The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 6/4/21

Good morning kids. Friday and the weekend is here. The Fauci revelations continue to be the top story, and I'm sure Ace and the cobs will be hitting this all day today. And considering this is Friday, it's more than likely we will see a masked flaming skull some time between 3:00 and 4:00PM. I think I've said my peace on this yesterday, vis a vis a granular outlook as well as the high-level implications, but the most current developments and reactions are listed below for your convenience and consideration.

Instead, I want to hit on (metaphorically as well as literally in the non-Biblical sense [and with a brick]) the latest pearl-necklace of wisdom from the maw of stacked, socialist imbecile Alexandria "Titty Caca" Ocasio-Cortez.

New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said at a press conference Thursday the U.S. should "stop building" jails if we want to reduce the inmate population.
"It is not acceptable for us to use jails as garbage bins for human beings. We need to treat people and see them as human," Ocasio-Cortez said. "If we want to reduce violent crime, reduce the number of people in our jails, the answer is to stop building more of them."
"The answer is to make sure we actually build more hospitals, we pay organizers, we get people mental health care," she said. "It's to support communities, not throw them away."

I seem to recall a Monty Python sketch where IIRC John Cleese, dressed in a bowler, portraying a Sloane Ranger states (paraphrasing) "If we killed all the poor people, there'd be far fewer of them, statistically speaking." After a pause, "I know my views aren't popular but there you have it." Well, Cleese and Titty Caca do have a point. Yes, if we had fewer jails there would be fewer inmates. But the bodies would be stacked like cordwood all over Democrat-controlled Pliskin-land.

You can laugh all you want but the woman is not stupid. Her mind is a toxic mix of mal-educated ignorance and brainwashing. Yes, what she spouted out was absolutely crackpot, but remember that she is not relegated to either a nut house or even a faculty lounge. She was elected to Congress and wields considerable influence, if not there right now, then certainly over a not insignificant number of voters (legal, illegal or manufactured). And that brings me to the thrust of this essay. Standing right next to her as she put forth this glittering jewel of insanity was none other than Chuck "Cuck Schemer" Schumer. And the way he reacted is quite telling.

Social media users called out on Thursday the reaction that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) had earlier in the day when he stood next to far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as she claimed that the solution to reducing violent crime was to stop building new prisons.
"Why the hell did Chuck Schumer just stand there@and listen to this train wreck."
"Wow, @SenSchumer did nothing as she said it."
"Schumer is playing to AOC's tune. Why is he even there? Does he actually buy into this nonsense or is he that terrified of a primary threat from the bartender? Saw this w/ his loathsome cowardice re: anti-Jewish violence during the Israel-Hamas fighting. What a loser."

Give that last Twitter tweeter a kewpie doll! Although, there is this comment:

"Unless it's Joe Biden, and the rest of her party's leadership that is directly in front of her that she's lecturing, this is toothless, mastubatory theater."

Except it isn't "masturbatory theater," not if Schemer was standing right next to her nodding in agreement. Right now the Democrat Party is approaching the speed of light as we dive headlong into the abyss. But Titty Caca and the rest of the (Death) Squad are hell bent to jam the throttle to "Ludicrous Speed." Schemer and Malig-Nancy Pelosi are scared shitless of these freaks. No, not because they'll make the rubble bounce but because they will take away their multi-decade and sometimes multi-generational grift by being in charge. The prognosis is not good for them; all these old bastards like the aforementioned and Feinstein, Durbin, Hoyer, Clyburn are ready for the glue factory. The ones that are coming up do not have their temperament for faking love of country to con voters into pulling the lever for them every two years. The masks (no pun) have been dropped. If you didn't see that when dozens of US urban areas were turned into Dresden, then you were in a coma. Pardon my accidental Yogi-ism but these dinosaurs are going to go the way of the dodo.

[So-called quote-unquote 'president'] Joe Biden's decision to appoint former Ohio congresswoman Marcia Fudge to his cabinet has Democrats poised to send another self-described socialist to Congress.
Liberal firebrand Nina Turner holds a sizable polling and fundraising lead in the crowded primary race to succeed Fudge. The former state senator is backed by a who's who of congressional progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.).
Should Turner maintain her advantage and win the August primary, she would fit right in with the so-called Squad members. The former national co-chair of Sanders's presidential campaign, Turner has pledged to pass the Green New Deal, eliminate private health insurance through a government-run Medicare for All system, cancel student debt, and "completely reimagine" law enforcement -- in part by defunding police.
Turner's frontrunner status reflects the growing influence of the Democratic Party's progressive wing. Just months ago, Ocasio-Cortez and company welcomed two new Squad members after Reps. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) and Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) ousted longstanding Democratic incumbents in 2020. Bush and Bowman's freshman class also includes fellow liberal representatives Mondaire Jones (D., N.Y.), Ritchie Torres (D., N.Y.), and Marie Newman (D., Ill.), all of whom replaced veteran party members in January.

In a not unrelated matter, it kind of makes you wonder what Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are playing at vis a vis the filibuster. Especially Sinema. Forgetting for the moment the concept of rules, morals and ethics in the sewer that is Congress, why are they going against the tide? Manchin perhaps is more understandable, given West Virginia is supposedly a more conservative state than Arizona (and yet WV keeps electing that guy). If two Democrat senators are really all that stands in the way of implementing the final nails in the coffin of a now dead America as founded, aside from speaking volumes about what the GOP is all about, considering that the Democrats are in bed and allied with dictionary definition political terrorist organizations - BLM and Antifa - Manchin and Sinema have a target on their backs. And I don't mean the Sarah Palin rhetorical one either.

ADDENDUM: I wonder what the parents of the 14-year-old girl chased and then gunned down like a dog in Chicago would have to say to Titty Caca. Funny how BLM, Sharpton and all the others aren't calling for mostly peaceful riots. Blacks gunning down other blacks doesn't fit the meme. These bastards can go to hell for what they have done and yet to do to this country.

Have a nice weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Julie Kelly: "The prosecution of the Oath Keepers is critical in fueling the notion that groups of armed, pro-Trump vigilantes organized an assault on the seat of American democracy."
Government Seeks Retribution for the Biden Resistance
"it's worse for the nation, because Yale isn't alone. The people running most of our major institutions seem to suffer from the same mindset." (and this is how November 2020 happened - jjs)
Yale's Move to Rig Board Elections Reveals the Bankruptcy of US Elites
CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED
"Indeed, there's a lot more going on with this gain-of-function research than has ever been revealed. There appears to be a powerful lobby within the U.S. government that is heavily invested in the dangerous research and is serious about keeping it quiet."
BOMBSHELL: U.S. State Department Tried to Block Investigation of Lab Leak at Wuhan
Lloyd Billingsley: "What did the government's first pandemic mouthpiece know, and when did she know it?"
"True Hero" Dr. Messonnier Suddenly Resigns from CDC
"The revelations further implicate those who approved U.S. grants to the lab, and the EcoHealth Alliance run by the British-born Peter Dazcak."
Fauci's Boss Admits Funding Wuhan Lab: "We Had No Control Over What They Were Doing"
"What really matters here is -- when it mattered most, when the Chinese were covering this up in January of 2020, Dr. Fauci certainly would have seen the same intelligence that I saw. We would certainly have known that the risk that this came from the laboratory was real... You saw politics trumping science, and that delayed our capacity to respond to what the Chinese Communist Party foisted upon the world."
Pompeo Slams Fauci: "We Couldn't Get Science; We Got Politics Instead"
"The president and his administration feel that Dr. Fauci has played an incredible role in getting the pandemic under control," Jen Psaki said.
White House Defends Fauci, Says He's Not Going Anywhere Despite E-Mail Scandal
"They also show that during the deadliest part of the pandemic, Fauci was focused on a movie about his life."
Fauci's E-Mails: Here are the Main Takeaways
"2. If nearly $600,000 was not spent on gain of function, on what exactly was the money spent?"
7 Questions Anthony Fauci Has Not Answered on E-Mail Scandal, Role in Funding Chinese Coronavirus Research Abroad
"I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human," Redfield told CNN's Sanjay Gupta in the March interview. "Normally, when a pathogen goes from a zoo to human, it takes a while for it to figure out how to become more and more efficient in human to human transmission.
Ex-CDC Director Says He Received Death Threats From Fellow Scientists For Supporting Chinese COVID-19 Lab-Leak Theory

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"When science becomes a slave to government and scientists benefit monetarily from their work, the truth becomes difficult if not impossible to separate from the self-interest and self-aggrandizement of scientists like Fauci and Daszak."
The Fauci-Daszak Connection and Why It's Important
"What happens when the next big disease rolls around? And what if it's one that's actually as deadly as people thought [Chinese] COVID might be? Who can people trust?"
How the Media's Chinese COVID Lies Weaken America
Sen. Ron Johnson: "The determined push for indiscriminate vaccination of the previously infected, of pregnant women, and of children causes me to ask questions."
Vaccine Mandates Shouldn't Be the Next Chinese COVID Policy Disaster
"Other industries have been allowed to open with no such vaccine mandate from the CDC, and the state of Florida wants the same standards applied to cruises." (war on DeSantis and Gaetz - jjs)
The CDC Is Trying To Scare Florida's Cruise Industry Into Submission Or Break It
Brian C. Joondeph, MD: "I wonder if Dr. Fauci anticipated this reversal of fortune, his fall from high atop Mount Establishment? His upcoming book, Expect the Unexpected may be more prescient than he realized."
Should Chinese COVID Now Be Called "Fauci Flu?"
"If the 20th century should have taught us anything, it is to never trust doctors in or adjacent to politics."
The Island of Dr. Fauci
Amongst other things, the e-mails demonstrated that Fauci doubted the effectiveness of masks for healthy people, was aware of gain-of-function research abroad and the NIH's possible connection to it, and that he was told by an NIH scientist that COVID-19 looked like it may have been engineered. These revelations contradict past public statements by Dr. Fauci -- but to CNN, the email revealed a "rare source of frank honesty within the Trump administration."
XiNN's Take on the Fauci Emails Is REALLY Disturbing...
"So far, nobody has done a better job of putting it all together."
Tucker Carlson's Devastating Analysis of Fauci E-Mails Leads to Call for "Criminal investigation"

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

"It seemed obvious they intended to make good on hundreds of threats over the past two years to kill me."
Andy Ngo Confirms He Was the Victim -- Again -- of Antifa Mob Violence in Portland
"Sen. Chuck Grassley questioned the Department of Justice's approach to federal prosecutions of rioters, highlighting the discrepancies between cases." (they're not rioters, they're political prisoners!!! - jjs)
Chuck Grassley Blasts DOJ For Politicized Prosecutions of U.S. Capitol "Rioters" After Year of Violent Riots
"The [so-called quote-unquote 'president'] plans to continue urging Congress to establish its own committee, White House officials said according to Axios."
Biden Comes Out Against Establishing Presidential Commission To Investigate Jan. 6
"The parallel of the Nazi hatred, practices, processes, and map for political control in the charter, riots, and practices of BLM are frighteningly clear. Equally clear is the similarity in the blatant anti-Semitism of both organizations. And as true as Santayana's statement is, BLM has made it clear that Jackie Mason has a quote that is equally true: 'There are three constants in life: death, taxes, and anti-Semitism.'"
Is the United States Beginning to Imitate 1935 Germany?
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Greenfield: "You don't have to be a white supremacist to love Hitler."
Hitler's Multicultural Supporters
On Wednesday, more than 30 Democrats, led by New Jersey congressman Josh Gottheimer, signed a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, expressing their support for Israel's missile defense system. "Israel must always have the resources it needs to defend itself from incoming rockets when it is targeted again," the letter says. The move came weeks after those same Democrats voted against a Republican measure providing $500 million to fund the Iron Dome and other missile defense cooperation programs.
House Democrats Scramble To Restore Pro-Israel Bona Fides After Voting Against Iron Dome
"CAIR-Florida's new leader joins PIJ's Hatem Fariz to curse Israel and call for more bloodshed."
CAIR Organizes Anti-Israel Rallies with Convicted Member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
"Union's anti-Israel proposals draw condemnation from parents."
California Teachers' Union Activist Has History of Anti-Semitic Posts
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
"In December 2020, twenty-six Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania submitted a resolution seeking to decertify their state's election results, claiming proof of 'substantial irregularities and improprieties associated with mail-in balloting.'"
Is an Audit of the 2020 Election in Pennsylvania Coming Next?
"As the [junta's] border crisis shows, the [so-called quote-unquote 'vice president'] has a knack for 'failing upward.'"
Yeah, Right: After Border Debacle, Biden Picks Kamala To Push "Voting Rights Reform"
"We need to have a uniform set of standards on early voting, mail-in voting, all of those, absentee voting, all of those things where people think that is fraught with peril." (I agree; one day, one registered citizen, one vote, with an ID and no computers - jjs)
Doug Jones: Dems Can Get 10 Republican Senators to Support "Uniform Standards" on Voting
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
"Mueller will teach the course alongside Aaron Zebley, Jim Quarles and Andrew Goldstein, all of whom worked with him during the investigation."
Robert Mueller to Teach Class on Mueller Investigation
"GOP lawmakers said Susan Henneessey deleted hundreds of tweets 'to conceal inconvenient information' prior to her DOJ appointment."
GOP Legislators Demand DOJ Answer For Russia Hoaxer Susan Hennessey's Appointment
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS
"Fauci's e-mail release proves the need for oversight -- the type of oversight now nonexistent for months of communications among state agency staff in New Mexico."
Transparency Scandal Intensifies Around New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
POLITICS
"On Tuesday, McDonough dealt a crippling blow to that agenda by ruling that Democrats could use the reconciliation process only one more time this session. The ruling means that as long as the filibuster is in effect, Republicans can block anything the Democrats introduce."
Senate Parliamentarian Delivers a Crippling Blow to Biden's Agenda
Jeffrey Lord: "Mysteriously never mentions Democrat Party's role."
Biden Gaslights in Tulsa Speech
"Despite what the mass media -- not to mention Biden -- would have you believe, the Tulsa riots have long been rebuked by Republican politicians."
The Presidential Response to the Tulsa Riot
"Self-described socialist Nina Turner holds strong lead in crowded primary."
Ohio Special Election Opens Door to New Squad Member
"Today's Democrat Party, aligned with certain associated power elites, is actively fighting a second American Revolution."
Our Government Is Evolving into Something Horrifying
"Is that a dong on a drone?"
Democrat's Campaign Says They Will "Not Be Intimidated" After Sex Toy Interruption
"McAuliffe falsely smeared his GOP opponent for not accepting the 2020 outcome, but has repeatedly claimed that Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election."
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Reminds Us That Some "Big Lie" Are More Equal Than Others
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"As Texas border counties struggle to contain the overwhelming surge of illegal immigrants, Abbott says enough is enough: 'We're going to start arresting.'"
Gov. Greg Abbott: We're Going to Start Jailing Border Crossers in Texas
This is what we get for voting harder. Phil Scott should be dragged out of the governor's mansion, tarred and feathered.
Vermont Republican Governor Seeks to Give Non-Citizens Voting Rights in Local Elections
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Indivisible's new project aims to purge conservative disinformation from social media."
New Liberal "Truth Brigade" Has Ties to Billionaire Who Peddled Disinformation
"Not even the mighty New York Times is entitled to its own facts."
The NYT vs. Israel
"The local NAACP chapter at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) was badly triggered over Memorial Day weekend by the horrible sight of an American flag hanging from the end of a crane's cable at a university construction site, and demanded the cable and flag be removed."
Today's Blacklisted American: The American Flag
ABORTION
"Planned Parenthood is directly implicated in litigation currently before SCOTUS on donor disclosure law, but is mysteriously silent on the issue."
Why Would Planned Parenthood Care About Donor Disclosure Laws When HHS Is Handing Them Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Meanwhile, China downplays first human case of H10N3 Bird Flu."
China State Media: Country Must Prepare for Nuclear War With U.S. After Biden Pushes Chinese COVID Probe
"...they put a needle in my belly. And sometime after that I lost my child."
Uyghur Exiles Discuss Human Rights Abuses, Forced Abortions, Torture
"What is different now is that Iran is trying to hide the true goal of its cyberattacks -- destroying data -- behind the mask of ransomware."
Iran's New Form of Cyberattacks "An Act of Digital War Against Israel"
"Just bad luck, says the Iranian government. Meanwhile, Israel remains quiet."
Mysterious Fires and Explosions Rock Iran
"Just back from trip to Israel, Hagerty says Israelis worried Biden admin eroding historic Mideast peace deals."
Sen. Bill Hagerty: Biden Junta Awarding Hamas with U.S. Taxpayer Dollars
Caroline Glick: "Tech giants unite in their hostility toward Israel."
Google, Amazon, and Israel in the New America
"Two animated boys -- a short, chubby one wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, and a thin, tall one wearing a light blue top and blue jeans -- stage menace and attacks against Israelis, and then laugh about it."
American Children Watch SpongeBob SquarePants, Here's What Hamas' Terror Cartoons Look Like
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
""There are multiple open sources of intel that suggest that China has an extensive biological weapons program and that it is integrated between state laboratories, academia and private industry."
Adm. Brett Giroir: It's Possible Chinese COVID Could Have Been Part of China's Bioweapons Program
"Like the drawdown of America's military following World War II, the current modernization effort could leave our forces under-equipped and undertrained to wage the wars they'll actually encounter." (they're being trained to kill those who oppose the Left - jjs)
Fighting the Last War That Never Happened
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism told the Press Association that the incidents recorded in May included physical attacks on Jewish people, anti-Semitic placards and chants witnessed at political protests, social media posts, and threats against Jewish children at schools."
Anti-Semitic Incidents Reach Record High in the UK: Report
Raymomd Ibrahim: "Thousands of mosques go up, but woe to the Christian who dares open a church."
Churches in Egypt: Harassed Islands in a Sea of Mosques
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki suggested as much during a Thursday briefing, saying Biden would still push to raise corporate taxes because he believes "corporations can afford to pay a little bit more."
Biden Willing To Lower Infrastructure Plan To $1 Trillion, Offering Possible Tax Concession: Reports
"One sensible proposal to deal with the state's housing shortage is running up against the usual obstacles: resistance from unions, local governments, and NIMBYs."
Little Hope for More Housing
"The lack of beds in child-care facilities is a problem of our own making but one with an easy solution."
Fixing Foster Care
"Barrett-penned ruling protects whistleblowers and 'cat-fishers' from prosecution."
Conservatives Divided As Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Anti-Hacking Law
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Rising compensation is typically a good sign for workers but can add to inflationary pressures, particularly when the rise of compensation outpaces the output of businesses. Higher prices can wipe out any benefits to the bottom lines of American households from rising compensation. Thursday's data will likely add to fears that inflation is running hotter than expected."
Inflation Nation: Labor Costs Soaring Twice as Fast as Previously Thought
"No, 'shrinkflation' is not a reference to what happens when a virile man gets in cold water. Instead, it refers to the sneaky way businesses hide the fact that prices are rising as the dollar loses its strength. Customers may blame companies, but businesses have little choice but to pass on some of the cost to consumers. The real fault traces back to [so-called quote-unquote 'president'] Joe Biden and his strategy of printing money to shovel it to Democratic interest groups." (at least now, America has old man balls - jjs)
"Shrinkflation": A Terrifying Omen For America Under Biden
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"If we want to reduce violent crime, reduce the number of people in our jails, the answer is to stop building more of them," Ocasio-Cortez suggested. (how about summary execution to lower the rates? - jjs)
Titty Caca AOC: We Can Reduce Violent Crime and Lower Incarceration Rates if We Stop Building Jails
"Why the hell did Chuck Schumer just stand there@and listen to this train wreck."
People Call Out Cuck Schemer's Reaction as Titty Caca AOC Claims an Answer to Violent Crime is Not Building Jails
"Clear ethical standards govern public release of videos of police-involved shootings."
Prosecutors Can Take Refuge in the Law
Hello? Black Lives Matter? Say her name? Mostly peaceful riots? Meh, crickets for obvious reasons.
Gang Members Chased Down 14-Year-Old Girl Then Shot Her in the Head
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"The light-activated nature of the molecule may allow for unparalleled precision in treating tumors. It will permit surgeons to precisely place the poisoned food in the area where the cancer cells exist and activate them to work in the cancer cells they light up. Any of the medication that migrates into nearby tissues will not be activated, reducing the therapy's impact on healthy cells."
The Cancer Moonshot May Have Just Taken Off Thanks to a Light-Activated "Trojan Horse" Miracle Drug
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"While critical race theory training is pitched as a way to ensure 'equity' in the classroom, in truth, it's far more sinister."
Washington State Mandates Critical Race Theory In All Public Schools
"The suburban Maryland school system, one of the largest in the country, was closed for about a year, with teachers repeatedly objecting to administrators' plans to reopen by saying they feared the virus."
After Teachers Claimed They Were Too Scared To Work, Many Never Got Vaccinated
"After marathon 4 hours session with contentious split public comments, the School Committee instead directed its counsel to seek mediation to try to resolve the dispute before taking any other steps."
South Kingstown (RI) School Committee Votes NOT To Sue Mom Nicole Solas Who Sought CRT Records
"Part two of a three-part series on extremist indoctrination in America's schools."
The Radical Reshaping of K-12 Public Education: Civics and History Failures
"The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case concerning Harvard's race-conscious admissions policy."
Diversity -- Unless You're Asian
"History is not a mere cataloging of chronological events but a recognition that each epoch, each period, each action reveals something important about our collective humanity."
Princeton's Methodology of Destruction
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Republicans in Alaska are not happy with the Biden [junta's] decision to suspend drilling on a large strip of land in the state." (seize the land back from the Feds - jjs)
Alaska's Republican Leaders Slam Biden For Suspending Arctic Drilling
"Greenie vs. greenie: The idiotic and expensive plans to force electric vehicles down the throats of drivers has run into an obstacle created by a law that environmentalists demanded."
EPA Says It Will Declare a Desert Flower an "Endangered Species" That Could Halt a Mine Necessary for Electric Vehicle Batteries
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"According to Boom Supersonic, the Overture craft will seat between 65 and 88 passengers, with a cruising altitude of 60,000 feet, speed of Mach 1.7, and range of 4,888 miles."
United Airlines Is Buying 15 Supersonic "Net-Zero Carbon" Jets From Boom Supersonic, Will Fly "Twice as Fast as Today's Passenger Jets"
Our intrepid science reporter notes, "If they achieve this ambitious schedule, they will complete 51 launches in '21, more than doubling their previous annual record of 25 set last year. With all other American companies added in, there will be a good chance the United States launch total could exceed 70, breaking the country's own annual launch record set in 1966 at the height of the first space race."
SpaceX Successfully Launches Cargo Dragon to ISS-3
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Although the Biden [junta] has repeatedly announced its support of LGBT folks, it's failing to support them where it really matters."
Biden Promises To Fly Homo Pride Flags "Around the World," Except Where Homosexuals Are Being Persecuted
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"If you're looking for an ice-cold Coke, Surry County [NC] may not be the place for you."
COCA-COLA FIZZES OUT: County Votes to Ban Coke Machines Following Georgia Law Criticism
"Mysteriously, the UNICEF report was removed from its website soon after being included in a post from the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam). C-Fam is a UN watchdog and research institute with the United Nations Economic and Social Council."
Disturbing: Report Suggests Pornography Exposure Doesn't Harm Children
"Turns out, America's biggest brands are not so stunning and brave in certain countries abroad. Why might that be?"
Our Woke Masters Are All About Pride -- Except Where It's Not Accepted
"The decision was really arbitrary, that's why we'll be appealing this decision, and the fight isn't over," Noem said. "This is part of the radical left's agenda. They don't want to celebrate America or our freedoms. They're pushing critical race theory. They're pushing the 1619 Project. And this is just another one of those battles to erase our true, honest and patriotic history in this country."
Noem Denied in Fight for Mount Rushmore Fourth of July Fireworks
HITHER & YON
"...their journeys are powerful and worth the hour runtime of the film. Their outcomes break ruthless cycles through hope and redemption."
Gritty New Film Shows What Happens to Men Who Grow Up Without Fathers
"This giddy slab of "Oxploitation" features a CGI-free car stunt for the ages."
Dead-End Drive-In Earned Cult Status the Old-Fashioned Way
"Economist earned title 'Apostle of Peace' for advocating non-coercive trade between willing parties."
Richard Cobden and the Moral Superiority of Free Trade

