The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 11/2/21

Good morning, kids. One year ago today. One. Friggin'. Year. And look where we are. I still grieve, and I will grieve until I draw my last breath, for what the Left did. It still boggles the mind to see how everything we believed was diamond-encrusted granite wrapped in a 100-foot thick solid iridium shell crumbled and vaporized right in front of our eyes. It was an illusion, while at the same time the reality of who and what did this was in our faces for decades. The blame lies equally with those who failed to do their duty to stop this as it does with the perpetrators. Not just in the time period between November 3rd and January 6th - the corruption was wide, deep and omnipresent by then - but in the years leading up to that day. It's heartening (and terrifying) that parents at last are reacting to what is being done to their children's minds and bodies. But that should have been the case long ago. Joe McCarthy tried to warn us but our forebears abandoned and shunned him - just as those that came after did to Trump and his allies, and especially we the people who still cherish a seemingly dead We The People.

In hindsight, it appears more and more that President Trump's greatest accomplishment, beyond everything he achieved virtually singlehandedly that puts him in the pantheon of the greatest presidents, has been to expose the rot and corruption that had so thoroughly eviscerated the foundations of the republic and exposed for all to see the fact that our government was some sort of perverse fascistic oligarchy. I don't think he even knew the extent of "the swamp" which ultimately consumed him, and us. He, too, could never imagine that the guardrails and firewalls that were supposed to protect us from self-destruction were just not there and in fact had been gone well before even he arrived on the scene. Or that even the most partisan of operatives would not dare cross the line and give in to the will to power, which is exactly what scores of them did on both sides of the aisle, the bureaucracy, the courts and of course the media. If that was his greatest failing, so too was it ours.

But, no more illusions. And right now, I'm all cried out. But my anger has not only not diminished but has been stoked on a daily and sometimes hourly basis since last year. And so, that brings us to an election day with the main event being the Virginia gubernatorial race, with several others here and there including the race of mayor here in NYC.

Given everything we have learned about how 2020 was first rigged with mail-in voting, early voting, same-day registration, ballot harvesting and the gutting of even the barest of fig leafs of integrity laws, and then witnessed on that horrendous night and morning after of the mass ballot dumps when all of the former seemingly were not going to produce the intended outcome of a Biden "victory," should you still go out and vote and will you go out and vote?

That is entirely up to you to decide. I'm not going to make a value judgement on either those who don't or those who do. For sure, wherever Dems control the electoral processes, either whole or in part, some level of fraud on their behalf will occur. Therefore, it certainly seems that NYC is not going to see a Curtis Sliwa victory. Adams is being pimped as "moderate" which even in his most moderate incarnation he's still at best a flaming liberal, if not a Marxist, and that's bad enough. The only reason DeBolshevik won twice was because the GOP candidates were horrendous, and worse, the overall turnout was ridiculously low which allowed that lanky hunk of anal cancer to slither into Gracie Mansion. In a way, it's too bad the Maoists didn't steal the primary (as they tried to do with that insane "ranked choice voting") since that might have been enough of an incentive to go for Sliwa. Or not.

"Comrade de Blasio," real name Warren Wilhelm, took over as New York City's mayor after five successive and successful terms with a Republican at the helm, two with Rudy Giuliani and three with Mike Bloomberg (who ~~paid~~ convinced the city council to let him run for a rare third term).
When de Blasio took over as mayor of NYC, it was like inheriting the 2009 championship Yankees. Eight years later, he is leaving the city looking more like the Detroit Tigers. Almost 200,000 people signed a petition to have him impeached. Nothing came of it because communists never quit. We might as well change the name of New York City to "Moscow on the Hudson. . . "
. . . The problem with New Yorkers is that they never learn. Better to be a woke lefty than a "racist right-winger." Progressive mayoral Democrat candidate Eric Adams is likely to easily become New York City's next mayor tomorrow. You get what you vote for, and New Yorkers are likely to vote for more murder and more mandates.

As I said, the Left controls the elections and you would have needed a 100% turnout of registered GOPers to even come close. And between mass immigration of illegal aliens, mass indoctrination of children of already braindead liberal parents and mass migration of normal people to Florida and elsewhere, NYC is more than likely a lost cause. And speaking of mass migration out of town, as of next summer, it will be in my rearview mirror as I finally leave for greener, and hopefully politically redder (party politics, not communist) pastures.

But of course all eyes are on Virginia.

Political analysts say that Democrats are more likely to cast early ballots, which could explain why the 2021 numbers favor Democrats. However, voter turnout is going to be the deciding factor in Tuesday's election. As the Washington Post reports, "About a third of the early ballots cast have been in heavily Democratic and voter-rich Northern Virginia, which could benefit McAuliffe if that translates to a higher overall turnout in the region."
If the turnout in 2021 is the same 47.6 percent as in 2017, a total of 2.8 million ballots will be cast in the state, just 1.7 million more than have been cast to date. However, with increased access to voting and national attention on this race, voter turnout levels could reach the 59.5 percent they did in the 2018 midterm elections. If that is the case, then 3.5 million ballots will be cast, which is 2.4 million more than early ballots cast.
With the increasing enthusiasm and an education-focused election, these numbers could foreshadow good news on election day in Virginia for Youngkin. If most Democrats vote early and Youngkin wins the Republican vote and keeps his lead among independent voters, he would be in good shape in the election. However, if Democrats can continue their early voting patterns into election day, McAuliffe will likely be successful on Tuesday.

This of course is conventional wisdom and of course assumes that those who are counting the votes are not of the Joe Stalin, or "Joe Stolen," variety. And all things considered that should never be an assumption ever again. Not that the Left ever concedes defeat, even in a blowout. But if they do win this one, even by a vintage Ann-Margret red nether hair, they will not only claim this as a mandate but as a mandate to sic a weaponized Gestapo-like FBI/DoJ on parents and anyone who opposes the mind- and rape-raping of their children. Hell, if they lose, they'll still be pushing for that.

Psaki-psircling back to choosing to vote or not, again, you have to decide what this all means. For those who are in the camp to no longer participate in what may be rigged elections, you're going to have to figure out in both the short and long term what your options are going to be in terms of meeting the Leftist juggernaut face to face, as sooner or later we are all going to have to do. I'll not elucidate here for obvious reasons.

So, one year later, I'm all cried out. But my rage at what happened and the nonstop rapid-fire depredations will not be quenched and continue to be stoked. That fire is not going to be put out any time soon.

Yup. What a long strange trip it's been. How fragile it all is.

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My book, The End of America: 100 Days That Shook the World, available now at the link.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Lloyd Billingsley: "Saule Omarova is not the first Leninist to vie for a high government position."
The Battle Over Biden's Currency Comptroller
Daniel Greenfield: "The invasion is coming from inside the White House."
Biden's New Move Makes All of America a Sanctuary State
"It's a real possibility China could take over Taiwan and seize the majority of the world's production of chips, which are used in aircraft, warships, submarines, cars, iPhones, computers, and more."
If China Controls Taiwan's Chip Manufacturers, it Will Control the World

AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

"The purpose of the voluntary work strike is to protest vaccine mandates in the workplace. This event carries the social media hashtag of #AxeTheVax."
Nationwide Walkout & Stand for Freedom Slated for November 8-11
"Judge Raymond Mitchell granted a temporary restraining order sought by police unions that the city [Chicago] cannot fire employees who do not receive the coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. The order is meant to allow the unions to address their grievances through arbitration with the city."
Judge Grants Big Legal Victory For Police Unions Against Chicago's Vaccine Mandate
"Levine's response was mocked after users pointed out that firefighters who put their lives on the line for others on a daily basis are far from selfish."
Top NYC Democrat Claims Firefighters Are Losing Jobs Over Vaxx Mandates Because They're Selfish
"They're coming for you next: Actor and rapper Icecube, who has throughout his career been linked to leftist and pro-black racial causes, has pulled out as one of the leads of a Sony film because he refuses to comply with the film company's [Chinese] COVID shot mandate."
Today's Blacklisted American: Leftist Actor/Rapper Icecube Forced From Sonly Film Rather Than Get a Chinese COVID Shot
"Reynolds, who has long opposed vaccine and mask mandates, said that 'no Iowan should be forced to lose their job or livelihood over the [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccine.'"
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Signs Bill to Give Those Fired for Vaccine Refusal Unemployment Benefits
Rabbi Chananya Weissman: "What does Jewish Law say about rulers forcing people to stay inside?"
The Torah and the Lockdowns

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"Caught in the act -- while insisting he never lies."
Watch Anthony Fauci's Lies EXPOSED As He Makes Them
"The new data reveals how far the public's faith in Fauci has fallen, with a similar survey from June showing most Americans back then wanted Fauci to stay in post."
Majority of Americans Demand Fauci Resign
They got shanghai'd. . .
China Locked Over 30,000 People In Shanghai Disneyland Over One Case of Chinese COVID-19
In a world of 7.5 BILLION people. And then, when you factor out those who were asymptomatic and actually died of other causes, and sad as it is for each death, it's a rounding error. And yet, global reset we much.
Global Chinese Coronavirus Death Toll Reportedly Reaches Five Million
"A new NIH letter reinforces the lab-leak hypothesis for the origins of [Chinese] Covid-19."
The Evidence Mounts
Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.: "Could it help alleviate [Chinese] COVID, and if so, could it find itself demonized as a treatment?"
What's All The Buzz About Quercetin?
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"We give you guns for a reason. Use them."
Report Reveals What Lindsey Graham Instructed Senate Sergeant-At-Arms to Do During Jan 6 Democrat-Organized and Led Riot
"Barnes alluded to trouble on the defense team during an interview earlier in the week but confirmed in a Sunday night livestream that he is now officially off the team." (ugh, an innocent kid and hero's life is on the line! - jjs)
Rittenhouse Defense Team Implodes Hours Before Jury Selection
"U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's refusal to back off from investigating parents is rooted in the belief that all dissent against the leftist establishment must be repressed."
Democrats To Americans: If You Disagree With Us, You're An Insurrectionist
Julie Kelly: "It's malfeasance for powerful government authorities, including Joe Biden, to intentionally mislead the American people by stoking unjustified fears of a pending domestic terror attack."
Where Are the Real Domestic Terrorists?
Alveda King: "To today's critical race theorists, my uncle was hopelessly naive. They reject the vision that the civil rights movement fought for, and they will not stop until our institutions are torn down and remade."
Crackpot Disg-Race Theory's Re-Segregation is Undoing All of MLK's Gains
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Monger described each student in detail, stating that one had a 'prominent hooked nose.'" (where's Juan Williams with his "code book?!" - jjs)
Cornell Prof Vows To Fail Students Who Improperly Wore Masks During Class
"The professor said that one student had a 'fairly prominent hooked nose.'" (but did he have Ubangi lips? - jjs)
Cornell Responds After Professor Threatened To Fail Maskless Students
Candace Owens Who Appears to Be Not White: "What Marxists do is they constantly move goalposts. You can see that he's moved the goalpost beyond just not being a racist. 'Do as I say, or I'll brand you as a racist -- even though you've already confirmed to me that you're not a racist.'"
Ibram X. Krement Doubles Down, Blames "Disinformation Operatives" Over Deleted College Admissions Tweet That Debunks CRT
"What were you thinking?"
State NSBA Members Slammed Letter To White House About Domestic Terrorist Parents
"Lee allegedly demanded the pupil come to her office after she read a comment thread on the Instagram post that challenged her new award, accusing her of using the N-word in classes." ("numbskull, nitwit, nebbish?" - jjs)
Florida "Teacher of the Year" Arrested for Hitting Pupil Who Criticized Award
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"After holding steady but consistently negative throughout the spring and summer, the public's opinion of the U.S. economy suffered a dramatic downturn last month, a poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs showed. Earlier, 54 percent said the economy was poor and 45 percent said it was good. In October, the share saying poor jumped to 65 percent."
65% of Americans Say Economy Is Poor, Only 30% Expect Improvement
"He promised incentive packages for companies who take him up on the offer."
DeSantis Offers Florida's Ports to Relieve Supply Chain Crisis
". . . leftists punish people who don't do what they think they should. Conservatives believe incentives work much more effectively than punishments. In the end, those fines don't hurt the multi-billion dollar shipping companies because they will simply pass on those fines to the consumer in the form of higher prices."
Will Fines Finally Solve the Port Problem or Just Make Things Worse?
"Supply chain woes remind us how much our digital economy relies on blue-collar workers. Government policies have made it hard to find workers for unloading ships, trucking, warehousing, and more."
Supply Chain Crisis Accents How Much We Need Blue-Collar Jobs
"Staffing shortages have hit American Airlines, Southwest Airlines Co and Spirit Airlines Inc in particular, as they ramp up flights ahead of the holiday season but face problems finding enough pilots and flight attendants."
American Airlines Cancels More Flights; Total Tops 2,300
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"We have serious concerns about your vaccine mandate for Federal employees and how it will impact the already understaffed and overworked United States Border Patrol and our overall national security."
62 House Republicans Urge Biden to Halt Vaccine Mandates for Border Patrol Amid Ongoing Border Crisis
"Tens of thousands amassing in Mexico . . . arriving soon."
Prager U Video: MASSIVE Migrant Caravan Makes Its Way To U.S. Border
"That was six long weeks ago. DHS has not released any results of their investigation, nor have they provided status updates."
The Investigation of Those 'Horrible' Border Patrol Agents on Horses Has Vanished
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
Margot Cleveland: "The investigation revealed both blatant violations of state election law by election officials and detailed evidence of voter fraud by stealing elderly Americans' votes."
Wisconsin Investigation Uncovers Potential Tip of a Voting Fraud Iceberg
"ID requirements appear to be less stringent to vote absentee in Georgia than to enter an indoor establishment in Los Angeles."
Los Angeles Requires More ID To Enter A Building Than Georgia Does To Absentee Vote
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Dominion Energy funded mailer aimed at suppressing GOP votes."
GOP Senator Probes Virginia Utility's Shady Push To Boost McAuliffe
Yet, as our own Buck Throckmorton rails about, it's the GOP that is the sole target of the FEC.
FEC Records Show Gaseous Chi-Com Spy-Fucker Eric Swalwell Spending Campaign Funds On Ritzy Steak Houses, Limos, Liquor Delivery App, Casino
$1 TRILLION "INFRASTRUCTURE" SELLOUT, $3.5 TRILLION SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION, DEBT CEILING/BUDGETARY INSANITY
"Manchin lambasted progressives, such as Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), for holding the bipartisan bill 'hostage.' The West Virginia Democrat called for an immediate vote on the bipartisan bill and dared progressives to tank the bill."
Joe Manchin Demands Clarity on Biden Agenda Bill, Potentially Imperiling Multitrillion-Dollar Package
"I've never seen anything like this."
Manchin Blasts Build Back Better Negotiating Process
It will blow up the debt like Hiroshima and wreck the economy completely. Do you need to read thousands of pages to understand that, Joe?
Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won't Support Reconciliation Bill Without Understanding Impact It Will Have on National Debt, Economy
"Manchin, one of the key swing votes for Democrats in the Senate, said Monday that he would not consider voting for the Build Back Better Act without knowing about the bill's impact on inflation and the deficit."
Filthy, Degenerate Racialist Cori Bush Decries Joe Manchin's Concerns about $1.75 Trillion Infrastructure Bill as "Anti-Black," "Anti-Immigrant"
ELECTION DAY
"Youngkin shows a two-point lead over McAuliffe in the Virginia gubernatorial race poll with likely voters, conducted by Insider Advantage and first reported by FOX5. The poll found that 47 percent will be voting for Youngkin. The poll is bad news for McAuliffe, whom only 45 percent of respondents said they would vote for in [today's] race.
Poll: Republican Glenn Youngkin Leads Democrat Terry McAuliffe Day Before Virginia Election
"This is your chance to break the grip on the radical left, that they have on the commonwealth."
Trump Urges Voters to Turn Out for Glenn Youngkin in Virginia Gov. Race
"So how do Democrats plan to ensure they win Virginia's elections, from the governorship to its U.S. Senate seat? By using the same tactics they used in the 2020 contest nationwide."
Democrats Are Using the Same 2020 Election Shenanigans To Overtake Virginia This Year
"GOP candidate poised to erode Democrat gains in Northern Virginia." (Dao-Min Yen notwithstanding - jjs)
Youngkin Campaign Bullish on Election Eve
"Yes. It's catastrophic, and it's a panic button, because the last time a Democrat lost -- and you know this -- the last time a Democrat lost Virginia, we lost 60 seats in this House, right?"
Democrat Pollster: "If Terry McAuliffe Loses . . . It's Catastrophic. It's a Panic Button"
"Ultimately, radical anti-American Democrats don't care one whit what we, the people, think or want."
If Glenn Youngkin Wins, It Should Give the Biden Left Pause, But It Won't
"In a last-ditch effort to appeal to Virginia voters, Democrat candidate Terry McAuliffe claimed that the state has too many white teachers."
In Final Election Push, McAuliffe Claims Virginia Has Too Many White Teachers
Wilder napalms "punk" Mcauliffe.
America's First Elected Black Governor Warns Democrats Ahead of Election Day in Virginia
"Trump lost the state by ten points last year [supposedly - jjs], but it seems McAuliffe realizes that Trump is not as toxic to Youngkin as he would have hoped."
McAuliffe Flip Flops, Says Election "Isn't About Trump"

