The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

A compliant and deferential press is a powerful tool for dictators; how else do they communicate the wonderful news that gasoline is dropping in price from $2/gallon to $5/gallon! President Trump's term was marred by a viciously antagonistic media that minimized or hid his myriad accomplishments and inflated his real or imagined flaws and missteps into huge issues. They did a disservice to America, and they have destroyed their own credibility with the American people.

This is nothing new of course; the media have been left-wing whores ever since I can remember. Walter Cronkite's anti-American defeatist rhetoric during the Vietnam War was a shot across the bow. But compared to the frothing and frantic vitriol pouring out of the mouths of our current media, it was almost evenhanded!

But rest assured, the media will now bring a faithful and fair tone to the reporting on the current (mis)administration.

“We expect reporters covering the White House to operate in good faith and tell their audience the truth, and this White House will do the same. We are moving forward with that mutual understanding,” said T.J. Ducklo, the deputy White House press secretary. “Organizations or individuals who traffic in conspiracy theories, propaganda and lies to spread disinformation will not be tolerated, and we’ll work with the WHCA to decide how to handle those instances moving forward.”

The quotation is from Politico, and I won't link to them. But it is a chilling concept that the Biden kleptocracy will actively control who gets access to its propaganda. I guess it's not enough to attack the right-of-center media...they will take the next step and deplatform them.

In a sane world any media outlet that is denied access would sue and win, based on the recent court holding that the administration cannot deny access to particular journalists, but in a post-Constitutional era I have no confidence that the judicial branch will respect the precedent.

So look forward to glowing articles about Jill Biden's favorite designer and three -part articles on the new carpet in the East Wing. But probing or uncomfortable questions are a thing of the past, because the Fourth Estate is now a lapdog of the Biden regime.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Hello monkey thread!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2021 11:00 AM (U7wke)

2 Bam

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2021 11:00 AM (kTF2Z)

3 Jaw dropping
https://tinyurl.com/yyczndu3

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:01 AM (uRfvC)

4 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:01 AM (LvTSG)

5 Hey, hey it's the monkey.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 26, 2021 11:02 AM (vuisn)

6 Bitte! Bitte!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2021 11:02 AM (0DVOr)

7 I can't wait for the Harris Five Year Plan. We might finally see some bountiful toilet paper supplies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:02 AM (uRfvC)

8 rookie! read the content, could'a been a contenda

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 26, 2021 11:03 AM (gtatv)

9 Top ten

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2021 11:03 AM (axyOa)

10 Doctor (air quotes) Jill Biden has already had more magazine covers than Melania.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 26, 2021 11:03 AM (i9ZF7)

11 Jen, I have a two part question. How does he manage to be so awesome every day? Second, what is his favorite ice cream?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2021 11:03 AM (kTF2Z)

12 Good morning, Horde. A fun day awaits.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 26, 2021 11:03 AM (TdMsT)

13 But it is a chilling concept that the Biden kleptocracy will actively control who gets access to its propaganda. I guess it's not enough to attack the right-of-center media...they will take the next step and deplatform them.
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He's just continuing what Obama butt-boy Ben Rhodes codified into formal practice. What they started with the "shut up and report what we say, when we say it, and offer no objections" policy, Biden's puppeteers are extending to include "and if you don't, we'll end you ."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 26, 2021 11:04 AM (UZVEt)

14 Unfortunately for the presstitutes, the truth always comes out. It may take years, but a lie can't last forever.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wielding a clue-bat at January 26, 2021 11:04 AM (m3bee)

15 We're well past "law" having any meaning. Anyone on the Left gets what they want, anyone Not on the Left will be destroyed.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 26, 2021 11:04 AM (E+OcO)

16 Willowed:

It's not Great Britain.

It's Oceania.
Posted by: Mr. Meeseeks, Look at me

Great Britain is Airstrip One.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at January 26, 2021 10:57 AM (vcOmj)

I don't think Orwell ever specifically delineated it, but "Oceania" is supposed to be England, all of North and South America, southern Africa, Austrailia and part of New Zealand:

https://tinyurl.com/hw5gwop

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:04 AM (2JVJo)

17 3 Jaw dropping
https://tinyurl.com/yyczndu3
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:01 AM (uRfvC

An avowed commie in our highest levels of government? Ridiculous!

I shan't believe it. I shan't.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 26, 2021 11:04 AM (i9ZF7)

18 Dems will love Fauci for hurting the Trump economy and hate him for hurting the Biden economy. DIAF.

Posted by: Grail Knight at January 26, 2021 11:04 AM (SvKn+)

19 What do you know truth? I am truth.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at January 26, 2021 11:05 AM (VVEnO)

20 How refreshing.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 26, 2021 11:05 AM (i9ZF7)

21 But no more mean tweets. So we have that going fir us.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (+UYEd)

22 The problem with the press is Goolag ate all their ad dollars. The result is 'NEWS' can't afford anyone with any skillz other than Social Media Monkeys. So its Crack Babies reporting on Twatter bitch fights.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (BGSOl)

23 Dr.Jill stays fresh all day with a nice rinse of vinegar and water on herself and on Joe's tossed salads.

Such a lovely couple.....sigh.

Posted by: MSNBC at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (F5zz8)

24 They need not worry. If any WH correspondent asks even a marginally critical question, his colleagues in the press will mean girl the shit out of him.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (kTF2Z)

25 It makes a difference who tells you bullshit?

Posted by: BignJames at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (AwYPR)

26 Gas has actually dropped around here, no clue why, from 2.25 to 2.09

Posted by: Nckate at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (PGh3U)

27 So what is that ankle-biter, Jim Acosta, going to do now? Shine shoes?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (03n3v)

28 I had to read the Daily Mail during the Obama years to see a negative story about him.

Posted by: Grail Knight at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (SvKn+)

29 But no more mean tweets from the non-Left side of things.. So we have that going fir us.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (+UYEd)
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FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (UZVEt)

30 McConnell has dropped his "ridiculous demand" that the Senate preserve the filibuster after Manchin and Sinema signal that they might think about considering the possibility of voting to preserve the filibuster if Schumer puts it up for a vote and does not offer them a giant hunk of pork.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (dNzKv)

31 24 They need not worry. If any WH correspondent asks even a marginally critical question, his colleagues in the press will mean girl the shit out of him.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (kTF2Z)

Mao counted on his sycophants to police each other.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (i9ZF7)

32 22 The problem with the press is Goolag ate all their ad dollars. The result is 'NEWS' can't afford anyone with any skillz other than Social Media Monkeys. So its Crack Babies reporting on Twatter bitch fights.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (BGSOl)

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So, our news is largely concerned with a portal that doesn't actually reflect the real world while ignoring the real world at the same time?

Maybe it's finger isn't really on the pulse all that well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (LvTSG)

33 They can impeach Trump a 2nd time because they know they stole the election and Trump us still president

Posted by: Rex B at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (fTlEK)

34 Mr. President, some say you are the greatest president ever. Some say you are the greatest human ever. Can you confirm one way or the other?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (+UYEd)

35 Can the criminal media make the switch from insane, lying antagonism to insane, lying sycophancy?

Posted by: Northernlurker, surgite at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (lgiXo)

36 Trump was too egotistical to tell the press to fuck off. He thrived in the environment but he didn't see the end game they had in store for him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (3H9h1)

37 Well, there goes first.

Good morning, Horde, y'all rock.

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (bS70X)

38 I have no idea why conservatives bitch about the press.

Just stop paying attention. They are participants not observers. They always have been, but after the obvious yellow journalism of the early 20th century they just hid it better. Now it's unhidden.

Posted by: MJ at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (gAMkn)

39 I know you're all sick of hearing me say it, but it needs to be repeated - any putative candidate on "our side" needs to be nailed to the wall about the MFM. If they are not willing to treat them as the literal enemy of the people that they are, which includes derision, doxxing, SWATTing and everything up to and including RICO laws and pulling broadcast licences, then they should not get any support.

Trump disappointed me on a number of fronts, but turning "enemy of the people" into the sickest joke next to "lock her up" was probably the worst.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (2JVJo)

40 So look forward to glowing articles about Jill Biden's favorite designer
and three -part articles on the new carpet in the East Wing. But
probing or uncomfortable questions are a thing of the past, because the
Fourth Estate is now a lapdog of the Biden regime.

Don't forget Puddinhead O'Biden's boss, Chairman-President Xi. We will only hear what he wishes we hear. Which will be everything except truth. #WASTF. Also, kill your television and the rest of your idiot-screens too. You'll be glad you did.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (HaL55)

41 They promised they wouldn't touch the filibuster right away, which means it will be gone by 5PM. To which the NT assholes will say "What?? They promised!! We didn't see that coming!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (dNzKv)

42 So what is that ankle-biter, Jim Acosta, going to do now? Shine shoes?
Posted by: Dr. Bone

Brown Lipstick in the CNN Newsroom.

Film at 11, if you dare to watch it!

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at January 26, 2021 11:09 AM (vcOmj)

43 I think if the 20th century and 21st has taught us anything it is that propaganda works. The press is literally the enemy of a free people.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:09 AM (uxJPn)

44 32 22 The problem with the press is Goolag ate all their ad dollars. The result is 'NEWS' can't afford anyone with any skillz other than Social Media Monkeys. So its Crack Babies reporting on Twatter bitch fights.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:06 AM (BGSOl)

==========

So, our news is largely concerned with a portal that doesn't actually reflect the real world while ignoring the real world at the same time?

Maybe it's finger isn't really on the pulse all that well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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By Finger on the pulse you really mean Fisting, amiright?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:09 AM (BGSOl)

45 McConnell has dropped his "ridiculous demand" that the Senate preserve the filibuster after Manchin and Sinema signal that they might think about considering the possibility of voting to preserve the filibuster if Schumer puts it up for a vote and does not offer them a giant hunk of pork.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (dNzKv)
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McConnell is a preserved moose.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 26, 2021 11:09 AM (WENj9)

46 Trump supporters are now Blacklisted Americans. Read the link on JJ's Report about the obstetrics nurse who has a baby advice website and her competitors are (so far, successfully) trying to discredit and even deplatform her because she donated money to PDJT's campaign.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:09 AM (uRfvC)

47 30 McConnell has dropped his "ridiculous demand" that the Senate preserve
the filibuster after Manchin and Sinema signal that they might think
about considering the possibility of voting to preserve the filibuster
if Schumer puts it up for a vote and does not offer them a giant hunk of
pork.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:07 AM (dNzKv)
This is my shocked face. Rethugicans are tired of #winning.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 26, 2021 11:09 AM (N39Ws)

48 On the upside as soon a Joe gets us in a Shiite war getting a journalist embedded with the platoon will be fun. "Hey journalist. You need to know how to throw a grenade. Pull this pin, let the handle pop off and count to six. "

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (axyOa)

49 So look forward to glowing articles about Jill Biden's favorite designer
and three -part articles on the new carpet in the East Wing.

