The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 12/31/21

Good morning, kids. Friday and New Year's Eve is here. It's hard to know where to begin, especially on a day like today where it's customary to look back on a year to try and summarize, encapsulate or otherwise make sense of the events that shaped it and then put it on a shelf and forget it as the cosmic odometer rolls over yet again. But life and history don't work that way; it's a continuum. We think otherwise because until recently, things generally followed a familiar, expected pattern, and we were more or less living lives of relative comfort, stability and above all else predictability. Yes, the vicissitudes of our own unique life circumstances with unforeseen tragedies or hardships hit us individually, but as a nation and society, we lived secure in the knowledge that despite everything, the pax Americana, as it were, since the end of the Second World War would be the way of the world forever. How colossally blind and foolish it was to believe that.

The hard truth is that all great civilizations fall. They do so mostly because over time they tend to destroy themselves from within. That said, I do believe that the course and/or arc if you will of human history has generally been towards the betterment and improvement of mankind. Despite 6,000 or more years of tyranny, enslavement, war and genocide that would belie that rather Pollyanna-ish declaration, I do stand by it. I do still believe that the American Revolution and the Constitution and form of government that the Founders and Framers laid out in 1789 was, and more importantly IS Divinely inspired. That human nature and the will to power of evil people who, whether we like it or not, are our fellow citizens subsumed that was perhaps inevitable. Ben Franklin along with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and many others saw it despite doing what they could to try and prevent it. A fool's errand, perhaps. And yet what this nation and society achieved in the space of barely 232 years, despite the frailties, foibles and failings of humanity in all of recorded history before that, has never been and maybe will never be repeated.

It's a double-edged sword to come to these realizations, but in the end, it's better to accept reality than to just ignore the truth that hits you in the face harder than a 32-ounce Quickcrete hate shake. We are at an inflection point in history. There can be no denying it. For sure, America and much of the world as it was or at least as we had expected it to operate is gone. When you look around at what those in power are doing to us and worse have planned for us going forward, it's not a pretty sight. But that said, the enemy are not infallible. Just as what we thought was the permanence of our former way of life inevitable, neither is our destruction at the hands of the globalist left. Some event or series of events might lead to their eventual defeat and, please God, a rebirth of a new American republic and society. Wishing for it won't make it so; it's going to be a struggle. The nature of that struggle is yet to be determined.

Nothing better than a quote attributed to Winston Churchill to cap off Year Zero Plus 1:

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

Lastly, a big thank you to everyone out there who has hit our tip jars. It helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated beyond words. Here's hoping for a blessed new year and better days ahead for all of you.

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

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Twitter's beak drips with the lifeblood of American democracy."
Bird of Prey
"The revelations here establish some disturbing connections between what befell Richard Nixon and the destruction of Donald Trump's re-election."
The Truth You Never Learned About Watergate
Daniel Greenfield: "If you're a plumber, you must show your papers, but if you're Bruce Springsteen's roadie you're exempt."
The Only Way for Unvaccinated Workers to Work in NYC is to Become Artists
Julie Kelly: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a morally bankrupt, politically weaponized agency doing the dirty work of the Democrat Party."
The FBI's Criminal Lead Informant in Whitmer "Kidnapping" Caper

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

"The only person shot and killed on that day was a protester, Ashli Babbit, killed by a Capitol Police officer as she crawled through a broken window. The U.S. Justice Department declined to prosecute the officer who killed her." (and Roseanne Boyland was tortured to death in the tunnel - jjs)
As Dems Prepare to Commemorate January 6, Do Americans Share Their Enthusiasm?
"To avoid our taking immediate steps to seek injunctive relief in court, Rolling Stone must satisfy the following demands . . . "
Organizers of Jan. 6th Peaceful Rally Put Rolling Stone on Notice
"Political purge."
Marines Speak Out as Vax Mandate Forces Dozens Out of the Corps
"Congressional Democrats are headed into an already historically hostile midterm cycle with all the warnings of a GOP blowout."
As 2021 Closes Decked In Democrat Disasters, Malig-Nancy Pelosi Clings to Jan. 6
"For far too long, communities of color in New York have been held back by systemic racism and inequitable treatment. I am proud to sign legislation that addresses this crisis head-on, addressing racism, expanding equity, and improving access for all." (which political party has been running the state for the better part of the past 60 years, you filthy slattern? - jjs)
New York Gov. "Cuomo-with-Tits" Hochul Declares Racism a "Public Health Crisis"
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"How did we get to this weird place, on the cusp of 2022?"
Chinese COVID-19 in 10 Sentences
Lloyd Billingsley: "How the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service, the nation's 'medical CIA,' has failed the American people."
Pandemic Intelligence Failure: A 2021 Report Card
"This shortsightedness is essentially evident given that the federal government efficiently prohibited states from purchasing these monoclonal antibodies and serving their populations directly."
Rand Paul: "Unconscionable" that Biden Junta Withholding Lifesaving Chinese Coronavirus Treatment
"The corporate-establishment Republicans also appear to represent the interests of Alphabet (Google), Altria (Philip Morris Tobacco), and a slew of other pharmaceutical clients alongside Pfizer in Washington."
Top Mitch McConnell Staffer Leads Pfizer's Lobbying Charge to Protect Vaccine Patent and Block Bill Holding Big Pharma Accountable for Fraud
"Some doctors have warned for months that PCR tests can be oversensitive. But as commentator Yossi Gestetner pointed out, Americans have been forced to stay home, miss events and isolate themselves for almost two years now based on potentially false positives from oversensitive PCRs."
Setbacks, Inconsistencies Mount For CDC Under Walenksy
"The lack of transparency from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) surrounding the information that was relied on to license the [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccines is astonishing."
Rep. Biggs Demands Answers on Why It Could Take Up to 75 Years for Chinese COVID Vaccine Information
"Obesity weakens the immune system, creates a chronic inflammatory state, and increases risk for cardiovascular disease, blood clots, and lung conditions. All of these conditions can complicate [Chinese] COVID-19," the Clinic said in a press release.
Study Shows That Losing Weight Drastically Reduces Risk of Severe Chinese COVID-19 Outcomes
"Don't even ask -- wear a mask."
Still Defying Governor, Austin Schools Implore Kids to Double Mask
Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.: "Why are public health officials, including the purported experts such as Dr Fauci, doubling down on the same ineffective measures that gave us our second [Chinese] COVID Christmas with highly vaccinated countries, cities, universities, cruise ships, and sports teams seeing [Chinese] COVID case spikes or setting new case records?"
Walking in a Fauci Wonderland

