The Morning Report - 2/19/21 [J.J. Sefton]

Good morning, kids. The weekend is here and the tributes and reflections on the life and legacy of one of the finest, most consequential citizens the nation formerly known as the United States of America has ever produced, Rush Limbaugh, keep on coming as they no doubt will for at least the next few days if not longer. His producer, James "Bo Snerdley" Golden said it best, so grab a box of Kleenex as he talks about Rush. The torch has been passed and life does indeed go on, with so many battles yet to fight.

Between the absolute deadly fiasco in the wake of the winter storm hitting Texas, both in terms of idiotic "green" energy policy in a state that's swimming in oil and the indifference and incompetence of the current junta controlling the federal government to the plight of citizens it regards as at best political enemies and at worst sub-human, the decision of the junta to take us back to the dark ages by banning fossil fuels resulting in our now being a net energy importer once again, a foreign policy of said junta that is once again hell bent on allowing psychotic annihilationist Armageddon-worshipers to possess nuclear weapons, the official erasing of our national borders and the imminent granting of instant citizenship to tens of millions of foreign peasants, and the continued destruction of our economy along with the untold damage to our mental health due to national house arrest under the pretext of a pandemic that is marginally more lethal than seasonal flu, it's a miracle we haven't collapsed into a smoldering ruin. Backtracking to the Chinese Lung AIDS for a second, the only people that it presents any sort of real danger are the old and infirm, who were intentionally exposed to it because of the insane edicts of Angel of Death Cuomo and a half dozen or so other Democrat despots in cities and states across the nation. For the trolls who will no doubt shriek about the death toll, these frauds account for the lion's share. Bravo.

Most frightening of all is the ramping up of efforts to silence all voices of political opposition and remove any threat to the permanent control of the levers of power by the Democrat Party and its allies/confederates in the media as well as the corporate sphere. It's easy to mock Malig-Nancy Pelosi but this mobbed-up decrepit bag of botulinum is deadly serious.

Dinesh D'Souza did a podcast pointing out Nancy Pelosi's very peculiar behavior regarding events at the Capitol in the days leading up to January 6. In the five weeks since then, Pelosi has turned Washington, D.C. into an armed, walled city and is working with the White House to crack down on dissenting views -- meaning, any views that run counter to the Democrat party narrative. There's something weirdly un-American about what we're seeing now...
... D'Souza points out something we've all noticed, which is that, on January 6, many of the people peacefully walked and gawked through the Capitol after having been invited in -- and treated respectfully -- by the relatively small number of Capitol police officers on duty. If you've ever visited the Capitol in the past, you know that's not how it ordinarily works...
...In case you're wondering, this is how totalitarian dictatorships operate. Free speech is out; increasingly brutal suppression is in. And speaking of increasing brutality, there's the fact that the Democrats have used the events of January 7 to turn Washington, D.C., into a security fortress of the type any tyrant would love...
...One could say that Pelosi was Machiavellian enough to position matters in advance of January 6 to create a trap for Trump and his supporters. Equally, one could say she simply elevated a stupid, drab, depressing event into a crisis so that she could refrain from letting it go to waste. No matter the viewpoint, the fact remains that January 6 was the best thing that ever happened to a political party anxious to jettison the Constitution and achieve total control over America.

As we have reported over the past few days, Pelosi is now calling for some sort of 9/11 style "commission" to investigate what was a staged event with Antifa/BLM confederates dressed in MAGA gear to create a scene, which tragically resulted in the deaths of four individuals including Ashli Babbitt who was blown away by a DC cop for no apparent reason, and to be used as a pretext to quite literally purge Congress of any real political opposition, the military of anyone in their imagination that might take up arms and move against them, and beyond that, a swathe of prominent citizens and other influencers on our side. Sounds rather Stalinist, n'est ce pas?

Meanwhile, if you raise your voice in public, at work, school or even at home, you'll be swiftly stomped on by your teachers, your boss, the bank, your medical provider and even your own family members until you get your mind right. And by raising your voice to protest, it's not just about the so-called "insurrection" or the legitimacy of a stolen election. It's about protesting junk-tuckers in girls bathrooms, that white people are genetically racist untermensch, calling Chinese coronavirus Chinese and not believing it's a world-ending plague is racist, abortion is like a pedicure, eating meat and using oil is a sin against Gaia because global warming is causing snowstorms, Iran deserves nukes because the evil Jooz are evil, etc. etc.

When someone quipped "you will be made to care" they weren't kidding. Kind of brings me back to Rush Limbaugh. A few years back, I was working on a freelance writing assignment for one of the country's most prominent "progressive" institutions of higher learning, tasked with rewriting some of their website content. On their "About" page, I described them as being "on the cutting edge of societal evolution." I wonder if they ever caught on to that. Nowadays, if I did that, you'd read about my arrest in the paper when I'm charged with a federal hate crime.

Have a good weekend.

RUSH LIMBAUGH'S LEGACY

"We can't wrap our brains and our hearts around it that our beloved Rush has returned his talent to G-d. And we are so thankful for him. You know, Rush is to me a second-generation founding father. This went beyond radio. This went beyond politics. What Rush did for America. One man changed so many trajectories in this country."
James "Bo Snerdley" Golden Delivers Emotional Tribute To Rush Limbaugh
"One of our finest profiles, on one of conservatism's greatest legends."
From the Archives: Rush Limbaugh's Revolution
"America has lost the finest ambassador of its political values with the passing of Rush Limbaugh."
Farewell, Dear Friend
Ben Stein: "Eternal life grant unto him."
Thank You, Rush
"For more than 30 years, the White House occupant could not ignore Rush Limbaugh."
A Radio Man and His Presidents
"The everlasting tribute to Rush Limbaugh is to keep fighting for our historic American principles."
A Tribute to a Midwestern Icon: Rush Limabugh
"Rush deployed all he was conferred."
The Limbaugh Effect
"I will never forget the vital lessons that Rush taught us."
Rush Limbaugh - and the Importance of Being Hated
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
"Robert Spencer's new pamphlet delivers a robust defense of Western culture - and of America."
Stealing the West's Cultural Heritage
"Funded in part by the left-wing billionaire [Nazi collaborator and convicted felon] George Soros, a Lancet committee proposes a raft of radical policies in the name of 'public health.'"
How an Influential Medical Journal Laundered Progressivism as "Public Health"
CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH
"So the reason the National Guard will remain in Washington is to act as props for Democrats criticizing Republicans for not telling people to stay home and not to believe a lunatic scheme that Trump will still be inaugurated?"
Why Are 5,000 National Guard Troops in Washington for Another Month?
"Honore has a history of criticizing Republicans including former President Donald Trump. He was also a somewhat regular guest on multiple corporate broadcasts such as CNN and MSNBC to give his takes on Trump's response to the 2017 Puerto Rico hurricanes, the 2020 [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic, and more."
Malig-Nancy Pelosi's Pick to Lead Capitol Security Investigation Thinks Hawley is a "Little Piece of Shit" Who Should Lose His Job
"Honore has said on Twitter and in television appearances that he believes police officials were complicit in the riot."
Retired General Leading Capitol Review Has a History of Peddling Far-Left Conspiracy Theories
Probably trying to prevent the Antifa/BLM goons from being allowed in by confederate cops working for Pelosi.
Capitol Police Suspends Six Officers For Alleged Actions Taken On January 6
"[Malig-] Nancy Pelosi's behavior regarding events on January 6 looks peculiar, while the incursion into the Capitol has placed dangerous power in her hands."
It's Possible That Trump Supporters Fell Into a Trap on January 6th
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"The bill also prevents Trump from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery."
House Democrats Introduce "No Glory for Hate Act" to Prevent Trump Name from Being Displayed on Federal Projects
"Racist Dems buy a ticket in the leftist lawsuit lottery."
The War on Trump
Dems' fighting words. Literally. Sick and disgusting projection.
Malig-Nancy Pelosi "As We Confront and Combat the... Police Brutality Targeting Black Americans"
"No good can come of the rhetoric that forces people into racial groups and then allows schools or other actors to make sweeping generalizations about the individuals who fall into those groups."
We're All People of Color Now
Daniel Greenfield: "How anti-racism adopted the Nation of Islam's racist theology."
White People Aren't Human
DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST & RINO SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS
"Michael Madigan was the longest-serving house speaker in the country."
Scandal-Plagued Illinois Democrat Resigns from Office
POLITICS
"On Thursday, he postponed a trip to Michigan, where he was to tour a Pfizer vaccine-making plant, then called an 8 a.m. lid -- notifying the press that he won't be seen in public for the rest of the day. Why? Because DC is getting snow. Seriously."
Spurious Quote-Unquote "president" Biden Takes Another Snow Day -- Get Your Milk Cartons Ready
"Marco did speak with Ivanka a few weeks ago," Nick Iacovella, a spokesman for Rubio, told the New York Times. "Ivanka offered her support for Marco's re-election. They had a great talk."
Report: Ivanka Trump Will Not Challenge Rubio for Senate Seat
"They've been at each other's throats over their responses to the pandemic, the riots, the protests, the police, the schools -- and sometimes nothing at all. That it's been a very public spat is unusual, especially since they're nominally from the same political party."
DeBolshevik Enjoying Angel of Death Cuomo's Fall From Grace -- Hugely
"The weakness and stupidity of America's right has allowed false narratives to cement in the minds of the public. It's killing our freedoms. It's killing our jobs. It's killing our families."
The First Step Towards Righting America is Refusing to Believe the Left About Anything
"In today's political trench warfare, the term far-right and its ideological parameters have been unreasonably stretched to fit a Democrat narrative."
Inoculating Against the Wrong Attitudes
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer flipped on his position over Puerto Rican statehood this week, declaring his opposition to the idea after endorsing it."
Cuck Schemer Flips on Puerto Rican Statehood
"These politicians showed that even when they vote the 'right way,' they can still be a huge net drag on the party by legitimizing the Democrats' relentless and hostile narrative."
In Undermining Trump, GOP Senators Rejected the Politics of Prudence
"Republican voters will not go back to the neoliberal GOP of the past 30 years."
The Reform Party Roots of the New GOP Are Its Future
Conrad Black: "The notion that Donald Trump is about to be abandoned by the force that he created is poor and wishful thinking."
The Uniparty's Wishful Thinking
CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED
"Good."
Report: FBI, U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn Investigating Angel of Death Cuomo Admin Over Nursing Home Deaths
"State Democrat Party chairman Jay Jacobs said he did not support the proposal."
NY State Assembly GOP Eyes Angel of Death Cuomo Impeachment Commission Amid Nursing Home Scandal
"... the Cuomo administration provided incomplete data about nursing-home deaths apparently because he feared real data would hurt him politically."
Angel of Death Cuomo's Nursing Home Scandal is More Than Just a Cover-Up

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"A new study blames systemic racism for [Chinese] COVID spread in black community."
Harvard Docs Say Trillions in Reparations Needed to Address Chinese COVID
"Gov. Ron DeSantis has put the leaders of locked-down blue states to shame, and Democrat politicians are ashamed to admit it."
These Shocking Graphs Show Florida's Far Better Chinese COVID Outcomes With Far Milder Lockdown Than New York, California
Yes, they were feverishly working on a vaccine. But why were they not as frantically looking for a cure or treatment? And why were they continuous knocking down every possible treatment that was suggested?"
Chinese Covid Therapies Versus Chinese Covid Vaccines: Who Benefits?
Katie Hopkins: "Wondering about driving into a wall."
Formerly Happy Brits Now Sit Alone in their Cars
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Uzra Zeya nominated for undersecretary of civilian security, democracy, and human rights."
Biden Nominee for Top State Dept. Post Contributed to Book About How "Israel Lobby" Controls American Politics
"Ben Rhodes made multiple comments featuring anti-Semitic tropes directed toward Israel, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Jews."
Obama-Era Official Ben Rhodes Invokes Anti-Semitic Tropes in Anti-Israel Tirade
Daniel Greenfield: "Verizon won't work with conservatives, but will work with anti-Semitic socialist Cornel West."
Verizon Cut Off Donations to Republicans, Partnered With Marxist Thought Author
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will introduce the amnesty proposal in the House and Senate, respectively."
Biden, Democrats Propose to "Legalize All the Illegal Immigrants in the United States"
What the hell country is this?
As Texas Residents Freeze, ICE Ensures All Detained Illegal Aliens Have "Food, Water and Heat"
Well, then order your own police officers to arrest and detain them. Authorize the use of deadly force if you have to.
WATCH: Democrat Mayor Begs Biden to Stop Release of Migrants Into Texas
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Don't count on [Malig-Nancy] Pelosi's 'truth' commission to correct the record."
Exposed: The Media Has Been Lying About The Capitol Protests
"Absent Trump, CNN turns to new obsession: black-on-Asian crime."
Trump Leaves, XiNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top
"NBC's coverage was perhaps the most blatant use of Limbaugh's death as yet another opportunity to criticize former President Donald Trump."
MSM Leverages Rush Limbaugh's Passing for Political Gain
"The myth of Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, Master of Pandemics, Destroyer of Trump, Boyfriend of America didn't create itself: It was the creation of U.S. media."
Angel of Death Cuomo Didn't Create the Myth of Andrew Cuomo, Corporate Media Did
"The Times' overblown New York warnings must be viewed in context of the Gray Lady's wider lock-down-the-world agenda. The paper rarely reports unqualified hopeful news about taming the virus, whether in The Bronx, Europe or Africa. When it does, the good news is shaded with warnings about mutant strains, rare instances of people who fall ill after being inoculated or the supposed resistance of millions to getting the shots."
New York Times Wildly Exaggerates NYC's Chinese COVID Rates to Prolong Lockdowns
"'Mini Mike' sends powerful message that journo lives are insignificant compared with his own."
Bloomberg Fires Dozens of Journalists After Wasting $1 Billion on Failed Vanity Campaign
"Much of the article consists of flagrant falsehoods propagated by Qui and the Times."The New York Times' Brazenly False "Fact Check" About Trump's Impeachment Trial
"A new biography uncovers the facts behind the fake news."
Lying About Obama
"A country that experienced communism firsthand for almost five decades understands exactly what the tech tyrants are doing."
Poland Fights Back Against Big Tech Censorship
"Don't like what people are writing in the Baen forum? Either join the conversation and refute what they are writing, or go somewhere else. Don't try to blackball someone just because you disagree with them."
Today's Blacklisted American: The Sci-Fi Publishing Company Baen Books
SECOND AMENDMENT
"Lyft thinks that firearms make people 'uncomfortable,' while carjacking, rape, and murder don't."
Boycott Lyft for Firing Driver Over No-Weapons Policy
ABORTION
"Gov. McMaster signed the bill this afternoon at the statehouse."
S.C. Democrats Throw Tantrum as Fetal Heartbeat Bill Passes State House
"A federal courthouse will hold a hearing Friday on whether the new restrictions can stay in place amidst the challenge to the law, which South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson plans to 'vigorously defend' in court."
Planned Parenthood Sues After South Carolina Governor Signs "Heartbeat" Bill
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Left-leaning Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin wrote that the move from Biden comes after alleged Iranian backed terrorists attacked U.S. forces in Iraq earlier this week -- to which Biden still does not appear to have responded."
Former CIA Director, Critics Slam Biden Over Move to Pursue Iran on Nuclear Deal: "Absolutely Chokes"
"While the Biden [junta] maintains it will not negotiate with Iran until it recommits to its obligations under the deal, GOP lawmakers fear the desire for diplomacy could lead to dangerous concessions by the United States that will revitalize Iran's economy."
GOP Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Iran's Nuclear Violations
"...But he doesn't get the reaction he expected."
Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif Puts Biden On the Spot
"Beware of relying on bloated bureaucracies."
Europe's Vaccine Fiasco: A Lesson for Americans
Lloyd Billingsley: "What that means for America's patriotic movement."
As Trump Predicted, Under Biden China Owns the United States
Meh. In any case, the most-likely permanent junta controlling the country is subservient to the Chi-Coms.
Tom Cotton's Bold Strategy to Fight the New "Cold War" Against China's "Evil Empire"
"Rare earth minerals include a set of seventeen metallic elements that are a critical component of more than 200 products across a wide range of applications, specifically high-tech devices."
China May Limit Exporting Rare-Earth Minerals: What Does This Mean for the U.S.?
Robert Spencer: "Just when you thought that France was becoming more sensible about the jihad threat..."
Marine Le Pen Goes On Trial for Opposing Jihad Terror
Raymond Ibrahim: "...And astonished Christians ask 'why?'"
Muslim Migrants Firebomb Historic Swedish Church
"The church is located in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where violent conflict between the Ethiopian government and military forces has pushed thousands to flee their homes, and has prevented media and aid groups from entering the region."
Deacon Says Mass Killing of 800 People Happened at Church in Ethiopia Believed to House the Ark of the Covenant
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE BUREAUCRACY, WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE
"Even with limited water and power, many Texans looked for ways to serve their neighbors and entertain their kids."
Record-Breaking Temperatures Strip Texans of Heat and Water: "We Were Not Prepared For This"
Joe Biden's handlers sitting on their hands while citizens freeze and starve.
FEMA Sends Only 60 Generators to Texas During Power Crisis
"A third of the board of directors that operate the state's electrical grid do not appear to live in Texas, and their performance in wake of widespread outages has led to a Dallas-area lawmaker's call for change."
Texas Electric Board Members Live WHERE?
"A rare winter storm has put ordinary Texans in danger -- and exposed the corrupt and parasitic nature of the energy industry in oil-rich Texas."
The Failure of the Texas Power Grid is Worse Than You Think
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Government intervention, huge savings, and limited opportunities."
Why the Stock Market Is Up While Main Street Is Down
"After taking office, [quote-unquote so-called] 'president' Biden issued a 60-day moratorium on the issuance of new oil and gas operations permits."
U.S. Will Now Import More Oil than It Exports Under Biden
"Sabbath-observant Orthodox Jews cannot ship on a Saturday, and existing shipment services cannot guarantee two-day shipping for packages picked up on a Sunday. The move by Amazon does not violate the law, but it has prompted outrage among the large Orthodox Jewish community of Seller Fulfilled Prime sellers, who see the new requirement as an unnecessary imposition on their ability to compete."
Orthodox Jews Slam New Amazon Prime Regulations
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"The theme is the same in many major cities across America, such as Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco, and others. Soft-on-crime policies like early release, lenient sentencing, movements to defund the police, and a general lack of enforcement combine with a failure to provide addiction and mental health services."
New York City Subway Crime Is WAY Up, Even as Ridership Is WAY Down
"When private parties contract to run prisons, the results are usually better."
Spurious Quite-Unquote "president" Biden Should End His Misguided Assault on Private Prisons
HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
"Health experts mainly attribute this to the pandemic, adding that the results from the second half of the year are not yet known."
Life Expectancy in U.S. Drops Most Since WWII
"All other things being equal, children from married, two-parent homes are doing better amid [Chinese] COVID-19 than those in other familial situations."
Stable Families Are Helping Protect Kids From Lockdown-Induced Depression and Suicide

