Mollie Hemingway: The GOP Will Never Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Finally Gone

Comments Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made on Tuesday show why he has become the single biggest obstacle to GOP success.
The Kentucky Republican claimed giving more money to Ukraine is "the No. 1 priority for the United States right now, according to most Republicans." The new $1.7 trillion Democrat spending bill he enthusiastically supports would give Ukraine another roughly $45 billion in assistance, bringing the total over the past eight months to more than $100 billion, a staggering figure even if it weren't happening during a time of inflation, looming recession, and other serious domestic problems.

McConnell: "Providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians is the number one priority for the United States right now according to most Republicans. That's how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment." pic.twitter.com/NPmzWRzoz1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 20, 2022

The comment about Republican priorities is so false as to be completely delusional. Among the many concerns Republican voters have with Washington, D.C., a failure to give even more money to Ukraine simply does not rank.
...
Republicans care deeply about borders and national sovereignty, but they rank the protection of their own open border far above the protection of the borders of other countries. It is worth remembering that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history occurred in 2019 over a fight between Congress and President Donald Trump over whether to commit a relatively paltry $5 billion to protect our country's southern border, which Congress had refused to fund.
Another comment from McConnell also shocked Republicans. Of the $1.7 trillion left-wing spending spree McConnell is working so hard to help Democrats pass, he said, unbelievably, that he was "pretty proud of the fact that with a Democratic president, Democratic House, and Democratic Senate, we were able to achieve through this omnibus spending bill essentially all of our priorities." As an indication of how deeply sick and broken and unserious the Senate is, no one had even begun to read the lengthy bill, which was put forward just hours before votes began.

The American people voted for Republicans to take over control of the House of Representatives, and House Republicans had begged McConnell to push for a smaller, short-term bill to keep the government funded while also giving them a rare opportunity to weigh in on Biden's policy goals. McConnell allies dismissed House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and other House members who tried to persuade Republican senators not to support Democrats' spending frenzy.
Budgets are policy documents, and the only leverage Republicans have is to wait a few weeks for when they will have a much stronger hand to weigh in on every issue that matters. By ramming through the $1.7 trillion package during the lame-duck session, Republicans will have significantly less ability over the next year to fight against Democrats' destruction of rule of law in the Department of Justice, the failure to protect American borders, the destruction of the military, and Democrat collusion with Big Tech to suppress conservatives and their ideas.
The spending bill McConnell asserted was good for all of his priorities rewards the FBI with brand new headquarters and ups the funding for the DOJ to enable it to go after even more of its political opponents while protecting its political allies.
It's perhaps worth remembering that during the 2020 Georgia runoff campaign, McConnell blocked efforts to increase funding for Americans who had their businesses and jobs shut down by government mandate during the response to Covid-19. Spending is not a problem for him, so long as the right people receive the funds.

I have deliberately not quoted the best part of the article, which is the rousing peroration in which Mitch McConnell's long, long and steadfast service as bagman for the Democrat Leftist Establishment is detailed. You've probably forgotten many of these betrayals.

Definitely read it. It's a banger.

Maria Bartiromo spoke with House Republican James Comer about Mitch McConnell's betrayal regarding FBI funding, giving them extra money even as it's revealed they've been depriving Americans of their first amendment rights for years.

Of course, McConnell supports that. He's a thuggish tool of the oligarchs.

COMER: The one thing that we have the ability to do is stop the spending. Stop the spending. We need an FBI we really do. But this FBI is out of control. It is doing things, that Congress never granted the authority to do. In no way, shape or form should the government be in the business of censoring free speech, whether liberal or conservative speech that is just something the government should not do.
But to dedicate a task force of at least 80 employees to do nothing but communicate with social media sites, telling them what soties to suppress, who to ban, is just wrong. It is a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars and a violation of the Constitution.
And to think that as we speak, the Senate is sitting here giving them more money for the next 12 months, tying our hands and our ability to get the FBI in front of the committee. One way we could get the FBI in front of the committee really quickly is say we're not giving you a penny, until you all come down here and explain to us, what this task force was, why you told Twitter to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story when you knew darn well it was true.
The Senate is counter to everything we're trying to do in the House from an oversight standpoint right now, especially with respect to the FBI.
BARTIROMO: That is horrible who or senators agreeing to this, Mitch McConnell? Who else?
COMER: We've got Richard Shelby, Rob Portman, and ironically, Maria, a lot of senators are going out of office, they are not even going to be in Congress in 10 days. This is something that should be punted until first of the year, we've got questions.
Look at the southern border, we are in order holding anyone accountable from a budgetary standpoint for the crisis at the border, we're not holding anyone accountable at the debacle in the NIH and the CDC, all the bad decisions they made, and all the money they waisted during Covid. And here we are with the FBI, an agency that is clearly out of control. No one, no one in Congress, even the liberals, would say the FBI has gone any business you censoring free speech.
BARTIROMO: This is one more piece of evidence that the Senate Republicans are working against the American people. There is no other way to look at it. They continue to go with Democrat colleagues and vote for this spending, and then they complain that inflation is at 40-year highs.
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The idea that the FBI was paying Twitter, okay? I know the FBI and DOJ pays human sources, to do their work, they paid spies during Russia collusion story, that whole made-up story that Trump colluded with Russia, they paid old spies is to entrap Trump officials. What did they do with Twitter? Why is the FBI paying Twitter? That is outrageous.
COMER: According to the latest Twitter dump, the FBI was spending so much time with Twitter executives, every two weeks having meetings that lasted for hours, telling them what stories to suppress, what looked like disinformation, who to ban from Twitter, I -- I mean things that the FBI has no business doing. They reimbursed them for their time, over $3 million dollars over a two-year period. And that is just Twitter, we don't know how much they paid Facebook, Google, YouTube, the other social media platforms.
80 employees, that's roughly $12 million dollars in salary and benefits dedicated to policing social media sites, are you kidding me? At a time when crime is out of control, human trafficking is out of control, we have a crisis of fentanyl, we have a crisis of shoplifting, and the crime rate in these cities is higher than it has been in my adult lifetime, ans the FBI's focused on policing social media sites? This is a gross misuse of the taxpayer dollars.

Video at the link.

RedState points out some of the other "victories" Mitch McConnell "won" for us by deliberately cutting the newly-elected GOP House out of negotiations:

💸 $1 million for Zora’s House in Ohio, a “coworking and community space” for “women and gender-expansive people of color.”
💸 $3 million for the American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York City.
💸 $3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia.
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) December 20, 2022

💸 $750k for the “TransLatin@ Coalition” to provide “workforce development programs and supportive services for Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex immigrant women in Los Angeles.
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) December 20, 2022

GUYS!!! McCONNELL GOT THE DEMOCRATS TO SPEND MILLIONS ON THE KEY CONSERVATIVE PRIORITY OF "LGBT PRIDE HOUSES"!

You Lucky Duckies! How stoked are all of you?!

I brought along the 1.7 trillion, 4,000+ page Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending bill that's being fast-tracked through the Senate. This process stinks. It's an abomination. It's a no good rotten way to run government. We're standing up and saying NO. pic.twitter.com/Wom6xKEeQh
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 20, 2022

I suggest returning all the GOP's solicitations for money with the message, "The zero dollars included matches the zero votes you will receive from me until and unless Mitch McConnell, and his neocon cronies, are deposed from Senate leadership."

Posted by: Ace at 01:24 PM

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1 She's not wrong.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:23 PM (DRSnL)

2 Fiscal restraint and limited government? Never heard of it.

~Bitch McConnell, probably

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 21, 2022 01:24 PM (NgqoH)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

4 NOOD
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:24 PM (DRSnL)

That's hot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

5 How many "Republicans" does this MFr know?

Posted by: BignJames at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (AwYPR)

6 Well getting rid of Mitch the Bitch is a good start at least. There's a lotta cleanup to be done. A lot of....Purging, if you will.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (XvPQV)

7 $750k for the “TransLatin@ Coalition” to provide “workforce development programs and supportive services for Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex immigrant women in Los Angeles.

Doesn't seem like there would be enough people in this group to justify that much money.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (DRSnL)

8 The GOP Will Never Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Finally Gone
.....

Depends on how you define success.

I reckon they think they are plenty successful.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (doaiM)

9 Dear Mitch.

Choke on a dick and die.

Sincerely,

EVERYONE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)

10 Nothing is as it seems.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (Xrfse)

11 That's hot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

I didn't say *I* was nood. Then again, I didn't say I wasn't.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (DRSnL)

12 A 4,000 page bill? There should be a way of making that illegal.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (eGTCV)

13 Even once he's gone, some other greedy bastard will rise up to pocket as much Federal Lucre as he possibly can in his stead.

We need Senators that are willing to govern themselves into a lower class.

Posted by: XTC at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (UnA8+)

14 Willowed:

Greg Price @greg_price11 18m
Welp, here are Trump's tax returns that Democrats fought so hard to get:

2015: $31.7M loss, $641,931 paid in taxes
2016: $32.4M loss, $750 paid in taxes
2017: $12.9M loss, $750 paid
2018: $24.3M gain, $999,456 paid
2019: $4.4M gain, $133,445 paid
2020: $4.8M loss, $0 paid
Dec 21, 2022 · 6:05 PM UTC · Twitter Web App
Posted by: Biden's Dog, Front-Line Commenter Wannabee, at December 21, 2022 01:24 PM (dU49V)

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (Vwz3I)

15 Where is James Hodgkinson when you need him?

Posted by: The Deuce at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (hX4WE)

16 This is totally fine. We just need better candidates.

Posted by: meme dog at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (yZKGm)

17 Hi ace!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (Wy1BU)

18 Sorry, I'm being distracted by the sidebar. Total minx (and she's in tune in this one):

https://youtu.be/M4pHS53U7F4

Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (yZlY6)

19 COMER: We've got Richard Shelby, Rob Portman, and ironically, Maria, a lot of senators are going out of office, they are not even going to be in Congress in 10 days. This is something that should be punted until first of the year, we've got questions.
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It's a final "fuck you" to the base.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (t0OGg)

20 What’s wrong with promoting the translation of Latin?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (ai465)

21
Bah. And feh.

The GOP is very, very successful with Mitch McConnell in charge. It accomplishes everything it's supposed to. And it will continue to do so with whichever controlled-opposition maggot the Democrats pick as his replacement.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (oINRc)

22 The zero dollars included matches the zero votes you will receive from me until and unless Mitch McConnell, and his neocon cronies, are deposed from Senate leadership."

Posted by: Ace

You got that right, Chuy! Didn't know Mollie reads the HQ....but she must.

Posted by: Prime Sister at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (tQL7r)

23
I didn't say *I* was nood. Then again, I didn't say I wasn't.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (DRSnL)

....I've got a full on robot chubby.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

24 Why does Mollie hate Ukraine so?
My number one priority is making sure Zelenskyy goes home with many, many sacks of cash.
*poop emoji*

Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 01:28 PM (v0R5T)

25 GUYS!!! McCONNELL GOT THE DEMOCRATS TO SPEND MILLIONS ON THE KEY CONSERVATIVE PRIORITY OF "LGBT PRIDE HOUSES"!

You Lucky Duckies! How stoked are all of you?!
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Super stoked. I am not even kidding. More people might realize how much more worse than useless than the GOP is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:28 PM (t0OGg)

26 Mitch laughing spreads his wings.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) steals from other Morons at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (yQpMk)

27 Why couldn't the Republicans refuse to consider this bill until it's edited down to say 20 pages?

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (eGTCV)

28 What's another 1.7 trillion we don't have. Its fine.

Posted by: meme dog at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (tdKCh)

29 >>>18 Sorry, I'm being distracted by the sidebar. Total minx (and she's in tune in this one):

alas I'm 99.99% sure she's just lip-syncing to the recording. I saw her doing that in a couple of "live" vids.

Hot minx tho.

Posted by: ace at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (C1Zwz)

30 This has been known about Mitch for decades. He is a useless fuck.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (geVLo)

31 $750k for the “TransLatin@ Coalition” to provide “workforce development programs and supportive services for Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex immigrant women in Los Angeles.

Doesn't seem like there would be enough people in this group to justify that much money.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (DRSnL)
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Open borders will change that, I'm sure.../sarc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (YIVH2)

32 >>The comment about Republican priorities is so false as to be completely delusional.

But is it really?

Again, the Republican party is an illegitimate political party, what the Republican ballots want has largely been irrelevant since 2007.

Republican ballots only advocate was violently ejected, and vomitted out in 2020.

