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The Morning Report — 4/ 3 /25

Good morning kids. So Cory Booker, who I see as the poor man's Barack Obama took to the well of the Senate two nights ago to deliver what amounts to the world's longest presidential candidacy announcement. How appropriate that he chose April Fool's Day, for this uncunning stunt.

Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour congressional floor rant is being hailed as a major achievement, but nobody has ever questioned Booker’s ability to talk endlessly. It’s his greatest talent. That and making other people’s money disappear. The 25 hours of rambling summed up everything wrong with Booker as a politician and a man. Booker and his media allies tried to bill it as a filibuster, but it wasn’t because the senator from New Jersey wasn’t trying to fight an actual piece of legislation, just calling attention to himself.
Why did Booker actually ramble for 25 hours in the Senate? To run for president.
As stunts go, this was the most obvious one yet. Booker’s next Senate election is in 2026, but he has a campaign page up which claims that “he cannot stay quiet and complacent while Donald Trump and Elon Musk shatter constitutional checks and balances” and urges, “Stand with Cory by making a donation today.” But his obvious long-term goal is 2028.
There’s a problem with Booker’s presidential aspirations. And it’s not just that every time he speaks, he reminds everyone of an unsuccessful Obama.
It’s his corrupt track record.

well, Obama was elected twice and ran the Biden junta from 21-25 from Kalorama after the 2020 election theft. Aside from that, Daniel Greenfield takes a good hard look at Booker's record of malfeasance, rank corruption and criminality during his stint as mayor of a quintessential Democrat Shithole Newark NJ and then his abortive 2020 presidential candidacy and asks the rhetorical question of where did all the millions in campaign cash thrown at him go?

Considering that, despite what happened in Wisconsin with the election of an in-your-face commie to the state Supreme Court and preserving the Leftist stranglehold on the court as well as much of the state government, the Democrat Party and Leftism in general is in total disarray as Donald Trump rolls on with his agenda, the criminal judicial law fare and borderline/crossing the line acts of domestic terrorism against Tesla and other targets notwithstanding. Here's just the latest example.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents from Dallas, Texas, arrested a man for making “terroristic threats against ICE agents” and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.
In a post on X, HSI Dallas, revealed that they had taken a man named Robert King into custody and explained that his “social media posts included intentions to ‘open fire'” if ICE agents were spotted “in his neighborhood.”
“Robert King, a U.S. citizen was recently taken into custody in McKinney, Texas for making terroristic threats against ICE agents and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,” HSI Dallas said. “King’s alarming social media posts included intentions to ‘open fire’ if agents are seen in his neighborhood.”

The average American sees things like this, coupled with the disaster unleashed on us with the erased border, transgenderism insanity, wokeism and DEI and all the rest of it and for objecting to it, get called racists, Nazis, homophobes, xenophobes and every other slur imaginable. Perhaps Booker understands this and senses an opportunity to look like the sane alternative to Bernie Sanders and Titty-Caca Ocasio Cortez and their ilk, despite being fully in their camp ideologically. He knows when to keep his mouth shut. Or given25 hours of bloviating against Trump and an agenda that is indeed popular with a broad segment of the citizenry, maybe not. To paraphrase Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants' opinion of Barack Obama, Booker and his handlers are projecting or trying to project the image of the clean, articulate black man who only speaks Jive when he has to, so as to try to recreate 2008 20 years later.

The Democrat Party is polling about 27 percent approval — and sinking.
In 2024, it lost the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and both the popular vote and the Electoral College, 312-226.
In 2024, Donald Trump won over 46% of the Hispanic vote, including a majority of Hispanic men. Trump also likely captured 26% of the Black male vote, doubling his 2020 total.
In 2024, Trump increased his 2020 vote total in every single state. And he won 89% of all the counties in the United States.
On every issue, Democrats sided with strident leftist movements rather than the majority of Americans. . .
Democrats claim no formal role in such terror — but more or less seem to approve of its ends and means.
Left-wing comic Jimmy Kimmel winks and nods on national television about the current violent Tesla terrorist campaign. Tim Walz celebrates the resulting drop in the Tesla stock price. As Minnesota’s governor overseeing his state’s sizable investment in Tesla, Walz could care less about trash-talking his own taxpayers’ investments. Rep. Jasmine Crockett boasts that Musk “must be taken down.”
. . . Senator minority leader Chuck Schumer, who once issued threats to Supreme Court justices Neal Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh by name, now boasts, “We have people going to the Republican districts and going after these Republicans who are voting for this and forcing them to either change their vote or face the consequences.”
Furious at their own increasing impotence, these contemporary Democrat Jacobins are dabbling with their own version of a reign of smut terror.

All Trump has to do is keep on delivering on the promises he has made, one of the more critical and difficult things is not only turning the economy around, but reversing the disaster that globalism and unchecked trade unionism did to our once gargantuan manufacturing sector that over the east 60 years or so has been dismantled and shipped overseas.

Hence the battle over tariffs which will kick into effect this week.

President Trump and his team are telling top financiers his tariff plan unveiled today is all about playing the long game — getting trading partners who are clearly protectionist to reduce or remove their barriers to US exports in exchange for us doing the same.
In the end, they claim, everyone will be happy — including the American public that will be on the receiving end of the long-term gain of economic prosperity.
But The Post has learned that top Wall Street execs have been warning the White House and Trump himself in recent days that getting to that long-term gain, while feasible, will not be easy.
It could well result in a significant degree of short-term pain, more than just the markets going haywire. It could ignite something known as stagflation of higher prices ie., inflation, and lower growth, a possible recession. It’s an economic disruption not seen in decades as we upend the global trade ecosystem and play chicken with the rest of the industrialized world over tariffs.
Will Trump play that game of chicken? He knows trading partners will respond in kind; US goods will get more expensive overseas and import prices spike. That’s where the stagflation comes in. Everyone I know who knows Trump says he’s committed to the tariff hammer because he believes in his heart that they will rebuild America, bring jobs back to the Rust Belt and as he explained in his press conference, the trade deals we have crafted with even our allies are so unfair.
But you never know what a little stagnation will do to a politician, even one as steadfast as Trump — which is exactly the warning financiers made to the president in recent meetings.
The White House was said to be all ears during these meetings, as Wall Street executives explained the grim details of the short-term tariff pain: Uncertainty over what Trump would announce has stymied business spending for large swaths of the economy, and it will fall further once the tariffs go into effect.
US automakers are readying price hikes because they source much of their parts overseas. Trump announced a 25% tariff on imported autos.
As a Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said Wednesday in a note: “The concept of a US car maker with parts all from the US is a fictional tale . . . tariff policy will cause pure chaos to the global auto industry and will raise prices to the typical Us consumer by $5k to 10K out of the gates.” Tariffs will impact farmers because we provide grain overseas and to China; our natural gas exports will be hurt, meaning a slowdown in growth on top of spending cuts businesses already enacted before in preparation of the tariff announcement.
That’s the bad news, but here’s what good could happen down the road: Trump’s art-of-the-deal making skills will change the protectionist behavior of our trade partners. He wants that stuff to stop, and if they do, he announced that he will reciprocate and things go back to normal. Perhaps even better than normal with new trade deals that don’t put US exports at a disadvantage, and bring jobs back home. . .
. . . Put all that together and it sounds like a great place to start talking and make this short-term pain that’s coming as short as possible.

Along with the effects of DOGE as well as the reversal of regulatory tyranny on American business, and the bolstering of our labor force by the sealing of our borders and sane immigration policy, we of a certain age might not live long enough to see the Rust Belt brought back to its former glory as the manufacturing powerhouse of the world.

Certainly, there are far too many individuals and institutions in and out of government, domestic and foreign which are desperate to thwart the American renaissance, economic, political, cultural and societal for a host of reasons.

So we shall see if the estimable Victor Davis Hanson is correct about the Dems' seeming impotence in thwarting the MAGA agenda. The seemingly lackluster turnout here in the Wisconsin special election is a puzzler given Trump's performance in '24. Is it mere complacency or what is it? Yes, it doesn't help that the GOP-e is worse than useless, and at times downright collaborationist with the enemy. We need to figure that out. See here and also see here.

yes, Trump endorsed Lindsay Graham, but it's either a good strategic move or a self-own. We can debate that for days, as we no doubt will.

Have a great day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: The Dems are too impotent to derail the country, but they are certainly destroying themselves.
From Profanity-Chic to Terrorist-Smut

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

Robert Spencer: May there be many more such decimations.
DOGE Victory: Institute of Museum and Library Services ‘Decimated’
Lawsuits against websites based on the ADA are common because lawyers can get a quick monetary settlement if they find any issues.
The Americans with Disabilities Act Should Not Include Websites
"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin's work for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto could fuel calls for her recusal
Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin To Resume Funding Left-Wing Immigration Groups—Including Her Former Employer
Data collected from immigrants should have "meaningful and useful basis for identification," agency states.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Immigration Agency Halts Biden Era Gender Policy ‘Effective Immediately’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND Democrats
Israel now reportedly controls 30% of Gazan territory.
Israel Heats Up Ground Offensive In Gaza In Effort To Pressure Hamas To Return Hostages
This revelation makes us look back and reassess much of what we know about Israel's war against Iran and its proxies.
Iran's Quds Force Commander in Israel After Being Identified as an Israeli Asset
Daniel Greenfield: "Hamas has previously claimed that 70% of casualties have been women and children"
Hamas: 72% of Casualties are Male
The latest controversy to roil Israeli politics involves a complicated intra-Arab rivalry, fought out on the terrain of Israeli and American politics, with Israeli officials and a Jewish American lobbying firm as unlikely intermediaries.
Judge: Qatar Tried to Bribe Israeli Officials to Downplay Egypt’s Role in Negotiations

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The demonstration occurred as prospective students walked by on a campus tour
Welcome to Columbia: Keffiyeh-Clad Activists Chain Themselves to Campus Gate, Call for 'Intifada'
The long game of indoctrination and radicalization.
How American College Campuses Became the Islamo-Leftists’ Playground
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Honoring Muslim genocide of Hindus to create Pakistan.
Texas Sets Aside Special ‘Pakistan Day’
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“Robert King, a U.S. citizen was recently taken into custody in McKinney, Texas for making terroristic threats against ICE agents and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,” HSI Dallas said. “King’s alarming social media posts included intentions to ‘open fire’ if agents are seen in his neighborhood.”
DHS Arrests Man for Threatening ICE Agents and Kristi Noem
And its supporters are full of “passionate intensity”.
Tyranny is an Eternal Threat
Nashville police said the attacker was motivated by "notoriety."
Nashville Police In Final Report Downplay Covenant Shooter’s Transgender Identity, Hatred Of Christianity
The American Alliance for Equal Rights reported the groups to the IRS over their discriminatory scholarships and programs.
Bill Gates Foundation, Other Nonprofits Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Over Anti-White Discrimination
The war on Elon Musk and Tesla is driven by far more than politics.
What’s the Real Target of the Assault on Tesla?
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Americans deserve the truth, even if it is one year too late.
Trump Should Release The Audio From Robert Hur’s Interview With Joe Biden
Miranda Devine: In other words, the FBI “prebunked” The Post’s story so that the social media companies immediately censored it.
Miranda Devine: New FBI chat logs reveal extraordinary ‘gag order’ senior leadership used to shutdown any Hunter Biden laptop discussion
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Not the pitiful character they claimed he was -- he was an MS-13 gang member with a host of other issues.
The Atlantic's phony migrant tear-jerker about a pitiful 'Maryland father' shipped back to El Salvador falls apart
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
President Trump's protection and liberation of America from China's dirty tricks is peak leadership—decisive, unapologetic, and laser-focused on America's future.
Liberation Day has come as Trump dismantles China and the Uniparty
Regardless of political persuasion, most agreed, with Republicans once again tops in support at (70% “A great deal/Quite a lot,” 6% “Very little/None), but most Democrats (32% “A great deal/Quite a lot,” 28% “Very little/None) and independents (34% “A great deal/Quite a lot,” 21% “Very little/None) also agree.
Will Americans Support Trump’s Plan To Hike Tariffs On Foreign Goods? The Answer Is ‘Maybe’: I&I/TIPP Poll
The March figure sharply outpaced February’s upwardly revised 84,000, and beat Wall Street’s consensus forecast of 120,000. In other words, despite the policy “uncertainty” and alleged “downbeat” consumer mood cited by critics of the Trump administration’s trade agenda, businesses kept hiring at a healthy clip.
Hiring Accelerates in March Despite Tariff Hysteria, ADP Reports
A policy push for domestic manufacturing risks boondoggles.
Will Tariffs Make the U.S. Less Competitive?
Gasparino: Will Trump play that game of chicken? He knows trading partners will respond in kind; US goods will get more expensive overseas and import prices spike. That’s where the stagflation comes in. Everyone I know who knows Trump says he’s committed to the tariff hammer because he believes in his heart that they will rebuild America, bring jobs back to the Rust Belt and as he explained in his press conference, the trade deals we have crafted with even our allies are so unfair. But you never know what a little stagnation will do to a politician, even one as steadfast as Trump — which is exactly the warning financiers made to the president in recent meetings.
Trump tariffs could stoke massive short term pain for better trade deals

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The Constitution Pipeline could save New Englanders $1 billion in energy costs while providing more reliable energy than renewable energy.
New York Could Save New Englanders $1B If It Stopped Blocking A Natural Gas Pipeline
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Grady was given the boot as part of the post-pandemic restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to the New York Times and STAT News. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his top aides have said the layoffs are aimed at consolidating administrative functions and overhauling a failed status quo in Americans’ health. . .Even an NIH official who described Grady as well respected acknowledged that her marriage to Fauci impacted the ability of the institutes to tackle ethical questions that risked reflecting poorly on the former White House medical advisor.
Fauci’s Wife, An NIH Bioethicist Who Never Probed Ethics Of Wuhan Research, Fired
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
‘A system where a voter has no way to know whether their ballot reflects their true selections is fundamentally incompatible with the constitutional right to vote.’
Judge Admits ‘Substantial Concerns’ About ‘Security’ Of Georgia’s Voting System But Refuses To Address Them

DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
The case was dismissed "with prejudice," meaning the DOJ cannot bring charges against Adams in the future based on the same evidence.
Federal Judge Dismisses Corruption Case Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
He's a nepo baby and he knows it.
NYC Socialist Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Admitted 'Nepotism' Landed Him Plum Disney Job—While Using a Fake South African Accent
Democrat donors secretly funded influencers to boost Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign, but the costly effort failed as key voter groups swung toward Trump.
Revealed: Pro-Kamala Social-Media Millions That Couldn’t Sync ‘Brat’ With ‘Democrat’
On Tuesday, Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna teamed up with Democrats to push the U.S. House to consider legislation allowing new parents to vote remotely, also known as proxy voting. Her fight to force proxy voting, which is unconstitutional, down the throats of House members caused House Speaker Mike Johnson to cancel all votes in Congress this week. This means another week is going by without the House working to codify President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Republicans Sabotaged By Their Own Feminist Infiltrators, Again
POLITICS
Backed by wealthy socialists, liberal candidate Susan Crawford beat conservative Brad Schimel in Tuesday’s pivotal election.
Leftist Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Keeping Power In Liberals’ Hands
Republicans should resist the temptation to drink the Kool-Aid of electoral despair Democrats are pressing on them — and focus instead on keeping the promises that won them the White House.
Don’t be fooled by special elections — Democrats are still in trouble
Liberal Susan Crawford beat conservative Brad Schimel by about 10 percentage points in the race to fill a vacant seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court roughly five months after Trump won Wisconsin in the 2024 presidential election by a little over 29,000 votes. Spicer said that the margin in Wisconsin, where the conservative lost an election to fill a vacant seat on the state supreme court, was a warning sign during an appearance on 2Way.
‘That’s A Huge Problem’: Sean Spicer Sounds Alarm About GOP Turnout When Trump Isn’t On Ballot
I'm not trying to sugarcoat anything here — this was a horrible result for Republicans in Wisconsin. However, the supreme court race there has no bearing on the nation's economy or national security, which will be the two biggest things upon which President Trump's eventual success or failure will be judged. And given what a hot mess the Democrat Party is right now, its propaganda pimps might want to hold off on ordering any champagne for 2026.
I'll Just Be Over Here Relaxing While Media Dems Read Too Much Into WI Supreme Court Race
Daniel Greenfield: In a 25-hour speech, Sen. Booker talked about everything but where his money comes from.
Crooked Cory Won’t Shut Up
"It won't have a tangible impact on business in Washington."
Even Democrat Operatives Are Throwing Cold Water On Booker’s Stunt
“AOC 2028: Because Moderation is for Fascists.”
Please, AOC, Save the Democrats (and Run Against Schumer)
President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on four Republican senators ahead of a key Senate vote that could unravel his efforts to hold Canada accountable for its role in the fentanyl crisis. The measure, a joint resolution backed by Democrats, seeks to terminate the national emergency Trump declared on fentanyl, effectively overturning his executive order imposing tariffs on the country.
‘What Is Wrong With Them?’ Trump Unloads on Four GOP Senators
“John Cornyn has waved the white flag on election integrity, border security, protecting the 2nd amendment, and everything else constitutional conservatives care about.” — Ken Paxton.. . Cornyn’s ouster would strengthen the America First movement in the Senate, where establishment Republicans such as the outgoing Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski still hold significant sway.
Trump Ally Ken Paxton Would Crush RINO Cornyn in Texas Senate Primary, Data Confirms.
Kamala Harris emerged from whatever bunker she's been hiding in to celebrate Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court race results — and boy, was it a spectacle. Kamala Harris, whose public appearances have become increasingly erratic, posted a TikTok video that left many wondering if she'd hit the sauce before hitting the record button.
Is She Drunk? Kamala's Latest Public Appearance Was… Yikes…
Why did Trump endorse a raging RINO like Lindsey Graham?
MAGA: Progress, Not Perfection
Confucius and Cicero would judge Trump by virtue or appetite—does he lead with principle or personal gain, and can such a leader uphold moral governance?
Donald Trump through the eyes of Confucius and Cicero
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Resist the globalist push for WWIII.
War Is Hell
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Defense analyst and retired Israeli fighter pilot/special forces soldier (what a combo, right?) Naftali Hazony reported on X Monday that "At least six U.S. B-2 bombers are now stationed at Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean."
Trump's Latest Move Ought to Keep Iran up at Night
A Paris court enacted a five-year ban from running in any election against populist firebrand Marine Le Pen after finding her, and other members of her National Rally party, guilty of “embezzling” European Union funds for political activities in France.
One in Five EU Lawmakers Broke Same Rule as Le Pen Accused of, Almost All Avoided Punishment: Report
Vance warned that shutting down speech destroys democracy. European leaders have apparently taken his statement as an instruction manual.
Europe’s Latest Attacks On Free Speech And Free Elections Prove Vance’s Munich Warning Right
Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has been a staunch supporter of Israel; he is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
Hungary Could Be 1st European Country To Withdraw From ICC
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
All in all, the story here is that NASA last year took a very nonchalant attitude towards the lives of these two astronauts.
Starliner’s troubles were much worse than NASA made clear
Even dedicated space buffs were a bit taken aback when news of Fram2 reminded us that human beings had never flown a polar orbit before. You might wonder why, but Fram2's five-day mission has a stellar rationale.
This Private Spaceflight Is a Very Big Deal
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“I knew what I had to do because USA Fencing had not been listening to women’s objections regarding [its gender eligibility policy],” Turner said. “I took a knee immediately at that point. Redmond was under the impression that I was going to start fencing. So when I took the knee, I looked at the ref and said, ‘I’m sorry, I cannot do this. I am a woman, and this is a man, and this is a women’s tournament. And I will not fence this individual.”
Women’s Fencer Takes a Knee in Protest, Refuses to Face Trans Opponent: ‘This is a Man’
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
You can just say, ‘Not today, Satan,’ and take action. Freedom of speech shouldn’t cover every sacrilege imaginable.
Catholics Thwarting A ‘Black Mass’ Shows You Don’t Just Have To Tolerate Everything
Drama captures TV journalists covering 1972's Summer Olympics terror attack
‘September 5’ Draws Powerful Distinction Between Good and Evil

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 07:30 AM (IMKWe)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

3 Happy Thursday

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

4 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2025 07:30 AM (e5NfL)

5 So Cory Booker (D-TEMU) , who I see as the poor man's Barack Obama took to the well of the Senate two nights ago to deliver what amounts to the world's longest presidential candidacy announcement.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:31 AM (gbOdA)

6 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 03, 2025 07:31 AM (8xnp8)

7 And now to read the incontinence.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 07:32 AM (IMKWe)

8 Dow futures down 1000 points to open

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 03, 2025 07:33 AM (LRdUh)

9 Happy Thursday, one and all. Just had breakfast courtesy of work. Free food is good food.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2025 07:33 AM (jjoN6)

10 Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin's work for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto could fuel calls for her recusal

Oh, look, another judge not born here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

11 “Hamas’s new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully ‘identified’ deaths listed in its August and October 2024 reports – including 1,080 children. These ‘deaths’ never happened.

Lying liars gonna lie.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:37 AM (gbOdA)

12 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

13 happy friday even horde, prep time for 3 hors of meetings is nearly complete. now i just need the covfefe iv drip to mainline so i don't fall asleep....

someone read the content for me please...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:38 AM (nXhwP)

14 Let's Limbo now!

Posted by: Democrat Party Approval Rating at April 03, 2025 07:38 AM (Aqu9a)

15 Yonder Horde.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

16 You been heah twenty foah hour. You go now!

Posted by: Asian lady running the Senate chamber at April 03, 2025 07:39 AM (dg+HA)

17
At least Barry married a beard.

Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 07:40 AM (j4U/Z)

18 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 03, 2025 07:40 AM (tssID)

19 “Hamas’s new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully ‘identified’ deaths listed in its August and October 2024 reports – including 1,080 children. These ‘deaths’ never happened.

Lying liars gonna lie.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:37 AM (gbOdA)
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Nah! They just lowered the death tariffs rate.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 07:41 AM (IMKWe)

20 I wonder who has the deeper intellect, Gavin Newsom or Corey Booker?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

21 ‘That’s A Huge Problem’: Sean Spicer Sounds Alarm About GOP Turnout When Trump Isn’t On Ballot

That problem would be lessened if Republicans not named Trump would get off their asses and do the will of the people.

The turnaround, however, won't be immediate which means the politicians won't act correctly which means the turnaround won't happen which means...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

22 Trump Should Release The Audio From Robert Hur’s Interview With Joe Biden

Poolside Tales with Joe

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:44 AM (gbOdA)

23 wonder who has the deeper intellect, Gavin Newsom or Corey Booker?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

Measured in birdbaths.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 03, 2025 07:44 AM (8xnp8)

24 20 I wonder who has the deeper intellect, Gavin Newsom or Corey Booker?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

Que is mas macho?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

25 20 I wonder who has the deeper intellect, Gavin Newsom or Corey Booker?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

Can we use integers?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

26 Corey Booker is at best an average IQ mediocrity with no distinguishing characteristic whatsoever…. If he wants to perform an endurance feat that means something he should go run a marathon or finish an Ironman triathlon (ask Kristen Sinema and her shapely legs); those take months and months of training discipline. Much harder than pulling an all-nighter bumping your gums. If he’s the dem nominee in 28 (news bulletin: he won’t be) then hello President Vance!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:45 AM (ANuwa)

27
Measured in birdbaths.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 03, 2025 07:44 AM (8xnp

Puddle of drool on the bar below Boehner's chin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2025 07:46 AM (x0n13)

28 One thing that may seem obvious, but it is important, by making everything about race, the leftists make Whitey race conscious. I haven’t really figured out if that’s what they wanted. I suppose it is. It used to be understood that the only way forward is to avoid the sort of tribalism that has plagued so many countries in history. So it is an especially unfortunate departure.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 07:46 AM (M1m37)

29 wonder who has the deeper intellect, Gavin Newsom or Corey Booker?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

Measured in ~~birdbaths.~~ mils of thimble
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 03, 2025 07:44 AM (8xnp

FTFY

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:46 AM (nXhwP)

30 damnit

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:47 AM (nXhwP)

31 Hey Mike Johnson, how’s that regular order going?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2025 07:47 AM (XV/Pl)

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 07:47 AM (M1m37)

33 Trump Ally Ken Paxton Would Crush RINO Cornyn in Texas Senate Primary, Data Confirms.

Cornyn is a Bushite. He was about the best we could get back when we were turning the state red but he hasn't grown with the people he "represents". Time, and past time, for him to go.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:47 AM (ExV1e)

34 oh wait

wasn't me....

hahaha

you MISSED me barrel

better luck next time...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:47 AM (nXhwP)

35 Catholics Thwarting A ‘Black Mass’ Shows You Don’t Just Have To Tolerate Everything

Now waiting for Pope Francis to condemn the Catholics and reminding them that Satanists believe in God just as they do.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2025 07:48 AM (jjoN6)

36 > That’s A Huge Problem’: Sean Spicer Sounds Alarm About GOP Turnout When Trump Isn’t On Ballot
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Well, generally speaking the GOP sucks.

They're apparently not very interested in Trump's agenda either. The ones in Congress certainly are not. Otherwise all the lawfare, the fake scandals, etc. wouldn't be cropping up every other week. Nationally, the GOP is still more focused on quietly grifting the rubes and being taxpayer funded layabouts.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

37 Sorry, I blame an unfortunate coffee-deficiency. Caffeine levels are into the green, nominal, and rising nicely.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 07:49 AM (M1m37)

38 happy friday even horde, prep time for 3 hors of meetings is nearly complete. now i just need the covfefe iv drip to mainline so i don't fall asleep....

someone read the content for me please...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:38 AM (nXhwP)

I hate meetings (especially the multi-hour variety) with a white hot passion. Almost always a waste of time and opportunity for co-workers and bosses to bloviate and grandstand. I had a 3-hour one yesterday; exhausting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:49 AM (ANuwa)

39 Of course, a lot Dems' approval problems are because a big portion of them are pissed off about how far left the Party has gone, but much of it is because the Party is now being perceived as ineffective.

This is a yuuuuge, luxurious opportunity for Dems, if they play it right. They just need to not act like Republicans, basically.

1.) Acknowledge that populism is the future, and their geriatric gangster government is the past. They shouldn't squander ten years in a failed attempt to destroy their insurgents like the GOP did - cultivate young populist leaders and put them front and center, hasta pronto.

2.) All those wayward Trump voters come back home once they're being catered to.

3.) They win some important races this way. The doubters and donors are assuaged and also come back home.

4.) while they do those things to reacquire their natural majority, run a full-tilt propaganda campaign using all their considerable powers in that field to deprogram and reprogram the 20-25% of their voters who are NPCs to embrace the new, unwoke Party.

This is the winning plan. The GOP has a lead on these things, but not a huge one. They wasted a decade fighting the future.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 07:50 AM (BI5O2)

40 Sorry, I blame an unfortunate coffee-deficiency. Caffeine levels are into the green, nominal, and rising nicely.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 07:49 AM (M1m37)

i had your back tater.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:50 AM (nXhwP)

41 On Tuesday, Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna teamed up with Democrats to push the U.S. House to consider legislation allowing new parents to vote remotely, also known as proxy voting. Her fight to force proxy voting, which is unconstitutional, down the throats of House members caused House Speaker Mike Johnson to cancel all votes in Congress this week.

