Even the Washington Post Calls for the Supreme Court to Repudiate the Lawless Colorado Decision

Even the Washington Post is calling on the Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court's lawless election interference.

As Justice Samour points out in his dissent, however, what's missing from the majority's analysis is due process of law. Not only has Mr. Trump not been convicted of insurrection either by a jury of his peers or from the bench by a judge; he hasn't even been charged with it. Tellingly, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has brought an aggressive case against the former president for conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding and more -- but not for violating the federal law against insurrection. The penalties for that, by the way, include disqualification from "any office under the United States."

The Post also notes that any other state court could strike Biden and Harris from the ballot for their support of BLM, which was much more of an insurrectionary movement than a four-hour riot.

Disqualifying a candidate based on an accusation, albeit one blessed by a state court judge as in the Colorado case -- but not an actual conviction -- is dangerous. What's to stop a Republican politician from seeking to bar his Democratic opponent because the opponent attended Black Lives Matter protests, claiming that those protests, some of them nominally in service of abolishing the police, qualify as insurrection?

Instapundit says the "elites" are playing a game of "civilizational jenga," pulling out one strut keeping the tower standing after another.

What makes me sad now is the ongoing game of Civilizational Jenga that our ruling class is playing. One by one, they're withdrawing the supports of civil society, in a process that will inevitably lead to a collapse. They're taking what was a very robust society, and consuming all the safety margins, bit by bit.
What really makes me sad is that while some of the people involved -- let's call them "the morons" for convenience's sake -- are doing this out of shortsightedness, cupidity, or sheer partisan bloodthirstiness, I'm increasingly convinced that there's a contingent at the top that knows exactly what it's doing, and is fine with it.
Roger Kimball gets at it in a recent piece:

"This is the same old trick," Trump said when he got the news that the Colorado Supreme Court voted 4-3 to keep him off the primary ballot for the 2024 presidential election.
Oops. Sorry. I got my papers mixed up. That was actually Abraham Lincoln in 1860 when he got the news that some Southern states had voted to keep him off the ballot. Eventually 10 states did so.
So here we are again. It's a bit like that Army Major in the Vietnam war who explained that they had to destroy a village in order to save it. Just so, the virtuous people of Colorado have decided that in order to save democracy they need to destroy it.
In fact, what they have just voted to preserve is not democracy but "Our Democracy (TM)." Here's the difference. In a democracy, people get to vote for the candidate they prefer. In "Our Democracy™," only approved candidates get to compete.
Donald Trump is the opposite of an approved candidate. The untrammeled hermeneutical ingenuity of the American legal profession had be let loose against Trump. As I write, he faces huge legal battle in four states. . . .
Trump is guilty not because of anything he has done but because of who he is. He is an enemy, not of the state, exactly, but of the state of mind that constitutes "Our Democracy(TM)." When he unexpectedly won the presidency in 2016, the beautiful people, beginning with his opponent Hillary Clinton, couldn't believe it. They denounced the election as fraudulent. "Our Democracy(TM)," you see, means "rule by Democrats."
Now they are warning that, should Trump be reelected, he would be a "dictator," a new Hitler, etc. He would weaponise the Department of Justice against his enemies, they claim, and use the FBI to harass his opponents. Stay tuned for the seminar on what the Freudians call "projection": it meets this afternoon in a democratic redoubt near you.
In a more civilized version of America -- one that existed just a few decades ago -- the notion of waging this sort of unrestricted lawfare against a leading presidential candidate, much less a former president -- would have been considered ridiculous, and had it been taken seriously, would have been seen as enormously risky.
When considering any political tactic, after all, one question is what happens if it doesn't work. But sometimes an equally important question is, what happens if it does?
Say the various Democratic flacks, special prosecutors, and state attorneys general somehow manage to eliminate Trump. What happens?
Half the country -- maybe more -- will conclude that the whole system is rigged, that the establishment doesn't follow the rules, and that it will gang up on anyone it sees is a threat. They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.
And they will be right. And the politicians of even a generation ago recognized that as enormously dangerous.

Read the whole thing. The Regime is fomenting a civil war, from above.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:33 PM

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1 Save us SCROTUM! Your our only hope!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 21, 2023 04:33 PM (puDky)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

3 But our queen, Bette Midler, will be disappointed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:33 PM (GBKbO)

4 Meh. The media can still mulef*ck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:34 PM (Zz0t1)

5 It's more like civilizational Husker Du.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 21, 2023 04:34 PM (xcxpd)

6 If the SC overrules this, then how will democrats punish pre-crime in the future?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (lTGtQ)

7 Disqualifying a candidate based on an accusation, albeit one blessed by a state court judge as in the Colorado case -- but not an actual conviction -- is dangerous. What's to stop a Republican politician from seeking to bar his Democratic opponent because the opponent attended Black Lives Matter protests, claiming that those protests, some of them nominally in service of abolishing the police, qualify as insurrection?
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What's to stop them?

Comity. Amity. Collegiality. You know, the usual.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (zxP/x)

8 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (PCK5/)

9 So what are the consequences for the corrupt Colorado Judges? Surely there will be some, right?

Surely...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (xcxpd)

10 What really makes me sad is that while some of the people involved -- let's call them "the morons" for convenience's sake

Hey now. You can f*ck right off with that noise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

11 What makes me sad now is the ongoing game of Civilizational Jenga that our ruling class is playing. One by one, they're withdrawing the supports of civil society, in a process that will inevitably lead to a collapse. They're taking what was a very robust society, and consuming all the safety margins, bit by bit.
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The margins are approaching razor-thin.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (zxP/x)

12 "I'm increasingly convinced that there's a contingent at the top that knows exactly what it's doing"

Slow learner.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (MvF+J)

13 Read the whole thing. The Regime is fomenting a civil war, from above.

I like Our sides odds....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (n2vyf)

14 9 So what are the consequences for the corrupt Colorado Judges? Surely there will be some, right?

Surely...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (xcxpd)

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"Nah. They're good."
-The CO legislature, with the power of impeachment

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (GBKbO)

15 You know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (dKg40)

16 >So what are the consequences for the corrupt Colorado Judges? Surely there will be some, right?
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yes, they will be retained, routinely, every 2 years

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:37 PM (geLO8)

17 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at December 21, 2023 04:37 PM (qZdIZ)

18 When considering any political tactic, after all, one question is what happens if it doesn't work. But sometimes an equally important question is, what happens if it does?
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They do ask that question. The answers are that if it doesn't work, then there is no change. It's just a push. If it does work, they cement even more for themselves.

Sure, eventually it all comes crashing down - but that's tomorrow's problem while the benefits are right now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:37 PM (zxP/x)

19 They were always going to do this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (R4t5M)

20 When does the trigger pulling start?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (lXVjD)

21 Half the country -- maybe more -- will conclude that the whole system is rigged, that the establishment doesn't follow the rules, and that it will gang up on anyone it sees is a threat. They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.

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Since more than half of the country seemingly thinks that 2020 election was rigged, it's not a question of belief but what that part of the country will try to do.

Hopefully more than waiting for the next lawsuit and then moving out of blue states.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

22 what's missing from the majority's analysis is due process of law. Not only has Mr. Trump not been convicted of insurrection either by a jury of his peers or from the bench by a judge; he hasn't even been charged with it. Tellingly, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has brought an aggressive case against the former president for conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding and more -- but not for violating the federal law against insurrection. The penalties for that, by the way, include disqualification from "any office under the United States."

To be clear, the literal thought leaders of our country, including a majority of the CO supreme court justices, actually believe that Trump definitively did foment an insurrection and has been convicted of it. That is what they were told to believe, and that is what they believe. I spoke to an east coaster who demanded that I provide proof that Trump had not been convicted of insurrection.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (lTGtQ)

23 let's call them "the morons" for convenience's sake

SHOTS FIRED!!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (IG4Id)

24 The law is whatever the rulers can twist it to mean.

That's what it means to live in a tyranny.

And we're mostly there. This is a preview.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (N1tpc)

25 Also, as has been stated often today, this ruling by the SCOCO is to see if they can get away with it

if they do, it's Katy bar the door

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (geLO8)

26 "hermeneutical", I had one of those on my big toe.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 04:39 PM (yc+Nx)

27 Half the country -- maybe more -- will conclude that the whole system is rigged, that the establishment doesn't follow the rules, and that it will gang up on anyone it sees is a threat. They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.

And they will be right. And the politicians of even a generation ago recognized that as enormously dangerous.
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They saw it as dangerous because they didn't yet have the systems of control and mechanisms of power to make a real, odds-possible attempt at mass slaughter of political dissidents. The math - and the assumptions - have changed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:39 PM (zxP/x)

28 "Who bitch dis is?! WHO. BITCH. DIS. IS?!"

Posted by: WAPO News Room, Gesturing at Editorial Offices at December 21, 2023 04:39 PM (p0oYG)

29 The law is whatever the rulers can twist it to mean.

That's what it means to live in a tyranny.

And we're mostly there. This is a preview.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (N1tpc)

And it's all constitutional because The Constitution is a living, breathing document they can make mean whatever they want, whenever they want.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:39 PM (Zz0t1)

30 They are not fomenting civil war. They learned from COVID and the coup d'etat that the game is up. They can do anything they want, and what they are doing is consolidating an unaccountable one-party superstate. Then the games begin.

