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The Morning Report — 2/ 20 /25

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Good morning kids. And yet again trying to get a handle on the multitude and magnitude of the links this morning is like the proverbial trying to take a sip of water from a firehose. I may not get to include it all in one editorial but let it not be said I'm not diverse.

In any case, I cannot let the shatteringly heartbreaking story and images of the desecrated corpses of two butchered children and their mother at long last being returned to Israel in exchange for however many savage subhuman monsters who will doubtless go on to commit or inspire others of their kind to commit even more heinous atrocities in the name of ISLAM. The regime in Tehran must be decapitated if for no other reason than to liberate the long-suffering Iranian people (thank you Jimmy Carter) but certainly as it is the head of the snake of Hamas, Hezbollah, PFLP and all the rest that pose the direct threat to Israel.

And as far as Europe goes, considering its horrendous record as both the cradle of fascism, Communism, Nazism, not to mention the tainted gene pool of the Hapsburgs, Romanovs, Saxe-Coburgs and every other royal pain in the ass king and tsar that our ancestors fled and whom we have spent blood and treasure to liberate twice in a century along with trillions to rebuild and defend, their attitude towards us since 1945 sickens me no end. With the exception of the Danes and the individual righteous among nations, they were eager to help Hitler exterminate 6 million Jews, so now they can have fun with the Islamic rape gangs running wild in their streets.

Here's a perfect illustration of this plus an example of pure projection. Anyone who truly believes Putin, as thuggish as he is, has the intention of rolling all the way to the English channel is totally clueless and/or lying through their teeth. Frankly, as my dear mother said, we should've let Stalin take Western Europe in '45 since when or if Reagan got the Berlin wall to tumble, their attitude might have been more akin to Eastern Europe in terms of their appreciation for us They should've got Stalinism good and hard for 50 years:

Former NATO Deputy Supreme Commander General Sir Richard Shirreff warned this week that the U.S. and European leaders are asleep at the wheel when it comes to confronting Russia in Ukraine.
Shirreff told the BBC that he believes that remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia were “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”

“I think that it shows a failure to understand what Russia is about,” he said. “What Russia is about is removing Ukraine from the map as a sovereign state, incorporating Ukraine, either physically annexing it in terms of the Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine, or installing a puppet government in Kiev so that Ukraine becomes a sort of client state, rather like Belarus.”

He said that any negotiator who believes that Russia will accept peace terms that Ukraine is comfortable with “is deluding themselves. ”Shirreff said that President Donald Trump’s intense criticism of Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, means that “Pax Americana is finished.”


I have an idea for this dickhead: Go conscript every European male you can find (Not many left of Caucasian stock due to crashing birthrates among the native populations. Of course there are plenty of Muslim male replacements. Yeah, they'll be conscripted! and send them off to fight the Red Army. Then grab some SPF 10-trillion and wait for a Russian ICBM to airburst over Brussels. Hell, Putin would be doing us all a favor if he took out the Sprouts and perhaps save a warhead or two for Davos.

Closer to home the Hawaiian judges continue to invoke Marbury Kaliki-MAGA to block Donald Trump's constitutional and holy crusade against the Bureaucratic Deep State, which makes this Tanya Chutkan's ruling in his favor surprising to say the least, considering she was among his biggest inquisitors in the J6 she trials.

AS EPA CHIEF Lee Zeldin WAS ABLE TO CLAW BACK BILLIONs FROM THE SANDWORM-LIKE Maw of Stacey Tank Abrams' Green scammers, I see that some shit-whore DOJ prosecutor has resigned rather than do her job of prosecuting a $20 billion Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants climate scam. However we can fumigate the government of these vermin, whether of their own accord or by mass firings, it's all fine.

And with Trump cutting off money to illegal alien invaders, now is the time to tax remittances out the wahzoo.

And of course all the Left can do is rage, and engage in acts of random or not so random violence like shooting up a Tesla dealership.


They are not going to go quietly into the wilderness if that is indeed where they are heading.

Leftist echo chamber Reddit is embracing the French revolution in an attempt to resist President Donald Trump. The platform notorious for its censorship of conservatives is allowing posts calling for violent political revolution in the style of the French “Reign of Terror” to spread virally in the early weeks of the Trump administration. “They want 1939 Germany, let’s give them 1789 France” is popping up all over the platform, with “1789 France” spiking in Google searches and on X Radar, a feature on X that lets users monitor keywords and track conversations.


They seem to forget that 200 million or so of us have more than one firearm and ammunition. Or, the guillotines that will chop their heads off. So bring it on assholes. Be careful what you wish for.


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  • Victor Davis Hanson: SNL, Margaret Brennan, and EU elites mock Trump supporters, yet their own cluelessness only fuels the populist rise they fear.
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  • Daniel Greenfield: Democrats claim castrating children is in the Constitution.
    Won’t Someone Think of Castrating the Children?
  • "The ABA has used this power to require race-conscious (i.e., preferential) admissions and faculty hiring, micromanage policies and governance, impose DEI, and more. Unless and until state supreme courts disempower the ABA, this will continue."
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      Comments

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      1 WTFO??

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

      2 Good morning horde!

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

      3 morning horde,

      little over 10 inches of global warming on the southside of the tidewater this morning.

      and my office is open and wants people in the building today... -_-

      off to the covfefe & content before the 3 hour meeting i guess...

      Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 20, 2025 07:42 AM (v6XNT)

      4 Good morning, one and all. It's a day as cold as my heart here in the GPROMD. The promise of snowy doom fell through so I ended up having to go into work. But that annoyance was balanced out with a co-worker bringing in donuts and I was able to claim an apple fritter.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 07:42 AM (jjoN6)

      5 They seem to forget that 200 million or so of us have more than one firearm and ammunition. Or, the guillotines that will chop their heads off. So bring it on assholes. Be careful what you wish for.

      They are cowards, infants throwing tantrums.

      Cowards talk. Men of action just do.

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:43 AM (a4flb)

      6 Thank you, JJ!

      Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2025 07:43 AM (a1415)

      7 nice trade Pax. a fritter is sufficient compensation for being in the office.

      Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 20, 2025 07:44 AM (v6XNT)

      8 There are very few European males left. Apparently, they forgot how to make babies.

      Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2025 07:44 AM (ZmEVT)

      9
      Dems Call Proposed Optional Adoption Registry For Struggling Mothers ‘Disturbing’

      No restrictions
      No exemptions
      No opposition
      No alternatives

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 07:44 AM (dxSpM)

      10 Yonder Horde

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 07:45 AM (Q4IgG)

      11 Good morning JJ and horde
      I shouldn't be up yet, will see if that situation continues

      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 07:46 AM (fwDg9)

      12 Good morning, J.J.
      Good morning, Horde.

      Posted by: Inogame at February 20, 2025 07:46 AM (53oGX)

      13 "AS EPA CHIEF WAS ABLE TO CLAW BACK BILLIONs FROM THE SANDWORM-LIKE Maw of Stacey Tank Abrams' Green scammers"

      Now poor people won't be able to buy Chinese appliances that use less electricity so that AI data centers have all the electricity they need.

      Posted by: fd at February 20, 2025 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

      14 8 There are very few European males left. Apparently, they forgot how to make babies.
      Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 20, 2025 07:44 AM (ZmEVT)

      They got something wrong along the way and now, by the laws of Mendellian inheritance, they're all at least half asshole.

      Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2025 07:46 AM (jKo6M)

      15 Colorado Bill Would Criminalize 'Misgendering' or 'Deadnaming' a 'Trans' Person

      That is one way to reduce headcount of productive people from a company's staff.

      No one wants to work around highly unstable people and this bill would cause people like me to partner with operations that have no presence in Colorado.

      You can fly your freak, but when I can be dragged into courts because I don't participate in the manner and intensity that you want, we have a problem. The world is too big for me to be around you.

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:47 AM (a4flb)

      16
      Appointment with the orthopedist this morning for a follow-up. My neck and shoulder have almost completely recovered and if there's a flare-up, I now know what it is and how to handle it.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 07:47 AM (dxSpM)

      17 7 nice trade Pax. a fritter is sufficient compensation for being in the office.
      Posted by: Sturmtoddler


      Agreed 100%. In my opinion, you can tell how good a donut place is by the quality of the apple fritter.

      wistful sigh When I lived with my dad down in Redondo Beach, there was this donut place run by a husband and wife. I went there every Sunday and got either an apple fritter or a buttermilk bar. I hope in Heaven there are the places from our younger years waiting for us.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 07:48 AM (jjoN6)

      18 and yet you sip from that firehose every weekday, to give us a Morning Report every weekday.

      Thank you, JJ!

      Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2025 07:49 AM (KaBJL)

      19 Hadrian, may it go well.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 07:49 AM (jjoN6)

      20 "Two Teen Girls Arrested For Plotting Mass Casualty Attack On High School"

      Are we sure they are girls? How are we supposed to know for sure?

      I know, let's ask AI!

      Posted by: fd at February 20, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

      21 DOGE Dividend:

      I think it's too early to be talking about divvying up the savings from DOGE. They've only been at it a month. Let's see how far it goes for now.

      imo ymmv fwiw rarihts

      Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at February 20, 2025 07:50 AM (AOsQT)

      22 Unless Trump and his DOGE Boys send all of the fraud and waste and money they are clawing back to congress as a rescission request, its not going to do jack sh*t to the deficit.

      And the GOP clowns putting together this CR/Budget or whatever the f**k they are calling it, have all of the ingredients necessary to produce a balanced budget.

      I WANT A BALANCED BUDGET DAMNIT!!!!

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:50 AM (XV/Pl)

      23 >>> Tanya Chutkan's ruling in his favor surprising to say the least, considering she was among her biggest inquisitors win the J6 she trials.

      Apprently she ruled against Trump when he argued that Jack Smith was not properly appointed and confirmed by the senate.
      Basically what Trump's opponents are arguing.
      So, to be consistent she had to rule with Trump this time.

      Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 20, 2025 07:50 AM (/lPRQ)

      24 They got something wrong along the way and now, by the laws of Mendellian inheritance, they're all at least half asshole.

      So are you saying that "asshole" is a dominant trait?

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:50 AM (a4flb)

      25 And this idiocy about taking the DOGE money clawbacks and paying out a "dividend" to the American People needs to be nipped in the bud, it''s stupid counter-productive to this entire effort.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)

      26 Another record low here in NE Texas. 11 degrees this morning.

      Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (e5NfL)

      27 Why does it have to go in that particular direction?

      Why do we not have a bill threatening to jail anyone who won't accept their legal identity and forces others to accept a fiction?

      Why isn't the person who refuses my identification of them under threat of criminal punishment?

      Your identity is not yours. It's mine. It's everyone else on earth's. Your identity is how the outside world sees fit to differentiate you from other people. You have no say in it. You want to Fake Name yourself and compel others to play along? That's offensive to me. Go directly to Jail.

      (... pretty shitty argument, isn't it?)

      Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (jKo6M)

      28 Am I expected to read all those links? Will they be on the test?

      Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 20, 2025 07:52 AM (SfhV1)

      29 Feed it into an AI, it will summerize it for you.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:53 AM (XV/Pl)

      30 Insisting that I use someone's pronouns, mindful of the fact that I have no initial idea as to what they are, and making it a crime to do otherwise, is not just a violation of my rights but an example of wrongthink.

      The Left continues to view works like 1984 as instruction manuals.

      Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 20, 2025 07:54 AM (GLmO1)

      31
      I WANT A BALANCED BUDGET DAMNIT!!!!
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:50 AM (XV/Pl)


      You know, if you have a smaller government, one more in line with its Constitutional functions, it's easier to keep track of.

      How much of the current horrors we're hearing about arise from years and years of continuing resolutions? Instead of a budget and appropriations, we get 2500 page slush piles no one reads.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 07:54 AM (dxSpM)

      32 Another record low here in NE Texas. 11 degrees this morning.

      So how is ERCOT struggling through this latest episode of Anthropogenic Global Warming™ ?

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:54 AM (a4flb)

      33 Pakistan: Christian Girls Abducted, Raped, Forcibly Converted to Islam
      _____

      aka Breaking News from 712AD, (and also 713AD, 714AD...)

      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 07:54 AM (Dv3i1)

      34 Would now be a bad time to mention the case of handgun ammo that was delivered to me yesterday?

      Posted by: Rusty Bill at February 20, 2025 07:55 AM (3/WSq)

      35 good morning JJ, Horde

      Posted by: callsign claymore at February 20, 2025 07:55 AM (cEER7)

      36 Why do we not have a bill threatening to jail anyone who won't accept their legal identity and forces others to accept a fiction?
      -

      (thinks for a moment how this parallels the illegal alien infestation)

      Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 20, 2025 07:55 AM (TLtxo)

      37 we get 2500 page slush piles no one reads.

      ChatGPT reads it, because another LLM generative AI system wrote it.

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:55 AM (a4flb)

      38 31 How much of the current horrors we're hearing about arise from years and years of continuing resolutions? Instead of a budget and appropriations, we get 2500 page slush piles no one reads.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 07:54 AM (dxSpM)


      Remember Rush of blessed memory railing against the Porkulus in that it was not a one shot deal. It was on every budget every year from then on. And that was 16 years ago already!