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"And thanks to de Blasio's totalitarian health policies, quite a few of these people will have time on their hands tomorrow.Happy voting, NYC!"
Oops! Mandate Mayor Frees Up Thousands of Workers Just in Time to Vote
"The problem with New Yorkers is that they never learn. Better to be a woke lefty than a "racist right-winger." Progressive mayoral Democrat candidate Eric Adams is likely to easily become New York City's next mayor tomorrow. You get what you vote for, and New Yorkers are likely to vote for more murder and more mandates."
The Cost of Communism: "Comrade de Blasio" Has Gutted the Big Apple
Rabbi Dov Fischer: "Act out you dream tomorrow, to make sure theirs doesn't turn out everywhere else the way it did in California -- and remember the Alamo!"
When You Vote This Tuesday, Be a DREAMer
"If all of this sounds like a perfect storm of ill-advised absurdities, that's because it is. This ballot measure is a dangerous progressive thought experiment masquerading as reform. Such nonsense may sound appealing in coffee shops and teachers lounges but it has no business being adopted in real world, life and death situations."
Enter the Collectivist Trojan Horse: Minneapolis Vote to Eliminate Police Department Only a First Step
"Prop A would save American cities, starting in Texas."
Tomorrow, Austin Has the Chance to Stop the "Defund the Police" Movement in its Tracks
POLITICS
An overdosing tweaker would nod off during that garbage so cut Goofy Joey a break on this.
Biden Appears to Nod Off at Climate Conference -- But Not Everyone Blames Him
"Concerns about [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden's mental abilities have gone mainstream."
I&I/TIPP Poll: Just 42% Now Think Biden is "Mentally Sharp"
"We are turning Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" against them, and they are going bonkers."
They Can't Stand It When We Ridicule Them
"Ask any progressive about what little he believes to be worth preserving in America, and you'll likely hear countless pieties about our 'democracy.'"
Federalism, Not Democracy, is What Protects American Liberty
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Conrad Black: "There has been an almost 100 percent media solidarity in declining to consider the obviously vivid possibility that the 2020 election result was false."
The Wall Street Journal's Shabby Rebuttal of Trump Settles Nothing
What the hell isn't code for white supremacists, Juan?!
Intellectual Pinhead Nebbish Juan Williams Claims "Parents' Rights" is Code For White Supremacists
Robert Spencer: "Even if the pilot were just a Braves fan declaring support for his team, it might not even matter at this point. The authoritarians are out for his head and may get it, no matter what he actually said."
The Southwest Airlines "Let's Go Brandon" Narrative Appears to Be Crashing and Burning
"It's a scary time. I never thought I'd see this in the United States of America, yet here we are."
Twitter Locked PJ Media's Account for Telling the Truth About Gender
"While they are described benignly as seeking 'forgiveness,' 'spiritual power,' and 'peace,' these practitioners of witchcraft do hate something: Christians."
Washington Post Reports on Demonic Energy Behind the Left's Culture War
What, My Mother, the Car-Bomb?
Fox News Programming Like ISIS Recruiting Films: Tiresome, Bloated Imbecile Joy Reid
ABORTION
"The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled Saturday that SB 742, signed by Newsom in October, likely unlawfully discriminates against Right to Life of Central California's peaceful outreach to women in need."
Pro-Life Group Scores Legal Victory Against Gavin Newsom Law
"Justices Kavanaugh, Barrett signaled their intention to rule in favor of abortion providers." (if they strike it down, then nullification - jjs)
Supreme Court Could Clear Path for Challenge to Texas Abortion Law
"The tensions comes during a big week for the pro-life movement in America, as the Supreme Court hears arguments about the Texas Heartbeat Act, which already has cut the Lone Star State's abortion rate in half and is estimated to have saved more than 100 lives since its September implementation."
"Decidedly Divisive": Catholic College in California to Hold Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"I think like a lot of retailers they've been experiencing increasing property crime and theft from their stores. I think the last 6 months from what they say has been sort of -- off the charts in terms of how bad it's been."
San Francisco Safeway Closing Early, Cutting Hours Due to "Off the Charts" Shoplifting
"Maybe, just maybe, I thought as I started reading, we'll finally get some honest talk about crime in the L.A. Times. Silly me."
L.A. Times and LAPD Ignore the Realities of Crime in the City
"In the race among blue cities toward dystopia, Chicago is a contender for the lead."
Meet the New Chicago Bail Court Judge Who Frees Perps on Recognizance and Restrains Victims
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"'Unless the Iranians understand that the pathway they are on is dangerous for them, the probability of the use of force will go up,' writes [Dennis] Ross."
Former Obama Mideast Aide: Iran Doesn't Take the U.S. Seriously
"It's no longer out of the question, particularly if the U.S. can no longer be relied upon."
Taiwan and a Nuclear Deterrent
"If the G20 was a dress rehearsal for COP26, then world leaders fluffed their lines," said Greenpeace Executive Director Jennifer Morgan. "Their communique was weak, lacking both ambition and vision, and simply failed to meet the moment."
"Last Chance Saloon": UN Climate Conference Opens as Prince Charles Calls for Action
"These we will need to remember if we are to avoid further disaster, whether over Iran, the southern border, a return to nation-building, and much else."
October Footnotes to the Age of "Let's Go Brandon"
"Syria faces years of instability and bloodshed."
No Peace on the Syrian Horizon
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"John Thornton has ties to Chinese propaganda group, Belt and Road projects."
Brookings Institution Boosts China Initiatives Linked to Board Member
"One wonders, just exactly what the hell was the Joint Chiefs chairman studying when he attended the U.S. Naval War College to 'earn' a master's degree in national security and strategic studies?"
Mediocre Milley Has a "Near Sputnik Moment"
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Barbara Sharief's tour of radical mosques pays off."
Muslim Congressional Candidate Accepts Money from Islamist Leaders
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS
"The judicial reform commission he appointed hasn't given progressives what they want -- but what a happens if there's a round two?"
Joe Biden Thwarts the Legal Left?
"AOC's government welfare program is cradle to grave -- literally. AOC and Chuck Schumer have shelled out almost $1.2 billion in [Chinese] COVID funeral earmarks. Never mind that the average cost of a funeral is $3,000-$7,000, AOC's FEMA program will give you $9,000. There has been little to no auditing of this colossal waste of money, and the program is ripe for abuse and fraud -- even allowing illegal immigrants to receive money."
House Republicans Introduce "Stop AOC Act" to Stop Government from Funding Chinese COVID-19 Funerals
"Why? Biden mandates much higher wages for child-care workers but only grants subsidies to households making their state's median income or less. So other families get stuck paying far more. . . Bottom line: Beware of politicians who say they're going to help you."
Biden's "Help" for Child-Care Would Make the Middle Class Pay $13,000 a Year More
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Robert Spencer: "Biden said he was determined to act on this appalling and fiction-based agenda all the more in light of Trump's refusal to buy this nonsense."
At UN Climate Change Bash, Biden Apologizes! (For Trump)
"The goal is to break the west." Trudeau Slammed For Promise To Cap Oil, Gas Emissions
"India alone is a huge thorn in the sides of the Glasgow glitterati."
COP26 at Odds With Leaders of Nearly 40 Percent of World's People, Likely to Fail
"The Biden Democrats and Europe's liberal governments are in denial, which is good news for China's authoritarians, but bad news for middle-class Americans."
Why Biden's Climate Agenda is Bad for America
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Those who are regular readers of this webpage know that I generally have a low opinion of the American public school system, based on ample evidence. It generally fails to educate while working to abuse and indoctrinate young children in ways that are so ugly and inappropriate that often the administrators and teachers involved could actually be charged with child abuse. Today I am instead going to provide an example of a public school doing right by its students."
An example of good public education.
"This activity suggests that either the solar maximum will arrive much sooner than expected, or will be much more active than predicted. Right now we do not know which it will be, and no scientist can really predict. While we know that the sunspot cycle is caused by fluctuations and activity in the Sun's magnetic field produced by its dynamo, the fundamental reason why it goes through these cycles is not understood."
Sunspot Update: Sun Continues its Higher-Than-Predicted Activity
NB: Bob Zimmerman provides the lion's share of outstanding science posts to the MR. He's holding an annual fundraiser so if you could go to his website at Behindtheblack.com and throw him a few shekels, it would be appreciated.
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"The top-down push to groom children and inculcate them with gender delusions is nothing new, but Twix's latest commercial has brought it to the forefront."
Twix's Endorsement of Child Crossdressing is Just the Latest Elite Effort to Groom Kids
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"And so this one hurts me, because every day I get up, and I go out and try to help young African American boys become men, and try to instill those values. And when you have someone like this, who has the audacity to call multi-millionaires 'slaves' and compare a process of someone living their dream, going to the National Football League, comparing that to slavery, it's gone over overboard."
Ex-NFL Player on "Evil, Anti-American" Kaepernick: His "Doctrine" is "Largest Threat To Black Men" in U.S.
"We should want professional sports to cut out the wokeness here at home more than we want pro athletes to stand with the Uighurs." (Kanter is pro-BLM and at best lukewarm on the USA - jjs)
The Pitfall of Making Enes Kanter a Hero for the Right
Salena Zito: "The MLB made a big deal of moving the All-Star Game in the Spring to punish Georgia for its election reforms. Now that the Braves are in the World Series, not a peep. Fans are noticing."
Major League Baseball's C-Suite Cowardice
HITHER & YON
Christian Toto: "The Disney+ original gets hammered on YouTube - 'looks like a parody trailer.'"
Users Target Home Sweet Home Alone Reboot, Trash Trailer
"Our human need for connection should keep us grounded in reality."
Love Can't Be Uploaded
"Balfour stirred the aspirations of Zionists after the horrors of the pogroms in Russia and the anti-Semitism witnessed in the Dreyfus affair in France."
Commemorating the Balfour Declaration

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1 Mornin'!

Posted by: Catherine at November 02, 2021 06:43 AM (XnnHY)

2 Ugh

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 06:43 AM (9yu8C)

3 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 06:43 AM (yrol0)

4 Happy Tuesday, everyone! It's movie night with the wife at a theater that serves real food and beer. Just have to make it through this shift.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 02, 2021 06:44 AM (4olE8)

5 You KNOW I'm up early when I get the second spot.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 06:44 AM (9yu8C)

6 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 06:45 AM (nR2nR)

7 Let's go Brandon.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at November 02, 2021 06:45 AM (MkuC5)

8 Fuck The Democrat Party.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 06:45 AM (Tnijr)

9 Thanks JJ for all of this. You are appreciated.

Posted by: MikeM at November 02, 2021 06:45 AM (WsqCN)

10 Moscow on The Hudson was an OK movie. Who knew it was the future like Idiocracy?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 02, 2021 06:46 AM (GPwVZ)

11 Good Morning all!

Posted by: AnnaS at November 02, 2021 06:46 AM (l4l/z)

12 Is Michael Anton cribbing from JJ Sefton's book?

The present regime and its ruling class have consolidated their power. They consider dissent to be threats to "national security" and are looking to wipe out all actual or perceived remaining pockets of opposition. They despise not merely the founding but also the America of the frontier, of the King James Bible, of folkways and habits stretching back to the first years of the seventeenth century, and they treat those who cherish them as enemies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 06:46 AM (1TyaC)

13

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 02, 2021 06:47 AM (K2SnJ)

14 good morning. I was still hanging around downstairs. And working.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 02, 2021 06:47 AM (yEBFM)

15 I JJd

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 06:47 AM (yrol0)

16 Good morning dear morons and I feel you JJ

BUT the end of this story is yet to be written...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 02, 2021 06:47 AM (EZebt)

17 Thank you, J.J.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at November 02, 2021 06:48 AM (3D/fK)

18 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 02, 2021 06:48 AM (idiOE)

19 From JJ's link: "Barnes alluded to trouble on the defense team during an interview earlier in the week but confirmed in a Sunday night livestream that he is now officially off the team." (ugh, an innocent kid and hero's life is on the line! - jjs)

Rittenhouse Defense Team Implodes Hours Before Jury Selection

I think it was a matter of the jury selection expert not being allowed to participate in person during the selection process.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 06:48 AM (45fpk)

20 I read a story claiming MLB has tougher ID requirements to enter it's Park Avenue office building than Georgia has to vote.

Posted by: Hypocrisy, walking the earth dressed as "Rob Manfred" at November 02, 2021 06:48 AM (1TyaC)

21 Go vote. As useless as it seems it's the only weapon you have. You may think we are out of ammo, but a buttstroke can be very effective

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 06:49 AM (Tnijr)

22 Moscow on the Hudson? Why not?
We have Moscow on the Colorado. (Austin)

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 06:49 AM (9yu8C)

23 A jury was seated just before 7 p.m. Monday in Kenosha to begin hearing opening statements Tuesday morning in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.

The jury (12 plus alternates) is made up of 19 white members and one Black man.

Eleven members are women while nine are men. The group tends to be older.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 06:49 AM (45fpk)

24 Not 12 alternates. 8 alternates. duh I can't do math at 6:50 am.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 06:50 AM (45fpk)

25 We are voting on a SPLOST today. I always vote against any additional taxes. Show me where you have cut wasteful spending before you ask me for more money.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 06:51 AM (Tnijr)

26 I saw a picture of Wolf Blitzer broadcasting live from Edinburgh for the Rich People's Climate Fret. Which is in Glasgow. Last time I checked, those cities are on opposite sides of Scotland.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 06:51 AM (1TyaC)

27 I've voted for Jack C. and against the two gambling questions.

If any of my choices prevail I'll eat my overalls.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 02, 2021 06:51 AM (M1I8I)

28 The jury (12 plus alternates) is made up of 19 white members and one Black man.

Eleven members are women while nine are men. The group tends to be older.
Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 06:49 AM (45fpk)

They managed to find the one black guy in Wisconsin? That's impressive.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 02, 2021 06:52 AM (6FeV1)

29 I voted really hard this morning! Fun Size Joe and WeaselDog were written in for the slots where Republicans didn't field a candidate.

Posted by: Weasel at November 02, 2021 06:52 AM (NAI0c)

30
I voted. By mail. My state seems to have a decent security setup. In my case, mainly local positions on the ballot. Next year, the midterms, I'll stand in line.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 06:52 AM (dQvv7)

31 Most of those people in Glasgow could have stayed home and watched a Zoom meeting. What a hypocritical farce.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 06:54 AM (Tnijr)

32 NO voter ID in NJ where I voted.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 02, 2021 06:54 AM (GPwVZ)

33
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 02, 2021 06:54 AM (Cy4sG)

34 Excellent opener, JJ. I didn't even pay attention to the date and had yet to realize it was a year ago the true unraveling of America was laid bare. It didn't begin one year ago on this very eve, but its naked, true self was shown to me and every other true American with sense enough to open their eyes and see it for what it was and is.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 06:55 AM (sVtYq)

35 Note: NASA postponed tomorrows scheduled SpaceX crewed launch until Nov 6, due to a "minor medical event" for one of the crew. They will go to the ISS, and the last crew SpaceX took up several months ago will then return. This latest group is scheduled to stay until April of next year, before themselves being relieved.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 06:55 AM (1TyaC)

36 Good morning AltonJackson.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 06:55 AM (45fpk)

37 I voted. By mail. My state seems to have a decent security setup. In my case, mainly local positions on the ballot. Next year, the midterms, I'll stand in line.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 06:52 AM (dQvv7)

Here in NJ, my daughter who now lives in NY State, still gets a Paper Ballot to vote by mail and could also vote in person. Great System ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 02, 2021 06:56 AM (GPwVZ)

38 The people who are talking about burning down the country if Rittenhouse is found Not Guilty don't seem to be aware that we'll use that as precedent to Darwinize them.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 02, 2021 06:56 AM (4olE8)

39 This IS the Age of Illusion. It began when Dewey figured out he who teaches the children control the future. Really took hold when "social studies" replaced history in our schools.

Posted by: itsacookbook at November 02, 2021 06:56 AM (yPxXc)

40 The blame lies equally with those who failed to do their duty to stop this as it does with the perpetrators.

This right here. This is the inescabable conclusion when looking at the current mess in all its many splendoredness.

And btw JJ, I'm not persuaded at all "we" have a year for relative normalcy - if anybody has plans on getting out, or moving to greener pastures, whatever the plan is, get out ASAP.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 02, 2021 06:56 AM (wQD/c)

41 Yud said yesterday, if I got him right, President Trump thought everyone was like a business professional wanting the company to make a profit and grow, yet the Marxists really want to tear the country apart.
The old Democrats of wanting to do things just a little different than the Republicans is long gone.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 02, 2021 06:56 AM (idiOE)

42
This year all the campaign stuff which came in the mail was from the Democrat party. Strangely enough, there was nothing in the literature identifying them as Democrats. Strange that, right?

The Republicans took to driving around and hanging their campaign stuff from everyone's mailbox.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 06:57 AM (dQvv7)

43 *yawn*

Thanks for the newz, JJ! Cold makes it so hard to get outta bed . . .

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at November 02, 2021 06:57 AM (XnnHY)

44 29 Posted by: Weasel at November 02, 2021 06:52 AM (NAI0c)

They'd do a better job than the country club GOPers would have, but a serious question why didn't your cat and dog vote?

Your democrat neighbors pets likely do.

Posted by: sven at November 02, 2021 06:57 AM (Lzpvj)

45 They got shanghai'd link does some kind of McCaffee scan and locks my Chrome.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 06:57 AM (yrol0)

46 Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 02, 2021 06:51 AM (M1I8I)
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My votes too, plus I voted "no" on a local question where Democrat functionaries want to raid a land purchase fund for gambling, Vegas hookers and CRT "education", but mostly hookers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 06:58 AM (1TyaC)

47 They'd do a better job than the country club GOPers would have, but a serious question why didn't your cat and dog vote?

Your democrat neighbors pets likely do.
Posted by: sven at November 02, 2021 06:57 AM (Lzpvj)
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Good point.

Posted by: Weasel at November 02, 2021 06:58 AM (NAI0c)

48 32 Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 02, 2021 06:54 AM (GPwVZ)

Cadavers are notorious for not having back pockets to carry wallets....

//Your friendly Democrat Ward Heeler

Posted by: sven at November 02, 2021 06:59 AM (Lzpvj)

49 NASA postponed tomorrows scheduled SpaceX crewed launch until Nov 6, due to a "minor medical event" for one of the crew..

Raise your hand if your first thought upon hearing this was "Clot Shot Myocarditis"

Posted by: Common Tater at November 02, 2021 06:59 AM (wQD/c)

50 FNC called New Jersey for Murphy and he issued his victory statement, sometime last week.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:00 AM (1TyaC)

51 Good morning, Horde.

Good morning, JJ.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:00 AM (DU+/6)

52 I will never understand the left. I'd rather study the mating habits of the spotted Guatemalan moth then them. At least they have some purpose.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 02, 2021 07:00 AM (cOXDn)

53 @46

>>My votes too, plus I voted "no" on a local question where Democrat functionaries want to raid a land purchase fund for gambling, Vegas hookers and CRT "education", but mostly hookers.

Yeah these clowns are constantly promoting vice every chance they get because apparently they don't have enough streams of revenue and graft.

I hate all of these people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 02, 2021 07:00 AM (M1I8I)

54 The blame lies equally with those who failed to do their duty to stop this as it does with the perpetrators. Not just in the time period between November 3rd and January 6th - the corruption was wide, deep and omnipresent by then - but in the years leading up to that day.
++++
Damnation follows not only from one's perpetration of infamy, but also from one's acquiescence to it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:01 AM (DU+/6)

55 The Manchin links highlight the growing sense that our system is irretrievably broken, the Visigoths are In the city walls. Frightening really.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at November 02, 2021 07:03 AM (oWBc3)

56 @32

>>NO voter ID in NJ where I voted.