Why would that cause a shutdown on votes this week?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 07:50 AM (SfhV1)

42 Cory, it won't work. We've already had a closeted gay black man as president.*

*opinion, but....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 03, 2025 07:51 AM (0eaVi)

43 I hate meetings (especially the multi-hour variety) with a white hot passion. Almost always a waste of time and opportunity for co-workers and bosses to bloviate and grandstand. I had a 3-hour one yesterday; exhausting
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:49 AM (ANuwa)

especially since this is MD level updating. so it's just a recap of the project team work over various activities.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 03, 2025 07:52 AM (nXhwP)

44 Women’s Fencer Takes a Knee in Protest, Refuses to Face Trans Opponent: ‘This is a Man’

Good on her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

45 Old and Busted: Massacre in Jenin!
New Hotness: “Hamas’s new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully ‘identified’ deaths listed in its August and October 2024 reports – including 1,080 children. These ‘deaths’ never happened.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

46 @41

>> Why would that cause a shutdown on votes this week?

Because he’s a clown leading 221 other clowns.

The GOP is, in the main, a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2025 07:53 AM (XV/Pl)

47 Dow futures down 1000 points to open
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 03, 2025 07:33 AM (LRdUh)

I have the razor blades ready for the ritual wrist cutting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

48 44 Women’s Fencer Takes a Knee in Protest, Refuses to Face Trans Opponent: ‘This is a Man’

Good on her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

That's pretty surprising. The world of fencing is pretty monolithically Default NPR Leftist. At least around my neck of the woods.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 07:53 AM (KtIIi)

49 At least Barry married a beard.
Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 07:40 AM (j4U/Z)

Doesn't a beard have to be a member of the opposite sex?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

50 The idea that the Rust Belt will somehow regain it's position of becoming the manufacturing "Capitol of the World" is pure fantasy. Those days are long gone along with the people and the culture that enabled that to exist in the first place.

It is such BS that it makes me wonder if there are any real, honest-to-goodness plans on how "we" are going to rebuild that infrastructure and make Manufacturing Great Again.

Maybe with Musk's leadership it might happen but honestly the Government cannot do anything but throw money at a problem and that money has a problem leaving the DC parasite.

Posted by: pawn at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (QB+5g)

51 On Tuesday, Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna teamed up with Democrats to push the U.S. House to consider legislation allowing new parents to vote remotely, also known as proxy voting. Her fight to force proxy voting, which is unconstitutional, down the throats of House members caused House Speaker Mike Johnson to cancel all votes in Congress this week.

Why would that cause a shutdown on votes this week?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 07:50 AM (SfhV1)

I like Luna (at least I thought I did), but she’s being totally idiotic here. Proxy voting for expectant parents is a stupid cause and not anywhere near important enough to blow up the caucus. Is she losing her mind??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (i5Vkf)

52 The NY Post seems to be correct. Trumps tariffs are based on the US trade deficit rate with a given country:

https://tinyurl.com/3mxeu53r

This is highly inaccurate and potentially damaging without having anything to do with tariffs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (IMKWe)

53 I got a stack of cash in my IRA after taking massive profits. Now i'm in "buy the decline" mode. It's pretty awesome.

Let me buy back the thing I sold for $595 from a bunch of numpties panicking and selling it for $560.

Don't mind if i do!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 07:55 AM (KtIIi)

54 So a couple of sites I follow that have been reliably right of center have taken a rather disgusting position on Trump vs. Iran as of late.
They are casting Iran as the victim of Trump's bullying and have the gall to cite the terrible anti-proliferation agreement under Obama and Biden as if that somehow was stopping Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons.
Basically they are strongly suggesting Iran is pursuing nukes because Trump withdrew from the agreement and is being belligerent towards Iran.
These sites are Ukraine supporters and it appears his efforts to end the war in Ukraine have REALLY upset them.
Apparently, trying to hold Zelensky accountable for his behavior in any way is such a no-no that they will pretend Iran was abiding by the agreement, not trying to murder Americans or their allies, and that Trump is the bad guy for breaking the awful deal and not kissing their ass.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 03, 2025 07:56 AM (elaR+)

55 "Free trade" only works in the lab.

Trump is trying to undo decades of bad policy foisted on US by DC lobbyists and their familiars in Congress.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2025 07:57 AM (Gqoy+)

56 Women’s Fencer Takes a Knee in Protest, Refuses to Face Trans Opponent: ‘This is a Man’

Good for her. Growing your hair and wearing a dress doesn't make you woman, anymore than sitting in a garage makes you a Buick.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 07:57 AM (SfhV1)

57 >> Why would that cause a shutdown on votes this week?

Because he’s a clown leading 221 other clowns.

The GOP is, in the main, a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2025 07:53 AM (XV/Pl)
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There was a community note on X regarding Johnson's shutdown confirming that it was not necessary.

I rate your comment as accurate!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 07:57 AM (IMKWe)

58 I like Luna (at least I thought I did), but she’s being totally idiotic here. Proxy voting for expectant parents is a stupid cause and not anywhere near important enough to blow up the caucus. Is she losing her mind??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (i5Vkf)

Cherchez l'argent.

She's a politician. Wearing a goofy hat or saying silly shit is the sign that they're losing their minds. Doing something politically counter to what you would expect from them is just business.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 07:58 AM (KtIIi)

59 If Cory runs for Prez where will NJ find the next gay black man as Senator?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 03, 2025 07:59 AM (Hpgos)

60 Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna teamed up with Democrats to push the U.S. House to consider legislation allowing new parents to vote remotely, also known as proxy voting.

Why do we get all the Turncoats?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 07:59 AM (gbOdA)

61 Why would that cause a shutdown on votes this week?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 07:50 AM (SfhV1)
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This was mentioned here earlier. I looked for info & could only find articles from the left. They had 30 days to address it. There’s something else going on.

Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends iare more important than others at April 03, 2025 08:00 AM (cTA10)

62 Isn't absentee voting already a thing anyway?

Why introduce yet another mechanism to scam and manipulate other than to introduce yet another mechanism to scam and manipulate?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:00 AM (KtIIi)

63 This was mentioned here earlier. I looked for info & could only find articles from the left. They had 30 days to address it. There’s something else going on.
Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends iare more important than others at April 03, 2025 08:00 AM (cTA10)

Kamikaze attack? Make a big show over this nonsense that can go nowhere, because you want to shut down votes over something else?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:00 AM (KtIIi)

64 He's a legend of his own mind.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at April 03, 2025 08:01 AM (o/iwG)

65 Is she losing her mind??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (i5Vkf)

Perhaps. Or it's possible she's smart (I don't know much about her).

If I were a young MAGA politician, I'd be walking into office looking to create a big ugly fight with GOP leadership over just about anything, and set myself apart from them.

I'd be sniffing the wind, looking for some easy way to wrench up their program, make them look bad, and do it on some issue nobody much cares about... The issue isn't so important as the open defiance.

This kerfuffle would fit the bill just fine for me, if I were a woman. As a dude, I'd have to come up with some other way to highlight how old, out of touch, and petty these dull-gray dimwit apparatchiks are.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:01 AM (BI5O2)

66 Rasmussen: "The data I'm looking at is showing absentee ballots being fed into the system to keep liberal Susan Crawford ahead at a certain rate... almost as if an algorithm was at work."

Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2025 08:02 AM (YRLP/)

67 Committee had 30 days to This wasn’t a surprise.

Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends iare more important than others at April 03, 2025 08:02 AM (cTA10)

68 This kerfuffle would fit the bill just fine for me, if I were a woman. As a dude, I'd have to come up with some other way to highlight how old, out of touch, and petty these dull-gray dimwit apparatchiks are.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:01 AM (BI5O2)

"Hey let's make voting even more screwed up than it is" isn't a winner for the new base, even if you're trying to be a renegade.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:03 AM (KtIIi)

69 The GOP is, in the main, a useless pile of dog shit.

Which is why Trump voters don't show up when Trump isn't on the ballot. And that won't change until a significant percentage of the GOP isn't a useless pile of dog shit.

Democrats show up because they either want free shit or to punish their perceived enemies and their representatives are happy to oblige.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

70 The generic Youtube home page news feeds contain dire warnings about evil Trump's tariffs. It's the next climate change. GLOBAL TARIFF CHANGE. I won't link to any, it's the usual suspects.

Posted by: Springtime for Soros at April 03, 2025 08:04 AM (LtURG)

71 See, I think a lot of politicos are being stage managed. Either by their staff, donors, some deep state apparatchik or whatever. Sandy Cortez, Crockett and, apparently Anna Paulina Luna too.

Not one of those women mentioned above has a stellar IQ. Neither does the majority of Congress. They're all basically bought and paid for political trolls.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 08:04 AM (Q4IgG)

72 "Hey let's make voting even more screwed up than it is" isn't a winner for the new base, even if you're trying to be a renegade.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:03 AM (KtIIi)

Virtually nobody outside DC gives a tinker's dam about Congressional procedural folderol. All they see is "this old crook hates hot young moms." That's it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:05 AM (BI5O2)

73 It's like some firebrand newcomer GOP MoC coming out in support of Universal Basic Income because they just want to rock the boat and be seen.

Not a good plan.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:05 AM (KtIIi)

74 luna is a diva

I assume super spoiled

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:06 AM (Pv3Rg)

75 Virtually nobody outside DC gives a tinker's dam about Congressional procedural folderol. All they see is "this old crook hates hot young moms." That's it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:05 AM (BI5O2)

Wait, was this mess over voting in general, or over how the Congressmutants cast their votes in session?

Because if it's the latter, then yeah, absolutely.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:06 AM (KtIIi)

76 Why didn’t the allow debate in committee?

Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends iare more important than others at April 03, 2025 08:06 AM (cTA10)

77 “Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky need an asskicking.

Send VPJD over there.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:06 AM (gbOdA)

78 It’s exclusively for women who have just had a baby.

Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends iare more important than others at April 03, 2025 08:08 AM (cTA10)

79 They're all basically bought and paid for political trolls.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 08:04 AM (Q4IgG)

Johnson is for all intents and purposes a coat rack.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:08 AM (KtIIi)

80 This whole mentally ill practice of transexuals in sports is curiously devoid of one very important word: CHEAT.
Just say it. Early and often. It's cheating. He's a cheater. Cheater, cheater cheater. If a particular competition progresses all the way to the medal awards ceremony, then the real females are obligated to stand there pointing and yelling "cheater" at the top of their lungs. So what if they're escorted out by security? So what if they don't get their awards? What do they have to lose?
It's cheating.

Posted by: The battle is won in the language at April 03, 2025 08:10 AM (dg+HA)

81 Democrats claim no formal role in such terror
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LMAO yeah it's all news to them. They're so busy humping the American Flag and baking apple pie I guess they failed to notice their entire party is comprised of violent shitstains.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2025 08:10 AM (XZ9Wx)

82 Wait, was this mess over voting in general, or over how the Congressmutants cast their votes in session?

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Yup.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:10 AM (BI5O2)

83 > It’s exclusively for women who have just had a baby.
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Mandatory
What is a woman?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 08:11 AM (Q4IgG)

84 I have to figure that over 50% of congressmutants couldn't even tell you how they voted on most things. They have staff-asses for that kind of trivial shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:11 AM (KtIIi)

85 StormHQ ☈ @StormHQwx 4h
Tornado Warning including Nashville TN, Franklin TN and Brentwood TN until 3:00 AM CDT, Take shelter now!

Over one million are in this warning!

https://tinyurl.com/yck3swxz
satellite photo maps

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:11 AM (/tzYP)

86 "The seemingly lackluster turnout here in the Wisconsin special election is a puzzler given Trump's performance in '24. Is it mere complacency or what is it?"

JJ, see the tweet - WI Republicans turned-out but not enough to beat the cheat?

https://tinyurl.com/w56ap5sa

Posted by: Gref at April 03, 2025 08:12 AM (aBgBM)

87 50 Posted by: pawn at April 03, 2025 07:54 AM (QB+5g)

Where there is a vacuum, the vacuum will be filled. And again, if I didn't make it clear, this is a very LONG term process that also relies on a cultural change happening in up and coming generations vis a vis the work ethic and other factors long warped and twisted by the Left via schools and culture.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2025 08:12 AM (x0n13)

88 Tornado Warning including Nashville TN, Franklin TN and Brentwood TN until 3:00 AM CDT, Take shelter now!
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Yikes. TN is taking a beating lately.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:12 AM (BI5O2)

89 “ Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.”

Ecclesiastes 17:16

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 08:13 AM (ZZXCI)

90 A little birdie in DC told me that ReTHUGs are in a state of stunned incredulity because of Cory Booker’s 25 hour plus marathon response to their authoritarian Jim Crow and handmaiden agenda. Big up Booker.

I love to see the stunned expressions of the faces of my adversaries. It feels like victory. A small victory, perhaps, but also one of the most gratifying.

it's given the good side a shot in the arm. That's something we really needed. The combination of Senator Booker's outstanding speech, the big victory in Wisconsin and yesterday's defeat of those terrible tariffs have made these last two days happy ones.

If we make it to 2028 there will be a deep field of strong Democratic candidates.

Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst. “I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of political history,” he told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2025 08:13 AM (ycI94)

91 "A little birdie in DC told me that ReTHUGs are in a state of stunned incredulity because of Cory Booker’s 25 hour plus marathon response to their authoritarian Jim Crow and handmaiden agenda. Big up Booker."

That might be the most DU thing ever DU-ed at DU.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:15 AM (KtIIi)

92 "The seemingly lackluster turnout here in the Wisconsin special election is a puzzler given Trump's performance in '24. Is it mere complacency or what is it?"

Honestly, from my neck of the woods, his campaign seemed kind of anemic. I did not think he would win.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 08:15 AM (SfhV1)

93 Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Apr 1
To avoid being slapped by Trump's reciprocal tariffs, Israel has gone ahead and embraced tariff-free trade with the U.S.
I hope more countries follow this example.

