The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 12/29/21

Good morning, kids. Wednesday, and the passing of legendary NFL coach and sports commentator John Madden is noted not only to honor the man who was the voice of the sport in its golden age but, considering the downfall of that sport in the past decade, as a powerful metaphor for the downfall of our nation, society and culture. Also noted is the passing of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, much like the passing of a peanut M&M-sized barbed kidney stone through the inflamed, diseased urinary tract of our now zombified body politic. The contrast between these two individuals who, to me, represent the best and worst that this nation can offer, cannot be more stark. RIP and Godspeed to coach Madden and a swift journey across the River Styx to Harry Reid.

Meanwhile, as the final days of this accursed year slip away and herald the start of what no doubt will be a third accursed year, the battle lines are becoming clearer. Over in Europe, the lockdowns over what is in fact essentially nothing more serious than the common cold or seasonal flu, have been reinstated and are even more repressive than the initial go rounds. And the citizenry are taking to the streets. Over on this side of the pond, there seem to be mixed signals from the tyrants and criminals that have destroyed our economy and driven a pretty sizable percentage of the citizenry insane with Chinese COVID mania. Unlike the latter, the majority are sick of this and want to get back to some semblance of normalcy. Sensing this, the junta has been signaling that it wants to move on, not so much for the sake of normalcy but because the continued lockdowns, vaccine passports and all the rest of it are turning into a drag on their already shaky political prospects heading into the midterms. But, in ginning up the fear, they have created a monster.

Not everyone is pleased with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Monday decision to relax the quarantine and isolation requirements for people who catch [Chinese] COVID-19.
The agency announced that individuals who test positive for [Chinese] COVID-19 now only need to isolate themselves for five days, not ten, before returning to normal activities while wearing a mask for five more days. The move was welcomed by some, including organizations like the NFL, which are updating their own testing and isolation protocols as a result.
For others, the shift in policy represented the Biden [junta] caving in to big business. . .
. . . "So we find out that Delta CEO Ed Bastian asked the CDC to reduce the recommended quarantine time from 10 days to 5 for vaccinated people because of workforce impact," wrote former Democratic Congressional candidate Russell Foster. "This change has nothing to do with the virus or your health & everything to do with the profits of corporations. . . "
. . . Others went as far as to suggest that Biden's CDC was going to get people killed. That group includes former Hillary Clinton adviser Peter Daou, who asked "WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F*CK IS THIS?"

The "actual fuck," Peter, is your boss' husband's slogan "it's the economy, stupid" biting this evil junta in half. Even if the Klain/Kalorama Klown Komintern expanded the drilling, fracking, digging and extraction of every last drop of oil, gas and coal across the country, the lockdowns and insistence on injecting every man, woman and child (except the tens of millions of illegal aliens already here and soon to arrive) with the Fauci Fix have all but wiped out much of the private sector; specifically, small business which traditionally constitutes the lion's share of our comatose economy. Imagine what would happen to it if the musings of the midget Mengele-wannabe about vaccine mandates for domestic air travel actually come to pass.

Even staunch lefty Ned Lamont up in Connecticut is stating out loud what we have all known since the very beginning vis a vis the efficacy of mask mandates. That is, they're as effective in stopping transmission of this virus as a chainlink fence is in keeping you protected from mosquitos. Joey Softserve himself admitted there was "no federal solution" to the Chinese COVID crisis -- which his handlers quickly backtracked on without necessarily stating that it was merely the ravings of a wilting petunia that somehow escaped its pot.

But that said, all these mixed signals make it difficult to read just what the hell the next moves are. Will we go back to even some semblance of normalcy or are the Karen-driven fear brigades to be a permanent fixture of the landscape? One thing's for sure, mail-in voting and all the other banana republic bullshit that gives Democrats permanent control of the electoral process is not only not going to be reversed but is sure to be ramped up to the max, especially as 2022 and 2024 draw closer.

We cannot know the future and for sure there are events that are going to rock our world. And there are events that are going to rock the globalists' world as well. As John Madden might say, "boom!"

The End of America: 100 Days That Shook the World available here.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Michael Walsh: "A final irony is that Times holds freedom of the press to an absolute, Mosaic standard while at the same time attacking freedom of assembly and freedom of religion, not to mention the entire Second Amendment, and supporting imaginary 'hate speech' laws that clearly abrogate freedom of the press itself."
How the New York Times Abuses the "Public's Right to Know"
"The data does not detail why there has been such mass domestic migration away from every region of the United States except for the South. Qualitative analysis hypothesizes most of those leaving the Northeast, Midwest, and Western regions are doing so for reasons related to affordability, freedom, and safety."
Bolt From the Blue: Nearly a MILLION Americans Leave Dem States to the Safer, Less Chinese COVID-Panicked South

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

"How the Left views middle Americans as sub-human."
Us So Stupid
"He observed how architects of the globalist enterprise cultivate ethnic and racial agitation to create perceptions of grievance and victimhood among targeted demographic groups. He noted that upward mobility rooted in meritocracy threatens the leftist paradigm of a zero-sum struggle between haves and have-nots."
Victor Davis Hanson: Elites Are Destroying America with Globalism, Leftism, and Tribalism
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Others went as far as to suggest that Biden's CDC was going to get people killed. That group includes former Hillary Clinton adviser Peter Daou, who asked 'WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F*CK IS THIS?'"
Chinese COVID Enthusiasts Furious After Biden CDC Shortens Quarantine Requirements
"It's not curbing the spike down in New York."
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Rejects Mask Mandates
"Whether Crawford will win his case is of course unknown. The important thing is that he is fighting back. His action will make Trader Joe's think twice about doing the same thing again to some other employee. The publicity will also harm them, and might also make other companies hesitate before also acting like jackbooted thugs."
Pushback Against Blacklists: Man Sues Trader Joe's for Firing Him for Not Getting Chinese COVID Shot
"During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden criticized the Trump administration's handling of [Chinese] COVID-19, promising to 'shut down the virus' if he won the election."
White House Rushes to Walk Back Biden's Admission of "No Federal Solution" to Chinese COVID-19
On Monday, Joe Biden conceded defeat in his war on the [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic when he declared, "There is no federal solution [to (Chinese) COVID]. This gets solved at a state level."
FLASHBACK: Ron Klain Said National Government Would Beat Chinese COVID
"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also expressed a desire for an EU Single Market Emergency Instrument to help 'fast-track decisions, whenever a critical situation emerges.'"
EU Drafting Law Allowing Seizure of Private Property During Pandemic Emergencies: Report
Destroy your society over what is effectively something like the common cold.
France Introduces Work-at-Home Mandate as Europe Cracks Down Over Omicron

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"The taboo pandemic."
The Brave New World of Athletes' Heart Problems
"The claim follows nearly 20,000 bat coronavirus samples getting erased from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in late 2019 and the lab continuing to do so throughout the pandemic."
Disgraced Fauci-Funded Researcher Peter Daszak Reemerges to Insist "No Cover-Up" From Chinese Communist Party
Elderly passenger told her she "isn't black . . . this isn't Alabama and this isn't a bus."
UPDATE: Mask Karen Who Assaulted 80 Year Old Man Compared Herself to Rosa Parks
John Dale Dunn, M.D.: "Your chance to see and hear a brilliant man expound on a subject that he has devoted himself to for an intense, almost two years."
Dr. Peter McCullough Conducts Grand Rounds on Chinese COVID 19
"We've been worried for 100 years what will happen when we finally succeed in making machines human. We ought to be at least as worried about what happens when we make humans into machines."
Fauci Is Just a Bureaucrat
The Global Times blamed the surge of [Chinese] coronavirus cases on foreign visitors, minimized China's travails while "the Omicron variant is causing havoc globally," and predicted "China's dynamic zero policy and previous experience in quelling domestic outbreaks will help curb the current epidemic."
China Admits Worst Chinese Coronavirus Situation Since 2020 as Genocide Olympics Approach
"It gave the world a deadly virus and took no responsibility for it -- and the world shrugged it off."
Why China Got Away With It
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The gas price surge is forecasted to take place by Memorial Day in late May, according to the report from GasBuddy, an app that tracks pump prices, and shared with CNN. But the analysis said the average cost of gasoline at pumps nationwide would then fall throughout the summer and fall of 2022, declining below current prices."
Gas Prices Set To Surge Again, Industry Analysis Shows
"The longer Americans put off the reckoning on our government's spending, the more painful the reckoning will be."
The Coming Financial Vise No One Will Talk About
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Prosecution never showed evidence of recklessness and deliberately misled the jury on the law."
Kim Potter Conviction: A Blatant Miscarriage of Justice
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Incidents at Cornell University's famous Law School, and more recently at the University of Illinois-Chicago John Marshall School of Law raise concerns over whether prospective attorneys should choose these programs."
Cancel Culture at John Marshall and Cornell Law Schools
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Biden's [junta] deleted a press release announcing the arrest of two Yemeni immigrants in April. Both had a spot on the Terrorism Watch List and a No-Fly List."
Border Patrol Caught Again Deleting Announcement About Arresting Terrorists at the Border
Daniel Greenfield: "The pandemic made us an even lonelier nation."
Immigration Tops U.S. Births for the First Time
"Some people call them 'ghost flights' -- federally chartered planes that arrive in the dead of night at airports far from the U.S. border and deep inside the country's interior. They drop off their cargo of illegal aliens, who are immediately boarded onto waiting buses and distributed who-knows-where. Flight manifests are never made available by the government, even to the contractors who fly the planes for them and especially not to local officials."
Pennsylvania Gets Christmas-Day Delivery of Illegal Aliens From Biden Claus
$1 TRILLION "INFRASTRUCTURE" SELLOUT, $3.5 TRILLION SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION, DEBT CEILING/BUDGETARY INSANITY
"Two words: Remember Obamacare."
Build Bolshevism Biggerer's Dead? Don't Bet On It
"It sure looks like a coup."
Do Democrats Want to Build Back Better, or Do They Want a Coup?
Molly McCaughey: "As Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) told the House Ways and Means Committee during a debate over Build Back Better, 'the so-called dignity of work -- that's like hearing a fingernail on a chalkboard.' New York magazine's Eric Levitz calls Manchin's work-ethic convictions 'contemptible.'"
The Democrat Party is Now the Party of Welfare -- Not Working People
POLITICS
Psuedo-intellectual racialist crackpot Michael Eric Dyson: ". . . parents' opposition to Critical Race Theory reveals that 'the integral part of an American educational system is to attack the intelligence of black kids.'"
"The Apocalypse Is Before Us": MSLSD Contributor on 2022 Midterms
"Can moderate Democrat leaders resist progressive excess?"
The Promise of Pragmatism
Just what we need; a farshimmelt, self-gassing apostate Commie to tell us bow Christmas came about.
Bernie Sanders on Origin of Christmas: "It Was the Labor Movement That Brought You the Holiday Weekend"
Christian Toto: "The Biden PR machine couldn't have outdone site's animated Beatles parody."
Politico Blames Everyone but Biden for So-Called Quote-Unquote "president's" Terrible Year
A loathsome, despicable, venal, power-mad thug. Condolences to the Searchlight Strangler's family.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at Age 82
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Saleeby's investigation comes after Project Veritas revealed video and text messages on December 15 that allegedly show him fantasizing about sex acts with his former fiance's underaged daughter."
Fairfax County Police Confirm Jake Tapper's Producer Under Investigation by Child Exploitation Squad
"'If we can protect against counterfeit dollar bills, we should be able to protect against fake news that we now know has the potential to kill people,' concluded Wallace. Will Wallace follow her own standard and step down from her show -- or even issue a correction?"
Slatternly, Lying Shit-Whore Nicole Wallace Repeats 3 Discredited Claims; 2 in Less Than a Minute
Like the courts, the electoral college, Congress and everything in this nation such as it was, the Constitution only works when Leftism and its pimps are advanced.
Latest MSM Lunacy: "The Constitution Isn't Working"
"The metaverse raises a lot of unanswered questions."
How Meta
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"A distracted West ignores the threat of potential Iranian nuclear weapons at its own peril."
What Can Be Done About Iran's Expanding Nuclear Program?
"Why the IDF must be cautioned against overconfidence."
Is War Between Israel and Iran Inevitable?
"It's still a ferocious force, simply because it's huge, but there are personnel and structural problems that will affect its fighting abilities."
There Are Indications That the Chinese Military Has Serious Problems
"The 'apartheid' that isn't."
Bassem Eid: Israel "The Best Place to Be an Arab"
"The failure of the 'international community' to deliver results in Haiti is a central plank of the anti-globalist argument and merits further study."
Haiti's Hurricane of Horrors
Lloyd Billingsley: "What happened when the military sided with the people against a Stalinist dictator."
Communist Ghosts of Christmas Past
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"The arms control crowd, 600 scientists strong, pushes for ever greater unilateral U.S. disarmament on the part of the U.S. [so-called quote-unquote "president"]."
U.S. Scientists and Engineers Urge Biden to Drop Out of the Nuclear Arms Race
"The bill increases spending to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, counter military expansion in China and obtain more advanced aircraft and ships."
Biden Signs $770 Billion Defense Spending Bill
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS
Hat tip to Jay Guevara: "This is not a 'fuck SF' post. This is a lament of what has been lost, and a wistfulness for what could have been. A year ago I was smirking at the people moving out of the Bay Area. I thought these were fairweather citizens, silly for moving to political train-wrecks like Texas or Florida. Twelve months on, my wife and I find ourselves packing our life into boxes. Not to run towards a place where we feel greater love, but just to leave. The pendulum has swung hard in the last twelve months."
The American Dream is on Life Support in the Bay Area
"If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless you return it to its rightful owner in the same year." (you're fucking joking - jjs)
You Won't Believe What the IRS Says People Must Declare as Income
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"It appears that while hawking renewables at the same time it substantially reduces conventional fossil fuel production, the Biden [junta] has decided to increase the blend of ethanol required in gasoline and, in the process, raising gasoline prices even higher."
The Great Ethanol Boondoggle
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"This announcement likely signals that China is getting ready to launch the next module to that station. During that launch the large core stage of the Long March 5B rocket will reach orbit, but only for a few days. It will then crash uncontrolled somewhere on Earth. The Chinese government knows it is going to get a lot of bad press because of this fact, and is likely making this complaint to try to excuse its own bad actions."
China Attacks SpaceX Claiming Starlink Satellites Threaten its Space Station
"In fact, this is beginning to look like the situation in Hawaii with the Thirty Meter Telescope. There protesters blocked the start of construction, and the government, controlled by Democrats, worked with those protesters to step by step keep that obstruction active and working. If so, SpaceX faces a very dangerous situation, as it appears the Biden administration is about to do the same thing to it."
FAA Delays Final Approval of Starship Environmental Reassessment Until February 28th
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"No one can say why Brandon Brown is being canceled except that his given name has become part of a political meme that insults and degrades Joe Biden."
NASCAR Driver Brandon Brown of "Let's Go Brandon" Fame Has Been Canceled Because -- Just Because
"Sources close to the show said that the search has stalled as executives struggle to find a conservative cast-member who checks all the right boxes."
The View is Struggling to Find a New Republican Host
"At least Aaron Sorkin isn't Steven Spielberg."
I Woke Lucy
HITHER & YON
While enjoying a post-explosion cigarette, Mr. Katainen was asked if he'd ever had this much fun actually driving the Tesla. "No," he replied, "No, I never enjoyed [myself] this much [in the] Tesla." Spoken like a true man.
A Tesla Goes Boom
Salena Zito: "The spiking popularity of hunting and fishing reverses what was a steep, years-long decline that many feared would lead to the near-extinction of the sports."
America's Outdoor Awakening, Thanks to MeatEater's Approach to the Movement
FINALLY . . .
Steve Serby: "He was Boom! He was Turducken. He was Thanksgiving. He was football. . . He was the soundtrack of the sport he helped become the national pastime."
John Madden's Death Leaves Hole in America's Sporting Heart

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 29, 2021 07:39 AM (BEXzB)

2 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:40 AM (mD/uy)

3 Present. Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 07:40 AM (BFigT)

4 Morning!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:41 AM (yEBFM)

5 Mornin' Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at December 29, 2021 07:41 AM (18UdP)

6
Good morning. Again!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2021 07:41 AM (/U27+)

7 Peter Daou, who asked "WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F*CK IS THIS?"

Calm your tits, Petey-boy. Just press the back of one perfumed wrist to your forehead and swoon gently onto your fainting couch.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:42 AM (njfCw)

8 Willowed comment:
I had a weird dream last night.

I was somewhere with a bunch of old colleagues. I went to shake hands and they looked at me like I was crazy. Fist bumps.

