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Kerry Picket: Wray Wants to Avoid Being Fired by Trump, Plans to Resign Before the Inauguration
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, The Washington Times has learned. Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn't want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump, according to sources inside the bureau who are familiar with the director's thinking. "He's going to be gone at the inauguration. On or before the inauguration," a source said.The Deputy Director, Paul Abbate, had planned to stay on and appoint an acting director of the FBI until Trump's nominee was confirmed. However, Grassley just published a blistering letter stating he has no confidence in Wray, and no confidence in Abbate, and Abbate should resign too. Apparently Abbate is planning to resign.
Mr. Grassley's letter changed Mr. Abbate's plans, and he is now looking for an alternate acting deputy director to appoint.Former chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and RussiaGate Hoax Debunker Devin Nunes says he's worked with Kash Patel and thinks Patel is the right pick for cleaning up the FBI.
So the DOJ and FBI spied on Kash Patel because he was rolling up their crime network. I'm sure he won't take that personally or anything, though.
President-elect Trump's nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director has sparked a frenzy of outrage from the fake news media. I'm sure none of this surprises Kash, who has faced it all before. Fake news outlets don't typically attack congressional staffers by name, but years ago they made an exception for Kash. At the time, he was my lead staff investigator on the House Intelligence Committee as we examined allegations that President Trump had colluded with Russia to hack the 2016 presidential election. We quickly began uncovering evidence that the entire Russia collusion narrative was a hoax funded by the Democratic Party and the Hillary Clinton campaign and weaponized by our own intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Shockingly, the abuses included the Department of Justice and FBI providing false information to a secret court to get a warrant to spy on Trump campaign associate Carter Page. Back then, Kash was an outstanding sleuth and a bulldog investigator who drew on his own experience as a DOJ prosecutor to figure out what misdeeds these corrupt officials were committing. To get the evidence, we had to overcome their ceaseless stonewalling, over-classification of documents, and countless other tricks and maneuvers they employed to bury the truth. Fake news reporters and "resistance" bureaucrats understood the evidence we found undermined their hoax narrative, so they launched an all-out jihad against Kash, with anonymous sources accusing him of committing every conceivable atrocity known to man. The attacks on Kash went beyond these information warfare operations--in a face-to-face meeting with us, top DOJ officials, who apparently didn't appreciate their dirty laundry being aired, threatened to subpoena Kash's communications. What we only found out years later was that they had already seized Kash's emails, along with those of other congressional staffers investigating the collusion hoax, including staffers for Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Amy Klobochar is fighting for some extraconstitutional power to insist that the criminal Wray remain in is position as boss of the FBI crime family. Ron DeSantis says that's not how it works.
In sum, the DOJ secretly spied on their own constitutionally mandated overseers to find out what we knew and how we knew it. You can imagine how intimidating it would be for a staffer to be directly threatened by top-level Department of Justice officials. But Kash could not be bullied. He was fearless, methodical, and intelligent, and ultimately played a decisive role in exposing the most consequential and damaging hoax in American history. ... Kash understands surveillance abuses and intimidation tactics because he experienced them himself -- and he never backed down. If you want an FBI director who will go along to get along, you're better off with someone else. If you want a director who will follow the Constitution and transform the bureau into an impartial, trustworthy law enforcement agency that zealously goes after criminals instead of political targets, then Kash is, bar none, the right man for the job.
The FBI Director does not have a “10 year term,” but a 10 year limit. The Director serves at the pleasure of the President and can be removed for any reason or no reason at all.
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 10, 2024
President Trump has the right — and, given the performance of the agency, a duty — to replace… https://t.co/lRRuUChIhZ
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Ciampino - arms to Syria/ISIS at December 10, 2024 02:27 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 10, 2024 02:27 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 10, 2024 02:27 PM (HsOwE)
Apparently Abbate is planning to resign.
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"See! The extra exclamation marks worked!"
-Grassley
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:28 PM (cD1dp)
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Posted by: huerfano at December 10, 2024 02:29 PM (DKIGo)
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The thing is that he's term-limited and his term ends in 2026. What does he do afterwards?
He's probably asking himself that very question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (cD1dp)
Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn't want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump
Why? What's the big deal? Happens after every regime change.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (xjJnc)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (YIxO9)
Posted by: American Hawkman at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (9VDxG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (HsOwE)
Posted by: zombie at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (YIxO9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (VNX3d)
Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn't want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump
Why? What's the big deal? Happens after every regime change.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (xjJnc)
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Wray was appointed by Trump and has survived through Biden's whole term.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (cD1dp)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: ATaLien81 at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (CrlEv)
Posted by: huerfano at December 10, 2024 02:29 PM (DKIGo)
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The thing is that he's term-limited and his term ends in 2026. What does he do afterwards?
He's probably asking himself that very question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
US Attorney General. Whomever Trump picks, will have two years. Who knows? They may want to leave by then.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (xjJnc)
“I received Communion anyway. That’s his problem, not mine,” Pelosi said. “My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior. It has nothing to do with the bishops.”
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Pelosi also voiced her opposition to the Vatican’s controversial deal with the Chinese Communist Party related to the appointment of Bishops for the state-approved church.
... so, apparently Pelosi is concerned about Chinese bishops but not her own.
Posted by: SMOD at December 10, 2024 02:32 PM (RHGPo)
Ernst is a lying SOB and part of the Poison Caucus along with Cassidy, Collin’s, Murcokeski, Cornyn and others.
She also violated the UCMJ by having an adulterous affair while serving.
Cassidy already has a primary challenger and we need to get one for Ernst. She’s just another subversive with an “R” behind her name.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 02:32 PM (bEuBF)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 02:32 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (xjJnc)
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USA feels like a step down from governor of one of America's largest states who already has some decent national name recognition.
Plus it's, like, a real job.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:32 PM (cD1dp)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (RsS92)
Evil will oft evil mar.
Posted by: Just Lily at December 10, 2024 02:33 PM (iEzig)
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:33 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 02:33 PM (C8u8d)
Wondering whether Flynn or Grinnell will get something - sort of expected they would, but who knows if they wanted back in or other complicating factors.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:33 PM (1m82a)
Well, yeah. Because another way to spell Hitler is K-A-S-H. Everyone knows that.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 02:33 PM (aXxgO)
Is there a non-adulterous affair?
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (HsOwE)
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He has a plane to catch.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 02:33 PM (C8u8d)
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I suspect that Lara Trump is gonna get appointed, and Scott's going nowhere.
DeSantis' next step doesn't seem to be the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (cD1dp)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 10, 2024 02:35 PM (YIxO9)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (1m82a)
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Against sitting VP Vance.
Should be interesting, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:35 PM (cD1dp)
See: FDR and J. Edgar Hoover.
The most powerful man in the history of American government was named Hoover, and his first name wasn't Herbert.