Vincent Geloso @VincentGeloso Apr 2
Trump, no Trump, unilateral trade liberalization is a good idea

unusual_whales @unusual_whales Apr 2
BREAKING: The US has announced tariffs on countries:

Brazil 10% Pakistan 30% Sri Lanka 44%
Switzerland 31% Cambodia 50% South Africa 30%
United Kingdom 10% China: 34% India: 26% European Union: 20%
Israel: 17%

Minimum tariff on all imports: 10%

Adam Paine @Adam_Paine_1976 4h Replying to @TheJeffAdcock @Geiger_Capital
The tariffs Trump announced aren't based on tariffs we pay

We have a free trade agreement with South Korea, less than 1% tariff on some goods, none on most - a very important trading partner, economically and geopolitically

They got 25% tariff

Israel eliminated all and got 17%

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:15 AM (/tzYP)

94 So, who was the person arrested yesterday for stealing 400k social security numbers and was selling them?

I was told there was going to be an arrest yesterday of this miscreant.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 03, 2025 08:15 AM (0eaVi)

95 Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst. “I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of political history,” he told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2025 08:13 AM (ycI94)

Prollu had a chill up his third leg too!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

96 A little birdie in DC told me that ReTHUGs are in a state of stunned incredulity because of Cory Booker’s 25 hour plus marathon response to their authoritarian Jim Crow and handmaiden agenda. Big up Booker.

I think the incredulity was that Booker can speak English, not whatever it was he may have said.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2025 08:16 AM (YRLP/)

97 A little birdie in DC told me that ReTHUGs are in a state of stunned incredulity because of Cory Booker’s 25 hour plus marathon response to their authoritarian Jim Crow and handmaiden agenda. Big up Booker.
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LOL, nice timing.

I can now repeat my prior comment for the benefit of the DU CHUDs:

Virtually nobody outside DC gives a tinker's dam about Congressional procedural folderol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:16 AM (BI5O2)

98 95% of America:

"Corey who?"

"Booker. Senator from NJ. Talked in front of the Senate for 25 hours."

"About what?"

"Himself."

"Lol. OK then."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:16 AM (KtIIi)

99 Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

I think I see the flaw in that statement.

Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2025 08:16 AM (Oy/m2)

100 Way off topic …. The transfer portal and NIL have ruined (past tense) college athletics. Everything that I loved about college football basketball and wrestling is pretty much dead…. They’re pros now. Do they even go to class?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 08:17 AM (i5Vkf)

101 "The idea that the Rust Belt will somehow regain it's position of becoming the manufacturing "Capitol of the World" is pure fantasy. Those days are long gone along with the people and the culture that enabled that to exist in the first place."

Says you. Reverse a lot of bad policies and let's see what happens.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2025 08:18 AM (Gqoy+)

102 Doesn't a beard have to be a member of the opposite sex?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Mandatory
What is a woman?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Question asked, answered by question.

Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 08:18 AM (j4U/Z)

103 Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst.
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That is some killer copium right there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

104 100 Way off topic …. The transfer portal and NIL have ruined (past tense) college athletics. Everything that I loved about college football basketball and wrestling is pretty much dead…. They’re pros now. Do they even go to class?

Linus you are right

AND as I predicted, poorer schools are moving non-revenue (esp Olympic) sports from DI to DIII or to club.

it's all over field hockey - fun times are over - no one cares and they can't afford sports like that anymore. rosters everywhere are tighter due to NIL

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (Pv3Rg)

105 Shit just got real. Penguin shit, that is.

WarMonitor @WarMonitor3 3h
The Trump administration has put a 10 percent tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which has a population of 0 people and is inhabited only by penguins.

Eric @digitalgb 1h Replying to @WarMonitor3
If a territory has a country code, it gets a tariff.

https://tinyurl.com/bdcne7p3
funny thread and one below

Conflict Dispatch @ConflictDISP 4h Replying to @WarMonitor3
How much are the penguins spending on their military? Maybe they are freeloaders

Sam @SamMoline1 2h Replying to @ConflictDISP @WarMonitor3
They definitely don't contribute enough to their own defense.

Another very funny thread on it:
unusual_whales @unusual_whales 51m
JUST IN: The Trump administration has put a 10% tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which has a population of 0 people and is inhabited only by penguins, per NYP
https://tinyurl.com/54nssyw9

Joe DeVito @JoeDeVitoComedy 10m Replying to @unusual_whales
They have $ for tuxedos, they have $ for tariffs

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (/tzYP)

106 The transfer portal and NIL have ruined (past tense) college athletics.

Rev echoes that thought.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (SfhV1)

107 Thx JJ, good morning everyone.

That video of Kamala not only indicates she is a lush, but what the hell was she talking about saying people in Wisconsin are making sacrifices? Were cheeseheads being gunned down on the way to the polls? If she becomes governor of Cali that will be the final nail in that states coffin

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (q1Uty)

108 I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of political history

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If I didn't have personal knowledge that Luntz is an obligate grifter who literally just makes up whatever he's saying on the spot to please his immediate audience, I might assume he was retarded after he said that.

But I know better.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (BI5O2)

109 I hate meetings (especially the multi-hour variety) with a white hot passion. Almost always a waste of time and opportunity for co-workers and bosses to bloviate and grandstand.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 07:49 AM (ANuwa)

An old boss (and good friend) of mine gave me some advice that I have taken to heart. I asked him for some tips when I was covering a meeting for my then boss, and he said, "Shut the fuck up. Don't say a word. If asked a question, answer with "yes" or "no" if possible."

Excellent advice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (L5An7)

110 Says you. Reverse a lot of bad policies and let's see what happens.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2025 08:18 AM (Gqoy+)

If they haven't already broken ground on new factories for OEM car components, or secured the old existing factories to start refitting them, then our billionaires are stupider than I ever gave them credit for.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (KtIIi)

111 That is some killer copium right there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

Better to take a gram
Than give a damn

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

112 Gutfeld played a tape of Mrs. McCarthy last night with a very bad toupee.

But old Frank looks like he dried out. Good for him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2025 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

113 But I know better.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (BI5O2)

He went Full Retard.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:20 AM (KtIIi)

114 to follow up- NIL causing schools to tighten the revenue sports' rosters means they have fewer spots to "match" for the parasitic women's sports.

field hockey's reason to be was to make up spots to balance out mens' slots for Title IX

oh well! my days of FH parenting are over and I saw how kind of untenable it was

maybe all the colleges were using research money to prop up athletics!

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:20 AM (Pv3Rg)

115 unusual_whales @unusual_whales 1h
JUST IN: The NYPost has reported that the US tariffs on each nation is calculated by taking the current US trade deficit with each target country and dividing the deficit by half, to get the resulting tariff imposed.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome 1h
WH has now confirmed: this is insane
https://tinyurl.com/3ve6wx3f
W.H. statement screencap and a linked NY Post article:
https://tinyurl.com/57snxzx9

Jeff Davies, the Energy OG @EnergyCredit1 1h
Using this same logic, the US is cheating anyone it has a trade surplus with. So dumb.
[andy: yes, but the surplus nations are all being automatically assessed at 10% and not e.g. at 0% both ways.]

andy UPDATE: The reciprocal rate calculation [still using deficits] is no longer secret but has been released...

https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/
reciprocal-tariff-calculations

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:21 AM (/tzYP)

116 For anyone wondering The Military Show and Combat Veteran are the You Tube channels in question.
Combat Veteran also fell for the BS media propaganda about the MS13 member from El Salvador "who shouldn't have been deported".

Here is a link that has links pointing out how deserving of deportation the guy was.
https://tinyurl.com/msjmxmpn

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 03, 2025 08:22 AM (elaR+)

117 America is being deconstructed. America has to make things people want to buy. There is no way around this. A reserve status currency has placed Washington politicians in a uniquely favorable position for many decades. One is the ability to export dollars, and with them, monetary inflation. “It’s our dollar, but it’s your problem” as Arthur Burns once put it, as Treasury Secretary. That was a long, long time ago.

Favorable balance of trade. Immediately in the post WWII years, West German factories had signs posted “Export or Die”, at least they recognized the problem.

Borrowing a fictional currency unit into being to purchase things from others, is a rather tidy arrangement to some. The “expert economists” think it was a good deal. Does it seem sustainable?

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 08:22 AM (M1m37)

118 “Bloomberg now reporting a 10% universal tariff on all countries, as well as the WSJ”
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Holy crap! I'll have to cancel my subscription. I can't afford that now!

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:22 AM (/tzYP)

119 I think it's obvious that we no longer live in a political culture of comity or even presumed co-existence in which mediation as we've traditionally experienced it is possible at all. We're in a state of war. At its ragged edges it is no longer bloodless.

The conflict cannot be scumbled into a moral equivalence: the Left has brought this upon us through a long, deliberate siege.

There is no longer any compromise possible. It is a zero-sum game. Whatever gains we make in the next four years to undo their damage will be in turn be undone by them with a brutal swiftness that will pale Trump's first two months. Worse, they will press their advantage with a political terror and revenge never before seen. Moreover, there will be far less judicial interference to slow them. And what little they get, they won't heed.

So the essential question or issue is not how can we secure great gains in the time we have, but how we destroy the enemy from ever again having the power to harm us.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2025 08:22 AM (vsTPo)

120 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 03, 2025 08:23 AM (53oGX)

121 https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/
reciprocal-tariff-calculations
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:21 AM (/tzYP)

If you're trying to use tariffs as a cudgel, you're not going to go straight to "fair", are you?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:23 AM (KtIIi)

122 Frank Luntz has had a couple of strokes since 2020 which he partially attributes to stress from Trump. I chalk up his manly love for Booker to brain damage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 08:23 AM (q1Uty)

123 Today is National Burrito Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

124 > Tornado Warning including Nashville TN, Franklin TN and Brentwood TN until 3:00 AM CDT, Take shelter now!
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We went through all that last night and into this morning. It was unreal how many possible tornados were spawned out of this storm system. Still are. Up to a foot of rain is expected in some areas between this morning and the weekend. I have modest flooding here now... but the house is in no danger.

Getting out of here to buy groceries or booze later in the week might be an issue however.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

125 If your TDS is so bad your brain literally starts trying to kill itself....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:25 AM (KtIIi)

126 “There were 5,577 new FBI agent applications submitted in March, Fox News Digital has learned. The last time the bureau saw a monthly figure even close to that number was April 2016, with 5,283 applications.

By comparison, the monthly average in 2023 was 2,797 applications.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

127 It could be worse.
It could be Tuesday.

Posted by: Junktown Jerkey Vendor at April 03, 2025 08:26 AM (LtURG)

128 “The concept of a US car maker with parts all from the US is a fictional tale . . . tariff policy will cause pure chaos to the global auto industry and will raise prices to the typical Us consumer by $5k to 10K out of the gates.”

Somebody needs to ask this cocksucker how much car prices were affected by multi-billion dollar losses on producing electric vehicles no reasonable person would ever want.

Posted by: biteme at April 03, 2025 08:26 AM (xWS9V)

129 James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki 4h
It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement, is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff.

James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki 3h
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.

Even given that it's Trump, I cannot believe they said "We'll just divide the trade deficit by imports and tell people that's the tariff rate." And then they decided to set our tariffs by just cutting that totally made-up rate in half! This is so dumb and deceptive.

How in God's name did Scott Bessent agree to sign off on this?

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:26 AM (/tzYP)

130 James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki 3h
This tweet is correct, but it's actually worse than I thought: in calculating the tariff rate, Trump's people only used the trade deficit in goods. So even though we run a trade surplus in services with the world, those exports don't count as far as Trump is concerned.

They're also only looking at goods, so even though we run a massive services surplus with the world, that didn't count when they calculated these imaginary "tariff rates."

andy UPDATE: The reciprocal rate calculation [still using deficits] is no longer secret but has been released...

https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/
reciprocal-tariff-calculations

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:26 AM (/tzYP)

131 So the essential question or issue is not how can we secure great gains in the time we have, but how we destroy the enemy from ever again having the power to harm us.

well said Ordinary American, your whole post. see I'm no Pollyanna, trolls.

this is why people are still moving to areas they are politically aligned with. I think we know how this is going to go. this war is just in another phase; it's in no way over. again I hope that the elite age out and things fracture on their end, and reason takes over to avoid a more "hands on" civil war than the one we currently have.

PA was punished harshly for voting for Trump the first time (via very strict COVID crap and energy production restrictions). It will be worse for PA if they get executive power again. And any other state in that "traitor to the cause" basket (blue wall states, Nevada).

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:27 AM (Pv3Rg)

132
If Booker officially comes out of the closet, the nomination might be his for the taking. His 25 hour halitosis-fest will be long-forgotten in the coming months and years.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2025 08:27 AM (x0n13)

133 He went Full Retard.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 03, 2025 08:20 AM (KtIIi)

Perhaps. But I do know he just talks random shit in hopes of getting that next $.

I worked at MegaBank back in '16.

In December, Luntz came to brief the big execs on his """insider knowledge""" of Trump's upcoming policies for the finance sector - I got to read all the details, since typesetting these guys' materials was part of my job.

Literally nothing - not one thing - that cheesy grifter said came to pass. None of it was ever even discussed by Trump, his proxies or the GOP at large at any point in his admin.

Pure fantasy. I'm convinced he just made it all up in the limo on the way from the airport.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

134 How in God's name did Scott Bessent agree to sign off on this?

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:26 AM (/tzYP)
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Suddenly, I'm feeling smarter about myself.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 08:28 AM (IMKWe)

135 116 For anyone wondering The Military Show and Combat Veteran are the You Tube channels in question.
Combat Veteran also fell for the BS media propaganda about the MS13 member from El Salvador "who shouldn't have been deported".

