit looking for groups to join that will end up being either corrupted by a spying state or demanding that you conform to their set ideas of freedom.

And take off that fucking mask.

Posted by: Justsayin' at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (Fs5vw)

214 The Broken Windows theory applies to vote fraud too. <<<<<
NO STANDING!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (r+sAi)

215 @146 bat nationalist-You do as little labor as possible? You mean work or physical labor? Why am I not surprised.
You say you are in your 40's, have you been weeded out of the gene pool too?

Posted by: JROD at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (0jZnq)

216 Fun fact: in order for that photograph to be taken, Grant had to stand perfectly still in that pose for nearly three hours.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (Kt1w/)

I think it was more on the order of three minutes than three hours. Which is still a long time to remain totally motionless.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (mzC7

-------
By the 1860s, they had gotten exposure times down to 5-10 seconds. There's a series of candid photographs of Grant and his staff during the Overland Campaign where the photog had dragged his equipment up into the church steeple above where they were meeting. Supply wagons are passing by in the background, but you can't see them unless they are stopped, due to exposure time.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (4PK5z)

217 > 188 Sicily was invaded by a lot of groups over the years - Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Berbers/Arabs, Byzantines, Normans, Germans...

They weren't what we call "Sicilians" until after the Romans, any more than the Trojans were Turks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (+U6PJ)

218 Bellamy Bros?
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (AwYPR)

Bang Bros > Bellamy Bros
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

Ed Powers > Bang Bros > Bellamy Bros

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (sVFtl)

219 On the subject of local police, some cities actively recruit bully-types. It's what they want. One of the worst examples is Independence, MO, my home town and Harry Truman's home town. The police in that city are horrible people.
I am a Truman fan. When he left D.C., he and Martha took the train home and no one saw them off. That tells you he wasn't 'one of them'. But when he got home to Independence, the welcoming crowd was there waiting. And he remained living in his modest Independence home until his death.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (+CiEK)

220 The tree of liberty needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots.
This time, lets just make it the blood of tyrants.

"You're gonna need a bigger tree!"

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (JioHo)

221 I've told this story before: On her first day on the Columbia lot, Lucille Ball was ushered into studio head Harry Cohn's office. Cohn unbuttoned his pants and ordered her, "Suck it!"

As Ball later recalled, she wanted a Hollywood career, so what else could she do? She obeyed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (2JVJo)

This is why I've always wanted Betty White to write a tell-all book. Imagine the stories she's got.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

222 Grant was a closer.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (bCLt0)

223 Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (cCxiu)

I thought max Roth contribution was $6500/yr.?

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (AwYPR)

224 How will they like these?

Womaniac

Womend - as in sew - which is womens work - so it is quite fitting

Posted by: db at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (E0PSG)

225 221 I've told this story before: On her first day on the Columbia lot, Lucille Ball was ushered into studio head Harry Cohn's office. Cohn unbuttoned his pants and ordered her, "Suck it!"

As Ball later recalled, she wanted a Hollywood career, so what else could she do? She obeyed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (2JVJo)

This is why I've always wanted Betty White to write a tell-all book. Imagine the stories she's got.
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

==========

It's her dead man's switch. She'll live forever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (LvTSG)

226 I'd say to stop responding to small amount of resident GOPers who are butthurt that we didn't respond to their whip crack and are now escaping the plantation. Look at how they try to blame us for noticing that the game is rigged. It's definitely not their nor the GOPe's fault that their beautiful party (thank for that AtC) is a bunch of perpetual losers, it's the fault of this handful of commenters on a blog. Reject their shaming by ignoring their attempts to engage. They're not here for debate, it's just a power game.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (poEUH)

227 Lucille Ball, and she did.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (+U6PJ)

228 Oh to be a Producer in Hollywood in the 40's....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 11:19 AM (ifmtJ)

I've told this story before: On her first day on the Columbia lot, Lucille Ball was ushered into studio head Harry Cohn's office. Cohn unbuttoned his pants and ordered her, "Suck it!"

As Ball later recalled, she wanted a Hollywood career, so what else could she do? She obeyed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (2JVJo)

Related: https://bit.ly/3be4ejP

Read especially the post linked by Vox. Pedowood is called the Hellmouth for a reason.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (NYS7S)

229 Took a short break from reading mysteries and checked out a book that caught my eye at the library, Frederick Brown's "The Embrace of Unreason, France 1914-1940." I don't like Brown's writing style or his way of organizing materials, but it's a depressing and illuminating read. By the 30's, France had fallen into such moral and political confusion that it's not hard at all to understand how the Germans were able to stroll right in in '40 and find plenty of willing collaborators. Plenty of frogs hated millions of their own countrymen (and not just the Jews) far worse by that point than they hated the Krauts. Can easily see the same happening here.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (HabA/)

230 DOJ: This is the DOJ Office of Illegal Political Deal Enforcement, If you are a donk, press one for total assistance via the FBI. If you are a GOPe, press two for a rectal exam by the FBI and a rigorous prosecution of your family and friend, otherwise LOLGF.

Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (ONvIw)

231
Start rolling over all the Traditonal IRA's and 401K's into Roths to protect your wealth from Beijing Biden and his henchmen. Do as much as you can tolerate this year (I'm moving 80-90 K at zero tax because CREDITS), and because the tax code is already set. Next year is up for grabs. Hopefully they leave it alone but I doubt it. I'm not a CPA so don't take my advice without checking with your CPA or other tax professional first.
Posted by: The Walking Dude

Completely serious question here: why do you think that they'd respect a Roth IRA any more than any other IRA? Once the rules are changed for one variety, changing the rules for any other is no big deal.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (pNxlR)

232 I don't understand why so many of us complain about the disgusting sewer that is our national arts scene and then boost a piece of Disney trash.

**goes back to wishing I were drunk**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:18 AM (2JVJo)

Serious question: was Walt a worthless piece of shit from the jump or would he be projectile vomiting at what his company has become?

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (y7DUB)

233 149 Any realtion to Maura Tierney?

Cause I had a cruch on her forever.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:33 AM (3maMs)

Imdb says there is no relation.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (Y8GG1)

234 Speaking of the Civil War, I just found a beautiful three-book box set by a gentleman named William C. Davis at a library book sale for $1. I look forward to getting started on it eventually.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (Kt1w/)

235 210 An individual cop may be a great friend but, yeah, the cops ain't your friend, and if working for a authoritarian government, they are the Gestapo.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (o2MD2)

Gestapo was never more than an acronym for State Police, in Deutsch. As opposed to the local police, who might know you or your family; the State Police never give a shit about anything but their orders. And the head of the Gestapo wasn't even a Nazi, just an old Good Cop who strongly believed that All Rules Must Be Followed. no matter what they are.

Our FBI is in any real sense a modern Gestapo. We don't need to worry about it coming, it's already here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (V2Yro)

236 212 Sicily had the same problem as Poland, or Israel. It was located in such a prime strategic position that every empire it came in contact with desperately wanted to own it. They didn't care about the people who were there, they just wanted the real estate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (V2Yro)

Same reason why Belgium has seen the battles of Agincourt, Waterloo, most of WWI & the Bulge.

Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2021 11:49 AM (Izzlo)

237 "Too old."
-Howard Hughes

Hughes didn't mind, in the main, if his girlfriends had other men in their lives. What he would not forgive, however, is if one of his women had a child. Because then her nipples would turn brown instead of remaining pink, which was one of Hughes' turn-ons.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:49 AM (2JVJo)

238 What time is the certification?

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic. at January 06, 2021 11:49 AM (VpH0w)

239 Don't despair. Just 2 weeks and then the kracken will be unleashed.

Posted by: dingbat at January 06, 2021 11:49 AM (U39us)

240 I'm going with land, although I'm still going to be in the market. I bet we see 60K-80K before it crashes once and for all.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:49 AM (Kt1w/)

241 Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Turning point in attitudes among allies of @realDonaldTrump. A current paid Trump adviser this a.m: "Trump f----ed the party. He f----ed the party with his conspiracy theories and pushing females and independents away from the party. The bleeding needs to stop. He needs to go."