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"The ruling elite are not going to surrender power without a fight."
Is a Pushback Against Soft Despotism Coming in 2022?
"5,779 unruly passenger incidents reported this year sparked by airline policies."
The Friendly Skies Are Long Gone
"The clock starts now."
Video: WHO Head Vows to Vaccinate 70% of the World by Summer 2022
"LOL! AFT President Randi Weingarten even praised CA Gov. Gavin Newsom!"
Teacher Union President: "I Personally Support" Chinese COVID Vaccine Mandate for Kids Five and Over
"Bowser's announcement came as part of a larger [Chinese] coronavirus 'situational update,' in which she also explained that all staff and students must test negative before being allowed back in school."
D.C.'s Democrat Mayor: Expect "Virtual Learning Throughout the Semester"
"I purposely highlight the entities who decided that it was all right to deny charity to some of the poor and homeless during the Christmas season, merely because they hadn't gotten the government jab. To paraphrase the words of Scrooge, 'Maybe these unvaccinated should simply die and decrease the surplus population.' For those in Spokane with the Christmas season in their hearts, this information should provide guidance next year when these particular organizations come begging for money. It is clear they really don't have charity in mind, but power and enforcing their will, even onto the most vulnerable."
Pushback: Citizens Create Open Christmas Soup Kitchen When Official Food Drive Bans Unjabbed
"[Chinese] COVID means fear, control, and lockdowns because we've allowed people to make it mean fear, control, and lockdowns."
Stop Letting Them Test You: Breaking the Chinese COVID Construct
Glenn Reynolds: "It's time for a rigorous investigation -- perhaps a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with subpoena power -- to get to the bottom of how our public-health authorities have mismanaged this pandemic. There's certainly no chance that the existing establishment will do so."
We Must Make Public Health Officials Accountable for Their Chinese COVID Lies
"Detaining people suspected of posing a health risk!"
JP Sears Video: Extreme Authoritarian Laws Proposed in New York
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"On the same day, the Commerce Department released a dismal trade deficit report showing that the gap between the cost of imported goods exceeded the value of exported at a record high and would likely continue for the duration of the [Chinese] coronavirus pandemic."
Biden: I Have the "Strongest First-Year Economic Track Record" of Any Recent President (. . . of Haiti - jjs)
"To support her reasoning, Weber invoked the need to fight climate change and the decision of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to pull support from President Joe Biden's domestic agenda."
British News Outlet Suggests Using "Price Controls" to Fight Inflation
"Mr. Buffett is one of the wealthiest guys on the planet," the lawmaker said on Twitter. "There is no reason that steelworkers at Special Metals, a W.V. company that made $1.5 billion in profits last year, should accept an insulting contract that includes significant pay cuts and major cuts to their health care."
Warren Buffett Denies Bernie Sanders' Request to Intervene in Labor Strike
Michael Walsh: "At least there's no more mean tweets!"
Build Back Biden
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"A manhunt is on for alleged shooter Darius D. Sullivan, 25, and Xandria Harris, 26, who is a 'person of interest' in the shooting, officials said." (one guess why this never sees the light of day in the propaganda press, and if it does the excuse-making machine gets cranked to eleventy-leven - jjs)
Illinois Cop Killed, Second Injured in Hotel Shooting
"Charges were filed against the duo back in November of 2019, alleging the pair fell asleep and disregarded their duties while on the job, failing to conduct their checks at the Metropolitan Correctional Center where Epstein was being held on sex-trafficking and sexual-abuse charges."
Charges Against Jeffrey Epstein's Jail Guards Dropped During Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial
"A shooting came up a few days ago and we couldn't even get a unit over there. A unit could not even get to that scene until 10 plus minutes later because there was no one"
Chicago Police Dispatcher Blasts Mayor Lori Lightfoot: "You're a Disgrace"
"For the past few months, stores across the United States -- especially in large cities -- have been terrorized by large crowds of people executing group robberies. Days ago, one such incident in Palm Beach, Florida, resulted in the theft of nearly $1 million in Hermes handbags."
Supermarket Chain Hy-Vee Introduces New Security Efforts As Smash-And-Grab Robberies Continue
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"The problem is only getting worse."
The Reduction of Public Schools to Propaganda Camps
"Here's hoping that 2022 will see a halt to the spread of Critical Race Theory."
Happy Un-Woke Year!
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"President Trump created and implemented the "Remain in Mexico" policy, which is officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), in order to stem the flood of people attempting to storm the United States and take up residency without troubling themselves to go through the legitimate process."
Biden Junta Asks Supreme Court to End 'Remain in Mexico'
"America cannot be truly great unless and until it secures its border and protects its most vulnerable American communities."
MAGA Doesn't Stop at the Rio Grande
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Hussain Altamimi is a legislative assistant to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, who joined the office last month. He reportedly shared a picture of himself with the Congresswoman on Instagram, adding the caption, 'New beginnings,' in November."
Titty Caca AOC Staffer: Israel a "Racist European Ethnostate Built on Stolen Land"
"Actress Estee Chandler disgraces herself by sharing the stage with CAIR rep."
Ex-Star Trek Underling Joins Hamas-Linked Operative to Attack Israel
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Ocasio-Cortez's decision to hang out in the red state of Florida amid the historic number of [Chinese] coronavirus cases in the city that she represents comes after she repeatedly attacked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for briefly going to Cancun, Mexico, earlier this year as the state of Texas dealt with a storm crisis."
Titty Caca AOC Caught in Miami Beach as New York City Hits Record Chinese Coronavirus Cases, Report Says
"Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime lover and partner-in-crime, was found guilty on five of six counts against her for trafficking teens to be abused. She faces up to 65 years in prison."
Prince Andrew's Lawyers Reportedly in 'Emergency Talks' Following Maxwell Verdict
POLITICS
"After what we saw in the 2021 elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and urban liberal locales, we could soon see a massive red wave, with Republicans winning governorships they lost in 2018 and dominating legislative races. And that's what Joe Biden, his affirmative action [so-called quote-unquote "vice president"], delusional [junta], and unhinged party have wrought."
Biden and the Democrats' Colossal Failures Set Up a 2022 Reckoning
"The Cook Political Report is a nonpartisan, independent newsletter that analyzes national political trends and elections. As it stands now, the GOP needs to net five seats in the midterm elections to regain control of the House majority."
Cook Political Report Projects GOP Is Favored to Win House Majority in 2022
"More reckless spending - and another recipe for election fraud."
Biden-Harris Prescriptions for Their Sagging Approval Ratings
"Joe Brandon had an exceptional year, the first of many to come."
2021: From 'MAGA' to 'Let's Go Brandon' in Twelve Miserable Months
Translation: Wave the flag on the campaign trail, then burn it once the election has been safely stolen.
Hillary Clinton Warns Democrats Against Far Left Turns Before 2022 Midterms
"New York Post columnist Miranda Devine told Fox News last week that she believes that Hillary's stunt where she cried through the speech-that-might-have-been is her way of putting herself out there for 2024."
Is Hillary Preparing for a 'Pick Me' Moment?
"Every time Harris tries to help herself, she hurts herself and everyone around her"
Vice President Kamikaze Harris
"If Democrats can get their way legislatively within the next few months, they may do better than expected in November." (Wait, what?! Everything they're trying to ram through legislatively and otherwise is the reason Joey Softserve and the Klain Kalorama Komintern are crashing in the polls in the first place! - jjs)
The Single-Mindedness of the Democrat Party
Michael Goodwin: "If the city had any good fortune during his reign of error, it was that de Blasio's avoidance of actual work meant he leaves with most of his agenda incomplete. For this and this alone we are deeply grateful. . . Godspeed to Adams and a word of advice: In the face of almost any problem or decision, try to imagine what Mayor Putz would do. Then do exactly the opposite!"
End of an Error: Good Riddance to NYC's Worst Mayor Ever -- Bill DeBolshevik
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Social media algorithms are specially programmed to spread disinformation and hate speech at the expense of the public good," said New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman, who announced a bill Monday aimed at preventing social media companies from promoting "false" or "fraudulent" content that could endanger the public. "The prioritization of this type of content has real life costs to public health and safety." (endanger the Leftist propaganda meme, he means - jjs)
Democrat-Run States Are Pushing Laws To Target Social Media "Misinformation"
"Obsessed with Donald Trump, the Cable News Network has failed to recognize the deranged culture inside their own four walls. Now, it may be too late."
XiNN Has An Institutional Sex Problem and It's Time for Answers
"CNN+ is the network's attempt to capture younger viewers, but so far, little is known about the content it will feature."
Sex Scandals, Sinking Ratings: XiNN Imploding on Eve of Streaming Launch
"The WSJ spins a tale about the tech giant in cahoots with the right. Here's what was left out."
The Facebook Scandal That Wasn't
"In case you missed it, Rick Saleeby, Jake Tapper's assistant at CNN, magnanimously resigned Wednesday in the wake of allegations that he solicited nude photos from minors online. And that is about as delicately as I can put it."
XiNN's Latest Pedo Scandal Is a Symptom of Left-Wing Derangement
"In yet another sign that the cult of [Chinese] COVID vaccinations is more political than scientific, Christopher Brito -- who has been with the corporate news network since 2017 -- unleashed on fellow Americans despite his previous assertions about the efficacy of vaccines."
RECEIPTS: CBS Producer Who Wants to "Punish" Unvaxxed Americans Once Claimed "Vaccines Don't Work"
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
The call, requested by Putin and their second in just over three weeks, will cover topics including "upcoming diplomatic engagements."
'Moment of Crisis' in Eastern Europe: Biden and Putin to Speak Again; Second Time in Three Weeks
"This impulse explains why, right after the [junta] stood down the Russian military buildup along Ukraine's borders in April, it began a dialogue with Moscow that led to the June Geneva summit and quickly followed its strong warnings to Moscow this fall with a phone call between national-security adviser Jake Sullivan and his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, that led to December's virtual summit. Putin sees and takes advantage of this impulse."
Putin Got Just What He Wanted From His Phone Call With Biden
"Russia and China's coziness is extending very much into space, in yet another way for the U.S. to lose the current cold war."
China, Russia, and the Geopolitics of Space
"[O]ver 200 national security police officers were deployed to raid the Kwun Tong offices of the non-profit online outlet in the early hours of Wednesday," with authorities arresting seven people linked to the outlet "on suspicion of breaching the colonial-era Crimes Ordinance by conspiring to publish seditious publications."
Hong Kong News Outlet Forced To Close Following Police Raid, Staff Arrests
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"2022 will only bring more attacks as the stakes rise in the ongoing global cyber war."
2021: The Year of the Hacker
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Raymond Ibrahim: "If this doesn't prove Islam's innate religious hostility, nothing will."
Muslim Hate for the Christian Cross
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Lord Christopher Monckton of Brenchley: "They are becoming aware that their official climate narrative is rooted in a grave error of physics."
The New Climate of Panic Among the Panic-Mongers
"Green energy schemes aren't going away, and neither is the climate hysteria that drives them."
Renewables' Reckoning Is Long Overdue
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"It is not Elon Musk's way to cower in fear of others. In fact, he is more likely to push forward, knowing that the publicity from a successful Superheavy static fire test will almost certainly be mostly positive and enthusiastic, thus helping to force politicians to force the bureaucracy to sign off its approval."
Starship Prototype 20 Completes Another Static Fire Launchpad Test
"The two launches also bring the total number of successful launches in 2021 to 134, the most in any single year in the entire history of space exploration. The last time global launches reached such numbers was in the 1970s and 1980s."
China Completes Two Launches to Make 2021 the Most Active Year in Rocketry Ever
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"She does so at the same time that both British and American people have their say about Rowling and so-called transgenderism."
J.K. Rowling Caves to the Transgender Mob
"When Tik Tok teachers want to trans your kids."
Which Way, Western Mom?
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"There is a quiet revolution happening across America and it could mark the beginning of the biggest spiritual, cultural, and political changes this country has seen since the Civil War."
Millions of Americans Are Getting 'Fresh Starts' in Red States
Dennis Prager: "A sobering look back at 2021."
The (Crappy) Year We Just Lived Through
"[The Madden video game] further glamorized violence and dehumanized Black athletes, helping to establish plantation cosplay that has grown worse in the era of fantasy football," Dallas College history professor Andrew McGregor wrote.
Dancing On The Grave: Prof. Claims Madden Video Game "Glamorized Violence and Dehumanized Black Athletes"
Christian Toto: "Podcast titan tees off on >i>Don't Look Up director Adam McKay, Rogen and Silverman."
Tim Dillon: "Comedy Is No Longer About Being Funny"
"If the hosts were really up for a challenge from a unique personality, they would bring conservative firebrand Ann Coulter back to the table."
ABC Doesn't Have the Backbone to Put Ann Coulter on The View
"What the globalist elites want for us is something that resembles corporate fascism. Or, in other words, one big fat globalist cult."
Six Cultish Things Globalist Elites Want You to Look Forward To in 2022 -- and Beyond!
HITHER & YON
"Madden's personality fit his purpose: To talk about and analyze football and instill his love of the game into viewers."
John Madden: A Tribute to the Man Who Was Football
"Doors front man Jim Morrison remains fascinating -- even if his literary ambitions never came to fruition."
Morrison's End
"Before the squirrel was captured, it also reportedly went after people's pets."
REPORT: Rogue Squirrel Attacks 18 People Before Being Trapped and Killed

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Comments

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1 Slides into first.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2021 07:50 AM (c1SHo)

2 Top 10?

Posted by: Heidi at December 31, 2021 07:51 AM (kC/gT)

3 Thank you, J.J.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 07:51 AM (3D/fK)

4 New Year's Eve. Holy moly. Here's to anything better than the last two years.

Posted by: Heidi at December 31, 2021 07:52 AM (kC/gT)

5 Good morning JJ and the horde

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 07:52 AM (2JoB8)

6 *peers into the HQ"

My God!
It's full of content!

Posted by: Astronaut Dave Bowman at December 31, 2021 07:53 AM (c1SHo)

7 Morning peeps. It is hard to adjust to this "new normal."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 07:54 AM (BFigT)

8 Got up expecting an EMT, forgot it's only Friday.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 31, 2021 07:54 AM (4thlk)

9
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 31, 2021 07:54 AM (DUIap)

10 "Lastly, a big thank you to everyone out there who has hit our tip jars. It helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated beyond words. Here's hoping for blessed new year ahead for all of you."

Tip jar hit (or at least that's what I hope the Paypal button that goes to Ace of Spade HQ did) - thanks for the year end reminder. Now, to put this on the calendar myself for next year.

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 07:54 AM (exHjb)

11 Divinely inspired J.J.?

They were a bunch of Freemasons.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 31, 2021 07:54 AM (rDgjh)

12 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 31, 2021 07:55 AM (iHhEV)

13 - Ace of Spades HQ - man, my coffee is still only a 1/3 of the way done, but 1st post already with a typo...sigh...

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 07:55 AM (exHjb)

14 Good morning dear morons and thank you JJ

Happy New Year to all of the horde

May 2022 bring us health and prosperity

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 07:55 AM (EZebt)

15 Hey 2021...hold my beer!

Posted by: 2022 at December 31, 2021 07:55 AM (c1SHo)

16 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 31, 2021 07:55 AM (cknjq)

17 -- Some event or series of events might lead to their eventual defeat and, please God, a rebirth of a new American republic and society. --

But remember: Birth means blood, pain, and a significant period for recovery.

Happy New Year!

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at December 31, 2021 07:55 AM (z/nZY)

18 Hiya Heidi !

Regards to da Cannibal !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2021 07:56 AM (arJlL)

19 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2021 07:56 AM (arJlL)

20 Bet starting in 6 days politicians and their Propaganda Ministry will be crying over the almost end of the democracy a year ago.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 07:56 AM (2JoB8)

21 Hiya JJ !

Happy new Year !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2021 07:57 AM (arJlL)

22 tidbit I just posted on the end of the tech thread:

downloaded a graphic that Gov. Abbott posted yesterday on population shifts - in 2021, Texas was + 310,288 people. New York was -319,020. Keep it up, Hochul and Adams! Drive everyone out!

Visualize a city near you which has a population of about 300,000 people. Texas is having to build the equivalent *from scratch* each year, just to accommodate the new people moving in.

top 5 gainers were 1) Texas, 2) Florida, 3) Arizona, 4) N. Carolina, 5) Georgia

top 5 losers were 1) New York, 2) California, 3) Illinois, 4) Massachusetts, 5) Louisiana

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 07:57 AM (evAgx)

23 Really? TODAY is New Years Eve???? How did that happen???

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 07:58 AM (evAgx)

24 "If you're going through hell, keep going"

Our future does seem bleak but Churchill and England were in a worse spot than we are now and they came thru it. How it resolves after the war though remains to be seen.

Posted by: f'd at December 31, 2021 07:58 AM (Tnijr)

25 lowandslow at least you didn't jump up and ask where Krak was like I did.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 07:58 AM (2JoB8)

26 23 Really? TODAY is New Years Eve???? How did that happen???
Posted by: Tom Servo

Don't ask me, I never expected to live this long.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 31, 2021 07:59 AM (MqQvv)

27 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at December 31, 2021 08:00 AM (u7pQw)

28 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

...

Well it is here in Sydney.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 31, 2021 08:00 AM (MqQvv)

29 Most enraging will be the Jan 6 retrospectives where the the media will further reinforce the insurrection narrative.

Posted by: f'd at December 31, 2021 08:00 AM (Tnijr)

30 Happy NYE to all! I get to go to a wedding tonight and we are officially DONE with the 'vid 'round here. I sure hope the kids do the Virginia Reel again.