McConnell is simply speaking the truth as it relates to what is the sad reality of the situation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (up/3i)

33 I suggest returning all the GOP's solicitations for money with the message, "The zero dollars included matches the zero votes you will receive from me until and unless Mitch McConnell, and his neocon cronies, are deposed from Senate leadership."
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You, much like Mollie Hemmingway, fail to go too far enough.

The Senate leadership? Yes, but why stop there? *All* GOP leadership - Senate, House, States, Party, all of it - needs to be purged. The existing party management needs to be burned down to the waterline and replaced wholesale, at all levels. Mitch McConnell and the Senate leadership being purged is not nearly enough. It would be merely a good start. There is so much left to do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (t0OGg)

34 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (XvPQV)

35 Not runaway spending. Not inflation. Not the destruction of housing and food supplies by oligarchs and megacorporations. Not the Sinofication of our country. Not the infiltration and influence of the CCP. Not the uncontrolled invasion at the border. Not the predatory grooming and sexual mutilation of children for pleasure and profit. Not CRT further Balkanizing our country. Not young adults being unable to live on their own because rent is $1500 a month and a dozen fucking eggs are $6.00 now. None of that is a priority, no. The main priority of the United States is handing over more cash to corrupt motherfuckers in Ukraine so other corrupt motherfuckers can skim more graft.

Fuck this fucking motherfucker and anyone who thinks like him.

Posted by: Fuck you turtle! at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (s2na+)

36 At least McConnell is openly shitting on people who still support his corrupt political party. McCarthy is still pretending that's just a bird or something.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (KSNKu)

37
alas I'm 99.99% sure she's just lip-syncing to the recording. I saw her doing that in a couple of "live" vids.

Hot minx tho.
Posted by: ace at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (C1Zwz)

So?

Posted by: Milli and Vanilli at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

38 I'm fine with shitting on McConnell, but to pretend this is a McConnell problem . . . there is no rebellion within the ranks of the GOP senators.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (OYIxz)

39 You Lucky Duckies! How stoked are all of you?!
........

So stoked I forgot to go "Wwooohooo".

Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (v0R5T)

40 And it will continue to do so with whichever controlled-opposition maggot the Democrats pick as his replacement.

Yep.

Ace finally punched my last few pounds of Trump support savagely in the gut with the reporting on Trump gathering all the Log Cabin group together to tell them how he'll fight for teh gheys.

I guess I'll vote for whoever the other option is.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (doaiM)

41 26 Mitch laughing spreads his wings.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) steals from other Morons at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (yQpMk)

Turtles have wings?
Is he some kind of...demon turtle?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (XvPQV)

42 Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 21, 2022 01:26 PM (Vwz3I)
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Meme of the hour:

https://tinyurl.com/3fjyecxw

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog, Front-Line Commenter Wannabee, at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (dU49V)

43 We can thank the assholes in KY who voted for this shitpile.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (BdMk6)

44 >27 Why couldn't the Republicans refuse to consider this bill until it's edited down to say 20 pages?

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (eGTCV)

Governmentin' is too complicated for you rubes to understand...why a 4,000 page bill is quite reasonable.

Bitch and Chucky

Posted by: Heavy Meta at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (NgqoH)

45 I have deliberately not quoted the best part of the article, which is the rousing peroration.....

Yikes, a peroration? And a rousing one??

Posted by: Prime Sister at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (tQL7r)

46 Hi Madame!

Posted by: ace at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (C1Zwz)

47 McConnell's successor will be worse.

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (SYTee)

48 The LGBTWTFBBQ houses are all cock-shaped.

Posted by: In keeping with a theme at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (s2na+)

49 *EVERY* spending bill should be read out loud in it's entirety--from first page to last--before the entire Congress.

Then--and only then--may they vote on the package.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (YIVH2)

50 I think it's adorable that Ms. Hemingway believes that getting rid of McConnell would make it possible for the gop to suddenly give two shits about the American people. The Republicans don't care about this country or the average citizen. They care about keeping their snouts in the trough.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (Wy1BU)

51 41 Didn’t Gamera have wings?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (ai465)

52 Turtles have wings?
Is he some kind of...demon turtle?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (

Everytime GOPe coffers get enriched a turtle gets its wings.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (eGTCV)

53 I saw Bitch and Chucky open for Alice in Chains at Lalapalooza in '92

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

54 Why couldn't the Republicans refuse to consider this bill until it's edited down to say 20 pages?
==
Now why would they do that when they really support it?

Posted by: Hello - Uniparty? HeLLO? at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (5/qvn)

55 It's a final "fuck you" to the base.

It's their last chance to loot the Treasury on their way out the door. I doubt they've given a second thought to us.

Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (dNNCD)

56 Didn’t Gamera have wings?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (ai465)

No. Jet engines.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

57 >>> alas I'm 99.99% sure she's just lip-syncing to the recording. I saw her doing that in a couple of "live" vids.

Hot minx tho.
Posted by: ace at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (C1Zwz)

So?
Posted by: Milli and Vanilli at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

Her bod is 101% in sync tho...

Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (0fVbu)

58 McConnell's successor will be worse.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (SYTee)

I would doubt that was possible but, I guess xhe could be on both China and Russia's payroll.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (yQpMk)

59 38 I'm fine with shitting on McConnell, but to pretend this is a McConnell problem . . . there is no rebellion within the ranks of the GOP senators.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (OYIxz)

Thank you. As a reminder, three-fourths of Republican senators voted to reinstall this piece of shit. He truly represents their (lack of) values. And more importantly, he represents their value.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (KSNKu)

60 41 26 Mitch laughing spreads his wings.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) steals from other Morons at December 21, 2022 01:29 PM (yQpMk)

Turtles have wings?
Is he some kind of...demon turtle?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:31 PM (XvPQV)

In Ukraine the money burning'
As the graft machine keeps turnin'

Posted by: Whoa Lord yeah! at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (s2na+)

61 fuck anyone who is for backing Ukraine

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (us2H3)

62 I needs to start a phony bologna NGO and collect some of this sweet cash. A shelter for tranny pets sounds like a winner I think.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (AXxfu)

63 Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (jVeJE)

64 ... None of that is a priority, no. The main priority of the United States is handing over more cash to corrupt motherfuckers in Ukraine so other corrupt motherfuckers can skim more graft. ...
Posted by: Fuck you turtle! at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (s2na+)
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Why do you think I got into this gig? For you? For your precious little principles or so-called "rights?" You mealy-mouthed little imbecile. I'll tell you this once and only once, so perk up and pay attention so it will sink in to your cretinous little skull.

I'm after power and I mean it. This is about me and my pals who rule the country. Party? Positions? Don't be naive. This transcends all of that crap. That crap is just a distraction. This is about money and power and the games we play are to maximize both. Nothing more and nothing less. Since the best way to maximize both is to maximize the things that bring us both, we will continue to maximize the state and, by extension, our own power. If you want something from me, have something to give me. Otherwise, go piss up a rope.

That clear enough for you?

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (t0OGg)

65 McConnell's successor will be worse.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (SYTee)
........

John Thune the NeverTrumper grumpy statue?

Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (v0R5T)

66 51 41 Didn’t Gamera have wings?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (ai465)

I thought he had jet engines.
He's full of meat, too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:35 PM (XvPQV)

67 I'm no fan of Turtle, but do you really think he is the problem? That getting rid of him will solve the problem? It won't. He is not the problem. He is merely reflective of the real problem.

The real problem is the Senate and the GOP Senators who back all this profligate spending on leftwing pet projects. They don't care how much money is being spent or what it's being spent on. They care only that money is being spent.

They care nothing about individual voters because that is not their true constituency. Their true constituency is DC and all the lobbyists, cronies, bribe-makers, and corruption infesting the place.

State voters don't elect Senators who then represent that state's interest in DC. Senators represent DC's interest in their states.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 21, 2022 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

68 I think it's adorable that Ms. Hemingway believes that getting rid of McConnell would make it possible for the gop to suddenly give two shits about the American people. The Republicans don't care about this country or the average citizen. They care about keeping their snouts in the trough.
=
The entire purpose of "politics" and politics is to continue the illusion that you, rubes being fleeced, have some say in the actual fleecing. You do not. But most you still manage to talk yourselves into believing if we just vote harder or have a better candidate all will be corrected.

Posted by: Allow me to explain the STING at December 21, 2022 01:35 PM (W6j8x)

69 >>> 34 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (XvPQV)

Maybe, although I don't know if the Russians would bother sending anyone here. The CCP very likely has thousands of assets here already (H1B, Confucius Centers, etc). We have lots of home-grown greentards who would love to kill humans to "help teh erf"....

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 21, 2022 01:35 PM (llON8)

70 63 Fuck the GOP.
Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (jVeJE)

oh, my God, yes

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:35 PM (us2H3)

71 "... a staggering figure even if it weren't happening during a time of inflation, looming recession, and other serious domestic problems."

To be honest, it would be less staggering -- even in our current economic mess -- IF THE FUCKING MONEY WAS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. Instead, it's going into a slush fund for a corrupt foreign government who then pays off his enablers. The only thing separating Zelensky from Sam Bankman Fried is that SBF had the brains to run his criminal enterprise from the fucking Bahamas instead of Kiev.

Posted by: red speck at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (gS3OW)

72 McCurbstomp all the McLosers, there's a lot of 'em.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (zB/T/)

73 Both Mitch and Rand are from KY, correct? I'm a little surprised Mitch hasn't gotten rid of Rand in some way for someone that's more pliable to Mitch's agenda. Or maybe Rand is a useful foil for Mitch to provide a fig leaf of opposition.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (YIVH2)

74 The only way to defeat the globalists/ leftists is with a long bloody war.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (+hI+T)

75 Cotton and Rubio. Wtf are they doing

Posted by: Eli Cash at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (ggZgv)

76 To be honest, it would be less staggering -- even in our current economic mess -- IF THE FUCKING MONEY WAS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. Instead, it's going into a slush fund for a corrupt foreign government who then pays off his enablers. The only thing separating Zelensky from Sam Bankman Fried is that SBF had the brains to run his criminal enterprise from the fucking Bahamas instead of Kiev.
Posted by: red speck at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (gS3OW)
++++
In fairness, most of the money is staying in this country, to fill domestic slush funds and pay for pet projects in elaborate games of power.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (t0OGg)

77 It’s not about the execrable Mitch McConnell. It’s about the other gutless cowards and snakes in that miserable rotting corpse of a party who stand by and do nothing while he hands over the keys to the lunatic socialists

Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (YTBIQ)

78 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (XvPQV)

Maybe, although I don't know if the Russians would bother sending anyone here. The CCP very likely has thousands of assets here already (H1B, Confucius Centers, etc). We have lots of home-grown greentards who would love to kill humans to "help teh erf"....
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 21, 2022 01:35 PM (llON

I didn't assume they needed to send agents. They've been bankrolling Greens and Earth First types for a long time. Ace's post here with Mitch talking about Ukraine just got me wondering.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (XvPQV)

79 73 Both Mitch and Rand are from KY, correct? I'm a little surprised Mitch hasn't gotten rid of Rand in some way for someone that's more pliable to Mitch's agenda. Or maybe Rand is a useful foil for Mitch to provide a fig leaf of opposition.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (YIVH2)

It's my understanding that Rand has his own funding network, instead of being dependent upon the RNC.

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (SYTee)

80 If Chuckles and Mitch faced the entire bill shovel up their asses maybe it would be shorter.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (eGTCV)

81 Cotton and Rubio. Wtf are they doing
Posted by: Eli Cash at December 21, 2022 01:37 PM (ggZgv)
++++
Whatever they're told?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:38 PM (t0OGg)

82 Since Republicans will control the House starting in January, all those Democrat priorities will cease being funded. NPR will be cut from the budget. The FBI will have its budget reduced since they have so many employees doing illegal speech suppression. Funding of illegal and undeclared wars will stop. The Education department will be defunded, since that's a Democrat groomer playground.

Republicans don't support ANY of those things. So under a month, Republicans won't fund those things.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA just kidding they're totally going to pass budgets funding the Democrats.

SUCKERS!

Posted by: JamesTCarville at December 21, 2022 01:38 PM (bqcn9)

83 Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 21, 2022 01:34 PM (t0OGg)

If he explicitly gave this speech, which he implicitly does every moment he is leader, it would have absolutely no effect on the NPC's. Totalitarian states only can exist with stupid populations in full compliance and that's what the United States has. Maybe if the power goes out and NFL can't be watched they might get a little pissed. Maybe.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:38 PM (KSNKu)

84 Spending is not a problem for him, so long as the right people receive the funds.
---------------

Oh, Mollie. This exact thing applies directly the vasty majority of #conservatives in America. Forcible confiscation and redistribution of wealth is perfectly fine for most #conservatives, so long as that money is administered by the right people and it flows to their pet causes.