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More of the same.

https://bit.ly/3s1mdzN

Yeah, it's all Trump's fault. The Republican party is dead, may it burn in Hell. Amen and awoman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)

242 212 Sicily had the same problem as Poland, or Israel. It was located in such a prime strategic position that every empire it came in contact with desperately wanted to own it. They didn't care about the people who were there, they just wanted the real estate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (V2Yro)

Agreed. Poland at one point could hold its own though. One of the nicer places in Europe before the partition really.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (Zm+LZ)

243 > Start rolling over all the Traditonal IRA's and 401K's into Roths to protect your wealth from Beijing Biden and his henchmen.

Rolling it over to gold and silver coins might be a wiser move.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+U6PJ)

244 I keep expecting Trump to pull some Ace out of his sleeve, but it's looking like it was a big bluff. Why have a big rally in GA, if the fix was in anyway? I don't get it.

According to reliable sources, military intelligence is on Trump's side, and you'd think they'd have the goods on SOMEBODY by now, and start locking people up in dark holes SOMEWHERE. When Trump spoke yesterday, he spoke of things coming out over the next couple of weeks - sounds kind of late.

Maybe he's relying on Pence to send it back for investigation, or something, as if it hadn't already been investigated, with way more evidence than needed. He's not really going to do Jack, is he? Even though it would practically guarantee his succeeding Trump? Obviously, the Senate Republicans are co-conspirators in the steal, save a few.

Posted by: President-Elect Optimizer at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (hOOi9)

245 The seances meme is very funny. I need funny. And those blueberry pancakes have my mouth watering! I need pancakes.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (O+I8R)

246 One thing I guess 40s Hollywood had going for it - putting adults on the casting couch instead of kids as they do now.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (qlFIA)

247 215 @146 bat nationalist-You do as little labor as possible? You mean work or physical labor? Why am I not surprised.
You say you are in your 40's, have you been weeded out of the gene pool too?
Posted by: JROD at January 06, 2021 11:46 AM (0jZnq)

Labor for the system, retard.
I have great genes, kids, family and extended family. Keep up with that Holier than thou supremacist attitude you have. You know nothing outside your echo chamber and bubble.

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (mp2oJ)

248 In more go woke get broke moments. Kyle Larson's NASCAR spotter was fired by Hendrick motorsports for having Pro-Trump, anti mask and Qanon stuff on his personal social media. I'll be honest, I know really zip about the Qanon shit. But apparently the thought and mask police are everywhere. I'm done with every pro sport. I don't miss it at all. It's been refreshing to be honest.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 06, 2021 11:51 AM (mzMK1)

249 To top it all off, we're left with this rickety, plagiarizing, lying, corrupt, molesting, dementia patient as our "grand prize."

Posted by: washrivergal at January 06, 2021 11:51 AM (66BnU)

250 Grant was a closer.
Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:47 AM (bCLt0)

Yep. He knew how to get it done. No matter the cost.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Quod non detur pax, tempus belli!) at January 06, 2021 11:51 AM (N3El/)

251 Women and independents hate good jobs, new cars, and zeroes in their 401Ks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:51 AM (Kt1w/)

252 Sicily had the same problem as Poland, or Israel.

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They talk funny?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:51 AM (+y/Ru)

253 Whether the Republican party is dead or not is fairly unimportant, because baring a miracle THE COUNTRY IS DEAD

Posted by: 18-1 at January 06, 2021 11:52 AM (qlFIA)

254 Actually, Grant went long periods without a drink. He tended to be a binge drinker.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 06, 2021 11:52 AM (JKNZq)

255 Don't you forget about me!
I'll be alone, dancing. You know it, baby.

As I walk on by, will you call my name?

Posted by: Durham Report at January 06, 2021 11:52 AM (AD14M)

256 Is a stock market crash here in the interests of the CCP, or not? That filter will be needed when doing analysis from now on, an indicator of being subordinate.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:52 AM (bCLt0)

257 Our FBI is in any real sense a modern Gestapo. We don't need to worry about it coming, it's already here.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (V2Yro)

The "Ge" in "Gestapo" stands for "Geheimnes", which means "secret". Secret State Police.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (mzC78)

258 "Trump f----ed the party. He f----ed the party with his conspiracy theories and pushing females and independents away from the party."

Seventy-Five. Million. Votes.

Oh yeah, Trump was the problem.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (NYS7S)

259 In more go woke get broke moments. Kyle Larson's NASCAR spotter was fired by Hendrick motorsports for having Pro-Trump, anti mask and Qanon stuff on his personal social media.

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Remember when these same people were insisting you stay out of their bedrooms, h8rs?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (Kt1w/)

260 Amen and awoman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)

Why all the men, but just one woman?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

261 OM, I agree with you.

This is a very sad state of affairs.

Posted by: Flyover, goin' Independent at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (Rbu5d)

262 Women and independents hate good jobs, new cars, and zeroes in their 401Ks.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:51 AM (Kt1w/)

401Ks aren't long for this world. They'll get raided to support public pensions. The savers will get sheared.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (BWt56)

263 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2021 11:49 AM (2JVJo)

Hughes was a nutcase for several reasons.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (VP4Cd)

264 260 Amen and awoman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)

Why all the men, but just one woman?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

=========

Because one woman is worth all men.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (LvTSG)

265 Completely serious question here: why do you think that they'd respect a Roth IRA any more than any other IRA? Once the rules are changed for one variety, changing the rules for any other is no big deal.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

"Roth IRAs are for rich people! Let's get 'em!"

Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (MPYWI)

266
Seventy-Five. Million. Votes.

Oh yeah, Trump was the problem.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (NYS7S)

But Biden got 82 million.......so Trump lost with his base, or something......

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

267 254 Actually, Grant went long periods without a drink. He tended to be a binge drinker.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 06, 2021 11:52 AM (JKNZq)

Ah, I see you have actually read a real biography.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (bCLt0)

268 265 Completely serious question here: why do you think that they'd respect a Roth IRA any more than any other IRA? Once the rules are changed for one variety, changing the rules for any other is no big deal.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

"Roth IRAs are for rich people! Let's get 'em!"
Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (MPYWI)

=========

"Bank accounts are for rich people! Let's get 'em!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

269 196 Don't let them find out what GNU stands for.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2021 11:42 AM (l6b3d)

wildebeast?
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (AwYPR)

GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix". Seriously. Yes, the word itself is part of the definition. Kind of an infinite recursion thing.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (Y8GG1)

270 @213 Justsayin'-I'm tired of mf'ers here calling me a coward for wearing a mask to get into a store to get supplies to f'ing survive. Stores put guards that have radios to call local law enforcement if you try to enter the store. I put the f'ing mask on to get in and take it off when my card says approved.
Talking shit to people in states that have different rules with this BS you just sound like a dick swinging asshole. I want to take my mask and strangle mf'ers in the street with it so back the f*ck off with this BS here at AoS. If you live in a state with lax rules, good for you. Don't talk shit here that you wouldn't say to my face within arms reach.

Posted by: JROD at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (0jZnq)

271
By the 1860s, they had gotten exposure times down to 5-10 seconds. There's a series of candid photographs of Grant and his staff during the Overland Campaign where the photog had dragged his equipment up into the church steeple above where they were meeting. Supply wagons are passing by in the background, but you can't see them unless they are stopped, due to exposure time.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

To wit:
https://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2014/05/
massaponax-church-va-grant-writes.html

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (pNxlR)

272 > One thing I guess 40s Hollywood had going for it - putting adults on the casting couch instead of kids as they do now.

I think Judy Garland got pimped out at a fairly young age, though possibly after puberty at least.

I know they were feeding her and Mickey Rooney amphetamines to keep them going, then barbiturates so they could sleep.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (+U6PJ)

273 t=========

Because one woman is worth all men.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (LvTSG)

Power of the vag.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

274 I'm not a CPA so don't take my advice without checking with your CPA or other tax professional first.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 06, 2021 11:43 AM (cCxiu)

So, never heard of "flexible" ex post facto taxes, eh?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (87oRe)

275 236 212 Sicily had the same problem as Poland, or Israel. It was located in
such a prime strategic position that every empire it came in contact
with desperately wanted to own it. They didn't care about the people who
were there, they just wanted the real estate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2021 11:45 AM (V2Yro)

Same reason why Belgium has seen the battles of Agincourt, Waterloo, most of WWI the Bulge.
i thought it was about the sprouts

Posted by: Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (sGtp+)

276 Actually, Grant went long periods without a drink. He tended to be a binge drinker.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 06, 2021 11:52 AM (JKNZq)

I did not know that. Not an alcoholic by any stretch, but thought I read in a bio that he was a "regular" drinker.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (NYS7S)

277 https://gab.com/a/posts/105509537706435006

See the box in the bottom right? That's Charlie Kirk. That's 90% of Republicans in Congress. That's the Koch brothers. The future is economic populism paired with social conservatism.