Gonna put on that happy face and annoy everyone Salty says to annoy!

Thanks for all the newz, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine at December 31, 2021 08:00 AM (ZSsrh)

31 This next year might be the make or break for the Marxists, can Sundowner stay in the cat bird's seat for another year? Mid terms coming and baring vote fraud could toss the Democrats out. And President Ho is imo not if but when and should be a glorious train wreck.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:02 AM (2JoB8)

32 My thought for this New Year - I think 2022 is going to be significantly better than either 2021 or 2020, just like 1943 was a far more hopeful year for Americans than either 1942 or 1941. D-Day for us is only 11 months away now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:02 AM (evAgx)

33 QUICK

Let's kill 2021 so we can get on with the far worse 2022

what horrors await?

Posted by: DB, girding his loins at December 31, 2021 08:02 AM (fBSxh)

34 Read the content (not all!) and didn't get a top 10!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 31, 2021 08:03 AM (QR5m0)

35 Hiya Catherine !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2021 08:04 AM (arJlL)

36 17 -- Some event or series of events might lead to their eventual defeat and, please God, a rebirth of a new American republic and society. --

But remember: Birth means blood, pain, and a significant period for recovery.

A year ago on this day, what you said was the only hope I still clung to. Today, I can see that those events have already happened. Now we just need time to take its course, and us to do our part.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:04 AM (evAgx)

37 Hi, JT!

Hey, Pixy, can I reimage a computer made in 2012? Give' me problems, it is.

Posted by: Catherine at December 31, 2021 08:05 AM (ZSsrh)

38
Willowed

Baby powder helps with the mats?! My Goldens get them in their "armpits" and at the base of their ears all the time. Can't wait to try this. Is there any special method?

Another great use for baby powder that some might not know is to remove sand from your feet after a day at the beach. Sprinkle it on and just brush the sand away. Especially great for babies and kids.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 07:49 AM (0TVNF)

Baby powder is a dry lubricant that reduces the effort it takes to untangle mats in a dog's coat. Sprinkle it on the mat and knead it in. But it still takes a great deal of work with a slicker brush to work them out. Hold the mat at the base so you're not pulling on his skin and work from the outside in.

Of course, you could just cut them out; in fact we'll do that with the ones behind the ears if they're small. But the Good Lord gave your dog a coat for a reason and keeping it just seems the right thing to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2021 08:05 AM (/U27+)

39 Odds are that 2022 will be worse than 2021.

More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2021 08:05 AM (88xKn)

40 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 31, 2021 08:07 AM (yrol0)

41 Good morning horedelings. Good riddance, 2021.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:07 AM (45fpk)

42 Really? TODAY is New Years Eve???? How did that happen???
Posted by: Tom Servo

I believe it happens one day at a time... but, after a certain age those days go *really* quickly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 31, 2021 08:07 AM (QR5m0)

43 Whoa

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:08 AM (Do5/p)

44 "Most enraging will be the Jan 6 retrospectives where the the media will further reinforce the insurrection narrative.
Posted by: f'd"

Yep. The history books are being written about it now and the narrative enshrined. I'm expecting a federal holiday to honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve Our Democracy

Posted by: Ripley at December 31, 2021 08:09 AM (PTDkx)

45 Morning all! Happy New Year! The past 2 years have been horrible but 2021 itself was even worse. I'm truly hopiing 2022 will be better but I think some crazy shit is gonna happen.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 31, 2021 08:09 AM (nxdel)

46 Watching the spectacular fireworks in Sydney on OANN. They've been going on for 10 minutes already. Great show.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 08:09 AM (0TVNF)

47 This could be our 1942

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:10 AM (2JoB8)

48 This next year might be the make or break for the Marxists, can Sundowner stay in the cat bird's seat for another year? Mid terms coming and baring vote fraud could toss the Democrats out.

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I do think '22 will either fully solidify their grip, and thus the destruction of America, or they're going to flail themselves into the dustbin. What concerns me most is fraud. All of this hinges on fair elections. On free elections. On elections that don't have 100s of 1000s of ballots harvested and stuffed. That's what worries me most. In all honesty, if "The People" really got to choose their destiny, the democrats would be wiped out for the most part. But if they're not, by hook or by crook (mostly crook), they will enshrine vote fraud into federal law at some point in the remainder of this illegitimate potato's illegitimate presidency.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:10 AM (sVtYq)

49 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2021 08:11 AM (Irn0L)

50 Hiya JT!

Posted by: Heidi at December 31, 2021 08:12 AM (kC/gT)

51 'Morning, Captain !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2021 08:12 AM (arJlL)

52 Hiya JT!
Posted by: Heidi

Happy New Year !

Posted by: JT at December 31, 2021 08:13 AM (arJlL)

53 John Madden: Thanks for contributing to the popularity of the U.S. football industry which took the brain of the husband a distant relative who lives nearby, (about an hour away,) via Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE.) Team sports are a waste of life. Celebrate your own life, not a bunch of anthem-kneeling thugs. For sport, try mowing your lawn instead of hiring it out.

Posted by: Marooned at December 31, 2021 08:13 AM (w6hJ9)

54 2022 will see the loss of Taiwan and Ukraine

Also 10% annual CPI inflation rate

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 08:14 AM (EZebt)

55 Reminder that JJ and CBD have their own busker's musician case that deserves a jingle.

Posted by: Non commenter at December 31, 2021 08:14 AM (oWBc3)

56 Fauci is now in charge of proper protocol and greeting at News Years celebrations. Sort of a govt. Dear Abbey or Miss Manners

In a normal world this gnome would be mocked mercilessly by comedians.

Posted by: Ripley at December 31, 2021 08:14 AM (PTDkx)

57 Morning, Horde...How goes it? Welcome to the end of the ~~world~~ year!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2021 08:15 AM (K5n5d)

58 Some Disney chick, age 46 and apparently healthy and singing in a band until recently, died on Christmas morning. She'd suddenly had a heart attack in early December, and lapsed into a coma from which she never recovered.

Have no idea about her vaccine status, but it's unusual for healthy women in their 40's to suddenly keel over from heart attacks.

Or maybe not so unusual . . . . lately.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021 08:15 AM (k4dH2)

59 Good morning and happy new year.

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 31, 2021 08:15 AM (lCui1)

60 Good morning Horde. Hope everyone has an enjoyable New Year.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 31, 2021 08:15 AM (jvt6t)

61 In a normal world this gnome would be mocked mercilessly by comedians.
Posted by: Ripley at December 31, 2021 08:14 AM (PTDkx)
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In a normal world, he would also be behind bars for crimes against humanity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2021 08:16 AM (K5n5d)

62 Posted by: Marooned

Go join an Amish colony. There is no recreation, only work.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 31, 2021 08:16 AM (bKdTl)

63 Republicans need to embrace and commemorate January 6th as the death of Ashlee Babbitt and as the "great fake insurrection" to cover for the real insurrection of the fraudulent election. I know, fat chance.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2021 08:17 AM (H8QX8)

64
In "news the MSM will not report":

tinyurl.com/DoDoDoLookinOutSloJosBackDoor

"Occupy Biden", har! I drove by there yesterday.

CLIMATE EMERGENCY! signage dominated the pathetic gathering of domed tents and canopies (all made with fossil fuels, of course).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2021 08:17 AM (sQqgE)

65 In a normal world this gnome would be mocked mercilessly by comedians.
Posted by: Ripley at December 31, 2021 08:14 AM (PTDkx)
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In a normal world, he would also be behind bars for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2021 08:16 AM (K5n5d)

In a normal world he'd be a middle level hospital administrator, and no one would have ever heard of the greasy little fuck outside of a blurb in a crime blotter about some disturbed fellow arrested for abusing his pets

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:18 AM (6FeV1)

66 The war is out in the open. The good news is that more and more liberals are realizing they have been betrayed. The trans movement makes a farce out of equal rights for women. The advocacy for racism against whites is particularly galling for a movement that worked for a colorblind world. The homeless despoiling iconic locations in LA, SF, Portland, and Seattle make the citizens realize they have no rights. Blacks are waking up to their betrayal by a party that ushers is millions of illegals to take their jobs and lower their pay. We just need to go out and recruit these people with the visions of liberalism from 60 years ago--equal rights for all and equality under the law.

Posted by: IanDeal at December 31, 2021 08:18 AM (PD7YK)

67 Team sports are a waste of life. Celebrate your own life, not a bunch of anthem-kneeling thugs. For sport, try mowing your lawn instead of hiring it out.
Posted by: Marooned at December 31, 2021 08:13 AM (w6hJ9)
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Serial. Cricket players should be put to work digging canals.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 08:18 AM (EZebt)

68 Roll Tide!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 31, 2021 08:18 AM (yQpMk)

69 How 'bout them Packers, eh?

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:19 AM (45fpk)

70 2022 will see the loss of Taiwan and Ukraine

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It's easy to read the tea leaves on that. If you were an evil dictator on the world stage, would now be the time to act?

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:19 AM (sVtYq)

71 The thing that keeps bringing me back here is the optimism.

Wide-eyed, giggly optimism.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2021 08:19 AM (llXky)

72 Remember when death was unheard of? A long-lost Golden Age. Please don't pine.

Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (taPSh)

73 63 and Roseanne Boyland, more than likely murdered by Capital Police

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (2JoB8)

74 What's the Russian for Lebensraum?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (6FeV1)

75 If you were an evil dictator on the world stage, would now be the time to act?
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:19 AM (sVtYq)

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*gently pets white kitteh on his lap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 08:21 AM (EZebt)

76 Remember when death was unheard of? A long-lost Golden Age. Please don't pine.
Posted by: klaftern at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (taPSh)

Quit yer beech-in'.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:21 AM (6FeV1)

77 Roll Tide!

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I'm personally pulling for the Bearcats. 1) AL wins everything and 2) I'm from Cincy, so it'd be great to see them pull this off. No hard feelings!

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:22 AM (sVtYq)

78 74 What's the Russian for Lebensraum?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (6FeV1)

I don't know. "I'll-ask-her" . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2021 08:22 AM (x0n13)

79 Lady in Black, well said! There's no way they win except by fraud. If that happens, and it stands it will definitely be the end. Then I can look forward to spending my twilight years starving and miserable.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 31, 2021 08:22 AM (nxdel)

80 What's the Russian for Lebensraum?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (6FeV1)

I don't know. "I'll-ask-her" . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2021 08:22 AM (x0n13)

know'm say'n?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:23 AM (6FeV1)

81 Mornin' again, all,

OT: I tried to submit my latest contest story. Unfortunately I didn't notice that the midnight 12/31 deadline was Pacific Time, and I missed it by 5 hours. Well, they have a new quarter beginning tomorrow. This is the Writers of the Future contest -- L. Ron Hubbard's group. No matter what I think of Scientology, money is money, and they have some good-sized awards.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:23 AM (c6xtn)

82 75 *gently pets white kitteh on his lap*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 08:21 AM (EZebt)

Is that you, Zsa Zsa?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2021 08:23 AM (x0n13)

83 Hot Coffee...Let's all attend the Jan.6 Anniversary party with our LGB apparel....GFY!!!

Posted by: qmark at December 31, 2021 08:24 AM (nGOuT)

84 So, is this the time we start New Year's resolutions b/c even if they are sad and doomed to failure, they have to be more hopeful and happy than this thread right now?

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 08:24 AM (exHjb)

85 No hard feelings!
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:22 AM (sVtYq)

None here. I will be surprised if Cincinnati were to win, but I wouldn't be shocked.

They are undefeated this season after all.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 31, 2021 08:24 AM (yQpMk)

86 47 This could be our 1942
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:10 AM (2JoB

I think we're farther along than that. By a few months. Still 3 years to go before Berlin falls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:24 AM (evAgx)

87 Happy new year Horde!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 31, 2021 08:24 AM (/M5+2)

88 These are the Good Ole Days.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 31, 2021 08:25 AM (yQpMk)

89 The trans movement makes a farce out of equal rights for women.
_____________

JK Rowling caved at just the wrong moment. People are starting to get pissed (normal people, that is) at the idiocy that is the "trans" nonsense. The hulking man-pretending-to-be-a-woman swimmer in Pennsylvania, blowing past actual women swimmers who've spent their lives training for competitions, has opened some eyes. Rowling should have stood firm and pointed to this example as proof of what she's been saying.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021 08:25 AM (k4dH2)

90 Any big predictions for 2022?

I'll do the easy one. Gas is currently $3.20/gal around here. It will be $4.20/gal before summer.

Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2021 08:25 AM (88xKn)

91 75 *gently pets white kitteh on his lap*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021

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Never mind those Persian cats. Maine Coons look much more imposing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:26 AM (c6xtn)

92 These are the Good Ole Days.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 31, 2021 08:25 AM (yQpMk)

So.... stock up on colanders and tire irons now while we have the chance?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:26 AM (6FeV1)

93 There's no way they win except by fraud. If that happens, and it stands it will definitely be the end. Then I can look forward to spending my twilight years starving and miserable.

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Same here, Jewells. Starving, miserable...and sad. Very, very sad at what we as a once-free people lost.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:26 AM (sVtYq)

94 My New Year's resolution is to read each and every JJ link every day.

Oh who am I kidding. I'd never be able to leave the computer.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:27 AM (45fpk)

95 Who would have thought Carter would make it to 2022? Only 3 more years and he will be 100.

Posted by: f'd at December 31, 2021 08:27 AM (Tnijr)

96 JK Rowling caved at just the wrong moment. People are starting to get pissed (normal people, that is) at the idiocy that is the "trans" nonsense. The hulking man-pretending-to-be-a-woman swimmer in Pennsylvania, blowing past actual women swimmers who've spent their lives training for competitions, has opened some eyes. Rowling should have stood firm and pointed to this example as proof of what she's been saying.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021

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If I had Rowling's FY money and status among normal people, I would ignore these clowns. I ignore them anyway, as I have nothing to do with Farcebook and Twatter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:27 AM (c6xtn)

97 Should a real, honest insurrection happen I seriously doubt the media is ready for the level of violence that it would entail. Neither are those clowns in DC.

They pissed themselves over a group walking tour through the capitol building last year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 08:27 AM (BFigT)

98 I'll do the easy one. Gas is currently $3.20/gal around here. It will be $4.20/gal before summer.

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Predictions are saying it will start decreasing...just in time for the midterms. Funny how that works!

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:27 AM (sVtYq)

99 I'll do the easy one. Gas is currently $3.20/gal around here. It will be $4.20/gal before summer.
Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2021 08:25 AM (88xKn)

Some places. Others, it will be $1.20 thanks to the Community Petroleum Equity Act.

But you'll have to show your Race Card to fill up there.

(I printed mine off the internet. Y'all can borrow my laminator if you need. )

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2021 08:28 AM (6FeV1)

100 Never mind those Persian cats. Maine Coons look much more imposing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:26 AM (c6xtn)

If your aim is to scare someone, get a Sphynx or a Cornish Rex.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:28 AM (45fpk)

101 You can keep Manhattan,
Just give me Park Avenue!

Posted by: Zsa Zsa at December 31, 2021 08:29 AM (EZebt)

102 I didn't read the story on Rowling caving, but it's sad that she did. This sh*t only stops when people stop backing down. "This is what I believe and if you don't like it, I don't care."

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:29 AM (sVtYq)

103 I do think '22 will either fully solidify their grip, and thus the destruction of America, or they're going to flail themselves into the dustbin. What concerns me most is fraud. All of this hinges on fair elections. On free elections. On elections that don't have 100s of 1000s of ballots harvested and stuffed. That's what worries me most. In all honesty, if "The People" really got to choose their destiny, the democrats would be wiped out for the most part. But if they're not, by hook or by crook (mostly crook), they will enshrine vote fraud into federal law at some point in the remainder of this illegitimate potato's illegitimate presidency.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:10 AM (sVtYq)

You say it well and it truly cannot be said enough.

Where is the RNC in the effort to at least try to make the elections less fraudulent? Effectively MIA.

For that reason alone Trump , if his time comes again, must terminate RNC staff and replace them with red meat patriots

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 31, 2021 08:30 AM (HkRDr)

104 Funny, this is not how everyone on the planet understood how vaccines worked prior to COVID. And funny how they are redefining the relevance of case counts now.

NBC News: Omicron shows the Covid vaccines work. 'Breakthrough case' is a misunderstood term.

Breakthrough infections are part and parcel of immunization as long as a disease is circulating. If the vaccines are saving lives, they're doing their job.

By Dr. Jacob M. Lurie, resident physician, and Dr. Gunisha Kaur, physician and human rights researcher

Focusing on case numbers - especially as the illness moves toward becoming endemic, or regularly found within a population like the common cold and the flu are - is misplaced because it focuses on the wrong number, which seems larger and scarier than the actual threat the virus represents. It doesn't screen out for the details that matter: whether cases are asymptomatic; whether they result in hospitalizations and deaths; whether they are occurring among fully vaccinated people. Without this further context, it's impossible to measure the impact of these breakthrough cases.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:30 AM (Do5/p)

105 I am convinced with the rules broken and dictated without law by or Piece of shit Secretary of State jin Pa even my congressional race was frauded.
But most congressional races will be turned, even many Democrats are refusing to run again, just like many Republicans thought Trump would be a disaster and ran away.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:31 AM (2JoB8)

106 98 I'll do the easy one. Gas is currently $3.20/gal around here. It will be $4.20/gal before summer.

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Predictions are saying it will start decreasing...just in time for the midterms. Funny how that works!
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:27 AM (sVtYq)

Well, both can be true...gas (almost) always decreases from summer to fall as the blends switch and the driving lessens...so it could be $3.99 then, which would be cheaper than his suggested summer price.

As for my prediction, I predict the Dow/Nasdaq/S&P crash (30% or more reduction) within 60 days of the Fed withdrawing its direct and indirect support. Now, I don't know when the Fed will stop holding them up, so this prediction is on the table until that happens...I think that's 2022, but it could just as easily be 2025 if they want to blame the next party...

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

107 Here's something hopeful. You all know that Chekov, the Ailing Codger Cat, has trouble moving now. Well, he's sprawled on the floor near me. I call his name, and he actually makes the effort to get up and creep a little closer to me. So I climb down and pet him. He purrs even more loudly.

And some people say that cats don't care about us, and won't come when they are called. Pfft.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:31 AM (c6xtn)

108 Jimmy Carter is dead?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 08:32 AM (EZebt)

109 70 2022 will see the loss of Taiwan and Ukraine
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It's easy to read the tea leaves on that. If you were an evil dictator on the world stage, would now be the time to act?
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:19 AM (sVtYq)

looking at those two situations - Taiwan is independently stronger than we tend to realize, and mainland China has more internal problems than we realize. Contrary to what we imagine, the Chinese leadership has generally tended to be extremely conservative when it comes to risk taking, and they are unlikely to take the risk on this one. Remember. they only took Hong Kong after the British folded and walked away without firing a shot.

Ukraine - everyone in that part of the world is fighting the last war, or maybe two wars ago. Ukraine is impoverished and decrepit. Russia is impoverished and decrepit. It doesn't matter any more who runs any of that, all of it is worthless to hold from any global perspective. So whatever happens there; who cares?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:32 AM (evAgx)

110 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

The good news: I am now officially retired!

The bad news: I couldn't celebrate the way I wanted to because I am suffering from a bad flu.

The worse news: Mask mandates are rolling out again in MA.

But at least my time is once again my own.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 08:32 AM (2JVJo)

111 OT: I tried to submit my latest contest story. Unfortunately I didn't notice that the midnight 12/31 deadline was Pacific Time, and I missed it by 5 hours.

What time zone did you think it was? Guam?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 31, 2021 08:33 AM (bKdTl)

112 Facsist take over going according to schedule thanks Bill Barr, thanks Mitch, thanks Paul Ryan, thanks GOP. You did nothing to " protect our democracy ", when Trump was elected. In fact riots were patriotic dissent.

Posted by: CN at December 31, 2021 08:33 AM (ONvIw)

113 But at least my time is once again my own.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 08:32 AM (2JVJo)

Congratulations Mr. Poppins! I know you've waited a long time for this. Feel better soon.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:33 AM (45fpk)

114 I'm rather behind on news here at the HQ. Didn't know that CBD was in the hospital, assumed he was vacationing. Can anyone fill me in?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (2NHgQ)

115 >The hard truth is that all great civilizations fall.

The hard truth is that all prior great civilizations have fallen.

FTFY

"Past performance is no guarantee of future results".

Stay positive.

Posted by: peacelovewoodstock at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (MpECt)

116 The good news: I am now officially retired!

The bad news: I couldn't celebrate the way I wanted to because I am suffering from a bad flu. . . .

But at least my time is once again my own.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021

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Congratulations, sir! What do you plan to do once the flu is past?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (c6xtn)

117 What's that, Lassie..

Timmy fell in the well, and hospital ER's are clogged with healthy, yet scared people?

https://tinyurl.com/2p88f6zy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (3D/fK)

118 Jimmy Carter is dead?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No. He is being recruited as a fresh face for 24. Campaign slogan "Bring back the good times of 79!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (bKdTl)

119 MP4, how many bottles of champagne?

Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2021 08:35 AM (88xKn)

120 114 I'm rather behind on news here at the HQ. Didn't know that CBD was in the hospital, assumed he was vacationing. Can anyone fill me in?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (2NHgQ)

Covid...but after a few days stay, he should be out today (or so he said last night)...

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 08:35 AM (exHjb)

121 MP4. Congratulations. Retirement is the best thing ever after a faithful dog.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)

122 >>he hard truth is that all great civilizations fall. They do so mostly because over time they tend to destroy themselves from within. That said, I do believe that the course and/or arc if you will of human history has generally been towards the betterment and improvement of mankind.

For some reason this reminds me of this...

After all it's not that awful. You know what the fellow said - in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

I don't think we are going to be so lucky this time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2021 08:35 AM (GhqUo)

123 Read the Rowling article @- sounds like she's trying to thread the needle between sex and gender. But still says trannies should stay out of women's only spheres.

"Small but important point: I've never said there are only two genders. There are innumerable gender identities.

The question at the heart of this debate is whether sex or gender identity should form the basis of decisions on safeguarding, provision of services, sporting categories and other areas where women and girls currently have legal rights and protections.
Using the words 'sex' and 'gender' interchangeably obscures the central issue of this debate.

If you're interested in what I actually said, see https://bit.ly/347qA56 (in which I literally say 'trans lives matter' and 'trans rights are human rights.')"

Read the link, does not read as caving.

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 31, 2021 08:36 AM (lCui1)

124 Nova. Thanks

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 08:36 AM (2NHgQ)

125 Can anyone fill me in?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

He had a rough patch with the fauci flu. The good news is that the bionic lungs are working well and he should be back to posting naked ottoman men soon.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 31, 2021 08:36 AM (bKdTl)

126 Mazel tov MP4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (EZebt)

127 Carter's not dead, it's just a malaise.

Posted by: f'd at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (Tnijr)

128 MP4 Congrats!!!

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (lCui1)

129 Good Lord the pictures of the wildfires in Colorado are awful

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (nxdel)

130 "he should be back to posting naked ottoman men soon."

Oh ~~shit~~ joy!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (3D/fK)

131 Well, both can be true...gas (almost) always decreases from summer to fall as the blends switch and the driving lessens...so it could be $3.99 then, which would be cheaper than his suggested summer price.