And I don't think any bastard - even Stalin or Abakumov or Yezhov or Beria - has a heart as dark as our ruling class. They're driven, bloodthirsty fanatics. History is about to get a real interesting chapter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (0FoWg)

31 Dear Left: FAFO

Posted by: Archer at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (gmo/4)

32 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (t4dmK)

33 "Who bitch dis is?! WHO. BITCH. DIS. IS?!"
Posted by: WAPO News Room, Gesturing at Editorial Offices at December 21, 2023 04:39 PM (p0oYG)

"As in, Helsinki, Sweden."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (Zz0t1)

34 let's call them "the morons" for convenience's sake
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Now it's personal.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (2yu8s)

35 I think social media has driven a lot of the political polarization because it is like... hotboxing political/social bubbles. You bounce comments off of each other and each person has to top the other, go further.

The problem is, this is not staying in the nice, safe bubble of online, but rather people are translating it into real world action.

We self moderate- because we know if we even make a threat in idle passing or in the heat of the moment either it would hurt ace's bottom line or a cob would ban us. That serves as a psychological break and actually allows us to consider the matter by having us put the psychological breaks on our passion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (di6C2)

36 I hate to be “ that guy” but here goes… leaving aside yourself, and excluding internet personas, how many people in your communities do you believe would actually rise up and take physical action in opposition to what is happening in the country??

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (PCK5/)

37 5 It's more like civilizational Husker Du.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards,

Great band!

https://youtu.be/J1sYN0PuRs4?si=EH4Yj4Cy-a3_SlUa

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (sAmhv)

38 And if it doesn't work- who cares. Look at the societal rot. The debt. Destroyed relations with other countries. It's burnt down anyway.

If they win, they control the money and the power.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (R4t5M)

39 33 "Who bitch dis is?! WHO. BITCH. DIS. IS?!"
Posted by: WAPO News Room, Gesturing at Editorial Offices at December 21, 2023 04:39 PM (p0oYG)

"As in, Helsinki, Sweden."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (Zz0t1)

Obscure, Officer McClaine(sp?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:41 PM (di6C2)

40 They are not fomenting civil war. They learned from COVID and the coup d'etat that the game is up. They can do anything they want, and what they are doing is consolidating an unaccountable one-party superstate. Then the games begin.

And I don't think any bastard - even Stalin or Abakumov or Yezhov or Beria - has a heart as dark as our ruling class. They're driven, bloodthirsty fanatics. History is about to get a real interesting chapter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (0FoWg)
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Damn that Chinese Curse.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:41 PM (zxP/x)

41 There are many saying it will go 9-0 and they just don't understand the Trump-hate Katanji-poo and the other girls have going on in their empty heads.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 21, 2023 04:41 PM (KiBMU)

42 But what this analysis fails to understand is that leftists everywhere are beating their ducks harder than they ever have and spooging giant fountains of semen in an orgy of autoerotic rage and isn't *that* what's most important?

Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (t4dmK)

43 36 I hate to be “ that guy” but here goes… leaving aside yourself, and excluding internet personas, how many people in your communities do you believe would actually rise up and take physical action in opposition to what is happening in the country??
Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (PCK5/)

Depends on what precipitates it. I'd say we are not there yet, but we are closer than we were 4 years ago certainly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (di6C2)

44
This could also be field preparation for stacking the Supreme Court with three new justices. Why not? With everything else extra-constitutional going on and butter brains at the top, if not now, when?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (enJYY)

45 CW2 will be asymmetric, fought between opposing ad hoc cells

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (geLO8)

46 But what this analysis fails to understand is that leftists everywhere are beating their ducks harder than they ever have and spooging giant fountains of semen in an orgy of autoerotic rage and isn't *that* what's most important?
Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (t4dmK)
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This is true, and we didn't do one damned thing to deserve it.

Fuckers.

Posted by: The Ducks at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (zxP/x)

47 The siren song of acceleration is calling my name.

I'm tired of saying to myself "Well Clarence Thomas will save us."

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (cf/0E)

48 Sorry I keep repeating this point. This will be the last time I mention it. They aren't scared that Trump will win. They KNOW can't win. They are just worried about the amount of cheating required to do so.

Posted by: Max Power at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (q177U)

49 What makes me sad now is the ongoing game of Civilizational Jenga that our ruling class is playing. One by one, they're withdrawing the supports of civil society, in a process that will inevitably lead to a collapse. They're taking what was a very robust society, and consuming all the safety margins, bit by bit.
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The margins are approaching razor-thin.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (zxP/x)
Adam Smith said that there's a lot of ruin in a nation.

Our rulers seem determined to test exactly how much.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (N1tpc)

50 the wimmins on SCOTUS will rule against Trump

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:43 PM (geLO8)

51 42 But what this analysis fails to understand is that leftists everywhere are beating their ducks harder than they ever have and spooging giant fountains of semen in an orgy of autoerotic rage and isn't *that* what's most important?
Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (t4dmK)

*comment rated 'very slimy'*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:43 PM (di6C2)

52
Obscure, Officer McClaine(sp?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:41 PM (di6C2)

Nick said news room. I went with something that shows how stupid news people tend to be.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (Zz0t1)

53 They are not fomenting civil war. They learned from COVID and the coup d'etat that the game is up. They can do anything they want, and what they are doing is consolidating an unaccountable one-party superstate. Then the games begin.

And I don't think any bastard - even Stalin or Abakumov or Yezhov or Beria - has a heart as dark as our ruling class. They're driven, bloodthirsty fanatics. History is about to get a real interesting chapter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (0FoWg)

I can't remember who said this, it was years ago, but someone pointed out that when Americans do something we go big. Big projects, big movements...big.

When America goes full on totalitarian the bloodletting will be like nothing the world has ever seen cuz Americans always go *big*.

Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (t4dmK)

54 When Trump is elected POTUS the first thing he needs to do is designate Biden as a "Traitor"...........

Posted by: Steinhofer Jones at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (rcLES)

55 Four years of Trump produced almost exactly what would be expected out of any administration.

I still can't believe the libs have deluded themselves into believing that Trump acted as anything more than...a president.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 21, 2023 04:45 PM (KbCG3)

56 Our rulers seem determined to test exactly how much.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 21, 2023 04:42 PM (N1tpc)
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They are. And they will find out, which is too bad because it's a one-way test. No way to reset and try a different variable.

In the IT world, this is called "testing in production" and it's ... frowned upon.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:45 PM (zxP/x)

57 > leftists everywhere are beating their ducks harder than they ever have and spooging giant fountains of ...

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sorry
AoS Stylebook has the correct wording as 'beating one's dick like it owes one money' or a form thereof

-Ed.

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (geLO8)

58 The USSC isn't going to go 9-0 on this. The affirmative action justice is never going to make any decision that isn't based on race hatred.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (lTGtQ)

59 Po-TAY-toe!! Boil 'em. mash 'em. Stick 'em in a stew!!

Posted by: Samwise at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (AD14M)

60 Serious question: Are we actually better off if all states go hog-wild striking the candidate they don't like off the ballot?

So all blue states get rid of Trump and all red states get rid of Sliden. That doesn't really move the needle because Trump is never gonna win CO or CA anyway.

That leaves the battleground states. Do we succeed in getting Sliden kicked off in more of those states than they do Trump?

Interesting question.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (iFTx/)

61 I saw Beating Their Ducks open for Bowling for Soup at Trees in '96.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (Zz0t1)

62 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (PCK5/)

Well, so far, they're winning it. And yes. We've been in a civil war since 2020.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (BdMk6)

63 It's not even just the ruling class. The average leftist-on-the-street in America has a homicidal impulse more intense than Stalin had.

Soviet citizens in the 20s and 30s had to be conditioned, prompted, and intimidated to justify mass murder. In America, there is no need. A third of the country will openly, enthusiastically tell you that we have to murder and enslave another third.

When Silicon Valley and DC press the go-button, shit is gonna get macabre in about a nanosecond.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (0FoWg)

64 Even the Washington Post Calls for the Supreme Court to Repudiate the Lawless Colorado Decision

Tell me you know that the decision has angered lots of people, and is backfiring bigly, without telling me the decision has angered lots of people, and is backfiring bigly.

They'd be okay with the decision if they thought it was helping them.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (CsUN+)

65 58 The USSC isn't going to go 9-0 on this. The affirmative action justice is never going to make any decision that isn't based on race hatred.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (lTGtQ)

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7-2 against Colorado, assuming it comes to a vote, is still my assumption.

It only gets to a vote if other states start doing it, otherwise it gets put on a schedule, while still stayed, too far out in the future to matter and gets dismissed out of mootness.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

66 For every democrat lamenting the Colorado decision, 20 are dancing in the streets.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (MeG8a)

67 Maybe they overplayed their hand ? Or maybe they know the fix is in...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (n2vyf)

68 57 > leftists everywhere are beating their ducks harder than they ever have and spooging giant fountains of ...

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sorry
AoS Stylebook has the correct wording as 'beating one's dick like it owes one money' or a form thereof

-Ed.
Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (geLO

Can one 'Bang one's dick like a screen door in a hurricane'? That is a turn of phrase that has a long tradition here in a different context.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM (di6C2)

69 When Trump is elected POTUS the first thing he needs to do is designate Biden as a "Traitor"...........
Posted by: Steinhofer Jones at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (rcLES)

Sure, just like lock up crooked Hillary. If he were to be elected, he’s got bigger problems than FJB. like the entire administrative state for one, and then…

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM (/HoHj)

70 I would sure like the Demoncrats to define what they mean by their Democracy and how, specifically, he poses a danger.

Posted by: That Northernlurker embracing the suckd at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM (miT2W)

71 65 No standing.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM (MvF+J)

72 When America goes full on totalitarian the bloodletting will be like nothing the world has ever seen cuz Americans always go *big*.
Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (t4dmK)

The Iron Heel 2: Blood Sport Boogaloo

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM (puDky)

73 I can't remember who said this, it was years ago, but someone pointed out that when Americans do something we go big. Big projects, big movements...big.