From government indoctrination of children, to government handouts to the full range of gibzmedats, to the government enforcers, to government retirement. #conservatives LOVES them gibzmedats, frequently in the form of checks that start and never stop so long as the recipient still breathes air.

I have wondered for the last 6 or so years if in the end, it'll be a very small, well-armed network of insurgents fighting the vast majority of the country. How can anyone claim to be fighting the system when they're cashing a monthly check and feeding themselves directly from the system?

Short answer - you can't.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 21, 2022 01:38 PM (b306O)

85 It is such an insult to US citizens to tell us that the biggest spending priority is the proxy war with Russia in Ukraine.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 21, 2022 01:38 PM (jTmQV)

86 I wonder if the incoming Congress is fully aware that they are allowed to repeal laws also.

We ain't the Medes and Persians, you know.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2022 01:39 PM (t71/Y)

87 Thank you. As a reminder, three-fourths of Republican senators voted to reinstall this piece of shit. He truly represents their (lack of) values. And more importantly, he represents their value.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (KSNKu)

And ol' Mitch did a great job keeping anybody who might depose him out of office in 2022. They're going to cling to power no matter what. They're perfectly happy being #2, they still get to go to the same martini lunches and gala functions, and pocket the same money. The country? What country?

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at December 21, 2022 01:39 PM (zB/T/)

88 "We're socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Now vote for us while we ignore societal decay and spend money like a ship of drunken sailors"
- Republican Leadership

Posted by: Brando at December 21, 2022 01:39 PM (ocJaZ)

89
McConnell's successor will be worse.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (SYTee)

Of course. Every single day that passes, the Democrats will grow worse. And the Republicans are their employees. So they too will grow worse.

Replacing Mitch McConnell will do absolutely nothing whatsoever to change the direction of the GOP. The Party must go, not some fat old turtle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 01:39 PM (oINRc)

90 I wonder what the FBI has on China Mitch?

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at December 21, 2022 01:39 PM (gf7Ez)

91 The GOP is very, very successful with Mitch McConnell in charge. It accomplishes everything it's supposed to. And it will continue to do so with whichever controlled-opposition maggot the Democrats pick as his replacement.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yes. This ^^^^

Posted by: Prime Sister at December 21, 2022 01:39 PM (tQL7r)

92 Is "Blacks in Wax" some sort of music museum?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2022 01:40 PM (63Dwl)

93 Everytime GOPe coffers get enriched a turtle gets its wings.

Turtles all the way down.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2022 01:40 PM (Xrfse)

94 BARTIROMO: This is one more piece of evidence that the Senate Republicans are working against the American people. There is no other way to look at it.
........

Maria.
ROWRR

Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 01:40 PM (v0R5T)

95 "It's their last chance to loot the Treasury on their way out the door. I doubt they've given a second thought to us."
Posted by: t-bird at December 21, 2022 01:33 PM (dNNCD)

See I disagree that this is all about self-enrichment and power. I think they're true believers, they really believe that shoveling money into the military is good, shoveling money into NATO is good, shoveling money to Zelensky is good, shoveling money into the DOJ/FBI is good, shoveling money into the other intelligence services is good, etc., etc. They have no idea all those agencies/dept. are fucked up and working against their own voters.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 21, 2022 01:41 PM (qH6FZ)

96 " *EVERY* spending bill should be read out loud in it's entirety--from first page to last--before the entire Congress.

Then--and only then--may they vote on the package."

I don't know, I think it would be amusing to let them vote "nay" as soon as they get bored of listening or reach a provision they find unacceptable. And then anyone who hasn't voted nay by the end of the reading counts as an "aye".

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2022 01:41 PM (t71/Y)

97 19 COMER: We've got Richard Shelby, Rob Portman, and ironically, Maria, a lot of senators are going out of office, they are not even going to be in Congress in 10 days. This is something that should be punted until first of the year, we've got questions.
++++
It's a final "fuck you" to the base.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:27 PM (t0OGg)
______________

"Final"? As in the very last one? You are more optimistic than me. These cocksuckers still have 10 days . . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

98 The Democrat Party is growing powerful enough that they won't need the GOPe figleaf of opposition much longer.

GOPe can't see this.

Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (SYTee)

99 92 Is "Blacks in Wax" some sort of music museum?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2022 01:40 PM (63Dwl)

Harlem BDSM and fetish club.

Posted by: Oh you think kink is just for white people? Racist. at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (s2na+)

100 See I disagree that this is all about self-enrichment and power. I think they're true believers, they really believe that shoveling money into the military is good, shoveling money into NATO is good, shoveling money to Zelensky is good, shoveling money into the DOJ/FBI is good, shoveling money into the other intelligence services is good, etc., etc. They have no idea all those agencies/dept. are fucked up and working against their own voters.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 21, 2022 01:41 PM (qH6FZ)

Embrace "and." They are stupid criminals.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (KSNKu)

101 And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".

Posted by: Word to your mother at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (awRHx)

102 >>> They have no idea all those agencies/dept. are fucked up and working against their own voters.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 21, 2022 01:41 PM (qH6FZ)

They don't want their voters. They want some fraction of the dems to split off and be republican dems. There's a gentleman's agreement and all. None of us have representation.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (0fVbu)

103 Gamera is good turtle and friend to all Japanese children.

Mitch is corrupt turtle shit and enemy to all patriot Americans.

Posted by: Little Iko at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (dXilO)

104 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

By "some other group", note that the CIA and FBI are similarly involved in a proxy war with the people of the United States, their money and Antifa bodies, so... Maybe.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (YJwUM)

105 Is The Big Guy getting 20 percent?

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (eGTCV)

106
The Democrat Party is growing powerful enough that they won't need the GOPe figleaf of opposition much longer.

GOPe can't see this.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (SYTee)

Indeed. We're going to get what we're going to get, with or without them. And perhaps the only bright spot in all that is watching these criminals get eaten by their own once they're no longer needed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (oINRc)

107 101 And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".
Posted by: Word to your mother at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (awRHx)

It richly deserves him.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (KSNKu)

108 They have no idea all those agencies/dept. are fucked up and working against their own voters.

And I respectfully disagree. Most of them know exactly how fucked up the system is. It's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (Xrfse)

109 basically speechless.

I think the red trickle was probably due to Mitch betraying GOP voters and making it true that there's zero difference between him and biden. why vote GOP when they'll also fuck you is the ass.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (MLrvz)

110 I had assumed Blacks in Wax was Madame Tussauds with more melanin.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (OYIxz)

111 I agree with Rand Paul. Take for instance, state propositions, which are on the ballot every election cycle. If I, a reasonably cogent college educated adult, can't understand a proposition after one or two readings, I vote no.
Sometimes I vote no even if I CAN understand it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (jTmQV)

112 94 BARTIROMO: This is one more piece of evidence that the Senate Republicans are working against the American people. There is no other way to look at it.

unfortunately, Maria, Tucker and others work for FOX

Paul Ryan, although he can't shut them up, can muffle their message like a slide trombone

btw, FUCK SHAAAWAN

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (us2H3)

113 I'd rather have Doug Niedermeyer run the Senate GOPe than Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: Archer at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (gmo/4)

114 this piece of shit bill is very time sensitive, no?

so why not filibuster?

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (MLrvz)

115 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

By "some other group", note that the CIA and FBI are similarly involved in a proxy war with the people of the United States, their money and Antifa bodies, so... Maybe.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (YJwUM)

I can't rule that out, either. And it would also explain why there are no arrests.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (XvPQV)

116 Zelensky cruises into DC to get his D sucked. He and his wife do a Vogue spread and wife goes on major shopping spree in Paris. I wonder how many secrets deals he is protecting for now against our Congress members and their families.

Posted by: Cheri at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (oiNtH)

117 101 And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".
Posted by: Word to your mother at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (awRHx)

yeah, the country needs a sure fired loser

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (us2H3)

118 Funny how the allegedly oppressed and powerless tranny demographic is making out like bandits in this budget. How many tens of millions in completely unaccountable money is being funnelled their way? I wish I could get me some of that oppression.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 21, 2022 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

119 43 We can thank the assholes in KY who voted for this shitpile.
*************************
We've also sent Rand and James Comer, so simmer down. His last challenger was Amy McGrath and there was no way in hell we were voting for her. And that was back when everyone was calling him Cocaine Mitch and acting like he was some sort of badass.
Mitch is a large part of the problem, but he's not the whole problem. And no, I wouldn't vote for him again. Ever.

Posted by: shinypie at December 21, 2022 01:45 PM (Kz85k)

120 The raping, pillaging, and looting of the USSA will continue for you subjects until your morale improves!

Posted by: GOPe! at December 21, 2022 01:45 PM (Zv2q6)

121 The Turtle gave Biden and the Dems not one year of Biden Dream Spending, but effectively two years. A year from now Turtle will insist the Republican House must agree to another one-year craptastic, bloated, funding CR because it will be bad politics to shut down the FedGov going into a Presidential election year. Can McCarthy hold the line in the House a year from now? Doubtful.

types/deletes

Posted by: Gref at December 21, 2022 01:45 PM (AMIL/)

122 Payback should be zero funding for 2024. Not one penny

Posted by: x at December 21, 2022 01:45 PM (3zWbW)

123 I think the red trickle was probably due to Mitch betraying GOP voters and making it true that there's zero difference between him and biden. why vote GOP when they'll also fuck you is the ass.
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM (MLrvz)

Mitch explicitly said as much.

Jim and Tammy Faye Baker had absolutely nothing on Republican office holders. In fact, they were morally and ethical superiors.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:46 PM (KSNKu)

124 And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".
Posted by: Word to your mother at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (awRHx)

Cool. Call me, Mitt.

Posted by: Paul Ryan at December 21, 2022 01:46 PM (v0R5T)

125 Further to what Mollie said and compared to Trump's publicized tax records:

Tyler Todt
@tyromper
Dec 15
Nancy Pelosi salary: $193,400
Nancy Pelosi net worth: $196million

Mitch McConnell salary: $193,400
Mitch McConnell net worth:$54million

Like it or not, they both play for the same team.

Neither party is on your side.

They are on the side of getting themselves rich.

Posted by: Biden's Dog, Front-Line Commenter Wannabee, at December 21, 2022 01:46 PM (dU49V)

126 Summing up all American government and media: "so false as to be completely delusional"

ClownWorld is a good epithet, but FalseWorld is aptest.

Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at December 21, 2022 01:46 PM (24fqN)

127 The only way to defeat the globalists/ leftists is with a long bloody war.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (+hI+T)

Agree. Voting ain't cutting it anymore. That's been blatantly proven to us the last two national elections.

Start encouraging governors and legislators to ignore DC. It's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 01:46 PM (BdMk6)

128 Why the anger at Mitch McConnell? You knew he and the rest of the establishment would do just as much Charlie Brown knows that Lucy is going to pull the football away. Even when McConnell is gone one day it won't matter because there will be someone else to take his place and do the same thing.

The system is broken and can't be fixed. Might as well sit back grab some marshmallows while the world burns.

Posted by: The red pill at December 21, 2022 01:47 PM (NhKPG)

129 What I wish to happen to McConnell and D.C. in general I cannot write for fear of something happening to this Smart Military blog.

McConnell and the Democrats are a pox.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2022 01:47 PM (Oq/TM)

130 And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".
Posted by: Word to your mother at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (awRHx)

Cool. Call me, Mitt.
==
Just wait until the Country catches Pawlenty FEVER!!!

Posted by: Sarcastic Bobby Jindal at December 21, 2022 01:47 PM (tdKCh)

131
T - 3hrs till solstice. To arcsecond resolution, Sol is standing still, but he still has about 2/10th of an arcsecond of declination left on his southern descent.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (Mzdiz)

132 only the GOP can turn Putin into the"good guy"

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (us2H3)

133 *EVERY* spending bill should be read out loud in it's entirety--from first page to last--before the entire Congress.

Then--and only then--may they vote on the package.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (YIVH2)

1. Between election day and the seating of the new Congress, nothing should be permitted to be voted on other than emergency measures. Emergency shall be defined as requiring at least 80% support from both houses AND have no permanent impact.
2. In any year in which Congress passes an omnibus spending bill rather than one for each department, all members of Congress are removed from office, stripped of their pensions, and banned from running again.
3. Every bill must contain a plain English description at the start of the bill explaining it's purpose. If the "legislative language" is found to differ from the plain language, then the law is declared void.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (GYIa4)

134 Senators are pimps, everybody else are the bitches.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (jSM0a)

135 Is The Big Guy getting 20 percent?
Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:43 PM (eGTCV)
........

Inflation, baby.

Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (v0R5T)

136 I think it's adorable that Ms. Hemingway believes that getting rid of McConnell would make it possible for the gop to suddenly give two shits about the American people.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (Wy1BU)

I'm not sure that's what she is saying. Merely that leaving him in place ensures that they don't, not that removing him is all that's required.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 21, 2022 01:49 PM (GYIa4)

137 127 The only way to defeat the globalists/ leftists is with a long bloody war.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 21, 2022 01:36 PM (+hI+T)

Agree. Voting ain't cutting it anymore. That's been blatantly proven to us the last two national elections.

Start encouraging governors and legislators to ignore DC. It's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 01:46 PM (BdMk6)

If governors are serious, they will build independent weapons of mass destruction systems and be willing to use them. Given they also are Republicans...

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:49 PM (KSNKu)

138 I'm curious if people actually think McCarthy isn't also in on this. This gives him an opportunity to pretend to show his bona fides to the house R's.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 21, 2022 01:49 PM (fs1hN)

139
Senators are pimps, everybody else are the bitches.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (jSM0a)

They're all bitches too. Rich ones, but the checks only come if they're completely obedient to the unlected cabal running this bullshit regime. They're the bottom bitches.

But I think "kapos" is closer to accurate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 01:49 PM (oINRc)

140 Meanwhile, north of the border:

Harrison Faulkner
@Harry__Faulkner
Dec 20
Justin Trudeau is now openly admitting that he is "going to have to take away" your hunting rifles.

"There are some guns that we are going to have to take away from people who were using them to hunt."

Video at the link:

https://tinyurl.com/5h3zjjvt

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog, Front-Line Commenter Wannabee, at December 21, 2022 01:50 PM (dU49V)

141 Whatever happened to tar, feathers and rails?

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:50 PM (eGTCV)

142 We ain't the Medes and Persians, you know.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Good point. We're not.

Posted by: Prime Sister at December 21, 2022 01:50 PM (tQL7r)

143 And ol' Mitch did a great job keeping anybody who might depose him out of office in 2022. They're going to cling to power no matter what.
-
Something, something, Charleton Heston and his rifle.

Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2022 01:50 PM (kOpft)

144 1. Between election day and the seating of the new Congress, nothing should be permitted to be voted on other than emergency measures. Emergency shall be defined as requiring at least 80% support from both houses AND have no permanent impact.
2. In any year in which Congress passes an omnibus spending bill rather than one for each department, all members of Congress are removed from office, stripped of their pensions, and banned from running again.
3. Every bill must contain a plain English description at the start of the bill explaining it's purpose. If the "legislative language" is found to differ from the plain language, then the law is declared void.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (GYIa4)

Laws. Those will work.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:50 PM (KSNKu)

145 Kevin McCarthy has an opportunity here. If he makes himself McConnell's worst enemy he can redeem himself. But Trump and MTG must lead the way by stomping his ass if he make the least concillatory move to McConnell.

Posted by: Minuteman at December 21, 2022 01:50 PM (kKx3U)

146 117 101 And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".
Posted by: Word to your mother at December 21, 2022 01:42 PM (awRHx)

yeah, the country needs a sure fired loser
Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM

Ironically, Joe Biden proved a sure fire loser can easily get elected...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 21, 2022 01:51 PM (JCZqz)

147 Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (GYIa4)
___

That proposal is so common sense, it will never get enacted.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 21, 2022 01:51 PM (fs1hN)

148 republicans..."trust us on inflation"

why? you voted for more with biden.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:51 PM (MLrvz)

149 The system is broken and can't be fixed. Might as well sit back grab some marshmallows while the world burns.
==
NO NO you must continue to slave away to pay off your credit cards, mortgages, student loans, must burn through all of the money we pretend to give you for working, only so that you will give it back to us!!! You stupid slaves to your appetites. Rejoice in your instagram girlfriends, and return to your designated slave pit next week, hungover, chaffed and despondent. What hope do you have . . .

Posted by: Screwtape - Member of The enemies of mankind - at December 21, 2022 01:52 PM (U4GPY)

150 WTH is a "Michelle Obama Trail" in Georgia???

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 01:52 PM (ptqGC)

151 >>>And now he's encouraging Pierre Defecto to run for president again. Says "the country needs him".

>Anybody promoting Pierre deserves a monkey bump on his forehead.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 21, 2022 01:52 PM (geVLo)

152 143 And ol' Mitch did a great job keeping anybody who might depose him out of office in 2022. They're going to cling to power no matter what.

////////

Mitch begged Trump not to primary him and ol' mr art of the deal said "sure, don't bother doing anything for me, though"

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:52 PM (MLrvz)

153
As for those many GOP voters who continue voting GOP after everything they've done to them over the years... I think they've lost the right to call anyone a "cuck" ever again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (oINRc)

154 I can think of only 2 things McConnell did that were for the betterment of Republicans, refusing to let Merrick Garland ascend to the Supreme Court and putting a lot of somewhat right leaning judges in the courts while Trump was President.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (Oq/TM)

155 3. Every bill must contain a plain English description at the start of the bill explaining it's purpose. If the "legislative language" is found to differ from the plain language, then the law is declared void.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at December 21, 2022 01:48 PM (GYIa4)

Lol...if the language is liberal enough, we'll allow anything.

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge John Roberts at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (JCZqz)

156 it's amazing how far we've fallen and how much the GOP hates its base. Of course, if I observed that the base keeps on nominating RINOS, i'd hate them too

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (MLrvz)

157 I wonder if McConnell and his wife will retire in Davos, to be among his people. Him and Klaus can relax in those nice fancy bathhouses there. I do believe this is McConnell's last go around in the Senate so he's going scorched earth on the US, a country he so despises.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (sAmhv)

158 Pierre Defecto

///

that's pretty good

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (MLrvz)

159 My number one priority for Mitch McConnell is to spend the next decade in a decaying orbit around Pluto.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 21, 2022 01:54 PM (wtvvX)

160 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 01:49 PM (oINRc)

The word you are looking for is "whores."

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:54 PM (KSNKu)

161 Happy winter solstice everbody!!!!

My favorite day of the year! It means the daylight starts getting longer yayay!!!
Okay, yeh, it also means colder temperatures and we are scheduled for a bit of nasty weather this weekend... But yayay! Longer daylight!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (Wy1BU)

162 Never, ever trust a man without a chin.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (ptqGC)

163 And Scuba Dude, both those actions were absolutely normal, ordinary and expected things for a majority leader in his situation. Nothing heroic, or clever, or notable about them.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (OTzUX)

164 Well, at least the GOPe isn’t stabbing us in the back anymore. They’re shoving it right into our gut while smiling. I guess that’s progress.

Posted by: Flatville Bill at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (uMGpS)

165 I'm planning to quit drinking but this is not the day

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (eGTCV)

166 Us: "Defunding this Ukraine quagmire is the #1 concern of conservatives."
Mitch: "You're right. We have to fund Ukraine. It is our #1 priority."
Us: "Wait. You're not even listening."
Mitch: "You're darn right I'm listening. Thanks for your input."

Posted by: Wally at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (FJYfm)

167 This McConnell fellow, he has his position how again?

Oh, right.

He's picked by the Senate GOP caucus.

The problem is much, much, much worse, and broader, than Mitch.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2022 01:56 PM (OTzUX)

168 I'm curious if people actually think McCarthy isn't also in on this. This gives him an opportunity to pretend to show his bona fides to the house R's.
==
Its marketing. Right out of the Cleveland Browns - year after they lost every game they were still selling season tickets -- on the fact that they had the first pick in the draft. There's always tomorrow . . . the great hope . . . a champion will rise . . . Its all bullshit. Because once one actually did, they entire establishment did everything they could to destroy him and are still at it like there's no . . . tomorrow.

Posted by: That ringing sound you hear is the alarm clock - wake up at December 21, 2022 01:56 PM (IaEcq)

169 Most disappointing cloture vote: Tom Cotton.

I'd like to see a comparison of the cloture votes vs. date of next election. Did they give the GOP members who are up in 2024 a free NO vote, covered by the 2026 and 2028 GOP yes votes?

Posted by: Candidus at December 21, 2022 01:56 PM (angCb)

170 My favorite day of the year! It means the daylight starts getting longer yayay!!!
Okay, yeh, it also means colder temperatures and we are scheduled for a bit of nasty weather this weekend... But yayay! Longer daylight!!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (Wy1BU)

I hear ya. Yay!

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 01:58 PM (BdMk6)

171 Most disappointing cloture vote: Tom Cotton.

I don't want to hear another word about the deficit come out of his lie hole.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 21, 2022 01:58 PM (yQpMk)

172

MITT! / JEB! 2024!

Please clap.

Posted by: Auspex at December 21, 2022 01:58 PM (j4U/Z)

173 154 I can think of only 2 things McConnell did that were for the betterment of Republicans, refusing to let Merrick Garland ascend to the Supreme Court and putting a lot of somewhat right leaning judges in the courts while Trump was President.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2022 01:53 PM (Oq/TM)
_________
Which, as Mollie points out, is matched by Schumer, who still has the energy to push through schiff his base wants.

I will vote for anyone who proves to me he will be what I want. And someone new, well, OK. Once. After that, you're on your own.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 21, 2022 01:58 PM (TgBWG)

174 169 Most disappointing cloture vote: Tom Cotton.

I'd like to see a comparison of the cloture votes vs. date of next election. Did they give the GOP members who are up in 2024 a free NO vote, covered by the 2026 and 2028 GOP yes votes?
Posted by: Candidus at December 21, 2022 01:56 PM (angCb)

It's certainly not surprising. Cotton voted to retain McConnell as leader. All of these people are pure, unadulterated trash.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (KSNKu)

175 Does Zelensky get everything he asks for?

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (eGTCV)

176 Enough with billions wasted in Ukraine. Russians aren't killing Americans by the tens of thousands, Bitch.

Chinese Fentanyl smuggled across our open southern border is.

Of course, there's no way for DC insiders and their spawn to graft from that.

Posted by: Greyman27 at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (RKLPC)

177 172

MITT! / JEB! 2024!

Please clap.
Posted by: Auspex at December 21, 2022 01:58 PM (j4U/Z

*primes flamethrower*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (ptqGC)

178 You Lucky Duckies! How stoked are all of you?!

>>>Oh, I'm stoked alright....

Posted by: pookysgirl's fires of rage at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (XKZwp)

179 175 Does Zelensky get everything he asks for?
Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (eGTCV)

And more.

Posted by: XTC at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (UnA8+)

180 >>>My favorite day of the year! It means the daylight starts getting longer yayay!!!
Okay, yeh, it also means colder temperatures and we are scheduled for a bit of nasty weather this weekend... But yayay! Longer daylight!!

That is good news. It's dark by 4:45 now.

Posted by: ace at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (C1Zwz)

181 My favorite day of the year! It means the daylight starts getting longer yayay!!!
Okay, yeh, it also means colder temperatures and we are scheduled for a bit of nasty weather this weekend... But yayay! Longer daylight!!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

I hear ya. Yay!
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons

Today's daylight will be 2 seconds longer than yesterday's.

Spend it wisely.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (jVeJE)

182 oh they fucking voted for cloture

fuck tem all

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (MLrvz)

183 well not dark-dark, but dark-ish.

Posted by: ace at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (C1Zwz)

184 Enough with billions wasted in Ukraine. Russians aren't killing Americans by the tens of thousands, Bitch.

Chinese Fentanyl smuggled across our open southern border is.

Of course, there's no way for DC insiders and their spawn to graft from that.
Posted by: Greyman27 at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (RKLPC)

No one was dying of fentanyl until you said that, Greyman27. It's now all your fault.

Posted by: Martha Raddatz at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (FJYfm)

185 Is Zelensky’s wife good-looking, at least?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 02:01 PM (ai465)

186
Does Zelensky get everything he asks for?
Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (eGTCV)

LOL, of course. If he asks for a night of torrid passion with that old bastard's Chinese whore of a wife, he'll stand in the closet and clap while Volodomyr goes to town on her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 02:01 PM (oINRc)

187 Us: "Defunding this Ukraine quagmire is the #1 concern of conservatives."
Mitch: "You're right. We have to fund Ukraine. It is our #1 priority."
Us: "Wait. You're not even listening."
Mitch: "You're darn right I'm listening. Thanks for your input."
Posted by: Wally at December 21, 2022 01:55 PM (FJYfm)

And in one short comment, Wally describes how DC works.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 02:01 PM (BdMk6)

188 yeah, the country needs a sure fired loser
Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 01:44 PM

Ironically, Joe Biden proved a sure fire loser can easily get elected...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 21, 2022 01:51 PM (JCZqz)

no, Brandon proves how far the cheat exists in the US

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:01 PM (us2H3)

189 We ain't the Medes and Persians, you know.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

-----------
Eh. One man's Mede is another man's Persian.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 21, 2022 02:01 PM (AuTCi)

190 Didn’t Gamera have wings?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 01:32 PM (ai465)

No. Jet engines.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Rockets.

