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Big: Biden says he'd be willing to consider the GOP's demands on the border in exchange for Ukraine funding.

From CBS News:

The Biden administration on Tuesday indicated to congressional lawmakers that it would be willing to support a new border authority to expel migrants without asylum screenings, as well as a dramatic expansion of immigration detention and deportations, to convince Republicans to back aid to Ukraine, four people familiar with the matter told CBS News.
The White House informed Senate Democrats that it could back those sweeping and hardline immigration policy changes as part of the negotiations over President Biden's emergency funding request, a roughly $100 billion package that includes military aid to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, as well as money to bolster border enforcement and hire additional immigration officials.

The GOP's demands are pretty minor. One of them will be helpful, however: the provision that anyone who came through Mexico to apply for asylum in the US will have his asylum claim automatically rejected. The idea is that if you're really an asylum seeker fleeing for your life, you can stop in a safe place like Mexico. You don't have to continue on to an economic powerhouse like the US.

Unless you're actually just an economic migrant. Who is of course not eligible for political asylum.

This would be a very fast and easily-applied rule for getting rid of thousands of "asylum seekers." It would also, of course, discourage millions of similar fake asylum seekers.

In the current rule, we are forced to pretend we really believe these are legitimate asylum seekers, and give them court dates and release them into the country awaiting their hearings which will be 4, 6, 8 years from now. And they'll just tell the stories they were coached by their corrupt lawyers to tell, and they'll probably be given asylum. (When the country they're from has no animus against their people or tribe, they just claim that criminal gangs are harassing their family -- something that's impossible to disprove.)

So a rule that allows us to just reject thousands and thousands of fake asylum claims immediately would be very, very helpful.

Will Biden actually agree to the rule change? Or just say he'll "consider" it in the future if we agree to the money for Ukraine now? We'll have to see.

No money without an agreement on this provision, now.

Christopher F. Rufo
@realchrisrufo
The conservative press, the Harvard student newspaper, and the Harvard board of trustees all published articles and statements about Claudine Gay's plagiarism scandal before the NYT, WaPo, and WSJ. Why?

Now they're on it, though: They want to tell you what "scholars say!"

Christopher Rufo points out that the reporters at the Harvard Crimson -- who are as ultrawoke as any -- are honest enough to admit that Gay plagiarized, whereas "the apparatchiks" at the New York Times claim that "scholars say" that not all plagiarism is plagiarism. Right, Regime plagiarism is not plagiarism, just like treason unpunished is no treason, for if it is unpunished, then it must not have been treason.

Dr. Carol M. Swain
@carolmswain
I rarely get angry, but I am angry right now about the racial double standards that are TEMPORARILY giving #ClaudineGay an opportunity to resign. White progressives created her and white progressives are protecting her. The rest of us have had to work our rear ends off to achieve success. Some get it handed to them. #Adversityofdiversity #DEI # affirmativeaction #HarvardisAntisemitic #PresidentGay

And that was before Harvard cleared her completely.

Gay, of course, claimed that Harvard could not forbid students from calling for intifada because it followed a policy of very strong protection of free speech, even speech it disagreed with.

Two days after telling that lie to Congress -- perjuring herself -- Harvard cancelled a planned speech that a Congressman was to give at Harvard.

In the interim, he mocked Gay's farcical commitment to free speech.

Harvard then canceled the event.

On the afternoon of Friday, December 8, Harvard's John Adams Society, a conservative-leaning student group, was to host a discussion on the future of U.S.--China relations and their ramifications for American industrial policy, featuring Reps. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts and Ro Khanna of California. The planned event was cosponsored by American Affairs, the heterodox policy journal edited by Julius Krein (and where--full disclosure--I've published a single piece).
A month earlier, on November 6, David Vega, a current student affiliated with the John Adams Society, booked a room through the proper channels and received an email from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences confirming the room and the event. "YOUR ROOM HAS BEEN CONFIRMED," read the confirmation email, which I've reviewed. The administration even offered audiovisual assistance and day-of contact information; everything seemed to be going swimmingly.
As the days went by, various Harvard authorities helped the organizers and congressional staff through the byzantine campus process. When Auchincloss's chief of staff reached out to the Harvard events team to discuss security, Christine Haverty, director of events management, replied, "Thank you! For this, you would work with the team planning the event and Harvard University Police," adding: "They are wonderful!" ...
The planning process continued. There were no ominous signs. As recently as December 5, Harvard confirmed the event as scheduled and set to go forward. Then, that same day, Gay gave her Washington testimony--you know, the one where she insisted the sacred principle of free speech protects even extreme anti-Jewish animus, depending on the context. Two days later, on December 7, the student organizer received an email informing him that the event was canceled....
What happened between December 5 and December 7? Gay's congressional testimony took place on December 5. Auchincloss published a statement on December 6 mocking her for her supposed commitment to free speech. "Harvard ranks last out of 248 universities for support of free speech," Auchincloss said. "But when it comes to denouncing anti-Semitism, suddenly the university has anxieties about the First Amendment. It rings hollow." On December 7, the event was canceled.
A Harvard spokesman claimed that the university has "no record of an event registration request," notwithstanding the registration confirmation reviewed by The American Conservative and dozens of back-and-forth emails between organizers and Harvard staff, all predicated upon the fact that the event is registered and moving forward.

Harvard has a policy of untrammeled free speech much like the New York Times only permits right-wing opinion.

She's baaaack! Down in the polls, Joe Biden calls on the one politician in America who can really bring the case against Donald Trump and his constant election denialism -- HILLARY CLINTON!!!

In case you haven't watched in the past ten days, here are twenty-four straight minutes of the Democrats denying election results, with Hillary Clinton accounting for about ten of them.

The Enemy of the People media never asks her about this. Not once. Except, I mean, to allow her to pontificate about how the election was stolen from her.

They never confront her with her, and ask her to reconcile how the Democrats can maintain that it's "election denialism" that threatens democracy for Trump to say that the 2020 election was "fortified," which even The Atlantic proudly admits it was, but that Hillary Clinton can continue pushing the fake claim that her campaign entirely fabricated that "Russia stole the election."

Not once. Not a single time.

It's so brazenly corrupt. It's breathtaking.

Now that the Boy Scouts -- I'm sorry, I mean the Scouts; it's no longer for boys -- is fully woke, it's also no longer fit for purpose.

But a new organization is stepping up. Trail Life USA seeks to provide boys with mentorship and what I think is crucial in this derangedly virtual age, vital contact with the real.

Trail Life USA isn't just a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts; it's an answer to the deep crisis affecting boys in America.
"We're growing boys into godly men," Mark Hancock, the scouting organization's CEO, tells "The Daily Signal Podcast." "We've discovered a proven process for turning boys into godly men, and it involves four things."
Hancock, today's guest on the podcast, diagnoses four major problems American boys face: They are unguided, ungrounded, unappreciated, and uninspired.
"One in four boys now doesn't have a father in his household," Hancock says. "They go to school, 76% of teachers are female. Eighty-something percent of Sunday school teachers are female. So, these girls have wonderful models of leadership. Boys don't have that, so we are guiding boys. We think that's important."
Trail Life USA requires leaders to be confessing Christians, but it welcomes boys of any or no faith tradition.
Hancock also laments that boys are ungrounded, noting that "58% of Americans no longer believe that God is a source of moral truth." His organization aims to "ground them in biblical truths," through its six essentials of a Christian worldview.
"We also know that boys are unappreciated," the CEO adds. He says the culture's "gender blurring" sends the message that "it's like a boy is some sort of a defective girl."