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Parents who join the strike say that they will refuse to allow children to participate in remote classes, starting Feb. 22, and will picket in front of schools instead."
Report: Los Angeles Parents Organize Strike Against Teachers' Unions
"... after allegedly making insensitive jokes about the death of Trayvon Martin."
Report: Professor at Historically Black College Under Investigation for Alleged Racially Insensitive Comments
"As cases of [Chinese] COVID-19 took off, so too did case submissions from students and faculty nationwide alleging rights violations."
Study Finds Chinese COVID Reaction Is Threatening Campus Free Speech
"...the colleges on the list 'went out of their way to threaten student journalists, dismiss professors for protected speech, render a student homeless during a pandemic for his speech, and refuse club recognition for groups just because of their viewpoint.'"
These Are the 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech
"A New York City public school principal calls on white parents to 'subvert white authority.'"
Gone Crazy
"'Social justice' indoctrination will continue to metastasize until parents wake up and act. The cement is hardening -- the time to act is now."
Elite Private Schools Go Woke
"Buckle up."
Critical Race Theory Is Coming to Your Suburban Community
"Of course, the 1619 Project is also false in a much deeper sense. Its narrative delegitimizes the very real benefits of American freedom and prosperity by claiming that racist oppression is the central truth behind the country's ideals, while in truth the country was founded in pursuit of freedom and equality but the Founders allowed slavery to persist, laying the groundwork to defeat it eventually."
1619 Project Backlash Is Building in Statehouses Across the Country
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Our intrepid science reporter is following the Mars rover's mission closely.
Perseverence's Possible Travel Route on Mars
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Why is the EPA impeding technological innovations that could save American farmers billions?"
Feds Freeze Out Frost Fix for Southern States
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"The University of Delaware offers or advertises a lot of scholarship and grant money exclusively for female students. Men may not apply -- unless they are transgender."
Biden's Alma Mater Bans Men From Posts and Scholarships, Just for Being Men
"Is it fair for transgender athletes to compete against women?"
Prager U Video: The End of Women's Sports?
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"The former Disney star was cut from her role on The Mandalorian earlier [in February] in a move that the mass media company had reportedly been planning for months over right-wing views Carano has expressed over social media."
Gina Carano's Mandalorian Action Figures Skyrocket In Price After "Cancel Culture" Row
"The news follows the launch of the Chicago Monuments Project's advisory committee, tasked with conducting 'a comprehensive review of more than 500 Chicago statues and monuments, with an eye toward identifying those that were offensive, problematic or not representative of city's values of equity and justice.'"
Chicago Mulls Removal of Statues of Lincoln, Washington, Grant, and McKinley
"Gopal, 53, moved to the United Kingdom to take advantage of the same free society and education systems she is now attacking."
Academic Blasting Churchill Over Racial Views Tweeted "White Lives Don't Matter."
"Cancel culture and the ghost of Eugene Debs."
An Ominous Trend
"Today, we in the U.S. and the UK, are in the midst of self-proclaimed moralists who seek to erase the memories of those with whom they disagree, and to impose their view of the past and the present."
Overcoming Cancel Culture
She makes Foghorn Leghorn's Henrietta Hen look like Gal Gadot.
Kamala Harris' Step-Daughter Debuts On Runway After Top Modeling Agency Spotted Her At Biden's Inauguration
"A new film does a deep-dive into the 2019 Covington Catholic event that was a media creation, and it's worth your time."
Nick Sandmann Documentary Rush to Judgment Chronicles Disturbing Covington Catholic Media Smear
HITHER & YON
Christian Toto: "This father-son story offers a template for similarly shattered relationships."
Searcy's Man from Nowhere Serves Up Hope, Redemption
"One was born in a one-room cabin in Kentucky. The other, born into slavery in Maryland. In time, they became two of America's best leaders."
How a U.S. President and a Former Slave Who Sometimes Disagreed Became Friends
"Kath's hoard can be dated on stylistic and comparative grounds to about AD950, a time when the Isle of Man was right in the middle of an important trading and economic zone. The Viking and Norse influence remained strong on the island for a further 300 years, long after much of the rest of the British Isles."
Buried Viking Treasure From the 10th Century Discovered on the Isle of Man

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Comments

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1 I miss Rush.

Posted by: iandeal at February 19, 2021 07:10 AM (iEpAM)

2 Good morning.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:12 AM (yEBFM)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at beautiful Chancre del Diablo ranch at February 19, 2021 07:13 AM (II8j/)

4 Reuters: The White House said on Thursday a severe winter storm
engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type of extreme weather event
that climate change
Of course it did.....

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2021 07:13 AM (y0mKl)

5 What fresh hell awaits?

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:15 AM (yEBFM)

6 The Early Edition?

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 19, 2021 07:18 AM (2BZBZ)

7 I wonder what the mood of the country will be next year at this time when gasoline is $5, unemployment 10-15% and still in covid lockdown?

Posted by: Kat_man at February 19, 2021 07:20 AM (v48yj)

8 I know I need a small vacation but it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line......

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 19, 2021 07:21 AM (Qm/Qo)

9 Mornin', all! Happy Friyay Birthday, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine at February 19, 2021 07:23 AM (T4sri)

10 If the opposition is craven, evil and ambitious enough, and Deep Donk is, then never put anything past them.

We've seen numerous Ops being perpetrated in broad daylight, so the Capital Hill "Riots." surely fits Deep Donks M.O..

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2021 07:24 AM (Rji+c)

11 Thanks J.J.

I NOODED

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:26 AM (3D/fK)

12 I wonder what the mood of the country will be next year at this time when gasoline is $5, unemployment 10-15% and still in covid lockdown?

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It will all be blamed on Trump. Half will believe it. Jesus, this morning looks so, so bleak.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:26 AM (O+I8R)

13
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 19, 2021 07:26 AM (RmyQZ)

14 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:27 AM (arJlL)

15 Where is everybody ?

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:28 AM (arJlL)

16 We've seen numerous Ops being perpetrated in broad daylight, so the Capital Hill "Riots." surely fits Deep Donks M.O..

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The tell to me was when that bug-eyed, black terrorist John Sullivan? was let go without bail. This was a planned operation. The whole thing, from Pelosi's rotting fingers on down to that scumbag I just mentioned.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:29 AM (O+I8R)

17 You do not rise in Louisiana politics, which the national guard is unless you are a democrat in good standing or considered a "harmless republican."

Guess which Honore was?

Posted by: sven at February 19, 2021 07:29 AM (Lzpvj)

18 The morning thread always seems to take a while to get started. Is everyone still in the ONT?

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:30 AM (yEBFM)

19 Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:15 AM (yEBFM)

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Rosasharn, I was thinking of you earlier. I hope you're getting along as best as possible in what is surely a very difficult time. Sending continuing prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:30 AM (O+I8R)

20 J.J.

I had linked to this yesterday, but you may have missed it.

The ramifications of this instruction are absolutely chilling for the Navy.

Far worse than that idiot pledge that they also dreamt up.

https://tinyurl.com/y9m5ef7c

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:30 AM (3D/fK)

21 16 The tell to me was when that bug-eyed, black terrorist John Sullivan? was let go without bail. This was a planned operation. The whole thing, from Pelosi's rotting fingers on down to that scumbag I just mentioned.
Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:29 AM (O+I8R)

And there are still a few dozen if not more people still imprisoned and facing federal charges of at least 10 years in prison for "insurrection."

That alone is proof positive that America as founded is dead and gone.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:31 AM (s2VJv)

22 TGIF!

Pelosi may have played her part in the scheme, but no way she masterminded it. I have no doubt this was hatched by the same team that gamed out the post-election shenanigans, headed up by Norm Ornstein. He's the guy who has pulled off color receolutions in other countries. Darren Beattie at Revolver has bee all over this since late summer/early.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:31 AM (bDqIh)

23 Just roaming around...A 34yo in Saskatchewan health care worker with no commodities died of covid. Left wife and child.

The disease kills. Don't get complacent.

It was a biowarfare attack and it came from Chi nah.

Two weeks until second jab.

Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2021 07:32 AM (Y274z)

24 Let me drag this over from the ONT, where I was busy being Willowed.

Seems interesting that Democrats fail to grasp the fact that President Trump was not convicted of anything during either of his Senate trials.

Can't wait till the concept of punishing someone despite not being convicted of anything carries over into the criminal community.

Minorities WILL be hardest hit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:32 AM (3D/fK)

25 Biden is Chernenko.

Remember him? He was the Premier of the USSR after Andropov. He was pretty much a husk of a man, just like Biden.

Except Chernenko was the legitamate leader. Biden is a double pretender. He pretends to be sentient and elected.

This will not end well for the puppet masters.

Posted by: Minuteman at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (sl8p+)

26 Rosasharn, I was thinking of you earlier. I hope you're getting along as best as possible in what is surely a very difficult time. Sending continuing prayers for you and your family.
Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh

Thank you Lady. I'm doing well for the most part, although I do sit and cry for 20 minutes when someone is extra-nice. Like you just were. I like to think of conservative Hubbysharn having long conversations with Rush. He was a big fan.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (yEBFM)

27 @16

I think you are 100pct correct, the LE/IC are going medieval on the patsies and treating others with velvet gloves.

Dude got 70k from two "News" organizations, apparently before he shot a single frame so right there we have a tell.

This thing stinks to high heaven.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (Rji+c)

28 I've got to think the NG Troops are getting pretty fed up with standing around in the cold for no reason at all other than an evil witch's power trip.

Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (zGWNl)

29 Make Puerto Rico a state. Also NYC will be separated from NY state and made capital of P.R.

Result: Republican NY state.

Posted by: CapeFear at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (4PDMt)

30 Morning, morons.

Hope the horde is doing well this Friday morning. It's gonna be a two-pot morning for me, it looks like.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 19, 2021 07:35 AM (JVQFp)

31 Getting in a fight with your family/spouse (fleeing violence) will be legitimate grounds for asylum. Not that it matter, they can say any damns thing they can make up and none of it will be verified. Everyone is welcome.

Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2021 07:36 AM (MxEKc)

32 I miss Rush.

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My heart has really been heavy. It's impossible to imagine a man like Rush, so important and so larger than life, a giant among men, to no longer be here. What a gaping whole he left. And so much more profoundly punctuated by the awful, diseased state we're left with in America today. I miss him terribly, and it will only get more acute in the coming days and months.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:36 AM (O+I8R)

33 The morning thread always seems to take a while to get started. Is everyone still in the ONT?
Posted by: Rosasharn

It has to warm up; like a Victrola.

(That's what Vic told me)

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:36 AM (arJlL)

34 DeBlasio at beginning wouldn't shut down schools or subways.

NYC was feasted on by Kung Flu.

Death count from DeBlasio idiocy has to exceed Cuomo.

Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2021 07:36 AM (Y274z)

35 >>The tell to me was when that bug-eyed, black terrorist John Sullivan? was let go without bail. This was a planned operation.

Someone here posted a livestream as the Capitol was being attacked and it was just like all the antifa footage we saw throughout the summer of 2020. Not sure if it was Sullivan's footage, but it was someone on the team streaming his buddies in hats/hardhats, goggles, neck gaitors breaking windows, etc. Might as well have been the Portland courthouse. Knew then that this was not Trump protesters leading the charge.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:37 AM (bDqIh)

36 In a bizarre way, it is fascinating watching a viable, functional, and mostly ethical civilization being dismantled by corrupt thugs right before your very eyes!

Our "betters" are now free to openly hate Rush, a self-made man that performed a feat NONE of them could do, running a POPULAR radio show for decades.

Same way they can now openly go after Trump who actually accomplished real things and created a lot of tangible buildings and jobs (not vapid word salads).

Less than pond scum, the lot of them!

Thank you JJS for the MR!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 07:38 AM (F0JZc)

37 Just roaming around...A 34yo in Saskatchewan health care worker with no commodities died of covid. Left wife and child.

The disease kills. Don't get complacent.

This is where you end up in a life without God. You end up scared of your own shadow, and all thoughts go into pretending that the number of your days is exclusively yours to decide. Then you imagine powers that don't exist, and insights that are simple enough for you to understand but don't model the world at all. Once you are convinced that you have the answers....

you become Karen.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 19, 2021 07:38 AM (DkFt0)

38 33 Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:36 AM (arJlL)

Vic Troller. Odd connotation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:38 AM (s2VJv)

39 whole=hole geez...

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:38 AM (O+I8R)

40 I've got to think the NG Troops are getting pretty fed up with standing around in the cold for no reason at all other than an evil witch's power trip.
Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (zGWNl)

I don't think the MO guard is there, but Katrina was like this. After people lambasted Bush, he sent every body he could down there. The NG prepares for things like Katrina (at least in MO) and the entire regular army does not. My husband's conservative politics hardened amazingly after that month. People would ask him how bad it was, and he would just answer, "It's mismanaged."

Posted by: Catherine at February 19, 2021 07:38 AM (T4sri)

41 "Death count from DeBlasio idiocy has to exceed Cuomo."

And just to kept in prospective,

Cuomo's dictates directly killed more New Yorkers than the Twin Towers attack on 9-11.