Mitch may wind up spinning in flames in the afterlife.

Posted by: DaveA at December 21, 2022 02:02 PM (FhXTo)

191 Does Zelensky get everything he asks for?
Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 01:59 PM (eGTCV)

And more.
==
My understanding is that this is correct. I am to wear my jockstrap, feather boa outfit tonight when I go to his hotel tonight.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 21, 2022 02:02 PM (Xum6X)

192 184 Martha Raddatz

Survey says = plausible MFM response.

Posted by: Greyman27 at December 21, 2022 02:02 PM (RKLPC)

193 I've already sworn off voting for Republicans for national office. I already give them $0. The only thing left is to vote Democrat, which I won't do. The problem is that the Republicans are perfectly content with the current arrangement, playing the Washington Generals. They don't care. What we need is people and a party who do want to actually win and secure victories for conservatives and the American people. There was some hope that the Tea Party could do that within the GOP, but that failed. Not sure where the hope is.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 21, 2022 02:02 PM (Gu48G)

194 Oh joy. Zelensky arriving at the WH to meet with Pedo Pete.

Wonder if Zelensky will wear a tie with his green tshirt?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:02 PM (ptqGC)

195 Waisted money makes America fat.

Posted by: Axeman at December 21, 2022 02:02 PM (goWOv)

196 One of those many dicks being chopped off needs to be attached to Mitch's chin. Silly thougt I know.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 02:03 PM (eGTCV)

197 Dem Sen. Murphy: Omnibus Won’t Be Extraordinarily Inflationary — Much of ‘Big Emergency Numbers’ in It Go Overseas

Posted by: SMOD at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (RHGPo)

198 I have no doubt that if the Russians overrun the Ukrainian com Jan (allegedly a large offensive is in the offing) that every bit of the $45b will end up in the pocket of Zelensky , oligarchs and Washington DC corruptocrats. Mitch, Nan and Pierre et al are ok with that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (11zNb)

199
No one was dying of fentanyl until you said that, Greyman27. It's now all your fault.
Posted by: Martha Raddatz
==
You are a dog faced mongrel. I also note, that there was a boston terrier humping your leg before I said that.

Posted by: Don Rickles at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (6vbwp)

200 The blog suddenly has a lot more conservative independents on it.

Welcome, fellow CIs!

Posted by: Axeman at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (goWOv)

201 Just heard Zelensky and his entourage are arriving in DC. The regime is planning a huge celebration and a hero's welcome. All the ruling class will be there to honor him.

Question: won't this interfere with the McCain funeral?

Posted by: Ripley at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (MxEKc)

202 the Z man reminds me of Castro

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (us2H3)

203 A bit off topic but...
Was out walking 'ol Joe and he was taking a dump in the front yard (my dog, not the other Joe although I can see how you might be confused) when two bald eagles flew right over us. They were so close I could hear the wind in their feathers. They cavorted around the big tree in my yard and then flew off.
I was not fast enough with my camera.
Dang...Beautiful!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (anj39)

204 >>> 202 the Z man reminds me of Castro
Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (us2H3)

Yeah, he totally looks like Fidel!

Posted by: Justin Castreau at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (llON8)

205 It's like Stalin and Philip K Dick wrote a story.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (jSM0a)

206 159 My number one priority for Mitch McConnell is to spend the next decade in a decaying orbit around Pluto.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 21, 2022 01:54 PM

That's a bit extreme! Much like Mitch himself, though, I'm willing compromise, and stick him in Jupiter's orbit instead.

Posted by: Grimmy at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (TiVQf)

207 Zelensky wearing a green sweatshirt. Jeebus.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (ptqGC)

208 Wrap it up. We are done.

Rasmussen Reports

@Rasmussen_Poll
51% of voters disapprove of Joe Biden today:
https://bit.ly/preztrack

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (+hI+T)

209 I wish Rand Paul would tone down the yelling. It's tedious. It's like Jordan Peterson does.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (rnYgr)

210 Just looked up McConnell's history in the U.S. Senate and he has been either Republican Whip or Republican Leader for the past 20 years.

He was Republican Whip (to Republican Leader Bill Frist) from January 2003 to January 2007, succeeding Don Nickles. All of which time the Republican Party held the Senate majority (and the White House). During which time he and the GOP accomplished...?

He has been Republican Leader since January 2007. During which time, the Republican Party held the Senate majority (and the White House) from January 2015 to January 2021. During which time he and the GOP accomplished...?

2 decades of his "leadership" accomplishing absolutely nothing... except pushing for Amnesty, growing the deficit and doing nothing as the Left's long march through the institutions and culture succeeded.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (Do5/p)

211 If we paid each congressman $10M a year, after pricing them out of globo-graft special interests we would have a better chance of lowering spending.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (44ww/)

212 >>>Okay, yeh, it also means colder temperatures and we are scheduled for a bit of nasty weather this weekend... But yayay! Longer daylight!!

>How about -17deg F right now with a -39 deg F windchill. Tomorrow is -32 deg F. I'm wrapped in the cozy my mother gifted me.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (geVLo)

213 Welcome, fellow CIs!
Posted by: Axeman
==
Please don't welcome the confidential informants.

Posted by: That's just wrong at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (6vbwp)

214 My number one priority for Mitch McConnell is to spend the next decade in a decaying orbit around Pluto.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 21, 2022 01:54 PM

That's a bit extreme! Much like Mitch himself, though, I'm willing compromise, and stick him in Jupiter's orbit instead.
Posted by: Grimmy at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (TiVQf)

I was once a Moron favorite..

Posted by: Ass Cancer at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (yQpMk)

215 No one was dying of fentanyl until you said that, Greyman27. It's now all your fault.
Posted by: Martha Raddatz
---
Also, "overdose" wasn't even in the American lexicon until Republicans taught the public that word!

Posted by: Joy Reid at December 21, 2022 02:06 PM (goWOv)

216 "Zelensky wearing a green sweatshirt. Jeebus."

Does he still have on his muddy combat boots?

Posted by: Ripley at December 21, 2022 02:07 PM (MxEKc)

217 207 Zelensky wearing a green sweatshirt. Jeebus.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (ptqGC)

What? No BLM?

Posted by: m at December 21, 2022 02:07 PM (rnYgr)

218
My number one priority for Mitch McConnell is to spend the next decade in a decaying orbit around Pluto.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 21, 2022 01:54 PM

That's a bit extreme! Much like Mitch himself, though, I'm willing compromise, and stick him in Jupiter's orbit instead.
Posted by: Grimmy at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (TiVQf)

Pit full of vicious, specially-trained rape dogs. I keep suggesting this, but not everyone is a visionary like me, I suppose.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 02:07 PM (oINRc)

219 Diogenes, how big is your dog? Maybe the eagles were looking to give him the Chinese restaurant treatment.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 02:07 PM (ai465)

220 Dem Sen. Murphy (D-Mental Retard): Omnibus Won’t Be Extraordinarily Inflationary — Much of ‘Big Emergency Numbers’ in It Go Overseas

Posted by: SMOD at December 21, 2022 02:08 PM (RHGPo)

221 If we paid each congressman $10M a year, after pricing them out of globo-graft special interests we would have a better chance of lowering spending.
==
You wildly underestimate the greed of our political class of ravening sociopaths.

Posted by: What happens when you pour gas on a fire? at December 21, 2022 02:08 PM (6vbwp)

222 Trump poisoned my cat: Thank you. As a reminder, three-fourths of Republican senators voted to reinstall this piece of shit. He truly represents their (lack of) values. And more importantly, he represents their value."

Yep. We're not voting our way out of this. Both parties are determined to play this charade until the USA is a smoldering crater. Economic and social collapse from within is going to happen and we're not going to stop it. It's really a matter of individual by individual trying to figure out how to survive it. And don't think the political class - most especially the entrenched elected - haven't already made plans and invested into it to secure their futures. Our jobs will be to make sure we raid their retirement assets/incomes after the collapse to make sure there's equity in the inevitable pain. Some tarring and feathering wouldn't hurt either.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 21, 2022 02:08 PM (aXxgO)

223 Nancy Pelosi salary: $193,400
Nancy Pelosi net worth: $196-million
-------------
To be fair, she has been in office for 100 years. 🦇

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 21, 2022 02:09 PM (Vwz3I)

224
Some tarring and feathering wouldn't hurt either.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 21, 2022 02:08 PM (aXxgO)

See me @218.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2022 02:09 PM (oINRc)

225 Some tarring and feathering wouldn't hurt either.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna

I'm hoping for more.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 21, 2022 02:10 PM (ErRFP)

226 It's like Stalin and Philip K Dick wrote a story.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (jSM0a)
---
PKD did write a short story, "Faith of Our Fathers," that involved a Communist-style government that used hallucinogens (of course) to keep the populace docile and ignorant that they were being ruled by an eldritch abomination.

Perhaps he was a little ahead of his time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 02:10 PM (YIVH2)

227 Diogenes, how big is your dog? Maybe the eagles were looking to give him the Chinese restaurant treatment.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 02:07 PM (ai465)

He is definitely lunch size. A cross between a Jack Russell terrorist and wire terrier. Even the Korean lady up the street "likes" him. We call her fence line the DMZ.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2022 02:10 PM (anj39)

228 "Zelensky wearing a green sweatshirt. Jeebus."

He's just showing how much he respects our norms.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 21, 2022 02:11 PM (qH6FZ)

229 Diogenes, how big is your dog? Maybe the eagles were looking to give him the Chinese restaurant treatment.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 02:07 PM (ai465)
---
Does zhour dahg baht?

Posted by: Inspector Clouseau at December 21, 2022 02:11 PM (goWOv)

230 We have commenters here who live these bill passing processes, and live to pretend electing Republicans will somehow improve government. I always wonder if they are employed by the GOPe specifically to comment at blogs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 21, 2022 02:11 PM (yh5oq)

231 Some tarring and feathering wouldn't hurt either.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 21, 2022 02:08 PM (aXxgO)

See me @218.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
==
Naw. Like the end of Trading Places. Amorous homosexual gorilla.

Posted by: Its clown world anything is possible at December 21, 2022 02:11 PM (4XaU9)

232 That's a bit extreme! Much like Mitch himself, though, I'm willing compromise, and stick him in Jupiter's orbit instead.
Posted by: Grimmy at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM (TiVQf)
---
Stick him on Io and see how long he lasts...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 02:12 PM (YIVH2)

233 Yudhishthira's Dice: "Pit full of vicious, specially-trained rape dogs. I keep suggesting this, but not everyone is a visionary like me, I suppose."

I'm all in for that before or after the tarring/feathering. Consider it an appetizer.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 21, 2022 02:12 PM (aXxgO)

234 If we paid each congressman $10M a year, after pricing them out of globo-graft special interests we would have a better chance of lowering spending.

That's not how it works. If they make 10 million a year, they want 10 million and 1 dollars. Any extra amount is welcome, when you're greedy and corrupt. You always will spend what you earn and want more. More is never enough.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:12 PM (0hOvj)

235 @230 "live" = "love"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 21, 2022 02:12 PM (yh5oq)

236 I'm up in the great lakes area. I hope it gets warmer the next few days.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (buTO7)

237 I'm all in for that before or after the tarring/feathering.

Before. Don't want to hurt the dogs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (0hOvj)

238 PKD did write a short story, "Faith of Our Fathers," that involved a Communist-style government that used hallucinogens (of course) to keep the populace docile and ignorant that they were being ruled by an eldritch abomination.

Perhaps he was a little ahead of his time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 02:10 PM (YIVH2)
---
Was that his story in Ellison's Dangerous Visions?

I was just thinking about that story the other day.

Posted by: Axeman at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (goWOv)

239 The Left Call McConnell - Moscow Mitch
he's more like Zelensky's Bitch.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (NpAcC)

240 Elon Musk
Dec 20, 2022
@elonmusk
·
As (outgoing) Chair of House Intelligence, did you approve hidden state censorship in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States @RepAdamSchiff?

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (QTE)
@ArchbpVigano
·
Do not think that the children of darkness act with honesty, and do not be scandalized if they operate with deception. Do you perhaps believe that Satan’s followers are honest, sincere, and loyal?
9:00 AM · Dec 21, 2022

Posted by: SMOD at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (RHGPo)

241
Get outta town, you chinless and wattled old fook ...

Benedict Arnold was castigated and reviled for less.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 21, 2022 02:14 PM (pNxlR)

242 The GOP Will Never Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Finally Gone

..