Did they require you to sign the voter roll before letting you go vote?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 02, 2021 07:03 AM (M1I8I)

57
The tell in VA is whether the counting lasts past this evening.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (/U27+)

58 Am thoroughly convinced the Marxist will do or die to keep mail voting. Just getting millions of ballots out there knowing many will never be sent they make tens of thousands votes filled out by 1 person and replace those never sent.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (idiOE)

59 The Federalist makes a point I often also make: If China takes over Taiwan, then Taiwan Semi is one of the main targets. Taiwan Semi is the single most important company in the world, from a technology perspective. Hopefully, their recent expansion of manufacturing into the United States will continue, and accelerate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (1TyaC)

60 I did want to share today's whiteboard sign before I take a break:

No; Concerned parents are not domestic terrorists.
I'm voting R for rationality.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (ueGNX)

61
Here in NJ, my daughter who now lives in NY State, still gets a Paper Ballot to vote by mail and could also vote in person. Great System ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 02, 2021 06:56 AM

We can do that here, too in PA. But I will get an email notification that my ballot was received. Going to the polls after receiving that notification might be problematic.

Oh, wait a minute you said your daughter now lives in another state but still gets a paper ballot? Yeah, that's just wrong. Unless she's voting to oust Murphy, of course.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (dQvv7)

62 For sure, wherever Dems control the electoral processes, either whole or in part, some level of fraud on their behalf will occur. Therefore, it certainly seems that NYC is not going to see a Curtis Sliwa victory. Adams is being pimped as "moderate" which even in his most moderate incarnation he's still at best a flaming liberal, if not a Marxist, and that's bad enough.
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He gets the "moderate" treatment on behalf of the rubes. He is in the Party and will play ball, and so they will take someone palatable even if he is not a fire-breather. But make no mistake, they do not view him as a "moderate." They view him the same way they view Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump or Lindsey Graham or Mitt Romney.

The Party structure and its power center is on the Left Pole. Anyone any distance from them is Literally Hitler. The distance off the pole is irrelevant. You're on it, or you're a Nazi. This Adams character is a Nazi, too, if you were to get the Party power players good and drunk and get them talking honestly. He's just *their* Nazi and they will make a deal with someone more palatable to those outside the Inner Party for a cycle.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (DU+/6)

63 Thank you, JJ.
Ordered your book through the publisher website. When it arrives and after reading it, your book plus Mollie Hemingway's book will remain on our coffee table.

Posted by: (jV+aN) President Orange Man Bad (Rheees Be Upon Him) at November 02, 2021 07:05 AM (jV+aN)

64 I don't remember when it was...but an Ace commenter talked about getting the virus and using Quercetin. I bought this and used their protocol for preventive measures and then when friends got it, I gave it to them. I got it and I was down for a mere three days and tested negative in 11 days. I did have a sense of taste and smell, but it was effed up. Water tasted like chemicals, any beverage was awful. The only things that tasted normal were peanut butter, and eggs. Too bad natural immunity matters not and I could lose my job because we service the federal government. I am the "remote" worker they mandate must be shot even though I never set foot near any of the facilities. Should I end up out? Fuck it. I'm done. I'll sell my house and be finished. Not starting over at 57.
Let them burn. Pray for Virginia...

Posted by: DefendUSA at November 02, 2021 07:05 AM (5ej0U)

65 The tell in VA is whether the counting lasts past this evening.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (/U27+)
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I thought they already announced it would continue until late in the week, maybe Friday?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:05 AM (1TyaC)

66 A curiosity I have is how Biden/Fauci have been able to dodge the dog bullet. I get everything else they have been able to avoid trouble on with help from the media but as silly as Americans are over animals, I really thought the beagle story and leaving the service dogs in Afghanistan would be bigger wedge issues. I think our culture may have been desensitized past the point of rescue.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at November 02, 2021 07:06 AM (oWBc3)

67 62 The Party structure and its power center is on the Left Pole. Anyone any distance from them is Literally Hitler. The distance off the pole is irrelevant. You're on it, or you're a Nazi. This Adams character is a Nazi, too, if you were to get the Party power players good and drunk and get them talking honestly. He's just *their* Nazi and they will make a deal with someone more palatable to those outside the Inner Party for a cycle.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (DU+/6)

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"No, they won't consider me a Nazi. I've been a reasonable moderate for decades! I even got Romneycare passed in Massachusetts!"
-Mitt Romney, 2011

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:06 AM (LvTSG)

68 People, This is getting rifuckingdiculous!

I wanted to ask for your help in identifying two ocean students who were photographed with their masks off during the ocean class last Friday, Monger said to his Introductory to Oceanography class.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:07 AM (yrol0)

69 And right now, I'm all cried out.

Me too.

Posted by: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam at November 02, 2021 07:08 AM (Do5/p)

70 63 Posted by: (jV+aN) President Orange Man Bad (Rheees Be Upon Him) at November 02, 2021 07:05 AM (jV+aN)

It makes a great Christmas gift!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:08 AM (s2VJv)

71 The tell in VA is whether the counting lasts past this evening.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (/U27+)

The tell will be a sudden main water pipe break and the counting of ballots will be stopped for an indefinite period.

Posted by: dantesed at November 02, 2021 07:08 AM (88xKn)

72 Good morning!

Today, Boston will likely elect Michelle Wu as its new mayor to replace now Labor Sec. Maaaahty Walsh. Wu, an at-large City Council member, is essentially a member of the Squad with her polotics. SHe's for rent control, income-based T-fares and every other faddish Socialist policy AOC and others push at a national level. Gording ourselves for Boston, a Lefty but still fairly functional city, to become just another Democrat-destroyed Hellscape such as Baltimore, L.A. or Detroit.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:09 AM (bDqIh)

73 Bootygig dressed his baby as a traffic cone for Halloween. Says it is dressed as "Infrastructure". These people have no shame.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:09 AM (Tnijr)

74 Iran doesn't take America seriously? Neither do most Americans anymore.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at November 02, 2021 07:09 AM (oWBc3)

75 Got the second jab yesterday.

Woke up this morning achy, heavy, a bit short of breath.

Now I need moar cofveve so I can figure out whether this is a reaction or just Tuesday.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 02, 2021 07:10 AM (dfRN6)

76 "No, they won't consider me a Nazi. I've been a reasonable moderate for decades! I even got Romneycare passed in Massachusetts!"
-Mitt Romney, 2011
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:06 AM (LvTSG)
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Yeah. I have less than no patience or respect for Mitt Romney. He is playing the stupidest possible game. If you're going to be in the opposition party - even nominally - then you can't turn tail and go cower in front of the Inner Party while double-dealing within the Outer Party or, even worse, directly to the rubes. He is worse than useless and has no value whatsoever.

If you want to play the game, you have to move as far as you can from the Inner Party without getting yourself whacked by some Clinton or Obama stooge. Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Ron DeSantis are examples of how to play the game properly. You could also go for "maverick" status. I'm not talking about McCain, I'm talking about the real one: Rand Paul.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:11 AM (DU+/6)

77 Did they require you to sign the voter roll before letting you go vote?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 02, 2021 07:03 AM (M1I8I)

I signed the Tablet the use now. But they did NOT compare any signitures

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 02, 2021 07:11 AM (GPwVZ)

78 Michelle Wu is a communist. Charlestown did not welcome her participation in the Halloween kids march the other day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:11 AM (1TyaC)

79 Bootygig dressed his baby as a traffic cone for Halloween. Says it is dressed as "Infrastructure". These people have no shame.
Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:09 AM (Tnijr)
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He dressed the kid he usurped as a traffic obstacle for Halloween? Unreal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:12 AM (DU+/6)

80 Dang cat wouldn't let me sleep.

*blink blink*

Am I too early for JJ's top pshop pic?

Posted by: mindful webworker is tired at November 02, 2021 07:12 AM (U3LUP)

81 76 If you want to play the game, you have to move as far as you can from the Inner Party without getting yourself whacked by some Clinton or Obama stooge. Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Ron DeSantis are examples of how to play the game properly. You could also go for "maverick" status. I'm not talking about McCain, I'm talking about the real one: Rand Paul.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:11 AM (DU+/6)

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All of them are Nazis who will gas Jews, blacks, and Hispanics when given power.

ALL OF THEM!!!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:12 AM (LvTSG)

82 Michelle Wu is a communist. Charlestown did not welcome her participation in the Halloween kids march the other day.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:11 AM (1TyaC)
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Is Charlestown a non-commie enclave in Boston?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:12 AM (DU+/6)

83 Bootygig : "So yeah, my husband Chasten found these... it's a little hard to describe, but basically they're, like, these traffic cones. They're infrastructure. Basically they're going to be going as infrastructure"

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:13 AM (Tnijr)

84 Great job, as usual, J.J.

My thinking, as I mentioned a few days ago, is: If Youngkin wins, it's worth it to vote.

If he loses, then, it's definitely game over.

Though, it looks like my wife and I are soon to be AZ residents, so, local elections will probably be good. Maybe even state wide elections. But at the national level? Nope.

Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:13 AM (2SdPm)

85 Handing an id to the voter clerk so he can look up your name in the rolls and hand you a ballot is kinda like breathing - natural, easy and logical.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at November 02, 2021 07:13 AM (oWBc3)

86
I don't remember when it was...but an Ace commenter talked about getting the virus and using Quercetin

Quercetin works by making zinc enter the cells easier. But you still should supplement zinc by about 25mg per day. Synergistic effect is the term, I think.

As we get older our bodies just don't absorb zinc as readily as the young. When I got the 'rona I dissolved a few zinc tabs in water and sipped it all day for the next three days. It tastes horrible of course.

One of the 'tells' of zinc deficiency is loss of sense of smell and taste. Curious that also is a sign of having covid. Correlation or causation?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:13 AM (dQvv7)

87 I almost barfed.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:13 AM (Tnijr)

88 >>"We give you guns for a reason. Use them."

Anyone recall what Lindsay Graham said about the summer of BLM riots -- was he instructing the police to shoot looters and arsonists?

How about the June 3-day seige on the WH? Was he in support of calling in the National Guard?

Or was this lil' [redacted] silent, or worse, pro "protest?"

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:13 AM (bDqIh)

89 it's a little hard to describe, but basically they're, like, these traffic cones.

Because who doesn't love road construction?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 07:14 AM (45fpk)

90 Bootygig dressed his baby as a traffic cone for Halloween. Says it is dressed as "Infrastructure". These people have no shame.
Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:09 AM (Tnijr)
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Bootygig needs to go to work. As "Secretary of Transportation" he is supposed to have responsibility for smooth port operations, and - ass we have heard - he is fucking up bigly.

Hey Junta! Maybe consider competence as a better job qualification than gayness.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:14 AM (1TyaC)

91 Somebody should make a photoshop of a bunch of fetuses dressed up as traffic cones.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:14 AM (Tnijr)

92 Morning all...

JJ is your book going to depress me even more than I already am?

Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (cF8AT)

93 Let me guess, Paul Ryan advised Rittenhouse to hire that local attorney, who will now railroad his client in order to "close the book on that dark chapter" and help win back independents for the midterms.

He has to be found guilty and rot in prison, people might riot if he doesn't!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (0ryfU)

94 >>Bootygig : "So yeah, my husband Chasten found these... it's a little hard to describe, but basically they're, like, these traffic cones. They're infrastructure. Basically they're going to be going as infrastructure"

The kids aren't yet 3 mos. old and they're being used a political props. Charming!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (bDqIh)

95 91 Somebody should make a photoshop of a bunch of fetuses dressed up as traffic cones.
Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:14 AM (Tnijr)

"We kill babies in mass quantities."

- - Sanger Conehead

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (s2VJv)

96 >>Gording ourselves for Boston, a Lefty but still fairly functional city, to become just another Democrat-destroyed Hellscape such as Baltimore, L.A. or Detroit.

I owned a condo and lived off and on in Boston for many years. It was always run by Democrats but overall it was run surprisingly well and it was a great place to live.

You couldn't pay me to move back now.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (ZLI7S)

97 "So how do Democrats plan to ensure they win Virginia's elections, from the governorship to its U.S. Senate seat? By using the same tactics they used in the 2020 contest nationwide."

==

We've been saying exactly this ^^ for an entire year. They made quantum leaps in fraud in 2020, and are not likely to give that up. Their cheating skillset was vastly honed and will be implemented from here on out.

It is only when it gets completely pulled out by the roots that it ends, and that will take heavy lifting by those I don't have much faith in to begin with.

I hope McAwful gets creamed. But I also know he could get creamed (like FJB) and still "win." I wish I saw a huge push to restore integrity in our elections, but after an entire year, I just see tumbleweeds blowing down the street.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (sVtYq)

98 Because who doesn't love road construction?
Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 07:14 AM (45fpk)
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Yeah, because people in the Upper Midwest need to be reminded they live where there are only two seasons: Winter and "Under Construction."

Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (2SdPm)

99 92 Morning all... JJ is your book going to depress me even more than I already am?
Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (cF8AT)

Magic 8 Ball says "YES."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)

100 Bootygig dressed his baby as a traffic cone for Halloween. Says it is dressed as "Infrastructure". These people have no shame.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:09 AM

Wouldn't a traffic cone represent fixing broken infrastructure?

He and his "husband" should have dressed up as loading dock cranes and dressed their babies as shipping containers if they really wanted to be audacious.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (Do5/p)

101 @TrumpJew2

3 different angles from 3 different journalists, all conveniently standing behind a man with a newly-sewn confederate flag patch

Seems totally legit

https://tinyurl.com/yjz9xsck

Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (cF8AT)

102 99 92 Morning all... JJ is your book going to depress me even more than I already am?
Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (cF8AT)

Magic 8 Ball says "YES."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)

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My books don't do this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:17 AM (LvTSG)

103 "The kids aren't yet 3 mos. old and they're being used a political props. Charming!
Posted by: Lizzy"

I submit that they were props from day one. Look for them to be trotted out in the future for whatever cause of the day.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:17 AM (Tnijr)

104 Is Charlestown a non-commie enclave in Boston?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:12 AM (DU+/6)
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Interesting mix of young professional families and old time Irish Boston. Usually totes libtard, except for my kids, which is why it is interesting the carpetbagger Wu got so little enthusiasm.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:17 AM (1TyaC)

105 Lindsay Graham isn't our friend? Shocked, shocked I tell you. He's in the worm stage of his 6 year cycle, many months to go before he has to butterfly for the masses in South Carolina again.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at November 02, 2021 07:17 AM (oWBc3)

106
It sounds more like a 'dunce cap' then a traffic cone.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:17 AM (dQvv7)

107 Interesting mix of young professional families and old time Irish Boston. Usually totes libtard, except for my kids, which is why it is interesting the carpetbagger Wu got so little enthusiasm.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:17 AM (1TyaC)
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Huh. Well, maybe some wine moms are waking up. I wouldn't bet on it, but I'd welcome it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:18 AM (DU+/6)

108 Current utility bill
Bank statement
Paycheck
Government check
Other government document

A real GA driver license story:
1. They would NOT accept the paid in full title to my house for proof of residence.
2. They DID accept my Sprint bill.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:18 AM (yrol0)

109 The kids aren't yet 3 mos. old and they're being used a political props. Charming!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM

That's basically the only way Democrats see children. They're either to be discarded as inconveniences through abortion or to be used as political props. Disgusting.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:19 AM (Do5/p)

110 Because who doesn't love road construction?
Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 07:14 AM (45fpk)
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Yeah, it's insane. Even when it is done properly - which is rare - people don't like road construction while it's happening. Add in that it is almost never an infrastructure project but rather a jobs program, and people also resent it when they figure that out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:19 AM (DU+/6)

111 I would like to give Lindsey the benefit of the doubt and say that he was told the protestors were heavily armed and shooting or he knew they were actually leftists storming the Capitol. But I won't. He is a opportunistic tool who probably knew that the McCain "dossier" was a fake planted by HRC.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (0ryfU)

112 Magic 8 Ball says "YES."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)

We could only afford a coin when I was a kid and both sides were tails.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (yrol0)

113 Yes it's depressing but at least we all get to be depressed together at the HQ. Thanks JJ! And ace for providing this forum that reminds us that we are not alone.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (Tnijr)

114
I had an interesting thought yesterday... what if all those stacked up containers are all full of merchandise ordered from Amazon that people have now cancelled due to slow delivery?

Does China, Inc accept a fleet of returns?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (dQvv7)

115 112 Magic 8 Ball says "YES."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)

We could only afford a coin when I was a kid and both sides were tails.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (yrol0)

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That's when you make your own luck, like my buddy Harvey Dent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (LvTSG)

116 Political analysts say that Democrats are more likely to cast early ballots, which could explain why the 2021 numbers favor Democrats

*

Which ballots are the ones where the cities that employ hundreds of workers to work 3rd shift every night in police departments, fire departments, water departments, etc. can't have a dozen folks counting votes all night and require shutting down and locking the doors for a few hours?

Because those are the ones that count.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (/6kZi)

117 The massive illegal alien caravan is arriving at just the perfect time...when Border Patrol agents are going to be severely impacted because of the mandate. Perfect! Hope Abbott is prepared to do something about it. Whatever it takes.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (sVtYq)

118 Election day voting is now almost 2 hours in here in VA. Polls close at 7 pm. We have had six weeks of early voting and the final tally on that was 1.16M votes.

Okay, I am going to break character a bit and suggest there is something positive in the numbers. The number of early votes in 2021 is 6x the number of votes in 2017. The number of early votes in vote rich Fairfax County? Only 4x the number of votes in 2017. Fairfax represents 14.5% of the early vote in 2021. Fairfax was 23% of the early vote in 2017.

Overall, Fairfax was 14.3% of the total vote in 2017. If the ratio of early/election day votes holds for 2021 then that bodes very well. But, again, this is a weird year.

I know, a lot of math early in the morning without a full cup of coffee. Vote early, vote often.

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (mbFEM)

119 A real GA driver license story:
1. They would NOT accept the paid in full title to my house for proof of residence.
2. They DID accept my Sprint bill.
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I tried to use a utility bill for that in MO, but they said it was "too old" -- about two months old. It had to be the most recent utility bill. Where do they think I've been living in the meantime? Idiots.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (YIVH2)

120 >>Michelle Wu is a communist. Charlestown did not welcome her participation in the Halloween kids march the other day.