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:22 AM

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1 Shouldn't have read anything . . .

Posted by: Catherine at June 04, 2021 06:24 AM (+CqU9)

2 Top 5! Go me!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 04, 2021 06:24 AM (PvQcL)

3 almost second...

covfefe is about ready.

off to the content

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 06:24 AM (8D42x)

4 Well, g'mornin' then! Thanks, JJ, and I'll go call the others.

Posted by: Catherine at June 04, 2021 06:24 AM (+CqU9)

5 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 06:24 AM (yrol0)

6 Yay..morning thread.

See those kids were busy up to Minneapolis over night. New sneakers and tequila!

Posted by: Lizabth at June 04, 2021 06:25 AM (L3Rsz)

7 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 04, 2021 06:25 AM (U7wke)

8 4th?

Posted by: Some guy not that other one at June 04, 2021 06:26 AM (EyFCU)

9 I'm all for getting rid of our stupid jail system.

The proper replacement is heavy fines and capital punishment. Not just letting the fuckers get away with it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:28 AM (6FeV1)

10 "Shrinkflation".

12 oz =11.5 oz for the same price or more.

What day is Soylent Green day again?

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 04, 2021 06:28 AM (KR/Q/)

11 "The answer is to make sure we actually build more hospitals, we pay organizers, we get people mental health care," she said. "It's to support communities, not throw them away."

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Wait, you mean the very hospitals that JFK, LBJ, and the Democrat controlled congress of the time voted to defund because they wanted mentally ill people to be cared for in their communities?

The hospitals that housed mentally ill people where funding with medicare and medicaid dollars was made illegal?

Dumbass. We're here because you and yours were wrong back then. Y'all are the ones who started this snowball rolling. And now you're telling us we need to rebuild the Chesterton's Fence that your dumbass tore down 50 years ago?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:29 AM (Kt1w/)

12 Might I add, before I leave work: I am full of PRIDE, as a woman, in being married to a wonderfully masculine man. A patriarch if ever there was one.

Here's to loud, proud 'male and female created he them' sexuality. It's what keeps the whole world chugging along. All else is mere imitation.

Posted by: lizabth at June 04, 2021 06:30 AM (L3Rsz)

13 Close the jails. Let petty theft come with a death sentence.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:30 AM (Kt1w/)

14 you know the sad thing is that titty caca is almost right in the second half of her statement, but she doesn't put the thoughts together in a coherent way.

we do NEED more mental health and hospitalization for the mentally ill and to get them off the streets. but that doesn't mean stop building jails to reduce violent crime.

so close and yet....

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 06:30 AM (8D42x)

15 The failure of Republicans and even Trump to stand up for the Oathkeepers is no less sad for being predictable.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 04, 2021 06:31 AM (H8QX8)

16 oh and i'd aim for a target on Sinema's back

IYKWIMAIKTYD

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 06:31 AM (8D42x)

17 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 04, 2021 06:31 AM (u7pQw)

18 This isn't said jokingly:

Think about how many crazy people have been allowed to freely reproduce in their communities over the last 50 years.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:31 AM (Kt1w/)

19 As far as names go:

Titty Caca > Sandy Donkey-Chompers

Posted by: Roy at June 04, 2021 06:31 AM (Ti+Tv)

20 Mornin' dudes!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 04, 2021 06:32 AM (ZkqmB)

21 Oathkeepers and Proud Boys both turned out to be FBI assets that existed only to move pieces on the board in order to reach a desired outcome.

Look up chekism if you don't know it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:33 AM (Kt1w/)

22 Gritty New Film Shows What Happens to Men Who Grow Up Without Fathers

I read that as "Without Feathers....."

Posted by: JT at June 04, 2021 06:33 AM (arJlL)

23 Hiya Horde !

Happy Friday !

Posted by: JT at June 04, 2021 06:34 AM (arJlL)

24 O'Hiya !

Posted by: JT at June 04, 2021 06:34 AM (arJlL)

25 Schemer and Malig-Nancy Pelosi are scared shitless of these freaks. No, not because they'll make the rubble bounce but because they will take away their multi-decade and sometimes multi-generational grift by being in charge.

Yup. Same thing with the GOP except there isn't a new generation of Republicans to pick up the grift. And IMO there won't be. The GOP is irrelevant now. They have no support beyond a shrinking demographic. Lobbyists and donors are realizing their payoffs to the GOP for policy, favorable legislation, etc. are returning little on their investments.

The GOP is a dead party walking.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 06:34 AM (3H9h1)

26 Our criminal justice system is completely effed. They throw a black kid in jail and ruin his life, turning him into a career criminal, over a quarter ounce of weed.

But a motherfucker cold cocks a pensioner in broad daylight, on film, and nobody does shit about it.

These are your policies, urban democrats. Not ours. You're the ones carefully ensuring black and hispanic society stays in the shitter forever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:35 AM (6FeV1)

27 Gritty New Film Shows What Happens to Men Who Grow Up Without Fathers

**

Gosh, it's almost like what dumb conservatives have been saying for decades keeps being right every time.

Family Lives Matter.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:35 AM (Kt1w/)

28 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 06:37 AM (3D/fK)

29 Marcia Fudge was my Congress critter, a product of the gerrymandering that the Uniparty has used to produce a black district through the most convoluted drawing of nonsensical boundaries. Plus the state GOP doesn't even pretend about competing. So I'm fucked in terms of representation.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 06:37 AM (y7DUB)

30 Our criminal justice system is completely effed. They throw a black kid in jail and ruin his life, turning him into a career criminal, over a quarter ounce of weed.

But a motherfucker cold cocks a pensioner in broad daylight, on film, and nobody does shit about it.

***

There's no mandatory minimum sentencing for the knockout game, silly.

I love the first one, though. I clearly remember black people in the 80s demanding mandatory sentencing because racism. Disparities in sentencing and what-not.

hahahaha

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:37 AM (Kt1w/)

31 toothless, mastubatory theater >> Kabuki theatre

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 06:37 AM (yrol0)

32 My only point is, fuck tittycaca and her policy prescriptions. It's you and yours who create these problems in the first place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:38 AM (6FeV1)

33 i guess the good news out of the headlines is that with kamala being appointed to reform voting rights, i assume she'll be just as successful and active with that as she is with the southern border...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 06:38 AM (8D42x)

34 Good morning. Happy birthday as applicable (that includes you, JJ!).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:38 AM (Jsjd7)

35 So am I correct in my understanding that AOC would rather implement the death penalty than subject career criminals to a stay in prison?

I think I could get behind that viewpoint.

Good on her!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 06:39 AM (3D/fK)

36 My only point is, fuck tittycaca and her policy prescriptions. It's you and yours who create these problems in the first place.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:38 AM (6FeV1)

***

Nuh-uh, the parties switch name when that stuff happened.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:39 AM (Kt1w/)

37 We need capital punishment that isn't death.

Public flogging. Stockades. You know, the classics.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:40 AM (6FeV1)

38 the U.S. should "stop building" jails if we want to reduce the inmate population.

My head hurts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 04, 2021 06:40 AM (9MtrY)

39 I don't advocate reducing jail space, but I am in favor of increased mental health services. Many in our jails are mentally ill people for whom there is no other place to go.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 06:40 AM (45fpk)

40
Good morning, Hordians.

Let's get out there and enrage the lunatics by living a good life today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 04, 2021 06:40 AM (mht8P)

41 Hey, if nobody has anything left to steal, theft will plummet!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:41 AM (6FeV1)

42 Good morning morons and thanks JJ

Pelosi Newsom Harris are at one with the radical left that has enslaved California for many years

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 04, 2021 06:41 AM (EZebt)

43 Will Congress spend $40 mil on Fauxchi investigation over the course of 3 years?

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 06:41 AM (S1hrL)

44 TGIF!

There's a second batch of Fauci emails from an FOIA request submited by another organization, but . . .

@michellemalkin @ICANdecide were suspended by Twitter today for reporting that they have 3,000 additional pages of Fauci's emails they obtained thru FOIA! They'll be posting at http://icandecide.org tonight. Spread the word and help crowdsource review of the emails!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 06:42 AM (bDqIh)

45 But a motherfucker cold cocks a pensioner in broad daylight, on film, and nobody does shit about it.

**

And yeah, this is a big reason why sh*tholes that have been exclusively controlled by Democrats for 50+ years just keep getting worse and worse.

They CAN'T arrest for little stuff like this. They don't have the manpower or the willpower. If they tried to crack down on this type of crime they'd arrest 30% of their residents. Instead it's allowed, people see it's allowed, and people learn that it's part of their community and culture. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:43 AM (Kt1w/)

46 If the 20th century should have taught us anything, it is to never trust doctors in or adjacent to politics.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 06:44 AM (yrol0)

47 If everyone's homeless, there won't be any burglary anymore!

We can totally do this, yoo guys!!!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:44 AM (6FeV1)

48 I am always fascinated by the arguments made by the likes of AOC. I even accept her premise, to a point. We have too many prisoners overall, too few of the right type, building more prisons so as to have more prisons isn't sensible and mental health is a serious problem that leads to crime (though certainly not all crime - to call all crime a mental health problem is itself a form of insanity).

In the particulars, though, I find nothing to agree about. The obvious first step to reducing the number of prisoners is to reduce the number of laws. How many people do we have locked up for relatively minor things while goons in gangs and white-collar fraudsters who steal billions walk free? The priorities are all out of whack. We have teaming hordes of mentally ill, drug-addled street people and have closed all the public mental health facilities, casting them onto the street in the first place (in some cases - not universally or even probably majority). The list goes on.

Yet her plan is to just abolish prisons and treat everything as a mental health issue, with no investigation of root causes, no law review, no nothing. What a joke.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:44 AM (Jsjd7)

49 AOC's thought process:

If you are a criminal, you are mentally ill. If you are mentally ill, you are a criminal. Third grade reasoning?

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 06:44 AM (S1hrL)

50 Will Congress spend $40 mil on Fauxchi investigation over the course of 3 years?
Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 06:41 AM (S1hrL)
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No. If the State or Party is going to hang him out to dry, the investigation will be quick. If they are going to defend him, the investigation will be quick. It will cost the same either way, as the same palms are getting greased.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:45 AM (Jsjd7)

51
Jails and prisons are horrible places because they're filled with horrible people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 04, 2021 06:45 AM (mht8P)

52 Lizzy, was Michelle Malkin kicked off twitter simply for saying she has more Fauci emails? That's what it looks like.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 04, 2021 06:45 AM (9MtrY)

53 Has AOC ever considered the possibility that once an individual finds themselves enjoying the roll of predator, they may not wish to give up that roll?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 06:45 AM (3D/fK)

54 Once upon a time in America we had places where the mentally disturbed could go and be treated. The dems got rid of them all because they were unfair to the mentally different or some such shit as that. Happened in the Reagan administration if I remember correctly.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (CcOog)

55 If everyone's homeless, there won't be any burglary anymore!

We can totally do this, yoo guys!!!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:44 AM (6FeV1)
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No, just robbery and theft. But unless trespassing into someone's tent or scrap cardboard shanty counts as burglary, then yes this is strictly speaking true.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (Jsjd7)

56 The USSR used mental health facilities to good effect. /s The problem there as it will be here with people like tits and teeth is who defines mental illness.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (QZ/dC)

57 They don't want to close down jails. They just want to empty them out so they have somewhere to go with all the bodies when their glorious De-MAGAfication campaign kicks off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (6FeV1)

58 wait wut??