Posted by: zombie at December 10, 2024 02:35 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:35 PM (ExV1e)
He's probably asking himself that very question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (cD1dp)
I read that the Ambassador to Prague gets to live in an 80 room 18th century baroque mansion with a huge staff of domestic servants to wait on him and his guests night and day. Supposed to be about the best diplomatic posting anyone can get.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (wyMQY)
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that one is indeed available...
Posted by: runner at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (QTCRF)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (17s+e)
DeSantis' next step doesn't seem to be the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (cD1dp)
Lara is polling high for the NC Senate seat isnt she?
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: LASue at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (lCppi)
Is there a non-adulterous affair?
Posted by: SFGoth
Yes.
Posted by: Vladimir Nabokov at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: runner at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (QTCRF)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 10, 2024 02:37 PM (y/ZMQ)
While I am highly skeptical, her confession does seem to indicate Christianity. The problem is... not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" and all that. Only God knows her heart but if she is a Christian, she's a deeply confused one far from God.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:37 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: Thereband at December 10, 2024 02:37 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 10, 2024 02:37 PM (y/ZMQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Sounds wonderful. Glad Shirley Temple got to serve in that post.
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 02:37 PM (v6JzV)
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Kerry misspelled "Executed for Treason."
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (CHyVR)
Assuming he's still interested in the big chair, he could start organizing his campaign. Even just having the central team together early could help with coordination and he might not be stuck with whatever team was advising him in this round.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (ExV1e)
Should be interesting, at least.
Ideally, from where we sit right now, its Trump - Vance - Vance - DeSantis - DeSantis. DeSantis as Vance's VP.
Never happen, of course, but that would make a significant difference in this country.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (RsS92)
DeSantis' next step doesn't seem to be the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (cD1dp)
Lara is polling high for the NC Senate seat isnt she?
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (CIS44)
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There was a poll (spit) that showed her beating Tillis by 30-40 points. I doubt it, but it also seemed to have an effect on Tillis in terms of cabinet nominations.
There are also polls showing that she should be a shoe-in for the FL senate seat.
I dunno.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (cD1dp)
Posted by: Ciampino - different laws apply? at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (wyMQY)
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"...back to his new home in exile in Venezuela.", I'm hoping.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (9AdWJ)
My Dad, who was an IC insider, noted that J. Edgar Hover's FBI returned money to the treasury rather than spend it all at the end of the FY.
So only 99% bad.
Good to see you posting again. I still remember your skill with a camera. You did well with that protest expose. The Santa nude bike ride comes to mind, as does Breasts, not Bombs. *Shudder*
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (u82oZ)
If "Your Catholic Faith" has nothing to do with The Bishops, then you're a fucking Lutheran.
Dumbass.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (y/ZMQ)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 10, 2024 02:35 PM (YIxO9)
Led by Biden, Pelosi, and McConnell?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (VNX3d)
RE: "Major signs of schizophrenia". God alone knows what they are hinting at. Most of the comments are stuff like "You can see it in his eyes" and "He always looks like he can just barely contain his hate". It's easy to come up with stuff if you are willing to make it all up whole cloth!
Posted by: American Hawkman at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (9VDxG)
Posted by: steevy at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: zombie at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (pMi6S)
In other words a no win situation for 2028. If he wants to be president he should have thought about that, unless he was counting on Trump being gone one way or the other.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (W6ek6)
I like DeSantis right where he is. He has been a foundation pier in holding the conservative components in the GOP in place while the progressive hurricane swept the nation. An essential base populist. We absolutely must retain those at the State level.
Let him finish his term in FL and go from there. I'm thinking the US will have better standing in a couple of years and DeSantis can move in to a stronger, different seat.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 02:40 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 02:32 PM (KAi1n)
He can wear that purple boa he loves so much when he flounces.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 02:40 PM (C8u8d)
Masses of DOJ/FBI/CIA regulars resigning, or protesting, or somehow registering their outrage? Nope.
Massive political repercussions, a la early 1970s after Watergate? Nope.
Widespread consensus outrage in media, academia, etc also a la post-Watergate era? Nope.
Extremely frightening and ominous, still.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:40 PM (1m82a)
There is a far-left movie critic named Grace Randolph who often spews nonsense, but she said something very smart recently.
She said that they all thought that they were the majority, and that their critics were a tiny minority of far right cranks. Now she realizes that while everyone is kind of in a bubble, they don't know how big their bubble is, and that there are huge numbers of their critics. That the MAGA movement is not a splinter of radicals, its mainstream.
I think that is sinking in on the left. And in businesses. And in entertainment. How much effect that will have we'll see but companies like Wal*Mart dumped their entire DEI department.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:40 PM (RsS92)
Said by somebody that has never attended a mome
Posted by: N at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (8XibL)
Posted by: Ripley at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (GUOwU)
52 It's almost like PDT 2.0 implanted a spine in some members of the GOP.
Posted by: Thereband
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Not a chance. But he may have given them an outline of the hellscape awaiting them if they didn't cooperate.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (ibKHN)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (zSyrn)
Posted by: Thereband
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They're still completely spineless.
It's just that they are bending with the current winds.
They still have no principles and are only doing it because they understand that it's politically beneficial to be on Trump's side now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (cD1dp)
Assuming DeSantis wants to be President in four years, that would be pretty close to the worst thing he could do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (ExV1e)
My camera now collects dust, replaced by 1 billion iPhones as "citizen journalism" went from being a one-person operation to now a universal pastime.
Posted by: zombie at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (CIS44)
Man, really? I predicted her rise right on these pages back in 2017 or so. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes I guess.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: The Fucking Lutherans at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (zdLoL)
I agree, we need strength and clarity at the state level, we need 50 DeSantises, or equivalents for each state. We DON'T need 50 DeSantises in the federal government and no good governors.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (+oR7L)
Is there a non-adulterous affair?
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (KAi1n)
I believe that the other person, if unmarried, is technically not an adulterer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (1m82a)
Is there a non-adulterous affair?
Posted by: SFGoth
I believe the term "adultery" refers specifically to the breaking of the marriage vow. So, I guess if two unmarried people sleep with each other, it could be described as a "non-adulterous affair."
Except that, people usually don't use the word "affair" to refer to the sexual activities of two unmarried people. They're "hooking up," "shacking up," "sleeping with each other," etc.
Maybe if you cheat on your boyfriend or girlfriend that could be described as a "non-adulterous affair?"
Oy vey, I'm spending way too much mental energy on this.
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: zombie at December 10, 2024 02:39 PM (pMi6S)
Get off my lawn.
Posted by: Upton Sinclair at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (y/ZMQ)
Keep the pressure on.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (u82oZ)
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The issue with the GOP is that it's been purchased by large donors who make it a necessity to follow big dollar donors to get re-elected. This extended to control of the RNC so that any challengers who wouldn't bend to the will of the donors got cut out of the process.