Oh, her Christmas decorations are the most beautiful since Michelle O!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (dNzKv)

50 So five years of Russian conspiracies are okay, because "the media" peddled them, but if someone - rightly - questions this 2020 fraud, it's a thoughtcrime? Got it.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (bkUtD)

51 Trump disappointed me on a number of fronts, but turning "enemy of the people" into the sickest joke next to "lock her up" was probably the worst.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (2JVJo)

Trust in the media is at an all-time low. That's all Trump's doing.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (KbCG3)

52 I look forward to seeing Fox News fall victim to this because despite all their efforts to side with the rest of the media they are still viewed by them as the evil conservative network and always will be.

Posted by: Buzzion at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (NQQUW)

53 36 Trump was too egotistical to tell the press to fuck off. He thrived in the environment but he didn't see the end game they had in store for him.
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Yeah he did. He just had no choice but to play it out. The only alternative was to suck their dicks like Bush did.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (BGSOl)

54 "They did a disservice to America, and they have destroyed their own credibility with the American people."

"Shhhhh, put your mask back on and stop worrying about us." - The Media.

Posted by: Dark Helmet at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (Oka5v)

55 I bet you 'ettes out there are really looking forward to all the fashion articles and pictures of Dr. Dr. Jill - the mostest superest modelest first lady we ever had.

Posted by: Archer at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (gmo/4)

56 51
Trust in the media is at an all-time low. That's all Trump's doing.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (KbCG3)

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That's all the media's doing.

They didn't have to take Trump's bait.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (LvTSG)

57 I will get a chuckle at the presstitutes arguing that Jill is more beautiful and stylish than Melania.

That's one hell of a straight face.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (i9ZF7)

58 Just home from work.
A for real text conversation between a coworker that attended the 1/6 rally and our union steward where the steward said "at least a few in this shop (that attended the rally) should be expecting a 'knock and talk'." The steward is concerned with some possible extremism in our shop.
I work next to the steward and about 3-4 days of the week I wear t-shirts I am sure he does not approve of. He accused me of being involved in the insurrection at the capitol- for simply attending the rally.
I have encouraged my coworker to save all the text about the 'knock and talk' and other than that am at a loss. I really want to knock the dudes teeth out.

Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (DB16e)

59 "despite all their efforts to side with the rest of the media they are still viewed by them as the evil conservative network and always will be."

Nobody ever trusts a turncoat.

Ask Ben Arnold.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (S7VTO)

60 But wait. Didn't the courts just tell Trump he had no control over what the press corps do because that's a violation of the 1st Amendment?

Posted by: squid_hunt at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (IHRQq)

61 They can impeach Trump a 2nd time because they know they stole the election and Trump us still president
Posted by: Rex B

It is meant to humiliate a certain segment of the population, like us.
The election results were a lie, and this impeachment ugliness is a lie.
Telling a whopping huge lie, and making you swallow it whole is a measure of the humiliation they wish to heap on us.
Don't accept it. Continue to be free men and women, if only in your thoughts.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at January 26, 2021 11:12 AM (vcOmj)

62 Can you just cut and paste the twitter stuff? I am suspended and refuse to delete the "offending" post.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at January 26, 2021 11:12 AM (2BZBZ)

63 In April last year Trump had a golden opportunity with the Rona. His approval numbers were shooting up as he was giving those daily press conferences. He could have ridden tht wave to 60% approval. But he fell into the MSM trap of fighting with them instead of ignoring them. That was a Trump weakness, and the MSM exploited it for 4 years.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:12 AM (+UYEd)

64 I have no idea why conservatives bitch about the press.

Just stop paying attention.

Posted by: MJ at January 26, 2021 11:08 AM (gAMkn)

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Just ignore the propaganda directed specifically at destroying your likelihoods and country!

Posted by: Hear No Evil and See No Evil at January 26, 2021 11:12 AM (uRfvC)

65 That's all the media's doing.

If they were to properly organize the digging of their own graves, we'd also get The Canal.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (8eSmR)

66 "That's all the media's doing.

They didn't have to take Trump's bait."

Cats don't have to chase the red laser dot either.

But they do.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (S7VTO)

67 "That's such a good question."

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (F0YaR)

68 Did you know Lily from AT&T is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (BGSOl)

69 A for real text conversation between a coworker that attended the 1/6 rally and our union steward where the steward said "at least a few in this shop (that attended the rally) should be expecting a 'knock and talk'." The steward is concerned with some possible extremism in our shop.

I am sure he "liked" the FB posts of your BLM co workers "peacefully protesting"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (dNzKv)

70 I think it should be spelled psycophancy.

Posted by: creeper at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (XxJt1)

71 And Joe has dogs!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (63Dwl)

72 Political purity tests and purges happening everywhere. WTF?! 75 million+ voters are now considered 'far right extremeists'.

https://tinyurl.com/y2ca7w32

Biden Administration To Label Pro-Trump Military Members As 'Far Right Extremists,' Will Remove From Ranks - National File

"These people are not representative of our country's military," said General Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (bDqIh)

73 after Manchin and Sinema signal that they might think about considering the possibility of voting to preserve the filibuster if Schumer puts it up for a vote and does not offer them a giant hunk of pork.

The thing is, when it's 50-50, it's not just Manchin and Sinema. Every single D senator is in a position to demand a payoff. Every one of them. Schumer knows that he can actually count on about 35-40 loyal Democrats, but he can't count on all of them. Mark Kelly is up for election again in 2 years. Schumer is not going to press the issue, because the stakes are too high.

I actually think sometime in the next 2 years something will happen to flip control back to McConnell. Someone will die, or someone will do a Jim Jeffords and jump from the D side to the R side.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (BMmaB)

74 And Joe has dogs!

SQUUUEEEEEE! And when he is in political trouble he will get a puppy and have a naming contest.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:15 AM (dNzKv)

75 I remember the time when the supreme court said that the white house couldn't discriminate against reporters... ah good times, good times.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2021 11:15 AM (r+sAi)

76 "The steward is concerned with some possible extremism in our shop. "

The same steward that makes anti-black comments, using dog-whistle words and phrases?

That steward?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2021 11:15 AM (S7VTO)

77 Did you know Lily from ATT is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (BGSOl)
You can thank Alexander and the Macedonians for contributing to that gene pool.

Posted by: Archer at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (gmo/4)

78 This is what a "peaceful of power" looks like, huh?

/sarc

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (bDqIh)

79 Just stop paying attention. They are participants not observers. They always have been, but after the obvious yellow journalism of the early 20th century they just hid it better. Now it's unhidden.
Posted by: MJ

Remember the Maine!

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (gtatv)

80 I will get a chuckle at the presstitutes arguing that Jill is more beautiful and stylish than Melania.

I would like to see the contortions when you ask them to rank Jill, Mike, and Melania.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (B2mhs)

81 Jen, I have a two part question. How does he manage to be so awesome every day? Second, what is his favorite ice cream?

CNN chyron: "BIDEN ONLY HAS ONE SCOOP (HOW REFRESHING)"

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (ZGrMX)

82 "...We take a number of precautions, but I think we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time."

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (F0YaR)

83 And the dumbth continues. Good Lord. How some people reach the positions they have in life just confounds me.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (nakwk)

84 Nigel Farage went to some 5 year media event and told them plainly that the media is hemorrhaging money because no one trusts them. "I will see you again in 5 years, when there will be less of you."

Posted by: Grail Knight at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (SvKn+)

85 I have to say that I'm proud of the fact I have not heard Biden or Harris speak at all since I don't even know when. It's refreshing actually.

Posted by: stourma at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (bbYBJ)

86 I can see Mittens or Murkowski voting to kill the filibuster.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (+UYEd)

87 Je ne peux pas voir le point du monke puant! Haw haw haw! [/Chevalier]

Posted by: Madame Defarge at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (HI3xr)

88 But wait. Didn't the courts just tell Trump he had no control over what the press corps do because that's a violation of the 1st Amendment?

Sure. Trump has no control over the press. Biden is different. Be better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (U7wke)

89 86 I can see Mittens or Murkowski voting to kill the filibuster.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (+UYEd)

I can see Mitch voting for this.

Posted by: CN at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (ONvIw)

90 "These people are not representative of our country's military," said General Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (bDqIh)
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There are two countries on this continent. One is the formal country - a country of lawlessness, corruption, aggression against its enemies, oppression, political purity and lockstep conformity and compliance. In that formal country, he's right.

The other one is an in-situ country in exile. He's not right in that country.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (UZVEt)

91 Every day I give thanks that "woke" and "cancel culture" is unable to gain much foothold where I live---Upstate New York of all places, but this is flyover country. In time it may metastasize, hopefully that time is not in my future. We live in the real world mostly up here (R and D alike).

Posted by: irongrampa at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (KATBx)

92 COVID Sniffing Dogs To Check Fans At Miami Heat Games

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Better doctors than Fauxci.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (VVEnO)

93 The senate should do us all a favor and vote to abolish the senate.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (F5zz8)

94 86 I can see Mittens or Murkowski voting to kill the filibuster.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (+UYEd)

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I don't. They're above the fray and "concerned" about optics and institutions. Tossing the filibuster flies in the face of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

95 He could have ridden tht wave to 60% approval. But he fell into the MSM trap
*Sigh* Trump won in a landslide. Won. It.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (r+sAi)

96 I blame the Bill of Rights. It was argued at the time that the BoR was a bad idea - by taking a document the distinctly outlined what the central govt could do - and muddying it with what they could not do. The tenth proved to be meaningless about a day after ratification. I believe the anti-federalists have been proven right. Think of all the shit we have now in direct violation of the tenth.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (u2I6p)

97 Did you know Lily from ATT is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.

Veyntraub, right? There's got to be some German Jewish background in there somewhere, too.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (lIIT7)

98 I'm quite sure that considerably greater than 50% of our armed forces voted for Trump, they're going to discharge all of them? Well they've been looking to reduce the military for years...