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All true. But Resident Dunderhead will "claim victory" by making it affordable or whatever BS he'll vomit forth, as well as that red-headed Frau Goebbels. And people will fall for it. The last part being the most pertinent. Maybe it won't matter, as inflation is going to keep ratcheting up through '22 regardless and there's no way they can (or will) stop the pain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (sVtYq)

132 CBD is in the hospital with Covid? I did not know. Get yourself well and back to the Art Thread, CBD. But only if there's no you-know-what.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:37 AM (45fpk)

133
My New Year's Resolution is to be 27% more irritating than I already am.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2021 08:38 AM (/U27+)

134 I tried to go back and read comments from earlier in the week posts to find out about CBD. Couldn't access them. Is this something new or just my browser?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 08:38 AM (2NHgQ)

135 OT: I tried to submit my latest contest story. Unfortunately I didn't notice that the midnight 12/31 deadline was Pacific Time, and I missed it by 5 hours.
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What time zone did you think it was? Guam?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 31, 2021

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I assumed Eastern. Come to think of it, the deadline didn't really pass! 11:59 pm on the 31st Pacific Time isn't until 2 am here tomorrow morning! What passed 5 hours ago was 11:59 pm on the 30th! Because right now is 7:30 am Central, 5:30 am on the West Coast -- am, not pm! I'll send them a notice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:38 AM (c6xtn)

136 From last year's 12/31/20 Morning Report. Spot-on saying that we had not seen anything yet. Jan6, Afghanistan withdrawal failure, forced vaccinations under threat of loss of employment, redefinition of vaccine and vaccination, termination of the unvaxxinated from all areas of industry and government institutions, etc.

If you thought 2020 was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet. Things are going to get a lot worse, and it's going to get personal. But where there is life, there is hope. Don't vest all your trust in one man, be it Trump, Rush or whoever. First and foremost, you have to put your trust in yourself. Man up, woman up. We all have responsibilities that keep us occupied with putting food on the table and a roof over the heads of our loved ones. But what is all of that worth if the freedom to live your life as you see fit, or to try to make it better for your progeny, is denied you? A moment of truth is fast approaching. I can't tell you what to do because I myself don't know what to do. That's what's so frustrating and depressing.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:38 AM (Do5/p)

137 103 I do think '22 will either fully solidify their grip, and thus the destruction of America, or they're going to flail themselves into the dustbin. What concerns me most is fraud. All of this hinges on fair elections. On free elections. On elections that don't have 100s of 1000s of ballots harvested and stuffed. That's what worries me most. In all honesty, if "The People" really got to choose their destiny, the democrats would be wiped out for the most part."

Remember that the Dem's evil genius trick in 2020 was to figure out that they could win a national election by controlling the vote in only 6 large, democrat run cities. (you know which ones) Next November, there are 435 separate House elections, plus 33 Senate races. They can't be controlled by controlling just 6 cities, that's the great weakness of their scheme.

btw, I take it for granted that every race in California is fixed. If it was up to me, I would refuse to seat any California reps in Congress and install a military reconstruction government there. If it was up to me.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:38 AM (evAgx)

138 Congrats, MP4! *throws confetti in the air*

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:39 AM (sVtYq)

139 114 I'm rather behind on news here at the HQ. Didn't know that CBD was in the hospital, assumed he was vacationing. Can anyone fill me in?
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CBD apparently had the China virus. Thinks it was Delta. Went to the ER and was admitted. Was feeling much better yesterday and said might be released today.

That's all I know.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021 08:39 AM (k4dH2)

140 Good morning, horde!

Work holiday, so I get to read the whole morning report today! Thank you, JJ, as always. Yours is the best news roundup to be had.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2021 08:41 AM (OX9vb)

141 CBD was in the hospital?! Wow, I hadn't heard that. I'm very glad to hear he's doing better.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:41 AM (sVtYq)

142 136 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:38 AM (Do5/p)

Where were you an hour ago when I was trying to figure out what the hell to write?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2021 08:42 AM (x0n13)

143 Odd how Maxwell is convicted of Sex Trafficking

Yet in B'More, the State's Attorney refuses to press charges for prostitution, as in her opinion, it's a victimless crime.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:42 AM (3D/fK)

144 CBD. Hope you are feeling better. And are released today.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 08:42 AM (2NHgQ)

145 141 CBD was in the hospital?! Wow, I hadn't heard that. I'm very glad to hear he's doing better.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:41 AM (sVtYq)

He's actually still there - he was hopeful of a departure today, but with hospitals, you don't know for certain you're leaving til they are kicking you out the door!

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 08:42 AM (exHjb)

146 63 and Roseanne Boyland, more than likely murdered by Capital Police
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:20 AM (2JoB

The same capitol police who were awarded medals for their 'bravery' by rock-ribbed conservatives Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. Don't forget that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 08:43 AM (2JVJo)

147 After all it's not that awful. You know what the fellow said - in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

I don't think we are going to be so lucky this time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2021 08:35 AM (GhqUo)

LOL, I love that quote, and I remember who said it. Our problem right now is that we're dominated by hatred, fear, and cowardice at all levels of our leadership. We need to move into the bloodshed part before we can start to progress again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:43 AM (evAgx)

148 Search for CBD's comments in this thread, yesterday's Morning Rant, starting at #69:
https://bit.ly/3pJlncc

In the northeast where everyone with an at home covid test are flooding emergency rooms like they're dying because the test said positive but they feel fine.

Posted by:TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 30, 2021 10:47 AM

And my community hospital has 60 covid patients on their covid wing. Those aren't terrified little mice afraid of a positive covid test, so spare me your smug superiority.

And I am one of them, so ease up on your arrogance. These are real people in hospitals across the country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 11:19 AM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:43 AM (Do5/p)

149 CBD apparently had the China virus. Thinks it was Delta. Went to the ER and was admitted. Was feeling much better yesterday and said might be released today.

That's all I know.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021 08:39 AM (k4dH2)
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I understand that maple syrup on French toast is an old home remedy to prevent such a thing...Hope CBD feels better soon!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2021 08:44 AM (K5n5d)

150 I guess the Boulder county wildfires aren't making the national news? Devastating destruction yesterday, entire neighborhoods wiped out.

Posted by: Jackie at December 31, 2021 08:45 AM (URNdm)

151 100 Never mind those Persian cats. Maine Coons look much more imposing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:26 AM (c6xtn)

If your aim is to scare someone, get a Sphynx or a Cornish Rex.

I think brindled Oriental Shorthairs (basically Siamese with a whole new set of coloring) are really kind of scary looking

they're sweet! but have that Siamese mien and shape and if they're black or dark brindle whew they are spooky

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:46 AM (j9HX3)

152 So Putin told Biden some ugly things during their phone call, or so the rumor goes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 08:46 AM (rxDDN)

153 150 I guess the Boulder county wildfires aren't making the national news? Devastating destruction yesterday, entire neighborhoods wiped out.
Posted by: Jackie at December 31, 2021 08:45 AM (URNdm)

They haven't figured out how to make it fit "The Narrative" yet. No coverage of the story allowed until they're told what angle to follow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:46 AM (evAgx)

154 150 I guess the Boulder county wildfires aren't making the national news? Devastating destruction yesterday, entire neighborhoods wiped out.
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They're headlining the Daily Mail (the British paper), and currently the Fox news website.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021 08:47 AM (k4dH2)

155 >>He's actually still there - he was hopeful of a departure today, but with hospitals, you don't know for certain you're leaving til they are kicking you out the door!

Oh dear! Hope he gets out soon -- and the hospital discharge process is like a Twilight Zone episode every dang time.

Posted by: Jackie at December 31, 2021 08:47 AM (URNdm)

156 good morning guys!

happy to see the end of 2021 for sure

I hear you on vote fraud but the house seats are up in 2022 and they can't usually fraud those to the same extent. it's statewide or national races we have to worry about.

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:47 AM (j9HX3)

157 If you would like to help Boulder CO fire victims

-Boulder County Community Wildfire Fund:

https://t.co/WJtv9sfxI0

Posted by: DB, girding his loins at December 31, 2021 08:47 AM (fBSxh)

158 I have more distrust of hospitals this past year than ever, seems most found a quick buck if they followed the prescribed procedures and collect a reward after the patient died from those procedures.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:47 AM (2JoB8)

159 So Putin told Biden some ugly things during their phone call, or so the rumor goes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 08:46 AM (rxDDN)

?? What did you hear and where?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2021 08:48 AM (Irn0L)

160 152 So Putin told Biden some ugly things during their phone call, or so the rumor goes.
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That's okay, Senile Joe probably forgot everything Putin said before the call ended.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 31, 2021 08:48 AM (k4dH2)

161 I think I see the conflict in positions.

1. In New England, people who have a positive quick test, yet feel perfectly fine, and symptom free are rushing to, and clogging hospital ER's.

2. CBD who sounds to have felt like shit and feeling worser all the time, with many symptoms of Covid, went to the ER.

Two different sets of circumstances.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:48 AM (3D/fK)

162 Congratulations, sir! What do you plan to do once the flu is past?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:34 AM (c6xtn)

Well, I haven't had a vacation in 3 years, so next week I am just going to sit and read and relax. Then after that, I'll be working to get out a final draft of my new Theda Bara book and publish it, perhaps by February.

And then after that, it will just be writing and relaxing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 08:48 AM (2JVJo)

163 Congratulations on your retirement MP4!!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 31, 2021 08:48 AM (nxdel)

164 Team sports when done properly are great and last I looked entirely voluntary. The risks are well known, more now than ever, and if you don't want to take the risks then don't play them or let you kids play them.

I played team sports up through college and into my adult life and don't regret any of it. Some of the best times of my life. Modern society is just soft.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2021 08:49 AM (ZLI7S)

165 158 I have more distrust of hospitals this past year than ever, seems most found a quick buck if they followed the prescribed procedures and collect a reward after the patient died from those procedures.

yeah I know too many people who died after an awful opportunistic NOSOCOMIAL infection (see guys?!?! I learned the real meaning of that!)

hospitals are bad places to be (unless you really do have to be there)

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:49 AM (j9HX3)

166 "So Putin told Biden some ugly things during their phone call, or so the rumor goes."

What phone call?

Posted by: Joe Biden, Supergenious at December 31, 2021 08:49 AM (3D/fK)

167 CBD always focusing on the positive: https://bit.ly/34fZxVr

I agree. Most ER visits are bullshit.

But I was really impressed on Monday evening. Triage was superb. Lots of people milling around with the usual complaints, but I was put at the head of the line and seen within 10 minutes. They knew what they were doing, and the best part was that the ER nurse was quite attractive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 12:03 PM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (Do5/p)

168 If your aim is to scare someone, get a Sphynx or a Cornish Rex.
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I think brindled Oriental Shorthairs (basically Siamese with a whole new set of coloring) are really kind of scary looking

they're sweet! but have that Siamese mien and shape and if they're black or dark brindle whew they are spooky
Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021

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My late big black longhair Wolf would have really been scary. In fact more than once during his time here, a superstitious maintenance guy refused to come into my place because of him. "I ain't goin' in there with that cat." Yet Wolf was easygoing and friendly to humans.

Of course, a large black cat on a villain's lap would be a cliche.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (c6xtn)

169 Jack what did you play rugby or lax? I can't see you as a soccer player

ice hockey?

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (j9HX3)

170 It can both be true that asymptomatic people who test positive for Wuhan are flooding hospitals, and that truly sick people are also there. Testing sites in my area are full of healthy looking and sounding people looking to confirm an at-home test result. CVS told me they got 300 test kits in their Wednesday truck delivery and they were gone by mid-afternoon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (rxDDN)

171 So Putin told Biden some ugly things during their phone call, or so the rumor goes.

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I would've loved it if he'd told him, "Let's Go Brandon."

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (sVtYq)

172 the only intelligent thing I've seen anyone say about the Ukraine situation is that Putin will most likely wait til April or May to do anything, because it's the middle of the Russian Winter right now. And nobody in Russia is dumb enough to launch field operations in the middle of a Russian Winter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (evAgx)

173 Supposed to have near record high temps here today and tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM (3D/fK)

174 And, as a side note, earlier in the week, people were discussing whether Mooch would be tapped by the junta to run for POTUS.

So what did I see last night? A teaser commercial for some sitcom called "black-ish," whose special guest for the new season will be. . .Mooch.

She's being groomed for something.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 08:51 AM (2JVJo)

175 >>They haven't figured out how to make it fit "The Narrative" yet. No coverage of the story allowed until they're told what angle to follow.

Here's what it will be: Climat change caused this, vote for build back better!

Here's what it should be: The land those Marshall houses were built on was uninhabited until recently was for a reason, high winds and the old mines.