I am going to stop shaking hands.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 29, 2021 07:42 AM (rDgjh)

9 SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, was the son of a prosperous London merchant. Being a well-educated youth, he was appointed as clerk to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and was later made Archdeacon. In this role he met and became close friends with King Henry II of England. The King promoted Becket to the office of Lord Chancellor, and, when the Archbishop of Canterbury died, made Becket the new Archbishop in 1162, the most powerful ecclesiastical position in all of England. King Henry II supposed that having his close friend in such a position would enable him to enforce his will on the Church. However, in his new role as priest and archbishop, Thomas Becket experienced a religious conversion and transferred his ultimate allegiance to the Church. This led to frequent conflicts over the rights of the Church between the King of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury, resulting in Becket's exile. When Becket returned to England, he was murdered by four knights, the king's lackeys, as he was offering Mass at the Canterbury Cathedral altar on December 29, 1170. St. Thomas Becket's feast day is December 29th.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:42 AM (mD/uy)

10 Madden seemed like a nice guy, old harry well I'll keep my mouth shut

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 29, 2021 07:43 AM (GPwVZ)

11 Peter Daou

Anybody else pronounce his name in your head like Homer Simpson: D'oh!

I do.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:44 AM (njfCw)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Two more days to go.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:44 AM (2JVJo)

13 "fundamentally unserious" is the phrase that pops into my mind.

G'mornin' Horde !
and thanks for all the work you do for us, JJ !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 07:44 AM (IJMH4)

14 Thank you, JJ, for wading through the slime so we don't have to. Have a wonderful day!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:44 AM (yEBFM)

15 Fuck Reid

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:44 AM (yrol0)

16 Peter Daou, who asked "WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F*CK IS THIS?"

Calm your tits, Petey-boy. Just press the back of one perfumed wrist to your forehead and swoon gently onto your fainting couch.
Posted by: Guy Smiley

Such is the state of public discourse now. I know I have a potty mouth and I certainly let it go here, but I'm not in the public eye in any manner. How can anyone take these jamokes seriously?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:45 AM (mD/uy)

17 Newspaper men dying of covid booster shots gets monster coverage!

Not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 07:45 AM (H2rNu)

18 Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:42 AM (mD/uy)

You remind me I should watch Becket again sometime.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:45 AM (2JVJo)

19 17 Newspaper men dying of covid booster shots gets monster coverage!

Not.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 07:45 AM (H2rNu)

=======

No individual cog in the machine is greater than the narrative. They are all cannon fodder to keep the narrative going.

Imagine if they realized this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (LvTSG)

20 The air breathes a little cleaner today, the sun shines a little brighter and my morning wood could be used as a pull up bar.

Harry Reid is dead. Rot in hell you grifting criminal bastard.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (w9H27)

21 "11 Peter Daou

Anybody else pronounce his name in your head like Homer Simpson: D'oh!

I do.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:44 AM (njfCw) "

isn't that how everyone pronounces it ? phonetically ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (IJMH4)

22 Imagine what would happen to it if the musings of the midget Mengele-wannabe about vaccine mandates for domestic air travel actually come to pass.

National. Airline. Boycott.

Immediately.

Let the airline CEOs go screaming to the Biden Administration that the mandate is bankrupting them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (I2/tG)

23 18 Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:42 AM (mD/uy)

You remind me I should watch Becket again sometime.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:45 AM (2JVJo)

==========

Not a whole lot to do with the real history, but damn all that ACTING! Great ACTING!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (LvTSG)

24 Fauci is "just a bureaucrat" in the same way Mengele was.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (H2rNu)

25 Are they flying flags at halfmast for that anal wart Reid? If so I'll consider it being done for Madden, who should've been doing the play by play for the "exercise band" accident.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (y7DUB)

26 Not a whole lot to do with the real history, but damn all that ACTING! Great ACTING!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (LvTSG)

I might watch the Taylor-Burton Cleopatra this weekend.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (2JVJo)

27 "Qualitative analysis hypothesizes most of those leaving the Northeast, Midwest, and Western regions are doing so for reasons related to affordability, freedom, and safety.""

all of which will promptly evaporate in the hot wind of blue state idiocy.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (IJMH4)

28 I volunteer to be the Conservative voice on The View. At $3 mil a year. Yep. As long as there's a Lexan shield between me and Joy and Whoopi. To be safe. From the virus.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (PiwSw)

29
Maddon death is sad and premature, Reid death well deserved and long overdue.

Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (dQvv7)

30 except for you, JJ !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 07:49 AM (IJMH4)

31 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 07:50 AM (DU+/6)

32
John Madden's Death Leaves Hole in America's Sporting Heart

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 29, 2021 07:50 AM (DUIap)

33 Bassem Eid: Israel "The Best Place to Be an Arab"

Duh.

Posted by: You Could Be In Lebanon! at December 29, 2021 07:50 AM (I2/tG)

34 No individual cog in the machine is greater than the narrative. They are all cannon fodder to keep the narrative going.

Imagine if they realized this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (LvTSG)
=========
well said.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 07:50 AM (H2rNu)

35 I volunteer to be the Conservative voice on The View. At $3 mil a year. Yep. As long as there's a Lexan shield between me and Joy and Whoopi. To be safe. From the virus.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Were it me, I'd open with "Good morning Girls."

Let their sputtering commence.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:50 AM (mD/uy)

36 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 29, 2021 07:51 AM (K5n5d)

37 When will the press declare that telling a polling organization you're not impressed with the job Senile Joe is doing is insurrectionist?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 29, 2021 07:52 AM (eGTCV)

38 Thank you, JJ.

To Harry Reid: you won, right? Right??

Posted by: (jV+aN) President Orange Man Bad (Rheees Be Upon Him) at December 29, 2021 07:52 AM (jV+aN)

39 26 Not a whole lot to do with the real history, but damn all that ACTING! Great ACTING!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:46 AM (LvTSG)

I might watch the Taylor-Burton Cleopatra this weekend.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 07:48 AM (2JVJo)

==========

*shakes head*

Becket/The Lion in Winter double feature.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:52 AM (LvTSG)

40 For additional great acting flavor on the Henry II era, watch "Lion In Winter"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 07:52 AM (H2rNu)

41 Joy and Whoopi

And Sunny Hostin

Joy, Whoopie and Sunny. They sound like a whole lot more fun than the grim reality.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:53 AM (njfCw)

42 The Horde Mind is strong today...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 07:53 AM (PiwSw)

43 Single Market Emergency Instrument that will have a toolbox of measures in order to ensure the security of supply during a crisis

All your shit are belong to us!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:53 AM (yrol0)

44 But that said, all these mixed signals make it difficult to read just what the hell the next moves are. Will we go back to even some semblance of normalcy or are the Karen-driven fear brigades to be a permanent fixture of the landscape?
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The mixed signals are because no one is charge. It is increasingly evident that the ship has no captain. There were huge, blinking signs in this regard during the Afghanistan debacle, but now it's clearer. No one is setting policy and the buck stops in different places depending on how it's routed.

One faction is decidedly in the "COVID is over" camp and the other is in the "COVID forever" camp. President meat-puppet himself is being buffeted around between them. Less than a week elapsed between "Dark Winter of COVID" and "No Federal Solution for COVID" statements. Some of the agencies are winding down and others are going hard. Some press outlets are pivoting to "calm yer tits, it's no big deal" while others are still going hard on the death messaging. There's no single strategy, there's an intra-Party war going on over COVID response continuation, and we're all just so many pieces of collateral damage.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 07:54 AM (DU+/6)

45 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

There is a reason governing officials blithely ignore massive public demonstrations against clearly unpopular and extra-legal mandates.

There is a reason violent criminals are loosed upon the public without delay or consequence.

There is a reason illegal aliens don't show ID to fly around the country to their new home and schools.

There is a reason a torrent of illegal drugs and trafficked children are pouring across the border.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 07:54 AM (EZebt)

46 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 07:54 AM (Zz0t1)

47 Behind the 8 ball today but a man on a mission

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 07:54 AM (wqfpN)

48 I will feel more sorrow for the passing of John Madden than I will for the passing of Devil spawn Harry Reid.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 07:55 AM (Zz0t1)

49 41 Joy and Whoopi

And Sunny Hostin

Joy, Whoopie and Sunny. They sound like a whole lot more fun than the grim reality.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:53 AM (njfCw)

They have to find someone named Dolores. Or Morton.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2021 07:55 AM (n/zFq)

50 The guy that blew up his own Tesla (on PURPOSE! with DYNAMITE!) is my new hero!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:55 AM (yEBFM)

51 They have to find someone named Dolores. Or Morton.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2021 07:55 AM (n/zFq)

Winsome Sears would be an awesome guest host.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 07:56 AM (PiwSw)

52 In a leaked New Year message to his staff, the EU's Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has outlined plans for a "Single Market Emergency Instrument" that will have a "toolbox of measures" in order to ensure the "security of supply during a crisis".
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Ah, wonderful. So the EU will give itself the power to seize inventories and transportation assets to ensure distribution of vital goods during long-running emergencies. That will end well. It can't go wrong.

The world gets closer to "Atlas Shrugged" every day...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 07:56 AM (DU+/6)

53 "lion of the senate"??? more like Intestinal Parasite of the senate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 07:56 AM (trdmm)

54 There is a reason governing officials blithely ignore massive public demonstrations against clearly unpopular and extra-legal mandates.
There is a reason violent criminals are loosed upon the public without delay or consequence.
There is a reason illegal aliens don't show ID to fly around the country to their new home and schools.
There is a reason a torrent of illegal drugs and trafficked children are pouring across the border.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bad Luck?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 07:56 AM (mD/uy)

55 Willard still hasn't weighed in on Hairy Reed's descent to Hades.

I do see he has a Tweet up giving Chris Wallace a tongue-bath.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 07:58 AM (njfCw)

56 Barak says he would have not been President without Reid. I say his gratitude is misplaced.

Posted by: Stan at December 29, 2021 07:58 AM (Tnijr)

57 I wonder what Harry Reid thinks about how other residents of his new home smell.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 29, 2021 07:59 AM (eGTCV)

58 Bureaucracy is a permanent decoupling of activity from morality. A bureaucrat isnt paid to understand the rules he enforces or the forms he is required to have you fill out. There is no why involved in his life, and so he allows no common sense or flexibility to inform his actions. Bureaucracy is there for its own sake; it is its own justification.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:59 AM (yrol0)

59 The guy that blew up his own Tesla (on PURPOSE! with DYNAMITE!) is my new hero!
Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 07:55 AM (yEBFM)

The car was 8 years old. He said it was great for 1500 km. Tesla wouldn't fix it.

I think the addition of the air dropped Elon Musk dummy was brilliant.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

60 Exactly, Tonypete !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (IJMH4)

61 58 Bureaucracy is there for its own sake; it is its own justification.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 07:59 AM (yrol0)

And its own expansion.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (n/zFq)

62 Teddy ain't giving up his seat as The Lion of Hell's Senate. Harry's going to have to wait. For eternity!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (njfCw)

63
A favor, JJ?

Could you delete my nasty comment about Hairy Reid?

Now that I've thought of one even nastier I feel bad about being in such a hurry to write the first one.

/jk

Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (dQvv7)

64 Barak says he would have not been President without Reid. I say his gratitude is misplaced.
Posted by: Stan at December 29, 2021 07:58 AM (Tnijr)

"It worked, didn't it?"

I will warm my hands over the heat from his burning soul.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

65 China is about to drop a bomb from space somewhere on earth and even they have no idea where. So, of course, the Chinese social media accounts start attacking SpaceX, to prepare the battle space.

The crash of the Long March 5B core stage however is due entirely to a bad design that does not allow for any controlled maneuvers. Once the stage's engines shut down after delivering the station module into orbit, they cannot be restarted, as designed. The stage must fall to Earth in an unpredictable manner, threatening every spot it flies over during that orbital decay.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:01 AM (H2rNu)

66 57, LOL !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 29, 2021 08:01 AM (IJMH4)

67 Good morning hordelings. Sad news about John Madden. That's when football was football. Him and Keith Jackson.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (45fpk)

68 /jk
Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 08:00 AM (dQvv7)

Quantity has a quality all its own.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (PiwSw)

69 It's never good news when the phone rings at 3:30AM

My 87yo father was transported to the hospital with chills, fever and breathing issues, confirmed to be Covid. Both he and his wife are unvaccinated, so she can't even visit him.
Waiting more news, so prayers would be appreciated.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (3D/fK)

70 Good morning hordelings. Sad news about John Madden. That's when football was football. Him and Keith Jackson.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (45fpk)

Whoa nellie!!!

The play by play in the sky will be epic.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

71 The car was 8 years old. He said it was great for 1500 km. Tesla wouldn't fix it.

I think the addition of the air dropped Elon Musk dummy was brilliant.
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami

I'm a big Mythbusters fan - You know, if all else fails, blow it up?

Because we all just happen to have $22k lying about for a new battery pack...

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 08:03 AM (yEBFM)

72 Waiting more news, so prayers would be appreciated.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (3D/fK)

Absolutely.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:03 AM (45fpk)

73
But that said, all these mixed signals make it difficult to read just what the hell the next moves are. Will we go back to even some semblance of normalcy or are the Karen-driven fear brigades to be a permanent fixture of the landscape?

Deplorable? Full-on Draconian treatment.

Goodthinker? Back to normal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 29, 2021 08:03 AM (/U27+)

74 with the Fauci Fix have all but wiped out much of the private sector; specifically, small business which traditionally constitutes the lion's share of our comatose economy.
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The destruction of non-monopoly businesses during this exercise is going to take a decade or more to work out - but even then, only if we stop doing what we're doing. The controls have to be removed, the COVID bullshit needs to stop. If that happens, then we'll continue to languish for a year or two until small businesses form and start and producing. Then the clock that was stopped in 2020 will restart, albeit essentially from zero. Some small number of small businesses will become the major drivers of employment and production when they develop into midsize enterprises. Some of those will become large businesses. Some will remain small forever, and many will fail. This is the normal progression.