I might sign up. Not as a troop leader, but as a scout. I know I'm a little old for this but I don't mind confessing, I need some mentoring. I need to get a haircut and get my head straightened out.

Israeli soldier eats a grenade blast and keeps going until he takes the terrorist down. https://t.co/URdWB7rASq
— Noam Blum 🚡 (@neontaster) December 12, 2023

Wow

Cyber apocalypse movie produced by Barack and Michelle Obama that warns about "trusting white people if the world falls apart�

No surprise they�re also intentionally fear mongering about Tesla FSD and Elon Musk by proxy

So blatantly obvious what they�re doing. Sad! https://t.co/zg9RbJ7sJJ
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) December 12, 2023

This is one of the two "WOCs" who arrange that "Race2Dinner," where they con stupid AWFL white women to pay them thousands of dollars to come to dinner so that these two awful women of color can call them racist and insult them for two or three hours.

You may be surprised to hear that her opinions on foreign policy are shallow, poorly-informed, and revolve excessively around celebrities she follows on Twitter.

Lmao pic.twitter.com/KSkpqCeOld
— Delusional Takes (@DelusionPosting) December 10, 2023

Please take my money to teach me how to be "anti-racist," Saira Rao. I want to be cleansed of hatred of other races like you so clearly have been.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:35 PM

Comments

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1 I'm one.

Posted by: The Who at December 12, 2023 06:33 PM (Dm8we)

2 NY Court of Appeals has tossed the 2020 court ordered congressional districts. Up to six Republican districts are in danger of being wiped out. There's a couple of rings but they do give the house to the Republicans. Scumbag Marc Elias was the lawyer for Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 12, 2023 06:38 PM (IZPBd)

3 >>We'll have to see.

Hold on... Hold... I'm.. getting a vision of the future.. I have it..

Ok.

I'll give you one guess on how this goes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 12, 2023 06:38 PM (XV/Pl)

4 Funny, I'd heard from Mayorkas himself that the border was totally secure. KJB too!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2023 06:42 PM (MeG8a)

5 Media Matters at it again...

Tracy Beanz @tracybeanz 6h
And here it is-- the Media Matters/X playbook implemented against Rumble- Engineering algorithms and fake ad placements to pressure advertisers to remove themselves from the equation. This is the way they do it. It is quite literally, evil.

http://tinyurl.com/49ajknkk
[The whole thread as Nitter pages with screencapped letters.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:43 PM (krqg6)

6 KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat
NEW - The Media Matters employee being sued by @elonmusk and @X refreshed a fringe video on @rumblevideo more than 70 times until he found a Netflix ad!!!

Despite being the only person to view that Netflix ad next to that video, he wrote an article falsely suggesting that Netflix ads regularly appeared next to fringe content on Rumble, pressuring advertisers to drop the platform.

On @X, IBM, Comcast, and Oracle had their ads appear alongside fringe content for only one person—that same Media Matters employee—out of more than 500 million active users on the platform.

This same Media Matters employee has written nearly a dozen articles pressuring advertisers to pull their support from @X since @elonmusk bought the company.

Intentionally fabricating defamatory material to pressure advertisers to pull their support from free speech platforms is evil.

http://tinyurl.com/57me8b2k

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:43 PM (krqg6)

7 Damn this thread is full of Gay

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at December 12, 2023 06:44 PM (VTu1l)

8 "a safe place like Mexico"

Never saw those words in that exact order before.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 06:44 PM (MvF+J)

9 Stop calling them "economic migrants"

They are BENEFIT MIGRANTS.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at December 12, 2023 06:45 PM (5osR5)

10 Breaking911 @Breaking911 3h
Border Patrol Arrests Man Who Allegedly Asked Woman to ‘Purchase’ Her 5-Year-Old Child
PERRY, N.Y. (CBP) – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Buffalo Sector arrested Monji Jelassi, a 64-year-old citizen of Tunisia.

On December 2, Perry Police Department arrested and detained Monji Jelassi in response to a report of a male harassing a female and her children.

The female-complainant told officers that Jelassi asked to “purchase” her 5-year-old child and then attempted to entice the child into his vehicle. At the time of his arrest, the only identification Jelassi possessed was a foreign-issued International Driver’s License.

On December 6, Buffalo Sector Border Patrol agents confirmed Jelassi’s identity and discovered he was present in the United States on an expired visa. Jelassi was remanded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is currently being held at the Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York awaiting a deportation hearing for charges under Section 212 and 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

http://tinyurl.com/ys86hhnd

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:45 PM (krqg6)

11 Ace,

The DHS and ICE will never use the new authority. They will drag their heels and give it the backs of their hands.

It's a trap.

Posted by: Admiral Akbar holding CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2023 06:45 PM (gSZYf)

12 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 44m
HAPPENING NOW - Thousands of migrants in massive groups crossing illegally into Eagle Pass, Texas

http://tinyurl.com/38mjpju9
2:12 minutes; have supplied 'tin foil' heat blankets; at least this one has alot of women and children too and not just military-aged men.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:46 PM (krqg6)

13 Trail Life USA isn't just a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts; it's an answer to the deep crisis affecting boys in America.

THE BOY SCOUTS WERE CHRISTIAN YOU HORRIFIC FUCKS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2023 06:46 PM (di6C2)

14 This insane determination to pour unlimited amounts of cash into Ukraine is hard to understand.

Posted by: That Northernlurke embracing the suckd at December 12, 2023 06:47 PM (hCt6Y)

15 Saw a tweet sez that Harvard expels around two dozen students a year for plagiarism. Would like to hear their opinion on the Gay topic.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 06:47 PM (MvF+J)

16 It's a trap.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2023 06:45 PM (gSZYf)

This.

Suggested nic: Admiral Akbar holding CharlieBrown'sDildo

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2023 06:47 PM (di6C2)

17 Disclose.tv @disclosetv
NEW - Netflix's "Leave the World Behind" cyber apocalypse movie warns about "white people" if "the world falls apart."
End Wokeness:

https://tinyurl.com/mssm2b3e
11 seconds

Disclose.tv @disclosetv
MORE - Not only did Barack Obama help the executive produce the movie as part of Higher Ground, but he personally helped shape the script by giving its screenwriter notes, according to HITC.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:48 PM (krqg6)

18 THE BOY SCOUTS WERE CHRISTIAN YOU HORRIFIC FUCKS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

*********

For some reason I thought the Boy Scouts were Freemasons

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at December 12, 2023 06:48 PM (VTu1l)

19 Operation Unleash Hell seems a go for 2024.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 12, 2023 06:48 PM (R4t5M)

20 Biden says he'd be willing to consider the GOP's demands on the border in exchange for Ukraine funding.
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Line my pockets and maybe I'll stop the foreign invasion.

Every Pedocrat can eat shit. Every #conservative who is suckered by this offer should choke on that shit.

Rivers of blood. Let them flow.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 12, 2023 06:48 PM (aZ2xV)

21 . I need to get a haircut and get my head straightened out.

See how you look in a scarf and clip 1st.

Posted by: DaveA at December 12, 2023 06:49 PM (FhXTo)

22 They are BENEFIT MIGRANTS.

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The free shit army. Brought to you by NGOs and the cartels, and paid for by taxpayers just like you.

Posted by: Annenberg Foundation at December 12, 2023 06:50 PM (RilAR)

23 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2023 06:47 PM (di6C2)

Done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2023 06:51 PM (gSZYf)

24 As above,

Breaking911 @Breaking911 41m
BREAKING: New York's high court orders state to redraw congressional maps, potentially giving Democrats an edge in fight for House - AP

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:51 PM (krqg6)

25 Good on that IDF soldier smoking that muzzie.

Keep going...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 12, 2023 06:51 PM (R/m4+)

26 a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts;

It isn't a canoe trip til someone is praying for dear life.