Ah, hadn;t heard that. The local media love her.

>>I owned a condo and lived off and on in Boston for many years. It was always run by Democrats but overall it was run surprisingly well and it was a great place to live.

Yup, Lefty but functional. However, Soros DA plant Rachael "topknot" Rollins has kicked off the descent into dysfunctional blue city, and Wu will complete the transformation.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (bDqIh)

121 See! Booty totally takes his job seriously! He dressed his babies up as traffic cones and used them as props. Who cares if our transportation system is burning down! They are a gay couple and so cute! Awwwww!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (0ryfU)

122 "Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Signs Bill to Give Those Fired for Vaccine Refusal Unemployment Benefits."

It's stuff like this that we tend to forget why it's so important to vote. It matters who's running your state. It also matters who's on the school board.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (NpAcC)

123 It's also possible that some of the Dems and Independents who voted early, voted for Youngkin.

Posted by: Victoria at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (sFBNj)

124 A real GA driver license story:
1. They would NOT accept the paid in full title to my house for proof of residence.
2. They DID accept my Sprint bill.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:18 AM (yrol0)
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Seriously? You own the property and have title to it, but they won't accept it? I has a suspicion here, and I hope I'm wrong.

I suspect that they don't have the means to look up and verify the county-level land records. Almost no one has the actual deed to their property absent a lien of some kind. The staff are likely trained to check for obvious signs of forgery in a document that is already familiar - like a phone bill or a mortgage payment - but have no clue how to handle a property title.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (DU+/6)

125 For those who are in the camp to no longer participate in what may be rigged elections, you're going to have to figure out in both the short and long term what your options are going to be in terms of meeting the Leftist juggernaut face to face, as sooner or later we are all going to have to do.

= = = = = = = = =

This can't be said enough. So you've opted out of voting, where exactly do you think that goes? (rhetorical)

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at November 02, 2021 07:22 AM (prSvo)

126 Magic 8 Ball says "YES."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)

Ugh!

Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:22 AM (cF8AT)

127
One friggin' year ago today
Biden stole the election away
Destroying America all the while
Turn the country to a big shit pile
So, may I try to turn you on
To the cry that's rattling Air Force One
Let's Go Bra-an-don-on-on-on!!!!

*french horn solo*

Posted by: Zombie Beatles at November 02, 2021 07:23 AM (5NkmN)

128 Good Morning, thanks for the news J.J. What a grim anniversary it is.

I really don't want to vote for Youngkin, but I have decided once again, that I will hold my nose and pull the lever. I pray that if he wins that he will at least do some good and not stab us in the back.

Also for those that pray, would appreciate some prayers, Mr. Spypeach is going to ask his doctor today for a medical exemption, since his company has mandated the vaccine. The form has to be turned in by Friday, and the shot has to be taken by December 8th. He does not want to take the shot, he's already had covid and has angioedema and is afraid of an allergic reaction with the shot. These people are so evil.

Posted by: spypeach at November 02, 2021 07:23 AM (Up/Jb)

129 That's when you make your own luck, like my buddy Harvey Dent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (LvTSG)

Aaron Eckhart or Tommy Lee?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:23 AM (yrol0)

130 Does China, Inc accept a fleet of returns?
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (dQvv7)
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Almost certainly not. The wholesalers are gonna take it in the shorts. This is the profit season for sales, and not only are they not going to be able to move the merchandise they bought, they'll have to warehouse it and sell it at a discount. The only thing that might save the retailers is inflation. They accidentally ended up with a hedge. The discounted price may still be higher than the original estimated average retail price and they might not go bankrupt...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:23 AM (DU+/6)

131 Morning peeps.

Regarding the coup... note who at least pretended to side with Trump after his election and which of those people are still siding with him. The original list wasn't exactly short, but it is now.

An outsider somehow gamed their system and won. It sent the uniparty into a tizzy that they're still having. I think they're not just pushing their leftist agenda as fast as they can, they're also making sure there are no loose ends that would permit another Trump like figure to ever enter their arena again.

They'll destroy the remaining bits and pieces of America doing so but that was always part of the plan. If we're still around in another year we'll look back on this November with a touch of nostalgia.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2021 07:23 AM (BFigT)

132 129 That's when you make your own luck, like my buddy Harvey Dent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:20 AM (LvTSG)

Aaron Eckhart or Tommy Lee?
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:23 AM (yrol0)

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Billy Dee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (LvTSG)

133 Spectator article: "Perceived American weakness and a shift in the regional balance of power in the East Asian-Pacific littoral may result in the restart of a Taiwanese nuclear weapons program..."

Cute; they think weapons development stopped. They don't say when or why. If, as reason would suggest, Taiwan has nukes, China might blink before invading.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (1TyaC)

134 You can own a house without living in the house. I have a title to a house in GA, but I live in PA.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (0ryfU)

135 123 It's also possible that some of the Dems and Independents who voted early, voted for Youngkin.
Posted by: Victoria at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (sFBNj)

Absolutely. We don't know what is in the early votes. That's why I wrote my post that nobody knows nothing. The models are all busted.

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (mbFEM)

136 Prayers sent spypeach.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (NpAcC)

137 Other than to perpetuate voting fraud, what on earth could be the justification for "early voting" that consists of weeks? When did this kind of garbage come about? It's absolutely senseless.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:25 AM (sVtYq)

138 I'm a thinkin McAuliffe should get roughly 81 million votes, give or take a million or so.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * In omnia paratus at November 02, 2021 07:25 AM (rAHX8)

139 "It's a real possibility China could take over Taiwan and seize the majority of the world's production of chips, which are used in aircraft, warships, submarines, cars, iPhones, computers, and more."

*

Remember when that dumb stupid idiot Trump was trying to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:25 AM (/6kZi)

140 Seriously? You own the property and have title to it, but they won't accept it? I has a suspicion here, and I hope I'm wrong.

I suspect that they don't have the means to look up and verify the county-level land records. Almost no one has the actual deed to their property absent a lien of some kind. The staff are likely trained to check for obvious signs of forgery in a document that is already familiar - like a phone bill or a mortgage payment - but have no clue how to handle a property title.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (DU+/6)

Not only did it happen but I went home and was sent to back of line. When I went to front of line a GA Patrolman walked me to the back. So I immediately moved my business to FL in my partners name and never paid state income tax.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:26 AM (yrol0)

141 @137

>>When did this kind of garbage come about? It's absolutely senseless.

I'm fairly confident it was instituted by fiat in VA during the plandemic.

It's typically instituted the second democrats get a majority anywhere.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 02, 2021 07:26 AM (M1I8I)

142 Absolutely. We don't know what is in the early votes. That's why I wrote my post that nobody knows nothing. The models are all busted.

***

All we know for certain at this point is that the Democrat will win.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:26 AM (/6kZi)

143 Also, I managed to score an Extar EP9 off of Gunbroker for not too much more than MSRP. Christmas is saved!

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:26 AM (mbFEM)

144 Mr. Spypeach is going to ask his doctor today for a medical exemption, since his company has mandated the vaccine. The form has to be turned in by Friday, and the shot has to be taken by December 8th. He does not want to take the shot, he's already had covid and has angioedema and is afraid of an allergic reaction with the shot.

These people are insane, spypeach. Will pray.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 07:27 AM (45fpk)

145 134 You can own a house without living in the house. I have a title to a house in GA, but I live in PA.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (0ryfU)

I can have my cell phone bill sent to bum fucking Egypt as long as I pay it every month.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:27 AM (yrol0)

146 Spectator article: "Perceived American weakness and a shift in the regional balance of power in the East Asian-Pacific littoral may result in the restart of a Taiwanese nuclear weapons program..."

Cute; they think weapons development stopped. They don't say when or why. If, as reason would suggest, Taiwan has nukes, China might blink before invading.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:24 AM (1TyaC)
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It probably did stop. It has probably stopped and started several times. This is probably also true in Korea. Japan probably already has working weapons.

If any of our major former allies in the Far East have a link of sense - and you more or less have to assume that at least one of the three do - then they restarted their weapons programs no later than probably November 9th of last year. A week of cluster fuck over here and their new situation was impossible to misunderstand.

No one really wants nukes unless they truly need them. They are an exorbitant cost center and an untenable possession unless you really have no other choice. We left them with no other choice a year ago, and not all of them are so stupid that they didn't realize it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:27 AM (DU+/6)

147 UN Climate Conference Opens as Prince Charles Calls for Action

You know, I've always been skeptical about "climate change" but if Prince Charles is calling for action...

A man of his accomplishments and intellect would surely not waste time on something of no value.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 07:27 AM (nR2nR)

148 This can't be said enough. So you've opted out of voting, where exactly do you think that goes? (rhetorical)
Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at November 02, 2021 07:22 AM (prSvo)

Same place it goes when you participate in a rigged election system which doesn't challenge obvious fraud and stolen elections.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:28 AM (0ryfU)

149 Prayers to Mr. Spypeach and all those who have been put in this incredible position. Risk your health or risk your job. Forcefed chemicals into your own body you do not want. I can't believe this is America.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:28 AM (sVtYq)

150 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 07:29 AM (Zz0t1)

151 "It's a real possibility China could take over Taiwan and seize the majority of the world's production of chips, which are used in aircraft, warships, submarines, cars, iPhones, computers, and more."
If China Controls Taiwan's Chip Manufacturers, it Will Control the World

This is our fault. We have this place called "Silicon Valley" which, at this time, produces no silicon anything. They've been building one world order for a LONG time.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 07:29 AM (Zz0t1)

152 I'm fairly confident it was instituted by fiat in VA during the plandemic.

**

And here's my broken record regarding the 2020 election (and all others since)

Were the voting laws changed outside of the legislative requirements?

If yes, then any votes cast in those illegal ways were illegal. We don't have to have any speculation about Dominion or anything else. We KNOW there are millions of illegal votes.

It's what makes this entire thing so infuriating.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:29 AM (/6kZi)

153 Other than to perpetuate voting fraud, what on earth could be the justification for "early voting" that consists of weeks? When did this kind of garbage come about? It's absolutely senseless.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:25 AM (sVtYq)
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I think the rationale was originally that it was unfair to make people take unpaid time off work to get to the polls. This is amusing on its own, because the standard Party response to something like that is "make the companies subsidize it with mandatory paid time off." Except this one. For this one, they took a wildly different approach.

Odd, isn't it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:29 AM (DU+/6)

154 Forcefed chemicals into your own body you do not want. I can't believe this is America.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:28 AM (sVtYq)

This is beyond comprehension to me. In America. The land of the free, home of the brave. We're herded like cattle and injected with things that will do unknown damage now and in the future.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Having solved all other crises, my senators are working on the most pressing problem... and doing it wrong.

Bad idea from the beginning: "Daylight Saving Time"
Good idea: No more "saving" time-shifting
Bad implementation: Keeping the clocks wrong!
Even worse: Federal mandate instead of states' choice

#LOCKTHECLOCK
Senator James Lankford, YouTube, Nov 1, 2021 (1:27)
https://youtu.be/5vABM_t5w-M

What is so difficult about Sun at Zenith = Noon?

Posted by: mindful webworker - you can't fool the sun at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (U3LUP)

156 On the Dominion:

The ads on Facebook, Instagram, Google and Snapchat target rural areas of the state that support Youngkin, and the ads question his commitment to the Second Amendment, Axios reported.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (yrol0)

157 UN Climate Conference Opens as Prince Charles Calls for Action

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I'll reiterate what I said yesterday. Give up your castles, mansions and vast array of carbon-guzzling luxuries Dumbo-earred boy, and move yourself into a 2000sqft flat. Show you care and that you're not the complete imbecile we all know you to be.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (sVtYq)

158 Also, I managed to score an Extar EP9 off of Gunbroker for not too much more than MSRP. Christmas is saved!

**

You've got me looking at those. I've got a white-trash AR carbine that uses the magwell converter, but I like the looks of that little thing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (/6kZi)

159
If yes, then any votes cast in those illegal ways were illegal. We don't have to have any speculation about Dominion or anything else. We KNOW there are millions of illegal votes.

It's what makes this entire thing so infuriating.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:29 AM (/6kZi)
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Biden was not legitimately elected to office. Therefore, anything he signs is null and void, technically. Yet, here we are.

Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (2SdPm)

160 I think the rationale was originally that it was unfair to make people take unpaid time off work to get to the polls.

Then hold it on a Saturday.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (9yu8C)

161 Early voting:

https://tinyurl.com/yv9pd7v2

Link goes to Time Magazine so take it FWIW.

Interesting tidbit:

By the late 1980s, Texas had become the first state to offer early in-person voting, for similar convenience reasons.

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (mbFEM)

162 PA wanted a magazine and any letter addressed to me from a company with the address printed on the envelope, not hand written.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM (0ryfU)

163 Sending prayers, Spypeach!
- - -
>>I submit that they were props from day one. Look for them to be trotted out in the future for whatever cause of the day.

Bingo

There's also the naked hypocrisy* of first lecturing us that Pete needs his family time with the newborns and we're horrible for wanting his job to intrude on that, while at the same time using he family to push his agnda as Sec. or Transportation.

Who's blurring the lines, Pete? Who is dragging your personal life into your job and politics?

*I know, they don't care, and noting hypocrisy is a waste of time. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM (bDqIh)

164 For those who are in the camp to no longer participate in what may be rigged elections, you're going to have to figure out in both the short and long term what your options are going to be in terms of meeting the Leftist juggernaut face to face, as sooner or later we are all going to have to do.

For those who are in the camp to continue participating in rigged elections, while I do not disagree with voting, what exactly is the plan going forward to actually *win* the rigged elections?

"Vote harder". Okay, we did that in 2020. And we still lost, because the Deep State frauded/rigged harder. And not only did absolutely no one face any consequences for the fraud, rigging and stolen election, those who question it are the ones facing consequences.

So what exactly is the plan other than "vote even harder"? I don't disagree with the statement that we have to keep voting, but there must *also* be a plan in addition to that to eliminate the fraud. If people don't have a plan to eliminate the fraud, then going around scolding people for not wanting to participate in a rigged process is not going to go over well.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM (Do5/p)

165 Am I too early for JJ's top pshop pic?

It always shows up about 20 minutes after I get here.

Good morning horde. It's a crisp 36 degrees and a beautiful sunrise outside!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (nxdel)

166 I'll reiterate what I said yesterday. Give up your castles, mansions and vast array of carbon-guzzling luxuries Dumbo-earred boy, and move yourself into a 2000sqft flat. Show you care and that you're not the complete imbecile we all know you to be.
Posted by: Lady in Black

**

That really is the key, though. He and all the others there see their roles as people who can help nobodies like us make the right choices regarding OUR lives via force. They have no intentions of giving up a single thing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (/6kZi)

167 Swalwell has spent a lot of time and money on limo services,
Washington Nationals baseball games,
a beer garden named Wunter Garten,
multiple orders on the liquor delivery app Drizzly,
and a luxury flight service named JetSuiteX.
Several payments were made at the Cosmopolitan Casino in Las Vegas.
And Chinese Blowjobs. But mostly....

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (yrol0)

168 Look, I know Trump did himself no favors by not having any litigation back-up plan and instead focused on "winning beyond the margin of fraud."
But, I still find it jaw-dropping how every single court was like, "no! We don't care, we're not going to listen."
Any other election, and they would have given a hearing.
Did Trump's ad hoc, inexperienced "oh shit, now what?" team contribute? Yeah.
But the judges revealed how evil and anti-American they really are.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (qIoJS)

169 "Both France and Israel welcome their alliances with the United States, but neither country relies on America for its ultimate security and freedom. Taiwan won't either."

Smart.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (1TyaC)

170 #97Lady in Black I, unfortunately agree. After a year of promised election investigation, no state has done a damn thing to stop the fraud or punish it. So, why would we expect anything but more stolen elections?

Posted by: AnnaS at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (l4l/z)

171 Fingers crossed for VA. But not holding my breath.

We need a miracle.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (S1hrL)

172 You've got me looking at those. I've got a white-trash AR carbine that uses the magwell converter, but I like the looks of that little thing.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (/6kZi)

https://youtu.be/RGZBHop__c0

Pull quote: "I want to hate this thing, but I don't."

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM (mbFEM)

173 *I know, they don't care, and noting hypocrisy is a waste of time. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM (bDqIh)

They have standard that are double the standards of normal folks!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:33 AM (yrol0)

174 Forcefed chemicals into your own body you do not want. I can't believe this is America.
Posted by: Lady in Black

This is beyond comprehension to me. In America. The land of the free, home of the brave. We're herded like cattle and injected with things that will do unknown damage now and in the future.
Posted by: Sponge

How is Harvey Weinstein "ride the white pony to get work" and Bia Den's "take the jab to keep your job" any different?

They're both trying to stick something in you you don't want.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 07:33 AM (9yu8C)

175 Biden was not legitimately elected to office. Therefore, anything he signs is null and void, technically. Yet, here we are.
Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (2SdPm)
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Yes he was. The popular elections (some of them, anyway) were stolen and the state Secretaries of State certified the frauds, but ultimately the final vote comes down to the electors and they either vote the way they want but traditionally follow the popular vote (some states) or are bound by state law to vote for the candidate certified by the SoS (other states). Those people, the electoral college, voted for Porridge Brain. Their vote is the one that counts, and they put him where he is.

He is a corrupt monster elevated by fraud to the highest office, but he is, as such, legitimate. The electoral college made him that way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:34 AM (DU+/6)

176 I have no problem with early voting. Send it in notarized, bing bang boom, there you go. (although ideally I'd like to see any mail in voting requirements be equal to Class III firearm ownership paperwork)

I DO have a big problem with counting after the election until the Democrat wins.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:34 AM (/6kZi)

177 Did Trump's ad hoc, inexperienced "oh shit, now what?" team contribute? Yeah.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM

Anyone still waiting for that kraken to be released? *eye roll*

I was obsessively following Trump's legal team on Twitter, and when they started talking about krakens and telling people to pray, I knew they had no plan and it was over.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:35 AM (Do5/p)

178 I DO have a big problem with counting after the election until the Democrat wins.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:34 AM (/6kZi)

Hey, a man's gotta eat....