We've never had a gigantic reset before, though, that causes most of the small business economy to die and then restart (if we're lucky) all at once. Even if we stop deliberately killing them, what we've done is going to have business cycle implications for probably the next 50 or 60 years.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:04 AM (DU+/6)

75 I am not Catholic, but I do enjoy reading about St. Thomas Becket. He was very based. I also read that Henry VIII, when looting the monasteries for personal gain, had Becket's tomb destroyed in retaliation against a priest daring to defy his king. Henry VIII was not a nice man.

Posted by: jmel at December 29, 2021 08:04 AM (bVhJi)

76 Becket/The Lion in Winter double feature.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:52 AM (LvTSG)

Katharine Hepburn. Do not like.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:04 AM (2JVJo)

77
When Hairy Reid stood on the Senate floor - where every Senator is safe from prosecution from slander and lied about Romney and his tax returns - has to be among Reid's Top Ten displays of immorality.

Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 08:04 AM (dQvv7)

78 "a wilting petunia that somehow escaped its pot."
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JJ, you're a poet.

Posted by: bluebell at December 29, 2021 08:05 AM (wyw4S)

79 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (3D/fK)

Ugh. Prayers up, of course.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:05 AM (2JVJo)

80 Henry VIII was not a nice man.

His dearly beheaded wives would agree. If they had heads.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:05 AM (njfCw)

81 Did we mention Dick Marcinko passing?

https://tinyurl.com/3cn424vk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:06 AM (3D/fK)

82 VIA a prayer for complete and speedy healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 08:06 AM (EZebt)

83 I will beg The Lord for forgiveness for my hoping for Harry's moment of passing was painful and scary as he saw the gates of Hell opening to welcome him home.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

84 VIA - Prayers up for your dad.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 08:07 AM (yEBFM)

85 I see the real brandon has become a victim of collateral damage.

If it were me, I would sue that reporterette that started this entire thing.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 29, 2021 08:08 AM (bVYXr)

86 Only a ridiculous gov't bureaucracy would keep a straight face saying criminals who steal property would be criminal if they don't report the worth of those stolen items. Good night nurse, what a bunch of absolute fools we have running this country.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:08 AM (sVtYq)

87 My wife found out yesterday that her good friend was put in the hospital Christmas Eve as her cancer had returned with a vengeance and it's not looking good.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

88 Has anyone figured out who the Searchlight Pervert pissed off enough to sic some armbreakers to almost put his eye out? I'd like to buy all of them a round of drinks.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (y7DUB)

89 Good Morning Football is doing a really nice Madden tribute right now.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (njfCw)

90 Sponge - I'll pray for your wife's friend.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (45fpk)

91 Oh no, VIA...prayers up for your father!

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (sVtYq)

92 Good morning horde! Sad news about Madden. Reid? meh...

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 29, 2021 08:10 AM (nxdel)

93 Sponge - I'll pray for your wife's friend.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (45fpk)

I will be eternally grateful.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

94 My 87yo father was transported to the hospital with chills, fever and breathing issues, confirmed to be Covid. Both he and his wife are unvaccinated, so she can't even visit him.
Waiting more news, so prayers would be appreciated.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM (3D/fK)

Sorry to hear that. Where are they?
Keep me informed

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 29, 2021 08:11 AM (GPwVZ)

95 Waiting more news, so prayers would be appreciated.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice.

Okay

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 08:11 AM (arJlL)

96 Sponge...prayers sent.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:11 AM (3D/fK)

97 There's no moral difference between Nicole Wallace and a diseased prostitute.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 29, 2021 08:11 AM (eGTCV)

98 VIA and Sponge, prayers up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:11 AM (H2rNu)

99 "Sorry to hear that. Where are they?
Keep me informed"

Allentown Pa.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (3D/fK)

100 Prayers up, VIA.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (y7DUB)

101 Of course VIA - prayers for Dad.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (mD/uy)

102 I believe I was told that Mask Karen was once a Playboy model. Is that so? I must research.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (H2rNu)

103 Sponge...prayers sent.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 08:11 AM (3D/fK)

Ditto.

🙏

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

104 Was reading this morning from Bari Weis's newsletter which contained several short pieces by varied writers. What always amazes me is when liberals become 'conservative,' they never reflect on how poorly they understood or treated conservatives while they were liberal. There is neve a mea culpa, rarely an apology. One writer talked about having assumed homeschoolers were religious fanatics, yet when Covid hit they started homeschooling and love it. Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?

Posted by: IanDeal at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (PD7YK)

105 Late in the 2016 election, Reid wrote a letter to the FBI which he gave to the media insisting that the FBI must investigate the growing evidence of Trump colluding with Russia to rig the election. He did so after being briefed by John Brennan and both of them knew it was all crap.

Reid was a complete scumbag. Corrupt as anyone in DC ever was. I don't mourn his passing at all and I won't pretend I do.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 08:13 AM (ZLI7S)

106 Prayers for you friend too, Sponge.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:13 AM (mD/uy)

107 Sponge - I'll pray for your wife's friend.
Posted by: grammie winger

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 08:13 AM (arJlL)

108 Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?

Posted by: IanDeal at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (PD7YK)

That really is a very good question.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:13 AM (45fpk)

109 There's no moral difference between Nicole Wallace and a diseased prostitute.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

Small quibble, the hookha is more honest.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:14 AM (mD/uy)

110 Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?
Posted by: IanDeal

Introspection is a lost art.

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 29, 2021 08:14 AM (yEBFM)

111 > I believe I was told that Mask Karen was once a Playboy model. Is that so? I must research.

Back when she was a Raiderette Playboy did a spread on NFL cheerleaders. Prepare to be underwhelmed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 08:14 AM (BFigT)

112 97 There's no moral difference between Nicole Wallace and a diseased prostitute.

She reminds me very much of those Nork "news" women in her slavish devotion to repeating the State's talking points. Kin Jong Fun-Yun would love her.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:15 AM (njfCw)

113 You got this, MPPPP. Woot!

Posted by: Infidel at December 29, 2021 08:15 AM (qpolg)

114 There is a reason governing officials blithely ignore massive public demonstrations against clearly unpopular and extra-legal mandates.
There is a reason violent criminals are loosed upon the public without delay or consequence.
There is a reason illegal aliens don't show ID to fly around the country to their new home and schools.
There is a reason a torrent of illegal drugs and trafficked children are pouring across the border.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bad Luck?
Posted by: Tonypete

Oh shucky darn.

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 08:15 AM (uXonU)

115 Re: The View, why fret on not finding a conservative to repeatedly bash? What do they care? Seriously, it's not like they have any intelligence or integrity on that vapid, horrible show. I question any living soul who even turns it on. It's that bad. Maybe Jen Rubin is available. Isn't she the "conservative" voice used by leftists? She'd be a perfect fit, in all ways. I would choose pouring acid in my eyes before ever watching that trash tv show of ugly, imbecilic morons.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

116 Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?
Posted by: IanDeal

My friend, you are assuming the presence of a soul within those folks.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:16 AM (mD/uy)

117 Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?

Why would there be? The liberal who assumes a conservative position is doing so from a standpoint of righteousness. The 'conservative' homeschooler is filling their kids' heads with neo-Nazi racism; the 'liberal' homeschooler is a concerned parent making sure their child has the proper intellectual tools to deal with the deplorable, ignorant right-wingers who infest the community.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:16 AM (2JVJo)

118 Hey Harry!!

From where you stand now...

WAS IT WORTH IT??

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at December 29, 2021 08:17 AM (MkuC5)

119 Hiya Infidel 1

btw, I keep a bottle of Christian Bros. brandy for when I catch a chill or if I feel I'm coming down with something.

Family tradition.

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 08:17 AM (arJlL)

120 Was reading this morning from Bari Weis's newsletter which contained several short pieces by varied writers. What always amazes me is when liberals become 'conservative,' they never reflect on how poorly they understood or treated conservatives while they were liberal. There is neve a mea culpa, rarely an apology. One writer talked about having assumed homeschoolers were religious fanatics, yet when Covid hit they started homeschooling and love it. Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?
Posted by: IanDeal at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (PD7YK)

===
This has really got my parties ina bunch lately. There has been a lot of that bogus buyer's remorse around here later and I'm just not buying it.

Talking to you Michael Shellenberger and Michelle Tandler.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 08:18 AM (EZebt)

121 There's no moral difference between Nicole Wallace and a diseased prostitute.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

You might be able to have an intelligent conversation with the working girl.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:18 AM (y7DUB)

122 You got this, MPPPP. Woot!
Posted by: Infidel at December 29, 2021 08:15 AM (qpolg)

Fortunately, this week's numbers have been really low, so things are not as hectic as in a regular week.

I still have vacation time on the boards and would love to use it tomorrow, but I don't think that's going to happen, sadly.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:18 AM (2JVJo)

123 76 Becket/The Lion in Winter double feature.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 07:52 AM (LvTSG)

Katharine Hepburn. Do not like.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:04 AM (2JVJo)

But Hepburn is perfect as Eleanor, who seems to have been everything portrayed in that movie, and more. Best part of that double feature is that Peter O'Toole does a fantastic and believable portrayal of a bad-ass English King, a portrayal only equaled in film by Patrick McGoohan in Braveheart.

Personally, I pick "Lion in Winter" and "Man for all Seasons" as the two best scripts of any historical dramas. "Lion in Winter" is really just a story of a family sharing a Christmas together at home - but it's a family we've all been talking about for nearly 800 years now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:18 AM (trdmm)

124 As Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) told the House Ways and Means Committee during a debate over Build Back Better, the so-called dignity of work thats like hearing a fingernail on a chalkboard.

New York magazines Eric Levitz calls Manchins work-ethic convictions contemptible.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:19 AM (yrol0)

125 Sponge and VIA.. prayers sent.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 29, 2021 08:19 AM (nxdel)

126 "No one can say why Brandon Brown is being canceled except that his given name has become part of a political meme that insults and degrades Joe Biden."

NASCAR Driver Brandon Brown of "Let's Go Brandon" Fame Has Been Canceled Because -- Just Because

The person who should have been cancelled is the ditz reporterette who coined the phrase. She basically ruined his career trying to cover up the FJB chant. She made a lot of $$$ for rappers and other singers though as they created songs with the LGB phrase.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:19 AM (Do5/p)

127 124 As Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) told the House Ways and Means Committee during a debate over Build Back Better, the so-called dignity of work thats like hearing a fingernail on a chalkboard.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:19 AM (yrol0)

==========

Man...communists have changed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

128 Great link today, "The American Dream Is On Life Support".

It's specifically about the unlivablility of the Bay area, but the principals are widely applicable to Democrat run cities all over. Philadelphia, for example.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (H2rNu)

129 As Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) told the House Ways and Means Committee during a debate over Build Back Better, the so-called dignity of work thats like hearing a fingernail on a chalkboard.

Rep. Gwen Moore is dumber than a bag of hair.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (45fpk)

130 Joe Biden called Harry Reid a great Anerican? Of course he did.These people are everything that Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda all said we Americans were supposed to find hateful but are in fact the corrupt underpinnings of the entire Progressive Potemkin-world.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (zO9D/)

131 John Madden certainly was a cultural icon for men's sports. An overweight white male with no looks or charm, his honesty and passion for competitive sports set him apart from the Marv Alberts, Bob Costas and Brent Musbergers of the television world.

He never bought into the race crap and coached a championship team that was diverse by today's standards, but he didn't care about that. He just wanted to win. You got no points on the scoreboard for diversity or breast cancer awareness.

He did more to boost football than Pete Roselle and Roger Goodell combined.

Today is a sad day for football and the country.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (xSnmX)

132 As Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) told the House Ways and Means Committee during a debate over Build Back Better, the so-called dignity of work thats like hearing a fingernail on a chalkboard.

She's slipping. The proper response would have been that 'dignity of work' is rayciss.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:21 AM (2JVJo)

133 So, the Leaving SF guy is moving to a quote "political train-wreck" state. I take that to mean he's intending to vote for the same things that caused him to flee California in the first place.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:21 AM (njfCw)

134 Prayers up VIA

Posted by: Spypeach at December 29, 2021 08:21 AM (cj82h)

135 It's specifically about the unlivablility of the Bay area, but the principals are widely applicable to Democrat run cities all over. Philadelphia, for example.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (H2rNu)
++++
The Bay Area is ahead of the game, but large American cities and major urban corridors overall are increasingly unlivable. The second-tier cities are often still fine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:22 AM (DU+/6)

136 133 So, the Leaving SF guy is moving to a quote "political train-wreck" state. I take that to mean he's intending to vote for the same things that caused him to flee California in the first place.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:21 AM (njfCw)

==========

Yup.

His new neighbors should make him feel unwelcome if he walks into their community and starts trying to change things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:22 AM (LvTSG)

137 88 Has anyone figured out who the Searchlight Pervert pissed off enough to sic some armbreakers to almost put his eye out? I'd like to buy all of them a round of drinks.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (y7DUB)

This is almost certainly what happened. I can't believe that the media went with the 'official' story behind his injuries. If that happened to me, I'd be suing the manufacturer of the weight machine toot suite. IIRC, there was no news of any lawsuit against the machine maker, so it couldn't have been true.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 29, 2021 08:23 AM (xb678)

138 NASCAR Driver Brandon Brown of "Let's Go Brandon" Fame Has Been Canceled Because -- Just Because

What? There aren't 81 million Biden voters willing to stand up for this guy? To defend him from such unjust persecution? To support him financially and socially? 81 million? Nobody? Crickets?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 29, 2021 08:24 AM (xSnmX)

139 128 Great link today, "The American Dream Is On Life Support".

It's specifically about the unlivablility of the Bay area, but the principals are widely applicable to Democrat run cities all over. Philadelphia, for example.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:20 AM (H2rNu)

Good read - also, he gradually lets slip in the piece his family originated from India. (by way of Chicago) No wonder he's "uncomfortable" about florida politics, I think most SE asians are born socialists. They can't help it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (trdmm)

140 Madden, when coaching the Raiders, always had a field pass in his belt loop so stadium security wouldn't think he was some regular guy trying to sneak on the sideline.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (y7DUB)

141 This is almost certainly what happened. I can't believe that the media went with the 'official' story behind his injuries. If that happened to me, I'd be suing the manufacturer of the weight machine toot suite. IIRC, there was no news of any lawsuit against the machine maker, so it couldn't have been true.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 29, 2021 08:23 AM (xb67

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Nor was there any "landmark safety legislation" for gym equipment. With neither a lawsuit nor a government retribution, I suspect he was beaten for some dodgy dealing and it was probably connected to organized crime.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (DU+/6)

142 88 Has anyone figured out who the Searchlight Pervert pissed off enough to sic some armbreakers to almost put his eye out? I'd like to buy all of them a round of drinks.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (y7DUB)

I thought it was his brother who had a history of whipping Harry's ass from time to time for love and money.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (w9H27)

143 RIP John Madden. Echo the sentiments I am reading here, about him being an announcer apart from the idiot Musberger-types.

