The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 3/17/23

Good morning kids. Yet another one of those completely unsurprising, yet thoroughly enraging revelations comes as Rep. James Comer's – not ever to be confused with James Comey – committee confirms that the phrase "Biden Crime Family" is indeed both figurative and literal.

House Oversight Committee master-blaster Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who is digging — successfully — into the Biden family’s alleged influence peddling, believes there may be more than half a dozen Bidens leeching cheddar from the tens of millions of dollars sent to family members by people with ties to the Chinese commies.
“At the end of this, I think we’re gonna see there are probably six or seven Biden family members who were involved in various business schemes around the world,” Comer revealed to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham.
Comer did not name names, but he recently mentioned that a “new Biden” had dipped his or her beak — for the first time — into a $3 million payment sent to Hunter Biden lackey John “Rob” Walker. Walker received this payment from two people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He then distributed the cheddar to three members of the Biden family.
Comer further stated that, though he had bank records in hand via subpoena, he had no idea what the $3 million payment was for.
He wasn’t done spilling Biden family secrets, either. He further told Ingraham:

So this just shows how deep the Biden family was involved in this influence-peddling scheme.
It looks to me like these people, who are closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party, sent $3 million to a shell corporation, then they turned around and split it three ways with a third going to the Biden family – three different family members for no apparent reason.
They didn’t invest it in a business. They just, it appears, stuck it in their pocket.
. . . Rep. Comer’s Oversight Committee is a thorn in the side of the Biden family, but what can we expect to happen? Democrat fat cats — like the Clintons — always seem to walk away unscathed from allegations of wrongdoing.
But this Oversight Committee investigation might be different. As per Comer, up to seven members — thus far — of the Biden family might be involved in the alleged influence-peddling scheme. And with the known links between the Bidens and tens of millions of commie dollars that Comer claims he has found, this might become too big to hide.On the other hand, does the nation really want to see the inauguration of President Harris?
One thing we do know is that the Biden family is finally against the ropes. When—not if—they fall, the world will see the Bidens’ ties to the Chinese commies who are trying to conquer us. I think the word for that is treason.
According to my history books, commies don’t go down easily. As their walls close in on them at this historical point in our nation’s existence, we can only expect the bolshies to roll up their sleeves and fight their hardest.

Style points to author Kevin Downey Jr. for mentioning Kamala Harris and the phrase "go down hardest" in the very next sentence. But the salient point is what, if any, real punishment will any of these bloodsucking, criminal scumbags actually face? It's not merely that the entire governmental-judicial-legislative system is corrupt. It's that it's been this way to such an extent and for such a long period of time that it allowed someone like Joe Biden to actually lie, cheat and steal up the ladder for over 50 years now. And he's not alone, as even a cursory scan of Congress on both sides of the mythical aisle will indicate.

We have a two-tiered justice system that is now weaponized to hound, persecute and crush anyone perceived as a threat to the 100-plus year revolution that overthrew America as founded, while at the same time letting everyone from violent criminals and Leftist political terrorists to Democrat fraudsters and cronies either completely skate or get a slap on the wrist so mild as to not even burst a soap bubble.

Beyond merely (!!!) the now institutionalized/legalized voting fraud machinery that I can predict will not allow whoever the GOP nominee might be to win come Election Season 2024-2025, even if he does manage to overcome it and win, the entire federal bureaucracy, state bureaucracies, most of the courts, the whorehouse propaganda media and now a large percentage of the formerly private sector will sabotage or commit overt acts of insubordination to stop any attempt to denude them of power and reverse course.

That is, if Generalissimo Vanilli Milley doesn't stage a Democrat/RINO-led coup to arrest him and declare the election illegitimate in case the Joseph Stalin vote-counters accidentally come up short while unloading ballots from the trunk of Al Franken's '76 LeSabre.

Along with Donald Trump, the most egregious and continuing example of political persecution that still turns my stomach when I think that this banana republic bullshit is happening right here and right now are the innocent non-violent January 6 protesters who were caught up in the Democrat/DOJ entrapment plot. Between the Ukraine war set to touch off World War 3 and the American banking system set to collapse under the weight of D-I-E, E-S-G and good old fashioned regulatory-induced greed and fraud and on top of the Junta's driving the entire economy off of a cliff, this little reminder yesterday from the estimable Lloyd Billingsley got lost in the sauce, and it really shouldn't have:

With the “insurrection” narrative unraveling, readers may wonder what an actual armed attack on the U.S. Capitol might look like. As it happens, the 40th anniversary of one is coming up this fall.
“Listen carefully, I’m only going to tell you this one time,” a caller from the “Armed Resistance Unit” told the operator at the Capitol switchboard on November 7, 1983. “There is a bomb in the Capitol building. It will go off in five minutes. Evacuate the building.” A Senate document, “Bomb Explodes in Capitol,” describes what happened.
The caller warned that “a bomb had been placed near the chamber in retaliation for recent U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon.” At 10:58 p.m. “a thunderous explosion tore through the second floor of the Capitol’s north wing.” The device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the corridor outside the Senate chamber, “blew off the door to the office of Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd.”
“The blast also punched a potentially lethal hole in a wall partition sending a shower of pulverized brick, plaster, and glass into the Republican cloakroom.” The adjacent halls were virtually deserted, so “many lives had been spared.”
Later that night, the Armed Resistance Unit called National Public Radio and proclaimed, “Tonight we bombed the U.S. Capitol.” The bombers “purposely aimed our attack at the institutions of imperialist rule rather than at individual members of the ruling class and government. We did not choose to kill any of them at this time. But their lives are not sacred and their hands are stained with the blood of millions.”
In a Smithsonian magazine article headlined “In the 1980s a Far-Left, Female-Led Domestic Terrorism Group Bombed the U.S. Capitol,” historian William Rosenau outlined the group’s back story.
The Armed Resistance Unit was part of the May 19th Communist Organization, named for the shared birthdays of Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh, and dedicated to the violent overthrow of the United States government. According to Rosenau, the May 19th Communist Organization was the “the first and only women-created and women-led terrorist group,” with leaders including Judy Clark, daughter of high-level Communist Party officials, Marilyn Buck, and Susan Rosenburg. . .
. . . Rosenberg was sentenced in 1985 to 58 years in federal prison, but through a plea deal she escaped additional time for aiding and abetting a series of bombings at the U.S. Capitol, the National War College, and the New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent association. After 16 years in prison, the veteran of the May 19th Communist Organization caught a break.
On January 20, 2001, his final day in office, President Bill Clinton commuted Rosenberg’s sentence. That drew criticism from New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Senator Charles Schumer, and law enforcement officials such as Bernard Kerik. As the former New York police commissioner told Fox News, “I’m sure she would have killed every single one of us if she could have.”
The FBI and Capitol Police did not prevent Rosenberg and her comrades from bombing the U.S. Capitol. The bombing was an actual crime, an act of political terrorism, so no need for false charges, altering or withholding evidence, and so forth.
On January 6, 2021, the FBI had agents and informers at the Capitol Building. As the video reveals, the Capitol Police welcomed Trump supporters into the building. As Julie Kelly notes, some entrants behaved badly but none packed firearms, set off bombs, or anything of the sort.
No police officers died from injuries sustained on January 6, and officer Brian Sicknick died of a stroke. The only shots fired came from Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd, who shot unarmed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, as Kelly explains, one of four Trump supporters to die as a result of excessive force that day.
Others found themselves denied bail, held in solitary confinement, and smeared as domestic terrorists. So far, they haven’t gotten any favors from politicians in the style of actual domestic terrorist Susan Rosenburg. In 2011, Rosenberg published An American Radical: Political Prisoner in My Own Country.

"Worst attack on our precious democracy (*vomit*) since the Civil War, Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined!" "Tucker Carlson and Kevin McCarthy are traitors and liars!"

By the way, those women were either an offshoot of or otherwise allied to or associated with the Weathermen, later to become the Weather Underground. That group was led by none other than Bill Ayers who was "just some guy who lived down the block" from Barack Obama. But let's not go there. "After all," to paraphrase Don Emilio Barzzini, "We are not conspiracy theorists!"

Have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Twenty years ago, we invaded Iraq at the counsel of detached wonks who have always been too impressed with themselves."
A Litany of Pride
"This professor makes an excellent point: Academia is now anti-enlightenment. It's all about ideology." (hat-tip to commenter MTF - jjs)
What I Learned When Students Tried to Cancel Me
Julie Kelly: "As we approach the third anniversary of  '15 Days to Slow the Spread' there remains no accountability and no assurances that it couldn’t happen again."
A Haunting Anniversary