Here is a link that has links pointing out how deserving of deportation the guy was.
https://tinyurl.com/msjmxmpn
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 03, 2025 08:22 AM (elaR+)

The assumption that Holman et al do not know what they are doing is not going to work. These are not weak-kneed men and women. These are real patriots that have every t crossed and every i dotted.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:28 AM (gbOdA)

136 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 08:28 AM (77rzZ)

137 An old boss (and good friend) of mine gave me some advice that I have taken to heart. I asked him for some tips when I was covering a meeting for my then boss, and he said, "Shut the fuck up. Don't say a word. If asked a question, answer with "yes" or "no" if possible."

Excellent advice!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2025 08:19 AM (L5An7)

Yes… wise. I constantly have to police myself because I have a tendency to run my mouth. But I’ve learned over the years that if I keep my mouth shut except when absolutely necessary and when I do talk make it brief…. Co-workers really appreciate it. Now I notice others wasting my time with their talk talk talk and I squirm and fume in my seat

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 08:28 AM (i5Vkf)

138 I worked briefly for Algonquin Gas in 1980(?), and not being able to get a pipeline through New York was already a thing.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 03, 2025 08:29 AM (n4GiU)

139 How in God's name did Scott Bessent agree to sign off on this?
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:26 AM (/tzYP)

He created it.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

140 132
If Booker officially comes out of the closet, the nomination might be his for the taking. His 25 hour halitosis-fest will be long-forgotten in the coming months and years.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2025 08:27 AM (x0n13)

Then again, black males have a known antipathy to homosexuals. Plus, Trump has been drawing them away from the Dems in significant numbers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2025 08:29 AM (x0n13)

141 138 I worked briefly for Algonquin Gas in 1980(?), and not being able to get a pipeline through New York was already a thing.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 03, 2025 08:29 AM (n4GiU)

That sounds like some kind of farting disease.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

142 JJ,

Of course I'm hopeful but a vacuum implies scarcity which means the market is going to drive prices higher. The tariff fence will need to be adjusted for quite a while before people who control long-term investments will pull the trigger.

Of course offshore companies will be tempted to build US facilities to get around the tariffs but the smart money knows that people will not tolerate this for long.

I think pharmaceutical manufacturing being returned to the US would be the easiest but that industry is completely off-the rails and skewed by the insurance and legal interests that are essentially service industries that have no real capital equipment costs.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how the vacuum will be filled and leave the US taxpayer in a better position.

Posted by: pawn at April 03, 2025 08:30 AM (QB+5g)

143 I wonder if Bessent wasn't the victim of "malicious compliance" here

maybe not every single country was meant to be run thru that algo but someone got a little too enthusiastic

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:32 AM (Pv3Rg)

144 It's also....
National Grey Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

145 Black Orchid - It’s a real shame that the “minor” college sports are going away or being diminished… because those could’ve been great experiences for college kids learning teamwork and camaraderie and just generating great memories. But no the big revenue generators gobble up everything

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 08:32 AM (i5Vkf)

146 Orange Man not really orange after all:

https://tinyurl.com/2ncekuzc

CNN: Colorful News Network

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 08:32 AM (IMKWe)

147 I think pharmaceutical manufacturing being returned to the US would be the easiest

They recently built an Eli Lilly facility by me.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 08:33 AM (SfhV1)

148 Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst.

The government has fucked you in the ass your whole life. Why not vote for a President who enjoys that?

Booker 2028!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

149 145 Black Orchid - It’s a real shame that the “minor” college sports are going away or being diminished… because those could’ve been great experiences for college kids learning teamwork and camaraderie and just generating great memories. But no the big revenue generators gobble up everything

hm but it's not a shame. they're becoming club sports. that's actually better for what you describe! that's what they should be.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:33 AM (Pv3Rg)

150 The best baseball games for me are the minors. They tend to be more about the game and not the personalities.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:33 AM (i67OH)

151 I love minor league games. I need to get out to a few this summer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 03, 2025 08:34 AM (BI5O2)

152 Well, lookee here:

@MikeBenzCyber
Chief Justice John Roberts spent a week living at Norm Eisen's 150-room palace in the Czech Republic where they "worked on American and European Rule of Law issues together."

More:
https://tinyurl.com/328fudff

Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2025 08:34 AM (3ImbR)

153 Instead of a pipeline, they came up with a scheme to build LNG tankers at Quincy shipyard and bring gas that way. Then nobody wanted big boats of gas in their harbours.
Shipyard long gone now, still no pipeline.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 03, 2025 08:35 AM (n4GiU)

154 my dream is college sports go away except for "fun times" intramural and club level sports and outside club systems are formed - these could be affiliated with colleges in a 'city-state' type of situation to use the name/facilities.

a professional club system is the best system for young athletes. they would literally get paid! and have paths post-college to continue. no more need to spend 8 years in colleges (supposedly).

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:35 AM (Pv3Rg)

155 It's also....
National Grey Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 08:32 AM (NpAcC)
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Grecian Formula customers hardest hit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 08:35 AM (IMKWe)

156 Chief Justice John Roberts spent a week living at Norm Eisen's 150-room palace in the Czech Republic where they "worked on American and European Rule of Law issues together."

this is... not good.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:36 AM (Pv3Rg)

157 Two things that are kinda surprising me this morning, in a "just how fake were things? way.

1) the amount of US aid and money from other programs to so many countries--even so-called "1st World" countries.
2) how much every country has been taking advantage of the US via their tariffs.

Europe, for example, is now saying the tariffs are going to cause 20% unemployment.
Just how fake is your economy if a 10% tariff on your exports--because you have been ripping off Americans with 20%+ tariffs--will cause that much damage?
I mean, ffs, it's generally cited that the Great Depression was 25% unemployment.

The taxpayer in the US isn't just carrying some 30% of Americans who don't work--it looks like he's carrying nearly the whole world as well!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2025 08:36 AM (lEdS5)

158 hm but it's not a shame. they're becoming club sports. that's actually better for what you describe! that's what they should be.
Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:33 AM (Pv3Rg)

Well good then. I misread and thought you said they weren’t having teams anymore. But I still hold the opinion that the big sports (football basketball) aren’t much fun to watch anymore because the purity and amateurism that made them unique are gone

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 08:36 AM (i5Vkf)

159 It's Thursday already ? Wow!

Posted by: runner at April 03, 2025 08:36 AM (g47mK)

160
J.J. is right; Booker being a twofer in the identity politics sweepstakes is a winner.

Still amazed that the UAW is now a Republican support organization. Democrats were never for "working families" but being nothing but ideological defaults them to just being critical of everybody.

Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 08:36 AM (j4U/Z)

161 Talked in front of the Senate for 25 hours.

Anyone impressed by that has never seen my mother with a phone in her hand.

Posted by: Bert G at April 03, 2025 08:37 AM (VARTN)

162 If Booker officially comes out of the closet, ...
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The Water-Closet?? I think he's going to be using it alot for the next few days.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:37 AM (/tzYP)

163 As a Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said Wednesday in a note: “The concept of a US car maker with parts all from the US is a fictional tale . . . tariff policy will cause pure chaos to the global auto industry and will raise prices to the typical Us consumer by $5k to 10K out of the gates.”
==============================

Life comes at you fast, Wedbush "expert" guy....

"Exclusive: Ford to offer across-the-board discounts, jumping on recent tariff-induced sales bump"

https://tinyurl.com/k465nvwa

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 03, 2025 08:38 AM (WaXrZ)

164 Well good then. I misread and thought you said they weren’t having teams anymore. But I still hold the opinion that the big sports (football basketball) aren’t much fun to watch anymore because the purity and amateurism that made them unique are gone

totally agree and the NCAA are idiots and make things so much worse.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:38 AM (Pv3Rg)

165 Booker should at least have waited for the McCain funeral to be over before pulling his stunt.

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 08:38 AM (77rzZ)

166 Somebody needs to ask this cocksucker how much car prices were affected by multi-billion dollar losses on producing electric vehicles no reasonable person would ever want.

Or the myriad of regulations and costly standards with no perceptible benefit (e.g. CAFE, DEF in diesel, etc.)

Though the biggest problem with automobile prices is that most manufacturers are really pension and benefit management firms that produce cars as a sideline. Paying people who haven't worked in decades is still factored into the price of current lot inventory.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 08:39 AM (a4flb)

167 Europe, for example, is now saying the tariffs are going to cause 20% unemployment.
Just how fake is your economy if a 10% tariff on your exports--because you have been ripping off Americans with 20%+ tariffs--will cause that much damage?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I'm of the opinion that the European economies were castles built on sand, and they have begun to sink on their own.

They want a scapegoat.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:39 AM (LVjsR)

168 I saw a clip from 2021 from the Colbert show where he had Jon Stewart on.

And yeah, assholes both.

But it is interesting that Stewart kept talking about how obviously the Wuhan lab created COVID and even an idiot would know that and Colbert, being the stooge he is, just kept repeating the government line (lie).

Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2025 08:39 AM (t0Rmr)

169 "Says you. Reverse a lot of bad policies and let's see what happens. Posted by: Ignoramus "

Hope is a poor planning tool.

I'm interested in seeing a real, believable plan and so are the people who have the money and the power to make this happen, not a bunch of rhetoric and wishful thinking.

Posted by: pawn at April 03, 2025 08:40 AM (QB+5g)

170 It’s an oversimplification - but try to think this through. If America doesn’t make anything and can borrow money from China to buy stuff from China.

Exchanging fictional currency units for real goods and services. Spain at one time had lots of genuine money at one time, hard currency. What they didn’t have though, was a real economy.

Favorable balance of trade went negative in the 1970s. Wages have been stagnant since the 1970s. Government debt is off the charts. Yes, a reserve currency has advantages.

It also poses risks. Washington is now infested with politicians who’ve no experience or expertise in military nor business matters, nor much of anything else. $38 Trillion in the hole. Another $100 to $150 Trillion in “unfunded obligations”. If you’re what that means, they mean YOU.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 08:40 AM (uGukK)

171 Booker should at least have waited for the McCain funeral to be over before pulling his stunt.
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 08:38 AM (77rzZ)

Weekly top ten comment nominee.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:40 AM (LVjsR)

172 @MikeBenzCyber
Chief Justice John Roberts spent a week living at Norm Eisen's 150-room palace in the Czech Republic where they "worked on American and European Rule of Law issues together."

More:
https://tinyurl.com/328fudff
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2025 08:34 AM (3ImbR)
=======================
Norm Eisen swears his "good friend, John Roberts, is not corrupt"

Barf.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 03, 2025 08:40 AM (WaXrZ)

173 And I'll say this right now, prices of goods in America are going to come down.

Everyone has been ripping America off, stealing from America, cheating America out of fair deals.

They need our markets, we don't need theirs.

If they can't survive without tariffs on American goods, they don't deserve to survive--they're a fake, greenhouse, phony, pretend economy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2025 08:41 AM (lEdS5)

174 the amount of US aid and money from other programs to so many countries--even so-called "1st World" countries.

FedGov's budget quadrupled over the last 20 years with no increase in services (in fact degraded services).

Most of that can be explained by that extra $6T and more just being straight up looted by American Pols, NGOs, and foreign countries

Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2025 08:41 AM (t0Rmr)

175 I will be in my bunk:

Here is the human toll of this inhuman behavior

My partner was one of the ‘lucky’ ones in HHS and sent this out on our family chat:

“It was a massacre today at HHS. I survived but many didn’t. I am devastated, we all are reeling from the loss of so many good people we worked with, knew and relied on. We lost entire divisions. We cried and huddled and tried to support each other but with little success.
We, as in FDA, will not be able to protect public health. Period.
I am sorry.”

I’m gutted for EVERYONE who didn’t deserve this and I just want to rage….

Edit: realized I made it about her when it needs to be about everyone.

Posted by: Intercepted r/fednews Transmissions at April 03, 2025 08:41 AM (ftD+B)

176 I don't think African-American men are going to warm to Booker if he comes out. They aren't real impressed with the Obama years and a low rent version of Barky won't inspire

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 08:42 AM (q1Uty)

177 How in God's name did Scott Bessent agree to sign off on this?

Well, he said that tariffs aren't the whole picture.

Take China, for example, they have a tariff rate but then they outright forbid many US companies from exporting to China. Should we forbid Chinese companies from exporting to the US?

Take Mexico, for example, who brings in Chinese goods and repackages them to call them Mexican and sell into the US.

Take the EU, for example, which is continuously enacting onerous regulations - but only on US companies.

If you are allowing yourself to become emotional on the issue, if you jumping to conclusions based on first day reporting, you are being used. Don't be used.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

178 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Elon Musk hater FA and FO!

https://tinyurl.com/ckr2d3bn

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

179 "So the essential question or issue is not how can we secure great gains in the time we have, but how we destroy the enemy from ever again having the power to harm us.

Posted by: Ordinary American"

If the Deep State is not completely destroyed, if Dems somehow win in 2028 they will not even bother with phony investigations of Trump and his associates. They will just be arrested and held J6 style until they die. They will persecute ordinary Americans far worse that Biden until they force a violent response.

Posted by: Ripley at April 03, 2025 08:44 AM (GUOwU)

180 Posted by: Intercepted r/fednews Transmissions at April 03, 2025 08:41 AM (ftD+B)

The same FDA that told you Ivermectin would kill you, even though it's a UN Essential Medicine?

Yeah, real champions of the public health there.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:44 AM (LVjsR)

181 In other words, how long can the world be expected to put up with a country that can print up whatever it needs without producing anything of value? Again an oversimplification, but the trend is accelerating. They would ditch the dollar if they could. Even our allies.

Notice nobody bothers with due process any longer? Run afoul for any reason of a new administration, and watch your dollar reserves get impounded or confiscated.