Posted by: Jackie at December 31, 2021 08:51 AM (URNdm)

176 They knew what they were doing, and the best part was that the ER nurse was quite attractive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021

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What planet or time-travel era did you visit???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 08:51 AM (c6xtn)

177 In 1978 I along with a hundred other Airmen went literally AWOL for 24 hrs going off to fight wildfires in that area of Colorado s o at least have a memory of what they can do.
Mostly remember in middle of night seeing a tree line burst into flames all at once as if napalm bomb hit it.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:51 AM (2JoB8)

178 MP4, now that you're retired, you ought to leave MA. Head south and get away from that poisonous state. We've got the welcome sign on in SC for people like you!

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2021 08:52 AM (sVtYq)

179 OOps, off sock

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 08:52 AM (URNdm)

180 I don't see Mooch doing anything, it's the high life and doesn't have to do anything for it, the Obamas never were much for work, only the glory accolades heaped on them.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:53 AM (2JoB8)

181 ?? What did you hear and where?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 31, 2021 08:48 AM (Irn0L)
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My MSN news feed said so, but I didn't read the details. Apparently, Putin is trying to push back on NATO's thirty year eastward expansion. My guess is Sundown has no stomach for an argument.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 08:54 AM (rxDDN)

182 ok I put a pic of an Oriental Shorthair in my sig - take a look! (not a trick)

they are spooky!

(yes I had one, she was terrifying looking especially at when she peered at you in the dark lol)

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:54 AM (j9HX3)

183 If your aim is to scare someone, get a Sphynx

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:28 AM

Joey Tribbiani: What the hell is that?!
Rachel Green: It's a cat.
Joey Tribbiani: THAT is not a cat!
Rachel Green: Yes it is!
Ross Geller: Why is it inside out?

https://bit.ly/3HkkfkU

Posted by: Friends at December 31, 2021 08:55 AM (Do5/p)

184 "We've got the welcome sign on in SC for people like you!"

And don't forget to stop at South of the Border, and get yourself a "SOB" bumper sticker.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:55 AM (3D/fK)

185 Two eggs over easy on lightly buttered Wonder bread toast with a side of bacon.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 31, 2021 08:55 AM (R/m4+)

186 (yes I had one, she was terrifying looking especially at when she peered at you in the dark lol)

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:54 AM (j9HX3)

She's a beauty.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (45fpk)

187 MP4 yes, congratulations

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (2JoB8)

188 The left will not flail themselves into the dustbin. The Republicans will have their red wave, gain control then shit the bed for two years being ineffective. Then commenters here will ask questions of why don't they do this, why don't they do that? What are they afraid of? You know, the usual BS rants about the GOP that have been said for the last 40-50 years. The left will blame the Repubs for not going along with legislation to fix the country, though the Repubs will capitulate and give them most of what they want. The next few years is going to be a political shit-show.

Posted by: JROD at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (0jZnq)

189 I am recovering from a very nasty bug that that tested positive for "covid'. I couldn't even get out of bed for 4 days. If you can't get ivermectin, or don't want to go through the trouble, a good alternative remedy is a mouthwash called Cepacol. It's disgusting but it destroys the virus.

Posted by: Tums Festival at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (Uzh5E)

190 "What planet or time-travel era did you visit???"

Just blame it on the high fever and delirium.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (3D/fK)

191 It can both be true that asymptomatic people who test positive for Wuhan are flooding hospitals, and that truly sick people are also there. Testing sites in my area are full of healthy looking and sounding people looking to confirm an at-home test result. CVS told me they got 300 test kits in their Wednesday truck delivery and they were gone by mid-afternoon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 08:50 AM

Yep, that was my thought reading the reply by CBD to TJM as well. But I don't blame CBD too much for his frustration. I'd be pretty on edge as well having to go to the hospital for anything these days, let alone COVID.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 08:58 AM (Do5/p)

192 If I was Putin I would have ended the call, " So let's agree on one thing, Let's go Brandon '

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:58 AM (2JoB8)

193 And don't forget to stop at South of the Border, and get yourself a "SOB" bumper sticker.

it's gone!!!

She's a beauty.

thanks Grammie! Orientals are really great cats especially if you like Siamese (which I had growing up) but not the white hair so much. they do have an unusual facial structure. Very smart cats.

ALSO - love the "Bird of Prey" essay JJ!

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 08:58 AM (j9HX3)

194 a good alternative remedy is a mouthwash called Cepacol. It's disgusting but it destroys the virus.

Posted by: Tums Festival at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM

Hmmm, that name sounds familiar, if I am pronouncing it correctly. SEE-pah-call? I remember commercials for lozenges of the same name.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:00 AM (Do5/p)

195 ...a good alternative remedy is a mouthwash called Cepacol. It's disgusting but it destroys the virus.
Posted by: Tums Festival at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (Uzh5E)
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Dr. McCullough mentioned using povidone iodine (Betadine) in a 2 tsp. Betadine to 6 oz. water for a nasal spray and gargle to greatly reduce or eliminate viral load.

This idea has been around for a long time. When I was in EMS, we used to swab inside our noses with Betadine during flu outbreaks.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 09:00 AM (0TVNF)

196 It's interesting the Federalist is pushing for Ann Coulter to go on the View, and calls her a "conservative". Personally, I don't care about the View but Ann Coulter strikes me as more of a libertarian

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 09:01 AM (rxDDN)

197 Apparently, Putin is trying to push back on NATO's thirty year eastward expansion

Someone from the Ukraine said they're more concerned with what NATO will do in response to Russia's saber rattling than what Russia may/may not do. Putin's looking for a provocation so he can act. Now, next spring, whenever... He knows the US will do nothing, or has been given some level of assurance that our reaction will be pure bluster.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 09:01 AM (BFigT)

198 Congratulations, MP4!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:02 AM (URNdm)

199 If you have kids, it's going to be necessary to investigate what their teachers post on Tik Tok.

Libs of Tik Tok
@libsoftiktok

These narcissistic groomer teachers need to be purged from the education system

https://tinyurl.com/y9hvnnhc

Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2021 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

200 158 I have more distrust of hospitals this past year than ever, seems most found a quick buck if they followed the prescribed procedures and collect a reward after the patient died from those procedures.
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 08:47 AM (2JoB

It's bigger than that, and it's not a "quick buck" it's a strong arm. The potential loss of medicaid and medicare to a hospital is huge, and the state and federal regulators will have no trouble pushing to end your accreditation.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:02 AM (ONvIw)

201 "He knows the US will do nothing, or has been given some level of assurance that our reaction will be pure bluster."

Perhaps Putin and General Milley are in direct contact to avoid any confusion, with Biden at the helm?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:03 AM (3D/fK)

202 >>(yes I had one, she was terrifying looking especially at when she peered at you in the dark lol)

Oh my -- did she look like an alien?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:03 AM (URNdm)

203 Stupid question: If you are admitted to the hospital for Covid, what is the treatment?

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 09:04 AM (45fpk)

204 The left will blame the Repubs for not going along with legislation to fix the country, though the Repubs will capitulate and give them most of what they want. The next few years is going to be a political shit-show.
Posted by: JROD at December 31, 2021 08:56 AM (0jZnq)

I have no big ideas of the Repubs doing anything that will help the situation; all I want out of them is that they make sure nothing happens at all, and the Fed level dissolves into total gridlock. (and I think Mitch is just the man we need to make that happen)

But 2024 isn't going to be about politics, it will be about Events. A whole flock of Black Swans are going to fly between now and then, to the extent that there will be no "politics as usual" possible for anyone.

if I would name just the most likely out of the dozens of things that could potentially happen, I would say default on our public debt, most likely through the mechanism of hyperinflation. Don't try to imagine a presidential campaign with that as a backdrop, no one can.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 09:04 AM (evAgx)

205 It's interesting the Federalist is pushing for Ann Coulter to go on the View, and calls her a "conservative". Personally, I don't care about the View but Ann Coulter strikes me as more of a libertarian
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 09:01 AM (rxDDN)
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I use to sort of like her... until she became crazy and bipolar.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2021 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

206 Perhaps Putin and General Milley are in direct contact to avoid any confusion, with Biden at the helm?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:03 AM (3D/fK)

Why not, Milley consorted and cavorted with the CCP, now he's hollowing out the military with his phony pandemic. Totalitarianism is marching apace.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:04 AM (ONvIw)

207 > Stupid question: If you are admitted to the hospital for Covid, what is the treatment?

shaming

Posted by: DB, girding his loins at December 31, 2021 09:05 AM (fBSxh)

208 Perhaps Putin and General Milley are in direct contact to avoid any confusion, with Biden at the helm?
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With bunches of plump Colonels with nothing better to do than support Putin as the 'sane' response to 'messy' elections.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 31, 2021 09:05 AM (MIKMs)

209 "Apparently, Putin is trying to push back on NATO's thirty year eastward expansion"

For good reason, contrary to what we like to believe, history didn't start the day we were born. Let's face it, Germany controls most of Europe now through the EU, I can't imagine why Russia might worry about Germany's intentions.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 31, 2021 09:05 AM (4thlk)

210 @201

>>Perhaps Putin and General Milley are in direct contact to avoid any confusion, with Biden at the helm?

Good point, I wonder if the Meat Puppet will take his Vig in Rubles or Crypto?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2021 09:05 AM (GhqUo)

211 Oh my -- did she look like an alien?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:03 AM (URNdm)

I had a Cornish Rex. There was this one time when I had to have a cable guy come in. He took one look at her and screamed "Lady! There's a rat in your house!" He nearly fell off the steps.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 09:06 AM (45fpk)

212 Good morning everyone.

Folks have lost their minds in my AO. The FD, which never had any test kits available, has been overrun with well or marginally sick folks assuming they have kits. It's so bad, their operation has been impacted and the PD is on scene to handle, and get rid of, the crowds. I don't get it. Even if one tests positive, so what if you don't have major symptoms?

I had the sniffles this week but - sniffles! It didn't impact my babysitting the little guy, hell, he gave them to me!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:06 AM (mD/uy)

213 196 It's interesting the Federalist is pushing for Ann Coulter to go on the View, and calls her a "conservative". Personally, I don't care about the View but Ann Coulter strikes me as more of a libertarian
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 09:01 AM (rxDDN)

She's the only female talking head I can think of who could stand up to Joy Behar's nastiness, and she would actually make it fun for someone like me to watch. But Joy and Whoopi would never stand for being verbally flayed alive, I'm sure they would both walk off the show after the first time they tried that line up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 09:07 AM (evAgx)

214 rrh. Not grooming but self absorption. Look at me, look at me, I'm different. WTH does her sexuality or lack of have to do with teaching. Look at me!!! Actually she's not different she's going with the current fad. The glasses are a give away, it's part of the costume.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2021 09:07 AM (2NHgQ)

215 I had the sniffles this week but - sniffles! It didn't impact my babysitting the little guy, hell, he gave them to me!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:06 AM (mD/uy)

I had the same thing! But I'm not gonna waste any time on some fool test I don't need or want. I don't care.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 09:08 AM (evAgx)

216 If you are admitted to the hospital for Covid, what is the treatment?
Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 09:04 AM (45fpk)
===========
Monoclonal antibodies, except the Feds are hoarding the supply

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 09:08 AM (rxDDN)

217 Matt Walsh at_MattWalshBlog

Holy shit. We've been saying this for two years and been shouted down as science deniers and conspiracy theorists. For two years. And now Fauci just says it casually in passing.

Eli Klein at_TheEliKlein

Fauci says many kids are actually hospitalized "with" Covid, not "from" Covid, so child Covid hospitalization numbers are inflated.

https://bit.ly/3mNSqcW

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:09 AM (Do5/p)

218 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 31, 2021 09:09 AM (u82oZ)

219 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Huzzah! That extra time can be spend on looking for that maid.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 31, 2021 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

220 216 Releasing a cure harms the mRNA push.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:10 AM (ONvIw)

221 @207

>>shaming

I'm sure he's vaxxed and boosted so they probably just do the usual hospital Chinese fire drill.

