The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/18/24

Good morning, kids. There are a number of things popping this morning that are each worthy of their own editorial. Alas, the Ace "quick hits" thing is not really my style, so I shall endeavor to hit upon a theme and attempt to weave the other stories in, hopefully in some sort of coherent fashion. Meh. Coherency is overrated, am I right? Here we go:

Right off the bat, while the world is looking at the tension on the Golan Heights between Israel and Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon, which means Iran-controlled Lebanon, 2,000 miles to east apparently is where the action is. How many of you had an Iran vs Pakistan war on your bingo cards? Ho Lee Fook:

Pakistan announced early on Thursday morning local time that it had carried out military strikes inside of Iran after Iran killed innocent civilians inside Pakistan earlier this week during military strikes against a Pakistani militant group.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that the strikes were “highly coordinated” and specifically targeted “terrorist hideouts” in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran. The operation, codenamed Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar, killed numerous terrorists inside Iran, the statement said.
“Over the last several years, in our engagements with Iran, Pakistan has consistently shared its serious concerns about the safe havens and sanctuaries enjoyed by Pakistani origin terrorists calling themselves *Sarmachars* on the ungoverned spaces inside Iran,” the statement said. “Pakistan also shared multiple dossiers with concrete evidence of the presence and activities of these terrorists.” Pakistan said that Iran did not take the information seriously, did not act, and thus those terrorists have killed innocent Pakistanis. . .
. . . The statement took a swipe at Iran, saying that Pakistan “fully respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Earlier in the week, Pakistan condemned Iran for violating its sovereignty when Iran launched its strikes. The statement took a swipe at Iran, saying that Pakistan “fully respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Earlier in the week, Pakistan condemned Iran for violating its sovereignty when Iran launched its strikes."
“As a responsible member of the international community, Pakistan upholds the principles and purposes of the UN Charter including territorial integrity and sovereignty of member states,” the statement said. “Guided by these principles, and in exercise of our legitimate rights within international law, Pakistan will never allow its sovereignty and territorial integrity to be challenged, under any pretext or circumstances.”

Funny, that's what Israel said in the wake of 10/7. I'm sure the Pakistani delegation in Turtle Bay will rush to Israel's defense there and at the World Court. If you believe that, I have a 2,000 mile long 30-foot high concrete reinforced steel wall between San Diego and Padre Island I can let you have, cheap (more on that issue in a moment)! As I always say, you can never know the future. The Iran-Pakistan dust-up comes completely out of the blue, and perhaps it's just the distraction Israel needs to finish the job in Gaza and then perhaps roll north to roll over Hezbollah. Certainly removes or seriously hampers the threat from Iran.

That said, it should be noted that Pakistan is a nuclear power. Should this incident roll on with ever-increasing tit for tat strikes resulting in full scale war . . . Oh boy. I'm waiting for Lindsey Graham and Nikki Haley to tell us how we must give aid to the Pakistanis and send our armed forces to fight over there. Which would be funny since no doubt Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinken would be advising us to fight alongside the Mullahs, even as Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants can't decide if the Houthis are terrorists or not while simultaneously hurling cruise missiles at their empty tents. Empty because his underlings gave them advance warning.

What an abject clusterfuck of incompetence, ideology, ideologically-driven incompetence or just plain old having the intellect of the bastard child of Claudine Gay and Fetterman's goiter. Apologies. John Fetterman may be a Leftist, but for whatever reason he has taken the 100% correct stand regarding the State of Israel.

Unlike Blinken and the Foggy Bottom bottom-dwellers.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas — that there is no “military solution,” and that Israel will have to accept a "Palestinian" state. Netanyahu reportedly rejected the idea. . .
. . . Blinken faces two obstacles: one, that Israelis believe that they are, in fact, capable of winning the war, and that they are doing so; two, that Palestinians themselves do not want a state more than they want to destroy Israel, meaning a state is doomed to fail.
Many left-wing Israelis who once considered themselves “more 'Palestinian' than the 'Palestinians'” now see all Palestinians as a potential threat.
According to Gallup, nearly two-thirds of Israelis now oppose a Palestinian state, given what Hamas did to them, and to Gaza — and given the pro-terror sympathies of the corrupt Palestinian Authority, which governs most Palestinians in the West Bank. That is a radical reversal from the position of most Israelis just a decade ago, when “twice as many Israeli adults supported an independent Palestinian state (61%) as opposed one (30%).” Hamas’s rocket and terror attacks are responsible for the change.
Blinken and [spurious fraud "president"] Joe Biden are committed to the old, failed model of Middle East peacemaking, in which the Palestinian issue must precede all others. President Donald Trump rejected that idea — and the result was the historic Abraham Accords. Now, Biden and Blinken are trying to make new peace agreements — such as a Saudi-Israeli peace deal — contingent on the creation of a "Palestinian" state. And Blinken is casting Israelis as if they are not ready for peace, in contrast to the Arab world.
That is a total inversion of the truth, according to opinion polls, which suggest that the vast majority of Palestinians support Hamas’s terror attack of October 7. Arab public opinion is similar, though the Abraham Accords have remained intact so far. NBC News also reports that Blinken is pushing a deal in which Saudi Arabia would agree to normalized relations with Israel in return for a "Palestinian" state. Ironically, Saudi Arabia was on the verge of a deal without a "Palestinian" state before October 7.
It was the Biden [junta]. according to one report, that actually stalled that deal by insisting on additional concessions to the "Palestinians" — concessions that the Saudis did not demand and for which the "Palestinians" did not agree to any compromises."

The old adage that "The process is the punishment" applies when it comes to the never-ending Middle East "Peace Process." A two-state solution will result in another Final Solution for Israel. What all this garbage boils down to is that Blinken via Biden via Obama is doing is demanding Israel surrender. And surrender now sooner or later will result in Israel being attacked again as badly or likely worse than on 10/7. Perhaps by an Iranian nuke.

If I were Bibi, in no uncertain terms I'd tell Blinken to relay the message to Obama via Biden to go piss up a rope. Then tell him he has one hour to get his filthy self-gassing cadaver the fuck out of the Holy Land or risk arrest as an enemy agent. Enough. Dayaynu. Genucht. And a hearty vayr ge hargit, paskudnyak momzer, for good measure.

Psaki-psircling back to the border, the gravamen of yesterday's disquisition centered on the standoff between Texas and the DC junta. Evidently, Abbott and Paxton are not flinching.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Army National Guard soldiers remain posted at temporary gates erected at the entrance to a city-owned park along the Rio Grande. The park was seized by order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and closed off to Border Patrol agents unless their entrance into the area is first coordinated with state law enforcement and the Texas Military Department.
The state appears to be standing firm as a Biden [junta] deadline of “the end of the day” for the state to remove the gates and allow unimpeded access to the Border Patrol approaches. General Counsel Jonathan Meyer, on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, communicated it to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a letter on January 10. . .
. . . In response to the demands made by the Department of Homeland Security in Counsel Meyer’s demand to grant unimpeded access to the Border Patrol, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded in a letter on Wednesday. In his response to DHS, Paxton disputed the arguments made in their cease and desist letter, saying:
Texas allows prompt entry into Shelby Park by any U.S. Border Patrol personnel responding to a medical emergency, and this access is not “limited to use of the boat ramp,” as you say. TMD has ordered its Guardsmen not to impede lifesaving care for aliens who illegally cross the Rio Grande. To that end, TMD has erected gates that allow for rapid admission when federal personnel communicate the existence of some medical exigency.
Paxton went on to say:
[Fake spurious "president"] Biden has been warned in a series of letters, one of them hand-delivered to him in El Paso, that his sustained dereliction of duty in securing the border is illegal. By instructing your agency and others to ignore federal immigration laws, he has breached the guarantee, found in Article IV, § 4 of the U.S. Constitution, that the federal government “shall protect each of [the States] against Invasion.”
. . . Although tensions continue to build between the State of Texas and the Biden [junta] over the use and access of the park by the Border Patrol, the tensions appear to be much less visible at the park itself. Migrant crossings had reduced to a near trickle in the area compared to December when a record-breaking 71,000 migrants crossed the Rio Grande into the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector — most choosing to cross in Eagle Pass.

That means Governor Abbott's defiance and direct action to protect the citizens of Texas, and by extension the real, legal citizens of what's left of the United States, is working. And the Junta cannot abide by that. Funny how scumbags like Brandon Johnson, Eric Adams, Kathy Hochul and every other filthy Democrat bitching about how their sanctuary policies are eating them alive are ripping Abbott for doing what will actually solve their problems: that is sealing the fucking border.

As I stated yesterday and discussed with CBD on the latest episode of the podcast (click here or look in the sidebar). This is arguably not only the winning issue for the GOP and Trump for 2024, but it can be among the issues that can drive a grassroots across the board political sea change that can halt the driving of America off the cliff. With that said, here's something to kick us in the nuts and then stomp on our heads:

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration that would include tens of billions in foreign aid to Ukraine.
The retreat would hand the White House a key election year win and surrender the best leverage Republicans have had in decades to make substantive changes in border policies that could alleviate one of the American people’s greatest concerns potentially for generations.
Senate negotiators have led efforts for months to pair some sort of border security package with billions of supplemental funding, primarily to advance Ukraine’s floundering war efforts against Russia. The war has been deadlocked for almost a year, with untold hundreds of billions spent and countless lives lost.
Yet hesitancy for more foreign aid and demands for a truly substantive border package from Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Republican House led to the search for a compromise on the two issues. Leaked details of the deal, which essentially amount to a surrender at the border, have received widespread condemnation, with Johnson indicating he will not move that bill through the House.
On Wednesday, Biden is hosting Congressional leaders at the White House to flex his muscles and pressure Johnson to surrender. Thune’s latest position appears supportive of Biden’s tactics, insisting that the leaked deal is worth supporting. . .
. . . within days, Thune apparently had reversed his position, saying “there isn’t anything that has been settled” when it comes to the idea of tying Ukraine assistance to specific border benchmarks. “There is a concern — and a valid one — that anything we pass won’t be enforced by this administration,” he said. “And if you don’t have some appropriate metrics and consequences, you can put all the best policy out there but they’ll just ignore it.”
Those comments contradict Thune’s latest position, echoing his ally, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), that progress on the border in a future Trump administration would be impossible.

If anyone insists on labeling the GOP the stupid party please leave the room. They are not stupid. They are complicit in our destruction. Thune is likely McYertle's successor. He won't let go of the reins until he's embalmed, but that's another sordid tale emblematic of the corrupt whorehouse that is our government.

Bargaining for wasting blood and treasure to preserve the most corrupt kleptocracy on the planet and continue to piss off nuclear-armed Putin in exchange for the Wimpy Tuesday hamburger promise of "just the tip" in Gang of 8 Amnesty Rape 2: Simpson-Mazzoli Psyche! Boogaloo, is insane.

To hell with Ukrainian territorial integrity when we have erased our own and allowed an invasion of millions who will one day soon completely subsume what's left of our culture and heritage in exchange for being Democrat-Leftist serfs. The only thing that our leaders, that is if we really had any, should say is No. Hell no. And we demand a sealed border and the immediate ramping up deportations of everyone here illegally. As for Thune, I'd like to rip McConnell's arms from their sockets and beat Thune to death with them. Rhetorically speaking, of course.

About the only person on our side who even comes close to taking this stand (that last sentence notwithstanding) is, you guessed it, Donald J.Trump. In fairness to DeSantis, he has also sent the illegals up north as has Abbott. Nikki Haley is John Thune with a slightly less sagging ass.

That said, (singing) "Mister we could use a man like Javier Millei again!. . . " Actually, in perpetuity.

“I am here today to tell you that the West is in danger. It is in danger because those who are supposed to uphold the values of the West find themselves co-opted by a worldview that inexorably leads to socialism, and consequently, to poverty,” Milei said in the opening of his speech.
The Argentine president lamented that world leaders have abandoned the ideas of freedom, embracing instead several versions of leftism which he categorized as being versions of the same ideology of “collectivism.”
. . . “We are here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world but, on the contrary, they are their cause,” Milei said. “Believe me, there is no one better than us Argentines to bear witness to these two issues.” Milei continued by recounting how Argentina, after having become a world power in 1860, had seen itself become impoverished over the past 100 years by embracing collectivist ideas.
“They say that capitalism is bad because it is individualistic and that collectivism is good because it is altruistic, and consequently they strive for ‘social justice.’ Milei said. “But this concept, which in the first world has become fashionable in the last decade, has been a constant in my country’s political discourse for more than 80 years.” . . . The problem is that social justice is not only not fair, but also does not contribute to the general welfare. On the contrary, it is an intrinsically unjust idea, because it is violent. It is unjust because the state is financed by taxes and taxes are levied coercively — or can any of us choose not to pay taxes? Which means that the state is financed through coercion, and the greater the tax burden, the greater the coercion.”
. . . The essential problem of the West today is that we must not only confront those who, even after the fall of the [Berlin] wall and the overwhelming empirical evidence, continue to strive for impoverishing socialism, but also our own leaders, thinkers and academics who, under a mistaken theoretical framework, undermine the foundations of the system that has given us the greatest expansion of wealth and prosperity in our history. . .
. . . “Do not let yourselves be intimidated, do not surrender to a political class that only wants to remain in power,” Milei said. “You are social benefactors, you are heroes, you are the creators of the most extraordinary period of prosperity that we have ever experienced. Let no one tell you that your ambition is immoral.”
Milei concluded his speech with his now widely famous catchphrase: “¡Viva la libertad, carajo!” which roughly translates to “Long live liberty, damn it!”