Posted by: Hitler's dog at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (rHQjZ)

99 Trust in the media is at an all-time low. That's all Trump's doing.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (KbCG3)

That's all the media's doing.

They didn't have to take Trump's bait.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (LvTSG)

This is why I never get worked up about this shit. In a way, all of this was completely necessary. Trump had to be thrown out of the White House, using fraud, the media had to do their complete about face, and Big Tech had to take their victory lap while cracking down on Free Speech even more.

It's hard for a lot of people to accept, and I get it, but none of this would be happening if Trump was still in the White House. So the general truism is being observed here, which is that we often can't tell when something good is happening, when we're right in the middle of it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (oQ94s)

100 That steward?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2021 11:15 AM

I'm pretty sure this one would jump at the chance to roll in the hay with Tank Abrams

Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (DB16e)

101 86 I can see Mittens or Murkowski voting to kill the filibuster.
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The reason for the Filibuster was to put a bandaid on the results of the 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment was like taking the brakes off a race car cuz it would slow it down.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (BGSOl)

102 96 I blame the Bill of Rights. It was argued at the time that the BoR was a bad idea - by taking a document the distinctly outlined what the central govt could do - and muddying it with what they could not do. The tenth proved to be meaningless about a day after ratification. I believe the anti-federalists have been proven right. Think of all the shit we have now in direct violation of the tenth.
Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (u2I6p)

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Do you think that subsequent generations would have looked at the Constitution without the Bill of Rights and decided that it couldn't do things no listed there?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (LvTSG)

103 And Joe has dogs!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (63Dwl)

And they are adding a cat!!

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (F0YaR)

104 96 I blame the Bill of Rights. It was argued at the time that the BoR was a bad idea - by taking a document the distinctly outlined what the central govt could do - and muddying it with what they could not do. The tenth proved to be meaningless about a day after ratification. I believe the anti-federalists have been proven right. Think of all the shit we have now in direct violation of the tenth.
Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (u2I6p)

Wise. Just leave it at here's what you can do.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (i9ZF7)

105 After these fucktards purge the military of "far right extremists" there's gonna' be a lot of Soldiers, Airmen, Marines and Sailors that will need another.... er.... "club?" to be members of.

Almost like, oh I dunno' another militaristic thinggy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)

106 Obama didn't have to send a memo to Lois Lerner to tell her what to do.

Biden doesn't need to tell the White Press Corpse what to do either.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (2BZBZ)

107 I actually think sometime in the next 2 years something will happen to flip control back to McConnell. Someone will die, or someone will do a Jim Jeffords and jump from the D side to the R side.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:14 AM (BMmaB)

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If someone on the Dem side decides to pull a Ben Nighthorse Campbell , someone on the Rep side will counter with a Jim Jeffords. In the name of unity, of course.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 26, 2021 11:20 AM (ch6++)

108 "I'm pretty sure this one would jump at the chance to roll in the hay with Tank Abrams"

Pay close attention to this...

Make shit up.

Make the steward deny it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2021 11:20 AM (S7VTO)

109 I really want to knock the dudes teeth out.
Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping at January 26, 2021 11:11 AM (DB16e)

I think do it that you should follow your do it better angels and do it ethics do it.
Far be it from me do it to give you do it advice on such matters.

Posted by: Subliminal guy at January 26, 2021 11:20 AM (z79tQ)

110 "at least a few in this shop (that attended the rally) should be expecting a 'knock and talk'." The steward is concerned with some possible extremism in our shop.

So, what people do outside of work influences your workplace? That seems to be quite a reach; aren't you allowed privacy? I think there are some issues that you should discuss with YOUR lawyer.

Posted by: shibumi at January 26, 2021 11:20 AM (ZCiJZ)

111 Did you know Lily from ATT is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.
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Veyntraub, right? There's got to be some German Jewish background in there somewhere, too.
Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (lIIT7)

Abortion Lily. Not sure if it's still up anywhere, but it probably is, for a while there she had a "comedy" thing she was doing. The girl LOOOOOVES abortions.

So yeah, no thanks.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:21 AM (oQ94s)

112 Did you know Lily from ATT is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.

She's a liberal as most of Hollyweird.

Milana Vayntrub Political Views
She is very liberal and is quite vocal about her support of refugees and the Black Lives Matter movement. She was a refugee herself so this is a big reason as to why she is very outspoken on this political issue. Vayntrub is also a big supporter of Feminism and use to discuss this on her YouTube channel.

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 26, 2021 11:21 AM (gtatv)

113 Styxx is threatening to sue Fox after Sarah Carter repeated the insinuation that Styxx is a Holocaust-denier. Fox' ratings suck so bad they have to go after alternative media, which is scoring larger audiences. Can't have that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v5mvmFM-TI

Posted by: fly gal at January 26, 2021 11:21 AM (bmwu5)

114 Enemy of The People indeed.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at January 26, 2021 11:22 AM (jvt6t)

115 I see this scenario playing out. Nothing meaningful is passed for 6 months cuz muhGridlock. Then Mittens or Sasse or Murki steps in and says even though the filibuster is an historic time honored tradition blah blah blah Trump caused so much damage that we need to enact Bidens agendas and hence I am voting to end the filibuster.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:22 AM (+UYEd)

116 > Remember the Maine!

"You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2021 11:22 AM (yTo22)

117 I blame the Bill of Rights.

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Needs to be replaced by the Joe of Rights.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 26, 2021 11:22 AM (VVEnO)

118 Why is this news? The Lying Cocksucker In Chief (obama) did the same thing.

The media is NOT the enemy of The People.

The American media is the enemy of all humanity.

In fighting the media, one should feel the same limits of morality that you would feel in destroying a disease, a virus or a rabid animal.

Posted by: Uncle Rick at January 26, 2021 11:23 AM (48/MM)

119 Don't put your dick in crazy.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at January 26, 2021 11:23 AM (2BZBZ)

120 No Dem will flip to be in the Party of terrorists Cruz and Hawley.

Nothing to be gained there.

Posted by: blaster at January 26, 2021 11:23 AM (ZfRYq)

121 For whatever reason the WH no longer posts what the president will be doing or speaking to daily. It's almost like his whole appearance is only to sign these multiple EOs.

Posted by: Chillin the most at January 26, 2021 11:24 AM (lonOK)

122 Veyntraub, right? There's got to be some German Jewish background in there somewhere, too.
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Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and is Jewish. When she was two and a half years old, she and her parents immigrated to the U.S. as refugees, settling in West Hollywood.

There was a huge movement of Soviet Jews to the West in the 80s/90s. This one is a keeper. Going directly to W. Hollywood is interesting.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:24 AM (BGSOl)

123 Do you think that subsequent generations would have looked at the Constitution without the Bill of Rights and decided that it couldn't do things no listed there?

Nope - dicks are gonna' dick. But without the BoR, the Constitution doesn't get ratified. And frankly - in its current form, I don't think it should have. Too expansive. But it gave people that should have known better false assurances.

If we ever get a do over, I would not support anything as simple as ratifying it as originally written.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:24 AM (u2I6p)

124 Lily is too dumb to understand refugees from Ukraine and refugees from Somalia are just a wee bit different in how they assimilate into America. Last I checked no Ukrainian is in Congress advocating for a Communist takeover of the US unlike our Somali friend from Minnesota.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:24 AM (+UYEd)

125 77 Did you know Lily from ATT is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 26, 2021 11:13 AM (BGSOl)
You can thank Alexander and the Macedonians for contributing to that gene pool.
Posted by: Archer at January 26, 2021 11:16 AM (gmo/4)

There were Greeks out Bactrian way before Alexander went a conquering. The Persians relocated some of the Ionians of Anatolia before then.

Posted by: Buzzion at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (NQQUW)

126 49 So look forward to glowing articles about Jill Biden's favorite designer

and three -part articles on the new carpet in the East Wing.

Oh, her Christmas decorations are the most beautiful since Michelle O!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy (Now 80% Google Free!) at January 26, 2021 11:10 AM (dNzKv)
Though when Michelle O decorated, the publicist had to be specific about the beautiful balls hanging from the artificial trees were in fact referring to Christmas decorations and the Christmas Trees.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (N39Ws)

127 I'm quite sure that considerably greater than 50% of our armed forces voted for Trump, they're going to discharge all of them? Well they've been looking to reduce the military for years...
Posted by: Hitler's dog at January 26, 2021 11:19 AM (rHQjZ)

All part of the long-range plan. How else to ensure the military will kill Americans unless you purge the ranks?

Trump should have shit-canned the entire Joint Chiefs.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (2JVJo)

128 94 86 I can see Mittens or Murkowski voting to kill the filibuster.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at January 26, 2021 11:17 AM (+UYEd)

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I don't. They're above the fray and "concerned" about optics and institutions. Tossing the filibuster flies in the face of that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

Agreed. Most of all, the filibuster gives them power. They aren't going to give it up for nothing, and everyone else can see whatever bribe they're getting and demand it too. It will literally take 60 senators to agree to end the filibuster, and if there are 60 for it, then what's the point?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (BMmaB)

129 >>>Veyntraub, right? There's got to be some German Jewish background in there somewhere, too.

Very hot, very leftist, despises Trump and wants conservatives silenced. But other than that...

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (bkUtD)

130
Nope - dicks are gonna' dick. But without the BoR, the Constitution doesn't get ratified. And frankly - in its current form, I don't think it should have. Too expansive. But it gave people that should have known better false assurances.

If we ever get a do over, I would not support anything as simple as ratifying it as originally written.
Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:24 AM (u2I6p)

With the Articles of Confederation the existing country would've collapsed until it was re-united by conquest.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (Zm+LZ)

131 Question: If I've never had a FB or Tweeter account how is my social credit score established? Feeling left out.

Posted by: creeper at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (XxJt1)

132 I will never post from my phone again.
sigh

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (axyOa)

133 Wow, did you know posts get deleted in comments for mentioning you shouldn't post Twitter links? Right here on Ace, 'Dirty Conservative'

Posted by: Hamslicentu at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (yFJaq)

134 128 Agreed. Most of all, the filibuster gives them power. They aren't going to give it up for nothing, and everyone else can see whatever bribe they're getting and demand it too. It will literally take 60 senators to agree to end the filibuster, and if there are 60 for it, then what's the point?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (BMmaB)

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That's actually a more important point that I missed.