When America goes full on totalitarian the bloodletting will be like nothing the world has ever seen cuz Americans always go *big*.
Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (t4dmK

It might have been me. I've said that since I was a teenager.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM (0FoWg)

74 We self moderate- because we know if we even make a threat in idle passing or in the heat of the moment either it would hurt ace's bottom line or a cob would ban us. That serves as a psychological break and actually allows us to consider the matter by having us put the psychological breaks on our passion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:40 PM (di6C2

I think we also have a more realistic understanding of the situation. We know that a move to defend the US as founded is pretty serious business and we hold out hope that our Constitutional underpinnings will hold against the assault. We definitely don't want to get spicy about it.

Posted by: Emmie at December 21, 2023 04:49 PM (Sf2cq)

75 Maybe they overplayed their hand ?

Maybe? Maybe death and taxes are on the agenda for us all.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:49 PM (CsUN+)

76 >Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:48 PM

also good

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:50 PM (geLO8)

77 brakes, not breaks.

I hate it when I do shit like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 04:50 PM (di6C2)

78 Some of these migrants from Texas are ending up in Brattleboro and we do not has the resources to feed and house these people. We calls on Gov of Texas to stop sending these people to New York Now !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at December 21, 2023 04:50 PM (BKOUD)

79 I can't remember who said this, it was years ago, but someone pointed out that when Americans do something we go big. Big projects, big movements...big.

When America goes full on totalitarian the bloodletting will be like nothing the world has ever seen cuz Americans always go *big*.
Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 04:44 PM (t4dmK)

P.J. O'Rourke?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 21, 2023 04:50 PM (/HDaX)

80 Half the country -- maybe more -- will conclude that the whole system is rigged, that the establishment doesn't follow the rules, and that it will gang up on anyone it sees is a threat. They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.

This is one of the most important lessons we can provide to our LIV friends.

There has always been some corruption, but the whole system exists solely now to benefit the people running it. And...they want you dead.

I know Trump sent mean tweets.

But if you get them thinking about what is really at stake right now...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 04:50 PM (XqcwY)

81 When America goes full on totalitarian the bloodletting will be like nothing the world has ever seen cuz Americans always go *big*.

they also GO FAST

so, that might save us in the end. we get bored of stuff; we move on

maybe we end up moving on to something worse, I guess we'll see

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 21, 2023 04:51 PM (AcWfM)

82 Read the whole thing, or else.

: o )

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 21, 2023 04:51 PM (xj+4m)

83 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (PCK5/)
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They may very well win the Civil War, but they will lose the civilization upon which their power currently rests.

It *WILL* come crashing down around their ears until they are eating ashes, dust, and bugs like the rest of us.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2023 04:51 PM (7fElN)

84 You will eat the bugs, you will drink the pee and you will not be allowed to own a personal vehicle.

Posted by: Max Power at December 21, 2023 04:51 PM (q177U)

85 What really makes me sad is that while some of the people involved -- let's call them "the morons" for convenience's sake

Hey now. You can f*ck right off with that noise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)
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AMEN!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 21, 2023 04:51 PM (7fElN)

86 That leaves the battleground states. Do we succeed in getting Sliden kicked off in more of those states than they do Trump?
Posted by: Elric Blade

If SCROTUM ignores it, all of the swing states will remove him, AND a few judges in red states will kick him off too. Total disaster.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (IG4Id)

87 The Regime is fomenting a civil war, from above.

Because they see it as a chance to do away with the Constitution and do whatever they see fit to do.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (dZVON)

88 "Half the country -- maybe more -- will conclude that the whole system is rigged, "

What is with the conditional future tense? This happened roundabout February 2021.

Posted by: Catherine at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (ZSsrh)

89 Half the country -- maybe more -- will conclude that the whole system is rigged, that the establishment doesn't follow the rules, and that it will gang up on anyone it sees is a threat. They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.

Like boiling a frog, or being a troll, the key is not to be so obvious that it draws attention. They failed.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (CsUN+)

90 They saw it as dangerous because they didn't yet have the systems of control and mechanisms of power to make a real, odds-possible attempt at mass slaughter of political dissidents. The math - and the assumptions - have changed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Well, they think they've changed. I get this nagging feeling they are misreading the situation catastrophically.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (OUMaO)

91 The USSC isn't going to go 9-0 on this. The affirmative action justice is never going to make any decision that isn't based on race hatred.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 04:46 PM (lTGtQ)

========

7-2 against Colorado, assuming it comes to a vote, is still my assumption.

It only gets to a vote if other states start doing it, otherwise it gets put on a schedule, while still stayed, too far out in the future to matter and gets dismissed out of mootness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

No standing!

*Bangs gavel*

Posted by: John Roberts at December 21, 2023 04:53 PM (t4dmK)

92 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (PCK5/)

It's more likely they believe we won't fight back.

Posted by: Catherine at December 21, 2023 04:53 PM (ZSsrh)

93 I think we also have a more realistic understanding of the situation. We know that a move to defend the US as founded is pretty serious business and we hold out hope that our Constitutional underpinnings will hold against the assault. We definitely don't want to get spicy about it.

Posted by: Emmie at December 21, 2023 04:49 PM (Sf2cq)

^^^^^This

Although, I'd have no qualms making my own enormous pile of the skulls of my enemies in my front yard.

Posted by: Archer at December 21, 2023 04:54 PM (gmo/4)

94 Well, they think they've changed. I get this nagging feeling they are misreading the situation catastrophically.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (OUMaO)
++++
I fear that we're going to find out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:54 PM (zxP/x)

95 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.

Why wouldn't they?

They stole an election in plain view.
Hell, they forced the country to inject itself with what they knew at the time was poison.

And to this point there has been no response. So...why not go full Mao?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (XqcwY)

96 The USSC isn't going to go 9-0 on this. The affirmative action justice is never going to make any decision that isn't based on race hatred.

Agreed. Except there are two AA justices (well, really three). Jumanji and the wise Latina lack the mental acuity to even come up with other plausible explanations for their ridiculous rulings.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (CsUN+)

97 ++++
I fear that we're going to find out.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 21, 2023 04:54 PM (zxP/x)

I'm rapidly approaching the point of "bring it."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (Zz0t1)

98
What's to stop a Republican politician from seeking to bar his Democratic opponent because the opponent attended Black Lives Matter protests, claiming that those protests, some of them nominally in service of abolishing the police, qualify as insurrection?

==========

Oh, THAT'S the problem. Our Precious Selves could be subjected to it. Not that it's all illegal, immoral, and anti-American.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (n7rxJ)

99 They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.

And they will be right. And the politicians of even a generation ago recognized that as enormously dangerous.
***

This is it in a nutshell.
If there is a Ft Sumter in our future it will not be pleasant at all.
For anyone.
Be prepared.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (W/lyH)

100 Is that 1860 vibe a thing, or just a rhetorical flourish??

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (PCK5/)

101 >Although, I'd have no qualms making my own enormous pile of the skulls of my enemies in my front yard.

Posted by: Archer
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WE WILL MARCH ON A ROAD OF BONES

(ooh- scared myself a little there)

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (geLO8)

102 Although, I'd have no qualms making my own enormous pile of the skulls of my enemies in my front yard.

Posted by: Archer

We should talk

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and self-serve open tequila bar at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (wAZ5s)

103
Agreed. Except there are two AA justices (well, really three). Jumanji and the wise Latina lack the mental acuity to even come up with other plausible explanations for their ridiculous rulings.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM (CsUN+)

Don't forget about the lickalotapus.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (Zz0t1)

104 Standing! Oh, you wish that you could have some!
Standing! Yeah, you really, really want some!
They call it: Standing! No you ain't gonna get none!
Yeah, it's standing! Now get off our porch. Run!

Posted by: The Supremes at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (AD14M)

105
No standing!

*Bangs gavel*

Posted by: John Roberts at December 21, 2023 04:53 PM (t4dmK)

Remember the SC argued that stealing the election in 2020 was perfectly fine as long as *any* state elected officials signed off on it. And none of voters, states, or candidates had "standing"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (XqcwY)

106 Haba to Hindemith: "Hold my beer."
youtube.com/watch?v=lL4MstnX5NY

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (MvF+J)

107 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.

Why wouldn't they?

They stole an election in plain view.
Hell, they forced the country to inject itself with what they knew at the time was poison

And to this point there has been no response. So...why not go full Mao?

Frog says:
[ ] Ribbit
[X] Dang, I'm getting boiled here. I'd better act.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (CsUN+)

108 ---

WE WILL MARCH ON A ROAD OF BONES

(ooh- scared myself a little there)
Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 04:55 PM

Close enough........

https://youtu.be/zTuD8k3JvxQ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (Zz0t1)

109 90 Well, they think they've changed. I get this nagging feeling they are misreading the situation catastrophically.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 21, 2023 04:52 PM (OUMaO)

=====

I think the problem with their assumptions is that it's essentially built on centralized control. There are serious issues with centralized control in general, but in the Internet Age, that has morphed into, "I will control people through a server."

That controls people, to a degree, on the Internet, but not in the real world. There's this great emphasis on social media because that's where the real world and the internet bleed into each other the most. However, the internet is not the real world, the people directly affected by manipulations from the centralized nodes are much smaller than they want or need.

Essentially, it's a model built on controlling a city, not a nation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

110 I wanna slide down your chimney
Fill your stocking up with toys

Posted by: Oglebay at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (ogTiX)

111 It is hard to imagine better engineering the stage upon which an American Caesar will emerge than what the regime is doing.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (Tm9OR)

112 What's to stop a Republican politician from seeking to bar his Democratic opponent because the opponent attended Black Lives Matter protests, claiming that those protests, some of them nominally in service of abolishing the police, qualify as insurrection?