Abso-fucking-lutely goddam right.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Margot Cleveland: "While you may not care about fisheries, you should care about Chevron deference, which gives too much power to unelected bureaucrats."
How Disgruntled Fishermen Could Prompt SCOTUS to Capsize the Administrative State
"This case will have a huge and lasting ripple effect on future taxation."
Moore v. US: Income Tax’s Roe v. Wade
"This family did not deserve what the CHOA and child welfare have done to them. They deserved a basic standard of care at a hospital that has sworn to heal and not harm. . . If hospitals continue to behave this way in bad faith and treat parents as criminals, what parent in their right mind would bring a child to the ER? And what are we supposed to do instead? This is an outrageous and unacceptable situation that cannot continue."
Medical Kidnap in Georgia? Another Children's Hospital and Child Welfare Embroiled in Controversy
Victor Davis Hanson: "To enact its unpopular agendas, the progressive movement must scare the people silly and gin up chaos to destroy its perceived enemies—any crisis it can." (An otherwise good essay marred by a horribly misleading title - jjs)
The Hysterical Style in American Politics

ISRAEL AT WAR

"I don’t know when the war in the north is, I can tell you that the likelihood of it happening in the coming months is much higher than it was in the past, I can tell you that I think we are starting it with many more advantages."
IDF Chief of Staff: War with Lebanon Closer than Ever Before
"Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas — that there is no 'military solution,' and that Israel will have to accept a Palestinian state. Netanyahu reportedly rejected the idea." (Bibi should've told him to go piss up a rope and given him 3 hours to get the hell out of the country or he'd be arrested and shot as an enemy agent - jjs)
Surrender: Blinken Tells Netanyahu Israel Can’t Defeat Hamas
"The Dreyfus Affair again."
The International Court of Justice Trial Against Israel
"The Israelites, tormented by their thirst for peace, see a mirage of peace in a desert of hatred."
The Explosion of Anti-Semitism Caught Israel Off Guard
"Calling for Israelis to commit suicide."
The Jew-Hating "Two-State" Fantasy
"But there was against Jews in Gaza."
There is No "Ethnic Cleansing Going On in Israel

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Nerdeen Kiswani: “Our medical institutions are not innocent bystanders.” (You mean the hospitals in Gaza? Bombs away, IDF! - jjs)
Anti-Israel Leader: Taunting NYC Child Cancer Patients Justified Because Hospital Received Donation From “Zionist”
Robert Spencer: ". . . whatever El-Kurd really meant, there were thousands of people at that London rally who heard him say, 'We must normalize massacres as the status quo,' and given the rising bloodlust among both leftists and their jihadi allies, it is likely that many were nodding their heads in agreement."
Commie Rag’s "Palestine Correspondent" Gives Us a Dark Hint of What’s Coming
Dennis Prager: "People who say that men give birth also say that Israel is the villain because these positions emanate from the same aim: the destruction of Western civilization."
If You Say Men Give Birth, We Know Your Position on Hamas
Robert Spencer: "Those who claim to be 'marginalized' have all the power – and use it ruthlessly."
First Plagiarism, Now Lying: What’s Happening to America’s Universities? (Happening? Happened. - jjs)
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Yes, fine, Hamas did it. But the deeper truth is more important, and scarier for Americans.'
Uncomfortable Truths about 10/7
Lloyd Billingsley: "Long past time for Canadians to push back."
Canada’s Terror TV
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Betsy McCaughey: "'I can't believe this is happening in our country today'. . . Believe it.
Anti-Semitism From the Left (Pardon the redundancy - jjs)
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
"While big media aren't very interested in charges of Biden family corruption, voters are."
Corruption Charges (Still) Loom as Major Barrier to Biden Reelection in 2024: I&I/TIPP Poll
Miranda Devine: "Stunts are all the Bidens and their defenders, like Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), have left to try to distract from damaging evidence piling up about [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s corrupt involvement in his family’s foreign-influence-peddling scheme, which reaped millions of dollars from China, Russia, Ukraine and other corrupt countries. The latest ruse from Raskin, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, is to claim Biden’s sins are actually his predecessor’s, unveiling a mendacious 'report' last week claiming that Trump corruptly raked in millions from foreign governments when he was president."
Firing Back at Hunter Biden’s Bullshit Games as Drama Over His Congressional Subpoena Drags On
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The penalty phase of Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll’s civil case against Trump kicked off this week, just as Trump comes off a historic victory in the Iowa caucuses, besting his closest rival by nearly 30 percentage points. But on Wednesday, things got heated in the courtroom after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan essentially threatened to throw Trump out of the courtroom.
Trump to Judge in E. Jean Carroll Trial: I Would "Love It" if You Threw Me Out of Courtroom
In addition to Carroll’s admission over the far-left plot against Trump, she also disclosed under questioning by her own counsel that she told friends and colleagues she was okay, despite the President’s denials over sexually abusing her in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room in the mid-90s. When questioned about her upbeat demeanor, she responded in court on Wednesday: “That’s the public E. Jean.”
E Jean Carroll Admits She Told Trump Stories Because Her "Book Was Not Selling," Confirms George "200 Chins" Conway Convinced Her to Sue
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“This kind of pervasive financial surveillance, carried out in coordination with and at the request of federal law enforcement, into Americans’ private transactions is alarming and raises serious doubts about FinCEN’s respect for fundamental civil liberties,” Jordan’s letter adds. (Call me when Jordan et al start proclaiming loudly that there was no insurrection and that it was a Federal op to entrap and persecute innocent Americans - jjs)
Feds Used J6 to Conduct Mass Surveillance on Bank Transactions Flagged with Terms Like "Trump," "MAGA": Jim Jordan
Goldman, who before coming to Congress served as an attorney for House Democrats’ impeachment efforts of Trump, accuses the House Republican Conference Chair of supporting “insurrectionists.”
In a press release heavier on copied and pasted poll-tested Democrat rhetoric than actual substance, Goldman accuses Stefanik of “putting her personal ambitions over her integrity,” calling her “Donald Trump’s biggest congressional cheerleader.”
Lying Sack of Shit Dan Goldman Moves to Censure Elise Stefanik, "Trump’s Biggest Congressional Cheerleader"
“We’ve got a guy right now, the former president, running for office openly saying that he promises to essentially be a dictator. A person running to enter back into the White House who is proud that he stripped Americans, women of the right to make decisions about their own body. A person running to become the commander in chief who is admitting he would weaponize the Department of Justice.” (Project much, mega-fluffer? - jjs)
Chlamydia Harris: "We Should All Be Scared" if Trump Elected — Our Freedoms Are at Stake
Robert Zimmerman: "Thus, we must not be surprised when (not if) we see even more violence as a run-up to the 2024 elections. All signs point to a major legal election victory for the Republicans. To the left, such a victory is the equivalent of violence against them, which then justifies by them real violence to oppose it."
The Lawless Left
"Don’t think for a minute that the Left feels any shame after being called out or criticized for the outcomes of their big DEI push on our culture."
The DEI Double-Down
Christopher Rufo: "The only hope for a diverse nation is a regime of colorblind equality." (And the complete elimination of the Democrat Party and Leftism - jjs)
A New Civil Rights Agenda
"It’s not enough to go along with the crazy. It’s not enough to tolerate it. You must believe it."
A Government that Sows Division and Subsidizes Madness
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration that would include tens of billions in foreign aid to Ukraine. The retreat would hand the White House a key election year win and surrender the best leverage Republicans have had in decades to make substantive changes in border policies that could alleviate one of the American people’s greatest concerns potentially for generations."
(Thune is McYertle's likely successor. And he's as much a globalist open border backstabbing cocksucking fraud as Mitch - jjs)
McConnell Ally John Thune Pushes Senate Open Borders Deal: "Unique Moment in Time"
"The state appears to be standing firm as a Biden [junta] deadline of 'the end of the day' for the state to remove the gates and allow unimpeded access to the Border Patrol approaches. General Counsel Jonathan Meyer, on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, communicated it to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a letter on January 10."
BORDER SHOWDOWN: Texas to Defy Biden Junta's Order to Give Feds Access to Park Along Rio Grande
The group of party defectors joined with all voting Republicans in passing a resolution introduced by Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX). Twelve Democrats and nine Republicans did not vote. In addition to denouncing the policies, the resolution condemned the “national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border” and urged [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden to “end his [junta's] open-borders policies.”
14 House Democrats Vote to Denounce Biden Junta "Open-Borders Policies"
"The court granted the en banc hearing, which will consist of all the appellate court’s judges. It is scheduled for May 2024."
Border Crisis: 5th Circuit Allows Texas to Keep Buoys for Now
“You talk about intentional trauma and that the Trump administration caused intentional trauma by separating these children from their quote unquote parents. The fact is that one, you don’t know these people? Why are you laughing? Mr. Bier, why are you laughing?” [Anna] Paulina Luna asked while emphasizing her concern for the trafficking of migrant children.
"Why Are You Laughing?": GOP Rep Spars With Immigration Witness Over Whether Fraudulent Migrant Families Cross Border
It remains unanswered how police in New Hampshire constitutionally could determine the immigration status of someone they have pulled over for a violation of their myriad traffic statutes, but that is just one of the considerations at play here. Larger is the long-fought, dynamic battle between “conservatives” and “liberals” when it comes to migrants being added to voter rolls in nearby Massachusetts.
NH Bill Would Ban Illegal Aliens From Using Out-of-State Driver’s Licenses
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Not one news agency reported on the evidence provided by the IDF."
How the Media Reported on Two Terrorists Who Worked as Journalists

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"Peterson was ordered to undergo a 'specified continuing education or remedial program' after he criticized transgender ideology, climate alarmism, and the Canadian government. The College of Psychologists of Ontario, which has embraced radical gender theory in recent years, has threatened to remove Peterson’s clinical psychology license over his social media activity if he did not go through the mandated training." Jordan Peterson Fires Back After Court Dismisses His Appeal of Mandated Social Media Training: "The War Has Barely Started"
"The British CNN chief is a former President and CEO of The New York Times and, before that, Director-General and CEO of the state-owned BBC and Channel 4 in his home country. He will be hoping any new subscription model he adopts does not go the way of the CNN+ streaming service, which tanked within a month of being launched in 2022."
XiNN May Start Charging to Watch News Clips on Cell Phones
"ProPublica spent nearly a year dragging Thomas through the mud for a number of allegations but failed to investigate any leftist justices."
Where Was "Neutral" ProPublica onOn Ketanji Brown "25" Jackson’s Ethics Violations