Trump offers a potent political force that can overcome the donor influence to some degree, but ultimately the underlying issue is still there. The donors are still buying Senators with promises of re-election, and that class will outlive Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (cD1dp)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (bEuBF)
Yesssssss.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM
If it's a hip, he needs to go to the train station.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (+oR7L)
Who knows? Maybe a Supreme Court seat might open up.
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 02:40 PM (C8u8d)
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Asked by the EMT if he felt okay, Mitch just stared into space.
Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2024 02:45 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: N at December 10, 2024 02:45 PM (8XibL)
Posted by: runner at December 10, 2024 02:45 PM (QTCRF)
early 15c., agent noun from obsolete verb adulter "commit adultery; adulterate, make impure, pollute" (late 14c.), from Latin adulterare "to corrupt" (see adulteration). The earlier form in Middle English was avouter (c. 1300), avoutrer (late 14c.), "person (usually a man) guilty of adultery," from Old French avoutrier, from the Latin verb, or from Latin adulter "adulterer, seducer," noun use of an adjective.
also from early 15c.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 02:45 PM (bEuBF)
Posted by: Just Lily at December 10, 2024 02:45 PM (iEzig)
Posted by: The Fucking Lutherans at December 10, 2024 02:43 PM (zdLoL)
No take-backsies!!!!!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 10, 2024 02:46 PM (y/ZMQ)
It's just that they are bending with the current winds.
They still have no principles and are only doing it because they understand that it's politically beneficial to be on Trump's side now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (cD1dp)
"The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing..."
-- Milton Friedman
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 10, 2024 02:46 PM (AiZBA)
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The New Governor of The Great State of Canada?
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 02:46 PM (CHyVR)
The floor tiles got to him first, but I'm still lurking.
Posted by: Harry Reid's Exercise Machine at December 10, 2024 02:46 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)
depends on what he wants to do with his life
Posted by: runner at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (QTCRF)
He should be awarded The Carnegie Medal, not a Congressional Gold Medal. He was put through a lot.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (/7KEl)
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Because they rule us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (cD1dp)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (CvaMA)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (/7KEl)
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Because they rule us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (cD1dp)
A gerontocracy if you can keep it. Didn't someone say something like that?
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (CIS44)
May he be unharmed and enter a "sudden " retirement.
Posted by: Just Lily at December 10, 2024 02:45 PM (iEzig)
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What are the appointment rules for KY. They have a Dem Governor right now.
Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (G0vdT)
Hint: most married Pakistanis in Britain are married to their first cousins, and the practice is widespread across the Islamic world.
Cousin marriage is associated with much higher rates of genetic defects and genetic diseases, of course.
The Usual Suspects are vociferously protesting this bill.
In the United States, 32 states ban cousin marriage - in the coming years, I expect the ACLU and similar organizations will discover that being able to marry your close relatives is a new civil right, and that it is racist to oppose this.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (1m82a)
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OUT: Glitch McConnell.
IN: Ditch McConnell.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (CHyVR)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (/7KEl)
That's why I don't want him to be a senator or in the Trump cabinet. He still has a year of being governor and showing other governors how to do the job. Especially now that its sinking in with even the dullest politico that the left is not actually super dominant in the population.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 10, 2024 02:47 PM (CvaMA)
Amy Klobuchar ate her salad with a comb. Amy Klobuchar is no Delores Umbridge.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:41 PM (cD1dp)
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They fear being Liz Cheneyed.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 02:46 PM (CHyVR)
Considering the number of Canadians wintering over in Florida, I'd say DeSantis is the best qualified man for the job.
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (G0vdT)
Either trial by combat, or a blind judged corn liquor cook-off. I forget which.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (y/ZMQ)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 10, 2024 02:49 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (u73oe)
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The New Governor of The Great State of Canada?
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 02:46 PM (CHyVR)
He's already proven he could do the job. Would he want to deal with the weather, however?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (VNX3d)
See, a real Republican sighting. I knew we were still around.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: ... at December 10,
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I fell down while reading this
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (W6ek6)
Yeah it used to be a "love affair" to be dating and love each other but its rarely used that way these days. Its almost always a bad thing to be in an affair.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (xCA6C)
Also, Alaska has ice floes for immediate use. Just in time for Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (1m82a)
They passed a law that the gov has to appoint from a list the legislature provides (super majority R) Beshear said fuck you Ill do what I want.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (zdLoL)
LETS DANCE!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihOQNPKG1A
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (EFZgU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (C8u8d)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (1m82a)
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He's the head of Amy Klobochar's crime family too.
So... this checks out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)
The point of the ten-year maximum term for an FBI director is to stop a second J. Edgar Hoover from serving for decades by blackmailing everyone in Washington.
It is a maximum term, not a minimum term.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 02:51 PM (bEuBF)
I'm just kidding I sincerely have nothing.
And supposedly Democrats hate McConnell almost as much as we do.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:52 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:52 PM (1m82a)
You're going to have to be more specific.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (xCA6C)
Brass, plastic, steel, or tinfoil?
I'd prefer paper pirate hats, though, since so many want to steal almost anything that isn't nailed down.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 02:52 PM (VNX3d)
Let first cousin marriages flourish. We need new Democrat voters of Islamic persuasion.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 02:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2024 02:48 PM (G0vdT)
There is a law which says the Governor must appoint from a list provided by the former Senator's party. Governor says that it conflicts with state Constitution and he'll ignore it. Legal battle. Likely, an extended period of no second Senator for KY.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (NtVYv)
BREAKING: 82 Year-Old Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fell during a Senate lunch and is receiving medical treatment
Catturd ™ @catturd2 7m
RETIRE ALREADY !!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (hovnC)
It is a maximum term, not a minimum term.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)
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You can still accumulate A LOT of blackmail in ten years, especially with modern technology.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 02:34 PM (KAi1n)
****
Fraternizing
I found the service to be a lonely place. No bars, no on base clubs. Beer machine at the laundry mat near Pier 10. Study training manuals.
Posted by: torabora at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (b6sYu)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (aOqEy)
Posted by: butch at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (bEuBF)
They were not that bothered by that , since it was nothing more than swapping the nazis for the reds
Posted by: N at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (8XibL)
I'd guess it looks like Berlin in mid-April '45.
But that's just a guess.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:54 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 10, 2024 02:54 PM (u73oe)
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Oof. Ow.
.
Posted by: Sen McConnell, not leaving just yet. at December 10, 2024 02:54 PM (9AdWJ)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 10, 2024 02:54 PM (V6W16)
Senator McConnell has fallen down again. Senator Grassley tried to help McConnell up, but he fell down. Nancy Pelosi rushed over, and she fell down. Upon hearing this, Senator Thune fell down.
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (/7KEl)
You know who really was? There was a judge during Walker's fight with the teacher's union who was trying to shut him down and she looked EXACTLY like Dolores Umbridge.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (V6W16)
Trump gets his picks, I know but I'd never even heard of that dude before.