That is NOT who we are!

Posted by: Lindsay Graham bent over in the Senate Chambers at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (XqcwY)

113 When will it be heard by the Supreme Court ??

Posted by: runner at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (V13WU)

114 Colorado Supreme Court found Trump guilty of insurrection against the Trump Administration an$ as punishment he cannot appear on ballots in the State of Colorado.

They are a court and that is all there really is to it.

Laws and due process are irrelevant.
Trump should feel lucky they didn't go for immediate firing squad.

But they will be soon enough.... J6ers all got indefinite imprisonment.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2023 04:58 PM (cOq4q)

115 Don't forget about the lickalotapus.

She's the unnamed third, but she's in a different mental class than the other two.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 21, 2023 04:58 PM (CsUN+)

116 113 When will it be heard by the Supreme Court ??
Posted by: runner at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (V13WU)

==========

I think it's going to a lower federal court first, hence the automatic stay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

117 You really can't really read Instapundit site comments or participate on these things - there is a paid leftwing blog spam group that collectively call themselves "Johnny" that whose compensated mission is to clog all posting on these PJM sites.

You could solve this by moving away from Discus and paying COBs to clear the boards - as it done here - which is why the "Johnny" group isn't here - or you could pay for software that intervenes whenever a new ISP posts - which is how I think the Johnny group does this mass posting - its a service of denial attack by some paid lefty group with access to many multiple ISPs. But if you don't protect your site - this is what you get.

Posted by: Boswell at December 21, 2023 04:58 PM (K+UlC)

118 It is hard to imagine better engineering the stage upon which an American Caesar will emerge than what the regime is doing.

If my choices are confined to a traditional paternal autocrat installed by violence or a tyrannical wokeista installed by violence why the hell wouldn't I go with the former?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (XqcwY)

119 When will it be heard by the Supreme Court ??
Posted by: runner at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (V13WU)

February 2025.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (Zz0t1)

120 117 You could solve this by moving away from Discus and paying COBs to clear the boards - as it done here - which is why the "Johnny" group isn't here - or you could pay for software that intervenes whenever a new ISP posts - which is how I think the Johnny group does this mass posting - its a service of denial attack by some paid lefty group with access to many multiple ISPs. But if you don't protect your site - this is what you get.

Posted by: Boswell at December 21, 2023 04:58 PM (K+UlC)

==========

Paid?

I don't think Ace makes enough to pay himself!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

121 Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 04:56 PM (XqcwY)

No standing.

Also Roberts is a pussy. I tend to believe he was terrified to rule on this case because they would have overturned the results and the shock troops would have been in full force.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (OsDER)

122 36 I hate to be “ that guy” but here goes… leaving aside yourself, and excluding internet personas, how many people in your communities do you believe would actually rise up and take physical action in opposition to what is happening in the country??

Posted by: tubal
--------------

You never know.
We are in an untenable situation right now. This in not stasis.
And if it goes South there will be many surprises and much sadness.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (yc+Nx)

123 Civil war. Is there much of anything left that's worth killing and/or dying for though?

Posted by: Fighting over a maggot-ridden corpse seems unproductive at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (wtpA4)

124 Remember the SC argued that stealing the election in 2020 was perfectly fine as long as *any* state elected officials signed off on it. And none of voters, states, or candidates had "standing"

Posted by: 18-1

The supreme court in 2020 fundamentally failed in its primary purpose: to adjudicate disputes between the states. By punting on the most fundamental issue between the states, it lost all credibility.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (lTGtQ)

125 Rudy G. has declared bankruptcy in the few days following his $148M judgement whereas he exposed an actual crime which the state of GA later admitted.
Talk about a mess.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (MeG8a)

126 Again, I don't think we'll have a Ft Sumter. This time, I think the shot heard round the world will be much closer to the one that killed Sergei Kirov.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (0FoWg)

127
Do you think that idiot Ketanji Brown Jackson knows that people are laughing at her?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (n7rxJ)

128 Canada's economy set to boom~!

@RebelNewsOnline
"Hundreds" of Gazans will be welcomed to Canada as refugees, says Liberal Immigration Minister Marc Miller, who announced a three year expansion of family reunification programs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (IG4Id)

129 JUST IN - Joe Biden exchanged emails with his son Hunter's business associate 54 times while serving as vice president.

Posted by: SMOD at December 21, 2023 05:01 PM (RHGPo)

130 Do you think that idiot Ketanji Brown Jackson knows that people are laughing at her?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (n7rxJ)

Do you think she cares? She's set for the rest of her miserable life and gives 2 shits about anything even related to what people think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:01 PM (Zz0t1)

131 I don't think Ace makes enough to pay himself!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating love and hate with Charles Laughton at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

Okay - let's call them dedicated...but its the only way you protect your brand...

Posted by: Boswell at December 21, 2023 05:01 PM (K+UlC)

132 128 Canada's economy set to boom~!

@RebelNewsOnline
"Hundreds" of Gazans will be welcomed to Canada as refugees,

Well it's probably gonna go "boom."

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2023 05:01 PM (n2vyf)

133 "I don't think Ace makes enough to pay himself!"

It's gotta be a labor of love. I'd hit the tip jar, but for the $600 plumber visit yesterday. Thanks, tenants!

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:01 PM (MvF+J)

134 I was just given a Christmas hamper. I'm thankful but...I feel like such a piece of shit.

Posted by: That Northernlurker embracing the suckd at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (miT2W)

135 Rudy G’s plight is illustrative of what DC has in store for anyone of substance wo dares buck them… an object lesson.

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (PCK5/)

136 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:01 PM (Zz0t1)

This.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (OsDER)

137 how many people in your communities do you believe would actually rise up and take physical action in opposition to what is happening in the country??

The left has spent a lot of effort corrupting or destroying any organization that could oppose them. Remember even into the early 90s the biggest protest organization in the US was an anti-abortion one*

And this is a core problem. If you described 2023 to the average American in say 1983 they'd ask when the revolt started and how the socialists running the government put it down. They simply would not have believed we would have allowed this to happen...

*before the GOPe (notably Mitch McConnell) collaborated with the Dems to destroy them

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (XqcwY)

138 I'm seeing reports of a large suicide drone attack ongoing in Keeeeev.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (Odg76)

139 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 3h
JUST IN - Joe Biden exchanged emails with his son Hunter's business associate 54 times while he was serving as VP — NBC

End Wokeness @EndWokeness 3h
BREAKING:
54 emails uncovered between VP Biden and Hunter's business associate, some of them aligning with his trip to Ukraine

This was Biden just 2 weeks ago:

http://tinyurl.com/3knvdpbx
21 seconds; 'lies' he interacted with relatives re. business dealings then walks away.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (2yu8s)

140 If the gazans are heading to Canada there goes our northern border

Posted by: nckate at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (SnxUt)

141 "the beautiful people, beginning with his opponent Hillary
Clinton"
______________

Hillarhoid is one of the "beautiful people??"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (YqDXo)

142 124 The supreme court in 2020 fundamentally failed in its primary purpose: to adjudicate disputes between the states. By punting on the most fundamental issue between the states, it lost all credibility.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (lTGtQ)

SCOTUS lost all credibility long ago

Posted by: vic at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (A5THL)

143 JUST IN - Joe Biden exchanged emails with his son Hunter's business associate 54 times while serving as vice president.

But not a single check he cashed said "For: Bribe" so obviously he is innocent.

Posted by: The FNM at December 21, 2023 05:03 PM (XqcwY)

144 I'm seeing reports of a large suicide drone attack ongoing in Keeeeev.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (Odg76)

Uh....how's a drone attack suicidal?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:03 PM (Zz0t1)

145 Well it's pay me now or pay me later with Scotus. They kicked the can down the road when they said Texas et al had no standing. And in three years it has come full circle.

Posted by: pawn at December 21, 2023 05:03 PM (QB+5g)

146 Close enough........

https://youtu.be/zTuD8k3JvxQ
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 04:57 PM (Zz0t1)

AiC. Nice. I immediately thought of a line from Gowron in TNG 'Your bones will pave the way to the future!' Cannot find a ewetub clip right this second.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:03 PM (di6C2)

147 144 I'm seeing reports of a large suicide drone attack ongoing in Keeeeev.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (Odg76)

Uh....how's a drone attack suicidal?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Are there trannies? (suicidal drones)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (di6C2)

148 "Hillarhoid" LOL.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (MvF+J)

149 When he [Trump] unexpectedly won the presidency in 2016, the beautiful people, beginning with his opponent Hillary Clinton, couldn't believe it.

---------

Next you'll be telling me that Michelle Obama is one of the beautiful people as well ...

/I know what Mr. Kimball was implying, because Hillary in a Chairman Mao-Mao suit IS a beautiful sight to the cultural Marxists.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (FA8N9)

150 Only one writer predicted this and it was’t George Orwell or Ayn Rand. It was GOD. And it’s happening.

Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (Ob7Rg)

151 In lighter news, D on D hijinks:
http://tinyurl.com/5exs94j2

Posted by: Jamaica at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (Eeb9P)

152 24 The law is whatever the rulers can twist it to mean.

That's what it means to live in a tyranny.

And we're mostly there. This is a preview.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 21, 2023 04:38 PM (N1tpc)

We've been there for a long time. They're just much more overt about it now. This is the doing donuts in our front lawns phase.

Posted by: They just made an effort to fool us at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (wtpA4)

153 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (PCK5/)
_________________

They need to go on the Ceausescu plan.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (YqDXo)

154 Uh....how's a drone attack suicidal?

There are drones you can carry yourself in.

Seems to defeat the point though to carry people in one to just go blow up an APV or whatever though.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (XqcwY)

155 128 Canada's economy set to boom~!