Let that one roll around in your brain pan for a moment.

More than 9-11

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:39 AM (3D/fK)

42 Morning peeps. Another bitterly cold morning at about zero right now. We might actually see the sun for the first time in about 7 days.

Let's not forget that while the leftists in DC attempt to consolidate their rule they're out there backstabbing the governors of NY and CA for whatever reasons. Additionally, the Clinton and Obama factions (Olde Guard vs. Socialists) are ramping up the infighting for control of the country via *biden and the cockholster. In my opinion those two are not on the same team. There's going to be epic backstabbing between *biden's camp, namely DOCTOR Jill and the Harris camp run by the Ferret and Jug Ears.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 19, 2021 07:39 AM (3H9h1)

43 I thought Lin Wood and whatserface were going to have their day before the Supremes this week. What happened with that?

Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:39 AM (zGWNl)

44 A 34yo in Saskatchewan health care worker with no commodities died of covid.

No FCOJ?

Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at February 19, 2021 07:40 AM (JVQFp)

45 34 DeBlasio at beginning wouldn't shut down schools or subways.

NYC was feasted on by Kung Flu.

Death count from DeBlasio idiocy has to exceed Cuomo.
Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2021 07:36 AM (Y274z)

When Trump rapidly stopped travel to and from China, Pelosi and DeBolshevik shrieked "racism!" and urged people to go to Chinatown and party hearty.

Amazing what a controlled media will and will no longer report.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:40 AM (s2VJv)

46 43 I thought Lin Wood and whatserface were going to have their day before the Supremes this week. What happened with that?
Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:39 AM (zGWNl)

Mary Wells died a week or so ago.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:40 AM (s2VJv)

47 :Jan 6 was a set up false flag attack.

And it worked ....Whorehouse Harry approves.

Posted by: torabora at February 19, 2021 07:41 AM (Y274z)

48 The double standards are an intentional tool of oppression.

Bookmark this post on CTH.

http://alturl.com/hjava

Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 07:41 AM (ZfRYq)

49 Posted by: Rosasharn

Rosasharn. You have prayers up from little corner of the Universe. I hope you continue to use this place as a resource as so many others have!
~H

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 07:41 AM (F0JZc)

50 When I saw the picture of the Generalissimo at the top, I knew it was the Katrina guy. FYI, his buddy Mayor Ray Nagin was sprung from the fed pen due to Covid. More managerial skills available for the donks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 07:42 AM (I58tH)

51 Rosasharn. You have prayers up from little corner of the Universe. I hope you continue to use this place as a resource as so many others have!
~H
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar

Ahh, here I go again. Thank you.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:43 AM (yEBFM)

52 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7

Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 07:43 AM (ZfRYq)

53 Mary Wells died a week or so ago.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:40 AM (s2VJv)]/i\

JJ I have been away, who the heck is Mary Wells, and was it a "convenient" death?

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 07:43 AM (F0JZc)

54 Thank you Lady. I'm doing well for the most part, although I do sit and cry for 20 minutes when someone is extra-nice. Like you just were. I like to think of conservative Hubbysharn having long conversations with Rush. He was a big fan.

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So good to hear, even though I know it will still be rough. I'm positive he's up there with Rush too, and they're having a much better time than we are. That's for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:43 AM (O+I8R)

55 >>As we have reported over the past few days, Pelosi is now calling for some sort of 9/11 style "commission" to investigate what was a staged event

This is Charlottesville 2.0.
They have gotten more political mileage out of Charlottesville that I ever thought possible. Hell, Biden's campaign was centered on the "fine people" hoax.

Only makes sense that they would double-down and stage another one. It worked.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:44 AM (bDqIh)

56 53 Mary Wells died a week or so ago.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:40 AM (s2VJv)]/i\

JJ I have been away, who the heck is Mary Wells, and was it a "convenient" death?
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 07:43 AM (F0JZc)

That was a joke. Mary Wells was a founding member of the Supremes. Diana Ross etc.

You're too young. Or not awake yet.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 07:44 AM (s2VJv)

57 JJ I have been away, who the heck is Mary Wells, and was it a "convenient" death?
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar

She WAS one of The Supremes !

Next, you'll say ya don't know who Elmo Lincoln was.

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:45 AM (arJlL)

58 In a bizarre way, it is fascinating watching a viable, functional, and mostly ethical civilization being dismantled by corrupt thugs right before your very eyes!

I'm going to disagree with you right there. If anything, 2020 made the things around us more obvious.

That rot has always been there, strangely enough they were more competent in their destruction then than now. If anything, what you are seeing is the same corruption and contempt for society that has been always around, the difference is we were ruled by psychopaths now we are being tormented by profoundly incompetent sociopaths.

In the 60s they would flat out kill the president, ship off young men to die for no reason in Vietnam, and usher in nation changing social programs and people went along with that. Our struggles today surround the diminished ability to say stupid shit on Facebook and Twitter while letting perverts pretend they are girls - and we think it is the end of the world.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 19, 2021 07:46 AM (4+UdL)

59 "Jan 6 was a set up false flag attack.

And it worked ....Whorehouse Harry approves.

Posted by: torabora"

The only thing top Dems were upset about Jan, 6 is the low death count. They were hoping to instigate a huge riot with dozens of casualties. Instead they had to dredge up some medical emergencies to kick up the number (much like the two cops killed in a helicopter crash are included in the Charlottesville deaths)

Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2021 07:46 AM (MxEKc)

60 Ashli Babbitt was executed by the Democrat Party. Not the first person to be so, and (sadly) not the last.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 07:49 AM (euCiN)

61 Re: "Parents who join the strike say that they will refuse to allow children to participate in remote classes, starting Feb. 22, and will picket in front of schools instead."

Why don't we take a page from their playbook and picket in front of union leaders' and the homes of teachers who speak out about not opening schools?

Posted by: JerseyDevilRider at February 19, 2021 07:50 AM (XEfn8)

62 Cuomo's dictates directly killed more New Yorkers than the Twin Towers attack on 9-11.

Let that one roll around in your brain pan for a moment.

More than 9-11

Oh great. Now they are going to slap together a CoViD equivalent of Homeland Security and PATRIOT Act.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 19, 2021 07:51 AM (anS4/)

63 "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when the covid police come for you?"

https://tinyurl.com/4nttg686

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:51 AM (bDqIh)

64 Morning

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 07:51 AM (Ks/+3)

65 Boker Fuckin Tov

The Left and the RINOs are out of control

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 07:52 AM (tsZQ+)

66 I love to hear Beck's imitation of Cuomo. I hope Beck rips on that asshole today.

Posted by: AJ Duie at February 19, 2021 07:52 AM (zb4Nl)

67 This is Charlottesville 2.0.
They have gotten more political mileage out of Charlottesville that I ever thought possible. Hell, Biden's campaign was centered on the "fine people" hoax.

Only makes sense that they would double-down and stage another one. It worked.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:44 AM (bDqIh)

The difference being that the DC protest was well known about in advance. As a member of the extreme far right I didn't know one fucking thing about Charlottesville in advance.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 07:53 AM (y7DUB)

68 Good morning all. Thought for the day:

"We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God."

-- St. Francis de Sales

Posted by: Tonypete at February 19, 2021 07:53 AM (Rvt88)

69 Why don't we take a page from their playbook and picket in front of union leaders' and the homes of teachers who speak out about not opening schools?

A serious question. Why in Hell would any parent, who claims to love their child, after seeing what horrible and corrupt people these union thugs continue to show themselves to be, would want their offspring to be raised and trained under that sort of influence?

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6

Sending your spawn to be indoctrinated by them IS the problem and prima facie evidence of child abuse. Better to drop them off at a whorehouse, they might learn the value of work and human nature.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 19, 2021 07:55 AM (SpIgF)

70 I thought Lin Wood and whatserface were going to have their day before the Supremes this week. What happened with that?
Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:39 AM (zGWNl)

I think that's today.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 07:55 AM (y7DUB)

71 No rare earth's from China means no electric cars unless the US reopens the two mines we closed due to price shenanigans by the Chi Coms.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 19, 2021 07:55 AM (JUOKG)

72 Our struggles today surround the diminished ability to say stupid shit on Facebook and Twitter while letting perverts pretend they are girls - and we think it is the end of the world.

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Don't forget today's fully weaponized federal government agencies, who target political opponents, both public officials and private citizens. Oh, only because they're R or conservative. That's an important point.

Don't forget the dismantling of our entire American culture and the active, committed goals of dehumanizing white people.

Somehow, I think what's going on today entails a wee bit more than trannies and social media censorship.... YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 07:56 AM (O+I8R)

73 Stealing the West's Cultural Heritage
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Interesting, and partly right. But there is some cherry picking going on. The insistence that Allah is "unfettered", and the consequences in both morals and science have plenty of company in the West. And from people whom most would not suspect. William of Ockham, Calvin, Hobbes, Hume, even up to a point, Locke, all have strong strains of this in their ideas. And they are stronger today than earlier.

(I love putting Calvin and Hobbes together like that.)

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 07:56 AM (7X3UV)

74 Oh wow, I love that Los Angeles parents are going to strike online public school -- is this the first strike *against* a teachers union? LOLGF!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:56 AM (bDqIh)

75
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer flipped on his position over Puerto Rican statehood this week, declaring his opposition to the idea after endorsing it."

Perhaps some polling data might indicate it would become a glowing RED state. The only possible reason those corrupt fvcks would bail on the idea.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at February 19, 2021 07:57 AM (N/gDA)

76 I knew a Korea vet who had to retreat from Chosin.

There were hills on the roads covered with ice so they dumped diesel and set it on fire to melt it.

I am guessing today there is an environmental officer who would not permit this.

Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 07:57 AM (ZfRYq)

77 'Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.'

Soupy Sales

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:58 AM (arJlL)

78 Test

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:59 AM (3D/fK)

79 At Revolver.com:

Biden is The Reincarnation of Russia's "Goofy Drunk" President Boris Yeltsin

https://tinyurl.com/1mneog54

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 08:00 AM (bDqIh)

80 Can you say 'Pandering Idiot"?

Of course you can.

https://tinyurl.com/y8m3qmq9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:00 AM (3D/fK)

81 'Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.'

Soupy Sales

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:58 AM

If you see Kay.

Also attributed to Soupy

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at February 19, 2021 08:01 AM (N/gDA)

82 Reminds me, I have to reschedule a dentist appointment that was supposed to be this past Tuesday (Icemagedon.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:01 AM (7faTs)

83 And there are still a few dozen if not more people still imprisoned and facing federal charges of at least 10 years in prison for "insurrection."

So now, like all previous terror regimes, they are taking political prisoners.

Where will they set up the Lubyankas?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 19, 2021 08:01 AM (eK2Ct)

84 It's Possible That Trump Supporters Fell Into a Trap on January 6th
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I'd go with the explanation offered at the end, an event that could be made into a crisis not wasted. I don't buy that Pelosi's talents lie in that particular direction, that of coming up with such a plot, and carrying it out. Certainly I don't see any evidence they have in the past. Quite the contrary. Her talents, like the Turtle's, have always been toward managing politics among politicians.

That said, the Democrats certainly have, once again, seized an opportunity and are making the most of it. A skill sorely lacking on our side.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:02 AM (7X3UV)

85 Test

1. When driving in snow, should you steer into the skid ?
2. Scream like you're being sexually assaulted by a pineapple ?

3. Shit your pants ?

4. All of the above

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 08:03 AM (arJlL)

86 "When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites... so that you may not appear to be fasting except to your Father who is hidden."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 19, 2021 08:04 AM (2BZBZ)

87 Scandal-Plagued Illinois Democrat Resigns from Office
________

Sun rises in East. You know the old saying, "Dog bites man" is not a headline.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:04 AM (7X3UV)

88 Well, this is new. Went outside this morning and see a police car slid off the road during the night, onto my neighbors front yard and is smashed hood-first into a tree. Alert the tree protectors!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:05 AM (euCiN)

89 85 Test

1. When driving in snow, should you steer into the skid ?
2. Scream like you're being sexually assaulted by a pineapple ?

3. Shit your pants ?

4. All of the above
Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 08:03 AM (arJlL)

I always choose 3

Posted by: Joe Blowout Biden at February 19, 2021 08:05 AM (/6GbT)

90 DeBolshevik Enjoying Angel of Death Cuomo's Fall From Grace -- Hugely
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Corleone doesn't like Barzini. What was it Clemenza said, they have to do this every so often to clear the air?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:06 AM (7X3UV)

91 Depends or rear or front wheel drive.

The screaming like a bitch is universal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:06 AM (7faTs)

92 Is this a new side effect of the vaccine?

https://tinyurl.com/yap79m38

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:06 AM (3D/fK)

93 A retired female Facebook friend made a simple post on Rush's passing and was viciously attacked--bullied, in fact--by a gay male whining about "homophobia," etc. This behavior seems to be becoming quite common on the Internet these days. But here's the thing. You can't be a vicious no quarter-giving bully and also be a poor, put-upon victim.

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2021 08:07 AM (HgGBT)

94 "I always choose 3"

always works for me

Posted by: Jerry (It's Liquid Gold) Nadler at February 19, 2021 08:07 AM (3D/fK)

95 Is this a new side effect of the vaccine?

https://tinyurl.com/yap79m38

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Swollen lymph nodes! Where do I sign up??

(I will have to be strapped down to a gurney and forced to take that s*** before I'd ever do so voluntarily.)

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:08 AM (O+I8R)

96
"Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when the covid police come for you?"

https://tinyurl.com/4nttg686

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:51 AM (bDqIh)

===============
England is lost.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:09 AM (euCiN)

97 You can as long as people let you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:09 AM (7faTs)

98 78 Test
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

C-

Should have studied harder...

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 08:09 AM (yEBFM)

99 Cuck Schemer Flips on Puerto Rican Statehood
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Saw that story. Maybe it's me, but I didn't get from it why. Of course it's always struck me that, though he'd probably test as one of the smartest of the D pols, he is singularly inept at what he's doing. I still think that, by nature, he'd prefer to be a traditional NY Deals-and-Graft guy, someone who belongs in the old, pre-woke Swamp, and is unable to cope with the new situation.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:09 AM (7X3UV)

100 morning hode.

at least it's Friday

all i got today.

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 19, 2021 08:09 AM (8D42x)

101 Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 07:51 AM (bDqIh)

Holy shit

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:10 AM (Ks/+3)

102 "Should have studied harder..."

I heard that a lot in my school days.

Posted by: Jerry (It's Liquid Gold) Nadler at February 19, 2021 08:10 AM (3D/fK)

103 Sundown admin totally caving to Iran. 100%
Southern Border is wide open like a cocaine addicts nose
Gas prices and unemployment surging
Crusade tpo destroy PDT continues uninterrupted

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:11 AM (tsZQ+)

104 As a NYS citizen, I fear about a Cuomo replacement. Who will the Democratic party put in his place. I have heard nothing of the standby governor, but I bet she or he will be just as bad. It probably would just be another hack, with no special election.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2021 08:11 AM (y0mKl)

105 And now my socks are clinging, as well!!

Be off me, you shit dribbling stage shuffler sock.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:11 AM (3D/fK)

106
Is this a new side effect of the vaccine?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:06 AM

I went to the article, perused it quickly, then mentioned it to my wife. She said she's already heard it on KYW 1060 in Philly - a station which seems to lately have become conservative.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at February 19, 2021 08:12 AM (N/gDA)

107 "Bill Gates - What you were not told"

https://tinyurl.com/5amk0l7i

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 08:12 AM (bDqIh)

108 So they got Chauvin to agree to third degree murder then the prosecution scuttled the deal because it was 'too lenient.'

Minneapolis is going to go full Detroit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:12 AM (7faTs)

109 103 Sundown admin totally caving to Iran. 100%
Southern Border is wide open like a cocaine addicts nose
Gas prices and unemployment surging
Crusade tpo destroy PDT continues uninterrupted
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:11 AM (tsZQ+)

At least there's unity in the screwing!

Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 08:12 AM (ZfRYq)

110 Buen dia queridas y feliz cumpleanos jj

After I get swabbed this morning, 3 day weekend baybee!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 08:13 AM (EZebt)

111 "Minneapolis is going to go full Detroit."

We talking 'flames, and destruction'?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:13 AM (3D/fK)

112 Saw something interesting: Derek Chauvin, the cop who didn't kill Saint Floyd, had a deal to plead guilty for reduced sentencing and no Federal charges but Barr scuttled it from the Fed end so now there'll probably be more riots.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (6XLoz)

113 As a NYS citizen, I fear about a Cuomo replacement. Who will the Democratic party put in his place. I have heard nothing of the standby governor, but I bet she or he will be just as bad. It probably would just be another hack, with no special election.

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I said just that the other day. Get rid of him, all well and good. Whomever is selected to take his place will be worse. If we're talking competing factions between Clinton and Obama, it's the Obama wing that I believe to be even more dangerous, even more radical, even more extremist. Committed communists. And it could very well be why a target has been hung on Cuomo's back.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (O+I8R)

114 That 'general' at the top looks just like a dictator should look. Sunglasses, stars on his hat, and probably a swagger stick, slapping his leg at every order he gives.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (y0mKl)

115 That said, the Democrats certainly have, once again, seized an opportunity and are making the most of it. A skill sorely lacking on our side.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:02 AM (7X3UV)

Oh c'mon. We have Boneless Abbott, approved by the Bush Crime Family, bragging about 25% of Texas's electric supply coming from wind power.

Talent like that doesn't emerge by accident.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (y7DUB)

116 My theory is Schumer flipped on PR statehood for two reasons: first, Puerto Ricans don;t want it, and 2) he thinks he would lose. Does not want a big loss like that right out of the box.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (euCiN)

117 Heh. Henrietta Hen. Nailed it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 19, 2021 08:15 AM (dfRN6)

118 My theory is Schumer flipped on PR statehood for two reasons: first, Puerto Ricans don;t want it, and 2) he thinks he would lose. Does not want a big loss like that right out of the box.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (euCiN)

Those 2 points are actually very true. Statehood denotes some responsibility and now they are basically a welfare ward of the USA.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:17 AM (tsZQ+)

119 My theory is Schumer flipped on PR statehood for two reasons: first, Puerto Ricans don;t want it, and 2) he thinks he would lose. Does not want a big loss like that right out of the box.

Also worth noting: after the disaster they had where the Dem governor of PR was hoarding the relief supplies for her personal use, PR elected a Republican. PDT's positive influence on Hispanics even extends there.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 19, 2021 08:17 AM (6XLoz)

120 Biden runs around in a POTUS bomber jacket.

Memba when the media lost its shit when George W Bush (spit) an actual fighter pilot wore one?

Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 08:17 AM (ZfRYq)

121 Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM (y7DUB)

25% you say? Makes sense why the power grid failed. It should be at 100%!!!!!! Reeeeeeee!

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:18 AM (Ks/+3)

122 103 Sundown admin totally caving to Iran. 100%
Southern Border is wide open like a cocaine addicts nose
Gas prices and unemployment surging
Crusade tpo destroy PDT continues uninterrupted
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:11 AM (tsZQ+)

They're doing exactly what they said they'd do. They weren't pandering to the left, they are the left. The idea that Biden was a closet moderate was stupid.
We have friends who voted Biden because, besides being dems, they did not like Trump's "style". They were bitching about the lack of moderation, and I said " but you don't have to put up with Trump's style". This brought me back to the "Giuliani is mean spirited" crap during the revitalization of NYC. What does this BS even mean? Just a cool thing to say?

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 08:18 AM (ONvIw)

123 Biden runs around in a POTUS bomber jacket.

A habit he cultivated while sitting in the crapper I am sure

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:18 AM (tsZQ+)

124 Good Morning all, Thanks for the news J.J.

Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 08:19 AM (Up/Jb)

125 JJ - your work on the morning report is outstanding. I cannot understand how you manage to gather all his information, parse it, and do not suffer from rage stroke while doing that. But, keep going at it sir.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2021 08:20 AM (5XK0y)

126 Hey at least Rick Wilson paid off his house.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:20 AM (7faTs)

127 Time for Biden to call a lid for the day, and let Kamala take over for the 'President for the day' role.

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2021 08:20 AM (y0mKl)

128 They make Bomber Jacket pajama's now?

Who knew?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)

129 Memba when the media lost its shit when George W Bush (spit) an actual fighter pilot wore one?
Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 08:17 AM (ZfRYq)

As much as I've come to despise that numbnuts he was able to operate a borderline widowmaker.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:21 AM (y7DUB)

130 Is this a new side effect of the vaccine?

https://tinyurl.com/yap79m38
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:06 AM (3D/fK)

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Mornin' to ya VIA - fellow Rush fan! Followed the link you posted. Nice to see something from The Lowcountry -- where Mrs Doof and I plan to move in a few years when the empty nest thing happens

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:22 AM (mZUr4)

131 Everything old is new again.

It looks like Pelosi's "commission" is about reinstate the old racist Democrat Jim Crow laws, only this time directed against those horrible white people.

Welp. "Jim Crow" needs an updating for Caucasians.
Call them -
The Percival Dove Laws
or
The Albert Pelican Laws
maybe
The Quincy Stork Laws
La di da, la di da.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2021 08:22 AM (dWwl8)

132 We have friends who voted Biden because, besides being dems, they did not like Trump's "style". They were bitching about the lack of moderation, and I said " but you don't have to put up with Trump's style". This brought me back to the "Giuliani is mean spirited" crap during the revitalization of NYC. What does this BS even mean?

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They just learn that garbage by rote. Whatever is barfed out on the TV is absorbed because they want it to be so.

Anybody who says they don't vote for someone because of "style," or anybody who says they vote "for the person" (a personal favorite of mine) is an idiot in my book, an immature person who doesn't have the mental capacity to make a solid judgement based on their own personal belief system.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (O+I8R)

133 Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:12 AM (7faTs)

We still have up the George Floyd autonomous zone I believe. Before winter hit I drove past it. Shit is crazy. I was thinking of pulling a zombie and recording inside of it but they literally have checkpoints and sentries and someone tried to frisk me well.....it would not go well for either party

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (Ks/+3)

134 I'm calling a lid for the day.

Is that how it works? Now I don't have to do anything?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (euCiN)

135 "where Mrs Doof and I plan to move in a few years when the empty nest thing happens"

Come on down!!!!

Aren't you currently in the greater B'More, or at least Md area?

Same as we were, until last year.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (3D/fK)

136 Think about it: The Wuhan Institute of Virology is going to receive US taxpayer dollars before US citizens get their stimulus.

This is what Americans wanted when they voted for Xiden. And this is what they shall get. Good and hard.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (Bmy3R)

137 125 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2021 08:20 AM (5XK0y)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (s2VJv)

138 "...which tragically resulted in the deaths of four individuals including Ashli Babbitt who was blown away by a DC cop for no apparent reason..."
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Had Ashli Babbitt been Black, would Black Lives Matter have responded by organizing "protests", looting, rioting, vandalism, violence and arson in cities across the country, chanting about all Capitol cops being bastards?

Imagine if that was how the crowd reacted to the shooting on Jan 6. Maybe that is what Pelosi and company wanted. But because President Trump supporters are responsible adults, that reaction did not happen.

Posted by: Tall Cool Gentleman in a Black Suit at February 19, 2021 08:24 AM (Do5/p)

139 Meanwhile, if you raise your voice in public, at work, school or even at
home, you'll be swiftly stomped on by your teachers, your boss, the
bank, your medical provider and even your own family members until you
get your mind right.

The irony. It burns.

Posted by: Nutbush City Limits at February 19, 2021 08:25 AM (juxRI)

140 Speaking of energy. Gas has now gone up in my state by sixty, SIXTY FUCKING CENTS, in a matter of a month and a half. If anyone starts bitching about energy costs and I know they voted Biden, it might be impossible for me to be Mr. Gray because I might choke them the fuck out

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:26 AM (Ks/+3)

141 "Meanwhile, if you raise your voice in public, at work, school or even at
home, you'll be swiftly stomped on by your teachers, your boss, the
bank, your medical provider and even your own family members until you
get your mind right."

Shakin' the tree, Boss...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:26 AM (3D/fK)

142 I have a friend (?) who voted Biden "because he is such a good man and really cares about the people!" She also brags that she "Votes for the Person, not the Party!" and has never voted for a Republican. Mmm, yeah.

Ha-gurk! *Splat*

Cleanup on aisle 2...

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 08:26 AM (yEBFM)

143 Posted by: Tall Cool Gentleman in a Black Suit at February 19, 2021 08:24 AM (Do5/p)
No they would not. Because there is something worse than being a white Trump supporter and this is a black one.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:27 AM (Ks/+3)

144 Anybody who says they don't vote for someone because of "style," or anybody who says they vote "for the person" (a personal favorite of mine) is an idiot in my book, an immature person who doesn't have the mental capacity to make a solid judgement based on their own personal belief system.
Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (O+I8R)

Yep and they are two of the most "educated" people I know. Their political beliefs, however, are whatever the cool kids think, and they are 68 and 79 (my husband's childhood friend and his wife). My saying "well you voted for it" was considered inflammatory, but tough shit. I'm not going to pretend that I believed the moderate lie

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 08:27 AM (ONvIw)

145 I might choke them the fuck out
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:26 AM (Ks/+3)

Get in line

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:28 AM (tsZQ+)

146 "where Mrs Doof and I plan to move in a few years when the empty nest thing happens"

Come on down!!!!

Aren't you currently in the greater B'More, or at least Md area?

Same as we were, until last year.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (3D/fK)
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Yes we are -- northeast of Baltimore. Not far from the childhood home of John Wilkes Booth.

Where did you move from?

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:28 AM (mZUr4)

147 God I cannot type today. Missing words, using the wrong word. Gotta get some more sleep.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:28 AM (Ks/+3)

148 New York City Subway Crime Is WAY Up, Even as Ridership Is WAY Down
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At first glance, I thought it would be Jussie Smollett type "crime."

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:29 AM (7X3UV)

149 She also brags that she "Votes for the Person, not the Party!" and has never voted for a Republican. Mmm, yeah.

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This is my sister. Her exact words. And she's an idiot. Know how I know? Because back when I was a raging lofo, I said the same thing. And the reasons were because I honestly didn't know jack from squat about politics or ideologies. I honestly remember not voting for HW because he was "whiny." That was my reason. I was an idiot. Young, sure. But an idiot.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:29 AM (O+I8R)

150 My theory is Schumer flipped on PR statehood for two
reasons: first, Puerto Ricans don;t want it, and 2) he thinks he would
lose. Does not want a big loss like that right out of the box.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:14 AM

There have been numerous votes in PR for Statehood in the past and with one or two exceptions where people intentionally did not vote they always vote it down. They don't want the responsibility and cost that comes with being a State.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 19, 2021 08:29 AM (JUOKG)

151 I have jettisoned from my life more than few long time acquaintances over their vote for Biden as a "change" from Trump. One has even tried to reconcile having seen what fecklessness yields - no dice, Jesus can forgive them and judge me for the hardness of my heart. They sold this country out, period.

Posted by: Rando East Texas Poster at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (qu5Zx)

152 No they would not. Because there is something worse than being a white Trump supporter and this is a black one.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:27 AM (Ks/+3)

Try being a Jewish one, as your friends and relatives desperately try to declare themselves "not white" in order to escape what they gleefully voted for.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (ONvIw)

153 One of the worst things you can do to someone is leave them to suffer the consequences of their actions.

I'd agree with the punishment if the rest of them did not have to suffer from it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (7faTs)

154 "Where did you move from?

Greater Towson area.

Deliberately vague, due to family members still behind enemy lines there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

155 Imagine if that was how the crowd reacted to the shooting on Jan 6. Maybe that is what Pelosi and company wanted. But because President Trump supporters are responsible adults, that reaction did not happen.
Posted by: Tall Cool Gentleman in a Black Suit at February 19, 2021 08:24 AM (Do5/p)

I don't know if I reported this here but earlier in the week I got a fairly long response (surely a form letter put together by his staffers to address similar emails) from RINO Rob Portman about his impeachment vote. Although he voted not to impeach Drumpf he continues to mischaracterize events of that day like he was picking his ass during DJT's defense presentations. There's no fixing RINOs. Good riddance next November.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (y7DUB)

156 New America: the Pentagon is deciding whether it will leave AfPak. It used to be the job of the President to decide if troops are deployed, sniped at by the Congress and their War Powers Act, but since the mutiny last year against Trump the Generals are in charge. Trump ordered troops out, and the Pentagon declined.

Now they are contemplating whether or not to stay. Hope someone lets Biden know, so his messaging stays consistent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (euCiN)

157 Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (ONvIw)

Life can definitely be a shit filled Twinkie.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:31 AM (Ks/+3)

158 No they would not. Because there is something worse than being a white Trump supporter and this is a black one.

Well - at least he wasn't out on a street corner trying to sell loosies. Thank the maker the boys in blue were able to nip that shit in the bud. Just keep those hands at ten and two, and nothing will ever go wrong.

Posted by: Nutbush City Limits at February 19, 2021 08:31 AM (juxRI)

159 Good morning all! More sunshine today and a high of 31. It's gonna feel downright balmy out there after the past 2 weeks.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2021 08:31 AM (nxdel)

160 Might as well have been the Portland courthouse. Knew then that this was not Trump protesters leading the charge.
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As usual, you are correct. See also, Madison, WI occupation of capitol buildings. (And the truly sad tearing down of a very nice statue of an immigrant who fought for the Union against slavery.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (MIKMs)

161 They don't want the responsibility and cost that comes with being a State.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 19, 2021 08:29 AM (JUOKG)

Bingo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (tsZQ+)

162 Nice to live in a color blind society, eh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (7faTs)

163 140 Speaking of energy. Gas has now gone up in my state by sixty, SIXTY FUCKING CENTS, in a matter of a month and a half. If anyone starts bitching about energy costs and I know they voted Biden, it might be impossible for me to be Mr. Gray because I might choke them the fuck out
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:26 AM (Ks/+3)

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Well, having darker skin than most of us, at least you can somehow receive some restrained respect for your unorthodox opinions.

Their rules.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (LvTSG)

164
New York City Subway Crime Is WAY Up, Even as Ridership Is WAY Down

Yeah, but I heard they're taking the cars out of commission every night and sanitizing them. I guess 'Cleanliness is next to godliness" needs to be updated. Maybe to 'godlessness'.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (N/gDA)

165 162: Color blind=racist

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (ONvIw)

166 'Shit filled Twinkie.' I am going to steal that one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (7faTs)

167 I like to think of conservative Hubbysharn having long conversations with Rush. He was a big fan.
Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (yEBFM)

===

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 08:33 AM (EZebt)

168 Yes we are -- northeast of Baltimore. Not far from the childhood home of John Wilkes Booth.

Does it sit on a grassy knoll ?

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 08:33 AM (arJlL)

169 Schmuckie doesn't really need PR. Now that Dominion can deliver the results they need, statehood is moot.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:33 AM (O+I8R)

170 If the United States had not become a totalitarian shithole, there would be a 9/11-type commission to investigate election fraud. That would require an actual opposition party and the United States did not have one prior to the junta

As for Honore, any nation with American bases should begin to expel them because this evil pig is the face of the dictator ship's jannisaries. Individual states need to begin to isolate bases, too, and encourage their removal.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 19, 2021 08:34 AM (puu6v)

171 Life can definitely be a shit filled Twinkie.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One

Ew.

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 08:34 AM (arJlL)

172 Looks like I am going to need new gutters after this mess is over. The constant thaw and freeze is melting the snow on my roof and it is running down to the gutters and being frozen overnight pulling the gutters away from the house.

I saw water running down the side of the house yesterday from the backside of the gutter.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 19, 2021 08:35 AM (JUOKG)

173 I really don't understand the way the left wants to treat Trump as Akhenaten. What's the end in view? Strikes me as a purely emotional response. But then, I've never seen anything resembling a defense of the Trump hate. His wickedness seems always treated as axiomatic, not needing explication.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 19, 2021 08:35 AM (7X3UV)

174 "Life can definitely be a shit filled Twinkie.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One
"

What's the shelf life on one of those things?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:35 AM (3D/fK)

175 "Where did you move from?