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"Whenever they oppose age verification laws, Big Tech pretends that they genuinely care about your privacy."
Why is Big Tech Claiming That it Has a First Amendment Right to Violate Your Kids' Privacy?
U.S. policy regarding AI is increasingly a concern to voters and government officials alike. Former President Donald Trump warned recently that the technology could be “very dangerous for our country” in a post on Truth Social. He pointed to the use of fake — but incredibly realistic — images generated by AI tools which could be used to influence U.S. elections.
IBM CEO: "Either Embrace AI or Lose Your Job"
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"If the duly elected president’s directives don’t matter at all regarding Climate Change™ policy, who or what does? And whence does that entity justifiably derive its authority?" (Meh, Kerry's farting in public again, only out of his mouth. Which is what he always does - jjs)
John Kerry Goes Full Davos Totalitarian: No Politician Can Reverse Climate Change Policy
"These control freaks also insist that commercial space must follow standards of diversity, inclusion, and equity. 'This has been for too long dominated by old white men,” [Caulfield] said. “We’ve got to change that.'”
College Professors Insist All Private Activity in Space Must Be Regulated by Them
". . . the fatal flaw underlying the concept under consideration is the attempt to create economic value from processes not backed by economic activity. First, NACs are private entities which make a business out of reducing economic activity. Second, NACs rely on untested methods of accounting which we do not believe have any place in the public markets. Third, NACs present serious national security concerns.” (this is like weaponizing Wickard v. Filburn - jjs)
State Officials Urge Biden Junta to Reject New Rules That Could Be "Catastrophic" for Rural Americans
"Gotta love climate alarmists. Well actually, you don’t. But, they’ve created a religion all to themselves where they literally believe that food just appears and that any type of method that grows food should be a crime. I didn’t misspeak. They actually think that."
Climate Crackpot Alarmist Calls Farming and Fishing "Ecocide" at World Economic Forum
". . . if only 11 percent of current farmland were turned to restoration, all of the supposed excess carbon emissions of man would be absorbed. And food would be nutritious again. Note to the WEFers: get on board or go extinct."
Restoring the Soil to Make the Deserts Bloom
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"The dismissal motion was a long shot, confirming that the grand jury's decision was not surprising. Penny has several motions before the judge, including suppressing some statements he made to the police and evidence that might be misinterpreted by the prosecution. I doubt whether Penny is going to plead unless no jail time is involved. Given the racial character of the prosecution, that's not likely."
Judge Denies Subway Hero Daniel Penny's Motion to Dismiss His Case
"I love Manhattan jurors — they’re deliberate, they’re educated, they understand the concept of reasonable doubt and they’re not going in there to write racial wrongs. That is, you know, for the Al Sharpton ‘s of the world, that’s for the crazies outside the courthouse — it has nothing to do, in my opinion, uh, with what’s going on in the courtroom. [The] jury will follow the law in this case and the reality is the law is — couldn’t be any more on my client’s side.” (Of course he has to say this, but still. Oh boy. - jjs)
Daniel Penny’s Attorney Explains Why He’s Optimistic Manhattan Jury Won’t Try to "Right Racial Wrongs" in His Case
"The spike comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) and Mayor London Breed (D.) made the city’s drug crisis a political priority, with Newsom sending in the state’s national guard and highway patrol to try to stymie fentanyl trafficking. In October, he announced an anti-opioid task force for San Francisco."
San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Spiked to Record High In 2023
"New mayor vows to clean up decades of neglect and abuse." (Pfft. Another Democrat and they still have Soros DA Larry Krasner - jjs)
Democrats Scramble to Clean up Philadelphia
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Just one month before the CDC shelved the draft alert addressing concerns over rising myocarditis cases, the government agency used the HAN system to distribute a notice regarding connections between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and blood clotting and low platelet levels in some patients. Some health professionals say this points to a double standard."
CDC Axed Alert Warning of Connection Between Heart Inflammation and COVID-19 Vaccines
"The sequence was even submitted to a U.S. database, but it was deleted when U.S. officials began asking questions about it."
CCP Scientists Submitted COVID Sequence to Database Weeks Before Admitting They Had One, Then Deleted It
SECOND AMENDMENT
During an election year? When their party is on the ropes nationally? In a swing state where hunting is a thing? Awesome! At least if the PA GOP is smart enough to run on it - jjs
Pennsylvania House Democrats Advance "Assault Weapons" Ban, Other Gun Controls
"My advice to you is that anytime Rep. Goldman says anything, demand payment in full, cash upfront and on the table before you begin to take him seriously. And probably not even then."
Is Rep. Dan Goldman the Most Aggressively Wrong Idiot on Capitol Hill
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Decision of Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appels said Indiana must allow transgender students to use school bathroom consistent with their gender identity – ACLU calls it a “victory” for transgender rights. (If Indiana had balls, no pun, they'd order their schools to disregard the ruling - jjs)
Supreme Court Declines to Review Lower Court’s Decision in Key Transgender Case – ACLU Declares “Victory”
"The responsibility for the destruction of the Ivy League lies not with wokeness nor diversity hires nor a naive donor class, but with the people who are supposed to be keeping the lights on."
How and Why the Ivy League Will Die
"Sources say Heather Gerken, who has weathered free speech and anti-Semitism scandals as dean of Yale Law School, is in the running to succeed Peter Salovey."
Pickled: The Yale Law School Dean Who Presided Over the "Trap House" Scandal iss Now Under Consideration to Be the University’s Next President
ABORTION
"She is a progressive pro-life activist and a 2024 presidential candidate."
Meet Terrisa Bukovinac, the Democrat Standing Up to Biden’s Abortion Extremism
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"If passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, SB 355 would make Georgia the sixth state to ban the use of ranked-choice voting in elections."
Georgia Republicans Introduce Bill to Stop Ranked-Choice Voting From "Disenfranchising" Voters
"Arizona Democrats are exploiting a loophole that lets non-citizens cast a ballot in the 2024 election."
Will Illegal Aliens Choose the 2024 Republican Nominee in Arizona?
"The ruling ultimately could be tested at the state [WI State] Supreme Court, where left-leaning justices hold a slim 4-3 majority. "
Judge: Racine, Wisconsin’s Voting Van Unfairly Benefited Democrats and Was "Contrary to Law"
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Dems sunk acting labor secretary's nomination over perceived favoritism toward unions."
Labor Sec Nominee Julie Su Hobnobbed with Union Leaders Ahead of Union-Backed Crackdown on Independent Contractors, Calendars Show
POLITICS
He could do a hell of a lot worse. The question is, can he do better? Discuss! - jjs
Trump Considering Elise Stefanik For VP: Report
"There is no path for me to be the next president," the thirty-something entrepreneur said when he dropped out of the primary on Monday. But what if he thought it over and calculated that there was a path for him to be the next vice president — and then the top of the Republican ticket in 2028? What if he went to Trump with that proposal? If that's his plan, then he has been extremely cunning in getting himself in front of Trump ahead of the curve. Brilliant move, in that case.
VEEP WATCH: Trump Shreds Haley in Series of Emails, Plus Vivek's Masterstroke?
Scott McKay: "He must destroy Nikki Haley as a political entity."
DeSantis Must Stay in the Race
"I think it's safe to say that if Harris and Ramaswamy ever meet on the debate stage, it's going to be nothing but pure hilarity from start to finish. He would truly chew her up and spit her out. Her responses to his answers would be that nervous cackle she always does, followed by a word salad made up of random phrases strung together in sentences."
Vivek Ramaswamy Unveils Strategy He'd Use to Destroy Kamala Harris in VP Debate
"She needs a game changer to beat Trump."
Will Haley’s Comet Hit Earth?
A Democrat, Dimon made the comments while explaining that his Party is too quick to vilify the MAGA movement and its supporters. “I wish the Democrats would think a little bit more carefully when they talk about MAGA,” he said. “When people say MAGA, they’re actually looking at people who voted for Trump, and they’re basically scapegoating them, that you are like him,” Dimon continued. “I think this negative talk about MAGA is going to hurt Biden’s reelection campaign.”
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: Trump "Wasn’t Wrong" on Critical Issues
"No American president or major party nominee, perhaps since Abraham Lincoln, has ever carried more scars of office than Donald Trump."
Donald Trump and the Fate of the Nation
"All we can do is hope and pray that the last stage, is real."
The Left’s Stages of Grief Over the Iowa Caucuses
Prof. Scala points to the perceived weakness and inaction of the Biden [junta] both at home and abroad as a key drive behind Trump’s recovery among college-educated voters. “I think a lot of college-educated Republicans say, ‘Yeah, he tweeted too much, he was out of control sometimes, but there was strength there,” Scala said.
DATA: Trump’s Great Turnaround With College-Educated Voters
"Dave McCormick said he can see himself teaming up with them on key issues if he is to win." (Aside from Democrat-sanctioned anti-Semitism, we have zero in common with Fetterman. Wake up McCormick - jjs)
"Could Be Good Allies": GOP Pennsylvania Senate Contender Dave McCormick Praises John Fetterman’s "Moral Clarity"
"The emerging right-wing political ethos among Gen Z largely manifests as a response to the dominance of liberal ideals across nearly every facet of life."
Why Gen Z Conservatives are Drawn to Unorthodox Political Outsiders
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
“If I were asked by Democrats what to do, my advice would be to accommodate Republican views on the border issue and create a package with four elements: support for Ukraine, support for Israel, support for Taiwan, and solve the border issue,” said Fogh-Rasmussen, who is also a former Prime Minister of Denmark.
FOGH-REIGN INTERFERENCE: Ex NATO Chief Tells Biden to Cut Deal to Aid Ukraine, Beat Trump
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The Iranian regime celebrated the attack as its most impressive projection of force to date, comparing the attack to airstrikes conducted by the U.S. and other Western nations against terrorist forces. 'Pakistan strongly condemns the unprovoked violation of its airspace by Iran and the strike inside Pakistani territory which resulted in the death of two innocent children while injuring three girls,' said Wednesday’s statement from Islamabad."
Iran Bombs Nuclear-Armed Pakistan, Triggering Diplomatic Crisis
“As a responsible member of the international community, Pakistan upholds the principles and purposes of the UN Charter including territorial integrity and sovereignty of member states,” the statement said. “Guided by these principles, and in exercise of our legitimate rights within international law, Pakistan will never allow its sovereignty and territorial integrity to be challenged, under any pretext or circumstances.” (Great! Now condemn Hamas and defend Israel for doing what you did! - jjs
Pakistan Carries Out Retaliatory Strikes Inside of Iran
"Federal statute does not criminalize support for the terrorist group or force banks to seize assets."
Bait and Switch': Biden Decision To Water Down Houthi Terror Designation Draws Outrage
"The U-turn simply represents another step in the collapse of his entire Mideast strategy, even as Iran’s strategy has it this close to going nuclear." (He wants them to have nukes. All his Houthi flip-flopping is because it's an election year and people are watching - jjs)
Biden U-Turns on Houthi Terrorists — Now Reverse Iran Appeasement

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“We are here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world but, on the contrary, they are their cause,” Milei said. “Believe me, there is no one better than us Argentines to bear witness to these two issues.”
Argentina’s Javier Milei Warns Davos to Abandon Socialism: "The West Is in Danger"
"The most effective rebuttal at Davos of its sirens of subjugation came from the newly elected president of Argentina. . . Milei’s scoff at people “motivated by the wish to belong to a privileged caste” was perhaps the ultimate face slap for the self-proclaimed saviors in Switzerland."
The Elite's Absurd Davos Crusade – Destroy Freedom to Save Humanity (More like enslave humanity, period - jjs
"A source from the prosecutor's office told AFP that Cesar Suarez was murdered in Guayaquil."
Ecuador Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating Gunmen Who Took Over Live TV Channel
"Despite the bouquets from media outlets like TIME, Blinken seems to possess an undisguised disdain for the actual practice of diplomacy."
Antony Blinken Is Overrated
While summit attendees are ostensibly focused on achieving lofty goals related to climate change, net-zero, and censoring speech for the greater good, the brisk trade done by escort service ‘Titt4Tat’ suggests many have ulterior motives.
Whores for Whores: Prostitutes "Completely Booked" Near Davos as Elites Attend World Economic Forum
“[EU prexy] Christine [Lagarde] speaks for herself. I think the flip side of it is that this is perhaps also a wake-up call for Europe,” said Hildebrand, suggesting a second Trump administration might prompt the EU to decide whether it wants “to be a kind of independent sovereign” or to have “great dependencies, whether on China or on the U.S.”
BlackRock Chief: 2nd Trump Term Pushes Europe Away from Dependency on US or China
"On the one hand, China is a juggernaut, while the U.S. is a laughingstock. On the other hand, China has serious internal problems."
With a Growing Demographic Collapse, the Biggest Threat to China is . . . China
"Abdi Mohamed, Sayid Mohamed, Abdullahi Osman, Omar Hussein, Soul Kwayke-Amgpomah, Damilola Odunoren, Emmanuel Sejilola, Mohammed Hamdani, Nahim Ahmed, Yousef Garef, and Amin Abdelkader, Minhaj Hussein, Ahmed Abdi, Faysal Jelali, Mohamed Khadir, Shamsi Ali, Sharmarke Ali, Isaaq Mohamud, Diego Farquharson, and Abdul Azizmohamed were all subsequently convicted of robbery."
31 Arrested, 21 Convicted Following Luxury Watch Robbery Sting Operations in London
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"With eyes on helping Democrats in the November elections, the mayor and governor are both postponing painful fiscal reckonings."
New York’s Budget Doubleheader
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"At the moment it is not clear why the number dropped, especially as it had been doubling every six months previously as more satellites were launched."
SpaceX’s Starlink: More satellites in orbit but fewer close encounters
"Researchers analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like surfboards and pool noodles – and are rarely round, like volleyballs or frisbees."
Webb confirms the unusual shape of early galaxies as seen by Hubble
"An open access paper published first in 2018, and updated in early 2024, described how we could soon get rid of our WiFi modems and use VLCs because they could be a much, much faster means of transmitting information digitally. Unlike WiFi, which uses radio waves to transmit data, VLC uses sources of light to send data back and forth between devices, which can be over 100 times faster than the latter."
Uh, Guys, Scientists Just Created Something We’ve Only Heard About in Superhero Movies. and It Changes Everything
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Daniel Greenfield: "Can a man’s face be racist?"
Black Puppeteer Sues for Being Accused of Blackface During Black History Month
"Many Jews recognize their exclusion from the ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ agenda, but they still don’t seem to recognize its danger."
Jews Waking Up to Hollywood’s Anti-Semitism Should Try to Destroy DEI, Not Join Its Ranks
Christian Toto: "Lorne Michaels suggests one SNL alum could take over sagging franchise." (It was dead when Tina Fey first started. It's been Leftist agitprop from Michaels all the way down to the studio janitor at least for 20 years, if not longer - jjs)
Is This Saturday Night Live’s Last Chance for Survival?
"A movie produced by the former president tries and fails to grasp the consequences of American empire."
Obama Flinches at His Own Legacy
In leftists' little segregated world, in which one race against one another at every turn, the fact that most of us are genetic mutts is, as Al Gore might put it, an awfully inconvenient truth."
Kunta Punta'd! Whoopsie: LeVar Burton Finds Out His Ancestor Was a White Confederate Soldier

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1 A grey day today

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 18, 2024 07:56 AM (hH3Px)

2 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 07:56 AM (lwOKI)

3 *insert stupid comment here*

Posted by: fd at January 18, 2024 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

4 AM Boxing lessons!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 07:57 AM (2yu8s)

5 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
NEW 🚨 Donald Trump: "Tonight, I am also making another promise to protect Americans from government tyranny. As your president, I will never allow the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 07:57 AM (2yu8s)

6 A gray day

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 18, 2024 07:58 AM (lTUrV)

7 And girthy

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 18, 2024 07:58 AM (lTUrV)

8 So, Ace is subbing for J.J.?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 18, 2024 07:58 AM (/HDaX)

9 No ones or zeros were harmed in the making of this digital currency.

Posted by: The Legal Department at January 18, 2024 07:59 AM (5xgau)

10 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 18, 2024 08:00 AM (R4t5M)

11 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2024 08:00 AM (9jCEt)

12 Good morning, Horde! It's a work from home day for me so I'm in a relatively good mood.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 18, 2024 08:00 AM (lXCUP)

13 I'm willing to compromise. Zero illegals in, deport those already here, and zero dollars for Ukraine.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:00 AM (qD2BX)

14 Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas
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Can you believe someone so stupid is allowed out on his own?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 18, 2024 08:01 AM (iyc2T)

15 Cup of my famous java?

Posted by: Steve Martin at January 18, 2024 08:01 AM (SfSWS)

16 "Marg Bar Sarmachar"

Catchy!

Posted by: Halfhand at January 18, 2024 08:02 AM (TTK8y)

17 SCOTUS capsizing the administrative state? I wish I could believe that. But I cannot.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:02 AM (b+7kE)

18 From 8 hours ago to 2 hours ago:

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 8h
BREAKING - Pakistan carried out ‘military strikes against terrorist hideouts’ in Iran — “This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Sistan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran,” a foreign ministry statement said, adding that a “number of terrorists were killed”

BREAKING: Seven killed in Pakistan strike on Iran (all non-Iranian nationals): state media

JUST IN - Pakistan became the first country to strike inside Iran since the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988

BREAKING: China says willing to mediate between Pakistan and Iran after strikes - AFP

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
BREAKING: Indian navy ship in Gulf of Aden responds to drone attack distress call from Marshall Island-flagged vessel

BREAKING: Pakistani warplanes, drones flew some 12 miles (20 km) inside Iran to hit terrorist hideouts with modern weapons, Anadolu Agency reports citing military sources

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:02 AM (2yu8s)

19 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 4h
JUST IN - Pakistan's armed forces are on "extremely high alert", any more "misadventure" from Iranian side will be met forcefully - Reuters citing top Pakistan security official

BREAKING: Precision strikes in Iran were carried out using killer drones, rockets, loitering munitions and stand-off weapons, Pakistan army says

Nine dead in Pakistan strikes on Iran: new toll

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
JUST IN - Footage of Pakistan's strike inside Iran
http://tinyurl.com/hcrf6y42
15 seconds; very LOUD; actually video of the rocket launch from Pak.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:02 AM (2yu8s)

20 These idiot republicans really think that allowing illegals in will save social security. It's the only explanation, unless they think destroying the country has some benefit for them. The democrats only want illegals to pad the population numbers for congressional districts, with no thought as to what it will do to the countrym

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:04 AM (qD2BX)

21 What Milei should have done is started his speech, "Gentlemen, I despise each and every one of you."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 18, 2024 08:04 AM (Angsy)

22 Meh. Coherency is overrated, am I right?

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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:05 AM (5GWDq)

23 Hola horde.

Posted by: Marooned at January 18, 2024 08:05 AM (kt8QE)

24 Yonder Horde

Iran's been flexing since 2020. Wonder what changed? /s

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 08:05 AM (Q4IgG)

25 Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden
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My disgust with McConnell's butt boy (and the GOP caucus) knows no bounds.