Posted by: DaveA at December 12, 2023 06:51 PM (FhXTo)

27 I need some mentoring. I need to get a haircut and get my head straightened out.

***

I thought you were going to do that at a Denneys parking lot at 0400...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 12, 2023 06:51 PM (ZV+pB)

28 My daughter is in American Heritage Girls, the female counterpart to Trail Life. I volunteer with both groups. Excellent organizations.

And no selling cookies, though once a year we solicit sponsorships for Wreaths Across America. 4500 cemeteries will have veteran wreath laying ceremonies this Saturday.

Posted by: Candidus at December 12, 2023 06:52 PM (mXPB/)

29 @14

>>This insane determination to pour unlimited amounts of cash into Ukraine is hard to understand.

Once you understand that virtually none of the money actually goes to Ukraine, you will understand why these corrupt pieces of sh*t keep funneling more money to Ukraine.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 12, 2023 06:52 PM (XV/Pl)

30 So self driving cars attained self awareness ... and decided killing themselves was the best outcome? I might agree.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 12, 2023 06:52 PM (Cus5s)

31 Hmmmm...continuing to loot the treasury and pay off all my friends, or continue to allow a flood of third world savages into the country and pay off my other friends. Which of these..?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 12, 2023 06:53 PM (MZ+PY)

32 ace, you might be a better candidate for Outward Bound

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2023 06:53 PM (ULDXF)

33 Ukraine needs soldiers a hell of a lot more than they need cash.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2023 06:53 PM (MeG8a)

34 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 4h
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he would block the Biden administration’s postwar plan to have the Palestinian Authority take over Gaza - WSJ
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BNO News @BNONews
UN General Assembly approves resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, with the U.S. voting against
http://tinyurl.com/yhdnyt48
screencap of vote
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Odd group of abstentions and Against [nonbinding BTW]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:53 PM (krqg6)

35 "Israeli soldier eats a grenade blast and keeps going until he takes the terrorist down."
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Looks like a video game, except it's real.

Posted by: javems at December 12, 2023 06:53 PM (8I4hW)

36 And no selling cookies, though once a year we solicit sponsorships for Wreaths Across America. 4500 cemeteries will have veteran wreath laying ceremonies this Saturday.
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Very good.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:54 PM (krqg6)

37 I'll gladly give you border security for a 100 billion cheeseburgers today.

Posted by: wth at December 12, 2023 06:54 PM (v0R5T)

38 Why are they so crazy about funding Ukraine that they're willing to give up even that small amount on immigration?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 12, 2023 06:55 PM (brAQZ)

39 To write a woke dissertation, all you have to do is take the woke lexicon, dump it in a blender, puree it, and dump it onto paper. Who goes to all the trouble of plagiarizing woke argle-bargle, when it's easier just to randomly blend it yourself?

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 06:55 PM (MvF+J)

40 BNO News @BNONews 4h
Israeli hostage Eden Zakaria, who was kidnapped from the music festival on Oct. 7, found dead in Hamas tunnel in Gaza

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:56 PM (krqg6)

41 I have to wonder if that damned grenade came from Biden's fuckup pullout of Afghanistan.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 12, 2023 06:56 PM (pohLc)

42 I saw the Netflix movie. The white woman's racism is implied. The black girl's racism is explicit.

I'm sure the 'producers' do not see the black racism as a problem.

Posted by: Candidus at December 12, 2023 06:57 PM (mXPB/)

43 >>>>"the apparatchiks" at the New York Times claim that "scholars say" that not all plagiarism is plagiarism. Right, Regime
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VDH, who is a scholar, in a podcast, explained what one must accomplish in order to be a scholar; it involved things like having a debate with your superiors speaking in ancient Greek on some esoteric subject. That was one of many arcane topics that one must have mastery of in order to be considered a scholar.

I don't believe that there is one scholar in that claimed group by the NYT.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 06:57 PM (hje90)

44 You are not allowed to punish, mock, or otherwise do anything but praise, a Woman of Color named Gay.

What kind of country do you think this is?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 12, 2023 06:57 PM (brAQZ)

45 Biden better be careful he has already lost muslim vote in michigan. Immigrants are AOC's potential voters when she runs for president. The left democratic base is pro-immigrant and pro ceasefire.

Posted by: raimondo at December 12, 2023 06:58 PM (uF8iN)

46 It's really quite a brilliant strategy to get border security enforced, or any other agenda item of choice for that matter. Deal with Biden the way he's familiar with: bribe him. A payout to "Ukraine" is the well established and proper way to bribe a Biden.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 12, 2023 06:58 PM (DsA2n)

47 So, the NYT had to wait for the Harvard experts in Citation Justice

http://tinyurl.com/y63c5azx

to weigh in before writing about the plagiarism issue?

Posted by: KT at December 12, 2023 06:58 PM (rrtZS)

48 BNO News @BNONews 6h
5 confirmed dead after elevator falls to the ground at construction site in Sweden
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No photo but I assume a temporary construction-site one and not an Otis or the like.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 06:59 PM (krqg6)

49 raimondo I invite you to partake in a turd smoothie.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 12, 2023 06:59 PM (pohLc)

50 44 You are not allowed to punish, mock, or otherwise do anything but praise, a Woman of Color named Gay.
....
Posted by: Eeyore
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That's a queer statement.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 06:59 PM (hje90)

51 Digging terrorists out of their warrens, room by room. Real blood and real courage.

Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:00 PM (rj6Yv)

52 "They are BENEFIT MIGRANTS.--
The free shit army. Brought to you by NGOs and the cartels, and paid for by taxpayers just like you."
Posted by: Annenberg Foundation

So much of it is debt, that it is paid for by the future lost generations. And much is funded by the very rich, but much of their money was from ... bailouts for billionaires, buying government favor, and all that "free infinite money" floated into the system to "save the markets".

Posted by: illiniwek at December 12, 2023 07:01 PM (Cus5s)

53 Biden seemed to have a completely different take on Republican demands regarding border security when he was babbling with Zelensky this afternoon.

Or more accurately whomever wrote his script has a different take.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:01 PM (ZLI7S)

54 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 8h
NEW - Japan zoo probes possible mass squirrel poisoning
A Japanese zoo has launched a probe after apparently massacring 31 of its 40 squirrels by mistake with treatments meant to kill parasites, officials said.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:01 PM (krqg6)

55 Harvard-level plagiarism is a real high. Sky's the limit!

Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:02 PM (rj6Yv)

56 Mitch McCan't said that he doesn't think (that's a good one) that the Senate will be able to do anything about Ukraine before Christmas. So, happy new year Zalensky.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:03 PM (hje90)

57 Biden Administration Announces New Security Assistance for Ukraine, Dec. 6, 2023 |
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced new security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs that uses the limited resources that remain available to help Ukraine.
This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-second tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. (Includes additional air defense capabilities, artillery ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and other equipment to help Ukraine counter Russia's ongoing war of aggression.
This package, valued at up to $175 million, utilizes assistance previously authorized for Ukraine during prior fiscal years under Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) that remained after the PDA revaluation process.

Oct. 26, 2023: The Defense Department announced today an additional security assistance package valued at up to $150 million to help Ukraine counter Russia's unprovoked invasion. (Additional air defense equipment, artillery rounds and antitank weapons, among other equipment, to meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs.)