Greater Towson area.

Deliberately vague, due to family members still behind enemy lines there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)
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Understood! Weird Dave's old neck of the woods, too.

Hope to get down to SC again some time soon. Youngest son of Doof is considering Clemson. Mrs Doof and I love the coastal region. Might drop you a line before my next visit!

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:35 AM (mZUr4)

176 'Shit filled Twinkie.' I am going to steal that one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone

You can have mine !

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 08:35 AM (arJlL)

177 168 Yes we are -- northeast of Baltimore. Not far from the childhood home of John Wilkes Booth.

Does it sit on a grassy knoll ?

The Ford Theater had a grassy knoll?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (Bmy3R)

178 New America: the Pentagon is deciding whether it will leave AfPak. It
used to be the job of the President to decide if troops are deployed,
sniped at by the Congress and their War Powers Act, but since the mutiny
last year against Trump the Generals are in charge. Trump ordered
troops out, and the Pentagon declined.

The next time the DNC wants to spend some more on welfare, and less on the military - we might want to consider obliging them. A welfare check can't fire 20 mike mike rounds into your house for not surrendering your long guns.

Posted by: Nutbush City Limits at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (juxRI)

179 'Shit filled Twinkie.'

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Edith will not be packing that in Archie's lunchbox.

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (O+I8R)

180 okay...testing.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (aNoSP)

181 Greater Towson area.

Deliberately vague, due to family members still behind enemy lines there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

What's that area like now? I haven't been back in a long time but I have some relatives in Linthicum not far outside the beltway and the last time I was there it was still sane. Nice even...

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (y7DUB)

182 "Understood! Weird Dave's old neck of the woods, too. "

Yup.

No stranger to each other's homes.

Before we all moved, of course.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:37 AM (3D/fK)

183 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (LvTSG)

lol I wish. Not how it works though. I usually have had someone try to explain why my thinking is wrong and then run down black American history. I just stare at them. Then I get called not really black as I am only half. I just stare at them.

In both situations I dream of choking them the fuck out. There have been some positive interactions but far few in between.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:37 AM (Ks/+3)

184 'Shit filled Twinkie.' I am going to steal that one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone

Wasn't Fauci, aka Dr. Sigmoid Fraud, probing these?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 08:37 AM (s2VJv)

185 Yes we are -- northeast of Baltimore. Not far from the childhood home of John Wilkes Booth.

Does it sit on a grassy knoll ?
Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 08:33 AM (arJlL)

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No clue! Driven past it countless times over the past 20 years, never took the tour. I'm sure there's some grass behind the trees!

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:37 AM (mZUr4)

186 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:35 AM (3D/fK)

Same a normal Twinkie; until the end of time.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:37 AM (Ks/+3)

187 Wasn't Fauci, aka Dr. Sigmoid Fraud, probing these?

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Research, JJ...research!

Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (O+I8R)

188 177 The Ford Theater had a grassy knoll?
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (Bmy3R)

Joey Aqualung likes his mounds mostly bare...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (s2VJv)

189 183 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (LvTSG)

lol I wish. Not how it works though. I usually have had someone try to explain why my thinking is wrong and then run down black American history. I just stare at them. Then I get called not really black as I am only half. I just stare at them.

In both situations I dream of choking them the fuck out. There have been some positive interactions but far few in between.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:37 AM (Ks/+3)

==========

Sounds to me like you need to play the racism card.

"Are you invalidating my lived experiences as a black man by saying I'm wrong?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

190 Amen to Nutbush suggestion on funding the military.

Posted by: Rando East Texas Poster at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (qu5Zx)

191 Honore was my CG (commanding general) when I was stationed in Korea. He was known as Cajun 6.
He was an odd CG. If i recall he was in charge of some kind of response during hurricane katrina.
dunno. the general officer corps of today is less than impressive. none of them have struck me as particularly bright.
when i compare and contrast them to WW2 era GOs, there is a significant delta.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (aNoSP)

192 Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:32 AM (7faTs)

Absolutely steal it. I stole it from my father. Good sayings are good sayings and need to be spread.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:39 AM (Ks/+3)

193 "You can have mine !"

Help yourself.

I'll make more

Posted by: Jerry (The Twinkie Filler) Nadler at February 19, 2021 08:39 AM (3D/fK)

194 Greater Towson area.

Deliberately vague, due to family members still behind enemy lines there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

What's that area like now? I haven't been back in a long time but I have some relatives in Linthicum not far outside the beltway and the last time I was there it was still sane. Nice even...
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:36 AM (y7DUB)

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Towson hasn't changed much from my POV. I get down that way every so often. Just more congested - like most of the B-more suburbs. VIA might have a different take having lived there not too long ago

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:39 AM (mZUr4)

195 In both situations I dream of choking them the fuck out. There have been some positive interactions but far few in between.
Sweet. Some might even say "too sweet".
*plays NWO music*

Posted by: Nutbush City Limits at February 19, 2021 08:40 AM (juxRI)

196 Well, it's raining again.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:40 AM (3D/fK)

197 Just heard on the radio that Reince Preibus is running for Gov of WI. I think that's a good thing as he's stated that he is viewed as a Trump ally. Just need to convince the Wine Moms that he doesn't say mean things like that Bad Orange Man. Plus he's pretty savvy politically and would do well up against the Grey Man we have now.

Posted by: Pete Seria at February 19, 2021 08:40 AM (7ZQe3)

198 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

I have thought about it. But, again, too busy day dreaming about choking them out.

Gotta work on my focus.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:40 AM (Ks/+3)

199 Holy crap! Kamala Harris' step-daughter should be modeling COVID masks to cover up her gobhole.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 19, 2021 08:40 AM (03n3v)

200 Shit does not really 'spoil' so...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone at February 19, 2021 08:41 AM (7faTs)

201 They don't want the responsibility and cost that comes with being a State.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 19, 2021 08:29 AM (JUOKG)

Concur. Two things PR is known for is welfare and VD.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 19, 2021 08:41 AM (Qm/Qo)

202 Anybody who says they don't vote for someone because of "style," or anybody who says they vote "for the person" (a personal favorite of mine) is an idiot in my book, an immature person who doesn't have the mental capacity to make a solid judgement based on their own personal belief system.
Posted by: Lady in Black - GODSPEED Rush Limbaugh at February 19, 2021 08:23 AM (O+I8R)
Yeah, honestly, I don't quite understand how you can vote against a roaring economy, no new wars plus a bonus wind down of existing wars, drastically increased employment, increased border security, immediate handling of a pandemic, foreign policy victories across the globe, strengthening Medicare and SS by bring in more employed workers paying taxes.

And Trump's "style" makes you want to vote all that away. Welp, okay, stupid.
I figure the Trump economy is strong enough and the pent-up demand in the stock market plus the new COVID give-away is enough to carry us thru to the end of the 1st quarter. Then inflation news hits harder and it's over, Johnny. All the stupid laws and burdens that Biden and the Democrats want to destroy the middle and working classes should be in place. And that's it

Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2021 08:41 AM (dWwl8)

203 Posted by: Nutbush City Limits at February 19, 2021 08:40 AM (juxRI)

Indeed brother. Indeed.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 08:42 AM (Ks/+3)

204 " Wasn't Fauci, aka Dr. Sigmoid Fraud, probing these?"

Oh look who's had a colonoscopy?

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 19, 2021 08:43 AM (2BZBZ)

205 Before I forget --

From what I recall, back in the day Madigan demanded concessions from ComEd lest he loose the hounds of hell on one of the few nuclear power generating stations.

The framing on the story is wrong to me because I remember that he demanded tribute (and got it) to keep regular power operating in IL.

However, Madiganistan is so exquisitely corrupt that I will bet that nobody even remembers.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 19, 2021 08:43 AM (MIKMs)

206 " VIA might have a different take having lived there not too long ago"

With Kamenetz actively courting Section 8 and other such activities, in order to would up the Democratic voting population of the county, it pretty much has gone to shit.

Crime is up.
School standings are down
Taxes are up.
Homeless population in downtown Towson rivals anything seen elsewhere.

And Johnnie O's romp through the tax rolls isn't helping either.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:44 AM (3D/fK)

207 172> I need new gutters and a roof. The ice has done the same thing to my gutters and caused the roof to leak in the living room.

Roof can probably be fixed. Gutters are trashed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 19, 2021 08:45 AM (3H9h1)

208 ... He was an odd CG. If i recall he was in charge of some kind of response during hurricane katrina. ...
Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (aNoSP)
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He was, and he picked up a lot of fans by talking straight with the press and getting shit done during the Katrina response. When the press whores lobbed "gotcha" questions at him about how bad Bush 43 was, he told them that they were "stuck on stupid" and then proceeded to lay out the response and what they were doing.

Another poser, I guess. Or perhaps someone who wasn't at the time but, when forced to make a final decision on allegiance and loyalty, picked the system over what is right. Sad to see this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:45 AM (UZVEt)

209 I'm in the import-export biz, (just call me George Costanza!) and I'm hoping this isn't a trend, and I hate to say it, but *import* business has been way down since January. Almost as if there was a major change of some sort in January.

We cruised through 2020 holding even from the year before, normally not a good thing to have no growth but in 2020 it was a huge victory. Some employees were furloughed for a short time but all were brought back by June.

But the last 6-8 weeks have been bleak. And hey, in case anyone's wondering, those Trump China tariffs are still in place. But for how long, with Xiden.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:45 AM (Bmy3R)

210 And Trump's "style" makes you want to vote all that away. Welp, okay, stupid.
Keep in mind - the public voted somewhere between five and ten points, nationally, in favor of Trump. So, on the whole, the country wanted all that prosperity and America First stuff you mentioned. His message was even strong enough to drag down-ticket Republicans along for the ride - even while that party was undermining him at every turn, their brand stinks on ice, multiple fake catastrophes were engineered against him, and the old man has the attention span and focus of a gnat. Yet - still - he won between five and ten points nationally.

Posted by: Nutbush City Limits at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (juxRI)

211 On Limbaugh...over at Powerline, Scott Johnson turned his "Tribute" about Rush into a tribute to himself. And then banned people who snarked on it. It was the most vainglorious thing I've seen. The guy is going full Little Green Footballs (and with the exact same claim to fame).

Myself, I'll never be sure that when Rush wrote Johnson back, he wasn't confusing Johnson the conservative crank with Johnson the cartoonist.

Or maybe the drummer.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (qkj1D)

212 Re: Buried Viking Treasure story. Watched "The Dig" last night. Fine story telling, though I wish there was a bit more education on the Anglo Saxons included.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (euCiN)

213 Meanwhile, if you raise your voice in public, at work, school or even at home, you'll be swiftly stomped on by your teachers, your boss, the bank, your medical provider and even your own family members until you get your mind right.
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I will be finding out how far this rot spreads on Tuesday. It will suck if I get fired two months into a new job, but if it happens then I am at peace with it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (UZVEt)

214 With Kamenetz actively courting Section 8 and other such activities, in order to would up the Democratic voting population of the county, it pretty much has gone to shit.

Crime is up.
School standings are down
Taxes are up.
Homeless population in downtown Towson rivals anything seen elsewhere.

And Johnnie O's romp through the tax rolls isn't helping either.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:44 AM (3D/fK)
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Your take on things in your former hometown allows me to circle back to John Wilkes Booth and use one of my favorite lines...

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you like the play?"

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:47 AM (mZUr4)

215 200 Shit does not really 'spoil' so...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work phone

Neither do twinkies.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 08:47 AM (yEBFM)

216 Should clarify that what we import are mostly raw materials for the manufacturing biz, not finished articles. This is why the trend down in imports matters.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:48 AM (Bmy3R)

217 Atlanta's upscale Buckhead shopping/residential distract which has been overrun by a crime wave bast few yeas thanks to Dem mayor coddling of criminals. has been desperate and demanding the city do something for some time. Well, at long last there is a plan that I'm sure will work. More aggressive policing of yutes? No, that would be racist. End the hateful class rhetoric that stirs up the yutes and BLM. No, that has nothing to do with the problem. So what is the plan that will end this nightmare for resident and business owner?

More security cameras! LOL!

My heart aches for the many Dem wine Mom's that live in the area.

Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2021 08:48 AM (MxEKc)

218 But the last 6-8 weeks have been bleak. And hey, in case anyone's wondering, those Trump China tariffs are still in place. But for how long, with Xiden.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:45 AM (Bmy3R)
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Interesting, and usually a leading indicator of a recession. But given the disruption, that might not be true this time. Do you have any indications as to whether the shipping container mess is a contributing factor here like it is in many other places? I would kind of doubt it because the shipping container dislocation has come from China effectively cornering the market for them as their exports have grown dramatically over 2020 (funny that, eh?) and exporters from *other* countries have felt the pain, but I figured I'd ask since the buzz around containers has been quite loud.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:48 AM (UZVEt)

219 February 19, 2021 - my descent into "Bum" continues; it has now been 6 days since I showered or had a shave. The me in the mirror is starting to grow a neckbeard.

the Horror! the Horror!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 08:49 AM (bxPTJ)

220 Do you have any indications as to whether the shipping container mess is a contributing factor here like it is in many other places? I would kind of doubt it ...

You're right to doubt it. That situation is a pain in the ass, but no, my professional opinion is that it's not much of a contributing factor.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:50 AM (Bmy3R)

221 The guy is going full Little Green Footballs (and with the exact same claim to fame).

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (qkj1D)

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I didn't read the tribute but I do read Powerline and Scott Johnson quite a lot. This LGF comparison is way, way off base. Either way, if you want to complain about his writing why not write him directly, rather than bitch over here?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:51 AM (euCiN)

222 Atlanta's upscale Buckhead shopping/residential distract which has been overrun by a crime wave bast few yeas thanks to Dem mayor coddling of criminals. has been desperate and demanding the city do something for some time. ...
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2021 08:48 AM (MxEKc)
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As always, look to the meccas to see what will come next. Chicago has long been ultra-violent but you could be sure that the Magnificent Mile and surrounds would be safe and peaceful. It was always Chicago's high-end "green zone." Until people started getting assaulted and murdered there, too. The Magnificent Mile is still there and still high-falutin, but it is no longer a true green zone.

I don't know if the same is true of Rodeo Drive in LA, but I suspect it is. But regardless, watch what happens in the bellwethers and you'll see what's coming to your blue city. I live by this in Denver. Whatever CA, IL or NY are doing for the 'Rona, for example, CO will be doing within six weeks. You can set your watch by it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:52 AM (UZVEt)

223 over at Powerline, Scott Johnson turned his "Tribute" about Rush into a tribute to himself. And then banned people who snarked on it. It was the most vainglorious thing I've seen. The guy is going full Little Green Footballs (and with the exact same claim to fame).

Through time, ace is increasingly an outlier when it comes to personal trajectory of proprietors of the conservative blogosphere. If anything he's gotten better.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:52 AM (y7DUB)

224 " ...
Ha-gurk! *Splat*

Cleanup on aisle 2...