THE ECONOMY, STUPID

Daniel Greenfield: "Americans can’t afford food, but leftist and Chinese companies get bailed out."
SVB Went Woke, Then Broke, Then Got a Bailout
The $30 billion deposit is far more than previous negotiations indicated. According to the Wall Street Journal, “JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo were in earlier talks to deposit $5 billion of their own money each into the lender.” But the final rescue package included 11 banks and $30 billion in capital to prevent the bank from collapsing.
Federal Agencies: First Republic Bank Rescued with $30 Billion Deposited from 11 Banks
"Becker donated to powerful Democrats such as New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, FEC records show. He provided small contributions to Silicon Valley Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna and Zoe Lofgren, and gave funds to Political Action Committees (PACs) associated with the Democratic party, according to data from watchdog OpenSecrets."
Meet the CEO Whose Failed Bank Was Bailed Out by the Biden Junta
Credit Swish . . .
‘Mx. Pips Bunce’: ‘Gender Fluid’ Executive At Credit Suisse Pushed For LGBTQ Visibility As Bank Imploded
"Traditionally, the Federal Reserve System raises interest rates to tame inflation by tightening the money supply back up. The downside is that this move also suppresses growth and can sometimes tip an already weak economy into a recession. The dream is always to achieve a 'soft landing' after a major economic upset, in which inflation comes down without the higher rates crushing the GDP. But most of the time, this remains just a dream. And that is proving to be the case now."
The Economy Is Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place With Nowhere Good to Go
“That’s a lie, because when a bipartisan group of senators has repeatedly requested to meet with him about Social, so that somebody who is a current beneficiary will not see her benefits cut by 24%, we have not heard anything on our request, and we made multiple requests to meet with the president,” Cassidy said. “Now you can’t comment on that, I realize that, but that is a fact, and if you’ve been told that he stands ready to meet, there’s absolutely no evidence because we have not gotten our meeting.”
‘That’s a Lie’: GOP Senator Presses Janet Yellen On Plan To Pay For Social Security
"Did Silicon Valley Bank get preferential treatment?"
Gavin Newsom’s Silicon Valley Bank Scandal Sheds Light on His Pattern of Favoring Companies That ‘Donate’ Where He Wants Them To
[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden's charge that the rich "don't pay their fair share" doesn't hold water.
The Social Security Regressivity Ruse
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
At issue are revelations starting last fall when POLITICO published a profile of Indiana GOP House candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green, which revealed she had been sexually assaulted while in the military. The candidate, who ultimately lost her race, told Fox News the information used for the report was illegally obtained.
Weaponization Committee Launches Probe Into Air Force Leak
"Democrat New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler and Democratic Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett did not immediately respond to a question about why the Democratic Staff Report claimed the DOJ-OIG rejected Friend’s claims." (because they're concocting another myth/smear/excuse to cover their fat asses - jjs)
DOJ Internal Watchdog Shuts Down House Democrats’ Claims Against FBI Whistleblower Steve Friend
"If the Department of Justice can weaponize the FBI and legal system to target and make a cautionary tale out of ideological opposition, who’s next?"
Questioning the January 6 Aftermath (narrative more than aftermath - jjs)
"As the founders understood, 'Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People.'”
A Nation at War: Liberal Mayor Eric Adams Hints at Root Cause of America’s Culture of Violence
"Angela Reading, mother of two, raised objections to sexually explicit content in her children’s elementary school."
N.J. Mom Sues Police, Military Officials for Labeling Her Post About School’s ‘Polysexual’ Poster a ‘Security Threat’
"California's preposterous push to offer reparations to blacks—in a state where slavery never existed—will inflame racial tensions."
Victimhood Forever
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Sargeant was viciously assaulted at last year’s Pride celebration for daring to display a sign with a red line through the phrases “Black Face,” “Woman Face,” and another that proudly declared “Gay Not Queer.” For his anti-LGBTQIA+ heresy, Sargeant was pushed to the ground by a cadre of screaming harpies.
STICKER SHOCK: Burlington, VT bans 'transphobic' stickers for 'hate speech'—allows ones that say 'kill all TERFs'
"During the week of March 6, CNN, a left-wing propaganda outlet that spreads conspiracy theories and political violence, averaged only 442,000 primetime viewers and 408,000 total day viewers. Compared to last year, CNN suffered a 61 percent drop in primetime viewers and a 54 percent drop in total day viewers. That is a catastrophic collapse. Anything below one million during primetime is catastrophic.Tee hee."
CNN Is Dead – Ratings Collapse to Decade Low
“I should be sitting over there with my colleagues, but I’m standing over here because on a weekly basis I was going viral asking you obvious questions and instead of answering them, you told me that crime was down, my videos went viral, amassed millions of likes and shares, and it was hurting your re-election campaign, so you revoked my media credential,” Kelly said.
Reporter Unloads On Lori Lightfoot After She Revokes His Press Credentials
"This situation is not livable anymore. The left, which is entirely in control of social media, is determined that anyone to the right of Bill Kristol should starve, and they’re going out of their way to make sure we do."
YouTube Protects Trans Groomer, Demonetizes My Video About Him as 'Graphic Descriptions' of Child Abuse
"While creating A.I. bias is easy, creating A.I. neutrality is hard. But ChatGPT’s creators are not even trying."
We Have Definitive Proof of ChatGPT’s Left-Wing Bias
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations."
California Regulators Ban Gas Appliances In San Francisco Bay Area
Robert Spencer: "Thanks to Biden’s new washing machine rules."
Get Ready to Stink for Climate Change
"Five recent news stories seemingly unrelated, but all bound by one, insidious agenda."
ESG Will Bankrupt You — Financially and Morally
Politicians from both parties in Alaska applauded the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] for greenlighting the $8 billion-dollar project because of the money it would bring into the state. But it’s not too difficult to imagine who wasn’t happy — it’s easy to tell by the D next to their names."
Dems are Livid at Biden for Approving Alaska Oil Drilling Project
“Nobody can ignore us any longer,” BBB leader Caroline van der Plas told broadcaster Radio 1, Reuters reported. “Voters have spoken out very clearly against this government’s policies.”
Dutch Farmers Fed Up With Climate Rules Win Shock Victory Against Establishment
"In Canada, an end-run against the free market."
Down With 'Divestment,' Up with Freedom
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Not a single Democrat attended the hearing."
Video: Border Patrol Chief Testifies Border Is Not Secure, Wall Needed
"White House regularly touts 23,000 Border Patrol agents. Border Patrol chief says the number is just 19,000." (numbers mean nothing if they are handcuffed from doing what they're supposed to do - jjs)
Border Patrol Is 20 Percent Smaller Than White House Claims, Junta Official Testifies
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“Charged with two felony counts of perjury and two misdemeanor counts of making a false crime report to nurses at two different hospitals.”
Stanford University Employee Charged for Two False Rape Reports
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"The legislation was introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and has been fiercely opposed by communist China, which has pressured him to abandon the legislation."
Jean-Pierre: ‘No’ Decision On If Biden Will Sign Unanimously Passed Bill To Declassify Chinese COVID Origins Intel
"And the question remains: why?"
How Dr. Fauci Shaped the Chinese COVID-19 Narrative
"The news comes as Beijing has apparently declared victory over the virus and subsequently abandoned its zero- [Chinese] COVID strategy that has significantly damaged the economy, according to the BBC."
CCP Declares Victory Over Chinese COVID, Opens China's Borders for First Time Since Pandemic
"The [Chinese] Covid pandemic raises an important question: How should promising but dangerous science be regulated?"
Unnatural Enhancement
SECOND AMENDMENT
David Harsanyi: "With more economic problems looming, the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] returns to an old favorite."
Gun Control Is Joe Biden’s Safe Space
"If the judge in Rupp v. Bonta follows the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, she will overturn California’s ban."
Here are All the Problems With California’s Expert Witness Testimony in Gun Ban Case
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Controversy over the removal of parents’ rights advocate Suparna Dutta from the Virginia Board of Education continues to rage. . . Dutta’s offense was to dare challenge Anne Holton for condemning the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as documents that “enshrined slavery” and protected only “white property-owning men.” That false, propagandistic rewrite of history by Holton, in full alignment with Marxist Critical Race Theory, is angering parents who are fed up with the public schools’ teaching of the same divisive, racist, and destructive dogma.
Virginia Board of Education Controversy Rages On
Negy, who was reinstated after an arbitrator ruled in his favor, alleges constitutional and tort claims for harm Negy suffered “for nearly two years at the hands of UCF administrators who, because they disliked his political views, treated him as less than human.”
Prof. Charles Negy, Investigated and Fired After Tweets Disputing Systemic Racism, Files Federal Lawsuit Against U. Central Florida
“That would include lessons that focus on race or ethnicity rather than individuals on merit, gender ideology, social-emotional learning, or inappropriate sexual content.”
Arizona Launches Hotline so Parents Can Report Critical Race Theory, Other Woke Subjects in Schools
"A teacher's thoughts on the last day."
Final Grades
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"The sudden rise of well-funded election activist nonprofits represents a paradigm shift away from persuading and motivating voters, and toward manipulating the election process to benefit Democrats."
Republicans Can’t Beat Democrats’ Election-Industrial Complex By Adopting Its Strategies
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Yeah, they'll move on to your house with pitchforks and torches – rhetorically speaking.
Kinzinger: GOP Voters Will ‘Move On’ Once Trump Is Indicted
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Poll comes as progressive lawmakers have worked to shift the Democrat Party’s support away from Israel."
Dems Favor "Palestinians" Over Israelis For First Time, Poll Shows
Whether you are found sitting in the front pew of your church every Sunday morning, an Easter-and-Christmas visitor, a totally convinced atheist, or a “none” — somebody who just doesn’t know or care about these matters — everybody’s freedom to express their religious beliefs and principles, or lack thereof, in public and private is stronger today. We should all be thankful for this.
Here's Why the Unanimous Shurtleff Decision Is Even More Important than 6-3 Dobbs
"[G]overnment officials in places like Rhode Island have apparently become addicted to the power they obtained during the Wuhan panic.
Today’s blacklisted American: Rhode Island school district blacklists Christian afterschool club because it is Christian
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Walker, who has described himself as someone who “generally [has] been acting as a surrogate for H[unter] around the country and abroad pursuing opportunities,” received a $3 million payment from State Energy HK Limited, which was divvied up between four Biden family members: Hunter, James, Hallie, and an unknown Biden. According to the committee, Hallie is the new member identified who was previously a mystery. There is still an unknown “Biden” in the bank records. No first name is listed for the fourth Biden.
House Oversight Committee: Beau’s Widow Hallie Is ‘New’ Biden Business Member Who Received China Cash
"One thing we do know is that the Biden family is finally against the ropes. When—not if—they fall, the world will see the Bidens’ ties to the Chinese commies who are trying to conquer us. I think the word for that is treason." (this remains to be seen and I am very doubtful - jjs)
The Biden Family Influence-Peddling Scandal Just Got Much, Much Worse
"The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] has an uncontrollable urge to deceive, yet voters elevated him to the Oval Office. This should not have happened.” (the number of legit votes with the majority of fake ballots is still disturbing - jjs)
There’s No Liar Like a Biden
“The story’s changed throughout. . . The fact that they keep shifting the stories, I think should be a major concern for people in the White House, because it’s pretty clear that the people spinning the news in the White House don’t know the full story. And I think there are going to be several other shoes to drop on this.”
Schweizer: White House Doesn’t Know ‘Full Story’ on Biden Family Dealings, ‘Several’ More Shoes Will Drop
POLITICS
"LOW energy."
Cringe: Biden Receives One Clap From Small Crowd When He Tries To Gee Them Up
“If this is the way you’re going to run the committee, I would suggest that Republicans leave. I don’t see why we should stick around if you’re going to make up the rules. I mean you’re going to offer up a third-degree amendment,” Paul said.
Rand Paul Storms Out Of Hearing After Clashing With Dem Senator
"It was a softball question if I’ve ever seen one, but instead of swinging at the pitch and hitting it out of the park, she ran for the wrong end zone in the hopes of scoring a touchdown."
Late Night Host Asks Kamala to Explain Her Job – and She Fails Miserably
"Democracy, for Democrats, is doing what you’re told and taking what they give you."
Nobody Wants Kamala Harris—But There She Is, Anyway
"If the bipartisan majority, composed of members of both parties, is corrupt, then making bipartisanship an end in itself will only ensure corrupt outcomes."
The Democrat-Media Bipartisanship Fallacy
"The only truly “Roman” presidents of recent times, fallible but uncompromising in the maintenance and defense of their country, were Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. Shall we see their like again?"
The Avignon Presidency, or the American Schism
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Says he made the decision in order to bolster his re-election chances as a war [so-called quote-unquote "president"]."
“I’m Telling You, He Did It”: Seymour Hersh Blames Biden For Nord Stream Attack
"An MQ-8 ‘Reaper’ drone was a 'total loss' this week, the Pentagon said this week after it was rammed by a Russian jet, damaging its propeller and causing it to lose power. Despite the U.S. releasing footage of Russian jets harassing the drone by spraying jet fuel on it, and even colliding with the drone to damage it, Russia is still maintaining its position that the drone fell out of the air spontaneously and they were not responsible."
Russia Has Located U.S. Drone and Will Attempt to Receive Tech and Data, Kremlin Media Claims
“It is not the Russian pilots who should be called out, but American politicians who are inciting the start of an apocalyptic conflict,” Antonov said.
Russian Ambassador Slams ‘Notorious Lawmaker’ Lindsey Graham Over Shootdown Warning
"The last time Xi spoke with Zelensky was prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. On Feb. 24, 2023, China released a 12-point plan to bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine."
Report: China's Xi to Speak With Ukraine's Zelensky Next Week
"Ron DeSantis should say it one more time for the people in the back. The war is literally a dispute over territory."
Sorry, Media Nerds, the War in Ukraine is Literally a ‘Territorial Dispute’
"Tucker Carlson’s questions exposed deep divisions within the Republican Party as to how the United States should respond to the war in Ukraine."
There are No Good Options for U.S. Policy in Ukraine
“Every day this proxy battle in Ukraine continues, we risk global war. We must be absolutely clear that our objective is to IMMEDIATELY have a total cessation of hostilities. All shooting has to stop. This is the central issue. We need PEACE without delay,” he said in the video, according to a transcript.
Trump Calls for ‘Peace Without Delay’ in Ukraine, Ending the ‘Entire Globalist Neo-Con Establishment’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Republicans say the funds will help prop up Iran's hardline regime as it cracks down on protesters and provides lethal military equipment to Russia for Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine."
Latest Biden Junta Sanctions Waiver Allows $500 Million Payment for Iran, Tehran Says
"Terrorist carrying suicide belt neutralized by Israeli security forces."
Report: Hezbollah Infiltrator Behind Highway Terror Bombing in Northern Israel
"Why Biden must stop coddling Obrador."
Mexico’s President Insults the U.S. – While Allowing the Cartels to Thrive
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"FBI Director Chris Wray stunned U.S. senators last week during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing when he revealed the capabilities that the app gives communist China." (surprised his Chi-Com handlers let him sing like this - jjs)
TikTok Under Federal Criminal Investigation For Spying On American Citizens: Report
OHIO DERAILMENT, TOXIC CHEMICAL DISASTER
"The group is urging its members to support new legislation to regulate America’s railways."
American Principles Project Backs Railway Safety Act
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"Current scholarly literature often blames racism for differential health outcomes, instead of looking for scientific explanations that could lead to improved policies and treatments."
Politically Correct Medical Scholarship Doesn’t Help Blacks
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Using archival data from the Magellan spacecraft that orbited Venus in the early 1990s scientists think they have identified an active vent that appeared to change shape based on radar images taken eight months apart."
Another study finds evidence of active volcanism on Venus
"Using cheap off-the-shelf parts students at Brown University have successfully tested a simple solar sail in space and shown how it can be used to de-orbit satellites efficiently and inexpensively."
Student cubesat demonstrates how to use a solar sail for satellite deorbit
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
According to the California Department of Education, the current law protects trans-identifying students because disclosing their gender identity to their parents could increase their “vulnerability to harassment and may violate the student’s right to privacy.”
CA Lawmakers Seek To Reverse Law That Prohibits Teachers From Disclosing Student Gender Identities, Transitions With Parents
"Liberals won’t let anyone play who doesn’t agree with them."
Girls Are Now Being Banned From Sports for Wanting to Play Against Girls
"The state is leading the way in the battle of good versus evil. Here's what they're doing."
The Complacent Can Look to Tennessee to Confront Transgender Ideology
"Mary Eberstadt’s new book, Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited, shows how the sexual revolution became a destructive cultural movement."
How the False Promises of the Sexual Revolution Created a New Religion
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
It should come as no surprise that The Street believes Disney’s recent foray into “woke” politics, particularly in Florida, is a contributing factor to its tumble from the top. That’s not to say that Disney Parks are hurting for visitors — they’re still meeting quotas — but this is clearly a trend that should concern Disney. They’ve insulted the audiences that watch their content and alienated those who normally would love to visit their theme parks.
Vacationers Are Falling Out of Love With Woke Disney Parks
"The raw emotional wreckage of Scandoval points out that prioritizing sex, booze, and work in your twenties and thirties is not a healthy cultural norm for America’s young professionals."
Secular Media Is Getting ‘Scandoval’ All Wrong
Christian Toto: "Team behind The Chosen to shake up industry with faith-friendly, uplifting films."
Angel Studios Goes to the Movies, Challenges Hollywood on Its Home Turf
"Contemporary society rests atop a bedrock of deviancy that few, even the right-wing culture warriors, dare disturb."
The Right Is Still Afraid to Fight the Culture War
"Teaching children resilience."
Prager Video: ‘If Nothing is Horrific, Life is Terrific’
HITHER & YON
"Binge drinking is considered consuming four or more drinks in one sitting for women, and five or more drinks for men."
For the First Time in History Women Binge Drink More Than Men
"The media is filled with endless content about how bad today’s films are and the glut of superhero nonsense. Emily is a ravishing and real alternative."
Emily Brontë: This Year’s Coolest Superhero?

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3 🍀HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! 🍀

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happy f'ing friday

and it's st paddys day

everyone's irish on st. paddy's day

well, except for the germans, we're still german then...

drink up eat all the food and enjoy your day.

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 17, 2023 07:42 AM (Mkvkw)

6 Thanks JJ !

Posted by: JT at March 17, 2023 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

7 Corn Beef was a bad dude. And he ran with a bunch of poor boys!

Posted by: Joey B at March 17, 2023 07:43 AM (9w3M/)

8 What does Joe and his crime family do with all that stolen money? Joe has been a government employee layabout his whole miserable working career and has lived off the fat of the taxpayers the entire time, yet still steals millions of dollars. For what?

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Lock Joe Up!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 17, 2023 07:43 AM (R/m4+)

9 HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! 🍀
Posted by: redridinghood

Backatcha !

Posted by: JT at March 17, 2023 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

10 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 17, 2023 07:44 AM (zhLdt)

11 For St Paddys Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsg29nIkl5o

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

12 DM says the mystery Biden is Hailey.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 07:44 AM (iayUP)

13 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at March 17, 2023 07:45 AM (u7pQw)

14 10s of millions of dollars? That's all? Hillary cackles.

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2023 07:45 AM (SYTee)

15 Hiya, JT.
Hope you're wearing green.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 07:46 AM (NpAcC)

16 It's also National Corn Beef and Cabbage Day!

Unfortunately, it's Lent and I have to eat fish today.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 07:48 AM (NpAcC)

17 Good morning again and Happy St. Pat's day! Corn beef and cabbage ready to go. Think I'll use the instant pot, it worked wonderfully last year.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 17, 2023 07:48 AM (wagHN)

18 We used to stand people against a wall for treason.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 07:48 AM (iayUP)

19 Next time you hear Janet Yellen speak, see if her voice doesn't remind you of Lionel Barrymore taking a crap.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 07:49 AM (iayUP)

20 Good morning Jj and horde
TGIF

And great CJN Speaks this week

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 07:49 AM (MYW11)

21 Erin Go Bragh! 🍀

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 07:50 AM (NpAcC)

22 Paddy and Seamus are sitting in a small-town bar.

Paddy brags, "You know, I've had every woman in this town. Except me mammy, of course!"

"Well then," says Seamus. "Between you and I, we've had 'em all!"

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 07:51 AM (Jg7EG)

23 JJ, everything going on now seems to be the culmination of a hundred years or more of poisonous philosophies and world views infecting the West. Materialism combined with nihilism, all aimed at destroying God and removing the basis of truth and morality. We are living in the result.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 07:52 AM (PCK5/)

24 Whitmer held a signing party yesterday on the LGBTQ + bill passed by the Michigan Democrat legislature that prohibits any kind of discrimination of the alphabet people. No exceptions including religious. Next up is repealing Michigans right to work law and passing new gun restrictions.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 07:52 AM (EGpff)

25 Some leprechaun ate all the marshmallow bits in my cereal.

Posted by: Peevish McCranky at March 17, 2023 07:53 AM (4I/2K)

26 Good morning again and Happy St. Pat's day! Corn beef and cabbage ready to go. Think I'll use the instant pot, it worked wonderfully last year.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 17, 2023 07:48 AM (wagHN)

i'm going to roast it all in the over this year. trying something a little different from boiling it all.

hoping for corned beef hash in the morning, if there's any left overs...

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 17, 2023 07:53 AM (Mkvkw)

27 Good morning hordelings. Happy St. Patrick's Day. I hate corned beef and cabbage. We'll probably have spaghetti.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 07:54 AM (45fpk)

28
Not a big fan of the processed meats.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2023 07:55 AM (enJYY)

29 And now, Susan Rosenberg is a "non-profit" leader associated with the Soros Foundation and was the earliest financial supporter of BLM.

She has not stopped trying to kill.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 07:55 AM (xtVzs)

30 hoping for corned beef hash in the morning, if there's any left overs.

Oh yum! Do you have a recipe?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 17, 2023 07:56 AM (wagHN)

31 Ah, tis me favorite day o' the year!

Posted by: Baracky O'Bama at March 17, 2023 07:56 AM (PiwSw)

32 Three leaves for the Trinity; not four leaves for luck.
☘️

☘️

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 07:57 AM (Vwz3I)

33 Christian Toto: "Team behind The Chosen to shake up industry with faith-friendly, uplifting films."
Angel Studios Goes to the Movies, Challenges Hollywood on Its Home Turf

Not only The Chosen did well at the box office. "The Jesus Revolution" is experiencing its own measure of success.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 07:57 AM (45fpk)

34 "Ah, tis me favorite day o' the year!
Posted by: Baracky O'Bama "

Corned Beagle on the menu?

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 07:57 AM (iayUP)

35 TNG reference. Picard is captured by the Cardassians. They torture him for quite some time. The head guy keeps trying to mindfuck him by telling him that the four lights above him are really three. Picard keeps repeating that there are 'FOUR LIGHTS.' At the end of the ep, he is rescued and debriefs with Troi and he confesses that at the end, he really did see only three lights.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 16, 2023 03:55 PM (zZu0s)

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Sorry to do this so early, this was from yesterday. I just had to laugh. Cardassians? As in Kardashians? Ha, ha. Which came first?