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 07:56 AM (x0n13)

      39 And this idiocy about taking the DOGE money clawbacks and paying out a "dividend" to the American People needs to be nipped in the bud, it''s stupid counter-productive to this entire effort.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender

      Maybe get some skin in the game - hard to fathom to scope of dept and waste but $5,000 per person is a number people can grasp and for most people that is a significant chunk of change.
      All pissed away by UniParty.

      Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 20, 2025 07:56 AM (/lPRQ)

      40 About this idea of a "DoGE Dividend"...

      I would rather see the elimination of the personal/household income tax for 2025, and, potentially beyond. This, IMO is "worth" a lot more (to me) than a one time $5K check. Even an annual cut like this is really a slap in the face after decades of having the Feds rip me off every April 15th.

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 07:56 AM (Q4IgG)

      41 Didn't Texas just have multiple cases of measles crop u this week?

      Any reports on the demographics of the infected ones?

      Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (a1415)

      42 Would now be a bad time to mention the case of handgun ammo that was delivered to me yesterday?

      A handgun is the "Oh Shit" weapon that you are left to use as you scurry for your battle rifle.

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (a4flb)

      43
      I hope in Heaven there are the places from our younger years waiting for us.
      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 07:48 AM (jjoN6)


      Where are the snows of yesteryear? There's a zillion restaurants, diners, variety stores, ice cream parlors and other shops that contain some of our fondest memories and are now gone.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (dxSpM)

      44 "Instead of a budget and appropriations, we get 2500 page slush piles no one reads."

      I read it. It's good. Believe me, I know.

      Posted by: AI Commentator at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

      45 Pakistan: Christian Girls Abducted, Raped, Forcibly Converted to Islam
      _____

      I know it's not the popular approach to the topic, but Christians are BY FAR the most tormented religious group worldwide. And it's not anywhere close.

      Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (TLtxo)

      46 Now that I think about it, the slavish devotion to AI could work in our favor.

      "I didn't misgender you. ChatGPT said you are a chick."

      Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (GLmO1)

      47 Maybe get some skin in the game - hard to fathom to scope of dept and waste but $5,000 per person is a number people can grasp and for most people that is a significant chunk of change.

      So we have totally given up on not running multi-trillion dollar annual deficits?

      So the household is adding tens of thousands of dollars to the credit card bill each month, the wife saves 20¢ at the grocer store, so they "split the dividend" by financing a new car?

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:59 AM (a4flb)

      48 This is JJ's Monologue as summerized by an AI:

      The editorial covers a range of political issues with strong opinions. It criticizes the exchange of Israeli hostages for terrorists, calling for the downfall of Iran’s regime. The author expresses disdain for Europe, citing its historical failures and claiming it now suffers from unchecked immigration issues. The piece dismisses fears of Russian expansion beyond Ukraine, arguing that Western leaders misunderstand Russia’s goals. It ridicules NATO’s response and mocks European military readiness. The article also criticizes U.S. judicial decisions related to Donald Trump and condemns government corruption, particularly in environmental policies. It supports taxing remittances to reduce illegal immigration and claims leftists are calling for violent revolution. The author warns that conservative gun owners will resist any leftist uprising. Finally, it thanks readers for their financial support.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:59 AM (XV/Pl)

      49 would rather see the elimination of the personal/household income tax for 2025
      -

      I'm hoping for a full elimination of the federal income tax from here on, with a dressing down and public humiliation of involved criminals and an explanation of why and how we never really needed it except for the massive money laundering.

      Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (TLtxo)

      50 - Don't have a cursor on my phone that I can hover over a link to see what site it goes to.
      My guess on the Milky Way, black hole article would be the FotB, billions of years guy, or NASA, or some other such type.
      Pass.

      Posted by: TeeJ at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (ItCQP)

      51 I know it's not the popular approach to the topic, but Christians are BY FAR the most tormented religious group worldwide. And it's not anywhere close.
      _____

      May we one day be blessed with a Pope who takes this seriously.

      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (Dv3i1)

      52 Morning all

      Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (zc1Re)

      53 Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:59 AM (XV/Pl)

      BORRRRRRrring.

      Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (jKo6M)

      54 Bonus points if Trump outright tells America that personal income taxes have simply been punitive and aggressively anti-American for decades.

      Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 20, 2025 08:01 AM (TLtxo)

      55 In a more ideal world, the budget discussions go like this:

      A balanced budget WILL be submitted within 48 hours. If it is not, then no other bills can be passed until one is submitted. After one week of no bill, Congress and the Senate are working without pay.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:01 AM (jjoN6)

      56 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

      A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

      An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

      A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.



      If you find yourself fomenting war, calling for the death of people groups, bending the narrative to fit your will, being quick to engage in conflict, imagining fanciful scenarios where death and destruction come about, and puffing your chest out and declaring you are righteous, well....you are not doing the will of the Father.

      You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

      This is the New Testament of the Lord, who humbled Himself to step down from His throne, to suffer death on a cross that we may have life abundantly.

      Posted by: That's a Man, Baby at February 20, 2025 08:02 AM (YIND9)

      57
      After one week of no bill, Congress and the Senate are working without pay.
      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:01 AM (jjoN6)


      Locked in their respective chambers and fed only gluten-free bread and water.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:03 AM (dxSpM)

      58 50 Posted by: TeeJ at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (ItCQP)


      It's Behind the Black dot com. C'mon, be fair. It's a very good site.

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:03 AM (x0n13)

      59 43 Where are the snows of yesteryear? There's a zillion restaurants, diners, variety stores, ice cream parlors and other shops that contain some of our fondest memories and are now gone.

      This is why I was getting so wistful about the deaths of malls and the lack of locations for teenagers to have normal social interactions.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:03 AM (jjoN6)

      60 Musk and DOGE bad
      Anita ValJar Bhussein Shadow Govt Gooderer

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

      61 A balanced budget WILL be submitted within 48 hours. If it is not, then no other bills can be passed until one is submitted. After one week of no bill, Congress and the Senate are working without pay.

      They will resolve to "balance" the budget by confiscating 100% of your earnings and wealth.

      Making a balanced budget isn't just about cutting spending, especially when you have 87,000 new armed employees to add to the current inventory of souless goons, motivated to keep their jobs.

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 08:04 AM (a4flb)

      62 May we one day be blessed with a Pope who takes this seriously.
      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (Dv3i1)

      I was hoping for a Baptist.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:05 AM (gbOdA)

      63 Locked in their respective chambers and fed only gluten-free bread and water.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:03 AM (dxSpM)

      --

      Worst conclave ever.

      "OK, fine, we can remove funding for Feminist Dance Therapy. Can I have an egg white omelette and a triple soy latte now?"

      Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 20, 2025 08:05 AM (GLmO1)

      64 Locked in their respective chambers and fed only gluten-free bread and water.

      Nothing stops them from continuing to order from Comet Pizza.

      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 08:05 AM (a4flb)

      65 Someone needs to tell those NATO jackasses they need to be wary of biting the hand that funds them.

      I guess DOGE"s massive dive into where US tax dollars are going hasn't registered with Euroidiot elites yet.

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:05 AM (tT6L1)

      66 Oh, hi. I'm "Former NATO Deputy Supreme Commander General Sir Richard Shirreff" and I'm here to warn you about “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”

      Posted by: Rip N Read at February 20, 2025 08:05 AM (/laI4)

      67 Those comments by that former NATO commander simply enrage me.

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:06 AM (tT6L1)

      68 "This is JJ's Monologue as summerized by an AI:...

      ...Finally, it thanks readers for their financial support."

      Fine. Just summarize everything including the comments. I don't need to get bogged down in details.

      Posted by: fd at February 20, 2025 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

      69 This is JJ's Monologue as summerized by an AI:
      --------
      Totally devoid of any emotion.

      I mean, it's not wrong, but it's really... 'dry'

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 08:07 AM (Q4IgG)

      70 They will resolve to "balance" the budget by confiscating 100% of your earnings and wealth.

      Which leads to a veto and public naming and shaming of everyone who voted for it.

      And sadly there are too many people in this country that believe in their hearts that a 100% tax rate will lead us to the Land of Milk and Honey.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:07 AM (jjoN6)

      71
      @53

      Here is the summary in Brooklyneese with some yiddish thrown in.

      This guy ain’t holdin’ back—he’s boilin’ like a pot of matzo ball soup over Israel swappin’ dead bodies for live terrorists and says Iran’s gotta get whacked, no more shtick. Europe? Feh! A historical dumpster fire that’s now a total shanda thanks to its own bad decisions. Then he waves off all the fakakta fear-mongerin’ about Putin takin’ over Europe, sayin’ Western leaders got their heads so far up their tuchuses, they can’t see straight. NATO? Buncha schmendriks. European military? Softer than a fresh babka. Back home, he’s kvetchin’ about the courts messin’ with Trump, shocked one judge actually gave him a fair shake—what a neis! He’s had it up to here with the climate scam gonifs in the government and loves that a DOJ shlub quit instead of doin’ her damn job. On immigration, he’s sayin’ it’s time to tax the hell outta money bein’ sent back home—enough of this meshugas. Then he cracks up at the lefties dreamin’ about some kinda French Revolution, tellin’ ’em straight—they’re playin’ with the wrong crowd, ‘cause this side’s got plenty of heat and ain’t afraid to use it. And last but not least, he give

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)

      72 59 43 Where are the snows of yesteryear? There's a zillion restaurants, diners, variety stores, ice cream parlors and other shops that contain some of our fondest memories and are now gone.

      This is why I was getting so wistful about the deaths of malls and the lack of locations for teenagers to have normal social interactions.
      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:03 AM (jjoN6)


      Just a little over 50 years ago, I remember making out with my Junior High girlfriend Randi in the balcony of the College Theatre as Billy Jack played on screen. Sigh...

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:08 AM (x0n13)

      73 If a former NATO general says that in public, it makes me think that what's going on behind the scenes is much worse.

      Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 20, 2025 08:08 AM (GLmO1)

      74
      May we one day be blessed with a Pope who takes this seriously.
      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (Dv3i1)


      I'm finding it hard to pray for the Pope's recovery. Great, he's restored to health to misinterpret the Magesterium, confuse the faithful and reassure the wayward.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:08 AM (dxSpM)

      75 The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel.

      Cut that thru Sept 30, 2026.

      Make average gas in US under $3 and help on cost of anything touched by diesel such as food, clothing,
      and housing.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

      76 Morning, J.J.

      I find myself doing some deep breathing exercises. As you can probably tell, I believe Shirreff needs a good rap or dozen in the teeth.

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (tT6L1)

      77 We hired some programmers once through Tata, temporary workers for a programming project. Incredibly cheap and some were even OK programmers. They worked for us for about four months and went home to India.

      One woman in the group applied for a full time job about six months later (she was somehow back in the states), but Tata reported her for visa violations. It seems Tata had the group here working on easily attained tourist visas, breaking the rules, so Tata reported her for THEIR violation, got her thrown out back to India, and then rehired her in India. Basically, a decently paid slave.

      Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (Qz1Re)

      78 I would like to see AI summarize all the Penguin Facts into one concise reference manual on penguin behavior.

      Posted by: fd at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (vFG9F)

      79
      "...Finally, it thanks readers for their financial support."

      And made possible by Readers Like You.

      Posted by: The PBS version at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (DobEs)

      80 Here is the summary in Brooklyneese with some yiddish thrown in.

      -

      Please ask it to do it in the style of Rudy Ray Moore.

      Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (Ylq2k)

      81 Just a little over 50 years ago, I remember making out with my Junior High girlfriend Randi in the balcony of the College Theatre as Billy Jack played on screen. Sigh...
      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:08 AM (x0n13)

      that so damn romantic.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

      82 Not gonna lie, only *skimmed* the content.

      Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 20, 2025 08:09 AM (5yPwX)

      83 Trump signs executive order cutting all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants

      --

      This is magnificent. Stop shoveling our money at them, damn it! Ratchet down on companies hiring these illegals, shop giving them our money, and heavily tax remittances. A good number will likely self-deport once the American taxpayer gravy train is turned off.

      Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

      84 ZOD IMPERIAL.

      Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (P+D4R)

      85 People are fleeing Texas and Florida, account for 30% of ALL homes For Sale in USA. No surprise, both Texas and Florida have very repressive state governments. New doctors avoid Texas like the Bubonic Plague, young WOMEN avoid Texas and Florida (states will KILL women by denying care), and Ilimmigrants are fleeing.

      Meanwhile, businesses are rushing to move their headquarters to TX. I have heard of around four this week.

      Not the employees, a lot do NOT relocate. I hear that shit all the time. I’ve seen people ‘think’ they will like Texas, BUT THEY REGRET MOVING.

      it is perceived as being cheaper. They quickly find out you get what you pay for

      Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois. Governor Pritzker is amazing! In this era of evil, predatory billionaires, he is living proof that a billionaire be a quality human being who genuinely cares about regular people - reminds me of the Kennedys that way. (Well, except for RFK Jr, of course)

      Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (ycI94)

      86 Basically, a decently paid slave.

      -

      Yep.

      And Americans have been convinced that their children should compete against them, and they're lazy, unmotivated good for nothings if they won't.

      Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (Ylq2k)

      87 Morning ZOD.

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (tT6L1)

      88 But Homer, you know that the progressive Income Tax is the most effective tool for achieving Equity.

      Posted by: Abu, Quickie Mart owner at February 20, 2025 08:11 AM (ZmEVT)

      89 "Here is the summary in Brooklyneese with some yiddish thrown in."

      LOL. Much better.