Wasn't he a Sunday fill in on Fox and Friends?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (aOqEy)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: butch at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (98xTj)
When he finishes his term, he can become a territorial governor. Whether that's California, Canada, or someplace else can be determined over the next couple of years.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: torabora at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (b6sYu)
Senator McConnell has fallen down again. Senator Grassley tried to help McConnell up, but he fell down. Nancy Pelosi rushed over, and she fell down. Upon hearing this, Senator Thune fell down.
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (/7KEl)
Amazingly, though, Nancy didn't spill her third martini.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (CIS44)
The Dems and Senate Rinos will go nuts.....a beautiful thing
Posted by: jb at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (+oFDv)
When JFK took office, he sent RFK to take J. Edgar Hoover out to lunch to explain that Hoover was going to retire.
Hoover didn't retire.
I would give a lot for the transcript of that lunchtime conversation where Hoover explained precisely why the Kennedys weren't going to make him retire.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (dGCAG)
Don't know KY's procedure but assume appointed senators serve out full term.
I don't know what their current law is, but in the past there's been a senator appointed, then a special election to elect someone to fill out the term.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 02:56 PM (dxSpM)
Still love (= am astonished and disgusted by) that NY's "governor" didn't know she couldn't appoint congressmen to fill vacancies.
Idiocracy, and sadly a fairly representative one.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:56 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at December 10, 2024 02:56 PM (g8Ew8)
Those things weigh tons.
Posted by: Accomack at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (+OnsA)
Ithaca? A little van with bars on the windows should be enough for that
Posted by: gKWVE at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (gKWVE)
He's probably asking himself that very question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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He and Comey could open their own lunch truck. I hear that is the trendy urban thing to do these days.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (jFCkp)
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (W6ek6)
It'll get the Muzzies on board, at any rate.
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything
I know, right?
Posted by: Diane Feinstein at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (v6JzV)
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I though the law in KY is that if you have to replace a Senator (who has fallen down, for instance) the replacement pick has to be from the same party as the Senator who fell down
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (/7KEl)
He's probably asking himself that very question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (cD1dp)
Get a job?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (dGCAG)
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Be a great place to FBI Raid.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (jFCkp)
But that's just a guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VvHMS3_BsU
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2024 02:38 PM (wyMQY)
He works on a government salary with a wife who's had cancer and will likely continue to have bouts of cancer...and he has has little kids.
Money and security will definitely play a HUGE roll in his future decisions. Unlike most politicos, he has no plans to leave/cheat on the spouse and will likely be putting his family's needs 1st in future plans.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (exHjb)
They passed a law that the gov has to appoint from a list the legislature provides (super majority R) Beshear said fuck you Ill do what I want.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 02:50 PM (CIS44)
Beshear can do what he wants but the Senate doesn't have to accept it. They're the ultimate arbiters of who gets seated.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (dxSpM)
Let the guy serve his term then run again, if legally allowed?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM (aOqEy)
I’m not fond of the pick but it isn’t because of his background. I just feel he’s in over his head and doesn’t have experience running a large organization. But Pete is a combat vet with multiple tours, Ivy League grad and has helped run two small veterans organizations.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (bEuBF)
It is a maximum term, not a minimum term.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)
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That rule should apply to every bureaucrat in DC.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage deplorable, uneducated woman at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (W2Pud)
If he thinks that an administration position is good for him, in 2026 there will be a bunch of resignations as people gear up for 2028 as well as by those who’ve discovered they can’t handle the position as well as they thought they could. 2026 can take care of itself.
I understand the desire to take people who are doing great out of the position in which they’re doing great, but it has serious drawbacks.
I really want DeSantis to stay in Florida to keep the fire lit under Texas’s Greg Abbott.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (EXyHK)
Those things weigh tons.
Posted by: Accomack
Uh...that wasn't Hollywood.
Posted by: Diane Feinstein at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (v6JzV)
Assuming DeSantis wants to be President in four years, that would be pretty close to the worst thing he could do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 10, 2024 02:42 PM (ExV1e)
One day as Senator gets you lifetime health and pension benefits...I can see the definite appeal for him.
Does FL give their govs that? And do they give it if they leave FL?
Posted by: Nova Local at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Weasel at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (l7fPC)
Posted by: Kerry Pickett and the Union Gap at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (nv4Gy)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything
I know, right?
Posted by: Diane Feinstein at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (v6JzV)
AYE!
Posted by: Strom Thurman from the grave at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (OA79/)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything
I know, right?
Posted by: Diane Feinstein at December 10, 2024 02:57 PM (v6JzV)
Where do we get such men?
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (ibKHN)
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (v6JzV)
Senator Thomas Massie has a nice ring to it
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 10, 2024 02:55 PM
Yes. Yes, it does
speaking of Massie: he has H.R.9534 - National Constitutional Carry Act in congress right now
please hit your representative's twix and suggest they get on board
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (w9Ycv)
Posted by: N at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (8XibL)
In Cornelius Ryan's book "The Last Battle", the author describes the big surprise for the German communists who had survived Hitler and the Gestapo, only to have themselves arrested by the NKVD as they emerged from the rubble.
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)
It would be refreshing to see an elected official, after serving their term with dignity and respect, leave the office and go back to the private sector to show how the legislation they supported works in real life.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage deplorable, uneducated woman at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (W2Pud)
George McGovern tried to open up a restaurant or a bed and breakfast or something like that. He said he had no idea how complicated it all was.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (dxSpM)
196 I'm available for nomination as Secretary of Dogs and Cats.
Posted by: Weasel at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (l7fPC)
I thought you were up for head of Department of Excessive Retribution?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (aOqEy)
Posted by: illiniwek at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (QSrLX)
Its already legal in most if not all states. There are some limitations but the chance of genetic damage is pretty low. And I am not saying this just because I had hot cousins.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (aOqEy)
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The Dogs and Cats would be a weekend gig.
Posted by: Weasel at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (l7fPC)
Who knows? Maybe a Supreme Court seat might open up.
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)
I would like this move...as would he...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Weasel at December 10, 2024 02:59 PM (l7fPC)
I thought you were up for head of Department of Excessive Retribution?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:00 PM (aOqEy)
Co-chaired with Bluebell?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (DTX3h)
BREAKING: 82 Year-Old Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fell during a Senate lunch and is receiving medical treatment
Catturd ™ @catturd2 7m
RETIRE ALREADY !!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 02:53 PM (hovnC)
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If he broke a hip there is a 50% chance he will die.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: mrp
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How do you say "If only Stalin knew?" in German?
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (ibKHN)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (u82oZ)
It is a maximum term, not a minimum term.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
When Allen Dulles was at the CIA, he kept a blackmail file on Hoover.
And Hoover had a blackmail file on him.
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)
BREAKING: Senator Markwayne Mullin says that Senator Joni Ernst should not be primaried if she votes NO on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense.
👀
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)
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Yeah, Bluebell is the brains of the operation!