Posted by: President Select Decaf at March 17, 2023 07:58 AM (3JfbU)

36 Republicans Can’t Beat Democrats’ Election-Industrial Complex By Adopting Its Strategies
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The goals of that article are fine. The problem is that they never say how we can get there from here.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 17, 2023 07:59 AM (TgBWG)

37 33

Not only The Chosen did well at the box office. "The Jesus Revolution" is experiencing its own measure of success.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 07:57 AM (45fpk)

If this continues, expect a media complex attack and smear campaign to ensue.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 07:59 AM (PCK5/)

38 Mornin. About to go wake up the sleeping bear known as Pookette. I'm sure the shortage of ADHD meds and the fact that she was bouncing off the walls two hours past her bedtime has nothing to do with the sleepy growls I'll hear.

Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the cat to go in first at March 17, 2023 08:00 AM (dtlDP)

39 "California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations."

...or move.

Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:00 AM (uQPen)

40 Top O' the Mornin' to Y'all!🍀

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 08:00 AM (NpAcC)

41 Speaking of Janet Yellin, what a dumb-ass. She accidentally is killing all community banks, suddenly, since she announced her new Treasury Department fiat of 100% insurance of deposits to money center banks (as opposed to $250K everywhere else), all responsible business owners are moving their payroll and deposit accounts to big banks. Community Banks are screaming bloody murder, and she literally just seems confused at what she's done. "Huh? Wut?" is about the best she can manage.

Can we please get some reasonably intelligent people involved?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:01 AM (Gs8F6)

42 "I think the word for that is treason."

I don't think it. I know it. They do, too. Now, more than ever, the fate of the country lies in the hands of any patriotic Secret Service personnel.

Posted by: Tipster at March 17, 2023 08:01 AM (klu5V)

43 Next time you hear Janet Yellen speak, see if her voice doesn't remind you of Lionel Barrymore taking a crap.
Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 07:49 AM (iayUP)

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It reminds me of a nursing home resident who doesn't remember where is her room.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at March 17, 2023 08:01 AM (3JfbU)

44 But this Oversight Committee investigation might be different.
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HAHAHAHAHAH

:: wipes tears from eyes ::

How precious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:01 AM (t0OGg)

45 39 "California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations."

...or move.
Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:00 AM (uQPen)

The Appliance Commisars will be out in force, Da?

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:02 AM (PCK5/)

46 Yonder Horde.

*biden... the purported "poorest" congressman ever. According to himself. He's been on the take forever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2023 08:02 AM (Q4IgG)

47 Sorry to do this so early, this was from yesterday. I just had to laugh. Cardassians? As in Kardashians? Ha, ha. Which came first?
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Spoon-heads versus the spoon-asses!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:02 AM (Vwz3I)

48 Since FJB appears to be the linchpin of all the influence peddling, it'll be interesting to see what happens when he finally shuffles off his mortal coil.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:03 AM (YIVH2)

49 Beyond merely (!!!) the now institutionalized/legalized voting fraud machinery that I can predict will not allow whoever the GOP nominee might be to win come Election Season 2024-2025, even if he does manage to overcome it and win, the entire federal bureaucracy, state bureaucracies, most of the courts, the whorehouse propaganda media and now a large percentage of the formerly private sector will sabotage or commit overt acts of insubordination to stop any attempt to denude them of power and reverse course.
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This has been my take for a while. The Presidency itself is a false prize.

The only chance at reform - and I think it is slim as hell - would be for Congress to play hardball and shut the bitch down until the president - whoever he is - signs a budget that zeroes large numbers of agencies. Since there is no chance of that happening, the presidency is largely irrelevant. The president can do some work around the margins, but nothing structural.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:04 AM (t0OGg)

50 Unfortunately, it's Lent and I have to eat fish today.

My Bishop issued a dispensation for today.

I am still eating fish.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 08:04 AM (TXFi7)

51 Seeing as it's St Pat's Day shouldn't somebody be able to play the harp? Apart from Harpo Marx who was supposed to have been a mute or something.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at March 17, 2023 08:04 AM (3JfbU)

52 hoping for corned beef hash in the morning, if there's any left overs.

Oh yum! Do you have a recipe?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 17, 2023 07:56 AM (wagHN)

Not yet Jewells, but i'll go digging this evening. I suspect i'll end up just shredding the beef and chop the left over potatoes kind of small, then pan fry in butter until it's done.

but there might be better directions somewhere on line.

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 17, 2023 08:05 AM (Mkvkw)

53 My son drove from San Diego to Phoenix to get a gas-powered generator.

Maybe his next trip will be for a water heater.

LOL

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 08:05 AM (TXFi7)

54 Girls Are Now Being Banned From Sports for Wanting to Play Against Girls

Christian High School Banned From ALL Sports Tournaments After Girls Basketball Team Refused To Play Opponent With Trans Player
The Vermont Principal's Association (VPA) issued a press release Monday announcing a Christian high school is now banned from competing in all VPA-sanctioned activities and tournaments.
In its ruling, the VPA explained, "With feedback from membership at large, our Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Activities Committee, and our Activity Standards Committee, The VPA's Executive Council met today, March 13th, 2023 to discuss the relevant forfeiture. The result was a determination that policies have been violated at the school level, thus there is an immediate determination of ineligibility for Mid-Vermont Christian in VPA-sanctioned activities and tournaments going forward."

Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:06 AM (uQPen)

55 He could have just gone to Yuma, but my DiL has family in Phoenix.

A two-fer.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 08:06 AM (TXFi7)

56 On January 20, 2001, his final day in office, President Bill Clinton commuted Rosenberg’s sentence. That drew criticism from New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Senator Charles Schumer, and law enforcement officials such as Bernard Kerik. As the former New York police commissioner told Fox News, “I’m sure she would have killed every single one of us if she could have.”
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Wonder not at the change over the past 20 years. He didn't change. He - and the vast majority of all persons in government - has always been transactional. The needs of that moment called for a transaction involving criticism. The needs of this moment call for a transaction involving praise. That is all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:06 AM (t0OGg)

57 That Drew Barrymore thing with the transgender Mulvaney, are they magical creatures like the leprechauns?

Posted by: President Select Decaf at March 17, 2023 08:06 AM (3JfbU)

58 Unfortunately, it's Lent and I have to eat fish today.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 07:48 AM (NpAcC)

Basically, it’s up to each bishop to decide whether their diocese can eat meat on St. Patrick’s Day this year. As of March 10, according to the National Catholic Register, all but 14 of 176 bishops in the U.S. had announced their plans, and 125 of them—about 70 percent—gave their congregations the go-ahead to chow down on whatever meat they want this Friday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:06 AM (BRHaw)

59 The way things are currently set up The President can't fix much, but can fvck things up a lot more.

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2023 08:07 AM (SYTee)

60 Janet Yellen is Madeline Albreights ugly sister. As a pundit said yesterday, part of the problem is no one believes anything these people say. This administration has been so incompetent as to defy historical precedent. How can this be fixed.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 08:07 AM (EGpff)

61 Good day to wear Orange. Nevermind.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:08 AM (PCK5/)

62 We in Brattleboro support the Vermont Principels Association and its efforts to include everyone in sports no matter there gender or sex.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro Vermouth at March 17, 2023 08:08 AM (iayUP)

63 >Basically, it’s up to each bishop to decide whether their diocese can eat meat on St. Patrick’s Day this year.

what happened to 'rules are rules'

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 08:08 AM (geLO8)

64 California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations."

...or move.
Posted by: artisanal ette

Somebody has to rearrange the deck chairs.

I find it fascinating that this is their priority while the entire system is collapsing in the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 08:08 AM (lTGtQ)

65 In its ruling, the VPA explained, "With feedback from membership at large, our Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Activities Committee, and our Activity Standards Committee, The VPA's Executive Council met today, March 13th, 2023 to discuss the relevant forfeiture. The result was a determination that policies have been violated at the school level, thus there is an immediate determination of ineligibility for Mid-Vermont Christian in VPA-sanctioned activities and tournaments going forward."
Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:06 AM (uQPen)
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Good.

Hey, Mid-Vermont? Take your savings this year - you won't be spending money on travel, etc. - and use it to seed a competing league. Recruit three other like-minded schools to join it. Run it well and starting next year, compete hard in your small league. Then double it to eight schools. Just four schools in all of Vermont to start. You can do it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:08 AM (t0OGg)

66
"California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations."

You're suddenly going to get 220 volt wiring to basement and kitchen for electric stove and water heating appliances? I'll say it's going to be expensive. Some service panels may not even be up to the job.

Will the last person leaving California turn out the lights?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2023 08:09 AM (enJYY)

67 hoping for corned beef hash in the morning, if there's any left overs.

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Corned beef? No, it has got to be potatoes. I see hash browns as the meal for today.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at March 17, 2023 08:09 AM (3JfbU)

68 Unfortunately, it's Lent and I have to eat fish today.

My Bishop issued a dispensation for today.

I am still eating fish.
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My [second generation] mom gave us St. Patrick's Day off. I had a French-Canadian dorm housemate complain about me [moderately] drinking on the Day but he acceded when I asked him if St. John the Baptist Day fell in Lent, would the Quebecois forgo the day?
❌ ☘️ ❌

And St. Patrick's saltire too! [Although probably inspired by Spanish troops' ragged red saltire of Burgundy.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:10 AM (Vwz3I)

69 You could make Corned Fish and Cabbage.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 17, 2023 08:10 AM (iSZpJ)

70 Beyond merely (!!!) the now institutionalized/legalized voting fraud machinery that I can predict will not allow whoever the GOP nominee might be to win come Election Season 2024-2025, even if he does manage to overcome it and win, the entire federal bureaucracy, state bureaucracies, most of the courts, the whorehouse propaganda media and now a large percentage of the formerly private sector will sabotage or commit overt acts of insubordination to stop any attempt to denude them of power and reverse course.
++++
This prediction is exactly what happened from 2016-2020, so it seems pretty obvious a description of the future. What is hard to predict is their next moves, but my bet is prison for Republicans. That's what they are hoping to do to Trump, and DeSantis cannot be far behind.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:10 AM (Gs8F6)

71 The Right Is Still Afraid to Fight the Culture War
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I'm tired of articles like that. The Right has been fighting all my life. The trouble is that we keep getting beat, in part because we are not a uniform movement, but a loose coalition. And we've been like that since the word "right" was coined. It's baked in the cake. E.g., on marriage, the libertarians were always on the other side.

But the assumption that the losers didn't want to win is just stupid.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (TgBWG)

72 Another look at corned muskrat?

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (iayUP)

73 ST..hell that sounds good. No recipe needed!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (wagHN)

74 Regulating gas appliances will absolutely address the matter of the West being out of water.Absolutely.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (PCK5/)

75 How did corned beef and cabbage become the meal on St. Patrick's Day?

Posted by: dantesed at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (88xKn)

76 Will the last person leaving California turn out the lights?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2023 08:09 AM (enJYY)

Won't need to, they'll already be out before the last person leaves.

Posted by: predicting pookysgirl at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (dtlDP)

77 It is funny that people are so worried about losing Ukraine, which wasn't even ours a decade back, while we're losing Saudi Arabia, which underpins a huge portion of the American empire.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (eYoxG)

78 >Basically, it’s up to each bishop to decide whether their diocese can eat meat on St. Patrick’s Day this year.

what happened to 'rules are rules'
Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 08:08 AM (geLO

They're more like guidelines than whatcha may call actual 'rules'.

Posted by: Pope Frankie at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (4I/2K)

79 The Avignon Presidency article is an interesting read.

Posted by: Republic Theater brought to you by Signature Bank at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (41IOV)

80 Another look at corned muskrat?
Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (iayUP)
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You'll eat your corned insects and like it!

Posted by: The WEF at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (YIVH2)

81 "California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations."
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My immediate thought when reading this was, "bullshit. Ex-post-facto law is still illegal, even in California. There's no way they'll make homeowners tear out gas appliances."

I was right:
The implications of this rule, perhaps the most aggressive in the nation, are huge: Not only would newly built homes have to use electric heat pumps and electric water heaters, but homeowners in existing houses would be gradually forced to replace gas appliances with electric ones when their existing heaters reach the end of their lives.

All *new* appliances are banned. Any existing appliances don't have to be torn out, but they cannot be replaced with like appliances. It's still utter bullshit in every respect and fuck those guys, but the blurb from the Free Beacon is deliberately deceptive.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

82 Bombing the Capital will get you a Presidential pardon
Walking between the ropes will get you 7 years

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 08:13 AM (MYW11)

83 Good day to wear Orange. Nevermind.
Posted by: tubal
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💣 💣 💣

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (Vwz3I)

84 "The paralyzing sickness of “tolerance” has made decent people timid. There is nothing cruel about acknowledging that a man cannot be a woman or vice versa. It’s just the truth. By refusing to give my assent to the delusions of a mentally ill person, I am not causing any distress to said person that the condition already has not. If anyone has been victimized, it is me. I am being coerced to play along with absurd nonsense. And so are you."

I have no problem speaking out and feel that if we don't this trans nonsense will be normalized.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

85 ...Anne Holton for condemning the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as documents that “enshrined slavery” and protected only “white property-owning men.”

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One can only sit back and stare into the vast canyon of ignorance named Anne Holton. Utterly amazing how incredibly dumb this woman is, how she obviously knows nothing about the DoI or the Constitution. I take that back, she knows less than nothing. She's an embarrassment without compare. Her idiocy is truly shocking.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (sVtYq)

86 Bombing the Capital will get you a Presidential pardon
Walking between the ropes will get you 7 years
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 08:13 AM (MYW11)
++++
It all depends on whether you're a thoughtcriminal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (t0OGg)

87 > Will the last person leaving California turn out the lights?
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They'll likely have been out for a while.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (Q4IgG)

88 I’m shocked that Susan Rosenberg’s Wikipedia page doesn’t label her an insurrectionist and a threat to “our democracy”… shocked, I tell you, shocked!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 17, 2023 08:15 AM (LjeMb)

89 All *new* appliances are banned. Any existing appliances don't have to be torn out, but they cannot be replaced with like appliances. It's still utter bullshit in every respect and fuck those guys, but the blurb from the Free Beacon is deliberately deceptive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)
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Just like with EVs, it'll be a phased transition. They won't stop you from driving your current vehicle, but you won't be able to replace it with a new ICE. Furthermore, gas stations will be phased out in favor of charging stations, making it more difficult for you to find fuel for your ICE.

They're doing the same with the gas appliances. "We won't stop you from using the current appliance. You just can't install a new gas appliance. And when it wears out, you have to rip out the infrastructure that supported it."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:15 AM (YIVH2)

90 Pips Bunce of Credit Swiss

https://tinyurl.com/4s8vcywp

This business will get out of control...and we'll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (BRHaw)

91 It's no wonder upstate SC is swarming with California plates.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (sVtYq)

92 I heard some study the other day that half of Americans still aren't back to normal after 15 days to stop the spread an 1/3 said they will never be back to normal. Probably true, I still see plenty of people in masks and many more that would gladly put them back on if told.

Mass insanity/delusion induced by the govt. I still look back at that and especially the creepy "We Are All In Thus Together" signs and recordings and shudder, like something out of the Twilight Zone. Still, it was eye opening and disturbing to see how many of our fellow citizens can be so easily manipulated and controlled by govt propaganda.

Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (cUYo/)

93 Keep Calm and Paddy On!

Posted by: Peevish McCranky at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (4I/2K)

94 It looks to me like these people, who are closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party, sent $3 million to a shell corporation, then they turned around and split it three ways with a third going to the Biden family – three different family members for no apparent reason.

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You think that's a lot? Just wait until you hear about their book deals to discuss this persecution of innocent people who were never charged.

Posted by: The pentagon can't account for 2.3T - D. Rumsfeld, 9/10/2001 at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (YKthm)

95 Pips Bunce...LOLOL

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (sVtYq)

96 Listen and watch this if you haven't seen it. It's gone viral. Let's see how they try to shut it down.

LISTEN: New 'Trump Won' Song Is 'Perfection,' Gushes Steve Bannon.

https://tinyurl.com/23f8v29w

It is really good and really catchy. Christian singer, Natasha Owens. Have a listen. It is uplifting (under the circumstances).