Posted by: Marc Elias at November 02, 2021 07:35 AM (mbFEM)

179 Pull quote: "I want to hate this thing, but I don't."

**

I've shot a Hi-Point carbine that was exactly the same. Ugly, heavy, and slightly embarrassing to be seen with, but a great little gun and I'm probably going to buy one.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:35 AM (/6kZi)

180 @nypost 10m

Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume

https://tinyurl.com/yhgwjnm9

Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:35 AM (cF8AT)

181
He is a corrupt monster elevated by fraud to the highest office, but he is, as such, legitimate. The electoral college made him that way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:34 AM (DU+/6)
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You are accepting a premise which I do not.

Just because the electoral college voted doesn't mean process wasn't corrupt, all the way through.

For example, GOP electors tried to vote in disputed states, and were told to pound sand.

Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:36 AM (2SdPm)

182 "Most of those people in Glasgow could have stayed home and watched a Zoom meeting. What a hypocritical farce.Posted by: f'd"

No fun visiting old castles, museum and trendy bars on a Zoom meeting. That will be for the plebeians vacations when they are done.

Posted by: Ripley at November 02, 2021 07:36 AM (MxEKc)

183 I'll reiterate what I said yesterday. Give up your castles, mansions and vast array of carbon-guzzling luxuries Dumbo-earred boy, and move yourself into a 2000sqft flat. Show you care and that you're not the complete imbecile we all know you to be.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (sVtYq)
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That seems unreasonable. The tenements in which they want to concentrate the rubes will average about 600 square feet. Little efficiency units at high density to hold their thralls.

Now, they're ruling class and so they will be better off. The ruling class always is. But whenever they talk about CEO pay, they usually land on schemes like "the CEO should only earn 5x more than the average salary" or sometimes 10x. They picked the standard, so that seems like a reasonable basis to me. They should be limited to apartments of 3,000 square feet to 6,000 square feet.

Fair is fair, after all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:37 AM (DU+/6)

184 180 @nypost 10m

Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume

https://tinyurl.com/yhgwjnm9
Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:35 AM (cF8AT)

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Meh.

Generic lazy sexy schoolgirl with blood. Whatever. Don't be enraged by everything. It's not worth it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:37 AM (LvTSG)

185 Thanks for that video link btw. I'm going to watch it later.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:37 AM (/6kZi)

186 2020 we were surprised by the level of fraud. Not completely surprised because we knew the Covid op would be taken advantage of. Most of us thought the level of fraud would not be enough to overcome Trump, but we were wrong and very disappointed. The next time we will go in with eyes wide open and different expectations. A win, or loss, can not just be taken for granted.

Posted by: f'd at November 02, 2021 07:37 AM (Tnijr)

187 Why "vote harder?"

Sometimes you fight pointless fights.

If we don't vote, they don't even have to steal it. By voting they actually have to work at it.

Yes, I know. I can't believe I am typing this either.

But the REAL reason to vote harder is so we can make McConnell the Senate Majority Leader and McCarthy the Speaker!

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:38 AM (mbFEM)

188 Thanks for the prayers everyone. His appointment is at 9:30, so we will have an answer soon enough.

Posted by: spypeach at November 02, 2021 07:38 AM (Up/Jb)

189 ... Just because the electoral college voted doesn't mean process wasn't corrupt, all the way through.

For example, GOP electors tried to vote in disputed states, and were told to pound sand.
Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:36 AM (2SdPm)
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Sure, I don't think otherwise. The process was corrupt to its core and Biden is illegitimate by any standard. But the fact remains that the states sent their electors (fraudulently premised or not) and those electors voted and installed Biden. There will be no legal downstream consequences from that. He's illegitimate and everything he has done should be thrown out with extreme prejudice, but they will never ever do so. Even if they were to acknowledge election fraud, everything he has done will still stand because the EC voted that way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:39 AM (DU+/6)

190 Bunch of constitutional amendments (state) on our ballot in TX, so we'll be voting. I know Houston has a lot of fraud and I'm sure Dallas does too, but they aren't everywhere. The real problem with the propositions is that you have to read them like 5 times to figure out which way to vote for the desired outcome.

That NFL player is a great example of what people should be doing for young black kids. I hate the evil, hopeless messaging they receive. I don't know how much counterprogramming one guy can offer, but I hope he makes a difference.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 02, 2021 07:39 AM (8548M)

191 To vote or not to vote. That is the question.

I'm voting today in a local mayoral election which I believe will be fair. I will vote in the midterms with the same faith, albeit a threadbare one. If I choose not to vote then I also choose to participate in my own demise.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 07:39 AM (S1hrL)

192 187 But the REAL reason to vote harder is so we can make McConnell the Senate Majority Leader and McCarthy the Speaker!

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:38 AM (mbFEM)

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I have an inkling of a hope that we get enough Freshmen Republicans who refuse to vote for McCarthy, throwing the leadership into disarray and needing to come to some kind of compromise candidate instead. It can only happen with Freshmen who haven't been inculcated with the idea that they need to have whipped for a replacement beforehand. They don't need that, they just need McCarthy to fail on the first ballot, then the horsetrading begins.

Of course, I had a similar hope when Boehner became Speaker, and look at how that worked out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (LvTSG)

193 Reposting because it is slide-into-transhumanism, dystopian creepiness:

https://tinyurl.com/4uz4f6ms

Know the type of messaging is being injected into kiddie cartooms and comic books, just imagine what could be planted via this intimate relationship. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (bDqIh)

194 @ Joe Mannix, if I came across as unduly harsh, I apologize, it was not intended that way. I really appreciate your posts, as because your posts are tend to be very well thought out.

Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (2SdPm)

195 Prince Chuck wants military action to stop climate change I take it from a article I read this morning

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (AItLG)

196
PA wanted a magazine and any letter addressed to me from a company with the address printed on the envelope, not hand written.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM

The Real ID stuff in PA is insane. My wife took her original marriage license, signed by priest and all official looking and they rejected it. You have to apply for proof of marriage to some state agency. Then the covid hit and we're not flying anywhere and who wants to stand in line at the DMV...

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:41 AM (dQvv7)

197 148 This can't be said enough. So you've opted out of voting, where exactly do you think that goes? (rhetorical)
Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at November 02, 2021 07:22 AM (prSvo)

Same place it goes when you participate in a rigged election system which doesn't challenge obvious fraud and stolen elections.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:28 AM (0ryfU)

= = = = = =

So bend the knee to your leftist overlords or resist. Those are your only remaining options. They will not leave you alone to live in peace.

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at November 02, 2021 07:41 AM (prSvo)

198 @nypost
Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume ...
Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 07:35 AM (cF8AT)
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These people are tiresome. The "bloody patient zombie" is more or less a traditional Halloween costume. Hell, my brother went as one, back in the Before Times. He gave it some flair, though, and described himself as "an Ebola victim with a touch of Plague."

On a totally unrelated side note, she's pretty cute. It's a shame about the tats and that she is from Hollywood and therefore toxic.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:41 AM (DU+/6)

199 "as because?"

Well, just proves my point about the well thought out posts of Mr. Mannix.

Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (2SdPm)

200 Of course, I had a similar hope when Boehner became Speaker, and look at how that worked out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (LvTSG)

Paul Ryan insisted on a unanimous vote or he wouldn't take the job.

They should have taken the hint.

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (mbFEM)

201 It is easy for a CEO to virtue signal about a salary cut when the rest of his lavish lifestyle is paid for by the company as "business expense". And stock options. Lots of stock options.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (0ryfU)

202 JJ, great summary as always.

As to whether we should vote, knowing the system is corrupt, we have two choices:

*Vote, and at the very least give ourselves a chance to overcome the steal.

*Do nothing, and see nothing changed.

I can't stand the thought of doing nothing, when my country's future, and family's security is at stake.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (GMR0L)

203 I hope McAwful gets creamed. But I also know he could get creamed (like FJB) and still "win." I wish I saw a huge push to restore integrity in our elections, but after an entire year, I just see tumbleweeds blowing down the street.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (sVtYq)

The Uniparty has worn me down with their wall to wall, 24/7/365 horseshit. Fuck voting for any of those turds. Maybe next year I'll vote for JD Vance in the primary and wipe my ass with the rest of the ballot, particularly if nobody primaries DeRINO.

What type of dogshit state votes for their governor in an odd year? Virginia is the obvious answer.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (y7DUB)

204 Enter the Collectivist Trojan Horse: Minneapolis Vote to Eliminate Police Department Only a First Step

Gooder and Harderer!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (yrol0)

205 201 It is easy for a CEO to virtue signal about a salary cut when the rest of his lavish lifestyle is paid for by the company as "business expense". And stock options. Lots of stock options.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (0ryfU)

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The vast majority of CEOs make about $250,000 a year. It's high end, but it's not billionaire status.

That's for the Fortune 100 people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:43 AM (LvTSG)

206 Know the type of messaging is being injected into kiddie cartooms and comic books, just imagine what could be planted via this intimate relationship. . .
Posted by: Lizzy

**

If that's the little "Riley, your mission today is to let me take photographs of you" robot, watch it again, but this time ONLY watch the father.

It's a creepy commercial all around.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:43 AM (/6kZi)

207 @ Joe Mannix, if I came across as unduly harsh, I apologize, it was not intended that way. I really appreciate your posts, as because your posts are tend to be very well thought out.
Posted by: blake - zombie lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (2SdPm)
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All good. It's frustrating as hell. Everything the bastard has done should be thrown out and the people who put him there should be in irons - that will just never happen.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:43 AM (DU+/6)

208 >>>I have an inkling of a hope that we get enough Freshmen Republicans who refuse to vote for McCarthy, throwing the leadership into disarray and needing to come to some kind of compromise candidate instead.
==================

My guess: Uniparty does it's thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:43 AM (1TyaC)

209 Great podcast of DML interviewing a FL citrus fruit shipping CEO. An informative inside look of what happens in the shipping world and how we got to where we are now. His grapefruit will be grapefruit juice by the time it reaches its destination, he said.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 07:43 AM (S1hrL)

210 For those who are in the camp to no longer participate in what may be rigged elections, you're going to have to figure out in both the short and long term what your options are going to be in terms of meeting the Leftist juggernaut face to face, as sooner or later we are all going to have to do.

= = = = = = = = =

This can't be said enough. So you've opted out of voting, where exactly do you think that goes? (rhetorical)
Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at November 02, 2021 07:22 AM (prSvo)
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I personally think it accomplishes nothing to stay home. Not every election is rigged. Covid allowed for a lot of voting fraud to happen which is why it's important to elect leaders that will restore voting to the way it was before Covid. I don't know how long VA has been having 6 week early voting, but that is insane and needs to change.

The Democrats love those of us that stay home. In fact they encourage that. I am not about to give them what they want.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 07:44 AM (NpAcC)

211 Selective Service System to Include Women

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=119133

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 07:44 AM (iytpw)

212 >>If that's the little "Riley, your mission today is to let me take photographs of you" robot, watch it again, but this time ONLY watch the father.

Is he the dad? He's barely there, thought maybe he was supposed to be a stepdad or the mom's BF.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (bDqIh)

213 There is a crowd of people gathered in the bathroom of a counting facility in VA. There is a problem with one of the toilets. They are attempting to jiggle the handle now, but hopefully it will not turn into a disaster later tonight.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (0ryfU)

214 Before I go I just want to say thanks to the horde for rationality, and to JJS for all he does.

Buy the book!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (1TyaC)

215 I wish I saw a huge push to restore integrity in our elections, but after an entire year, I just see tumbleweeds blowing down the street.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:16 AM (sVtYq)

This is part of the 1/6 narrative - saying "election integrity" is racist dog whistle code for let's have an insurrection. Terry McAuliffe uses it in his ads to show just how much of a crazy Trumper Youngkin is that he suggested that election integrity was important.

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (mbFEM)

216 The vast majority of CEOs make about $250,000 a year. It's high end, but it's not billionaire status.

That's for the Fortune 100 people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:43 AM (LvTSG)
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In salary. Sometimes in salary *and* bonus, but bonus is usually on top of that. But the real money is in the stock, and all those love fringe benefits like private planes (for the big guys). And yeah, it also depends on what "CEO" means. The CEO of your small shop is just an affluent dude. The massive spreads tend to start in the publicly-traded firms, and the bigger the market cap the bigger the spread.

But those bigwigs are the ones either all-in on the commie shit or cowed by their HR departments into slow suicide. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (DU+/6)

217 "The public should know that Illinois does not have a November fall election this year," he said, adding in a news release that 2021 is an "off-year" for elections in Illinois.

https://tinyurl.com/hm5nr7b4

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 07:46 AM (iytpw)

218 "Why "vote harder?"

Sometimes you fight pointless fights.

If we don't vote, they don't even have to steal it. By voting they actually have to work at it. "

The senate was lost to the socialists because hundreds of thousands of Georgia Republican voters stayed home in the two senate run-off elections and they won by a few thousand votes. Dems did not even have to cheat and probably couldn't have won by fraud if they had shown up. Not voting plays right into the Dems hands. I will vote until the Burning Time start.

Posted by: Ripley at November 02, 2021 07:46 AM (MxEKc)

219 Ridicule is mans most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also, it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.

Lets go Brandon

https://tinyurl.com/54fb5dkz

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (yrol0)

220 "Vote harder". Okay, we did that in 2020. And we still lost, because the Deep State frauded/rigged harder. And not only did absolutely no one face any consequences for the fraud, rigging and stolen election, those who question it are the ones facing consequences.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM

covid cost Trump reelection in 2020. covid let democrats get away with all sorts of illegal behavior in regards to voting.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (JUOKG)

221 Is he the dad? He's barely there, thought maybe he was supposed to be a stepdad or the mom's BF.
Posted by: Lizzy

**

Definitely not mom's BF, but he's probably downstairs watching football.

That's why they got the robot to entertain the kid, maybe.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (/6kZi)

222 Selective Service System to Include Women
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=119133
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 07:44 AM (iytpw)
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Good. It won't happen, but good. The Party can propose this but they know that the White Knights in the Republican arm of the Party will block it courtesy of a few approved "aisle crossings" from the Dem arm.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (DU+/6)

223 The Republicans took to driving around and hanging their campaign stuff from everyone's mailbox.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 06:57 AM (dQvv7)

Maybe they watched all the videos of USPS workers throwing out mail they didn't want to deliver.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (nR2nR)

224 216 But those bigwigs are the ones either all-in on the commie shit or cowed by their HR departments into slow suicide. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (DU+/6)

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Amusing story:

The last three CEOs of my previous company are ALL under investigation by the SEC for insider trading. The company lost a contract with a large partner, and they all started selling before it became public news.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (LvTSG)

225 To get a better Speaker or Senate Majority Leader, we need to start with a better pool of representatives. We're wanting winners, but when 95% of elected Republicans are far less than what I consider even the most basic conservatives, it's nearly impossible to get there. Garbage in/garbage out. We need better elected Rs to get rid of useless (I'd even argue adverse) people like McCarthy and McConnell.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (sVtYq)

226 Lady in Black I, unfortunately agree. After a year of promised election investigation, no state has done a damn thing to stop the fraud or punish it. So, why would we expect anything but more stolen elections?

Posted by: AnnaS at November 02, 2021 07:32 AM

The Pennsylvania legislature came up with a set of new rules and regulations and sent it to the Governor to sign into law.

If I tell you he is a Demoncrat can you guess the outcome in less then 1/128th of a second?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:48 AM (dQvv7)

227 Lizzy that is so creepy!! Did you read the comments? Most agree.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 02, 2021 07:48 AM (nxdel)

228 I am disappointed in Kavanaugh. ACB is about what I knew her to be.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 02, 2021 07:48 AM (47fiL)

229 Good. It won't happen, but good. The Party can propose this but they know that the White Knights in the Republican arm of the Party will block it courtesy of a few approved "aisle crossings" from the Dem arm.
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Josh Hawley is that white knight.

He's proposing a bill to block it.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 07:48 AM (iytpw)

230 I guess it's the start of Election Week.

Why does it take so long? I guess because ballots don't grow on trees, and like building Rome, elections are not stolen in a day.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 02, 2021 07:49 AM (7X3UV)

231 Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume ...

**

"Kids, do me a favor and please don't dress up as anything that could be viewed as a murder victim this year. Thanks."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:49 AM (/6kZi)

232 I was in the checkout line at the grocery store recently and saw a pic of Prince Harry on a magazine cover. I suddenly noticed his face kinda looks like Brian Stelter. Am I wrong?

Anyway, more coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at November 02, 2021 07:50 AM (88xKn)

233 There is a crowd of people gathered in the bathroom of a counting facility in VA. There is a problem with one of the toilets. They are attempting to jiggle the handle now, but hopefully it will not turn into a disaster later tonight.

--

They'll first need to force the R poll watchers out and then lock the door. Just to be sure. This time, they'll also remember to have the CCTV cameras "malfunction."

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:51 AM (sVtYq)

234 What a picture....LOL

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:51 AM (sVtYq)

235 Not First !

Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:52 AM (arJlL)

236 @228

Kavanaugh is tainted goods.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 07:52 AM (S1hrL)

237 So bend the knee to your leftist overlords or resist. Those are your only remaining options. They will not leave you alone to live in peace.

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at November 02, 2021 07:41 AM

Voting in a rigged election system is not "resisting". Voting over and over in a rigged election system and expecting a different result is insanity.

Working to end the fraud and rigging is resisting. And I have seen nothing from the "vote harder" people as to the plan for ending fraud and rigging.

So, yes, of course, let's continue to vote, but what exactly is the plan beyond that? Other than scolding people who are fed up with the fraud, rigging and stealing of elections and have lost hope, what is the plan? Hoping, waiting for krakens and praying are not plans.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:52 AM (Do5/p)

238 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:52 AM (arJlL)

239 Sheesh...that photo!

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 07:52 AM (S1hrL)

240 >>It is easy for a CEO to virtue signal about a salary cut when the rest of his lavish lifestyle is paid for by the company as "business expense". And stock options. Lots of stock options.

"I know, right?"
-- NGO/Foundation Founders and Executives

NGOs can get creative in compensation. For example, the WashPost did an expose on WWF years ago, and the then-CEO was selling himself property donated to the WFF on the cheap. On one luch Georgia property he built a huge vacation mansion for himself.

Another current day example is David Brock and his group of NGOs. He's partnered with a woman whose profession is matching big donors with worthy causes for donations. She steers the money to one or more of Brock's orgs and he gives her a commission (something like 10% of the $$ donated goes to her). Then --get this! -- when Brock moves money from one of his orgs to another, the commission is paid out again. It's a total scam where Brock and this gal skim off a significant amount of donation funds on commissions (and share it somehow, forget how).