Posted by: Weasel at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (l7fPC)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (u73oe)
Ok, who gave Cocaine Mitch Jill Biden's teleprompter?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Vladimir Nabokov at December 10, 2024 02:36 PM (pMi6S)
Gross!
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Get Rid Of Slimy girlS
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (W6ek6)
BREAKING: Senator Markwayne Mullin says that Senator Joni Ernst should not be primaried if she votes NO on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense.
👀
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (hovnC)
Geez my senators just keep making me proud.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (CIS44)
Thanks for the suggestion. Blow me.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (bEuBF)
Now you did it.
Bluebell in charge of Homeshooling. Now with shiv self-defense time, rather than naps.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (u82oZ)
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No wobbly shit!
Posted by: Weasel at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (l7fPC)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (ig8VZ)
Turtles wobble but *can* fall down.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (DTX3h)
There's nothing more charming than little puppies learning to walk. "I'm standing! Just don't blow on me."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Don Black at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (/7KEl)
The Left ruin everything they touch.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (W6ek6)
And Hoover had a blackmail file on him.
Posted by: Bulg
Thus the genesis of "Spy vs. Spy"
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything
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I know, right?
Posted by: Diane Feinstein
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Oui
Ja
Posted by: zombie ruth bader ginsburg at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Death at December 10, 2024 03:04 PM (ig8VZ)
I think there's a certain ego and mental instability that is in anyone who gets into politics at that level. I believe they tell themselves that they are doing good and serving the people, but its about power and money and clinging to the status, etc. Its about how important they are.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:04 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:04 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 10, 2024 03:04 PM (C53IZ)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything
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I know, right?
Posted by: Diane Feinstein
You would be correct.
Posted by: Bobby Byrd at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (wrXPz)
The German communists were divided into two groups - those who had escaped to Moscow after Hitler took over, and those who had stayed in Germany.
Stalin killed a lot of the German communists during the purges, but then trusted the remainder (as much as Stalin trusted anyone). The German communists in German prisons were not trusted.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (uxCna)
It's a solid strategy to cut the State Dept. and by association The Deep State out of shaping foreign policy. Marco will get tired of that and move on...DeSantis can slip right in and start focusing on removing hack personnel.
Posted by: Orson at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (dIske)
Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona in something like his seventh term, stepped into a phone booth and said, "Up, please."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (dxSpM)
For real?
How perfectly, poetically typical.
Imagine, for example, Joe Biden. Been in government at the highest levels for decades. Couldn't run a lemonade stand. And we have hundreds of these failures "running" a country.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (aXxgO)
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Be a great place to FBI Raid.
Posted by: pudinhead
Do you really want to be the guy who has to go through Valarie Jarrett's underwear drawer? Big Mike's?
Posted by: Auspex at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 10, 2024 03:01 PM (ibKHN)
LOL
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 03:05 PM (rj6Yv)
Anyway the only Word I'm interested in is the Lord's and that's the thing that really kills them.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (W6ek6)
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Unbecoming even!!
- Nancy Pelosi
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (s56Q/)
Somebody warm up the hearse.
Posted by: Frank Barone
I hope, no pray, it's a hat trick.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (/U5Yz)
Bitch McConnell
We all have term limits
Posted by: Death
Then hop to it. You've been slacking off like a sophomore.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (xjJnc)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything
Pfft. Who wants to go capture Constantinople?
-- Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (v6JzV)
Now you did it.
Bluebell in charge of Homeshooling. Now with shiv self-defense time, rather than naps.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:03 PM (u82oZ)
Shiv creation would also be on the required curiculum.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 03:07 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Auspex
Dude! I've got those same boxers!
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 03:07 PM (xjJnc)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (aOqEy)
From my understanding, she's stepping back from all the pointless, decorative First Lady duties she felt forced to do the last time, and will reevaluate and redefine what the role looks like for her. Barron is at NYU, she will stay close by in NYC at Trump Tower. And will come to DC only when necessary. But she respects the role, so she will do the duties as FLOTUS that are important and more than window dressing.
Which is fine by me! Hillary wanted to be Vice Pres as FLOTUS, and I think made the role more outsized than it was before. I'm excited to see what FLOTUS for Melania looks like. I hope it shakes things up.
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (wcIbG)
I can see middle schoolers at the forge, with Forged by Fire as homework.
Sharpening stones for the investment win.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (s56Q/)
"McGovern had made several real estate investments in the D.C. area and became interested in hotel operations. In 1988, using the money he had earned from his speeches, the McGoverns bought, renovated, and began running a 150-room inn in Stratford, Connecticut, with the goal of providing a hotel, restaurant, and public conference facility. It went into bankruptcy in 1990 and closed the following year. In 1992 McGovern published his reflections on the experience in the Wall Street Journal and the Nation's Restaurant News. He attributed part of the failure to the early 1990s recession, but also part to the cost of dealing with federal, state, and local regulations that were passed with good intentions but made life difficult for small businesses, and to the cost of dealing with frivolous lawsuits. McGovern wrote, "I ... wish that during the years I was in public office I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender." His statement would still be resonating with American conservatives two decades later."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Auspex
That might deserve hazmat suits and hazardous duty pay.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (jYlLq)
Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:09 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 10, 2024 03:09 PM (r4Har)
Plus, his front office talent was always, always smokin' hot.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 03:10 PM (1m82a)
I can see middle schoolers at the forge, with Forged by Fire as homework.
Sharpening stones for the investment win.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:08 PM (u82oZ)
High schoolers building their own Kentucky Rifles. Advanced students get to build machine guns or submachine guns.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 03:10 PM (VNX3d)
“Leader McConnell tripped following lunch. He sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist. He has been cleared to resume his schedule.”
Ffs.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:10 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:10 PM (u82oZ)
Someone asked about Melania's role in the final term...
Chain-mail bikini and a bloody axe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:09 PM (dxSpM)
Chain-mail is pinchy.
I'd suggest a tasteful red white and blue number.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:10 PM (aOqEy)
Sometimes the Empire is so big and subtle that nobody will publicly notice it's not wearing pants. Like a Sunday Book thread.
Posted by: DaveA at December 10, 2024 03:10 PM (FhXTo)
And to not let your footwear become a meme.
I'd really love Rubio as SoS if Cuba finally happens to fall while he's in the role. There is no one better suited to oversee it with care, and who knows those people and what they need.
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2024 03:11 PM (wcIbG)
Posted by: dingbat63 at December 10, 2024 03:11 PM (scFbS)
Posted by: tubal at December 10, 2024 03:11 PM (PCK5/)
Doesn't Hillary still have security privileges?
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage deplorable, uneducated woman at December 10, 2024 03:11 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (u82oZ)
The Director serves at the pleasure of the President and can be removed for any reason or no reason at all.
There's a whole slew of flag officers at the Pentagon who just broke out in flop sweat.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (y9nCu)
Someone asked about Melania's role in the final term...