CNN
Thousands of emails from and to Dr. Fauci reveal the weight that came with his role as a rare source of frank honesty within the Trump administration's Covid-19 task force

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (yrol0)

59 Newsmax just now: WH is preparing for transition of Kommie Kam into Oval Office. The administration now to be called the Biden Harris administration, and more.

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (S1hrL)

60 Ok, let's empty the prisons and abolish the police. On one condition, and it must be met. Every one of you imbeciles in any state or federal gov't elected office, including the president, will no longer have armed police protection, no secret service, no police escorts at any time. Is it a deal?

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 06:47 AM (O+I8R)

61 >>I don't advocate reducing jail space, but I am in favor of increased mental health services. Many in our jails are mentally ill people for whom there is no other place to go.

It was a few years ago, but I recall rading that ~4-% of federal prison inmates are foreigners -- illegal immigrant criminals.

Now, the same people whining about overcrowded prisons demand an open border. Seems we could take care of the problem with a big beautiful wall and strong enforcement of existing law, deportations (not amnesty, etc.). Oddly, AOC and her crew choose the opposite -- more criminals on our streets.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 06:47 AM (bDqIh)

62 With Fauci on the outs... who's going to be the *biden administration's point person on COVID? Fauci is a shit heel, but there's the possibility another or existing freakshow will take his place.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 06:47 AM (3H9h1)

63 Has AOC ever considered the possibility that once an individual finds themselves enjoying the roll of predator, they may not wish to give up that roll?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 06:45 AM (3D/fK)

Consider it? She's LIVING it!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 06:47 AM (6FeV1)

64 Buy one, get 50% off the second one. Great for gifts!

Posted by: Dr Fauci Votive Candle at June 04, 2021 06:48 AM (4I/2K)

65 CNN: Thousands of emails from and to Dr. Fauci reveal the weight that came with his role as a rare source of frank honesty within the Trump administration's Covid-19 task force
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (yrol0)
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Wow. Now *that's* spin. So the argument here is that Fauci was one shining, humanized, competent gem in Trump's team. The problem is Trump, not Fauci. Fauci was but one man weighed down fighting the inexorable tide.

Which team is CNN on? Are they State (like the New York Times) or Party (like the WaPo)? I suspect they're State. The fractures are showing on this one.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:48 AM (Jsjd7)

66 The GOP is a dead party walking.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 06:34 AM (3H9h1)

I agree. The national GOP willingly made itself the California GOP. Irrelevant and useless.

Posted by: nobody at June 04, 2021 06:48 AM (xlWdK)

67 Has AOC ever considered the possibility that once an individual finds themselves enjoying the roll of predator, they may not wish to give up that roll?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 06:45 AM (3D/fK)

Word!

Posted by: Billy Jeff, Rapist at June 04, 2021 06:49 AM (KR/Q/)

68 You can't force people to receive mental health services by and large. There are constitutional limits on that, and not without good reason. Ever notice how the left pushes the whole conservatives are crazy line with some frequency? Like the Soviets, they'd be happy to weaponize mental health services.

In contrast, there are far fewer constitutional obstacles to jailing people who commit crimes, even when those people have a screw loose (but don't qualify as incompetent or insane under criminal law's rightly narrow definitions of incompetence and insanity).

The whole "let's have more mental health care" schtick is just another prong of the left's quest to return America's streets to the 1970s when criminals were allowed to pile up offense after offense and never see serious jail time. It's right up there with "less cops, more social workers."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 04, 2021 06:49 AM (QU5/8)

69 >>was Michelle Malkin kicked off twitter simply for saying she has more Fauci emails? That's what it looks like.

Malkin is still on, the @ICANdecide account was suspended -- they are the ones with the Fauci emails.

Michelle is getting the word out.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 06:49 AM (bDqIh)

70 54 Once upon a time in America we had places where the mentally disturbed could go and be treated. The dems got rid of them all because they were unfair to the mentally different or some such shit as that. Happened in the Reagan administration if I remember correctly.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (CcOog)

I recall that that happened in CA in the mid 60s when Reagan was governor.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (s2VJv)

71 The whole "let's have more mental health care" schtick is just another prong of the left's quest to return America's streets to the 1970s when criminals were allowed to pile up offense after offense and never see serious jail time. It's right up there with "less cops, more social workers."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 04, 2021 06:49 AM (QU5/

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We've already gotten back to that point in many cities in this country. Indeed, we've surpassed it in places like California where they've effectively legalized categories of crime.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (Jsjd7)

72 If we want fewer criminal prosecutions in America we need to reduce the number of prosecutors.

Posted by: Alexandra Ocasio Cortex at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (9MtrY)

73 I recall that that happened in CA in the mid 60s when Reagan was governor.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (s2VJv)
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There are a handful of Very Bad Things that Reagan did. No-fault divorce is another.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (Jsjd7)

74 A guy walked into the bar when AOC was tending it. He orders two fingers of Jack and three rocks. She comes back 15 minutes later and the guy wants to know what took so long. Math is hard.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 06:51 AM (I58tH)

75 I don't advocate reducing jail space, but I am in favor of increased mental health services. Many in our jails are mentally ill people for whom there is no other place to go.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 06:40 AM (45fpk)
***

By design. Random quotes from reputable non-righty websites:

JFK first:
Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act. The law signaled a shift in thinking about how we care for the mentally ill: instead of confining them into institutions, the act was supposed to create community mental health centers to provide support.

LBJ second:
Federal law currently prohibits the use of Medicaid dollars to pay for mental health care at facilities with more than 16 beds.

And both men destroyed the system with Democrat controlled congress.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:51 AM (Kt1w/)

76 73 I recall that that happened in CA in the mid 60s when Reagan was governor.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (s2VJv)
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There are a handful of Very Bad Things that Reagan did. No-fault divorce is another.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:50 AM (Jsjd7)

Wait, before you blame him for that, IIRC it was the ACLU that sued the state and won, essentially forcing him to shutter the loony bins.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:52 AM (s2VJv)

77 Sad news. The Iranians finally extinguished the refinery fire.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 06:52 AM (UHVv4)

78 The GOP is a dead party walking.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 06:34 AM (3H9h1)

I agree. The national GOP willingly made itself the California GOP. Irrelevant and useless.

==

It does beg the question...where are all of the 60-80 million voters going to go? Sit home? Start a 3rd party? I completely agree that the GOP is a shrinking party, a dead man walking. But there are literally millions of us with nowhere to go. We're certainly not going to vote* communist Democrat.

* for those of us who still think voting counts

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 06:52 AM (O+I8R)

79 Ugh, that was supposed to be **40%** federal inmates are foreigners.

It would be interesting to look at the current stats on state and federal inmates that are foreigners - at least have a meaningful discussion (I know) if there's a significant overlap here.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (bDqIh)

80 77 Sad news. The Iranians finally extinguished the refinery fire.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 06:52 AM (UHVv4)

From what I understand, they have very low or poor refining capacity. It's gonna hurt them for quite a while.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (s2VJv)

81 CNN: Thousands of emails from and to Dr. Fauci reveal the weight that came with his role as a rare source of frank honesty within the Trump administration's Covid-19 task force

***

He was wrong about everything, purposely destroyed the economy in order to help force mail in voting in order to remove the most capable president in 100 years, and was solely interested in protecting his position and trying to hide his role in the bioweapon, but it's his truth and we celebrate his honesty.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (Kt1w/)

82 Wait, before you blame him for that, IIRC it was the ACLU that sued the state and won, essentially forcing him to shutter the loony bins.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:52 AM (s2VJv)
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I don't know much about the collapse of America's mental institutions, only that it happened.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (Jsjd7)

83 Newsmax just now: WH is preparing for transition of Kommie Kam into Oval Office. The administration now to be called the Biden Harris administration, and more.
Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 06:46 AM (S1hrL)

===
This is a symbol for how things work. It is the party who determines who holds which office, and when.

Newsom was running for Governor until the Party told him to step aside in favor of Jerry Brown. Newsom dutifully sat by the pool in Carmichael for 8 years totally confident he would eventually be handed the top spot.

So forgive my lack of concern about "election integrity" when elections mean jack and sh*t. They don't need your vote. They don't want your vote.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (EZebt)

84 Asians make up over 25% of most Ivies. I'm sick of the idea that they should get 100% of the slots based on phoney scores. Our schools should not be chock full of foreign nationals (mostly Asian). We bitch here about China stealing research and yet if we don't fill our research schools with Chinese, we're racist? Fucking stupid. Some people should do some research about the security at ETS... they have large security breaches at least annually.

Posted by: CN at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (ONvIw)

85 In the little town where I grew up we had a mental health facility. It finally got shut down about 5 years ago because there just isn't any money to pay for it. It was one of two, and that was the one that got cut.

But of course it was the fault of the Republican governor who signed the order, not of the fed and state legislatures that basically legislated it out of existence.

Because even smart people are f'n stupid when it's their ox getting gored (or Gore'd, as the case may be).

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 06:55 AM (CcOog)

86 June 4th, 1989, I watched in horror as the Communist Chinese sent in the "People's Liberation Army" to slaughter 10-20,000 innocent, unarmed Chinese students.

They drove tanks over their own children for having the audacity to ask to choose their own leaders and make their own laws.

God damn every member of the Communist Chinese Party straight to fucking Hell.

Death to Communism, and all who promote it.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 04, 2021 06:55 AM (VDbGO)

87 "Two fingers of Jack?

I mean, i usually use all of them, but the customer is always right!"

Posted by: AOC working happy hour at June 04, 2021 06:56 AM (6FeV1)

88 So forgive my lack of concern about "election integrity" when elections mean jack and sh*t. They don't need your vote. They don't want your vote.

--

Remember when Biden told that PA or MI voter, who asked why he should get his vote? Biden's reply was, "I don't need your vote."

And it turns out, he didn't. Thanks to the greatest fraud machine ever perpetrated on the American people.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 06:56 AM (O+I8R)

89 We can just pencil-whip those violent crime stats and voila! Violent crime is down!

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated american at June 04, 2021 06:56 AM (4I/2K)

90 Don't fall for the Reagan manipulation. It's purposeful for the same reason "the parties switched names" silliness is used.

Timeline:
https://tinyurl.com/4r9fanpr

Another here
https://tinyurl.com/m95uxwep

1963 President John F. Kennedy signs the Community Mental Health Act.

1965 The U.S. Congress establishes Medicaid and Medicare. Mentally disabled people living in the community are eligible for benefits but those in psychiatric hospitals are excluded.

1967 Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:57 AM (Kt1w/)

91 "Wait, before you blame him for that, IIRC it was the ACLU that sued the
state and won, essentially forcing him to shutter the loony bins."

And pretty much the same thing happened on the national level a couple of decades later, because as goes California so goes the nation.

Which is fancy talk for "we are so boned."

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 06:57 AM (CcOog)

92 No casualties apparently but a Serbian munitions factory has suffered a series of explosions, seeing locals evacuated from the area.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 06:58 AM (UHVv4)

93 1965 The U.S. Congress establishes Medicaid and Medicare. Mentally
disabled people living in the community are eligible for benefits but
those in psychiatric hospitals are excluded.

That has changed, I believe, at least in regards to Medicare. I'm not sure about Medicaid.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (45fpk)

94 Titty Caca might have a morsel of truth in her teeth. There is a prison industrial complex that makes pretty good money off a steady flow of customers provided by BigGov.

Keeping borders open helped fill prisons with illegals, some of the druggies got third strike long sentences (most were guilty of dealing or violence and pled down). And blacks (and others) have been kept in crime ridden "Dem plantations" with bad intent (as opposed to Giuliani's stop and frisk, for example).

But getting rid of Democrats that control the cartel run cities is the answer, not getting rid of prisons and making the criminal cartels even stronger. Portland and Minneapolis have increased crime along with their radical leftist ideology ... and Kyle Rittenhouse gets maximum persecution while real criminals are released from prison to protect them from Covid. (Dems are the terrorists)

Posted by: illiniwek at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (Cus5s)

95 Someone wants violence -- see the pinned tweet's video:

https://twitter.com/StrikePac

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (bDqIh)

96 Short story about mental institutions, the promise was to replace large congregate facilities with smaller community based housing.

Broken promise because everyone in California said not in my neighborhood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (EZebt)

97 It does beg the question...where are all of the 60-80 million voters going to go?

IMO, for the next election cycle, and probably the one after that we (former Republicans) won't vote. The GOP is incredibly stupid and will take a decade or so to die off as it needs to.

The debate about what to do with the leftists in control now is one that doesn't involve "voting."

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (3H9h1)

98 @90, this X 100. You can trace most of the shit rolling downhill today to FDR, JFK and LBJ and their fellow travelers in Congress in those days.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:00 AM (QZ/dC)

99 This sounds sincere: kidnapped/arrested Belarusian journalist appears in a video praising President Lukashenko.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:00 AM (UHVv4)

100 " Serbian munitions factory"

Prvi Partizan ?

doubleplus ungood.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 04, 2021 07:00 AM (VnT7U)

101 This sounds sincere: kidnapped/arrested Belarusian journalist appears in a video praising President Lukashenko.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:00 AM (UHVv4)

Did he say it in Chinese?

Posted by: AOC working happy hour at June 04, 2021 07:00 AM (6FeV1)

102 92 A lot of ammo becoming available is from the PRVI factory in Serbia. Wonder if it's the same factory.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (I58tH)

103 The U.S. Congress establishes Medicaid and Medicare. Mentallydisabled people...
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That has changed, I believe, at least in regards to Medicare. I'm not sure about Medicaid.
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Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (45fpk)

**

FWIW that quote was from a NH news article from 2019 about asking for a waiver.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (Kt1w/)

104 Titty-Sock-A off...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (6FeV1)

105 Asheville NC is having a crime problem. So much so that the police have announced that they will no longer respond to certain crimes, such as theft under $1000 and simple assault.

One of the reasons is because of the "defund the police" movement they don't have the manpower. So if you are an Asheville resident and would like to see that change very quickly, go punch out a city council member.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (CcOog)

106 There are good elements and bad elements of the GOP. Trump's entire effort is around setting an agenda, getting members to agree on direction and excising people who don't agree or have shown themselves to be turncoats.

You can either fit in or fuck off. Either way, stop being a little bitch.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (LcEaB)

107 I'm fucking off. You can take your garbage party and stuff it up your ass.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 04, 2021 07:03 AM (QU5/8)

108 Yep. We've been trying to get Republicans to agree with our direction for decades. They can either fit in or f*ck off. Well said.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:04 AM (Kt1w/)

109 " Serbian munitions factory"

Prvi Partizan ?

doubleplus ungood.

PRVI was one of only two sources for 6.5x50 brass (the other being Norma). Of course they have (both) been out for a while now.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:04 AM (CcOog)

110 95 Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM

It's disorienting to see our complaints about Democrat fascism and violence twisted snd perverted into stormtrooper propaganda, like this woman has done in this video... she does indeed want violence.

Posted by: Alexandra Ocasio Cortex at June 04, 2021 07:05 AM (9MtrY)

111 Why do you think Democrats have so vehemently attacked voting reforms and audits? Rhetorically, because it spells trouble for their fraudulent efforts. We need to keep going down that path. In fact, I've written to Congress and urged Republicans to take up the 2 paragraph bill written by none other then Tulsi Gabbard. It simply states you must have a paper ballot that backs up every single vote.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:05 AM (LcEaB)

112 Speaking of, have the Republicans negotiated Biden down to a $5.9T budget yet?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:05 AM (Kt1w/)

113 Everyone please remember to direct your fire at the enemy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 04, 2021 07:06 AM (EZebt)

114 The Wisconsin legislature is introducing a bill that would ban CRT from being taught K-12 and on all UW Campuses including Madison. Republicans have a majority in the house. Evers will veto it, so it's a matter of do they have the votes to over-ride the veto.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:06 AM (45fpk)

115 Asheville NC is having a crime problem. So much so that the police have announced that they will no longer respond to certain crimes, such as theft under $1000 and simple assault.

One of the reasons is because of the "defund the police" movement they don't have the manpower. So if you are an Asheville resident and would like to see that change very quickly, go punch out a city council member.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (CcOog)
++++
It's like no one bothered to learn the lessons of New York City. They turned the place around with "broken windows policing." It was a net positive. It also, of course, requires moderation. Without that, you get things like "stop and frisk" which is, in my opinion, gross overreach and unjustifiable constitutionally. In moderation and with effective management, though, it allows real progress to be created and for the crime problem to improve.

Not politically correct anymore, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 07:06 AM (Jsjd7)

116 she does indeed want violence.

Sad thing is...she only THINKS she does. If (when) she was (is) ever faced with the logical results of her idiocy she will weep alligator tears while proclaiming "I never wanted this!"

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:07 AM (CcOog)

117 From what I understand, they have very low or poor refining capacity. It's gonna hurt them for quite a while.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 06:54 AM (s2VJv)

I saw the the US DOE bought about a million barrels of crude from Iran. WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:07 AM (yrol0)

118 >>"Greenie vs. greenie: The idiotic and expensive plans to force electric vehicles down the throats of drivers has run into an obstacle created by a law that environmentalists demanded."

I'm thinking that's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:10 AM (bDqIh)

119 I saw the the US DOE bought about a million barrels of crude from Iran. WTFO??

***

They want us to know that they're doing it, too.