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:55 AM (mp2oJ)

278 I just want y'all to know that my family accounted for 3 republican votes in Gwinnett county. We did our part, all we could do.

I'm just so sorry for America, sorry for all of us and what I think is coming.

We are dealing with our own personal, ongoing tragedy now with my mother in hospice at home. She is slipping away day by day from last stage cancer and my superman dad who turned 80 a couple days ago is diligently and tirelessly taking care of her desperately focusing on all the medications, pain-killers and feeding machine to keep her going as long as possible because he can't stand the though of losing her. 53 years marriage.

But anyway, we are all experiencing a more generalized tragedy now and unfortunately it's going to get more personal for most of us I think. I suspect they are going to try for the slow-boiling frog method as long as they can.

Pray, but plan and be ready to act.

Posted by: SamIam at January 06, 2021 11:55 AM (iTCEE)

279 In more go woke get broke moments. Kyle Larson's NASCAR spotter was fired by Hendrick motorsports for having Pro-Trump, anti mask and Qanon stuff on his personal social media.

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Remember when these same people were insisting you stay out of their bedrooms, h8rs?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:53

Yep. Fuck NASCAR, the NFL, MLB, NHL etc. Done with all of them. I can proudly say I haven't watched one sporting event for a second in the last year. I don't miss it at all. I really thought I would, but I don't.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 06, 2021 11:55 AM (mzMK1)

280 GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix". Seriously. Yes, the word itself is part of the definition. Kind of an infinite recursion thing.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (Y8GG1)

To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:55 AM (BWt56)

281
@sluttydreamer seems nice.

"I have a Slutty Dream that one day, my transgender furry children will be judged by the contents of their front-holes, and join hands with BLM activists, to bash in the skulls of whites and gays. And especially white gays. Ree at last, ree at last. Thank Science almighty, we can ree at last."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (Bvn1K)

282 That huckleberry popcorn they sell in Montana is addictive. Sooo good!

Never tried it...but a good Huckleberry Shake is a beautiful thing.
I pick those quite often in the summer. Can usually fill a water bottle or two on some of the rides I do regularly.

Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2021 11:32 AM

The Lodge at Glacier National Park uses a huckleberry spread on their elk burgers.
OMG!!!
Perfection.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (axyOa)

283 Finally went in and canceled the automatic renewal of MLB.tv.

I don't need it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (LvTSG)

284 401Ks aren't long for this world. They'll get raided to support public pensions. The savers will get sheared.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:53 AM (BWt56)

--

At least we'd be able to see it happening and not get this gradual BS of saving up $1M and it being worth $75K after 50 years because they're just "printing" money left and right.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (Kt1w/)

285
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:55 AM (BWt56)

10 goto 20
20 goto 10
end

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

286 NFL > GOP

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (+y/Ru)

287 But Biden got 82 million.......so Trump lost with his base, or something......
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

And without a top-to-bottom audit I will never, ever believe that any more than 70-mil of them are legal and real.

Not a criticism, I know where you're coming from.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (NYS7S)

288 "Trump f----ed the party. He f----ed the party with his conspiracy theories and pushing females and independents away from the party. The bleeding needs to stop. He needs to go."
...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)
================================

Believable. Trump had plenty of traitors in the WH the whole time. It's amazing, the lies they tell themselves to feel good about themselves.

Trump had the greatest election victory in modern history, and these a-holes conspired with the criminals who stole the election. AND they think we're going to believe this BS, and support them anyway!

Posted by: President-Elect Optimizer at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (hOOi9)

289 Posted by: SamIam at January 06, 2021 11:55 AM

So sorry to hear that. Been there. It sucks any way you slice it. I hope for peace for your Dad and comfort for your Mom. God bless.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (mzMK1)

290 282

The Lodge at Glacier National Park uses a huckleberry spread on their elk burgers.
OMG!!!
Perfection.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (axyOa)

Kills the taste. ( Ducks).

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (bCLt0)

291 Prayers upfor those listed, all of you, and gray box friends in DC.

Lord have mercy on us all.

Posted by: Flyover, goin' Independent at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (Rbu5d)

292 "Bank accounts are for rich people! Let's get 'em!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus

At this point, they just print whatever they want to no real reason to take money from individuals....

Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (MPYWI)

293 57 Everybody knows Sponge is always first.

Sponge is A number 1!
Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:24 AM (L8ADy)

I thought Linn Ridge was always first.

Posted by: Allie at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (vmRc0)

294 He's up!

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (L8ADy)

295 Start rolling over all the Traditonal IRA's and 401K's into Roths to protect your wealth from Beijing Biden and his henchmen.

Rolling it over to gold and silver coins might be a wiser move.
Way ahead of you. Thats a good point though. I bought a lot when it eas cheaper and buried it here and there. I was always wary of those gold IRA's, where you don't have physical possession, its in a fucking depository somewhere, just waiting for Biden to pull a dick move like FDR did and outlaw gold. You know when the currency crashes , they'll be coming for the gold.
I think a currency crash is inevitable, so I'm buying trying to move it as tax free as possible and buying hard assets with it now (looking at real estate now)

Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (cCxiu)

296
Not a criticism, I know where you're coming from.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (NYS7S)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)

297 Zoom meetings-Modern seances. Funny.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - PHD Cannibal Studies at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (Dz5W3)

298 Trump up, RSBN feed.

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (2k7BX)

299 265 Completely serious question here: why do you think that they'd respect a Roth IRA any more than any other IRA? Once the rules are changed for one variety, changing the rules for any other is no big deal.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

"Roth IRAs are for rich people! Let's get 'em!"

Posted by: BacktoGA

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Roth Ira's are the ultimate in white privilege -- and sound like something the Joos created in conspiring to keep the rest of us oppressed! Confiscate.And.Redistribute, along with those 401k's ...

/

Posted by: ShainS at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (cYpaQ)

300

You want a constitutional republic
You'll take Grant's coat
You'll get Kamala's cackles

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (63Dwl)

301 Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE NEIL GORSUCH at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (Pzzpr)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)

302 Trump up at the rally.

Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (+ya+t)

303 292 "Bank accounts are for rich people! Let's get 'em!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus

At this point, they just print whatever they want to no real reason to take money from individuals....
Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (MPYWI)

==========

True, but that doesn't assuage their class warfare tendencies.

They'll increases taxes simply because they can, not because it will help them spend more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (LvTSG)

304 @241

The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

They are not the answer to any of our problems.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (NJtIq)

305 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)

And they'll ignore this chart every time like they have been for decades.

https://gab.com/a/posts/105509537706435006

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (mp2oJ)

306 288 "Trump f----ed the party. He f----ed the party with his conspiracy theories and pushing females and independents away from the party. The bleeding needs to stop. He needs to go."
...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)
================================

Believable. Trump had plenty of traitors in the WH the whole time. It's amazing, the lies they tell themselves to feel good about themselves.

Trump had the greatest election victory in modern history, and these a-holes conspired with the criminals who stole the election. AND they think we're going to believe this BS, and support them anyway!
Posted by: President-Elect Optimizer at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (hOOi9)

Love how Trump called out the grifters making money off of people like Bloomberg. Never really thought about it before.

Posted by: Grip the Weasel at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (KbCG3)

307 292 At this point, they just print whatever they want to no real reason to take money from individuals....
Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (MPYWI)

The point of taking it away isn't so that there's more for them.

It's so that there's nothing for us.