      Posted by: fd at February 20, 2025 08:11 AM (vFG9F)

      90 Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois. Governor Pritzker is amazing! In this era of evil, predatory billionaires, he is living proof that a billionaire be a quality human being who genuinely cares about regular people - reminds me of the Kennedys that way. (Well, except for RFK Jr, of course)

      Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (ycI94)


      Sure.

      Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 20, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

      91 An AS-350 helicopter on patrol Feb. 19 near the border town of McAllen, Texas was struck three separate times with a laser that came from a vehicle on the Mexican riverbank, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

      Have an Apache hanging around nearby and treat it like an attack. FAFO.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

      92 >>Those comments by that former NATO commander simply enrage me.

      A little, but they also amuse me. They are lashing out because they know the jig is up.

      All of these NATO and and EU leaders along with the Biden administration have been singing in unison without a scrap of evidence that if Putin takes Ukraine he will march on Europe next. None of them have actually spoken with Putin, they refuse to speak with him. The only person who has spoken with Putin is Trump.

      Russia collusion and everything that followed is a result of a policy that had the west taking Ukraine and Putin was never going to allow that. And now it's coming to an end.

      Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2025 08:12 AM (LkLld)

      93 Y'all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas.

      Posted by: Davy Crockett at February 20, 2025 08:12 AM (ZmEVT)

      94 Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois. Governor Pritzker is amazing! In this era of evil, predatory billionaires, he is living proof that a billionaire be a quality human being who genuinely cares about regular people - reminds me of the Kennedys that way. (Well, except for RFK Jr, of course)
      Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM (ycI94)
      -----------

      interesting if true, I wonder how the DUmmies will square the rise in mass shootings with the onerous gun laws of Illinois?

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:12 AM (tT6L1)

      95
      Cliff Notes, Monarch Notes.




      Reminds me of a funny Momma Sefton anecdote. She was p'o'd at her English class for flunking a test about Ernest Hemingway so she told them to go at least read the cliff notes or Monarch notes.


      On the retest, someone wrote "I liked A Farewell to my Arms by Ernest Monarch Hemingway!"

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:12 AM (x0n13)

      96 A long line of Supreme Court litigation says the federal government cannot “commandeer” state and local employees to do the feds’ jobs for them.

      Cut off funding. Look, still more savings.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

      97 25 And this idiocy about taking the DOGE money clawbacks and paying out a "dividend" to the American People needs to be nipped in the bud, it''s stupid counter-productive to this entire effort.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)

      Actually, giving 10% in a one time dividend for the 250th is probably vital to the effort. People will watch it for 18 months, get excited, and then be overjoyed into the midterms.

      And the 90% savings is still for the deficit AND compounds EVERY year (when it also goes back to 100% savings, b/c current DOGE thoughts are a one-time payment). We don't spend that money EVERY year b/c it's now gone from the budget.

      To actually make a difference, you need to keep winning elections and keep having control. A DOGE dividend as a celebration of America and its little guys is a stroke of PR genius. You've still got 90% for the debt...and none for future democratic spending priorities...

      Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2025 08:13 AM (exHjb)

      98
      "I liked A Farewell to my Arms by Ernest Monarch Hemingway!"

      You mean it's not by Michelle Fields?

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:13 AM (dxSpM)

      99 91 An AS-350 helicopter on patrol Feb. 19 near the border town of McAllen, Texas was struck three separate times with a laser that came from a vehicle on the Mexican riverbank, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

      Have an Apache hanging around nearby and treat it like an attack. FAFO.
      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:11 AM (ExV1e)



      Scramble a couple A-10 Warthogs to strafe cartel compounds.

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:13 AM (x0n13)

      100 DOJ Prosecutor Steps Down After Refusing Criminal Probe Into $20B In Biden Climate Spending

      --

      But don't ever think these bureaucrats are deeply partisan hacks. They're only there to serve the people!

      Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2025 08:14 AM (qBdHI)

      101 Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois.


      These are the ratfinks that cross the border into Wisconsin for no tax on food, so regular residents can't find a parking spot at Woodman's.

      Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 20, 2025 08:14 AM (SfhV1)

      102 The helicopter hit by a laser, not only should the van be taken out, someone also needs to have a talk with the supplier of the laser.

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:15 AM (tT6L1)

      103 @80

      >>Please ask it to do it in the style of Rudy Ray Moore.

      Awww yeah, lemme lay it down! This cat ain’t holdin’ back—he’s hotter than fish grease over Israel tradin’ bodies for terrorists, sayin’ Iran needs a beatdown like a hustler who crossed the wrong crew. Europe? Man, that place been a mess forever, drownin’ in its own foolishness—couldn’t fight its way outta a paper bag! And don’t gimme none of that jive about Putin stormin’ all of Europe—Western leaders are dumber than a broke-down jukebox if they believe that noise. NATO? A bunch of suckers playin’ soldier.

      Back home, he’s throwin’ shade at the crooked courts tryin’ to trip up Trump, but—surprise, surprise—one judge actually did the right thing! He’s laughin’ at the climate hustlers and lovin’ that a DOJ flunky quit instead of doin’ her damn job. And don’t get him started on illegal immigration—he’s talkin’ ‘bout slappin’ a fat tax on all that cash leavin’ the country. Then he busts out on the lefties screamin’ for a revolution, tellin’ ‘em straight—y’all don’t want none of this smoke, ‘cause this side’s packin’ more heat than a Mississippi summer! Can you dig it?

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:15 AM (XV/Pl)

      104 (Now slap a fat tax on remittances and watch the stampede go in reverse at warp speed - jjs)
      Trump signs executive order cutting all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants

      Simple Law: Remittances of cash to foreign countries shall be taxed at the highest marginal tax rate on income as posted for the current tax year.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

      105 Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois. Governor Pritzker is amazing! In this era of evil, predatory billionaires, he is living proof that a billionaire be a quality human being who genuinely cares about regular people - reminds me of the Kennedys that way. (Well, except for RFK Jr, of course)

      --

      This is astonishing in its lack of awareness. Imagine calling that fat POS a "quality human being." Those DUmmies are as deluded as they come.

      Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

      106 8 There are very few European males left. Apparently, they forgot how to make babies.
      ------------------------------
      Now now, they didn't forget. The virile ones were cut down in consecutive generations of World War. Leaving behind the cowards, the feeble, and the fruity. Two more generations on you're seeing the results of that culling.

      Posted by: But I'm a Hero, the media says so at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (F/35S)

      107 > Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois.
      -----------
      The Balkanization of the US continues....

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (Q4IgG)

      108 All of these NATO and and EU leaders along with the Biden administration have been singing in unison without a scrap of evidence that if Putin takes Ukraine he will march on Europe next. None of them have actually spoken with Putin, they refuse to speak with him. The only person who has spoken with Putin is Trump.

      --

      It goes deeper too. Trump talking to Putin is defined as being Putin's puppet.

      Geez, even back in the early 90s it was clear that Russia couldn't survive an all out conflict with a western power. Hell, I have direct experience with the crap subs they had to use bc all their nukes were taken out of service. The Ukraine is evidence that it got much worse.

      Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (fED8D)

      109 Illinois is an ugly blot on the otherwise beautiful Midwest

      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (Dv3i1)

      110 "And of course all the Left can do is rage, and engage in acts of random or not so random violence like shooting up a Tesla dealership."

      The irony here is delicious. The Left is attacking what was only yesterday their Holy of Holies, the Keeper of the Sacred Flame of Combatting Climate Change, our Saviour who will deliver us from the evils of those Gaia-wrecking deplorables: Tesla, and its messiah-king of the electric cars, Elon Musk.

      I remember, a few years back, the look on the face of a former colleague after he purchased a Tesla. You know, that insufferable Woke self-righteous mug. Yes, delicious irony indeed.

      Posted by: AWOL Civilization at February 20, 2025 08:17 AM (ZQ3a+)

      111 105
      This is astonishing in its lack of awareness. Imagine calling that fat POS a "quality human being." Those DUmmies are as deluded as they come.
      Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

      I think of them as members of an Evil Cult…

      Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2025 08:17 AM (dAQ2X)

      112 I wonder if Putin realizes his greatest actual threat is China, sitting to his southeast and eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.

      Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (NeU1T)

      113 So the “Supreme Commander “ of NATO says Pax Americana is over. I say great, let’s up sticks and get out of there so they can have their Pax Euroweenieana. History informs us how that will work out.

      Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (i75zq)

      114 Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:15 AM (XV/Pl)


      Very good synopsis, and stylistic !

      Posted by: That's a Man, Baby at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (YIND9)

      115 reminds me of the Kennedys that way. (Well, except for RFK Jr, of course)
      --
      This is astonishing in its lack of awareness. Imagine calling that fat POS a "quality human being." Those DUmmies are as deluded as they come.
      Posted by: Lady in Black

      Wait...are you talking about Pritzker, or Ted Kennedy? Lol

      Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (ycI94)

      116 Umm...#56, those first four verses are from the Book of Proverbs which, unless something has changed, is in the New Testament.

      Posted by: But what do I know at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (DobEs)

      117
      Illinois is an ugly blot on the otherwise beautiful Midwest
      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (Dv3i1)


      Another state with a capital of no redeeming value (see also: Trenton, Harrisburg, Albany, Jackson, Jefferson City).

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (dxSpM)

      118 Lawsuits Say Indian ALL INTERNATIONAL Firms Cheated Visa Rules to Displace U.S. College Graduates

      fixed it

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:19 AM (gbOdA)

      119 - @56. This,,, times infinity!!

      @58 J.J. If they're billions of years folks, they're not worth my time.
      Those types had to come up with rescue mechanisms when the first images came back from the JWST, and weak those excuses were.
      Just like when back in the 60's an atheist scientist, who was honest enough to report her findings, discovered pliable tissue, including red blood cells, in a T-Rex fossil.
      They didn't tell you about that one in school, did "they."

      Posted by: TeeJ at February 20, 2025 08:19 AM (ItCQP)

      120 Kash Patel getting confirmed this week?
      Or next, or maybe the week after that?

      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 08:19 AM (fwDg9)

      121 I dunno though - I kind of like LGNWGJU all flocking to Illinois. Concentrating them in one place is not bad..."

      Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 20, 2025 08:19 AM (fED8D)

      122 And this is JJ's summary as Raymond Chandler might have wrote it:

      The morning was as sour as a dead man's last drink, and this guy wasn’t in the mood for pleasantries. He was burned up over Israel swapping bodies for terrorists, saying Iran needed a good, clean bullet between the eyes. Europe? A has-been joint drowning in its own bad choices, too busy sipping espresso to see the wolves at the door. And all this chatter about Putin rolling through the continent? Pure moonshine. Western leaders were dumber than a two-bit hustler betting it all on a busted flush. NATO? A bunch of tin soldiers with empty holsters.

      Back home, the courts were twisting the law like a cheap con, all except one judge who, against all odds, actually played it straight. The climate grifters were still at the trough, but at least one DOJ hack had the decency to quit instead of faking the job. Immigration? Time to put the screws to the cash heading south. And the lefties dreaming up a revolution? They’d be in for a nasty surprise when the other side answered with more heat than a July afternoon in Death Valley. The guy tipped his hat to his supporters, the only ones keeping the lights on in a world gone dark.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:20 AM (XV/Pl)

      123 Thank you JJ and good morning

      I am sick to death of any and all European lecturing. They can shut their pie holes unless and until they can reverse the death throes of their own societies

      Never until Feb 2022 did I ever hear anyone refer to Ukraine as an ally of the US. Not once… they’re a backward corrupt third world s-hole. If Europe thinks they’re worth fighting and dying for then they can grab a weapon and stand to post (ht Colonel Jessep)

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:20 AM (HSqCq)

      124 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

      Repeating myself. Now that we know the babies were murdered give them the genocide they have earned.

      A criminal population that must be eliminated for the safety of civilization.

      Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2025 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

      125 112 I wonder if Putin realizes his greatest actual threat is China, sitting to his southeast and eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.
      Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (NeU1T)

      They have 10 year contracts to sell coal, primarily, but also gas and oil to China at very good prices.. the economic measures taken against Russia by the West did not control that.

      Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2025 08:21 AM (dAQ2X)

      126
      877-Kash-Now!
      877-Kash-Now!

      Posted by: Overly Large Woman in a Viking Costume at February 20, 2025 08:21 AM (DobEs)

      127 99 91 An AS-350 helicopter on patrol Feb. 19 near the border town of McAllen, Texas was struck three separate times with a laser that came from a vehicle on the Mexican riverbank, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

      Have an Apache hanging around nearby and treat it like an attack. FAFO.
      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:11 AM (ExV1e)



      Scramble a couple A-10 Warthogs to strafe cartel compounds.
      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:13 AM (x0n13)

      3 or 4 sniper teams could solve this problem real fast.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:21 AM (gbOdA)

      128 Good morning again everyone. Thx JJ , great report.

      Got a good laugh this AM. Slimy governor Murphy of NJ sent a thank you letter to Trump and Duffy for killing congestion pricing. I'm sure that that makes Gov Hochul, piss be upon her, really happy. Maybe Dems , some of them anyway, are start to see the benefit of working with Trump

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:21 AM (3qNrw)

      129 North Dakota Republicans kill a bill that would have criminalized abortion

      "Of course, if abortion were criminalized, it would drastically diminish the number of abortions, and if abortions drastically diminished, how would these major “pro-life” groups fundraise millions of dollars on abolishing abortion?"