Apple already took down the J6 prisoner song, let's see how long this lasts.

Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (uQPen)

97 86 Bombing the Capital will get you a Presidential pardon
Walking between the ropes will get you 7 years
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 08:13 AM (MYW11)
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It all depends on whether you're a thoughtcriminal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (t0OGg)

1984 has been done to death here… but nevertheless we are living in some of its aspects.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (PCK5/)

98 According to Wikipedia, Susan Rosenberg is an “….activist, writer, advocate for social justice and prisoner’s rights.”

It does go on to mention her terror activities in the Capitol

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 17, 2023 08:17 AM (LjeMb)

99

They will come for St. Patrick as white and exclusionary, just wait.

Posted by: Auspex at March 17, 2023 08:17 AM (QarLh)

100

Why Tucker's Footage Was Stopped: Confirms Initial Capitol Breachers Were Federal Agents, Says Santilli.
https://tinyurl.com/y3wrydpe

Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:17 AM (uQPen)

101 95 Pips Bunce...LOLOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (sVtYq)

That is a name that just begs for an ass kicking.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:17 AM (PCK5/)

102 Will the last person leaving California ~~turn~~ blow out the lights?
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Fixed [??]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (Vwz3I)

103 ST..hell that sounds good. No recipe needed!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 17, 2023 08:11 AM (wagHN)

thanks, now i just have to remember it in the morning. probably add some garlic & onion powder while cooking because... why not...

now i just have to NOT start eating early...

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (Mkvkw)

104 Eastern Vermont is a strange mixture of Constitutional Carry farmers and New York refugee craft cheese makers and retirees.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (12BxK)

105 But this Oversight Committee investigation might be different. As per Comer, up to seven members — thus far — of the Biden family might be involved in the alleged influence-peddling scheme. And with the known links between the Bidens and tens of millions of commie dollars that Comer claims he has found, this might become too big to hide.
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This is the kind of ConInc media BS that really chaps my ass, because it's so typical and it seems to work every time.

The DoJ won't do anything to harm a Dem, and as anyone who pays attention knows, GOP legislative leadership in both houses have stated flatly that they will not impeach Brandon. End of story. Nothing *can* come of this.

Comer knows that, and knows this time will not be "different." The author of this piece knows it. Millions of people know that. But still, ConInc will come out and laughably claim otherwise, and still millions more people will wipe the drool off their chins and grunt out "hurr durrr #ComerWillCome duhhh."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (oINRc)

106 1984 has been done to death here… but nevertheless we are living in some of its aspects.
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (PCK5/)
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Pick a dystopian science fiction author--any of them--and it's eerie how much of what they predicted has come to pass in some form or another.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (YIVH2)

107 thanks, now i just have to remember it in the morning. probably add some garlic & onion powder while cooking because... why not...

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (Mkvkw)
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That may be the best cooking tip ever!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:19 AM (YIVH2)

108 Pfizer is recalling its migraine headache drug Nurtec as its packaging fails to meet standards of child safety. They are urging patients to either return packages to Pfizer or secure them from children until the new package arrives.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 08:20 AM (EGpff)

109 88 I’m shocked that Susan Rosenberg’s Wikipedia page doesn’t label her an insurrectionist and a threat to “our democracy”… shocked, I tell you, shocked!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 17, 2023 08:15 AM (LjeMb)

Try this page:

https://www.discoverthenetworks.org
/individuals/susan-rosenberg/

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:20 AM (x0n13)

110 “He stands ready to work with Congress,” Yellen said, before she was cut off by Cassidy.

“That’s a lie, because when a bipartisan group of senators has repeatedly requested to meet with him about Social, so that somebody who is a current beneficiary will not see her benefits cut by 24%, we have not heard anything on our request, and we made multiple requests to meet with the president,” Cassidy said. “Now you can’t comment on that, I realize that, but that is a fact, and if you’ve been told that he stands ready to meet, there’s absolutely no evidence because we have not gotten our meeting.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:21 AM (BRHaw)

111 95 Pips Bunce...LOLOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:16 AM (sVtYq)

That is a name that just begs for an ass kicking.
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:17 AM (PCK5/)

*glares* *strafes you*

Posted by: Oberstleutnant Josef 'Pips' Priller at March 17, 2023 08:21 AM (4I/2K)

112 But their lives are not sacred and their hands are stained with the blood of millions.”

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She has a point

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:21 AM (cMXNt)

113 How did corned beef and cabbage become the meal on St. Patrick's Day?

America.

My old Irish friend says that Shepherd's Pie is the true Irish feast meal.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 08:21 AM (TXFi7)

114
Corned beef and cabbage is almost a Hungarian kind of concoction.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:22 AM (x0n13)

115 Pick a dystopian science fiction author--any of them--and it's eerie how much of what they predicted has come to pass in some form or another.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (YIVH2)

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered.

*holds up thumb and finger about this far apart*
Orwell got close!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (BRHaw)

116 Mornin’, All. Happy Fajita Friday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (6uZ0Z)

117 Happy St Patrick's day, Horde!
Remember, Ireland is 4 hours ahead of DST (I think), so beer o clock starts at 1pm on the Eastern seaboard!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (fUnHJ)

118 Note that all the stuff the Oversight committee is finding on the Bidens is surely known by the DoJ.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (cMXNt)

119 111 Posted by: Oberstleutnant Josef 'Pips' Priller at March 17, 2023 08:21 AM (4I/2K)

"Hey, ESTELLA!!!!"

- - Pip Kowalski, from Tennessee Dickens

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (x0n13)

120 The secret Irish cuisine ingredient is potatoes.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (PCK5/)

121 Hallie !might be getting hush money

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 17, 2023 08:24 AM (fUnHJ)

122 The secret Irish cuisine ingredient is potatoes.
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (PCK5/)

and Guinness

Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:25 AM (uQPen)

123 Beer o'clock? Isn't that noon?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 08:25 AM (TXFi7)

124 All that can be done by voters, has been done.

It's time to ready yourself and your family for what is to come next.

Posted by: Shep Smith at March 17, 2023 08:25 AM (QcJKE)

125 Pick a dystopian science fiction author--any of them--and it's eerie how much of what they predicted has come to pass in some form or another.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (YIVH2)

Watch both "The Hospital" and "Network" and it's as if Paddy Chayefsky PBUH had a crystal ball.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)

126 Note that all the stuff the Oversight committee is finding on the Bidens is surely known by the DoJ.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

It was known in 2019 or earlier, and actively hidden by them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 08:26 AM (lTGtQ)

127 Good morning Horde and thx JJ. I watch almost zero reality TV (watched two episodes of first Joe Millionaire because a friend's niece was on the show) but I read the article about something called Vanderpump Rules. The thing which stuck out to me was that two couples who left the show are happily married with children. These types of shows produce broken people,overdoses and death. Seems to indicate 1) avoid reality TV and 2) traditional ways are correct

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2023 08:26 AM (dDBj4)

128 All *new* appliances are banned. Any existing appliances don't have to be torn out, but they cannot be replaced with like appliances. It's still utter bullshit in every respect and fuck those guys, but the blurb from the Free Beacon is deliberately deceptive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)
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If you live where heat is necessary, you'd be stupid to wait to convert. No one wants their heat to go out in the deaad of winter only to be told it is illegal to repir and replace your boiler. The leftist fiction is "no one is being forced to convert" is pure inanity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:27 AM (0aVwl)

129 II do see the Bidens going the route of Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort, who ended up pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit multiple FARA related offenses, as a minimum.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:27 AM (iI9u/)

130 Construction supply chain for electrical equipment for even mid-size projects continues to worsen. Now I am being told by electricians and power co. that transformers, which use be 30-60 day max. (or even in-stock) are one year wait time minimum and that still can't be guaranteed. Construction scheduling is breaking down due to these issues. And good luck running the heat pups and electric stove without electricity.

Hope it was worth destroying the world to get rid of Trump.

Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 08:27 AM (cUYo/)

131 How did corned beef and cabbage become the meal on St. Patrick's Day?

America.

My old Irish friend says that Shepherd's Pie is the true Irish feast meal.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 08:21 AM (TXFi7)
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Both are delicious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:27 AM (t0OGg)

132 I will say...Pips would be a cute name for a pet.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:28 AM (sVtYq)

133 The HOR (heh, sound that one out) has the power to shut down the government, which seems the only way to resolve these problems. They can't fire the people in the DOJ, FBI, IRS, or EPA, but they can stop their paychecks. The country would run better without the government anyway.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 08:28 AM (lTGtQ)

134
"Just like with EVs, it'll be a phased transition"

The thing is, it can't work. Reality will collide with fantasy.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 08:28 AM (iayUP)

135 Note that all the stuff the Oversight committee is finding on the Bidens is surely known by the DoJ.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

It was known in 2019 or earlier, and actively hidden by them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 08:26 AM (lTGtQ)
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Of course.

Peter Scweizer even published much of this in book form (though he did not have these records!) and they ignored it then.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:28 AM (0aVwl)

136 Pick a dystopian science fiction author--any of them--and it's eerie how much of what they predicted has come to pass in some form or another.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (YIVH2)
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All of those pot-addled dorm room bullshit sessions over whether "1984" or "Brave New World" or "Fahrenheit 451" were the likely future of America missed the point.

Far too few embraced the power of "and."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:28 AM (t0OGg)

137 RE: The Right being afraid to fight the culture war.

I think that this isn't about the rank-and-file, but about our "leaders"... who mostly avoid controversy like Dracula before the cross. The thing I absolutely hate the most about the Dems is that they were 100% honest over the years about telling us that our leaders didn't even believe the things that we did and mocked us.

Posted by: American Hawkman at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (skAOD)

138 In case you missed the latest spin-lie...

@TheInsiderPaper · 14h
BREAKING: A new analysis of genetic sequences collected from the Wuhan market in China shows that raccoon dogs being illegally sold at the venue could have been carrying and possibly shedding the COVID-19 virus at the end of 2019, The Atlantic reports

[Raccoon-dog: a small foxlike canid.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (Vwz3I)

139 Irish stew with colcannon >>> corned beef and cabbage

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (sVtYq)

140 The secret Irish cuisine ingredient is potatoes.
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (PCK5/)

and Guinness
Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 08:25 AM (uQPen)
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And Irish Coffee. Cheers! 🥔🍺

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

141 Halle Biden is the other Biden who is involved.

Posted by: Gwenn at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (9Gr7n)

142 YD hits the nail on the head in a comment above: nothing will come of Comer’s committee digging into Brandon family financial crimes and grifting. I’m glad Comer’s publicizing it, but no real consequences will arrive. It’s all theater (at best)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (LjeMb)

143 We are in a mix of 1984, Brave New World, The Clonus Horror and Manos: The Hand of Fate*.

Y’all pick your favored dystopian future.

* not exactly dystopian but fits with how f***** our society is.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (cMXNt)

144 All that can be done by voters, has been done.

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Yup, it's surreal to see people still talk about the electoral horse race. Here it's Trump vs. DeSantis, there it's Harris and Big Mike, over there, it's Biden vs GOP X. Ridiculous.

A lot of things can and will happen going forward from here. But precisely zero of them are even remotely connected to anyone's vote.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2023 08:30 AM (oINRc)

145 The question is no longer one of "what am I willing to do to save my country." I think it has devolved to "what am I willing to do to be the least affected by the whims of the criminal cartels that now run the country."

Posted by: Erik In Texas at March 17, 2023 08:30 AM (Cn8Ag)

146 "This is the kind of ConInc media BS that really chaps my ass, because it's so typical and it seems to work every time."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2023 08:18 AM (oINRc)

This is why I get more pissed off when the GOP actually does control levers of power. all the politicians do is put on side shows and all the conservative media does is highlight this crap as form of winning They might as well take a page from the 1/6 Committee handbook and hire a Hollywood producer.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 08:30 AM (76Foq)

147 Construction supply chain for electrical equipment for even mid-size projects continues to worsen. Now I am being told by electricians and power co. that transformers, which use be 30-60 day max. (or even in-stock) are one year wait time minimum and that still can't be guaranteed. Construction scheduling is breaking down due to these issues. And good luck running the heat pups and electric stove without electricity. ...
Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 08:27 AM (cUYo/)
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Electrical equipment is tough across the board as far as I can tell. I see this in my job, too. Computer equipment manufacturers - especially commercial equipment (server manufacturers, datacenter contractors, etc.) are scrambling to get product out the door and projects completed. Power is a major factor, along with network equipment. Server manufacturers swapping out power supplies with different models (sometimes that work differently) and dealing with the downstream issues to get product our the door or repairs completed. Datacenter power equipment - power conditioners, transformers, load switches, etc. - is also increasingly backordered. Nothing is immune.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:31 AM (t0OGg)

148 129 II do see the Bidens going the route of Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort, who ended up pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit multiple FARA related offenses, as a minimum.
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:27 AM (iI9u/)

"No reasonable prosecutor . . . "

Comey >>>> Comer?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:31 AM (x0n13)

149 "Hey, ESTELLA!!!!"

- - Pip Kowalski, from Tennessee Dickens
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:23 AM (x0n13)
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Now, that's funny right there!

Posted by: Joe Gargerski at March 17, 2023 08:32 AM (0aVwl)

150 144

A lot of things can and will happen going forward from here. But precisely zero of them are even remotely connected to anyone's vote.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2023 08:30 AM (oINRc)

I read that as you saying we are in the Post- Constitutional Era?

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:32 AM (PCK5/)

151 We are in a mix of 1984, Brave New World, The Clonus Horror and Manos: The Hand of Fate*.

Y’all pick your favored dystopian future.

* not exactly dystopian but fits with how f***** our society is.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (cMXNt)
*******
Animal Farm and Atlas Shrugged

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

152 ... @TheInsiderPaper · 14h
BREAKING: A new analysis of genetic sequences collected from the Wuhan market in China shows that raccoon dogs being illegally sold at the venue could have been carrying and possibly shedding the COVID-19 virus at the end of 2019, The Atlantic reports ...
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:29 AM (Vwz3I)
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They really want to hold on to the natural causes/wet market story. Even if this story is true, it doesn't rule out a lab leak.

Interesting that it is in The Atlantic. The Atlantic was the trial balloon venue for the "COVID is Over" faction. I guess even that faction (or parts of it) are still nonetheless in the "Wet Market" faction.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:33 AM (t0OGg)

153 15 days to slow the spread - I will neve4 forgive Trump for backing Fauci, and for refusing to fire him when it was clear he was gaslighting us. I know the excuses, but they don't matter. When it counted most for all of us, Trump failed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 08:33 AM (q3gwH)

154 Yup, it's surreal to see people still talk about the electoral horse race.

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Yeah, I'm with you. I have almost zero enthusiasm hoping '24 will somehow save us in any way. As it stands, no Republican will win again, unless they are ordained behind the scenes to win. Our elections are a complete joke. They are not secure. They are not legitimate. They are a vast wasteland of fraud. So I choose to bow out of any Trump/Desantis bruhaha because it just doesn't matter. Not unless, and I won't hold my breath, major safeguards and integrity are put back into our elections.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:33 AM (sVtYq)

155 Pangolins and Racoon Dogs destroyed Western civilization?

Posted by: Erik In Texas at March 17, 2023 08:33 AM (Cn8Ag)

156 My gas furnace is from 1949. Same age as me.
A remarkably simple device, it will likely outlast me.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 17, 2023 08:34 AM (jTmQV)

157 You know who never runs out of gas? Whoopie Goldberg.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2023 08:35 AM (iayUP)

158 Racoon dogs vs. Wuhan bats!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 17, 2023 08:35 AM (sVtYq)

159 A lot of things can and will happen going forward from here. But precisely zero of them are even remotely connected to anyone's vote.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2023 08:30 AM (oINRc)
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I find this very disorienting. Since I easily get caught up in national political battles I start thinking this or that person will win, and then I have to remind myself- the election does not matter. Very strange realization.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:36 AM (0aVwl)

160 152 Interesting that it is in The Atlantic. The Atlantic was the trial balloon venue for the "COVID is Over" faction. I guess even that faction (or parts of it) are still nonetheless in the "Wet Market" faction.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:33 AM (t0OGg)

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"The Chinese people are dirty and eat shit," is less racist than, "The Chinese government took money from the US government to do gain of function research on a SARS virus and it released from a Wuhan lab."