Posted by: Allie at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (vmRc0)

308 NFL > GOP
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

a piece of cardboard > GOP

Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (MPYWI)

309 At least we'd be able to see it happening and not get this gradual BS of saving up $1M and it being worth $75K after 50 years because they're just "printing" money left and right.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (Kt1w/)

If you can, buy gold. If you can't, buy silver. If you can't get enough of either, buy a pirate flag.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (BWt56)

310 RSBN rally feed https://tinyurl.com/y5lxpsg5

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (2k7BX)

311 Trump coming on stage now.

Posted by: f'd at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (+y8uL)

312 401Ks aren't long for this world. They'll get raided to support public pensions. The savers will get sheared.

--

I'm completely at a loss as to what to do with a 6-figure (low 100s) inheritance I've been sitting on for months. I was waiting for Trump's reelection to make a decision on it. Now I don't know where to put it. All I can think of is property.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

313 @247 bat nationalist-Technically my echo chamber would be right here at AoS you stupid POS c*cksucker who knows jackshit difference between conservatism and establishment GOPe corporatists that spew conservative principles to get elected so f'ing retards like you can glom onto that and go, "look- see conservatives fail". I'm not the idiot you half-wit.

Posted by: JROD at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (0jZnq)

314 Re Grant. If it hasn't already been mentioned, I supply this quote from Sherman, I have memorized it, and roll it out at opportune moments. My Liberal acquaintances are always shocked, I allow them to stew a moment before pointing out the source as not my self, but rather a person whose monument *isn't* being torn down by their fellow travelers:

"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast. -- William Tecumseh Sherman."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (bPH26)

315 Trump is up on RSBN

Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (w7KSn)

316 The Mandalorian comes out of the closet in the 2022 season. You all knew that, right?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (sWM8x)

317 Today is my birthday. I want POTUS in office for four more years as my gift!
Posted by: Jmel at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Eb8/B)

Well, Happy B-Day and may your wish come true!
Posted by: Sponge -

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (arJlL)

318 And they'll ignore this chart every time like they have been for decades.

https://gab.com/a/posts/105509537706435006

Posted by: bat nationalist

This chart is gold.

Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (MPYWI)

319 292 At this point, they just print whatever they want to no real reason to take money from individuals....
Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (MPYWI)

The point of taking it away isn't so that there's more for them.

It's so that there's nothing for us.
Posted by: Allie at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (vmRc0)

Bet me to it.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (NYS7S)

320 309

If you can, buy gold. If you can't, buy silver. If you can't get enough of either, buy a pirate flag.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (BWt56)

It is also a good time to sell, if you need cash.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (bCLt0)

321
Roth Ira's are the ultimate in white privilege -- and sound like something the Joos created in conspiring to keep the rest of us oppressed! Confiscate.And.Redistribute, along with those 401k's ...

Just rename it to something woke like the Reparation IRA.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (63Dwl)

322 Trump up, RSBN feed.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (2k7BX)

Traffic must be yuge. The site barely comes up.

The video feed isn't even coming up.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)

323 282 The Lodge at Glacier National Park uses a huckleberry spread on their elk burgers.

OMG!!!

Perfection.
hmm. my local carl's jr keeps offering me jelly for my sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits. maybe i should take them up on the offer one of these days.

Posted by: Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (v3pYe)

324 312 401Ks aren't long for this world. They'll get raided to support public pensions. The savers will get sheared.

--

I'm completely at a loss as to what to do with a 6-figure (low 100s) inheritance I've been sitting on for months. I was waiting for Trump's reelection to make a decision on it. Now I don't know where to put it. All I can think of is property.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

==========

"Help us fight the Democrats with a donation!"
-National Review

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (LvTSG)

325 42 Blueberries are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (axyOa)

I say the same thing about cows.
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

Bacon.
And good coffee with heavy cream.

Posted by: Flyover, goin' Independent at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (Rbu5d)

326 Of course.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (L8ADy)

327 You guys are misspelling "Beer."

Posted by: Max Power at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (q177U)

328 Lots of bullet proof glass in front of him.

Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (+ya+t)

329 283 Finally went in and canceled the automatic renewal of MLB.tv.

I don't need it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (LvTSG)

Ok, let's not get crazy here.

Posted by: dantesed at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (88xKn)

330 297 Zoom meetings-Modern seances. Funny.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - PHD Cannibal Studies at January 06, 2021 11:58 AM (Dz5W3)

----

True fact: Jeffrey Toobin's grandfather was once caught masturbating during a seance when somebody accidentally flipped the lights on early ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (cYpaQ)

331 309 At least we'd be able to see it happening and not get this gradual BS of saving up $1M and it being worth $75K after 50 years because they're just "printing" money left and right.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 11:56 AM (Kt1w/)

If you can, buy gold. If you can't, buy silver. If you can't get enough of either, buy a pirate flag.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (BWt56)

It's a tricky business but stocks that produce gold are essentially a leveraged bet on gold. Generally leverage is favorable with higher than expected inflation. I wouldn't stick to just one product like gold, and be aware that gold doesn't tend to move tightly with inflation, it instead tends to rally when markets crash.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (Zm+LZ)

332 > If you can, buy gold. If you can't, buy silver. If you can't get enough of either, buy a pirate flag.

As Old Nick said, gold won't always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can always get you gold.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (+U6PJ)

333 Ugh - *beat me to it, of course

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (NYS7S)

334 Krugman said the market would crash if Trump was elected in 2016. What's he saying now?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (63Dwl)

335 Tear down the doors of Congress and let the sunshine pour in!

Posted by: Max Power at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (q177U)

336 If you can, buy gold. If you can't, buy silver. If you can't get enough of either, buy a pirate flag.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (BWt56)

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I've been slowly buying my wife nice jewelry through the year for the last 10 years. Necklaces, rings, etc. It has made her very happy, of course, but if the burning times come we can also clip off one of the links or pop out one of the stones to trade for something we might need.

Of course, I intend to be the one that people are trading those things TO, but you never know.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 12:02 PM (Kt1w/)

337 65 Completely serious question here: why do you think that they'd
respect a Roth IRA any more than any other IRA? Once the rules are
changed for one variety, changing the rules for any other is no big
deal.

Its just to buy time. Move it, let it accrue tax free, withdraw it tax free to buy hard assets as the opportunity presents itself..

Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 06, 2021 12:02 PM (cCxiu)

338 Turns out, the GOP didn't need a hill to die on.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 12:02 PM (+y/Ru)

339 All I can think of is property.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

Well, they're not making any more of it.

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 12:02 PM (AwYPR)

340 I back the blue and my reward is over $500 in speeding tickets in a week while at the same time these guys watch rioters burn the country to the ground, allow illegals to stand on the street corner waiting for people to hire them and let vagrants stand in the middle of the street with their cocks out taking a piss on the ground for all the world to see. But I'm the problem because I want to go to work and to visit my mom at Christmas. Fuck 'em. They're part of the problem.

Posted by: red blooded male at January 06, 2021 12:02 PM (iblW8)

341 True, but that doesn't assuage their class warfare tendencies.

They'll increases taxes simply because they can, not because it will help them spend more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus

Allie said so we can't have it.

I get what you're both saying. They'd love to take from conservatives, but I don't think raising taxes really ever polls well. Maybe taxing the rich does for the left. I dunno.

I received a $3,000 check from the government yesterday (stimulus) and am more concerned with what is going to happen to our currency versus taxes.

Posted by: BacktoGA at January 06, 2021 12:03 PM (MPYWI)

342 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (pNxlR)
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Yep, that's it. In one of the photos, a couple of the staffers have spotted what the photog was up to, and are doing goofy exagerrated poses.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 06, 2021 12:03 PM (4PK5z)

343 Trump: We will not concede.

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 06, 2021 12:03 PM (2k7BX)

344 Lots of bullet proof glass in front of him.
Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 12:01 PM (+ya+t)

You know if there wasn't 2" of glass in front of him, they'd take the easy route.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:03 PM (L8ADy)

345 Trump: We will stop the steal.

No offense, Trump, but how? They're voting now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:03 PM (UZVEt)

346 It's a tricky business but stocks that produce gold are essentially a
leveraged bet on gold. Generally leverage is favorable with higher than
expected inflation. I wouldn't stick to just one product like gold, and
be aware that gold doesn't tend to move tightly with inflation, it
instead tends to rally when markets crash.