@RebelNewsOnline
"Hundreds" of Gazans will be welcomed to Canada as refugees, says Liberal Immigration Minister Marc Miller, who announced a three year expansion of family reunification programs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop
--------------

Build that wall.
Build that wall around our Northern border now.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (yc+Nx)

156 138 I'm seeing reports of a large suicide drone attack ongoing in Keeeeev.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (Odg76)

An “ Oh No… Anyway” seems a bit callous, but, there you go…

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (PCK5/)

157 Next you'll be telling me that Michelle Obama is one of the beautiful people as well ...
______________

Only if you ask zombie Harambe.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:05 PM (YqDXo)

158 > Uh....how's a drone attack suicidal?

The drone is destroyed in the attack, as opposed to the drone dropping a payload and returning to base.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 21, 2023 05:05 PM (Odg76)

159
AiC. Nice. I immediately thought of a line from Gowron in TNG 'Your bones will pave the way to the future!' Cannot find a ewetub clip right this second.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:03 PM (di6C2)

Of course, all of this leads to this:

https://youtu.be/aKzhq97i4pQ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:05 PM (Zz0t1)

160 157 Next you'll be telling me that Michelle Obama is one of the beautiful people as well ...
______________

Only if you ask zombie Harambe.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:05 PM (YqDXo)

LOL... I denounce myself

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2023 05:05 PM (n2vyf)

161 That's the WP telling the Chief Justice if he leads the charge for reversal or whatever it's called when SCOTUS tosses a state's supreme court ruling, it's A-OK with the Establishment social circuit. He and Mrs. Chief Justice will be welcomed guests to all the best and most exclusive soirees.

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2023 05:05 PM (rj6Yv)

162 @RebelNewsOnline
"Hundreds" of Gazans will be welcomed to Canada as refugees, says Liberal Immigration Minister Marc Miller, who announced a three year expansion of family reunification programs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop
_________________

Has Canada gone completely f*cking insane??

It's rhetorical question, obviously.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:06 PM (YqDXo)

163 151 In lighter news, D on D hijinks:
http://tinyurl.com/5exs94j2
Posted by: Jamaica at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (Eeb9P)

This better not be another couple of homos buttfucking in a Senate conference room.

Posted by: No more D on D hijinks, please and thank you at December 21, 2023 05:06 PM (wtpA4)

164 SCOTUS lost all credibility long ago
Posted by: vic at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (A5THL)

*Marks Vic sighting 12/21/23 @ 1702 hours*

Posted by: John Roberts at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (t4dmK)

165 You never know.
We are in an untenable situation right now. This in not stasis.
And if it goes South there will be many surprises and much sadness.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 04:59 PM (yc+Nx)

Something small...even insignificant that snowballs into something bigger. Reaction...over-reaction. It starts.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (W/lyH)

166 Has Canada gone completely f*cking insane??

It's rhetorical question, obviously.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:06 PM (YqDXo)

I regard myself as more a dumbass than insane.

Posted by: That Northernlurker embracing the suckd at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (miT2W)

167 No, seems a D Christmas party was interrupted by pro Pali's. Not all were amused

Posted by: Jamaica at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (Eeb9P)

168 What do you suppose happens if the USSC doesn't put it on the docket. Then, for argument's sake Trump wins the primary and the general election. Hence, President Trump. The election is certified and everything is honkey dory.

THEN, Jack Smith files charges against Trump for Insurrection. A DC jury convicts. Trump appeals and will likely have it overturned. Now, the election can't be overturned legally since the Electoral votes had been certified. But, that doesn't mean he's not made immediately into a lame duck president for his entire term, or for as long as they can stretch out the appeal process (years). At the same time, the usual suspects (over half the country) will name him an illegitimate president who would not have acquired 270 electoral votes (since he would not have been on a number of ballots). They are already "kid proofing" the White House by making it more difficult to pull out of NATO.

Posted by: Orson at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (dIske)

169 I would rather see/acknowledge a dictator (as labeled by the TDS DemoNcrats) instead of a "dickslurper" like we witnessed in Senate chambers this week

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Presidents who shower with daughters at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (5DfsO)

170
There are drones you can carry yourself in.

Seems to defeat the point though to carry people in one to just go blow up an APV or whatever though.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 05:04 PM (XqcwY)

Seems that would just be an 'airplane' at that point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (Zz0t1)

171 "Your bones will build my palaces
Your eyes will stud my crown
For I am Mars, the god of War
And I will cast you down"

-some scary limey guy

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 21, 2023 05:07 PM (T/Lqj)

172 The supreme court in 2020 fundamentally failed in its primary purpose: to adjudicate disputes between the states. By punting on the most fundamental issue between the states, it lost all credibility.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 05:00 PM (lTGtQ)

Oh, are they unhappy about being involved in this brouhaha now? Well, they have caused their own workload on this by not taking up the TX v PA case.

This whole disaster might have been avoided if these Knucklehead we pay to read the Constitution had, well, actually read it. They deserve the angst - they caused it - they can damn well solve it now - otherwise it goes on ...and on...and on.

Posted by: Boswell at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (K+UlC)

173 Who are the front line troops for the leftists in a civil war ? Antifa, BLM, winemoms and gangs?
Sure, they have purchased guns, maybe even train with them but 18 to 34 group isn't going to go out of their way to be cannon fodder

Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (dec0Z)

174 I foresee two distinct categories of kinetic response, should an un-civil war be pressed upon us.

1. Organized, Armed Resistance, holding actions, swinging to offense and takings of strategic locations, installations, lives.

2. Individual "Lone Wolves", out on the prowl, seeking to wreak VENGENCE upon those who've placed us all in such dire straits. Various media figures,(major, minor, national, local), teacher union types, various govt. "under-secretaries" of this that or the other departments.

Category 2 will be The Purge, writ large, bloodily and yes, too often, with a quite too wide sweep of the broom.

Won't matter. America is going to need to Purge itself of the Left, just as Israel is having to Purge itself of hamas*. And for much the same reasons.

* I refuse to capitalize their name, they're not even remotely worthy of the respect.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (e6UQI)

175 Bottom up, top down.

Government incites unrest in the masses, people call on the government to quiet the unrest, and boy, do they deliver.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (Oz76Y)

176 The law is not whatever it can be twisted to. The law is whatever the PTB thinks it can make people believe.

I see five lights!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (tT6L1)

177 >>>Uh....how's a drone attack suicidal?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
..............

Poor little drone.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (yc+Nx)

178 >>> Regime is fomenting a civil war, from above.

FWIW - The Junta is consolidating the power gained from the Coup. Fellow travelers will fall in line. Those who continue to resist will end up of kill lists becuase I really don't think the Junta will just slink away if its not possible to 'win' the next election..

Civil war? Not as likely as generations of squallar and the 'missing'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (cOq4q)

179 "Oh, THAT'S the problem. Our Precious Selves could be subjected to it."

When you're trying to teach a narcissist or a small child that other people exist and are also have feelings, you have to start by relating the abstract concept to a concrete thing that the child or narcissist understands.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (ou9hh)

180
The Colorado Supreme Court Justices are heroes.

Let's hope MSNBC airs a Jackson Family Honors special just for them.

Posted by: Auspex at December 21, 2023 05:09 PM (6ZtAH)

181 If this decision is legally sound, if it is allowed to stand, then it justifies far, far more than just keeping Trump off the ballot.

It justifies--even requires--the same for anyone who supported, supports, or is even merely alleged to support Trump.
No conviction, no official charges--merely the allegation to a partisan judge is enough to keep any and all Republicans off any ballot.

But, that's just the start.
The 14th says they are barred from office.
That means any current officeholder must be removed from office. On the mere allegation they supported insurrection (read: Trump) to a single friendly judge.

This wasn't a legal ruling-- it was an order of extermination by 4 unelected, unaccountable hyper-partisan Democrat judges against the whole Republican Party.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 21, 2023 05:09 PM (TzW+Y)

182 That's the WP telling the Chief Justice if he leads the charge for reversal or whatever it's called when SCOTUS tosses a state's supreme court ruling, it's A-OK with the Establishment social circuit. He and Mrs. Chief Justice will be welcomed guests to all the best and most exclusive soirees.

Posted by: mrp

Not to pick on you in particular, but the idea that these supposed conservatives betray their principles for invites to society isn't reality.

DC runs on bribes and blackmail, no teen girl stuff. People who don't perform as expected have indictments thrown at them, or they die under suspicious circumstances. No small ball.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 05:10 PM (lTGtQ)

183 Crazy eyes!

Wiz @WizChadwick2 Dec 20
Colorado’s Secretary of State!
Jena Griswold
Everything is fine, right?

http://tinyurl.com/2p8pyztj
photos

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 05:10 PM (2yu8s)

184 Just days after the wolf reintroduction in western Colorado, the pack is already tearing into the livestock.

I need to get the fuck out this stupid state.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (T/Lqj)

185 Who are the front line troops for the leftists in a civil war ? Antifa, BLM, winemoms and gangs?
Sure, they have purchased guns, maybe even train with them but 18 to 34 group isn't going to go out of their way to be cannon fodder
Posted by: Ben Had at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (dec0Z)

Those types will serve for loot, plunder, women, gold, and real estate. In other words, Hessians.

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (rj6Yv)

186 Ok, way OT:

http://tinyurl.com/2ew4a49s

I find this insanely cool. Not exactly sure why.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (di6C2)

187
http://tinyurl.com/2p8pyztj
photos
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 05:10 PM (2yu8s)

Reminds one of our former Disinformation Czar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (Zz0t1)

188 "If the gazans are heading to Canada there goes our northern border"

You never know, they might try to overthrow the Canadian government first.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (ou9hh)

189 They will conclude, in short, that the government, and indeed the entire system, is illegitimate.

And they will be right.
=======================
This is the only part that matters.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 21, 2023 05:12 PM (c0t/H)

190 Just The News: California to lose four congressional seats after 2030 Census, TX and FL to gain, experts predict

http://tinyurl.com/4zhdfrn7

That's a long ways out and there's always opportunity for shenanigans.

Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 05:12 PM (t4dmK)

191 177 >>>Uh....how's a drone attack suicidal?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
..............

Poor little drone.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:08 PM (yc+Nx)

Dammit. You triggered a Ricky Nelson earworm.

http://tinyurl.com/34u43sen

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:12 PM (di6C2)

192
http://tinyurl.com/2ew4a49s

I find this insanely cool. Not exactly sure why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (di6C2)

Because it is. It's a real life video game-ish thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:13 PM (Zz0t1)

193 Who are the front line troops for the leftists in a civil war ? Antifa, BLM, winemoms and gangs?
Posted by: Ben Had

Your bank, your phone company, your electricity company, your water company, and every dept and agency in the Fed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 21, 2023 05:13 PM (IG4Id)

194
Dammit. You triggered a Ricky Nelson earworm.

http://tinyurl.com/34u43sen
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:12 PM (di6C2)

LMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:13 PM (Zz0t1)

195 187 Reminds me of typical HR shitheel.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:13 PM (MvF+J)

196 6 year old daughter learned a new trick.

She has a notebook where the teacher will write any bad behaviors which need to be addressed. Parents fold the page to show they have seen it. Kid folded the page, then had the balls to show daddy and exclaim "Look! No note today!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 21, 2023 05:14 PM (Oz76Y)

197 http://tinyurl.com/2ew4a49s

I find this insanely cool. Not exactly sure why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (di6C2)

Holy crap, that is cool as hell!! me wantee!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 21, 2023 05:14 PM (T/Lqj)

198
She has a notebook where the teacher will write any bad behaviors which need to be addressed. Parents fold the page to show they have seen it. Kid folded the page, then had the balls to show daddy and exclaim "Look! No note today!"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 21, 2023 05:14 PM (Oz76Y)

WINNING!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:14 PM (Zz0t1)

199 I was just given a Christmas hamper. I'm thankful but...I feel like such a piece of shit.

Posted by: That Northernlurker embracing the suckd

I sympathize. One of the hardest things is to adjust your reaction from "this means I'm a failure" to "this means I'm loved". I'm still struggling there myself.

I hope and pray things improve for you, even if it just means you find a measure of peace.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 21, 2023 05:14 PM (OUMaO)

200 Ok, way OT:

http://tinyurl.com/2ew4a49s

I find this insanely cool. Not exactly sure why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (di6C2)
===================
Put a machine gun on this thing, fly them in clusters, and we have a low cost replacement for the A10.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 21, 2023 05:15 PM (c0t/H)

201 http://tinyurl.com/2p8pyztj
photos
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 05:10 PM (

See... That's what I'm talkin' about. Look at those eyes. She wants to kill people so badly that it's just boiling out of her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 05:15 PM (0FoWg)

202 My response to Xi:

Go ahead and try it Chinaman.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 21, 2023 05:15 PM (Oz76Y)

203 @RebelNewsOnline
"Hundreds" of Gazans will be welcomed to Canada as refugees, says Liberal Immigration Minister Marc Miller, who announced a three year expansion of family reunification programs.

==

They'll fit right in.

Posted by: runner at December 21, 2023 05:15 PM (V13WU)

204 167 No, seems a D Christmas party was interrupted by pro Palis. Not all were amused
------
Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 retweeted
Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra 8h
A Christmas party hosted by Michigan Democrats spiraled into violence after pro-Palestine activists crashed the event and sent one attendee to the hospital.

'Them Arabs in motherf***ing Detroit tried to kill me!' said an activist who sustained two black eyes in the clashes

http://tinyurl.com/59xsjwr7
two videos; both 45 seconds -- the attack and a [black] victim "The Arabs are coming."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 05:15 PM (2yu8s)

205 Conventional Drone: BBZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!

Suicide Drone: LuLuLuLuLuAlohaSnackbar! *BOOM!*

Democrat Drone: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (e6UQI)

206 The only acceptable response of the Supreme Court is to not just over turn this decision but to suspend the right of any Colorado attorney from practice in any federal court until they complete 100 hours of continuing education.

Group punishment works.

And every attorney in Colorado should feel the pain brought on them by their supreme court and their state judge.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (TzW+Y)

207 It justifies--even requires--the same for anyone who supported, supports, or is even merely alleged to support Trump.

I was reading about Robespierre earlier today. And believe it or not he claimed to be an opponent of capital punishment...until he acquired political power and then found all his enemies, coincidentally, needed to die.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (XqcwY)

208 Not to pick on you in particular, but the idea that these supposed conservatives betray their principles for invites to society isn't reality.

DC runs on bribes and blackmail, no teen girl stuff. People who don't perform as expected have indictments thrown at them, or they die under suspicious circumstances. No small ball.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 21, 2023 05:10 PM (lTGtQ)

Mr. Paine, those penalties apply to the small fry, not US Supreme Court Justices. Supreme Court Justices who live for the DC life are much easier to control through collegiality and social access. Social isolation is the threat.

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (rj6Yv)

209 @RebelNewsOnline
"Hundreds" of Gazans will be welcomed to Canada as refugees, says Liberal Immigration Minister Marc Miller, who announced a three year expansion of family reunification programs.

They will become muslham lawmakers and Canada will rapidly become England.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (Zz0t1)

210 This whole Colorado thing smells like ulterior motives. The non-profit that initiated the suit is Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics. It's basically the red headed stepsister to Judicial Watch.

Now, if you pull up Claire McCaskill's comments on the ruling she goes out of her way to state that the decision will do nothing more than benefit Trump in the long run. It will energize his base. I agree with that.

BUT, I find it odd that Claire McCaskill is a member of the Board of Directors for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics.

Like I said....ulterior motives. There is something else they are trying to accomplish here.

Posted by: Orson at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (dIske)

211 173 Who are the front line troops for the leftists in a civil war ? Antifa, BLM, winemoms and gangs?
Sure, they have purchased guns, maybe even train with them but 18 to 34 group isn't going to go out of their way to be cannon fodder

Posted by: Ben Had
-----------------

Interesting that Mexican gangs are never part of these groups.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (yc+Nx)

212 the thing with canada is not that it is insane but that it is evil

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (RjBju)

213 I'm seeing reports of a large suicide drone attack ongoing in Keeeeev.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 21, 2023 05:02 PM (Odg76)

Suicide drones? Are the drones self-aware?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (BdMk6)

214 "Just days after the wolf reintroduction in western Colorado, the pack is already tearing into the livestock."

and I'm sure that the reaction from the re-introducers runs the gamut from "We had no idea this would happen" to "Justice for Mother Gaia!"

Justice would be them waking up with a severed wolf head in their beds.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 21, 2023 05:17 PM (ou9hh)

215 "red headed stepsister to Judicial Watch."

Blue-headed?

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:17 PM (MvF+J)

216 "What's to stop a Republican politician from seeking to bar his Democratic opponent because the opponent attended Black Lives Matter protests, claiming that those protests, some of them nominally in service of abolishing the police, qualify as insurrection?"
Washington Post, you are not alone. I also don't understand why Republicans aren't doing this.
Whether they qualify as an insurrection or not (probably not, since they were done with the full complicity of city governments etc.), the BLM riots were meant to intimidate and, as Reynolds wrote, were a conspiracy to deprive people of their civil rights. Like burning crosses, back in the day. Isn't this enough to render a participant ineligible for office?

Posted by: PG at December 21, 2023 05:17 PM (gQbO4)

217 Conventional Drone: BBZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!

Suicide Drone: LuLuLuLuLuAlohaSnackbar! *BOOM!*

Democrat Drone: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

Russia got some of their drones from Iran, which based them on the American drone Barky let them have.

Its almost funny.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2023 05:17 PM (XqcwY)

218 "Oh, THAT'S the problem. Our Precious Selves could be subjected to it."

When you're trying to teach a narcissist or a small child that other people exist and are also have feelings, you have to start by relating the abstract concept to a concrete thing that the child or narcissist understands.

Posted by: FeatherBlade

And if nothing else, a person with no principles will adjust their reactions upon received pain.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 21, 2023 05:17 PM (OUMaO)

219 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last

Posted by: nckate at December 21, 2023 05:18 PM (SnxUt)

220 219 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last
Posted by: nckate at December 21, 2023 05:18 PM (SnxUt)

*types, deletes comment about David French's wife*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 21, 2023 05:19 PM (di6C2)

221 Suicide drones? Are the drones self-aware?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (BdMk6)
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and, apparently depressed

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 21, 2023 05:19 PM (c0t/H)

222 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last
Posted by: nckate at December 21, 2023 05:18 PM (SnxUt)

LOL

Posted by: mrp at December 21, 2023 05:19 PM (rj6Yv)

223 One flash point could be when the mob begins to gather at Robert's residence and some folks decide that he needs some extra protection.

Letting lose a six pack of Dobermans would be entertaining.