Hey Republicans! GFY.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 18, 2024 08:05 AM (NI3bR)

26 News chyron here just now: Pakistan says it conducted strikes inside Iran that targeted Baloch militants.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (2yu8s)

27 Iran's been flexing since 2020. Wonder what changed? /s
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I was about to type the same thing. They must be close.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (qD2BX)

28 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
NEW: The winner of Japan’s most prestigious literary award has acknowledged that about “five percent” of her futuristic novel was penned by ChatGPT, saying generative AI had helped unlock her potential.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (2yu8s)

29 What Milei should have done is started his speech, "Gentlemen, I despise each and every one of you."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 18, 2024 08:04 AM

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Heh.

"Señores, desprecio a todos y cada uno de ustedes."

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (5GWDq)

30 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

31 Isn't Israel also a "nuclear power" and everybody just pretends that they aren't?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (YQ4mh)

32 Good morning, JJ, Horde. Another day on God's green earth to fight the forces of evil and headbang to heavy metal.

"Conan, what is best in life?" -- the Great Khan

"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women." - Conan the Barbarian

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 08:08 AM (JcnCJ)

33 They were mostly peaceful air strikes.

Posted by: Pock E Stahn at January 18, 2024 08:09 AM (5xgau)

34 Isn't Israel also a "nuclear power" and everybody just pretends that they aren't?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

Yes, but they won't launch a first strike.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:09 AM (qD2BX)

35 A quick read of the tea leaves says SCOTUS will overturn Chevron but not make it retroactive by overturning precedents that relied on Chevron.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2024 08:09 AM (Gse2f)

36 What's a 'palestinian?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

37 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

I had no idea about the Iran/Pakistan skirmishes.
*rubs hands together*
This is gonna be great!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 18, 2024 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

38 Mucho awesome content!

Pakistan and Iran can blow each other up as much as they like. IIRC, Pakistan is majority Sunni and Iran is Shia and those two brands of Islam hate each other almost as much as they hate us. Kinda like the Iran-Iraq war of the 80s was (in realpolitik terms) a good thing for us.

Speaking of John Thune and his nonsense…. Neither he nor McConnell have yet endorsed Trump in the primaries. Their silence is deafening because they’re the top 2 republicans in the Senate and most of their colleagues have already weighed in (the most recent to endorse Trump is Ted Cruz). You know these two will torpedo and obstruct a second Trump term and every turn (if it even happens)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:10 AM (1jdMT)

39 Breaking911 @Breaking911 10h
#BREAKING: CENTCOM: “U.S. Central Command forces conducted strikes on 14 Iran-backed Houthi missiles that were loaded to be fired in Houthi controlled areas in Yemen.”

“These missiles on launch rails presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region and could have been fired at any time, prompting U.S. forces to exercise their inherent right and obligation to defend themselves.”

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
JUST IN - Russia’s Lavrov tells US to ‘stop aggression against Yemen’

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:11 AM (2yu8s)

40 Surrender: Blinken Tells Netanyahu Israel Can’t Defeat Hamas

This does Not confirm ability
But Permission

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 08:11 AM (lwOKI)

41 XiNN to start charging to watch news clips?
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Hahahaha!! Oh, that is funny. He thinks they have value!!

Watch their viewership go to zero, where it belongs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 18, 2024 08:12 AM (HN32h)

42 13 I'm willing to compromise. Zero illegals in, deport those already here, and zero dollars for Ukraine.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:00 AM (qD2BX)

Would deporting them to Ukraine be on the table or is that too much an expense?

Posted by: NR Pax at January 18, 2024 08:12 AM (lXCUP)

43 36 What's a 'palestinian?'
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20 rials just like in Teheran.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:13 AM (2yu8s)

44 iran-paki war, LOL!

popcorn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 18, 2024 08:13 AM (WsTvr)

45 There is so much happening right now in the US and around the world it gets pretty much lost in the noise but if the SC overturns or even substantially weakens Chevron it will be an enormous blow to the administrative state.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:14 AM (ZLI7S)

46 #39 Fuckwit update:

Stéphane Aurélio @StephaneAurelio 2h Replying to @TheInsiderPaper
Lavrov is right. Houtis are only stopping ships that are linked with Israël in response of the genocide happenning in Palestine therefore it is fake that other ships cannot go safely. Bombing Yemen then is only meant to help Israël, nothing else.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:14 AM (2yu8s)

47 if the SC overturns or even substantially weakens Chevron it will be an enormous blow to the administrative state.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:14 AM (ZLI7S)

Which is why it won't happen, can't happen.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:15 AM (b+7kE)

48 Leading Report @LeadingReport 9h
BREAKING: Biden administration is to be sued for $100 million by the family of Kayla Hamilton, a 20-year-old woman killed by an illegal immigrant, partially blaming the administration's immigration enforcement policies for her wrongful death.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:16 AM (2yu8s)

49 43 36 What's a 'palestinian?'
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20 rials just like in Teheran.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:13 AM (2yu8s)

Yasser Arafat said backwards means "Alabama Hot Pocket" in Pashtun.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:17 AM (x0n13)

50 Yes, Trump's a gavone from Queens. Some would prefer a Republican Bill Bradley but that won't sell.

Alinksy you wonderful bastard, I read your book!!

No one has mastered Rules for Radicals better than Trump, especially:

"Never go outside the expertise of your people."

"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage."

"A good tactic is one your people enjoy."

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2024 08:18 AM (Gse2f)

51 ... but that's another sordid tale emblematic of the corrupt whorehouse that is our government.

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Taxes.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:18 AM (5GWDq)

52 48 Leading Report @LeadingReport 9h
BREAKING: Biden administration is to be sued for $100 million by the family of Kayla Hamilton, a 20-year-old woman killed by an illegal immigrant, partially blaming the administration's immigration enforcement policies for her wrongful death.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:16 AM (2yu8s)

"No standing. Dismissed!"

- - SPAM Scotus Justices Buch M. Danno, Tyne E. Bubbles with Mac A. Damia concurring

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:19 AM (x0n13)

53 #19 That wasn't strike footage inside Iran. This is strike footage inside Iran. -- Nile Crocodile Dundee

BNO News @BNONews 8h
Pakistan carried out targeted retaliatory strikes on "terrorist hideouts" in eastern Iran; several killed

http://tinyurl.com/mr955s3z
10 seconds; crater video

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:20 AM (2yu8s)

54 Stéphane Aurélio @StephaneAurelio 2h Replying to @TheInsiderPaper
Lavrov is right. Houtis are only stopping ships that are linked with Israël in response of the genocide happenning in Palestine therefore it is fake that other ships cannot go safely. Bombing Yemen then is only meant to help Israël, nothing else.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:14 AM (2yu8s)

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Stephanie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

55 Getting in the middle of an otherwise mano a mano nuke fight seems like a pretty fucking stupid idea.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:20 AM (zZu0s)

56 47 if the SC overturns or even substantially weakens Chevron it will be an enormous blow to the administrative state.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:14 AM (ZLI7S)

Which is why it won't happen, can't happen.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:15 AM (b+7kE)

You have to believe Roberts is burning the midnight oil to find some reason to give as narrow a ruling as possible, if there's no way to save it in its entirety.

You know Alito and Thomas are solid. It's sadly the three Trump justices that could fuck this up. I hope Thomas can influence them otherwise.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:22 AM (x0n13)

57 "Abdi Mohamed, Sayid Mohamed, Abdullahi Osman, Omar Hussein, Soul Kwayke-Amgpomah, Damilola Odunoren, Emmanuel Sejilola, Mohammed Hamdani, Nahim Ahmed, Yousef Garef, and Amin Abdelkader, Minhaj Hussein, Ahmed Abdi, Faysal Jelali, Mohamed Khadir, Shamsi Ali, Sharmarke Ali, Isaaq Mohamud, Diego Farquharson, and Abdul Azizmohamed were all subsequently convicted of robbery."
31 Arrested, 21 Convicted Following Luxury Watch Robbery Sting Operations in London
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The ringleader, John Smith, is still on the loose....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 08:23 AM (7fElN)

58 ---
The ringleader, John Smith, is still on the loose....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 08:23 AM (7fElN)

Motive unknown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

59 Apropos of nothing… I’m shocked that Jerry Jones is keeping fat Mike McCarthy. I’m similarly shocked that multiple other NFL teams apparently want Dan Quinn as their head coach after his defense did an Amber Heard in the playoffs….. maybe the NFL is all fake now and just a front for gambling. Move over WWE

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:25 AM (1jdMT)

60 #53 First, nighttime video of aftermath:

Insider Corner @insiderscorner 3h
NEW: Iranian sources report damage and possible civilian casualties in Saravan after Pakistani forces' cross-border strikes on alleged Baloch militant camps.

http://tinyurl.com/2uzxd4sa
13 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:25 AM (2yu8s)

61 maybe the NFL is all fake now and just a front for gambling. Move over WWE
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:25 AM (1jdMT)

By Jove I think he's got it!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

62 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
NEW: The winner of Japan’s most prestigious literary award has acknowledged that about “five percent” of her futuristic novel was penned by ChatGPT, saying generative AI had helped unlock her potential.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:07 AM (2yu8s)
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Is she going to split the award money (if any) with ChatGPT?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 08:26 AM (7fElN)

63 57 "Abdi Mohamed, Sayid Mohamed, Abdullahi Osman, Omar Hussein . . . and Abdul Azizmohamed were all subsequently convicted of robbery."

The ringleader, John Smith, is still on the loose....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 08:23 AM (7fElN)

Heh. A thread winner.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:26 AM (x0n13)

64 Umlaut over the E in Israel?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:26 AM (zZu0s)

65 Thune isn't the only one. Cornyn is pushing this deal too
Cornyn 's Dallas office 972-239-1310
Tyler office 903-593-0902
Don't bother with email or the DC office.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:26 AM (DIpmr)

66 Insider Corner @insiderscorner 3h
NEW: Iranian sources report damage and possible civilian casualties in Saravan after Pakistani forces' cross-border strikes on alleged Baloch militant camps.

Two lying sack of shit terrorist shithole nations are now blaming each other for killing civilians.......

Have to admit....didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Nikki Haley is John Thune with a slightly less sagging ass.

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Javier Milei is Ayn Rand with slightly less sagging hair.

"Trump, Milei, and Wilders: Making Bad Hair Great Again!"

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (5GWDq)

68 62 Is she going to split the award money (if any) with ChatGPT?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 08:26 AM (7fElN)

"LAWSUIT SMELL I"

- - HAL 9000, Colossus, Guardian and The Horta LLC

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (x0n13)

69 > BREAKING: China says willing to mediate between Pakistan and Iran after strikes - AFP
________________

Note that it's China, not the US that's willing to mediate the Paki - Mullah dust-up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)

70 It's Winnie the Pooh Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2024 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

71 31 Arrested, 21 Convicted Following Luxury Watch Robbery Sting Operations in London
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The ringleader, John Smith, is still on the loose....
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Disclose.tv @disclosetv Jan 17
NEW - Germany initiates criminal tax proceedings against Arnold Schwarzenegger: Customs caught him with an undeclared luxury watch at Munich airport — BILD

MORE - Spokesman for the main customs office in Munich told BILD: "We have initiated criminal proceedings under tax law. The watch should have been declared because it is an import." Schwarzenegger had to pay 35,000 euros (including fine) and could leave.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:28 AM (2yu8s)

72 67 "Trump, Milei, and Wilders: Making Bad Hair Great Again!"
Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (5GWDq)

"Hey, can anyone join in?!"

- - Jim Trafficant

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:28 AM (x0n13)

73 Out of the park, JJ. You hit this Morning Report out of the park!

As a note, Trump was the ONLY candidate in 2015-16 to make stopping illegal immigration the top priority of his campaign. Stop the flow by enforcing the law and building the wall, which he did once in office. For that position, he was verbally attacked as a racist by the leftwing media, Dems and (not surprisingly), members of his own party. Meanwhile Jeb Bush called illegal immigrstion "an act of love." But Trump tweeted mean words. Lol!
It is beyond me how the Republican Party does not recoginze how much their voters hate their fucking guts. But then perhaps they do and just don't care. That sounds most probable to me.

2020: NEVER FORGET. NEVER FORGIVE.

Posted by: Tracy at January 18, 2024 08:28 AM (uYUwH)

74 Nikki Haley=John Boehner?

We have so many squishes to choose from.

John Kasich without the mail fetish?

Better BMI Chris Christie?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (zZu0s)

75 "Trump, Milei, and Wilders: Making Bad Hair Great Again!"
Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (5GWDq)

"Hey, can anyone join in?!"

- - Jim Trafficant
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:28 AM (x0n13)

NO! Thruples only.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

76 "Trump, Milei, and Wilders: Making Bad Hair Great Again!"
Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:27 AM (5GWDq)

Boris Johnson disagrees…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (1jdMT)

77 >>You know Alito and Thomas are solid. It's sadly the three Trump justices that could fuck this up. I hope Thomas can influence them otherwise.

Scotus Blog.

It has been nearly 40 years since the Supreme Court indicated in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council that courts should defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. After more than three-and-a-half hours of oral argument on Wednesday, it seemed unlikely that the rule outlined in that case, known as the Chevron doctrine, will survive in its current form. A majority of the justices seemed ready to jettison the doctrine or at the very least significantly limit it.

http://tinyurl.com/3urfjy3w

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (ZLI7S)

78 65 Thune isn't the only one. Cornyn is pushing this deal too
Cornyn 's Dallas office 972-239-1310
Tyler office 903-593-0902
Don't bother with email or the DC office.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:26 AM (DIpmr)

And Murkowski, Collins, Blount-Object, Ernst, et al.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (x0n13)

79 Guess Iran didn't have their super duper Russian anti-missile system running

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (DIpmr)

80 This is why Trump should not pick Noem. She's too close to Thune. Sebastian Gorka was on Eric Bolling last night and Eric was trying to get out of him who the pick was because he knows and a few others but are sworn to secrecy. It seems to me that it will be coming out soon because they're dropping hints. Seb said it was a man not a woman and it wasn't Ben Carson. I still think it's going to be Lee Zelden but since Vivek has gotten close to Trump, maybe it's Vivek. I have a problem with that because I do not believe he and/or Nikki are not natural born citizens and shouldn't be able to run, but since we don't care about rules anymore after Obama, I guess it doesn't much matter. We're fucked anyway.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (DBrN4)

81 Medical Kidnap in Georgia? Another Children's Hospital and Child Welfare Embroiled in Controversy
____

When are family members and friends of these judges who make these stupid rulings going to (figuratively) slap some sense into them?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (fs1hN)

82 A majority of the justices seemed ready to jettison the doctrine or at the very least significantly limit it.

http://tinyurl.com/3urfjy3w
Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (ZLI7S)

May God make it so.