For a country that depends on its currency as the world’s reserve currency, there sure are some stupid MFers out there in Washington City.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 08:44 AM (uGukK)

182 I was looking for a small Channelock style pliers to keep in the kitchen for those bad arthritis days and real tight bottle caps. The real deal made in Meadville, PA was only two bucks more than the brand X made by slave labor model. Buy American.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2025 08:45 AM (gm9Sb)

183 England is now also saying they will have to impose a 10% tax on their citizens to off-set the tariffs.

How does fucking over their own people twice make sense?
I guess you have to be one of the globo-homo elite to understand that fudge.

To twist the knife further, Trump says he'll drop the tariff if the UK restores free speech.

It's a deadly game the globo-homo elite are playing:
You can blame Orange Man Bad only as long as there's food on their tables.
But once the table is bare, you, your fruity candy ass is the closest target ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2025 08:47 AM (lEdS5)

184 I saw somewhere on the web where an Indiana senator was waylaid by some HHS worker who’d just been fired by DOGE so the Indiana senator fired back that this person probably deserved to be fired because they were obviously a clown. The media take was that the senator was “mean” but I think this is the way. How many thousands (hundreds of thousands?) work for the Fed guv and do absolutely nothing. Many more need to be fired

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 03, 2025 08:47 AM (i5Vkf)

185 "Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst. “I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of political history,” he told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert."

*makes jerk-off motion*

Morons.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at April 03, 2025 08:47 AM (qgPFD)

186 Some background reading:

US Trade Deficit by Country 2024
https://tinyurl.com/3msaumnr
interactive map

Manufacturing by Country 2025
https://tinyurl.com/4a6xsxvc
interactive map

Mentioned above so...
Key Charts on Foreign Aid -- the many [!] small graphs etc. scrolling down.

https://tinyurl.com/yc755prb

Look for "Foreign aid given per capita Net Flows" and "Foreign aid given Grant Equivalents".

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 08:48 AM (/tzYP)

187 Favorable balance of trade went negative in the 1970s. Wages have been stagnant since the 1970s. Government debt is off the charts.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 08:40 AM (uGukK)
======================

Good points. According to a Bloomberg chart I saw this morning, imports as a per cent of GDP doubled from 1970 to 1980, from about 4% to 8% of GDP, and then doubled again, to about 17% in 2009. Imports have declined as a percent of GDP since that time, to almost 14% of GDP. But the overall trade imbalance has grown, as American exports of ag and manufactured goods has not kept pace.

Many countries refuse to accept our agricultural exports, either for protection of domestic sources (as in Canada, Japan, and Australia), or because of GMP fears (as in Europe).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 03, 2025 08:48 AM (f9bOi)

188 "Gasparino: Will Trump play that game of chicken?"

Um, dummy, he did in 2018 and had the greatest economy of your lifetime, hence the Scamdemic to ruin it on behalf of Globalist assholes.

Posted by: Danimal28 at April 03, 2025 08:49 AM (1E4GV)

189 So the essential question or issue is not how can we secure great gains in the time we have, but how we destroy the enemy from ever again having the power to harm us.

Choke off the money supply, which DOGE is attempting to do.

RICO the shit out of the organizations and the criminals that engaged in this crap. Its hard for them to operate freely when rotting in a Super Max extension in El Salvador.

These monsters hit Trump with every legal maneuver, and then started shooting him. I think any calls for moderation are long over.

Scorched Earth, No Mercy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 08:49 AM (a4flb)

190 Have the Democrats ever considered strategic sanity?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 03, 2025 08:49 AM (kTd/k)

191 "I'm interested in seeing a real, believable plan"

TrumpCo are looking to the market to fill in the plan. Invisible hand, yo!

You'd rather a detailed Five-Year Plan blessed by our Masters in DC?

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2025 08:49 AM (Gqoy+)

192 184 I saw somewhere on the web where an Indiana senator was waylaid by some HHS worker who’d just been fired by DOGE so the Indiana senator fired back that this person probably deserved to be fired because they were obviously a clown. The media take was that the senator was “mean” but I think this is the way. How many thousands (hundreds of thousands?) work for the Fed guv and do absolutely nothing. Many more need to be fired

linus find the video of that

it is BAD ASS

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:50 AM (Pv3Rg)

193 Exchanging fictional currency units for real goods and services. Spain at one time had lots of genuine money at one time, hard currency. What they didn’t have though, was a real economy.

Rustlers, kidnappers, and thieves would hole-up in isolated hideouts, snowed in for the winter in old western novels.

Outside of subsistence hunting to supplement their food stores and processing firewood to keep warm, there was no economy outside of passing their money, gold, whiskey, sex slaves, and stolen livestock back and forth in games of chance.

As ridiculous as this sounds, it is the perfect metaphor for the "service economy" regime we have been stuck under since the USSR collapsed and D.C. set out to enrich themselves personally on the Cold War "peace dividend" without even pretending to serve this country.

Posted by: biteme at April 03, 2025 08:50 AM (xWS9V)

194 190 "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat".

Will Rogers

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2025 08:51 AM (gm9Sb)

195 Price's law

In any group, 50% of the work is done by the square root number of people.

Yes, we CAN get rid of a lot of people in these agencies and not miss them much if at all.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:51 AM (LVjsR)

196 American Made - time for a comeback!

https://youtu.be/LvBvV92hrQU

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2025 08:51 AM (Aqu9a)

197 biteme I really like that metaphor

apt

so apt

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:51 AM (Pv3Rg)

198 linus find the video of that

it is BAD ASS

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 03, 2025 08:50 AM (Pv3Rg)
-

Sen. Banks. I posted it the other day when it came out:

https://tinyurl.com/ypxcu46t

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 03, 2025 08:52 AM (IMKWe)

199 England is now also saying they will have to impose a 10% tax on their citizens to off-set the tariffs.

Remember, the US imposing tariffs only hurts the US.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

200 Inevitable West
@Inevitablewest

BREAKING: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has officially banned the use of gender-neutral and non-binary symbols in all public schools

Only "boy" or "girl" will be allowed.

Meloni is fighting back.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

201 Did anyone else see that the last 3 WI supreme court elections were won by dems.. all 10% margins? Is that real?

Posted by: Inogame at April 03, 2025 08:54 AM (53oGX)

202 So the essential question or issue is not how can we secure great gains in the time we have, but how we destroy the enemy from ever again having the power to harm us.

The Left is obviously trying to recruit evil doers and soldiers from around the globe to act as their mercenaries and agents of chaos.

In the meantime, the Left has fully corrupted the legal system so that they have asymmetrical warfare. Note our future as UK officially implements a multi-tier justice system favoring zero prosecution for the elites, slap-on-wrist for their soldiers, and hard time for heritage Britains on bullshit charges like praying in public, or noticing a rape taking place.

It needs to be the new narrative that unless the Left sees justice for their violence and the spirit of J6 persecutions are still happening, there will be a true return to 2nd Amendment voting from the rooftops.

And no one wants that.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 08:54 AM (a4flb)

203 182 I was looking for a small Channelock style pliers to keep in the kitchen for those bad arthritis days and real tight bottle caps. The real deal made in Meadville, PA was only two bucks more than the brand X made by slave labor model. Buy American.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

I found nice Channelock pliers on Sunday roadside while bike riding. Over the years, I have found two framing hammers, multiple ratchet handles, a 100 pc. bit set, screwdrivers, even 10mm sockets. I even found a huge pair of Channelocks once.

Posted by: Eagle Eye at April 03, 2025 08:55 AM (G5+As)

204 "Gasparino: Will Trump play that game of chicken?"

Um, dummy, he did in 2018 and had the greatest economy of your lifetime

He is too busy playing with Big Tit Liz Claman's big tits.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at April 03, 2025 08:55 AM (ftD+B)

205 DOGE uncovers VA’s agreement to pay $380K per month for minor website modifications
The changes made by the contractor are now being done internally by a software engineer, in about 10 hours a week

My guess is that there are 5000 or so deals like this.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

206 Only "boy" or "girl" will be allowed.

Meloni is fighting back.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

What's Italian for 'boy' and 'girl'?

Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)

207 Did anyone else see that the last 3 WI supreme court elections were won by dems.. all 10% margins? Is that real?

Wisconsin is a lost cause.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (a4flb)

208 In any group, 50% of the work is done by the square root number of people.

Yes, we CAN get rid of a lot of people in these agencies and not miss them much if at all.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:51 AM (LVjsR)

Add to that the fact that a significant percentage of the work done by these agencies, if not an absolute majority, are detrimental to the populace and we could get rid of even more than we have.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

209 Did anyone else see that the last 3 WI supreme court elections were won by dems.. all 10% margins? Is that real?
Posted by: Inogame

--

About as real as the impression that Cory Booker is a genuine heterosexual.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (YwyUt)

210 "Texas sets aside special Pakistan day."

Texas did no such thing. Our corrupt legislature did. Are they oblivious to what happened to the once-Great Britain?

Yep.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (LQqtT)

211 If America doesn’t make anything and can borrow money from China to buy stuff from China.
--
So?
The US produces all the raw good to make all the stuff.

We can build a factory to make any of the "stuff" from China in 3 months, if needed.
Why do we keep hobbling our minds with the stupid lies of the left that America can't do anything anymore?

Again, as I keep saying, the only thing that will be more shocking than how much our own government was working AGAINST us will be how much different it is when our government is working FOR us.

All those people selling doom, FUD, calamity, etc. on the the TV?
Every single one of them want to keep their system, the old system, that works for them, not you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (lEdS5)

212 Many years ago I read about Japanese restrictions on American cars. They used a Ford Pinto as an example. After taxes and tariff, mechanical work like swapping the steering to RH, added mirrors, and other things, the cost of the Pinto was in the neighborhood of a Lincoln back in the States.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (gm9Sb)

213 @200 after Meloni bans this crap the EU will probably try to arrest her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 08:57 AM (q1Uty)

214 Simple example. Go to the supermarket. Look at the produce. Remember your geography and the fact that our country grows some of the best and most abundant produce. You’ll see tomatoes largely from Canada. That’s to the north of us for the geographically challenged. You have blueberries from Peru and Chile. Avocados from Mexico and Columbia.

Now ask yourself. For all their posturing about how they support American farmers- why is I
It that section is filled with foreign produce? Please don’t tell me it’s about seasonal availability. Why for example, when it takes usually over a week to ship produce from South America (an expensive proposition as well) are your shelves filled with it? How about Canada to the North of us dumping tomatoes from their hothouses?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 08:57 AM (ZZXCI)

215 I found nice Channelock pliers on Sunday roadside while bike riding. Over the years, I have found two framing hammers, multiple ratchet handles, a 100 pc. bit set, screwdrivers, even 10mm sockets. I even found a huge pair of Channelocks once.

Are you bicycling through your neighbor's garage?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 08:57 AM (a4flb)

216 122 Frank Luntz has had a couple of strokes since 2020 which he partially attributes to stress from Trump. I chalk up his manly love for Booker to brain damage
Posted by: Smell the Glove

STROKE MAKE MAN HAVE NEW, STRANGE LOVE. I'M LIVING PROOF.

Posted by: Sen John Fetterman at April 03, 2025 08:58 AM (JCZqz)

217 When they say the Dow futures is down big, they mean 3%.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 03, 2025 08:58 AM (u1iUB)

218 Who is going to sort, collate, scan, and file all of our weekly TPS cover sheets? *wails*

Posted by: HHS Drone at April 03, 2025 08:58 AM (Aqu9a)

219 Wisconsin is a lost cause.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 08:56 AM (a4flb)

We've always been purple. No surprise there.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 08:59 AM (SfhV1)

220 USDA distributing $537 million in funding for biofuel infrastructure
Funds are being released for over 540 projects in over 2 dozen states

We grow corn to burn in leased SUVs to drive children to soccer game where they do not keep score.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

221 We can build a factory to make any of the "stuff" from China in 3 months, if needed.

Why does it take so long to build a factory in the US?

- Permitting - government
- Lawsuits - government
- More lawsuits - more government
- Finding enough illegals to staff the factory - that's at least partially government

I don't know about 3 months but it doesn't actually require as long as it takes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

222 I was looking for a small Channelock style pliers to keep in the kitchen for those bad arthritis days and real tight bottle caps.

This just came up in my household. Some recommendations:

1. Strict carnivore diet eases arthritis

2. A small strap wrench works really well for both bottles and jars

3. If the bottle is made of plastic, then tightening the cap hard and then waiting about a heartbeat often will loosen the cap significantly

Posted by: biteme at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM (xWS9V)

223 My local city council passed a resolution calling for more rent control and stabilization at the state level. My cities rent control guidelines are still being fought in the courts
They complain about high housing prices and lack of availability , but they don't realize that government policies cause this. Rinse , repeat dummies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM (q1Uty)

224 140 132
If Booker officially comes out of the closet, the nomination might be his for the taking. His 25 hour halitosis-fest will be long-forgotten in the coming months and years.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2025 08:27 AM (x0n13)

Then again, black males have a known antipathy to homosexuals. Plus, Trump has been drawing them away from the Dems in significant numbers.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Black men are a tiny demographic with a low voter propensity and pitiful campaign donation rate. AWFLs are much bigger in EVERY sense of the word, and would consider forgoing an abortion to electna gay black Lefty man.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM (JCZqz)

225 So the only thing I'm hearing this morning from the MSM is Trump tariffing penguins.

Posted by: JROD at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM (IlL6s)

226 We can build a factory to make any of the "stuff" from China in 3 months, if needed.
Why do we keep hobbling our minds with the stupid lies of the left that America can't do anything anymore?

Have you looked at the composition of engineering classes lately?

The US K-12 system is only good at making retards that are skilled in twirking and video games, not architecture, engineering and general contracting.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM (a4flb)

227 If memory serves, originally, Japanese cars were favored because they were more reliable than US cars. US car industry was a racket, you had to buy a car every 5 years. So people went for quality. Still do. Make a quality product, people will buy it.