CEO pay is fine to complain about, but NGOs are where the real compensation funny business has been flouring for years.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:52 AM (bDqIh)

241 Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume ...

**

"Kids, do me a favor and please don't dress up as anything that could be viewed as a murder victim this year. Thanks."
Posted by: Moron Robbie

So I guess Wyatt Earp & Doc Holiday were right out?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 07:53 AM (9yu8C)

242 Hey JT.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 07:53 AM (iytpw)

243 Anecdotal: just voted in Stafford, VA. Moderate turnout in the rain at 0830.

After, I took my daily pilgrimage to Wawa, wherein I told several people to vote Youngkin. A woman behind me, around my age, who was buying Modelo and eggs (?) said "I've never voted in a local election in my life until today. Yes I do get to decide what happens in my kid's school!

The cashier said she was taking hey lunch break to vote Youngkin as well.

I've never seen people this fired up.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (tpneH)

244 The Federalist makes a point I often also make: If China takes over Taiwan, then Taiwan Semi is one of the main targets. Taiwan Semi is the single most important company in the world, from a technology perspective. Hopefully, their recent expansion of manufacturing into the United States will continue, and accelerate.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (1TyaC)

I overpayed by a ton this year because I needed a new PC. Glad I've got it, though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (nR2nR)

245 >>> 231 Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume ...

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"Kids, do me a favor and please don't dress up as anything that could be viewed as a murder victim this year. Thanks."
Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:49 AM (/6kZi)

To be a proper Arec Baldwin rant, this needs more profanity and snide insults to the child.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (ACi07)

246 ha!

cultural gatherings and homecomings that local gangs hold on the same day each year

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (yrol0)

247 Did you read the comments?

*

Speaking of, I generally ignore comments on youtube, but it's worth going and watching MSM and dot Gov clips about COVID and vaxxines and looking at the like to dislike thumbs below the videos.

I have a small, slight hope that people are starting to wake up.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vax for kids is brand new and never tested, good luck kids, see p14 at November 02, 2021 07:55 AM (/6kZi)

248
Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland slammed for 'tone deaf' Halloween costume

https://tinyurl.com/yhgwjnm9

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Heck, I thought she'd just gotten back from a visit with her dad.

*insert Batman POW! BAM! BOOM!*

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:55 AM (sVtYq)

249 So, yes, of course, let's continue to vote, but what exactly is the plan beyond that? Other than scolding people who are fed up with the fraud, rigging and stealing of elections and have lost hope, what is the plan?

You can volunteer to be a poll watcher. You can work to put conservatives on the ballot for Secretaries of State.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 07:55 AM (45fpk)

250 Dan Bongino:

https://twitter.com/gbrough10/status/1454462318734159875

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 02, 2021 07:55 AM (w2C3p)

251 So what exactly is the plan other than "vote even harder"? I don't disagree with the statement that we have to keep voting, but there must *also* be a plan in addition to that to eliminate the fraud. If people don't have a plan to eliminate the fraud, then going around scolding people for not wanting to participate in a rigged process is not going to go over well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:31 AM (Do5/p)

Oh, FFS! This should be obvious. The plan to eliminate fraud begins with winning elections.

Yes, "vote harder" is a nice cynical phrase for those who can't be dicked to get up out of their corner and stop sucking their woobiee and spend the 10-15 minutes it takes to vote. That's all most people contribute anyway. If you want to do more fine, if you don't fine.

Look at it this way, the whiners who want everything perfect before they'll deign to vote, would be saying after Pearl Harbor. "Golly, those Japanese beat the shit out of us. Welp, we better just take our lumps cuz we just can't win. They just proved that."

Look, I get some people have a tough time getting over the Pearl Harboring of Our Electoral System.
(con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM (5NkmN)

252 Speaking of the 1/6 narrative I watched Part 1 of Tucker's documentary last night. Pretty good and aligns well with "What I saw at the insurrection."

For those who want to watch, Tucker has a promo code that supposedly gets you 90 days of Fox Nation for free, but I found no way to actually use it. However, somehow I came across a Fox page that said veterans get Fox Nation for one year for free! I got it.

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM (mbFEM)

253 The Democrats love those of us that stay home. In fact they encourage that. I am not about to give them what they want.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 07:44 AM (NpAcC)

You're adept at reading minds? Can you tell what I'm thinking?

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM (y7DUB)

254 The Pennsylvania legislature came up with a set of new rules and regulations and sent it to the Governor to sign into law. If I tell you he is a Demoncrat can you guess the outcome in less then 1/128th of a second?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 07:48 AM

Even if he was a DeSantis clone, rules and regulations are only as good as those willing to enforce them.

We have not been losing elections to fraud and rigging for decades due to the lack of rules, laws and regulations. We have been losing elections, because no one is willing to enforce those rules, laws and regulations. Same with illegal immigration. Politicians have been pulling this bullshit since at least 2006, claiming we need "immigration reform" (i.e. more laws). No we don't. We need *enforcement* of the laws already on the books.

Same goes for elections. 2020 was stolen, because laws, regulations and rules were brazenly broken across the country. With zero consequences. So passing new ones means nothing.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM (Do5/p)

255 Hiya SMH !

Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM (arJlL)

256 236. 7 of the 9 are tainted.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM (47fiL)

257 Selective Service System to Include Women
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=119133
Posted by: SMH

Good. It won't happen, but good. The Party can propose this but they know that the White Knights in the Republican arm of the Party will block it courtesy of a few approved "aisle crossings" from the Dem arm.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Wonder if we could get an 18 yr old male that had to sign up to challenge it in court?

After all, equality is a Stone. Cold. Bitch.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 07:57 AM (9yu8C)

258 202 JJ, great summary as always.

As to whether we should vote, knowing the system is corrupt, we have two choices:
*Vote, and at the very least give ourselves a chance to overcome the steal.
*Do nothing, and see nothing changed.

I can't stand the thought of doing nothing, when my country's future, and family's security is at stake.
Posted by: Forheremenaremen at November 02, 2021 07:42 AM (GMR0L)

My emotions tell me that voting is useless, but my feet took me to the voting booth this morning for the local elections. I suppose it is my deeply ingrained habit of voting, and my fear of things getting worse. I rail against the GOPe, but it would take a supreme act of restraint to prevent me from pulling the lever for them when push comes to shove, considering the alternative.

That said, staying home is a valid strategy, in my opinion. If there is still, at this stage of POOTUS, a 40% floor of support for this guy, then we need things to get worse for that number to go down to 20%. A 'Let It Burn' strategy is the easiest way for that to happen. It just might take a few years, and we may not have that kind of time.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 02, 2021 07:57 AM (mdjgu)

259 >>Selective Service System to Include Women
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=119133

Define woman, lol!

I am all for this only because it is in line with the Left's insistence that gender is a construct and single-sex privileges are bad. Erase gender everywhere, not just where it's advantageous to the activists. Alinsky #4.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:57 AM (bDqIh)

260 Talked to my brother yesterday. He's on LI. Says that the news simply doesn't cover Sliwa at all; an almost total blackout.

I do wonder what our turnout would be, in states like NY, where everyone knows that the Dem will win, automatically. I don't think we'd be a majority, but it has to reduce voting when people know it's hopeless.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 02, 2021 07:57 AM (7X3UV)

261 The cashier said she was taking hey lunch break to vote Youngkin as well.

I've never seen people this fired up.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (tpneH)

Good to hear.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2021 07:58 AM (vX8tY)

262 A woman behind me, around my age, who was buying Modelo and eggs (?)....

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (tpneH)

Didja get her number?

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:58 AM (mbFEM)

263 JJ, great summary as always.

Yep; we're gonna miss him when he's cutting the cheese !

Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:58 AM (arJlL)

264 244 The Federalist makes a point I often also make: If China takes over Taiwan, then Taiwan Semi is one of the main targets. Taiwan Semi is the single most important company in the world, from a technology perspective. Hopefully, their recent expansion of manufacturing into the United States will continue, and accelerate.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (1TyaC)
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If China takes Taiwan, the only rational choice would be bombardment to destroy their semiconductor manufacturing capacity. It will hurt and hurt bad, but better to scuttle it than let the CCP get it.

So that is not what we'll do. If anything, we'll send an airborne division and a bunch of scientists and industrial process people to hold the facilities until they can be smoothly turned over to Red China.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 07:59 AM (DU+/6)

265 Biden's supporters should show support for him by not shitting for a week.

Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:59 AM (arJlL)

266 Talked to my brother yesterday. He's on LI. Says that the news simply doesn't cover Sliwa at all; an almost total blackout.

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Of course there's a blackout. I'd expect nothing less. Even though I thought he was a NT, I was still hoping he'd have a chance. I don't know why, but I always liked him.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

267 >>> 243 Anecdotal: just voted in Stafford, VA. Moderate turnout in the rain at 0830.

After, I took my daily pilgrimage to Wawa, wherein I told several people to vote Youngkin. A woman behind me, around my age, who was buying Modelo and eggs (?) said "I've never voted in a local election in my life until today. Yes I do get to decide what happens in my kid's school!

The cashier said she was taking hey lunch break to vote Youngkin as well.

I've never seen people this fired up.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at November 02, 2021 07:54 AM (tpneH)

I am cynically expecting another "amazing" counting process in which McAuliffe "shockingly" pulls out the win. However, I think it *is* encouraging that more people are motivated, because that means more people will be paying attention while the BS unfolds.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 02, 2021 07:59 AM (ACi07)

268 265 Biden's supporters should show support for him by not shitting for a week.
Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:59 AM (arJlL)

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4chan will start this moving, and dozens of Democrats will end up with messed up bowels.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:00 AM (LvTSG)

269 Hi J.J.,

Your book arrived yesterday and I almost got through the 30+ pages of Foreword and Intro without my BP hitting the roof. Almost.

Kidding, of course. But I really am looking forward to reading it, especially as the format makes it easy to pick up and read an entry or two when one has a few minutes. There are so many things that you write about each day that are lost to memory because of the newest outrage, which sadly seems to occur each and every day.

Thanks for putting this together for us. Wishing you much success as you've certainly earned it!

Posted by: IrishEi at November 02, 2021 08:00 AM (7b2L9)

270 >>Did you read the comments?

Yup. Interesting to see how often this concept has appeared in sci-fi -- and naturally, how it's always a bad thing.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 08:00 AM (bDqIh)

271 there are elections all over the country, school board interest is off the chart. Here in deep blue Ames, you'd think the right of center candidates were burning puppies in ritual sacrifice, listening to news stories and left wing mouthpieces (BIRM)

Posted by: JayInAmes at November 02, 2021 08:00 AM (yGu6h)

272 Wonder if we could get an 18 yr old male that had to sign up to challenge it in court?

After all, equality is a Stone. Cold. Bitch.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 07:57 AM (9yu8C)
++++
It would be, but there is neither equality nor so-called "equity." There is structural benefit to women. If a man were to bring that case, he would lose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 08:01 AM (DU+/6)

273 "Political analysts say that Democrats are more likely to cast early ballots"
_________

But they also win the late voters. And by "late", I mean "deceased."

Posted by: Eeyore at November 02, 2021 08:01 AM (7X3UV)

274 I am cynically expecting another "amazing" counting process in which McAuliffe "shockingly" pulls out the win. However, I think it *is* encouraging that more people are motivated, because that means more people will be paying attention while the BS unfolds.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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That's pretty much where I'm at.

Since I live in Illinois, and Chicago runs things here, voting here is moot.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:01 AM (iytpw)

275 Biden's supporters should show support for him by not shitting for a week.
Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 07:59 AM (arJlL)

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4chan will start this moving, and dozens of Democrats will end up with messed up bowels.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys

Oh; my plan was for them to be shitting their pants by day 3.

Posted by: JT at November 02, 2021 08:02 AM (arJlL)

276 No elections in my town, county, or state.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:02 AM (iytpw)

277 Is there a French word that describes one wearing a spacesuit even though it is not needed?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 02, 2021 08:02 AM (Joe6B)

278 269 Posted by: IrishEi at November 02, 2021 08:00 AM (7b2L9)

Much appreciated. And if you got it on Amazon, please leave a review.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 08:03 AM (s2VJv)

279 Virtually all of the polls in the 2020 election predicted a Biden win, some comically so. A poll of Wisconsin days before the election had Biden winning the state by 17 points. He "won" by less than 1 point.

In retrospect it appears the polls were being used to build expectations of a Biden win despite what we could all see.

I'm not seeing any of that now. Just about every poll has Youngkin ahead and surging and most of the Democrat pols and talking heads are already making excuses for why McAuliffe will lose. If they are planning to cheat they are taking a completely different tactic this time.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:03 AM (ZLI7S)

280 The massive illegal alien caravan is arriving at just the perfect time...when Border Patrol agents are going to be severely impacted because of the mandate. Perfect! Hope Abbott is prepared to do something about it. Whatever it takes.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:21 AM (sVtYq)

Narrator: He's not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 08:04 AM (nR2nR)

281 277 Is there a French word that describes one wearing a spacesuit even though it is not needed?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 02, 2021 08:02 AM
The French Mistake.

Posted by: Eromero at November 02, 2021 08:04 AM (0OP+5)

282 Since I live in Illinois, and Chicago runs things here, voting here is moot.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:01 AM (iytpw)

Hi SMH! Same here in WA. Our legislature passed a new capital gains tax law earlier this year, without voter approval, and there is an "advisory vote" on the ballot. It won't change the law, it just gauges public opinion of the law. WTF?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 02, 2021 08:04 AM (h02fy)

283 277 Is there a French word that describes one wearing a spacesuit even though it is not needed?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 02, 2021 08:02 AM (Joe6B)

Le schmuck.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 08:04 AM (s2VJv)

284 Hi Jordan!

The only thing I'm praying for is that God's will be done, which is the only sure thing.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:05 AM (iytpw)

285 (con't)

But, there are times in life when you just have to do your fucking job regardless of outcome. And your job as it is with most people in elections is vote.

Make them expend capitol. Make them realize in a quantifiable manner that there is a large majority(/0 of voters who do not want to go down the communist/racial animosity path. Cuz if you stay home because it just too hard on your delicate constitution to spend a few minutes voting. Well, then why should they listen to anything you want, you're weak and no one supports what you want.

And honestly, this shouldn't have to be said, but this can't be a one and done thing. Sure, Voting proves our strength, but we must use whatever win we can eke out to build on a better system. Again as in WWII,we took one hard fought island after another, Sometimes we won, sometimes we lost. But, doing our fucking job the best way we could was the only way to win.

Really, this constant whining and unconditional surrender is just sad.

Do your job. Go vote.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:05 AM (5NkmN)

286
Coming to a blue state near you-
Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
36m
This is what the Swiss gov't does to restaurants that refuse to comply with its anti-science Covid passport mandate
Cc
@swiss_un
@MySwitzerland_e

https://tinyurl.com/6yhx3yke

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

287 279
I'm not seeing any of that now. Just about every poll has Youngkin ahead and surging and most of the Democrat pols and talking heads are already making excuses for why McAuliffe will lose. If they are planning to cheat they are taking a completely different tactic this time.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:03 AM (ZLI7S)

=========

They are planning to cheat. They have been cheating for weeks.

The question is whether they can do it enough. We shall see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:06 AM (LvTSG)

288 Reposting because it is slide-into-transhumanism, dystopian creepiness:

https://tinyurl.com/4uz4f6ms

Know the type of messaging is being injected into kiddie cartooms and comic books, just imagine what could be planted via this intimate relationship. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (bDqIh)
++++
Robo-mommy elevating superficial ersatz empathy to the highest level of priority and then engaging in drilling exercises with children.

If it works, that won't create generations of well-tuned psychopaths who hide behind a false mask at all. No other bad outcomes either. I'm sure of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 08:06 AM (DU+/6)

289 AmGreatness piece on the WSJ engaging in Trump bashing rather than election fraud bashing. Good reading.

Good Luck to VA today.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:06 AM (S1hrL)

290 I'm not seeing any of that now. Just about every poll has Youngkin ahead and surging and most of the Democrat pols and talking heads are already making excuses for why McAuliffe will lose. If they are planning to cheat they are taking a completely different tactic this time.

If the operatives that are running McAuliffe are smart they will do just what you suggest by "taking a completely different tactic." That way the McAuliffe win is a "big surprise" to everyone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2021 08:07 AM (BFigT)

291 Do your job. Go vote.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:05 AM (5NkmN)

Amen.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:08 AM (S1hrL)

292 What is so difficult about Sun at Zenith = Noon?
Posted by: mindful webworker - you can't fool the sun at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (U3LUP)

The (Rail Road) Standard Time question. When every crossroads set it's own clocks.

Posted by: Standard Railroad of the world at November 02, 2021 08:09 AM (qyH+l)

293 Biden's "Help" for Child-Care Would Make the Middle Class Pay $13,000 a Year More

See College Tuition and Big Govt Support

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 08:09 AM (yrol0)

294 They are planning to cheat. They have been cheating for weeks.

The question is whether they can do it enough. We shall see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:06 AM (LvTSG)

They botched the optics in 2020, got desperate, and had to take drastic action to pull Biden over the line. It looked like cheating to most people. This time will be different. They've learned from their mistakes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 02, 2021 08:10 AM (UuD2k)

295 @tomselliott
This is what the Swiss gov't does to restaurants that refuse to comply with its anti-science Covid passport mandate
Cc @swiss_un @MySwitzerland_e

https://tinyurl.com/6yhx3yke
Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 08:05 AM (NpAcC)
++++
The dude in the yellow jacket is now on a list. He had the temerity to notice the change. The dude in the gray jacket won't be bothered, since he's *not* noticing it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 08:10 AM (DU+/6)

296 "The massive illegal alien caravan is arriving at just the perfect time..."

Still curious how thousands of people, often with small children, with just a small bag of supplies and often wearing sandals manage to walk the length of Mexico in a couple weeks, or even a month. If only there was some organization that could look into this phenomena, investigate and report it back the general public.

Posted by: Ripley at November 02, 2021 08:10 AM (MxEKc)

297 Los Angeles Requires More ID To Enter A Building Than Georgia Does To Absentee Vote
__________

Doesn't that mean they are excluding black and brown people from entering buildings?

Posted by: Eeyore at November 02, 2021 08:11 AM (7X3UV)

298 >>They are planning to cheat. They have been cheating for weeks.