Eliminating the filibuster makes them less important, not more. That's not what Romney would ever proactively do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

135 Agreed. Most of all, the filibuster gives them power. They aren't going to give it up for nothing, and everyone else can see whatever bribe they're getting and demand it too. It will literally take 60 senators to agree to end the filibuster, and if there are 60 for it, then what's the point?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (BMmaB)
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Point of order. They can kill it with just 51 votes.

Posted by: WisRich at January 26, 2021 11:27 AM (G0vdT)

136 Filiblaster. Bustifiller. Fibiluster. Bilifuster.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at January 26, 2021 11:27 AM (qpX6U)

137 "Do you think that subsequent generations would have looked at the
Constitution without the Bill of Rights and decided that it couldn't do
things no listed there?"

right ... I'm no legal scholar, but the point is to specifically cage in the beast of a strong centralized government. They are necessary for certain things, dangerous in other things (sovereign individual rights being most threatened, as we see now).

The anti-trust laws are another level of protection against another form of centralized power, the "capitalist" (or corporation) that becomes The Dominant Power. That is a real domestic enemy, so they need the same Central Power controls applied. (Google Archipelago ... "there can be only one" ... our government must confront such enemies, as they would a foreign military threat)

Posted by: illiniwek at January 26, 2021 11:27 AM (Cus5s)

138 >>>If we ever get a do over, I would not support anything as simple as ratifying it as originally written.

It may be easier when the red states secede. Which I really wish would happen, because leftists are destroying this country.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:27 AM (bkUtD)

139 121 For whatever reason the WH no longer posts what the president will be
doing or speaking to daily. It's almost like his whole appearance is
only to sign these multiple EOs.

Posted by: Chillin the most at January 26, 2021 11:24 AM (lonOK)

To be fair, accounting for the time spent napping, coloring, sniffing the hair of the female secret service officers, and eating paste wouldn't necessarily send a strong message to his friends and enemies.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 26, 2021 11:28 AM (N39Ws)

140 the Fourth Estate as lapdog has switched laps. Other than that, nothing new, just a different flavor of propaganda.

Posted by: Ziba at January 26, 2021 11:28 AM (S1hrL)

141 I have encouraged my coworker to save all the text about the 'knock and talk' and other than that am at a loss. I really want to knock the dudes teeth out.
Posted by: Tree of Liberty Landscaping

Knock and "talks" can go both ways. Just make sure you wear a balaclava and dark glasses. A piece of 3/8 fuel line filled with bb shot is a great conversation starter.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (4rmoJ)

142 >>Did you know Lily from ATT is a Uzbekistan-born American? She is really quite hot.

Smokin body, but face (to me) is meh. YMMV of course

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (G/mW5)

143 > despises Trump and wants conservatives silenced.

We should send her back to Uzbekistan.

She's not even that hot, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (yTo22)

144 120 No Dem will flip to be in the Party of terrorists Cruz and Hawley.

Nothing to be gained there.
Posted by: blaster at January 26, 2021 11:23 AM (ZfRYq)

Wait until we're about a year into the Biden-Harris disaster and they are contemplating reelection. Old Cocaine Mitch is going to start looking a lot better to some of the vulnerable D's. But I think it's more likely someone dies and there's a Scott Brown that comes out of the woodwork. Hell, it may even be Scott Brown.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (BMmaB)

145 well, it's a fine mess you've got us into Mr. McConnell

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (uRfvC)

146
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So look forward to glowing articles about Jill Biden's favorite
designer and three -part articles on the new carpet in the East Wing.
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First they will need to Joe-proof the White House. Plastic plugs in the outlets, rubber bumpers on all sharp corners, big spinning covers on the doorknobs.

Posted by: irright at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (SchQD)

147 For whatever reason the WH no longer posts what the president will be doing or speaking to daily. It's almost like his whole appearance is only to sign these multiple EOs.

Posted by: Chillin

They don't want to show *B calling a lid every day he doesn't get his dementia meds and "pick me ups".

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (gtatv)

148 Knock and "talks" can go both ways. Just make sure you wear a balaclava and dark glasses. A piece of 3/8 fuel line filled with bb shot is a great conversation starter.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 11:29 AM (4rmoJ)

Slashed tires in the parking lot and a love note are usually a better start.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (BMmaB)

149
COVID Sniffing Dogs To Check Fans At Miami Heat Games

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Better doctors than Fauxci.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

I saw a news report saying dogs and cats should get Covid vaccine shots. Why don't they make them wear masks as well?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (63Dwl)

150 I saw an AT-n-T commercial last night and I think it was Lily in it standing behind a desk. Time has not been good to her. She looked dumpy with a pudgy face. She even cut her hair super short. I think she's going for the Crazy Cat lady look.

Posted by: johnd01 at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (ukNFU)

151 I apologize profusely, it was a skip in my own network.
I hope to god Ace remains a refuge. No fault on this site.
Hopefully .mu.nu is Facebook and Google influence-free

Posted by: Hamslicentu at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (yFJaq)

152 With the Articles of Confederation the existing country would've collapsed until it was re-united by conquest.

Which happened anyway in the 1860s. Ratification made no difference.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (u2I6p)

153 >>>We should send her back to Uzbekistan.

She's not even that hot, IMO.

Great boobs, but it ends there. Her parents fled Uzbek but I guess their daughter wants it to make a comeback.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (bkUtD)

154 Doctor (air quotes) Jill Biden has already had more magazine covers than Melania.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Monkey Ass International and Udders United isn't magazines I'd shoot for.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (0DVOr)

155 > First they will need to Joe-proof the White House. Plastic plugs in the outlets...

Chastity belts for the dogs...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2021 11:31 AM (yTo22)

156 "our government must confront such enemies, as they would a foreign military threat" ... Instead, our government (or DeepState/oligarchs) have conspired with GOOG and FBook to form a communist dictatorship -- laws to stop alternative voices, deplatforming, controled "news", all private communications monitored and recorded.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 26, 2021 11:31 AM (Cus5s)

157 Speaking of spokeswomen, how long is Progressive going to keep using Flo, she hit the wall pretty hard.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (qH6FZ)

158 Trolls out late today. Guess that's what happens when mommy forgets to wake you up.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (bkUtD)

159 It may be easier when the red states secede. Which I really wish would happen, because leftists are destroying this country.

They can secede and form their Hanse League of Cities. I'd hate to throw away entire states just because they suffer from a blue city (as if there's any other kind).

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (B2mhs)

160 Just like the left pretends a man is a woman, they pretend that Biden won. They pretend that they have shut us up. Unless they can pretend us into gulags, we are still here. Joe Biden is a clown. Kamala, and Nancy, both clowns. The mainstream media, full of clowns. Reality wins in the end.

Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (ftFVW)

161 Old: "Calling something 'fake news' is harmful to journalism and speaks to a fascistic way of thinking!"

New: "Covering stories that other networks refuse to is an intolerable conveyance of conspiracies and disinformation. These outlets must be shut down to save democracy!"

Posted by: red speck at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (gS3OW)

162 Speaking of spokeswomen, how long is Progressive going to keep using Flo, she hit the wall pretty hard.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (qH6FZ)

Yup.....her fat saggy ass needs to go.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (F5zz8)

163
Which happened anyway in the 1860s. Ratification made no difference.
Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (u2I6p)

A civil war is radically different than multiple genuinely independent states going at it. By the 1860s we had a common currency.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (Zm+LZ)

164 Eric Holder is urging Dems to pack the Supreme Court and says that Federal Courts are stacked with ideologues "Who reach rulings based on stunted mindsets."

Posted by: redridinghood at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (NpAcC)

165 The third DDG autocomplete is "Milana Vayntraub milkers". The pathetic harpy must hate that.

Posted by: spindrift at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (h5TKJ)

166 >>>They can secede and form their Hanse League of Cities. I'd hate to throw away entire states just because they suffer from a blue city (as if there's any other kind).

Welcome to Tennessee Sans Nashville/Memphis!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (bkUtD)

167 Sharpest rise in poverty rate in 50 years

Thanks Donny!!!Posted by: Proud Moderate at January 26, 2021 11:30 AM (PlENK)
================== Absolutely, you should thank Donny! Without him, the Demofascist fake-covid disaster would have been a hundred times worse. I join the Proud POS Moderate sir, in saying "thank you President Trump".

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (uRfvC)

168 Question: If I've never had a FB or Tweeter account how is my social credit score established? Feeling left out.
Posted by: creeper at January 26, 2021 11:26 AM (XxJt1)

Simple answer: Ever known anyone who has just gotten out of prison? They don't have credit cards, they haven't bought anything for years/decades, they aren't paying into the system via Social Security taxes... they don't have a rent history, haven't bought a car, don't have a cell phone, aren't using hospitals and doctors offices, etc, etc, etc.

Now, what's that person's credit score?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (oQ94s)

169 135 Agreed. Most of all, the filibuster gives them power. They aren't going to give it up for nothing, and everyone else can see whatever bribe they're getting and demand it too. It will literally take 60 senators to agree to end the filibuster, and if there are 60 for it, then what's the point?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:25 AM (BMmaB)
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Point of order. They can kill it with just 51 votes.
Posted by: WisRich at January 26, 2021 11:27 AM (G0vdT)

Yes, they can. But when it's 50-50, every senator is potentially that 51st vote, so the price of the vote gets astronomical because that senator is literally screwing all his buddies. So one or more of the majority votes no, to preserve everyone's power.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (BMmaB)

170 > Time has not been good to her.

As with many Soviet Bloc women, she is hitting The Wall early and hard.