Chain-mail bikini and a bloody axe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:09 PM (dxSpM)
Chain-mail is pinchy.
I'd suggest a tasteful red white and blue number.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Sheer bodysuit.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (/U5Yz)
Netanyahu is certainly punching above his weight. At this rate he'll go down in history as Churchillian. He's going to be - if not already - a historic figure, and I don't think it hyperbole. He met the times and corralled it magnificently.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage deplorable, uneducated woman at December 10, 2024 02:58 PM (W2Pud)
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Unfortunately, since they know how their legislation will work in real life, it's the LAST place they want to go.
Or so it would seem.
Posted by: Just Lily at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (iEzig)
Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (G0vdT)
272 Doesn't Hillary still have security privileges?
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage deplorable, uneducated woman at December 10, 2024 03:11 PM (W2Pud
The woman who kept classified documents on her bathroom server?
Sure.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (aOqEy)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (1m82a)
>>He's probably asking himself that very question.
He could always try ballet, he seem to like to stand on his tip toes.
I KEED, I KEED.
I love the meatball, love him to pieces.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Except Nikki, if she runs again she needs to be committed to Arkham Asylum, bitch be crazy
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Seeker of Mistletoes Hanging Over Bodacious Wagshambas at December 10, 2024 03:13 PM (lM5BR)
Posted by: tubal at December 10, 2024 03:13 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:13 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Wally at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (xyxcf)
Kari Lake may be appointed US Ambassador to Mexico.
Wow. My preference was for Chairman of the Federal Election Commission.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (CHyVR)
Posted by: Inogame at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (cY18j)
Posted by: Wally at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (xyxcf)
In Gitmo.
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (UnA8+)
BREAKING: Senator Markwayne Mullin says that Senator Joni Ernst should not be primaried if she votes NO on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense.
👀
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (hovnC)
Who da fuq is this guy ???
Posted by: Pres. Merkin Muffley at December 10, 2024 03:15 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: tubal
Pleasure? None.
Blackmailed? 8 or 9.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 03:15 PM (xjJnc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (C8u8d)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (aOqEy)
Posted by: Gonzotx at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (YjECI)
Posted by: tubal at December 10, 2024 03:13 PM (PCK5/)
None of them. They served at his.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (80fve)
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:17 PM (v6JzV)
*scribbles furiously
Posted by: Japanese High Command at December 10, 2024 03:17 PM (w9Wax)
>>BREAKING: Senator Markwayne Mullin says that Senator Joni Ernst should not be primaried if she votes NO on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense.
Listen Mother F**ker, nobody voted for you or the f**king GOPe agenda, you can take your f**king piehole and shut it the f**k up and relegate yourself to peeping beneath the feet of Colossus.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (XV/Pl)
In Washington there are no "ends," only means.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (RsS92)
BREAKING: Senator Markwayne Mullin says that Senator Joni Ernst should not be primaried if she votes NO on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense.
👀
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:02 PM (hovnC)
Who da fuq is this guy ???
Posted by: Pres. Merkin Muffley
Who the fuq would name their child Markwayne?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: huerfano at December 10, 2024 02:29 PM (DKIGo)
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The thing is that he's term-limited and his term ends in 2026. What does he do afterwards?
He's probably asking himself that very question.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 10, 2024 02:30 PM (cD1dp)
That seems perfect to take a position then in the admin or an elected one.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (KbCG3)
Sen Mullin is of Oklahoma and is supposebly Pete's biggest supporter in the Senate.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (uaPFX)
who bitch this is?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (Pv3Rg)
Because, as we are seeing, it seems every agency and every employee had one mission:
Defeat America, Stop Trump, Stop Conservatives, Elect Democrats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (G7Fd7)
Oh, I like it.
We should start our oun Academy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (u82oZ)
We'd still need Weasel for marksmanship, and Bluebell for the shiv and knife work. Perhaps Piper to run the physical education classes, Nurse Ratched for health, and a few others. Civics and history would have a lot of candidates from the Horde, and I think science and law would be covered well.
I'm not as certain about math, though, since it's discouraged here.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (xcxpd)
Breaking News.🚨
Fulton County Superior Court has issued a default judgment against District Attorney Fani Willis for refusing to turn over records that could document her collusion with the J6 committee and Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The court order states: "By finding the Defendant in default, the Court has effectively declared that she violated the ORA [Open Records Act]. The Court further ORDERS the Defendant to conduct a thorough search of her records for responsive materials within five business days of this Order's entry."
"Within the same five-day period, the Defendant is ORDERED to provide the Plaintiff with copies of all responsive records that are not legally exempt or excepted from disclosure. If the Defendant must or chooses to withhold any portion of a requested record, she is instructed to adhere to the procedures outlined in the ORA."
However, the Fulton County D.A. claims that such records don't exist, potentially putting her at legal risk of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (/U5Yz)
"Well, his daddy wasn't to name him Wayne. I wanted to name him Mark. So we compromised and decided to get him beat up all throughout school."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (KbCG3)
At least for a while.
The man got shot for that paycheck.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (aOqEy)
The court makes it clear that it has substantive reason to believe Willis is withholding records:
"Defendant is further ORDERED to provide an explanation why such correspondence does not exist in Defendant’s records (or why it is being withheld)."
However, if Willis does turn over the records, it could provide proof of a criminal conspiracy. Oh, the irony.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: tubal at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (PCK5/)
For DOGE - stop all payments to news organizations, journalists, reporters, influencers, tiktokers, podcasters etc., including stopping payments laundered through NGOs.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (9AdWJ)
Posted by: Japanese High Command at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (HsOwE)
Writing a manifesto to explain why you murdered a CEO?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (KcwUg)
>>}By the way, Trump is going to continue donating his paycheck for Presidency rather than taking it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I wouldn't if I were him. What's the point? To please the Democrats? Whogivesafuck?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (uaPFX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (Q4IgG)
FBI Agent No. 1: Hey, Joe, you wanna take this call from the CI on that Jersey terror suspect? He says things are "in motion."
FBI Agent No. 2: Nah, I'm good.
FBI Agent No. 1: [Hangs up phone.] Heh heh heh.
Posted by: Nino Leven at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (dxSpM)
They've had it too easy for too long.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (ibKHN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at December 10, 2024 02:31 PM (HsOwE)
Writing a manifesto to explain why you murdered a CEO?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 10, 2024 03:20 PM (KcwUg)
Voting Democrat..
Posted by: tubal at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 10, 2024 03:12 PM (1m82a)
I think Congress should dump Harvard's "contribution", and sign up with a college that has a horsemanship program and a required 21-day outdoor program for freshpersons.
https://tinyurl.com/268esmbm
Posted by: mrp at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (rj6Yv)
Bitch McConnell
We all have term limits
Posted by: Death
Then hop to it. You've been slacking off like a sophomore.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 03:06 PM (xjJnc)
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Amen, Death.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: Seems Legit at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (jyAD3)
do libs think a lazy eye is a sign of schizophrenia or something?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 10, 2024 03:22 PM (Pv3Rg)
In Washington there are no "ends," only means.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (wBaIH)
The angle is that he's chickenshit.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 10, 2024 03:22 PM (n7h9X)
Someone asked about Melania's role in the final term...