>>The question is whether they can do it enough. We shall see.

That's more accurate. They always cheat. But I think it's a mistake to make them into super heroes who can rig any and every election they want.

In 2020 the experts told us that Nancy would get a bigger majority in the House. She lost 15 seats while Biden has getting a record number of votes which is pretty much impossible.

So why didn't they rig those House elections?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:11 AM (ZLI7S)

299 I'll reiterate what I said yesterday. Give up your castles, mansions and vast array of carbon-guzzling luxuries Dumbo-earred boy, and move yourself into a 2000sqft flat. Show you care and that you're not the complete imbecile we all know you to be.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (sVtYq)

He has no minor children and his wife has her own house which she got in the divorce from her previous husband. What does he need with 2000sqft?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 08:12 AM (nR2nR)

300 298 In 2020 the experts told us that Nancy would get a bigger majority in the House. She lost 15 seats while Biden has getting a record number of votes which is pretty much impossible.

So why didn't they rig those House elections?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:11 AM (ZLI7S)

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Hence my prediction of a very narrow McAullife win and Republicans easily taking the House of Burgesses.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:12 AM (LvTSG)

301 >>> Much appreciated. And if you got it on Amazon, please leave a review.
~~~~~

I did and I shall.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 02, 2021 08:12 AM (7b2L9)

302 Yup. What a long strange trip it's been. How fragile it all is.

-----

I once heard a businessman say "It can take months to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose one."

This is why cruelty, misery, destruction, evil, and death have been the norm throughout most of human history: it can take decades, even centuries, to build great civilizations -- but merely months, even days, to destroy them.

Oddly enough, I woke up with the song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" from Man of La Mancha playing in my head this morning; strange, as I've only heard it a couple times since learning and singing it in the 4th grade chorus ... and it has never had more relevance in my life.

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (MtGJh)

303 Any bets there will be a main water pipe break in Richmond at about 7:30 pm?

Posted by: dantesed at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (88xKn)

304 So why didn't they rig those House elections?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:11 AM (ZLI7S)

Because they only cheat where they are comfortable and know they won't be prosecuted.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (UuD2k)

305 Oh, FFS! This should be obvious. The plan to eliminate fraud begins with winning elections.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 07:56 AM

JFC...

So the "plan" to eliminate fraud is to win elections. But we can't win elections, because of the fraud. So there is no feasible plan other than keep on voting and hoping for the best. Got it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (Do5/p)

306 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Today, November 2nd is All Souls Day, sometimes called the Day of the Dead. On this day, and during the month of November, the Church prays in a special way for the souls of the faithful departed, and individuals pray especially for those whom they have known and loved. The Holy Souls in purgatory died in the mercy of God, thus they are called "holy." However, because they still had attachment to sin at the time of their death, they must undergo the spiritual purification of their souls before they are able to fully love God with their whole heart, mind, and soul for all eternity.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (mD/uy)

307 Photo op of the world "leaders" at Glasgow summit.

Photographer: "Masks on, everyone." Snaps photo.

Photographer: "You can take em off now."

They all do.

Caught on tape.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:14 AM (S1hrL)

308 Didja get her number?

Posted by: blaster at November 02, 2021 07:58 AM (mbFEM)

As point of fact, I did.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at November 02, 2021 08:15 AM (tpneH)

309 So there is no feasible plan other than keep on voting and hoping for the best. Got it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (Do5/p)

Are you suggesting we just quit and go home?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:15 AM (45fpk)

310 Peter Navarro has a new book coming out, and he calls out Pence as the 'Brutus' to Trump's Caesar.

https://tinyurl.com/3cuy3ywb

He doesn't have great things to say about Trump's legal team - especially Sydney Powell, although he's diplomatic regarding Giuliani.

Pence was co-opted by the Koch cabal, and purposely avoided speaking with Trump prior to his going up to the Capitol on 6 Jan to plan an election strategy.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 02, 2021 08:15 AM (mdjgu)

311 I'll reiterate what I said yesterday. Give up your castles, mansions and vast array of carbon-guzzling luxuries Dumbo-earred boy, and move yourself into a 2000sqft flat. Show you care and that you're not the complete imbecile we all know you to be.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2021 07:30 AM (sVtYq)

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When confronting these death cult loons, I always demand that they demonstrate the courage of their convictions and off their carbon-emitting selves. If it saves just one tree ...

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:16 AM (MtGJh)

312 Wilder napalms "punk" Mcauliffe.
America's First Elected Black Governor Warns Democrats Ahead of Election Day in Virginia
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He's the last Democrat I voted for. (His opponent was the Platonic Ideal of the RINO.)

Posted by: Eeyore at November 02, 2021 08:16 AM (7X3UV)

313 304 Because they only cheat where they are comfortable and know they won't be prosecuted.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (UuD2k)

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Incorrect.

Their panic ballot box stuffing was last second and desperate. They only had ballots that cast votes for Biden sent to a handful of places that would allow for such shenanigans. They couldn't send those ballots to precincts they didn't control, which limited the damage to a handful of places that couldn't affect more than the races being decided at those precincts. That limited the damage on House races greatly, and the panicky nature of their ballots (leaving everything blank except president), limited the damage at the Senate level. Not to say there was no cheating at the House and Senate levels, but it was far more limited than the presidential level.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:16 AM (LvTSG)

314 I am not a resident of VA and even if I was, I would NOT be voting Republican but rather third party or writing in Captain Crunch, Marvin Martian or Cobra.
I would do this for two reasons that are more pertinent to me as a Trump supporter than anything else (and I really don't care what other people think):

1. The Republican Party needs to pay a price for their duplicity and complicity in helping the Democrats steal the 2020 presidential election. I want a "red wave" of political blood to flow from G.O.P. defeats. And I plan for the first time in my 30 years of loyal voting, to actively campaign AGAINST the morally corrupt, totally useless and paid-for Republican Party in the 2022 midterms. I will NEVER forget 2020 and more crucially NEVER forgive for that utter betrayal. WHAT IS THE POINT OF VOTING REPUBLICAN, THAT BUNCH OF LOBBY MONEY WHORES AND D.C. SQUISHES? THERE IS NO POINT! If President Trump runs in 2024, I'll vote for him but outside my support for that great man, the Republican Party is dead to me.

2. Voting now is a joke.

Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 08:17 AM (bOmD3)

315
Peter Navarro has a new book coming out, and he calls out Pence as the 'Brutus' to Trump's Caesar.

Does anyone know the story of the gold coin that someone handed to Pence that day? I saw the photograph but never saw a followup story.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 08:18 AM (dQvv7)

316 314 Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 08:17 AM (bOmD3)

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Voting third party does feel like a better protest than not voting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:18 AM (LvTSG)

317 Reposting because it is slide-into-transhumanism, dystopian creepiness:
https://tinyurl.com/4uz4f6ms
Know the type of messaging is being injected into kiddie cartooms and comic books, just imagine what could be planted via this intimate relationship. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:40 AM (bDqIh)
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Robo-mommy elevating superficial ersatz empathy to the highest level of priority and then engaging in drilling exercises with children.

If it works, that won't create generations of well-tuned psychopaths who hide behind a false mask at all. No other bad outcomes either. I'm sure of it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 02, 2021 08:06 AM (DU+/6)

Ugh. 24/7 behavior modeling of your child by Our Betters.

What a delightful prospect!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:18 AM (5NkmN)

318 the Republican Party is dead to me.

Quick question: Would you rather live in a red state or a blue state?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (45fpk)

319 Voted today - no State issues - local trustee and levy initiatives only.

Voted Nay on all the levys.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (mD/uy)

320 Now the Modelo ear worm.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (vX8tY)

321 Really, this constant whining and unconditional surrender is just sad.

Do your job. Go vote.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:05 AM

I can't speak for others, but I am not whining or surrendering. I am asking what is the plan in addition to voting. As of yet, I have seen no plan from anyone. Just constant scolding and shaming. That's not a plan. All that is going to do is piss people off. If that's your plan, good job so far.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (Do5/p)

322 We have not been losing elections to fraud and rigging for decades due to the lack of rules, laws and regulations. We have been losing elections, because no one is willing to enforce those rules, laws and regulations.�
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That's when I knew the Republican state legislatures were not going to do anything, when they started asking what laws they needed to pass to prevent this.
They just robbed the bank and these fat turds were, "yes, I know there are laws against theft. But don't we need a law against theft from banks?"
And the Dems know this-- not one Republican, not one judge dares throw out the results from a single black precinct. Ever. Even if it's 100% for the D and 130% turnout.

Posted by: Lrrr at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (qIoJS)

323 Heh, that's a disturbing image at the top, J.J.

Old and Busted:"The Thing With Two Heads."
New Hotness: "The Thing With Two Dicks."

Congratulations on your being able to finally (hopefully in time, before it's walled and Snake Plissken is called in) Escape New York. And I look forward to receiving your book and leaving a non-moronic review. Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (MtGJh)

324 I once heard a businessman say "It can take months to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose one."

One "oh, shit" wipes out 10 "atta boys".
One disgruntled customer tells ten who tell ten...

THAT used to be boilerplate in business schools.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (9yu8C)

325 >>Because they only cheat where they are comfortable and know they won't be prosecuted.

I thing that's true to a certain degree. But does anything we've seen over the last couple weeks scream of confidence on the part of Democrats regarding the VA race? Why bother bringing in every single big name Democrat in the country if you are just going to rig it? Why hire Democrat staffers to pose as white nationalists in such a clumsy fashion it was blown up in minutes?

Biden barely left his basement in 2020, McAuliffe is campaigning hard and throwing everything but the kitchen sink. They don't seem very confident to me.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (ZLI7S)

326 Quick question: Would you rather live in a red state or a blue state?
Posted by: grammie winger
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I live in a red small town, in a red county, in a blue state.

Is that any worse than living in a blue city in a red state?

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (iytpw)

327 Tonypete. Attended All Saint's Mass last evening. We have 3 families with a slew of kids. They all dressed up as Saints. Loved it.
Tonight for All Souls Father will say Mass and everyone will then procession out to the cemetery to pray for the dead and earn an indulgence.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (2NHgQ)

328 As of yet, I have seen no plan from anyone.

Clyde, I gave two suggestions. One, volunteer as a poll worker. Get into the election day process. Two, work to develop conservative Secretaries of State.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (45fpk)

329 Is he the dad? He's barely there, thought maybe he was supposed to be a stepdad or the mom's BF.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 07:45 AM (bDqIh)

He's the person to whom the mom is selling the kid.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (nR2nR)

330 Old and Busted:"The Thing With Two Heads."
New Hotness: "The Thing With Two Dicks."

Used to be three. Beau died.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (9yu8C)

331 I fully grasp the "stay at home" vs. "go and vote" debate. I'll say this however -

I see voting as a tool. It's broken. I need to remove a screw and my screwdriver is broken. I have other tools at my disposal to remove the screw. Many will likely cause damage to the screw. I don't care about the screw, I just want it removed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (BFigT)

332 314

So hating the Republican Party makes it justifiable to allow a fraud like McAuliffe to get re-elected. Somehow that logic is hard to follow.

I'm guessing you do not have school age children.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (S1hrL)

333
I woke up with the lyric to a Steven Bishop tune of 'You have no right to ask me how I feel' stuck in my head. Not sure why it applies today.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 08:22 AM (dQvv7)

334 Is that any worse than living in a blue city in a red state?

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (iytpw)

Yeah, when you're in Illinois, you're pretty much sunk either way.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:23 AM (45fpk)

335 So the "plan" to eliminate fraud is to win elections. But we can't win elections, because of the fraud. So there is no feasible plan other than keep on voting and hoping for the best. Got it.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:13 AM (Do5/p)

So, your plan is unconditional surrender.

Let's flip the script. since voting is a waste of time until all fraud everywhere is eliminated,

what's your plan for eliminating fraud or doing anything at all?

Or is it all surrender all the time?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:23 AM (5NkmN)

336 318 the Republican Party is dead to me.

Quick question: Would you rather live in a red state or a blue state?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (45fpk)

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With all due respect, grammie, that's more correlation than causation (a contrast primarily of value systems).

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:23 AM (MtGJh)

337 @EMPIREREPORTNY

DE BLASIO FILES FOR GOVERNOR RUN

Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (cF8AT)

338 Are you suggesting we just quit and go home?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:15 AM

Nope. I am asking for the plan for eliminating fraud and rigging and stealing of elections. Voting is only one part of the process. We found out in 2020 that voting in massive numbers is not enough. So there must now be a plan to sabotage the left's fraud operation, so that voting in massive numbers will be enough to win.

I have yet to see anyone present that plan. Is it that we need more people volunteering at voting places? Do we need operations like Project Veritas to expose all the cheating and fraud in places? I don't know. What I do know from 2020 is that just voting is not enough. We need to vote *and* do something to ensure our votes matter.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (Do5/p)

339 Quick question: Would you rather live in a red state or a blue state?
Posted by: grammie winger

Live in an unincorporated area of a red county and a red state.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (9yu8C)

340 337 @EMPIREREPORTNY

DE BLASIO FILES FOR GOVERNOR RUN

Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (cF8AT)

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I hope it's more successful than his presidential run.

I hope he runs the whole state into the ground.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (LvTSG)

341 Is that any worse than living in a blue city in a red state?
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (iytpw)

Houston Austin and Dallas are shithole 3rd world cities.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (yrol0)

342 I was reading some of the FB comments posted on some of the MSM local websites in Virginia.
There were a few comments telling people that they voted for Trump, but weren't going to vote and not to vote in this election because Trump had said the elections are rigged anyway. When you click on their profile and start scrolling through their history you can see they are Leftists.

Unfortunately, there were also a few that I think actually voted for Trump, but weren't going to vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

343 "One wonders, just exactly what the hell was the Joint Chiefs chairman studying when he attended the U.S. Naval War College to 'earn' a master's degree in national security and strategic studies?"
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I'm less bothered by the fact that he (and they) screw up, than by the fact that he seems incapable of learning from that.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (7X3UV)

344 Yeah, when you're in Illinois, you're pretty much sunk either way.
Posted by: grammie winger
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If I'm sunk, it's a good thing God is protecting me.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (iytpw)

345 @EMPIREREPORTNY

DE BLASIO FILES FOR GOVERNOR RUN
Posted by: Tami at November 02, 2021 08:24 AM (cF8AT)
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Hey, it worked for Gavin Newsom!

Posted by: Comrade DeBlasio at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (DU+/6)

346 So, your plan is unconditional surrender.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:23 AM

If you are not going to bother to actually read and comprehend what I am stating and asking, then good day to you, sir.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (Do5/p)

347 Thru the looking links at 0825. Just in time for art.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (yrol0)

348 Used to be three. Beau died.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM (9yu8C)

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Heh. Somebody photoshop Hunter in there, stat!

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (MtGJh)

349 I have yet to see anyone present that plan. Is it that we need more people volunteering at voting places?

I offered that suggestion in two separate comments.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (45fpk)

350 Rabbi Weissman's essay about how the Torah bars governments from forcibly confining people to their homes (because of the "pandemic") goes on to express outrage at the closing of synagogues for the same reason. It really expresses how bereft I've felt at the similar abandonment by the Catholic Church of everything they claimed to believe.

When this all started, I naively expressed my belief that God would never permit disease to spread through Holy Communion. I'm a Catholic convert, and part of what made me convert was all the stories of heroism through the ages, and the unshakeable faith that God would never desert His people. I was stunned when cradle Catholics outright *mocked* me for saying this. I was basically told that these were children's fairy tales, and Catholics have ALWAYS known that there was no special protection from the Holy Ghost, and what was the matter with me? I should grow up and accept the science, like everyone else did. Now I "no longer identify" as a Catholic, because I feel I was pretty much lied into this organization, which talks big but never really meant what it said.

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette, just to clarify things at November 02, 2021 08:26 AM (X365g)

351 >>I see voting as a tool. It's broken. I need to remove a screw and my screwdriver is broken. I have other tools at my disposal to remove the screw. Many will likely cause damage to the screw. I don't care about the screw, I just want it removed.

I see it more like a team sport. I played on some shitty teams in my yute and it was pretty obvious we were going to get blown up certain games. But I always showed up and played hard.

Not showing up is not an option for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:26 AM (ZLI7S)

352 Wilhelm the Groundhog Slayer will destroy what little is left of NY state.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2021 08:26 AM (vX8tY)

353
I can't speak for others, but I am not whining or surrendering. I am asking what is the plan in addition to voting. As of yet, I have seen no plan from anyone. Just constant scolding and shaming. That's not a plan. All that is going to do is piss people off. If that's your plan, good job so far.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (Do5/p)

And your great contribution is...?

What are you doing? Let's hear your plan, or is it just surrender and naysaying others?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:26 AM (5NkmN)

354 I live in a red town in a blue state and I thank G-d for that. It makes all the difference.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:26 AM (S1hrL)

355 >>DE BLASIO FILES FOR GOVERNOR RUN

Because killing NYC wasn't enough, he's got to kill the state as well?

Or, maybe he needs a new gig through which to steer another billion to his wife. . . Mama needs her government funds spending sprees!!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 02, 2021 08:27 AM (bDqIh)

356 I live in a red town in a blue state and I thank G-d for that. It makes all the difference.
Posted by: Ziba
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Amen.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 02, 2021 08:27 AM (iytpw)

357 Tonypete:

I somehow got on St. Patrick's Cathedral's email list and this is the prayer they sent for today:

"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day." - John 6:40