      And here we have the crux of the matter. No one ever wants to solve a problem because that removes money and power.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

      130 It's National Cherry Pie Day. 🥧

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

      131 55 In a more ideal world, the budget discussions go like this:

      A balanced budget WILL be submitted within 48 hours. If it is not, then no other bills can be passed until one is submitted. After one week of no bill, Congress and the Senate are working without pay
      ---------------------------------
      It can't just be working without pay, where they get it back after. They need to be punitively & permanently docked; otherwise there is no real pain or incentive

      Posted by: But I'm a Hero, the media says so at February 20, 2025 08:22 AM (F/35S)

      132 >>It goes deeper too. Trump talking to Putin is defined as being Putin's puppet.

      And it started with the Russia collusion hoax. These titanic geniuses thought it was a good idea to demonize the country with the most nukes in the world and turn them into satan to justify getting rid of Trump and anyone who stood in the way of their expansionist plans.

      Nobody gave a damn about Ukraine a decade ago but it suddenly became an existential threat to democracy if the most corrupt country in Europe fell out of our orbit of control.

      Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2025 08:22 AM (LkLld)

      133 112 I wonder if Putin realizes his greatest actual threat is China, sitting to his southeast and eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.
      Posted by: Huck Follywood
      _____

      To him, I think it is both the decadent West and the scheming East that are threats. Reducing the heat from the West will get him to focus more on the East. Regardless, his time is short, the next leader is likely to be more aligned with the West if we're not in a perpetual war with Russia.

      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:22 AM (Dv3i1)

      134 Are the comment boxes taking Ozempic? Seems thin

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (3qNrw)

      135 Dr. Birx Admits Young and Healthy People Didn’t Need COVID Vaccine

      I said it yesterday and I'll say it again:

      Bitch. Should. Hang.

      But not a thing will happen to her and she will die in her bed, untroubled, unmolested and rich.

      Change my mind.

      Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (Q0kLU)

      136
      Ha! Just saw a video of a street where a water main broke and the flood froze. Cars in ice up to their windows. Might thaw out by April.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (dxSpM)

      137 And this idiocy about taking the DOGE money clawbacks and paying out a "dividend" to the American People needs to be nipped in the bud, it''s stupid counter-productive to this entire effort.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)

      Nope. Keep talking it up. It doesn't have to be done, but if people keep hearing they may get $5k, they won't listen to the whining of the Ds saying DOGE is gutting government. There are quite a few people willing to let it continue if they get money out of it.

      Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (0eaVi)

      138 Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois.

      -

      I like that they accidentally acknowledge the problem. It's their identity, not some minor piece of a larger, more interesting puzzle where what you enjoy sexually is completely unimportant except to your significant other and something fairly private.

      Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (Ylq2k)

      139 Oooh Bible Interpretation Comments!!! ( Must resist, Tubal, must resist… remember Br’er Rabbit and the Tarbaby)….

      Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2025 08:25 AM (dAQ2X)

      140 Remember Rush of blessed memory railing against the Porkulus in that it was not a one shot deal. It was on every budget every year from then on. And that was 16 years ago already!

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 07:56 AM


      Yep an extra $1.2 trillion in EMERGENCY stimulus spending every single year since 2009.


      At this point I doubt it is possible to shut that money off without collapsing the world's economy.

      Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 20, 2025 08:25 AM (e5NfL)

      141 20 Kash Patel getting confirmed this week?
      Or next, or maybe the week after that?
      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 08:19 AM (fwDg9)
      ******
      Today

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

      142 Trump does not understand Russia or Putin

      Says guy whose entire career has been about hostility toward Russia.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

      143 137 And this idiocy about taking the DOGE money clawbacks and paying out a "dividend" to the American People needs to be nipped in the bud, it''s stupid counter-productive to this entire effort.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)

      Nope. Keep talking it up. It doesn't have to be done, but if people keep hearing they may get $5k, they won't listen to the whining of the Ds saying DOGE is gutting government. There are quite a few people willing to let it continue if they get money out of it.
      Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (0eaVi)

      Exactly...it keeps LIVs 100% on board the effort...you could count the savings and keep a running tally of 10%...

      Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2025 08:25 AM (exHjb)

      144 112 I wonder if Putin realizes his greatest actual threat is China, sitting to his southeast and eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.

      Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (NeU1T)



      He's probably confused by the fact that the Americans are supplying war planes, tanks, and munitions to the country neighboring him to kill his soldiers, have State Department officials discussing Balkanizing his country and adding his hostile neighbiors to their military alliance, while sanctioning him internationally, and freezing $300 billion of his country's reserve currencies, as their Senators declare that the dead Russians are the best money America ever spent, while his "greatest actual threat" has traded with him freely in open cooperation.

      Putin is a simpleton that way.

      Posted by: Putin Doesn't Understand at February 20, 2025 08:26 AM (YIND9)

      145 Shirreff said that President Donald Trump’s intense criticism of Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, means that “Pax Americana is finished.”

      Sounds like Shirreff don't like it.

      Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2025 08:26 AM (kgE5c)

      146 How does Tank Abrams do it? How can she keep getting tax monies shoveled in her direction? I know she creates her own magnetic field, but she has lost elections, has no real standing. Does pigmentation and girth count for that much?

      Posted by: Loser, Fat, and Ugggly at February 20, 2025 08:26 AM (G5+As)

      147 112 I wonder if Putin realizes his greatest actual threat is China, sitting to his southeast and eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.
      Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2025 08:18 AM (NeU1T)


      I think I read about this in The Bear and The Dragon...

      Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 20, 2025 08:26 AM (5yPwX)

      148 LGBT is like 3% of the population. So "lots of LGBT moving" isn't very many people.

      Posted by: Uh, oh. Math. at February 20, 2025 08:26 AM (DobEs)

      149 And this is how Truman Capote might have wrote it:

      The morning came in slow and mean, like the last sip of cold coffee in a chipped porcelain cup. He sat with the news, let it settle in his gut like a bad piece of meat, then exhaled sharp and bitter. Israel, trading its dead for the living, for the kind of men who don’t lose sleep over blood on their hands. And Iran, always Iran, a snake coiled in the dark, waiting. Europe, poor old Europe, lost in the fog of its own history, still pretending it holds the winning hand while the house burns down around it. And Putin? A villain, sure, but not the kind they say.

      Back home, the courts played their usual tricks, twisting justice until it screamed, but for once, one judge let the truth slip through the cracks. Immigration—always a steady river of hands reaching, taking, sending dollars back across the border. In the end, he tipped his hat to the folks still standing, the ones who saw the world clear.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

      150 Back home, he’s throwin’ shade at the crooked courts tryin’ to trip up Trump, but—surprise, surprise—one judge actually did the right thing! He’s laughin’ at the climate hustlers and lovin’ that a DOJ flunky quit instead of doin’ her damn job. And don’t get him started on illegal immigration—he’s talkin’ ‘bout slappin’ a fat tax on all that cash leavin’ the country. Then he busts out on the lefties screamin’ for a revolution, tellin’ ‘em straight—y’all don’t want none of this smoke, ‘cause this side’s packin’ more heat than a Mississippi summer! Can you dig it?


      -

      hahaha

      Thank you

      Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 20, 2025 08:27 AM (Ylq2k)

      151 It's also...
      National Muffin Day.

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

      152 But she wore such cute scarves!

      Posted by: Team Birx at February 20, 2025 08:28 AM (DobEs)

      153 Anyone who truly believes Putin, as thuggish as he is, has the intention of rolling all the way to the English channel is totally clueless and/or lying through their teeth.

      Also, why do you believe Putin is thuggish? Is it because you've read reports/commentary to that effect? Reports/commentary that were likely commissioned by the US government.

      I'm not saying that he isn't, I'm just saying that a lot of people will declaim things about him that, maybe, they should question their source.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

      154 @112 Huck, that's probably why he's had several meetings with Xi. Keep your enemies close kind of thing. I've read there are a couple hundred thousand Chinese "workers" already in Siberia. If hostilities did break out they'd make a good fifth column

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:28 AM (3qNrw)

      155
      It's their identity, not some minor piece of a larger, more interesting puzzle where what you enjoy sexually is completely unimportant except to your significant other and something fairly private.
      Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves


      Loads and loads of gays and lesbians at dog shows. We know who they all are and nobody cares because there's no reason for the subject to come up.

      The best handler for our dogs - who unfortunately now lives in Ohio - is a lesbian. We all breed, raise and show dogs and that's the important thing, not the other stuff.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:29 AM (dxSpM)

      156 146, Abrams was getting the money to flip GA blue. It was to pay for a voter fraud network.

      Posted by: whig's phone at February 20, 2025 08:29 AM (ctrM5)

      157 156 146, Abrams was getting the money to flip GA blue. It was to pay for a voter fraud network.
      Posted by: whig's phone at February 20, 2025 08:29 AM (ctrM5)

      This - 100%. With 10% for the big girl...

      Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2025 08:30 AM (exHjb)

      158 "I may not get to include it all in one editorial but let it not be said I'm not diverse."

      But are you equitable and inclusive?

      Posted by: tankdemon at February 20, 2025 08:30 AM (FVLcK)

      159 My view from beginning, and still holds is Putin besides trying to get tje band back together (former territories) is acting more like a Tsar.

      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (fwDg9)

      160 The morning broke, as gray and heavy as a winter's dawn in the vale of Rivendell, and with it came the news, bitter as the waters of the Anduin after a storm. In the land of Israel, a grim exchange had taken place—dead for living, the innocent lost and the vile returned, as though the winds of fate had shifted in a cruel and ancient game. The serpent of Iran, dark and coiled, watched from the shadows, its venom spreading through the lands like the spreading twilight of Mordor. Europe, once a land of great deeds, now wandered in the fog of its own making, clinging to ancient mistakes while the fires of ruin grew nearer.

      In the realms of the West, the courts wove their webs, twisting justice as Sauron twisted the minds of the weak, but in one, a flicker of light—just, if fleeting—allowed truth to break through the darkness. The tides of immigration, as ceaseless as the river that carved the Misty Mountains, flowed ever southward, bearing the weight of many hands. Yet, amidst this turmoil, there were those who stood firm, whose hearts knew the path through the wilderness.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (XV/Pl)

      161 Is it time for Canada to join the United States?

      No, it is not, at least not as an actual state. We have more than enough brain-dead leftists and the number of reasonable, intelligent, Canadians is, apparently, less than the number of the other.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

      162 Are the comment boxes taking Ozempic? Seems thin
      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:23 AM (3qNrw)

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed. Been having some eye troubles recently so don’t entirely trust ‘em

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (WdMlw)

      163 Unelected European Union bureaucracy is around 1/2 million. Then add administrative and support staff for each bureaucrat, subsidized lux quarters in Brussels and other privileges. Then add ex EU Ministers and ex-Nato commanders and other trash who are being paid to prance around European capitals to give their 2 cents. OF COURSE they are fighting. I wonder if Sweden is rethinking its move to join NATO. They have a really nice social services system...it's a shame they would have to make significant cuts to pay the 5%.

      Posted by: runner at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (g47mK)

      164 Lemme have a side of fries with that.

      Posted by: Tank Abrams at February 20, 2025 08:32 AM (DobEs)

      165 > An AS-350 helicopter on patrol Feb. 19 near the border town of McAllen, Texas was struck three separate times with a laser that came from a vehicle on the Mexican riverbank, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
      ---------
      So... the US military (USAF) flew a RC-135 "Rivet Joint" signals surveillance jet around Baja, Mexico on 3 Feb. This plane collects all sorts of electronic signals; cell phones, the signals from various electronic devices, both military and civilian and so on.

      Then, earlier this week it was announced the CIA was flying MQ-9 "Reaper" drones over northern Mexico to pinpoint cartel strongholds.

      Even earlier, around the first of the year, some policy wonks affiliated with right leaning think-tanks suggested the US military might make an "incursion" into Mexico along our southern border to create a "buffer zone." This, while rooting out the cartels.

      A final suggestion was to keep the military there to keep the cartels at bay. As usual... YMMV

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)

      166 Abrams was getting the money to flip GA blue. It was to pay for a voter fraud network.
      Posted by: whig's phone at February 20, 2025 08:29 AM (ctrM5)
      --------------------

      TJM has been making a pretty solid case the money being clawed back by DOGE will change mid term election outcomes in favor of Republicans, because Democrats won't have the funding advantage they usually enjoy. That, and the optics of what they're fighting for is terrible.

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:32 AM (tT6L1)

      167 Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 08:10 AM

      'Sup, Zod?

      Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2025 08:32 AM (kgE5c)

      168 I don't want Canada! The are a sneering bunch of libs.

      Posted by: runner at February 20, 2025 08:32 AM (g47mK)

      169 Why, yes. Thank you for noticing.

      Posted by: The comment boxes at February 20, 2025 08:33 AM (DobEs)

      170 I heard a story once about Stacey Abrams driving around lost up in Alpharetta trying to get back to Atlanta. She stopped to get directions asking Hey, how do I get down to 285?and the answer the man gave was I dunno, lay off the biscuits?

      Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 20, 2025 08:33 AM (5yPwX)

      171 I wish the constitution had spelled out in plain language that an inalienable right for a free people is the freedom of association.. for me perhaps the most important freedom, certainly worth fighting for..

      Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2025 08:33 AM (dAQ2X)

      172
      Is it time for Canada to join the United States?

      Imagine a dozen Vermonts joining the country with millions and millions of smug, self-satisfied, condescending AWFLs of both sexes.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (dxSpM)

      173 Shirreff said that President Donald Trump’s intense criticism of Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, means that “Pax Americana is finished.”
      ------
      Lol, no.

      Our humiliating defeat at the hands of the human family's most primitive branch did that, pal.

      And of course, the roaring corruption of people like you, who demonstrate daily that American foreign policy is contingent upon Big Guys and their respective ten percents. That sure doesn't help.

      Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (BI5O2)

      174 Lived on the Currituck Sound, NC since 1988. This is the biggest snowfall in all that time. More than a foot. Not going anywhere. Don't have to. Have ample supply of coffee and Circus Peanuts. "My" three semi-feral cats, who won't come in the house, but live in the crawl space under it in cold weather, are complaining to me about the snow.
      They have suitcases (open) with sleeping bags inside them, electric heating pads in each. I also cut a corner of the heat vent to supply them with heat. And a drop light with incandescent bulb.

      Posted by: Slave To Felines at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (G5+As)

      175 "It's National Cherry Pie Day.
      It's also...
      National Muffin Day."

      I'm down with that.

      Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Warrant or Zappa song at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (vFG9F)

      176 161 Is it time for Canada to join the United States?

      No, it is not, at least not as an actual state. We have more than enough brain-dead leftists and the number of reasonable, intelligent, Canadians is, apparently, less than the number of the other.
      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

      Agree… who the hell wants them… very unimpressive country..

      Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (dAQ2X)

      177 The Abrams $2b is interesting. The best way to claw it back is to put pressure on the bank where these deposits are kept. Do it with every grant and guarantee that the money will come back because there's no way the banks couldn't know what it was really for

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:35 AM (3qNrw)

      178 133 112 I wonder if Putin realizes his greatest actual threat is China, sitting to his southeast and eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.
      Posted by: Huck Follywood
      ---------------
      He knows the Russian Far East is what China wants. He also knows Japan would like Sakline Island back and access to the Russian Far East. He also knows Trump is moving to supply Asia with oil from Alaska. Putin has a lot of things to think about.

      Posted by: Pudinhead at February 20, 2025 08:35 AM (pLaQB)

      179 Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:20 AM (XV/Pl)

      You use your tongue better than a French whore!

      Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2025 08:35 AM (Q0kLU)

      180 Since the start of the war the Russians said they wanted independence from Ukraine for the provinces that wanted independence and were the victims of Ukraine's dirty war.

      So there is a very easy way to tell if the Russians want to conquer all of Ukraine or not. Offer independence/secession of the provinces in question and see if they take the offer.

      Note that to this point Ukraine/Europe have claimed they won't agree to that - that they are willing to fight to the last dead American boy to keep those provinces.

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:35 AM (t0Rmr)

      181 But we're your largest National Park!

      Posted by: Canadia at February 20, 2025 08:36 AM (DobEs)

      182 140 Remember Rush of blessed memory railing against the Porkulus in that it was not a one shot deal. It was on every budget every year from then on. And that was 16 years ago already!

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 07:56 AM


      Yep an extra $1.2 trillion in EMERGENCY stimulus spending every single year since 2009.


      At this point I doubt it is possible to shut that money off without collapsing the world's economy.
      Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 20, 2025 08:25 AM (e5NfL)



      "There is Nothing More Permanent Than a Temporary Government Program"


      - - Milton Friedman

      Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2025 08:36 AM (x0n13)

      183 Is it time for Canada to join the United States?

      Imagine a dozen Vermonts joining the country with millions and millions of smug, self-satisfied, condescending AWFLs of both sexes.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (dxSpM)

      Canada is just California on Ice. We need that place like I need a second asshole. No, thanks.

      Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 20, 2025 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

      184 >>The Abrams $2b is interesting.

      That was just the first tranche.

      >@LizMacDonaldFOX

      Evening Edit finding based on govt records Biden’s $27 billion greenhouse gas fund did likely end up funding ads for Kamala Harris. Climate Power Action got an undisclosed amount from this fund and then launched a $55M ad campaign for Kamala Harris’s 2024 race. On its board are Democrats Randi Weingarten, Stacey Abrams, Carol Browner Clinton’s EPA chief, Ernest Moniz Obama’s Energy Secy, and the former president of the Sierra Club.

      https://tinyurl.com/4aafunjr

      Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2025 08:37 AM (LkLld)

      185 "Abrams was getting the money to flip GA blue. It was to pay for a voter fraud network.
      Posted by: whig's phone "

      Ga Governor's race is coming up and Kemp can't run.

      Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Warrant or Zappa song at February 20, 2025 08:37 AM (vFG9F)

      186 Man, Pam Bondi will be very busy this next 18 months !

      Posted by: runner at February 20, 2025 08:38 AM (g47mK)

      187 164 Lemme have a side of fries with that.

      Posted by: Tank Abrams at February 20, 2025 08:32 AM (DobEs)


      Say, how much would you charge for a 5 gallon bucket of fries?

      Posted by: Tank Abrams at February 20, 2025 08:38 AM (aBgBM)

      188 Shirreff said that President Donald Trump’s intense criticism of Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, means that “Pax Americana is finished.”

      Back during the cold war when we allied with various 3rd world strongmen that were anti-communist the FNM/left argued that was a complete betrayal of American principles.

      Lil Z has banned opposition parties, closed churches and allied with openingly Neo-NAZI militias. At least during the cold war the argument is that we needed to do this to stop WWIII. Now the argument is we need to support a strongman like Lil Z because, err...it would be embarrassing for an American client to lose a war

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:38 AM (t0Rmr)

      189
      Oh, no. My muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939.

      https://youtu.be/F_tVJ2rHHSA

      Posted by: Betty White at February 20, 2025 08:38 AM (DobEs)

      190
      Abrams was getting the money to flip GA blue. It was to pay for a voter fraud network.

      But it probably got spent at the Golden Corral buffet.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:39 AM (dxSpM)

      191 Well, time to wander. Pooch walking waits for no morning report.

      Later!

      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:39 AM (tT6L1)

      192 @179

      >>You use your tongue better than a French whore!

      Not me, it's the AI, you can pretty much get it to summarize anything in any style you want.

      I think a lot of authors are using it.

      Perhaps George RRRRR Marteen can use it to help his lazy ass finish game of thrones.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:39 AM (XV/Pl)

      193 In my opinion, you can tell how good a donut place is by the quality of the apple fritter.

      Apple fritters are a fine alternative when one cannot obtain a pumpkin empanada.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

      194 Medics rush in to administer naloxone to reverse overdoses. Per San Francisco’s Overdose Prevention Plan, the city increased its naloxone distribution to more than 158,000 doses in fiscal year 2023 to 2024—a staggering average of 432 every day.

      How many repeat offenders?
      My plan would include ZERO?

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

      195 Does the blog seem off to anyone else? Compressed?

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

      196 I’m an economic ignoramus and I have a question: Since Nixon took us off the gold standard 50+ years ago the US dollar has been a fiat currency, no? We just print money with nothing tangible to back it up (other than T-bills which are also funny money).

      So it’s all just a house of cards, right? If in an instant the rest of the world decided the dollar was worthless and they weren’t going to recognize any value in our currency any longer, we’d be cooked right? None of our politicians seem to talk about this…

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:42 AM (O1oUp)

      197 The Russians are dying. The best money we’ve ever spent.

      You and your people. You’re the ally I’ve been hoping for all of my life. Not one American has died defending Ukraine. You’ve taken our weapons and you kicked their ass. And, I’m very proud to have you as our ally.

      Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Not Russia's Real Threat at February 20, 2025 08:42 AM (YIND9)

      198 > Abrams was getting the money to flip GA blue. It was to pay for a voter fraud network.
      --------
      She's one of hundreds, thousands the left pays to advance their agenda. Most are working unbeknownst to those around them.

      This shit with DoGE... yea that scares the rank and file. The movers and shakers will continue to get a cut, but these fucks stand to lose everything.

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 08:42 AM (Q4IgG)

      199 Aunt Flo will be here soon.

      Posted by: The blog at February 20, 2025 08:42 AM (DobEs)

      200 I Meme Therefore I Am
      @ImMeme0
      2m
      BREAKING: President Trump fires up Team USA hockey ahead of their big rematch against our “51st state,” Canada—then personally invites “Governor Trudeau” to the next Governor’s Association dinner.

      King Troll!

      https://tinyurl.com/47nbtwn7

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

      201 You can't talk up the $5K and not actually give it to the people. If you're going to seriously tell everyone that they get $5000, you have to follow through. If you don't, all support for DOGE will evaporate and citizens will lose the small trust in government that's happening right now. They are beginning to believe that the government actually cares about them and will do the job for them. Don't lie to them and seeing them along. A year of no personal income tax or $5000, but if you tell them about it you'd better follow through or the dems will jump on it with both feet screaming "liars"

      Posted by: Megthered at February 20, 2025 08:43 AM (J9ZRC)

      202 The funny thing about geo-politics right now is that Putin is a *popular* strongman and most of his European foes are *unpopular* strongmen that hold power through grosser vote fraud and a more active state police power against their foes then he does.

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:43 AM (t0Rmr)

      203 And this idiocy about taking the DOGE money clawbacks and paying out a "dividend" to the American People needs to be nipped in the bud, it''s stupid counter-productive to this entire effort.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (XV/Pl)


      The argument is that it is politically astute as it provides a tangible benefit for the average American and gives them reason to clamor for still more cuts. Put the calculus of greed on our side for a change.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

      204 Loads and loads of gays and lesbians at dog shows. We know who they all are and nobody cares because there's no reason for the subject to come up.

      When we were fostering Greyhounds, a gay couple came over to see if they wanted to adopt our dog. As we went walking, one of the guys looked down at her and said "What do you think? Want to go home with these homos?"

      Now, I keep things professional and neutral in case I run into someone who is really delicate. But as far as I was concerned, the door was open. So I said "So why do so many people in the gay community love greyhounds? Don't get me wrong; I'm glad that the chihuahuas aren't the focus any more."

      They had a laugh at the joke.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:44 AM (jjoN6)

      205 In my opinion, you can tell how good a donut place is by the quality of the apple fritter.

      Apple fritters are a fine alternative when one cannot obtain a pumpkin empanada.
      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:39 AM (ExV1e)
      ******
      Apple fritters are my weakness.

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

      206 @194 a friend, recently retired, was a cop here in this city for 25 years. He said there are people here who have ODed 5-6x and been given naloxone each time. The cops hate doing it because most are addicted small time criminals. The bosses including the chief are all leftist so letting the addicts die could cost the rank and file their jobs

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:45 AM (3qNrw)

      207 Appointment with the orthopedist this morning for a follow-up. My neck and shoulder have almost completely recovered and if there's a flare-up, I now know what it is and how to handle it.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 07:47 AM (dxSpM)
      ===

      b'h for good health

      Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2025 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

      208 Perhaps George RRRRR Marteen can use it to help his lazy ass finish game of thrones.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:39 AM (XV/Pl)

      That ship has so sailed… it’s been what… almost 15 years since he promised the next book. He’s in his 70s and he’s promised two more books to close it out? He’s run out of time already and he made so much money he has zero motivation…. I’ve read all the published books so I find it annoying

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:45 AM (O1oUp)

      209 194 Medics rush in to administer naloxone to reverse overdoses

      Someone on Twitter said that he carried Naloxone and went looking for the street people that were blissed out so he could ruin their high.

      Not all heroes wear capes.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:45 AM (jjoN6)

      210 The Russians are dying. The best money we’ve ever spent.

      Back when we were actually at war in Stan and Iraq the FNM and pols told me Muslims were our friends and went around arresting American soldiers if they were too successful in killing our enemies.

      Now I'm supposed to want my tax dollars to go to kill Russians and Ukrainians because f*ck those people I guess? Note Russians aren't murdering Americans on the street yelling Allah Putin

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:45 AM (t0Rmr)

      211 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

      Posted by: Bulg at February 20, 2025 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

      212 It went into young people in hospitals before it went into our elderly and nursing homes. That is not following the science and the data. So I am all who are following the science and the data, but it shouldn’t just be a statement, it should be a reality.

      Who did not know this was wrong and stupid?

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

      213 Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2025 07:51 AM (jKo6M)

      It's stupid and pointless. It's patently unconstitutional and the portion of the Colorado government supporting it should be removed from office and barred from holding any government position in the future.

      Colorado has a real hard-on for passing laws that obviously violate the 1st Amendment.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

      214 So how is ERCOT struggling through this latest episode of Anthropogenic Global Warming™ ?
      Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2025 07:54 AM (a4flb)


      There's no ice, which was the real problem, so fine.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

      215 Didn't Texas just have multiple cases of measles crop u this week?

      Any reports on the demographics of the infected ones?
      Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (a1415)


      Reporting on the issue is spotty.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

      216 @208

      >>I’ve read all the published books so I find it annoying

      That's the thing, he can feed all of his books into an AI and have a couple of super fans train and model the data and crap out books till he dies.

      And if he has any heirs, they could continue crapping out books too.

      He wouldn't have to do sh*t, just read and approve.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:49 AM (XV/Pl)

      217 Didn't Texas just have multiple cases of measles crop u this week?

      Any reports on the demographics of the infected ones?
      Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (a1415)

      Reporting on the issue is spotty.


      This thread is going to get rather bumpy now...