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 19, 2021 08:26 AM (yEBFM) "

*golf clap*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 19, 2021 08:52 AM (h89VN)

225 oh, and g'mornin', Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (h89VN)

226 Plumbers, landscapers, contractors and nurseries are going to make a boat load of money in Texas.
My parents, friends and one of my brothers had pipes that broke and our on a list for plumbers.
There are no supplies at Home Depot and every hardware store in Houston.
Water is turned off and people are having to use buckets of water from their pools or bottled water to flush their toilets.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

227 when i compare and contrast them to WW2 era GOs, there is a significant delta.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (aNoSP)
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It generally takes a major war to get your Fredendalls replaced by Pattons.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (GLv8N)

228 You're right to doubt it. That situation is a pain in the ass, but no, my professional opinion is that it's not much of a contributing factor.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:50 AM (Bmy3R)
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Thanks! So likely economic factors all compounding and becoming distressing?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (UZVEt)

229 Through time, ace is increasingly an outlier when it comes to personal trajectory of proprietors of the conservative blogosphere. If anything he's gotten better.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:52 AM (y7DUB)

the Fourth Ace has been absolutely awesome.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (bxPTJ)

230 223
Through time, ace is increasingly an outlier when it comes to personal trajectory of proprietors of the conservative blogosphere. If anything he's gotten better.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:52 AM (y7DUB)

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He needs another Kaboom like post, in my opinion.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)

231 Democrats complained about Trump's tax cuts for four years. Now they want to raise taxes, except the economy is teetering. So they are more than a little screwed, and can't raise taxes without cratering the already weak economy. Wonder what they will do.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (euCiN)

232 229 Through time, ace is increasingly an outlier when it comes to personal trajectory of proprietors of the conservative blogosphere. If anything he's gotten better.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 08:52 AM (y7DUB)

the Fourth Ace has been absolutely awesome.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (bxPTJ)

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The fifth Ace had better not wear a piece of celery on his lapel.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)

233 wow, that pic up top is the very image of a banana-republic 3-star, innit ?

creeps me the fsck out, I tell ya ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 19, 2021 08:55 AM (h89VN)

234 He needs another Kaboom like post, in my opinion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)
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Kaboom's good. But Rich "Psycho" Giambiani is better...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:55 AM (UZVEt)

235 Watched "The Dig" last night.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (euCiN)

We saw it last week. Definitely worth a watch.

By the way, the artifacts are in a place of honor in the British Museum...a nice big exhibit in the middle of a hall.

Posted by: Black Ice at February 19, 2021 08:55 AM (Q9lwr)

236 Water is turned off and people are having to use buckets of water from their pools or bottled water to flush their toilets.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (NpAcC)
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Toilets? Nah, brah -- droppin' a deuce in the streets is where it's at!
-- San Franciscans

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 08:55 AM (mZUr4)

237 He needs another Kaboom like post, in my opinion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)

I agree. That brought in a lot of new eyes.

And it gives people a chance to see Funny Ace in all his beautiful plumage.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (dWwl8)

238 The tweet in that sidebar item on the Jezebel review of the new Mortal Kombat review is comedy gold.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (UZVEt)

239 the Fourth Ace has been absolutely awesome.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 08:53 AM (bxPTJ)

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Ace is Tom Baker? Couldn't be. Baker is like 6'3" and Ewoks are, what, 3' tops?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (dfRN6)

240 235 Watched "The Dig" last night.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:46 AM (euCiN)

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We watched Casino last night.

Apparently, according to Dolley, Sharon Stone has a perfect nose.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

241 Wonder what they will do.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (euCiN)

They'll raise taxes.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (ONvIw)

242 We watched Casino last night.

Apparently, according to Dolley, Sharon Stone has a perfect nose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)
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Thinking about it again, Dolley might be right.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (UZVEt)

243 The Nick Sandmann story makes me wonder whatever happened to all of his lawsuits? We could all use some good news and a big fat public apology from NBC or the like would be great.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (euCiN)

244 226 Plumbers, landscapers, contractors and nurseries are going to make a boat load of money in Texas.
My parents, friends and one of my brothers had pipes that broke and our on a list for plumbers.

I have a younger friend who's a plumbers apprentice, roads were still impassible yesterday but they are planning on going out and working today. As of yesterday, they already had 70 appointments lined up for today. Since he lives in a place of mine and I always cut him a break when I need it, he jumped me in to the line and fixed a broken pipe at a garage apt of mine. It's nice to have friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (bxPTJ)

245 They will raise taxes on the "wealthy." Those making >$70k. For "fairness."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (2BZBZ)

246 Then I get called not really black as I am only half. I just stare at them.

In both situations I dream of choking them the fuck out. There have been some positive interactions but far few in between.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One
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Obama's only half black.

Are those raaaaaaacists trying to say that The Lightbringer is not authentically black?

Pretty sure that's enough to get them un-personed by the left.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (k4dH2)

247 242 Apparently, according to Dolley, Sharon Stone has a perfect nose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)
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Thinking about it again, Dolley might be right.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (UZVEt)

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It's become a joke in the house that she's a purveyor of noses. I asked her to compare Stone's with Joe Pesci's when they were in the same scene. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (LvTSG)

248 And it gives people a chance to see Funny Ace in all his beautiful plumage.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (dWwl

I thought he was Endorian, not Norwegian.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (nakwk)

249 Apparently, according to Dolley, Sharon Stone has a perfect nose.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

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Thinking about it again, Dolley might be right.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (UZVEt)

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Sharon Stone has a lot that's pretty great

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (euCiN)

250 >>>my descent into "Bum" continues; it has now been 6 days since I showered
or had a shave. The me in the mirror is starting to grow a neckbeard. <
>Soon you'll be tracking you trips to the liquor store in days instead of weeks. Courage.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (03n3v)

251 Met Opera channel playing excerpts from Bellini's Norma. A recurring march, very Italian in style. Makes you want to get the trains running on time and invade Ethiopia.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (I58tH)

252 Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:51 AM (euCiN)

How do you think I got banned? That's why the LGF comparison (I have no idea what it is today, if it even exists). Petty man.

The post that did it:

"Boswell is right about Johnson. The Samuel one, that is.

As for the other...his passing will be noted. Presumably at the bottom of a page."

There is some history between us, but still....the commenters savage them about not supporting Trump fully in a way I never have....in fact, I repeatedly defended Paul by pointing out this was a guy who had to stop posting for a while, back in the day, because the usual suspects were causing probs at his law firm. I'm not a troll there.

Johnson is a small, petty man, in my opinion, who made a post I thought exactly in character, I commented, he banned.That's why I'm beeatching here. I can assure you I sent him an email with the same points. Cheers.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (qkj1D)

253 228 - Thanks! So likely economic factors all compounding and becoming distressing?

Seems to be the case. Man, things were ROARING during Trump, like I hadn't seen in 24 years in this biz, if ever. Bonus City too. Those were our best years ever. And therefore mine too.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (Bmy3R)

254 "Baker is like 6'3" and Ewoks are, what, 3' tops?"

Just imagine an Ewok tricked out like a pimp.

6" platforms, plume in his hat...etc.

Makes em look much taller.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (3D/fK)

255 We watched Casino last night.

Apparently, according to Dolley, Sharon Stone has a perfect nose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

Natalie Wood's nose is better.

Posted by: dantesed at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (88xKn)

256 when i compare and contrast them to WW2 era GOs, there is a significant delta.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (aNoSP)

Greatest live quote I have ever heard came from a former boss, a retired Naval aviator"

"The DC bureaucracy will ensure that there will NEVER be another Patton!"

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (F0JZc)

257 Fake president Biden's UNITY is a bonfire of the commonalities.

Posted by: Grand Master Flush at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (+iaZY)

258 My taxes dropped 20% thanks to Trump. Dems will put an end to that. And they will want that money back too.

Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (MxEKc)

259 Why are the troops in DC?

The same reason there were German troops in Paris in 1940.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (qlFIA)

260 wow, that pic up top is the very image of a banana-republic 3-star, innit ?

creeps me the fsck out, I tell ya ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 19, 2021 08:55 AM (h89VN)
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Needs a cigarette holder. And a gold tooth.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (GLv8N)

261 Progs sure do love them some killing and oppression, don't they?

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (nakwk)

262 261 Progs sure do love them some killing and oppression, don't they?
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (nakwk)

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It's for our own good. We might make bad choices otherwise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:00 AM (LvTSG)

263 260 Epaulets.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 09:00 AM (I58tH)

264 "The DC bureaucracy will ensure that there will NEVER be another Patton!"
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (F0JZc)
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Not one who's ready and raring to go. There will be another Patton, but he will rise *after* catastrophic failures purge the ranks above him and get a lot of men killed. Like Sherman. Sherman didn't rise to command - capable as he was - until after a couple of years' worth of disaster and even then he was given the ancillary front.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:01 AM (UZVEt)

265 Raining again in the Great Dismal Swamp. Dog is camping the fire place and barks if the flames get to low. Kind of noisy but pretty good fire prevention dog.

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 19, 2021 09:01 AM (6Pqz7)

266 The same reason there were German troops in Paris in 1940.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (qlFIA)

Well said.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:01 AM (ONvIw)

267 Good morning JJ and Horde,

Power is twitchy here this morning in the Texas Hill Country. It was steady from late Tuesday afternoon through last night.

Clearly we need more wind power and less natural gas. s/

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 19, 2021 09:01 AM (+V1V8)

268 Needs a cigarette holder. And a gold tooth.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (GLv8N)

Epaulettes. You ain't a banana republic dictator without epaulettes.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:01 AM (nakwk)

269 The Nick Sandmann story makes me wonder whatever happened to all of his lawsuits? We could all use some good news and a big fat public apology from NBC or the like would be great.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 08:57 AM (euCiN)
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I really think that Lin Wood did a lot of damage to himself and any clients who he is representing.
I feel more sorry for Kyle Rittenhouse. He is screwed.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

270 here is much in what you say, Captain; good eye !

maybe when he gets a nother star that'll be part of the upgrade ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (h89VN)

271 We watched Casino last night.

Apparently, according to Dolley, Sharon Stone has a perfect nose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

Natalie Wood's nose is better.
Posted by: dantesed at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (88xKn)

Those old bitches noses are alright.

But, mine was detachable!

Posted by: Zombie Michael Jackson at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (dWwl8)

272 258 My taxes dropped 20% thanks to Trump. Dems will put an end to that. And they will want that money back too.
Posted by: Ripley at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (MxEKc)

taxes are like jury duty. clever people don't do either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (bxPTJ)

273 The fifth Ace had better not wear a piece of celery on his lapel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 08:54 AM (LvTSG)

OR, an onion on his belt...

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (F0JZc)

274 261 Progs sure do love them some killing and oppression, don't they?

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (nakwk)

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It's for our own good. We might make bad choices otherwise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:00 AM (LvTSG)
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For the children

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (euCiN)

275 254 "Baker is like 6'3" and Ewoks are, what, 3' tops?"

Just imagine an Ewok tricked out like a pimp.

6" platforms, plume in his hat...etc.

Makes em look much taller.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 08:58 AM (3D/fK)

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Get one of those long coats like Kramer wore and you could have one Ewok sitting on another's shoulders and really get some height.

That's prime hobo bait right there.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (dfRN6)

276 Those old bitches noses are alright.

But, mine was detachable!
Posted by: Zombie Michael Jackson at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (dWwl

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Like my penis!

Posted by: King Missile at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (UZVEt)

277 258 My taxes dropped 20% thanks to Trump. Dems will put an end to that. And they will want that money back too.

A lefty family member actually blamed that on Trump. For "not making the cuts permanent."

I don't even know where to begin with such duncery. Tried to explain that he TRIED to and couldn't because of the entire Dem party and turncoat Repubs. And that if the GOP had won big in Nvember he was going to push to make them permanent. In one ear and out the other.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (Bmy3R)

278 "For the children"

The ones that they don't kill in the womb?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (3D/fK)

279 Greetings fappers and fappees. What fresh hell awaits us this day?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (HaL55)

280 278 "For the children"

The ones that they don't kill in the womb?

Yes. But not for the white male children.

Posted by: The System at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (Bmy3R)

281 I don't even know where to begin with such duncery. Tried to explain that he TRIED to and couldn't because of the entire Dem party and turncoat Repubs. And that if the GOP had won big in Nvember he was going to push to make them permanent. In one ear and out the other.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (Bmy3R)
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Yeah. While I agree that sunsetting the tax cuts was a bad play, too many RINOs to avoid it. And there is no such thing as "permanent" because one Congress cannot bind a subsequent Congress. They can always repeal. If there weren't a sunset provision, that is precisely what they would do. But because there is, it provides cover for the Party by not making them repeal it. As was the plan all along.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (UZVEt)

282 279 Greetings fappers and fappees. What fresh hell awaits us this day?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (HaL55)

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Jellicle cats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (LvTSG)

283 261 Progs sure do love them some killing and oppression, don't they?
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 08:59 AM (nakwk)
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It's for our own good. We might make bad choices otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:00 AM (LvTSG)
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For the children
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (euCiN)

And Mother Gaia!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (F0JZc)

284 Jellicle cats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (LvTSG)
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Damn. If the jellicle songs and jellicle moon follow, there's no way out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (UZVEt)

285 Small quibble with HCoV "marginally more deadly than the flu". Emergent studies around 2017 or so suggest RV (rhinovirus) is more deadly than the flu-- in geriatric patients. This whole thing is a farce. A Texas Sharpshooting Cobra Fallacy wrapped up in a Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon F.U.D. No virus would escape "pandemic paranoia" if subject to such scrutiny.

What's galling is the people smart enough to know better and should know are following along. A mass Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. Like a near perfect asymptomatic transmission rate? Really? And tell me again exactly how untrained public are going to properly utilize what what is normally intended for sterile, clinical environments in a manner that will have any significant effect instead of creating an entirely new vector for fungal and bacterial infections? Surrender your license and renounce your dsgree; you're too stupid to practice medicine, statistics, or research.

Posted by: David W at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (5uXrb)

286 "The DC bureaucracy will ensure that there will NEVER be another Patton!"
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From my rather dim military history understanding, generals and the other princeps of our military were reduced in rank to 'regular' or resigned after wars. There is an entire Pentagon of Generals and Admirals and whatever to serve our Forever Wars without peacetime reassignments.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (MIKMs)

287 I don't even know where to begin with such duncery. Tried to explain that he TRIED to and couldn't because of the entire Dem party and turncoat Repubs. And that if the GOP had won big in Nvember he was going to push to make them permanent. In one ear and out the other.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (Bmy3R)

The lefty should be rejoicing at seeing his taxes rise!

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (ONvIw)

288 Family Drama:

I was having a conversation with my older Trump hating liberal daughter who is getting married in Sept. We were discussing the bridal shower, and where we would have it, I said we could have it at the venue in my community, or at my house, but that if the mask crap was still around it would definitely be at my house. She said, well hopefully, everyone who wants it, will have had their vaccine by then so it won't be a problem. That's when I let her know that dipshit was floating the idea of masks until 2022, and she actually had the audacity to say, "so this is how it's going to be for the next four years, you hating the president and the administration" I almost passed out from the irony. I told her I don't hate the president I love him....The real one that is.... She was not amused, I also told her that I will not be lectured about hate by her. That's the last we've spoken. Good times...good times.

Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (Up/Jb)

289 And there is no such thing as "permanent" because one Congress cannot bind a subsequent Congress. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:05 AM (UZVEt)

Yeah, I realized that after I typed it that way - meant longer-term rather than permanent.

Posted by: The System at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (Bmy3R)

290 On Tuesday I stopped at a Valero to top off the truck and pump two 5gal cans of gas. Paid at the pump and went inside to get coffee if any, and a couple Bimbo croissants, paid and left, remembered AAA batteries and went back. A guy in front of me was getting wine and cigarettes and wanted to pay with a check. Owner said no, the guy (big guy) said fcuk you. I was standing there armed and ready to defend the owner, a 'Middle-Easterner' from whom I had only bought ice from a few times over the past 20+ years. We live in weird times.

Posted by: Eromero at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (gjvwR)

291 191 "Honore was my CG (commanding general) when I was stationed in Korea. He was known as Cajun 6.
He was an odd CG..."
Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 08:38 AM (aNoSP)

They send all the nuts to Korea. When I was there, we had General Emerson (The Gunfighter). Pearl handled sixguns and a penchant for running (with the whole division) every morning.

Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (/BlEx)

292 I don't even know where to begin with such duncery. Tried to explain that he TRIED to and couldn't because of the entire Dem party and turncoat Repubs. And that if the GOP had won big in Nvember he was going to push to make them permanent. In one ear and out the other.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 19, 2021 09:03 AM (Bmy3R)

Financial sooper jeanyus Paul Ryan made the cuts as halfassed as he could. And obviously the turtle fell in line.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (y7DUB)

293 The downside to automatic watches is that they take forever to wind back up enough to matter if you let them sit for too long. Does anyone have any experience with those electric automatic watch winder cases? If I don't get fired next week, I might get one after my move if they actually work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (UZVEt)

294 Half the people in Texas are trying to find safe drinking water and many are forced to drink melted snow.
Evidently, we were minutes away from a month's long blackout. Some people were burning their furniture to stay warm, it's being reported

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

295 here is much in what you say, Captain; good eye !

maybe when he gets a nother star that'll be part of the upgrade ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (h89VN)
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Hey, I've played "Junta", I know the tropes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (GLv8N)

296 "And Mother Gaia!"