^^^^This.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (cCxiu)

347 288 "Trump f----ed the party. He f----ed the party with his conspiracy theories and pushing females and independents away from the party. The bleeding needs to stop. He needs to go."
...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 11:50 AM (+y/Ru)

And go back to what? The Mittens Romenemy wing? Look Trump was his own worst enemy sometimes, but he wasn't a politician and he got shit done. All against a media and social media culture that fought him every step of the way and a couple of bullshit nonstop Rrrrruuuussia pap smear. And yet he persisted. I am never going back to holdong my nose and voting for pieces of shit like Romenemy etc. The Repbulicant party can FOAD for all I care.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (mzMK1)

348 And without a top-to-bottom audit I will never, ever believe that any more than 70-mil of them are legal and real.

Not a criticism, I know where you're coming from.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (NYS7S)
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Even Dems don't REALLY believe Biden got 82M votes.

Nobody's looking at the Biden election and trying to see how they can capture that magic. Nobody seriously thinks that Biden got 30% more people to get out and vote for him than Obama.

No politician really believes that you can have a Red Wave led by the POTUS candidate, and then lose, with a stellar record of achievement, and 20% more votes than last time - and that number's after millions were switched to Biden, and millions more simply trashed.

We may never know how big Trump won 2020, but it;s a good bet that it was Trump who legitimately had over 80M votes - certainly Biden didn't.

Posted by: President-Elect Optimizer at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (hOOi9)

349 Well, time to wander. Need to get mom to the Dr.

later!

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (WEBkv)

350 "The media is by far the biggest problem."

Posted by: Trumplican at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (jV+aN)

351

Posted by: red blooded male at January 06, 2021 12:02 PM (iblW8

Handing out speeding tickets to whitey is very safe. You don't want safe leos? is that what you're saying here?

Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (ONvIw)

352 The situation is grim. It's a giant excrement sandwich and we're all going to take a big bite of it.

The garden of delights planned for us by our betters boggles the mind. Gun control? Yep. New Green Deal. Bet your $7 a gallon gasoline and mandatory EV policies. Reparations? Every black person in this country will get paid, but unlike with true reparations, they'll come back for more. And more. And more. The woke stuff is going to go off the deep end. Critical race theory will be the law of the land. Illegal immigrants will overrun the border and be granted instant citizenship, as long as they'll vote to keep the Uniparty in the power.

All of this because we can't properly administer free and fair elections. And the GOP squishes are shaking in their panties about ANTIFA coming to their houses. I'm sure a Night of the Long Knives ANTIFA/Burn Loot Murder event is headed to a nice GOP-voting suburb near you. The only people who'll be arrested will be those defending their lives in property. The goon squad will get off scot free.

As I said before, PRAY early and PRAY often. God is in control, but the ride is about to get a bit bumpy.

Posted by: grizzledcoastie at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (FMgad)

353 > The Mandalorian comes out of the closet in the 2022 season. You all knew that, right?

Scene: she (formerly he) goes into an "all genders" restroom and purchases a tampon from a vending machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (+U6PJ)

354 Looks like a post where stating once again that you are under no obligation whatsoever to talk to the FBI or the police beyond confirming your name and asking if you're being questioned or detained. If the answer is yes shut the hell up.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (j3npP)

355 353 > The Mandalorian comes out of the closet in the 2022 season. You all knew that, right?

Scene: she (formerly he) goes into an "all genders" restroom and purchases a tampon from a vending machine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (+U6PJ)

===========

"Simply the best action filmmaking I've ever seen. Ever."
-The Mary Sue

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 12:05 PM (LvTSG)

356 Re: Seizure of 401ks / IRAs -- note that any attempt to do this will be met by bloody resistance from the legal community. Lawyers self-fund their retirement accounts (and even big law firms typically don't have a match). The lawyers will go to war to stop it.
A different tactic (one that should be guarded against, IMO), is life insurance companies getting a government regulation requiring a portion of 401k proceeds to be invested in annuities for income preservation. Similarly, the government may try to require a portion of 401ks to be "invested" in government bonds, for the "good" of the beneficiary. These tricks are more likely to succeed than direct seizure of 401ks.

Posted by: Revenant at January 06, 2021 12:05 PM (//ATM)

357 We're living in the reality of Murder on the Orient Express. They are all against us. Our reps in the house and senate ignore us. SCOTUS won't help us. The FBI/ DOJ is actively plotting against us. Locally, the governors and mayors have sent the police to physically beat us down; local judges prosecute us. They are all in on the steal.

Posted by: shibumi, welcome to the shitshow at January 06, 2021 12:05 PM (ZCiJZ)

358 So bunker campaigning has been declared genius right? We now have a whole new way of thinking about campaigns? Everything you knew is wrong? Right?

Posted by: ... at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (uEbPt)

359 Well, time to wander. Need to get mom to the Dr.

later!
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (WEBkv)

Godspeed.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

360 Trump didn't fuck the party. The party fucked itself. Yeah, Trump is an atypical Republican. He is not of the body. He isn't one of them. But without Trump, there would have been no Republican administration in 2016. Without Trump, we wouldn't know the extent of their theft machinery and as a result the takeover would have been silent and unnoticed.

The Republicans, like the Roman Empire, were dead already. Trump beat the horse vigorously enough to give the appearance of life. He tried to revive your lousy, ungrateful, corrupt, evil asses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (UZVEt)

361 All I can think of is property.

Posted by: Lady in Black

--

With timber prices being through the roof right now there are a lot of big-acreage opportunities to pick up for cheap. 30-50+ acres for $80-$100K because they've been cleared and the owners / timber companies just want to be rid of them now.

They look rough, but those trees will grow back.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (Kt1w/)

362 Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE NEIL GORSUCH at January 06, 2021 12:05 PM (Pzzpr)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

363
Anyone keeping a tally of how many times the fascist Media will use the phrase "a threat to democracy" today?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (hJJhj)

364 Trump: We will stop the steal.

No offense, Trump, but how? They're voting now.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:03 PM (UZVEt)

I think all he can do is educate people who have no idea - and there's sadly a lot. But I'm sure not seeing him pulling a rabbit out of the hat in the next few minutes. All we've had for 2 months is nonstop psyops about magic silver bullets.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (L8ADy)

365 According to reliable sources...

(Not referring to this comment specifically, just using it as a hook to say this.) Over the last year and especially the last two months this phrase has become the most meaningless string of words in the English language.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (qc+VF)

366 358 So bunker campaigning has been declared genius right? We now have a whole new way of thinking about campaigns? Everything you knew is wrong? Right?
Posted by: ... at January 06, 2021 12:06 PM (uEbPt)

That's the real reason Perdue and Loeffler lost. They were behind the times, failing to hide in their basements.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (Zm+LZ)

367 270 @213 Justsayin'-I'm tired of mf'ers here calling me a coward for wearing a mask to get into a store to get supplies to f'ing survive. Stores put guards that have radios to call local law enforcement if you try to enter the store. I put the f'ing mask on to get in and take it off when my card says approved.
Talking shit to people in states that have different rules with this BS you just sound like a dick swinging asshole. I want to take my mask and strangle mf'ers in the street with it so back the f*ck off with this BS here at AoS. If you live in a state with lax rules, good for you. Don't talk shit here that you wouldn't say to my face within arms reach.
Posted by: JROD at January 06, 2021 11:54 AM (0jZnq)

You've chosen to wear a mask. That's fine. And if it's not your choice, who's is it then?

Posted by: Justsayin' at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (Fs5vw)

368 Scene: she (formerly he) goes into an "all genders" restroom and purchases a tampon from a vending machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (+U6PJ)

All feminine products should be "free" by then.

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (AwYPR)

369 All I can think of is property.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

I'm not sure on that anymore. It looks like we might be going full Doctor Zhivago here.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado -tempore belli!) at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (N3El/)

370 Don't kid yourself that the military's any better.

Posted by: PacosMojo at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (Hd73Y)

371 IWI ZION Z-15 5.56 NATO AR-15 PISTOL - 12.5"

$828

https://bit.ly/3s3kydo

Posted by: bonhomme at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (i0wNm)

372 312 I'm completely at a loss as to what to do with a 6-figure (low 100s) inheritance I've been sitting on for months. I was waiting for Trump's reelection to make a decision on it. Now I don't know where to put it. All I can think of is property.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

I may or may not have a similar amount coming in the future (family is very vague on this), and the only thing I can think of to do with it (if it is indeed coming) is to buy a house (assuming I don't get refused on my otherwise inability to finance without it).