Time for Z to use his own Netflix & Servant of the People funds.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 12, 2023 07:03 PM (GshMh)

58 It has always been law that refugees had to stop in first safe country. The only legitimate refugees are from Mexico, all others are OTM (other than mexico) and it is already not mandated that we accept them by the treaty.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at December 12, 2023 07:03 PM (5osR5)

59 A Japanese zoo has launched a probe after apparently massacring 31 of its 40 squirrels by mistake with treatments meant to kill parasites, officials said.
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id est, vaxxed!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:03 PM (krqg6)

60 I see the body count on dead "Gaza citizens" sourced by ? Hamas? But there are also dead Israelis not as fortunate as this soldier. No body count on them by our MFM.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 12, 2023 07:04 PM (Cus5s)

61 GOP > we'd be willing to fund the war in Ukraine forever

*biden > I want 100 million illegals

GOP > SOLD!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 12, 2023 07:05 PM (Q4IgG)

62 44 You are not allowed to punish, mock, or otherwise do anything but praise, a Woman of Color named Gay.

I'll be coming by to drop a can of whoop-ass on your sorry butt.

Posted by: Enola at December 12, 2023 07:06 PM (DsA2n)

63 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 8h
NEW - Japan’s oldest person dies at 116
Japan's oldest person passed away Tuesday at the age of 116, officials said, offering their condolences for Fusa Tatsumi who lived through two world wars
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Soon to be voting in Philadelphia.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:06 PM (krqg6)

64 OT: finally got around to watching the Robert Pattinson Batman movie since it went up on Netflix.

Suffice to say that I'm glad I didn't bother going to see it in theaters. It wasn't exactly bad, but it was far too long. Movies these days should not be 3 hours by default.

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at December 12, 2023 07:06 PM (dPmj/)

65 OT: finally got around to watching the Robert Pattinson Batman movie since it went up on Netflix.
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Oddly enough, I'm watching Batman Begins right now for the first time ever.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:08 PM (krqg6)

66 Based on the Taylor Swift stuff... its clear the Marilyn Monroe could have stopped the entire Cold War with a well placed bon mott.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 12, 2023 07:08 PM (xaFKb)

67 Suffice to say that I'm glad I didn't bother going to see it in theaters. It wasn't exactly bad, but it was far too long. Movies these days should not be 3 hours by default.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at December 12, 2023 07:06 PM (dPmj/)

I watched Barry Lyndon on VHS. The longest weekend of my life, that I remember.

Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

68 I wouldn't mind 3 hour long movies if they had an intermission. They used to.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 12, 2023 07:09 PM (MeG8a)

69 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
WATCH: Man Declares He Still Loves Girlfriend Who Shot Him in Testicle
HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) – A man says he does not want an apology from his ex-girlfriend and still has love for her, even after she shot him in the testicle. Charlie Glenn says the charges against 36-year-old Tonya Nester are from when she shot him. Glenn talked with FOX19 NOW about what happened when he was shot by his ex.

http://tinyurl.com/6tucek2m

Pussy-whipped or what?!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:09 PM (krqg6)

70 Zoo: "After you see our 40 squirrels, then, for a real treat, drop by the aviary to see our 40 starlings and pigeons."

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 07:09 PM (MvF+J)

71 Israeli miltary leaders keep up morale by showing up in the middle of their troops. I read the other day that the military chiefs held an assessment in the middle of Khan Yunis(sp?). For those who are not familiar , it was terrorist central for a long time. there is a pic of them sitting on some kind of a divan, holding discussions with troops. And even doing some shooting themselves : "The chief of the Israeli Air Force carried out a sortie and struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip this week, the military says.

An article on the IAF’s website says Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar visited the 69th Squadron — which flies a fleet of F-15I fighter jets — at the Hatzerim airbase this week.

It says Bar “took off for an operational sortie” with the squadron, which has been striking thousands of Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7."

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:09 PM (V13WU)

72 "I wouldn't mind 3 hour long movies if they had an intermission. They used to."

I rewatched GWTW yesterday. It has an overture, intermission AND
an entr'acte.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 07:10 PM (MvF+J)

73 So much of it is debt, that it is paid for by the future lost generations. And much is funded by the very rich, but much of their money was from ... bailouts for billionaires, buying government favor, and all that "free infinite money" floated into the system to "save the markets".
Posted by: illiniwek at December 12, 2023 07:01 PM (Cus5s)

Government deficit spending leads to creating money, which is how you get inflation...

We're screwed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 12, 2023 07:10 PM (xaFKb)

74 Worth mentioning; Bribe'em tells Netanyahu to get a new cabinet. Polish MP uses a fire extinguisher on a Menorah

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2023 07:11 PM (ULDXF)

75 It's really quite a brilliant strategy to get border security enforced, or any other agenda item of choice for that matter. Deal with Biden the way he's familiar with: bribe him. A payout to "Ukraine" is the well established and proper way to bribe a Biden.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 12, 2023 06:58 PM (DsA2n)
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"Bribery" is the only language FJB still understands these days. Basic logic and English are beyond him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2023 07:11 PM (BpYfr)

76 What the heel they put squirrels in a zoo for. They need some
squirrels come over here and get some. .....please

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:12 PM (hje90)

77 finally got around to watching the Robert Pattinson Batman movie since it went up on Netflix.

Suffice to say that I'm glad I didn't bother going to see it in theaters. It wasn't exactly bad, but it was far too long. Movies these days should not be 3 hours by default.

-

I haven't seen it but I assume most of the three hour movie silliness is driven by ads and product placement.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 12, 2023 07:12 PM (llN81)

78 "The Defense Department announced today an additional security assistance package valued at up to $150 million to help Ukraine counter Russia's unprovoked invasion."

They don't like to include it ... but aren't we also funding their whole government payroll, including pensions ... on top of all the graft?

Posted by: illiniwek at December 12, 2023 07:13 PM (Cus5s)

79 I am not sure that having Chief of air force fly missions is a good idea, but I am sure it's great for morale. so good for him.

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:13 PM (V13WU)

80 AP - September 18, 2023

Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

In part, "The need to “Keep Going” is the theme of this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, or CGI, as Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton say they will convene political, business and philanthropic leaders to build on the momentum of the conference’s return last year after a six-year hiatus."
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They have to try to pull FJB's butt from the flames. If one goes unexpectedly, many follow.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 12, 2023 07:13 PM (GshMh)

81 Fiddly-dee-dee!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:13 PM (krqg6)

82 Sundowner and many politicians are making cash from Ukraine, it's not as cut and dry as future voters illegals.

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2023 07:14 PM (fwDg9)

83 NEW - Japan’s oldest person dies at 116

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6)

Man, to think we could be only 1/4 of the way into this veal of tears.

*I know, veil, but veal sounds so much more dreadful.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at December 12, 2023 07:14 PM (5osR5)

84 Worth mentioning; Bribe'em tells Netanyahu to get a new cabinet. Polish MP uses a fire extinguisher on a Menorah
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2023 07:11 PM (ULDXF)

...Turkish parlamentarian gets struck down while cursing Israel

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:14 PM (V13WU)

85
I think we need to give Tesla self-driving cars voting rights.

They kept trying to run over Julia Roberts, which indicates that they have their chips screwed down tight.

Sure, they missed but it's the effort that counts.

Tesla Voting Rights or Fight!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 12, 2023 07:14 PM (QzZeQ)

86 *parliamentarian

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:15 PM (V13WU)

87 74 Worth mentioning; Bribe'em tells Netanyahu to get a new cabinet.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2023 07:11 PM (ULDXF)

LOL, or else what? F**kin' Biden.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 12, 2023 07:15 PM (OX9vb)

88
*I know, veil, but veal sounds so much more dreadful.
Posted by: Gentlemen

Oh shit, it's "vale"
Good think I checked. Too late but there you are.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at December 12, 2023 07:15 PM (5osR5)

89 September 18, 2023

Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

===

wheels within wheels...