Likely been smoking two packs a day and downing a pint of vodka since she was nine or something.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2021 11:34 AM (yTo22)

171 The concept of balance of powers is far broader than de jure branches of government. Any such system is ultimately stable, but regardless of which power wins you end up with a highly centralized system. There is no way to simply freeze a given state of affairs in place.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:34 AM (Zm+LZ)

172 7 I can't wait for the Harris Five Year Plan. We might finally see some bountiful toilet paper supplies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at January 26, 2021 11:02 AM (uRfvC)

If the government controls it, expect shortages. As Milton Friedman said, "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 26, 2021 11:34 AM (ynpvh)

173 Embarrassing question here -- What does MFM mean?

Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:34 AM (mZUr4)

174 165. That man is terrifying. He wishes to set up DEM oversight for the drawing all congressional districts and to add about 200 judges to make up for Trumps.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at January 26, 2021 11:35 AM (6/LtX)

175 To me, the test on filibusters will come when the Senate takes up a) Biden's addition of semi auto rifles to the NFA and/or b) the electoral cheating act mandating all sorts of requirements that essentially make elections useless going forward, and c) expanding the Supreme Court and lower courts to overwhelm opposition.

If the Dems try to ram those through, then it is obvious that our political institutions will fail. Dunno what is next but historically, it is not pretty when this sort of thing comes up.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2021 11:35 AM (pO7gM)

176 laws to stop alternative voices, deplatforming, controled "news", all private communications monitored and recorded
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As a fair number of us have been yammering on about for years.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 26, 2021 11:35 AM (MIKMs)

177 165 Eric Holder is urging Dems to pack the Supreme Court and says that Federal Courts are stacked with ideologues "Who reach rulings based on stunted mindsets."

Posted by: redridinghood at January 26, 2021 11:32 AM (NpAcC)

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I have to agree with him on this point. Those judges in Hawaii are stunningly stunted.

Oh, wait. That's not what he was referring to. Nevermind.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 26, 2021 11:35 AM (ch6++)

178 Eric Holder is urging Dems to pack the Supreme Court and says that Federal Courts are stacked with ideologues

"Who reach rulings based on stunted mindsets."
Posted by: redridinghood

Dems, meet mirror. Mirror, meet dems.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2021 11:35 AM (0DVOr)

179 My favorite exchange so far was the journalist asking if Biden was going to change the color scheme on AF1 and Psaki responds, "That's a great question!"

Posted by: Emmie at January 26, 2021 11:35 AM (ofYez)

180 >>> What does MFM mean?

Mainstream F'n Media

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden's A Fraud at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (bkUtD)

181 *any such system is ultimately unstable

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (Zm+LZ)

182 > What does MFM mean?

The Biden bedroom when Hunter is visiting.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (yTo22)

183 Embarrassing question here -- What does MFM mean?

The 2nd M refers to the media. The preceding two letters assume they had a mother.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (U7wke)

184 I noticed yesterday that gas prices in Calgary went up 10 cents per liter, or about 38 cents per US gallon, overnight.

I doubt it has anything to do with Biden reducing future amounts of petroleum, no way, no how. He doesn't mean tweet so how could he do anything bad?

Posted by: all doubt removed at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (S2eH9)

185 Under Dr. Jill's direction, they've changed all of the channels on monitors in the White House from the Gorilla Channel to the Chipmunk Channel.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (03n3v)

186 Ever known anyone who has just gotten out of prison? They don't have credit cards, they haven't bought anything for years/decades, they aren't paying into the system via Social Security taxes... they don't have a rent history, haven't bought a car, don't have a cell phone, aren't using hospitals and doctors offices, etc, etc, etc.

Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (oQ94s)
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During the mid Twenty-Oughts, their credit score would be sufficient to get approved for a $500K mortgage!!

Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:36 AM (mZUr4)

187 So the fashion mags like hags now. Walk on by...

Posted by: Ziba at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (S1hrL)

188 Simple answer: Ever known anyone who has just gotten out of prison? They don't have credit cards, they haven't bought anything for years/decades, they aren't paying into the system via Social Security taxes... they don't have a rent history, haven't bought a car, don't have a cell phone, aren't using hospitals and doctors offices, etc, etc, etc.

Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (oQ94s)

Zero, I would assume. I like that. Nowhere to go but up.

Posted by: creeper at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (XxJt1)

189 Meh. 99% of the Media has their kneepads on. Rapey McCommunist's puppeteers aren't going to have any difficulty getting the coverage they want.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (yQpMk)

190 A civil war is radically different than multiple genuinely independent states going at it. By the 1860s we had a common currency.

Not to anyone that's conquered. You only get to lose once.

The Bill of Rights, Constitution - none of it changed any of the worst fears of the anti-federalists. That a central state would rise out of it to rule them all against their will. A tyrant here, instead of a tyrant an ocean away.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (u2I6p)

191 What does MFM mean?

RLL if I know.

Posted by: f'd at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (XfhKA)

192 Simple answer: Ever known anyone who has just gotten out of prison? They don't have credit cards, they haven't bought anything for years/decades, they aren't paying into the system via Social Security taxes... they don't have a rent history, haven't bought a car, don't have a cell phone, aren't using hospitals and doctors offices, etc, etc, etc.

Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC

840?

/s

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (0DVOr)

193 I believe nothing I hear or read from the media. Nothing.... if they reported the sky was blue, I'd go to the eye doctor to see if I was color-blind. They are lying liars. Period.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (pcsoT)

194 If anyone on Gab wants their mobile app, here are instructions on how to download it to your phone:

https://tinyurl.com/y39nv5m7

I tried it for my Iphone and it works.

Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (cF8AT)

195 Reality wins in the end.

^^this. It may take a while, but calling a man a woman does not make him a woman, and so forth.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (BMmaB)

196
Slashed tires in the parking lot and a love note are usually a better start.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

Leave it to a lawyer to want to take the subtle approach.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (4rmoJ)

197 Unless they can pretend us into gulags, we are still here.

I'd argue they've pretty much pretended us into gulags.

How many people here keep their political opinions to themselves at work or around others? How many people with a social presence, blog or service have been destroyed by the left because of the sin of voting Trump? How many people don't fight against the leftist narrative because of the threatened loss of a job?

It may not have electrified fences, ovens or Arbeit Mach Frei over the gate, but a gulag nonetheless.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (2JVJo)

198 "It may be easier when the red states secede."

we need to secede county by county ... all that voted Trump are one free country, the blue hell holes can have their communism. The big money centers would be in blue zones, but the red zones could extract their investments and redeploy to the red zones. Blue zones would collapse?

Posted by: illiniwek at January 26, 2021 11:39 AM (Cus5s)

199 >>>Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (oQ94s)
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I thought they were asking about their social credit score. Include a little sarcasm.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at January 26, 2021 11:39 AM (VbCZe)

200 Stolen stuff: The Virginia Board of Elections rule allowing officials to count ballots that arrived without a postmark up to three days after the election was illegal, a state judge ruled. Virginia Circuit Court Judge William Eldridge ruled the state's late mail in ballot law violated state statute and permanently banned the law in future Virginia elections .
How convenient.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2021 11:39 AM (r+sAi)

201 Embarrassing question here -- What does MFM mean?
Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:34 AM (mZUr4)

Mother FuckingMedia.

A takeoff of Main Stream Media.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:40 AM (2JVJo)

202
Not to anyone that's conquered. You only get to lose once.

The Bill of Rights, Constitution - none of it changed any of the worst fears of the anti-federalists. That a central state would rise out of it to rule them all against their will. A tyrant here, instead of a tyrant an ocean away.
Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (u2I6p)

The treatment of the South was incredibly lenient by historical standards of "conquest". The population losses by comparison to both sides were fairly small.

Disproportionately the United States has been freer, more peaceful, and wealthier than human history generally. American Warring States period, going by the historical record of such things, wouldn't have been very pretty.

And again, a central state always forms and eventually collapses. Having many powers balanced against each other is the best period of time for the populace, but it must be understood that this is impermanent. Aiming for immortality is a fool's game.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:40 AM (Zm+LZ)

203 after a lifetime of being a news junkie, I have now shut myself off from all of it, and I take as gospel the principle that those who read and pay attention to "news" are the most misinformed people on the planet. I pick up bits about what's going on here, but I take any official statements from the msm or the administration as guaranteed lies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:40 AM (trdmm)

204 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

205 Today's EO: Racism! Bad! Must Fix!

Posted by: Ziba at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (S1hrL)

206 Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (oQ94s)

Zero, I would assume. I like that. Nowhere to go but up.
Posted by: creeper at January 26, 2021 11:37 AM (XxJt1)

Heh, true, but when these guys are trying to make it back into the system, there's things like renting an apartment, and even getting a job that are hampered by having 0 credit. Or whatever.

Having worked with a lot of these guys, I think it's one of those flaws in our system that IS punishment after the fact. You did your time, now what.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (oQ94s)

207 I hope OAN and Epoch do not sell their souls for access. I do not think they will nor do I think access to the WH is worth the price.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (946rW)

208 Enemy. Of. The. People.

And they prove it over and over every day.

Do not listen to the media. Do not trust the media.

Trust only those proven trustworthy, and that number is VERY few.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

209 12 Good morning, Horde. A fun day awaits.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 26, 2021 11:03 AM (TdMsT)
Good morning, ma'am -- for some definition of "fun", I suppose I agree.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (1uBGK)

210 195 If anyone on Gab wants their mobile app, here are instructions on how to download it to your phone:

https://tinyurl.com/y39nv5m7

I tried it for my Iphone and it works.
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (cF8AT)
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Thanks, Tami! Worked for me too.

Now how do I find the group for us Hordelings?

Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:42 AM (mZUr4)

211 Jethro Bodine Holder, double aught attorney at law, still has a sore ass from his gerrymandering project by losing state legislatures. A stunted mindset describes that chinless shitstain perfectly.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:42 AM (y7DUB)

212 It may not have electrified fences, ovens or Arbeit Mach Frei over the gate, but a gulag nonetheless.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (2JVJo)

Oh yeah? I still got muh gunz! Code ded hands bitchez! Pile of hot brass! Pack a lunch! Moron Labia!
Fweedom!

Posted by: And a shit-ton of ammo will be at the estate sale at January 26, 2021 11:42 AM (z79tQ)

213 I take as gospel the principle that those who read and pay attention to "news" are the most misinformed people on the planet.

"If you don't read the newspapers, you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed."