Although I'm visualizing George Clooney working him crash cart style and exhorting: YOU WILL NOT DIE!!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2021 09:10 AM (GhqUo)

222 >>I have more distrust of hospitals this past year than ever, seems most found a quick buck if they followed the prescribed procedures and collect a reward after the patient died from those procedures.

Think it's more complicated than that -- Obamacare has destroyed medicine. I have no doubt there are greedy, careless hospitals, doctors and nurses. However, Obamacare created financial incentives/punishments to ensure that doctors spend a minimal amount of time with patients and an inordinate time on paperwork. They also want to limit care to certain demographics (e.g. seniors). I have family who left medicine because of this.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:10 AM (URNdm)

223 Daily Verse
"Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.""
--Isaiah 58:9-11

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (mD/uy)

224 Perhaps Putin and General Milley are in direct contact to avoid any confusion, with Biden at the helm?

Most likely.

I personally believe the various cabinet secretaries are off the proverbial leash and operating independently of the executive office. There's absolutely no cohesive direction for this administration other than to constantly fuck up.

Yet... here we are. An honest and useful opposition party would have acted to resolve that by now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (BFigT)

225 Time3 for chores and organizing. 8 years of neglect healed in 4 more days.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

226 redridinghood - watched that and it was frightening, her indoctrination of those kids is complete. She turned them into non- gender compliance.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (2JoB8)

227 Congratulations, MP4 ! Enjoy !
Many happy returns !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (IJMH4)

228 Salty!!

G'morning!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (3D/fK)

229 >>For good reason, contrary to what we like to believe, history didn't start the day we were born. Let's face it, Germany controls most of Europe now through the EU, I can't imagine why Russia might worry about Germany's intentions.

And yet Germany's biggest trading partner is China and they get most of their energy from Russia. Today Germany is shutting down 3 of their remaining nuclear power plants in favor of windmills and Russian energy, the military is a shell of what it was their economy is limping along.

I don't think Russia has all that much to worry about from Germany or the west at the moment. Putin respected Trump, he has no respect for Biden or the west at the moment and nor should he.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)

230 Monoclonal antibodies, except the Feds are hoarding the supply
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2021 09:08 AM (rxDDN)
~~~~~

I believe I read that you can't get monoclonal antibodies if you're admitted.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 09:12 AM (0TVNF)

231 Not grooming but self absorption. Look at me, look at me, I'm different. WTH does her sexuality or lack of have to do with teaching. Look at me!!! Actually she's not different she's going with the current fad. The glasses are a give away, it's part of the costume.
=====

When my kids were younger, I told them to wait out friends who decided they were 'gay' by telling them it was mostly a fashion statement. When the 'gay' kids grew up a little, they went back to normal pain-in-the-neck young people.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 31, 2021 09:12 AM (MIKMs)

232 Hmmm, that name sounds familiar, if I am pronouncing it correctly. SEE-pah-call? I remember commercials for lozenges of the same name.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:00 AM

I remembered correctly... found them: https://bit.ly/32Lbxxg

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:12 AM (Do5/p)

233 >>She's the only female talking head I can think of who could stand up to Joy Behar's nastiness, and she would actually make it fun for someone like me to watch.

Coulter would bring facts and other inconvenient history/quotes to the debate, which the rest of The View could not handle. They prefer dumb, emotional conservatives who can be bullied. Regardless of what one thinks of Coulter, she would easily wipe the floor with them.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:14 AM (URNdm)

234 May everyone have a wonderful day.

And may CBD get out of the hospital, hale, healthy and back to being our humble Renaissance Man online.

For the Food Thread, we should ask our resident bon vivant about the hospital food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 31, 2021 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

235 And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.""
--Isaiah 58:9-11

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (mD/uy)

That's beautiful, Tonypete

Posted by: grammie winger at December 31, 2021 09:14 AM (45fpk)

236 Karol Markowicz
at_karol

NY State Department of Health warns they don't have enough Paxlovid or Monoclonal Antibody Treatment and white people need not apply. https://bit.ly/3sICJrr

9:00 PM - Dec 30, 2021 - https://bit.ly/34cWTzF

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:14 AM (Do5/p)

237 I don't think Russia has all that much to worry about from Germany or the west at the moment. Putin respected Trump, he has no respect for Biden or the west at the moment and nor should he.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)

Every few decades the Germans, usually a level headed and serious people, decide to follow a course of action guaranteeing their self destruction. At least this time they've chosen to go straight to the suicide part without directly trying to kill all of their neighbors first. (although they did their best to talk everyone they knew into committing suicide with them)

Once the wave of self destruction is over, they can go back to being good little worker bees and rebuild their society, which apparently is what they really like to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 09:15 AM (evAgx)

238 "Actress Estee Chandler disgraces herself by sharing the stage with CAIR rep."
Ex-Star Trek Underling Joins Hamas-Linked Operative to Attack Israel
*****

No, this is her regular modus operandi as a leader for Jewish Voices for Peace (at any price including the destruction of Israel). Estee is one of the Israel hating leftists who believe that Hamas is made of kind lovers of mankind.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:15 AM (ONvIw)

239 China Fires Up New Giant Coal Power Plant In Face Of Calls For Cuts

https://bit.ly/32RXHsP

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (Do5/p)

240 AOC is in Florida while NYC sets Rona record.

Lol

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (wIwZ4)

241 "The next few years is going to be a political shit-show.
Posted by: JROD"

no matter what actually happens, this will be true.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (IJMH4)

242 Dr. McCullough mentioned using povidone iodine (Betadine) in a 2 tsp. Betadine to 6 oz. water for a nasal spray and gargle to greatly reduce or eliminate viral load.

This idea has been around for a long time. When I was in EMS, we used to swab inside our noses with Betadine during flu outbreaks.

I wonder what the infection rate among mouth-breathers is compared to people who breath normally.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (+LCoQ)

243 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

A very special Happy New Year to you and yours.
I should have more time to chat after the fourth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (u82oZ)

244 Jewish Deplorable
@TrumpJew2
AOC is on vacation in FL while her constituents are suffering in NY. Really says it all.

#AOCLovesDeSantis. Trend it.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8jbbk5

Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

245 More on the Ukraine:

The United States Embassy in Kyiv is working on "emergency preparations" in the event it must evacuate non-emergency personnel or diplomats' families due to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, internal emails obtained by ABC News revealed this week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (BFigT)

246 "AOC is in Florida while NYC sets Rona record. "

Florida is open for business, and hiring like crazy.

And she has.....skilz.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:17 AM (3D/fK)

247 240 AOC is in Florida while NYC sets Rona record.

all of Philly govt is in florida right now while the city sinks

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 31, 2021 09:17 AM (j9HX3)

248 War Tide !

Roll Eagle !

or sumfin' like that ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 31, 2021 09:17 AM (IJMH4)

249 For the Food Thread, we should ask our resident bon vivant about the hospital food.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Sous vide that shit.
-- CBD taking over the kitchen

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:17 AM (mD/uy)

250 239

Why it is almost as if you cannot trust anything communists say. Weird.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:17 AM (wIwZ4)

251 >>These narcissistic groomer teachers need to be purged from the education system https://tinyurl.com/y9hvnnhc

>> Not grooming but self absorption.

Embrace the power of "and"!

Yes, she is a groomer. Anyone who wants to talk about sex with your child, who wants to "educate" them on deviant sexual behavior behind your back, is grooming. They can be a narcissist, too, since that seems to be the case with a lot of these weirdos who center their lives around their oh-so special, made-up sexual identity.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:18 AM (URNdm)

252 The United States Embassy in Kyiv is working on "emergency preparations" in the event it must evacuate non-emergency personnel or diplomats' families due to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, internal emails obtained by ABC News revealed this week.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM (BFigT)
IOW the threat is imminent

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:18 AM (ONvIw)

253 "I don't think Russia has all that much to worry about from Germany or the west at the moment. Putin respected Trump, he has no respect for Biden or the west at the moment and nor should he."
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)

I get you and I'm not really saying Germany actually is an imminent threat to Russia just that there's a lot of history there, recent history, where Germany was.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 31, 2021 09:18 AM (4thlk)

254 "The United States Embassy in Kyiv is working on "emergency preparations" in the event it must evacuate non-emergency personnel or diplomats' families due to a Russian invasion of Ukraine,"

How hard can this be?

Just go with the Afghanistan plan.

Proven, and effective.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:19 AM (3D/fK)

255 @247

>>all of Philly govt is in florida right now while the city sinks

It would be awesome if DeSantis held a daily press conference pointing the fact that these rats are all coming to his state to bask in the freedom he provides.

These people need to be mocked and scorned.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2021 09:19 AM (GhqUo)

256 t's interesting how the media insists that Bearclaw was pro-Ukraine. A family obituary insists he was born in Moscow. rofl.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:20 AM (ONvIw)

257 Wondering if anyone else has experienced this:

When I saw Dr. X last year about two months after recovering from COVID, he told me to make sure I got the vaccine after waiting one more month. Saw him this year and the nurse asked if I was vaccinated. Told her, "no," and that was the end of it. Dr. never mentioned it.

Then went to a new GP the other day and the same deal. They asked if I was vaccinated but the doctor never said a word about it.

I'm wondering if they're worried that, unlike the drug companies, they may be liable for encouraging patients to get the shot who later have adverse reactions.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 09:20 AM (0TVNF)

258 #AOCLovesDeSantis. Trend it.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2021 09:16 AM

And trending it is:

Politics - Trending
#AOCLovesDeSantis
14.6K Tweets

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:20 AM (Do5/p)

259 Germany allowed itself to be invaded by millions of Muslims. Russia has nothing to worry about. Germany is a dead country walking.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:20 AM (wIwZ4)

260 Happy New Year my fellow morons!

Check your six and keep your powder dry!!!!

Posted by: Archer at December 31, 2021 09:21 AM (gmo/4)

261 The United States Embassy in Kyiv is working on "emergency preparations" in the event it must evacuate non-emergency personnel or diplomats' families due to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, internal emails obtained by ABC News revealed this week.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I think the State Department is going to be hard pressed to find $85B worth of equipment to turn over to the Rooskies. I don't doubt they can do it, it's just going to be difficult.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:21 AM (mD/uy)

262 "Germany is a dead country walking."

Inshallah

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (3D/fK)

263 We come up with a Lech Walesa figure in the next few years, someone with a philosopher-king abilities to rhetorically cohere the Left's deeper motives and materially associate these with reality, as well as a common touch to speak to all people, or we're going nowhere but breakdown and violence.

It isn't Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (H8QX8)

264 "How hard can this be?

Just go with the Afghanistan plan.

Proven, and effective.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice."

exactly what I was thinking ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (IJMH4)

265 That Watergate article is important. Most of what you think you know is a lie. God knows Nixon has never been a sympathetic character. But it shows the deep state flexing its muscles.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (YynYJ)

266 I'm wondering if they're worried that, unlike the drug companies, they may be liable for encouraging patients to get the shot who later have adverse reactions.

They can get sued and lose their license for advocating that you take part in a medical trial.

All available "vaccines" are still EUA. To take the "vaxx" is to also surrender your body into being a lab rat.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (+LCoQ)

267 259 Germany allowed itself to be invaded by millions of Muslims. Russia has nothing to worry about. Germany is a dead country walking.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:20 AM (wIwZ4)

Along with the rest of Western Europe and the United States. We allowed ourselves to be invaded in exactly the same way, slurring all opposition as racist haters. Paul and Mitch could have used 2017-19 to fix this, instead they investigated Trump. Nobody who questioned Trump's legitimacy was an "insurrectionist", no matter how much arson was involved.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

268 >>Just go with the Afghanistan plan.

Proven, and effective.

Better not go with the Benghazi plan. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:23 AM (URNdm)

269 only problem with that is that Ukrainians are white and Christian ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (IJMH4) at December 31, 2021 09:23 AM (IJMH4)

270 258 And trending it is:

Politics - Trending
#AOCLovesDeSantis
14.6K Tweets
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:20 AM (Do5/p)

=========

Yeah, but Lithuanian bots are doing it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, who is too old for this shit at December 31, 2021 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

271 >>I get you and I'm not really saying Germany actually is an imminent threat to Russia just that there's a lot of history there, recent history, where Germany was.

Oh yea. We spend so much time looking forward we rarely spend anytime looking back.

Ukraine is barely a country and we have been meddling there for years. It's way past time we reeled in the CIA, the State Dept and the cornucopia of NGOs we allow to roam the world trying to remake it in our image. Many of the problems we face our problems we caused for ourselves but we aren't very good at self-awareness as a country. if we did it it was the right thing to do is our motto.

Just another thing Trump was right about that the swamp hated him for.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM (ZLI7S)

272 OK, folks, going to take some more flu meds and relax. See you all around here or there.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM (2JVJo)

273 watched that and it was frightening, her indoctrination of those kids is complete. She turned them into non- gender compliance.
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2021 09:11 AM (2JoB

*********
Parents have got to wake up before it's too late. It's as if these teachers are on a mission to destroy the next generation.
This should be one of the main platforms the Republicans need to be running on.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

274 Then went to a new GP the other day and the same deal. They asked if I was vaccinated but the doctor never said a word about it.

I'm wondering if they're worried that, unlike the drug companies, they may be liable for encouraging patients to get the shot who later have adverse reactions.
Posted by: IrishEi

I also started with a new GP last month. He basically said, "I'll give you whatever shots you want. (Wuflu, Reg flu, etc.) but, it's up to you - I'm agnostic on them."

That was it - no pressure at all.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM (mD/uy)

275 *biden's phone call with Putin was at Putin's request. De-escalation was the topic. Diplospeak for "hey, Joey, get the fuck off my lawn."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM (BFigT)

276 It isn't Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (H8QX

~~~~~

Hah!