As I said in an earlier thread.
Writing up the enemies list
And remember, The female of the species is more deadly than the male
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 10, 2024 03:22 PM (y9nCu)
There have been incidents at deer camp and trout camp where respected elder members have been unstable, perhaps even falling under the gravitas of their position, but never to the point of needing medical attention.
Posted by: Auspex at December 10, 2024 03:22 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 10, 2024 03:22 PM (saXh0)
Oh, and pipe Lee Greenwood through the landscape speakers for four years.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (aOqEy)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (NQtI0)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (9AdWJ)
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2024 03:11 PM (wcIbG)
*****
I believe, unencumbered by any real knowledge, that is the motivating reason behind him becoming SoS. He has spoken in the past about his father and their family’s struggle as Cubans. I believe it will happen and even at my old age, I’m going there to drink rum and smoke cigars. Maybe ogle some beautiful Cuban gals.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (2yAnV)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Gads, no.
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (v6JzV)
They've had it too easy for too long.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 10, 2024 03:21 PM (ibKHN)
House does budgets
Posted by: Oldcat at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (n7h9X)
I think Congress should dump Harvard's "contribution", and sign up with a college that has a horsemanship program and a required 21-day outdoor program for freshpersons.
Run by Marine drill instructors.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (dxSpM)
Strategic masterstroke by Israel. In perhaps the most intensive bombing campaign in its history, Israel has destroyed the Syrian air force, air defences, navy & army assets plus defence industries & C2I. Looks also like chemical weapons neutralised/seized. IDF ground forces secured defence lines inside Syria. This eliminates a significant threat to Israel & further degrades & neutralises the remnants of Hizballah. It is also yet another hammer blow to Iran.
Joel Pollak @joelpollak 2h
Watching Israel bomb every major weapon left in Syria is a reminder of how disastrous the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was, when Biden allowed billions of dollars of weaponry and equipment to fall into the terrorists’ hands.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: wth at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Tom Servo"
I would have though living amongst the beautiful Czech women would be the best benefit.
Posted by: Ripley at December 10, 2024 03:25 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:25 PM (aOqEy)
Now can the right find dirt money Cornyn or him support ing a bunch of Democrat nonsense aka Ernst?
He definitely needs to be brought to heel.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 10, 2024 03:25 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 10, 2024 03:25 PM (DJ7uY)
Draft a "conservative" from a safe red state to be the fake bipartisan face of the Uniparty.
It's like they don't realize we see through that bullshit and we're ain't putting up with it any more.
Notice how the narrative has shifted from "Trump nominees will have difficulty getting approved" after Gaetz withdrew to "all of Trump nominees will be approved?"
Yeah. I think the Gaetz nomination was solely to flush out and expose the enemy agents in the GOP.
Not only did they fall for it, they have been isolated and sidelined.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 10, 2024 03:25 PM (G7Fd7)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (iJfKG)
Ffs.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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His schedule. I guess ripping off the country doesnt require much health or effort.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:18 PM (/U5Yz)
People who knew that their defective genes could only produce the kind of Mendacious Dipshit that would answer to the name of "Markwayne".
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 10, 2024 03:25 PM (DJ7uY
They should all, collectively, donate that money to the J6 families for what they have lost.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (aOqEy)
Plus they have to apply the 3 major Laws of Thermodynamics to energy programs. Get some of the Sub Nuc instructors from Orlando.
Nuclear would win.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (u82oZ)
I think Congress should dump Harvard's "contribution", and sign up with a college that has a horsemanship program and a required 21-day outdoor program for freshpersons.
Run by Marine drill instructors.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (dxSpM)
Is there such a place?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (RsS92)
As I said in an earlier thread.
Writing up the enemies list
And remember, The female of the species is more deadly than the male
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
......
Never steal a hot chicks underwear.
Posted by: wth at December 10, 2024 03:27 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:27 PM (/U5Yz)
Who knew?
Posted by: naturalfake at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (iJfKG)
I thought Aka = Red.
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:27 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (hovnC)
"allowed"
"fall"
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:27 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (DJ7uY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (63Dwl)
450k a year is couch change to him, plus its making a statement about his intent to serve rather than gain.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (RsS92)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (DJ7uY)
Smart woman, if so
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (aOqEy)
Wonder what he's going to hand off to Trump? He played quite a role.
Posted by: t-bird at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (jnR6n)
Posted by: SMOD at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (RHGPo)
Then Guilty on all counts by default. Would you like the pink jumpsuit or the orange one?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (hovnC)
"allowed"
"fall"
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:27 PM (W6ek6)
allowed :: made sure
fall :: was delivered
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (UnA8+)
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Oh no, our weapons!!!
-The Deep State
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (W6ek6)
I need some knowledge put to me. How essential are these roles really, and how important is it that the ambassador speaks the language, understands the customs, maybe has some cultural background. Because for the dems, it seemed like they were largely just plum gifts to high ranking donors, no qualifications necessary.
I still found Obama's sending Jon Huntsman Jr. to China to be a head scratcher. Apparently his lauded knowledge of the Chinese language was mid at best. But it just confirmed that he was fully entrenched an establishment government leech. Donkey or elephant, it was all the same.
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (wcIbG)
Posted by: Bulg at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (v6JzV)
Is Markwayne pronounced as mar-KWA‐nay ?
Throatwobbler Mangrove
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (63Dwl)
"Cocque Sucquer".
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (UnA8+)
Not only is Trump not drawing a pay check, but neither are Elon and Vivek..and someone other nominee of Trump is not taking a salary..can't recall who right now.
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals
I think it's illegal to volunteer your service to the government. During the world wars there were a lot of "dollar a year" men from industry who ran various production agencies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (dxSpM)
Then Guilty on all counts by default. Would you like the pink jumpsuit or the orange one?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 10, 2024 03:28 PM (aXxgO)
Can she put the jumpsuit on backwards?
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 10, 2024 03:29 PM (C8u8d)
Posted by: American Hawkman
Shaming people for a mental illness? How ableist of them.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (hB7mE)
"Within the same five-day period, the Defendant is ORDERED to provide the Plaintiff with copies of all responsive records that are not legally exempt or excepted from disclosure. If the Defendant must or chooses to withhold any portion of a requested record, she is instructed to adhere to the procedures outlined in the ORA."
How is this not just another extension of time? The court says "Do this." She says "F*ck you." Then the court says "That was naughty. Now do this." Where's the penalty for the inferred violation?
Posted by: Oddbob at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (/y8xj)
I think Congress should dump Harvard's "contribution", and sign up with a college that has a horsemanship program and a required 21-day outdoor program for freshpersons.