He'll be replaced with a clone.

Posted by: You won't believe this at December 21, 2022 02:14 PM (nadC/)

243 Question: won't this interfere with the McCain funeral?
Posted by: Ripley at December 21, 2022 02:04 PM (MxEKc)

I met Siggy while skiing at Taos in the mid 70's

had no idea who the fuck she was

she asked me give her some skiing tips

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:14 PM (us2H3)

244 Mr Aspirin Factory: "I'm hoping for more."

Sure, but the confiscation of their wealth in Thunderdome would punish them most. At the absolute minimum, that should be done first. I'm sure they'll be just fine with that considering they're just there to serve The People, great patriots that they are.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (aXxgO)

245 I'm up in the great lakes area. I hope it gets warmer the next few days.
==
HA HA HA HA - Its Dec 21st. If by a "few days" you mean like 90, then you're in luck.

Posted by: just go to florida like everyone else at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (Zs78L)

246 I'm trying to remember an 80s scify movie I want to watch. There are a bunch of people joining together to defeat bad guy. One is a set of aliens from a race that has no nervous system. So the bad guy grafts his own skin on them to make them feel pain. Something like that. Does anyone remember this movie? Kind of campy.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (0fVbu)

247 If we paid each congressman $10M a year, after pricing them out of globo-graft special interests we would have a better chance of lowering spending.
==
You wildly underestimate the greed of our political class of ravening sociopaths.
Posted by: What happens when you pour gas on a fire? at December 21, 2022 02:08 PM (6vbwp)
***

Decimation is cheaper.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (anj39)

248 >>>Zelensky wearing a green sweatshirt. Jeebus.

The warmongers in the Media and Pentagon are crazy in love with this fucking crooked bastard. Boots on the ground, baby!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (geVLo)

249 On February 20th Mitch will be 81... just in case y'all want to send him a birthday card.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (NpAcC)

250 oh they fucking voted for cloture

fuck tem all
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (MLrvz)
.........

Wow. Speed readers, all of them.

Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (v0R5T)

251
Before. Don't want to hurt the dogs.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (0hOvj)

Ok. So. She's a dog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

252 I hope it gets warmer the next few days.

I have no good news for you on that front.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (0hOvj)

253 Was that his story in Ellison's Dangerous Visions?

I was just thinking about that story the other day.
Posted by: Axeman at December 21, 2022 02:13 PM (goWOv)
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Yes it was! Excellent memory! (I first encountered the story in a SFWA anthology...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (YIVH2)

254 The Republican party must get rid of their consultant class, like Anna Navarro, in order to validate any claim to represent patriot Americans.

Posted by: Axeman at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (goWOv)

255 Doh! I just answered my own question, Battle Beyond the Stars.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (0fVbu)

256 $750k for the for “LGBT and Gender Non-Conforming housing” in Albany, New York.
___________

Just like the Congressional Black Caucus is unconstitutional racial segregation, the federal government is illegally subsidizing segregated housing based on gender and sexual orientation with this measure.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 21, 2022 02:17 PM (lf83v)

257 246 Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM

Battle Beyond the Stars?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2022 02:17 PM (WsJuq)

258 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (XvPQV)

Russians would likely hit key targets and be successful. They don't want escalation since they are winning on the ground.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:17 PM (eoQWY)

259 If we still had a legitimate DoJ, they would be investigating whether tax dollars are being laundered through Ukraine and winding up in the pockets of politicians.

Posted by: Eric at December 21, 2022 02:17 PM (a2F+C)

260 Why do the voters of Kentucky get so much power over my life. There definitely should be term limits on Party leaders in both the House and Senate. This would be an internal party policy of course. It would result in positive results for the voter so it will never be done.

Posted by: polynikes at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (KLWiP)

261 LOL.

Zelensky flew here in a US Air Force jet.

Richly symbolic.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (KCOCK)

262 oh they fucking voted for cloture

fuck tem all
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (MLrvz)
.........

Wow. Speed readers, all of them.
==
They're all being blackmailed. Its a hoax goverment.

Posted by: Bozo the Clown took his job more seriously at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (yuaUS)

263 When did the left become stridently pro war?

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (eGTCV)

264 >>> Battle Beyond the Stars?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2022 02:17 PM (WsJuq)

Yes, exactly. I was searching and couldn't find it. But I just needed to up my search-fu a bit.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (0fVbu)

265 holy crap. I made some home made cocktail sauce to avoid the sugar that's usually in it and I put like 11 times too much horseradish in it. Its like a bomb goes off in my sinuses with a single bite of shrimp. Gotta thin this out or I'll kill someone.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (0hOvj)

266 If we paid each congressman $10M a year, after pricing them out of globo-graft special interests we would have a better chance of lowering spending.

We can't afford the pay cut.

Posted by: Wealth-Building Secrets of the Rich and Famous Public Servants! at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (Sv58p)

267 We have got to be getting close to the end right. At least the start of the end.

Posted by: Eli Cash at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (ggZgv)

268 Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (QTE)
@ArchbpVigano
·
Do not think that the children of darkness act with honesty, and do not be scandalized if they operate with deception. Do you perhaps believe that Satan’s followers are honest, sincere, and loyal?
9:00 AM · Dec 21, 2022
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They are honest, sincere, and loyal in their devotion to their dark master, if only out of fear of failing Satan's designs. But not to anyone else, of course (including each other, as chronic backstabbing disorder is a prerequisite for joining Satan's cause...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (YIVH2)

269 Oooh.....forcing Dark Theme on all websites make this one look cool. I like.

And MUCH easier on the eyes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

270 I don't know what is worse

the gop traitors that vote for this shit

or the ones that stick around and moan and groan

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (us2H3)

271 Why do the voters of Kentucky get so much power over my life.

Speaker/majority leader should be a procedural office, one that rotates between membership, not one state's rep.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:20 PM (0hOvj)

272 When did the left become stridently pro war?
Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (eGTCV)

When their handlers tell them what to think.

Only a few are honest leftists - Jimmy Dore, Taibbi, Greenwald that still hold to what leftists used to want.

So these may be allies for now, but they are finding out how limited their power is in their half of the uniparty.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:20 PM (eoQWY)

273 Where in the hell is this 3.6 million $ Big Mike Obama trail in Georgia? And why? 🤬🤮

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:20 PM (ptqGC)

274 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Remember that Antifa was derailing trains a few years ago.

The attacks, although deliberate, are pretty amateurish - professionals could wreak a lot more havoc with coordinated attacks.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:20 PM (KCOCK)

275 Damned depressing

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2022 02:21 PM (bs+z0)

276 Should not be surprised to see my Sen. Ernst standing behind him. She also voted for the "marriage" act. What a waste.

Posted by: Turn two at December 21, 2022 02:21 PM (rJfma)

277 “Unexpected”: MRNA Vaccines Increase Risk of Contracting COVID-19; Each Booster Shot Raises Risk Even More in Study of 51,000 Cleveland Clinic Workers

Posted by: SMOD at December 21, 2022 02:21 PM (RHGPo)

278 Gamera is really neat but Mitch is filled with rancid meat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2022 02:22 PM (63Dwl)

279 “Unexpected”: MRNA Vaccines Increase Risk of Contracting COVID-19; Each Booster Shot Raises Risk Even More in Study of 51,000 Cleveland Clinic Workers
Posted by: SMOD at December 21, 2022 02:21 PM (RHGPo)

LMFAO.

Just vax, people. FOR THE PEOPLE!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)

280 208 Wrap it up. We are done.

@Rasmussen_Poll
51% of voters disapprove of Joe Biden today:
https://bit.ly/preztrack
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 21, 2022 02:05 PM

He wasn't too popular in 2020, either, and won the mostest votes evar!!!! So, why would he be worried now...especially if there's talk of someone like Mittens running again?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 21, 2022 02:22 PM (JCZqz)

281 polynikes: "...It would result in positive results for the voter so it will never be done."

In theory.

Problem is that whatever voter-positive plan is instituted, the political class has already designed the counter to it to make sure any relief is squashed. It's designed obsolescence. They'll only - if ever - pass such rules/legislation when they have a substitute workaround already operational.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 21, 2022 02:22 PM (aXxgO)

282 We have commenters here who live these bill passing processes, and live to pretend electing Republicans will somehow improve government. I always wonder if they are employed by the GOPe specifically to comment at blogs.

The irony is that a bunch of commenters back around 2008-2009-2010-2011 or so actually were accusing ace of being GOPe. Because he -- and pretty much the majority of co-bloggers and commenters, not to mention most right-of-center pundits, even Rush Limbaugh -- was basically trying to explain that we have to continue voting for the GOP, because it's our only chance of actually getting our policies enacted.

I remember ace bitching out commenters for accusing him of being more interested in trying to become popular and go to GOPe parties and such, rather than be a voice for principled conservatism and stand up to the GOPe.

A LOT has changed over the past 10 years or so since then - commenters completely different, co-bloggers completely different - and it's been interesting to read and watch the transition of people as they realize the GOPe has been lying all this time and playing us for suckers.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2022 02:22 PM (Do5/p)

283 Wait until you see the omnibus bill that Bitch McConnell and the Senate Vichy Caucus is going to help Democrats pass. It's filled with more left wing, rights attacking, woke garbage then you can imagine.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:23 PM (M5z+9)

284 If we still had a legitimate DoJ, they would be investigating whether tax dollars are being laundered through Ukraine and winding up in the pockets of politicians.
Posted by: Eric at December 21, 2022 02:17 PM (a2F+C)

You don't need to investigate that. It is 100 percent happening all the time. It is written in the bill when money is sent to NGOs which was a major part of the first Ukraine bill. It is unwritten in every dime that isn't spent on a physical tank or gun.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:23 PM (eoQWY)

285 254 Posted by: Axeman at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM

I heard Harmeet Dhillon who is running for RNC chair say the same thing. She also would like to move the RNC HQ out of DC to somewhere in flyover country to be closer to real people, you know, the constituents.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 21, 2022 02:23 PM (Oq/TM)

286 That's not how it works. If they make 10 million a year, they want 10 million and 1 dollars. Any extra amount is welcome, when you're greedy and corrupt. You always will spend what you earn and want more. More is never enough.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:12 PM (0hOvj)

By that logic the police in South America are exactly as grifting as the ones here.

I have no idea whether that is a black-pill or white-pill. Zebra pill.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 21, 2022 02:23 PM (44ww/)

287 Molly is a 💎

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 21, 2022 02:23 PM (ylQLw)

288 Wait until you see the omnibus bill that Bitch McConnell and the Senate Vichy Caucus is going to help Democrats pass.

It is unbelievable - McConnell is deliberately tying the hands of the incoming Republican House, by denying them the ability to pass a budget.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (KCOCK)

289 Why do some insist that these corrupt politicians are being blackmailed as if that is what is preventing their strong moral values from saving us?

If they were so moral prior to being blackmailed there would be no material to blackmail them with.

They are corrupt and without morals and do not care who knows it because it does not affect their 80yo lives nor the lives of their children that are groomed to follow in their shoes being just as corrupt.

Posted by: old chick at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (sOete)

290 "Unexpected”: MRNA Vaccines Increase Risk of Contracting COVID-19; Each Booster Shot Raises Risk Even More in Study of 51,000 Cleveland Clinic Workers
Posted by: SMOD:

But at least it wont be as serious as, um, the unvaxed strain. Or something.

Posted by: Ripley at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (MxEKc)

291 150 WTH is a "Michelle Obama Trail" in Georgia???
____

I dunno, but I think it always ends with "You have died of dysentery"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (fs1hN)

292 Why do the voters of Kentucky get so much power over my life. There definitely should be term limits on Party leaders in both the House and Senate. This would be an internal party policy of course. It would result in positive results for the voter so it will never be done.
Posted by: polynikes at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM (KLWiP)

That's a good argument. Could actually adjudicate it Constitutionally as being in parallel with why we have the electoral college.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (BdMk6)

293 261 LOL.

Zelensky flew here in a US Air Force jet.

Richly symbolic.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM

Probably to ensure the Russians didn't try to shoot him down en route.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (JCZqz)

294 Linda Graham still pleading for Putin's assasination

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (us2H3)

295 Where in the hell is this 3.6 million $ Big Mike Obama trail in Georgia? And why? 🤬🤮
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:20 PM (ptqGC)

Tank Abrams buttcrack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (Zz0t1)

296 Posted by: banana Dream at December 21, 2022 02:15 PM (0fVbu)

You reminded me of the Spielberg TV production, Falling Skies . I really liked it though IIRC not popular at aos.