Then why do we reject the energy providing bounty which she offers us from her very body?

Her very essence.
Yet progressives reject it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (3D/fK)

297 I followed the "Behind the Black" link on the NASA rover story, and found that Bob Zimmerman of BtB has a podcast with John Batchelor. Will listen later this morning. Thank you JJS!

By the way, did you see FIRE has rated NYU as one of the ten worst universities in the nation for free speech? Tough competition on this one, I have no doubt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:08 AM (euCiN)

298

apropos of nothing-

Man, the last year and this snowed in week have been like a visit by the Ghost of Future Retirement.

This doing nothing or very little sucks mightily. Retirement looks like a bore and a half.

I guess I need to start picking up some hobbies and/or eccentricities to make life bearable once Retirement rears it's ugly head.

Jeepers!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 19, 2021 09:08 AM (dWwl8)

299 296 "And Mother Gaia!"

Then why do we reject the energy providing bounty which she offers us from her very body?

Her very essence.
Yet progressives reject it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (3D/fK)

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One word: cow farts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:08 AM (LvTSG)

300 "It's Possible That Trump Supporters Fell Into a Trap on January 6th"

It's possible that the information gatekeepers at American Thinker are almost arriving at the truth we all knew on January 7. Stunning idiots.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 19, 2021 09:08 AM (OssQ4)

301 Jellicle cats.

We're having Chynee food for breakfast?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 19, 2021 09:08 AM (HaL55)

302
in before 300 !

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 19, 2021 09:09 AM (r4bSV)

303 302
in before 300 !
Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 19, 2021 09:09 AM (r4bSV

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Who's gonna tell him?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

304 Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (Up/Jb)

Make this her Thomas Jefferson moment and let her pay for her own parties.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:09 AM (ONvIw)

305
er, nope

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 19, 2021 09:10 AM (r4bSV)

306 Artifacts believed to be over 1,000 years old discovered by a metal detectorist late last year on the Isle of Man will become part of the permanent collection at the Manx National Heritage Museum. . .

"Wait -- you went out with a metal detector. . . and just stumbled onto Viking treasure? I mean. . we. . uh. . ."

-- Marty and Rick Lagina

Posted by: Lizzy at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (bDqIh)

307 Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (Up/Jb)

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Tough stuff. I hope she comes around.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (euCiN)

308 The lefty should be rejoicing at seeing his taxes rise!
I knew a bunch of blue state liberals with $1M+ houses who told me for years we needed to raise taxes on the rich.
When Trump reduced SALT reductions they lost it - "how dare he take money from me! I can barely make ends meet as it is!"

Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (qlFIA)

309 ... And tell me again exactly how untrained public are going to properly utilize what what is normally intended for sterile, clinical environments in a manner that will have any significant effect instead of creating an entirely new vector for fungal and bacterial infections?...
Posted by: David W at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (5uXrb)
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Yes, and this little factor falls on deaf ears and deliberate non-understanding. The clinical and laboratory studies are a mixed bag when it comes to masking to control viral spread. In the real world, though, it's meaningless. We don't need more studies. We ran the damn experiment and the data are in. Masking has either no effect or a modest negative effect on 'Rona test positivity rates. Where mandates exist, they are usually complied with by most. Yet 5-12 days after mask mandates go into effect, there is either no change in positivity rate or a modest increase in it.

Anyone citing a clinical test about masks should be laughed out of the public square. It's irrelevant.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (UZVEt)

310 I feel more sorry for Kyle Rittenhouse. He is screwed.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

How so? The judge pretty much smacked down the dogshit prosecutor a week ago and, according to Robert Barnes, who is part of the defense team, isn't sympathetic to the prosecution at all.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (y7DUB)

311 308 The lefty should be rejoicing at seeing his taxes rise!
I knew a bunch of blue state liberals with $1M+ houses who told me for years we needed to raise taxes on the rich.
When Trump reduced SALT reductions they lost it - "how dare he take money from me! I can barely make ends meet as it is!"
Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (qlFIA)

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That's Patterico level thinking right there.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (LvTSG)

312 Here's a neat math statistic I just found:

Did you know that Ted Cruz's trip to Cancun killed over 11,000 fewer people than Andrew Cuomo's stay in New York has?

Posted by: MLCross at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (K8Z2z)

313 Make this her Thomas Jefferson moment and let her pay for her own parties.
Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:09 AM (ONvIw)

She and her boyfriend are pretty much paying for everything, they are doing very well. There was no way she was going to let me leverage any money power.

Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (Up/Jb)

314 304 Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:06 AM (Up/Jb)

Make this her Thomas Jefferson moment and let her pay for her own parties.
Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:09 AM (ONvIw)

^This.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (nakwk)

315 One of the few slim hopes the country had left was for a military coup to depose the unlawful government, but that appears to have vanished... The rot seems to have set in thoroughly there, too, and the announcement of the coming purge in the ranks this year will lock them in for the duration.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (0WKYs)

316 She and her boyfriend are pretty much paying for everything, they are doing very well. There was no way she was going to let me leverage any money power.
Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (Up/Jb)

Go upside her head then.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (nakwk)

317 I saw a meme where the rats and mice were gathering up all the masks that were tossed onto the ground.

And using them as hammocks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (3D/fK)

318 Thanks for putting up Rush legacy, JJ. I'll be reading throughout the day.

Posted by: runner at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (W8e/N)

319 They send all the nuts to Korea. When I was there, we had General Emerson (The Gunfighter). Pearl handled sixguns and a penchant for running (with the whole division) every morning.
Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:07 AM (/BlEx)

ah so he envisioned himself a sort of Patton wannabe, huh?
yeah some of these CGs are eccentric. And by that I mean crazy. the last 2 star i met when i was attending an active duty course was telling my class about the importance of our school and then proceeded to give a sports analogy about how when you were in grade school if you were good, you got picked for the team. so do good and you'll get picked. (this was his meandering way of trying to explain that technical competence would ensure you got six seconds of the general and his staff's attention before being ignored again).

I sat there and thought, this retard got 2 stars? really?

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (aNoSP)

320 Why is Honore's pic on top??

Posted by: runner at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (W8e/N)

321 Rare earth minerals are present here in the U.S. We simply prefer to buy them from China over mining our own because MINING. I know there is a large deposit of niobium here in Nebraska, but whether an effort to mine it is afoot, I have no idea.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Bitterly clinging to the deplorable life at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (SHDBw)

322 297 I followed the "Behind the Black" link on the NASA rover story, and found that Bob Zimmerman of BtB has a podcast with John Batchelor. Will listen later this morning. Thank you JJS!

Speaking of arcs - I used to listen to Batchelor when he had a show during the GWOT. He is in my opinion the best interviewer on radio. He always reads the books, he often says the name of the interviewee so you know who it is.

He went way off the anti-Trump rails for a while, but eventually circled back....

Posted by: blaster at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (ZfRYq)

323 Go upside her head then.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (nakwk)

This is a possibility, I have been keeping my mouth shut, I'm wondering If I should just let me "freak" flag fly at this point. I'm all set with all of this crap.

Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:14 AM (Up/Jb)

324 ... proceeded to give a sports analogy about how when you were in grade school if you were good, you got picked for the team. so do good and you'll get picked. ...
Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (aNoSP)
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Ah, the sports analogy. They are sometimes useful, but are also seriously overused and overdone in the business world. Executives *love* sports analogies. That is toning down, though, because apparently sports analogies aren't woke.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:14 AM (UZVEt)

325 Is our nation's Capitol still under military siege?

If so...
Why?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:14 AM (3D/fK)

326 @Breaking911 19m

BREAKING: New immigration bill introduced by House and Senate Democrats will bring illegal aliens deported during the Trump administration back to the U.S. and provide them with citizenship

Peachy...just fuckin' peachy.

Posted by: Tami at February 19, 2021 09:15 AM (cF8AT)

327
She and her boyfriend are pretty much paying for everything, they are doing very well. There was no way she was going to let me leverage any money power.
Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (Up/Jb)

I thought having it at your place was cost related, my bad. Nevertheless, she can pay her own freight. Besides I thought it was "not done" for the bride to host her own shower. Maybe a lib friend can do it.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:15 AM (ONvIw)

328 James Golden's tribute to Rush has me in tears.

About the March in DC on January 6:

I was there. Every single thing the left has said about it is a LIE. Everything.

The ONLY troublemakers in the crowd were planted by the left.

I will never, as long as I live, believe another word that comes out of Washington DC.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 19, 2021 09:15 AM (TdMsT)

329 @Breaking911 19m
BREAKING: New immigration bill introduced by House and Senate Democrats will bring illegal aliens deported during the Trump administration back to the U.S. and provide them with citizenship ...
Posted by: Tami at February 19, 2021 09:15 AM (cF8AT)
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Unreal. That is particularly insane and hateful to this country, even for the Party.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:16 AM (UZVEt)

330 BREAKING: New immigration bill introduced by House and Senate Democrats
will bring illegal aliens deported during the Trump administration back
to the U.S. and provide them with citizenship
Looks like they don't want to keep manufacturing as many fake votes as they did in 2020 and they'd rather have real ballots from fake citizens.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2021 09:16 AM (qlFIA)

331 I feel more sorry for Kyle Rittenhouse. He is screwed.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 19, 2021 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

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Is Lin Wood still involved there? I hope not. The last thing Kyle needs is a grandstanding lawyer. The prosecutor was just barred by the court from releasing Kyle's address to the public. Can you imagine? I suppose this guy was seemingly hoping he could tip off Antifa where to find the kid and do him in. Thankfully, the judge said no.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:16 AM (euCiN)

332 Yes, Jan 6 was a trap.

May the Despicable Human Being Pelosi (tm) receive all she deserves. I still maintain SHE wants the Presidency, to become Despot. She is a vile, malignant, immature ... [walks off, disgusted]

Posted by: Flyover - RRIP at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (Rbu5d)

333 We are screwed. There will be no escape. 2A ain't gonna save us. The American Holocaust of the slaughter of over 100 million is being planned as we speak.

Posted by: Jonah Kyle at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (pP+JZ)

334 "This is a possibility, I have been keeping my mouth shut, I'm wondering If I should just let me "freak" flag fly at this point. I'm all set with all of this crap."

Perhaps it is best to simply let her know that you love her.

But that as an informed adult, her decisions are hers to make.
And the results of those decisions are her burden to bear.

I know, it ain't easy.
An our heart goes out to you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (3D/fK)

335 Some people were burning their furniture to stay warm, it's being reported

You think you got it bad? We ate our long pork raw during Katrina.

Posted by: New Orleans Resident (No, not that one) at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (PPQdm)

336 If my kid was mouthing off about politics and party support, I'd just suggest she make a nice donation to a soup kitchen and forgo the snazzy gifts. Put her money where her lib mouth is

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (ONvIw)

337 When Trump reduced SALT reductions they lost it - "how dare he take money from me! I can barely make ends meet as it is!"

Posted by: 18-1 at February 19, 2021 09:11 AM (qlFIA)

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you just perfectly described the New Jersey Democrat party.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:18 AM (euCiN)

338 @PolitiBunny

Well ... bye: Oakley Union Elementary School District board president resigns after members caught trashing and threatening parents

https://tinyurl.com/y9rh3m8u

Posted by: Tami at February 19, 2021 09:19 AM (cF8AT)

339 I sat there and thought, this retard got 2 stars? really?
Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (aNoSP)

Our general introduced "combat football" as the game of choice. Soccer field, 65 people per team all on the field at once. Get the ball in the goal - no rules. We always had two medivac helicopters and a dozen ambulances on hand. The ambulances weren't allowed to go to the hospital until they were full (about 8 casualties). Only severe injuries paused the game.

Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:19 AM (/BlEx)

340 Wow, Nice job FEMA. 60 generators for Texas.
If we had true journalism instead of MSM being the mouthpiece of the Commies, they'd be all over this. Just like they were with hurricane responses with (R) presidents.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 19, 2021 09:20 AM (N39Ws)

341 i tuned in to Bill O'Reilly on The First channel on Pluto last night. It was good to see him on again. He did an anallysis of all of the so called white nationalist/ white supremacist Federal arrests over the last 5 or so years. Turns out there was something like 5.
When you compare and contrast that to ANTIFA and BLM, the numbers were in the hundreds and thousands. The difference was staggaring.
He kept saying, they are lying to you, the stats are there. And this will be their new way to silence anyone who disagrees with their agenda.

Bill- no shit. We've been saying that on here since pelosi and her ilk started this narrative when Trump got elected.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:20 AM (aNoSP)

342 I know, it ain't easy.
An our heart goes out to you.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (3D/fK)

Thank you, it's been hard, and relationships are hanging by a thread, this is good advice.

Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:20 AM (Up/Jb)

343 Speaking of arcs - I used to listen to Batchelor when he had a show during the GWOT. He is in my opinion the best interviewer on radio.

He always has cool bumper music.
His battle with cancer took a toll on him
but he always has interesting guests rotating through each night

Posted by: McCool at February 19, 2021 09:21 AM (BqBIh)

344 Go upside her head then.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:12 AM (nakwk)
This is a possibility, I have been keeping my mouth shut, I'm wondering If I should just let me "freak" flag fly at this point. I'm all set with all of this crap.
Posted by: spypeach at February 19, 2021 09:14 AM (Up/Jb)

You better hear me, baby
You better believe what I said
If you don't straightin' up, baby
Honey, I'm goin' upside your head....

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Reed at February 19, 2021 09:21 AM (Qm/Qo)

345 Soupy Sales

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:58 AM (arJlL)

All you kids out there, send me $1.

Posted by: BignJames at February 19, 2021 09:21 AM (AwYPR)

346 "The First Step Towards Righting America is Refusing to Believe the Left About Anything"

Exactly right.
1) WHY is item reported?
2) WHO will benefit?
3) WHAT is endgame?
Where, When, etc. they are Liars. Period.

Posted by: Flyover - RRIP at February 19, 2021 09:21 AM (Rbu5d)

347
If my kid was mouthing off about politics and party support, I'd just
suggest she make a nice donation to a soup kitchen and forgo the snazzy
gifts. Put her money where her lib mouth is

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:17 AM (ONvIw)

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I don't know about a soup kitchen but I completely agree with foregoing the big expensive wedding. Now, in the covid times I think more kids are going small and saving the money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (euCiN)

348 Our general introduced "combat football" as the game of choice. Soccer field, 65 people per team all on the field at once. Get the ball in the goal - no rules. We always had two medivac helicopters and a dozen ambulances on hand. The ambulances weren't allowed to go to the hospital until they were full (about 8 casualties). Only severe injuries paused the game.
Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:19 AM (/BlEx)

okay now that is something i can get behind. no general would have the stones to do that now. at least none i've encountered.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (aNoSP)

349 Our general introduced "combat football" as the game of choice. Soccer field, 65 people per team all on the field at once. Get the ball in the goal - no rules. We always had two medivac helicopters and a dozen ambulances on hand. The ambulances weren't allowed to go to the hospital until they were full (about 8 casualties). Only severe injuries paused the game.
Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:19 AM (/BlEx)

That's idiotic. Deliberately setting the stage to get your own troops unnecessarily injured, and thus not combat-ready, should've gotten him court-martialed.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (nakwk)

350 @redsteeze

Tweet vs. story.

https://tinyurl.com/y8doul9b

Posted by: Tami at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (cF8AT)

351 Wow, Nice job FEMA. 60 generators for Texas.

I know what you're thinking, but we desperately need them to run our offices.

Posted by: FEMA at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (PPQdm)

352 MADIGAN RESIGNED!,!?!!11!!

Hoo, boy. Going to the link.