- shit Mark Twain said.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (2JVJo)

214 Having worked with a lot of these guys, I think it's
one of those flaws in our system that IS punishment after the fact.
You did your time, now what.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (oQ94s)

Interestingly, credit scores also ding responsible people who do not use or own credit cards hard... young people especially.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (946rW)

215 Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:33 AM (oQ94s)

I thought they were asking about their social credit score. Include a little sarcasm.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at January 26, 2021 11:39 AM (VbCZe)

My response is an illustration of what we can expect. You think you're going to be immune from the effects of a social credit score system? Think again. Not participating in the system is going to be viewed quite negatively by the system.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (oQ94s)

216 Now how do I find the group for us Hordelings?

Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:42 AM (mZUr4)

Search:

Ace of Spades Moron Horde

Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (cF8AT)

217 The concept of balance of powers is far broader than de jure branches of government. Any such system is ultimately stable, but regardless of which power wins you end up with a highly centralized system. There is no way to simply freeze a given state of affairs in place.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead

Class we will now discuss emergence theory and the idea of unintended consequences.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (4rmoJ)

218 And again, a central state always forms and eventually collapses.

The for crying out loud - stop. You believe a central tyrannical state must inevitably rise, and then fail. All you are saying is - "but this one had a good run".

And all I'm saying is the BoR and Constitution didn't preclude a central tyrannical state and I would not support re-implementing either. Geez dude - its a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:44 AM (u2I6p)

219 It's hilarious that a Senate rule about needing 60 Senators to do a thing can be overruled by 51 Senators. What a country. In Soviet Russia, fili busters you!

Posted by: Blind Roscoe McGee at January 26, 2021 11:44 AM (L+vsf)

220 Having worked with a lot of these guys, I think it's
one of those flaws in our system that IS punishment after the fact.
You did your time, now what.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:41 AM (oQ94s)

Interestingly, credit scores also ding responsible people who do not use or own credit cards hard... young people especially.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (946rW)

Yup. You WILL participate in the system. Citizen... you WANT to be a good citizen... don't you?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:45 AM (oQ94s)

221 Not participating in the system is going to be viewed quite negatively by the system.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (oQ94s)

Fvck the system. Bring it on.

Posted by: creeper at January 26, 2021 11:45 AM (XxJt1)

222 MSM vastly over estimates their power.

Consider the last election: MSM did everything they could to destroy President Trump.

It didn't work, because the DNC had to resort to stealing the election, with the connivance of corrupt courts and politicians, in order to get rid of President Trump.

So, MSM, continue your dance with the devil and allow the sweet flattery of the illusion of power lead you to your destruction.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 26, 2021 11:45 AM (WEBkv)

223 I regularly listen to Rush on talk radio but can hardly tolerate the lying news reports that come on twice an hour. So I signed up for Rush247 and now I only hear music during the news and advertising breaks.

Ahhhhhhhh....

Posted by: Emmie at January 26, 2021 11:45 AM (ofYez)

224 My response is an illustration of what we can expect. You think you're going to be immune from the effects of a social credit score system? Think again. Not participating in the system is going to be viewed quite negatively by the system.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (oQ94s)

the way my mind works, I think "wow, there's going to be a lot of money to be made in "fixing" people's social credit scores, one way or another."

Any system like that becomes completely corrupt very fast, so best to get in on the ground floor.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (trdmm)

225 "Democracy dies in darkness". A quote from WAPO.

"journalism dies in the media." A quote from Irongrampa.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (KATBx)

226 It may not have electrified fences, ovens or Arbeit Mach Frei over the gate, but a gulag nonetheless.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (2JVJo)

this. you've read the blacklisting of conservatives form even uber and lyft. and the fences are coming. Drive us into smaller and smaller areas we seek freedom until we find we've been herded into pens. But there will be gruel for everyone.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (f4HZK)

227 Oh, well. Time to work and throw away eight hours of my dwindling life that I'll never get back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (2JVJo)

228 Now how do I find the group for us Hordelings?
Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:42 AM (mZUr4)

Go to this group - https://gab.com/groups/407 - and say "Hey, I just arrived from the website" or some-such.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2021 11:47 AM (U7wke)

229 ---the way my mind works, I think "wow, there's going to be a lot of money
to be made in "fixing" people's social credit scores, one way or
another."

until a mole reports you comrade.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (f4HZK)

230 The for crying out loud - stop. You believe a central tyrannical state must inevitably rise, and then fail. All you are saying is - "but this one had a good run".

And all I'm saying is the BoR and Constitution didn't preclude a central tyrannical state and I would not support re-implementing either. Geez dude - its a distinction without a difference.
Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:44 AM (u2I6p)

You seem to be arguing that the Articles of Confederation would've prevented it. Or avoiding the ratification of the Constitution. I believe things would've gone overall more poorly that route.

I don't disagree regarding re-implementation. Obviously it's not doing a whole lot of good in the modern era, but it does give us a great cassus belli and importantly the 2nd amendment means we're still armed. The Constitution wasn't only a good run but the best observed run we've seen. It'd be wise to borrow from many of its principles extensively.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (Zm+LZ)

231 228 Oh, well. Time to work and throw away eight hours of my dwindling life that I'll never get back.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (2JVJo)

Look at the bright side! You won't get it back no matter what you do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (trdmm)

232 So how would the military purge work? They just let you out or you get a dishonorable discharge?

Posted by: Nckate at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (PGh3U)

233 Weird troll today

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (ifmtJ)

234 234 Weird troll today
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (ifmtJ)

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I have never denied this charge.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

235 So how would the military purge work? They just let you out or you get a dishonorable discharge?

General - Other Than Fascist

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2021 11:49 AM (U7wke)

236 this. you've read the blacklisting of conservatives form even uber and lyft. and the fences are coming. Drive us into smaller and smaller areas we seek freedom until we find we've been herded into pens. But there will be gruel for everyone.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (f4HZK)

Hence the soon-to-be permanent installation of the military at DC and the purging of wrong-thinking troops; battlespace prep for the inevitable revolt.

At some point within the next four years, there will be a massive demonstration against the left (whether or not it is an FBI false flag is irrelevant at this point), and the military will fire and will kill massive numbers of Americans.

Hear me now and believe me later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (2JVJo)

237 Now, what's that person's credit score?
Posted by: BurtTC

840?

/s
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2021 11:38 AM (0DVOr)

Related (and unrelated), last year when I was carrying two mortgages, and trying to sell the one, I was heavily leveraged due to all the fun things one has to do to get a house on the market. Paying all my bills on time and all that, not missing a beat, but good golly if those numbers (meaning debt) go up even a little bit, that credit score goes WAY down.

Which I guess makes sense, but currently I have zero debt, other than the one mortgage. Where's my bump back up? Haven't seen it yet (but haven't had a report in more than a month, so we'll see).

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (oQ94s)

238 Gulags of the mind. Maintenance free, sort of.

Posted by: Ziba at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (S1hrL)

239 The adoption / use of social credit systems will require people to live double lives, one life on the system, geared to maximize their score, and another life buffered away from the system as much as possible.

Posted by: Revenant at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (NJXJJ)

240 You seem to be arguing that the Articles of Confederation would've prevented it. "

You remind me of an old thesis of mine - that the European Union is perpetually disorganized, disunited, and in trouble because their "union" mimics the Articles of Confederation very closely. That idea has never worked; it didn't work for the Confederacy either. It lasts until there's a real crisis, and then all the pieces fly apart.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:51 AM (trdmm)

241 217 Now how do I find the group for us Hordelings?
Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:42 AM (mZUr4)

Search:
Ace of Spades Moron Horde
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2021 11:43 AM (cF8AT)
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Once again, thanks! Still finding my way around Gab. Hrothgar is currently my only follower.

Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 11:51 AM (mZUr4)

242 235 234 Weird troll today
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (ifmtJ)
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I have never denied this charge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

Not you. And you're not a troll, apart from the Prometheus schtick.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:51 AM (ifmtJ)

243 233 So how would the military purge work? They just let you out or you get a dishonorable discharge?
Posted by: Nckate at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (PGh3U)

They will hit you on your yearly evaluation for Enlisteds, and hit you with a low 'Equal Opportunity' mark, and low 'Military Bearing' marks... which are career killers.

A single low equal opportunity mark has been a career killer since the 80's.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 11:51 AM (oHd/0)

244 243 Not you. And you're not a troll, apart from the Prometheus schtick.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:51 AM (ifmtJ)

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"Schtick"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:51 AM (LvTSG)

245 So how would the military purge work? They just let you out or you get a dishonorable discharge?

They find any excuse they can to boot your ass out. If that fails, they make your life hell until you react and give them an excuse or just don't re-enlist. For officers I believe they have the option of resigning their commission, and would be strongly encouraged to do so.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (SchxB)

246
Which I guess makes sense, but currently I have zero debt, other than the one mortgage. Where's my bump back up? Haven't seen it yet (but haven't had a report in more than a month, so we'll see).
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (oQ94s)
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My wife was surprised, however, I was not, when her credit score went down after we paid off the mortgage.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (WEBkv)

247 Weird troll today
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (ifmtJ)

I feel like this is about me.
Because I'm that guy that looks when someone yells Hey Asshole!

But quite agitated today and a little unsure why.

Posted by: And a shit-ton of ammo will be at the estate sale at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (z79tQ)

248 240 The adoption / use of social credit systems will require people to live double lives, one life on the system, geared to maximize their score, and another life buffered away from the system as much as possible.
Posted by: Revenant at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (NJXJJ)

Hey, I do that already, who doesn't?

the off the books life is a lot more entertaining.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (trdmm)

249 /

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (z79tQ)

250 I just got a chill as i realized 600 rnds of 9mm is not nearly enough.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (f4HZK)

251 Weird troll today
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:48 AM (ifmtJ)

Not that weird. Same troll, spends the morning trying to ingratiate itself to the group. It does a "severe conservative" thing, and goes into religiosity.

It's really easy to spot. It's probably angry though, because the trollbusting mechanisms (which change, if anyone hasn't noticed) are being used effectively, especially for the evening posts.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (oQ94s)

252 I've grown to really like the Blu-ray.com forums.

I think it helps that the criterionforum commenters look down on them. The criterionforum commenters are stuck up their own asses. The Blu-ray.com members are rowdier and more fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (LvTSG)

253 until a mole reports you comrade.

and then takes over your business.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (/2aWP)

254 Prometheus is a sandwich.

FIGHT ME!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (PbzUs)

255 I regularly listen to Rush on talk radio but can hardly tolerate the lying news reports that come on twice an hour. So I signed up for Rush247 and now I only hear music during the news and advertising breaks.