Madden was one-of-a-kind. Oddly, my waning interest in the NFL (and then complete stoppage) tracks with Madden's retirement.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (APPN8)

144 *Scroll Alert for those who dislike football*

John Madden loved Lambeau Field and Brett Favre. He gushed over both of them. I wonder what he thought this past weekend as Aaron Rodgers broke Favre's all-time TD passing record of 442. BTW, Rodgers gave the 443 football to Favre's 11 year old grandson. Who knew Favre was old enough to have an 11 year old grandson? In thirty years, the Packers have only had 2 quarterbacks. Favre and Rodgers. I hope Madden got to see the game.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (45fpk)

145 Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in Chinas military where officers, including generals, have relied not on their duration of service or military prowess to rise in the ranks but rather bribery and connections.

Experts commented that a lack of competent leaders now threaten to be severely detrimental to Chinas warfighting capabilities.

Now do the USA!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (yrol0)

146 88 Has anyone figured out who the Searchlight Pervert pissed off enough to sic some armbreakers to almost put his eye out? I'd like to buy all of them a round of drinks.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:09 AM (y7DUB)
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Must be a powerful someone, given the Majority Leader of the Senate was the victim and no one wants to talk about it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 29, 2021 08:26 AM (H2rNu)

147 Where is the soul searching about what a wretch you were to assume so poorly of people you did not take the time to understand?
Posted by: IanDeal at December 29, 2021 08:12 AM (PD7YK)

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This has really got my parties ina bunch lately. There has been a lot of that bogus buyer's remorse around here later and I'm just not buying it.

Talking to you Michael Shellenberger and Michelle Tandler.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 08:18 AM (EZebt)

Same here. I have no problem admitting where the left may have been right about an issue in the past (the Military-Industrial Complex, the corruption in the FBI, CIA, etc etc etc), but, outside of David Horowitz types, you never see it from their side.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 29, 2021 08:26 AM (xb678)

148 Dr. Urso at_richardursomd

Pfizer says a seizure is a stomach ache. If true, I think this is called lying, what do you think?

Ivor Cummins at_FatEmperor

Here's a nephew of the great John F Kennedy - LISTEN CAREFULLY:

1:32 AM - Dec 29, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3FD1TLR

"They cannot market this vaccine without having an immunity shield. ... The EUA vaccines have liability protection through the CARES Act. As long as you take Emergency Use, you can't sue them. Once they get approved, now you can sue them. UNLESS... they can get it recommended for children. All vaccines that get recommended for children get liability protection, even if an adult gets that vaccine. That's why they're going after kids. They know this is going to kill and injure a huge number of children. But they need to do it for the liability protection."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:26 AM (Do5/p)

149 Becket/The Lion in Winter double feature.
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And Taylor/Burton Cleopatra and Taming of the Shrew. Taming is better.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (MIKMs)

150 I was never a Madden fan when it came to announcers. He always set my teeth on edge and he was the king of the asinine, obvious statement. He had a helluva career, though, and I don't know of anything he did that made me think he hated me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (DU+/6)

151 You think Brandon Brown has it bad?

Posted by: Anyone Named Lewinski at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (xSnmX)

152 Fat race grifter crump in LA bcuz I HATES COPS. (14 year old girl victim beside the point.)

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (Xa/vo)

153 Sponge and VIA - praying for your people now.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (xb678)

154 Personally, I pick "Lion in Winter" and "Man for all Seasons" as the two best scripts of any historical dramas. "Lion in Winter" is really just a story of a family sharing a Christmas together at home - but it's a family we've all been talking about for nearly 800 years now.

I've thought about your post and ... I can't think of better ones. And YES to Lion in Winter as a Christmas movie! wonderful take

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (j9HX3)

155 And once again Jen Rubin tweets anti- white Christian bullshit. Grenell shared her disgraceful tweet. People like her are doing tremendous damage.

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:28 AM (ONvIw)

156 This is almost certainly what happened. I can't believe that the media went with the 'official' story behind his injuries. If that happened to me, I'd be suing the manufacturer of the weight machine toot suite. IIRC, there was no news of any lawsuit against the machine maker, so it couldn't have been true.

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That's an excellent observation, Darrell. I hadn't thought about it, but you're absolutely right. The "accident" made fairly big news. Yet, no mention of any action taken by Reid to hold the manufacturer accountable for the serious injuries he sustained. That's a tell.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:28 AM (sVtYq)

157 If that happened to me, I'd be suing the manufacturer of the weight machine toot suite. IIRC, there was no news of any lawsuit against the machine maker, so it couldn't have been true."

There WAS a lawsuit against the manufacturer filed by Reid and his family, this was one of the funniest (and stupidest) parts of the entire story! The suit was filed, Reid swore he was gonna get compensation, and then the Company demanded to see the apparatus at fault, to determine why it had failed and if it was detective.

Reid's representative said, to the Court: "Um, my clients family threw it in the garbage since it had bad memories."

Everyone involved rolled their eyes and the suit was instantly dismissed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:28 AM (trdmm)

158 IIRC, there was no news of any lawsuit against the machine maker, so it couldn't have been true.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 29, 2021 08:23 AM (xb67

I think he did sue them and it got settled. I think even the enemedia was smart enough to know what really happened and lowkeyed the coverage.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:28 AM (y7DUB)

159 Madden, when coaching the Raiders, always had a field pass in his belt loop so stadium security wouldn't think he was some regular guy trying to sneak on the sideline.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbit

That's funny !

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 08:30 AM (arJlL)

160 Jen thinks Trump has destroyed religious values? Does she mean values like pro abortion. Looting burning and murder, or perhaps mutilating kids with transgender bullshit and bee mitzvahs?

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (ONvIw)

161 158 IIRC, there was no news of any lawsuit against the machine maker, so it couldn't have been true.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 29, 2021 08:23 AM (xb67

I think he did sue them and it got settled. I think even the enemedia was smart enough to know what really happened and lowkeyed the coverage.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:28 AM (y7DUB)

He actually lost the lawsuit...https:// www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las -vegas-jury-rejects-harry -reid-lawsuit- against-fitness-band-n991636

Posted by: Nova local at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (exHjb)

162 At last we meet again Harry.

Posted by: Stair Master at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (LtGlA)

163 I have a uncle who believed Harry the Lyer of the Senate about Romney
How could you vote for a guy who pays 0 taxes?

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (wqfpN)

164 Morning JJ.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (dNqv+)

165 Delta mask Karen, back when she was cheerleader/Playboy model, actress undoubtedly had a lot of men that were sick of her shit.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (MxEKc)

166 I have a uncle who believed Harry the Lyer of the Senate about Romney
How could you vote for a guy who pays 0 taxes?
Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (wqfpN)
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It's much better, if you're a tax cheat, to get installed as the Secretary of the Treasury.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:32 AM (DU+/6)

167 160 Jen thinks Trump has destroyed religious values? Does she mean values like pro abortion. Looting burning and murder, or perhaps mutilating kids with transgender bullshit and bee mitzvahs?
Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (ONvIw)

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"Being Christian means being meek in the face of a force that wants to destroy Christianity. It's what turn the other cheek means."
-Dishonest hack who can't call herself conservative anymore

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:32 AM (LvTSG)

168 All of my tech has decided to act up this morning.

Not a good sign.

What are you up to Joshua?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 29, 2021 08:32 AM (RyNd/)

169 He actually lost the lawsuit...https:// www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las -vegas-jury-rejects-harry -reid-lawsuit- against-fitness-band-n991636
Posted by: Nova local at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (exHjb)

Thanks. I'm glad to have been mistaken.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (y7DUB)

170 So, the Leaving SF guy is moving to a quote "political train-wreck" state. I take that to mean he's intending to vote for the same things that caused him to flee California in the first place.

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The cognitive dissonance is incandescent, isn't it? "I'm leaving my sh*t city because it's intolerable, and I'm packing up and heading to a 'train wreck state' that's none of the things I'm trying to get away from."

Democrats are the stupidest people imaginable. They really are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (sVtYq)

171 167. She said that? She's a disgrace and an azazel

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (ONvIw)

172 RIP John Madden. Echo the sentiments I am reading here, about him being an announcer apart from the idiot Musberger-types.

Posted by: goatexchange at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM

Madden just oozed football. I don't think he got into all the distracting non-football nonsense they typically talk about during football games nowadays to try to fill air time between plays. He was always focused on the game, always focused on the strategy, drawing on the screen to show things when that feature became available, etc. He had tons of knowledge of and experience with the game on which to draw and that always came out in his broadcasts.

I think that's why people have enjoyed Tony Romo so much. He seems to exude that same type of joy of football and talking about football that Madden had. And the same type of attention to football strategy and explaining it that Madden did so well. Not saying Romo is the new Madden. Madden was one of a kind. But Romo is in the same mold, in my opinion.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (Do5/p)

173 171 167. She said that? She's a disgrace and an azazel
Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (ONvIw)

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No, I apparently just have a slight knack for satire from time to time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:34 AM (LvTSG)

174 VIA & Sponge, prayers up.

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 08:34 AM (uXonU)

175 It was widely rumored at the time of Reid's "accident" that there were mob ties involved via Vegas. Reid's political connections helped with the growth during the 80's and 90's. I suspect it had something to do with one or more construction projects that lacked sufficient graft for the mob.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 08:34 AM (BFigT)

176 173 she's still an azazel

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:34 AM (ONvIw)

177 In the United States, the cultivation of corn for ethanol now requires a staggering 38 million acres of land an area larger than the state of Illinois. By comparison, the total area of cropland used to produce grains and vegetables that humans eat is only about twice that acreage. In other words, the U.S. devotes enough land to corn-ethanol production to feed 150 million people.

Burning corn in leased SUVs to drive spoiled children to soccer game where they do not keep score in order to starve brown and black children around the world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:34 AM (yrol0)

178 Democrats are the stupidest people imaginable. They really are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (sVtYq)
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That guy underscores the difference between a colonist and a refugee. He's a colonist.

Colonist: "My place sucks, so I'll move to a cool new place. Sure it's a little regressive, but we can fix it once we get there."
Refugee: "My place sucks, so I'll move to a saner place. I want to be somewhere less broken, with fewer idiots. I'm never voting for such nonsense in my new locale."

I'm a refugee. I was pushed out by colonists.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:35 AM (DU+/6)

179 Must be a powerful someone, given the Majority Leader of the Senate was the victim and no one wants to talk about it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I believe the words "F*ck you!! Pay me!!" were heard immediately preceding the new understanding Reid arrived at.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:35 AM (mD/uy)

180 Quarterbacks are good at reading defenses. Can't figure why they let other positions in the booth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 29, 2021 08:36 AM (LtGlA)

181 Madden had a rocky career as a college player, because of knee injuries and nearly got to play in the NFL before a final knee injury did him in. With today's advances in surgery, he might have made it.

His college degree was in teaching, and he married that to his love of the game to become a helluva coach and announcer.

It's often the guys who didn't quite make it who become the best coaches.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 29, 2021 08:36 AM (ZHVt1)

182 178. My nephew and his wife are colonists

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:36 AM (ONvIw)

183 And Taylor/Burton Cleopatra and Taming of the Shrew. Taming is better.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (MIKMs)

Cleopatra has been on TCM a couple times recently, and while I love the sets and pageantry, I realized I really only enjoy the first half, where Rex Harrison is the main force. Once Rex/Julius dies, it all turns into Burton and Liz mooning over each other and gets stupid.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:36 AM (trdmm)

184 "Will we go back to even some semblance of normalcy or are the Karen-driven fear brigades to be a permanent fixture of the landscape?"

Max Karen.
Mandate irregular order.
Cheat by mail.
Dominion.

The Communists will again dance with the ones that bought them their prior 'victory'.
May be somewhat different but the same.
Cheat. 'Win'. Laugh at your pesky pursuers--NONE of whom involve any alleged Federal investigative agencies.

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (HkRDr)

185 Democrats are the stupidest people imaginable. They really are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (sVtYq)

Concur.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (w9H27)

186 I don't want that shmuck to ruin it for me when I finally bust out of this sh*thole.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (EZebt)

187 Cleopatra has been on TCM a couple times recently, and while I love the sets and pageantry, I realized I really only enjoy the first half, where Rex Harrison is the main force. Once Rex/Julius dies, it all turns into Burton and Liz mooning over each other and gets stupid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:36 AM (trdmm)

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I've only seen it once, many moons ago. I don't remember much, but, according to Netflix, I rated it 2/5 stars.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

188 One of my cousins, who just fled Hollywood for Nashville has the right idea. She told me she cannot wait to vote conservative and actually have it count for something.

She's the one that had a job offer from Dave Rubin, but turned it down to take a music-industry job in Nashville. She had to get out of H'wood because she was tired of living in fear of getting "found out" as a secret rightie and being cancelled. There's one ex-Cali who won't be voting Cali in her new home.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (njfCw)

189 But Romo is in the same mold, in my opinion.

He's the only one I can stand to listen to. Who's that idiot they pair him with? Can't remember now.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 29, 2021 08:38 AM (nxdel)

190 184 the federal agencies declined to investigate fraud. Bill Barr is stunningly evil.

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:38 AM (ONvIw)

191 >>> John Madden loved Lambeau Field and Brett Favre. He gushed over both of them.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:25 AM (45fpk)
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I've been a Packers fan since SB-I and finally got to Lambeau Field a few years ago, (thankfully before the Kaepernick capers.) I've been to many Jets, Giants and Army games, and even a few Notre Dame games over the years and nothing compares to the Lambeau and Green Bay experience.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 08:39 AM (0TVNF)

192
He's the only one I can stand to listen to. Who's that idiot they pair him with? Can't remember now.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 29, 2021 08:38 AM (nxdel)

Don't watch, but I think it's the insufferable Jim Nantz.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

193 Romo is from a small town in Wisconsin in which one of our grey-box friends resides.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:39 AM (45fpk)

194 Cleopatra has been on TCM a couple times recently, and while I love the sets and pageantry, I realized I really only enjoy the first half, where Rex Harrison is the main force. Once Rex/Julius dies, it all turns into Burton and Liz mooning over each other and gets stupid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:36 AM (trdmm)

As much as I love the movie, I would have to agree with you on that. It does tend to run out of steam later on, though the scene of Antony waking up and finding that his entire army has deserted him, then going to Octavian's forces and demanding they fight him is a beautiful fit for Burton's histrionic personality.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (2JVJo)

195 Democrats are the stupidest people imaginable. They really are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:33 AM (sVtYq)

Not stupid in this case. Just blind. He at least understands that he needs to move for his own safety and well being.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (dNqv+)

196 He's the only one I can stand to listen to. Who's that idiot they pair him with? Can't remember now.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 29, 2021 08:38 AM

Jim Nantz. I don't mind him. I think he and Romo make a good team and work well off one another. Kinda like Pat Summerall worked well off of John Madden. Need a ying to the yang.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (Do5/p)

197 We get Aikman instead of Romo. I must not watch the right team.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (LtGlA)

198 188 She's the one that had a job offer from Dave Rubin, but turned it down to take a music-industry job in Nashville. She had to get out of H'wood because she was tired of living in fear of getting "found out" as a secret rightie and being cancelled. There's one ex-Cali who won't be voting Cali in her new home.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (njfCw)

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I really feel like if you're a progressive in a blue enclave in a blue state who can't stand your blue enclave anymore you're more likely to move to either another blue enclave or the sticks in your blue state. Moving to some place like TX or FL is going to be anathema to most (not all, there are exceptions like the above quoted dude).