That just fascinates me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:36 AM (LvTSG)

161 Raccoon dogs are cool animals.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (sjxgf)

162 Not unless, and I won't hold my breath, major safeguards and integrity are put back into our elections.

Posted by: Lady in Black

Per the polls, a majority of Americans believe the 2020 election was stolen, and also a majority don't have faith in elections anymore. The people in power don't care. If millions of people sit out the elections because of it, it just becomes easier to steal races.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (lTGtQ)

163 I'll make corned beef tomorrow. Hubby had some dental work done and can't bite down on anything until tomorrow. We make sandwiches on Jewish Rye bread. Yum.

Posted by: Gwenn at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (9Gr7n)

164 I discuss electoral politics (DJT vs RDS, 2024, etc) mainly out of long habit and because of the entertainment value. I have zero illusions that voting will make any difference going forward. I’ll do it out of habit and hope I’m wrong but 2024…. That election is already fortified. No candidate you or I like will be allowed to win. Put another way, whoever wins (whether they have a D or R label) I’ll immediately know that person is not on my side

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (LjeMb)

165 161 Raccoon dogs are cool animals.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (sjxgf)

Do they corn them??

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:38 AM (PCK5/)

166 California banning gas appliances in certain areas (SF Bay) will only make certain areas in CA a bit less populated as those who desire gas appliances move to another part of CA that doesn't (yet) have a ban.

Most Californians cannot imagine living anywhere else.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2023 08:38 AM (Q4IgG)

167 162 Per the polls, a majority of Americans believe the 2020 election was stolen, and also a majority don't have faith in elections anymore. The people in power don't care. If millions of people sit out the elections because of it, it just becomes easier to steal races.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (lTGtQ)

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That's the tactic that the Venezuelan people have chosen, and it's fixed everything! Ceding power to Maduro has weakened him!

Okay, I'm all in on "presidential elections are hopeless, abandon all hope ye who enter here", but voting is still important at the state and local levels. We still have large bastions of freedom within America. Move to and stay in free America. Life is pretty sweet in these places. And vote to keep them free.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

168 The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cMXNt)

169 So this is where FJB got his 'blow your lungs right out', 'severe a body in half', etc. It was this moron Colonel Craig Tucker. How did he manage that rank with such scant knowledge of weapons? Whose dick did he lubricate? Here is the 'quote':
Tucker: “AR-15 and M4 … [ammunition] is capable of severing the upper body from the lower body, or decapitation.”
https://is.gd/VteXRC
Thanks JJ, that was worth a read.

Posted by: Ciampino - if they murder then my teen can kill them right? at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (qfLjt)

170 " I have almost zero enthusiasm hoping '24 will somehow save us in any way. As it stands, no Republican will win again, unless they are ordained behind the scenes to win. "

The Deep State might accept a Jeb Bush or Romney type if they believe another massive fraud by the Dems will result in widespread disorder and violence. They can be kept on a tight leash and counted on keep any MAGA types out of the WH

Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cUYo/)

171 168 The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cMXNt)

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But Oz said crudite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (LvTSG)

172 81 million votes bro. The people love biden.
If he runs again he might get 90 million. Or however many it takes.
We already know what's coming.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (aVP8I)

173 Raccoon Dogs was the garage band name for the group that ultimately called themselves Three Dog Night. I'm serious. Not a joke. I mean it.

Posted by: My word as a Biden at March 17, 2023 08:40 AM (DhOHl)

174 167 Well said, TJM.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 08:40 AM (sjxgf)

175 The Deep State might accept a Jeb Bush or Romney type if they believe another massive fraud by the Dems will result in widespread disorder and violence. They can be kept on a tight leash and counted on keep any MAGA types out of the WH
Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cUYo/)
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Considering the Deep State's support of Antifa and other actual domestic terrorists, they seem to WANT disorder and violence. They attempted to gin up a violent insurrection on 1/6.

So why would they accept a RINO squish?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:42 AM (YIVH2)

176 Best news of the day: CNN is moribund.

Posted by: Ziba at March 17, 2023 08:42 AM (4h9M3)

177 Emily Brontë lived at a time when there were not the kind of opportunities for women that there are today. Her father was a Christian minister. One of four siblings, Emily was called "the strange one" by the people of Haworth, the small Yorkshire town where she spent most of the 30 years of her life.
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Considering how odd the entire Bronte clan was, calling Emily "the strange one" is very curious indeed.

Thanks for this Mark Judge link JJ. My parents are big Bronte fans/collecters (which is sort of aptly weird for a rural Ohio background), and now I am really looking forward to seeing this movie.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:42 AM (cTK0d)

178 Was working on a big pot of pangolin soup for the family supper this weekend and now I am getting text that everyone wants coon-dog soup now!

relatives are asshoes!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:43 AM (BRHaw)

179 Just saw Ritchie Torres D being interviewed on CNBC. He is sponsoring a bill that will guarantee all depositors money by the US government and wholeheartedly believes better regulations will prevent future SVB like crashes. These people are so smooth and effortless at talking it is no wonder the LIV vote for them in droves. Neither CNBC host could get him to admit this will reward bank managers taking bad risks.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 08:43 AM (EGpff)

180 I will vote in 24 for president out of habit. To say I am discouraged about the situation is a gross understatement.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:44 AM (PCK5/)

181 They will come for St. Patrick as white and exclusionary, just wait.
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How will they explain that he was a slave?

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 17, 2023 08:44 AM (MIKMs)

182 179 Just saw Ritchie Torres D being interviewed on CNBC. He is sponsoring a bill that will guarantee all depositors money by the US government and wholeheartedly believes better regulations will prevent future SVB like crashes. These people are so smooth and effortless at talking it is no wonder the LIV vote for them in droves. Neither CNBC host could get him to admit this will reward bank managers taking bad risks.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 08:43 AM (EGpff)

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"And any bank that utilizes this measure will have it's top three levels of organization executed by firing squad within 12 hours."
-Suggested addendum

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

183 165 161 Raccoon dogs are cool animals.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (sjxgf)

Do they corn them??

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:38 AM (PCK5/)
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There's a Rastus and Isabella joke about the special coon hunting, ball-biting dog.

Posted by: Ciampino - coon and racoon hmm at March 17, 2023 08:44 AM (qfLjt)

184 181 They will come for St. Patrick as white and exclusionary, just wait.
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How will they explain that he was a slave?
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 17, 2023 08:44 AM (MIKMs)

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That's cultural appropriation, racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (LvTSG)

185 "but voting is still important"

That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (DhOHl)

186 Netanyahu Forbids Ministers From Meeting US Officials Until Biden Invites Him To DC

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (iI9u/)

187 185 "but voting is still important"

That's cute.
Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (DhOHl)

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*dips balls in pudding cup*
-Ron DeSantis winning by 19 points in 2022

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (LvTSG)

188 So this is where FJB got his 'blow your lungs right out', 'severe a body in half', etc. It was this moron Colonel Craig Tucker. How did he manage that rank with such scant knowledge of weapons? Whose dick did he lubricate? Here is the 'quote':
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Just figured out where SpongeBrain ShitPants Biden got his "9mm will blow your lung out!" nonsense.

In 2008, a movie called "The Outpost" came out, starring Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo of "Rome" fame), amongst others. Zombie Nazis in an Eastern European bunker, much hijinks ensue.

One of the mercenaries Stevenson leads is sitting talking while cleaning his 9mm pistol, while talking to a catatonic dude they've found in this bunker, and he says: "This is a 9mm hollowpoint. It'll blow your lungs out through your spine!" No reaction from the catatonic dude, but he does wake up later to hilarious effect.

Biden must have been having "movie night" with his best friend Barry Obama and part of his decrepit brain still remembers that scene 14 years later. Anywho, back to the movie.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 12, 2022 02:18 PM

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (Vwz3I)

189 I saw Racoon Dogs open for Steppenwolf and Snoop Dog at the TCCC in 1999.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (BRHaw)

190 I love corned beef hash with eggs. Is that an OK meal for St. Patricks Day?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (cTK0d)

191 "The Chinese people are dirty and eat shit," is less racist than, "The Chinese government took money from the US government to do gain of function research on a SARS virus and it released from a Wuhan lab."

That just fascinates me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:36 AM (LvTSG)
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Never expect consistency.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (t0OGg)

192 168 The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cMXNt)

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But Oz said crudite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (LvTSG)

'macaca'

Posted by: VA US Senator George Allen at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (4I/2K)

193 It's not even if Trump or DeSantis can win in 2024, it's so what if they do win. All we're going to get is 4 yrs. of trying to roll back Bidens executive orders with new executive orders. We would need a 98% turnover in the house and win the 33 Senates seats, with all America First Republicans, to even begin to make a dent.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (76Foq)

194 Netanyahu Forbids Ministers From Meeting US Officials Until Biden Invites Him To DC
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (iI9u/)
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Good. I hope more countries follow his lead, and then escalate. The sooner this country becomes a pariah, the better. Then "foreign lands need X, so you have to accept your oppression" will not be a viable excuse for our ruling class.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:47 AM (t0OGg)

195 193 It's not even if Trump or DeSantis can win in 2024, it's so what if they do win. All we're going to get is 4 yrs. of trying to roll back Bidens executive orders with new executive orders. We would need a 98% turnover in the house and win the 33 Senates seats, with all America First Republicans, to even begin to make a dent.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (76Foq)

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There's also SCOTUS ruling the Chevron doctrine to be unconstitutional. That would undo a whole lot of regulation all at once.

I'm not holding my breath, but Gorsuch has, reportedly, been trying to build a coalition within the court on doing just that since he got on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (LvTSG)

196 >>nothing will come of Comer’s committee digging into Brandon family financial crimes and grifting.

they'll campaign and fund-raise off of it

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (geLO8)

197 168 The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cMXNt)
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To be fair to the Dems, a brain dead zombie is a fairly accurate representative of their typical constituency.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (YIVH2)

198 We would need a 98% turnover in the house and win the 33 Senates seats, with all America First Republicans, to even begin to make a dent.

Or one well placed nuke from Putin.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (YXHzG)

199 If DeSantis would open every press conference by handing out pudding cups he would be master troll!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (BRHaw)

200 It's not even if Trump or DeSantis can win in 2024, it's so what if they do win. All we're going to get is 4 yrs. of trying to roll back Bidens executive orders with new executive orders. We would need a 98% turnover in the house and win the 33 Senates seats, with all America First Republicans, to even begin to make a dent.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (76Foq)
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Which wouldn't make 2024 irrelevant if elections were functional. It would take 6-8 years to achieve the necessary gains, and constant offense for that period. Give no quarter, and keep escalating against the entrenched Left the entire time. Win more support each time. Make a non-MAGA Republican a toxic presence, forcing them out.

But that depends on sound elections, which we do not have. There's no way to play a multi-cycle electoral game when the elections are "managed" to ensure appropriate outcomes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:49 AM (t0OGg)

201 165 161 Raccoon dogs are cool animals.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 08:37 AM (sjxgf)

Do they corn them??

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:38 AM (PCK5/)
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Okay now that question is getting a bit personal. If we were talking sheep or goats then it would be matched AR-15s at dawn.
Also why did you assume that his preferred pronouns are they/them? And we don't use the term corning.

Posted by: Ciampino - coon and racoon or raccoon at March 17, 2023 08:49 AM (qfLjt)

202 Netanyahu Forbids Ministers From Meeting US Officials Until Biden Invites Him To DC
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:45 AM (iI9u/)
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Good. I hope more countries follow his lead, and then escalate. The sooner this country becomes a pariah, the better. Then "foreign lands need X, so you have to accept your oppression" will not be a viable excuse for our ruling class.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:47 AM (t0OGg)
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Agreed. How soon until countries start REFUSING any aid or assistance from America based on our current "cultural values?" Much of what's going on in America re: trannies and such is NOT acceptable in wide swaths of the world that receives our aid.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:50 AM (YIVH2)

203 In a 2019 email obtained by Politico, her then-Iowa state director, Robert Becker, resigned from his position, concluding that Williamson’s treatment of staff was “belittling, abusive, dehumanizing and unacceptable,” and that he could not “in good faith subject any future campaign hires to this kind of vitriol.”

Williamson bases her spirituality on the 1976 New Age–associated book A Course in Miracles, which author Helen Schucman said was dictated to her by Jesus. The volume gained widespread fame after Williamson vouched for it on Oprah.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:50 AM (iI9u/)

204 It's my understanding that when the pasty white Irish came into New Yawk City back in the day they wanted their irish bacon from home but the only thing the layabouts could find that resembled it was the corned beef, which they used when they weren't taking bribes to vote democrat.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 17, 2023 08:50 AM (R/m4+)

205 202 Agreed. How soon until countries start REFUSING any aid or assistance from America based on our current "cultural values?" Much of what's going on in America re: trannies and such is NOT acceptable in wide swaths of the world that receives our aid.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:50 AM (YIVH2)

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"I would never allow my people to wallow in corrupt, Western values."
-Kim Jong Il, wallowing in Western cultural shit he keeps from his people

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:51 AM (LvTSG)

206 I'd rather have the facts come out about Biden Crime Family than have no facts at all. BCF won't ever get punished but at least the attention paying public will know the truth. That works for me since nothing else will.

Posted by: Ziba at March 17, 2023 08:51 AM (4h9M3)

207 “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,” said Clinton to graduates standing under umbrellas in pouring rain. “Our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

The problem was that Clinton lifted that line from Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love, not a speech by the then-president of South Africa.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 08:52 AM (iI9u/)

208 Don't drag us into this.

Posted by: The good people who make Corningware at March 17, 2023 08:53 AM (DhOHl)

209 > The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
____________________
What is truly sad about this is that the GOP deliberately tanked several races that could have been won because McConnell and his ilk (McCarthy included) didn't like the candidates.

The abortion debate likely mixed things up, but Republicans stood to win by a larger margin in the House than they did.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2023 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)

210 March Madness crowd boos Kamala Harris at her alma

"The Democrat witnessed the top-seeded University of Kansas Jayhawks trounce the Howard Bison — Harris graduated from Howard in 1986 – by a score of 96-68 in the west region matchup."

You guys are so good, you guys are so good,” Harris said as she met the team and gave them a round of applause. “You played hard, you played to the very last second, you made all us Bisons so, so proud.”

https://tinyurl.com/4bw46v8x

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

211 >“Our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

Bullshit word salad from some pointy-headed intellectual

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 08:54 AM (geLO8)

212 I'm not holding my breath, but Gorsuch has, reportedly, been trying to build a coalition within the court on doing just that since he got on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (LvTSG)
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Roberts is his strongest opponent in this, obviously. And Kavanaugh/Barrett are the focus of all their efforts, I would imagine, since Alito and Saint Clarence Thomas are probably locks to agree with Gorsuch.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:54 AM (cTK0d)

213 197 168 The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (cMXNt)
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To be fair to the Dems, a brain dead zombie is a fairly accurate representative of their typical constituency.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (YIVH2)
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You've been watching Bob Hope again haven't you!
https://is.gd/sFtinS

Posted by: Ciampino -- coon and racoon or raccoon at March 17, 2023 08:55 AM (qfLjt)

214 212 Roberts is his strongest opponent in this, obviously. And Kavanaugh/Barrett are the focus of all their efforts, I would imagine, since Alito and Saint Clarence Thomas are probably locks to agree with Gorsuch.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 08:54 AM (cTK0d)

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Apparently even Kagan is open to some limitation of Chevron, most likely not an overall overturn, though. I think that's a reflection of how bad things have gotten regarding administrative practices.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

215 TGIF horde!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (mqu1M)

216 It is highly amusing to watch CNN crumble. The new guy never seems to have understood the consequences of Zucker turning it into a left wing party house. So he fired Stelter and a couple other idiots; just enough to piss off the leftists but not nearly enough to get anyone else to start watching. They left, a d now nobody watches it outside of nursing homes. How did he not see this coming?