Here's why this is so odd: True story, I grew up in Manhattan, but St. Pat's was not my parish. I worked in midtown as did my mother and we decided to stop for a quick bite and a wee nip after work and then go to St. Pat's for confession. We stood in line and Mom went in ahead of me. She looked to be in shock as she came out and as I went past her to go myself in I said to her, "That was quick." So I go in and start with the usual "Bless me, Father..." and the priest interrupts me and asks where I live. I told him and he promptly kicked me out and told me to go to confession in my own damn parish!

LOL The guy must have been having a Joe Biden moment. But it's still fun telling people that I was thrown out of confession at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 02, 2021 08:27 AM (7b2L9)

358 Thinking about the Chinese hypersonic missile I think about the big fuckup in abandoning the X15 to go to the moon. If we had stuck with X15 we could have had a shuttle by 1970 and a new generation by 2000.

Thanks to G D for Elon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (yrol0)

359 covid cost Trump reelection in 2020. covid let democrats get away with all sorts of illegal behavior in regards to voting.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 02, 2021 07:47 AM (JUOKG)

The dems saw the opportunity and jumped at it. They didn't hem and haw. They struck hard. Not everyone knew what the plan was, but they knew how to circle the wagons quickly and support whatever was going on.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (dkp9Q)

360 Tonypete. Attended All Saint's Mass last evening. We have 3 families with a slew of kids. They all dressed up as Saints. Loved it.
Tonight for All Souls Father will say Mass and everyone will then procession out to the cemetery to pray for the dead and earn an indulgence.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Wonderful! I did also and cried my eyes out the entire Mass remembering my boy. Some older couple was next to me and the woman patted my arm for the entire hour. It helped!

Goodness and God triumphs over darkness and gloom - perhaps not in our time but that's okay by me.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (mD/uy)

361 ...Really, this constant whining and unconditional surrender is just sad.

Do your job. Go vote.

That was the "Glengarry Glen Ross" Coffee is for Closers message for voting (without the gratuitous gunning down of movie personnel).

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (+LCoQ)

362 If you are not going to bother to actually read and comprehend what I am stating and asking, then good day to you, sir.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 08:25 AM (Do5/p)

I read what you said.

I saw no plan. You want to require a plan from others.

What's your plan?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (5NkmN)

363 Voted this morning and found a very empty polling station. This is NOVA so that might be a good sign - Fairfax Wine Moms may be disappointed. This year I had to show an ID. Every election it is a different routine. Wonder why? My spirits are high but I know the ghost of Dominion Systems and BLM haunt VA elections still. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (2graF)

364
I'm guessing you do not have school age children.

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:21 AM

Yeah, my kids flew the coop years ago, but I voted for the benefit of the other families that still do. Also, by knocking out the incumbents we might get a better crop of leaders down the road. Ones who remember knocking out an incumbent and who know they have to continually look over their own shoulder back at the voters.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 02, 2021 08:28 AM (dQvv7)

365
DeBolshevik will not win against Letitia James. Not that there is much of a difference ideologically.

And I will be long gone before then.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (s2VJv)

366 Good morning, all.

"...Ibram X. Krement Doubles Down, Blames "Disinformation Operatives" ..."

That right there is evidence of leftist thinking. EVERYTHING is someone else's fault. Only mature adults take responsibility for their actions. Like a child, " the guy over there" MADE the leftist be or do.
"It was disinformation from those nasty racists."
"White cis males keep womyn from achieving."
"Boomer ruined the world."

"I was only following orders."

Posted by: Flyover at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (Rbu5d)

367 the Republican Party is dead to me.

Quick question: Would you rather live in a red state or a blue state?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (45fpk)

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With all due respect, grammie, that's more correlation than causation (a contrast primarily of value systems).
Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:23 AM (MtGJh)
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It is far better to live in a Red state. You can hate on the Republicans all you want but the Democrats are Marxists.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

368 I thing that's true to a certain degree. But does anything we've seen over the last couple weeks scream of confidence on the part of Democrats regarding the VA race? Why bother bringing in every single big name Democrat in the country if you are just going to rig it? Why hire Democrat staffers to pose as white nationalists in such a clumsy fashion it was blown up in minutes?

Biden barely left his basement in 2020, McAuliffe is campaigning hard and throwing everything but the kitchen sink. They don't seem very confident to me.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:20 AM (ZLI7S)

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Come on, jack -- you know the answer to your own question. It's all about the margin of fraud. After they sufficiently failed to steal the election from Trump in 2016 by underestimating him and his impact, they're terrified now that they cannot possibly ever cheat enough. See Newsom recall recently ...

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (MtGJh)

369 And I will be long gone before then.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (s2VJv)

WELCOME HOME!

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (45fpk)

370

Art is up. And not a fan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 02, 2021 08:30 AM (s2VJv)

371 Just got back from voting in suburban New Yorkistan. Showed my ID to the woman behind the desk, and she said, "oh, we don't need to see it". I said that didn't matter to me, I need to show it. Then we realized others were doing the same. Small gestures, but it made me happy.

Posted by: Toni at November 02, 2021 08:30 AM (PgM6e)

372 Unknown type of art up

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2021 08:31 AM (9yu8C)

373 Toni, get back in line and tell them your neighbors name.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 08:31 AM (dkp9Q)

374 so the weed smoking continues, eh ?

Posted by: cya4+1 at November 02, 2021 08:31 AM (oSX/P)

375 Let me guess, Paul Ryan advised Rittenhouse to hire that local attorney, who will now railroad his client in order to "close the book on that dark chapter" and help win back independents for the midterms.

He has to be found guilty and rot in prison, people might riot if he doesn't!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 07:15 AM (0ryfU)

I don't know. The jury expert lawyer wanted to bring in 20 people to help judge the jurors. I can't blame the local attorney calling a halt to that.

Posted by: WiNO at November 02, 2021 08:31 AM (i0+xv)

376 That right there is evidence of leftist thinking. EVERYTHING is someone else's fault. Only mature adults take responsibility for their actions. Like a child, " the guy over there" MADE the leftist be or do.

I like the excuse Bridget Nelson on Rifftrax said was her go-to when she was a kid: "A big boy did it then ran away."

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette, just to clarify things at November 02, 2021 08:32 AM (X365g)

377 It is far better to live in a Red state. You can hate on the Republicans all you want but the Democrats are Marxists.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 02, 2021 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

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Agreed. I live in AZ which is nominally Red, but then the corrupt machine gives us the McCains, Flakes, and Duceys of the world.

At least my county and the sheriffs have been solidly conservative ...

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at November 02, 2021 08:33 AM (MtGJh)

378 Jebus. NBC twit cheering 33,000 people being locked in disneyland and forcibly swabbed. "Not the worst place to be locked in, ha! Ha! They all tested negative!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 02, 2021 08:33 AM (dkp9Q)

379 Thanks JJ for the great content. No time to read right now. Praying for VA vote...

Posted by: Iris at November 02, 2021 08:33 AM (DibdT)

380 >>Come on, jack -- you know the answer to your own question. It's all about the margin of fraud. After they sufficiently failed to steal the election from Trump in 2016 by underestimating him and his impact, they're terrified now that they cannot possibly ever cheat enough. See Newsom recall recently ...

This doesn't feel like California at all to me. I knew Newsom was going to win the recall, Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 and there are no real election security rules in CA.

I'm saying Youngkin is a lock but I do feel he has a very legitimate shot but it requires people to vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:34 AM (ZLI7S)

381 I like the excuse Bridget Nelson on Rifftrax said was her go-to when she was a kid: "A big boy did it then ran away."
Posted by: Dr. Mabusette, just to clarify things at November 02, 2021 08:32 AM (X365g)

Ahhh, that's a direct quote from something I read a long time ago.

Can't remember what it was from. Now, that's going to annoy me until I do.

Crap!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2021 08:35 AM (5NkmN)

382 I'm NOT saying Youngkin is a lock ....

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2021 08:35 AM (ZLI7S)

383 378

"forcibly swabbed" begs the question, "where?"

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:35 AM (S1hrL)

384 But I really am looking forward to reading it, especially as the format makes it easy to pick up and read an entry or two when one has a few minutes. There are so many things that you write about each day that are lost to memory because of the newest outrage, which sadly seems to occur each and every day.

Thanks for putting this together for us. Wishing you much success as you've certainly earned it!
Posted by: IrishEi at November 02, 2021 08:00 AM (7b2L9)

Exactly this! I got mine Sunday and boy oh boy, so many things...just pick it up and turn to a day and pow! And sigh. and LOL. Appreciate all your work, everyday. Much success to you!

Posted by: Pony Tail at November 02, 2021 08:36 AM (tzZq2)

385 Nice AmThinker analysis of the Poop Scoop on Bidet's meeting with the Pope. Did he or didn't he?

Posted by: Ziba at November 02, 2021 08:39 AM (S1hrL)

386 Quick question: Would you rather live in a red state or a blue state?

Posted by: grammie winger at November 02, 2021 08:19 AM (45fpk)

What's the difference with a RINO governor chosen by the state GOPe. First Katshit for eight years and now DeRINO.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 08:41 AM (y7DUB)

387 Wait...Juan Williams is an intellectual? Who knew?

We need to look at voting as a tool rather than a means to an end. If that tool can cause the State to further discredit itself by fraud and cheating, by all means vote. The only reason Youngkin might overcome the margin of fraud is because he is a Bush-type cuck. In other words, he would be allowed to win because he doesn't represent a threat to the totalitarians. Still, it is hard to imagine a Clinton stooge not cheating.

In short, I'm with you, JJ, and pass no judgment on those who choose to vote. But the reason to do so is to create chaos. We will never be allowed to effect policy at the ballot box.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at November 02, 2021 08:41 AM (nMx88)

388 You reap what you sow. New York deserves all the wonderful 'blessings' that diversity brings. Maybe Youngkin wins in Virginia but White people are waking up to the fact that no one represents them and voting G.rand O.le P.inworm is a solution to nothing. Your heroes Reagan and Trump, one did the first amnesty and the other's signature non-tax achievement is letting criminal brown people out of jail. Working class White people were/are appalled by both these stabs-in-the-back. Their continued loyalty is nothing of the kind, just least worst of two awful choices.
U.sury S.odomy A.bortion

Posted by: Borzoi Respector at November 02, 2021 08:43 AM (tjieG)

389 Still, it is hard to imagine a Clinton stooge not cheating.

McAuliffe was easily more crooked than Madoff as was Corzine. But they were derp state made men.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 02, 2021 08:47 AM (y7DUB)

390 13. hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 02, 2021 06:47 AM (K2SnJ)

Some good news: Hills will never be president!

Posted by: Flyover at November 02, 2021 08:51 AM (Rbu5d)

391 "Preppers," who are made fun of in many quarters, talk about preparing for when SHTF. War, breakdown of society, weather emergencies, EMPs, etc,

In my opinion, SHTF a year ago. Time is out.

Posted by: Flyover at November 02, 2021 09:01 AM (Rbu5d)

392 "Reynolds, who has long opposed vaccine and mask mandates, said that 'no Iowan should be forced to lose their job or livelihood over the [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccine.'"
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Signs Bill to Give Those Fired for Vaccine Refusal Unemployment Benefits

I guess this is good, but it would be better that she signs a bill that says no one can be fired from their job for refusing a "vaccine" mandate. Living on unemployment benefits is still losing your livelihood, as the benefits are nowhere near the same amount as the salary from the job. I know that from two years of unemployment in 2009-2010, where I had to make the choice between paying my bills and paying my mortgage. I eventually made the choice to pay all my bills on time and let my house go into foreclosure. Lost my house, but it destroyed my credit rating the least.

And if there is nothing to prevent companies from firing people for refusing the mandate, then there is also nothing to prevent companies from not *hiring* people for refusing the mandate. So this bill is not comforting at all and fixes nothing.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 09:10 AM (Do5/p)

393 I saw the Gaseous Chi-Com Spyfochers open for Talking Heads at the Riviera in 83.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 02, 2021 09:37 AM (XlF/h)

394 Democrats Are Using the Same 2020 Election Shenanigans To Overtake Virginia This Year

Like many organizations that present themselves as more interested in voting than election outcomes, Vote Forward is part of the Left's Voting Machine: A massive web of interconnected GOTV nonprofits commanding tens of millions of dollars, mostly gifted by ultra-wealthy institutions like the Ford, Gates, and Rockefeller Foundations.

This is exactly what I am talking about regarding having a plan. This is what the left does. They do not just rely on voting. They have a massive operation that is extremely well-funded for both GOTV efforts and voter fraud efforts. Do the right or conservative Republicans have anything even close to anything like this in place? Doubtful, since there are no ultra-wealthy institutions which are conservative. But maybe there are some I don't know about?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 09:47 AM (Do5/p)

395 You've got a good point, Clyde. It feels good to connect online with like minded people, but there also needs to be coordinated action if things are going to change. Especially here in California, its going to be the labors of Hercules.

Posted by: Inisfree at November 02, 2021 09:51 AM (JvFhS)

396 As a Virginian I'm deeply conflicted about this race. I hate the Republican party more than I hate the Democrats. The latter are who they are, and are who they've always been. The former is the friend who betrayed me in the worst possible way, over and over again. I wouldn't piss in a republican's face if his teeth were on fire.

If I thought for a minute that the GOP would "get it" that they would understand that my write-in vote is a vote against their betrayal, a willingness to let them die even if it means Gov McAwful, I'd feel better. But my protest vote is going to be offset by throngs of angry Karens who are voting in reaction to a situation THEY CREATED.

The VA gop (and national party) does not deserve my vote. I don't know what I'm going to do yet.

Posted by: SMFH at November 02, 2021 09:54 AM (u/7wY)

397 I understand your position, SMFH. The ultimate core of this irredeemable political party we've spent the better part of our lives supporting is that 99% of the elected and so called Republican "Conservatives" are just there to collect a paycheck. They aren't committed in the least way to advancing the conservative agenda. But they will give it lip service all the livelong day when primary and election time come around. So the way it is - not the way I see it - is we are done for either way, so why not take that bunch of Judases to Hell with us.
Oh and before anyone goes after me, answer this one simple question: What do you really think a McCarthy-McConnell majority in the House and Senate will accomplish? You're an absolute fool is you think they will do ANYTHING other than make excuses for why they can't do what they promised or have endless and meaningless "hearings" with nobody who matters EVER going to jail.

Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 10:24 AM (bOmD3)

398 The VA gop (and national party) does not deserve my vote. I don't know what I'm going to do yet.

Posted by: SMFH at November 02, 2021 09:54 AM

This is another good point. Just voting for Republicans to defeat Democrats is only the first step. There then needs to be a plan to hold the newly elected Republican accountable for enacting policies we want. It's not enough to just play defense against a Democrat in office, but we also need to play offense to demand the Republican we put into office enacts the policies we want.

Again, that's where a plan comes into place. A plan for organization, action, activity, etc. Voting alone is no longer enough. We all now have to become activists, whether we like it or not.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 10:26 AM (Do5/p)

399 Nice thoughts but no. The Republicans are NOT ideologues and they really don't care what happens as long as they get a large chunk of pork spending to buy their votes so they can pocket a large bit and put a roadside outhouse along a state road that supposedly cost 3 million dollars to build. That's what we get from Republicans for all our votes and soft dollar donations. And they don't care about millions of illegals flooding over our borders because BIG BUSINESS pays them to look the other way. TRUTH!!

Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 10:33 AM (bOmD3)

400 @ Tracy M...

That's the difference for me this time. I used to think the GOP was just frightened of being called mean names in the media. But I've watched too much failure theater from the likes of McConnell and McCarthy to believe that any more. They sell us out intentionally. They knew the Tea Party movement that should have been a boon to the GOP was ultimately a threat. Because it wanted things they didnt want to deliver. Enough. I've been sold out enough. Youngkin isn't going to throw trannies out of the ladies room. He isn't going to pull CRT out of classrooms. Even if he does either, Garland will sue in federal court and get an injunction, etc.

I'm done. Let it burn.

Posted by: SMFH at November 02, 2021 10:36 AM (u/7wY)

401 Agree 100% SMFH.

The G.O.P. Internationally worked to co-opt and then wreck the Tea Party movement, even stealing primary elections from their own voters! [see Thad Cochran-Chris McDaniel 2014 Senate primary]. Despite their honeyed words, they hated the Tea Party.
They never embraced MAGA and joined the likes of the Democrats and CNN in disparaging the people constituting the hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans showing up for Trump rallies and waving American flags and standing at attention for our national anthem.
They could have embraced that energy and adopted it's goals and stood next to their fellow citizens but NO, the big businesses and big donors and grifter consulting class and D.C. media didn't want that, so instead they sought to destroy the movement, one formed by their OWN VOTERS, THEIR OWN CONSTITUENCY!!!
The G.O.P. can rot!!!

Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 11:33 AM (bOmD3)

402 'I know [it's crooked]. But it's the only game in town.' -- Canada Bill Jones

Posted by: aelfheld at November 02, 2021 12:01 PM (Zy9Yy)

403 Voting third party does feel like a better protest than not voting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at November 02, 2021 08:18 AM

Third party voting in 2016 is what helped Donald Trump win three key states: WI, MI and PA

In Michigan, 2000-2012, average third party voting was ~71k votes. In 2016, it was ~251k. Trump won the state by 10,700 votes. Hillary's 2016 vote total was 300k votes less than Obama's 2012 total. Trump was +160k more than Romney's 2012 total.

So if we infer from that that Democrats in 2016 went third party as a protest vote, we can thank those Democrats for helping us elect Donald Trump.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 02, 2021 12:15 PM (Do5/p)

404 People are overthinking this. Go out and vote. You don't have to pay to do it, and it's easy.

What's the down side? Even in a crooked election? Wasting an hour or so of your precious time you were going to use to watch TV? If nobody on our side votes, the chance of victory is zero.

When Trump went up against Hillary, some people were saying she had it in the bag. Why bother? But where I come from, voting is a thing you do. Period. My wife and I went to the polls, voted for Trump, and came home as certain of a Hillary victory as we were about the sun coming up the next day. And whaddaya know?

There's an old story about the rabbi who kept praying to God to win the lottery. Day after day, week after week, and it never happened.

Finally, the rabbi looks up as a voice comes out of the clouds: "Oy, Rabbi, do me a favor and meet me half-way. Buy a ticket!"

Vote. Buy the ticket. You prove nothing and win nothing by staying home. Nobody will give you points for your brave stand, and your guy will be one vote less than he would have had otherwise. At least make the cheaters work for it.

Posted by: MW at November 02, 2021 01:17 PM (u33s0)

405 Sorry but NO.

The G.O.P. doesn't deserve to be rewarded for what they did in 2020, which was sellout the nation.

What is happening now - all of it - is their fault.

MAKE THEM PAY!!!

Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 02:07 PM (bOmD3)

406 65 The tell in VA is whether the counting lasts past this evening.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2021 07:04 AM (/U27+)
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I thought they already announced it would continue until late in the week, maybe Friday?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2021 07:05 AM (1TyaC)

So they already know the need to cheat and have a plan in place. No surprise there. SOP

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - the anti-DOTE at November 02, 2021 03:00 PM (hlxe7)

407 I'm sorry Clyde Shelton but Trump winning in 2016 had nothing to do with 3rd party voting. Nice try though.

He won because he had a message and movement that resonated with the American people.

Posted by: Tracy M at November 02, 2021 03:49 PM (bOmD3)

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