But us Humans will still find some way to fuck things up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (zZu0s)

83
But us Humans will still find some way to fuck things up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (zZu0s)

We all have an inner Biden, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

84 Pakis got this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 18, 2024 08:31 AM (R4t5M)

85 80 Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (DBrN4)

I think male, Vivek is a head fake. I think it could be Elise Stefanik.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:31 AM (x0n13)

86 Nikki Haley=John Boehner?

We have so many squishes to choose from.

John Kasich without the mail fetish?

Better BMI Chris Christie?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:29 AM (zZu0s)

Nikki might be a Boehner comp if she was weeping openly on the campaign trail…. She’s looking so strange recently I’m wondering about demonic possession (no joke)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:32 AM (1jdMT)

87 79 Guess Iran didn't have their super duper Russian anti-missile system running
Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:30 AM (DIpmr)

I'd say the Israelis would notice this, except it's probably the Israelis that sabotaged it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:32 AM (x0n13)

88 How many of you had an Iran vs Pakistan war on your bingo cards?
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I didn't, but I also can't say I'm surprised.

Pakistan has a problem with her neighbors, especially Afghanistan. Pakistan is an Islamic state, but that doesn't mean they're all down to be part of someone else's caliphate. Pakistan has periodically slapped around its neighbors, and sometimes it goes further than that.

I have no trouble believing Pakistan's stated motivations and actions on this one. The Iranians might not even control the guys that Pakistan is after. Then again, they might. Iran has continuous problems with its neighbors, too. Being ambitious and belligerent has that effect.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:32 AM (z8vUP)

89
Chevron is big but the other case involving the right to tax unrealized income is do or die - either us or the regime.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:33 AM (x0n13)

90 Decision of Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appels said Indiana must allow transgender students to use school bathroom consistent with their gender identity – ACLU calls it a “victory” for transgender rights. (If Indiana had balls, no pun, they'd order their schools to disregard the ruling - jjs)
Supreme Court Declines to Review Lower Court’s Decision in Key Transgender Case – ACLU Declares “Victory”

————

Open homosexuality is anathema to free stable societies.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 18, 2024 08:33 AM (cMXNt)

91 J.J. I'm hoping the Horde that are cursed with these traitors will call them.

It's all about filling the phone lines

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:33 AM (DIpmr)

92 JJ, I don't know, if Seb Gorka is saying it's a man it's gotta be Lee Zelden or DeSantis and Trump secretly made up and he's staying in to piss Nikki off and screw with her numbers that would be sweet, that was my dream team until I heard Lee Zelden was getting media training by the trump team. Elise has no governing experience really. She's ok, but she sure sucked up to McCarthy when she had too. Not sure I trust her. Even Mike Gallagher says that he was told by Gorka that it was a man and that we'd be very happy but he was sworn to secrecy too.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (DBrN4)

93 >>I still think it's going to be Lee Zelden but since Vivek has gotten close to Trump, maybe it's Vivek. I have a problem with that because I do not believe he and/or Nikki are not natural born citizens and shouldn't be able to run,

While I have my doubts about Cincinnati where Vivek was born, he is a natural born citizen.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (ZLI7S)

94 "A majority of the justices seemed ready to jettison the doctrine or at the very least significantly limit it."

They're arguing over whether over-ruling Chevron should be made retroactive, which would be messy. My bet is that prior opinions which relied on Chevron won't be over-ruled. Roberts wants to get a D vote for 7-2, but that won't happen, so once again Roberts is irrelevant

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (Gse2f)

95 Someone here mentioned that Thune is the heir apparent when McConnell gets carried off by turtlepox contracted during a Chesapeake Bay boy party.

I could see this because Thune is such a devious little cuckling. But... I've still got my plugged nickel riding on Cornyn.

Haley Barbour built the (R)enfield Party into the venal, servile Democrat cat's paw it is, before bestowing it on McConnell when he rode off into the sunset. The Senate GOP is a Southern political machine, and I can't see McConnell tossing the keys to a Yankee, no matter how supine and compromised he may be.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (0FoWg)

96 Irony footnote: the Bushes gave us Thomas and Alito. Trump have us the squishes Kavanaugh and Barrett.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (b+7kE)

97 I saw Abso-Fucking-Lutely and Pygmy Love Circus open for Tiny Tim at the Kennel Club in San Francisco around '96.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:35 AM (5GWDq)

98 I have Israel supplying targeting assistance on my bingo card.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:35 AM (DIpmr)

99 Apropos of nothing… I’m shocked that Jerry Jones is keeping fat Mike McCarthy.

He's staying? Huh

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 18, 2024 08:35 AM (SfhV1)

100 Jackstraw, how so? His parents were not citizens when he was born. Does that mean anchor babies born to Mexicans jumping over the border illegally can run for president some day? Is the fact that Vivek and Nikki's parents were here legally with visa's make the difference? If not, what makes them any different than anchor babies?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (DBrN4)

101 88 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:32 AM (z8vUP)

If this dispute/conflict lasts long enough to distract Iran from Israel, all the better.

That said, since the Pakis have nukes, it could spur the Farsicles to speed up their drive to get one.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (x0n13)

102 "Hey, can anyone join in?!"

- - Jim Trafficant
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I do miss the 70's era Youngstown. You had to be there to believe it.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (qoGsy)

103 I knew there'd be trouble when Houthis broke up with the Blowfish. Without the band to back him, he spends his days shooting rockets at passing ships.

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (JcnCJ)

104 Decision of Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appels said Indiana must allow transgender students to use school bathroom

I'd hold it all day till I got home.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 18, 2024 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

105 96 Irony footnote: the Bushes gave us Thomas and Alito. Trump have us the squishes Kavanaugh and Barrett.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (b+7kE)

Bush giving us Roberts "trumps" all of it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:37 AM (x0n13)

106 96 and who picked those squishes trump nominated? McConnell from some stupid ass list he came up with along with the Federalist Society. Disappointing.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:37 AM (DBrN4)

107 I think male, Vivek is a head fake. I think it could be Elise Stefanik.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:31 AM (x0n13)

I really hope he picks Kari Lake. Her combination of looks and dynamic speaking I find incredibly sexy (oh and I like her political positions too). And she takes it to the media almost as effectively as Vivek. I get the feeling though that she’s the kind of strong competent woman that Karen’s and AWFLs would hate

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:37 AM (1jdMT)

108 ... Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas — that there is no “military solution,” and that Israel will have to accept a "Palestinian" state. ...
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They could exterminate the Palestinians. Short of that, I actually agree - to a point - with Blinken. There is no "solution" short of the final variety. But they probably *can* be brought to heel short of that, though I doubt Israel will do it since it will require a play right out of the ancient world: slaughtering a third to a half of all the fighting-age men and then grinding the culture into dust over the following century. I don't see that in the cards, either.

Given the conditions as they appear to be, Blinken isn't wrong in his initial assessment. But he's a fool if he thinks a "formal Palestinian state" is the solution. They had one. Gaza was its own state. Israel unilaterally withdrew almost 20 years ago and left it for them. We see how that turned out. There is no desire for a "Palestinian" state, there is a desire for the absence of Israel. That is an irreconcilable difference.

So it will likely wind up being permanent military occupation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:37 AM (z8vUP)

109 *throws away bingo card*

*grabs another bingo card*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 18, 2024 08:38 AM (R4t5M)

110 102 "Hey, can anyone join in?!"

- - Jim Trafficant
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I do miss the 70's era Youngstown. You had to be there to believe it.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (qoGsy)

There was a pretty good movie on Netflix a while back about the corruption there. Maybe a docudrama about an Irish guy who was the head of the mob there? Youngstownians please advise.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:38 AM (x0n13)

111 It's also,
National Peking Duck Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2024 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

112 Decision of Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appels said Indiana must allow transgender students to use school bathroom

I'd hold it all day till I got home.
Posted by: grammie winger

UTIs all around.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:38 AM (qoGsy)

113 That said, since the Pakis have nukes, it could spur the Farsicles to speed up their drive to get one.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (x0n13)

Considering: Pakistan and NorKo got theirs a lot quicker than the Monty Python esque Iranians. What gives? More active/secret ... 'opposition' from the guys with the Yarmulkes? Or is it a lot harder than it looks and maybe the Chinese helped the other two?

Yes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 08:39 AM (zZu0s)

114 108 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:37 AM (z8vUP)

Blinken's sole motive is preserve Hamas by forcing Israel to stop. Whether he believes Hamas to be a legitimate political entity or not is irrelevant. The result of Israel stopping means surrender and invites another attack down the road. Orders of magnitude worse.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (x0n13)

115 Great. I guess my work IP has been banned again. My comments keep getting disappeared.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (Z6Xc1)

116 100 Jackstraw, how so? His parents were not citizens when he was born. Does that mean anchor babies born to Mexicans jumping over the border illegally can run for president some day? Is the fact that Vivek and Nikki's parents were here legally with visa's make the difference? If not, what makes them any different than anchor babies?
Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:36 AM (DBrN4)

Assuming they were legal residents and not merely tourists, the 14th amendment was specifically to address the condition of giving citizenship to the descendants of the formerly enslaved. In that specific scenario, the parents were very clearly not citizens, though they clearly were legal residents subject to the US.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (eYoxG)

117 There's a SCOTUS opinion from the late 1800s that says a child born here is a US citizen if his parents were here legally. There's no SCOTUS opinion about parents here illegally. Congress can say that children of illegals aren't citizens, and SCOTUS can uphold it. It's that simple.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (Gse2f)

118 Israel has no ability to suggest that biden piss up a rope because Israel has no ability to fight without United States support, so

Posted by: N at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (RjBju)

119 That means Governor Abbott's defiance and direct action to protect the citizens of Texas, and by extension the real, legal citizens of what's left of the United States, is working. And the Junta cannot abide by that. Funny how scumbags like Brandon Johnson, Eric Adams, Kathy Hochul and every other filthy Democrat bitching about how their sanctuary policies are eating them alive are ripping Abbott for doing what will actually solve their problems: that is sealing the fucking border.
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I hope they reach down deep, find their balls, and hang on for dear life because this is *not* over. It has barely begun.

It's no secret that I've been hoping for a nullification crisis for years now because I think that's our best shot at meaningful change combined with a risk of war that is below 100%. I hope that this is the first act in kicking off just such a crisis, and the Abbot, Paxton and the various others don't blink.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (z8vUP)

120 Good morning Horde, thanks JJ. Pakistan vs Iran is Muslim v Muslim. My give a f**k meter is pegged at zero.
By the way the distress signal from the Marshall Island registered ship is our responsibility. We are in Free association with the Marshalls and are responsible for their defense. Think anyone mentioned that to mush brain?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (/Mbcg)

121 Listened to Milei's speech yesterday - really really good..

Viva la libertad, carajo!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (vnSn7)

122 I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of...Oh,no! Here it is. I've got lots of bubble gum. Plenty in fact. Anyone want some?

GOPe

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 18, 2024 08:41 AM (1t11C)

123 112 I'd hold it all day till I got home.
Posted by: grammie winger

UTIs all around.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:38 AM (qoGsy)

I'd say pee on a tranny but they'd probably get turned on by it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:41 AM (x0n13)

124 JJ, I don't know, if Seb Gorka is saying it's a man it's gotta be Lee Zelden or DeSantis and Trump secretly made up and he's staying in to piss Nikki off and screw with her numbers that would be sweet, that was my dream team until I heard Lee Zelden was getting media training by the trump team.

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Gorka, after having learned who Trump has picked for his VP (and before letting it slip that it is a "he"), put up a poll on whatever social media site he uses for that -- and the three choices he asked his listeners to vote for (can't remember if it's who they want or who they think Trump is gonna pick) were:

. Ben Carson
. Lee Zelden; and
. Vivek.

I thought maybe Carson would have the edge, but Gorka just yesterday had a long interview with Zelden on his radio show -- so I'm now leaning that way. [And Gorka mentioned it's not an "identity politics" pick after revealing it's not a "she" -- and not sure if that excludes Dr. Carson as well.]

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:41 AM (5GWDq)

125 >>Jackstraw, how so? His parents were not citizens when he was born.

A big part of his campaign this year has been about illegal immigration. He has repeatedly made the claim that his parents immigrated here legally and played by the rules. He even mentioned once again in NH when he endorsed Trump that his mother always told him your first act as an American can't be to break American law.

His dad is an engineer and his mother is a psychiatrist. Both were trained in India before immigrating. I have my concerns about him, he has come to his positions rather recently but then so did Trump before he ran, but I don't think there is much question that he is a natural born US citizen. One thing I do not doubt is he is very smart and I doubt he would be even running if there was any question about his eligibility.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:41 AM (ZLI7S)

126 Considering: Pakistan and NorKo got theirs a lot quicker than the Monty Python esque Iranians. What gives? More active/secret ... 'opposition' from the guys with the Yarmulkes? Or is it a lot harder than it looks and maybe the Chinese helped the other two?

Yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I think everybody but the current US junta knows Iran is too insane to be allowed in the club.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:42 AM (6MvWP)

127 119 I hope they reach down deep, find their balls, and hang on for dear life because this is *not* over. It has barely begun.

It's no secret that I've been hoping for a nullification crisis for years now because I think that's our best shot at meaningful change combined with a risk of war that is below 100%. I hope that this is the first act in kicking off just such a crisis, and the Abbot, Paxton and the various others don't blink.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (z8vUP)

THIS.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:42 AM (x0n13)

128 Nobody was willing to stop the pkis or indians from.getting the bombs

There's not going to be a war between the pakis and iranians

Posted by: N at January 18, 2024 08:42 AM (RjBju)

129 I want this guy for VP. Nothing but scrap and scrap.

https://youtu.be/7r-nehbRzmU?si=FNoqx-V4WwFgTSt3

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (0FoWg)

130 If Trump picks a current or past politico for VP he's stupid as as a bad of rocks. Nobody who's been close enough to smell politics should be considered.

The taint... it's bad.