We're post-law. Well, some of us. The rest of us are ALL the laws.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:10 AM (Kt1w/)

120 Asheville NC is having a crime problem. So much so that the police have announced that they will no longer respond to certain crimes, such as theft under $1000 and simple assault.

One of the reasons is because of the "defund the police" movement they don't have the manpower. So if you are an Asheville resident and would like to see that change very quickly, go punch out a city council member.

--

In case it needs to be repeated, Asheville is one of those breathtakingly beautiful places that have been swarmed by leftists over the years. The resulting crime explosion is par for the course. Democrat voters are the absolute stupidest people on the face of the earth.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 07:10 AM (O+I8R)

121 I've noticed that a lot of these people calling for violence have either never experienced any, or have not been on the wrong side of it.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:10 AM (LcEaB)

122 I had not realized that BLM had removed their 'What We Believe' page from their website a while ago.

Have they modified their beliefs to include the idea that a nuclear family, with a father and a mother is a desirable environment for the raising of a black child?

Or did they simply catch too much shit for telling the truth, that they wanted the black nuclear family abolished?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 07:10 AM (3D/fK)

123 Thank you Sam Adams for recalling the anniversary of Chinese Peoples Liberation Army tanks rolling over people looking to us and yearning for liberty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 04, 2021 07:11 AM (EZebt)

124 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:11 AM (Zz0t1)

125 You can either fit in or fuck off. Either way, stop being a little bitch.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:01 AM (LcEaB)

Marcus,

from a national standpoint, yeah, i'm fucking off from the GOP, with the very specific exception of President Trump and DeSantis.

I'm stuck in VA, so i've fucked off from the state level as well. these fuck nuggets only support "the correct" republican candidates, so why should i fucking care about them?

Locally, I'm fully behind the local GOP people, they've done plenty correct, including declaring our city a 2nd amendment sanctuary city.

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 07:11 AM (8D42x)

126 Kristi Noem has been off the radar ever since she so thoroughly destroyed her political career. Now she has been handed a golden opportunity to get some positive coverage.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 04, 2021 07:11 AM (9MtrY)

127 Mining is US that might hurt a cactus, bad. Mining in Africa using child labor, good. At least the Dems make it easy to hate them.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (QZ/dC)

128 "The answer is to make sure we actually build more hospitals, we pay organizers, we get people mental health care," she said. "It's to support communities, not throw them away."

Wait.......So, Ocrazio Cotits want's to bring back the insane asylums?

Go AOC!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (Zz0t1)

129 AOC thoughts:

If there were no police, there would be no crime!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (5ksdg)

130 "Asheville NC is having a crime problem. So much so that the police have announced that they will no longer respond to certain crimes, such as theft under $1000 and simple assault."

So- how are the suburbs around Raleigh doing if I might ask. I've been looking in parts of the Yankee Containment Zone but I really don't want to run onto my old neighbors I'm trying to get away from.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (LcEaB)

131 Good morning y'all!

Posted by: tbodie at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (VzbI8)

132 Mining in the US by an Australian company solely to sell to US buyers who are forced to purchase the product.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:13 AM (Kt1w/)

133 That is the goal!!

If you attempt by legislation to give any direction to trade or industry, it is a thousand to one that you are doing wrong.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:13 AM (yrol0)

134 "It is not acceptable for us to use jails as garbage bins for human beings. We need to treat people and see them as human," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Funny, I'm pretty sure that violent criminals don't treat us like human beings. Are we no longer doing the "teach men not to rape" dance or is that only aimed towards black rapists and the white ones get the book thrown at them?

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at June 04, 2021 07:13 AM (HK8/E)

135 AOC thoughts:

If everyone was given $1 million, everyone would be a millionaire! We could pay for it by taxing millionaires!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:13 AM (5ksdg)

136 China Joe's G7 debut next week in England after he becomes the first Peeresident to meet ERII is going to be about "taxing multinational corporations."

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:13 AM (UHVv4)

137 So- how are the suburbs around Raleigh doing if I might ask. I've been looking in parts of the Yankee Containment Zone but I really don't want to run onto my old neighbors I'm trying to get away from.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (LcEaB)

***

Look towards Zebulon and equal distances north and south. Easy drive in, nice neighborhoods for now.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (Kt1w/)

138 >>If (when) she was (is) ever faced with the logical results of her idiocy she will weep alligator tears while proclaiming ~~"I never wanted this!"~~

. . .that the cops are to blame for not keeping our streets safe, or that the government isn't funding enough jobs training programs and providing mental health assistance blah blah blah.

It's NEVER their fault, never the policies they push.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (bDqIh)

139 117 That Iranian oil deal just reeks of possibilities for a little cash back to certain parties. If only we had an organization with some forensic accountants. They could keep an eye on transfers to usual suspects. Hell, they could use some office space down at that Marine Base in Quantico VA. A few desks, some computers, a coffee pot. They should start an organization like that someday.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (I58tH)

140 Mining is US that might hurt a cactus, bad. Mining in Africa using child labor, good. At least the Dems make it easy to hate them.

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American oil pipeline: bad. Russian oil pipeline: good. Again, Democrat voters are in a class of stupid all by themselves.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (O+I8R)

141 Well, NJ Legislature voted to continue with Murphy's special executive powers till January. Apparently 1 Democrat voted no (Haven't been able to find out who that was yet) and all the Republicans voted no, but it still wasn't enough. The local leftist online paper frames this as "Coronavirus over" or something like that, so we'll just have to wait for his next power grab. I'm expecting a variant in October and so more voting by mail.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (k39e/)

142 I saw the the US DOE bought about a million barrels of crude from Iran. WTFO??
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:07 AM (yrol0)

I'd say you got to be shitting me, but i fully believe it from this "administration"...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (8D42x)

143 Wait.......So, Ocrazio Cotits want's to bring back the insane asylums?

Go AOC!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (Zz0t1)

Mental health care does not necessarily equal insane asylums.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (45fpk)

144 AOC thoughts:

If the moon was made of cheese, we could harvest it and feed the world!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (5ksdg)

145 122 I had not realized that BLM had removed their 'What We Believe' page from their website a while ago.

Have they modified their beliefs to include the idea that a nuclear family, with a father and a mother is a desirable environment for the raising of a black child?

Or did they simply catch too much shit for telling the truth, that they wanted the black nuclear family abolished?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 07:10 AM (3D/fK)

They only have about 20% to go as around 80% of black kids raised without a father.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (yrol0)

146 "Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 07:11 AM (8D42x)"

But that's the smart, intellectual move. It's the same here in New Yorkistan. You work to change what you can and leave the rest on the side of the road. Perpetual complaining and surrender get you nothing but heart disease and slavery.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:15 AM (LcEaB)

147 It's made more simple when you understand that Democrats don't hate Africa or Russia.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:15 AM (Kt1w/)

148
Mental health care does not necessarily equal insane asylums.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (45fpk)

But you have to admit, society is MUCH worse off since we got rid of them.....

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:15 AM (Zz0t1)

149 The United States imported a rare cargo of 1.033 million barrels of Iranian crude in March despite sanctions on Irans energy sector, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed.

The cargo is only the second oil import by the United States from Iran since late 1991, data on EIAs website showed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:16 AM (yrol0)

150 Increasing mental health services today means a psychiatrist writes out scripts. Insurance will not cover "therapy." It covers medication management.
Taxpayers foot the bill and big Pharma will be very happy to see all criminals on psycopharms. Besides what psychiatrist or social worker wants an office full of criminal elements?

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 07:16 AM (S1hrL)

151 So the trajectory of the Congress and Senate is one side is going to be composed of true believing marxists pushing their poisonous agenda at full throttle and the other side is going to be composed of lickspittles who only want to make deals and grift.

Unbelievable.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (kkmod)

152 But you have to admit, society is MUCH worse off since we got rid of them.....
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:15 AM (Zz0t1)

Considering how most of them got jobs as ad executives and college professors....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (zNYTq)

153 If we eliminated more female babies there would be less rape moving forward!

Posted by: Sandy Titti Cortez at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (flINI)

154 Rod Rosentein and his sister ought to be whacked.

Those two truly are the very definition of evil.

Posted by: nobody at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (xlWdK)

155 "Mental health care does not necessarily equal insane asylums.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (45fpk)
"

True.

But if as I do, you consider mental health care a spectrum, then asylums (IMHO) do belong somewhere on that spectrum.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (3D/fK)

156 So- how are the suburbs around Raleigh doing if I
might ask. I've been looking in parts of the Yankee Containment Zone but
I really don't want to run onto my old neighbors I'm trying to get away
from.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:12 AM (LcEaB)
I wouldn't go anywhere near Durham.

Seriously though, when I moved into my house here in Franklinton (20 miles north of Raleigh) I told my wife that given enough time Raleigh would come to us. Fifteen years later and they have renovated the old textile mill here and made it into apartments for the commuting crowd. Lots of new construction going on around here in Franklin County because Wake Forest is pretty much built itself into north Raleigh.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (CcOog)

157
And yeah, this is a big reason why sh*tholes that have been exclusively controlled by Democrats for 50+ years just keep getting worse and worse.
They CAN'T arrest for little stuff like this. They don't have the manpower or the willpower. If they tried to crack down on this type of crime they'd arrest 30% of their residents. Instead it's allowed, people see it's allowed, and people learn that it's part of their community and culture. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:43 AM (Kt1w/)

This, and Titty Caca are what will drive death squads to reduce crime by civilian vigilantes.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (VcFUs)

158 Someone wants violence -- see the pinned tweet's video:

https://twitter.com/StrikePac

Posted by Lizzy

Mika is morphing into a literal vulture aka turkey bird.
BIG OOF!

https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelBitecofer/
status/1400408520508510209/photo/1

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (xlMBk)

159 AOC thoughts:

We could stop pollution by outlawing fossil fuels, forcing people to use clean sources of energy like electricity!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (5ksdg)

160 The French arrest Russian tennis player, Yana Sizikova, at the French Open for alleged match fixing at last year's Open.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (UHVv4)

161 "Look towards Zebulon and equal distances north and south. Easy drive in, nice neighborhoods for now.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:14 AM (Kt1w/)"

Thanks. I have looked at Zebulon and I want to say Wendel? Beautiful area. They tried to steer my towards Garner, Clayton and a few places in Wake Forest.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (LcEaB)

162 Increasing mental health services today means a psychiatrist writes out scripts. Insurance will not cover "therapy."

This is not accurate.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (45fpk)

163 And the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees is just as it always has been. Asheville Lite (but not for long).

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (CcOog)

164 155 including forensic hospitals

Posted by: CN at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (k9lXi)

165 Democrats have a fetish with wanting the streets stuffed with violent criminals and insane people. No normal person thinks this way.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (O+I8R)

166 122 I had not realized that BLM had removed their 'What We Believe' page from their website a while ago.

Just need a quick sentence - "We believe liberal honkies are fools and will fall for any bullshit we throw at them".

Posted by: Roy at June 04, 2021 07:19 AM (Ti+Tv)

167 166 122 I had not realized that BLM had removed their 'What We Believe' page from their website a while ago.

Just need a quick sentence - "We believe liberal honkies are fools and will fall for any bullshit we throw at them".
Posted by: Roy at June 04, 2021 07:19 AM (Ti+Tv)

=========

"We believe in enriching ourselves through the enforcement of white guilt on liberal whites who will do anything in their power to avoid being called racist. If they ever quote the previous sentence in any context whatsoever, they are racist."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:20 AM (LvTSG)

168 You want free renewable energy?

Hook up some steam turbines to Pippi Wrongstocking's ears....

"how-DARE-you-*psssh*-how-DARE-you-*psssh*"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 04, 2021 07:20 AM (zNYTq)

169 Mika is morphing into a literal vulture aka turkey bird.
BIG OOF!

https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelBitecofer/
status/1400408520508510209/photo/1
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (xlMBk)

The woman on the left has obviously never heard of teeth whitening toothpaste.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:21 AM (Zz0t1)

170 Serbian ammo factory was the Sloboda one that the stories describe as a (government-run??) military one. I don't know if it does any private sales.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:21 AM (UHVv4)

171 Close the jails. Let petty theft come with a death sentence.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 06:30 AM (Kt1w/)

Good thing for San Francisco that they can get Amazon to deliver their prescriptions for them (this is not true) since pharmacies are closing due to lefty stupidity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 04, 2021 07:21 AM (U7wke)

172 "I wouldn't go anywhere near Durham.
Seriously though, when I moved into my house here in Franklinton (20 miles north of Raleigh) I told my wife that given enough time Raleigh would come to us. Fifteen years later and they have renovated the old textile mill here and made it into apartments for the commuting crowd. Lots of new construction going on around here in Franklin County because Wake Forest is pretty much built itself into north Raleigh.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:17 AM (CcOog)"

The family has this thing on their head that being east of Raleigh puts them closer to the coast, which they presume they want to visit a lot. All good in theory I suppose, but who knows.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:21 AM (LcEaB)

173
https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelBitecofer/
status/1400408520508510209/photo/1

--

"Fight the GOP assault on democracy!" LOL

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 04, 2021 07:22 AM (O+I8R)

174 170 Partizan is in Uzice, Serbia, so that's a little relief.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (I58tH)

175 This is not accurate.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (45fpk)

.....
Therapy usually requires pre-authorization and other hoops. A criminal mindset is unlikely, imo, to maintain his/her status as a therapy patient (i.e., coming on a regular basis to appointments, not once every 90 days).

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (S1hrL)

176 NJ Lawmakers Pass Bill To End COVID Public Health Emergency

Got it wrong. That's the way the online paper phrased it. So the emergency is over but Murphy gets to keep the emergency powers and hand many of the decisions over to stat run agencies. Groovy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (k39e/)

177 and people learn that it's part of their community and culture. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Yep. I lived in a mixed race neighborhood. People would post videos to Nextdoor of their cars or houses being broken into. 100% of the time the perp was a certain race. There would always be a reply "They are just kids messing around. Thats what they do"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (5ksdg)

178 Political parties are designed to,give voters information about candidates they don't know. You vote local where you "know" that person, at each step of dislocation you depend on others for that knowledge. Democrats have it easy, you know what you are going to get. We have a trust issue with the Republican Party. R voters have always accepted the 75% or 50% or 10% solution, Trump just made us ask for more. This is contentious (as we see here) but not likely fatal. Walkaways are a real problem that needs a serious (not a love it or leave it) solution.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (QZ/dC)

179 What's happening in Ashville, NC is going to happen in cities in Florida, Texas and elsewhere that have seen an influx of Democrats fleeing their ratholes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (3H9h1)

180 I saw the the US DOE bought about a million barrels of crude from Iran. WTFO??
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:07 AM (yrol0)

Under Drumpf we were a net exporter of energy. All that fucking lip service about energy independence by the Uniparty was achieved under DJT and he made it look easy. None of the enemedia dimwits will mention this to the ginger scag, Psaki.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:24 AM (y7DUB)

181 .....
Therapy usually requires pre-authorization and other hoops. A criminal mindset is unlikely, imo, to maintain his/her status as a therapy patient (i.e., coming on a regular basis to appointments, not once every 90 days).
Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (S1hrL)

And trannies were born that way, so why study them?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:25 AM (Zz0t1)

182 Therapy usually requires pre-authorization and other
hoops. A criminal mindset is unlikely, imo, to maintain his/her status
as a therapy patient (i.e., coming on a regular basis to appointments,
not once every 90 days).

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (S1hrL)

I think you're right on that. This also happens in cases of schizophrenia as well. These unfortunate souls frequently go off their meds and don't follow through, and often end up on the streets.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:25 AM (45fpk)

183 "They are just kids messing around. Thats what they do"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (5ksdg)

JUST LIKE KNIFE FIGHTS!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:26 AM (Zz0t1)

184 I hope to have gone to glory by the time Ocasio Cortez gets elected El Presidente.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 04, 2021 07:26 AM (k39e/)

185 ".. turned the place around with "broken windows policing." It was a net positive. It also, of course, requires moderation. Without that, you get things like "stop and frisk" which is, in my opinion, gross overreach and unjustifiable constitutionally"

idk much about the details, but when neighborhoods have gangs walking down the middle of the streets, basically in charge of the area, more strict action was in order (probably). ...

All the "gangster rap" crap and glorifying the drug/thug life ... seems like the plan to continue chaos ... against America as a whole, keep us divided. Trump was making headway with jobs for minorities, "They" torpedoed that, and now unlimited open borders to bring in much more chaos and empowering the crime cartels. ... keep us busy while they take control at the Fauci/bureaucracy levels. Cartels/Dems are united.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 04, 2021 07:26 AM (Cus5s)

186 Biden administration has cancelled oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that the Trump administration put out for bids and were awarded a couple of years ago. Will now likely head to court. Contracts mean nothing to these people. Wonder if Murkowski is getting any heat over this from Alaskans.

Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 07:26 AM (w6CQL)

187 Thank you, thank you, thank you, JJ. One of your best openings ever. People are fools if they discount the inherent danger of the likes of AOC and Company. Fidel and the Gang weren't MENSA material, either, but stacked up the bodies like cord wood.

"You can laugh all you want but the woman is not stupid. Her mind is a toxic mix of mal-educated ignorance and brainwashing. Yes, what she spouted out was absolutely crackpot, but remember that she is not relegated to either a nut house or even a faculty lounge. She was elected to Congress and wields considerable influence, if not there right now, then certainly over a not insignificant number of voters (legal, illegal or manufactured)."

This, this, this. You can laugh all the way to the gulag, but you end up in the gulag.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at June 04, 2021 07:27 AM (puu6v)

188 The French Open...is now closed to anything serious resembling professional tennis competition.

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 07:27 AM (S1hrL)

189 >>Mika is morphing into a literal vulture aka turkey bird.
BIG OOF!