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:16 PM (V13WU)

90 "....[for] Ukraine counter Russia's unprovoked invasion."

Editorialize we much.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:16 PM (hje90)

91 wheels within wheels...
Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:16 PM (V13WU)

A lot of wheels require a lot of grease.

Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:17 PM (rj6Yv)

92 24 yo Jan Smithers on TCM.

Mmmmm...pre-Bailey Quarters

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 12, 2023 07:17 PM (ufFY8)

93 Pussy-whipped or what?!
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:09 PM (krqg6)

No, just ghetto denizens doing ghetto things to each other. Surprised she called 911 but she most likely enjoys the drama. They will have hot make up monkey sex later while tweaking.

Typical Hood Rat behavior.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 12, 2023 07:18 PM (R/m4+)

94 need some mentoring. I need to get a haircut and get my head straightened out.

When it comes to getting a head straightened out, remember lefty = loosie, and right is tight!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2023 07:18 PM (a3Q+t)

95 ---
"Bribery" is the only language FJB still understands these days. Basic logic and English are beyond him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Only because they didn't hold his head underwater long enough.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:20 PM (hje90)

96 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 4h
NOW - Biden sends another $200 million in weapons to Ukraine.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:20 PM (krqg6)

97 ...Turkish parlamentarian gets struck down while cursing Israel
Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:14 PM

That's awful!

Anyway...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 12, 2023 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)

98 I've got my YT tuned to suggest obscure composers. Today it served me a 'Gyula Beliczay,' and now I suspect it's just pulling my leg with made-up names.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 07:21 PM (MvF+J)

99 A lot of wheels require a lot of grease.
Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:17 PM

Penguin guano, while world-famous for its aromaticity, is not known for its anti-tribological properties.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2023 07:22 PM (a3Q+t)

100 Bribe'em was a hell of an ROI for Ukraine

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2023 07:22 PM (ULDXF)

101 Immigration advocates are livid over the White House’s role in Senate negotiations pairing Ukraine funding and border policy. They blame the Biden administration for linking the two disparate issues in the first place, and grassroots groups are raising alarm that political gamesmanship will lead to years of pain for immigrants nationwide.
__The Hill

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:22 PM (hje90)

102 58 It has always been law that refugees had to stop in first safe country. The only legitimate refugees are from Mexico, all others are OTM

i'm right here, you know

Posted by: canada at December 12, 2023 07:22 PM (v3pYe)

103 Bidens comment on the Cabinet is especially idiotic; does he think there is *any* constituency inside Israel for appeasement now? There isn't. It reveals the administration's real gripe, which is that Bibi leads a fairly conservative government, by Israeli standards. BUT... Netanyahu also brought in Benny Gantz, regarded as a centrist, and gave him one of the top positions in his war cabinet, making war policy decisions, while excluding his conservative allies.

So to say Netanyahu's conservative allies are the cause of the policies is incredibly stupid. They support it, but they don't decide it. It's not just a stupid remark, it's asinine.
Of course what Biden and Blinken are *Really* pissed about is that Netanyahu has been yelling them to go fuck themselves ever since the ceasefire broke down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2023 07:23 PM (i9ffA)

104 98 I've got my YT tuned to suggest obscure composers. Today it served me a 'Gyula Beliczay,' and now I suspect it's just pulling my leg with made-up names.

i'm just disappointed that yt has stopped offering me girl-and-tractor videos

Posted by: anachronda at December 12, 2023 07:24 PM (v3pYe)

105 20 tweets is up:

https://is.gd/vSCpG2

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 12, 2023 07:24 PM (zer5o)

106 Man Declares He Still Loves Girlfriend Who Shot Him in Testicle

SHOT IN THE NUT, AND YOU'RE TO BLAME.
YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!

Posted by: Screaming in pain Bon Jovi at December 12, 2023 07:24 PM (ufFY8)

107 The first shot in the Russia collusion hoax was the take down of Paul Manafort. That torpedo came from Ukraine.

Ukraine was in the tank for Hillary so they turned Russia into the enemy and Ukraine into our bestest friend. Hillary is every bit as corrupt as Biden.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

108 It seems that the Hamas big wigs have been kicked out of Qatar.
The beginning of the end?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:24 PM (t/2Uw)

109 The Israeli military has begun pumping water from the Mediterranean Sea into Hamas' tunnel network,
_INN
----

If, after the tunnel is full of water an explosion were to occur; wouldn't the confinement intensify the explosion?

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:26 PM (hje90)

110 "i'm just disappointed that yt has stopped offering me girl-and-tractor videos"

Try Rumble.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 07:26 PM (MvF+J)

111 That's awful!

Anyway...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 12, 2023 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)

"A Turkish lawmaker collapsed in parliament Tuesday, suffering a heart attack at the end of a livestreamed parliamentary speech in which he slammed Israel and said it wouldn’t be able to “escape the wrath of Allah.”"

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:27 PM (V13WU)

112 Down in the polls, Joe Biden calls on the one politician...

Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 4 point Biden lead in the 7 battleground states. For folks who've anguished about other early polls, and Pres. Biden's strength in this election...his candidacy likely will be buttressed by the public's continued support of abortion rights, as well as his advocacy for gun control, climate-change measures and higher taxes on the ultra-rich.

none have Biden ahead by double digits - where he SHOULD be in a country which learned its lesson about Donald Trump. We have way too many stupid and/or ignorant and/or hateful people in this country.

Oh please...elections are not on anyone's radar at the moment...lI for one am delighted by this poll...it is early, and Biden is leading in all the states that really matter in an election.

That "elections are not on anyone's radar" is part of the problem. It takes massive ignorance and/or stupidity to simply forget how awful Trump was or tune out from current events so much you don't see the threat Trump represents, or understand what a good job Biden is actually doing.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 12, 2023 07:27 PM (ycI94)

113 "I need to get a haircut and get my head straightened out."

True, dat.

Posted by: look whats not at December 12, 2023 07:28 PM (nakGR)

114 good memory, JS

she was already bought and paid for.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 12, 2023 07:28 PM (zer5o)

115 If, after the tunnel is full of water an explosion were to occur; wouldn't the confinement intensify the explosion?

Let's find out! It's sure to be more fun than replacing someone's coffee with Folger's Crystals.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 12, 2023 07:28 PM (CsUN+)

116 I watched a 1978 version of the Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum. My initial thought was why I had only heard of the Humphrey Bogart version. Then I watched it. Oh, so that's why.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:29 PM (t/2Uw)

117 Ace;

Clean your act up and don't be a slob,
get it together like your big brother Bob,
Get a haircut and get a real job!

Posted by: Ugly George and the Deleware Destroyers at December 12, 2023 07:29 PM (bQYnU)

118 So to say Netanyahu's conservative allies are the cause of the policies is incredibly stupid. They support it, but they don't decide it. It's not just a stupid remark, it's asinine.
Of course what Biden and Blinken are *Really* pissed about is that Netanyahu has been yelling them to go fuck themselves ever since the ceasefire broke down.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2023 07:23 PM (i9ffA)

Perhaps the simple answer is that Joey is doing what Dems do best: projection.

It's not like Biden's cabinet is overloaded with top-tier adminstrative talent. Maybe perhaps The Big Guy thinks it's time to clean out the Cabinet and restock it with movers and shakers, like that ex-Mayor of Chicago.

Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:30 PM (rj6Yv)

119 "If, after the tunnel is full of water an explosion were to occur; wouldn't the confinement intensify the explosion?"

Darno Max removes clogs fast.

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 07:30 PM (MvF+J)

120 Drano

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 07:30 PM (MvF+J)

121 The character literally says not to trust white people if the world comes to an end.

But everyone else will be totes kewl during the apocalypse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 12, 2023 07:31 PM (RIvkX)

122 "Biden says he'd be willing to consider the GOP's demands on the border in exchange for Ukraine funding."

Not much of a America First guy, is he?

Posted by: boynsea at December 12, 2023 07:31 PM (z/uSE)

123 What they won't tell you of course, is that the $100 billion isn't going to fund the Ukraine military. They don't have one anymore. It's to fund their government.

And pay off defense contractors who haven't milked the taxpayers enough yet.

Nobody believes the Ukraine military is doing anything, or has done anything for months. But we're going to pretend.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2023 07:32 PM (QBaJw)

124
Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 4 point Biden lead in the 7 battleground states.

==

Interesting. Just for fun , I looked 202. Ipsos had Biden 52 / Trump 40 middle of October 2020.

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:32 PM (V13WU)

125 *2020

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:32 PM (V13WU)

126 Not much of a America First guy, is he?
Posted by: boynsea at December 12, 2023 07:31 PM (z/uSE)

Depends on your definition of America.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2023 07:32 PM (QBaJw)

127 Trail Life USA isn't just a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts; it's an answer to the deep crisis affecting boys in America.

Aaaaaaaaah!!!!!!

Xistianist youth militias!!!!

IRS, DOJ, DHS....Get on it!!!!!!!

Posted by: Democrats at December 12, 2023 07:33 PM (Wnv9h)

128 yip-yip yip-yip yip-yip-yip
get an Ewok!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 12, 2023 07:33 PM (krqg6)

129 The sea water should wipe out all the electronics I would imagine. You need lights, oxygen. Wouldn't they be unuseable?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:33 PM (t/2Uw)

130 Rao in a number of Indian languages means "king".

Saira Rao is obviously an upper-caste Indian - it would be fun to take an Untouchable (Dalit) to one of her dinners, just to watch Rao announce that she has a sudden illness, and run out of the room.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 12, 2023 07:33 PM (YAtuc)

131 Not much of a America First guy, is he?
Posted by: boynsea at December 12, 2023 07:31 PM (z/uSE)

More like an American Wallets First guy.

Posted by: mrp at December 12, 2023 07:33 PM (rj6Yv)

132 Has it been almost 4 years ?! Time flies...

Posted by: runner at December 12, 2023 07:34 PM (V13WU)

133 Barack Mugabe is just a 2 bit race hustler who got lucky and knows it. All he is ever about is race, race, race.

When he met Mike, he told him that he was half honky and all donkey.

Barack Mugabe also lies a lot.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 12, 2023 07:34 PM (R/m4+)

134 Ace I'd be glad to teach you some knots. I've taught Scouts to tie 8 different kinds knots in under 60 seconds. It might come in handy some time.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2023 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

135 >>good memory, JS

>>she was already bought and paid for.

I've been banging this drum for a long time. Ukraine was the source of much of the dirt that was used against Trump. It is a CIA, deep state owned entity.

When Trump started to ask questions about the corruption in Ukraine he was impeached based on a CIA created lie. The reason we were never allowed to mention the name of the whistleblower who altered Trump's phone call, Eric Ciamarella, is because he's CIA.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:35 PM (ZLI7S)

136 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 4h
NOW - Biden sends another $200 million in weapons to Ukraine.

-

It's so weird how the same folks don't want Americans to have guns.

Probably not related.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 12, 2023 07:36 PM (llN81)

137 Ukraine was in the tank for Hillary so they turned Russia into the enemy and Ukraine into our bestest friend. Hillary is every bit as corrupt as Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

People around these parts don't believe me when I say she ain't dead yet.

Crime families don't just go away, they look for weaknesses, and exploit them when they can. Team Obama has Alzheimer Joe and Cummalla Hairyass as their titular heads. If that isn't weakness, I don't know what is.

And anyone who thinks Hillory can't be put back on the ticket, and get more votes counted than anyone else, hasn't been paying attention. I'm not saying they, just saying they can.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2023 07:37 PM (QBaJw)

138 Contrast the IAF Chief flying up front, with one of his Squadrons, vs. the gazatard "leaders", who cower in the deepest layers of their bunker complexes.

I won't here repeat the whole logic structure, but taking out ALL of gaza would not be "genocide", but merely, REGICIDE. The elimination of the people in that REGION.

Though it would be "nice" to have a way to extract those who did NOT vote for hamas, but...well, there's no way to do that, no way to reliably know who those are. And those who did vote for hamas, would of course, lie and say that they didn't, trying to save their own hides.

gazanians have The Hate so deeply steeped inside, from their preschool days onward, there's really no helping them, no deprogramming them.

Sure, leave a few thousand survivors to be scattered about the mideast. They can serve as a warning to those countries as to what can be, when certain lines are crossed.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 12, 2023 07:37 PM (e6UQI)

139 Of course what Biden and Blinken are *Really* pissed about is that Netanyahu has been yelling them to go fuck themselves ever since the ceasefire broke down.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2023 07:23 PM (i9ffA)
===

Reason enough to support Bibi. FJB!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 12, 2023 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

140 The character literally says not to trust white people if the world comes to an end.
-

My favorite part of that is where it's the complete opposite of everything everyone has experienced in the real world.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 12, 2023 07:38 PM (llN81)

141 78. They don't like to include it ... but aren't we also funding their whole government payroll, including pensions ... on top of all the graft?

We are. June '23: The United States has thus far contributed $19.25 billion in budget support to enable the Government of Ukraine to pay salaries of first responders and government officials, meet pension obligations, and operate hospitals.

We're also not alone in aid. I can't imagine how Z and Co. are cleaning up.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 12, 2023 07:38 PM (GshMh)

142 Turkish lawmaker has a heart attack after saying Israel ‘will suffer the wrath of Allah’

Clip at Link.

https://is.gd/fAoZTl

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:38 PM (hje90)

143 Ukraine funding deal? My gut says NO NO NO!
Firstly, any deal won't be honored**;
Secondly, I would insist that 'Build All The Wall' be included;
Thirdly, Ukraine has had too much of our treasure already, no more graft.

** Remember Reagan with the Dems regarding wetbacks?

Posted by: Ciampino - Apply directly to the forehead at December 12, 2023 07:38 PM (qfLjt)

144 116 I watched a 1978 version of the Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum. My initial thought was why I had only heard of the Humphrey Bogart version. Then I watched it. Oh, so that's why.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Huh. I watched the 1973 Sleeper while wearing Mitchum deodorant, which is kind of the same thing.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 12, 2023 07:40 PM (ycI94)

145 Turkish lawmaker has a heart attack after saying Israel ‘will suffer the wrath of Allah’
Clip at Link.
https://is.gd/fAoZTl
Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:38 PM (hje90)

Hahahahaha....fuck him.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 12, 2023 07:40 PM (R/m4+)

146 Biden approve/disapprove at 39.9/56.6. The worst since Afghanistan.
One of the funniest ones is Emerson which has him at 41/51 with 402 RV. That doesn't seem like a legit poll to me.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:40 PM (t/2Uw)

147 The GOP's demands are pretty minor.

They'll get even more minor, when their initial demands are about to be met. That's just how the GOP rolls. They ain't an opposition party.

Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me at December 12, 2023 07:42 PM (5IDmz)

148 Huh. I watched the 1973 Sleeper while wearing Mitchum deodorant, which is kind of the same thing.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 12, 2023 07:40 PM (ycI94)
===
I am Rags. Bark bark bark.
-Rags

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 12, 2023 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

149 Brandon is violating the law now and allowing a massive invasion w/o so much as pretending to stop it. Hint, this is why they don't need guns and tanks.
He should be impeached for the treason he commits everyday... if they time it right it would coincide with SCROTUS decision if the President can be charged with alleged crimes commited while in office. Either way, it is a win-win.

BUT, UniParty(R) is all for the mass invasion so it won't happen.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 12, 2023 07:43 PM (cOq4q)

150 Has Hadrian checked in re his doggie's tests today?

Posted by: Tuna at December 12, 2023 07:43 PM (oaGWv)

151 Aaron Sibarium
@aaronsibarium
·
38m
WOW: Harvard claimed it initiated a probe of Gay’s work when it learned about the examples of plagiarism.

Instead, it used Clare Locke, the top defamation law firm in the US, to threaten the journalists who brought those examples to the school’s attention.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:44 PM (ZLI7S)

152
Trail Life?

HITLER YOUTH MORE LIKE!!!

Federal prosecutors examine cult-like group; discover ultra right ties and parents who steer their children into extreme organization that ignores gay and transgender issues.

Posted by: Auspex at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM (j4U/Z)

153 The damn is bursting.

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
·
21s
BREAKING: Miami University professor Anne Williamson has come forward accusing Claudine Gay of plagiarizing her work. Williamson told the New York Post that she was "angry" and stated, "it does look like plagiarism to me."

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM (ZLI7S)

154 Don't worry. Someday the US will have its own money and finally replace those pesty, crumbling lead pipes somewhere so those children will have clean water that won't cause damage to the brain and nervous system, slow growth and development, learning and behavior problems, and hearing and speech problems.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM (GshMh)

155 Robert Mitchum, you want to watch Night of the Hunter.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM (hje90)

156 So was there any follow up on the Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge car explosion, or are we satisfied with the Bat Out of Hell Bentley bullshiite?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 12, 2023 07:47 PM (nnp+f)

157 I won't here repeat the whole logic structure, but taking out ALL of gaza would not be "genocide", but merely, REGICIDE. The elimination of the people in that REGION.

According to the current screamers, the Eighth Air Force would have been unacceptable back in the 40s.

We've hit a point, somewhere between Korea and Gulf War II, where we expect ourselves to be - sterile, for lack of a better word - regarding war. We certainly won't tolerate ourselves waging Total War anymore.

I blame George Marshall, simply for setting the expectation that going to war with the USA was somehow good for the loser. And I blame Silents and Boomers for insisting on forcing that view on the rest of the younger generations.

Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me at December 12, 2023 07:47 PM (5IDmz)

158 After that trailer, the meme writes itself.

Obamas: Self-driving electric cars are evil.
NaughtyPine: I was already going to drive my old Ford until it was nothing but rolling rust. You didn't have to sell me on it.

Also, is it just me, or is the writing and direction in that trailer REALLY bad? I mean, you realize that all the cars are brand new, say it to yourself but NOT your beloved husband, and then hesitate for two beats when he announces there's a car coming?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 12, 2023 07:48 PM (fxCK2)

159 A Master's allows work on material that has already been covered before as it is considered training for later research. However most thesis based Masters are original in the main. A PhD is considered to be original work!
In both cases the thesis requires it to be original, completely written by the candidate, with any literal quotations to be so indicated and references given for such quotations. For the PhD usually there's a page in the front that declares that the work is wholly original and the candidate's work, including a signature.
Been there, done that!

Posted by: Ciampino - Apply directly to the butt at December 12, 2023 07:48 PM (qfLjt)

160 The damn is bursting.

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
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21s
BREAKING: Miami University professor Anne Williamson has come forward accusing Claudine Gay of plagiarizing her work. Williamson told the New York Post that she was "angry" and stated, "it does look like plagiarism to me."
Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM

Don't worry. We're on it.

- Clare Locke

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 12, 2023 07:49 PM (Wnv9h)

161 BREAKING: Miami University professor Anne Williamson has come forward accusing Claudine Gay of plagiarizing her work. Williamson told the New York Post that she was "angry" and stated, "it does look like plagiarism to me."
Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM (ZLI7S)

What da hell is y'all wants wit me? I stole from all they asses! So what? Y'all ain't gonna bees doin nuttin but flappin yo gums blah blah blah.

Get out my mofucking face all y'all.

Posted by: Claudine Gay, Ratchet Ass Ho at December 12, 2023 07:50 PM (R/m4+)

162 Glad I’m not rich. I don’t want to be stupid

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2023 07:50 PM (Nq2KV)

163 nood

Posted by: boynsea at December 12, 2023 07:50 PM (z/uSE)

164 147 The GOP's demands are pretty minor.
Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me

Really? Well son of a bitch...my demands are for some pretty minors, too! Maybe we can find common ground after all...like on Bill's friend's island. What was the name of that guy again...

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 12, 2023 07:51 PM (ycI94)

165 NOOD TWO

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at December 12, 2023 07:51 PM (sMkAM)

166 Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
·
1h
BREAKING: The New York Post is reporting that it had confronted Harvard with evidence of Claudine Gay's plagiarism in October, but the university "threatened" the newspaper in an attempt to keep it silent. This is shocking:

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:51 PM (ZLI7S)

167 > I won't here repeat the whole logic structure, but taking out ALL of gaza would not be "genocide", but merely, REGICIDE. The elimination of the people in that REGION.
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Regicide is the murder of a monarch- a king, queen, etc

Posted by: Don Black at December 12, 2023 07:51 PM (geLO8)

168 I assume if the dogeater was involved it's shit.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2023 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

169 But The Post can disclose that Harvard spent weeks failing to come clean about Gay being under investigation — staying quiet even when she was hauled in front of Congress for disastrous testimony on how the Ivy League college is dealing with antisemitism on campus.

Harvard only disclosed the investigation when the university’s governing body, Harvard Corporation, said it unanimously stood behind her despite a firestorm of criticism for her evidence to Congress.

Black Lies Matter

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2023 07:52 PM (lwOKI)

170 Williamson told the New York Post that she was "angry" and stated, "it does look like plagiarism to me."
Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2023 07:46 PM (ZLI7S)

Looks like? Did the scrunt copy your words or didn't she?

Gotta love that clear, concise language academe is so famous for.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2023 07:52 PM (QBaJw)

171 109 The Israeli military has begun pumping water from the Mediterranean Sea into Hamas' tunnel network,

If, after the tunnel is full of water an explosion were to occur; wouldn't the confinement intensify the explosion?

WSJ - 2 hours ago - Egypt in 2015 used seawater to flood tunnels operated by smugglers under the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, prompting complaints from nearby farmers about damaged crops. But other U.S. officials say the technique might help destroy portions of the tunnel network.

Note: U.S. officials say.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 12, 2023 07:52 PM (GshMh)

172 Imagine that
People being plagiarized not taking one for the team.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2023 07:52 PM (ULDXF)

173 Mitchum's suits were fabulous. Nary a wrinkle. He also had a really nice apartment. He also drove a Mercedes convertible. I don't think that was the image Bogart portrayed in the role.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:53 PM (t/2Uw)

174 CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2023 07:53 PM (fwDg9)

175 “Leave The World Behind”

I saw that last night.
Julia Roberts is not aging well...

Weak movie overall.