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (q3gwH)

217 Happy St. Patrick's Day! I can help with that corn.

Posted by: Irish butter at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (DhOHl)

218 Oh, forgot to mention, phone news said Boathouse Row won't be lit up this year.
For not knowing Boathouse Row is in Philadelphia and location for college rowing and nice view of Schuylkill river

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (MYW11)

219 215 TGIF horde!!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (mqu1M)

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Theorizing Gone Into Frenzy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (LvTSG)

220 I'd rather have the facts come out about Biden Crime Family than have no facts at all. BCF won't ever get punished but at least the attention paying public will know the truth. That works for me since nothing else will.
Posted by: Ziba at March 17, 2023 08:51 AM (4h9M3)
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That's exactly how the Republicans running the activities should handle it, too. Precisely this. In their statements to the press, say things like, "We want to set a clear expectation for the American People. The Department of Justice and other agencies are thoroughly corrupt and will *not* pursue this for any reason. Do not expect the Bidens to be punished for their corruption and treason. Nevertheless, we think it is important that *you* - the American People - are aware of their criminality and we think it is important that *you* - the American People - see how corrupt your Federal Government is."

Throw down the gauntlet. Humiliate the DoJ and call them what they are at every opportunity, while dumping evidence of their perfidy onto the public. Increase interest among the public.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (t0OGg)

221 OT, but I think it would be great to see Biden walking onto a stage with the opening to “ Aqualung” playing in the background.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:58 AM (PCK5/)

222 216 It is highly amusing to watch CNN crumble. The new guy never seems to have understood the consequences of Zucker turning it into a left wing party house. So he fired Stelter and a couple other idiots; just enough to piss off the leftists but not nearly enough to get anyone else to start watching. They left, a d now nobody watches it outside of nursing homes. How did he not see this coming?
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (q3gwH)

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New guy said early that he had no intention of making a centrist network, either. I think that's just something people assumed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:58 AM (LvTSG)

223 “Our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

Bullshit word salad from some pointy-headed intellectual
Posted by: DB

LOL. I've never heard a serial killer say, "when I go to a light, light place I want to kill a room full of people".

It's always when they are in a dark, dark place.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2023 08:58 AM (SEDrX)

224 "There's also SCOTUS ruling the Chevron doctrine to be unconstitutional. That would undo a whole lot of regulation all at once.
I'm not holding my breath, but Gorsuch has, reportedly, been trying to build a coalition within the court on doing just that since he got on it."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:48 AM (LvTSG)

You guys should do a Morning Monkey Rant on the Chevron Doctrine, it's an interesting subject I don't even fully understand.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 08:58 AM (76Foq)

225 What's a CNN?

Posted by: Anybody under age 25 at March 17, 2023 08:58 AM (DhOHl)

226 >>The biggest joke of all is when the GOPe talks about losing because of “quality candidates” meanwhile the Dems run brain dead zombies.

Ah yes, we all know what "qualities" they require in a candidate

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (mqu1M)

227 172 81 million votes bro. The people love biden.
If he runs again he might get 90 million. Or however many it takes.
We already know what's coming.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 17, 2023 08:39 AM (aVP8I)

The 8,100 voters who "harvested" 10,000 ballots each . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (x0n13)

228 Transgender Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders has the 'highest support' of the Biden administration and is key to the mental health of minors

https://mol.im/a/11871045

Posted by: Ciampino - Does 'Dick' Levine still have his package? at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (qfLjt)

229 >>What's a CNN?

A banana -- and two apples?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (mqu1M)

230 221 OT, but I think it would be great to see Biden walking onto a stage with the opening to “ Aqualung” playing in the background.
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 08:58 AM (PCK5/)

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Thick as a Brick seems more appropriate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (LvTSG)

231 “Our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

Sounds like something from a Louise Penny novel.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (45fpk)

232 Oh, forgot to mention, phone news said Boathouse Row won't be lit up this year.
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 08:57 AM (MYW11)
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Isn't it lit up every night? I thought it was.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 09:00 AM (cTK0d)

233 Emily Bronte wrote "Wuthering Heights," which I detest.

Charlotte Bronte wrote "Jane Eyre" and "Villette," both of which are edifying.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 09:00 AM (TXFi7)

234 231 “Our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

Sounds like something from a Louise Penny novel.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 08:59 AM (45fpk)

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Sounds like something a pre-teen girl scribbles on her best friend's yearbook.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:00 AM (LvTSG)

235 Janet Yellen is Madeline Albreights ugly sister. As a pundit said yesterday, part of the problem is no one believes anything these people say. This administration has been so incompetent as to defy historical precedent. How can this be fixed.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 08:07 AM (EGpff)

Yellen, every time she opens her mouth, reminds me of befuddled Aunt Clara on Bewitched. At least Aunt Clara was a lovable character, played brilliantly by Marion Lorne. Yellen, is just befuddled.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at March 17, 2023 09:00 AM (Zvtjl)

236 >>Transgender Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders has the 'highest support' of the Biden administration and is key to the mental health of minors

So THIS is what happens when you elect a child molester at POTUS. He takes the utmost interest in sexualizing your kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (mqu1M)

237 More on Chinese dining choices...

The Atlantic @TheAtlantic · 15h
BREAKING: Three years into the coronavirus pandemic, researchers have found genetic evidence that appears to link the outbreak’s origin to a wild animal, @KatherineJWu reports. http://on.theatln.tc/J61HR4k

[My boldface.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (Vwz3I)

238 Transgender Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders has the 'highest support' of the Biden administration and is key to the mental health of minors
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There is a special place in hell for these people trying to destroy children.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (cTK0d)

239 “[t]he VPA’s Executive Council met today, March 13th, 2023 to discuss the relevant forfeiture. The result was a determination that policies have been violated at the school level, thus there is an immediate determination of ineligibility for Mid-Vermont Christian in VPA sanctioned activities and tournaments going forward.”

Todays FUCK OFF AND DIE A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH:
Beth O’Brien,
Rebecca Fillion, P
Bob Thibault,
Chris Young,
Holly Rouelle,
Pam Arnold,
Sarah Pickering,
Adam Bunting,
Erica LeClair,
Nathan McNaughton,
Christie Martin,
Patrick Guckin,
Mary Guggenberger,

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (BRHaw)

240 Classic car theft foiled because crooks couldn't figure out how to drive it
https://t.co/7ja7DS04h8

/LOL

Posted by: Ciampino - Proper dicks at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (qfLjt)

241 The problem is influence peddling is not against the law.
Unseemly? Yes.
Corrupt? Yes.
Complete bullshit? Yes.

It will be impossible to connect receiving "X" and Biden delivering "Y,"

The line of reply by the Ds will be "where's the conviction?"

The best hope is the IRS and Capone example. But then again, who are we kidding?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (NW9xb)

242 188 So this is where FJB got his 'blow your lungs right out', 'severe a body in half', etc.

Sharkman and andycanuck,

There is a grain of truth to the exaggerated quotes. There is something called hydrostatic shock where a very high velocity bullet of sufficient size and weight creates a temporary wound cavity far larger than created by a similar bullet at a much lower speed. This shock wave is based on the fact that much of our body is water and and when compressed rapidly, it can act somewhat like a solid and thus magnify any damage from the high speed bullet. It won't slice your body in two but it can and has made a mess internally if placed at a spot for maximum damage (dissecting major blood vessels, tearing open body organs, etc. ).

Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (r4qoG)

243 Agreed. How soon until countries start REFUSING any aid or assistance from America based on our current "cultural values?" Much of what's going on in America re: trannies and such is NOT acceptable in wide swaths of the world that receives our aid.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Never. As long as the checks clear.

As has been said repeatedly, "stop sending aid. Fuck 'em. They can hate us for free".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2023 09:02 AM (SEDrX)

244 >OT, but I think it would be great to see Biden walking onto a stage with the opening to “ Aqualung” playing in the background.

Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 09:02 AM (geLO8)

245 >>“Our deepest fear is that we are all powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.”

That sounds like the Obama brand of lofty incoherence -- Michelle, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 09:02 AM (mqu1M)

246 Hallie Biden identified as mystery Biden family member who received China-linked payments

https://is.gd/y0ZHTG

Posted by: Ciampino - Proper dicks or barbed? at March 17, 2023 09:03 AM (qfLjt)

247 What does it mean to “corn” something, anyway? I’m not Irish.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 09:03 AM (sjxgf)

248 >>>OT, but I think it would be great to see Biden walking onto a stage with the opening to “ Aqualung” playing in the background.

Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
- - - -
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me. . .

Posted by: Sting at March 17, 2023 09:03 AM (mqu1M)

249 235 Janet Yellen is Madeline Albreights ugly sister. As a pundit said yesterday, part of the problem is no one believes anything these people say. This administration has been so incompetent as to defy historical precedent. How can this be fixed.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 17, 2023 08:07 AM (EGpff)
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It can't be. It isn't an "administration" problem, it's a "system" problem. I don't believe anything the administration says, but I also don't believe anything the congress says, or the agencies, or the banks, or the Fed, or the corporate board rooms or the punditry.

Trust has been lost. You cannot regain trust with the same personnel at all levels doing the same things that caused trust to fail in the first place. But those people at all levels won't be leaving, because they're in charge. Trust has been destroyed. This is not a Biden problem, it's an everything problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:04 AM (t0OGg)

250 Hey, 'member when accepting market rates on hotel rooms from foreigners was emoluments?

I 'member...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:04 AM (LvTSG)

251 Sticking Biden’s face on the Aqualung cover guy would be fun!

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 09:04 AM (PCK5/)

252 I guess the question is, how long will the oligarchs keep handing CNN free money and propping it up before they get sick of it? Obviously it has no revenue of it own anymore. But then it hasn't been about making money for a long long time, it's a platform to push deep state and WEF ideology.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 09:04 AM (q3gwH)

253 Sharkman and andycanuck,

There is a grain of truth to the exaggerated quotes. There is something called hydrostatic shock where a very high velocity bullet of sufficient size and weight creates a temporary wound cavity far larger than created by a similar bullet at a much lower speed.

But a 9mm ain't it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (SEDrX)

254 I lllluuuvvvs ya, Jane!

Comin', Mr. Benny!

Posted by: Rochester at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (Vwz3I)

255 I was hoping "The Chosen" was a film adaptation of the great Potok novel. Instead it's about the most dusturbing Bible story there is, when Abraham is commanded to sacrifice his only son. Tough stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (cTK0d)

256 Samsung's photos of the moon are 'FAKE': Tech giant admits it uses AI to 'enhance' snaps taken with its Space Zoom tool - and users are FURIOUS
https://mol.im/a/11867389

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Not AI, just photo-enhancing software?
Why are we calling everything AI now? Idiots.

Posted by: Ciampino - Proper or fake dicks or barbed? at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (qfLjt)

257 'The light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.'

John 3:19

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (45fpk)

258 Was never into Jethro Tull, but "Hymn 43" and "Locomotive Breath" are solid

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 09:06 AM (geLO8)

259 257 'The light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.'

John 3:19
Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (45fpk)

Connects rather nicely to John 1.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 09:06 AM (PCK5/)

260 I was hoping "The Chosen" was a film adaptation of the great Potok novel. Instead it's about the most dusturbing Bible story there is, when Abraham is commanded to sacrifice his only son. Tough stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (cTK0d)

It's about the choosing of the disciples by Jesus, and the subsequent events as given in the Gospels.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:06 AM (45fpk)

261 I guess the question is, how long will the oligarchs keep handing CNN free money and propping it up before they get sick of it? Obviously it has no revenue of it own anymore. But then it hasn't been about making money for a long long time, it's a platform to push deep state and WEF ideology.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 09:04 AM (q3gwH)
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For as long as they have big names who get coverage outside their own walls. Guys like Acosta. The other outfits amplify the CNN message from CNN's big names. Once those names are gone, the network can be allowed to fail if they please. They may not please.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (t0OGg)

262 "There's also SCOTUS ruling the Chevron doctrine to be unconstitutional. That would undo a whole lot of regulation all at once."

SCOTUS has started by embracing the "major questions" doctrine in its June 2022 6-3 decision in WV v EPA: If it's a "big deal" then Chevron deference doesn't apply and the agency needs express Congressional authorization.

Next up is the SEC's pending rule over climate change disclosures.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (RqMSv)

263 Connects rather nicely to John 1.

Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 09:06 AM (PCK5/)

Yes. I love that beginning.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (45fpk)

264 261 For as long as they have big names who get coverage outside their own walls. Guys like Acosta. The other outfits amplify the CNN message from CNN's big names. Once those names are gone, the network can be allowed to fail if they please. They may not please.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (t0OGg)

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I mean...who actually reads the Associated Press? Nobody! It'll fold in days!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

265 I've always enjoyed the comment "women have more opportunities today".

It's a good example of how inculcated to our wage masters we've become.

Showing your tits on OnlyFans or working in a joyless hourly hell is a real"opportunity", a welcome departure from the misery of working on your own domicile, spending time nurturing your children and preparing sustenance for your family.

Selling your precious life for worthless goods and shallow adoration is preferable.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (QcJKE)

266 > Sticking Biden’s face on the Aqualung cover guy would be fun!

Posted by: tubal

Photoshoppers... ASSEMBLLLLLE.....

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (geLO8)

267 could have been carrying and possibly shedding the COVID-19 virus at the end of 2019, The Atlantic

Posted by: andycanuck

From nearly 4 years ago? I call bullshit.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (NW9xb)

268 Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 08:46 AM (76Foq)

As ever its not so much about rolling things back - which can be done to a point - it's about pausing the nonsense for four years.

Every day they ratchet up the shit they are doing to us. A win by Drumpf or DeSatan makes them stop for at least a time.

Posted by: ... at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (Q/E9I)

269 You guys should do a Morning Monkey Rant on the Chevron Doctrine, it's an interesting subject I don't even fully understand.
Posted by: lowandslow
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The Chevron doctrine is based on a 70's court case of Chevron v. NRDC. The question was under the Clean Air Act, whether the EPA could treat an oil refinery as one unit for pollution purposes (aggregating its total pollution) or whether each component of the refinery had to meet clean air emission standards. The NRDC prevailed at the lower appellate court where the court held it was an impermissible action of discretion by the EPA because the CAA did not specifically authorize treating polluting units as a whole. Scotus reversed by creating judicial deference as to how an agency exercises its authority from Congress. Thus, the EPA's bubble where it treated the refinery as a whole did not violate any Congressional prohibition and was a reasonable interpretation of the statute that courts, not being experts, should defer to the agency as to how it carried out its mission.

Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (r4qoG)

270 Hallie Biden identified as mystery Biden family member who received China-linked payments
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No, only "one mystery recipient". There is another (not a Star Wars quote), at present only known by the last name, as JJS says in his opening essay on this topic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (cTK0d)

271 The Deep State might accept a Jeb Bush or Romney type if they believe another massive fraud by the Dems will result in widespread disorder and violence. They can be kept on a tight leash and counted on keep any MAGA types out of the WH

Other than ObamaCare™ and war, its the GOP that gives us the most destructive and oppressive agencies and policies:

EPA, ATF (Nixon), DHS ('W'), Patriot Act ('W')

The Deep State sometimes need a GOP patsy for its more atrocious acts, funding increases and expansion.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (YXHzG)

272 262 SCOTUS has started by embracing the "major questions" doctrine in its June 2022 6-3 decision in WV v EPA: If it's a "big deal" then Chevron deference doesn't apply and the agency needs express Congressional authorization.