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:50 AM (t0Rmr)

      218 > a friend, recently retired, was a cop here in this city for 25 years. He said there are people here who have ODed 5-6x and been given naloxone each time
      --------
      The police department in our little town has a free "vending machine" outside that dispenses 2X doses. It holds 30 or 40 kits. And is refilled monthly.

      For a local population under 10K.

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

      219 FIRST!!!!!

      Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2025 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

      220 Things seem, compressed........

      Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2025 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

      221 Oh, and Nicely Done, as usual, JJ.

      You're a beast.

      Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2025 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

      222 I disagree about potential DOGE dividends/refunds to taxpayers. That was wasted tax dollars; it’s our money. We deserve some back… say 10-20% of found savings. It’d be yuuggee politically

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:51 AM (nrfI8)

      223 Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)

      Your command of Brooklyn Yiddish is impressive.

      Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2025 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

      224 The most pitiful thing about the government spending is that one has a sense of relief when the money goes to garden variety graft and kickbacks instead of paying for the ability of our enemies to kill and enslave us.

      Posted by: Minuteman at February 20, 2025 08:52 AM (UQgUy)

      225 They seem to forget that 200 million or so of us have more than one firearm and ammunition. Or, the guillotines that will chop their heads off.

      I'm rooting for someone with a trebuchet. It's like Air Pinochet but cheaper to run.

      Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2025 08:52 AM (2ocoG)

      226 Oh, no. My muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939.

      https://youtu.be/F_tVJ2rHHSA
      Posted by: Betty White at February 20, 2025 08:38 AM (DobEs)
      ******
      Hahaha.

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

      227 I understand getting buy in on Doge savings, but five grand per taxpaying family is roughly a trillion dollars.

      Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2025 08:52 AM (56F5L)

      228 That's the thing, he can feed all of his books into an AI and have a couple of super fans train and model the data and crap out books till he dies.

      And if he has any heirs, they could continue crapping out books too.

      He wouldn't have to do sh*t, just read and approve.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:49 AM (XV/Pl)
      ---
      That's a rather disturbing idea if it becomes a trend. All future books are no longer "written" but just regurgitated by AI in different forms...

      Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 20, 2025 08:53 AM (7fElN)

      229 >>@amuse
      ·
      >>1h
      UKRAINE: Until Trump was elected, US taxpayers were spending $140M a year to have NAFO influencers and chatbots convince them to keep sending Ukraine billions to fund the war. USAID funds were used to manipulate US voters and leaders.

      Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2025 08:53 AM (LkLld)

      230 If we want an actual opposition party that lasts we are going to need that party to find a way to personally profit right leaning voters and reachable LIVs. Yes this is exactly what the Dems do.

      But the problem is inflation is paid for more by right leaning voters so you can't just loot the treasury the way the left does. You need to find a way to take the money from left leaning geographies, organizations and people and then there are a million ways you can use the money to pay your voters.

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:53 AM (t0Rmr)

      231 He wouldn't have to do sh*t, just read and approve.
      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:49 AM (XV/Pl)

      Good idea! I have a feeling that fat lazy pig wouldn’t even want to exert himself that much! I’m not annoyed I promise!

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:53 AM (nrfI8)

      232 These are the ratfinks that cross the border into Wisconsin for no tax on food, so regular residents can't find a parking spot at Woodman's.
      Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 20, 2025 08:14 AM (SfhV1)

      Wish I lived close enough to the border to be one of those ratfinks.

      Posted by: Time for a new nick, gol durnitt! Certfied radical an kepchup on hot dog person. at February 20, 2025 08:53 AM (89Sog)

      233 Didn't Texas just have multiple cases of measles crop up this week?


      You are guaranteed to see a bunch of these stories popping up now that RFK has been confirmed.

      As he begins to expose the links between vaccines and other maladies, the media ops will hardcore on telling you that measles and polio are breaking out everywhere and that you need to give your infant a kabillion shots.

      Posted by: The Lies Never Stop at February 20, 2025 08:53 AM (YIND9)

      234 As we observe significant changes taking place for our government customers and counterparts regarding onsite attendance, we know that many may be wondering how they will be impacted. Right now, the communications circulating are requirements for Government employees not Contract Support Service (CSS) employees.

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

      235 Cities and states would benefit from a DOGE-like scouring of their finances.

      Posted by: mr tmz at February 20, 2025 08:55 AM (rJ48h)

      236 227 I understand getting buy in on Doge savings, but five grand per taxpaying family is roughly a trillion dollars.
      Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2025 08:52 AM (56F5L)

      If they find $10T in savings, $1T is small potatoes.

      But they are limiting it to American citizen taxpaying filers, not every person...so I think it's 80m people * 5K...or $400B (which would be 20% of the $2T they want to find.)

      Posted by: Nova Local at February 20, 2025 08:55 AM (exHjb)

      237 But they are limiting it to American citizen taxpaying filers, not every person...so I think it's 80m people * 5K...or $400B (which would be 20% of the $2T they want to find.)

      You could further refine it so the payback couldn't be higher then your net tax payments. That would cut out the FSA, but it would probably hit right leaning voters on SS as well I suppose

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:56 AM (t0Rmr)

      238 - Still -11°

      Need to check on the widow.
      J.J., if you ever want to look at some evidence that confirms Genesis 1, which I would think you'd be interested in, let me know. Be more than happy to, again, grab a few links to get you started.

      Leofb

      Posted by: TeeJ at February 20, 2025 08:56 AM (ItCQP)

      239 All of these NATO and and EU leaders along with the Biden administration have been singing in unison without a scrap of evidence that if Putin takes Ukraine he will march on Europe next.

      Putin isn't even planning on taking Ukraine, just the Russian areas, which he already controls.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

      240 Amazing post at Twitchy. Seems the government of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a judge to issue an order telling a newspaper to remove an editorial because one reason being it was defamatory to the government. The post is long but holy crap.

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 08:57 AM (3qNrw)

      241 @228

      >>That's a rather disturbing idea if it becomes a trend. All future books are no longer "written" but just regurgitated by AI in different forms...

      That ship has sailed, it's already happening.

      The problem is going to be along the lines of siblings procreating and you will have massive inbreeding of all of the data as it just merges into a gigantic, steaming pile of digital gobblygook.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 08:57 AM (XV/Pl)

      242 If Canadians can elect Castro I am not so sure it would just be better to give them California and write that off

      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 08:57 AM (fwDg9)

      243 The helicopter hit by a laser, not only should the van be taken out, someone also needs to have a talk with the supplier of the laser.
      Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 20, 2025 08:15 AM (tT6L1)


      You can buy lasers on Amazon. Apparently, using them to try and blind people has become "a thing".

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

      244 There are literally thousands of robins in my backyard, stripping the large female holly tree of its berries. And I've had to refill my heated birdbath twice already.

      Take that Punxsutawney Phil!

      Posted by: IrishEi at February 20, 2025 08:59 AM (3ImbR)

      245 There was another author who’s pulled a George RR Martin on me… Patrick Rothfuss published the first two books in his “Kingskiller Chronicles” and they were good; I enjoyed them. The problem is the promised third book still hasn’t materialized and it’s been at least 10 years. These authors shouldn’t publish the first of a series until they’ve written them all

      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:59 AM (WdMlw)

      246 Walter Curt
      @WCdispatch_
      T-5 Daily Bulletin

      It’s a busy day today, this morning, future FBI director Kash Patel has his Cloture vote. 11AM.

      Shortly afterwards, Karoline Leavitt has a press briefing at the White House. 1PM.

      At 3PM, the Senate will be voting to confirm Kash as FBI director. President Trump will be addressing a conference for Black History Month.

      Later, the President is hosting the Governors convention. At 7:30PM.

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

      247 nearly 8 out of 10 Americans think that Congressional Democrats are worthless putzes, or worse.

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

      248 Partial response to DU lunacy:

      New homes in Texas and Florida are actually being built idiots. FL is a construction nightmare. A house on the market here is gone in a week or so if it's reasonably priced.

      I have a friend who moved from Eureka, CA to Missouri for a job and his 3 daughters absolutely hate it because they can't get the weed they want.

      Posted by: Arnold Horshack at February 20, 2025 09:00 AM (QB+5g)

      249 The morning came heavy, thick with the weight of grim tidings, the kind that settled on a man’s shoulders like a cloak soaked through with rain. In Israel, the dead were returned, cold and lifeless, while the living monsters walked free, unchained, to do what monsters do. In the East, Iran watched, a patient viper coiled in the dust, its fangs slick with old poison, waiting for the right moment to strike. And Europe? A crumbling keep, once grand, now rotted from within, its lords too blind or too proud to see the storm gathering at their gates.

      Across the sea, the courts played their endless game, shifting the rules as it pleased them, twisting the law until no man could tell justice from treachery. But even in the darkest hall, a single candle can burn, and for once, truth slipped through the cracks. The tide of strangers flowed ever onward, hands outstretched, their coins sent back across the waters like whispers on the wind. But there were those who still stood, swords in hand, eyes clear, watching, waiting—for winter always comes, and when it does, only the strong endure.

      Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2025 09:00 AM (XV/Pl)

      250 @246 Biden would have called a lid by now

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 09:00 AM (3qNrw)

      251 Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World makes me want to take a gram and not give a damn.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 09:01 AM (gbOdA)

      252 IrishEi at February 20, 2025 08:59 AM (3ImbR)

      You have a heated birdbath??

      Posted by: dantesed at February 20, 2025 09:01 AM (Oy/m2)

      253 This is astonishing in its lack of awareness. Imagine calling that fat POS a "quality human being." Those DUmmies are as deluded as they come.
      Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2025 08:16 AM (qBdHI)


      They're not deluded. They just have different goals and values. They want the permanent, unchecked, supremacy of the Democrat party to advance degeneracy worldwide. To them, Pritzker is nearly perfect.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

      254 But they are limiting it to American citizen taxpaying filers, not every person...so I think it's 80m people * 5K...or $400B (which would be 20% of the $2T they want to find.)
      Posted by: Nova Local


      If it is by family, the 80m number makes sense, and is more reasonable. Though I would rather pay down the debt.

      Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2025 09:02 AM (56F5L)

      255 116: I think you meant to say Old Testament.

      Posted by: AWOL Civilization at February 20, 2025 09:02 AM (ZQ3a+)

      256 May we one day be blessed with a Pope who takes this seriously.

      Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 20, 2025 08:00 AM (Dv3i1)
      ----
      You mean start a Crusade of Knights and go and takke names? I would recommend 20Megaton ones.

      Posted by: Ciampino - time to get rid of islam at February 20, 2025 09:03 AM (KjLnc)

      257 I have a friend who moved from Eureka, CA to Missouri for a job and his 3 daughters absolutely hate it because they can't get the weed they want.
      Posted by: Arnold Horshack

      Tell those three lazy bints to grow their own. It's not hard!

      Posted by: Mr. Natural at February 20, 2025 09:03 AM (G5+As)

      258 Basically, the Clarksdale Press Register published an unsigned editorial criticizing recent action by the city officials. The city then ran to a judge and demanded a restraining order requiring them to remove the editorial. We won’t quote the order at length but the core justification is that this supposedly defamatory of the city, exhibiting malice in the form of reckless disregard for the truth, and ‘interferes with [various public officials’] legitimate function to advocate for legislation they believe would help their municipality.’

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

      259 It's also time to cut out unnecessary government travel.

      Nancy Pelosi flying to Taiwan, Lindsey Graham flying to Kiev, etc.

      We have a State Department and an ambassador system to deal with international diplomacy. Unless you are serving in those capacities, your job is here domestically.

      Election to Congress is not meant to be a cool, glamorous jet-setting lifestyle. Go to the shithole that is Washington D.C., do your job, and then go home and talk to your constituents.

      No more conferences and international envoys or any other bullshit.

      Posted by: The Lies Never Stop at February 20, 2025 09:06 AM (YIND9)

      260 Morning JJ and Horde. Was wrecked by the Flu, forgot how humbling that sh#t can be. Wipes ya out

      Posted by: Jonah at February 20, 2025 09:06 AM (YCxFk)

      261 >>>You have a heated birdbath??
      ~~~~~

      Yes, because I care about all of God's little creatures and don't want to see little birdie beaks get broken trying to tap through the ice for a tiny sip of water...

      Unlike someone else on this site who seems to take delight in reporting "status: frozen!!!!"

      Posted by: IrishEi at February 20, 2025 09:07 AM (3ImbR)

      262 233 Yup. First they pitch the fear, then they close with yet another vaccine.

      Posted by: callsign claymore at February 20, 2025 09:07 AM (cH0nD)

      263 I have a friend who moved from Eureka, CA to Missouri for a job and his 3 daughters absolutely hate it because they can't get the weed they want.
      Posted by: Arnold Horshack


      An old friend of mine lives in Eureka. He's looking forward to retirement and getting out.

      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 09:07 AM (jjoN6)

      264 Good morning friends.

      Foot surgery yesterday. I will remain medicated. Mrs. will continue to peel grapes for me.

      Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 09:07 AM (P+D4R)

      265 Imagine a dozen Vermonts joining the country with millions and millions of smug, self-satisfied, condescending AWFLs of both sexes.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

      We could have Mary Canuckstien from Montreal as a poster!

      Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 20, 2025 09:08 AM (JCZqz)

      266 Quinnipiac poll: 22% of voters approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, which is an all-time low

      Democrats in Congress
      🟢 Approve: 22% (net: -46)
      🔴 Disapprove: 68%

      Republicans in Congress
      🟢 Approve: 40% (net: -12)
      🔴 Disapprove: 52%

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:08 AM (RHGPo)

      267 “So it’s all just a house of cards, right? If in an instant the rest of the world decided the dollar was worthless and they weren’t going to recognize any value in our currency any longer, we’d be cooked right? None of our politicians seem to talk about this…
      Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 20, 2025 08:42 AM (O1oUp)”

      Pay no attention to the complete lack of any backing for anything behind the curtain! The Great and Powerful Oz has spoken!

      Posted by: Tom Servo at February 20, 2025 09:08 AM (73vBl)

      268 I still think that eliminating the personal/household tax would be a better solution than gifting each filer a $5K check.

      Even if the $5K is "tax free."

      Those who've paid significantly more than $5K don't really see this as a "win."

      Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2025 09:09 AM (Q4IgG)

      269 Imagine a dozen Vermonts joining the country with millions and millions of smug, self-satisfied, condescending AWFLs of both sexes.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


      Don't forget the jihadis, the Indian separatists, the Chinese spies, and national socialist bureaucrats that control everything...

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 09:09 AM (t0Rmr)

      270 Can't wait to see how the Canadian team is welcomed in Boston tonight. The Bruins have no more hated and bitter rival than the Montreal Canadiens and that little booing spectacle in Montreal the other night is sure to turn up the heat.

      Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2025 09:10 AM (LkLld)

      271 No more conferences and international envoys or any other bullshit.
      Posted by: The Lies Never Stop

      Saving money is important, but sending geriatric Commie codgers to foreign locales with marble staircases can save us money in the long term. Pelosi has been mostly quiet since she busted her hip in Luxembourg.

      Posted by: A Place For Mom at February 20, 2025 09:10 AM (G5+As)

      272 235 Cities and states would benefit from a DOGE-like scouring of their finances.
      Posted by: mr tmz at February 20, 2025 08:55 AM (rJ48h)

      Canada would too.

      Defund every NGO. Outlaw consultants.

      Posted by: Stateless...47% - mental state clawing up from 10% at February 20, 2025 09:11 AM (jvJvP)

      273 Don't forget the jihadis, the Indian separatists, the Chinese spies, and national socialist bureaucrats that control everything...

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 09:09 AM (t0Rmr)


      I saw a stat the other day that Canada is only 54% native born, at this point.

      Posted by: The Lies Never Stop at February 20, 2025 09:11 AM (YIND9)

      274 Imagine annexing Canada and turning it into a gigantic penal colony.

      "Anyone eating poutine with their hands spends a night in the box."

      Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 09:11 AM (P+D4R)

      275 227 I understand getting buy in on Doge savings, but five grand per taxpaying family is roughly a trillion dollars.
      Posted by: Thomas Paine
      ---

      It's a write off, Jerry.
      They just write it off.

      Posted by: Kramer at February 20, 2025 09:12 AM (DobEs)

      276 (Barking Uteruses gonna bark - jjs)

      *********

      Barking Uterus = Womb with a view?

      Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2025 09:12 AM (/iMjX)

      277 >>>sending geriatric Commie codgers to foreign locales with marble staircases can save us money in the long term.
      ~~~~~

      Do you perchance have a newsletter?

      Posted by: IrishEi at February 20, 2025 09:13 AM (3ImbR)

      278 217 Didn't Texas just have multiple cases of measles crop u this week?

      Any reports on the demographics of the infected ones?
      Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2025 07:57 AM (a1415)

      Reporting on the issue is spotty.

      This thread is going to get rather bumpy now...

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 08:50 AM (t0Rmr)
      ----
      Please don't inflame the issue.

      Posted by: Ciampino - no stripes at February 20, 2025 09:13 AM (KjLnc)

      279 Thank you Mr Sefton for your work and insight each morning.

      Watching i24 Israel news.

      No words. Braying sub-humans.

      "Gazan". No such thing. Kill them all.

      Posted by: They Are All Hamas at February 20, 2025 09:14 AM (vZ22f)

      280 My view from beginning, and still holds is Putin besides trying to get tje band back together (former territories) is acting more like a Tsar.
      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 08:31 AM (fwDg9)


      Putin has been the leader of Russia for over 20 years. During that time he's attacked exactly 2 former members of "the band", Georgia and Ukraine. In both cases it was when NATO was making noises about adding them to NATO. In both cases he took over the Russian areas and stopped.

      Despite this, people continue to say that he's just itching to recreate the USSR. When? At the rate he's going it'll take 1000 years.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

      281 Make Caunckistan an "environmental habitat" - anyone living there is not allowed to use fossil fuels.

      After a winter or two nature will have fixed everything.

      Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2025 09:14 AM (t0Rmr)

      282 I saw Barking Uteruses open for Smashing Pumpkins at the Garden

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 09:15 AM (3qNrw)

      283 As Robert DeNiro ages, he looks more and more like Henry Kissinger.

      Beautifully mutated.

      Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 09:15 AM (P+D4R)

      284 Montreal Canadiens and that little booing spectacle in Montreal the other night is sure to turn up the heat.
      Posted by: JackStraw

      You are wasting electrons typing out-Montreal Canadiens. "Habs" is the contraction used in newspaper headlines.

      Posted by: Go Team USA at February 20, 2025 09:15 AM (G5+As)

      285 >>I see that some shit-whore DOJ prosecact of utor has resigned rather than do her job of prosecuting a $20 billion Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants climate scam.


      Whaaaaaaat?
      That is such a clear and gross example of theft.
      GOOD RIDDANCE

      Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2025 09:15 AM (Cki93)

      286 Barking Uteruses was the garage band name for the group who ultimately became known as The Bangles.

      Posted by: Music nerd at February 20, 2025 09:15 AM (DobEs)

      287
      Posted by: NR Pax at February 20, 2025 08:44 AM (jjoN6)

      _________

      Ever see Richard Skipworth's Greyhound cartoons? Spot on sighthound descriptions.

      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 09:16 AM (dxSpM)

      288 Two of Sen. John Fetterman’s longest-serving staff members are leaving his team as the senator takes a more open approach to President Donald Trump than many of his Democratic colleagues are. Charlie Hills, Fetterman’s communications director, and Tré Easton, his legislative director, are set to soon depart the Pennsylvania Democrat’s office. Both men worked on Fetterman’s 2022 campaign and have been with him during his two-year Senate career.

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

      289 Barking Uteruses was the garage band name for the group who ultimately became known as The Bangles.

      I would have guessed the Indigo Girls.

      Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2025 09:18 AM (Q0kLU)

      290 Rep. Jasmine Crockett Suggests Trump Only Has a High Approval Rating Because Americans Are Too Stupid to 'Understand'

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

      291 148 LGBT is like 3% of the population. So "lots of LGBT moving" isn't very many people.
      Posted by: Uh, oh. Math.

      Every year, more and more people "identify" as LGBTQIA2SLMNOP+, so unless Trump manages to win the culture war and break the contagion, that's the floor on this thing, not the ceiling.

      Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 20, 2025 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

      292 And how do you prevent what we had, essentially? We had a pagan religion that has infiltrated our universities. And that pagan religion basically says, everything that's good about America, everything that actually works, is ipso facto bad.

      Read the whole thing:

      https://tinyurl.com/46adrjmv

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 09:19 AM (gbOdA)

      293 Foot surgery yesterday.
      Posted by: ZOD


      ********

      Did they take you to the OR on a toe truck?

      Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2025 09:19 AM (/iMjX)

      294 Here's what I would do with the DOGE cuts:

      1.) use it to pay down debt, less $250B.

      2.) use the $250B to fund $1M bounties on the heads of the 250K highest ranking Party & State officials, whose names, addresses and photos would be posted online.

      3.) watch as hunting parties descend on the Acela Corridor.

      Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

      295 Ten Years and $7.5 Billion Later, No New Water Storage in California

      No new water storage infrastructure has been built in California, more than a decade after voters approved a $7.5 billion water bond in Proposition 1 of 2014

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

      296 Off Sweathog sock.

      Posted by: pawn at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (QB+5g)

      297 "I have an idea for this dickhead: Go conscript every European male you can find (Not many left of Caucasian stock due to crashing birthrates among the native populations. Of course there are plenty of Muslim male replacements. Yeah, they'll be conscripted! and send them off to fight the Red Army. Then grab some SPF 10-trillion and wait for a Russian ICBM to airburst over Brussels. Hell, Putin would be doing us all a favor if he took out the Sprouts and perhaps save a warhead or two for Davos."

      Exactly!!! Trump agrees with you/us.

      Posted by: Danimal28 at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (1E4GV)

      298 Didn't know that Greyhound rescue was a gay thing.
      Are whippets the favorite of the BDSM perverts?

      Posted by: I'm Your Huckleberry! at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (G5+As)

      299 Delta Air Lines has offered $30,000 to each passenger aboard Flight 4819, which crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on February 17, 2025. This gesture, totaling over $2.2 million, is provided “with no strings attached” and does not affect passengers’ rights to pursue legal action.

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

      300 It's a write off, Jerry.
      They just write it off.
      Posted by: Kramer at February 20, 2025 09:12 AM (DobEs)

      I. Love you. Man.


      no homo

      Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (Aqu9a)

      301
      Did they take you to the OR on a toe truck?
      Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2025 09:19 AM (/iMjX)



      BAD dum....TISH!!!!!!!

      Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (9gDA7)

      302 259
      It's also time to cut out unnecessary government travel.

      Nancy Pelosi flying to Taiwan, Lindsey Graham flying to Kiev, etc.
      ..........
      No more conferences and international envoys or any other bullshit.

      Posted by: The Lies Never Stop at February 20, 2025 09:06 AM (YIND9)
      ----
      I agree 100%

      Posted by: Ciampino - no junkets at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (KjLnc)

      303 While Scholz didn’t call out the U.S. leader by name, there’s no doubt who he was slapping down when he said: “Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of the state of Ukraine. The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.”

      Posted by: SMOD at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

      304 Rep. Jasmine Crockett Suggests Trump Only Has a High Approval Rating Because Americans Are Too Stupid to 'Understand'

      Shades of Scankles: "Why is my approval rating in the toilet, you might ask?"

      Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (Q0kLU)

      305 Why I'm Rooting for Rubio To Fail in Saudi Arabia Bill Kristol, The Bulwark

      What a cocksucker!

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (gbOdA)

      306 Watching i24 Israel news.

      No words. Braying sub-humans.

      "Gazan". No such thing. Kill them all.

      Posted by: They Are All Hamas at February 20, 2025 09:14 AM (vZ22f)
      -

      Yep.

      Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (vOvpU)

      307 304 Rep. Jasmine Crockett Suggests Trump Only Has a High Approval Rating Because Americans Are Too Stupid to 'Understand'

      Shades of Scankles: "Why is my approval rating in the toilet, you might ask?"
      Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent

      The second part of that was they are Satanic and Racist.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 09:22 AM (gbOdA)

      308 I understand getting buy in on Doge savings, but five grand per taxpaying family is roughly a trillion dollars.
      Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 20, 2025 08:52 AM (56F5L)


      A bit under $400B, apparently. I believe they capped it as a percentage and were guesstimating $5K.

      Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2025 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

      309 I saw Barking Uteruses open for Three Dog Night at Chewy dotcom Arena in '68

      Posted by: muldoon at February 20, 2025 09:23 AM (/iMjX)

      310 The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws.

      America held an election in the middle of a civil war.

      The only reason Ukraine won't hold elections is because the puppet masters don't want one.

      Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (Q0kLU)

      311 Ms. Crockett is the perfect example of a person who is so dumb that they don't have any idea of how dumb they are.

      Posted by: pawn at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (QB+5g)

      312 Funny choice for your graphic, JJ -- love "Tremors" and would love to see the Reba McEntire and Michael Gross characters fending her off, lol!

      Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (Cki93)

      313 No more whining about reparations. From Obozo to this, it's done.

      Posted by: Smellslikevictory at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (jPdyB)

      314
      Benny Johnson
      @bennyjohnson

      Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner:

      “We’ve found $260M in savings here at HUD working with DOGE task force. Today, we’re announcing that we cut $4M in DEI contracts at HUD, which were supposed to be for culture transformation."

      https://tinyurl.com/yjj2wud7

      Posted by: redridinghood at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

      315 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:21 AM (vOvpU)

      How many hostages are left alive?

      Posted by: dantesed at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

      316 >>Ms. Crockett is the perfect example of a person who is so dumb that they don't have any idea of how dumb they are.


      Yet has already owns 3 homes after a few years in Congress.

      Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (Cki93)

      317 Speaking of Islam, no one here yet mentioned the 70 beheaded Christians in the Congo?

      Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (vOvpU)

      318 I have a friend who moved from Eureka, CA to Missouri for a job

      and his 3 daughters absolutely hate it because they can't get the weed they want.

      Posted by: Arnold Horshack at February 20, 2025 09:00 AM (QB+5g)


      The California Diaspora, ladies and gentlemen.

      Posted by: naturalfake at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

      319 Ukraine has been our client state since the 2014 coup. Trump is in essence negotiating with our own deep state.

      Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (LkLld)

      320 Rep. Jasmine Crockett Suggests Trump Only Has a High Approval Rating Because Americans Are Too Stupid to 'Understand'
      Posted by: SMOD
      Of course telling people you'd like me if you weren't so stupid, is a proven way to get people to like you.
      Great strategy by the dems.

      Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (Lo97M)

      321 >>3.) watch as hunting parties descend on the Acela Corridor.
      Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 20, 2025 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

      And the penalty once they're apprehended?

      Scaphism.

      Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 09:26 AM (P+D4R)

      322 296 Off Sweathog sock.
      Posted by: pawn

      Did you know that Ron Palillo played Adolf Eichmann in an off-Broadway play?

      Posted by: Ooh, Ooh, Mr. Kotter! at February 20, 2025 09:26 AM (G5+As)

      323 >>Rep. Jasmine Crockett Suggests Trump Only Has a High Approval Rating Because Americans Are Too Stupid to 'Understand'


      Yeah, stick with that one, sweetie.
      Say it louder.

      Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2025 09:26 AM (Cki93)

      324 @264 ZOD , get well soon . DOGE needs your skills

      Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 09:27 AM (3qNrw)

      325 Ms. Crockett is the perfect example of a person who is so dumb that they don't have any idea of how dumb they are.


      Yet has already owns 3 homes after a few years in Congress.
      Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (Cki93)


      I think the lesson here is that-

      Stupid is working pretty damn well for her.

      Posted by: naturalfake at February 20, 2025 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

      326 Don't trust Fetterman as far as you could throw him

      Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2025 09:27 AM (fwDg9)

      327 279 Thank you Mr Sefton for your work and insight each morning.

      Watching i24 Israel news.

      No words. Braying sub-humans.

      "Gazan". No such thing. Kill them all.

      Posted by: They Are All Hamas at February 20, 2025 09:14 AM (vZ22f)
      ----
      YES!! ALL.

      Posted by: Ciampino - apoplexic at February 20, 2025 09:27 AM (KjLnc)

      328 How many hostages are left alive?
      Posted by: dantesed at February 20, 2025 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)
      -

      Grok:

      https://tinyurl.com/32hds92u

      Folks, start using Grok like you would a search engine.

      Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:28 AM (vOvpU)

      329 JJ cmon - no sane person thinks Russia wants to get to the English Channel. They couldn't hold it if they got there. They do want a few areas around their periphery - Ukraine was just on the way to them, which was why they went to try and get Kiev right at the beginning. That would have pacified Ukraine and allowed them to move to the Polish and Romania border regions unopposed. They are working to stir up unrest in Moldova. The fact they are no longer capable of moving even a force significantly smaller than themselves surprises everyone.

      They now will surely have the Donbass, and it may be they lack the power to go much further. We will see.

      Posted by: Black JEM at February 20, 2025 09:28 AM (GZYu7)

      330 Three Dog Night achieved more top 10 hits and sold more records and concert tickets than any other band from 1969 to 1974. Stuff to know.

      Posted by: Pudinhead at February 20, 2025 09:29 AM (pLaQB)

      331 Did you know that Ron Palillo played Adolf Eichmann in an off-Broadway play?

      Posted by: Ooh, Ooh, Mr. Kotter! at February 20, 2025 09:26 AM (G5+As)
      -

      Springtime something or other, from what I recall.

      Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:29 AM (vOvpU)

      332 30 days in and PDJT does not have a full team.

      Hopefully day 31 thru 60 will see 100,000 Big Govt worker put down their govt cellphones, turn in their badges, and go suck dicks at the bus station for income.

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 09:29 AM (gbOdA)

      333
      A
      R
      T

      Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

      334 Imagine a dozen Vermonts joining the country with millions and millions of smug, self-satisfied, condescending AWFLs of both sexes.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


      Don't forget the jihadis, the Indian separatists, the Chinese spies, and national socialist bureaucrats that control everything...

      +++
      Maybe it would work to make Canada a territory, with a wall to keep the white walkers in. Let them, and the cold self sort.

      Posted by: Smellslikevictory at February 20, 2025 09:31 AM (jPdyB)

      335 317 Speaking of Islam, no one here yet mentioned the 70 beheaded Christians in the Congo?

      Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:25 AM (vOvpU)
      ----
      I did post that on the ONT #333

      Posted by: Ciampino - It's Africa so no one cares at February 20, 2025 09:32 AM (KjLnc)

      336 The DOGE dividend idea might have been posted for the first time in our own AoS comments by commenter Van Helsing. He argued for it as a rhetorical device. However, I checked twitter, the other guy MIGHT have posted it on the 15th. I can't tell. Pretty sure I put it up here on the 18th.

      In any case, it's rhetoric, and it's great rhetoric.

      TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING A DIVIDEND FROM DOGE SAVINGS AND CLAWBACKS TO ALL AMERICANS. WE ARE RETURNING THE MONEY DEMOCRATS STOLE BACK TO YOU, THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. --DJT

      Posted by: Van Helsing at February 20, 2025 09:32 AM (kK7U2)

      337 Netherlands MP Geert Wilders on what took place in Gaza today:

      https://tinyurl.com/26k2vaah

      Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 20, 2025 09:33 AM (vOvpU)

      338 It's important it be ALL AMERICANS. Amount doesn't matter. Vehicle doesn't matter. Let's increase our majorities in both houses at the midterm, and then let's put Vance in the White House for 8 years.

      I'd buy that for a dollar!

      Posted by: Van Helsing at February 20, 2025 09:34 AM (kK7U2)

      339 >>Lots of LGBT moving from Texas to Illinois. Governor Pritzker is amazing! In this era of evil, predatory billionaires, he is living proof that a billionaire be a quality human being who genuinely cares about regular people . . . .

      IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE BARON PRITZKER-HARKONNEN IS MORE LIKELY TO HARVEST THEM THROUGH ONE OF HIS 92 NGOS THAN PROTECT THEM.

      Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 20, 2025 09:35 AM (Cki93)

      340 >>324 @264 ZOD , get well soon . DOGE needs your skills Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 20, 2025 09:27 AM (3qNrw)

      Thanks. I've informed President Musk that Zod's 1st Division Heavy Bathsalt Gorilla Cavalry is waiting for my order to wade into DC and...do what they do best.

      Posted by: ZOD at February 20, 2025 09:35 AM (P+D4R)

      341 > Trump Admin Pulls Approval of New York City’s Congestion Pricing

      The beauty of this is that Hochul the Yokel is now in the position of defending a new tax. Not a good look at this particular point in history.

      > 286 Barking Uteruses was the garage band name for the group who ultimately became known as The Bangles.
      Posted by: Music nerd at February 20, 2025 09:15 AM (DobEs)

      I know they were The Bangs at one point. I'd have been willing to give them all a bang, singly or in groups. Because I'm giving that way.


      125 China... eyeing all the mineral riches in Siberia.
      Posted by: Huck Follywood

      Old joke (so old that the first time I heard it it involved Reagan and Gorbachev).

      Trump and Putin decide to have themselves frozen to see what things will be like in 50 years.

      They're duly reanimated and each is given a folder of material on the latest events.

      Putin starts chuckling.
      Trump: What's so funny?
      Putin: I see the United States is STILL running a horrific deficit.
      Then Trump starts chuckling.
      Putin: What's so funny?
      Trump: I see there's renewed fighting on the German-Chinese border.

      Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 20, 2025 09:36 AM (W5ArC)

      342 > Imagine a dozen Vermonts joining the country with millions and millions of smug, self-satisfied, condescending AWFLs of both sexes.
      Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 20, 2025 08:34 AM (dxSpM)

      Nah, brah. We're going to annex Canada. No one said anything about Canadians.

      Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 20, 2025 09:38 AM (W5ArC)

      343 The powers to be don't want Ukraine to be a proxy state of Russia. They wany Ukraine to remain a proxy state of Clowns In America.

      Posted by: Leapin at February 20, 2025 09:43 AM (I88sP)

      344 Was the Biden administration funding lawsuits against SpaceX in Texas?

      https://tinyurl.com/53nzs8z9

      Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2025 10:08 AM (feP7q)

      345 Thanks, J.J.

      I'm heartbroken. Yes, wiser & more practical women than I among the Horde wrote it would be, but I was determined to hang on, and even after your posting, went looking further.

      >PIX11 News, US and World News, Hamas returns bodies of 4 Israeli hostages said to include a mother and her 2 young children, by Associated Press, Posted: Feb 20, 2025

      In part, "The militants displayed four black coffins on a stage in the Gaza Strip surrounded by banners, including a large one depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire. Thousands of people, including large numbers of masked and armed militants, looked on as the coffins were loaded onto Red Cross vehicles before being driven to Israeli forces.

      The military planned to hold a small funeral ceremony, at the request of the families, before transferring the bodies to a laboratory for formal identification using DNA, a process that could take up to two days. Only then will the families be given the final notification."

      OMG! There is NO limit, no rock bottom, to their evilness and, apparently, there have been VERY FEW limits during the last Administration in our ability to tolerate it...for whose children, Joe?

      Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2025 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

      346 Politically, young Shiri Bibas with her two tiny sons, Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz, age 83 when abducted, were used for more than 16 months as Hamas' ace in a hole for 'pretend' extortion.

      PIX11, too: "It could also provide impetus for negotiations on the second stage of the ceasefire that have hardly begun. The first phase is set to end at the beginning of March."

      Really? I know nothing of past negotiations with the monsters, but can't help but feel the deaths of those innocents, including specifically about when each occurred, might have been known by our government yet it allowed the slow walking of prisoner exchanges and the berating of Netanyahu &/or the IDF while continuing to funnel great amounts of money and other aid into the region because...

      And now, we get phase two of their demands?

      What of this? Aljazeera News, Israel-Palestine conflict, 'Hamas offers to release all captives for end to Israel’s war on Gaza' Hamas says it seeks a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli pullout, rejecting conditions for its removal from Gaza. Feb. 19, 2025

      We're to move on & get that money rolling from USAID & other sources?

      NO fucking way, I say.

      Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2025 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

      347 And I'll continue to pray for wisdom for the current Administration.

      My sincere condolences to the Bibas and Lifshitz families. 🕯🕯🕯🕯
      -----
      Last evening a friend called & was frantic because the Trump-Vance administration was firing all of the part-time workers the IRS just brought onboard to process our taxes for 2024. Asked why the agency needs to hire so many part time workers every tax season, as so many fulltime employees worked at home from laptops, and may that be another reason why there's such fraud within the system?
      --
      Apparently, Maryland has held some townhalls that included discussions regarding resident taxes & fees, big gas & electric bill rate increases, egg prices, and so on.
      And, yes, it's Trump fault as he had promised to lower prices!

      There's little chance of breakthrough with low information voters. Just as sending checks to ease some pain during the previous PDT administration, it'll only holds for a little while with such folks, and then they're right back to listening to the socialist madness that his administration will only be helping billionaires in the long run.

      I'd opt to pay down the Federal debt but 🤷‍♀️

      Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2025 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

      348 JJ,

      You have a spurious indentation starting at the header "DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE"

      Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 20, 2025 10:25 AM (/HDaX)

      349 Evil dictator puttin and Russia are just as much an existential enemy as in the Cold War (which never really ended). Never forget that. I believe they invaded Ukraine, not the reverse. Not saying z is a saint but let's focus on big picture. Security tactically is always situational WWRWRD? Overall I very much approve of T's relatively nuanced approach and negotiations but don't turn into a putinista. Puttin is Not a Christian and is an evil kgb bastard that needs to be taken out. Btw Vance's speech os as good as anything RWR or Churchill said.

      Posted by: JohnJay at February 20, 2025 10:58 AM (mkzhW)

      350 From above, "An AS-350 helicopter on patrol Feb. 19 near the border town of McAllen, Texas was struck three separate times with a laser that came from a vehicle on the Mexican riverbank, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The incident was just the latest in six separate laser attacks against pilots assigned to Air and Marine Operations since October, forcing them to make evasive maneuvers while performing border security duties.
      DHS Pilots Patrolling Southern Border Have A New Foe — Lasers"

      ---------
      FYI - 6ABC Action News, FAA
      Medical helicopter hit by unknown object while landing in Philadelphia: FAA, Feb. 20, 2025

      Philly also had the medical plane that took off from NE Philly airport carrying a young Shiner's hospital patient back to her home in Mexico when it suddenly exploded.

      Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 20, 2025 11:04 AM (NFX2v)

      351 1789 France spent as much time killing other revolutionaries as killing the old regime as I recall.

      Posted by: Oldcat at February 20, 2025 01:32 PM (n7h9X)

      352 From above, "An AS-350 helicopter on patrol Feb. 19 near the border town of McAllen, Texas was struck three separate times with a laser that came from a vehicle on the Mexican riverbank, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The incident was just the latest in six separate laser attacks against pilots assigned to Air and Marine Operations since October, forcing them to make evasive maneuvers while performing border security duties.
      DHS Pilots Patrolling Southern Border Have A New Foe — Lasers"

      Lasers are good for targeting. Return fire.

      Posted by: Oldcat at February 20, 2025 01:33 PM (n7h9X)

      353 250,000 Russian illegal immigrants have crossed the border into Ukraine. Our 'neighbours' are all walking by on the other side of the road. The 'good Samaritan' has changed his mind and decided he want to just look after himself and stop spending money on other people. So Ukraine should surrender and give the illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, ceding territory and sovereignty.

      It doesn't sound like Trump. Are you sure it isn't just a negotiating tactic? The Russians need some way to save face to end the war, so let's pretend to be on their side and betray our allies, start stupid fights with them in public, so Putin can claim he kicked the West's butt.

      Posted by: Luke 10 31 at February 20, 2025 02:42 PM (pnVWU)

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