Yiiiikes, and the woman behind Strike PAC, too.
Seen her before, she's like Maddow-level nuts.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:27 AM (bDqIh)

190 The government can't afford to hospitalize and treat the mentally ill, there's too many of them.

Posted by: yop at June 04, 2021 07:27 AM (V0Ztm)

191 Wonder if Murkowski is getting any heat over this from Alaskans.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 07:26 AM (w6CQL)

BWWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:27 AM (Zz0t1)

192 "You can laugh all you want but the woman is not stupid."

You need to watch the video of her and her garbage disposal again.
https://youtu.be/oB9JWd0ifPw

Posted by: Grimmy at June 04, 2021 07:28 AM (3MG/9)

193 AOC thoughts:

Eliminate prisons
Crime spirals out of control
Declare a crisis
Government solves the crisis by grabbing more power.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:28 AM (5ksdg)

194 "The family has this thing on their head that being
east of Raleigh puts them closer to the coast, which they presume they
want to visit a lot. All good in theory I suppose, but who knows.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:21 AM (LcEaB)"
Relatively speaking, I suppose, it is...but it's not THAT much closer. Funny thing about that, when I was in Virginia Beach I never went to the beach. Lots of the locals were the same way, a few of them might see the ocean while they drove into or away from work but when it was vacation time they went towards the mountains. Raleigh is about the same amount of time away from both.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:28 AM (CcOog)

195 Nice new picture.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:28 AM (CcOog)

196 186 Biden administration has cancelled oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that the Trump administration put out for bids and were awarded a couple of years ago. Will now likely head to court. Contracts mean nothing to these people. Wonder if Murkowski is getting any heat over this from Alaskans.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 07:26 AM (w6CQL)

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Her vote was key in getting the cabinet member in place that made this happen.

I kind of get the sense that she's doing a big middle finger to her voters and is going to go out in a blaze of glory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:29 AM (LvTSG)

197 Thanks. I have looked at Zebulon and I want to say Wendel? Beautiful area. They tried to steer my towards Garner, Clayton and a few places in Wake Forest.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 04, 2021 07:18 AM (LcEaB)

****

Yeah, that WF and Clayton distance away is fairly okay for now, but plan to sell in 15 years or so because it's coming to you. It's similar to Houston's sprawl. Take Garner for example. If you miss the street sign you won't know when you left Raleigh and entered Garner. Cary, too. (avoid unless you need to take your wife shopping)

Things are still very quiet in Goldsboro and similar points east, but that might be a bit too much of a commute if you have to go into Raleigh regularly. Probably a great long-term investment, though. And very much a selling point re: going to the beach. Tour the lighthouses and ride the ferries, btw. NC has some really fun beaches.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:29 AM (Kt1w/)

198 It's odd that pundits aren't laying out the obvious truth of Covid-19.

Chinese scientists found a naturally occurring virus that was particularly lethal to the old and weak. They employed "gain of function" engineering to improve the characteristics of the virus, using money from U.S.

This virus had the ability to be the most important tool for China to use to improve the lives of over a billion people. It is logical to believe certain scientist in the U.S. recognized the value too and was the reason the funding was approved.

For politicians, Covid-19 was a dream virus. Having the ability to kill off (in a socially acceptable way) millions of the least productive, most expensive members of the population is something governments have wanted for centuries. Not only did Covid-19 eliminate the elderly, it killed the people with a number of comorbidities who took up a disproportionate amount of health care.

Everyone can imagine the Chinese government backing research into this type of social engineering, but it's becoming more and more evident that (at the very least) some U.S. politicians and scientists appreciated the potential of this virus.

Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 07:30 AM (/BlEx)

199 @186

According to Dominions's product brochure, Alaska is a client, so even if Coke Bear is getting shit from constituents, it doesn't matter one bit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 04, 2021 07:30 AM (kkmod)

200 "You can laugh all you want but the woman is not stupid."

You need to watch the video of her and her garbage disposal again.
https://youtu.be/oB9JWd0ifPw
Posted by: Grimmy at June 04, 2021 07:28 AM (3MG/9)

This woman has a college education...........

C'mon SMOD.....we're waiting.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:30 AM (Zz0t1)

201 The area I moved to still has "Bush Cheney" stickers on light poles, and Trump signs in yards everywhere.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:32 AM (5ksdg)

202 No list given but China Joe is 'tapping' six 'humanitarian groups' to vet which 'migrants' should be allowed to stay in the US.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:32 AM (UHVv4)

203 Having had to spend time in the halls of a Congress in a previous life, Senators are as a group some of the dumbest people on the planet. The level of competence of a Murkowski or Feinstein to name but two would astonish people to the downside.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:32 AM (QZ/dC)

204 And another note on people with schizophrenia: Depending on who they are they may not have a supportive family environment. A 22 year old who recently stabbed a person in NYC on mass transit was from Canada. It sounds like his parents kicked him out or he didn't have any supportive ones. His aunt who had taken him in didn't even know he had schizophrenia so she couldn't be responsible to monitor his medicine. It makes a world of difference when they have a loving family and access to meds.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 04, 2021 07:32 AM (k39e/)

205 203 Having had to spend time in the halls of a Congress in a previous life, Senators are as a group some of the dumbest people on the planet. The level of competence of a Murkowski or Feinstein to name but two would astonish people to the downside.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:32 AM (QZ/dC)

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Ayn Rand's dismissiveness of elected officials comes to mind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:33 AM (LvTSG)

206 Oh, and it was mentioned above, but don't remotely consider Durham.

If you like to fish absolutely do visit Eno River State Park, though. The Eno is a fantastic river full of warmouth and 3-8lb bass that have almost zero pressure because you have to wade and work. Pick your favorite topwater Rapala and have a blast.

You'll love when the striped bass run through NC, too. You don't even need bait. Just a shiny hook. They'll bite anything.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:33 AM (Kt1w/)

207 Yeah, that WF and Clayton distance away is fairly okay for now, but plan
to sell in 15 years or so because it's coming to you. It's similar to
Houston's sprawl. Take Garner for example. If you miss the street sign
you won't know when you left Raleigh and entered Garner. Cary, too.
(avoid unless you need to take your wife shopping)
Same in Wake Forest, the scenery doesn't change much until you get to the Franklin County line. That's changing, too. Pretty soon the scenery won't change until you get north of Youngsville. And then...why then it will be time to sell for a yuge profit and move to my retirement home.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:33 AM (CcOog)

208 AOC is dumb as a bag if hammers. You don't need to be smart to get elected to congress.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:34 AM (5ksdg)

209 I had hoped to be dead by the time all of this marxist/socialist bullshit reached critical mass.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at June 04, 2021 07:34 AM (flINI)

210 Speaking of Psaki. . . we're back to engaging with youtubers (don't think the fruitloops bathtime chick is still a thing):

@WhiteHouse

What happens when Jen Psaki and internet stars get together? We'll find out tomorrow.

Join the first-ever social media briefing tomorrow. Tune in as Jen answers questions about jobs, the economy, and more. Watch here or at http://YouTube.com/whitehouse.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:34 AM (bDqIh)

211 In case any of you were wondering if Boehner's off the sauce, he was on CNBC claiming Trump was responsible for 1/6.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:34 AM (y7DUB)

212 Schumer isn't scared of Cortez. They're all on the same play acting team. Isn't it obvious yet?

When Democrats are scared of someone they talk about them like they talk about Trump.

You heard the grift right in the middle of the sentences. Instead of using money to build prisons, we need to "pay organizers". That includes Schumer's kids and all friends of Uniparty. Amazing how every hateful Democrat plan seems to involve transfers of cash to personnel, isn't it?

Posted by: ... at June 04, 2021 07:35 AM (gSoXb)

213 Asheville NC is having a crime problem. So much so that the police have announced that they will no longer respond to certain crimes, such as theft under $1000 and simple assault.

Hmmmm. I have business there in a few weeks.

I wonder if higher numbers of hipster breweries is a leading indicator of a neighborhood going to the dogs.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (Rvt88)

214 Rachel Bitecofer is well fed, young and smug. She has never had to struggle for a meal, obviously.

Like so many people she assumes the political violence she hungers for will eat only others, and not her. Weird.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (9MtrY)

215 "If nearly $600,000 was not spent on gain of function, on what exactly was the money spent?"

My guess is the money was not the Big Deal, but we gave them our research, we gave the CCP (our enemy) direct access to deadly research. (if there is a good reason for gain of function work, it would have to be done under strict control right here, not moved to where it would certainly be weaponized by China) Fauci and others did that deliberately, just as Clintons opened up our research facilities to China in the 90's.

And this "treason/sedition" is the real "pandemic" metastasized across most federal agencies. American Greatness (in research and development) is constantly sold off by our "elected" grifters, to the highest bidder foreign enemy.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (Cus5s)

216 And then...why then it will be time to sell for a yuge profit and move to my retirement home

***

(fistbump)

We lived in Raleigh 25 or so years ago. I hate that I couldn't pay two mortgages and maintain the crappy little house we had. It's probably worth $2M to someone who wants to tear it down.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (Kt1w/)

217 Following in the idiot tradition of "Dr." Jocelyn Elders, who said if we legalized drugs, we'd have a lot fewer drug crimes.
And if we legalized everything, we'd have no crime at all. Simple.

Posted by: Wally at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (FJYfm)

218 The level of competence of a Murkowski or Feinstein to name but two would astonish people to the downside.

Trying to remember the rule about failing upward...I know the meritocracy is where everyone rises to their own level of incompetency and stays there, but there is another about the stupid being promoted so the locals don't have to put up with them any more.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (CcOog)

219 For politicians, Covid-19 was a dream virus. Having the ability to kill off (in a socially acceptable way) millions of the least productive, most expensive members of the population is something governments have wanted for centuries. Not only did Covid-19 eliminate the elderly, it killed the people with a number of comorbidities who took up a disproportionate amount of health care.
...
Exactly. Unfortunately, this won't get the attention it needs.

Posted by: Ziba at June 04, 2021 07:37 AM (S1hrL)

220 It is the smart congressman who are the dangerous ones. Like the one who came up with the extra Covid unemployment bonus that worked out to $15/hr, knowing people would not go back to work, forcing employers to pay more than $15/hr for menial jobs just to stay in business.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:37 AM (5ksdg)

221 jwest, interesting angle. But they would have downplayed the virus for the start rather than do the lockdown shimmy. I do get the goal shift from population control to hey we can just take over the whole thing once they figured out how docile our population has become.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:37 AM (QZ/dC)

222 220 It is the smart congressman who are the dangerous ones. Like the one who came up with the extra Covid unemployment bonus that worked out to $15/hr, knowing people would not go back to work, forcing employers to pay more than $15/hr for menial jobs just to stay in business.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:37 AM (5ksdg)

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Inflation is smartness.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:38 AM (LvTSG)

223 (if there is a good reason for gain of function work, it would have to
be done under strict control right here, not moved to where it would
certainly be weaponized by China)

IIRC the reason was that it is illegal here.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:38 AM (CcOog)

224 I wonder if higher numbers of hipster breweries is a leading indicator of a neighborhood going to the dogs.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (Rvt8

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We drove up there a month or so ago.

I'm going to say it could also correspond with having billboards for chain-store pot-smoking shops. Octopus' Garden, IIRC. 9 locations in a city/state where pot is illegal.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:39 AM (Kt1w/)

225 "It's probably worth $2M to someone who wants to tear it down."

At least. They are selling houses here in Franklin County for a quarter mil and up. The mind boggles. And here I am...right across the road...just waiting...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:39 AM (CcOog)

226 It is not acceptable for us to use jails as garbage bins for human beings. -- AOC
They are bins for garbage human beings, and when full, should be dumped like any trash can. Since America doesn't have a Devil's Island and Hawaii's leper island lost its fresh water supplies due to excess naval gunnery practice, i nominate Puerto Rico as America's trash bin.
Or, to sell it to the Left, the residents of America victimized with loss of liberty by the government deserve the restoration of their freedom and some compensation. I think that a free permanent vacation on a Caribbean island paradise is the best course of action for restorative justice.

Posted by: Downcast at June 04, 2021 07:39 AM (aUGMU)

227 (if there is a good reason for gain of function work, it would have to be done under strict control right here, not moved to where it would certainly be weaponized by China)

IIRC the reason was that it is illegal here.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter

Now there you go applying logic to thoughts again. This has no place in governmental decisions these days.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (Rvt88)

228 211. It is strange how Boehner has crawled out of his hole and is clawing back some limelight. I believe he is a lobbyist now correct?

Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (w6CQL)

229 It doesn't matter how "dumb" AOC is. It means nothing. She plays her part to perfection.

I feel sorry for anyone who is still analyzing the actions of politicians as if they mean shit. It's like trying to figure out the motivations of Jesse Pinkman.

But at least the people doing that know that it's a TV show.

Posted by: ... at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (gSoXb)

230 No list given but China Joe is 'tapping' six 'humanitarian groups' to vet which 'migrants' should be allowed to stay in the US.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 07:32 AM (UHVv4)
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Congress is usually who decides these questions. Someone should let President Xii know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (9MtrY)

231 I believe he is a lobbyist now correct?
Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (w6CQL)

****

Yes. For pot

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at June 04, 2021 07:41 AM (flINI)

232 Inflation is smartness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:38 AM (LvTSG)

The goal of "Fight for $15" has always been inflation and economic collapse. That brilliant congressman saw the opportunity in the crisis and made it happen.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:41 AM (5ksdg)

233 I wonder if higher numbers of hipster breweries is a leading indicator of a neighborhood going to the dogs.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (Rvt8

Asheville has been a craft beer hub for a long time. The meltdown when Wicked Weed sold out to Cindy McCain's paymaster was pretty funny to observe from a distance. Still hasn't increased their distribution to my neck of the woods, dammit.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:41 AM (y7DUB)

234 And here I am...right across the road...just waiting.

***

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but yeah, hold onto that as long as humanly possible. I'm friends with a guy who had a POS corner lot in the garner area who had owned it for years and ended up selling it to a group that wanted to put a gas station in. Big money.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (Kt1w/)

235 221 jwest, interesting angle. But they would have downplayed the virus for the start rather than do the lockdown shimmy. I do get the goal shift from population control to hey we can just take over the whole thing once they figured out how docile our population has become.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:37 AM (QZ/dC)

They would have downplayed it if this had been a planned release, but it wasn't. The way this played out, it's pretty sure it was an accidental release by infected lab workers. As for the U.S., the response was muddled because the few people who knew what Covid-19 really was were covering their ass instead of telling the administration what happened.

Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (/BlEx)

236 228 The old drunk should be doing endorsements for Kessler whiskey and Hudepohl beer.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (I58tH)

237 >>Everyone can imagine the Chinese government backing research into this type of social engineering, but it's becoming more and more evident that (at the very least) some U.S. politicians and scientists appreciated the potential of this virus.

And Bill Gates. Not only did he get some world depopulation (his obsession) he got some really great farmland.

And then there's Cuomo, who was facing a $6 billion healthcare deficit going into 2020, and he just so happened to kill off many of the most expensive healtchare uses with the covod.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (bDqIh)

238 For politicians, Covid-19 was a dream virus. Having the ability to kill off (in a socially acceptable way) millions of the least productive, most expensive members of the population is something governments have wanted for centuries. Not only did Covid-19 eliminate the elderly, it killed the people with a number of comorbidities who took up a disproportionate amount of health care.

Everyone can imagine the Chinese government backing research into this type of social engineering, but it's becoming more and more evident that (at the very least) some U.S. politicians and scientists appreciated the potential of this virus.

Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 07:30 AM (/BlEx)

And I'd bet the farm that evil-doers like Bill Gates were salivating at the thought of the Wuhan Flu running rampant through the world's poorest populations, like in India and South America. When the elites were snickering at the South American poor folk ingesting Ivermectin in the form of horse-medicine-paste, they were really saying, " Crap. The poor-folk just out-smarted us!"

Posted by: RondinellaMamma - Trump is still The Duly Elected President of the USA at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (8/7u2)

239 "Now there you go applying logic to thoughts again. This has no place in governmental decisions these days.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (Rvt8

"

My apologies. I retired from goobermint service about 16 years ago.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (CcOog)

240 In case any of you were wondering if Boehner's off the sauce, he was on CNBC claiming Trump was responsible for 1/6.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:34 AM (y7DUB)

Wow! I forgot all about his sorry drunk ass.

Denny "Wrasslin And Raping" Hastert > John "Cry Baby" Boner

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (KR/Q/)

241 My county has 38000 population. It's huge NorCal high desert. About 8000 live in the only 'City'. 11000 reside at one of the state prisons.

The #1 job is working at the two side by side state prisons. 1100 jobs at each.

Gov Newsom is closing one of the prisons in my county. He's releasing 76000 prisoners statewide.

He's serious as a heart attack.

Posted by: torabora at June 04, 2021 07:43 AM (9tV0B)

242 176 NJ Lawmakers Pass Bill To End COVID Public Health Emergency

Got it wrong. That's the way the online paper phrased it. So the emergency is over but Murphy gets to keep the emergency powers and hand many of the decisions over to stat run agencies. Groovy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 04, 2021 07:23 AM (k39e/)
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The legislature helpfully took away the rescission of Murphy's EOs as a campaign issue (because now they're codified!). New Jersey is unsalvageable.