I guess this means his daughter will have less -- influence -- as well?

Posted by: Flyover - RRIP at February 19, 2021 09:23 AM (Rbu5d)

353 I know what you're thinking, but we desperately need them to run our offices.
Posted by: FEMA at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (PPQdm)

Yeah, those hot tubs draw a lot of juice

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:23 AM (nakwk)

354 Bill- no shit. We've been saying that on here since pelosi and her ilk started this narrative when Trump got elected.

Bill is always sanguine that the Dems are so crazy they will never succeed. He's wrong on that count.

Posted by: McCool at February 19, 2021 09:23 AM (BqBIh)

355 Our general introduced "combat football" as the game
of choice. Soccer field, 65 people per team all on the field at once.
Get the ball in the goal - no rules. We always had two medivac
helicopters and a dozen ambulances on hand. The ambulances weren't
allowed to go to the hospital until they were full (about 8 casualties).
Only severe injuries paused the game.

Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:19 AM (/BlEx)

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fuck that. let the Roman general go first.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:23 AM (euCiN)

356 That's idiotic. Deliberately setting the stage to get your own troops unnecessarily injured, and thus not combat-ready, should've gotten him court-martialed.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (nakwk)

i'm guessing he was embellishing a bit, but my joes loved aggressive sports and if someone did get thumped, it became a mark of badassdom. But that was...well...20 years ago.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:24 AM (aNoSP)

357 Now, in the covid times I think more kids are going small and saving the money.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (euCiN)
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I don't even know what's expensive for a wedding anymore. If I met the love of my life and married her and wanted to throw a seriously great wedding, I couldn't see spending more than I would on a nice midsized car, and that's if I were completely besotted and out of my mind - and I know that was only a normal expensive wedding a decade ago. I don't understand how they cost so much.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:24 AM (UZVEt)

358 That's idiotic. Deliberately setting the stage to get your own troops unnecessarily injured, and thus not combat-ready, should've gotten him court-martialed.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (nakwk)

It was designed to show troops they could meet their objectives even with casualties. Keep going until you succeed.

The game was bloody and there were serious injuries, but it did teach a lesson.

Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:24 AM (/BlEx)

359 358 It was designed to show troops they could meet their objectives even with casualties. Keep going until you succeed.

The game was bloody and there were serious injuries, but it did teach a lesson.
Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:24 AM (/BlEx)

=========

Until some jerk junior officer named Kirk reprogrammed the machine to let him win without casualties.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 19, 2021 09:25 AM (LvTSG)

360 My Dad used to say "You can't just retire from something. You have to retire to something."

Sage advice.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 19, 2021 09:26 AM (2BZBZ)

361 I don't know about a soup kitchen but I completely agree with foregoing the big expensive wedding. Now, in the covid times I think more kids are going small and saving the money.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:22 AM (euCiN)

The couple I referenced above who are bitching about Biden not being the moderate they loved, have kid who postponed her wedding three times already due to "the virus". She wants a big party and flashy gifts, lib as can be, but a material girl to the marrow

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:26 AM (ONvIw)

362 Just went through TSA for my first flight in a year

Security Theater + Pandemic Theater = Theater of the Absurd

Posted by: Motionview at February 19, 2021 09:27 AM (iKgYN)

363 Anyone notice another unintentional truth from Fake President about there being no vaccines when he came into office?

That's because they started presidenting on November 4th, when there was no vaccine and when it was even more illegal than it is now.

Posted by: ... at February 19, 2021 09:28 AM (DnmCs)

364 Madigan. (Laughs). ComEd. (Laughs). Pritzger. (Guffaws).

Makes me wish I listened to Dan Proft this morning. [waves to Dan]

Posted by: Flyover - RRIP at February 19, 2021 09:28 AM (Rbu5d)

365 Morning all!

Well, the sun came up this morning, but I'm still disappointed that it didn't SuperNova right away.

Is SMOD still teasing us?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 19, 2021 09:28 AM (jvt6t)

366 362: All of life is a stage.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:28 AM (ONvIw)

367 Thanks to the mostly peaceful purge of the leftards from my social media feeds, I've been blessed not to have to see much negative Rush coverage and commentary this week.

For that I am grateful.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (JVQFp)

368 One friend told me more than 1,000 people were lined up outside a grocery store here in Austin.

That's from the Federalist story on the Texas power grid collapse. God bless Texas, this is a serious mess and people are dying down there. What the hell is Sundown doing calling a lid, may I ask? He should be front and center.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (euCiN)

369 355 Our general introduced "combat football" as the game
of choice. Soccer field, 65 people per team all on the field at once. Get the ball in the goal - no rules. We always had two medivac helicopters and a dozen ambulances on hand. The ambulances weren't allowed to go to the hospital until they were full (about 8 casualties). Only severe injuries paused the game.

Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:19 AM (/BlEx)

reminds me of a medieval free-for-all. A contest held towards the end of the Tournament with a big prize, anyone could join, even peasants. no rules. Last man standing won the prize. The crowd was always entertained.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (bxPTJ)

370 That's because they started presidenting on November 4th, when there was no vaccine and when it was even more illegal than it is now.
Posted by: ... at February 19, 2021 09:28 AM (DnmC

yep. maybe sooner

Posted by: my name is Bill Barr and I approve of this messge at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (ONvIw)

371 320 Why is Honore's pic on top??
Posted by: runner at February 19, 2021 09:13 AM (W8e/N)

You have to actually read the content as well as at least scan the headlines, my friend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (s2VJv)

372 JJ - Thanks for continuing to do that thing you do! Have a great weekend!!!

Posted by: Doof at February 19, 2021 09:30 AM (mZUr4)

373 WSJ - We'll Have Herd Immunity by April
Covid cases have dropped 77% in six weeks. Experts should level with the public about the good news.

Archive version
https://tinyurl.com/r8469mnk

Posted by: McCool at February 19, 2021 09:30 AM (BqBIh)

374 Higher rates and no SALT will be a push in most red states, we just go back to subsidizing high tax blue states, meh.

Posted by: Rando East Texas Poster at February 19, 2021 09:30 AM (qu5Zx)

375 Sundown has a few million replacement Texans all lined up

Posted by: my name is Bill Barr and I approve of this message at February 19, 2021 09:30 AM (ONvIw)

376 Art. Snowy.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 19, 2021 09:30 AM (dfRN6)

377 362: All of life is a stage.

Posted by: CN at February 19, 2021 09:28 AM (ONvIw)

SHAKESPEARE IS RACIST!!!!!!111111!!!!
Public School English Teachers collective #458 - Filling your little precious kiddies with propaganda since 1970.

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2021 09:31 AM (gmo/4)

378 Madigan. (Laughs). ComEd. (Laughs). Pritzger. (Guffaws).
=====

Nothing left but to snort and chuckle; sometimes even giggling.

Any of you NoIL people out there remember Billy Ayers and his ComEd trust fund?

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 19, 2021 09:31 AM (MIKMs)

379 "...civilian security, democracy, and human rights."

You can bet your bottom dollar that the "undersecretary" position deals with the exact opposite of these things.

Democracy always ends in tyranny. That's why the Dems like it so much.

Posted by: Flyover - RRIP at February 19, 2021 09:31 AM (Rbu5d)

380 WSJ - We'll Have Herd Immunity by April
Covid cases have dropped 77% in six weeks. Experts should level with the public about the good news.
-------
Well, gosh. Cold and flu season is tapering off. Who would have thought it?

In other news, the Sun rose in the East.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 19, 2021 09:32 AM (GLv8N)

381 Security Theater + Pandemic Theater = Theater of the Absurd
Posted by: Motionview at February 19, 2021 09:27 AM (iKgYN)
++++
Placard at airport: Wear your mask!
TSA goon checking ID: Lower your mask.

It's a system with built-in violations of all possible best practices.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:32 AM (UZVEt)

382 I don't understand how they cost so much.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:24 AM (UZVEt)

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I threw two (well, my wife did but I was there) and I can't tell you. Every little thing costs more. And you write checks to pay for things whose purpose you cannot explain. It's ridiculous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:32 AM (euCiN)

383 374 Higher rates and no SALT will be a push in most red states, we just go back to subsidizing high tax blue states, meh.
Posted by: Rando East Texas Poster at February 19, 2021 09:30 AM (qu5Zx)

Can red state governors and legislatures with actual morals and character do something to retaliate?

Tell residents to not pay federal income tax and then defend them from the IRS? Something? Nullification?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (s2VJv)

384 359 358 It was designed to show troops they could meet their objectives even with casualties. Keep going until you succeed.

The game was bloody and there were serious injuries, but it did teach a lesson.
Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:24 AM (/BlEx)

I wonder if the game pointed out any strategic thinkers. A true strategist would organize a couple of 10 man teams to identify any leading players on the other side and target their knees. Once the other teams key players were knocked out, a win would be easy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (bxPTJ)

385 I wake up later and read most of the content, so when I start commenting, most of the horde has already discussed.

However, that hawt model that is a new talent and strutting the runway is breathtaking. And by breathtaking, I mean incredibly drab and sad.

Someone should tell her to smile more.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (jvt6t)

386
You have to actually read the content as well as at least scan the headlines, my friend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (s2VJv)

Right!

Posted by: runner at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (W8e/N)

387 378: Ayers, that reminds me, anyone else see the resemblance between SDS/WU and antifa? It's the same shit repackaged for a new generation of angry blacks and spoiled college kids with more money than brains.

Posted by: my name is Bill Barr and I approve of this message at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (ONvIw)

388 I will never, as long as I live, believe another word that comes out of Washington DC.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 19, 2021 09:15 AM (TdMsT)

{{{Ladyl}}}
Personally, I am hoping that about 80 million real Americans take that position and proceed to act on it as undisputed truth!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 09:34 AM (F0JZc)

389 Someone should tell her to smile more.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (jvt6t)
++++
Sexist.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 19, 2021 09:34 AM (UZVEt)

390 Was watching CNBC this morning. They were interviewing a former Texas and then later federal utility regulator. She had lots of interesting takes on the Texas mess until she collapsed into blathering on about global warming causing the extreme weather Texas is having and will continue to have. She switched into a frothing weather nutter and the CNBC guy was not having it. He forced her to admit that Texas has had recorded snow and ice storms from the early 1900s to the 2011 big freeze. He was laughing at her when he signed off.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 19, 2021 09:34 AM (8j+aw)

391 snowy art is nood

Posted by: my name is Bill Barr and I approve of this message at February 19, 2021 09:35 AM (ONvIw)

392 Art does Texas today

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 09:35 AM (euCiN)

393 Actually you probably wouldn't be charged with a hate crime, J.J. They would think that being on the cutting edge of societal evolution was a good thing and wouldn't understand it to be a reference to the French Revolution . I do think, however, it was clever of you to slip it in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 19, 2021 09:35 AM (VP4Cd)

394 "Placard at airport: Wear your mask!
TSA goon checking ID: Lower your mask.

It's a system with built-in violations of all possible best practices."

While at IKEA the other day, Indeed to use the self help computer kiosk.

Big sign read that the touch screen feature had been disabled, in order to reduce the chance of transmitting the Covid.
And....to use the attached keyboard and mouse to navigate instead.

Yup, no chance of transmission there, folks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:35 AM (3D/fK)

395 367 Thanks to the mostly peaceful purge of the leftards from my social media
feeds, I've been blessed not to have to see much negative Rush coverage
and commentary this week.

For that I am grateful.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (JVQFp)

The feeling is even greater when you get rid of all social media accounts. Remember, you are not getting a service. You are a product to them.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 19, 2021 09:36 AM (N39Ws)

396 You have to actually read the content as well as at least scan the headlines, my friend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2021 09:29 AM (s2VJv)

Wait, there's content?
Why didn't some one tell me...
I mean, I have read a lot of blogs, but the concept of content is new to me...

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 09:36 AM (F0JZc)

397 However, that hawt model that is a new talent and strutting the runway is breathtaking. And by breathtaking, I mean incredibly drab and sad.

And here I thought you meant by breathtaking you meant that her body odor could gag a maggot at 100 yards.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 19, 2021 09:38 AM (SchxB)

398 "Wait, there's content?
Why didn't some one tell me... "

There has really only been rumors of content for some time.

Some of those rumors were being discussed right here in these very comments.

Oh....wait...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:39 AM (3D/fK)

399 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:35 AM (3D/fK)

VIA, the point is NEVER to provide rational structured "orders", it is to make you submit to enforced irrational stupidity!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 09:39 AM (F0JZc)

400 "I wonder if the game pointed out any strategic thinkers. A true strategist would organize a couple of 10 man teams to identify any leading players on the other side and target their knees. Once the other teams key players were knocked out, a win would be easy."
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 09:33 AM (bxPTJ)

Elaborate strategic and tactical plans were laid out prior to each game. Of course, those plans were forgotten the minute the opening whistle blew.

Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:39 AM (/BlEx)

401 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:39 AM (3D/fK)

"There will be content and rumors of content,!" is that what you're saying?

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 09:41 AM (F0JZc)

402 "is that what you're saying?"

Sounds better than..

It was the best of times..
It was the worst of times...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:42 AM (3D/fK)

403 Elaborate strategic and tactical plans were laid out prior to each game. Of course, those plans were forgotten the minute the opening whistle blew.
Posted by: jwest at February 19, 2021 09:39 AM (/BlEx)

thus bolstering the adage, no plan survives initial contact.

was thinking the brits play rugby and that is rough as hell. their troops always impressed me and seemed to have an innate toughness.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:43 AM (aNoSP)

404 One quibble. You said that Ashli Babbitt got blown away by an unidentified cop.
We do not know that the individual that pulled that trigger is a cop of any sort. We only have the rumor that he is.
He could be a Member of Congress or staff to same. Or, a third party instigator.
Until we have a name to put to the shooter, I will not slander the cops.

Posted by: Long Running Fool at February 19, 2021 09:45 AM (Oa5xy)

405 "their troops always impressed me and seemed to have an innate toughness."

You grow up with British dentistry, and you're gonna grow up tough.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:45 AM (3D/fK)

406 You grow up with British dentistry, and you're gonna grow up tough.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:45 AM (3D/fK)

hahah so true.

Novocaine? By jove not needed! Drill away, suh!

Posted by: Jack Burton, who says its all in the reflexes at February 19, 2021 09:47 AM (aNoSP)

407 Posted by: Long Running Fool at February 19, 2021 09:45 AM (Oa5xy)

I feel like they killed her to start a more violent riot.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at February 19, 2021 09:48 AM (ySQBZ)

408 It was the best of times..

It was the worst of times...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 09:42 AM (3D/fK)

===============
go on....

Posted by: Charlie Dickens at February 19, 2021 09:49 AM (euCiN)

409 Thank you JJ. Another great job
The sunrise in Frisco was amazing
Shortly thereafter a 24 foot Prime bobtail wondered around the block on the hard packed snow.

I imagine today will devastate the white racist snow.

Be very careful out there, it is treacherously beautiful

Punch in and take a break

Posted by: Larro at February 19, 2021 10:00 AM (+ITg4)

410 Combat Football? We used to play that when we were 12, but called it Kill the Pill (or Smear the Queer). Basically, it was an huge game of team keep-away that always devolved into a Logan's Run parody, since we never considered the endzone/scoring concept. Good times
*sigh*

Posted by: Armchair Sinner at February 19, 2021 10:04 AM (Nig2g)

411 Where the hell is FEMA and other federal assistance during this storm? People are literally freezing in the dark, yet no response whatsoever.

Posted by: Blacksheep at February 19, 2021 10:09 AM (6mvRv)

412 Did you know that Ted Cruz's trip to Cancun produced only one fewer stripper babies than all of Hunter Biden's trips to Washington DC combined?

Posted by: MLCross at February 19, 2021 10:11 AM (K8Z2z)

413 #411 The freeze is in Texas. They don't care about Texas in this administration!

Posted by: AnnaS at February 19, 2021 10:27 AM (l4l/z)

414 Great stuff, J.J.

Posted by: JP Jens at February 19, 2021 10:40 AM (JPVCx)

415 Health care is two words

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