I just turn the radio off at the top of the hour.

Posted by: JoeF. at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (HrMC1)

256 this. you've read the blacklisting of conservatives
form even uber and lyft. and the fences are coming. Drive us into
smaller and smaller areas we seek freedom until we find we've been
herded into pens. But there will be gruel for everyone.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:46 AM (f4HZK)
We outnumber them and we are armed. If we allow that, we deserve it. What are we doing to support and grow explicitly conservative businesses and associations? Are we willing to tell the courts fuck off when they tells us we have to associate with assholes that want us dead? What are we doing to brainstorm alternate banking and credit arrangements that the government doesn't control? That and more is what it is going to take.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (946rW)

257 255 Prometheus is a sandwich.

FIGHT ME!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (PbzUs)

========

It's obviously a soup.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (LvTSG)

258 At some point within the next four years, there will be a massive demonstration against the left (whether or not it is an FBI false flag is irrelevant at this point), and the military will fire and will kill massive numbers of Americans.

Hear me now and believe me later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM

I'm over 29 and remember Kent State.
This time the crowd might shoot back.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (axyOa)

259
Not that weird. Same troll, spends the morning trying to ingratiate itself to the group. It does a "severe conservative" thing, and goes into religiosity.

It's really easy to spot. It's probably angry though, because the trollbusting mechanisms (which change, if anyone hasn't noticed) are being used effectively, especially for the evening posts.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (oQ94s)

BiNO?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

260 Thanks to Jim 'Look At Me' Acosta they cannot kick reporters out.Of course, it is entirely possible that the DC courts will distinguish and say that the only decided that the President may not prevent a "reporter" for good reason to be in the White House press room, but not that he cannot prevent a reporter to be there if it is purely for the reporter's political views. /s

Posted by: Felix at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (8XJp5)

261 Which I guess makes sense, but currently I have zero debt, other than the one mortgage. Where's my bump back up? Haven't seen it yet (but haven't had a report in more than a month, so we'll see).
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (oQ94s)

I've had NO debt at all, not even a credit card, for over 10 years.

Paid cash for my last three cars.

Don't even HAVE a credit card. Yet my credit rating is only average?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (oHd/0)

262 261 Thanks to Jim 'Look At Me' Acosta they cannot kick reporters out.Of course, it is entirely possible that the DC courts will distinguish and say that the only decided that the President may not prevent a "reporter" for good reason to be in the White House press room, but not that he cannot prevent a reporter to be there if it is purely for the reporter's political views. /s
Posted by: Felix at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (8XJp5)

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"safety"

That's the key word.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

263 Prometheus is a shit sandwich.

FIGHT ME!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (PbzUs)

Corrected, for accuracy.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

264 It'd be wise to borrow from many of its principles extensively.

Borrow ? Yes. Carbon copy ? No way.

To prevent exactly what you say - the emergence of a strong central authority - I believe the founding must purposely use negative feedback. To not only act against the centralization of power - but increase that reaction as it centralizes.

I have no idea how. But the BoR sure as Hell wasn't it. We DON'T know what no ratification would have brought. We DO know what ratification brought. This current shit show.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (u2I6p)

265 @258

Duck Soup?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (PbzUs)

266 BiNO?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, we have always had a certain contingent of MINOs.

Moron in name only.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (oHd/0)

267 262 Don't even HAVE a credit card. Yet my credit rating is only average?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (oHd/0)

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Makes sense.

You haven't proven you can make regular payments over an extended period of time. It's not a measure of your ability to save money, but your ability to assume debt and pay it off reliably.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (LvTSG)

268 249: Yes, I think that we all do this, to an extent.

But your "in the system" life is going to become worse, filled with corporate-esque pseudo-speak and acting like an empty-suit conformist to whatever is the idiocy / insanity governing the social credit system.

And eventually, they will try to break into the "off the books" life.

Posted by: Revenant at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (NJXJJ)

269 I could take corporations "silencing" conservatives if they had a zero tolerance for ANY political views and silenced liberals too.
But why is Vanytrub Big Tits allowed to spout HER political views without fear of repercussion?

Posted by: JoeF. at January 26, 2021 11:56 AM (HrMC1)

270 Which I guess makes sense, but currently I have zero debt, other than the one mortgage. Where's my bump back up? Haven't seen it yet (but haven't had a report in more than a month, so we'll see).
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:50 AM (oQ94s)

My wife was surprised, however, I was not, when her credit score went down after we paid off the mortgage.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (WEBkv)

Yeah, I do get it, but it's a bullshit system.

My CC bill, which is zero, should be coming sooner or later, because they do send me less than monthly statements when there's no balance, and they always have a credit score report on it. I'll be curious to see where it is. It SHOULD be back up close to where it was before, but we'll see.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:57 AM (oQ94s)

271 Irongrampa, every time I read one of your posts I visualize you as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 11:57 AM (4rmoJ)

272
To prevent exactly what you say - the emergence of a strong central authority - I believe the founding must purposely use negative feedback. To not only act against the centralization of power - but increase that reaction as it centralizes.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (u2I6p)

The state were intended to do that. It failed because state politics is an entry-point to federal politics. Somehow that division must be made more severe or antagonistic. Akin to rural nobles resisting edicts from the monarchy.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 11:57 AM (Zm+LZ)

273 I've had NO debt at all, not even a credit card, for over 10 years.

Paid cash for my last three cars.

Don't even HAVE a credit card. Yet my credit rating is only average?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (oHd/0)

I don't think you understand the purpose of a Credit Rating. It does NOT mean "how good are you, financially?" Not at all. It means "How Useful are you to the System, financially?"

you pay cash too often. Not very useful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:57 AM (trdmm)

274 Read in the Seattle Times that Washington state is over run with Democrats.They have increased by 3 fold in the last few years and they are wondering where they are all coming from?? Seattle is the number one city and of course all the high tech brings them in. Hey you forgot Portland, Or.

Posted by: Colin at January 26, 2021 11:58 AM (bbkZH)

275 Not that weird. Same troll, spends the morning trying to ingratiate itself to the group. It does a "severe conservative" thing, and goes into religiosity.

It's really easy to spot. It's probably angry though, because the trollbusting mechanisms (which change, if anyone hasn't noticed) are being used effectively, especially for the evening posts.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (oQ94s)

I can't keep track of who's a new troll and who's been festering for a while

. Its grasp of English is sub-par, kind of a giveaway.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Logan Tiberius Edwards (2012-2021) at January 26, 2021 11:58 AM (ifmtJ)

276 What are we doing to brainstorm alternate banking
and credit arrangements that the government doesn't control? That and
more is what it is going to take.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (946rW)

I don't know anything about, nor do i have the resources to start a bank, an uber, a social platform, a mortgage company. Who are you working with to get conservative versions those started?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:58 AM (f4HZK)

277 Thanks to Jim 'Look At Me' Acosta they cannot kick reporters out.Of course, it is entirely possible that the DC courts will distinguish and say that the only decided that the President may not prevent a "reporter" for good reason to be in the White House press room, but not that he cannot prevent a reporter to be there if it is purely for the reporter's political views. /s
Posted by: Felix at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (8XJp5)

The White House has the right to issue or revoke any press pass any time. They took Acosta's away because he physically assaulted a female staffer. CNN and the leftist shithole media threw a collective hissy fit and screamed "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" which has no standing in that instance. CNN could've requested anyone else a pass and they likely would've received one.

Now, keep an eye on that Doocy character from Fux News. If he keeps asking Pstacki tough-ish questions, he will have his pass revoked and no one will say a fucking word about it.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)

278 Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:52 AM (oQ94s)

BiNO?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

Doubtful. I've wondered if this one is a "regular" or was at one point. But I haven't pinned it down, and have lost interest in trying to do so.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:59 AM (oQ94s)

279
Duck Soup?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2021 11:55 AM (PbzUs)

Funny.

Harpo Marx just came across the playlist. That dude can play one mean Harp.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

280 My CC bill, which is zero, should be coming sooner or later, because they do send me less than monthly statements when there's no balance, and they always have a credit score report on it. I'll be curious to see where it is. It SHOULD be back up close to where it was before, but we'll see.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 11:57 AM (oQ94s)
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Yeah, I've never understood why having a track record of making payments on time, and little to no debt, adversely affecting credit scores.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 26, 2021 11:59 AM (WEBkv)

281 What are we doing to brainstorm alternate banking and credit arrangements that the government doesn't control? That and more is what it is going to take.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (946rW)

The Arabs have a very old-fashioned banking and credit system that gets around many of the anti-terrorism measures.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 12:00 PM (Zm+LZ)

282 Ive been feeing good all week but am weirdly anxious today. Time to gt moving I guess.

Posted by: LASue, More legit pres. than Biden at January 26, 2021 12:00 PM (Ed8Zd)

283 Funny.

Harpo Marx just came across the playlist. That dude can play one mean Harp.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

So if Harpo plays the Harp. And Groucho plays a grouch.

Chico plays with Chicks? (actually accurate by old press accounts).

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (oHd/0)

284 I regularly listen to Rush on talk radio but can hardly tolerate the lying news reports that come on twice an hour. So I signed up for Rush247 and now I only hear music during the news and advertising breaks.
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I just turn the radio off at the top of the hour.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 26, 2021 11:53 AM (HrMC1)

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I've been listening to Rush so long that I know the timing of his program quite well. For example, when he takes his "obscene profit center timeout" near the X:55 minute mark of each hour, there is no real content until X:07 of the next hour. When he comes back at X:59, he basically just says that an hour is coming to a close.

It's kinda like learning the timing of thread posting around here!

Posted by: Doof at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (mZUr4)

285 Read in the Seattle Times that Washington state is over run with Democrats.They have increased by 3 fold in the last few years and they are wondering where they are all coming from?? Seattle is the number one city and of course all the high tech brings them in. Hey you forgot Portland, Or.

Posted by: Colin at January 26, 2021 11:58 AM

The assholes are coming down to Tacoma now. Damn police had better get busy running over more of 'em or pretty soon Puyallup will be over run.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (axyOa)

286
At some point within the next four years, there will be a massive demonstration against the left (whether or not it is an FBI false flag is irrelevant at this point), and the military will fire and will kill massive numbers of Americans.