Posted by: Revenant at June 04, 2021 07:44 AM (WtAgB)

243 Kevin Brady, representative of Texas 8th Congressional district will be retiring this year. Morgan Luttrell, twin brother of Navy seal Marcus will be running for his seat.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 04, 2021 07:44 AM (NpAcC)

244 It is strange how Boehner has crawled out of his hole and is clawing back some limelight. I believe he is a lobbyist now correct?
Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 07:40 AM (w6CQL)

For marijuana was reported a while back. Having that boozed up reprobate be a public face of anything doesn't make sense to me but knowing the ins and outs of DC sausage making does.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:45 AM (y7DUB)

245 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

246 I am perversely interested in seeing why both Fauci AND China Bioweapon Origins have been turned on and attacked now.

What big thing are we not supposed to be paying attention to that warrants this level of 180 degree news action?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (Kt1w/)

247 Congress is usually who decides these questions.

Congress has long ago abdicated its responsibilities to decide anything, unless its something a Republican President wants to do.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (CcOog)

248 The leftists can't rebuild the world closer to their hearts desire, until they set it on fire.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (5ksdg)

249 217 Following in the idiot tradition of "Dr." Jocelyn Elders, who said if we legalized drugs, we'd have a lot fewer drug crimes.
And if we legalized everything, we'd have no crime at all. Simple.
Posted by: Wally at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (FJYfm)

Most laws are written to make normal people guilty of something. Especially at the Fed Level.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (yrol0)

250 Kevin Brady, representative of Texas 8th Congressional district will be retiring this year. Morgan Luttrell, twin brother of Navy seal Marcus will be running for his seat.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 04, 2021 07:44 AM (NpAcC)

Go Morgan.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (Zz0t1)

251
Rain last night. Raining now. Expected to rain for several more days. Lake Hadrian has returned. It seems like it's been weeks since we had dry ground and it seems like it'll be weeks before we have dry ground again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (mht8P)

252 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

253 THE FOUNDING DOCUMENT of THIS country - speaks of consent.

Consent..... Where is it?
Consent can be withdrawn.
Did it ever exist?
If so, what was/is the opt out clause for people born on this soil?

Of course....nobody will touch any of that with a stick...because they can't.

Posted by: Egg On Their Face at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (GTMur)

254 Good Morning all. TY JJ. and Good night all, I need some sleep.

Posted by: Farmer at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (55Qr6)

255 We have too many prisoners overall, ---------------------- Most of us want fewer prisoners because we want less crime. Obviously, that really has nothing to do with it - or much less to do with it than should. But what does that mean we have too many prisoners? What is the right rate? Should a healthy society only have 1 prisoner for every 100 people? I'm sure some "smart" social data scientist is looking at this. We woefully lack sufficient "white collar" prisoners. To make space, we could start executing prisoners from the child rape class that should be in the grave and not in prison.

Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (sX1BW)

256 "The leftists can't rebuild the world closer to their hearts desire, until they set it on fire."

We had to destroy the nation, in order to save it?

I could see them thinking that.

AND......

G'morning, Salty.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (3D/fK)

257 246 I am perversely interested in seeing why both Fauci AND China Bioweapon Origins have been turned on and attacked now.

What big thing are we not supposed to be paying attention to that warrants this level of 180 degree news action?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (Kt1w/)

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My theory is that it's not about hiding anything. It's about the Left having fucking terrified their base so much about the worst pandemic in the history of pandemics that some of them are going to try and figure out what actually happened, even if they have to go against the narrative to figure it out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (LvTSG)

258 Hadrian the Seventh

Need some help with Arc building?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

259 Wow. Putting the italics script in front of "Congress" and the cancel script behind "questions" cause the "long lines of unbroken text" bullshit to come up. I had to put spaces between the script and text to get it to go through.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (CcOog)

260 I'm curious where the CDC gets the authority to mandate that a business like the cruise lien have at least 95% of their passengers vaccinated. Who the f*** elected these tyrants/ They have been in Americas s face issuing the nanny state regulations and guidelines the past 20 years and creating fear and paranoia about what used to be normal everyday activities, (like riding a bike without a helmet) . I was sick of the little tyrants long before the corona panic.

Posted by: Ripley at June 04, 2021 07:48 AM (MxEKc)

261 It seems like it's been weeks since we had dry ground and it seems like it'll be weeks before we have dry ground again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 04, 2021 07:46 AM (mht8P)

We've had a very dry spring/early summer. Pretty soon we'll have brown lawns if we don't get some rain. We've only had one rain-out in Little League so far, which is unusual for us.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:48 AM (45fpk)

262 I think the focus on Fauci is intended as a distraction from something else. I have no idea what. But the throwing of Fauci under the bus is suspicious, especially since he's regarded as a "hero" by many on the left.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 04, 2021 07:48 AM (p+1gI)

263 >>Following in the idiot tradition of "Dr." Jocelyn Elders, who said if we legalized drugs, we'd have a lot fewer drug crimes.

States that have legalized pot: Yep, but our homeless camps are a growth industry now!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:49 AM (bDqIh)

264

We've had a very dry spring/early summer. Pretty soon we'll have brown lawns if we don't get some rain. We've only had one rain-out in Little League so far, which is unusual for us.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:48 AM (45fpk)

Hopefully, Texas will send you some. We're starting mildew farms down here......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:49 AM (Zz0t1)

265 If Donkey-mouth's belief that all crime could be stopped by devoting more "resources" to some communities, then that would mean that people with plenty of money never commit crimes. And yet we know that they do. Rich people already have all the "resources" they need, so they're committing crimes for other reasons, reasons that can't magically be fixed by money. Hmmmm, what could it be, what could it be? Couldn't be human nature, since all humans are natural angels, right Angie? It's only a lack of more government money that keeps people from behaving perfectly. Dang, it's so frustrating when people can't see AOC's brilliance!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at June 04, 2021 07:49 AM (k4dH2)

266 You can laugh all you want but the woman is not stupid. Her mind is a toxic mix of mal-educated ignorance and brainwashing.

****

It's been a few years but if I remember my algebra correctly:

mal-education + Ignorance + brainwashed = stupid

Posted by: Muldoon at June 04, 2021 07:49 AM (m45I2)

267 To make space, we could start executing prisoners from the child rape class that should be in the grave and not in prison.

Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (sX1BW)

THIS

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:49 AM (45fpk)

268 My theory is that it's not about hiding anything. It's about the Left having fucking terrified their base so much about the worst pandemic in the history of pandemics that some of them are going to try and figure out what actually happened, even if they have to go against the narrative to figure it out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (LvTSG)
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You're probably on to something. It's impossible to sustain an epic level of fear forever. At some point, rationality WILL take over in at least a few people and they will start asking questions. Ugly questions.

Posted by: Lord Squirrel at June 04, 2021 07:50 AM (ZIoLS)

269 Kessler whiskey and Hudepohl beer.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 07:42 AM (I58tH)

A more perfect pairing of product and spokesthing is difficult to imagine.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:50 AM (y7DUB)

270 you fucked up you trusted them

The grant funds that went to Wuhan, which were a subcontract from Eco Health, were very specifically aimed to try to categorize viruses that they could isolate from bats in Chinese caves, which we had a good reason to want to know more about, given SARS and MERS that had come out of there. And so we basically had those criteria attached to the grant.

And of course, the amount of money that we were providing to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Im sure, was a tiny fraction of their total funding.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:50 AM (yrol0)

271
Need some help with Arc building?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

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For sheer volume, we've had much worse. As in, most of the front yard under water. But it drained off or got absorbed fairly quickly. We haven't had a great deal of sun sun all this time and the ground has remained hopelessly soggy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 04, 2021 07:51 AM (mht8P)

272 268 You're probably on to something. It's impossible to sustain an epic level of fear forever. At some point, rationality WILL take over in at least a few people and they will start asking questions. Ugly questions.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at June 04, 2021 07:50 AM (ZIoLS)

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I mean, just look at that Vanity Fair article. Real reporting about what happened, when. It's the who, what, when, where, why of old school journalism. And then it's intercut with "Orange Man Bad".

These are people who know how to do journalism doing their job but not really liking what they're finding. They're falling back on a security blanket (OMB) to get them through it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:51 AM (LvTSG)

273 My theory is that it's not about hiding anything. It's about the Left having fucking terrified their base so much about the worst pandemic in the history of pandemics that some of them are going to try and figure out what actually happened, even if they have to go against the narrative to figure it out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 07:47 AM (LvTSG)

**

I sincerely hope this is the correct answer.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 07:51 AM (Kt1w/)

274 Hadrian the Seventh

Ark building. Sigh.

We have has a wet spring here, with bad implications for the corn crop. Most of the corn is a sorta cover crop to feed the abundant Angus cattle.

Wet spring lead to poor corn plant roots.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

275 It's been a few years but if I remember my algebra correctly:

mal-education + Ignorance + brainwashed = stupid
Posted by: Muldoon at June 04, 2021 07:49 AM (m45I2)

Wait, is that a math equation I see? I was told no math!

Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 07:52 AM (88xKn)

276 Sandy Cortez would have us build "hospitals", yeah that's it. Care to guess who'd occupy these hospitals? I mean you'd have to be crazy to oppose their enlightened agenda, wouldn't you?

Posted by: leber at June 04, 2021 07:52 AM (+og+2)

277 This is fucked up

https://tinyurl.com/6czkcrmh

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:53 AM (yrol0)

278
Wait, is that a math equation I see? I was told no math!
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 07:52 AM (88xKn)

It's Muldoon. He's had better, but it's a limerick, so it's allowed.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:53 AM (Zz0t1)

279 The Dems *want* more street violence, and they want it to spread from the Big Blue Sh*tholes to the 'burbs.
Through COVID they found the LIVs and wine moms would give them anything they want...but that's winding down now and they need another source of fear.
And violent crime will be a great way to get that. Cause the problem so you can force your "solutions" on the populace.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 04, 2021 07:53 AM (DpkTQ)

280 Here's a thought exercise...

Let's say you're an intelligent, compassionate politician who is desperate to provide universal healthcare to your people. You could do it, but the cost would bankrupt your country. A scientist comes to you with a virus that would sweep across your country, killing the old, weak and expensive leaving tons of money to pay for your universal plan.

Would you push the button and release the virus?

Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 07:53 AM (/BlEx)

281 The more I read of these emails the more certain I am that this was an intentional release by the chinese and fauci and everyone else in the loop knows it. The jury is still out on the bio weapons part though.

If not why the threats and cover up? I mean china is threatening nuclear war if biden investigates this whole mess.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 04, 2021 07:54 AM (JUOKG)

282 I mean china is threatening nuclear war if biden investigates this whole mess.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 04, 2021 07:54 AM (JUOKG)

There's your clue.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 04, 2021 07:55 AM (45fpk)

283 "Let's say you're an intelligent, compassionate politician who is desperate to provide universal healthcare to your people. You could do it, but the cost would bankrupt your country. A scientist comes to you with a virus that would sweep across your country, killing the old, weak and expensive leaving tons of money to pay for your universal plan.

Would you push the button and release the virus?"

I have just the TV show for this script

Posted by: Zombie Gene Roddenbury at June 04, 2021 07:55 AM (3D/fK)

284 If you live near an oil refinery you might want to check and see how the left is going after them with new emissions regulations. They are going after them with emission standards here in the Bay Area that will shut them down. Thats the loss of 26,000+ jobs.

That cyber attack on the pipeline back east was not done by foreign actors, I believe it was done by "domestic terrorists" in conjunction with our current deep state. I read an article last week these nutty assholes want to get rid of big freeways/highways. This isn't fringe lefty BS, they're f'ing serious. For the love of God I wish we'd push back against this shit.

Posted by: JROD at June 04, 2021 07:55 AM (0jZnq)

285 Wet spring lead to poor corn plant roots.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

As long as I-29 isn't the longest bridge through a lake between St Joe and Omaha you're probably OK.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:56 AM (CcOog)

286 This is fucked up

https://tinyurl.com/6czkcrmh

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 07:53 AM (yrol0)

Yes.....because that's exactly how the Jewish military would react to such a situation.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:56 AM (Zz0t1)

287 The get rid of school resource officers and put in more mental health is the test case for trying to replace cops with social workers.

Of course there's no way school psycologists can interrupt a gang fight.

I think it's a way to empower criminals so they rule, not just schools, but streets. Necessary for the revolution.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at June 04, 2021 07:57 AM (ySQBZ)

288 Mister Scott (formerly GWS)

China should be more careful. They are highly concentrated in mega-urban areas. And have some single-point of failure structures like the 3 Gorges Dam. Which was nor anchored to the floor of the valley.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

289 I still expect to see space alien stories captivate the American people here, very shortly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 07:57 AM (3D/fK)

290
I have just the TV show for this script
Posted by: Zombie Gene Roddenbury at June 04, 2021 07:55 AM (3D/fK)

And TJM has the perfect GIF for that.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:58 AM (Zz0t1)

291 If the rumors about Kommalammadingdong moving on up are true, then the Fauci show is perfect cover.

I've seen it reported that there's a "transition" process and it's started. Perhaps they "co-president" for a while and then rezident retards shuffles off. I think that tour Harris and DOCTOR Jill went on was for them to hash all this shit out between themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 07:58 AM (3H9h1)

292 @280 jwest-Yes, because I know what I would do to every single person.....and their offspring, that vote Democrat or harbor "woke" ideals.

Posted by: JROD at June 04, 2021 07:58 AM (0jZnq)

293 I've seen it reported that there's a "transition" process and it's started. Perhaps they "co-president" for a while and then rezident retards shuffles off. I think that tour Harris and DOCTOR Jill went on was for them to hash all this shit out between themselves.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 07:58 AM (3H9h1)

I can't WAIT to see who the GOPe votes to confirm as VP.........

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

294 289 That's space immigrants. No need to offend the little gray critters.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (I58tH)

295 And all the refinery workers (union) around Richmond California have voted straight Dem for years. Just like all the oilfield workers (union) in Bakersfield have voted Dem forever. Fuck them.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (QZ/dC)

296 At the end of the day, I can eat an apple through a chain link fence, and you can't.

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional-Cortex at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (DMUuz)

297 >>I think it's a way to empower criminals so they rule, not just schools, but streets. Necessary for the revolution.

Hard to fight the government if you're busy protecting yourself and your family from freed criminals.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (bDqIh)

298 "I've seen it reported that there's a "transition"
process and it's started. Perhaps they "co-president" for a while and
then rezident retards shuffles off. I think that tour Harris and DOCTOR
Jill went on was for them to hash all this shit out between themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 07:58 AM (3H9h1)"

Hillary is still kicking, right? Komalamadingdong better up her secret service detail.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (CcOog)

299 217 Following in the idiot tradition of "Dr." Jocelyn Elders, who said if we legalized drugs, we'd have a lot fewer drug crimes.
And if we legalized everything, we'd have no crime at all. Simple.
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Joey Plugs and his motley crew of criminals have already seen the wisdom of this way. That's why they're going to give citizenship to all illegal aliens.

We will no longer have an illegal immigration problem once they're all U.S. citizens! See, problem solved! Dims are jeeniusses!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (k4dH2)

300 If you live near an oil refinery you might want to check and see how the left is going after them with new emissions regulations. They are going after them with emission standards here in the Bay Area that will shut them down. Thats the loss of 26,000+ jobs.

**

I heard that Chevron had "green" activists take over the board of directors.

We have always been fools to assume that other people were like us, and assume that, while we disagree about things, we all love America and our fellow Americans and want what's best in the big scheme of things. They're not. They're meddling busybodies with big plans, and we're beginning to see the end of those plans and the beginning of the next stage.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (Kt1w/)

301 LOL, facebook is putting warnings on cartoons and digs at fauci's email. This warning is on a picture of a lady laughing in reaction to his leaked emails:

"Independent fact-checkers say this information is missing context and could mislead people."

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (JUOKG)

302
This would have been a good spring for growing rice. Last year rice was the big crop around here. This year there's less rice and more corn, soybeans and sorghum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (mht8P)

303 "Everyone can imagine the Chinese government backing research into this type of social engineering,...some U.S. politicians and scientists appreciated the potential of this virus." jwest

seems plausible, but Gates Foundation and oligarchs have been talking global population control for a long time, mostly for Africa, but Gates was killing (?) people in India also, with his bad vaccines. ... Killing off the "excess masses" seems to be part of global warming plans as well ... if we stop real energy production, many will die. (or maybe the Davos crowd just hates "Their Resorts" being overrun with middle class "dirty deplorables")

Posted by: illiniwek at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (Cus5s)

304 Lysander Spooner was right.

More jails.
Seatbelt and auto insurance tickets.
Obey the law....

FOH

Posted by: Egg On Their Face at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (GTMur)

305 ...
AOC is kinda right, though.
If they stopped building prisons, they're gonna need to build a lot more hospitals.

Posted by: Speller at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (pSotA)

306 If the rumors about Kommalammadingdong moving on up are true, then the Fauci show is perfect cover.

**

Ah, great point. For the good of the nation etc. etc.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:01 AM (Kt1w/)

307 "Following in the idiot tradition of "Dr." Jocelyn Elders, who said if we legalized drugs, we'd have a lot fewer drug crimes. "

Excellent idea Doctor...

Now do rapists.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 08:01 AM (3D/fK)

308 "I heard that Chevron had "green" activists take over the board of directors."

Exxon. But yeah, their BoD voted to commit corporate suicide.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 08:02 AM (CcOog)

309 "Independent fact-checkers say this information is missing context and could mislead people."
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Don't believe your lying eyes!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 04, 2021 08:02 AM (9MtrY)

310 At the end of the day, I can eat an apple through a chain link fence, and you can't.
Posted by: Alexandria Occasional-Cortex at June 04, 2021 07:59 AM (DMUuz)

https://tinyurl.com/3hu2f8pn

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:02 AM (Zz0t1)

311 Re: Exxon

Thanks

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:03 AM (Kt1w/)

312 dagny, first of her name

One of our greatest Special Forces leaders, Major Richard J. Meadows, noted that every revolution against the status quo regime involves releasing the prison population. He used this to great effect in his successful Iran hostage rescue mission.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

313 https://tinyurl.com/3hu2f8pn

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:02 AM (Zz0t1)

Oh, look...she took a selfie!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 08:03 AM (CcOog)

314 280 Here's a thought exercise...