This isn't CA moving to CO in the 90s and 00s during a tech boom to simply expand power. This is people fleeing a disaster of policy. It's going to engender different kinds of behavior across a large population.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (LvTSG)

199 184 They choose every evil expediency and are very crafty. Stupid alone would not produce these results.

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (ONvIw)

200 Don't watch, but I think it's the insufferable Jim Nantz.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

He's best suited to golf.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (45fpk)

201 Prayers sent, VIA and Sponge.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

202 Just watched some old film of Madden coaching. Wearing a white shirt and tie. I remember when the NFL seemed professional and players did not dance twerk and pantomime for 60 seconds in the end zone or a defensive stop. Cannot imagine Madden allowing his team to run collectively to the end zone and perform a dance troupe number for the cameras like the Dolphins were doing Monday night.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (ghxo4)

203 I could always do a Cleopatra triple feature - the 1912 silent, the Claudette Colbert version and the Taylor-Burton one.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (2JVJo)

204 I've only seen it once, many moons ago. I don't remember much, but, according to Netflix, I rated it 2/5 stars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

I will say that the procession of Cleopatra entering Rome is one of the most magnificently filmed and choreographed pieces from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (trdmm)

205 Confirmed yesterday that great nephew and his bride to be have the kovid. Telling that his mom, a karen hasn't been in panic mode. If my karen isn't panicked it's coming to an end. People are tired of it.
Our parish priest hopes that our new residents are refugees not missionaries. We have a large contingent of folks from COW moving in. CA, OR and WA.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (2NHgQ)

206 I was thinking of that gasbag Joe Buck.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (nxdel)

207 Jim Nantz. I don't mind him. I think he and Romo make a good team and work well off one another. Kinda like Pat Summerall worked well off of John Madden. Need a ying to the yang.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM

Plus the great thing is that Nantz and Romo are really close friends outside of the booth. And that comes through in their broadcasts. Not the fake forced niceties that you can tell from other broadcast teams.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (Do5/p)

208 "There is no federal solution" means nothing. Nothing he says means anything. His words are merely filler for a moment. This is a capricious, abusive, incoherent and degrading man and administration stumbling from one crisis to the next, guided only by a holy and malicious lust for power and control.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (H8QX8)

209 She's the one that had a job offer from Dave Rubin, but turned it down to take a music-industry job in Nashville. She had to get out of H'wood because she was tired of living in fear of getting "found out" as a secret rightie and being cancelled. There's one ex-Cali who won't be voting Cali in her new home.

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I'd really like to know the mix of those who are swarming states like mine, because honestly, it's leaving me pretty uneasy. I guess I'll know soon enough.

On a positive note, Mr. Black ran into a lady who has just recently moved to SC from Oregon of all places. They chatted in the grocery store and she told him she and her husband loved the beauty of OR, but the political situation had gotten so unbearable they decided to uproot themselves and come cross country to SC. She said her schoolteacher daughter and husband are also leaving OR and moving here. They cannot stand what OR has become, and both say that CRT has infested the school system to the point they are leaving everything behind.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (sVtYq)

210 This isn't CA moving to CO in the 90s and 00s during a tech boom to simply expand power. This is people fleeing a disaster of policy. It's going to engender different kinds of behavior across a large population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (LvTSG)
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That is my sincere hope. Some areas are done for already, which will help the survivors. Why would a Californian lefty just looking to improve quality of life without being surrounded by those smelly regressives move to South Carolina or Tennessee instead of Colorado or New Mexico? The successful colonization of the Interior West over the past 20 years may help divert many would-be colonists to the provincial outposts rather than virgin territory.

I hope.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (DU+/6)

211 We get Aikman instead of Romo. I must not watch the right team.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM (LtGlA)

Aikman - FOX, so NFC teams

Romo - CBS, so AFC teams

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

212 The pedarest is dead. Good.

Posted by: Capital Eff at December 29, 2021 08:42 AM (GYllL)

213 Smash and grab retail redistribution serves a valuable purpose to raise awareness about the economic inequality endemic to minority communities of color (they/them).

Posted by: Fat Little Tater at December 29, 2021 08:43 AM (0D+GD)

214 203 I could always do a Cleopatra triple feature - the 1912 silent, the Claudette Colbert version and the Taylor-Burton one.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (2JVJo)

Ain't no one got time fo dat!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 29, 2021 08:43 AM (dNqv+)

215 One of my cousins, who just fled Hollywood for Nashville

Nashville is, technically, to the right of Hollywood. But only marginally. Your cousin will notice, but it's nice she'll find some common ground with some of the people there.

My son works in Nashville, lives nearby. I visit often. It's a nut house.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 08:43 AM (BFigT)

216 Will we go back to even some semblance of normalcy or are the Karen-driven fear brigades to be a permanent fixture of the landscape?

We only get back to normal when the Karens are confronted and shouted down. And that behavior is just not acceptable to a subset of Conservatives.

We are in this mess, in no small part, due to non-confrontational, be reasonable wing of the Right. They just refuse to accept a basic point of human nature - that most people are not logical, will take a mile if you give an inch, and can not be compromised with.

Posted by: Mr. Obvious at December 29, 2021 08:43 AM (NB7Tx)

217 Serious question about Aikman. I like the guy, so this isn't a knock.

Does anyone else notice his eyes? They always look red and glassy? He doesn't appear intoxicated, but I wonder if he has a medical condition with his eyes and the studio lights?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (xSnmX)

218 How funny, a man has become Jeopardy's top female winner.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (UuD2k)

219 We get Aikman instead of Romo. I must not watch the right team.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 29, 2021 08:40 AM

Romo and Nantz work for CBS. CBS always covers AFC games. Romo and Nantz always get put on the best AFC matchup of the week.

Buck and Aikman are FOX, which covers NFC games. They get put on the best NFC matchup of the week.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (Do5/p)

220 /off loose sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (dNqv+)

221 Oh, shall I mention a new commercial that disgusts me? It's for the travel service Kayak. It starts out with a man in a pool saying to his wife, "At last, we're on our honeymoon." It switches to her agreeing with him. It goes back to the husband, who now says, "I didn't think we were going to make it, what with the divorce."

Cut to a view of divorced husband, ex-wife and wife's new lover, who tells them, "Yeah, great trip."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (2JVJo)

222
I'm a refugee. I was pushed out by colonists.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:35 AM (DU+/6)

so the goal of us native constistutionalists will be to identify the colonists and seperate them from the refugees. then give the colonists dysentery on their way to wherever

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (IJES/)

223 Haven't been watching too much NFL because reasons, but I'd have to say that I hate Tony Romo's idiotic takes, and his gravely voice is irritating. I like Jim Nantz. I love Troy Aikman.

Posted by: squeakywheel at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (UDSF6)

224 You think Brandon Brown has it bad?
Posted by: Anyone Named Lewinski at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (xSnmX)

***

You have NO idea...

Posted by: Bob Hitler at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (flINI)

225 Does anyone else notice his eyes? They always look red and glassy? He doesn't appear intoxicated, but I wonder if he has a medical condition with his eyes and the studio lights?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM

Side effect of all his concussions from his time as a player? No idea, just guessing.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (Do5/p)

226 Need a ying to the yang.

I need it up the ying yang.

Posted by: Michael Sams at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (xSnmX)

227 VIA, just saw your post about your dad. I'm praying for him. I'm sorry that your mom can't be with him - that stinks. I hope she has someone that can be with her.

Posted by: bluebell at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (wyw4S)

228 One of my cousins, who just fled Hollywood for Nashville has the right idea. She told me she cannot wait to vote conservative and actually have it count for something.

She's the one that had a job offer from Dave Rubin, but turned it down to take a music-industry job in Nashville. She had to get out of H'wood because she was tired of living in fear of getting "found out" as a secret rightie and being cancelled. There's one ex-Cali who won't be voting Cali in her new home.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:37 AM (njfCw)
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That's great news.
Dave Rubin has just left California and has moved to Florida.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

229 Cannot imagine Madden allowing his team to run collectively to the end zone and perform a dance troupe number for the cameras like the Dolphins were doing Monday night.
Posted by: Jen the original

Vince Lombardi would have ripped a few heads off over something like that. And he would have benched them for a time.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:46 AM (mD/uy)

230 Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (trdmm)

I must say that for Julius Caesar to bring Cleopatra back to Rome was a ballsy move. I don't think his wife was very happy about it.

Posted by: dantesed at December 29, 2021 08:46 AM (88xKn)

231 so the goal of us native constistutionalists will be to identify the colonists and seperate them from the refugees. then give the colonists dysentery on their way to wherever
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (IJES/)
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Essentially, yeah. The ones who don't talk about how things were done in their old place and don't immediately answer when asked where they came from are more likely to be refugees. I do *not* like telling people here that I am from Colorado. I don't want them thinking that I'm a colonist.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:46 AM (DU+/6)

232 Anderson Cooper asked Bill Gates about vaccine mandates in an interview, Reuters and AP report

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The above is a trending news story at Twitter.

Look at that construction: On a talking head television show, somebody talked to somebody else, Reuters and AP report.

So dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (LvTSG)

233 Vince Lombardi would have ripped a few heads off over something like that. And he would have benched them for a time.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 08:46 AM (mD/uy)

Best quote (from somebody) "When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (PiwSw)

234 Cut to a view of divorced husband, ex-wife and wife's new lover, who tells them, "Yeah, great trip."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (2JVJo)
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Something tells me that ad will not be as successful as the hoped.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (DU+/6)

235 Cut to a view of divorced husband, ex-wife and wife's new lover, who tells them, "Yeah, great trip."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (2JVJo)

yikes! I'm glad I don't watch commercials anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (trdmm)

236 I must say that for Julius Caesar to bring Cleopatra back to Rome was a ballsy move. I don't think his wife was very happy about it.
Posted by: dantesed at December 29, 2021 08:46 AM (88xKn)

Caesar was made of balls. It is kind of what made him Caesar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (dNqv+)

237 Posted by: Jen the original at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM (ghxo4)

I watch a lot of classic games on the youtubes and one thing that jumps out at you re: endzone celebrations is that right up through the early-90s, the QB's simply ran off the field and didn't join in the (very mild by today's elaborately-choreographed standards) celebrations like they all do now.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (njfCw)

238 We only get back to normal when the Karens are confronted and shouted down. And that behavior is just not acceptable to a subset of Conservatives.

--

I've been thinking this very thing for a long while now. These shriekers, these out-of-control freaks, the ones who scream expletives, lose their sh*t, get in your face, smack you, follow you, turn red with insanity because your mask isn't over your nose, or not on your face at all, need to have the ever-loving bejesus scared out of them. They need a big comeuppance, however it manifests itself.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:48 AM (sVtYq)

239 Sponge & Village Idiot: prayers up!

Posted by: Iris at December 29, 2021 08:48 AM (DibdT)

240 Haven't been watching too much NFL because reasons, but I'd have to say that I hate Tony Romo's idiotic takes, and his gravely voice is irritating. I like Jim Nantz. I love Troy Aikman.
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (UDSF6)

Heh. It's amazing the different opinions you get on these things. I'm the opposite.

I think Romo is great in the booth because he tells it like it is, from the player's perspective and knows each situation inside and out. He imparts his inside the ropes knowledge on you.

Nantz is a blowhard douche who loves the sound of his own voice in the likes of Enberg, Costas and Buck who've never boiled a mouth piece in their lives but think they're the smartest in the world.

Aikman is awesome. Romo is a noisier Aikman in the booth.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

241 >>Best quote (from somebody) "When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."

That someone was Lombardi.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 08:49 AM (ZLI7S)

242 That bleating heart in SF learned nothing. Where ever he goes he will vote the same and behave the same to bring about the same Godless socialist utopia he got in SF.

He only has appetites and will vote to make a perfect world, no matter how many hells he has to create to get there.

Posted by: Minuteman at December 29, 2021 08:49 AM (CXx5z)

243 238 I've been thinking this very thing for a long while now. These shriekers, these out-of-control freaks, the ones who scream expletives, lose their sh*t, get in your face, smack you, follow you, turn red with insanity because your mask isn't over your nose, or not on your face at all, need to have the ever-loving bejesus scared out of them. They need a big comeuppance, however it manifests itself.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 29, 2021 08:48 AM (sVtYq)

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"Need some cranberry juice, Karen?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:49 AM (LvTSG)

244 People in deep blue New Jersey consider people who move there from New York colonists.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 08:50 AM (0TVNF)

245 Cannot imagine Madden allowing his team to run collectively to the end zone and perform a dance troupe number for the cameras like the Dolphins were doing Monday night.
Posted by: Jen the original

In 1973, if they pulled that crap against the Oakland Raiders, Otis Sistrunk, Jack Tatum and Bubba Smith would have killed somebody on the next set of downs.

Posted by: Michael Sams at December 29, 2021 08:50 AM (xSnmX)

246 You think Brandon Brown has it bad?
Posted by: Anyone Named Lewinski at December 29, 2021 08:27 AM (xSnmX)

***

You have NO idea...
Posted by: Bob Hitler at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (flINI)

Ahem......

Posted by: Sandusky, Texas at December 29, 2021 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

247 Posted by: Bob Hitler at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (flINI)

Have you ever seen the documentary Meet the Hitlers?

https://tinyurl.com/mr47y3ff

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:50 AM (2JVJo)

248 That Michael Eric Dyson is a Vanderbilt professor is all you need to know about that shithole. He would have been unqualified to be a janitor there when it was an actual educational institution. Save your money, kids. Does anyone have a decoder ring to interpret his mentally retarded incoherence? What does that quote even mean?

That out of the way:

"Will we go back to even some semblance of normalcy or are the Karen-driven fear brigades to be a permanent fixture of the landscape?"

After Mao died the CCP decided to shut down the Cultural Revolution. Young women, for the most part, refused to stop screaming and rioting and terrorizing. After numerous pleas to stop, the commies decided there only was one way to put an end to them. Some estimates place the Cultural Revolutionists who had to be shot dead north of 10,000. Women set into motion for a religious cause, particularly a secular one, are particularly insane.

The American Left has a big, big problem on its hands here and is as perfectly capable as its Chinese communist counterparts to use extreme measures to bring its radicalized NPC's into line. Mandatory Prozac and institutionalization is more likely here.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 29, 2021 08:50 AM (nMx88)

249 Nashville is, technically, to the right of Hollywood. But only marginally. Your cousin will notice, but it's nice she'll find some common ground with some of the people there.

My son works in Nashville, lives nearby. I visit often. It's a nut house.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 08:43 AM

The difference between Nashville and Hollywood seems to be that in Hollywood, conservatives have to pretend to be liberal (or at least not outgoing about their conservatism) to try to stay under the radar since the area is left-wing, whereas in Nashville, liberals have to pretend to be conservative (or at least not outgoing about their liberalism) to try to stay under the radar, since the area is generally conservative-ish.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (Do5/p)

250 How the Left views middle Americans as sub-human.

It's not just the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (BFigT)

251 228 Dave Rubin has just left California and has moved to Florida.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

Yep, I thought of my cuz when Rubin did his Leaving CA podcast. One reason she was interested, besides that she's a fan of his, was moving to the Free State of Florida.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (njfCw)

252
Does anyone else notice his eyes? They always look red and glassy? He doesn't appear intoxicated, but I wonder if he has a medical condition with his eyes and the studio lights?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 29, 2021 08:44 AM (xSnmX)

he's still crying about a paper cut boo boo that got him pulled from the game back i the 90s. that, or his jeep dealership in dallas went under.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (IJES/)

253 "Elderly passenger told her she "isn't black . . . this isn't Alabama and this isn't a bus."