My father will probably bitch that it should all go into the market, but seeing as it may be my only shot at buying a house...

Posted by: Allie at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (vmRc0)

373 As I said before, PRAY early and PRAY often. God is in control, but the ride is about to get a bit bumpy.
Posted by: grizzledcoastie

Agree with prayer. Don't agree that the Lefties are going to go all in on GDN, or reparations. Heck, they've even backed off of forgiving student loans. CRT can be laughed off. Lefties want to keep the charade going. They'll do a little window dressing here and there for their true believers, but that's about it.

Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (L3Rsz)

374 234 Speaking of the Civil War, I just found a beautiful three-book box set by a gentleman named William C. Davis at a library book sale for $1.
Posted by: Moron Robbie January 06, 2021 11:48 AM (Kt1w/)

I know Jack Davis, he is very smart, an interesting writer, and an all around great guy. He has a good series about Texas as well

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (y7h/s)

375 Wife just asked if we had enough ammo. *snort

Um, yeah.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (r1DzX)
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So, was she asking because she thinks you have enough or suggesting more needs to be purchased?
Posted by: blake

Yes. Whoo-hoo! Not to find it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (r1DzX)

376 It's also important to select as VP someone who received nearly no primary votes and is from a very safe state.

Posted by: Warlord Someguy - General Who Pacifies The East and West at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (Zm+LZ)

377
https://youtu.be/HrGJfQzUrnY

Rally

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (hJJhj)

378 368 Scene: she (formerly he) goes into an "all genders" restroom and purchases a tampon from a vending machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 12:04 PM (+U6PJ)

All feminine products should be "free" by then.
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (AwYPR)

==========

And you've just stumbled onto the overriding plot line for the entire show. The fight for free tampons. It's what the Jedi were fighting for against the Empire.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, marching in the Felliniesque circus at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

379 Traffic must be yuge. The site barely comes up.

The video feed isn't even coming up.
Posted by: Sponge

Yeah, just happened to me. Had to go to the previous thread to get the current youtube stream:

https://youtu.be/HrGJfQzUrnY

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (KfC1e)

380 I'm wondering which will be first: Biden cures corona or amnesty for 30 million illegals?

Posted by: Ripley at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (MxEKc)

381 > The Mandalorian comes out of the closet in the 2022 season. You all knew that, right?

What makes you think that laws matter any more?

They matter precisely to the extent they're convenient for the ruling class, and not one bit further.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (+U6PJ)

382 Whoa 444k watching on RSBN

Posted by: DJ at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (O3/K+)

383 Yes. Whoo-hoo! Not to find it.
Posted by: rickb223

*now to find it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (r1DzX)

384 313 @247 bat nationalist-Technically my echo chamber would be right here at AoS you stupid POS c*cksucker who knows jackshit difference between conservatism and establishment GOPe corporatists that spew conservative principles to get elected so f'ing retards like you can glom onto that and go, "look- see conservatives fail". I'm not the idiot you half-wit.
Posted by: JROD at January 06, 2021 12:00 PM (0jZnq)

You are sperging out and raging about being called names in 2019-2020. Imagine being called names for over 20 years for pointing out the two party shame and the bullshit that Conservatism is. You brag about being a fuckboy in their 40's which is sad and pathetic. True fuck boys happen in highschool and early college because real men are desirable at an early age because genes. we grow out of that bullshit in our 30's because we know it is unhealthy for society, women, and men.
You are a light weight in the public square and politics. Seriously, Congrats on the red pill rage you are experiencing in 2020. Been through that as a teenager and early 20's.
*hands JROD a trophy and a cookie*

Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (mp2oJ)

385 "We watched the cities burn all summer, right? And this while the police stood around like potted plants, or ran away, or were otherwise nowhere to be found. "

Worse - don't forget the pathetic Broward Cowards that hid behind their cars during the MSD high-school shooting.

Posted by: apb at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (b4Rzx)

386
450K watching RSBN

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (hJJhj)

387 #11 and #27

Gene Tierney had slightly crooked teeth and was very self conscious about them. That's why she rarely smile.

And if you had a face like that w/o a smile, why bother?

Posted by: the other coyote at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (jSj7o)

388 And without a top-to-bottom audit I will never, ever believe that any more than 70-mil of them are legal and real.

Not a criticism, I know where you're coming from.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at January 06, 2021 11:57 AM (NYS7S)
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Even Dems don't REALLY believe Biden got 82M votes.
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We were discussing this earlier today.

Go do a search for the demographics of the 2020 election. You'll get results discussing it in the future tense, but all of that meticulous breaking-down of ages, races, employment, education, etc. etc. that has been done every election for decades?

Nah, bruh. Not this time.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (Kt1w/)

389 The only "good" thing from this shit show is turtle will no longer be Majority leader....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (Zmnko)

390 "They are all against us. Our reps in the house and senate ignore us. SCOTUS won't help us."

It's our fault really, we didn't vote hard enough for Republicans. Next time we're going to get in there and vote hard, really give it to the ballot.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (qH6FZ)

391 339 All I can think of is property.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

Well, they're not making any more of it.
think again, roundeye

Posted by: CCP, building islands in the South China Sea at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (v3pYe)

392 Don't kid yourself that the military's any better.
Posted by: PacosMojo at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (Hd73Y)
++++
Not the upper echelons. By and large, they're in the tank. I don't know about the Captains and below. If the generals and a bunch of colonels order but the captains refuse (or a couple of them seize the apparatus with the loyalty of their men). Military coups aren't usually executed by generals, they're executed by colonels or captains. And I have no idea where they stand.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:10 PM (UZVEt)

393 Well, the GOPe are masters at pushing the blame for their utter fecklessness onto anyone and anything other than themselves, so the fact that they're trying to toss Trump in the woodchipper now has really brought out my shocked face.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at January 06, 2021 12:10 PM (poEUH)

394 I know Jack Davis, he is very smart, an interesting writer, and an all around great guy. He has a good series about Texas as well
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at January 06, 2021 12:08 PM (y7h/s)

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Thanks, I'll keep my eyes open. Just thumbing through one of these before purchasing it looks like a well-written series.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 12:10 PM (Kt1w/)

395 So, what happened to the kraken ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zmnko)

396 Trump trashing Republicans.

I love it.

It's like he's a Moron.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zz0t1)

397 O.T., but does anyone have a good live feed link to the D.C. rally? Trump is speaking, even now.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (QzJWU)

398 So, what happened to the kraken ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zmnko)
++++
Steiner and Durham are bringing it in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (UZVEt)

399 I'm completely at a loss as to what to do with a 6-figure (low 100s) inheritance I've been sitting on for months. I was waiting for Trump's reelection to make a decision on it. Now I don't know where to put it. All I can think of is property.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

I wish I'd have dumped more of my liquid money in gold a few months ago. And, you still can't go wrong with precious metals.

Property is almost always good, especially in certain areas (like CA). At worse, you've got a place to live, and if you get a rental property (or 2), you've got a steady income. If you find good tenants, keep them, even if you could make more.

The one thing you shouldn't be doing is just sitting on it in the bank. It's losing value as we speak. Keep enough for emergencies if you do real estate.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (L8ADy)

400 378 And you've just stumbled onto the overriding plot line for the entire
show. The fight for free tampons. It's what the Jedi were fighting for
against the Empire.
grogu is the tampon whisperer?

Posted by: Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (sGtp+)

401 395 So, what happened to the kraken ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zmnko)

Calamari.

Posted by: tubal at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (bCLt0)

402 "But anyway, we are all experiencing a more generalized tragedy now and unfortunately it's going to get more personal for most of us I think. I suspect they are going to try for the slow-boiling frog method as long as they can."

It's really touching to hear people say "Thank God 2020 is over! 2021 is going to be so much better!"