Plus they're more than likely compromised in some way that can be leveraged against Trump and/or his agenda. As we have seen time and time again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

131 I think everybody but the current US junta knows Iran is too insane to be allowed in the club.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 18, 2024 08:42 AM (6MvWP)

Oh, they know. They don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (R4t5M)

132 Irony footnote: the Bushes gave us Thomas and Alito. Trump have us the squishes Kavanaugh and Barrett.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:34 AM (b+7kE)

I thought at the time of Kavanaugh and Barrett that it was smart to pick someone young…. Years on the bench you know. But it turns out a justice with school aged kids is not good. When you have kids in school I think it’s too easy to pressure these people…. Make no mistake our opponents are not above threatening kids. I’d guess in a vacuum those two have the right legal inclinations…. But the pressure

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (1jdMT)

133 Viva la libertad, carajo!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (vnSn7)

It be wonderful if some of our conservative figures started repeating this.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (b+7kE)

134 I love Manhattan jurors — they’re deliberate, they’re educated, they understand the concept of reasonable doubt and they’re not going in there to write racial wrongs.
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Manhattan judge - "Overruled. Jurors, ignore that statement. You know what you are supposed to do here. This is Social Justice."

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (fs1hN)

135
While Abbott and Paxton are laying it on the line, scumbag traitors like Thune and Yertle are conspiring against them.

They're really fucking stupid because this time the vast majority of the nation including a lot of Democrats want that fucking border controlled.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)

136 130 If Trump picks a current or past politico for VP he's stupid as as a bad of rocks. Nobody who's been close enough to smell politics should be considered.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

It will be a good test to see if, and what, he's learned.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 18, 2024 08:44 AM (b+7kE)

137 Leaked details of the deal, which essentially amount to a surrender at the border, have received widespread condemnation, with Johnson indicating he will not move that bill through the House.
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And Johnson probably won't advance it. The Bailey will be surrendered by the Party and the *next* bill they send will be marginally less egregious, but spun as much more "reasonable."

The House will decline to attack the Motte, the Senate will claim that their commitment to the border is unwavering, and we will get a "deal" that is merely spectacularly bad instead of totally catastrophic

I've seen this show before.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:45 AM (z8vUP)

138 >>"In fairness to DeSantis, he has also sent the illegals up north..."
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Once? Maybe twice. A total of less than 100 illegals.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 18, 2024 08:45 AM (/QIWP)

139 The VP is near meaningless (except counting votes in 2028 which Trump probably doesn’t care about so much).

The big spots are AG and DoD and State Department.

The obvious choice for AG is Ken Paxton

I’m not sure about the DoD. I think DeSantis may be a good fit there having served in the military and also anti-woke.

State I dunno.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 18, 2024 08:46 AM (cMXNt)

140 “Do not let yourselves be intimidated, do not surrender to a political class that only wants to remain in power,” Milei said. “You are social benefactors, you are heroes, you are the creators of the most extraordinary period of prosperity that we have ever experienced. Let no one tell you that your ambition is immoral.”
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I really do hope that all of his clothing is made out of kevlar.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:46 AM (z8vUP)

141 We are in Free association with the Marshalls and are responsible for their defense. Think anyone mentioned that to mush brain?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (/Mbcg)

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"Listen, fat! I used to shop at Marshalls back when it was called old Cominskey Field. Corn Pop and i used to by our tight-ass-whitey swim trunks there that really showed off the leg hairs ... my word as a Biden!"

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:47 AM (5GWDq)

142 to pair some sort of border security package with billions of supplemental funding,

At what age do most children learn that two wrongs don't make a right?

Posted by: DaveA at January 18, 2024 08:48 AM (FhXTo)

143 State I dunno.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Get rid of State entirely except for Passport issuance groups.

Start over. Slowly.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:48 AM (qoGsy)

144 Blinken's sole motive is preserve Hamas by forcing Israel to stop. Whether he believes Hamas to be a legitimate political entity or not is irrelevant. The result of Israel stopping means surrender and invites another attack down the road. Orders of magnitude worse.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (x0n13)
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Oh, to be sure. Blinken wants Israel to back down and go home and return to something approaching status quo ante. This is because Blinken is both a fool and evil.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:48 AM (z8vUP)

145 97 I saw Abso-Fucking-Lutely and Pygmy Love Circus open for Tiny Tim at the Kennel Club in San Francisco around '96.
Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:35 AM (5GWDq)

You were very fortunate to see this show and just got in under the wire. Tiny Tim passed from this life November 30, 1996. RIP Tiny!

Posted by: On the Old Front Porch at January 18, 2024 08:48 AM (V5BDR)

146 @138 Taq. Rickrolled by Jesus-unfortunately his nuts drew up on him and he pussied out on that endeavor. Mustn't rile up the wine moms/AWFLS.

Posted by: JROD at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (IlL6s)

147 They're really fucking stupid because this time the vast majority of the nation including a lot of Democrats want that fucking border controlled.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)

When Trump was elected the first time, two-thirds of Americans wanted that fucking border controlled.

Consent of the governed is not a factor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (0FoWg)

148 Good morning, Hordelings. Thanks for the daily dose of fun, JJ.

So this has been bugging me...
We continually see routine news items prefaced with "BREAKING!" Does that even mean anything anymore???

Possibly the 3 most meaningless words at this point...
BREAKING
Literally
Racist / Racism

OK I'm done. There are some youths on my lawn that require admonishing to remove themselves. And perhaps a cloud to receive a dose of fist shaking.

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (XIF9h)

149 You were very fortunate to see this show and just got in under the wire. Tiny Tim passed from this life November 30, 1996. RIP Tiny!
Posted by: On the Old Front Porch

You know how he got the name 'Tiny', don't ya?
-- Miss Vicki

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (qoGsy)

150 ... JUST IN - Pakistan became the first country to strike inside Iran since the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988 ...
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:02 AM (2yu8s)
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Huh? Israel has done so more than once. Hitting reactors, sending spy teams to rob their materials, etc.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (z8vUP)

151 Ric Grennell would be a good choice for State. He is 100% loyal to Trump, has a lot of friends overseas who are our friends and he is definitely on our team.

The fact that he is gay would just drive the left even crazier.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (ZLI7S)

152 I’m thinking the one SCOTUS case that could really make things spicy is if they lose their nerve completely and allow states like Colorado and Maine to keep Trump off the ballot. I don’t wanna start down that road as I believe it could get ugly really fast…. I’ve been assured they’ll correct that but I don’t trust them….. I’m also hoping they’ll strike down all the convictions of J6ers for “obstructing an official proceeding” because per Julie Kelly that provision under which 300 or so were tried and convicted is complete BS legally

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (1jdMT)

153 Vivek Ramaswamy for VP!!!

Sean Strickland for White House Press Secretary!!!

Posted by: JROD at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (IlL6s)

154 I can actually see the pedocrats going to a hot war with Texas to ensure the pedos can continue their dereliction of duty at the border.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (1t11C)

155 ... By the way the distress signal from the Marshall Island registered ship is our responsibility. We are in Free association with the Marshalls and are responsible for their defense. Think anyone mentioned that to mush brain?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 18, 2024 08:40 AM (/Mbcg)
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Meh.

Posted by: Tony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Valerie Jarrett, et. al. at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (z8vUP)

156 Stanford, for instance, has 15,750 non-teaching employees — nearly double the amount of undergraduates at the school and almost seven times the number of faculty.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 08:51 AM (lwOKI)

157 In a riveting moment at the World Economic Forum, President of Argentina Javier Milei sent shockwaves through the room of globalists, stunning them into silence. His powerful message exposed them for allegedly contributing to the decline of the Western world.

“I’m here to tell you that the western world is in danger, and it is endangered because those who are supposed to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inextricably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2024 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

158 When Trump was elected the first time, two-thirds of Americans wanted that fucking border controlled.

Consent of the governed is not a factor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (0FoWg)
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It's absolutely a factor. It is one of the points they use to guide their actions.

If the people want it, they *don't* and will refuse to pursue it if not directly pursue its opposite.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:52 AM (z8vUP)

159 Make no mistake our opponents are not above threatening kids.

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* Ross Perot's youngest daughter vis-a-vis The Bushes & The Deep State (BIRM) has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:52 AM (5GWDq)

160 143 State I dunno.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Get rid of State entirely except for Passport issuance groups.

Start over. Slowly.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 08:48 AM (qoGsy)

———

I think there is something to be said for a 50 year Jubilee to raze things to the ground and let new green shoots develop.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 18, 2024 08:52 AM (cMXNt)

161 148 Good morning, Doof. "BREAKING" in an email subject can bump response rate.

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 08:53 AM (JcnCJ)

162 I see us winning all three at SCOTUS. Chevron over-ruled, many J6 prisoners released, and Trump kept on ballots.

"and there was much rejoicing."

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2024 08:53 AM (Gse2f)

163 Good morning, Doof. "BREAKING" in an email subject can bump response rate.
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 08:53 AM (JcnCJ)

Howdy, Double C!

Posted by: BREAKING! Doof at January 18, 2024 08:54 AM (XIF9h)

164 When Trump was elected the first time, two-thirds of Americans wanted that fucking border controlled.

Consent of the governed is not a factor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (0FoWg)
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It's absolutely a factor. It is one of the points they use to guide their actions.

If the people want it, they *don't* and will refuse to pursue it if not directly pursue its opposite.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:52 AM (z8vUP)

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Old & Busted: Perfect Reverse Barometer.
New Hotness: Perfect Perverse Barometer.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:55 AM (5GWDq)

165 >> I see us winning all three at SCOTUS. Chevron over-ruled, many J6 prisoners released, and Trump kept on ballots.

I tend to agree about the wins. Trump will also be a big winner if Fischer gets overturned not just the J6ers.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 08:55 AM (ZLI7S)

166 "While you may not care about fisheries, you should care about Chevron deference, which gives too much power to unelected bureaucrats."

Relatedly, I recently learned the Dept of Energy is in the process of effectively prohibiting the sale of most current water heaters. Not just the now highly efficient tank type but the even more incredibly efficient instantaneous type. And not just gas but electric too. They are to be replaced with a heat pump type design, which are expensive, complicated and prone to failure. The govt is going to do to water heaters what they did for dishwashers (and trying to do to stoves. And for a theoretical improvement in efficiency of less than 1%

This is beyond insanity and stupidity. This malicious , evil destruction.

Posted by: Ripley at January 18, 2024 08:56 AM (JojsZ)

167 Not going to fight the PDT/DeSantis wars today, have too much to do. Also, trying not to get as disgusted as I was in 2016 when I left the site for several months before the election. I've said this before and I'll say it again today, the fed entrenched hated PDT before he was elected and even more the day of the inauguration. His speech was not conciliatory. That's the day they really ramped up the war against him. They know him now and if he wins he needs to start using their tactics, tell them he's here to reach across the aisle and then do the opposite. It works for the dems/progs. Lie to all of them they way they have been lying to us for decades.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 18, 2024 08:56 AM (2NHgQ)

168 LOL. "BREAKING! Doof" -- you were an inner city high school kid, and moonwalking set you free?

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 08:57 AM (JcnCJ)

169 The court’s ruling could have ripple effects across the federal government, where agencies frequently use highly trained experts to interpret and implement federal laws.
____

From Chevron article. I wonder if the author was laughing hysterically when writing that sentence. I'd like to meet the "highly trained experts" who decided that dishwashers need to take 3 hours to clean dishes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 18, 2024 08:57 AM (fs1hN)

170 Vivek doesn't need to be VP . There are other places he would be much more effective. If Sessions had been head of DHS he would have been the right guy in the right place.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 08:57 AM (DIpmr)

171 “I’m here to tell you that the western world is in danger, and it is endangered because those who are supposed to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inextricably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty.”

I like it. A minimum of words to describe the situation exactly. Did he say this in English?

Posted by: fd at January 18, 2024 08:57 AM (vFG9F)

172 Stanford, for instance, has 15,750 non-teaching employees — nearly double the amount of undergraduates at the school and almost seven times the number of faculty.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 08:51 AM (lwOKI)

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15,000 of which are concentrated in the DIE office:

Degradation. Intolerance. Exclusion.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 08:58 AM (5GWDq)

173 Jackstraw, I love Ric Grennell he definitely should be involved in the NSA or State.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 08:58 AM (DBrN4)

174 Or is it a lot harder than it looks and maybe the Chinese helped the other two?

Yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Iranian Nuclear Scientist isn't a safe job.

Posted by: Mossad Biker Assassins at January 18, 2024 08:58 AM (FhXTo)

175 I did not have India-Pakistan lovefest "on my binngo card", at least not for 2024, but now I do.

Posted by: runner at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (V13WU)

176 Breaking Doof.

A TV show about a high school chemistry teacher that makes bath salts and distributes them on pickleball courts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

177 I had a Thune quote saved but can't find it right now. It was:

"This is our best chance to get SOME type of agreement regarding order security, blah, blah, blah"

Which is all you need to know about his view and negotiating abilities on the subject.

Eff that guy.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (FxH7T)

178 A cancer patient with nothing to lose could hurt a probarbararian protestor or two if they continue their vile tactics at the cancer clinic.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (kSHhA)

179 > "While you may not care about fisheries, you should care about Chevron deference, which gives too much power to unelected bureaucrats."
____________

One of my gigs at FedGov was with NOAA's Fisheries department on the west coast. One thing about fishermen... you do not want to fuck with their livelihood. Ever.

They fight and are mean.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (Q4IgG)

180 Damilola Odunoren, Emmanuel Sejilola, Mohammed Hamdani, Nahim Ahmed, Yousef Garef, and Amin Abdelkader, Minhaj Hussein, Ahmed Abdi, Faysal Jelali, Mohamed Khadir, Shamsi Ali, Sharmarke Ali, Isaaq Mohamud, Diego Farquharson, and Abdul Azizmohamed were all subsequently convicted of robbery.

Brethren and Mennonites.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (lwOKI)

181 One of my gigs at FedGov was with NOAA's Fisheries department on the west coast. One thing about fishermen... you do not want to fuck with their livelihood. Ever.

They fight and are mean.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And the sea hides a great many secrets.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 09:00 AM (x7plP)

182 LOL. "BREAKING! Doof" -- you were an inner city high school kid, and moonwalking set you free?
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 08:57 AM (JcnCJ)

LOL! Who do you think originally coined the term "electric bugaloo"??

Posted by: BREAKING! Doof at January 18, 2024 09:00 AM (XIF9h)

183 >>Jackstraw, I love Ric Grennell he definitely should be involved in the NSA or State.