Next up is the SEC's pending rule over climate change disclosures.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 17, 2023 09:07 AM (RqMSv)

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It does seem like they're building up to something, laying the groundwork. And since the current SCOTUS makeup could possible last for another decade (assuming Thomas lives that long), there's a lot of ruin to be made of the administrative state and post-Warren rulings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

273 Had a thought that the flip-side of ESG is living standards. Maybe we could use Living Standard Investing (LSI) as a fad to push back against ESG funds.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:09 AM (eYoxG)

274 Not AI, just photo-enhancing software?
Why are we calling everything AI now? Idiots.

Posted by: Ciampino - Proper or fake dicks or barbed? at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (qfLjt)

Just a buzzword. Like how everyone in my family calls everything in my life "self-destructive".

Posted by: ... at March 17, 2023 09:10 AM (Q/E9I)

275 269 Thus, the EPA's bubble where it treated the refinery as a whole did not violate any Congressional prohibition and was a reasonable interpretation of the statute that courts, not being experts, should defer to the agency as to how it carried out its mission.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (r4qoG)

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And the administrative state has gone on to make this mean that they can do whatever they want as long as they can put enough ellipses between things in statutes to mean whatever they want it to mean. And the courts have just nodded along.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:10 AM (LvTSG)

276 I forgot how much that "emolument" claim pissed me off - the fact that it was allowed to go on, and that it depended on most people's ignorance of the word. There are very clear 18th and 19th century references defining exactly what an emolument was, and that wasn't it. Now what the Biden's have been getting from China - yeah, that fits the description .

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 09:10 AM (q3gwH)

277 The Flat Moon Society

Posted by: Toldya at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (DhOHl)

278 Reporter Unloads On Lori Lightfoot After She Revokes His Press Credentials

You all don't understand the Chicago Way.

Well, fine. You won't have me to kick around anymore.

Posted by: Lori Lightfoot at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (a3Q+t)

279 My unpopular opinion of "The Chosen". I watched a couple free episodes and wasn't impressed. One big problem is the acting, granted I'm sure it's not easy to play Jesus but the lead actor who plays him makes Jesus look like a condescending jerk.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (76Foq)

280 "Worst attack on our precious democracy (*vomit*) since the Civil War, Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined!" "
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Point of Order - the Confederacy seceded in an effort to avoid war. Abe decided the Constitution was a Suicide Pact and attacked Charleston. After that act of terrorism the Confederacy grew to 11 states. The Maryland Legislature was taken prisoner and the guns of Fort McHenry were turned on the city of Baltimore with orders to level the city if they attempted to secede.

Please note - Secession is not a Rebellion. It is a people who came to the realization that the Federal Government had become Caine.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (D8mow)

281 The Flat Moon Society
Posted by: Toldya at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (DhOHl)
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Count me in. I see that flat disc hanging in the sky every night. It's round, but it ain't a sphere. If it were a sphere, it wouldn't be a disc.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (t0OGg)

282 You guys should do a Morning Monkey Rant on the Chevron Doctrine, it's an interesting subject I don't even fully understand.
Posted by: lowandslow
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Thus, the EPA's bubble where it treated the refinery as a whole did not violate any Congressional prohibition and was a reasonable interpretation of the statute that courts, not being experts, should defer to the agency as to how it carried out its mission.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 09:08 AM (r4qoG)
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The short answer is that Congress writes vaguely and the regulatory (completely anti-Costitutional) Administrative State is fee to interpret as it sees fit. Congress can theorretically override, but that is a silly fiction.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (cTK0d)

283 We shall see what really happens to the Bidens.

Posted by: Archer at March 17, 2023 09:12 AM (gmo/4)

284 @rawsalerts · 52m
🚨#BREAKING: Silicon Valley Bank has officially filed for bankruptcy

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 09:12 AM (Vwz3I)

285 280 Point of Order - the Confederacy seceded in an effort to avoid war. Abe decided the Constitution was a Suicide Pact and attacked Charleston.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (D8mow)

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I do not think getting provisions to a federal property is equal to attacking my beloved city.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:12 AM (LvTSG)

286 I'm sure it's not easy to play Jesus but the lead actor who plays him makes Jesus look like a condescending jerk.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (76Foq)

Interesting. I have the opposite reaction. Which episodes, if I may ask?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:13 AM (45fpk)

287 Several months ago there was talk about Hunter Biden's taxes... or lack thereof. The claims of tax evasion had some substance, yet apparently nothing became of it. No surprise there.

However Hunter's old man also has some issues with his taxes. That revelation also went nowhere. Again, no surprise.

*biden's net worth skyrocketed between his last year as a congressman and his last year as VP. My point is that there actually is a paper trail at the IRS for the *biden family's corruption. The left went after Trump's taxes, hard, in several attempts to pin tax fraud, evasion, whatever on him. The end result being nothing, but his taxes were an open book.

Whether Republicans have the stomach for a deep dive into the *biden's taxes is debatable, but I'd guess they'll ignore it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2023 09:13 AM (Q4IgG)

288 >>"The Chinese people are dirty and eat shit," is less racist than, "The Chinese government took money from the US government to do gain of function research on a SARS virus and it released from a Wuhan lab."

That just fascinates me.

Well, the first explanation makes further discussion off-limits, because to question or criticize a foreign culture's practices is the height of raaaacism.

The second explanation is an act of war.

So which one allows them to tell us to STFU and move already?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2023 09:13 AM (mqu1M)

289 One thing about the drone incident...

You've got to admit that the Russian pilot was doing some Maverick/Top Gun flying to bend the propeller with a fly-by. I would like to know why the CIA was using a hunter/killer drone instead of a surveillance model for whatever mission it was on.

Posted by: jwest at March 17, 2023 09:14 AM (VP9ao)

290 286 Dude, it was Charleston that attacked Fort Sumter, first.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 09:14 AM (TehmT)

291 There is something called hydrostatic shock where a very high velocity bullet of sufficient size and weight creates a temporary wound cavity far larger than created by a similar bullet at a much lower speed. This shock wave is based on the fact that much of our body is water and and when compressed rapidly, it can act somewhat like a solid and thus magnify any damage from the high speed bullet.
Posted by: whig

We use hydrostatic shock as a ground rule when selecting aimpoints in aircraft with modern/advanced technology SAM interceptors. The shockwave traveling through the hydraulic control systems blows out valves, pumps, seals, and mechanical interfaces (pilot hands/feet, airfoil connections to actuators). I collected data on a sled test back in the 90s and damage rendering the airframe 'killed' was found at the extreme end of the controls afterwards.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 17, 2023 09:15 AM (3CCua)

292 If Biden Gets His Way, Using Correct Pronouns Could Be A Human Rights Violation

https://tinyurl.com/2p8c3z4f

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2023 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

293 Not AI, just photo-enhancing software?
Why are we calling everything AI now? Idiots.
Posted by: Ciampino - Proper or fake dicks or barbed? at March 17, 2023 09:05 AM (qfLjt)

the same reason that everything is a "hack" instead of a tip or trick or advice.

the idiots of today have to redefine everything to the latest buzzword lest someone get bored...

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 17, 2023 09:15 AM (Mkvkw)

294 The Chosen has an outstanding episode about how John composed the first sentence of his account.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 17, 2023 09:15 AM (DhOHl)

295 Anything big pending on SCOTUS' decision calendar between now and the end of May?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 17, 2023 09:15 AM (4I/2K)

296 Classic car theft foiled because crooks couldn't figure out how to drive it
https://t.co/7ja7DS04h8 ...
Posted by: Ciampino - Proper dicks at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (qfLjt)
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Sigh:
Police said the cutch for its five-speed manual transmission was also damaged, making the car inoperable and in need of repairs.

Inoperative, not inoperable. Inoperable would mean irreparable. You people write for a living. Try harder.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (t0OGg)

297 Point of Order - the Confederacy seceded in an effort to avoid war. Abe decided the Constitution was a Suicide Pact and attacked Charleston. After that act of terrorism the Confederacy grew to 11 states. The Maryland Legislature was taken prisoner and the guns of Fort McHenry were turned on the city of Baltimore with orders to level the city if they attempted to secede.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (D8mow)

Of all the absurdities put forth in that era, this is not one of them. I don't know why you continue to insist on such an anachronistic and erroneous read of the Confederate position. The people calling the shots on both sides didn't believe this would be peaceful and were fully aware this meant war. That's why the Democrats moved the Federal arsenal to southern territory.

And obviously the war did not depend particularly on who the Union president was (other than it being a defeat for the Democrat party). Governments do not unilaterally cede much of their territory except in the face of an overwhelming disparity in strength.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (eYoxG)

298 Old preachers joke: Why was Abraham asked to sacrifice Isaac when Isaac was 12 years old?
A: Because if he had been 13, it wouldn't have been a sacrifice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (q3gwH)

299 285 280 Point of Order - the Confederacy seceded in an effort to avoid war. Abe decided the Constitution was a Suicide Pact and attacked Charleston.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:11 AM (D8mow)

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I do not think getting provisions to a federal property is equal to attacking my beloved city.
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Sure. This was Lincoln's provocation, fig leaf, to pretend he wasn't a predator. The message was clear - Yankees wanted to kill the South and wear their skin. And they did just that. Then they set up the DOJ in 1870 to grind the South down for an eternity. Much like NATO works today.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (D8mow)

300 But a 9mm ain't it.
Posted by: rickb223
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Some of the newest 9mm bullets for self defense are designed to do it allegedly (without fluid tissue testing, bit difficult to determine a temporary cavity). These involve solid copper (or in one case polymer) lightweigh bullets (50-60 grains or so) that look somewhat like deformed phillips head screwdriver bits and are lightweight and thus high velocity up to about 1800-1900 fps. They are designed to both drill through tissue and throw off body fluid at high speed away from the wound somewhat like a drill bit throwing away shavings.

The original 55 gr M193 5.56 round has been acknowledged to create hydrostatic temporary wound cavities but that is at the speed of about 3000 or so fps. There is an active debate about how low you can go in velocity before the temporary wound cavity becomes a minor wounding effect.

Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (r4qoG)

301 Raccoon-dog pic from Alex the Chick...

https://tinyurl.com/mrk9whkb

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (Vwz3I)

302 The Chosen has an outstanding episode about how John composed the first sentence of his account.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 17, 2023 09:15 AM (DhOHl)

It's beautifully done. The Word reading the word.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (45fpk)

303 It was Beauregard that attacked Ft. Sumter.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (TXFi7)

304 Lincoln wasn't even inaugurated that that point in time.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 09:17 AM (TXFi7)

305 299 Sure. This was Lincoln's provocation, fig leaf, to pretend he wasn't a predator. The message was clear - Yankees wanted to kill the South and wear their skin. And they did just that. Then they set up the DOJ in 1870 to grind the South down for an eternity. Much like NATO works today.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (D8mow)

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So, the South was just an animal that couldn't reason and only react to stimuli?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:17 AM (LvTSG)

306 Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.

“Houston, TX public schools have an average math proficiency score of 28% (versus the Texas public school average of 37%), and reading proficiency score of 35% (versus the 42% statewide average). Schools in Houston have an average ranking of 3/10, which is in the bottom 50% of Texas public schools.”

the fact that white, male Republicans voted to take over a predominately minority group of schools not only looks bad but may end up worsening the situation

"Those children are learning stuff! How can we prevent it?" "Call the Republicans! They always know how to put a stop to awful things like that!"

I'm expecting a severe backlash against this GOP over reach.

State by state: Mississippi just pulled off a similar scheme State Republicans took over the courts of the city of Jackson. Coming to a state near you.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (JCZqz)

307 Raccoon dogs aren't always small. And sometimes they turn into giant flying socks.

https://tinyurl.com/y5n22n47

Posted by: pookysgirl witht the Inuyasha references at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (dtlDP)

308 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

While St. Patrick is the most well-known Irish saint, he is not the only one. Among Irish saints; St. Aidan - this 17th Century missionary founded a monastery that became a learning center of Celtic Christianity. St. Brigid - The daughter of a slave and a chieftan, she founded the first convent in Ireland. St. Kieran - Called one of Ireland's 12 apostles, Kieran founded an Irish monastery. St. Columban - supposedly Columban was so handsome that he was advised that if he truly wanted to live as an ascetic, he would have to go to a region where women were less seductive and attractive - somewhere like, um, Ireland.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (qoGsy)

309 303 It was Beauregard that attacked Ft. Sumter.
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So NYC would welcome a Russian Warship in its harbor?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (D8mow)

310 "Interesting. I have the opposite reaction. Which episodes, if I may ask?"
Posted by: grammie winger at March 17, 2023 09:13 AM (45fpk)

I think the first couple in the 1st and 2nd seasons. Probably not rational on my part but it's there, now I can't unsee him being a kind of a douche.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (76Foq)

311 306 "Those children are learning stuff! How can we prevent it?" "Call the Republicans! They always know how to put a stop to awful things like that!"

I'm expecting a severe backlash against this GOP over reach.

State by state: Mississippi just pulled off a similar scheme State Republicans took over the courts of the city of Jackson. Coming to a state near you.
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (JCZqz)

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Any defense of the actual school systems and their ability to teach students that includes any data?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (LvTSG)

312 "As we approach the third anniversary of  '15 Days to Slow the Spread' there remains no accountability and no assurances that it couldn’t happen again."

If another pandemic comes, whatever the source, the Democrat-Medical-Media Complex will once again impose extreme (and useless) preventive measures. "Out of an abundance of caution," we''ll be told.

The Democrats and cuck Republicans will race to give the voting blocks of fraidy-cat Karens and AWFL's the illusion of safety they will demand.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2023 09:19 AM (AMIL/)

313 309 303 It was Beauregard that attacked Ft. Sumter.
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So NYC would welcome a Russian Warship in its harbor?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (D8mow)

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That's a bad analogy. Hell, use the Cuban Missile Crisis, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

314 ... "Those children are learning stuff! How can we prevent it?" "Call the Republicans! They always know how to put a stop to awful things like that!" ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (JCZqz)
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Now *that* is funny

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:19 AM (t0OGg)

315 2½ tons of uranium goes missing in war-torn Libya, prompting nuclear security fears.

https://mol.im/a/11867017
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Some reporting. Interchangeably the writer gives us uranium, the metal, ore concentrate, yellowcake.
The degree of seriousness or anxiety at the loss depends on which of those is the actual makeup of the missing stuff, most probably it's yellow cake (uranium oxide).

Posted by: Ciampino - U3O8 or thereabouts at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (qfLjt)

316 We use hydrostatic shock as a ground rule when selecting aimpoints in aircraft with modern/advanced technology SAM interceptors. The shockwave traveling through the hydraulic control systems blows out valves, pumps, seals, and mechanical interfaces (pilot hands/feet, airfoil connections to actuators). I collected data on a sled test back in the 90s and damage rendering the airframe 'killed' was found at the extreme end of the controls afterwards.
Posted by: BifBewalski
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There is one documented case where a police officer with a bullet proof vest was killed by a 45-70 slug that hit but did not penetrate the guy's bullet proof vest. The reason was that apparently the force was sufficient in generating a hydrostatic shock via blood vessels to cause a blood vessel in the head to blow out causing almost instant death.

Autopsy could find no other cause of death.

Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (r4qoG)

317 314 ... "Those children are learning stuff! How can we prevent it?" "Call the Republicans! They always know how to put a stop to awful things like that!" ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (JCZqz)
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Now *that* is funny
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:19 AM (t0OGg)

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I bet they have another active thread talking about the general terribleness of education in red states, including Texas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (LvTSG)

318 On Thursday, Biden (or, more likely, the intern charged with making his NCAA bracket) tweeted out his predictions for March Madness. Except, not only did the president’s pick to win the men’s tournament, Arizona, lose to 15-point underdog Princeton in the first-round. But the president also committed the ultimate bracket party foul of posting his picks after the tournament had already begun.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

319 >>So NYC would welcome a Russian Warship in its harbor?