They really have no idea.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (HabA/)

403 Chuck Schumer
@SenSchumer
Buckle up!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (+y/Ru)

404 PDT here

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

Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (HDhso)

405 .T., but does anyone have a good live feed link to the D.C. rally? Trump is speaking, even now.
Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (QzJWU)
++++
RSBN on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/HrGJfQzUrnY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (UZVEt)

406 So, what happened to the kraken ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zmnko)

Was killed and served up as calamari.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado -tempore belli!) at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (N3El/)

407 > think again, roundeye
Posted by: CCP, building islands in the South China Sea

Way ahead of you, buddy.

Posted by: The Dutch at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (+U6PJ)

408
*Gorilla*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (EGyGV)

409 Turn on your radio. Rush's show is playing PDTs speech.

Posted by: f'd at January 06, 2021 12:12 PM (+y8uL)

410 We still fighting? Masturbating Pete still pulling his best Hugh Hewitt?

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (agszH)

411 RSBN YouTube feed.

Chyron below the video feed:

U.S. elections
The Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as president-elect.

WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

412 143 Is "womentally-retarded" correct then?
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 06, 2021 11:36 AM (Ndje9)

Historically called "hysteria."

Posted by: Flyover, goin' Independent at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (Rbu5d)

413 389 Donna, what's sad is the Turtle is one of the finest parliamentarians the Senate has ever seen, and will gladly give advice and instructions to one Senator Schumer.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (I58tH)

414 "And a lot of them, I got them elected."

--PDT

ungrateful loaves of bread

Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (HDhso)

415 "According to reliable sources, military intelligence is on Trump's side, and you'd think they'd have the goods on SOMEBODY by now, and start locking people up in dark holes SOMEWHERE."

Reliable sources like QAnon, right? lol

Military intelligence doesn't go around spying on Americans willy nilly. They don't have 'the goods' on anyone.

No one's going to do shit. We live in a make-believe country, now. A zombie state, lurching through the motions like republican Rome as its leaders and their pet constituencies squabble over gold and short-term gains.

It didn't have to be this way, but everyone ignored the prophets of doom until it was too late, and no one wants to fight. Even getting cheapskate lazy conservatives to donate money is like pulling teeth. They're always looking for excuses to NOT back candidates or causes, because they aren't pure enough; whereas leftists fall over one another to put the fortunes of themselves and their institutions into leftist causes, no matter what.

And look who wins. The people who sacrifice and will do anything to win.

Posted by: df82 at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (xbSf0)

416 Chuck Schumer
@SenSchumer
Buckle up!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

LOL...oh sure, Chuck. More of the same, just with you spouting off more than the turtle.

Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (L3Rsz)

417 Trump

https://youtu.be/HrGJfQzUrnY

Just said Bullshit.....

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

418 I want to see some of this evidence he says he's going to lay out.
I BELIEVE him. I know they stole it. But I want them to see it.....

Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (HrMC1)

419 So, what happened to the kraken ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zmnko)

It got sucked into the aquarium filter.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (L8ADy)

420 395 So, what happened to the kraken ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM (Zmnko)

Here it is!

https://tinyurl.com/y5qyym85

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (xfb67)

421 OT: The US National Jr. Hockey team beat the Canuki National Jr. Hockey team in the World Championship. Nicely done, youngin's!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (HPZbe)

422
"Explosions of bullshit."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (hJJhj)

423 "these explosions of bullshit"

and the crowd goes wild

Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (HDhso)

424 Trump is starting to get serious.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (Gjku9)

425 Bullshit. Ha!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (kTF2Z)

426 RSBN YouTube feed.

Chyron below the video feed:

U.S. elections
The Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as president-elect.

WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM

Was there Tuesday night for the Trump GA rally too. Craziness.

And Trump says bullshit. LOL

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (2k7BX)

427 Boom!
Trump: all of a sudden, these explosions of bullshit.

LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (r1DzX)

428 Chyron below the video feed:

U.S. elections
The Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as president-elect.

WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (

LOLOLOL

Posted by: Kabuki Theatre at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (VpH0w)

429 Lol, explosions of bullshit.

Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (+ya+t)

430 Trump's having fun.

Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (L3Rsz)

431 I have thought about how you fix this and I come up with zilch sans revolution considering we have no other lever of power. The ballot box is obviously not an option unless you rig it in reverse, but I don't how do you do it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (r+sAi)

432 So, what happened to the kraken ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:11 PM

A metric crap ton of beer batter and some pickled hot pepper rings.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (ejd/p)

433 We CAUGHT them

Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (HrMC1)

434 146...but I'm legit happier than I was living the materialistic and consumerism lifestyle.
Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 11:37 AM (mp2oJ)

So very true.

Posted by: Flyover, goin' Independent at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (Rbu5d)

435 OT: The US National Jr. Hockey team beat the Canuki National Jr. Hockey team in the World Championship. Nicely done, youngin's!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (HPZbe)

Fantastic!

Thanks for posting that.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)

436 Boom! These explosions of BULLSHIT!"

"Romney, I wonder if he enjoyed his flight in last night?"

I. LOVE. This. President.

May we see Trump inaugurated again on January 20th, 2021

Posted by: RondinellaMamma, Queen Elect of Sheba! at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (8/7u2)

437 384 You are sperging out and raging about being called names in 2019-2020. Imagine being called names for over 20 years for pointing out the two party shame and the bullshit that Conservatism is. You brag about being a fuckboy in their 40's which is sad and pathetic. True fuck boys happen in highschool and early college because real men are desirable at an early age because genes. we grow out of that bullshit in our 30's because we know it is unhealthy for society, women, and men.
You are a light weight in the public square and politics. Seriously, Congrats on the red pill rage you are experiencing in 2020. Been through that as a teenager and early 20's.
*hands JROD a trophy and a cookie*
Posted by: bat nationalist at January 06, 2021 12:09 PM (mp2oJ)

Why the left wins, encapsulated in a single post. We prefer to shit on and shoot at our own because it's so much easier to just purge away our forces suspecting MOBYs behind every bush.

Posted by: Allie at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (vmRc0)

438 RSBN won't load for me.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (O+I8R)

439 372 312 I'm completely at a loss as to what to do with a 6-figure (low 100s) inheritance I've been sitting on for months. I was waiting for Trump's reelection to make a decision on it. Now I don't know where to put it. All I can think of is property.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

I may or may not have a similar amount coming in the future (family is very vague on this), and the only thing I can think of to do with it (if it is indeed coming) is to buy a house (assuming I don't get refused on my otherwise inability to finance without it).

My father will probably bitch that it should all go into the market, but seeing as it may be my only shot at buying a house...
Posted by: Allie at January 06, 2021 12:07 PM (vmRc0)

Nothing that you own or have earned or handed down to you is safe in a socialist society. The state will tell you what to do with it if they don't just take it all away at once.

There is no such thing as private property with communism.

Posted by: Justsayin' at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (Fs5vw)

440 430 Trump's having fun.
Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (L3Rsz)

His words seem like that; but his face doesn't.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (HDhso)

441 To be a good and proper conservative you have to back the blue, support anyone who served in the military, oppose higher taxes for billionaire tech lords, put the interests of business over the interests of people and always vote Republican. If not, you are a communist.

Posted by: Asshoes at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (CTE5Q)

442
Fake News is the enemy of the people

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (hJJhj)

443 Man, he is putting the pressure on Pence

Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (HrMC1)

444 421 Are they still blitzed on Molsons?

Posted by: bill in arkansas at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (I58tH)

445 He and Pence MUST have gamed them out, right??

Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (HrMC1)

446 "What we caught them doing . . . and you'll hear about that in a few minutes."

and the crowd goes wild

Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (HDhso)

447 @411

That's automatically added on by the tech fascists.

It's not an RSBN thing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (NJtIq)

448 I need reloading primers. I can't find any small rifle/pistol ones anywhere

Posted by: SamIam at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (iTCEE)

449 U.S. elections
The Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as president-elect.

WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

that is straight off of Twitter's fact checkers . They post that after every tweet about the election.

Posted by: Jen the original at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (TtZXb)

450 This reminds me of Karl Hess, who suggested that we not have any national or state government. All government would be on the neighborhood level. Here's a sample of some of his work from the Mises institute.

https://tinyurl.com/y5fpztsc

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (JKNZq)

451 Wanna know how I know that foreigners know something is up with the US election?

At my last job, I worked all the time with foreign divisions. On the day after, a few people mentioned how weird it was. After that? Nothing. Silence, just total silence.