Posted by: polynikes at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (KLWiP)

297 Where in the hell is this 3.6 million $ Big Mike Obama trail in Georgia? And why? 🤬🤮
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:20 PM (ptqGC)

Since all it would do at the max is put down a half dozen wooden signs on a pre-existing trail you could do with a pack of boy scouts for the cost of some packed lunches,
that 3.6 million is being stolen by somebody. That's the why.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (eoQWY)

298 Probably to ensure the Russians didn't try to shoot him down en route.

Quite possibly.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (KCOCK)

299
$750k for the for “LGBT and Gender Non-Conforming housing”

How does a house conform?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (63Dwl)

300 Mollie Hemingway: The GOP Will Never Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Finally Gone

Amen. Plus the other Democrats in Republican clothing starting with Miss Lindsey.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (c7ca9)

301 We have been snookered. Our betters are just grifters with fancy titles and too much power over our lives. Unfortunately 51 percent of the populace is fine with that.
I have been feeling really helpless lately and fear for the future.
Things are gonna get a lot worse. And then collapse.

All I can do is prepare, plan and pray.

Posted by: Czech Chick at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (6Tc2R)

302 Probably to ensure the Russians didn't try to shoot him down en route.
Posted by: Military Moron at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (JCZqz)

why would Russia do that ?

they are on track to cracking NATO

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (us2H3)

303 And this gem from the American Military Times:

The Marine Corps may drop "ma'am" and "sir" over gender-neutral concerns for drill instructors.

Clown. World. 🤡🤡

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (ptqGC)

304 Where is King Harv when we need him most? Uh...never mind.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (Xrfse)

305 265 holy crap. I made some home made cocktail sauce to avoid the sugar that's usually in it and I put like 11 times too much horseradish in it. Its like a bomb goes off in my sinuses with a single bite of shrimp. Gotta thin this out or I'll kill someone.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 21, 2022 02:19 PM (0hOvj)

Lemon juice, maybe?

Posted by: m at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (rnYgr)

306 Serious question: since we are involved in a proxy war with Russia, our money and their bodies, are the attacks on our power/infrastructure Russian retaliation or is some other group fucking with us?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM (XvPQV)
***

Absolutely.
If our support hurts the Russians deeply, anything is open to targeting. Power/Infrastructure are but I think the Rooskies could be more creative. Given the big Patriot Missile give-a-way, that factory becomes a significant target that would send a clear message. And it wouldn't have to be anything big...just find a way to shut it down for a week or two. I have to believe there is at least one or two in the Pentagon and State Department who would understand.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (anj39)

307 WTH is a "Michelle Obama Trail" in Georgia???

A sasquatch nature preserve.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (KFhLj)

308
The Marine Corps may drop "ma'am" and "sir" over gender-neutral concerns for drill instructors.

Glad my buddy retired from the Corps. It's not his Corps anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (Zz0t1)

309 oh they fucking voted for cloture

fuck tem all
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 21, 2022 02:00 PM (MLrvz)
.........

Wow. Speed readers, all of them.
Posted by: wth at December 21, 2022 02:16 PM (v0R5T)

Heh..Remebr they pulled the same shit with Obama care??

Good times.

Posted by: dananjcon at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (A3FqA)

310 How does a house conform?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (63Dwl)
++++
Girls' rooms are pink, boys' rooms are blue, etc., etc., etc.

Heteronormative housing is oppressive.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (t0OGg)

311 Man I wish the Russian military were competent enough to fight and finish this war.

I'm so fucking sick of hearing about it.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (I1ywn)

312 The Marine Corps may drop "ma'am" and "sir" over gender-neutral concerns for drill instructors.

No words. The insanity is pandemic.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (Xrfse)

313 every republican that doesn't resign today is a traitor

Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (us2H3)

314 Heh..Remebr they pulled the same shit with Obama care??

Good times.

Posted by: dananjcon at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (A3FqA)

Yup.. Another Christmas fuck you

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (bs+z0)

315 We have been snookered. Our betters are just grifters with fancy titles and too much power over our lives. ...
Posted by: Czech Chick at December 21, 2022 02:26 PM (6Tc2R)
++++
Guys like McConnell aren't grifters, they're naked gangsters. The gangsters don't try to con our out of your money, they stick a gun in your face and take it.

Press whores like David French are grifters.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (t0OGg)

316 Zelensky flew here in a US Air Force jet.

Richly symbolic.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:18 PM

Probably to ensure the Russians didn't try to shoot him down en route.
Posted by: Military Moron at December 21, 2022 02:25 PM (JCZqz)

or maybe that the plane falls out of the sky on the way back, like Ron Brown.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:29 PM (eoQWY)

317 The Marine Corps may drop "ma'am" and "sir" over gender-neutral concerns for drill instructors.

Glad my buddy retired from the Corps. It's not his Corps anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:27 PM (Zz0t1)

Glad our son is out. One of his buddies is a DI at Parris Island. I'm sure he's thrilled.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 21, 2022 02:29 PM (ptqGC)

318 every republican that doesn't resign today is a traitor
Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (us2H3)
++++
On that I actually disagree. But every Republican that doesn't vote against this, publicly excoriate any who voted for it and doesn't take every opportunity to marginalize and crowd out the traitors in their midst is a Uniparty type for sure and should be treated accordingly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:30 PM (t0OGg)

319 ++++
Guys like McConnell aren't grifters, they're naked gangsters. The gangsters don't try to con our out of your money, they stick a gun in your face and take it.

Press whores like David French are grifters.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (t0OGg)

Spot on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:30 PM (Zz0t1)

320 efectiveness of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Bivalent Vaccine

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine protects against COVID-19.
Methods Employees of Cleveland Clinic in employment on the day the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine first became available to employees, were included. The cumulative incidence of COVID-19 was examined over the following weeks. Protection provided by vaccination (analyzed as a time-dependent covariate) was evaluated using Cox proportional hazards regression. The analysis was adjusted for the pandemic phase when the last prior COVID-19 episode occurred, and the number of prior vaccine doses received.
Results Among 51011 employees, 20689 (41%) had had a previous docum

Posted by: Well - read it at December 21, 2022 02:30 PM (lPSms)

321 episode of COVID-19, and 42064 (83%) had received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 occurred in 2452 (5%) during the study. Risk of COVID-19 increased with time since the most recent prior COVID-19 episode and with the number of vaccine doses previously received. In multivariable analysis, the bivalent vaccinated state was independently associated with lower risk of COVID-19 (HR, .70; 95% C.I., .61-.80), leading to an estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 30% (95% CI, 20-39%). Compared to last exposure to SARS-CoV-2 within 90 days, last exposure 6-9 months previously was associated with twice the risk of COVID-19, and last exposure 9-12 months previously with 3.5 times the risk.

Conclusions The bivalent COVID-19 vaccine given to working-aged adults afforded modest protection overall against COVID-19, while the virus strains dominant in the community were those represented in the vaccine.

Summary Among 51011 working-aged Cleveland Clinic employees, the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster was 30% effective in preventing infection, during the time when the virus strains dominant in the community were represented in the vaccine.

Posted by: Well - read it at December 21, 2022 02:30 PM (lPSms)

322 Linda Graham still pleading for Putin's assassination

The best possible outcome is a negotiated settlement that weakens Putin enough that there is an orderly transfer of power, with some chance of the new president being pro-Western.

The worst possible outcome is a violent removal of Putin from power, which guarantees that someone from the military or the secret police will take over.

There is still a widespread belief among the Russian military and secret police types that if the Russians set off a handful of nukes to end the Ukraine war, that the West will blink and back down.

They may well be right.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:31 PM (KCOCK)

323 I really should shovel the front sidewalk but it's sold I might lose my gentleman's equipment to frost bite.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 02:31 PM (eGTCV)

324 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2022 02:22 PM (Do5/p)

It's not an either /or matter. One can work with what we have while trying to elicit change . You don't have to be either a let it burn or a GOP crony.

Posted by: polynikes at December 21, 2022 02:32 PM (KLWiP)

325 Yes, xir!

Fabulous, xir!!

Three bags of dicks full, xir!!!

(Spoken with the customary lisp.)

Posted by: Armed Forces of the Future at December 21, 2022 02:32 PM (KFhLj)

326 323 I really should shovel the front sidewalk but it's sold I might lose my gentleman's equipment to frost bite.
____

Wait, what exactly are you using to shovel with?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 21, 2022 02:32 PM (fs1hN)

327 It feels awful to support what McCarthy is doing while knowing it is all for show.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 21, 2022 02:32 PM (oWBc3)

328 The Four Horsemen are warming up in the wings

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (bs+z0)

329 The Omnibus bill also includes what they are calling the Secure Act of 2.0. It's a direct attack on your 401k disguised with provisions to raised certain statutory ages for compulsory withdrawals, etc. But look deeper. They are after people they believe can save too much money on their estimation.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (M5z+9)

330 ... Conclusions The bivalent COVID-19 vaccine given to working-aged adults afforded modest protection overall against COVID-19, while the virus strains dominant in the community were those represented in the vaccine. ...
Posted by: Well - read it at December 21, 2022 02:30 PM (lPSms)
++++
"The #2 Phillips screwdrivers under consideration are moderately effective in driving #2 Phillips-head screws through prepared surfaces, but are ineffective at driving them through unprepared surfaces and are ineffective at driving screws of types other than #2 Phillips-head."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (t0OGg)

331 Thirty percent of the time, it works =EVERY TIME=.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (44ww/)

332 here is still a widespread belief among the Russian military and secret police types that if the Russians set off a handful of nukes to end the Ukraine war, that the West will blink and back down.

They may well be right.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:31 PM (KCOCK)

I would hope to hell they are. Though if you asked me if I would trade DC for Keeeev, I am not sure what my answer would be.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (yQpMk)

333 I wait for the day when I never have to hear the word Covid again.

Posted by: sidney at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (Uy/WF)

334 323 Then use a shovel, not your johnson.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (ai465)

335 Risk of COVID-19 increased with time since the most recent prior COVID-19 episode AND WITH THE NUMBER OF VACCINE DOSES PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED.

(and also - only whilst the circulating bug, was similar to what was in the shot, which wasn't really that long.

Posted by: Well - read it at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (rqXYT)

336 Man I wish the Russian military were competent enough to fight and finish this war.

I'm so fucking sick of hearing about it.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (I1ywn)

They are very competent, Z takes every male above 21 in his country and puts them on the far side of a Artillery firing range and the Russian guns blow them to pieces. Then they send the next unit in to follow suit. They don't even need to move the guns to the next village.

Meanwhile the Ukrainians use our high tech stuff to lob shells at civilian targets or their own POWs.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (eoQWY)

337 The Senate leadership? Yes, but why stop there? *All* GOP leadership - Senate, House, States, Party, all of it - needs to be purged. The existing party management needs to be burned down to the waterline and replaced wholesale, at all levels. Mitch McConnell and the Senate leadership being purged is not nearly enough. It would be merely a good start. There is so much left to do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 01:30 PM

That is an understatement. Think of how long the Left has been marching through and taking over every institution in the country (and the world for the WEF). Decades. If we start it at the 1950s, this is a reality they have been working towards for 70 years. Building up their (Discover the) Networks for decades, infiltrating entertainment, education, media, corporate America, etc. for decades.

In 70 years, even someone 10 years old right now will be 80. So anything we're all doing now to try to save what is left of this country will not be realized until we, our children and most grandchildren are dead. What we do now is not for ourselves, but for our grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (Do5/p)

338 Stop calling it a vaccine cuz that's NOT what it is. mRNA is NOT a vaccine. It's a hack of the bodies immune system in an attempt to force it to act in a certain way. The body actually spends more time fighting that than it does fighting covid. Thus the clots and heart issues caused.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

339 Sam Bank Fraud was in court today in the Bahamas, he was released to the US for extradition and will be flown back today.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (AXxfu)

340 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (t0OGg)

Very good observation.

Posted by: polynikes at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (KLWiP)

341 The Omnibus bill also includes what they are calling the Secure Act of 2.0. It's a direct attack on your 401k disguised with provisions to raised certain statutory ages for compulsory withdrawals, etc. But look deeper. They are after people they believe can save too much money on their estimation.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (M5z+9)
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They already limit your savings through annual contribution limits.

But it's never enough. Who are *you* to worry about your future when there are people in need *now?* You are relieved of your responsibility to worry about and plan against the future. The government will take care of it for you. Your accounts will be returned to you when you, too, are in need.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (t0OGg)

342 I'm so fucking sick of hearing about it.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (I1ywn)

I'm seeing fewer Ukrainian flags than earlier.