He's quietly had a pretty impressive career. Probably because most of his wins have come at the expense of the left. And he's already been a cabinet officer albeit for a brief period so he should have a pretty easy time getting Senate confirmation.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 09:00 AM (ZLI7S)

184 The Fischer case at SCOTUS, if decided in Fischer's favor, will drive the left completely nuts because it will rip the guts out of at least half of J6 prosecutions and Trump's case. Pray for driving the left (more) nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 18, 2024 09:01 AM (/Mbcg)

185 you know who needs a ceasefire ? Ukraine-Russia. Blinken needs to go and work THAT out

Posted by: runner at January 18, 2024 09:01 AM (V13WU)

186 I like it. A minimum of words to describe the situation exactly. Did he say this in English?

Posted by: fd at January 18, 2024 08:57 AM (vFG9F)

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Spanish, of course with both spoken and written English translations.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 09:02 AM (5GWDq)

187 Blinken needs to go and work THAT out
Posted by: runner at January 18, 2024 09:01 AM (V13WU)

Doing that = Throwing gasoline on a fire

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

188 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 18, 2024 09:03 AM (53oGX)

189 Squad’ lawmaker Jamaal Bowman explains ‘creative’ way to pay $14 trillion in slavery reparations: ‘Moral and legal obligation’

"When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” said Bowman. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.”

http://tinyurl.com/j6rs928x

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

190 Breaking Doof.

A TV show about a high school chemistry teacher that makes bath salts and distributes them on pickleball courts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

I was a finance / economics guy. Used to tutor in college. I sucked at chemistry. So I think my show would be teaching people how to con other players (AKA - economic literacy) on the pickleball court!

Posted by: BREAKING! Doof at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (XIF9h)

191 Good Morning, All.

I was an a-hole on the ONT last night because I was in a very pissy mood. I sincerely apologize t all that I insulted, and to all members of Horde who were present.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (9yWhg)

192 "When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” said Bowman. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.”
___

Print more money making it worth less for everyone. Winning!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 18, 2024 09:05 AM (fs1hN)

193 I really do hope that all of his clothing is made out of kevlar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:46 AM (z8vUP)
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He probably has John Wick's tailor on speed dial.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 09:05 AM (7fElN)

194 May all the prostitutes working at Davos be infected with vile communicable diseases. (Not that I wish them any ill.)

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 09:05 AM (kSHhA)

195 I was an a-hole on the ONT last night because I was in a very pissy mood. I sincerely apologize t all that I insulted, and to all members of Horde who were present.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Whoa there Big B!

If we all start apologizing for bad behavior, that's all this place with be.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2024 09:06 AM (x7plP)

196 Good Morning, All.

I was an a-hole on the ONT last night because I was in a very pissy mood. I sincerely apologize t all that I insulted, and to all members of Horde who were present.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (9yWhg)

You forgot "I denounce myself"

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 09:06 AM (XIF9h)

197 You forgot "I denounce myself"
Posted by: Doof

OK, that too.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:06 AM (9yWhg)

198 ... "When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” said Bowman. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.” ...
Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (NpAcC)
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I guess Bowman hasn't noticed the rapid inflation or the dangerous duration mix of US Treasury securities.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:07 AM (z8vUP)

199 "Never complain; never explain."

Posted by: runner at January 18, 2024 09:07 AM (V13WU)

200 On the Senate Immigration deal - Note that if McCarthy was still speaker, he would be making sure the House would be passing this. Now, they will not.
Matt Goetz remains the single most effective and important Republican Congressman of the last 30 years. The only one who would actually fight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 09:08 AM (S6gqv)

201 191 Good Morning, All.

I was an a-hole on the ONT last night because I was in a very pissy mood. I sincerely apologize t all that I insulted, and to all members of Horde who were present.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (9yWhg)

*looks it up*

Football?!

*looks again*

College Football?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 09:08 AM (zZu0s)

202 What was "Fifth Column Stories?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:09 AM (z8vUP)

203 >>The old adage that "The process is the punishment" a

New one I've seen: "The purpose of a system is what it does" (as opposed to what it is intended/claimed to do.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2024 09:09 AM (NKqpy)

204 *looks it up*

Football?!

*looks again*

College Football?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 09:08 AM (zZu0s)

It's the DEVIL!!
- Mama Boucher

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 09:09 AM (XIF9h)

205 Remember when there'd only be a 20% premium for pricing in Canadian dollars?

Now it takes 1.35 CAD to buy 1 USD.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (z8vUP)

206 Mr. Tonypete, might I respectfully say that my ukelele was the only part of me that could be termed "tiny". And honestly, sir, did forty million people stay up late to watch your wedding?

Posted by: Zombie Herbert Khaury at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (V5BDR)

207 Bulgaroctonus, being a Hordian means never having to say you're sorry. Or something

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (/Mbcg)

208 College Football?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes. Sorry.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (9yWhg)

209 "When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” said Bowman. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.”

Every penny of those covid payment have been eaten up by the inflation it helped cause. If anybody actually had a net gain gain it was on-line retailers like Amazon and Walmart that raked in untold billions from the paranoid lemmings scared to leave the house.

Posted by: Ripley at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (JojsZ)

210 191 Good Morning, All.

I was an a-hole on the ONT last night because I was in a very pissy mood. I sincerely apologize t all that I insulted, and to all members of Horde who were present.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:04 AM (9yWhg)

I wasn't there so it never happened. When I hit "post" it's Year Zero every morning!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:11 AM (x0n13)

211 >>"When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” said Bowman. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.” ...

So, GRAFT.
Pretty sure most of the COVID relief funds went to shady people/companies/things that had absolutely nothing to do with covid.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2024 09:11 AM (NKqpy)

212 Anyway, whose head is that on the snake up top?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:11 AM (9yWhg)

213 I'd prefer a transcript but...

Aaron Slodov @aphysicist 7h
Milei's 2024 Davos talk, directly translated to English by AI (by heygen), in his own accent. Better than the dubbed version imo.

http://tinyurl.com/mwnhct4x
23:03 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 09:11 AM (2yu8s)

214 @210 Year Zero?. Pol Pot meet Pot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 18, 2024 09:12 AM (/Mbcg)

215 Once? Maybe twice. A total of less than 100 illegals.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus

True. But one was Martha's Vineyard and got tremendous play by the MSM.

A good campaign commercial for any R.

Yes. Hypocrisy is thy name.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 18, 2024 09:12 AM (FxH7T)

216 I wasn't there so it never happened. When I hit "post" it's Year Zero every morning!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:11 AM (x0n13)
++++
Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.

Posted by: This is bad advice at January 18, 2024 09:12 AM (z8vUP)

217 Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Thanks, JJ. And Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:12 AM (9yWhg)

218 RNC Research
@RNCResearch

"Why do 71% of Americans think the economy is NOT doing well?"

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"

http://tinyurl.com/bdzx536z

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2024 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

219 205 Remember when there'd only be a 20% premium for pricing in Canadian dollars?

Now it takes 1.35 CAD to buy 1 USD.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (z8vUP)

So, I guess we can take cold comfort in the fact that they still suck 35% more than we do. And we have a bunch of commie thugs who have seized power.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 09:13 AM (zZu0s)

220 153 Sean Strickland for White House Press Secretary!!!
Posted by: JROD at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (IlL6s)

I was kind of lobbying hard for that job myself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:13 AM (x0n13)

221 So, GRAFT.
Pretty sure most of the COVID relief funds went to shady people/companies/things that had absolutely nothing to do with covid.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2024 09:11 AM (NKqp

Streisand's gardner waves hi.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 18, 2024 09:13 AM (WVAwc)

222 >>One of my gigs at FedGov was with NOAA's Fisheries department on the west coast. One thing about fishermen... you do not want to fuck with their livelihood. Ever.

They fight and are mean.

Good. May they fight like Hell. We need these hardworking Americans.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2024 09:13 AM (NKqpy)

223 "Why do 71% of Americans think the economy is NOT doing well?"

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"

http://tinyurl.com/bdzx536z
Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2024 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

Is it in yet?

Posted by: Biden's first wife, Jill does not bother asking at January 18, 2024 09:14 AM (zZu0s)

224 >>"Why do 71% of Americans think the economy is NOT doing well?"

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"

That's what she said

(It hurts)

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2024 09:15 AM (NKqpy)

225 Now it takes 1.35 CAD to buy 1 USD.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:10 AM (z8vUP)

Which is worth about 75 cents.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 09:15 AM (lwOKI)

226 KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"

Jeez, lady. Just the tip is already coming out of our skulls and is at about 10,000 feet and climbing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:15 AM (x0n13)

227 Sean Strickland for White House Press Secretary!!!
Posted by: JROD at January 18, 2024 08:50 AM (IlL6s)

I was kind of lobbying hard for that job myself.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

"Mr. Sefton, we understand that there is an internal struggle going on within the administration regarding maple syrup on French toast. Can you give us any indication of what President O'Spades views are on this issue?"

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM (9yWhg)

228 said Bowman. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.” ...
Posted by: redridinghood

At a 40% federal tax rate and state tax rate . . Why, it almost pays for itself.

AOC Boston University math

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM (FxH7T)

229 >>They fight and are mean.

While I am a mere recreational fisherman I am surrounded by commercial guys here. I'd rather be in a bar full of angry Hell's Angels than a bar full of angry commercial fisherman.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM (ZLI7S)

230 Abbott and Paxton are inching closer to my Negative Supremacy Clause argument.

While the Supreme Court (that gave us rulings like Dredd Scott, Koramatsu, and Roe) has expanded the power of the federal government to swallow up the 10th, they are wrong.

Merely because Congress has passed a law that touches on the topic does not supercede state action in all respects.
The law must be directly and specific.
And it must be enforced.

It is well-settled under common law that a failure to protect your right is an abandonment of that right, e.g. adverse possession.

The failure of the feds to enforce immigration law is an abandonment of their right to enforce under the Constitution, the 10th and centuries of common law.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM (PFILT)

231 227 "Mr. Sefton, we understand that there is an internal struggle going on within the administration regarding maple syrup on French toast. Can you give us any indication of what President O'Spades views are on this issue?"
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM (9yWhg)

Shut up and eat your waffle. Next Question.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

232 re: Medical Kidnap in Georgia?

********

Basic pediatric training used to hold that findings of multiple bone fractures at different stages of healing was a definite red flag for possible non-accidental trauma (i.e. child abuse), but that other causes that might predispose to fractures, such as osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, etc should be considered and tested for. Problems such as appear to be happening in the Georgia case arise when hospitals establish a child abuse "team" consisting of physician(s), social workers, mental health practitioners and others who are consulted. The prism through which these teams view such patients is one slanted toward guilty until proven innocent, and a presumption that the parents are lying and covering up. Their blinders prevent them from considering other causes.

Or as the old saw goes, "Give a two-year-old a hammer and everything in the room looks like a nail."

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2024 09:17 AM (991eG)

233 KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"

Hear the same thing happens in prison

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2024 09:18 AM (lwOKI)

234 231 227 "Mr. Sefton, we understand that there is an internal struggle going on within the administration regarding maple syrup on French toast. Can you give us any indication of what President O'Spades views are on this issue?"
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM (9yWhg)

Shut up and eat your waffle. Next Question.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

*buzzer*

-1 point for the lack of the word 'snizz.'

Posted by: Biden's first wife, Jill does not bother asking at January 18, 2024 09:18 AM (zZu0s)

235 Ha, I've worked on a fishing boat.
Guys go missing all the time.
"Hey, where's Jake, he was just here taking in the net!"

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 18, 2024 09:19 AM (MeG8a)

236 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 15h
Meet Donald Trump’s accuser E. Jean Carroll:

She lives in a house with mice in the middle of the forest called “The Mouse House”

Has bizarre names for her dogs

Paints trees & rocks in the forest
http://tinyurl.com/499y5hpa
50 seconds

@amuse @amuse 22h
REMINDER: E. Jean Carroll admitted in her deposition that she was a HUGE fan of Law & Order. Turns out E11/S13 includes a scene that matches her claims EXACTLY. The judge won't allow the jury to see it or her damning interview with Anderson Cooper [WATCH BOTH]:
This woman is unstable and people treat her as “credible”
http://tinyurl.com/3pdtexme
58 seconds

Whole thread on Nitter:
http://tinyurl.com/yke5kejw

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 09:19 AM (2yu8s)

237 >>When Trump was elected the first time, two-thirds of Americans wanted that fucking border controlled.

IIRC it was over 75%.

It was such a slam-dunk stance it was absolutely amazing not one other candidate -- not one of the other 15 Republicans! -- even wavered a tiny bit on their (now obvious paid) stance of open borders = LOVE and all that is good for AMerica.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2024 09:19 AM (NKqpy)

238 "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"

And we may never recover.

Posted by: fd at January 18, 2024 09:19 AM (vFG9F)

239 Suddenly, another fake rally has popped up over night. How does this keep happening?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 09:19 AM (pZ64F)

240 Pretty sure most of the COVID relief funds went to shady people/companies/things that had absolutely nothing to do with covid.

a very large percentage went OVERSEAS

also hi! good morning! the US Women just qualified for Paris Olympics for field hockey!

huge!!! well I'm excited anyway

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at January 18, 2024 09:20 AM (AcWfM)

241 Suddenly, another fake rally has popped up over night. How does this keep happening?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 09:19 AM (pZ64F)

Soros, laughing, spreads his wings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

242 " No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."

1 Corinthians 10:13

Posted by: Marcus T at January 18, 2024 09:20 AM (tU3dj)

243 I'd rather be in a bar full of angry Hell's Angels than a bar full of angry commercial fisherman.
Posted by: JackStraw

Because they'll smackeral you around good.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (9yWhg)

244 In an effort to combat the problems of AI, my company has rolled out ... AI. The policy is that we'd best watch our asses if we use ChatGPT or the like because the crackdown is officially on and transmission will be shut off if you put anything that our internal AI deems to be confidential into a public AI system.

The war of the machines is starting, apparently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (z8vUP)

245 @amuse @amuse 22h
REMINDER: E. Jean Carroll admitted in her deposition that she was a HUGE fan of Law & Order. Turns out E11/S13 includes a scene that matches her claims EXACTLY. The judge won't allow the jury to see it or her damning interview with Anderson Cooper [WATCH BOTH]:
This woman is unstable and people treat her as “credible”

The left continues to roll Michael Cohen out as a source as if he as any credibility left in any way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

246 Medical Kidnap in Georgia? Another Children's Hospital and Child Welfare Embroiled in Controversy

These people working the hospital and the hospital itself should be sued into the ground.
The judge seems to be involved in some scheme like the family court judges in St. Louis which was eager, for money, to side with one parent over another. No judge should ignore exculpatory evidence, and at a minimum this Judge should have asked for genetic tests to exclude a medical diagnosis.