Run by Marine drill instructors.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2024 03:24 PM (dxSpM)
Is there such a place?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 10, 2024 03:26 PM (QGaXH)
My oldest went to Hamilton back in the '00s.
They had a 22 week outdoor program to start freshman year. It was one of a coupe of choices for "orientation week".
They didn't have riflery, but his Rhetoric professor was a hunter, and took him under his wing during his years there.
Posted by: Pres. Merkin Muffley at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (TTAGa)
Inspector Generals. They are supposed to be the watch dogs of these organizations, yet seem to be blind to all the crap that has been done.
and even IF years later, they find some 'small' problem, they don't do anything about it... they file a report into the circular file repository... and never speak of it again.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)
I say, pick the best person Ron
Posted by: Gonzotx at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (YjECI)
I agree he should pick Lara.
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:31 PM (W6ek6)
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'History' will reflect that he resigned, rather than being fired. It will probably suggest that he honorably resigned rather than serve under a Nazi
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2024 03:31 PM (XeU6L)
Neither Mitch McConnell nor Joe Biden is physically or mentally capable of executing the duties of their offices. Everyone sees it and everyone knows it.
Both are propped up by people whose power and prestige and access to wealth evaporates the second the incapacitated old men retire. Our nation deserves better than two corrupt and senile buffoons clinging to power for power’s sake.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:31 PM (hovnC)
Trump takes the paycheck and donated it to a different government agency every month.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (RsS92)
Kari Lake may be appointed US Ambassador to Mexico.
Wow. My preference was for Chairman of the Federal Election Commission.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 10, 2024 03:14 PM (CHyVR)
I'd suggest DeathSantis for FEC Chair but I *really* want him to finish out his term in Florida. I want to see what he does next as a governor with OrangeManBad as President.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (KcwUg)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (/y8xj)
Yet Trump was threatened with Jail if he broke a New York State Judges gag order.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: eleven at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (iziT8)
Markwayne Clark is a stupid name for a stupid general.
===
General (4 stars) Mark Wayne Clark of WW1 and WW2 Fame and President of The Citadel would take exception the generalization.
Posted by: dingbat63 at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (scFbS)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (h/ffs)
"Within the same five-day period, the Defendant is ORDERED to provide the Plaintiff with copies of all responsive records that are not legally exempt or excepted from disclosure. If the Defendant must or chooses to withhold any portion of a requested record, she is instructed to adhere to the procedures outlined in the ORA."
However, the Fulton County D.A. claims that such records don't exist, potentially putting her at legal risk of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 10, 2024 03:19 PM (hovnC)
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Just issue a bench warrant and be done with it.
Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: browndog recounting the past at December 10, 2024 03:32 PM (TTAGa)
Yeah that entire department needs to be cleaned out and rebooted. Basically Obama fired and replaced anyone who was doing their job and pointing out corruption, illegality, or waste.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:33 PM (RsS92)
Someone who misheard an audiobook by Samuel Clemens?
Posted by: t-bird at December 10, 2024 03:33 PM (jnR6n)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 10, 2024 03:33 PM (KcwUg)
If he says Patel is good, I won't automatically suspect that he's a treacherous schemer and poison pill, like I do with everyone else in the country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 10, 2024 03:33 PM (0l8OY)
.......
Lunch be dangerous, yo.
Posted by: wth at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: ... at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (W6ek6)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (/U5Yz)
On the other hand, there are so many targets, they can't defend them all.
And remember: This whole occupation requires the near-universal support of the media, academia and entertainment--just to keep the Democrats barely clinging to power.
As each agency falls to the Trump Reconquista, it will magnify the losses of the Uniparty.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (G7Fd7)
26" spinners for The Beast.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (xjJnc)
Centralize power into single positions and then purchase them. See also, The Senate.
Posted by: t-bird at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (jnR6n)
There's footage of Trump at a party telling the story of Gen Milley informing Trump it would be cheaper to leave all that equipment over there than to bring it back. This is the same Milley who bragged about telling China he would disobey direct orders to act against them.
I'm fairly confident Milley and others always planned to give that equipment to our enemies.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 10, 2024 03:34 PM (Odg76)
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So what's taking him so long, go already. I'm sure the office will be just fine without him.
Posted by: Decaf at December 10, 2024 03:35 PM (unUNN)
They had a 22 week outdoor program to start freshman year. It was one of a coupe of choices for "orientation week".
They didn't have riflery, but his Rhetoric professor was a hunter, and took him under his wing during his years there.
Posted by: Pres. Merkin Muffley at December 10, 2024 03:30 PM (TTAGa)
Mandatory Conscription would get today's little shits in line.
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:35 PM (UnA8+)
If he says Patel is good, I won't automatically suspect that he's a treacherous schemer and poison pill, like I do with everyone else in the country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 10, 2024 03:33 PM (0l8OY)
Schemer? Probably not.
Likes to pretend he's more effective than he's capable of being? Most definitely.
Posted by: XTC at December 10, 2024 03:36 PM (UnA8+)
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So what's taking him so long, go already. I'm sure the office will be just fine without him.
Posted by: Decaf at December 10, 2024 03:35 PM (unUNN)
Trump can just reappoint him, denounce him and fire him all in one day.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 10, 2024 03:38 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 10, 2024 03:23 PM (NQtI0)
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Yes.
Posted by: Seems Legit at December 10, 2024 03:38 PM (jyAD3)
Hell, we've had a dementia patient not in office for 4 years, apparently it doesn't matter if someone actually does the job or not.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2024 03:43 PM (RsS92)
Mark Clark thought more of capturing Rome than the German army. Kesselring slapped him all around Italy.
Posted by: Auspex at December 10, 2024 03:44 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 10, 2024 03:16 PM (aOqEy)
Please stop spreading this nonsense; that is more of Sundance's craziness. If anything, DeSantis has shown himself more willing to take on the corporate globalists than Trump himself, with his war on Disney.
Posted by: Wiese at December 10, 2024 03:45 PM (1pand)
Imagine, De Santis/Vance 2028. Or Vance/DeSantis.
Posted by: El Mariachi at December 10, 2024 03:46 PM (nLFEI)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
... I remember reading that back when it was first published in the WSJ and looked it up a few months ago.
Based on the article, I find it very hard to vote for any candidate for high office who doesn't have some private sector experience.
Posted by: SMOD at December 10, 2024 03:51 PM (RHGPo)
FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson Puts NewsGuard on Notice
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Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 10, 2024 04:06 PM (VWFmc)
Posted by: sifty boones at December 10, 2024 04:28 PM (ajGva)
The Justice Department spied on two House members and several congressional staffers in a leak investigation without telling the courts, the agency's inspector general found in a sweeping investigation released Tuesday.
“a Justice Department investigation of the work of a congressional committee — and any lawyer who attempts to pursue that course would quickly find themselves engaged in sanctionable conduct” — Liz Cheney
Out of the mouths of babes …
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