Let's say you're an intelligent, compassionate politician who is desperate to provide universal healthcare to your people. You could do it, but the cost would bankrupt your country. A scientist comes to you with a virus that would sweep across your country, killing the old, weak and expensive leaving tons of money to pay for your universal plan.

Would you push the button and release the virus?
Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 07:53 AM (/BlEx)

2019 CDC 2854838 deaths
2020 CDC 2861000 deaths

Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM (yrol0)

315 "Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM (yrol0)"

But but but...COVID!!!!!! (fortunately we appear to have simultaneously cured heart disease and cancer.)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 08:05 AM (CcOog)

316 314 2019 CDC 2854838 deaths
2020 CDC 2861000 deaths

Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM (yrol0)

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This was hype to try and cover China's ass which quickly morphed into an effort on China's part to diminish the rest of the world.

The rest of the world agreed for different reasons (fear, opportunism, Orange Man Badism).

As Thomas Bender might say, it was all an op, and it was all bullshit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:05 AM (LvTSG)

317 The level of competence of a Murkowski or Feinstein to name but two would astonish people to the downside.

Trying to remember the rule about failing upward...I know the meritocracy is where everyone rises to their own level of incompetency and stays there, but there is another about the stupid being promoted so the locals don't have to put up with them any more.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 07:36 AM (CcOog)

are you thinking of the peter principal? promote the idiot to get him out of your hair, and the guy keeps failing upwards. i've seen it in person...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (8D42x)

318 315 But but but...COVID!!!!!! (fortunately we appear to have simultaneously cured heart disease and cancer.)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 08:05 AM (CcOog)

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The flu is dead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (LvTSG)

319 Exxon had 3 of 12 board members replaced by green activists. Only 67% of their shareholders voted, Surprising was the number of big institutional investors who supported this and they are going to get it good and hard. 3 can't carry the day, but they can be sand In the gears at Exxon.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (QZ/dC)

320 ha!

Colombia might have had enough of Pablo Escobars Cocaine Hippos

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (yrol0)

321 are you thinking of the peter principal? promote the
idiot to get him out of your hair, and the guy keeps failing upwards.
i've seen it in person...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (8D42x)

That's the one. Thanks.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (CcOog)

322 The flu is dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (LvTSG)

Long live the flu!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:07 AM (yrol0)

323 Wasn't Elders the quack who wanted to improve everyone's health by spanking the monkey more?

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:08 AM (y7DUB)

324 @295 Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks-I am a union member that works at the oil refineries in the Bay Area. I've been a conservative my entire life as has my entire family, we were never c*nt f'ing Republicans, back then or now. Having said that there are conservative, non-Democrat union members across every trade here in the Bay Area. Those of us that are appreciate your sentiment of "fuck them". Be glad that motherfuckers like us are on the front lines of this shit so you can say shit like that.

Posted by: JROD at June 04, 2021 08:08 AM (0jZnq)

325 I expect this year's flu to be a bitch, real or otherwise.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:08 AM (QZ/dC)

326 BLM has made it clear that Jackie Mason has a quote that is equally true: 'There are three constants in life: death, taxes, and anti-Semitism.'"
*******
Maybe Jews should stop supporting BLM and calling for open borders? We were very stupid to think that all this migration and support for anti-police groups would be favorable and bring about a "healed world". As soon as BLM and occupy got started, my former rabbi delivered an anti-police sermon (while accepting police protection on the High Holidays) decrying the death of the "Gentle Giant" and ignoring the fact that the guy went for the policeman's gun. He really thought that the Jews and blacks could "reunite" and develop a coalition . Not a word these days about how suggesting re-education camps for "the right" is not racist or "nazi-like"
The ADL is an example of this. You find article after article about the dangers of "white supremacy" and how awful people like Michele Malkin are trying to normalize it, and how it's being internationalized against "migrants" from Muslim and African countries.
Also they decry Breitbart and Bannon. Even without proof of their "crimes

Posted by: CN at June 04, 2021 08:09 AM (ONvIw)

327 Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM (yrol0)
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How "compassionate" could one be if you are willing to execute others in order to achieve a political end? There's no squaring the circle.

It's just a Stalin trying to make an omelet.

Posted by: Revenant at June 04, 2021 08:09 AM (WtAgB)

328 Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt

Yes. She's not wrong. I contend more orgasms make for a happier population. Just one that is not moving forward. But happy.

Compare and contrast to now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

329 The Fauci story has all but disappeared. What is left of it is just conservatives pouncing.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:09 AM (K/qhO)

330 I'm sure I'll be Willowed by CBD....

but

Even though all of these fauci flu revelations are coming to light, I see other countries are still trying to continue with mandates, like in Australia - trying to mandate all older elderly care workers and the like.

They are inching close to ALL health workers and care providers.

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:09 AM (9VFzC)

331 323 Wasn't Elders the quack who wanted to improve everyone's health by spanking the monkey more?
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:08 AM (y7DUB)

Monkey, monkey, monkey
Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?
Hey, hey

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:10 AM (yrol0)

332 U.S. job creation numbers fall short -- 675,000 estimated but only 559,000 created/resumed.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 04, 2021 08:10 AM (UHVv4)

333

"Not the fru, the FRU!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 08:10 AM (s2VJv)

334 Hitler's Multicultural Supporters

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Come together, right now, over me

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 04, 2021 08:11 AM (d9FiS)

335 If they stopped building prisons, they're gonna need to build a lot more hospitals.
Posted by: Speller at June 04, 2021 08:00 AM (pSotA)

Including residential facilities for forensic psych. We need more forensic slots to be sure, but if you had the experience of visiting these the particularly dangerous "patients" are housed a lot like prisoners.

Posted by: CN at June 04, 2021 08:11 AM (ONvIw)

336 Cheapest way to implement AOC's plan would be a change of signage:

~~State Prison~~ => Sunnyvale Acres Mental Hospital

~~Cellblock 10~~ => Mother Theresa Memorial Mental Wellness Ward

~~Old Sparky~~ => Electro-Convulsive Therapy Unit

And Bob's yer uncle!

Posted by: Muldoon at June 04, 2021 08:12 AM (m45I2)

337 I expect this year's flu to be a bitch, real or otherwise.

**

I hope it plays well with the vaccines.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:12 AM (Kt1w/)

338 "I heard that Chevron had "green" activists take over the board of directors."

Exxon. But yeah, their BoD voted to commit corporate suicide.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 04, 2021 08:02 AM (CcOog)

IDK if it was the entire board. wasn't CALPers the single largest shareholder? and THEY were the ones that elected the green nuts?

somehow, it seems like i've heard about government running corporations from somewhere before...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 08:12 AM (8D42x)

339 319 Exxon had 3 of 12 board members replaced by green activists. Only 67% of their shareholders voted, Surprising was the number of big institutional investors who supported this and they are going to get it good and hard. 3 can't carry the day, but they can be sand In the gears at Exxon.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:06 AM (QZ/dC)
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CalPERS and activist hedge-funds did this. Given the shoddy state of CalPERS one would think that they'd instead be focused on driving returns at all costs over playing activist. Of course, we live in clown world instead.

Posted by: Revenant at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (WtAgB)

340 Joe rivals Obama as a job creator! And ADP should crawl in a whole and die, their estimates suck.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (QZ/dC)

341 Anonosaurus Wrecks

Well, the SS was almost about diversity. Has a Muslim division, and troops from occupied territory.

Germans were so stupid. Their women paid the price when the Red Army crossed into German territory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

342 339 CalPERS and activist hedge-funds did this. Given the shoddy state of CalPERS one would think that they'd instead be focused on driving returns at all costs over playing activist. Of course, we live in clown world instead.
Posted by: Revenant at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (WtAgB)

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I get the sense that CALPERS hasn't cared about actual return on investment for something like 20 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (LvTSG)

343 Survey: Do you trust Big Tech? 86% of Americans say No.

So 14% are fucking idiots!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (yrol0)

344 Awww..... Lakers lose in the first round of NBA playoffs.
I don't watch the NBA but this made me smile for some reason. I wonder why?

Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (88xKn)

345 I'm curious where the CDC gets the authority to mandate that a business
like the cruise lien have at least 95% of their passengers vaccinated.
Who the f*** elected these
tyrants..................................................I can assure
you that the upper class would love nothing else than to eliminate the
cruise industry allowing middle class and lower middle class access to
the seas and the ports across the world. To the upper class, peasents
should be relegated to steerage and nothing more.

Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 08:14 AM (sX1BW)

346

scary info here

Mistake or manipulation?
On March 11, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee and said that COVID-19 mortality was ten times higher than seasonal flu. As Dr. Brown puts it, this testimony "helped launch a campaign of social distancing, organizational and business lockdowns, and shelter-in-place orders." The problem is that the statement was false and Dr. Fauci (and his staff) should have caught it immediately.
In his testimony, Dr. Fauci claimed the mortality of flu was 0.1% and that the case fatality rate of COVID was 3% but could be as low as 1% with asymptomatic cases. This is an apples-to-oranges comparison of the flu's infection fatality rate (IFR) to COVID-19's case fatality rate (CFR).
The difference between IFR and CFR is the denominator: infections or cases. All cases are infections, but not all infections are confirmed cases, so the number of infections always exceeds the number of cases, making IFR less than CFR.
https://tinyurl.com/3vvu984k

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:14 AM (9VFzC)

347 344 Awww..... Lakers lose in the first round of NBA playoffs.
I don't watch the NBA but this made me smile for some reason. I wonder why?
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (88xKn)

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Because it guarantees that the NBA finals will have lower ratings?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

348 Hole, whole, FMH

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:14 AM (QZ/dC)

349 The vaccine will probably kill many people who get the flu shot on top of it. You are injecting yourself with something that will spike the proteins...

what a mess

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:16 AM (9VFzC)

350 Have a great day, everyone. May you all thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 04, 2021 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

351 Because it guarantees that the NBA finals will have lower ratings?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

that's just icing on the cake...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 08:16 AM (8D42x)

352 Watched Dante's Peak last night.

I did not expect that the final half would be pretty much complete schlock. I always imagined Dante's Peak to be the more respectable of the two volcano movies that came out that year. I think I might have been wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:16 AM (LvTSG)

353 You mean you can't drive a truck across a lava bed?

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:17 AM (QZ/dC)

354 Awww..... Lakers lose in the first round of NBA playoffs.
I don't watch the NBA but this made me smile for some reason. I wonder why?
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:13 AM (88xKn)

Only saw scores on that game, but they were getting CRUSHED early on and LeBitch was on the floor.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

355 "Because it guarantees that the NBA finals will have lower ratings?"

What is this NBA, of which you speak?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 08:18 AM (3D/fK)

356 "Because it guarantees that the NBA finals will have lower ratings?"

Take care, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 08:18 AM (3D/fK)

357 bwaahaha

CNN Ratings Crater in Prime Time and They Wish They Had Trump Back

Even though they won't admit it, you'd better believe CNN wishes they had President Mean Tweets back at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They just got bumped behind HGTV in viewing for prime time.

You read that right, Home & Garden Television.

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:18 AM (9VFzC)

358 353 You mean you can't drive a truck across a lava bed?
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:17 AM (QZ/dC)

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A volcanologist might have known. Too bad there wasn't one in the truck...

Oh, wait...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:18 AM (LvTSG)

359 353 You mean you can't drive a truck across a lava bed?
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:17 AM (QZ/dC)

You can but need Z rated tyres.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (yrol0)

360 I never seen Dante's Peak. Is Tommy Lee Jones in this one?

Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (88xKn)

361 What is this NBA, of which you speak?----------------------------------National Bazooka Association. I'm a founding member.

Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (sX1BW)

362 expect this year's flu to be a bitch, real or otherwise.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:08 AM (QZ/dC)
***********
We're going to be required to wear masks, aren't we!?!

Posted by: redridinghood at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

363 Lebron can now move past the table of contents. And we can stop with the MJ comparisons for another year at least.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (QZ/dC)

364 Watched Dante's Peak last night.

I did not expect that the final half would be pretty much complete schlock. I always imagined Dante's Peak to be the more respectable of the two volcano movies that came out that year. I think I might have been wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:16 AM (LvTSG)

My sister worked on that movie!

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (9VFzC)

365 Test

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (khAeP)

366 Mistake or manipulation?

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:14 AM (9VFzC)

it's cute that someone thinks it's a mistake.

if it is, that's the perfect reason to get rid of the CDC and NIH. if THEY can't figure out how to do math and make accurate comparisons, they have no business being in existence.

this is an easy Occam's Razor question. we have to assume that either the "top scientists" don't know the difference between IFR & CFR, OR we have to assume they intentionally lied.

which is more believable?

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (8D42x)

367 2019 CDC 2854838 deaths
2020 CDC 2861000 deaths

Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM
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CDC now says 3,358,000 for 2020.
I recall preliminary numbers in November that were closer to yours. I wonder if they knew they had to play with the numbers some to give the official death count credibility.

Posted by: theATL at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (591Kl)

368 Only saw scores on that game, but they were getting CRUSHED early on and LeBitch was on the floor.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

He should have more time to get beyond the table of contents in his book collection.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (y7DUB)

369 357 CNN Ratings Crater in Prime Time and They Wish They Had Trump Back
Even though they won't admit it, you'd better believe CNN wishes they had President Mean Tweets back at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They just got bumped behind HGTV in viewing for prime time.
You read that right, Home & Garden Television.
Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:18 AM (9VFzC)

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Theory:

CNN is going to have some really weird output over the next few years as they try to get Trump re-elected for their ratings, but they have to keep appealing to their stupid leftist base.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

370 I did not expect that the final half would be pretty much complete schlock. I always imagined Dante's Peak to be the more respectable of the two volcano movies that came out that year. I think I might have been wrong.
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You need to view Ghost Ship. Its the best.

Posted by: Puddin Head at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (/MaDp)

371 360 I never seen Dante's Peak. Is Tommy Lee Jones in this one?
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (88xKn)

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He's in Volcano.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

372 Morning Horde. Thanks JJ.

Well, this Fouchxi guy sure was a piece of shit, huh?

Lakers lose in 1st round....lolgf.

America is waking up.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (jvt6t)

373 1. Fauci said COVID would decline on its own without a vaccine

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (yrol0)

374 Mrs. Wrecks is watching CBS Morning Show. They're all upset that Belarus had a sham election.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (d9FiS)

375 364 My sister worked on that movie!
Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (9VFzC)

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What'd she do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

376 Horde mind.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (y7DUB)

377 2. Fauci said face masks dont keep out the virus

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (yrol0)

378 @300 Moron Robbie-The first time the enviros out here shut down the Chevron modernization project in Richmond there was talk of Chevron shutting down the refinery, packing up their equipment and moving it overseas to....guess what country? It rhymes with China.
Doesn't matter who the F is on a Chevron or Exxon BoD, they want to make money. This isn't a plan for a green earth or saving the f'ing planet, this is about moving our petrochemical industries to China.
Guess which way the pipeline the pipeline from the tar sands in Canada is going to go since Keystone has been killed. Its going to be piped west to a port overseas to China where it can be processed and sold. The Canadians floated that idea a while ago too.

Posted by: JROD at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (0jZnq)

379 3. Fauci was told COVID-19 may have been engineered

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (yrol0)

380 4. Fauci knew of the NIHs ties to gain-of-function research abroad

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (yrol0)

381 370 I did not expect that the final half would be pretty much complete schlock. I always imagined Dante's Peak to be the more respectable of the two volcano movies that came out that year. I think I might have been wrong.
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You need to view Ghost Ship. Its the best.
Posted by: Puddin Head at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (/MaDp)

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I've heard. #316 in the queue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (LvTSG)

382 if it is, that's the perfect reason to get rid of the CDC and NIH. if THEY can't figure out how to do math and make accurate comparisons, they have no business being in existence.
this is an easy Occam's Razor question. we have to assume that either the "top scientists" don't know the difference between IFR & CFR, OR we have to assume they intentionally lied.

***

Ain't nobody got no time for that up in here!
- Anthony Fauci, the man responsible for both AIDS and COVID responses

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (Kt1w/)

383 Morning all...

@DrKarlynB

This mother in Carmel, NY is not taking any grief in her fight against critical race theory. The board even tries to tone police her, and she had none of it. Wait 'til the mic drop at the end.

https://tinyurl.com/y5h847ul

There are 2 videos - scroll down for the 2nd one.

Posted by: Tami at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (cF8AT)

384 5. Fauci ignored advice to prevent shutdowns and widespread panic

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (yrol0)

385 I'm sorry. Did you just demand a serious, physics based summer disaster popcorn flick?

2 hours of geologists discussing plate shifts and lava tubes?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (9etX0)

386 What'd she do?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

She was on the production side.

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:22 AM (9VFzC)

387 Only saw scores on that game, but they were getting CRUSHED early on and LeBitch was on the floor.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at June 04, 2021 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

But that high ankle sprain he had earlier in the season meant he'd never be the same again!

Which if it weren't for Outkick having covered this sad sack and his sad sack ways I'd never know, cause the most NBA I've seen this season was 30 seconds when I walked past the TV in the bar while out with friends. And that is all I am going to see this year (barring similar circumstances) going forward. Then NBA don't want me, and I don't plan to pay money to people what don't want me.

Kind of like the GoPe...

Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:22 AM (Ojki1)

388

Using Dante's Peak t-shirts as rags around the house...

Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:23 AM (9VFzC)

389 385 I'm sorry. Did you just demand a serious, physics based summer disaster popcorn flick?