The entire system is corrupt, run by political favors and money.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (ynpvh)

247
While I am a mere recreational fisherman I am surrounded by commercial guys here. I'd rather be in a bar full of angry Hell's Angels than a bar full of angry commercial fisherman.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 09:16 AM

If you're ever in 'Jersey near the Pine Barrens you do not want to stop into a bar with men who clam for a living. Ever been in a bar where all conversation stops and everyone slowly turns their bar stools around? Biceps the size of tree stumps, thirsty as hell after being out on the water all day, and pretty damn mad at the world.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (nIvob)

248 Pudinhead, ask Goldman Sachs, they are paying for them.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2024 09:22 AM (DIpmr)

249 We probably destroyed a bunch of decoys if they were just “sitting” on their launch rails.

Posted by: pawn at January 18, 2024 09:22 AM (zvFWx)

250 Shut up and eat your waffle. Next Question.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

********

We've had way too much of Press Secretaries waffling in response to valid questions these last several years.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2024 09:22 AM (991eG)

251 E Jean Carroll Admits She Told Trump Stories Because Her "Book Was Not Selling," Confirms George "200 Chins" Conway Convinced Her to Sue

A SVU Law & Order episode. That's what Jean Carroll's story is.
It's all bullshit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 18, 2024 09:23 AM (ynpvh)

252 Jimmy Dore played a mashup of msm predictions of what a 2nd trump presidency would mean. Hilarious. Trump execute his enemies, rewrite the constitution, declare himself permanent president, imprison (precious) journalists and on and on.

These people are broken.

Posted by: Montec at January 18, 2024 09:23 AM (U3DGD)

253 248 Pudinhead, ask Goldman Sachs, they are paying for them.
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Its kind of obvious they can't afford a bear market even though we are in a bear market.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 09:23 AM (pZ64F)

254 Only mention of Kavanaugh is that he's a squish when yesterday he went on the warpath against Chevron.

Fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 09:24 AM (GBKbO)

255 We had a 2-3 day "conference" with some of the local fishermen. There'd been some sort of issue with the fisheries. It was either crab or salmon, I don't remember which. Both at one time were off the menu IIRC. Anyway the season didn't open and the fisheries were closed for a prolonged period of time. This "conference" was for the smooth brained scientists at our lab to explain why they had to close the fishery.

The fishermen who showed up were having none of it. Didn't make it through half a day before the police had to be brought in.

The fishermen did really have a case, knew more about the fish and/or crabs than the idiots making policy decisions and stood to lose a lot of money and/or their livelihood.

It was a fun day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 09:24 AM (Q4IgG)

256 Doof, you know what a pickleball court would be if it starred in Veggie Tales? A cucumber court ... gone bad.

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 09:25 AM (JcnCJ)

257 >>If you're ever in 'Jersey near the Pine Barrens you do not want to stop into a bar with men who clam for a living. Ever been in a bar where all conversation stops and everyone slowly turns their bar stools around? Biceps the size of tree stumps, thirsty as hell after being out on the water all day, and pretty damn mad at the world.

I have indeed. And been the one that stopped the conversation and induced the stares. Fastest beer I ever drank.

If we had dates with us we would have let them dance with the guys and been on our way.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2024 09:25 AM (ZLI7S)

258 There can be no net gain in pissing off commercial fishermen. Especially when they are stewed to the gills.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at January 18, 2024 09:25 AM (V5BDR)

259 ... The entire system is corrupt, run by political favors and money.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (ynpvh)
++++
If you want to personally experience the grotesque unfairness, the intense and deep-rooted corruption, the bizarre mental gymnastics and general contempt of American government, go to family court.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:26 AM (z8vUP)

260 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
JUST IN - Russia’s Lavrov tells US to ‘stop aggression against Yemen’
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:11 AM (2yu8s)

Hey, Lavrov, STFU. Don't you have a few countries to invade?

Posted by: The US at January 18, 2024 09:26 AM (iODuv)

261 243 I'd rather be in a bar full of angry Hell's Angels than a bar full of angry commercial fisherman.
Posted by: JackStraw
----------------
My experience with commercial fishermen in Astoria, OR, is they are like miners in CO - 1,000 yard stare amped up with drugs. This is not too far from commercial truckers, either.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 09:27 AM (pZ64F)

262 If it hasn't been noted already, "carajo" translates as "prick" on my iPhone translator.

Posted by: Rhubarb Ranch at January 18, 2024 09:27 AM (kc0fx)

263 @TheInsiderPaper
JUST IN - Russia’s Lavrov tells US to ‘stop aggression against Yemen’
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 08:11 AM (2yu8s)
++++
Huh. I wonder how much Russian equipment is sitting in Yemen courtesy of Iran.

My guess is that this has little to do with Russian love of Yemen or Iran and much more to do with a Russian desire not to have its capabilities tested and exposed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:28 AM (z8vUP)

264 Ok, now I need to know where the Pine Barrons are in Jersey.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 09:29 AM (DBrN4)

265 RIP Peter Schickele.

Posted by: For gp, The Action IS The Juice at January 18, 2024 09:29 AM (MvF+J)

266 Someone who lives on my street must have pissed off someone at city hall. The street is always last to be plowed. Like the streets all around get plowed but not mine.

Grrrr

Posted by: Montec at January 18, 2024 09:29 AM (U3DGD)

267 Ok, now I need to know where the Pine Barrons are in Jersey.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 09:29 AM (DBrN4)
++++
They separate the Thriving Oak Woods from the Blasted Heath.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:30 AM (z8vUP)

268 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
NEW 🚨 Donald Trump: "Tonight, I am also making another promise to protect Americans from government tyranny. As your president, I will never allow the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency."
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This is a lot bigger deal than you think.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 18, 2024 09:30 AM (PFILT)

269 nood

Posted by: For gp, The Action IS The Juice at January 18, 2024 09:30 AM (MvF+J)

270 @220 JJ Sefton-If you dress down reporters like Sean Strickland did last night in Canada, you've got my vote!

Posted by: JROD at January 18, 2024 09:30 AM (IlL6s)

271 259 ... The entire system is corrupt, run by political favors and money.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 18, 2024 09:21 AM (ynpvh)
++++
If you want to personally experience the grotesque unfairness, the intense and deep-rooted corruption, the bizarre mental gymnastics and general contempt of American government, go to family court.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 09:26 AM (z8vUP)

I've been in a regular court, where the judge was initially very much against the defendant, then, magically, a 180° change happened. I have some ideas of what happened, but dare not share them for risk of being accused of defamation of a judge.
She became exceedingly deferential to the defendant, and at one point, despite all his provable perjuries in various courts said his testimony was "very credible", while the testimony of the plaintiffs was discounted as "not credible at all".
I'll let you fill in the blanks.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 18, 2024 09:31 AM (ynpvh)

272 She became exceedingly deferential to the defendant, and at one point, despite all his provable perjuries in various courts said his testimony was "very credible", while the testimony of the plaintiffs was discounted as "not credible at all".
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Defendant Sam Malone -- former Sox pitcher??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 09:32 AM (2yu8s)

273 Doof, you know what a pickleball court would be if it starred in Veggie Tales? A cucumber court ... gone bad.
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 18, 2024 09:25 AM (JcnCJ)

Larry the Cucumber doesn't have the, ummm, SEEDS to challenge me on the pickleball court!!

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 09:32 AM (XIF9h)

274
Ok, now I need to know where the Pine Barrons are in Jersey.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 09:29 AM

Look for Route 539 on the map. That's probably the epicenter. A 'satellite view' might give you a good idea at that point. Look for trees, a whole lotta trees.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 18, 2024 09:33 AM (nIvob)

275 Good one, Doof.

Repeat at the Art Thread so everyone will see it.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 09:34 AM (2yu8s)

276 KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "It's going to take time for people to fully feel what the president has done"
----------------
That is a threat, if ever I heard one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 18, 2024 09:34 AM (ZAWJi)

277 Thanks Divide by Zero. I'm curious. I spend alot of time in Jersey, mostly Frenchtown and places in and around Bergen County.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2024 09:35 AM (DBrN4)

278 Two of my daughters have a rare form of rickets that is not due to vitamin D deficiency, rather an inability of the kidneys to properly handle calcium and phosphorus. Their condition was diagnosed due to soft bones that led to bowed legs rather than spontaneous fractures or the child abuse team may have become involved.

Rickets and osteogenesis imperfecta can experience fractures from actions as mild as changing a diaper. Alex and Caleb, the two kids in wheelchairs who do the Shriner's Hospital "adowwable blanket" commercials have O.I.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2024 09:35 AM (991eG)

279 252 Jimmy Dore played a mashup of msm predictions of what a 2nd trump presidency would mean. Hilarious. Trump execute his enemies, rewrite the constitution, declare himself permanent president, imprison (precious) journalists and on and on.

These people are broken.
Posted by: Montec at January 18, 2024 09:23 AM (U3DGD)

Thing of it is, I wish he would do all of that. I would.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2024 09:36 AM (x0n13)

280 It was such a slam-dunk stance it was absolutely amazing not one other candidate -- not one of the other 15 Republicans! -- even wavered a tiny bit on their (now obvious paid) stance of open borders = LOVE and all that is good for AMerica.
---
Scott Walker threw away his whole political future. That was the most surprising

Same with Rick Perry, though the "I forget " would have done him in too

Popular Republican governor sure do tend to make shitty presidential candidates.....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 18, 2024 09:52 AM (PFILT)

281 Thing of it is, I wish he would do all of that. I would.
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They want me to fear a tyrant.

But: I welcome a tyrant because I'm already living under their tyranny.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 18, 2024 09:54 AM (PFILT)

282 Good morning, all; thank you, J.J.

What did Zelensky want at Davos? AP, 2 days ago, "He sought to center Ukraine as a pillar in defense of democracies." The Guardian, Zelenskiy tells Davos chiefs: ‘Strengthen our economy, we will strengthen your security.’ Los Angles Times, "At Davos, Zelensky lashes out at Putin and urges support for Ukraine’s fight." (

Also, Opinion in Al-Jazeera: Gaza will be the grave of the Western-led World Order by Saul J Takahashi, Professor of Human Rights & Peace Studies at Osaka Jogakuin Univ., Osaka, Japan

WTH? Is the great majority of the US - excluding the government's 30% &/or holdings by the very wealthy, of course - a kind of planned reparations? Wondering if there's actually political movement towards Reparative Citizenship (see Prof. Amanda Frost) for a large swath of population from around the world coming to the USA?

(Some don't want to hear it but a possible return of Trump to the WH IS a huge concern for future planning.)

Stand with Israel. Free ALL Hamas hostages. Pray for IDF.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 18, 2024 10:26 AM (GshMh)

283 I don't always favor a nuclear-armed Iran. But when I do, it's because the enemy is Pakistan.

Sooner they get that shit sorted, the better.

Posted by: Tom Perry at January 18, 2024 10:26 AM (MX0bI)

284
The key in understanding the current Iran/Pakistan dust up is knowing who the Baluchis are.
The Baluchis have been fighting mighty hard for the last 40 years to be left alone and the land that they call their own is very resource rich and untapped. The Baluchis do not want their land developed, period.

Guess who wants their resources? The ChiComs, that's who.
The ChiComs want the Pakis and the Iranians to commit genocide on the Baluchis to get at those resources in Baluchistan.

Posted by: Speller at January 18, 2024 10:31 AM (pSotA)

285 The key in understanding the current Iran/Pakistan dust up is knowing who the Baluchis are.

Posted by: Speller at January 18, 2024 10:31 AM (pSotA)

It says here, Baluchis overdosed in a hotel room. Oh wait. Stupid spellcheck.

Posted by: Tom Perry at January 18, 2024 10:36 AM (MX0bI)

286
BTW, cited Los Angles Times, "At Davos, Zelensky lashes out at Putin and urges support for Ukraine’s fight" in 282, above, because the article was more expansive than just "Zelensky pita," ergo worth reading in full, imho.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 18, 2024 10:36 AM (GshMh)

287 14 "Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that Israel cannot defeat Hamas"

The proper diplomatic response from Bibi would be... "Here, hold my beer."

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 18, 2024 10:43 AM (8Ta2Y)

288 Please stop DeSantis sent one bus bus to Martha’s Vineyard. That’s it nothing else so obviously it was a joke to make him look. Tough on immigration he’s not.

Posted by: Gonzotx at January 18, 2024 11:04 AM (MwHgU)

289 When Trump was elected the first time, two-thirds of Americans wanted that fucking border controlled. Consent of the governed is not a factor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 18, 2024 08:49 AM (0FoWg)
++++
It's absolutely a factor. It is one of the points they use to guide their actions. If the people want it, they *don't* and will refuse to pursue it if not directly pursue its opposite.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 08:52 AM

The majority of the American electorate have wanted illegal immigration stopped and the border secured since at least 2006. But both Republicans and Democrats have been *against* that since at least 2006 (Bush-Graham-McCain Amnesty push). Donald Trump was the first and only candidate to push for border control and immigration law enforcement in my lifetime in 2016. No other GOP candidate took up his policies in 2016 campaign. None. It was when I saw that that I became a Trump supporter and voter.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 18, 2024 12:16 PM (UKWFA)

290 Here are the decepticons who routinely vote democrat:

Capito (WV), Cassidy (LA), Collins (ME), Cornyn (TX), Ernst (IA), Graham (SC), McConnell (KY), Murkowski (AK), Romney (UT), Tillis (NC), and Young (IN)

These are the neo-liberals who are at the heart of our problems.

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Posted by: glazes at January 18, 2024 01:21 PM (OXiN9)

292 There needs to be some control and audits on Ukraine aid - especially cash, not so much on EOL weapons, but we fucking guaranteed Ukraine territorial sovereignty in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, in return for them giving up the thousands of nuclear weapons that they had control of at the time. Just because Putin is a lying welcher doesn't relieve us of that obligation. Let's not act like we did with the Indian tribes.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 18, 2024 05:23 PM (kjW3d)

293 Yeah Yeah, now do the allegedly Republican Governor of Georgia.

Posted by: Not Fat Dumb Ron at January 18, 2024 08:34 PM (i+Vg5)

294 It's difficult to find well-informed people for this subject, but
you sound like you know what you're talking about! Thanks

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