Posted by: runner at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM (g47mK)

228 The Tariffs will work which is why everybody and anybody who is against the US and President Trump being successful in the near future are against them.
Plus it's fun watching the enemies list squirm.

Posted by: Viva La Tarriff! at April 03, 2025 09:02 AM (R/m4+)

229 Take a look at the Heard and McDonald Islands they are talking about. Then actually go and do some research about the fisheries and what their role is in global trade.

Knowledge is power.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:03 AM (ZZXCI)

230 We can debate that for days, as we no doubt will.

Pffft. You've discussed me and that hussy for years.

Posted by: Mary Ann at April 03, 2025 09:03 AM (a3Q+t)

231 95 Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst. “I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of political history,” he told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 03, 2025 08:13 AM (ycI94)

Prollu had a chill up his third leg too!
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

Couldn't be that he's been paid... no, no...

Posted by: Inogame at April 03, 2025 09:04 AM (53oGX)

232 The market is down about 1200. The shriekers on Facebook are already shrieking. No clue how things work

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 09:04 AM (q1Uty)

233 If Wisconsin permitted another election to be stolen, which I'd lay at the feet of the state GOP, then it's pretty apparent the GOP, in general, hasn't learned a goddamn thing. The party is as lazy as anything I've ever seen.

The Democrats are at least highly motivated. Yea, they want to burn, loot and murder.... but at least they're motivated to do it.

The reformation of the GOP can't happen soon enough. Or it needs to go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2025 09:04 AM (Q4IgG)

234 Again, as I keep saying, the only thing that will be more shocking than how much our own government was working AGAINST us will be how much different it is when our government is working FOR us.
———

This has been going on as a concerted plan, in earnest, since the 1970s. I saw it with my own eyes. It was like a switch was thrown. The media reporting and the Narrative is part and parcel, so presumably the spooks are in it up to their eyeballs. It’s possible many in government have no idea about any of this.

The US has been in a process of de-construction in the “critical theory” sense, but also manufacturing wise, industrially as well as everything else. The globalists are like termites, or rust never sleeps. The expert economists are there to explain why all of this is Not Happening, and It’s Good That It Is (The Law of Merited Implausibility)

Posted by: Common Tater at April 03, 2025 09:04 AM (uGukK)

235 "TrumpCo are looking to the market to fill in the plan. Invisible hand, yo!"

Tariffs are a political tool and a crappy way of sustaining a real economy.

No one is going to stick their necks out if things can be changed at the flick of a pen in DC.

Culltrualy we have shifted to a service oriented economy and abandoned manufacturing to "low-cost centers".

If you are going to make Manufacturing Great Again you are going to have to change the culture. Have you been to any of the historical Rust Belt cities lately? Detroit? Cleveland? Pittsburg? No one there wants to work in a Factory. It's all about being a "knowledge worker" these days.

And the actual factories that are here sound like third-world countries if you listen closely.

I work in a highly-skilled Aerospace manufacturing facility which is in a in a realitively healthy industry. Half of the Engineering and Production folks are Chinese and Indian.

Posted by: pawn at April 03, 2025 09:05 AM (QB+5g)

236 It's interesting that TSLA stock, while down from the Dec24 highs, has be slowly creeping up the last couple of weeks

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

237 This is what Johnson said and there's no community note on it:

While 96 percent of Republicans voted in our favor, when the procedural vote failed, it was Democrats who stood up and cheered. President Trump’s agenda is now stalled for the week because, beyond the SAVE Act, nothing else can proceed for a vote without passing a new rule first, and many Republicans refuse to do so until we stop the proxy initiative.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2025 09:05 AM (cvWHI)

238
A gay black boyfriend is actually a AWFL ideal.

Pairs well with a transgendered kid.

Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 09:05 AM (j4U/Z)

239 "that idiot Trump is tariffing penguins!!!"

Posted by: JROD at April 03, 2025 09:06 AM (IlL6s)

240 Why does it take so long to build a factory in the US?

• NIMBY
• lack of infrastructure (water, electricity, waste disposal, etc.)
• lack of talent (for every five engineers/tradesmen retiring, only one is coming on-line)
• Welfare pays really well.
• everyone else in the workforce has a drug habit a/o criminal record a/o no life skills in the simple things, like showing up to work five days a week.
• too many grifters demanding tribute to make it economically feasibile.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 03, 2025 09:06 AM (a4flb)

241 So the only thing I'm hearing this morning from the MSM is Trump tariffing penguins.
Posted by: JROD at April 03, 2025 09:01 AM

If we want a shot at returning to the moral rectitude upon which this nation was founded, we need to ban them, and their cartel, entirely.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2025 09:06 AM (a3Q+t)

242 DOGE Victory: Institute of Museum and Library Services ‘Decimated’

.. methinks most of these copy writers have not idea what ‘Decimated’ actually means (reduce by 1 in 10, i.e. reduce 10%)

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

243 Take a look at the Heard and McDonald Islands they are talking about. Then actually go and do some research about the fisheries and what their role is in global trade.

Knowledge is power.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:03 AM (ZZXCI)

Knowledge is Good!

Posted by: Emil Faber at April 03, 2025 09:06 AM (Aqu9a)

244 The labor force in Western PA mill towns has been gone for decades.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 03, 2025 09:06 AM (8xnp8)

245 >> The market is down about 1200. The shriekers on Facebook are already shrieking. No clue how things work

Tell them to take their blood pressure medications which now largely comes from foreign countries and won’t be available to them if there was ever a global disruption or issue in that foreign country.

We have now incentivized whole industries, like pharmaceuticals, to offshore their entire production.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:07 AM (ZZXCI)

246 Saw a map of mosques in Germany and they are almost all in the former West Germany, very very few in the east.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2025 09:07 AM (t0Rmr)

247 ManDogeBat will kill us all!

EXCELSIOR !

Posted by: Al Gore at April 03, 2025 09:07 AM (LtURG)

248 many Republicans refuse to do so until we stop the proxy initiative.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2025 09:05 AM (cvWHI)

Good grief, bring the proxy initiative to a vite and be done with it. I would vote it down, because slippery slope, but it is low priority.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 03, 2025 09:08 AM (ftD+B)

249 Johnson is 100% correct. Ana Luna Only Fans and her congressional fluffers are wrong.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:09 AM (ZZXCI)

250 Why is Sean Hannity riding a fish?

Posted by: TalkyTalk at April 03, 2025 09:09 AM (9INg6)

251 Have you looked at the composition of engineering classes lately?

If Americans could get hired for engineering jobs, and paid commensurate with the effort required, you'd see more American kids doing the work.

Yeah, yeah, I'm sure that any number of people here will tell me that in their industry Americans can totally get hired for any of the 30-40 jobs available but, in software, white men - the ones who invented pretty much all the systems we have - cannot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

252 Maybe Rep. Luna is preggers herself?

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

253 New York school district hit with lawsuit over 'Spartans' mascot deemed symbol of 'White supremacy' Brentwood Union Free Schools recently adopted Spartan mascot after being forced to ditch Native American mascot

.. they should offer to use the Native American mascot again

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

254 Yeah, yeah, I'm sure that any number of people here will tell me that in their industry Americans can totally get hired for any of the 30-40 jobs available but, in software, white men - the ones who invented pretty much all the systems we have - cannot.

Last software company I worked at you could not get promoted as a straight white man.

In fact I knew one guy, who was pretty damn good at his job, went tranny and 6 month later got...a promotion.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2025 09:11 AM (t0Rmr)

255 Maybe Rep. Luna is preggers herself?
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

I would help her with that, if she had a spare 23 seconds.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop - half salmon at April 03, 2025 09:11 AM (ftD+B)

256 What's Italian for 'boy' and 'girl'?
Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2025 08:55 AM (Oy/m2)
*****
Bambino, regazzo (boy)
Bambina, regazza (girl)

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

257 World GDP
https://tinyurl.com/85kvemh8
maps and list of all 211!

unusual_whales @unusual_whales Feb 19
According to UBS' 2024 global wealth report, nearly 22 million people in the U.S.—or approximately one in 15 Americans—had a net worth of over $1 million last year.

unusual_whales @unusual_whales Jan 8
Only 17% of billionaires in the US are women:
https://tinyurl.com/43cmm265
chart shows male too for 7 nations

unusual_whales @unusual_whales Mar 25
The U.S. is now home to almost 40% of the world’s super rich, the report estimates — nearly double the share that resides in China, per CNBC

5 Countries that Manufacturer the Greatest Value of Goods
China: $4,975,614 Mil [i.e. Trillion]
United States: $2,497,132 Mil
Japan: $1,025,092 Mil
Germany: $751,339 Mil [i.e. Billion]
India: $450,862 Mil

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at April 03, 2025 09:11 AM (/tzYP)

258 New York school district hit with lawsuit over 'Spartans' mascot deemed symbol of 'White supremacy' Brentwood Union Free Schools recently adopted Spartan mascot after being forced to ditch Native American mascot

I bet there would be a lawsuit if the use "broccoli" as a mascot

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

259 New York school district hit with lawsuit over 'Spartans' mascot deemed symbol of 'White supremacy' Brentwood Union Free Schools recently adopted Spartan mascot after being forced to ditch Native American mascot

Damn Greek homos...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2025 09:11 AM (t0Rmr)

260 Tariffs are a political tool and a crappy way of sustaining a real economy.

Ok. Explain why the US is the only country in the world not imposing them on imports until now. Show your work. By that logic every country hates their citizens.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2025 09:12 AM (QZThv)

261 So, if you use a non-white character as your mascot, it's racist. If you use a white character as your mascot, it's racist.

Got it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:12 AM (77rzZ)

262 I’m getting ready to hit the buy button on a lot of NASDAQ stuff. This panic is hitting issues like some of the AI companies focused on solving medical issues.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:12 AM (ZZXCI)

263 Tariffs are a political tool and a crappy way of sustaining a real economy.

There are 195 countries on Earth. Roughly 194 of them disagree with this statement.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

264 Black men are a tiny demographic with a low voter propensity
____

But a high propensity for having ballots filled out for them without their knowledge. Tee hee!

Posted by: Big City Unions at April 03, 2025 09:13 AM (Dv3i1)

265 250 Why is Sean Hannity riding a fish?
Posted by: TalkyTalk

The King Harv ad guys are dropping brown acid again.

Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 09:13 AM (j4U/Z)

266 No one there wants to work in a Factory.

Why would you want to work in a factory you expect to close any day now?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

267 Last software company I worked at you could not get promoted as a straight white man.

Can confirm. You can just announce you have boutique pronouns without doing anything else and get promoted now. Corporate America is hiding it but DEI is going nowhere as long as women are allowed to be executives.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2025 09:14 AM (QZThv)

268 Has anyone calculated the effect of draconian tariffs on the essential false eyelash, weave and wighat industries?

Posted by: Jasmine Crockett and Maxine Waters at April 03, 2025 09:14 AM (G5+As)

269 Futurist™
@americasgreat
BREAKING: A man pretending to be a woman has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. A SAD DAY FOR WOMEN.

https://tinyurl.com/2488arhn

Posted by: redridinghood at April 03, 2025 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

270 I bet there would be a lawsuit if the use "broccoli" as a mascot
Posted by: SMOD

Oh, you betcha.
-- Big Brussel Sprout

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:15 AM (77rzZ)

271 >>Why would you want to work in a factory you expect to close any day now?

Why would you work in a factory when you've been told since you can remember that everyone deserves to go to college and white collar job?

Labor is for the illegals -- you can't seriously want a job that Americans won't do???

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2025 09:16 AM (Cki93)

272 A man pretending to be a woman has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame

I didn't know there was a Women's Hall of Fame. Can I nominate myself?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 09:16 AM (SfhV1)

273 A new peer-reviewed study links the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to long-term changes in genetic structures that can provoke an inflammatory response, and lead to the onset of cancer and autoimmune disorders.

The study by 19 German scientists was published last week in Molecular Systems Biology. The researchers said their findings may account for “post vaccination inflammatory diseases which occur in a small number of vaccinated individuals.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

274 I bet there would be a lawsuit if the use "broccoli" as a mascot
Posted by: SMOD

Oh, you betcha.
-- Big Brussel Sprout
Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:15 AM (77rzZ)

Home of the Fighting Mushrooms! just doesn't have that same vibe.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2025 09:17 AM (Aqu9a)

275 The researchers said their findings may account for “post vaccination inflammatory diseases which occur in a small number of vaccinated individuals.”
Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

Better call Saul.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 03, 2025 09:17 AM (ftD+B)

276 Did Schumer just admit to a goon squad following Republicans home, cornering them and threatening them? Because that's what it looks like to me. Time to use those Capitol Hill police stations scattered across the country, or did Trump close those down?