2 hours of geologists discussing plate shifts and lava tubes?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (9etX0)

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Driving over the lava flow, the cabin getting burned down the second the old lady starts looking at old photos, the acid lake where the old lady has to jump in and drag the boat through the acid...

The most prominent secondary character dying with a Wilhelm Scream?!?!

I was expecting something a bit less, well, dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

390 386 What'd she do?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

She was on the production side.
Posted by: artisanal ette at June 04, 2021 08:22 AM (9VFzC)

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She fanned Linda Hamilton when she was hot, didn't she?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:24 AM (LvTSG)

391 Jews in NYC who get attacked by arabs, union workers in the Bay Area, Uber drivers in CA....all getting a big LOLGF from me. Yes obviously not 100% of any one group supports the Dems. But it is a solid majority. I am no longer going to spend any energy worrying about people who vote for other people who want to destroy my life.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:24 AM (K/qhO)

392 327 Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM (yr

Even if the overall numbers are the same, the question is what sector of the population died? Did the Covid scare keep hundreds of thousands of young, healthy people who would have died by various means at home, saving them? Was the death toll shifted substantially to the old and weak?

Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (/BlEx)

393 385 I'm sorry. Did you just demand a serious, physics based summer disaster popcorn flick?

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Twister and the effects it has on a certain pickup truck.

Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (88xKn)

394 385 ...plate shifts and lava tubes?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (9etX0)

"...waitin' for a train,
was feelin' 'bout as faded as my jeans..."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (s2VJv)

395 The most prominent secondary character dying with a Wilhelm Scream?!?!

I was expecting something a bit less, well, dumb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

I don't disagree. But I don't go to see Independence Day for a serious discussion about the likelihood of Alien life on other planets. Escapism.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (9etX0)

396 Biden Willing To Lower Infrastructure Plan To $1 Trillion, Offering Possible Tax Concession: Reports

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Well, if you can't trust Biden and the Democrats, who can you trust?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (d9FiS)

397 Re:391

And another group.....women athletes who have to compete against men. You wanted grrrrrrl power you got it sisters. Have at it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (K/qhO)

398 I've heard. #316 in the queue.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:21 AM (LvTSG)

Cause Stone Cold said so!

Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (Ojki1)

399 395 I don't disagree. But I don't go to see Independence Day for a serious discussion about the likelihood of Alien life on other planets. Escapism.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (9etX0)

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I will defend Independence Day as solid entertainment til the day I day. I know Independence Day, good sir, and Dante's Peak is no Independence Day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

400 "Was the death toll shifted substantially to the old and weak?"

This is about me, isn't it..

Posted by: Gov Cuomo. Harvester of the Elderly at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (3D/fK)

401 392 327 Real number were about 6100 additional deaths. With bell curve distributions deaths can vary as much a 30k per year.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:04 AM (yr

Even if the overall numbers are the same, the question is what sector of the population died? Did the Covid scare keep hundreds of thousands of young, healthy people who would have died by various means at home, saving them? Was the death toll shifted substantially to the old and weak?
Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (/BlEx)

COVID fear porn kept people away from cancer diagnoses and treatments. Those are the real deaths no one dare discuss. Plus suicides.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (s2VJv)

402 393 385 I'm sorry. Did you just demand a serious, physics based summer disaster popcorn flick?

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Twister and the effects it has on a certain pickup truck.
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (88xKn)

Armageddon was totes legit. And the acting chops from Affleck. Superb. I'll never forget it.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (jvt6t)

403 "(if there is a good reason for gain of function work, it would have to be done under strict control right here, not moved to where it would certainly be weaponized by China) ---IIRC the reason was that it is illegal here.

right, but Fauci decided on his own (and with The Bureaucracy helping) that it was "worth the risk". What was worth the risk? Well, there IS some potential value to studying what bio-weapons will be thrown at us, and how we can defend. ... BUT to do that in China is just treason ... was my point.

and my guess is the planned response was more to harm Trump (and all of us) even more than to cover their own ass. It was not a few covering their ass, the whole "DeepState health agency conglomerate" conspired together. They invested in the Trash the Economy plan to get Trump, pandemic was part of the excuse.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 04, 2021 08:27 AM (Cus5s)

404 392 Was the death toll shifted substantially to the old and weak?
Posted by: jwest at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (/BlEx)

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Since the average age of the dead matches pretty closely to the average age of the deaths in the US, I'd say it seems unlikely that there was a huge shift.

It was all fearmongering. It was the boy crying wolf.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:27 AM (LvTSG)

405 I will defend Independence Day as solid entertainment til the day I day. I know Independence Day, good sir, and Dante's Peak is no Independence Day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

Fine, Sir! I demand pistols, at dawn! I bod you good day, Siiirrr!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:27 AM (9etX0)

406 392

There was a lot of that. With everyone at home there were fewer auto deaths, fewer workplace deaths, fewer drownings at the beach, etc. which was made up by old people dying from the Rona.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (K/qhO)

407 405 I will defend Independence Day as solid entertainment til the day I day. I know Independence Day, good sir, and Dante's Peak is no Independence Day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

Fine, Sir! I demand pistols, at dawn! I bod you good day, Siiirrr!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:27 AM (9etX0)

==========

It's a good thing my combat with Doof is at a pause.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

408 I expect this year's flu to be a bitch, real or otherwise.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 04, 2021 08:08 AM

And I expect mask mandates in at least 30 States this fall because "we are going to have a severe flu season and masks virtually eliminated the flu in 2020".

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (JUOKG)

409 Independence Day was absolutely good clean escapism, feel good fun to watch.

We need more movies like that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (3D/fK)

410

Do you waaaaaant... waaaaaaant... to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy, I am no longer infected!

Posted by: Hungarian Gent at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (ND961)

411 Fine, Sir! I demand pistols, at dawn! I bod you good day, Siiirrr!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:27 AM (9etX0)

==========

It's a good thing my combat with Doof is at a pause.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

Doof is my second.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (9etX0)

412 Driving over the lava flow, the cabin getting burned down the second the old lady starts looking at old photos, the acid lake where the old lady has to jump in and drag the boat through the acid...

The most prominent secondary character dying with a Wilhelm Scream?!?!

I was expecting something a bit less, well, dumb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

Oh, someone is going to have to sit down with TJM and explain the whole Summer Blockbuster thing. The part where you cover the 80's toy franchises brought to life should be fantastic, especially GI Joe.

Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (Ojki1)

413
It's a good thing my combat with Doof is at a pause.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

Collecting quite the enemies list TJM.....living on the edge..

Posted by: Jak Sucio at June 04, 2021 08:29 AM (jvt6t)

414 "Shrinkflation": A Terrifying Omen For America Under Biden

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Carter: Stagflation

Biden: Shrinkflation

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 04, 2021 08:29 AM (d9FiS)

415 Real-real number of actual dead in the US from by-golly respiratory illness over the last 1.5 years:

Fewer than 25K.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:29 AM (Kt1w/)

416 412 Oh, someone is going to have to sit down with TJM and explain the whole Summer Blockbuster thing. The part where you cover the 80's toy franchises brought to life should be fantastic, especially GI Joe.
Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (Ojki1)

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Back to the Future > Dante's Peak

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:29 AM (LvTSG)

417 Doof is my second.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (9etX0)

LMAO

Posted by: Jak Sucio at June 04, 2021 08:29 AM (jvt6t)

418 The only problem with Independence Day was the stupid anti-nuclear weapon narrative shoehorned in. Hey aliens are killing millions upon millions with one shot, but we can't try out a nuclear weapon because of the nuclear wasteland it might create.

Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (sX1BW)

419 One year ago the riot and marches were moar important than the spread of the China Flu. Thats when I knew it was all a big fake!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (yrol0)

420 I wonder if Exxon's stock price will reflect their board changes. I hope so. I suspect it will still increase, though less than their competitors. Time will tell, I suppose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (Jsjd7)

421 360 I never seen Dante's Peak. Is Tommy Lee Jones in this one?
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:19 AM (88xKn)

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He's in Volcano.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

***

Wait a minute...

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (flINI)

422 More Fauci e-mails FOIA'd by ICANdecide org....

PDF: https://tinyurl.com/y2ewqpoy

Highlights: https://tinyurl.com/y5rzm5hu

Posted by: Tami at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (cF8AT)

423 "Independence Day was absolutely good clean escapism, feel good fun to watch.

We need more movies like that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's"

Yep. Plus Morgan Freeman or strong white woman wasn't president.

Posted by: Ripley at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (MxEKc)

424 349. The Covid vaccines have provided the immune system with a blue print to train memory cells to recognize the Covid spike on the virus via its singular unique RNA code. If a person is exposed to the spike RNA again the memory cells should send the signal for the immune system to build antibodies to attack the virus and kill it before it replicates enough to cause symptoms or damage. The concern some MDs have is that the blueprint was not specific enough and will cause a reaction to any spike protein virus. I am not sure that is warranted.

Posted by: Jen the original at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (w6CQL)

425 With everyone at home there were fewer auto deaths,

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Ha. You would assume that, but you'd be wrong. Hilariously, they spiked. More auto deaths (many, many more) with something like 75% fewer miles driven.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (Kt1w/)

426 COVID fear porn kept people away from cancer diagnoses and treatments. Those are the real deaths no one dare discuss. Plus suicides.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 04, 2021 08:26 AM (s2VJv)

And ODing as people couldn't get the help they needed with various issues and resorted to substances to try to get by.

Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:31 AM (Ojki1)

427 425 With everyone at home there were fewer auto deaths,

*

Ha. You would assume that, but you'd be wrong. Hilariously, they spiked. More auto deaths (many, many more) with something like 75% fewer miles driven.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (Kt1w/)

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Because people drove more recklessly with fewer cars on the road.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

428 Sharknado.

An intellectual film that closely examines the propensity of Chondrichthyes to travel via atmospheric disturbance.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:31 AM (9etX0)

429 425

That makes zero sense. Do you have data for that?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:31 AM (K/qhO)

430 That makes zero sense. Do you have data for that?------------------------------------Sir, this is the morning report comment thread, we don't do data here. Actually, that is for every thread.

Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 08:32 AM (sX1BW)

431 418 The only problem with Independence Day was the stupid anti-nuclear weapon narrative shoehorned in. Hey aliens are killing millions upon millions with one shot, but we can't try out a nuclear weapon because of the nuclear wasteland it might create.
Posted by: SH (Back Lurking, Commenting Occasionally) at June 04, 2021 08:30 AM (sX1BW)

Familiar argument.

But no mean tweets!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 04, 2021 08:32 AM (9etX0)

432 Nood.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at June 04, 2021 08:33 AM (khAeP)

433 If, IF the revelations about Fauci are fully exposed I'm putting money down on him being directly responsible for not only the gain of function research that allowed the bat flu to bridge to humans, but facilitated it's escape into the wild "as a test" to see how his creation worked. The dude is a seriously sick fuck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 04, 2021 08:33 AM (3H9h1)

434 "That makes zero sense. Do you have data for that?"

I don't have the links, but I too remember that data being put forth many months ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at June 04, 2021 08:33 AM (3D/fK)

435 Just looked it up.

Traffic fatalities increased 24% during the lockdowns.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:33 AM (Kt1w/)

436
right, but Fauci decided on his own (and with The Bureaucracy helping) that it was "worth the risk". What was worth the risk? Well, there IS some potential value to studying what bio-weapons will be thrown at us, and how we can defend. ... BUT to do that in China is just treason ... was my point.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 04, 2021 08:27 AM (Cus5s)

Back in 2014 when funding this was halted, Fauci met with Ron Kalin and others in the WH. I don't think Fauci came up with this alone. If he did they'd toss his old white ass, this was approved by the Obama WH, IMO

Posted by: CN at June 04, 2021 08:33 AM (ONvIw)

437 It's a good thing my combat with Doof is at a pause.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

*Quietly continues to resupply Doof during the pause*

Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:34 AM (Ojki1)

438 Ok says 8% increase 2020 vs 2019. That is weird as fuck. Was everyone high while driving in 2020?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:34 AM (K/qhO)

439 Bloomberg:

"Preliminary data from the National Safety Council shows a 24% spike in the U.S. traffic fatality rate, with drivers traveling faster and more recklessly with fewer people on the road."

https://tinyurl.com/zkswth4s

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:34 AM (Kt1w/)

440 Imagine if the rest of 2020's "miles driven" wasn't there to level out the lockdown traffic fatalities.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:35 AM (Kt1w/)

441 Back to the Future > Dante's Peak
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at June 04, 2021 08:29 AM (LvTSG)

I'd be a bit shocked if it Joe Vs the Volcano wasn't > Dante's Peak.

Posted by: Bete at June 04, 2021 08:36 AM (Ojki1)

442 "Ok says 8% increase 2020 vs 2019. That is weird as fuck. Was everyone high while driving in 2020?

Posted by: Joe XiDen"

No, its that everybody stopped paying attention traffic laws for 6 months and cops stopped enforcing them.

Posted by: Ripley at June 04, 2021 08:36 AM (MxEKc)

443 Bloomberg is full of shit. Driving recklessly sure. Faster? Nah. It has been shown repeatedly that driving fast does not increase deaths. But I digress.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:36 AM (K/qhO)

444 I'm sorry. Did you just demand a serious, physics based summer disaster popcorn flick?

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Twister and the effects it has on a certain pickup truck.
Posted by: dantesed at June 04, 2021 08:25 AM (88xKn)

must have been the cow...

Posted by: SturmToddler at June 04, 2021 08:38 AM (8D42x)

445 Bloomberg is full of shit. Driving recklessly sure. Faster? Nah. It has been shown repeatedly that driving fast does not increase deaths. But I digress.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 04, 2021 08:36 AM (K/qhO)

***

Too fast for conditions is a thing.

In this case I'd suspect "conditions" = no one on the roads, no real LEO presence, lots of time to drink and drive, boredom, etc.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:38 AM (Kt1w/)

446 I just want to note that by doing this level of supposed "examination" and recriminations now, we are still not being told the answer to BASIC questions...

Like what secret extinction level scientific "research" are we CURRENTLY funding. Who is responsible, why is it happening, who's getting rich, and how is safety being addressed.

NO ONE is digging into this. It's just narrative soap opera shit every day while the real questions remain forever unanswered.

Posted by: ... at June 04, 2021 08:39 AM (gSoXb)

447 I doubt that any efforts to set nationwide voting standards will be successful.

SCOTUS declared states free to conduct elections any way they want in the process of screwing Trump.

The Arizona audit is a ticking time bomb, and if it shows that election results were changed, the explosion will be a big one. I am hoping the result will be the cheating states being reformed in some way. Either clean up the election process or switch to the Nebraska/Maine model, though the later still leaves Senate seats ripe for cheating.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 04, 2021 08:43 AM (5p7BC)

448 "The answer is to make sure we actually build more hospitals."

This dumbass says that building more jails will lead to more inmates. So instead we build more hospitals, because we sure need more sick people.

Posted by: Simon Jester at June 04, 2021 08:48 AM (BSu3l)

449 The issue with increased auto deaths during lockdowns is one of those troublesome analysis where the crashes are individuals but the data is aggregated. It can be an ecological fallacy to assume that what happened at the aggregate level is true for the individual or vice versa. The normal way to try to address the issue at the aggregate level is by collecting and using additional control level data to reach the result needed.

However, individuals cannot deny physics and by itself as you increase velocity, any damage to the vehicle in an accident is increased which increases the likelihood of injury to passengers and drivers. Highway roads themselves are also designed around speed limits when taking into account natural features, sight lines, intersections, stop lights, etc. and increased speed above the road's design limits and/or road conditions, then driving in excess of the design results in higher risk of an accident.

Even if you are an excellent driver at high speeds, that does not also take into account the reactions of other drivers on the road that may or may not be able to react optimally in time to your driving decisions.

Posted by: whig at June 04, 2021 08:51 AM (pO7gM)

450 The issue with increased auto deaths during lockdowns is one of those troublesome analysis where the crashes are individuals but the data is aggregated. It can be an ecological fallacy to assume that what happened at the aggregate level is true for the individual or vice versa. The normal way to try to address the issue at the aggregate level is by collecting and using additional control level data to reach the result needed.

**

I'm fairly sure we'll get another opportunity right before the next election.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Sure it works in practice, but does it work in theory? The $2 Drug that Cracked COVID at June 04, 2021 08:53 AM (Kt1w/)

451 96 Short story about mental institutions, the promise was to replace large congregate facilities with smaller community based housing.

Broken promise because everyone in California said not in my neighborhood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 04, 2021 06:59 AM (EZebt)

Exactly.

But it was clear that nobody was really serious about it when they closed the big institutions without local facilities being available. They literally turned those people out into the streets.

And nobody said boo.

Posted by: creeper at June 04, 2021 09:16 AM (XxJt1)

452 It's the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the vaccines. It was supposed to calm the Conservatives, weed out resistance. Well, it works. The Republicans here stopped resisting. And then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped voting, donating, organizing. There's 80 million voters here, and they all just let the party die.

Posted by: Paul Ryan at June 04, 2021 09:18 AM (yQpMk)

453 Let's try this again...

"HARK!!! Thou.... Group of armed thugs o'er yonder, betwixt thine conception o good and evil! Comets thou forward and govern me. I consent! Doest it now quickly....for on the morrow, I may not."

Posted by: Egg On Their Face at June 04, 2021 09:49 AM (AD0FJ)

454

25Cents a Dance..!!!......Inflation is here and I still can't dance WTFO?

Posted by: Saf at June 04, 2021 10:41 AM (/N+d8)

455 so it must also hold that if we want fewer sick people, we should build FEWER hospitals.

Right?

Posted by: WladoTJ at June 04, 2021 11:45 AM (N78lJ)

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