Unlike 2012 and 2016, where every damn meeting opened with discussion about the US election for at least a month or more. This time around, nothing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (UZVEt)

452
Sounds like Pence made no promises.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (hJJhj)

453 His words seem like that; but his face doesn't.
Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (HDhso)

He just got shanked by Pence the powerless.

Posted by: Billy plays Bagpipes at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (ONvIw)

454 375 Wife just asked if we had enough ammo. *snort

Um, yeah.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2021 11:40 AM (r1DzX)
------------

Wife just asked if I checked zero on her AR when I checked mine.

lol.

"Close on the enemy as quickly as possible and hit him as hard as you can."

-Ulysses S. Grant

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (MkuC5)

455 Trump's having fun.
Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (L3Rsz)

His words seem like that; but his face doesn't.
Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (HDhso)

It's cold.

He's got frozen face.

Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)

456 Any non-MSM estimates of DC crowd size?

Posted by: Ripley at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM (MxEKc)

457 Bet Pence is soiling himself.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (JFQkh)

458 A metric crap ton of beer batter and some pickled hot pepper rings.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (ejd/p)

A really good cocktail sauce with a good, hot horseradish and Meyer lemons is always nice.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (L8ADy)

459 > I'm completely at a loss as to what to do with a 6-figure (low 100s) inheritance I've been sitting on for months. I was waiting for Trump's reelection to make a decision on it. Now I don't know where to put it. All I can think of is property.

S and P 500 spider index fund is an easy, historically safe, and fairly profitable way to go.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (i0wNm)

460 Well, I guess you were incorrect, MPPPP. There are definitely more than 5000 people at the rally. Will it do any good? I don't know, but I'm darn glad that they are there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (VP4Cd)

461 Any non-MSM estimates of DC crowd size?

Little less than 500 thousand

Posted by: It's me donna at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (Zmnko)

462 Ok, it loaded. Listening to President Trump. I love this man. He is the most courageous politician (such as he is) I've ever witnessed. God bless him.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (O+I8R)

463 RSBN won't load for me.

471,000 viewers are probably choking the bandwidth.

Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (+ya+t)

464 But real estate and stocks with your inheritance. Inflation is already here and more of it will come as we keep printing trillions every few months and calling it stimulus. That money has to go somewhere and it always ends up in hard assets and equities.

Posted by: Asshoes at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (CTE5Q)

465 Wife just asked if I checked zero on her AR when I checked mine.

lol.

"Close on the enemy as quickly as possible and hit him as hard as you can."

-Ulysses S. Grant
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at January 06, 2021 12:16 PM

You've got a keeper there!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (ejd/p)

466 RSBN won't load for me.
Posted by: Lady in Black

You have to go direct to the current youtube stream. Cloudflare seems to be blocking their server.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 12:18 PM (KDCRD)

467 Trump's having fun.
Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (L3Rsz)

His words seem like that; but his face doesn't.
Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:15 PM (HDhso)

He's dead serious

Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2021 12:18 PM (HrMC1)

468 ace is up - Rally.

Posted by: Deep State 910 at January 06, 2021 12:18 PM (+RZls)

469 noooooood

Posted by: f'd at January 06, 2021 12:18 PM (+y8uL)

470 OT: The US National Jr. Hockey team beat the Canuki National Jr. Hockey team in the World Championship. Nicely done, youngin's!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 06, 2021 12:14 PM (HPZbe)

-

So they advance to the finals against the US Womens Olympic Team?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Four one hundreths of one percent of the population is in the hospital with COVIDs at January 06, 2021 12:18 PM (Kt1w/)

471 Bet Pence is soiling himself. <<<
Eh, Pence is a govt cog. Part of the chain. Such a disappointment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 06, 2021 12:18 PM (r+sAi)

472 Is there a teleprompter? Or is this all off the cuff?

Posted by: m at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (HDhso)

473 Make sure you zero your rifle for yourself. Everyone mounts a little differently. Point of impact for me vs my wife is usually off by quite a bit.

Red dots help a lot, though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (ifmtJ)

474 Any non-MSM estimates of DC crowd size?

Upwards of 153.3 people attending.

Posted by: DOMINION Tabulation Services at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (KDCRD)

475 Why would Pence give a fuck what Trump says? He is done politically.

Posted by: Asshoes at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (CTE5Q)

476 Ok, it loaded. Listening to President Trump. I love this man. He is the most courageous politician (such as he is) I've ever witnessed. God bless him.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (O+I8R)

Which is why they had to get rid of him. I'm just glad I got to see him happen.

Posted by: clutch cargo now with 43% more FUCKITOL at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (L8ADy)

477 I know how to play poker but I don't know how to cheat at poker.
I know how to vote but I don't know how to cheat at voting.

Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (w7KSn)

478 Is Rush doing his show today?

Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (HrMC1)

479 Nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 06, 2021 12:20 PM (kTF2Z)

480 Has anyone seen mi pepina?

Posted by: Hilaria at January 06, 2021 12:20 PM (DMUuz)

481 But real estate and stocks with your inheritance. Inflation is already here and more of it will come as we keep printing trillions every few months and calling it stimulus. That money has to go somewhere and it always ends up in hard assets and equities.
Posted by: Asshoes at January 06, 2021 12:17 PM (CTE5Q)

How long until they seize the real estate, or just don't stop their favored goons from turning it into an Autonomous Zone?

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at January 06, 2021 12:20 PM (BWt56)

482 Is there a teleprompter? Or is this all off the cuff?

There is a teleprompter, but the operator is VERY good, because he has to stay still while Trump expands on some point for a while.

Posted by: t-bird at January 06, 2021 12:20 PM (KDCRD)

483 I've have a $5 digital coupon and trying to decide if I should get Roku. Any suggestions from the horde.

Posted by: dantesed at January 06, 2021 12:21 PM (88xKn)

484 Chyron below the video feed:
U.S. elections
The Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as president-elect.
WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - Office of the Mr. Dr. President Elect at January 06, 2021 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

YouTube has been running that "corrective" under certain videos that challenge the election results for several weeks now.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 12:21 PM (Y8GG1)

485
Gene Tierney had slightly crooked teeth and was very self conscious about them. That's why she rarely smile.

Waldo Lydecker liked her.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2021 12:23 PM (63Dwl)

486 If you buy a house in a state where you like to live, that's generally a good thing. If the Commies take over, it won't matter. Think Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs -- secure your foundation first: food, clothing, shelter. After that, that bottle of 25 year old scotch you oggle every time you go into the specialty liquor store.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 06, 2021 12:23 PM (KAi1n)

487 Friend of mine who believes the political battles of this country still resemble those of the Reagan years bemoans that there are so few "small government free trade" conservatives anymore.

I never realized how central "free trade" was in the Declaration and Bill of Rights. Maybe I need to re read it in the original Chinese.

Posted by: Zek at January 06, 2021 12:25 PM (lcQJG)

488 I never realized how central "free trade" was in the Declaration and Bill of Rights. Maybe I need to re read it in the original Chinese.
Posted by: Zek at January 06, 2021 12:25 PM (lcQJG)

Tariffs. The federal government was originally funded by tariffs. Not "free trade."

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at January 06, 2021 12:27 PM (Y8GG1)

489 Think in terms of business rental property. Fewer issues with tenants and easier to evict people. That's what my husband would have done with money from the house.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 06, 2021 12:29 PM (JKNZq)

490 Maple syrup on blueberry pancakes? Savage.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2021 12:31 PM (WOYcU)

491 473 Make sure you zero your rifle for yourself. Everyone mounts a little differently. Point of impact for me vs my wife is usually off by quite a bit.

Red dots help a lot, though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Pick your partners for the Dance at January 06, 2021 12:19 PM (ifmtJ)

-------------

She has a very simple Shepherd 1x6 with excellent glass. If her POI is off from the zero I set I just blame... er... correct... her cheek/shoulder weld etc.

She's very accurate with her 9mm, so her trigger technique takes care of itself.

Oh. I forgot to mention that Neil Cave-uto is dumber than a container load of Chinese condoms.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at January 06, 2021 01:10 PM (MkuC5)

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