Posted by: pookysgirl is not the Brute Squad at April 03, 2025 09:18 AM (Wt5PA)

277 Johnson is 100% correct. Ana Luna Only Fans and her congressional fluffers are wrong.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:09 AM (ZZXCI)
~~~~~

Also, these Congress critters have FREE CHILD CARE right at the Capitol.

https://childcare.house.gov/

Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2025 09:18 AM (3ImbR)

278 Climate crisis hits women hardest, Tel Aviv conference reveals

The conference explored how Israel can use its experience in managing water resources and desert agriculture to serve as a model for integrating women into climate solutions.

.. sounds like another of those "feminine superiority" things

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

279 Home of the Fighting Mushrooms! just doesn't have that same vibe.
Posted by: Count de Monet

THE Ohio State University Buckeyes have entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

280 Corporate America is hiding it but DEI is going nowhere as long as women are allowed to be executives.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 03, 2025 09:14 AM (QZThv)

The top 5 layers of my management chain are all Indian.

When I started at the company there were 2 people between me and the CEO. Now there's 5 before you get down to the level of commoner VP.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

281 I didn't know there was a Women's Hall of Fame. Can I nominate myself?
Posted by: grammie winger

You're a real woman, so no. Only trannie nominations accepted.

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

282 BREAKING: A man pretending to be a woman has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. A SAD DAY FOR WOMEN.

The fact the Caitlyn Jenner, the first woman to win the Olympic men's decathlon, wasn't the first is a travesty.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

283 You're a real woman

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

You don't know that.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (SfhV1)

284 Very few people even know what a buckeye is. I don't.

Also, what is a bruin?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (Aqu9a)

285 One of the last straws on which the Revolution started and our country was founded was the fact that some British assholes decided to tax our tea. Once our democratic republic commences we largely resolved that by building our markets and using tariffs for others to gain access. Then in the 20th century a new group of assholes within our county decided to tax the citizens as a primary means of funding the country. Over the years that’s turned into a spoils system for those in government and their benefactors, whereby the citizens are punished for their excesses and businesses are punished for their success. It’s also the point at which we’ve built a behemoth of a government further out of control of the people and largely financed on a mountain of debt for things we cannot afford, not need. It’s now at the point it needs to change. Congress has, and still sits on their asses and does nothing. The president has finally said enough. It’s about time someone in Washington sacked up and had the courage to do this. I’m in. Bring the pain so our kids can have a better future.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (ZZXCI)

286 Any media stories lately about egg prices dropping? I didn't think so. Just like there will be no media stories when the market goes back up. Or the tariffs bring industry back.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (vsTPo)

287 There is a town south of me in my county named Marlborough. It's HS teams are named the Iron Dukes. I doubt most in the town knows who that refers to but someone I'm sure will yell "dead elite white man"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (q1Uty)

288 That's odd. The jobs out here are oil and ag. No one has a problem with it and I don't know of anyone wanting to be a knowledge worker. Maybe your experience isn't universal.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (cvWHI)

289 We can build a factory to make any of the "stuff" from China in 3 months, if needed.
______

Tons of unused floor space in empty factory buildings in many cities already.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2025 09:22 AM (Dv3i1)

290 Why would you work in a factory when you've been told since you can remember that everyone deserves to go to college and white collar job?

1. That happened when we decided that we couldn't ship jobs overseas fast enough.
2. Not everyone wants to go to college. Some of them would jump at the chance to work a non-trade job other than fast food.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:22 AM (ExV1e)

291 A Tesla owner has just filed a $1 MILLION lawsuit against the man who keyed his car

The victim says he intends to send a “STRONG MESSAGE” to the people terrorizing Tesla owners

Another case of FAFO! 🔥

This is going to be an EXPENSIVE one for the clown who decided to key an innocent man’s car.

Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

292
The fact the Caitlyn Jenner, the first woman to win the Olympic men's decathlon, wasn't the first is a travesty.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

She'll always have that Bravery Award from the ESPYs to cherish.
That veteran who learned to run again with his new legs?
Fuck em.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 03, 2025 09:23 AM (FCbAQ)

293 Very few people even know what a buckeye is. I don't.

It's a kind of tree, and the fruit that it produces. And "bruin" is just an old-fashioned word for "bear."

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

294 Home of the Fighting Mushrooms! just doesn't have that same vibe.
Posted by: Count de Monet

If they choose the right mushroom for a mascot, it would look like a giant dick dancing around the field. 👍

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 03, 2025 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

295 Bruin= Bear

Posted by: TalkyTalk at April 03, 2025 09:24 AM (9INg6)

296 Also, what is a bruin?
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (Aqu9a)

'A bruin' - colloquial term meaning preparing tea, or beer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

297 A bruin is a brown bear

A wolverine is from the weasel family of varmints

Posted by: one hour sober at April 03, 2025 09:24 AM (Y1sOo)

298 Proxy voting is unconstitutional. We went through this with COVID when Democrats corrupted the system. Now Ana Foola isn’t smart enough to figure that out, or using it as a pretext with that other traitor, Lawler, to sink the American people’s agenda.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 03, 2025 09:25 AM (ZZXCI)

299
Aw jeez, Michigan State has to deal with Midnight Mel on the lam and now face a Spartan mascot raciss fight?

Posted by: Auspex at April 03, 2025 09:25 AM (j4U/Z)

300
If they choose the right mushroom for a mascot, it would look like a giant dick dancing around the field. 👍

The Mushrooms vs the Peaches could lead to some NSFW antics by their mascots...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2025 09:25 AM (t0Rmr)

301 Boston was once bear country?

Posted by: Count de Monet, Home of the Fightin' Texas Live Oaks at April 03, 2025 09:25 AM (Aqu9a)

302 Boston was once bear country?

Well, still plenty of bears. Hot sexy bears. If you know what I mean.

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice putting on his clubbing gear at April 03, 2025 09:26 AM (t0Rmr)

303 >>Also, these Congress critters have FREE CHILD CARE right at the Capitol.

https://childcare.house.gov/

OMFG that makes it even worse.
WTF more do they want? Do your job like every other working mom in this country.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2025 09:26 AM (Cki93)

304 296 Also, what is a bruin?
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2025 09:21 AM (Aqu9a)

Meteorological term. "Storms a bruin."

Posted by: Tex Antenna at April 03, 2025 09:27 AM (G5+As)

305 Hair...Check.
Lighter...Check.
Wait...Is there going to be a tariff on lighter fluid?

Posted by: Ken Muddlumps, Local democrat scold and busybody at April 03, 2025 09:27 AM (R/m4+)

306 “post vaccination inflammatory diseases which occur in a small number of vaccinated individuals.”
____

0.5% is a small pct. So of 270mm vaccinated people in US, 1.4mm thereabouts.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2025 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)

307 0.5% is a small pct. So of 270mm vaccinated people in US, 1.4mm thereabouts.

Scotland was one of the few countries to publish its mortality rates after COVID hit.

They had a .5% increase the summer they rolled out the clot shot - this is above the previous summer with COVID and no clot shot

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice putting on his clubbing gear at April 03, 2025 09:28 AM (t0Rmr)

308 The Wisconsin story is the big one -- and it is up to Blondie Bondi to lead -- or get out.

Posted by: lurk at April 03, 2025 09:29 AM (FIL9P)

309 0.5% is a small pct. So of 270mm vaccinated people in US, 1.4mm thereabouts.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 03, 2025 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)

Omelets. Eggs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 03, 2025 09:29 AM (ExV1e)

310 275 The researchers said their findings may account for “post vaccination inflammatory diseases which occur in a small number of vaccinated individuals.”
Posted by: SMOD at April 03, 2025 09:16 AM (RHGPo)
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We buried my brother last week. His primary diagnosis was vasculitis, an auto-immune disorder of the circulatory system. This led eventually to multiple organ failure and death. It started shortly after his Covid shots, which were required by his employer.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 03, 2025 09:30 AM (paSBy)

311
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Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

312 Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 03, 2025 09:30 AM (paSBy)

That's horrible. I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

313 New York school district hit with lawsuit over 'Spartans' mascot deemed symbol of 'White supremacy'

Are wypipo doing or not doing A Thing? Then das raysis.

I really wish these cases would get laughed out of court the instant it's brought up.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2025 09:31 AM (+4yJ5)

314 "The US has been in a process of de-construction in the “critical theory” sense, but also manufacturing wise, industrially as well as everything else."

Look at upstate New York. The Left want to do it to the entire country.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2025 09:33 AM (Gqoy+)

315 >>. . . It started shortly after his Covid shots, which were required by his employer.

Condolences, Meade Lux Lewis. That is horrible.
And as I sit here, my father is in the end stage of his vax-induced idiopathic lung disease. The people who did this to us need to pay.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2025 09:33 AM (Cki93)

316 Comment about ADA and websites, from a webdev:
On the corporate side, the ADA has spurred management to get websites to be more usable, even if we don't much care about screen readers (or if AI makes screen readers obsolete).
Where usability has failed is in the general enshittification of the consumer side: by which I mean ads, and bullshit webpages attracting links.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2025 09:34 AM (08DAr)

317 . Can I nominate myself?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 03, 2025 09:16 AM (SfhV1)

Seconded

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2025 09:36 AM (XZ9Wx)

318 Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2025 09:33 AM (Cki93)
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I'm sorry, Lizzy.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 03, 2025 09:36 AM (paSBy)

319 Sorry Meade and Lizzy.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2025 09:37 AM (XZ9Wx)

320 Kamala waddles up to a bar in Milwaukee....

https://tinyurl.com/4ujv8snx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 03, 2025 09:39 AM (9YT0G)

321 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

>CNN, today, 'Hungary says it will pull out of ICC as Orban hosts Israel’s Netanyahu – who is wanted by the court'

>The Guardian, Opinion, Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step, by Hanno Hauenstein, Apr 3, 2025

>The Guardian, 'Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says'
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with drugs for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce, Denis Campbell Health policy editor, Sat 22 Mar 2025

In part, "HM Revenue and Customs data shows there has been “a decline [in imports] focused clearly on imports from the EU, adding to the evidence that new trade barriers related to Brexit are a likely explanation.”

The EU are ba*tards.

Cont'd -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 03, 2025 09:40 AM (NFX2v)

322 AI Overview (In part)
A significant portion of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished drugs for the US market are manufactured overseas, with 72% of API facilities supplying the US market located abroad.

Remember what Trump is trying to do; America 1st.
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France says EU to target US online services after Trump tariffs, AFP, Thu 3 April 2025
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Lots of market drama today. I know little but continue to admire Rick Santelli's backbone.
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🙏 for those in need.

But, "Separately, the CNAOC wine and spirits association estimated the impact of the new US tariffs at "several hundred million euros".

For French-made cognac and armagnac "it is a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions," the association said."

Oh well.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 03, 2025 09:40 AM (NFX2v)

323 Jinna did not want Pakistan to be what it is.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 03, 2025 09:40 AM (08DAr)

324 So sorry Meade and Lizzy. Indeed, Fauci et al need to be brought to justice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 03, 2025 09:41 AM (9YT0G)

325 Repairing screwed up post, 322. Mea culpa.

France says EU to target US online services after Trump tariffs, AFP, Thu 3 April 2025

But, "Separately, the CNAOC wine and spirits association estimated the impact of the new US tariffs at "several hundred million euros".

For French-made cognac and armagnac "it is a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions," the association said."

Oh well.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 03, 2025 09:42 AM (NFX2v)

326 Test

Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends are mportant than others at April 03, 2025 09:49 AM (cTA10)

327 1 more

Posted by: Braenard - some Best Friends are more important than others at April 03, 2025 09:51 AM (cTA10)

328 Fauci et al need to be brought to justice.

I doubt that justice will be administered in this world. But the Judge on the other side won't tolerate his arrogance or evasiveness.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 03, 2025 09:51 AM (+4yJ5)

329 My wife asked me what was Corey Booker filibustering, to which I replied, "I have no idea."

It was especially confusing because all the major outlets were talking about his speech without really saying what his speech was about, just that he spoke for 25 hours, breaking a record, and that the previous record was by that terrible racist Strom Thurmond filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (already more information than about the speech).

But absolutely no mention as to why Booker spent 25 hours wasting everyone's time. But his name is in the papers and the media keeps tripping over itself to promote anything anti-Trump.

Posted by: Nutsy at April 03, 2025 09:53 AM (aI39X)

330 You're a real woman

Posted by: Bulg at April 03, 2025 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

You don't know that.
Posted by: grammie winger
-------------------

He's correct...

Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 03, 2025 09:55 AM (EFZgU)

331 Lots of clipboard carrying signature gatherers in my area. When they ask if I'm a Democrat I say I don't have enough hate in me to not applaud a child battling cancer.

Posted by: Vivi at April 03, 2025 09:58 AM (Egz6Y)

332 Ach! Ye all wrong ya bastarts!

A bruin is color o yer trousers when ye get chessed by an awfy 'mense mathan.

Posted by: Angus MacDangle at April 03, 2025 09:59 AM (LtURG)

333 Thanks for finally writing about >The Morning Report — 4/ 3 /25 <Loved it!

Posted by: Primordial Vigor X at April 03, 2025 10:05 AM (tkXir)

334 Also, these Congress critters have FREE CHILD CARE right at the Capitol.

https://childcare.house.gov/

With a three-year waiting list.
https://tinyurl.com/yd8trmn8 (warning, NPR)

You'd have to apply during your candidacy and then be re-elected before your kid was accepted.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 03, 2025 10:15 AM (OuB2L)

335 303 >>Also, these Congress critters have FREE CHILD CARE right at the Capitol.

https://childcare.house.gov/

OMFG that makes it even worse.
WTF more do they want? Do your job like every other working mom in this country.
Posted by: Lizzy
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It's ^ also highly unfair. See GSA Child Care services.
(Managers and their pets. Also outside of GSA services if certain administrative managers of executive branch agencies so deem.)

And there's also parking: Committee on House Administration Parking Policy 118th Congress (Effective Date April 3, 2023)

In part, 2. Each person who reserves indoor space incurs additional taxable income as a working condition fringe benefit. Under the tax code and IRS regulations, for 2023, Members and their employees have imputed taxable income to the extent that the fair market value of Government-provided parking exceeds $300.00/month. The fair market value of a space at the House of Representatives is $320.00/month and therefore, the imputed taxable income is $20.00/month. These amounts are subject to change. (Contact the Office of Payroll and Benefits for current rates at extension 5-1435.)

Again, Fed. managers and their pets.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 03, 2025 10:52 AM (NFX2v)

336 Stagflation won't be a problem if the $1-2 trillion in reduced GIVERnment spending is given to the American Consumer instead of Global shenanigans!!

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at April 03, 2025 10:52 AM (K+0im)

337 Cory Booker is still as stupid as he has always been and always will be

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 03, 2025 04:50 PM (wGqjj)

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