Air travel is no more comfortable than bus travel, and hasn't been for several decades.

Posted by: Brett at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (bgiYL)

254 Feeling kinda sad this morning.

Tree surgeons are here to remove the maple tree in our front yard.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (JjzI1)

255 How many non-masked people will the NYPD beat today?

Posted by: Capital Eff at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (GYllL)

256 Never knew a wood chipper would be so loud.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 08:52 AM (JjzI1)

257 It's not a coup-coup when we do it, Deplorables!

Posted by: Your Proggie Elites at December 29, 2021 08:52 AM (a3Q+t)

258 Air travel is no more comfortable than bus travel, and hasn't been for several decades.
Posted by: Brett at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (bgiYL)
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It's often less comfortable. The benefit to it versus bus travel is speed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 08:52 AM (DU+/6)

259 Guy Smiley, your cousin will like the politics in TN in general but not in Nashville, I'm afraid. My conservative son lives there and has to keep his mouth firmly shut. He's in his twenties and knows one (1) other person who voted for Trump last year.

It drives him nuts how liberal they are there, probably because even though we live in a liberal area here, we have a strong conservative friend group so we never feel alone.

Posted by: bluebell at December 29, 2021 08:52 AM (wyw4S)

260 That bleating heart in SF learned nothing. Where ever he goes he will vote the same and behave the same to bring about the same Godless socialist utopia he got in SF.
***

I completely agree.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 08:53 AM (H8QX8)

261 Side effect of all his concussions from his time as a player? No idea, just guessing.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:45 AM (Do5/p)

Good guess. There was concern about this at the time and I suppose they figured out how to deal with it.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 08:53 AM (y7DUB)

262 Best quote (from somebody) "When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 08:47 AM (PiwSw)

***

Vince Lombardi

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 29, 2021 08:53 AM (flINI)

263 How the Left views middle Americans as sub-human.

Well, they have this odor about them. My life long friend Harry Reid was right. RIP

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 29, 2021 08:53 AM (GYllL)

264 yikes! I'm glad I don't watch commercials anymore.

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Dovato gheyboy at December 29, 2021 08:53 AM (Xa/vo)

265 >>Never knew a wood chipper would be so loud.

I worked for a tree surgeon in college and spent many hours tethered to one of those infernal beasts. Between those and the chainsaws all day long it's amazing those guys don't all go deaf.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 08:54 AM (ZLI7S)

266 Article at American Thinker wonders now it started, using the shoe bomber that Covid regulations are here to stay even if it's just the yearly flu

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 08:54 AM (wqfpN)

267 Rodgers on ivermectin:

There is still zero conversation, at least publicly, about treatment options for people that test positive. I do know behind the scenes. This is 100% true. There are many teams who are using, who are recommending a lot of the same treatments that I got for their players If science cant be questioned its not science then its propaganda.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:54 AM (yrol0)

268 259 Guy Smiley, your cousin will like the politics in TN in general but not in Nashville, I'm afraid.

Her being in "The Biz" it pretty much had to be Nashville or Memphis. But yeah, she knows Nashville isn't all that conservative but TN in general is, and for someone from Hollyweird (and born and raised in San Fran too!), that's certainly a big step up.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:55 AM (njfCw)

269 I actually have to go in to work today. I'm slightly disappointed in that.

#FirstWorldProblems

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

270 Never knew a wood chipper would be so loud.

Right? Especially when the person is still conscious.

Posted by: Fargo at December 29, 2021 08:55 AM (xSnmX)

271 I just have nothing to say today.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 29, 2021 08:55 AM (bKdTl)

272 SCIENCE CHANGES, RETHIGLIKKLANS.
LEAVE THIS TO THE ADULTS!

Posted by: Satans Retards at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (lM+ri)

273 265 >>Never knew a wood chipper would be so loud.

I worked for a tree surgeon in college and spent many hours tethered to one of those infernal beasts. Between those and the chainsaws all day long it's amazing those guys don't all go deaf.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 08:54 AM (ZLI7S)

Feet First vs. Head First requires a different level of Hearing PPE.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (yrol0)

274 I just have nothing to say today.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 29, 2021 08:55 AM (bKdTl)

Momma always said, if you can't say anything nice......

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

275 272 SCIENCE CHANGES, RETHIGLIKKLANS.
LEAVE THIS TO THE ADULTS!
Posted by: Satans Retards at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (lM+ri)

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Does that include science on climate change?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

276 250 How the Left views middle Americans as sub-human.
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I can attest to this. I have progressive relatives in SF/Berkeley. Their contempt for conservative middle-America is in their bones, indissoluble.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (H8QX8)

277 In the 70s, some of the Raider linemen, sick of the opposition slapping the top of their helmet, had sheet metal screws sticking out of the helmet top, just enough to get attention.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (lz5hY)

278 Have you ever seen the documentary Meet the Hitlers?

https://tinyurl.com/mr47y3ff
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:50 AM (2JVJo)

I went to college with a Goering, and he was related to that Goering.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Y5qcH)

279 If science cant be questioned its not science then its propaganda.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:54 AM (yrol0)

Bingo.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:57 AM (45fpk)

280 Feeling kinda sad this morning.
Tree surgeons are here to remove the maple tree in our front yard.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (JjzI1)
~~~~~

I feel ya. Had two maples removed a few weeks ago. The yard looks naked.

Check with the Shade Tree Commission in your town. They frequently have deals with local nurseries to plant trees in the Spring for a reasonable price.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 08:57 AM (0TVNF)

281 Just watched some old film of Madden coaching. Wearing a white shirt and tie. I remember when the NFL seemed professional and players did not dance twerk and pantomime for 60 seconds in the end zone or a defensive stop. Cannot imagine Madden allowing his team to run collectively to the end zone and perform a dance troupe number for the cameras like the Dolphins were doing Monday night.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 29, 2021 08:41 AM

Yeah, I don't know when that crap started, but it's long past gotten old. Every team does it now and have been doing it for years. The NFL tried to put a stop to it about 10-12 years ago, but got branded the No Fun League. So they stopped flagging and fining players for the "celebrations".

I have always liked the adage of "act like you've been there before". So I was always a big fan of Mike Alstott and Barry Sanders.

If they want to do that on a game-clinching play, fine. But in the middle of a game when the outcome is far from determined, knock that shit off.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:57 AM (Do5/p)

282 244 NJ didn't used to be as donk as it is now. NYC and Philly people came here in the 80s and 90s to escape the problems they quickly installed here. And our high immigrant population are open borders enthusiasts.

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:57 AM (ONvIw)

283 The difference between Nashville and Hollywood seems to be that in Hollywood, conservatives have to pretend to be liberal (or at least not outgoing about their conservatism) to try to stay under the radar since the area is left-wing, whereas in Nashville, liberals have to pretend to be conservative (or at least not outgoing about their liberalism) to try to stay under the radar, since the area is generally conservative-ish.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 08:51 AM (Do5/p)

My brother lives in Nashville now. It is a gestating Portland and while conservatives do not have to go underground they also are a tiny minority and the place is a freak show. He's leaving as soon as the opportunity arises.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 29, 2021 08:58 AM (nMx88)

284 >>Feet First vs. Head First requires a different level of Hearing PPE.

You really do have to be on your toes when operating one of those things. Once they get ahold of a branch, particularly one that is still green, they suck it toward the blades with a power you can't stop.

Make sure you are clear of all trailing branches or you maybe looking for your fingers in the wood chip pile.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 08:58 AM (ZLI7S)

285 Does that include science on climate change?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

Or Neonatology

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 08:58 AM (PiwSw)

286 Westchester County DA Concludes Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Andrew Cuomo are Credible, But Wont File Charges

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:58 AM (yrol0)

287 267 good for him

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 08:59 AM (ONvIw)

288 I went to college with a Goering, and he was related to that Goering.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Y5qcH)

I once met a fellow named Martin Bormann.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 08:59 AM (2JVJo)

289
I went to college with a Goering, and he was related to that Goering.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Y5qcH)

I was in the video section in a grocery store with my girlfriend's younger brother years and years ago. He asked me something about a movie that pertained to Hitler or the Holocaust and I'd mentioned how the Nazi's murdered more than just Jews. This old woman overheard me and interrupted and asked "Where did you get your information from?!?!" in a perturbed tone. "My uncle Goering."

She gave me her shocked face and walked away.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

290 286 reasonable prosecutors... a la Comey

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 09:00 AM (ONvIw)

291 Does that include science on climate change?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

They are going to wait on that one until Bill Gates blots out the sun and causes world wide famine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 29, 2021 09:00 AM (dNqv+)

292 My brother lives in Nashville now. It is a gestating Portland and while conservatives do not have to go underground they also are a tiny minority and the place is a freak show. He's leaving as soon as the opportunity arises.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 29, 2021 08:58 AM (nMx8

I think it is one of the most broke cities in the US. Bonds are on par with Haiti!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 09:00 AM (yrol0)

293 I MIGHT watch the nfl again if every coach was Bud Grant and every player had black, no brand, high top lace up cleats and kickers had square toed shoes and did not kick in the european kickball style.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 29, 2021 09:00 AM (flINI)

294 I worked for a tree surgeon in college and spent many hours tethered to one of those infernal beasts. Between those and the chainsaws all day long it's amazing those guys don't all go deaf.
Posted by: JackStraw
___

Yeah, the cats aren't too happy at the moment with all the noise outside.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 09:00 AM (JjzI1)

295 Hi bluebell.

My mother passed away 13 years ago. My father has been blessed by meeting a wonderful widowed woman and remarrying several years ago. Fortunately her family is very near to their home.

With all the protocols in place, and neither Mrs VIA nor I being vaccinated, if it goes bad, it will get very complicated.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (3D/fK)

296 Re: "Let's go Brandon": chryon at the hotel I'm staying at says NBC Sports is shutting down effective New Years Day. Coincidence?

Posted by: Fox2! at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (QCkkg)

297 He asked me something about a movie that pertained to Hitler or the Holocaust and I'd mentioned how the Nazi's murdered more than just Jews. This old woman overheard me and interrupted and asked "Where did you get your information from?!?!" in a perturbed tone. "My uncle Goering."

She gave me her shocked face and walked away.
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

========

Some people seem to want to make the Holocaust a Jew only thing, and it's weird.

The Jews were the single largest bloc by far, but there were a lot of other people thrown into the death camps as well. A lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

298 In the 70s, some of the Raider linemen, sick of the opposition slapping the top of their helmet, had sheet metal screws sticking out of the helmet top, just enough to get attention.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,
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*sigh*

When being a Raiders fan meant something.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (JjzI1)

299 Her being in "The Biz" it pretty much had to be Nashville or Memphis. But yeah, she knows Nashville isn't all that conservative but TN in general is, and for someone from Hollyweird (and born and raised in San Fran too!), that's certainly a big step up.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 08:55 AM (njfCw)
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Very true about the step up!

One more piece of unasked for advice - tell her to make sure she has car insurance against uninsured drivers. Nashville is notorious for hit and run drivers, because even though everyone is supposed to have insurance, many people don't (because they are trying to make it in the music biz and aren't) and they are also crappy drivers in general. So there are many hit and run accidents.

When my son moved there a few years ago, the guy he rented a room from told him he had been living there 3 years and had been in 5 accidents, none of which were his fault.

My son couldn't figure out why his car insurance rates went up so much when he moved there until he learned all this. We had been sure they would go down after leaving this area. We were wrong.

Posted by: bluebell at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (wyw4S)

300 We had a fire behind my building about a year ago (scary - we were all evacuated for almost 8 hours) and afterward the city had to take down several ancient, enormous cottonwoods. At least 100 years old, probably much older. Still makes me sad. The whole back of the building area looks naked and we lost our windbreak.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM (njfCw)

301 whereas in Nashville, liberals have to pretend to be conservative (or at least not outgoing about their liberalism) to try to stay under the radar, since the area is generally conservative-ish.

I don't think that's true. Nashville proper is an urban shit hole on par with any other blue shit hole. This past June I was in the city with my son for dinner. It reminded me a lot of San Francisco a decade or so ago. Nobody really pretends to be conservative there because they don't have to. Even the country music scene is leftist. Many of the so-called stars are also left leaning and have "come out" as it's safe for them now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM (BFigT)

302 >.Just watched some old film of Madden coaching. Wearing a white shirt and tie.

The NFL disallows that now
the league has a dress code for the sidelines

couple years ago, a coach (forget who) wore a suit on the sidelines- I think it was a tribute to Hank Stram, who had recently died

the coach was fined and disciplined by the league

No Fun League

I haven't watched football since covid ruined pretty much everything

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM (0KxNW)

303
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Some people seem to want to make the Holocaust a Jew only thing, and it's weird.

The Jews were the single largest bloc by far, but there were a lot of other people thrown into the death camps as well. A lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

"How DARE others try to hone in on the one thing that makes me the most important person ever!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

304 My family lives in two small towns outside of Nashville that are slowly becoming suburbs of Nashville.

They're not huge fans of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

305 My brother lives in Nashville now. It is a gestating Portland and while conservatives do not have to go underground they also are a tiny minority and the place is a freak show.

You don't get notions of individual liberty and self reliance out of people who willing live in rooms they don't own, stacked on top of each other - or in houses so close you can slap your neighbor by reaching out a window across a lawn you can cut with a pair of scissors. People are molded by their environment.

Posted by: Mr. Obvious at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (NB7Tx)

306 Rodgers on ivermectin: There is still zero conversation, at least publicly, about treatment options for people that test positive. I do know behind the scenes. This is 100% true. There are many teams who are using, who are recommending a lot of the same treatments that I got for their players If science cant be questioned its not science then its propaganda.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 08:54 AM

Yep, read that yesterday. Remember that doctor a while back who said that he treated numerous elected officials and their families in D.C. with Ivermectin and other treatments that have been banned for treatment for the rest of us. This could be how we're not seeing athletes in sports leagues here in America dropping like flies. First, they're probably getting good treatments, even the banned ones and second, they're probably not getting the vaccines. If any of the are getting "vaccinated", I think someone said some people get saline solution or something. And I bet Antonio Brown is not the only player in sports leagues in USA who is using a fake vaccination card. He's just the only one who has been caught.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (Do5/p)

307 Thanks, bluebell, I will pass that on to her!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (njfCw)

308 Some people seem to want to make the Holocaust a Jew only thing, and it's weird.

The Jews were the single largest bloc by far, but there were a lot of other people thrown into the death camps as well. A lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

***

My father in Law (of blessed memory) was a survivor and he talked about the wholesale destruction of the gypsy population and the homosexuals. Said that they did not last long in the camps

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (flINI)

309 I haven't watched football since covid ruined pretty much everything

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM (0KxNW)

We tried to watch a college bowl game last night and found out it was cancelled due to Covid. Other bowl games too. What's the deal? They've been playing all season with packed stands.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 09:04 AM (45fpk)

310 In the 70s, some of the Raider linemen, sick of the opposition slapping the top of their helmet, had sheet metal screws sticking out of the helmet top, just enough to get attention.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,

Urban Legend is running back Jim Brown once bit a dude's finger off in a pile up. They asked him why and he said "everything outside the helmet belongs to him. Everything inside, belongs to me."

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

311 just matriculate the ball down the field, boys

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:04 AM (0KxNW)

312 When y'all talk about Nashville, don't forget about us!

Posted by: Memphis at December 29, 2021 09:05 AM (a3Q+t)

313 With all the protocols in place, and neither Mrs VIA nor I being vaccinated, if it goes bad, it will get very complicated.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (3D/fK)
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Let's pray it doesn't get to that point! I'm glad your step-mom has family around her.

Posted by: bluebell at December 29, 2021 09:05 AM (wyw4S)

314 I read the "SF lament" article. The author should stay right where he his and lie in the bed he helped create.

Posted by: Eisenhorn at December 29, 2021 09:05 AM (79FgF)

315 305 You don't get notions of individual liberty and self reliance out of people who willing live in rooms they don't own, stacked on top of each other - or in houses so close you can slap your neighbor by reaching out a window across a lawn you can cut with a pair of scissors. People are molded by their environment.
Posted by: Mr. Obvious at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (NB7Tx)

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I remember some random Youtube video from like a decade ago of a black woman who had just come back from vacation, making a vlog. She lamented that she had to come back to keep paying rent, proposing an idea that after ten years of paying rent you should never have to pay rent again. Ownership, apparently, never entering her mind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:05 AM (LvTSG)

316 >What's the deal? They've been playing all season with packed stands.

Posted by: grammie winger

'out of an abundance of caution' I think is the phrase

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:06 AM (0KxNW)

317 I think it is one of the most broke cities in the US. Bonds are on par with Haiti!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 29, 2021 09:00 AM (yrol0)

My brother bought a home in one of the "nice" neighborhoods and the property taxes doubled in the three years since and the spending has escalated even more. Nashville will have to be bailed out by the state or dismantled in the near term (the state frequently has to override the local government). My brother plans to return to freaking Delaware because it is more sane and stable. He told me the GOP may hold its convention there in 2024, which is kind of perfect given the current state of the party.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 29, 2021 09:06 AM (nMx88)

318 We tried to watch a college bowl game last night and found out it was cancelled due to Covid. Other bowl games too. What's the deal? They've been playing all season with packed stands.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 09:04 AM (45fpk)
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Omicron is vax-resistant, highly transmissible and very mild (in terms of illness). It's ripping through everywhere. This is a good thing, because it also provides broad immunity but it's still a variant of the same virus and still causes COVID and so all of the COVID requirements like quarantines and the like still apply. It doesn't make any sense given what Omicron appears to be, but the rules are all still in place.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 09:06 AM (DU+/6)

319 Westchester County DA Concludes Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Andrew Cuomo are Credible, But Wont File Charges
Posted by: rhennigantx

Why am I not fucking surprised??

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:06 AM (uXonU)

320 Never knew a wood chipper would be so loud.

WHAAAAAAT ?

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 09:07 AM (arJlL)

321 I remember some random Youtube video from like a decade ago of a black woman who had just come back from vacation, making a vlog. She lamented that she had to come back to keep paying rent, proposing an idea that after ten years of paying rent you should never have to pay rent again. Ownership, apparently, never entering her mind.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:05 AM (LvTSG)
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Your rent should be considered like a mortgage payment, I guess. And then the balance written off.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 09:07 AM (DU+/6)

322 320 Never knew a wood chipper would be so loud.

WHAAAAAAT ?
Posted by: JT at December 29, 2021 09:07 AM (arJlL)

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Always muted that scene from Fargo, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

323 Remember that doctor a while back who said that he treated numerous elected officials and their families in D.C. with Ivermectin and other treatments that have been banned for treatment for the rest of us.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (Do5/p)
~~~~~