You waxed philosophically so beautifully then dropped this turd.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 09:25 AM (0TVNF)

277 >>And trending it is:

Twitter employees decide what appears on that Trending sidebar, and they know the idiot tweeters will follow whatever "news"/narrative the post up there.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2021 09:25 AM (URNdm)

278 263 We come up with a Lech Walesa figure in the next few years, someone with a philosopher-king abilities to rhetorically cohere the Left's deeper motives and materially associate these with reality, as well as a common touch to speak to all people, or we're going nowhere but breakdown and violence.

It isn't Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2021 09:22 AM (H8QX

The interesting thing is that whoever it may be, he can't arise through the Democrat party. There are too many powerbrokers and gatekeepers with position to allow anyone new to rise up from beneath them. Any real leader will upset their grifting game, and they would never allow that. Same thing applies to the Republican party, as it is currently constituted.

this is why Revolutions happen against corrupt elites.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 09:25 AM (evAgx)

279 My doctor has never mentioned the Rona to me. One of the reasons I really like him. He generally leaves drugs as a last resort. A few years ago I had some shoulder issues and said Something like maybe I should look into surgery. And he goes fuck that, you dont need surgery. You need PT. Which is refreshing to hear. And yeah PT was a long process but it took care of the problem.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:26 AM (wIwZ4)

280 Germany is of no threat to Russia at this time. German imported muslims and is overwhelmed by them. The German military is a paper tiger due to socialist spending, aircraft are in poor repair many are not flight worthy, their army is poorly trained and lacking in armaments - for example, they have very few serviceable tanks for lack of parts and the navy suffers from years of neglect. The French could kick their asses.

Posted by: Archer at December 31, 2021 09:27 AM (gmo/4)

281 The American Mind
at_theammind

at_SethBarronNYC: "Not to minimize the total extra life-years lost because of the disease, but it's somewhat misleading to highlight '1of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished' when more than 1 percent of older Americans perish every year anyway."

Morbidly Misleading Statistics

Somber headlines belie common facts

5:01 PM - Dec 30, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3FJkZzX

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:27 AM (Do5/p)

282 this is why Revolutions happen against corrupt elites.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021 09:25 AM (evAgx)

And why those accused of insurrection must be ground to a fine dust

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:27 AM (ONvIw)

283 I had the same thing! But I'm not gonna waste any time on some fool test I don't need or want. I don't care.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2021

***
Yes. If you have symptoms, you know how severe or not your new sickness probably is, since you've no doubt had the same kind of infection in the past. If you don't have symptoms, why worry?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 09:28 AM (c6xtn)

284 272 OK, folks, going to take some more flu meds and relax. See you all around here or there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM (2JVJo)

So, I don't guarantee this works, but once kids stopped being allowed cold meds, I turned to this "more nature based" product...and I admit if you take it early and often, it seems to help cold and flus...this is the most intense version, but you said you had the flu (I have this version and the more basic cold one)...

https://www.walgreens. com/store/c/nature's -way-umcka-cold-flu-syrup-elderberry /ID=prod6171978-product

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 09:28 AM (exHjb)

285 I think the State Department is going to be hard pressed to find $85B worth of equipment to turn over to the Rooskies. I don't doubt they can do it, it's just going to be difficult.

They can always park and vacate the USS Montana in the Black Sea, fly over and abandon a few B2 bombers, Raptors and a C5 or two with a hundred billion dollars worth of military technology documentation and samples. (Putin expects over $100B rather than $85B because of inflation)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 31, 2021 09:29 AM (+LCoQ)

286 263 We come up with a Lech Walesa figure in the next few years, someone with a philosopher-king abilities to rhetorically cohere the Left's deeper motives and materially associate these with reality, as well as a common touch to speak to all people, or we're going nowhere but breakdown and violence.

It isn't Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American

I'm kind of hoping that NJ truck driver what won a senate seat is the one.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2021 09:29 AM (OX9vb)

287 OK, folks, going to take some more flu meds and relax. See you all around here or there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021

***
Naps are great when you're sick. Of course they're great even when you're not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 31, 2021 09:30 AM (c6xtn)

288 It is already 2025 in New Zealand.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:30 AM (wIwZ4)

289 Time to walk...and then to spend time at a friend's house for some board gaming time...Happy New Year's everyone...

Posted by: Nova local at December 31, 2021 09:31 AM (exHjb)

290
It isn't Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American

I'm kind of hoping that NJ truck driver what won a senate seat is the one.
Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2021 09:29 AM (OX9vb

et Trump is the best thing we have going for us. Hoping for a working class messiah will guarantee we fall to the donks forever.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:31 AM (ONvIw)

291 So what did I see last night? A teaser commercial for some sitcom called "black-ish," whose special guest for the new season will be. . .Mooch.

She's being groomed for something.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 31, 2021 08:51 AM (2JVJo)

The new Discovery series...."Chewbacca. Real, Or Imagined?"

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2021 09:31 AM (Zvtjl)

292 288 It is already 2025 in New Zealand.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 31, 2021 09:30 AM (wIwZ4)

Amazing

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:32 AM (ONvIw)

293 Almost 300 comments, and noone have commemorated JJ's last birthday of 2021?

It's like I don't even know you people anymore.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2021 09:33 AM (a3Q+t)

294 Nood. No nude.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2021 09:33 AM (mdjgu)

295 The Thread de Art.
It be here

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 31, 2021 09:34 AM (3D/fK)

296 A teaser commercial for some sitcom called "black-ish," whose special guest for the new season will be. . .Mooch.
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Yesterday, I pointed out the pronunciation of 'x' in Spanish as sometimes 'sh'. Black-ish could be a take on Malcolm X and all the other X names as Malcolm-ish.

No wonder Latin heritage people despise 'ish' as a designation.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 31, 2021 09:35 AM (MIKMs)

297 Hah!
You waxed philosophically so beautifully then dropped this turd.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 09:25 AM

When you think about it, turds are made to be dropped.

Posted by: Amherst Philosophy undergrad at December 31, 2021 09:37 AM (a3Q+t)

298 Parents have got to wake up before it's too late. It's as if these teachers are on a mission to destroy the next generation.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2021 09:24 AM

It may be similar to something I felt this past summer when I was mentoring our engineering intern. I think I have a lot of good ideas for making our department much more efficient and ideas that I have tried to pass along to people in my immediate group. But a lot of these things require taking the initiative to spend more time than the minimum to complete (i.e. documentation, detailed meeting notes, organizing one's database so as to easily find documents later, setting up daily checklists to track tasks to complete, etc.). And unfortunately, when you've been in your career for a long time and have a way of doing things, you're not as open to changing.

But this intern was eager to learn and open to hearing what I had to suggest for ways to do things efficiently. That came as a good surprise and inspired me to want to share more of my ideas with her. So this may be how teachers today are using/abusing their positions, to get acceptance of their ideology from the students.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2021 09:38 AM (Do5/p)

299 Germany elevated cuckholding into a foreign policy. It deserves everything that happens to it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2021 09:39 AM (QU5/8)

300 et Trump is the best thing we have going for us. Hoping for a working class messiah will guarantee we fall to the donks forever.

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:31 AM

...to all of you out there, wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

Posted by: Aerosmith - Amazing at December 31, 2021 09:40 AM (Do5/p)

301 Parents have got to wake up before it's too late. It's as if these teachers are on a mission to destroy the next generation.
This should be one of the main platforms the Republicans need to be running on.

Government schools are such a lost cause because those currently in and who are entering into the "profession" are psychotic, below average intellect perverts and communists that they are fully incapable of actual teaching and educating in any traditional form. Mere exposure to these malignant misfits dooms your offspring.

It will absolutely require a different model, starting with home-schooling, maybe trusted neighborhood schooling where parents pool their talents. I can see One Day Academy where specialized training can be brough in through the internet, one room school-houses that are like daytime dojos. Itinerate teachers who can move about a district for a week or two.

Anything but the current situation.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 31, 2021 09:40 AM (+LCoQ)

302 In the great post-apocalyptic scifi work "Earth Abides" by George Stewart, the year 22 is when things come to a climax.

Posted by: Hank Archer at December 31, 2021 09:43 AM (gT29X)

303 ...to all of you out there, wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.
Posted by: Aerosmith - Amazing at December 31, 2021 09:40 AM (Do5/p)

On the other hand, it could be the Acela

Posted by: CN...FJB at December 31, 2021 09:49 AM (ONvIw)

304 Grammie:

When I was in ER for Covid because of low O2 two months ago, I was told my only choice was O2, remdesivir, ventilator and dexamethisone.

I had been on the full flccc protocol, but deteriorated nonetheless.

I declined remdesivir and ventilation, the ER doc screamed at me for pointing out the death statistics associated with that protocol.

What transpired after that can only be explained as demonic.

Posted by: Derak at December 31, 2021 10:00 AM (k0WjC)

305 '"Twitter's beak drips with the lifeblood of American democracy."
Bird of Prey'

More like a vulture, a carrion-eater.

Posted by: GWB at December 31, 2021 10:00 AM (o61E1)

306 Posted by: Derak at December 31, 2021 10:00 AM (k0WjC)
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Wow. Glad you're still here to tell the tale. Horrifying things going on in "healthcare."

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2021 10:09 AM (0TVNF)

307 Irish Ei

Let's just say I am lucky they did not kill me though they actively tried.

I will never step foot in a hospital again. I'd rather die at home or on the street in a pool of my own blood before I ever consent to go to a hospital ever again.

They want you dead. If you get Covid, watch your O2 sats like a hawk. Go buy an oxygen concentrator if they start to deteriorate. Do the flccc protocol too.
Skip the death gulag.

Posted by: Derak at December 31, 2021 10:18 AM (k0WjC)

308 Although covid testing in NYC show very high rates of covid infection the number dying has remained only 1% of the 3000+ daily deaths of the past
Vaccination saves lives

Posted by: Kurt at December 31, 2021 10:55 AM (dP13f)

309 You only live twice

Posted by: fluffy bond at December 31, 2021 11:36 AM (UnQlg)

310 Vaccination saves lives
Posted by: Kurt at December 31, 2021 10:55 AM (dP13f)

Considering how safe Florida is despite the low vax rate, I can't help but wonder if these putative vaccinations are causing infection.

Change my mind, bright boy.

Posted by: fluffy crowder at December 31, 2021 11:38 AM (UnQlg)

311 2022 The year it got Worse.

Posted by: obsidian at December 31, 2021 12:50 PM (MKS/w)

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