CNN will cheer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (63Dwl)

287
Yeah, I've never understood why having a track record of making payments on time, and little to no debt, adversely affecting credit scores.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at January 26, 2021 11:59 AM (WEBkv)

Well their goal is to make money.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at January 26, 2021 12:02 PM (Zm+LZ)

288
Don't even HAVE a credit card. Yet my credit rating is only average?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 11:54 AM (oHd/0)

Your credit score is directly tied to you incurring debt and making on time payments to said debt.

If you don't request credit for purchases, you have no credit score.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

289 the Fourth Estate is now a lapdog of the Biden regime.

They will continue to be the Voice of China. The former united States is a vassal of the Eastern Empire.

Posted by: Observer at January 26, 2021 12:02 PM (C+evo)

290 The only type of 'banking' the govt doesn't control, because of bank and finance laws, are cash, precious metals and stones, bartering, black market, and crypto currency. There is off shore banking, however, getting it back for use can be a problem.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2021 12:02 PM (r+sAi)

291 You remind me of an old thesis of mine - that the European Union is perpetually disorganized, disunited, and in trouble because their "union" mimics the Articles of Confederation very closely.

Interesting. I'd read that. Or at least try. I'm firmly convinced that order is the enemy of freedom. And nobody - including me - wants 100% of either. But a 100% ordered society must also be 100% homogeneous. I believe we suffer from way too much law and order. Entirely too much. That new tax and confiscate plan ? It'll be entirely lawful, and enforced in good order.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 12:02 PM (u2I6p)

292 I don't think you understand the purpose of a Credit Rating. It does NOT mean "how good are you, financially?" Not at all. It means "How Useful are you to the System, financially?"

you pay cash too often. Not very useful.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2021 11:57 AM (trdmm)

Yeah, there's an internal logic to it, but it's a shitty system, because people are people, and if we value things like frugality, then this lousy system makes it look like you're doing it wrong. We naturally take it as an affront to our values system, and it causes "corrective behavior."

Just more power and control, concentrated in the hands of the usual suspects.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2021 12:03 PM (oQ94s)

293
Chico plays with Chicks? (actually accurate by old press accounts).
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (oHd/0)

Chicks, and a mean piano......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 26, 2021 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

294 I just got a chill as i realized 600 rnds of 9mm is not nearly enough.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner

My " do not touch unless the burning times have arrived " inventory level is 5k. I feel like that is dangerously thin.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 12:04 PM (4rmoJ)

295 Nood. Pedo priest.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2021 12:04 PM (U7wke)

296 At some point within the next four years, there
will be a massive demonstration against the left (whether or not it is
an FBI false flag is irrelevant at this point), and the military will
fire and will kill massive numbers of Americans.

CNN will cheer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (63Dwl)

I'm starting to believe that if there are any large conservative rallies antifa/blm will only have to commit the slightest violence and the police will be ordered to open fire. They will obey.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 12:04 PM (f4HZK)

297 It should be acceptable that not every person that wants to comment here doesn't also want to be a moron.
After all, this was/is a smart military blog / respected conservative blog, not just a chatroom wannabe.

Labeling/othering/ridiculing isn't necessary, scrolling works.
Many worthy commenters have left from being unpersoned.

Posted by: old chick at January 26, 2021 12:05 PM (sOete)

298 Doocey was on the radio this am he was so happy for the attention. He said Biden revels in taking the tough questions! I wonder how the weather is in Stockholm.

I think Biden likes to answer Doocey because it gives him more opportunity to lie.

Posted by: blaster at January 26, 2021 12:05 PM (ZfRYq)

299 290 The only type of 'banking' the govt doesn't control, because of bank and
finance laws, are cash, precious metals and stones, bartering, black
market, and crypto currency.
they also don't control river banking, at least on those rivers too small to be navigable.

Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 26, 2021 12:05 PM (sGtp+)

300

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has called on President Joe Biden to declare a national emergency in order to tackle climate change and criticized former President Donald Trump's previous use of the measure.

"Now, Trump used this emergency for a stupid wall, which wasn't an emergency," Schumer said. "But if there ever was an emergency, climate is one. So I would suggest that they explore looking at climate as an emergency, which would give them more flexibility."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2021 12:06 PM (63Dwl)

301 My " do not touch unless the burning times have arrived " inventory level is 5k. I feel like that is dangerously thin.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * redecorating my star chamber at January 26, 2021 12:04 PM (4rmoJ)

Yup, I can only afford another 1000 so I'll do that.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 12:06 PM (f4HZK)

302 Many worthy commenters have left from being unpersoned.

Never underestimate how many Karens are on the right. They want to protect the group from badthought, same as any leftist.

Posted by: Pierre at January 26, 2021 12:08 PM (u2I6p)

303 Can we clock Acosta with a heavy microphone?

Posted by: Grail Knight at January 26, 2021 12:08 PM (SvKn+)

304 I am a member of a very large family that has had a military presence since the Revolutionary War. We span all the Branches and the service ranges from one and done to a career. I mention this to show that I can speak with some assurance on the matter of the military shooting at civilians.

Kent State OR mass slaughter of American citizens ain't gonna happen. The NCO class, for too many years, has drummed pride and professionalism into the ranks. We're the premier military in the world for a reason.

That Oath COUNTS. And that is the extent of my discussing the matter.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 26, 2021 12:08 PM (KATBx)

305 How Useful are you to the System, financially?"

Useful, like value is too subjective for the green eye shade crowd. You are either potentially a source of profit or you are an ineffective use of resources.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * accountant in recovery at January 26, 2021 12:08 PM (4rmoJ)

306 So if Harpo plays the Harp. And Groucho plays a grouch.

Chico plays with Chicks? (actually accurate by old press accounts).
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 26, 2021 12:01 PM (oHd/0)

The names were given to the brothers by a vaudeville comic and based on a current comic strip, The Monk Family.

"Harpo" and "Chico" were, of course, based on the harp and the brother being a horndog. "Groucho" came either from his being a serious type, or from the "grouch bag" worn around his neck (what vaudevillians used to keep their money in, so it wouldn't get stolen). "Gummo" came from his habit of wearing gum-soled (we would say rubber-soled) shoes. I don't remember where "Zeppo" came from.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 26, 2021 12:08 PM (2JVJo)

307 Hello Morons!

Posted by: Charles Martel at January 26, 2021 12:09 PM (zBgvI)

308 Prometheus is a soup sandwich.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at January 26, 2021 12:10 PM (nakwk)

309 Yup, I can only afford another 1000 so I'll do that.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner'

Might suggest getting a low end .22. Ammo can still be found and in the burning times, throwing lead, no matter the knock down power, is still a deterrent.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * accountant in recovery at January 26, 2021 12:12 PM (4rmoJ)

310 Might suggest getting a low end .22. Ammo can still be found and in the burning times, throwing lead, no matter the knock down power, is still a deterrent.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * accountant in recovery at January 26, 2021 12:12 PM (4rmoJ)
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Where are you finding .22?

*sidles up*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at January 26, 2021 12:14 PM (Dc2NZ)

311 But muh Articles of Confederation are supposta protect me from moving violations and the consequences of fake license plates!

Posted by: Sovrin Sittersin at January 26, 2021 12:15 PM (HI3xr)

312 I think we are living in a "Firefly Verse".

Finally people are starting to write Firefly Sci-fy novels. I bought all of them.

Posted by: Paladin at January 26, 2021 12:16 PM (KX5Wh)

313 306 I don't remember where "Zeppo" came from.
perhaps from his habit of spontaneously hopping into a zeppelin and floating away?

Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 26, 2021 12:18 PM (v3pYe)

314 Jill Biden's favorite designer also designs horse blankets and dog sweaters. Inauguration Day proved that she need to practice walking in heels more or just give it up.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 26, 2021 12:27 PM (TqblR)

315 neighborhood thrifts started as away to borrow for houses
they are uninsured cash should be attractive for dope shops and other unapproved business then lent out

Posted by: yoeman at January 26, 2021 12:36 PM (BYNHj)

316 Not Biden regime. We're becoming a CCP puppet nation.

Insert the "I, for one, welcome our new [insert name] masters!"

Posted by: setnaffa at January 26, 2021 12:38 PM (eaJqd)

317 I don't know anything about, nor do i have the
resources to start a bank, an uber, a social platform, a mortgage
company. Who are you working with to get conservative versions those
started?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'invite a friend for dinner' at January 26, 2021 11:58 AM (f4HZK)

None of us alone do have the resources but if the Grameen bank can start and the knights Templar could become the bankers of the Crusades and the pilgrim, we can join together and get something started. In that, though, is the realization that we are going to have to explicitly reject the illegitimate government's rules and regulations.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 12:46 PM (946rW)

318 neighborhood thrifts started as away to borrow for houses

they are uninsured cash should be attractive for dope shops and other unapproved business then lent out

Posted by: yoeman at January 26, 2021 12:36 PM (BYNHj)

And do we or should we care about that?

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at January 26, 2021 12:47 PM (946rW)

319 How would we even know what the media reports?. Half the country stopped consuming their propaganda years ago. We don't even look at it. The closest we come is seeing a stray headline when we're trying to pull up the real news sites (AOS, etc.) , or the weather. I guess that's something we should concentrate on making advertisers aware of.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at January 26, 2021 12:49 PM (cCxiu)

320 Kinda related - a Florida congresscritter proposes to "improve" security clearances by asking candidates about QAnon, 6 January rally, or other 'Stop The Steal' events
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3mvb7rv
Pull quote: [blockquote]Like most legislative bullets written by a 22-year old with more passion than policy experience,
the Security Clearance Improvement Act is unlikely to make it past its life as a PDF on a congressional website[/blockquote]

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at January 26, 2021 01:05 PM (1uBGK)

321 {sigh} sorry about the formatting above ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at January 26, 2021 01:06 PM (1uBGK)

322 Somewhere out there, there's a colonel or a general who has read all about Napoleon, sitting around and waiting to see what happens...

Posted by: azjaeger at January 26, 2021 01:18 PM (3/XaG)

323 As to be expected, T.J. Ducklo is )ewish.

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