Over 200 Congress critters and staff. Probably many more by now.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 09:07 AM (0TVNF)

324 Did you states solve this covid thing yet?

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 29, 2021 09:07 AM (1vynn)

325 Westchester County DA Concludes Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Andrew Cuomo are Credible, But Wont File Charges
Posted by: rhennigantx

NY is a shithole. This news should surprise no one.

Anyone living there that isn't a libtardive and values their life should leave ASAP.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

326 Jolly Phil
@RealPhillyP
A friend of mine who's a commercial pilot just sent me this pic of a passenger on his plane.

https://tinyurl.com/5585d3cp

Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

327 She lamented that she had to come back to keep paying rent, proposing an idea that after ten years of paying rent you should never have to pay rent again.

Someone smarter than I am can connect that mindset with the 'dignity of work is rayciss' thing above.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (2JVJo)

328 324 Did you states solve this covid thing yet?

I passed it on to the counties. Shit rolls downhill and all that.

Posted by: Gov. Polesmoker at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (njfCw)

329 So CDC says they got it wrong, 23% of new cases are omicron not 73% like they said before.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (QX4+f)

330 Some people seem to want to make the Holocaust a Jew only thing, and it's weird.

The Jews were the single largest bloc by far, but there were a lot of other people thrown into the death camps as well. A lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

Sir:

The Shoah was primarily and by design the plan to rid the world of the Jews. While yes indeed, others were targeted and killed, World War Two was a war against the Jews. Period.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2021 09:09 AM (n/zFq)

331 Thanks, bluebell, I will pass that on to her!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:03 AM (njfCw)
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I don't mean to sound all doom and gloom - it's actually a pretty place with nice things about it too!

One funny thing is that whenever my son meets someone new, the thing they find most fascinating is that he has an actual real full-time job, with benefits and everything. They can't get over it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 29, 2021 09:09 AM (wyw4S)

332 Jolly Phil
@RealPhillyP
A friend of mine who's a commercial pilot just sent me this pic of a passenger on his plane.

https://tinyurl.com/5585d3cp
Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

you see that, you point and laugh hysterically.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

333 327 She lamented that she had to come back to keep paying rent, proposing an idea that after ten years of paying rent you should never have to pay rent again.

Someone smarter than I am can connect that mindset with the 'dignity of work is rayciss' thing above.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (2JVJo)

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Very connected.

"My dignity as a human being is tied up with how much leisure time I have to figure out who I am as a person...at about 50 years old."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

334 The NFL disallows that now the league has a dress code for the sidelines

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:02 AM

I think they got rid of that rule years ago. I know Bill Belichick was a big rule-breaker in that, because he was always being criticized for always wearing an frumpy hoodie on the sidelines. And there was a SF 49ers coach a while back who always wore dress clothes and tie on the sideline.

Following his hiring by the 49ers, Nolan asked the NFL for permission to wear a suit and tie on the sidelines as a tribute to his father. The league initially denied Nolan's request because of the contract it had with Reebok for its coaches to wear team-logo attire, a ruling that was changed during Nolan's second season as coach. In the new NFL policy, coaches were allowed to wear a full suit for only two home games per season. The suits were designed, marketed and labeled under the Reebok corporation. ... After further lobbying by Nolan, the NFL and Reebok reached an agreement to allow suits to be worn at all home games in the 2007 season.

https://bit.ly/3JkZ7Nv

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:09 AM (Do5/p)

335 What's the deal? They've been playing all season with packed stands.
Posted by: grammie winger

'out of an abundance of caution' I think is the phrase
Posted by: DB

That saved me 480 miles round trip a week until February 1st.

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:10 AM (uXonU)

336 326 https://tinyurl.com/5585d3cp

LOLOL! The Great Gazoo lives! Gazoo Karen.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:10 AM (njfCw)

337 330 Sir:

The Shoah was primarily and by design the plan to rid the world of the Jews. While yes indeed, others were targeted and killed, World War Two was a war against the Jews. Period.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2021 09:09 AM (n/zFq)

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Yes, it was. It hit a whole lot of other people, though. Millions of other people. Let's not minimize their suffering.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:10 AM (LvTSG)

338 Vince Lomardi is the only NFL coach with his own rest area named for him on the Jersey Turnpike.

Not sure what that says about Lombardi. Or Jersey.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 09:10 AM (ZLI7S)

339 My brother bought a home in one of the "nice" neighborhoods and the property taxes doubled in the three years since and the spending has escalated even more. Nashville will have to be bailed out by the state or dismantled in the near term (the state frequently has to override the local government). ...
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 29, 2021 09:06 AM (nMx8

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The state probably can't afford to bail out Nashville or Memphis when the time comes. The state financing system in Tennessee is pretty restrictive, which is one of the reasons the state a decent place to live. There's no income tax and the primary financing mechanism is sales taxes, but those are capped at both state and local levels. The state gets 7% and the localities, in aggregate, can take another 2.75 points for themselves. The effect of this is high average sales taxes (most stores are in places that tax at the cap, so the combined rate is 9.75%) but they can't go higher without a state constitutional amendment. Property taxes are variable but often competitive within any given region. There isn't much state-controlled money (comparatively) for TN to play with.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 09:11 AM (DU+/6)

340 Shapiro moved his operation to Nashville. Rubin moved his to Florida. Who's thinking more clearly?

My guess is that Shapiro has disdain for DeSantis.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 09:11 AM (H8QX8)

341 https://tinyurl.com/5585d3cp
Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

Typical democrat.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 29, 2021 09:11 AM (w9H27)

342 I think they got rid of that rule years ago. I know Bill Belichick was a big rule-breaker in that, because he was always being criticized for always wearing an frumpy hoodie on the sidelines. And there was a SF 49ers coach a while back who always wore dress clothes and tie on the sideline.

NFL sucked a bag of dicks the day Jerry Fucking Jones fired Tom Landry.

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:11 AM (uXonU)

343 A friend of mine who's a commercial pilot just sent me this pic of a passenger on his plane.

https://tinyurl.com/5585d3cp
___

These poor people are so lost.
Doubtful they will ever regain their sanity.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 09:12 AM (JjzI1)

344 Just a reminder-If you want to see a really nice film, about faith, family, love, support of friends and football go see "American Underdog" about MVP Kurt Warner and his eventual wife, Brenda. I'm not interested in football and I thought it was a fine, uplifting film with good acting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 29, 2021 09:12 AM (k49Sx)

345 So CDC says they got it wrong, 23% of new cases are omicron not 73% like they said before.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 29, 2021 09:08 AM

Gotta keep the fear and hysteria alive, now that most people know that omicron is mild and has symptoms that can be treated with Nyquil.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:12 AM (Do5/p)

346 'out of an abundance of caution' I think is the phrase

It's their last chance to wield sweet, sweet power. The plandemic is in its death throes.

Posted by: t-bird at December 29, 2021 09:12 AM (n/x6m)

347
My guess is that Shapiro has disdain for DeSantis.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 09:11 AM (H8QX8 )

The conservative case for moving to a liberal shithole just to show that other liberal shithole.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

348 337 Yes, it was. It hit a whole lot of other people, though. Millions of other people. Let's not minimize their suffering.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 29, 2021 09:10 AM (LvTSG)

The fact that you say this does indeed minimize and diminish the central cause and meaning of the European war. It does not diminish the suffering of others who were perceived or were enemies of Hitler. But Hitler started that war with the primary aim to exterminate the world's Jews.

This is not me just saying this but every major legitimate historian on the subject for nearly 75 years.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 29, 2021 09:13 AM (n/zFq)

349 Everyone read Bloodlands by Snyder, there are enough atrocities to go around for all you.

Posted by: Non commenter at December 29, 2021 09:13 AM (oWBc3)

350 I'm surprised the "space cadet" woman was allowed on the plane in that costume. Seems like a security problem waiting to happen.

Although in the photo she looks like she's on a rocket ship to Planet X.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 09:14 AM (BFigT)

351 All of this was predicted here, as the hysterics ramped up.

Like I said at Instapundit at the time to Glenn responded to by him-all of this will not be "put back to normal" without at a minimum a social civil war.

Posted by: sven at December 29, 2021 09:14 AM (Lzpvj)

352 the Hank Stram sideline look

https://tinyurl.com/2whk2uh5

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:14 AM (0KxNW)

353 Not sure what that says about Lombardi. Or Jersey.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 09:10 AM (ZLI7S)
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At least NJ has rest areas, unlike certain other places that are so tiny it's not necessary.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 09:15 AM (0TVNF)

354 You really do have to be on your toes when operating one of those things. Once they get ahold of a branch, particularly one that is still green, they suck it toward the blades with a power you can't stop.
Posted by: JackStraw

There was a news story years ago of a young kid helping his Dad operate one. The poor little guy was pulled in and gone in seconds.

I'd look for the story but I don't want to cry this early in the day.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2021 09:15 AM (mD/uy)

355 As a Bills fan back in the day, I remember backup QB and now Indy HC Frank Reich leading prayers for players of faith on both teams at each game. They called him "Father Frank."

Can you even imagine such a thing being tolerated today? They had conniptions over Tebow simply taking a knee. These were gatherings of a dozen or more players, on the freakin' field!

Reich himself is now a Woke SOB who has made some shameful statements that have eradicated all of my former good will towards him.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:15 AM (njfCw)

356 344 Just a reminder-If you want to see a really nice film, about faith, family, love, support of friends and football go see "American Underdog" about MVP Kurt Warner and his eventual wife, Brenda. I'm not interested in football and I thought it was a fine, uplifting film with good acting.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 29, 2021 09:12 AM (k49Sx)

Real life Brenda had some amazing boobies as well

Your welcome.

Posted by: observer at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (x6Yd+)

357 It's their last chance to wield sweet, sweet power. The plandemic is in its death throes.

I don't think it ever goes away - just because in my 30+ years of working, I've never seen a safety rule rolled back. Not a single damn one.

Posted by: Mr. Obvious at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (NB7Tx)

358 163 I have a uncle who believed Harry the Lyer of the Senate...
Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 29, 2021 08:31 AM (wqfpN)
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I don't care who Reid slept with.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (iHhEV)

359 the Hank Stram sideline look

https://tinyurl.com/2whk2uh5
Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:14 AM (0KxNW)

As opposed to:

https://is.gd/SigxzF

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

360 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 09:11 AM (DU+/6)

Interesting. Leftists are such children they probably do not grasp there is no bail out in the cards. From memory, most states allow cities that become insolvent to unincorporate. That would be a big one if it happened down there.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (nMx88)

361 "So, the Leaving SF guy is moving to a quote "political train-wreck" state. I take that to mean he's intending to vote for the same things that caused him to flee California in the first place.
Posted by: Guy Smiley"

Absolutely and he even says as much. I wish there was some way to force these people to stay in the shit-holes they have created and will create for other peoples children. He makes lot of valid (and obvious) points and complaints in is article but has learned nothing.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2021 09:17 AM (MxEKc)

362 Hey Tonypete.

How horrible.

*says a prayer for the guys working*

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 09:17 AM (JjzI1)

363 A friend of mine who's a commercial pilot just sent me this pic of a passenger on his plane.

https://tinyurl.com/5585d3cp

These poor people are so lost.
Doubtful they will ever regain their sanity.
Posted by: SMH

That's the definition of broken.

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:17 AM (uXonU)

364 Re: the article under Domestic Affairs. The couple moving from SF calls Texas and Florida political train wrecks. Which tell me the moron will vote Blue wherever he goes. Great.

There should be a test for people coming in to states to see if they are eligible to vote.