Posted by: pawn at December 21, 2023 05:19 PM (QB+5g)

224 They are only repudiating the decision because every time they do this Trump goes up in the polls and the spread against Biden increases. Even worse, it's not just about Trump. It's that people see Democrats building a process to take away the choice of the voters and their right to vote for who they want. It's a judicial insurrection and most people aren't going to stand by and watch that happen.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2023 05:19 PM (oVZ+Q)

225 219 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last

Posted by: nckate
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It's their dream date.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:20 PM (yc+Nx)

226 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last
Posted by: n

rendezvous at the 5 train, all aboard

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:20 PM (RjBju)

227 Like I said....ulterior motives. There is something else they are trying to accomplish here.

Posted by: Orson

It is not entirely impossible that the core Inner Party consider the Coloradicals to have outrun their coverage and created a problem.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at December 21, 2023 05:20 PM (OUMaO)

228 Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra 8h
A Christmas party hosted by Michigan Democrats spiraled into violence after pro-Palestine activists crashed the event and sent one attendee to the hospital.

'Them Arabs in motherf***ing Detroit tried to kill me!' said an activist who sustained two black eyes in the clashes
_______________

Anyone who attends a black house party ought to have his head examined.

The amazing thing in this case is that there was no gunfire.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:20 PM (YqDXo)

229 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last
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I sense a new Hallmark movie in the making!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 21, 2023 05:21 PM (2yu8s)

230 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last
Posted by: nckate at December 21, 2023 05:18 PM (SnxUt)

LOL
Posted by: m

It's their dream date.
Posted by: B

rendezvous at the 5 train, all aboard
Posted by: N

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:21 PM (RjBju)

231 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last

Posted by: nckate
-------------------

It's their dream date.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:20 PM (yc+Nx)

*Bernie Sanders nods knowingly*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 21, 2023 05:21 PM (T/Lqj)

232 Could be the Elites have discovered that there are Jacobins in Colorado…

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 05:21 PM (PCK5/)

233 I can't wait to see crips and wine moms together at last

Posted by: nckate
-------------------

It's their dream date.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:20 PM (yc+Nx)
________________

"Can we dance wif yore dates?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:21 PM (YqDXo)

234 We just had an incident where an illegal tried to start some shit in the grocery store with an old lady. He also just found out the police around here don't play. He's locked up in county and acting as a Christmas Pin Cushion while they sort things out.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 21, 2023 05:22 PM (oVZ+Q)

235 Suicide drones? Are the drones self-aware?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 05:16 PM (BdMk6)
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and, apparently depressed
Posted by: Huck Follywood

It's far more common than you'd care to think.

Posted by: Marvin the Paranoid Android at December 21, 2023 05:22 PM (OUMaO)

236 184 Just days after the wolf reintroduction in western Colorado, the pack is already tearing into the livestock.

I need to get the fuck out this stupid state.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 21, 2023 05:11 PM (T/Lqj)

You have my sympathy. It seems Colorado is falling apart ever since we left. It's very sad.

Posted by: Emmie at December 21, 2023 05:22 PM (Sf2cq)

237 rendezvous at the 5 train, all aboard
Posted by: N

worls star hip hop movie

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:22 PM (RjBju)

238 Purple drank meets Chardonnay

Posted by: nckate at December 21, 2023 05:23 PM (SnxUt)

239 "... every time they do this Trump goes up in the polls..."

It's almost like it's part of their plan. Trump will get crushed in the general if he's the nominee and the left will never have to defend their record in the process.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:23 PM (DB16e)

240 Purple drank meets Chardonnay
Posted by: nckate

that's grape nyquil

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:24 PM (RjBju)

241 "Just days after the wolf reintroduction in western Colorado, the pack is already tearing into the livestock."

-
Better wolves than Gazans.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 21, 2023 05:24 PM (FVME7)

242 It's simple. The national Party perceives this as a risky play because of the likelihood it'll be shot down with extreme prejudice by the SC. But they want to take the gamble, because if they can make it stand, they'll do it in every swing state.

So they turn to the most corrupt & radical State party in the US for the test, because they'll take *any* risk, because they have a 100% chance of reelection, no matter how embarrassing it may turn out to be.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 05:25 PM (0FoWg)

243 I have never been able to get my head around thr idea that the effeminate lawyerish coddled perverted elite think they can collapse society and end up on top. When society collapses the hard smart men of action end up on top. That ain't them.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 21, 2023 05:25 PM (tuXnM)

244 It seems obvious that the Elites believe that they will win this Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 04:35 PM (PCK5/)

It's more likely they believe we won't fight back.
Posted by: Catherine at December 21, 2023 04:53 PM (ZSsrh)

They thought they would win the Ukraine War too.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2023 05:25 PM (eoQWY)

245 AR, where the air is clean and the people are free,

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:26 PM (yc+Nx)

246 You have my sympathy. It seems Colorado is falling apart ever since we left. It's very sad.
Posted by: Emmie

So it's your fault? So who left CA in the 90s and let it fall into sh*t? Oh wait, I did. Damn.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 21, 2023 05:26 PM (sNc8Y)

247 AR, where the air is clean and the people are free,
Posted by: B

and the state troopers run everybody down

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:26 PM (RjBju)

248 WSJ: U.S. Naval Deterrence Is Going, Going, Maybe Even Gone
A new report expounds on the clear lesson of recent Houthi attacks: America isn’t very scary anymore.

https://archive.ph/HFAge

Posted by: Robert at December 21, 2023 05:26 PM (t4dmK)

249 Trump will get crushed in the general if he's the nominee and the left will never have to defend their record in the process.
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:23 PM (DB16e)
________________

Just like 2016.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM (YqDXo)

250 It seems Colorado is falling apart ever since we left. It's very sad.
Posted by: Emmie at December 21, 2023 05:22 PM (Sf2cq)

I didn't know you escaped, too, Emmie

Mazel Tov. Enjoy not being there anymore.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM (0FoWg)

251 They thought they would win the Ukraine War too.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2023 05:25 PM (eoQWY)

I see where Ukraine is voting to make marijuana legal to ease the pain of the war... That should go well

Posted by: It's me donna at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM (n2vyf)

252 243 I have never been able to get my head around thr idea that the effeminate lawyerish coddled perverted elite think they can collapse society and end up on top. When society collapses the hard smart men of action end up on top. That ain't them.

Posted by: azjaeger
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You don't understand.
They are so smart they can control the implosion.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM (yc+Nx)

253 Well m neighborhood is full up… no more room..

Posted by: tubal at December 21, 2023 05:28 PM (PCK5/)

254 45 CW2 will be asymmetric, fought between opposing ad hoc cells

in hoc cells > ad hoc cells

Posted by: tissue sample pawn shop at December 21, 2023 05:28 PM (sGtp+)

255 have never been able to get my head around thr idea that the effeminate lawyerish coddled perverted elite think they can collapse society and end up on top. When society collapses the hard smart men of action end up on top. That ain't them.

Posted by: azjaeger
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You don't understand.
They are so smart they can control the implosion.
Posted by: B

nah, they are just too stupid to realize that they are not going to be part of the aristocracy, they are going to be growing mud in the fields with the hq denizens.

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:28 PM (RjBju)

256 So they turn to the most corrupt & radical State party in the US for the test, because they'll take *any* risk, because they have a 100% chance of reelection, no matter how embarrassing it may turn out to be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 05:25 PM (0FoWg)
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Please don't say stuff like this, California Democrats just take it as a challenge.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:28 PM (YqDXo)

257 You have my sympathy. It seems Colorado is falling apart ever since we left. It's very sad.
Posted by: Emmie at December 21, 2023 05:22 PM (Sf2cq)

we are working on relocating, but I sometimes fear that we waited too long. (part of that was financial, though)

Worst case we throw a bunch of our stuff into our vehicles and bug out to Montana. But I do not want it to come down to that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 21, 2023 05:29 PM (T/Lqj)

258 You don't understand.
They are so smart they can control the implosion.
Posted by: B
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Just like French aristos circa 1789.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:29 PM (YqDXo)

259 Need a headache? Take Saariaho and call me in the morning:
youtube.com/watch?v=vybU6Ieg4mQ

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:29 PM (MvF+J)

260
They already won.

They are doing this 'cause now it's stomp on your face with an iron boot forever time.

Posted by: Auspex at December 21, 2023 05:30 PM (6ZtAH)

261 anybody thinking cwII is doing it wrong, if it is going to be anything it is going to be revolutionary war II

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:30 PM (RjBju)

262
To be clear, the literal thought leaders of our country, including

If we need “thought leaders”, NO ONE is thinking.

That term must be binned.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 21, 2023 05:30 PM (xj+4m)

263 248 WSJ: U.S. Naval Deterrence Is Going, Going, Maybe Even Gone
A new report expounds on the clear lesson of recent Houthi attacks: America isn’t very scary anymore.
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Those four Arleigh Burke's could eliminate Yemen.
And they should.
But numb nuts.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 21, 2023 05:31 PM (yc+Nx)

264 nood

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:31 PM (MvF+J)

265 I didn't know you escaped, too, Emmie

Mazel Tov. Enjoy not being there anymore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM (0FoWg)

God was really watching out for us. The only downside we've experienced is the weather was a bit nicer in the CO foothills. But here we have rains that are warm enough to take a walk in, so I guess it evens out.

Wait, there is a big downside -- we left behind good friends. But we've made new ones.

Posted by: Emmie at December 21, 2023 05:31 PM (Sf2cq)

266 239 "... every time they do this Trump goes up in the polls..."

It's almost like it's part of their plan. Trump will get crushed in the general if he's the nominee and the left will never have to defend their record in the process.
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:23 PM (DB16e)
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You and your Democrat friends keep on repeating that.

Meanwhile, he's GOING TO BE the nominee, so you might as well wrap your tiny brain around that idea. Or, I guess you could just stomp around pouting

Posted by: deadrody at December 21, 2023 05:31 PM (WKUVC)

267 Those four Arleigh Burke's could eliminate Yemen.
And they should.
But numb nuts.
Posted by: B

what are they going to hit, they are already the flintstones poor, retarded cousins.

Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:32 PM (RjBju)

268
I have never been able to get my head around thr idea that the effeminate lawyerish coddled perverted elite think they can collapse society and end up on top. When society collapses the hard smart men of action end up on top. That ain't them.
Posted by: azjaeger

But this time it will be different! After all, they are the technological elite.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2023 05:32 PM (63Dwl)

269 Just like 2016.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM

He squeaked that one out against Hillary and has managed to lose ever since. All those "red waves"? LOL

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:32 PM (DB16e)

270 To be clear, the literal thought leaders of our country, including

If we need “thought leaders”, NO ONE is thinking.

That term must be binned.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 21, 2023 05:30 PM (xj+4m)
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Agreed. OTOH, specifying "thought leaders" implies that other leaders don't think, which is probably true.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:32 PM (YqDXo)

271 Maybe Roberts won't have to split the baby.

Posted by: mediapostate at December 21, 2023 05:33 PM (mJWFe)

272
nah, they are just too stupid to realize that they are not going to be part of the aristocracy, they are going to be growing mud in the fields with the hq denizens.
Posted by: N at December 21, 2023 05:28 PM (RjBju)

The denizens will be in charge because a lot of us have useful practical skills. Not much use for powerpoint presentations.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 21, 2023 05:33 PM (eoQWY)

273 249 Trump will get crushed in the general if he's the nominee and the left will never have to defend their record in the process.
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:23 PM (DB16e)
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Just like 2016.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 21, 2023 05:27 PM (YqDXo)
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Don't leave out 2020. Even if you were dumb enough to ascribe to the notion that it was fair in 2020, Trump still "lost" by the thinnest of margins. Microscopic. And now, everyone sees what kind of incompetent, divisive ass Joe Biden is, so there is literally ZERO chance Trump will "get crushed". Claiming that is flat out idiotic

Posted by: deadrody at December 21, 2023 05:34 PM (WKUVC)

274
The only acceptable response of the Supreme Court is to not just over turn this decision but to suspend the right of any Colorado attorney from practice in any federal court until they complete 100 hours of continuing education.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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Sounds good. Throw in the "courses" I've suffered through thanks to HR nannies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 21, 2023 05:36 PM (n7rxJ)

275 The self anointed "elites" (their term, not mine) are on a one way trip to oblivion if they keep this shit up. They want a civil war and think they'll come out on top. Without the yucky MAGA types.

If the government is as corrupted as we think, including the military, they may be right.

I have my doubts, but they grow fewer every day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 21, 2023 05:36 PM (Q4IgG)

276 "If the government is as corrupted as we think, including the military, they may be right. I have my doubts, but they grow fewer every day."

The whole nation is wicked, from top to bottom.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at December 21, 2023 05:37 PM (MvF+J)

277 Get on YouTube and search out anti-piracy in that region. Be specific and do it for European warships on anti-piracy patrols.

You'll want to gouge your brain out with a rusty spoon after you watch them.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 05:37 PM (BdMk6)

278 Oops. Paste fail.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 05:38 PM (BdMk6)

279 "Claiming that is flat out idiotic"

Trump's not winning any new converts. I'd argue he's done the exact opposite. In fact, I know he's lost support on the construction jobs I've been on over the past year. The normies are sick of the whining and have come to realize it was a lot of losing. Many aren't coming back after his handing the country over to Fauci. Including me.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:38 PM (DB16e)

280 I keep my duck beating in my bunk.

Posted by: Sphynx at December 21, 2023 05:38 PM (P6qMv)

281 I sense a new Hallmark movie in the making!
Posted by: andycanuck

*******

Christmas in Compton

A young lawyer returns to her hometown from her job with a big city law firm in order to help her foster mom rebuild the local school that burned down in a kinetic protest. While there she meets her former baby daddy, now an OG in the Crips and they rekindle their passion. Together they sponsor a rap concert to raise money for the school. On Christmas Eve they are gunned down in a drive-by. The all live happily ever after.

Posted by: Nosmo King at December 21, 2023 05:40 PM (991eG)

282 Eloquent indictment by Instapundit. I don't think the Left knows what chaos it is driving towards.
Nevermind violence; think societal collapse, loss of food production, energy shortages.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 21, 2023 05:40 PM (4czJR)

283
1. Who exactly declared the provoked riot of Jan. 6 an "insurrection" ?

2. Is it possible to conduct an "insurrection" without weapons?

3. Where exactly is "fomenting an insurrection" written in law books?

Posted by: Sphynx at December 21, 2023 05:40 PM (P6qMv)

284 Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:38 PM (DB16e)

Over here, big boy!!!

Posted by: Mittens Romney at December 21, 2023 05:41 PM (89Sog)

285 Like I said....ulterior motives. There is something else they are trying to accomplish here.
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Recall Arafat was quite comfortable say two exactly opposite things?

Claire is free to condemn because there is no harm in it now.
But her true feelings lie with her silence before the decision.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 21, 2023 05:42 PM (TzW+Y)

286
You can beat a duck ANYWHERE!

Posted by: Jeffrey "Toobie" Toobin at December 21, 2023 05:42 PM (P6qMv)

287 Over here, big boy!!!
Posted by: Mittens Romney at December 21, 2023 05:41 PM

I don't know what that means, exactly. I do know there are better options in '24 than Trump. With Trump the democrats will never have to defend their record. It will be 24/7 of Trump "in court" and the worst footage from J6 the commies can find.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:43 PM (DB16e)

288 Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:43 PM (DB16e)

I agree. The hell with trump. Jump on my ship. There are some monuments to confederates we can destroy, together!!!

Posted by: Nikki! at December 21, 2023 05:46 PM (89Sog)

289 I don't know what that means, exactly. I do know there are better options in '24 than Trump. With Trump the democrats will never have to defend their record. It will be 24/7 of Trump "in court" and the worst footage from J6 the commies can find.
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:43 PM (DB16e)

Sounds like the democrat plan is working. You sound very scared and ready to surrender.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 21, 2023 05:47 PM (BdMk6)

290 "Sounds like the democrat plan is working. You sound very scared and ready to surrender."

No. I started supporting DeSantis the day he entered the race. I don't understand the Trump love. Was it the way he prosecuted Hillary? Built the wall? Signed every spending bill Pelosi sent his way? Added 7 trillion to the debt?

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:50 PM (DB16e)

291 Posted by: Nikki! at December 21, 2023 05:46 PM

Good think the CIC stopped that from happening! Of the "summer of saint floyd" riots? "LAW and ORDER" really did the trick.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 21, 2023 05:52 PM (DB16e)

292 I'm a 4th-generation Coloradoan, my kids are 5th gen.

My ancestors helped found Aspen, and have been involved in mining, ranching and guiding in this state forever, but I now want to flee in disgust.

Take it you damn Californians and New Yorkers. Enjoy the coming cesspool.

Posted by: NotEnoughLampposts at December 21, 2023 06:00 PM (cdZKT)

293 No Standing.

No Standing to all other states.

Colorado will determine our rulers.

And so will Pennsylvania and their corruption, Mr. Texas!

How dare you question anything! Dominion is honest as the day is long. No Standing! We will bring courts to sue you questioning our forthrightness Mr. Giulliani! Questioning us is INSURRECTION!!!

Posted by: The Courts at December 21, 2023 06:08 PM (LaNzR)

294 Elric makes an excellent point...

"Serious question: Are we actually better off if all states go hog-wild striking the candidate they don't like off the ballot? "

I have always thought a different tack would be better.
--All of California's Electoral Votes are null and void, as their voter rolls are so obviously error-ridden and fraudulent. Then go through the swing states...

Posted by: Gunslinger at December 21, 2023 06:09 PM (cWet5)

295 If parents wanted to defend education, they'd yank their children out of government schools and advocate to dismantle the system.

Government cannot solve social and economic problems. No matter how we redistribute wealth.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 21, 2023 08:40 PM (K1VPD)

296 Colorado may also be referred to as East California

Posted by: griff at December 21, 2023 08:42 PM (iWXHo)

297 "You really can't really read Instapundit site comments or participate on these things - there is a paid leftwing blog spam group that collectively call themselves "Johnny" that whose compensated mission is to clog all posting on these PJM sites.

You could solve this by moving away from Discus..."

I wouldn't bet against the possibility that "Johnny" is not internal to Discus. That company is headquartered in SF. [Software weenies in SF]=[So far left the center is out of sight] DAMHIK.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 21, 2023 11:42 PM (9WT2E)

298 Hey, asswipe Ace, I read your column here and I’m more firmly convinced than ever that you are a full of shit hypocrite, or an idiot high on dope.

Because while you claim the Democrats, in this case the Colorado Supreme Court, are fomenting a societal crisis, your chosen candidate, an increasingly unattractive meatball on stilts, is publicly stating that what the Colorado Supreme Court did is in effect fine with him because he’ll remain in the Colorado GOP primary and participate if it goes on without Trump, because meatball is on the Democrats’s approved candidates list.

The moronic meatball claims that maybe Florida would remove Biden from the ballot but we all know that is bee ess. What’s priceless is the, yes, moronic, meatball taking the same tack asswipe CBD and you take by claiming what the Democrats are doing is helping Trump and hurting poor meatball. What bee ess. Again, when someone takes a shot at the orange bad man, which as Tucker and others much smarter and aware than idiots on dope like you are, that argument will be even more insane.

Have a Happy Christmas and New Year, why don’t you share all the news coming out the DeSantis campaign?

Posted by: Not Fat Dumb Ron at December 22, 2023 01:34 AM (GkHES)

299 Take it you damn Californians and New Yorkers. Enjoy the coming cesspool.
Posted by: NotEno

colorado is way overrated, having stayed where somebody had you is not something to brag over

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 09:28 PM (RjBju)

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