Posted by: That NLurker it comes in pints? at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (eGTCV)

343 Nood jobs revision

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (eYoxG)

344 The Four Horsemen are warming up in the wings

Hell, they're in the starting gate.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2022 02:34 PM (Xrfse)

345 $billions more for the military complex
$billions more in kickbacks and campaign money laundering

They could care less about Americans. We don't exist in their eyes.

When has Mollie been wrong?

Posted by: artisanal ette at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (9qHsE)

346 If Mitch McConnell fell down the Capital stairs, most people would say, "huh, there's something you don't see every day".

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (M5z+9)

347 Then use a shovel, not your johnson.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (ai465)

You asked for it.........

https://youtu.be/rLTvFre-dEA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

348 Sam Bank Fraud was in court today in the Bahamas, he was released to the US for extradition and will be flown back today.
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Don't get on the same plane with that guy.

Posted by: Word of advice at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (rqXYT)

349 The Omnibus bill also includes what they are calling the Secure Act of 2.0. It's a direct attack on your 401k disguised with provisions to raised certain statutory ages for compulsory withdrawals, etc. But look deeper. They are after people they believe can save too much money on their estimation.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM (M5z+9)

I was literally just reading about that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (DRSnL)

350 Nood, Brandon lyin' about jobs.

Posted by: Thrawn at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (9ewTg)

351 I suggest returning all the GOP's solicitations for money with the message, "The zero dollars included matches the zero votes you will receive from me until and unless Mitch McConnell, and his neocon cronies, are deposed from Senate leadership."

nice

Posted by: artisanal ette at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (9qHsE)

352 If Mitch McConnell fell down the Capital stairs, most people would say, "huh, there's something you don't see every day".
Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (M5z+9)

Joe Biden, on the other hand......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2022 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

353 I decided that at the beginning of the new year, I'm going to change my voting registration from repub to independent. BUT I'm pretty sure it won't make any difference one way or another with the "big picture".

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2022 02:36 PM (BdMk6)

354 They are very competent, Z takes every male above 21 in his country and puts them on the far side of a Artillery firing range and the Russian guns blow them to pieces

At the moment, the Russians are pursuing a mini-Verdun strategy - they have a superior tactical position in Bakhmut, and have simply turned it into a meat grinder, figuring that more Ukrainians are dying than Russians.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:36 PM (KCOCK)

355 The best possible outcome is a negotiated settlement that weakens Putin enough that there is an orderly transfer of power, with some chance of the new president being pro-Western.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:31 PM (KCOCK)

No chance of that. Most of the friction Putin has had internally was not fighting hard enough.

U has no chance of a standard military victory to force terms, and the West has shown by its betrayal of the last peace treaty that they can't be trusted.

Russia will take what of U they want and dismember the rest. The fun part will be is if they offer bits to Hungary or Poland to keep as their own.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:36 PM (eoQWY)

356 Is Mitch McConnell speaking from his vast military experience? Just curious Bitch. How do you "beat" the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet?

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:37 PM (M5z+9)

357 Could the Russians put a bounty on the Turtle's head for war crimes against Russia?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2022 02:37 PM (tkR6S)

358 every republican that doesn't resign today is a traitor
Posted by: REDACTED at December 21, 2022 02:28 PM (us2H3)
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On that I actually disagree. But every Republican that doesn't vote against this, publicly excoriate any who voted for it and doesn't take every opportunity to marginalize and crowd out the traitors in their midst is a Uniparty type for sure and should be treated accordingly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2022 02:30 PM (t0OGg)
***

Track the markup in the budget. See who "wins" those contracts, then see who in those winning companies provide $ into given congress critter's re-election campaign.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2022 02:38 PM (anj39)

359 I know it's small compared to the Ukraine War and the economy, but McConnell is also responsible for the law that created the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority in 2020.

It is supposed to be a federal takeover of thoroughbred horseracing, but is a legal and constitutional nightmare.

McConnell signed onto the proposal, which was drafted by corruptocrat Paul Tonko of New York. It was his way of federalizing horse racing for his millionaire horse owner buddies in Kentucky.

It is a disaster. HISA. Disaster.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 21, 2022 02:38 PM (lf83v)

360 When has Mollie been wrong?
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Constantly. Anyone whose base premise is that this is just a political problem, a policy problem, a candidate problem is just re arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Posted by: Its a frame of reference issue at December 21, 2022 02:38 PM (Dza+/)

361 Joe is welcoming Z-Man by reading what's on the paper notepad he has. A gimp.

Z-Man gave him a medal. Now Joe has proof he is really a warrior!

Posted by: Gref at December 21, 2022 02:38 PM (AMIL/)

362 No chance of that. Most of the friction Putin has had internally was not fighting hard enough.

The only part of the Russian bureaucracy that has performed competently are the pro-Western bureaucrats running the economy. They have been gaining power as a result.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:38 PM (KCOCK)

363 "I was literally just reading about that.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 02:35 PM (DRSnL)"

I just got off a call about it. It's worse than most people can imagine. They are trying to sugar coat it. But underneath it's a big turd.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:39 PM (M5z+9)

364 At the moment, the Russians are pursuing a mini-Verdun strategy - they have a superior tactical position in Bakhmut, and have simply turned it into a meat grinder, figuring that more Ukrainians are dying than Russians.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:36 PM (KCOCK)

They've done that in every village and town in the Donbass and Mariupol with success. And their own losses are very light, since the same militias and merc units are doing the city clearing, being rotated out every so often to rest and refit. If losses were savage, you couldn't restore offensive ability so quickly.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:40 PM (eoQWY)

365 The Omnibus bill also includes what they are calling the Secure Act of 2.0. It's a direct attack on your 401k disguised with provisions to raised certain statutory ages for compulsory withdrawals, etc. But look deeper. They are after people they believe can save too much money on their estimation.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2022 02:33 PM

I have been reading stuff like this for years and it has made me afraid and unsure what to do with my savings. After going broke at age 34 in 2010 after 2 years of unemployment, and then finally getting a job (which I still hold today), I have been living in fear of that happening again. So I have been putting $1000/mo into savings since 2011. But I have been unsure if just having it in a low interest savings account is any good compared to putting it in an IRA or something. I want to be able to have access to the money in an emergency (i.e. economy collapse and unemployment again).

What is safer/better these days? Money in a savings account or money invested in IRA or some other investment account? Is anything even safe anymore from government finding a way to take it, save for 'keeping it under my mattress'?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2022 02:41 PM (Do5/p)

366 Both of my senators supported the omnibus. Fossilized former Democrat Richard Shelby was a prime architect. Junior Senator Tommy Tuberville actually has an excuse, in that he's a retardate.

It's a great day for Alabama.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 21, 2022 02:41 PM (sWM8x)

367 Not a chance the russkis would try to shoot down Z's plane, far too difficult and not much point.

Not a chance Putin is followed by a "pro-western" leader, whatever that might mean. Ukraine war is a result of specific issues that have been roiling for decades, and background realities and history that no plausible Russian leader is going to simply ignore.

Outlines of final settlement have long been clear, just a matter of how long/how much cost Kiev decides to suffer before the deal is done. One complication is the Russian add-ons of Kherson and Zaporozhe, not part of their original territorial objectives. I think it was an error to tack these on, as they are very mixed areas.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2022 02:42 PM (OTzUX)

368 The only part of the Russian bureaucracy that has performed competently are the pro-Western bureaucrats running the economy. They have been gaining power as a result.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 21, 2022 02:38 PM (KCOCK)

They aren't pro-Western now if they ever were after what we are pulling on them now. They are overseeing a shift of their export and business to everywhere else in the world except the West. Even blowing up their pipelines almost just was a shrug your shoulders moment since they had given up on Europe already.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:43 PM (eoQWY)

369 The ARC of History!

"At the moment, the Russians are pursuing a mini-Verdun strategy - they have a superior tactical position in Bakhmut, and have simply turned it into a meat grinder, figuring that more Ukrainians are dying than Russians."

Well if some reports are to be believed those dying may include more than just Ukrainians. Poles, Romanians, Brits and Americans are reported to have large contingents of volunteers on the front lines.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at December 21, 2022 02:44 PM (I1ywn)

370 The entire U6 military is fked in woke

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 21, 2022 02:44 PM (ylQLw)

371 Outlines of final settlement have long been clear, just a matter of how long/how much cost Kiev decides to suffer before the deal is done. One complication is the Russian add-ons of Kherson and Zaporozhe, not part of their original territorial objectives. I think it was an error to tack these on, as they are very mixed areas.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2022 02:42 PM (OTzUX)

That's the thing with the Russians after the war started - any land with Russian language speakers will have to be incorporated or separated from U since U and the west can't be trusted not to persecute them. Every gain of land in this war has had U agents go around shooting Russians and suspected Russian sympathizers without trial.

And the West can't be trusted with enforcing any treaty terms, after Merkle admitted she lied about enforcing the last one.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:46 PM (eoQWY)

372 Hypocrite: When Joni Ernst -- standing behind McConnell -- first ran for Senate, she said in an ad: "I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I get to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork," "Washington's full of big spenders," "Let's make 'em squeal."

Looks like she knows her way around the pig trough.

Posted by: JM in Florida at December 21, 2022 02:47 PM (L0B3o)

373 Well if some reports are to be believed those dying may include more than just Ukrainians. Poles, Romanians, Brits and Americans are reported to have large contingents of volunteers on the front lines.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at December 21, 2022 02:44 PM (I1ywn)

I've seen reports that there is a substantial cemetery in Poland for volunteers lost in Ukraine. The problem is that the hold to the death strategy while you are shelled to death means even good troops go down just about as fast as poor ones.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2022 02:49 PM (eoQWY)

374 American Thinker has a article the Omnibus bill is giving DOJ over 200M to go after Jan6 protesters

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 21, 2022 02:51 PM (ylQLw)

375 American Thinker has a article the Omnibus bill is giving DOJ over 200M to go after Jan6 protesters
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Don't forget the 87,000 new IRS agents

They aren't after me, they are after you.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at December 21, 2022 02:53 PM (atuIK)

376
What is safer/better these days? Money in a savings account or money invested in IRA or some other investment account? Is anything even safe anymore from government finding a way to take it, save for 'keeping it under my mattress'?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 21, 2022 02:41 PM (Do5/p)

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I am not an investment advisor and cannot tell you what to do.
Safe from what? Loss of principal or loss of purchasing power due to inflation? If I was under 50, I would look to long term investment in stocks, including an IRA . This has historically paid off, and at this time, I would buy relatively cheap by dollar-cost-averaging purchases each month, or quarter

Posted by: JM in Florida at December 21, 2022 02:59 PM (9TGXB)

377 Doesn't seem like there would be enough people in this group to justify that much money.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 21, 2022 01:25 PM (DRSnL)

This just the seed money. In a few years it will have grown into a lovely graft tree.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at December 21, 2022 03:01 PM (l7Kbv)

378 I hope nobody gives a dollar to the GOP for the next couple of years. Paybacks should hurt.

Posted by: sidney at December 21, 2022 03:01 PM (Uy/WF)

379 We need an actual separate American party.

Any so-called republican who votes for over $40 billion for the globalist money-laundering scam of Ukraine while voting against closing the US-Mexican border with a wall of lead against the blatant invasion that has been going on for years is nothing but a disgusting, RINO, controlled opposition.

We cannot vote our way out of tyranny, when the scumbags counting the votes are so blatantly dishonest in stealing elections, and when the RINOs bend over and accept electoral theft so long as their personal wealth keeps accumulating.

Posted by: Pete at December 21, 2022 04:07 PM (9uoO8)

380 I love Mollie but she's way too nice.

McConnell is vicious criminal swine. He's trying to ram through the Democrat budget because he is a Democrat. He needs it to pass so Kev won't have to oppose it. McCarthy is pretending to be mad at McConnell but he's a Democrat cocksucker too.

They both overthrew the People and are our ENEMIES.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 21, 2022 05:24 PM (Ndje9)

381 I like Mollie she is one of the few fierce and serious fighters on our side.

As has been said here, I am still voting for the hard core R but the McConnell crowd is NoNo nher getting my vote because "democrats will be way worse.". I am done with that. 2010 was last time I thought we could vote our way out of this. Now I want the system to collapse under it's own bullshit but want Democrats to own it. No more McConnell scapegoat.

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Posted by: Tom at December 22, 2022 04:48 AM (UM5e6)

384 I agree with everything you've said except I'm sorry that you don't support Ukraine, because it's the right choice, and wars won't wait on domestic feuds.

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