Posted by: abbynormal at December 29, 2021 09:18 AM (Xpj5t)

365
That's the definition of broken.
Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:17 AM (uXonU)

I would either sneeze on it and leave a nice lunger on it, or sit and stare at her waiting for her to sneeze.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

366 > He makes lot of valid (and obvious) points and complaints in is article but has learned nothing.

like those dickheads who claim 'real socialism hasn't been tried yet'

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:18 AM (0KxNW)

367 326. Just stay home, hermetically sealed in one room. Never talk to, or see another human. Then die unhappy, by yourself. Jeebus, what an idiot.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 29, 2021 09:19 AM (2NHgQ)

368 Posted by: observer at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (x6Yd+)

I'm sure the men here can look at boobies without paying $10.00 (the price of a movie) to see some. I was less interested in her boobies than I was in her faith, but thanks for the tip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 29, 2021 09:19 AM (k49Sx)

369 I don't think it ever goes away - just because in my 30+ years of working, I've never seen a safety rule rolled back. Not a single damn one.
Posted by: Mr. Obvious at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (NB7Tx)

Correct. It will have to be ruthlessly cut out of our society like an interstitial tumor. And who will ever do that?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 09:19 AM (H8QX8)

370 Not to defend Non-Binary Ben, and I may be wrong on this, but it seems to me that Shapiro and crew were planning their move for quite a long time. It may have pre-dated the rise of DeathSantis. Actually, even if Desantis was in office when he first planned the move, Covid hadn't happened yet so DeSantis wasn't such a polarizing figure yet.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:19 AM (njfCw)

371 "He (VDHanson) observed how architects of the globalist enterprise cultivate ethnic and racial agitation to create perceptions of grievance and victimhood among targeted demographic groups. He noted that upward mobility rooted in meritocracy threatens the leftist paradigm of a zero-sum struggle between haves and have-nots."

That says a lot. But since VDH is specific in his words, I had to question whether that "zero sum struggle" is really the "leftist paradigm".

imo the "leftist" architects want total control, and they feed their masses the soylent green, fake class struggle religion as a false god. The lower level leftist advances by burning his own neighborhoods (BLM/Antifa). These are all mechanizations of the evil oligarchs, and even the community organizers are tools of the globalists.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 29, 2021 09:19 AM (Cus5s)

372 There should be a test for people coming in to states to see if they are eligible to vote.

Residency requirement for state and local office. Ten years has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Mr. Obvious at December 29, 2021 09:19 AM (NB7Tx)

373 >>At least NJ has rest areas, unlike certain other places that are so tiny it's not necessary.

No need to rest here. People are far too busy looking at the beauty of God's perfect paradise.

The capital is named Providence for nothing.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 09:20 AM (ZLI7S)

374 Weren't 10-year mortgages a somewhat common thing in 1950 America?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 29, 2021 09:20 AM (44ww/)

375 I would either sneeze on it and leave a nice lunger on it, or sit and stare at her waiting for her to sneeze.
Posted by: Sponge

I'm dying laughing picturing her sneezing all over the inside of that biosphere and not being able to see. LOLOL

Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:20 AM (uXonU)

376 Good morning hordelings. Sad news about John Madden. That's when football was football. Him and Keith Jackson.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 29, 2021 08:02 AM

Yes, I grew up with Keith Jackson the voice of college football and John Madden the voice of the NFL.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:21 AM (Do5/p)

377 Women set into motion for a religious cause, particularly a secular one, are particularly insane.
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See Prohibition, MADD, and various liability-mad tobacco/drug groups. Just as bad as the 'Greens'.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 29, 2021 09:21 AM (MIKMs)

378
I'm dying laughing picturing her sneezing all over the inside of that biosphere and not being able to see. LOLOL
Posted by: rickb223 Pureblood - non-GMO at December 29, 2021 09:20 AM (uXonU)

Reminds me of the Top Gear episode where Clarkson creates that small go everywhere vehicle and the head gear fogs up as he's driving down the road.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

379 The capital is named Providence for nothing.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 09:20 AM (ZLI7S)

You live in Rogue's Island?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 29, 2021 09:21 AM (2JVJo)

380 I am tempted to join NextDoor just to respond to the blue-state emigres bitching about the new freedoms in rural in SC, freedoms that rub up against their obnoxious obsessions for the perfect hygienic lifestyle. But I have resisted so far.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (H8QX8)

381 I only left a snarky comment on the "COVID policies are murdering children" post, but that piece hit me hard. The young high-schooler's quote about people being robots was exactly right.

I am in no place telling family members about raising children, as I have my own demons to battle. But willingly giving children heart attacks and having them jump for joy over it, all to placate their parents about a disease that hits children like the common cold - it does not help the major depression.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (BCSAN)

382
Yes, I grew up with Keith Jackson the voice of college football and John Madden the voice of the NFL.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:21 AM (Do5/p)

I actually like watching games that Brad Nessler is the announcer for in the college world. He's good and has a great voice for it.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

383 Women set into motion for a religious cause, particularly a secular one, are particularly insane.

I've read many times that the Third Reich couldn't have happened without the women, who were on whole far more zealous than the men.

Also the case with The Red Guard.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (njfCw)

384 I am tempted to join NextDoor just to respond to the blue-state emigres bitching about the new freedoms in rural in SC, freedoms that rub up against their obnoxious obsessions for the perfect hygienic lifestyle. But I have resisted so far.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (H8QX

++++
I am not a NextDoor member, but my understanding of it as an outsider is that it could be called "even worse Facebook."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (DU+/6)

385 ++++
I am not a NextDoor member, but my understanding of it as an outsider is that it could be called "even worse Facebook."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 29, 2021 09:22 AM (DU+/6)

This is fact.

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

386 >>You live in Rogue's Island?

I prefer to think of it as the birthplace of America.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 09:23 AM (ZLI7S)

387 >>> The capital is named Providence for nothing.
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Bet you really wish we had an edit button, eh?

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 09:23 AM (0TVNF)

388 Local schools were going to finally lift the mask mandate at return to school after break but , thanks to omicron and out of control testing, the totally woke board now have the numbers to show masks are still needed. I'm half expecting them to go back to virtual leaning but that is where the LIV parents will draw the line. They want their govt. day care for their spawn.

This BS will never end.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2021 09:23 AM (MxEKc)

389 A 20 year-old intern (not obese or obviously unhealthy) who was out with a cold emailed me about how he got tested and "fortunately" doesn't have Covid.

I told him the very best thing he could do at this point was to go out and get Covid. Best possible variant. Best time in your life to get the sweet, sweet, longlasting immunity.

For those in the MSM bubble I think their risk assessment is a lot like their view of police shootings. If you asked "Man (who watches CNN/MSNBC etc) on the Street" how many unarmed black men are shot by police every year most would put it in the thousands, when the actual number is about a dozen (almost of whom most are actively fighting with police at the time).

Everyone talks about "following science." What we have now is more basic. In terms of risk /problem assessment the vast majority don't even know any facts and can't do math.

Posted by: Zek at December 29, 2021 09:24 AM (OzNIz)

390 375 I would either sneeze on it and leave a nice lunger on it, or sit and stare at her waiting for her to sneeze.
Posted by: Sponge

I'm dying laughing picturing her sneezing all over the inside of that biosphere and not being able to see. LOLOL

Or, stand in front of her with a big smile, then pull out a can of shaving cream and spray it all over the front of her bubble!

This is too much fun!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:25 AM (njfCw)

391 >This BS will never end.

Posted by: Ripley

my county just re-upped the mask order for another month, out of an abundance of caution or some shit

Posted by: DB at December 29, 2021 09:25 AM (0KxNW)

392 When being a Raiders fan meant something.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 09:01 AM (JjzI1)

The Raiders/Steelers games in the 70s were must see TV. Neither team liked the other and weren't afraid to show it. Definitely games to make sure your chinstrap was fastened.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 09:26 AM (y7DUB)

393 Or, stand in front of her with a big smile, then pull out a can of shaving cream and spray it all over the front of her bubble!

This is too much fun!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:25 AM (njfCw)

Draw dots on the outside of the bubble, and then tell her in a solemn voice "Did you know one of the symptoms of the new deadlier strain of Covid is seeing spots?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 29, 2021 09:26 AM (PiwSw)

394 Forbes.com: Dr. Anthony Fauci's Golden Parachute Will Exceed $350,000 Per Year - The Largest In U.S. Federal Government History

https://tinyurl.com/2p89zwy4

Posted by: t-bird at December 29, 2021 09:27 AM (1fg6a)

395 "I am not a NextDoor member, but my understanding of it as an outsider is that it could be called "even worse Facebook."

I watched NextDoor damn near tear apart our old community.

Discover where the money came from to start up the whole NextDoor empire.

The names will not surprise you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 09:27 AM (3D/fK)

396 Absolutely and he even says as much. I wish there was some way to force these people to stay in the shit-holes they have created and will create for other peoples children. He makes lot of valid (and obvious) points and complaints in is article but has learned nothing.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2021 09:17 AM

Makes me wonder about legal immigrants vs illegal aliens and refugees.

Have to think that the vast majority of legal immigrants want to be here because of the society and want to keep the society as is. Whereas illegal aliens and refugees (i.e. Ilhan Omar) who didn't have to work to earn their way here, I wonder what the ratio is in this group of keep vs change American society. I'm guessing it's around 25:75? 10:90?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:27 AM (Do5/p)

397 >>The Raiders/Steelers games in the 70s were must see TV. Neither team liked the other and weren't afraid to show it. Definitely games to make sure your chinstrap was fastened.

Football was much more physical and the hate was much more real back then. I can't stand the end of games now when players from both teams mingle and laugh.

blech

Posted by: JackStraw at December 29, 2021 09:28 AM (ZLI7S)

398 348This is not me just saying this but every major legitimate historian on the subject for nearly 75 years

My understanding was that ww2 started by Germany to conquer land and obtain power which the nazis felt was their right. The extermination of the jews was a secondary goal since the nazis wanted their Aryan race to go along with their land expansion?

Posted by: M2TU at December 29, 2021 09:28 AM (IHYzY)

399 Benny
@bennyjohnson
Cult

https://tinyurl.com/yckzxkw7

Posted by: redridinghood at December 29, 2021 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

400 The Raiders/Steelers games in the 70s were must see TV. Neither team liked the other and weren't afraid to show it. Definitely games to make sure your chinstrap was fastened.
Posted by: Captain Hate
___

Living in Oakland at the time as a kid, it was definitely a magical time.

Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 29, 2021 09:28 AM (JjzI1)

401 NextDoor is pure evil. I won't touch that.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:29 AM (njfCw)

402 There's a small subdivision about a mile or two from my place. Every once in a while we get an "invitation" to join that subdivision's "NextDoor" group. Once they had a login and password you could use to "visit." Otherwise I think it's a member's only sort of gig.

Karen central. Bitching about trashcans, parked cars, dogs and burly men.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 09:29 AM (BFigT)

403 Glitch in the matrix for y'all: an NY Post reporter named Larry Celona was a "journalistic consultant" on the Kubrick movie "Eyes Wide Shut". In the movie, a story about the suicide death of a character who was actually murdered is on-screen credited to him.

In real life, he's gotten a ton of scoops on suicide and suicide-adjacent deaths, from random NYPD sergeants up to Kubrick himself, JFK Jr., and both Jeffrey Epstein's "failed" suicide attempt and his "successful" second one. He also took the first photos of Epstein's dead body.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 29, 2021 09:30 AM (aLjiL)

404 NOOD.

Light shines.....

Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Tami at December 29, 2021 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

405 in fairness, I am not so sure the hottie beating the old guy is a karen, she is more of a hammered ette that did not want any mouth from him about her being angry with the flight waitressessettes.

Posted by: confederatefifth at December 29, 2021 09:31 AM (utMrO)

406 Karen central. Bitching about trashcans, parked cars, dogs and burly men.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2021 09:29 AM (BFigT)

Here it's Karens from Connecticut bitching about the hunters and their bangsticks and people burning their leaves.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 29, 2021 09:32 AM (H8QX8)

407 Heh - the viral clip of Stefon Diggs letting some Massholes have it last weekend for calling him the n-word was pretty old school.

Diggs scored a TD right in front of the endzone taunters and pointing at each one yells loud enough for the TV audience to hear: "Eff YOU, and Eff YOU, Eff YOU, and Eff YOU!...you can all suck my DICK!" and he wasn't saying "eff."

Reminded me of the scene in Half-Baked. I was waiting for him to add a "you cool" to one guy among the Eff You's LOL

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 29, 2021 09:32 AM (njfCw)

408 The Raiders/Steelers games in the 70s were must see TV.
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Chicago / Green Bay since forever.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 29, 2021 09:33 AM (MIKMs)

409 "I am not a NextDoor member, but my understanding of it as an outsider is that it could be called "even worse Facebook." I watched NextDoor damn near tear apart our old community. Discover where the money came from to start up the whole NextDoor empire. The names will not surprise you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 29, 2021 09:27 AM

My experience with NextDoor was short and limited. From what I saw, it is basically like any other social media app (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, whatever) where the idea is fine, but leftists ruin the experience and then run off any sane people, so it ends up a cesspool of woke leftists.

I joined and found it interesting in that people were helping one another with finding places in the area for restaurants, schools, maintenance, lots of lost and found pets, etc. But I deleted it and never looked back when people started losing their minds on there once COVID started. Last post I read was some Karen scolding people for not going to Chinese restaurants and accusing people of being Trumpists for blaming the virus on China.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 29, 2021 09:33 AM (Do5/p)

410 The picture of the woman in the bubble illustrates how this covid panic will never end. They see people walking around every day, enjoying their lives and they hate it. They will never allow the mask and jab go.

Posted by: Megthered at December 29, 2021 09:33 AM (sfWd9)

411 "NextDoor is pure evil. I won't touch that.
Posted by: Guy Smiley"

I used to follow it some in my old neighborhood which had a lot of petty crime caught on peoples security camera. Pointing out the race of the suspects would unleash a flurry of virtue signaling scolding and "What does that have to do with anything?" except in the rare cases they were white in which case it was just fine. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the idiocy.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2021 09:33 AM (MxEKc)

412 297. This

Posted by: CN at December 29, 2021 09:36 AM (ONvIw)

413 Pfizer is Buying a Cardiovascular Biopharma Company for $6.7Bn. | NYPlace Media

Pfizer is knowingly maiming people--and especially children-- with their vaccines and then using their inside information to sell more drugs for the heart injuries caused by their first drugs.

This isn't a canny investment strategy or even a heartless act of medical piracy.

It is an admission of criminal guilt.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 29, 2021 09:42 AM (Ndje9)

414 Real life Brenda had some amazing boobies as well
Your welcome.
Posted by: observer at December 29, 2021 09:16 AM (x6Yd+)

She's a breast cancer survivor.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 29, 2021 09:43 AM (y7DUB)

415
At least NJ has rest areas, unlike certain other places that are so tiny it's not necessary.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2021 09:15 AM

They make the perfect location for a hit man to come out of the bushes and murder a wife. Ever read that book?

Look inside the back inside cover. I took that photograph of the (then) happy couple in Shaw Park, Jamaica standing on that bridge. They asked me to take it, and a decade or so later I read the book. Yikes!

Posted by: Zombie Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 29, 2021 09:44 AM (dQvv7)

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