The black male lead is the only likeable character in the movie.
He's got a snarky little bitch of a (23ish) daughter.
Everybody else is unlikable by design.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 12, 2023 07:53 PM (cOq4q)

176 A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports found one-in-five voters who cast mail-in ballots during the 2020 presidential election admit to participating in at least one kind of voter fraud.

When asked, “During the 2020 election, did you fill out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child?”, 21% of respondents who said they voted by mail answered “yes.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2023 07:53 PM (lwOKI)

177 What if I don't want to go to the cafe?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:54 PM (t/2Uw)

178 106 Bon Jovi in pain

Thats funny. I dont care who you are

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 12, 2023 07:56 PM (nnp+f)

179 Okay, I guess that answers my question.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 07:56 PM (t/2Uw)

180 If there was ever a program that could be slow-walked to death by the Administrative State it's "border security." So frickin what if the government spends 10 billion more on "border security" when all they'll do is expel a few people in high-profile operations, while tagging and releasing millions more?

What's that you say? GOPes get political cover for "forcing border security" and Biden gets to tell his base "trust me I'm lying" about our actually having a border. Got it.

Posted by: Zek at December 12, 2023 07:56 PM (MnWjI)

181 The Israeli military has begun pumping water from the Mediterranean Sea into Hamas' tunnel network,

I'll assume, sometime a couple weeks or so later, some here will talk about the "armchair quarterbacking" of how - well, of course now - it's obvious that flooding those damn tunnels with simple sea water was both the easy and correct play.

Those posters will completely ignore that folks here, including me, called for that move on day one.

You've got a big damn body of water. A relatively short and level piece of ground, to the under-ground fortifications of your enemy. It didn't exactly fucking take Sherlock Holmes to connect the dots.

Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me at December 12, 2023 07:56 PM (5IDmz)

182 156 So was there any follow up on the Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge car explosion, or are we satisfied with the Bat Out of Hell Bentley bullshiite?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 12, 2023 07:47 PM (nnp+f)

I thought it was found that the driver had suffered a heart attack behind the wheel...

Posted by: browndog unearthing eternal truths at December 12, 2023 07:57 PM (TTAGa)

183 This insane determination to pour unlimited amounts of cash into Ukraine is hard to understand.
Posted by: That Northernlurke embracing

1 - once you start down this road you can never turn back

2 - it is a precedent for the future ask of the next war.

3 - Z has secrets

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 12, 2023 07:57 PM (FxH7T)

184 ..Regicide is the murder of a monarch- a king, queen, etc. Posted by: Don Black at December 12, 2023 07:51 PM (geLO

Correct you are; mine was a TYPO. "REGIONCIDE", was my intended input.

Kind of like what the RAF did to Dresden & Hamburg, and what LeMay did to Tokyo.

Firebomb 'em till the firestorm renders them to ash.

Gaza needs to be left as an Empty Quarter when this is all over. Or, Israel can turn it into a recreational area. FOR ISRAELIS.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 12, 2023 07:59 PM (e6UQI)

185 "Robert Mitchum, you want to watch Night of the Hunter."

"Cape Fear."

Posted by: The Smell Of The gp, The Roar Of The Crowd at December 12, 2023 08:00 PM (MvF+J)

186 "3 - Z has secrets"

Between Epstein Island and the Ukrainian ATM operation I think the current state of our government is basically a hostage video.

Posted by: Zek at December 12, 2023 08:01 PM (MnWjI)

187 This insane determination to pour unlimited amounts of cash into Ukraine is hard to understand.
Posted by: That Northernlurke embracing

It's easy to understand. We're on the wrong side. We often are.

It's only "hard" to understand when you view US Foreign Policy under the paradigm of "we must be there to do the right thing".

Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me at December 12, 2023 08:01 PM (5IDmz)

188 The Us and Great Britain single-handedly kept Zelensky from the negotiating table. They wanted this. Even now, with Ukraine losing badly and no chance that attrition will affect Russia, we are continuing to fund Zelensky's failing government when it is obvious he is never going to get back the territory that Russia has occupied. Hell, they've had the Crimea since 2014.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 08:04 PM (t/2Uw)

189 Looked like the Israeli soldier might have caught a bullet in the last exchange with the jihadi.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 12, 2023 08:05 PM (roH4R)

190 Gaza needs to be left as an Empty Quarter when this is all over. Or, Israel can turn it into a recreational area. FOR ISRAELIS.

They can't do it. Quite literally. Their national character won't allow that. No matter how many gliders sail in and shoot their own citizens, they simply lack the will to fight fire with fire.

I don't know if they have the will to simply shut the border down with Gaza. That border has always been open. Thousands of Gaza residents walk through those fences, every day, to clean toilets and pour concrete and a zillion other jobs that - frankly - Israeli Jews simply won't do.

It's a two-prong problem. Israel won't push Gaza back, because they don't have the militant will. And they won't push Gaza back, because they don't have the work ethic.

Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me at December 12, 2023 08:06 PM (5IDmz)

191 188 The Us and Great Britain single-handedly kept Zelensky from the negotiating table. They wanted this. Even now, with Ukraine losing badly and no chance that attrition will affect Russia, we are continuing to fund Zelensky's failing government when it is obvious he is never going to get back the territory that Russia has occupied. Hell, they've had the Crimea since 2014.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Yes, but what are they up to?
What is their goal keeping this faux war, meat grinder going?

Posted by: Braenyard at December 12, 2023 08:06 PM (hje90)

192 Yes, but what are they up to? What is their goal keeping this faux war, meat grinder going?

It's simple. As simple as my 70 year old father who's having more hard-ons watching the news, now, than he's probably had in twenty years.

It's a couple generations, raised up on the Cold War, all in on the idea of "the Russians". And those generations you can label as Silents and Boomers.

Add in a Washington, DC that misses the old days when Silents and Boomers simply didn't question things - because "Russians" ? Then you've got the current state of affairs.

Posted by: You Have Got To Be Shitting Me at December 12, 2023 08:09 PM (5IDmz)

193 I think you're wrong about that. There will be buffer zone. They are even talking about resettling the Northern part of Gaza. They have wiped out a huge part of Gaza already.
Take a look at this:
http://tinyurl.com/4bwum3sh

Hamas is dead. They just don't know it yet.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)

194 Yes, but what are they up to?
What is their goal keeping this faux war, meat grinder going?
Posted by: Braenyard

Graft? Secrets? Hubris?
I don't get it but then I don't understand most of what the left espouses. Why are they forcing everyone to use ELectric vehicles when they are dangerous, bad for nvironment and the infrastructure to power them will never exist in our lifetime, yet they are mandating them.
Why now has the left decided that there are more than two genders?
Why is eating meat bad?
How come being overweight is suddenly beautiful and healthy?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 12, 2023 08:16 PM (t/2Uw)

195 Everyone ready to watch the Republicans cave again on border security and immigration control? It's going to happen. They will claim that Biden saying he'd "consider" the measures they propose as some kind of political victory and then give him all the money he wants for Ukraine, without ever delivering a wooden nickel of action about illegal immigration.

They GOP is so corrupt and worthless (not to mention, 100% liars) that they will fold like a deck chair, yet again.

Failure theater at it's best. That's your Republican Party folks!

2020: NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE.

Posted by: Tracy at December 12, 2023 08:30 PM (xbo5+)

196 Anything like that will take a year or more to implement, if the Dems don't find some way to shoot it down. The Ukraine money will be long gone and spent before a single illegal is turned back or expelled. This is smoke and mirrors, the Dems cannot be trusted. The only way any of this has a chance is if Mayorakas is forced out and replaced with a border Nazi with the authority to enforce exist laws and hire and fire at will.

Posted by: Ripley at December 12, 2023 09:28 PM (PTDkx)

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