Today? Probably give it the key to the city.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (ZLI7S)

320 So, the South was just an animal that couldn't reason and only react to stimuli?
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The Confederacy had borders, James. Secession means the Feds did not own the harbor of Charleston and the arrival of a warship with reinforcements and material, highly advertised in all newspapers, was an incitement.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (D8mow)

321 Sure. This was Lincoln's provocation, fig leaf, to pretend he wasn't a predator. The message was clear - Yankees wanted to kill the South and wear their skin. And they did just that. Then they set up the DOJ in 1870 to grind the South down for an eternity. Much like NATO works today.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:16 AM (D8mow)

From a historical perspective Lincoln was inordinately lenient in the post-war period, there is a general clemency.

That seems an obvious disconnect with him as a moral monster.

The war also happens if you assume different people as the Union President, because it's the ordinary reaction to seizure of territory.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (eYoxG)

322 Do bugs qualify as meat?

I'll have the scarab bisque and a side of cabbage beetles.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (Jg7EG)

323 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Erin Go Bragh 🍀🍀🍀

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 09:21 AM (GshMh)

324 320 So, the South was just an animal that couldn't reason and only react to stimuli?
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The Confederacy had borders, James. Secession means the Feds did not own the harbor of Charleston and the arrival of a warship with reinforcements and material, highly advertised in all newspapers, was an incitement.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (D8mow)

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It was still federal property. So, because South Carolina declared itself free of the Union, the feds should have just given up its property?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

325 Let's not get all wrapped up in who attacked who...

Posted by: It was a States'rights issue at March 17, 2023 09:21 AM (DhOHl)

326 Do bugs qualify as meat? ...
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (Jg7EG)
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Today: no
Next week: yes
Next month: Oats are meat

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

327 320 So, the South was just an animal that couldn't reason and only react to stimuli?
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The Confederacy had borders, James. Secession means the Feds did not own the harbor of Charleston and the arrival of a warship with reinforcements and material, highly advertised in all newspapers, was an incitement.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (D8mow)

Unilaterally declaring a new country and that territory that was formerly owned by an existing country now belongs to you doesn't mean they're obliged to let it go without a fight.

This is an absurd "special rights of the Confederacy" argument that has never been applied elsewhere.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:22 AM (eYoxG)

328 325 Let's not get all wrapped up in who attacked who...
Posted by: It was a States'rights issue at March 17, 2023 09:21 AM (DhOHl)

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"That's right! Now, tell Illinois to send us back our slaves! Because we respect states rights so much!"
-The South

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

329 State Republicans took over the courts of the city of Jackson. Coming to a state near you.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (JCZqz)

*cues up the PJW "It's okay when we do it!" soundbite*

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to have that more handy at March 17, 2023 09:22 AM (dtlDP)

330 > I would like to know why the CIA was using a hunter/killer drone instead of a surveillance model for whatever mission it was on.
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The MQ-9 "Reaper" drone or UCAV (unmanned combat air vehicle) can operate both as a ELINT/RECON platform, unarmed, as well as carry Hellfire missiles, certain bombs and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

It's mission on the day it was brought down was surveillance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2023 09:23 AM (Q4IgG)

331 There is one documented case where a police officer with a bullet proof vest was killed by a 45-70 slug that hit but did not penetrate the guy's bullet proof vest. The reason was that apparently the force was sufficient in generating a hydrostatic shock via blood vessels to cause a blood vessel in the head to blow out causing almost instant death.

Autopsy could find no other cause of death.
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Body armor against 7.62 can stop the round but it will crush the targets rib cage or other body parts. We looked at that back in the 90s and concluded it was not worth the added weight to the Marine/Soldier.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:23 AM (D8mow)

332 Jesus is condescending.

We aren't equals with Him. He does know better. He is our superior. He maintains the right to judge us and we will all kneel before Him.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 17, 2023 09:23 AM (QcJKE)

333 Biden family business associate Robinson Walker received $179,836.86 on November 5, 2015, while President Joe Biden was vice president, a previously unreported sum the House Oversight Committee revealed Thursday.

Although the sum appears to be insignificant to the $31 million received by the business during Joe Biden’s reign as vice president, the new amount builds upon the previous reporting in 2022 by Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer. Thursday’s revelation comes after the committee revealed the Biden family business received a $3 million wire transfer from a Chinese entity and subsequent payments after President Joe Biden left the vice presidency in 2017.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

334 314 ... "Those children are learning stuff! How can we prevent it?"
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:18 AM (JCZqz)
++++
Now *that* is funny
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:19 AM

I was expecting a bunch of comments about Republicans stopping necessary education on CRT, LGBTQ, and other woke nonsense, but there was nothing. Really unexpected.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

335 Unilaterally declaring a new country and that territory that was formerly owned by an existing country now belongs to you doesn't mean they're obliged to let it go without a fight
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The land was never owned by the Feds. It was owned by SC.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (D8mow)

336 334 I was expecting a bunch of comments about Republicans stopping necessary education on CRT, LGBTQ, and other woke nonsense, but there was nothing. Really unexpected.
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

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"If only Texas could teach as well as California!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

337 335 Unilaterally declaring a new country and that territory that was formerly owned by an existing country now belongs to you doesn't mean they're obliged to let it go without a fight
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The land was never owned by the Feds. It was owned by SC.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (D8mow)

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Fort Sumter was owned by the feds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

338 A politician for Germany’s left-wing Green party has been fined $3,800 for faking neo-nazi hate crimes against himself.

Manoj Jansen, a former councillor for the German Greens, was handed a €3,600 (~$3,814) fine by a court in Germany on Wednesday after it was found that he had faked a number of neo-nazi hate crimes against himself.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

339 Throw down the gauntlet. . . .. Increase interest among the public.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I agree. But the Ds throw Biden under the bus. " I'm shocked. Shocked Joe Biden would do such a thing. That's not who we are. "

Say hello to President Fetterman (D)

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2023 09:25 AM (NW9xb)

340 The Confederacy could have tried non-violent "Passive Resistance," but oh well, speculation about what could have happened is irrelevant in the study of History.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 17, 2023 09:25 AM (TXFi7)

341 338 A politician for Germany’s left-wing Green party has been fined $3,800 for faking neo-nazi hate crimes against himself.

Manoj Jansen, a former councillor for the German Greens, was handed a €3,600 (~$3,814) fine by a court in Germany on Wednesday after it was found that he had faked a number of neo-nazi hate crimes against himself.
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

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Make the punishment for faking crimes the same as actually committing the crimes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (LvTSG)

342 Body armor against 7.62 can stop the round but it will crush the targets rib cage or other body parts. We looked at that back in the 90s and concluded it was not worth the added weight to the Marine/Soldier.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:23 AM

Note...that was true in the 90s, but not today. Modern solid body armor is lighter AND more effective, hence why modern US troops are so heavily armored.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

343 Today? Probably give it the key to the city.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (ZLI7S)
~~~~~

Not today, Satan! It's a high holy day.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (3ImbR)

344 318 On Thursday, Biden (or, more likely, the intern charged with making his NCAA bracket) tweeted out his predictions for March Madness. Except, not only did the president’s pick to win the men’s tournament, Arizona, lose to 15-point underdog Princeton in the first-round. But the president also committed the ultimate bracket party foul of posting his picks after the tournament had already begun.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

I am a looong-time die-hard Arizona Wildcats fan. I did not believe the Wildcats could win the title. Only people without a clue about college basketball and idiots would have picked Arizona to go all the way in this tournament.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (AMIL/)

345 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:22 AM (eYoxG)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

Staying out of this, because it's been one of those mornings and I had relatives on both sides, including Cousin Ulysses.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs more Reeses at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (dtlDP)

346 Unilaterally declaring a new country and that territory that was formerly owned by an existing country now belongs to you doesn't mean they're obliged to let it go without a fight.

This is an absurd "special rights of the Confederacy" argument that has never been applied elsewhere.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

That "former country" doesn't own shit. Then or now.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (SEDrX)

347 I agree. But the Ds throw Biden under the bus. " I'm shocked. Shocked Joe Biden would do such a thing. That's not who we are. "

Say hello to President Fetterman (D)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2023 09:25 AM (NW9xb)
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Possibly. But the point isn't to badmouth Biden, it's to use Biden as an excuse to call out the DoJ for what it is. Biden wouldn't be the target of such comments, the DoJ would be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 09:27 AM (t0OGg)

348 For the first time since the early 1990s, Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay has completely frozen over.

.. that Global Warming can do anything

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

349 335 Unilaterally declaring a new country and that territory that was formerly owned by an existing country now belongs to you doesn't mean they're obliged to let it go without a fight
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The land was never owned by the Feds. It was owned by SC.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:24 AM (D8mow)

SC(which had explicitly signed up for perpetual union to begin with) was a territory within the USA.

If the Duke of Orleans seceded from the Kingdom of France, you can bet your ass that means war. The king does not own the fiefs of the Duke of Orleans, but the duchy is part of the broader realm.

And the British government did not directly own a lot of territory in the 13 colonies, same thing. The government is obliged to defend its territory, which is not the same as direct property.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:27 AM (eYoxG)

350 We aren't equals with Him. He does know better. He is our superior. He maintains the right to judge us and we will all kneel before Him.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

There, but for the grace of God, go I. And sometimes there, despite the grace of God, go I.

When it comes to sin, there's no sense wallowing in self-misery - which can be an excuse to keep on sinning. Realism needs to kick in. I'm a sinner. I can't achieve goodness wholly on my own, which means I can't be holy on my own. Let go. Let God.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 17, 2023 09:27 AM (qoGsy)

351 cool- we haven't done the Civil War thing in a while

Posted by: DB - explaining the discrepancy at March 17, 2023 09:28 AM (geLO8)

352

Art is up and it is DEFINITELY no Rothko

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 09:28 AM (x0n13)

353 The Confederacy was asshoe.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 17, 2023 09:28 AM (TehmT)

354 345 Staying out of this, because it's been one of those mornings and I had relatives on both sides, including Cousin Ulysses.
Posted by: pookysgirl needs more Reeses at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (dtlDP)

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I'm pretty sure I have relatives on both sides. I definitely had relatives on the South.

The South was an aristocracy that relied on slave labor to maintain its centralized wealth and power while being opposed to free enterprise and technological modernization, degrading themselves morally to the point where their elite were proudly announcing that the enslavement of the black race was a "moral good".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 09:29 AM (LvTSG)

355 Art b UP !

Posted by: JT at March 17, 2023 09:29 AM (T4tVD)

356 I'm having traditional Irish holiday 7-course dinner-six pack and a potato.

Posted by: Paddy O'Furniture at March 17, 2023 09:29 AM (wrJpE)

357 >>Not today, Satan! It's a high holy day.

I'm still celebrating Oktoberfest.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2023 09:29 AM (ZLI7S)

358 It will be impossible to connect receiving "X" and Biden delivering "Y,"

The line of reply by the Ds will be "where's the conviction?"

The best hope is the IRS and Capone example. But then again, who are we kidding?
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2023 09:01 AM (NW9xb)

———

Dude, just stop it, go to the DoJ public corruption website and tell me people haven’t been imprisoned for far less.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 17, 2023 09:30 AM (cMXNt)

359 *Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay has completely frozen over.*

Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2023 09:30 AM (DhOHl)

360 Say hello to President Fetterman (D)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2023 09:25 AM (NW9xb)

Puttin' on the Ritz!

Posted by: President Fetterman (D) at March 17, 2023 09:31 AM (4I/2K)

361 >>Not today, Satan! It's a high holy day.

I'm still celebrating Oktoberfest.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2023 09:29 AM (ZLI7S)

During McCain's funeral? How gauche.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 17, 2023 09:32 AM (4I/2K)

362 Nood, and boy do I mean nood

Posted by: weew at March 17, 2023 09:32 AM (/uwTS)

363 Corning beef is a process of salt curing. The meat used to be dry cured using corns (pellets) of salt. Nowdays, brine is used, but the name stuck.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 09:32 AM (lTGtQ)

364 Nood nude bewbs

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=403484

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 17, 2023 09:33 AM (3CCua)

365 Fort Sumter was owned by the feds.
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The South carried the Federal and British Goverment for nearly 200 years. They were the ones paying the freight for central goverment - be it British or American. It certainly wasn't New England, New York nor the early Midwest. Until the Erie Canal, financed largely by Southern taxes, the inland empire was not a large contributor to the US economy. The inland empire had two means of shipping their wealth for export - the Erie Canal/Hudson and the Mississippi drainage. This is why Lincoln went full Caine. To achieve the mastery of the Inland Empire over America. This was the prize that was fought over during the French and Indian War.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 09:33 AM (D8mow)

366 346 Unilaterally declaring a new country and that territory that was formerly owned by an existing country now belongs to you doesn't mean they're obliged to let it go without a fight.

This is an absurd "special rights of the Confederacy" argument that has never been applied elsewhere.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

That "former country" doesn't own shit. Then or now.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2023 09:26 AM (SEDrX)

That has always been a matter of who wins.

Then or now. Why the special pleading for the Confederacy
as though their territorial claims are more sacrosanct than Mexico?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:36 AM (eYoxG)

367 >>>I'm still celebrating Oktoberfest.
~~~~~

Ever thus. It takes the Germans an entire month to manage what the Irish can accomplish in a single day.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 17, 2023 09:38 AM (3ImbR)

368 It had always been regarded that the sovereign entity was obliged to actively defend its territory and subjects.

Hence why the open border bullshit is an offense.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 17, 2023 09:38 AM (eYoxG)

369 Have to admit, seeing the clip of that Chicago reporter telling shitbag Lightfoot to her face to "get the hell out of my city" was damn satisfying.

Posted by: Sargeant Ben Marco at March 17, 2023 09:39 AM (Irdcf)

370 The Washington Post reported Mar. 15 that the LGBTQ fanatics at Human Rights Campaign have “‘amiably’ reached a confidential settlement with its former president, Alphonso David, who accused the group of racial bias after he was fired in 2021.” HRC posted a press release on its website acknowledging the agreement. HRC claims that it treats “racial equity and inclusion as a cornerstone of our work,” but apparently that wasn’t woke enough to avoid accusations of racism. Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) fueled HRC’s leftist public charity component, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, with at least $1,112,000 between 2016 and 2021.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:41 AM (RHGPo)

371 And as a chaser, he said "YOU are the pandemic" to her.

Posted by: Sargeant Ben Marco at March 17, 2023 09:41 AM (Irdcf)

372 California regulators voted Wednesday to ban gas furnaces and water heaters in one of the state’s most populated regions, a move that will likely require locals to undergo costly home renovations.

.. I'm really surprised that the regulators didn't cite the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the resulting fires, many involving natural gas, as the reason.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 09:42 AM (RHGPo)

373 Haha! We get more drinks than women. Suck it feminists!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 09:56 AM (UuD2k)

374 *The Demographic Outlook: 2023 to 2053 - Congressional Budget Office:

In CBO's projections, the U. S. population increases from 336 million people in 2023 to 373 million people in 2053. Population growth is increasingly driven by net immigration, which accounts for all population growth beginnning in 2042.

*Census dot gov library: The combination of births, deaths and net international migration increases the U. S. population by 1 person every 27 seconds. In January 2023, the nation is expected to experience 1 birth every 9 second and 1 death every 10 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migrations is expencted to add 1 person to the U.S. population every 32 seconds.

*low estimates

U.S. Census dot gov: Under the assumption of a high level of net international migration, the population is expected to grown to 458 million by 2050. For the Low Net International Migration series, the population is projected to reach 423 million in 2050.

If things went sideways for a bit w/i the next few years, where do the powerful stash their stuff & families? (Where's their coastal out?) Virgin Islands? Ireland, Greece, Poland? Seychelles? Belize?

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 10:27 AM (GshMh)

375 Biden’s new washing machine rules.

Yeah, Kali has been way ahead of that curve. I have a relatively new washing machine that is "high efficiency" (what I was ALLOWED to buy here) and find I have to add extra detergent pods, set it to max soil cleaning, and add extra rinse cycles to get my clothes clean. So in the end, it WASTES more water.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 01:01 PM (ynpvh)

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